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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Sunday, November 13,2022 FORSYTHNEWS.COM
'Because of the brave'
Photos by Sabrina Kerns Forsyth County News
Gary Goyette, President of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1030, thanked each of the veterans
in the audience.
City honors local veterans at annual ceremony
The Forsyth County Fire Department and Sheriff's Office Joint
Honor Guard presents the flags.
By Sabrina Kerns
skerns@forsythnews.com
The Cumming Fairgrounds filled
with laughter and music Friday morn
ing as the community came together
to honor and celebrate those who
served the U.S. during the City of
Cumming’s annual Veterans Day cer
emony.
The event was hosted by Cumming
Chapter 1030 of the Vietnam Veterans
of America with many local Vietnam
veterans in the audience along with
other Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines
and Coast Guard veterans.
“Today we gather to honor and cel
ebrate all the men and women who
have served our country through the
armed forces, be that during wartime
or peacetime,” Mayor Troy
Brumbalow said. “On behalf of
everyone at the City of Cumming and
our entire community, I’d like to
especially welcome all of our veter
ans and active-duty military personnel
who are joining us today.
“We know that without the efforts
of each and every service member
throughout our history, our great
nation would not be the land of the
free,” he continued. “The remark that
the United States is the land of the
free is because of the brave. So today,
we thank each and every one of you
for your bravery, dedication and for
defending our nation.”
Keynote speaker Lt. Col. Jeff Davis
served in the U.S. Marine Corps for
23 years after growing up in
Alpharetta and earning a Bachelor of
Science from the University of
Georgia. In 1994, he was commis
sioned as a Second Lieutenant and
was later designated as a Naval
Aviator in 1998.
During that time, he was deployed
twice to the Asia-Pacific region and
twice to Iraq where he supported
Operation Iraqi Freedom. He retired
from active duty in 2018 and has
since returned to Georgia to live with
his wife and kids in Milton.
“Every veteran here is here by the
grace of God,” Davis said. “They sur
vived harrowing situations while oth
ers didn’t and could have easily just
as perished along with their fellow
comrades in arms. It’s a simple
reminder to us that life is precious.”
Davis explained that every soldier,
marine, sailor and airman makes the
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Forsyth names
2022-23 Georgia
REACH scholars
By Sabrina Kerns
skerns@forsythnews.com
Families gathered with excitement at the
FoCAL Center Thursday night as Forsyth County
Schools inducted its cohort of 2022-23 REACH
Georgia scholars.
REACH, or Realizing Educational
Achievement Can Happen, was first launched in
2012 and is a needs-based mentorship and college
scholarship program. It was created by the state of
Georgia to help ensure academically promising
students have access to the financial and social
support they need to continue through high school
and on to college.
FCS has been a REACH district for nine years
now, providing mentorship and community-fund
ed scholarships of up to $10,000 for students in
need.
“The Cumming and Forsyth County communi
ty is supporting REACH scholars to ensure they
are improving grades, attendance, behavior and
are given college and career preparation,”
Superintendent Dr. Jeff Bearden said.
He went on to thank those that donated to help
support the nine middle school students chosen as
this year’s scholars.
Jeremy Echuck, one of the four sponsors, said
the REACH Georgia programs means a lot to him
after having grown up in Forsyth County while his
family struggled with money.
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Beaver Toyota
donates $52K to
cancer nonprofit
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
On Thursday, Nov. 10, officials with Beaver
Toyota of Cumming presented a check for $52,000
to Bulldogs Battling Breast Cancer, an Athens-
based nonprofit organization that has donated
more than $1.5 million to the fight against breast
cancer since forming in 2004. To raise the funds,
Beaver donated a portion of every vehicle sold in
October to the organization.
“Bulldogs Bathing Breast Cancer is a wonderful
charity with a mission to help fight breast cancer
through early detection and assistance to women in
need who may not have the resources to get the
services they need to fight breast cancer,” Beaver
official said in a statement. “We are blessed to have
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Kelly Whitmire Forsyth County News
On Thursday, Nov. 10, officials with Beaver
Toyota of Cumming presented a check for
$52,000 to Bulldogs Battling Breast
Cancer, an Athens-based nonprofit organi
zation that has donated more than $1.5
million to the fight against breast cancer
since forming in 2004.
Construction underway on new NoFo Brew Co. site
By Rachel Estes
FCN Regional Staff
A new depot for craft beer is taking
shape with the repurposing of some old,
industrial bones in midtown Gainesville.
Renovations are underway on the
18,214-square-foot warehouse slated to
house NoFo Brew Co. and Distillery by
April 2023, offering liberationists a
hoppy, sippable variety of spring flora.
Less than a 1-mile walk from the down
town square, the forthcoming extension of
the Cumming-based locale sits adjacent to
the Midland Greenway at 434 High St.
SW.
Like its Cumming location,
Gainesville’s NoFo will house both a
brewery and distillery, as well as a fenced-
in patio and firepit, a member’s lounge,
private event space and a restaurant.
The restaurant has garnered several
applicants, but no tenant has been named
for the space, director of marketing Eliana
Barnard said.
A recommendation to award the brew
ery a $700,000 tax incentive for construc
tion costs is pending approval by
See NoFo 12A
NoFo Brew Co. and
Distillery head brew
er Andrew Greene
inspects some brew
ery equipment
Friday, Nov. 4,
inside their newest
brewery along the
Midland Greenway
on High Street in
Gainesville.The new
brewery is slated to
open in spring 2023.
Scott Rogers
FCN Regional Staff
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