The recently formed Georgia Writers Museum group is holding its first Creative Writing Contest this spring. Some general guidelines for the contest are that entries can be short stories, flash prose, essays or memoirs of 750 words. No poetry will be accepted. Entries shall be original unpublished works. The contest is open to adults 18 years of age and older. The entry fee is $20 per submission. There will be a number of judges reviewing the work. The Greensboro Writers Guild is helping the efforts of organizing the Amateur Writers Contest.

Awards will be presented at a reception for writers and family on June 21. The first place prize will be awarded $125 cash. The winner will be interviewed by Lake Oconee Living Magazine. The interview and winning entry will be printed in the magazine in its Fall 2013 issue. The second place prize is $75 cash, and the third place award is $50 cash.

More detailed submission rules and information about the contest will be available on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Georgia-Writers-Museum/110556575781424. This information is also available at branches of The Farmers and Merchants Bank and The Peoples Bank. Entries can be sent as an email attachment to the address below, or mailed to: The Georgia Writers Museum; P.O. Box 3429; Eatonton, GA 31024. For more information contact Janet Kelhoffer at 404-895-7103; dkelhoffer240@gmail.com.

 

Walk or stroll through the beautiful and historic downtown Greensboro while helping the Moon and Back Foundation Inc. support others. The walk benefits the families of the Aflac Cancer Center at Egleston’s Children Hospital of Atlanta. The walk will begin at 9 a.m.; Saturday, May 4, at the Greene County High School Football Field, 1002 South Main St. Greensboro, GA 30642.

To register online or print a registration form to mail in, go to http://moonandbackfoundation.doomby.com.

For questions please contact Rena at 706-817-6356, Jody at 706-816-4475, Dr. Johnny Lewis at 706-453-4411, Jodi Ashurst at 478-456-3736 or Leveda at 706-817-3344.

 

May 2

TenderCare Clinic sponsors “Take it to Heart: A Guide to Heart Disease Prevention.” St. Mary’s Physician, Dr. Clay Chappell, board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and interventional cardiology, will present an informative session at TenderCare Clinic in downtown Greensboro at 6:30 p.m.

 

May 3

Dalton Carpet One Floor and Home in Eatonton will host its semi-annual customer appreciation event from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.

In celebration of Dalton Carpet One’s 35^th year in business, customers will have the opportunity to get whole house carpet installation for just $35. All proceeds from carpet installations will be donated to the Oconee Regional Humane Society (ORHS), a local non-profit organization that helps lost, abused, neglected and abandoned animals in the Lake Oconee area.

In addition to $35 carpet installation, some products will be up to 50% off during the sale. Dalton Carpet One will also take $50 off the cost of a flooring purchase for customers who schedule a pre-measure before May 3.

For more information on Dalton Carpet One Floor and Home stop by the showroom at 105 Harmony Crossing in Eatonton, call 706-485-0321 or visit www.daltoncarpetoneeatonton.com. Dalton Carpet One can also be followed on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest.

 

May 4

From 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. a WaterFront Wakeboard Event on Lake Oconee will take place at the WaterFront Marina, 121 Collis Marina Road, Eatonton. There will be a boat show, kid’s inflatables, luxury lakefront condo tours and more.

 

May 5

Amputee Prosthetic Clinic, a leader in prosthetic care in central and southern Georgia, will host a free Adaptive Scuba Clinic from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Divers Supply, located at 5208 Mercer University Drive in Macon. First Dive Intro to Scuba is geared towards anyone with a physical challenge to discover the freedom that scuba offers. First Dive is a program of the Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF), which offers a variety of adaptive recreation opportunities. Adaptive scuba instruction will be overseen by Stacey Minton, Scuba Schools International Instructor Certifier in adaptive scuba and assisted by the staff of Divers Supply with their equipment.

The three-hour clinic will give everyone the chance to try scuba and see if it might be a sport that they would like to continue to pursue. First Dive is offered at no charge to any attendee or participant. Pre-registration is necessary for medical prescreening. For more information on Amputee Prosthetic Clinic and First Dive please visit 888fakeleg.com or call 478-474-5678. You may also call the OPAF office at 980-819-9404 and visit the OPAF website for information on all of the First Clinics at opafonline.org.

 

May 11

The Rock Hawk Talk, a historically inspired cruise on Lake Oconee, will take place. Local historian Larry Moore and Georgia Power Lake Resources Manager Scott Hendricks (for Sinclair and Oconee) will once again explore the archeological sites and culture of Lake Oconee including some of the mysterious 3,000 archaeological sites hidden by the lake, prehistoric ceremonial sites, early historical plantations, as well as Wallace Dam, the Oconee Wildlife Management Area and the general Oconee Valley area.

The Rock Hawk Talk Cruise will hold two tour times, both on May 11. The first tour will be from 1 to 3 p.m. and the second tour will be from 4 to 6 p.m.

Rock Hawk Talk fundraiser tickets are $50 and are on sale now. Tickets will include hors d’oeuvres and one drink ticket; a cash bar is also available. There will be history mystery prizes, Oconee Valley history/archaeology books and a raffle for hand-carved Rock Hawk walking sticks and other items. Only 40 tickets will be sold on a first come/first serve basis.

To purchase tickets contact Bonnie Simmons at the Eatonton-Putnam Chamber of Commerce, 706-485-7701 or bonnie@eatonton.com.

 

Lake Oconee Elks Lodge #2849 will host its annual Car Show. The event will be held in the spacious Lodge parking lot at 1116 Greensboro Road, Eatonton, next to the old Sears location. The spacious lot will be host to more than 100 rare and vintage cars. If you wish to show your car there is a $20 pre-registration fee and $25 the day of the event. There will be over 20 prizes to participants and dozens of door prizes for everyone. The grand prize is three days and two nights in Biloxi Mississippi.

For more information contact Jim Oliver at 404-317-1580 or Morgan Stapp at 706-473-0521.