Community Corner
Pageant Winners Crowned
These are the five things you need to know today, Sept. 9, in Douglasville.
- The show must go on! Congratulations to Labor Day Pageant crown winners Amber, Mckenzie and Brooke. In spite of interruptions from repeated tornado warnings and sirens at , the three girls shined during the annual pageant.
- Education fair at . The Georgia Education Articulation Committee’s (GEAC) Fall 2011 PROBE College Fair will be in Douglasville on Monday, Sept. 19, at Arbor Place Mall from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The fair is free and open to high school students and their families. The eight-week fall tour consists of 61 college fairs held at various schools and venues across the state of Georgia. For more information and to view the entire fall schedule, visit www.gaprobe.org.
- Vote for your favorite downtown business. Voting for the annual Downtown Awards is open until Sept. 16. Vote here for your favorite downtown retail business, restaurant, service business and new business. Winners will be announced at the Downtown Recognition Banquet sponsored by on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. in the . Tickets for this event are available at www.downtowndouglasville.org or at the Welcome Center at 6694 Broad St. Tickets are $15, or $10 for Friends of Main Street members, and include dinner and dessert. For more information, contact the Main Street manager at 678-715-6092.
- The University of West Georgia has started offering classes at its new location in Douglasville. The Saturday graduate-level and doctoral classes began in this semester with nearly 70 students. The graduate classes are "Leadership Residency II" and "Language-Minority Education and Culture." The doctoral class is "Program Evaluation." In the spring, UWG will offer more classes at the Stewart Parkway location. Richards College of Business will offer "Marketing Strategy" during the first half of the spring semester and "Managerial Accounting" during the second half. For more information, contact Rebecca Smith at 770-254-7345 or rsmith@westga.edu.
- The presents its 2011 Fall Concerts on the Plaza at the in historic downtown Douglasville, showcasing the legendary Cajun band Zydeco T on Saturday; rock'n'rollers The Flying Oatsmen on Sept. 17; and Grammy-nominated percussionist Yonrico Scott on Sept. 24. All evening performances begin at 7, are free and are open to the general public. Ample free parking is available near O’Neal Plaza. Listeners are reminded to bring their own chairs. Contact the Cultural Arts Council at 770-949-2787, or visit www.artsdouglas.org, for further information or directions to the concert venue.
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