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**Paulding Co E911** advises you to AVOID Old Griffin Rd due to a gas leak. A **Gas Leak** near **Old Griffin Rd** has closed **Old Griffin Rd** and will require a detour of traffic for the next **couple of hours**.

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement." ---Golda Meir "Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason." ---Ralph Waldo Emerson "As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." ---Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds

"Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there." ---Norman Vincent Peale "Life has no limitations, except the ones you make." ---Les Brown "The possibilities are unlimited as long as you are true to your life's purpose." ---Marcia Wieder "It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams." ---Les Brown

"Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention." ---Greg Anderson "Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer." ---Denis Waitley "One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular." ---Tony Robbins "Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and p

"Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe." ---Gail Devers "When you have come to the edge of all light that you know And are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, Faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly." ---Patrick Overton "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." ---Edith Lovejoy Pierce "Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." ---Benjamin Franklin "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." ---Oprah Winfrey "An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves." ---Bill Vaughn Have a Happy & Safe New Year!!

From the AJ-C website (12-29-11) 4 Kmart stores to close in Atlanta area At least four Kmart stories will close in the Atlanta area as part of a massive restructuring by Sears Holdings. The four Kmart stores are located in Atlanta, Buford, Douglasville and Jonesboro. No Sears stores in the Atlanta area will close according to a partial list of store closings posted by Sears Holdings. The list contains 79 stores, but more stores -- up to 120 total -- are expected to close. The Atlanta-area Kmart stores currently slated for closing are located at: * 230 Cleveland Ave S.W., At

American Red Cross Blood Drive December 29th - Thursday 1:00pm - 6:00pm Sara Babb Park 216 Recreation Drive - Dallas Sara Babb Park is located next to the Dallas Library, drive around the pool area, to the Brick Pavilion Directions

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections." ---Aristotle "Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." ---Nathaniel Hawthorne "We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have." ---Frederick Keonig "Happiness is not in our circumstances but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, l

"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving." ---W. T. Purkiser "Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own." ---Harold Coffin "A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings." ---Mason Cooley "May your days be many and your troubles be few. May all God's blessings descend upon you. May peace be within you may your heart be strong. May you find what you're seeking wherever you roam." ---Irish Blessings "A few years' experience will convince us that those

"Life can be seen through your eyes but it is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart." ---Mary Xavier "Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts." ---Alan Cohen "Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams." ---Ashley Smith "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not

"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." ---James D. Miles "Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking." ---Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ---Ralph Waldo Emerson "Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." ---Abraham Lincoln "Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. Th

You're B-A-D, LPPT!! Of course, you could tell him that it could have been Green Eggs and Ham

Might check with West Metro Produce - Meat Market....770-445-2928

Heads up, boys and girls -- Santa Claus is on his way! He's being tracked by NORAD, and as of this posting, he's in Japan. Should be in U.S. Airspace, this evening. Check the Tracking Out Here

"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To all others, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect." ---Oren Arnold "There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men!" ---Calvin Coolidge "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." ---N

From the AJ-C website (12-22-11) ATLANTA — Best Buy has alerted some customers that it will not be able to fill their online orders, just days before Christmas. The largest U.S. specialty electronics retailer said late Wednesday that "overwhelming demand for some products from Bestbuy.com has led to a problem redeeming online orders made in November and December. The Minneapolis company declined Thursday to specify how many orders are affected or which products are out of stock. The shortages are a black eye for Best Buy, which has beefed up its online campaign to fight off int

"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him." ---Unknown "A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe." ---Wayne Dyer "Each one has to find his peace from within. And for peace to be real, it must be unaffected by outside circumstances." ---Mohandas Gandhi "He that would live in peace and

Finished up, today.....DONE!!

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning." ---Mitch Albom "Purpose is what gives life a meaning." ---Charles H. Perkhurst "Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." ---Dalai Lama "Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim." ---John D. Rockefeller "When I chased after money, I never had en

Congrats, AGG -- will she be.....AGG JR?!?!

"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." ---Kahlil Gibran "Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more." ---Anthony Robbins "The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose." ---Heda Bejar "Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting." ---Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco "When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everythi

"Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working." ---Oscar Wilde "May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human enough hope to make you happy." ---George Weinberg "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." ---Albert Einstein "Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourse

"A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings." Mason Cooley "Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving." W. T. Purkiser "A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings." George Mason "A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles." François de la Rochefoucauld "May your days be many and your troubles be few. May all God's ble

From the AJ-C website (12-7-11) Snow flurries, black ice possible across northern suburbs Light snow is possible later this afternoon and tonight across much of north Georgia, including parts of metro Atlanta, and forecasters are warning that bridges and overpasses could become icy before daybreak Thursday. The National Weather Service said a light dusting of snow could accumulate on grassy areas generally along and north of a line from Tallapoosa to Alpharetta to Cleveland. Later tonight, there is a risk of black ice as far south as LaGrange as temperatures dip into the upper