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February

2nd ~ Turner vs Lanier Soccer

6th ~ Board of Education Working Meeting

9th ~ Turner vs ATCO Soccer

13th ~ Board of Education Regular Meeting

14th ~ Happy Valentine’s Day from The Martin News

14th ~ Turner vs. Irwin Soccer

15th ~ Ashburn – Turner County Chamber of Commerce Meeting

21st ~ Turner vs Echols Soccer

23rd ~ Turner vs Irwin Soccer

Post 98 continues to grow. They would love for you to join them!  Currently they are trying to build a ramp for a vet but are having trouble finding able bodies. Post 98 has done a lot of good in Turner County and wants to continue the tradition. If you want to join email Mr. Mike at mikegeoghagan.cc@gmail.com

The membership is only $35 a year. 

Love to play Bingo? Make plans now to attend the Fire Ant Bingo.  It is so much fun!  The tickets include a ticket and supper which is always delicious.  Hope to see you there!

Free Admission To The Fire Ant Festival! 

Held the fourth weekend of March, small-town Ashburn welcomes visitors to the Fire Ant Festival, but not the ants themselves. Known for its wacky and off-the-wall activities, the festival offers family oriented fun for all ages. Activities include the fire ant calling contest, the giant fire ant maze, carnival, arts and crafts, fireworks, bands, 5K run and 1-mile fun run, BBQ cook off, and much more!

The dates of the 2023 Festival are the evening of Friday, March 24th and all day on Saturday, March 25th, 2023! 

"We are excited to have been chosen by the Tim Tebow Foundation to host Night to Shine, a prom for individuals with special needs that are ages 14 and older. The event will be on February 10, 2023 at Unity Baptist Church in Sylvester and will be an evening full of dancing, karaoke, food, limo rides and more!  There is no fee to attend.  Guests will have the opportunity to enter on the red carpet, be paired with a buddy to party with them throughout the night, and be crowned as a queen/king for the night.  We will have a sensory room set up for any individuals that would like a quiet space/sensory activities or need a break throughout the night.  We will also have a respite room that parents/caregivers are welcome to utilize if they would like to stay while their individuals have fun at the dance.  If you know of any individuals that would like to attend or volunteers that would like to assist the night of the event, please have them complete the appropriate Google forms that are linked below.  I'm happy to answer any questions you may have and hope you will share this information to anyone you think may be interested.  We are planning for a wonderful night that will be memorable for all of those in attendance!"

Volunteer Google form:

https://forms.gle/xJ7wfaM42SYoQDKu6

Guest Google form:

https://forms.gle/DhN7XqdpHK6cnSp76

Albany - REO Speedwagon is coming to the Albany Civic Center on Wednesday, April 12th.  Tickets start at $39.50 plus applicable fees and go on-sale Friday, January 27th at 10:00am.  Tickets are available at The Georgia's Own Credit Union Box Office located at the Albany Civic Center and ticketmaster.com.

Formed in 1967, signed in 1971, and fronted by iconic vocalist Kevin Cronin since 1972, REO Speedwagon’s unrelenting drive, as well as non-stop touring and recording jump-started the burgeoning rock movement in the Midwest. Platinum albums and radio staples soon followed, setting the stage for the release of the band’s explosive Hi Infidelity in 1980, which contained the massive hit singles “Keep On Loving You” and “Take It On the Run.” That landmark album spent 15 weeks in the No. 1 slot and has since earned the RIAA’s coveted 10X Diamond Award for surpassing sales of 10 million units in the United States.  Today, REO Speedwagon has sold more than 40 million albums around the globe, and Cronin and bandmates Bruce Hall (bass), Neal Doughty (keyboards), Dave Amato (guitar), and Bryan Hitt (drums) are still electrifying audiences worldwide in concert with hits and fan-favorites such as “In Your Letter,” “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” “Time For Me To Fly,” “Roll With The Changes,” the aforementioned “Keep On Loving You” and “Take It On the Run,” and many, many more.

About Pepper Entertainment

Established in July of 2006, Pepper (PE) centrally located in Sioux Falls, SD is one of the fastest scaling, independent promoting firms in the United States. PE’s broad scope of services include Live Promotions, National Touring, Fair, Festivals, Corporate & Private Event Talent Buying, Club & Performing Art Center Programming, Media & Creative Marketing Services. In 2021, PE ranked 27th of Top 100 Worldwide Promoters according to Pollstar Magazine and was nominated in 2020 as Promoter of The Year by The Academy of Country Music Awards. Pepper holds offices in Sioux Falls, SD, Minneapolis, MN and Boise, ID.

Tickets are available at The Georgia's Own Credit Union Box Office located at the Albany Civic Center and ticketmaster.com.

Burger King is coming to Ashburn and interviews are being held now.  The interviews are being held at Victoria Evans Memorial Library on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s 9am to 430pm. Make plans now to stop by for a great career opportunity. 

Stop by the Free Lending Library in Ashburn to borrow your kiddos a cute Children's Agriculture Story Book to read this weekend.  Turner County Farm Bureau stopped by and added some new ones to the collection.  Thank you to the Ashburn - Turner County Chamber of Commerce for these little libraries in our community. 

Ashburn - Turner County Chamber of Commerce are seeking folks to sign up for our Career Fair! They will have over 600 kids throughout the day wanting to learn what potential careers exist. Please contact Ashley Miller with chamber at 229-567-9696 or Mandi Cole at the high school to sign up. This is also part of their process to apply for the 3 Million dollar College and Career Academy Grant! The chamber and school are partnering together to make a better workforce for our future community. Please consider taking part in this initiative and sending a representative - the more participants they have, the more they can show our community cares about our kids, the better chances we have of getting the grant!

Source: Ashburn - Turner County Chamber of Commerce

Did you know that the Victoria Evans Memorial Library offers free visitor passes to Zoo Atlanta? 

The Zoo is accepting walk-up visits from library patrons who have a Library Pass receipt.

Check out the DVD from your library, take it home, watch it, and when you return it to your library on time and in good condition, you will receive a pass receipt which, as a one-time use, admits up to three (3) people to Zoo Atlanta.

You have twenty-eight (28) days from the DVD return date and receiving the pass receipt to redeem it. To redeem the pass receipt, you must take it to the Zoo and present the pass receipt and library card used to check out the DVD at the Admissions gate.

The pass receipt is redeemable Monday through Friday only. The Zoo DVD has a circulation period of seven (7) days and may not be renewed.

The DVD does not serve as a pass and should not be taken to the Zoo.

Check out this page for more info: https://zooatlanta.org/tickets/library-pass-program/

Source: Victoria Evans Memorial Library