News & Notes
The City of Cedartown’s upcoming work session and regular monthly meetings are set for Oct. 3 and Oct. 10, 2016 at 6 p.m. in the city commission meeting room at City Hall. Call 770-748-3220 for more information or visit cedartowngeorgia.gov.
The Rockmart City Council will hold their next meeting on Oct. 11, 2016 in the council chambers starting at 7 p.m. For more information visit Rockmart-ga.gov or call 770-6845454.
The City of Aragon will meet next on Oct. 20, 2016 starting with their work session at 6 p.m. and followed by the regular session at 7 p.m. at the Brenda Gazaway Municipal Complex. Visit www.cityofaragon.com for more information or call 770-684-6563.
The Polk County Commission will meet for their work session on Oct. 3 at 5:15 p.m. and then again on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. for their regular meeting in the Commission Meeting Room at the Polk County Police Department. Visit polkgeorgia.org for more information or call 770-749-2100.
The Polk County Board of Tax Assessors meets the first Tuesday of each month, at 9 a.m. located in the Polk County Administration Building-Suite F. Their coming meeting is set to be held on Oct. 4, 2016.
Call their office at 770-749-2108 or visit http://www.qpublic.net/ga/polk/ for more information.
The Polk County Board of Education will meet for their October work session on Oct. 4 at 6 p.m., followed by their regular board meeting for the month on Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. in the board meeting room at the Polk School District’s Central Office in Cedartown on College Street. Visit www.polk.k12.ga.us for more information.
Polk County’s commissioners will be holding committee meetings this week on Thursday, Sept. 29 starting at 9 a.m. with the Ordinance Review Committee, then later in the afternoon with the Public Safety committee at 4 p.m., and the Public Works committee at 5 p.m. Meetings will be held at the County administration offices at 144 West Ave., Cedartown. For more information call 770749-2100. Meetings are open to the public.
On Saturday, Oct. 1, at 11:00 a.m. during the Downtown Cedartown Fall Festival, bring your dog and walk in the parade with the Cedartown Humane Society.
Parade starts at 10 a.m. (must line up at 9:30 on the corner of Marietta and Main St.) No retractable leashes. Their annual dog show will be held after the parade. Categories include: largest dog, smallest dog, cutest costume and cutest trick. Cost is $5 entry fee per category, with prizes awarded in each.
All proceeds benefit The Cedartown Humane Society.
Call Charlotte Harrison for more information at 706-252-4412.
Polk County will hold a public meeting on October 20, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Polk County Emergency management and Fire Department headquarters to review and discuss a draft of an update to the Polk County Hazard Mitigation Plan. This Plan is required by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.
Note: We had a boo-boo with an item last week on the Sports page. The Atlanta Braves ended up sweeping the New York Mets as part of a seven game streak that was later snapped by Miami.