Efforts to set standard time all year proceed in state House

Auditions announced for  Funny Little Thing Called Love

Pat Jewell

Tater Patch Players

Who would ever think that five women with five strong personalities meeting for one hour could be so funny? The ladies planning The Aurelia Women’s League Flower and Garden Show Gala are different in many ways. The seemingly strongest personality is the chairperson, Clarinda, who insists Robert's Rules of Order be followed and starts pushing her ideas on the others. Just when things are getting crazy, refreshments are served. The food is great and the punch is even better.

        Interested in weather? The National Weather Service is offering a virtual StormReady class on Tuesday, March 9th for Pickens County residents. 

Anyone can take the training class, offered virtually from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9th. The free class will teach you how to spot severe weather situations and report it to the National Weather Service.

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By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
    ATLANTA - Legalizing pari-mutuel betting on horse racing in Georgia would generate commercial investment and create jobs without using tax dollars, state Sen. Brandon Beach said Tuesday.
  Beach, R-Alpharetta, pitched a proposed constitutional amendment calling for a statewide referendum on horse racing and a separate bill specifying how the industry would operate in Georgia at a hearing held by the Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee.
   Bringing horse racing to Georgia would produce an economic impact of more than $1 billion a year, not only from racetracks but from breeding racehorses, Beach said.

Public meeting in March to discuss town’s future

The town of Talking Rock has signed a lease on the second of two rail cars that sit along their main drag (Hwy. 136). One contains a microbrewery, already open. The second will house a restaurant.

     The tiny town of Talking Rock, which its website states “has not changed much since its beginning in 1883 when the train was the lifeline of the town,” appears to have change on the radar. City leaders recently entered into a lease agreement that will bring a restaurant to one of two stationary railcars in the heart of Talking Rock; the other now houses a brewery. Town leaders want to see more businesses that fit the town’s character added in the future. 

     See this week's print or online editions to find out more about the restaurant and Town Hall meeting.