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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

School Supply Drive Benefits Tucker Teens

Teen actress and singer Bella Thorne teams up with Staples to help kids in need.

Actress and recording artist Bella Thorne has joined DoSomething.org and Staples for the fifth annual Staples for Students school supply drive to help kids in need. The drive encourages local young people to collect school supplies and drop them off at their nearest Staples store, now through September 15. The Tucker Staples store is located at 4351 Hugh Howell Road. All school supplies and donations will be given locally to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta to ensure they get into the hands of disadvantaged youth just in time for the new school year. “I’m excited to help motivate fellow teens to make a difference in their communities,” said Thorne. “There are so many kids in America who return to school without basic school supplies…

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Happy 120th Tucker!

Lots of gratitude to lots of fine locals.

The 120th celebration on Saturday was a great day for Tucker, Georgia! We had a little down-home ceremony to recognize the families who so graciously donated the historically significant items that now call Browning Courthouse home.   We thank Theron Chewning and Nan Chewning Brownlee for the donation of their grandfather's (Alf Chewning) personal desk he used to process the mail beginning on June 25, 1892. Thanks to Tim Timmons for sharing background information on Tucker's history leading up to the time of Alf Chewning's appointment.   We thank Wallace and Ruth Ann Hardy for honoring the Lewis family in donating the over 100-year-old Tucker Congregational Church pew. A little later that morning we learned from Vickie Watkins, our …

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