Cobb Senior Games

1. Did you know the Cobb County Senior Games starts today? Opening Ceremonies and luncheon will be at C. Freeman Poole Senior Center, 4025 S. Hurt Road in Smyrna. The games include: track and field, tennis, golf, swimming, billiards, bowling, bocce ball, horseshoes, shuffleboard, basketball free throw, checkers, clock golf, Frisbee and football throw, table tennis, and fishing. The program is kicked off with an Opening Ceremony Luncheon with entertainment. The grand finale is an Awards Picnic with barbecue and all the trimmings. The events take place at variety of locations throughout Cobb County. The games end with the Awards Picnic Grand Finale at Laurel Park, 151 Manning Road, on May 13. For more information, call 770-794-5601.

2. Why wait for Friday night to enjoy a good steak and entertainment? Jimmy Mac's Food and Spirits on Canton Road is have 1/2 Price Rib Eye Steak with two sides for $6.95 all day. They offer free appetizers of wings, nachos or chips and dip. Have dinner, and stay for the karaoke at 9 p.m. Jimmy Mac's, 3205 Canton Road.

3. Cobb Democratic Women will be installing new officers for 2011-2013 and recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of five outstanding women in Cobb County. The guest speaker will be Mary Squires, Democratic candidate for Georgia Insurance Commissioner. $28 per person. 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. 2055 S Park Pl SE, Atlanta. For more information, call 770-639-5658.

4. Applications to become a contestant in the 54th Annual Miss Cobb County Pageant, a contest that entails nearly $20,000 in scholarships and prizes, are being accepted.

Contestants will also be competing for an opportunity to represent Cobb County at the 2012 Miss Georgia Pageant in Columbus, according to a news release.

The winner will be Miss Cobb County for 2012.

To be eligible, contestants must be between 17 and 23 years old, a high school graduate and have never been married. The competition is open to women living, working or attending college in Cobb, Cherokee, Fulton or Paulding County. 

The deadline to become a contestant is June 26. Judging is based on a private interview, talent, evening gown and physical fitness.

The pageant is scheduled for Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. at Marietta’s Jennie T. Anderson Theatre.

For more information, contact Gene Phillips at 770-435-6378 or misscobbcounty@yahoo.com or visit www.misscobb.com.

5. Join the Cobb County Public Library System staff for today's National Library Week event, ‘Coming of Age in Marietta: Conversations with the Marietta’s Elite Social Club.’  The ‘Coming of Age in Marietta’ event is a round-table session about Cobb County history through the eyes of the ‘Elite Social Club’ members, a social club of African American women that started more than 50 years ago. The members outgrew their initial intent, a sewing club. In a society and time that did not permit African Americans to join social clubs, the ladies blossomed into friends who provided each other strength and encouragement.

National Library Week is a celebration of libraries and the contributions of library staffs. This year’s theme, ‘Create Your Own Story @ the Library,’ emulates a timely message about preserving history.

In this forum, hear the stories of the Elite Social Club ladies and the history they lived: enduring struggles, witnessing changes, and raising children. 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Central Cobb County Public Library, 266 Roswell Street. For information, call 770-528-2320.