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12 • Saturday, January 1, 2014
The News
The Georgia International Horse Park turned
into a course of mud,
barbed wire and ropes
for the Metro BattleFrog
Obstacle Course Race
last weekend.
The course was a 1, 5
or 15K obstacle race designed by Navy SEALS. It
required running, climbing, swinging, jumping,
swimming and crawling
through the mud. The
event opened with a U.S.
Navy helicopter flyover,
followed by the sounds
of a cannon before actual
Navy SEALS led the first
heat.
Some highlighted local
finishers were 16-yearold Jordan Dobson of
Conyers, who came in
15th overall and third in
the 15-19 division, and
Jenn Northup of Covington who was 49th overall,
fifth overall female and
second in the female 3539 division.
out and about
MUD
&
GUTS
The Georgia International Horse Park
becomes a Navy SEALS-designed
obstacle course
photos by Darrell Everidge/The News
Community Calendar
Please note the calendar deadline for Saturday’s
paper is noon Thursday. Announcements will run
up to the date of the event. Include a place, time,
a complete description of the event and a phone
number. Email events to news@rockdalenews.
com.
Saturday, June 7
Monastery 5K/Fun Run
6:30-8 a.m. check in; 7 a.m. Community
Mass; 8:30 a.m. race start; Monastery of the
Holy Spirit, 2625 Ga. Hwy 212; $25 registration for 5K, $15 for 1.5 mile run/walk. Register
at active.com
Epiphany Lutheran Garage Sale and
Car Wash
8 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Epiphany Lutheran Church,
2375 Ga. Hwy 20; rain or shine; benefits youth
group; 770-483-6222
Mahaffey Memorial Ride
10 a.m. registration start, 11:30 a.m. ride
start at Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, 911
Chambers Drive, off Sigman Road, and end
at Los Charros Honey Creek, honoring fallen
RCSO Inv. Brian Mahaffey; Silent auction
and raffle at Los Charros. Proceeds benefit
Ga. COPS which supports families of fallen
officers, including recently slain Griffin officer
Kevin Jordan. $10 per vehicle. 678-906-9143
Customer Appreciation Day
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Elite Pawn, 2235 Sigman
Rd; free food, expanded show room, gun and
knife giveaway; facebook.com/elitepawn or
770-483-1649
www.conyersarts.org/music-series
Sunday, June 8
Bald Rock Mother Board
Anniversary
Tuesday, June 10
Farmer’s Market Ag Day and Peach
Pie Baking Contest
11 a.m.; 2284 Old Covington Rd; Bald Rock
Baptist Church’s Mother Board is celebrating
their Anniversary; 770-929-3421.
9:am-noon; 1400 Parker Road; free; see a
dairy cow being milked, mingle with the miniature horses, goats, chickens, llama; enter
peach pie baking contest; 770-278-7373
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Georgia Career Institute,
900 Flat Shoals Rd., Conyers; Haircuts, polish,
eyebrow waxing and more for $5 donation;
proceeds go to National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children. 770-922-7653
Double Springs Pastor Anniversary
Up, Up and Away Flying Program
3 p.m. ; Double Springs Baptist, 2705 N.
Hightower Trail; the Rev. J. DeLand Shorter
fourth anniversary; speaker the Rev. H.E. Loyal; 770-922-5791
Family Fun and Food Fest
Gospel Singing
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Nancy Guinn
Memorial Library meeting room, 864 Green
St; make paper airplanes, flying saucers,
UFO’s, and launch them into flight; Limited to
40 children; Registration required; 770-3885040 ext 113
11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Georgia Piedmont Technical
College, 8100 Bob Williams Pkwy, Covington;
music, face painting, sno-cones, inflatables,
games, soft tennis court, tractor/cow ride,
community safety demos, more; free except
for food; [email protected], 770-784-3003.
6 p.m.; Community Church of Praise, 3851
Union Church Rd; featuring Gather Homecoming artists; 770-918-0008
Saturday, June 14
Monday, June 9
Try the Trails scavanger hunt, celebration
A1A Jimmy Buffet Tribute Band
“Let’s Build It” Lego and Wii
6 p.m. doors open, 8 p.m. performance;
Conyers Rockdale Council for the Arts fundraiser; $18 lawn seating, $25Table seating in
advance or $30 at door; purchase tickets at
4-6 p.m.; Nancy Guinn Memorial Library
meeting room, 864 Green St; Lego-themedWii event; all ages; Free; no registration; 770388-5040 ext 113
Cut-a-thon for Missing Children
8 a.m. - noon; Rockdale River Trail PATH
trail completion celebration; at Monastery of
the Holy Spirit trailhead, Lorraine trailhead,
South Rockdale Community Park trailhead,
DeCastro trailhead, Alexander trailhead. 770278-7282; see article at rockdalenews.com