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non professional, and non religious. No dues, no fees. Not connected with any hospital or agency. Located on Red Bud Road in plaza below Fitness First, next to Dr. Bledsoe’s office. Meeting every Thursday 7 - 8 p.m. Call 770-548-7849 for more information.

Week of Nov. 13

A benefit for Daniel Fiyaw and his fight against Lymphoma Cancer will be held at 5 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Oostanaula Community Club, located at 1595 Oostanaula Bend in Calhoun. Music by Highway 411, auction, cake walk, raffles and great food at $6 per plate. All proceeds raised will go to help the family with medical expenses. For more information, call 706-879-8337.

Fairmount Senior lunch has been rescheduled to Tuesday Nov. 15, 2016 at 12 p.m. noon due to election day. Please plan accordingly and remember for all senior citizens of Fairmount to come join us and bring a covered dish or drink. Hope to see everyone.

Expressions Dance Studio presents 3rd annual 5-K Neon Night Run 2016 on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. The event will begin at the Calhoun Recreation Department Black & Yellow Playground off of McDaniel Station Road. $20 early registration; kids under 12 $10. Early registration available on ACTIVE.com. Day of event registration $25; kids under 12 $15. For more information and registration call 706-6253111 or email hollie303@ ymail.com. Visit the Facebook page “2016 Neon Nights Fun Run.”

FREE Home Burglary Prevention seminar from 6:30 -8 p.m. at Owen Security Solutions on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Owen Security is located at 209 South Wall Street in downtown Calhoun.

Week of Nov. 20

Chock and Sally Black Family Reunion will be on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church. All friends and relatives are invited. Bring your favorite dish! Vegetable salad or desert, meat and paper goods provided. Call all you family, lets have a good turn out!

Sacred Harp Singing at Historic Sugar Valley Baptist Church, located at 3845 Sugar Valley Road, on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Dinner on the grounds at noon. Please join us for the Annual Elder and Mrs. Jason Davis Memorial Singing at this beautiful old restored church in peaceful Sugar Valley. The church is located on GA Hwy 136 Connector, just eight miles northwest of Calhoun. GPS N 34 34.469 W 85 1.487, Sacred Harp is non-denominational, A Capella four-part harmony singing from a tune book originally published in Georgia in 1844 and never out of print since. No experience necessary! Books will be available for loan and purchase. Come for the day, come for an hour. Any questions call Judy Mincey at 770-773-0818 mincey.judy@yahoo.com

Week of Nov. 27

First Thursday Book Club - Join the discussion on Thursday, Dec. 1, at Wall Street Grille in downtown Calhoun. Arrive early to order dinner and the book discussion begins at 7 p.m. We will discuss COLD SASSY TREE by Olive Ann Burns. The one thing you can depend on in Cold Sassy, Georgia, is that word gets around - fast. When Grandpa E. Rucker Blakeslee announces one July morning in 1906 that he’s aiming to marry the young and freckledy milliner, Miss Love Simpson - a bare three weeks after Granny Blakeslee has gone to her reward - the news is served up all over town with that afternoon’s dinner.” All are welcome! Call for more information 678-773-5655.

Week of Dec. 4

Calhoun Alzheimer’s Association Mid-Day Café on Thursday Dec. 8, 2016 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Calhoun Depot - 109 South King Street. Registration is free, but required. Lunch is provided. Please call 800272-3900 to register for the above listed program.

Week of Jan. 1

First Thursday Book Club - Join the discussion on Thursday, Jan. 5, at Wall Street Grille in downtown Calhoun. Arrive early to order dinner and the book discussion begins at 7 p.m. We will discuss WHAT THE LADY WANTS: A NOVEL OF MARSHALL FIELD AND THE GUILDED AGE by Renee Rosen. In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing women customers with his famous motto: “Give the lady what she wants.” His legendary charm also won the heart of socialite Delia Spencer and led to an infamous love affair.” All are welcome! Call for more information 678773-5655.

Notices

Tallatoona Community Action Partnership is funding GED testing for lowincome individuals and families. To find out more about the GED testing program, contact the office in the county where you reside: Floyd, 706-295-7124; Bartow, 770-382-4222; Polk, 770748-1675; Gordon, 706629-2333; Paulding, 770943-5085; Douglas, 770949-6339; Haralson, 770537-8800. Cobb County residents should contact the Bartow office.

Fairmount Library is now located inside of City Hall on the second floor. Story time is held every second Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. and New Horizon Book Club is held on the second Thursday of the month. For more information call 706-337-5306.

The Red Bud Cardinal Alumni Association meets quarterly. All Alumni of Red Bud Schools are encouraged to attend. You did not have to graduate in order to be a member. Annual dues are $20 per year. Please watch the Red Bud High School Facebook page for important information and meeting dates and times. You may contact us at redbudreunion@yahoo. com with any questions.

Story times at the Calhoun-Gordon County Library, 100 N. Park Ave. in Calhoun, are 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays.

The Red Bud Cardinal Alumni Association will meet on the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Sonoraville Recreation Department. All Alumni of Red Bud Schools are encouraged to attend. Annual dues are $20 per year. Please watch the Red Bud High School Facebook page for important information or any meeting changes. You may contact us at redbudreunion@ yahoo. com with any questions.

Action Ministries Housing is accepting applications for a transitional home. A single- family home in Gordon County is now available for up to two years. For more information or to refer a family, email Rebecca Hickom at rhickom@ actionministries.net or call 404-862-1821.

Emergency Repair of Gas Furnaces and Gas Water Heaters: Lowincome seniors, 65 and older, who own and live in their home, may be eligible for repairs help and assistance. Contact Bruce Walters, Tallatoona Community Action Partnership, 770382-5388, ext. 106.