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I Crossword BA
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I Schools 10A
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Vol. 90, No. 39
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cityscapes are
reflecting dramatic
changes in Forsyth
A ride along Ga. 400 in
Forsyth County shows retail
development at Hwy. 20, tech
nological and industrial devel
opment to the south and a slice
of agrarian life in between and
to the north.
With its new designation as
the nation’s fast-growing coun
ty, Forsyth County is a chang
ing palette of life. In downtown
Cumming, a new clock graces
the cityscape. Elsewhere, new
homes are being built and sub
divisions are springing up on
property rezoned before the
moratorium was imposed.
Our annual Progress edition
examines aspects of the coun
ty’s changing landscape.
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FSL agrees to test wells
and support tarping of
trucks to prevent litter
By Jim Riley
Staff Writer
A public hearing regarding the
proposed landfill off Old Federal
Road was held at the Forsyth
County Courthouse on Wednesday
night. The purpose of the meeting
was for FSL (Forsyth Sanitary
Landfill) to receive input from citi
zens not represented by the
Citizens Facility Issues Committee
(CFIC).
The hearing was facilitated by
Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Herman of
the University of Georgia’s Carl
Vinson Institute of Government.
The results of the public hear
ing will be forwarded to the
Woman dies
after wreck
By Colby Jones
Staff Writer
A 20-year-oid Norcross
woman died Wednesday night,
more than two hours after pulling
into the path a delivery truck in
the south end of the county.
According to authorities,
Justine C. Hunter was struck on
the driver’s side of her 1992
Saturn SLI. Witnesses said
Hunter stopped at the stop sign
on Lakeland Drive, then pulled
into the path of a 1995 Isuzu box
truck driven by Robert Cowan,
42, of Mableton. Cowan was
traveling west on McGinnis
Ferry Road near its intersection
with Ga. 400.
See WRECK, Page 2A
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of the Department of Natural
Resources. EPD regulations
require that three negotiation ses
sions and a public hearing take
place before a landfill application
can be approved.
FSL President Bud Hearn antic
ipates the EPD application process
would take approximately five
months to complete.
The two items which had been
agreed to by FSL, the CFIC and
Forsyth County government repre
sentatives were presented to the
citizens at the hearing. FSL agreed
See FSL, Page 3A
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Baptist Medical readies for move
By Therese Allen
Staff Writer
The emergency room at the new Baptist
Medical Center • Cumming will be open for
business on Wednesday at 7 a.m. At 8 a.m.
the first patients will be moved from Baptist
North Hospital to the new facility.
Administrator John Herron said he hopes the
moye will be complete by noon or soon after.
. / In an effort to better serve residents who
might not be aware of the move, the emer
gency room at Baptist North Hospital on
Samaritan Drive will remain open ail day
Wednesday, however hospital officials urge
residents to come to the new hospital off
Hwy. 20 at Ga. 400 for emergency services.
Herron said that each patient will be
assigned a volunteer during the process and
families will be notified when the move is
complete. Until the move is complete, any
one on the premises will need to check in
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Gas deregulation having a
price for chicken producers
By Colby Jones
Staff Writer
Promises that the deregulation of the nat
ural gas industry will benefit consumers do
not hold water with many small poultry farm
ers here, where longtime growers cringe each
time they find a gas bill in their mailbox.
David Stanford, who has been raising
chickens on the family’s Jot ’Em Down
Road farm for as long as he can remember,
switched from using liquid petroleum to nat
ural gas three years ago.
“We felt like the natural gas would be
cheaper and it started out it was, but about
six to eight months ago it went way up,"
Stanford said. “It has been a mess.”
The farmers do not mind paying for the
volume of gas they consume its the base
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Sheriff
suggests
takeover
of police
By Colby Jones and Jim Riley
Staff Writers
In a letter sent to Cumming Mayor H.
Ford Gravitt on Friday, Sheriff Denny
Hendrix proposes to take over the city
police department.
The request comes after commission
ers unanimously voted last week to ask
the city for help in securing county
buildings within the city limits.
Commissioners said they made their
decision after receiving a letter from Col.
Earl Singletary, informing the county
that the Sheriff’s Office would no longer
place an officer in the administration
building on a full-time basis because of
manpower shortages.
Hendrix lauded the commission’s
action, but indicated the board should go
a step further.
“ ... I do not agree with the piecemeal
consolidation of law enforcement. The
most obvious reason for not doing this in
a piecemeal fashion is the confusion to
the citizens. Another reason to not han
dle consolidation in this manner is the
effect it can have on the police depart
ment employees. Working under condi
tions of uncertainty leads to low morale,”
stated Hendrix.
Commissioners said they were not
willing to make that leap.
“I didn’t see anything in there [the
proposed contract] that we were trying to
consolidate city and county law enforce
ment,” said commissioner Julian Bowen
Friday. “All we wanted was a police
presence in the county administration
building.”
Commissioners Andy Anderson and
John Kieffer also expressed doubts about
consolidating the departments at this
point in time.
See POLICE, Page 2A
Ph oto/Tom Brooks
Covering will be coming off signs on Hwy. 20 soon.
fee associated with its delivery that seems
unfair to them.
Ever since the industry was deregulated
last year, Atlanta Gas Light Co. has been
charging a hefty base fee for use of its lines.
The fee gets calculated using the date of
highest usage and does not change regard
less of which provider is chosen. Unlike
other gas customers, poultry farmers use
large amounts of gas to keep their chicken
houses warm in the winter (between 75-80
degrees) and use close to none during the
summer months. To the poultry farmers, the
bill smells worse than their chicken houses.
Stanford pays a base fee of $733 per
month.
See CHICKEN, Page 3A