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TUESDAY, MARCH 22 Pictures with Princesses coming to LafayetteWalker County Library.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Get out your tiara and your ball gown and get ready to meet Elsa, Anna, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle and more at the Lafayette-walker County Library on Tuesday, March 22, from 5-7 p.m. Bring your camera and get pictures with all the princesses. The cost is $5 per family. Elsa and Anna provided by Once Upon a Princess Party. Call 423-6196135 or Amy.r.will2018@ gmail.com for more information. This is a fundraiser sponsored by the Friends of the Lafayette-walker County Library. For more information, contact the Lafayette-walker County library at 706-638-2992 or contact Rachel Oesch Willeford at 706-200-8099 or email Rachel at racheloeschwilleford@gmail.com.
MONDAY, APRIL 11
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will host a Free Application Week, April 11-15, to help those who are seeking to enroll in the summer semester. During Free Application Week, GNTC will waive the $25 application fee for all new applicants. The admissions deadline for the summer semester is April 25. Classes are scheduled to begin on May 16. GNTC is available through its call center Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., at 866-983-4682. For more information on applying for the summer semester, visit GNTC’S main webpage and click “Apply Now.” For any questions about GNTC’S Free Application Week, contact the Office of Admissions at (866) 983-4682 or via email at admissions@gntc.edu.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27
Volunteers are needed to speak up for children from broken places.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers
are specially trained people from all walks of life, who advocate for the well-being of Georgia’s children that have suffered abuse and neglect. CASAS are appointed to a case by the Juvenile Circuit Court judge to speak in a child’s best interest in their foster care case. Lookout Mountain CASA will begin training new volunteers monthly
Monday through Thursday. For more information and to obtain a volunteer application call 423-402-0843 or email lookoutmtncasa@ gmail.com.
GENERAL Nar
♦ COMMUNITY conon would like to remind families that the use of addicting drugs is on the rise. If you know anyone who is struggling with drug addiction, Narconon is available to help. Call for a free brochure on the signs of addiction for all drugs. Narconon also offers free screenings and referrals. Call 800-431-1754 or visit Drugabusesolution.com. The opiate epidemic is an ongoing issue that doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon. Fentanyl is being laced in drugs, including marijuana, in order to get the consumer addicted and returning to the supplier for more. Pills are being sold as if they are produced by a legal manufacturer when they are in fact pressed Fentanyl pills. People are overdosing and dying due to the intense potency of Fentanyl.
Call today for free screenings or referrals: 1- 800431-1754.