COMMUNITY CALENDAR
FRIDAY
The Rome-Floyd Recycling Center, 409 Watters St., will host a residential household hazardous waste and electronics
recycling event on Saturday from 9 a.m.– 3 p.m. Call 706-291-5266 to make an appointment before 5 p.m. on Friday. The schedule will be limited to the first 360 callers. Waste items collected include paint, oil, herbicides, pesticides and any unknown liquids. Recycling includes computers and periphery, televisions, cameras, recorders and other electronics.
SATURDAY
The Rome Georgia Tech Network is holding their annual Georgia Tech night on Saturday at 4 p.m. at State Mutual Stadium, 755 Braves Blvd. Donations will be accepted for the Wesley Johnson Incoming Freshman Scholarship Fund. A block of $5 tickets is reserved for Georgia Tech Network members. Contact Rome Georgia Tech Network President Tim Groves at greasy.jacket@ gmail.com or 678-522-1036 to reserve a ticket. Floyd Emergency Medical Services will hold a free lifesaving skills class Sat
urday at 9:30 a.m. at EMS Headquarters, 500 Riverside Parkway. The class will include Stop the Bleed training, hands-only CPR and general first aid. Anyone interested in attending can call Maj. Rick Cobb with Floyd EMS at 706-509-3820. National Alliance on Mental IllnessRome will offer the NAMI Smarts for Advocacy class “Medication: Protecting Choice” on Saturday from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at 1 Woodbine Ave. If you have a mental illness, are a family member, provider, caregiver or just want to learn more about this topic, consider taking this class. Contact NAMI Rome at 706-5065010 for more information and registration. The Calhoun Area Writers will host the second Northwest Georgia Writers
Conference on Saturday at the Harris Arts Center, 212 S. Wall St., Calhoun. Author Karin Gillespie, who has written for the New York Times, Washington Post and Writer Magazine, will be the keynote speaker. Among informational sessions, other highlights include booksellers, door prizes and networking. Tickets are $65 for adult non-members and $50 for Calhoun Area Writers members and students. Visit calhounareawriters.com for tickets. For more information call 423-322-0504.
MULTIDAY EVENTS
Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden, 200 N. Lewis St., Summerville, will host Finster Fest on May 26-27 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. The festival will feature more than 50 artists, live music and food, a children’s art activity area and tours of Paradise Garden. Admission is $5. Free parking is available at Walmart, 13427 U.S. 27, Trion, with a shuttle to the grounds provided. Handicapped-accessible parking is available on-site. For more information visit www.paradisegardenfoundation.org or call 706-808-0800. 100 Black Men of Rome-Northwest
Georgia and Georgia Highlands College are taking applications for the 13th annual Foundation Camp for boys between the ages of 10 and 14 at Georgia Highlands College. The camp will be held May 29-June
8. The camp focuses on academics, athletics and enrichment courses and activities. Foundation Camp is free but there are a limited number of spaces available that are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. To apply or for more information contact Jon Hershey at jhershey@highlands.edu. 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. Afterward 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 706232-2724 or jesse@coosa.org. 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. 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.