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PAGE 4A FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Surnlay, Novmfaf M, 1995 Perkins named new director of water and sewer By Thomas W. Krause SttafT Writer lust a few short days after Forsyth County Water and Sewer Department Director Tom Heard announced his resignation, the position was filled. An announcement from the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners Wednesday said Assistant Director of Public Works Tim Perkins had been promoted to fill the Water and Sewer Department vacancy. •“We’re excited,” said County Administrator Stevie Mills. “We think Tim is very capable.” Mills said Perkins was chosen because of his experience in engineering and public works. MEET from 2A buffer for all running streams. Other conditions include a maxi mum of 244 homes and landscap ing requirements. The Oct. 31 meeting contained an hour-long debate about this rezoning. George Butler, repre senting DCR, Inc., argued rezon ing would be an improvement. The land is currently zoned for vacation cottages, which allows greater density and trailers. The new residential zoning would require a minimum of 25,500 square foot lots and would not allow trailers. Area residents opposed to the re zoning were concerned that the new subdivision would be too dense. Traffic and schooling could be affected by the 244 new homes. The Planning Commission said they were required to approve the rezoning because it complies with County ordinances. Although the rezoning is on the agenda for Monday’s meeting, a request for postponement has been filed. The rezoning of a separate 12.14 acre piece of land will finally be heard before the Board of Commissioners on Monday. Billy Evans requested the land be rezoned to commercial business from agricultural at the Sept. 26 meeting of the Planning Commission. The hearing was North Georgia Monuments /Monuments in:\ r • Granite ' •Bronze •Marble We do sales, service, installation and cleaning. Death dates available. 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The new director of the Water and Sewer Department is taking over the position at an important and controversial time. County plans to build a $l2O million water and sewer system are now coming to fruition. The County is currently involved in a lawsuit over the price of water it purchases from the City of Cumming. And, on Dec. 1, the Commissioners and Perkins will meet with homeowners, developers and builders to attempt to come to an agreement on proposed requirements for postponed at last month's Board of Commissioners meeting. The proposed convenience store on Bethelview Road near Chamblee Gap Road was opposed by 40 area residents. Most resi dents were concerned about increases in traffic, crime and noise. Others were concerned about potential environmental damage from petroleum run-off. Due to the absence of Commissioner David Filson, the vote was split. No recommenda tion has been presented to the Board of Commissioners. The one rezoning request com ing before the Board of Commissioners that has been rec ommended for denial by the Planning Commission was for a motorcycle repair shop on Cast leberry Road and Piney Grove Road. The proposed shop would be in an existing 24 X 50 foot building. Eight people spoke at the Oct. 31 meeting in opposition to the rezoning. Concerns included the unsightliness of a repair shop and the noise caused by testing motor cycles. The Planning Commission voted 3-1 to recommend against the rezoning. Commissioner Talmadge Bolton was in the minority. Do you have Allergy or Asthma problems? WE CAN HELP! [SI „ □ Asthma/Hayfever Ffl Wf y\©\|S| J to Certified in Adult and Pediatric Allergy Allergy & Asthma Consultants, P.C. Donald M. Gilner, M.D. 210 Dahlonega St. Paul S. Rabinowitz, M.D. Suite 104 Mark D. Llvezey M.D., Ph.D. Cumming, GA 30130 Glen L. Nadel, M.D. a #• Other rezoning requests include an R.V. and boat storage facility on Keith Bridge Road near Shadburn Road, a 3.55 acre sub division off Old Alpharetta Road near Brandywine trail and a plas tic slitting plant for the slicing of plastic strips for garbage bags on Evans Road near Post Road. No one was present at the Oct. 31 meeting in opposition to these requests. The Planning Commission has recommended approval for all other rezonings. Also to be discussed at the Board of Commissioners meeting is a review of a decision by the Board of Appeals regarding the request for Ed Castro Landscaping, Inc. to place a sign within the right-of-way. Other business includes a request for an extension of an existing contract with Stephens Construction for the installation of two inch water lines and the acceptance of bids for a new asphalt planer attachment and a new asphalt wheeled cold planer. The meeting will be held Monday at 7 p.m. in the Jury Assembly/Commissioner’s Meeting Room on the second floor of the Forsyth County Courthouse. dry sewer lines to be installed in new develop ments. Perkins grew up in the Freehome area. He graduated from Cherokee High School and attended Maryville College and Southern Tech majoring in Civil Engineering. \ Perkins holds a certificate of local govern ment management from the University of Georgia and the Georgia Mountains Regional Development Center. The certificate was awarded after two years of classroom and practical work. He will begin the position immediately. Group began two years ago Family Friendly Libraries support commission By Laura Boggs Staff Writer One of the strong voices for keeping certain books out of the hands of children in the Gwinnett- Forsyth Regional Library system has come from the Citizens for Family Friendly Libraries. The group has been around for two years, months before Scott Scoggins, another voice for restricted access, joined the Gwinnett Library Board. “It started when we discovered What Is A Boy? What Is a Girl? on the 3-foot high shelves for kids,” said Jennifer Toombs of Gwinnett, a founder of the organi zation consisting of hundreds of Gwinnett and Forsyth members. The book contains sexually Ron DeLaby for SHERIFF FORSYTH COUNTY Third in a series of five reasons for 1995 as to why Ron DeLaby’s 30 years experience will turn the Forsyth County Sheriff's Department into a model agency that will set the example for others to follow. REASON # 3. CREATE A PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY: Ron will rebuild the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office into a professional Law Enforcement agency whose primary purpose is the protection of life and property and service to the citizens of the county. 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'SMrN o*l* "' Santa in his Holiday Village, sample •. » •iflt'N ,44sH*i delicious treats, shop for arlv and * . . £j . f crafts, or roast some marshmallows’ ■■MM'MpMMt ?j|f» ,m gLf -At ovcr our °P en bonfires. Share WA t * tT die magic. Only at "Late Lanier 8 Islands. Ask a|put our hotel . r jJ? !♦. Apackages. Just north okAtlanta. * • i|“Vw .y ‘. -985 to'exit 112 then' ' ♦• # jli T •*. * . %!* . ‘ **fo|loA‘the signs. ■ • Ari-.Nw, ri \..mmmt V> .’ < * V■ ■ “res. ■ :! - ?:* • xr." ;?.«_ vLake Lanier I stands INSIDE METRO ATLANTA 952-7200 • Ol fSIDE METRQ ATLANTA I^oo->4O-LAKE 1 Vi. mt C • ip. •SSm A '-" M v r &• c ' Uoig.llWl A Day will not resign \ from State Senate to campaign for new seat \ By Laura Boggs Staff Writer Ethics laws will keep state Sen. Clint Day (R-48th District), who is running for the U.S. Senate, from raising money during crucial campaign months next year. Day said he has decided to remain in the legislature through the 2 1/2-month session, which explicit pictures and text that should not be available to chil dren, contends the group. Books like It’s Perfectly Normal, a children’s text that deals with the subjects of homosexuality, masturbation and abortion, and young adult novels like Fade and We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier, which contain passages about sex and violence, have since come to the Citizens’ atten tion. Betty Wheeler of Forsyth, an active member of the Citizens, said the fiction books are espe cially troubling because they don’t condemn destructive behav iors. “The way they are written is rude and crude,” Wheeler said. Toombs said the Citizens are not starts in January. “It was really a gut-wrenching' decision,” Day said. “I feel like « I’ve told the people of the 48th I was going to fulfill a two-year commitment when I was elect ed.” His personal fortune may help See DAY, Page 5A for pulling books from shelves but for putting them in a “Family Advisory Area,” where children could not wander without a par ent’s permission. A poll of Gwinnett and Forsyth residents could determine which materials are inappropriate for children and should be put in the restricted area, Toombs said. Library policy now leaves the responsibility of monitoring what children read to parents. The Citizens recently collected 2,100 petition signatures of indi viduals who want to restrict chil dren’s access to sexually explicit materials in the library. Toombs said the group is frustrated that all See BOOKS, Page 5A m yH. I'fi'