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It's Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and Guide, Inc. is here to help; And we get a good look at Gwinnett sports this week.
#GwinnettDailyPost #Georgia #LocalNews
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The Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast is local news for Lawrenceville, Norcross, Duluth, and all of Gwinnett County. Register Here for your essential digital news.
This podcast was produced and published for the Gwinnett Daily Post and GwinnettDailyPost.com by BG Ad Group
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For more information be sure to visit www.bgpodcastnetwork.com
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Today is Friday September 2nd and break out your lucky team gear, because it’s College Colors Day
I’m Dan Ratcliffe and here are your top stories presented by Kia Mall of Georgia
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Story 1:Shooting
Gwinnett County Police are investigating an altercation between two men that resulted in one of them dying from a gunshot wound.
Loganville resident Daniel Covington, 31, was shot on the 11 block of Rose Terrace Circle in Loganville on Saturday. Although no charges have been filed in Covington’s death, police said Lithonia resident Kendell Evans, 23, did confess to officers that he shot Covington.
Kendell was still at the scene when officers arrived and claimed it was in self defense. The investigation remains open at this time. Daniel died at a hospital that first responders took him to so he could be treated for his injuries.
Anyone who has information about the shooting is asked to call detectives or Crime Stoppers
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STORY 2:Police
The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office is asking county leaders to create additional deputy and civilian employee positions for the office in 2023.
Chief Deputy Cleo Atwater told the county’s budget Citizens Review Team that the office would like to add 18 new sworn personnel and 13 civilian support personnel positions through the county’s 2023 budget. The sworn personnel positions include two deputies for the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center Security Section, two more deputies for the Mental Health Section, four deputies for the civil process section, two deputies for the training section, six deputies for the special investigations section and two deputies for the professional standards section.
In some cases, such as the additional deputies for the GJAC Security Section, the request is in response to a change that was made outside of the Sheriff’s Office.
The two GJAC security positions, for example, are being requested because of the addition of a 7th Gwinnett County State Court judge who will begin work in January. Meanwhile, the additional deputies for the Mental Health Section are being requested to comply with Georgia’s new mental health reforms that the General Assembly passed into law earlier this year.
Other positions, such as the four deputies for the Civil Process Section, are being requested because of an increase of workload for the Sheriff’s Office.
STORY 3:Rainbow
Rainbow Village is preparing for its biggest fundraiser of the year — the “We Are Family Gala” slated for October 1st at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
The Duluth-based nonprofit with the motto “ending homelessness one family at a time” will host a black-tie optional gala that includes a champagne reception, seated dinner with complimentary wine, silent and live auctions, the famed wine wall and a raffle to win a week for four at a private villa in Tuscany, Italy.
Guests will also have an opportunity to hear an emotional account from a Rainbow Village graduate, detailing the impact the organization had on her life and the lives of her children.
Both ticketed and non-ticketed sponsorships for the event are currently open. In addition to sponsorships, companies and organizations can purchase a table for 10 at the event for $1750.
Individual tickets are available for $175 each. Raffle tickets — deemed the “Golden Ticket” — are available for $100. All sponsorships and tickets can be purchased online at Rainbow Village dot Org.
STORY 4:Gwinnett Community
Gwinnett County Community Services officials are asking for the creation of 18 full-time employees, four part-time employees and six vehicles for animal control, parks and recreation and University of Georgia Gwinnett Extension Office.
They are also talking about working with UGA and Gwinnett County Public Schools to expand the 4H program into more schools in the county.
In all, the Community Services Department is making $1.43 in requests for additional funding in the county’s 2023 budget, for a total proposed department budget of $86.87 million. The additional funding requests were presented to a budget Citizens Review Team on Tuesday.
the requests for funding are centered in three areas in particular. The breakdown of those requests for the 2023 county budget is:
♦ Five full-time staff and four vehicles for Animal Welfare and Enforcement,
♦ 11 full-time staff and one vehicle for Parks and Recreation.
♦ Two full-time staff, four part-time staff and one vehicle for UGA Gwinnett Extension Office.
The expansion of the UGA Gwinnett Extension Office would help with the planned expansion of the 4H program in Gwinnett schools since the extension office oversees that program. Currently, some schools have 4H programs while others do not.
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BONUS: Sports
And now community reporter Matt Goldin and GDP sports editor Will Hammock sit down to talk about sports around the county.
Story 5:Emergency
Gwinnett County Police Chief J.D. McClure praised the county's Office of Emergency Management on Wednesday, calling it one of the best in the state. But he added there are challenges that the office faces.
The office is housed within the police department and coordinates response efforts in disasters and severe weather events, such as snow and ice storms or floods. Chied McClure pointed out during a budget presentation, however, that the office trails Georgia's other most populous counties in terms of how many emergency management employees it has. Given how far behind Gwinnett is behind the other most populous counties in Georgia — Gwinnett is the state's second most populous county, behind only Fulton County — a key part of the Gwinnett County Police Department's requests for additional funding in the county's 2023 budget focused on adding positions in the Office of Emergency Management.
The positions include a deputy emergency management director at a cost of $171,542 and two emergency management specialists at a cost of $177,538. Money for those positions would come from the county's General Fund budget.
The deputy director position would enable the police department to prepare succession plans for whenever the office's director retires. The additional emergency management specialist positions are designed to help expand the office's staff. McClure said the office currently has five people on its staff and the additional specialists would take that number up to seven.
Story 6: Bank
First American Bank and Trust announced the hiring of a new senior vice resident and commercial lender for its branch in Lawrenceville.
Mike Ballenger, who has nearly 20 years of experience as a commercial and residential construction lender in Gwinnett County, will hold fill the senior vice president and lender position at the Lawrenceville branch. He is a 1999 graduate of the University of Georgia who served as a finance manager for an Atlanta-area hotel management company before he made the move to banking.
He has experience primarily in commercial real estate, residential construction, equipment financing and SBA 504.
Mike is no stranger to the Gwinnett community. He is a resident of Buford who has served on Rainbow Village's board of directors and the city of Duluth Board of Ethics. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Duluth and his family attends Gwinnett Church in Sugar Hill.
And now. Mental health issues can effect anyone. Guide, Inc. has these tips on Suicide Prevention
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It's Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and Guide, Inc. is here to help; And we get a good look at Gwinnett sports this week.
#GwinnettDailyPost #Georgia #LocalNews
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The Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast is local news for Lawrenceville, Norcross, Duluth, and all of Gwinnett County. Register Here for your essential digital news.
This podcast was produced and published for the Gwinnett Daily Post and GwinnettDailyPost.com by BG Ad Group
For advertising inquiries, please email [email protected]
For more information be sure to visit www.bgpodcastnetwork.com
https://www.lawrencevillega.org/
https://www.foxtheatre.org/
https://guideinc.org/
https://www.psponline.com/
https://www.kiamallofga.com/
https://www.milb.com/gwinnett
https://www.fernbankmuseum.org/
Today is Friday September 2nd and break out your lucky team gear, because it’s College Colors Day
I’m Dan Ratcliffe and here are your top stories presented by Kia Mall of Georgia
***Audio Guide 090222 TEASER***
Commercial
Story 1:Shooting
Gwinnett County Police are investigating an altercation between two men that resulted in one of them dying from a gunshot wound.
Loganville resident Daniel Covington, 31, was shot on the 11 block of Rose Terrace Circle in Loganville on Saturday. Although no charges have been filed in Covington’s death, police said Lithonia resident Kendell Evans, 23, did confess to officers that he shot Covington.
Kendell was still at the scene when officers arrived and claimed it was in self defense. The investigation remains open at this time. Daniel died at a hospital that first responders took him to so he could be treated for his injuries.
Anyone who has information about the shooting is asked to call detectives or Crime Stoppers
.
STORY 2:Police
The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office is asking county leaders to create additional deputy and civilian employee positions for the office in 2023.
Chief Deputy Cleo Atwater told the county’s budget Citizens Review Team that the office would like to add 18 new sworn personnel and 13 civilian support personnel positions through the county’s 2023 budget. The sworn personnel positions include two deputies for the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center Security Section, two more deputies for the Mental Health Section, four deputies for the civil process section, two deputies for the training section, six deputies for the special investigations section and two deputies for the professional standards section.
In some cases, such as the additional deputies for the GJAC Security Section, the request is in response to a change that was made outside of the Sheriff’s Office.
The two GJAC security positions, for example, are being requested because of the addition of a 7th Gwinnett County State Court judge who will begin work in January. Meanwhile, the additional deputies for the Mental Health Section are being requested to comply with Georgia’s new mental health reforms that the General Assembly passed into law earlier this year.
Other positions, such as the four deputies for the Civil Process Section, are being requested because of an increase of workload for the Sheriff’s Office.
STORY 3:Rainbow
Rainbow Village is preparing for its biggest fundraiser of the year — the “We Are Family Gala” slated for October 1st at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
The Duluth-based nonprofit with the motto “ending homelessness one family at a time” will host a black-tie optional gala that includes a champagne reception, seated dinner with complimentary wine, silent and live auctions, the famed wine wall and a raffle to win a week for four at a private villa in Tuscany, Italy.
Guests will also have an opportunity to hear an emotional account from a Rainbow Village graduate, detailing the impact the organization had on her life and the lives of her children.
Both ticketed and non-ticketed sponsorships for the event are currently open. In addition to sponsorships, companies and organizations can purchase a table for 10 at the event for $1750.
Individual tickets are available for $175 each. Raffle tickets — deemed the “Golden Ticket” — are available for $100. All sponsorships and tickets can be purchased online at Rainbow Village dot Org.
STORY 4:Gwinnett Community
Gwinnett County Community Services officials are asking for the creation of 18 full-time employees, four part-time employees and six vehicles for animal control, parks and recreation and University of Georgia Gwinnett Extension Office.
They are also talking about working with UGA and Gwinnett County Public Schools to expand the 4H program into more schools in the county.
In all, the Community Services Department is making $1.43 in requests for additional funding in the county’s 2023 budget, for a total proposed department budget of $86.87 million. The additional funding requests were presented to a budget Citizens Review Team on Tuesday.
the requests for funding are centered in three areas in particular. The breakdown of those requests for the 2023 county budget is:
♦ Five full-time staff and four vehicles for Animal Welfare and Enforcement,
♦ 11 full-time staff and one vehicle for Parks and Recreation.
♦ Two full-time staff, four part-time staff and one vehicle for UGA Gwinnett Extension Office.
The expansion of the UGA Gwinnett Extension Office would help with the planned expansion of the 4H program in Gwinnett schools since the extension office oversees that program. Currently, some schools have 4H programs while others do not.
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BONUS: Sports
And now community reporter Matt Goldin and GDP sports editor Will Hammock sit down to talk about sports around the county.
Story 5:Emergency
Gwinnett County Police Chief J.D. McClure praised the county's Office of Emergency Management on Wednesday, calling it one of the best in the state. But he added there are challenges that the office faces.
The office is housed within the police department and coordinates response efforts in disasters and severe weather events, such as snow and ice storms or floods. Chied McClure pointed out during a budget presentation, however, that the office trails Georgia's other most populous counties in terms of how many emergency management employees it has. Given how far behind Gwinnett is behind the other most populous counties in Georgia — Gwinnett is the state's second most populous county, behind only Fulton County — a key part of the Gwinnett County Police Department's requests for additional funding in the county's 2023 budget focused on adding positions in the Office of Emergency Management.
The positions include a deputy emergency management director at a cost of $171,542 and two emergency management specialists at a cost of $177,538. Money for those positions would come from the county's General Fund budget.
The deputy director position would enable the police department to prepare succession plans for whenever the office's director retires. The additional emergency management specialist positions are designed to help expand the office's staff. McClure said the office currently has five people on its staff and the additional specialists would take that number up to seven.
Story 6: Bank
First American Bank and Trust announced the hiring of a new senior vice resident and commercial lender for its branch in Lawrenceville.
Mike Ballenger, who has nearly 20 years of experience as a commercial and residential construction lender in Gwinnett County, will hold fill the senior vice president and lender position at the Lawrenceville branch. He is a 1999 graduate of the University of Georgia who served as a finance manager for an Atlanta-area hotel management company before he made the move to banking.
He has experience primarily in commercial real estate, residential construction, equipment financing and SBA 504.
Mike is no stranger to the Gwinnett community. He is a resident of Buford who has served on Rainbow Village's board of directors and the city of Duluth Board of Ethics. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Duluth and his family attends Gwinnett Church in Sugar Hill.
And now. Mental health issues can effect anyone. Guide, Inc. has these tips on Suicide Prevention
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Thanks again for listening to today’s Gwinnett Daily Post podcast. Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.