Newspaper Page Text
Inside
• Classifieds 108
• Dear Abby 4B
• Deaths jfa
• Legate 9§
• Opinion 4A
• Religion —— ~~6A
• Sports 1B
• Weddings 10A
! : orsvth CountvNews
VOLUME > \ABER 83
Cc ipj ty awarded $200,000 grant for water lines
By Chuck i hompson
News Editor
Chalk up another one for Forsyth County in the
competition for economic development grants.
According to the Georgia Mountains Area Planning
and Development Commission, the county has received
its third grant from the Appalachian Regional Commis
sion in as many years.
The $200,000 matching grant will be used for construc
tion of 4,300 linear feet of 12-inch water main, and 17,000
linear feet of 10-inch water main in southwest Forsyth
County.
Other ARC grants received by Forsyth County in the
■
\' ■ I «!& If iifte /jrwiJßß® ?y?3rUH " * ,* * %< .it
" 1 ' IryM ynt MKmSKm # <*
-* t <. * JK«y Bp’ '• ' • ’" - w ■ > s lfc%'*WiSii’
"" -'■ < " * i i ( £w : - 5 ' ■"" ■
fl VI 2f«i»*«VM \ ■
Fleas are usually far from popular with most family pets it>ut a
flea market last weekend was for the benefit of anim'als throughout
Forsyth County. The county’s Humane Society held a giantf flea
marketand auction, and as a result raised a “substantial amount”
Talks continue on day care center’s future
By Laura McCullough
Managng editor
Status of the Forsyth County Day Care Center
remains in jeopardy despite continued talks be
tween the center’s Board of Directors and the
Ninth District Opportunity Board.
The two groups met for the second time last
Thursday during NDO’s regular monthly meeting,
but failed to reach an agreement. The local board
has asked NDO to take over the center on Sharon
Road.
The center may close its doors if an agreement
is not reached.
According to Cullen Larson, chairman of the
NDO board, the community action agency’s main
Jennie Garrison is
‘Teacher of the Year ’
By Dawn Wilson
Staff writer
Jennie L. Garrison, an Ameri
can History and physical educa
tion teacher at Forsyth County
High School, has been named Tea
cher of the Year in the Forsyth
County School System.
Teachers from 126 school sys
tems in Georgia received the local
title of Teacher of the Year during
the Georgia Teacher of the Year
Program held recently!
Ms. Garrison, who has been
teaching in Forsyth County since
she began her teaching career 16
years ago, is a native of Valdosta
and received her undergraduate
degree at Georgia Southern Col
lege in Statesboro. She received
her masters degree from North
Georgia College in Dahlonega and
from there, she began teaching in
the Forsyth County school system.
“I appreciate the honor,” said
Ms. Garrison, “but there are just
so many other important things in
JL? .
Coming Sunday: A look at the ’B6 model cars
last three years include $137,500 in 1984 and $235,000 in
1983.
Matching funds for the 1984 grant were provided by the
McFarland/400 Corporation, which developed the Mc-
Farland/400 Industrial Park in southwest Forsyth
County.
The 1984 grant project totals $275,000, and involves
construction of about 4,000 feet of 24-inch sewer line.
Beginning on the west side of Georgia 400, the line will
extend north along Big Creek.
The 1983 grant of $235,000 was matched by the McFar
land /400 Corporation, which provided $100,000; and
Mobil Land Development, which provided $135,000.
Included in the 1983 grant project, which totaled $470,-
000, were:
Humane Society success
concern is required 11% percent matching funds
the center must raise each month.
The center is partially funded with federal
monies based on the number of students enrolled
each month. However, it must have the 11%
percent of the total cost each month before the
state will reimburse the money, said Doris Hol
brook, acting director.
This figure can be as high as $1,600 a month she
said. Enrollment fluctuates almost daily and
currently there are 60 children on roll.
Of these matching funds, the Forsyth County
Commission gives $1,050 and several area resi
dents have also pledged amounts. The remaining
funds must be raised through bake sales and other
means.
I j ||||| 4M
I 'Wm-- \sr^ : M K
* J
Jennie Garrison
the classroom and with the stu
dents than just receiving a ‘title.’”
“To me,” she said, “there are
hundreds of teachers of the years
all around here everyday.”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1985—CUMMING, GA. 30130—32 PAGES
of money toward its goal of financing a county animal shelter. The
flea market and auction, held at the old gymnasium in Cumming,
drew a steady crowd of people throughout the day Saturday
IP TC! r j|f |§&*r : P
u—— i i—: Ml2± Ji
Friday, Oct. 25, will be a special night for one of 16 Forsyth County
High School sophomores, junior and seniors who have been
selected as candidates for Homecoming Queen 1985. It will be a
doubly special night as cheerleading coach Ronda Kinsey is trying
to locate all former homecoming queens who also will be intro
duced during half-time ceremonies that night. Mrs. Kinsey asks
that ail former queens please contact |j|r or Linda Ledbetter at the
Song of the auctioneer:
A day at the stockyard
Pa 9* 2A
“This (raising matching money) has always
been one of our problems,” said Mrs. Holbrook.
“It would be great to have some businesses or
other people who would make a commitment to us
each month.
“We’re paid to take care of the children and we
shouldn’t have to worry about fundraising all of
the time, too.”
Larson said NDO doesn’t care how the match
money is raised, just that it is available.
“We just want to know what type of commit
ment is out there and what is available,” he said.
“We need to know how strong the community
support is to the center.”
(1) 1,300 feet of 24-inch sewer line and a tunnel for the
line under Ga. 400;
(2 ) 4,000 feet of 10- and 12-inch water main along
McFarland and McGinnis Ferry roads; and
(3 ) 5,300 feet of 15-, 12- and 8-inch sewer line along the
tributary branch of Big Creek.
Forsyth was among six Georgia Mountains counties
receiving an ARC grant this year. The grants totaled
$940,726.
Sam Dayton, executive director of the Georgia Moun
tains APDC, said that even in “lean budgetary times,”
the commission is.still getting a “lion’s share” of the
grant money for public projects.
Dayton said Larry Glasco, director of development
services for the commission, deserves special recogni-
Staff Photo Norman Baggs
Homecoming queen candidates
tion for his efforts to obtain the ARC grants.
Other governments in the 13-county Georgia Moun
tains area that received grants were:
• The cities of Baldwin and Demorest, $200,000, for
construction of a 4 million gallon per day surface water
treatment plant;
• Lumpkin County, $200,000, for development of indus
trial sites;
• The city of Lavonia, $200,000, for construction of a
1.32 million gallon per day sewage treatment plant;
• Towns County, $91,674, for development of a county
wide fire protection program; and
• The city of Young Harris, $49,052, for water system
improvements.
House numbering
proposal accepted
by commissioners
By Chuck Thompson
News Editor
A proposal for development of a
much needed house numbering sys
tem was accepted by the Forsyth
County Board of Commissioners in its
regular meeting Monday night.
Thj; Georgia Mountains Area Plan
ning and Development Commission
will development the system at a cost
of $35,000.
Earlier this year, the board re
quested proposals for development of
a house numbering system from 26
planning firms, but only one re
sponded.
Cordes, Quintana and Associates,
of Cumming, submitted a bid of
$87,500.
However, the board voted Aug. 12
to take no action on the bid, and see if
a cheaper bid could be obtained.
Commissioner Jack Shoemake said
that once a house numbering system
has been completed by the Georgia
Mountains APDC, residents of the
county should not worry
about address changes, Junless they
move.
House numbering inv< f es the as
signment of permanent | mibers to
parcels of land along rfads in the*
county.
This results in a
dress for a particular pai el, such as
“214 Mockingbird Road.’ ■
At present, the county depends on
rural routes, which are subject to
change as the population grows.
Three resolutions were adopted by
the commissioners in Monday night’s
meeting one dealing with sexual
harassment of county employees, one
with representation for county em
ployees in civil suits, and the other
with a proposed Fulton County land
fill.
The resolution on sexual ha
rassment states that “employees of
school at 887-5146. Those girls vying for the crown are: (sitting, left
to right) Kathy Diggle, Dana Ledbetter, Melissa Pearson and Ruth
Williams (not pictured is Jinny Orr), senior representatives; (left to
right, standing) Missy Bougadis, April Langston, Sarah Cullen,
Carla Martin, Crystal Gazaway, Gina Sutko, Kris Douthit, Candice
Bennett, Dee Dee Holcomb, Heather Hutchins and Kristin Jones,
sophomore and junior representatives.
;||wp B
I
m
inside
faces ...
Page 4B
both sexes shall not be hindered in the
performance of their duties by sexual
harassment of any type by co-work
ers, or by supervisors at any level.”
In addition, the resolution “en
treats and enjoins” elected and ap
pointed county officers to make sure
employees in their departments are
“fully advised” of this policy.
It also encourages these officers to
issue instructions for the “timely
reporting” of incidents involving sex
ual harassment, so that “appropriate
action may be taken without delay.”
Disciplinary actions that may be
taken against an employee found
guilty of sexual harassment include
termination of employment.
The resolution on civil suits “autho
rizes and directs” the county’s attor
neys to provide legal representation
for all officers and employees of the
county in any civil suit involving
“acts or omissions arising out of the
performance of duty, or while acting
under color of office” in the county.
A third resolution adopted by the
board expresses “displeasure and
disappointment” in regard to a 428-
acre landfill proposed by Fulton
County on the Forsyth County line.
Commissioner Janies Harrington,
who proposed the resolution, said the
board has “no other remedy at this
time.” A public hearing on the pro
posed landfill was set for Tuesday
night at Milton High School in Alpha
retta.
In their resolution, the commission
ers ask State Rep. Bill Barnett, of
Cumming, to introduce legislation
prohibiting any local government
from locating a landfill closer than %
mile from the boundary of another
local government, without the
agreement of both parties.
The resolution charges that Fulton
County “has not consulted with For-
See COUNTY, Page 7A
Staff Photo Dawn Wilton
35 CENTS