We’ve come a long way since Maj. Gen. Allen Daniel, of the Georgia Militia’s 4th Division, issued orders for a new and better fort to be built at Hog Mountain in October 1813. Gwinnett County was established five years later in 1818 and our residents have been making things new and better ever since.
Diabetes is one of the country’s fastest growing epidemics. According to the CDC, 29 million Americans are affected with diabetes and 86 million are living with prediabetes. Unfortunately, 90 percent of persons with prediabetes are unaware of their diagnosis. The good news you may ask? Both conditions can be effectively managed with lifestyle changes.
2016 Grantees Announced
Primerica, Inc. (NYSE: PRI), the leading distributor of financial products to middle income families in North America, announced the 2016 Grantees of The Primerica Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm. The announcement was made at a recent luncheon event honoring five nonprofits selected by Primerica’s employees.
Travel back in time to Berlin in 1939 with Broadway in Atlanta as it welcomes CABARET to the Fox Theatre for a limited one-week engagement of mesmerizing performances and Tony Award-winning talent. For any local college students looking to spend the evening dancing, singing and submerging into the culture that is CABARET, Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta presents a special $25 Student Rush Ticket price for the Atlanta engagement, playing at The Fox Theatre November 1 – 6 as part of the 2016/2017 season.
Lawrenceville – Saturday, Oct. 1 dawned sunny and a little cool, a perfect day for a walk. At least, that’s what more than 800 men, women and children thought as families and friends flocked to Coolray Field for Gwinnett County’s first annual “Paint Gwinnett Pink” 5K Run and Walk for Breast Cancer. Gwinnett Medical Center partnered with Paint Georgia Pink, Inc. to present this day of fellowship, exercise, celebration and honoring (and of course, some fundraising).
My husband Snell said that people did not dress in costumes and go Trick or Treating when he was growing up. What a terrible shame. My best friend and next door neighbor Dotti and I lived for Halloween. Our mothers, however, did not. Well, maybe a little.
Beebout – Love
Julia Ann Beebout married Jared Love on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 4 pm at Grayson United Methodist Church in Grayson, Georgia. The bride is the daughter of Tinna Dobbs Beebout of Loganville, GA and the late John Beebout.
Duluth – It’s an early fall Fridays-N-Duluth that might be cooler in temperature but HOT with activities when STEAM joins the event on Friday, October 21! The evening will be filled with the wonders of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) to be enjoyed by all ages, and also includes crowd-favorite DJ Rob, all occurring in Downtown Duluth. As with every Fridays-N-Duluth, the fun begins at 6:00 p.m. and ends at 9:00 p.m.
The Hatfields and McCoys. Georgia-Florida. Falcons-Saints. Among some of the most famed rivalries our area has ever known, lies Parkview vs. Brookwood. Dating back to well before the date on the birth certificates held by the teenagers who will be taking the field on October 21, the “Battle of Five Forks” is a well-established staple of the rich tradition of Georgia football.
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