More 'signs' of change at Shorter Uni .... College
Signs of Shorter College's switch to a
university status are popping up everywhere these days. A new sign at Midtown Crossing, soon home to Shorter's business college, is up but under cover for a few more days. Also, a new electronic sign in on the school's Shorter Avenue entrance. Among the messages: News of the switch to university status. Part of the university celebration includes a June 1 concert with Christian recording artists Rebecca St. James and Jonny Diaz. It begins at 6 p.m. at the Rome City Auditorium, 601 Broad St., with In Pursuit, a local band that includes Shorter student Drew Carroll, as the opening act. Diaz will take the stage at 6:30 p.m., followed by featured artist Rebecca St. James at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are $5 for students and $8 for adults. All tickets will be $10 at the door. Box Office, 706-233-7288, or click Tickets.
-Thieves steal 48 laptops from Shorter's College Park computer lab. Click
Floyd school board's furlough vote means 10 days without pay for faculty in 2010-11; saves $3.5 million; delays school year's start to Aug. 9; and extends Thanksgiving break to full week. Budget
Mercier Orchards, a favorite stop of Northwest Georgians while in Blue Ridge, isn't just for apples any more. Plus: Fried pies at Tech games? U pick crops a big hit with Mercier visitors as strawberry harvest shows. Buzz
-Speaking of fruit, Kiwanis peach sale here: The Rome Kiwanis Club is taking orders for peaches from the Lane Peach Orchard in Fort Valley for delivery June 17-18. Prices: bag (5-6 pounds) for $9 or half bushel (25 pounds) for $30. Profits are used for scholarships for students and projects for young people. Kiwanis
PowerBall jackpot work $145 million tonight> Lottery
Wednesday's Buzz
-Stephenson, Land honored with Berry's Martindale Awards. Campus
-Northwest Georgia Credit Union awards three teachers with a classroom grant worth $250. Teachers
-Brittni Dulaney, a 2006 graduate of Darlington, is one of 11 Presbyterian College students to receive the Educational Testing Service Recognition of Excellence award. Darlington
-Gerrice Wood Rains, RN, MSN, named the Nurse Director of the Vascular/Cardiothoracic Progressive Care Unit at Redmond Regional. Click
Your latest forecast:
-Wednesday: 81 degrees, sunny skies; low of 53.
-Thursday: High of 86, low of 64; 30% rain chance overnight.-Extended forecast> Click / Regional radar
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable> Arey
-Georgia Tech needs to stay right where it is and say no thanks to the SEC.
Rome Braves> Sports
-Braves' bats stay hot as Riverdogs fall, 9-2, in day game> Sports
-Today's game begins at 1 p.m. at State Mutual Stadium.
-Mills Fitzner's recent game photos> Click
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