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Wills Park busy on weekends
By Jennifer Eskew
Associate Editor
Looking for some free family
entertainment this spring? Wills
Park Equestrian Center offers a
wide variety of events from barrel
racing to show jumping.
Most admission to the events arc
free to the public and offer chil
dren a chance to see show horses
in action.
The type of events include barrel
racing, where riders race their
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The “Cowboys and Yuppies” event at Wills Park on April 4 combined barrel! racing, calf roping and
polo. The park is filled these days with events like this. Wills Park is off Ga. Highway 9, just south
of Alpharetta on Willis Road. A concession stand is usually available.
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horses in timed race around bar
rels. Barrel racing will be on April
28, May 12 and May 26.
Hunter/Jumper classes, where
horses jump a series of fences
ranging in height, will be held
April 25-26, 29-30. May 1-10,
May 30-31 and June 6.
In addition. North Fulton 4-H
will stage a show April 19 and the
Rolling Hills Saddle Club will
hold shows April 18 and May 16.
A draft horse show (these are the
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bigger horses that pull carriages,
like the Budweiser horses) will be
held May 23.
For those who like action, bull
riding will be June 5-6 and the
Atlanta Equestrian Society will
hold a gymkhana May 17.
Wills Park is located off Ga.
Highway 9, just south of
Alpharetta, on Wills Road. A con
cession stand is usually available.
Community events
United Methodist Children’s
Home Auxiliary’s
...will have a semi-annual
Flea Market and Bake Sale,
April 17-18 from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. on the Children’s HOme
campus, 500 South Columbia
Drive, Decatur. Proceeds from
the sale help with 70 children
who live at the Home.
Red Cross benefit
Caribbean Getaway, an eve
ning of fun hosted by the
Atlanta Falcons to benefit the
American Red Cross. It will be
Saturday, April 18 at 7 p.m.
Sawnee Woman's Club supports literacy
The Sawnee Woman’s Club
proudly donated SI,OOO dollars to
the Literacy Volunteers of Forsyth
County to purchase educational
materials for students, training
materials for volunteers and com
puter support programs for all of
the members.
“The Sawnee Woman’s Club has
supported our efforts to promote
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS SunQiy, April 12, 15 M
Casual attire. Tickets are SSO
per person and SSOO for a
table. For information, call
(404) 575-3172.
Cruisin’ For Critters
...annual Car and Harley show
to benefit the Humane Society
of Forsyth County will be April
25 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at
Lanierland Music Park in
Cumming. Registration to
exhibit your bike will cost sls.
before April 1. S2O preregistra
tion is requested after that date.
For information, call Patty
Sledge at (404) 351-4735.
literacy in this area for well over a
decade. We greatly appreciate
their continuing support” said
Louise Q. Aiken, volunteer direc
tor.
The Sawnee Woman’s Club is a
non-profit club that has been ded
icated to community service in
Forsyth County for the past 13
years. The club has one fundraiser
Forsyth County Rotary Club
...is sponsoring a blood drive
on Friday, April 17 from noon
-6 p.m. at the Cumming
Community Center.
Earth Day Exhibition
...will be Saturday, April 25
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. rain or
shine at Chattahoochee Ele
mentary. This year’s theme is
“An Environmental Success
Story” - if your business or
group has one, join the exhibit
by calling (770) 886-9377.
Debi Hunt, Education
Chairperson for The
Sawnee Woman's
Club hands a check
for SI,OOO to Louise
Q. Aiken and Eddie
Deveau, volunteers
with the Literacy
Volunteers of Forsyth
County.
Photo/submitted
- Nite In Olde Cumming” - which
will be on Friday, May 1, at the
Polo Fields Golf and County
Club. This year’s theme is “A
Ship Shakin’ Celebration”.
Tickets are SSO per person and
sponsorships are being accepted.
For more information about this
annual event call Maria Hopkins
at (770) 569-9030.
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