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Retiring school officials
are honored by co-workers
Two outgoing top school officials
were honored Thursday by friends
and co-workers.
Interim superintendent Clarence
Lambert and veteran school board
member Loy Day were paid tribute to
at the school board’s meeting. Unless
there is a special meeting called later
this month, that is the last meeting
both men will attend in their official
capacities.
At the meeting, the Forsyth County
Principal Association thanked Lam
bert for his tenure in the superinten
dent’s slot. It was noted that in the six
months he has served he had to pre
side over the removal of asbestos
from the schools as well as the start of
building programs at South Forsyth,
Chestatee and Big Creek schools.
County budget to be set in new year
Tax digest
problem to
delay adoption
By Sallylyn Hill
Staff writer
The county budget will not be adopt
ed until after the budget year begins,
said County Administrator Donald
Major.
Although the staff has been working
constantly on the budget, the commis
sioners are unable to finalize it until
they know the total of the tax digest.
And the fate of the tax digest, the
second one this year, is in limbo until
the outcome of a Dec. 29 hearing in
Forsyth County Superior Court.
Once the tax digest is set the com
mission will be able to set a millage
rate.
The commissioners can decide on
the millage prior to the court hearing,
however, if the digest is changed it
offsets the projected revenue and ev
erything would have to be changed.
“We are hesitant to adopt the bud
get not knowing what the tax digest
will be and not knowing the total reve
nue,” Major said.
“We can finalize it and go ahead
and adopt a millage rate prior to the
digest being set,” he said. “But if we
did that, chances are we will have to
come back and redo it.”
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“I do appreciate everyone helping
out,” Lambert said. “We had a good
time and we have had some good
leadership.”
He said he believes incoming super
intendent Rick Case and newly elect
ed school board member Catherine
Masbum Amos will be good additions
to the board.
Both Lambert and Day were also
given plaques from the school board.
Board member Johnny Stone noted
Lambert sacrificed a trip with his
wife in order to take the post as inter
im superintendent when Robert
Otwell resigned about six months ago.
Referring to Day, Stone noted that
during his 12-year tenure he has add
ed “maturity” and helped guide the
school system.
The board is hopeful everything will
be settled and has scheduled a public
hearing for the budget on the same
night of the court hearing. If every
thing goes well another public hearing
will held the first week of January fol
lowed by the budget adoption.
January 4 or 5 is the earliest the
budget can be set because of advertis
ing requirements for public hearings,
Major said.
Total budget request equal approxi
mately sl6 million compared to ap
proximately $9 million allocated dur
ing 1988.
All of the budget request will not be
granted Majors said, but the board
has worked up four or five proposals
depending on the outcome of the
digest.
The board is also considering rais
ing the wages of county employees but
is first surveying several other coun
Forsyth County News
holiday deadlines
The upcoming holiday will mean a
change in deadlines at the Forsyth
County News.
The retail advertising deadline will
be Wednesday at noon for ads slated
to run in the Sunday paper. The classi
fied ad deadline will be Thursday at 5
p.m.
All news items for the Sunday paper
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In his remarks to the group. Day
thanked all the school board mem
bers, principals and staff he has
worked with during his terms on the
board. He introduced his children and
grandchildren and gave special
thanks to his wife Joan.
In a meeting earlier in the week
with the school board, Lambert also
thanked the group for their support
during his tenure.
He said he would still be willing to
help but on a part-time basis. He also
stressed he would not be attending
school board meetings unless specifi
cally requested by incoming superin
tendent Rick Case.
Lambert said he did not believe it
was fair to Case to have to look up and
see him (Lambert) sitting in the
audience.
ties to see if the county is in line.
“In some classes we are in line and
some classes we are not,” he said.
A salary for a new animal control
officer will be budgeted because of the
dangerous dog control law enacted
last year by the state legislator.
The largest budget requests were
submitted by the Sheriff’s Depart
ment and the Bridge and Road
Department.
The Sheriff’s is requesting an in
crease by at least $1 million. The
Bridge and Road Department is re
questing nearly a $700,000 increase.
At least 43 new full-time positions
and three part-time have been re
quested among all of the
departments.
Until the budget is finalized Major
said he doesn’t know what positions
will be granted.
should also be turned in by Thursday
at noon.
The newspaper will be delivered on
Saturday instead of Sunday. For those
who do not receive their paper, please
call the newspaper office on Saturday
from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. There will be
people at the office to take your call
and bring you a newspaper that day.
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Chase suspect enters guilty plea;
others sentenced in court action
By Tom McLaughlin
Staff Writer
James Maxwell Day, accused of a
number of crimes resulting from a
chase he led police on the night of
April 8, pleaded guilty in Superior
Court proceedings taking place this
month.
Day, who originally maintained his
innocence, had been arrested and
charged with several crimes, includ
ing two counts of aggravated assault
on a police officer, possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon, posses
sion of a firearm during the commis
sion of a felony, interference with gov
ernment property, attempting to
elude and habitual violator. His guilty
plea was entered Dec. 5.
The incident Day was arrested for
began when a Forsyth County deputy
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edly pointed a gun at him. He followed
this action by hitting the rear end of
the police car and speeding off. He
was captured after a high speed chase
when he went off into a field and at
tempted to flee on foot.
In other court action late last month
and through the middle of December:
• Peter H. Lovelace, arrested for a
violation of the Georgia Controlled
Substance Act, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to serve intensive pro
bation and pay a fine of SIO,OOO, in
cluding SSO of that within 30 days of
the sentence. Lovelace was given the
sentence Nov. 29 for an incident which
occurred Feb. 10.
• Bobby Coheley pleaded guilty to
aggravated assault and was sen
tenced Nov. 21 to 12 months probation
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Signing
In
Several attorneys in Forsyth County
pledged a new oath of office Thursday
at the courthouse. The oath adminis
tered by Superior Court Judge Stan
Gault was part of new oath adopted by
the Supreme Court of Georgia. In the
new pledge the words "Truly and Hon
estly” from the original oath were rein
serted. Several attorneys shown here
are signing in signifying they took the
oath.
Staff photo Sallylyn Hill
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tution of the fine.
• David Hugh Scruggs petitioned to
enter a plea of guilty for theft by tak
ing charges pending against him. He
was allowed to make the plea Dec. 5.
• Julie Reem Hammond also en
tered a petition to plead guilty Dec. 5.
She will face sentencing on a charge
of possession of cocaine for an inci
dent July 7,1988. Gregory Allen Boyd,
who was with Hammond on the night
they were arrested, faces 12 years in
jail after being sentenced Nov. 21 on
four drug related charges and one
count of a possession of a firearm by
convicted felon.
• Gregory A. Guemdt made a peti
tion Dec. 5 to plead guilty to charges
of burglary filed against him March
20.
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