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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 2A FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Wwiiwiday, April 111,8001 Deaths Judith M. Bynum Judith M. Bynum, 52, of Ball Ground, died Friday, April 6, 2001. She was employed with Aon Group USA in Suwanee. She is survived by her daugh ter, Melissa Bynum of New York City; son, Robert Wayne Bynum Jr. of Ball Ground; mother, Cora McKee of Cumming; brother, John McKee of Cumming; sister, Joy Hodges of Duluth; grandson, Robert Bynum of Jacksonville, Ala.; several nieces and nephews also survive. A Service of Remembrance was conducted Tuesday, April 10, at Chamblee First United Methodist Church with Rev. Geron Crawford officiating. In lieu of flowery memorials can be made to the National Fragile X Foundation or to Chamblee First UMC’s youth pro gram. Wages and Son Funeral Chapel in Gwinnett County had charge of arrangements Forsyth County News April 11, 2001 Buddy Dodge Mr. Buddy U. Dodge, 69, of Hope, Mich., died Saturday, April 7,2001. Mr. Dodge was the founder of Mount Hope Fellowship Church in Hope and minister of music for the Church of the Living God in Traverse, Mich., for 35 years. He is survived by his wife, Jean; children, David Dodge of Cape Canaveral, Fla., Gary Dodge of lonia, Mich., Randy and Jeff Dodge of Lansing, Mich., Bryan Dodge of Baton Rapids, Mich., Valerie Swinson of Hope, Steven Ebright of Hythe, Canada, Douglas Ebright of Traverse City, Mich., and Vickie Sample of Hope; sister, Loree Carroll of Lansing; 30 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren. There will be a memorial ser vice at 4 p.m. May 6, 2001 at Mount Hope Fellowship Church in Hope. L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Forsyth County News April 11, 2001 Mrs. Helen Evelyn Stanton Mrs. Helen Evelyn Stanton, 83, of Cumming passed away Sunday, April 8. Mrs. Stanton was featured in the Forsyth County News on March 5, 2000 as one of the Women of Forsyth. She accom plished several unique things in her life, including attaining her pilots license at age 15. In 1934 she held the world record at that time for altitude achieved in flight 12,000 feet. She was a stunt pilot “barnstormer.” She was active in politics with the Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale campaigns. She also overcame polio at age 13. Mrs. Stanton is survived by seven children: daughters, Sharon Ann Stanton of Cumming, Mary Jbuie 6. Tones funeral Home & ff tblj— ■ • ■•• * jSt- -,' ■ ' 59 N. Main Street • Alpharetta • 770-475-6554 Alpharetta’s only funeral home since 1899 • Advanced Planning Specialists • Affordable Excellence in Personal Se rvice • Cremation • Local and out of town transportation Your Local Hometown Staff Available 24 hours a day, every day of the year. 770-475-6554.24 Hour Obit. Information 770-475-6555. Professional and Supportive Staff Available for immediate Consultation. Gilbert Phillips Mike Castleberry Randy Jones Jason Sunders Richard Bobo Whenever you're driving and wherever you're bound... • Buckle up w • Drive defensively • Lock your car doors For a brochure on auto safety, see me, your Stale Farm agent. MHHB Ricky Noles 214 Ca nton Hwy. JjjjjL Cumming, GA 30130 . ■£■ 770887-5405 V V like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.* Fjmn lubAyl Crunrunnu ■ Sot 111 r— WAWotI .’WnfVUtIW VwSM lfpMw*>y Fioehe » T" Jo and Thom as Kenney of Apache Junction, Ariz., Rebecca Helene Cruise of Cumming, Kevi>n Maureen and Nick Blanchard of Woodstock; sons, Thomas Cotter and Maureen Stanton of Seattle, Washington, Joseph David Stanton of Conyers, Patrick Marion & Dee Dee Stanton of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota; sister Ruth Slade of Carmel, California; 18 grandchildlren; 12 great-grand children; several nieces and nephews. Funeral Mass will be Wednesday, April 11, at 11 a.m. at the Good S hepherd Catholic Church with F ather Peter Tau offi ciating. L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News April 11, 2001 Angel Darlene Stewart Angel Darlene Stewart, 39, of Cumming, died Sunday, April 8, 2001. Survivors include a daughter, Angela Stewart of Cumming; sons, Darrell and Allen Stewart, both of Cumming; mother, Allene Maxey; father-in-law, Frank Berryhill; sisters, Rebecca DeFriece, Altamae Dagenhart and Allene Maxey; nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday., April 11, at McDonald and Son Funeral Home with Revs. Scott Phillips and Mike Schmid. Interment will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Fairbum. L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home in Cumming is in charge of arrangements. Forsyth County News April 11, 2001 Mr. Joe Hoyt Williams Sr. Mr. Joe Hoyt Williams Sr., 72, of Cumming died Sunday April 8, 2001 following a sudden illness. He was a deacon of Cross Plains Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sandra Williams. Survivors include his wife, Vera Williams of Cumming; chil dren, Allan S. and Stephanie Williams, Joe H. and Peggi Williams, James Williams, all of Cumming; grandchildren, Derek, Zachary, Robert, Nathaniel and Alex Williams; brother, James Harold Williams of Commerce; sisters, Latrell Strickland of Canton, Katherine Green of Cumming. Funeral services will be April 11 at 2 p.m. at Cross Plains Baptist Church. The Revs. Johnny Purcell and Same Rickett will officiate. Interment will be in the Cross Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. Ingram Funeral Home in Cumming is in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News April 11, 2001 HENDRIX from 1A of Commissioners consumed with driving the former sheriff from office. Hendrix ordered investiga tions into the activities of some former members of the commis sion and sued the board for attempting to micromanage his department. The GBI launched an investi gation into the sheriff’s office payroll in May 2000 at the request of Fdrsyth County District Attorney Phil Smith, who recused himself from the case to prevent causing a rift between prosecutors and deputies. Former board chair- Indictment would trigger peace officer status review By Phillip Hermann News Editor While a Forsyth County grand jury meets to decide whether to indict former sheriff Denny Hendrix and former chief deputy Earl Singletary, both men if indicted would also be subject to review by the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council. Speaking in general terms not specifically referring the situation in Forsyth County, coun cil Certification Director Wayne Milton said Monday that, when a peace officer is indicted, it triggers a file review by the council an investigation of the incidents that led to the indictment. The criteria reviewed includes whether the peace officer has: • Knowingly made misleading, deceptive, untrue or fraudulent representations in the prac tice of being a'peace officer or in any document connected therewith; • Been convicted of a felony in the courts of this state or any other state, territory or country. The term “conviction of a felony” would include conviction of an offense which if com mitted in Georgia would be deemed a felony, either under state or federal law, without regard to its designation elsewhere. Conviction in regard to this instance would include a verdict of guilty, a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo con- FUGITIVE from 1A The truck was reported stolen in October 1999 from Boak Landscaping on Aubrey Drive in Cumming. After deputies stopped Vanalstine, he jumped from the truck and ran into woods near the intersection of Drew Campground and Hyde roads. Witnesses said Vanalstine jumped two fences while carrying a handgun and bag. Deputies lost sight of the suspect during the foot chase. As the manhunt continued, deputies were alerted to a resi dence in Gilmer County Vanalstine frequented. Detectives recovered stolen jet skis at the res idence but were unable to locate Vanalstine. Gilmer County author ities placed the two individuals at the residence under arrest. The manhunt, meanwhile, con- ■ "Because We Care" L W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home 150 Sawnee Drive, Cumming, Ga 30040 770-886-9899 Family owned & operated Lauren “Bubba" McDonald Traditional Services-Cremation-Transfers & Lauren W. McDonald, 111 www.mcdonaldandsonfuneralhome.com X'' Hto* CWU&V ISjjffl iMiIW I L.. # SarfbeWfcefe I E% # vWMF Fomih/I tfd K& Saturday, April 14th p 5 11 :00 A.M.-1:00 PM Including an EGG HUNT for all aJI children through the 6th grade. Sb Join us as we hunt for 6,000 eggs !!! Bring a picnic lunch for your family, something to sit wCMI | on and a basket for collecting eggs! McSnl ■ First Redeemer Si x CHURCH Jftj Dr. Richard Lee, pastor EF 2135 Old Alpharetta Rd Old Alphartfta Rd. I j Cumming, Georgia *$ST’/L--X I - l J l| 678-513-9400 —-—T~ IM. , www.firstredeemer.org ’ ufl p? p| man Bill Jenkins had asked Smith to investigate Hendrix. Sartain, a district attorney for Hall and Dawson counties, agreed to act as a special prosecutor in Smith’s place. Hendrix and Singletary came under fire during personnel hear ings related to the payroll issue. During the hearings, both men testified they never authorized deputies to receive pay for work not performed. They argued the pay controversy began after a handful of deputies misunderstood a reward plan implemented in tendre, regardless of the adjudication; • Committed a crime involving moral turpi tude without regard to conviction. The convic tion of a crime involving moral turpitude shall be conclusive of the commission of such a crime. • Engaged in any unprofessional, unethical, deceptive or deleterious conduct or practice harmful to the public, which conduct or prac tice need not have resulted in actual injury to any person. The term “unprofessional conduct” applies to any departure or failure to conform with the minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing practices of peace officers; • Violated or attempted to violate a law, rule or regulation of this state or any other, the council, the United States or any other lawful authority without regard to whether the viola tion is criminally punishable; • Committed any act or omission that is indicative of bad moral character or untrust worthiness. Other actions that would be considered in a file review would include whether a person had been adjudged mentally incompetent by a court; is unable to perform peace officer duties due to addiction to alcohol or drugs; and if sus pended or discharged by the peace officer’s employing law enforcement unit for discipli nary reasons. tinues for Vanalstine. Vanalstine is charged by the local sheriff’s office with two counts of obstruction, theft by receiving a stolen vehicle, two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, attempting to elude police, driving on a suspended license, displaying an altered tag and failure to use a turn signal. Vanalstine also faces outstand ing charges in Pickens and Cherokee counties. Vanalstine is described as white, 6-feet, 2-inches and 240 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information about Vanalstine should call the sheriff’s office at (770) 781-2222. February 1999. Singletary, however, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when ques tioned about Hendrix’s involve ment with the payroll during a civil service hearing in July. The allegations surrounding the hear ings caused more than half a dozen deputies to hire lawyers to represent them during the criminal investigation. At least three sheriff’s employ ees still have retaliation claims pending against the department for speaking up about the payroll, according to their attorney, Rob Shaker. Allegations of payroll wrong- Clarification In the April 6, 2001 edition of the Forsyth County News, the story pertaining to the annual Great American Cleanup April 16-21 contained some mislead ing information. A picture and cutline included with that story indicated T-shirts with the Earth Day logo would be given to those who participate in Great American Cleanup. That will not be the case. 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Second Class Postage paid at Cumming, Ga. and additional offices. Subscription rate for Forsyth County, $46 per year; other Georgia and out of state subscriptions are $75 per year. Any unused . portion of a subscription balance will be gladly refunded. However, all refunds due the subscriber are subject to a processing fee, which will be automatically deducted from the subscription balance refund. Advertising rates and deadlines available upon request. Postmaster Send address change to Forsyth County News/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 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, replacement papers will be deliveredfrom 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 a.m. 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 are due by noon Monday. For Friday’s paper retail and classified 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 paper classified line ads are due by noon Wednesday. Legal advertising is due by Friday noon and runs only in Wednesday’s paper. ■ \ doing first surfaced during Sgt. Duane Piper’s appeal hearing on May 11, 2000. Piper and two other officers testified during that hearing they were instructed by supervisors to add 11 hours on their timesheets each month regardless of whether they actual ly worked the time. An examination by the Forsyth County News of the payroll records of 15 officers showed inconsistencies in the records of 12. The records showed officers ranging from sergeant to major the highest rank possible under the sheriff and his chief deputy participated in either receiving or approving the pay. According to council officials, if after the review the council finds that a person should be disciplined based on one of the aforementioned factors, it can take the following action: admin ister a public or private reprimand, provided that a private reprimand shall not be disclosed by any person except the peace officer; suspend any certificate for a set period; limit or restrict any certificate; or revoke any certificate. Also in general terms, action by the council in the exercise of its authority to discipline any peace officer would be conducted in accor dance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act. In such proceedings, the council has author ity to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any book, writing or docu ment upon the issuance of a subpoena. The decision by the council after comple tion of the review would then be subject to more scrutiny, if the person in question so chooses. Proceedings for review of a final decision of the council would be instituted by filing a peti tion within 30 days after the service of the final decision of the council or, if a rehearing is requested, within 30 days after the decision. The petition shall be filed in the superior court of the county of residence of the petition er. Place of Forsyth County as part of a separate program conducted by Keep Forsyth County Beautiful. While some T-shirts will be given to some of the par ticipants in the Great American Cleanup, not all participants will be given free T-shirts and the T shirts will not be of the Earth Day variety. If you would like more information about the Great American Cleanup, call Diana Dean at (770) 205-4573.