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, FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, August 26,2001
Deaths
W.T. Frady
Mr. W.T. Frady Sr., 74, of
Suwanee, died Thursday, Aug.
23, 2001. Mr. Frady, a native
and lifelong resident of
Forsyth County, was a poultry
farmer and had been employed
by the Forsyth County Board
of Education as a bus driver.
Survivors include his wife
of 55 years, Faustine Poss
Frady of Suwanee; children,
Carol and Royce Hall of
Lester, Ala., Winford T. Frady
Jr. and Veronica Cortez of
Castro Valley, Calif., Wendall
Frady and Patricia Wade of
Cumming, Tony Frady, Connie
Frady, both of Suwanee;
grandchildren, Brian and
Christy Hall, Stephen Hall,
Troy, Kayla and Brittany
Frady; sister, Retha Mae
Chapman of Sugar Hill; broth
er, Wilson Frady of Buford;
nieces, nephews and other rel
atives also survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Aug. 25, at the
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel
with the Revs. Charles Pirkle
and Jessie Frady and Mr.
Royce Hall officiating. Inter
ment followed in the Pleasant
View Baptist Church
Cemetery.
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August 26, 2001
Donald Louis Ingram
Mr. Donald Louis “Pops”
Ingram, 59, of Cumming died
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2001.
Survivors include her chil
dren, Lee Ingram of Pender
grass, Donnie and Melinda
Ingram, both of Cumming,
Alvin and Tracy Ingram of
Buford, Melinda and Alan
Cobb of Gainesville, Brenda
and Andra Pickens of Roswell;
11 grandchildren; mother,
Cora Lee Ingram of Cum
ming; nine brothers and sis
ters; nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Ing
ram Funeral Home Chapel
with the Revs. Gene Cobb and
Roy Biddy officiating.
Interment followed in the
Sharon Baptist Church ceme
tery.
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August 26, 2001
William C. Overton
Mr. William C. Overton,
87, of Cumming died Thurs
day, Aug. 23, 2001. Mr. Over
ton retired from the board of
education in Atlanta after 30
years of dedicated service. He
came from Dalton and raised
his family in Atlanta. After
retiring he moved to Cum
ming, where he enjoyed the
north Georgia mountains.
Survivors include his wife
of 62 years, Jeanette Overton;
sons and daughter-in-law,
William Earl Overton of
Cumming, George L. and June
Overton of Morrow; daughter
and son-in-law, Joyce and
Dennis Crawford of Cum
ming; brother, J.P. Overton of
Forest Park; 10 grandchildren;
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ter-in-law, Inez Overton of
Lithonia.
Graveside services were
Saturday, Aug. 25, at Sawnee
View Memorial Gardens.
L.W. McDonald & Son
Funeral Home was in charge
of the arrangements.
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Edgar Padgett
Mr. Edgar Padgett, 88, of
Talking Rock, died Aug. 19,
2001.
Survivors include his sons,
Max Padgett, Jimmy Padgett
and Ben Edd Padgett, all of
Canton; daughters, Bernice
Martin of Cumming, Dorothy
Payne and Brenda Evans, both
of Canton; brother, Willard
Padgett of Cumming; 19
grandchildren; 19 great-grand
children; three great-great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
Sunday, Aug. 26, at 2 p.m. at
the Sosebee Funeral Home
Chapel. Interment will follow
at Mount Vernon Cemetery
with the Revs. Clyde Boling
and Ivan Martin.
Sosebee Funeral Home in
Canton is in charge of the
arrangements.
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August 26, 2001
William Perrin
Mr. William “Bill” Perrin,
86, of Alpharetta died Friday,
Aug. 24, 2001.
Mr. Perrin was a U.S.
Army veteran of WWII, a sur
vivor of the attack on Pearl
Harbor, received a Purple
Heart, a member of the Pearl
Harbor Survivors Association,
a member of the Alpharetta
American Legion Post 201 and
a life member of the Sons of
the Confederacy.
Survivors include his sons
and daughters-in-law, William
H. and Judy Perrin of Ball
Ground, Dennis L and Becky
Perrin of Cumming; sister,
Eunice Keown Parris of
Anderson, S.C.; grandchil
dren, Russell Perrin of Ashe
ville, N.C., Kim Warren, Hea
ther Perrin, Kayla Perrin, all of
Cumming, Maura Perrin and
Mallory Perrin, both of Ball
Ground; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
Sunday, Aug. 26, at 3 p.m. in
the funeral home chapel with
Rev. Stanley Thompson offici
ating. Burial will be at the
Prospect Cemetery with full
military honors. Members of
the Sons of the Confederacy
and the Legionnaires will
serve as honorary escort.
Louie E. Jones Funeral
Home in Alpharetta is in
charge of the arrangements.
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August 26, 2001
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Library budget ready for board’s review
By Mary Pitman
Lifestyles Editor
John McDaniel, library
administrator, went before the
commissioners Wednesday
with the library’s budget
request.
The library board approved
a budget of $2,812,952 for sub
mission to the Forsyth County
Board of Commissioners. The
proposed budget reflects an 11
percent increase over the 2001
budget. The increased funds
would be used for:
• Four full-time positions
2O-hour information spe
cialists at both branches; 20
hour circulation assistant at the
Cumming Library; 20-hour
youth services assistant at
Sharon Forks; a 40-hour cata
loging assistant, 20-hour mate
rials processor and 20-hour
training coordinator all located
at the headquarters.
• Merit raise of 4 percent
for locally paid staff.
• Salary adjustments for key
positions. A salary survey of
surrounding public libraries
showed that 11 positions
required salary adjustments.
These are key positions for
management and specialized
staff.
• A 2 percent increase in
materials purchasing
• An operating cost in
crease of 0.6 percent.
The new FTEs would allow
the library to reopen on
Thursday nights and Friday
LANDFILL from 1A
say ‘no,’ and the citizens advi
sory group’s recommendation
is ‘no.’”
In summarizing the dis
banded group’s reasons for
recommending denial, Smith
said the area does not need
“the garbage and trash hauled
in from other counties,” the
additional traffic or safety risk
from another 60 or more
trucks per day on the congest
ed roads near the site main
ly Hwys. 306 and 369 or
the potential pollution from the
landfill operation.
He said the group also was
concerned that the state EPD
would not be able to monitor
the site and that groundwater
and feeder creeks affecting Six
Mile Creek could be polluted.
The group also was concerned
about the dust and dirt airborne
pollutants and other factors.
At the press conference
was a group of 10 residents
who oppose the landfill plan.
Laurie Sanders, a resident
of Mayfield Drive and the
mother of four, said she
believes the extra truck traffic
would create a dangerous situ
ation on the roadways near her
home. In addition, she fears a
mornings.
“We’re asking for assis
tance in public service,” said
McDaniel. “We’ve had some
positions that we didn’t fill in
an effort to resume Thursday
evening and Friday morning
hours. Thursday is good for
students and, Friday, people
are gearing up for the week
end. There’s quite a swarm
outside on Fridays waiting to
get in.
“If we make it happen
[resumption of the hours cut]
we have to give up some
thing,” McDaniel continued.
“We would like help from the
commission. We’ve tried to
solve it internally before ask
ing for more.
“The materials department
is kind of like our factory and
they’re getting a little over
whelmed with ordering and
processing everything for both
libraries.”
The library is also upgrad
ing to the second generation of
library software and McDaniel
says there’s nobody to fulfill
the job of trainer.
“We’re asking for a 20-
hour position,” he continued.
“Application software and the
data it generates runs through
a constant state of flux. People
revamp their Web sites until
you don’t know who has what.
We need someone who can
keep up with it.”
“Everyone was very cordial
at the budget,” McDaniel said.
landfill might become a place
for toxic substances that could
pollute the groundwater.
“I’m not so much worried
about the next one or two
years, but what about eight or
nine years from now? We get
our water from a well on our
property, and I’m worried the
landfill might eventually lead
to the contamination of my
well,” she said.
Longtime Cantrell Circle
resident Roger Garrett said he
lives “right next” to the pro
posed site and fears a landfill
would just continue the
headaches for local residents
associated with the sand-min
ing operation.
“The sand mine creates
dust and noise when they are
blasting, and we’ve also had
erosion problems. We just
don’t want it near our homes,”
he noted.
Those same concerns were
raised by members of FAML
and by Smith at a June 26 pub
lic hearing before the planning
commission. The commission
then voted to recommend that
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“Everyone was pleasant. There
were no negative questions.
Michael Bennett said for
everybody to get everything
they want, there would have to
be a 5-mil increase. We’re
probably not going to get
everything we asked for. The
commission’s been very good
to us.”
Statistics released by the
library at the board meeting
show that during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2001
there were more than 857,000
items checked out, a 26 per
cent increase. Sharon Forks
was open for 7-1/2 months of
that period. With figures from
both libraries for FY 2002 and
the continued growth of the
county, more than one million
check outs are anticipated.
Another aspect factoring
into an anticipated increase in
circulation is the economy.
“If the economy slows
down, people buy less books.
They look for other sources of
recreation in hard times,”
McDaniel added.
In addition, more than
25,500 children participated in
the library’s children’s pro
grams.
County residents continue
to support the libraries remote
services such as telephone
renewals and accessing the
premium databases.
The annual Office of Public
Library Services customer sat
isfaction survey was distrib-
the board of commissioners
deny both the application and
Conditional Use Permit.
The disbanded citizens
committee had been appointed
July 9 at the request of District
4 Commissioner Marcie
Kreager. The group researched
the issue and expected to pres
ent its report at the board’s
Aug. 13 meeting. However,
Kreager asked the board to
delay its acceptance until
copies had been provided the
commissioners and all interest
ed parties.
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uted in June, during the busiest
June on record.
The OPLS requires 60 sur
veys from each branch. A total
of 426 people responded, far
surpassing the requirement. A
score of 1-5 was used with 1
being poor and 5 being out
standing.
The scoring was 97-100
percent for responses of “3”
(satisfactory) or greater. Look
ing at responses of 4 and
above, the library lost ground
on library collection 79 per
cent and library hours B7
percent.
“We’re speeding up access
to high demand materials to
address the library collection
score,” said Liz Forster, public
services manager.
“The approval rating was
rewarding for staff who do
enjoy their job, but have made
a lot of adjustments with the
addition of Sunday hours and a
new branch.”
The board meeting was the
first for new members Joseph
Moore and John Pearson.
Moore has been in the area
since 1981 and is retired.
“I’m very excited about the
opportunity to work with the
library,” said Moore. “The next
few years are critical because
of the growth. We need to have
the facilities in place to handle
the growth.”
The next library board
meeting is Monday, Sept. 17,
at 5:30 p.m.
delay the presentation for two
weeks, Smith resigned his post
and disbanded the committee,
saying he believed Kreager
and the commission’s refusal
to accept the report immediate
ly was an attempt to “muzzle
him.”
After Friday’s press confer
ence, Smith also raised the
specter of litigation should the
board vote on Monday night to
approve the rezoning and CUP
for the landfill.
“We will not rule out any
of our options should that
occur,” Smith concluded.