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AROUND WALTON | January 2013 1 January 2013 Volume 2, Issue 7 30 56 Features In Every Issue 20 Readers’ Choice Vote for your favorite local businesses. Around Walton .........................6 Celebrations ........................... 12 29 Good Samaritan Policy Community Calendar .............. 26 Taylor McCarty’s goal is to save lives. Everyday Angels ..................... 34 30 Martin Luther King, Jr. Houses of Worship ................. 60 36 & 37 On the Cover Center Clubs & Organizations ............. 62 Connective Tutoring. Connective The King Center continues Martin’s dream. Tutoring student Ashley Thomas. Photo School Information ................. 64 by Liz Blount, Studio 7 Photography. 44 Celebrating the Season Community Numbers ............. 66 Lighting celebrations held for Chanukah Walton Community Map ........ 67 and Christmas. A digital version of the magazine, Humane Society ..................... 69 along with information on how to contact us, submit a story or photo, 56 WHS Basketball Elected Officials ...................... 70 or advertise is available at Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball Teams Advertiser Directory ............... 72 www.aroundaboutwalton.com. in action. Contributing Writers Judson Adamson ............................19 Kara Kiefer ......................................33 Claudia Aguirre ...............................50 Lynne Lysaght .................................29 Peter Allen .....................................35 Lisa Malice .....................................39 Mary-Kathryn Boler ........................24 Marietta Plastic Surgery ..................42 Nora Borne .....................................28 Zett Quinn ......................................22 Ryan Breshears ...............................48 Dr. Chris Rechter ............................41 Dr. Cristi Cheek ...............................40 Dawn Reed .....................................17 Ben Clark ........................................18 Doug Rohan ....................................16 Joan Steigerwald is the Market Dr. Justin Fierro ..............................41 Margot Swann ................................32 Manager for Around Walton. Lindsay Greene ...............................30 Scott Sweeney ................................58 For information on advertising, she can be reached at Sen. Judson Hill ..............................14 Mayank Verma ...............................53 (770) 615-3311 or joan@ Linda & Kevin Keeton .....................23 Bryant Wright .................................59 aroundaboutlocalmedia.com. 2 AROUND WALTON | January 2013 Find your WellStar. When you need a doctor, you want an expert who’s not just an excellent physician but who’s right for you and your family. You’ll find that doctor among the experts of the WellStar Medical Group, a team of more than 500 primary care physicians and specialists, all working together to help you and your family get well, stay well and live well. And, with more than 100 locations, the care you need is always close by. To find your WellStar, call 770-956-STAR or visit wellstar.org. We believe in life well-lived. The vision of WellStar Health System is to deliver world-class healthcare. Our not-for-profit health system includesWellStar Cobb Hospital, WellStar Douglas Hospital, WellStar Kennestone Hospital, WellStar Paulding Hospital, WellStar Windy Hill Hospital and WellStar Medical Group. AROUND WALTON | January 2013 3 Community Around Walton Our Community Board Your Community, Your Magazine in East Cobb Publisher Doug Rohan — Doug is a bi-lingual AroundAbout Local Media, Inc. attorney and owner of Rohan Law, PC. Doug can be reached at doug@ Executive Editor rohanlawpc.com. Kara Kiefer [email protected], (770) 615-3309 Title Editor Dr. Cristi Cheek — Cristi is a dentist Lynne Lysaght and owner of Cristi Y. Cheek, D.M.D., [email protected], (770) 615-3306 P.C. Dr. Cheek can be reached at [email protected]. Market Manager Joan Steigerwald [email protected], (770) 615-3311 Caroline Whaley — Caroline is Art Director the past President of the Junior Michelle McCulloch League of Cobb-Marietta and serves [email protected], (770) 615-3307 on the boards of five nonprofit organizations. Caroline can be Digital Marketing Director reached at caroline.whaley@gmail. James Ball com. [email protected], (770) 615-3310 Around Walton is a publication of AroundAbout Local Judy McNeill — Judy is the Principal Media, Inc., a monthly community magazine. The at Walton High School. Judy can be magazine’s goal is to build a sense of community and pride reached at (770) 578-3225, x229. in the Walton area by providing its residents with positive stories and timely information. It is distributed free by mail to approximately 14,900 homes and businesses and 1,600 in racks throughout the Walton community. Judson Adamson — Judson is a Around Walton welcomes your comments, stories, and 24-year veteran of the Atlanta Real advertisements. The deadline is the 20th of the preceding month. Estate Industry. Judson can be reached at (770) 240-2001. Subscriptions are available for $24 per year. Send payment to the address below. Dawn Reed — Dawn Reed is a The viewpoints of the advertisers, columnists and submissions are not necessarily those of the Editor/Publisher and the Certified Senior Advisor and the Publisher makes no claims as to the validity of any charitable owner of Aloha To Senior Solutions organizations mentioned. Around Walton is not responsible Consulting. Dawn can be reached at for errors or omissions. No part of this publication may be [email protected]. reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the Publisher. All rights reserved. © Copyright 2013. Mary Stephens — Mary currently serves as Media Director for Right From The Heart Ministries. Mary Around Walton can be reached at (678) 388-1862. 2449 Towne Lake Parkway, Woodstock, GA 30189 For Advertising Joan Steigerwald, (770) 615-3311 [email protected] Zett Quinn —Zett is the owner and founder of Quality Craftsmen. Zett Website: www.aroundaboutwalton.com can be reached at (404) 483-7446. Powered by TrustWorks, Inc. Volume 2, Issue 7 4 AROUND WALTON | January 2013 AROUND WALTON | January 2013 5 Community AROUND WALTON The People, The Places and by Lynne Lysaght The Pleasures that make Walton Now that the holidays are behind us “We are so excited to be back in East Cobb in my community,” and a new year is ahead, it is time once said founder and owner Debra J. Atkins, M.D., M.B.A., who again for our Readers’ Choice poll. This lives in East Cobb and whose children attend Dickerson is your opportunity as Around Walton Middle School and Walton High School. In celebration of the readers to share your opinion of what are new East Cobb location, Atlanta MediSpa is offering some the best businesses in our community grand opening promotions that include Botox for $8/unit, including restaurants, service providers microdermabrasion for $99 and teeth whitening for $99. To and retailers. The local business owners book an appointment, call (404) 762-7854) or visit www. are very proud of being selected by our atlantamedispa.com. readers for this award, so don’t let the Lynne is the Editor of Around Walton chance to vote for your favorites pass magazine. She you by. The poll is conducted on line and lives in the Walton complete information can be found on community with her pages 20 and 21 in this issue. Voting will husband Martin and continue until February 20, 2013, and the their three sons Kyle, winners will be announced in the April Logan and Camden. issue. Remember to send in your submission for our Tournament of Roses. We are looking for the couple in our community married for the most years, and they will be featured in an article in next month’s issue. Speaking of submissions, it is really easy to let someone know that you care by remembering his or her special day with a submission to our Celebrations pages. Birthday, wedding, anniversary and birth announcements are free and all you need to do is send a picture with the celebration information and any special message that you would like to include to lynne@ aroundaboutmagazines.com. What’s New? Collector’s Cottage opened at 1207-C Alpharetta Street in Roswell, beside the Historic Roswell Antique Market. The Glamour Girls Day Spa is open at 551 Johnson Ferry Road shop offers plantings and antiques for garden and home. The and offers manicures, pedicures, facials, makeup, hair styling, owners are Diane Wilkes, a landscape designer and Liz Palmer, massages and Spa Birthday Parties for teens, tweens and girls. an interior designer. Their shop carries plant containers During the Cobb County school year, the spa will be open on of many sizes, shapes and materials as well as container Fridays from 12 – 7 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. plants including herbs and an assortment of antiques. The and Sundays from 12 – 7 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome during Collector’s Cottage also offers seasonal items such as bulbs regular business hours, but appointments are recommended. and wreaths. The store is open Monday through Saturday For more information, call (404) 919-4526 or visit www. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For more glamourgirlsdayspa.com. information, call (770) 355-4003 or visit the shop’s Facebook page at The Collector’s Cottage. The photo was provided by Atlanta Medical Day Spa & Surgery Center (Atlanta MediSpa) Indian Hills resident