COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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.
The Floyd County
Landlord Association will meet 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 questions. For more information call Charlie Ford at 706-7663853.
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 about city finances, future SPLOST, growth and development, and the city’s accomplishments. For more information contact Mike Morton at 706-346-3400.
The Celanese Girls will meet for lunch Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at Landmark Restaurant, 2740 Martha Berry Highway. For more information, please call 706506-1389.
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 May 20 at 10 a.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 101 E. Fourth Ave. Jason Marko will be the speaker. For more information call 706295-2498.
The Rome Colored Main High School Reunion Committee will meet at the
Kelsey-Aycock-Burrell Center, 41 Washington Drive, at 1 p.m. on May 20. 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 City Auditorium. 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 706235-0094 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 706-234-8424.
A free Laughercize Class will meet May 23 from 4:305:30 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Center, 1325 Kingston Road.
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 2527, 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 will start at 6 p.m. on May 25 with the jam-along and cookout, free to anyone with a three-day pass and a covered dish. The festivities will start at 4:45 p.m. on May 26 with $10 admission, and at 10:45 a.m. on May 27 with $12 admission. Campsites are available for a fee. A worship service with Gary Clardy will begin May 28 at 9:30 a.m. 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 the group’s scholarship fund. The raffle prize is a 50-inch TV. For more information call 706-291-8752 or 706-2919179.
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.
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’s Christian Life Center, 735 Old Summerville Road. Bring a covered dish for lunch. Drinks, coffee and paper products will be provided.
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