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PWAF started as a dinner party conversation between Margo Bindhardt and Robert P. Crozer, spearheaded by Louise Humphrey and the Thomasville Center for the Arts Board. Together the group turned a dreamlike idea into a calendar-marking community event inspired by the history of Thomasville’s vibrant plantation culture.

Throughout the ante-and-post bellum periods, sporting and wildlife artists often journeyed to Thomasville’s plantations to observe wildlife, enjoy the sporting life, and practice their craft. PWAF pairs a rich cultural history to the tastes and needs of great wildlife artists and art collectors today.

At the heart of the event is a fine arts show featuring 65 of the best sporting and wildlife artists and artisans, held at the event’s beneficiary Thomasville Center for the Arts. This year, instead of selecting one Featured Artist, 23 of PWAF’s past Featured Artists have been tapped to create an Encore Gallery with original work specific to the region.

highly anticipated event within our community and beyond – it’s a place where your passion meets art and you meet others who share your love for all things Thomasville represents."

The 20th celebration truly offers such a diverse range of experiences for everyone: the art admirer, the fashion lover, the concert goer, the plein air painter, and many more. Join us November 13-22…we can’t wait to cheers 20 years with you!

Events Not to Miss: November 13: The Longleaf Affair Dinner with Birmingham’s award-winning Chef, Chris Hastings, and a Game of Chance at Pebble Hill Plantation

Like the Encore Gallery artist twist, another – and perhaps the biggest – PWAF surprise is in the form of music by a “soul bent swamp-rocker” and the chance for families to experience what a day on a hunting plantation is like with An Afternoon in the Field and 20th Celebration Concert.

Instead of being held outside at Thomasville Center for the Arts during the fine arts show weekend, this year, the wildlife shows have grown and will move to Pebble Hill Plantation, where they will sprawl across the beautiful grounds. Families can experience a bobwhite quail hunting demonstration, birds of prey flight outdoor show, exhibition shooting, duck decoy painting, fishing and shooting simulators and so much more. Following the day’s activities, a sold-out Celebration Concert with JJ Grey & Mofro will take place {but you can still get tickets if you become a Festival Underwriter!}.

Gates Kirkham, PWAF Co-Chair, shares, "When an event encompasses all things you hold dear - tradition, the outdoors, love of hunting and appreciation for the land - you know you’ve created something special. PWAF has become a

November 14: Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy presents Earth, Pine & Fire Photography Exhibition Opening Reception featuring the works of Elmore DeMott at Studio 209 November 15: Afternoon in the Field Family Event and 20th Celebration Concert with JJ Grey & Mofro at Pebble Hill Plantation November 19: Women of Wildlife Painting Workshop with Sue Key and Betsey Fowler; En Plein Air Painting Workshop with C.D. Clarke and Clive Tyler; Wildlife Floral Workshop with St. Simon’s The Vine Garden Market owners Bryce Vann Brock and Kelly Revels; Holland & Holland Fine Shooting Attire Runway Show with their Creative Director Niels van Rooyen & Kevin’s of Thomasville

November 20: Encore Gallery Underwriters Preview; Commercial Bank presents the fine art show Opening Night Party at Thomasville Center for the Arts

November 21 & 22: Sporting & Wildlife Fine Art Show & Sale

November 21: Wildlife Conversation “From Cairo to Cairo” with Atlanta architect Keith Summerour presented by Atlanta Decorative Arts Center; Commercial Bank presents Bird Dog Bash at Pebble Hill Plantation’s Sugar Hill Barn

Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival, November 13-22, 2015, PWAF.org, 226-0588.

- Callie S.

Maiden South Turns One F. Scott Fitzgerald once said that life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. The autumn months never fall short of a ushering in a busy season: one that leads us swiftly into the delight of the holidays. It is a time to explore and create and inspire. These are the principals driving the ladies of Maiden South into a season even more exciting than fall.

across the finely curated collection. The shop’s concept was born from the minds of creative connoisseurs Jessica Grace Allen and Natalie Bristol Kirbo. With passions ranging from social services and retail to wildlife conservation and recipes, the founding maidens have poured their unique southern souls into creating a shop to satisfy all passers-by.

Maiden South invites everyone to join them for their one-year anniversary on Friday, October 23rd from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Bainbridge. There will be dancing in the streets with Shane Owens at Willis Park. The maidens are also thrilled to show off their new space at 123 N. West Street. Come out and meet the women that started it all while you marvel over the culmination of fantastic pieces.

“The best part has been watching so many supportive community members come in and out of our janky screen door!” says Natalie. Looking ahead, she and Jessica are giving back to their beloved community. They plan to donate ten percent of all net proceeds to charity.

Created in the faded footprints of downtown gathering posts of the past, Maiden South is bringing quality handmade goods to Bainbridge and its visitors, who are lucky enough to stumble

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Cheers to 20 years!

The Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival has become one of Fall’s favorite highlights in the Red Hills region. It is a weeklong celebration that calls for cocktail dresses and cowboy boots, bourbon bars and bird dog sculptures, global sporting artists and southern makers. And this year, the Festival turns 20.

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It is simply the norm that Thomasville attracts the makers, the tasters, the new south movers and shakers. Arriving fresh to the scene is So.Ho., mixing fresh, southern food with Asian influence.

The Townie chatted with Carolyn Cadenhead, chef and co-owner with husband, Skyler. Carolyn and Skyler met at culinary school and, like many talented chefs, they dreamed and planned of opening a restaurant of their very own. The pair are deeply passionate about cooking with fresh, local foods for farm to table fare, adding their signature flavors and techniques to seasonally available food.

Carolyn gained big-city expertise at a London restaurant, owned a catering business and was a personal chef. Skyler was longtime chef at the well-known Mozaik Restaurant in Tallahassee, and he taught at Keiser College’s Culinary Arts School.

TT: I’m loving the restaurant name. Why So.Ho? CC: It’s our acronym for ‘southern hospitality’ and to express combining big-city influence into southern fare. We feel Thomasville is the perfect place.

TT: Is your menu a secret, or will you share your favorite item?

CC: Our menu will change with the seasons, so my favorites may vary. Two items we think our customers will love are our chicken biscuits with honey-chile sauce and our fried pimiento cheese dumplings with a sriracha and remoulade sauce.

CC: Yes! We will have a vegetarian option in every menu category, and we will also prepare gluten-free items.

TT: I was happy to see the downtown building move so quickly into new ownership and renovation.

Congratulations on snagging that great building! Will you also use the upstairs?

CC: We love the building and can’t wait to get it ready for everyone to enjoy. We have plans for the upstairs but we’re keeping it quiet until things are finalized.

TT: Waiting is torture. My mouth is already watering! How soon will we get to enjoy this marvelous food?

CC: We had hoped to open before Christmas; however, it looks like January or February is more realistic. Construction is taking longer than we anticipated.

TT: Good things are worth waiting for. Will you serve lunch and dinner?

CC: Yes. We will be open for lunch Monday – Saturday and dinner Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

TT: It sounds like you and Skyler are well-prepared and seasoned just right for this culinary adventure. Thank you for sharing with us.

Carolyn and Skyler Cadenhead are residents of Cairo, GA, live on a farm and have three children.

TT: Carolyn, this food sounds very enticing. Will you offer vegetarian options?

- Dara B.

Annie Moses Band at TeF It isn’t often an audience can find the best of all genres of music in one band. But that unique combination exists in the Annie Moses Band. Area audiences will get the chance to enjoy the Annie Moses Band and their spicy blend of classical, bluegrass, jazz and folk music on Thursday, October 22 at the Thomasville Center for the Arts, the second concert in the Thomasville Entertainment Foundation’s {TEF} 2015-2016 season.

Known for their virtuosic-string playing, eclectic vocals and stylistically diverse repertoire, the Nashville-based band of six siblings has brought their brand of musicianship to PBS and the stages of Carnegie Hall and the Grand Ole Opry.

Musical influences include Stephen Foster, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin and Antonin Dvořák.

Currently the band is on tour celebrating the release of their new album, American Rhapsody. They make their European debut in November and anticipate their new PBS special, The Art of the Love Song, in Spring 2016.

Other upcoming TEF concerts include the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center {Jan. 21}, the Pasadena Roof Orchestra {Feb. 16}, vocalist Chris Mann {March 12} and pianist Emanuel Ax {April 9}.

“Annie Moses Band and their American Rhapsody program have so much depth and color,” says TEF President Ann McCrickard. “This group will have everyone tapping their toes to Americana favorites, Irish tunes, folk music and jazz numbers. This is a dramatic introduction to this Julliardtrained group of musicians.”

The Annie Moses Band, named after their greatgrandmother Annie Moses, extends their talents and outreach activities to young people each summer at a twoweek arts camp at Nashville’s Lipscomb University. Students can take classes in orchestral music, jazz, folks, music theatre, technical theatre and woodwinds.

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In 1935, my great-grandfather {who was 26 at the time} Lewis Hall Singletary made the decision to open a small service station in downtown Pelham, Georgia where he lived with his wife Mildred Sasser Singletary. In an attempt to arouse business, L.H. made the decision to run an ad in The Pelham Journal for the “Singletary Service Station.” Much to his surprise, the paper would misprint the ad as “Sing Service Station” bringing the rise of a regional oil company that would stretch from Central Florida to North Carolina.

Sing Oil Company, as it was known, would start small by opening several stations throughout rural South Georgia towns including Meigs, Newton & Camilla. L.H. began to develop a method of expansion through partnering with credible managers to build new stations. By the early 1940s, my great-grandfather had taken a single station and turned it into nearly fifty locations across the Southeast. It is noted in the April 1961 edition of Sing Oil News, Sing had a tugboat named the “Mildred K” {Named for my great-aunt Karen}, which operated during the late 30’s and early 40’s. The retired shrimp vessel would haul gasoline from New Orleans to Panama City to then be shipped up the Apalachicola River to Bainbridge where it would then be delivered to the surrounding communities.

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Sing would prosper through the late 1940s and 1950s centered in the community of Pelham, but change would occur in the early 60’s when Mildred, Sing’s wife and dedicated bookkeeper would contract health issues forcing Lewis Hall to step back from the center of his thriving business.

This sudden incident would lead to my grandfather, Richard Lewis Singletary, to take over his father’s business when he was in his early thirties. Sing would soon acquire a new location in Thomasville and a new logo consisting of a blue circle with “Sing” written in italic read letters over a blue flying bird. This new logo would carry Sing through prosperous times along with the introduction of “Stop ‘n Shop” convenience stores on a corporate managed model.

This new model would prove successful for the revitalized “Sing” as America was moving to the fast-paced convenience revolution of the 1970’s. As the 80’s roll in, big hair and tacky workout cloths bring another era of change to the company with several experiments that turned flat like “New” Coke.

Our local chamber of commerce is seeing growth and a renewed spirit of leadership and engagement in the business community. The Townie sat down with Lauren Basford to discuss the priorities and events for October and the last quarter of 2015.

TT: Lauren, the chamber building is one of my favorite Thomasville landmarks, and I've heard there are plans to renovate the building. Can you tell me more about that?

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Sing experimented with convenience stores that were “More than Convenient” offering many deli and hot food options along with the traditional convenience store necessities. The new yellow and blue “Modern” logo would prove to be not as successful as simply a place for Thomasvillians to grab an Icee.

Although battle-ridden, opportunities would emerge as one of the nation’s largest oil companies would offer Sing and my grandfather the change of a lifetime. October 31 will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the merger with American Oil Company and the completion of one humble entrepreneur’s dream.

Lewis Hall and his supportive wife Mildred are a prime example of the American Dream: Overcoming one of the world’s worst depressions and creating a legacy of honesty and virtue all while not having completed the 8th grade.

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We are very excited to announce that we will, in fact, be doing some major renovations to the Chamber. Our iconic building has fallen into disrepair and renovations to the interior and exterior are necessary to bring it back to its prior glory. Since original construction in 1957, our members and supporters have worked hard to maintain and preserve a Chamber that Thomas County businesses and residents could be proud of. We know that the restoration and interior upgrades will directly benefit all of our members and our community. We firmly believe that Thomasville DESERVES a first-class Chamber.

TT: We're in the last quarter of 2015. What are some goals the Chamber wants to complete before 2016?

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Our plan is to finish this year strong! We will continue with our educational and networking events as usual. However, our biggest goal is to reach out to each of our over 500 members. We will be utilizing our highly-motivated Ambassador team and staff to make visits to every member’s location and thank them for their membership. Here at the Chamber, we believe in a personal touch!

TT: I bet the Young Entrepreneurs & Professionals {YEP} have something planned for Halloween.

Am I right?

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LB: Oh, yes. Here’s the scoop. Anyone 21 to 40 who wants to have some good fun networking should attend the Halloween party on Friday, Oct 23rd, 7 pm, at 414 Fletcher St. This group of hard working professionals knows how to have a good party.

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TT: What do you hear from members? When they express what they value the most from chamber membership, what do they say?

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LB: I am excited to say that this year alone, we have added over 65 new members to the Chamber. As you know, this is a community that thrives on relationships. The Chamber is able to provide opportunities to form those relationships, involve yourself in this vibrant community and learn to be a better professional, business owner or employee. These are the things that we hear are of most value from our membership.

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TT: Keep up the good work, Lauren. You and your team make us proud.

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LB: That’s our job, and we love it.

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Trill in the ‘Ville Get prepared for my insane ramblings about Halloween because October is upon us. I am sure you are aware that Halloween is my favorite holiday because I mention it at least 8 times in any pertinent conversation. I think that my love of Halloween has only intensified as I have gotten older instead of being more prevalent when I was a kid and tapering off as I became an adult.

As an adult, I like to plan my costumes for months {when I have somewhere to go} and actually sew and put them together myself. When I was a kid, my mom used to put a lot of thought into my costumes, and I would cry and beg for those stupid plastic costumes with the flimsy masks. We would usually have to split the difference—Mom would make me a special costume for school, and I would get the crappy plastic costume for trick or treating.

This brings me to the memory of Halloween 1988. I was in second grade, and it was a particularly stressful year. I half burned down my parent’s house {long story, I’ll save it for later}, I took the gifted test, and my cat got run over. I think Mom was particularly willing to my whims because of all of the stressful events of the year. She finally let me get a Barbie crappy plastic costume, and she spent hours making me a clown costume.

I should pause here and say, I am not particularly fond of clowns. My mom spent a lot of time in making this costume and put a lot of attention to the details, so I rolled with it. In her defense, it was really, really good. She even decorated my shoes. I think I may have won some sort of award for it at my school. That having been said, I wanted to come home and scrub the paint off my face and incinerate the costume.

It was tough to pull up and down when you have to go to the bathroom, which is a critical detail for later.

I got home from school, removed all signs of the clown costume and donned my shiny plastic Barbie costume. We all hopped in the car and headed to the Tifton Mall to do some trick or treating. {This probably sounds weird, but we lived in the woods, so it would take all day to hit about five houses since they were about 3 miles apart.} I kept telling my sister that I had to go to the bathroom. I was like a broken record, but she wanted to get candy. By the time I broke her down to take me, my bladder was about to explode.

We made our way to the Rose’s bathroom, and I started to cry because there was only one stall and someone was in there already. I kept hopping leg to leg and sobbing. I told Melissa that there was no way that I could hold it even a second longer. She joked that it was good that I didn’t have on that stupid clown costume, and I started to laugh. With each chuckle tiny streams were trickling down my leg until the trickles became one full out steady stream. Then, I started crying again. The woman in the stall came out, looked at us like we were insane, then glanced at the pile of pee on the floor and bolted.

I couldn’t believe I peed my pants IN THE PLASTIC BARBIE COSTUME when I had been battling that stupid clown costume all day. We decided that I should remove my pants and socks and ditch them in the trash can. By the time I reached my parents, my mom and dad were baffled. So many questions. Needless to say, it was a cold and soggy ride home.

Where would you go in an emergency, for shelter, for clothing, or for food? How many know that the Salvation Army store is no longer open. Thomasvillle has a large emergency resources hole to close, and there are people like Edwards diligently working to be there should the unthinkable occur in our lives.

Mary and Allison Jenkins (names changed) are sisters. Like all sisters, they have fought, argued, and competed, but their bond is far stronger than any animus ever was. “Domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness [among] women,” writes Edwards. Here are two sisters, both concurrent victims of domestic violence; they are together, fleeing for their own and

And when DogTagSS succeeds? A wounded vet is reintegrated.

Haley Shank, a force of nature herself, has joined this organization to help them fight their virtuous battle to become a resource center assisting veterans to obtain their benefits, get job training/placement, find affordable housing, and heal their traumatized minds, heroic hearts, and bustedup bodies. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a new treatment DogTagSS would like to integrate into their continuum of care.

These soldiers have served in hostile environments. Their

Constructed in 1915, this celebrated edifice stands as the Center’s primary location. It once was originally the home to the East Side School, Thomasville’s first school built with public funding. After a restoration, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is now home to TCA, South Georgia Ballet, South Georgia Ballet Conservatory, Versa Musica, and the Red Hills Players. The building also serves as Scott School’s fine arts classrooms, serving children in grades K–5, by means of a partnership between the Center and City schools which began in 2013.

“It’s an important community milestone,” says TCA’s Executive Director, Michele Arwood. “As it’s the 100th anniversary of the building, it deserves a celebration! Along with our resident partners, we invite the community to join us and the Scott School and Art in the Afternoon students for a casual celebration underneath our Oaks on Tuesday, October 27 from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.”

To further commemorate the building’s hundred years, the Center will present Art off the Wall at TCA on Broad Street from October 22 – 31. During this one-week sale of one-of-a-kind art, TCA will offer pieces from its Arts Guild collection in order to make room for new work. The collection will offer a wide range of prices and styles…there is something for everyone. Funds from the sale will be contributed to youth scholarships to further art education.

Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate art, architecture and history in the month of October!

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for their children’s safety. I met them at Waffle house on Route 84 for an interview earlier this week.

Their story begins with a middle-of-the-night-escape. Then, phone calls, vouchers and from Edwards' own pocketbook Edwards networks local motels, which provide shelter alternatives other than the side of the highway. “We had nothing but the clothes on their backs” says Mary. “Sharon don’t even know us, Allison adds. "She went beyond what most people will do.” That means not merely clothing, but dishes, rugs, curtains, pillows, cash, diapers, towels. Through “rapid rehousing” and the Neighborhood Service Center these sisters—these moms—now have a home they can share and begin their restart. Since August of this year, Edwards counts 50 homeless she has assisted {26 were children}.

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— Dogtagss — Giving Veterans Hope DogTagSS CEO Larry Fey has given everything he can and almost everything he has to our local veterans. In his own words, “If everyone local could give just one dollar, that’s like forty thousand dollars and thirty thousand can keep this place operating for nine months. And, I promise you it would all go to DogTagss. Veterans need this help.”

Fall is in the air and October is set to be both happening and historical at Thomasville Center for the Arts. October is National Arts and Humanities month, the perfect time to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the building at 600 East Washington Street, home to the arts for children and adults alike.

So, I guess the point here, is that I couldn’t appreciate Halloween as a kid between the costume struggles and that whole peeing my pants thing. Halloween is like a fine wine, it only gets better with age.

Community Outreach and Success for Two Sisters Sharon Edwards does not yield: not to daunt of challenge, nor the face of failure, and never to tests by the adversary.

Pastor Sharon Edwards is CEO and Founder the Community Outreach Training Center. She and her staff provide, among other services and referrals, crisis assistance for persons and families with nowhere to go.

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intensive training experience has been a kind of conditioning, more appropriately termed programming, and does not merely vanish as quickly as a soldier gets discharged back home with brain injuries or missing body parts, lingering post-traumatic stress, and sleep disorders.

“No soldier left behind,” hence the dogged efforts by DogTagSS and the small army of volunteers they hope, one day, to recruit. Props go out to Flowers Foods {and Jason Keaton}, Lowes on Rte. 19, BWB {Bill, Will, and Boone Felts}, Wounded But Not Broken, Second Harvest, Hands on Thomas County, and the Community Outreach Training Center {Pastor Sharon Edwards} for all their philanthropy and love.

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Here is what I believe about small town living: It only works if you find your place. Otherwise, a small town can be just as lonely as any big city.

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This year, we're tackling The Happiness Project with New York Times bestselling author Gretchen Rubin.

Can I just tell you how awesome that news is? How incredible it is to be able to be on the team that brings bestselling authors to our small, Southern town?

The whole she-bang launched October 2, and we've got a week's worth of One Book events kicking off on Friday, October 23.

I want everyone I know­— and even people I don't — to read along with us this year. Even if The Happiness Project isn't your kind of book, isn't it pretty incredible to read alongside your neighbors, the people you grocery shop with and sit in a church pew with? Isn't it awesome to have the gift of reading, and to share with your children and friends?

That's what One Book is all about, and I am thrilled to play even a small part in the magic every year.

Join us by reading along, and come out to all the happy events we have planned.

Everything is free and open to the public, with the exception of the ticketed Gretchen Rubin lecture on October 27 ­— but even that's only $10! Full information is on the One Book website at www.onebookthomascounty.org, but if you have questions, just ask! The Bookshelf staff is more than happy to help you get involved.

Happy reading!

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Fridays and Saturdays, October 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 30-31, 7-11p Off Highway 122 on West McDonald Street in Pavo The Pavo Haunted House has been dishing out scares since 2003. Each year they bring something bigger and better to the plate, and this year is no exception. The cost is $8 per person and prepared to be scared from the parking lot until the end of the haunted old school.

Terror of Tallahassee

October 16, 23-24, 28-3, November 1, 13 1408 Lake Bradford Road, Tallahassee It takes about 20 minutes to get through the haunted house, which alleges that it is really scary. You’ll go through the haunt in smaller groups to maximize your scare. Adult tickets are $15, kids 12 and under are $9.99.

SASS Pumpkin Carving Party

Tuesday, October 20, 5-7p Come on down to Sass! on October 20th and bring your loved ones!

They’re kicking off the season with a Festive Fall Pumpkin Carving Party!

You provide the pumpkin, and they’ll cover the rest! It'll be a fun, spooky party, but space is limited, so please RSVP ASAP! Call 236-6006 to reserve your space.

Halloween Howl

Friday and Saturday, October 23-24 3945 Museum Drive, Tallahassee Prepare for a night filled with trick-ortreating, land of mystical creatures, both haunted and not-so-spooky trails, carnival games, costume contest, prizes, and more!

Spooky sounds from Safari Man and The Jamie Eubanks Band will echo from the entertainment stage, and Greg Tish with The Greg Tish Show will serve as our Emcee for the weekend! The annual costume contest open to all ages offers eerie and cute sights and plentiful prizes, while the Trail Break Café features tasty treats for a delectable dinner or a welcome snack during the event.

Young, daring guests will get their adrenaline pumping on a spooky guided Tree to Tree Adventure, where chills and thrills are guaranteed to be waiting around every tree bend with this customized TREEMendous Adventure children's course.

Tickets for Halloween Howl are $14 for adults, $12 for children for nonmembers and $12 for adults, $10 for children for Museum Members {children under three free}.

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Friday, October 23, 7:00 p 414 Fletcher Street Beer & Cocktails, Billiards & Games with the Young Entrepreneurs & Professionals of Thomasville-Thomas County. For more information, call 226-9600 or email Christina@thomasvillechamber.com.

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FSU Flying High Circus: Halloween/Haunted Harvest Performances Friday, October 23, Saturday, October 24, and Thursday, October 29, 7-9:30p The Big Top at FSU, 269 Chieftan Way, Tallahassee, A newer tradition under the Big Top, the circus puts on a Halloween themed show each October. All students as well as the community are invited to attend this fun and spooky yet family friendly production of zombies breaking into dance and skeletons flying through the air. Do not miss this one of a kind performance that is sure to be a thriller.

Howl-O-Week at the Thomasville Dog Park

Saturday, October 31, 10a-1p Loads of fun for the whole family and howling good time for dogs and their people! Unveiling of the new agility course constructed as an Eagle Scout project. Win Prizes! Activities Bobbing for Weenies, Bobbing for Bones, Thomasville Police Tips and Treats. Pet Adoptions – Thomas County Humane Society, Bark Busters Obedience Instruction and Obstacle Course Demonstration, K-9 Demonstration – Thomasville Police Department, Live DJ, and Bounce House. Contests include the Boo-tifull Pet Parade – For All Dogs, Fastest Wagging Tail, Best Sloppy Kiss, Super Silly Pet Tricks, Tallest Dog Treat Stack in 30 seconds, Best Costume – Small Dogs, Best Costume – Medium and Large Dogs, Best “Doggie and Me” Costume. {No Puppies – Dogs MUST be over 6 months old with ALL annual shots and vaccinations.} Some activities subject to change.

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Various locations, 9a-2p For those of you who aren’t familiar with HOTC Day, it’s a giant volunteer-athon with 1400+ of your friends, neighbors and colleagues followed by a Celebration Luncheon for volunteers at Cherokee Lake Park. Sign up to volunteer and you’ll receive a HOTC t-shirt, lunch from Granddaddy’s and the reward of a job well done. To volunteer, please contact Angela Kiminas at 226-5200.

Miss Boston Pageant

Boston Events Center at the corner of Adams and Green St., 7:25p The Boston Community Club is excited that we will be able to host the pageant in Boston as we celebrate the southern charm of our community. We believe our children are tomorrow’s leaders and the pageant focuses on developing lifelong skills in the areas of leadership, communication, confidence, and poise. For more info visit www.bostonga.com.

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Exchange Club Fairgrounds, 2057 GA Hwy 122, 6p, $40pp The Mission of LWL is to honor the courage and spirit of individuals living with a disability by providing outdoor recreation and specialized medical equipment at little to no cost. Dinner, Silent Auction, Live Auction, Games and Raffles. www.liveswithoutlimitsinc.org

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Through One Book, I found my place in Thomasville.

Every year, I sit on that committee and help pick a book for our entire community to read and discuss together. First, we read The Time Keeper and welcomed Mitch Albom to town. Last year, I was so pleased to introduce Thomasville to Picking Cotton, a memoir by Jennifer Cannino-Thompson and Ronald Cotton, both who traveled to Thomasville and discussed the book with us.

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It can be hard to forge your place in a new town; harder, I think, to own a business, to replace a town favorite and make her store your own.

When I took over the shop two years ago, former owner Katie was in the middle of her second pregnancy. She showed me the ropes, and then she let me have them. She had been a formative part of Thomasville's first-ever One Book celebration, and now I had to not only fill her shoes at the shop; I had to fill her spot on the committee.

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October 23 Thomas County One Book Various times and locations

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This year’s book is The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. One Book Thomas County is South Georgia's firstever One Book festival. Each year, our county spends a week honoring a selected book and its author{s}, conducting a variety of community events designed to get people excited about literacy. One Book Thomas County is a program of the Thomas County Public Library.

October 29 Thomasville Landmarks Membership Picnic and Preservation Awards

Greenwood Plantation Lodge, 5 – 8p Cocktails, dinner, and bluegrass. Arrive before the picnic for a champagne reception and guided tour. Reservations $60 per person—advance purchase only. Landmarks, Inc. Office 312 N. Broad Street info@thomasvillelandmarks.org

Red Hills Players Present Sweeney Todd

at TOSAC’s storefront theatre.10/29 and 10/31 at 8p 11/1 at 3p. $15. Tickets available at redhillspdlayers.net

Friday, October 30Sunday, November 1 Boston Mini-Marathon and Festival

Various times and locations, Boston, GA Saturday, race starts at 8a, fun and activities all day, In addition to race/walk events, there will be arts/crafts/food court, live entertainment, parade, BBQ and Chili Cook Off and more! Visit www.bostonga.com for more information and participant instructions for Race/Walk, Vendor, and Parade participants. Info: Brad Johnson, 229-226-4679 or 229-4988500 {race}, Betty Hoskins at 229-224-8660 {arts and crafts}, Danny Groover at 229-224-6201 {parade and general information}.

November 3 Thomasville Beer Club

Liam’s, 113 East Jackson St., 6:30p, $5 pp Near Thomasville and interested in beer? Then this is the place to be. The Club meets the first Tuesday of each month at Liam’s of Thomasville. Follow them on Facebook:www. facebook.com/ThomasvilleBeerClub.

November 5 22nd Annual Thomasville-Thomas County Sports Hall of Fame Banquet

Thomasville High School, 315 S. Hansell St. The event recognizes outstanding local athletes, coaches, officials and others who have made major contributions to the local sports tradition. Proceeds from this event are annually contributed to the Thomasville YMCA to further its mission of service to the youth sports program of our community. For more information, call Tom Everett at 226-3446.