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What's ahead in Bartow County:
-Aug. 25-26: Georgia DOT will present draft FY 2011-14 State Transportation Improvement Program for public review, comment. The four-year program specifies federally funded transportation projects for non-urban communities in rural Georgia. Two Open house meetings will be held Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 5-7 p.m. at the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, and Thursday, Aug. 26, from 5-7 p.m. at the GDOT District 6 Conference Room in Cartersville.
-Aug. 28: Downtown Cartersville concert featuring The Tams has rescheduled for 7 p.m.
-Aug. 28: Cagle to attend Bartow GOP meeting: Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle is the featured speaker at the August meeting of the Bartow County Republican Party. 9 a.m., GOP headquarters, 162 W. Main St., Suite 106. Click
-Sept. 24: Bartow Business Connection at Hilton Garden Inn, 4 p.m. until midnight. Hilton Garden Inn has invited the Bartow Business Connection to help celebrate their first Anniversary in Cartersville. Click
The Buzz of Northwest Georgia: Click
-Growing pains at Berry College: new dorms on the way?
-Last call for drink in downtown Cartersville.
-Splash City coming to Shorter Avenue in former Bob's Cycle Shop site.
-DeSoto Theatre: Back and better than ever, just in time for Peter Pan.
-Rome Braves end 2010 home season with a bang on Saturday.
-Wine & dine: Steakhouse II opens; so do a few bottles of wine, beer.
Monday Focus: Click
-Belle Terra: Taking a love for gardening and blossoming into booming wedding and events location serving Northwest Georgia. By Natalie Simms.
Sunday's Bartow County Jail reports. Click & Click
Your latest forecast:
-Monday: Mostly sunny, high of 92, low of 68.
-Tuesday: Sunny, high of 92, low of 67.
-Forecast: Click / Regional animated radar
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey
-Take your pick but any of these three deserves a last place finish.
Rome Braves. Click Sports
-Braves come back in the ninth to neat W. Virginia, 6-5
-Braves final home game stand. Next: Monday at 7 p.m.
-Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos. Click
John McClellan's High School Football Picks & Forecasts
-Next picks posting Tuesday morning. Click Football
Calhoun No. 3 in latest statewide Class AA rankings. Football Daily
A good problem to have at BerryCollege: A year ago, students were moving into the stunning, mountain-resort-like Audrey B. Morgan Hall and Deerfield Hall. The new twin residence halls, with room for 346 beds, cost $29 million. Now comes word of even more expansion. The inaugural edition of The Carrier for the new semester tells of plans to add 200 to 250 beds within the next two to three years. The reason: growth. Berry's freshman class alone brought 660 students to campus this year. Classes for all Berry students start today.
Last call at drink in Cartersville: The online cynics pretty much diced and sliced the latest news from Integrity Plaza in downtown Cartersville. That news: drink, a funky, feisty spot for smoothies, drinks and snacks had closed after 10 months in the spot that once was home to Jittery Joe's. We agree: the track record at that spot is not a great one. But entrepreneurs continue to try. Wrote the founders on their Facebook page: "It is with a heavy heart that we announce that today (Thursday) was drink's last day of business. Thank you to our loyal customers, employees and supporters but unfortunately, the sales were just not enough. We appreciate each and every one of you and what you've meant to us these past 10 months. We have great faith in our product and concept; it just wasn't meant to be at this time or location. Love to you all, G&C." It reminds us of the great effort on Broad Street in Rome, Urbana Coffee Shop. A great idea that should have worked.
Splash City coming to Bob's Cycle Shop location: Idle since around Christmas time, there are signs of life at the former home of Bob's Cycle Shop at 2203 Shorter Ave. By September, we'll see Splash City up and running with pools, spas and more. Too late in the season, you say? Maybe not. Just ask all those renting cabins in Blue Ridge, especially around the Christmas holidays.
DeSoto Theatre--back and better than ever: Following repairs from the July 13 fire that damaged the historic building, the Rome Little Theatre is moving back into the building this week as its long-awaited show "Peter Pan" opens this Friday. Shows will run through the weekend and next weekend, Sept. 3-5. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Details
Final week to see the 2010 Rome Braves at home: The final six home games of the 2010 Rome Braves' season begin Monday night at State Mutual Stadium. Saturday's finale includes fireworks and the Third Annual Emergency Preparedness Night by Floyd County's Emergency Management Agency. The Braves' ninth season in Rome begins at home April 7 vs. Hagerstown. Rome Braves.
Wine and dine: This is a busy week for the restaurants and wine lovers in Northwest Georgia. Openings: The Steakhouse II is scheduled to open in Cartersville on Thursday at 650 Henderson Drive, the former spot of Hearth & Harvest in West End Commons. It will be open Tuesday-Saturday for dinner starting at 4 p.m. ... You have your pick of wine tastings, wine dinners and beer tastings this week: Wednesday at Harvest Moon: Beer tasting ($10). Wednesday at Bella Roma Grill: Wine tasting ($10). Friday at Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse in suburban Euharlee: Wine dinner, $35 per person. Details: Dining
Belle Terra: Taking a love for gardening and blossoming into booming wedding and events location serving Northwest Georgia
By Natalie Simms
nsimmshh@att.net
A love of gardening has blossomed into a growing wedding business for Latrelle Jones as she and her husband, J.P. Jones, have transformed his family's Belle Terra estate into one of the premiere wedding venues in Northwest Georgia. 
Located between Rome and Cave Spring at 4432 Cave Spring Road, Belle Terra includes more than 20-plus acres of gardens, a private lake and Belle Terra Manor, the old English Tudor-style building that includes wedding suites and a reception hall.
The Manor was built in the 1930s as a private country club for the Jones family. Over the past four years, Jones has been growing her gardens and adding multiple facilities to become an ideal location for outdoor weddings.
"The property has been in my husband's family for nearly 100 years," she says. "Five years ago, I began my Cottage Garden near the 20-acre lake where Belle Terra Manor sits. I love gardening, and we have ample acreage for developing fantastic gardens. As my gardens continued and grew, I felt such a serenity and connection with nature. Sharing that connection with friends and family was important to me. It occurred to me that Belle Terra would be a great place for a wedding."
Jones, who teaches at West Central Elementary School, became a certified wedding planner while continuously working on the gardens and grounds in her spare time. She developed a website and then launched her wedding business.
"Things moved along slowly at first, which was fine with me since I was still teaching," she says. "As the need arose, we built a reception hall and added features like fountains, a waterfall in the water garden, an arched bridge, a parterre garden, a quarter-mile of garden paths and a conservatory."
The conservatory functions as a rain location for events with seating for up to 200 people. It includes various indoor plantings and a courtyard so the wedding party can still have the feel of the gardens. Jones says the wedding business has "zoomed" this year with more than 20 events planned, doubling the 10 events at Belle Terra last year.
"I will be retiring this year from teaching and plan to step it up," she says. "I have had to hire some part-time office help as well as groundskeepers to help keep them pristine."
Jones and her husband recently purchased nearby Havenshire House and added it to their offerings for wedding services this year.
"Havenshire House is a guest house with seven guest rooms, a banquet room, its own 20-acre lake, massive deck and patio, and gorgeous lake and mountain views," she says. "It is a complete, unique and relaxing wedding venue all on its own."
With the addition of Havenshire House, Belle Terra is now able to conduct three simultaneous events within the property. Belle Terra Manor and the water gardens are only available for weddings from April through October. Havenshire House is open year-round for events.
"Currently, we just provide these beautiful ceremony and reception sites. We don't do the catering or other vendor services. We can, however, recommend many wonderful vendors," Jones says.
"I feel like I am blessed to be in this business. Many times, as ministers conduct wedding ceremonies, during the prayer, they thank God for the beauty of the surroundings. I don't know why but I always tear up. I guess it makes me happy to think that our efforts, with God's help, are so appreciated."
Aside from weddings, Belle Terra is available for engagement parties, rehearsal dinners, reunions and corporate retreats. For more information, visit www.belleterraweddings.com.
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