COMMUNITY EVENTS
MONDAY TUESDAY
To list an event call 706-2905252, email RomeNewsTribune@ RN-T.com or fax 706-290-5301. To have an item run in Roman Record as well as the daily, please send by Wednesday of the week before the event.
The Telephone CWA Retirees will meet Monday at 11:30 a.m. at the Union Hall on Old Lindale Road. Bring a covered dish to go with hamburgers and hot dogs. For more information call 706802-7576.
American Legion Post 52,
1205 Calhoun Ave., will meet Monday at 7 p.m. All veterans are welcome. For more information call 706-346-0119 or 706-7288683.
American Legion Post 506
will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at 21 Peachtree St. For more information call 706-291-2327.
Rome Seven Hills Rotary will meet Tuesday at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. The program will be presented by Rome High School winners of the 2017 Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest.
The Rome Floyd County Chapter of the Georgia Council
of the Blind will meet Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. The group discusses issues that impact individuals with vision loss. Lunch will be served. For more information call Marsha Farrow at 706-8592624 or Amanda Wilson at 770547-4700, or email marshafarrow@windstream.net or moonrocks@bellsouth.net.
The Armuchee Ruritan Club will meet Tuesday at the Air Museum for a tour of the facility at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport. Prospective members are invited. For details visit armucheeruritan.org.
The Rome TEA Party hosts the monthly Lunch Bunch meeting Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at Fuddruckers. Jeff Kelly and Mike Morton join with the audience in discussions regarding the Trump presidency and other issues of consequence. Come early to order from the menu. For more information contact Mike Morton at 706-346-3400.
The Floyd County Landlord
Association will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Fuddruckers. Due to popular request, Magistrate Judge Gene Richardson will be our guest speaker. He will update us on new laws and answer questions regarding about dispossessions, tenant laws, etc. for Floyd County. For more informaton, call Charlie Ford at 706-7663853.
FRIDAY
The Renew Our Rivers 2017
cleanup will take place Friday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Armuchee Creek. The group will meet at New Armuchee Baptist Church, 5385 Martha Berry Highway, for staging, breakfast and a safety talk. Participants should wear boots and long pants. The cleanup will concentrate near the cemetery between Martha Berry Highway and Old Summerville Road. Boats will not be needed, but volunteers with trucks and winches to remove appliances, sofas and other items will be helpful. There will be plenty of opportunities for people to help clean along the creek and on both sides of the highway. For more information call 706-236-4456. Breakfast, lunch, T-shirts and door prizes will be provided.
SATURDAY
The Northwest Georgia
Winds and Guests will present “Across the Big Pond XVII” on Saturday 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.
The Armuchee High School
Class of 1957 will hold its 60th class reunion Saturday at Bella Roma Grill, 770 Braves Blvd. Class members, spouses and guests should arrive around 4 p.m. Everyone will order from the menu.
UPCOMING
The Friends of the Library will be sponsoring a special 2017 springtime Paperback Book Sale in the Oostanaula Room of the Rome-Floyd County Library on Riverside Parkway. The sale will be open April 26-27 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and April 29 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All regular-size paperbacks will be 25 cents or 5 for a $1. All oversize paperbacks will be 50 cents or 3 for a $1.
The 27th annual Up the Creek
Trail and Century Ride will be held April 29. Early registration will be held April 28 from 2-6 p.m. at Cycle Therapy, 27 Central Plaza. Ride-day registration will be held at 6:30 a.m. at the Forum River Center, 301 Tribune St. Rides of 32, 53, 71, 81, 104 and 109 miles will depart at 8 a.m. The Harbin Clinic family trail ride of 5 miles will depart at 9 a.m. For more information visit www.itsyourrace.com.
The Floyd County Master
Gardeners will offer a free community workshop, “Gardening in Containers,” on May 6, beginning at 11 a.m. at Chieftains Museum on Riverside Parkway. The program will be presented by Keith Mickler, Floyd County Extension agent and the Floyd County Master Gardeners. Please call the Floyd County Extension Office, 706-295-6210, for details. Check out Floyd County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers on Facebook for more interesting information about gardening in our area.
The third annual A Night to
Remember: An Adult Prom benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association will take place May 13 at 8 p.m. at the Forrest Place Ballroom on Broad Street. The event with a masquerade theme will help fund local programs, services, advocacy and research by the Alzheimer’s Association. For more information visit www.anighttorememberromega.com or call 706-236-4400.
The Northwest Georgia Winds and the Three Rivers
Singers will present “Music to Honor America” on May 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rome City Auditorium on Broad Street. Admission is free.
The Adult Unit of the Rome/ Floyd County NAACP will hold its annual Freedom Fund Banquet
on June 17, at 6:30 P.M. at the Lovejoy Life Center, 436 Branham Ave. The program theme is “Together We Are Stronger... Breaking Every Chain.” The speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Francys Johnson, state president of the Georgia NAACP. Dinner tickets are $35 for adults and $15 for youth aged 12 and under. Tickets are available at Kroger and from NAACP members. Tables for 6 are available at $200. For more information call 706 204-4176 or 706 802-1659 for information.
The Alzheimer’s Walk has been set for Oct. 21 at 9 a.m. at State Mutual Stadium. Sign up at act.alz.org/Rome or look by zip code on the website.
ONGOING
The Sulzbacher Roman
Holiday, the city of Rome’s public excursion boat, is offering public tours at 2 p.m. the first Sunday of each month through September. Each tour is limited to 40 passengers. Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for children 12 and younger. Purchase tickets at romegeorgia.org/romanholiday or at the Rome-Floyd Visitors Center, 402 Civic Center Drive. For more information call 706295-5576.