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State’s wineries offer various summer getaways

Imagine relaxing on a patio, overlooking picturesque vineyards set against a rolling mountain landscape. The sun is slowly setting, painting a collage of colors and a warm sum-mer breeze blows across your face.

Your fingers wrap around a long glass stem, lifting your glass and bringing it to your lips so you can sip the rich red liquid, savoring the complex flavors of a glass of wine.

There’s no need to travel overseas or across the country to visit a prestigious vineyard or experience an award-winning glass wine. Nes-tled in the hills of North Georgia is a cluster of wineries producing a variety of fine wines from cabernets and merlots to chardonnays, and Chateau Elan in Braselton has been mak-ing wine right in the neigborhood for decades, garnering hundreds of awards at national and international competitions.

Whether you’re looking to make a day of it, or get away for the weekend this summer, Georgia wineries offer experiences for both wine enthusiasts and those in the early stages of developing a passion for wine.

North Georgia Wine CountryThere are a variety of vineyards and win-

eries sprinkled throughout North Georgia offering tours and tastings, catering to several levels of wine enthusiasts.

“Any and all level of wine enthusiasts can come do this. People who have never even had wine before certainly are welcome,” said Elizabeth Slack, Marketing Director for Winegrowers Association of Georgia. “These wineries have a little bit of something for everyone.”

Wine novices can focus on the basics while veteran enthusiasts delve deeper into the process, asking winemakers questions about the varietals of grapes, the aging process and horticultural practices used to grow them.

Even though there are numerous wineries located in North Georgia, they are spread out around the region, making it hard to visit them all in one day. Slack advises travelers to limit day-trips to about three wineries and plan a weekend getaway or multi-day trip if you’d like to experience more. And if your summer getaway leaves you wanting more, the Wine-growers Association offers annual events, like

By Katie Morris

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Georgia’sTASTE FOR WINE

Three tips for a trip to north Georgia wine country

Elizabeth Slack with the Wine-growers Association of Georgia has a few tips to help travelers plan a successful trip to North Georgia wine country.

1. Plan a route — Slack suggests visiting the Winegrowers Associa-tion website and looking at their wine map to plan your route and accomodations based on the winer-ies you want to visit.

2. Call ahead — A lot of the win-eries host special events and live entertainment, so it’s good to call ahead to find out what each winery will be offering during your trip.

3. Plan transportation — Having planned transportation helps create a relaxing, safe wine country expe-rience where travelers are able to taste without having to be mindful about driving. Slack suggests looking into VIP Southern Wine Tours or Buckhead Coach.

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Community Calendar prints periodically and as space permits. Send items for the Community Calendar to calendar@gwinnettdai-lypost.com or the Gwinnett Daily Post, P.O. Box 603, Lawrenceville, GA, 30046. The fax number is 770-339-8081. Please include event name, time and date, loca-

tion, with address, phone number, and cost. Deadline is two weeks prior to the event.

Through July 31GASP ministries will be

hosting a summer camp called Create It Theatre from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every weekday June 1 to July 31

at Norcross Human Services Center at 5030 Georgia Belle Court in Norcross. participants will be able to create a new production each week with a different theme and perform on the day of camp. The camp will cost $65 per weeek and a one-time $25 registration fee. Campers should eat

breakfast before coming and bring lunch, only a snack will be provided.

For more information, call 404-826-4277.

Through June 26Girl Scouts of Greater At-

lanta and Liga de Futbol de Atlanta will be partnering to hold a girls summer camp from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every weekday through June 26 at Norcross Human Ser-vices Center, 5030 Georgia Belle Court in Norcross. Cost will be $60 per week includ-ing breakfast and lunch. Free childcare will be provided by Girl Scouts volunteers from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.

For more information or to register, visit 404-889-5923.

June 12“Big Hero 6” will be

shown as part of Movies on the Lawn from 8 to 11 p.m. on the Lawrenceville Lawn located at 210 Luckie St.

June 12-14The fifth annual

Peachtree Corners Fes-tival will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 13, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 14, on The Corners Parkway at the intersection of Woodhill Drive in Peachtree Corners. The will also be a free concert with Banks and Shane with The Haley and Alexis Band from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday, June 12, at the city of Peachtree Corners stage.For more information, visit peachtreecornersfestival.org.

June 13The 2015 GimmeShel-

ter Concert benefitting the Partnership Against Domes-tic Violence and the Grayson

Children’s Fund will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. at Grayson Community Park located at 475 Grayson Parkway.

For more information, visit cityofgrayson.org.

June 13The city of Norcross will

host a live performance from The Tree-O Love from 7 to 9 p.m. at Skin Alley as part of its Jazz in the Alley concert series. For more information, visit norcrossga.net.

June 15Centerville Community

Center will be hosting a Babysitters’ Boot Camp from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 15 at 3205 Bethany Church Road in Snellville. The program will include safe play safety training, first aid and career development skills. Upon completing the course, students will receive a certification card. Cost is $40 and registration is required.

For more information, call 678-278-8396 or email admin@cprgwinnett.com.

June 15The Gwinnett County

Master Gardeners As-sociation will be hosting a meeting at 7 p.m. April 20 at the Bethesda Senior Center, 225 Bethesda Church Road in Lawrenceville. The meeting will feature guest speaker Karan Ralwins, Invasive Spe-cies Coordinator at University of Georgia in Tifton. For more information, visit gwinnett-mastergardeners.com.

June 15-18Center for Education Ex-

cellence and Development will be hosting a college preparation workshop

from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. from June 15 to 18 at Buford Hu-man Services Center, 2755 Sawnee Avenue in Buford. The program is targeted at high school students and will feature information on choosing a career, scholar-ship opportunity, the college admission process and more. The cost is $5.

For more information and to register, call 678-225-5360.

June 19As part of Fridays-N-

Duluth, Flicks on the Bricks will present the movie “Ma-leficent” at dusk on Duluth Town Green.

For more information, visit duluthga.net/community.

June 19The City of Norcross will

host a live performance from the band American Flyers from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Thrasher Park as part of its Summer Concert Series. For more information, visit norcrossga.net.

June 20The city of Norcross will

host the Bluesberry Music Festival June 20 from 5 to 11 p.m. in Downtown Historic Norcross. For more informa-tion, visit aplacetoimagine.com.

June 20The City of Sugar Hill will

host Boots and Beats with Danielle Bradbury on Sat-urday, June 20, at The Bowl @ Sugar Hill. The event opens at 4 p.m. and Dani-elle Bradbury will perform at 7 p.m. after the openers the Haley and Alexis Band.

For more information, visit thebowlatsugarhill.com.

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What happens when we throw out the rules?Tradition takes a bad rap

sometimes.Sure, traditions can

seem stupid and pointless. I mean, why CAN’T we have cheeseburgers for Christmas dinner? But for the most part, what we call “tradition” represents the collective wisdom of the ages, gained not so much by inspiration as through old-fashioned trial and error.

In other words, traditions mostly reflect what the human race has discovered actually works. We abandon those time-tested guidelines at our peril.

Case in point: Last Feb-ruary, a professor at North-western University wrote an essay decrying what she

referred to as “sexual para-noia” on college campuses. Basically, she argued that institutions have become so obsessed with control-ling people’s sex lives that they make normal romantic interactions almost impos-sible.

I agree with much of what the professor said, if not all; either way, I support

her right to say it. That’s called “free speech,” and it’s one of our most cher-ished American traditions.

Apparently, not every-one feels that way: Two students filed a Title IX complaint against the pro-fessor for creating a “hos-tile environment.” Yes, just for writing an essay. Title IX, of course, is the federal law mandating gender eq-uity in education, usually cited in regard to athletics. Recently, though, it’s been co-opted by the campus thought police and applied to cases of supposed sexual harassment.

Responses to this con-troversy have been mixed. Most come down on the professor’s side, but one

commentator did offer an observation that’s hard to refute: “Those students,” he said, “are her own evil spawn.”

What he meant was that the professor — a liberal feminist, naturally —was part of the generation that back in the ’60s and ’70s rejected all the old rules governing interactions between men and women. You know, the rules about treating women with respect, discouraging sex outside of marriage — that sort of thing.

Those traditions were too “patriarchal” and “sexist” for the professor’s genera-tion. That they were never intended to belittle women, but rather represented hu-

manity’s collective wisdom regarding the best way to protect them, apparently didn’t matter.

The problem is, society can’t run smoothly without rules. After we jettisoned traditional mores, women were indeed placed at great-er risk — of sexual assault, unwanted pregnancy, and mental illness. According to a CDC-funded study, the more sexual partners a woman has, the more likely she is to suffer from depres-sion.

But what to do? We couldn’t go back to the old rules. That would mean admitting we were wrong. Plus, Pandora’s Box had already been opened.

Enter the thought police

and Title IX. Absent the old rules, we’ll just have to make up new ones — and you can bet those will be more restrictive and less effective than the ones they replaced.

It’s all such a predictable pattern — and sadly, one that society is doomed to repeat in the near future, as we foolishly continue to dismantle millennia-old traditions.

Rob Jenkins is a local freelance writer and the au-thor of “Family Man: The Art of Surviving Domestic Tranquility,” available at Books for Less and on Amazon. E-mail Rob at rjenkinsgdp@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter @FamilyManRob.

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Gwinnett Parks and Rec presents Brown Bag Concert series

Gwinnett Parks and Recreation will offer residents lunch breaks on Friday filled with live entertain-ment this summer on the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse lawn.

The free Brown Bag Concert series will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with entertainment begin-ning at noon. The first concert will be on Friday with a performance from Havana Son. The series will also include Scott Douglas Steel Drums performing on July 10 and “Princess and the Pea Musical” on Aug. 14.

Residents are encouraged to bring a lunch and blanket or chair to the concerts at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse located at 185 East Crogan St. in Lawrenceville.

For more information, call 770-822-5450 or visit gwinnettparks.com.

Free ‘Snakes Alive!’ class offered

Locals will be able to learn the difference between venomous and non-venomous snakes and how to identify different spiders during the free “Snakes Alive!” class.

The free program will be pre-sented from 8:30 a.m. to noon on

Friday by Dr. Mark Patterson of the Gwinnett County Department of Community Services.

The class will be held at the Gwinnett Justice and Administra-tion Center auditorium, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville. For more information, visit gwinnettcoun-tyevents.com.

American Grove accepting noms for Great American Tree

The national search to locate the 2015 Great American Tree officially underway, and there’s a possibility its growing right here in

Gwinnett.The American Grove is look-

ing for trees that are community landmarks, have environmental or historic significance or simply have a story that makes them extraordi-nary.

Nominations for the Great American Tree are due on June 30 and must include a photograph, description of why the tree is spe-cial, its location, species and size, including height and/or diameter. Georgia entries will be voted on by state American Grove fans on July 30, and the winner will move on to the national competition.

Nominations may be posted to the American Grove website at

Americangrove.org or submitted by emailing sgranbery@gfc.state.ga.us.

The American Grove is an online community for sharing tree-planting experiences and knowl-edge that will encourage others to create thriving community forests. It’s managed by the Georgia Urban Forest Council, a nonprofit with the mission of sustaining Georgia’s green legacy by helping communi-ties grow healthy trees.

For more information, visit GaTrees.org.

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Retired foreman named nation’s top trail worker

Gwinnett County of-ficials can count the na-tion’s top trail worker as one of their own.

American Trail recently named Mike Rooks as the recipient of its national Trail Worker Award, which recognizes a private citizen or public sector employee who has worked hard to enhance trail rec-reation. Rooks retired last month from his position as the county’s park fore-man at Little Mulberry Park in Dacula after more than 26 years with Gwin-nett County’s Parks and Recreation Department.

Rooks received the award during American Trails’ 22nd International

Trails Symposium last month in Portland, Ore., and county commission-ers recognized him with a proclamation on Tues-day during their business meeting.

“It’s really great to be able to recognize Mike

with this as he finished up his career with Gwinnett,” Chairman Charlotte Nash said. “I was telling some folks earlier that Mike is a native of Dacula, just like I am … and I suspect the care he put into the parks, particularly Mulberry, has

something to do with his pride in our part of the county.

“I want to say thank you, from a personal standpoint, for the ex-ample he’s been to lots of parks employees over the course of his career,”

Nash added. “It’s folks like Mike who make things happen every single day that keep this county being such a wonderful place for people and busi-nesses to be.”

The county nominated Rooks for the national award, based on his work over the years to main-tain more than 15 miles of equestrian, hiking and cross country trails at the 900-acre Little Mulberry Park, according to the proclamation issued this week.

Rooks’ work contrib-uted to “Little Mulberry Park becoming a destina-tion known for its trails that vary in difficulty and experience,” according to the declaration from county leaders. Com-missioners also cited the

U.S. Department of the Interior’s 2012 decision to name Little Mulberry Park’s trail system as part of the National Recreation Trails system in their proclamation.

Despite the praise heaped upon him Tuesday, Rooks was humble and kept his remarks brief as he stood in the spot-light at the commission meeting. He thanked his former co-workers — many of whom attended the presentation — for helping him maintain the park. They deserved some of the credit for the work that led to his award, he said.

“All of you guys up there in the stands, I ap-preciate you all,” Rooks told his ex-colleagues. “You helped me a lot.”

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Harris Elementary named top school

Harris Elementary recently received a designation not given to another school across Georgia or the Southeast.

The Duluth school was named a Silver Level winner as one of the nation’s highest performing schools by the National Center for Urban School Transformation in its Urban Education Awards program. Principal Lauri Burton accepted the honor at a recent symposium in Dallas.

In order to compete for a Na-tional Excellence in Urban Educa-tion Award, schools had to meet or exceed the following criteria:

• Be located in an urban area• Have a non-selective admis-

sions process• Enroll a student body in which

at least 60 percent of the students (prior year and current year) meet eligibility criteria for free- or reduced-price lunch

• Demonstrate high rates of aca-demic proficiency on state tests

• Provide evidence of high rates of academic proficiency for all students, including specific groups (racial/ethnic groups, English learners, and students with dis-abilities)

• Present evidence that students are developing strong levels of success in STEM subjects

• Maintain high attendance rates with average student attendance rates exceeding 92 percent for each of the past two academic years

• Report low rates of out-of-school suspensions

• Demonstrate evidence of stu-dent success at subsequent levels

Also at the NEUE conference, Harris Elementary first-grader Isabella Salo’s speech on “How My School Influences My Life,” won first place in a student speech contest.

Burton said in a press release that the award is an honor for the whole school community.

Sugar Hill resident awarded Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

scholarshipDain Song, a Sugar Hill

resident who plans to attend Yale University, and Paul Serrato of Winder, who plans to attend Stanford University, were recently named among 94 recipients of a scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

Each Cooke Scholar will receive up to $40,000 per year for four years of study at an accredited college or universi-ty and automatically becomes eligible for a $50,000 per year Cooke Graduate Scholarship.

This year’s recipients have an average high school grade-point average of 3.86 on a 4.0 scale, high standardized test scores and strong teacher recommendations. Almost all have won academic awards during their high school ca-reers and have participated in civic or community service.

The average family income for students is $33,168, and 41 percent will be the first in their families to attend college.

The Cooke Foundation received 1,814 qualified ap-plications for the scholarship from all 50 states, two U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. Forty-four of this year’s recipients are currently in the Cooke Foundation’s Young Scholars Program, while the remaining 50 were selected from a competitive external pool of applicants from around the nation.

Keith Farner writes about education. Good News from Schools appears in the Sunday edition of the Daily Post.

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Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash, right, and Parks and Rec-reation Department officials present American Trails’ national Trail Worker Award on Tuesday to retired Little Mulberry Park foreman Mike Rooks, second from right. The award recognizes Rooks as the top trails worker in the country. (Special Photo)

PET OF THE WEEK

Each week the Gwinnett Daily Post will feature an animal available for adoption at the Georgia SPCA, which is located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109, Suwanee, GA 30024. The hours of operation are Mondays through Fridays 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sundays 1 until 4 p.m. You can see the rest of the adoptable cats and dogs at www.georgiaspca.org.

Rogette is a very sweet 7-year-old tabby do-mestic shorthair mix who was returned to Georgia SPCA after being adopted several years ago.

This sweet middle-aged lady has hypothyroid-ism, which is no problem as long as she has one oral pill a day. Her previous owners thought she was a boy and named her Roger, but Georgia SPCA changed her name to be a little more femi-nine after she was returned.

Rogette is such a sweet lady, super friendly and a great talker. That sound you hear when you walk into the shelter is Rogette calling you back to talk to her. Rogette is declawed on all four paws, so she will need a home where she can be an indoor cat, for her health and safety. Consider giving this nice girl a wonderful home where she can spend lots of time with your family members and get the love she deserves. Rogette is waiting at the shelter to meet you … Can’t you hear her calling you?

Come see Rogette at our shelter and see what a love she is. Rogette has no adoption fee right now for the right owner. She has been spayed and dewormed, given all age-appropriate vaccinations, flea/tick prevention, disease testing, and microchip-ping and comes with 30 days of pet insurance.

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Gotta have enough in the end to bury meMy people, long-suffer-

ing and ever faithful, spent their lives toiling while looking forward to heav-enly rest when death finally called.

Most folks these days enjoy life on earth so much that they don’t want to leave it even for heaven. That would not be my peo-ple, the generations gone before. In their eyes, each day lived was one day close to a heavenly reward. Dying was what they lived for.

“That’s the only thing in life worth working to-ward,” Daddy used to say. “Lookin’ forward to that land of promise where the weary shall find rest.”

With that in mind, they thought a lot about death and talked about it as naturally as they discussed marriage or childbirth. They

talked about scriptures to be read, songs to be sung and places to be buried. Daddy’s long-held phi-losophy was “don’t worry about an expensive casket, but make sure you buy the best vault possible.” I laugh now as I recall that because I don’t know anyone in my generation who thinks that way. But that was typical for the generations that came before.

Another thing — and this

is why I’m thinking about this now — is that they were always squirreling away money for burial. Not one of them saved for their children to have college educations or for them to have retirement. Their life’s savings was to pay to bury them so they could leave this life, having paid every debt they owed.

Frequently, when I was growing up, I heard my grandparents or parents say, “I got to make sure I’ve got enough money to bury me.”

When someone died in our church or community, two questions would always be asked. First came, “What ‘kilt’ him?” and then, “Did he have enough to bury him?” Everyone wanted to escape the stigma of a pau-per’s grave, which is what the county provided by

way of a pine box, lowered into an anonymous grave (no markers for those poor souls) by convicts dressed in stripes and leg chains.

“That’s one that the chain gang will bury for sure,” I remember hearing when I was seven or eight years old and a very old, penniless man died.

For the last 20 years of her life, whenever Mama took money from her sav-ings account to buy some-thing (and, to be completely truthful, this very seldom happened. Mama never wanted anything enough to use savings to buy it), she would say, “I gotta make sure I keep enough back to bury me.”

I borrowed money from Mama once and then spent years trying to pay her back. Every time I offered,

she’d say, “Just hold onto it. That way I’ll know I have enough money to bury me if something happens to the money I’ve got put back. I know I can count on you to have it.”

This has come up be-cause, recently, two men, humble and much loved, died and there was little if any to bury either man. Both had served God and fellow man, leaving behind them a sowing of kind-ness and a harvest of good deeds. So, the community rallied together and raised the money to bury them. No one judged. They just loved.

I was six or seven years old when Daddy stood in the pulpit before a casket and explained that the family had no money to bury the young man killed

unexpectedly in a car wreck. The family was so poor that even other poor people considered them “the poorest of the poor.” Daddy instructed that a collection plate be passed as “Amazing Grace” was played. I don’t know how much was collected, but I do remember the undertaker gratefully thanking Daddy for the gesture.

My grandmother had a little, black, homemade pouch that stored carefully folded money. Daily, she tucked it inside her bra. “This oughta be enough to bury me,” she’d say.

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What the airplane decision reveals about your job

There’s a moment on every airplane when you make a decision.

It’s not a life-changing decision, but it’s a decision nonetheless. It’s the mo-ment when you decide — Am I going to speak to the person next to me? Or am I going to ignore them?

Imagine that it’s Mon-day morning and you’ve just boarded a 737. You find your seat and muscle your bag into the overhead. You shove your briefcase into the space in front of your feet and settle into your seat. Your mind takes you to the week ahead. Do you have it in you to get through five more days of this?

Your seatmate arrives. He looks friendly enough, another business traveler just like you.

Now it’s time for the de-cision, do you engage? Or do you act like whatever’s on your phone is the most important document that ever existed?

You’ve had a million of these meaningless airplane conversations. You already know it will go. He’ll ask you where you live, and what you do for a living. Then you’ll do the same.

What’s the point? You decide that for today, you just don’t have it in you to engage.

Oops, too late. He’s already made eye contact. He’s made the decision for both of you. And so it begins.

After the usual pleasant-ries, he asks the standard question, “What do you do for a living?” How do you answer?

If you’re like most people you respond with your job title or industry. You say something like, “I work in software,” or “I’m a lawyer,” or “I’m in finance,” or “I run a distri-bution company.”

The other person nods and says something like, “That must be interesting, or tough, or challenging,” or some other innocuous adjective that basically communicates nothing other than, “So you too are a cog in this giant machine we call business.”

Then you ask what they do for a living and provide a similar un-affirming,

yet seemingly positive response. Is it any wonder that people are tired of this conversation?

What if, instead of shar-ing your job title, you had something more interesting say?

What if you said some-thing like this:

“People call me when they’re in the dreaming phase. They want to take a trip. They might know where they want to go, or they might not have any idea. All they know is that they want to explore, they want to see and do some-thing different. I show them cool places. I ask them how they want to feel when they travel. I find out about their family and their loves. Then I help them create something amazing that they’ll remember forever.”

Or, what if you said, “I work with people in risky situations. They have to make big decisions, big financial decisions that could make or break their business, or their lives. I help them figure out which way to go. I help them sleep at night. I help them feel safe.”

When you describe your job like that, you rarely get innocuous adjectives in response. The two de-scriptions above are real. They’re our clients, a travel agent and an accountant.

Their descriptions reveal a level of enthusiasm and emotional engagement that’s contagious.

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AUBURN Monthly community yard sale set for next

weekendThe City of Auburn will

hold a Community Yard Sale in its downtown dis-trict on Saturday.

The sale will last from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 1369 Fourth Ave. and anyone interested in selling their wares can come by and set up a table beginning at 7 a.m. There is a cost of $10 for a 12-by-12 foot space. The fee will be collected on the day of the sale. Vendors should bring their own tables for the sale and are asked to keep their items limited to “yard sale merchandise” only.

Questions should be directed to Charlotte Ewing, who can be reached at 770-963-4002, ext. 223, or at cewing@cityofauburn-ga.org.

BARROW COUNTY Emergency services

officials complete Leadership Barrow

programBarrow County

Emergency Services announced Chief John Skinner and Lt. Scott Dakin recently complet-ed a program designed to hone their leadership skills.

The pair gradu-ated from the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce’s 10-week Leadership Barrow. It is designed to teach par-ticipants how to be lead-ers in the community. Participants toured the state Capital, met state senators and represen-tatives, toured Barrow County businesses and government agencies. They also reviewed John Maxwell’s Five Levels of Leadership during the program.

“This class was very beneficial to all of the participants as we not only gathered lots of leadership knowledge but also the network-ing with other leaders from our community,” stated Chief Skinner. “There was a lot of time required for the class, but it was worth it.”

BERKELEY LAKEElementary to host

Camp Invention next week

Berkeley Lake El-ementary next week will host a “Camp Invention” where students entering first grade through sixth grade will participate in hands-on activi-ties about circuits and household appliances and have a chance to examine science and technology concepts during team-building exercises.

In the KartWheel module, children learn engineering skills as they build, enhance and upgrade a freestyle racing cart. There’s also an entrepreneur module and an area to learn video games.

The camp is sched-uled to run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from June 15 through June 18.

BRASELTONPatriotic 5k plannedRegistration is under-

way for a 5k and fun run set for July 4 at the Braselton City Park.

Proceeds from the race go to benefit charity Operation One Voice.

For more information and to register, visit https://runsignup.com/Race/GA/Braselton/OV1StarSpangled5K.

The park is located at 50 Harrison St.

BUFORD100 Acre Wood camp

begins this weekThe Gwinnett Envi-

ronmental and Heri-tage Center will host a camp to explore Winnie-the-Pooh and outdoor adventures this week called the 100 Acre Wood: An Art and Theatre Camp. It will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday for kids ages five and six. It costs $105. The camp will include art, acting, storytelling and games with Tig-ger, Eeyore, Piglet, Owl and Rabbit. The camp will also include hikes through the EHC trails. On Friday, there will be a brief performance to showcase the campers’ work throughout.

DACULA Residents warned to expect construction

delaysDacula officials are

warning residents to prepare for traffic delays in the area around the intersection of Dacula Road and Broad Street.

City leaders said the Gwinnett County Department of Trans-portation is beginning a school safety improve-ment project along both roads. The project is intended to improve the intersection with turn lanes and a traffic sig-nal, but Dacula officials said residents should expect delays for the next six months as a result.

At the same time, they are warning resi-dents that Gwinnett Water Resources’ in-stallation of a new water line on Tanner Road will also create traffic delays between West Drown-

ing Creek and Harbins roads.

DULUTHNext phase of

downtown redevelop-ment underway

The city of Duluth has begun a strategic de-molition of its downtown district redevelopment project.

The areas include portions of a three-acre plot of land across from Duluth Town Green. The historic pastorium building will remain as well as the sanctuary portion of the Old Duluth City Hall Building. The back portion of the Old Duluth City Hall Build-ing (referred to as the Administration Tower) will be removed with the granite block façade being saved for use in future development. Other structures on the property will be removed to allow for construction of restaurants and retail shops. Demolition activ-ity of the area across from the Duluth Town Green is scheduled to be completed by the end of summer.

GRAYSONLibrary hosting lava lamp-building classThe Grayson Library

Branch will teach teen-agers how make their homes a little groovier on Tuesday.

The library will bring back a glowing, gurgling piece of the 60’s and 70’s when it hosts a Do It Yourself Lava Lamp class at 1 p.m. Sixth through 12th-graders will learn how to use house-hold items to make the iconic decorative pieces.

The library is located at 700 Grayson Park-way.

LAWRENCEVILLEApplication deadline

for 2016 events approaches

Groups planning to host an event on Law-renceville’s streets or in its parks in 2016 have less than a month sub-mit their applications to the city.

The city’s application deadline to get on its calendar for 2016 events is July 6. This includes parades, 5k or 10k walk and run activities, events held on the Lawrencev-ille Lawn and activities at the historic court-house which require street closures.

Officials said they will not add any events to the city’s calendar, or grant any road closure requests, once they set the city’s event calendar.

Applications and a copy of the city’s event policy can be found on-line at www.lawrencevil-lega.org.

LILBURN‘Sprinkler day’ planned

monthly for kidsLilburn is turning on

the sprinklers in Lil-burn City Park for the kids to enjoy on the last Wednesday of the month in May, June, July and August.

Residents are invited to come play from 10 a.m. until noon. Children must be supervised by an adult.

The park is located at 76 Main St.

LOGANVILLEAmerican Legion set for second Saturday pancake breakfastAmerican Legion Post

233 of Loganville has scheduled its second Saturday pancake breakfast for 8 a.m. to

11 a.m. on June 13. Proceeds benefit the charities the American Legion post supports. People under 3 years old are free, ages four through 12 are $4, and 12 years old and up are $5. The post is located at 4635 U.S. Highway 78 in Loganville. For more information, call 770-466-4728 or ga-post233.com.

NORCROSS‘Into the Woods’ on

tap for ‘Movie Monday’The next edition of

“Movie Monday” in Nor-cross will feature “Into the Woods.”

The film is described as “a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales in a musical format that follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel-all tied together.”

There are two show-ings, one at 1:30 p.m. and one at 6:30 p.m., on Monday at the Nor-cross Cultural Arts & Community Center.

The center is located at 10 College St.

PEACHTREE CORNERS

Volunteers help ready school for out-

door classroomTwo dozen volun-

teers spent the past Saturday at Peachtree Elementary School clearing out brush and removing rotting work tables and benches at the school’s outdoor classroom.

Volunteers from the city of Peachtree Corners, Christ the King Lutheran Church, Peachtree Corners

Baptist Church and the Iowa State University Alumni group worked for more than two hours on the project, accord-ing to a news release.

The space will be completely redesigned and eventually feature new workstations, an amphitheater area, a walking nature trail and more.

When all is complete a ribbon-cutting event is planned when school is back in session.

SNELLVILLEFlag Day celebration

setGwinnett County

Board of Commission-ers Chairwoman Char-lotte Nash will be the keynote speaker during a Flag Day ceremony at Snellville City Hall on June 12, the city said in a news release.

The annual event, which officials said is the only one of its type in Gwinnett, will take place at 10 a.m. on the steps of City Hall, 2342 Oak Road.

Officially, Flag Day is June 14, but organiz-ers said they chose the weekday to honor the holiday.

“I believe that Flag Day is an important occasion for us to recognize each year so that we can all take a moment from our busy schedules to stop and remember and reflect in the importance and symbolism of the American Flag,” said Mayor Kelly Kautz.

The theme of this year’s event is “One Nation” and will feature: a 21-gun salute by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; a history presentation called “Making of the Flag” by National Society of the Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution; the Snellville Color Guard raising the flag; and “Betsy Ross” will have an interactive presen-tation on how the flag was originally made.

Refreshments will be served in the City Hall Community Room.

SUGAR HILLAnnual mosquito spraying on tap

The city will begin its annual mosquito spra-ing the week of July 6-10. During that week, crews will spray on the north side of Georgia Highway 20. During the following week, July 13-17, the south side of the highway will be sprayed.

SUWANEESoul Asylum to play

August concertSuwanee’s Concert

and Wing Festival on Aug. 8 will feature Soul Asylum, a band that features sound well known from the late ’80s/early ’90s alterna-tive rock/grunge era.

The festival will begin at 5 p.m. at Town Center Park and Soul Asylum will take the stage around 8 p.m.

After forming in Minne-apolis in 1981, Soul Asy-lum, known for its first two years as Loud Fast Rules, was a frontrunner of American college rock and garnered a reputa-tion as the country’s best live band.

“Runaway Train,” from Soul Asylum’s sixth album, Grave Dancers Union, released in 1992, became the band’s big-gest hit, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other hits include “Somebody to Shove,” “Black Gold,” and “Mis-ery.”

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Banks and Shane set to kick off Peachtree Corners Festival

The 5-year-old Peachtree Corners festival is growing and adding new attractions this year.

The three-day festival is set to kick off at 7 p.m. on June 12 with a concert by Banks and Shane and special guests, The Haley and Alexis Band. It is the first time the festival has opened on a Friday, and organizers are excited about what an opening concert could do for the event.

“We thought this would be a great way to start the weekend by relaxing on the lawn and listening to some great music,” said festival President Dave Huffman in a statement. “It’s also a great way to kick-start the festival, which officially begins Saturday, June 13.”

The popular free street arts festi-

val will be held at the intersection of The Corners Parkway and Woodhill Drive. It will run from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday, and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

An affiliated car show will also be held on site and a six-mile family bike road will kick off at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday at Peachtree Elemen-tary School, 5995 Crooked Creek Road. There will also be activities for children throughout the week-end.

“We try to ensure that there is something of interest for everyone in the family,” Huffman said.

Festival spokesman Steve Cone said the artists who will be display-ing and selling their work will not be set up during the Friday night concert. Instead, attendees will be able to enjoy food truck vendors and a beer garden hosted by the Peachtree Growler Company.

The festival will be in full swing by the time it kicks off on Saturday morning though.

Residents will leisurely stroll the streets throughout the weekend and browse work by local artists while listening to musicians on the concert stage. The Haley and Alexis Band, The Well Reds, Presley Sullivan, KaZual Mania, The Free Byrds and Suspect B will perform on Satur-day. Sabbatical Year, Bulletproof, Stephen Lee Band and 3 Way Street will perform on Sunday.

Golf carts will be running to offer transportation to attendees who need it.

“The Peachtree Corners Festival gets better every year and 2015 is no exception,” Huffman said. “We have lots of favorite arts and craft vendors from previous years, and many new (ones) as well.”

By Curt yeomans

curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

Attendees at a previous Peachtree Corners Festival check out an MG at its affiliated car show. The festival has morphed into a three-day event which will kick off with a concert on Friday night. Most of its activities, such as the car show, will begin on Saturday. (Special Photo)

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Spring Wine Highway Weekend.

The Winegrowers Asso-ciation of Georgia is a non-profit organized to promote and market Georgia wine with 20 member wineries. For more information, visit georgiawine.com/events.

Chateau Elan Winery and Resort

The 3,500-acre estate of Chateau Elan includes a 16th century-styled, French chateau with a full-service winery and tasting bar, a European spa, a champi-onship golf course, seven dining options and The Inn with hundreds of deluxe rooms.

Chateau Elan has been making wine in North Georgia for three decades, but the winery was recently transformed by executive winemaker Simon Bergese, who chose to replant the vineyards with native,

disease resistant muscadine grapes. Chateau Elan pro-duces five classic musca-dine wines as well as two Muscadry wines, which are created in the unique style of aging in French barrels for four months which lessen the amount of residual sugar.

Travelers can learn more about Chateau Elan’s winemaking process during one of the guided winery tour and tasting, including the winemaker’s tour where Bergese leads an exclu sive visit through his wine mak-ing facil ity.

There are also a variety of special events and activi-ties that will be available through out the summer such as Women of the Winery tastings, cook-ing classes, Winemaker Wannabe classes and Tipsy Canvas.

For more information about Chateau Elan, visit chateauelan.com.

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AREA WEDDINGS

Kristina Lee Heuman of Cumming and Matthew John Gross of Cummin-gwere married March 20 at Wolf Mountain Vineyards in Dahlonega. Dr. Mark Crumpler of Peachtree Pres-byterian Church – Atlanta officiated at the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heuman of Lawrenceville. She is a graduate of Brook-wood High School and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia where she received a degree in public relations from the Grady School of Journal-ism. She is employed as a vice president of global health with the public rela-tions firm of Porter Novelli in Atlanta.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gross of Cumming. He is a graduate of Parkview High School, the University of Georgia and the Terry College of Business from

which he received an MBA. He is employed as a senior project manager with Sci-entific Games International in Alpharetta.

Nellie Lovelace of Chicago, Illinois served as maid of honor with sister-in-law of the bride, Ashley Heuman of Milledgeville, as bridesmaid. Daughters of the groom, Genevieve and Julia Gross of Cumming, served as junior bridesmaid and flower girl.

Daniel Skelton of Dacula served as best man. Groomsmen were brother of the bride, Nick Heu-man of Milledgeville, and brother of the groom, Pat-rick Gross of Longmont, Colo.

The couple resides in Cumming.

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Kristina Lee Heuman of Cumming and Matthew

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