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“It will have a big impact on
the area,” said NGQMA president
Bill Thomas, noting that motels,
, restaurants and other businesses
will be positively affected. The
City of Cumming supported the
bid and is very excited about hav
ing the event.
“Our little town has done
something really unexpected,”
Thomas added.
NGQMA public relations
director Mike Dozier said the
organization has a lot of work to
do in the next year-plus. “Our
' first objective is to establish a
budget, then find some people to
help us fund the event for us,” he
said. “As a club ... we don’t have
the resources to put it on by our
selves. Hopefully, businesses will
see the benefits of helping us put
this on.”
The NGQMA will also be
i looking at some facility improve
ments to take care of all of the
j competitors and amassing infor
mation to assist all of the visitors
during their stay. It will be quite
' an undertaking for the 29-family
club.
“We’re very excited, but a lit
, tie overwhelmed,” Dozier
laughed. Already, though, Lee
DeFeo has been named Grands
/ Chairman and the process is well
underway.
The announcement took place
recently at the QMA national
meeting in Las Vegas. Thomas
and his wife were in attendance
and the three-day event had
almost ended. “We did not think
, we would get it, but at the last
piinute, we did,” he said.
Thomas made just one call to
a member from Vegas, but word
quickly spread and the club met
when they returned before mak
ing the announcement public.
Thomas and Dozier noted that
• competitors from over 15 states
')rave already been here for small
’ V nationally-sanctioned races,
■plus the Junior Sprint Car events.
drawn from all over the
east coast ... and the hospitality
j factor is huge here,” said Dozier.
“People comment on how nice
the facility is, how well they are
• treated and how good the food
< The association and its local
ahd area youth racers have come
\ a. long way. Less than three years
; ago, the first local quarter-midget
; racing event was staged in the
I parking lot adjacent to the old
1 Russell’s building.
’ , Then the raceway park was
• built at the Cumming Fairgrounds
and competitions began in early
i ‘96. But no one really expected to
• get the Grands this soon.
J When Dozier and his wife put
together an attractive proposal
package, they expected that it
would be at least the following
• year, as often happens, before
‘they had a chance. Plus, they had
jra new facility bidding against the
*1996 host from Ohio. “Our main
■ purpose was laying a foundation -
’ for the future,” he said.
' Last year, the event was in
N.Y. and this summer it
> is in New Jersey.
' The NGQMA will start its ‘9B
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Bill Thomas (right), President of the NGQMA, with (from left)
Region Three QMA director Mike Smoker and national QMA
president Pidge Gill.
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The recent beneficiary of Norman’s Landing’s ping pong tournament was No Longer bound. Bill
Norman , Steve Goss and Wayne Hibbs made the presentation of a $446.14 check to Mike
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS
The Development Authority of Forsyth County (the “Authority”) will hold a public hearing at 5:30 o’clock, p.m.
on the 4th day of March, 1998, in the Board of Commissioners Conference Room on the 2nd Floor of the
Forsyth County Administration Building, located at 110 East Main Street, Cumming, Georgia 30040, on the pro
posed issuance of industrial development revenue bonds (the “Bonds") in an amount estimated at approximate
ly $3,000,000. The Bonds will be issued for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction and equipping
of a manufacturing facility for the manufacturing of absorbents for the pharmaceutical industry and for the man
ufacturing of filtration medias for the water filtration industries, by Selecto Scientific, Inc. (the “Company”). The
project involves the acquisition, construction and equipping of an approximately 40,000 square foot manufactur
ing facility. The manufacturing facility will consist of certain land, buildings, and all related real and personal
property necessary or desirable in connection with the operation of the above-described manufacturing facility.
The manufacturing facility will be located on a site at John’s Creek consisting of approximately four (4) acres at
the end of the cul-de-sac on Lakeville Court.
All interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing and express any comments they may have
regarding the proposed issuance of the Bonds, the project to be financed thereby, and the plan of financing
related to the project. The Bonds, when and if issued, shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or pledge of the
faith and credit of Forsyth County, Georgia, the State of Georgia or any political subdivision thereof. Neither the
State of Georgia, Forsyth County, Georgia, nor any political subdivision thereof, including the Authority, shall be
obligated to pay the Bonds or the interest thereon or the costs incidental thereto except with the revenues and
monies pledged therefor. Neither the faith and credit nor taxing power of Forsyth County, Georgia, nor the State
of Georgia, nor any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of the Bonds, the
premium thereon (if any), the interest thereon or other costs incidental thereto. The Bonds will be limited obliga
tions payable solely from the funds paid by or caused to be paid by the Company and shall be secured by col
lateral furnished or caused to be furnished by the Company.
This 13th day of February, 1998
William K. McKnight
Chairman
Development Authority of Forsyth County
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