LaGrange, Troup County and surrounding area events — Oct. 30, 2015

Published 12:00 am Friday, October 30, 2015

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Saturday

Events: Jefferson Street Market featuring local wares and produce is 9:30 a.m. to noon at 625 Jefferson St.

Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St., hosts AA meetings 10:30 a.m. for women, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The Home Depot, 1500 Lafayette Parkway, in LaGrange hosts its second annual Halloween Town Fall Festival 4–8 p.m. with family friendly events including a free raffle, photo booth, hay ride, food and a haunted house.

Western Heights Baptist Church, 2382 West Point Road, hosts Trunk or Treat 5-7 p.m. with a hotdog supper — includes chips and drink — for $2.

Churches: Louise United Methodist Church, 1189 Hines Road in LaGrange, hosts a fall festival at 2 p.m. Open to the public.

Trinity SDA Church Prayer and Bible Study Center at 710 Jenkins St. holds a free Bible study from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Pastor Walter Gordon, 706-812-0760

Sunday

Meetings: Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St., hosts AA meetings at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based recovery program, meets at 3 p.m. at Hogansville First Baptist Church.

Churches: Immanuel Ministries and Worship Center, 75 Patillo Road in LaGrange, hosts Gospel on the Green 12:30–2:30 p.m.

Leete Hill United Methodist Church, 810 Hamilton Road in LaGrange, celebrates its 95th church anniversary at 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker and church are pastor Joanie Baskerville and Rising Grove MBC.

Eastside Baptist Church celebrates its 67th church anniversary at 3 p.m. The Rev. Marcus Gibson, Greater Shady Grove Baptist Church in Columbus, is guest speaker.

Monday

Events: A beginner scrapbook class is offered at the Active Life Center on Ragland Street at 1 p.m. There is no cost for the class. A registration form and supply list can be picked up at the center.

Sara Henderson, director for Atlanta’s Historic Oakland Cemetery, will speak at the second annual Elms & Roses Garden Council event at Del’avant, 141 Main St. in LaGrange. Her lecture is entitled “Heirloom Flowers: Passing the Test of Time” and will include information about Oakland Cemetery. Wine and cheese is 5:30 p.m. and the lecture begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for one person and $15 per each additional ticket purchased at the same time. Tickets are available at Plum Southern and Tournesol or by calling 706-884-5081.

Meetings: Hogansville City Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

A local support group for multiple sclerosis hosts its first meeting at Enoch Callaway Cancer Clinic, 111 Medical Drive, at 7 p.m. The initial meeting is set to allow attendees to get to know each other and determine the focus of future meetings.

Ongoing

Events

LaGrange Personal Aid, 416 Pierce St., is taking applications for the 2015 Empty Stocking Fund for families who cannot afford to buy toys for their children, up to 10 years old, at Christmas. Applications are open to residents of Troup County excluding Hogansville. Income must be lower than the current federal poverty guidelines and applicants should bring proof of income and ID. Application hours are 9–11 a.m. and 1–4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 9–11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday.

Pine Mountain First United Methodist Church is participating in Operation Christmas Child, an initiative to provide children in third-world countries with items like toys, school supplies, nonliquid hygiene items, clothing and accessories, and crafts. Boxes are available at the church. Boxes will be Blessed on Nov. 8. 706-663-2538

Exhibits

Legacy Museum on Main presents Freedom: A History of US; the exhibit is on loan from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and is on display locally through Friday. It traces the evolution of American freedom from early documents — a rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence through the Civil Rights movement in 1968; Lincoln’s handwritten notes, letters by activists like Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr., plus articles that bring the national fight for freedom closer to Troup County. Legacy Museum on Main, 136 Main St., is open 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday. 706-884-1828, www.legacymuseumonmain.org

LaGrange Art Museum presents the exhibition Mirror Mirror through Jan. 16. in partnership with Hills & Dales for a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Callaway family home. Featuring portraiture mirroring portraiture, the exhibit takes a look at portraiture across centuries and cultures, and will include some Troup County residents. LaGrange Art Museum, 112 Lafayette Parkway, is open Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 706-882-3267

809 Gallery of Art, 809 Hill St. in LaGrange, hosts an International Exhibition, a show featuring works in a variety of media by artists from around the world, starting Saturday and running through Nov. 21. An opening reception is Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. with musical guest Angela Hutchins. The gallery is open 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday, and Monday by appointment. 706-845-8500, http://809gallery.webs.com/

Listings for ‘In our community’ are presented for events happening in the next three-day period, space permitting. To submit an item, email it to mstrother@lagrangenews.com, fax it to 706-243-6354 or drop it by our office at 105 Ashton St. Deadline for submissions is noon on the business day prior to the item’s earliest run date. For more information, call 706-884-7311, Ext. 2153. A weeklong listing appears in the weekend edition.