🌱 Grad Party Shooting + Local Schools Feed Hungry Kids

Hey, Johns Creek! Like many of you, the Patch staff is taking some time off for Memorial Day, so you won’t see this newsletter in your inbox for a few days. We’ll be back soon, but in the meantime, here’s what’s happening in and around town this weekend.

But first, today's weather:

A passing afternoon shower. High: 76 Low: 58.

Here are the top three stories today in and around Johns Creek:

1. One person is dead and another is hospitalized after a graduation party shooting near southwest Atlanta's Benjamin E. Mays High School. The shooting is believed to have occurred around 2:30 a.m. the morning of Sunday, May 28, in the school's parking lot. As of later that Sunday morning, police have not released any information pertaining to arrests or to the status of anyone else who was present where and when the shooting occurred. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
2. Nearby Marietta City Schools will be participating in the Seamless Summer Option program to provide free meals to children under 18 during the summer. The SSO (Seamless Summer Option) program is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with the aim of addressing child hunger by helping to feed children who can't reliably access the food they need without school lunches. Free meals will be available from May 30 to Jul. 28, at any of Marietta City Schools' 34 locations, with no registration, income, or residency restrictions, so anyone under 18 concerned about where their food will come from during the summer is encouraged to take advantage. (11 Alive)
3. The Johns Creek Police Department will be hosting Coffee with a Cop at Divine Coffee, on 7725 McGinnis Ferry Rd, on Wednesday, May 31. The first five customers to come in and say "JCPD is Divine" will get a coffee and pastry on the JCPD's dime! Attendees can also enter to win a ride-along with an officer. (Johns Creek Police Department via Facebook)

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Today in and around Johns Creek:

• Art On A Limb Suwanee - Explore Gwinnett Suwanee At Suwanee Town Center Park (All day)
• Line Dancing At Northeast Spruill Oaks Library (10:30 AM)
• City Of Alpharetta Annual Memorial Day Remembrance At Alpharetta City Hall (9:00 AM)
• Free Outdoor Fitness - Yoga At The Mark Burkhalter Amphitheater at Newtown Park (6:00 PM)
• Open Mic Hosted By Ben Wade At Adobo Taqueria and Tequila Bar (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Firefighters have had their hands full in the past few days, with blazes both in downtown Atlanta and throughout the metro area. The first was in Smyrna on Church Road at a Country Inn and Suites, which began in the establishment's electrical room according to witnesses; the second, in an abandoned building near downtown Atlanta on Proctor Street, is believed to have been started by homeless or vagrant people in the area. No injuries have been reported in connection with either fire. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
• The City is inviting residents and visitors to stop by the Newtown Park Johns Creek Veterans Memorial Walk. The memorial features a hard-scaped trail, a fountain, sponsored granite benches, an entrance plaza, and a wooden gazebo, as well as "The Wall That Heals," a 250-foot replica of the Washington, D.C. Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (City of Johns Creek, Georgia - Government via Facebook)
• Local teacher Jeremy Noonan has resigned from metro-area Paulding County High School over concerns that remote testing is helping students to cheat and damaging the education system. Per Noonan, there's nothing stopping students from using Google to answer questions on remote examinations. Noonan has posted a video online detailing his concerns. (Atlanta-Journal Constitution)

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— Amy Mayo

About me: Amy Mayo is a writer, visual artist, and political scientist, living in the NC Research Triangle. She graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and has worked in a variety of fields outside of copywriting including policy advocacy, the healthcare industry and pharmaceuticals, and education. She hopes one day to live up to the stringent expectations of her cat, Morty.