Claire Dunaway's gallery opening at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre on Sept. 3 was a huge success. In addition to selling six of her paintings, the second floor event room of the theater was packed with more than 150 guests.

Attending the opening with Claire and her parents, Dot and Mayor Bill Dunaway, were Ray and Becky Buday, Steve Imler, Mary Lou and Dan Stephens, Ed and Johnnie Gabriel, Sally Macaulay, Margaret and Neil Barfield, Mark Kirk, Buck and Peggy Reese, Dawn McEachern, Ann Teh, Earl Reece, Arlene Hocking, Jane Swanson, Patsy Dupree, Bill and Carol Calloway, Kim Gresh and George Hartzog, Greg and Lexi Amaden, Sandy and Nancy Edwards, and Christy and Ed and Penelope Rosell and many others.

Other than Claire, the most excited attendee of the evening was Gresh, who purchased four original works.

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The 2009-10 Cobb Youth Leadership Class kicks off their eight-month program with a retreat this weekend at Camp Glisson in Dahlonega. The program, open to high school juniors who either reside or attend school in Cobb County, is sponsored by the Cobb Chamber of Commerce and mimics the Cobb County Leadership Cobb program.

Among the class were: Sarah Arias, Chris Baskerville, Jonathan Bauer, Jackson Bentley, Alyson Berry, Chase Bettis, Parks Brown IV, Amy Castro, Joey Celeste, Brandon Chubb, Fletcher Coan, Sarah Cobb, Tim Jones, Josh King, Claire Collar, Chloe Couvrette Bethany Crooks, Leah Darby, Kelsi Dean, Gerry Embriz-Salgado, Haley Ferguson, Claire Galt, Rob Garcia, III, Gretchen Glaze, Joseph Goldstein, Trey Gordon, III, Kristen Guckian, Hayes Helsper, Chassity Hogan, Robert Johnson, Molly Jones, Julie Katz, Justin King, Michelle Lee, Myoung Lee, Kelly Lersch, Matt Lewis, Pfeiffer Middleton, Daniel O'Meara, Frances Rambo, Hannah Rogers, John Rusin, Haley Russell, Glenn Shrum, Hunter Stinson, Sam Stowell, Ben Sutton, Will Thompson, III, Garrison Ushery, John Vaughan, Michael Whatley and Jaylie Welch.

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Yo! Ho! Ho! Ho! Johnny Lewis turned 6 on Aug. 15 and celebrated pirate-style. Friends and family gathered for a treasure hunt in the backyard of the Lewis' Marietta home. The 15 boys found all sorts of goodies that would have made Captain Hook want to walk the plank because he missed the bounty.

Among those on board were: Michael Allen, Ros Carrington, Blake Felton, Morris Jones, Jake Lewis, Brett Sloan and Harris Taylor.

Sally Litchfield is a longtime Marietta resident. She formerly practiced law in Marietta and now stays home to raise her two children. Send Sally news at sallylit@ bellsouth.net. Call Sally at (770) 425-7122.