COMMUNITY CALENDAR
MONDAY
Enrollment for Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation’s Spring Break Camp, taking place at the Anthony Center at 2901 Garden Lakes Blvd., is now open. The camp will run from Monday to Friday. Drop-off times begin at 7:30 a.m. and pickup is no later than 6 p.m. The camp is for children ages 5-14 and costs $100 per child. Camp Anthony is also offering nine weeks of summer day camps from May 30 through July 28. Each camp has a different theme and a field trip, and costs $100 per child for each week. Parents will need to register their children for each individual week of attendance. To register online visit rfpra.com/ camps. For more information email camp director Maria DeArmoun at dearmounm@floydcountyga.org.
Lavender View Garden
Club will meet Monday at 11 a.m. at the Rome Federated Garden Clubs Garden Center. Pat York, a master gardener and designer of the Native Plant Living Exhibit at the Rome-Floyd ECO Center, will present a slide show. Hostesses are Jackie Scott and Betty Kuykendall. For more information call 706-346-4719.
Disabled American
Veterans will meet Monday at Brookdale Senior Living Solutions, 180 Woodrow Wilson Way. Dinner will take place at 5 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6 p.m.
TUESDAY
The Rome Lions Club will meet Tuesday at noon at Red Lobster on Shorter Avenue.
Laughercize Class will meet Tuesday from 4:305:30 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Center, 1325 Kingston Road. All ages and abilities are invited to participate in the free classes.
The AARP Driver Safety
Class will be offered Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Anthony Center, 2901 Garden Lakes Blvd. Participants should bring a sack lunch. The cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. For more information call 706-235-0094.
The Sgt. Billy Freeman Korean War Veterans
Association Post 1 will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Post 52, 1205 Calhoun Ave. For more information call 706-234-8424.
THURSDAY
The Rome Rotary Club will meet Thursday at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. Will Wheeler of Phoenix Drones in Cartersville will speak. For more information contact Peg Arey at 706-378-4768.
The Church Bowling League will begin its 15th year of competition at
Classic Lanes on Huffaker Road with the organizational meeting for the spring-summer season on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the lanes. Representatives from churches as well as all interested persons are invited to attend for information and to register teams or singles. A team consists of four bowlers.
The New Romans Club
will meet for lunch April 5 at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave., at 11:15 a.m. The program will be by the Elm Street Elementary Sugar Kids. Several of the first-graders and their teachers will discuss their enterprise. Call 706-231-0131 to make reservations by Thursday.
FRIDAY
The Exchange Club of Rome will meet Friday at noon at The Palladium at the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds, 69 Church St. Robin Holt will speak about her trip to Israel.
Registration for the Rome Little Theatre Academy’s
Summer Workshop is open to students ages 6-16. The summer stock-style workshop, which runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 12-16, is designed to challenge both novice and experienced young actors. An early registration price of $155 is offered through Friday. The price will go up to $175 on April 1. Tuition includes lunch daily and a T-shirt. For more information call the theater at 706-295-7171.
SATURDAY
A meeting on school
choice will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hill Crest Baptist Church, 2202 N. Broad St. Colleges, home-school groups, and hybrid and private schools will be represented.
The fifth annual Spring
Art Market will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and April 2 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Rome Civic Center, 402 Civic Center Drive. Free entry and free parking.
UPCOMING
Habitat for Humanity is partnering with Lowe’s to offer a Women Build workshop on how to properly use power tools. The free workshop will take place at Lowe’s, 2338 Shorter Ave., on April 4 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
The annual Chieftains
Plant & Herb Sale will take place April 8-9 at the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds, with sale hours from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. The event is a fundraiser for the Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home. Floyd County Master Gardener volunteers will be present to offer advice, and those who want their soil tested should bring soil sample bags.
PAC — Parents of Autistic Children of
Northwest Georgia — will sponsor an autism walk April 15 at 10 a.m. starting on the Town Green and ending with a light lunch at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 101 E. Fourth Ave. The walk is to help bring awareness to the community. For more information call Sherry Jenkins at 706-528-2908.
The Pepperell Class of 1957 will celebrate its 60th reunion on April 15 at 4 p.m. Call Frances at 706-2339120 for more information.
The Northwest Georgia
Winds and Guests will present “Across the Big Pond XVII” on April 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Forum River Center. The annual gala Celtic concert will include bagpipers, dancers, soloists and more. Admission is $5.
ONGOING
The Sara Hightower Regional Library’s 2017 Adult Reading Program will run until April 15. Weekly gift bags will be handed out. There will be two grand prize drawings for Amazon Kindle Fire tablets on Monday and April 17. This is the first year using the READ-squared online-tracking program. The more patrons read, the more they will be entered into the drawing and accumulate points for e-coupons from local merchants. Register online at shrls.readsquared.com or visit the library for more information.