COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TUESDAY
The Rome Seven Hills Rotary Club will meet Tuesday at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. The program will be presented by Rome High School winners of the 2017 Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest.
The Rome Floyd County Chapter of the Georgia Council of the Blind will meet Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. The group discusses issues that impact individuals with vision loss. Lunch will be served. For more information call Marsha Farrow at 706-859-2624 or Amanda Wilson at 770-547-4700, or email marshafarrow@windstream.net or moonrocks@bellsouth.net.
The Armuchee Ruritan Club will meet Tuesday at the Air Museum for a tour of the facility at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport. Prospective members are invited. For details visit armucheeruritan.org.
The Rome Tea Party’s Lunch Bunch meeting will be Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at Fuddruckers, 595 Riverside Parkway. Jeff Kelly and Mike Morton will discuss
Donald Trump’s presidency and other issues of consequence. Come early to order from the menu. For more information contact Morton at 706-346-3400.
The Floyd County Landlord Association will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Fuddruckers, 595 Riverside Parkway. Magistrate Judge Gene Richardson will be the guest speaker. He will give an update on new laws and answer questions regarding dispossessions, tenant laws, etc. for Floyd County. For more information call Charlie Ford at 706-7663853.
FRIDAY
The Renew Our Rivers 2017 cleanup will take place Friday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Armuchee Creek. The group will meet at New Armuchee Baptist
Church, 5385 Martha Berry Highway, for staging, breakfast and a safety talk. Participants should wear boots and long pants. The cleanup will concentrate near the cemetery between Martha Berry Highway and Old Summerville Road. Boats will not be needed, but volunteers with trucks and winches to remove appliances, sofas and other items will be helpful. There will be plenty of opportunities for people to help clean along the creek and on both sides of the highway. For more information call 706236-4456. Breakfast, lunch, T-shirts and door prizes will be provided.
SATURDAY
The Northwest Georgia Winds and Guests will present “Across the Big Pond XVII” on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Forum River Center. The annual gala Celtic concert will include bagpipers, dancers, soloists and more. Admission is $5.
The Armuchee High School Class of 1957 will hold its 60th class reunion Saturday at Bella Roma Grill, 770 Braves Blvd. Class members, spouses and guests should arrive around 4 p.m. Everyone will order from the menu.
The Porcelain Art Guild will meet Saturday at 10 a.m. at Paula Baker’s Studio. The “Glazing Porcelain Orchids” workshop will be conducted by Anna Nichols. For more information call 706-266-6534.
UPCOMING
The Friends of the Library’s springtime Paperback Book Sale will be in the Oostanaula Room of the Rome-Floyd County Library on Riverside Parkway. The sale will be open April 26-27 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and April 29 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All regular-size paperbacks will be 25 cents or 5 for a $1. All oversize paperbacks will be 50 cents or 3 for a $1.
To list an event email RomeNewsTribune@RN-T.com, call 706-290-5252 or fax 706-290-5301.