COMMUNITY CALENDAR
SATURDAY
The 1959 Main High School
Alumni will have their fourth quarter lunch meeting at Ryan’s Steakhouse, 2305 Shorter Ave., on Saturday from 2-4 p.m. For more information call 706266-0831 or 706-238-1650.
MONDAY
Cave Spring Historical Society will host their annual Polar Bear
Plunge on Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Rolater Lake in Rolater Park, 13 Old Cedartown Road, Cave Spring. Participants will receive a Polar Bear Plunge shirt and Tradition New Year’s lunch. Tickets for the plunge are $25 each. Tradition New Year’s lunch tickets are $8 each. For more information visit tinyurl.com/CaveSpringPolarBear.
UPCOMING
The New Romans Club will have a luncheon Jan. 3 at 11 a.m. at Coosa Country Club, 100 Branham Ave. Mayor Jamie Doss will speak about city financials, progress on upcoming projects and events for 2018. Contact Ruth Patton at ruthpatton6277@comcast.net or 706-231-0131 for reservations. Cost is $19.
Third Street Ministries will give away free clothing to low income and homeless residents of Rome on Jan.
6 from noon-4 p.m. in the parking lot of Rome First United Methodist Church, 202 E. Third Ave. Bring One for the Chipper, by KeepGeorgiaBeautiful.org, invites the community to recycle Christmas trees on Jan. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Home Depot, 103 Hicks Drive.
The Western Promenaders Square
Dance Club will offer free square dance lessons for beginning dancers starting Jan. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Western Promenaders Square Dance Club, 327 Woods Road. Singles and couples are welcome. Classes will be on Saturdays from Jan. 13-27. For more information call Dick or Jewell at 706-409-2311 or Margie or Darrell at 706-232-4970.
Berry College will host former Governor of New Jersey Christine
Todd Whitman on Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. as part of the Berry College Cecil B. Wright III Integrity in Leadership lecture series. The lecture will be held in the Krannert Ballroom at Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway, and is free and open to the public. Whitman is the president of The Whitman Strategy Group and served in the cabinet of President George W. Bush as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. She was the 50th Governor of the State of New Jersey from 1994 until 2001.
Darlington School, 1014 Cave Spring Road, will host Discover Darlington for prospective pre-K to 12th-grade day students and parents on Feb. 2 from 8:30-11 a.m.
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