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to raise $3,000 in order to give a $1,000 scholarship to all three high schools in Gordon County. Please support this worthy cause to help our local high school students who have lost loved ones to suicide. Tickets are available at the Harris Arts Center. The tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students.

Thursday, Sept. 20

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) Region One Planning Board will hold a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, September 20, from 6-8 p.m.. in the Meeting Room at the Catoosa County Commissioner’s Office, 800 LaFayette Street, Ringgold, GA 30736-1779. For additional information, questions or written input, please contact the DBHDD Regional Office at (706) 802-5606.

Saturday, Sept. 22

East Coast Dazzling Diamonds presents the 1st Annual Miss GA Peach Supreme Pageant. Pageant will be held at Dalton High on Sept 22 at 1pm. Call 706263-0553 or 706-264-1305, or email at eastcoastdazzlingdiamonds@gmail.com.

Country Music Show to benefit St. Jude’s Children Hospital will be on Saturday, September 22 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will be held at Pleasant Valley Flea Market Hwy 411 N., Eton. The music will be by the Country T Band, and there will be an open microphone for anyone wishing to perform. Donations are for St. Judes only, and admission is free.

Tuesday, Sept. 25

The 2013 United Way Campaign for the 19th year is the Unity Run set for Tuesday, September 25. The 1-K Kid’s Run begins at 5 p.m. and the 5-K Run/Walk is set to start at 6:30 p.m. Both runs start at Gordon Central High. The 1-K Kid’s Run finishes on the track at Ratner Stadium on the Gordon Central Campus. The 5-K finishes in downtown Calhoun at the intersection of Court St. and Park Ave. Registration forms are available on-line at www.gordoncountyunitedway.org, and www.active. com, email vspence@gordoncountyunitedway.org , call 706-602-5548 or drop by the Calhoun Depot and pick up a form.

Friday, Sept. 28

The Piedmont Regional Office Georgia Legal Services Pro Bono Project will sponsor a Free Legal Clinic entitled Ask a Lawyer Day for Gordon and surrounding county communities on Friday, September 28. it will be held at the Farm Bureau, located at 487 West Belmont Drive, Calhoun. The event is from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Attorneys will be available to provide brief legal advice on a variety of subjects including: Family, Consumer, Bankruptcy, Probate, Landlord Tenant Law and more. For more details, please contact the Private Bar Coordinator at Georgia Legal Services, Piedmont Regional Office at 404-894-7707 or our toll free number 1-800-8225391.

Reunions

Seritt/Serritt Family Reunion SundaySeptember 9th at the Old Sugar Valley School (now has air condition) Lunch served at 1:00pm. Meat, drinks, plates, etc will be provided. We are asking that you bring a vegetable dish, desert, bread, or drinks. Come meet your extended family. Every family recognized. We will honor the oldest and youngest family member. Bring any old photos that you would like to share. If you have any hobbies - Painting, Pottery, Wood working, Canning, Sewing ... bring something you don’t mind being given away for our door prize drawings. Several events planned to make it a fun family day. Help spread the word to other relatives.

Gordon Central class of ’92 will be hosting its 20year reunion. Well twenty years have passed since we all graduated, so do you still look the same? The celebrations will commence on Friday, October 5 at the Gordon Central Homecoming game which starts at 7:30 p.m. You may bring your children to the event if you would like. Saturday, October 6 we will meet at Mellow Mushroom on Broad Street in Rome. The starting time will be 7pm. If you would like to come early and help decorate please let me know. Cost is $15 per person and must be prepaid. Deadline is August 15. Mellow Mushroom closes at 2 a.m. and last call on drinks will be at 1 a.m. The first and most important thing is we need at least 100 people total to prepay their $15 each or $30 a couple by August 15th. Please mail your funds to Stephanie Mullins Fairchild at 12 Margo Trail Rd SE Rome, GA 30161. If you would like to add an extra $5 to your check to help with supplies, decorations, awards, centerpieces and a tip for our great Wes Ruff; that would be great. If not I do understand. We are just trying to make this as affordable as possible since so many are going thru some hard times. We are asking all classmates to join the Gordon Central Class of 1992 Face book page. We hope to see you in October.

The Calhoun High School Class of 1982 is holding their 30-year class reunion. The reunion will be held October 12 and 13. The class will host a tailgate party at the Phil Reeve Stadium preceding the Peperell home game October 12 at 6 p.m. Bring your favorite tailgate food and your family. The reunion party will be at the Calhoun Convention Center on October 13. Join the class for food, drink, music and fellowship from 7:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Go to the class website to register for the event at 1982chs.myevent.com. While online, be sure your personal information is current. You can register by mail. Send your check for $25 per person, if received before Sept. 1 or $30 thereafter to: CHS Class of 1982, C/O Dawn Brock, 276 Curtis Pkwy, Calhoun, Ga. 30701. For further information call Charles Prater at 770547-0007 or Darlene Lofty at 706-260-8003.

The Model High School Class of 1962 will have their 50th reunion Saturday, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m. at the Governor’s House in Kingston. Contact Carole Dover, 706-232-8783 or Pat McDaniel, 706-853-4507

Notices

Low Cost Spay/Neuter Program Sponsored by Echota Pet Advocacy and Rescue Group, Inc. will be on the second and fourth Wednesday of the Month. We are offering low cost spay/neuter procedures for cats $15 or dogs $20. Owners must show proof of true financial need (e.g. gross income less than $22,000 annually, any proof of government assistance) or provide a certificate issued by the Gordon County Animal Shelter. All animals must have current proof of Rabies vaccination or one will be administered at an additional fee of $5. Please note starting September 1 every animal will be given a 24 hour flea treatment before entering the mobile unit at a fee of $5. Animals must be good tempered, in apparently good health, less than five years old and less than 50 pounds. Surgeries are scheduled on a first come first serve basis. Please call Jeri Couch, surgical coordinator, at 706-2635884.

The Calhoun Tea Party will be meeting the second and fourth Thursday of each month at Shoney’s Restaurant on Red Bud Road in Calhoun. The meeting will start promptly at 12 p.m. and ends at 1 p.m. If you would like to buy your lunch there and eat with us, Shoney’s has opened their side room at 11:30 a.m. for those of us who choose to do that. August meetings will be Thursday, August 9 and Thursday, August 23. Come join us and let your voice be heard.