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By Carole Townsend Staff Correspondent Every now and then, you run across somebody who loves what they do for a living. They’re passionate about it, and that passion is evident in their speech, their expressions and even in their workplace. Dr. Michelle A. Lombardo and Karen McNamara are two such people. Friends for about 24 years and business partners for 23 of those years, these two women love their business. What do they do? They fight childhood obesity, and they’re winning. In fact, their company – The OrganWise Guys – is the number one obesity prevention program in the country. In a nation in which children are being diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes and obesity at an alarming rate, Lombardo and McNamara seem to be just what the doctor ordered. Michelle Lombardo and Karen McNamara and Puppets
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Standards and Classics Concert Series begins this Christmas
Allan Wiltshire and “The Andrews Sisters” (L-R: Leslie Pennington, Bonnie Pennington, Theresa Hawkins) perform Christmas Classics
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By Tiffany Brix GwinnettCitizen.com Major holidays are often a time that we not only celebrate but also reflect. We reflect on those similar moments and how they have evolved over our life. We reflect on the people around us. We reflect on who we miss the most who aren’t beside us for whatever reason. We reflect on what that holiday means to us. Allan Wiltshire has an extra special gift of reflection to give
us —The Standards and Classics Concert Series, a 1960s variety show-type concert with live covers of iconic music from the 40s, 50s, and 60s that celebrate the essence of each holiday. Standards and Classics of Christmas is the first installment of the series. Allan and Standards and Classics partnered with Eddie Owen Presents at the Red Clay Theatre for this unique entertainment opportunity for the 20182019 season. The Red Clay Theatre,
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Mike and Terri Emery visiting staff and friends at I.T. Montgomery Elementary in Mound Bayou, Miss.
Community effort to bring supplies to low-income school in Mississippi By Julie Thompson GwinnettCitizen.com It started with a van, then a U-Haul full of school supplies — and then a bus full of high school students and a school willing to donate books, electronics and do anything they could to make a difference for the small, low-income elementary school
in Mound Bayou, Miss. There’s no doubt that the project Mike and Terri Emery started three years ago, when they made the first trek to the Miss. Delta, has grown. It began in the summer of 2015, just before the couple was going to retire. Mike, a music lover and the
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