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Shrine Club gives to community
Recently the Cumming Shrine Club donated SI,OOO to the
Dept, of Family and Children’s Services to be used for pur
chasing Christmas gifts for foster children. Presenting the
check was Shrine Club Pres. Bil Loden, Nobles Dick
Douthat, Henry Pair and Henry Willard.
Tips on choosing good day care
According to David Kurtz, Ph.D.,
director of the Childhelp IOF
Foresters Child Abuse Hotline (1-
800-4-A-CHILD), parents, particu
larly single parents, need to be
very proactive when choosing a
day care provider.
“Parents need to be informed
consumers and not just settle for
day care that is conveniently locat
ed and economical,” states Kurtz.
“Keep in mind that your child’s
safety and welfare is in the hands
of these strangers.”
Studies show that mothers of pre
school-aged children are the fastest
growing segment of the workforce.
Sixty-three percent of women with
children under five work either full
or part-time.
U. S . Department of Labor statis
tics show, that, by the year 2000,
approximately two-thirds of all
entrants into the labor force will be
women.
Couple these figures with the fact
that pre-school-aged children are at
highest risk for abuse, it becomes
clear that the need and type of
baby-sitting is different from the
way it used to be. With the
increase of single parents and two
career families the need for appro
priate child care is becoming more
critical.
“People should expect more from
baby-sitters than they did in the
past,” states Kurtz.
“Single parents who may be par
ticularly overwhelmed with the
sole burden of raising a child
should be especially mindful and
not let the need for relief of their
situation override their common
sen Se.”
Kiirtz offers the following points
to consider when choosing a day
care facility:
• Check for an “open door” poli
cyi A day care center with nothing
to hide should encourage parents to
drop in any time, unannounced.
• Ask friends and family for
referrals for day care agencies they
have used and felt good about.
• Request references from a day
care agency, and speak to parents
whp have used their services.
• Determine whether the day care
is state licensed.
• Check with the licensing board
to determine if any formal com
plaints have ever been made
against the day care.
• Walk through the center and
make sure it is “childproofed.” Is it
physically safe for children?
• Be observant of the staff-child
interactions and the environment
the agency has created for the chil
dren. Is there a balance between
Structured and free time? Do the
Children seem happy? Are there
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enough toys and supplies? Do the
children seem involved and inter
ested in what they are doing?
• Check that children’s basic
needs are attended to in a timely
fashion. For example, are their
runny noses wiped and diapers
changed?
• Inquire about the ratio between
caregivers and children. Is it low
enough for children to receive
some individualized attention?
Avoid an overcrowded day care.
• Ask for circumstances that will
prompt the day care to call a parent
in regards to their child.
For more information or help
with child abuse, call the Childhelp
IOF Foresters Child Abuse
Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD. IOF
Foresters, with over 1 million
members in Canada, the United
States and the United Kingdom, is
a not-for-profit fraternal benefit
organization involved in a number
of projects that help families.
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Optimists begin 20th year of tree sales
By Jim Riley
Staff Writer
With the turkey, dressing and
cranberry sauce already digested,
Forsyth County residents are
turning their attention to the trap
pings of the Christmas season.
The first sign that Christmas is
coming is the family tradition of
trimming the Christmas tree the
day after Thanksgiving.
The Forsyth County Optimist
Club is celebrating its twentieth
year of existence by holding a
Christmas tree sale at Tri-Countv
Plaza in Cumming. The location
was donated by Sun Trust Bank.
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Bryan Bryant and his daughter Jordan shopped at the Optimist Club’s tree lot on Ga.
Hwy. 9 next door to Sun Trust Bank on Friday. They were assisted by the Optimist Club’s
president, Jo Allison Carr.
The sale has been held in that
location since 1980.
The lot will be open for sales
on weekdays from noon to 9 p.m.
On weekends, Christmas trees
will be sold from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
President Jo Carr said that “this
is the one big fund raiser for our
projects. We will raise SIO,OOO
to $12,000 and every penny will
go back into the community for
our youth,” she said.
The trees are freshly cut 5 foot
to 16 foot frazier furs from
Goodman’s Christmas Trees in
West Jefferson, North Carolina
and are priced from $25 to SBS.
“We have very few 12 foot to 16
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foot trees so they go very fast,”
Carr said. “Our prices are the
best in town.”
In order to ensure that the trees
remain fresh, the club is ordering
a new shipment of trees that will
arrive on December 2. The
Optimist Club will order a total
of 737 trees to be sold.
“Frazier furs are the best
because the needles don’t hurt
your hands or fall off easily, and
they are very easy to decorate,”
she said. “Plus, they hold their
shape well.”
Club members work at the
Christmas tree lot on a strictly
voluntary basis with members
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setting up the lot and working to
sell each tree before Christmas
In years past all of the trees have
been gone by mid-December.
Tips for keeping trees fresh
include keeping water in the tree
stand all of the time, keeping the
tree out of the sun while inside
the house and before being set
up.
Carr thanked the Junior
Optimist Club at Otwell Middle
School for helping with the lot,
and Directors Darrell Wilkins
and Bob Nygaard for the work
that they have done.
The programs that have been
selected for this year include:
1. Youth of the Month and Year.
2. Essay Contest.
3. Youth Appreciation Event.
4. Track Meet.
5. Oratorical Contest.
6. Scholarships: Oratorical and
Technical.
7. Youth in Government Day.
8. Civic Youth Day.
9. Respect for Law.
10. Environmental Day.
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chasing a property will put an amount of
cash to signal his or her intentions. This
“earnest" money shows that the buyer is
operating in good faith. On the offer to
purchase, the earnest money serves as a
deposit and is normally 5 to 10 percent of
the sales price. Once the seller receives
the earnest money, he or she will usually
stop showing the property and wait to sec
if the buyer can attain a mortgage. In the
meantime, the money will most likely go
into an escrow account held by the selling
broker. If the sale goes through, the
earnest money (plus interest) is often used
as part of the cash down payment paid to
the seller. If the sale does not go through
due to some contingency in the contract,
the earnest money will be refunded to the
buyer. This is also the case when the sale
does not go through because of a problem
on the seller’s side. If the buyer is at fault,
however, the return of earnest money may
be subject to negotiation.
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