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County, city come to
agreement on water
By Phillip Hermann
News Editor
Forsyth County and Cumming
have a new agreement on water
•that leaders from both sides say
will make county residents the
winners in the future.
Under the agreement, Forsyth
County will be able to tap directly
into the city’s raw water intake
system providing it with all the
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Groundbreaking for water plant
Construction is under way at the county’s water treatment facility off Antioch Road. Coverage of the
cooperative agreement which made the groundbreaking possible was in the Nov. 8,1998 edition.
County police idea shot
down by a 3-1 margin
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
. The people spoke loud and
.clear in Tuesday’s election.
The message - We’ve had
enough.
Voters shot down the county
police force issue by a resounding
3-to-l ipargin.
Forsyth Fact Finder Chairman
Bob Tabor said the landslide mar
gin, at 78 percent voting no,
wasn’t only an indication resi
dents are happy with the current
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Quarter Midget racing honors pho, °/ staff
The North Georgia Quarter Midget Association will host the 1999 Eastern Grand Nationals in July.
Details of the announcement of the association’s selection on Page 16C.
Best Stories
water it will need once a new
county water treatment plant is
constructed in the Pilgrim Mill
Road area with a target date of
spring 2000.
In return, the county will pay
the city $4.8 million in proceeds
from revenue bonds to pay for cap
ital improvements needed at the
city’s water plant to accommodate
the new agreement.
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law enforcement provided by the
Sheriff’s Office, but also tired of
the ongoing battle between the
Sheriff and Board of
Commissioners.
“1 think this sent the message
that we’ve had enough,” Tabor
said. “The voters let the governing
body know we are aware, we are
intelligent and we are focused.”
The county police force issue
was also credited with the heavy
turnout at the polls. About 34 per
cent of registered voters took the
time Tuesday to decide on the
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The agreement also will freeze
for two years the wholesale water
price paid to Cumming by the
county, and makes provisions for
the county if state approved
to construct its own raw water
intake system to draw from Lake
Lanier once the water plant is on
line.
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county police force
and who will serve on the board
of commissioners.
Forsyth County Republican
Chairman Gary Smith said voters
took an interest when they heard
See POLICE, Page 12C
Section spotlights headlines of the year
Although the section is call “Best Stories,”
the headlines certainly don’t represent the best of
Forsyth County. Unfortunately, many of the
news-making stories were tragic in nature - from
the search for the identity of a murdered man to
the investigation which led to the arrest of two
suspects to traffic accidents which claimed the
Moving Wall: Wall that Heals
Legal battle between
Sheriff, BOC brewing
By Michael Kurtz and Sheri Toomey
Staff Writers
The lawsuit between the Sheriff’s Office and the
Board of Commissioners has brought out allegations
of unethical and possibly illegal activities on both
sides.
Filed Wednesday in Superior Court, Sheriff Denny
Hendrix claims the Board of Commissioners is trying
to usurp his Constitutionally granted powers to run his
office.
One section of the suit claims a commissioner
attempted to bribe the sheriff with a pay increase in
Family’s triple fatal tragedy -
catalyst for changing DUI laws?
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
A local tragedy has the
attention of state leaders as they
prepare for 1999 legislation.
State Rep. Mike Evans said
the July 13 wreck that killed
Heidi, Cathryn and Audrey
Flye could be a catalyst for
changing state drunk driving
laws when the legislature
reconvenes in January.
“This driving drunk thing is
out of control. I want to make it
tough on these people,” Evans
said.
The reaction at the Capitol
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could be the same as it was
after the 1994 boat crash that
killed Sheri McManigal and
Nathan Cole.
Terry Wayne McCullough,
the driver of one of the two
boats involved in the accident,
pleaded guilty to three misde
meanor counts.
After the case and much
public outcry, the state legisla
ture strengthened boating laws
and created the penalty of boat
ing under the influence to pun
ish offenders.
Evans said he foresees pos
sible changes to the state drunk
driving laws because of public
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lives of too many, including innocent children.
But there were also highlights which were
emotionally moving, including the City of
Cumming’s hosting of the Vietnam Moving Wall
and the dedication of the Charles Welch
Memorial at Poole’s Mill Bridge Park.
Here are some of the county’s Best Stories ...
The City of Cumming hosted
the Vietnam Moving Wall, The
Pedestal, during early May.
The Vietnam Moving Wall
bears the names of those 1,570
Georgia military personnel who
lost their lives serving this
nation during the Vietnam
“Os that number, 41 are still
missing in action or may be
prisoners of war,” said Linda
Heard of the City of Cumming.
“Over the last 37 years, much
has been said about this conflict
which cross generations of
Americans and, because of its
outcome, has been the center of
much controversy. .
“It is the desire of the Cify of
Cumming and the participating
veterans groups to create an
atmosphere of healing for those
in need and a vehicle for greater
understanding to regarding the
impact of this war and those
whose sacrifice continues,” said
Heard.
Four Forsyth County names
appear on the wall.
Coverage in the Forsyth
County News included pho
tographs and interviews with
veterans and those who had lost
family members in Vietnam.
Photo/Tom Brooks
A visitor makes a
rubbing of a name.
exchange for his release of annual employee evalua
tion forms.
“By and through their representatives, the
Commissioners informed Plaintiff that he should falsi
fy the evaluation to allow for a 5 percent pay increase
for each of his employees. The Plaintiff refused these
requests. Plaintiff also was informed he would receive
a personal pay increase in excess of $5,000 if he
adhered to the demands of the Commission. The
Plaintiff refused this unlawful demand,” states the suit
reaction to the Flye case.
“It really got me because'
I’ve got a wife and two kids,
about the same age as these-*
children. It really hit home,”
Evans said. -I
He has been in contact with »’
several local agencies and is.*,
trying to schedule a meeting /
next week with Russ*;
Woodyard, Heidi’s father, to
discuss needed changes to the- :
state’s laws.
After Wednesday’s bond
hearing for Ralph Gilbert Cox
Jr., the man accused of killing
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