Financial Aid Night
Jefferson County High will host Financial Aid Night on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. in the health room. Carol Ann Lott, a representative from the Georgia Student Finance Commission is scheduled to be on hand to present information on financing a college education, guide FAFSA completion, and answer questions regarding HOPE, and other financial aid-related questions. All seniors, juniors, and their parents are asked to attend.

TJA Sunday dinner
Thomas Jefferson Academy will hold a Sunday dinner on Feb. 12 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for children at the door. Dinners will be ham or fried chicken with dessert. Proceeds will benefit the PTO.

Louisville blood drive
The Shepeard Community Blood Center will hold a blood drive on Monday, Feb. 13, at Jefferson Hospital, Louisville, from 2-7 p.m.

Glascock BOE meeting
The Glascock County Board of Education will meet on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m.

Booster Club spaghetti
The Jefferson County High School, Louisville Middle School and Wrens Middle School bands’ Booster Club will hold a spaghetti dinner on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the JCHS Band Concession Stand in Louisville. Plates are $6 and will include spaghetti, bread and dessert. Contact a band member for tickets. The Booster Club is also accepting donations of spaghetti noodles, spaghetti sauce, pound cakes, Italian bread, rolls and gallon Ziploc bags that may be left at the schools.

Wrens blood drive
The Shepeard Community Blood Center will hold a blood drive on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Wrens Baptist Church, Wrens, from 3-7 p.m.

Bartow supper
The Bartow Community Club covered dish supper will be held on Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Bartow Community Center. Everyone is invited to attend and bring a favorite covered dish.

Parenting classes
Jefferson County Community SHIPS for YOUTH, Inc., Resource Center will hold parenting education classes for free. After completing all sessions of registered class, each parent will receive a certificate to mark his or her achievement. Classes will be Active Parenting Now (parenting children ages 5-12) on Feb. 2 and Feb. 9; and Active Parenting of Teens (parenting teens) on March 1, March 8, March 15 and March 21.

Teens for Jeans
Jefferson County High School Students are teaming up with the Jefferson County community to collect gently used jeans for the “Teens for Jeans” scholarship fundraiser. This fundraiser is sponsored by DoSomething.org and Aeropostale in an effort to raise scholarship money for local students. The challenge is to raise more pairs of jeans than any other participating high school in the area by Feb. 8. Jean drop-off locations include Jefferson County High School, The Jefferson County Information Center, and Oconee Fall Line Technical College in Louisville. The high school that collects the most pairs of jeans wins a free pair of jeans from Aeropostale for every student in school.

Jefferson County pageant
The Jefferson County High School Relay for Life team is sponsoring the Miss Jefferson County pageant on Saturday, Feb. 11 at JCHS. The pageants will include Little Miss, Petite, Junior and Miss Jefferson County.

Spring soccer
The Jefferson County Recreation Department will hold spring soccer registration until Feb. 17. There is a $40 registration fee without uniform and a $20 registration fee with uniform. Children must be 4 years old by Aug. 1, 2011. For more information, call (478) 625-3383 or email jefferson_county@bellsouth.net.

Heart and Sole run/walk
The Heart and Sole events benefiting the Georgia Health Sciences Children’s Medical Center Heart Program will be held on March 3. The 5K run/walk will be held at 9 a.m. at the Children’s Medical Center. The evening celebration will be held at 7 p.m. at the Marbury Center, downtown Augusta. For registration or more information, visit heartandsoleinc.org.

Art show
The Tennille Fine Arts Club will host an art show on Saturday, March 3, in the hallways at the Oconee RESA Building in Tennille from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. All types of art will be available for public viewing and/or sale during this time. Cost of entry is $10, which will be used to cover expenses as well as support our yearly scholarship fund. For more information, contact Mary Kaye Veal at mkveal@yahoo.com or call (478) 232-8890

Schoolhouse Players 2012 season
The Schoolhouse Players have scheduled four plays for 2012, Children’s Letters to God (musical), March 9-11 and 16-18; Home Games (comedy), June 1-3 and 8-10; Next of Kin (comedy/drama), Sept. 7-9 and 14-16; The Christmas Bus (musical), Nov. 9-11 and 16-18. Season tickets are $30 each and include all four plays. Orders may be mailed to The Schoolhouse Players, P.O. Box 251, Bartow, GA 30413. For more information, call (478) 364-3340 and leave a message.

Scholarship pageant
The 2012 Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant will be held on March 17, at the Pettigrew Center, Fort Valley State University. Any Georgia girl ages 4-24 is eligible. Optional Talent is also available. Queens serve as official ambassadors of the Georgia Peach Festival and are recognized by the Georgia Legislature and Governor. Admission is free for the event. For more information see website www.missgeorgiapeach.org or email missgapeachpageant@email.com or call (478) 923-3846, (478) 987-1711 or (478) 987-1960. Pageant entry deadline is March 10.

TCB class
TCB will offer a three month program for girls interested in learning cheerleading and gymnastics for ages 3-8 on Mondays from 5-6 p.m. until March 24. Participants will perform at the TCB Extravaganza on March 24. Cost is $45 per month and includes a shirt for the demo.

Alumni football
Gridiron Alumni is planning several full-contact alumni football games, traveling the nation pitting old football rivals against each other one more time. Players are needed to sign-up and the first 40 players on each team get to play. The team that gets 30 people registered first gets home field advantage. Teams from Thomas Jefferson Academy, Jefferson County, Washington-Wikes, Brentwood, Washington County, and other areas are forming now. Games are scheduled for March and April, but spots and game dates fill up fast. For more information, visit http://www.gridironalumni.com to register or call Chris at (530) 410-6396.

Glascock photos
The Glascock County Historical Society is asking to reprint photos that anyone may have of Rabun’s Drive-In in Gibson in it’s places of interest section. For more information, contact Robin Usry at (706) 598-3313 or (706) 832-0653.