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See more events and a regional events calendar online at www.jcnews.com LOOK FOR THE CALENDAR MENU ITEM Jones County Senior Center Yard Sale Fundraiser
Saturday, Oct. 4, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
126 Senior Center Way, Gray. Lots of good buys.
Downtown Fall Festival
Oct. 17, 5 to 9 p.m. Downtown Gray. Enjoy an evening full of fall fun, live music, tasty treats and family friendly activities. There’s something for everyone to enjoy.
Voices of the Past Lantern Tour
Oct. 10-12, 6:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at Jarrell Plantation Historic Site, Juliette. Explore Jarrell Plantation by lantern light and hear the strange, dark, and mysterious stories from the farm’s history in the 1920s.
Tickets can be purchased by phone or on Eventbrite.com.
Salem AME Church Family and Friends Day
Salem AME Church, 115 Holloman Road, will have its annual Family and Friends Day Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2:00 p.m.
The speaker will be Rev. Michael Burney of St. James AME Church in Bradley.
Not-so-scary Grayberry Spectacular
The 5th Annual Spectacular.
Oct. 25, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. If you are a local church or local business that would like to sign up to participate in the event, goto: https://fbcgray.com/ events#notsoscary.
CASA volunteer training
Ocmulgee Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will hold their fall New Volunteer Training from 1-4 p.m. each day on: September 17 – Orientation; Wednesday, Sept. 24, Chapters 1-2; Monday, Sept. 29, Chapters 3-4; Monday, October 6, Chapters 5-6; Wednesday, October 8, Chapters 7-8; Wednesday, October 15, - CPRS All sessions will be held at the Putnam County Administration Building, 117 Putnam Drive, Eatonton. For more information, please call 478-452-9170.
REGULAR
MEETINGS
• TheFederatedGardenClub of Gray meets monthly on the first Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at Bradley Baptist Church with the exception of May and December. Members discuss participation in upcoming events in the area and projects beautifying our community. Visitors are welcome to attend. For information, call 478-986-8898.
• BibleStudyatJarocho’sMexican Restaurant each Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. All invited.
• 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 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-AnonmeetseveryTuesday and Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Jones County Senior Center, 126 Senior Center Way. For information, call 478-986-7192.
• AAmeetsattheAmerican Legion Building, 304 Old Clinton Road, every Sunday, Tuesday (except the first Tuesday of each month), and Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call 478-986-3207. The AA Hotline is 833-643-4222.
• St.PaulAMEChurchwillbe having 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.
• TheJonesCountyKiwanisClub meets every Monday in the fellowship hall of Gray Baptist Church at 6:30 p.m.
• TheJonesCountyCruisersMeets 1st Monday of each month at Dairy Queen. 6PM for social time and 7PM meeting. Contact Danny Curtiss for further info at 478-986-6306.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• TheGrayJayceesmeetthe second Monday of each month at 7 p.m., in the lobby of Main St., 109 James St., downtown Gray.
For more information, contact Gray Jaycee President, Michael Fields at 478-414-8087.
•• TheGrayDowntown Development Authority meets the second Monday of each month in the conference room at City Hall at noon.
• TheJonesCountyAmateur Radio Society (JCARS) meets the first Thursday of each month at the Jones County EMA office classroom on Industrial Boulevard in Gray at 6:30 p.m.
All are welcome. Amateur Radio License testing begins at 5:00
