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I FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Thufxtoy, June 15, MOO
YMCA reports need
to help failing families
Parenting has never been easy
but today’s parents face some trou
bling new challenges. That may
account for the poor grade the
nation received on a recent report
card grading what was being done
to help families survive and thrive.
The report cand was researched
and compiled by the YMCA of the
USA and presented to Congress to
detail what the government could do
to* help.
t' 1 “Families today are facing extra
ordinary pressures unaffordable
housing, inaccessible health care
and a deprivation of positive values.
As a nation we can and must do
more to support our families,” said
Kenneth L. Gladish, Ph.D., national
executive director, YMCA of the
USA.
Childhood was once thought of
as a time of gentle games like hop
scotch and hide and seek. Too often
today, children are exposed to vio
lence. Images of such violent scenes
as the school shootings in Littleton,
Goto. are hard to erase.
•j “The existing generation is far
more desensitized to violence than
any other generation,” said David
Walsh, Ph.D., president of the
National Institute on Media and the
Family and YMCA advisor.
Who is to blame? Is it parents
working harder to make ends meet?
Or the increasing use of television
as a babysitter, resulting in an
increased exposure to violent
images?
YMCA summer cam
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' The Forsyth County Family
YMCA is offering summer day
camp, Indian guides and fall soccer
programs.
I Vickery Creek Summer Day
Ounp
r ... a camp for ages 3-10, will be
held at Vickery Creek Elementary
School for five, two-week sessions.
Each session, in addition to normal
day camp activities, includes special
projects based on that session’s
theme. The five sessions are:
• Pioneer Camp, June 12-23
• Sports Camp, June 26 through
July 7 (no camp July 4)
• Holiday Everyday Camp, July
10-21
• Zoo Days, July 24 to Aug. 4
• Science Camp, Aug. 7-18
Indian Guides
_. a program for fathers and sons
and/or fathers and daughters. This
program is designed to engage
father-and-child pairs in unique
activities and to help foster and
strengthen the bond between parent
and child. Tribes meet monthly
throughout the year and families
take turns hosting the meetings.
Activities revolve around a native
American theme and include songs,
games, stories and crafts.
Special outings and events
include an induction ceremony and
cookout, camping, pine car derby
and ocher special events.
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The national report card made
recommendations to help America’s
families succeed. Among die 25
recommendations were:
• Expanding available child care
programs by providing more federal
funding.
• Helping local health and com
munity organizations identify and
prioritize community health issues
and move medical services into
neighborhoods.
• Increasing funding of commu
nity-based programs to prevent
juvenile delinquency and develop
youth.
A recent survey by the YMCA
of the USA supports the report card
findings, with 81 percent of respon
dents describing parenting as “more
difficult” than it used to be and vir
tually all of the parents describing
the success of die family as impor
tant to the future of the nation.
The YMCA presented the annu
al report card as part of its commit
ment to serving the critical needs of
youth and families. Currendy 16.9
million people of all ages and
incomes are served,
YMCAs together constitute the
largest child care provider in the
country, serving nine million chil
dren in non-school hours.
Founded almost 150 years ago,
2,283 YMCAs today make up the
largest not-for-profit community
organization in America. To find out
more about YMCA programs, visit
www.ymca.net
Fall soccer
... is for kids ages 4-7. Ages 4-5
learn the basics of the game without
the pressure of winning. Ages 6-7
start to play the game in a more
competitive style where they can
further their development of the
game of soccer. All are nurtured in
an environment where the motto is
“everybody plays and everybody
wins.” Parents are encouraged to
support every child no matter what
team they are on.
For more information about any
of the above programs, call (770)
888-2788.
Fall soccer
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Mountain memories served with country
cooking at popular LaPrade’s Fish Camp
By Bill Vanderford
For the Forsyth County News
During their courtship in the 19205, my
parents would travel the dusty summer roads
on dates from Cornelia to the shores of beauti
ful Lake Burton. Along with other young peo
ple of that time, Mom and Dad would often
stop at noon to sample the wonderful country
cuisine at LaPrade’s Fish Camp.
This famous place began around the turn of
the 20th century when Mr. John LaPrade pur
chased 600 acres of land near the community
of Burton, Ga.
During that time, the Georgia Power
Electrical Company was building Lake Burton
as a power supply and to harness the Tallulah
River, so Mr. LaPrade built the camp to house
and feed the lake’s engineers and workers.
When Lake Burton was completed and
filled in 1925, LaPrade’s became an excellent
fishing retreat. Since that time, LaPrade’s has
evolved into a rustic mountain resort where
Georgia families have traditionally come to
enjoy fresh mountain air and water, quiet pic
turesque surroundings and good old-fashioned
home cooking in solitude away from the
crowded and noisy cities.
The mountain tradition of dining and living
has been seen at LaPrade’s camp through the
ownerships of Mr. John, his son Buford
LaPrade, and since 1972, the Nichols family,
Wallace, Rachel, David, Ann, Jennifer,
Ashley, Robert, Ruth, Susan, Danny, Nikolas
and Alekzander.
The restaurant portion of LaPrade’s is a
building the length of four rooms that natural
ly blends into a sloping, wooded hillside adja
cent to Lake Burton. The open dining room is
furnished with very plain-looking boarding
house-style tables, but it is one of the most
popular eating and get-away places in the
Georgia mountains.
Everyone sits elbow to elbow, passing
heaping bowls and platters. It’s family-style
eating, all you can eat, and at LaPrade’s, one
should forget the calories and have second or
third helpings. The large platters might
include roasts, vegetables, fried chicken, slaw,
dumplings, gravy, biscuits, combread, ham,
sausage, eggs, cobblers, potatoes, rice, cakes,
relishes, jams and jellies, just to mention a
few, and it’s all fresh. In fact, all the vegeta
bles and most of the pork and chicken come
from the self-sufficient LaPrade’s farm, and
many of the relishes and jams are “put up” in
the LaPrade’s kitchen.
The only catch to enjoying this feast is that
you have to be there at scheduled seating
times, so plan on being punctual.
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The family environment and country-style cuisine at LaPrade’s Fish Camp have been
enjoyed by north Georgia residents for almost 100 years.
Reservations are also a smart idea.
Before each seating, the rocking chair
porches are lined with people waiting. These
might include the “summer people” from near
by lakeside homes, local year-round residents,
cabin guests, hikers, bikers, boaters, hungry
vacationers from all over and Atlantans who
drive up for no other reason than to eat at
LaPrade’s.
Lake Burton also has much to offer, and
since LaPrade’s was once a fish camp,
LaPrade’s Marina across the road offers a mul
titude of options. These include fishing boats,
canoes, rowboats, motors and all the necessary
bait for the varieties of fish in Lake Burton or
the nearby trout streams.
Rustic cabins are also available, but these
have no phone or TV. Being a cabin guest,
however, includes three meals for about the
cost of an ordinary budget motel. The spotless,
rustic cabins are left over from the fishing
camp days. They include the basics like bath
room, screened porch, quilts, homemade furni-
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ture and linoleum-covered floors, but no
kitchens.
The surrounding mountains offer plenty of
natural scenic beauty plus other attractions.
These include two nationally known hiking
trails: the Appalachian Trail and the Bartram
Trail. Additionally, one can easily visit the
deepest gorge east of the Mississippi, Tallulah
Gorge State Park, or Georgia’s highest moun
tain with views of four states Brasstown
Bald, any of 13 water falls in Rabun County
and the alpine village of Helen, all in one day.
LaPrade’s is open from April 1 until Dec.
1. It is located on Ga. 197 about 18 miles
north of Clarkesville. For more information or
to make reservations, call (706) 947-3312.
Bill Vanderford has won numerous awards
for his writing and photography, and has been
inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of
Fame as a legendary guide. He can be reached
at (770) 962-1241 or at his Web site,
www.fishinglanier. com.