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Issue 10.06 | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
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TODAY'S FOCUS SUWANEE, Ga.. April 20,2010 -- The 17th annual Jazzy Thing benefiting Annandale Village, a private, nonprofit community for adults with developmental disabilities, is set for Saturday, April 24. The event starts at 6 p.m. at 2100 Riverside Parkway, The River Exchange Shopping Center, Suite 312, (which is the former SteinMart location), in Lawrenceville.
Our Jazzy Island Legacy Sponsor for the fourth year is The Enterline Foundation. The Enterline Foundation's mission is to support worthy organizations that provide services to adults with developmental disabilities. Back by popular demand, the entertainment for the evening will be the official, original Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band, A1A with their Parrot Head Extravaganza sponsored by Concurrent! Guests will taste authentic Cajun cuisine prepared by Louisiana and local Cajun cooks. Local groups and businesses will vie for the title of "Best Spicy Bite" in the Spicy Bite hors d'oeuvre Challenge. Spicy Bite participants include: Wild Wing, Suwanee' the Suwanee Business Alliance; The Chili Cooks; Mango; and the "Sea Yams." The Nevada-style casino sponsored by Consumer Auto Resources will test skills at blackjack, Craps, and Texas Hold'em. Jazzy patrons may shop in the Island Bazaar, featuring unique items donated by local merchants and supporters. Villagers will delight guests with their talent, expressed through artwork, soaps, and candles. Annandale's Family Council will have special items to choose from as well. The proceeds from the Family Council sales directly benefit the Villagers at Annandale Village.
Guests will not want to miss a chance to win a trip to Ireland via a raffle. The trip offers five nights accommodations at the Gweedore Court Hotel, golf for two at the Portsalon Golf Club on day two or a tour of Glenveagh National Park, including a guided tour of the Glenveagh Castle and gardens. On day three golfers will experience a round of golf at the Sandy Hills Links Golf Course. Non-golfers may enjoy a day of local sightseeing. The evening will end with dinner at Leo's Tavern, home to world famous Enya. Day four brings a trip to Tory Island, where King Patsai, Dan Rodgers, will conduct a walking tour of the island before lunch. Day five is a free day to enjoy the hotel facilities and local area. An optional day sightseeing trip with a driver/guide is available for an additional charge. Day Six guests will return to Donegal Airport to catch a flight back to Dublin and home. The total value of the package is approximately $6,000. Also included is $2,500 in cash to cover airfare from the U.S. to Dublin and miscellaneous expenses. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold at $25 each or 5 for $100. The winner does not have to be present to win! Proceeds from the Jazzy Thing go to benefit adults with developmental disabilities, specifically the fee assistance program. The fee assistance program aids Villagers and their families who are having financial concerns. This is
just a sampling of what Jazzy has to offer. "Come for a good time…leave
with a warm feeling". For more information regarding tickets or sponsorships,
please contact me at 770-932-4887 or nancy.trujillo@annandale.org. EEB PERSPECTIVE APRIL 20, 2010 -- One of Gwinnett's losses in the current recession has been the closing of the American Red Cross building in the county. Since 1979, the Red Cross has operated out of a building on Hi Hope Road that Gwinnettians raised money to build.
Tom Fort of Lawrenceville alerted me to the fact that there is no Red Cross office in Gwinnett any more. For 13 years Tom, a former computer specialist at Scientific Atlanta, had been a member of the Red Cross Disaster Action Team, though he had to quit volunteering for health reasons. "I
was on Hi-Hope Road the other day and noticed the building that was the
Gwinnett Service Center for the Metro Atlanta Red Cross is for sale. This
news came as quite a shock. I found an old notice of it and the Cobb offices
closing last July 1, 2009." We remember Sherry Nicholson of the Red Cross office. She's now the communications officer, and told us, indeed, that "The Red Cross has had to streamline operations to offset a general decrease in financial support." They permanently closed the Gwinnett and Cobb offices. The Gwinnett location is up for sale at $429,900, while the Cobb facility is to become a disaster services warehouse. Then she adds: "I want to assure you that we have not cut services in Gwinnett County or anywhere else in our 19-county metro area. The most visible change has been in our facilities."
The Atlanta Red Cross chapter has one person exclusively assigned to handle activities for Gwinnett County. She is veteran Red Cross official Laurie Ann Kimbrell, who works out of her home in Lilburn and can be reached by telephone at 404-309-6508 or by email at lkimbrell@arcatl.org. "In effect, now we meet clients on site," she says. Felix Martin was chairman of the Gwinnett Advisory Committee when monies for the building were raised. He got former Gwinnett School Superintendent J.W. Benefield to head fundraising for the building. Ray Gunnin, then a county commissioner representing the Norcross area, was on the board of the Metro Atlanta Red Cross chapter, and convinced fellow commissioners to donate two acres of land for the building, valued at $50,000. Gwinnett was just coming out of a recession in the mid 1970's when fundraising for the Red Cross facility began. The estate of the late Claude C. Duncan, who lived in a granite house off Spalding Drive and Neely Farm Road near Norcross, contributed $40,000 to jumpstart the campaign. Altogether Benefield and his group raised $115,400 for the 3,780 square foot building, plus furnishing. (Total cost of the building was $122,188, plus $30,000 in improvements.) A young Lawrenceville architect just starting out, Buck Lindsay, designed the building. The Red Cross building dedication on Hi-Hope Road was on Sept. 25, 1979. Then for the next 30 years, this site was the focus of Red Cross activities in Gwinnett. Now.....no more. The facility came out of a recession.....and was lost in another recession. ABOUT OUR SPONSORS
The public spiritedness of our sponsors allows us to bring GwinnettForum.com to you at no cost to readers. Today's featured underwriter is Mingledorff's, an air conditioning distributor of the Carrier Air Conditioning Company. Mingledorff's corporate office is located at 6675 Jones Mill Court in Norcross Ga. and is proud to be a sponsor of the Gwinnett Forum. With 32 locations in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina, Mingledorff's is the convenient local source with a complete line for the quality heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration parts and supplies you need to service and install HVAC/R equipment. Product lines include Carrier, Bryant, Payne, Totaline and Aeroseal. For all of your HVAC needs, and information on the products Mingledorff's sells, visit www.mingledorffs.com and www.carrier.com.
UPCOMING An idealistic young English teacher named Caitlin sees something special in the prose of slacker student Peck. Her desire to cultivate his talent draws her into a compromising love triangle with his best friend, Goth-girl, Dora. Hot for Teacher takes on a whole new meaning in this wickedly dark comedy. The play, by Carter W. Lewis, is being staged at the Aurora Theatre through May 2. Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. And on Sundays at 2:30. For tickets, call 678.226.6222. Anthony Rodriguez is the director, while cast members include Nick Arapoglou, Suehyla El-Attar and Bethany Anne Lind. Be on the lookout for spicy language and content. Education initiative to hold meeting in Gwinnett May 4 "A Vision for Public Education in Georgia," an initiative to transform public education in Georgia, is being introduced to communities around the state at meetings designed to provide citizens an opportunity to have a voice in the plan. The Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) and Georgia School Superintendents Association (GSSA) are the convening groups for the initiative.
Both groups believe that to transform education in Georgia, communities need to embrace and carry forward the work begun by the two groups. There will be eight community conversations held around the state to engage citizens in this important work. One of the sessions will be on May 4 at the Gwinnett County Instructional Support Center, Suwanee. Each meeting
will last about two and a half hours. Nothing is required to prepare for
the meetings. An introductory session will prepare participants for the
discussion of setting a vision for public education in Georgia.
The success of this initiative requires the active participation of as many citizens as possible. For more information go to: www.visionforpubliced.org. NOTABLE Kerri Crean, chef, and Culinary Arts program director for Gwinnett Technical College, has been named 2010 Educator of the Year by the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Greater Atlanta Chapter. She is the first woman in the Atlanta area to receive this award from the ACF.
Crean, who led Gwinnett Tech's Culinary Arts program to earn national accreditation from the American Culinary Foundation's Education Foundation in December 2008, joined the faculty at the college six years ago. She received her degree in Culinary Arts and Food Service Management from Johnson and Wales University in Charleston, SC. Crean has worked for over 20 years in the food industry, including as a private chef/personal chef, as well as in fine dining catering, fine dining restaurants and family/quick-service restaurants throughout the Southeast. She has taught Culinary Arts for 12 years. The Educator of the Year Award pays tribute to an active culinary educator whose knowledge, skills and expertise have enhanced the image of the professional chef, and who has provided leadership, guidance and direction to students seeking a career in the culinary profession. The award recipient also demonstrates the ability to help students define and develop their careers by providing a strong foundation for their success. Gwinnett
Tech is one of just seven technical colleges in the state to offer a nationally
accredited Culinary Arts program. The program covers every aspect of modern
cooking and trains students in the specialties of baking, hors d'oeuvres,
pantry presentation and banquet-style dining. The program also teaches
students how to run a restaurant by providing a foundation in the managerial
and personal skills that are needed to interact with customers, manage
employees and successfully operate a business. Stewart Cink seeks $600,000 in first-ever Twee Off for health During the recent Masters Golf Tournament, PGA Tour participant Stewart Cink, who lives at Sugarloaf in Gwinnett, launched the first-ever Twee Off to benefit Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. The challenge, a three-week long fundraising campaign, is taking place via the social networking site, Twitter. In recognition of a $600,000 contribution to Children's Healthcare by AT&T, Cink is seeking to double that amount by raising another $600,000, for a grand total of $1.2 million, with the help of his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Find details about the Twee Off here and follow the action on www.twitter.com/stewartcink. RECOMMENDED DESSERT
"Mark and I tried out the new frozen yogurt shop, Menchies, which made for a yummy dessert date night! We had a coupon and sampled a couple of delicious yogurt flavors first and then decided to share a cheesecake and peanut butter combo with white chocolate chips on top with a couple other mix-ins for fun! The granola and fruit toppings also looked good... The place was crowded and had a happy atmosphere and there are tables inside and outside. The concept is "weigh and pay" as you create your own masterpiece and then put it on their scale. (It's in the southwest corner of the intersection at State Bridge Road and Georgia Highway141.)"
GEORGIA ENCYCLOPEDIA
(Continued from previous edition) Georgia had perhaps the most training camps of any state, more than 25 in all, during the Spanish-American War. There were one or more camps in Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Griffin, and Macon.. The two most important camps, however, were Camp Onward in Savannah and Camp Thomas in the extreme northwest corner of the state. Savannah was selected as the point of embarkation for the Seventh Army Corps commanded by General Fitzhugh Lee. The corps began to move to Sav |
