🌱 Patch AM: Cumming executive sentenced in record Georgia Ponzi scheme case

Hey there, Cumming! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Cumming executive sentenced in record Georgia Ponzi scheme case
• Forsyth County remembers teacher whose funeral filled with backpacks, not flowers

Also on today's calendar: Join the Symphony Orchestra of North Georgia! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Turning sunny and warm, with a high of 93 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 94, low: 71.
• Friday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 92 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Investors Were Promised 10% Returns Every 3 Months. More Than 2,000 Lost $380 Million (wealthofgeeks.com) — A massive Georgia Ponzi scheme has led to prison sentences for three Drive Planning executives, including chief administrative officer Julie Edwards of Cumming, who received two years plus restitution. Prosecutors say more than 2,000 investors lost about $380 million in supposedly real estate-backed offerings. The case comes with clear warnings about "guaranteed" high-return investments and using retirement or college funds for risky schemes.
   

• Georgia Teacher's Final Wish: School Supplies Instead of Flowers at Funeral (hypefresh.com subscription) — Cumming and Forsyth County are still inspired by longtime teacher Tammy Waddell, who asked mourners to bring backpacks of school supplies instead of flowers to her 2018 funeral at McDonald and Son Funeral Home in Cumming. The gesture filled the chapel with donations that went to local students through Project Connect and even sparked additional support from overseas. Her legacy continues in the classrooms and schools where she taught, including Cumming Elementary and Haw Creek Elementary.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cumming

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• Join the Symphony Orchestra of North Georgia! →
  Hawk Music Academy, 5830 Clarion St, Cumming
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 19
• Senior Night/Curriculum Night
  Denmark High DHS Auditorium; DHS Media Center; DHS Cafeteria; DHS Master Cal
  5:30 pm
Thursday August 20
• Cross Country - Horizon Christian
  Forsyth Central High Cumming, GA 30040
  5:00 pm
• V Volleyball @Dawson County
  Forsyth Central High Cumming, GA 30040
  6:00 pm
• V Softball vs. Northview - Home
  Forsyth Central High Cumming, GA 30040
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Cumming Farmers Market →
  Cumming Farmers Market, 423 Canton Rd, Cumming, GA, 30040
  7:00 am
• Electronic Recycling Event →
  The Place, 2550 The Place Cir, Cumming
  10:00 am
Monday August 24
• Free GED Classes →
  Cumming Elementary, 540 Dahlonega St, Cumming
  6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• 🌸🌿 Inner Engineering In-Person program in Tucker GA, from August 27th to 30th 2026 🥁 →
  Gujarati Samaj of Atlanta, 5331 Royal Woods Pkwy, Tucker
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Cumming Farmers Market →
  Cumming Farmers Market, 423 Canton Rd, Cumming, GA, 30040
  7:00 am
• No Cost Boot Camp 4 Divorcing Women Workshop →
  Alpharetta Branch Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 8
• Furkids Puppy Yoga →
  5235 Union Hill Rd, Cumming
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I was doing some work around the house today, cleaning things up, when I came across this little block of wood screwed to the bottom of the door to my office.
  I put it there about 10 years ago. It's not a door stopper. It's a door opener. Before he died last December, my dog Dash used to come check on me… (Nextdoor Timber Lake Trail)
• Today at night next to our door (Costco, exit 15) we found a dog.
  The dog has a collar but no name or address. If this is your dog, or you know the person whose dog it is, please contact us. (Nextdoor Turner Rd)

• Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Cumming. Apply here.
• Forsyth County Chamber Of Commerce posted a job opening for Receiving/Shipping Clerk in Cumming. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cumming here.

🗞 Nearby News

Buford

• Western Carolina is reloaded after turning over almost its entire roster (midmajormadness.com)
• Buford man dies in Lake Lanier after slipping off boat for lost hat (fox5atlanta.com)
• Personal files taken in Buford accounting firm data breach (fox5atlanta.com)

Suwanee

• EDGAR Filing Documents for 0001104659-26-097888 (sec.gov)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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