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Get Your Game On! Football Home game night will be broadcasted live on Hometown Country WTIF 107.5 FM. The broadcast will also be streamed on the internet at www.wtif1075.com. The remote broadcast starts at 5:30. Tailgate show starts at 6:30 and Game starts at 7:30 PM. GACCE is offering the following Web Seminars:
September 27th: Margaret Jones Public Library will be hosting its first book discussion group on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011 at 7 pm. They will begin with the book, “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett. So much buzz has been created by this great book and we hope to have a lively discussion. Please forward this to anyone who might be interested in joining the group, “Pages Worth Turning.” Hope to see you @ the library! It’s “Fall” Crow time! FALL CROW CONTEST - LET'S DECORATE SYLVESTER-WORTH COUNTY WITH FALL CROWS!! Please plan on participating in Sylvester's 1st Annual Fall Crow Contest. If you want to find out more information and pick up an application please contact Brittany Evans at 229-430-7735 or the Chamber of Commerce at 229-776-7718. The Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the Down Town Enhancement Program to get the word out!! Ms. Brittany Evans wants to see Fall Crows everywhere in Sylvester!!! Registration begins on Sept 26 and closes on Oct 13 with a fee of $10.00 to participate. Judging will be held on Oct 14, and the winner announced at the Georgia Peanut Festival on October 15th. BE CREATIVE! October 1st: Safe Kids Sylvester/ Worth County: 3rd Annual "Safety Saturday" Please join the Sylvester Fire Department and its supporting partners on October 1st, from 11:00 AM to 2:00PM for a day of fun safety for all children of Worth County! Safety Events to include car seat checks, a bike rodeo with free bicycle helmets, Kid Prints ID's, gun safety locks, fun and food will be provided. For more information please call 229-776-8511. Kids Safety Weekly visit for more details: http://sk.convio.net/site/R?i=cMDJjpezvch5kmrjlloVlA. 100 Mile Peanut Pickin Yard Sale: October 8, 2011… Come One Come All it's 100 Miles of Yard Sale for all! The event will be held the second Saturday in October from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. For more information on how you can be a part, please call 229-854-3470, 229-776-7718 or 229-430-7735 or visit: Facebook: 100 Mile Peanut-Pickin Yard sale.
October 1: Peanut Festival Beauty Pageant, "100% Peanut" (Naturally Delicious) please visit: www.gapeanutfestval.org for an application. October 14th: Peanut Festival Gospel Sing featuring Southern Majesty & Living Water. The singing will start at 7:00PM at Unity Baptist Church located at 101 Bryant Drive Sylvester, GA. No admission. Love offerings will be recieved and concession will be available. More information please contact Amanda Parr 229-878-3385. October 14th: 2011 Peanut Peanut Festival will host a 4-Man Team Scramble Golf Tournament at Pine Knoll Golf course. The tournament will start at 8:30 AM. Sponsorship fee for each team is $100.00. Lunch will be provided. More information please contact Keith Willis 229-776-6985. October 15th: Peanut Festival schedule: * 5K Run at 7:30 AM * Peanut Festival Parade at 10:00 AM * Entertainment starts at 11:00 AM, * Kids Korner All Day! and much, much more. Please visit: www.gapeanutfestival.org. For all of your Festival application needs. * Lots of Fun and Food all Day!
October 26th: The Worth County Health Department will be hosting a Drive-Thru Flu Clinic on October 26, 2011 from 9:00AM to 1:00 PM. The event will be held at the Agricultural Pavilion at the corner of Highway 313 and Rebecca Drive next to Worth County Public Works office. Shots are $25 per person. For more information please call 229-777-2150. Forms can be picked up at the Chamber. STOP AND SHOP SYLVESTER-WORTH COUNTY: The Chamber wants everyone to visit our local retailers and downtown merchants and give them an opportunity to meet your needs. Let's keep our tax dollars local! ATTENTION MERCHANTS you don't have to be a Chamber member to be a part of the STOP AND SHOP SYLVESTER-WORTH COUNTY campaign. For more information please call the Chamber at (229) 776-7718. Featuring Events:
Relay For Life: Time to start planning this year's relay for life. Worth County Relay Teams had an awesome year last year and the year before and they want to have a THREE- PETE! The Committe is planning to have its kick-off on September 19th at the library at 6:00. The Relay for this year will be April 27th, 2012. Meetings will be held once a month , except for December when the Love Lights event takes place with the Lighting of the tree. Please start brainstorming with your team events and possible dates for these events to share with the group in September. Time to start rockin' and rollin'.
Darton College: Darton College will be hosting its first annual global logistics conference, which in large part focuses on Cordele as an Inland Port, to benefit a 14-county service area. Please visit: http://global.darton.edu/pages/conference.html
A Big WELCOME to our Newest Members: Jay Crowe Attorney at Law Sylvester Farmers' Market Paragon Foods, Inc. – 3 Squares Diner FUTURE EVENTS COMING TO OUR AREA:
We are dedicated to keeping you updated on events in our Community and hope that we will see you there supporting your Community!
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