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Shooting
leaves 3
dead, baby
boy spared
By Kara Sproles
Staff Writer
A baby boy was apparently the only
witness to the shooting of his mother
and her male friend Monday evening.
According to Forsyth County Sher
iff Wesley Walraven, Tony Junior
Mcßrayer, age 19, entered a mobile
home at 3435 Trammel Road near the
Gwinnett County line where he deliv
ered one fatal gunshot to both his
common law wife and her male
friend at approximately 8:40 p.m.
Mcßrayer’s body was later found
just inside Cherokee County where
he had apparently committed
suicide.
Both Sonda Lawana Wilson, age 18
and Robert Glenn Daniel, age 24,
both of Forsyth County, were found
dead at the scene apparently shot in
the head with a high powered rifle.
Officials said Wilson, with a friend,
had been living there temporarily.
Mcßrayer fled the scene in a 1992
S-10 maroon Chevrolet pick up truck
leaving his infant son, Anthony Shel
don Wilson, behind uninjured.
The infant, who a relative said
turned one-year-old on Monday, is
the son of the gunman and the victim.
Walraven said that Mcßrayer
stopped at his sister’s home at Twin
Lakes Mobile Home Park and con
fessed the act before fleeing again.
Sheriff Deputies and the Cumming
Police searched the area until mid
night when Mcßrayer’s body was dis
coverd inside his truck in Cherokee
County close to the Forsyth County
line. An apparent suicide victim, offi
cials said Mcßrayer had turned the
same high powered rifle on himself.
Walraven said an immediate check
of records showed that Mcßrayer had
no prior arrests but that incident re
ports would also be examined during
the investigation.
The infant remains in the custody
of the Department of Family and
Children Services.
Weather:
Mild
Increasing clouds Wednesday.
Scattered rain Thursday. Fair
Friday. Mild Wednesday with
highs upper 50s to mid6os, lows
generally in the 40s. Thursday,
Friday highs in the 50s, lows in
the3os,accordingtotheNation
al Weather Service.
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Work begins on adult entertainment ordinance
By Kristin Jeffries
Staff Writer
Commissioners are taking steps to
bridle the passions of those who may
wish to bring adult entertainment es
tablishments into Forsyth County.
The commissioners agreed Monday
night to begin working with DeKalb
County’s attorney Sid Johnson to draft
an ordinance which would allow the
A dream nears reality
Memorial
project is
on target
By Kara Sproles
Staff Writer
Drive past Cumming City Hall on Old Buford Road
these days and you will see the results of a community’s
efforts to construct a monument to honor those who died
while fighting in defense of America’s ideals.
The memorial project, which kicked off several
months ago, is right on time. So far, plans to construct the
monument which will stand in the lot adjacent to City
Hall are progressing without many roadblocks.
More than 15 individuals and companies have donated
SI,OOO or more in cash, materials or other contributions
to go toward building the war memorial, said Linda
Heard of Cumming City Hall, who has served as the
backbone of the project.
Those who have contributed SI,OOO or more will have
their names engraved on the granite “statement of pur
pose” pedestal which will stand on the path leading to
the monument as a token of appreciation.
Among those whose names will be engraved on the
granite stand are Tyson Foods, Inc., U.S. Marine Corp
Capt. Jack Manton, People’s Bank of Forsyth County,
Sawnee Association of the Arts, Veteran’s of Foreign
Wars and Women’s Auxiliary, The Cecil B. Day Family,
Dr. Tim Devine, Mike Sasser, Alpha Metals, Forsyth Con
crete, Buckhom Minerals, Motorola, Mullinax Nursery,
Forsyth County Jaycees and Delta Air Lines.
Everyone who donated even those who gave less
than SI,OOO will more than likely have their names
published in the program which will be distributed on
dedication day in May, Heard said.
Heard estimates that so far about $30,000, which in-
Please see PROJECT, Page 2A
Technology Task Force is appointed
By Kristin Jeffries
Staff Writer
Last week the Board of Education
approved a plan which could put For
syth County on the leading edge of
education in America.
As part of the President’s America
2000 plan and the Governor Zell
Miller’s corresponding plan for Geor
gia education, the board appointed a
committee to begin working on taking
education to the technological pinna
cle in Forsyth County.
The “Technology Task Force” is
chaired by South Forsyth Middle
School Principal David Adams, a 26-
year veteran in education.
DUI suspect
is arrested
By Kara Sproles
Staff Writer
A Cumming man was arrested last
week in connection with a late No
vember accident, believed to be DUl
related, in which three people were
killed.
Records at the Forsyth County De
tention Center show David Tony
Neisler, 30, was arrested and re
leased on $30,850 bond on Jan. 13. He
was charged with driving under the
influence, driving on the wrong side
of the road and vehicular homicide.
According to officials at Erlanger
Hospital in Tennessee, Neisler was
flown there after the accident and was
listed in critical condition in the trau
ma unit for about one month.
He was released from the hospital
on Dec. 31.
According to Forsyth County Sher
iff Wesjey Walraven, his arrest was
delayed in order to keep the county
from having to pay for his medical
expenses.
Neisler was reportedly driving the
Please see DUI, Page 2A
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1992-CUMMING, GA 30130-24 PAGES 2 SECTIONS
county control in such an event Along
with beginning work the board passed
a moratorium on adult entertainment
establishments until an ordinance is
in place.
No one has shown interest yet in
such a business since the county’s al
cohol ordinance went into affect a
year ago, said County Administrator
Donald Major.
Now Forsyth County would have no
The recommendation of the For
syth County America 2000 committee
is to increase the span of teacher in
fluence on students through the use of
a computer network which will put a
teaching computer in front of every
student in every classroom in the
school system.
In response to the decline in stu
dent performance, “Forsyth County
has set out to develop a unique, com
puter-based educational system
which will be a combination of com
puter hardware, software, and sub
ject course-work under the direction
of a teacher. The computer will sim
ply become an assistant to the teach
er,” Adams explained.
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Fickle weather
Going grocery shopping before the snow hit was the objective of a good number of Frosyth Countians like the hooded
one above, preparing for Saturday night’s first snow of ’92. It turned out to be a light, wet snow that was quickly gone.
Although the weather bear promises pleasant, almost balmy weather for the next couple of days, beware, it’s just fickle
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way to control such a club. However,
the law does not allow for it to be com
pletely banned with any type of ordi
nance, said staff counsel Ed Ledford.
DeKalb has just enacted an ordi
nance they hope will stand up under
legal pressure, said Commissioner
Charles Welch.
“We ought not re-invent the wheel,”
said Welch. The board has agreed to
pay Johnson $8,400 for help on the
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Photo by Porfir!o Solorzano
Artist Gregory Johnson is doing all of the art on the War Memorial. Above he is shown working in his
Forsyth County studio. Johnson is working on a wax sculpture that he will later cast in bronze of a
Vietnam War-era soldier's boot which will be part of the sculpture commemorating those soldiers
from Forsyth County who gave their lives in the Vietnam War.
Superintendent Rick Case indicat
ed he was behind the Task Froce’s
efforts “100 percent.”
“Obviously I feel like we have four
great technology programs in the old
industrial arts programs but there is
more technology we need to bring into
the county in curriculum areas,” Case
said.
The committee was not given per
mission to use tax money for the pro
gram. Indeed it did not ask to.
“If you do this using tax money it
just isn’t going to happen,” said
Adams.
The plan is to recruit corporate
sponsors and other private financing
sources for the program.
ordinance.
“It is a small price to pay to make
sure it is done correctly,” said Com
missioner Michael McGaughey.
“One of my major concerns is we
did not deal with this in the alcohol
ordinance. I am glad we are going to
deal with it at some point,” said Com
missioner James Harrington.
In other business during the work
shop session the board:
“To be competitive in the world in
coming decades, the education sys
tem of tomorrow will be vastly differ
ent from the systems we are all famil
iar with today,” said Adams.
Outdated methodology in the class
room stretches teachers beyond their
capability to provide quality one-on
one attention they need, he said.
“The local grocery store, fast food
restaurant, computers, VCRs, video
cameras and other modem electronic
devices found in the home are more
sophisticated and teach students
more about technology outside the
school than we have the capability of
Please see TASK, Page 2A
Photo by Porflrlo Solorzano
• Agreed to seek proposals from en
gineers on the county’s water and
sewer projects as well as their landfill
engineering work. Currently the
county is under contract with Rindt-
McDuff of Marietta for all water and
sewer work. That contract is up for
renewal on March 22.
The county deals informally with W.
Please see ADULT, Page 2A
Anti-quarry
group draws
up game plan
By Kristin Jeffries
Staff Writer
Last week members of the anti
quarry group in south Forsyth met to
consolidate their forces and an
nounce further plans.
Teams from the Concerned Citizens
of Southeast Forsyth County have
been waging a door-to-door campaign
against Tennessee-based Hoover,
Inc.’s plans to locate a rock quarry
between Buford Highway and Old At
lanta Road.
The quarry would provide rock for
the proposed Outer Loop as well as
other projects.
Although the 343 acre-site is cur
rently zoned agricultural, Hoover is
proposing no rezoning is needed be
cause of an alleged mistake in rein
acting the zoning ordinances in 1990.
Hoover filed a case against Forsyth
County because the county refused to
issue a land disturbance permit
which would have allowed work to be
gin on the project
CCSEFC has hired a lawyer and in
its door-knocking campaign has been
trying to raise funds for those ex
penses as well as spread the word
about the proposed project
Most people knew about the pro
posed quarry already, said finance
chairman Bill Smith. Thirteen of the
18 families Smith and his wife visited
felt strongly enough about the issue to
make financial donations or monthly
pledges, said Smith.
He reported residents primarily
were concerned with losing the in
vestments they have made in their
homes and that a quarry in this area
does not fit into the county’s land-use
plan.
The finance committee also plans
to approach area builders and those
in the real estate business to help with
funds.
“If we can just be united in this
thing I think we will win,” said Smith.
As well as recruiting the local resi
dents to get involved, CCSEFC is also
Please see QUARRY, Page 2A
Ron Seder
appointed
to governor’s
water council
By Kara Sproles
Staff Writer
Forsyth County resident Ron Se
der, President of the Lake Lanier
Property Owner’s Association, is
among those recently appointed to
the Governor’s Advisory Council for
Tri-State Water Resources Issues.
“I sent a letter of acceptance back to
him right away before he changed his
mind,” Seder said.
Governor Zell Miller on Jan. 14
mailed letters of invitation to about 30
pftpple from all over the state who
deal with various water basins.
The volunteers will study issues
concerning the use of water resources
which affect many Georgia, Alabama
and Florida residents and industries.
Miller assembled the council in re
sponse to an agreement signed by the
governors of the three states on Jan. 3
to end the water dispute by conduct
ing a three-year study on water needs
in relation to the Apalachicola-Chat
tahoochee-Flint and Alabama-Coosa-
Tallapoosa River basins.
The states and the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers agreed to study water
needs and availability through the
year 2050.
According to Miller’s letter, the
council will work alongside the study
during the three year period, offering
Plwse see WATER, Page 2A
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