Milledgeville library hosting solar eclipse events

The Mary Vinson Memorial Library will host several programs leading up to the 2017 solar eclipse, slated Monday, Aug. 21.

Children’s Programming:

• Tuesday, Aug. 15, 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.: Space Themed Story Time with Special

Guest Dr. Donovan Domingue from Georgia College Dept. of Chemistry, Physics, and

Astromony.

• Wednesday, Aug. 16, 3 p.m.: We Read on Wednesday with Astronomy books and

galactic prizes.

• Thursday, Aug. 17, 3:30 p.m.: Just 4 Fun Club: Georgia College Planetarium (requires

sign up ahead of time)

Teen Programming:

• Monday, Aug. 14, 3:30 p.m.: Spaced Theme Book Club

• Tuesday, Aug. 15, 3:30 p.m.: A Galaxy of Shows: Space in TV and Film

• Wednesday, Aug. 16, 3:30 p.m.: Teen Club: Constellation and Solar System crafts

• Thursday, Aug. 17, 3:30 p.m.: Teen Movie: “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey”

• Friday, Aug. 18, 3:30 p.m.: Freestyle Friday: Eclipse/Space Trivia, Bingo & Games

• Monday, Aug. 21, 3:30 p.m.: Eclipse Day Art

All Ages Programming:

• Monday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m.: Solar Eclipse Viewing Party. Eclipse glasses and sun

spotters provided by Georgia College.

For more information, call Director Stephen Houser at 478-452-0677.

 

College to host program on eclipse

DALTON, Ga. — Dalton State College will host a presentation on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Dalton State College’s Goodroe Auditorium on the solar eclipse that will happen on Aug. 21. The event is free and open to the public. Assistant professor of physics and astronomy Samantha Blair will talk about the science of solar eclipses, why they happen, how often they happen. In addition, DSC associate history professor Christian Griggs will talk about how people have responded to solar eclipses over the ages, especially before people understood what was actually happening.

 

Kilby Entertainment celebrates ribbon cutting

TIFTON, Ga. — Austin Kilby and J.J. Jackson with Kilby Entertainment welcomed community members as well as ambassadors and staff of Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce for their ribbon cutting at the chamber Aug. 3. Kilby Entertainment is a mobile DJ service that can provide entertainment for a variety of events.

 

Georgia Pines board to meet Thursday

THOMASVILLE, Ga. — The Georgia Pines Community Service Board for area mental health, developmental disabilities and addictive diseases services will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, at the Georgia Pines Administrative Office’s Multipurpose Conference Room, 1102 Smith Ave. in Thomasville. Contact the administrative office for more information at (229) 225-4335.

 

Storms chances build 

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Thunderstorm chances slackened a bit during the weekend but are expected to rebound to the 60 percent range later in the week, according to forecasters. The National Weather Service’s forecast for Valdosta shows rain chances dipped as low as 10 percent Sunday night. The first of the week, daytime thunderstorm chances were expected to start at 30 percent, said Jeff Fournier, a meteorologist for the weather service’s Tallahassee, Fla., office. The major driver of the weather early in the week is a high-pressure system to the east, said Dan Pydynowski, a senior meteorologist for the private forecasting firm AccuWeather. The weather was being aided by sea breeze circulation from the Gulf of Mexico, Fournier said. Thunderstorms “will be pretty spotty afternoon storms,” Pydynowski said. In the middle of the week, a frontal boundary is expected to move south, stalling north of South Georgia, he said. The boundary will start driving storm chances up to the 50 percent range during the day for the rest of the week, Pydynowski said. “Wednesday through Friday, the storms will be widespread,” he said. Fournier said the region could get “an inch or so” of rain through the week. Pydynowski said communities could get “a quick quarter or half-inch of rain” from isolated storms. Neither forecaster expected much in the way of widespread severe weather. Pydynowski said there was always a chance of flash flooding if any one spot were hit by storms two or three days in a row. Highs are expected to be in the low 90s all week with overnight lows in the low to mid 70s, according to the weather service’s forecast.