Here is what is happening in the region: 

 

Milledgeville farmer’s market opens for 2016 season

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — The Milledgeville Farmers Market will kick off its eighth season on Tuesday with a grand opening celebration with music and entertainment. The market grand opening will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Kicking off the new season will be the band, Sunnyside Mountain Boys. The Sunnyside Mountain Boys have provided the market with exceptional musical entertainment each opening day of the market season. Due to the tremendous response, Milledgeville Main Street will offer Market Bucks again this year, where customers can earn bucks just by shopping at the market. Customers can visit the market every Tuesday to increase their chances of winning the coveted bucks. Visitors of the farmers market on opening day can be entered into a drawing to win items from Milledgeville Main Street, market vendors and receive Market Bucks. The market is held at the City of Milledgeville Pavilion located next to the Golden Pantry on East Hancock Street in Milledgeville. The pavilion was built in 2014 with the Milledgeville Farmers Market in mind. The pavilion provides a nice shady area for both the vendors and customers, along with a bathroom and handicap accessibility. Over the past few months the Main Street staff has worked hard to give the Milledgeville Farmers Market a fresh new look with updated logos, signage and marketing material. The application and guidelines have been revised and are now available via the Main Street website and in the Main Street office. Anyone interested in becoming a vendor at the Milledgeville Farmers Market can call Deana at 478-414-4014 or email at dthornton@milledgevillega.uswith any questions. Applications can be mailed to the Main Street office at P.O. Box 1422 Milledgeville, Ga. 31061.

 

Top-seed Central girls ousted 

THOMASVILLE, Ga.  — Two goals within the final two minutes of the first half Wednesday proved too much of a hole for the Thomas County Central girls soccer team to pull out of despite a strong second 40 minutes.  Eagle’s Landing’s Teralynn Matthews had a first-half hat trick as the team moved on to the second round with a 4-0 victory over Central, ending the Yellow Jackets’ season.  “We’re emotional because we hate to see the seniors go. We hate to see it end this way, but all good things come to an end,” head coach Kristy Peeples said.  The Yellow Jackets (12-5, 10-0 Region 1-AAAA) came in as the No. 1 seed in their region with multiple mercy-rule victories while the Eagles traveled as the 4-seed.  “I told them they have something to be really proud of that no one’s done in this region, and that’s back-to-back years of 10-0 region champs,” Peeples said.  The Eagles advanced to play the winner of the North Hall vs. Carrollton game.  

 

Cherokee baskets on display 

CHATSWORTH, Ga. — In commemoration of National Historic Preservation Month, the Friends of the Vann House and the Vann House Historic Site are sponsoring a special display of baskets at the Spring Place site throughout the month of May.Baskets were an important part of Cherokee culture, so the site has several “historic” baskets preserved and permanently displayed in its museum. Among them are a large “double weave” basket possibly dating from the 1790s, a slave-made basket from the early 1800s and a river cane basket found in the loft of an abandoned Cherokee cabin in Murray County after the Trail of Tears in 1838.  A variety of modern baskets made in the traditional manner by Cherokee weavers as well as by the Vann House weaver Margie Huffstetler can be seen in the museum, the Vann House itself and in the log cabins.  The Vann House is at the intersection of Ga. Highways 225 and 52 A, three miles west of Chatsworth, and is open Thursday-Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  For more information and admission fees, call the site at (706) 695-2598 or check Facebook and the GeorgiaStateParks.org website.

 

City water company pours out scholarships 

MOULTRIE, Ga. — ESG Operations, the private company that manages the City of Moultrie’s water and wastewater systems, presented four scholarships Saturday, April 23, to Colquitt County students. Recipients of the $500 scholarships included Selyna Grant, who plans to major in agricultural engineering and German at the University of Georgia; Nathan Lang, who plans to major in English at Clark Atlanta University then go on to law school; Catalina Arnett, who plans to major in natural science and visual arts at UGA; and Quen’Tavious Alford, who plans to major in engineering with a minor in astronomy at Valdosta State University. ESG, based in Macon, began operating the city’s systems about nine months ago, so this is the first of the scholarships presented here.

 

Florida county seeking $2.9 million paving bids 

JASPER, Fla. — The Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners is seeking new bids for a $2.9 million paving project. The only bid received in the first round was for $4.9 million, which the commissioners rejected.