COMMUNITY CALENDAR

THURSDAY

The Seven Hills Shaggers Dance Club will meet in the Red Room at Johnny’s New York Style Pizza, 233 Broad St., on Thursday at 7 p.m. Guests and non-members are welcome with a $5 cover charge.

The Floyd County Young Farmers chapter is hosting a meeting at the Gordon County Ag Center on Thursday at 6 p.m. Dinner will be available for a small cost. The meeting will provide two recertification hours for pesticide licenses. For more information contact Emilia Jackson at ejackson@floydboe.net.

FRIDAY

The Exchange Club of Rome will host Louis Byars, Rome City Schools Superintendent, and John Reid, Rome High School football coach, 2017 State Champions, on Friday at noon at The Palladium, Coosa Valley Fairgrounds, 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The club meets every Friday. For more information call 706-506-2499.

SATURDAY

East Rome High School’s Class of 1974 will have lunch together at Gondola, on Shorter Avenue, on Saturday at 1 p.m. For more information call 678-654-3788.

The Rome Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will offer NAMI Smarts, a free training course that alleviates fears and helps people prepare a short and effective story to deliver to decision makers, on Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call Jim Moore at 706-232-4607 to learn more about the class and to register.

MONDAY

American Legion Post 136 will meet Monday at 6 p.m. at the Gilbreath Center, 110 Garden Ave., Lindale. They will be voting on several topics. Members are urged to attend. For more information call Mike O’Shea at 706-936-2757.

TUESDAY

The Rome High Hilltoppers semi-annual reunion will be held Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. at Coosa Country

Club, 110 Branham Ave. Lunch will be served at noon followed by a brief program. The cost is $20 per person. Reservations must be made by Tuesday. For questions or more information call Nancy Ivester at 706-2903221 or Sam Evans at 706236-5858.

MULTIDAY EVENTS

Floyd County Schools will accept applications for the Georgia Lottery Pre-Kindergarten Program

for the upcoming 2018-19 school year from Jan. 30

through Feb. 9 during regular school hours of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Applications may be picked up and returned to the following: Alto Park Elementary, Cave Spring Elementary, Garden Lakes Elementary, Glenwood Primary, Johnson Elementary, McHenry Primary, Model Elementary and Pepperell Primary. The guidelines to apply are: Proof of residence, one application per child, apply in the attendance area of the school in which you reside, and child must turn 4 years old before Sept. 1. For questions, contact Tina Black at tblack@floydboe.net or 706-234-1031, ext. 7186.

The Berry College

Moon Gallery is presenting “Journals and Reading Lists” by Travis Head

through Feb. 8. The solo exhibit is autobiographical and uses drawing that is mediated by technology and entertainment. The Moon Gallery is open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Rome First Baptist Church, 100 E. Fourth Ave.,

is hosting “Familiar Faces and Places,” an exhibition of works by Rena M. Storey, in its art gallery until Feb.

28. Enter from the East First Street parking lot next to the chapel, and take the elevator to the third floor.

Blood Assurance is requesting blood donations at local donor centers or bloodmobile drives. There is less than a one-day supply of O negative blood and the community is asked to donate to help guarantee blood is available for hospital patients. Donors must be at least 18 years old or 16 years old with parental consent, weigh 110 pounds or more, and be in good health. Donors are asked to drink plenty of fluids, avoid caffeine and eat a meal that is rich in iron prior to donating. Call 800-962-0628, text “BAGIVE” to 444999 or visit www.bloodassurance.org to schedule an appointment.

UPCOMING

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 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. The Women’s Information Network will host a seminar by Dr. Jordan Greenbaum, “Human Trafficking Meets Healthcare: An Opportunity for Intervention,” on Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Georgia Northwestern Technical College, Building H, 1 Maurice Culberson Drive. Admission is $10 and includes lunch. To register visit infoforwomen.org, call 706-506-2000 or email baker8483@comcast.net.

The Porcelain Art Guild will meet Jan. 27 at 10 a.m. at Daisy Henderson’s studio. Anna Nichols will present the program, “Making Lace on Porcelain.” Attendees should bring a piece of porcelain, black ink and anise oil or black paint powder and a pen for porcelain.

Cross Fit UCS (Unity Christian School) will host the sixth annual Three Rivers Throwdown on Jan. 27 inside the Unity Christian School gym. The first workout will begin at 8:30 a.m. Last year over 50 teams of four from around the region participated. This is a fundraiser the Cross Fit, located inside the school, does for the athletics department every year. The public is invited.

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