COMMUNITY EVENTS
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MONDAY
Lavender View Garden Club will meet Monday at 11 a.m. in Garden Lakes Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Nellie Luthi will be the speaker. For more information call 706-346-4719.
Disabled American Veterans
Chapter 95 will meet Monday at its new location at the Brookdale Senior Living Center, 180 Woodrow Wilson Way. A meal will be served at 5 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6 p.m. For more information call Butch Cohenour at 706-2916963 or Donald Phillips at 609410-1076.
TUESDAY
AARP Driver Safety Class will be offered Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., at the Anthony Center, 2901 Garden Lakes Blvd. Bring a sack lunch. The cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. Call 706-235-0094 to register.
The Sgt. Billy Freeman Post 1 Korean War Veterans
Association will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Post 52 building, 1205 Calhoun Ave. For more information call 706-234-8424.
The Rome Lions Club next meeting will be Tuesday at noon at the Red Lobster on Shorter Avenue in Rome. Guest speaker will be Stephanie Trautman with AriMedCare Network.
Rome Seven Hills Rotary
will meet on Tuesday at Coosa Country Club, Branham Avenue. at noon. Kellie Pearson and Jessica Cook will present on the March of Dimes.
THURSDAY
The Rome Rotary Club will meet Thursday at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. Krige Schabort will talk about the Paralympics.
Physician and meningitis vaccine expert Dr. Marc
LaForce will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Berry College Krannert Ballroom. His lecture “Global Immunization Programs: Workable Examples of Distributive Justice” is part of the Cecil B. Wright III Integrity in Leadership Lecture Series. The event is free and open to the public.
UPCOMING
The Rome chapter of the National Alliance on Mental
Illness is offering NAMI Smarts, a free, three-block course that helps people become effective advocates. NAMI Smarts guides participants through a process in order to develop a clear and short statement to persuade decision makers. The course will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the NAMI Trailer at 1 Woodbine Ave. Register by calling Jim at 706-506-5010.
The Porcelain Art Guild will hold its meeting and workshop on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Paula Baker’s Studio. Anna Nichols will present the program, “Building Porcelain Vase Stands.” For more information call 706-266-6534.
Model High School Class of
1960 and longtime classmates will meet for their quarterly class winter social on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Adairsville Inn. For more information call Linda Meers McFry at 706-295-4605 or Judye Green Wood at 706-2382545.
Singer-songwriter Kate
Campbell, who has opened for Emmylou Harris and follows the tradition of Spooner Oldham and Bob Dylan, will perform at First Baptist Church, 100 E. Fourth Ave., on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and include a chili and cornbread dinner.
The Rome affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental
Illness is offering a free educational course on mental illness and recovery. Family-To-Family, a free 12-week course for family members and friends of individuals who have mental illnesses, is scheduled to meet Sundays from 2 to 4:30 p.m. beginning Sunday at the NAMI Rome trailer, 1 Woodbine Ave. To register or for more information call Jim Moore at 706-232-4607.
UPCOMING
The Rome Rotary Club will meet Feb. 2 at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave., at noon. The guest speaker will be Georgia Highlands College President Don Green.
Unity Christian School will host a Preschool Open House on Feb 3 at 9 a.m. and a Visitors’ Day for Preschool – 12th grades on Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. Come to gain more information, tour the campus, and meet teachers. Light refreshments will be served.
The Rome Rotary Club will meet Feb. 9 at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave., at noon. David Dundee, an astronomer at the Tellus Science Museum, will speak about the solar eclipse coming later this year.
The Clock Tower Jazz
Ensemble with guest vocalists will present “The Best of Frank Sinatra” co-sponsored by R.O.M.E. on Feb. 11 in the Rome City Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Discounted advance tickets may be purchased two weeks prior to the performance at the Rome Visitors Center or at www. romesymphony.org/tickets/. Advance tickets cost $20 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for students, and are free for children 10 and younger. At the door, ticket prices increase by $5 each.
The Rome Rotary Club will meet Feb. 16 at noon at Coosa Country Club, 100 Branham Avenue. Don Roper, publisher of Georgia Backroads magazine, will speak.
The Northwest Georgia
Winds and Guests will present “A Game’s Afoot” on Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rome City Auditorium on Broad Street. There will be music from video games and other millennial favorites. Admission is free.
The Women’s Auxiliary of
the Salvation Army will present “Making Memories to Make a Difference” an evening of 40’s music plus entertainment Feb. 23 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the American Legion, 5 Shorter Ave. For more information call 706291-4745.
The Rome Rotary Club will meet March 2 at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. Hal Hombrock, who is the district chairman of the Georgia Rotary Student Program, will speak.
The Rome Rotary Club will meet March 9 at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave., at noon. Floyd County Schools Superintendent John Jackson will speak about the system’s College and Career Academy.
The Rome Rotary Club will meet March 16 at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave., at noon. Pastor Douglas Crumbly will speak about End Slavery Georgia’s efforts to end modern-day slavery.
The Northwest Georgia
Winds and Guests will present “Across the Big Pond XVII” on April 22 at 7:30 p.m. at The Forum. The annual gala Celtic concert will include bagpipers, dancers, soloists and more. Admission is $5.
The Northwest Georgia Winds and the Three Rivers
Singers will present “Music to Honor America” on May 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rome City Auditorium. Admission is free.
ONGOING
The East Rome High School
Class of 1967 reunion committee is seeking information on students who graduated in 1967, or those who attended East Rome but left before graduation. The group is looking for phone numbers, physical addresses and emails. Notify Donna Tillery Collier at 706-291-4316 or aldonahue@comcast.net with information or updates. Below is a sampling of prices from the U.S. Department of Agriculture website www.ams.usda.gov and the Georgia Department of Agriculture website www. agr.state.ga.us online.
CATTLE & BEEF Georgia Cattle Auction Weekly Review, Jan. 20, 2017
Slaughter Cows, Breaker 75-80 percent: Avg. wt. — 1385, Avg. price — 52.48.
Slaughter Cows, Boner 80-85 percent: Avg. wt. — 1340, Avg. price — 54.84.
Slaughter Cows, Lean 85-90 percent: Avg. wt. —1031, Avg. Price — 51.45.
Feeder Steers and Bulls, Medium and Large: Avg. wt. — 455, Avg. Price — 115.27.
Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large: Avg. wt. — 463, Avg. Price — 94.24.
Bred Cows, Medium and Large: Avg. wt. — 1024, Avg. Price — 892.05.
Cow-Calf Pairs, Medium and Large: Avg. wt. —1282, Avg. Price — 915.73.
CHICKEN
Editor’s note: According to the Georgia Department of Agriculture website, the Georgia Poultry Market News has been suspended indefinitely. A new demand indicator, the Georgia Poultry Premium Price Index, will start reporting on Feb. 1. Roman Record is following these changes with interest and hopes to provide useful information from the new indicator when the reporting starts.