Anna Jean Mayhew Book Signing

1. Anna Jean Mayhew is having a book reading and signing for her book The Dry Grass of August. Mayhew’s debut novel tells the story of Jubie Watts, who gains wisdom beyond her 13 years of life during the summer of 1954. Along with their colored maid Mary, the Watts family takes a road trip down to Florida, looking for the chance to escape from the pressures of day-to-day life in North Carolina. Alas, as the trip progresses, it gets harder to ignore the color of Mary’s skin. In the wake of a violent and hateful crime, Jubie is exposed to injustice and intolerance of which she had been blissfully unaware, and hairline cracks in the Watts family shatter open, bringing shameful secrets to light. For Jubie, nothing will ever be easy again, and she learns that growing up means seeing the world beyond basic black and white. 6:30 p.m. Book Exchange, 2956 Canton Road. For more information, call  770-427-4848.

2. Are you anxious about using computers but would like to learn how to email? There is an Email Class at the Mountain View Regional Library from 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. 3320 Sandy Plains Road. 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 770-509-2725.

3. Tis the season for little league. I'd enjoy following your Northeast Cobb team, featuring a player, and posting your team news. Contact me at julia.harris@patch.com.

4. State Representative Stacey Evans speaks to the ECDA meeting today.  Hear a first-term Democratic Representative give her assessment of her first General Assembly session and the future of the party in Cobb County and Georgia.

During social hour, the group will discuss of “wither the East Cobb Democratic Alliance” that began at the April meeting.  6 p.m., social hour.  7 p.m., Program. Delkwood Grill, 2769 Delk Rd.

5. Unemployed? Unhappy in your current job? Attend the Career Ministry at St Catherine's Episcopal Church, 571 Holt Road, Marietta 30068, hosts a Career Ministry Program once a month from October (2010) - May (2011). There will be a different Guest Speaker at each Program. October's Guest Speaker: Tom Lowry "Rejuvenate Your Career!" 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Parish Hall (back of the church).