Barefoot and Warren to Judge Arts Festival at Rose Lawn

Media release: Shana Barefoot and Sherry Warren have been selected to judge the 35^th Annual Arts Festival at Rose Lawn. The Juried Artists Awards will be presented at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 18. The festival honors First, Second and Third Place winners in both Fine Arts and Heritage Crafts, with a final award presented to Best in Show. A total $1,000 will be awarded.

Shana Barefoot, artist and administrator, serves as the Collections and Exhibitions Coordinator for the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in Atlanta. Barefoot has just completed her thesis for her Masters in Art Administration from Savannah College of Art & Design and was just recently part of a group exhibition titled "Beneath the Surface." In addition to her most recent degree, Barefoot holds a Bachelors of Arts in Geography/Art History minor and graduated from Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts with a visual arts concentration. She is most proud of her accomplishments with Unveiled Art Outreach, which she organized in Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta in 2008. The artist's paintings have been chosen for many public and private collections.

Sherry Warren is employed by the Bartow County School System as an Art Teacher at Adairsville Elementary. Warren received her Bachelor of Visual Arts from Georgia State University with a minor in Art History in 1985. Upon realizing that her heart yearned to teach, she returned to college five years later at Kennesaw University to earn a teaching certificate. She taught upper elementary grades for 15 years before becoming GACE certified to teach art in grades K-12. In addition, Warren holds a Masters Degree in middle grades mathematics. In 2006, she was honored with a large grant to attend an Earthwatch expedition. As part of the team based in New Mexico, Warren was responsible for recovering artifacts and pottery samples from ancient Puebloan tribes. She has applied her vast knowledge from this expedition in her art classes for the past four years and enjoys attending teacher institutes at the High Museum of Art, as well as classes integrating the arts through the Booth Western Art Museum.

More than 85 artists have been selected for the 35^th Annual Arts Festival at Rose Lawn to be held in Cartersville on September 18-19. The festival is open Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday Noon-5 p.m. on the spacious lawn of historic Rose Lawn, the home of evangelist Sam Jones, located at 224 West Cherokee Avenue. Admission is free.

In addition to fine arts and crafts, visitors may enjoy Victorian House Museum Tours ($4 per person), a variety of southern foods and treats, the Master Gardener's Plant Sale and annual AAUW Book Sale.

As is tradition, the festival is an opportunity for local performing arts groups to showcase their talent on the Cartersville Medical Center stage. Performing this year will be rock band 3B&C, Tammy Cox & David Traeger from Atlanta, Kerry's School of Dance, Steps of Faith Dance Studio, Cartersville Twisters Gymnastics, vocalist Ahmad Hall, Cartersville City Ballet, the Dixie Hot Shots Band, Stephanie Culver & Praise Team, Spirit of the Dance Company, and the East Calhoun Church of God.

Don't miss the prestigious People's Choice Awards for Best Restaurant, Best Shoppe, and Best Attraction, presented at 1 p.m. on Saturday by the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau, following the Rose Lawn Juried Artists Awards.

The Arts Festival at Rose Lawn is sponsored by Bartow County Government and Cartersville Medical Center. For more information call 770-387-1357.

35th annual Festival at Rose Lawn features new artists, local talent

 

Media release: More than 85 artists have been selected for the 35^th Annual Arts Festival at Rose Lawn to be held in Cartersville, Georgia on September 18-19, 2010. 

"We are excited in our 35^th year that 30% of the artists exhibiting are first-time attendees at Rose Lawn," said Rose Lawn Executive Director Jane Drew.  "We are pleased with the diversity and talent shown in the juried arts & crafts this year."  The show takes place Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday Noon-5 p.m. on the spacious lawn of historic Rose Lawn, the home of evangelist Sam Jones. Admission is free.

The Arts Festival at Rose Lawn is well-known for its exhibiting potters, jewelry artisans and woodcrafters; however, there are many painters, photographers, glass, fabric creations and more to be enjoyed.  Artists from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas have been chosen to exhibit in the show.

As is tradition, the festival is an opportunity for local performing arts groups to showcase their talent on the Cartersville Medical Center stage.  Cartersville's own 3B&C rock band will perform both Saturday (4:45 PM) and Sunday (4 PM), and newcomers Tammy Cox & David Traeger from Atlanta will entertain the audience on Saturday.  Cox & Traeger have been performing together for only a few months, yet have already captivated crowds with a selection of people's favorite songs from many musical genres.  The duo will perform at 1:45 p.m. on Saturday.

Kerry's School of Dance will open the festival with a performance at 10 a.m. on Saturday.  The dance troupe has performed for many years at Rose Lawn and includes students from age 2 to 45 performing tap, ballet, hip hop and more.  New this year, Kerry's School of Dance is pleased to feature a new class performance by the Dixie Fire Cloggers.

Another perennial Rose Lawn performer, Steps of Faith Dance Studio, returns to the stage on Saturday at 11 a.m.  After opening a new facility on Walnut Grove Road, the studio    has expanded its classes and will be showcasing new talent from the music theatre class, the special-needs class, and a class for college students.

Additional performances include Cartersville Twisters Gymnastics, vocalist Ahmad Hall, Cartersville City Ballet, the Dixie Hot Shots Band, Stephanie Culver & Praise Team, Spirit of the Dance Company, and the East Calhoun Church of God in concert.

In addition to fine arts and crafts, visitors may enjoy Victorian House Museum Tours ($4 per person), a variety of southern foods and treats, the Master Gardener's Plant Sale and annual AAUW Book Sale. 

Don't miss the prestigious People's Choice Awards for Best Restaurant, Best Shoppe, and Best Attraction, presented at 1 p.m. on Saturday by the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau, following the Rose Lawn Juried Artists Awards.

Rose Lawn is located at 224 West Cherokee Avenue in downtown Cartersville and is sponsored by Bartow County Government and Cartersville Medical Center. 

 

Atlanta duo Tammy Cox and David Traeger will perform at the Arts Festival at Rose Lawn on Saturday, September 18, at 1:45 p.m.  The festival takes place at 224 West Cherokee Avenue in downtown Cartersville and continues on Sunday.  Admission is free on Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday Noon-5 p.m.

 

Fiber artist Tina Evans spins wool from animals she cares for on her Taylorsville, Georgia farm.  Evans is a past Juried Artist Award winner at the Arts Festival at Rose Lawn and will join more than 85 select artists at this year's festival, September 18-19, 2010.  The festival takes place at 224 West Cherokee Avenue in downtown Cartersville, Georgia on Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday Noon-5 p.m. and is free to the public.

 

Fumble! Indoor league pulls franchise from Rome ownership group

Southern Indoor Football League says no to Rome ownership group: The Southern Indoor Football League has pulled its support of  of Professional Sports & Entertainment Group's bid to bring an SIFL team to Rome starting in March. A media briefing had been set for Thursday to announce the team. Says League President Thom Hager in a media release: "We love the Rome market. Rome fits perfectly in our vision for expansion. PS&EG has worked diligently to assemble an infrastructure; however the league has established requirements to ensure the viability and sustainability of our teams. If a prospective owner is not willing or able to comply, our experience is that the member will not be able to provide the fans and league the level of professionalism expected of a new SIFL team." Click SIFL

Cartersville, Rome old-media newspaper battle? Harbin dialysis, patients win national cooking workshop. John McClellan's high school football picks for week two

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Battle of the dinosaurs: Rome vs. Cartersville newspaper war? So says pundit Chuck Shiflett's Backroom Report. Shiflett tracks the expansion of Bartow news in the Rome paper and compares the two papers' coverage of recent events. Shiflett -- most recently with WYXZ 1270 AM, a news-talk station that is off the air -- has been a frequent contributor to the Cartersville newspaper. What gets us, based on Shiflett's report: How does the AJC feel about copies of the Rome News inserted with copies of its publication? RNT carriers deliver the AJC in Bartow and Floyd counties. The big question: Is there an audience left for growth? Backroom Report

John McClellan's High School picks, updates for week two. McClellan  

-Rome by 9 over Cass.

-Darlington by 2 over Cartersville.

-Adairsville by 4 over Dade County.

-Woodland defeats S. Forsyth by 7.

Harbin Clinic Dialysis Center, patients wins national contest to receive an educational cooking workshop from Chef Oliver Hall: Harbin received 396,152 votes, beating No. 2 finisher Saints Medical by about 6,000 votes. Details

Inaugural Gran Fondo Rome to draw 500-plus cyclists Oct. 23: Starting from Bella Roma Grill, the event offers rides of 40, 60 and 100 miles throughout Northwest Georgia with proceeds benefiting the Magnolia Foundation. Details

Cartersville Medical Center has received Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers, a group dedicated to eliminating heart disease. Click

Monday's Bartow County Jail reports. Intake reports

Your latest forecast:

-Tuesday: Sunny, high of 90, low of 59.

-Wednesday: Sunny, high of 93, low of 61.

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Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey   

-SEC East, part 1: Three new coaches but don't expect any startling results this year.

Shorter Hawks football. Hawks

-No rest for 0-1 Hawks; at Georgia Dome vs. Georgia State Thursday.  

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-West Virginia slams Rome Braves, 10-4.

-Tonight-Thursday in West Virginia; Friday-Monday in Lexington. 

-Mills Fitzner's 2010 home game photos. Click  

Cartersville Medical Center Named Accredited Chest Pain Center

 

Media release: Cartersville Medical Center announces that it has received Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC), an international organization dedicated to eliminating heart disease as the number one cause of death worldwide.

 

Hospitals that have received SCPC accreditation have achieved a higher level of expertise in dealing with patients who arrive with symptoms of a heart attack. They emphasize the importance of standardized diagnostic and treatment programs that provide more efficient and effective evaluation as well as more appropriate and rapid treatment of patients with chest pain and other heart attack symptoms. They also serve as a point of entry into the healthcare system to evaluate and treat other medical problems, and they help to promote a healthier lifestyle in an attempt to reduce the risk factors for heart attack.

 

To become an Accredited Chest Pain Center, Cartersville Medical Center engaged in rigorous evaluation by SCPC for its ability to assess, diagnose, and treat patients who may be experiencing a heart attack. To the community served by Cartersville Medical Center, this means that processes are in place that meet strict criteria aimed at:

 

• Reducing the time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis and treatment
• Treating patients more quickly during the critical window of time when the integrity of the heart muscle can be preserved
• Monitoring patients when it is not certain that they are having a heart attack to ensure that they are not sent home too quickly or needlessly admitted to the hospital

 

"People tend to wait when they think they might be having a heart attack, and that's a mistake," states  Sarah Demmin, director of critical care services at Cartersville Medical Center.  "The average patient arrives in the emergency department more than two hours after the onset of symptoms, but what they don't realize is that the sooner a heart attack is treated, the less damage to the heart and the better the outcome for the patient."

 

Cartersville Medical Center's healthcare services encompass the entire continuum of care for the heart patient and include such focal points as dispatch, Emergency Medical System, emergency department, cath lab, Cartersville Medical Center's quality assessment plan, and its community outreach program. By becoming an Accredited Chest Pain Center, Cartersville Medical Center has enhanced the quality of care for the cardiac patient and has demonstrated its commitment to higher standards.

 

What's ahead in Bartow County. Rome Braves see rise in ticket sales. The Buzz.

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-Rome Braves see more tickets sold in 2010 vs. 2009--but also had three more home games. Regular season ends on the road Sept. 6.

-Another McDo-over for Mickey D's, this time in Rockmart.

-So if gas costs $2.37 a gallon in Acworth, why is it $2.58 in Rome?

-Labor Day means barbecue in Greater Rome: The annual Knights of Columbus barbecue is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Civic Center Sept. 6.

-The Rome (fill-in-the-blank) indoor football team to get formal announcement Thursday.  

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-Big growth coming to WinShape's offices on the Berry College campus. Natalie Simms report.  

Sept. 2, 7:30 a.m.: Adairsville Chamber Council breakfast sponsored by Ace Home Center at theAdairsville Inn. All chamber members are invited to attend. No charge for breakfast.

Sunday's Bartow County Jail reports. Incident reports / Intake reports

Your week-ahead forecast: We're not done with the 90s just yet.

-Monday: High of 86, low of 63.

-Tuesday: Sunny, high of 90, low of 58.

 

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey   

-Can Alabama repeat as champ? Sure but don't believe it's a done deal just yet.

John McClellan's High School picks, updates. McClellan  

-John was 9-2 last week on local games; 25-7 overall. Next picks: Tuesday.

Darlington No. 9 in Class A poll;  Calhoun No.3 in Class AA. High School

Shorter Hawks football. Hawks

-No rest for 0-1 Hawks; at Georgia Dome vs. Georgia State Thursday.  

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-The Braves were off Sunday.

-Tonight-Thursday in West Virginia; Friday-Monday in Lexington. 

-Mills Fitzner's 2010 home game photos. Click  

A better season for ticket sales for the Rome Braves but . . .

Nearly 4,900 people packed State Mutual Stadium to see Saturday night's home season finale vs. Greensboro. They helped boost the number of tickets sold for the 2010 season to 193,061, up nearly 10,000 from 2009. Photo by Mills Fitzner. More photos from the finale and 2010 season. Click Gallery.

The bad news about the 2010 Rome Braves' season is that it is one to forget in terms of playoffs. With a week's worth of games left to play -- all on the road -- Rome needs to put together a winning streak to avoid being the cellar dweller of the 14-team South Atlantic League (latest standings).

But in the ticket sales category, 2010 will do down as a winner. The Braves sold 193,061 tickets over 68 home games (two rainouts this year) or 2,839 tickets per home game. The 2008 total was 183,750 tickets. That's an increase of more than 5 percent.

But there are caveats: The Braves hosted 65 games in 2009, three less than this year. In 2008, Rome average 3,366 tickets sold for each of its 66 games, or a total of 222,168.

The major slide has occurred with season ticket sales, which is the major source of income for Floyd County as per the contract with the Atlanta baseball organization. A share of naming rights and an escalating annual fee paid by the ball club complete the supplement.

Also hurting this year: a blistering hot summer. There were 7 p.m. games where the field temperature was still 100 degrees; afternoon games were warmer.

But the Braves countered in 2010 with a new social media marketing campaign; more ticket specials; game promotions from fireworks to kid-friendly acts; and increased outreach to a broader North Georgia market.

Rome probably will finish in seventh or eighth place in the SAL in terms of attendance this year--which demandsanother caveat. Rome/Floyd County is the smallest market in the league that includes Charleston, Savannah, Lexington and the others.

As for 2011: Opening night is April 7 and season ticket sales are under way. Click

Three-Dot Buzz . . . :

-Latest McDo-over is in Rockmart: The latest local McDonald's to be leveled only to be replaced by a new building is the Mickey D's on U.S. 278 in Rockmart. Look for the grand reopening within a few weeks. Shops in Calhoun and West Rome have been erased and replaced in recent years . . .

-Drive-by gas pricing -- in more ways than one: Our travels Saturday took us through Rockmart and later Acworth. At the RaceWay on U.S. 278, unleaded was $2.44 a gallon. At the Home Depot on U.S. 41 in Acworth, unleaded was $2.37. The privilege of buying gas in Greater Rome cost you $2.58 a gallon on Saturday; $2.48 in Bartow County (we paid $2.50 at QuikTrip in Adairsville Friday); and $2.53 in Gordon County (source: MSN Autos) . . .

-Barbecue time again: Labor Day means barbecue in Greater Rome courtesy of the Saint Mary's Knights of Columbus. This year's barbecue is from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday or until sold out (usually 12:30-1 p.m.) at the Rome Civic Center. Tickets are $8 per person. Proceeds are used by the Knights to help charitable causes in Rome/Floyd County. You can dine in or get it to go. The menu includes: a plate for $8; pound of pork, $8; pound of beef, $8.50; half chicken, $4; sandwich, $3; quart of Brunswick stew, $8; full rack of ribs, $16. A bake sale will be held in conjunction with the barbecue . . .

-First & goal for indoor football: With a Sept. 2 media briefing set, Rome indeed is returning as an indoor football city starting in March. The venue: The Forum. The name of the team: you'll get a chance to suggest the monicker. Our hope: Something clever that goes beyond the normal urge to tie it to ancient Rome. We have good memories of the Rome Renegades and hope this team can build on that solid foundation . . .

Today's Focus

WinShape adds 'The Hub' to help with summer camps, year-round needs at Berry's Mountain Campus. More changes on the way

By Natalie Simms
nsimmshh@att.net

Within several weeks, The WinShape Foundation will begin construction on an activities center for its expanding summer camp programs. Appropriately, it is named "The Hub."

"With this new building, we will be able to have all of our campers come together at once for special performances and closing ceremony events," says Bob Skelton, WinShape Senior Director. "We've always used the auditorium at the Retreat Center but it is not large enough for all of our campers to meet together at one time."

Summer camps are just one of seven programs under the WinShape Foundation, which was created in 1984 by Truett and Jeannette Cathy, founder of Chick-Fil-A restaurants. WinShape is a non-profit organization and charitable foundation with one goal: "to help shape winners."

The Hub will be used year-round by both WinShape campers and as part of Berry College's Mountain Campus. It will include a college-size basketball court, indoor rock-climbing wall, exercise and conditioning rooms, a stunts and tumbling area, outdoor jumping pillow, locker rooms and a performance stage.

"Behind the performance stage will be a roll-up wall that will allow the stage to convert to an outdoor amphitheater … it will be a multifunctional area with a sound and lighting system," says Skelton, right. "During the summer, it will mainly be used by our girls' camps. Right now, they have to share facilities, which isn't very functional. This gives us a second facility where we can offer indoor climbing, basketball and volleyball for boys and girls at the same time."

The Hub will be behind Inez Henry Hall, home of WinShape's administrative offices; between the Hall and Kimbrell Cottage, one of the WinShape's foster homes. A walking path will connect The Hub to rest of the retreat area.

The final architectural drawings on The Hub are expected this week and should go to bid around mid-September. Skelton says the project will need to be completed by May 1, prior to the upcoming summer camp season.

WinShape also is renovating Inez Henry Hall to add office space. The building, which was constructed in the 1930s as a mule barn for Berry and later housed the Berry Academy Middle School until 1982, has been the administrative center for WinShape since it began.

"We are renovating the space for more personnel and to bring all of our programming offices together," Skelton says. "We have seven different programs under the WinShape umbrella with about 80 employees here at Berry."

WinShape also is adding central heat and air-conditioning to the former Berry Academy Gymnasium. The building has never had air-conditioning, only heat through steam units. The HVAC will be all electrical. That renovation should be completed by the end of the year.

"Our camps are really growing," Skelton says. "We are adding a number of off-site one-week girls' camps this year. We will be doing eight sessions of one-week camps for girls who have completed first grade up through sixth grade. All details will be announced Oct. 10, 2010."

For more information about the WinShape Foundation and summer camps, visit www.winshape.org. (Images courtesy of the WinShape websites).

High School football predictions, radio/webcasts. Weekend forecast. Tams concert Saturday night in downtown Cartersville.

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John McClellan's High School Football Picks & Forecasts. Click McClellan

-Cartersville to fall to Pepperell by 12.

-Cass gets county's only win, beating Woodland by 5.

-Adairsville to lose by 20 vs. Ridgeland.

-Kickoff forecast: 82 degrees, 20% rain chance.

High School football coverage:

-WBHF AM 1450 features Pepperell vs. Cartersville on the radio, and Cass vs. Woodland on the webcast heard on www.bartowheadlines.com. Coverage runs from 5:45 p.m. until midnight with the Resanant Bank pregame show live from Scott's Walkup Barbecue from 6 until 7 p.m.

Dining & Drink

Public Health restaurant inspection scores:

-Each week, we highlight the peaks and valleys of local restaurant scores for Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties. This week's highlights:
-Bartow County: 100 for City Blends; 99 for Beavers Drive Senior Center; 98 for Cracker Barrel in Cartersville; 97s for Bill's New York Style Pizza in Cartersville and Red Roof Inn; 96 for Cloverleaf School and Scott's Walk-up Barbecue; and 95 for Quality Inn and the Waffle House on West Avenue.
-Floyd County: A 96 for the new Zaxby's on Turner McCall.
-Gordon County:100 for Bowman's in Resaca and a 97 for Calhoun Health Care.
-Chattooga County: Henry's got a 95 in Summerville.
-As for low scores: There was a 63 for T.J.'s Country Buffet in Adairsville and a 58 for Bambo Garden in Adairsville.

-Complete list of this week's scores: Dining Guide

Saturday: Downtown Cartersville concert featuring The Tams has rescheduled for 7 p.m.

Demmin named director of critical care services at Cartersville Medical Center

(Media release) Sarah Demmin, RN, was recently promoted to Director of Critical Care Services at Cartersville Medical Center.  With over 10 years of experience in long term pulmonary, coronary care unit, intensive care unit and hospice nursing, Demmin has held several progressive nursing leadership positions.  Having previously worked as an ICU staff nurse at Cartersville Medical Center, Demmin returned in January 2010 as Nurse Manager of Critical Care Services and later served as Interim Director prior to her promotion. Demmin's coronary care knowledge has been valuable as Cartersville Medical Center has recently expanded its Cardiac Catheterization Lab and is scheduled to offer additional cardiac services this Fall, including Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. A visible leader with excellent physician and employee relationships, Demmin places the highest priority on the quality of care patients receive at Cartersville Medical Center. Demmin is a 2000 graduate of Floyd College and lives in Cartersville with her husband and daughter

Cartersville Medical Center names New Nurse Manager

(Media Release) Tonya Morton, RN, was recently promoted to Nurse Manager of Medical-Surgical Services at Cartersville Medical Center. A Cartersville Medical Center employee for two and a half years, Morton also holds five years of management experience in Personal Care Homes with additional pharmaceutical experience. Morton is a 2008 graduate of Georgia Highlands School of Nursing.

Sept. 2, 7:30 a.m.: Adairsville Chamber Council breakfast sponsored by Ace Home Center at the Adairsville Inn. All chamber members are invited to attend. No charge for breakfast.

Thursday's Bartow County Jail reports. Incident reports / Intake reports

Your latest forecast:

-Friday: High of 91, low of 67. 20% rain chance.

-Saturday: Sunny, high of 90, low of 67.

-Sunday: High of 87, low of 65.

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Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey   

-Auburn's gotten a lot of preseason attention but watch out for Ole Miss in the SEC West.

Shorter Hawks open 2010 season vs. W. Alabama. Details

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-Greensboro pounds Braves, 9-5.

-Tonight, Saturday night: Braves host Greensboro, 7 p.m.

-Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos. Click 

Bartow's jobless rate down from July 09, mostly flat vs. June 2010.

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Local jobless rates: Down from July 2009, about the same as June

	July  2010 Employed	July 2010 Unemployed	July 2010 % jobless	June 2010 % jobless	July 2009 % jobless
Bartow	40,061	4,999	11.1%	11.2%	11.9%
Chattooga	8,992	1,205	11.8%	11.2%	12.2%
Floyd	44,049	5,216	10.6%	10.6%	10.8%
Gordon	21,555	3,067	12.5%	12.5%	13.5%
Polk	18,379	2,118	10.3%	10.5%	10.8%
State	4,218,183	480,486	10.2%	10.3%	10.2%

Source: Georgia Department of Labor

-Overview: Northwest Georgia's employment snapshot for July is another edition of good news, bad news. Compared to the same month in 2009, things look good. The jobless rates in Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties dropped, especially in Bartow and Gordon counties.

-Little change: Compared to June, the July report was mostly flat with a tick or two down except for a big increase in Chattooga County: from 11.2 percent to 11.8 percent.

-What to watch in August: Two major closings--Pierre Foods in Rome (350 jobs) and the Mohawk spun yarn plant in Cartersville (229 jobs).

-Help is on the way: Two job fairs are set for next month: On Sept. 9, the Cedartown Career Expo from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Cedartown Career Center, 262 N. Park Blvd. 770-749-2213  And on Sept.  23, the Northwest Georgia/Shorter University Job and Career Fair at The Forum,1 until 5 p.m. with more than 30 employers. Business.

-Statewide job report. Click Business

CVB moving to new Brown Center; depot office goes to to downtown development office

(Media release) The Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau will close its offices and Visitor Information Center on Aug. 28 at the Historic Railroad Depot in downtown Cartersville. The CVB is relocating to the new Clarence Brown Conference Center on Ga. 20.

-The Cartersville-Bartow County Visitor Information Center reopens on Sept. 20.  The visitor information center will be open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. A grand opening for the Brown Center will be held in August.

-Features of the new Visitor Information Center include designated parking, ample restroom facilities, free WiFi, in-lobby destination marketing presentations and more. 

-The CVB will operate the 44.000-square-foot Clarence Brown Conference Center. It will feature 15 interior rental spaces in addition to the Cass Courtyard and Bartow Amphitheater. 

-The Cartersville Depot, owned by the City of Cartersville, will remain open to the public and will be operated by the Cartersville Downtown Development Authority. 

-The CVB's Welcome Center in Adairsville's Historic Rail Depot will consolidate with Cartersville.

The Adairsville Depot also remains open to the public as the Adairsville Rail Depot Age of Steam Museum is located inside

-Details: 770-387-1357 and or at www.NotAtlanta.org

Chattahoochee Technical College extends deadline for admissions

(Media Release) Prospective students have a little bit longer to get documents together for fall quarter at Chattahoochee Technical College. The deadline for the submission of fall quarter application packets (application, application fee, official test scores and sealed high school/GED and college transcripts) has been extended to Friday, Sept. 3.  For more: www.ChattahoocheeTech.edu or call 770-528-4545.

Search specifics set for Newman's replacement as Shorter president:

An article appearing in a recent edition of The Christian Index details what qualities are sought for the next president of Shorter University. Dr. Harold Newman announced his retirement in June after successfully guiding the school to university status. Newman has agreed to stay on through is contract or until a replacement is named. Among the characteristics sought: "A born-again evangelical Christian ...an advocate of Christ in the fine arts ...a proponent of both Liberal Arts and Professional Studies... an awareness of fund raising." Click Shorter

Air show that really happens in the air at Russell Airport Friday, Saturday: -The Admiral John Towers Regional Aerobatic Competition flies into Rome's Richard B. Russell Airport this Friday and Saturday as pilots from all over the Southeast come to show their flying skills. It is free and open to all. Details

Watch Gingrey's Polk town hall via C-SPAN: A 96-minute video of U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey's meeting was taped Aug. 18 at the senior center in Cedartown. Included: Some transcript breakouts. Plus: the clarity of the video is amazing, especially since it is via the Internet. To view, click Gingrey

Aug. 26/Labor Department seeks 45 workers for its new Disability Adjudication Services office in Dalton. Click

Wednesday's Bartow County Jail reports. Incident reports /

Your latest forecast:

-Thursday: Sunny, high of 90, low of 69. 20% rain chance.

-Friday: High of 90, low of 67.

-Weekend preview: Sunny, upper 80s and upper 60s at night.

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Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey   

-ACC Coastal is one of the most competitive divisions in all of college football.

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-Greensboro takes opening game of final home stand of 2010 season, beats Rome, 6-3. 

-Tonight: Braves host Greensboro. 7 p.m.

-Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos. Click 

John McClellan's High School Football Picks & Forecasts. Click McClellan

-Cass gets county's only win as Cartersville (vs. Pepperell), Adairsville (vs.  Ridgeland), Woodland (vs. Cass) in for rough evenings, says NW Georgia's Mr. High School Football.

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-12th inning rally gives W. Virginia win over Rome, 5-2.

-Tonight: Braves host Greensboro. 7 p.m.

-Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos. Click 

Latest Bartow updates. Berry College studying football. Opi's makes a comeback

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Berry takes a closer look at football, full track and field programs:

-One of the more clever T-shirts around the Berry College campus boasts of an undefeated football team. That shirt could be setting a pretty high bar for a potential team of gridiron Vikings. A major conversation coming out of the start-of-semester meetings on campus is a serious look at a Berry football program.

-"It is a study item this year," says Jeanne Mathews, assistant vice president for public relations and marketing. "Much as we spent a full year researching all aspects of a possible move to the NCAA, we will be researching the costs and benefits of a program.  The vice president of Student Affairs, Debbie Heida, and Director of Athletics Todd Brooks will be leading an effort during the school year to open discussions with the campus community about the potential. All of these factors, financial and benefits,  would be considered in deciding to make a recommendation, one way or the other, to the Board of Trustees.

-We are also studying a full track and field program, considering the costs and benefits.  Berry desires to continue to grow our athletic offerings and, for each change, we will study for at least a year prior to making a recommendation."

-In recent years, Berry has added swimming, softball and lacrosse.

Tiles of Calhoun closing Rome store: Tiles of Calhoun is closing the Rome store off Dodd Boulevard by the weekend but will keep the Calhoun store near the outlets in operation. Rome-area customers have been asked to pick up their existing orders by Friday.

Dining

New Opi's Roadhouse due at Ga. 53/140 by late September:

-The rebuilding of the Opi's Roadhouse on Ga. 53/Ga. 140 is finally taking shape following a fire that destroyed the restaurant last October. With the slab poured and framing beginning this week, owner Dennis Nolan hopes to have the new restaurant open by the end of September. "You will definitely see some progress soon," he says. "... it all depends on the beer and liquor license, that could take longer because you can't apply for that until we have the building up." The new Opi's Roadhouse will be double the size of the previous location with 3,000 square feet. The same menu will be featured along with new items of steak and seafood. Nolan says he will hire at least 25 new employees beginning in mid-September. To follow updates on Opi's Roadhouse, check out their Facebook page. (Natalie Simms)

-Background: The former Opi's group once had restaurants in Adairsville, downtown Rome and at the location that was hit by fire.

Tuesday's Bartow County Jail reports. Intake & Media

Your latest forecast:

-Wednesday: High of 90, low of 68.

-Thursday: Sunny, high of 91, low of 69.

-Forecast: Click  / Regional animated radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey   

-Miami, Duke and Virginia have almost nothing in common on the football field.

John McClellan's High School Football Picks & Forecasts. Click McClellan

-Cass gets county's only win as Cartersville (vs. Pepperell), Adairsville (vs.  Ridgeland), Woodland (vs. Cass) in for rough evenings, says NW Georgia's Mr. High School Football.

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-12th inning rally gives W. Virginia win over Rome, 5-2.

-Tonight: Braves host Greensboro. 7 p.m.

-Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos. Click 

Air quality alert in Bartow --but cooler temps. Friday night football: McClellan's picks, radio, more.

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Air quality alert for Bartow County, metro Atlanta today. Click

Football

John McClellan's High School Football Picks & Forecasts. Click McClellan

-Cass gets county's only win as Cartersville (vs. Pepperell), Adairsville (vs. Ridgeland), Woodland (vs. Cass) in for rough evenings, says NW Georgia's Mr. High School Football.

Two games, one station, no problems: We've seen WJTH in Calhoun (AM 900 / 101.7 FM) do it for several years and now the folks at WBHF 1450 AM in Cartersville are giving it a go. The radio station will carry the Pepperell at Cartersville game Friday night with coverage beginning at 5:45 p.m. It also will be heard on Comcast Channel 23 (in Bartow) Another key showdown, Cass at Woodward, is Friday night and it will be webcast on Bartow Headlines. The decision for the first weekend of high school ball is key as only one station in Bartow is providing coverage this fall.

-Other stations carrying Friday night football this fall are as follows; click each for games and broadcast schedules: WRGA / Q102 / 93.5 Life / South 107 / WLAQ / The Ridge / Hometown 1220 AM / WGAA / WEBS

-More indoor football news: As we wait for formal word on the new Rome Southern Indoor Football League team, here's good news for AFL fans: The Georgia Force is back, courtesy of a move by the Huntsville Vipers. Facebook

Education

-Shorter University's preliminary enrollment numbers for the fall semester show a 25% growth in the traditional student enrollment over last year. Shorter

-Berry College is welcoming nearly 700 first-year students and transfers for the first day of classes Monday.Berry

-Aug. 26/Georgia Northwestern Technical College will hold a graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. at the Forum. Click

Health

-Harbin using new implant to help younger patients with knee pain. Health

-Harbin Clinic Rome Dialysis Center honored. Health

Adairsville Baptist Church announces that AWANA is beginning Sunday, Sept. 12 at 5:45 p.m. The program is open to toddlers from age 2 as of Sept. 1 through youth in the sixth grade. Classes end each Sunday at 7:15 p.m. Details

Monday's Bartow County Jail reports. Intake & Media

Your latest forecast:

-Tuesday: Sunny, high of 91, low of 64.

-Wednesday: High of 92, low of 65.

-Forecast: Click / Regional animated radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey

-Could it be that Florida State is really back or will we be teased by Clemson again?

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-Rome takes second straight vs. West Virginia, 2-1.

-Braves final '10 home game stand. Next: tonight at 7 p.m.

-Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos. Click

New AWANA Club Begins at Adairsville Baptist

 

Adairsville Baptist Church is excited to announce that AWANA is beginning Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 5:45 p.m.  The program is open to toddlers from age 2 as of September 1st, through youth in the 6th grade.  Classes end each Sunday at 7:15 p.m.

AWANA is an acronym for "Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed," taken from 2 Peter 2:15.  The program is dedicated to helping churches and parents worldwide raise children to know, love, and serve Jesus Christ.  The five program principles are:

1.  AWANA is centered on the Gospel.

2.  Scripture memory is key.

3.  AWANA is exciting and fun.

4.  Children are trained to serve.

5.  AWANA is built on strong leadership.

On Sunday September 5th, from 4-8 p.m. the church will host a Church Picnic and AWANA Kick-off.  The community is invited to join us for hamburgers, hotdogs and lots of food, plus fun and games or everyone including inflatables and a water slide.  AWANA pre-registration will be held during the event.  The registration fees of $25 for young toddlers, and $30 for kindergarten-6^th grade students will not be due until October 1, 2010.  Each student will receive an AWANA workbook and book bag, T-shirt, and program awards.  Scholarships are available for families in need and participants may call the church for more information, 770-773-3198.

Adairsville Baptist Church located at 107 Summer Street, Adairsville. Directions: I-75 Exit 306. Go west on GA 140, one mile.  To learn more about the AWANA and all the ABC Ministries please contact Rev. Richard Webster at 770-773-3198.

Cartersville DOT transportation meeting Thursday. Tams concert is Saturday. Local politics. Final week at home for the Braves.

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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

 

Three-Dot Buzz . . .:

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.