Calendar

Thursday, Aug. 18

MEETING · The regularly scheduled meeting of the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission Council will be Thursday, Aug. 18, at 11 a.m. at the Gordon County Ag Service Center, 1282 Highway 53 Spur, SW in Calhoun, Ga.

Friday, Aug. 19

ENTERTAINMENT · The Community Players will present performances of “Beauty and the Beast” at The Colonnade, 264 Catoosa Circle, in Ringgold Friday-Saturday, Aug. 19-20, at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a matinee Aug. 20, at 1 p.m. The show will be under the direction of Melissa Adams and musical direction of Amy Carter. The soundtrack includes crowd pleaser “Be our Guest.” Beloved characters “Belle” and “Gaston” will take the audience on a musical journey alongside their favorite cast of characters. Ticket prices range from $11-$15 with reserved seating. Group ticket prices available for all shows. Email office@colonnadecenter.org or call 706935-9000.

Saturday, Aug. 20

COMMUNITY · The Friends of the LaFayette Walker County Library, 305 South Duke Street, in LaFayette, will host a fundraiser called “Mock Tales” Saturday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m. Cocktail attire. Cocktails, hors d’ oeuvres, silent auction baskets and book readings. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in advance at the library or at Ty Willeford’s Edward Jones office at 503 North Main Street. Tickets will also be available at the door the night of the event. No alcohol will be served, only “mock cocktails.” Proceeds benefit library programs.

COMMUNITY · The Friends of the Gordon-Lee Mansion open the Mansion for tours each Saturday between Memorial Day and Labor Day, from 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. All rooms are open and furnished in antebellum period décor. Self-guided tours are $5 adults and $1 under 12 with all proceeds going to promote, preserve and enhance the mansion. Call the Friends at 423-488-0861 or visit our website at friendsofthegordonleemansion.org.

Sunday, Aug. 21

COMMUNITY · Heritage Pointe Baptist Church, 60 Dyer Bridge Place, in Ringgold invites the public to a free family-friendly movie night Sunday, Aug. 21, at 6 p.m. Feature is “Woodlawn” ( football and faith). Popcorn and drinks provided. For more information, call 706-858-0976.

Monday, Aug. 22

COMMUNITY · Elizabeth Lee United Methodist Church is hosting a community-wide blood drive Monday, Aug. 22. Blood Assurance will have a bloodmobile at the downtown Chickamauga church between 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. For information, or for donors to schedule appointments, contact Janet Russell at 423-838-3057 or email jr215@comcast.net.

Tuesday, Aug. 23

MEETING · The Walker County Chamber of Commerce will host its One-Walker Membership Luncheon Tuesday, Aug. 23, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at The Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club on Lookout Mountain. Chamber Chair P. R. Cook will give an overview of the OneWalker Initiative. Cost to attend is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Registration includes a meal provided by The Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club. Those wishing to attend must register online; registration will end Sunday at midnight prior to the event and no walk-ins will be accepted. Non-Chamber members are required to pay by Visa or MasterCard at the time of registration. Refunds for cancellations will not be accepted after noon on Friday, Aug. 19. For more information on the Walker County Chamber of Commerce call 706-375-7702 or visit walkercochamber.com.

MEETING · The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission’s Area Agency On Aging will hold its quarterly meeting Tuesday, Aug. 23, at the Thornton Recreation Center, 102 North Floyd Park Road, Rome, Ga. 30165 (Across from Armuchee High School on Highway 27 North). The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and is open to the public.

Wednesday, Aug. 24

COMMUNITY· The Catoosa County public library, 108 Catoosa Circle, in Ringgold, will host a Sensory Movie Wednesday, Aug. 24, at 3:30 p.m. Special movie with lights slightly dimmed, sound lowered and chairs optional. Children with special needs are encouraged to dance, sing and enjoy the movie with their parents. You m ay bring snacks; popcorn optional. For more information, call 706-965-3600.

Thursday, Aug. 25

COMMUNITY · An exhibit on mining in northwest Georgia is on display at the Welcome Center across from the Marsh House on N. Main Street, in LaFayette. Coal and iron ore mining provided many jobs in the 20th century in this area. Open to the general public Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1:30-3:30 p.m.

COMMUNITY· The Catoosa County public library, 108 Catoosa Circle, in Ringgold, will host Family Movie Night Thursday, Aug. 25, at 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 706-9653600.

Saturday, Aug. 27

RECREATION · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend the fourth local event to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service. Teams from the Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball will play a special doubleheader in the recreation field at Chickamauga Battlefield Saturday, Aug. 27. Please follow the “Special Event” signs to the field for designated parking. Visitors can bring a lawn chair, a blanket, a picnic lunch (or purchase lunch from a vendor on-site) and step back in time to the 1860s to watch America’s national pastime as it was originally played. Kids will have opportunities to participate in other vintage games from the 1860s as well. At noon, the Highland Rim Distillers will play the Mountain City of Chattanooga and at 2:30 p.m. Phoenix of East Nashville plays Lightfoot of Chattanooga. For more information about upcoming programs at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, please contact the Lookout Mountain Visitor Center at 423-8217786, the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at 706-866-9241, or visit the park’s website at nps.gov/chch.

ENTERTAINMENT · Walmart Family Movie Night will show Zootopia Saturday, Aug. 27, as its family-friendly outdoor movie on Barnhardt Circle’s polo field in Fort Oglethorpe. Movie begins at dark. Bring a lawn chair or blankets. Liberty Church of Fort Oglethorpe will have concessions available. Movie and parking are free. For more info visit fortotourism.org or call the 6th Cavalry Museum at 706-861-2860.

Sunday, Aug. 28

CHURCH · Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church, five miles south of LaFayette on Trion Hwy (Old Hwy 27, will have a Homecoming Sunday, Aug. 28, at 10:30 a.m. Services begin at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Jimmy Wilder will bring the message and “Open Heart Harmony” will entertain. Lunch will follow. Please join us and bring your friends.

Tuesday, Aug. 30

CLUB · The Southern Lit Book Club will meet at Caffeine Addicts, 7819 Nashville Street, in Ringgold, Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 6 p.m. This month’s selection is “A Place on Earth” by Wendell Berry. For more information, call Donna Greeson at 706935-2810.

COMMUNITY· The Catoosa County public library, 108 Catoosa Circle, in Ringgold, will host Teen Choice Program Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 706965-3600.

COMMUNITY · The Alzheimer’s Association will host a caregiver workshop Tuesday, Aug. 30, from 10 a.m. -2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Fort Oglethorpe, 2645 Lafayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe. Registration is free, but required. Lunch is provided. Please call 800272-3900 to register.

Saturday, Sept. 3

COMMUNITY · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a variety of living history programs taking place at Point Park, on Lookout Mountain and at Chickamauga Battlefield during Labor Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3-4. At Point Park, living historians will share the experiences of Confederate soldiers on the mountain during the Siege of Chattanooga. Programs, which will include rifle-firing demonstrations, are scheduled at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday and at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission to Point Park is $5 per adult, ages 16 and older (children, ages 15 and younger enter for free). At Chickamauga Battlefield, there will be artillery programs Saturday. Visitors will have the opportunity to see and hear a reproduction Civil War cannon firing and to learn about the role of artillery during the Battle of Chickamauga. Programs at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center are scheduled at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. There are no admission fees to Chickamauga Battlefield. For more information about upcoming programs at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, please contact the Lookout Mountain Visitor Center at 423-821-7786, the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at 706-866-9241, or visit the park’s website at nps. gov/chch.

COMMUNITY · The Chickamauga Lions Club will host a “Supermarket Sweep” drawing Thursday, Sept. 1, for the Sweep Saturday, Sept. 3, at 9:30 a.m. at Shop Rite, 200 Thomas Avenue, in Chickamauga. Winner will be allowed five minutes to “run the store” and shop and will also receive $50 in meat. No alcohol or tobacco allowed.

Sunday, Sept. 4

COMMUNITY · There will be a 50s Sock Hop dance Sunday, Sept. 4, from 7-11 p.m. at the Walker County Civic Center, Hwy 27, in Rock Spring to support Stocking Full of Love. Event features music, dancing, food and fun. Cost is $5 per person, six years and under free. Music by Paul Smith and the Sky High Band. Contests include best 50s dance, best dress and hula-hoop contest.

Monday, Sept. 5

COMMUNITY · There will be a Labor Day Car Show Monday, Sept. 5, at the Walker County Civic Center, Hwy 27, in Rock Spring benefiting the Al Millard Memorial Stocking Full of Love. Registration is from 8-11:30 a.m. Gravy and biscuit breakfast, grilled burgers and hot dogs, barbeque and silent auction/raffle. For more information call 706638-1909, ext. 1276.

Thursday, Sept. 8

SCHOOLS · The LaFayette High School Homecoming Parade will be Thursday, Sept. 8, at 5:30 p.m., beginning and ending in the old Lafayette High School parking lot. Any organization, school, church or civic group that is interested in participating should come by the LHS office and pick up an entry form. No four-wheelers, horses, go-carts or political advertisements allowed. Only entries that are registered at the high school will be allowed in the parade.

COMMUNITY · United Way asks nonprofit organizations to consider submitting a project proposal for the United Way Volunteer Center’s 27th annual Day of Caring. On Thursday, Sept. 8, hundreds of volunteers from local businesses and communities will partner with United Way’s Volunteer Center and other area nonprofit organizations to serve local neighborhoods through work on community-based projects. The center needs help to find unique volunteer projects where willing volunteers can serve and make the most impact in one day. Nonprofit (501c3) organizations are invited to submit a project need to United Way’s Volunteer Center. More than one project proposal may be submitted (and may be accepted) but each request must be submitted separately. Go to UnitedWayWCD. org to fill out a proposal online or to download a proposal form. For more information call Anna Baker with United Way’s Volunteer Center at 423-752-0316 or email her at annabaker@uwchatt.org.

Saturday, Sept. 10

COMMUNITY · The Catoosa County Library, 108 Catoosa Circle, in Ringgold, invites the community to hear family-friendly stories told by local storyteller Kay Rose Saturday, Sept. 10, at 11:30 a.m. Rose specializes in classic stories for children and families and will tell different stories each month based on a changing theme. She uses puppets, props and audience participation to make her stories fun and entertaining for all ages. As a former first grade teacher, she knows how to connect with children in a way that helps them understand the story instead of just listening.

REUNION · The West Side class of 1966 will host its 50th reunion Saturday, Sept. 10, at Red Clay State Park, 1140 SW Red Clay Park Road, Cleveland, Tenn. There will be a covered dish luncheon at 1 p.m.; shelter is reserved for the day. Fee is $5 per person and due by Thursday, Sept. 1. All 66 graduates and those who started at Tunnel Hill or West Side and would have been a part of the class of 1966 are welcome to attend. Call Barbara 706-581-2016 or Kathleen at 706-6734291 for reservation or payment.

Sunday, Sept. 11

COMMUNITY · “Walker County Cities On Our Knees” community prayer event will be held at the Walker Civic Center Sunday, Sept. 11, at 5:30 p.m. to commemorate the 15-year anniversary of the 9/11 events. There will be a time for prayer, praise and worship and a special time of prayer for the military and their families, for the country and cities within the community and for teachers, students and parents as the new school year begins. It is a time to put aside political difference, denominations, team rivalries and any other differences to come together as “one” and pray. For more information email Lisa Heyer at Lisa@LisaHeyer.com.

Tuesday, Sept. 13

COMMUNITY · Chickamauga Public Library, 306 Cove Road, in Chickamauga will offer “The Nuts and Bolts,” Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. Hosted by Rob Looney, AAMS, financial advisor with Edward Jones, the educational program shares basic information to help evaluate how stocks may fit into an overall strategy. Discuss and review common versus preferred stocks, dividends, investment strategy and different ways to own stock.

Friday, Sept. 16

BUSINESS · The Walker County Chamber of Commerce will host a Small Business Conference Friday, Sept. 16, from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. at the Walker County Civic Center, 10052 N Highway 27, Rock Spring. The one-day professional event, sponsored by EPB, focuses on a variety of topics impacting today’s businesses, including healthcare, new overtime regulations, social media, technology and generational differences in the workplace. The agenda includes three keynote speakers and 16 breakout sessions, allowing attendees to customize their conference schedules based on the topics that most interest them. Early bird rates start at $40 for chamber members and $45 for non-chamber members. The registration fee includes breakfast and lunch. The early bird deadline is Aug. 15. To view a full list of speakers and conference agenda, visit walkercochamber. com/small-businessconference.html.

COMMUNITY · The second annual North Georgia Autism Conference will be Friday, Sept. 16, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Rock Bridge Community Church, Stage 123, 123 W. Gordon Street, in Dalton. Sponsors are Elder Law Practice of David L. McGuffey, Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership and the Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia. Cost is $25 per person. Registration online at chattanoogaautismcenter.org/north-ga-conference-registration, or at event, beginning at 8 a.m. Lunch is not guaranteed if you register the day of the event.

Saturday, Sept. 17

COMMUNITY · The 2016 Blue & Gray BBQ Contest and Festival is Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. at the Gordon-Lee Mansion in Chickamauga, Ga. As in past years, parking and admission to the grounds is free while tours of the mansion are $5 for adults and $1 for children under 12. We have spaces left for all types of craft vendors, information booths and food vendors to complement the BBQ. Information and applications are on the website and facebook pages or contact Gary at 423-488-0861, friendsofthegordonleemansion.org. All proceeds benefit the Friends of the GL Mansion, a nonprofit charity.

Tuesday, Sept. 20

CLASSES · North Georgia Healthcare Center (Alzheimer’s Association), 6120 Alabama Highway, in Ringgold will host an education series of workshops Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 2-3 p.m. (Healthy living for your brain and body), Tuesday, Oct. 18, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (Know the 10 signs; lunch served) and Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 2-3 p.m. (The basics: memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease). No cost, but registration is required. For more information or to register, call 706-935-6442 or email smitchell@nghcc.com.

Sunday, Sept. 25

REUNION · The 70th annual Nance-Rollins family reunion will be Sunday, Sept. 25, at noon at the Smith Chapel United Methodist Church, east of Ringgold, Ga. The first Nance-Rollins Family Reunion was Sept. 28, 1946, at Catoosa Springs in honor of Claudia (Nance) Rollins, wife of W. Henry Rollins and mother of O. Wayne and John W. Rollins. For 70 years, this tradition has been kept alive and the family has gathered every year since then, to share old memories and create new ones. For information or directions contact the Rollins Family Archive office at 404-888-2921.