GAINESVILLE – Join WomenSource for a program entitled “Football 101 & Tailgating Tips” with speakers Matthew Gruhn and Dannella Burnett, at the monthly Brown Bag Lunch hosted by WomenSource on Thursday, August 2, at 12:00.

Gruhn is Head Coach at Lakeview Academy, and Dannella Burnett is Owner/Chef and Consultant of Oakwood Occasions.

The August Brown Bag Lunch is being sponsored and catered by McDonald’s of
Northeast Georgia Inc.

The Outreach Agency for August is the Gateway Domestic Violence Center.

Attendees are asked to bring paper towels, toilet paper, laundry detergent, zip lock bags, baby wipes, $10 gas station gift cards, and pillow cases to be donated to the Center. Jessica Butler, Executive Director of Gateway Domestic Violence Center will present a brief video and information on Gateway’s mission of meeting the basic needs of domestic violence survivors in the community
and how they are helping to create an environment for safe, healthy, self-sufficient growth, and violence prevention.

Matthew Gruhn will be entering his sixth year at Lakeview and 19th overall as a coach. Coach Gruhn was previously at Winder Barrow High School and Apalachee High School where he coached both football and tennis. He played football, basketball, and tennis for Gainesville High School and continued playing tennis
throughout college. Matthew is the son of Jean Gruhn and the late legendary Gainesville High football coach, Bobby Gruhn.

Dannella Burnett has worked in the culinary and special events fields since the age of 16. She has degrees in Culinary Arts and Food service Management from Johnson and Wales University. She has earned Gold Medals in both London and Germany for International Culinary Competitions. In 2009, Burnett created
Oakwood Occasions to provide North Georgia with quality hospitality solutions. In 2011, she created a second business, OO Fudge Factory which provides gourmet fudge for gift giving and is available nationally.

The Brown Bag Luncheons are held on the first Thursday of each month at the Frances Meadows Aquatic & Community Center. These events are open to the public. You do not need to be a member of WomenSource to attend; however, because lunch is included in the program, reservations are required. Doors open and lunch is served beginning at 11:45. The programs begin at 12:00.

The cost to attend the Brown Bag Lunch is $5.00 for Founding & Annual Members and $6.00 for Non-members. Payments are accepted at the door. To register your attendance for the Brown Bag Lunch, contact WomenSource by phone at (770) 503-9060, by email at laura@womensource.info, or register online at http://www.WomenSource.info by 5 p.m. on Tuesday,

WomenSource is a non-profit, charitable organization that was founded in partnership with the Junior League of Gainesville-Hall County, North Georgia Community Foundation, and United Way of Hall County to help encourage women of all ages and backgrounds to achieve personal and professional success.

Hefty launched a trio of unconventional ads promoting the strength and odor control in its Hefty Tall Kitchen Waste Bags. Hard-partying senior citizens, a baby with an appetite for destruction and an alien life form are quelled by the power of Hefty. When a Gremlin-sized entity wreaks havoc upon your house, capture it inside a Hefty bag to guarantee that it won’t escape. Unless you drop the bag. See it here. What goes in must come out. A baby that eats everything in sight must poop it out eventually. “So what do you do with all the diapers?” asks the friend of the frazzled mom. Watch it here. Lastly, a couple returns early from vacation to discover their home has been used as party central by sweet and innocent Grandma. I love the random placement of oxygen tanks, walker and crutches strewn alongside empty pizza boxes, balloons and piñatas. See it here. Euro RSCG Chicago created the campaign, directed by Jared Hess.

Team Right Twix for me. BBDO New York launched a global campaign for Twix, its first work for the brand. “Ideologies” creates an adorable back story to the creation of the Twix bar. For starters, it began as a single bar, but was broken in two when the inventors had a falling-out. Each left town to build his own factory: naturally, they moved next door to one another. While left Twix flowed caramel on cookie, right Twix cascaded caramel on cookie. Notice the massive difference between the dueling pair. The spot ends with both inventors sharing “nothing but a wrapper and an ill-designed driveway.” I hope we see more of Seamus and Earl down the road. Watch it here.

Since women eat beef jerky, too, Sasquatch, spokesbeast for Jack Link’s, has emerged from the forest to bond with the ladies. Naturally, he joined a book club. Rather than serve wine and cheese, Jack Link’s Turkey Jerky is the snack du jour. The bigger question left unanswered is what book the group was discussing: It sent Sasquatch on a tear, ripping up the book, yet his storytelling was done with passion. Go figure. See it here, created by Carmichael Lynch.

A topiary dreams big in a TV spot for Dow. Not only has the human-shaped shrubbery made the Olympic team, he’s making the Olympic village and stadium more eco-friendly. The ad is part of Dow’s Solutionism campaign that highlights the brand’s Olympic sponsorship. Our green character strolls through Olympic Village meeting his roommate, fencing an opponent and visiting the diving pool – too much! My favorite part was watching the character’s reaction to a groundskeeper trimming a bush. The spot closes with our character turning off unnecessary lights as a voiceover states: “Even the planet has an Olympic dream.” See it here. Print ads further convey the green theme, transforming a pole vault into a sunflower and a plastic straw into a water filter. See creative here, here and here, created by Draftfcb Chicago.

GEICO launched a TV campaign called “Happier Than,” illustrating how happy people are when they save hundreds on insurance. How happy are they? In the first ad, shown here, customers would be happier than Gallagher at a farmer’s market, smashing watermelons with reckless abandon dirtying the yuppie couple searching for the right kale. Secretly, I would have loved to see the brand take its happy-go-lucky spokespig gallivanting on a farm along with the tagline: happier than a pig in… you know. The Martin Agency created the ad.

Friskies Plus takes Alice the cat through the looking glass during a not-so-typical lunchtime excursion. Alice strolls across floating lily pads through a world filled with turkeys and chickens until she winds up at a tea party thrown for her. Watch it here. Avrett Free Ginsberg created the ad, produced by Psyop / Smuggler.

Nissan launched a set of TV spots promoting the redesigned Altima. In the first ad, seen here, Altima ditches the cookie-cutter design and is revamped from the inside out. “Enough” is my favorite ad. It promotes Altima’s easy-fill tire alert, which rings a bell to let drivers know when to stop adding air. If only a warning like that could be added to modern-day occurrences so people would know when they have gone too far. Shown is a man about to apply too much cologne, overdo it with a handshake, go all in at a blackjack table and add tongue to an end-of-date kiss. Fortunately, the bell rings before he overdoes things. See it here. In the final ad, “Breakup,” a man splits with his gas station attendant because he’ll be spending less time at the pump. The attendant is devastated. Watch it here. TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles created the campaign.

What to do when you can’t decide which car best suits you? Bring your camera to the dealership and compare pictures. That’s what one man did in an ad for Toyota. See it here. A racecar driver goes Camry shopping in race-day gear. He even goes as far as trying to enter the car through the window. He ends up in a Winnie the Pooh situation. Watch it here. Cramer-Krasselt Phoenix created the campaign, directed by Jordan Brady of Superlounge.

Random iPhone App of the week: FPO Projects launched an adorable game for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch called Star Sloth. Sloth doesn’t do much, except look adorable, so it’s up to the players to help Sloth keep his job of delivering cheeseburgers to customers in space. In addition, Sloth must elude obstacles like mine fields, space vortexes and a burger thief hoping get Sloth fired. Players can use tips earned from deliveries to unlock delivery permits for new galaxies. The app costs $1.99 in the App Store.

IN a 20-over thriller at The Parks,Bridgwater, needing three to win off the last ball, scraped home courtesy of a last ball boundary from Chris Skidmore.

Excellent knocks from Steve Jenkins (59) and Lloyd Alley (31) had set up a formidable Saints score on a blustery, showery evening.

Mike Coles and Andy Hallaran got their team off to a flyer but, despite excellent spells from Josh Clatworthy (3-27) and Mike Parsons (2-27), the home side’s consistent batting – especially in the middle order with Stef Jones (34) and Ian Bishop (26) hitting out – scored 70 off the last seven overs, to set up the last ball win.

They now play Ilminster at The Parks on Friday in the semi-final.

We’d heard rumors that LEGO was going to have som fun announcements at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Our expectations were happily exceeded when this handsome rendering of Bilbo’s Bag End was unveiled yesterday. And yes, it comes with the dwarves.

Details of the set are still scarce, but it is being widely reported to come with all the minifigs you see here. For those of us not up on their Tolkien, that’s Gandalf, Bilbo, Dwalin, Bombur, Bofur, and Balin.

Of course, the real highlight is Bag End itself, which is stunningly designed. There even appear to be some furniture and what not within, suggesting that the model has an open back. What really got my attention were the windows, some of which appear to be made out of cleverly repurposed swivel plates. And then there’s that hammer — golly!

Assuredly tied in with the release of The Hobbit later this year, the set sets a high mark for newLotR LEGO sets. I can’t wait to see what they do with Smaug.

Sunlight International, Delano, Calif., and JP Dulcich & Sons Grapes, are kicking off the summer grape season with the Pretty Lady label for packaging and point-of-sale materials.
This new program includes grab-n-go disposable colander bags and display cards with helpful tips for eating grapes, according to a news release.
Point-of-sale materials are available online at http://dulcich.com/promo-retail-programs/.
The healthy tips suggest things like adding premium California Grapes to salads or freezing them on a hot day, according to the release.
“The early response from our retail partners to Pretty Lady for the summer has been astounding!” said Nick Dulcich, co-owner and sales director of JP Dulcich and Sons, in the release. “And we anticipate a high demand for these new P.O.S. materials in the coming weeks. Combined with an exceptional grape crop this year, we truly believe this program will help put Dulcich Premium Grape sales over the top.”
The packaging features an illustrated beach scene and a ‘Pretty Lady’ in sunglasses. This is designed specifically to attract customers’ attention in a fun way.
Sunlight International markets for grower JP Dulcich and Sons,
Retailers or buyers can call Sunlight International and place an order or visit the ducich.com site for more information.