The auction will be highlighted by a pair of Boss & Co. sidelock ejector SXS 12-gauge shotguns, expected to sell for up to $18,000. CONTRIBUTED

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Briarpatch Farm will host its annual Songwriter Night on April 18 to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Putnam. CONTRIBUTED

Children’s author Andrea Cassell recently released her fourth children’s book, Kibby the Underdoodle. CONTRIBUTED

The Smithsonian Institution’s “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” traveling exhibit will debut in Eatonton with a soft opening for educators on April 20, and then open to the public from April 25 to May 31. CONTRIBUTED

Licensed speech therapist Kay Jones (red dress), owner of Lake Oconee Speech Therapy, cuts the ribbon flanked by her husband and son as other members of her Lake Country community cheer the official opening of her facility at 951 Harmony Rd., Ste. 103, Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Reasha Daniels (third from right) and several other Putnam County women recently visited a youth detention center for girls in Macon to distribute dresses for a Valentine’s Day dance. CONTRIBUTED

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“Moving People are Moving Targets,” is a painting by UGA grad Janie Geisler and one of 20 works in “Reimagine: Contemporary Georgia Artists,” to be presented April 20 to May 29 at the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art in rural Buckhead. CONTRIBUTED

L-R: Steve Ruzika, Nancy DiSpirito, and Becky Smith, GCFP board members, standing in front of the Pantry’s mission statement. CONTRIBUTED