Pumpkin patch opens Oct. 7 at Georgia Museum of Agriculture

TIFTON, Ga. — Visitors can pick out the perfect pumpkin beginning Oct. 7 when the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village opens its annual pumpkin patch. Admission is not required to visit the pumpkin patch and playground area. Located at the Country Store near the entrance to the Museum, the pumpkin patch will be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Prices for pumpkins start at $5.  Admission to the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village on Tuesday through Friday is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (age 55 and older), and $4 for children ages 5-16. All children four and under are admitted free. Any active or retired military personnel are also admitted free with their military ID. Admission on Saturdays is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, and $5 for children. For more information on the pumpkin patch interested persons can contact the Museum at (229) 391-5205.

Allied Arts presents ‘Ceramics’ through Oct. 27

MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. — Allied Arts will present an exhibition of pottery titled “Ceramics” by artist Clifford Porter. An opening reception honoring the artist is scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at the John Marlor Arts Center, 201 N. Wayne St., Milledgeville. The public is invited to attend. The exhibit will run Oct. 8-27 and will feature more than 50 of Porter’s works, including pottery, sculpture, stained glass and wood turning. The exhibition will be on display at the Marlor House.  Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment. Admission to the gallery is complimentary. Call Allied Arts at 478-452-3950 or visit the website milledgevillealliedarts.com for more information.

Congressman’s staff to assist residents

CHATSWORTH, Ga. —  Members of U.S. Rep. Tom Graves’ staff are available to provide a personal link to Congress for Georgians who may not be able to visit the permanent district offices in Dalton and Rome. They will be in the Murray County Courthouse Annex at 121 N. Fourth Ave. in Chatsworth from on Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Fall weather arrives 

VALDOSTA — Autumn-like weather has finally come to South Georgia. High temperatures that had been hovering around 90 degrees for weeks were held down to the upper 70s Sunday. A low-level disturbance that pulled tropical moisture into the region helped keep the temperatures down, said Justin Pullin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Tallahassee, Fla., office. Temperatures around Valdosta are expected to rise into the mid-80s through the rest of the week as a high-pressure system pushes its way south and dries things out, said Danielle Knittle, a meteorologist with the private forecasting firm AccuWeather. “It’s warming back up but it won’t be unbearably hot,” she said. Temperatures should be just a little higher than normal, Knittle said; the weather service expects the high for Valdosta Thursday and Friday to be about 86, while Knittle said the normal high for this time of year is 84. The weather service projects the week’s overnight lows to run from 65-67 degrees, while Knittle said the usual low for this time of year is 61 degrees. Drier air means little chance of rain this week, though there is a slight possibility rainfall chances may pick up later in the week, Pullin said. Both forecasters said there was little chance of widespread severe weather across South Georgia this week.