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Hot'lanta Gourd Patch at their monthly meeting at The Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts. Inset: Gourds take many forms in the talented hands of the gourd artists. Tina Shumake Handrop (3rd from right).

Gourdgeous art

Snellville native, Tina Shumake Handrop, has been holding out on the art world. She has spent her life serving the needs of others. Family comes first for Tina – wife, mother, sister, daughter are all roles that she cherishes. As a postal employee and current postmaster of Snellville, Tina has had a full and rewarding career. As a wife and mother, she has rejoiced in the role of raising a family. It was her role as daughter that gave her the gift of art. Tina’s mother introduced her to the art of decorating gourds.

The Evenchick Family and friends invite you to enjoy their Haunted House...

Haunting for good causes

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Haunted houses, haunted paths, ghosts, ghouls, graveyards and charitable donations go hand-in-bony-hand at this time of year… right? The combination works really well for some local families in Lilburn and Grayson.

Kimberly Goodloe

Kimberly Goodloe – American Heart Ambassador

2013 Metro Atlanta Heart Walk

Kimberly Goodloe underwent open heart surgery and placement of a pacemaker in 2009. 

Q: Why were these experiences instrumental in your work as an American Heart Ambassador?

Rockette Alina Duncan (L) with Mary Long and Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson of Lawrenceville, and Rockette Joanna Richardson (R) Duluth High School Graduate)

Radio City Rockettes and locals kick!

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When The Radio City Rockette Christmas Spectacular commercials begin to appear on television, it usually means that the Christmas season is certainly just around the corner. When Rockettes appear in downtown Lawrenceville in early September, what is one to think or do?

Classmates shown in photo are:  Sitting (L-R) Nancy Dobbs Davis, Judy Jordan Barrett, Linda Wood Armendariz, Joan Bennett Johnson, Sheila Simpson McHugh, Anne Cown Mazzawi, Mary Radford Dixon, Sue Beaver Carroll, Florence Butler Warbington, Faye Thomas Cook, Peggy Kobres Myers, Starr Knight Hedrick; Standing (L-R)  Leon Wheeler, Pat Swanson, Gerald Smith, G.C. Ford, Ronny Yancey, Randall Hewatt, Jimmy Cates, Wayne Ellington, Taylor Jenkins, Dennis Jones, Jim Cofer, Tommy Cates, Wayne Myers, Bill Puckett. 

South Gwinnett HS class of ‘63

The 1963 graduating class of South Gwinnett High School held its 50th reunion Saturday Sept. 28, 2013 at Heritage Clubhouse in Grayson GA.  26 of the 47 surviving members of 61 graduates attended. Festivities included a delicious meal, dozens of school days stories, and a slideshow memorial to the 14 classmates who have passed away. Coach and Mrs. Jack Britt were honored  guests. Classmates shown in photo are:  Sitting (L-R) Nancy Dobbs Davis, Judy Jordan Barrett, Linda Wood Armendariz, Joan Bennett Johnson, Sheila Simpson McHugh, Anne Cown Mazzawi, Mary Radford Dixon, Sue Beaver Carroll, Florence Butler Warbington, Faye Thomas Cook, Peggy Kobres Myers, Starr Knight Hedrick; Standing (L-R)  Leon Wheeler, Pat Swanson, Gerald Smith, G.C. Ford, Ronny Yancey, Randall Hewatt, Jimmy Cates, Wayne Ellington, Taylor Jenkins, Dennis Jones, Jim Cofer, Tommy Cates, Wayne Myers, Bill Puckett. 

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Mr. Richard Weeks with some of his friends at Grayson’s Kroger.

A community hero

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A community hero
By Beth Volpert

For most of the last fifteen or so years, the children of the Grayson Cluster have enjoyed spending time with a beloved man who has not only served his country, but also his community with distinction.