Community Corner

Still Shaking While Eyeing Light Rail

Here's what you need to know to start Aug. 24 in East Cobb.

1. Today’s weather will feel a lot like Tuesday’s, according to the National Weather Service: sunny, a high close to 90 degrees, not much humidity, not much wind, and a slight chance of pop-up storms in the afternoon and evening. The overnight low will be about 66. No word on the chance of earthquakes.

2. If nothing else, the Tuesday afternoon reminded us that tremors aren’t strictly a West Coast phenomenon (and that the in Cartersville is a great regional asset) and distracted us from the approach of , which seems determined to spend the weekend visiting the same places shaken by the quake. Usually in Cobb County, the only natural phenomenon we have to worry about is the occasional onslaught of Yankees.

3. students are invited to the annual kickoff meeting of the Walton PTSA Community Outreach Club today at 3:30 p.m. in the school theater. East Cobb Patch doesn’t often spread the word of school club meetings, but this one has a big impact on East Cobb by sending hundreds of students into the community for regular service projects.

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4. On the high school sports scene, fans can travel to Dacula High to watch the softball team at 5:30 p.m. or head to Kennesaw Mountain High to see the JV volleyball team take on the host school and North Cobb, starting at 5:15. and teams don’t have varsity games today. In pro sports, East Cobb's Melanie Oudin plays her second-round match at the Texas Tennis Open tonight Angelique Kerber of Germany.

5. In case you missed it, Tuesday was a busy day for the , who perused the and approved the from the Cumberland Mall area to MARTA’s Midtown Arts Station.

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