BRIEFLY TOLD

Published 1:25 pm Tuesday, April 17, 2018

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Thursday April 19th at West Point Active Life The Reigning 2017-2018 Ms. Senior Georgia Sandra Komiskey will have a meet and greet from 10 – 10:30 AM and will speak from 10:30 – 11. Everyone is welcome to attend. No children please. For information call 706-645-3580.

Friday April 20th West Point Active Life will hold its monthly Billiards Tournament. You must be 55 + to compete, there are no restrictions on where you live, sign up is free and starts at 9:30 AM, tournament starts at 10 AM. Winner receives a Trophy and an invite back to play in our yearly winners tournament held in January and of course bragging rights. Lunch available daily for $2. 1114 O.G. Skinner Drive, West Point, GA 31833. For information call 706-645-3580.

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West Point Active Life Center is a Recreation Center for independent adults 55+. We provide a $2 lunch for those over 60 as well as Activities, Games, Billiards, Quilting, Trips, Exercise Classes and every Wednesday we have FREE BINGO at 10:30 AM. We serve West Point and the surrounding area. Come check us out M-F 9 AM – 2 PM. 1114 O.G. Skinner Drive, West Point, GA 31833 or call 706-645-3580 for more information.

Do you have an item in good condition that you would like to donate to the Hike/Bike/Run Auction for Valley Haven School? Your donation is tax deductible, and you will be helping the area’s babies, toddlers and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. For more information, please call (334) 756-2868 or (334) 756-7801. The auction will be taking place at Valley Community Center on Friday, April 27th.

The Rehobeth High School class of 1970 will meet at the Fairfax Kindergarten on Saturday, May 19, at 4 p.m. All class members are invited to attend. For more information and to confirm that you will attend this event send an email to elsie.huguley@gmail.com or elcoleman@charter.net.

GriefShare, a special help seminar and small group support for people experiencing grief and loss, will be held on Sunday evenings at The Bridge Church beginning March 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. CDT for 13 weeks excluding Easter, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

Starting on Thursday, April 19th, the Chambers County Lanett Annex will no longer be open during the lunch hour. The operating hours will be 8 a.m.-1`2:30 p.m. EDT and 1:30-5 p.m. EDT.

A fish fry and bake sale will be held in Standing Rock, Ala. from noon till 7 p.m. EDT on Saturday, April 21. Plates will be $10 each and will include catfish filets, cole slaw, hushpuppies, and French fries. For tickets, call (706) 586-0252. Proceeds will go to the Standing Rock Community Building Project. Drive-through pick-ups will be available at the Dodgen home, located on a hill off County Road 278 on the east side of Standing Rock.

Bradshaw Library will host a Lunch N Learn program, “The Great Depression in Alabama Photographs,” with Frances Robb, a Road Scholars speaker with the Alabama Humanities Foundation on April 24 at 12 noon. Call (334) 768-2161 by April 23 to make your FREE lunch reservation.

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Inc. will have a blood drive at Springwood School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 18th and at the West Point Presbyterian Church from 9 a.m. till 2 p.m. EDT on Sunday, April 22nd.