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Library grant puts wheels on books
By Mary Pitman
Lifestyles Editor
The Forsyth County Public
Library just made it easier for
commuters to keep up with
bestsellers and the classic
books that they’ve always
meant to read.
The library was awarded a
SIO,OOO grant from the federal
Library Services and Tech
nology fund that was used to
purchase 175 books on CD.
The grant was for materials
for new library facilities and
new bookmobiles. They
ranged from $5-SIO,OOO.
“Although the grant speci
fied materials for a ‘new’
library [Sharon Forks], the
additional books on CD will
benefit patrons at the
Cumming branch as well,”
said Carla Beasley, materials
manager for the county library
system. “All books on CD are
available through the catalog.
Patrons can request items to be
transferred for check out at
either branch.” Additional
books for the Cumming
branch will be purchased out
of the regular budget provided
by the board of commiss
ioners.
Os course, the new CD
additions are not limited to
those who are stuck in traffic.
But census data was part of the
reason the grant was applied
for. An estimated 60 percent of
the Forsyth workforce com
mutes beyond county lines
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pleased with the judge’s decision to ban
Scarboro from the school given the nature
of the charges against him.
The accusation against Scarboro stems
from his alleged sexual relationship with
one girl three years ago and three girls last
year. They ranged in age from 13-16.
Detectives with the Forsyth County
Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation in
February 2000 when one of the victims
lodged a complaint.
Following a four-day investigation,
Scarboro was arrested for his alleged rela
tionship with three girls between January
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each day. A community survey
sponsored by the library in
April 1999 showed that 51 per
cent of the respondents cur
rently owned a CD player in
the car. Another 10 percent
indicated they planned to pur
chase one in the near future.
The other reason is the
popularity of the library’s
audio books. When 75 books
on CD were introduced in the
library in March 2000, 70 titles
and February 2000. He later was released
on $50,000 bond.
“The victims allege that he paid them
to perform sexual acts in his presence,”
said Det. Gus Sesam.
The detective said the investigation
showed Scarboro purchased lunches for
the three girls, provided them with alcohol
and let them swim at his pool in the 3800
block of Starbrook Crossing in Cumming.
“He allowed them to party,” Sesam
said.
Scarboro allegedly performed oral sex
on one of the girls at his house and offered
were checked out in the first
week. In the library system
there were more than 400
books on CD, prior to the new
additions. Most of the time 65
percent, or more, are checked
out.
Books on tape average 35-
38 percent checkouts on a reg
ular basis compared to an aver
age of 20 percent of the entire
collection.
Audio books offer some
advantages that traditional
books simply cannot. For
example, although not all
books are read by their author,
Frank McCourt reads his book,
“Angela’s Ashes.” When he
talks about how his father
would come home drunk and
singing Irish songs, he actually
sings the songs in his beautiful
Irish brogue.
You just can’t get that in a
book.
to pay two of them during the course of a
performance.
Statements from the three victims also
prompted detectives to reopen a child
molestation complaint filed against
Scarboro more than three years ago.
Three of the child molestation charges
contained in last week’s indictment relate
to Scarboro allegedly exposing himself
and fondling a girl between December
1997 and March 1998.
Scarboro’s attorney, Marc Cunat of
Cumming, could not be reached Friday
for comment.
Zig Fortunka,
librarian II at
the Sharon
Forks Library,
shows off some
of the 175
books on CD
purchased with
a SIO,OOO
grant. The new
additions offer
residents and
commuters
stuck in traffic a
chance to get
caught up on
their leisure
reading.
Photo/Tom Brooks
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, Auguat 19,2001-1
Date set for National
Alliance rally in city
By Phillip Hermann
News Editor
As expected, the Lumpkin
County chapter of the
National Alliance has filed
applications with the govern
ments of the city of
Cumming and Forsyth
County to stage an anti
immigration parade and rally
Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon.
According to county offi
cials, the parade would begin
at Cumming City Hall and
proceed up Veterans Memor
ial Boulevard to the grounds
of the county courthouse for
speeches and a rally.
Assistant County Admini
strator Dane Perry said coun
ty and city officials have
begun meeting to discuss
items such as security and
crowd and traffic control. He
added those meetings will
continue until the date of the
event.
The application was filed
by C.J. Doles Jr., who in a
recent interview said the
event is designed to publicize
his group’s perception of the
negative social, economic
and cultural impacts the
influx of illegal Hispanic
immigrants on northeast
Georgia and the U.S.
Forsyth County Sheriff
Ted Paxton said his staff’s
primary concerns will be to
protect the public’s safety
and the group’s constitutional
right to free speech.
“I understand this is a
very controversial group, but
it’s not my position to pick
sides. My job is going to be
protecting their free speech
rights and provide security.
We’ll also focus on crowd
control specifically, what
to do if there are any counter
demonstrators and traffic
control,” Paxton said, adding
he expects to discuss the situ
ation with the GBI and the
Georgia State Patrol in the
near future.
“Right now, I think with
the manpower from the sher
iff’s office, city of Cumming
Police Department and the
state patrol, we’ll be able to
handle it,” he said.
Cumming Police Chief
Buck Jones said a group’s
ideology does not come into
consideration when provid
ing security for such an
event.
In the decade following
the large civil rights march
led by Atlanta activist Hosea
Williams through Cumming
in the late 1980 s, city offi
cials three times denied
applications by the Klu Klux
Klan to stage similar events.
But federal courts forced the •
city to grant the permits.
The most recent rally by
the National Alliance in
northeast Georgia occurred in
April 2000.
Gainesville Assistant City
Manager Ken Merritt said the
Gainesville Police Depart
ment worked with the Hall
County Sheriff’s Office and
state patrol to provide securi
ty and control crowds and
traffic for that event.
“To the best of my recol
lection, we didn’t have any
serious problems and there
really wasn’t that big of a
crowd participating. We took
it very seriously, however,
and we knew through the
application process exactly
where they were going to be
and for how long,” he noted.
Doles said he was unhap
py with the treatment the
National Alliance received in
Gainesville, referring to the
way the group was handled
by authorities as similar to
“being penned up like cattle.”
The granting of parade
permits is an administrative
matter and does not require
approval by either the For
syth County Board of Com
missioners or the Cumming
City Council.
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