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Photos by Jim Dean Forsyth County News Elementary lined
Ameila Bergdahl eats during the Soup Bowl fundraiser the halls of the
soup * 1 school. Left, Del¬
Thursday night at Haw Creek Elementary. Along with a aney Patel, left, and
fundraising soup dinner, there was also a silent auction, fea¬ Sarah Quian watch
turing bowls made by each teacher. The supplies for the pottery dem¬ Shannon Keaton shows her father, Harrison,
event donated by several businesses, and all a the soup bowl she made for the fundraiser
were area onstration.
money raised will go to The Place of Forsyth County. J-i. at Haw Creek Elementary.
Cumming!/Vents
Listings in Cumming 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 e-mail at events@forsythnews.com.
ARTS
The Forsyth County
Middle School
Honor Chorus
Concert will be at 6:30
p.m. Thursday at
Cumming First United
Methodist Church.The
concert will feature
Liberty, Little Mill,
Lakeside, North, Piney
Grove, Riverwatch, and
Vickery Creek Middle
Schools, with conduc¬
tors Eugene Seese,
Karen Graffius, and
Traci Davison.
CHILDREN
The Georgia
> Forestry
) Commission will have
the inaugural
Dawson/Forsyth
Forestry Pageant on
Saturday at Lanier
Tech's Forsyth
Conference Center. For
more information or to
apply, contact director
Dadrienne Belisle at
(706) 201-6070 or e
mail dawsonforestry
pageant@gmail.com.
The Miracle League
of Cumming-Forsyth
will hold registration
for spring baseball for
boys and girls from
noon to 4 p.m. March 5
and 12 at the Coal
Mountain Community
Building in Coal
Mountain Park. All
ages are welcome.
Cost is $35 per player
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PUBLIC NOTICE
OPEN HOUSE MEETING
FORSYTH COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN
The Forsyth County Department of Engineering has
scheduled a second public meeting to discuss countywide
transportation needs as part of the ongoing Comprehensive
Transportation Plan development for the County. The
meeting will take place from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday,
February 28, 2011 at the Forsyth County Board of
Commissioners public meeting room at 110 East Main
Street, Suite 220, Cumming, GA.
The public is invited to attend any time during meeting hours
to view displays related to countywide transportation
inventory and needs assessment and to speak with consultant
representatives and county staff concerning transportation
issues. No formal presentations will be made but attendees
are encouraged to provide comments to assist with plan
development.
THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND
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and scholarships are
available upon request.
The season begins
April 16. For more
information, call Mike
Haz at (770) 715-1645
or visit www.cfcml.org.
If you cannot attend
one of the registration
days, a form can be
downlooaded from the
site and mailed in.
CIVIC CLUBS
The Forsyth
Cumming Optimist
Club announces its
upcoming meetings, 7
p.m.Thursdays at
Northside Hospital
Forsyth:
•Thursday — Bob
Rorak, Safety in the
Home
• Feb. 24 — Buster
Evans, 1 percent
SPLOST tax for schools
• March 3 — Jerry
Dupree, United Way of
Forsyth County.
The Junior Service
League of Forsyth
County will have an
open house at 6:30
p.m. Feb. 21 for
women interested in
learning more about
the organization and
membership. It is a
group of women dedi¬
cated to serving
Forsyth County resi¬
dents through volun¬
teering and fundraising
For more information,
go online at
www.jslforsyth.com or
e-mail
jslforsyth@yahoo.com.
DONATIONS
Concord Feed the
Hungry will provide
free food from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Feb. 24 at
Concord Baptist
Church, at the corner
of Concord and
Bannister roads in
north Forsyth.
Neighbors in need are
welcome.
EDUCATION
AARP will offer free
tax aid for seniors and
low-income families in
Forsyth County from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. every
Tuesday through April
12 at the Forsyth
County Recreation
Center, 2300 Keith
Bridge Road. No
appointment is neces¬
sary. For more infor¬
mation, call Bill Dunn
at (717) 766-3784.
Sawnee EMC is seek¬
ing two students
between the ages of 16
and 18 to serve as del¬
egates on the
Washington YouthTour
this summer.The trip
will be June 9-16 and
all expenses will be
covered. Students
must attend a school in
and/or reside in the
Sawnee service area.
Deadline to apply is
Friday. Applications are
available online at
www.sawnee.com or
by contacting Cindy
Badgett at (678) 455-
1539.
Forsyth County
Schools will have a
transition fair for stu¬
dents, families and indi¬
viduals with disabilities
Feb. 24 at North Lanier
Baptist Church.The
event will feature an
open house from 5-8
p.m. where families can
get information on a
variety of topics. Formal
presentations will be
from 6-9 p.m. For more
information, visit
www.forsyth.k12.ga.us,
click on departments,
go to special education
and scroll down to tran¬
sition.
FUNDRAISERS
FCPL Friends &
Advocates book sale
will be Friday through
Feb. 20 at the Forsyth
County Public Library's
Cumming branch.
Members can shop the
preview sale from 2-5
p.m. Friday; the sale is
open to the public from
10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Saturday and from
1:30-4 p.m. Feb. 20.
A gently used book
sale will be from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday at
St. Columba's
Episcopal Church, 939
James Burgess Road,
featuring a variety of
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fiction and nonfiction
books. For more infor¬
mation, e-mail
amsayce@att.net.
LEISURE
A Valentine's dance
will be today at the
new Central Park
Recreation Hall, fea¬
turing Big Band music
from the Noteworthy
Show Band of the
South. Doors open at
4:30 p.m. Admission is
$20 and includes
snacks. Dancers and
listeners welcome. For
more information, call
(678) 2888-0107 or go
online at www.note
worthyshowband.com
Forsyth County
Public Library will
hold a free perform¬
ance of Latin
American music by
Noteworthy Duo at 7
p.m. Monday at
Sharon Forks Library.
For more information,
call (678) 513-6319.
Tai Chi classes will
be offered at 9 a.m.
for ages 50+ and 6:30
p.m. for ages 14+
beginning Thursday,
at the Midway Park
Community Building,
5100 Post Road. Six
week sessions will be
$30 for morning class¬
es and $50 for evening
classes. For more
information, call (770)
781-2215.
MEETINGS
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The Forsyth County
Newcomers and
Women's Club will
have a luncheon at 11
a.m.Thursday at
Windermere Golf Club,
followed by Zumba with
instructor Kellye Barnes.
For luncheon reserva¬
tions, contact Rose
White at (678) 455-6343.
For more information,
visit www.newcomer
sclubofforsyth.org.
The Forsyth County
Tea Party will meet
from 6:30-8 p.m.
Thursday at the Forsyth
County Senior Center,
595 Dahlonega St.
Tommy Newberry will
talk about saving the
republic. For more
information, go online
at www.forsythtea
party.com.
Friendship Force of
North Georgia will
meet at 4:30 p.m. Feb.
20 at Forno Italian
Restaurant in the
Foothills Shopping
Center on Hwy. 53.
Speaker will be John
Wilhelm, regional repre¬
sentative for Friendship
Force International.The
local club is open to resi¬
dents of Forsyth,
Dawson and surround¬
ing counties. For more
information, contact
ChesTredway at (706)
268-1714 or Marie
Williams at (678) 513-
2456.