WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GREATER ROME

THIS WEEK

The Southern Belles Book Club will meet Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Swift & Finch Coffee Shop, 600 Broad St. Local author Merrill Davies will be the guest speaker. For more information call 706-238-3954 or email southernbellesbookclub@ gmail.com.

The Adult Unit of the Rome/ Floyd County NAACP will hold its annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Lovejoy Baptist Church Joy Life Center, 436 Branham Ave. The program theme is “Together We Are Stronger ... Breaking Every Chain.” The speaker will be the Rev. Francys Johnson, president of the Georgia NAACP. Dinner tickets cost $35 for adults and $15 for youth ages 12 and younger. Tickets are available at Kroger and from NAACP members. Tables for six cost $200. For more information call 706-204-4176 or 706-802-1659.

Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home will host its Family Free Day at the museum Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. The event will feature members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation.

Chamber Street 4 Kids will host the sixth annual Father’s Day Fun Day on Saturday from 4-9 p.m. at 107 Chambers Street. For more information contact Minister Jerry Cooper at 706-331-8971 or Patricia Cooper at 706-331-0621.

Alton Holman Heritage Arts will present Puppetry Theatre Arts in the Park, a puppetry summer camp, Monday through June 23 for ages 8-15. There is a maximum of 40 students. Cost is $180 per student. Scholarships are still available for the puppetry camp on a first come, first served basis. Visit www.ahhas.org for applications or call 706-331-2725 or 706233-2517.

COMING SOON

Lyerly United Methodist Church will host its annual Car & Truck Show and Craft Festival at Dowdy Park in downtown Summerville on Aug. 12, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. There will be a 50/50 drawing, cake walk, door prizes, church cookbooks for sale and playground equipment for kids. More than 50 antique vehicles will be in the car show. 15x15 outdoor spaces are available for vendors for $20. Vendors must provide tents, tables and chairs. For more information call Judy Motes at 706-857-6008 and leave a message or email Marie Hanna at mariehanna@windstream. net with your questions.

ONGOING

The Chieftains Museum/ Major Ridge Home is hosting a Butterfly Challenge continuing through July 31. Visit the museum campus to search for caterpillars and butterflies and take photos for the Chieftains Museum Facebook page. For more information on the Butterfly Challenge, contact the museum at 706-291-9494 or visit the museum’s website at www. chieftainsmuseum. org.

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.