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Bring your entire family to the
Farm Family Ag and Health
Expo 2004 for the latest infor
mation to help keep you safe
and healthy on the farm, as
well as hundreds of dollars
worth of free health screen
ings.
For more information call
Debbie Wilburn at 770-887-
2418 or 770-535-8290. '
Riding Safely in Child
Care
... Are you a child care
provider? If so, plan on
attending our upcoming train
ing. Riding Safely in Child
Care (for Child Care Providers
only). This training is spon
sored by the University of
Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service. Forsyth
County office, Georgia Traffic
Injury Prevention Institute and
the Governor’s Office of
Highway Safety. The training
will be Monday. April 19,
from 7-9 p.m. Check in begin
ning at 6:30 p.m. at the
Sawnee Cultural Arts Center
in Cumming.
Participants will receive
two hours of DHR accepted
credit (ECE-2). The cost of
the program is S 3 per person.
For questions or to receive a
registration form call Debbie
Wilburn at (770) 535-8290.
No walk-ins allowed.
Riding Safely in Child
Care was developed in
Georgia specifically to
increase awareness of the need
for child care providers to
transport children using cur
rent best practice recommen
dations. This two hour training
addresses the following topics:
Georgia law. crash dynamics,
types of seats, gross misuse,
liability issues, and resources
available in local regions.
The instructors for the
course will be Griggs Wall,
Regional Coordinator with the
Georgia Traffic Injury'
Prevention Institute and
myself. Debbie Wilburn,
University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension
Service. County Agent for
Forsyth and Hall counties.
Chattahoochee
Elementary PTO
... will host a community
festival and thrift sale at the
school on Holtzclaw Road on
Saturday, April 17. There will
be a moon jump, kids games
and prizes, food, drinks, a raf
fle, a presentation by the
school chorus, a live band and
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thrift sale treasures. The thrift
sale will be from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. and the festival from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. The rental fee
for a parking space with a
table is S2O and for a parking
space only is $lO. For infor
mation, call Tina Cannon at
(770)887-2266.
Spring Plant Sale
... The Forsyth County
Master Gardeners and the
Cumming Garden Club will
have its Spring Plant Sale dur
ing the County Yard Sale at
the Cumming Fairgrounds on
April 17, from 8 a.m. to noon
or until all plants are sold. The
plants are grown locally by
members of each organization
and include perennials, herbs,
ground covers and shrubs.
Road Race
... The Windermere third
annual 5K Road Race will be
Saturday. April 17, at 8 a.m.
with a one mile Fun Run start
ing at 7:30 a.m. Both races
will begin at the Windermere
Lodge off of Windermere
Parkway in Cumming. The
course will lead runners
through the rolling hills of the
community, with scenic views
of the Davis Love 111-designed
golf course. Proceeds from the
race will be donated to Daves
Creek Elementary School in
support of a school fundraiser
benefiting Relay For Life. A
24-hour, community-based
event. Relay For Life was
designed to celebrate survivor
ship and raise money for the
American Cancer Society.
Registration forms will
soon be available online at
www.rungeorgia.com and
race-day registration will
begin at 6:30 a.m. Entry fees
for both races are as follows:
$lO for the children's Fun
Run. sls for the 5K Road
Race until April 15 and S2O
for runners registering on the
day of the race. For more
information or directions,
please contact Katie Smith at
(678)455-0768 or katie
smith @ windermere .cbeyond.-
com.
The Chestatee River
Chapter, DAR
... meets monthly at the
Adair Park Subdivision club
house. Meeting dates for April
and May have been changed
to the third Sunday, to avoid
conflict with Mothers Day and
Easter. The meetings will
begin at 2 p.m. The programs
for theses days are:
• April 18: Annette
Bramblett, noted local histori-
an will be the speaker. Her
topic will be "local history of
Forsyth County”.
• May 16: Recognition of
North Forsyth High School
JROTC Students.
For more details, or infor
mation call Joan McGovern at
(770) 888-9654.
Autrey Mill Nature
Preserve
... will host a Huge Earth
Day Extravaganza on Sunday,
April 18, from 2-4 p.m. The
focus of the day is children
and putting a fun spin on the
serious topic of encouraging
stewardship of the Earth.
There will be crafts, activities
and games, in addition to live
performances by "Step It Up
5,” the kids country music
singing and dancing group and
by "The Super Silly Sassafrass
Alligator Show." The preserve
is just off Old Alabama Road
in Alpharetta.
For information, call (770)
360-8844 or visit the Web site
at www.autreymill.org.
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Animal Rescue Fair <
... will be April 18 from 10 1
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wills I
Park Equestrian Center in 1
Alpharetta. There will be pet i
adoptions, children’s games,
shopping and food. Animal, ]
vegetarian, gift, supplies, etc., 1
vendors are welcome. <
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For information, call (770) I
886-5419 or visit the Web site |
at www.SaveTheHorses.org. <
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Family Haven
... will host the second
annual Taste of Forsyth on
April 18 at the Cumming
Fairgrounds, 235 Castleberry
Rd. in Cumming, on Sunday, i
April 18, from noon to 5 p.m.
This year a craft show will ;
also be featured. There will be
entertainment provided by
various talented community
groups, a live and silent auc- i
tion with items from business- i
es in the community, a moon- i
walk, arts and crafts show, a
raffle for a 2(X)4 Nissan Sentra
and other events. "Tasting
Tickets" will be sold at the
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, April 4,2004
door for 50 cents each. Raffle
tickets can be purchased at the
Family Haven office, 103
Pilgrim Village Dr., Suite 400,
in Cumming; Inside
Additions, 523 Veterans
Memorial Blvd.; or the
Northside Forsyth Hospital
Gift Shop. Proceeds will assist
Family Haven in helping vic
tims. If you are interested in
participating in the craft show,
call (770) 889-9431 for
details.
Save The Horses.org
... presents Animal Rescue
Fair 2004 on Sunday, April
18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
the Wills Park in Alpharetta.
Admission is free. This is a
great way to reach animal
friendly people, find adoptive
homes, educate the public
about the plight of animals in
the world. Educational speak
ers welcome to do a presenta
tion. If you would like to
speak about habitat, nutrition,
animal care, animal laws, call
for available times.
Booth space is available to
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all animal rescue groups,
humane societies, animal
rehabilitation and animal
rights organizations as well as
vendors with animal products
and vegetarian groups.
Sponsors and vendors are
needed. For information, call
(770) 886-5419 or email
Horseinc2@aol.com.
Forsyth County Library
... presents its Spring
Preschool Programs Tuesdays
at the Cumming branch, and
Thursdays at the Sharon Forks
branch, until April 22 at 10:15
and 11 a.m.
Preschoolers can enjoy sto
ries, songs and activities
Programs are on Lapsit, for
ages 2 to 3 (with an adult),
promotes love of language and
early language skills.
Storytime, for ages 4 to 5,
invites children to listen and
learn through picture books
and activities. Registration is
not necessary. Early arrival is
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