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It’s time again for another Main Street Mania concert on Main Street in downtown Jasper. The show is set for September 11, 2010 from 7 PM to 11 PM. The featured band of the evening is Jasper’s own The Dash Crackers. You may want to get there early to grab a bite to eat at one of the local eateries and secure yourself a good space to enjoy the show. It’s sure to be a rockin’ night so make sure to put it on your calendar. You won’t want to miss it!

The Georgia Antique Engine Club will be holding their annual Farm Days of Yesteryear Antique Engine Show on September 11 – 12, 2010 at Lee Newton Memorial Park. How interesting to see many tractors and pieces of farm equipment from the past at this event. The Georgia Antique Engine Club’s members are dedicated to preserving tractors and related farm machinery from the past  so we can appreciate them in the future. For more information and details about this event, contact 706-692-9437.

Lee Newton Memorial Park is located at:
500 Stegall Dr.
Jasper, GA 30143

Bring 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!

Come 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

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.

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.

What 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.