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Vol. 89, No. 43
Cumming pilot dies in mid-air crash
Signaling device not working on plane
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
Saturday’s plane crash in Marietta which
killed five, including Cumming pilot Rudolph
H. Duncan, may have been avoided if a
transponder had been operating, according
to the National Transportation Safety board.
NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway said
the transponder on Duncan’s Cessna 172
was not activated at the time of the accident.
“It appears the transponder did not turn
off as a result of impact. We’ve also deter-
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Pink Flamingo sighting
Until a donation is made to the Creekside United Methodist
Church for the Dominican Republic summer mission, these
flamingos will remain in this yard in the Dressage Crossing
subdivision. Unfortunately, the “guard” dog could not protect
them from the flamingos.
State changes curriculum
guidelines after 12 years
By Laura Lavezzo
Staff Writer
Forsyth County teachers will
spend part of this summer adjusting
to the new state required curriculum
the first revision in 12 years.
The most recent update of the
Quality Core Curriculum (QCC)
took place in 1986, yet state school
officials have been working on rais
ing statewide academic standards
with a curriculum revision since the
early part of this decade.
Major changes include spreading
out American history over two ele
mentary grades, eliminating pre
algebra from high schools, adding
an agriscience and technology to
elementary schools and beginning
foreign language at an earlier age
similar to a program already begun
at Daves Creek.
Barrel racing
Mary Reynolds, of
Cumming, loops around one
of the barrels on Pawnee’s
Ole Jet at Wills Park
Equestrian Center Saturday.
This was the five-year-old
horse’s second outing to a
horse show.
For more information on
happenings at the park, see
Sunday's paper.
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mined the planes were in an area which
required them to have a transponder," said
Holloway.
A transponder helps pilots determine their
altitude and acts as a proximity director,
warning pilots of any other aircraft in the
area.
Holloway said Duncan’s transponder
apparently was never turned on.
Duncan’s plane and a Cessna 525
Citation Jet carrying four attorneys collided
over Marietta about 10:34 a.m. Saturday.
Wreckage from the two planes landed in
According to Linda Lang, the
county’s director of elementary
schools, the QCC is a “dynamic,
continuous document,” a basic guide
of curriculum requirements for
school systems to follow in design
ing their curriculums.
“It’s a content of standards,”
Lang said, “delineating what we
expect our students to do and to
know.”
The 1998 QCC seriously
addresses the need for strengthening
language arts at the elementary
school level and identifies the need
to continue language arts studies
well into middle and high schools.
The new curriculum also raises
the standards of expectation in
mathematics for high school stu-
See STATE, Page 2A
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Gault to hear lawsuit between
sheriff, board of commissioners
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
The lawsuit between Sheriff
Denny Hendrix and the Board of
Commissioners will be handled by
a local judge after all.
On Wednesday, Hendrix’ attor
ney Benton Mathis said he is with
drawing a previous motion to have
Forsyth County’s three Superior
Lake improvement projects listed
By Sheri Toomey
Lifestyle Editor
Cleaner water may flow into
Lake Lanier as early as this sum
mer.
The Upper Chattahoochee
Basin Group, which funded a $2
million study on Lake Lanier, will
address one of the main findings of
the study through several water
quality improvement projects.
Nonpoint source pollution was
found to be one of the main con
tributors polluting the lake, specifi
cally, runoff from future develop
ments.
Federal grant money from the
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Setting up for the Moving Wall
From left, Wayne Lindsey, Leonard Woody, Steve Martin, a member of the Vietnam Vets of
the North Georgia Foothills, and Joey Moore begin the measurements and precise setup for
the Moving Wall, which will be in Cumming May 3-9.
residential areas on the ground below, but
miraculously no one was injured.
Duncan took off from Mathis Airport in
Cumming about 10 a.m. and was flying to
inspect Georgia Power electrical lines. The
other were attorneys on their way to a meet
ing in Hershey, Pa.
Holloway said Duncan's plane was invert
ed at the time of the wreck, but it has not
been determined why.
He said both planes had been inspected
recently and were within Federal Aviation
Administration regulations.
Court judges removed form the
case.
“The motion was a formality
after the Bowen case,” said Mathis.
“It was never intended to show we
didn’t want them hearing the case.”
Mathis said the motion was filed
to give the judges the opportunity
to remove themselves from the
bench as they did in Commissioner
Julian Bowen’s criminal case last
Environmental Protection Agency
under the Federal Clean Water Act
section 3.19, which targets non
point source pollution, will fund
half of the study, said Laurie
Hawks of Brown and Caldwell in
Atlanta which conducted the water
sampling for the lake study.
The Lake Lanier Watershed
Nonpoint Source Improvement pro
ject will be funded with $263,000
of EPA grant money with the
remaining portion of the $438,000
project funded by local govern
ments and private companies.
A private company in Forsyth
County already donated SIO,OOO
for the project, said Hawks.
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On Tuesday, investigators finished work
ing at the crash site and moved the two
planes to a hangar in Griffin.
The planes will be positioned as they
were at the time of the crash to determine if
any other factors contributed to the wreck.
Holloway said Duncan’s transponder will
be inspected to determine if there was a mal
function.
Investigators will also look at pilot histo
ries and flight plans, said Holloway.
The NTSB forwards its findings to the
FAA which can bring charges against pilots.
year.
Once the judges announced they
would not voluntarily remove
themselves from the case, on
March 16, Mathis said he decided
to withdraw the motion.
Mathis said the decision is in no
way a setback to the sheriff’s case.
“Sheriff Hendrix is very com-
See LAWSUIT, Page 2A
Specific areas targeted in the
project are Rock Creek, Limestone
Creek and the West Fork of Little
River in Hall County.
Friends of the Park in
Gainesville contributed $54,000 to
the project and will work with the
city of Gainesville to restore Rock
Creek.
A private developer will create a
model golf course using landscape
design and man-made wetlands to
reduce erosion and control storm
water runoff, said Hawks.
A storm water filtration and
treatment system will be installed
See LAKE, Page 2A
Parents of student injured
in wreck returning to state
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
The parents of the Forsyth Central High School student
critically injured in a two-vehicle wreck Friday were:
scheduled to return to the county on Wednesday to horri-.
fying news.
Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Karleen Chalker-said
Jack Fleming, 16, was declared brain dead and is being
kept alive by a life support system.
His parents, Don and Becky Fleming, were on vacation
in Costa Rica when their son’s Ford Mustang was hit by a
Chevrolet van on Hwy. 20.
See WRECK, Page 2A
