April 21: Booth plans tribute concert to Doc Stovall

Media release: Booth Western Art Museum will honor the life, spirit and legacy of the late Doc Stovall with a Tribute Concert on Saturday, April 21. The event will celebrate the influence Stovall had in preserving the cowboy culture, and will include performances by members of his band, The Tumbleweed Cowboy Band, several people reciting cowboy poetry, and gun tricks and humor by Emcee Jim Dunham, who also serves as the Booth's Director of Special Projects.  

"Doc Stovall was very influential in passing along the love and interest in cowboy music - and especially cowboy poetry," said Booth Museum Executive Director Seth Hopkins. "This Tribute Concert is meant to honor him and the legacy he has left and also to allow those he influenced to share some of Doc's favorite cowboy music and poetry. It will be an uplifting event, and we invite everyone interested in honoring his life to attend."  

Free and open to the public, Doc Stovall Remembered: The Tribute Concert, will be held in the Booth Ballroom beginning at 2:00 pm on April 21. For more information about Doc Stovall Remembered: The Tribute Concert, please contact Jim Dunham at 770-607-6362.

Sheriff's deputy involved in shooting; one hurt, two in jail. Plenty of sunshine this Easter weekend. Carmike sees surge in attendance, sales. Later today: Jail reports

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Deputy involved in shooting; one injured, two arrested.

 

Business:
-Carmike Cinemas see spike in attendance, admissions.
-Regions repays $3.5 billion in TARP funds.

Latest public health restaurant inspection scores.

Easter Weekend forecast: Plenty of sunshine

-Friday: High of 66, low of 42.

-Saturday: Sunny, 73, low of 44.

-Easter: Mostly sunny, high of 75, low of 46.

 

Rome Braves opener suspended by rain. Rome was up 1-0 over host Charleston when the game was called. They play again tonight. .

Later today: Bartow County Jail reports.

 

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-Please join our guests today including John Pillsbury, Floyd school's volunteer of the year, and the man that nominated him, Pepperell High principal Phil Ray; Floyd Emergency Management Director Scotty Hancock on one year after the April 27 storms.

70% chance of storms this afternoon, evening. Cartersville council meets tonight. Latest restaurant scores. How to help in cancer study.

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'Good signs' for local real estate sales. Area residents asked to participate in historic cancer study. 

 

Redmond, cancer coalition seeks community involvement in cancer study.
Surprising score for local favorite: Get the latest public health restaurant inspection scores from Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties.

 

Later today: Bartow County Jail reports.

 

Tonight: Cartersville  City  Council meeting.

Rome Braves open 2012 season tonight in Charleston:
-The 10th edition of the Rome Braves begin the new season tonight at 7 in Charleston vs. the RiverDogs. The same two teams will be on hand a week from tonight, April 12, for the home opener of the season at State Mutual Stadium. 

 

70% chance of storms after 2 this afternoon
-Look for afternoon and evening thunderstorms today stretching into Friday morning thanks to a cold front sweeping the state and bringing much more normal temperatures. 

-Thursday: 70% rain chance, high of 79, low of 51.

-Friday: 30 % rain chance, high of 69, low of 43.

-Saturday: Sunny, 73, low of 46.

-Easter: Mostly sunny, high of 74, low of 48.

 

 

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-Please join our guests today including Dr. Steve Briggs, president of Berry College, on the bid to offer a four-year nursing program; Rome native Chris Crumbly who's been named director of NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans; and Dr. Frank Stephenson on Berry College's Business Outlook Conference set for April 18. 

 

Today's Sports:  

-10th season home-opener is April 12 at State Mutual Stadium. First pitch: Rocket Wheeler, team's first manager.

-Miracle Field opening is April 14.  

-The Rome Braves release 2012 Promotional Calendar; filled with events celebrating 10 years of the club calling Rome home. Sports

Rain, cooler temperatures on the way. Floyd schools chief stepping down. Latest jail reports. What's ahead in Bartow County

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Floyd schools Superintendent Dr. Lynn Plunkett retiring in December. 

 

Mike Huckabee's new show joins WRGA on Monday.

-One-time GOP presidential contender's show to air from 12:06-3 p.m. weekdays. 

 

Local churches prepare for busiest days of Holy Week

 

Later today: Bartow County Jail reports.

 

What's ahead in Bartow County: chili cookoff, ATCO clean-up.

 

Rain on the way, much cooler by Friday

-Wednesday: 40% rain chance, high of 84, low of 60.

-Thursday: 70% rain chance, high of 79, low of 51.

-Friday: 20 % rain chance, high of 68, low of 46

 

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--Please join our guests today including Chris Giddens of Pleasant Valley South Baptist Church on the Easter message and children; AJC media writer Rodney Ho on the Mike Huckabee-Rush Limbaugh radio showdown.

 

Today's Sports:  

-10th season home-opener is April 12 at State Mutual Stadium. First pitch: Rocket Wheeler, team's first manager.

-Miracle Field opening is April 14.  

-The Rome Braves release 2012 Promotional Calendar; filled with events celebrating 10 years of the club calling Rome home. Sports

 

April 21: Second Annual ATCO clean-up set

Media release: Organizers from Keep Bartow Beautiful, the City of Cartersville, and other groups invite volunteers to

help clean up ATCO on Saturday, April 21st.

Each April, Great American Clean-up events are held nationwide as part of Earth Day celebrations.

ATCO was the site of the successful Cartersville Great American Clean-up event in 2011, and

organizers hope to have an even better effort in 2012.

Volunteers are appreciated, and advance registration is not needed. ATCO Baptist Church has agreed

to let representatives of the City of Cartersville register volunteers near the front of the church at the

intersection of Goodyear Avenue and Parmenter Street. Registration will take place at 10:00 AM in the

parking lot.

All needed items will be provided - gloves, trash bags, reflective safety vests, and water bottles courtesy

of Keep Bartow Beautiful. Members of the Cartersville Woman's Club have also agreed to provide

refreshments. Volunteers will walk through the neighborhood cleaning up trash from the sides of the

roads, and the event will be finished around 11:30 AM.

Organizers look forward to a great turnout as volunteers meet in the front parking lot of ATCO Baptist

Church on Saturday, April 21st at 10:00 AM to help spruce up the neighborhood on what should be a

beautiful spring day.

For more info, contact Richard Osborne at 770-387-5614 or rosborne@cityofcartersville.org

Toyo expansion, LakePoint earn Bartow praise in Georgia Trend. Shorter: 30-plus vacancies as lifestyle statement signature deadline nears. Rain on the way. Later today: Jail reports.

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Bartow, Gordon, Floyd counties have bragging rights in Georgia Trend's business yearbook:

-Lowe's, Toyo Tire, LakePoint among the big players.

 

Travel Channel's 'Dead Files' coming to Cartersville: 

-'Duo investigates a terrified mother's claims of strange paranormal activity, soon discover aggressive entities and evidence of a shocking murder.'

 

Shorter deadline for signing statement just about here

-With the school year almost over, full-time staff will have to make final decision on whether to sign 'lifestyle statement.'

-Shorter lists more than 30 full-time, 12 adjunct vacancies.

-A position not on that list: Nursing dean Vanice Roberts, who is leaving to help form Berry's nursing program. 

 

Tuesday's Buzz 

-Molly Hatchet, Spring into Peace, student honors.

 

Later today: Tuesday's jail reports.

Thunderstorms possible tonight-Thursday.

-Tuesday: 30% rain chance, high of 86, low of 57.

-Wednesday: 40% rain chance, high of 83, low of 59.

-Thursday: 80% rain chance, high of 77, low of 55.

 

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-Please join our guests today including Jessica Brady of AAA South on rising gasoline prices; Phil Jones, head football coach at Shorter University on the gridiron golf match coming up and the new season; and  Lee Thomas, Georgia's Director of the Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Division on 'The Three Stooges' shot in Cartersville and other films made in Georgia. 

 

Today's Sports:  

-10th season home-opener is April 12 at State Mutual Stadium. First pitch: Rocket Wheeler, team's first manager.

-Miracle Field opening is April 14.  

-The Rome Braves release 2012 Promotional Calendar; filled with events celebrating 10 years of the club calling Rome home. Sports

New spin on Steeplechase: Groupon discount tickets, 'Peoplechase,' Ky. Derby drawing. Gas up 5 cents. Wetter, warmer week ahead.

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-Steeplechase 2012: Groupon deal, 'PeopleChase,' Kentucky Derby drawing new to April 14 event.

-Status check: Miracle Field about ready; Lowe's center on the fast track; restaurant, retail updates.

-Less of Lester? RNT cartoonist still there?

-Week ahead: It is a huge one, from the Easter celebrations to the return of baseball to candidate contribution forms and more.

 

Warmer, wetter week ahead

-Monday: Sunny, high of 84, low of 61.

-Tuesday: 20% rain chance, high of 85, low of 59.

-Wednesday: 50% rain chance, high of 83, low of 58

 

Gas prices: Up another nickel to $3.84 a gallon.

 

Later today: Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

 

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-Please join our guests today including: Doc Kibler on 'Momentun' at  the chamber of commerce; 

Ernie 'The K-Man' Studard on 10 years of the K Club at the Rome Braves;  and Ann Hortman on this month's handcycling championships returning to Rome/Floyd County. 

-We'll go overtime today as well as Nelle Reagan takes a morning off. At 9:05 a.m., join us for Kristi Kent from Parks & Rec as we talk about the Roman Roast on the River and at 9:35, Barbara Earle joins us from the Free Clinic of Rome.

 

Today's Sports:  

-10th season home-opener is April 12 at State Mutual Stadium. First pitch: Rocket Wheeler, team's first manager.

 

-Miracle Field opening is April 14.  

-The Rome Braves release 2012 Promotional Calendar; filled with events celebrating 10 years of the club calling Rome home. Sports

-Rome Braves 2012 season and single-game tickets now on sale.