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, FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday. ot»mt>T 5,1W8
Help is on the way
Forsyth County farmers are now eligible
to receive livestock disaster relief funds
There is relief on the way for Forsyth County
farmers.
On Thursday, 111 of Georgia's 159 counties
were approved for eligibility to allow livestock
farmers to sign up for livestock disaster relief.
Farm Service Agency Executive Director
Hanson Carter made the announcement. FSA
officials confirmed Friday that Forsyth County
' is one of the eligible counties.
The payments will help compensate fanners
for losses suffered in 1999 as a result of natur
al disasters that either destroyed livestock,
grazing resources for their livestock or both.
“We know farmers need assistance as soon as
they can get it. so we'll be working hard to
disburse the money quickly,” Carter said. “We
expect a few more counties to be approved
within the next week.”
The disaster relief will be made available
under USDA's Livestock Assistance Program.
To qualify, a farmer’s operation must be locat
ed in a county approved for the program.
Georgia livestock producers have until Jan. 21,
y* 2000, to sign up for the LAP payments. The
S program is administered by the USDA’s Farm
Billy Howell Ford serves
as donation location
for Toys for Tots program
The annual Marine Corps Toys for Tots campaign is under way and
Billy Howell Ford in Cumming is one of the official drop-off points
for toys.
For the past 50 years the Marine Corps has been collecting toys for
needy children through the Toys for Tots drive. Marine Corps reserve
units located throughout the nation conduct toy collection and distri
bution campaigns in communities near their reserve centers each
year.
Ford dealerships from all over the country participate in the cam
paign each year, and the sight of new toys filling the rear of a Ford
pickup is a familiar one for the Billy Howell staff.
Contributors to the Toys for Tots drive are asked to bring a new,
unwrapped toy to the donation site. Marines pick up, sort and distrib
ute the toys to needy children identified by local social service agen
cies and churches.
The Toys for Tots campaign begins each year at Thanksgiving and
continues through Dec. 19. Last year the campaign netted a record
10 million toys nationwide, which were distributed to 4.7 million
children.
To participate in the Toys for Tots campaign, take your new toy to
Billy Howell Ford in Cumming.
Bum foundation calendar on sale
to pay for fire safety programs
The Georgia Firefighters Burn
Foundation “Hotlanta 2000” cal
endar will feature Atlanta fire
fighter/hero Matt Mosely on its
cover.
Mosely’s daring rescue of a
crane operator stranded above a
Cabbagetown fire made interna
tional news last spring.
Proceeds from the sales of the
calendar will benefit the founda
tion and its prevention and fire
safety programs.
The calendar is a joint creation
of the International Fire Fighters
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Federal crop disaster funds also available
Farmers who suffered crop losses as a
result of natural disasters can begin to sign
up for cash grants Dec. 13, according to
Hanson Carter, state executive director for
the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm
Service Agency.
“Low prices, coupled with natural disas
ters, have hurt many farmers.” said Carter.
“This program will help those producers
stay in business until conditions improve."
The deadline to sign up for the new Crop
Loss Disaster Program is Feb. 25. 2000.
To be eligible, farmers must have lost at
least 35 percent of their 1999 crops because
Service Agency. To qualify for payments, a
farmer must have had grazing losses of at least
40 percent below normal for 90 consecutive
days. Eligibility for LAP benefits is based on
whether a producer suffered a loss of grazing
resources or livestock because of a natural dis-
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Cost is sl2 if picked up at the
foundation office at 2575
Chantilly Drive in Atlanta or from
a GFBF volunteer.
Calendars ordered by phone and
mailed cost sl4. Supplies are lim
ited.
_ To order, call (404) 320-6223 or
(800) 273-2876.
GFBF Executive Director Lynn
Naylor noted the calendars make
perfect “stocking stuffers” for the
holiday gift season.
Mysteries of science revealed
Mr. Wizard show
will visit NFMS
One of America’s most-watched
educational programs is reaching
out to students across the country
in the name of learning.
On Dec. 10 the mysteries of sci
ence will be explored at North
Forsyth Middle School when
ECA Educational Services, in
conjunction with the Mr. Wizard
Studios, presents Mr. Wizard’s
Science in the Home.
New guidelines set by the
American Academy for the
Advancement of Science ask
teachers to use hands on projects
in an effort to improve the science
programs in our nation's schools.
In keeping with these guidelines,
Mr. Wizard Science Assembly
Programs demonstrate the science
of everyday living using interac
tive teaching methods.
Don Herbert, better known as
Mr. Wizard from NBC-TV’s
"Watch Mr. Wizard” and
Nickelodeon’s Mr. Wizard's
World, has produced a program to
bring this hands-on style of sci
ence to Cumming for two mom-
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of a natural disaster.
Eligible farmers will receive an advance
payment equal to 35 percent of their project
ed total payment as soon as their application
is approved.
Participants will receive their final pay
ment after all applications have been
received and approved.
Funding for the program sl.2 billion
nationwide was provided through the
Fiscal Year 2000 Agriculture Appropriations
Act. For more information, phone Farm
Service Agency office in Gainesville at
(770) 536-0549.
aster. Counties approved for assistance must
have had below-normal rainfall of 40 percent
or more for four consecutive months. The
S2OO million funding for the programs nation
wide comes through the Agriculture
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000.
ing sessions.
Although Herbert will be busy
exploring new ways to explain
science using everyday items,
Dan Roath, his official assistant,
will present this fast-paced show
guaranteed to educate and enter
tain.
The message of the show is that
science is away of thinking that
can lead to understanding.
Student volunteers from the audi
ence use learning skills such as
observing, predicting, and analyz
ing to investigate challenges
posed during the show.
Among other things, students
will will discover the secret of
how to push a needle through a
balloon; how much gas is in a can
of soda; and how to remove the
iron from breakfast cereal every
morning.
In the tradition of the television
show, the demonstrations in this
program illustrate ways items
found in supermarkets and around
your home can be used to explain
everyday living.
Cumming police Incident reports
Former employee
charged after theft
at load hotel
Police have charged 35-year-old
Clarence A. Stephens with theft
for allegedly stealing televisions
valued at $570 from rooms at
Lanier Lodge on Nov. 27.
A witness told police they saw a
white male carrying three large
packages from the back of the
building, up the stairs to the front
and into room.
The witness identified Stephens
as the suspect. He added that
Stephens then carried two pack
ages around the back of the build
ing and sat on them for a few
moments, then stuffed the pack
ages beside the ice machine in the
breezeway.
Police who were called to the
scene found the packages con
tained televisions missing from
three rooms.
Stephens is a former employee
of the facility and his wife still
works there.
He was arrested and taken to the
police station for processing.
Stevens has denied the allega
tions.
Cumming resident
reports phone theft
On Nov. 29, a Cumming woman
reported to the Cumming Police
Department that her husband's
Nokia cell phone, valued at SIOO,
was stolen from her vehicle Nov.
10 while in the Wal-Mart parking
lot.
Duluth resident
charged with
shoplifting
An 18-year-old Duluth man was
charged with shoplifting Dec. 1
from the Ingles on Canton
Highway.
A witness said he observed the
subject conceal two packs of ciga
rettes under his shirt, then attempt
to leave the store.
He approached the offender and
asked where the cigarettes were.
The offender lied and told the wit
ness they were on the shelf.
When questioned a second time,
the offender produced the items
from under his shirt and then tried
to run out of the store.
Several employees stood in front
of the escape route.
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The offender was taken to the
police department for identifica
tion and citation process,
processed and released.
/ On Nov. 29, a 33-year-old
Cumming man reporting catching
a man attempting to steal his shop
saw from his vehicle in the Home
Depot parking lot.
While attempting to detain the
man, a struggle ensued.
The suspect fled in a white jeep.
/ A Cumming woman reported
someone removed the registration
decal from her license plate.
The woman did not know when
or where the decal was removed.
She was instructed by authorities
how to replace the decal.
/ On Nov. 29, a contracting
company employee reported that
SIO,OOO worth of damage was
done to two bulldozers and a
dump truck parked on a construc
tion site behind Lowe's in
Cumming.
The windows were broken out
of the dump truck and the gas
tanks were filled with dirt.
The fire extinguisher were emp
tied.
/ A 47-year-old Cumming man
reported he received a call on his
cell phone Nov. 27 from a subject
who informed him that his red
Acura Legend had been damaged.
The car was parked in the Home
Depot parking lot with a “for
sale" sign on it.
The damage is estimated at
approximately SI,OOO and was
caused by a sharp object, possibly
a knife or key.
/ An employee of a hotel on
Lanier 400 Parkway in Cumming
reported Nov. 28 she discovered a
handgun had been left undemeatlr
a pillow.
A computer check revealed no
record of the gun on file.
The firearm is a semi-automatic
handgun.
/ A 16-year-old Forsyth Central
student reported Nov. 28 someone
took his vehicle tag from his
Bronco in the school’s parking
lot.
/ On Nov. 27, a 42-year-old
Cumming man reported several
items were taken from his vehicle
while at a business on Atlanta
Highway. There was no damage
to the doors or windows of the
vehicle.
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