Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser

Submitted by Don Buckindail, Manager of Digital Content

Saturday, April 27th, 2013, 9:00am

WHO: The Lodge at BridgeMill and its fitness instructor, Jay Bird

WHAT: A Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser featuring an International Wine Tasting, Silent Auction and Art Show to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen foundation

WHERE: The Fundraiser will be held at the Lodge at BridgeMill, located at 10451 Bells Ferry Road, Canton, Georgia

WHEN: Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm

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National Drug Take-Back Day

Submitted by Don Buckindail, Manager of Digital Content

Saturday, April 27th, 2013, 7:00am

It's an opportunity for those who have accumulated unwanted and unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of them.

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Take-Back Initiative takes place Saturday, April 27, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in various locations throughout the state.

Find a drop off spot nearest you here.

In the five previous Take-Back events, the Drug Enforcement Administration, along with state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners, have collected more than two million pounds (1,018 tons) of prescription medication from circulation. The National Prescription Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposal, while also educating the public about the potential for abuse of these medications.

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Running around Metro Atlanta this weekend

Submitted by Michael H. King, Digital Executive Producer

Friday, April 26th, 2013, 2:53pm

ATLANTA - This weekend's race calendar includes runs in Norcross, Woodstock, Sandy Springs and Inman Park.

For the last weekend in April, runners can lace up their shoes starting Friday night.

The Atlanta edition of the Vampire 5K kicks off - for both vampires and citizens - Friday night at 7:45 at Six Flags Over Georgia. Racers will be able to pick up packets inside the pavilions underneath the Great American Scream Machine from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Race Day Registration is available for $55 per team or $60 per individual. The race course runs through service roads and parking lots, but also takes a jog through the amusement park itself. For more information, visit Vampire5k.com.

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Cherokee Co. deputies look for flasher in Twin Pines

Submitted by Jennifer Leslie, 11Alive Reporter

Friday, April 26th, 2013, 4:21am

ACWORTH, Ga. -- Cherokee County deputies want parents to be on the lookout for a flasher who exposed himself to a little girl in the Twin Pines subdivision on Thursday.

Investigators said it happened off Kellogg Creek Road after a 10-year-old girl got off the school bus.

She told authorities a man drove up, exposed himself and then made some inappropriate comments.

She screamed and ran home.

According to investigators, at least two witnesses heard her scream and saw the man's car.

Cherokee County deputies responded but could not find him.

"I can't believe it, just the idea to begin with is crazy," said neighbor Will Chesshire. "I think it's crazy."

The flasher is described only as a heavy set white male with salt-and-pepper hair.

He was driving an older model white foreign made sedan, deputies said.

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Canton girl's drawing to be featured on Lands' End T-shirt

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 11:17am

Canton girl's drawing to be featured on Lands' End T-shirt

CANTON, Ga. -- A 9-year-old girl from Canton is one of two grand prize winners in the Lands' End Kids' Art Contest.

Anna Varady's winning design will be printed on a T-shirt the Wisconsin-based retailer will sell on its website this fall. She also received a $500 Lands' End gift card.

Anna's drawing features a giant tree with swirly branches and a friendly bird. The words "Reduce Reuse Recycle" are printed beside the tree.

"With its bright colors and bold graphics, Anna's design will look great on a T-shirt," Lands' End senior design director Liz Pierce said in a statement.

The Kids' Art Contest encouraged children to create forest-themed T-shirt designs that reflect Lands' End's partnership with the National Forest Foundation.

"We received so many wonderful entries in this contest. It's clear that there are many talented kids out there who love nature and the beauty of a forest," Pierce said.

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Jobless rate drops to 7.9 percent

Submitted by Associated Press

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 8:35am

ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent in March, down four-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in February.

In Cherokee County, the jobless rate was 6.7 percent in March.

State labor officials said Thursday the rate declined because of an increase in the number of jobs and fewer new layoffs.

Metro Athens had the state's lowest jobless rate at 5.9 percent.

The Heart of Georgia-Altamaha region had the highest at 10.4 percent.

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USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Girls Lacrosse Poll

Submitted by Sam Crenshaw, 11Alive Sports Anchor

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 11:05pm

ATLANTA -- This week's edition of the USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Girls Lacrosse Poll is here. With the regular season winding down and the playoffs about to start the same name stands above all the rest.

The Milton Eagles are still on top this week with Lassiter, Walton, Centennial, and Mill Creek in the Top 5.

Chattahoochee, Alpharetta, Westminster, McIntosh, and Roswell complete this week's Top 10.

The Metro Atlanta Super 25 Polls are computer generated and produced exclusively by USA Today High School Sports for 11Alive News.

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