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County Board of Commissioners ~ 7 p.m. First Tuesday
and Third Tuesday, Courthouse Coverdell Room
Roberta Crawford County Chamber of Commerce ~
12 p.m. First Thursday at the Depot/Chamber Conference
Center
Roberta City Council ~ 6 p.m. First Tuesday, City Flail
Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals ~ 7 p.m. , Fourth
Thursday, Courthouse Coverdell Room, (if there is
business)
Board of Education ~ 7 p.m. Second Tuesday, Board of
Education, Board Room.
Board of Tax Assessors ~ 5 p.m. Third Thursday,
Conference Room, Business Development Center
Board of Elections and Registration ~ 10 a.m. Third
Monday, Grand Jury Room, Courthouse
Development Authority ~ 6 p.m., First Thursday of
each month, Crawford Business Development Center,
Conference Room.
Crawford County Family Connection ~ Second Tuesday,
every other month, CGTC, Conference Room
Crawford County Recreation Board ~ 6:30 p.m. First
Monday, every month, Courthouse Coverdell Room
Crawford County Health Department Board of Health ~
Every three months. Next meeting is March 5th at Noon at
the Crawford County FHealth Dept.
Crawford County Young
Farmers Meeting will be the
2nd Tuesday of each month at
noon in ’’The Roost” of Hudson’s
BBQ on the square. For more
information contact Crawford
Young Farmer teacher, Harvey
Pool at 478-973-0124 or hpool@
crawford.k12.ga.us.
Alcoholics Anonymous - Will
meet every Tuesday and
Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the
Crawford Counseling Center, 80
Wright Ave. For information call
Larry at 478-538-3435 or
Yvonne at 478-836-2664.
Looking for a place to shoot
in Middle Georgia- If you live
in Middle Georgia and need a
safe, affordable place to shoot
rifles and pistols, give Marion
Road Gun Club a try. Orientation
sessions take place at 9 a.m. on
the first Saturday of every
month. Four different ranges are
available for pistol, rifle, black
powder, and shotgun. Open 7
Days a week, all day long.
Memberships make great gifts
for any occasion. Pistol and rifle
matches are offered on a month
ly basis. Visit www.marionroad.
com for more details or email
orientation@marionroad. com.
Rutland F&AM Lodge #298,
Rutland, Ga, holds meetings the
first and third Mondays of each
month at 6:30 p.m.
CALLING ALL LIONS The
Crawford County Lions Club
has been serving the citizens of
Roberta/ Crawford County since
1964. We don’t want to lose this
history of great and dedicated
assistance to our community. If
you would like to join the Lions
Club please contact: Howard
Anderson at 478-836-2377 or
email at howard4451@yahoo.
com
Weatherization Assistance
your household may be eligible
to receive FREE energy
conservation measures. Middle
Georgia Community Action
Agency, Inc. is now accepting
names for our waiting list. The
Weatherization Assistance
Program is offered to hometown
owners & renters to help reduce
the electric and gas consumption
of low-income eligible applicants
while ensuring their health and
safety. Weatherization is not
a home rehabilitation or home
repair program. Weatherization
may be able to provide attic
insulation, floor insulation,
replace space heaters or
furnaces, replace water heaters,
air sealing, weather-stripping,
threshold and glazing. We will
install an energy conservation kit
that includes compact florescent
light bulbs, smoke alarm, carbon
monoxide detector, shower
head, and faucet aerators.
Crawford, Peach, Bibb and
Upson included in areas served.
For information, call you local
Neighborhood Service Center
at 1-866-505-2987, or visit us at
www.mgcaa.org
Snap Program Middle Georgia
Community Action Agency,
Inc, is working hard to raise
awareness about food stamps
benefits in the central Georgia
community. Many people have
a difficult time making ends
meet, but by helping them with
the grocery bill, food stamps
benefits allow recipients to
use their limited income on
other important basic needs
like housing, medical costs,
transportation, and utilities.
We can provide information,
assistance in enrollment, and
help with on-line recertification
in the Snap Program. For more
information, please call 478-
923-6424
The District Attorney’s Office
in Roberta, GA will now be open
on Thursdays from 9 a.m. until
3 p.m. To contact call: 478-825-
8454.
Food preservation, canning
class. Central GA Tech Col
lege, Crawford Center, is offer
ing a class in food preservation
and canning. Cost, dates, and
times will be considered once
there is enough interest for the
course. Please call (478) 836-
6001 to sign up.
Get Ready For Head Start:
2013-2014 School Year
applications are currently being
taken. Availability is limited, so
call to register your child today.
Children are eligible for the free
services of Head Start as soon
as they turn 3 years old. Call for
appointment: MGCAA/Crawford
Head Start: 478-922-4464 and
for more info.
Kindergarten and Pre-K
Registration: Registration at
the Eagle’s Nest is in progress.
These documents (for the
child) will be required at time
of registration: Certified copy of
birth certificate, social security
card, Form 3231 (certificate
of immunization) Form 3300
(certificate of ear, eye, and
dental exam), proof of residency
and guardianship papers (if the
person registering the child is not
the natural or adoptive parent of
the child). For more info and to
obtain a copy of this list please
contact Debbie Austin at 478-
836-5706.
Crawford County Counseling
Center will be raffling a Savage
308 Caliber Rifle (can be seen
at Western Auto in Roberta).
Tickets are $5 a piece, $50
for 15, or $100 for 35. To buy
a ticket contact the Crawford
County Counseling Center.
Winner to be announced at the
annual Jugfest in May.
The Annual Crawford County
Farm Bureau Steak Supper
will be held Thursday, March 21,
2013 at the Crawford County
High School Cafeteria. The
supper will begin at 5:00 p.m.
and end at 7:30 p.m. This event
is held to finance the County
Livestock Show. The awards
and prize money for the 62nd
Annual Livestock Show will be
awarded at 6:30 p.m. at the
supper. Plates are $15 a piece.
This event is dine in or carry out.
Contact Crawford County Farm
Bureau 478-836-3160 for more
info.
Jugfestislookingforsponsors
and volunteers! Contact Sandy
Ragsdale, Bo Shrigley, or Patti
Temple at 478-836-3825 for
more information. The Jugfest
committee appreciates all who
support this valuable community
event.
Wanted!!!!: Memorabilia,
photos, artifacts, and
reminiscences of Roberta
McCrary Champion, to be
included in the motif of
Champion’s Cafe, which is
housed in the former home
of ’’Miss Roberta,” for whom
the town was named. Photos
(especially of her first grade
classes or Sunday school
classes) will be scanned and
returned. Memories will be
included in an oral history
scrapbook. If you have anything
to share please contact Kathleen
Cook at kmhcook@gmail.com.
Calling All Golfers!!!: April 25,
2013 Kiwanis is offering a day
at the golf course to all takers
at the shot-gun shot on the
Oakview Golf Club (Oakview
Drive in Macon). The format is
two man (or woman) scramble!
Three flights offered- first and
second place prize in each flight
along with long dirve and closest
to the pin and many more door
prizes. $50 per player and $5
mulligans (limit 2). "Calling all
Sponsors-- only $50 a hole.
Great advertisement for you
businesses! 18 holes of good
times and advertisement, fun
and relaxation!** Contact Linda
Gurley at 478-837-0723 or
Chuck White at 706-249-2363.
Crawford Masonic Lodge #689
will be selling 8-10lb Smoked
Boston Butts for $25 each.
Pickup will be Saturday, April
6, 2013 between 4 p.m. and 6
p.m. See a lodge member for
tickets or contact Keith Nelson
at hardwrk380@aol.com or call
404-316-2601
The next American Legion
Post 230 meeting will be held
on Thursday, 21 March 2013,
7:00 p.m., at the Roberta City
Hall. Continuous Membership
Certificates will be presented
during this meeting.
Crawford County High School
FFA will be selling spring
plants out of the greenhouse
starting March 13th. They will
be selling after school every
Wed. of the week. They will be
available any other day upon
request. (Amanda Noll- 478-
230-4769) They have hanging
baskets for $8 (Wandering Jew,
Boston fern, Wax Begonia, and
Creeping Jenny); 6 inch pots
for $6 (Coleus and Aloe); Flats
for $8 or $1.75 for a six pack
(Vinca).
Can you fish? If so put your
money where your mouth is! We
want the best of the best bass
fishermen in Crawford County to
show off their skills in a county
wide farm pond bass fishing
tournament! On Saturday,
March 30th 2013 each angler will
check in at the J.B. Hawkins field
house at 5:30 a.m. & then depart
to the farm pond of your choice
& begin competing! Weigh in will
begin at noon (12:00 p.m.)! Late
arrivals will be docked 11b off of
their total weight for each minute
pass the official weigh in time!
The entry fee for the tournament
will be $15.00 for individuals.
Artificial Bait Only/ No Live Bait
Allowed. A total of five(5) bass
will be weighed in per team &
the total weight of those five
fish will determine the winner
of the tournament. Prizes for
first through third place will be
as follows: 1st place: $200.00,
2nd place: $100.00, 3rd place:
$50.00, Biggest fish prize:
$50.00. Sign up will be in Coach
Street’s classroom B24! Good
luck & hope to see you there! P.s.
All fish that do not survive the
catch & weigh in process will be
deep fried to perfection & served
with French fries & coleslaw for
your eating pleasure! Lunch will
be provided for participants only.
There will be a $7.00 charge for
non participants who wish to eat
lunch!
Roberta Rebels RC Airplane
Flying Club Spring Fling Fly-
In!! Saturday and Sunday,
March 23-24 from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. At Emmitt Walker Field and
CMJ Hobby Shop just behind
A&W Metal Fabrication. Come
Fly, Watch or Just Get Out of the
House to enjoy the friendship
and fresh air at the club’s first
event of the flying season. For
flyer’s there is a $10 landing fee
per day which includes lunch.
Lunch for non-flyers is $5. There
will be a raffle, (provided by CMJ
Hobby) and 50/50. One ticket
costs $1 or get six for $5. Free
Parking. For info call Joe Hamm
at 478-733-8668 (president of
AMA Club 5107) or CMJ Hobby
at 478-836-9788.
CCHS Technology Student
Association are offering printed
t-shirts (large and small orders)
vinyl decals, magnets, banners
and personalized items. All funds
earned help the TSA in future
projects. They are currently
taking donations to help fund
a trip to the state competition
in Robotics in the summer. For
more info contact David Shepard
at 478-960-3445.
Annual Chicken-Q hosted by
the Crawford County Historical
Society will be held at the
Middle Georgia Folk Pottery
Museum on Saturday, May 18th
in conjunction with the Georgia
JugFest and Old Knoxville Days
Festival from 11:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. This year’s menu will
include 1/2 grilled BBQ chicken,
cole slaw, chips, pickle, and
sweet tea for just $7. Sodas,
bottled water and homemade
desserts will also be available
for purchase for $1 each. All
proceeds will go to support
the Crawford County Historical
Society projects including the
preservation of the Old Knoxville
Courthouse, improving the
Benjamin Hawkins grave site,
and the continuing promotion of
tourism in Crawford County. See
a historical society member to
purchase tickets or stop by the
Chamber office. The Chicken-Q
is also looking for volunteers to
help the day of the event. Please
contact Kristen O’Neal if you are
interested.
Gospel Meeting Revival:
Knoxville GA Church of
Christ. Guest speaker Daunae
Permenter. Wednesday, March
27- Sunday, March 31, Wed-Fri
7:00 p.m., Sat. 6:00 p.m. and
Sunday, Lord’s Day Worship at
10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited
to hear preaching from the Bible
and singing, making melody in
our hearts.
Deadline For
Calendar Friday,
5 p.m.
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