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VOLUME 88, NUMBER 32 Copyright © 1997 Forsyth County News
FRIDAY EDITION
Arraignment
set for man
involved in
stand-off
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
The man who has filed a
lawsuit against three Forsyth
County Sheriff’s Department
deputies for a 1996 stand-off
is scheduled to be arraigned in
Superior Court April 2.
Among the charges in the
24-count indictment against
Horace Dewey Trammel Jr.,
41, are aggravated assault
against a police officer, sec
ond degree criminal damage
to property, burglary and
attempting to elude police.
The charges and lawsuit
stem from a Jan. 13, 1996
overnight standoff between
Trammel Jr. and sheriff’s
deputies from Forsyth and
Gwinnett counties.
The standoff ended when
Trammel Jr. was shot in the
hand after shooting four offi
cers.
Deputies were called to the
See TRAMMEL, Page 2A
The Wednesday,
March 19 edition of the
Forsyth County News
will be delivered 24
hours late so we can
bring you next
Tuesday’s sales tax ref
erendum results.
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6:30 a.m. Thursday,
March 20, call 887-
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INDEX
Abby IDA Events 7A
Business SA Entertainment SA
Deaths SA Horoscope 10A
Gassifieds 5B Church briefs 4A
Opinion HA Sports IB
COMING SUNDAY...
School board meeting
The county school board met
Thursday to discuss next year's
school calendar and current build
ing projects. See detailed coverage
in Sunday's edition.
County comn issloners
County commissioners will meet
Monday, March 17. See what’s on
their agenda in Sunday's edition.
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Jeanne and Jim Desana were named Citizens of the Year by the Cumming Kiwanis
Club Wednesday. They each share their talents and interests with the youth of the area
- from studying heredity to art. The Desanas are involved with the Cumming-Forsyth
Optimist Club.
Couple recognized for serving local youth
Desanas named Citizens of Year
By Sheri Toomey
Staff Writer
Jeanne and Jim Desana were
presented with the Citizens of
the Year Award by the
Cumming Kiwanis Club
Wednesday.
The couple was chosen for
their outstanding service, espe
cially to the youth in the com
munity.
“We really enjoy doing
everything together, and this
club does things that really cor
respond with our beliefs,”
Jeanne said.
Jeanne is president of the
Cumming-Forsyth Optimist
Club, which sponsors youth
programs and scholarships. Jim
is a former president of the
group.
For two years, Jeanne con
ducted scientific research pro
jects with Otwell Middle
School students.
Court date delayed
for shooting suspect
Police may learn
more after injured
victim questioned
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
The court appearance for a
man accused of the Feb. 2
shooting of Thomas Wheeler
has been postponed.
Stewart Reeves has been
charged with aggravated
assault and possession of a
firearm during the commission
of a felony.
Wheeler was allegedly shot
during a dispute between
Reeves and his roommate,
Robert Steven Corbin, at
Reeves’ Cumming home.
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We really enjoy
doing everything
together...
- Jeanne Desana
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A cytogeneticist, Jeanne has
spent years studying heredity.
She is director of Cytogenetics
Services at Brook Run in
Atlanta and has published 55
papers in scientific journals.
A retired senior engineer for
General Motors, Jim is an engi
neering consultant for Brook
Run, where he helps modify
equipment to aid the physically
and mentally handicapped.
Jim is a co-founder and past
president of the Sawnee
Association of the Arts and is
on the board of directors.
He has shared his passion
Medical Center intensive care
unit. Wheeler sustained inter
nal injuries during the shoot
ing.
He returned home earlier
this week.
Sheriff’s Department
deputies have been unable to
question Wheeler about the
shooting because of his condi
tion.
They are expected to talk
with him in the next several
days.
Assistant District Attorney
Dee Morris said he expects
Reeves to be indicted on the
charges as early as April 14,
the next grand jury date.
Lt. Ernie Born of the
Sheriff’s Department said addi
tional charges could be brought
against Reeves after Wheeler is
questioned about the shooting.
Reeves is free on $30,500
bond. J
for the arts by teaching to vari
ous youth groups in the area,
including elementary school
students, 4-H groups, Boy
Scouts, staff and students at
Brook Run and teenagers at the
Lighthouse.
Jim has a painting of former
President Jimmy Carter’s
mountain cabin on permanent
display at the Carter Center in
Atlanta.
A pianist, Jim has volun
teered to play at various fund
raising functions. Twice a
month, he plays the piano at the
Cumming Convalescent Home.
In 1982, the Cumming-
Forsyth Business and
Professional Women presented
Jeanne with the Woman of
Achievement Award.
Next week the Cumming
Kiwanis Club will present
awards to Forsyth County’s Star
students, who earned the dis
trict’s top SAT scores.
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Tag drop box installed
The Forsyth County Tax Commissioner’s office, in order to make getting your auto tags a
bit easier, has installed a drop box on the east side of the county’s administration building.
Persons who have all of their paperwork completed for getting a tag can use the box.
Joan Mauldin (at left), deputy tax commissioner, asks that no cash be enclosed, only
checks. Showing off the new box with Mauldin is Jan Dale, account manager.
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Honor Rolls for
schools
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Growth could bring
another area code
By Laura Boggs
Staff Writer
Just when you thought it was
safe to order mass quantities of
letterhead, metro Atlanta might
get another area code.
The region’s rapid growth may
demand at least one more area
code by next year. BellSouth filed
a warning with the Georgia Public
Service Commission Wednesday
that the new 770 area code could
be exhausted by 1998.
With more people - and more
cellular phones, pagers, fax
machines and computer modems -
numbers are running out.
“There’s tremendous growth in
the Atlanta area - every new sub
division and office park in Forsyth
County, for example, uses up more
numbers. The 770 number is get
ting exhausted before we project
ed,” said Philip Reed with
BellSouth.
In 1995, when 404 was split up
and 770 came on-line, BellSouth
predicted Atlanta could last eight
years without adding an area code.
Within the next few weeks, the
company will present the commis
sion with statistics that demon
strate the increased demand for
phone numbers. First, BellSouth
Voters will decide on
sales tax for schools
By Laura Boggs
Staff Writer
During a referendum Tuesday,
voters will be faced with answer
ing yes or no to a 176-word ques
tion that is, well, as clear as mud.
Written in the language of
lawyers, it asks, “Shall a one per
cent sales and use tax for educa
tional purposes of the Forsyth
County School District (the
“School District”) be imposed
within Forsyth County for a maxi
mum period of time of 20 calendar
quarters, for the purposes of pro
viding funds to pay (1) the cost of
acquiring, constructing, and equip
ping one new elementary school,
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officials will meet with others in
the telecommunication industry.
“BellSouth is not the only user
of phone numbers anymore, so it’s
more difficult to keep track,” Reed
said.
Businesses have flocked to the
area, and many families no longer
have only one telephone line.
Often they have a line for
teenagers, a car phone, fax, pager
or computer modem.
After information is compiled,
a plan will begin to be developed
for implementing another area
code or two. It could be that 770 is
split and a new area code added by
geographic area. Or new listings
could be assigned a new area
code. Called an overlay plan, this
wouldn’t force anyone to switch
area codes. It is used in big cities
like New York. But a geographic
plan is easier for dialers to under
stand, and callers inside one area
wouldn’t have to use 10 digits.
“With an overlay plan, it really
means we would go to 10-digit
dialing. It’s just something every
one would have to get used to -
like the time change,” Reed said.
One area code can handle
about 7.92 million phone num
bers.
three new primary schools, three
new middle schools, and one new
alternative school, acquiring land
for future schools and instructional
and administrative technology
improvements for existing schools,
adding to, renovating, repairing,
improving, and equipping existing
school buildings and other build
ings and facilities useful or desir
able in connections therewith, and
acquiring any necessary property
therefor, both real and personal, all
at a maximum cost of
$85,700,000, and (2) the cost of
retiring a portion of the School
See TAX, Page 2A