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Luncheon to raise funds for Alzheimer's research
The Alzheimer’s Society of Atlanta and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Program (ADDF) team up for “Hope on the Horizon” a luncheon, symposium and fundraiser. All of the money raised will go to drug research at Emory’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, led by Dr. Allan Levey. The event also will honor ...
Former acting CDC chief releases new book
In 2009, Dr. Richard Besser faced a public health crisis just months after being named the interim chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With a calm voice and ability to communicate vital public health information in a way that the average citizen could understand, Besser informed and ...
The barista
Omar Troy stands in front of a mirror, combing his short curls, inspecting his uniform. The young man with chestnut-colored eyeglass frames gives himself a pep talk before his afternoon shift behind a coffee counter. Let’s do this thing. Let’s have a good day. Let’s serve the customers. And remember: ...
Suwanee science club wins Georgia competition with invention for senior citizens
An after-school science club’s tournament-winning invention likely won’t interest kids, or even teens. Members of the First Lego League in Suwanee won over judges and their target audience by designing a product to help seniors get out of chairs — an inflatable, wedge-shaped air cushion called the E-Z Inflatable that ...
Metro Atlanta women still talking about Sandberg’s book, “Lean In”
Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In,” has set off a national conversation about how women can make lasting progress toward professional equality and changes in the workplace that will help working mothers balance career and family. Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, encourages women to lean in to their ambitions and ...
World Book Night: Sharing the love of reading
Katrina Stanfield loves to read — mysteries, memoirs, historical fiction — just about any book she can get her hands on.On Tuesday, she will devote her evening to sharing her affinity for reading, book by book, with people who don’t read much, if at all.Stanfield will join 408 volunteers in ...
Young patients enjoy spring break bonuses
Spring break gives kids time off from school to play — at a warm sandy beach or somewhere closer to home. Either way, it’s all about one thing: having fun. But a springtime getaway can be tricky for young patients at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta who may need to stay ...
Stone’s new cookbook aimed at helping busy families
As a chef working in some of the best restaurants around the globe, Curtis Stone assumed writing recipes for home cooks would be a snap. But the more Stone spent time with home cooks, the more he realized that today’s busy lifestyles can stand in the way of getting that ...
Wind advisories, flood warnings for metro counties
Metro Atlanta remains under a severe weather alert with a wind advisory for all of metro Atlanta and flood warning for Fulton and Forsyth counties, according to Channel 2 Action News.The flood warning will continue for the Big Creek near Alpharetta until Monday morning, according to Channel 2. Flood levels ...
Ballet class helps young cancer survivor dance, thrive
The graceful and coordinated Courtney Hicks didn’t seem like herself when posing for dance recital photographs one evening in May 2009. Though she had danced for five years, Courtney seemed wobbly and sluggish as she smiled for the camera in a poufy pink skirt and ribbons in her hair. After ...
Four metro counties among state’s ‘healthiest’
Metro Atlanta counties secured top spots in an annual ranking of the healthiest counties in the state with Forsyth leading the way, according to a study released Wednesday. Just behind Forsyth is Fayette, followed by Oconee, Gwinnett and Cherokee. On the flip side, the five counties with the poorest health, ...
Singing comfort at hospice
Shirley Gunn-Walton reads the Bible to her mother every time she visits her at a hospice. One day, while reading Psalms 23, Gunn-Walton hears a sound – so sweet, like a gentle breeze. She opens the door to discover Kevin Dunn singing, his soft, pitch-perfect voice floating inside this 16-room ...
Pet food charity earns recognition for its work
As the owner of a construction company, Tom Wargo wanted happy clients — and happy pets, too. Back in the late 1990s, the man with a soft spot for animals toted dog and cat treats with him on remodeling and repair jobs. But after Wargo got calls from a church ...
Giving Mama’s foods a healthy makeover
Bobby Deen grew up on the Southern comfort food his mother (star chef and TV personality Paula Deen) is famous for — fried chicken, deep-fried macaroni and cheese and of course, the Ooey Gooey Butter Layer Cake.Full of flavor, butter and cream, the food was also full of fat and ...
Hawks add yoga into the mix
Atlanta Hawks center Zaza Pachulia slips out of his sneakers, kneels on a yoga mat and exhales. Sitting on the back of his heels, Pachulia lowers his upper body onto his thighs. He stretches his arms out in front of him. With his body folded, only his long arms hint ...
After 34 years, 7 Stages couple finally decides to tie the knot
Faye Allen and Del Hamilton love theater — and each other. In 1979, they co-founded 7 Stages Theatre in Little Five Points. A year later, they moved in together. A couple for 34 years, they have run an innovative, risk-taking theater. They have traveled the globe, with a special interest ...
Documentary highlights journey of Ahavath Achim Synagogue’s 125 years in Atlanta
Almost a year ago, Bobby Ezor started interviewing a handful of congregants to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Ahavath Achim, a conservative Jewish synagogue at the corner of Peachtree Battle and Northside Drive.“I thought, ‘What if I go around with a camcorder and get some interviews and thoughts?’ I thought ...
The Survivor (Part 2)
During World War II, Hitler’s army ordered an 11-year-old Jewish girl named Ilse Eichner to the Terezin concentration camp near Prague before transferring her in October 1944 to Auschwitz, the largest Nazi death camp in Poland. After passing an inspection in front of the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele, Ilse was ...
The Survivor (Part 1)
During World War II, Hitler’s army ordered a young Jewish girl named Ilse Eichner Reiner to the Terezin concentration camp near Prague before transferring her to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of the 15,000 children sent to Terezin, Reiner is one of only 132 known to have survived. Today, Reiner lives in Sandy Springs ...
Keeping your resolve for your new year’s resolutions
When Elizabeth Dixon started a blog to help people carry out their new year’s resolutions, she decided against a Jan. 1 launch date.Instead, she wanted to wait until that time when even the best-intentioned resolution makers start to slip up, get frustrated — even throw in the towel.That time is ...
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