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Reach in the recycling bin when
looking for summer family fun
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•j. One of the sure signs summer
,has made its arrival is when kids
out of school. Kids can be cre-
for the first couple of weeks
then they blurt out the com
7tj)on “I’m bored” phrase. Before
. parents or caregivers start to pull
out their hair out, remember to
~count to 10 and read the following
Suggestions for recycling summer
Take a tour of our environment!
your recycling materials,
gather the kids up in the car and
n |igad out to our local recycling
o csnter in Cumming (behind
on Tolbert Street). Little
ones especially enjoy sorting
recycling materials and depositing
them in our bins. Be sure and say
hello to “Iggy,” our recycling oil
container and to our dedicated
recycling attendants, Charles and
Gene. Tours of our paper recy
cling market, Southeast Paper
Recycling in Lawenceville, can be
made by calling their office at
(770) 995-0014. Forsyth County,
in connection with the Forsyth
County Extension Service, will
once again offer the Environmen
tal Day Camp that will tour
Dawson Forest and Southeast
Paper on July 8 and Aug. 5. For
more information, call the Forsyth
County Extension Service at
(770) 887-2418.
I If the weather is nice, tours of
• the Elachee Nature Center,
t Chattahoochee Nature Center,
~Dawson Forest, Amicaloa Falls
and other nearby parks can be fun
and educational. Be sure and call
beforehand to see if there is a
class or activity that you could
attend that day.
If the rainy day blues set in, you
need to make sure you hold back
some of that recycling material or
“trash” so that it can be turned
into gold. Trash to gold? In the
case of needed summer activity
fun, trash can come in very handy.
In my line of work, I am always
amazed at the things that creative
minds can make with garbage.
, Summer reading tips
Summer reading for kids that have an environmental themes are
“Bangalee” by Stephen Cosgrove, “The Wartville Wizard” by Don
Madden, and my favorite, “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss.
Additional books for adults or youth with crafts from trash are:
'Recyclopedia: Games, Science Equipment and Crafts from
Recycle Material” by Robin Simmon
“Trash Artist” by Linda Allison
“How to Make Treasures from Trash” by Arleen Eckstein and
Alice R. Shannon
“The Super Scrap-Craft Book” by Aleen Eckstein
“The Wild Inside - The Sierra Club’s Guide to the Great
Indoors” by Linda Allison.
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My favorite is the frog aluminum
can sculpture my 4-year-old creat
ed last summer with the aid of a
very clever, and I am sure, patient
teacher. I know of a particular
Keep Forsyth Clean and Beautiful
member who is working on cre
ative projects with used tires. She
has completed a tire-horse swing
and is working on another project
for a planter. Making recycled
paper with a blender, coffee cans,
screens and some scrap paper is
always a fun and educational
activity. Milk masks and bunny
baskets are fun to make with
bleach bottles or milk jugs (bird
feeders and piggy banks, also). To
make the mask be sure and rinse
the jugs out with soap and water
and acquire two, 18-inch lengths
of yarn, felt markers or acrylic
paints, scissors, paper hole punch,
sandpaper and paintbrush.
1. Trace shape of mask onto
each bottle.
2. Cut out the masks. Adults will
be needed here.
3. Assist with punching holes on
each side of the masks for attach
ing the yam ties. Have kids insert
and knot the yam ties.
4. Have kids try on their masks.
Mark spots for eye holes on each
mask. After kids remove their
masks, have them cut the eye
holes out.
5. Have kids sand the rough or
ragged edges.
6. Have students decorate their
masks with felt markers of acrylic
paints.
To make the bunny (could be
raccoon, cat or other animal) bas
ket you need the jug, sxß inch
felt square, two pipe cleaners, one
large cotton ball, two craft eyes,
glue and scissors.
1. Draw the pattern for the ani
mal ears on each jug, continuing
around the backside of each jug
with a straight line. Warn kids to
keep the handle intact when cut
ting out their patterns.
2. Have students cut two trian
gles the same size as the jug ears
from the felt squares.
3. Have an adult poke two holes
on either side of where the noses
will be and help kids weave the
pipe cleaners through the holes to
make “whiskers.” Have kids glue
cotton balls to make noses and
also glue the craft eyes and felt
ears to their jugs.
Walnut shell animals are always
fun to race down a sloping board.
You will need a Walnut shell half
for each animal, scraps of felt or
paper for tails, heads and feet,
glue and marbles. Cut heads, tails,
etc. from felt or paper scraps, glue
to bottom edge of walnut half.
When the glue dries, place marble
under shell and let animals race
down a sloping board.
Making a planetarium from
empty cans, several plastic lids
that fit the cans, black paint, a
flashlight and a pencil can be fun
for kids. Remove both ends of the
can, spray plastic lids with black
paint, with a pencil, draw the con
stellation you wish to see onto the
lid, punch out the star points on
the lid, snap the lid onto the end
of the can and shine the flashlight
through the other end and the con
stellation will project onto the
ceiling. Be sure your room is
dark. If your constellation is
reversed, you will need to turn the
lid over and try again.
Recycling relays are often fun
and run off built up kid energy.
Bowling for plastic soda bottles,
can crushing contests, material
sorting relays and scrap paper air
plane races are big hits with kids.
• • •
Nancy Smallwood is the
resource coordinator for Forsyth
County and can be reached at the
Sanitation Department at (770)
781-2175 for additional informa
tion.
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Lions install officers
District Governor-elect Tom Sexton was on hand
for the June 1 installation of the Forsyth County
Lions Club officers for 1998-99. They are: Lew
Sterling, president; first vice president, James
Smith; second vice president, Jerry Dupree; third
vice president, Ron Young; secretary, Larry
Smallwood; assistant secretary, Alan Pilcher; trea
surer, George Allen; assistant treasurer, L.C. Day;
tail twister, Jimmy Moore; assistant tail twister,
Winburn Turk; lion tamer, Joel Poss; assistant lion
tamer and membership chairman, Carroll Edge;
chaplain, Clarence Lambert; assistant chaplain, Bill
Thompson; Lawrence Sutherland and Larry Petty,
two-year directors; Diane Wall and Dick Summers
one-year directors; and Reuben Ball, immediate
past president. Clyde Cook and Patricia Summers
installed the new officers.
Light the Night for Sight is June 27
Recent statistics from the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission estimate that in 1996 there were
7,600 fireworks-related injuries requiring an emer
gency room visit. Approximately 1,900 of reported
injuries were eye-related.
No place is safe near consumer fireworks.
Bystanders are more frequently injured than fire
works users. Sparklers burn at up to 1,800 degrees
Fahrenheit, hot enough to melt gold. They are a
major cause of eye injury to children. Bottle rockets
are the single greatest cause of eye injuries requiring
hospitalization: Flying up to 200 mph, their explo
sive power is enough to turn a “launch site” bottle or
can into shrapnel.
Because of the dangers of fireworks, Prevent
Blindness Georgia has announced an annual nation
wide event that celebrates sight and emphasizes safe
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ways to celebrate the Fourth Os July - “Light the
Night for Sight.” Georgia’s family-oriented walk will
be on Saturday, June 27, at Johns Creek Technology
Park in Duluth. Following registration from 6-7
p.m., there will be a mile fun walk at 7:30 p.m. prior
to the 5K walk at 8 p.m. The walk is scheduled lo
end as darkness falls. At the finish line, participants
will enjoy refreshments and be entertained by the
music of the Dixie Grass Trio and fireworks at 9:15
p.m.
Georgia Power is the lead sponsor of the Walk.
Walkers who raise SSO will receive an official glow-in
the-dark event T-shirt. Prizes will be awarded to walk
ers who raise the most money. Light the Night for
Sight proposes alternative fun and safe celebrations.
For registration forms, call Prevent Blindness
Georgia at (404) 266-0071.
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