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VOLUME LXXXVII, NUMBER 85 Copyright O 1996 Forsyth County News
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Forsyth Countians carry Olympic Torch
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Carrying the Olympic Torch was the highlight of three
Forsyth County men’s lives this week. At top, Midway
Elementary school principal Dennis Whittle carried the
torch in Roswell on Thursday as many from his school
looked on. At top right, Dale Northup carried the torch on
Holcomb Bridge Road on Thursday. At bottom right, Don
Painter (at right) passes the torch in Clarksville on
Monday. Top photo by Tom Brooks. Other photos sub
mitted.
WEATHER
Scattered than
derstcrms
Sunday, high
92. Isolated
storms Monday
and Tuesday.
INDEX
Abby 7B School 6A
Births 4B Business 7A
Weddings 4B Horoscope 7B
Classifieds 6C Features IB
Editorial 12A Sports 1C
LAKE LANIER LEVELS
Date Level
July 15 1069.67 ft
July 16 1069.66 ft
July 17 1069.57 ft
July 18 1069.47 ft
July 19 1069.36 ft
COMING WEDNESDAY..
County commission to
meet '
The Forsyth County Commission
meets at 4 p.m. on Monday to dis
cuss several rezonings including
one for apartments for senior citi
zens.
Okinawan visitors
A full weekend of events enter
tained the visiting Okinawans here
in Forsyth County. See Wednesday's
edition for details of the visit.
Missed puper policy: For (vplucciiKHt
paper call between X am to 6 p in. on
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Apartments for seniors to be considered
By Thomas W. Krause
Staff Writer
The Forsyth County Board of
Commissioners will hold public
hearings Monday on four rezon
ing requests by Senior
Neighborhoods Corporation.
The company is proposing the
construction of apartments for
residents 55 years and older.
At last month’s Planning
Commission meeting, Senior
Neighborhoods received recom
mendations for approval on the
four sites.
If approved by the Forsyth
Company allegedly floated checks using ‘false’ drafts
By Jennifer Eskew
Staff Writer
Expecting a “substantial”
loss, which a Superior Court
judge estimates to be S3B mil
lion, Nationsßank filed a
restraining order against Isaac
Lcascco and Winoak Auto
Brokerage after discovering the
company was allegedly floating
checks through their account
using “false” drafts.
The order was filed July 11
and lists Leasco, Winoak, Junior
Gilbert, Solomon Gilbert, Donald
Gilbert, McLean Gilbert,
Jonathan Miller and Todd Martin
as defendants.
Superior Court Judge Michael
Roach denied the temporary
restraining order on July 12, but
because of the estimated loss, he
agreed to appoint a receiver to
watch over the company and its
assets. |
Later, signed another
War Eagles get a taste
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County Board of Commissioners,
the senior-housing project will be
located on Bennett Parkway near
Bethclvicw Road.
Robert Young, president of
Senior Neighborhoods, said at the
Juhc Planning Commission meet
ing the project was “low impact.”
The gated communities will
reduce the need for added police
protection, and the age of resi
dents prevents any children from
affecting the school system, he
said.
Included in the project will be
a personal care establishment,
individual apartments and senior
order forbidding Leascco from
removing any cars or records
from the business.
The order came after
“approximately 25 automobiles
had been removed from the
premises of Leaseco” the night of
July 12.
Lcascco is located on
Dahlonega Highway just north of
Cumming and, according to the
complaint filed by Nationsßank,
opened several corporate
accounts in February 1994.
According to the complaint, the
following then began occurring.
• Drafts are deposited in
Lcascco’s Nationsßank account.
The drafts list Israel Discount
Bank as the bank sending the
drafts. Lcascco and/or Winoak
also provided a sheet of paper to
back up the drafts that listed cars
Lcascco claimed to have bought.
Israel Discount Bank’s
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housing.
In the personal care section,
several residents will share a
common living room, dining
room and kitchen but will have
their own bedroom areas, Young
said. Residents will have 24-hour
staff they can call for emergen
cies.
The apartments section is
expected to house senior residents
who want upscale living areas
without having to continue yard
maintenance. The proposed apart-
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The gates at Leaseco’s auto lot remained padlocked on Friday after a restraining order
signed by Superior Court Judge Michael Roach keeps the company from removing any
automobiles of. records from the business.
Company awarded
for workplace
learning
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Fate of Midway
still undecided
By Laura Boggs
Staff Writer
No decision about the fate of
Midway Elementary was made
Thursday when a Board of
Education vote was tied 2-2.
Member Don Hendricks, who
represents the Midway district,
made a motion to relocate the staff
of Midway to the Post Road ele
mentary school opening in August
1997 and use the Midway building,
for other students, such as pupils
of Crossroads Alternative School,
which is now housed in trailers.
Eddie Taylor seconded the
motion, and Hendricks and Taylor
voted for it. But Ben Benson and
Arthur Wright voted no.
Benson pointed out that
although the staff could be moved,
the students would be dispersed at
other schools, as would the par-
School auditoriums
are still on the shelf
By Laura Boggs
Staff Writer
It looks like none of the high
schools will have an auditorium
any time soon.
A recommendation to proceed
with building one at Forsyth
Central High was not approved
or even voted on —by the Board
of Education during a meeting
Thursday.
Steve Tomlinson, facilities
director, wants to construct an
auditorium at Central. Stadiums
arc being built at North Forsyth
High and South Forsyth High, but
he said $1.5 million has been set
aside for Central, which already
has a stadium.
“That money is there for
Central,” Tomlinson said. “An
auditorium was promised to
Central in the original bond
issue.”
But in a list of projects distrib
uted before voters approved the
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ents involved with Midway.
Midway is one of Georgia’s only
charter schools, which rely on
input from parents.
Wright expressed concern
about losing 500 to 600 slots at
the facility when the district is
struggling to house an ever
increasing number of students.
Closing Midway Elementary
has come up in the past. The cam
pus, located on a busy section of
Highway 9 and surrounded by
businesses, is unsafe for elemen
tary-aged children, said Steve
Tomlinson, facilities director.
More than $500,000 would have
to be spent to add a much-needed
second entrance to the building to
gel students in and out smoothly.
And the facility can’t be expanded
See MIDWAY, Page 2A
$55 million bond issue Sept. 19,
North Forsyth High was also to
get an auditorium. A few parents
and a teacher from North attended
the July 18 meeting, reminding
school officials of that fact.
Arthur Wright, a board mem
ber who represents the Coal
Mountain area, said, “The audito
rium for North was in the bond
flier. People voted on it, and 1
think they expect it.”
In the midst of a tug-of-war
last fall involving parents, teach
ers and coaches about whether
North should get an auditorium, as
was in the bond program, or a sta
dium instead, the board
announced it would be able to
build auditoriums at each school
as well as stadiums at North and
South. Months later, the General
Assembly did not issue as much
money as was expected to Forsyth
See SCHOOL, Page 2A
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