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UPCOMING EVENTS
Christmas Spectacular
withTheTroy Burns
Family, 11 a.m., Sunday,
Dec. 4. at Antioch Baptist
Church in Cumming. A
love offering will be
received. Call 678-456-
8684 or welcometoan-
tioch.org for information.
The Cumming Arts
Center has extended
hours for its new
Christmas Marketplace
and Festival ofTrees.
Hours for December are
Thursday-Saturday,
11am-3pm and Sundays
1-4pm. Unique artisan
handmade items perfect
for gift giving are for sale
in the expanded Gallery
Gift Shop as well as artist
decorated 1-4 foot trees
and wreaths. A Nativities
collection is also on dis
play throughout this love
ly historic house.The Arts
Center is located at 111
Pilgrim Mill Rd in down
town Cumming. Parking
and Entry are free. Visit
sawneeart.org for more
info on all events, activi
ties, classes and more.
ONGOING
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/lordoflife-
alpharetta.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. and
Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday. 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.
FROM 1A
Duncan
the Forsyth County Department of Voter
Registrations and Elections, 37,698 vot
ers cast ballots at the county’s four
advance voting locations between
Monday, Nov. 28 and Thursday, Dec. 1.
Voting information for Friday, Dec. 2,
the final day of advance voting, was not
available as of press time.
The next chance for voters to cast bal
lots will be on Tuesday, Dec. 6, when
polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Unlike
advance voting, voters must go to their
designated polling precinct to vote on
Tuesday.
For more information on the election,
go to forsythco.com/Departments-
Offices/Voter-Registrations-Elections.
FROM 1A
Rhodes
Finalists for the Rhodes
Scholarship are chosen
for their outstanding
scholarly achievements,
their character, commit
ment to others and to the
common good, and for
their potential for leader
ship in whatever domains
their careers may lead.
“Anna is also the kind
of leader our world
needs,” Fin said. “She
creates consensus through
intelligent, informed and
highly skilled dialogue
and then takes effective
action that leads to lasting
change informed by com
munity collaboration.”
After submitting her
application, Mpller first
passed a rigorous inter
view process for candi
dates to become short
listed for the scholarship.
She then participated in a
virtual social, which in
pre-pandemic years was
held on the Oxford cam
pus.
Mpller said the social
brings each of the candi
dates and panelists
together to get to know
each other in a relaxed
setting to form a “camara
derie” and “community.”
After the social, she
took part in an individual
interview before she
learning in November she
earned her spot as a final
ist.
“It’s so difficult to
become a Rhodes finalist
that reaching that status in
itself is something that
companies and universi
ties will recognize,”
Mollcr said.
While at UNG, Moller
has been a student leader
on the university’s
Sustainability Committee,
and she plans to become
an environmental scientist
and environmental leader.
“I’m unique because I
bring a psychological per
spective into it in terms of
how can we make these
environmental solutions
actually work out within
communities in countries
in terms of what are the
psychological barriers
between that collabora
tion being successful,”
she said.
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F. Central auto students
heading to national show
Photos courtesy of Forsyth Central High School
A Forsyth Central High School Automotive all
senior team stands with a Chevy small block
engine it took apart and rebuilt in just over 17
minutes, winning the state championship earlier
this year.
By Sabrina Kerns
skerns@forsythnews.com
Forsyth Central High
School automotive stu
dents are heading to the
2022 Performance Racing
Industry show on
Tuesday, Dec. 6, for a
chance to win this year’s
national championship.
Held in Indianapolis,
Indiana, six teams of stu
dents led by four coaches
from Forsyth Central are
all competing in the
industry show, starting
out at the Hot Rodders of
Tomorrow Engine
Building competition.
To be accepted into the
national qualifying com
petitions, the teams must
take apart and rebuild a
Chevy small block engine
to operational condition
in under 32 minutes,
according to a press
release.
The top four teams
from the Hot Rodders
competition then compete
against the top four teams
selected during the
Specialty Equipment
Market Association Show
in Fas Vegas for the
national championship
title.
“I believe our chances
are high,” said lead auto
motive teacher Andrew
Graham. “We have never
had a team, much less
multiple teams, that are
this prepared.”
An all-senior team
including students Carter
Brown, AJ Cannon, Gage
Stewart, Kristen Turner
and Ava Wallace took
first-place in the Georgia
State Engine Building
competition earlier this
year with a perfect run
and time of 17 minutes
and 43 seconds. They
were recently awarded
with their state champion
rings during a ceremony
at Forsyth Central.
This will be the all
senior team’s second shot
at nationals after placing
second last year. Team
members hope to win by
replicating their fastest
engine-building time of 13
minutes and 52 seconds.
“I truly am so blessed
to coach such an amazing
group of individuals,”
Feah Bavirsha said.
“Their dedication to their
teammates, their coaches
and the competition
makes me proud. Because
of this, I am confident we
will bring home a national
trophy this year.”
Other senior students
competing at the national
event include John Martin
Bennett, Colton
Faningham, Tiffany
Meeks, Mack McGhee
and Francisco Rodriguez.
An all-junior team of
Joey Berweiler, Eli
Boudreaux, Ben Harrell,
Ashton Johnson, and
Fucas Noernberg is also
competing. Their fastest
recorded time is 14 min
utes and 34 seconds.
For more information
and updates, check out
the school’s automotive
program on Instagram @
fchsautomotive or on
Facebook at Forsyth
Central Automotive
Technology.
academic
Above,
Forsyth
Central's top
automotive
all-senior
team mem
bers hold
out their
state cham
pionship
rings follow
ing a recent
ceremony
on campus.
Left,
Forsyth
Central's
Automotive
Technology
team mem
bers sit with
their sec
ond-place
trophy at
last year's
Performance
Racing
Industry
Show after
competing
for the
national
champion
ship.
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