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I FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Thursday, February 5,2004
TRUCKS from 1A
board authorized the follow
ing:
• Hiring Robert G. Betz to
update the county’s recreation
plan for $9,500.
• A change order of
$57,585 to Tunnel
Construction to install a water
main on Robin Walk.
SEWER from 1A
Tommy Bagwell said the
regulation needed greater
publicity to raise community
awareness and petitioned
commissioners to wait to
approve the regulations and
allow property owners time to
research the issue.
While the board has said
they are trying to avoid prob
lems related to the failure of
sewage facilities and the
county having to assume the
responsibility of cleanup,
Bagwell said it is more often
local governments that fail to
maintain public facilities.
“You don’t see people like
yourselves going to jail and
paying fines,” Bagwell said.
“In industry, if you own that
plant, you will do what’s right
or you will go to jail.”
Other speakers included
April Atkins, of the Greater
Atlanta Homebuilders
Association, and James
Miller, the vice chairman of
the Forsyth County
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Bramblett’s family ties to
Forsyth County government
and courts may complicate
the prosecution of the case.
Her son is Walker
Bramblett, a staff attorney
with the Forsyth County gov
ernment. Her son-in-law,
Doug Sorrells, is the clerk of
courts for Forsyth County
Superior and State Courts.
And, her granddaughter,
Rhonda Sorrells, is a victim
TURNER from 1A
we've seen that there should be
some grave concerns as to
whether Turner can receive a
fair trial." Berry told the judge
Tuesday.
Rep. Isakson
to speak today
From staff reports
U.S. Rep. Johnny Isakson.
R-Atlanta, a candidate for the
U.S. Senate seat Zell Miller is
vacating this year, is scheduled
to meet with various groups in
Forsyth County today.
Isakson will meet with rep
resentatives from the Chamber
of Commerce from 3:30 to 4
p.m. at the Chamber’s offices
on Kelly Mill Road near down
town Cumming.
Later today, Isakson will
speak before the Forsyth
County Republican Party at 7
p.m. at the Cumming Kiwanis
Club.
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• A change order of
$28,436 to HDR of Duluth for
additional intersection design
work required by the state
Department of Transportation.
• A $157,000 contract
with Geographic Technologies
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In industry,
if you own
that plant,
you will do
what's right
or you will
go to jail.
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Libertarian Party.
Atkins said the new regu
lations provide no incentives
for conservation subdivisions
and limit the expansion of the
county’s tax base.
“If [developers] have to
pay to create private on-site
sewage disposal systems,”
Atkins said, “due to the limit
ed availability of public
sewer, what incentive is there
for them to go on and do a
conservation subdivision?”
Miller said private busi
ness and capitalism is the
advocate in the District
Attorney’s Office.
To prevent any conflicts
of interest, Gregory's case
was assigned to a senior
judge from Fulton County,
John S. Langford, after the
Forsyth County judges
recused themselves.
In addition, the Forsyth
County District Attorney,
Penny A. Penn, recused her
office from prosecuting the
"My main concern is Lynn
Turner, and the inconvenience
to me or to the state really does
n't matter at this point," he said.
Head agreed it had been dis-
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Systems.
• Reallocating SIO,OOO
of summer school funds for
a substance abuse program
at Piedmont Learning
Center.
• A $40,000 bid from
North Cherokee Electrical
of Canton to provide traffic
basis of the United States
economy. He said the local
government should be
encouraging the privatization
of existing facilities rather
than prohibiting private own
ership.
District 2 Commissioner
A.J. Pritchett said the regula
tions encourage private busi
ness.
“[This document] actually
encourages private enterprise
to come in and make recom
mendations to the county on
sewer site locations, sewer
site design, and allow private
enterprise to come in and
build these facilities,”
Pritchett said.
“The notion that this lim
its private enterprise is incor
rect,” he said.
Pritchett, however, cast the
lone vote against the new reg
ulations after an amendment
to add into the code more
detailed specifications and
requirements for new sewage
case.
In response, the state
Attorney General's Office
assigned the Hall County
District Attorney's Office to
prosecute Gregory.
Hall Assistant District
Attorney, John A. Warr, is
now handling the prosecu
tion, according to Penn.
Gregory's attorney, Barry
W. Bishop of Canton, said in
an affidavit that he wanted the
ficult to find many who had not
heard of the case.
"We agree that the percent
ages are high and we submit to
the court," Head said.
jsignal repairs as needed.
The bid includes an addi
tional $20,000 for equip
ment.
• A bid of $29,600 from
McArthur Electric Inc. of
Gainesville for a new genera
tor for the Emergency 911
Center.
plants failed.
Commissioners also dur
ing the public hearings
approved regulations to allow
25-foot exterior buffer areas
around major subdivisions of
50 or more acres to be includ
ed in a subdivision’s open
space area, provided the area
was not included in lot size
calculations.
The sewer and buffer reg
ulations are imposed through
the county’s Unified
Development Code.
In other business at the
public hearings, Jarrard pre
sented the board with first
readings of revised ordi
nances governing adult enter
tainment businesses, signs,
occupational taxes and false
alarms; and new ordinances
limiting the transport of hous
es to late night hours and
imposing requirements on
pawn brokers that include
obtaining a special license to
operate such a business.
Forsyth County judges to
recuse themselves because
they have had long-standing
"personal and professional
relationships with the victim's
family members" and "if the
defendant is convicted at trial,
his sentencing will be in sole
discretion of the presiding
judge."
The defendant faces a
maximum sentence of 17
years behind bars if he is
convicted.
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Deaths
Pluma Lee Day Pruitt
Mrs. Pluma Lee Day Pruitt,
79, of Cumming died Sunday,
Feb. 1, 2004. Mrs. Pruitt, a
native of Forsyth County, was
a member of the Cumming
Second Baptist Church. She
was a longtime employee of
the Goodson Drug Store fami
ly. She was preceded in death
by her husband, Earnest Willie
Pruitt. ,
Survivors include her
daughters and sons-in-law,
Cora and John Flournoy,
Barbara and Albert Pirkle,
Willie Mae Keys, Mary and
Phil McWhorter, Shirley and
John Stewart, Gail and Charles
Thompson, all of Cumming;
sons and daughters-in-law,
Earnest and Athene Pruitt,
Danny and Debbie Pruitt, all
of Cumming; 23 grandchil
dren; 18 great-grandchildren;
and several nieces, nephews
and other relatives also sur
vive.
Funeral services were
Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel
with the Revs. Danny Bennett,
Robert Martin and Tim
Hubbard officiating.
Interment followed in the
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
February 4, 2004
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Mastin Penn Warren
Mastin Penn Warren, 77, of
Cumming died Monday, Feb.
2, 2004.
M.P. was the youngest son
of the late Rev. and Mrs.
Henry Warren. He was married
to the late Louise Roper
Warren.
As a teenager, M.P. served
as a page in the
United States
Senate. He
enlisted and
served two tours
veteran
in the United States Navy dur
ing World War II and the
Korean War. He graduated
from Southern Technical
Institute in Marietta and
worked as an inspector for the
City of Atlanta. He later found
and operated Warren
Mechanical Contractors in
Alpharetta. He was a deacon
of Brookwood Baptist Church
and a Sunday School teacher
for over 40 years.
Survivors include wife, Liz
Bleckley Warren ; four chil
dren, Charles Douglas
Bleckley, Lynne Warren
Banister, Judy Warren Forsyth,
Amy Warren Dunagan; four
grandchildren, Connie
Bleckley Howard, India
Louise Banister, Cameron
Alaine Banister, Leah Rose
Forsyth; great-grandchild,
Jonathan Logan Howard;
daughter and sons-in-law,
Betty Ann Bleckley, Joe
Banister, Devin Forsyth; moth
er-in-law, Rosie Cowart Roper.
Funeral services were
Wednesday, Feb. 4, at
Brookwood Baptist Church.
The remains will be placed in
state at the church at 10:30
a.m. with Don Westray presid
ing.
In lieu of flowers, the fami
ly asks that contributions be
made to Brookwood Baptist
Church.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
February 4, 2004