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Your Christmas week guide

The elves at Petit Creek Farms in Cartersville were busy Monday evening getting ready for Santa's worldwide run on Christmas Eve. You can catch the elves and "a mile of lights" through Dec.30 Donation: $10 per car. Details: Click.

Thanks to NORAD, you can track Santa again this year> NORAD

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: The Adairsville Baptist Church will host is annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on Thursday, Dec. 24, at 8 p.m.  Everyone is invited to join in the Communion Service as families or groups of friends and neighbors.  The church urges you to come dressed as you are for this informal worship experience that has become a tradition for many in our church and the surrounding community. Call 770-773-3198 or visit Adairsville Baptist Church.

Christmas week guide:

-Last-minute shopping: Mount Berry Square is really stretching the final hours. The mall is open from 8 a.m.-11 p.m. through Wednesday; 7 a,.m.-6 p.m. Christmas Eve. And those day after Christmas sales? Doors open at 7 a.m.

-Gas prices down from last month, way up from December 2008: There's a little relief at the pumps this week as the average price of a gallon of unleaded was $2.42, down four cents from last month but up 84 cents from a year ago> Gas

-Check highways before hitting the road> DOT

-Get banking done early in the week: Many banks will close at noon Thursday with some not opening again until Dec. 28.

-No mail Friday, Christmas Day.

Cartersville Medical donates life-saving medical equipment to Bartow EMS: (Media release) Cartersville Medical Center has partnered with Bartow County Emergency Medical Services by providing eight Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machines at a value of $10,000.
After review of community health statistics, a significant population of individuals with chronic
obstructed pulmonary disorder, congestive heart failure - and other respiratory illnesses - was
identified. The use of machines allows EMS workers to intervene more quickly, resulting
in better patient outcomes, less hospitalization time and a decreased rate of pneumonia for
patients. The equipment presentation is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Bartow EMS, 5435 E. U.S. 20 in Cartersville. Scheduled to attend: Bartow County EMS staff (Larry Owens, EMS Director)
Cartersville Medical Center Emergency Department and Administrative staff (Keith Sandlin,
CEO; Benny McDonald, CFO; Miriam Eide, CNO; Lori Rakes, COO; Rebecca Battle, Associate
Administrator; Robbie Tatum, VP; Phoebe Stieber, VP; Shaune Fuller-Gonzalez, RN, MSN,
Emergency Department Director; Heather Clement, RN, Emergency Department).

NAIA 2009 game leaves estimated economic impact of $1.83 million:

Members of the Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau spent part of Monday collecting and grinding first-phase expenditure quotes and conclude this year's NAIA National Championship Game had a $1,830,886 impact on Rome and Floyd County. The estimate is based on last week's activities and the state formula for tabulating how dollars were churned. The 2008 game had an economic impact of $1.5 million. As for 2009: The CVB will be surveying downtown merchants, area hotels and restaurants to get additional "observations." The 2010 game also will be played at Barron Stadium next December with additional years possible; negotiations between the community and NAIA resume next month.

>Updates to the 'further review' of game's impact from readers> Buzz

Building boom at Berry to continue into new year

Monday photo by Jack Druckenmiller

Work continues this week on the Kilpatrick Commons area rising between the Krannert Center and The Cage athletics center. The commons will feature an outdoor seating area as well as a fountain, and should be finished this spring. Krannert has undergone a major refit this year as the size of the dining hall has been doubled and the ballroom expanded. The year's other big projects include the completion of the Morgan and Deerfield Residence Halls with nearly 350 new beds for students. For more on Kilpatrick Commons, please check this page from the spring edition of Berry magazine (Click) or this from the fall edition (Click)

-'You are looking live...': Take a look at the project as it comes together via this live Web cam from Berry> Click

Your Christmas week forecast suddenly looks soggy:

-Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 58. 
-Tuesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.
-Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 55.
-Wednesday night: Some clouds, low of 40.
-Thursday: 70% chance of rain. High of 50.
-Christmas Eve: 90% rain chance, low of 48.
-Christmas Day: 30% chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 51.

-Extended forecast> Click  /  Local radar  / regional radar

Talk about Christmas jingle: Tonight's MegaMillions jackpot: $162 million>MegaMillions

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable> Arey

-The best and worst college football conferences of the decade.