Dan Benefield

For all you locals or anyone visiting Atlanta over the Memorial Day weekend, don't miss out on the 33rd Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival. Held in Atlanta's Piedmont Park on May 29th & 30th, it is one of the largest FREE jazz festivals in the USA. For more details and info on performers click on the following link:

Atlanta Jazz Festival

I hope to see you there but if I don't, have a happy and safe holiday weekend!

Community meeting on "The Future of Tucker"

Tuesday, May 25, 6:45 p.m.

Reid Cofer Public Library, 5234 Lavista Road

Community leaders will explain new and coming developments in Tucker including renovation of Main Street. TCA will announce the winner of our award for "Student of the Year in Community Service."

Tucker Civic Association Board of Directors monthly meeting

Thursday, June 10, 7 p.m.

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 4882 Lavista Road

Monthly meeting of the TCA Board of Directors. Members and the general public are welcome. For more information email president@tuckercivic.org.

"Give An Hour" at historic John's Homestead

Saturday, June 12, 10 a.m.

3071 Lawrenceville Highway

"Give An Hour" is a monthly opportunity for local residents and business owners to donate an hour of time for a worthy cause. On June 12, volunteers will spread mulch around trees and bushes, continue to dismantle a portion of the house, remove privet and clean off shed roofs. Participants are encouraged to bring crow bars, pry bars, hammers, shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows and step ladders. For more information, contact Wanda Cail, TCA's district representative for the area, at 404-433-8731.

Tucker Civic Association Community Building & Membership Committee

quarterly meeting

Monday, June 14, 7 p.m.

4375 Sasanqua Court

The team will brainstorm on how to build a stronger Tucker community, then divvy out small tasks. Seeking people with organizational skills, people skills, follow-up skills, and networking skills. Contact Anita at 770-493-8829 or anita.tuckercivic@gmail.com.

Candidate forum

Monday, June 21, 7:30 p.m.

Location to be announced

Tucker Civic Association, in partnership with Smoke Rise Community Association and Main Street Tucker Alliance, will hold a candidate forum in Tucker in advance of the July general primary. The location will be announced shortly. DeKalb Superior Court Judge C. J. Becker will serve as moderator. Candidates in contested races for federal, state and local political offices and judgeships representing Tucker and Smoke Rise will be invited. Information over the coming days will be updated at www.tuckercivic.org.

Vote for our fruit trees grant

Tucker Civic Association is partnering with Henderson Park Community Garden and DeKalb Parks and Recreation to apply for a grant for fruit trees and bushes in the newly expanded Henderson Park, and we need your support. At Henderson Park, where a community garden is planned, an arbor of 11 indigenous fruit trees and 30 blueberry bushes will be a wonderful buffer along Henderson Road. Some of each harvest will be donated to an area food bank. The grant application is part of a national competition sponsored by Edy's Fruit Bars and the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation. This project, called Communities Take Root, provides fresh fruit orchards for dozens of communities. Some 150 grant applications have come from across the country. Winners will be determined by votes over the internet. Please vote for our project by visiting the website: www. communitiestakeroot.com. Every individual is entitled to vote once a day. If you have four family members, you can enter four votes a day until the contest ends in August.

Please join us on Facebook through our website: www.tuckercivic.org

I do. In fact, it is my favorite sport. Back when I played, my coach told me I was a little small for the game, but that I made up for it by being slow. I understood the joke but didn't think it was very funny at the time. As much as I loved the game, the high school I attended never fielded a very good team. I don't think they have fielded a good team in the nearly 40 years since I attended there either.

Flash forward a few years. My kids don't know how good they had it in high school. We moved to Tucker, GA in 1988. I had kids at some grade level in Tucker High School for 22 years. During that time, I believe there was only one season that the Tucker Tigers did not make the playoffs, and they still had a respectable season.

Tucker is a nice bedroom community just 14 miles East of Atlanta. Close enough for an easy commute, yet a nice small town feel to it. When we first move there I was blown away by the amount of business and community support that came out in support of the football program. It was something I was totally unaccustomed to.

This year, look out! There is a terrific group of seniors coming back. One of them is rated as one of the top college recruits in the nation. The inside scoop I get is; they feel pretty good about winning State again this year. Time will tell and football can be mighty unpredictable at times, but the excitement is building within the community already.

Are you relocating to the Atlanta area? You should consider Tucker as your suburb of choice. Football is just one of the many great traditions in Tucker. The middle school is just 3 years old; the high school is in the process of being completely rebuilt, a brand new state of the art Library has just been completed, and Main Street, Tucker, is just about to get off the ground with its revitalization process.

May 23rd, 2010

Today it's gonna be in the 90's in the ATL folks. Too hot to do yard work so you might as well get out and look at a few houses this afternoon. We have lots of "Blue Light Specials" all over metro Atlanta right now. Click on the link below to browse homes in real time. Have a great day folks. If you need help buying or selling a home, I'm here to serve you.

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