News office Thanksgiving closing
The Jones County News will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23.
Closings for Thanksgiving
All of the following businesses will be closed Thursday, Nov. 23.
Schedules that are different from normal business hours are listed for those that apply.
Ingles – Closing Thursday, Nov.
23 at 4:00 p.m. and reopening Friday, Nov. 24 Exchange Bank - Friday: Closing at 12:00 p.m.
Magnolia State Bank - Friday: Closing at 12:00 p.m.
Morris Bank - Friday: Closing at 1:00 p.m.
Robins Financial Credit Union Cadence Bank Gray City Hall - Friday: Closed All county offices, including the courthouse and public works, will be closed Thursday, Nov. 23 and Friday, Nov. 24.
Jones County Recycling Centers will be closed Thursday, Nov. 23.
Jones County 4-H
• 10/30-11-27:ChristmasCraft 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-AnonmeetseveryTuesday and Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Jones County Senior Center, 126 Senior Center Way. For information, call 986-7192.
• AAmeetsattheAmerican Legion Building every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call 986-3207.
• 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.
• 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.
• TheGrayJayceesmeetthe second 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.
• AmericanLegionPost142 meets 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.
• TheJonesCountyCruisersmeet the first Monday of each month at Chevy’s Pizza at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call Dannie Curtis at 258-5502.
• 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 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at this same location. For more information, call Gary at 737-2077.
• TheJonesCountyDemocratic Party meets the fourth Monday in each month September - May at the W.E. Knox Civic Center.
• TheJonesCountyHighSchool Touchdown Club meets the first Thursday of each month. For more information, contact Lee Perkins, (478) 973-2018.
• TheJonesCountyChildren In Care Parent’s Association meets the third Monday of each month at Elam Baptist Church from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• TheCityofGrayHistoric Preservation Commission meets the first Tuesday of each month in City Hall’s conference room at 6:00 p.m.
• TheMarineCorpsLeague Detachment #970 meets the first Tuesday of each month at United Community Church, 2411 Heath Road, Macon, at 6:00 p.m. For further information, call Ed Barbee, 960-3917.
• TheSexualAssaultSurvivors (SAS) group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Reflections Psychotherapy LLC from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. For more information, call (706) 224 3396 or email angiemeells@yahoo.com.
• TheJonesCountyHighSchool Band Boosters meet the second Tuesday of each month in the band room or the lunch room at 6:30 p.m.
• TheJonesCountyBoardof Commissioners meets the first and third Tuesday of each month in the Charlotte C.
Wilson Conference Room at 6:00 p.m.
•• ThealumniofWhittle Elementary School, Spring Street, Macon, meet the second Tuesday of each month at Fresh Air Bar-B-Que, 3070 Riverside Drive in Macon, at 11:30 a.m.
For more information, call Mike King, (478) 994-6757, or email Bobby Sanders at rasanders@cox.net.
• TheOldCapitalCarClubmeets the second Tuesday of each month at the IHOP, Wal-Mart Market Central, 2598 N.
Columbia St. in Milledgeville, at 6:30 p.m. for dinner, followed by the meeting at 7:30 p.m. All auto enthusiasts are invited to attend. For more information, call (478) 453-0295.
• GrayGardenClubmeetson the first Tuesday of the month at the Bradley Baptist Church 10:00 a.m.
• TheDomesticViolence Survivors (DVS) group meets the third Tuesday of each month at Reflections Psychotherapy LLC from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. For more information, call (706) 224-3396 or email angiemeells@yahoo. com.
