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Oct. 6 Is Last Day To Register Oct. 6 is the last day voters may reg ister for the November general elec tion. A president, a U.S. senator, 10 U.S. representatives, state representatives and senators, and many local officials will be chosen. According to Georgia Secretary of State David B. Poythress, these per sons should register or check with the Forsyth County voter registrar in the basement of the courthouse in Cum ming: State citizens who are 18 or older and who are legal residents, but who have never registered. Citizens who have registered be fore, but who have not voted within three years. They may have been dropped from the list of registered vot ers. Voters who have moved to another county or voting district since they reg istered. A new feature of the ballot this year will be the separation of the presidential race from the straight party tickets. To choose President Carter', the Democrat, and all the other Demo cratic candidates, for example, a voter must make separate marks on his bal lot. Also, state officials say, voters may vote a straight-party ticket and vote in dividually for candidates in another party or an independent. Absentee voting is allowed, but only for these people: Those who are disabled. Those who plan to be away from their voting districts on election day. Those who are observing a reli gious holiday. Election workers. If a person whb planned to vote ab sentee is actually home on election day, he must go to the polls to vote. His ab sentee ballot will be void. For more information, call the county voter registrar’s office at 887- 7759 or visit it in the courthouse base ment. Hospital And Clinic Have Understanding The Forsyth County Hospital Author ity has decided to draw up only a “let ter of statement of understanding” instead of a formal agreement concern ing the association of the hospital and the George Wilson Memorial Clinic in Cumming. When the Authority met Thursday, Sept. 25, Hospital Administrator Joe Brandon presented an agreement in draft form, which, in essence, insured that adequate medical care would be provided to Wilson Clinic patients who used the hospital during emergencies. There had been an eariler meeting to discuss the formal association of the hospital and clinic on Sept. 9. Those present were Administrator Brandon, Dr. Marcus Mashbum and Dr. Shannon Mize from the hospital, and Sister JoAnn Geary, nurse practitioner at the clinic, and Linda Muir, president of the board of directors of the clinic. They concluded that an agreement be drawn up. Objection to the agreement was raised at the meeting of the authority by Dr. Jim Mashbum, a physician at the hospital. “It is not necessary for the Forsyth County Hospital to go into an agreement with the Clinic. “We’re already providing for all the people of this area,” he said. Dr. Mashbum asked the authority, “Why should the Forsyth County Hos pital sign an agreement to look after Forsyth County people?” Administrator Brandon explained that one of the main reasons for the consideration of a formal agreement was the concern on the part of the hos pital’s medical staff for the clinic pa tients who were arriving at the hospital unexpectedly. Brandon said the hospi tal doctors didn’t like having to treat patients when they knew nothing about their medical history. The need for an association between the hospital and clinic originally stemmed from pregnant women show ing up at the Forsyth County Hospital for delivery of their babies when they had been seen by the Clinic’s medical staff all during their pregnancies. Mashbum acquiesced, but stated that the signing of an agreement was “opening the door to problems on down the road. It could set a precedent,” he said. At this point in the discussion, Bran don suggested that the authority “go with an understanding and not have an Continued on Page 2A ““! FORSYTH MfIUiVC 111 El COUNTY RLvvv VOLUME LXXI—NUMBER 39 ‘. ri , t . . . r * R Pis Not This Time Forsyth County Football player Mike Wagoner, a linebacker, stops a Hen derson High School running back in his tracks during action of Friday night’s sub-region contest here. The Bulldogs made an impressive showing to win the game, their first in sub-region play. Details of the game can be found inside on Page 1-B. (News staff photo by Scott Vaughan.) If %, •• * Jh : . ’’ ’' .' Hospital Open House Set Nov. 2 By LANE GARDNER CAMP Staff Writer At last week’s meeting of the Forsyth County Hospital Authority, open house ceremonies were arranged for the hos pital’s renovation and expansion pro ject, which was officially completed last week when final inspections were made. The $2.4-million construction project will be presented to the public on Sun day, Nov. 2. There will be a V.I.P. tour of the completed facility on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The completed construction project updates the local hospital to a 36-bed facility. A 13,000-square-foot addition to the ■ *os I t ‘ .'Jm- t ■■ j * EXCHANGE STUDENT IN FORSYTH COUNTY ... Hang Lauthold&jpna Zurich, Swltscrland EXPANDED WAITING ROOM AT FORSYTH COUNTY HOSPITAL ... was part of the renovation project hospital was begun in early September of 1979. Completed in June, this in cluded nine semi-private rooms, 14 pri vate rooms, a four-bed intensive care unit and a coronary care unit. Also added was a complete radiology department with an expanded two room diagnostic area. Two new operat ing rooms were built along with a re covery room, obstetrics department, delivery room, two labor rooms and a complete medical lab. The recently completed renovation project in the already-existing building was begun immediately after the com pletion of the building addition. The 7,- 000 square foot project included adding much needed administrative space, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1,19 M —CUMMING, GA. Hl3O property Revaluation ) Under Way Here 1 BYJAYJORDAN tm News Editor W on the revaluation of all land and • perty in Forsyth County is well undvinay. Tftt evaluation was ordered by For syth l-junty Superior Court Judge Sam P. Bu tz in a consent order issued on Oct. 12,1979. Thirty-eight people in the county had lued jsbout a year previously, contend ing property was not equally valued across the county. Judge Burtz’ consent order found land assessments were not at 40 per cent $ fair market value as required by law and that some assessments “were disuniform between similarly situated classes of real property.” The order also found the board of tax asses sors unable to carry out a revaluation. Judge Burtz ordered both parties to agree within 10 days on an outside firm to revalue the land and set a deadline of January, 1982, to finish it. Forsyth County is presently appeal ing the case to the Georgia Supreme Court. Chief Tax Assessor Floyd Switzer said his staff, all of whom have been to several state schools, began work in early January gathering data on all the renovating existing patient rooms, up dating respiratory therapy areas ex panding the emergency room, a new pharmacy-purchasing area, and a waiting room. It was the hospital authority’s deci sion to go ahead with the major renova tion and expansion project because of the need for a more modern facility. At the time of their judgement, according to Hospital Administrator Joe Bran don, the hospital was 22-years-old and had never had any renovation done to its physical plant only necessary re pair work. In other hospital business, the au thority decided to draw up a “letter of understanding” concerning a Switzerland Youth Finding Schooling Is Different Here By LANE GARDNER CAMP Staff Writer Hans Leuthold says he hasn’t gotten homesick yet. Afterall, he’s only been here a little over a month. And what he came for in the first place was an “American living experience.” But Zurich, Switzerland, where Han’s home and family are, is a long way away. Not till July of 1981 will he return. In the meantime, Hans is staying with a family in Forsyth County. Grover and Mary Ann Berryman and their four children are serving as Hans’ American host family in conjunction with the Youth For Understanding In ternational Student Exchange Pro gram (YFU). YFU, a non-profit organization head quartered in Washington, D.C., was founded in 1951 and exchanges 7,000 teenagers in 24 countries annually. 30 PAGES, 2 SECTIONS—2S CENTS real property, or buildings, in the county. There are about 15,000 individ ual houses. For each house, his staff checked the tax records and filled out a two page form. If part of the necessary informa tion were missing, then someone had to go to the house and check, Switzer said. “This is strictly an administrative type of operation at this point,” Switzer explained. The form prepared for each house re- Up A ■ •£. & VV m JBB • t , * \ i relationship between the hospital and the George Wilson Memorial Clinic. The letter was proposed after a formal agreement was determined “not nec essary” by the authority. (See sepa rate story.) Hospital Controller Terry Grizzard announced to the authority that next year’s budget has begun being devel oped. After listing the assumptions that the budget is based on, he told of the need for an increase in the hospital’s room and service charges. After some deliberation, the author ity decided to go up on prices for most everything except the emergency room. (These rate increases, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 1981, will be Hans first learned about the program from his older brother. After submit ting a lengthy application, he was ac cepted. The purpose of the YFU program is for a family from one country to invite a student from a foreign country to live with them for one year, sharing ideas, cultures, customs and language. The family treats the exchange student as a member of the family, not as a guest. Students in the program range in age from 14 to 18 and have had from two to 11 years of English. Hans, who is 17, has studied English for a little less than three years. But, incredibly enough, he speaks the lan guage with near perfection. He has had no trouble communicating since his ar rival in the U.S. Hans attributes his mastery of En glish to his extreme interest in the lan guage. To become fluent, he says he KAREN GLOVER, OPERATING ROOM SUPERVISOR ...stands in one of the hospital’s two new surgical suites cords its condition and such structural details as the type of foundation, the material in the wails, the ceding material, the type of heating and the number and type of bathrooms. This basic information will be fed into Georgia Mountain Area Planning and Development Commission’s com puter in Gainesville to help determine a value for each house, Switizer said. The computer program also will take Continued on Page 2A detailed in next week’s edition of the News.) The authority also: Agreed to purchase a canopy for the front entrance of the hospital at a cost of $9,810. Learned that the investment com mittee of Cotton States Insurance had not accepted their offer of $15,000 for two acres of land which adjoins the hos pital property. The authority decided not to increase their offer at this time. Decided not to co-sign a bank note at the Forsyth County Bank with Dr. Olaf Alvig for his purchase of an ultra sound machine which is currently be ing used at the hospital. read “quite a lot of books" in the lan guage. Hans’ first language is German. He also speaks French which he has taken since the ninth grade. Furthermore, he speaks a little Italian and has had some Latin. Quite naturally, after graduation from his secondary school in Switser land, Hans says he would like to pursue German, English or history at a univer sity and then go into journalism. Hans is attending Lakeview Aca demy, a small, private school in Gai nesville. His year there will not count toward graduation from his school in Zurich. This, however, doesn’t bother Hans. His main reason for coming tc the U.S. was to experience something new. He figures he’ll learn quite a lot even though he’s not getting academic Continued on Page 1A