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Program Specialist Walker Boswell hands a snake to participants of the Summer Reading program. (SHELBY HUCKABY/Staff)

Program Specialist Walker Boswell hands a snake to participants of the Summer Reading program. (SHELBY HUCKABY/Staff)

Rock Eagle 4-H hosts Reptiles at the library

On Friday, Rock Eagle 4-H brought some of their reptile and amphibian wildlife to the Eatonton-Putnam County Library as part of their Summer Reading program.
Dozens of hot-rodded rides showed up Saturday for the inaugural Bruzze Brewing Classic Car Show, staged in honor of Jerry Smith, who once operated a car museum in the same space the brewery now occupies alongside Scott Road in eastern Putnam County. (T. MICHAEL STONE/Staff)

Dozens of hot-rodded rides showed up Saturday for the inaugural Bruzze Brewing Classic Car Show, staged in honor of Jerry Smith, who once operated a car museum in the same space the brewery now occupies alongside Scott Road in eastern Putnam County. (T. MICHAEL STONE/Staff)

Bruzze Brewing presents classic car show

The first-ever Bruzze Brewing Classic Car Show was a huge hit, based on the lack of available parking places just 30 minutes after the event began.
Georgia Writers Museum will host Patrick as its “Meet the Author” presenter on Aug. 7 at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton. (CONTRIBUTED)

Georgia Writers Museum will host Patrick as its “Meet the Author” presenter on Aug. 7 at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM to host mystery writer Lo Patrick

The Floating Girls comes to The Night the River Wept, a contemporary Georgia story about a small-town, stay-at-home wife who suffers a tragic miscarriage and finds herself completely lost – until a job volunteering at the local police station becomes the opportunity to investigate the county’s most...
Lifelong Eatonton resident Peter Mae Davis celebrated her 100th birthday on June 5. (File Photo)

Lifelong Eatonton resident Peter Mae Davis celebrated her 100th birthday on June 5. (File Photo)

Centenarian appreciates family and friends

Lifelong Eatonton resident Peter Mae Davis celebrated her 100th birthday on June 5, surrounded by her family and friends. Born to parents Peter and Clara Mae Harris, Peter Mae grew up with just one sister, Allen Freeman, who passed away in 2009 after battling cancer.Peter Mae married J.D.
'The Woman with the Cure' by Lynn Cullen. (CONTRIBUTED)

'The Woman with the Cure' by Lynn Cullen. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM book review: The Woman with the Cure

I was a child of the 1950s, and though I don’t remember much of my earliest days, I do remember polio. It was more the rule than the exception in those days to have some classmates in wheelchairs or on crutches and occasionally to have one disappear completely, never to return.
Recent Putnam County High School graduates Bryant Ruff Jr. (far left) and Kaylen McBurnett (far right) $1,000 scholarships from Most Valuable Smiles Dentistry in downtown Eatonton. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

Recent Putnam County High School graduates Bryant Ruff Jr. (far left) and Kaylen McBurnett (far right) $1,000 scholarships from Most Valuable Smiles Dentistry in downtown Eatonton. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

Most Valuable Smiles presents scholarships to PCHS grads

For the second straight year, Dr. Willie Oliver of Most Valuable Smiles (MVS) dentistry in downtown Eatonton presented $1,000 scholarships to Putnam County High School (PCHS) graduates.
The Woman with the Cure is an uplifting story about Dr. Dorothy Horstmann, whose brilliant research led to the development of the polio vaccine. (CONTRIBUTED)

The Woman with the Cure is an uplifting story about Dr. Dorothy Horstmann, whose brilliant research led to the development of the polio vaccine. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM to host best-selling author at The Plaza

We all enjoy a compelling story about an unrecognized hero who finally gets the affirmation they are due. Georgia Writers Museum is fortunate to host award-winning, best-selling author Lynn Cullen as its Meet the Author presenter on July 16 at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton.
Participants are deep in concentration on the bingo cards as each number is announced. (LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff)

Participants are deep in concentration on the bingo cards as each number is announced. (LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff)

Bingo for the Arts benefits Festival Hall

Last Thursday evening at Festival Hall was great entertainment and fun as Bingo for the Arts took to the stage in front of a large crowd.
The Broadway Intensive Program is preparing to perform “Working,” a musical that portrays American workers that “the world so often takes for granted.” For this program, participants have only two weeks to learn their lines, practice on stage, prepare their set, and learn all of the technology to put on a full Broadway production. (CONTRIBUTED)

The Broadway Intensive Program is preparing to perform “Working,” a musical that portrays American workers that “the world so often takes for granted.” For this program, participants have only two weeks to learn their lines, practice on stage, prepare their set, and learn all of the technology to put on a full Broadway production. (CONTRIBUTED)

The Plaza and Arts Barn work together on ‘Working’

Following Camp Broadway, there were a few slow weeks for The Plaza Arts Center.
Generations of families have woven a tapestry of shared history and enduring connections in Kinderhook. (CONTRIBUTED)

Generations of families have woven a tapestry of shared history and enduring connections in Kinderhook. (CONTRIBUTED)

Kinderhook kin recall local lore

Nestled between Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, and Putnam counties in Georgia lies the close-knit community of Kinderhook. Generations of families have woven a tapestry of shared history and enduring connections.