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Woodall To Speak at Suwanee School on Friday

Congressman will speak to a class at Peachtree Ridge High.

U.S. Congressman Rob Woodall, whose district includes Suwanee, will speak on Washington-related matters, including the national debt, at Peachtree Ridge High in Suwanee, on Friday, Oct. 21. Woodall will be speaking to teacher Linda Brimmer’s Financial Literacy class from 8-9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Peachtree Ridge High at (678) 957-3100. --- Roberts Elementary in Suwanee will host a visit from Dr. Kelly Sink, a psychiatric neuroscientist from Emory University, on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 9:15 a.m. Sink will share with FOCUS students in Shay Woody’s third-grade class about brain anatomy and function. Students will be given the opportunity to view brain tissue from different animal species and touch brain matter from Emory’s …

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Woodall To Host Telephone Town Hall

U.S. legislator will discuss Balanced Budget Amendment on Wednesday.

Congressman Rob Woodall's office announced Monday that the congressman, whose district includes Suwanee, will hold a telephone town hall Wednesday evening. Woodall will discuss the passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. Residents are welcome to call into the Town Hall Wednesday, Sept. 14, between 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dial toll-free (877) 229-8493 and enter 17849 as the event code.

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Gwinnett Boy Scouts Remember 9/11

Viewfinder takes a look at Sunday's ceremony in Lawrenceville.

Gwinnett County Boy Scouts invited the public to attend their Scout Surge 9/11 event on Sunday. Local heroes from the fire and police departments from Gwinnett County, Walton County and the City of Lawrenceville were honored, and American flags were presented during the special event. Congressman Rob Woodall was among those present at the ceremony at the Gwinnett County Justice and Administrative Center. Here is a look at the event through a series of photographs.

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Proposed Congressional Map Keeps Suwanee in 7th District

Portions of Gwinnett would move into the 10th and 4th districts.

The redistricting proposed by the General Assembly would keep Suwanee in the 7th Congressional District and represented by Rep. Rob Woodall in the U.S. House. Maps released recently, however, show that Dacula and other portions of Gwinnett would move to the 10th District led by Rep. Paul Broun. And portions of southern Gwinnett would move to the DeKalb-heavy 4th District, headed by Hank Johnson. Woodall will also lose Barrow and Walton counties and part of Newton County if the proposed map is approved. In an emailed statement, Woodall said the General Assembly had to make some tough choices. “I love the 7th District, and I've been hopeful it would retain as many of my current constituents as possible,” he wrote. “More importantly, I've …

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Woodall: Future of America Depends on 2012 Elections

Freshman representative predicts record turnout and says America is going to win because of it.

Rep. Rob Woodall (R-GA-07) is already looking forward to next year. Speaking at the Aug. 11 Founding Fathers Tea Party Patriots meeting at the Flying Machine in Lawrenceville, Woodall said the packed town hall meetings and the passion of his constituents are good indicators that 2012 will bring a record turnout at the polls (see video). “I’ve told anybody that will listen that 2012 is going to be exciting,” he said. “It’s going to be exciting, I’ll tell you, because everybody that President Barack Obama inspired to turn out to the polls in 2008 -- they are all coming back again.” The Democrats are not the only ones who will return to the polls, he added. “Everybody that the Tea Party and 9-12 and other conservative groups inspired to come …

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Edmund Avolio

11:28 am on Saturday, August 20, 2011

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Woodall To Speak at Tea Party Meeting in Gwinnett

C4BG members also planning to attend Aug. 11.

Rep. Rob Woodall (R-GA-07) will be the guest speaker at the Aug. 11 meeting of the Founding Father Tea Party Patriots in Lawrenceville. Representatives from Citizens for a Better Gwinnett (C4BG) also plan to attend. C4BG member Jim Regan said the group has requested Rep. Woodall, whose district includes Suwanee, sponsor a bill to defund the FAA Airport Privatization Program. “Thus far Rep Woodall has not committed to our request,” Regan wrote in a Facebook invitation to the event. “This is our opportunity to show support as we continue to oppose the expansion of Briscoe Field.” The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at The Flying Machine, located at 510 Briscoe Boulevard in Lawrenceville.

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