COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TUESDAY
The Rome Lions Club will meet Tuesday at noon at Red Lobster on Shorter Avenue. Lions Past District Gov. David White of Marietta will speak about the Georgia Camp for the Blind.
Rome Seven Hills Rotary Club will meet Tuesday at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. The program will be presented by outgoing GRSP student Camilla Moreno. She will share her experience at Berry College with the club.
A Laughercize Class will meet Tuesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Center, 1325 Kingston Road. Classes are free and open to everyone. For more information call Angie Robinson at 706-506-8929.
The Sgt. Billy Freeman Korean War Veterans Association Post 1 will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at American Legion Post 52, 1205 Calhoun Ave. For more information call 706-234-8424. The Rome Area History Museum and the Duke Museum of Military History announce “A Snapshot in Time,” a program on the 100-year anniversary of the United States’ entry into
World War I, with an emphasis on the military weaponry developed during this era. Speakers include Leslie Duke, executive director of the Duke Museum of Military History, and local historian Johnny Davis. This free event will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. on the second floor of the Rome Area History Museum, 305 Broad St. The program will highlight a brief overview of the world conditions that led to the United States’ entry into WWI and Georgia’s role in sending recruits to war, then focus on the technology of modern warfare and how these weapons changed our world. WWI artifacts will be on display and a Q&A discussion will be held afterward. For more information contact Leigh Barba at 706235-8051 or leighb@ romehistorymuseum.org.
WEDNESDAY
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 Wednesday and Thursday 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.
The 29th annual Senior
Inforum will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Thornton Recreation Center at North Floyd Park in Armuchee. The event focuses on resources available to senior citizens. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the Charles C. Parker Center. Tickets must be purchased in advance and sell out fast. For questions contact the center at 706-234-0383.
THURSDAY
The New Romans Club will hold its next luncheon May 3 at 11:15 a.m. at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. Reservations should be made by Thursday. The director of the Shakespeare Festival will speak and actors may perform. Contact Ruth Patton at ruthpatton6277@comcast. net or 706-231-0131 for reservations.
The Rotary Club of
Rome will host a discussion with neurologist Dr. Jay Schecter concerning advances in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease Thursday at noon. The club meets at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave.
The Northwest Georgia
Woodturning Club will meet Thursday at the Charles C. Parker Center, 1325 Kingston Road, at 6 p.m. The public is invited.