COMMUNITY CALENDAR

September

Oostanaula Community Club will host a Labor Day Bluegrass Festival, Saturday, Sept. 4, 1595 Oostanaula Bend Road, beginning at 11 a.m. with lunch served at noon. Music will be by Shady Branch led by Vic Chastain. A raffle drawing for door prizes will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $7, and $8 for a meal including drink and desert.

Pastor Andrew Campbell and Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 997 Brownlee Mountain Road, Adairsville, will host Children of Promise singers, Sunday, Sept. 5, at 11 a.m. with lunch served following morning service.

Anna Shaw Children’s Institute will hold its next CHAMP (Classes to Help, Advise & Motivate Parents) webinar on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at noon. Hannah Cannon, MS, CCC-SLP, speech language pathologist, will present a program on “Using Visual Supports at Home.” Please visit the event section on Facebook. com/HamiltonCares for live streaming information. For more information, call 706-226-8900.

The Calhoun Gordon County Public Library will host a free Google Docs class, Thursday, Sept. 9, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Email latourb@ngrl.org for more information.

The Northwest Georgia Regional Fair runs Sept. 10 through Sept. 18, at the fairgrounds, 1060 Liberty Road, off Highway 53. Gates open nightly at 5 p.m. with unlimited rides for $25 each evening. Admission includes nightly concerts, livestock shows, pageants, school band performances and a petting zoo. Visit nwgafair. com for more information.

The annual

Rough Rider Memorial 5K,

hosted by Calhoun’s Georgia Army National Guard unit, will begin at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, at the George Chambers Resource Center, 1000 Highway 53 Spur. Online registration is open through Sept. 5 at runsignup.com.

The Gordon Chamber’s Young Professional Committee will host Amazing Race 2021 beginning at the Sonoraville Recreation

Complex, Saturday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.m., but teams must be registered and ready to run by 9:30 a.m. Registration booth will open at 9 a.m. With questions, call Joni Harbin at 706-625-3200 or email jharbin@gordoncountychamber.com.

The Northwest Georgia Regional Fair Parade, themed “Patriots Day” will run through downtown Calhoun, Saturday, Sept. 11, beginning at 11 a.m.

Samantha Lusk & Associates Realty will host a Meals of Freedom barbecue lunch Celebration, Saturday, Sept. 11, from noon to 2 p.m. at the VFW outdoor pavilion, 406 W. Line St., for military veterans and local first responders.

Court Appointed Special Advocates

will host a free volunteer training, Tuesday, Sept. 14, at Northpointe Church in Adairsville. Dial 770386-1060, Ext. 241 for more information.

Gordon County Schools

will host a special education private/homeschool consultation for students with disabilities (as required by IDEA 2004), Sept. 16, at 10 a.m., at the Special Education Office, 7300 Fairmount Highway, Building No. 2. The meeting will cover the child find process; the determination of proportionate share of funds available to serve parentally placed private and home school children with disabilities — including how that amount is calculated; the consultation procedures and how they operate; how, where, and by whom special education services and/or related services will be provided and a discussion of the type of services; and how the Local Education Agency (LEA) will notify private / home school officials of the reason why the LEA chose not to provide services if the LEA and provider disagree.

Souls Harvest Ministries, 4624 Fairmount Highway, will host a variety sale Friday, Sept. 17, and Saturday, Sept. 18, beginning at 8 a.m. each morning.