Plans for Housing, Dining, Dancing

1. The temperature is rising but won’t get to the 90s today, the National Weather Service says. It should be sunny with a high of about 88 and a gentle breeze today. Overnight, the low will drop all the way to 61.

2. Now that school is back in session, getting dinner on the table can be tough some nights. Through Thursday, you don’t have to feel guilty about eating out if you choose one of the restaurants partnering with Communities in Schools of Marietta/Cobb County. Those restaurants will donate a portion of their proceeds to support CIS programs that help youths succeed in school. Just print the attached Dine Out for Kids flier and bring it to breakfast, lunch or dinner with you. Participating Northeast Cobb restaurants are and Here’s the full list of eateries participating.

3. The Cobb County Board of Commissioners is meeting at 9 this morning at 100 Cherokee St. off Marietta Square for its monthly zoning hearing. Items of interest in Northeast Cobb include Asad Nezamabadi’s rezoning request for a professional office at the intersection of Sandy Plains and Trickum roads and a rezoning request from Brooks Chadwick Capital to build a subdivision of single-family homes on Wigley Road near Sandy Plains Road. Another Northeast Cobb subdivision proposal from Pulte Home for Shaw Road north of Piedmont Road is on hold.

4. Qualifying for the Sept. 20 special election to fill the 43rd District seat of the late Rep. (R-Northeast Cobb) opened Monday and continues until noon Wednesday. Three candidates, former state Sen. Robert Lamutt, former Cobb Republican Chairman Don Hill and Dr. Geraldine Wade, filed Monday, the Marietta Daily Journal reports. The deadline to register to vote in the election is next Monday, the Cobb Board of Elections & Registration says. Check the attached map to see what the 43rd District covers.

5. So You Think You Can Dance? champion and her mother and grandmother sat down with the Marietta Daily Journal to talk about her past and her future. The 2010 grad, who will turn 20 on Sept. 17, the day she and the rest of the top 10 dancers from the show kick off a national tour, will perform at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Sept. 20.