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1— FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, August 19,2001
Deaths
Mr. Travis Butler
i Mr. Travis Butler, 71, of
• Cumming died Thursday, Aug.
!16.
Survivors include his wife,
Geraldine Butler of Cumming;
daughter and son-in-law,
Patricia and Damon Turner of
Conyers; son and daughter-in
<law, Jody and Debbie Butler of
I Villa Rica; six grandchildren;
'sisters, Ary Skinner of
Franklin, Ora Driver of La
Cassie Bowen of
Graham, Ala., Judy Smartt of
brother, Denson
Butler of Franklin; a host of
Jother relatives.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Aug. 18, at Ingram
funeral Home with the Revs.
Wayne Leonard and Ray
Hewatt officiating.
i Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
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August 19, 2001
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Aora D. Michelmann
Daigh
Flora D. Michelmann
Daigh, 95, of Clairsville, Ohio
died July 31, 2001.
Flora, born March 24,
1906, was the daughter of the
late Henry L. and Ida S. Meyer
Michelmann. She grew up in
Quincy, 111. and resided in
Silver Spring, Md., and
Atlanta. She was a former
school teacher and housewife.
She was a member of the Ohio
Valley Unitarian-Universalist
Congregation, a past member
of League of Women Voters;
Kappa Delta Sorority, Sigma
Omicron Chapter, and a
docent for the Atlanta High
Museum of Art.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, George B.
Daigh; three sisters and broth
ers.
Survivors include her son,
George Michael Daigh of
Cumming; daughter, Patricia
Ruth Daigh Jacobson of
Wheeling, W. Va.; grandchil
dren, Dorothy E. Jacobson,
Arne E. Jacobson, Brekke A.
Jacobson, John C. Daigh,
Catherine D. Daigh, Anne M.
Daigh and George R. Daigh;
great-grandchildren, Kyra E.
Jacobson and Kristian P.
Jacobson.
Memorial services were
Saturday, Aug. 18, at 11 a.m.
at the Ohio Valley Unitarian-
Universalist Church with Rev.
Joan Sabatino officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the fami
ly requests a donation be made
io a public library of the
donor’s choice.
Kepner Funeral Home in
Wheeling, W. Va., is in charge
of the arrangements.
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August 19, 2001
Hoyt Jackson Johnson
Mr. Hoyt Jackson Johnson,
89, of Cumming died Thurs
day, Aug. 16, 2001.
He was a member of
Cumming Second Baptist
Church.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, Oria Johnson;
sons, Calvin and Mayion
Johnson; and daughter, Mild
red Johnson.
Survivors include his
daughters and son-in-law,
Betty Webb, Gladys and
Marcus Boling, all of
Cumming; sons and daugh
ters-in-law, Leon and Patsy
Johnson, Billy and Janice
Johnson, all of Cumming, and
Jarrell Johnson of Gainesville;
17 grandchildren; 15 great
grandchildren; sisters-in-law
and brother-in-law, Sybil
Johnson, Cynthia Burch and
Clarence Elzey; nieces, neph
ews and other relatives also
survive.
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Funeral services were
Saturday, Aug. 18, at the
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel
with the Revs. Jimmy Elzey
and Dan Henderson officiat
ing.
Interment followed in the
Concord Baptist Church ceme
tery.
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August 19, 2001
Marilyn Kay Nunez
Mrs. Marilyn Kay Nunez,
44, of Cumming died
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001.
Survivors include her hus
band, Charles A. Nunez of
Cumming; son, Chase Nunez
of Cumming; stepchildren,
Ashley Nunez of Martha’s
Vineyard, Mass., Geoff Nunez
of Clinton, N.J., Courtney
Nunez of Essex Junction, Vt.,
Cory Nunez of St. Simon’s
Island; father, Ted Etheridge
of Cumming; brother, Brian
Etheridge of Denver, N.C.
Funeral services were
Friday, Aug. 18, at the Ingram
Funeral Home Chapel with
Rev. Olive Kellum officiating.
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August 19, 2001
Linda Diane Spencer
Mrs. Linda Diane Spencer,
50, of Cumming died Friday,
Aug. 17, 2001. Mrs. Spencer
and her husband are the own
ers of Shoney’s in Cumming.
L.W. McDonald & Son
Funeral Home is in charge of
the arrangements.
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August 19, 2001
Ruth Trent
Ruth Trent died Thursday,
Aug. 16.
She was a strong supporter
of the arts in Forsyth County,
doing volunteer clay projects
in the schools and for Scout
troops.
She was a founding mem
ber of the Cumming Artist
Studio Tour and mentor to
young artist in the area.
Survivors include her child,
Pat Marsh of Cumming;
grandson, Mark Gamadanis of
Acworth; granddaughter,
Amanda Bosch and husband,
Scott; great-granddaughter,
Katie of Salisbury, N.C.; step
granddaughter, Elisabeth
Reddish and husband, Larry;
step-great-grandchildren,
Courtney, Drew, Bryce
Reddish of England; step
grandson, John Marsh of
Asheville, N.C.; step-great
grandson, Cameron Dayton of
Lake Arrowhead, Calif.
Funeral services were Sat
urday, Aug. 18, at McDonald
& Son Funeral Home Chapel
with the Revs. Don Shuman
and Mel Smith officiating.
In lieu of flowers, please
make contributions to: Sawnee
Cultural Arts Center c/o Ruth
Trent, 1090 Tribble Gap Rd.,
Cumming, GA 30040.
L.W. McDonald & Son
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the arrangements.
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SPLOST from 1A
would extend the one-percent
sales tax for another five years.
With continued residential and
commercial growth, up to S2OO
million could be raised under
the second SPLOST, according
to current projections by school
officials. The money would be
used to acquire land and build
new schools, renovate existing
ones, pay off current debt
incurred by previous building
projects and upgrade technolo
gy-
Citizens 4 Kids believes an
extended SPLOST is the best
way to fund the county’s ever
growing school system.
Instead of a property tax,
which would place the finan
cial burden exclusively on
most county residents, a sales
tax would spread the cost
between residents and nonresi
dents who dine or shop here.
“It’s much better for some
one outside the county to pay
the tax,” said Ken Konstanzer,
the other co-chair of the
group.
“And if you think that’s
wrong, let me remind you that
there are 119 other counties in
the state of Georgia that you
pay [similar] taxes in.”
Christine Snead, a parent
from Chestatee Elementary
School, said she came out
Tuesday night because she
feels “it’s the best way to sup
port the school system.”
The group’s plan for get
ting out the vote of SPLOST
supporters is first to get 10
volunteers from each school
and to ask each of them by
Aug. 20 to secure “yes” votes
from 10 other people. From
there, each of those 10 people
will be asked to secure five
additional votes by Aug. 27.
Should the system work, with
every volunteer securing the
requested number of votes,
Citizens 4 Kids will amass
10,500 votes in time for the
Sept. 18 referendum.
But Snead said a victory is
not guaranteed.
“Some people just don’t
understand,” Snead said.
“They see the word tax and
they say no way.”
Konstanzer said anti-tax
foes will provide a stiff chal-
Surplus food to be given
Ninth District Opportunity
Inc., in cooperation with local
volunteers, will distribute
USDA Surplus Foods in
Forsyth County at the Sawnee
Center on Tribble Gap Road
on Aug. 27 beginning at 2 p.m.
Commodities will be dis
tributed on a first-come, first
served basis.
Any household whose
gross income is below 13 per
cent of the poverty level is eli-
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lenge to the passage of the
SPLOST, but he says the real
“enemy” is rather evasive.
“The opposition are the
people who want [to pass the
SPLOST extension] and don’t
vote,” he said.
“You really need to go out
and encourage those people.”
Town hall
meeting
More than 40 people
showed up the following night
at the Forsyth County
Administration Building,
armed with financial questions
for Gault, school board mem
bers and school system
Finance Director Dan Jones.
The first in a series of town
hall meetings that the county’s
Republican Party hopes to
conduct with various elected
officials, the 90-minute ses
sion was filled with questions
for the board about school
finance, centering mostly on
the upcoming SPLOST vote.
One of the toughest ques
tions was posed by a citizen
who compared the proposed
West Forsyth High School to
the controversial Marietta
High School. School officials
estimate the cost of West High
to be around $45 million, the
new Marietta High School
cost $55 million.
“That’s almost 1/20 of a
billion you’re going to spend
on one high school,” he said.
“Marietta’s come under a
lot of scrutiny.”
Board members said rising
land acquisition costs and the
desire to offer West High the
same amenities as the other
three county high schools fac
tored into the price.
“We didn’t put a number
on the wall and back into it,”
said board member Paul
Kreager.
“We’re probably going to
embark on some two-story
facilities ... but there’s literally
twice as many kids in the
lower grades [of county
schools] right now. Where are
they going to go to high
school?”
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For further information on
the commodity foods distribu
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(770) 889-9420 or Brenda
Dalin, director of community
services, at (770) 532-3191.
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Deadline nears to register for vote
Monday, Aug. 20, is the
deadline to register for the
Sept. 18 SPLOST vote.
County residents who are at
least 18 years old have two
options for registering to
vote. A registration form
may be turned in to the
office of the Forsyth County
Voter Registrar, located in
the County Administration
Building on East Main
Street, by 4:30 p.m. that day.
Joseph Moore asked for
the board’s philosophical
views on per-pupil expendi
tures. According to school
officials, the state average is
currently $5,800 per pupil;
Forsyth County averages
$5,900 per pupil. Moore said
the per-pupil expenditure for
county students was around
$5,000 in 1991.
“At that time, I think we
could consider ourselves a
less-than-mediocre school sys
tem,” said Don Hendricks,
who joined the county school
board in 1991.
School officials said recent
state mandates on class size
and teacher salaries have also
factored into the rising costs.
Many questions came from
residents who needed clarifi
cation on a variety of financial
issues. Topics ranged from
projected SPLOST revenues
to state funding for the school
system to the effect of the new
senior property tax exemption.
Toward the end of the
evening, Jane McCarthy
decided to switch the focus.
“This program, as I under
stand it, is for kids,” she said,
“and we have spent the whole
evening talking about financial
problems within the system.”
She asked for evidence that
Correction
In the Friday, Aug. 10,
2001 edition of the Forsyth
County News in the story
about the upcoming Keep
Forsyth Beautiful Shore
Sweep and recycling
efforts, we incorrectly stat
ed that there are recycling
bins at the Old Federal
landfill site. There are no
bins at the site. FCN makes
it a policy to correct errors
of fact upon notification.
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student performance has
improved since the SPLOST
funding that began in 1997.
Gault pointed to the recent
Standard Achievement Test 9
scores the county received as
proof of the system’s success.
“That’s what we’re all
about— you’re right,” she
said. “The students are our
customers.”
Nancy Roche, the newest
member of the board, agreed.
“Just go in the schools
everyone’s welcome. It comes
down to finances, unfortunate
ly, but these kids are benefit
ing tremendously.”
R. Gray Smith, vice presi
dent of the county’s Repub
lican Party, expressed delight
with the turnout for the meet
ing.
He related a story that
Gault shared with him before
the evening started.
“She indicated that when
this [school board] budget was
passed two months ago, there
were four people at that
[school board] meeting. That
is unacceptable. We will never
have a good and free society If
we do not participate,” he said-
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