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Box 680455 • Marietta, GA 30068 Featured 770-640-7070 • FAX: 770-559-3185 www.eastcobber.com Volume 23| Number 11 6 East Cobb Mom Bikes Founder | Publisher CYNTHIA ROZZO to Raise Funds for HLH [email protected] Account Representatives: East Cobb Businesses - Merchant’s Walk - Roswell Road 35 Boxerstock Music Festival MICHELLE O’SHAUGHNESSY 678-357-9384 • [email protected] Northeast Cobb Businesses 42 Public Safety Celebrations LAREN BROWN Planned 770-880-0965 • [email protected] Graphic Designer: Tamara Stephens Intern: Elizabeth Williams www.eastcobber.com www.facebook.com/EastCobber THIS MONTH www.twitter.com/eastcobber EAST COBBER monthly is published by Don't Miss! 22 COMMUNITY CALENDAR EAST COBBER, LLC. Copyright © 2016 by EAST COBBER, LLC. All rights reserved. 12-21 Reproduction or any use of editorial or pictorial content in any manner, without written PET OF THE MONTH 34 permission, is prohibited. Any opinions expressed EAST COBBER here do not necessarily represent the views of the EAST COBBER. EAST COBBER is a locally- Parade & 36 DINING GUIDE owned company that strives to build a sense of community and pride in East Cobb County by providing its residents with positive stories Festival Guide 44 HEALTH & WELLNESS and timely information. The EAST COBBER is distributed free to homes, schools, and 500+ Details on East Cobb’s retail locations in the following zip code areas: 30062, 30066, 30067, 30068 and 30075. SENIORS only community-wide 56 Comments and stories are always welcome. event, also known as Please address all correspondence to [email protected]. the “Candy Parade.” 62 CLUB CALENDAR Subscriptions are available for $20/year. Send check or money order payable to EAST COBBER to the above address. 64 SUPPORT GROUPS * * * * * * E A S T C O B B E R S T A F F * * * * * * CYNTHIA ROZZO SHAWN DEMARIO MICHELLE O’SHAUGHNESSY LAREN BROWN TIFFANIE ABERNETHY TAMARA STEPHENS Publisher Assistant to the Publisher Advertising Sales Advertising Sales Online Promotions Graphic Designer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] * * * * * * E A S T C O B B E R S T A F F * * * * * * PUBLISHER’S NOTE Don’t Rain On My Parade If this magazine could have an audio component you would be hearing Don’t Rain on My Parade as Don’t tell me not to live, just sit and putter sung by Barbra Streisand from the 1968 movie, Funny Girl. Life’s candy and the sun’s a ball of butter 21 years ago, after 2 years of publishing the Don’t bring around a cloud to rain on my parade EAST COBBER, I set out to create another way to spotlight all the good people in East Cobb. I wanted Don’t tell me not to fly, I simply got to to produce a community event similar to the ones I If someone takes a spill, it’s me and not you grew up with. Sure, this event has goals stated in a Who told you you’re allowed businesslike manner: to rain on my parade *To spotlight those people who contribute to the quality of life in East Cobb county I’ll march my band out, I’ll beat my drum *To provide opportunities for various groups of the community to interact And if I’m fanned out, your turn at bat, sir *To bolster the image of East Cobb to external audiences as well as help East Cobb At least I didn’t fake it, hat, sir residents feel good about living in East Cobb I guess I didn’t make it *To promote the arts by providing a showcase for local fine arts performers and groups But whether I’m the rose of sheer perfection at the Festival A freckle on the nose of life’s complexion *To promote economic development by providing local businesses an event that demon- The Cinderella or the shine apple of its eye strates their community support and allows company personnel to interact with pros- I gotta fly once, I gotta try once, pects and customers. Only can die once, right, sir? But truthfully, I dreamed of a hometown tradition that would create special memories Ooh, life is juicy, juicy and you see, for children and, selfishly, I wanted to raise my children in a community that had a special I gotta have my bite, sir. event that made them proud of living in East Cobb! Get ready for me love, ‘cause I’m a “comer” Each year, as I direct each entry out of the staging area onto Johnson Ferry, I get a bit I simply gotta march, my heart’s a drummer weepy watching the smiling faces of the children (and adults, too!) beaming with pride for Don’t bring around the cloud their club, school or scout troop. What a thrill it is to hear the boom of our incredible high to rain on my parade, school marching bands! Cue music. Maybe I get teary because I had a dream–unheard of in 1995—to close down the main street in East Cobb and start a special event for East I’m gonna live and live NOW! Cobbers. Who would come? What did I know about producing a parade? Who would help Get what I want, I know how! me turn this dream into reality? This parade has taught me so many life lessons: placing my dreams above my fears, keeping the faith, inspired by people who come into my path One roll for the whole shebang! to help make this parade a success, and more, so many more, lessons that have encour- One throw that bell will go clang, aged and enriched me. Eye on the target and wham, The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs One shot, one gun shot and bam! dreamers who do. My dream has been this publication and the parade. What’s your dream? Hey, Mr. Arnstein, here I am ... I hope you discover the happiness of striving for and reaching your dreams. Feel free to share your dreams with me by e-mailing: [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you! I’ll march my band out, I will beat my drum, All the best, And if I’m fanned out, your turn at bat, sir, At least I didn’t fake it, hat, sir, I guess I didn’t make it Get ready for me love, ‘cause I’m a “comer” I simply gotta march, my heart’s a drummer Cynthia M. Rozzo Nobody, no, nobody, is gonna Founder/Publisher rain on my parade! [email protected] ON THE COVER - To celebrate the 21st annual EAST COBBER Parade & Festival, this month’s cover features Courtney Docherty, majorette (and the piccolo player behind her is Kelsey Gravitte) from the Joyful Noise Marching Saints Homeschool Band. The Marching Saints are a perennial participant in the EAST COBBER Parade. They have received excellent and superior ratings at festivals and keep busy performing at football games and in parades. Front cover photograph taken by Andrea Taylor Studio. EAST COBBER www.eastcobber.com 4 September 2016 EAST COBB MOM BIKES TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HLH ara Seckman, a senior cheerleader at Walton High School, was diagnosed with CHemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, (HLH) last year. Despite an aggressive chemotherapy treatment, Cara died just three weeks after she was diagnosed. One of Carolyn Peacock’s daughters was best friends with Seckman, and the entire family was involved in the emotional turmoil caused by her death. Struggling to figure out a way to help the mourning family, Peacock learned about “700 Miles to Hope.” Between September 24-30, 20 bike riders will pedal 700 miles from Jackson, Mississippi, to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s HLH Carolyn Peacock is biking “700 Miles to Hope” in honor Center of Excellence. Some of the riders involved are of Cara Seckman. doctors at Cincinnati Children’s while others are HLH survivors, friends or family of HLH survivors and victims. Excellence. The center is home to the most experienced For the last five months, East Cobb resident Carolyn care team in North America treating HLH. The center Peacock has been pushing her body and her bicycle provides a single resource for complete, family-cen- to their limits so she can be one of the 18 riders partic- tered care, from diagnosis to bone marrow transplant ipating in the 700-mile ride. During the week, Peacock and long-term follow-up support. Emphasis is placed on does four days of speed training and tops it off with educating families on the complexities of HLH, including endurance riding on the weekends. Although her work- diagnosis and treatment. Hemophagocytic lymphohis- outs are grueling, she readily admits that the pain she tiocytosis, or HLH, is a rare autoimmune disorder that endures is nothing compared to the people with HLH. causes some white blood cells to attack their fellow The Seckman family will be in Cincinnati to greet Mrs. blood cells instead of invading bacteria or viruses. These Peacock and the other riders as they complete their defective cells build up in the spleen and liver, causing journey, and will be able to meet with doctors and oth- both organs to swell.