Snellville crematory issue in media again

In 2008, a crematory moved into a Snellville neighborhood, prompting an outcry from residents and a year-long legal battle between the city and business owner. Snellville settled the case but has since outlawed crematories from all zoning districts.

Excerpted from: 'NO way hes going to put a crematory in my neighborhood.' by Shane Blatt, AJC

Situation now: The building that was to be a crematory in Snellville looks like an ordinary empty house facing US-78/Main Street, the lot sometimes overgrown with weeds.

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Trunk or Treat Event

What is Trunk or Treat? It's like trick or treating, except instead of going from house to house, you go from car trunk to trunk in a parking lot (usually at a church). We tried for the first time last year. Now I think I prefer it.

It's a lot of fun for everyone involved, because the people who give out the candy actually WANT to have trick or treaters come to their car. People decorate their cars, and it's really festive.

Cannon United Methodist Church will have a Trunk or Treat event on Friday, October 31, 2008 from 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm. This allows the event to finish up in plenty of time so you can still do the traditional door-to-door trick or treating if you want to do that.

Cannon UMC will also have a pizza dinner served from 5:30 pm until 6:15 pm for $2 per person.
There will be a Veggie Tales movie playing for the kids to enjoy while they eat.

Cannon Church is located at 2424 Webb Gin House Rd, Snellville GA 30078 (convenient to Ronald Reagan Parkway).

For more information, please see Cannon United Methodist Church's website.

Snellville United Methodist Church Harvest Festival

Snellville United Methodist Church will have their 62nd Annual Harvest Festival on November 22 from 5:00 pm until 8:30 pm. in Celebration Hall (the tall building that has the gymnasium in it).
Dinner will be catered by Cindy Glover and Nancy Tate. The cost is $7 per person. Childcare provided: birth through 4th grade = $5 per child (childcare family maximum $15). Proceeds from this years' festival will be used to retire the debt of the church. For more information, contact Lisa Gilbreath at 678-430-6015 or lgilbreath[AT]snellvilleumc.org

On a side note: Grayson United Methodist Church will have a Fall Festival on November 1, 2008.

Snellville Fall Carnival

The Snellville Parks and Recreation Department will host the City’s annual Fall Carnival sponsored by Emory Eastside Medical Center on Saturday, October 25, from 6:00 pm—9:00 pm at T.W. Briscoe Park. Enjoy a hayride with a storyteller, carnival games, pony rides, moonwalks, music and costume contests for all ages. Game tickets are 25 cents each.

The Snellville Lions Club will be on hand selling tasty hamburgers, hot dogs and other treats. They
will also be celebrating “Sight Night” at the park. Please bring your old eyeglasses and donate them for those in need.

Come join the City of Snellville for an evening of community fellowship and family fun!
For more information, please contact the T.W. Briscoe Park Office at (770) 985-3535.

Chaunte Howard Places 6th in High Jump

Snellville’s Howard sixth in high jump
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
A Snellville resident and three-time NCAA high-jump champion at Georgia Tech, Howard participated in the 2004 Games and finished first in this year’s ...

Jerry Oberholtzer Jr, Jessie Kowzan Wed

We just love a wedding here at MySnellvilleBlog, even those weddings we aren't invited to...grrr! :)

Snellville Mayor Jerry Oberholtzer's son, Jerry Oberholtzer (Jr.) married the lovely Jessie Kowzan a week or so ago. Dunno exact date, since I wasn't invited to the wedding. Did I mention I wasn't invited? Sniff!

But no matter. A lovely couple as you can clearly see, and I wish them many years of happiness.
It looks like they both chose a good life companion!

I'll pass on the advice for a long marriage that Hubs' Granny passed along to us: "Don't fight."
Short and sweet, but pretty good advice!

Run the Reagan Snellville Award Winners

Congratulations to these Snellville residents for placing in the Run The Reagan Half-Marathon.

My apologies if I am missing anyone, and I'm sorry I didn't post in the blog about the Reagan run before the event. I was probably passed out drunk again or something. Oh wait, I guess I would need to drink for that to happen. So that wasn't it. I dunno, I just missed writing about it. I've lived in Snellville nearly 14 years and have never attended the Run the Reagan event. It looks really fun. I'll try for next year.

Matt Lottes finished 1st place, 7th overall with a time of 1:20:48 for the age group 1-19.

Jack Wilson finished 1st place, 13th overall with a time of 1:22:27 in the 35-39 age group.

Vincent Brennan finished 2nd place, 8th overall with time of 1:20:50 in the 40-44 age group.

Randall Plummer finished 3rd place, 126th overall in the 55-59 age group.

John Hancock finished with a time of 1:50:30 in 3rd place/186 overall in the 60-64 age bracket.

In the female category, Jamie White of Snellville finished 1st/57 overall in the 20-24 age group, with a time of 1:34:31.

For all the Reagan Road Race results, click here

Scrapbooking Event to Benefit SMS Relay for Life Team

Scrapbooking "Crop" to benefit
Snellvile Middle School's Relay for Life Team

February 16, 2008
Snellville American Legion Post 232

9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

All proceeds from the crop will be donated to Snellville Middle
School's Relay for Life Team.

Your crop fee of $35.00 gives you 11 hours of crop time, lunch, dinner,
and afternoon snacks, along with hourly door prize drawings
and make 'n' take table.
So load up your photos and come out to Snellville American
Legion Post 232,
3163 Main Street W, Snellville, Georgia 30078 on Saturday,
February 16.
Scrappers age 12 and up are welcome.

In addition to scrapbook supplies, they will have other vendors selling
their products to help raise funds for Relay.  So all you non-
scrapbookers please come out and select from the products being offered.

Please e-mail Jerrie Greene at cmjgreene@aol.com or you can mail
your check today to:  Jerrie Greene,
2822 Greystone Cove S., Atlanta, Georgia 30341
or call her at 770-491-6394 or 678-978-2447.
Jerrie also accepts credit cards.

Reservations are requested to plan for meals.

Jerrie said, "This is such a worthy event and
I'd like to be able to fill
the facility so please come out and crop."

Comic Book Artist and Comic Book Business Entrepreneur to Speak at Library

If you are interested in how comic books and graphic novels are created, then put this on your calendar: Kyle Puttkammer, creator of "Galaxy Man" and owner of the Galaxy Quest Comic Book Stores, will be at the Elizabeth H. Williams Library Branch on Monday, February 4, 2008.

Kyle will explain the three steps to becoming a skilled artist and all attendees will have an opportunity to draw. It is not necessary to bring supplies. Kyle will do some demonstrations.

This event starts at 7:45 pm and will end at 8:45 pm. The Elizabeth H. Williams Library branch is located at 2740 Lenora Church Road in Snellville. Here's a video that tells a bit more about Kyle:

If you like scrapbooking ...

...then you will want to put this on your calendar.

Crop Out Diabetes is going national with coast-to-coast events on its
3rd anniversary. The Georgia (originating) location is in Covington
(Newton County).

Day: Saturday, February 2, 2008
Time: 8:30am-5:30pm
Location: Georgia Wildlife Federation, Covington GA
Benefits: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

For complete details on registration and what's included, visit their
website: www.cropoutdiabetes.org