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VOLUME LXXXIII —NUMBER 13
Commission
votes 6 no’ to
AIDS movie
By Kara Sproles ,
Staff Writer
The Forsyth County Board of Com
missioners Monday night voted unan
imously not to allow an Atlanta-based
production company use the court
house as the setting for a film to deal
with the subject of AIDS.
“There is nothing to be gained by
Forsyth County by the subject of the
movie and certainly the method of
payment is unacceptable,” said Com
missioner James Harrington.
County Administrator Donald Ma
jor said earlier Monday he didn’t be
lieve commissioners would approve
the use of the courthouse because the
county would have to pay about SSOO
for expenses such as heating, lights
and overtime pay to employees, not
receiving reimbursement until the
film was released.
Please see MOVIE, Page 2A
Drug charge
in Sun. arrest
By Kara Sproles
Staff Writer
A 27-year-old Forsyth Countian
was arrested on drug charges Sunday
after a deputy answered a domestic
complaint and discoverd the illicit
substances, the sheriffs office
reported.
‘The deputy... discovered suspect
ed drugs and evidence believed indi
cating the suspect of additional drug
related activities,” Forsyth County
Sheriff Wesley Walraven stated.
Thomas Woodrow Roberts was
jailed on possession of marijuana
with intent and possession of cocaine
with intent, records show. As of Mon
day evening, he was in the Forsyth
County Detention Center pending a
Superior Court bond hearing.
Walraven said the deputy notified
Drug Task Force offers upon the dis
covery at 3505 Aaron Sosebee Road.
A search warrant of the residence
resulted in the arrest of Roberts and
the seizure of approximately $21,000
in cash, numerous paper records,
four automobiles, furniture and pos
sibly property.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
agents are now assisting Drug Task
Force agents in the investigation and
the Drug Enforcement Agency has
been notified, Walraven added.
Weather:
Showers
Partly cloudy skies today
bring a chance of scattered
showers for Thursday and Friday
according to the National Weather
Service. Highs will be in the 50s
through Thursday and low 60s
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Commission tosses ball on paving
By Kristin Jeffries
Staff Wrttar
Commissioners postponed consid
eration of paving a portion of Holtz
claw Road for which they claim the
local Board of Education took
responsibility.
In a June meeting last year the two
boards jointly discussed the responsi
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Voc-tech plays a big education role
By Kristin Jeffries
Staff Writer
More than 1,700 Forsyth County
high school students are now taking
one or more vocational classes.
No longer relegated to home eco
nomics, typing, and shop, vocational
and technical classes have taken off in
Forsyth County.
At South Forsyth High School stu
dents can take graphic arts using state
ofthe art printing equipment and they
can learn about health occupations in
a room that comes close to really look
ing like a hospital.
At Forsyth Central High School stu
dents are learning electronics and
agri-business.
Additionally as many as 300 juniors
and seniors get out of school at 1:15
each day to work on regular jobs as
part of Cooperative Business Educa
tion, Diversified Cooperative Train
ing, Marketing Education, and Coop
erative Home Economics.
Today’s schools are spending more
time and effort teaching students the
proper mix of both academic and
technical skills. In addition, adminis
trators are forming relationships with
local businesses and offering students
hands-on experience before they
graduate, stated Dr. Helen Hall, head
of the department of vocational edu
cation at the University of Georgia
College of Education, in a release
commemorating National Vocational
Education Week
Forsyth’s high schools also offer
programs in agriculture and horticul
ture, business education, auto body
repair, technology education, con
struction, cosmetology, metal fabrica-
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bility each would have in preparing
Holtzclaw Road for a new elementary
school.
The Board of education had asked
for clarification of that meeting from
commissioners. The school board is
asking the county to pave the road in
front of the school, said County Ad
ministrator Donald Major.
According to Major, the minutes of
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Vocational Education Week
DECA, an Association for Marketing Work Students, recently competed in district level competition. Shown are
Shelle Roberts, Tripp Brackett, Jason Rainwater, Sandy Tormey, Shannon Reeves who placed 3rd in General
Merchandising, Brandie Wilson, Kimberly Thompson, Amy Wallace who placed first in General Marketing, Kevin
Cruse, Tabitha Bluder who placed 2nd in Quick Serve Restaurant Management, Traci Hughes, Michelle Sutton,
Jeni Heposki who placed 2nd in the Economics Testing Event, Eddie Garcia who placed 3rd in Job Interview, and
teacher Michelle Rumbley. Not pictured is Jonda Sullivan who placed Ist in Finance and Credit. All students
participate in the marketing work program, spending part of the school day out working. These students will go to
state competition In March at Gwinnett.
tion, trade and industry, and power
transportation. Outside work oppor
tunities for home economics students
are also available.
Middle school students also take
general exploratory classes in tech
nology, home economics, and agricul
ture.
While students are developing their
education in the classroom a good bit
of learning also may be acmeved out
side the classrooms, through co-op
programs and apprenticeships, stated
Hall.
By Kristin Jeffries
Staff Writer
“We are shaped andfashioned by what we love,"
according to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow noted that “Love
gives itself; it is not bought.”
Longfellow also admonished that one should
“Talk not of wasted affection; affection is never
wasted."
From the Bible to country music, men and wom
en have been writing, talking, and singing about
the importance of love since time began.
Everyone wants to express their love on the one
day set aside to celebrate romance: Valentine’s
Day.
It must be true. Valentine’s Day card buying ri
vals Christmas in popularity. According to Hall
mark 1 billion greeting cards are given at Valen
tine’s Day alone, second only to Christmas which
logs 2.3 billion cards purchased.
Experts cite several origins of the holiday in
cluding a Roman festival, the martyrdom of one or
two early Christian saints, and the old English leg
end that birds choose their mates on February 14.
Some unique Forsyth County residents recently
got their chance to share wisdom on the issue of
romance.
Homer R. Love of Forsyth County has quite a bit
the meeting indicate the county was
responsible for straightening a curve
north of the school and up grading the
intersection of Holtzclaw and Chatta
hoochee roads.
Public Works Director Jim Red
mond estimated the cost of paving to
be $20,000 to $25,000, or up to $32,000
with acceleration/deceleration lanes.
“We didn’t set aside any money for
“It is just a chance for kids to get
credit while they work as well as re
ceive some skills that we can’t teach
them here,” said James Smith, voca
tional director at South Forsyth.
Often work students are college
bound and the work study programs
allow them to see what their career of
choice is really like, said Smith.
On the other hand, James Harris,
county Director of Vocational Educa
tion, said the work program also helps
students who might otherwise be
tempted to drop out
it in the budget,” said Commissioner
James Harrington.
However, he moved the issue be
postponed until the board has a firm
grasp on what is the school board is
proposing and how much it will cost
In other business:
• Approved two water line projects
Please see COMMISSION, Page 2A
Staff photo - Porfirio Solorzano
“I really think it has a place in high
school education,” Harris said.
Besides providing extra training
opportunities the programs help re
lieve overcrowding in the schools.
“They are not just turned loose to go
to work,” said Harris explaining the
program.
Students receive a grade for the
work they do, are supervised by
school program coordinators, and are
evaluated by their employers.
Students work in all sorts of busi
nesses from banking to landscaping.
of credibility in the area of love. He and his wife,
Beatrice, will have been married 62 years in
March.
“Set your goals high and live to it,” is his advice
to younger daters.
“Split 50/50 on everything you do. If you don’t
work together you don’t get anywhere,” he said.
So many young people pull against each other
and are inflexible, he said.
“The best thing to do is have that one goal in
mind -we are here to stay and keep it that way,”
he concluded.
Bob Lady and his wife, Caroline, have been mar
ried for 46 years and have one son.
“My advice to young people is that marriage is a
give and take proposition. Also, it is easy to get
along with the right person if you have the right
person,” he said.
Another bit advice to those who are married or
dating: “We tried to make it a policy to never let the
sun set on a quarrel.”
“Never go to bed angry,” agreed Bill Campbell,
owner and broker at Heart to Heart Realty. “Treat
each other with respect,” he added.
Campbell named his realty company after his
friend and potential partner decided not to get into
the business after a heart transplant It also goes
Please see LOVE, Page 2A
New water
council is off
and running
By Kara Sproles
Staff Writer
Both of the local representatives
on the diversified Governor’s Adviso
ry Council for the Tri-State Water Re
sources Issues reported the group is
“off to a good start” after its first offi
cial meeting Monday.
Serving on the 40-member appoint
ed committee are County Commis
sioner James Harrington and Lake
Lanier Property Owners Association
President Ron Seder who both said
they were pleased with the headway
made at the meeting held Monday af
ternoon at the Ramada Inn hotel on
Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta.
“I think it’s off to a good start,” said
Seder.
Both men said the diverse group,
which decided to meet on a quarterly
basis, is composed of “all walks of
life.” Elected officials, industry lead
ers and regional development com
mittee heads were present to give
input
“There were people there with sev
eral different motivations, from up
and down both river systems,” Seder
observed.
Harrington said that after intro
ductions were made the group was
brought up to date on the status of the
tri-state water issue by Joe Tanner of
the Department of Natural Re
sources and Howard Reheis of the
Environmental Protection
Department
The council was formed to study
issues concerning the use of water
Please see WATER, Page 2A
F owler
hosts
a town
meeting
By Kara Sproles
Staff Writer
United States Senator Wyche
Fowler, Jr. Saturday held a town
meeting in the Forsyth County Court
house to talk with area residents.
“As one United States Senator, I
have done my best to put the needs
and interests of Georgians and
Americans - first,” Fowler said.
“With the help of your advice and
comments today, I hope that we can
begin to form a consensus on our na
tional agenda so that we can move
America forward.”
The Democratic congressman ad
dressed concerns and questions from
the audience of about 50 after he
spoke about how he believes the mid-
Please see FOWLER, Page 2A
Two tax bills
are planned
By Kristin Jeffries
Staff Writer
Forsyth County’s 1991 property tax
bills may be ready to mail in March,
meaning local residents will receive
two bills this year if all goes as
planned.
Monday was the deadline for ap
peals on the 1991 property appraisals.
By Monday afternoon Chief Tax As
sessor James Payne had only received
just more than 500 appeals. It would
take more than 700, 3 percent of all
taxable parcels, to keep the digest
from being submitted to the state for
approval.
The next step is for the Department
of Revenue to come up next week to
do a spot check to make sure proper
ties are assessed at 40 percent of fair
market value, said Payne.
“The state’s going to be checking it
real close this year,” said Payne. This
is the first year that under House Bill
1279 every county must be assessing
property at 40 percent
Payne said since the county-wide
reappraisal in 1990 he is not worried
about meeting state standards.
However, before the digest may be
officially submitted to the state both
see TAX, Page**
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