All the municipalities in North Fulton County will hold elections on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. Some of these are hotly contested races and I want to find out who's ahead in the each of the races. You can help by taking part in our Straw Poll. I have included the contested positions for Alpharetta, Roswell, Milton, and John's Creek.

To participate in the Straw Poll click on the "Vote Now" link below or the "Vote" graphic on the right. When the Adobe pdf file opens enter your Zip Code and then select candidates from each position in the city where you live. When you are finished, click on the "Submit by Email" button. That's all there is to it. I will publish the results next week. Please tell your friends and neighbors about this poll and ask them to go to http://tinyurl.com/2nc3er to participate.

Please, only vote one time and only for candidates in the city where you are registered to vote. All responses are kept strictly confidential and are for the purposes of the straw poll only.

Thanks for participating.

Ted

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• The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
• 40 to 50 percent of body heat can be lost through the head (no hat) as a result of its extensive circulatory network.
• J.B. Dunlop was first to put air into tires.
• The surface speed record on the moon is 10.56 miles per hour. It was set with the lunar rover.

If you wish to vote in the November General Election, you may do so via Absentee Ballot. To request an absentee ballot, please click on the Application for Absentee Ballot link below.

The absentee ballot application consists of two pages; however, it is not necessary to fax the second page in order for your application to be processed. The Application for Official Absentee/Advance Ballot is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You must have the Adobe Acrobat reader (available free of charge from Adobe) installed on your computer in order to view or print this form.

You must mail, FAX, or present this form in person, to: Fulton County Board of Elections And Voter Registration 141 Pryor Street, S. W. Suite 4075 Atlanta, GA 30303 Telephone: (404) 730-7072 Fax: (404) 730-7024

You can also vote the week before the election, also at the North Fulton Annex. Monday, October 29 thru Friday, November 2, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm. No reason necessary.

• 10/15/1883 - Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional
• 10/16/1916 - Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St, Bkln)
• 10/17/1894 - Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man
• 10/18/1867 - US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)
• 10/19/1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in US to receive medical degree
• 10/21/1492 - Columbus' discovers America (Oct 12, 1492 Julian calender)
• 22/10/1962 - JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis, JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba

Take off my skin, I won't cry, but you will. What am I?

Send us your answer and we'll publish it next week.

Last Week's Riddle

How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?

The answer is: None. Noah took animals on the ark, not Moses.

Myles Keeney, Jeff Lyon.

The winner of the Starbuck's Gift Certificate is Myles Keeney.

Here are the lyrics to a popular song from the past. Can you name the tune and the performer or song writer?

"She's got a competition clutch, with four on the floor..."

Click the link below to send me your answer and I will publish a list of correct answers next week.

Last week's lyrics: ""Try now we can only lose, and our love become a funeral pyre." is from "Light My Fire" written and performed by The Doors.

Correct answers were submitted by: Dena Neff, Debbie Key, Hutch Hodgson, Chuck Donelson, Lori Salvino, Jim Paine, Dorothy Kohn, Barbara Phillips, Pam Gonyaw, Jeff Lyon, Peggy Dascoli, Joe Ferguson, Mark Sulbroski, Ryan Assad, Broc Blair