Noxapater Cotton Gin festival date approaching
Noxapater residents are gearing up for the annual Cotton Gin Festival scheduled to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, September 28.
Over 60 booths are scheduled to be at this years festival along with a car show, pageant, and plenty of entertainment.
The festival will be held in the Noxapater Park (Molly Estes and JW Young Park).
Booth spaces are still available. Booth spaces range from $25 to $35. All booth spaces must be reserved prior to the event. Event organizers request all booth spaces be setup prior to 8:30 a.m. the day of the festival.
The annual car show is one of the biggest attractions for the Noxapater Cotton Gin Festival.
For more information please contact members of the Noxapater Community Alliance.
Members of the Alliance mabe reached at Wiley Collins at 662-724-2907, Mark Robinson at 662-724-4133 or by email mark@noxapateralliance.org, or Judy Lovorn at 662-724-4591. For more information regarding the car show contact Robert Wall at 662-724-4656 or James Robert Webb at 662-724-4136. For more information on the pageant contact Margaret Moore at 662-736-6095 or email broadmancarson@gmail.com
Annual ‘Runnin' n’ Strummin' set to start September 27
The 2nd Annual “Runnin' n’ Strummin' – Legion State Park Music Festival is fast approaching. The two-day event, scheduled for Friday Evening September 27th and all day and evening on Saturday, September 28 will be held in the shaded confines and the historic CCC Lodge of Legion State Park located on N. Columbus Avenue in Louisville.
The Friday Evening Pre-Festival Event will include a little dining and music at beautiful Lake Tiak O’Khata. The trio of “Thirty Fingers” is scheduled to perform easy listening and classic rock from 6 - 9. These tickets are available at the locations below, as well as Lake Tiak O’Khata. Tickets are extremely limited for this Pre-Festival event so make your plans now.
The morning kicks off early as runners register for the 5K Runnin’ n’ Strummin’ Race scheduled for 9:00 am. Applications and more info are available on the website.
There is a full musical line-up at the Lodge following an opening ceremony at 8 am and music beginning at 8:30 with acts such as “The Reed Brothers, Alan Sibley and the Magnolia Ramblers, The Darden Sisters with Jeremy Jernigan and the Starkville Dulcimers.
At lunch time, the music venue moves to the outdoor venue ‘In The Pines’ where food and craft vendors will be available. Performers include Estes Switch, Jodie Ross, Wes Stapp and Ken Sanders, Tracy McCully, Jeffrey Rupp’s Mississippi Blues Band, Dallas Dixon, Jeanne & Daryl Jones and Chuck Luke. Also, on hand, will be Alan Winters, a Native American flutist.
As the afternoon winds down, we will move from the ‘In The Pines Venue’ back to the acoustically unique CCC Lodge where Sciples Mill Opry with Seth Holmes will open our evening Jam Session. The evening events in the Lodge are scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm. Bring your guitar, harp, banjo or just your own self to sing and clap along.
There will be a variety of programs available during the day for the kids as well.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate. Advance tickets can be purchased from Winston Furniture Company in downtown Louisville, WinstonWebNews on South Columbus Avenue and from any “Friends of Legion Park members.” You may also contact us directly at rongammill05@gmail.com or william@mccullygroup.com and we will make arrangement for advance tickets.
More detailed information is posted on website at http://www.legionmusicfestival.com/ or at Legion Music Festival on Facebook
Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, your kids, granny, pawpaw and cousin Cletus and plan to make a day of it at Legion State Park on Saturday, September 28 for a rip-roarin good time.
The Friends of the Park would like to thank our sponsors including:
the Mitchell and Shepherd families, Winston Plywood, The Taylor Group,
Lake Tiak O’Khata, Western Auto, Louisville Tourism and a host of others.
Winston Medical Center to host health fair
Winston Medical Center is sponsoring a community health fair on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The health fair will be held at the campus of Winston Medical Center located at 17550 East Main Street in the Multi-purpose room in the Administration Building.
Flu shots will be available for $25 or if you are a Medicare recepiant, you are asked to bring your Medicare card.
This event is a collection of health related organizations from throughout the community to encourage a healthy lifestyle and foster wellness within the Red Hills area.
Each year hundreds of residents circulate through this event, which features scores of information booths, healthcare presentations and health screenings.
The health fair is free and open to the public – all ages welcome to learn about their current health status, preventative healthcare measures and ways to improve their lifestyle.
They will be giving away several door prizes so don’t miss the opportunity to win great prizes! Come out and register. You don’t have to be present to win.
Renasant Bank will be cooking hotdogs for those want to enjoy lunch.
