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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 See Veterans 12A 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. See REACH 12A 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 See Beaver 12A 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 Weather O > 4 j & High Low 52/33 Access local news online at ForsythNews.com