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i FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS WednMday, Jun* 10,1W8
SENIOR CENTERfrom ia
“I think they do an excellent
job. I don’t know why you’d want
to fix it. The senior center is a
jewel in our community,” Kieffer
said.
While Commission Chairman
Bill Jenkins said he could under
stand Bowen’s reasons for wanting
to discuss the matter, he added “I
don’t want to take any action at
this meeting that might cause peo
ple not to get their meals in the
next couple of weeks,” he noted.
Jenkins was referring to com
ments from Jackson that the cur
rent budget runs out at the end of
June.
Although she had agreed to
meet with Bowen and any of the
other commissioners to discuss the
program, meeting the funding
deadline was critical to continuing
the delivery of programs.
The center provides 125 a day
to shut-ins and disabled seniors, in
addition to providing meals for
between 50 and 60 seniors daily at
the facility.
Jenkins added he would like to
see discussion on whether provid
ing the services in-house would be
Three restaurants fined for serving
alcohol to underaged customers
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
Three area restaurants are facing fines and possi
ble liquor license suspensions after getting caught
serving liquor to underage consumers Friday night.
Lt. Jim Poe of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s office
said he and an underage “deputy” checked five
restaurants on Friday.
In three, the “deputy” was served alcohol without
having to produce proof of age.
Employees from Applebee’s in Lakeland Plaza,
Marina Beach Club and Mudcat’s Bar and Grill will
have their case taken to the Board of Commissioners.
Poe said a first offense results in a warning letter
from the board and a possible 30-day suspension of
the liquor license and a SI,OOO fine.
The Marina Beach Club has been cited before,
Poe said, and could be slapped with a more severe
penalty.
“On the second offense in 24 months, the restau
rant’s license is suspended up to 90 days and could
get fined as much as $2,000,” Poe said.
On the third incident, fines run as high as $5,000
and the company could have its liquor license
Deaths
Charles B. Rolleston
Charles B. Rolleston, 60, of
Cumming, died Saturday, June 6,
1998,
Survivors include his wife, Joy
Rolleston of Cumming; children,
Cynthia Carroll and Robert
Givens, both of Mississippi;
grandchild, Bradley Carroll of
Mississippi; brother, Phil
Rolleston of West Virginia; and
other relatives.
Memorial services will be held
Saturday, June 13, at 10 a.m. at the
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with
the Rev. Dr. Dwight E. Ogier Jr.,
officiating. In lieu of flowers, the
family requests donations be made
to the American Heart
Association.
Ingram Funeral Home has
charge of the service.
Forsyth County News
June 10, 1998
Brad Wilson
William Bradley “Brad”
Wilson, 33, of Cumming, died
Friday, June 5, 1998 at Columbia-
Augusta Medical Center in
Augusta.
Bom in Anderson, S.C., he was
a son of Boyce Wilson and Lucille
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more cost effective, but not at the
risk of jeopardizing those pro
grams at this time. “We need to
examine this. We owe it to the
people we serve to find out if there
is a better way to do it. We should
look into it,” Jenkins said.
District 3 Commissioner
Lamar Suddeth echoed Jenkins’
comments. He made a motion to
amend Kieffer’s motion to approve
the local funding share as request
ed, with the condition that Jackson
meet with the commission to dis
cuss the program.
In the end, the commission
voted 4-1 to approve Jackson’s
budget request, with Bowen cast
ing the lone “no” vote.
After the final vote, Bowen
made a parting shot: “It is a politi
cal year, after all.”
He obviously was making ref
erence to Suddeth’s and Kieffer’s
re-election bids.
After the meeting, Jackson said
that she was “somewhat surprised”
by Bowen’s inquiry. “I’ve never
had quite as hard a time as just
now.
“It was surprising considering
revoked.
The restaurants aren’t the only ones in trouble
after Friday’s sting operation. Poe said the three peo
ple who actually served the liquor were arrested for
underage alcohol sales, a misdemeanor.
And the server at Applebee’s was serving alcohol
without a license and is facing additional charges for
that infraction.
Poe said Spondivits and the Cadillac Ranch were
clean when the undercover operatives stopped by on
Friday.
The support division of the Sheriff’s office makes
regular underage inspections of restaurants and con
venient stores to control the sale of alcohol to minors.
Poe said most of the violations occur at conve
nient stores, where employees change more often.
“The restaurants usually don’t have as high of
turnover in employees and a lot of restaurants are
fairly good at checking IDs,” Poe said.
During a similar sting in 1996, no restaurants
were cited for violating alcohol laws.
Poe said deputies will start checking for alcohol
violations more frequently, especially convenience
stores, as more people come to the area for summer.
Erskine Wilson of Cumming. He
was a crane technician and inspec
tor with Kueffer Crane and Hoist
Company in Lawrenceville and a
member of Neals Creek Baptist
Church.
Survivors, in addition to his
parents, are his wife, Yolando
Mitchell Wilson; son, Joseph
Aaron Wilson; stepson, Jeremy
David Mitchell; brother, Michael
Larry Wilson of Cumming; and
sister, Mrs. Randy (Janet) Madden
of Anderson, S.C.
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that the request is for $5,000 less
than last year, and because we’re
going to raise $20,000 ourselves,”
she said.
Jackson explained that seniors
at the center would help raise the
money through such things as
bake sales and other projects with
the help of local churches.
“I think it’s a good idea to let
some of those who use our facility
and programs help raise the
money,” she noted.
Other programs at the center
include job training, homemaking
services, non-emergency trans
portation services to doctors and
medical facilities, and serving as a
central referral point for informa
tion on interest to senior citizens
and legal aid.
Jackson added that should the
commission decide to take over
operations, she feared that local
churches would pull their support
of the program, thinking that the
county could provide everything
the seniors needed.
There was no discussion at the
meeting about a specific date for a
meeting on the program.
Services were held Monday,
June 8, at 11 a.m. at The
McDougald Funeral Home Chapel
in Anderson, S.C., with Dr. Don
Wilson officiating. Interment was
in the Neals Creek Baptist Church
Cemetery. Memorials may be
made to Columbia-Augusta
Medical Center, 3651 Wheeler
Road, Augusta, Ga. 30909.
The McDougald Funeral Home
was in charge of the service.
Forsyth County News
June 10, 1998
Student dies of injuries from May 17 wreck.
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
Kristi Lawhorne, 18, died at
Georgia Baptist Hospital during
the weekend, causing a tearful
moment for graduates of North
Forsyth High School as the fellow
senior was remembered. Her
diploma was accepted by loved
ones.
Lawhome was the third person
to die from injuries sustained in a
LAND USE from 1A
notice period required by law.
District 1 Commissioner John
Kieffer called for the public hear
ing after several commissioners
announced that they had made fur
ther changes to the plan last week.
Hie changes came after a pub
lic hearing on the proposed plan.
“To make changes at this time
without public input doesn’t seem
fair,” Kieffer told his colleagues.
District 5 Commissioner Julian
Bowen and Chairman Bill Jenkins
(District 2) said they made
changes to the plan. Bowen said
that his changes included identify
ing zoning which had been in exis
tence for between 10 to 12 years
on various tracts.
Jenkins said his changes were
mainly to wording, including
Lanier Tech’s Forsyth campus to offer
marketing management this summer
The Forsyth Campus of Lanier
Tech is expanding rapidly.
Beginning summer quarter, a
Marketing Management Diploma,
as well as a Technical Certificate,
will be offered.
The purpose of the Marketing
Management Program is to pro
vide students with the opportunity
to obtain the knowledge, skills and
attitudes necessary to succeed in
the field of Marketing
Management. ,
The program will train students
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May 17 accident which also took
the lives of her sister Karri, 14,
and cousin Tabbatha, 15.
The Honda Accord in which
the girls were riding was hit from
behind on Ga. 400 by a Ford
Contour. The Accord was knocked
into the southbound lane at the
Settingdown Circle intersection
when it was hit again by a Buick
Regal.
Lawhome was on life support
until her death.
changes to six goals developed by
the master plan panel charged with
helping create the land use plan.
Panel chairman Bill Kehrts
spoke at Tuesday night’s meeting
to say that he was unaware of any
further changes to the plan. He
also called for another public hear
ing.
Other actions by the commis
sion included:
• Approval of a request by
local businessman Skip Beighey to
be allowed to convert an existing
building on Strickland Road at
Hwy. 9 into a Pizza Pizzaz restau
rant.
Jenkins made the motion to
approve the request (it’s in his dis
trict), citing numerous conditions
including three new ones: a six-
in the areas of marketing, manage
ment, business law, economics,
selling, buying, visual merchan
dising and entrepreneurship.
Students graduating from this pro
gram will be qualified for employ
ment in the areas of wholesaling,
retailing and the distribution.
Gerald E. Putman will teach
and coordinate this program.
Putman was previously employed
as the department chairman of the
Marketing Management Program
at Carroll Technical Institute,
No chaises have tjeen filed in
the case.
Lawhome is the 12th person tq
die from a Forsyth County road
accident in 1998. Five othei!
teenagers lost their lives to the*
road this year and a sixth teen, a|
Riverside Military Academy stuj
dent, drowned in the waters of;
Lake Lanier May 16 while scuba
diving.
There were 16 traffic
in 1997 and 19 in 1996.
foot high chain-link fence around
the property; retention and septid
system facilities located at the
northernmost portion of the prop-!
erty; and a 60-foot wide, 25-fooi
high berm on the property line
between the restaurant and resi
dent Sammy Austin’s home.
The matter had been deferret
for more than a month a;
Beighey’s attorney, Emorj
Lipscomb, met with adjacent
property owners to discuss object
tions they raised to the plan at a
public hearing in early May.
Beighey has said that he wants
the restaurant to promote a “fami-*
ly atmosphere.” He has told resi
dents he will take steps to make
sure it doesn’t become a “haftE
out” for teenagers.
where he served for 20 years. Ijle
was educated at The University of
Georgia and obtained
master’s and Specialist 'in
Education Degrees in Marketing
Education.
Individuals interested Jn
enrolling for summer quarter or
obtaining further information
should contact Lanier Tetfh.
Forsyth Campus at (770) li'f
-6940.
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