COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TODAY
The Blood Assurance Rome
Donor Center, 178 Shorter Ave., Midtown Crossing Shopping Center, will be open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday in anticipation of Hurricane Florence. O negative, A negative, B negative and O positive donors are needed to give whole blood. Donors of other blood types are needed to give plasma and platelet donations. Schedule an appointment by calling 706-235-9853 or texting BAGIVE to 444999.
Harbin Clinic will host Walk with a Doc at Bridgepoint Plaza on today at 9 a.m. The event will feature a short wellness talk given by a Harbin Clinic physician followed by a 2-mile health walk along Kingfisher Trail. Walkers should wear light clothing and comfortable shoes to stay safe in the summer heat. Visit harbinclinic.com, Facebook and Twitter for event updates.
The Roman Rumble benefit 5K will be held today at Ridge Ferry Park, 363 Riverside Parkway. Proceeds will benefit Harbor House, the Northwest Georgia Child Advocacy Center for Floyd and Polk counties. Register to race at Active.com by searching “Roman Rumble.” Entry is $25.
Chieftains Museum/Major
Ridge Home, 501 Riverside Parkway, will host a garden
work day at 9:30 a.m. today. The Floyd County Master Gardeners will teach volunteers about the Major Ridge Demonstration Garden, the Three Sisters Garden and other campus landscape features as they help prepare the campus for fall. No experience is necessary. Bring work gloves and garden tools. For more information call 706-291-9494 or visit www.chieftainsmuseum.org.
The Rome/Colored Main High School Reunion Committee will meet at 1 p.m. today at the Kelsey-Aycock-Burrell Center, 41 Washington Drive. For more information call Cecelia Abbott at 706-461-0823.
The 43rd annual Rose
Lawn Arts Festival will be held today from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday from noon-5 p.m. at the Rose Lawn Museum, 224 W. Cherokee Ave., Cartersville. The festival will feature 150 artists and food vendors from across the southeast as well as entertainment. Admission to the grounds is free and museum tours are $7 each. Free shuttle service will be available from parking at the Frank Moore Building, Cherokee Avenue, and the Cartersville Library, 429 W. Main St. The Red Hatters will host
“A Journey in Time” today at 7 p.m. in the Hon Community Room at Cedartown High School, 167 Frank Lott Drive, Cedartown. Tickets are $15 each. Wear a costume from the period 1860-1960. Music by DJ Stretch Galliher. For more information call 770-5464717 or 770-883-3201.
“Beatles ’68” concert will be held today at 7:30 p.m. at the City Auditorium. The concert will feature Kenny Howes and Friends from Atlanta along with local string and horn players. The Beatles’ greatest hits from 1968 will be performed as they were recorded. Tickets cost $10 in advance and are available at Kroger in Rome and online at eventbrite.com. Tickets will be $12 at the door.
SUNDAY
The annual Possum Trot
Homecoming Service will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. at Possum Trot Chapel, Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway. Student speaker Kevin Grier will share details about his spiritual growth. A free potluck lunch will follow the service. Originally built around 1850, the church was appropriated by Martha Berry for the Possum Trot Sunday School in 1900. The needs of the people at Possum Trot inspired her to build other schools to help children in the area learn how to use their talents and resources better. This event is free and open to the public.
The Rome affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will offer a free educational course addressing mental illness and recovery. Peer-to-Peer is an 8-week course for adults who have a mental illness and begins at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The course is peer taught and will be held in the NAMI Rome trailer, Highland Rivers Crisis Stabilization Unit, 1 Woodbine Ave. For more information and registration call Jim at 706-232-4607.
MULTIDAY EVENTS
Rome-Floyd Parks & Recreation hosts bingo at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway, on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Cost is $1. Call 706234-0383 for more information.
The Georgia Mountain
Music Club has an acoustic instrument jam session on Mondays from 6-8 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway. For more information call 706-584-1724. The Ridge Ferry Park Farmers Market continues through
Oct. 17. The hours are 7-11 a.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Ridge Ferry Park Farmers’ Market Pavilion.