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LINDA MCPHERSON NAMED 2012 SOUTH COBB CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

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2012 Class A Boys State Tennis Champions! Standing, from left, Stephen Bracher, Robby Keough, David Lemasters, Walker Wood, Kyle Childree, Matthew Landry, Cole Enright, Justin Samples, and Bob Mainor, community coach. Knelling are: Matt McGill, Tommy Keough, and Bennett Shilling.

A retired educator who spent 41 years in the Austell community, teaching and serving as a guidance counselor, has been named South Cobb Citizen of the Year for 2012.

Linda McPherson, came to Georgia from Louisiana after college. She taught at the old Austell Junior High School then Garrett Middle School.

She and her husband, the late Lynn McPherson, served in every office in the PTA at Clarkdale Elementary, Gar-rett Middle School and South Cobb High School. They were also active in high school booster club activities for track, cross country, basketball and cheerlead-

ing. She continues to serve the commu-nity by volunteering at four schools each week, Bolton Academy in Atlanta, Comp-ton Elementary, Garrett Middle and South Cobb High School. She is also active in her church, St. Thomas the Apostle in Smyrna.

“Linda has shown her fierce loyalty to South Cobb County for more than 42 years,” said Dr. Frank Croker, former prin-cipal at Garrett. “She is a servant leader. Principals, peers students, parents and community have been uplifted by her hard-working can-do attitude. South Cobb County is a better place to live, due to Lin-da’s loyalty and example.”

“She is a philanthropist without know-ing she has been philanthropic,” said her daughter, Aimee Haber.

“I am truly grateful and honored,” Ms. McPherson said in receiving the award. “I thank you for your friendship and loyalty.”

“During her years of service, she has taught and counseled more than 10,000 students over three generations. She is held in high esteem by the students, faculty and parents,” said John Collar of Austell. He noted that the award was never expected to be only for “high profile” people who receive a lot of publicity. Many of the recipients have quietly and with dedication over many years actively contributed much to the community.

“She is a special person who has given her life and heart to South Cobb,” said Rotary President Wayne Blackstone.

A packed house attended the luncheon May 17 at Presbyterian Village. The award is presented annually by the South Cobb Rotary Club and the Cobb Chamber of Commerce. More than a dozen previous winners of the service of the year award were in the audience.

The Whitefield varsity boys tennis team recently won the Class A state cham-pionship, securing the first state champion-ship in tennis in school history.

The WolfPack, 17-0 in regular season play, won the regional championship ear-lier in the season and moved on to the semifinals. At the semifinals the WolfPack beat Calvary Day School from Savannah in just 45 minutes. The number one singles player Kyle Childree (12th), the number two singles player Matt McGill, and the number two doubles team of senior Tommy Keough and sophomore Bennett Shilling each won their matches in two sets. Mean-while Robby Keough, the number three singles player, won his first set as did the number one doubles team of Cole Enright and Matthew Landry. These players were on their way to victory when the match was called with a WolfPack win of 3-0.

WHITEFIELD BOYS WIN STATE TENNIS TITLEThe WolfPack moved to the final

round of state determined to secure the championship. Childree won two sets 6-1, 6-3 over Brookstone’s Kazuki Onoe who fought back during the end of the match but was eventually overtaken by Kyle. Tommy and Bennett also took down Brookstone 6-3, 6-2.

Enright and Landry won their first set 6-2, but lost the second set 3-6. The cham-pionship then moved rapidly as fans split up to watch McGill’s second set, a grueling competition, or Enright and Landry’s third set. Neither McGill or the doubles team realized they were playing for the champi-onship. While fans watched both matches, a loud Whitefield cheer suddenly erupted from the doubles match. With Enright serving, the two won on a serve to the backhand side that set up a winning volley by Landry.

Linda McPherson, center, with South Cobb Rotary President Wayne Blackstone and her daughter Aimee Haber.

Several road construction projects are underway that will benefit South Cobb, according to Commissioner Woody Thompson, speaking to the Austell Busi-ness Association recently.

Thompson praised the city’s mayor and council for “running a good shop here.”

The three road projects, funded under the county’s 2011 SPLOST, assist in Thompson’s economic focus areas of “downtown” Mableton, The River Line and Six Flags Drive.

“Floyd Road will be rebuilt,” Thomp-son told the group. “Presently it is a scary five-lane road. This will remove the ‘chicken lanes,’” he said.

The $8.44 million project includes safety and traffic flow improvements, including a raised median, new turn lanes, longer turn lanes, and enhanced traffic and pedestrian signals; between Veterans Memorial Highway and Clay Road. Engi-neering has started on the project with completion set for January 2016.

Two other projects are also planned:• Planning for a $3 million traffic flow

and safety improve-ment project on Six Flags Drive between Riverside Parkway and Six Flags Park-way, including turn lanes at key inter-sections and side-walks, will begin in August. Comple-tion is scheduled for July 2015.

• River View Road will be upgraded with traffic flow and safety improvements, between Veterans Memorial Hwy and Nichols Drive, including turn lanes at key intersections and sidewalks. The $3.48 mil-lion project is already in the planning stage with completion by January 2014. This project supports the 90-acre Green Street Properties Development on the Chatta-hoochee River.

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HONORING OUR SON, PETER,ON HIS FIRST FATHER’S DAY

By Cathy Shattles LipsettEditor/Publisher

I have a photo in front of me, of our son, Peter, wearing a backpack filled with his happy little daughter at her first base-ball game. They are in front of the Nationals Stadium in D.C., Peter wearing his Atlanta Braves hat. Lilly has on a Braves shirt, cov-ered by a Nationals bib. (Her mom, Ann-Bailey, is a Nationals fan). We have other similar photos of the two of them, Peter with the special baby backpack with Lilly on a family hike in the Virginia mountains; Peter with Lilly in a smaller pack at the Woodruff Arts Center, viewing the art.

It is so heartwarming to watch our grown-up son interacting with his baby daughter. Lilly Bell is only nine months old, but she has already spent some amazing qual-ity time with her dad (and mom).

This will be Peter’s first Father’s Day as a Dad. He comes from a long line of loving, caring, interactive fathers. He has had a great role model in his own father and fatherhood seems to come naturally to him. Each male must find his own style of parenting, but he is guided by the fathers who have been a part of his life.

What does it take to be a great father? Love certainly must be the first ingredient. Without that, there is no foundation for the role. Although I’m sure it must happen, I can’t imagine a father, who, upon meeting his child, does not feel a bond, a kinship, and a deep swelling of love. The other fatherly traits build on this instinctual love. Kindness, patience, nurture: all of these are important components of fatherhood. It’s also impor-tant to give discipline and instruction, offered with love. Conversations are also important; not one way monologues, but speaking and listening. Already Peter and Lilly Bell have conversations, although her vocabulary is somewhat limited at the moment. But he talks to her, reads to her, and listens proudly to her babbling, excited by sounds that are becoming actual words.

I have a lot of pictures in my mind from Peter’s youth: Allan helping him build a racer for the Scouts Pinewood Derby; the two of them cutting the grass, as Peter fol-lowed his dad with his toy mower; the two of them going on a Scout camping trip; and Allan watching Peter in a play or a soccer match. There has always been time set aside for interaction; time for being together, sometimes as a whole family, sometimes just

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For the past 32 years a group of about a dozen members of the WMU of Concord Baptist Church, Mableton, has provided quarterly Family & Friends Night dinners for adults with mental health disabilities.

In April, they were honored for their efforts by the United Way as the Gas South Heart in Hand Family and Group Volunteer of the Year.

Some 60 people, most of them con-sumers at Cobb and Douglas Community Service Boards, attend these special occa-sions monthly. The dinner is sponsored by the women’s group but supported by the whole church, preparing and organizing food, serving as friendly waiters and wait-resses, making many trips back and forth for food and for drink refills, and cleaning up afterwards.

Despite a fire caused by a lighting strike to the church last summer, the din-ners continued as the parishioners made

CONCORD BAPTIST WINS HEART IN HAND AWARDdouble use of the fellowship hall as the sanctuary.

The group is led by Cora Lee Porter, 86, who has been involved in this volunteer project since it began 32 years ago.

In the nomination for the award, Cobb CSB Volunteer Coordinator Mary Robeck praised the work of members of the 180-year old church. “By today’s standards this church is rather small, but it has a BIG and compassionate heart for those in the com-munity who are lonely or in need, and it has willing hands to act upon that compas-sion,” she said.

The Cobb & Douglas Community Ser-vices Boards provide mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse services to more than 10,000 residents of Cobb and Douglas Counties annually. For services relating to mental health, mental retarda-tion and substance abuse call the Access Center at 770-422-0202.

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Heartworms were once specifi-cally related to dogs, but no more. Cats once had immunity to immature heart-worms or larvae spread by mosquitoes, as do humans. But heartworm larvae have recently evolved to develop resistance and can now survive in the feline bloodstream. Heartworm disease is much deadlier in cats than dogs due to their smaller heart size; it takes only one or two heartworms to cause sudden death in cats. Worse yet, even if detected in advance, there is no heartworm treatment as there is for dogs, only support-ive therapy for cats. The only protection against this deadly danger is a feline heart-worm protection like Revolution applied monthly to kill the larvae in advance, before they reach your cat’s heart.

Although you may think feline heart-worm disease endangers only outdoor cats,

a recent study of sudden feline deaths in indoor cats showed half were caused by heartworms. After all, how many times have you found a mosquito in your house? Cats often die without showing any symp-toms of their heart disease, or they may display vague, indistinct symptoms like poor appetite, lethargy or vomiting that can be mistaken for hairball or gastrointes-tinal problems. Thus, many cats go undi-agnosed, or survey radiographs reveal an enlarged heart, prompting a feline heart-worm blood test. The more noticeable symptoms of wheezing, difficult breathing and coughing are often mistaken for respi-ratory infection unless a feline heartworm test is run.

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Founded in 2001 in an apartment in Marietta, Triumphant Community Church has found a home in Austell. Triumphant Community Church is located at 3100 Joe Jerkins Boulevard, Austell.

From the dozen people who were present at the first service for the nondenominational church, Pastor Robert Moore now leads the flock of more than 100.

Starting out as New Birth Community Church, the church has overcome several obstacles. In September of 2009 a flood left the sanctuary six feet under water. In September 2010, it changed its name after the Bishop Eddie Long scandals.

“We are committed to Bible truth,” said Pastor Moore who comes from a Baptist-Pentecostal background. “Our commitment is to Scripture.” Moore has more than 30 years in the ministry. “My whole life has been church,” he said.

Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. begin with worship and arts from a praise team and a dance group, followed by the passing of the peace. “Nobody leaves here without getting a hug,” the pastor said. The message follows, until 11:30 a.m.

Church members also meet from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday evenings, for a “Wednesday Night Live” Prayer & Wor-ship Service. During the school year, the church offers AWANA for youth, ages 3-17. “Thirty minutes before each worship service, we offer a time for Corporate Prayer and Meditation,” he said. “Come dressed comfortable, and ready to enjoy

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During worship, children ages three to teens and young children’s classes par-ticipate in arts and crafts snacks Scripture lessons and Bible quizzes.

“In the future, we’re hoping to become more involved in the community. We hope to be a positive influence for good.”

The pastor invites everyone to come as his guest, “they all even get a free gift,” Moore said. “We even offer to adopt first time visitors as members.”


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JUNE21: SMYRNA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ALIVE AFTER FIVE to be held 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on June 21st at Delmar Gardens of Smyrna, luxury retirement community! This event will be open to all local business association mem-bers and guests. Invite a friend and join us for a spectacular Caribbean Summer Soiree! Grab your business cards and join us for an evening of upscale networking! Donations accepted for SHOP with a Hero! Contact Brittney Stroud at 770-432-4444 for more details or visit www.smyrnabusiness.org.

• • •27: SOUTH COBB AREA COUNCIL. Wednesday, June 27. Coach George E. Ford Center 11:45 a.m. General Admission: $30 Members: $10 online; $20 at the door. Online Registration Closes: June 25 at noon

• • •27: EDUCATIONAL EVENT. Wednesday, June 27 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. – Delmar Gardens of Smyrna will be hosting a free educational event: “How to communicate with your loved one with a cognitive deficit” lead by national speaker Dr. David Hutchings, CCC-SLP.D. Event sponsored by Amedisys Home Health Care. RSVP to 770-432-4444. Contact Brittney Stroud for more de-tails.

• • •29: JAZZ TRIO. Friday, June 29 from 6:30 - 8 p.m. – Free Candlelight Concert in the Courtyard of Delmar Gardens! Come and enjoy and eve-ning of Jazz with the Bright Moments Jazz trio! Sumptuous hors’d’ oeuvres and fine wines to be served. Please RSVP to 770-432-4444. In case of inclement weather, the concert will be held inside.

JULY9: FIRST MONDAY BREAKFAST. Monday, July 9. Cobb Galleria Center 7:30 a.m. Speakers: Ed Baker, Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle and Paul Bennecke, Founder and Principal, Red Clay Strategies. Program: Regional Transporta-tion Referendum & Leadership Cobb Graduates. General Admission: $60. Members: $25 online; $40 at door. Online Registration Closes: July 3 at noon

• • •18: SUMMER JAM. 2012 Summer JAM (Joint Association Meeting) for members of Cobb Business Associations and the Chamber of Com-merce. This is the second annual summer net-working event to be held this year on July 18 at the Cobb Civic Center. As last year’s attendees know, this is a chance for business association members to gather and network with hundreds of other association members.

• • •19: CANDIDATES FORUM. Mableton Im-provement Coalition will hold a Candidates Fo-rum on Thursday, July 19th. The South Cobb Business Association is joining us to present this important meeting designed to help you make the best decision when you vote. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the South Cobb Community Center at 620 Lions Club Drive in Mableton.

• • •5: COBB FAITH PARTNERSHIP General Meeting, July 25: Join us at Turner Chapel AME Church for Cobb Faith Partnership’s Next Gen-eral Meeting! Lunch starts at 11:45 a.m. with the meeting following at Noon. As always, we will have our Have Some/Need Some item exchange table. For information, contact [email protected], or our website at www.cobbfaithpartnership.org, or visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/cobbfaithpartnership.

WEEKLY EVENTSAEROBICS CLASS. Austell First United Methodist Church offers “Firming After 50”, a free weekly low-impact aerobics with a focus on adults over 50 years of age. Class meets in the church’s fellowship hall every Wednesday night from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. with certified group fitness instructor Cindy Standard. Austell First UMC is located at 5705 Mulberry Street in downtown Austell, just north of the railroad tracks and City Hall. More details can be found at www.blessau-stell.com or by calling 770-948-1806.

• • •ALATEEN and Al-Anon Family Groups meet every Monday at 8 p.m. at the Ridgeview Insti-tute in the Day Hospital. 3995 S Cobb Drive, Smyrna

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• • •BIBLE STUDY. Every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Come, have dinner & study the Bible with us. Words of Faith A.M.E. Church 5719 Garner Rd. Mableton. 770 944 3584

• • •BOY SCOUT TROOP 61 meets every Monday night at 7:30pm in the Troop Lodge at Bethany

Methodist Church at the intersection of Hurt and Hicks Roads. Cub Pack 61 meets Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Bethany Gym.

• • •COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY - NON-DE-NOMINATIONAL. Designed to guide us in aligning the words of our mouth with The Word of God. THURSDAYS starting promptly at 9 and ending promptly at 10 a.m. located at: CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH, 4494 Floyd Road at Concord Road, Mableton.

• • •MABLETON FARMER’S MARKET: Mable House Parking Lot from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 each Thursday. Cole Lake Creamery has joined us at the Mableton Farmers Market. Come visit Dan-iel and try some of his award-winning cheese. While at the market, pick up some preserves, sweet potato pies and delicious, Georgia-grown produce!

• • •SMYRNA FRESH MARKET, running each Saturday through September from 8 a.m. until noon. The market is located in the parking lot between Smyrna First Baptist and the Market Village, 1275 Church Street SE Smyrna.

• • •FREE TAIJI CLASS for all Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. South Cobb Regional Li-brary: 805 Clay Road, Mableton and on the sec-ond Tuesday of each month at The Mable House, 5239 Floyd Road, Mableton.

• • •FREE WEEKLY COMMUNITY MEALS ST. LUKE UMC, 5115 Brookwood Drive Mableton will be serving a free meal every Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. All are welcome. Entrance on lower level in back of church.

• • •FREE WEEKLY COMMUNITY DINNER - Please join us! Every Monday night at 6 p.m. Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 6216 Love Street, Austell.

• • •REFORMERS UNANIMOUS (RU) is a Christ-centered addictions program that meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at Westside Church located at 4900 Floyd Road, Mableton next to Walgreens. RU helps adults find freedom from addictive behavior. Call Mark Baker at 404-354-8911 for more information or see www.wbcfamily.org.

• • •SOUTH COBB ROTARY: noon, Thursday, Presbyterian Village, East-West Connector

• • •SOUTH COBB TOASTMASTERS Tuesday at 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. South Cobb Regional Library, Mableton 678-799-4425.

MONTHLY OR MOREALZHEIMER’S-DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP. Thursday, May 17 at 11:30 (lunch pro-vided) monthly “Alzheimer’s-Dementia Support Group.” RSVP to Arbor Terrace at West Cobb: 770-435-0750.

• • •AMERICAN LEGION POST 264, 6251 Ivy Road, Mableton meets every third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Bingo--Mon, Tues, Friday 8 p.m., Sat. 5 p.m. and Sun. 4 p.m.

• • •AUSTELL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION meets the third Tuesday of each month at noon at the Treadmill Mall Complex

• • •AUSTELL CITY COUNCIL meets the first Monday of each month for its regular meeting.

• • •AUSTELL COMMUNITY TASK FORCE meets every 1st Monday at 7 p.m. at the South Cobb Recreation Center, 875 Six Flags Drive, Austell. www.austelltaskforce.org.

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• • •CANCER SUPPORT GROUP, The Star Group To help patients and their families feel more hopeful and less alone through the mutual shar-ing of thoughts, feelings, and concerns related to living with, and surviving cancer. Fourth Thurs-day of each month at Noon. (A light lunch is served) WellStar Cobb Hospital Magnolia Room Group leader: Raymond Coffman Please call 770-732-3780 to RSVP.

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PRIME TIME DANCE at the Paulding Com-munity Center the second Friday night each month from 7 til 10 p.m. Ronnie Akers, aka, RA the DJ will be taking request. Popular Country/Western, oldies, and line dancing. Instructions on the latest Line Dances. Ages 40 +, $5. at the door. All proceeds benefit the Paulding County Senior Center. Couples & singles welcome - 54 Industrial Way, Dallas 770-443-8873.

• • •FREE MONTHLY DINNER. Leland-Qwest UMC, 81 Veterans Memorial Highway, SE, Mableton, sponsors a free community dinner on the last Wednesday of each month from 6 – 7 p.m. All are welcome. (Enter on left side of the church on the lower level).

• • •“HOBO SUPPER” Second Thursday of each month, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Community invit-ed---Clarkdale UMC Austell—Powder Springs Road, Clarkdale, Georgia. For $6 you get a Drink, Beans (3 kinds), Mashed Potatoes, Cole Slaw, Corn Bread, Onions, Pickles, Beets and a large variety of homemade desserts to choose from. Community invited.

• • •MABLETON IMPROVEMENT COALI-TION (MIC) is a nonprofit citizens group formed to promote quality growth and redevelopment in the 30126 zip code. MIC’s Board of Director’s meetings are the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m., generally at the Mable House Arts Center in Mableton. Visit www.mableton.org.

• • •THE MOMS CLUBS of Smyrna are non-profit support groups for at-home mothers. Smyrna-West chapter includes zip code 30082. Please visit www.momsclubofsmyrnawest.com for more. Smyrna/Vinings-West chapter includes zip code 30082 in the Nickajack & Russell school district. Please email [email protected] for more information.

• • •NAMI SOUTH COBB has monthly meetings on the 4th Tuesday of each month 7 to 8:30 p.m., except Dec. Macland Presbyterian Church 3615 Macland Road Powder Springs. Kathleen Breen, 770-943-5322, [email protected]. Our pro-grams are educational and supportive. NAMI South Cobb Connections – Contact: Patricia Kramer, 770-222-3211, [email protected] for information.

• • •NAVY LEAGUE ATLANTA METRO COUN-CIL. The Greater Atlanta Council meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m. at the Navy

Recruiting District HQ, 2400 Lake Park Drive, Suite 410, Smyrna. Membership is open to all civilian and retired military with an interest in supporting our men and women of the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Ma-rines. For Information contact Frank Campbell at [email protected] or 678-234-2310.

• • •PEBBLEBROOK JR FALCONS Association Quality Recreation * Life Skills * Civic Action Programs 2nd Sunday Monthly Meetings at 5 p.m. 6th Grade Academy at The Barnes Center Coaches & Volunteers needed and welcome.

• • •CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER LINE HIS-TORIC AREA COMMITTEE meets every third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Mable House Arts Center. The committee deals in a variety matters to further the recommenda-tions of the River Line Master Plan. Visit www.mableton.org to verify meeting dates.

• • •SMYRNA FIRST MOPS offers fellowship with other mothers of all ages and stages. We welcome women from throughout the communi-ty, so you don’t have to be a member of Smyrna First United Methodist Church to join us! We typically meet the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at SFUMC. For more information, check out www.smyrnafirst-mops.com

• • •SMYRNA STITCH-IN GROUP meets on the first Mondays of the month at the South Cobb Library - 805 Clay Road - Mableton GA in the large meeting room. If you like to cross stitch, do crewel work, needlepoint, etc. and meet women in the area, please come join us. If you have any questions, please contact Nadine Amy at [email protected]

• • •SOUTH COBB BUSINESS ASSOCIATION meets the first Wednesday of each month at 11:45 at Mableton Lion’s Club Park Community Center. www.sc-ba.org

• • •SOUTH COBB LIONS CLUB meets the 1st and 3rd Monday evenings of each month at The South Cobb Community Center. 620 Lions Club Drive in Mableton at 6:30 p.m.

• • •SOUTH COBB SENIORS Friendship Club meets on the 1st Monday of each month 10:30 a.m. at the Lions Club Drive Community Center, Mableton. Newcomers are welcome to come and join the fellowship and lunch, guest speakers and the love of others.

• • •VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES SUPPORT GROUP Group (Pride) meets from 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Contact Gloria Fisher, LCSW, for more details: 770-432-7280.

• • •E-mail your organization’s calendar news to [email protected]. Deadline for the JULY issue is JUNE 23 with publication the week of JULY 8. Calendar items are accepted from civic groups, non-profits, schools and church organizations and run as space is available. Due to the increasing number of calendar list-ings, please keep announcements brief. Please do NOT send calendar announcements in flyer format. For more information about submitting calendar items or other news, contact us at 770-426-9388 or by e-mail to [email protected]. Find updated calendar items on our web-site at www.brightsidecobb.com.


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E. Meshal Crooms, co-founder and president of the foundation (pictured in the center), and her husband Derick founded the 501©3 organization in their daughter’s name to preserve her legacy, and continue her love for the sport vicariously through other female student athletes. This tour-nament represents her spirit, passion and motivation to raise funds and a higher level

The South Cobb High team with Brodnisha Taylor, third from left, and Eniya Ed-wards, fifth from right, after a recent game. The team won and showed respect to the fallen AAU basketball player, Courtney S. Crooms, for whom the foundation is named.

of appreciation for other female basketball players as they continue to develop their skills and compete. The tournament also awards grants to promising female basket-ball players.

This year’s event, held May 18-20, marks the fifth year of the tournament, which showcases the talent of some of the best players in the southeast, including Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Courtney’s motto: “Live life with passion and purpose, and play each game as if it were your last!,” says it all.

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• I will continue to oppose using Cobb’s property tax dollars to subsidize the marketing agenda of the Chamber of Commerce.

• I will continue to oppose the T-SPLOST proposal (HB – 277) that would increase sales taxes, “for ten years,” to fund a rail system from the Arts Center in Atlanta to Cumberland Mall in Cobb County and other projects Cobb voters clearly do not want.

WE DO NOT NEED MORE TAXES…..

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I need your help, support and vote on July 31st to bring our conservative values back Cobb County.

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SENIOR CENTER NEWSFreeman Poole Senior Center

Here’s what is happening at the C. Freeman Poole Senior Center 4025 South Hurt Rd, Smyrna. Call 770-801-3400 for more information or reservations. Activi-ties limited to adults age 55 and above.

Monday Movie Madness - Monday, June 11, Country Strong, 1 – 3 p.m. Cost: $2/$3 Non-Resident; Ticket required. Star-ring Garrett Hedlund, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester. A drama centered on a rising country-music songwriter who sparks with a fallen star. Together, they mount his ascent and her comeback, which leads to romantic complications involving her husband/manager and a beauty queen-turned-singer.

Treat Yourself Tuesdays - Tuesday, June 12, El Solecito Mexican Restau-rant, Veteran’s Memorial Hwy. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Cost: On Your Own; Regis-tration required. Get to know other people and enjoy the social gathering. This will be a fun time! Meet at restaurant.

How to Negotiate - Friday, June 15, 1 – 2 p.m. Free. Do you feel you could use a few new tips on negotiating? See what Chris Miller has to say. It’s never too late to learn new skills.

How to Talk to Your Doctor - Monday, June 18, 1 – 2 p.m. Free. Wellstar specialists will talk about how to get the most from your doctor visits.

Swallowing Disorders - Tuesday, June 19, 1– 2 p.m. Free. Amedysis will present how to recognize and treat this dis-order. Get your questions answered.

Just for Summer Meet & Eat - Thursday, June 21, Cost: $7/$9 Non-Resi-dent. 12 – 2 p.m. Plan to join us for this festive afternoon with the Swinging Saints performing live. If you like comedy, this one’s for you. You will see 13 ragtime musicians, armed with offbeat instruments and attired in comical costumes. What they lack in talent, they make up for in dedication: The ensemble recently gave its 1,000th performance.

Bingo Bash - Thursday, June 7, Monday, June 25, 1 – 3 p.m. Cost: $3/ $4 Non-resident. Win gift certificates to local restaurants! Multiple tickets can be pur-chased.

Blood Pressure Check - Thursday, June 7, Monday, June 25, 12 – 3 p.m. Free.

Speech Language Pathology (SLP) & Cognitive Disorders - Wednesday, June 27, 1 – 2 p.m. Free. Dr. David Hutchings, Regional Director at Amedisys Commu-nity Home Health, will discuss SLP as well as various cognitive disorders, such as dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Lane Packing Peach Orchard - Thursday, June 28, 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. We are off to visit Lane Packing to stock up on some fresh, juicy peaches, pecans and other yummy goodies! This is a riding tour through the peach and pecan orchards. Tour guides will explain the history of the peach industry in Georgia and how they are grown and harvested. Bring a box for your purchases. Lunch at Yoder’s in Mont-ezuma. Cost: $55 Senior Council Member / $60 Non-Member. Deadline: June 21. Price includes motor coach transportation, admission, lunch, snacks, tax and tips. No refunds after payment deadline date. Full refunds will be given if trip is cancelled.

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Mableton Improvement Coalition and the South Cobb Business Association will hold a Candidates Forum on Thursday, July 19. This important meeting is designed to help you make the best decision when you vote.

Plan now to attend. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the South Cobb Com-munity Center at 620 Lions Club Drive in Mableton.

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TOTAL FITNESS GIVES TO CANCER CAMPAIGN

Total Fitness Revolution program director Lauren Whitmore of Mablrton was introduced to ovarian cancer three years ago when her mother was diagnosed with the disease.

“That was by far one of the worst days of my life. I learned more about the disease,” Lauren recalls. After her mother passed Lauren embraced her own health and fitness goals and turned her dedication and commitment to health into a career.

As a result Total Fitness Revolution will launch a three month campaign start-ing June 1, donating 20 percent of all new memberships to Ovarian Cycle Inc., an organization dedicated to finding an early detection test.

Total Fitness Revolution will kick off a three-month campaign promoting Ovarian Cancer education and research. Monthly raffles will be held on all cap-tured memberships, gifting winning new members with merchandise from their Reebok Classic line. Total Fitness Revo-lution is located at 1400 Veterans Memo-rial Hwy SE, Mableton, GA. Total Fitness Revolution will donate 20 percent of new memberships over the summer to ovarian cancer research.


The best first steps? The ones you take together.The first step is keeping your little one healthy. You can count on the WellStar Pediatric Network to connect you with doctors who’ll take care of your baby every step of the way, from newborn to toddler to teen.

WellStar pediatricians are experts at child development and age-appropriate care. They know tummy aches and playground scrapes and so much more.

And because aches and pains don’t take a day off, many of our pediatricians offer same-day appointments, six days a week.

To learn more, call 770-956-STAR or visit the new wellstar.org.

The vision of WellStar Health System is to deliver world-class healthcare. Our not-for-profit health system includes WellStar Cobb Hospital, WellStar Douglas Hospital, WellStar Kennestone Hospital, WellStar Paulding Hospital, WellStar Windy Hill Hospital and WellStar Medical Group.

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POLICE UNITY RIDEOn May 10-12, Cobb Police Sergeant Jeff Perry left, and Captain Jeff Adcock, right, of Precinct II, rode bicycles with 1,500 other law enforcement officers from across the country in the Police Unity Tour. Here, they are at a stop in Philadelphia. The Police Unity Tour pro-motes awareness for law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty and raises funds for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington D.C. The two officers rode from Somerset, N.J. to Washington D.C via Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Baltimore, Maryland for a total of 230 miles in three days. This year the Police Unity Tour donated $1.65 million to the National Law Enforcement Memorial.

The 3rd Annual Cobb Street Minis-tries Golf Tournament will be held Friday, June 15, at the Creekside Golf and Country Club in Hiram.

This Austell-based ministry works on housing, feeding and educating abused and battered women and children, unwed mothers and the homeless.

Reserve your team by calling Richard Block at 770-314-8229 or email [email protected].

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TRINITY TABERNACLE BAPTIST HOSTS ‘JAZZ UNDER THE STARS’ Trinity Tabernacle Baptist Church

presents its third annual fundraiser event - JAZZ UNDER THE STARS on Friday, June 29, at 7 – 11 p.m. at South Cobb Com-munity Center located at 620 Lions Club Drive in Mableton. The South Cobb Com-munity Center is the street directly behind Trinity Tabernacle Church on 592 Veterans Memorial Hwy in Mableton.

JAZZ UNDER THE STARS will fea-ture a variety of artists such as Tonya Att-away, Harley Griffin, Ollie Patterson, Rai Ragland, Terry Dukes, Reginald Harris, The Ministry Nashville Gospel Group, the Glorious and more.

If you enjoy JAZZ, you will not want to miss this event. Come prepared to sit back, relax and enjoy the smooth and soul-ful sounds of professional jazz artists in a family friendly setting. Admission is only $20 ($21 for on-line ticket purchases) and refreshments will be available for purchase including Specialty drinks by D’Lifeful Drinks and Smoothies.

For additional information or to pur-chase tickets online contact: Gwen Jones - 404-402-2966; Church phone: 770-941-4131; email: [email protected]; Church Website: www.trinity-tabernaclebaptistchurch.org.


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MABLETON DAY DRAWS A CROWDMableton Day was a huge success , as kids of all ages enjoyed the games, information booths, vendors, car show, and all the other activities designed fun. Both entertain-ment stages were busy throughout the event, and visual artists presented demonstra-tions outside the historic Mable House, which was open for tours. The second annual Mableton 5K gave local runners and walkers a chance to shine and the Fun Run for kids made its debut. Above, Event Organizer Albert McRae listens to the band; below left, Scott Reily and Mirella Reily display his Birdigami, a 3-D origami craft; and below right Angel Copeland and Bridget Martin do some painting, guideed by local artist Reid Perryman.

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