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Learning center hosts workshop to teach young car care basics
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At left, Georgia Rep. Michelle Au of District 50, which covers Johns Creek and a portion of Alpharetta, listens to a resident’s comments during a listening tour hosted at Divine Coffee July 15. Au has scheduled a series of sessions through August that will allow residents to speak with her in a roundtable discussion.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — In partnership with Christian Brothers Automotive and Johns Creek, nonprofit BMore Learning hosted its “Car Care Workshop” July 17 for teenagers and young adults. While students leave high school understanding aspects of calculus and particle physics, they often do not know how to balance a checkbook or change the oil in their car. Jackie Martin said she founded BMore Learning after becoming tired of hearing about “kids these days” from business leaders in Metro Atlanta.
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Au hears from Johns Creek Public health issues key discussion during state rep’s listening forum By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — In the first of a series of events intended to give residents to provide feedback, Georgia Rep. Michelle Au walked through the process of proposing bills that grab politicians across party lines. Au, a Democrat whose day job is in anesthesiology, rep-
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resents House District 50, which covers Johns Creek and a portion of Alpharetta. At Divine Coffee off McGinnis Ferry Road, Johns Creek resident Camille Brown told Au she felt like her vote didn’t matter, despite continuing to vote in every election cycle. “As a Democrat, sometimes we are not strong enough,” Brown said. “We’re not standing on … business. We’re not saying this is how this should be … Maybe that’s happening, but as an outsider looking in…” Brown said she wanted her 17-year-old daughter to make her own healthcare decisions, to have the choice,
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Local students ages 15-23 take turns learning how to change a tire at the July 17 Car Care Workshop. Forsyth Countybased BMore Learning, the city of Johns Creek and Christian Brothers Automotive partnered to put on the class.
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