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scene Established 2007 • Volume 5 No. 5

PUBLISHER Keith Barlow EDITOR Natalie Davis Linder CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Michael Evans ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Erin Simmons CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Sarah Dickens Helen Harris ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Ginger Reeves Erin Simmons Cindy Witcher GRAPHIC DESIGNER Theresa Willis COVER SHOT Kyle Collins

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C NTENTS features A QUARTER CENTURY OF EDUCATIONAL GROWTH State’s flagship liberal arts university celebrates 125 years

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PLAYING INTO A NEW CENTURY Milledgeville Music Club marks centennial season

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HISTORIC CHANGES Historic home marks 50th anniversary of Flannery O’Connor’s death with new director, changes underway

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BOOKS, PLANTS, BAKE SALES & MORE 34th annual library fair supports local programs

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‘WHERE EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN’ Kitchens Road Festival returns for another taste of nostalgia

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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TROLLEY TOUR

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A&E CALENDAR

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SCENE & HEARD

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DINING DIRECTORY

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WORSHIP DIRECTORY

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GALLERIES

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fter our last long, treacherous winter it seems like the months flew by and only yesterday the temperatures were finally starting to melt away the chill. Alas, the leaves are turning and fall is once again in full swing.

Fall has always been my favorite time of the year and before we know it, Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday, will be here. Before we get there, let’s take a moment to relish in the changing of the season — the fall festivals and annual events that make this time of year so special — from Deep Roots to the Kitchens Road Festival.

Along with the annual fall festivities, this year also marks a special milestone for Georgia College — its quasquicentennial celebration. The state’s flagship liberal arts school began 125 years ago as Georgia Normal and Industrial College. Inside this History Issue of Milledgeville Scene, we take a look at the events coming up to celebrate its 125th anniversary. Find out how you can take part.

The Milledgeville Music Club may not be widely known throughout the community but its contributions to local students and music programs are certainly noteworthy. The club is also celebrating a birthday this year — its 100th. Be sure to read

“But I do feel a little teeny right now that I'm just about ready to start, and winter is entering. Half past autumn has arrived.”

—Gordon Parks

details on the club and its upcoming events.

Not quite 125 years old, the Kitchens Road Festival — now in its third year — harkens back to yesteryear, taking visitors on a trip down memory lane and presenting new discoveries for those too young to remember. It’s theme — “Everything Old is New Again.” Writer Sarah Dickens shares details on this year’s festival and its origins.

This year also marks the 50th anniversary of famed writer Flannery O’Connor’s death. Historic Andalusia farm, the literary giant’s former homeplace, is undergoing a few improvements, just in time for fall festivities and tourists at the farm. Writer Helen Harris shares details with us in this issue.

We certainly hope you enjoy this History Issue of Milledgeville Scene. Keep us posted on other upcoming events as we plan for our annual Holiday Issue. Email story ideas and feedback to ndavis@unionrecorder.com.

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NATALIE DAVIS LINDER, EDITOR

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trolley tour 14th Annual Haunted Trolley Tour

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he Milledgeville Convention & Visitors Bureau will present its 14th annual Haunted Trolley Tour in October.

For the past 14 years, the Haunted Trolley Tour has entertained residents and visitors with legends and folklore passed down for the last 150 years. This year will be no exception.

Once again featuring the ever-popular “adults only” tour as well as the 6:30 p.m. tour, the tours are certainly going to be a crowd pleaser.

The stories aboard the trolley have been expanded to include a fully interactive and engaging performance within the gates of Memory Hill Cemetery.

A 7 p.m. showtime has been added this year to bring the public additional “adults only” tours.

The tours will be given at 6:30 and 8:30 pm. Oct. 27 and 29, and at 7 and 8:30 p.m. Oct. 28 and 30.

Tickets go on sale Oct. 1 and they typically sell out fast.

Tour tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children (under 16) and are first come, first serve. Tickets available at the CVB only.

Due to the high demand, there is a maximum of four tickets per person.

For more information and ticket purchase call the Milledgeville Convention & Visitors Bureau at 478-452-4687 or visit www.visitmilledgeville.org.

The CVB office is located at 200 West Hancock St. and is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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First Friday. Downtown Milledgeville. 6 to 8 p.m.

Oct 4

Green Farmers Market.

Market Park Pavilion.

9 a.m. to noon.

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Oct 25 Chair Bottoming Workshop.

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: $85.

Allen's Market Building.

Green Farmers Market.

Market Park Pavilion. 9 a.m. to noon.

Milledgeville Marketplace Farmers Market. Market Park Pavilion. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Pine Needle Basket Making Workshop. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cost: $72. Allen's Market Building. For more information call 478-452-3950.

Annual Bluegrass Festival.

Andalusia Farm. 4 to 9 p.m.

Call 478-454-4029 for more information.

Oct 28 Milledgeville Marketplace Farmers Market. Market Park Pavilion. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

“Little Shop of Horrors.” GMC Prep One-Act Play. Goldstein Center for Performing Arts. 7 p.m.

Green Farmers Market.

Market Park Pavilion.

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Milledgeville Marketplace Farmers Market. Market Park Pavilion. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

“The Stetson Family Prepares for Wartime Holidays” tour.

Georgia’s Old Capital Museum. Cost $6 for students, $8 for adults. Available for groups of 12 or more with reservation. Call 478-4531803 for more information.

11th annual Deep Roots Festival. Downtown Milledgeville. Gates open at 10 a.m. Call 478-414-4014 or 478-414-4015 for information or visit www.deeprootsfestival.com Live Music. Monroe Crossing in concert. 2 p.m. Allen’s Market Building. Tickets $20.

For more information call 478-452-3950.

Milledgeville Marketplace Farmers Market. Market Park Pavilion. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

“The Stetson Family Prepares for Wartime Holidays” tour.

Georgia’s Old Capital Museum. Cost $6 for students, $8 for adults. Available for groups of 12 or more with reservation. Call 478-4531803 for more information.

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ONGOING "An American Journey from

Georgia to Philadelphia."

Exhibition of Georgia-born artist Dox Thrash. GC Museum of Fine Arts. Tuesday-Thursday. 12:30 to 4 p.m.

Through Beginning Photography September Workshop. Mondays, Sept. 8,

Through October 31

Attractions

Andalusia

Bartram In 1794, Native Americans Forest inhabited the Bartram Forest.

Today, educational hiking trails allow visitors to see centuries of abundant wildlife, natural wetlands, and an erosion ravine with soil that is a remnant of the ancient shallow seas that covered Georgia 50 to 100 million years ago. Three looping trails cover this natural wonder.

2892 Highway 441 South.

Blackbridge 111 South Clarke St., (478) Hall Art 445-4572, www.gcsu.edu/art, Gallery 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This art gallery exhibits regional, national and internationally recognized contemporary artists. It also presents GCSU senior art major exhibitions at the end of each semester.

BrownStetsonSanford House

601 West Hancock St. (478) 453-1803. Open by appointment and on the Historic Trolley Tour. An architectural gem built

by John Marlor in the “Milledgeville Federal” style with its characteristic columned double porch. It served the state capital as the Beecher-Brown Hotel and then the State’s Rights Hotel for the many visiting legislators who came to the area.

15, 22, 29. 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Cost: $100. Allen's Market Building. Artist Dana Wiggins will teach a four-week photography class. The class will focus on developing the skills of the beginning photographer. For more Central State The Central State Hospital information call 478-452-3950.

Hospital Museum, located on Broad Street in an 1891 Victorian Museum Artist Stephanie Scott presents train depot, contains memora"A Retrospective: Etchings and bilia that spans the history of Paintings" at the Marlor House, CSH. From annual reports to 201 N. Wayne St. 9 a.m. to 5 medical equipment, to client’s p.m. and on weekends by personal effects, the museum’s appointment. For more informacontents tell the story of the histion call 478-452-3950. tory of mental health treatment in the United States and the unique story of the hospital Flannery O’Connor’s Farm, once renowned as the largest North Columbia Street, 478-454“insane asylum” in the world.

4029, www.andalusiafarm.org.

Central State Hospital Museum Open to the public Thursday, tours are available by appointFriday, Saturday and Sunday 10 ment only. For information call a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday, Kari Brown at (478) 445-4128.

Tuesday and Wednesday. www.centralstatehospital.org.

A&E-MONTH-MONTH Flannery Dillard Russell Library, GCSU O’Connor campus, University session. On Room display are manuscripts from O’Connor’s personal collection of more than 700 books and journals. The room is furnished in the Victorian style of the 1870s. Most of these items were brought from Andalusia, the farm where O’Connor lived and wrote the major portion of her fiction. For information (478) 445-0988.

GCSU Natural History Museum

Herty Hall, Room 143, Wilkinson Street (478) 4450809 for hours; also open by appointment.

Visit the Paleozoic, Mesozioc and Cenozoic eras and see fossils from Georgia and across the world. The museum offers an explanation of the history of life through geological time.

Georgia’s 201 East Greene St., Old Capital Old Capital Building ground floor, Museum (478) 453-1803,www.oldcapitalmuseum.org, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Experience real Civil War history in the building where Georgia legislators voted to secede from the Union and learn about Native Americans who lived in the area before European settlement. The Old Capital Building was the first public building designed in the Gothic Revival style.

Georgia War 2617 Carl Vinson Highway, Veteran’s (478) 445-3363.

Memorial Cemetery John Marlor 201 North Wayne St., (478) Art Center 452-3950, www.milledgevillealliedarts.com. This facility is one of three historic buildings that make up the Allied Arts Center. This area was once known as “The Strip,” which was the heart of the AfricanAmerican district until the 1980s. It is a beautiful Milledgeville-Federal/Early Greek Revival. Originally twoover-two clapboard with shed rooms and an open dogtrot porch. It now houses arts offices and the Marlor Art Gallery. The Allen’s Market Building, across

from the John Marlor Art Center, is a 1911 building that has been adapted into theatre, meeting and studio space.

Visitors are given guided tours of current exhibitions. Allied Arts is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on weekends by appointment. For more information (478) 4523950.

Memory Hill town plan of 1803, it later came Cemetery to be known as Cemetery Square. Many people associated with Milledgeville and Georgia history, such as L.Q.C. Lamar, Congressman Carl Vinson, and Flannery O’Connor, as well as early Georgia governors, legislators, college presidents, slaves, and soldiers, are buried here.

Liberty and Franklin streets; w w w. f r i e n d s o f c e m s . o r g / MemoryHill.

Lake Sinclair Lake Sinclair, U.S. Highway 441 Milledgeville North, encompasses 15,300 acres Convention & for fishing, skiing and fishing tourna- Visitors Bureau ments, swimming, boating, camping and has several marinas for the convenience of visitors. Recently declared the “Cleanest Lake in the State,” Lake Sinclair boasts more than 500 miles of shoreline.

Campgrounds, picnic areas and unsupervised beaches add to the enjoyment of Lake Sinclair.

Lockerly Hall 1534 Irwinton Road, (478) 4522112,www.lockerly arboretum.org. Lockerly Hall, a Greek Revival home circa 1839, is the centerpiece of the Lockerly Arboretum, and presides over its surroundings with elegance and grace. The mansion is a significant example of the finest plantation architecture of the area as well as the entire cotton belt of the Old South. Lockerly Hall is open for tours on the Monday and Wednesday Trolley Tour through the Convention & Visitors Bureau.

(478) 452-4687 or (800) 6531804.

Mary Vinson Baldwin County’s first public Memorial library was founded in 1923 and Library at one time occupied the building that now serves as the Milledgeville Visitors Center. In 1961, the library’s name was changed to the Mary Vinson Memorial Library in honor of Congressman Vinson’s late wife.

The current 18,900-square-foot building on Jefferson Street was completed in 1986. Today, the Mary Vinson Memorial Library is home to an extensive genealogical and local history collection.

Located at 151 S. Jefferson St. www.twinlakeslibrarysystem.org Originally designated as one of the four public squares of twenty acres each in the Milledgeville

Museum & Archives of Georgia Education

The CVB offers guided trolley tours Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. and Saturdays at 2 p.m. Trolley tour admission is $12 for adults, $10 for children ages 6 to 13 and $10 for senior citizens.

Group tickets available by request, as well as step-on guides at the CVB, 200 W. Hancock St. Office hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Closed holidays. For additional information call 478-452-4687 or 1-800-653-1804 or visit www.milledgevillecvb.com A two-story clapboard with Corinthian columns and a Palladian window are highlights of this former private residence, which now provides space for the historical records, artifacts and memorabilia documenting the development of education in Georgia. The museum is open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, during regular GCSU sessions. For information call 478-445-4391.

St. Stephen’s St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Episcopal established circa 1843. A Gothic Church roof now replaces the original flat roof destroyed by the explosion of the nearby arsenal during the Civil War. Of special interest is the chancel window of Old English glass, a gift from Christ Church in Savannah.

E-mail your events to ndavis@unionrecorder.com.

Please include time, date, location, including address, cost for the event and a contact phone number.

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SCENE&HEARD a look at the arts & culture of Milledgeville and Baldwin County

GMC TO HOST VIETNAM WAR COMMEMORATIVE

CEREMONY

In cooperation with the Viet Nam War Commemoration Events Team (Arlington, Va.), Georgia Military College will host a Vietnam War Commemorative Ceremony on Nov. 14, honoring Georgia’s Vietnam veterans.

GMC and the City of Milledgeville Georgia invites all Vietnam Veterans and their friends and family members to attend.

The ceremony will be held at 2:30 p.m. on GMC’s Grant Parade.

Seating and assistance for disabled veterans will be provided.

GMC cadets in grades six through 12 and GMC junior college cadets will parade in honor of Georgia’s Vietnam veterans. Veterans desiring to march in the parade will be given the opportunity to do so.

Refreshments will be served following the commemorative event.

Reviewing officer will be Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV (Ret.) president of GMC. Distinguished speaker will be Lt. Gen. Claude M. Kicklighter (Ret.), director of the Viet Nam War Commemoration, and GMC alumnus.

—GMC Communications

GEORGIA MILLY GIVES DAY MAKES SUPPORTS MILLEDGEVILLE NONPROFITS HOME For the past two years local non-profits have received a boost through a concerted effort geared at getting the community giving.

The third annual Georgia Gives Day is set for Nov. 13.

Georgia Gives is a 24-hour day of giving to nonprofit organizations around the state. It’s designed to rally the entire state to support nonprofits in local communities and is organized by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits.

Since the inaugural event in 2012, Georgia Gives Day has brought more than 1,700 participating nonprofits together with nearly 19,000 donors to raise more than $2.5 million that directly benefited these nonprofits. Donors can give directly via the Georgia Gives Day website online or through their mobile device.

Local participating organizations have in the past included: the Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) of Baldwin County, Communities In Schools of Milledgeville-Baldwin County (CISMBC), Compassionate Care Clinic, Georgia College & State University Foundation, Georgia Military College Foundation, Habitat for Humanity of Milledgeville-Baldwin County, Lockerly Arboretum Foundation and Oconee River Greenway Foundation.

This year’s participating nonprofits will be announced in October.

Georgia Gives Day 2014 will once again feature “Power Hours” and “Golden Tickets,” popular competitions that reward nonprofits who receive the most donations and random drawings that add up to $1,000 onto individual donations that come in through the website throughout the day, respectively. Nonprofits at the top of the leaderboards for most dollars and most donors will also be rewarded with bonus incentive funds. These competitions, which add excitement and incentives to donate on Georgia Gives Day, are made possible through the generous support of GCN’s corporate funding partners, including Coca-Cola, SunTrust Foundation, Wells Fargo, Knight Foundation, and others.

For more information visit www.GAgivesday.org.

—GC Communications

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Milly, a brand new, custom-made trolley, made its debut in Milledgeville at the Hometown Celebration held in August in downtown Milledgeville. Free trolley rides were offered during the downtown event.

The CVB has 10 tour guides who give twohour tours on the history of Milledgeville.

A trolley ride through the landmark historic district includes rotating visits to the Old State Capitol, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Lockerly Hall and the Brown-Stetson-Sanford House.

All tours begin at the Convention & Visitors Bureau. Tour stops vary daily.

Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens; and $5 ages 6 to 13. Tours are offered Monday through Friday at 10 a.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m. For more information call the Milledgeville Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800-653-1804 or 478-453-4440 or email tourism@windstream.net.

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A quarter century of

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ew and returning students have flocked cheerfully onto Georgia College’s campus. The sight of students filling the campus is a familiar one, and although much has changed over the years, the college remains a steadfast center for education and a pillar of the Milledgeville community. Resting on a steady foundation of proven success, opportunity and knowledge, Georgia College celebrates its 125th anniversary this year.

of educational growth State’s flagship liberal arts university celebrates 125 years

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Hist ory

Georgia College and State University, Georgia's public liberal arts university, was created by an act of the legislature Nov. 8, 1889.

Georgia Normal and Industrial College, the institution's original name, was founded to provide a practical higher education for women that would enable them to enter business and industry or teaching.

Georgia Normal and Industrial College was given the Old Governor's Mansion as a dormitory and presidential residence as well as a sixteen-acre square filled with rubble from the former Georgia State Penitentiary. In 1891 Old Main, the college's first classroom building, was completed.

The first president, J. Harris Chappell, together with Julia Flisch, who was now a faculty member, shaped the philosophy and curricu-

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lum of the new college. Chappell wanted an egalitarian institution where, as he put it, "a millionaire's daughter ... could not be distinguished from the poorest girl in the school." The girls all wore the same brown uniforms and, through a set of complex rules and regulations, were isolated as much as possible from local males. The college had something of the air of a convent.

Chappell and Flisch also moved beyond the industrial college mission to develop a strong curriculum in the arts and humanities.

In 1905 Chappell was succeeded as president by the energetic and charismatic Marvin M. Parks. The Neoclassical appearance of the campus took shape during Parks's twentyone-year tenure, and Georgia Normal and Industrial College moved beyond

its tentative experimental years to become one of the leading normal schools in the Southeast. Parks assembled a faculty that taught such innovative courses as educational psychology, though he had a more traditional view of women's socioeconomic role than did Chappell and Flisch. In 1917 Parks sought to gain a share of federal Smith-Lever funds for home economics extension work, and at the same time he lobbied the state legislature for permission to confer four-year degrees. Both actions generated opposition from the board of trustees of UGA. The UGA trustees argued, correctly, that the act that established Georgia Normal and Industrial College gave UGA final control and management of the women's college.

Parks had no intention of operating Georgia Normal and Industrial

125th Anniversary Schedule of Events Leaps and bounds have been made since the beginnings of Georgia College in 1889 as a two-year women’s college. The quasquicentennial celebration extends throughout the year, with stories and festivities praising academic success, the excellence of students and community service.

A few events have already taken place thus far, including the freshmen class picture, freshmen convocation and the quaquincentennial kickoff celebration.

For the freshmen photo, students wore “One twenty five” shirts and were photographed on the lawn. The class of 2018 also received special “125” class pins at this year’s convocation ceremony. Faculty and staff as well had a chance to take part in the celebration, as they were invited to cake and ice cream in the Magnolia Ballroom with GC President Dr. Steve Dorman.

Adhering to Georgia College’s dedication to community service, one of the ongoing activities encourages students to participate in “GIVE 125,” by committing to recording 125 hours of community service through the GIVE Center.

An exciting and much anticipated event coming Saturday, Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. is the scholarship gala.

This event is by ticket only, which will be available on a first-come, first-served basis starting Oct. 15. Cleverly consistent with the year’s theme, tickets are priced at $125 per person and availability will be announced via GC Front Page. The gala is a special event in that 125 of the most influential individuals and groups in the history of the university will be recognized.

A full list of the year’s one-time and ongoing events can be accessed at gcsu.edu/125/.

College as a mere branch of UGA. Cultivating powerful political allies, Parks wrested administrative control of the college from UGA, and in 1922 the two-year teachers' college became a four-year degree-granting institution with a new name— Georgia State College for Women (GSCW). In 1926 Parks was struck and killed by a car in Tampa, Florida, but the college continued to flourish under a caretaker successor, a chemistry professor named J. Luther Beeson (1927-34).

On January 1, 1932, GSCW became part of the University System of Georgia, and two years later Guy H. Wells, a stout, nervously energetic, rather rustic native of Carroll County, assumed the presidency. Whatever his cultural deficiencies, Wells was a gifted administrator, and despite depressionera shoestring budgets, the college flourished under his guidance, with enrollment peaking at 1,500 in 1938. Wells encouraged student participation in governance decisions and, together with Dean Ethel Adams, created enduring traditions at GSCW. The most cherished of these was the

Bobcat Madness Wednesday, Oct. 8 at time TBA Centennial Center Students, come show your Bobcat spirit in a special Fall Bobcat Madness event sponsored

by SGA, RSA, CAB and Thunder Crew.

Mr. and Mrs. GC Pageant Location TBA Description TBA

Thursday, Oct. 9 at time TBA

Presidents' memorial Wednesday, Nov. 5 at time TBA Memorial Hill Cemetery Join members of GC's History Club in the long-standing tradition of visiting Memorial Hill Cemetery to decorate the graves of the university's past presidents. Open to all students, faculty, staff and community members.

Student Charter Day Celebration Friday, Nov. 7 7 - 10 p.m.

Front Lawn Students: join us for a new tradition by joining in a special Charter Day celebration on the Front Lawn.

Alumni reception Saturday, Nov. 8 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Front Lawn The Alumni Association will host a special morning reception for alumni prior to the start of the campus' Charter Day festivities.

Community Charter Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 8 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Front Lawn Unite with students, faculty, staff and members of the local community to celebrate Georgia College's history. Events will begin with a formal presentation at 11 a.m. The Quasquicentennial time capsule will be dedicated at noon. Visit a special historical corner to learn about the university's history and life in 1889. Learn how Georgia College contributes to the local community and how community members can participate in many Georgia College services and activities. Record your Georgia College memories at an oral history center. Games, entertainment and fun for everyone!

Scholarship Gala Saturday, Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m.

Wellness and Recreation Center Tickets are required and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Availability will be announced via GC Front Page. Tickets are available at $125 per person.

Celebrate Georgia College's legacy of learning and support future generations of students.

The gala will feature some of Georgia College's best and brightest students, and will honor 125 individuals who have paved the way for Georgia College's place in the higher education landscape.

Midnight breakfast Monday, Dec. 8 at 10 p.m.

The Max Don't miss a Quasquicentennial-themed version of a long-standing campus tradition.

Faculty and staff serve breakfast to students prior to the start of finals week.

Georgia College Day at the capital Tuesday, Feb. 10 (tentative) Invited faculty, staff and students share Georgia College's story at the capital, highlighting the unique opportunities available to students at the state's designated public liberal arts university.

Homecoming Monday - Saturday, Feb. 16 - 21 Locations TBA Events TBA and will be announced on the homecoming website, homecoming.gcsu.edu.

Flannery O'Conner birthday celebration Wednesday, March 25 Time TBA Location TBA Join in a campuswide celebration of the birthday of one of Georgia College's most famous alumna.

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Hist ory of

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Georgia College Golden Slipper, a competition between classes to produce the best skits and dances, which soon came to symbolize the sisterhood of the Jessies (the name for GSCW students).

The campus was transformed during World War II (1941-45) when, through the efforts of Congressman Carl Vinson, a Milledgeville resident, the college became a training center for the Navy WAVES. From 1943 to 1945, 15,000 WAVES passed through GSCW. The regular students felt a bit crowded, and their occasional resentment was expressed in cartoons drawn for the college newspaper and yearbook by Flannery O'Connor. O'Connor, who graduated from GSCW in 1945, went on to become a major American writer and remains the college's most distinguished graduate.

Enrollment declined precipitously in the postwar years, reaching a low of 585 students in 1953. Many young women considered the very concept of a woman's college confining and rather old-fashioned.

The decline was stabilized by two young presidents, Henry King Stanford (1953-56) and Robert E. Lee (1956-67). Lee came to embrace the embattled cause of female education, a crusade resulting in 1961 in the college's third name change, to the Woman's College of Georgia. Still, many of the college facilities were underused, and Lee, under pressure from the Board of Regents, began preparing the college for coeducation. The first males were admitted in 1967, the institution was renamed Georgia College, and enrollment grew over time from 1,107 in 1966 to 4,500 in 1989. The tightly

knit community of students began to dissolve.

Georgia College had become a senior comprehensive college serving the needs of central Georgia, and three-fourths of the students were commuters. In 1977, under the leadership of J. Whitney Bunting (1967-81), the college was divided into schools: arts and sciences, education, and business; the School of Nursing was added in 1987. Enrollment in the School of Business mushroomed during the Bunting years, and the college established off-campus centers at Robins Air Force Base and in Macon, Dublin, and Forsyth.

During the presidency of Bunting's successor, Edwin G. Speir (1981-96), Georgia College began positioning itself for regional university status. Then, in 1995, the college's mission changed abruptly. The new chancellor of the university system, Stephen R. Portch, impressed with the college's high admission standards and its handsome red-brick buildings and white Corinthian columns, suggested that the college might become the public liberal arts college of Georgia, a state institution that would provide the kind of educational experience normally available only at private colleges. Speir readily embraced the new mission in 1996. In that year of dramatic change Georgia College, which had served as a regional college for thirty years, now began recruiting students from all over the state—by 2003, 75 percent of students came from outside central Georgia—and began recovering its liberal arts heritage. In addition, because of a new statewide Board of Regents policy, the college adopted its sixth name,

Georgia College and State University. This radical shift in direction was presided over first by Speir and his successor, acting president Ralph W. Hemphill (1997) and then by the institution's first female president, Rosemary DePaolo.

Beginning with her arrival in August 1997, DePaolo, whose energy and drive was comparable to that of Parks, worked to effect an intellectual and demographic transformation at Georgia College and State University. By 2002 she presided over a university with approximately 5,500 students, 700 faculty and staff, and a budget of $60 million. From 2001 to 2003, 68 new faculty members were hired, the library building was tripled in size, eight new residence halls were under construction, and the university was accepted into membership in the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. The graduate program, which numbers more than 1,050 students, includes a master's degree in music therapy and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing.

DePaolo resigned in 2003, and interim president David G. Brown took over July 1, 2003.

President Dorothy Leland began her position Jan. 1, 2004 and remained at Georgia College until June 30, 2011. Following the announcement of Dr. Leland’s departure to take on a new role at an institution in California, the Georgia Board of Regents appointed Stas Preczewski named interim president at Georgia College. Dr. Steve Dorman was named president in summer 2013.

Source: The New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Milledgeville Music Club marks centennial season

sponding secretary; Suzanne Courtney and Ramon Lantz, corecording secretaries; Donna Gautier, treasurer; and Rae Wade, club historian.

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he Milledgeville Music Club kicks off its 2014-2015 campaign in September by celebrating its 100th anniversary.

Dr. Stephen Barnes is the new music club president. He and wife Mary, also a member of the club, teach music and music theory to local students. Their teaching includes keyboard skills, training, composition and performance.

He takes the presidential reins from Ann Ragan who ably led the club over the last two years.

The MMC Executive Committee for the term 2014–2016 also includes: Dr. Richard Greene, vice president; Gloria Burns, corre-

The MMC, established in 1915, used to consist of women only. They raised the level of music in Milledgeville while donating scholarships to Georgia College and Milledgeville school students.

The organization did not allow men to join until the 1950s.

“It was very exclusive and very tight-knit,” Barnes says of the organization’s inaugural years. “And you had to be invited to attend (the organization).”

Barnes is the organization’s second male president.

“It’s a genuine legacy,” he says. “The fact that the timelessness of it and coming into

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2015, which will be part of my tenure as president. I’m very honored. I’m excited, but honored.”

Stephen and Mary are originally from Savannah. Before they moved to Milledgeville, they were music teachers in Savannah.

“It was really a leap of faith to come here because we were interlopers and no one knew us,” Mary says. “We’ve been asked many times since we’ve been here, ‘Why did you retire to Milledgeville?’ because that seemed a stretch from Savannah to a lot of people. It just became part of our criteria for retiring to be able to be music teachers here. It has been a major evolvement and development here as strangers.”

One goal of the MMC’s 100th anniversary is to promote club awareness in the Milledgeville community.

“The thing that I find interesting is that there aren’t many people that are aware of the MMC,” Mary says of the club. “I think the emphasis this year would be to raise awareness to the community about what the club is even about, the name of it, what it does and what it stands for and the viability of it in terms of offering money to deserving students.”

Mary views the 100th anniversary of the MMC as the perfect

time to promote club awareness.

“I think that just by presenting the name of the club and talking about specific functions and the club itself can make awareness of the club known with posters, other kinds of media and whatever we might do to introduce the club to the community.”

The Barneses have several plans for the MMC throughout its 100th year.

Some of these plans include an opening luncheon and meeting, the annual Holiday Music Marathon in December and Sweets and Musical Treats.

“Our opening theme is always a meeting that occurs in September,” Mary says. “There’s an opening lunch and that’s when we get everybody together and at that point, we actually indicate what we are doing for the year.”

The annual Sweets and Musical Treats performance, held every February, showcases local school-age musical talents. After the program, the music club hosts a reception with refreshments, and gives the audience a chance to meet the performers.

It is the club’s largest fundraising event each year.

Proceeds from the ticket sales go toward supporting local school music programs. Next year’s event is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 at the Goldstein Center for the Performing Arts located at Georgia Military College.

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To celebrate the end of the MMC’s 100th anniversary, the organization plans to put on a social event with details to be determined.

“The last meeting we have is in May and that is a social,” Stephen says..

Barnes says he views his profession as unique.

“Nationwide, there aren’t many husband and wife teams like what we have. We’re really rare. The first thing that we say in our studio guidelines is that we are professionals and this is how we earn our living.

This is what we do and who we are.”

“It’s fun teaching as a couple too,” Mary adds.

“There aren’t that many teaching couples in the world.”

When new or prospective members join the MMC, they become a part of the family, according to Mary. “(Students) become members of the family because they are here every week and we get to see their highs and their lows and their ups and their downs and so forth,” Stephen says. “We go through their family trials with them and their good times.”

“I think (the relationship the Barnes family has with its students) has to do with the size of the com-

munity,” Mary adds. “If it were a bigger place, the students would be dropped off, they’d had their lesson, and go on and we might see their parents at recitals. But it’s more than that because of the size of the community.”

Mary thinks that the future of the MMC is bright.

“I believe that increasing awareness for the future of the club will enable it to go on to be vital and to stay vital and to become even better than it has been.”

Adds Barnes: “I look forward to the next two years and I’m looking forward to membership.”

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Country Buffet 1465 SE Jefferson St., Milledgeville (478) 453-0434

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Burger King 2478 N Columbia St. Milledgeville (478) 453-3706

Dairy Queen 1105 S Wayne St., Milledgeville (478) 452-9620

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant 1304 N Columbia St. Milledgeville (478) 452-5200

Captain D’s Seafood 2590 N. Columbia St, Milledgeville (478) 452-3542

Domino’s Pizza 1909-B N Columbia St. Milledgeville (478) 453-9455

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Chili’s Bar & Grill 2596 N. Columbia St. Milledgeville (478) 452-1900

Doughboy Pizza 128 N. Waynes St. Downtown Milledgeville (478) 295-2229 Down South Seafood 972 Sparta Hwy Milledgeville (478) 452-2100 Dukes Dawghouse 162 Sinclair Marina Rd Milledgeville (478) 453-8440

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historic changes Historic home marks 50th anniversary of Flannery O’Connor’s death with new director, changes underway

BY HELEN HARRIS

Andalusia, the homestead of the late Flannery O’Connor, has some remarkable and exciting changes.

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ndalusia, the homestead of the late Flannery O’Connor, has some remarkable and exciting changes.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of O’Connor’s death, and improvements to Andalusia are just in time for fall festivities and tourists at the farm, vividly solidifying the link between one of the 20th century literary giants and her famous writing.

“Flannery’s fans come from all over,” says Doug Monroe, a volunteer and Andalusia board member.

Visitors range from locals to tour groups from as far away as Japan and Iraq.

O’Connor’s family moved to Milledgeville in 1938. After O’Connor’s father died when she was 15, she decided to stay in Milledgeville and attend Georgia State College for Women, now Georgia College. As a graduate of the GCSW class of 1945, O’Connor left Milledgeville to get a master’s degree at the University of Iowa in 1947.

Her career away from Milledgeville was cut short in 1950 when O’Connor was stricken with lupus, the disease that claimed her father’s life. She moved to Milledgeville permanently, living and writing at Andalusia, just outside of town, until her death in 1964 at the age of 39.

Approximately 5,000 O'Connor fans visit the writer’s 544-acre former homestead each year. This year has already drawn more visitors than last year, and the success stemming from Andalusia’s visitors flows back into the local economy.

More progress appears on the horizon.

New director Elizabeth Wylie took the helm last fall. Structural repairs are taking shape at the farm, and next month’s bluegrass concert always draws a large following.

The Andalusia website has undergone a redesign and a new logo was recently unveiled. Then there’s the recent anonymous donation of $30,000 to the Flannery O’Connor-Andalusia Foundation.

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“I’m so very impressed with Elizabeth Wylie,” says Monroe. “She’s the [co-] author of a book called The Green Museum and was a museum curator in Boston. She’s bringing a lot of great new ideas to Andalusia to increase the number of visitors.”

Wylie served as the director of Business Development for Finegold Alexander + Associates in Boston from 2008 to 2012. She previously worked as a private consultant providing strategy, marketing, development and sustainability planning for museum, cultural, conservation and preservation organizations and associated industries.

Wylie has held upper-level administrative positions at the Boston Center for the Arts, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum in Providence and the Aidekman Art Center at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.

She has started an endowment drive campaign, which earlier this year received a generous and unexpected $30,000 contribution from an anonymous donor.

The foundation's $220,000 annual operating budget is largely supported by donations from these types of donations from individuals.

This is supplemented by earned income (admission fees, gift shop sales, etc.) and a pledge of $60,000 from the author's literary estate.

While Andalusia has had a steady flow of visitors and regulars, Wylie is trying to make some changes to bring the facilities up to date and encourage younger fans to visit and keep people at the farm longer.

The Hill House, which once functioned as the home of tenant farmers, and the cow barn are now open to the public. The barn evokes the ill-fated tryst between Hulga and Manley Pointer in the short story “Good Country People.”

Last year the Hill House project won the Georgia Trust’s Preservation Award for Excellence in Restoration. However, the Andalusia improvements will continue with the aim of having the property function as an operating farm.

There is already a hunt club and a salon-style dinner club. Meals have included venison and wild boar from the hunts and locally grown vegetables. The Andalusia Supper Club, a pop-up farm-totable private dining salon, will be for donors who contribute $500 or more to the farm. A schedule is pending for upcoming meals, but

they are definitely something to anticipate with preparation by top chefs, including Vivian Lee of Atlanta, and served in O’Connor’s dining room.

Monroe, who has attended several of the dinners, describes the meals favorably.

“They are among the best meals I’ve ever had in my life.”

Festivities coming soon include a performance by one of the top bluegrass bands in America, the Athens-based Packway Handle band, on Oct. 25.

The annual bluegrass concert supports the O’Connor-Andalusia Foundation, which was established in 2001 by Margaret Florencourt Mann and Louise Florencourt, first cousins of Flannery O’Connor.

Two new exhibits detail more of the writer’s life and her time at the farm. Both exhibits run through Oct. 5.

The exhibit, “Taken Aback,” features hand-bound field-journals, maps, objects and artifacts drawn from and inspired by Andalusia to provoke reflections on memory, way-finding and place.

For the more advanced O’Connor enthusiasts, the Andalusia website now features blog entries, some by scholars and others by everyday O’Connor fans.

The foundation recently updated its website to allow donors to contribute online more easily at www.andalusiafarm.org.

Andalusia is located on U.S. Highway 441 on the north side of Milledgeville, and is now open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.

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34th annual library fair supports local programs

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By SARAH ELIZABETH DICKENS The Mary Vinson Library will host its 34th annual library fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27.

The event, sponsored by Friends of the Library, was originally a book sale. It has since evolved into a fall festival celebration that includes a flea market, face painting, a bake sale, plant sale, games and food for attendees. “(The library fair) is one of my babies that I deal with every year, and so when you start spending as much time planning an event like that, you feel a certain level of pride to see it executed properly,” Sarah Hamil, outreach coordinator of the Twin Lakes Library System, says. “I’m pretty excited to see how this year goes, just because it’s always a good time and fun day for everybody.”

Friends of the Library is Mary Vinson Memorial Library’s nonprofit organization, consisting of the Milledgeville community’s library advocates that sponsor library events.

Without Friends of the Library, the library fair would not be impossible. “(Friends of the Library) will help out and volunteer at our library fair, with our programming,” Hamil says.

“They will help out with library fair programs on the day of the library fair since it is such a huge event we do.

They are the organization that is responsible for hosting the fair and the happenings at our library.”

The library fair’s goal is to raise as much as possible for Mary Vinson Memorial Library. These funds come from donated sponsorships from the library’s visitors.

Sponsorships categorize into three levels: silver, gold and platinum.

The silver level comprises sponsorships $50 and up, whereas the gold level includes donations $100 and up.

Platinum, the highest of the levels, consists of donations $500 and up.

Sponsorships can be donated before the fair each year.

“September is kind of like our fundraising month,” Hamil says. “We have $1,175 raised already. That’s pretty good, and if we continue to get this level of sponsorships in before the fair, that’s great because on the day of the fair, (sponsorships) will skyrocket.”

Library fair sponsorships fund services that the Mary Vinson Library provides to patrons throughout the year. “(Visitors) keep us going,” Hamil says. “Them coming to support us at the library fair allows us to continue providing the same services, programs and materials to our community at no charge.”

At the library fair, visitors purchase a cardboard box or grocery bag to and fill them with as many books as they want. One cardboard box or grocery bag costs $10 to $15.

Library fair visitors and the Mary Vinson Memorial Library benefit.

“Essentially, [library fair visitors] are getting to donate and they are able to walk away with something at the same time,” Hamil says. “It’s the easiest way for them to be able to contribute to our library and come away literally with their arms full of stuff to show for it.”

Giving and giving benefits both fair attendees and the Mary Vinson Memorial Library. “[The library fair] is the one time of year where people come together in our community solely for the library and they get something out it,” Hamil says. “[The library] gets even more because we get a day to celebrate the library. It’s a chance for us to really shine in the community and a chance for people to help us out and also to feel good about what they are doing and walk away with something extra.”

Spending money wisely is another benefit of the library fair.

“It’s an economical way to come help out and help out our nonprofit organization and the community,” Hamil says. “You’re putting your money toward a great cause. It benefits your family with a relatively low cost.

It’s a great way to save money and still have a great-filled fun family day.”

Community bonding stands as another benefit.

“You get the wholesomeness from books and the wholesomeness from being in the community and helping out with your local library, so you can’t really lose,” Hamil says. “Mom and dad get to load up on a bunch of books that they normally would’ve cost them hundreds of dollars.”

With all of these benefits for the Milledgeville community, Hamil envisions this year’s fair as another success.

“As far as I can tell, it’s going to be smooth-going,” Hamil says. “Everything is going according to plan this year. I anticipate a smooth library fair and to have a good turnout as far as sponsorships and participants from the community goes.”

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Worship Directory 3:16 CHURCH Meeting at Rivers of Living Waters Church of the Nazarene 700 Dunlap Rd. Milledgevillee Antioch Primitive Baptist Church 512 NW Monticello Rd. 478-968-0011

Countyline Baptist Church 1012 Hwy 49W 478-932-8105

Flagg Chapel Baptist Church 400 W. Franklin St. 478-452-7287

Countyline Primitive Baptist Church 120 NW Neriah Rd. 478-986-7333 Covenant Baptist Church 264 Ivey Dr. SW 478-452-0567

Alpha & Omega COGIC 512 NW Monticello Rd. 478-968-0011

Discipleship Christian Center Church 113 SE Thomas St. 478-452-7755

Bible Rivival Church 101 Deerwood Dr. 478-452-4347

Elbethel Baptist Church 251 N. Irwin St. 478-452-8003

Black Springs Baptist Church 673 Sparta Hwy NE 478-453-9431 Body of Christ Deliverance Church 140 SW Effingham Rd. 478-453-4459

Emmanuel Baptist Church 384 Gordon Hwy 478-453-4225

First Baptist Church 330 S. Liberty St. 478-452-0502

Church of Jesus Christ 1700 N Jefferson St. 478-452-9588

First Presbyterian Church 210 S. Wayne St. 478-452-9394

Community Life Baptist Church 1340 Orchard Hill Rd. 478-414-1650

First United Methodist Church 366 Log Cabin Rd. 478-452-4597

Community Baptist Church 143 NE Log Cabin Rd. 478-453-2380

Freewill Fellowship Worship Center 115 Cook St. 478-414-2063 Friendship Baptist Church 685 E Hwy 24 478-452-0507

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 110 NW O’Conner Dr. 478-452-8887 Lakeshore Community Church 882 Twin Bridges Rd. 478-986-7331 Lee’s Chapel CME Church 940 W. Thomas St. 478-452-4217 Life and Peace Christian Center 116 SW Frank Bone Rd. 478-453-3607

Grace Baptist Church 112 Alexander Dr. 478-453-9713 Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church 171 Harrisburg Rd. 478-452-9115

Faith Point Church of Nazarene 700 Dunlap Rd. 478-451-5365

Church of God 385 Log Cabin Rd. 478-452-2052

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 2701 Irwinton Rd. 478-452-7854

Friendship Baptist Chapel 635 Twin Bridges Rd. 478-968-7201

Evergreen Baptist Church 117 Ivey Weaver Rd. 478-414-0796

Central Church of Christ 359 NE Sparta Hwy 478-451-0322

Hopewell United Methodist Church 188 Hopewell Church Rd. 478-453-9047

Flipper Chapel AME 136 Wolverine St. 478-453-7777 Freedom Church, Inc. 500 Underwood Rd. 478-452-7694

Covenant Presbyterian Church 440 N. Columbia St. 478-453-9628

Baldwin Church of Christ 57 Marshall Rd. 478-452-5440

Hope Lutheran Church 214 W Hwy 49 478-452-3696

Green Pasture Baptist Church 150 N. Warren St. 478-453-8713

Living Word Church of God 151 W. Charlton St. 478-452-7151 Masters Touch Church 150 Gordon Hwy Milledgeville

Gumhill Baptist Church 1125 Hwy 24 478-452-3052

Milledgeville Christian Center The Sheep Shed 120 Ivey Dr. 478-453-7710

Heartland Independant Baptist Church 107 Collins Circle Milledgeville, GA

Miracle Healing Temple 133 Central Ave. 478-452-1369

Hardwick Baptist Church 124 Thomas St. 478-452-1612

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New Life Ministries 1835 Vinson HWY SE New Vision Church of God in Christ 941 NE Dunlap Rd. 478-414-1123

Mosleyville Baptist Church 106 SE Oak Dr. 478-452-1723

Northridge Christian Church 321 Log Cabin Rd. 478-452-1125

Mount Nebo Baptist Church 338 Prosser Rd. 478-452-4288 Mount Pleasant Baptist Church 265 SW Mt Pleasant Church Rd. 478-452-7978

Northside Baptist Church 1001 N. Jefferson St. 478-452-6648 Oak Grove Baptist Church No. 1 508 Hwy 49 478-453-3326

Milledgeville Study Group 140 Chase Ct. 478-414-1517 New Beginning Church of Christ 325 Hwy 49 478-454-5489

Oak Grove Independent Methodist Church 121 Lingold Dr. 478-453-9564

New Beginning Worship Center 200 Southside SE 478-696-9104

Old Bethel Holiness Church 866 SE Stembridge Rd. 478-451-2845

New City Milledgeville 107 Log Cabin Rd 229-942-5800

Pathfinder Christian Church 120 N. Earnest Byner St. 478-453-8730

New Covenant Community Outreach Ministries 321 E. Hancock St. 478-453-3709

Pine Ridge Baptist Church 657 Old Monticello Rd. 478-986-5055

New Hope Baptist Church 345 E. Camden St. 478-452-0431 New Life Fellowship Church 123 Ennis Rd. 478-414-7654 New Life Foursquare Church 112 Jacqueline Terrace 478-452-1721

Salvation Army Corps Community Center 478-452-6940

Tabernacle of Praise 304 Hwy 49 W. 478-451-0906

Salem Baptist Church 125 Salem Church Road 478-456-4285

Torrance Chapel Baptist Church 274 Pancras Rd. 478-453-8542

Second Macedonia Baptist Church 2914 SE Vinson Hwy 478-452-3733

Trinity Christian Methodist Church 321 N. Wilkinon St. 478-457-0091

Seventh Day Adventist 509 N. Liberty St. 478-453-3839

Union Baptist Church 720 N. Clark St. 478-452-8626

Seventh Day Adventist Church of Milledgeville 156 Pettigrew Rd. 478-453-8016

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Victory Baptist Church 640 Meriweather Road 478-452-2285

Sinclair Baptist Church 102 Airport Rd. 478-452-4242

Wesley Chapel AME Church 1462 SE Elbert St 478-452-5083

Spring Hill Baptist Church 396 Lake Laurel Rd. 478-453-7090

Wesley Chapel Foundation House 211 S Clark St. 478-452-9112

Saint Mary Missionary Baptist Church 994 Sparta Hwy 478-451-5429

Rock of Ages Baptist Church 601 W. Montgomery St 478-453-8693

Westview Baptist Church 273 W Hwy 49 478-452-9140

Saint Mary Baptist Church Hwy 212 478-986-5228

Rock Mill Baptist Church 2770 N. Columbia St. 478-451-5084 Sacred Heart Catholic Church 110 N. Jefferson St. 478-452-2421

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Saint Paul Baptist Church 485 Meriweather Rd. 478-986-5855 Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church 220 S. Wayne St. 478-452-2710

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‘Where Everything Old is New Again’ Photos by KYLE COLLINS Story by SARAH DICKENS

Kitchens Road Festival returns for another taste of nostalgia

Leave the cellphones at home, throw out the day’s agenda and take a trip down memory lane. The Kitchens Road Old Time Family Festival kicks off its third year of family fun and fellowship from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 9-10.

Randy Newton and Bobby Kitchens, who have known each other for several years, planned the festival. Their friendship dates back to their childhood, according to Newton.

“Bobby Kitchens and I rode the school bus together many years ago and have always considered each other friends,” Newton says.

“When he came and asked me to help promote the festival, I gladly said yes.”

Newton wasn’t the only person who helped Kitchens with promotion.

“To pull this off takes a lot of help, and the Lion’s Club International of Milledgeville has been there from the start and without them, Kitchens Road just wouldn’t happen,” Newton says. “From handing out fliers and word of mouth to actually taking up tickets, to

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the supervision of the parking and providing security, they have been wonderful.”

The festival’s slogan, ‘Where Everything Old is New Again,’ says it all, according to Newton.

The annual spectacle brings friends and families together.

“We are all about family, fellowship and remembrance,” Newton says. “The Kitchens Road Old Time Family Festival is dedicated to bringing people together. When people spend time together without always being in a hurry, they develop lifelong friendships.

“The saying goes ‘take time to smell the roses,’ while there is still time to take,” Newton says. “Leave your cellphones at home and let’s just see. You just might meet a total stranger who turns out to be your BFF. You get to meet some of the most interesting people, from artists and crafters, to the food people and the bands, musicians and singers.”

There will be several crafters and bands at this year’s event.

“The crafters will be displaying jewelry, blankets, leatherworks,

baskets, handmade toys, handmade clothing, gourds, Christmas decorations, clay pottery, wreaths, bows, kids clothing, honey products and much more,” Newton says. “The bands will be the 120/80 Vocal Band, Renegade, Magnum Country, PKHRS Band, the Joe Lavender Band along with several gospel groups and church choirs.”

There will be more than 10 food vendors as well.

“One of the mainstays at the festival is the food, and we’ll have plenty of it,” Newton says. “From fried Oreos and Hostess Twinkies to Mr. C’s Pit Cooked Bar-B-Q to Mrs. Dora Seals’ award-winning collard greens and country cooking to boiled peanuts, fried pork skins, fresh squeezed lemonade, apple cider, Philly cheese steaks, sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs, fried fish, fried pies, cotton candy, candied apples, cakes and ice crème, potato curls, snow cones, funnel cakes and more.”

Besides featuring food, there will also be plowing demonstrations.

“The weekend will feature plowing demonstrations with mules and

tractors,” Newton says. “[There will be] antique tractors, antique gasoline engines, classic cars and trucks, along with a remote control airplane club demonstrating the art of flying without ever having to leave the ground.”

There are other interesting plans for the festival.

“This year, we are planning an area [that] will feature local people sharing pictures, letters, clothes, tools and toys of interest from the past,” Newton says. “We’re hoping for every class from the ‘60s to be represented sharing yearbooks and stories from their youth.

All in the name of togetherness and an old fashioned good time.

“The festival is on a mission to educate young people that life has come a long way, but we should never forget from whence we came.

Life for most people was extremely long hard just one generation ago and yet it seems like only yesterday we were picking blackberries so Grandma could make us a blackberry pie — a real pie. One weekend out of the year could change your life forever.”

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BOSTICK NURSING

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Gov. Nathan Deal 1. State and local officials broke ground in the summer on the new Bostick Nursing Center at the former Central State Hospital campus. CorrectHealth, an Atlanta based correctional health care company, will create a continuing geriatric care facility for a large parolee population not currently served by Georgia prisons at the 16 acre site.

2. Ga. Gov. Nathan Deal delivers remarks at the groundbreaking of the new Bostick Nursing Center. The $20 million facility is slated for completion in late 2015.

3. Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Mike Couch speaks at the groundbreaking.

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HOMETOWN CELEBRATION

Downtown businesses and local residents joined Milledgeville Main Street and the Downtown Development Authority in celebration back in August. The Hometown Celebration was held in honor of Milledgeville’s designation as a 2014 Great American Main Street Award recipient. Local groups, downtown businesses and visitors converged on West Hancock Street for an evening of music, food and fun in celebration of the honor. The event was also the debut appearance of Milledgeville’s new mascot and its new trolley.

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KOREAN WAR VETS

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Korean War veterans at the Georgia War Veterans Home received special thanks for their service by Korean Deputy Consul General Kok-ryeol Rhyou during a recent visit.

Rhyou presented each veteran, approximately 30 in all, with a copy of the book ‘Korea Reborn.’

Veterans’ family members were also invited to attend the reception in their honor. The event was hosted by GWVH Executive Director Dennis Mize and featured comments from GWVH Division Director Ernie Simons and Georgia Department of Veteran Services Assistant Commissioner Dan Holtz.

The book ‘Korea Reborn’ was commissioned by the Republic of Korea in cooperation with the United States to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Military Armistice Agreement.

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COOPERS FLAG PRESENTATION

Woodmen of the World (WOW) Chapter 739 donated an American flag and flagpole to Baldwin County Fire Rescue Station 4 at Coopers 'In Honor and Remembrance' of Sept. 11, 2001. These public donation ceremonies of flagpoles to schools, fire departments, parks and other public places, happen each year on Sept. 11. These events honor the heroes and victims of those attacks, as well as local community heroes and volunteers. Baldwin County Fire Rescue Chief Troy Reynolds said it's our American duty to fly the flag. The WOW previously donated a flagpole to Fire Station 7 at North Baldwin as well.

A presentation ceremony was held on the Patriot Day observance on 9/11.

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Students from Georgia Military College Prep School gathered at the north end of the Old Capitol Building to write the names of individuals who lost their lives 13 years ago on 9/11. Each name written commemorated the 10,000 Americans who were killed in the attacks and subsequent military action.

By the end of the exercise, the names of approximately 10,000 Americans will fill the pathway outside the Old Capitol Building, illustrating the true significance of the attacks.

Out of the approximate 10,000 names that were recorded by students, 3,025 were of people whose lives were taken through the act of terrorism and 6,816 were names of those individuals who have given their lives in the fight for freedom.

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