http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk An online community for the city of Snellville in Gwinnett County. en-us sgast@ajc.com 2008-08-14T02:26:55-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 An online community for the city of Snellville in Gwinnett County. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/08/14/coop_has_bare_s.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk The shelves are just about bare in the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry. That’s good and bad. Good because the ministry is doing what it is intended to do — give what it receives to those who need it. Good because... 6002203@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-08-14T02:26:55-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/07/09/crematorium_pla.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk U.S. 78 in Snellville is home to all sorts of operations. There are churches, fast-food restaurants, offices, used car dealerships, pharmacies and gas stations. But news of a crematory that will face the highway but back up to an established... 5133403@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-07-09T11:22:45-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/06/23/a_toll_for_rona.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk Most mornings and evenings, Monday through Friday, you can find me driving Ronald Reagan Parkway. Living in Snellville and working off Jimmy Carter Boulevard, I’ve found it the best route for my commute. I’m not alone, of course. At last... 4793603@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-06-23T11:32:35-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/06/04/how_do_you_keep.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk “Happy summer! Stay safe and READ!!!” the school sign said. I wondered how many would do that. Not stay safe. How many will read? Summer reading programs have around as long as I remember. I recall walking to my elementary... 4293003@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-06-04T04:19:49-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/05/28/summer_job_horr.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk It’s about time for some good old-fashioned horror stories. Yep. The kids are out of school, the video games are going full blast, and you may have already heard the first whisper of “I’m bored.” It’s time to pull out... 4188703@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-05-28T17:06:56-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/05/22/the_man_behind.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk For a decade, all we knew was the marker. We came across it during a family blackberry-picking outing, an annual ritual that took us along rural roads. Our children were young then, and we stopped in Barrow County to use... 4056303@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-05-22T06:52:25-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/05/14/mums_the_word_t.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk A friend dropped by the other day. We got to talking and, during our side-door chat, he wondered aloud what ever happened in the double shooting in south Gwinnett County. It was a high profile crime. There was a party... 3869803@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-05-14T18:14:12-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/05/07/theft_of_booste.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk In the triage of illegal behavior, stealing money from a school booster club probably ranks in the “minor” category. But it sure does get under my skin. In recent days there have been two reports of theft from school-related but... 3695803@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-05-07T17:36:42-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/04/30/parade_sets_the.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk When the Snellville Days parade winds down Wisteria and Oak Roads Saturday morning, the event will be more than just a showcase of faces, fun, floats and attractions. It will be a parade of stories. There are the Vietnam veterans,... 3484603@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-04-30T11:00:00-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/04/28/do_you_stop_for.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk Our mission on Sunday was to travel to Columbus, pick up my 83-year-old mom and then drive her to north Alabama to spend time with her newest great-grandchild. I was driving her green Mercury Grand Marquis, traveling north on U.S.... 3450303@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-04-28T13:19:42-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/04/24/one_less_fourwa.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk The colorful little flags beside North Road in Snellville mark more than the location of utilities. They are signs of further change for the mostly residential corridor that has been overtaken by heavy, cut-through traffic. Gwinnett County Department of Transportation... 3367703@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-04-24T13:01:45-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/04/17/when_love_begin.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk Ahhh Spring! The season of flowers, young romance, proms. If you can get past the pollen you might find — as they say — “love is in the air. ” So here’s a true love story— one that started with... 3184703@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-04-17T11:24:58-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/04/10/what_drives_you.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk “I couldn’t believe it,” my daughter exclaimed. “This lady - she was about your age - cut me off and almost hit me. I honked the horn, and she flipped me off.” Uh-oh, I thought. My daughter had honked the... 3021303@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-04-10T11:36:46-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/04/03/whats_the_411_o.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk The Snellville Police Department has been in the news lately — and the subject hasn’t been crime. Snellville’s mayor announced that the city plans to buy land near city hall for a new police headquarters. Then the department’s chief, Roy... 2838003@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-04-03T01:00:00-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/entries/2008/03/27/what_do_you_do_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_snellvilletalk People sometimes ask Kenneth Malcom if he is scared to resume working with the electricity that almost killed him seven months ago. They ask him if he saw white lights during his brush with death. No, he says, to both... 2664003@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/snellvilletalk/ Susan Gast 2008-03-27T01:00:00-05:00