Main Street Mania

  • August 11, 2010
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Rock MusicBring your families and come on down to Main Street Mania in downtown Jasper on August 14, 2010 from 7 PM to 11 PM to listen to some great Classic and Southern Rock music performed by the band Stagrr. Make sure to stop in at one of the local restaurants and get something to eat or drink while you are there. The kids will have a blast jumping in the Jumping Castle that is part of the event.

The Main Street Mania music series was started in 2008 by the City of Jasper to help promote the city and this year have partnered with knowpickens.com to help with promotion of this great event. There will be 2 more shows this year featuring different bands, one in September and one in October. Don’t miss them!

Car Show at Vernie Jones Ford

  • July 30, 2010
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Classic CarCome on out to Vernie Jones Ford on August 14, 2010 from 8 AM to 3 PM for a Car Show being sponsored by County Line Baptist Church. There will be live entertainment and food available. Don’t miss your chance at some door prizes and drawings being held during the day.

Trophies will be given in several categories including: Best in Show, Participants’ Choice, Preacher’s Choice and Top 25 Cars and Trucks.

Registration will begin at 8 AM and participants entering after 12 Noon will not be judged. Trophies will be awarded at the end of the day at 3 PM. The registration fee is $25 and is due on the day of the show.

Vernie Jones Ford is located at:
868 Highway 515 South
Jasper, GA

Guys and Dolls

  • July 30, 2010
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Don’t miss Jasper community theater’s Tater Patch Players in their performance of the musical Guys and Dolls on July 29 through August 1, 2010 and August 5 through August 8, 2010. Show times are 7:30 PM except Sunday. Sunday performances are matinees and will be at 2 PM.

Guys and Dolls is a popular musical with a mix of comedy and romance set in the streets of New York during the 1940s. This show depicts an interesting combination of characters from gamblers and showgirls to mission workers with lots of song and dance, making for a lot of fun and entertainment.

The show is being held in the Pickens County Chamber of Commerce Community Room on Stegall Street in Lee Newton Park. Advance ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for students. Ticket prices at the door are $3 more. You can get your advance tickets from the Community Bank of Pickens County, Jasper Drug or purchase online at www.taterpatchplayers.org.

Jasper Georgia Day Spa

  • June 21, 2010
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More and more Jasper GA residents are visiting Serenity in the Mountains for massage therapy and hair styling. Although it is located in Blue Ridge there just isn’t any comparison in Pickens County. You don’t have to miss out, it’s only a matter of minutes from Jasper and the quick trip through the mountain area is relaxing. The motto at Serenity is “Beauty Through Health”. Visit our world class day spa and get revitalized or let one of our skilled staff give you that hair style you have been dreaming of. Serenity in the Mountains was mentioned in a 2008 edition of Rachel Ray’s magazine as one of the 10 best value spas in America. Enjoy the following services when you make Serenity your Jasper Georgia Day Spa and Hair Salon.

Jasper Georgia Spa

  • Spa
  • Skin Care
  • Hair Styling
  • Makeup
  • Nails
  • Massage Therapy
  • Body Wraps
  • Exfoliators

It’s time to treat yourself like you deserve to be treated.

Serenity In The Mountains
59 McKinny Road
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513

706-258-2244

Touchdown Golf Tournament

  • June 14, 2010
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Mayor Weaver’s 1st Annual Touchdown Golf Tournament will be held on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at Bent Tree Golf Course in Jasper, Georgia. Registration starts at 11:30 AM. Shotgun Start at 1 PM.

Bent Tree Golf Course is located in the Bent Tree Community at:
40 Little Pine Mountain Road
Jasper, GA

The golf tournament is being sponsored by The City of Jasper, Coca Cola, Destination Signs, Trouts and KnowPickens.com. Registration fee is $100 per player. Tee Sign Sponsor is $50. All proceeds will benefit the Jasper Youth Sports Association. For more information and details, contact Tacie Jo Williams, 706-692-9100.

Golfing at Big Canoe – Jasper GA

  • June 5, 2010
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GolfImagine playing a round of golf surrounded by the beauty of nature of the Blue Ridge Mountains… You don’t have to imagine it, you can experience it in nearby Big Canoe, Georgia . Bring your clubs and choose from 3 different 9 hole golf courses with challenges for any level of golfer. As you play, you wander by beautiful streams and creeks with the Blue Ridge Mountains as your backdrop. If you enjoy nature’s beauty and you enjoy golf, what better way to spend an afternoon than combining the two. Special events and tournaments are sponsored here throughout the year.

The course was designed by Joe Lee and has been rated as one of the top 20 courses in Georgia.

The golf course is located inside the community of Big Canoe on Steve Tate Highway.

10586 Big Canoe
Jasper, GA 30143

(706)268-3323

Hawks-Thrashers Check-it-Out Reading Challenge 2010

  • June 2, 2010
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Boy reading a bookWhat a great opportunity for children grades Kindergarten through 12th grade to earn free tickets to the Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Thrashers games in the fall! All they have to do to earn these great rewards is to read at least 5 books between June 2 and August 20, 2010 and they will receive a Check it Out Reading Challenge bookmark (while supplies last), a free youth ticket to 2010-2011 regular season Atlanta Hawks game and a free youth ticket to 2010-2011 regular season Atlanta Thrashers game.

Stop in or contact Pickens County Library to get all the details and to register for this exciting challenge.

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