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Highlights of Christmas is Cumming PAGE 8A Forsyth CountvNews 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 partly sunny, with highs in Hie 50$. Thure. and Fri. will be sunny. —f—*— —— ' V -fe / INDEX Abby IQA Events 11A Deaths 4A School 6A Holiday eventslM Horoscope 10A Qassifieds 6B Legate SB Editorial 14A Sports IB ■ COMING FRIDAY^ Zoning commission The Forsvth Coupty Planning and fcmryj pptnm^sion befo^cCinni?Ferry loaf. See Friday’s edition for complete derails of the meeting. United Way campaign year See where the contributions stand and now well the community has turned out to give to those in ———— 1,1 1 - Missed paper pofcy: For replacement papered betweenßa.m. to6pjn.on Wed, g a.m. to 1 pin. on Friday, and 9 ajn. to 1 p.m. on Sin., SB7-3126. Will 90994^04001" 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. ' \ ik J 03BFrL?.k CKSKfcIrSrfWBL Ao®? huSsRI ■K* w fH' " ffli V BB ” ' wpR T BL, feawßclLd .%. M gH jHI £ | MSL; ; [ jjppß < w fa* 1 r'if i j.-*r jt ** Photo/Tom Brooks 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 r W li :t, > i Nb „ f +m \ * A if. W;--V fjPsk w-./ sp§i dB 1 i ||pr . m . ■ _ rr _ . _ r-1 i . _ Photo/Torr. Brooks 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 Students leam about AIDS crisis PAGE6A 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 |« ~/n 4* i 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