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Sunday, October 23,2022
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SUNDAY
Sunny
73/47
MONDAY
Mostly sunny
74/50
Partly cloudy
75/57
WEDNESDAY
AM showers
72/49
UPCOMING EVENTS
Haunted History Tour of
Cumming Cemetery will be held
from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday and
Saturday evenings on the following
dates: Oct. 22, 28 and 29, at the
Cumming Cemetery in downtown
Cumming.The cost is $15 per per
son. 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 coun
ty administration parking deck with
a shuttle service taking guests to the
cemetery and back.Tours will depart
every 15 minutes 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
cakewalk. 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.face-
book.com/lordoflifealpharetta.org).
Lord of Life Lutheran Church offers a
Christ-centered/family-oriented min-
istry.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 onTuesday at 6
p.m. andThursday at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday beginning on Oct. 11. Visit
www.ecohs.net for all available
opportunities, including 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 informa
tion, visit www.ecohs.net. All are wel
come.
Paranormal Investigation Tours
hosted by the Cumming Arts Center
and Inner Light Paranormal will be
taking place again this year on Oct.
28 from 7:30-10 p.m., at the
Cumming Arts Center's Historic
Brannon-Heard House. An experi
enced team will lead an investiga
tion for two and a half hours com
plete with state-of-the art paranor
mal equipment. Visit sawneeart.org
for complete information and to
purchase tickets.
Treat theTroops 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
Highway, Cumming. Please bring
homemade cookies (six per twist-tie
baggie and labeled if they contain
nuts), candy, individual servings of
packable food, travel-size toiletries
and letters or cards of appreciation.
Tax-deductible postage 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
lktjones@bellsouth.net, or go online
at www.treatthetroops.org.
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Georgia Highlands Medical Services CEO Todd Shifflet was recently recog
nized as the 2022 Dale S. Chapman Administrator of the Year by the
Georgia Primary Care Association.
Georgia Highlands Medical
Services CEO wins award
From staff reports
The Georgia Primary Care
Association recently recognized the
CEO of Georgia Highlands Medical
Services, Todd Shifflet, as the 2022
Dale S. Chapman Administrator of the
Year at its 45th annual conference.
The award recognizes an administra
tor of a primary health care program
for the achievement of excellence in
leadership, administrative direction and
management, resulting in the improve
ment or expansion of services to the
community.
“It’s very humbling,” Shifflet said.
“Especially when you find out that the
staff have nominated you for the award
without telling you. It means so much
that they have that much faith in me
and the direction of the organization.”
Shifflet first joined Georgia
Highlands Medical Services in April
2015. Since then, the organization has
expanded services to include geriatrics,
pharmacy, integrated mental health,
chiropractic services and radiology.
“We wouldn’t have had the success
we have had without a supportive board
and an absolutely terrific staff who are
brought in, truly believe in the mission
and are willing to do what it takes to
fulfill it,” Shifflet said. “This honor is
really about them and how great they
are.”
Georgia Highlands has opened a sec
ond medical center in Cumming, a cen
ter in Dawsonville and a second center
in Canton. Over the next few months, a
new center in Buford and a new School
Based Health Center at Cumming
Elementary in partnership with Forsyth
County Schools will be open.
In all, the organization has grown
from serving 13,000 patients to nearly
21,000 patients. Through the COVID
pandemic, Georgia Highlands has pro
vided 24 community-based free drive-
thru testing events, over 2,000 COVID
sick care visits under tents, over 20,000
free tests, over 24,000 COVID sick vis
its, 34 community-based COVID vac
cine clinics and more than 10,000 vac
cines.
“Todd has worked tirelessly to build
awareness, grow services, create part
nerships where there were very few,
and bring the best healthcare program
to the communities in which we serve,”
said Yolanda Nabors, COO at Georgia
Highlands. “Todd is a great leader,
always pushes through difficulties and
believes in the mission of serving those
that need healthcare the most. He is
hardworking, leads by example, and
has earned the respect of community
leaders, the staff and his leadership
team.”
FROM 1A
Libraries
involved in receiving and
sorting donations, boxing
and shipping unsellable
items and managing the
bookstores.
“It’s an amazing, all
volunteer organization
that provides an important
service to the Forsyth
County community.”
The FCPL Friends and
Advocates sponsor the
library’s annual Summer
Reading Fun program.
Their generous donations
have enabled the library
to hire professional per
formers and provide prize
books and other incen
tives that have helped to
increase participation and
enthusiasm levels among
children and teens.
Forsyth County children
received over 11,000 priz
es this past summer alone.
“The library had over
7,000 readers participate
in Summer Reading Fun
this year and providing
incentives for that number
of patrons is no small
cost,” Programming
Manager Kim Ottesen
said. “We are very fortu
nate to have such an
active and generous
Friends group supporting
our library.”
The Friends also spon
sor large library events
like Forsyth Reads
Together. Earlier this year,
they contributed to bring
New York Times bestsell
ing author Jeff Shaara to
Forsyth County to discuss
his popular novel, “Gods
and Generals.”
“Through their dona
tions, the FCPL Friends
and Advocates make it
possible to provide our
community with a variety
of programs and events
that educate and entertain
our patrons,” Ottesen
said.
To learn more about the
FCPL Friends and
Advocates, visit www.
forsythpl.org.
FROM 1A
Beaver
“You build a big, beau
tiful building, you train
your people for months
before, you do all these
wonderful things and
you’re so ready and
you’re pumped, and you
open up the doors and
there’s nobody there.”
Despite the difficulties
of opening a new store,
Abad said Beaver has
become one of the most
successful Toyota dealer
ships in the state.
He said since opening
in October 2017, Beaver
has sold 23,572 vehicles,
serviced 117,050 cars
since and serviced more
than 6,545 body shop cus
tomers since opening.
The fifth anniversary
wasn’t the only celebra
tion for the business dur
ing the luncheon.
Darryl Bowen, district
sales manager for
Southeast Toyota
Distributors, LLC, was on
hand to give out several
awards, including the
President’s Award, which
is given to “dealers that
excel in all facets of their
operations,” according to
Toyota’s website.
Bowen said the
President’s Award is
“something that does not
come easy. It takes a lot of
hard work. There’s a lot
of metrics you have to hit
in order to earn that
award.”
“I just want to say that,
being here these last four
years now, watching
what has happened in
this store is just amaz
ing,” Bowen told
employees. “Where you
guys are with the leader
ship of Mr. Beaver, Mrs.
Beaver, Patrick, what
you guys have done, it’s
tremendous, it’s amaz
ing. I can’t compliment
you enough for all that
you have done and what
you continue to do.”
For more information
on Beaver Toyota, go to
BeaverToyotaCumming.
com.
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