Ab Section • Wednesday, May 18, 2016

The Journal Formerly The Tri-County Journal & Chattahoochee Chronicle

Winner of 2013 Bankston Trophy for Best Local

News Coverage

The Crenshaw School

Located in the former Tri County High School Building

656 Georgia Highway 30, Buena Vista, GA 31803

Pre-K - 12th Grade College Preparatory School

Now Open Please callfor a tour.

We are also nowaccepting

registrationsfor two of our

Summer Camps!

Beginning Golf: June 20-24

Science/STEAM Camp: June 27-July 1

Local Public Libraries prepare to kick-off Summer Reading Program

Chattahoochee Valley Libraries will kick off the Summer Reading Program with a special “Fan Fest” event at the Columbus Public Library on Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come dressed in costume and enjoy crafts, a cosplay runway, video game creation, “Lego Mania”, vendors and more. Special guests will include Historic Westville Handicrafts and Columbus MakesIT. For more information visit www.cvlga.org or contact your local public library.

‘Fan Fest’ is setfor this Saturday

It’s time to get your “Game On!” for the Summer Reading Program at the Marion County Public Library. Contact the library at 229-649-6385 to fi nd out how to register, log your reading and other activities, earn points, and win prizes. Special events will include: * Ready. Set. Reptiles! See some of nature’s most entertaining creatures when the reptiles visit the library: Friday, June 3 at 2 p.m. * Magician Ken Scott – See great illusions inspired by children’s books: Friday, June 17 at 1 p.m. * ABC’s of Drumming – Come make a joyful noise with this percussion-fi lled audience part icipation program led by Dwight “The Professor” Baldwin: Friday, June 24 at 2 p.m. There will also be other events throughout the summer, including: * Preschool Adventures (ages 2-6) – Each class focuses on early literary concepts: Every Friday at 3 p.m. from June 3 through July 22. * Georgia Power Science Camp (ages 5-11) – This three-session

Magician Ken Scott will be per-forming soon at the public librar-ies in Buena Vista, Cusseta, and Richland. Check out the stories on this page for details and for in-formation on many other special summer programs.

Marion County Public Librarycamp teaches how energy is made, how e l e c t r i c i t y f l o w s , a n d abou t so la r p o w e r . I t i n c l u d e s c r a f t s a n d experiments: June 7, July 19, and July 26 (Tuesdays) from 1:30 to 3 p.m. * Family M o v i e s & Munchies – A l l m o v i e s will be shown at 2:30 p.m. in the library’s conference room: Wed., June 1 – Kicking and Screaming (PG); Wed., June 8 – The Good Dinosaur (PG); Wed., June 15 – Spy Kids 3D/Game Over (PG); Wed., June 29 – Open Season-Scared Silly (PG); Cool Runnings (PG); and Wed., July 13 – Kung Fu Panda 3 (PG). * Game Days (ages 5-11) – Activate your mind with something new (wide variety of games): June 14, July 5,

and July 12 (all Tuesdays) from 2 to 4 p.m. * Columbus Cottonmouths Meet & Greet (all ages) – The Cottonmouths w i l l r e a d s tor ies , ta lk about hockey, and give gifts

Chattahoochee Co. Public Library

Parks MemorialPublic Library

Ready. Set. Reptiles! will soon be presented at the public libraries in Buena Vista, Cusseta, and Richland. Check out the stories on this page for details and for information on many other special summer programs.

It’s time to get your “Game On!” for the Summer Reading Program at the Parks Memorial Public Library in Richland. Contact the library at 229-887-2103 to find out how to register, log your reading a n d o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s , earn points, a n d w i n prizes. Spec ia l events will include: * Ready. Set. Reptiles! See some of nature’s most entertaining c r e a t u r e s w h e n t h e reptiles visit the library: Thursday, June 2 at 11 a.m. * Magician Ken Scott – See great illusionsinspired by children’s books: Monday, May 23 at4:30 p.m. * ABC’s of Drumming – Come make a joyful noisewith this percussion-fi lled audience participationprogram led by Dwight “The Professor” Baldwin:Thursday, June 23 at 4:30 p.m. There will also be other events throughout thesummer, including: * Adult Coloring: Thursdays – May 26, June 16,July 21 at 11 a.m. * Bingo! come get your game on for fun andprizes: Thursdays – June 9 and July 14 at 11 a.m. * Final Party (all ages) – Celebrate the completionof the summer reading program. Completion prizeswill be handed out at an outdoor BBQ on the librarygrounds: Saturday, July 23 at 11 a.m.

Dwight Baldwin will be per-forming at the public libraries in Buena Vista, Cusseta, and Richland. Check out the stories on this page for details and for information on many other spe-cial summer programs.

It’s time to get you r “Game On!” f o r t h e S u m m e r Reading Program at the Chat tahoochee County Public Library. Contact the library at 706-989-3700 to find out how to register, log your reading and other activities, earn points, and win prizes. Special events will include: * Ready. Set. Reptiles! See some of nature’s m o s t e n t e r t a i n i n g creatures when the reptiles visit the library: Friday, June 3 at 10 a.m. * Magician Ken Scott – See great illusions inspired by children’s books: Friday, June 17 at 10 a.m. * ABC’s of Drumming – Come make a joyful noise with this percussion-fi lled audience part icipation program led by Dwight “The Professor”

B a l d w i n : Friday, June 24 at 10 a.m. There will also be other events t h r o u g h o u t the summer, including: * Teen Time T u e s d a y s – learn c raf t s , watch movies, etc.: May 17 and 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. and June 7, 14, 21, 28 and July 5 and 12 from 3

to 6 p.m. * Toddler Time: Thursdays – May 19, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7 and 14 , from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. * Toddler Time Reading Challenge Kickoff – Thursday, May 26 at 10:30 a.m. * Box Car Party – the kick-off for the Summer Reading Challenge: Friday, May 27 at 10 a.m. * Teen Summer Reading Kickoff: Tuesday, May 31 from 3 to 6 p.m. * Teen Time Tuesdays * Summer Olympics – Compete in “Olympic” events: Friday,

June 10 at 10 a.m. * Wacky Relay: Friday, July 1 at 10 a.m. * F o a m Finger – Make a b i g f o a m f i n g e r a n d m e g a p h o n e , then play and cheer on our team: Friday, July 8 at 10 a.m. * Coloring for Adults – R e d i s c o v e r your creative s ide as you color, v is i t , and snack with other adults: M o n d a y s – June 6, 13, 20, 27, and July 11 and 18, from 4 to 6 p.m. * Te e n S u m m e r Reading Final Party: Tuesday, July 19 at 3 p.m.

Chattahoochee County Middle School student Dominick Keeney was a b ig winner a t the Chat tahoochee Fl in t RESA and Georgia Youth Sc ience Technology Center (GYST) Science Fair, which was held in Ellaville on May 3. Over 150 young scientists from Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Macon, Randolph, Stewart , and Sumter counties participated in the annual fair. Students from 5th grade through 8th grade presented and defended their original science fair

ChattCo student wins big at

Science Fair

Dominick Keeney

project and research before 10 judges at South Georgia Technical College. Students also participated in STEM challenges during the science fair. The students were allowed to do projects in the areas of Life Science, Physical Science, Earth/Space Science, and General Science. The top three scores in each grade

were recognized, as well as the top score in each science area. Overall 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places were recognized, based on the top scores. Dominick Keeney, a 5th grader in Chattahoochee County, was the Overall Winner and also won first place in the Physical Science category with his project of “Packing Bananas”.

Eagle Foods management team, from left: Produce Manager Will McCarter, Store Manager Darius Brown, and Meat Department Manager Derrek Dickerson.

The wait is over for openingof Eagle Foods in Buena Vista

As this week’s newspaper was headed to the press, Dixie Dis-count-Cuthbert was preparing for the fi rst day of business at the new Eagle Foods in Buena Vista. The Marion County Chamber of Commerce hosted a special Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Wednesday, May 18 at 10 a.m. to mark the opening. The supermaket has approxi-mately 12,000 square feet of “selling area”, including 10 spa-cious aisles that are surrounded by a great deal of refrigerator/freezer spaces. The full-scale supermarket has approximately 36’ for refrig-erated produce, 24’ for frozen meat, 24’ for cold-cuts/smoked items, 36’ for fresh meat, 60’ for dairy products, 50 doors for frozen food, and a 20’ beer case.

Several businesses will open in the near future in the adjacent shopping plaza. These include the Kick’n Chick’n (operated by the owner of the Big Chick in Talbotton), a loan-type offi ce operated by the Bank of Talbot-ton, a bakery/coffee shop, and an exercise center. “Sassy” is also relocating to the plaza from downtown Buena Vista.

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