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Events
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Dance the night away with Johnny Knapp Band
Bethesday Senior Center
Friday, December 4, 2009
7:30pm until 10:30pm
Tickets: $10 each
Come and enjoy the evening with friends, good music and food. You may purchase tickets in advance from Dave Bailey, call 770.277.0210. Tickets will be $15 if purchased after November 20 or $25 at the door. This spectacular event is sponsored by Gwinnett Council for Seniors. For additional information, please contact Dave Bailey at 770.277.0210 or e-mail at panalawest@aol.com.
Calendar listing
Check out the - OneStop for current classes and events. Pick up your copy at the Norcross or Buford Human Services Center or the Centerville Community Center.
For a full description of activities, please click on links below:
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Television Programs
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Growing in Gwinnett - Celebrating, Educating, and Inspiring. A 45-minute interactive show bringing innovative workouts, healthy and nutritious meals on a budget, and interesting discussions to our viewers. Watch it now.
People Helping People - A half hour talk show informing viewers of hot topics in our community. Watch it now.
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Opportunities
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Senior Citizen Tuition Waiver at Gwinnett Technical College
Residents of Georgia who are 62 years of age or older are eligible to receive a tuition waiver when enrolling in credit-bearing courses (up to 15+ credit hours) at Gwinnett Technical College. Under the senior citizen tuition waiver, eligible students are only required to pay all mandatory fees, lab fees, and/or special course fees, as applicable. Please note that the waiver is applicable only on a space available basis during late course registration. The waiver is is not applicable to courses which involve external agencies or individual instruction, as well as to continuing education or other noncredit courses. A senior citizen student may also elect to audit credit courses. For more information, please contact the Registrar's Office at 678.226.6411.
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Alerts
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Radon in Homes Can Lead to Lung Cancer
The Gwinnett Extension Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are launching a nationwide campaign to educate Georgia residents about the dangers of radon exposure and to encourage them to take action to protect their homes and families.
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is invisible, odorless, and tasteless and is harmlessly dispersed in outdoor air. However, it can reach harmful levels when trapped in buildings. Scientists have long been concerned about the health risk of radon, but never before has there been such overwhelming proof that exposure to elevated levels of radon causes lung cancer in humans.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that radon is responsible for more than 22,000 lung cancer deaths each year – 600 of them in Georgia. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. after smoking and the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. “However,” says Ginger Bennett from UGA Cooperative Extension, Hall County, “because you can’t see or smell radon, people tend to downplay the health effects and ignore the possibility that there might be a silent killer in their homes. The damage is done before symptoms appear.”
UGA Cooperative Extension offers free radon test kits at any county Cooperative Extension office. In Gwinnett County, for more information on radon, radon testing, mitigation, and radon-resistant new construction, call Ines Beltran at 678.377.4010 or visit the UGA FACS radon web site at www.fcs.uga.edu/radon or call Ask UGA at 1.800.ASK.UGA1 (1.800.275.8421).
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