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Vol. 89, No. 14
Levi Frady's family still pleau...
By Beth L Chester
Staff Writer .
The grandmother of murdered 11-year
old Levi Frady is renewing the family’s plea
for anyone with information about the mur
der to come forward.
Now three months after the North Forsyth
Middle School sixth grader was found shot
to death in a Dawson County forest, Levi’s
maternal grandmother Janice Hamby says
she “won’t stop asking for help” until she
learns the truth about Levi’s murder.
In a letter to the editor of the Forsyth
Reflecting on
recognition
Taylor Vassios was among
those honored at the Forsyth
County Council of PTAs’
“Wouldn’t it be great if...”
Reflections banquet held Jan.
28. More photo coverage of
the student achievement event
in the Wednesday edition.
Photo/Tom Brooks
Hwy. 369 bridge project
means road closing, detours
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
Bridge construction on Hwy. 369 will
result in road closings and possibly traffic
headaches for drivers.
Starting Feb. 5, Hwy. 369 will be
closed for eight to 10 worldng days.
Georgia Department of Transportation
project director Rob Mabry said the ini
tial closings shouldn’t interfere with rush
hour traffic.
Hwy. 369 will be closed from Hwy.
306 to Hwy. 53. Planned closing times
are 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. Monday through
Friday, and possibly all day on the week
ends.
Mabry said the DOT is recommending
drivers use Hwys. 306 and 53 as an alter
nate route during the closure.
Youth shelter in need of donations
By Marcia Domian
Lifestyle Editor
In a word, help!
Jesse’s House is SIO,OOO away
from opening its doors. The dream
of providing a temporary shelter for
girls age 12 to 18 can become a
reality. However, the refurbishing
project still needs to be completed.
Despite the acquisition of much of
the construction material required,
the project still lacks the skilled
labor to complete the remodeling
work.
The board of directors has made
the decision to hire the skilled con
struction labor necessary to com
plete the house.
“It is important that we finish
the work as soon as possible,” said
Coda Alfrey, president of the board
of directors for the shelter. “We
have been committed from the
beginning and we are at a crucial
juncture. We will do this and this
community can make it happen.”
The need for an in-county site
for children at risk became appar
ent following a needs assessment
conducted in 1994 by the
Cumming/Forsyth County Council
on Youth. At that time, a youth
shelter steering committee was
formed to actively pursue locating
County News, Hamby wrote, “This is the
only thing we can do for him now.”
She hopes the letter “might touch some
body’s heart.”
“I’ve got to keep doing everything I can,
and this is all I can do: If it’s coming from
the heart - from somebody that’s hurting,
maybe it will touch someone else’s heart.”
“I’m begging for your help.”
Hamby said her daughter, Marilyn, who
is Levy’s mother, “is heartbroken: All we
can do is just hold each other,” she said.
“We can’t talk about how we feel. We can’t
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Workers will be measuring the Lake
Lanier bridge as the first step of com
pletely replacing the worn out section of
road.
Mabry said once measurements are
made, manufacturers will begin con
structing a completely new deck surface.
An epoxy concrete mix, the new sur
face will stand up to traffic and weather
better than the current metal surface, said
Mabry.
“Ice has been a maintenance night
mare on the bridge,” he said.
Construction of the new deck plates is
expected to take about two months.
Mabry said the road will be closed
again in the spring or summer while the
surface is laid down. That construction
will result in a permanent closure of the
road until the project is completed.
a building for the shelter. In August
of 1997, Georgia Professional
Sprinkler Systems owner Larry
Morris donated the use of a house
that he owns for the shelter.
Photo/Tom Brooks
Heike McMillan and Coda Alfrey hold one of the windows that
need to be installed at Jesse’s House before facility serves youth.
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Work began in earnest on
assessing the amount of work need
ed and donations were solicited by
See SHELTER, Page 4A
even talk about him without crying. We just
both hurt so bad.”
Hamby is urging anyone with informa
tion, who does not want his or her identity
known, to write anonymously to the post
office box address police have set up for
information in the case: “I just can’t imag
ine why - why a child? We need to know. If
you know something, don’t let it keep eat
ing at you, because you can’t forget it.”
Special Agent-in-Charge of the
Gainesville Georgia Bureau of Investigation
regional office Jim Hallman said more than
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School facilities
work impacted by
inclement weather
By Laura Lavezzo
Staff Writer
Poor weather conditions have taken their toll on the con
struction and renovation projects under way by the Forsyth
County School System.
Bad weather has impacted school construction schedules
at most sites, and capacity issues are still being reviewed
with respect to next year’s redistricting plans, according to
Facilities Director Steve Tomlinson at the Board of
Education meeting on Jan. 22.
Due to a concern raised by the assigned task force,
Tomlinson and Transportation Director Carlton Allen are
continuing to evaluate next fall’s middle school population.
See SCHOOL, Page 2A
Sheriff gets $670,000
for community cops
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
The Sheriff’s Office Community Oriented Policing Program
got a huge boost this week with a $670,000 grant from the U.S.
Department of Justice.
The three-year grant will allow the office to hire 11 deputies
and purchase equipment for the COPS program.
COPS establishes an active partnership between the residents
of the community and the Sheriff’s Office to reduce crime and
enhance personal safety.
See GRANT, Page 2A
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Eroding natural resources
By Sheri Toomey
Staff Writer
Erosion control and inspection is an important practice in pro
tecting land and waterways.
The Georgia General Assembly passed the Erosion and
Sediment Act in 1975 to preserve these natural resources.
Inspecting erosion control for all commercial and residential
building sites is development inspector Corey Nibert’s main job
function. The county engineering department is responsible for
these inspections during road construction.
See RESOURCES, Page 2A
a half dozen agents are still assigned full
time to the case, with others assisting as
needed to follow up leads which continue to
come in.
“We don’t have any evidence at this time
to point us in a particular direction,” he said,
“but we have had a steady flow of informa
tion, and agents are working diligently to
pursue all leads.”
The GBI still will not release any specif
ic information about the crime itself.
See HELP, Page 2A
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