Rome celebrates National Mammography Day. Harbin's 'kidney-friendly' cooking class. Cartersville lotto ticket worth $259K. High school, college football picks. Mid-30s tonight, Saturday.

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Health

Today/National Mammography Day celebration, 6-9 a.m., Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House, Shorter Avenue. Join The Breast Center staff and Floyd Breast Health Advocates for the annual Pink Day. Floyd staff members and volunteers will be handing out window decals and educational information to encourage women 40 and over to schedule an annual mammogram and Clinical Breast Exam. Related events.

-'Kidney-friendly' cooking class with Chef O at Harbin offices Oct. 21. Health

Business

-Oct. 21/Timely ribbon cutting for new Coosa Valley Credit Union Armuchee office, 2 p.m., Martha Berry Highway. You've got to like the timing of this one: In addition to serving as the formal opening and ribbon cutting, Oct.21 also is... International Credit Union Day. Coosa Valley took over the former branch office of Regions Bank, shuttered earlier this year as part of a Regions' cutback.

Dining

-Get a big Taste of Cartersville Saturday/From 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., you can get a big taste of Cartersville's dining scene courtesy of the event taking place in downtown Cartersville. Just about every restaurant in the community is part of the fun, and there's plenty for kids to do, too. Among those offering samples are: City Cellar & Loft, Moore's Gourmet Market, Scott's Walk Up BBQ, Cartersville Country Club, Swheat Market, Louie's Cafe, Slope's, River Thai, El Pueblito, Stonewall Manor. Free admission; samples range from 50 cents to $3. Follow on Facebook.

-Latest public health restaurant inspection scores. Click

Community

-Today/Rome Exchange Club presents annual Blue and Gold awards to two local law enforcement officers.  Cobb County Superior Court Judge James G. Bodiford will be the speaker.  Judge Bodiford is noted for presiding over cases such as that of Brian Nichols, the Fred Tokars murder case and that of the Tri-State Crematorium (in Walker County).  Noon, The Palladium.

Cartersville's Pilot Travel Center sells $259,234 lottery ticket; no winner yet

-A customer of the Pilot Travel Center at 968 Cass-White Road is holding a Fantasy 5 ticket worth $259,234. The numbers drawn Oct. 4 produced two winners--one in Augusta and one in Cartersville. The winning numbers: 9-11-13-24-35. The Augusta winner has been identified (click here) and has claimed that share of the prize. Pilot Travel Center also will get a $5,000 retailer bonus as did the Augusta merchant.

Football

-Get your final high school scores in a quick, easy-to-read format tonight on Hometown.

-Below: John McClellan's high school picks... Norman's No-Nos--15 college losers this weekend... Shorter on the road to Belhaven

Your weekend forecast: Mild days, chilly nights

-Friday: Sunny, high of 75, low of 37.

-Saturday: high of 75, low of 35.

-Sunday: high of 79, low of 41.

-Extended forecast: Click / Regional radar: Click

Norman Arey's sports commentary. Click 

-Norman's No-Nos: There will be a new No. 1 next week in college football and it wears green.

John McClellan's week eight high school football picks.  Click

-Armuchee by 20 over Model.

-Darlington by 8 over Bowdon.

-Pepperell rebounds, beats Adairsville.

-Rockmart by 10 over Coosa.

-Rough road trip for Rome; 5-point S. Forsyth win.

-Panthers by 14 over Unity  Christian.

-Plus: See John's picks for the regional games. Click

Possible high school football playoff scenarios. Football Daily

Shorter Hawks football. Hawks

-Oct. 16: Hawks (3-3) at Belhaven, 2:30 p.m. Preview

Rome Braves/State Mutual Stadium. Click Sports

-Oct. 16-17: Second Annual Softball Slam.

-Oct. 23: Montgomery Gentry concert.  

-Nov. 12: Braves Celebrity Shootout golf match.