Zoom, vroom!
Tuesday, April 14 — Wondering how to navigate the latest technology? Mark your calendars for the May 5 Senior Tech Summit and learn how innovative developments are affecting seniors.
This week we’ve also got more on the first-ever Sandy Springs Invitational Car Show, set for this Sunday, and details on “The Florentine Entanglement,” a new novel by Sandy Springs author Pamela Norsworthy.
And now for a few headlines:
🎗️ Walter Reeves, the longtime host of WSB Radio’s “The Lawn and Garden Show” for 26 years and a Georgia Radio Hall of Fame inductee, died Friday after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 74.
🌱 Tucker First UMC is hosting a plant sale to raise funds for its mission garden on Saturday – popular varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, squash, and herbs will all be available.
🌷 The Grant Park Conservancy will debut Market in the Park on Sunday, a new monthly series bringing chef-driven food, curated vendors, live music, and community programming to Atlanta’s oldest park.
🪡 Famed New York City retailer Mood Fabrics is opening a showroom at Ponce City Market on April 23.
🕓 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter.
• Senior Tech Summit
• Car show fundraiser
• Take 5 with author Pamela Norsworthy
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• Stories of Atlanta | Lance Russell
Free Senior Tech Summit Set for May 5
💻 Fulton County Vice Chair Khadijah Abdur-Rahman, along with tech professionals from around the county, will gather for a May 5 summit to spotlight innovative technologies impacting seniors.
Taking place at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park, the free event runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with doors opening at 9 a.m. for registration and breakfast.
“Technology is here to stay,” said Vice Chair Abdur-Rahman. “The Senior Tech Summit will assist in providing guidance to any senior interested in learning not only how to navigate different types of technology, but how to successfully integrate it into their daily lives.”
Summit speakers include Kevin Kerrigan, Chief Information Officer, Fulton County; Bill Benson, President, International Association for Indigenous Aging; Terry Slaton, Fulton County Chief Information Security Officer; Jason Warner, Microsoft Director, Business Program Crisis Management Strategy & Response and more.
Complimentary parking will be available, along with breakfast and lunch, activities, giveaways, and access to more than 30 resource tables.
➵ Learn more and reserve your seat here.
Don’t miss THE event of the spring – Move For Grady!
SPONSORED BY GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION
🏃 It’s time to register for Move For Grady on April 25, Atlanta’s best ride/run/walk event supporting Grady! Choose one of three fully supported cycling routes or 5K or 10K run/walk courses that will show you Atlanta from a new point of view. Then stay to celebrate with great food, drinks and music at Georgia State’s Center Parc Stadium.
❤️ Move For Grady raises funds to support Grady’s mission to build a healthier Atlanta. Register today, start training and join the party on April 25!
Sandy Springs Police Foundation hosts inaugural car show fundraiser
🏎️ The Sandy Springs Invitational Car Show on April 19 is the Sandy Springs Police Foundation’s inaugural fundraising event, bringing more than 100 unique cars from Caffeine & Octane to the downtown City Springs district.
With a $10 general admission ticket, the public can access the three-hour car show along Mount Vernon Highway and dozens of classic and exotic automobiles from across the world. The Sandy Springs Police Foundation says all funds from the car show will go toward various resources to support the department and its officers.
“Everybody connects with cars, even if you’re not a true gearhead, you know, and you’re under the hood working on your car,” Bruce Piefke, CEO of Caffeine & Octane, said. “Everybody has a good car story. Everybody can relate to it. The thing I’m most proud of about Caffeine & Octane is how diverse an audience it draws.”
🚘 Read more about the event and secure your tickets here.
Take 5 with author Pamela Norsworthy on her new book ‘The Florentine Entanglement’
✈️ Sandy Springs author Pamela Norsworthy’s first historical fiction novel, “War Bonds,” earned her a Georgia Author of the Year Award nomination for its saga of a British nurse and her complicated relationship with an American pilot.
Her latest book, “The Florentine Entanglement,” weaves the gripping story of a teetering marriage into the infamous failure of the U-2 spy plane mission over Russia that redefined the stakes of the Cold War.
Take 5 columnist Teri Elam sat down with Norsworthy to find out about her inspiration for the novels and learn about her writing process.
📖 Find out the story behind “The Florentine Entanglement” here.
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‘He Got His Wish’: Stories of Atlanta by Lance Russell
VIA SAPORTAREPORT
🗞️ Two men sit down for a conversation. As a result, one of the men, an influential industrialist and newspaper owner, commits his political support to the other man.
This is enough to get the other man elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, where, according to the plan they hatched during their conversation, the new state representative introduces a bill before the house that changes Georgia’s history.
🗣️ It’s all about the power of words on this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
🖋️ Today’s Silver Streak was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
