The Georgia Department of Labor will be at Lincoln County Family Connection, 115 Main Street, every first Tuesday of the month from 9 a.m. 12 p.m.

For more information please call 706-359-5769 or 359-5766

GDL here on Tues.

Augusta Technical College and Lincoln County Family Connection are offering GED/Adult Literacy classes Monday Thursday at 1196 B Augusta Hwy. Monday and Wednesday classes are 9 5; Tuesday and Thursday classes are 9 8. Classes will be closed everyday from 1-2 for lunch.

For more information, please call 706-359-3425 or 359-5769.

GED classes

Church choirs, musical groups, and soloists are needed for the 12th Annual Southern Gospel Night to be held Wed., May 3, 2006, 7 p.m. at Elijah Clark State Park.

The Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce hosts the event each year to kick-off Adams & Anderson's annual Lewis Family Homecoming & Bluegrass Festival, which will be held May 4-6th.

Churches and individuals interested in being a part of Southern Gospel Night are asked to contact the chamber office at 706-359-7970 or stop by during business hours Mon. Fri., 8:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Deadline to signup is Fri., March 31. Only 10 performances will be accepted on a first

Choirs wanted

The original Clothes Closet, located on Firetower Rd., has reopened, now as T.I.A. Community Helping Hand. All proceeds will go toward the Lincoln County Food Pantry and emergency needs of the community, 50/50.

All donations are welcome, we will pick up. Your donations are appreciated. Hours of operation are: Thurs., 9 a.m. 3 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m. 12 p.m. For more information, please call 706-359-7838 or 706-359-7345.

For the month of April, all items are .50 each except for coats, boots and furniture.

TIA Helping Hand

Pastor Elizabeth Harris will speak at True Fellowship Pentecostal Church, 1876 Augusta Hwy., on April 29 at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited. Bishop James Ware is pastor.

Harris to speak

Are you having trouble hearing or communicating on the telephone? You may qualify for a free TTY, amplified telephone, braille TTY or speech communication equipment that can solve your communication needs.

Go to the www.gachi.org/gatedp to request an application. For more information, you may call 1-888-2979461.

Free equipment

Free tax preparation, sponsored by the AARP and IRS, will be offered at the library. Please bring your 2005 tax returns and social security cards for children. Please call 359-3580 for appointments.

Free tax help

The 2006 River of Life Misson Advance is currently in the planning stages and they are looking for homes whose owners are in need of their help.

Nomination forms may be picked up at the Lincolnton United Methodist Church office on any Mon., Tues., or Thurs. between 9 a.m. 2 p.m.

They also welcome any local youth group that may want to participate. You may contact Chuck or Leigh Beggs at 359-2545 for more information. River of Life

Lincoln County and the City of Lincolnton, in partnership with Keep America Beautiful, are asking residents, youth groups, church groups and clubs, to participate in the 2006 Keep Georgia Beautiful clean up drive to be held Sat., April 15 from 8 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Gloves and trash bags will be provided. Clean up day

A 4-Man Scramble Golf Tournament will be held Sat., May 13 at Rocky Branch Golf Course. The cost is $150 per team and the proceeds will benefit the Lincoln County Food Pantry and Ministerial Association.

For registration information, please call Dan Rosser at 359-3303 or Russell Davis at 359-1480.

Golf tournament

Ebenezer Baptist Church Youth Choir will celebrate its anniversary on Sun., April 23 at 3 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

Choir anniversary

The Third Annual Wild Turkey Federation Banquet will be held Fri., April 21 at the American Legion Post 194. Doors open at 6 p.m. and dinner served at 7:30 p.m. For tickets information contact Brett Carani or Michael Wengrow at Goldman and Wengrow.

WTF banquet

Harmony Baptist Church will be the host church for "Easter Sunrise Service" for the Lincoln County Sunday School Union, which will be held at 6 a.m. on Sun., April 16. Breakfast will be served after the morning service. Rev. Freddie Neal, Sr. is Pastor. Everyone is invited and welcomed Come and Be Blessed!

Sunrise service

Lincoln County OES and students from LCHS will be taking part in Ghost Out 2006. The exercise will be about the dangers of under age drinking and driving during prom season.

Ghost Out 2006 will be held at Buddy Bufford Field, 9:30 a.m., on Thurs., April 20.

Ghost Out 2006 come, first serve basis. If you need more details contact Ginger Parham at the chamber 706-359-7970.

Papa's Pizza to Go will feature a Relay for Life "In Memory" display with photos, names, dates and maybe even a poem, of your loved ones. You may leave your photo, along with information and/or a poem, at Papa's. The display will be up until the end of May at which time your pictures may be picked up.

For more information, please call Papa's at 359-3663.

In Memory display

Mulberry Christian Methodist Episcopal Church will host its fifth ecumenical and interracial Good Friday Service April 14 at 7 p.m. Clergy from the Lincolnton and Augusta areas will expound on the seven last words of Jesus.

Their religious week will culminate with the celebration of the resurrection of Christ on Sun., April 16 with Sunrise Services beginning at 6:30 a.m. Breakfast will be served after the service. Sunday school will begin at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship will begin at 11 a.m. Good Friday service

The Lincoln-Wilkes Retired Educators Association will meet at the Fitzpatrick Hotel, 16 West Square, Washington, Thurs., April 13 at 11 a.m. All members, retired educators, and anyone who plans to retire from the field of education are asked to be present.

Membership shall be granted, upon payment of dues, to any person who has retired or who plans to retire from the field of education. Coleman Kennedy is president.

L-W REA to meet

A guaranteed $1,000 prize is up for grabs for the first place team that wins the Ninth Annual John de la Howe School Open Bass Tournament that is scheduled for Sat., April 15. Oozeoff will be at 6:30 a.m. The event will be held at Hawe Creek Landing on Lake Strom Thurmond at the Dorn Sports Fishing and Boating Facility in McCormick. Weigh-in begins at 3 p.m.

Entry fee per two-man team is $65 for pre-registration and $75 at the landing. Registration forms may be obtained by contacting Tammy Hill at 864-391-2131 ext. 124 and must be postmarked no later than April 11.

Bass tournament

Friends of the Library will meet Tues., April 25 at 3:30 p.m. at the library. This meeting will finalize plans for the semi-annual book sale.

FOL to meet

The Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the Little Mr. & Miss Pageant on Sat., June 3, 2006, 7 p.m. in the Lincoln County High School Auditorium. Applicants must be between the ages of 4-6, but not in the first grade and must be a full time resident of Lincoln County.

Entry fee is $30 at the time application is submitted. Deadline to enter is Mon., May 15, at 5 p.m. Applications can be picked up at the chamber office. For more information, please call 706-359-7970. Pageant slated for Jun e 3

The Lincoln County Mass Choir will celebrate their anniversary at First Baptist Church on Sun., April 23 beginning at 4 p.m.

Mass Choir anniversary

The 33rd Annual 4-H Awards Banquet is being held on April 18, 2006 at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln County High School Cafeteria. Tickets may be purchased at the Lincoln County Extension Office at 288 N. Peachtree Street. 706-359-3233.

Awards banquet

True Fellowship Pentecostal Church will have pastor appreciation service on Sun., May 7 at 3:30 p.m. with Rev. Tonita Cody, pastor of Park Grove FBH Church serving as guest speaker. Dinner will be served. Everyone is invited. Bishop James Ware is pastor. Pastor appreciation

The American Legion Post 194 Ladies Auxiliary will meet Thurs., April 13 at 7:30 p.m. Please remember food pantry items this month: mac and cheese, mustard and ketchup.

Post 194 to meet

Newberry Missionary Baptist Church Usher and Usherette Board will be celebrating their anniversary April 9 at 9:15 a.m. Rev. G.C. McCord will be the guest speaker. Everyone is invited. Rev. Willie J. White is pastor.

Board anniversary

The Concerned Citizens of Lincoln County will meet Thurs., April 20, 6:30 p.m. at the Lincoln County Library. The guest speaker will be Virginia Williams, board of elections.

CCLC to meet

Passion Play

Solomon Pool Holiness Church in Lincolnton will have pastor appreciation at The Lincoln Center on April 23 at 3 p.m. Guest minister will be Rev. Delcinia M. Jamison, pastor of Faith Tabernacle Church in Lincolnton. The public is invited to attend. Rev. Peggy Zellars is pastor. Pastor appreciation

First Assembly of God will present a "Passion Play," music and drama depicting the life of Christ, on Easter Sunday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m. A nursery will be provided. First Assembly of God is located on the Thomson Highway. For more information, call 359-7237.

There will be a meeting at the home of Ruby and Willie Moore on April 15 at 5 p.m. for the Hearst family members.

Family meeting

The Courthouse Crew Relay for Life will sponsor a Bike-A-Thon on Sat., April 29. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., the ride will be from 9 11 a.m. at 1121 American Legion Road for ages three through fifth grade.

The first 100 kids registered will receive a free bike helmet and goodie bag. Top money collector from each age group will receive a free bicycle. For more information, contact Brenda at 706-359-5536.

Bike-A-Thon April 29

St. Paul United Methodist Church will hold Easter Sunrise Services at 6:45 a.m. on Sun., April 16 at the church cemetery. Breakfast will follow. Everyone is invited to attend.

Sunrise services

Ebenezer Youth Choir is temporally cancelling its youth choir anniversary that was to be held April 26. A new time and date will be announced later. Choir anniv. cancelled

The Lincoln County Board of Tax Assessors regular meetings for 2006 will be: Jan. 17; Feb. 21; March 21; April 18; May 16; June 20; July 18; Aug. 15; Sept. 19; Oct. 17; Nov. 21; and Dec. 19.

The meetings will start at 4 p.m. in the Lincoln County Courtroom. Tax Assessors meetings

The American Legion Post 194 will meet at the post home on April 18. The executive board will meet at 7 p.m. with the general meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend.

Post 194 to meet

The American Lung Association is offering 2006 Golf Privilege Cards that has over 600 courses in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina. The cardholder can play one or more rounds of golf for free or reduced green fees on every course listed.

The cost of the card is $25 each. You may buy three cards and get the fourth one free. For more information, please call the American Lung Association at 1-800-LUNGUSA or visit them on-line at www.golfsouth.org. Golf Privilege Cards

Beulah Baptist Church will hold a fish fry with all the trimmings at 6 p.m. on Sat., April 29 at Beulah Fire Department, next to the church. All proceeds will go to the building fund for a family life center building.

Fish fry April 29

Applications for the Barbara A. Stokes-Elam Scholarship may be picked up from LCHS or from Mulberry C.M.E. Church. Deadline is April 24. The student must: be a senior in high school or be enrolled in college; submit two letters of referral one from a high school instructor and one from a non-family member (college student must submit a letter of referral from a professor); write a 200 300 word essay why this scholarship is needed or desired.

Contact 706-359-3004 or 706-4011383 for more information.

Scholarship applications

All Medicare recipients should now be aware that if they suffer from conditions such as arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disorders, and have difficulty walking or propelling a standard wheelchair, they may be eligible to receive an electric wheelchair paid for by Medicare.

For information on Medicare eligibility, contact Gregory at 1-800810-2877. Electric wheelchairs

The 2006 Thunder Over Thurmond committee are actively seeking potential underwriters/sponsors for the 5th Annual Thunder Over Thurmond Festival of Events. If you are interested contact Ginger Parham, Chamber Administrator, Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce 706-359-7970 or George Woodsby, Economic Development Director, McCormick County 864-465-2231.

Looking for sponsors

McCormick First Baptist Church and Arts Ministry will present the Easter musical, "Grace that Amazes" on Fri., April 7, at 7p.m., followed by an ice cream social, and on Sun., April 9, at 11 a.m. in the church sanctuary.

Come and celebrate the Easter story and unwrap the amazing gift of God's grace for your life. Admission is free.

Easter musical

The members of the Lincoln County High School Class of 1996 will meet at 12:00 on Sat., April 15, 2006 at the Lincoln County Library to discuss its 10 year reunion. For more information, please contact Dee Kennedy at (706) 542-3394.

Class of 96 to meet

Faith Tabernacle Church will present a community Spiritual Enrichment Class at the fuel dock #1 located in the yard of Roy Hunter Trucking, Inc., 2425 Leathersville Rd., every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact Rubye Hunter at 706-359-7466.

Enrichment class

Girl Scouts, Central Savannah River Council will once again host overnight and day camp opportunities for girls ages 5-17 at Camp Tanglewood in Columbia County. Week-long and mini programs will feature games, swimming, horseback riding, nature hikes, camp songs, arts & crafts, plus a variety of specialized programs including: equestrian programs, canoeing, adventure camps, swimming and archery.

Camp sessions begin June 5 and run through July 14. For more information see the council website at www.girlscoutscsra.org or call the council at 706-774-0505 or 1-800997-2472. Camp opportunities

Wishes on Wheels makes available electric power wheelchairs to nonambulatory senior citizens who cannot walk and cannot operate a manual wheelchair sufficiently or safely enough to care for themselves in their residence.

Please call 1-800-823-5220 or visit their website at www.threewishes 2.com for more information.

Wishes on Wheels

Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) staff will be in at The Lincoln County Senior Center, 160 May Ave., on Wed., April 19 from 9 11 a.m. for seniors who want free legal (non-criminal) help on a first come, first serve basis.

If you cannot meet with them that day, you may contact them at 1-800248-6697.

Free legal help

The Lincoln County Planning & Zoning Board meetings for 2006 are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on the following dates in the Commis-sioner's Conference Room on the first floor of the Lincoln County Courthouse: Mon., Jan. 9; Mon., Feb. 6; Mon., March 6; Mon., April 10; Mon., May 8; Mon. June 5; Mon., July 10; Mon., Aug. 7; Mon., Sept. 11; Mon., Oct. 9; Mon., Nov. 6; and Mon., Dec. 4.

Zoning meetings