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Mom Wins; Walton-Pope Showdown

Here's what you should know to start Sept. 1 in East Cobb.

1. Today’s weather will be pretty much the same as Wednesday’s, the National Weather Service says. It will be mostly sunny and humid with a high of about 90, no rain, little wind and an overnight low around 66.

2. Do you wish you carried around fewer pounds? Dietitian Betsy Thurston will offer during a free workshop today at 10:30 a.m. at at the intersection of Roswell and Old Canton roads.

3. Today’s a big day for East Cobb sports rivalries. In softball, visits at 5:30 p.m. in a , while heads to at 5 in 5-AAAA action. But the biggest game of the day has no effect on regional standings; it’s all about bragging rights. Defending AAAAA volleyball champion Walton plays at defending AAAA champ at 6 p.m. The two rivals played once this year on a neutral court at Marist; the Lady Greyhounds won, 25-15, 25-22, and are undefeated this season after crushing Milton on Tuesday.

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4. Congratulations to East Cobb mom , who won the Genesis Today Mommy Makeover Contest with 52.25 percent of the online votes, edging Kathi Launius of California, who got 45.56 percent in the three-mom race. Shetter receives a $5,000 makeover package. The finalists were gracious after the polls closed. “Congratulations Debbie. Enjoy. Get rest and relaxation. You do deserve it as do many moms out there who were not in this contest,” Launius wrote on the Genesis Today Facebook page. Shetter thanked her and added, “I feel so honored to have been chosen as a finalist along with you and Brittany (Duncan). You, Kathi, are an amazing mom.”

5. The regional Transportation SPLOST project list is out there for public comment before being finalized Oct. 13, and a forum Wednesday on the 1 percent sales tax and the projects it would finance showed widespread disapproval within Cobb County, the Marietta Daily Journal reports.

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