COMMUNITY EVENTS

Source: General Public

MONDAY

Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Highway, will host Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull 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 706766-1511 or call the senior center at 706-234-0383.

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 Rome chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness conducts free

educational classes about mental illness. Peer-to-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. The Rome Hilltoppers

Club will hold their semiannual reunion Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. Lunch will be served at noon followed by a brief program. Cost is $25 each. Reservations must be made before Tuesday.

For questions or more information call Johnny E. Davis at 706-234-4960 or Sam Evans at 706-236-5858. FRIDAY

The Charles Parker

Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway, will host a dance on Friday. Doors open at 6:45 p.m., a dance lesson will be given from 7-7:30 p.m. and the dance will be from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Cost is $5 per person. Attire is casual. Bring an appetizer or dessert to share. Call 706-766-6842 with any questions.