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Cumming
officials
draw no
challengers
By Joda Browning
Staff Writer
The mayor and incumbent
members of the Camming City
Council will remain in office for
new terms. No one else quali
fied to challenge the incumbents
over the three-day qualifying
period, which ended Wednesday
at 5 p.m.
City officials note they’ll be
able to save taxpayers some
money by not having to conduct
the election or print ballots
because of the lack of chal
lengers.
The city has the option of
writing a letter to the Secretary
of State’s Office to request can
cellation of the November city
election, due to the fact no one
except the incumbents qualified.
All seats were up this year
because the mayoral and council
posts are not elected on a stag
gered basis.
Reelected by the fact they
have no opposition are Mayor
Henry Ford Gravitt, and
Councilmen Lewis Ledbetter,
Quincy Holton, Ralph Perry,
Rupert Sexton and John D.
Pugh.
The qualifying period opened
Monday. It costs $35 to qualify
for the seats.
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Purple days
Jordan Lamb puts a new coat of paint on the surface of a half-pipe skating ramp at Slapshots
Tuesday afternoon. The ramps were getting a facelift after heavy usage.
Dawson man indicted
for assault on deputy
By Colby Jones
Stall Writer
A 25-year-old Dawsonville man
was indicted Monday for allegedly
assaulting a Sheriff’s deputy after a
routine traffic stop in June 1998.
The grand jury returned a six
count indictment against Dennis
Jason Bums, including charges for
aggravated assault on a police offi
cer, leaving the scene of an acci
dent, fleeing and attempting to
elude police, obstruction, criminal
interference with government prop
erty and obstruction.
Authorities say Johnson
rammed his vehicle into a patrol car
when the deputy attempted to pull
him over on Ga. 400 at Martin
Road on June 21, 1998. Johnson
got out of his vehicle and ran on
foot before being caught and placed
under arrest. k
Other indictments returned
Monday by the grand jury included:
•Brian Werner, 38, of Brookton
Way in Cumming, was indicted for
aggravated assault and false impris
onment for an April 1 incident.
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Highs and Lowe s
It may look like one of the Great Pyramids, but these workers with their lattice-work
scaffolding actually are putting finishing touches on the new Lowe’s in Cumming.
Authorities say Werner tied up his
wife using duct tape, and then
attempted to strangle her with a golf
club.
•Joey Matthews, 39, of Burruss
Mill Road in Cumming, was indict
ed on an aggravated assault charge
for shooting his brother with a .44-
caliber rifle on Nov. 2,1998.
•Stephanie W. Goforth, 33, of
Haw Creek Road in Cumming, was
indicted for first-degree cruelty to
children and battery. She is accused
of injuring her stepson with a belt
between April 21-23.
•Jessica Graves, 19, of Pleasant
Grove Road in Cumming, was
indicted for obstruction and inter
fering with government property
for a June 10 incident. Graves
allegedly scratched and kicked a
deputy who tried to arrest her, then
kicked out a patrol car window on
the way to jail. Her mother, Cheryl
Graves, 48, also was indicted for
tearing up a legal document that
ordered her daughter’s arrest.
•Abdulla B. Hakooz, 17, of
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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 1999
It’s in the cards for Sheriff’s Office
Deputies featured on trading
cards in good-will gesture
By Colby Jones
Staff Writer
Sheriff’s Office deputies are building good
will with county youth by handing out glossy
trading cards at special events.
The department plans to reward children
who collect all 30 trading cards by giving them
coupons that can be redeemed for various
prizes.
Each card contains a picture of an officer on
* the job, biographical information and a person
al message.
Some highlight the traffic, domestic vio
lence, enforcement, criminal investigation,
communication and animal control divisions
while others feature specialized units such as
the Special Response Team.
The cards were purchased by local busi
nesses.
Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Karleen
Chalker said the cards are a big hit with the
deputies. The cards also apparently have made
an impression on area children as well.
“We have kids that come up to officers and
ask, ‘Do you have any of those cards?’” said
Chalker.
Search the Shelves
Library planning to crack down
on patrons with past due books
By Joda Browning
Staff Writer
If you’re holding onto an over
due book on loan from the library,
you might want to seriously think
about bringing it back where it
belongs.
The Forsyth County Public
Library Board has approved the use
of a collection agency that works
with libraries to help put the books
back into circulation for other read
ers to enjoy.
The board took the action at its
meeting earlier this week.
Unique Management Services
will be used on a 90-day trial period
beginning Nov. 1.
For those guilty of possessing
overdue books, library officials will
have a one-week amnesty period in
October so they can bring in books
at no charge.
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Photo/Tom Brooks
The collection of Sheriff’s Office cards.
Man killed
on the job
at Siemens
By Colby Jones
Staff Writer
A 5,000-pound metal cabinet crushed and killed a
Forsyth County man Tuesday afternoon at Siemens
Eneigy and Automation Inc.
Kenny Hughes, 41, was helping another employ
ee assemble the piece of equipment when it fell on
top of him at 1:35 p.m., according to a Sheriff’s
Office report.
The cabinet contained motor controls used to reg
ulate temperature and the two employees were using
a jack to lift it off the floor, said a company official.
It took 13 employees to raise the equipment high
enough to remove Hughes’ crushed body.
Paramedics transported the victim to North Fulton
Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Sheriff’s Office turned over the scene to a
representative from the federal Occupational Safety
and Health Administration.
The agency will investigate whether proper safety
precautions were in place and what preventive mea
sures can be taken in the future, said OSHA
spokesman Jonathan Worrell. He would not comment
further because the accident is under investigation.
Hughes worked as a production specialist at
Siemens for about five weeks prior to his death.
Randstad Staffing placed Hughes in the assembly
plant - located at 100 Technology Drive in
Alpharetta.
Funeral services for Hughes are planned for
Friday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. at Oak Grove Baptist
Church in Cumming.
Ingram Funeral Home is in charge of arrange
ments.
Those people will be notified
with further information. Forsyth
County Library director John
McDaniel says the amnesty period
will help violators to “ease into it.”
Library officials haven’t deter
mined yet the level of debt which
will evoke notification on the
amnesty and any possible collection
effort. Those details are still being
worked out to see what is cost effi
cient.
McDaniel said Unique
Management Services has a good
track record, adding that the agency
has had a 50-percent return rate
working with other library systems.
He noted: “This is an agency
that specializes in public libraries
alone. This is fair to taxpayers who
return books and abide by the
rules.”
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