First Chamber Luncheon Fri.

The Dade County Chamber of Commerce will host its first luncheon of the year Friday at noon at Guthrie’s Restaurant.

The speaker is J.E. Marston presenting THRIVE 2055, and will be accompanied by Brian Anderson, the Chair of Thrive 2055.

Thrive 2055 is a public-private regional growth initiative to engage people from across this 16-county, tri-state region of Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama in setting a course of action for the long-term prosperity of the region. 

The public is welcome to attend.

Astronomy Demo Friday

Wildwood’s Ned Smith will take another stab at showing Dade the stars this Friday night in Veterans Park on the Trenton town square. Bad weather clouded out his last month’s attempt, and this week he is switching from the previously announced Thursday to Friday because of the forecast.

In any case, beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday – weather permitting – Smith will give anyone interested a free glimpse of the heavens through his powerful telescope. 

Specific items of interest this month will be the moon, Jupiter and its moons, the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy. 

For more information, he may be emailed at smithn00@kitepilot.net.

Free Seminars At Library

The Dade County Library will host free library account management seminars throughout the day on Tuesday.  Patrons may learn how to renew items online, put books on hold, download e-books for free and start “book bags” for future reading.  The classes will be at 10 and 11 a.m. and 2 and 6 p.m.  Each will last about 30 minutes. 

Also on Tuesday is free family movie night at the library.  The animated feature Brave will begin at 5 p.m.

For more information, call the library (706) 657-7857.