COMMUNITY CALENDAR

2022-07-19 - To list an event, email the item to Romenewstribune@rn-t.com with “Community Calendar” in the subject line. A flyer may be attached but can not be accepted alone.

TUESDAY

Sand Springs Church annual Cemetery & Church Cleaning will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 19. Cookout following. Volunteers needed and welcome! Bring lawn equipment, cleaning supplies. Take Fouche Gap Road to Sand Springs Road. Church is on the right. For information call 706-290-3956.

The Celanese Girls will meet Tuesday, July 19, at 11:30 a.m. at Moe’s Original BBQ, 101 W First St. For more information please call 706-506-1389.

WEDNESDAY

The City of Rome and Rome International Film Festival free movie this week is “The Wiz” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at City Auditorium, 601 Broad St. Concessions will be available. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the show.

FRIDAY

New Echota state historic site in Calhoun will have Junior Ranger Day on Friday, July 22, to help youth ages 7-10 complete the junior ranger site book and earn a badge. Rangers will give short hands-on lessons on archeology, the Cherokees, forest ecology and more from 10-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-2 p.m. Register in advance by calling 706-624-1321 or emailing kevin.mardell@dnr.ga.gov. Admission is $7/adult, $5.50/youth.

Liberty View Baptist Church, 101 Spur, Silver Creek, and Rev. Jerry Cowart are hosting a summer revival through Friday, July 22, beginning at 7:30 p.m. each night.

Everyone is invited.

SATURDAY

Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum, 24 Veterans Memorial Highway, will be hosting its free Community Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 23. For more information on exhibits and activities, visit Berry.edu/oakhill.

SUNDAY

Sand Springs Church annual Homecoming is 11 a.m. Sunday, July 24, with message by Rev. Samuel Buice. Dinner, fellowship & afternoon singing to follow. Take Fouche Gap Road to Sand Springs Road. Church is on the right. For information call 706-290-3956.

UPCOMING

The Georgia Legal Services Program will be offering a free Back to School Legal Clinic for Caregivers — grandparents and other relatives caring for someone else’s child in their home — from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, July 25, at the Rome Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Space is limited and appointments are encouraged. Call 833-457-7529.

The City of Rome and Rome International Film Festival free movie this week is “The Goonies” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, at City Auditorium, 601 Broad St. Concessions will be available. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the show.

Dedication of a monument to the Deaf Priors, hosted by the

Georgia School for the Deaf Alumni Association, is set for 11 a.m., Thursday, July 28, at Asa Prior Cemetery on Brooks Street in Cedartown. Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is invited.

Paradise Garden Foundation will host a Creative Spirit Retreat at Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden in Summerville, on Saturday, July 30, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Registration is $30, online at Paradisegardenfoundation.org or by phone at 706-808-0800.

Second Avenue Baptist Church, 823 E Second Ave., is hosting a Homecoming Classic Car Show from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 30. Snow cones, food truck and inflatable slide for kids. Entry is free. Call to register at 706-232-3663.

ONGOING

The Rome Police Department is seeking feedback from the citizens of Rome through a survey at Surveymonkey.com/r/7x3q68d. The survey only takes a few minutes and is anonymous.

The American Rosie the Riveter Association is looking for women or descendants of women who worked in formerly all-male jobs during the World War II years of 1942-1945. For more information on the Rosies, email brittany. sorrells@retireatberry.com.