COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TODAY
Third Street Ministries
will give free clothing to homeless and low income residents of Rome today from 2:30-5:30 p.m. and Sept. 12 from 3:30-5:30 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.
The 28th annual Running
Water Pow Wow will be held today and Sunday at Ridge Ferry Park, 363 Riverside Parkway. The gates will be open today 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. today and at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets sold at the gate. Admission is $8 for ages 13-64. Ages 12 and younger and 65 and older get in free.
Jehovah’s Witnesses
will hold their 2017 conventions at the Forum River Center, 301 Tribune St. The final convention will continue through Sunday. Sessions begin at 9:20 a.m. For more information on the convention visit tinyurl.com/ jwconvention2017.
Summerville Main Street will host a Cowboy/ Western Heritage Festival
today 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.
SUNDAY
The Sulzbacher Roman
Holiday, the city of Rome’s public excursion boat, is offering the summer’s final public tour at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for children 12 and younger. Purchase tickets at romegeorgia.org/ romanholiday or at the RomeFloyd Visitors Center, 402 Civic Center Drive. For more information call 706-295-5576.
MONDAY
The American Legion Post 5 and Ladies Auxiliary annual Labor
Day Picnic for members and their guests will be held Monday at the Post Farm, Jones Bend Road, at noon.
The Knights of Columbus Labor Day
Barbecue will be held Monday at the Rome Civic Center, 400 Civic Center Drive, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. (or sold out). Options include barbecue plates, sandwiches or bulk sales. Plates will cost $9 for a choice of beef, pork, ribs or a quarter of a chicken, each served with Brunswick stew, baked beans, chips and bread. One pound of beef or pork to go will cost $9; $5 for a sandwich combo; $7 for half a chicken or a quart of baked beans; $9 for a quart of Brunswick stew; and $18 for a half-rack of spare ribs. Tickets may be purchased at the door or from any KOC member. Call 706-290-9000 for more information.