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See Noted Author at Hydrangea Festival

These are the five things you need to know today, May 6.

  1. Noted author and floral designer John Grady Burns will appear on Saturday, June 4, as part of the Fourth annual Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival at the.  Burns will be signing copies of his books from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on the second floor of the Courthouse adjacent to the Standard Flower Show. The Hydrangea Festival will be held June 4 and 5, inside and on the grounds of the Douglas County Courthouse.  The Festival will feature an Artists’ and Craftmen’s Market, Standard Flower Show, private garden tours, demonstration gardens, and the annual Moonlight and Magnolias progressive dinner garden tour.  More information on the Festival can be found at www.PennyMcHenryHydrangeaFestival.com. The Festival is open to the public with many free admission events.
  2. The Chick-fil-A Leadercast will be held today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., , 5357 Chapel Hill Road. Tickets are $199 tickets to hear Dave Ramsey, Seth Godon, Dan Cathy, Mack Brown, Robin Roberts and more. Proceeds benefit The Pantry www.thepantrydc.com/leadercast.
  3. A Day Dinner and Wind-down will be held today at 6:30 p.m., at , 6880 Douglas Boulevard. Tickets are $15, and benefit the programs of Option2Change. There will be dinner, shopping with local vendors, and fellowship. Purchase tickets at Eva's or on-line www.Option2Change.com, or call 404-333-5829.
  4. Douglasville Patch is conducting our first-ever poll and want you to participate. We have assembled a list of announced and possible candidates running for Mayor of Douglasville this November; and should Douglasville allow package sales of alcohol on Sundays?. There are only three questions. The poll will end at 5 p.m., May 6 and we will announce the results shortly afterward. Click here to vote: http://patch.com/buUMp.
  5. Here are the top 10 rentals for the Douglasville area this week, according to Red Box:

Rank

Title

1

Black Swan

2

Yogi Bear

3

The Green Hornet

4

The King’s Speech

5

Country Strong

6

Little Fockers

7

Due Date

8         

Skyline

9

The Tourist

10

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Diana Memmolo June 17, 2013 at 02:09 am
Most all Animal Shelters, Rescues and Humane Societies badly need loving Foster Homes. If you liveRead More in Fulton County, please consider helping Fulton Animal Services. We here in Douglas County, Very, Very badly need loving foster homes. If you want to share your home with a homeless furry soul, and live west of Atlanta... please consider helping your local animals, very badly in need. Both the Humane Society and the County Animal Shelter need help for the animals. The Douglas County Humane Society helps their foster animals with food, medication and needed vetting. Please consider contacting the Douglas County Humane Society at D.Animals@mindspring.com or www.DouglasCountyHumaneSociety.com or call 678 838 9123 or the Douglas County Animal Control Shelter at scollier@co.douglas.ga.us or 770 942-5961 Thank you for considering helping.
JB June 4, 2013 at 08:58 am
To Mr Bill Adams.....there is no such thing as a MODERN Christian. You are either a Christain or youRead More are not. While we as Christians love the sinner we are not to love the sin nor are we to back those sinners who are committing a sinful act. We should, however, with love in our hearts try to win their souls for God and preach what the Bible teaches. Which by the way, the Bible tells us it is wrong and a sin for a man to lie with a man.
Jana Crump-Aquino June 4, 2013 at 06:13 pm
I wonder how many gay teens were in that audience, who felt horror at that standing ovation? HowRead More many stood next to the parents who didn't know it wasn't a choice, who were standing and applauding next to a child who was already so emotionally torn up inside with the thought of telling these parents they were gay?? How many of these teens will commit suicide rather than tell these parents? Good move church, who is supposed to be preaching forgiveness, understanding and give support to the needy. Who decides what emotion is needy? Feeling gay, or thinking about getting a divorce, or losing your job and needing help? I am not gay, but I wholly believe in living, and let live, and helping where you can with no judgment! This church should be ashamed of itself! This is exactly why I don't go to church, and worship in my own way. They are all a bunch of hypocrites and should be ashamed of themselves.
Elizabeth June 5, 2013 at 05:21 pm
Well said! I agree wholeheartedly. For those that want to look up the scripture, it's in LeviticusRead More 18:22 and 20:13. God spells it out perfectly what you are and are not supposed to do. If God is against it, man should be against it too.