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“Nike Reuse-A- Shoe” program a big hit at Otwell Middle School
Keep Forsyth County
Beautiful sponsored the “Nike
Reuse-A-Shoe Program” dur
ing January at Otwell Middle
School.
This program is a great
way to recycle your old ath
letic shoes.
The shoes were collected
in each homeroom class and
then transported to the Emory
University Recycling Center
where they were baled.
Once Emory has collected
a tractor-trailer load, Nike
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Forsyth County to begin programming on
Adelphia cable TV’s channel 4 tonight
Two new television pro
grams that focus on Forsyth
County government are
scheduled to air on Adelphia
Cable TV’s Channel 4 tonight
at 8 p.m.
Focus on Forsyth will fea
ture two 30-minute segments:
The first, hosted by former
Channel 4 News Reporter
Destiny Kelley, features
Sheriff Ted Paxton and sever
al Forsyth County deputies as
they lead viewers on a tour of
the Forsyth County Detention
On the calendar
• Feb. 2: Board of Commissioners Called Meeting/Work
Session, 5 p.m. County Administration Building, 110 E. Main
St., Suite 220, Cumming.
• Feb. 7: Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce
Annual Meeting, 6-11p.m. Sawnee Cultural Arts Center 1090
Tribble Gap Road, Cumming.
• Feb. 9: Water and Sewer Committee Meeting, noon,
County Administration Building, 110 E. Main St. Cumming.
• Feb. 9: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting, 5 p.m.,
County Administration Building, 110 E. Main St. Suite 220
Cumming.
• Feb. 16: Board of Commissioners Public Hearings, 5 p.m.,
County Administration Building, 110 E. Main St. Suite 220,
Cumming.
• Feb. 23: Water and Sewer Committee Meeting, noon,
County Administration Building, 110 E. Main St. Cumming.
• Feb. 23: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting, 5 p.m.,
County Administration Building, 110 E. Main St. Suite 220,
Cumming.
• Feb. 24: Planning Commission Meeting, 6:30 p.m., County
Administration Building, 110 E. Main St., Suite 220, Cumming.
• Mar. 1: Board of Commissioners Called Meeting/Work
Session, 5 p.m. County Administration Building, 110 E. Main
St., Suite 220 Cumming.
• Mar. 8: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting, 5 p.m.
County Administration Building, 110 E. Main St., Suite 220,
Cumming.
•Mar. 8: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting, 5 p.m.
County Administration Building, 110 E. Main St., Suite 220,
Cumming.
A weekly feature page of the Forsyth County News with material provided by the Forsyth County public information office.
ports them to their Oregon
recycling plant.
The shoes are then shred
ded into “Nike Grind” and
used for playground surfaces,
basketball courts, tracks, car
pet pad and a variety of other
surfaces.
Otwell’s program was co
sponsored by the Junior Beta
Club; they collected over 700
pairs of shoes.
The winning homeroom
was Ms. Aycock’s class; they
collected 77 pairs of shoes.
The winners received a
Center.
Then, Kelly will introduce
Jennifer Szabo, Keep Forsyth
County Beautiful resource
coordinator and Marty Byars,
Chairman of the KFCB Board
of Directors, who will co-host
an in-studio discussion of the
many beautification projects
sponsored by KFCB.
These two programs will
be televised every Wednesday,
Thursday, and Saturday at
Bp.m. through the month of
February.
free Chick-fil-a breakfast
from Mike Rizdon of the
Cumming Chick-fil-a restau
rant.
Ms. Cardoso’s class trans
ported the shoes to Emory
with parent volunteer Ro
Woodhead. The class also
took a tour of the recycling
center.
If your school or business
is interested in hosting a
“Reuse A Shoe Collection”
please call Karen Gaspar,
Education Coordinator at 678-
455-8488.
They will continue in
March, but new programs will
be produced each month.
Adelphia has agreed to pro
vide free air time to county
government through March
31.
As a public service the
Forsyth County Public
Information Office plans to
produce additional program
ming featuring the various
departments of local govern
ment to begin airing in
February.
Ask County Government:
QUESTION:
Do all County departments go through the
Purchasing Department?
ANSWER:
The Forsyth County Purchasing policies and proce
dures require all departments to go through Purchasing for
all items in excess of SSOO.
The departments have County credit cards for purchas
es under SSOO.
Note: there are a list of exceptions that the credit card
cannot be used for (ex: telephone equipment, ammunition,
etc.)
• • •
QUESTION:
Are bidders notified when they do not receive the
bid?
ANSWER:
Not individually, but the web site (8.0. C. Meeting
Minutes) is used to inform bidders of the awards.
Again many of the bids require Board of
Commissioners approval prior to the award.
Bidders to a project that required a Bid Bond will be
notified by letter once the award and contract has been
signed.
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Photos/Submitted
Left, thanks to parent volunteer Ro Woodhead, Ms. Cardoso’s homeroom class
transported the shoes collected during the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe project to Emory
Recycling Center and were taken on a tour of the facility. Above, Ms. Aycock’s home
room class was the winning class, collecting more than 77 pairs of shoes for the Nike
Reuse-A-Shoe project.
All programs will carry
the FcTv logo, indicating they
are the product of Forsyth
County government and the
Forsyth County Public
Information Office.
Former Adelphia video
technician Jim Dean will pro
duce the programs.
He is also under contract
to film Board of
Commissioners meetings that
now air on Channel 4 every
Thursday at 9 p.m. on a tape
delayed basis.
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Thunday, January 29, 2004-1
BOC meeting, public
hearing postponed
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners meeting and
Public Hearings scheduled for Jan. 26 was postponed due to
potentially hazardous weather conditions. The meeting and pub
lic hearings have been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 2 at sp.m.
in the Commissioners Meeting Room, Suite 220.
Commissioners were concerned that hazardous driving con
ditions might limit public participation in several very important
public hearings. For further information, please call 770-781-
2101 or visit the county’s website at www.forsythco.com
Code of Ordinances now
available on county Web site
The Forsyth County Code of Ordinances is now
available online.
To access the ordinances, see “Other Links” on the
right side of the Home Page and click on County
Ordinances.
The ordinances will be updated on a quarterly
basis in March, June, September and December.
You may call the County Clerk at (770) 886-2101 to
inquire about any amendments or additions to the
ordinances between these time periods.
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