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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Friday, April 30, 2004
Listings in Cumming
Events are free ami 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
Single Mothers
... New Song Community
Church is offering a free auto
motive oil change service for
you on Saturday, May 8. from
10 a.m. to noon at Napa on
Veterans Memorial Boulevard.
Come accept this free gift of
our service with free oil and
filter from Napa.
Food distribution
... the Ninth District
Opportunity will have a food
distribution on May 18 from
10 a.m. to 2 p in. at the Family
Center on Samaritan Drive in
Cumming.
Vickery Creek Middle
School Viper Players
... presents Kid Avalanche
and Into The Woods Thursday,
April 29. and Friday, April 30,
at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 1,
at 2 p.m., at Forsyth Central
High School Performing Arts
Center. The cost is $6 for
adults and S 3 for students.
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
m 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
FIRST CALL
FOK&HELP
770-781-HELP
(4357)
Emergency help line for
Forsyth County.
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1 Pro Earth Group, Inc. would like to thank *
these contributors to Earth Day Expo. We
enjoyed the opportunity to join efforts with
our local Keep Forsyth County Beautiful
affiliate; to show our appreciation to all vol
unteers of the Great American Clean Up!
And Remember...
let everyday be your Earth Day!
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| to Ail Participants and Sponsors.
through quality business leads
referrals.
Leads Club is the original
referral-based marketing serv
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 category
has exclusivity.
For more information, con
tact Bonnie Collins, Director,
Leads Club, Cumming
Chapter. (678) 731-6980 or
bonnie.collins@metrobro
kers.com.
Spring Fling Silent
Auction
... World Montessori
School will host its annual
Spring Fling Dessert and
Silent Auction on Friday,
April 30. at 7 p.m. at the Polo
Golf and Country Club.
Tickets are sls per person
(adults only) and include
gourmet desserts, coffee, cash
bar. and the opportunity to bid
on a large variety of items.
Proceeds will benefit the
Playground Project and other
educational programs of the
school.
The Forsyth County
Health Department
... will have its third annual
Yard Sale Saturday. May 1. in
the Health Department park
ing lot. Proceeds will go to
Relay For Life. Please join us
for lots of bargains and help
raise awareness for cancer
prevention.
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 1.2(X)4.
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
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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 additional information
or to make reservations, call
404-321-6900.
Ride with P.R.I.D.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 PR I D E, class, contact
Lt. Johnny Gomez, at (770)
205-4545 or email
j rgomez & forsythco.com.
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
ing:
• April 29. Toastmaster
Brian Bracey w ill be the
speaker.
Guests are welcome. For
information, call (770) 887-
6064.
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Children’s Concert
... is Friday, May 7, at 9:15
a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Gainesville Symphony
Orchestra presents the annual
Childrens Educational
Concert. A special perform
ance for 4th and sth grade stu
dents, or anyone wishing to
get a quick tour of the orches
tra. Our guest conductor
Fyodor Chemiavsky, intro
duces the orchestral instru
ments, explains the sounds
produced by the four sections
of the orchestra, (strings,
woodwinds, brass and percus
sion), and demonstrates them
independently and in ensem
ble.
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 3 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.
Forsyth County Amateur
Radio Emergency Service
... is offering a license
training course for ham radio
operators. The free courses
will be element 1 Morse code,
element 2 tech, and element 3
general class. Students will be
responsible to purchase their
own books.
Classes will be held at
Grace Chapel Church of
Christ. 1390 Weber Industrial
Dr.. Cumming, on Saturday
mornings from 9 a.m. to noon
for five weeks beginning May
1 Register now. as class size
is limited.
Call John at(770)781-
8082 for information to regis
ter.
The Republican Women
of Forsyth County
... will have its “Spring
Samplings," a wine tasting
event on Saturday, May 1, at 7
p.m. at the Polo Golf and
Country Club. Tickets are $25
per person and will include a
wide variety of wines for sam
pling, heavy hors d’oeuvres, a
silent auction of republican
memorabilia and musical
entertainment. Come meet
local and statewide elected
officials. All proceeds will
support the projects and pro
grams run by the Republican
Women of Forsyth County
and also to energize the com
munity in support of the Bush-
Cheney campaign in Georgia.
For information, call Carol
Tunstall at (770) 205-3252 or
Katie McClain at (678)513-
4634.
Auditions
... auditions for the
Sawnee Ballet Theatre are
being held on Saturday, May
1, at the Sawnee School of
Ballet, 102 Buford Dam Road.
Apprentice and intern audi
tions will be held from 10 -
11:45 a.m. for dancers 11 and
up with a minimum three
years of ballet training (cur
rently taking 2 or more classes
per week) Pointe work is
required. Intern & Company
audition will be held from
12:30 - 2 p.m. Dancers must
be 13 and up with a minimum
4 years of ballet training (cur
rently taking 3 or more classes
a week) Pointe work is
required. Dancers should
arrive 15 minutes prior to
audition and furnish their own
pointe shoes. For more infor
mation. please call (770) 887-
0756.
The Forsyth County
Amateur Radio Emergency
Service
... Volunteer Examiners are
hosting an examination ses-
sion for persons wishing to
obtain or upgrade their ama
teur radio license on Sunday,
May 2, at 3 p.m. The site is
the Everett Bennett Education
Center, 1400 Northside
Forsyth Drive on the
Northside Hospital campus.
The cost for the test is sl2.
Please bring your identifica
tion with photograph and a
photocopy of the same, the
original and a photocopy of a
Certificate of Successful
Completion of Examination
you currently hold. Walk-ins
are welcome but reservations
are requested.
Please contact Phil
Faulkner, K4PCF, at (678)
860-5354.
The Historical Society of
Forsyth County
... will meet Tuesday, May
4, at the Forsyth County
Library at 7 p.m. The guest
speaker will be Sid Dewberry
of the Dawson County
Library. Sid has written a
book on Dewberry family
genealogy. He will speak on a
fresh approach to preserving
family records.
In addition, he will tell
about the material available at
Dawson County Library for
family research.
Retired Educators
... The Forsyth County
Retired Educators Association
will meet on Friday. May 7, at
11 a.m. at the Board of
Education’s Professional
Development Center on
Dahlonega Highway. On this
final meeting of the 2003-
2004 year, the program will be
the installation of officers,
who will serve for the next
two years, and planning for
upcoming events.
For further information
call (770) 887-8464.
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