COMMUNITY CALENDAR
MONDAY
The Berry College Chaplain’s Office will host Rebecca DeYoung, a philosophy professor at Calvin College, discussing vices and virtues in relation to spiritual formation at 7 p.m. on Monday in the Krannert Spurill Ballroom, Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway. DeYoung’s focus of study is ethics, ancient and medieval philosophy and Thomas Aquinas’ work with ethics and the seven deadly sins. The lecture is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For more information visit berry.edu/religiouslife/ guestspeakers.
Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway, will host Pixar co-founder Ed Cat
mull speaking about creativity at 8 p.m. on Feb. 21. Catmull is president of Pixar & Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon Studios and has been honored with five Academy Awards including the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for his lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the field of computer graphics for the motion picture industry. Admission is free, but tickets are required and must be picked up in advance. Tickets will be available beginning
Monday. More details will be released at a later date.
TUESDAY
A beginner’s line dance
class will be held at the Charles Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway, on
Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. This will be the first in a 10-12 week series of classes. Cost is $2 per person. All ages welcome. An advanced class will follow from 7-7:45 p.m. with an improver class from 7:45 - 8:30 p.m. For more information contact Lois Roberts at 706-235-2885 or 706-7661511 or call the senior center at 706-234-0383.
The Rome chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness conducts free educational classes about mental illness. Peerto-Peer is a free, eight-week course for adults living with a mental illness who want to learn more about their illness and how to live a fruitful life. The class begins on
Tuesday and meets from 10 a.m.-noon in Rome. Call NAMI Rome at 706-5065010 for more information and registration.
Lovejoy Baptist Church will host “A Promise to
Keep” banquet to benefit an academic scholarship program which financially assists and mentors honor students through high school and into college. This year’s event will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Lovejoy Baptist Church, 436 Branham Ave. Doors open at 5 p.m. Ticket prices are $45 for adults and $35 for students and seniors, 62 and over. Tickets for children accompanied by an adult can be purchased for $15. Rev. Fred Taylor will be the keynote speaker.
MULTIDAY EVENTS
The Moon Gallery, Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway, will present Med-
itation in Space Time:
Art Textiles by Junco Sato Pollack through Jan. 31.
The exhibit showcases textiles from an ongoing series started in 2006 and informed by Pollack’s studies of Eastern spiritual philosophies, Christianity and New England Transcendentalism. Pollack is a native of Japan and associate professor emerita at Georgia State University, Atlanta. The gallery is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The artist will speak on
Jan. 27 at 5 p.m. The Salvation Army Social Service Center, 317 E. First Ave., is collecting
diaper donations. Wipes and all sizes pull-ups and diapers are needed. Donations may be dropped off MondayFriday from 9 a.m.-noon and from 1-3 p.m. For more information call 706-291-4745 or email Catherine.Hart@uss. salvationarmy.org. The Salvation Army, 317 E. First Ave., is also holding a Give Warmth Coat and Jacket Drive. Donations can be dropped off at the organization’s thrift store. For more information call 706-291-4745 or email Catherine.Hart@uss.salvationarmy.org. The Boys & Girls Club, 100 Gadson St., hosts a free ballet program for children ages 5-7 facilitated by Joanne Collier every Wednesday from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum, 24 Veterans Memorial Highway, will host From Tree to Treasure: Woodturnings by Al Christopher through
May 25 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Museum admission is $8 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $5 for students. For more information visit berry.edu/oakhill. Take Care of Rome hosts a free health fair for the homeless and underserved from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month at the Community Kitchen, 4 Calhoun Ave. Call 706-346-5890 or email TakeCareOfRome@gmail. com for more information. To list an event email RomeNewsTribune@RN-T.com or call 706-290-5252. To have an event listed in Roman Record as well, please send it at least 10 days in advance. Not seeing your club or meeting date? Check the Clubs & Meetings calendar every Sunday.
Below is this week’s schedule of clubs and meetings: Shanklin-Attaway Post 5 of the American Legion will hold a general membership meeting Monday at 7 p.m. The Executive Committee will meet at 6 p.m. All current members are urged to attend. No meal will be provided. Toastmasters of Rome meets at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway, on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 6 p.m. Visit romegeorgia. toastmastersclubs.org for more information. Senior Gospel Singers meet every Monday from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway, and every Thursday from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Shannon Scout Hut in Shag Williams Park, 40 Minshew Road, Shannon. For more information call Charles Patterson at 706-676-4445.
The Georgia Mountain
Music Club has an acoustic instrument jam session on
Mondays from 6-8 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway. Visitors are welcome. For more information call 706-584-1724. The Celanese Girls will meet at 11:30 a.m. on
Tuesday at Fuddruckers, 595 Riverside Parkway. For more information call 706-506-1389. The Rome Tea Party will hold their Lunch Bunch meeting Tuesday from noon-1 p.m. at Fuddruckers, 595 Riverside Parkway. The meeting will be a planning session to discuss rallies, marches, partnerships and GOP mass meetings and conventions. Come early to order lunch. For more information contact Mike Morton at 706-346-3400.
The Armuchee Ruritan
Club will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at New Armuchee Baptist Church, 5385 Martha Berry Highway. The meeting will focus on organization and planning. The club is seeking new members. For more information visit armucheeruritan.org. The Floyd County Landlord Association will meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Sam’s Burger Deli & Schroeder’s New Deli, 3268 Martha Berry Highway, Armuchee. Kelli Gonzalez, CPA, will be speaking on new tax code changes. Gonzalez is knowledgeable in the field of real estate taxes and is a landlord. For more information call 706-766-3853.
The Kiwanis Club of
Rome will meet from noon-1 p.m. on Tuesday at Bella Roma Grill, 770 Braves Blvd. The program will be presented by Abbie Salmon from University of Georgia Extension. Email kiwanisclubofrome@gmail.com with questions. The Disabled American Veterans of Chapter 95 will be at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway, on Tuesdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to assist veterans in filing benefits claims with the Veterans Administration. Bring all documents pertaining to service and medical records. For 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 Southern Cruisers
Riding Club is seeking new members. Rides take place twice a month in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama and most are less than 500 miles. The club meets every third Wednesday monthly for dinner to discuss upcoming rides. All makes and models motorcycles welcome. No dues or commitments. The club is family-oriented and does not permit alcohol or drugs at any chapter ride. For more information contact Chapter Leader Jon Benson by email at Crank.scrc002@yahoo. com or at 678-901-7445.
The Georgia Mountain Music Club has old time music and singing on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway. For more information call 706-584-1724.
Hospitality House has a women’s support group for victims/survivors of family or domestic violence from 3-4 p.m. on Wednesdays on the second floor of the Serve Rome Building, Rome First UMC, 202 E. Third Ave. Childcare is provided.
TOPS 0344 Rome weight
loss support group meets every Wednesday at Garden Lakes Baptist Church, 2200 Redmond Circle. Meetings start at 10 a.m. Weighin is from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. For more information call or text Jean at 706-331-1111. The Seven Hills Shaggers dance club will meet Thursday from 6:30-9 p.m. in the Red Room at Johnny’s, 233 Broad St.
Trout Unlimited will meet Thursday at the RomeFloyd E.C.O. Center, 363 Riverside Parkway. A meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 7 p.m. The Rotary Club of Rome will hear about the Davies Homeless Shelter for Women at noon on Thursday at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave.
Women in Recovery, a group for women who struggle with alcohol problems, meets Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at Living Proof, 408 Shorter Ave. Free babysitting. For more information call Debbie J. at 706-766-7771. The Floyd County Democratic Party meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority, 560 N. Division St. The Exchange Club of Rome will present their
Youth SPEECH Program on Friday at The Palladium on the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds, 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. For more information call 706-506-2499. Clubs and Meetings are published every Sunday. To have your group’s regular meetings (weekly or monthly) included, send by Thursday at noon to romenewstribune@RN-T.com and include “Clubs and Meetings” in the subject line.