Senior Citizens of Metropolitan Atlanta -- the folks behind Meals on Wheels -- are finalists in a contest in which Toyota is awarding 100 cars to non-profits over a 100-day period. On Monday, the Atlanta program gets its shot against for four other non-profits to win a new Toyota. SCMA -- which delivers 100,000 meals a year to homebound seniors -- needs area residents' votes because the non-profit with the most votes at
wins the car. Voting is one day only -- Monday from 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. NANCY BADERTSCHER
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Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta, was named one of about a dozen Democratic lawmakers across the country with a bright future by Governing magazine.
The publication, which last week put House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, on its GOP list, said Abrams was credited by many "with winning concessions from freshman Republican Gov. Nathan Deal" on the plan to revamp the HOPE scholarship and for her fight against a Republican plan to overhaul the tax system that ultimately did not pass.
The list highlights lawmakers the magazine believes to have "a long future, particularly with the possibility of winning higher office at the state or federal level."
AARON GOULD SHEININ
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Trying to beat the heat? Struggling families may benefit from a program run by The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Area Command.
The Salvation Army is giving away 1,000 box fans, while supplies last, to individuals and families seeking assistance through its metro programs and services throughout the week.
The fans are being made available with the help from the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and will distributed by select programs throughout the 13-county services area. The fans will be given to people who don't have air conditioning units, insufficient funds to buy units and residents of nursing homes. SHELIA POOLE
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