Albany Area Briefs

ACRI hosting book signing, law enforcement program

ALBANY — The Albany Civil Rights Institute will host Kathleen Jordan, daughter of the late Hamilton Jordan, in a noon day book reading and book signing on Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1.p.m.

Jordan will read excerpts from the book, “A Boy From Georgia”, subtitle, Coming Of Age In The Segregated South, followed by a question and answer session and a book signing. Lunch will be available for the first 75 attendees.

Meantime, ACRI will conducts its monthly Community Night on Thursday featuring law enforcement leaders from the Albany Police Department, Dougherty County Police, Albany State University, Darton College, Dougherty County Sheriff’s office, Dougherty county School System and Georgia State Patrol.

The topic for this Community Night discussion is Encountering and Responding to Law Enforcement. The program is open to the public and will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Salvation Army needs Albany volunteers to ring the bell

ALBANY _ The Salvation Army in Albany is looking for a few good volunteers to ring the bell and collect funds as the agency gathers funds to finance its many Christmas season projects.

The Salvation Army attempts to help needy residents in the area with food and toys each year to brighten the Christmas season.

Salvation Army needs volunteers to sign up at three Albany area Walmart locations, three Harveys stores and two Albany Mall locations. Volunteers are also needed at Hobby Lobby, Kmart, Mistletoe Market and Sams Club.

Often, local businesses, industries, youth groups and service clubs will provide volunteers for the Salvation Army, but the opportunity to help is open to any.

To sign up for a shift at the bucket stations, call Faye_Turney at (229) 435-1428, Ext. 14, or email [email protected].

Baldwin Players Present ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ at ABAC

TIFTON – On Halloween weekend the Baldwin Players at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will present their fall production of “The Skin of Our Teeth” by Thornton Wilder. The performances will take place Oct. 29-31 at 7 p.m. each night in Howard Auditorium on the ABAC campus.

Admission is free to all ABAC faculty, staff and students. The ticket cost is $7 per person for the general public. Tickets can be acquired at the door or at www.purplepass.com/abac.

Wilder, an American playwright and novelist, won three Pulitzer Prizes during his career. The first was in 1928 for the novel “The Bridge of San Luis Rey.” Ten years later he was awarded a second Pulitzer for his dramatic play, “Our Town.” In 1942 he garnered a third Pulitzer for “The Skin of Our Teeth.”

Cast members include Cody Durden as Mr. Antrobus, Kaylee Stokes as Mrs. Antrobus, Ezzard Stewart as Henry, Caroline Kirkland as Sabina, Jason Brown as Homer/conventioneer/Bailey, Noel Valdez as a conventioneer/dinosaur, Sonja Heard as Moses/conventioneer/Hester, Sarah Beth Rakestraw as a muse/drum major/Ivy, Bonnie Young as a refugee/fortune teller/Tremayne, and Amber Dillard as a telegraph person/conventioneer.