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The Squillace family with Family Feud host Steve Harvey when the show was filmed last August. Left to right: Jay Squillace, Lori Parker, Jennifer Squillace, host Steve Harvey, Elayne Squillace and Stan Squillace. For The Paper

The Squillace family of Hoschton will appear on television May 21-23 as competitors on the game show, Family Feud.

Stan Squillace said his family was one of only six Atlanta families selected to appear on the show from the 200 families that showed up for tryouts. Along with his wife Elayne, son Jay, daughter-in-law Jennifer and daughter Lori Parker, Stan the experience was “great fun.”

Was the appearance on the game show profitable for the family?

“We were just lucky to be on,” said Stand, who says to tune in on Peachtree TV at noon and 12:30 p.m. weekdays. The family will be seeing the show for the first time when they watch the program which features Steve Harvey as host.

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Lit Blitz children’s competitive book club has completed another successful year at the Braselton Library. The club has been meeting for four years and has expanded from a single group to three different levels. These are 2nd and 3rd grades, 4th and 5th grades and middle school 6th, 7th and 8th grades.

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Danny Kofke signs copies of his books for Braselton Women's Club Members. Ramona Evans/The Paper

The Braselton Woman’s Club has hosted many interesting guests at their monthly meetings and May’s event was no different.

Danny Kofke, Special Education Teacher at Gum Springs Elementary, took a short break from his busy school day to share his inspirations and the success of his two published books. The Women’s Club introduced him as an “amazing example of a young man with a family who is thriving on a teacher’s salary.”

How to Survive (and perhaps thrive) on a Teacher’s Salary has been recognized by Fox News, CNN and Clark Howard, just to name a few. As a master of living well on less and still having money to put into savings, Danny enjoys an eventful life with his wife and two daughters.

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"This Place Matters’ according to the gils in Brownie Troop 11919. The Brownies. led by Joy Turner, have written letters of appeal to representatives of Hog Mountain Properties, seeking for a stay of execution for the Hosch Brothers Store, which also was a post office and a nurses’ dormitory in Hoschton’s early history. The Brownies had studied a lesson about important and historic sites in their community and soon learned that the structure located on Peachtree Road was scheduled for demolition in June. Photo via Joy Turner.

Upon reading the news that the Hoschton Brothers Store is to be demolished on June 1, local Girl Scout leader Joy Turner decided to take action.

Inspired by a lesson she gave about a fictional Brownie troop who wrote letters to save a tree in their neighborhood, nine second graders she leads joined together to do what they could to stop this demolition.

Recently on a mission to earn the “Celebrate Community” badge, Turner chose a part of earning the badge to study the historic nature of buildings in the community.

“We took a day to learn about the founders of Braselton and Hoschton and pointed out the importance of preserving such places,” she explained.

Turner said she knew that her troop needed to do something to preserve what they had just learned. One of her scouts asked, “Why would they do that? How can we see it if it is torn down?” This is a hard question that Hog Mountain Properties has yet to answer.

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The Brenau University Learning and Leisure Institute (BULLI) is expanding into Braselton with summer short courses and six-week summer courses.

BULLI members pay just $35 for the summer short courses which will include “Wind Without Pretense” taught by Randall Murray.

Summer term courses will include Street Smart – What you need to know as you retire; Introduction to Yoga; and Appalachian Culture – It’s Not an Oxymoron. Short courses will also be offered including Planning for an Estate Liquidation taught by Robbie Bettis, owner of Braselton Antique Mall and Auction Ventures.

Braselton campus registration will be at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 17, at the Braselton Community Room, below the Police Department and Judicial Building. Official registration continues through Wednesday, May 23.

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