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After returning from a nine-month long tour in Kuwait, Sgt. First Class Adam Troxel was surprised with his restored 1980 Corvette by his wife, Holly, and approximately 50 people at Day’s Chevrolet in Acworth on Jan. 7. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
Wheeler’s Bryce Murray, left, peers through the straps of his slipping headgear as he holds Walton’s Ashish Shrestha in a headlock Wednesday. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
Rhodis Eason’s (23) layup attempt is blocked by Riley Criswell during the second half of Hillgrove’s loss to Carrollton on Wednesday night. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
My shipment of Pocket Wizards arrived in time for the start of basketball season. Goodbye, dark gyms.
Rosa Martinez gets a hug from Hayley Hedrick, left, as the six families tour the furnished home with the Martinez family. After falling on hard times, the Martinez family received the home in Marietta with dozens of wrapped presents under a Christmas tree from the six families on Saturday. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
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Apparently, Desmond’s love of cheese includes cheesecake.
Andrew Mallis pilots a R44 helicopter around Kennesaw Mountain as Blue Ridge Helicopters offered rides for $35, raising funds for the Marietta Museum of History, on Oct. 29. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
Susan Schroeder, director of operations at Smith-Gilbert Gardens, center, practices Tai Chi movements during an introduction to Tai Chi class at the Smith-Gilbert Gardens in Kennesaw on Oct. 15. The public class was taught by Phil Robinson, a master of Tai Chi Chuan, Yang style. With more than 35 years of experience, Robinson teaches a Tai Chi class at Smith-Gilbert Gardens every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., and the cost is $45 per month for Garden members and $50 per month for non-members. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
Tonie Horne of Marietta, left, dances with Robert Irvin, 91 , center, and Helen Stanfield, right, at the Magnolia Ball at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church on Oct. 2. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
Walton junior A.J. Dyess holds a cutout photograph of Walton running back Tyren Jones as the student section cheers during the game against Lassiter High School on Sept. 30. Jones attended Lassiter High School last school year. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
Friends for the East Cobb Park organizes the Ultimate Playdate each Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. through Oct. 26 at East Cobb Park. The event “encourages families to take an outdoor break for some fresh air and family-friendly music.” LEFT: Arya Singla, 2, dances as Jay Memory, founding member of the group Memory Dean, background, performs covers and leads children in sing-along songs. TOP RIGHT: Thalia Johnson, 3, blows bubbles. BOTTOM RIGHT: Jackson Greiner, 4, throws a Frisbee to his mother, Heather, at East Cobb Park on Sept. 28. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
While waiting on a candlelight vigil to start, I snapped this at Glover Park in Marietta. Unfortunately, the vigil didn’t happen under this sky.
From left, Debby Freel, vigil coordinator, Eileen Perkins, Frank Devereux and Deane Bonner, president of the Cobb County branch of the NAACP, sing ‘Amazing Grace’ and other hymns during a prayer vigil for ‘Troy Davis, Officer Macphail, their families, and for the abolishment of the death penalty.’ About two dozen people representing the Georgians for an Alternative to the Death Penalty, Cobb County NAACP, Amnesty International, Emerson Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Pax Christi and Transfiguration Catholic Church in Marietta were present at the vigil on the corner of East Park Square and South Park Square in Marietta on Sept. 21. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
Ashante Williams of Marietta hands Darrius Parker of Marietta a centerpiece as the Drew Exposition crew assembles the merry-go-round for the North Georgia State Fair at Jim R. Miller Park in Marietta on Sept. 20. The fair will be open from Sept. 22 to Oct. 2.
Coaches and players congratulate Emanuel Beal (8) after his touchdown reception at the end of the first half during Wheeler’s game against Centennial on Sept. 16. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
Nick Goodwin (49) and the rest of the Raiders’ slap hands with students as they run onto the field before the game against Roswell on Sept. 16. (Photo / Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com)
