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It Takes Cooperation
To Keep An Area Clean
Recently an out-of-town visitor
remarked, “How neat and clean it
looks around here.”
The visitor had just been through
the main sections of the city and on
into the county, admiring the scen
ery. Fortunately, there was little
trash around for the visitor to see.
However, this can’t be said
about every section of the county.
There are some places the visitor
didn’t go, thank goodness.
In some areas, there are piles of
litter that have accumulated and
now damage the sights of our coun
tryside. Before winter comes and
this litter is buried by the cold, we
hope it will be cleaned up and
won’t cause distractions for other
visitors.
Good To Know Someone
Has An Eye On Budget
The leadership of George Busbee
will again play an important role
in the future of this state’s fi
nances, when the Georgia General
Assembly prepares to tackle bud
get requests next year.
State agencies have submitted
requests for budget increases to
taling more than $1.3 billion in new
state funds to be appropriated by
the 1981 General Assembly.
The funds requested would in
crease the 1981 budget from $3,-
039,420,957 to $3,362,097,094, and
would call for the state’s first $4
billion budget in 1982. Total new
spending would be $1,338,309,484.
Capital outlay funds are ex
pected to be the battleground, be
cause almost $550 million in
requests for constrcution funds are
legitimate needs.
Busbee’s approach is a sensable
one.
He says, “Obviously, we must
use some bond financing, but I
don’t intend to recommend bonds
for all capital outlay. My objective
is to find the right mix of bond fi
What’s Reagan’s Idea
On The Debate Issue?
President Carter’s refusal to
participate in a three-candidate
debate has given his opponents an
excuse to stray from the real is
sues in the presidential campaign.
Carter hasn’t refused to partici
pate in multicandidate debates. He
has said only that the first nation
ally-televised debate should have
been a one on one confrontation
with his Republican opponent,
Ronald Reagan.
Reagan insisted that the kickoff
debate include John Anderson,
who decided to run as an indepen
dent after losing his bid for the Re
publican nomination. Reagan’s
position isn’t one of fairness. He
knows that a three-candidate de
bate would make it more difficult
for voters clearly to perceive ma
jor differences between his and
Carter’s position on complex is
sues. Reagan and his advisers also
believe that Anderson might si
phon votes away from Carter in a
two on one confrontation.
Anderson’s standing in the polls
hardly rates him as a viable candi
date. His rating is much lower than
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We don’t have to wait until the
“clean-up, paint-up fix-up” time of
spring to do our community clean
ing. It’s a project that can run all
year round.
In order for us to maintain a
clean look for our visitors, as well
as for ourselves, it takes cooper
ation by all of us.
If we remain conscientious about
littering and think twice before
dumping along the roadside, or
throwing trash out our car win
dows, we should be able to main
tain a scenic countryside without it
being littered with trash.
It’s up to us to keep our commu
nity clean.
nancing and pay-as-you-go financ
ing to keep the state financially
sound while at the same time
meeting our most urgent capital
outlay needs.”
A game of padding budget re
quests is apparently not going to
work as long as Gov. Busbee has
enough insight to see it.
He says, “...when agencies sub
mit requests that are obviously in
flated far beyond our means to
fund, they in effect are passing on
to someone else the responsibility
for establishing their own priori
ties. I am not only willing to accept
the responsibility for recommend
ing spending priorities to the Gen
eral Assembly, I am anxious to get
started.”
There’ll be a lot more heard
about the budget in the months to
come.
It’s encouraging to know that we
have a watchful eye, experienced
and capable, to wade through the
heavy waters of budget time in the
Georgia General Assembly.
that of George Wallace when Wal
lace made a third party bid for the
presidency in 1968.
Republicans were singing a dif
ferent tune that year. Richard
Nixon insisted that the campaign
was a contest “between two men
and between the two major par
ties.” He said he would agree to
debate the Democratic candidate,
Hubert Humphrey, but Nixon
flatly refused to take part in a
three-way debate.
Carter doesn’t want to exclude
Anderson from debates. The presi
dent has suggested that there be
several debates. After debating
Reagan, Carter has said subse
quent debates could include as
many presidential candidates as
the sponsors want to invite.
Carter’s position is more rea
sonable than that of Reagan, who
wants to participate in only two de
bates, both of which would include
Anderson. Based on the statements
which have been made, it appears
it is Reagan, not Carter, who is
dodging the debates by refusing to
meet one on one-
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It’s Not Too Early To Begin
Looking Ahead To A College
Forsyth County High School seniors
may have another eight or so months
before graduation, but if any form of
post-secondary education is being con
sidered, now is the time to begin
looking around and making plans.
Those who are contemplating further
study in a college or university should
set to work immediately on investigat
ing potential schools.
A good starting place for unsure stu
dents is to write and receive informa
tion from various educational
institutions. This allows a student to
find out about available opportunities
and identify those that are appealing.
If one has no particular field of study
in mind, he might look for a school with
a strong program in core subjects.
When checking into schools, there
are a number of items which should be
deliberated. These include student
/teacher ratio, educational equipment
and facilities, study programs, qualifi
cations of the faculty, residence halls,
campus activities, and even proximity
of the campus to metropolitan areas
and countryside.
Our Hope For Tomorrow Is
Major Concern To Us Today
Young people continue to fascinate
me, amuse me, encourage me, and
give me quite a few bits of wisdom as I
listem to them.
Being a teenage girl is no easy mat
ter. Just waiting patiently for that cer
tain boy to realize she is alive is just
one of her many problems. The date of
a special event or activity gets closer
and closer and no matter how many
ways she tries to make herself known,
he still doesn’t realize she is available.
This is not a totally new problem for
the present generation, it is just a new
one for these girls.
A teenage boy has just as many prob
lems. If he does not participate in
sports he is often labeled a sissy. Very
often, his peers make fun of him be
cause his abilities are in music, drama,
science or math. The girls that are
beautiful intimidate him and he is un
able to see the advantages in a girl who
has a charming personality. Then too,
his possession of, or his lack of, a “set
of wheels’’ has a lot to do with how girls
consider his looks and his personality.
I have often remarked that the high
school years are the most traumatic in
our lives. The changes in the body, the
expected and unexpected changes in
maturity, and the multitude of daily
devastating problems of growing up
tend to take their toll on those young-
Report Gives Facts About Forsyth
The Georgia Department ot Industry
and Trade has prepared an Economic
Development Profile of Cumming and
Forsyth County. In it are some interest
ing facts about our community.
For example: Did you know that the
annual average temperature was 59.9
degrees? That figure was reached after
taking the average of temperatures for
the past 30 years.
The annual average rainfall for the
county is 53.6 inches in a year’s time.
The profile compiled is broken down
into numerous areas, including recre
ation, education, business data, gov
ernment services, utilities and
transportation, religion and civic
groups, health and property tax.
General information showed the pop
ulation for 1979 at 28,500 in the county
and 3,000 in the city of Cumming. That
compares to the 1950 figure of 11,005 in
the county and 1,264 in the city.
The per capita income for the year
1978 was $5,904 or an average weekly
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And the list goes on. As minor as
these and other points may seem, they
can all add up to whether or not one is
satisfied with his choice of a school.
After scrutinizing a school’s promo
tional literature, if it appears to offer
what a student is looking for, he should
visit the campus for a firsthand evalua
tion. Most schools are more than
pleased when potential students con
tact them. Personal tours of the cam
pus and facilities are often provided if
inquired about.
While on campus, there is something
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sters who have little or no guidance
from sensitive and sincere adults.
Youngsters have to tolerate adults
who are insensitive to their needs and
desires. They have to be constantly on
guard against small groups of their
peers who encourage them to make the
wrong choices. Young people have to
News Welcomes Letters
The Forsyth County News welcomes
letters from its readers regarding opi
nions expressed on this page, or opi
nions relating to other matters of load
interest.
Unsigned letters will not be con
sidered for publication. On rare occa
sions, however, letters are printed with
the name of the writer withheld. The
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manufacturing wage of $167. That com
pared to figures of 1970 which showed
the per capita income at $2,655.
Under recreation, the report showed
we have 10 tennis courts, 2 parks, one
golf course, two swimming pools and
one country club. Of course it men
tioned Lake Sidney Lanier as the pub
lic lake for swimming, fishing,
camping, water skiing and motor boat
ing.
Under the section of religion and
civic clubs, the report showed there
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else a prospective student should do:
talk to some faculty and students. Es
pecially students they’re the ones
who view the school from the educatio
nal receiving end.
Cost is probably the most important
consideration. One must either stay
within his means or seek out financial
help.
Fortunately, there are many finan
cial aid programs which can assist stu
dents in need. Available ways to
finance a college education include
grants, loans, scholarships, CLEP
credit, and part-time jobs.
For those who intend to go to college,
financing is the main reason for imme
diate investigation of schools. Most stu
dents can locate and secure
educational funds if they start soon
enough.
Whether Forsyth County’s high
school seniors are viewing college in
hopes of a life vocation or merely as an
educational experience, it’s important
to find a school that fits one’s partic
ular educational and personal needs
and do it now.
learn to function in classrooms and or
ganizations where adult leaders have
forgotten what it was like to be young,
or else he or she doesn’t really care
about the overall picture of a young
life.
Luckily, there are adults who are
genuinely concerned with the devel
opment of young minds and personali
ties. These people strive daily to add to
rather than subtract from, this devel
opment.
Luckily, there are youngsters who
“get their act together” earlier than
others and their influence on their
peers is a good one.
Our young people should continue to
be a major concern for us. They are our
hope for tomorrow, but also our respon
sibility for today.
withholding of names from publication
is at the discretion of the editor.
Writers should include a telephone
number with the letter to permit
Verification-
Letters should be addressed to: The
Editor, Forsyth County News, 107
Dahlonega Street, Cumming, Ga. 30130.
were 11 civic clubs and 66 protestant
churches. It showed one Roman Catho
lic church and showed the closest Jew
ish facility being in Atlanta.
Under employment, the report
showed 610 employed at U.S. Indus
tries, 500 at Tyson Foods, 350 at For
syth Industries, 225 at Pacesetter
Slacks, 85 at Panduit, 78 at Mrs. Kins
ers Home Style Foods, 57 at Corporate
Printers, 54 at North Georgia Ren
dering, 50 at Phillips and Brooks, 34 at
Hasco and 19 at Norwood Basket and
Crate Company. These were listed as
the largest county manufacturers and
showed 29 employees were at Bald
Ridge Marina and that Hoover would
employ 150.
There are no rail lines, no bus lines
and there are a total of 11 motor freight
carriers.
In Forsyth County, we have two
banks, eight restaurants with the larg
est seating 300 people. The largest audi
torium seating capacity is 2,000 and
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Big Doings
Not For Him
The Jimmy Carter fund-raiser in
Roswell the other night left me with
mixed feelings.
A kind of equivocal “Gaw-leee.”
It’s like this:
I was within spitting distance of the
President of die United States. My fin
ger prints are mi the window of his
limo.
My humble Mazda was stopped by
die Roswell police so the presidential
motorcade could pass. It was escorted
fore and aft by hordes of blue-light
flashing state patrol cars. The limo
flew flags on the front. You couldn’t see
in, either.
As the presidential limo approached,
a lady ran madly down the street
screaming “Jimmy!” at the top of her
lungs.
On the way to Kirbo's house, some
kids flagged me down and asked if 1
was somebody important. They had
several “Welcome Burt Reynolds”
posters, but Burt didn’t show.
As a bonafide member of the media,
all I had to do was flash my fed, White
and blue official Secret Service press
card with my color picture (Hi it to have
the privlege of walking up Charles Kir
bo’s quarter mile driveway.
Two handsome young gentlemen
with bulges under their left armpits
had supper with me. I think all three of
us were a bit embarrassed to sit at the
same table with the Beautiful People.
There were Beautiful People every
where. Kirbo’s backyard was filled
with them.
Beautiful ladies in beautiful dresses.
Motherly ladies in something they got
at the pro shop at the country club.
Rising young attorneys. Executives
who have it made. Power brokers’. The
kind of people who can, or who hope to
be able to, call up “Humon” in Wash
ington and remind him of a favor he
owes, and call him by his first name the
whole time.
The attorneys and power brokers
were also dressed from the pro shop, or
from Neiman Marcus.
Nobody there except me and the
hired help was dressed from Sears.
Stroh’s and Paul Masson white wine
(properly chilled, of course) were
available in quantity. No PBR. You had
to ask for iced tea or lemonade.
Power! Money! Beauty! Charles Kir
bo’s back yard was hip deep in Beauti
ful People.
At least 500 of them. Nearly all of
them paid between SI,OOO and $3,000 for
a plate of barbecue (beef or pork, sir?),
potatoe salad and strawberry short
cake worth about $2.79.
Jimmy was loudly applauded and the
TV cameras of the national press corps
(”OK! Everybody back on the bus!”)
panned in on the crowd. Then again, a
sizeable portion of the crowd either
wore “Carter-Mondale” ribbons, or
were members of the “1980 Club,”
what one member described to me as
“a group of hardcore Carter parti
sans.” Jimmy could have flubbed his
way through nursery rhymes and still
have drawn cheers.
After the speeches, Jimmy got down
to business, the announced purpose of
the visit. He stepped out into the crowd
and began to shake hands.
I thought about going through the re
ceiving line. But Jimmy had been two
hours late and that had made me two
hours late.
Also, the whole performance was be
ginning to leave a rather bitter taste in
my mouth. It was starting to seem like
the Army, where it was reputed to be a
big honor to jump to attention when the
colonel came in, or to light his ciga
rette.
I guess some people are like that.
Shaking hands is what gets votes.
But as for me, I didn’t care for it at
all.
there are no motel or hotel rooms.
The nearest seaport is Savannah, the
nearest public barge dock in Augusta
and the nearest navigable river is Co
lumbus.
The nearest commercial service air
port is Atlanta and the nearest public
airport is 22 miles away in GainesviUe.
The report, which does not include
the newest schools built in the county,
showed 9 schools with an enrollment of
5,948 (not including this year’s enroll
ment figure). The closest four-year
college is Brenau in Gainesville, the
closest junior college is Gainesville Ju
nior and the closest vocational-techni
cal school is Lanier Vo-Tech.
The report showed we have one hos
pital with 36 beds, 26 medical doetprs,
with seven additional for consultations
and six dentists.
Also mention was that the “Freeport
Amendment”, a property tax exemp
tion for certain classes of inventory,
has been passed in Forsyth County.