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Uncle Shuck’s Corn Maze Celebrates 10th Growing Season
Opening Day is Saturday, September 3. The highly-popular, tourist attraction in Dawson County will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2011, with multiple maze trails, hayrides, bonfires, climbing goats and new corn-ference rooms for school field Trips. Uncle Shuck’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch will be open every weekend in September and November (through Nov. 20) and every day in October...
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Forsyth County Woman Featured in Latest John Grisham Novel
Cumming residents, Sherry and David Abney, had no idea that Sherry would become a colorful character in John Grisham's latest novel till they visited Delta State University for an alumni event...
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Did you Watch Glenn Beck's "We Surround Them" on Friday?
Did you Watch Glenn Beck's  "We Surround Them" special on Friday?  He revealed that the real name of the movement is called "The 9/12 Project"
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Forsyth County Master Gardeners, Library Series
The Forsyth County Master Gardeners will offer no cost programs on Saturdays through June 6.  The topics presented range from Low-Maintenance Landscape Tips, Creating your Garden Bed and Drought Tolerant Plants....
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Downtown Dahlonega Hosts Appalachian Jam Every Saturday - April 18 Through November 7
North Georgia’s mountain music pickers and singers flock to the Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site every Saturday, April 18 through November 7. Listeners and musicians alike enjoy the acoustic bluegrass and old time string music on the Public Square....
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Lanier Technical College Names Semi-Finalists for GOAL Award
Four Lanier Technical College students are recognized as semi-finalists for Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership...
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Free Buttermilk Pancakes at IHOP to Stack Up $1 Million for Charity
IHOP’s National Pancake Day Celebration To Benefit Children’s Miracle Network, February 24, 2009 at all participating Atlanta locations....
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Georgia Woman’s Grassroots Humanitarian Efforts Reach Around the World
In a world where so many uncertainties leave people feeling helpless, it’s inspiring to know that for some, helpless is not an option as this Georgia woman's story shows...
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Helping Out Older Folk
As a Feature Columnist, I feel it is my duty to see that older folks (that is people older than 30) understand the new words teenagers are using. As a favor, I am passing this to you so you won’t seem like a complete idiot when a teenager springs one or more of these words on you....
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Local Barbershop Chorus Changes Name
Formerly known as the Forsyth County Barbershop Singers, this rapidly expanding group has changed their name to the NORTH GEORGIA BARBERSHOP SINGERS.  Members currently come from five counties and the chorus wants to be known for representing a larger geographical area rather than a single community...
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Finders Keepers Responds to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
On Aug. 14, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSIA) of 2008. The law was originally passed to protect children from unsafe toys after the widely publicized recalls in 2007....
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Hollywood comes to North Georgia
Have you ever seen the movie ‘I’d Climb the Highest Mountain?’...
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Globalism
Before I get into the meat of my column, I want you to know I am not a complete globalist, nor am I a complete isolationist. There is room for both in our country. However, I do not think President Clinton and all the Democrats and all the Republicans who said the North American Free Trade Agreement would be the savior of all the economies of the world have been correct in their assertion.
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Charlotte Hughes, Author Donates Books to Support Alpharetta Firemen
January 25, 2009 – Best selling author Charlotte Hughes is donating hundreds of autographed copies of her book WHAT LOOKS LIKE CRAZY to fire houses in Georgia, including firehouses in Alpharetta and North Fulton County....
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Laura on Life
My name is Laura and I’m a chocoholic.  Yes, I’m addicted to chocolate:  Chocolate chip cookies, candy bars, those little chocolate sprinkles you decorate cupcakes with …oooh, chocolate cupcakes!…with chocolate frosting!...
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Let’s Just Leave off the Accoutrements
But, I just liked the way that it sounded when it rolled off the lips. I later learned that the word accoutrement was not nearly as important as what it accompanied, but it sure sounded like it should....
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Winning Writers at Covenant Christian
Nine students from Covenant Christian Academy were selected as winning authors in the 2008 Anthology of Short Stories by Young Americans writing contest...
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Girls on the Run Forsyth
If you could help not just one girl but 12, even 15, gain a stronger sense of identity, greater self-acceptance, a healthier body and an understanding of what it means to be part of a team in just a couple of hours a week, would you?
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Kaylee's Koats for Kids
There is a very special little girl named Kaylee who lives in Cumming, GA. Kaylee has a big heart for underprivileged children. Last year Kaylee came up with the thought that "No kid should be cold" (this is her motto).
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Georgia Ladies Aside
Georgia Ladies Aside was founded in November of 2005, with a goal of promoting awareness of riding horses aside and to educate the public about the beauty, elegance and tradition that still lives in sidesaddle riding...
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SFHS Second Annual Drug Awareness Presentation
SFHS is hosting their second annual drug awareness presentation on Monday January 26th...
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Forsyth County Master Gardeners Announce Speakers Bureau
Cumming Georgia – January 9, 2009 - The Forsyth County Master Gardeners today announced that Master Gardeners are available to deliver or participate in presentations on a variety of environmental, gardening and plant specific topics through their newly organized Speakers’ Bureau...
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"And if You Want Roses, You Can Go Buy a Bouquet"
Ladies and Gentelmen, it's that time of year again. Valentine's Day is coming up. What are you going to do for your sweetheart? Candy and flowers? Maybe a cute little card?...
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President's Page: A Word from James McCoy
Let's get back to the basics of business – George Ivey with Northside Hospital recently asked me if I had ever read any of Peter Drucker's books...
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Good Samaritans Recognized by Forsyth County Board of Commissioners
At their December 4 meeting, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners recognized two young Forsyth County residents for their bravery...
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Chief Vann House and the Trail of Tears
The next meeting of the Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association will be held at the Chief Vann House in Chatsworth, GA on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 10:30 AM...
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Murder Mystery Weekends in the North Georgia Mountains
Long Mountain Lodge Bed & Breakfast in Dahlonega, Georgia has added a new twist the entertainment scene in the North Georgia Mountains, Murder Mystery Weekends!...
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Holiday Season Cyber Scammers Target Victims
The FBI is reminding people this holiday season that cyber criminals continue to aggressively seek ways to steal money and personal information. Scammers are using several techniques to fool potential victims including sending unsolicited e-mails that contain attachments such as electronic greeting cards containing malware (malicious software), setting up spoofing websites that look like legitimate commercial sites, and unleashing phishing and vishing attacks where individuals receive e-mails asking for personal data...
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North Forsyth High School Sends Letters to Troops
DECA students at North Forsyth High School recently collected almost 3,000 letters to send to our troops who are currently serving in Iraq as part of DECA Serve Day. Students and staff dressed in camouflage and wrote letters in their classes and during lunch...
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FAME comes to Southside Dance Company
First came the movie Dirty Dancing, then came the television show Dancing with the Stars. Now, right here in Cumming we have the Southside Dance Company...
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