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Friday, December 5, 2025

Bowman parade set for Saturday, Elberton parade scheduled for Sunday

news@wsgcradio.com - The 2025 Bowman Christmas Parade will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6. The theme for this year's parade is "Winter Wonderland." Lineup will begin at noon at the Bowman Community Park.

Additionally, the Mistletoe Market is on Friday, Dec. 5 from 6-9 p.m. Santa will also be on hand for photos with the young or young at heart.

For more information on these events, email specialeventsbowman@gmail.com or call Bowman City Hall at 706-245-5432.

The 2025 Elberton Christmas Parade is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7 with line-up taking place between 2:30-3 p.m. Entrants are asked to check in at the corner of Church and Tusten streets in Downtown Elberton. The theme for this year's parade is Christmas On The Farm.

For more information, contact the Chamber office at 706-283-5651 or email rebecca@elbertchamber.com.

Encore Productions presents A Tuna Christmas at the Elbert Theatre

news@wsgcradio.com – As part of the 2025 theatrical season, Encore Productions will present A Tuna Christmas this weekend at the Elbert Theatre.

The hilarious comedy is directed by Bob Larson and stars Ricky Eberhardt and Justin Mitchell, who play over ten characters each, requiring lightning fast wardrobe changes throughout the play.

According to the synopsis, it’s Christmas in the third-smallest town in Texas - the town of Tuna. Radio Station OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities, including the hot competition in the annual lawn-display contest. In other news, voracious Joe Bob Lipsey’s production of A Christmas Carol is jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. Many other colorful Tuna citizens join in the holiday fun, again, all played by Eberhardt and Mitchell.

Showtimes are 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and there is a matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $12 in advance and $17 at the door. Call 706-213-3109 or email tking@cityofelberton.net to reserve tickets. Tickets may also be purchased online at bigtickets.com

NDO offering home heating help for elderly and homebound

news@wsgcradio.com - Ninth District Opportu nity Inc. (NDO) is offering home heating help for the elderly and medically home bound.

Households in which every member is 65 years old and older, or is medically homebound due to health reasons, may apply for assistance with their heating bills beginning Dec. 1.

One-time payments will be made by check issued to the home energy suppliers.

Eligibility for the program is based on the income of all household members. When applying, you must present verification of age for everyone in the home, verification of all household income received within the past 30 days (check stubs, public assistance checks, unemployment checks, etc.), veriification of Social Security numbers for everyone in the home, verification of citizenship (driver’s license, state ID, etc.) and the most recent heating bill. Please bring all documentation with you as NDO can no longer obtain the information for you.

Applicants can contact NDO’s scheduling system starting Dec. 1 at 8:30 a.m. by telephone at 855-636 3108 or online at https:// ndo.appointment.works/ ea. Phone lines and website for scheduling will not be active until the opening date of the program and no appointments will be made by telephone or online until this time. Walk-ins will not be accepted and appointments will be scheduled until all Pruitt Health holding tree lighting funds are exhausted.

The general public may apply Jan. 2, 2026 beginning at 8:30 a.m.

More information can be found at www.ndo.org.

NDO is an equal opportunity agency while providing services without regard to age, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, or any other classification or category.

Community Calendar

Friday, December 5

• Bowman Mistletoe Market, 6-9 p.m., Bowman Square
• Chess Sessions, 3:30 p.m., Elbert County Public Library
• Blue Devil basketball vs Madison County (b/g), 6 p.m., Inferno
• A Tuna Christmas, 7 p.m., Elbert Theatre

Saturday, December 6

• Blue Devil wrestling @ Panther Inv., 9 a.m., Jackson Co. High School
• Elbert County Transfer Station open, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 2188 Hulmes Chapel Road
• Bowman Christmas Parade, 2 p.m.
• A Tuna Christmas, 7 p.m., Elbert Theatre
• Pictures with Santa, 6-8 p.m., Bowman Square

Sunday, December 7

• A Tuna Christmas, 2 p.m., Elbert Theatre
• Elberton Christmas Parade, 4 p.m.

Monday, December 8

• EC BOC meeting, 5:15 p.m., Elbert County Complex

Tuesday, December 9

• Children's Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Elbert County Public Library
• Bowman Senior Lunch, noon, Bowman Community Center
• EC BOE work session, 5:30 p.m., ECSD Offices
• KECB monthly meeting, 5:30 p.m., KECB Office
• ECCHS rifle team @ GMC
• Lady Devil basketball vs Franklin County, 6 p.m., Inferno

Wednesday, December 10

• Development Authority meeting, 9 a.m., Athens Tech-Elbert Campus
• Blue Devil wrestling vs Johnson/Cedar Shoals, 5 p.m., Home
• Bowman City Council, 6:30 p.m., Bowman City Hall

Friday, December 12

• Chess Sessions, 3:30 p.m., Elbert County Public Library
• Blue Devil wrestling @ Jefferson Inv., 5 p.m., Jefferson High School
• Blue Devil basketball vs Providence Christian (b/g), 6 p.m., Inferno
• Pictures with Santa, 6-8 p.m., Bowman Square
• Live Nativity, 6-8 p.m., Rohoboth Baptist Church
• A Tuna Christmas, 7 p.m., Elbert Theatre

Saturday, December 13

• Blue Devil wrestling @ Jefferson Inv., 5 p.m., Jefferson High School
• Pictures with Santa, 6-8 p.m., Bowman Square
• Live Nativity, 6-8 p.m., Rohoboth Baptist Church
• A Tuna Christmas, 7 p.m., Elbert Theatre
• Blue Devil basketball (b/g), 5:30 p.m., Hartwell

Sunday, December 14

• A Tuna Christmas, 2 p.m., Elbert Theatre
• Live Nativity, 6-8 p.m., Rohoboth Baptist Church

Willie E. "Pete" Downer, Jr., 75, passed away Friday, Nov. 28, 2025 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7 at Mack's Funeral Home - Elberton Chapel. Interment will follow at Lincoln Heights Cemetery. Full obituary

Patricia Elaine Wilbon, 64, passed away Friday, Nov. 28, 2025 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6 at Mack's Funeral Home - Elberton Chapel. Interment will follow at Lincoln Heights Cemetery. Full obituary

Evelyn Denise (Moon) Burden, 66, of Elberton passed away Friday, Nov. 28, 2025 at her residence. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5 at Mack's Funeral Home - Elberton Chapel. Interment will follow at Rock Springs CME Church cemetery. Full obituary

Diane Thornton, 76, passed away Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13 at Mack's Funeral Home - Elberton Chapel. Interment will follow in the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church cemetery. Full obituary

Moriah Lane Mills, 31, of Elberton passed away Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. Services will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7 at Celebration Outreach. Full obituary