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Smyrna will salute America's fallen on Speakers include Major General Stayce Memorial Day, May 30, starting at 9:30 a.m. Harris, Commander, 22nd Air Force, Air at the Smyrna Veterans Memorial.

Reserve Command who commands 15,000 Memorial Day is when we, the Amer- reservists and all the big USAF C-130s in ican people, gather to commemorate those our skies and as well as State Sen. Hunter who died in war, as opposed to Veterans Hill, who served in both Afghanistan and Day, which commemorates all American Iraq. This is not a festival to buy food and veterans. trinkets, but "a program to Smyrna’s annual event honor those who have died in is a bit solemn, patriotic and our wars protecting our way of moving; different from others life,” said Hedrick. because it’s not commercialized.

"Memorial Day is one of “We have an honor guard, the most important days of the 21-gun salute, flag ceremoyear for Veterans,” said Smyrnies, beautiful music and great na's Wade Lnenicka, who has speakers; the raising of the US been one of the event’s orgaflag and the branch service nizers since its earliest days. flags,” said Linda Hedrick, of “It is a specific time devoted the Smyrna Veteran’s Committo honoring the memory of tee, herself a veteran with five fallen comrades and the sacriyears of service under her belt. fices they made. It helps famFor those who have attended ilies of the fallen to cope with Smyrna’s ceremony in the past, their loss by knowing the loss there are plenty of reasons to of their family member is not Major General come back. forgotten and was not made in Stayce Harris “We hope to share with our vain. community and our youth why we celebrate “When citizens attend a Memorial honor those who did what was of asked of Day ceremony, they honor those who died them by served their country and gave their to protect and also provide comfort to their lives died in the defense of freedom. They family members." are our true heroes,” she said.

Sponsors include City of Smyrna, “We love having kids at the program,” The American Legion, Veterans Memorial said Narayan Sengupta. “It’s important to Association of Smyrna, Smyrna Veterans get them interested in history, and to get a Committee, Cobb Gold Star Mothers and Former students stand in front of the gym at the old Fitzhugh Lee High School. From deeper awareness that there are all kinds of Smyrna Rotary Club. left are Rodney Hogue (class of 1951), Valerie Francisco and Jim McCloud. heroes all around them. Maybe after they STUDENTS, OAKDALE RESIDENTS REMEMBER SCHOOL DAYS AT FITZHUGH LEE come to our Memorial Day event, they’ll be Graduates, former students and mem- had been an active school building until last to the taxpayers.” more likely to ask their grandparents, parbers of the Oakdale Community gathered year, housing H.A.V.E.N. Academy which One of the first high schools in Cobb ents and neighbors about their stories.”

All will appreciate the wonderful dis- to say goodbye to the Fitzhugh Lee School moved to Skyview in Mableton at the begin- County, Fitzhugh Lee School was organized ning of the 2015 school year. in 1896 in a one-room log cabin under the play of military equipment, trucks, jeeps, recently.

The Cobb Board of Education will be “It’s sitting on some very valuable prop- name Locust Grove School. In 1936 Locust machineguns and more. There is great music, featuring the 116th Georgia Army selling the Fitzhugh Lee School property erty and the school system has determined Grove school trustees changed the name National Guard Band. The Campbell High on Atlanta Road. Pulte Homes was the high that it is no longer usable as a school,” to honor a nephew of Gen. Robert E Lee, School JROTC and the 94th Air Lift Com- bidder in the sale. Current plans are for a said School Board Chair Susan Thayer of Fitzhugh Lee of Marietta. The newer primary building cafeteria was built around mand USAF Honor Guard will be on hand. housing development and the removal of the Smyrna. old school building.

“While it does have a sentimental value 1957.

The campus on Atlanta Road between to a lot of people, we must sell it to the highMary Annie Daniel Johnson lives in the Continued on Page 9 the East-West Connector and West Village est bidder,” she said. “It’s our responsibility

CAMPBELL HONORS COLLEGE BOUND ON SIGNING DAY

Campbell High School senior try on caps and gowns, from left are Madison Satterfield, Georgia Northwestern Technical College; Kimberly Sea and Kayla Sea, both will attend Georgia State University, and Diego Monroe, Chattahoochee Tech.

As we approach graduation season, Campbell High School launched a spinoff of National Signing Day -- College Signing Day -- on April 26.

Instead of athletic signings, Campbell celebrated students taking the next step in their educational journey. At an assembly Campbell seniors announced their college choices and signed a banner. The event gave students an opportunity to celebrate with their peers and parents, where the next step in their educational journey will take them.

Kevin Scott of the ADDO Institute was the keynote speaker.

“We want to make sure that all students get recognized for their achievements, not just the athletes,” said Principal Dr. Jeanne Walker.

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Comments By Cathy GRADUATION SETS THE BEGINNING OF THE FUTURE

By Cathy Shattles Lipsett Editor/Publisher It was many decades ago that my high school classmates and I sat on the stage at the old Atlanta Municipal Auditorium. We were filled with optimism about our future and thought we were mature enough to begin our lives as adults. As we marched across the stage to receive our diplomas, we had no idea what lay ahead.

Some of us were off to college in the fall; some began full-time jobs; some went into the military and the terrors of the Vietnam War. We would lose at least one classmate to that conflict. Those who went to war would grow up very quickly. Those who went into the workforce would also mature at a fast pace. Some of us matured at a slower pace as we continued as students.

We will soon hold one of those big reunions ending with a “0”. We have lost an unusually high number of classmates to death during the years since graduation.

We have had careers in many different fields, built families, and many have now retired. We have but one thing in common: we stood together on that stage all those years ago and said goodbye to high school.

As I remembered those good times, I took out my charm bracelet from high school. The charms reflect the clubs I belonged to, my hobbies and interests.

They also predicted the life I would lead in the future. There is the FJA charm – Future Journalist of America – as well as my Quill and Scroll charms for the Journalism Honor Society. The Library Club charm reflects my working in the school library and then my first job as a page at our local library. It also reflects my love of books that continues today. The Future Homemakers of America was a predictor of my love of making a good home for my family. I enjoyed the cooking part of Home Economics classes but, unfortunately, the sewing part, except for hems and buttons, did not become a part of my adult life.

Of course I also learned a lot in high school that isn’t reflected in charms, knowledge that isn’t used as much in my career as a journalist: chemistry, calculus,

Latin, history. I use the English and basic math every day. But all of the courses contributed to making me a well-rounded adult as well as preparing me for college.

We found out that we never stop learning: how to be an adult, how to get along with people from all walks of life, how to budget, how to have a good work ethic, how to be part of a grown-up family complete with in-laws. We learned childcare and how to be a good parent.

As we said goodbye to high school and left the stage that spring evening May 17, 1966, my Hapeville High School classmates and I took our classroom lessons with us out into the world. When we gather in September for our 50th reunion, we will all look older and hopefully be wiser than those innocent graduates. And, hopefully, we will retain our optimism about the future.

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JONQUIL CITY SESSIONS CONCERTS ANNOUNCED The Smyrna Arts & Cultural Council its concert series: “Jonquil City Sessions.”

The monthly concerts feature nationally-touring performers and are held at the American Legion Music Hall in Smyrna.

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ARE YOU 'OVER-CONNECTED?' tends to talk less at these times.

By Dr. Derek Conte But are we really getting more done We are turning into a country of cell by multitasking? Yes, research seems to phone-dependent multitaskers: eating, show. But the problem is that the brain walking and even driving. While talking needs some ‘down time’ in order to record to someone in the same room, we will use and memorize what it has learned. If we our phones to text! We feel compelled to are always “inputting” into our brains, do this “because we don’t want to miss we actually begin to lose information and something important!” But that “importcreativity because retention and ant something” is a very, very relinspiration come when we are ative term. How often is it really quiet. Constant interruptions to as important as we feel it is when our tasks from the ringing and that ringer goes off, firing our “batbeeping of the phone create stress tle-stations” wiring? How often and raises cortisol levels, which has a phone’s obnoxious ring interalso inhibits memory and accurate rupted the peace at church, during thinking. Multitaskers are actually dinner or an important interperless efficient than they would be at sonal moment? --- and we actually answer it! Are we becoming Dr. Derek Conte just one task, losing effectiveness each time they switch tasks. unconsciously rude? Once, I was in line at Significantly, the brain re-wires itself the bank, quietly speaking on the phone, to make the things we do most often more when an elderly lady behind me said it efficient. This adaptive trait of the brain is was rude to be using the phone in such a known as neuroplasticity and it follows that place. “Are we in a library or courtroom,” changes in the way we use our brains might I wondered defensively to myself? But change the way our brains function. Could then I thought, “The lady was right.” My this contribute to the increases in attention personal call invaded her world and her deficit problems we see not only in chilability to have some private meditation. dren but in adults? Heavy use of video In the past I would have spent a few mingames increases the release of dopamine, utes in line quietly reflecting on my day a feel-good neurotransmitter that is assoand maybe even struck up a conversation ciated with addictive behavior. The rapwith someone new, like the lady standing id-fire image changes in MTV videos and behind me. Are we masters of technology, the highly-crafted sound bites used in news or its servants? Truly, at what cost are we and commercials may shorten the receivconstantly connected? er’s attention span --- something to ponder.

On a recent NPR interview, a behavIn short, we need some ‘down time’ to ioral scientist discussed the implications of save what we’ve learned and re-charge our the unending stream of information enterbrains, but just as importantly, to take time ing our brains via cell phone, including to reflect on our day and maybe strike up a internet browsing, e-mails, texts, schedconversation with the lady behind us in the uling, twittering and photographs. It is bank line. This kind of easy exchange can estimated that today we consume about bring us peace and a sense of belonging to three times the information we consumed something greater than ourselves. Life is in 1960 and that we visit an average of 40 too short to miss the people in it. web sites per day. Cell phone use in the car, Dr. Derek Conte is co-founder of even when using a headset, is more dangerChiropractic Specialists at 1154 Concord ous than talking with a passenger because Road in Smyrna. Questions? Call: 404the passenger also sees the road and can 784-600, or go to drderekconte.com for warn the driver of trouble and modulate his more articles, photos and info. voice in heavy traffic or bad weather and

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Teasley Elementary School celebrated “International Night” with food, entertainment and themed activities in February. The school hosted an event that celebrated the incredible diversity of the school community and its families. Some 23 countries were represented including India, Serbia and Jordan. Families received a passport to move through the school to visit all of the countries to see where the country is on a map and learn about the culture, see the native clothing the families wore and sample native food.

THE DALAI LAMA, THOMAS MERTON AND LEGACY

By Robert S. Meyring the 20th Century. That book was “Seven “Judge your success by what you had Storey Mountain.” More about the meeting to give up in order to get it.” It’s a point with the Dalai Lama can be found here at of reflection written by the Dalai Lama www.tinyurl.com/mertonlama. The Dalai about what has been done. GainLama and Father Louis met again ing an understanding of where you in Bangkok in December. It was are now has a whole lot to do with Thomas Merton’s last trip; he died understanding what has happened in a freak accident days later..

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- and wouldn’t you know it? - he No one wants to repeat their own mistakes. met my Mom. Which is great for my parRather, the better way to learn is from the ents’ children and their own families that mistakes of others. But if it must make your exist today. I, my family, and many other own mistakes, the Dalai Lama says, “when people are later beneficiaries of a legacy you lose don’t lose the lesson.” So if you left behind by Father Louis, in ways that have seen it happen before and you know aren’t possible to know, but are appreciit’s probably going to happen again, then ated. My Father always talked about how wouldn’t it be prudent to be prepared? his spiritual counseling sessions with Father The Dalai Lama, in exile in 1968 met Louis would always run long. Growing up, a man for a three day meeting in India. The I always thought the “talks” that my Dad man was a Trappist monk, from the Geth- would give me, after I did something wrong, semani Abbey, in Kentucky, known to my ran far too long. Now I know, I was getting father as Father Louis, his spiritual advi- some Legacy. The Dalai did say: Share your sor for five years. Father Louis was better knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality. known toCHECK: the world as Thomas Merton the Robert S. Meyring, is a Vinings attorADVERTISER - PLEASE best selling author of a book published in ney. The Meyring Law Firm website is www.

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Smyrna author Amber Brock released her first novel May 3, “A Fine Imitation.”

The debut novel weaves together past and present as she explores the friendships, romances, and social rules that dictate and define lives. Deemed a “not to miss” debut

by Library Journal, A Fine Imitation is a feminine, heartfelt, and intensely passionate story from a rising talent.

Ms. Brock received an M.A. from the University of Georgia, where she concentrated on modern Spanish film. She currently teaches British literature in Atlanta, Georgia, and lives with her husband, also an English teacher, and their three rescue dogs in Smyrna.

The year is 1923 and from her penthouse in Park Avenue’s most prominent building, Vera Bellington sits atop New York’s elite society. But for the romantically inclined Vera, the nights of charity balls and endless cocktail parties have lost their allure as she reflects upon her loveless marriage and empty apartment, brightened only by her beloved paintings. When the mysterious artist Emil Hallan arrives from Europe to paint a mural in the building’s vast pool room, Vera is unable to resist the stranger’s charms. Despite the many secrets he seems to be hiding, she finds herself drawn to the possibilities of a life with him, calling to mind her years at Vassar College when a vibrant friendship almost led to her downfall. As Vera is pulled deeper into a scandalous affair, she is forced to once again consider the true costs of privilege.

Connecting these narratives is Vera’s profound love for art, enriching the story with its radiant imagery and providing Vera with an emotional tether that gives her hope even in her most desperate state. As the rules and restrictions of Vera’s life continue to close in around her, she is forced to look within herself in order to find the strength to take control over her own future.

Published by Crown, A Fine Imitation presents a fascinating snapshot of New York’s high society during one of the most glamorous periods in American history.

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DIVORCE AND REFRIGERATORS Though my ex and I aren’t married anyBy Heather Donahue One of my Dad’s favorite stories is more, I still recognize the significance of his when I first married and my ex-husband and family in my life and the lives of my babies.

Often, as we’re discussing issues with I went to buy our first refrigerator. our son about school, we decide to We narrowed it down to two ask his mom, a former teacher, and fridges—a shiny silver fridge my dad, a retired teacher, what we with buttons and lights and extra should do. These loved ones still features no one could ever need want what’s best for us and our and the white standard-looking babies.

“Frigidaire.”

It’s not always perfect or easy.

Unsure of which one to pick, And extended families often diswe both decided to call our partance themselves during and after ents…telling them that we wanted a divorce. But how sad? What a the shiny silver one but the salesHeather waste! person kept pushing the Frigidaire, Donahue Don’t let your divorce keep a “brand we’ve never heard of”… you from asking for help and advice from we tell our parents.

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CARING FOR ANIMALS IN SUMMER WEATHER

By Vic Reynolds criminal charge with up to 12 months in jail, or, if the animal suffers organ damage Cobb District Attorney The Cobb County Animal Abuse Task or death, a felony animal cruelty charge that could result in more than one year Force would like to remind all pet in prison. owners to prepare for the increase Citizens are encouraged to call in temperatures and the health and 911 if they see an animal in unatwell-being of their pets. Animals tended car. The Animal Abuse Task that are kept outside must be proForce always recommends “see vided with shade and clean water. something, say something” since Should citizens see animals tied animals cannot speak for themup or tethered in the heat, they selves. For questions about the should contact Animal Control.

Task Force, contact Animal CruIn addition, studies show that elty Investigator S. Hammond at a dog can die in little as 20 minutes when left in a car parked in the Vic Reynolds Animal Control (770) 499-4136 or Assistant District Attorney Sherwin sun. Dogs with short faces, such as Bulldogs or Pugs, are more susceptible Figueroa at 770-528-3337. to the heat. After reviewing several studies Read more about DA Vic Reynolds and and speaking with veterinarians, the Task the activities of the Cobb District Attorney’s Force has developed a protocol for inves- Office at www.cobbda.com or on Facebook. tigating situations where an animal is left in a hot car. Cobb Police officers use laser thermometers, donated by PAWSitive Supporters, to assess the level of danger for an animal left in a car.

Punishment for leaving an animal in a hot car can vary, depending on the circumstance. Penalties can range from a county ordinance violation, resulting in a fine and up to six months in jail, to a misdemeanor

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The largest Shrine Circus and Fair in North America is back for its 74th year.

The circus runs May 21 – 30 at Jim Miller Park, 2245 Callaway Road, Marietta.

Packed with more excitement than ever, this year’s Tarzan Zerbini Circus features several new acts under the Big Top including the World Famous Wallenda Family, The Flying Cortes, The Zerbini Animals including the Nerger’s Lion and Tigers and the Close Encounter of the Exotic Kind, The Amazing Videlas and the Real Steel Riders presenting their Motorcycle Globe of Fire and the always hilarious Red Devil Clowns.

New for 2016 will be a spectacular fireworks show on both Saturday nights of the Shrine Circus, the Scott’s Future of Magic Show and the Kachunga the Alligator Show! Returning again this year is the Robinson’s Racing Pigs and Paddling Porkers Show! Wade Shows always provide fun affordable family entertainment with 35 rides for all ages. Come be entertained and amazed then fill up on all your favorite carnival foods- corn dogs, funnel cakes and cotton candy, just to name a few.

Monday through Friday the Midway opens at 5 p.m.; Saturday at 10 a.m.; Sunday at Noon, and Memorial Day at 10 a.m.

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SMYRNA WINE STROLL TO BENEFIT CASA The Wine Cellars announced that Cobb County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) as this year’s beneficiary for the 11th Annual Smyrna Wine Stroll.

The event takes place in Smyrna’s Market Village on Saturday, May 14, from 2 – 5 p.m. Tickets are $60 per person and include more than 60 different wine features, live music and more. Tickets are available in store at The Wine Cellars and online at www.SmyrnaWineStroll.com.

“This is our one big bang way of giving back to our local community while shining a light on organizations that are close to home with limited resources right here in our back yard,” says Renee Rowe, owner of The Wine Cellars. Over the past 10 years, The Wine Cellars has donated more than $60,000 to an array of organizations through the Smyrna Wine Stroll.

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Primary election day in Cobb is May 24 when voters will elect several commissioners, judges, school board members and a congressman.

Advance voting is now underway. Registered Cobb County voters can go to any advanced voting location: Open May 2 – 20: Elections Office (West Park Government Center), 736 Whitlock Ave., Marietta. Open: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays-Fridays and 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday May 14.

Open May 16-20 (9 a.m.-6 p.m.): Cobb County Civic Center, 548 S. Marietta Parkway, Marietta, East Cobb Government Service Center, 4400 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta; South Cobb Community Center, 620 Lions Club Drive, Mableton; Boots Ward Recreation Center (Lost Mountain Park), 4845 Dallas Highway, Powder Springs; NorthStar Church, 3413 Blue Springs Road NW, Kennesaw.

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Cindie Alter grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of a World War II veteran who instilled in her a strong work ethic, a love of this country and a desire to serve the public with humility and integrity. After graduating summa cum laude from The Ohio State University she moved to Atlanta to attend Emory University School of Law, graduating in 1978.

Alter began her legal Cindie Alter career with Ray Gary, Sr., in Mableton and practiced with Ray for almost 12 years. Her extensive experience includes representing individuals in domestic relation’s cases, juvenile, criminal, bankruptcy, and personal injury matters, as well as assisting clients with wills and probate matters. Alter has also practiced before various administrative agencies, including as an advocate before the Social Security Administration.

Before taking a hiatus from the practice of law in 1990 to raise her children, Alter also served part time as Assistant Solicitor in a Municipal Court.

Upon her return to a full time legal career in 2001, Alter served as Staff Attorney for the late Judge Kenneth O. Nix in the Superior Court of Cobb County. While working for Judge Nix, Alter assisted Judge Nix in deciding all the cases that came before the Court. Alter now has her own law firm

and though practicing in many other areas, Alter has particular expertise in domestic relations matters, including divorce, separation, child custody, interstate custody disputes and guardian ad litem work.

Cindie Alter has spent most of her legal career practicing in Superior Court and through her training and extensive experience as a Staff Attorney and as a litigator and mediator in private practice, she has learned the value of listening to people and treating them fairly and with respect. That coupled with her very strong work ethic and the corresponding desire to work tirelessly and diligently to conduct the business of the Court, will make Alter an excellent Superior Court Judge. Please visit Alter’s web site, altercobbsfuture.com and then vote for Cindie Alter on May 24th and help Cindie Alter Cobb’s Future.

KIM CHILDS In March, Georgia Super Lawyers rolled out their 2016 list of Georgia’s top attorneys. Smyrna resident and business litigation attorney Kim Childs was named to the Top 100 Super Lawyers list, as well as the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers for 2016. This is the second year Childs has been on the Top 50 Women list, and her third year in a row being recognized as a Kim Childs Georgia Super Lawyer.

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. There are over 30,000 attorneys licensed to practice in Georgia.

At the Cobb County Bar Association meeting in March, the membership voted for Kim Childs to serve as President-Elect of the Cobb Bar. Childs will lead the 1000+ member organization as President beginning in March 2017.

Childs lives in Smyrna with her husband, David, and two children, Katharine & Ben. Her business litigation practice is based in Vinings. Childs is also a candidate to replace the retiring Judge Adele Grubbs on the Cobb County Superior Court bench. The general election for judicial candidates is May 24, with early voting beginning on May 2.

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Mary Annie McDaniel Johnson, a former Fitzhugh Lee student, left, and Jo Sanders, retired school secretary, show off some of the memorabilia from the Oakdale school.

STUDENTS REMEMBER FITZHIUGH LEE Continued from Page 1 Oakdale community and attended the school through 11th grade (the highest grade) from 1937 to 1948.

"I'm sick about it," she said. Her daughter, Anne Hall Martin, who also attended the school, was among some 50 people touring the gym on April 22.

Locust Grove residents began a brush arbor school in 1896 and later Wiley Brown and Wally Maner each donated some land to build the school.

“Fitzhugh Lee was built soon after our beloved (and now gone) Smyrna Elementary and the two schools looked very much alike,” said Mike Terry. “The gymnasiums in both buildings were exactly the same.”

Fitzhugh Lee School was the center of life in the Oakdale Community.

Two historic plaques, one marking the school as a 1938 Works Project Adminsitration project, and another placed in the gym

by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, had been removed and will be preserved according to Dale Gattis of the Cobb schools. "This old gym has so much history," said Gattis.

The day that FDR died, the students gathered at the flagpole to remember him.

“They marched us out for a ceremony and the Seniors were crying,” remembered Valerie Leffew Francisco.

She noted that three generations of her family attended Fitzhugh Lee. Her grandmother started the school’s lunch program, organizing other mothers to provide a hot lunch for the students.

“We always had the best sports teams,” she said, remembering the rivalry with Smyrna High School.

Jo Sanders served as school secretary for more than three decades. When the school closed, she sought out the old trophy case and salvaged many of the trophies won by the Rams of Fitzhugh Lee over the years.

“If it wasn’t for her, we wouldn’t have those trophies,” a former student said.

“We have a little while before the buildings are demolished and we hope to house some of the major pieces at the Smyrna Museum,” said School Board Chair Susan Thayer. “We will do everything we can to preserve what we can.” She suggested that some of the bricks could be sold to benefit the Cobb Schools Foundation.”

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MAY 14: GARDEN TOUR. Keep Smyrna Beautiful Garden Tour May 14 from 10 – 4 p.m. Tickets $15 in advance at The Smyrna Community Center, Smyrna Recycling Center, Neighbors Feed & Seed Supply, Love Street, Vickery Hardware; $20 day of event at the Taylor-Brawner House only Includes: five Beautiful Home Gardens, Taylor– Brawner House, Tea Room, and Plant Sale.

••• 14: “VINYL & VINO” RECORD AND CD SALE Saturday, May 14, 6 - 8 p.m. Smyrna Library (after hours) $10 admission (includes 2 free drink tickets). Music, Refreshments, and Cash Bar. Hundreds of LPs and CDs to choose from, especially good selection of classical and opera LPs. Want to donate? Smyrna Library is accepting donations of CDs, LPs and 45s to add to this sale. Contact mwmoore@smyrnaga. gov with questions. “Vinyl & Vino” benefits the Friends of Smyrna Library. Smyrna Public Library is located 100 Village Green Circle, Smyrna. For more information about the Friends, visit www.friendsofsmyrnalibrary.org.

••• 14: MABLETON DAY AND RACE. Mableton Day 8 a.m. to 4 kicks off with the races 5K & Kid’s Fun Run - May 14th Mable House Complex, Mableton.

••• 14: CONCERTS SMYRNA. The Smyrna Arts & Cultural Council has launched a new concert series named Jonquil City Sessions. The monthly concerts feature nationally-touring performers.

The performances are held at the American Legion Music Hall in Smyrna. Concert descriptions, performer videos and tickets purchases are available at www. SmyrnaACC.org. The upcoming acts are: DON WHITE & CHRISTINE LAVIN, Saturday, May 14, 7 p.m.; PIERCE PETTIS AND THE NIGHT TRAVELERS: JAMES MCKINNEY & NIKI PORTMAN, Saturday, June 9, 7 p.m.

••• 14: STILL SWINGING FOR HABITAT Still Swinging The Les Still Big Band, 8 p.m., Earl Strand Theatre, May 4, A Fundraiser for NW Metro Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. Celebrate 30 years of building homes, communities and hope with NW Metro Atlanta Habitat at our fundraiser “Still Swinging for Habitat.” Les Still has assembled a roster of the finest trumpet, trombone, saxophone and rhythm players in the metro area to create a unique sound that truly captures the essence of the swing era. Doors

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Advance Ticket Sales at earlsmithstrand.org/ calendar/tickets. For more information, contact: Fran Sutton fsutton@nwmetroatlantahabitat.org 770-432-7954 ••• 14: CONCERT SHAW TEMPLE. “Spring Extravaganza Gospel Concert.” May 14 at 5 p.m.

Our Mistress of Ceremony will be Ms. Twanda Black of KISS 104.1 FM. Join us for uplifting and inspiring gospel music by the choirs of Shaw and other outstanding guest artists. Shaw Temple A.M.E. Zion Church - 775 Hurt Rd SW, Smyrna.

For details call 770.801.8185.

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nership with Cobb Business Associations. Network with fellow Chamber members and the membership of each of the county’s 10 business associations, Thursday, May 19, 3 to 7 p.m. Cobb Galleria Centre. All booth reservations must be made by April 15. For more information on the Business Expo or booth registration, contact Mary Beth Moore at 770-859-2359 or mmoore@ cobbchamber.org. For information on sponsorship, contact Elizabeth McMahon at 770-8592377 or emcmahon@cobbchamber.org.

••• 21: DOCUMENT SHREDDING. Saturday, Sat May 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please come out to the Document Shredding Event in the Shaw Temple AME Zion Church parking lot, 775 Hurt Rd, corner of Hicks Rd Smyrna, Protect yourself against identity theft while watching your sensitive and personal information being shredded.

Cost: $10 per file size box or its equivalent, $5 for each additional box or equivalent. Information: 678-903-4185.

••• 22: “AN EVENING OF SPIRITUALS” will be presented by Kathye J. Gary, Soprano and International Opera Singer, on May 22 at 5 p.m. at St. Luke United Methodist Church 5115 Brookwood Drive, Mableton. Ms. Gary will be accompanied

by Dr. Sharon J. Willis, Department Music Chair at Clark Atlanta University; along with Michael McBride, Baritone, and a Tenor (TBA later) Sponsored event by the Men’s Ministry.

••• 22: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE EXHIBIT AND TALK. On May 22, from 1-4 p.m., Reuven Milikovsky, a Holocaust survivor’s son, will tell his family’s story in memory of the Jews and others who died during the Holocaust at Congregation Ner Tamid, 1349 Old Hwy 41, Suite 220, Marietta, free, in partnership with Kennesaw State University Museum of History & Holocaust Education display chronicling a young boy’s plight during this time and a Q&A after, followed by coffee, cookies, and tea. This event is honoring Holocaust Remembrance Month. Visit www.mynertamid.org , Email events@mynertamid.org or call 678-264-8575 for more information.

••• 24: JONQUIL GARDEN CLUB. Would you like to add pizzazz to your garden? Come join

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us for the exciting presentation “New Perennial Species” by Cliff Brock, Assistant Curator for the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, on Tuesday, May 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Smyrna Library for our regularly scheduled Jonquil Garden Club meeting. Jonquil Garden Club meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at Smyrna Library to explore gardening topics, conservation efforts, and community service projects.

For information about programs or membership, please contact Shirley Priest at 770-433-3248.

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28: BOOK SIGNING. Memorial Day Weekend.

Boy Scout Troop 11 will be holding a book signing at the Marietta Main Library to honor Active Soldiers from 7:30 a.m. – noon Saturday May 28th - across the street from the Cemetery Flag Placement Event.

••• 30: MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, Smyrna Veterans Memoria, 2800 King Street (by Smyrna City Hall and the Smyrna Library).9:30 a.m.

JUNE 1: SOUTH COBB BUSINESS ASSOCIATION meets the first Wednesday of each month at 11:45 at Presbyterian Village, East-West Connector. www.sc-ba.org ••• 1-22: FREE CLASSES. Free Math and Reading Enrichment Classes are being offered Wednesday’s from June 1 -June 22 from10 a.m. until noon. St. Luke United Methodist Church 5115 Brookwood Drive, Mableton For further information contact the church at 770-948-8504.

••• 2: SMYRNA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: lunch meetings the first Thursday of each month at the Smyrna Community Center, 11:45 p.m.

••• 3: MOOVIES AT THE MABLE begins June 3 with Dreamworks “Home.” Admission is free.

Gates open at 7:30 p.m. Movie starts at dusk. rain or shine. Bring your own food or purchase from concessions. Upcoming movie nights include: June 17 – Hotel Transylvania 2; July 15 – The Croods; July 29 – The Good Dinosaur. Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre, Mableton.

••• 6-10 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL St. Luke United Methodist Church 5115 Brookwood Drive, Mableton For all ages (babies thru adults) scheduled for June 6-1. Free dinner will be served from 5:30 p.m. until 6:15 and classes will begin at 6:20.

••• 7: VININGS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (VBA) meets the first Tuesday of each month for lunch at Social Vinings. Networking and speakers from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Lunch $15 for Members; $20 for Non-Members and guests are always welcome! (no industry restrictions). A Business After-Hours is held the 3rd Tuesday of each month.

••• 8: FOOD TRUCKS return to the Mable House Complex June 8. There will be food and live music from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Complex at 5239 Floyd Road, Mableton. The event is sponsored by the South Cobb Arts Alliance. Upcoming food truck events are June 8 and July 13.

••• 9: SMYRNA CONCERT. The Smyrna Arts & Cultural Council has launched a new concert series named Jonquil City Sessions. The monthly concerts feature nationally-touring performers.

The performances are held at the American Legion Music Hall in Smyrna. Concert descriptions, performer videos and tickets purchases are available at www. SmyrnaACC.org. The upcoming act is: PIERCE PETTIS AND THE NIGHT TRAVELERS: JAMES MCKINNEY & NIKI PORTMAN, Saturday, June 9, 7 p.m.

••• 10: YOUTH JOB FAIR. City of Powder Springs will be hosting a Youth Job Fair. The Job Fair will be on June 10th from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Ford Center located at 4181 Atlanta St. (behind the library). There is no cost for businesses to attend. We look forward to showcasing your busi-

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ness and providing some employment resources for our local youth.

••• 11: PLANT SALE. Save the date for Jonquil Garden Club’s huge Seventh Annual Plant Sale on Saturday, June 11, from 8 a.m. to noon at Smyrna Fresh Market on King Street. Sun and shade blooming perennials, shrubs, hydrangeas, hostas, ferns, hellebores, small trees, some annuals, groundcovers, natives, and herbs will be for sale. Creative container gardens, accessories, and garden art are for sale for a song. Let our ‘little red wagon” brigade help you get plants to the car. Rain or shine, we have great plants and even better prices! Most gallons priced to sell at $4 to $7. Children will be delighted with our special educational activity “Making Seed Bombs.” Sale proceeds fund our scholarship program and other educational projects.

WEEKLY EVENTS AMERICAN LEGION POST 264, 6251 Ivey Road, Mableton is offering free Group Fitness Classes every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. All are welcome.

••• F.A.R.M. (Farmers Atlanta Road Market) Starts April 5th and runs until October. Every Tuesday afternoon 4:30 – 7 p.m. 2160 Cooper Lake Road (near the corner of Atlanta Road and Cumberland Parkway/East-West Connector) Smyrna.

The market features fresh fruit and vegetables, bread and baked goods, pizza, seafood, smoothies, popcorn, cheese, honey, “people chow” and more – all locally produced. Check out our website at www.FARMSmyrna.com and follow us on Face Book FARMSmyrna. Questions? Contact us at stbfarm@gmail.com. Proceeds from FARM go to support Path to Shine, a ministry to support underserved children in our community.

••• MABLETON FARMERS MARKET. Mable House Complex, 5239 Floyd Road, Mableton with Opening Day set for Thursday, May 26. Market days will be every Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 through August 25. Nutritious locally-grown fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, homemade jams and jellies and quick and easy food preparation demonstrations. The Mableton Farmers Market is a community project of the Mableton Improvement Coalition (MIC), supported by partners from Cobb County P.A.R.K.S., Cobb County Extension Service and Cobb & Douglas Public Health.

••• MARIETTA FARMER’S MARKET. Enjoy fresh produce and goods from the Marietta Square Farmers Market every Saturday – rain or shine- 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., through December 19 along Mill Street on the Historic Marietta Square. For info, visit www.mariettasquarefarmersmarket.net.

••• SMYRNA FRESH PRODUCE MARKET Season: Saturdays May through September: 8am to 12 p.m. Smyrna First Baptist (parking lot) 1275 Church Street, Smyrna, Georgia. (770431-2863 LocalHarvest.org/Smyrna-Fresh-Produce-Market-M30474 ••• SMYRNA MUSEUM: Free admission at the Smyrna Museum, 2861 Atlanta Road, Smyrna, Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 4. Check Facebook at “Smyrna History Museum” for upcoming Museum events. See www.smyrnahistory.org for Museum volunteer opportunities and membership.

••• SMYRNA BUSINESS EXCHANGE: The Smyrna Business Exchange is Smyrna’s premier close contact networking group representing over 30 local businesses (and growing). The Smyrna Business Exchange meets at the Smyrna Community Center every Thursday morning from 7-8:30 a.m. Questions or to RSVP for a complimentary visit, call current president Jeff Daxe at 770-795-5079 (or email at jad@mijs.com).

••• JONQUIL CITY KIWANIS SMYRNA: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Wolfe Senior Center, 884 Church Street, Smyrna.

••• SMYRNA OPTIMIST: 7 a.m. Friday, American Legion Post 160, 160 Legion Drive, Smyrna.

••• SMYRNA ROTARY: noon Tuesday, Brawner Hall, Smyrna. For further information, see www.

SmyrnaRotary.com ••• TOASTMASTERS: Interstate North Toastmasters at 3100 Cumberland Boulevard. We meet every Monday at 6:30 p.m. Visit our website: Continued on Page 14

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K.I.D.S/ Fashion Delivers organization is honoring local Atlanta Business Woman Luanne Whiting-Lager for her charitable initiatives June 7 at the 10th Annual Women of Inspiration Luncheon. From left are Lisa Gurwith President and CEO of K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers, Luanne Whiting-Lager, and Kamila Washington.

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Continued from Page 11 2823.toastmastersclubs.org ••• TOASTMASTERS: T-Toasters. Paces West, 2727 Paces Ferry Rd., Bldg 1. We meet Wednesday nights at 6 p.m. and welcome visitors. Visit www.ttoasters.com to find out more.

••• VININGS ROTARY: Noon. Wednesday, Georgian Club.

••• THE GALLERIA WORLDSPAN Wings Toastmasters Club Tuesdays 12 to 1 p.m., Building 300, main conference room.

MONTHLY OR MORE AMERICAN LEGION, Post 160. Legion BBQ following the Memorial Day ceremony. Membership Meeting at 7:30 p.m. every 3rd Tuesday and serves breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on the 2nd Saturday of each month and the AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY, Unit 160 Membership Meeting at 7:30 p.m. every 3rd Tuesday each month. SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, Squadron 160 meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday each month. All of these meetings are at 160 Legion Drive, Smyrna. For more information, access AmericanLegionPost160.org or call 770-436-2501.

••• ATLANTA FREETHOUGHT, Regular Meeting at 1 p.m. every 2nd Sunday. 4775 N. Church Lane, Smyrna (a mile inside I-285, just off Atlanta Rd). Our historic building was a church in Smyrna/Vinings for 141 years. We’re a nonprofit educational organization and meetings/ programs are free and open to the public. Call 678-662-3857 or visit our website, www.atlantafreethought.org, for more about us.

••• CUMBERLAND VININGS OPTIMIST CLUB: Meeting for breakfast the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Vinings Club, 2859 Paces Ferry Road NW. We are an inclusive club dedicated to community service and welcome everyone to come as our guest to a meeting of your choice.

••• THE JONQUIL GARDEN CLUB meets every 4th Tuesday at the library in downtown Smyrna.

Members assemble at 10 a.m. and the meeting opens at 10:30 a.m. at 10:30 a.m. The objective of the Jonquil Garden Club is to beautify and preserve our environment by encouraging conservation and plantings, not only in our own gardens, but including public places. Anyone interested in gardening, floral and landscape design is welcome to attend. For further information, you may contact Shirley Priest at 770-433-3248. www. jonquilgardenclub.org ••• LIBERTARIAN PARTY of Cobb County will host their Evening Social & Chapter Meeting, Event held on the first Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. Meetings Held at Fire Station #1 112 Haynes St., Marietta. For more information like us on Facebook @ Libertarian Party of Cobb County or call Gretchen Mangan at 494.368.2865.

••• SMYRNA JONQUIL LIONS CLUB welcomes guests and prospective members. As a part of the world’s largest service organization simply stated: We serve. Check us out and join as we strive to make our community a better place. The club meets at the Smyrna Community Center the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 5 p.m. and the 4th Tuesday at noon. http://e-clubhouse.org/sites/ smyrnaj. www.facebook.com/pages/smyrna-Jonquil-Lions-Club/321959177899884 ••• SMYRNA LIBRARY READING GROUP: meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m., at the Smyrna Public Library, 100 Village Green Circle.

••• SMYRNA STITCH-IN GROUP meets the first Monday in the class room at Hobby Lobby, 1355 East-West Connector, Austell. If you like to cross stitch, do crewel work, needlepoint, etc and want to meet women in the area, please come join us.

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••• SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS – The Gen. Leonidas Polk Camp meets on the 4th Thursday of each month (except for Nov, Dec, & Jan) in the meeting room at the Piccadilly Restaurant, 536 Marietta Pkwy S, Marietta.

Our meetings include a presentation on a topic of interest regarding the 1861-1864 era. We begin gathering at 6 p.m. for socialization and dinner followed by the meeting at 7 p.m.. We are a hereditary memorial organization and welcome all visitors. For further info contact: Jack Williams at 404-256-4208 or songofjoy2@aol.com.

••• VININGS VILLAGE CIVIC CLUB meets the first Monday of each month September through June at 6:30 p.m. at various locations around Vinings. For further information, e-mail us at viningscivicclub@gmail.com or visit our new website: viningsvillagecivicclub.org. Members and Guests are welcome.

SUPPORT GROUPS ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLIC and Dysfunctional Families meets every Sunday at 2 p.m. at Ridgeview Institute in the Professional Building North, 3995 S. Cobb Dr., Smyrna. www.ridgeviewinstitute.com/hosp_info_calendar_supp.htm ••• ALATEEN and Al-Anon Family Groups meet every Monday at 8 p.m. at the Ridgeview Institute in the Day Hospital. 3995 S Cobb Drive, Smyrna ••• CANCER SUPPORT GROUP, The Star Group To help patients and their families feel more hopeful and less alone through the mutual 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 Coffman Please call 770-732-3780 to RSVP. ••• DIABETES SUPPORT. WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM will hold monthly free diabetes support groups in the following locations: Smyrna Primary Care, 562 Concord Rd, Smyrna 1 – 2 p.m. on the 3rd Thursday of each month except December. No registration is required.

••• OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS now meets at Ridgeview Institute, Room 8, 3995 S Cobb Drive, Smyrna. Mondays 7 p.m.

••• SMYRNA PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP meets at 2 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month, January through November at the Aline Wolfe Adult Recreation Center at 884 Church St., Smyrna, GA Phone: 678-631-5541.

The facilitator is Carl Proctor Email: carlcproctor@aol.com Contact: 404-275-9383. Smyrna Parkinson’s Support Group Membership is free to Parkinsonians, care partners, family members, medical professionals and other people whose lives have been touched by PD. ••• RECOVERY INTERNATIONAL Self-help support group for stress, anxiety, depression, etc.

Meets every Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4300 King Springs Road SE, Smyrna, in the old rectory next to the church.

Contact Alicia Garcia at 678-665-5233 for more information.

••• E-mail your organization’s calendar news to news@brightsidecobb.com. Deadline for JUNE issue is MAY 23 with publication the week of JUNE 5. 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 listings, 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 770426-9388 or by e-mail to news@brightsidecobb. com. Find updated calendar items on our website at www.brightsidecobb.com.

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SENIOR CENTER NEWS Wolfe Center Activities The Wolfe Adult Recreation Center and Therapy Pool, 884 Church St, Smyrna, is open to anyone 55 years of age and older. There are daily group fitness classes.

Classes offered include: cardio fusion, gentle yoga, low impact aerobics, gyrokenisis, sculpt and tone, senior stretch, men’s yoga, intermediate yoga, sculpt yoga, Tai Chi and 30/15/15.

The Wolfe Adult Recreation Center also offers the following aquatic exercise classes: aqua tone and stretch, advanced water aerobics, low impact water aerobics, hip, knee and back class, ai chi, boot camp water aerobics and aqua zumba. There is also water walking and lap swimming times at the pool.

The Center is open Monday – Thursday from 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

In addition to our exercise schedule we offer several, fun and unique activities for our members. In May, these activities include: Jarred Memories, A trip down memory lane, May 17; June 7 Quilting Group, May 19; June 3 Mexican Train Dominoes, May 9 Phase 10, A fun, additive card game, May 10 Dorothy’s Travel Log, May 11 Fernbank Trip, May 16 Cornhole, May 18 Color Your World, Relax with color, May 23 Bunco, Fast, paced dice game, May 24 Paint with Paula, May 25 Parkinson’s Support Group, May 25 Burlap Door Decoration Craft, May 26 Botanical Gardens Trip, May 31 Drawn’ Together, Basic Drawing Class, June 6 And so much more For information on how to become a member of the Wolfe Adult Recreation Center and Therapy Pool or for more information on any of the activities, please contact us at (678) 631 – 5541 or stop by and take a look around.

Freeman Poole Senior Center Here’s what is happening at the C. Freeman Poole Senior Center 4025 South Hurt Road, Smyrna. Call 770-801-3400 for more information or reservations.

Treat Yourself Tuesday -- Tuesday, May 10: Chili’s (Austell Rd. & E-W Connector), 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Separate checks; Registration required. Meet at restaurant.

The Importance of Hearing -Wednesday, May 11, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Free; Registration required. Join as Sharitza Munoz from Costco Hearing Aid Center presents on the link between hearing health and mental health, types of hearing loss, the benefits of amplification and what to expect after purchasing a hearing instrument.

Around the World Show & Tell -Thursday, May 12: Ultimate Alps and Dolomites, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Free; Registration required. Visit Salzburg, Hitler’s “Eagle Nest,” tour a salt mine, Liechtenstein and more. Join as Dick Edwards presents on his travels.

Hiking to Health -- Tuesday, May 17, 8:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Free; Registration deadline - May 2. Experience all that Kennesaw National Battlefield Park has to offer on this fun excursion! Tour the Visitor Center, see artifacts in the museum and walk a trail. We’ll engage in some light warm-up exercises with the YMCA before we head out on a guided hike. You can choose either

1.3 miles or a shorter .6 mile hike. Transportation and a boxed lunch will be provided.

Let’s hit the trail…these boots were made for walking! Activity Level 4: Long periods of walking, uneven terrain and/or inclines, limited seated breaks. Please wear comfortable shoes.

Celebrating Older American’s Month Luncheon -- Thursday, May 19, 12 – 2 p.m. $5 /$6 Non-resident. Join in celebrating the 51st Older Americans Act with a fun-filled afternoon of live jazz performance by students of Garrett Middle School a drama performance by our very own Footloose Players Drama Group. A light lunch will be served.

Bingo Bash -- Monday, May 23, 1 – 3 p.m. $3 /$4 Non-resident.

Evaluating the Medically At Risk Driver (MARD) -- Tuesday, May 24, 1 – 2 p.m. Free; Registration required. There are many medical conditions that can interfere with an individual’s ability to drive safely.

At Northwest Neurology they manage thousands of patients with medical conditions that can affect their cognitive ability. It is critical to identify individuals that should not be driving while also accurately identifying patients that should continue to drive regardless of age or medical condition. If an individual has Red Flags for Driving and is a Medically at Risk Driver it does not mean they cannot drive but it means they need to be tested in an objective and non-biased manner. Join Dr. Bashuk with Northwest Neurology to see if you or a family member has any Red Flags when it comes to your driving.

ID Theft/Protection -- Thursday, May 26, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Free; Registration required. ID theft is continually growing every year and it’s more than likely affected someone you know. With more and more consumers joining the social media platform and taking part in things like mobile banking, we’re all at risk. Join us for a presentation on ID Theft/Protection to pick up a few tips and reminders of things you can do to help keep your information secure.

Presented by Jennifer Bentley, Manager of Community Relations for the Better Business Bureau.

Spring Stress Buster Coloring Meditation -- Instructor: Diane Sye, 1:30 – 3 p.m. $10 supply fee plus $1 administrative fee. Thursday, May 26. Spend an hour and a half of peace and quiet as you reflect in creating a lasting memory of your coloring experience while gaining many health benefits such as fine motor skills, vision and training your brain. Supply fee paid to instructor on day of class. Light refreshments will be served.

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute -Friday, June 24, 9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. Come with us to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, which is a large interpretive museum and research center in Birmingham, Alabama that depicts the struggles of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. $66 Senior Council member; $71 Non-member. Payment due at time of registration. Deadline May 27.

Price includes motor coach transportation, admissions, lunch and tip. No refunds will be given unless the trip is cancelled. Activity Level 4.

Wii Bowling -- Every Tuesday, 10 a.m.

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Game Day Wednesdays -- Every Wednesday, 1 – 4:30 p.m. Free; Join others for a fun afternoon of board games.

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SMYRNA GARDEN TOUR FEATURES 5 HOMES Keep Smyrna Beautiful and its sponsors are conducting the 8th annual Garden Tour in Smyrna. Come be amazed by the variety and beauty of gardens that are tucked away in our community, and enjoy local art, music and food as well.

Our gardeners are eager to share their passion and expertise to help you create your own peaceful spaces at home. Our goal is to help them share this knowledge to make all of Smyrna as beautiful and pleasant as it can be.

Tickets are $15 in advance at Neighbors Feed & Seed, Vickery Hardware, the Bird and The Bee, Love Street, the Recycling Center and the Community Center, and $20 the day of the event at the Taylor-Brawner House. The Tour would make a lovely Mother’s Day gift.

Each of the five private gardens featured on the tour has its own story to tell, and owners that are eager to share it with you. The Tea Room is located in the wonderfully restored Taylor-Brawner House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Stop by for a complimentary cool glass of tea or lemonade and delicious treats. Enjoy the music of the Campbell High School String Quartet, and browse the plant sale for beautiful bargains.

Visit the sponsors’ tables for great deals on local products and services! Local artists will be painting in three of the gardens.

The back yard of the Taylor/Hansen home used to be filled with poison ivy, dying trees and a severe slope that funneled water towards the home. The owners cleared the ivy and removed the dying trees.

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They built retaining walls and brought in 18 dump trucks of dirt to level out the severely sloping yard. Patios were built to move water away from the home. They have transformed the area into a happy haven for family and friends that includes a bocce ball court, horse shoes, and a putting green. Flagstone steps and custom railings lead down to a pool and hot tub, then on to another patio with a seating area and a fire pit. The garden is constantly evolving with new additions such as Italian plum trees, banana plants, blueberry bushes and assorted other plants.

A Fairy Garden was built to watch over the many herbs grown for the home cooks.

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By Allan Lipsett Editor/Publisher Smyrna is “venue starved” when it comes to places for art and music performance, according to Jeff Jones, head of the Smyrna Arts and Culture Council.

Sure the Community Center gym is a great place for parents to hear their child’s school chorus during the tree lighting, a classical quintet fits nicely at Brawner Hall and small groups have found a home at Acoustics at Oaks End in Smyrna.

So, as the SACC plans for the near future, it will work with venues in next-door areas such as the Mable House Amphitheatre and the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center.

The city is making some progress in planning for uses at the Reed House, but that process will take time. Meanwhile, Jones said the council is looking for warehouse space that can be transformed into performance space.

The Council is ambitious in its efforts, instituting two new regular events scheduled each month. The Jonquil City Sessions will bring Don White & Christine to the American Legion Music Hall May 14; and Pierce Pettis and The Night Travelers: James Mckinney & Niki Portman on June 9. The Talk Of The Town Speaker Series features Creating Space: Exploring Black Box Theater by Kevin Renshaw, Monday, May 9 at Brawner Hall. Full details at SmyrnaACC.org.

Smyrna Ranks 4th Most Affordable Smyrna ranked as number four on Livability’s list of “Six Most Affordable Cities in Georgia,” outranking Marietta (#5).

Warner Robins ranked No. 1; Duluth came in at No. 2 and Gainesville ranked No. 3. No. 6 was Newnan.

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Biggest Fan Awaits First Pitch The Braves' biggest fan -- the massive Chick-fil-A cow that overlooked the outfield at Turner Field for the past eight years -- has made the move to Sun Trust Park.

It began as a promotion and became a fixture at the Ted. Over the past eight seasons the cow has seen 615 games, 530 Braves Home runs and 347 Braves wins.

While the distance from Turner Field to SunTrust Park is a short drive up I-75, the Cow took a 834-mile road trip, beginning March 5 and ending with a new vantage point over right-center field in SunTrust Park in April. In between, the beloved bovine got some well-deserved R&R in New Orleans where a team of 20 people spent 10,000 hours giving him a facelift.

The 9-ton figure was outfitted with a brand new LED signboard.

During the 2016 season, the Cow will watch from afar and keep an eye on construction at SunTrust Park until Opening Day 2017.

Campaign Sign Update This time of year in election season there’s always reports of campaign signs going missing from their locations.

While there may some shenanigans at times, one candidate knows why two dozen of his signs were removed from their resting spots in March.

He did it himself.

District 2 Cobb Commissioner Bob Ott reports; “I pulled up some 25 signs that had been placed in the roadway by some overzealous supporters.”

Now let’s see if candidates are as quick to remove signs when their portion of the campaign is over after May 24.

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COBB SCHOOLS HONOR VOLUNTEERS The Cobb Schools Foundation recently presented the Fifth Annual Volunteer of the Year Awards and two Smyrna school volunteers were honored.

The Cobb Schools Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to schools, staff and students of Cobb County school district.

Sheri Brante, Executive Director of the Cobb Schools Foundation welcomed the volunteers from each school attending, saying, “It is the support of our volunteers, our honorees today, who give, knowing that their gifts will be repaid only with smiles, tears and hugs. They give their time because they believe in our kids and schools.”

Kim Stanek of Griffin Middle School was named Middle School Volunteer Of The Year. A volunteer for the past two years, she spends 20-30 hours each week at Griffin.

Principal Paul Gillihan said “Kim is a mom to not only her daughter but to many of our children here at Griffin and that has been the most positive impact on our school.”

As a volunteer in her child’s school, she has served as foundation capital campaign chair, school store coordinator, box tops coordinator, Beta Club.

Iretha Holmes of Campbell High School was named High School Volunteer Of The Year. She has three children all of whom either attend or attended Cobb schools. She has spent her last 12 years volunteering at Campbell on the average 20 hours per week. This is the last of her 3 children to graduate from this high school.

COMMITTED TO DOING WHAT’S RIGHT. Kim Stanek, left, of Griffin Middle School, and Iretha Holmes of Cambell, were named Volunteers of the Year.

She has been volunteering in the Smyrna area for 20 years. not only at the school, but also at First Missionary Baptist Church and the Milford softball league.

Athletic Director Jeff Hutson, said “the most significant contribution Ms. Holmes has made to Campbell high school is her time. She has given countless hours feeding kids, raising money, working concessions, attending and facilitating meetings and being Campbell High School’s number one fan. She has played a key role in raising thousands of dollars to support student athletes and coaches.”

The Volunteer of the Year Awards and Luncheon was presented by the Atlanta Hawks at the Hilton Marietta Conference Center on April 26.

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NIGHT OF PRAYER. Bethany United Methodist will have a Community Night of Prayer on June 2 from 5:30-8 p.m. The doors of the church will be open for anyone who would like to come in and pray for our community, the nation and the world. It will be a great night to participate and come together and unite in prayer. The church is located on the corner of Hicks and Hurt Road in Smyrna and the address is 760 Hurt Road, Smyrna,.

SEEKING CLASS OF 1976. Marietta High School Class of 1976 Reunion October 7 and 8th. We need classmates’ current addresses and emails. For more information contact - Laura Harding (lwh1316@comcast.net) or join our FB page at Marietta High School Class of 1976.

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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RESTORE Find out more about volunteering for the ReStore. The ReStore sells donated new and gently-used furniture, household décor, appliances, and building supplies to the general public and is located at 3315 S. Cobb Drive, Smyrna. The ReStore helps support NW Metro Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, as they provide affordable housing for families in the community who need it. For more information, or to volunteer, contact James Currie at jcurrie@habitat.org or 770-415-1625.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Meals on Wheels has a great opportunity for volunteers to deliver meals to homebound seniors who are waiting for this needed service. Cobb Senior Services is in need of volunteer drivers in Mableton, Marietta

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and Smyrna. If you have some time to volunteer as a MOW driver, or if you belong to an organization or business that would like to “Adopt-ARoute,” call Volunteer Services at 770-528-5381.

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EXTRA COPIES: Looking for an extra copy of The Bright Side? Copies are available each month in the Smyrna Library, the Vinings Historic Society office, the Smyrna Community Center, Chick-fil-a Cumberland Mall and Akers Mill, South Cobb Drive Kroger and at many of our advertisers’ locations. Extra copies of our Mableton/Austell edition are available each month in the Mable House Arts Center, Mableton Pharmacy, Floyd Road Kroger, Publix; and in Austell: The Treadmill, Austell Food Store, Food Depot; and advertiser locations. Read the current issue on the web: www.brightsidecobb.com.

PLACING NOTES AND NOTICES ADS: Holding a garage sale? Selling or renting your home, need an employee, tutoring, teaching, or in –home child care? We accept short reader ads for a fee of $25 per 45 words. Be sure to indicate in which edition you want the ad placed. The ads, with check, should be mailed or delivered to The Bright Side, 3330 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30339. (No copy accepted by phone) and received prior to our MAY 23 deadline with publication the week JUNE 5. Ad copy should also be e-mailed to: ads@brightsidecobb. com. Credit card payment accepted. Home-based business ads accepted only if they do not conflict with our display advertisers. Home sale ads are for homeowners only. For information, call 770426-9388 or e-mail to ads@brightsidecobb.com

GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL PRESENTS SHREK

Mark your calendars! Griffin Middle School’s PTSA will present “SHREK, the Musical, Jr.” on May 19, 20 and 21 at 7 p.m. in the school’s theater. A talented cast and crew of more than 50 students representing all three grades are hard at work preparing an amazing show under the direction of a dedicated faculty team led by Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Sarah Rabun. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Griffin Middle School store or through cast members.

We are looking for a special person: We are looking for a special person: • You know your way around malls, boutiques and shops in the Smyrna and Vinings area • You love to eat at the newest restaurant, but you have your favorites that have been here for years • You enjoy making friends with local merchants and checking in with them regularly just to know what’s new on the scene • You wish you had a little extra cash to spend at these local shops and eateries If this is you, we may have a job for you.

The Bright Side is looking for an advertising sales representative in the Smyrna/Vinings area.

If you are a self-starter who likes to meet new people and help them with their marketing, we would like to talk with you.

This is a contract position where you set your own hours and earn a great commission. You must have reliable transportation and excellent communication skills - both verbal and written (including e-mail).

Please send a resume noting any previous sales experience to ads@brightsidecobb.com and we will look forward to talking to you.

Call to Place your ad 770-426-9388 • E-mail: ads@brightsidecobb.com

Campbell High School seniors gathered in the bleachers for a class portrait after the school's "College Signing Day" on April 26.

'AFTER-HOURS' MUSIC SALE AT SMYRNA LIBRARY Public libraries are known for their amazing Used Book sales, but customers often donate more than just their extra books to the library. Smyrna Public Library regularly receives donations of music CDs, LPs, and 45s. So, the Friends of Smyrna Library decided to host a sale just for music (and especially vinyl) enthusiasts.

“Vinyl & Vino,” a record and CD sale, will be held at Smyrna Public Library on Saturday, May 14, from 6 - 8 p.m. The sale is an “after-hours event,” and attendees will enjoy music, hors d'oeuvres, and a cash bar serving wine and beer. The $10 admission at the door comes with two free drink tickets.

The selection of music for sale includes rock, pop, rap, country, gospel, Christian, opera and classical. Formats include CD, 45 rpm and 33 rpm. Classical music and opera vinyl lovers will be especially pleased with the selection. Prices range from $1 to $10 (for box sets).

“Vinyl & Vino” benefits the Friends of Smyrna Library. Smyrna Public Library is located at 100 Village Green Circle, Smyrna. For more information about the

Friends, visit www.friendsofsmyrnalibrary. org.

RUN ’N LOVETT

Chick-fil-A at Akers Mill was among the sponsors for Lovett's "Fun Run" RUN 'N LOVETT on April 30. Marshall McCabe joins Headmaster, Billy Peeples; the Running Cow and a Lovett Student. Photo by Perry McIntyre/The Lovett School.

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WALKER SCHOOL ORCHESTRA WINS COMPETITION

The Walker School’s Upper School Orchestra -- under the direction of Kyna Elliott -- competed at the Fiesta-Val Music Competition for middle and high school students in Atlanta in April. The orchestra was awarded the highest honor, earning 1st Place. Orchestra students participating are, front row from left, Deb Kemp, Sophia Del Gaudio, and Mara Davis of Mableton; back row, Carter Ezell of Austell, Shawn Gu, Duncan Noel, Chandler Cannon, Ross Davis, Elena Thornton, Justice Mace, Jay Smalley of Smyrna, and Brayton Boden.

SUMMER CANDLELITE CONCERT SERIES SET The South Cobb Arts Alliance begins its Summer Candlelite Concert Series May 23 at the Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre with Tribute - a celebration of The Allman Brothers Band.

Bring a picnic and come early for best seating. Food is also available at the concessions stand The gates open at 7 p.m. and parking is free. Concert starts at 8 p.m.

Upcoming concerts include: June 18 – The Dappled Grays, “Atlanta’s Bluegrass Band.”

Aug. 20 – Copius Jones, with a big band sound.

Sept. 17 – AJ Gent Band.

Oct. 8 – Men in Blues.

Tables are available for purchase for $60 (seats 6) (Sorry, no refunds after a table is purchased). Call the Mable House Arts Center at 770-819-3285 to reserve a table.

There is no charge for the general seating area, which is under cover or under the stars. Sorry, but lawn chairs of any size are prohibited in the park.

This is a RAIN or SHINE concert.

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UNLIMITED RIDES

*Mega pass includes gate admission, circus admission and unlimited carnival rides any one day open to close. all riders must be 36” *10 and under are free [no rides]

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Mega Pass : $21.95

Admission Tickets : $3.50 21 Ride Tickets Strip : $11.00 *Rides require more than one ticket **All riders must be 36”

REGULAR RIDE TICKETS AT THE GATE 1 ticket $1.25 : 21 tickets $20 55 tickets $50 : 120 tickets $100

On hand for the opening of Provident Village at Creekside April 14 are, from left, Ken Becker, President of Development for Provident Resources Group; Smyrna Councilman Ron Fennel; Olivia Bing, RN, MSN, Wellness Director; Elaine Austin, Executive Director; Debra Lockwood, President, and CFO Provident Resources Group; Kym Austin, Maintenance Coordinator; Delores Haynes-Thomas, LPN, Memory Care Coordinator; Tony Sharpe, Executive Chef; Carol Wisdom, Senior Community Relations Coordinator.

PROVIDENT VILLAGE OPENS IN SMYRNA

Provident Village at Creekside opened its assisted living facility in Smyrna in April.

The new community at 4838 South Cobb Drive, Smyrna, offers assisted living and memory care designed to make it easier for seniors to live vibrantly.

“Our holistic, active lifestyle and engaging programming are designed to help residents embrace life fully while experiencing an unprecedented level of care and personal attention,” a spokesman said. Scheduled activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by

encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.

Care and support are provided by an experienced and exceptionally committed team 24/7. Whether it’s assisting with the activities of daily living or offering more comprehensive care to residents with memory loss, the team is committed to ensuring residents enjoy vibrant lives.

“We believe in a personalized approach to assisted living and memory care, rather than offering a one-size-fits-all solution,” said Elaine Austin, executive director.

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Jim R. Miller Park, 2245 Callaway Road, Marietta, GA 30008 - Take I-75 to Windy Hill Road (exit #260). Go west approximately five miles on Windy Hill Road and turn left on Austell Road. Turn right on Callaway Road. Jim R. Miller Park will be on your right.

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• Reaches homes within 5-7 miles – a 10 minute driving time or less.

• Is direct mailed to homes – not thrown on the driveway or left at the convenience store.

• Is also distributed at select advertiser locations, Smyrna Library, Smyrna Visitors Center, Vinings Welcome Center and Cumberland Mall.

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What people say about The Bright Side: “I get a call every month when the paper comes out. There hasn’t been a month when I haven’t gotten a call from the ad.”

-- Jason Raper, Jasons’ Lawn Service

• Is read. People read it from cover to cover and use the Calendar page in the center to plan activities throughout a full 30 days or more.

“I am very happy with the Bright Side. It provides new business for me and is one of the top three ads I use. I highly recommend it. -- Greg Snyder, Little Bear Tree Service

• Commit to advertising three times in a row and we’ll write a story about you and your business.

“I love your paper, I read it every month.” -- Shirley Brecht, Smyrna resident.

4 Smyrna & Vinings 30080, 30082, 30339 and Vinings Estates 4 South Cobb 30082, 30126, 30106, 30111, 30168 Greater Smyrna, Mableton, Austell & Clarkdale Each Edition has a mailed circulation of 20,000+ Homes * Based on a Half page ad at $900 in combination to 40,000 homes.

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