Veterans Day closing
will be closed Friday, Nov. 10. Football contest forms may be placed in the dropbox and will be picked up at 5:00 p.m.
Senior Center fish plate fundraiser
The Jones County Senior Center, 126 Senior Center Way, Gray, will be having a fish plate fundraiser Friday, Nov. 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The plate will include fish, baked beans, coleslaw, hush puppies, dessert, and drink. Plates may be preordered by calling 986-6815, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Plates will also be available for purchase the day of the event.
Syrup Makin’ Time – 34th Annual Event
Saturday, Nov. 4, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site, Juliette. Experience sugar cane syrup making the oldfashioned way as we cook cane juice in the original kettles and press sugar cane on the steam powered press. The farm will also come to life with live bluegrass music, spinning, weaving, blacksmithing, and wood stove cooking. There will also be a special Civil War encampment to commemorate the November 1864 arrival of General Sherman’s federal troops. Hot sugar cane syrup will be available to purchase at the end of the day.
Admission is $9 for adults, $7.25 for Seniors, $6.50 for Youth 6-17, and $3.50 for children 5 and under. Call for more info (478) 986-5172. Location: 711 Jarrell Plantation Rd, Juliette, GA 31046 Southeast of Juliette, 18 miles from I-75 Forsyth exit #185 or 18 miles north of Macon exit #171.
CASA volunteer training
Ocmulgee Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will hold a new volunteer training from Oct. 11 through Nov. 8, from 1-4 p.m. at the Putnam County Administration Building, 117 Putnam Drive in Eatonton.
(CASA volunteers serve as advocates for children in foster care). Please call 478-452-9170 for more information.
Very Crafty Christmas
Saturday, Nov. 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. behind the JC Fair Grounds at the Scout Center. 60 vendors with wreaths, jewelry, soaps and so much more. Food trucks featuring giant turkey legs. Free to the public. Get your Christmas shopping done with us!
Jones County 4-H
• 11/1-11/28:FallForum@ Rock Eagle sign-ups
• 11/2:BookClub4-5pm
• 11/6:Homeschoolmeeting 1:30-2:30
• 11/6:CottonBolland Consumer judging practice 4-5 pm
• 11/7:BookClub4-5pm
• 11/8:CottonBolland Consumer judging practice 4-5 pm
• 11/9:CottonBolland Consumer Judging Competition 1:30pm-7:30 pm
• 11/11-11/12:Junior Conference @Rock Eagle
• 11/14:CountyCouncil6:30 8:00 pm
• 11/16:ShotgunSafety Meeting and New Shooters Sign-ups 7:00pm
• 11/17:ArcheryTeambake sale prep afternoon 3:00 5:00 pm
• 11/18:BakeSaleforArchery Team 9:00 am-12:00 pm
• 10/30-11-27:Christmas Craft Days sign-ups 8 am-5 pm
• 11/30:ServiceLearning 4-5 pm Please call the Jones County Extension Office at 478-986-3958 or email Savanna.Clark@uga.edu for more information on each event.
REGULAR
MEETINGS
• BradleyBaptistChurchwillhave Sunday services at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Drive-in services can tune to 89.1 for both services. Sunday school will be at 10:00 a.m.
• TheJCHSFFAAlumniChapter meets the second Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. inside the JCHS lunchroom. Membership is open to anyone, even if they were not a former FFA member.
• Al-AnonmeetseveryTuesdayand Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Jones County Senior Center, 126 Senior Center Way. For information, call 986-7192.
• AAmeetsattheAmericanLegion Building every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call 986-3207.
• St.PaulAMEChurchwillbehaving a clothing bank the first Saturday of every month from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at 127 Saint Paul Church Circle.
• NarcononofGeorgiaoffershelp for drug and alcohol addiction.
For more information, call Narconon of Georgia at 1-877-413 3073 or visit www.drugsno.com.
Narconon offers referrals, free assessments, drug education and out-patient rehabilitation.
• TheJonesCountyKiwanisClub meets every Monday in the fellowship hall of Gray Baptist Church at 6:30 p.m.
• NewHarvestChurchofGod, 12689 Highway 87, Juliette, hosts a community prayer service every Monday in the sanctuary at 6:30 p.m.; it does not end until everyone is finished praying.
Everyone is invited. For more information, contact pastor Mark Moore, (478) 993-6705, or Tina McMurray, (478) 957-7299.
• TheGrayCityCouncilmeetsthe first Monday of each month at the D.V. Childs Civic Center at 6:00 p.m.
• TheGrayJayceesmeetthesecond Monday of each month at 7 p.m., in the lobby of Main Street,109 James Street, downtown Gray. For more information, contact Gray Jaycee President, Michael Fields at 478-414-8087.
• GrayStationMiddleSchool council meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month.
• AmericanLegionPost142meets the first Tuesday of each month at 314 Old Clinton Road (directly behind Tri-County EMC) at 6:30 p.m. For more information, email graylegionpost142@windstream. net.
