COMMUNITY CALENDAR

TODAY

The Rome Chapter of The Compassionate Friends will meet today 7 p.m. at Redmond Regional Medical Center, 501 Redmond Road. Take the outpatient elevators to the lower level and go to classroom A. For more information call DeeAnn at 706-936-9021.

The Georgia Mountain Music Club

will have their “Ole Tyme Music and Homemade Ice Cream” event today at 6:30 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway. Admission is $5. For more information call 706-584-1724.

The Work Source Georgia Promoting Access for Individuals with Disabilities

Committee will meet at 10 a.m. on today for minutes, goals and objectives, business representatives and other items at the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, 3 Jackson Hill Drive.

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 lowincome 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.

SATURDAY

The American Legion Post 506 will have a barbecue fundraiser on Saturday at 11 a.m. at 21 Peachtree St. Barbeque chicken and rib plates will be available. Proceeds will benefit the post’s scholarship fund. For more information call 706-291-2327.

The Puryear Detachment, Marine

Corps League will host former U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Paul Ebel speaking of his experiences in the Vietnam War on Saturday at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Coffee and donuts will be served at 9 a.m. and the meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. Ebel served as chief engineering officer aboard the USS Guardfish, famous in naval lore for its ability to secretly track Soviet nuclear submarines for months at a time. Prospective League members and interested guests are invited.