THE MARIETTA HOUSING AUTHORITY will dedicate its new senior housing facility, The Retreat at Dorsey Manor, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 118 Haynes St.

Residents of the 72 apartments will enjoy a wide variety of amenities, including exercise equipment, library, computer lab and movie theater. Twenty-two of the units will be reserved for seniors with incomes below $40,150 (individuals) and $45,900 (couples). Twenty-eight units will be for those with incomes below $29,684 (individuals) and $34,162 (couples). The remaining 22 units will be available regardless of income. Interested applicants should call (678) 594-0909.

The facility will retain the name of the adjacent Dorsey Manor high-rise, named after the late Annie Dorsey, a community and housing leader in the 1940's and 1950's, and mother of the late Jasper Dorsey, former Southern Bell chief executive officer. MHA requests that descendants of Mrs. Dorsey get in touch with MHA Development Director Pete Waldrep at (770) 419-3642 so they can be invited to the ceremony.

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EVENTS: The 2009 North Georgia State Fair will take place Sept. 24-Oct. 4 at Jim Miller Park in Marietta. ... .Kennesaw State University's Continuing Education program's 14th annual Celebration of Success will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the KSU Center at 3333 Busbee Drive in Kennesaw. Call (770) 423-6765 for reservations. ... The 1949-50 Marietta High School classes will hold a reunion luncheon Oct. 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the new MHS building on Dallas Highway. For details, call either Merrilyn Welch Eastham at (770) 428-9141 or A.D. Little at (770) 428-3398. ... Atlanta Business Chronicle columnist Maria Saporta will speak at the Leadership Cobb Alumni Association breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Georgian Club. ... Today and Sunday are the last chances to see The Atlanta Lyric Theater's production of "The Will Rogers Follies" at the Strand. ... The 2009 Cobb Chamber of Commerce/AT&T Business Open Golf Tournament will be Sept. 21 at Indian Hills Country Club in east Cobb. The cost is $250 per golfer, $1,000 per foursome. ... The Cobb Chamber will unveil the handprints of the Cobb County and Marietta City system-wide Teachers of the Year at a ceremony on Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m. in Glover Park on Marietta Square. The two honored teachers will be the 21st pair to leave their handprint legacy. The Cobb County Teacher of the Year is Allatoona High School's Kelly Bramblett. The Marietta City Teacher of the Year is Marie Sherbondy.

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MORE EVENTS: Chattahoochee Technical College-North Metro Campus held the fifth class graduation/pinning ceremony of Radiography students on Thursday, announced Ron Newcomb, provost and executive vice president of Chattahoochee Tech. There were 17 graduates in the program. They are: Rosemary Butler-Alvarez, Marietta; Jessica Andres, Woodstock; Jeff Atwood, Dallas; Stacey Banks, Cartersville; Robert Bartlett, Smyrna; Leisa Cash, Dallas; Tiffany Davis, Cartersville; Karl Giersberg, Woodstock; Joe Jackson, Powder Springs; Anna Logan, Marietta; Melissa Mailhes, Canton; Joel Reines, Smyrna; Jan Rice, Kennesaw; Lorie Rice, Kennesaw; Heidi Schulenberg, Marietta; Dennis Slayton, Dallas and Lauren Theissen of Acworth. ... C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Friday finished replacing the bridge on Kennesaw Avenue in Marietta on schedule. The firm also put down the first course of asphalt on all of Kennesaw Avenue ahead of schedule, pulling crews from other construction jobs. Owner Bob Matthews is personally involved in trying to expedite sidewalk construction by the end of October.

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MARIETTA READS!, the Marietta City Schools citywide effort to foster reading and literacy in the community, celebrates its seventh-year anniversary Saturday in Glover Park on Marietta Square from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Marietta High School Poetry Slam begins at 10 a.m. at the Marietta Welcome Center courtyard.

The annual event offers a variety of literacy activities, and family-friendly entertainment, including, balloon artists, face painting, school drama, dance and chorus acts, book fair, book costume characters, book giveaways, celebrity readers, and guest appearances by Marietta Reads! mascot Mari-Etta.

Bill Kinney is associate editor of The Marietta Daily Journal.