• The Highland Rivers Community Service Board will meet Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 10 a.m. in the Highland Rivers Gordon County Mental Health Center located at 320 N. River Street in Calhoun. The Finance and Corporate Compliance Committees will meet at 9 a.m. Highland Rivers Center offers comprehensive treatment and support services for adults and children affected by mental health disorders, developmental disabilities and addictive diseases. The agency serves the counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, and Whitfield, and provides addictive disease services for citizens of Haralson County. The meeting is open to the public. For additional information or directions, please call 706-270-5000.

• Gordon County Republican Party will have its monthly meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Calhoun Depot, 109 South King Street, Calhoun. Featured speakers are Gordon County Commission Chairman, Judy Bailey who will speak on the upcoming County SPLOST initiative and State Representative John Meadows on the implications of the congressional, state senate and state representative reapportionment. For further information, contact Jim McGarvey at 706-629-4196 or see www.gordongop.org

• Northwest GA Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) presents: “New Age of the ‘Quickie’ election,” a labor relations seminar, presented by Constangy, Brooks and Smith, LLP. The event will take place Tuesday, Oct. 11, 8 a.m. – noon at Catering Connections, 1280 Veterans Drive, Dalton. For registration, contact Melinda Champion at melinda_champion@mohawkind.com. Registration: chapter member - $25; non-member - $40;large group (10 or more) - $25 each. For more information: http://www.nwgashrm.org.

• The Calhoun Pregnancy Center Inc. offers free pregnancy tests and counseling regarding abortion, development of the baby, and sexual purity and also helps with maternity and baby clothes, diapers and baby care products, and even some baby furniture when available. The center is open Tuesday from noon to 4 p.m. Calhoun Pregnancy Center is a Christian ministry dedicated to the sanctity of all human life. To make an appointment, call 706-625-5768. Walk-ins are also welcome. The pregnancy help center is located at the four-way stop on Peters Street.

• Each Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Calhoun Counseling Center (654 Red Bud Road, Calhoun), a substance support group will meet. For more information, contact 706-602-0339.

• Overcomers Outreach is forming a new group to meet every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Resaca Church of God, U.S. 41 North. The 12-step program is open to anyone who has an addiction, codependency, or wants to improve their general way of life. For more information, call 706-602-1709. Everyone is invited.