COMMUNITY EVENTS
Source: General Public
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MONDAY American Legion Post 52
(Adams-Coker-Covington Waters), 1205 Calhoun Ave., will meet Monday at 7 p.m. This meeting will include officer elections for 2017-2018. All veterans are welcome to join. For more information call 706-346-0119 or 706-7288683.
The Floyd-Rome Retired
Educators Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Charles C. Parker Center, 1325 Kingston Road, for a catered luncheon. The program will include a memorial service by the necrology committee and installation of officers by area director Joe Boland. Fellowship and book-buying will begin at 11 a.m. For more information call 706-233-9120.
American Legion Post 506 will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at 21 Peachtree St. For more information call 706-291-2327.
The Rome Noon Optimist Club will meet Monday at State Mutual Stadium at 11:45 a.m. for lunch and a regular business meeting.
Mackey Lodge 120, F&AM, 25 Craven St., Cave Spring, will host an open meeting with Floyd County Sheriff Tim Burkhalter as guest speaker on Monday at 7:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call L.D. Wright at 706-506-4607.
TUESDAY Keep Rome Floyd Beautiful
will meet Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in the Carnegie Training Room in the Old Carnegie Library next to City Hall. Bee City status and a litter prevention campaign will be discussed. Contact Mary Hardin Thornton at 706-236-4456 for more information.
Floyd County Landlord
Association will have its monthly meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Fuddruckers on Riverside Parkway. Kimberly Lewis from the Georgia Housing Authority will be the guest speaker. She will discuss available programs, and recent and future changes, and then answer ques-
tions. For more information call Charlie Ford at 706-766-3853.
The Rome Seven Hills Rotary
Club will meet at noon Tuesday at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. The club will hear vocational talks from several of its new members. Guests are always welcome.
The Rome TEA Party will host its monthly Lunch Bunch meeting on Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at Fuddruckers. Rome Mayor Jamie Doss will speak on city finances, future SPLOST, growth and development and the city’s accomplishments. For more information, contact Mike Morton at 706-346-3400.
WEDNESDAY
The Pepperell High School
Class of 1958 will meet for lunch at the Landmark Restaurant, 2740 Martha Berry Highway, on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. For more information call Eleanor Hardin Hamby at 706-232-8144.
THURSDAY
The Rotary Club of Rome will host World Languages and Workforce Initiatives with Patrick Wallace on Thursday. The club meets at noon on Thursdays at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave.
SATURDAY
Parents of Autistic Children will meet Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 101 E. Fourth Ave. Jason Marko will be the speaker. For more information call 706-295-2498.
The Rome Colored Main High
School Reunion Committee will meet at the Kelsey-Aycock-Burrell Center, 41 Washington Drive, at 1 p.m. on Saturday. For more information contact Cecelia Abbott at 706-461-0823.
UPCOMING
The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission’s Area
Agency on Aging will meet May 23 at the Thornton Recreation Center, 102 N. Floyd Park Road, across from Armuchee High School on U.S. 27 North. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and is open to the public.
The Northwest Georgia Winds and the Three Rivers
Singers will present a concert titled “America the Beautiful” on May 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rome City Auditorium on Broad Street. Admission is free.
AARP Driver Safety Class will be offered May 23 from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Anthony Center, 2901 Garden Lakes Blvd. Bring a sack lunch. The class is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. Call 706-2350094 to register.
The Billy Freeman Post 1 of the Korean War Veterans
Association will meet at 6 p.m. May 23 at American Legion Post 52, 1205 Calhoun Ave., at 6 p.m. For more information call 706234-8424.
A free Laughercize Class will meet May 23 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Charles Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway.
The Exchange Club of Rome will display its Tomb of the Unknowns replica May 25 through May 29 in the Community Building at the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds. The display will operate from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 25-27, from 1 to 5 p.m. on May 28, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 29. A Memorial Day remembrance ceremony with music by the Roman Festival Brass will be held May 29 from 11 a.m. to noon at the Mather Payne Special Events Arena. Admission and parking are free.
The 34th annual Armuchee Memorial Day Bluegrass
Festival will be held May 25-28 at Armuchee Music Park, 899 Turkey Mountain Road, Armuchee. Three day passes are $21. The festivities start at 6 p.m. on Thursday with the jam a long and cookout, free to anyone with a 3-day pass and a covered dish, 4:45 p.m. on Friday and 10:45 a.m. on Saturday. Admission $10 in Friday and $12 on Saturday. Campsites are available for a fee.
For more information on bands, call Helen Burke at 470-554-9602. For camping, call Chuck Langley at 706-766-6352. For sound, email Mitch Jones at rambler1216@comcast.net.
The United Veterans of the
Armed Forces will hold their annual Memorial Day yard sale, cookout and raffle on May 27 at the corner of North Broad and Duke Street from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds will go to group’s scholarship fund. The raffle prize is a 50-inch TV. For more information call 706-291-8752 or 706-2919179.
Armuchee, Glenwood and
Everett Springs Schools will hold their annual reunion June 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church Christian Life Center, 735 Old Summerville Road. Bring a covered dish for lunch. Drinks, coffee and paper products will be provided.
The Chieftains Museum/
Major Ridge Home will host History Explorers Camp for fourth-grade students June 14-16 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. daily. The camp costs $30 per student. Registration forms for the camp must be submitted to Chieftains Museum by June 5. Registration is limited to 30 students.
The Adult Unit of the Rome/
Floyd County NAACP will hold its annual Freedom Fund Banquet on June 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lovejoy Baptist Church Joy Life Center, 436 Branham Ave. The program theme is “Together We Are Stronger ... Breaking Every Chain.” The speaker will be the Rev. Francys Johnson, president of the Georgia NAACP. Dinner tickets cost $35 for adults and $15 for youth ages 12 and younger. Tickets are available at Kroger and from NAACP members. Tables for six cost $200. For more information call 706-204-4176 or 706-802-1659.
The Kelsey-Aycock-Burrell
Center will host Soul Fest 2017 at Ridge Ferry Park on Riverside Parkway on July 29 from 2 to 10 p.m. Call 706-7663256 for more information.
The Alzheimer’s Walk has been set for Oct. 21 at 9 a.m. at State Mutual Stadium. Sign up at act.alz.org/Rome or look by zip code on the website.
Cave Spring United
Methodist Church will host a series of free summer seminars on the environment and caring for God’s creation beginning June 3 at 9:30 a.m. with Chris White from Alternative Energy Southeast presenting Solar Energy 101. On June 17 at 1 p.m., Walter Reeves, renowned columnist and Master Gardener, will discuss gardening. On July 8 at 9:30 a.m., Beth Bond from Southeast Green will discuss climate justice. On Aug. 5 at 9:30 a.m., Eddie Elsberry from Berry College will discuss the Berry bald eagle program and more. The seminars are open to the public. Lunch will be provided. For more information call Karen Wetherington at 706-767-2819.
ONGOING
The Disabled American
Veterans of Chapter 95 will be at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway, on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to assist with benefits and filing claims with the Veterans Administration. Bring all documents pertaining to service and medical records. For any questions or to set up an appointment for another time, call Donald Phillips at 609-410-1076 or Art Cook at 706-314-6411.
The Sulzbacher Roman
Holiday, the city of Rome’s public excursion boat, is offering public tours at 2 p.m. the first Sunday of each month through September. Each tour is limited to 40 passengers.Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for children 12 and younger. Purchase tickets at romegeorgia. org/romanholiday or at the RomeFloyd Visitors Center, 402 Civic Center Drive. For more information call 706-295-5576.