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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25,2012
Cumming i
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fax at (770) 889-6017 or via e-mail at events@forsythnews.com.
ARTS
Riverwatch Middle
School will perform
"Seussical" at 7 p.m.
March 8 10, with a 3
p.m. matinee March 10.
For more information,
go online at www.rms
drama.com.
The Forsyth
Community Chorale
will present "Define
Folk Music, Please,” at
7 p.m. March 31 at
Bethelview United
Methodist Church.
Admission is free. For
more information, call
(770) 886 9066.
CIVIC CLUBS
The Cumming
Kiwanis Club will
meet at noon
Wednesday at 417
Pilgrim Mill Road.
Good News Corp. will
speak about the
International Youth
Fellowship Educational
Foundation.
The Rotary Club of
Johns Creek meets at
12:15 p.m. every
Monday at Johns
Creek Baptist Church,
6910 McGinnis Ferry
Road.
DONATIONS
Venturing Crew 39
has constructed an alu¬
minum can collection
trailer that's open to
community recycling.
It is behind the
Cumming Kiwanis Club
building at 417 Pilgrim
Mill Road in Cumming.
Helping Hands
Partners, an organiza¬
tion assisting Forsyth
County families, is in
need for its empty food
pantry. Food and
household items are
needed. Residents may
drop off donations at
523 Veterans Memorial
Blvd. or call for pick up.
For more information,
call (404) 545-5721 or
(678) 341-8075.
Ninth District
Opportunity Inc. has
reopened the low
income heating energy
assistance program to
the general pub¬
lic. Applicants must
have a photo ID and
documents for verifica¬
tion. For more informa¬
tion, call (770) 889
9420 or (770) 406-0340
or e-mail pam.morris®
ndocsbg.org.
Treat the Troops will
have a cookie drive at
6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at
Grace Chapel Church
of Christ, 6755 Majors
Road. Bring home¬
made cookies (six per
baggie), candy, toilet¬
ries, letters of appreci¬
ation and postage
donations For more
information, e-mail
dcanoli@comcast.net
or lktjones@bellsouth.
net.
Cumming
Elementary will have
a recycle rally from 9
a.m. to noon the sec¬
ond Saturday of each
month at the school,
540 Dahlonega Hwy,
Bring aluminum cans,
plastic bottles and
other recyclables.
PIERThrift and
Consignment Center
is accepting lightly
used items from 10
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Tuesdays through
Saturdays at 5185
Browns Bridge Road.
For more information,
go online at www.pier
foundation.org. .
EDUCATION
LanierTach's Adult
Learning Center,
7745 Majors Road, will
have registration for
GED preparation class¬
es Thursday in room
A237. Arrive at noon
and plan to stay until
4:30 p.m. For more
information, the GED
department is open 9
a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday
Thursday, or you can
call (770) 781-6987 or
e-mail eglenn@lani
ertech.edu.
St. Brendan's Career
Transition Ministry
will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 2 in the Spiritual
Life Center. Rick
Sullivan will discuss
"recalibrating your job
search." Everyone in a
job transition is invited.
The church is at 4633
Shiloh Road.
The 10th annual
Forsyth Senior Expo
will be from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m Feb. 18 at the
Central Park Recreation
Center, 2300 Keith
Bridge Road. It pro¬
vides a venue for infor¬
mation on a variety of
topics of interest to
seniors. For more
information, call
Forsyth County Senior
Services at (770) 781 -
2178.
AARPTax-Aide helps
low and middle
income taxpayers, with
special attention to
those 60 and older.
Assistance will be
available 9 a.m. to 2
p.m.Tuesdays Feb.
7-April 10 at the Central
Park Rec Center, 2300
Keith Bridge Road.
Bring last year's tax
return, income docu¬
ments, deduction
receipts/canceled
checks and your Social
Security card. For more
informatibn, call (717)
766-3784 or Pete Rodda
at (678) 807-7832.
The Forsyth County
Beekeepers Club will
have a daylong class
for anyone interested
in becoming a bee¬
keeper at 9 a.m. Feb.
18. Registration will
begin at 8:30 a.m.To
pre-register or for
more information, call
(770)479-1731 or
e-mail beesnbill@
yahoo.com.
AARP Driver Safety
will have a six-hour
class from 8:15 a.m. to
3 p.m. Feb. 25 at Christ
the King Lutheran
Church, 1125 Bettis
Tribble Gap Road.The
course is open to
members and non¬
members of all ages,
and includes driving
laws, strategies to
avoid crashes and
more. Those who com¬
plete it will be eligible
for an insurance dis¬
count. Cost is $14 for
non-members, $12 for
members with card.
Bring a sack lunch. For
more information, call
Pete Rodda at (678)
807-7832.
The Emory Johns
Creek Hospital
Auxiliary has four
scholarships available
to students seeking
health-related degrees.
For information on
requirements and
deadlines, go online at
www.ejcha.com. For
further questions, call
chairwoman Joan Holt
at (770) 495-9628.
FUNDRAISERS
The South Forsyth
Rotary Club will hold
its 19th annual Monte
Carlo Night on March
10 at the Forsyth
Conference Center. For
more information, go
online at www.rotary
montecarlonight.com.
LEISURE
The Forsyth
Community Chorale
is accepting new mem¬
bers through Monday.
The group meets at 7
p.m. Mondays at Music
Authority in Cumming.
Members pay $20
monthly dues to cover
music expenses. For
more information, call
(770) 886-9066.
The Historical
Society of Forsyth
County will have a
book signing from 1-3
p.m. Feb. 13 at 101
School St. for John
Salter's "Forsyth
County, Georgia,
Cemeteries." It con¬
tains more than 23,000
inscriptions from more
than 90 cemeteries
here.
The Sounds of
Sawnaa Concert
Band is looking for
musicians to join.
There are no auditions
and no dues.The group
rehearses from 7:30
9:30 p.m. every
Monday at First Baptist
Church of Cumming,
1597 Sawnee Drive.
For more information,
go online at www.
soundsofsawnee.com
or call Garth at (770)
205-6000.
MEETINGS
The Forsyth County
AARP will meet at
10:30 a.m. Friday at the
Golden Corral.
Northside Hospital
Forsyth Administrator
Lynn Jackson will
speak. The meeting is
free, and an optional
$8.50 lunch will follow
(includes tax and tip).
For more information,
call Marjorie S. Reeves
at (770) 597-8779.
The Forsyth County
Retired Educators
Association will
meet at 10:30 a.m. Feb.
3 at the Forsyth
County Board of
Education, 1120
Dahlonega Hwy. The
program will be senior
health programs/ser¬
vices, and a noon
lunch will follow.
The Cumming chap¬
ter of the Vietnam
Veterans of America
will meet at 7 p.m.
Feb. 6 at the Golden
Corral. It is preceded
by a Dutch treat din¬
ner. Betsy Brown with
the Forsyth County
Elections Department
will speak. For more
information, call Marty
Farrell at (770) 500-
7234.
The Historical
Society of Forsyth
County will meet at 7
p.m. Feb. 7 at 101
School St. The topic
will be historical re¬
enactment.
The Col. Hiram
Parks Bell United
Daughters of the
Confederacy
Chapter 2641 will
meet from 2:30-5 p.m.
Feb. 19 and March 18
in the Sharon Forks
library meeting room.
For information about
membership, call
Elaine Zimney, presi¬
dent, at (770) 781-5255
or (770) 331-5691.
VOLUNTEER
PIERThrift and
Consignment
Center, 5185 Browns
Bridge Road, is in
need of volunteers
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tuesdays through
Saturdays.The store is
a nonprofit group that
trains and employs
adults with disabilities.
For more information,
go online at www.pier
foundation.org.
Forsyth County
Senior Services is
looking for volunteers
for Alzheimer's dis¬
ease respite care.The
service is for those
with the disease or
other types of demen¬
tia.The Sunshine Club
meets from 11:15 a.m.
to 3:15 p.m. Monday
through Friday at
Forsyth County Senior
Services, 595
Dahlonega Hwy.
Volunteers assist staff
with activities includ¬
ing games, music,
crafts and exercise.
For more information,
call Jim Yarbrough at
(770) 781-2178.
Foster homes for
cats and dogs are
needed urgently
through the Humane
Society of Forsyth
County No-kill Shelter.
Both regular and
short-term foster
homes needed. For
more information, call
(770) 887-6480 or go
online at www.forsyth
pets.com and click
"volunteer."
Hands On Forsyth is
seeking volunteers for
its many opportunities
in Forsyth County. For
more information, go
online at www.hand
sonforsyth.org Kerry or call
or Sean at (770)
205-1701.
ONGOING
EVENTS
Cumming Club Garden
meets at 10 a.m.
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AARP INSTALLS OFFICERS
The Forsyth County AARP recently selected its
2012 officers. They include: Warren Henline,
president; Majorie S. Reeves, vice president;
Audrey Henline, secretary; Helen Kim, assistant
secretary; John Reeves, treasurer; Margarets
Jarry, assistant treasurer; and Corinne Blanck
and Lyn Silverthorne, directors.
the secondTuesday of
every month at
Cumming Baptist
Church. For more
information, call (770)
844-7061.
Navigators
Toastmasters meets
at 7:30 p.m. the sec¬
ond and fourth
Tuesday of each
month at St. Brendan's
Spiritual Life Center
off Shiloh Road. For
more information, call
(404) 597-6712 or
e-mail paxtonfinan
cial@bellsouth.net.
Baby Boomers of
Cumming and North
Fulton is a group of
married couples who
enjoy social activities
like dinner, theater,
trivia and more. For
more information,
e-mail boomercou
ples@gmail.com.
The Toastmasters
Community Voice
invites guests to learn
how to effectively com¬
municate in a busi¬
ness, family or social
environment. It meets
from 6:45-8 p.m.
Mondays at the
Holiday Inn Express
Meeting Room off Ga.
400's Exit 14. Visitors
are always welcome.
For more information,
go online at http://com
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Business-to-business
networking meet¬
ings will be from 5:30-
7:30 p.m. the first
Tuesday of each month
at the Forsyth
Conference Center at
LanierTechnical
College, 7745 Majors
Road. Businesses from
Buckhead to
Dahlonega meet for
leads and referrals.
Tickets are $5 for
Business 400 members
and $15 for guests. For
more information, go
online at www.busi
ness400.com.
Garden of
Empowerment, a
nonprofit organization
with the purpose of
empowering separat¬
ed, divorced and wid¬
owed women to move
forward with their
lives, is celebrating its
10th anniversary, For
more information, call
Sue at (770)815-2628
or e-mail her at sue@
gardenofempower
ment.org.
Family Haven, a non¬
profit organization sup¬
porting victims of
domestic violence, has
opened a thrift store at
433 Canton Hwy., in
the Sportzplex
Complex across from
Ingles.Temporary sum¬
mer hours are 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday ^
through Saturday. The
3B
store features a variety
of clothing, furniture,
media and more
Donations, pick-ups
and delivery services
are available. For more
information, call (770)
844-0842
The Georgia
Farmgirls will have its
monthly sale every
fourth weekend of the
month from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. at the Silver City
Marketplace, 7645
Bannister Road. Tickets
are $25 and include the
cost of both days.
Spaces are available
for $15 the day of the
sale, $50 on the other
weekends. For more
> information, call Mary
Ann at (770) 845-5728,
e-mail georgiafarm
girls@aol.com, or visit
www.georgiafarmgirls
org.
Chestatee River
Chapter of
Daughters of the
American Revolution
meets at 3 p.m. every
second Sunday of each
month at the Forsyth
County Safety
Complex, 3520
Settingdown Road. For
more information, call
(678) 513-6127.
FairTax Forsyth
meets the last Monday
of the month at the
Golden Corral in
Cumming. Dinner and
social time will be from
6-7 p.m., with the
meeting from 7-8:15
p.m. For more informa¬
tion, call Dave Andrews
at (404) 510-2306.
The North Georgia
Barbershop Singers
is a member of the
Barbershop Harmony
Society and has grown
to 33 men who love to
sing.The group wel¬
comes new members
to visit from 7-9:30
p.m.Tuesdays at Christ
the King Lutheran
Church, 1125 Bettis
Tribble Gap Road.
Toastmasters of
Forsyth County
meets bimonthly from
6:45-8 p.m. the second
and fourth Thursday at
Midway United
Methodist Church,
5025 Atlanta Hwy. For
more information, cakk
(770) 887 8478.