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EVENTS from 8A Family Haven Christmas Toy Sale ...will be heid Saturday, Dec. 10 at two locations: Kelly Mill Thrift Store on 4333 Kelly Mill Road, and Children’s Bargain Boutique at 4910 Browns Bridge Road. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at both loca¬ tions. All proceeds from the sale will benefit children at the Family Haven Shelter. For more information, please call (770) 889-6384. Calvary Chapel Alpharetta ... will hold their annual “Christmas on the Farm” Saturday, Dec. 10, and Sunday, Dec. 11 from 7-9 p.m. featuring this year, for the first time, the sights and sounds of the city of Bethlehem. Calvary Chapel is located in south Forsyth County just south of McFarland at the end of Martin Road off Highway 9 (200 James Road, Alpharetta, 30004). Free admission. A lovely Christmas family tradi¬ tion. Contact Lanie at (770) 442-8167 for more informa¬ tion. ' Hands Across Forsyth ... a holiday assistance program at The Place of Forsyth County is available for Forsyth families in need of holiday assistance. Residents who need assis¬ tance with Christmas gifts for their children under the age of 18 should apply at The Place, 2550 The Place Circle, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-11 a.m. The following information is required to document need for all applicants: proof of Forsyth County residency, proof of income for all house¬ hold members for the past 30 days, Georgia photo identifi¬ cation, household with no income in the past 30 days need to bring their current food stamp approval letter. Social Security numbers are needed for all members of the family, and documentation of situational need. The last day to apply for Christmas for your children is Dec. 12. A Saturday sign-up is scheduled to accommodate working families Dec. 3, from 9-11 a.m. For applica¬ tion information, call (770) 781-8846. If you would like to spon¬ sor a child/children, call (770) 887-1098, ext. 226, and leave your name and a day¬ time contact number. Meeting Notice ... The Committees of the Georgia Mountains Community Service Board will hold their December Committee meetings Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Mountains Community Services Administrative Office at 4331 Thurmond Tanner Road in Flowery Branch. The public is invited to attend. For further information or directions, please contact * Carol Evans at (678) 513- 5714 or (800) 525-8751, or by e-mail at egevans @ gamtns.org. Toys for Tots ... the annual drive to col¬ lect toys for needy children will take place at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at Rooster’s Cafe, 216 Atlanta Road in Cumming. Santa will be available for visits and a Hot Wings Eating contest will also take place. The event will be hosted by September 11 survivor Cory Coulter. BATHTUBS II 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. VISIT our showroom or call for a free brochure. \ UNIQUE REFINISHERS.COM S (770) 945-0072 800-332-0048 ■c FAX'. (770) 271-1514 *: 89 H We also specialize in removing moldy smelly bathtub liners! CUMMING EVENTS Smart Growth Forsyth County ... will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Bridle Ridge Club House off Highway 141 in Johns Creek. Please use the lower level Entrance. All subdivision representatives and Forsyth residents are encouraged to attend. SGFC is actively engaged in pro¬ moting smart, responsible, well-planned and balanced growth in Forsyth. For direc¬ tions or more information, call Claudia at (678) 907.9372 or visit us on the Web at www.myforsyth.org. Help Brighten the Holidays for Others ... this Holiday season, Forsyth County is proud to present several programs offering citizens an opportu¬ nity to brighten the lives of others. • Sponsor-a-Senior — You can make a difference in the life of a local senior citizen by taking part in the Sponsor a-Senior program. Tags are now on or near the trees at the County Administration Building, Courthouse, Fire Department Headquarters, Parks & Recreation Center and Sheriff’s Office (down¬ town location). Each tag con¬ tains a number and the name of a local senior citizen as well as one or two gift ideas. Please bring the gift, wrapped and including the tag (or another tag with the senior’s name and number) attached to the outside of the package to the Forsyth County Senior Center on Dec. 14-16. • Home-Delivered Meal . Gift Certificates — As the holiday season approaches, please consider providing a meal or two for homebound senior citizens in Forsyth County. Home-delivered meal gift certificates can be pur¬ chased now through the Forsyth County Senior Center, and meals will be delivered through the Meals on Wheels program. The cost of one meal is $2.92 and all gifts are tax-deductible. Checks should be payable to the Forsyth County Senior Center and mailed or deliv¬ ered to: Forsyth County Senior Center, 595 Dahlonega Highway, Cumming, GA 30040. For more information, please call (770) 781-2178. • Aerial’s House — The Forsyth County Fire Department is again collect¬ ing toys to help brighten the holidays for area children in need. New, unwrapped toys for “Aerial’s House” may be dropped off now at any Forsyth County Fire Station. Fire department Headquarters or in the County Administration Building (please place toys just inside the roped-off area around the tree in the lobby). If you know of someone who needs Aerial to help Santa make a child’s wish come true, please call Fire Chief Danny Bowman at (770) 205-4528 as soon as possible to sched¬ ule an appointment for a visit. Blood Drive ... the American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive at Sawnee EMC in Cumming on Thursday, Dec. 15, from noon to 5 p.m. Call (800) GIVELIFE to sign up. All donors will be entered in a drawing for three $25 gift certificates to Lowe’s and two $25 gift certificates to O’Charley’s. Also, those who donate between Nov. 15 and Jan. 15, 2006, are automati¬ cally entered in a drawing to win two Delta Air Lines round-trip tickets and a seven-day Holland America Caribbean Cruise for two. Forsyth County Newcomers Club for Ladies ... the monthly meeting will be held Thursday, Dec. 15 at 11:15 a.m. in the Piedmont Room of the Windermere Golf Club in Cumming The cost of the luncheon is $16 and reserva¬ tions are required. Our pro¬ gram this month is The Chamber Singers, an ensem¬ ble from the Decatur Choral Guild. These singers add a special flair with colorful attire and lively music. Come and join us for a special holi¬ day performance! Please call (770) 888-1731 for reserva¬ tions. The last day for reserva¬ tions and payment is Wednesday, Dec. 7. Sawnee Ballet ... presents the 14th annual production of “The Nutcracker” on Dec. 16-18 with special guest artists per¬ forming. All shows are at South Forsyth High School Performing Arts Center in Cumming. Showtimes are Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 1 and 5 p.m. Tickets are $ 12 in advance or $ 15 at the door and are on sale at Humpus Bumpus, the Sawnee School of Ballet or humpusbumpus.com. For information, call (770) 887-0756 or visit the Web site at www.sawneeballetthe atre.org. AARP Chapter 2386 ... the December meeting is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 16 at Cumming Baptist Church, 115 Church St. The board meets at 10:30 a.m. and the meeting starts at 11 a.m. Lunch at noon. Featured entertainment will be “Firelight Ensemble,” singing a cappela. Members should bring a covered dish for lunch: meats to be furnished by the Chapter. New officers for 2006 will be installed at this meeting. Call your reser¬ vations to Audrey Henline at (678) 513-6868.' Horseback Riding Equitation Camp ... will be offered by the Cumming Recreation and Parks Department on Dec. 19-21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost of the camp is $200 and is for participants ages 7 and up who have some riding experience. For information call (770) 781 -2030 or visit www.cityofcumming.net. WinterFest at Tanglewood Farm ... step back in time to the 1800s and visit Christmas past in this Wild West town. Tanglewood Farm is home to more than 100 miniature farm animals, including horses, donkeys, cows, sheep, goats, pigs and more. WinterFest lasts through Saturday, Dec. 31. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. open Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve until noon. Closed Christmas Day. Last tickets are sold at 4 p.m. Cost is $8 per person, (free for infants under one) and includes tour and pony ride. Hayride is $2 per per¬ son. Tanglewood Farm is located at 171 Tanglewood Drive, Canton. For more information, call (770) 667-6464 or visit www. tanglewoodfarmminis.com. 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The Chamber is sponsor¬ ing a New Year’s Eve Celebration at The Cumming Playhouse. All proceeds will support our great friends at Partners in Education and the Forsyth County Schools. The featured act for the evening is Butch and the Buckheads, along with The Sock Hops and other special guests. The evening starts at 7:15 p.m. with a reception and pri¬ vate dinner catered by Tam’s Backstage. Tickets at $75 each or $140 for two. Ticket price includes the reception, dinner and entertainment. Availability is extremely limited! For tickets to the Chamber’s fund-raising efvent, please contact Beth Selby at (770) 887-6461 or bselby@cumming forsythchamber.org New Recreation Classes ... will be offered by the Cumming Recreation & Parks Department beginning January 2006. Classes make great Christmas gifts! Scheduled classes include: • Saturday Ballet Classes — Classical ballet techniques and skills to develop coordi¬ nation and balance. Class age groups are 4-5 years, 5-7 years and 8-10 years. Six week sessions begin Saturday. Jan. 7, 2006. Fee is $43 and instructor is Katie Wasson. • Saturday Landscape Design Classes Do-it yourself homeowners will learn how to measure, plan and design your personal low-maintenance landscape in this six-week class which begins Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006. Fee is $85 and instruc¬ tor in Daryl Pulis (Mrs. Green Thumb). • Self-Defense Hapkido Classes — Adult Hapkido is a Korean Martial Art which incorporates Judo, Jujitsu and Tae Kwon Do into its struc¬ ture of attack and defense techniques. Six-week session begins Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Fee is $35 and instruc¬ tor is Tony Estes. • Personal Protection and Safety Classes These class es will teach how to be more prepared, more alert and, if the need arises, how to fend off and attacker and get away. January and February sessions are available. Call the Recreation Department for more details. Instructor is Mike Dunning. • After School / Home School P.E. — This Physical Education class is designed to further develop motor skills, coordination and physical fit¬ ness levels through games, movement, rhythm and sports. Classes are available on Friday afternoons for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-5. Six-week sessions cost $43 and instructor is Christie Kan-. • Toddlers and. Preschool P.E. — Toddlers and preschoolers will experience games, rhythm, music and age appropriate activities in these Physical Education classes designed to enhance skill development and cooperation. Classes are available on Tuesday for Toddlers and Preschoolers. Six-week ses¬ sions are $38 and instructor is Christie Karr. • Low-Impact Aerobics, Interval Training, Body FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS — Friday, December 2,2005 Sculpting, Weight Training and Step Aerobics — Classes will be offered every six weeks, and both morning and evening classes are available. Fee is $35 per session. Call the Recreation Department for more information. • Belly Dancing, Hula, Tahitian and Bhangra — Classes will be offered in six week sessions beginning the week of Jan. 10, 2006. All classes are held Tuesday nights at the Cumming Recreation & Parks Department. Fee for six-week session is $50. This program is held year-round. For more information, tele¬ phone the Cumming Recreation & Parks Department at (770) 781-2030. or visit www.cityofcumming.net for the Fall and Winter schedules. Forsyth Central High School Class of 1996 ... planning for the 10-year reunion is under way. and the event is scheduled for August 2006. Please e-mail your name and contact information to FCHSClassof96 @ yahoo.com or contact Melissa Crider at (678) 595-7880 for details. Ongoing Events Southeastern Guide Dogs ... needs volunteer Puppy Raisers. Southeastern Guide Dogs-offers blind men and women the opportunity to achieve independent travel by use of a professionally and humanely trained guide dog. The raisers are responsible for the puppy’s care, safety, and behavior inside the home and out in public, as well as basic obedience skills. The pri¬ mary goal of a puppy raiser is to love and raise a puppy to be well-mannered, confident and socialized until the puppy is ready to begin formal guide dog training. For more infor¬ mation. please call Karen Sumlin at (770) 844-9930, or visit the Web site at www.guidedogs.org. Tow to Go” Safe Ride Home ... is available for the holi • days. “Tow to Go” services are being offered in the Atlanta area for any impaired adult who needs a ride home from a bar or restaurant now through New Year’s Day. To obtain a ride, call (800) AAA-HELP • and AAA will dispatch a tow truck to take both the driver and the vehicle home, free of charge. “Tow to Go” is spon¬ sored by The American Automobile Association and Anheuser-Busch and is offered over several holidays through¬ out the year. Gainesville Chorale ... Do you love to sing? one of north Georgia's great community choruses, the Gainesville Chorale, for its spectacular 2005-2006 season. This year the 50-voice group, under the direction of Bruce Alan Nunley, will present incredible concert weekends including their Christmas Spectacular featuring modem holiday favorites as well as selections from Handle’s “Messiah” and a springtime birthday celebration W.A. Mozart. The fall concert will feature music of the Celtic ples of Ireland, Scotland, ^Abba's Treasures i r 7j /. (Helps Finance Abba House) ALL CLOTHES $1.00 Friday & Saturday Only Dec. 2nd and 3rd 9am till 6pm Friday • 9am till 5pm Saturday All proceeds help to support Abba House 6800 Dahlonega Hwy t HOUSE (Hwy 9 N) Cumming Hwy 9 N 678-947-2850 Cumming PAGE 9A England and Wales as well as some Appalachian “Descendants.” Positions are available in alto, tenor and bass sections, and tenor and bass scholarships are available. For information, call (770) 653- 4353. Home Heating Help Available ... for the low income, eld¬ erly and disabled. Low-income elderly (every household mem¬ ber must be age 65 and older) and totally homebound people can apply for help paying their home heating bills. The Georgia Department of Human Resources will help pay heat¬ ing costs for gas, electricity, wood, coal or kerosene. One¬ time payments will be made primarily by checks issued to home energy suppliers on behalf of eligible households. Eligibility for the program is based on the income of all members of the household. All eligible households must be responsible for their home heating costs. When applying for assis¬ tance, persons must present age verification and written proof of income for all house¬ hold members. This can be a paycheck stub, public assis¬ tance check or unemployment , check. Applicants must also supply a documented Social Security number for each per¬ son in the household and a most recent home heating bill. Depending on availability of funds, the regular program will open to the general public on Dec. 1. For information on applying for assistance, contact Pam Morris at Ninth District Opportunity Inc., 133 Samaritan Dr., Camming, GA 30040 or call (770) 889-9420. Christmas for Our Troops ... this week, the Conservative Country Coalition has launched the Christmas Soldier Campaign, a plan to send Christmas Cards with prepaid calling card enclosed, to troops serving overseas in Iraq. Please remember our troops this holi¬ day season. If you would like to donate to the Christmas Soldier Campaign, please send your donations to: P.O. Box 31, Blairsville, GA 30514. If you have any questions or have the name and address of a sol¬ dier serving overseas please call Beverly Carter at (706) 745-6682. For more informa¬ tion visit www.conservative country.org. Wilderness First Aid Training ... the NEGA American Red Cross will be having a Wilderness First Aid class open to all interested. The class pur¬ pose is to teach first aid skills and knowledge for settings in which emergency care is delayed for long periods, or self-evacuation is necessary. The recommended minimum age is 15. Participants will be certified for three years. The class will be held in Cumming and cost will include all class materials and training. The cost is $70.00 per person for the 16 hour course. If you are interest¬ ed in attending this class or have any questions, please call Kimberly Price at the NEGA American Red Cross chapter Forsyth County office at (678) 947-9900 or e-mail at kprice @ negaredcross.org.