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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 events @forsyth
news.com.
Upcoming events
Big Brothers and Big
Sisters
... Big Brothers and Big
Sisters of Forsyth County
needs you to help spread the
magic! Be a "Big” to a child
in need or help our local
BBBS program grow in any
number of different ways. Call
(678) 513-8600 today to find
out how you can create magic
in the life of a child in our
community!
Leads Club - Cumming
Chapter
... a professional network
ing organization, the
Cumming Chapter of Leads
Club meets every Tuesday for
lunch at the Buckhead
Brewery in Cumming from
11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Meetings are open to business
owners, professionals, sales
people and managers seeking
to begin or expand a business
through quality business leads
referrals.
Leads Club is the original
referral-based marketing sen
ices for business profession
als. and can boast business
increases of up to 25 percent
in the first year of member
ship. In a structured weekly
meeting. Leads Club members
exchange personal referrals
and form relationships with
other professionals in their
community. Business leads
are passed amongst members
in a professional environment
in which each business cate
gory has exclusivity.
For more information, con
tact Bonnie Collins. Director.
Leads Club. Cumming
Chapter. 678.731.6980 or bon
nie.collins@ metrobrokers.-
com.
Adoption information
... Come learn about build
ing your family through open
adoption. The Independent
Adoption Center will hold an
Adoption Information Session
on Saturday. May 1. 2004.
The session will be from 9:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the IAC
office at 3774 Lavista Road.
Suite 100. Tucker, Georgia.
An adoption professional
will discuss the process of
open adoption, from the initial
steps to get started through
finalizing your adoption. The
SIO.OOO tax credit for domes
tic adoption will be explained
as well as all costs associated
with your adoption. Recently
adopted parents will also share
their open adoption experi
ence.
The Independent Adoption
Center has completed more
than 3.000 successful adop
tions with over 20 years of
adoption experience, and is a
nonprofit, licensed adoption
agency reaching out to birth
parents nationwide. For addi
tional information or to make
reservations, call 404-321-
6900.
Bingo Night
... will be at the Cumming
Elementary School on Friday,
April 23, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The cost per pack of cards is
SlO, cash only. Prizes will be
given. Snacks will be available
for purchase. Event is for the
entire family.
Ride with P.R.LD.E.
... Forsyth County teenage
drivers ages 14-16 may par
ticipate in a free driving
course offered through the
sheriff’s office. Parents
Reducing Incidents of Driver
Error is a two-hour informa
tional session created by the
Georgia Traffic Injury
Protection Institute in an effort
to reduce the number of vehi
cle crashes involving teens.
Three sheriff’s deputies have
been trained to teach teenagers
and parents crash dynamics,
teen driving facts and statis
tics, the graduated driver’s
license process and Georgia's
Teenage and Adult Driver
Responsibility Act. To sign up
for a,P.R.LD.E. class K contact
Lt. Johnny Gomez at (770)
205-4545 or email
jrgomez@forsythco.com.
April in Paris
... a Fantasy Fashion Show
and Luncheon, sponsored by
St. Mario Women’s Club, will
be April 23 at 11:30 a.m. at
the Atlanta Athletic Club.
Proceeds will benefit the
Forsyth Big Brothers/Big
Sisters and the Forsyth County
Child Advocacy Center.
Fashions by Miz Scarletts.
Tickets are $45. RSVP to
Melissa Woodard by April 19.
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CUMMING EVENTS
or call (770) 623-4188.
The Cumming-Forsyth
Optimist Club
... meets each Thursday at
7 a.m. at the Olde Town
Country Restaurant. The club
will have the following meet
ings:
• April 29, Toastmaster
Brian Bracey will be the
speaker.
Guests are welcome. For
information, call (770) 887-
6064.
The Chestatee River
Chapter, DAR
... meets monthly at the
Adair Park Subdivision club
house. The meeting date for
May has been changed to the
third Sunday, to avoid conflict
with Mother’s Day. The meet
ing will begin at 2 p.m.
• May 16: Recognition of
North Forsyth High School
JROTC Students.
For more details, or infor
mation call Joan McGovern at
(770) 888-9654.
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Keep Forsyth County
Beautiful
... invites you to attend the
2(X)4 Liberty Gardens in
memory of those who were
lost Sept. 11,2001. The cere-
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Friday, April 23,2004
mony will be Thursday, April
22, at the Central Park
Recreation Center at 3:30 p.m.
The H.E.S.S. Home School
and Forsyth County Master
Gardeners will plant a “living”
American flag with flowers
donated by 00-La-La Nursery.
A special dedication speech
will be given by Jim Perdue,
pastor of North Cross Baptist
Church and son of Gov. Sonny
Perdue. The ceremony will
also include a flag observance
by the Forsyth County Fire
Honor Guard.
For information, call (770)
205-4573 or jaszabo@forsyth
co.com.
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A ARP Local Chapter No.
2386
... will meet Friday, April
23, at the Cumming Baptist
Church, 115 Church St. The
meeting will be at 11 a.m. and
lunch at noon. The guest
speakers will be Forsyth
County Sheriff Ted Paxton
and Merrill Lynch representa
tive Don Boucher.
For reservations, call
Audrey Henline at (678) 513-
6868.
See EVENTS, Page 9A