CLUBS & MEETINGS
Below is this week’s schedule of Clubs and Meetings:
ONGOING
The Rome Kiwanis Club will be taking orders for peaches through Thursday. 25-pound boxes are $40, 12.5-pound boxes are $25 and 6.25-pound boxes are $15. Email orders to John Pillsbury at JLPillsbury0114@aol.com or send by mail to John Pillsbury, 106 East Valley Road, Rome, Georgia, 30161. Make checks out to Rome Kiwanis Club. Peaches will be available for pickup in the parking lot at State Mutual Stadium, 755 Braves Blvd., on July 19 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Proceeds from the sale go to Kiwanis youth projects or scholarships for Key Club members and local students. For more information call 706-506-4185 or 706-295-2201.
MONDAY
The American Legion Post 5 Executive Board will meet Monday at 6 p.m. The regular membership meeting and installation of officers for the new legion year have been rescheduled for July 20 at 6 p.m. Toastmasters of Rome meets at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway, on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 6 p.m. Visit romegeorgia.toastmastersclubs.org for more information. Senior Gospel Singers meet every Monday from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway, and every Thursday from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Shannon Scout Hut in Shag Williams Park, 40 Minshew Road, Shannon. For more information call Charles Patterson at 706676-4445.
TUESDAY
The Telephone Retirees will meet Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Charles Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway. Bring a covered dish. For more information call 706-802-7576. The 1959 graduates of East Rome High and West Rome High Schools will meet for their monthly reunion lunch at noon on Tuesday at O’Charley’s, 737 Shorter Ave. Spouses and friends are welcome. For information call Judy Ballard Dempsey at 706-237-2606. The Rome Art Coterie will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Carrollton-based artist Candace Fincher will present a slide presentation of her work. Fincher was a juror for the coterie’s 2019 Walking Art Tour. Visitors are welcome. The Armuchee Ruritan Club is currently seeking new members. The club normally meets the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at New Armuchee Baptist Church, 5385 Martha Berry Highway. For more information on upcoming meetings call 706-234-5887 or visit armucheeruritan.org. Building Positive Families offers parenting information sessions the first and second Tuesday of each month from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Community Room at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3000 Garden Lakes Blvd. For more information or to register for childcare call 706-346-7205 or submit contact info at www.BuildingPositiveFamilies.org.
WEDNESDAY
Celebrate Recovery meets on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. at Trinity United Christian Church, 6 Deer Run Trail. The Georgia Mountain Music Club has oldtime music and singing on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway. Visitors are welcome to attend the free program. For more information call 706-584-1724. Hospitality House has a women’s support group for victims/survivors of family or domestic violence from 3-4 p.m. on Wednesdays on the second floor of the Serve Rome Building, Rome First United Methodist Church, 202 E. Third Ave. Childcare is provided. TOPS 0344 Rome weight loss support group meets every Wednesday at Garden Lakes Baptist Church, 2200 Redmond Circle. Meetings start at 10 a.m. Weighin is from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. For more information call or text Jean at 706-331-1111.
THURSDAY
Rotary Club of Rome will host Captain Don Davis speaking on active threat response training on Thursday at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. The Rome Coin Club meets every Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Beech Creek United Methodist Church, 2972 Alabama Highway. Auctions begin at 6:20 p.m. sharp. National Active and Retired Federal Employees meet the second Thursday of each month at 11:15 a.m. at the Landmark Restaurant, 2740 Martha Berry Highway. Meetings are open to all active and retired civil service and FERS employees. Women in Recovery, a group for women who struggle with alcohol problems, meets Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at Living Proof, 408 Shorter Ave. Free babysitting provided. For more information contact Debbie J. at 706-766-7771. The Floyd County Democratic Party meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority, 560 N. Division St. The Rome Women’s BSF group meets every Thursday at 9:30 am at the Church at Northside, 75 North Floyd Park Road. BSF is a nondenominational international organization that encourages and equips people of all faiths to better serve their local churches. Women of all ages and faiths are welcome to attend. For more information call 706-7288728 or visit the BSF International website. Clubs and Meetings are published every Sunday. To have your group’s regular meetings (weekly or monthly) included, send by Thursday at noon to romenewstribune@ RN-T.com and include “Clubs and Meetings” in the subject line.