GWINNETT
Duluth City Council candidate forum set
Meet and greet candidates at a candidate forum 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Payne Corley House, 2987 Main Street. Candidate forum Q&A to begin at 7 p.m. Submit questions at forum@paynecorleyhouse.com. Information: www.duluthga.net. Karen Huppertz for the AJC
FULTON
Golf tourney to benefit displaced children
The All Kids Count Golf Classic is 10 a.m. Oct. 22 at Roswell’s Ansley Golf Club at Settindown Creek.
The $250 registration fee includes the greens fee for 18 holes of golf; a cart, and a box lunch. The event will also include an awards celebration, and a silent auction. Tourney proceeds will assist foster, and displaced children in Georgia.
Information: 770-280-7831, or events@fostercares.org. Laurie Hoffman
COBB
More Cobb-Marietta bands perform Monday
Several Cobb County and Marietta high school marching bands will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at McEachern High School’s Walter Cantrell Stadium, 2400 New Macland Road, Powder Springs, as a part of the annual Cobb-Marietta Marching Band Exhibition.
Bands include Allatoona, Campbell, Lassiter, McEachern, North Cobb, Osborne, South Cobb, Walton and Wheeler.
The rest of the Cobb-Marietta bands performed Oct. 1.
Costs: $5 adults; $3 students.
Information: Natalie Feller or Chris Feller at 770-426-3404 or cobbcast.cobbk12.org. Carolyn Cunningham for the AJC
CHEROKEE
Precinct changes on hold in Cherokee
A proposal to reduce the number of voting precincts from 42 to 28 in Cherokee County is on hold. The Board of Elections and Voter Registration tabled it Monday. Chairman Randy Gravely says the board wants to digest residents’ input presented at a public hearing that preceded Monday’s scheduled vote. The board will next meet at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 28 at the Stone Elections Building, 400 E. Main St., Canton. Mark Woolsey for the AJC
ATLANTA
Group charter granted to KIPP schools
The Atlanta Board of Education unanimously voted Monday to organize six charter schools: KIPP Atlanta Collegiate Academy, KIPP STRIVE Academy, KIPP STRIVE Primary Academy, KIPP Vision Academy, KIPP Vision Primary Academy and KIPP West Atlanta Young Scholars Academy as a cluster, to pool resources and try to operate more efficiently.
The charter cluster plan gives KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) primary school students the opportunity to enroll in KIPP middle schools before the general public, and it puts all the schools on the same five-year schedule to seek renewals of their charters from the school board. Mark Niesse
HENRY
Early voting in Henry begins Monday
Voters in Henry County may cast ballots Mondays through Saturdays at election headquarters, 345 Phillips Dr., McDonough until Nov. 2.
The polls open Oct. 19 at the Ted Strickland Community Center, 130 W. Berry St., Stockbridge. And starting Oct. 28: Hampton Depot, 17 E. Main St.; Locust Grove Recreation Center, 10 Cleveland St.
Voters in all of Henry County will decide a SPLOST referendum. Monroe Roark for the AJC
