COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TODAY
The American Red Cross will hold a blood donation drive from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today at Pepperell High School, 3 Dragon Drive. 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.
The Berry Singers will have a pre-tour concert at 7:30 p.m. today 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. Berry College Director of Choral Activities Paul Neal will conduct. The event is free and open to the public.
Floyd County CASA will hold a CASA 101 volunteer information session today from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Oostanaula Room at the Rome-Floyd County 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.
Kiwanis Club of Rome will
host its annual music showcase on March 10 from 1-4 p.m. at Ford Auditorium, Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway. Rome and Floyd County schools students in ninth through 12th grades and home-school students who reside in Rome or Floyd County are eligible to participate. Student performances may be vocal or instrumental. Judges will select the top three performers to receive Kiwanis education scholarships ranging from $200 to $1,000. Application deadline today. For more information and to obtain an application visit www.romekiwanis.org or ask your school’s music instructor.
WEDNESDAY The Berry College Memorial Library, Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry
Highway, will host preeminent Eudora Welty scholar and 2018 recipient of the Governor’s Award in the Arts and Humanities Pearl McHaney at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday for a lecture titled “Eudora Welty: Human Rights in Prose and Photography.” The lecture is free and open to the public. McHaney is the editor of a number of books by Welty, a Georgia State University Kenneth M. England Professor of Southern Literature and the featured speaker for the Buzz and Barbara Mote McCoy Southern Women Writers Lecture at Berry.
Georgia Mountain Music
Club will meet Wednesday from 10 a.m.-noon at the Charles Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information call 706-235-3143.
The Model School Ole
Timers will meet for their quarterly luncheon at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Landmark Restaurant, 2740 Martha Berry Highway. All students and teachers of the late 1940s and ’50s are invited. For more information call 706-234-3680.
THURSDAY
The Rome Chapter of The Compassionate Friends will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at Redmond
Regional Medical Center, 501 Redmond Road. Take the outpatient elevator to the lower level classrooms. This support group is for those who have lost their child, grandchild or sibling. Call DeeAnn at 706-936-9021 or Sandra at 706-506-6108 for more information.
Rotary Club of Rome
will host attorney Daniele Tedesco speaking about immigration Thursday at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave.
FRIDAY
Georgia Legal Services
Program assistance will be available in the Judicial Courthouse, 3 Government Plaza, Suite 114 on Friday from 9 a.m.-noon to assist low-income clients in a range of civil matters including TPOs, public benefits, housing, consumer issues, school suspensions and unemployment. This service is provided on the second Friday of each month by Superior Court Clerk Barbara H. Penson and Georgia Legal Services Program. For more information call 706-291-5190.
An Affair to Remember:
The Blues will take place Friday at the Rome Civic Center from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. There will be food, fellowship and live blues instrumental and vocal performances by local musicians and vocalists. Tickets to the black-tie event are $30 and are available online at http:// theperc.bigcartel.com or by calling 706-622-7917.
MULTIDAY EVENTS
Habitat for Humanity Coosa Valley is accepting applications for the “A Brush with Kindness” program. The program assists homeowners in Floyd County by painting and performing minor repairs on the exterior of their homes. The homeowner repays the cost of the materials and supplies through a no-interest loan. Applications may be picked up at the ReStore, 95 Three Rivers Drive. There is a $10 fee for a background check. Homeowners will be required to make a 10-percent down payment on the estimated cost of the project.
Floyd County Juvenile
Court is seeking volunteers to serve as Citizen Review Panel members. After the initial two-day training, this is a once-a-month commitment. Volunteers will meet families with whom the Division of Family and Children Services is involved. The parties go over the case plans to measure progress and make recommendations to the judge. For more information or to volunteer, contact Kimberly Barackman at 706-290-6097. Training will be held March
15-16 and a background check will be required.
Oak Hill & The Martha
Berry Museum will present “Sanctuary at Berry: Wildlife Photography by Gena Flanigen” through Aug. 18. This exhibition explores Berry College’s wild inhabitants, including a variety of birds, mammals and reptiles. Berry faculty and community members will present lectures on white-tailed deer, the Berry College bald eagles, striped bass spawning and more. Museum admission is $8 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $5 for students. For more information visit berry.edu/oakhill.