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Horse rescue hosts 3rd annual golf tourney Area grads receive ROSWELL, Ga. — For the Love of a Horse, a local horse rescue, is hosting its third annual golf tournament at the Trophy Club of Atlanta, 15135 Hopewell Road in Alpharetta, on June 6. All proceeds will benefit For the Love a Horse. The 18-hole golf classic will include a four-person team scramble format with prizes, gift bags, hole-in-one contests, longest drive contest and boxed lunch. An awards reception, silent auction and raffle will take
place after the tournament. For a foursome, the price is $450 and for a single, $125. An “early bird” player registration special of a $400 foursome and a $100 single is available through April 30. For the Love of a Horse is a local Roswell charity dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitations of equines, specifically those with critical-care medical needs that would otherwise be euthanized. To register, visit . —McKenzie Cunningham
merit scholarships NORTH FULTON, Ga. – The National Merit Scholarship Corp. recently announced local students who are recipients of prestigious honors as part of its 2014 awards program. Local high school graduates received corporate scholarships designated to students with career plans the sponsor wishes to encourage, for children of their employees or for residents of a community where a company has operations. Approximately 1,000 students nationwide qualified for this prestigious award. In addition, five local seniors were named winners in the 50th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program, an academic competition for African-American high school students. Each has won a $2,500 cash prize or an
equivalent scholarship. 2014 National Merit Corporate-Sponsored Scholarships Chattahoochee – Siddharth R. Duddikunta, Suryabrata Dutta, Sunidhi Ramesh, Joy C. Xu, William Z. Yang Centennial – Dorothy A. Cannella Johns Creek – Gordon Y. Li, Shohini Rakhit Milton – Naganavya S. Ravoori North Springs Charter – Adam G. Berger, Jacob A. Busby, Daniel M. Muehring Northview – Samar Abdelmageed, Rohan K. Doshi 2014 National Achievement Scholarships Centennial – Evan S. Johnson Chattahoochee – Lorin J. Crear Johns Creek – Peyton B. Smith Milton – Arianna M. Brown, Brenna C. Fromayan
Scammers posing as Georgia Escrow Services employees ATLANTA — The Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection is warning consumers about a timeshare resale scam in which scammers falsely claim that they are representatives of Georgia Escrow Services. Here is how the scam typically works: Consumers who own vacation timeshares in Mexico receive a phone call from someone allegedly working for a travel company. The caller tells the consumer that there is a buyer interested in purchasing the consumer’s timeshare property and Georgia Escrow Services will act as the escrow agent. While the timeshare sale is supposedly pending, the company posing as Georgia Escrow Services adds previously undisclosed fees and taxes, which consumers pay upfront via wire transfers. One consumer lost over
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$100,000 in this scam. While there is a legitimate company called Georgia Escrow Services, it has nothing to do with timeshare sales or vacation travel packages, nor does it market its services to consumers. Scammers have hijacked the identity of this business to perpetrate the fraud, filing fraudulent documents with the secretary of state and creating a fake website. This all makes it so that a consumer investigating the company online or with the secretary of state is led to believe that the Georgia Escrow Services they are communicating with is legitimate. Consumers who believe they have been victims of this scam should visit www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov. —McKenzie Cunningham
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Roswell gives prayer for nation National Day of Prayer May 1 By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com ROSWELL, Ga. – For the past 11 years, Roswell has taken part in the National Day of Prayer at City Hall. This year was no different, as the annual ceremony was held May1 before the Faces of War Memorial. Leading the prayers was Roswell’s the Rev. Neville Billy, the regional coordinator of the Day of Prayer. Representatives from the Beth Hallel congregation sounded the Shafar, a Jewish horn, to open the prayers. Throughout the ceremony, prayers were given to those in all aspects of life – from business and government to education and entertainment – to have wisdom in their actions and thoughts. Roswell Council-
member Rich Dippolito gave the prayer for those in government. He said he had recently returned from a trip to Honduras. “There is nothing like going to a thirdworld country to appreciate what you have,” he said. The first National Day of Prayer was established in 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln, who said, “It is fit and becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge and revere the Supreme Government of God; to bow in humble submission...” Since then, the National Day of Prayer has become a day for all religions to give prayers for the nation and its residents. The 116 Army National Guard Band performed “Taps” and the ceremony’s music, while the U.S. Coast Guard Pipe Band blew out “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes. “Roswell is truly blessed,” said Roswell Mayor Jere Wood.
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