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- FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Wednesday, June 14,2000
MARKET from 1A
off okra, com, peppers, Irish potatoes, gourds and
peanuts onto the back of his white camper-topped
pickup to start each market day.
His wife, Orene, often contributes fresh flowers
for sale. Within a couple of hours, they return empty
handed.
From his perspective, it’s a satisfying way to get
rid of surplus harvest and help others enjoy good,
homegrown offerings and all for the parking fee
ofsl.
“No one else has to pay the parking fee not
customers, I mean and vendors only $1 or $2 if
they have a trailer,” says Tate, who partially supervis
es each day’s events and can recall the market’s earli
est beginnings.
“Some of us had a bunch of extra produce and so
it first started across from Barnett’s Grocery and then
Doc Mashburn’s little apple place on Hwy. 9 and
then out to the old Methodist Church and then they
moved us down to where we are now,” he says.
Gardening, since he first learned it as a child, has
also changed quite a bit.
“It’s not like it used to be because the weather’s
not like it used to be,” he says of his gardening regi
men. “We used to have cold weather in the winter
and have a good spring and summer and didn’t have
dry weather like we have now. I guess them things
they shoot up in the air causes a lot of it. I don’t
know.
FIRE from 1A
Then, as they feel for an
escape, the doors have light bulbs
inside to create a safe but
detectable amount of heat. The
children feel around for the exit
with no heat coming from it.
“You can teach kids fire safety,
and you can tell them what to do
and show them on films but, until
they are actually inside it, they
will never know what it’s like. It’s
a tremendous teaching aid,” said
Bennett.
The safety house was pur
chased for the county in a joint
effort with school PTAs from
Deaths
Vennle Mooney Fowler
Mrs. Vennie Mooney Fowler,
82, of Cumming died Sunday,
June 11,2000.
Survivors include her husband,
Bradford Fowler of Cumming;
children, Shirley and C.M. Honea
of Cumming, Horace and Carol
Fowler of Rome, Kenneth and
Kathy Fowler of Cumming,
Norris and Angie Fowler of
Dawsonville; brothers and sisters,
Vinnie Prather of Adairsville,
James Mooney of Dawsonville,
Myrtle Mooney of Cumming,
•feftty Mooney of Cumming,
Frances Garrett of Flowery
Branch, Marcus Mooney of
Cumming, Clayton Mooney of
Cumming; six grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; nieces,
nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services were Tuesday,
June 13, at Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Revs. Elmer
Stowe and Lamar Day officiating.
Interment was in Haw Creek
Baptist Church Cemetery.
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June 14, 2000
Lola Hughes Lowman
Mrs. Lola Hughes Lowman,
77, of Ellijay died Thursday,
June 8, 2000. She was a textile
worker, housewife and a member
of the East New Hope Baptist
Church. She was the widow of
Bart Lowman. She was the
daughter of the late Homer and
Georgia Morton Hughes.
Survivors include her son and
daughter-in-law, James and
Ruby Lowman of Ellijay; daugh
ters and sons-in-law, Bessie and
Harold Henson of Ellijay, Lois
and Terry Leatherwood of
Ellijay, Betty Lowman of
Atlanta, Kathleen Lowman of
Atlanta and Jewell and George
De Vane of Lithonia; sisters, Ona
Densmore and Clorene Orr, both
of Cumming; brother, Stancil
Hughes of Phoenix City,
Alabama; seven grandchildren;
and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were
Sunday, June 11, at the
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“But the gardening is great as far as raising stuff,”
he says. “It’s the same way as it has always been.
You’ve got to plant it and look after it. Os course, in
the old days, the cold killed the bugs and we don’t
have as much cold now, so bugs are a problem.
We’ve got all kinds of insects now. I think we’ve got
some new ones. You have to be careful about what
you can use to kill them, because some of that stuff
(shouldn’t be) put on stuff to eat.”
Such meticulous, backyard effort produces results
supermarkets can’t rival, he says.
“These here hothouse tomatoes are not good to
eat, no way,” says Tate. “We had one guy bring some
last year to the market and I told him not to bring no
more of them. He never did come back.”
An average of 30 vendors, hailing from Forsyth, 1 '
Dawson, Banks, Lumpkin, north Fulton and
Cherokee counties, show up to sell at each Farmer’s
Market gathering. Those-interested in selling pro
duce can call the Forsyth County Extension Service
at (770) 887-2418.
“I worked with the school system before I retired
and I miss meeting people,” says Tate. “So it helps
me with that and people get good prices and good,
homegrown stuff.”
Bottom line? It’s time to roll up the sleeves, says
Tate, slather on the mayonnaise and enjoy that
mouth-waterin’, drippin’ good ‘“mater” sammich
right over the kitchen basin.
across the county. Those schools
that chose to participate raised
half of the cost of the house, and
the fire department paid for the
rest.
Formerly, fire departments had
to rent units from the Fire
Academy in Forsyth, Ga., and
share with all of the other depart
ments in the state. There would
often be a waiting period of sever
al years just to have the house for
one day.
Thanks to the efforts of
Forsyth County schools and the
fire department, a house resides in
Bernhardt Funeral Home Chapel
with the Revs. Larry Bennett
and Ardell McClure officiating.
Interment was in East New Hope
Cemetery.
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June 14, 2000
Dennis R. Schoon
Mr. Dennis R. Schoon, 44, of
Cumming died May 29, 2000.
Survivors include his wife,
Sandy Schoon of Cumming; chil
dren, Jennifer, Carol Ann and
Dennis Schoon; parents, Wayne
and Liz Schoon of Manson, lowa
and Mary and Wayne Rapp of
Orlando, Fla.; brothers, David
Schoon of Manson, lowa, Darold
Schoon of Cumming; Rick
Schoon of Chino, Calif.; sisters,
Darla Cole of Duluth, Ga., Dawn
Rapp of Florida, Laurie Schoon
and Vicki Schoon, both of
Manson, lowa.
Funeral services were
Saturday, June 3,-at Saint Paul
Lutheran Church in Manson,
lowa. Interment was in Clinton-
Garfield Township Cemetery in
Rolfe, lowa.
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Robin Thomas Stone
Mrs. Robin Thomas Stone, 42,
of Cumming died Sunday, June
11, 2000. She was preceded in
death by her husband, David
Stone.
Survivors include her sons,
Ryan Stone and Michael Stone of
Cumming; mother, Viola Payne
Thomas of Cumming; sister and
brother-in-law, Boe and Brenda
Collett of Canton; nieces, Lisa
and Tony Gaddis of Cumming;
Kristi and Thomas Jennings of
Cumming; mother-in-law and
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makes its way to each school so
that kids can be better educated in
emergency situations.
The unit costs about $32,000.
In typical Girl Scout fashion,
the troop repaid the firefighters by
donating teddy bears from the
Build-A-Bear shop at the Mall of
Georgia to complete their
“Sharing and Caring” patch.
The girls raised money from
cookie sales to make a trip to the
mall and construct each bear by
hand to give to children involved
in accidents and house fires.
father-in-law, Charles and Clydine
Stone of Cumming; brothers-in
law and sisters-in-law, Donald and
Marilyn Stone of Cumming,
Randy and Rhonda Stone of
Cumming; a number of nieces,
nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services were Tuesday,
June 13, at Haw Creek Baptist
Church with the Revs. Jerry Orr
and Horace Richards officiating.
Interment was in Sawnee View
Memorial Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
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Earline Waggoner
Mrs. Earline Waggoner, 77, of
Cumming died Friday, June 9,
2000.
Survivors include her children,
Virginia Waggoner Hicks of
Mobile, Ala., Kay Waggoner Ellis
of Cleveland, Tenn., James
Carlton Waggoner of Milton, Fla.,
Shirley Waggoner Corder of
Cumming; grandchildren, Camille
and Darrell Corder, James, Whitt
and Karen Peltz Ellis, Jessica
Hicks, Dana H. Chapman, Carla
and Sheila Waggoner; cousin,
Linda B. Williams; six great
grandchildren; and other relatives.
Memorial services were
Sunday, June 11, at Coal
Mountain Baptist Church with
Rev. Danny Bennett officiating.
Ingram Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
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June 14, 2000
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ing ban has also frustrated county officials.
“The ban has really hurt us,” Clarke said.
“Demand for water hasn’t decreased since the ban
was put into effect. What the watering ban has
done is to take the amount of water that was being
used in a 24-hour day and compressed the demand
into a 12-hour period.”
Compounding the water pressure problems is
the county’s explosive growth.
In the past year the demand for water in the
county has nearly doubled, growing from 8 mil
lion gallons per day last year to 15 million gallons
this year.
“I haven’t had this problem anyplace else,” said
Don Kirtin, another Aberdeen resident.
The water problem has forced Kirkpatrick’s
family and Kirtin to resort to some extraordinary
measures to get ready for the day.
Kirkpatrick has sent his children to his parents’
County expands water restrictions
By Gary Tanner
Editor
Outdoor watering restrictions
were toughened Monday by the
state and county, reducing the
number of hours and days during
which outside watering is
allowed.
On June 5 the state instituted a
mandatory 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.
ban on outside watering in a 15-
county area encompassing Atlanta
and surrounding areas, including
Forsyth County.
On Monday the state
Environmental Protection
Division stiffened its ban to an
odd/even day system, including
those on private wells or who
pump water from streams. Fo.-syth
County Commissioners went fur
ther and made the mandatory out
side watering ban effective from 5
a.m. until 10 p.m. In addition,
commissioners granted permis
sion for the county manager to
add more restrictions if needed.
The vote was 4-0 in favor of the
restrictions. Commissioner Andy
Anderson was absent.
The moves come at a time
when many residents of south
Forsyth County are turning on
water faucets and finding just a
trickle coming out during peak
morning water use times, accord
ing to Tim Perkins, director of the
county’s water and sewer depart
ment.
The situation led the county to
issue a “boil water alert” for those
county water customers who lose
water pressure completely or who
experience extremely low pres-
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house a few miles away to take showers so they
could get ready for school. Kirtin, who works in
Atlanta, has gone to his health club to get ready
for work.
The problem hasn’t been contained to just
weekdays, either. It has also occurred on the
weekend.
Residents say the problem starts a little later on
Saturday and Sunday, beginning after 7 a.m.
“Right after 10 a.m., whether it is the weekend
or a, weekday, whatever the problem is, we have
water,” said Kirkpatrick.
This year the county started a program to
replace smaller-capacity water pipes with ones
that can handle a much larger volume of water.
Replacing the pipes will not bring immediate
relief to local residents, however, because the pro
ject will take up to three years to complete,
according to Clarke.
sure. Residents who have those
problems should boil any water
before consuming it because of
the risk of contamination, accord
ing to Mitch Clarke, county
spokesman.
“In order to protect the public
from a potential health hazard, all
customers who have experienced
water outages or low water pres
sure are advised to boil all water
prior to use for drinking, cooking
or preparing baby food,” Clarke
said in a written statement.
Water should be boiled for one
minute after it has come to a full
boil, Clarke said. Customers
should continue to boil their water
until informed by the water
department that it is safe to dis
continue the practice.
The problems with low water
pressure have occurred in the
early morning hours when people
are showering, making breakfast
and watering their yards, officials
said. Commission chairman Bill
Jenkins, who lives in south
Forsyth County, said that at about
10 a.m. at his house the water
pressure returns to normal.
County officials are pledging
to “vigorously enforce” the water
ing restrictions. A first offense
brings a written warning. The sec
ond offense brings a SIOO fine. A
third offense brings another SIOO
fine and disconnection of water
service, according to Clarke.
In a nutshell, the restrictions
mean that:
• Residents and businesses
with even-numbered addresses
may water outside on even-num-
bered days from the hours of mid
night to 5 a.m. and from 10 p.m.
to midnight.
• Residents and businesses
with odd-numbered addresses
may water outside on odd-num
bered days from the hours of mid
night to 5 a.m. and from 10 p.m.
to midnight.
Residents who are customers
of the Cumming water system are
subject to the same restrictions,
except the 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. exten
sion of the ban, which applies
only to county water customers.
Forsyth County water cus
tomers used an average of more
than 11.6 million gallons of water
per day in May, according to
Perkins. That amount is 75 per
cent higher than the daily average
use in April and 56 percent more
than in May of last year, he told
commissioners at their meeting
Monday night.
All of the bans include resi
dences and businesses, with the
exception of businesses such as
car washes and nurseries.
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