1. What do you feel is your greatest achievement? I have two children and four grandchildren and so far nobody has gone to jail! 2. What, to you, is perfect happiness? I'm not sure that I can tell you, but it involves George Clooney. 3. What one material possession would you save in the event of a fire (assuming your family was safe)? My dining room furniture. 4. What's the best advice ...
Oct. 28: "Picasso for a Night" Adult Painting Class - Local artist Carol Hartley hosts this event, designed for any experience level. Work step-by-step to create a finished "Lighthouses" painting in one evening. Cost is $45 per person and includes all supplies. Pre-registration is required. Contact Carol Hartley at 659-0098 for additional details and registration information.
With still a third of the year to go, the Rotary Club of Richmond Hill has already donated more than $2,000 to help local charities.
Visiting a beekeeper's hives is an enlightening, unique experience that need not come with painful side-effects.
The Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival was over the weekend.
Oct. 21: "Picasso for a Night" Adult Painting Class - Local artist Carol Hartley hosts this special event designed for artists at any experience level, including beginners. Work step-by-step to create a finished painting of "Sunflowers" in one evening. Cost is $45 per person and includes all supplies. Pre-registration is required. Contact Carol Hartley at 659-0098 for additional details and registration information.
It's that time of year again! In just two days, the long-anticipated 2010 Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival will kick off in J.F. Gregory Park.
1. What do you feel is your greatest achievement? Setting up a one-person public relations business in London, England in 1998, building it up to be the UK's 14th-largest specialist healthcare agency and selling it to a multinational marketing group in 2007. 2. What, to you, is perfect happiness? I have a place in our yard, by the pool which is my favorite place in the world – so reading a good book in the ...
Oct. 13: Quilting Class - The Richmond Hill Public Library's Common Threads knit and crochet group will host an organizational meeting to start up a quilting class. Meeting will take place at the library at 1:30 p.m. The group invites all experienced quilters who would like to share their knowledge with others to join them to work out the details. Please email maikeg@strl.info if you have questions or would like more information. Ribbon ...
Students at Richmond Hill Elementary School (RHES) will now be able to reap the creative and educational benefits of music– and have some fun while doing it– thanks to the school's new piano lab.
1. What do you feel is your greatest achievement? Excelling as a traditional cookie-baking "Granny" to my three grandsons, Josh, Joseph, and Clay Davis. 2. What, to you, is perfect happiness? Peace of mind, glass of wine, cool night air and an outdoor fire. 3. What's the best advice you've ever been given? "Put on your stilettos and step out of the fog." - Fr. Richard Purcell 4. If you could change one thing about ...
Oct. 6: Common Threads - With colder weather on its way, what better time to learn to crochet or knit? The Richmond Hill Public Library's Common Threads group meets at 10 a.m. with the goal of learning, fellowship and improving skills of knitters of all skill levels. You may also choose to don te your finished pieces to Project Linus or Warm Up America, which accept blankets and hats for the needy. For more information, call 756-3580.
With the Richmond Hill Garden Club's Pumpkin Patch just around the corner, there's no question that fall has officially arrived.
Dr. Amy Pearson of Coastal Pain Relief Specialists recently received the Rotary Club International Service Award for her volunteer work in Haiti during the earthquake aftermath.
Sept. 29: RHUMC Blood Drive - Give the gift of life by giving blood at Richmond Hill United Method Church's blood drive. Donate from 2-7 p.m. at RHUMC (9050 Ford Ave.). For more information, please visit www.rhumc.com or call the church office at 756-2190.
The Richmond Hill History Museum isn't shabby per se. In fact, it's in much better condition than one might expect given it once housed a bevy of kindergarteners in the 1940s and '50s, and later the office workers of a bustling paper company. Sure, it needs a shiny new coat of paint, and yes, the chimney happens to be a tad leaky. Even the tightest of ships needs a little upkeep every now and then.
Sarah Volker, president of the Richmond Hill Historical Society, faced the questions this week:
June 14: Teen night under the stars - Jump N' Jacks offers a night of movies, music and dancing for Bryan County teens from 7:30-11 p.m. each Friday. Kids of all ages are welcome for pizza, soda, movies and games. The cost is $20 for admission and includes pizza, soda and a $10 game card.
Eight year-old Richmond Hill resident Emma Williamson has spent the last three years learning the art of jujitsu in hopes of earning her junior black belt.
"Get your mind right and your body will follow."
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