COMMUNITY CALENDAR

The Gordon County Singing Convention will hold the spring singing on Saturday, April 24, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church beginning at 6:30 p.m., at 574 Pleasant Hill Road, in Ranger, located just off state highway 156. Singers, directors and specials are expected from the surrounding areas. All singers and listeners are invited to participate.

The Highland Rivers Health Governing Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. in the Reaching our Community Clubhouse located at 1 Goodyear Ave., in Cartersville. The Finance and Corporate Compliance Committees will meet at 9:30 a.m. The meeting is open to the public. For additional information or directions, please call 706/270-5000.

May

The Girl Scouts will host a free “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” event at the Calhoun Recreation Department’s Yellow Park, Sunday, May 2, from 1 to 3 p.m. for all rising Kindergarten and first grade girls and their caregivers/parents. Build and fly a kite and make new friends. Register at tinyurl.com/gordonkiteevent. Email jsmith@gsgatl.org or call 678-787-1605 for more information.

Tallatoona Community Action Partnership Inc. is currently accepting appointments for the LIHEAP Cooling Assistance Program for the senior households 65 years of age and older. Beginning May 3, at 8:30 a.m., the general public may begin scheduling appointments. Schedule online at www.tallatoonacap.org or contact the Gordon County location by phone at 770-817-4666 for additional information.

Living Waters Ministries Church, 5730 Highway 53, will host a Mother’s Day service, Sunday, May 9, at 11 a.m., to include preaching and gospel singing.

Gordon Central High

School Baseball is hosting a golf tournament, Wednesday, May 12, at Fields Ferry, 581 Fields Ferry Drive. Lunch will be served at 11 a.m. with the four person scramble beginning at noon in a shotgun start. Cost is $100 per person.

Ongoing

The Calhoun-Gordon County Library has curbside service available Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., and book returns are available Monday, Wednesday and Friday during curbside hours.

The Gordon County Young Farmers will be having a Vidalia onion sale with orders through May 1 with pickup the first week of May (date TBD) at the Gordon County Agriculture Pavilion. For more information call or text Annemarie Carr at 706519-3619 or by email at acarr@gcbe.org.

The Anna Shaw Children’s Institute, 1201 Burleyson Road, Dalton, will provide two six-week social skills workshops for children beginning in April. A group for children age 5 to 7 will meet on Mondays, 4 to 5 p.m., from April 12 to May 17, and a group for children age 8 to 11 will meet on Tuesdays, 4 to 5 p.m., from April 13 to May 18. Each group will focus on building skills such as joining peer groups, giveand-take in conversations, how to win and lose, and setting/respecting boundaries. Sessions are practice-based and designed to be fun. The cost is $20 per session. If you would like to attend and need assistance with interpretation services and/or auxiliary aids, please indicate when registering. Space is limited. To register or for more information, call 706-226-8911.

Celebrate Recovery, a Christ centered recovery program, meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at City of Refuge, 100 Peters St.