Newspaper Page Text
PAGE 2A
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sundiy, August IS. 1999
Fayette teen arrested after bomb
threat to Forsyth Sheriff’s Office
JSy Colby Jones
Writer
♦ ♦
* t *. Local investigators say a 16-
Ijiear-old girl used a telephone
•fbat line to phone in a bomb
'•(lrreat to the Sheriff’s Office ear
■]isr this month.
j*. The parents of the youth,
.xidiose name is being withheld
because she is a juvenile, turned
'Her in to the department’s
•pfiminal Investigation Division
*on Wednesday.
Authorities said she lives in
•jFyrone, and faces a felony charge
Iql transmitting a false public
alarm for the Aug. 4 call. She is
currently being detained at the
Regional Youth Detention Center
in Gainesville.
The telephone chat line
resembles an Internet chat room
where callers often use aliases
and discuss subjects such as sex
and music, according to authori
ties.
Deaths
Mrs. Alma Hall
Mrs. Alma Hall, age 83, of
Cumming, died August 12, 1999.
Mrs. Hall was a member of the
Cumming First United Methodist
Church and the Forsyth Senior
Citizens Group.
She is survived by husband,
Donald Hall of Cumming; daugh
ters and son-in-law, Ruth Ann
Thiel, Prairie Village, KS., Larry
and Mary Lee Wilson, Big Canoe,;
brother, Orlan Schultz, Lakeland,
PL.; grandchildren, Terry and
Shannon Lynch, Jacksonville, FL.;
great-grandchildren Jordan and
Hailey Lynch, Jacksonville, FL.
A memorial service will be held
Sunday, Aug. 15, 1999 at 2:30 PM
at the Cumming First United
Methodist Church. Rev. John L.
Cromartiejr,, officiating, in lieu of
Howers, the family request contri
butions be made to the Building
Fund, Cumming First United
Methodist Church, 770 Canton
Hwy., Cumming, GA 30028.
The family will receive friends
at the church immediately follow
» ,iqg the service. Northside Chapel
‘‘♦Furneral Directors of
’iJßoswell/Alpharetta is in charge of
•‘..services.
Forsyth County News
Aug. 15, 1999
MOON
NAILS
& TANNING BEDS
770-889-6388
MANICURE &
PEDICURE W ith
I HQ 95 ™-*
■ BBBP <25 < ~
ACRYLIC s«a<X9s
TIPS
TOUCH
I UPS «“*
655 Atlanta Rd.
. (Behind Chick-Fil-A)
J -B vAj fl Ab Sfl ML WflL Wfl Hr —*■« ttf
IBP JBSB&QSKSA
Residential and Commercial/Resurfacing
• Bathtubs • Ceramic Tiles • Sinks • Chip Repair
• Kitchen Countertops • Fiberglass • Porcelain
, ""*" \ -We buy and sell Antique Claw Foot
Tubs and carry a complete line of
. / New Reproduction Claw Foot Tubs,
Faucets and Accessories
• 2095 Dahlonega Hwy. £ 770-888-5252 |
’'FjLHie'^lsbSeDternbeMisr'^^^^^^^^r^™ l
I i SUMMER s
! FBU 1/4 Rotisserie |
'■ I " Chicken Dinner ■
(includes french fries & cole slaw (no substitutions)
with purchase of Full Slab Rib Dinner or
Marinated Grilled Salmon Dinner. ■
lia I
Food & sp iri ts
j 419 At i anta Hwy . 770-889-4742
> «■ ■■■ ■" "" “
“Apparently these teenagers
had passed around the number,”
said Cpl. Horace Perry. “When
they call, it connects them to a
vast number of people.”
The youth connected to the
chat line, then used a third-party
line to call the Sheriff’s Office.
The threat consisted of the state
ment, “There’s a bomb in the
building,” or words to that effect.
Investigators traced the call
back to the chat line and received
information about her identity
from a friend.
The Sheriff’s Office plans to
make at least two more arrests in
the case, including a man who
apparently talked the teenager
into making the bomb threat, said
Perry.
Investigators have extensively
questioned the youth about the
involvement of others.
However, investigators are
still trying to determine why the
Fayette County youth chose law
Mrs. Inez Jones
Mrs. Inez Appling Jones, age
95 of Cumming, died Thursday
morning. She was the widow of
the late Mr. Thomas L. Jones, Sr.
Survivors include her children:
Kathryn McCullin of Cumming,
Betty Petty of Clayton, T. Leslie,
Jr. and Sandra Jones of Temple,
GA and Alan and Marie Jones of
Cumming; 8 grandchildren,*9
great grandchildren; sisters and
brother-in-law: Dola and Len
Campbell and Marie Shelton, all
of Cumming. Nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, August 14, 1999 at
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel
with Dr. Bob Jolly, officiating.
Interment was at Westview
Cemetery. Ingram Funeral Home
of Cumming was in charge of ser
vices.
Forsyth County News
Aug. 15, 1999
Mr. Melvin D. Brodie
Melvin D. Brodie, 70, of
Cumming, died peacefully
Tuesday evening, August 11,
1999, at his residence. The funer
al was held Saturday, August
14th at Dunwoody United
Clark L.Tomlin, Jr., CPA, P.C.
Certified Public Accountant
•Computerized accounting and bookkeeping
♦ Payroll service & reporting
•Individual tax retums-Fcderal
& all required states
•Corporation tax returns
♦ Small business services-A/P, A/R
•Tax planning
•Tax saving strategies for
sole proprietors and self employed
(act now before year end)
•Consulting and support for
Quickbooks* & Quicken*
•Incorporation services
•Computerized accounting system
setup and support for your company
770-844-7782
enforcement in Forsyth County
as her target.
A department spokesman
speculated the man who talked
the youth into calling may have
an axe to grind with the Sheriff’s
Office.
“There is certainly a hidden
agenda for him to coax these
women into doing this,” said
Perry.
Bomb threats became nearly a
daily occurrence throughout the
metro area following the mas
sacre last spring at Columbine
High School in Littleton, Colo.
The Sheriff's Office reports it
has received about 15 bomb
threats in the past two months.
There has been no arrest in
connection with a series of bomb
threats called into the county’s
911 center on April 21. Those
threats forced authorities to close
all 19 schools in the county until
officers and bomb-sniffing dogs
could clear the premises.
Methodist Church with Dr. B.
Wiley Stephens officiating.
Mr. Brodie was born in
Waterford Township, Michigan
and moved to Dunwoody with his
family in 1970. They moved to
Cumming in 1990.
Surviving are his wife of 44
years, Beverly Anne Russell
Brodie; his children, Laura Lee
Brodie and her husband, Jerry
Sharp, of Casselberry, Florida,;
Kimberly Ann Brodie, of
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Robert
James Brodie of Cumming; his
brother James T. Brodie and his
wife Debbie of Encino,
California; and his granddaugh
ters: Sarah Elizabeth and
Deborah Lee Adams of
Casselberry, Florida; nephew
Michael J. Brodie of California
and niece Terry Brodie Laßioloa
and her husband Ivano of
Corgeno, Italy. Funeral arrange
ments were managed by
SouthCare Memorial Chapel of
Smyrna. Interment was at
Sawnee View Gardens. In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions
may be made to Dunwoody
United Methodist Church.
Forsyth County News
Aug. 15, 1999
fouie 8. Jones funeralJiome
Alpharetta’s only funeral home since 1899
• Advanced Planning • Out of town
• Cremation transportation
• Affordable Pricing
M Mh Finally. A Non-Surgical
Solution for Back Pain
INPWW Sufferers that Works!
’ - IF YOLJ SUFFER FR()M
‘ ower Back P a ’ n
s * Degenerative Disc Disease
jr < • Bulging/Herniated Disc
| • Sciatic/I>eg Pain
K:. * > ' * or H ave been advised to have
back surgery...
you may be a candidate for VAX-D treat
mcn* Don’t wait Call for a FREE, no
aL : a Jk obligation consultation
770-781-9050
Levinson Family Chiropractic Life Center
563 Lakeland Ruza. Cumming. GA 30040 (mImUimUQI
Norcross
A Ipharet ta
Pncn here ant cash only and with purrhas« of operating tytem Noo/p. credit cerd/check 3W up Open 1 days 10am - 7pm
Pnces subject to change
Visit Our On-Line Store: www.valuesquare You Save 2% and Free Gift.
Pllceleron333A/400Mhz I’ll 350/400 Mhz Pill 450mhzGameBoy
.BXProlOOmhzOi.pßtw.th -Intel BX Pro chqwet w,th tower ATX
v U-01 M... "BMB AGP Video/16 Bit Sound "128 MB PC 100 SDRAM
Tun ,64MH SD RAM/JCk Modem -10 2+GB UDMA HD/1 44 FD
•32M8 SDRAM/56LV XJMod .6.4G8 UDMA HD/1 44FD/Sk -40 X CDROM/56k Md/KB/MS
•4 3GBUDMAHD/I 44F/Kb/Ms .44 X f’D/Mini-Mid TowerAb/Mr .Diamond VipcrSSO 16inbAGP
•40xCD/Spk /Mini/inid Tower .Windows 98 "SB Live Value/3D SW 280 w spk
•Free Software “tin 99/250 ganrs/win9K 1 VManii.il
•Free Software
$399/449 $555/599 cooo™«>»»
window 95/98 $69/89
Special: P11145U: $699 IBM Pentium lOOMhz
lOF uwl monitor; *—— willl jc» mnM a nr .«M
' 16mbRAM/850mbHD/24xU)
Window 95W; $65388 Flp/16bitS/33.6kmd/lmbV...
I
■
Photo/Tom Brooks
Widening on Hwy. 141 should begin by 2004 and is expected to
be completed by 2007.
ROADS from 1A
Commissioner Tom Moreland of
Moreland Altobelli, consulted
with ARC staff on Thursday. “I
feel very confident that Forsyth
County will be treated as fairly as
any county in the non-attainment
area,” Bowen said. “I was really
encouraged.”
“We were able to get a com
mitment from them to keep coun
ty road projects on schedule,”
Jenkins said after the meeting.
An Aug. 6 letter from DOT
Chief Engineer Frank Danchetz to
the board (received Aug. 11) out
lined the current status of Forsyth
road construction projects.
Danchetz wrote that the fiscal
year 2010 date the board had
received outlining the construc
tion programming for the widen
ing of Hwy. 141 is in error. His
letter states that initial work
should begin by 2004, with the
project to be completed by 2007.
Bowen said the board has
worked all along to have the inter
section improvements at Hwy.
141 and Ga. 400 taken out of the
141 widening package. “It is a
separate package that should
stand on its own merits” he said.
In more good news, the county
learned that the McFarland Road
widening project is back on
schedule. The DOT has asked the
ARC to place the project in its
2003 schedule.
Also, the DOT has requested
the ARC to include the widening
of Bethelview Road in future
plans. Now, construction pro
gramming is scheduled to begin
in 2004, with the improvements
open to traffic in 2007.
However, as a grandfathered
project under the Clean Air Act,
the proposed interchange
improvement at Hwy. 20 and
Hwy. 400 will most likely open to
traffic in 2007, according to the
latest DOT information.
Street
16!
• Siji, - "** ■- ’W-'t
Love,
Mom, Dad, ■■
Les and Zach
\ ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR A
/ V “In the Heart of Dunwoody”
t * v Fri. Aug 20th &. Sat. Aug 21st F«Lg
10 a.tn. to sp.m. at the b
Shops of Dunwoody sy
* < 5500 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
An outdoor juried event featuring 43 exhibitors. Fine Arts will include oils,
tk % watercolors, ceramic wall plaques, photography, and calligraphy. The erects will adi
£ Include pottery, jewelry, clothing, stained glass, garden accessories, bird
houses, decorative painting, sewing, wooden bowls, pressed fit dried flowers
Sponsored by “The Dunwoody Arts di Crqfls Guild" jk J
A- - *’' A non-profit organization established tn Dunwoody in 1973.
— - t , v lIU -
Forsyth County News
J hmr "Hmnetown Paptr"Stet 19M J <I I
USPS 205 540
302 Old Buford Road, Cumming, Georgia 30040
Phone: 770-887-3126 Fax: 770-889-6017
Internet Address: www.forsythnews.com .
X7X Publisher DENNIS STOCKTON
General Manager NORMAN BAGGS
Iml Corporate Editor LEANNE T. BELL
UUIWULZ I Advertising Director BARBARA SCOHIER
\KRS3R' Circulation Director PHU. JONES
MEMBER
Published Sunday. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday by the Forsyth County News
Company, 302 Old Buford Road, Cumming, Ga. Second Class Postage paid at
Cumming. Ga. and additional offices. Subscription rate for Forsyth county. $42 per
year; other Georgia and out of state subscriptions arc $65 per year. Advertising
rates and deadlines available upon request. Postmaster: Send address change to
Forsyth County Ncws/P.O Box 210. Cumming, Ga 30028
A Swartz-Morris Media Inc. publication
Miss your paper? Call 770-887-3126
We deliver replacement papers within Forsyth County. If your newspaper is not
delivered by 6:30 a.m., please call the circulation department at 770-887-3126.
Service calls will be taken from 8 am. until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, replacement papers will be delivered from 2p.m. to sp.m. Sunday calls
taken from 9 a m until 1 p.m. on Sunday, replacement papers will be delivered
from 11 am. to 2p.m. If your call is received during the above listed times, a
replacement copy will be delivered to your home. Calls received after the above
times will be extended credit to their account or delivered with next issue. Any
changes in publication will be announced in preceding issues.
Advertising Deadlines
For Sunday’s paper retail and classified display ads are due by noon Thursday.
For Wednesday’s paper retail and classified display ads are due by 5 p.m. Friday.
For Thursday’s paper retail and classified display ads arc due by noon Monday.
For Friday’s paper retail and glassified display ads are due by noon Tuesday.
Classified Line Advertising Deadlines
(Help wanted, garage sales, rentals, etc.)
For Sunday's paper classified line ads are due by noon Friday
For Wednesday’s paper classified line ads are due by noon Monday
For Thursday’s paper classified line ads are due by noon Tuesday.
For Friday’s peper classified line ads are due by noon Wednesday
advertising is due by Friday noon and runs only tn Wednesday's paper
Seized animals
headed for zoo
State officials took possession
Friday of four exotic animals
seized last week from fugitive
David Wayne Maynard.
The animals will be taken to
temporary shelters before being
placed in a zoo-type facility,
according to the Department of
Natural Resources.
Employees at the county ani
mal control shelter had been car
ing for a lion cub, two king
cobras and flying 'possum up
until Friday.
Deputies seized the animals
on Monday after finding
Maynard, 27, passed out in the
trunk of a red sports car in the
Tallantworth subdivision in west
Forsyth County.
Officers said he was hiding in
the trunk with a ,380-caliber
handgun to avoid being arrested
by Gwinnett County officers on a
warrant for probation violation.
Forsyth County authorities
have charged Maynard with car
rying a concealed weapon, pos
session of a firearm by a convict
ed felon, obstruction and cruelty
to animals.
Maynard also faces state
charges for possessing wild ani
mals without a permit, said DNR
Cpl. Jim Pirkle.
Correction
In the Sunday, Aug. 8
edition of The Forsyth
County News, we incorrectly
listed the phone number for
Craftworx in the story about
the business. The phone
number is (770) 813-8696.