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„ GC hosts program
on cartooning
Mike Luckovich will present “The
Strange World of Editorial
Cartooning” on Thursday, Feb. 4, at
11 a.m. in the Gainesville College
’; Continuing Education, Performing
~ Arts Center auditorium.
Luckovich's cartoons have
appeared in The Washington Post,
Los Angeles Times, Chicago
’Tribune and reprinted in TIME,
, Newsweek and The New York
? "Times.
•_ His awards include the 1995
■" Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoon
ing and in 1989 he won the
?* Overseas Press Club’s award for
‘ “Best Cartoon in Foreign Affairs.”
A graduate of the University of
Washington, his first job in cartoon
ing was at the Greenville News in
South Carolina.
This presentation is sponsored by
the 1998-99 Gainesville College
Colloquium and is the fifth in a
series of six presentations. For more
»' ’ information, call (770) 718-3836.
Y2K seminar to
foe offered at KSU
Kennesaw State University
will host a free Y2K seminar,
; ‘‘Taking the Mystery out of
’ ’ Y2K,” on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 9
" a.m.
. The seminar will be held at
200 Chastain Center, located off
Chastain Road in Kennesaw.
Admission is free, but seating is
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School events
Midway Elementary
...will hold its annual Father-
Daughter dance on Saturday, Feb.
13, from 7-9 p.m. Admission is free.
A professional photographer will be
on hand for the special evening.
There will be door prizes, dance
contests, food and lots of fun. For
more information, call (770) 475-
6670.
Snow-ski trip rescheduled
Forsyth County Parks &
Recreation is sponsoring two
snowskiing trips to Cataloochee Ski
Resort in Maggie Valley, N.C. A
• weekday trip is planned for Friday,
Feb. 5. The fee is S4O, which
includes transportation, lift ticket,
- equipment rental and a beginning
lesson. Transportation is limited.
Families and individuals wishing to
provide their own transportation are
charged S3O. A holiday trip is
planned for Monday, Feb. 15
(Forsyth Connty Schools are
closed). The fees are $55 with trans
portation and $45 without. For addi
tional information, call (770) 781-
2215. >
Early Childhood PTA
-'■'The Forsyth County Early
Childhood PTA is sponsoring a
Sweetheart Celebration Party on
Saturday, Feb. 6, from 10 a.m. to
-noon at Midway Elementary School
in the gym. Admission is $2 per
child. Adults get in free with the
purchase of a child’s admission. For
more information, call Sandra Gross
at (770) 781-4806.
Spelling bee
The Forsyth County school system
spelling bee will be held Saturday,
Feb. 6, at 10 a.m. at Coal Mountain
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Berry Vikette helps
promote school pep
Melissa Danchetz, a sopho
more at Berry College, is a
member of the Berry College
Vikettes dance team. Danchetz
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank L. Danchetz of Cumming.
Melissa Danchetz
Berry College Vikettes pro
mote school enthusiasm, serve
as a liaison between Berry
College and the Rome commu
nity and entertain at school
activities. Membership is open
to all interested females com
pleting appropriate selection
procedures.
Elementary School in the cafeteria.
Registration of participants will
begin at 10 a.m. The bee will begin
no later than 10:30 a.m. The public
is invited to attend the event. For
more information, call Nancy Chain
at (770) 887-7705, ext. 214.
Financial aid meeting
Guidance departments from all
three county high schools will pre
sent a financial aid meeting for
seniors and their parents on
Monday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. in the
Forsyth Central High School cafete
ria. Allen May, financial aid consul
tant with the Georgia Finance
Commission, will speak on the cost
for attending college or a technical
school; types of financial aid; feder
al aid availability; the Georgia
HOPE grant; and how to complete
the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid. For more information,
call your high school counselor.
Valentine’s puppet show
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EDUCATION
Spaugh recognized
at Young Harris
Madeline Carole Spaugh of
Cumming has been named to the
dean’s list at Young Harris
College in recognition of acade
mic excellence for the fall
semester 1998. Full-time stu
dents achieving a 3.5 grade
point average or better are eligi
ble for the dean’s list.
Spaugh, a 1997 graduate of
North Forsyth High School, is
the daughter of Claire and David
Windover of Cumming and
Andy and Tracy Spaugh of
Decatur. She is the granddaugh
ter of Jack and Jackie Hammond
of Gainesville and Bill and
Anita Spaugh of Doraville.
Grad Blanton earns
business degree
Joshua Blanton of Cumming
received a degree from the State
University of West Georgia at the
fall semester graduation ceremony
conducted Dec. 18. Blanton earned
a bachelor of business administra
tion degree in management.
The ceremony featured four stu
dents representing the academic
areas as speakers. Dr. Thomas J.
Hynes Jr., vice president for acade
mic affairs, awarded approximately
393 degrees to 200 undergraduate
and 193 graduate students.
Solomon Walker of Thomaston
represented the Richards College of
Business.
Library will host a Valentine’s pup
pet show on Saturday, Feb. 13.
Show times are 10:30 a.m. and
11:30 a.m. Each show will last for
approximately 35 minutes. All ages
are welcome. For more information,
call (770) 781-9840, ext. 233.
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Parents share learning with technology
More than 200 teachers, stu
dents and parents showed up at
Sawnee Elementary School on
Tuesday, Jan. 12 for the school’s
second annual “Technology
Share Night.” Following a regu
larly scheduled PTA meeting,
enthusiastic participants visited
displays and presentations in
classrooms, hallways and the
computer lab.
Teachers and their students in
grades three, four and five were
eager to share how they use
computers for teaching and
Fast food is healthy and it’s on a roll
Fourth and fifth graders across
the South will learn the benefits
of eating a variety of fruits and
vegetables in the Lunch Box
Derby -a program challenging
students to design, build and race
model cars made completely out
of fresh fruits and vegetables.
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, Jmwimy 31,1W9 I
Photo/subftiitted
Left Charlotte Gramling and Mary Helvey
watch Derek Gramling and Tyler Cox work on
the computer. Above, Linda Davis gives a ■
demonstration to Skylar Day, Kelley Day and
Savannah Day.
learning throughout the school
day. Parents had the opportunity
to experience taking virtual field
trips, contacting their congress
men and testing their geography
skills on the Internet. Fifth grade
students, working on a research
project, showed how they use a
variety of printed and online
resources to gather information.
Many classes shared their multi
media presentations created with
“Kid Pix (a software package
by Broderbund) and Microsoft
Power Point. Some of their top-
The program, sponsored by
Bruno’s, Foodworld, Foodmax,
Foodfair and the growers of
Washington state apples, is
intended to give kids a dietary
tune-up by teaching them the
sizes, shapes, textures, tastes and
nutritional value of fruits and veg-
ics included the Roman Empire
and mountain regions. Other vis
itors read poems on closed cir
cuit television and earned points
on the Accelerated Reader, pro
gram in the media center.
Parents reported they enjoyed
seeing how technology is being
used to support Forsyth County's
school curriculum while prepar
ing their children for the 21st
century.
Linda Spudic is the instruction
al technology specialist at.
Sawnee Elementary School.
etables.
“The derby promotes good nutri
tion, emphasizes teamwork and
encourages children to be imagi
native,” said Mike Prather, catego-
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