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Roaring 20’s Fundraiser to Benefit Gwinnett Seniors

By | July 25, 2009 | Seniors | No comments

Come and enjoy a night at the speak-easy where you will enjoy jazz and ragtime music, swanky hors d’oeuvres, giggle water refreshments, and auction items for the finicky flappers. All proceeds will benefit the Gwinnett County seniors.

This spectacular event is the seventh annual silent auction hosted by The Friends of Gwinnett County Senior Services (Friends). It will be held at Delmar Gardens of Gwinnett on Thursday, July 30 from 6:00pm to 8:30pm. Delmar Gardens is located at 3100 Club Drive in Lawrenceville.

Friends is a private volunteer governed nonprofit organization. The organization’s fundraising efforts have resulted in emergency assistance, home repair, food baskets, dental, medical health and wellness screenings to benefit the senior citizens of Gwinnett. Friends has also met budget shortfalls by supporting 133,825 meals and nutritional dietary supplement drinks for the older population.

The theme for this year’s auction is the “Roaring 20’s” and will feature items and services donated by local businesses and individuals along with big-ticket items such as roundtrip airline tickets, weekend get-a-ways, Braves Baseball tickets and apparel.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Ticket price includes admittance to the event, entertainment, food and beverages, a door prize ticket and participation in the silent and live auction.

For more information or to purchase advance tickets, please contact Celia Moore at 770.822.8775 or celia.moore@gwinnettcounty.com

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Great Duluth Park Programs: Soccer, Game Design, Animation, Sports

By | July 23, 2009 | Camps, Community Centers, Family Events, Youth Sports | 2 Comments

Belly Dancing
The ancient art of belly dance is fun. You will learn basic moves and spicy steps, dance choreography plus techniques for creating your own dances. This class is taught by the author of the book “Dynamic Belly Dance, the Joyful Journey of Dance making and performing.

Dates: 9/19/09-10/10/09
Day: Saturday
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Fee: $65

Lil Sport Soccer Dynamo
Lil Sport Soccer Dynamo is a child development program for kids ages 3 to 6 years old. It uses a variety of fun games to delight and engage kids in physical activity. Classes are professionally designed to develop motor skills, promote physical fitness, and create self-confidence.

Lil Sport Soccer Dynamo is designed not only to improve soccer skills, but to create FUN interactive play. Our goal, using age appropriate activities, is to introduce new motor skills, foster self-confidence, develop a life-long love for physical activities and promote a healthy lifestyle. For more information visit www.soccerdynamo.net

Mini (Ages 3&4) – (1)9/17/09-10/22/09 Thursday 10:00-11:00am
9/18/09-10/23/09 Fridays 5:30-6:30pm
Mighty (Ages 4&5) – (1) 9/18/09-10/23/09 Fridays 2:00-3:00pm or 4:30-5:30pm
Junior (Ages 5&6) – (1) 9/15/09-10/20/09 Friday 3:30-4:30pm

Soccer Dynamics
The Soccer Dynamics program is designed for players age 7 and up. It mixes skill development with competitive small-sided games. It is geared to give players confidence with the ball.

Technical training includes thousands of touches on the ball training various ball skills: Passing, moves to beat an opponent, moves to keep possession, shooting, volleys, heading, receiving, etc. Technical training will improve soccer skills. For more information visit www.soccerdynamo.net

U8 (Ages 7&8) – (1)9/17/09-10/22/09 Thursdays 3:00-4:00pm
U10 (Ages 9&10) – (1)9/17/09-10/22/09 Thursdays 4:00-5:00pm
Fee: $76
$12 Annual Registration Fee – Includes T-shirt & Soccer Socks (Made payable to Hot Off The Press)

Lil’ All-Stars
Session 1: 8/17/09-10/5/09 (8week program)
Session 2: 10/19/09-12/14/09 (8week program)

Class includes:
“Lil’Stars”: 2 year olds (ratio 5:1)
“All-Stars”: 3 to 5 year olds (ratio 10:1)

2 weeks of BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, T-BALL AND SOCCER

Lil’ Stars is a 30 minute instructional as well as educational preschool sports program designed to introduce 2 year olds the basic skills needed to play basketball, football, t-ball and soccer in a fun, safe, playful atmosphere.

Days/Times: Tuesday 9:30am to 10am
Wednesday 9:30am to 10am
Friday 9:30am to 10am

All-Stars is a 45 minute instructional as well as educational preschool sports program designed to introduce 3 to 5 year olds the basic skills needed to play basketball,

Days/Times: Tuesday 10:15am to 11am
Wednesday 10:15am to 11am
Friday 10:15am to 11am

For further information, Call Dianne @ 404.431.0260 or email lilallstars@comcast.net
Fee: $104 (8week program)

3D Animation for Movies
Learn to create your own 3D animated short-movies using free 3D software for the PC. Software will be provided for free. No experience required. Please bring your own laptop. Learn to use Autodesk 3D Studio Max and GMax software! (Sorry, free Gmax software doesn’t run on Mac.)
Fee: Free class. Optional $15.00 charge for book. Software will be provided free.

Dates: 9/17/09-10/22/09
Day: Thur

Time: 6PM-8PM
FREE

3D Animation for Games
Learn to create your own 3D game mods for video game engines using free 3D software for PC or MAC. Software will be provided for free. No experience required. Please bring your own PC or Mac laptop. Learn to use Autodesk Maya and Maya PLE!
Fee: Free class. Optional $20.00 charge for book. Software will be provided free.

Dates: 10/29/09-12/10/09
Day: Thur
Time: 6PM-8PM
FREE

Creative Technology: Game Design
Ages: 12 and up
The class will walk you through the steps of creating a simple graphic game. It will be fairly simple and will use Javascript and web pages. We’ll use a pattern and you will add your own graphics, titles, text and anything else you can customize. We’ll use a simple graphics software program, a basic text editor, HTML, Javascript, add some style and make a little web game. Please bring your own PC or Mac laptop.

- Structure files and folders
- Learn about the software tool
- Create some graphics
- Overview of graphic formats to be used
- Set up the primary web page file
- Insert the graphics
- Get the styles organized
- Set up the Javascript
- Save your game

Provided by the class: USB thumb drive to save your files, step-by-step worksheets, CD with files needed

Dates: 9/15/09-10/20/09
Day: Tuesday
Time: 6PM-8PM
Fee: $70

Instant Guitar for Hopelessly Busy People
Beginners, ages 13 and up. This class is very popular with working adults that don’t have time or patience for traditional weekly lessons.

Have you ever wanted to learn the guitar but simply find it difficult to find the time? In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won’t have to take private lessons to do it. This crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away. Bring your acoustic guitar. Class limited to 15 students. For ages 13+. For more information go to instantguitarnow.com

Topics include:
- How chords work in a song
- How to form the three main types of chords
- How to tune your guitar
- Basic strumming patterns
- How to buy a good guitar (things to avoid)
- How to play along with simple tunes

Required materials fee of $29 will be collected in class by the instructor for workbook and practice DVD.

October 6, 2009
6:30-9:00pm
Fee: $25

7 steps to Better Photography
Come and enjoy a 30-45 minute presentation that will help you understand the technical features of your digital camera and help nurture your artistic skills. The end result will make your photos look their best and for you to enjoy YOUR photography. This program is taught by our local photographer Mary Buck of Lightscapes Photography, voted “Best of Gwinnett Photography Studio “2003, 2004 and 2007.

Bunten Road Park
Thursday

July 23, 2009
7:00-8:00pm
FREE

City of Duluth,  Parks & Recreation,  Contact: Jason Rogers,  Program Coordinator jrogers@duluthga.net

Location: Bunten Road Park,  3180 Bunten Road, Duluth, GA 30096
Phone 770 814 6981

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COMMUNITY GARDEN PART OF SUWANEE’S PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE ENHANCEMENTS

By | May 4, 2009 | Parks | No comments

The City of Suwanee is planning additional improvements and programming through its award-winning open space initiative. The City will undertake enhancements at PlayTown Suwanee later this year, including the addition of a trail on an adjoining, recently purchased property. The City also has begun planning for a community garden at the Williams Farm property on Buford Highway.

“Our goal is to have the garden ready for the community to plant in the spring of 2010,” says Jessica Roth, assistant to the city manager. “Establishing a community garden in our historic Old Town area is a nice way to pay homage to the property and to our history. Suwanee was for many years a small, agricultural community.”

The nearly 7-acre Williams Farm property, purchased in 2003, is among more than 300 acres of open space the City of Suwanee has acquired through its open space program since 2002.

The City issued a request for qualifications last week for landscape architect services to design and prepare the infrastructure for the garden, which also will serve as a passive park. Work will include constructing garden plots of various sizes, rehabilitating the existing barn, and adding pathways and other park elements.

The City has allocated $225,000 in remaining open space funds for design and construction of the garden.

In March, Suwanee used $102,000 in open space funds to purchase a 5.5-acre property located on Stonecypher Road near the intersection with Eva Kennedy.

A trail will be built on this property as part of upcoming enhancements at PlayTown Suwanee, the community-built playground on Main Street. In addition, a picnic pavilion will be constructed at the playground. The additions are expected to be completed next spring. The anticipated cost of about $315,000 will be covered through open space and 2005 SPLOST funds.

Suwanee has received several awards for its open space program through which the community has built four new parks and added three miles to its Suwanee Creek Greenway. Citizens approved $17.7 million in open space bond funds in November 2001.

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Alcovy Greenspace Connects Two Parks

By | February 11, 2009 | Parks | No comments

By buying almost 54 acres of undeveloped land along the Alcovy River, Gwinnett commissioners today added significantly to a future greenway connection between two large parks as envisioned in their long-range master plan.

The $1.1 million purchase includes 1,670 feet of river frontage that adjoins another 14 acres of County property to protect more than a mile of the riverbed. The newly purchased property is located west of Lawrenceville between the 715-acre Tribble Mill Park and the 290-acre Palm Creek park site.

District 3 Commissioner Mike Beaudreau said, “The County’s Open Space Master Plan identified the Alcovy River corridor as a preservation priority so we’re excited to be able to take this big step toward completing it.”

Chairman Charles Bannister again credited voters for approving the 2005 SPLOST program that raised money to preserve undeveloped land. “This is another move forward in protecting waterways and providing greenspace for our nationally recognized park system,” said Bannister.

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Georgia Cycling Gran Prix Debuts in Gwinnett

By | February 11, 2009 | Adult Sports | No comments

Georgia Cycling Gran Prix, in less than 30 days, will make its racing debut in Gwinnett County, Georgia at the TopView Cycling Classic, and a week later, in Albany, Georgia and the Regions Bank Race Weekend.

The TopView Cycling classic will feature two challenging road courses on February 28 – March 1, 2009.  Day one takes place in Barrow County, featuring a rolling 7.1 mile loop in Winder, Georgia.  This course will be a great start to the Georgia Cycling Gran Prix and your 2009 season.

Day two is a familiar course to those who participated in the 2008 Cycling for Parkinsons Weekend.  This seven-mile loops course will make for a spectacular race as part of the first Georgia Cycling Gran Prix Event.  Winding through the back roads of Dacula, Georgia, this course features challenging, hilly terrain.

The Regions Bank Weekend is a two-day, three-stage race, beginning with a time trial and criterium in downtown Albany on Saturday, March 7, and a road race on March 8.  The time trial begins on the riverside street of downtown Albany.  With over ten turns in 3.1 K, the time trial will have riders ducking and diving and stomping on their pedals as they weave through the streets of downtown.

Competitors will revisit the TT course for the criterium – a figure-eight, 2 K course through Albany is an ideal course to test legs in the season’s first criterium.  Get your legs ready for the road race, as the 54.5 K loop will take racers through the Albany country.

This year’s Region’s Bank Race Weekend features an increased prize purse of $7500 and decreased entry fees from 2008, so go online and register at TrueSport.com!

For more information on races, scheduling, and registration, visit GeorgiaCycling.net.

YouTube Video from the 2008 Gwinnett Bike Fest

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