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With Lance back, can Rome score a return of Tour de Georgia in 2009?
The chatter among the Tour de Georgia enthusiasts in 2004 was that Lance Armstrong was dazzled by the planned time trial trip around Mount Alto. He won 
that event as well as the race to Rome the day before and the overall Tour event that year. Now comes word that Armstrong is coming out of retirement with plans to enter five races, including the tours de France--and Georgia. With Armstrong "in" for 2009, will it increase Rome's chances of returning to host status? Rome was a five-time destination until Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle--now Tour czar--spun the '07 race into much of his former Senate district in Northeast Georgia. As of Monday, Rome had not been invited to bid for a 2009 stop> Lance
Small Business Development Center closing, cites loss of GHC funding: The Rome office of UGA's Small Business Development Center closes effective Sept. 30 because of the loss of a $47,000 commitment from Georgia Highlands College, according to the center's statewide director. GHC is "rescinding its contract" which accounted for matching funds of $47,000 for the Rome office, says Allan Adams, adding that the SBDC can't sustain the office without that match. Dana Davis, GHC's director of college relations, says college administators didn't know the center's fate until Monday morning. Adams says the Rome office oversees Bartow, Gordon, Polk, Chatooga and Paulding counties. Clients in those counties will be shared by SBDC offices in Dalton and Kennesaw.
Tuesday's Buzz
>Tough economic times hitting campaigns, too? We're hearing some comments from political sources on both sides about contributions being a bit tougher to come by this year. Candidates are having to be more frugal than before. We'll see at least three fund-raisers this weekend (barbecues for Steve Hulsey, Ron Morris and a restaurant-based event for Barbara Massey Reece) this weekend followed by another barbecue for Irwin Bagwell on Sept. 20. We'll have a better look at economics when the quarterly campaign finance reports come out early next month.
>Shorter athletics TV program now available: Shorter College Athletics has 
partnered with Coosa High School Engineering and Technology Department to produce a 30-minute TV program, which is broadcast each week on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS, channel 35 on local cable) at 1 p.m. Thursday. The program highlights Shorter College Athletics, concentrating on football and basketball through March. The show goes to all CSS customers. Shorter plays in LaGrange this Saturday> Campus
>Pay city water bills online: The City of Rome is now accepting electronic, online payments of water bills> Online
>SPLOST: Advance voting continues through Friday> Vote
>Ga. School for the Deaf in Cave Spring to benefit from Cox's win> AJC
>Young Republicans joning Sept.20 Alzheimer's Memory Walk: The event is set for the campus of Berry College on Saturday, Sept. 20. Members interested in taking part in the two-mile walk should write romeyoungrepublicans@gmail.com.
>Gingrey's comments on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac takeovers: U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey has extensive comments this morning on RTT News about the takeover of the mortgage leaders: "I am very hopeful it will be a stopgap and allow the housing market to recover. But if we do this and we don't reform the system and we let them go back to business as usual … we would be making a huge mistake. In fact, I would label it as a dereliction of duty."> RTT News
WeatherCenter
>High near 86 with a 50 percent chance of rain.
>Rain ahead this week. Your complete forecast: WeatherCenter
>Hurricane Ike has Gulf on alarm once again> Tropics
Sports
>Norman's Arey's Sports Roundtable: Weighty issues: Friedgen's Terps; Weis' 'big' win, Phil Fulmer's winning percentage> Arey
>The Football Report from Printworks: Pepperell, Cartersville make opposing set of polls> The Football Report
>South Atlantic League playoffs: Augusta vs. W. Virginia> Sports
Downtown
>New Cotton Block Hall to serve as next Business After Hours venue> Downtown Headlines
Advance voting continues for education SPLOST: Advance voting is set for Monday through Friday at two locations as Rome, Cave Spring and Floyd County voters decide the fate of the proposed education special purpose local option sales tax. Hours are 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. at both sites:
>Floyd County Administrative Building, 12 E. Fourth Ave., Second Floor, commissioner's caucus Room
>Rome Civic Center, 400 Civic Center Drive
>The election itself is set for Tuesday, Sept. 16, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
>How the SPLOST question appears on Rome precinct ballots> Rome
>How the SPLOST question appears on Floyd precinct ballots> County
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