Greenville Gay News for August 28, 2013 The Together in Meriwether Committee met recently to work on our county wide arts festival to be held in October. It is shaping up nicely, and its name is “Expressions of Meriwether.” Our county has seven municipalities and each will have two or more events going on. Tours of historical buildings will be going on in Greenville; one feature in Gay will be basket weaving; Luthersville has a couple of interesting activities with one being quilting; Lone Oak will feature bee keeping, old fashioned food preparation, and pumpkin carving; Blue Grass music, antiquing, and building restoration will be going on in Woodbury; ball room dancing, geo-caching, the winery, plus glass painting in Warm Springs; and Manchester hosts Railroad Days, the Rotary Car Show, painting and photography, and tours of the President Theatre. Wow! October is going to be fun. Helen Claussen and husband toured Massey Lane and the sights in the Fort Valley area this weekend. The special music at the Methodist Church was Carolyn and Bill Barnes’ daughter Gena. The three performed, and it was outstanding. Debbie Hardman planned and organized a great luau for the seniors at the Baptist Church. “A good time was had by all . . .” Debbie also partied heartily last Saturday at the Reasons Why concert in LaGrange. The band, made up of local musicians, can draw Social Security now and repeatedly claims to plan on retiring, but their fans won’t let them. Restaurants and good eats are popping up in the county: The Woodyard Grill is now open in Hogansville. It is located on Hwy 54 on the left before the entrance to the industrial park on County Line Road. It is open Monday-Thursday 11-9, Friday and Saturday 11-10, and closed Sunday. The Grill specializes in traditional American cuisine with a well-rounded menu that features gourmet burgers and sandwiches, steak and chicken platters, and barbeque. Beer and wine are also offered. Live entertainment will be coming soon. Call 706-637-4000 for more information. The Blackbird Café is opening soon in Woodbury with a Grand Opening planned. Owners Doug and Vicky Matthews and Jeremy and Kim Crumbley all appreciate the historical downtown area of Woodbury and are creating a unique dining atmosphere in one of the early 1900s building and incorporating old church pews. We wish both restaurant owners a hearty congratulations in their new business endeavor. Evening Bible Study and choir activities at the Methodist Church begin on September 11th with the Wednesday nights suppers. The Methodists are celebrating the completion of a bit of needed church renovations-the restrooms got a complete renovation as did the fellowship hall flooring. Many thanks to Ben Garrett for his leadership of the project. Jim and Sallie Mabon celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary with a getaway to Lake Lure, North Carolina last weekend. Pastor Jan and husband Jim recently celebrated their twelfth anniversary. The community has been and is in prayer for Rob Estes who came through surgery well but has learned the mass was malignant. Rob’s wife Christi has done a superb job keeping friends and family updated using the web site Caring Bridge where all who follow Rob’s progress have been inspired by Rob and Christi’s faith and spirituality. They have been most complimentary of their team of physicians and positive and confident of the treatments to follow. Nancy Gresham Mingea called friends in Greenville recently to check in and see how various folks were doing. We always enjoyed their regular visits when her parents were with us. Her children have married this summer and her family is doing well. I have thoroughly enjoyed using the Meriwether Historical Society’s Heritage Education presentation with the senior Humanities class at Flint River. The study of our county’s architecture is a fascinating way to learn history as homes are a reflection of the times, technologies, and talents of their builders (and wealth). Homeowners in our older homes may see cars driving by a little slower with pictures being taken for class projects. College football gets started this weekend with all those great rivalries and games to follow. Katie Neal put a new battery in the ’72 VW bug that was red when it traveled to Athens in our UGA days and then painted gold for her Georgia Tech years. This year she added stylish white wall tires and it looks ready to step out and go tail gating. She says she is ready for kickoff, not so sure about the GA tech team this year though.
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 03:42:58 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015