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COMMUNITY CALENDAR - JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2010

JANUARY

21: RESTORATION, a FREE benefit concert on Thursday, January 21 from 7– 10 p.m.  at Trinity Chapel. Enjoy performances by award-winning artists including Ann Nesby, Echoing Angels, Living Anthem, Canton Jones and many more as we raise money to rebuild the homes and restore hope to the hundreds of Cobb County families who were affected by the recent floods. Trinity Chapel is located at 4665 Macland Road in Powder Springs. For more information, visit www.trinitychapel.org or call 770-222-7023

24: CHAMBER DINNER. Saturday, January 24 Cobb Chamber of Commerce 67th Annual Dinner at the Cobb Galleria Centre 6:30 p.m. Reception 8 p.m. Dinner and Program. $125 person/$1,250 table of 10.

26: JONQUIL GARDEN CLUB. Master Gardener Kathy Dietz will present a program on “Creating and Making Live Arrangements” at the Jonquil Garden Club monthly meeting On January 26. The arrangements will be auctioned off after the presentation.  Anyone interested in this topic, gardening, floral and landscape design is welcome to attend.  The Jonquil Garden Club meets every 4th Tuesday of the month at the Library in downtown Smyrna at 9:30 a.m. The objective of the Jonquil Garden Club is to beautify and preserve our environment by encouraging conservation and plantings, not only in our own gardens, but including public places. For further information, contact Marilynn Parker at 770-949-6640.

27. COBB FAITH PARTNERSHIP'S First General Meeting of 2010 - Wednesday, January 27 at Marietta First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 569 Frasier Street, Marietta. Come join us for networking, fellowship, and information-sharing. www.cobbfaithpartnership.org or email info@cobbfaithpartnership.org

27: THROID SEMINAR. Your Thyroid – Friend or Foe? Wednesday, January 27 at 7 p.m. Presented by Michaele Brown, MD The thyroid gland may be little, but it’s important! The function of the thyroid is to regulate the speed of your body’s metabolism, converting the food we eat into energy. If the gland is not working properly, you may experience weight gain (or loss), fatigue, depression, skin conditions, high cholesterol, hair loss, and more.  Come to this informative seminar and learn about the signs and symptoms of thyroid conditions as well as treatment options.  The seminar is free and will be held in the hospital’s cafeteria.  Reservations required. Call 770-319-2025. 

28: CUMBERLAND CHAMBER. Wednesday, January 28 Cumberland Area Council at the Georgian Club. 11:45 a.m. Speaker: To be announced. Members: $20 online; $30 at door Non-Members: $40 Online Registration Closes: Jan. 26 at Noon.

29: BUSINESS WORKSHOP. Smyrna Business Associations free workshop on AB…Z of Federal Government Contracting. January 27. Registration 8 – 8:45 and workshop 9 a.m. to noon. Smyrna Community Center. www.smyrnabusiness.org

29 & 30: MURDER GOES SOUTH.  The Friends of Smyrna Library  announce "Murder Goes South" January 29 & 30 at the Smyrna Community Center. Murder Goes South is a festival for readers and writers of the southern mystery. Friday night January 29 at 7 p.m. there will be a dinner with writer Erica Spindler as the featured speaker. Ms Spindler, from Louisanna, is New York Times best selling author of "Breakneck" and "Last Known Victim". Saturday January 30, 9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. will feature workshops, panel discussions, and book signings. Some of the writers are Fran Stewart, David Hunter, Carla Dameon and Debby Guisti. Cost is $30 for dinner Friday night, $25 for all day Saturday (including lunch) or $45 for both. Registration forms at www.friendsofsmyrnalibrary.org

30: HAM & EGGS. Austell Lions Club will be having a Ham & Egg Supper on Saturday, January 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Austell First United Methodist Church (Mulberry St, Austell). Tickets are Adults - $7 and Children 10 and under - $4. For tickets or questions call 770-948-5992.

31: FREE CONCERT. A Melody of Our Time: Judy’s Legacy Concert. The Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra performs in a special concert benefiting the Judy Latz Memorial Fund in celebration of beloved member, manager and friend. Repertoire to include Judy’s favorites: Faure’, Grieg, Mahler, Mozart, Sousa, Gould, Sibelius, Schubert, and Rossini. Sunday, January 31 at 7 p.m. Free admission. Family Life Hall at First United Methodist Church of Marietta. 56 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta. 404-246-1393, www.acsorch.org

FEBRUARY

1: FIRST MONDAY BREAKFAST. Speaker: U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss on February 1. Atlanta Marriott Northwest. 7:30 a.m. General Admission: $50. Members: $20 online; $35 at door. Online Registration Closes: Jan. 28 at Noon.

2: VININGS VILLAGE CIVIC CLUB February speaker will be Sandra Mackey, prize-winning veteran journalist and author of the national bestseller, The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein, and, Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict.  The meeting will be held at the Vinings Methodist Church on Paces Mill Road at 7:30 p.m. For further information email viningscivicclub@gmail.com. No reservations required. Membership is only $20 a year and due for publishing in the 2010 Directory. Guests are welcome.

3 – 24: BLACK HISTORY MONTH in February with the Cobb County Public Library System. The South Cobb Regional Library will host free teen programs to celebrate Black History Month every Wednesday in February at 7 p.m.

6: LITTLE MISS COBB COUNTY PAGEANT, Southern Tech, Joe Mack Wilson Theatre, 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, 9:45 a.m.

12: NIGHT OF THE ARTS. Garrett Middle School’s 5th annual Night of the Arts Celebration February 12. The celebration is a black tie, red carpet event which showcases the best of the best at Garrett Middle School in the areas of Jazz Band, Chorus, Drama, Orchestra and Visual Arts. The collaborative performance at 7 p.m. follows an upscale VIP reception held at 5:45 p.m. in Garrett’s 5-Star-transformed media center. Cost for the VIP reception and show is $20 per person. General admission for the Performing Arts Celebration is $5 per person. Garrett Middle School 770-819-2466. 

15: BLOOD DRIVE. Cobb Hospital to be held on February 15 from 11 .am. - 4 p.m. in the Auditorium.

18: BUSINESS-AFTER-HOURS Thursday, February 18 Location: Delta Community Credit Union – Vinings 5 to 7 p.m. Sponsor: Delta Community Credit Union General Admission: $20 Online; $30 at door Members: Free Online; $20 at door Online Registration Closes: Feb. 16 at Noon

24: SOUTH COBB AREA Council Wednesday, February 24 Location: Coach George E. Ford Center 11:45 a.m. General Admission: $30 Members: $10 online; $20 at the door. Online Registration Closes: Feb. 22 at Noon

26: "LET'S READ TOGETHER....SMYRNA" will be Terry Kay's "Dance with the White Dog". Friday February 26 at 7 p.m. with Terry Kay speaking about his writing and signing the book "Dance with the White Dog". Smyrna Community Center and open to the public. There will also be showings of the movie made from the book with discussion the following week at the Smyrna Public Library. The Friends are sponsoring a white dog contest planned for Saturday February 27. All artists in the Smyrna community are asked to read the book and pick out their favorite scene and enter a painting or drawing in the "Dance with the White Dog" art contest.  More on these events and activities at www.friendsofsmyrnalibrary.org. 

    

WEEKLY EVENTS

AEROBICS CLASS. Austell First United Methodist Church offers free weekly low-impact aerobics class in the church's fellowship hall every Wednesday Night from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. with certified group fitness instructor Cindy Standard. Austell First UMC is located at 5705 Mulberry Street in downtown Austell, just north of the railroad tracks and City Hall. More details can be found at www.blessaustell.com or by calling 770-948-1806.

BOY SCOUT TROOP 61 meets every Monday night at 7:30pm in the Troop Lodge at Bethany Methodist Church at the intersection of Hurt and Hicks Roads. Cub Pack 61 meets Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Betheny Gym. 

BOY SCOUT TROOP ONE meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. New Scouts Welcome! 2845 Log Cabin Drive, Smyrna (off Atlanta Road). www.bsatroop1.net

CIVIL AIR PATROL: Sweetwater Composite Squadron meets at Lithia Springs United Methodist Church, 3711 Temple Street, 7 p.m. Thursdays.

CIVIL AIR PATROL:  Smyrna Cadet Squadron meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church, 4336 King Springs Road, Smyrna. The age requirement is 12 through 18 years of age.

CHILDREN’S PROGRAM. Join the Vinings Library staff for READing Paws, a children’s program geared to encourage literacy, on Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m.. Children participating read to a trained ‘reading’ dog, while each 15-minute session is monitored by a dog handler. Registration is required. The Vinings Library is located at 4290 Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta. For information call 770-801-5330.  

COBB LIBRARY offers programs for ages birth to 17 years are going on at the Cobb County Public Library. Visit www.cobbcat.org or your local Cobb County Public Library.

LOCKHEED GEORGIA MANAGEMENT RETIREES Association meets Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Windy Hill Senior Center.

FREE TAIJI CLASS for all Tuesday mornings from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. South Cobb Regional Library: 805 Clay Road, Mableton and on the second Tuesday of each month at The Mable House, 5239 Floyd Road, Mableton.

FREE COMMUNITY DINNER – Come join us! Every Thursday night at 6 p.m., Austell First United Methodist Church, 5705 Mulberry Street. www.blessaustell.com.

FREE WEEKLY COMMUNITY DINNER - Please join us! Every Monday night at 6 p.m. Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 6216 Love Street, Austell.

SMYRNA BUSINESS EXCHANGE. Every Thursday from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the Smyrna Community Center. 770-795-5079.

SMYRNA ROTARY: noon Tuesday, Smyrna Community Center

SMYRNA KIWANIS, 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Piccadilly Restaurant, South Cobb Drive, Smyrna,

SMYRNA GOLDEN K KIWANIS: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Windy Hill Senior Center, 1885 Roswell Street, Smyrna.

SMYRNA OPTIMIST: 7 a.m. Friday, American Legion Post 160, 160 Legion Drive, Smyrna.

SOUTH COBB ROTARY: noon, Thursday, Presbyterian Village, East-West Connector

SOUTH COBB TOASTMASTERS Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. South Cobb Recreation Center, 875 Six Flags Drive, Austell.  

VININGS ROTARY: 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Vinings Club, Overlook III, 2859 Paces Ferry Road.

THE WINDY HILL SQUARE DANCE CLUB Thursday morning 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Windy Hill Senior Center at 1885 Roswell Street, Smyrna. 

THE GALLERIA WORLDSPAN Wings Toastmasters Club Tuesdays 12 to 1 p.m., Building 300, main conference room.

PETS AVAILABLE for adoption at Cobb shelter. Cobb County Animal Control has many breeds of animals available for adoption at the shelter at 1060 Al Bishop Drive, Marietta. 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 770-499-4136, or visit AnimalControl.CobbCountyGa.gov

MONTHLY OR MORE

AARP CHAPTER, Sweetwater Chapter #2858. Meets at noon on the first Thursday of every month (except July/August), C. Freeman Poole, located at 4025 South Hurt Road, Smyrna.  

ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA Caregivers Support Group- free 3rd Saturday of each month- 10 a.m. 4005 S. Cobb Drive. Smyrna, Call 770-431-7055 or email woodlandridge@caravita.com for details.

AMERICAN LEGION, Post 160 Membership Meeting at 7:30 p.m. every 3rd Tuesday and serves breakfast from 8:am to 11:00am on the 2nd Saturday of each month and the AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY, Unit 160 Membership Meeting at 7:30 p.m. every 3rd Tuesday each month. SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, Squadron 160 meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday each month. All of these meetings are at 160 Legion Drive, Smyrna. For more information, access AmericanLegionPost160.org or call 770-436-2501.

AMERICAN LEGION POST 264, 6251 Ivy Road, Mableton. Meets every third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Bingo--Mon, Tues, Fri  8 p.m., Sat 5 p.m. and Sun 4 p.m. 

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS has blood drives which are held at Cobb Hospital twice per month. Generally speaking, they are on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month from 11-5. People can schedule an appointment at www.givelife.org using “wsch” as the password.

AUSTELL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION meets the third Tuesday of each month at noon at the Treadmill Mall Complex

AUSTELL CITY COUNCIL meets the first Monday of each month for its regular meeting.

AUSTELL COMMUNITY TASK FORCE meets every 1st Monday at 7 p.m. at the South Cobb Recreation Center, 875 Six Flags Drive, Austell. www.austelltaskforce.org.

AUSTELL LIONS CLUB meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at Bailey's Diner , 4093 Marietta St. in Powder Springs.  Start time 6:45. For information, call Chuck or Denise Cook at 770-948-5992.

BLIND & LOW VISION SUPPORT Group (Pride) meets from 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Contact Gloria Fisher, LCSW, for more details:  770-432-7280

COBB-MARIETTA RETIRED Educators meet monthly at Windy Hill Senior Center, 770-801-5320, for fellowship, service and support of community projects.

THE COVERED BRIDGE GARDEN CLUB meets the Fourth Tuesday of each month (Sept –May) at 10 a.m. at the Mable House Cultural Center, 5239 Floyd Road, Mableton.

CCC MOPS is a non-profit support group for Mothers of Preschoolers and infants which meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 9:30 a.m. at the Cumberland Community Church in Smyrna. Please visit www.cumberlandmops.com for more information.

CUMBERLAND VININGS OPTIMIST CLUB: Meeting for breakfast the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Vinings Club, 2859 Paces Ferry Road NW

CHEMOCHIC, a free program sponsored by the Georgia Cancer Foundation invites all women experiencing Chemotherapy treatment for any type of cancer to attend. This empowerment class teaches how to combat the side effects of cancer treatments. ChemoChicSM classes are offered on the fourth Thursday of every month from 1-3 p.m. at the Cancer Wellness at Piedmont at Piedmont Hospital (275 Collier Road, Suite 490, Atlanta). Led by cancer survivor Rudi Caruthers. Reservations required. To reserve a spot, contact Rudi Caruthers at 770-333-3314, or via e-mail at chemochic@charter.net.

DISCUSSION GROUP. Every Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. “Back to Community” meets at Cumberland United Methodist Church, 2375 Paces Ferry Road. This discussion and community action group is open to all and covers a wide range of interesting topics. Join us as we share important information, initiate projects, and search for ways in which we can address our societal crisis through better understanding and local action.

FOCUS, monthly support group for families with special needs children, meets at First Baptist Mableton at 7 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of every month: Refreshments and childcare provided with RSVP.  For more information and to RSVP contact FOCUS at 770-234-9111 or inquiry@focus-ga.org, www.focus-ga.org

FREE MONTHLY DINNER. Leland-Qwest UMC, 81 Veterans Memorial Highway, SE, Mableton, sponsors a free community dinner on the last Wednesday of each month from 6 – 7 p.m. All are welcome.  (Enter on left side of the church on the lower level).

GARY HILL AND ASSOCIATES Business organization meets at 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at varying locations.  770-438-6961.

GENERATIONS: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren offered by Cobb Senior Services. This program provides support and information regarding services in the community. The program meets at the South Cobb Recreation Center every 3rd Tuesday of the month from 6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m. Dinner and child care is provided for the grandparents and children during the free meeting. Please RSVP to Margie Castillo-Carbaugh at 770-528-5364.

HEALTH FAIR. Got the most common type of diabetes?  Learn the cure at Mableton's health fair. Held on either the 2nd or 3rd Saturday of each month at Mableton's South Cobb Regional Library. For more info visit http://TheHealthFair.com

“HOBO SUPPER” Second Thursday of each month, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Community invited---Clarkdale UMC Austell—Powder Springs Road, Clarkdale, Georgia.  For $5 you get a Drink, Beans (3 kinds), Mashed Potatoes, Cole Slaw, Corn Bread, Onions, Pickles, Beets and a large variety of  homemade desserts to choose from. Community invited.

THE JONQUIL GARDEN CLUB meets every 4th Tuesday at the library in downtown Smyrna at 9:30 a.m. The objective of the Jonquil Garden Club is to beautify and preserve our environment by encouraging conservation and plantings, not only in our own gardens, but including public places. Anyone interested in gardening, floral and landscape design is welcome to attend.  For further information, you may contact Marilynn Parker at 770-949-6640.

MABLETON IMPROVEMENT COALITION (MIC) is a nonprofit citizens group formed to promote quality growth and redevelopment in the 30126 zip code. MIC's Board of Director's meetings are the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m., generally at the Mable House Arts Center in Mableton. Everyone is welcome. Visit www.mableton.org to confirm meeting location.

THE MOMS CLUBS of Smyrna are non-profit support groups for at-home mothers. Smyrna-East chapter includes zip code 30080 west of Atlanta Road and the Vinings Estates neighborhood.  Please visit www.freewebs.com/momsclubofsmyrnaeast for more.  The Smyrna-Northeast chapter includes zip code 30339 and zip code 30080 east of Atlanta Road.  Please visit http://www.momsclubofsmyrnane.com for more.  Smyrna-West chapter includes zip code 30082.  Please visit www.momsclubofsmyrnawest.com for more.  Smyrna/Vinings-West chapter includes zip code 30082 in the Nickajack & Russell school district.  Please email momsclubofsmyrnaviningswest@yahoo.com for more information.

NEWCOMERS OF COBB COUNTY. We meet each month on the third Tuesday 10 a.m. Meetings at John Knox Presbyterian Church, 505 Powers Ferry Road, Marietta. 770/234-5068 or Email: newcomersofcobbcounty@yahoo.com. Those new to Cobb County, or just looking for new friends and activities, are invited to join in. The NEWCOMERS CLUB OF COBB COUNTY holds a wide variety of social activities throughout the month including Bridge, Canasta, Pinochle, Book Club, Mah Jongg, Ladies Night Out, Golf, Bunco, Chick Flicks, Out to Lunch, Out and about Atlanta, Stitch and Sew, Mexican Train and Weekend Pot Luck Dining.

PEBBLEBROOK JR FALCONS Association Quality Recreation * Life Skills * Civic Action Programs 2nd Sunday Monthly Meetings at 5 p.m. 6th Grade Academy at The Barnes Center Coaches & Volunteers always needed and welcome.

RIVER LINE HISTORIC Area Committee meets usually every third Thursday of the month at the Mable House Arts Center. The committee and the Cobb County Commission have teamed up to create a master plan which will shape the future of the Chattahoochee River Line area in South Cobb. www.mableton.org

SIGMA ALPHA INTERNATIONAL, Alpha Lamda Chapter, Mableton, meets the 2nd Sunday at 2 p.m. Call Vivian Woods at 770-948-4754 for information.

SMYRNA BUSINESS ASSOCIATON: lunch meetings the first Thursday of each month at the Smyrna Community Center, 11:45 p.m.

SMYRNA LIBRARY READING GROUP: meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm, at the Smyrna Public Library, 100 Village Green Circle.

SMYRNA STITCH-IN GROUP meets on the first Mondays of the month at the South Cobb Library - 805 Clay Road - Mableton GA in the large meeting room. If you like to cross stitch, do crewel work, needlepoint, etc. and meet women in the area, please come join us. If you have any questions, please contact Nadine Amy at theamys@bellsouth.net

SOUTH COBB BUSINESS ASSOCIATION meets the first Wednesday of each month at 11:45 at Mableton Lion’s Club Park Community Center. www.sc-ba.org

SOUTH COBB LIONS CLUB meets the 1st and 3rd Monday evenings of each month at The South Cobb Community Center, 620 Lions Club Drive in Mableton at 6:30 p.m.  Information about the club can call Bobby Thomas at 770-948-9683.

SOUTH COBB SENIORS Friendship Club meets on the 1st Monday of each month 10:30 a.m. at the Lions Club Drive Community Center, Mableton. Newcomers are welcome to come and join the fellowship and lunch, guest speakers and the love of others.

VININGS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (VBA) meets the first Tuesday of each month for lunch at Social Vinings. Networking and speakers from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Lunch $15 for Members; $20 for Non-Members and guests are always welcome! (no industry restrictions). A Business After-Hours is held the 3rd Tuesday of each month.

VININGS VILLAGE CIVIC CLUB meets the first Monday of each month September through June at 7:30pm. This year we will be at various locations around Vinings because of the flood.  For further information email us at viningscivicclub@gmail.com.  No reservations required. Membership is only $20 a year and guests are welcome.

WEST MARIETTA AGLOW COMMUNITY LIGHTHOUSE (WMA), a local arm of Aglow International, monthly meetings, 7 p.m. the first Thursday at the Smyrna Community Center’s Community Room. For more information on West Marietta Aglow visit www.westmariettaaglow.org or call 404-935-8248.  

 

E-mail your organization’s calendar news to news@brightsidecobb.com. Deadline for the FEBRUARY issue is FEBRUARY 4 with publication on FEBRUARY 15. Calendar items are accepted from civic groups, non-profits, schools and church organizations and run as space is available. Due to the increasing number of calendar listings, please keep announcements brief. Do NOT send calendar announcements in flyer format. For more information about submitting calendar items or other news, contact us at 770-426-9388 or by e-mail to news@brightsidecobb.com. Find updated calendar items on our website at www.brightsidecobb.com .

 

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