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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1991
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which supports it Many of the em
ployees at these two companies are
Forsyth County residents and wanted
to support Forsyth County , said Linda
Duncan, chair of the marketing
committee
The Forsyth County United Way
supports 11 local agencies. Chal
lenged Child Inc . Forsyth County 4-
H Club. Northeast Georgia Boy Scout
Council Inc, Northeast Georgia Girl
Scout Council Inc.. American Red
Cross. NE Georgia Chapter. Forsyth
County Family Haven Inc.. Georgia
Highlands Medical Services Inc.. For
syth County Human Resource Coun
cil. Forsyth County Literacy Volun
teers. The Place, and Sojourners'
House
Deaths
CASPER
Dorothy Mae Casper, age 67 of 855
Lynn Dr.. Gumming, died Oct 27 at
Northeast Georgia Medical Center of
a brief illness.
Survivors include: husband John
Casper. Jr. of Cumming: sons and
daughters-in-law: John Howard Cas
per of Houston. Tex.. Mike R. and
Mary Casper of Gainesville: James T
Casper of Woodstock; daughter:
Christine N. Casper of Cumming:
mother: Norma Post FrelinofGaines
ville: brother: Howard Frelin of .An
chorage. Ak. and five grandchildren.
Mrs. Casper was a native of Milwau
kee. Wis. She lived in Doraville for 21
years and in Cumming for the past 15
years. She was a homemaker and a
member of Deer Creek Presbyterian
Church.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, Oct 29. Interment was at Alta Vis
ta Cemetery.
Ward's Chapel. Gainesville.
Correction
The name of Jeffrey Chad Vernon
was left off the Honor Roll All A list for
Forsyth Central High School. Jeffrey
is a senior at Central.
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LIBRARY Continued from Page 1A
to meet the iibary s financial need
halfway, with the Forsyth County
Board of Commissioners also lending
a hand.
Historically, funding for the county
library has been a 50 50 split between
the two entities.
Pinder said the 1992-1993 fiscal
year calls for 5673.000 to make ends
meet at the new library. set to open in
mid-April Fifty percent, or about
5340.00. is what the library requested
from the school board.
T guess w hat you have to think of is
when you open a new school." Pinder
stated, asking the board not to com
pare with the traditional funding fig
ures "It's an additional service."
The amount requested is up
SI 16.000 from the current financial
support the school board contributes.
Pinder said the difference is due to
the expansion from the 5.000 square
foot facility to the future library with
five times more space. She added that
the new facility, which will be located
on Hwy. 9. will contain 80.000 books,
compared with the current facility's
10.000.
Hesitation to continue to split the
tab came from board members, who
claim when their group helps fund.
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A National Rifle Association report
commissioned by the club returned
the results that as far as the club is
concerned, there is no problem, said
Meyer. "I have never gotten a direct
complaint" he said.
In 1988 the county, reacting from
many complaints of noise in the area,
had a noise study completed on the
Millrock club The firm of J.R. Ballen
tine recorded the majority of shots
registered over 80 decibels on the
land of three different neighbors to
the gun club.
There are no noise restrictions in
Georgia, so the Ballentine report not
ed a New Jersey regulation of not al
lowing any noise over 80 dB to come
from any business or organization.
For comparison, a conversation is
carried on at about 60 dB. while a rock
concert would register at about 110
dB.
'Noise is the invisible pollutant
What it does to the psychology of a
person is well documented,” said
Southeast Forsyth Concerned Citi
zens President O.G. Moore.
The report stated the noise was
'‘impulsive,” a most annoying type of
noise, and was recorded as being 13 to
48 dB over the background noise. The
report recorded between 1.6 and 2
shots per minute during one- to two
hour monitoring periods.
"It is so bad you just can’t go out-
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the taxpayers eventually pay more
The school board, they said, is
charged a 2.5 percent “collection fee"
by the county commission when they
designate part of their money to pro
jects like the new library , which ends
up hitting the poeketbooks of Forsyth
residents.
"Whatever we collect the commis
sioners get two-and-a-half percent"
board member Hilda Thomas stated.
Thomas, along with Catherine .Amos
and Johnny Stone, voted to help fund
the new library.
Thomas added that the board is al
ready in a budget crunch with funds
being cut and two new schools on the
drawing board.
"I don't have a problem funding
whatever we can. but I hope people
will realize what constraints we re
under."
The Gwinnett libraries are funded
solely from the county, by resident's
choice. Pinder said. Dawson's finan
cial needs are split between the
school board and the county, though
their system is much smaller.
After the vote was taken. Pinder
said she was pleased with the
outcome
side." said Moore, statingthe shooting
was worst on Wednesday and Sunday
afternoons.
In May. 1990. the current county
commissioners voted unanimously to
file a public nuisance suit to try to
close the gun club. However, counsel
to the county informed commission
ers that according to an old suit tried
before the Supreme Court, neither a
county government or its citizens may
file against a "public' nuisance. The
case must be brought by the district
attorney.
During the summer the commission
asked District Attorney Garry Moss to
begin proceedings to close the club.
However, nothing else had been
heard until Moss contacted SFCC and
the county by letter two weeks ago.
"He says he doesn’t have the staff or
the funding to hire the staff," Moore
said.
Harrington called it "extortion."
The letter was addressed to Har
rington as commissioner of District 2.
and stated:
"As I previously informed the com
mission, I am prepared to appoint a
Special Assistant District Attorney, at
the commission’s expense, to pursue
the action, in court, subject to approv
al of the court"
With almost 400 cases assigned to
the DA's office in Forsyth County each
year, it is just an impossibility, said
your paper. On Wednesday you
can call from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. if
you did not receive your
newspaper and we will deliver it
to you on that day.
Our office hours are Monday
through Friday from 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. The phone number is
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around temporary solutions to sene
the current customers.
The customers have been offered
their money back from the county, but
want water service, said Sewer and
Water Department Director Tom
Heard
Possible solutions included simply
sending money back and informing
customers they could not be served
now. putting in "bladder tanks” at
each household at Sl.ooo-52.000 a
piece, and the short-term possibility
of putting in a small pump to pump
water up into the system for the
customers.
Three zoning issues also came be
fore the board Monday night
• The board voted unanimously- to
deny use of James D. Elliott's land on
Nichols Road as an inert landfill.
Many members of the Southeast For
syth Concerned Citizens were present
in opposition to the request and pre
sented a petition of about 150 signa
tures from people who are in opposi
tion to the project
Nearby neighbor to the land. O.G.
Moore, noted that in these cases the
state had jurisdiction of regulation
over inert landfills which can contain
dirt rock, cement yard trimmings
Garry Moss.
As well as not having the staff, his
office, which works with criminal
cases, does not have the expertise to
handle a complicated civil matter, he
said. The case would take about 100
man hours, he estimated.
“I am willing to use my office in any
way I can to get it done,” he said. Moss
suggested having the county allow
him to appoint their counsel to handle
the case under his supervision and at
the county's expense.
He also noted the law does not pro
hibit the residents from filing a “pri
vate” nuisance case.
Commissioners replied to the letter
that since 1988 the county's portion of
funding for the DA's office was in
creased from 537.385 to 5170.975 for
1992. Moss and his staff of 15 serve the
Blue Ridge District including Chero
kee and Forsyth counties. The letter
requested Moss to go on w'ith the case
without additional funding and re
peated their offer of aid from the
county attorney and commission
counsel.
"It is just communications, no ac
tion,” said Moore. "Mr. Harrington
just hasn't followed through on what
he promised."
The owner ofthe club said he would
be willing to sit down with nearby res
idents and address specific
complaints.
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However, the state has no means of
monitoring the landfills and enforc
ing the rules, he said.
Mike Wind reminded commission
ers that the landfill was close to the
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• John Mashbum was granted a re
quest to have three acres on Hwy. 9
North, rezoned from agricultural to
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No one was present in opposition to
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for Georgia’s sick children. Simply
clip and save the flavor portion of
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work Heinz generously donates six
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