Mayor Thunder Tumlin recently conducted a Young Citizens Lunch at City Hall where up-and-coming citizens enjoyed a Chick-fil-A lunch in his office, along with a visit to the city manager's office and council chamber. Every child sat in the mayor's chair and banged his gavel. Individual pictures were taken with Mayor Tumlin. The group finished their afternoon by taking a tour of the fire station and the police station.

Young citizens in attendance include Hannah Bachman, Mary Margaret Kelley, Bowen Mayfield, Harber Storey, Ellie Storey, Lily Watters, Libbie Weiner and Grace Weiner.

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Shelby Bice, Mary Froistad, Emily Gutmann, and Margaret Stocks, students from Eastside Christian School, received state recognition for their outstanding SAT scores in the Duke University Talent Identification Program.

Bice received Grand Recognition at a ceremony conducted on the Duke University campus this summer for her outstanding test scores. Shelby is the daughter of Kyle and Greg Bice of Kennesaw.

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Bring in your broken chains, old class rings, unsentimental yellow, white, rose gold or silver to the Marietta High School Track, located at 1171 Whitlock Ave. in Marietta, on Friday from 6-9 p.m. and be paid competitive prices on the spot for your sale by Southeast Gold Buyers. SGB will make a donation of 20 percent of the amount purchased at the event to the Marietta High School Cross Country Team.

Contact Alice McHugh at

agmc hugh @comcast.net or Mary Beth Baskin at (404) 735-5625 or marybeth @southeastgoldbuyers.com.

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.