The Buzz of Northwest Georgia> Click
-Campaign 2008: Down and dirty season begins?
-Plus: Q & As start for House candidates
-Cheap eats: Dining out with the kids, including weekday freebies
-3-Dot Buzz: Jazz club making music? More Schroeder's, Googling Rome.
-Gas prices: Spotters say prices cheaper down the road
Campaign Watch/For additional updates, click Politics
-Candidate Q &As begins> Politics
-Crawford endorsed by Georgia Educators, NRA> Politics
-Dempsey sets town hall for Tuesday> Politics
-Absentee voting continues > Vote
-Sample ballots online: You can preview the ballot for your community online at the Floyd County Web site. The ballots are broken into state House districts:
11th District | 13th District/City | 13th District/County | 14th District | 16th District
-Dixon & Clemons on the second presidential debate> Dixon & Clemons
-Final presidential debate of 2008 set for Wednesday> Hofstra
-Campaign finance reports for state, local candidates> Politics
-Watters precinct change for Nov. 4 election: The precinct has moved to Auxiliary Gym at Model High School. Reason: work at the Scout Hut in Shannon.
Watching the markets:
-Foreign response to market woes encourages U.S.> CNN
-Track today's market changes on Google Finance
Weather Center/brought to you by Katie Dempsey for State House
-20 percent rain chance, high in the low 80s.
-For the extended forecast, click WeatherCenter
-EarthWatch/Rivers Alive cleanup set for Saturday> Click
The Football Report/brought to you by Printworks
-You links to this week's games, broadcasts and Web casts
-Tuesday: John McClellan's picks of the week; he was 20-1 last week
-Latest high school polls: Pepperell fourth in AA; Rome seven in AAAA
-Shorter prepares for North Greenville this Saturday at Barron Stadium
>For more, please see> The Football Report
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable/brought to you by Riverside Toyota:
-Who's No. 1? Actually, who's really qualified to rank college football at this point? Click Arey
Downtown Headlines
-What's ahead in downtown Rome this week: Tours, exhibits and more
-Click Downtown Headlines
Gas at $2.90 to $3.99 in our area; state average drops to $3.32 a gallon
A year ago: we were paying $2.76.
| Bartow | Chattooga | Floyd | Gordon | Polk | Georgia | |
| Ticker | Down | Down | Down | Down | Down | Down |
| Range | $2.90- $3.90 | $3.34 $3.70 | $3.26- $3.99 | $3.26- $3.69 | $3.10 $3.90 | $3.32 |
| Links | Cartersville | Summerville | Rome | Calhoun | Cedartown | State |
Campaign 2008: Down and dirty?
We're entering the "get the dirt out" phase of Campaign 2008. Almost every day, we're hearing accusations--stress, accusations--about political stunts, tweaking mailers, "special deliveries" in mail boxes, bizarre behavior, etc.
The real question is how much of this, if any of it, will surface in the series of community debates and meet-and-greets beginning tonight with the VFW event and hitting prime time next week with the NAACP/100 Black Men forum, the parks and rec debate and the farm bureau meeting. (Click Schedule)
Barring felony convictions in a candidate's adult career, we'll leave the accusations to the nameless forums and those who help make such vehicles possible. As vital as the Internet is to the 2008 campaign, this dark side exists, too.
What we do like is what a recent letter writer, Melanie Montanaro of Calhoun, recommends for those with questions about the presidential candidates: "Even though we are a TV nation, it is difficult to get the true message with the TV media giving us information in sound bites and with bias. The web sites provide a good way to get a clearer picture of the candidates' views. Also, they can't deny the information if it is on their web sites!" (Click Letter)
People are doing just that. A quick trip to Home Depot on Saturday turned up several voters who said they've been busy checking candidates' backgrounds, Web sites and even analyzing the campaign finance information (Financials). One seasoned voter spoke highly of the State Ethics Commission's nifty feature that lets you track where donations originated (Research) as we first reported in July.
Several other credible research tools are out there. WGPB 97.7 FM has been a community leader, hosting a series of broadcast dialogues with some area candidates (www.gpb.org/wgph).The television arm of Georgia Public Broadcasting also is working with the Atlanta Press Club to produce a series of candidate dates for "upper ballot" races. You'll be able to see the debates online as well. Click GPB
As for Hometown Headlines: We have e-mailed state House, county school board and county commission candidates specific questions on their respective races. Each race has one and only one question. We've invited the candidates to submit answers of no more than 500 words, and any hint of attacks on his/her opponent will be removed. (Click Questions)
We're posting those responses on our Politics page as they arrive. We'll also have updates on some of the upcoming forums.
Most important, we urge you to do what those voters we met at Home Depot said they were doing: research, fact check and double check.
Three-Dot Buzz . . . :
The return of Schroeder's: Calhoun is getting another Schroeder's New Deli, this one at Lovers Lane and Dews Pond Road in Cornerstone Way. Look for the shop to open by mid-week. The store is actually a transplant from the Adairsville location and brings the franchise back to Calhoun after the first attempt ended with the name change to Too Tall Paul's and a subsequent fire . . .
Googling Rome: Or make that Google in Rome? A Google executive is due here in a few weeks for a speech. We'll have details shortly . . .
Jazz club is in demand: We've had several e-mails about the fate of the Studio 712 jazz club proposed for downtown Rome by Terrence W. Hight. Some venues have been discussed, including pairing the club with existing businesses . . .
Some extra business buzz: We hope to have news later in the week about some additional business coverage from Hometown Headlines . . .
Area's kids-eat-free deals help stretch dining dollars
By Natalie Simms
In these days of high gas prices, rising grocery bills and the general economy, everyone is pinching pennies. No matter what our wallets look like, we still gotta eat! The good news is there are lots of weeknight deals at local restaurants where families can eat and not empty their pockets. Kids can eat free almost every night of the week somewhere in town. Here's your guide to cheap family dining::
Monday:
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Moe's Southwest Grill, 110 Shorter Ave. Kids eat free on Mondays from 5-9 p.m. The deal: One child's menu item free with the purchase of adult entrée and drink.
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Bella Roma, 3403 Martha Berry Highway. Kids 12 and under can eat free on Mondays after 5 p.m. Kid meal is free with purchase of an adult meal. Two children per family limit.
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IHOP, 35 Riverbend Drive. The deal: Kids can eat free from 4-10 p.m. One free kids meal with the purchase of an adult meal.
Tuesday:
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Las Palmas, 246 Shorter Ave. All day Tuesday, kids 12 and under can eat free. The deal: One free kid meal with the purchase of an adult meal.
Wednesday:
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Provino's Italian Restaurant, 288 Shorter Ave. The deals: Kids 12 and under can eat free. One kid's meal with the purchase of each adult meal. Also: Don't forget that Provino's offers a free meal on your birthday (kids and adults). You will have to show proof of your birthday.
Thursday:
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Fuddrucker's, 595 Riverside Parkway. The deal: Kids 12 and under can eat free from 6-8 p.m. One kids meal per one adult meal.
Other specials:
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Ryan's Family Steakhouse, 2305 Shorter Ave. The deal: All kids 3 and under are free every night.
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Santa Fe Cattle Co., 707 Turner McCall Blvd. The deal: Kid's meals are $1.99, including the meal and a drink, for kids 10 and under. This is an everyday price.
And don't forget the pizza deals:
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CiCi's Pizza, 2501 Redmond Circle: The all-you-can-eat buffet is $2.99 for kids and $4.99 for adults. A child's drink is $1.19 and adult drink is $1.54.
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Papa John's Pizza, 925 Turner McCall Blvd. You can get a medium, one-topping pizza for $6 on Monday or Wednesday nights. On Tuesday, you can get a large pizza with one topping for $6. Carryout only.
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Domino's Pizza, 20 O'Neill St. or 510 Shorter Ave. All the time specials are one medium one-topping pizza for $4.99 and one small one-topping pizza for $3.99. Carryout only.
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Little Caesar's Pizza, 194 Hicks Drive: All the time special is one large pizza with either cheese or pepperoni for $5. Carryout only.
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Pizza Hut,1808 Turner McCall Blvd. All week special is three medium one-topping pizzas for $5 each. You must order all three pizzas.
Road Warriors spot lower gas prices along the way
Two "Friends of the Site" report some interesting gas prices in their recent travels. The first came from the Orange Beach, Ala., area where gas was selling for $2.99 a gallon late last week (it was $3.51 here at the time).
Those venturing to Auburn's game on Saturday charted prices as follows:
-Regular unleaded at the Shell station in Buchanan and Wal-Mart in Bremen was $2.99 a gallon. An Amoco a mile down the road was $3.29.
-LaGrange, which is usually far cheaper than Rome and Bremen and 10 to 15 cents cheaper than Carrollton, had the most expensive gas with almost every station at $3.46 a gallon.
-Prices dropped most places from morning to night. Kroger in Cedartown, for example, was $3.24 without their 10-cent discount at 11 a.m. and $3.09 without the discount at 11:30 p.m.
You'll find our latest local gas prices on your community home page today.
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The forecast is for prices to continue falling toward reality--probably until the Thanksgiving and Christmas travel seasons begin, especially with fall break all but over locally (Shorter and Berry are on fall break today and Tuesday).
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