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Corey Higginbotham (left) of Silver Creek is presented with a $1,000 trip voucher by Sandra Kerr, donor recruiter for Blood Assurance. Higginbotham, a blood donor, received the voucher after registering for Blood Assurance’s monthly giveaway. (contributed photo)
Corey Higginbotham (left) of Silver Creek is presented with a $1,000 trip voucher by Sandra Kerr, donor recruiter for Blood Assurance. Higginbotham, a blood donor, received the voucher after registering for Blood Assurance’s monthly giveaway. (contributed photo)
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Silver Creek resident wins Blood Assurance's monthly giveaway
by Blood Assurance press release
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Corey Higginbotham of Silver Creek was the winner of Blood Assurance’s trip giveaway. Higginbotham, who donates at the Rome office in Midtown Crossing, registered for the trip after giving blood in...
Rome man wins $129,000 Fantasy 5 prize
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A Rome man is celebrating a win from the Georgia Lottery. Sam Adkins, 56, won a $129,124 jackpot prize playing Fantasy 5. Adkins matched all five winning numbers from the April 30 drawing. Smiley S...
Georgia Highlands College announces President’s, Dean’s lists
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Georgia Highlands College has announced the 2013 spring President’s List and Dean’s List honorees. To achieve President’s List status, students must make a 4.0 grade-point average and earn a minimu...
150 years ago in May 1863: The Civil War Years
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Rome Area History Museum volunteer Dennis Nordeman is compiling notable local news items related to the Civil War in commemoration of the war's sesquicentennial to be shared each week: Week en...
Religion News
Robert V. Ozment is a retired United Methodist minister.
Robert V. Ozment is a retired United Methodist minister.
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OZMENT: Conquer thought of life as a hopeless journey
by Robert V. Ozment
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
God never sends us into an impossible situation. When I was a lad, we lived about two hundred yards from a small country store. Frequently, in the evening, my father would ask me to go to the store...
Aldersgate Day event will celebrate Methodist heritage
by Mary Lynn Ritch, Staff Writer
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Area United Methodist Churches will celebrate their heritage during a special event Sunday at Morrison Campground. Mizpah United Methodist Church senior pastor Theresa Coleman will host the Aldersg...
Fifty Years Ago
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Sunday, May 12, 1963 It may be burned to crisp, but Mom will enjoy breakfast in bed today. Mothers who may often feel they’re slaves to their family will reign as queens today as Romans join in ...
Hometown Headlines
Corey Higginbotham (left) of Silver Creek is presented with a $1,000 trip voucher by Sandra Kerr, donor recruiter for Blood Assurance. Higginbotham, a blood donor, received the voucher after registering for Blood Assurance’s monthly giveaway. (contributed photo)
Silver Creek resident wins Blood Assurance's monthly giveaway
Corey Higginbotham of Silver Creek was the winner of Blood Assurance’s trip giveaway. Higginbotham, who donates at the Rome office in Midtown Crossing, registered for the trip after giving blood in...
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Rome man wins $129,000 Fantasy 5 prize
A Rome man is celebrating a win from the Georgia Lottery. Sam Adkins, 56, won a $129,124 jackpot prize playing Fantasy 5. Adkins matched all five winning numbers from the April 30 drawing. Smiley S...
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Georgia Highlands College announces President’s, Dean’s lists
Georgia Highlands College has announced the 2013 spring President’s List and Dean’s List honorees. To achieve President’s List status, students must make a 4.0 grade-point average and earn a minimu...
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Page awarded creativity scholarship
Davis Page of Rome was awarded an academic scholarship to attend Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. Page received the College’s Odyssey Distinction Award for artistic creativity.
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Home & Living
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Look no further than your freezer for Dad's perfect gift
(BPT) - Bill Cosby once said, “Fatherhood is pretending the present you love the most is soap-on-a-rope.” As children all over the country prepare to honor their dads for Father’s Day or a special...
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Do's and don'ts of shopping for dads and grads
(BPT) - Father’s Day and graduations are coming up, and that means you’ll have to think of appropriate gifts for these heralded champions. You don’t need to spend a fortune to make gift recipients...
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Facts matter when your health is at stake
(BPT) - Learning that you have a disease or medical condition can be overwhelming. You need to learn more about your condition. You may get advice from all directions – from well-meaning friends a...
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Roman Life
100 Years Ago
As presented in the Fifty Years Ago column in the Thursday, May 23, 1963, edition of the Rome News-Tribune Rome arrived at a proud distinction Wednesday fifty years ago when motorcycle cops made...
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Fifty Years Ago
Sunday, May 19, 1963 Rockmart Boy Scouts receive two new flags ROCKMART — Rockmart Boy Scout Troop 23, which has recently been reactivated, and the newly-organized Cub Pack have been presented...
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The Christensens are members of Rails-to-Trails. Based in Washington, D.C., the organization boasts over 150,000 members and has created over 20,000 miles of trails from previously used railroad lines. Rails-to-Trails provides a database of each of those trails — complete with photos and a ride-along description of its trailside attractions, history and important community connections.
Silver Comet Trail, Cave Spring hospitality make California couple feel welcome
Derek and Lee Christensen are originally from Los Angeles, Calif., and have been married for 26 years. During all those years it’s doubtful that either of them ever thought they would be having the...
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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100 Years Ago
As presented in the Fifty Years Ago column in the Thursday, May 16, 1963, edition of the Rome News-Tribune At an animated session of City Council it was voted 5 to 3 to repeal the plumbing ordin...
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Today's Events

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Engagements
  • Clanton - Murdock Engagement
    05.19.13 - 04:10 am
  • Littlejohn - Skeen Engagement
    05.19.13 - 04:08 am
  • Holbrook - Wilkey Engagement
    05.12.13 - 04:12 am
  • Johnson - McCrae Engagement
    05.12.13 - 04:10 am
  • Taylor - Osborne Engagement
    05.12.13 - 04:04 am
    • Weddings
  • Skates - Chapman Wedding
    05.19.13 - 04:02 am
  • Floyd - Scurlock Wedding
    05.12.13 - 04:06 am
  • Harrison - Day Wedding
    03.31.13 - 04:04 am
  • Stephens - McCullough Wedding
    03.17.13 - 04:04 am
  • Garrett - Holder Wedding
    03.10.13 - 04:02 am
    • Anniversary
  • Jones 50th Anniversary
    05.19.13 - 04:14 am
  • Salter 50th Anniversary
    05.05.13 - 04:14 am
  • Davis 25th Anniversary
    05.05.13 - 04:10 am
  • Hutchins 50th Anniversary
    04.21.13 - 04:14 am
  • Davis 50th Anniversary
    04.21.13 - 04:10 am
    • Young Romans
    (Photo contributed by Leah Holder)
    Miss Armuchee Middle School named
    Bryson Osteen, daughter of Leah Holder, poses with her “Jr. Miss Armuchee” crown and trophy. The pageant took place at Armuchee High School.
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    by Brianna Mitchell, a fifth-grader at Johnson Elementary School.
    April 2013 Young Artists
    Every day, a different young artist's artwork is featured on the front page of the Rome News-Tribune. Here is a gallery of young artist images from April's front pages. To submit your own local yo...
    May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Ted Edwards, Rome-Floyd Planning Department intern, talks to Rome Middle School students about zoning. (Doug Walker, RN-T.com)
    Students focus on historic Avenue A ; middle schoolers learn about caring for elderly and the environment
    Rome Middle School students took advantage of a break in the rain Tuesday to get out of the classroom and into their community. The Keep Rome-Floyd Beautiful Neighborhood Focus program int...
    May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Christopher Ortiz plays an elephant and Lilly Lary plays an elephant trainer at West End Elementary’s Kindergarten circus. (Lauren Jones/Rome News-Tribune)
    West End has Kindergarten Circus
    The ring leader’s voice boomed throughout the dark, crowded auditorium and the audience cheered, engrossed in the gypsies, the pirates and mermaids, the jaw-dropping magician and his lovely assista...
    Apr 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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