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EASTFREE | Take One COBBEJanuaryR 2013 Health & Fellowship Christian School students Wellness Elizabeth Tribble, Anna Edmonds, and Maddie Harrison Guide hike along the Appalachian Trail Pages 46-55 Do Good Guide PAGES 10-14 | SPECIAL SECTION: Day Camp Guide PAGES 20-26 Community Calendar PAGE 28 | East Cobb Legislators PAGE 45 | Support Groups PAGE 64 education be smarter. K-12 Tutoring SAT Prep Study Skills Congratulations to C2 perfect SAT scorers!!! www.c2educate.com Tel: 770-565-8184 Publix Shopping Center at Johnson Ferry Road THIS ISSUE EAST COBBER P.O. 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Any opinions Health & expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of the 46 Health & Wellness EAST COBBER. EAST COBBER is a locally-owned company that Wellness Guide strives to build a sense of community and pride in East Cobb County by providing its residents with positive stories and timely Local health experts 56 Seniors information. The EAST COBBER is distributed free to homes, schools, and 400+ retail locations in the following zip code and resources are areas: 30062, 30066, 30067, 30068, and 30075. here to help you 60 Club Calendar Comments and stories are always welcome. Please address all correspondence to shape up and [email protected]. lead a healthier 62 Classifieds lifestyle in 2013. Subscriptions are available for $20/year. Send check or money order payable to 64 Support Groups EAST COBBER to the above address. Making Life Less Taxing….. Plan For W. Robert McGoldrick, CPA,CFP Certified Public Accountant Your Future CERTIFIED Financial Planner 770-992-7614 Now! l AUTO l LIFE l HEALTH l HOME l BUSINESS ·Tax Planning & Preparation ·Business / Individuals/ Non-Profit Organizations ·Retirement Planning DonDon JohnsonJohnson ·Estates & Trust www.donjohnsoninsurance.com ·Small Business Accounting 1230 Old Canton Rd. l Marietta, GA 30062 l Fax: 770-973-8550 2866 Johnson Ferry Road, Ste 100 Marietta, GA 30062 Securities Offered Through Triad Advisors, Inc. 770-973-8545770-973-8545 Member FINRA/SIPC Cobb Chamber Small Business of the Year 4 January 2013 EAST COBBER www.eastcobber.com NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL CANCER INSTITUTE: ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF “Nice moves, Nana!” Northside Hospital Cancer Institute provides hereditary It’s one reason Northside was chosen by the National counseling to determine cancer risks and options for Cancer Institute to be a Community Cancer Center. you and your children. They help thousands of women So you have access to the latest cancer research and survive cancer by diagnosing and treating more breast treatments close to home. and gynecologic cancers than anyone else in Georgia. Where the Extraordinary Happens Every Day CANCER INSTITUTE PUBLISHER’S NOTE On the Cover On this month’s cover are 20 year-old gunman Adam Lanza opened Fellowship Christian School stu- fire on the students and faculty of Sandy Hook dents experiencing how God’s Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut creation becomes the classroom during the morning hours of Friday, December 14. during one of the many TREAD 27 people, including 20 children between 6 and 7 Program outings last fall. Hiking years old, died during the attacks. The gunman, along the Appalachian Trail in North Adam Lanza, shot himself dead. Carolina are Elizabeth Tribble, Anna 2012 came to a violent end. What should Edmonds, and Maddie Harrison, have been a happy holiday season was literally Fellowship juniors. gunned down by a lunatic. A search for Fellowship’s legacy reflects underlying answers, of course, is under way: gun a commitment to partnering with control, mental illness, our violent culture. We should not have to live in a families to provide a safe, nurturing situation where we need to think of everyday tasks as if we were in a low learning environment for children intensity combat zone, but we are. This is how many in our society have been from K4 - 12th grades. Our commit- living for decades in disadvantaged communities. It is now becoming ment to the pursuit of God’s truth in nationwide and not so rare. If it can happen in Newtown, CT; or Aurora, CO; academics, fine arts, athletics and or Columbine, it can happen in East Cobb. There are so many pieces to service to others creates excep- solving this puzzle of random violence and we are many discussions away from tional opportunities for students. Top seeing a resolution. I will be watching, listening and weighing in on ways to national universities and colleges stop this senseless violence. I hope you will, too. routinely accept our graduates, Despite this tragedy, I still believe that there are far more good people in thanks to a well-rounded educa- the world than there are bad, and that people are inherently good. As the tional experience featuring weekly publisher of the EAST COBBER, I am fortunate to spotlight so many good chapels lead by students, a grow- people who live and work in East Cobb. Since 1993, this magazine shares ing fine arts program, 15 GHSA- stories, features special events and lists support groups and clubs that sanctioned athletic teams, and pas- promote the good going on in our community. This issue continues that sionate faculty who take learning to tradition of good news with our annual Do Good Guide (page 10), and the next level. Terrific Teens (page 16), to mention just a couple of highlights. I believe the EAST COBBER magazine as well as the EAST COBBER Parade & Festival, are At Fellowship, learning simply small pieces of the puzzle that may help prevent another tragedy. As I can not be contained within the advised my children, in light of the Newtown tragedy: “you need to combat walls of a classroom. Engaging the evil by being a force of good in this world.” So simple, yet so doable. hands and hearts of students trans- forms knowledge into understand- As we begin a new year, don’t miss an opportunity to acknowledge all the ing. Students are prepared for life good around you. You can share your good news by emailing me: by developing a love for learning [email protected]. that helps them excel physically, Be Good. Do Good. Happy New Year! academically, and most important- Join the ly, spiritually. conversation! What will you find at Fellowship? What do you want to You can read more about read about in the Fellowship on page 6 or come by EAST COBBER? the school for a tour on Thursday Cynthia M. Rozzo Tell us at mornings at 10am in the high school Founder/Publisher foyer (no tours April 4th). Fellowship [email protected] facebook.com/ Christian High School is located at East Cobber 10965 Woodstock Road, Roswell, GA 30075. Admission: 770-641-6816. 6 January 2013 EAST COBBER www.eastcobber.com LIFELIFE CHANGES CHANGES. PROTECTINGSO MUCHPROTECTING PLANNING YOUR YOUR FAMILYGOESFAMILY INTO SHOULDN’T RETI SHOULDN’TREMENT. Making sureMaking you have sure youadequate have adequate life insurance life insurance coverage coverage is is anHAVE ongoing YOUan process. ongoingTHOUGHT Whenprocess. your AWhenBOUT priorities your T AXEpriorities change,S ASchange, soWELL? do so do your insurance needs. 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