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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 Youth
Orchestra is a com
munity-based orches
tra that has been creat
ed for young string
players who live in and
around the county. Its
purpose is to provide
an opportunity for
these musiciansto -
enhance their music
education with an
orchestral performance
experience. There will
be a performance at 7
p.m. Dec. 6 at the
Forsyh Central High
Performing Arts Center.
Gypsy the Musical
will be presented by
BK Productions in the
Cumming Playhouse at
8 p.m. Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays
and 3 p.m. Sundays
through Nov. 9. For
tickets, call the box
office at (770) 781-9178
or visit playhousecum
ming.com.
The North Georgia
Barbershop Singers,
a 30-plus man chorus,
is inviting all men who
like music to come
visit. The group will
teach new members
how to sing. The cho
rus meets from 7 to
2:30 p.m. every
Tuesday night at
Cumming Baptist
Church, 115 Church St,
Cumming. For more
information, call Duane
Hunter at (770) 609-
9853.
CIVIC CLUBS
The Kiwanis Club of
Cumming meets at
noon each Wednesday
at Golden Corral on
Market Place
Boulevard. For more
information, go online
at www.cummingki
wanis.org or call Mike
Burns at (404) 771-
6582.
The Cumming
Civitan Club meets at
11:45 a.m. the first and
third Thursday of each
month at the Golden
Corral on Market Place
Boulevard. For more
information, call Susie
Wortham at (678) 771-
8909.
The Forsyth-
Cumming Optimist
Ciub meets at 7 a.m.
on the second and
fourth Thursday of each
month at Northside
Hospital-Forsyth,
Bennett Training Room,
1400 Building.
Breakfast is served and
each time the group
has a speaker. For
more information, go
online at www.forsyth
cummingoptimistclub.
com.
The Forsyth County
Lions Club meets at 7
p.m. the first and third
Tuesday of each month
at the Golden Corral on
Market Place
Boulevard. For more
information, call (770)
887-1609 or go online
at www.forsythcoun
tylions.org.
The Rotary Club of
Johns Creek meets at
12:15 p.m. every
Monday at Johns
Creek Baptist Church,
6910 McGinnis Ferry
Road.
North Forsyth 400
Rotary Club meets at
noon every Tuesday at
Coal Mountain Park
Community Center,
35660 Setting Down
Road. For more infor
mation, contact
Clayton Rhoads, mem
bership chairman, at
(678) 513-1864.
DONATIONS
Treat the Troops
Southern Style,
which provides com
fort foods for our
deployed soldiers, will
have a packing event at
7 p.m. Nov. 20, at the
VFW Post 9143, 1045
Dahlonega Hwy.,
Cumming. Please bring
homemade cookies
(six per twist-tie bag
gie), candy, individual
servings of packable
food, travel-size toilet
ries and letters or
cards of appreciation.
Tax-deductible postage
donations are needed.
For more information,
email lktjones@bell
south.net, or go online
at www.treatthetroops.
org.
Ninth District
Opportunity is
accepting applications
in Forsyth County for
the weatherization
assistance program.
These free services
help eligible low
income residents
reduce energy cost as
well as addressing
health and safety
issues. To apply, call
(770) 889-9420.
Meal sponsors are
needed for specific
Wednesday Noon Day
Meals in 2014. If your
group is interested in
providing a meal for
about 100 residents
and serving and clean
ing up, call Sandy or
Ruth atThe Place of
Forsyth County at (770)
887-1098.T0 place
orders, email orders@
forsythcountycac.org.
For more information,
visit www.forsythcoun
tycac.org.
Cumming Home
Ministries Thrift
Store invites you to
bring in donations of
all kinds to its new
location. Come see the
expanded space in the
old National Guard
building, 429 Canton
Road, across the street
from the Ingles shop
ping center. CHM helps
men with'transitional
housing. Donations
will directly help those
in your community.
Call (470) 239-3423 for
furniture pick-up, or
stop by the store from
10-5:30 Tuesday
through Saturday. For
more information, call
(678) 456-5544 or visit
www.cumminghome
ministries.org.
Helping Hands
Partners opened a
second thrift store at
4230 Canton Hwy. to
complement the store
at 523 Veterans
Memorial Bivd.
Donations of house
hold items, food, cloth
ing and furniture are
needed. The store in
Cumming is open
seven days a week.The
Canton Highway loca
tion is closed Sunday
and Monday. For more
information or to
schedule a pickup, call
(404) 545-5721 or (678)
341-8075.
PIER Thrift 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
AARP driver safety
class will be from 8:15
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday
at Northside Hospital-
Forsyth, Bennett
Education Center.
Participants may
receive an insurance
discount. Cost is S2O
with a $5 discount for
AARP members. Bring
a sack lunch or use
the hospital cafeteria.
Coffee will be provid
ed.To reserve a spot,
call Ralph Szweda at
(770) 343-9500.
The local chapter
of the National
Alliance on Mental
lliness will present a
free class for family
and friends of adults
living with mental ill
ness. The Family-to-
Family program will
be held for 11 consec
utive weeks at 6:30
p.m. Mondays
through Nov. 17. For
more information, go
to www.namifdl.org
or call Ovie Hughie at
(678) 341-9414.
Lanier Technical
College is holding
GED preparation
classes 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Monday through
Wednesday and 9
a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday.
Registration for the
preparation will be
between 9 a.m.-5
p.m. Mondays and
Tuesdays. The adult
lunch will be provided.
The public is invited.
The next meeting of
the Georgia Chapter
of theTrail of Tears
Association will be
held at 10:30 a.m.
Nov. 1 at the Old
Newnan Train Depot
in Newnan. The
speaker will be for
mer Georgia TOTA
president Jeff Bishop
who is also the cur
rent director of the
NCHS. The meetings
are free and open to
the public. For further
information about the
meeting, call Tony
Harris at harris7627 @
bellsouth.net.
The Forsyth County
Retired Educators
Association invites all
retired educators in
the area to a meeting at
10:3C a.m. Nov. Z.This
meeting will be held at
the Academies of
Creative Education
building, located direct
ly behind the Forsyth
County Board of
Education
learning center is at
3410 Ronald Reagan
Blvd., Cumming,
building A, Room 250.
Classes are free.
Registration will take
about 2.5 hours. For
more information or to
make an appointment,
call (770) 781-6987,
eglenn@l|aniertech.edu
or mbond@laniertech.
edu.
FUNDRAISERS
The third annual
Ernie Johnson
Memorial Golf
Tournament will be
Monday at the Polo
Golf and Country
Club. Registration,
continental breakfast
and practice will be
from 9to 10:15 a.m.,
balloon release cere
mony will be at
10:30 a.m. and a
shotgun start will be
at 11 a.m. Box lunch
es will be served on
the course. An
awards reception
will follow the end
of play. Cost is $l5O
per person. The tour
ney benefits the
American Cancer
Society. For more
information, email
erniejohnsonmemori
al@gmail.com or visit
www.relayforlife.org/
erniejohnsontourney.
The second annual
Redneck Bash will
be at 6 p.m. Nov. 2 at
the Forsyth
Conference Center.
The event will benefit
the American Cancer
Society Relay for Life,
Jeff Foxworthy will be
the entertainment.
There will be food by
Jim n’ Nick's, enter
tainment by a
Bluegrass Band.
Redneck attire is
encouraged. For more
information visit
www.relayforlife.org/
erniejohnsontourney
or email erniejohn
sonmemorial @gmail.
com.
Pooches on the
Patio, a fundraiser
for the Humane
Society of Forsyth
County, will be held
from sto 9 p.m.
Sunday atThe Ridge
Great Steaks &
Seafood, 1035 Turner
Road. Patrons can
bring their well
behaved dogs on
leashes to enjoy din
ner and fun activities.
A $5 cover per person
will be donated to the
Humane Society, as
well as 10 percent of
food sales and $1
from each beverage
sale.
LEISURE
VFW Post 9143,
1045 Dahlonega Hwy.,
will hold a turkey
shoot (target competi
tion) at 1 p.m. every
Saturday through the
last Saturday before
Christmas. No experi
ence needed. Safety
comes first. Hot dogs,
hamburgers and
drinks will be provided
by the post case. The
VFW is a nonprofit
organization accepting
new members. This
fundraiser supports
programs that improve
the lives of veterans
and service personnel,
their families and com
munities.
Age Well Forsyth will
have a bingo game
Nov. 20 as a fundraiser
for the senior centers.
For more information,
call the Forsyth County
Senior Center at (770)
781-2178.
MEETINGS
The Forsyth County
AARP will meet from
10:30 a.m. to noon
Friday, at Golden Corral
on Market Place
Boulevard. Lacy Kenny
director of nursing of
Bright Star Care will be
the speaker. For more
information, contact
chapter president
Marjorie S. Reeves at
(770) 597-8779.
The Will Rogers
indian Club will be
meeting at 11 a.m.
Sunday in the
Chadwick Community
Building. A potiuck
LA DR :
TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF
‘ FORSYTH COUNTY, GEORGIA
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on November 4, 2014, an election will
be held in all of the election districts of Forsyth County, Georgia (the “County”),
at which election there will be submitted to the qualified voters of the County
for their determination the question of whether the County should issue general
obligation bonds, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $200,000,000
(the “Bonds”), for the purposes listed in the form of the ballot below.
The Bonds, if so authorized, may be issued in whole or in part and in one or more
series. The Bonds shall be date! the first day of the calengar month in which the
Bonds are issued or the day the Bonds are issued and shall bear interest at rates
not exceeding 10.0% per year (based upon a 360-day year comprised of twelve
thirty-day months). The principal shafl mature (by scheduled maturity or by
mandatory redemption) in the years and amounts, as follows:
The principal of and interest on the Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the
United States of America at a bank or banks to be designated later.
Voters desiring to vote for the issuance of the Bonds for the aforesaid purposes
shall do so by voting “YES” and voters desiring to vote against the issuance of the
Bonds for the aforesaid purposes shall do so Ey voting “NO” as to the question
propounded substantially as follows:
“SHALL THERE BE ISSUED UP TO $200,000,000 IN AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF FORSYTH COUNTY GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE ACQUISITION,
CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, EQUIPPING AND IMPROVEMENT
OF COUNTY AND STATE-OWNED ROADS, STREETS, BRIDGES AND
SIDEWALKS, THE COSTS OF ISSUING THE BONDS AND CAPITALIZED
INTEREST ON THE BONDS?”
The several places for holding said election shall be in the regular and established
election districts of the County, and the polls will be open from 7:00 A.M. to
7:00 PM. on the said date fixed for the election. Those qualified to vote at said
election shall be determined in all respects in accordance and in conformity with
the laws of the State of Georgia.
The last day to register to vote in this election shall be October 6, 2014,
Those residents qualified to vote at said election shall be determined in all respects
in accordance with election laws of the State of Georgia. Lo
Any brochures, listings or other advertisements issued bKnthe County or by any
other person, firm, corporation or association with the knowledge and consent
of the County, shall be deemed to be a statement of intention ofi% County
concerning the use of the C?roucds of the Bonds; and such statement of intention
shall be bindi:f on the County in the expenditure of any such Bond funds or
interest received from such Bond funds which have been invested.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 36 82 100 (the “Bond Audit Statute”), the County
notifies all interested parties that no independent performance audit or performance
review (the “Bond Audit”) will be conducted with respect to the Bonds: er
the County will continue to ensure that Bond proceeds are expen tly
and economically, as intended by the Bond Aucfit Statute. , ,
This notice is given pursuant to joint action of the Board of Commxssx‘a issioners of
Forsyth County and the Board of) Registrations and Elections of Forsyth County.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF FORSYTH
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014
Administration building
at 1120 Dahlonega Hwy.
in Cumming.The pro
gram for the month will
be Mayor H. Ford Gravitt
proclaiming Retired
Educators Day. State
Rep. Mark Hamilton will
be here to inform the
group of recent legisla
tive news. For more
information, call Linda
Lang, membership
chair, at (770) 889-3106
or Lindaglang @bell
south.net. :
The Forsyth County
Women's Club will
have its monthly lun
cheon at 11 a.m. Now.
20 atWindermere Golf
Club, 5000 Davis Love
Drive. Luncheons are on
the third Thursday of
each month. Cost is $22.
For more information,
call Johanna Morgan at
(678) 525-9309 or jlmor
ganl96o @gmail.
com or visit www.for
sythcountywomen-
sclub.net .
Toastmasters of
Forsyth County
meets at 6:45 pm on
Year Amount
2016 4,245,000
2017 4,345,000
2018 6,290,000
2019 8,435,000
2020 8,675,000
2021 8,935,000
2022 9,205,000
2023 9,490,000
2024 9,770,000
2025 10,075,000
2026 10,385,000
2027 10,720,000
2028 11,065,000
2029 11,420,000
2030 11,790,000
2031 12,185,000
2032 12,595,000
2033 13,020,000
2034 13,450,000
2035 13,905,000
the second and fourth
Thursdays of the
month at Midway
United Methodist
Church. Guests wel
come. For more infor
mation visit www.for
sythcounty.toastmas-
tersclubs.org.
VOLUNTEER
The Forsyth County
Animal Shelter is
looking for volunteers
for dog walkers, cat
cuddlers and groom
ers. Those interested in
volunteering should
visit the shelter to com
plete a volunteer
application Form.The
shelter is off of Ga.
400 at 4065 County
Way in northern
Forsyth County. For
details on the many
volunteer opportuni
ties available and the
general require
ments for volunteers
visit www.forsythco.
com/animalshelter
or contact Jeanie
Curphey at (678) 965-
7188 or jecurphey @for
sythco.com.