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J Your "Hometown Paper” Since 1908 • Georgia
VOLUME LXXXVI, NUMBER 99 Copyright © 1995 Forsyth County News
Commission
votes to
change
meeting
times
By Thomas W. Krause
Staff Writer
Monday night’s Forsyth
County Board of
Commissioner’s meeting was
highlighted by hearings for
several rezonings and an
announcement changing the
starting time of County meet
ings.
Starting with the Dec. 11
Board of Commissioner’s
meeting, all County business
at public meetings has been
moved to 4 p.m. Rezonings
and public hearings remain at
the 7 p.m. time to allow the
public easy access to the por
tions of the meeting most rele
vant to their needs.
The change came due to
meetings that have lasted until
as late as midnight or 1 a.m.
Commission Chairman Ron
Seder said growth has caused
the longer meetings.
"That has put a lot of
requirements on the staff,”
Seder said.
The meetings will still be
heard on the second and fourth
Mondays of the month. The
new times go into effect
immediately.
Public Forums, which are
usually heard on the first
Monday of every month, have
been moved to the second
Monday following the public
hearings. This change will not
begin until January. The
December Public Forum will
still be held on Dec. 4.
See COUNTY, Page 2A
WEATHER
Wed. will be
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with highs in Hie
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INDEX
Abby IQA Events 11A
Deaths 4A School 6A
Holiday eventslM Horoscope 10A
Qassifieds 6B Legate SB
Editorial 14A Sports IB
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Friends of Library will not meet with ACLU
By Laura Boggs
Staff Writer
The Friends of the Library Board voted
unanimously Monday night to call off a
Tuesday meeting with the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia, which
is looking into the controversy about sexu
ally explicit library materials in Forsyth
County.
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The Christmas season officially began on Saturday as the tree was lighted at the Sawnee Community Center on
Tribble Gap Road as part of the “Christmas is Cumming” celebration. Students from area elementary and middle
schools gathered around to sing in the spirit of the season with carols.
South Forsyth residents concerned over powerline towers
By Thomas W. Krause
Staff Writer
Homeowners in many South
Forsyth County subdivisions and
Oglethorpe Power Corporation
have been battling over the con
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University of Georgia cheerleader Courtney Kohn cheers
during tiie Georgia-Alabama game at Sanford Stadium
in Athens.
Raider basketball
gets two wins
SPORTS, IB
Cumming, GA / November 29,1995
WEDNESDAY EDI HON
“It would not be accepted or appropri
ate for representatives of die Friends of the
Library to meet with the ACLU,” said Bob
White, president of the Friends, whose 100
members have supported open access to
library materials for all age groups.
Last week, White said he was not inter
ested in getting involved in a lawsuit, but
he did intend to meet with the ACLU to
“share any information I have about the sit
struction of several power-line
towers and a new power sub-sta
tion.
Oglethorpe Power’s decision
to build the sub-station off James
Burgess Road and the 93-foot tall
0p
uation.” Although White wrote to the
ACLU Nov. 13, he now says the Friends
will “totally disengage” itself from the
organization.
Executive Director Teresa Nelson said
the ACLU has been keeping an eye on the
fact that a number of citizens and politi
cians want to restrict children’s access to
sexually explicit library materials.
“Censorship is a concern,” she said.
power line poles near several area
developments was spurred by
growth and a need for more
power, said Greg Jones, a
spokesman for Oglethorpe. The
current system for the area was
University of Georgia sophomore Courtney Kohn
Forsyth native’s dream comes true
as she becomes UGA cheerleader
By Jim Riley
Staff Writer
Many people never fulfill their childhood dreams
of becoming a professional or college athlete. For
those select few who do realize their dreams, the
achievement is one to be savored and remembered for
a lifetime.
U.G.A. sophomore and Cumming resident
Courtney Kohn always dreamed of being a cheer
leader for the University of Georgia. Last year when
she was selected for the varsity squad she was thrilled
beyond all of her expectations.
“The coach posted the varsity squad on the door
of the coliseum. 1 was so nervous that 1 made my dad
go look for me. When he came back he had a grin
from ear to ear,” she said. “It was one of the best
nights of my life and something I will remember for a
really long time. ”
Kohn comes from a family that has a history of
U.G.A. athletics. Her father Randy Kohn played
baseball for the Bulldogs, and her uncle played foot
ball. “Both of my parents (Randy and Pat, a coun
selor at Otwell Middle School) went to U.G.A. and
we spent every Saturday in Athens,” she said.
She began her long road to success in the seventh
grade. “I started cheerleading at Otwell Middle
School.”
From there Kohn went on to cheer on the Forsyth
Central varsity squad for four years before going to
U.G.A. She was named an “All American
Cheerleader” while in high school.
The summer between high school and college
Kohn worked for the Universal Cheerleaders
Association for the first time. This company conducts
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not built to handle the growth that
has already occurred and more
See TOWER, Page 2A
cheerleading camps for high school students through
out the southeast. Kohn continues to travel and work
with the company during the summer.
In order to prepare for the rigors of college cheer
leading, Kohn attended a cheerleading/gymnastics
gym in Atlanta beginning her Senior year of high
school to learn the advanced stunts that she needed to
perform.
Her freshman year Kohn made the junior varsity
squad and by basketball season, she had risen from
over 60 candidates to be one of the seven women on
the varsity squad.
Each woman on the team has a male cheerleading
partner that they stay with the entire time they cheer
for the school. This allows the male cheerleader to
become familiar with the weight of his partner for
stunts.
Kohn’s schedule is very demanding, with
Cheerleading practice occurring each day of the week
at 7:30 a.m. and weight training three days per week.
Even with this rigorous practice schedule, Kohn still
finds time to excel in her major, Pre-Med. “I have
made the Dean’s List every quarter since I have been
here,” she said.
The reward for all of this sacrifice is the travel and
glamour of cheering for a large university. “Traveling
is a lot of fun. Last year I got to travel to Minnesota
for the Women’s basketball final four. It is a lot of fun
being so involved l’ve always loved the
University of Georgia.”
After football and basketball seasons are over,
cheerleaders compete in national competitions
See KOHN, Page 2A
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Most members of the Gwinnett-Forsyth
Regional Library Board, which oversees
the 10-branch system, have maintained that
parents not the library should moni
tor what children read.
During the past few weeks, the Friends
of the Library have found themselves in the
See LIBRARY, Page 2A
U.S. grand
jury wants
pay records
of sheriff’s
major
By Jim Riley
Staff Writer
A federal subpoena was served
on Monday to the Forsyth County
personnel office demanding that
the county produce for a U.S.
Grand Jury documents on Major
Jessie Layne of the Forsyth
County Sheriff’s Dept.
The subpoena was delivered to
Personnel Director Jim Masaschi
and asks that “all payroll checks
payable to Jessie Layne for the
dme period of Jan. 1, 1990 through
Dec. 31, 1994” be brought to the
United States Courthouse in down
town Atlanta. The records, accord
ing to the subpoena, will be
brought before the Grand Jury on
Dec. 12 at 9 a.m.
Masaschi confirmed that he
was served with the subpoena and
that he will be the officer of the
personnel department who will
have to present the documents
before the federal grand jury. He
was served with the subpoena by
See TREASURY, Page 2A
50 Cents