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-FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 19W
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School Briefs
Student from Cumming named to
Who’s Who
A Georgia Southern University stu
dent from Cumming has been named
to the 1992 edition of “Who’s Who
Among American College and Univer
sity Students.”
David G. Berny, a senior finance
major, is among the 28 Georgia South
ern students named to the new
registry.
Campus nominating committees
and editors of the annual directory
have included the names of these stu
dents based on their academic
achievement, service to the communi
ty, leadership in extracurricular ac
tivities, and potential for continued
success. They join students from more
than 1,400 institutions of higher learn
ing nationwide and in several foreign
nations.
Outstanding students have been
honored in “Who’s Who” since 1934.
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Cissy Jackson
Forsyth County resident, Cissy
Jackson, a Realtor with Northside Re-
Janice Reynolds
Forsyth resident Janice Reynolds,
a sales associate in Northside Real
ty’s 400 North office in Cumming, has
been named to the 1991 Northside
Realty Million Dollar Club.
An Active Life Member of the For
syth Area Board of Realtors, this is the
seventh consecutive year in which
Ms. Reynolds has recorded sales in
excess of million dollars. A member of
the Forsyth Area Baord of Realtors,
Ms. Reynolds is also a Graduate of
Realtors Institute.
A new and resale home specialist,
Ms. Reynolds is an exclusive sales
associate in Ivy Bluff Community. She
also specializes in lake and property
in the Lanier area.
Tickets still
available for
Chamber dinner
Student from Cumming named to
Silver Key Honor Society
Anthony M. Frascone, a Culinary
Arts major, has been named to the
Silver Key Honor Society at Johnson
and Wales University in Providence,
R.I. He is the son of Richard and Pa
tricia Frascone of 2425 Nottingham
Way, Cumming, Ga.
The Silver Key Honor Society rec
ognizes associate degree candidates
in their sophmore year who maintain
a cumulative point average of 3.40 or
more throughout their freshman year.
Founded in 1914, Johnson and
Wales University is a private, coedu
cational institution offering under
graduate and graduate degrees in
business, food service, hospitality,
and technology. Based in Providence,
R. Johnson and Wales also main
tains branch campuses in Charleston,
S. Norfolk, Va., and on the island of
St. Maarten in the Caribbean.
alty’s 400 North office, has been
named to the company’s Million Dol
lar Club.
An Active Life Member of the For
syth Area Board of Realtors, this is the
fourth consecutive year in which Ms.
Jackson has been named to the Mil
lion Dollar Club. She is a recipient of
The Dozen Award, a national sales
honor which recognizes the top 5 per
cent real estate sales associate in the
country. Ms. Jackson was named
Realtor of the Year by the Forsyth
Area Board of Realtors in 1989, and
served as the organization's treasurer
the same year. She is a member of the
Cumming/Forsyth Chamber of Com
merce and the National and Georgia
Association of Realtors.
Ms. Jackson is an exclusive agent
at Cambridge Hills community in
south Forsyth County. She also spe
cializes in lake and resale homes as
well as land sales in the Forsyth area.
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Tickets are on sale now for the Cumming-
Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce Din
ner on Friday, Jan. 24. The evening includes
silentauction and cocktails at6p.m. followed
by dinner at 7:30 p.m. It’s going to be an enter
taining evening with guest speaker Billy
Payne, president and chief executive officer
of the Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games.
For more information, call Donna Castello
at the Chamber headquarters at 887-6461.
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Midway Elementary school students recently participated in a science fair last
week. Project were as varied as the students who completed them. At left, from
left to right, Jessica Cross, Jonathan Mabrey, Thomas Howell and Brooks
Welch, all fourth graders, created this science project as a group. They studied
the growth and soil effects of plants. Above, Kylee Sealy did his project on
‘‘Tooth Decay.”
Cumming residents receive degrees
Two Cumming residents received
bachelor’s degrees during com
mencement ceremonies at Kennesaw
State College.
Earning a bachelor of science de
gree in secondary education for math
was M. Suzette McTaggart Hermann
of Mount Tabor Road.
Susan D. Linch Ravan of Pisgah
Rd. earned a bachelor of sciences de
gree in psychology.
Teachers of the Month at Utwell
Middle
Congratulations to the following
teachers at Otwell Middle School:
Paige Davis, Linda Earwood, Jeanie
Madsen, Kim Weldy, and Sandra
Williams. They were selected by the
T.P.A to be “Teacher Of The Month”
for the month of January.
Students named to Honor’s Lists
Sandi D. Bagley, a Senior, from
Cumming, Ga., has been named to the
Career
development
center
relocates
The Career Development Center of
Northeast Georgia has moved to a
new location in Athens, Ga. In re
sponse to a need for additional space,
the Center has relocated to 590 Fort
son Rd., Athens. The expanded space
provided by the move will enable the
Center to serve larger groups for vari
ous workshops and seminars.
The Career Development Center is
a 3V2 year old not-for-profit private
counseling service whose mission is
to provide career counseling and test
ing for all ages who are making deci
sions about work and education.
Through counseling, personality
and vocational interest testing and a
variety of exercises focused on skills
and values, high school students
make college choice decisions and
adults determine a path for career
change.
The Center recently introduced a
new mail program, “Career Direc
tions in the 90s” to better serve indi
viduals limited by time or access to a
career counselor’s office.
Free brochures describing these
services are available by contacting
the Career Development Center of
Northeast Georgia, P.O. Box 6833,
Athens. Ga. 30604-6833, (404) 354-4690.
Forsyth has public
transportation
Forysth County has a public transportation
program called Dial-A-Ride. County resi
dents can be given transportation to medical
appointments, grocery stores, recreation
trips and group outings.
The van is in operation Monday through
Friday during regular business hours and on
weekends. A nominal fee is charged. At least
twenty-four hours’ notice is required before
the time transportation is needed. Call 781-
2100.
Dial-A-Ride is a service of the Forsyth
County government.
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fall semester Dean’s List at Piedmont
College in Demorest. To qualify, a
Piedmont student must have a 3.5
grade point average while taking at
least 12 hours on a full-time basis.
The following students have been
named to the Merit List at Brenau
Professional College for Fall Quarter.
The area students who made the
Merit List are Sheila A. Boyd of Sugar
Hill, Beverley L. Reichman of Sugar
Hill and Nina (Gay) Star Chambers of
Cumming.
Joy Suzanne Perdue was named to
the Dean’s List at the University of
Georgia for the fall quarter. She is a
1991 graduate of Forsyth Central High
School.
Three Cumming residents made
the President’s List while another
five earned a place on the Dean’s List
at Kennesaw State College during the
fall quarter.
Carenjames P. Campbell, Judith
H. Kearley and Susan Michelle
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Special teamwork
Teamwork paid off well for the Georgia Special Olympics when Georgia-Pacific Corporation’s Consumer Paper
Products Division and T & M Brokerage Company, Inc. joined forces for a donation of more than $19,000 for GSO.
Celebrating delivery of the funds are from left, Bud Tregellas, chief executive officer of T & M; Don Crawford, GSO
executive director; Tim Stapleton, G-P Zone sales manager; and Rob Lorys, G-P filed marketing manager. The total
was raised through per-case contributions and redemption of special discount coupons good for purchase of G-P’s
Angel Soft and Coronet bath tissue, Sparkle and Delta paper towels, and Sparkle napkins. The donation will go toward
inding athletic programs for thousands of Georgians with mental retardation. Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific is one of
le world’s largest forest products manufacturers. T & M Brokerage, also headquartered in Atlanta, represents a full
->ge of grocery products to accounts Georgia, including the G-P consumer paper products line.
Women in Networking
WIN is an organization of business and
professional women who are interested in
developing a network with other business
women and in developing theirown personal
skills.
Meeting place, time and when: Lanier Golf
Club at 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of
the month.
News for Working Senior Citizens
Workers who will be age 65 in 1992 will
earn less than $30,000.00 in 1992 should con
tact Social Security in January of this year to
get an estimate of their retirement benefits.
Over the year's benefit amounts have gone up
and the amount you can earn has been liber
alized to the point that often benefits are
payable even though an individual may have
substantial earnings. The important thing to
do is call 1-800-772-1213 to get a benefit esti
mate to see if you can qualify for any Social
Security benefits in 1992
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Essay winner
Forsyth/Cumming Optimist Club member, Bob Taylor, (left) presented the
award plaque to Justin Shoemake (right) who won the eight-county Zone
Essay Contest sponsored by Optimist International. He will go on to compete
in the Georgia District with the 20 other Zone winners.
Jean P. Lipscomb
Jean P. Lipscomb of Cumming, a
student at North Georgia College in
Dahlonega, has been named to
Who’s Who Among Students.
Jean Lipscomb is a senior majoring
in middle grades education. She is
president of HANDS, an organization
which aid non-traditional students; a
member of Omicron Delta Kappa
leadership honor society; and a mem
ber of Alpha Upsilon Alpha reading
and language arts honor society. She
is also a Girl Scout leader for Junior
Troop 118, Cumming.
Price of Cumming made the Presi
dent’s List.
Kristi Lynn Buice, Rene Hinton
Driver, Dianna L. S. Kennedy, Mi
chael Augustus Mason, and Gaye
Nann Moore of Cumming made the
Dean’s List
Dawn Marie Roberts, a junior and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William M.
Roberts of Cumming, made the
Dean’s List at Oglethorpe University
for fall quarter.
Students that made the Dean’s List
at the University ofGeorgia in Athens:
Louisa Janet McGruder, Russell
Douglas Springer, Jennifer Caro
line Cain, John Bradley Carver, Ju
lie Ann Leathers, Joy Suzanne Per
due, Christy Elizabeth Grogan,
Anne Louise Labus, Sarrah Ellen
McDonald, Jodeana Francine Os
wald, April Jamie Smith, Steven
Bryan Castleberry, Stephani Leigh
Smith, Randy Gerral Richards, all of
Cumming; Deirdre Elizabeth
Tim Ryles makes a difference
During his first year in office, Insurance Commissioner Tim Ryles
returned over $9 million to Georgia consumers.
Ryles says his staff handled more than 80,000 consumer calls last
year and recovered over $8 million in claims and refunds from insur
ance companies.
Ryles wants those Georgians having problems with insurance com
panies, agents, or small loan companies to know help is available to
them.
Almost $1 million was refunded to Georgians by insurance compa
nies Ryles found to be overcharging their policyholders.
The Insurance Commissioner’s office is the second largest collector
of revenue for Georgia, collecting nearly S2OO million for the state.
Ryles’s office also returned more than $lB7 million to local govern
ments last year through premium tax refunds.
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Brower of Gainesville; Natalie Faye
Anderson, Allergra Ann Mitchell all
of Suwanee and Laura Marie Comer
ford of Kennesaw.
Jill Dana Kennedy, daughter of
Joel and Mary Kennedy of Cumming.
earned academic honors at LaGrange
College for the Fall Quarter.
Nancy Lee Wilfong of Cumming is
among the 436 students named to the
Fall Quarter Dean’s List at Clayton
State College.
Enrollment up at Gainesville
College
Enrollment for the 1992 winter
quarter at Gainesville College is up an
impressive 11 percent - another re
cord high enrollment for a winter
quarter. A total of 2,567 students are
enrolled, up 254 students from the
2,315 students who attended the Col
lege in the 1991 winterquarter. This is
the 25th consecutive quarter of en
rollment increases.
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