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Life Insurance Is Necessary for the Stay-At-Home Spouse Too

There is a serious misconception about not buying life insurance for a stay-at-home spouse that is all too common. Many people feel that because a spouse doesn’t work outside the home, life insurance is not necessary because there’s no salary to replace. 

At Fond Memories, Rita Andrade offers a plethora of antiques to suit a variety of tastes and preferences.

Fond Memories

A treasure trove for the die-hard curio collector

Walls of hand-painted ceramic plates. Unique lamps, figurines, tapestries, vintage jewelry —you name it. Fond Memories has it all — gadgets and gizmos of plenty, packed like sardines in a quaint antique shop.

(L-R) Grace Clower, Jonnie Kay Collier, Emmett Clower, Billy Greene, and Jewett Clower

Former Mayor Emmett Clower receives ACS Gwinnett’s John and Martha Miller Adams Award

For decades, lifetime Snellville resident and mayor for 26 years, Emmett Clower, has donated his photography services to the ACS – whether it was the annual gala the ACS held for more than three decades, a Relay For Life event, the ACS Ladies’ Auxiliary Fashion Show, golf tournaments or awards ceremonies – if it was an ACS activity, he was likely to be there, camera in hand, ready to shoot memories to be preserved for history.

City Of Lawrenceville Electric Department Staff Members: Keith Davis - Lineman and Chris Thompson - Apprentice Lineman.

Lawrenceville celebrated National Lineman Appreciation Day

Electric department recognized for dedicated service to the City

The City of Lawrenceville celebrated National Lineman Appreciation Day on April 8, 2019, in recognition of the Electric Department staff and their dedicated service to the community. The program included lunch and key recognition for the linemen and their support crews who manage, maintain, repair and expand the City’s robust electric infrastructure.

Emily Creed was crowned Miss Freshman, Central Gwinnett High School.

Emily Creed Trailblazes

When asked why she entered as a contestant for the Miss Central Gwinnett program, Emily Creed, 15, said, “I’d never done it.”

An avid volunteer, vocational chef, and frequent traveler, Emily has done a lot of things — but winning Miss Freshman at the annual Miss Central Gwinnett Scholarship Pageant was something she had never done until now.