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Humpus Bumpus
expands kid’s section
By Mindy Marriott
For Forsyth County News
With a family oriented
bookstore, a quality children’s
room is a must. Humpus
Bumpus Books at 703 Atlanta
Rd. has added 700-square-feet
expanding the childrenVliter
ature section. The official
opening will be Aug. 20.
Special events are planned
from Monday through Sunday,
Aug. 26.
“Our nitch market is the
family, and of course the
nucleus of every family is the
child,” he said. “What we
determined is since children’s
books already sold really well
here, it made sense to really
enhance the children’s section
and make it better than any
chain store. I wanted to make
it nice, intimate and full-serv
ice.”
While storytellers, pup
peteers, authors and a new
stock of books entertain the
children, the adults will be
able to shop in their sections
in the front of the store. The
additional space will house
events for adults too; the
bookshelves in the center of
the room are on casters and
fold-out theatre style, making
the space ideal for book dis
cussions.
According to Cossman and
his marketing director Dani
McLain, the new children’s
section will help them do busi
ness with the schools more
efficiently. In addition to car
rying all of the summer read
ing list books, Humpus
Bumpus wants to be a local
resource for educators by
ordering class sets for schools
and by sponsoring open hous
es and field trips.
“One of the things we want
to implement with this space
is to really provide a place for
teachers and others in the edu
cation community to have
resources so they can talk, and
we will have those resources
available. We can further facil
itate enhancing the education
of children and we’re very
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excited,” McLain said.
The “grand re-opening” of
the children’s section will be a
“really big blowout with a lit
erary feel,” McLain said. The
celebration is the first in a
string of planned events to
benefit the community that
will add to the existing unique
features of the store. Cossman
said his mission is to continue
to create a homey atmosphere
in which his customers feel
comfortable.
“Our job is to make this
place irresistible and to pro
vide so much personality that
people just want to be in this
environment,” he said.
“[Customers] can talk to
strangers about this idea or
this book and not feel like
they’re being forward or
weird, because we live in a
world of ideas here. “It’ll
never be a huge store physi
cally, but a store doesn’t have
to be big in size to be success
ful. The books that people
want are here, or we can get
them in three days, and in that
sense, we’re as big as the
biggest chain.”
Special events
• Monday, Aug. 20
“Mother Eartha” will present a
puppet show for young and
old. Using puppets and theatre
of her own design, April
Fields travels across North
Georgia telling tall tales and
sharing a special magic that
only animated characters can.
• Tuesday, Aug. 21
Award-winning author Jimmy
Jacobs will present a slide
show and sign books at 7 p.m.
Jacobs has written five books
on fishing in Georgia and the
Southeast.
• Wednesday, Aug. 22
Another puppet show by
Mother Eartha. At 7 p.m., Ren
and Helen Davis, authors of
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Walks” which details vari
ous walking and hiking trails
will have a slide show and
book signing.
• Thursday, Aug. 23
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of “A Flower Blooms on
Charlotte Street,” will auto
graph her books from 4-6 p.m.
• Saturday, Aug. 25.
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ceremony at 10 a.m. Many
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While story
tellers, pup
peteers,
authors and
a new stock
of books
entertain the
children, the
adults will be
able to shop
in their sec
tions in the
front of the
store.
Photos/Tammy
Garrison
at Humpus Bumpus.
• Sunday, Aug. 26 Gail
Karwoski, author of historical
fiction books for young adults
will be signing her books.
Teachers will receive free
copies of her lesson plans for
the books they purchase.
Karwoski has been a teacher
in Georgia for 13 years.
Attendance at events is
free, but advance purchase of
the books is highly recom
mended. For more informa
tion, call (770) 781-9705.
JAMBOREE from IB
“It’s pretty hard to
describe how much you get
from a Jamboree,” said
Michael Martin, a junior at
North Forsyth High School.
“The adult leaders try really
hard to stay out of our way
and let us run the troop,
which is a lot of responsibili
ty-
“But our youth leaders
and their guys prepared
ahead of time and did great.
We had very nasty weather
for two days at the Jamboree,
but our preparation really
paid off. I made some great
new friends and I hope to
come back in four years and
do it all over again as a staff
member.”
Scout Victor Fisher from
Troop 39 in Cumming was
amazed at how accessible
people were at the Jamboree.
“I got to meet Mr. Wil
liams [the Chief Scout Exec
utive] the last day of the
Jamboree,” said Victor. “He
was a pretty neat guy, and he
talked to the guys and let us
take our picture with them.”
Putting on a Jamboree
every four years is pretty
tough work. All four branch
es of the military spent
almost a year getting ready
for the huge influx of Senior
Scouts and adults who come
to the Jamboree, many of
whom will be exposed to life
on a military base for the
first time. Life Scout Adam
Moore, who attends Forsyth
Central High School, said,
“The Army put on a great
show for us. They brought in
their parachute jumpers a
couple of times and had a
great exhibit with tanks, heli
copters and lots of other
things. While we were in
Washington, we got to lay a
wreath at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier at Arling
ton Cemetery. I’ll always
remember that. It was very
impressive.”
One week before the
Jamboree, 8,000 staff mem
bers, including Scout leaders
from Forsyth County, arrived
to put the final touches on
things before the Scouts
arrived. Jamboree staff mem
bers pay SSOO for the privi
lege of working at a Jam
boree, plus are responsible
for their transportation to and
from the event. In addition,
there are expenses involved
for special uniform items.
Expenses for the partici
pants were handled in a cou
ple different ways. In most
cases parents worked with
their sons who worked to
earn the money. Some par
ents paid. And some boys
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Putting on a
Jamboree every
four years is
pretty touah
work. All four
branches of the
military spent
almost a year
getting ready.
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had scholarships. The ex
penses had to cover bus
transportation to Washington,
D.C., two nights in a hotel,
the Jamboree itself and meals
for all 12 days.
Statham noted, “My fel
low Scoutmaster Buddy
Beiter worked the staff at the
Jamboree, as well as sending
a boy from his troop R.J.
Rumsey of Cumming. It’s
pretty spooky when you find
out the regular jobs these
guys on staff have when
they’re not at the Jamboree. I
met a district court judge
who was unclogging latrines,
and my buddy Richard
Schneider from Troop 39,
who is CEO of a logistics
company, was parking cars
and directing traffic in a
security detail.”
Scouts today are expected
to know and use technology
as a part of what they do.
“Our Jamboree Troop’s Web
site [www.troopls2s.com]
was designed to get the word
out to our boys and parents,”
said Statham.
“We put everything the
boys needed on our Web site
equipment lists, sched
ules, upcoming activities,
Troop rosters, the whole nine
yards. Five years ago we’d be
sending things out by mail or
using a telephone calling cir
cle to get the word out. But
today we use email, automat
ic phone message distribu
tion and Web sites to get the
word out. It’s cheaper, easier
and it doesn’t intimidate the
boys at all. It just intimidates
us old guys!”
Would they do it again?
“Absolutely!” said Mich
ael Martin. “When do we
head back up?”
Last year, there were
1,661 scouts in Forsyth
County served by 327 adult
leaders. Scouting is open to
boys ages 6-20. If you would
like more information, call
the Northeast Georgia
Council office at (800) 699-
8806 or visit the Web site at
www. nega-bsa.org.