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-FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-SUNDAY, JUNE 10, IWO
Cumming Events
Cumming Chorale rehearsals, Thursday nights at 7:30
The Cumming Chorale invites ev
eryone who likes to sing to join them
in concert of patriotic songs to be pre
sented on the Courthouse steps, im
mediately after the Fourth of July
parade.
Rehearsals will be held on Thurs
day nights. June 7.14.21 and 28 at 7:30
p.m. at the New Cumming United
Methodist Church off Hwy. 20 at Tow
er Road. For more information, call
887-0406 or 889-1083
Forsyth Little Theatre
is holding auditions
Forsyth County Little Theatre will
hold open auditions for You’re A
Good Man Charlie Brown’ on June 9
and 10 from 24 p.m. at Forsyth Cen
tral High School. Auditions will con
sist of one prepared piece of music
and script readings. An accompanist
will be provided. For more informa
tion call 887-2583 or 343-9120 (Atlan
ta).
Cook family reunion
scheduled June 10
The Cook family reunion will be at
noon on Sunday. June 10 at the Haw
Creek Club.
Forsyth Library Board
calls meeting, June 14
There will be a called meeting of
the Forsyth County Local Public Li
brary Board on Thursday June 14,
1990 at 5:30 p.m. in the Jury .Assembly
Room of the County Courthouse. This
meeting is open to the public.
WIN will meet
on June 12
Win by attending Women in
Networking, an organization com
posed of business and professional
women, who are interested in devel
oping a network with other business
women and in developing their own
personal skills.
The next WIN meeting will be 6:30
p.m. Tuesday. June 12 at Lanier Golf
Club. Kathy Ramus, M.S. in Human
Resources Development will present
a program entitled “Presentations
with Pizazz.’’ Reservations are re
quired. Call Sherman Egan at 845-
6286 or Barbara Barnett at 887-4315.
The cost of dinner is sls for WIN
members and $lB for non-members.
WIN memberships is $25.
Vegetable growers
set pumpkin contest
The Georgia Vegetable Growers
.Association is inviting 4-H'ers from
all over the state to participate in a
pumpkin growing contest this year.
The state winner will take home
SIOO and second and third place win
ners get SSO and $25 each. Forsyth
County Winner also earns a ‘Georgia
Vegetable Growers’ t-shirt.
To be eligible, 4-Hers must register
with their county extension agent by
June 15. They also must weigh in
their pumpkins with their agent by
October 15.
Be sure and save the pumpkins be
cause photos will be taken of the
winners.
Pumpkins need at least 120 days to
grow to full size. Choose a sunny, well
drained place that is free of weeds
and grass. To plant three hills of
pumpkins, you need an eight foot cir
cle for each hill.
For more information on the con
test and how to grow pumpkins, con
tact lan Cowie, Forsyth County Ex
tension Service Office, 887-2418.
Nichols family reunion
set for June 17
A Nichols family reunion will be
held June 17 at Lonnie Nichols’ old
home place on Nicholson Road.
Friends and relatives are invited.
For information call 887-2059.
Humane Society sets
BBQ & flea market
Forsyth County Humane Society
will have the sth annual BBQ and
Flea Market on Saturday, June 16
rain dates is June 23. At the Tri-Coun
ty Shopping Center, and Home Fed
eral Bank. Our event will be from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. Plate lunch includes
Chicken breast, slaw, baked beans,
roll, and homemade cake. It is $4.50
per plate, drinks available.
We need flea market items! No
shoes, clothes or large appliances
please. To donate call Donna at 887-
6297 and for information call Jan 751-
0055.
Order special tags
before July 31
The Tax Commissioner’s office
now has applications for special tags.
Special tags include prestige (per
sonalized), college, firefighters, ama
teur jadio, Purple Heart Recipients
and Pearl Harbor survivors. All indi-
viduals wishing to purchase special
tags need to pick up applications and
send them in to the state along with
the fee. The state will only accept ap
plications until July 31,1990. for tags
to be received in the 1991 tag season.
For more information call 781-2110.
Forsyth library plans
reading program
.All Forsyth County children, re
gardless of age or reading ability are
invited to join the 1990 Summer
Reading Club and ‘Escape the
Books." Registration will begin June
11 at the public library (201 East Ma
ple Street Cumming). At registration,
each child will receive a reading fold
er and book mark to begin the
program.
This is a non-competitive reading
program. Although no prizes are giv
en for numbers of books read, our
library staff will be on hand to offer
incentives and encouragement to
each child every' time he visits the
library with his reading folder in
hand. Every child will get an award
certificate when he brings his read
ing folder back to the library' between
August 20-25. The program will end
on August 25.
We encourage parents to involve
their children in the summer reading
club. It’s fun and it’s a great way to
help your child maintain his reading
skills over the long vacation.
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The Sawnee Association of the
Arts scheduled to hold meeting
The Sawnee Association of the Arts
regular meeting will be Monday.
June 18 1990. at 7 p.m. The guest will
be Erin Sherman. Her paintings are
collected nationally and internation
ally. Ms. Sherman chooses the unre
markable moment and presents its
basic elements as a lyrical, mildly ab
stract design. Her beautiful work con
tains elements of both impressionism
and abstraction without being defi
nitely either.
Members and visitors are invited to
join us at Gallery 87, 107 Dahlonega
St for a visual treat Refreshments
will be served. For further informa
tion contact Judy Gandy 889-3183.
Summer camp fun
for girls and boys
Parents who are interested in
sending their boys and girls ages 7 to
14 years to residential summer camp
are invited to meetings to meet with
the camp directors, see camp slides
and learn about the benefits of camp
experience.
A meeting will be held at the Sandy
Springs Library, on Thursday. May
31. ,
Call 457-0862 for further
information.
Senior Center
open five days
Forsyth County Senior Center
open Monday through Friday, Lunch
served at 11:45 a.m. Crafts, programs,
field trips, wood crafts items and
quilts available to the public. Hours 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information call 781-
2178.
Toastmasters meet
to develop skills
Toastmasters International is a
club to help develop and build public
speaking skills. The group will meet
each Thursday evening at the 6:30
p.m. until about 8:30 p.m. in the Com
munity Room in the Courthouse.
For details call Ann Dunlop at 781-
9622 or 889-7980
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Women & children
support group forms
Family Haven is now offering a
support group for battered women
and their children.
If you or anyone you know, has ever
feared for their safety in their own
home, been slapped, pushed, hit,
kicked or threatened with violence,
now you can meet with others who
have been through the same thing.
You can find out your alternatives
and receive counseling and support
from people who understand and
know how to help
The support group meets every sec
ond and fourth Tuesday of the month
at 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The group is free of charge to wom
en in the community and offers free
child care.
To find out the place of the meeting
call 887-1121.
Cancer support group
schedules meetings
Interested persons are invited to
attend a local cancer support group
which has changed meetings to once
a month on the third Tuesday in the
Library of the First Christian Church,
on the Hwy. 306 Connector.
The library is located in the back
building on the first floor and meet
ing time is 7 to 8 p.m.
The group is open to everyone and
it is a discussion group for those suf
fering from cancer, those being treat
ed for it, or those who have a loved
one with cancer.
For more information call Nancy at
887-3467 or 404-750-8156. If there is
no answer, leave name, message and
phone number.
Meeting of the Forsyth
Safety Task Force
The Forsyth County Safety Task
Force will meet June 19. at 8:30 a.m.
at the State Trout Hatchery on Hwv.
20 east.
All persons interested in making
Forsyth County a safer place to work,
live and play, are encouraged to
attend.
For additional information please
call Pat Kilmark at the University of
Georgia Cooperative Extension Of
fice at 887-2418.
All residents are encouraged to
please ‘Buckle Up’! In the last six
months of 1989, the number of fatali
ties in the county surpassed the 18
fatalities that occurred in 1988.
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Come by and visit with Larry Raines
and his racing team at Olde Towne
Shopping Center in downtown Cumming
Saturday, June 16th
11 A.M. to 2 P.M.
Join Us For a Great Time "Under The
Blue Awning” at Olde Towne. We’ll
have FREE Coca Cola and lots of savings
From participating merchants.
Larry will be signing Autographs and giving
away DISCOUNT COUPONS From:
Whistle Stop Cafe
m DISCOUNT
during
Celebration
Grimes Sporting Goods
m DISCOUNT OFF ALL
Softball and
Baseball Items
214 Atlanta Hwy.
Employee donation
T he employees at Tyson Foods re
sponded quickly to a challegne sent
out by YlO6 Country Music Radio
Station which was in Forsyth County
Wednesday raising money to sup
port Leukemia victims and research.
During the short time available em
ployees at Tyson Foods donated
$386 for the cause in memory of Mrs.
Katie Hamby of Cumming who died
of Leukemia last year. Hamby was
employed in the Quality Control De
partment at Tyson Foods for 25
years. Pictured left to right are: Barry
Hillgartner, Mart Massey, of Tyson
Foods, Rubarb Jones, BJ. Williams,
George Mason Dixon, of YlO6, and
Gene Tatum assistant plant manag
er. The last person was not
identified.
Olde Towne Bottle Shop
Will have a
Beverage Special - Come By!
Hair Emporium
$4 AOO Sunglitz
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