Lifestyles

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Proctor of Rome announce the engagement of their daughter, Alyson Maria Proctor, to Justin Caleb Whelchel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Whelchel of Silver Creek.

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Crawford of White and Todd Carnes of Lindale announce the engagement of their daughter, Alix Courtney Carnes of Atlanta to Michael James Orlando, also of Atlanta. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Orlando of Marietta.

Terry Lanier and Glenda Ann Spears celebrated their 50th anniversary on Feb. 23, 2014 with a trip to the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vt.

The Snake Creek Gap Time Trials is a three-month long mountain bike race series along the Pinhoti Trail. It drags mountain bikers along dozens of miles of tough, merciless trails full of rocks, roots and creeks and up tiring climbs.

Darlington School will host a blood drive Thursday in honor of Sureyya Kosedag, the mother of Darlington junior Nadin Kosedag. The Blood Assurance Blood Vessel will be at the McCallie-Kennedy Library steps from 2 to 7 p.m. for anyone who would like to participate.

Prayer is a privilege that belongs to all — it is not reserved for the saints alone. It belongs to the weary, defeated and dejected humanity. The Father-Son relationship that Jesus expressed so clearly through his teachings and his life gives us insight into the true nature of God.

Watching the father of the Internet and one of the founders of Apple play on an iPad together is an unusual experience, but if you’d stepped into the Huffman Athletic Center at Darlington Thursday, you would have seen it.

The T-Birds, characters in Rome Little Theatre’s production of “Grease,” took the show’s iconic car Greased Lightning for a spin on Broad Street this past weekend to promote the upcoming show. Set at Rydell High School, the show follows a group of boys and girls in their senior year as they deal with all sorts of teenage angst, from drive ins to burger bars and teenage pregnancy.

A stroll through downtown and a walk down memory lane are helping support the mission and activities of the Rome-Floyd Humane Society.

Words of encouragement and appreciation flowed freely Tuesday night as students who make a difference in the lives of educators got their recognition.

The following students from the area were named to the President’s List of their college or school at Mercer University for the fall 2013 semester.

ATLANTA, March 4, 2014-- The Northwest Georgia Regional Cancer Coalition, Inc. was awarded a grant in the amount of $10,000 by It’s The Journey, Inc., producer of the Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer. The grant will fund the Northwest Georgia Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Education Program in eight counties in NW Georgia - Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Polk and Walker. This grant is one of 22 grants awarded by It’s The Journey this year to breast cancer programs across Georgia.

Coming up on its 49th year, the Atlanta Steeplechase continues to be one of the great Southern traditions on Georgia’s calendar of spring events. This year’s day-at-the-races, scheduled for Saturday April 19, will be the premiere sporting event of the metro Atlanta area.

Thirteen Shorter University biology students recently were inducted to the Kappa Alpha Chapter of TriBeta National Biological Honor Society.

Matthew J. Herrin of Rome was named to the University of Montevallo President’s List.

As it appeared in the Fifty Years Ago column in the Thursday, March 5, 1964, edition of the Rome News-Tribune

In an age where technology is changing more rapidly than ever before, the importance of developing a workforce capable of meeting the needs of business and industry is also greater than ever.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Bartlett of Rome announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Beth Bartlett of Atlanta, to Dustin Robert Burnham of Atlanta. He is the son of Susan A. Burnham of Vero Beach, Fla., and Cornelius VerSluis of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Smooth jazz notes met visitors to Winthrop Court Senior Living on Thursday, but lively tunes from the 40s and 50s could be heard as well. The residents were all dolled up and having the time of their lives at their very own Sweetheart Dance.

Whitney Michele Rogers and Zachary Warren Kelley were married at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, at The Burk Farm in Armuchee.

Rome Middle School student John Knauss is heading to the state competition for the second year in a row after winning the District 1 spelling bee Saturday.

Sometimes, earthly troubles and sorrows will bring us closer to God, and sometimes they simply send us away with bitterness in our hearts and burdens we can’t bear.