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PAGE 2A . FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Friday, February 6,2004 Shoeless suspect found in lobby of Siemens By Steven H. Pollak Staff Writer A 43-year-old Atlanta man ran from deputies last week in south Forsyth but he didn’t get far. Kelvin Keith Payton showed up three hours later shoeless, cold and dirty in the lobby of Siemens Energy and Automation off McFarland Road. On Jan. 29 at about 1:25 a.m., a deputy saw a 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo travel ing about 45 miles per hour down Ga. 400 while drifting in and out of its lane. When the deputy checked on the car’s license plate, he discovered the car did not have valid insurance and pro ceeded to initiate a traffic stop. The driver, later identified as Payton, did not respond at Delinquent taxpayers to be listed online From staff reports ATLANTA On Feb. 9, Georgia residents with Internet access will be able to review a list on the Georgia Department of Revenue’s Web site naming individuals and business that are not pay ing their state taxes. “We intend to take advan tage of the authorization given the Department during the 2003 session of the Georgia Legislature and begin publish ing the names of individuals and businesses that have a deficient tax account with the Department,” said Revenue Commissioner Bart L. Zoning for houses near airport OK’d By Todd Truelove Staff Writer The private Stoney Point Field airport was a source of concern for the Forsyth County Planning Commission during recent public hearings for rezoning requests. The Planning Commission recommended the county gov ernment approve a rezoning request for a subdivision near the private airport six miles southwest of Cumming. However, planning commis sioners approved their recom mendation after requiring that potential home buyers be told of the airport’s existence. They also required that the Stoney Point Homeowner’s Association representing residents in an existing subdi vision adjacent to the airport will be allowed to cut trees within the new subdivision’s Rep. Linder sets open meeting U.S. Rep. John Linder is scheduled to lead an open meet ing Saturday at 10 a.m. at the cafeteria of South Forsyth High School, 585 Peachtree Parkway IHwy. 141], Linder, who represents Georgia’s 7th Congressional District which includes part of Forsyth County, is to give a leg islative update and open the meeting to constituent concerns. For more information, call (770) 232-3005. CABLE from 1A would have to adopt such an agreement for that to happen. While the county has not yet paid for anything other than independent contract work, the public information department is currently adver tising for a video production specialist who would make $31,630. Johnson said the new posi tion is in the 2004 budget. However, he also said if an agreement with Adelphia to BONDS from 1A ties. “We just consolidated our Delaware office here,” Bauer said. In addition to>its Georgia facilties, Bauer said Scientific Games International Inc. also has printing plants in Santiago, Chili, and Leeds, England; and a software plant in Vienna, Austria. y ■ J* 4 Payton first but then began to accelerate. The car sped down Ga. 400 at 110 miles per hour before taking the exit at McFarland Road. At the top of the ramp, the driver failed to stop for the red light and skidded through the intersection. He turned east on McFarland Road and then turned left onto Bluegrass Lakes Parkway. When the vehicles reached a cul-de-sac, Payton leaped from his car while it was still moving. The deputy had to hit the brakes in order to avoid hitting Payton who jumped into the Graham. , The list will contain the names of 200 individuals and 200 businesses, against which the Department has recorded public liens with the superior court where the individual resides or the business is located. “The individuals and busi nesses appearing on the list should not be surprised. The Department has mailed a min imum of three official notices to each of the list entries and they choose to ignore our efforts,” said the Commissioner. Georgia statute 48-3-29 required 50-foot buffer if the trees are within the flight path of airplanes accessing the run way. Two people spoke in oppo sition to the request from Faith Development Group LLC to rezone 22.6 acres of agricul turally zoned property to resi dential for the new subdivision off Stoney Point Road. The residential zoning that was approved allows up to two units per acre in the subdivi sion. Each of the opponents pre ferred a housing density of 1.5 units per acre instead of two. While that was not added to the requirements, the commis sion did take into account a request from Greg Bitzer, the president of Stoney Point Field, for the homeowners group to be able to cut the trees to maintain the safety of flight operations. LEGISLATION from 1A we do to try to focus on those students who need additional support,” said Associate Superintendent Ellen Cohan of Forsyth County Schools. Holmes’ bill would allow schools to use this year’s CRCT scores to identify ris ing third-graders who could benefit from extra instruc tion. Scheduled implementa tion of the law for fifth- and eighth-graders would not change. The bill would have .a extend broadcasting govern mental programs is not reached before the end of March, it is unlikely the video technician will be hired. “Adelphia has been excel lent,” Johnson said. “They could be charging us [now], and they’re not.” “We’re going to want to wait and see, and have some good feel from Adelphia [before hiring the techni cian],” he said. “We won’t invest county FIRST CALL 770-781-HELP (4357) Emergency help line for Forsyth County. O ( A SERVICE OF UNITED WAV I air before running into the nearby woods. The deputy took two pas sengers into custody and called for a K-9 unit from the Alpharetta Police Department. The dog was sent into the woods to try to find Payton. The passengers were released without charges and the car was impounded. The dog never found Payton. A few hours later, deputies received a call of a suspicious man at Siemens. The law enforcement offi cers arrived at the south Forsyth business at about 7:30 a.m. and spoke with a Siemens employee who said that a black male had come into the lobby and told employees that he had been hiding in the woods for the last three hours. slates that, “the commissioner may publish in the media or on the Internet for public access any or all information with respect to executions issued for the collection of any tax, fee, license, penalty, interest, or collection costs due the state which are recorded on the public records of any county. “The publication provided for in this Code section shall not constitute an unlawful dis closure of any information even though the executions giving rise to the information may be subsequently partially paid, paid and canceled, or “This property is a little bit unique in that it’s directly across Stoney Point Road and in the flight path for the pri vate airport there on Stoney Point Road,” said attorney Emory Lipscomb, represent ing Faith Development Group. Lipscomb also said the development's density was in line with the density of other subdivisions in the area. In other business at the public hearings, the planning commission recommended the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners: • Approve a request from Ivey Building Corp, for 91.3 acres of property located on the west side of Hopewell Road near the intersection with Burruss Road to be rezoned from agricultural to RES-3. Requirements placed on the single family home devel- greater effect on systems that strictly rely on CRCT scores to designate low performing students. Forsyth uses CRCT, a sep arate comprehensive reading test and other secondary indi cators to identify students , who do not meet standards, Cohan said. “In Forsyth we have really put in some safeguards. We don’t put the weight all on one test,” Cohan said. Most school systems in taxpayer’s dollars without an agreement.” “We may know before March what they’ll allow us to do,” he said. In addition to the video technician, the county would have to buy equipment and possibly find space to film the programs which are cur rently taped at Byars Funeral Home for free. “Marty Byars has offered us the use of the facility to tape as many programs as we Fibromyalgia? If you suffer from chronic fibromyalgia pain, a free report is available that reveals what your doctor may not know. To get your free copy by mail that The deputies went over and spoke with the black male who was sitting in the lobby and “appeared to be covered with dirt,” according to a report at the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. The man was wearing blue running pants with a stripe, a yellow and black fleece sweat shirt and a black jacket. He had no shoes and only one black sock. In addition, he had a gray mesh shirt wrapped around his ankle, the deputies reported. The man initially told deputies his name was “Kevin James” and gave them a false birth date. He went on to tell deputies that he had been visiting a girlfriend at an unknown near by trailer park when a man came into the trailer with a gun and he fled without his withdrawn.” “We intend to use all the resources like the Internet, garnishments, private collec tion agencies and liens to collect the taxes owed. We intend to treat everyone in a fair and equitable way but we will not be ignored,” Graham said. The Georgia Department of Revenue estimates that approximately 420,693 tax payers with deficient accounts dating back to 1988 owe the state more than $1.6 billion. The Department’s Web site address is www.gatax.org. opment requires a Civil War era grave site within the devel opment to be set off with a 6- foot high fence. No one spoke in opposition to the request. • Approve a request from Lock Inns Inc. to rezone 6.8 acres of property located on the south side of Hwy. 306 near the intersection with Hwy. 369 from agricultural to commer cial. No one spoke in opposi tion. • Approve a request from Slate Pro LLC to rezone 1.9 acres of property located on the east side of Valley Lane in Mountain Valley Estates Subdivision from agricultural to RES-3. One person spoke in opposition. • Approve a request from ABG Development to rezone 14 acres of property located at the intersection of Shiloh Road and Poole Road from agricultural to RES-4. the state had all their eggs in the CRCT basket, she said. As a result, some low per forming students may have slipped through the cracks. “While I’m not as worried about implementation here [in Forsyth] at all, I think the bill is the right bill,” Cohan said. “I have a very strong feel ing against penalizing chil dren for things over which they have no control and we have no control,” she said. would like at no charge,” Johnson said. In addition to Dean, Destiny Kelley who for merly reported for Adelphia volunteered her services to introduce programs last month. Johnson said the help is welcomed. “She’s offered to do some more work for us, too,” he said. “That’s one thing we need. We don’t have a whole lot of dollars to fund this right now.” reveals how to get relief as fast as humanly pos sible without drugs, shots or surgery, call toll-free 24-hour recorded message at 1-888-895-7484. shoes to hide in the woods. One of the deputies recog nized “Kevin James” as Kelvin Keith Payton. The law enforcement officers took the suspect to the Forsyth County Adult Detention Center where an old mug shot of Payton proved the man’s true identity. In addition, the deputy who originally chased Payton down Ga. 400 returned to the jail to confirm that he had been in pursuit of the same person. Payton was arrested on charges of giving a false name and date of birth to a law enforcement officer, fleeing and attempting to elude a law enforcement officer as well as several traffic violations. As of Tuesday, he remained in custody at the Forsyth County jail with a bond set at $4,030. GROUP from 1A because of its knack for spark ing controversy. According to NSTA, the document also omitted central concepts in the theory of evo lution. "The draft Georgia stan dards fall short of fully repre senting good,science because they do not provide an accurate and complete presentation of evolution," John Penick, NSTA President, said in a public release Wednesday. NSTA’s National Convention will come to Atlanta on April 1-4. Georgia science teachers are invited to use the conven tion as a forum to discuss it. WRECK from 1A Thursday morning. According to Georgia State Patrol Trooper J.A. Warren, Land was driving his patrol motorcycle westbound on Hwy. 20 with his emergency lights and siren working on the after noon on March 26. About one mile east of Cumming, Land attempted to pass a Chrysler Town & Country minivan traveling in the same direction. As Land attempted to pass, Sells turned left into the parking lot of a furniture store, according to Warren. The “sideswipe collision” caused Land’s motorcycle to run off the south shoulder of Hwy. 20 and strike a Mercury Mountaineer parked in front of the store. No one else was injured in the accident. Sells is scheduled to appear in Forsyth County State Court on March 23 in connection with the case. Forsyth County News J Your "Hometown Paper" Since 1908 J USPS 205-540 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Cumming, Georgia 30040 Phone:77o-887-3126 Fax:77o-889-6017 Internet Address: www.forsythnews.com e Publisher DENNIS STOCKTON General Manager NORMAN BAGGS Editor TOM SPIGOLON Advertising Director MARTI BARNES Circulation Director PHIL JONES MEMBER Published Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday by the Forsyth County News Company, Veterans Memorial Blvd., Cumming. Ga. Second Class Postage paid at Cumming, Ga. and additional offices. 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Deaths Willard Hannigan Mr. Willard Flannigan, 85, of Cumming died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004. Mr. Flannigan, a *- native of Dawson County, was a member and deacon at Amicalola Baptist Church for many years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Polly Flannigan; son, James Flannigan. Survivors include his chil dren, Susie Belle Almond of Dahlonega, Bertie Collins, ; Fred and Patricia Flannigan, ; Clyde and Julia Flannigan, ; Betty Jones, all of Cumming; , 19 grandchildren; 32 great-’ grandchildren; 19 great-great grandchildren; and several other relatives also survive. Funeral services will be Friday, Feb. 6, at 2 p.m. at the Amicalola Baptist Church with the Revs. Dave Holbrook, Dean Pugh and Lawton Burt officiating. Interment will fol low in the Amicalola Baptist ‘ Church Cemetery. Ingram Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News February 6, 2004 Myrna L. Koch Mrs. Myrna L. Koch, 76, of Cumming died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004. Mrs. Koch, a native of Calumet County, Wis., was a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church in Alpharetta. She was preceded in death by her son, Gerald Koch. Survivors include her hus band of 55 years, Melvin A. Koch of Cumming; children, Karen and David Francoeur of Lilburn, Gary Koch of Cartersville; grandchildren, D.J. Francoeur, Jeff Francoeur, both of Lilburn, Heather and Barrett Karvis of Atlanta, Julie Koch of Cartersville, Gary Koch Jr, Melissa Koch, Mary Katherine Koch, all of Cartersville; sister, Gladyce Zutz of Hilbert, Wis.; sisters in-law, Mildred Behnke, Darlene Reinke. Memorial services will be Friday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Messiah Lutheran Church with the Rev. Larry Zahn offi ciating. The family will receive friends following the service at the church. Memorial donations may be made to the Messiah Lutheran Church, 4765 Kimball Bridge Rd., Alpharetta, GA 30005. Ingram Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News February 6, 2004