Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

HEALTH from 12A has been formed in Forsyth County. The group meets monthly, the first Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on some months and the second Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. on alternating months. The meet ings are at Parkway Presbyterian Church on Bethelview Road in Cumming near Exit 13 of Ga. 400. For information, call (770) 833-9966. Alcoholics Anonymous ... offers meetings at differ ent locations. For meeting times and information, call (770) 886-0696. Narcotics Anonymous ... offers six meetings a week and a 24-hour Help Line. The Help Line number is (678) 549-2157. Cancer Support Group ... a drop in cancer support group will meet the first Wednesday of every month at Northside Hospital Forsyth 1400 Building Bennett ENDRES from 1A Paxton said. The zipper pocket of the wallet, w here most peo ple keep cash, was opened but empty. Investiga-tors do not know if Endres was carrying cash in addition to the few hundred her husband and son said was usually in her wallet. The position of Endres' sport utility vehicle also sug gests a planned abduction, the sheriff said. Every morning Endres backed her Chevrolet Tahoe into a parking space on the east side of the salon, Paxton said. Witnesses who passed Tamber’s Trim-N-Tan that Thursday morning verified that Endres' vehicle was parked in its usual spot. When the investigation's critical wit ness drove by in her convert ible. chatting on a one-minute BRIAN UM - CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 2 SgT Having lived in Forsyth County for * J 10 years, I know what a wonder fid community this is. With your g help and support, I am committed to making sure we maintain our I exceptional quality of life in a community we are all proud to INVOWEMENT: / * Co-chairman SPLOST 5 campaign A* ■ I ’ Leadersh ‘P Forsyth Class of 2004 K ?... • Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce "Small Business Member of the Year" award for 2003 • Forsyth County "Apple Award" winner as a Partner in eduction • Local School Council Business Partner for Settles Bridge Elem. • Former Chairman Forsyth Restaurant Group • Partner in education participant with many of the county's schools • Recreation committee member and Youth choir sponsor at John’s Creek United Methodist Church • Sponsor of many community events, including Relay for Life and Sawnee Cultural Arts Center "Outback 5K Corporate Challenge* • Board Member Cumming/Forsyth Chamber of Commerce • Managing Partner of Outback Steakhouse - Recipient of Regional Community Involvement Award 2002 & 2003 COMMUNITY PUnHIRM: AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I Wim • Be professional • Be fiscally responsible • Be a team player • Be accessible and responsive TO ENHANCE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE< I Will: • Diligently work on the completion of SPLOST projects and to upgrade our infrastructure • Work to find solutions to transportation gridlock • Pursue alternative revenue sources to reduce our tax burden, including recruiting high quality, community committed businesses to generate jobs and balance our tax digest. Bring together community resources in a “Team For A Better Tomorrow,’ which will include but not be limited to representation from the county commission, city government, board of education, home owners associations, legislative delegation and state transportation officials. This broad based coalition of diverse groups will generate ideas to help us more effectively manage our growth. Paid tor by the Candidate, Brian Tam, 1715 Marketplace Blvd., Cumming, Ga. Education Center Classroom A from 10-11:30 a.m. All are welcome. Special group counseling series ... entitled “Grieving the Loss of a Child" for parents who have experienced the death of a child is now being offered on Mondays from 6:30- 8 p.m. The series is at the Hospice office, 2150 Limestone Pkwy, in Gainesville. The program is free, but registration is required. To register or for more information, call Donna Moss at (770) 533-8888. Grief Share seminar ... and support group meets at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit on Pilgrim Mill Road. Grief Share features nation ally recognized experts on grief and recovery topics. Seminar sessions include: • “When Your Dreams Fall Apart" • "The Seasons of Grief' • “The Emotions of Grief' cellular phone call at I 1:54 a.m., she saw Endres’ black Tahoe nose-to-nose with a white cargo van parked in front of the salon, investiga tors said. The van blocked a view of the salon entrance. More critically, the witness locked eyes with a man walk ing around the back of the van toward the driver’s side. Volunteers posted an artist’s rendering of that man all over north Georgia. Investigators were able to narrow down the time frame of the abduction to 16 minutes with the help of this witness and many other drivers who passed the salon that day. sheriff's Maj. Gene Moss said. The white van was pointed toward the east. Given the placement of the vehicle, HEALTH NOTES • “When Your Spouse Dies" • “Your Family and Grief’ and • “Growing Through Grief.” For information, call (770) 887-8190. Children’s Diabetes Support Group ... Do you have a school age child with diabetes? I am inter ested in forming a fellowship group for children and their parents coping with this dis ease. The idea is to get together periodically for fun events, fundraising and diabetes advo cacy work and, most impor tant, to let the children know they are not tackling this alone. We can divide the group by age if appropriate. This is also a great way for teenage diabetics to pick up some babysitting jobs. If interested, contact Pamela Bartz at (770) 205-6509 or by email at pbartz@thecamber group.com. The Young Women’s Cancer Survivor Group ... meets the second Paxton said it is likely the van came from the west. Consequently. Lt. Mark Flowers concentrated his deputies in a ground search of Forsyth and Cherokee coun ties. The officers, including deputies from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, for aged for clues west to East Cherokee Drive, east to Ga. 400 and south to Union Hill Road, Flowers said. Moss said the search also touched Pickens County to the north. Dawson Forest to the north was searched the Sunday after Endres disappeared The officers conducted such a thorough examination of creek beds, thickets and farmlands that a searcher found a cell phone lost by an Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Northside/lnterchange Professional Building, 5780 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Suite 445. This group is for women ages 21-38 deal with concerns around body image, dating, sexuality, fertility, par enting, family and work issues. Laurel Gulish, M.A., who is a licensed psychotherapist, facili tates the program. For information, call (404) 845-5640 or go to ww.thewell nesscommunity-atlanta.org. Cancer Info Line ... Northeast Georgia Medical Center offers a cancer information line, a free tele phone service to northeast Georgia communities providing education, information and resources to cancer patients, family members and the gener al public. Services include physician and community referrals as well as distribution of literature, audiotapes and videos on can cer and related services. An experienced oncology nurse coordinates these patient serv- officer the previous day. Flowers reported. The large scale search was scaled back Wednesday to a spot check of particularly secluded or suspicious areas. An empty-handed search on the first round does not remove the possibility of new evidence found on second look. Paxton said. Areas are reviewed as leads develop and are eliminated. The area west of Tamber’s Trim-N-Tan is mostly rural, another reason investors have focused on searching west rather than east of Forsyth County. “The more densely popu- 1 st Annual Spring Carnival/ Jnk Yard Sale Extravaganza v? on May 1 st. 2004 12:00-4:00 Tome A Place Like Home -wJsrsSSu.- Learning Center • Moonwalk • Live Music • Sno Cones • Raffle (1 free week of tuition) • Face Painting • Food/Drinks • Carnival Games & Prizes • Spinning Art Projects wgß ° • Yard Sale o j • The raffle will be taking place at 3:00 p.m. on site. * > ) 180 Mullinax Rd., Alpharetta, GA 30004 ° j x • < Forsyth County 678-624-7774 • 1 ( Crescentw BANK® People You Know... People You Trust |3| I I Crescent Bank is I committed to Forsyth County Ki l ■ and the quality of life enjoyed tSI ■ 111 our community. / ■ With our assortment of I mortgage programs B Debora Bales. Mortgage B | Originator, turn lip home ownership dreams into . >■ reality. KK. IP bti'.ing a existing mortgage can be. Debora Bales Mortgage Originator 442 Canton Road • Cumming, GA 30040 678.454.2320 Equal Houwg Lender www.crescentbank.com FDIC FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Bund«y, April 2S, 2004 ices. Call the cancer informa tion line at (770) 533-8850 or (800)466-4516, Monday- Friday between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Think First Injury Prevention program ... Each year, about 12,000 people in the United States will become paralyzed by spinal cord injuries, and another 500,000 will acquire a brain injury. Fifty percent of these injuries will happen to young people between the ages of 15 and 24. By working with area mid dle and high schools, a young person with a spinal cord injury educates students on avoiding violence and promoting safety in driving, diving, hunting, bicycle riding to reduce the number of spinal cord and brain injuries. Those interested in schedul ing an injury prevention pro gram may call Shepherd Center’s injury prevention coordinator at (404) 350-7469. Peachtree Hospice ... needs volunteers to sup- lated it is, the fewer places there are to hide a person,” Paxton said. While hope of finding Endres wanes as time passes, the sheriff and his deputies still are looking for a living victim. "It's possible that she’s still alive and being held captive,” Paxton said. To guide the direction of the investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington D C., is analyzing evidence collected from the crime scene and information about Endres provided by her friends and family. Paxton said he expects any day now PAGE 13A port and assist patients with a limited life expectancy and their caregivers. Free training provided. Volunteers are also needed for special events and projects. Call Gail Hunter at (770) 698-8785 for details on the next training date. Diabetes Support Group ... meets each month to dis cuss how to maintain your dia betes and stay healthy. The group meets on the sec ond Monday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Forsyth County Health Department. The pro gram is headed by a registered dietitian and a registered nurse. Each month the program assists people in gaining skills and knowledge to help control dia betes and their general health. This month’s program is on nutrition and the guest speaker will offer various programs, especially for diabetes w|io tra ditionally cannot get any type of health care benefits. Everyone is invited. For information, call Marie Thompson, RN, at (770) 781- 6918 or Mary Ann Dolan at (770) 535-5874. to receive identification of the fingerprints lifted from Endres’ vehicle, one of the few clues possibly left by the suspect. Sheriff’s investigators led by Detective Jason Burndrett continue to interview friends and acquaintances of Endres at the new search operations center at 304 W. Main St. in Cumming. Anyone with information on Endres or the suspect is asked to call the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office at (770) 781-2222. A 55.000 reward is offered for infor mation leading to Endres’ recovery.