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Forsyth J Your "Hometown Paper" Since 1908 « / *GO R DfIWGS*^ SFA^ F^OJECT r * UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Vol. 93, No. 187 I ~3Z~ ~~ I ' A.... ■. I ■ I . J3M—ETI ■ \ I MW !■ |f Tl| I jJHi \ i *** Jflflw IHI wi -Ji ■ 4s® J * J - M3«r flKffl Wi W* ; . I 7 18 sal *y Bflfl mh Jh [T s ]■ flfl J WT -rH^L zZ'vJ MBA ~ H | |_MeW L»WIT • Wy>’%<■> , - jT Jhr xl ~Jat£V JI Photos/Jonathan Phillips Lynn Turner’s face mirrors the intensity of her bond hearing Wednesday. Below, she is led into the courtroom in chains. JflL| W** - JHB ajfl JUHK- - Iw ■ ' JOB* Bb k^'*' 4m '’ Z / • I ™ ■b * i fi A H £ tr fl t BE? •* mbMbMmImE3I jfl* s’ ■'' ■■ ■ -,>.*& fl X flj fl fl v- I r 'r ' Ji I-B * K fl B r ‘ 'fi V*4^s y - > ' 1 ,K { H '< ■ HE City unaware that taxes would be voted on at County meeting By Todd Truelove Staff Writer The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted to keep the city’s share of local sales tax revenues at 15 percent. But it did so without first reaching an agreement with city officials. And Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt said Wednesday that he and the City Council were not told the issue would be up for a vote at the commis sioners’ meeting. “We were unaware that the county was going to do anything until they met,” Gravitt said, adding that he learned of the board’s vote while watching the delayed broadcast of the meeting on tele- Internet scam traps local woman By Steven H. Pollak Staff Writer Yet another Forsyth County resident has fallen victim to an international Internet scam. Two months ago, a 60-year-old Cumming man was duped by a Nigerian Advanced Fee Fraud scam that cost him $63,000. This time, a similar trap snared a Cumming woman. According to a Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, the incident began to unfold several weeks ago. First, the woman responded to a job listing on the Internet. The job would be Missed paper policy: For a replacement paper, call 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and 9 a.m. -1 p.m. on Sunday - (770) 887-3126. Copyright © 2002 Forsyth County News I »4 <l JO vision. “We were expecting to get an increase,” the mayor said. “The council had discussed it should be an increase on LOST and SPLOST from the 15 per cent.” However, the commissioners voted to keep the sales tax distribution split the same as it has been for the past 10 years: 85 percent to the county and the rest to the city. With the state’s December deadline looming, the county and city have to come to a formal agreement or both gov ernments could lose the right to collect the taxes that together totaled more than See TAX, Page 2A to telemarket for the University of Latvia, an entity supposedly located somewhere in Russia. That university actually is located in Riga, Latvia, and Latvia has been inde pendent of Russia since 1991. The woman was told that the univer sity’s bank accounts were not open yet, and she was asked to assist the school by cashing large checks that would include her earnings. She should cash the check at her personal bank, take out the portion representing her earnings, and then send the remainder to the university. See SCAM, Page 2A INDEX Abby 118 Church events 9A Classifieds 5B Deaths 2A Food 10A Horoscope 1 IB Opinion 11A Sports IB FRIDAY November 15, 2002 Turner remains in jail until psych evaluation She’s prime suspect in Cumming By Steven H. Pollak Staff Writer A Cobb County magistrate judge said Wednesday morning that Julia Lynn Turner must undergo a mental evaluation before he decides whether or not to release her on bond. The Cumming woman has been in custody at the Cobb County Adult Detention Facility since being indict ed for murder two weeks ago by a grand jury. She stands accused of killing her husband, Maurice Glenn Turner, a Cobb County police officer, by poisoning him with antifreeze. The law enforcement officer died in 1995. A Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent said during the bond hearing that Turner also is the prime suspect in the murder investigation into the 2001 death of Forsyth County fire fighter Randy Thompson. GBI tests have indicated that Thompson, the father of Turner’s two children, also Religion See what’s happening in local churches. Page9A '' Is ' pwy i >•' / jsbSA IE k & 9k 14./ Wh-H- HkW J* V ’ I ■' ■■ E Photo/Jonathan Phillips Dr. Mike Murden dries Caymin Crosslin’s molars after he seals them with an acrylic plastic. Food A Thanksgiving turkey doesn’t have to be dry. Page 10A lr - < j£ GBI agent David King testifies, died of antifreeze poisoning. Turner, 34, has not been charged in that case. Both men’s deaths originally were thought to be the result of natural causes. But, a subsequent toxicology test on Thompson’s body by the GBI revealed a lethal amount of ethylene glycol, a sweet, colorless, odorless chemical found in antifreeze. The law enforcement agency exhumed Maurice Glenn Turner’s body the same week, and a toxicology test on his body tissue revealed the same results. According to the Georgia Poison Center, ethylene glycol poisoning pro gresses rapidly from inebriation and vomiting within the first 12 hours of ingestion to multiple organ failure, rapid heartbeat, increased blood pres sure and, eventually, death within the next 12 hours. Lynn Turner is to enter a plea in the Cobb County case during her arraignment on Nov. 19. If Cobb County Magistrate Judge Frank R. Cox releases her on bail, she would remain free until her actual trial. On Wednesday morning, Turner walked into the crowded courtroom in a gray pant suit and handcuff shackles See TURNER, Page 2A Partly Cloudy 7 LAKE LANIER LEVELS Date Level Nov. 10 1063.56 ft NOV. 11 1063.61 ft / 1 Nov. 12 1063.93 ft Nov. 13 1063.03 ft Full 1071.00 ft High in the upper 50s. Low in the mid-40s. ** iq S, 1B 4-hour race. Prevention is the best form of dentistry, students learn By Susan Norman Editor Children at two local ele mentary schools are participat ing in an oral health program by the state that will test the long-term effectiveness of pre ventive dentistry. Dr. Mike Murden, a Georgia Public Health dentist in the Gainesville District 2 office of the Department of Human Resources, is at Cumming Elementary School this week examining the teeth and gums of some second and third graders. He’s also applying dental “sealants” —a thin layer of plastic that is used on the stu dents’ permanent molars to seal out food and bacteria that cause tooth decay. “He’s doing second and third graders, because they should have their 6-year-old molars by then,” said Connie Trent, the school nurse. Twenty-five percent of the school’s students in both grade levels are participating in the study, she said. See TOOTH, Page 5A