COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TODAY
Faith and Deeds Community Health will host its fifth annual Tomato Sandwich Supper today from 5-7 p.m. at Rome First United Methodist Church, 202 E. Third Ave. There will be music by the Georgia Mountain Music Club, live and silent auctions, and door prizes. Tickets are $10 each or $25 for a family of three or more. Proceeds will provide primary healthcare to the uninsured of Floyd, Polk and Chattooga counties.
The 1902 Stock Exchange & Public Square Opera House, 124 Public Square, Adairsville, will present “Leaving Iowa,” a road-trip comedy, in a dinner-theater format today and Saturday. All shows will begin at 7 p.m. The cost of dinner and the show is $50, and reservations are required. Call 770-773-1902 to make reservations.
SATURDAY
Model High School Class of 1959 will hold its 58th class reunion Saturday at 5 p.m. at Enon Baptist Church. For more information call 706-506-1389.
Little River Canyon National Preserve, 4322 Little River Trail, Fort Payne, Alabama, will have a free Native American tools and weapons demonstration on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. CDT. Parking is $3. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call 256-845-9605 or visit www.nps.gov/liri.
Third Street Ministries will distribute free clothing for the homeless and low-income residents of Rome on Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the parking lot between Second Street and Third Street. The parking lot is behind Good Neighbor Ministries on Second Street, across from the bus station.
SUNDAY
The National Alliance on Mental Illness-Rome will offer NAMI Basics beginning Sunday from 1:30-4 p.m. NAMI Basics is a free sixweek course that addresses childhood mental health disorders. Classes meet at 1 Woodbine Ave. For more information and registration, call Jim at 706-232-4607.
MONDAY
Ridge and Valley Storytellers Guild will host its monthly “A Time to Tell” program Monday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the RomeFloyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Guests are welcome to tell a story or listen to some of the best storytellers in Rome.
TUESDAY
Rome Georgia Tech Network and Heritage First
Bank, 501 Broad St., will host Josh Pastner, head coach of Georgia Tech men’s basketball team, on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Josh Pastner will speak about his background and the future of the Georgia Tech basketball program, with Q&A to follow. The session is open to the public.
East Rome High School and West Rome High
School 1959 graduates will meet for lunch at O’Charley’s, 707 Turner McCall Blvd., at noon on Tuesday. For information call 706-237-2606.
The Telephone Retirees will have their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday 11 a.m. at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center. Bring a covered dish. For more information call 706-802-7576.
The Sara Hightower
Regional Library 205 Riverside Parkway, will host a lecture, “Understanding and Safely Observing the Great American Solar Eclipse,” with Professor Todd Timberlake, department chair in Physics, Astronomy and Geology at Berry College, in the Coosa Room at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
The Celanese/Tubize Boys will meet for breakfast at the Landmark Restaurant, 2740 Martha Berry Highway, on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
Rome Seven Hills Rotary Club, Rome Noon Optimist Club and the Rome Lions Club will host the annual FrontLine Awards Luncheon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave., on Tuesday at noon. The Greater Rome Society for Human Resource Management will have a lunch meeting Tuesday from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Hawthorn Suites, 100 N. Second Ave.
The Rome Art Coterie will meet on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Farrell’s Frame and Design, 116 Broad St. The Coterie and guests will enjoy an Ice Cream Social before the program. Shop owner, Amanda Farrell, will present the program, “Making a Giclee Print.” For more information call Moriah Medina at 706-512-2061.