2015 - Monthly Archive

20 May

School - Canton

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Charter Bands Compete at Music Festival

Cherokee Charter Academy recently earned overall Silver ratings at the Southern Star Music Festival in Austell, Georgia. Participating Cherokee Charter Academy groups were the sixth grade Concert Band... read more..

20 May

Titles & Blurbs

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Book Review: Natchez Burning

By Catherine Groves In May of 2014, Greg Iles burst back into the bestsellers list with his highly anticipated thriller, Natchez Burning. After waiting for 5 years, (while Iles recovered from... read more..

20 May

School - Canton

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Dressed in Pink to Show Support

The staff at Knox Elementary, as well as the students in Ms. Tanya Riley-Cantrells 5th grade class, raised $623 as a donation in her honor for Relay for Life. Mrs. Riley-Cantrell was diagnosed with ca... read more..

North Fulton Taste of Life: Barbecue Shrimp

20 May

Recipes

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North Fulton Taste of Life: Barbecue Shrimp

Ingredients 1 lb Georgia wild harvestedlarge shrimp, peeled, deveined and tails off3 slices bacon, cut into bite sized pieces lb butter2 tbsp Dijon mustard1 tsp chili powder tsp basil tsp t read more..

20 May

Recipes

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Taste of Life: Barbecue Shrimp

By Patti Skelton, honorary member Ingredients 1 lb Georgia wild harvestedlarge shrimp, peeled, deveined and tails off3 slices bacon, cut into bite sized pieces lb butter2 tbsp Dijon mustard... read more..

01 May

Canton Magazine

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Canton Family Life - May 2015

Woodstock Family Life - May 2015

North Fulton Family Life - May 2015

Chicken Salad Chick

Made Fresh Every Day! Kathleen Boemig In 2007, Stacy Evans of Auburn, Alabama, began making her unique chicken salad in her own kitchen for friends and family. Her fan base grew fast, and soon she w... read more..

24 Apr

Titles & Blurbs

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Artist Profile: Sharon Crumley

Fabric and Paper Collages By Heike Hellmann-Brown Interhuman connections are the lead motive of Sharon Crumleys work. Fabric or paper in artfully arranged pieces or woven strips, single or multi-lay... read more..

North Fulton Taste of Life: Spicy Black Bean Dip

24 Apr

Recipes

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North Fulton Taste of Life: Spicy Black Bean Dip

Ingredients 1 (15 oz.) can black beans, rinsed and drained1 (15 oz.) can whole kernel corn, drained1 (10 oz.) can diced tomatoes with green chilies, drained1 small purple onion, chopped to taste1 gr... read more..

24 Apr

Recipes

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Taste of Life: Spicy Black Bean Dip

By Beth Johnston, Honorary Member Ingredients 1 (15 oz.) can black beans, rinsed and drained1 (15 oz.) can whole kernel corn, drained1 (10 oz.) can diced tomatoes with green chilies, draine... read more..

24 Apr

Titles & Blurbs

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Lyndon Academy

In the spring of 2014, Tina Clark walked through the doors of Lyndon Academy for a tour with her son, Cody. As she entered the middle school wing, Mrs. Clark paused at about the half way point and tur... read more..

24 Apr

Titles & Blurbs

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Book Review: Jan Karon

Mitford Cookbook & Kitchen Reader By Catherine Groves Have you visited Mitford? Have you listened to Father Tim expound on Wordsworth? Perhaps youve laughed at one of Uncle Billys jokes ... read more..

24 Apr

Titles & Blurbs

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Artist Profile: Deborah Rossi

Fine Stoneware, Porcelain & Earthenware By Heike Hellmann-Brown When designing her ceramics, artist Deborah Rossi approaches the task not only from a functional but more so from an esthetic poin... read more..

23 Apr

Business - Woodstock

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Northside Receives Grant & Recognition

In 2014, 1,703 underinsured women received breast cancer screening and diagnostic services through the Northside Hospital Cancer Institute. Fifteen breast cancers were detected. More cases of read more..

23 Apr

Business - Woodstock

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Brownlee Agency Opens in Woodstock

Brownlee Agency, Inc was founded in 1974 and has established a very successful office in Tifton. Representing over 25 insurance companies allows them to customize a plan creating total protec read more..

23 Apr

Community - Woodstock

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2015 Outstanding Probate Judge

Cherokee County Probate Court Judge Keith Wood was recently named 2015 Outstanding Probate Judge of the Year by the Council of Probate Court Judges (CPCJ) at the judges spring seminar in Athens. read more..

23 Apr

Community - Woodstock

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Becker Sling for Large Animal Rescue

The Cherokee County Saddle Club presented Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services with a new Becker Sling at the Garland Mountain Horse and Hiking Trails. The Becker Sling assist firefighters du... read more..

23 Apr

Community - Woodstock

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Memorial Day Celebrations

Memorial Day will be observed at the Georgia National Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 23, 2015. The keynote speaker will be Ret. Brigadier General Denis Shortal, USMC. Attendees should carpool... read more..

Northside Hospital Receives Safety Award

23 Apr

Community - Woodstock

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Northside Hospital Receives Safety Award

Northside Hospital in Atlanta has won first place for a project that improved patient safety at the hospital. Georgias Partnership for Health and Accountability (PHA) recently presented its prestigiou... read more..

23 Apr

School - Woodstock

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Animal Shelter Receives Donation

Boston ES Junior Beta Club collected items for the Cherokee Animal Shelter and toured the shelter while dropping off the donated supplies. The students enjoyed visiting with the animals and seeing how... read more..

23 Apr

School - Woodstock

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RRHS Visits Oakland Cemetery

River Ridge High School Journalism and English teacher Reed Christian took her journalism and 9th grade English students to the Historic Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta to search for stories. Throughout t... read more..

23 Apr

School - Woodstock

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CCEF Inaugural Gala

The Cherokee County Educational Foundations inaugural Celebration of Education Gala was a huge success, raising $50,000 for the Cherokee County School District and honoring outstanding teachers, stude... read more..

Cherokee County Students Win at SkillsUSA

23 Apr

School - Woodstock

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Cherokee County Students Win at SkillsUSA

More than 2,000 students attended SkillsUSA Georgias annual State Leadership and Skills Conference; 10 CCSD students from Cherokee HS and Etowah HS won awards in several categories. Two Cherokee HS st... read more..

23 Apr

Business - North Fulton

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Love Pedis but Dont Have $ or Time?

Crystal Misko recently started selling Jamberry nail wraps because, I LOVE them! I cannot get enough. What is Jamberry, you ask? They are high quality, vinyl, heat and pressure sealed nail wraps tha read more..

23 Apr

Business - North Fulton

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Must Try Cupcake Shop!

Welcome to Smallcakes of Alpharetta, North Fultons premier cupcakery. Our gourmet cupcakes are baked on-site daily using only the finest ingredients. Smallcakes has been featured on three seas read more..

23 Apr

Community - North Fulton

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JCFD Firefighters Recognized

During a recent Johns Creek City Council meeting Fire Chief Jeff Hogan recognized Firefighter Aaron Roberts on his promotion to the rank of Sergeant and presented him with a Life Saving Award. Roberts... read more..

23 Apr

Community - North Fulton

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Veterans Visit Memorials

The Rotary Club of Roswell recently embarked on their seventh trip to take 70 World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Veterans to Washington, DC, to see their Memorials. Since 2008, the Roswell Rotary has... read more..

23 Apr

Community - North Fulton

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HOPE Lives Here

Mayor Jere Wood issued a proclamation at the March 9 Mayor and City Council meeting, declaring the Citys support of Relay for Life of Roswell and the cancer awareness campaign, HOPE Lives Here. Saturd... read more..