A fundraiser for the Villagorda Family will be a fish fry on Saturday, February 4, 5-7 p.m., at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on the North By-Pass, dine-in or take-out. Tickets may be purchased in advance from CMA of Washington (Dr. Lester Johnston’s office), Wills Memorial Hospital administration, 706-678-9212, or Catholic Church parishioners.

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The recently completed Essene Worship Center is now available for meetings, weddings, funerals, repasts, homecomings, birthday parties, etc. All interested parties should call Rev. Christopher Andrews, 706-678-4518.

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The annual Doris Booker Black History Program will be held Sunday, February 19, 2012, 3 p.m., at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.

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Young’s Chapel Baptist Church will have a deacon ordination service for Larry Dunn Sunday, February 12, 4 p.m.

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The Washington Chapter of OLLI at UGA, will have a threesession course titled Our Night Skies, with Dr. Edward M. Murphy as teacher by DVD. The sessions will be held on February 13, 20, and 27, 2 p.m., at the Parish House.

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New Ford Baptist Church will have its annual black history month program Sunday, February 12, 3 p.m. The speaker will be Dr. Sam Davis, pastor of Beulah Grove Baptist Church, Augusta. Waggoners Grove Baptist Church Fellowship Choir of Colvert will provide the music. Dinner will be served.

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New Sutton Temple Baptist Church will have a plate/what-not sale February 20, 21, 8 a.m.

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The Friends of the Mary Willis Library will meet Thursday, February 9, 3 p.m., in the meeting room of the library.

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Springfield Baptist Church, Washington, will celebrate its 92nd ushers anniversary February 12, 11:30 a.m.

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The Mallorysville Baptist Church Men’s Ministry Benevolence Committee will have chicken barbecue plates available to the public on Saturday, February 25. Cost is $7.00 per plate. There will be a pickup service in Washington. For more information or for tickets, call 706-401-0117.

The W-WCHS Class of 1977 will meet February 12,2 4:30 p.m., at the Pizza Hut.

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The Wills Memorial Hospital Tea and Learn will be Wednesday, February 9, 2:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Kathy Tuckey, program director for the Alzheimer’s Association, will speak on memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer’s, and safe return. For more information call 706-678-9272.

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The annual Doris Booker Black History Program will be held Sunday, February 19, 3 p.m., at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Baltimore Road, Washington.

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Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Rayle, will celebrate the anniversary of the Junior Choir Sunday, February 12, at 2:30 p.m. Special guests will be members of Bethel Baptist Youth Choir from Watkinsville and the Clifford Grove Baptist Church Youth Choir from Rayle.

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New Saints CME Church, Washington, will hold the next SNAP meeting Saturday, February 11, at 11 a.m., at the Pizza Hut.

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The Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary in conjunction with Shepeard Community Blood Center will conduct blood drives in Wilkes County on Thursday, February 16. Blood donations will be received at Wills Memorial Hospital, 120 Gordon Street, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and at the First United Methodist Church, 102 W. Liberty Street, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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The Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will have a book and toy sale, February 9, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., in the hospital’s Gordon Street Lobby. The sale will also be held on February 10 at the same location from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The Youth Department of the Tignall Baptist Church will spon- sor a soup and sandwich lunch after the morning worship service Sunday morning, February 5. There is no charge for the lunch but donations will be accepted and will be used for the MissionFuge trip this summer.

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The movie “Courageous” will be shown at Tignall Baptist Church Saturday, February 25. Anyone who wants to come at 6 p.m. and bring finger foods is welcome. The movie will begin at 6:30 p.m.

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New Sutton Temple Baptist Church will have a pre-pastoral anniversary celebration February 20-24, 7:30 p.m., with a different speaker every night. The celebration will end Sunday, February 26, at 3 p.m.

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The annual John Duggan Scholarship Dinner will be held Monday, February 13, 7 p.m., at the Woman’s Club. Augusta Chronicle columnist Bill Kirby will be the speaker. Tickets are $10 and are available from club members.

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The Lincoln-Wilkes Retired Educators Association (LWREA) will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 9, at the Mary Willis Library. All retired educators are invited to attend.

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Trinity Baptist Church located at the end of Broad Road in Tignall will be having its black history program Sunday, February 26, at 11 a.m.

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Thankful Baptist Church, located at the end of Broad Road in Tignall, will be having its black history program on Sunday, February 26, at 11 a.m. The public is invited to attend. .

Washington-Wilkes Primary School will hold Kindergarten registration for five year old children on Monday-Friday, March 5-9, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the school. Any Wilkes County child who will be five years old on or before September 1, 2012, is eligible to attend. All required documents must be on file with the school before school begins in August. For more information, call 706-678-2633.