PAWS adopts out over 50% of its animals at Bow Wow Luau
♦ Even the writer fell in love with a dog named Angel.
One by one, the dogs and cats at the Public Animal Welfare Services left the North Avenue facility for their forever homes during Saturday’s Bow Wow Luau, until over half the shelter sat empty.
PAWS waived all adoption fees for the event and offered $10 micro-chipping in order to bring more people into the shelter to look at the 115 cats and dogs housed at the facility.
Vet assistant Nicole Farrell organized the event which ran during national Clear the Shelter Weekend, and the result was a full day of adoptions and empty kennels. The first hour alone yielded 14 adoptions, she said.
“Sometimes we don’t get that in a day,” Farrell said.
The goal was to get as many animals adopted as possible she said, but even if they get at least one room clear that would be wonderful.
“It will be a good day if we get even one animal adopted,” PAWS Director Jeff Mitchell said.
All actively adoptable animals were out on the floor to be adopted. The only animals that couldn’t be viewed during Saturday’s event were the sick and aggressive animals kept in quarantine.
Coming off the back of what Farrell and others at the shelter call kitten and puppy season, there were plenty of young animals at the shelter. However, not all the animals at PAWS Saturday were young. Juliette, a blue tick coon hound, was 15 but still found a home despite her age.
Doug, Dory and Jonas Smith drove two hours to get Juliette after they saw her on the PAWS website. Doug and Dory currently have five rescue dogs with two of them being of the same breed as Juliette, Dory said.
“When my husband saw her he was like ‘We can’t let that poor senior dog just sit up there,’” Smith said. “She has been here for two months and no one was going to adopt her.”
Farrell said it was good to see some of the older animals get adopted out. Juliette has some health issues but was bouncing back after a recent surgery and would regain her lost weight with proper care.
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BARNES, Edward Tracy Jr.
Edward Tracy Barnes Jr., 88, passed away following a prolonged illness on Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 41 years, Nancy Roberts Barnes.
He leaves behind his wife of 16 years, Judy Young Barnes; two daughters, Susan Barnes Fink (Joe), Elizabeth Barnes Borom (Perry Jr.); three sons, Edward Tracy Barnes III (Carol), Matthew Edward Barnes (Barbara), and Steven Timothy Barnes (Christophe); seven grandchildren, Justin Patrick Barnes, Brittany Barnes Kinney, Mary Katharine Barnes, Jessica Christine Barnes, Abigail Elizabeth Barnes, Judith Roberts Borom, and Ashleigh Sarah Barnes; great-granddaughter, Reagan Lynn Kinney.
Ed was born and raised in Atlanta, the son of Edward Tracy Barnes Sr. and Johnnie Wiley Barnes. He was a past resident of Kennesaw and Rome, Georgia, and also Camden and Aiken, South Carolina. He resided in Peachtree City for the past 20 years. He graduated from Russell High School in Atlanta and went on to study at Georgia Institute of Technology. His studies at Georgia Tech were interrupted by the Korean War, where he served in the Navy from 1951-55. After graduating, he worked with Milliken Company for 42 years.
An avid golfer, he began playing as a child and went on to play at Georgia Tech and also played competitively through his adult years. He was an active volunteer with the Georgia State Golf Association wherein he served as a two-term president from 1976- 1980 and member of the Board of Directors from 1974-1994. He also was active with the United States Golf Association for over 25 years.
Visitation will be held August 23, 2019, at Mowell & Son Funeral Home, 200 Robinson Road, Peachtree City, Georgia, from 6:00 p.m.8:00 p.m. Funeral service will be held at All Saints Anglican Church, 149 Ebenezer Road, Fayetteville, Georgia, Saturday, August 24, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. Reception will immediately follow.
,Q OLHX RI ÀRZHUV WKH IDPily requests donations be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at jdrf.org or 3525 Piedmont Road NE, Bldg. 6, Suite 300, Atlanta, Ga. 30305. Please list Edward Barnes in the memo line.
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PAWS next event will be on Sept. 23 and will be an educational night focused on pitbulls. The Pittie PJ’s party will be a night where community members can come in and hang out at the shelters, Farrell said.
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 706-676-4445.
TUESDAY
The Celanese Girls will meet for lunch on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at Red Lobster, 700 Shorter Ave. For more information call 706-506-1389.
The Kiwanis Club of Rome will meet from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday at Schroeder’s (Sam’s Burger Deli), 3268 Martha Berry Highway. Laura Citron, Director of Development for Highland Rivers Foundation, will speak about Highland Rivers services and its foundation. Email kiwanisclubofrome@gmail.com.
The Armuchee Ruritan Club will meet on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at New Armuchee Baptist Church, 5385 Martha Berry Hwy. A presentation by Mandy Maloney on census matters will be the program. For details, consult www.armucheeruritan.org.
The Disabled American Veterans of Chapter 95 meets at the RomeFloyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway, on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to assist veterans in filing benefits claims with the Veterans Administration. Bring all documents pertaining to service and medical records. For questions or to set up an appointment for another time call Art Cook at 706-314-6411.
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.
WEDNESDAY
Celebrate Recovery meets on Wednesdays at
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
The Rotary Club of Rome will host Don Martin, Rotary District 6910 Governor, 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.
Gordon County Saddle Club meets the fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Gordon County Agricultural Service Center, 1282 Highway 53 Spur, Calhoun.
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. For more information call 706-728-8728 or visit the BSF International website.