FULL DAY OF FESTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THIS FOURTH OF JULY AT RIDGE FERRY PARK
Ridge Ferry Park will be the site of a full day of family fun on Saturday with Rome’s annual Fourth of July celebration. Activities will begin at 1 p.m. and will include live music, children’s activities, contests for the family and refreshments. Musical entertainment will begin at 5 p.m. The line-up includes Francisco Vidal and Stevie Monce, Southern Thunder and Kneck Down. The highlight of the evening will be the fireworks show, which will take place around 9:15 p.m. Kneck Down will do an encore show after the fireworks.
The Rome Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority, which is hosting the event, invites the public bring their lawn chairs and blankets and spend the day at Ridge Ferry Park on Saturday. There is no admission charge. Parking will also be free and not a hassle, according to Lisa Nash, Special Events Coordinator for the Rome Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority.
Nash also says that in the event of rain, activities will be moved to Sunday. For more information about this year’s Fourth of July celebration at Ridge Ferry Park in Rome, visit the Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority website at www.rfpra.com.
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NORTH ROME CHURCH OF GOD TO HONOR OUR TROOPS WITH INDEPENDENCE DAY SERVICE ON SUNDAY
The North Rome Church of God will hold a special Independence Day service on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. The church’s minister of youth, Jason Justus, says that the service will honor those fighting for the freedom of our nation in the armed services. Two area soldiers who lost their lives in combat will also be recognized – Justin Johnson, who died while serving in Iraq in 2004 and Jeffrey Jordan, who died last month in service to our nation in Afghanistan.
There will be theatrical presentations, music and more at Sunday’s service. The church is located at 1929 North Broad Street in Rome. For more information, call Jason Justus at the North Rome Church of God at (706) 291-6687.
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FREE CLOCK TOWER TOURS SET FOR SATURDAY
The Rome Area History Museum will be offering free tours of Rome’s historic Clock Tower on this Saturday, the Fourth of July. The museum, however, will be closed that day. In the event of rain, the tours will be held on Saturday, July 11th. For more information, call the Rome Area History Museum at (706) 235-8051.
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GEORGIA STATE PATROL: USE CAUTION ON THE STATE’S ROADS THIS FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND
The Georgia State Patrol is warning motorists to plan carefully for their Fourth of July weekend travels. The GSP and the Crash Reporting Unit at the Georgia Department of Transportation have predicted 1,874 crashes, 895 injuries and 22 fatalities for the 78-hour holiday period, which begins this evening at 6 p.m. and will continue thru midnight on Sunday, July 5th. Twenty-two fatalities were recorded on Georgia’s roads during last year’s Fourth of July holiday driving period. There were 1,860 traffic crashes and 910 injuries reported, according to a press release from the GSP.
Colonel Bill Hitchens, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety, says that law enforcement officers will be out in force this Fourth of July weekend. They will, in particular, be searching for speeders, impaired drivers and those not wearing seat belts.
The highest number of traffic fatalities ever recorded on Georgia’s roads for the July Fourth holiday was 34 in 1972. The lowest was two in 1962 and again in 1984.
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PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SHORTER COLLEGE AND FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER TO BENEFIT NWGA NURSING STUDENTS
Shorter College and Floyd Medical Center have announced a partnership to provide a great opportunity in nursing education for Northwest Georgia. According to a press release from the college, Floyd has pledged a $25,000 annual investment in Shorter’s School of Nursing, which is slated to begin offering courses toward a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in the fall of 2010. Another highlight of the partnership is that a portion of the clinical instruction for Shorter nursing students will be completed at Floyd facilities.
Shorter president Dr. Harold E. Newman states, “We greatly appreciate Floyd’s investment in the establishment and the continued development of our Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program.”
