Kell Band Ready to Shake It Up

1. Today’s weather will feel a lot like Tuesday’s, according to the National Weather Service: sunny, a high close to 90 degrees, not much humidity, not much wind, and a slight chance of pop-up storms in the afternoon and evening. The overnight low will be about 66. No word on the chance of earthquakes.

2. If nothing else, the Tuesday afternoon reminded us that , that the in Cartersville is a great regional asset and that we have more natural disasters to fear than marauding Yankees. It also distracted us from the approach of , which seems determined to spend the weekend visiting the same places shaken by the quake.

3. The high school football season kicks into high gear this Friday, and with the marching band season gets rolling. But you don’t have to spend Friday night at a football stadium to get the marching-band experience this weekend. band will march through six miles of Northeast Cobb streets Saturday, starting at 9:30 a.m. at the school and ending around 1:30 p.m. at the Country Meadows subdivision, for the third annual March-A-Thon. The band will collect food and clothing for and money for the band. You can mail donations to the Kell Bands Booster Association, P.O. Box 965338, Marietta, GA 30066.

4. It’s a quiet day on the high school sports scene today: JV volleyball at against South Cobb and Pebblebrook at 5:15 is about the only option for spectators. On Tuesday, volleyball team lost to McIntosh, 25-14, 25-18, and Sandy Creek, 25-14, 22-25, 25-12, and now has dropped four consecutive matches for a 2-5 overall record. If you know how the Kell-Sprayberry softball game turned out, let us know in the comment box below.

5. In case you missed it, Tuesday was a busy day for the , who perused the and approved the from the Cumberland Mall area to MARTA’s Midtown Arts Station.