COMMUNITY EVENTS

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MONDAY

The Ridge & Valley

Storytelling Guild will host A Time to Tell: A Time for Adult Storytelling on Monday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Oostanaula Room at RomeFloyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Come share a story or come listen to others tell theirs. For more information email TerrellShaw@ me.com. Berry College Associate Professor of Biology Renee’ Carleton will give a lecture

about bald eagles at 6 p.m. Monday at Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum, 24 Veterans Memorial Highway. The lecture is the first installment of the five-part Sanctuary at Berry Lecture Series that focuses on the research and experience of faculty members with various species found on the Berry campus. Carleton will address the biology and behavior of bald eagles, general eagle ecology, the history of decline and recovery and the Berry eagle story.The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information call 706368-6789 or visit berry.edu/ oakhill/exhibits/temporary/.

The Friends of the Library will hold their annual meeting on Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the Etowah Room at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. The meeting is open to the public.

Unity Christian School

will host its annual Benefit Dinner on Monday at 6 p.m. at the Forum River Center, 301 Tribune St. The guest speaker will be Ben Watson, who is the current tight end for the Baltimore Ravens. Tickets, meet-and-greet passes and sponsorships are available. For more information call 706-292-0700 or visit the school’s website at UnityChristianSchool.org.

TUESDAY

The Floyd County

Republican Women will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. on

Tuesday at Red Lobster, 700 Shorter Ave. Georgia Senator and candidate for Lieutenant Governor David Shafer will be speaking and Floyd County Superior Court Judge candidates Emily Matson and Kay Ann Weatherington will be guests.

Georgia Highlands

College, 3175 Cedartown Highway, will host a job and career fair on Tuesday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with local employers on part-time positions, full-time positions and internships. Attendees should bring resumes and be prepared to talk about their career goals. There will be an alumni panel, mock interviews and a resume doctor.

Chieftains Museum/Major

Ridge Home and Berry College will co-sponsor a lecture by Tony Harris titled “If Plants Could Talk: A Cherokee Relationship” on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in McAllister Auditorium, Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway. Harris is a citizen of the Cherokee and is an active member of the Cobb County Master Gardeners and the Georgia Native Plant Society, and serves as the current president of the Georgia Trail of Tears Association. For more information visit www. chieftainsmuseum.org or call 706-291-9494.

WEDNESDAY

A memorial wreath will be laid at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. monument at Five Points in north Rome at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the American civil rights movement leader. The public is invited to attend. New Hope Cathedral ChurchofGod, 200 Nixon Ave., will host the Students of Excellence Scholarship Foundation’s community gathering to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on Wednesday at 7 p.m. National Recording Secretary of the Southern Christian Conference Jeremy D. Ponds will be the keynote speaker. Reception to follow in the L.M. Mitchell Life Center. Doors will open at 6 p.m. For more information call 770-547-8369 or email gladysallen@att.net.

The New Romans Club will meet for lunch on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave, with a presentation by teachers and students from Elm Street Enterprises. Elm Street School’s Elm Street Enterprises was recently recognized as a 2018 Heart of the Community Business Award recipient. Contact Jane Franssen at janeffranssen@ gmail.com or 706-236-2527 for reservations. Reservations are $19 each.

THURSDAY

The Worship and Music Ministries Georgia Baptist

Mission Board will present

The Jubal Brass in concert on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Brookes Chapel, Shorter University, 315 Shorter Ave. Admission is free.

The Restoration Rome Center for Foster Care

Services along with several other children’s service agencies is hosting Homes

for Hope, a gathering for anyone interested in foster parenting or serving foster families on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Forum River Center, 301 Tribune St. Admission is free. For more information or to register visit www. restorationrome.org or call 706-528-4033. For promotional materials to share with churches or businesses, email ccash@restorationrome.org. FRIDAY

The American Red Cross will have blood drives on

April 6 at Pepperell High School, 3 Dragon Drive, Lindale, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and on April 16 at the Berry College’s Krannert Center, 2277 Martha Berry Highway, from 2-7 p.m. Make an appointment to donate by downloading the free Red Cross blood donor app, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-733-2767. SATURDAY Third Street Ministries will distribute free clothing to those in need on Saturday from noon-4 p.m.in the parking lot of Rome First United Methodist Church, located between Second and Third St.

The Women’s Auxiliary

of The Salvation Army will sponsor a fundraising GoGo mile and 5K “Run for the Homeless” on Saturday. For more information visit www. SalvationArmyRome.org.

The Last Stop Gift Shop, 402 Civic Center Drive, will host a Spring Art Market on

Saturday and April 8 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Admission and parking are free. Shop locally-made fine art, handmade gifts, culinary treats and collectibles.

MULTIDAY EVENTS

Kiwanis Club of Rome will display its annual art showcase at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway, April 3-11. Art showcase participants must be students in grades 6-12. Special recognition will be given to first-, second- and thirdplace winners for each grade level. Academic scholarships ranging from $200 to $1,000 will be awarded for students in grades 9-12. Awards will presented on April 5 at 6 p.m. For more information and to obtain an application visit www. romekiwanis.org or ask your school’s art instructor.

Georgia Northwestern

Technical College, 1 Maurice Culberson Drive, will hold their annual spring plant sale from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on April 10, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on April 11-12 and from 9 a.m.-noon on April

13. Purchases may be made with cash or check. Items sold include annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, hanging baskets, blooming plants, potted geraniums, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, eggplants and more.

Friends of the Chieftains Museum will sponsor the Chieftains Herb and Plant

Sale from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on

April 14 and from noon3 p.m. on April 15 in the Community Building, Coosa Valley Fairgrounds, 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., rain or shine. Volunteers and Master Gardeners will be on hand to help with selections. Shoppers may purchase containers or bring their own clean pots. Credit and debit cards, checks and cash will be accepted. For more information visit www.chieftainsmuseum.org or call 706-291-9494.

AARP Tax-Aide is offering free assistance during the tax-filing season through April

16 at two sites. Help is available at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway, on Mondays from 1-4 p.m. and at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway, on Wednesdays from 1-4 p.m. Bring all tax paperwork, last year’s tax return, a picture ID and Social Security card. For more information call 706-234-0931.