Two Friends Plan to Split $115K Georgia Lottery Winnings

Two friends are having a ball since winning a Fantasy 5 jackpot prize. Thomas Hinton of Buford claimed his prize of $115,632 from matching all five winning numbers in the Aug. 7 drawing. He was one of 3 players to each win the jackpot prize from the Fantasy 5 drawing.

Hinton and Fanelli

Hinton explained that he and his friend, Angelo Fanelli, decided to purchase the ticket together.

“I bought it with my buddy, and we decided to do it,” he said. “It was intuition--male intuition that was working that day. Maybe it was premonition.”

Hinton purchased the Quik Pik at Jack’s, 1929 Highway 211 N.W. in Hoschton checked it online. Winning numbers from the Aug. 7 drawing were: 10-28-31-32-36. Winning jackpot tickets were also sold in Norcross and Albany.

“I didn’t know how to react,” Hinton said.

Married with two stepchildren, Hinton anticipates using a portion of his windfall as a down payment for a new home.

His friend intends to pay down bills, he said, and “he’s going to take me to dinner.”

“It’s exhilarating,” he exclaimed.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $12.7 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.3 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary pre-kindergarten program.

For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp., please visit:
www.galottery.com and www.lotterybenefitsgeorgians.com

Brett Harrell interview on Examiner.com

What do you plan to do in the State House that will potentially benefit residents of the district you represent?

"I trust all that I do, whether voting on a budget that reduces the burden of government on all Georgians, or recognizing the accomplishments of our Brookwood High School State Football Champions, will benefit the residents of the 106th District. I will also support Gwinnett County, our school system, and the City of Snellville on a number of issues intended to benefit our citizens."

Continue reading on Examiner.com to find out Rep. Brett Harrell's take on education, firearms control, our water supply, what he views as our most pressing issues: State House Viewpoints-- Brett Harrell - Atlanta Political Buzz | Examiner.com 

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How to get rid of toxic stuff

No, I'm not talking about your mother in law.

This post is for people who are too busy to read the little yellow insert that arrived inside the water bill from Gwinnett County Public Utilities. You see it as extra junk in your bill, I see it as "Yee-haw! Blog content!!!"

The timing is perfect, because the weekend in the Fall is a popular time for cleaning out of garages, where we store most of this dangerous stuff.

Examples of hazardous household wastes are:

• paints
• solvents
• batteries
• automobile fluids
• herbicides and pesticides

Do NOT:

• pour these things down the household drain
• throw in the garbage
• pour into ditches, storm drains, or gutters
• dump or bury
• burn

DO:

• use it up
• give the product to someone else who can use it (I'd use Freecycle.org)
• avoid buying hazardous products in the future

To report the illicit discharge of Household Hazardous Wastes, or any other pollutants to the storm sewer system, please call Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources 24/7 at 678-376-7000.

For information about reducing, recycling, and disposing of Household Hazardous Wastes in Gwinnett County, contact Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful at 770-822-5187 or visit the website at www.gwinnettcb.org - they can provide helpful tips and disposal locations

For general information about the disposal of HHW, consult the Guide to Best Management Practices for Household Hazardous Waste and Radon by visiting the Pollution Prevention Assistance Division (P2AD) website at www.p2ad.org

1st Annual Gwinnett Reading Festival

The Gwinnett County Public Library will present the First Annual Gwinnett Reading Festival on Saturday, October 20, 2007, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds.

This is a free event for all ages that will feature more than thirty authors from near and far who will be reading, discussing, and autographing their works. The Festival will include workshops, food vendors, music, bookstores, and a Festival Library branch. A coffee shop will serve hot beverages and feature conversations with authors.

Children’s activities include storytellers, dueling knights, a magician, crafts offered by the Jacqueline Casey Hudgen’s Center for the Arts, and a free book for every child attending the Festival, while supplies last.

Teen activities will include sumo suit wrestling, a Cosplay contest, and a performance by the comedy troupe, Laughing Matters.

The Gwinnett Reading Festival is supported in part by a grant from the Georgia Humanities Council, along with additional support from community partners. For more information, please visit the Festival website at www.gwinnettreadingfestival.org. The event will take place, rain or shine. No pets, please.