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lirugs
seized
in raid
Sheriff’s investigators armed with
search warrants raided two resi
dences off Buford Dam Road Satur
day night, seizing various drugs and
weapons.
The raids resulted from informa
tion received by the Sheriff’s Depart
ment and evidence gathered over a
two-week period, according to Sheriff
Wesley Walraven.
Seized during the raid was 1 pound
of suspected marijuana, suspected
cocaine and suspected methampheta
mine powder.
Weighing devices, SBOO and several
weapons, including an illegal shotgun
and two automatic weapons, also
were seized.
Arrested were:
Michael Ray Parks, 28, charged
with various drug possession and
distribution offenses and released
under $55,000 bond; Albert Lewis
Dawson, 36, charged with various
drug and possession offenses, in For
syth County Jail under $40,000 bond;
Phyllis H. Dawson, 32, charged
with various drug offenses and re
leased under $30,000 bond; Richard
Dale Key, 26, charged with posses
sion of marijuana over one ounce and
being held under SIO,OOO bond; and
Theresa Elaine Key, 24, charged
with possession of marijuana over
one ounce and being held under $lO,-
000 bond.
One additional arrest is expected.
Walraven said all the suspects were
living in the Forsyth County area.
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Tonight: Rain, low near 60.
Wednesday: Rain, high 72.
Thursday: Showers, high 72.
Friday: Showers, high 72.
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Pumpkins are to fall what flowers are to spring Reid’s farm produced about 500 pumpkins (five
a sure sign that a change of seasons is just trailer loads) from just two rows, and as of last
around the corner’ or has already taken place, week, two more rows were waiting to be har-
For E.H. Reid (pictured) of south Forsyth County, vested,
pumpkins also mean that harvest time is here.
Forsyth will he included
in industry tracking system
By Chuck Thompson
News Editor
Forsyth County should benefit from
a new computerized system for track
ing the state’s industrial sites.
Now being developed by Ogle
thorpe Power Corporation, the sys
tem will provide detailed descriptions
of every available site in Georgia.
David C. Morgan, manager of eco
nomic development for Oglethorpe,
says the system will be extremely
valuable because it will permit sites
to be sorted and accessed by any one
of 60 factors.
“For example,” Morgan said, “if a
prospect is seeking a 50-acre site
within 20 miles of an interstate with
access to an airport, we will be able to
identify very quickly every site that
meets this description.
“This will permit us to match sites
with the precise requirements of the
individual prospect.”
The system will enhance Ogle
thorpe’s industrial program in
Georgia, which is responsible for
finding one of Forsyth County’s re
cent industrial prospects.
Mac Berston, executive director of
the Cumming-Forsyth County Cham
ber oof Commerce, says industrial
programs run by Oglethorpe,
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Staft Photo Chuck Thompson
A sure sign of fall
‘lndustrial programs run by Og
lethorpe, Georgia Power Com
pany, Atlanta Gas Light
Company and the Georgia De
partment of Industry and Trade
and the Business Council of
Georgia are responsible for
sending an estimated 90 per
cent of out-of-state prospects to
Forsyth County.’
Mac Berston
Georgia Power Company, Atlanta
Gas Light Company, the Georgia
Department of Industry and Trade
and the Business Council of Georgia
are responsible for sending an esti
mated 90 percent of out-of-state pros
pects to Forsyth County.
Once he gets new information on a
piece of industrial property, or a
building, Berston says he sends that
information to these five sources.
Greg Jones, spokesman for Ogle
thorpe, says the firm began concept
and design work on its industrial
tracking system earlier this year.
He says Oglethorpe acquired a new
computer in May which has been set
up, and that the firm already is in the
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process of collecting information.
Jones says it will probably be
around six months before a “good
working system” has been devel
oped.
Information is being gathered from
chambers of commerce, devel
opment authorities and Area Plan
ning and Development Commissions,
like the Georgia Mountains APDC in
Gainesville.
When asked how industrial pros
pects will be made aware of the
tracking system, Jones said Ogle
thorpe advertises in national publica
tions, and that the system will more
than likely be mentioned in those ads.
In addition, he says developers and
the Georgia Department of Industry
and Trade will be made aware of the
system.
Jones says Oglethorpe’s economic
development department has two
goals in its industrial program:
(1) To bring industries to Georgia;
and
(2) Working with local Electric
Membership Corporations to see if
they can serve new industries.
Oglethorpe is the generation and
transmission cooperative supplying
electricity to 39 of Georgia’s 42
EMCs.
11 rezoning requests
have commission’s nod
By Chuck Thompson
News Editor
Eleven requests for rezoning have
been approved by the Forsyth County
Planning Commission for consider
ation in a public hearing Tuesday,
Oct. 29.
Applicants for the rezonings, the
amounts of property they’re trying to
rezone, and the purposes of the rezon
ings, are as follows (see map for
locations):
(A) Jerry W. Frix, HB (Highway
Business) to CBD (Commercial Busi
ness), 1 acre on the Ga. 369 Connector
between Namon Wallace Road and
Ga. 369. The rezoning is being sought
to bring an existing cabinet shop into
compliance with county zoning stan
dards.
(B) J. Harold Corporation, VC (Va
cation Cottages) to VCR (Vacation
Cottages—Restricted), 6.47 acres off
Truman Mountain Road, for devel
opment of a subdivision.
Notices sent
Tax digest
up 22 percent
By Chuck Thompson
News Editor
Corrected tax notices were
mailed Friday to 6,500 Forsyth
County taxpayers.
Chief Appraiser James Payne says
the deadline for appealing new prop
erty values shown on those notices is
Monday, Oct. 28.
Only taxpayers with changes in the
value of their property (for example:
a new swimming pool, new outbuild
ing, addition to their home) will re
ceive the notices.
If appeals of the corrected notices
are not enough to “freeze” the digest,
it should be ready to submit to the
state by mid-November, Payne says.
A “freeze” of the digest would
result if enough appeals were filed to
amount to 5 percent of the digest or 5
percent of parcels in the county.
The Tax Assessors Office is pres
ently working with a second prelimi
nary copy of the 1985 Forsyth County
Tax Digest.
A first preliminary copy was re
ceived the first week of September.
Some changes were made in the
document, which was more than 98
percent accurate.
Compared to last year’s final di
gest, the second preliminary 1985
digest represents a growth rate of 22
percent.
Parcels rose from 18,461 to 19,048,
an increase of 3 percent, while com
mercial properties were up 7 percent,
rising from 446 to 477.
Industrial properties increased 45
percent, from 103 to 149, while multi
family properties rose from 20 to 28,
an increase of 40 percent.
Residential improvements (acces
sory buildings, swimming pools, ten
nis courts, home additions, etc.)
numbered 17,610 on the final 1984
digest compared to 18,214 on the
second preliminary 1985 digest.
Payne reported that 100 parcels in
the county are receiving the special
assessment (30 percent of fair mar
ket value) granted by the state for
“bona fide” agricultural property
compared to 30 parcels in the pro
gram last year.
Property is normally assessed at 40
Discipline seminar slated
How do you handle those rebellious
children? A well-known consultant on
discipline has some advice for the
harried mom and dad.
Barbara Coloroso will be giving a
free lecture for all interested parents
and residents in the area on Monday,
Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist
These rezonings will be consid
ered by the planning commis
sion in a public hearing on
Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Jury Assembly Room of the
Forsyth County Courthouse.
(C) Danny Glover, A (Agriculture)
to R-l-R (Residential—Single-Fam
ily—Restricted). The rezoning is be
ing sought for all of Greenwood Acres
subdivision, with the exception of lots
16 and 17.
(D) Cecil Bennett and Charles
Lamb, A to CBD, 6.17 acres, to reb
uild a marine business destroyed by
fire.
(E) William E. (Billy) Bart, A to
CBD, 1 acre on Ga. 369, for a child
care center.
(F) Robert Lamar Elrod, A to
CBD, 1.03 acre at the intersection of
Pilgrim Mill and Antioch roads, for
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percent of fair market value.
The amount of tax money lost to the
.special assessment is $666,785 com
pared to $295’096 in 1984.
Freeport accounts rose from 22 to
25, but the amount of tax money lost
due to Freeport exemptions dropped
from $4 million on the final 1984 digest
to $l.B million on the second prelimi
nary 1985 digest.
When asked about the reason for
the decrease, Payne said several
accounts failed to request applica
tions for the Freeport exemption and
file those applications by the April 1,
1985 deadline.
Freeport must be applied for every
year between Jan. 1 and April 1.
Also in that three-month period,
individuals should file any necessary
returns with the Tax Assessors Of
fice.
If an individual has made a change
in the value of his property, he should
file a return notifying the Tax Asses
sors Office of that change.
The homestead exemption is an
other item that should be filed with
the Tax Assessors Office between
Jan. 1 and April 1.
To be eligible for the homestead
exemption, an individual must be
living in the house for which he’s
seeking the exemption on Jan. 1.
Payne says the Tax Assessors Of
fice has been informed about individ
uals receiving a homestead
exemption in Forsyth County, and in
another county, as well.
He notes, however, that homestead
exemptions should be applied to only
one home the home in which the
taxpayer spends the most time.
For example, if an individual lived
in DeKalb County and had a weekend
home in Forsyth County, the weekend
home would not be eligible for a
homestead exemption.
Individuals receiving a homestead
exemption in more than one county
are guilty of a misdemeanor, and
could be prosecuted by all counties
involved.
One other exemption, the special
assessment for agricultural land,
should be applied for between Nov. 1
and Dec. 31.
Church of Cumming. The two-hour
seminar will be packed with practical
ways for establishing discipline and
to help children become independent
and responsible.
Mrs. Coloroso will also be speaking
to Forsyth County teachers during
the day.
development of a shopping center.
(G) Jerry Henderson, HB to CBD,
2.22 acres at the intersection of
Turner and Bald Ridge Marina roads,
for construction of an office building.
(H) Fraser M. Duke, A to R-2-R
(same as R-l-R, but with smaller lot
size requirements), 10 acres on Nich
olson Road, for construction of
houses.
(I) Thomas Lumber Company, A to
M-l (Light Industrial), 1 acre off Ga.
369, to expand an existing lumber
yard.
(J) James O. King, R-l (Resi
dential—Single-Family) to CBD, 9.86
acres mi Ga. 9, to build an office and
warehouse.
(K) Penny Martin, A to NS (Neigh
borhood Shopping), .156 acre on Kelly
Mill Road, for a beauty shop.
The above rezonings will be consid
ered by the planning commission in a
public hearing Tuesday, Oct. 29 at
7:30 p.m. in the Jury Assembly
Room, located on the second floor of
Forsyth County Courthouse.
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