COMMUNITY CALENDAR

THURSDAY

Single Friends will host a potluck at 6:30 p.m. on

Thursday at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway. New members are welcome. For more information call Barbara at 706-292-9180. The Rome African Violet

Study Group will hold their monthly meeting Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Rome Federated Garden Center, 100 E. Eighth St. The program will be on PH testing water. Bring a sample of your water for testing. For information call 706-295-4756. Rotary Club of Rome

will host Rome High School football coach John Reid at noon Thursday at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave., for a program titled “We are Champions — Building the Vision.”

FRIDAY

The Women’s Auxiliary of the Salvation Army will present “Making Memories to Make a Difference,” an evening of food, 1970s music, dancing and entertainment, on Friday from 6-9 p.m. at the Rome Civic Center, 400 Civic Center Drive. For more information and tickets call the Salvation Army at 706-291-4745.

The Rome Noon Optimist Club is accepting applications for its oratorical contest on March 10 at 2 p.m. in the chapel at Garden Lakes Baptist Church, 2200 Redmond Circle. The competition is open to any student who had not reached their 18th birthday prior to last Oct. 1. There is no minimum age. The topic for the contest is “Where are My Roots of Optimism?” Participants will be judged on both content and delivery. The deadline for registering is Friday. Call 706-7668880 or email carol.willis@ comcast.net for complete rules and an application.

SATURDAY

Third Street Ministries will be giving away clothing to homeless and low-income residents of Floyd County on Saturday in the parking lot of Rome First United Methodist Church, 202 E. First Ave., from noon-4 p.m. The Friends of the

Library are currently offering three new silent auction showcases devoted to the arts. For a complete list of items, visit www.rome. shrls.org/friends-of-the-library. The auction will close

Saturday at 4 p.m.

Georgia Highlands College, 5441 Highway 20, Cartersville, will host The Highlands Writers

Conference on Saturday. Full-day registration is $55 and includes two writing workshops, a publishing panel, a lunch presentation and a featured reading.

Half-day registration in $35 and includes one less writing workshop. The featured speaker is Jimmy Cajoleas, author of the young adult novel “Goldline.” To learn more about the event or to register visit facebook.com/ HighlandsWriters. Floyd County Master

Gardeners will host a free pruning demonstration on Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. at the Rome Civic Center, 400 Civic Center Drive. Learn basic skills and gain knowledge about the correct way to prune trees and shrubs in your garden. The program will be presented by City of Rome certified municipal arborist Terry Paige and Floyd County Extension Agent Keith Mickler. Call the Floyd County Extension Office at 706-295-6210 for details and visit the Floyd County Master Gardener Volunteers on Facebook for more information about local gardening.

The Clocktower Jazz Ensemble along with special guest singers will present the concert “More of the Best of Frank Sinatra” on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Forum River Center, 301 Tribune St. Tickets are $20 for cabaret-table seating and $10 for general admission. Tickets are available at the door or at Kroger, at the Forum box office, online at forumrivercenter.com (events tab; online fee added), or by calling 1-877-725-8849. Floyd County Master

Gardeners will host a free pruning demonstration on

March 3 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Rome Civic Center, 400 Civic Center Drive. Learn basic skills and gain knowledge about the correct way to prune trees and shrubs in your garden. The program will be presented by City of Rome certified municipal arborist Terry Paige and Floyd County Extension Agent Keith Mickler. Call the Floyd County Extension Office at 706-295-6210 for details and visit the Floyd County Master Gardener Volunteers on Facebook for more information about local gardening.

The Ridge & Valley

Storytelling Guild will host A Time to Tell, a time for adult storytelling on Monday at 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Oostanaula Room at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. For more information about the guild, email TerrellShaw@ me.com.

UPCOMING

Chieftains Museum/ Major Ridge Home

and the Berry College Environmental Studies program in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Department of Religion & Philosophy will cosponsor a lecture titled “Duyuk’ dv’ I: The Correct Way in Cherokee” by Tom Belt on March 6 at 7 p.m. at Evans Auditorium, Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway, in honor of the 180th Anniversary of the Trail of Tears. Tom Belt is the Western Carolina University Cherokee Language Program Coordinator and is working to create a Cherokee language program at the university level. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Belt is a fluent Cherokee speaker and works closely with speakers from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to produce culturally-based Cherokee language learning material. For more information about the event or the museum visit www. chieftainsmuseum.org or call 706-291-9494.

The Berry Singers will have a pre-tour concert at 7:30 p.m. on March 6 at the Berry College Chapel, Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway. Works originally conducted by Austrian composer Franz Herzog and American composer Mark Popeney and historic works by Johannes Brahms and Antonin Dvorak will be performed along with folk songs by William L. Dawson and Mack Wilberg. Berry College Director of Choral Activities Paul Neal will conduct. The pre-tour concert is free and open to the public. Third Street Ministries will be giving away clothing to homeless and low-income residents of Floyd County on March 13 in the parking lot of Rome First United Methodist Church, 202 E. First Ave., from 2-4 p.m.

The American Red

Cross, 112 John Maddox Drive, will hold a blood donation drive March 13 from 3-7 p.m. Download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767 to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of ID are required at check-in.

Mount Berry Mall will

host Color for a Cause, a live mural-coloring contest, on March 15 from 5-7 p.m. During the event, participating organizations will be provided a mural and given two hours to color. Guest judges will select the most creative mural to win a prize donation, and the murals will be uploaded to wecolorforacause.com for the community to vote for their favorite to be displayed in the mall. Throughout the evening, shoppers will be able to participate by showing their receipt to earn a point for a participating organization. Color for a Cause will donate $1 for each point earned and the organization with the most points will receive an additional prize donation.

The 2018 Leprechauna-thon 5K race will be held

March 17 at 7:30 p.m. Runners and walkers should wear green for a chance to win prizes at the pre-race costume contest. To register and for more information visit rfpra.com/leprechaun-a-thon. Preregistration is $25 for the 5K and $20 for the walk. Kids ages 12 and younger and groups of 10 or more can register for $20 each by visiting the Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation administration office, 1 Shorter Ave. Pre-registration ends on

March 16. To guarantee a race T-shirt register online by

Monday. The race is sponsored by Harbin Clinic.

Floyd County CASA will hold a CASA 101 volunteer information session on

March 6 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Oostanaula Room at the library, 205 Riverside Parkway. The session will include information about the application process, the

training and the case support provided to each volunteer. For additional information call 706-235-2272 or email Lynne@floydcasa.org.

To list an event email RomeNewsTribune@RN-T. com or call 706-290-5252.