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PAGE 4A 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. © 7* A SERVICE Os UMTEO WAV I BATHTUBS H CERAMIC TILE Repair ~ Remodel ~ Reglaze With the nation's oldest and largest reglazing company you can be assured of the highest quality workmanship and materials. J|s VISIT our showroom or call for a free brochure. UNIQUE REFINISHERS V. •-7 (770)945-0072 800-332-0048 . A/-’ FAX (770)271-1514 Q ® www.uniqMrwfinishers.coni - *WS4* <VE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN ANTIQUE TUB 4 SINK RESTORATION v i ‘ . Tfian/tJbu! for the best volunteer meal, hinch was AWESOME!! NORMAN'S LANDING, ROOSTER’S, COUNTRY GOURMET CAFE, PUBLIX SUPERMARKET AND INGLES BAKERY 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! ((Pro Earth Group.» a private 501c3 corporation that was established here m 1995)) j Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You | 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 POOL PARTS AND SUPPLIES 10% Off any Non-Sale Items 770-889-4779 CUMMING EVENTS $ 10,000 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 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. Set yourself apart. at* ‘vi** tELs 3> r H * & -i - tt ' ’ ' I s |F ' * - ■ An elegant home, designed to satisfy your wish list. The delights of a lakeside clubhouse, pool, and tennis courts. A secluded Forsyth County location, with its law /Xstoricl tax rate. Lake Astoria. This is the place you belong. (678) 455-6040 or lakeastona.com. Relaxed Refinemeni CUSTOM HOMES FROM THE HIGH s3oos • INFORMATION CENTER OPEN DAILY 11-6, SUNDAY 1-6 _ _ Mm-natawowni, GA 400 N. from Atlanta. Left off Exit 13. Travel 6 mile*. Turn right on Canton Hwy. (Hwy. 20).Thv*l 13 mile* PATHWAY ®IB Turn left on Dr. Bramblett Rd. Travel 1* mils. Turn right on W*Uk» LakeQide. Lake Atoori* bon the right. 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. See EVENTS, Page 7A