Wednesday updates

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Forecast/Stormy afternoon, evening possible: Northwest Georgia has a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening as a storm system moves into the state. High of 92. We'll have updates throughout the day as needed> Weather

Dining

Downtown Mr. Brown's barbecue opens Friday:

The former Cotton Block Barbecue will be home to Downtown Mr. Brown's barbecue starting Friday at 10:30 a.m.

-Chuck Youngblood says the restaurant will be open Mondays through Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m., serving pulled pork, ribs, brisket and more as well as beans, potato salad, cole slaw and fries (coming soon). The meat will never be boiled, says Youngblood, adding, "No cheating."

-Prices start at $5 ("tax included") for barbecue sandwich, fries and drink. The average order will cost around $8, he says. As for extras: Downtown Mr. Brown's offers delivery service as well as catering, he says. For more, call 706-291-4799.

-Solid timing on the opening: Downtown Mr. Brown's opens just hours before this month's First Friday concert at nearby Bridgepoint Plaza (7 p.m.). Also this weekend: Classic Car Cruise In, 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Fourth Avenue> Details.

-History: For years, 1 Broad St. was home to Cotton Block and drew a great mix of downtown professionals and others. It later became Henry's Smoke Shack.

-Photo: Work continues at  Downtown Mr. Brown's Tuesday evening/Jack Druckenmiller

Celebration time!

Photo by Mills Fitzner/For more on the Braves' game, click Gallery

A clutch hit by Shayne Moody in the bottom of the ninth powered pinch runner Samuel Sime's (20, left) gallop to home plate, giving the Rome Braves a 3-2 walk-off win over the Savannah Sandgnats Tuesday night. Joining the celebration was rehabbing Atlanta Brave Omar Infante (4, right). The teams play again tonight at 7 at State Mutual Stadium> Sports

Media

-Buyers & Sellers on the way: Look for a new magazine aimed at those buying or selling homes but filled with traditional "guide" information such as history, data sheets and the like. Magnum Publications is producing the Rome edition, which will not feature real estate listings. It is a companion piece to the real estate book> Magnum

Wednesday's Buzz:

-Forestar (Town West) completes timber sale: Forestar Group Inc. has sold 20,000 acres of timberland in Georgia for $39.5 million to St. Regis Paper Co.  The sale will pay down debt. Forestar, the group behind the Town West project near Adairsville, reports second-quarter earnings this week> Forestar

-'Great Service' seminar is Aug. 27: The chamber's second "Delivering Great Service" seminar is set for 2 to 5 p.m., led by Beverly Padgett of Georgia Northwestern Technical College. Topics: positive language, expectations> Click

-Red Cross: Blood supplies critical; need O negative, B negative> Health

-Darlington's ribbon cutting for new middle school set for 8 a.m. Aug. 17.

-Shorter's joint job fair highlight's college's Business Before Hours> Jobs

-More on Rome's 175th Anniversary celebration: A 10 a.m. Monday media conference will expand details on what's ahead for Rome's 175th anniversary bash set for Labor Day weekend> Downtown

-The American Red Cross is offering Certified Nursing Assistant Training Aug. 17-Sept. 29. Classes will  be held Mondays-Thursdays, 6 to 9:30 p.m. Also, classes are set for Sept. 14-Oct. 1, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. All classes are based at the Cartersville office. Click: www.coosavalleyredcross.org

-Rome man wins $40,000: Larry Ball, 49, won lottery's instant game Aladdin's Lamp. Favorite Market, 2500 Shorter Ave. NW in Rome, sold the ticket.

Weather:

-Wednesday: 60% chance of heavy rain, high of 92. Tonight: 40% rain chance, low of 68.

-Thursday: 20% rain chance, high of 92, low of 65.

-Your extended forecast> Weather / Local radar > Radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable

-The banking business is a live and well; Lou Holtz to run for Congress?

Rome Braves' updates:

-Ninth-inning run wins it for Rome, 3-2, over Savannah

-Up next: Savannah at Rome, 7 tongiht.

-Latest Braves' photos by Mills Fitzner> Gallery