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Rome Middle School Students Shine At Junior Theater Festival
Rome Middle School made Georgia proud recently. Not only was the Rome Middle School Drama Club accepted into the invitation-only 2010 Junior Theater Festival which took place in Atlanta, but Rome...
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Anna K. Davie Students Sing In Choir Event
Anna K. Davie Elementary School students Terrell Conner and Ja’Darrien Henderson had the rare opportunity to sing with about 200 other boys in a mass choirfFestival event in Atlanta recently. Peac...
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2 Darlington Athletes Given Vincent J. Dooley Award
Darlington seniors Emily Braden and Thad Mathis have been selected as Darlington’s recipients of the Vincent J. Dooley Award, which is given by Athletes for a Better World in partnership with the ...
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School Lunch Menus, March 16-22
FLOYD Tuesday: Peanut butter & jelly uncrustable, hamburger, lettuce and tomato, chips, fresh vegetable dippers, apple yummies, fresh fruit, fruity punch, orange drink, milk Wednesday: Peanu...
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High school seniors can apply for scholarship from Blood Assurance
The Blood Assurance Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2010 Crystal Green Memorial Scholarship. Applications for the one-time $1,500 scholarship must be postmarked no later than Marc...
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Each local high school chose a student and teacher to honor in the STAR recognition. Armuchee: Student Lauren Michelle Collins and teacher Leigh Burnham Area STAR Students, Teachers To Be Celebrated
Rome and Floyd County’s top SAT takers will be honored this week at a lunch banquet during the Exchange Club of Rome’s weekly meeting. The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program recogn...
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Midway Primary School students Hannah Grace Nash (left) and Kinsey Pyles sort through sock donations. Midway Primary Students Collect More Than 1,200 Pairs Of Socks
Students at Midway Primary were thinking about their fellow man recently when they donated more than 1,200 pairs of socks for the children in Haiti who survived the earthquake. Even though this ...
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Artwork Wanted For Endangered Species Day
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Endangered Species Coalition, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art/ University of New Orleans are organizing an art co...
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UCS Student Gets Second in Spelling Bee
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Katie White (center), a student at Unity Christian School, placed second recently in the Independent Schools Regional Spelling Bee held at Excel Christian Academy in Cartersville.
Local students nominated for Dooley awards
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Students at Darlington, Pepperell and Coosa high schools have been nominated to receive the Vincent J. Dooley Award presented by Athletes for a Better World and the Georgia High School Association....
Library has birthday celebration for Dr. Seuss
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The children's department at the Rome-Floyd County Library held a birthday celebration for beloved author Dr. Seuss today, complete with a birthday cake. Seuss, born Theodor Seuss Geisel on March ...
Scouts Earn Arrow Of Light Awards
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Members of Cub Scout Pack 305 recently received their “Arrow of Light” awards, the highest award a Cub Scout can earn. Pictured (front row, from left) are: Nicolas Magana, Kevin Bishop and Trevor W...
Rome Rotary Gives Out Terrific Student Awards
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The Rome Rotary Club named their Terrific Student Awards for February recently. All are eighth-graders at Rome Middle School. Pictured (from left) are: Daniel Ramos, Ricky Rivera, Kylie Copeland an...
Alto Park Wins Its Third Quiz Bowl In a Row
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Alto Park Elementary took top honors for the third year in a row at the 2010 Academic Quiz Bowl in the elementary division for Floyd County Schools. The elementary competition was started nine...
Armuchee Middle Wins Quiz Bowl
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Armuchee Middle School is the 2010 Academic Quiz Bowl middle school champions for Floyd County Schools. Armuchee Middle won two of the three middle school grade level competitions to take the middl...
32 St. Mary’s Students Qualify For Duke TIP
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Thirty-two fourth and fifth grade students at Saint Mary’s Catholic School qualified to participate in the Duke Talent Identification program. The students became eligible by scoring at the 95th...
Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim's 80th birthday (AP)

In this photo provided by the New York Philharmonic, Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim, center, steps forward to applause during a celebration of his upcoming 80th birthday, Monday March 15, 2010 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York. The New York Philharmonic hosted 'Sondheim: The Birthday Concert.' (AP Photo/New York Philharmonic, Richard Termine)AP - The ladies in red brought down the house.


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AP Source: Jackson in $200M-plus recording deal (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 1988 file photo, Michael Jackson performs during his 13-city U.S. tour in Kansas City, Mo. The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal. (AP Photo/Cliff Schiappa, File)AP - The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal.


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ABBA, Hollies, Genesis, Iggy Pop enter Rock Hall (AP)

Iggy Pop performs during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York, Monday, March 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - An English band steeped in harmony, a reggae pioneer, progressive rockers who thrived despite a defection, four Swedes who combined their nation's traditions with their rock heroes and a man who prowled a ballroom floor singing "I Wanna Be Your Dog" wouldn't seem to have much in common.


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