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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 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.