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Monday,
May 5, 2008
MIXER
changes location.
At
11:00 am, the monthly MIXER will be held in the Community
Room of the Columbus Water Works at 1421
Veterans Parkway and not in the ANNEX as is
customary. These sessions offer the community an
opportunity to learn about One Columbus
and make personal contributions of time and
talent to the cause of honoring the diversity we
find in our community. The public is welcome.
Contact:
Ann Caggins
706-568-1762
Tuesday,
May 6, 2008
The
First Presbyterian Dialogue Group will welcome Reather
Hollowell, Assistant Director, Human
Resources for the Columbus Consolidated
Government as presenter beginning at 6:30pm. She
has been with City Government since 1986 and
holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Political
Science and Human Resource Management. As
liaison to the Mayor's Commission on Unity and
Diversity, and as the Affirmative Action
Administrator, Reather's many years in her
position give her insight into an understanding
of the mission and goals of One Columbus. These
group sessions are open to the public.
Please use the First Avenue entrance
across from the CB&T parking garage.
Contact:
Berrien Zettler at 706-324-6363
Sunday,
May 11, 2008
Mother's
Day is
celebrated on the second Sunday in May in the
United States. It was loosely inspired by the
British day and was imported by social activist Julia
Ward Howe after the American
Civil War. However, it was intended as a
call to unite women against war. In 1870, she
wrote the Mother's
Day Proclamation as a call for peace and
disarmament. Howe failed in her attempt to get
formal recognition of a Mother's Day for Peace.
Her idea was influenced by Ann
Jarvis, a young Appalachian homemaker who,
starting in 1858, had attempted to improve
sanitation through what she called Mothers' Work
Days. She organized women throughout the Civil
War to work for better sanitary conditions for
both sides, and in 1868 she began work to
reconcile Union and Confederate neighbors. In
parts of the United States it is customary to
plant tomatoes outdoors after Mother's Day (and
not before).
DOWN
THE ROAD
Thursday,
June 26, 2008
3rd
Annual One Columbus Golf Tournament
One
Columbus' Third
Annual Golf Tournament starts at noon at the
Grand National Robert Trent Jones golf course in
Opelika, Alabama.
This unique retreat event for golfers
from across the community and their friends will
be managed by Diamond Sports Marketing and is
set for Thursday, June 26, 2008. You can still
register as a golfer by contacting D. J. Jones
at 706-681-1136.
Contact:
Allen
Page, III 706-323-0049.
