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New Ex-officio Sheriff

Cherokee County Probate Court Judge Kip McVay recently swore in Tax Commissioner David Fields as Ex-officio Sheriff. This position will allow him to collect State and County taxes by levy and sale. The Tax Commissioner encourages businesses and individuals with problems paying their bills to come to his office and discuss the possibility of a payment plan in order to avoid tax foreclosure.

Girl Scouts Present Flag
to Towne Lake

"Paw Tracks" Founder to Speak

The Cherokee County Humane Society Community Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 14 at the Woodstock Library on Main Street at 7 p.m. Bob Christiansen, the president of the Atlanta Animal Alliance, will introduce a program called "Paw Tracks." Paw Tracks is a lost pet recovery program which could provide funding for animal programs including county wide spay/neuter programs, animal care education, marketing shelter animals, aggressive adoption programs and more animal control officers to help prevent animal cruelty.

Bob is also involved with Project Catsnip - a low cost spay/neuter program. Twice a month, in a partnership with the Cherokee County Humane Society, Bob and his staff come to Cherokee County and perform the low cost spaying/neutering on animals. For more information, please call Felicia McAleer, president of Cherokee County Humane Society, at (770) 516-7885.

Girl Scout Troop members (left to right) Carson Goldstein, Haley Schlotman, Emma Culver, Chandler Wright, Angela denBoer, Christine Rambeau, Rachel Harris and Mallory Crow. Not pictured: Alex Auger, Taylor Carver, Mallory Crow, Paige Faulkner, Jordyn Hicks, Kirsten Roberts and Brooke Salet.

Girl Scout Troop 5809 recently donated an American flag and flagpole to the Towne Lake community. The Troop, led by Linda Crow, held a silent auction earlier this year to raise money for the project. The girls got the inspiration for the flag and pole after September 11 and chose this particular community service project for their Junior Girl Scout Bronze Award. The flag now flies proudly at Hillside United Methodist Church. The troop will use this site to hold their bridging ceremony, a ceremony for all Girl Scouts moving up to the next level of Girl Scouts, in May. The troop is comprised of Towne Lake area girls.

Atlanta Animal Alliance president Bob Christiansen works with Erin Bell at Project Catsnip.

Cherokee Library
Friends Kick-Off
"Writers Voice 2003"

One of Georgia' favorite writers will kick-off the "Writers Voice 2003" program sponsored by the Friends of the Cherokee County Public Libraries. The Spring program is scheduled for May 31 at 4 p.m. at Tea Leaves and Thyme in Olde Towne Woodstock. The special guest author will be Augusta Trobaugh. Nick Fogarty, Assistant Director for Library Development, said, "It's not often that you can enjoy first rate cuisine in beautiful, historic surroundings and listen to a renowned writer discuss her books." Augusta Trobaugh is the author of four novels, her newest novel, Swan Place, like her previous novels, is centered around the daily rituals of small-town Southern life. Following the author's presentation, a book signing will be held, where her books will be available for purchase. For more information, call (770) 926-5859.

Public Libraries
Celebrate 80 Years

Cherokee County residents have an opportunity to purchase an engraved brick for the new Heritage Patio at the R.T. Jones Library in Canton. The cost of each brick is $19.23, commemorating the year the Cherokee County Public libraries were established, in 1923.

Familiar Faces

Ramon
Benitez

Familiar Faces... you know, the people you often see around Towne. Each month, we are going to feature one of these individuals. So the next time you see them, you can say, "I know you - you were the 'Familiar Face' last month in The TowneLaker."

Our first "Familiar Face" is Ramon Benitez. Ramon is the manager at El Ranchero Mexican Restaurante in the Towne Lake Village Center and has been for the past five years. He also manages Dos Margaritas in Canton and is opening a new restaurant in the new shopping center at the intersection of East Cherokee Drive and Highway 5. The name of this new restaurant will also be El Ranchero! Ramon and his wife Guille have three children, Amber 17, Freddy 15 and Leslie 3. "I am glad to not just have customers, but I have made a lot of good friends in Towne Lake. And thanks for voting El Ranchero the 'Best of the Best' for the 5th year in a row for The TowneLaker's Readers' Choice Awards."