Firefly Cruise returns to Lexington on Sunday
The 14th annual Firefly Cruise In will be held from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 at Courthouse Square in downtown Lexington.
Music will be provided by Tommy Landrum’s ‘Cruzin to the Oldies’. There is a $10 registration fee for vehicles. The event is free to spectators.
For more information, call the Oglethorpe County Chamber of Commerce at 706-743-3113.
School-based health center opens
The Oglethorpe County School System and MedLink Georgia will open the Patriot Health Hub on Sept. 29.
The joint effort will be housed in Suite 101 in the school system’s multi-purpose building at 15 Fairground Road in Lexington. Audra Turbeville is the family nurse practitioner.
For more information, go to oglethorpe.k12.ga.us and follow the links to the health center’s website or call 706-668-4074.
School program receives grant
The Oglethorpe County School System’s “Every Child Thrives in Oglethorpe: From Trauma to Resilience Professional Learning Community” initiative will receive a grant from the Resilient Northeast Georgia fund.
These grants are part of a statewide effort to build trauma-informed, integrated behavioral health systems to prevent trauma in children to young adults.
The Oglethorpe County program is one of several to receive grants in a 12-county area.