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New Year.
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Board of commissioners reins in spending
By Sheri Toomey
Staff Writer
The Board of Commissioners Monday
tightened the county purse strings with two
unanimously approved budget resolutions.
Purchases by all county departments
exceeding $5,000 must follow the competi
tive bid process required by state law.
The resolution mentioned a Jan. 12 pur
chase by the Sheriff’s Office for pursuit
vehicles which did not comply with state
mandates.
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Financial aid program
offering dollars, sense
By Lisa Renzi
News Intern
The cost of sending a student
to college may not be as much as
one may think, according to the
guidance counselors of Forsyth
County’s three high schools.
Financial aid comes in many
forms, and the opportunity to
reduce the costs of attending a
college, university, technical or
trade school is often achieved by
well-informed students and par
ents/guardians.
There are as many different
methods of obtaining financial
aid and student loans as there are
colleges to attend, it seems, and
the prices of these schools vary
remarkably. The amounts of
scholarships, aid and loans sup
plied also vary according to the
type of aid received.
Financial aid will be the topic
of a Feb. 4 program being hosted
by Forsyth Central, South
Forsyth and North Forsyth high
schools for high school seniors
and their parents. The Financial
aid meeting will be held Feb. 4 at
7 p.m. in the Forsyth Central
In December, the board hired a purchas
ing manager to review all county purchases
to make sure citizens’ tax dollars were well
spent.
All future purchases which exceed
$5,000 will require consultation with the
purchasing manager and be within the spec
ifications mandated by state law.
The second resolution bound all county
departments to their approved budgets for
1998. Each department head who requires
additional funds for operation must bring
his request before the commission for
cafeteria.
Allen May, Georgia’s leading
financial expert, will be the fea
tured speaker. May, a veteran of
12 to 14 years with the Georgia
Student Finance Authority, offers
one-on-one help in filling out the
FAFSA, Free Application for
Federal Student Aid. This intimi
dating form is one of the neces
sary requirements to receive
financial aid of any sort.
“May is outstanding. He stays
after the meeting to help parents
and students first hand. I encour
age all seniors arid parents to
plan to be there,” said Central’s
Johnnie Day.
For the 1997-1998 school
year, SFA (Student Financial
Assistance) Programs delivered
approximately $42.8 billion in
aid to almost 8 million students
across the country.
These sources of aid differ
according to the recipient’s
financial need and academic
merit.
See FINANCIAL, Page 9A
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28, 1998
Vickery Creek's Bingo fun
And Bingo was the game-o at
Vickery Creek Elementary School’s
Family Bingo Night. The three-hour
event was a fund-raising effort for
the school’s music department.
Principal Mike Rossano was the
numbers-caller for the evening
which included food, fun and
fundraising. The cafeteria was
crowded with thrill-seekers. Sydney
Smith, the 6-year-old daughter of
Steve and Julie Smith, was among
the students, faculty members and
guests who enjoyed playing Bingo.
Photos/Chris Pugh
Profile: Lewis Payne
Right at home
making hominy
By Alton Bridges
Staff Writer
Among the more colorful persons
living in Forsyth County is Lewis
Payne, who lives east of Cumming on
Pilgrim Mill Road.
Recently as county employees
were putting a water line in front of
his home, Payne was busy making
hominy. The smoke was rising from
under his carport where he was busy
practicing some old-fashioned cook
ing skills.
“I enjoy making hominy,” said
Payne. “I give most of the hominy to
my neighbors and friends. I don’t
know anyone else who makes hominy
except Mr. Earl Burris.”
How does he make the hominy?
Payne heats his home with a wood
heater and saves the ashes from the
oak wood that he bums in a hopper.
About twice each year, Payne will
pour water over the ashes and let the
water drain into a spout and into a tub.
It usually takes two or three days for
the water to drain.
See HOMINY, Page 2A
Purchasing manager to be consulted
approval. Expenses which exceed a depart
ment’s budget are not allowed without prior
board approval.
In other business, the commission:
• Approved a $713,825 bid for closure
of Phase IV-A of the county Hightower
landfill which is less than the $1.2 million,
budgeted for the task. Once the county noti
fies the state Environmental Protection
Smoking rules
to be enforced
By Sheri Toomey
Staff Writer
Fumes circulated through the county administration
building Monday but there was no smoke.
No one spoke in support of allowing smoking in des
ignated areas of the building except Commissioner Julian
Bowen, who argued with just about everyone in opposi
tion to the change.
Bowen said he wants to decrease the amount of smok
ing in the building.
‘T will not infringe on the rights of non-smokers,” said
- Bowen.
Four people spoke up in opposition to the changes cit
ing health hazards of second-hand smoke which include
death from lung cancer and heart disease.
More than half the workers in the county administra
tion building, smokers and non-smokers, signed a petition
asking the board to reconsider amending plans to allow
smoking in the building.
See SMOKING, Page 5A
Burglar returning
for keys is nabbed
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
A 30-year-old Cumming man is behind bars after try
ing to rob a Canton Highway chicken house Sunday
night.
Darak Brown was caught by the chicken house owner,
Jack L. Tribble Jr., who held Brown at gunpoint until
deputies arrived.
According to the Sheriff’s Office report, the chicken
house alarm went off several hours before Brown was
caught.
No one was found during a search of the area, but
Tribble said he later saw two men in a pickup truck drive
to a trailer across from the chicken house.
See NABBED, Page 2A
Photo/Tom Brooks
Lewis Payne is busy dipping up some freshly-made hominy.
Division the landfill has no more incoming
waste it will have 180 days to close this sec
tion.
• Approved continued special sales tax
funds for completion of Sawnee Mountain
Park.
See SPENDING, Page 2A
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