COMMUNITY CALENDAR
MONDAY
Lavender View Garden Club will meet Monday at 11 a.m. at the Anthony Recreation Center in Garden Lakes. Members will participate in a club flower show. For more information call 706-234-7336.
The Rome Noon
Optimist Club will meet Monday at State Mutual Stadium. Lunch will be at 11:45 a.m. The program will include the JOI Club from Coosa High School and also essay contest students. Disabled American Veterans Chapter 95 will meet Monday at the Brookdale Senior Living Center, 180 Woodrow Wilson Way. A meal will be served at 5 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6 p.m. For more information call Butch at 706-291-6963 or Donald at 609-410-1076.
TUESDAY
The Rome Lions Club will meet Tuesday at noon at Red Lobster on Shorter Avenue. Lions Past District Gov. David White of Marietta will speak about the Georgia Camp for the Blind.
The Rome Seven Hills Rotary Club will meet Tuesday at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. The program will be presented by outgoing GRSP student Camilla Moreno. She will share her experience at Berry College with the club.
A Laughercize Class will meet Tuesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Center, 1325 Kingston Road. Classes are free and open to everyone. For more information call 706-506-8929.
The Sgt. Billy Freeman Korean War Veterans
Association Post 1 will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at American Legion Post 52, 1205 Calhoun Ave. For more information call 706-2348424.
The Rome Area History Museum and the Duke Museum of Military
History announce “A Snapshot in Time,” a program on the 100-year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I, with an emphasis on the military weaponry developed during this era. Speakers include Leslie Duke, executive director of the Duke Museum of Military History, and local historian Johnny Davis. This free event will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. on the second floor of the Rome Area History Museum, 305 Broad St. The program will highlight a brief overview of the world conditions that led to the United States’ entry into WWI and Georgia’s role in sending recruits to war, then focus on the technology of modern warfare and how these weapons changed our world. WWI artifacts will be on display and a Q&A discussion will be held afterward. For more information contact Leigh Barba at 706-235-8051 or leighb@ romehistorymuseum.org.
WEDNESDAY
The Friends of the Library’s springtime Paperback Book Sale will be in the Oostanaula Room of the Rome-Floyd County Library on Riverside Parkway. The sale will be open Wednesday and Thursday 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 29th annual Senior Inforum will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Thornton
Recreation Center at North Floyd Park in Armuchee. The event focuses on resources available to senior citizens. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the Charles C. Parker Center. Tickets must be purchased in advance and sell out fast. For questions contact the Charles C. Parker Center at 706-234-0383.
THURSDAY
The New Romans Club will hold its next luncheon May 3 at 11:15 a.m. at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. Reservations should be made by
Thursday. The director of the Shakespeare Festival will speak and actors may perform. Contact Ruth Patton at ruthpatton6277@ comcast.net or 706-2310131 for reservations.
The Rotary Club of
Rome will host a discussion with neurologist Dr. Jay Schecter concerning advances in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease Thursday at noon. The club meets at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave.
The Northwest Georgia
Woodturning Club will meet Thursday at the Charles C. Parker Center, 1325 Kingston Road, at 6 p.m. The public is invited.
FRIDAY
The 27th annual Up the Creek Trail and Century
Ride will be held Saturday. Early registration will be held Friday 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.
SATURDAY
The United Veterans of the Armed Forces will meet Saturday at 9 a.m. at Ryan’s, 2305 Shorter Ave. For more information call 706-291-2327.
The Main High School Class of 1959 will have their second quarterly luncheon Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ryan’s Steakhouse, 2305 Shorter Ave. For more information call 796-2660831 or 706-238-1650.
Model High School Class of 1960 and their longtime classmates will meet for their quarterly class spring social on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Adairsville Inn, 100 S. Main St., Adairsville. For information call 706295-4605.
UPCOMING
The Rome Day Reporting Center will have its 25th commencement May 2 at 6 p.m. at North Rome Church of God, 1929 N. Broad St.
The Rotary Club of
Rome will host video tours of America with John English on May 4 at noon at Coosa Country Club.
The New Horizons Band will have an organizational meeting on May 4 at 6:30 p.m. in Franklin Hall at Shorter. For more information contact atlasauct@aol. com or 706-291-1819.