Smyrna-Vinings Tuesday News You Can Use

Welcome back to the reality of the work week folks, hope you had a fun and safe holiday weekend. So what’s on tap this final day of May?

Well, it’s Tuesday, so that means the Smyrna Golden K Kiwanis Club is conducting it’s weekly meeting from 10 to 11 a.m. at the at 844 Church Street. Tuesday’s featured speaker is Mark Bullman Esq. a partner in the law firm of Glaser, Currie & Bullman. He is expected is to discuss his work with the Crime Victims Advocacy Council (CVAC) and his ongoing role as the current lead attorney in the Red Dog Squad case. In 2009, the Atlanta Police Department’s Red Dog Squad came under heavy criticism for its part in a botched raid on a Midtown gay bar.

Kiwanis is a service organization dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Locally, the club consists of forty-five men and women who are making a difference in Smyrna through service. All are welcome to today’s meeting and for more info, see here.

The Smyrna Rotary Club will also hold its weekly Tuesday luncheon at the . To learn more about the club or today’s 12:15 p.m. meeting, see here or call 770-850-1640.

Sure school is out for the summer for students (teachers don't finish until Wednesday), but the week just wouldn't be complete these days without the Cobb County Board of Education meeting. Never fear. The school board will meet at 6 p.m. today for the second mandatory salary hearing (no one spoke at the first one), then will hold a public forum on the proposed fiscal 2012 budget, starting around 6:30. The board will meet at the school system's Central Office on Glover Street in Marietta. Want to sound off on the school system's spending priorities? Here’s your chance.

With the passing of Memorial Day, it’s unofficially summer and that means the heat is on. The high today will be about 92, the National Weather Service says, and the overnight low will be around 68. Wednesday, the temperature could top 95. It will be sunny both days, and there won't be much wind to offer relief. There's also a Code Orange air-quality alert.

So if you need to cool down, Cowlicks Yogurt & Floats in Vinings might be the place to be. The recently opened store has announced its new happy hour promotion as Monday through Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m., all frozen yogurt and floats are half off. Stay cool, folks.

- Patch Editor Wendy Parker contributed to this report.