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—FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, l*M
Adkins
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by the garbage collector one morning
and wondering if he’d forgotten to
take out the trash.
After remembering that he had
taken out the trash, he realized that’s
what Christ had done for him.
All the impurities and worthless
attributes had been removed and he’d
been equipped for God’s service.
Adkins says the first time he sung
“Take Out the Trash” on the PTL
Club that a cameraman peeped out
from behind his camera in
amazement.
And, that’s one of the best things
about the song. It’s so unusual that it
attracts attention, causing people to
hear the message behind it.
Burglars get $2,000 cash
from games at Skate Center
Causing more than SI,OOO in dam
age by prying open video games,
burglars stole more than $2,000 in
coins and cash from Gumming Skate
Center early last week, according to
sheriff’s reports.
After disconnecting a burglar
alarm at four different points and
prying open the rear door with a crow
bar, burglars broke into 14 video
game coin boxes, making off with
more than $1,900 in quarters alone,
according to Forsyth County Sheriff’s
Department reports.
The Cumming Skate Center is lo
cated at Georgia Highway 20 east and
Georgia 400.
Thieves also rummaged through
the skating rink ticket office, snack
C Oil Mty From the Front
ments of the proposal and asked
direction from the county on inten
tions of pursuing the proposal.
By law, the county must see that
indigent obstetric patients are cared
for, Glover said, and at Ms. Moseley’s
request the board voted to reinstate
the Health Care Task Force as a
screening method to see what
guidelines might be in the proposal.
The board also suggested county
administrator Lloyd Wagnon find out
the interest from Lumpkin County
Hospital in handling a local program.
The board unanimously approved
an employee’s health insurance plan
for county employees, adopting a
Health First plan as an option for
those who want it. The plan would
become effective immediately as an
option alternative to employees.
Another matter on county employ
ees saw the county change the time
when county employees would turn in
time cards for pay purposes. They
will now turn in time cards on
Wednesday instead of Thursday in
order to allow more time for proc
essing the payroll.
Commissioners made official a
signing of an ARC grant application
by commissioner Glover for funds
that would extend water and sewer
age lines if approved, and also show
an intent foi matohing funds, if ap
proved.
On a recommendation by County
attorney Woody Jordan, commission
ers approved a resolution whereby
residents could go to the tax asses
sors office to straighten out questions
on tax notices in response to publica
tion of delinquent taxpayers.
The procedure would be to fill out a
form in the tax assessors’ office.
The delinquent taxpayers list was
adopted and the action to approve the
recommendation came as a means to
"cut down on adminstrative work and
possible litigation," Glover said.
Wagnon also was given authority to
work with the Georgia Area Moun
tains Planning and Development
Commission to administer the $400.-
000 grant for a new health depart
Hospital From the Front
survival" of the local hospital.
To compete with that facility, Stone
said Forsyth County Hospital would
need more doctors and, in order to
attract more doctors, there must be a
larger facility offering more serv
ices. To provide that facility and
related services would be very diffi
cult, if not impossible, for the author
ity.
There was no opposition to the sale
of the hospital voiced at that public
hearing and the following week, the
authority voted unanimously to ap
prove an acquisition agreement for
Omni.
Omni filed for a Certificate of Need
to purchase the facility in mid-April.
The North Central Georgia Health
Systems Agency, a recommending
body which initially reviews such
applications, recommended that the
Certificate of Need not be approved.
However, following a series of
meetings with SHPA officials, Omni
and hospital officials, SHPA gave its
approval last week
SHPA issues Certificates of Need
only for proposed projects which are
considered needed and. therefore,
are approved for development. Re
views are conducted undo- Georgia's
health planning law, which seeks to
avoid the unnecessary- duplication of
expensive health care facilities.
Adkins interviewed by WWEV’s Bonnie Voss
bar and office, the report said. Four
video games and pinball machines
were left undisturbed, the report
said.
Although sheriff’s investigators
currently have no suspects in the
break-in, which occurred overnight
Sept. 30, last Sunday, reports said
several sets of fingerprints were
lifted from the scene.
The sheriff’s department also re
ported a burglary of about $2,000
worth of sound equipment and tools
from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
on Waldrip Road.
A six-channel mixer and amplifier,
cassette deck and microphone worth
more than S9OO, and $l,lOO worth of
tools and maintenance equipment
ment facility here. The community
block grant for the center was ap
proved last month.
Commissioners heard a report
from Suzanne King of a financial
collection agency, who offered the
company’s services of collecting de
linquent taxes in the county. She
presented the commissioners with a
proposal and ask that it be consid
ered, giving examples of her business
track record.
Commissioners approved a request
by Kenco, which asked that a devel
opment plan be okayed because it
would raise the flood plain level (ac
tion that would require county appro
val.)
Commissioners gave preliminary
acceptance to Old Mill Drive. Holland
Cove Road, Sunrise Court and Sun
rise Circle, and gave final acceptance
to Holyoke Road and Daves Creek
Trail.
On rezoning requests, they post
poned action on rezoning of 24.62
acres on Bethelview Road for a pro
posed shopping center, and postponed
action on a request for rezoning prop
erty by John A and Mary D Carter off
Highway 53 from VC to VCR follow
ing lengthy discussions by several
present.
Rezoning requests that were ap
proved included: S.S. McDonald,
Deer Creek Shores Subdivision from
VC to VCR; Curtis and Barbara B.
Thompson, 3.04 acres from VC to R 3;
Buddy Lang, 2.39 acres from A to
CBD on Castleberry Road; Eugene
Grogan. 1.73 acres from R 1 to RIR on
Bettis Gap Road and 1.38 acres from
A to R 2 R on Bentley Road for An
thony M. Chastain.
Denied was a request for rezoning
of 35.56 acres in Rolling Woods from
RIA and HB to R 4. Commissioners
said that request was made for the
enlargement of a mobile home park.
Commissioners also signed a proc
lamation designating Oct. 21-27 as
National Business Women’s Week for
the local Business and Professional
Women’s (BPW) chapter. •
equipment and services, and Section
1122 of the Social Security Act, which
relates to the reimbursement of capi
tal expenditures by Medicare and
Medicaid.
The law helps insure that changes
in services promote cost containment
and consistency with community
health care needs, a SHPA spokes
man said.
THANK YOU
The family of C.L.
Collett would like to
thank all of those who
sent flowers, came to
see us, brought food, or
helped us in any way
during our time of need.
Your kindness is sin
cerely appreciated.
Also, we would like to
thank Ingram's Funeral
Home and especially
Brother Ron Wallen tor
his comforting words.
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were stolen from the church some
time between 8:30 p.m. Monday and 1
p.m. Thursday, when the break-in
was discovered by church member
Brice Bennett, sheriff’s reports said.
Investigators reported that finger
prints were obtained at the scene.
There are no suspects at this time,
however.
A daytime burglary Thursday at
the Allgood residence on Highway 20
east was also reported to the sheriff’s
department.
More than $1,300 worth of video and
stereo equipment and a home com
puter were stolen in the break-in,
which reportedly occurred between 8
a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Thursday, sher
iff's reports said.
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Or. James F. Hopewell
Founder of Episcopal
Church dies at age 55
The founder and first vicar of the
Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit in
Cumming, James F. Hopewell, died
Friday, Oct. 5, in Atlanta.
Dr. Hopewell, an Episcopal priest,
was professor of religion and director
of the Rollins Center for Church Min
istries at Emory University’s Can
dler School of Theology.
A former missionary’ to Liberia, he
served as associate director and then
director of the Theological Education
Fund of the World Council of
Churches from 1960-1970. In that role,
he was instrumental in establishing
and supporting theological schools
abroad
He joined the Emory faculty in 1972
after serving as director of the At
lanta Theological Association and
professor of World Religions at the
Hartford Seminary Foundation in
Connecticut.
Bom in 1929 in Cincinnati, Dr.
Hopewell was educated at the Univer
sity of Cincinnati, the Episcopal
Theological school in Cambridge.
Mass., and Columbia University. He
received his doctoral degree in the
history of religions from Columbia in
1968. He served parishes in many
parts of the world and was a member
of the Episcopal Church of the Holy
Cross in Decatur.
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‘Tole Week' designated
Cumming Mayor Ford Gravitt and
Donald Glover, chairman of the For
syth County Board of Commissioners,
signed a proclamation Saturday des
ignating Oct. 21-28 as “Tole Week” in
Cumming and Forsyth County.
The week-long celebration is spon
sored by the National Society of Tole
and Decorative Painters (NSTDP),
and honors the founding of the
NSTDP and the contemporary and
historic forms of tole and decorative
painting.
This year’s theme is painted orna
ments, which ties in with the society’s
participation in the “Trees of
Christmas” display last December at
the Smithsonian Institution in Wash
ington, D.C.
Winola Wood, of Cumming, was one
of many artists who made a hand
painted Christmas tree ornament for
the Smithsonian display.
She presented Gravitt and Glover
with copies of that ornament follow
ing Saturday’s proclamation signing.
In conjunction with “Tole Week,”
there will be local art displays at
Bank South, Tri-County Plaza, Best
Western Lanier Lodge, the Forsyth
County Public Library and The Gal
lery.
Local artists participating in the
“Tole Week” celebration will be
Ruby Bagby, Kandy Edwards, Sara
Edwards, Mozelle Floyd, Alice
Leatherman, Mitzi McDearis, Dale
O’Donnell, Alma (Yogi) Rice, Winola
Wood and Joyce Yarbrough.
Founded on Oct. 22, 1972 by 22
artists, the National Society of Tole
and Decorative Painters now has 22,-
000 members across the United States
and in 14 foreign countries.
The society has 138 affiliated chap
ters and many working toward affil
iation.
Breakins net burglars
$15,000 in goods here
Burglars made off with more than
$15,000 in personal belongings in two
break-ins reported over the weekend
to the Forsyth Sheriff’s Department.
Between 2:30 and 11:20 p.m. Satur
day, burglars broke into Kathryn
Groesbeck's home on County Park
Road through a window on the front
of the house and left out the back door
with more than $13,000 worth of jew
elry, sheriff's reports said.
Ms, Groesbeck, an employee of
Forsyth County Hospital, also found
that a wallet containing credit cards
was taken in the burglary, the report
Dr. Hopewell wrote numerous arti
cles and scholarly publications on
religion and the church.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth
Yvonne Cecil, a daughter. Anne, two
sons, James and Paul, and a grand
daughter, Amber Christine. His
brother William S. Hopewell is a
physician in Ridgewood, N.J.
Memorial services were held Mon
day in Cannon Chapel at Emory Uni
versity.
Banks plan Saturday closings
Ail local banking and financial in
stitutions, with the exception of Peo
ple’s Bank, have announced they will
close on Saturdays next month.
Great Southern Federal will begin
CORRECTION
The cutline of a feature picture in
last Wednesday's News named the
Chattahoochee Homemakers Council
as the blue ribbon winner in the
Falling Leaves Festival. The cutline
should have named the Forsyth
County Homemakers Council as the
winner. The News apologizes for any
inconvenience this error may have
caused.
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Artists Kandy Edwards, Winola Wood and Mitzi McDearis (stand
ing, left to right) were on hand Saturday as Forsyth County
Commission Chairman Donald Glover (seated, left) and Cumming
Mayor Ford Gravitt signed a proclamation designating Oct. 21-28
as “Tole Week” in Cumming and Forsyth County (see separate
story). The event will be celebrated with art displays at several
spots in the local area.
It publishes a member directory; a
full color membership magazine, The
Decorative Painter, six times yearly;
has an Annual Meeting and Conven
tion in a different city each year; and
provides unique opportunities for ed
ucation and personal growth for its
members.
The Dogwood Chapter, chartered in
1976, is the local affiliated chapter of
the NSTDP.
Its goals are to provide an on-going
opportunity for education and ex-
said.
More than $1,700 worth of video and
stereo equipment, a microwave oven
and a gun were reportedly stolen by
burglars from the Jett Road home of
Michael and Carla McDonald, sher
iff’s reports said.
Burglars apparently entered the
home by cutting through a porch
screen and breaking into a rear door,
sheriff ’s reports said.
Sheriff’s investigators have finger
prints from both burglaries, possibly
left by the perpetrators, the report
said.
Weather
Fair weather will continue in For
syth County for the remainder of the
week.
Wednesday will be partly cloudy
with a high in the upper mid 70s.
Winds will be from the northeast near
10 mph.
Thursday through Saturday skies
will be fair with lows in the mid 50s
and highs in the upper 70s.
Lake Lanier
Normal Level 107199
Flood Level 1085 00
Present 1067 96
Surface Temp 75°F
closing on Saturdays beginning Sat
urday, Nov. 3, and Home Federal
Savings and Loan Association, Bank
South and Forsyth County Bank will
begin closing effective Saturday,
Nov. 10.
Bob Calvert, president of People’s
Bank, said drive-in windows would
open at 8:30 a.m. on Saturdays and
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change of information and ideas to
members, and to encourage local
interest in an appreciation for quality
decorative art.
Meetings are held on the second
Saturday of every other month at
different locations.
Ms. Wood says the Dogwood Chap
ter will decroate a six-foot Christmas
tree this year to auction off. Proceeds
will go to Scottish Rite Hospital, in
Atlanta. The tree will be on display at
the Atlanta Apparel Mart.
Concord
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seeing more willingness on the part
of Christians to carry the gospel
outside the church.
The course now under way at
Concord is being taught by Rubin
Smith, a 1980 graduate of Toccoa
Falls Bible College who’s presently
enrolled in New Orleans Seminary.
One of the course’s major bene
fits, Smith says, is that it gives
students a more in-depth look at the
Bible.
Unlike Sunday school lessons,
which focus on selected passages of
scripture, the education extension
program is taking the book of Ro
mans verse-by-verse.
Smith, who’s teaching his first
extension course, says that in the
past an enrollment of 50 people
would have been considered good.
Frank Major, with the Georgia
Baptist Convention, says about 50
extension courses are held through
out Georgia on an on-going basis.
The 15-week courses, he says, are
designed to train laity in churches
as well as ministers who haven’t
received formal training.
Two other churches in the High
tower Association are planning ex
tension courses in the spring
quarter, Lummus says.
Concord will finish its course on
Romans Dec. 13, and Lummus says
another is planned beginning Jan. 2.
the lobby would open at 9 a.m. and
remain open until noon.
Bank South will open their lobby on
Wednesdays for normal banking
hours beginning Nov. 7th.
Forsyth County Bank will remain
open on Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m.