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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Sunday, March 4, 2018
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Gary Beard, with theorsyth-
Cumming Optimist Club, presents
Thea Valencia with her first place
trophy Thursday.
Local students
advance in
oratorical
contest
By Alexander Popp
apopp@forsythnews.com
On Thursday, the Forsyth-Cumming
Optimist Club hosted finals and semi
finals for their annual oratory contest.
At the event, 10 fifth graders and 12
middle and high schoolers got up in
front of their family and friends at the
Forsyth County Courthouse and present
ed the crowd a personal speech, using
anecdotes and stories to answer the
question: “Where the roots of their opti
mism come from.”
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Norton gives
thoughts on
local real
estate market
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
A local economic expert recently gave
his thoughts on the current state of the
real estate industry in Forsyth County.
On Thursday, Gainesville Realtor
Frank Norton Jr. spoke at the Cumming-
Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Real Estate Roundtable at
the Cumming Recreation and Parks
Building.
Norton gave his thoughts on the local
real estate market, some of which he
said he didn’t expect to be popular.
“It’s not criticism,” Norton said. “It’s
challenging. I think we can all be chal-
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Jeep enthusiasts strive to
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By Alexander Popp
apopp@forsythnews.com
A local outdoor group has found balance
between the genuine love of a sport, environmen
tal conservation and philanthropic work within
the community. ; »
“ Over the pastthree years, the Forsyth County
Jeepers or FoCo Jeepers as they call themselves,
have been supporting local organizations in need,
picking up litter on trails and driving through the
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Gregory Maguire
By Frank Reddy
freddy@forsythnews.com
Gregory Maguire, author of the criti
cally-acclaimed book “Wicked: The
Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of
the West,” plans to visit Forsyth County
to speak and sign books at 7 p.m.
March 8 at the Forsyth Conference
Center.
Maguire spoke with Forsyth County
News recently on the topic of his writ
ing and the prospect of visiting this
week with residents of Forsyth County.
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Billy Moore, club president for the Forsyth
County Jeepers and driver of a 2007 Jeep
Rubicon, said that he started the club several
years ago after growing increasingly distant from
the increasingly popular Georgia Jeepers Club
that he used to be a part of.
“It was just a huge, monster group, that there
was no close fellowship or close friendship that
really evolved because they have like 18,000
members. So | decided to start a local community
group here in Forsyth County and surrounding
counties to bring everyone closer together,”
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FR: So, we’re getting a pretty exclu
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GM: Yes.
FR: What do you enjoy most about
these types of events?
GM: Because I have teenagers at
home, I don’t get to travel the country
as much as my appetite would require
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these type of events do
you do every year?
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when I have a new
book out, I might do
10 or 15, but at this
stage of my career, I
only do three or four
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