Atlanta
Children’s Healthcare featured in gift catalog
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is featured in GiveMiracles.org, the first-ever crowd funded hospital gift catalog, part of a national campaign led by Fundly and Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
Through GiveMiracles.org, donors can give back by purchasing critically-needed medical equipment and medical care at the hospital.
Donors will receive updates on how their gift is being used.
Kenneth Musisi
Henry
Henry commissioners to be inaugurated
The Henry County Board of Commissioners will host an inauguration ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Community Room of the Henry County Administration Building to swear in four newly-elected members: Tommy Smith (Chairman), Bo Moss (District 1), Brian Preston (District 2) and Gary Barham (District 3). It will be broadcast live on local cable TV and at www.henrycounty-ga.org.
Monroe Roark for the AJC
Cobb
Smyrna plans hearing on ward changes
Smyrna will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 2800 King St., on a proposed redistricting plan for the city’s seven wards. In an effort to balance the size of each ward, the city plans to move about 5,000 residents from its largest Ward 7 into other wards.
Growth and annexation in the west side district since 2000 has led to an increase in population from 5,760 to 12,209. Tucker McQueen for the AJC
Police host community meeting
Cobb Police will host a meeting for west Cobb residents at 7 p.m., Tuesday, at Precinct Five, 4640 Dallas Highway, Powder Springs. The guest speaker, Lt. Hawk Hagebak, of the special operations unit, will discuss traffic fatalities, the Stop Arm Program and other traffic-related issues. Information: police.cobbcountyga.gov/pens/Jaime Sarrio
Forsyth
Parking deck to close for demolition
The county parking deck at East Main and Mason Street in downtown Cumming will permanently close at 6 p.m. Dec. 28.
The deck is scheduled for demolition to allow for construction of a new courthouse approved by voters in the 2011 special purpose local option sales tax referendum.
Jurors and others with business at the Forsyth County Courthouse should use the lot at the southwest corner of Maple Street and Castleberry Road.
Information: www.forsythco.com. Patrick Fox
Gwinnett
Gwinnett cops target texting drivers
The Gwinnett County Police Department tried a new kind of crackdown on drivers who are texting behind the wheel this week and cited 17 people for texting while driving over a two-day period beginning Tuesday.
Tallies for the third day were not immediately available.
Officers in the Central Precinct in Duluth’s five-person traffic unit used an unmarked police car to watch for lawbreakers and then called marked cars to make the traffic stop.
Gwinnett police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith said administrative staff will review the effectiveness of the operation before deciding whether to repeat it. Andria Simmons
