COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TODAY
The Sgt. Billy Freeman Korean War Veteran
Association Post 1 will meet today at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Post 52 building, 1205 Calhoun Ave. For details call 706-234-8424.
THURSDAY
Berry College will host a lecture by Will Allen, author of “The Good Food Revolution” and CEO of Growing Power, on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Cage Center Arena, Maple Drive, Mount Berry. Growing Power is a national nonprofit and land trust that helps provide equal access to safe, affordable food. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The 45th annual Armuchee Labor Day
Bluegrass Festival will be held Thursday through Sept. 3 at Armuchee Music Park, 899 Turkey Mountain Road. Phyllis Cole of the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame will emcee. The festivities will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 4:45 p.m. on Sept. 1 and 10:45 a.m. on Sept. 2. A worship service will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 3. Three-day passes are $21 each. Electric and water hook-ups are $15 per night, electric hook-ups are $10 per night and tent camping is $5 per night. For more information on bands contact Helen Burke at 770-9284517 or 470-554-9602. For sound, email Mitch Jones at rambler12160@comcast.net. For camping, contact Chuck Langley at 706-766-6352.
The Rome International
Film Festival will host a free workshop on the local film festival experience Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Volunteers will share tips for enjoying the film festival, answer questions, and screen an animated film and clips from two Georgia-made films. A second workshop will be held Oct. 10.
UPCOMING
Third Street Ministries will give free clothing to homeless and low income residents of Rome on Saturday, Sept. 2, from 2:30-5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 12, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the parking lot between Second St. and Third St.
Jehovah’s Witnesses will
hold their 2017 conventions at the Forum River Center, 301 Tribune St. Admission to each event is free and no collections are taken. The final convention will be held Sept. 1-3. Sessions begin at 9:20 a.m. For details on the convention visit tinyurl.com/ jwconvention2017.
The Board of Commissioners of Floyd County, Cave Spring City Council and Rome
City Commission will meet in the Education Room at Rome-Floyd Fire Headquarters, 409 E. 12th St., on Sept. 5 at 8 a.m. to discuss possible SPLOST projects for inclusion in a SPLOST referendum and to discuss a proposed intergovernmental agreement.
A Laughercize Class will meet at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway, on the first Friday of each month at 11 a.m. starting Sept. 1. All ages and abilities may participate. Classes are free. Call 706-234-0383 for details.
The 28th Annual Running Water Powwow will be held Sept. 2-3 at Ridge Ferry Park, 363 Riverside Parkway. The gates will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Grand entry is at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets sold at the gate. Admission is $8 for ages 13-64. Ages 12 and under and 65 and older get in free. Summerville Main Street will host a Cowboy/ Western Heritage Festival on Sept. 2 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Summerville Depot, 119 E. Washington St., Summerville. Activities will include Western artisans and vendors, demonstrations, displays of buggies and wagons, Cowboy Church Clowns, square dancing, mock old west gun fights, cowboy music, the arrival of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Passenger Train, and a wagon train and cowboy parade. Event parking will be available in downtown Summerville. Visit www. summervillega.org or call 706-859-0900, ext. 1337, for more information.
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