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TV Show Finds Treasures at Gone with Wind Museum

LiveWell's "Treasure Hunters Roadshow visits Marietta museum to explore collectors' obsession with Margaret Mitchell, her novel and the movie.

1. When Andy St. Clair, host of Treasure Hunters Roadshow on the LiveWell Network, wanted to explore the obsession with Margaret Mitchell and Gone with the Wind, he knew where to start.

St. Clair and a film crew from Chicago made a visit to the las Wednesday to film an episode of the show. St. Clair interviewed with museum director Connie Sutherland, who showed off the museum's extensive memorabilia on display and its history. Self-proclaimed "windie" Faye Sorrow also appears on the show. A collector herself, Sorrow makes replicas of the "Scarlett" costumes worn in the film.

A date for the show has not been announced. In the meantime, the museum is hard at work preparing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Mitchell's novel in June, with festivities scheduled for June 10 and 11.

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2. recently employed numerous changes in the base's recycling services, which mostly reduces and consolidates what had been available. The Base Recycling Center will now only be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center can be opened on Mondays or Fridays for special drop-off requests by contacting 94 MSG/CEV at 678-655-5264 or 678-655-4781 at least 48 hours in advance of the request.

Full details of this and other changes in the program can be found here. The 94MSG/CEV Environmental Flight will have an information table set up in the Consolidated Club, Building 806, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today and Friday for anyone with questions about the program.

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3. The plans to promote its first environmental sustainability certification program, PEACH Roads, during an Earth Day event at 1 p.m. today at LA Fitness, 4400 Roswell Road. The plan shows how the department plans to reduce negative impacts on the environment through solar power and innovative use of traffic signals. 

The public is invited and Keep Cobb Beautiful and Cobb Water System staff will be on hand to provide information on the Cobb's continued environmental efforts. To learn more about PEACH Roads, visit cobbcounty.org/dot.

4. Women Who Barter is offering a free "Ask the Experts" seminar at from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. Some of the topics for today include automotive care, HVAC maintanence, plumbing and self defense. For information, call Jan Murphy at 770-364-1642.

5. Today is National High Five Day. Awesome. And they even have a Web site. Double Awesome and High Five on that.


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