Sunday: Around Northeast Georgia

*Now on view at Quinlan Visual Arts Center Mini Gallery located at Regions Center in downtown Gainesville is original artwork by local artist Nancy H. Rhodes

*Forsyth County Senior Services is seeking donations of gently used handbags, purses, and wallets for the upcoming handbag auction that will benefit older adults in need. The auction will be held at Sexton Hall Enrichment Center on Saturday, April 28 from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

 

*The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia’s Doggie Eggstravaganza is March 31 from 9:00-10:30 at 845 West Ridge Road in Gainesville.  All proceeds will go to HSNEGA’s Brenda Graves Animal Care Fund. For more information,  email Angie White at [email protected] or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/186720805272077/

*The Historic Train Museum in Downtown Cornelia will now be open seven days a week. New hours will be Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Friday 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

*Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) announces that Timothy Leurart of Ball Ground, a student at Riverside Military Academy, has been accepted to the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY.

*The planning for the Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival is in full swing. There will be teams from all over the country in downtown Cornelia April 21 competing in the nationally sanctioned Kansas City Barbeque Society Competition to try to win the qualifier for the Jack Daniel’s Competition in Kansas City.  For more information, contact Jessie Owensby, Community Development Manager, at [email protected] or call 706-778-8585 ext. 280.

*Patrick Bill has been elected chairman of the Forsyth Republican Party.

*The City of Suwanee was once again named a 2017 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation "in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management."