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Volunteers Needed for Acworth Art Fest

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The City of Acworth wants to add a little color to your life! They’ve teamed up with Splash Festivals to create the first Acworth Art Fest on April 14th & 15th 2012.  View the creations of 100+ artists from all across America. The city needs 300 volunteers to help make this whimsical and colorful celebration a success.  Who […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (2-22-12)

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Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona. Contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail at [email protected] when you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids. Line-side fishing is Great!!!  This has been the best February I can ever remember for line-sides on Lake Allatoona. The fish […]

Fossils — Tellus Museum’s “Lunch and Learn” on February 22nd

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Gather with others who enjoy learning for unique presentations and lunch in the private dining room at Tellus, a world-class museum in Cartersville, GA, just off I-75 at exit 293.   Lunch and Learn lectures take place on the fourth Wednesday of each month, from noon until 1 PM. Lunch and Learn for February 22nd: “Fossils: Where Geology […]

Red Cross Blood Drive: February 17 in Acworth

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A Red Cross Blood Drive is scheduled for Friday, February 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Acworth Beach House located in Cauble Park. (The Acworth Beach House is located at 2293 Beach Street Acworth, GA 30101.)  This community service is sponsored by the Acworth Parks and Recreation Department. The Red Cross is the […]

The Prescription for Free Park Passes

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Here’s an innovative way to get free park passes from Georgia State Parks. (Remember, there are many trails to choose from at Red Top Mountain State Park.) Everyone knows that exercise is one key to being healthy, but not everyone enjoys going to the gym.  Georgia’s State Park system has teamed up with the Georgia […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (2-8-12)

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona. Contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail at [email protected] when you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids. Fishing is very good.  The fish are biting well.  We have been catching 15 to 30 fish on most trips. This […]

The Georgia DNR Pocket Ranger® Tour Guide Mobile App

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The new Pocket Ranger® Mobile Tour Guide brings places like Cloudland Canyon and Skidaway Island closer than ever. This amazing mobile app from Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is available for both iPhones and Androids. The Georgia DNR Pocket Ranger® Mobile Tour Guide uses some of the most advanced GPS smartphone technology to provide outdoor […]

Lake Allatoona Picnic Shelter Information for 2012

Lake Allatoona Picnic Shelter Information for 2012

The Army Corps of Engineers never stops making Lake Allatoona a better place to visit. Did you know that the highest point in Delaware is a 448′ bump on a road? In Florida, the highest point is 345 feet in elevation. When you get together with friends and family for your next picnic at Lake […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (2-1-12)

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona. Contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail at [email protected] when you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids. Linesides: Good.  For stripers, big baits fished on planer boards have been producing some good-sized stripers in good numbers.  I’m using […]

Mister Frisby Flies Over Lake Allatoona

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Lake Allatoona is more than a body of water.  People come from everywhere to bask in its serenity and to share their favorite hobbies. Here is an excerpt from an unusual story written by Monica Burge for Neighborhood Newspapers: Carl Frisby nimbly maneuvers a scale model aircraft above an open field located just off Allatoona Dam […]