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ADOPT A PET: Meet Rudy

ADOPT A PET: Meet Rudy

NEWNAN, Ga. – If you dream of coming home to a wet nose, wagging tail and tons of kisses (in addition to, perhaps, a half chewed shoe or overturned trashcan) adopt a puppy from your local pet shelter. According to the ASPCA, approximately 5 million to 7 million domesticated animals enter animal shelters nationwide, every year, and approximately 3 million to 4 million are euthanized. However, you can change those numbers but adopting a “companion” for yourself or your family. Pets are an investment but, in our opinion, an investment well worth the money.

Rudy is a small, male Chow Chow mix. She arrived at the shelter on July 8. She is not spayed but she is eager to be adopted. Rudy is ready for a home and will remain completely loyal to you. She is not house broken by she walks, well, on a leash. She is good with older children and is up to date on her vaccinations.

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No Plan B - We Must Raise Taxes

No Plan B - We Must Raise Taxes

Congressional Democrats were tossed a bone, and that is to allow President Obama to move through the 2012 campaign year without the nation’s debt and budget impasse hanging over him.  Congressional Republicans held strongly against raising taxes.  The crisis may be averted, but the nature of the problem has not gone away.  The debt ceiling will still rise. Taxpayers remain on the hook.

The Sunday July 31 print edition of Atlanta Journal-Constitution featured Atlanta Forward> 2012: The Turning Point. 

Metro Atlanta traffic has merged into the ninth circle of hell. Unemployment is up. Real estate is in a persistent vegetative state. The city schools have been stained by scandal.

”All of a sudden the recipe that has worked beautifully in Atlanta for 40 years has stopped working,” said Tad Leithead, chairman of the Atlanta Regional Commission.

Politics of Fear is Unacceptable

Politics of Fear is Unacceptable

The following FaceBook post was forwarded to The Citizen newsletter.  We have seen news stories in Army Times, Military Times and on televised news shows.  The situation resulting from Congressional dealings is reprehensible. 

In this, the greatest nation on earth, people are forced into fear and despair by national debt and policies that threaten life itself.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

The comment below is from my daughter-in-law.  I have two sons, both in the United States Navy, fighting and defending our freedom.  The actions of the American people have caused her to feel in fear of the security her family depends on.  The same people she and my sons are risking their lives for.  Is this what we want?

~ June Fields

30 Free Things to Do This Summer

30 Free Things to Do This Summer

ATLANTA --  The Atlanta Moms Like Me site has recently posted the top 30 places to visit this summer that will not hurt your pocket because they are totally free.

The list includes The Children's Museum, The High Musuem and even North GA Hiking.  If you know of any must free activities you can add them to the list too.

Click here and see all of the free activities around Atlanta.

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Getting around the weekend roadwork

Getting around the weekend roadwork

ATLANTA -- Weekend roadwork will cause some backups around Metro Atlanta this weekend. We've got your homefield advantage with ways to get around the mess.

DeKalb

 

I-20 WB at MP 67.0 (I-285 NB/Exit Ramp)
3 am - 8 am Sat
1 right lane

I-20 Westbound Alternate: Exit onto Wesley Chapel Road (Exit 68) and turn right. Follow Wesley Chapel Road to to Covington Hwy and turn left. Follow Covington Hwy to Glenwood Road and turn left. Follow Glenwood Road to I-285 Northbound.

I-285 WB from Chamblee Tucker Rd (Exit 34) to Ashford Dunwoody Rd (Exit 29)
9 pm Fri - 5 am Mon
2 left lanes

Commissioner Bruce Holmes to hold Town Hall meeting focused on Education

Commissioner Bruce Holmes to hold Town Hall meeting focused on Education

District V Commissioner Bruce Holmes will hold his monthly Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, August 27 at 9:00 a.m. at the Fairview Recreation Center.

The August Town Hall will focus on education with an update on the Henry County School System. Guest speakers will be Erik Charles and Ryan Davis, Board of Education representatives for Districts 4 and 5 respectively, as well as Dr. Ethan Hildreth, School Superintendent.

The Town Hall Meeting is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend.

The Fairview Recreation Center is located at 35 Austin Road in Stockbridge

MCDONOUGH: How does a family of 15 manage back-to-school?

MCDONOUGH: How does a family of 15 manage back-to-school?

MCDONOUGH, Ga. -- If you think back-to-shopping is stressful for one, two or three children, you've got nothing on the Adkins family in Henry County.

Jerome and LaChelle Adkins have 13 children and one due in November.

"We'd planned to be done after we had seven, and here we are after 14," said LaChelle, a stay-at-home mom. Her husband is a retail manager.

The kids range from 21 years old to 16 months and there are no twins.

Their children are Brenndon 21, Taylor 18, Christian 18, Jonathan 16, Alexandria 15, Mackenzie 13, Victoria 12, Elisabeth 10, Olivia 8, Danielle 6, Jeremiah 4, Joshua 3, and Jordan 16 months.

"I enjoy being able to train them up in the way that they should go," LaChelle said. "It's challenging. We have our moments. We've been blessed. I had them all natural, no pain medicine, so to me they're a testimony."