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FORSYTH FORECAST
The four-day outlook
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72/45
Lake Lanier level
1066.94 feet (as of 10 a.m. October 18)
Full pool is 1,071 feet
October 17:1067.00 feet
October 16:1067.05 feet
October 15:1067.08 feet
UPCOMING EVENTS
Haunted History Tour of
Cumming Cemetery will be
held from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday
and Saturday evenings on the fol
lowing dates: Oct. 21, 22, 28 and
29, at the Cumming Cemetery in
downtown Cumming.The cost is
$15 per person. Reservations are
limited and required in advance.
Proceeds will benefit the Forsyth
County Historical Society, Age
Well Forsyth, and Senior Services.
The Haunted History Tour will tell
the story of our founding fathers
of Forsyth County who are laid to
rest in the Cumming Cemetery.
Come hear stories of their lives
and deaths, as told by their
ghosts. Many of these ghosts are
descendants of the late residents.
Parking will be available at the
county administration parking
deck with a shuttle service taking
guests to the cemetery and back.
Tours will depart every 15 min
utes starting at 5:30 p.m.The
walking tour will take about one
hour. Tickets are available at the
Forsyth County Senior Center. For
more information, call Linda
Ledbetter at 404-245-7949 or the
senior center at 770-781-2178.
Concord Baptist Fall Festival
will be from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday,
Oct. 26.The event is free and
there will be a trunk-or-treat,
bounce houses, hayrides, games,
face painting, a cake walk. Dinner
will be provided. Come join us for
a night of fun. Concord Baptist
Church is at 6905 Concord Road,
Cumming.
Lord of Life Lutheran Church:
Please join us for worship on
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. You can
also view the service live each
Sunday through Facebook Live
(www.facebook.com/lordoflifeal-
pharetta.org). Lord of Life
Lutheran Church offers a Christ-
centered/family-oriented ministry.
The church is at 5390 McGinnis
Ferry Road, Alpharetta. For more
information, call 770-740-1279 or
visit www.Lord-life.org.
Episcopal Church of the Holy
Spirit will have Sunday service at
8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., (coffee
& conversation held after each
service), and adult education at
9:30 a.m., Wednesday service at
noon. Each evening Compline is
held via Facebook live at 8 p.m.
on www.facebook.com/ECOHS.
net. We also have Bible Study on
Tuesday at 6 p.m. andThursday at
10:30 a.m.Thursday beginning on
Oct. 11. Visit www.ecohs.net for
all available opportunities, includ
ing Vacation Bible School coming
up. Episcopal Church of the Holy
Spirit is at 724 Pilgrim Mill Rd.,
Cumming.
Episcopal Church of the Holy
Spirit will have its Red Door
Festival featuring a British Car
Show, food trucks, bake sale,
inflatables for the kids and more
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday,
Oct. 22. For more information,
visit www.ecohs.net. All are wel
come.
Treat the Troops Southern
Style, which provides comfort
foods for our deployed soldiers,
will have a packing event at 7
p.m., Nov.14. at the VFW Post
9143, 1045 Dahlonega Hwy.,
Cumming. Please bring home
made cookies (six per twist-tie
baggie and labeled if they contain
nuts), candy, individual servings
of packable food, travel-size toi
letries and letters or cards of
appreciation.Tax-deductible post
age donations are needed. If you
know of anyone who is currently
deployed outside the Continental
United States, email Linda their
name, military mailing address
and expected return date. For
more information, email Ikt-
jones@bellsouth.net, or go online
at www.treatthetroops.org.
Sawnee Amateur Radio
Association's ARRL Certified VE
Team will conduct an FCC test
session forTechnician, General,
and Extra class licenses at 10 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22. The location
will be Grace Baptist Church, 3775
Spot Road, Cumming. In order to
test, one must have already
secured an FRN (FCC Registration
Number). Visit apps.fcc.gov/cores/
userLogin.do to get your FRN.
Applicants will need an FRN, a
photo ID, and a copy of their ham
license or a CSCE if licensed
already and testing for a license
upgrade.The test session fee is
$15 cash. For testing, you must
preregister. Contact Jack Fisher
at kc4i@arrl.net to preregister for
the Oct. 22 FCC test session.
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Death Notices
Cline James
Ramey
October 10, 2022
Masonic Memorial
Services will be held
Monday, October 17, at
7:00 p.m. at Lafayette
Lodge #44 F&AM, 140
Ramey Drive, Cumming,
GA 30040 with Rev. Paul
Swafford officiating. The
family will receive friends
following the service.
Ingram Funeral Home, 210
Ingram Ave, Cumming, GA
is in charge of arrange
ments
Cumming City Center
is hosting Fall Fun Day
From staff reports
Cumming City Center
will host its first seasonal
pop-up market to celebrate
all things fall.
On Saturday, Oct. 22,
participants will be able to
shop through a plethora of
curated vendors and local
makers, listen to live
music from Muse Cabin,
decorate cupcakes and
watch an old-fashioned
pie-eating contest.
In the evening, friends
Fall Fun Day
When: Saturday, Oct.
22 from 10 a.m. to 9
p.m.
Where: Cumming City
Center, 423 Canton
Road in Cumming
For more information:
Visit www.cityofcum-
ming.net
and families can grab
some candy during the
Forsyth County Fire
Department’s Trunk or
Treat Safety Event and
watch as lanterns line the
pond during the American
Cancer Society’s
Illuminating Life Lantern
Parade.
The Cumming Earners
Market will be from 8-10
a.m. on Saturday, the fall
market will open at 10
a.m. and continue until 6
p.m. Both trunk or treating
and the lantern parade will
start at 6 p.m.
The Cumming City
Center is located at 423
Canton Road in Cumming.
Catoberfest raises $33,000 for
Feral Cat Program of Georgia
The Leral Cat Program
of Georgia hosted its
fourth annual fall fundrais
er, Catoberfest, on Oct. 8
at Lowler Park in
Cumming.
Attendees enjoyed more
than 30 artists and ven
dors, multiple food trucks,
and local DJ CNote.
Through event sponsor
ships, concessions, an
online auction, and an
onsite, silent auction, the
rescue group raised
$33,000 making this year’s
Catoberfest total the high
est yet. The fall event is
the only fundraiser hosted
by the rescue group each
year.
This year’s special guest
was a white kitten named
Dreamy. She was born at
FCPGA headquarters with
a condition that causes
serious eye infections.
“Dreamy Cookies” were
sold at Catoberfest to help
cover the kitten’s surgery
and additional medical
costs.
Each year, FCPGA
receives hundreds of
requests for help with
unwanted cats and kittens.
Shelters are currently
experiencing more intakes
than adoptions and are not
equipped to care for sick,
injured, or pregnant cats.
All proceeds from
Catoberfest will go to
FCPGA enabling them to
rescue more cats and kit
tens and care for them
until they are adopted.
From staff reports
Kemp says no new abortion
or birth control restrictions
By JEFF AMY
and BILL BARROW
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp issued
perhaps his clearest com
mitment yet that he won’t
pursue any new restric
tions on abortion or birth
control, using a Monday
evening debate against
Democratic challenger
Stacey Abrams to clarify
his position on an issue
he’s sometimes avoided
as he seeks a second term.
Kemp said in the
debate’s opening
moments that he “would
not” go beyond the
“heartbeat bill” he signed
in 2019 to ban nearly all
abortions at six weeks of
pregnancy, a point that
comes before many
women know they’re
pregnant. The law, which
went into effect after the
U.S. Supreme Court in
June overturned a wom
an’s constitutional right to
abortion services,
includes exceptions in
cases of rape, incest and
health risks to pregnant
women.
Abrams, who narrowly
lost to Kemp four years
ago, has criticized the
Republican incumbent as
an extremist on abortion,
leaving him trapped
between moderates who
want more permissive
abortion laws and activists
in Kemp’s base who want
the governor to move even
further to outright bans on
abortion or restrictions on
Plan B, an over-the-coun
ter contraceptive that can
prevent pregnancy even
after an egg is fertilized.
The debate question
came after Kemp was cap
tured on tape by a voter
who was pressing him to
commit to more restric
tions. Kemp did not
directly offer his position,
musing that any new
moves would depend on
the makeup of the Georgia
General Assembly.
Democrats and abortion-
rights supporters seized on
the tape, which Kemp’s
campaign said was
authentic, as proof of
Kemp’s threat to birth
control.
Kemp sought Monday
to quell any such con
cerns. “That’s not my
desire” to push any new
abortion or birth control
legislation, he said.
Beyond abortion, Kemp
and Abrams rekindled
their long-standing feud
over voting rights, with
Abrams accusing Kemp as
governor and previously
as secretary of state of try
ing to make it harder for
some Georgians to vote.
Abrams said, however,
that she would accept the
outcome of the November
election. “I will always
acknowledge the outcome
of elections, but I will
never deny access to every
voter, because that is the
responsibility of every
American to defend the
right to vote,” she said.
Kemp urged voters to
remember that he was
among the Republican
governors who relaxed
public restrictions early in
the COVID-19 pandemic,
including resisting wide
spread mask mandates and
school closures.
“Our economy is
incredible ... we are the
ones that’s been fighting
for you when Ms. Abrams
was not,” Kemp said.
Still, he found himself
on the defensive from
Libertarian Shane Hazel,
who blasted Kemp for
ever going along with any
restrictions and for
endorsing the govern
ment-distributed COVID
vaccine.
For Abrams, the debate
underlined her need to
persuade voters not just to
choose her but to fire the
incumbent.
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