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‘SPRING CHICKEN RUN’ REGISTRATION BEGINS

GARRETT TO CELEBRATE ‘NIGHT OF

THE ARTS’ FEB. 9

Put on your running or walking shoes and join the 10th Annual Spring Chicken Run - A Race Against Hunger on Saturday, March 24, in Powder Springs to benefit C.A.M.P.

The Run is hosted at Macland Pres-byterian Church located at 3615 Macland Road. This family friendly event offers something for everyone including a 5K Run/Walk, 1 Mile Run/Walk, Spirit Walk, and Tot Trot. Races begin at 8:30 a.m. The 5K is an official certified Peachtree quali-fier course and all races are overseen by Racing Solutions. On-site parking is avail-able along with shuttle service to across street parking at Macland Baptist Church.

Register on-line at www.active.com, in store at Big Peach Running Co., or print the race form and directions at www.

Garrett Middle School will hold its seventh annual Night of the Arts program on Feb. 9 at the school.

“This event showcases the best of the best among our fine arts students,” said Principal Dr. Barry Harris. Students are represented from the programs of visual arts, drama, dance, band, chorus and orchestra.

A $20 VIP ticket entitles the attendee to be treated to a catered reception prior to the performances. It also includes the actual performances, as well as the “meet the performers” reception after the event. The VIP reception starts at 5:45 p.m.

If you want to attend just the student performances and meet performers recep-tion as well, the tickets are $5 with the show starting at 7 p.m.

“At any level, attendees are sure to have a wonderful time,” Harris said. Tick-ets are available at the school office.

svcamp.org. Pre-registration for the 5K is $20 ($25 after 3/20/12 and on Race Day); $15 for the 1 Mile; and $20 for Phan-tom Runners. Spirit Walkers pre-register directly with C.A.M.P. to participate and enter with a minimum $20 in paid pledges to support C.A.M.P.

The event benefits Christian Aid Mis-sion Partnership (C.A.M.P.), a local non-profit organization serving the community for over forty-three years. C.A.M.P. oper-ates a large food pantry program and clothing closet along with an emergency financial assistance program. Last year the Atlanta Food Bank named C.A.M.P. as the largest distributing partner agency in its 700+ partner network. For more informa-tion, please contact [email protected] or call 770-819-0662, ext. 17.

Great things are cooking in the Lewis household. Austell Intermediate 5th grader Evelyn Lewis and her mother Heather Lewis have taken their love of baking to a national level and have won national honors for their gingerbread designs.

What started as a holiday tradition of making standard gingerbread houses and decorating them turned into a seri-ous hobby. Mother Heather Lewis recalls, “After decorating houses for fun with the kids, I started making gingerbread homes as gifts for the classroom teachers. I began making it a hobby because it was relaxing and fun.”

Mrs. Lewis turned this hobby in to a serious art form when she began taking classes, starting at a Michael’s cake deco-rating class and progressing to taking pri-vate lessons from Nicholas Lodge, Food Network regular and premiere Atlanta Chef. With gingerbread being her spe-cialty, she looked to compete in the 2009 National Gingerbread House Competition hosted at Ashville’s Grove Park Inn but the flood waters that filled Austell devastated the Lewis home and dreams of competing would have to wait until the next year.

With more techniques she learned from traveling to cooking conventions across the country, as well as some she developed on her own, Heather Lewis and her daughter Evelyn were ready to make a run at the 2010 competition. In a field with over 250 entries, many competition veterans, Heather Lewis took the Grand Prize for her Gingerbread Russian Nest-ing Dolls and Evelyn placed in the top ten in the youth division for her gingerbread dog house. This year was also a big year for the Lewis bakers as Evelyn returned to place in the top 10 and Mrs. Lewis took the runner-up prize. Their success has lead

Evelyn Lewis and her gingerbread cab-in, above, and Heather Lewis and her gingerbread ornament box. Photos by Michael Oppenheim Photography.

MOM, DAUGHTER TEAM EARN NATIONAL HONORS FOR GINGERBREAD HOUSES

Students in Lisa Collins’ art classes at Floyd Middle School are ‘remixing’ art history with a splash of rock ‘n’ roll! Ms. Collins challenged her classes to develop creative reports about prominent visual art-ists, then create their own ‘Guitar Heroes’ artwork representing the artist studied (See the gallery below for a sampling of student artwork). Last year, Ms. Collins applied for and received a Teacher IMPACT grant from the Cobb Schools Foundation, which enabled her to purchase resources, frames and laptop computers for the ‘Guitar Heroes’ project, as well as instructional supplies for Floyd’s music program!

These ‘Guitar Heroes’ masterworks will be available for viewing March 13 – April 4 at the Mable House Gallery for the annual ‘Floyd Celebrates the Arts’ commu-nity display.

Ms. Collins took her efforts to the next level, connecting with a colleague at coun-try radio station KICKS 101.5. The station

donated an acoustic guitar autographed by some of country’s most prominent artists, which will be auctioned with proceeds benefiting the Fine Arts programs at Floyd Middle.

COLLINS’ ART CLASS AT FLOYD FEATURES

GUITAR HEROES

Lisa Collins

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VALENTINE’S DAY MEMORIES

By Cathy Shattles LipsettEditor/Publisher

Hearts and flowers, chocolate and jewelry, romantic dinners and cards with loving prose! Valentine’s Day is a day for celebrating love; for engagements; for weddings; for sharing a romantic dinner. It’s a day of gifts of cards, candy, flowers and jewelry.

As Allan and I get older and settled into a hppy marriage, Valentine’s Day is more of a regular day rather than a roman-tic holiday. Not that we don’t sometimes remember to share cards and chocolate, but there is less pressure to celebrate with expensive gifts and dinners. It is always a good day, however, for remembering to say “I love you” and “you are special” – gifts of the heart that don’t come with a price tag.

The hardest Valentine’s Days for me came when I was in elementary school. It was a tradition for students to bring a decorated box that other students could put valentines into. There was so much self-imposed pressure to create a beauti-ful box to bring to school for that special day. Some of my classmates were incred-ibly creative. There would be boxes with lace and hearts, beautifully hand made. I remember one box that had a beautifully gowned doll on top. My boxes were usu-ally a crepe paper shoe box disaster. Okay, maybe not a disaster, but they certainly didn’t compare to the ones at the top of the creative curve. Being a competitive person even then, I wanted mine to be as good as those of students with the artistic gene. Alas, it wasn’t to be. In later years, when Peter and Katie needed to create boxes for their student Valentines, I was still non-cre-ative. Fortunately, they have a better artis-tic bent than their mother and could create pretty boxes on their own.

But, even with the stress of box cre-ation, Valentine’s Day was a fun time back at North Avenue Elementary School in Hapeville. We would bring in our val-entines and put them into the boxes of the other students. I kept some of mine for a long time. Actually, if I am honest, one year’s may still be in the basement

somewhere. My favorite was a larger than normal one that was signed “guess who”. As an extremely shy child, who was even shyer around boys, I liked to imagine that I had a secret admirer somewhere in the class. I never found out who sent it, but it was a nice boast to my self-esteem back in an era when we didn’t know that self-esteem was something we were supposed to be concerned about.

Hearts and flowers and romantic moments! I hope Valentine’s Day 2012 will be a very special day for everyone who has a special someone, whether it is a new love or one of many years.

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FEBRUARY21: AUSTELL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION meets the third Tuesday of each month at noon at the Treadmill Mall Complex. Mayor Joe Jer-kins delivers the State of CIty Address.

• • •22: LOW VISION: WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, Emory-Adventist Smyrna. February is Low Vision Awareness Month! This class is designed to edu-cate individuals 55 and older about conditions of the aging eye as well as services, training and optical aids available to people experiencing vi-sion loss. Marla C. Shavin, Public Education Di-rector, Vision Rehabilitation Services of Georgia, will share strategies and resources available for individuals who may have already been through surgery but are still experiencing vision loss. Call 770-319-2025 to reserve your spot.

• • •22: SOUTH COBB AREA COUNCIL. Cobb Chamber event. Wednesday, February 22. Lo-cation: Coach George E. Ford Center. 11:45 a.m. General Admission: $30. Members: $10 online; $20 at the door. Online Registration Closes: Feb. 20 at noon. Registration at www.cobbchamber.org.

• • •22: WRITING A WINNING APPLICATION. Cobb Chamber event. Wednesday, February 22. Location: Cobb Chamber of Commerce. 8 to 10 a.m. Program: Application Seminar for 2012 Small Business of the Year Nominees.

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• • •6: HEALTHY COOKING DEMONSTRA-TION. Spring is near, time to eat right and ex-ercise. Get the best results of eating right by learning healthy cooking tips from Chef Gary Adams. This presentation will include a healthy cooking demonstrations and tips. Space for this cooking demonstration is limited; RSVP online

or by calling 770- 319-2025. 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, Emory-Adventist Smyrna.

• • •13: ANNUAL MEETING of Mableton Im-provement Coalition. Nomination due for Board Members due Feb. 20 at Mableton.org.

• • •24: SPRING CHICKEN RUN. Put on your running or walking shoes and join the 10th Annual Spring Chicken Run—A Race Against Hunger on Saturday, March 24 at Macland Presbyterian Church, 3615 Macland Road, to support C.A.M.P.

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

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• • •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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• • •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. This Bible Study is a non-denominational, no frills op-portunity to explore, uncover, unblock, and empower our gifts through the lens of the Holy Bible both the Old and New Testament.

• • •COMMUNITY FITNESS INITIATIVE - The Mableton Improvement Coalition is now

hosting a weekly “walk-and-run” activity ev-ery Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm. Participants meet near the Amphitheater at the Mable House Complex to walk or run on nearby residential streets, with various paces and distances avail-able. Participation is free. For more informa-tion, see www.mableton.org.

• • •FREE TAIJI CLASS for all Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. South Cobb Regional Library: 805 Clay Road, Mableton and on the second 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 lo-cated 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 7:30 p.m. South Cobb Recreation Center, 875 Six Flags Drive, Austell.

MONTHLY OR MOREAMERICAN 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 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.

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

• • •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).

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“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.

• • •THE MOMS CLUBS of Smyrna are non-prof-it 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 informa-tion.

• • •NAMI SOUTH COBB has monthly meetings on the 4th Thursday of each month 7 to 8:30 p.m., except Dec. Calvary Baptist Church. 4780 Flint Hill Rd., Austell. Kathleen Breen, 770-943-5322, [email protected].

• • •NEWCOMERS OF COBB COUNTY. We meet each month on the third Tuesday 10 a.m. for our general meeting, John Knox Presbyte-rian Church, 505 Powers Ferry Road, Marietta. Please call for details! 770-234-5068 or Email: [email protected]. www.newcomersofcobbcounty.com

• • •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 always needed and wel-come.

• • •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, times, locations and for more details about what the committee is working on.

• • •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 Commu-nity Center. www.sc-ba.org

• • •SOUTH COBB KIWANIS: An effort is un-derway to bring a Kiwanis Club to South Cobb County. Under the aegis of the Smyrna Club, a group has been meeting twice monthly at the O’ Charley’s on the East-West Connector, and are working towards a goal of 25 members. If you are interested or would like additional informa-tion, please contact Charles Lollis at 770-739-8381.

• • •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 Cen-ter, Mableton. Newcomers are welcome to come and join the fellowship and lunch, guest speakers and the love of others.

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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.

Bunco -- Wednesday, February 8, 1 – 3 p.m. Free.

Monday Movie Madness -- Monday, February 13: Someone Like You, 1 – 3 p.m. Cost: $2 / $3 Non-Resident; Ticket required.

Live Music & Dance -- Tuesday, Feb-ruary 14, 2 – 4 p.m. Admission: Donation of a non-perishable food item for MUST Ministries Food Pantry. The Muddy River Band will entertain everyone with country

music and bluegrass. Treat Yourself Tuesdays -- Tuesday,

February 14: Red Lobster, E-W Connec-tor, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Cost: On your own; Registration required.

Love of Oil Painting #1 -- Wednes-day, February 15, 1 – 3 p.m. Free. Cathi Cole will give a demonstration on oil paint-ing and acrylics.

Valentine Meet and Eat -- Thurs-day, February 16, 12 – 2 p.m. Cost: $7 / $9 Non-Resident. Come to the Cabaret! Enjoy singer Hani Stempler and amazing pianist/accompanist Judy Boehm. Hear stories and songs from Jerry Herman to Irving Berlin, from Finian’s Rainbow to La Cage Aux Folles. Invite a friend or two!

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SOUTH COBB DEBATE TEAM WINS AGAIN

The South Cobb Debate Team won again in competition on Saturday, Jan. 21 at home. South Cobb High School hosted the Atlanta Urban Debate Competition, host-ing debaters from all around metro Atlanta. South Cobb staff members and Emory Uni-versity students participated in the event as organizers, trainers, and judges

The team, coached by Mrs. Natalie Hope, won the 1st Place Sweepstakes award for highest achievement. It was a wonder-ful event, and one to remember. Students from elementary, middle and high schools competed, assembling facts and presenting arguments. The South Cobb Debate Team participates in competitions throughout the metro area. This is their second win in this year’s competitions.

NOTES &NOTICES

HELP WANTEDREAL ESTATE AGENT/ASSISTANT

Needed: Licensed Real Estate Agent with knowl-edge of Top Producer to assist High Volume Smyrna Agent. Must be a self starter, tech savvy with good communication skills. Send Resume to: [email protected]

CAREGIVERS NEEDEDBe loved by your clients. Comfort Keepers is seeking mature, dependable people to fill open positions, caring for the elderly. If you enjoy pro-viding companionship, preparing meals, shopping for the elderly, we want to hear from you. Please call 678-354-0102.

VOLUNTEERSCSB SEEKS VOLUNTEERS

Cobb Community Services Board (CSB) needs volunteers in various positions including office assistance, volunteers to assist with basic music activities for adults with developmental disabili-ties in the day program at our EXCEL Center, and mentors for Believe in Youth Program. For more information contact CSB Volunteer Coordina-tor Mary Robeck at 770-819-9229, ext. 226. The Cobb and Douglas Community Services Boards provide mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services to more than 10,000 residents of Cobb and Douglas Counties annu-ally.

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Congressman David Scott (D-GA) will hosted a special ceremony Feb. 4 to honor 23 student nominees for appoint-ment to the nation’s military academies.

Cobb County student honorees include:

Aaron Churchill – U.S. Military Acad-emy, Mableton resident, Campbell High School.

Keith Cormier – U.S. Military Acad-emy, Smyrna, Duluth High School.

Taneisha Jones – U.S. Air Force Acad-emy, Marietta resident, South Cobb High

School.Michael Richard, Jr. – U.S. Naval

Academy, Mableton resident, Campbell High School.

Jordan Robertson – U.S. Military Academy, Marietta, 2011 Graduate of Osborne High School.

Luke Voss – U.S. Naval Academy, of Mableton, Holy Spirit Prep School.

This year’s students will receive nom-inations to attend the U.S. Naval, Military (West Point), Air Force, and Merchant Marine academies.

MILITARY ACADEMY NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

MIC RESOLUTION WALK AND RUNMembers of the Mableton Improvement Coalition (MIC) turned out at the Mable House Complex (MHC) on New Year’s Day 2012 for a “Resolution Walk and Run” conducted on a 1.5 mile loop on nearby residential streets. MIC’s Community Fitness Initiative meets at the MHC on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. (6 p.m. early start option in winter) to walk or run. Various paces and distances are available. From left are Robin Meyer, Janis Stevenson, Shelby Stevenson, Sandy Miller and Patty Rech at the “MIC 2012 Resolution Walk and Run.”


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