We will be hosting our annual Easter Egg Hunt at Kingsland Lions Park this year! The Hunt is scheduled for March 27th at 10:00am. Kids ages 10 and under are invited. We will be giving out prizes too! Everyone will need to meet under the pavilion by the basketball court for instructions. Please give us a call if you have any questions.
A nuclear pipeline welder has hooked a winner. Joseph Bezy, a resident of Kingsland, is one of two players each to win a $29,921 jackpot prize from matching all five winning numbers in the Feb. 17 Fantasy 5 drawing.
“I’m in shock. I’m still in shock,” said Bezy, 55. “It’s like getting struck by lightning.”
He discovered his lottery win on the Georgia Lottery’s Web site. Winning numbers from the Feb. 17 drawing were: 2-15-20-33-37. The second winning jackpot prize was purchased in Alto.
ABC Food Mart, located at 100 May Creek Drive in Kingsland, sold the winning ticket.
“I started hollering for the wife to come and read what I was reading because I wasn’t sure if I was reading it right,” he said of his wife, Doris. “I took her to dinner to celebrate.”
The couple anticipate paying off bills and sharing the remainder of the prize with their children and grandchildren.
Georgia Lottery retailers selling winning Fantasy 5 jackpot tickets receive a retailer incentive bonus of $2,000. The retailer incentive bonus increases by $2,000 each time Fantasy 5 rolls. If more than one winning jackpot ticket is sold, the retailers selling the winning jackpot tickets will share the bonus. ABC Food Mart will receive a $1,000 retailer incentive bonus.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned more than $11.4 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.2 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
Every February, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. In celebration of Valentine’s Day this year the Camden County Public Library will host a “Valentine’s Day Craft” on Wednesday, February 10th at 4:00pm in the Community Room. Participants will make Chocolate Roses.
The class is free and open to the public. We welcome adults and children, but request that all children be 10 years of age or older. Please sign-up for the class at the Circulation Desk in the library or call (912) 729-3741.
Please join riders on Saturday  October 10, 2009 at 10am. They will meet at Camden Bicycle Center and be part of the largest Bike Ride in the United States and Canada on behalf of Breast Cancer Research.  The ride is casual, 25 and 10 mile routes will be available. The 10 mile route will explore downtown St Marys GA. and 25 mile route will head toward the Crooked River State Park and back.  Invite a friend to come with you. Don’t forget your helmet!
Sign up at: http://www.trekbikes.com/women/awareness_ride/
Children’s Reading Programs will take place on Wednesdays.
Book Babies is for babies’ ages 6 months-23 months at 9:30am.
Toddler Time is for children 2 years of age and will start at 10:15am.
Story Time is for children 3, 4, and 5 years of age and will start at 11:00am.
The Children’s Reading Programs have no admission fee or pre-registration requirements. The library invites parents and children to participate in the program. The Public Library does not open until 10:00am, and requests that all patrons remain in the lobby or the patio until normal business hours.  If you have any questions, please call the Camden County Library at (912) 729-3741.
On September 5th through the 7th the Catfish Festival will be held in downtown Kingsland. Nothing goes better with crispy southern-fried catfish than a succulent serving of country music. And festival goers can feast on this and much more during Kingsland, Georgia’s Annual Labor Day Weekend Catfish Festival which runs from Saturday through Monday. This 3-day event is the largest festival in Southeast Georgia and scheduled events include a parade, free concerts, arts & crafts booths, southern fried and Cajun catfish, a variety of food booths, antiques and collectibles, entertainment, children’s amusement area, a 5K run, a classic car & tractor exhibition, and the annual Lion Club’s Pancake Breakfast. Sponsored by the Kingsland Community Betterment Program, the City of Kingsland and the KCVB.
Contact the Kingsland Welcome Center at 912-729-5999 or www.VisitKingsland.com for more information.
Did you know that…
- Every 8 minutes someone in our community needs a blood transfusion.
- We need 350 pints of blood a day to meet the needs of our community hospitals. That’s a lot.
- One pint of blood can be separated into red blood cells, platelets, and plasma, and can save up to three lives.
Sixty percent of the population is eligible to donate blood, yet only 5% of eligible donors do (3% of the entire population).
The Georgia-Florida Blood Alliance provides every drop of blood to our local hospitals and those who are in need, and now they need your help.
On July 6, 2009 between the hours of 12PM and 2PM the Kingsland Welcome Center will be hosting a blood drive.
The Kingsland Welcome Center encourages all healthy, area residents age 18 and older, to participate in a blood drive sponsored by the Kingsland Welcome Center Employees. The Bloodmobile will be in the Kingsland Welcome Center Parking Lot at 1190 East Boone Avenue, Kingsland.
A picture ID is required. Donations take about an hour and can be made every 56 days.
To schedule an appointment to donate blood, call 912-729-5999 or email Frank@VisitKingsland.com.
Kingsland Catfish Festival is looking for locals bands to perform at the 2009 Annual Labor Day Catfish Festival on September 5-7, 2009.
Musicians will perform on Sunday (Gospel/Christian music) and Monday to include Country, Pop, Top 40, Rock’n Roll/Light Rock.
Submit demo CDs to
P.O. Box 2887, Kingsland, GA 31548 by June 8, 2009.
Auditions may be required.
Selected entertainment will not receive monetary compensation. Stage and sound support will be provided for bands that are selected to perform.
www.KingslandCatfishFestival.com
The Kingsland Police Department will host a free Easter Egg Hunt for area children at the Kingsland City Park on Saturday, April 11. Toddlers to age 3 will hunt at 10 a.m., ages 4-7 will hunt at 11 a.m.and ages 8-12 will hunt at noon. Three-thousand Easter eggs, filled with candy and prizes, will be hidden at the park. Kids will also enjoy a visit from the Easter Bunny, balloons and popcorn. Participants are asked to bring a basket or bag to hold their eggs.
Join us on Saturday January 31, 2009, from 6pm – 8pm at the Kingsland Lions Club at 112 West Williams Street in Kingsland. he Annual Old-Time Oyster Roast, sponsored by the Kingsland Lions Club, will be held on the Saturday evening of Super Bowl Weekend from 6pm – 8pm. The event is held at the Kingsland Lions Club at 112 West Williams Street in downtown Kingsland. Tickets are only $30 and include all you can eat Oysters (BYO oyster knife), Shrimp, Brunswick stew, Homemade Chowders and Homemade Desserts. This annual fundraiser supports various local and national sight-related programs, including Sight First, the Georgia Lighthouse for the Blind, Recordings for Blind / Dyslexic, Leader Dogs for the Blind and the Georgia Camp for the Blind. For tickets and more information, contact the Kingsland Lions Club at 912-673-1300.
