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Town Hall Meetings this Week on School Restarting
Smokey Rescued by Fire Department Finds a New Home
Members from the Cumming Police Department, Forsyth County Fire and Animal Control worked together to rescue a kitten from under the hood of a vehicle.
Things You Might Not Know About the Fourth of July
Previously the Fourth of July is packed with backyard barbecues and plenty of fireworks. With years of tradition behind it, you would be forgiven if you didn't know quite everything about America’s Independence Day. Starting with the true story behind the signing of the Declaration of Independence to some hot dog statistics, here are 10 things you might not know about the Fourth of July.
Cumming Selects New City Center Logo
City of Cumming has presented the official logo designs of the Cumming City Center, as well as a community Buy-A-Brick Program. This program will allow the public to purchase personalized bricks that will be incorporated into two prominent areas of the city center.
Scotts Auto Repair
Scotts Automotive has a sign out front that says "Current survival rate figures for the US= 98.54%. How bout we promote that instead of FEAR."
360 million people in the USA and it is OK if 9 million will die? The CDC says to FEAR the Covid-19 virus. Wear face masks and social distancing to minimize the risk. And it is respectable to other people. Hate the masks? You will hate ventilators even more.As of today, June 29,2020 126,369 have died since March 2020.Some states are ramping up their deaths by opening businesses and not requiring face masks. For example yesterday Florida reported 10 thousand new cases in one day. Wear your masks per CDC guidelines.
Forsyth Schools Opening in August
Forsyth County Schools issued this week options that parents will have for their students when they return to class this fall.
Unless directed to do otherwise by the governor or Georgia Department of Education, school will open on Aug. 6 as scheduled for the district. K-12 students will have two options: face-to-face or virtual.
Mental Health America Releases May 2020 Screening Data; 88,000 Have Anxiety Or Depression
More than 88,000 additional people have developed anxiety or depression as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data released today by Mental Health America (MHA) from its online screening program.
In addition, more than 21,000 depression screeners reported thinking of suicide or self-harm on more than half the days – a number that suggests a coming wave of mental impacts that could be of epidemic proportions.
Road Test Must be Complete by Sept. 30, 2020
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Halcyon Has Six New Openings
Father's Day
The nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. However, it was not until 1972–58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official–that the day honoring fathers became a nationwide holiday in the United States. Father’s Day 2020 occurs on Sunday, June 21.
Cumming's Juneteemth Celebration
Gov. Kemp Seek Standardized Testing Waiver for 2020-21
Information released yesterday Governor Brian P. Kemp and State School Superintendent Richard Woods of the Georgia Department of Education issued the following joint statement: