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t FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wdn—d«y, January 13,1M8
Introduction to drawing
This course is intended to show
the basics of drawing. Students will
learn how to see, how to create
form using line, value (contrast),
hard and soft edges and the basics
of composition. Students must be at
least 16 years old. A supply list will
be furnished at registration. Class is
held for six Wednesdays, beginning
Jan. 27, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The
cost is $75, S7O for members. Call
the Sawnee Center at (770) 889-
4977.
Sculpture class
The intent of this class is to have
fun creating realistic sculpture.
Students will sculpt, from a live
model, an 18-inch-tall figure in a
realistic style. Several approaches
will be discussed. Gass is held for
six Wednesdays, beginning Feb. 3,
from 7-9:30 p.m. The cost is $l2O,
sllO for members. Call the Sawnee
Center at (770) 889-4977.
Landscape Design
Learn professional insights of
design and installation techniques.
Each student will have an individu
alized conceptual design created for
their yard. All designs address
shrub, tree and turf selections and
much more. Class is held for eight
Thursdays, beginning Jan. 21, from
10 a.m. to noon. The cost is $l2O,
sllO for members. Call the Sawnee
Center at (770) 889-4977.
Watercolor painting
This watercolor class is for the
beginner and intermediate student.
Concentration will be on technique
and color-mixing. A supply list and
a list of art stores will be furnished
at registration. Class is held for six
Tuesdays, beginning on Jan. 26,
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost is $75,
S7O for members. Call the Sawnee
Center at (770) 889-4977.
Interior Design for the
Homeowner
This comprehensive program is
specifically for those who want to
attain the flair and atmosphere of a
professionally decorated home.
Learn the most common mistakes
and their solutions. Subjects will
include focal points, color palettes,
and special effects and accessories.
Be prepared to bring photos of your
rooms to class. Class is held for six
Thursdays, beginning Jan. 21, from
6:30-9 p.m. Cost is $195, $lB5 for
members. Call the Sawnee Center
at (770) 889-4977.
Children’s Drawing
Students will leam to trick their
Parks and Recreation opportunities
Horseback riding
fcnglish and Western Riding
lessons, sponsored by Forsyth
County Parks and Recreation
Department, starts Monday, Jan. 25.
Classes for youth, 6-10, will be 3:30-
5 p.m.; 11 and up, will meet from
4:45-6:15 p.m. The six-week pro
gram fee is $175 and is held at Post
Winzer Farms on Sharon Road. For
information, call (770) 781-2215.
Creative Dance Classes
...will include ribbon movement,
basic dance steps and lots of fun for
kids. Classes start Thursday, Jan. 14
at Midway Park. Ages 4-7 will be
held from 4-4:45 p.m. and ages 8-11
will be held from 5-5:45 p.m. The
fee is S3O for six weeks. The instruc
tor will be Michele Roberts. For
information, call (770) 781-2215.
Beginning quilting
Classes start on Jan. 21 from 9:30
a.m. to noon at Midway Park.
Patterns taught will be Nine Patch,
Ohio Star, Log Cabin, Dresden Plate
and Georgia State Block. The fee is
SSO. Call for a supply list. The
instructor is Jill Schneider. For infor
mation, call the Forsyth County
Parks and Recreation Department at
(770)781-2215.
Beginning clogging
Forsyth County Parks and
Recreation Department is offering
clogging lessons on Wednesday
evenings at Midway Park on Post
Road. The class meets from 5-5:45
p.m. and begins Jan. 20. The instruc
tor is Beckie Schelter. The fee for the
eight-week session is $45. For infor
mation, call (770) 781-2215.
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Senior Citizen Activities
Enjoy bingo, games, crafts, cov
ered dish luncheons and day trips.
Group meets first and third Tuesday
ofthe month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at Midway Park. Day trips scheduled
are: Jan. 19, Fembank Museum;
Feb. 16, Tour of Governor’s
Mansion; March 23, Cherry
Blossom Festival. For information.
brains into switching to the creative
right side. They will begin to
observe their subjects more accu
rately and record those observations
more skillfully. They will develop a
better understanding of die design
elements of line, shape, space, tex
ture, color and value. Class is held
for six Saturdays, beginning Jan.
23, from 10-11:30 a.m. Cost is $75,
S7O for members. Supply list pro
vided at registration. Call the
Sawnee Center at (770) 889-4977.
Acrylic Painting for Kids
Both observation skills in painting
from nature and still lifes, as well as
imagination in painting expression
istically, will be used by students in
this class. Students will become
better acquainted with the acrylic
medium. Class is held for six
Saturdays, beginning Jan. 23, from
12:30-2 p.m. Cost is $75, S7O for
members. Supply list provided at
registration. Call the Sawnee Center
at (770) 889-4977.
Homeßanc Mortgage
Corporation’s
...“A Better Way Home,” a free
class for first-time home buyers, is
scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23,
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Homeßanc’s central office, 5775-E
Glenridge Drive. Call (404) 303-
4083 for information or to register.
Landscape Design
Get ready for spring by learning
some basic design techniques.
Instructor Jim Collins will help you
get your yard design in shape for
the spring planting season. Classes
start Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to noon.
For information, call (770) 889-
4977.
SCUBA Certification
Get certified this winter in just six
classes. Scuba is a buddy sport, so
learn with a friend. For both the
able-bodied and the disabled. Open
water certification extra. Through
Jan. 28 or Feb. 9-25; Tuesdays and
Thursdays, from 6:30-10 p.m. at
Shepherd Center, 2020 Peachtree
Road. The cost is $225. For infor
mation, call (404) 350-7789.
Driver’s Education
...will be taught at Piedmont
Learning Center beginning in
January. There will be three ses
sions offered Jan. 23-Feb. 7, March
13-28 and April 17-May 2. Each
session is composed of 30 hours of
classroom instruction and six hours
of driving time. All courses will be
taught on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. and Sundays from 1:30-5:30
p.m. Courses are also planned for
call Forsyth County Parks and
Recreation Department at (770) 781-
2215.
Creative Clay classes
...for youth and adults will be
taught at Midway Park. Techniques
being taught will be wheel, slab,
coil, hand built,, carving and glazing.
There will be two classes for youth
and two for adults. Classes will
begin Jan. 15. For information, call
the Forsyth County Parks and
Recreation at (770) 781-2215.
Creative dancing classes
...will include ribbon movement,
ballet basics and fun and will start
Thursday, Jan. 14, at Midway Park.
Ages 4-5 will meet at 4 p.m. and
ages 6-7 will meet from 5-5:45 p.m.
The fee is S3O per six weeks. The
instructor will be Michele Roberts.
For information, call Forsyth County
Parks and Recreation Department at
(770)781-2215.
Polished Image Workshop Series
...will be offered by the Cumming
Recreation and Parks Department.
Series IV, Tuesday, Jan. 14,
“Makeup Is an Art". Class is 6-9
p.m. Cost is S2O for whichever class
you choose to attend, ages 15 and
older. Location Cumming Municipal
Building. Instructors are Gay
Chambers and Rita Truelove.
Watercolors
...will be offered by the Cumming
Recreation and Parks Department,
through Jan. 25, from 4:30-6 p.m.
Cost is $55 per four-week session.
Instructor is April Arnett
Writing Your Memories
Write some of your memories to
share with your family, now and in
years to come. Students will write,
read and discuss individual writing.
You’ll get suggestions for topics,
organizations and ways to make
your writing come alive. The class
will be held through Jan. 26 on
Tuesdays, from 7-8:30 p.m. The
class costs S2O per four-week ses-
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Hugging Sammy
Member of the Baby
Alumni Club at MF Cy \ ‘
Northside Hospital gets . I •
a giant squeeze from
Northside Hospital’s RHBL/ W
Sammy the Stork at
Zoo Atlanta. Saturday,
June 6, Northside ™
Hospital held its : W
eleventh annual I
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Alumni Club. Adults
and children who were
born at Northside ML7 ■
Hospital and are not ■
members of the Baby ... ’
Alumni Club can call
(404)851-8380 .A
formembership ,
information. \
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the summer. The cost is $277.75.
Students may pick up enrollment
forms in the guidance office at their
school or call Nathan’s Driving
School at (770) 234-9956.
Lanier Tech
...Adult Learning Center holds
daily GED Prep classes and prelim
inary testing; evening classes on
Tuesday and Thursday commenc
ing Jan. 20; basic skills instructions;
ESL classes resume Jan. 20,
Monday-Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to
noon and 5-8 p.m. For information,
call (770) 781-6987.
Forsyth-Cumming Optimist
Sam Geer, University of Georgia
Extension Agent, will speak to the
club on Thursday, Jan. 14, at Vittles
on the Square at 7 a.m.
Membership luncheon
The Dawson County Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor its next
membership luncheon on Thursday,
Jan. 14 at noon at the Gold Creek
Golf Club. Marty Williams, chair
man, will be the speaker and will
review the Program of Work for
sion. The instructor will be Ruth
Zehfuss. To pre-register, call (770)
781-2030.
Adult self-defense
...will be offered through Jan. 18,
from 7-8:30 p.m. on Mondays at the
City Park Annex building. The cost
is S3O. The instructor will be Tony
Estes. For information on any of the
classes listed above, call (770) 781-
2030.
Kid’s Night Out
Great opportunity for parents to
enjoy an evening out while their
kids have fun too. Children will
spend the night making crafts, play
ing games and much more.
Refreshments provided. Fee $lO
supplies included. Cass starts 6:30 -
9:30 p.m. at Midway Park
Community building on Fridays,
Jan. 8 and Jan. 22. For more infor
mation, call Forsyth County Parks
and Recreation Department at (770)
781-2215.
Simple Drawing Pencil and
Channel
...will be offered by the Cumming
Recreation and Parks Department,
Wednesdays, through Feb. 10, frofri
6-8 p.m. for ages 12-17 years. Cost
is $65 per six-week session. There is
a material list For information, call
(770)781-2030.
Adult drawing
...will be offered by the Cumming
Recreation and Parks Department,
Thursdays, through Feb. 11, from 2-
3 p.m. for ages 18 and older. Cost is
$65 per six-week session. There is a
material list. For information, call
(770)781-2030.
Wonderful World of Drawing
...will be offered by the Cumming
Recreation and Parks and
Department, Thursdays, through
Feb 11, from 4:30-6 pan., for ages
6-11 years old. Cost is $65 per 6
week session, supplies included.
Instructor is Rick Rennick. Location
is Cumming Municipal building.
1999. Lunch reservations are a
must. RSVP to the chamber office
at (706) 265-6278.
Xi Alpha Chapter
.. .of Beta Sigma Phi will meet on
Tuesday, Jan. 26, at the home of
Darlene Schilf at 7:30 p.m. The
program for the evening will be
“fashions to go.” For information,
call Vickie Wagnon at (770) 945-
0175.
Business After Hours
The Dawson County High School
VbTech Department will host the
first 1999 Dawson County
Chamber of Commerce “Business
After Hours” on Thursday, Jan. 21.
The Republican Women of
Forsyth County
...will meet on Monday, Jan. 18,
at 11 a.m. at O’Charley’s. Please
send 1999 dues in the amount of
sls to Cathy Jordan.
Cumming Unite 307 American
Legion Auxiliary
...is serving a brunch on Sunday,
Jan. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the VFW Post Hall, 1045
Dahlonega Highway.
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• personal assistance Monday-
Thursday, 830 a.m.-7 p.m.,
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Northeast Georgia Region 3
Board meeting
...Division of Mental Health,
Mental Retardation and Substance
Abuse will meet on Thursday, Jan.
14, at 5 p.m. at the Commerce Civic
Center, 110 State St., Commerce.
The Women’s Ensemble
...of the Cumming Chorale will
welcome new members by audition
on Jan. 14 at the McDonald Funeral
Home Chapel at 7:15 p.m. Be pre
pared to sing a familiar carol and to
read a simple part. The spring con
cert will be Friday, April 30.
Rehearsals begin for returning
members at 7:30 p.m. For informa
tion, call Martha Osborne at (770)
889-4083 or Shari Roberts at (770)
844-6568.
Georgia Singles Winter Dance
...will be held on Friday, Jan. 29,
from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the
Wyndham Garden Hotel in
Marietta. Admission is $lO at the
door. Semi-formal attire. For infor
mation, call (770) 850-0233.
Forsyth/Dawson/Lumpkin
Alliance for the Mentally 11l
Support group for the family and
friends of the mentally ill will hold
their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on
Monday, Jan. 25, at 125 North
Corners Pkwy, in Cumming. For
information, call (770) 887-0058.
Hand in Hand Hospice
...of Northeast Georgia Medical
Center and Health System Inc.
announces its next six-week series
bereavement support group. The
group will meet from 2-3 p.m. on
Tuesdays beginning Feb. 2 at New
Day Counseling located at 475
Tribble Gap Road, Suite 120 in
Cumming. The group is free, but
registration is required. For infor
mation, call (770) 536-0497.
Free depression support group
...offered by the Appalachian
Family Services Inc., is for
depressed individuals on the fourth
Thursday of each month at
Northside Hospital-Cherokee in
Canton at 7 p.m. Other free support*
groups, including anxiety, self
esteem, grief, cancer and more are
also available. For information, call
(770) 592-6515.
cardioACTIVES
...will be held on Thursday, Jan.
21, at 7 p.m. at Baptist North
Hospital, Mashburn Room. The
topic will be Echocardiogrphy and
heart disease. The speaker will be
Pat Deßell, RDCS, RCVT. For
information, call Gail Mize at (770)
889-1335 or Evelyn Murphy at
(770)844-3214. /
Flbromyalagia support group
.. .will be held Monday, Jan. 25, at
7 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of
the Holy Spirit. For information,
call Gail Mize at (770) 889-1335 or
Evelyn Murphy at (770) 844-3214.
Free obesity seminar
...being offered on Thursday, Jan.
21. Eight leading medical experts
will be featured on a panel discus
sion for obesity and weight loss
presented by Northside Hospital.
The free seminar will be held from
6:30-9 p.m. in Northside Hospital’s
Education Auditorium. The class is
designed for those who are signifi
cantly overweight to find motiva
tion and solutions. For information,
call (404) 303-3502.
Family Caregiver Series
...presented by the Atlanta Area
Chapter of the Alzheimer’s
Association, will offer four-class
series including: Overview of
Alzheimer’s disease,
Communication, Behaviors,
Caregiver stress, Changing stress,
Changing roles, Legal issues and
Planning for the future. The fee is
$25. Classes will be held Jan. 26
and Jan. 28, Feb. 2 and Feb. 4, from
1:30-3:30 p.m. For information, call
(404) 728-1181, ext. 228.
ADD/ADHD/Leaming disabled
...free seminars on unlocking
your child’s potential without med
ication. A. Martin Wuttke, Clinical
Director of the Institute for Family
Wellness, will speak on how
Neurofeedback combined with a
home-based education and thera
peutic program from the National
Association for Child Development
may help leave negative labels
behind. All seminars are 7:30-9
p.m. The dates are: Jan. 13, Jan. 28,
Feb. 10 and Feb. 25. For informa
tion, call (770)395-7526.
Advancements of Cosmetic
Surgery
This free seminar will be offered
on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at
Northside/Alpharetta Medical
> Campus from 7:30-9 p.m. The cost
is free. For information, call (404)
845-5555. Registration is required.
Winter ’99 nurturing program
...will be held on Tuesdays from
Jan. 19 through April 13, from
6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Episcopal
Church of the Holy Spirit of
Pilgrim Mill Road. A 12-week pos
itive parenting program focusing on
new skills, fresh ideas and shared
concerns. For information, call
(770) 205-1701.