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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 monthly basis. Visit www.
marionroad.com for more details
or email orientation@marion-
road.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 com pact 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.
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.
Wanted!!!!: Memorabilia,
photos, artifacts, and
reminiscences of Roberta
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DERKSEN PORTABLE BUILDINGS
110 Commercial Heights, Fort Valley, GA
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.
Call For Coaches!!!: Are
you a dedicated individual
with the want to build a great
football program in Crawford
County? The Crawford County
Recreation Department is
looking for dedicated coaches
to help build the future of football
through the recreational football
program. All potential coaches
will be required to attend a camp
in May and will be certified in
June by the Flint River Football
League. The future of Crawford
County Football needs you!
Contact CCRD Football Director
Coach James Carter at 478-
258-0110 or see him at the
CCHS field house from 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m. Monday- Friday.
Break out the club and let’s
go swinging. On Friday, June
21, 2013, the Crawford County
High School Touchdown Club
will be hosting its first annual golf
tournament. The tournament will
be held at the Forsyth Golf Club
in Forsyth, GA. The tournament
is a four-man scramble and the
entry fee is $200 per team. Cash
prizes will be awarded for 1st,
2nd, 10th, and last place teams.
Lunch and opportunities to win
door prizes will be provided for
each golfer. Money raised will
be used as designated by the
Touchdown Club to strengthen
and rebuild the Eagles Football
program by purchasing needed
equipment and supplies for
the CCHS football team. The
deadline to register your team
for the tournament is Friday,
June 7th and the deadline to
pay your team’s registration will
be the day of the tournament.
For more information or to enter
please contact Daryl Baxley at
478-957-2817 or by email daryl.
baxley@crawfordschools.org.
Sun Valley Arabians 12th
Annual Summer Fun Show!
Saturday, June 8 2013, starting
at 8 a.m. at Sun Valley Arabians
in Lizella, GA. Open to all
breeds! Classes are $7 per
class in advance and $10 the
day of the show. Call 478-718-
2449 for more info.
Roberta Musicians
Foundation will be meeting
every Saturday at 5 p.m. next
to Duke’s Pawn Shop in the
Piggly Wiggly shopping center.
Everyone is invited! Bring your
musical instrument to play with
the group or just bring a chair to
sit and enjoy the music!
Georgia Manufacturing
Expo: Saturday, June 8,
2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m. at the Exhibit Hall in the
Gwinnett Center. This is a
grass roots effort to inform all
the citizens of Georgia about
the products manufactured
in Georgia. Exhibitors will
benefit from the statewide
advertising and publicity this
Deadline For
Community
Calendar:
Friday 5 p.m.
County Board of Commissioners ~ 6 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. Second 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 TBA at the Crawford
County Health Dept.
event will generate. For more
info visit the website at www.
GeorgiaManufacturingExpo.
com or contact Jason Moss at
678-896-9312. Admission is
free to the public.
University of Georgia SBDC
class on starting a business.
On June 4, 2013 University
of Georgia Small Business
Development Center will
offer the following continuing
education programs. Unless
otherwise noted, please register
online at www.georgiasbdc.org/
ce/macon or call 478-757-3609.
Pre-paid registration fee is $69.
Macon SBDC Office located
4875 Riverside Drive, Suite
202, Macon, GA 31210.
Attending this class may
be one of the most important
decisions you make prior to
opening your business because
lack of planning is one of the top
reasons new businesses fail.
Topic for discussion include:
personal, market, and financial
feasibility; legal obligations for
your business; estimating start
up cost and cash flow projects;
financing alternatives; failure
factors; and business planning.
Presented by an experienced
business professional, the
course includes detailed
business start-up guide and
other valuable handouts.
Contact Susan Malloy at 478-
757-3609 for more news on
SBA programs.
Relay For Life Wrap-Up May
31,2013: Chairperson for Relay
for Life in Crawford and Taylor
counties, Phillip Duncan would
like to invite everyone to the
2013 Relay for Life of Crawford-
Taylor County Wrap-Up at the
David Bailey Park in Roberta.
This event will begin at 6 p.m.
with a luminary service at 9 p.m.
Bring a picnic supper and chairs
to enjoy an evening of music,
fun and fellowship. All of the
luminaria purchased this year
will be displayed around the
walking track and will be lit at 9
p.m. We hope to see everyone
there.
Crawford County Retired
Educators will meet June
13th at GRITS in Forsyth at
11:30 a.m. If you have not made
your reservation, contact Arnita
Harris before June 7 th .
The CCHS Coaching staff will be
hosting a baseball instructional
camp on June 6th & 7th from 8:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Campers will
receive instruction from current
high school coaches as well as
current and former college and
professional players. Campers
will receive instruction in fielding,
hitting, and pitching. The cost will
be $50. Registration by phone:
Contact Craig Puckett 478-836-
3265 or 954-3394.
The 2013 Crawford County
Golden Eagle Dinner Honoring
Sheriff Lewis Walker, will be held
Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Keynote
speaker will be Kenneth "Kenny”
Walker, benefiting the Scouts &
programs of the Central Georgia
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
A reception will be held at 6 p.m.,
dinner at 6:30 p.m. at Crawford
County Middle School, 400
Georgia 42 , Roberta, GA. Dress
in business attire. Please contact
Central Georgia Council District
Executive, Rebecca Youngblood
at reyoungb@bsamail.org or 478-
743-9386 with questions.
The Phoenix Center Community
Service Board will meet at 12:00
p.m. and their 501(C) 3 Board, Tri-
County Behavioral Health, Inc.,
will meet at 1:30 p.m. on Monday,
June 10, 2013 at the Phoenix
Center, 940 GA Hwy 96, Warner
Robins, Georgia. The Phoenix
Center CSB is the public mental
health, developmental disabilities
and addictive diseases board
responsible for the delivery of
mental health, developmental
disabilities and addictive diseases
board responsible for the delivery
of mental health services in
Houston, Peach and Crawford
counties. Time is provided at
each meeting for public input and
or questions about accredited
services. For further information,
please call (478) 988-1002
extension 115.
Celebrate Art... Celebrate Life!
The Cancer Life Center of
the Medical Center of Central
Georgia iinvites you to The 2013
Celebration of Life Art Exhibit
Opening Reception Friday, June
7, 2013, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at
Middle Georgia Art Association
Gallery, 2330 Ingleside Avenue
in Macon, Ga. The exhibit is
dedicated to demonstrating the
curative forces of creativity and
celebrating the courage of all those
whose lives have been touched in
some way by cancer. The exhibit
will be on display June 7-June 28,
2013. Hours of operation: Tuesday
through Friday, 12 noon til 5 p.m.;
Saturday, 12 noon til 3 p.m.
