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these work days that no one should miss out on. Come and join Jerry and Linda Barton, Wallace Edgeman, Ron Free, Troy and Shirley Edgeman, Joanne and Jim Lutes, Lana White O’Malley, Neal Holsomback and maybe even Wayne Bowen. Everyone is welcome because it is clean-up day!
The Highland Rivers Health Governing Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in the Whitfield Kaleidoscope Program located at 2615 Cleveland Highway, Dalton, GA, 30720. The Finance and Corporate Compliance Committees will meet at 9:30 a.m. The meeting is open to the public. For additional information or directions, please call 706-270-5000.
2nd annual Mountain Top Boys Home Ride, hosted by Outrageous Beardsmen Koalition, on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Registration at 10 a.m.; KSU at 11 a.m. Queen of Steam Vape Shop, 235 W. Line Street in Calhoun. $20 rider; $5 passenger. 50/50 drawing, door prizes, food, music. Rain date May 13.
The Nutrition Site Council at the Senior Center will be having a Yale Sale Fundraiser on Sat., April 29 from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Center, 150 Cambridge Court. Turn off Red Bud Road by Rite Aid, turn right onto Kent Drive. Turn right onto Cambridge Court at bottom of hill. Anyone wishing to donate items to help with our fundraiser may make them April 24 - 28 from 9 a.m. - 12 noon. All donations will be appreciated.
Calhoun Animal Control Pals for Paws, Inc. is partnering with Adairsville Animal Hospital to host the 4th annual Open Thrift Shop and Vaccine Clinic on Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Services offered are Rabies Vaccines, DA2PPv Boosters ( 5 in 1) and Bordetella (k9 kennel cough), all for $10 and FVRCP/FeLv Combo Booster (feline) for $25. This is a cash only event. Dr. Dan Schwanbeck with Adairsville Animal Hospital will be administering the vaccinations and answering questions that day. The location for the event is the CAC Pals for Paws, Inc. Thrift Shop located in Gordon Hills Shopping Center, 100 Peters Street, Suite 17, Calhoun. This is an allcounty event, everyone welcome.
Week of April 30
The Herndon Family Reunion will be held again this year at 1519 Oostanaula Bend Road on Sunday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please bring a covered dish and enjoy getting acquainted with family, past and present. your pictures, stories and family information is always welcome. Directions: From HWY 41 turn onto HWY 156 at CVS in Calhoun GA. Drive 5 miles and at the posted sign turn left onto Ooostanula Bend Rd. The school is 100 yards on the left. For more information contact Bennie Herndon Bell at 706-263-5017.
The Fairmount City Library will hold a $1-a-Bag Book Sale, Monday - Wednesday, May 1-3. The library will provide a bag; you fill it up with your selections from donations that are currently for sale. The library is located upstairs in Fairmount City Hall, located on Highway 411 in Fairmount. The library will be open from 12 noon until 5 p.m. all three days. For questions, please call 706-337-3110.
Week of May 7
Vickie Warren will be retiring at the end of this school year after serving for 27 years as director of the Anne Jones Memorial Preschool. The Preschool Committee and the personnel of First Baptist Church will recognize and thank her for her dedication and service with a reception Sunday, May 7, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the first floor of the preschool building. The public is cordially invited to attend; light refreshments will be served.
Private/Home School Consultation for Students with Disabilities ages 3-21 meeting, a consultation required by IDEA in 2004, will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 11 at the Gordon County Schools Board Office in the Green room. At the meeting, the Special Education Director will discuss: the Child Find process; the determination of proportionate share of funds available to serve parentally placed private and home school children with disabilities, including how that amount is calculated; the consultation procedures and how they operate; how, where, and by whom special education services and/or related services will be provided and a discussion of the type of services; how the LEA will notify private / home school officials of the reason why the LEA chose not to provide services if the LEA and provider disagree.
Week of May 14
The Alzheimer’s Association will host a series of Docs & Desserts programs in Northwest Georgia this spring. Docs & Desserts is an education program where attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn from a specialist in dementia. The first program will be held at RossWoods Adult Day Services in Dalton on March 9. The speaker will be Dr. Matthew Kodsi, a neurologist with Chattanooga Neurology Associates. On April 6, Dr. Monica Parker from Emory University will speak at a Docs & Desserts program in Cartersville. The final event will be held on May 18 at Mercy Care in Rome. Dr. Larry Tune, a geriatric psychiatrist with Emory Healthcare, will speak at this program. Refreshments will be served. There is not a cost for the programs, but registration is required. Please call 800-272-3900 to register. For more information, please visit alz.org/georgia.
Safety Driving Course will be held at the Fairmount Community Center on Saturday, May 20. To register please call 678-313-8298. Participants are encouraged to check with their insurance agent to see if they are eligible for an insurance discount. There are no tests required to pass the course. The course is open to drivers of all ages and costs $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Participants need to preregister as class size is limited. Call Darlene Fitch at 678.313.8298
The 41st meeting of The Belwood Alumni association will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017 in the fellowship hall of Blackwood Springs Baptist Church located at 4921 Fairmount HWY 53 East, Calhoun GA at 6 p.m. The social hour will be from 5-6 p.m. Reservations must be made no later than May 10 by sending your check for $20 per person to Susie Gray, 139 Blackwood Road SE, Calhoun GA.
The Sugar Valley Alumni Association will host a dinner Saturday, May 20, 2017 at the Community Club in Sugar Valley, Ga. The event will begin with everyone gathering for a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner served at 7 p.m. President Jerry Barton invites all interested community members to attend, as well as all the Alumni Association members. We look forward to great fellowship, some good entertainment, renewing old friendships and beginning new ones! Tickets are $15.00 for dinner. This gathering of those of us that attended Sugar Valley School and all our neighbors and friends, was begun to honor the graduates of Sugar Valley School. The Alumni Banquet was the idea of the class of 1950 to celebrate those that received their high school diploma. This class created a legacy of the importance of education in their Community. If you would like to attend, please call Secretary, Joanne Ward Lutes: 770-582-9129 (or leave a message). We look forward to seeing you at the school!
Battle of Resaca Civil War Reenactment, Saturday and Sunday, May 20-21, in Resaca. Relive the first major battle of the 1864 Atlanta Campaign; held on more than 650 acres of the original battlefield. Camps open to the public at 9 a.m.; battle begins at 2 p.m. each day rain or shine. Free parking; admission $5 adults, $2 children 6-12 years old. No pets allowed. Resaca is located off of I-75 at Exit 320 (Lafayette, Georgia Highway 136). Go east off interstate approximately 3/10 mile, then left onto Highway 41; travel approximately three miles then turn right onto Chitwood Road.
UGA Extension will hold the Pasture Restoration and Cow Heard Management workshop on Monday, May 15; sign-in at 9 a.m., workshop to begin at 9:30 p.m. at the Gordon County Ag Service Center, located at 1282 SR 53 Spur in Calhoun. The workshop will cover pasture renovation in drought situations, weather outlook for 2017, weed control recommendations, updates on forage research and more to help you manage your cow herd. DEADLINE to REGISTER is MAY 12 at 10 a.m. Pre-registration is required. For more information, call 706629-8685 or email Greg Bowman at gbowman@ uga. edu or Joan Sutherland at uge1129@ uga.edu.
Smart Driver Course Class to be held at Fairmount Community Center on Saturday, May 20 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Class can save you money on your auto insurance. Contact your insurance company to find out your discount. No test to pass course. Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for NON AARP members. Class open to ages 16 years old and up. Call to register at 678-313-8298.
Week of May 21
Battle of Resaca Civil War Reenactment, Saturday and Sunday, May 20-21, in Resaca. Relive the first major battle of the 1864 Atlanta Campaign; held on more than 650 acres of the original battlefield. Camps open to the public at 9 a.m.; battle begins at 2 p.m. each day rain or shine. Free parking; admission $5 adults, $2 children 6-12 years old. No pets allowed. Resaca is located off of I-75 at Exit 320 (Lafayette, Georgia Highway 136). Go east off interstate approximately 3/10 mile, then left onto Highway 41; travel approximately three miles then turn right onto Chitwood Road.
The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission’s Area Agency On Aging will hold its quarterly meeting on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at the Thornton Recreation Center, 102 North Floyd Park Road, Rome, Ga. 30165 (Across from Armuchee High School on Highway 27 North). The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. The meeting is open to the public.