COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TODAY
The Boys from Tubize/Celanese will meet for breakfast today at 8:30 a.m. at Landmark Restaurant, 2740 Martha Berry Highway.
Heyman HospiceCare at Floyd will hold a candlelight memorial service honoring patients and families at 6 p.m. today at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 911 N. Broad St. The event will include a brief word of prayer and music. A reception in the parish hall will follow the service. Parking will be available behind the church. For more information call 706-509-3200. Seating is limited. No reservations are required.
The Greater Rome Society for Human
Resource Management will meet at Hawthorn Suites, 110 Second Ave., today from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Garner and Glover is sponsoring the meeting and will be presenting “The Opioid Crisis: Considerations for employers.”
WEDNESDAY
The Pepperell High School Class of
1958 will have a luncheon Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Landmark Restaurant, 2740 Martha Berry Highway. For more information call Eleanor Hardin Hamby at 706-232-8144.
MULTIDAY EVENTS
Rome City Schools will hold transitioning to kindergarten parent workshops on Monday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at West End Elementary, on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at West Central Elementary, on May 10 at 6 p.m. at East Central Elementary, on May 11 at noon at North Heights Elementary and on May 16 at 2 p.m. at Elm Street Elementary. To RSVP or ask questions call Ginger Rowston at 706-236-5050 ext. 5034 or email growston@rcs.rome.ga.us.
Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home,
501 Riverside Parkway, will present an exhibit on the history of the organization in Rome and Floyd County titled “A Legacy of Service: The Junior Service League of Rome” through
May 31. The exhibit includes seven text panels and chronicles the history and achievements of the Junior Service League from its beginning in 1934 through the present-day. Admission to the exhibit is included with regular museum admission. For more information contact the museum at 706-291-9494 or visit their website at www.chieftainsmuseum.org.
One Community United and the Rome Art Coterie are sponsoring an art challenge for the 2018 One Table event. Anyone interested in submitting art depicting the message of One Table should contact Nedra Manner in person at Yellow Door Antiques, 219 N. Fifth Ave., or via Facebook. The deadline will be June 1. Winning artwork will become the property of One Community United to use in promotional material for One Table on Sept. 23.
The Coosa River Basin Initiative is seeking businesses and school, civic and church groups to participate in Rome’s Big Float on
June 2. More than 1,000 people are needed to create a mile-long chain of inner tubes and inflatables. Regular registration is $25, with children
12 and younger floating for free. Group registration rates are available. Participants receive a T-shirt, tube rental and shuttle service to and from the river. Afterwards there will be food, music and games at Heritage Park. For more information about group participation and event sponsorships email Shira Kerce at skerce@coosa.org. For more information contact Jesse Demonbreun-Chapman at 706-2322724 or jesse@coosa.org.
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 nointerest 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.