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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS W»dne»d»y, Jun« 21, 2000
Deaths
Aubrey H. Clark
i Mr. Aubrey H. Clark of
• -Cumming died Friday, June 16,
•' 2000. Mr. Clark was a retired
captain in the U.S. Army, having
• served with the 5307 Composite
‘ Unit Provisional China Burma
’’ India (Merrill’s Marauders) that
" operated behind Japanese lines
during World War 11. He was
" awarded the Bronze Star and
Purple Heart.
After leaving the military,
Clark was a teacher and
t -.assistant principal in the
? County School System.
• was also president of the
J County NEA. He was
; "CMer assistant principal in the
t>Xsfrycross/Ware County Georgia
L X&Jhool System. After retiring
“ W>m teaching in 1980, he and
;C;.lß|s wife, Dorthea, moved to the
■ area.
Survivors include his son,
'X*jßarle Clark; brothers, Alfred
. ' Cjark of El Paso, Texas, Alva O.
Clark of Roswell; sis-
Sgfcr, Alice Strickland of
;>sashville, Ga.; several nieces
nephews.
Funeral services were
June 19, at Ingram
Home Chapel with
Tom Smith officiating.
•,££ffierment was in Sawnee View
?;*s|nemorial Garden.
Forsyth County News
June 21, 2000
■?
s usan Howell Davison
Mrs. Susan Howell Davison,
< 46, of Cumming died Saturday,
■] June 17, 2000.
She was a graduate of the
University of South Carolina
with a secretarial degree, a bach
elor of computer science degree
from Georgia State University,
and a graduate of Rocky
Mountain School of Photo
graphy in Missoula, Mont. She
was owner of Precious Percept
ions Photography Inc. in Cum
ming. She was a member of
P.P.A and G.P.P.A. She was pre
ceded in death by her father,
Roland Davis Howell Jr.
JUDGES from 1A
Circuit stood first in line to
receive a new judge following a
report last year from the Judicial
Council of Georgia. The council
reported the local circuit is in
greater need of an additional supe
rior court judge than five other
circuits around the state that also
submitted requests for a new
judgeship. »
The council based its rankings
on data provided by the
Administrative Office of the
Courts.
Bell-Forsyth, which serves
only Forsyth County, currently
has one superior court judge for
nearly 100,000 residents.
The circuit in Cobb County,
for comparison, has a judge for
each 71,000 residents.
Forsyth County Superior Court
Judge Stan Gault presided over 52
'criminal counts each charge
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Survivors include her hus
band, Mark Davison of
Cumming; mother and stepfa
ther, Barbara Howell and
Heyward T. Kelly of Columbia,
S.C.; stepsister, Susan Kelly
Shephard of Lexington, S.C.;
stepbrothers, Brian Kelly an<j
Phil Kelly of Lexington, S.C.;
aunts, Fannie McMeekin Wilson
of Columbia, S.C., Dorothy
Howell Rowless of
Curwensville, Pa.; father-in-law
and mother-in-law, John L. and
Garnet Davison of Woodstock,
Ga.; brother-in-law, Ken
Davison of Union City, Calif.;
several cousins and other rela
tives.
Funeral services were
Tuesday, June 20, at Ingram
Funeral Home Chapel with
Chaplain Georgia Morris offici
ating. Interment was in
Greenlawn Memorial Park
Cemetery of Columbia, S.C.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the hospice of
your choice.
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June 21, 2000
Mary Adams Sullivan
Mrs. Mary Adams Sullivan,
89, of Cumming died Saturday,
June 17, 2000. She was the
widow of the late Mr. Charlie
Sullivan.
Survivors include her chil
dren, Barbara and Thomas
Marshall of Roswell, Geraldine
Manus of Canton, Joyce and Jim
Gunter of Cumming, John L.
and Betty Sullivan of Alpharetta,
Deborah Goodwin of Cumming;
sister, Evelyn Hopkins of
Roswell; 21 grandchildren; 35
great-grandchildren; one great
great-grandchild; several nieces,
nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services were
Tuesday, June 20, at Ingram
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev.
Carl Jameson officiating.
Interment was in Old Roswell
Cemetery.
Forsyth County News
June 21, 2000
heard by a jury in a criminal case
and 13 civil cases during 1998,
the last year for which statistics
are available.
The 17 superior court judges in
the Atlanta Circuit presided over
an average of 30 criminal counts
and seven civil cases over the
same period.
A total of 2,156 civil and crim
inal cases were filed in the Bell-
Forsyth Circuit during 1998.
There were 2,813 total filings per
judge in the Atlanta circuit and
3,242 filings per judge in the
Towaliga Circuit, which serves
Butts, Lamar and Monroe coun
ties in middle Georgia.
The Bell-Forsyth Circuit came
into existence when it split from
the Blue Ridge Circuit in July
1998, giving both Cherokee and
Forsyth counties their own court
systems.
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of houses and businesses. Barron
was against the fees.
Impact fees are charges made
to developers of property. There
are currently no impact fees in
Forsyth County, but a committee
is working to present a recom
mendation about the issue to
county commissioners. Cherokee
County this spring approved
impact fees.
Wright said the fees should be
used to pay for public safety con
cerns, such as fire protection and
ambulance services, recreation
and environmental protection.
Barron was against the fees,
saying the process of developing
property is already expensive and
complicated and would become
moreso by adding impact fees.
The other candidates said they
Chief magistrate candidates discuss plans for office
By Jonathan Hamilton
Staff Writer
Judge Gerry Adams, Barbara Cole and Deborah
Moseley, candidates for chief magistrate, agreed
during Monday night’s forum of candidates the
office needs to keep pace with technology.
The magistrate court handles public ordinances,
fire code violations and misdemeanor shoplifting
cases.
“If I am elected to the position, I will continue
to complete the computerization process [initiated]
by Superior Court Judge Stan Gault,” said Adams.
Adams said the second change he wanted to
make was to have a better system in place for track
ing fines due.
Moseley said she favored what she feels is a
more efficient system for handling the caseload for
magistrate court video conferencing.
Cole said the tremendous growth in the county
has made the tasks facing the court very complex.
In addition to technology issues, the candidates
outlined their pet projects.
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According to Evans’ office,
the proposal was drafted from
identical legislation already
enacted in other Georgia coun
ties.
When the legislation was
being debated at the state capitol,
Forsyth County Board of
Education Chairman Ben Benson
was disappointed the school sys
tem wasn’t consulted when Evans
drafted the measure.
“It isn’t that I am necessarily
against the bill; it is just that I
don’t know what the impact will
be if the measure passes,” he said.
The measure passed the
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were unsure about whether they
would support impact fees or not
and needed to study the issue fur
ther.
Traffic was another issue that
all said was a problem. Most sup
ported the county playing a bigger
role in trying to resolve the
regional air pollution problem that
has caused the federal government
to withhold money for transporta
tion improvements in the metro
Atlanta area.
Kreager advocated studying
traffic including who is using
local roads and why in order to
better plan road projects.
Most of the panel agreed that
the county should do more to pro
mote affordable housing locally.
They were mostly against devel
opment of apartment complexes,
Moseley wants to change the schedule of the
magistrate court from nights to days and hire a
bilingual judge or at least provide an interpreter for
people not fluent in English.
Adams said he wanted to continue the progress
he has made with warrant hearings for criminal
cases and arbitration of civil matters.
The three candidates each the highlighted per
sonal strengths they felt best prepared them for the
job.
Adams has been a judge for 30 years, holding
that position in Forsyth County for the past 16
years. Before coming to Forsyth he served as a
judge in Fulton County for 14 years.
“I have heard 8,000 cases and never had a rever
sal from an appeal court,” said Adams.
Cole is the only candidate of the three with a
law degree.
She has worked 11 years as a paralegal and also
has worked as an investigator in the insurance field.
Moseley has assisted her husband, attorney
Harry Moseley, for 14 years.
Georgia House of Representatives
this spring by a margin of 140-1.
The Georgia Senate passed the
measure by a unanimous 59-0
tally.
Senior citizens, 65 years and
older, currently qualify for a dou
ble homestead exemption if the
annual household income falls
under SIO,OOO.
Individuals age 62 or older
already qualify for a school tax
exemption on the value of their
home and three acres of property
or $20,000, whichever is greater,
if they meet annual income
requirements.
though Tanner said he is not
opposed to them if they are quali
ty developments within the Ga.
400 corridor.
Heard said affordable housing
is being built in the northern part
of the county.
Wright said spot zoning has
limited opportunities to build
affordable housing.
Kreager said a good land-use
plan should be followed and con
tain areas where affordable hous
ing thrives.
. “We need alternatives to
$300,000 and $500,000 homes,”
Tanner said.
All of the candidates said the
county should look for ways to
end jail crowding locally before
the federal government orders the
county to build a bigger jail.
The tax relief plan is one of
four approved by the Legislature.
The other three will be on the
November ballot.
The referendums issues on the
fall ballot would:
• Raise the exemption of the
assessed value of the homestead
for all taxpayers to $6,000 for
2001 and $7,000 for 2002. The
exemption would rise to SB,OOO
for 2003 and all tax years there
after.
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With the exception of the
impact fee issue and taxes, the
two candidates agreed on a wide
range of issues, starting with the
state of Georgia’s plan to dump
more treated wastewater into Lake
Lanier and the Chattahoochee
River.
“I oppose dumping additional
wastewater into Lake Lanier,” said
Jenkins.
“I have always felt that, once
we pollute the lake, we will never
get it clean.”
Pritchett said he thought there
were three viable options for tak
ing care of the treated wastewater
instead of dumping it into the lake
and river.
The candidates also agreed on
the proposed northern arc.
“Ever since the northern arc
was proposed I have been against
it,” said Pritchett.
“We don’t need to take on
Atlanta’s baggage.”
Jenkins said he feels the same
about the issue as he did when he
first ran in 1996 he is firmly
opposed.
“The outer perimeter would
have a detrimental effect on this
county,” said Jenkins.
Both candidates also agreed on
the need for more affordable
housing in the county.
“I support affordable homes,”
said Jenkins.
“I don’t support an influx of
apartments. What some call smart
growth, I see as high density.”
Pritchett said the American
dream was to have the ability to
buy an affordable starter home.
• Raise exemption of the
assessed value of the homestead
for senior citizens or disabled
individuals to SIO,OOO for 2001
and to $13,000 for 2002. The
exemption would rise to $16,000
for 2003 and all tax years there
after. To qualify for the exemp
tion, annual household income
can’t exceed $40,000.
• Create a homestead exemp
tion of $38,000 for disabled vet
erans.