PAGE 10-A HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS - THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 2002
Fall Arrives, and So Does Area's Festival Sea
By ROB RICHARDSON
Fall officially arrived in
West Central Georgia
Monday, and festival season
is not far behind.
Over a half-dozen large
festivals are scheduled, and
a number of smaller events
axe planned, too.
• The most widely-known
is the Cotton Pickin' Fair in
G. ay, the first weekend in
October.
The two-day event fea-
tures craftsmen from across
the southeast, in a vintage
setting with rustic farm
buildings.
Although plenty of local
people attend, the fair draws
thousands from the Atlanta
market.
The fair, now in its 30th
year, features plenty of food,
antiques and children's enter-
tainment, as well.
• Talbotton's Fall Line
Festival features a good blend
of food, crafts and a bigger
amusements area than many
festivals, with rides and
games.
The Oct. 12 Fall Line fes-
tival also features a car show.
• One of the more focused
festivals is Manchester's
Railroad Days, scheduled for
Oct. 19-20.
The event literally draws
raflfans from across the coun-
try as well as a local crowd.
Rail history exhibits are
the mainstay of the event,
which also features food,
entertainment and crafts. A
car show is also on the sched-
ule.
*Hogansville's
Hummingbird Festival is also
scheduled for Oct. 19-20, with
a wide variety of vendors set
up in the downtown area.
Entertainment, food con-
cessions and other activities
will benefit the town's theatre
renovation project.
*The Oct. 19-20 Concord
Jubilee in Pike County is one
of the region's larger festi-
vals and has good mix of
crafts vendors, food stands
and children's attractions.
Live music, which in the
past has ranged from Big
Band to Gospel, is a main-
stay of the event.
Area festival-goers can
easily find a way to visit all
three events that weekend
since each lasts two days.
*There's no doubt which
is the featured food at the
annual Yatesville Chittlin'
Festival, slated for Oct. 26-
27.
The event also features
many other foods in addition
to crafts vendors and enter-
tainment.
*North Meriwether resi-
dents are looking forward to
the Lone Oak Country
Festival, expected to be held
Nov. 3.
*Molena is expected to
hold its annual downtown fes-
tival Nov. 3.
*There will be many other
church and school festivals
in October, especially near
the end of the month.
Last October's Haunted
Jail fundraiser in Greenville
was hugely popular and
fright-seekers are hoping it
will be held again this year.
*Admission is free to
most festivals other
Cotton Pickin' Fair, but
seekers shouldn't go
empty wallets.
Most food items are
$1 or more each,
ized exotic foods can
much higher.
Children's
still cheaper than at a
ty fair, but most
charge $2 and
typically $3 or
Amusement games are
ally $2 or more.
Prices for
range from under a
for a bird whistle to
sands for an
ing.
Parking is usually
festivals.
Festival-goers can
pick up plenty of free
cils, rulers, fans and
knick-knacks from
candidates who can't
the chance to find a
crowd.
LOOK AT THAT! IT'S
THAT CATI During the
month of August, the first
rade class of Mrs Kim
Iston read books by Dr.
Seuss as part of their
author study. We learned
about his life and how he
became an author. One
of the books that we read
wasThe Catandthe Hat. "
When we brought our unit
to an end, the Cat and the
Hat himself made a sur-
prise visit to our class-
room.
Gospel Singing Planned in Grantville
There will be a Gospel Singing in down-
town Grantville on Saturday September 28,
2002 at 7 p.m. The featured groups are the
Gospel Messengers of LaGrange, Felicia
Smith of GrantviIIe, The Akins Family of
Newnan, Dan Burdett of Grantville, Linda
Griffin of Newnan and more.
For more information, call The Lord's
Place Thrift Shop at (770) 583-2012.
Chart-Flint Directors to Meet
The Chattahoochee-Flint Regional
Development Center Board of Directors will
meet3"hursday, September 26, beginning at
6:30 p.m. Please call Kathy at 706-675-6721,
ext. 101 to obtain additional information.
Retired Educators vrdl Meet
The Troup Retired Educators Association
will meet Thursday, September 26, 11:30 a.m.,
Highland Country Club, LaGrange. LaVance
Keith, minister/humorist, will present the
program. Also, representatives from the West
Georgia Health System will present infor-
mation relative to the upcoming cold and flu
season. Ralph Johnson, TREA president,
invites all retired educators in the area to
attend this meeting.
SeuU Reunion Planned Nov. 3
A reunion for all the descendants of
Samuel Sewell, St. will be November 3rd in
Lone Oak. There will be a church service in
the Allen-Lee Memorial United Methodist
Church at 11:00 a.m., followed by a barbecue
lunch at the historical Community Center. On
Saturday, November 2nd, in Lone Oak there
will be special tours of homes, trips to ceme-
teries and exchange of information on the
family.
For more information, call Wayne Sewell,
256-234-5437 or e-mail rwsewell@yahoo.com.
Senior Center Plans Book Sale
The Hogansville Senior Center will have
a paperback book sale Friday, September 27
at the Hogansville Senior Center from 9 a.m.
- 2 p.m. The books will be six for $1.00. If you
like to read, this will be a great time to get
some books.
Judgement Jounmy Set Oct. 11
Judgement Journey 2002. "A 30 Minute
Journey Through the Tribulation of End
Times," will be held at Faith Baptist Church
in LaGrange beginning Friday, October 11.
The outdoor adventure begins at dusk.
Faith Baptist Church is located at 552
Hammett Rd. Admission is $5 per person.
Reservations are required for parties of 20
or more. The snack bar opens and ticket sales
begin at 6 p.m. No one under 16 is admitted
without an adult.
Judgement Journey has been expanded
to 10 evenings: Oct. 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, 30
and 31 and Nov. I and 2.
For more information call (706) 884-3100
or toll free 866-432-4841; e-mail:
faithbc@mindspring.com; web site:
www.judgementjourney.org.
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LARRY RICH NISSAN I
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Hummingbird Festival Bigger This
The Hummingbird Phflly cheese steaks, bloom- ing the festival weekend.
Festival 2002, October 19th ing onions, pizza, hot wings, The kickoff event for1
and 20th, includes something snow cones, kebobs, fried whole weekend is the
foreverymemberofthefam- fish, roasted corn, peanuts val dinner on
ily but particularly the chil- (boiled and brittled), black- October 17th, which will|
dren. "Our festival has eyed peas and more." the first time the
always been a family orient- "And we've also Victorianl
ed affair," says Bill increased the number and to the general
Stankiewicz, festival chair- quality of the kids' rides and met low country boil
man. "And this year we've games. The moonwalk, train, with entertainment
pulled out all stops to make petting zoo, "Bug Guy" and only access to the best
it a kid friendly favorite." pony rides are joined this auction in the area will|
Besides the quality arts year by a bunch of new chil- available for $50. Net
and crafts booths, that this dren's games, a puppet show, ceeds will go to city
year should increase by at buggy rides, and various tion.
least 25%, more food vendors street performers, clowns "The tickets are
are making the West Georgia and jugglers," adds fast," says Stewart.
weekend affair a culinary Stankiewicz. "And sports in the Victorian Belle's
delight. "Not only have the fans can't wait for the old geous interior, the
numbers increased in the timers basketball and foot- and the silent auction has
food court, but the variety ball games and sock hop to requests coming in
and quality as well," says be held by the Hogansvflle over.
Mary Stewart, booth chair- High Alumni Homecoming
person. "Besides great good on Friday the 18th and "It's the same with
ol' southern foods, we'll also Saturday nights." booths," continued
have ethnic favorites and A CivilWarre-enactment "There are both food
regional specialties. Just with over 30 soldiers, cannon
some oftheitemsinclude: hot and cavalry will be held at going fast. Now is the
dogs, hamburgers, fried pies, HogansviIle's new event cen- call 637 9497 for both
fried green tomatoes, chili, ter, the Victorian Belle, dur- and booth reservations."
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