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Decorating time
As is the annual tradition, the local girl scout troops con- tree in the lobby. The scouts also contributed gloves to the
verged on the county courthouse Sunday to decorate the needy of the county.
The Place looking
By Sallylyn Hill
Staff Writer
Soon there may be a new place for
The Place.
The Place, launched its Capital
Fundraising Campaign this month
called a ‘New Place for the Place,’in
hopes of raising enough money for a
new location.
Approximately $150,000 is needed to
buy a parcel with at least two build
ings on it, said Sister June Racicot of
The Place.
One building will house offices,
meeting rooms and classrooms and
the other building would contain the
thrift shop and food pantry, said
Racicot.
“We hope that when our lease is up
in March we will be relocated by
then,” said Racicot.
Batman video a popular item
By Cynthia Clark
Staff Writer
Business is booming in Forsyth County with the arrival
of the Batman video.
The Batman video is breaking sales records in For
syth County as they have been in other parts of the coun
try, according to local store officials.
In Atlanta, video stores began selling the video at 12:01
a.m. last Wednesday, and customers waited in long lines.
While long lines were not as prevalent in area stores,
the business has been steady.
Turtles Records and Tapes’ Carol Gilleland, said sales
have been going “real well.
‘We had some free orders for the video and all of our
Batman videos have rented out real quick when they ar
rived on Wednesday. We’ve sold close to 40,” she said.
The Cumming Sterio reported they have sold 30 and had
three Batman videos to rent out but they are all rented
out.
Martin Video got their Batman videos in Wednesday as
well.
“We have six movies and all of them have already been
rented out,” said Martin Video representative Mary
Samples.
Starlite Video representative Ralph Binder said his
three copies were rented out by Thursday night.
“I put them out Thursday morning,” he said.
Video Days representative Sally Martin said their four
copies are all out.
The Video Shop has five copies of Batman and the five
have been out since the arrival of the video on Wednes
day, said Pat Davis.
“I only see them long enough to re-rent them,” she said.
The Video Station, owned by Bob and Robbie Wheldy
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Planning for the new location start
ed in 1988 with an advisory board, said
Racicot.
“But they got so involved in it they
have formed committees,” she said.
The Place is an agency of Catholic
Social Services in Atlanta and has
been serving low income residents in
Forsyth County for 14 years.
In the beginning it operated out of
the Catholic Church on Old Atlanta
Road before relocating in 1977 to Pir
kle Ferry Road.
During the first part of the cam
paign people donating $lO will receive
a box of 12 Christmas cards designed
by local children participating in The
Place’s summer enrichment
program.
There are three different sceneries
available in each box. The crayon
drawing symbolize Christmas
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bought 11 Batman videos for his two stores.
“They stay out all the time. They are all rented,”
Wheldy said.
“All seven of our Batman videos are rent out every
day,” said daughter Carolyn Oakley.
“Our other store on Highway 53 and 306 has four and
those are also rented out,” said Oakley.
VIP Video manager Larry Theisen said his store re
ceived the Batman videos on Wednesday.
“We sold seven out of the 15 we have for sale and the 20
we have for rental are always rented out. I probably could
have put out 30 and would have rented them all,” he said.
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to move
through childrens’ eyes and include a
picture of a wreath, a Christmas Tree
with presents underneath and a large
candy cane.
Five dollars of the donation will pay
for the cards and $5 will be donated to
the agency, said Racicot.
In addition to Christmas cards, note
cards with pen and ink drawings of
Georgia flowers and herbs by local
artists Jim and Jean DeSana, will be
sold. A sketch of The Place, where it is
currently located is also available.
It someone is trying to buy a gift for
someone who has everything, some
one can make a $lO donation in the
intended recipients name. The Place
will send a card to the person saying a
donation has been made in their name
as a Christmas gift.
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County moving ahead
with Enhanced 911
emergency call system
By Cynthia Clark
Staff Writer
Forsyth County is in the early plan
ning stages of acquiring the En
hanced Emergency 911 system, said
Forsyth County Sheriff Wesley
Walraven.
Currently, the county has a basic
911 emergency system.
Callers call 911 and must give their
name, phone number, location and
nature of the emergency before their
call can be answered by personnel.
Enhanced 911 will allow the emer
gency officials in the county to in
stantly know the address of the phone
the caller is calling from, the phone
number, history of calls received
from that caller, and any major
health hazard the caller has a history
of by computer, said Walraven.
Forsyth County Administrator Don
Major said in next year’s proposed
budget, the board has set aside
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Staff photo Leonard Kransdorf
Dance fever
It was time to dance the light fantastic last weekend at Otwell Middle Shool. The
occasion was a dance marathon to benefit the Family Haven shelter. Two of the
younger partticiparits who tried to show their moves on the floor were Trey
Page,l, and Jessica Page, 3. The event raised $550.
Forsyth residents hustle
to return overdue books
By Cynthia Clark
Staff Writer
A recent controversy about overdue
library books in Gwinnett County re
sulted in a flurry of returned books to
the Forsyth County library.
There were a rash of returned books
when news got out about the arrest in
Gwinnett County, said Elizabeth
Gewin, head librarian.
“We have certainly had a lot of
questions about that from patrons
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$135,000 to build a communications
bunker to house the E-911 facilities
and equipment.
A realistic time table on getting the
E-911 system in Forsyth County is
about two years away, Major said.
“Then we have to have a referen
dum to ask the residents if they would
agree to the user fee tacked onto their
monthly phone bills,” he said
Southern Bell, the company that
services Forsyth County, furnished
all the equipment when they installed
the very first E-911 system in Georgia
in Clark County in 1985, said Southern
Bell 911 Service Manager for Georgia
Robert Jenkins.
“The type of E-911 system we of
fered Clark County was the first of its’
type available. We worked closely
with Clark County to implement the
system,” he said. “The user fee pays
for equipment, installation charge
and monthly recurring charge on a
prorated basis.”
lately,” she said.
Overall though, overdue books are
not an issue in Forsyth County, she
said.
The Gwinnett case involved a young
woman who was arrested and spent
several hours in jail on charges of fail
ing to answer a bench warrant con
nected with failure to return library
books.
“Overdue books are not a real big
problem in Forsyth County, com
pared to most libraries across the
Raising money
These kids from Small Town Day care
center participated in a march last
week to help raise money for the Red
Cross. The march took place in the
gym at Small Town. More photos See
Page 48.
Staff photo Cynthia Clark
The county opting for the Enhanced
911 system pays for the equipment
through its users. The cost of the El-911
system depends on the kind of hard
ware that will be used on the pre
mises. Added to that is the network
charge and the cost per telephone
line, said Jenkins.
“The network charge is for rear
ranging of all telephone lines in For
syth County for use in the E-911 sys
tem as well as routing all circuits for
all the telephone lines and the equip
ment to use in the E-911 system.
“The cost per line is determined by
how many telephone lines there are in
the county. Forsyth County has 20,000
telephone lines at the present,” said
Jenkins.
“In a years’ time, you’d expect to
grow to another 2,000 lines. The esti
mate.' growth would also determine
the cost the system and also the cost
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Man jailed for
robbery with
assault weapon
By Cynthia Clark
Staff Writer
A Forsyth County man has been ar
rested on charges related to an armed
robbery.
The suspect, Tommy Pickering, 19,
is in the county jail charged with
armed robbery, possession of a fire
arm while a convicted felon, and vio
lating his parole.
The armed robbery took place at
the Days Inn on November 11 around
midnight, said Cumming Police Chief
Wayne Lindsey.
Pickering allegedly approached
Scott Blackstone who was in the Cum
ming Days Inn parking lot.
Pickering demanded Blackstone’s
wallet and jewelery by threatening
him.
Pickering is alleged to have threat
ened Blackstone with a nine millime
ter automatic assault weapon, Lind
sey said.
“After taking the items, Pickering
told Blackstone he was going to blow
his head off,” said Lindsey.
Blackstone allegedly ran from the
scene and call 2d the police.
Officer, arrested Pickering shortly
thereafter at the scene.
Pickering is being held in the county
jail wit 1 >ut bond, said Lindsey.
state because we make an effort to
keep the books returning,” said Rho
da Russell, Extension Services Coor
dinator for the Lake Lanier Regional
Library System.
“The vast majority (98 percent) of
our patrons return their library books
on time or just a little overdue,” Rus
sell said.
The Lake Lanier Library System is
composed of three counties, Forsyth,
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A food collection campaign entitled
Hands Across Forsyth is still moving
ahead.
The goal of the countywide effort is
to try to collect as much food to help
needy families in Forsyth County.
Those interested in helping in this
campaign the following information
might be useful:
• Items can be brought to the For
syth County News, Jim Wallace Food
store on Hwy 9 and Buford Dam Road
or to collection areas in the schools.
• It is requested that checks be
made out to the Department of Fam
ily and Children Services.
• If you need further information
please call 887-3126.