Posted on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 at 12:01 am.

By Kendra Bolling
Andalusia Star News

“Stitches in time,” — that’s how one local group is celebrating “Absolutely Andalusia Homecoming 2010.”

The Covington County Quilters Guild is sponsoring a quilt show beginning Thurs., Nov. 11, from noon until 5 p.m. that will feature about 150 quilted objects, said publicist Jane Barber.

“We heard about the Andalusia homecoming event last January,” she said. “They were looking for participants this weekend, and we decided we would participate.”

Barber said the show, which will be held at the Johnson Park gym, is “just for homecoming” and the organization hopes to see people from all over stop by and see the works.

Barber said the quilt show features items for everyone in the family — jackets, purses, pictures made of fabric, Christmas wall hanging, and several examples of the mystery and challenge quilts the organization has worked on over the past couple of years.

“With our mystery quilts (quilts that have an unknown pattern or story), you will find that they are all similar, but all quite different,” she said. “We will have a wall for our challenge quilts. We all used the same fabric, but all very different.”

Barber said for those who may want to make purchases at the event, the organization will have an “extensive” gift shop, which will include crafts, books, magazines and even fabric.

Additionally, Barber said that organization is selling $1 chances on an opportunity quilt and all proceeds will go to the Dream Park renovation project.

“We agreed to buy two $400 tic-tac-toe boards for the Dream Park renovation,” she said. “Anything we have left over we’ll give to them.”

Barber said the chances will be sold until around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, when the drawing will take place.

The event is free to the public, and it will also be open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Posted on Thursday, November 4th, 2010 at 12:00 am.

By Michele Gerlach
Andalusia Star News

Andalusia City Councilman Kennith Mount of District 2 encourages residents of his district to meet him at 9 a.m. today, Thurs., Nov. 4, at the Adult Activity Center for an organized clean-up of litter in the District. In case of rain, the clean-up will be moved to 1 p.m.

Posted on Thursday, November 4th, 2010 at 12:01 am.

By Kendra Bolling
Andalusia Star News

The season of giving is right around the corner, and the Andalusia Adult Activity Center is calling on the community to do just that – give.

AAC coordinator Dianne Jones said that each year the center sponsors about 80 homebound seniors citizens around the Christmas holiday.

“They aren’t able to get out, and we just want to help them,” she said. “A lot are in desperate need and have no family to help them.”

Jones said the AAC will take donations of items from now until Dec. 7, including lap quilts with pockets, blankets, socks, toboggan caps, pillows, shawls, food, candy, vegetables, and anything else senior adults may enjoy. Jones said that donations of toiletry items are also requested.

Monetary donations may also be made.

AAC staff will distribute the items around Dec. 15.

“Our staff takes it out, and they also donate a lot of the items,” she said.

Jones said this is very important to the seniors it helps.

“A lot of times people forget about the elderly during these times,” she said.

“Any help we can get we’d greatly appreciate it.”

For more information, call Jones at 222-6891.

More than 200 participants will be featured in Andalusia in Revue, the history of Andalusia told in song, dance and skits.

The show, which was written for Andalusia’s Homecoming 2010 event by Sue Bass Wilson and Paula Sue Duebelt, will be presented at 7 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 11 in the Dixon Theatre of LBWCC.

Wilson, a music teacher by training, has long been involved in historic preservation efforts; Duebelt is a semi-retired music teacher with years of experience in staging productions. The two spent countless hours in collaboration.

“She would research, and I would type,” Duebelt said. “We’ve ended up with such a mixture, from square dance to an aria from Carmen to a sing-a-long and ballet.”

Native American Indians, Spanish soldiers, Andrew Jackson, Confederate soldiers, Rosie the Riveter, Hank Williams, Elvis, a school marm, jitterbug dancers, and hula-hoopers will take the stage during the course of the evening.

Among the participants are Angela Sanders, Ron Picking, Dan West, Jason Gunter, the AHS Chorus, Ralph Ricks, Larry Shaw, Francis McGowin, Ronda Ricks, Dr. Jacquelin Denson, Felicia Crittenden, Lary Turman, Tambry Nix, Pat Wilcox, Sonia and Dwight Crigger, members of the Andalusia Ballet, Aurelia Donald, Robert and Madison Copeland, Darlene Hogg, Parrish and Katie King, Charlie Brock, Tripp Bass, Earl Johnson, Ted Watson, the mass choir assembled for last spring’s hymn festival, the First United Methodist Church choir, Phillip McGlung, and Blaine Wilson.

All in attendance will receive a written history of Andalusia put together by Wilson and Duebelt.

Tickets are $5 each and are available at city hall, the chamber of commerce.

Dr. Jacquelin Denson and Angie Sasser
rehearse with the mass choir Tuesday
. | Michele Gerlach/Star-News