Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

PAGE 10A FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday. November 17,2002 Listings in Cumming Events are free and available to nonprofit organizations sponsoring free or low-cost events for the public. Groups may submit notices by fax at (770) 889-6017 or via email at editor@forsythnews.com. Events Forsyth Central High School Drama Department ... will present “Cotton Patch Gospel” on Nov. 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 24 at 2:30 p.m. at the Forsyth Central Auditorium. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and will be available at the auditorium prior to the performance. For more infor mation, call Susan Conant at (770) 888-0296. North Metro Area American Heart Walk ... at Forsyth County Central Park, 2300 Keith Bridge Rd. [Hwy. 306] in Cumming on Sunday, Nov. 17. Registration is at 2:30 p.m., and the walk will begin at 3 p.m. Sponsored by the American Heart Association and Northside Hospital Forsyth. Join us! Call 678- 385-2013 to register. South Forsyth High School Southside Players ... will perform a musical adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso from Studs Terkel’s Working on Nov. 20- 22 at 7 p.m. at the SFHS Performing Arts Center. The cost is $lO. To make reserva tions, call (770) 781-2264, Ext. 743. Fall festival ... will be at Coal Mountain Elementary on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 4-7:30 p.m. featuring a hayride, basketball throw, cake walk, sponge throw and much more games for the entire family. There will be a silent auction. Christmas in Cumming ... an arts and crafts festival along with pictures with St. Nick will be Nov. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sawnee Cultural Arts Center, 1090 Tribble Gap Rd. in Cumming. Start your Christmas shopping with a selection of unique gifts or old favorites. Items such as ceramics, ornaments, jewelry, educational toys, scrap booking supplies, can dles, wood creations and spe cialty food, just to name a few. Stop by, admission is free, and see some of the great items that your friendly neighbors have to offer. Instructors will be on hand to introduce the upcoming programs that will be at the SCAC. ACT 1 Theatre ... opens “The Sound of Music, the award winning Rogers and Hammerstein musical is based on the true story of the von Trapp fami ly’s escape from Nazi con trolled Austria. Complete with an old fashioned love story, captivating children and the beloved music made famous by the motion picture, the play opens Friday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m. and runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 21. All tickets are $lO. ACTI is located in the Alpharetta Presbyterian Church, 180 Academy St., Alpharetta. For more informa tion and reservation, call (770) 663-8989 or www.alpharet tapres.com/act 1 .htm. “The Nutcracker” ... presented by the Sawnee Ballet Theatre will be at the Sawnee Cultural Arts Center on Tribble Gap Road. Show times are Friday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 15, at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets are sl2 in advance and sls at the door. Tickets are available for purchase at select Kroger locations, Parson, the Sawnee Cultural Arts Center and the Sawnee School of Ballet. For more information, call (770) 887- 0756. Meetings Cumming Garden Club ... will have a combined V CUMMING EVENTS meeting on Nov. 16 at 9:45 a.m. at the Cumming Baptist Church, 302 Pilgrim Mill Rd. The program will be by Betty Thompson, a master flower show judge and instructor. It will be a luncheon, so bring a salad to share. All members are encouraged to attend and bring a friend. Forsyth County Newcomer Club ... will have its luncheon at the Polo Golf and Country Club on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 11 a.m. The cost is sls. Reservations must be received by Nov. 18. For reservations, call Barbara Moran at (770) 888-7174. AARP Local Chapter #2386 ... will have its November luncheon/meeting on Friday, Nov. 22, at the Cumming Baptist Church, 302 Pilgrim Mill Rd. in Cumming. Directors meet at 10:30 a.m., lunch is at noon. The guest speaker will be Maria Morgan with “Whispering Hope.” For reservations, call Zee Evans at (678) 947-9257. The Forsyth Disability Coalition ... a nonprofit networking support group for any citizen or family member of a citizen with a disability will have a Nov. 23 meeting featuring guest speaker Mike Galifianakis on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Meetings are on the fourth Saturday of each month in the 1400 Building of the Northside Forsyth Hospital, Teresa And Everett Bennett Educational Classroom at 10:30 a.m. The Junior Optimist “Outdoor” Club ... sponsored by the Cumming-Forsyth Optimist Club will meet every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at Deer Creek Shores Presbyterian Church. Boys and girls ages 11-18 years old are invited to attend. Activities include camping, hiking, aquatics, nature and moun taineering. For more informa tion, call Tim Edwards at (770) 605-3347. Freedom Builders ... a new networking group meets Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. at 425 Tribble Gap Rd. in the Sawnee Meadows office building. To confirm your industry representation, call Annette at (770) 887-6792. Community notices Volunteers needed ... for the community Christmas Day dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Sawnee Cultural Arts Center. Volunteer registration deadline is Friday, Dec. 6. To register, call (770) 887-1098, Ext. 232. Donations to help fund the dinner are needed and are • New & Used Pool Tables • Shuffle Board, Hockey • Cues, Lights, & Accessories w r Foosball, Bars, Barstools ■ g Jffi The Billiard Connection I - ' • AMF Authorized Dealer •Financing i, • Rock-Ola Jukeboxes 770-844-6199 Visa MC AmEx | O a I I i —9 ~ ▼ being accepted at the cash reg isters at all Kroger stores in Forsyth County, excluding the new store at Keith Bridge Road. Guests are invited to attend the dinner and enjoy the Christmas festivities. The St. Mario Women’s Club ... will have a Fine Art Auction on Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. to benefit local charities in Forsyth County. Preview an extensive collection of fine art while enjoying compli mentary coffee and dessert. A cash bar will also be provided. Auction will be at the St. Mario Clubhouse, 7755 St. Mario Country Club Pkwy, in Duluth. Reservations are required as seating is limited. Respond to stmarlowomen@yahoo.com or call (770) 232-0732 for more information. Duplicate Bridge ... will be at the Forsyth Senior Center every Thursday at 7 p.m. For more informa tion, call Barbara at (770) 833-0878. Cumming Civitan Club ... will host its annual Holiday Shopping Spree raf fle. You can win a S3OO shop ping spree at Wal-Mart. The drawing is Tuesday, Nov. 26, and you do not have to be present to win. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. Call Ann Raines at (770) 887-3778. Caps and coats are being col lected by the Cumming Civitan Club through Nov. 26. Caps and Coats Drive ... sponsored by the Cumming Civitan Club will be through Nov. 26. Drop off your gently used children and adult coats, caps, scarves, gloves, etc., at the Kroger pharmacy at Lakeland Plaza, Wal-mart Supercenter in Cumming or Hansard Insurance Agency at 305 Atlanta Rd. These items will be distributed to people in need in Forsyth County. Holiday Barn Christmas Show ... will be Nov. 30-Dec. 8 | at 2550 Redd Rd. (north of Alpharetta) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (770) 772-4058, after 5 1 p.m. Martha Stewart Bulloch Chapter, DAR ... will have its annual Christmas party on Sunday, Dec. 1, at 2:30 p.m. at the Grayson Home featuring DAR Schools Christmas tree, chap ter awards and recognitions, collection of Christmas stock ings for veterans. Reservations are required. For more infor mation, call Susan Lemesis at (770) 993-2858. Christmas Tour of Homes ... will be Saturday, Dec. 14, from noon to 4 p.m. to , benefit the Habitat for Hum anity. The tour is sponsored by 400 North Board of Realtors. Tickets are $lO each. See your local Realtor for tickets or call Elaine Thomas at (678) 714- 4028, Arlene Ingram at (770) 844-5963 or Gayle Reinsch at (706) 216-5229. Hands Across Forsyth ... is accepting applications for low-income households for Thanksgiving and Christmas for families with children on Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. Spanish-speaking appli cations should apply on Fri days or on the Saturday sign ups listed below. Saturday sign ups are Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon or Dec. 14 from 1-3 p.m. Applications must be completed in person at The Place of Forsyth County Inc. at 2550 The Place Circle. The last day to sign up for Thanks giving is Nov. 15 and for Christmas is Dec. 14. Infor mation required is a proof of residency, proof of income for all household members for the past 30 days, photo identifica tion and Social Security num bers for all members of the family. Volunteers are needed to make this year successful. For more information, call (770) 781-8846. Home heating help avail able ... for the low income, eld erly and disabled. Low income homebound, particu larly elderly and disabled peo ple, can apply for help paying their home heating bills. The Georgia Department of Human Resources will help pay heating costs for gas, elec tricity, wood, coal or kerosene. One-time payments will be made primarily by checks issued to home energy suppli ers on behalf of eligible households. Eligibility for the program is based on the income of all members of the household. All eligible house holds must be responsible for their home heating costs. - : T'.J < T?*’ ■• ■> ■ I ■ '■ ■ ■ K ■I I /-■- - W > OBn «$ > bIH?* jflr dH Iwb^b^BF . MB |K' |HKBw| _ MM— IH l •"’H >/ ' s's '. z" Ut ? ‘ T. ’• -I H 4 .-'‘’v I I J' •j r ’ . II \ t’ . U •’■."• _ s " u f J~' J ' •'-' f-' ‘' ‘ - - / \ X ' • Low Rates. Quick Turnaround. A Regions Equity AssetLlne is one of the smartest financial tools around. Since it’s a line of credit, you can use the ' money Whenever and however you’d like (you may never fill "TEl* out a loan application again). Plus, the interest is usually 100% "Tb ■V % APR tax deductible’. For more information stop by any Regions location or call us at 1 -800-REGIONS (1-800-734-4667). For even faster service, apply online at www.regions.com and start using your account In as little as two weeks! ’ The strength to help you do more. | > \ "■ <■■'.. : ■ •> Igl AOL KEYWORD: REGIONS • WWW.REGIONS.COM • MEMBER FDIC r. . ii 1 1— 1_- 4 —y- 1 When applying for assis tance, persons must present written proof of income for all household members. This can be a paycheck stub, public assistance check or unemploy ment check. Applicants must also supply a social security number for each person in the household and a most recent home heating bill or documen tation. Depending on avail ability of funds, other house holds may apply for the regu lar program which will open to the public on Dec. 2. For more information, call Pam Morris at Ninth District Opp ortunity Inc. at (770) 889- 9420. Girl Scout Troop 3780 ... invites the public to help decorate the Cumming and Sharon Forks libraries for the holidays. This year’s theme is “Cumming Home for the Hol idays.” The public is invited to join with the traditional holi day preparations by creating hand-made ornaments for the trees for both libraries. The goal is to receive ornaments, no bigger than a normal-sized ornament that reflect Forsyth County, by Nov. 15. For more information, call Jodie Barger, Troop 3780 leader, at (770) 844-7196. Community Voice Toastmasters ... That fear of speaking in public got you down? Wish you could manage your meetings to be more pro ductive? Then join us at the Community Voice Toastmasters. We are a non profit organization that meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at Sharon Forks Library. Please note however that we are meeting at the John’s Creek Kroger for the month of November. Join us at 6:45 p.m. for social time. Our mis sion is to help people improve their lives by learning to com municate more effectively. For more information or direc tions, contact Mark Wilson at ♦ (678) 640-5336 or mwil son @ ga2co2ga.com. Toastmasters of Forsyth County ... will have its bimonthly meetings on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at the Forsyth County Main Library from 6:30-7:45 p.m. If you are a person that has a fear of speaking or want to learn how to communicate better with your boss, co workers or family members, this is the program for you. We are a new club in Forsyth County and welcome every one. For more information, call Carla Beasley at (770) 781-9840 or Beth Fasnacht at (770 887-7930. Community classes Applications ... are being accepted for the upcoming Master Gard ener Volunteer Training class sponsored by the University of Georgia’s Forsyth County Cooperative Extension Ser vice. For more information, call Jan at (770) 887-2418. The Forsyth County Public Library ... celebrates Children’s Book Week Nov. 16-23 with a preschool program, “Nursery Rhyme Time,” at 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. After each pro gram “Franklin the Turtle” will be a special guest. Patrons are encourage to bring cam eras and items to be auto graphed. These activities will take place at the Cumming branch on Tuesday, Nov. 19, and at the Sharon Forks Branch on Thursday, Nov. 21. The library’s annual Thanksgiving puppet show will be Saturday, Nov. 16. All ages are welcome. Show times are 11 a.m. at the Cumming Library and 1 p.m. at the Sharon Forks Library. For more information, con tact the Children’s Department at (770) 781-9840, Ext. 364.