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Forsyth County resident and local artist Ken Modak's latest work, “Dooley Days 4O years at
UGA," celebrates former Bulldog coach and current athletic director Vince Dooley's four
decades with the University of Georgia. See Sports Extra, page BA.
Worker shot at photo warehouse
By Nicole Green
Staff Writer
An employee at Qualex Inc. in
Alpharetta, was shot early Tuesday
morning by an intruder in the busi
ness located at 6845 Shiloh Road
East, according to the Forsyth
County Sheriff’s Office.
Bullies of all ages not the same, local official says
By Nicole Green
Staff Writer
A bully is a bully no matter the
age. according to a majority of the
state House of Representatives. But
big bullies and little bullies should
not receive the same treatment, the
Forsyth County school safety and
discipline director says.
According to a bill passed 1 18-52
by the state House on Feb. 12. a
kindergartner who makes fun of an
overweight classmate and a 12th
grader who bloodies the noses of
freshmen are included in the same
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THURSDAY February 19, 2004
Shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday.
Rodney Byrd. 29. of College Park,
arrived at his job and found an
intruder in the building. A con
frontation occurred. When Byrd
turned to run. he was shot once in
the buttock and once in the hand.
The unknown perpetrator departed
the scene and Byrd called 911.
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A lot of things can
be handled very sim
ply by responsible
adults.
category of bullies.
Current state law requires school
boards to adopt discipline procedures
for bullies in sixth through 12th
grades. If passed in the Senate, the
new law would reach down to the
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Byrd was treated by emergency
personnel at the site and later treat
ed and released from North Fulton
Regional Hospital.
An investigation is under way to
discover the identity of the shooter
and the cause of entry, officials
said. Qualex Inc. is a distribution
warehouse for photo processing.
kindergarten level.
Forsyth County’s school safety
director David Adams said he does
not think the bill is appropriate for
students in kindergarten through fifth
grades.
“A lot of things can be handled
very simply by responsible adults,"
he said. “|The bill] takes discretion
away from the teacher."
State Rep. Jan Jones. R-
Alpharetta, represents a district that
includes part of Forsyth County and
is on the House Education
Committee that reviewed the bill.
She also is concerned that the bill
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Board OKs new
regulations on
adult businesses
Details location, proximity to neighbors
By Todd Truelove
Staff Writer
The Forsyth County Board of
Commissioners Monday approved
regulations governing the operation
of nude dancing and other adult ori
ented businesses preparing the
county government to begin licens
ing such establishments after a coun
ty-imposed ban against them ends in
March.
Ken Jarrard. an attorney whose
law firm Jarrard and Davis is under
contract to represent the county, pre
sented the board with ordinance
changes that, among other items,
limit adult businesses to properties
zoned for industrial uses the
majority of which are in south
Forsyth surrounding Ga. 400.
Industrial pockets are also in
north Forsyth between Keith Bridge
Road | Hwy. 306] and Ga. 400.
"The constitutional law says we
have to allow some of these facilities
in the county," he said, “h's typically
about one establishment per 10.000
[residents].”
The new ordinance requires a dis
tance of 1.000 feet between adult
oriented businesses and most neigh
boring property.
"Within those [industrial! zoning
designations there would be setbacks
from property that is either used [for]
or zoned residential." Jarrard told
Murphy: County
may lose senator
By Nicole Green
Staff Writer
Forsyth County may have fewer
senators in the General Assembly at
the end of a redistricting battle under
way at the Capitol, state Rep. Jack
Murphy said.
If the lines are redrawn as cur
rently under discussion. Forsyth will
have two or three senators instead of
the current four in the Legislature.
The number of representatives, three,
will likely remain the same. Murphy
said.
Murphy updated the Cumming
mayor and city council Tuesday on
legislation being considered by the
General Assembly, which is halfway
through its 40-day legislative session.
Along with other Republicans in
the House. Murphy. R-Cumming.
said he would vote on Wednesday in
favor of a constitutional amendment
would take disciplinary action out of
the hands of local school officials.
Jones said she was unable to vote
on the bill due to a meeting in the
governor's office but voiced her wor
ries to the committee during deliber
ation. she said.
“1 have some concerns about the
bill because it would dictate state
policy over what I believe should be
determined school board policy,"
Jones said. “I think the intentions arc
good, but who knows better if a bul
lying problem exists than the local
principal, the local teachers, local
parents and local school board?"
Voters can make choices
before Election Day
in Georgia
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ernes also require
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Jarrard eminent buildings,
children's day care
and playground facilities, businesses
that sell alcoholic beverages, and his
torical resources as well as Ga.
400 also require the 1.000-foot
setbacks. Jarrard said.
However, an exception would be
setbacks from neighboring adult
businesses 5OO feet to encourage
the centralization of such businesses.
' On Dec. 22. the board extended a
ban against adult businesses through
March to allow time to-complete
ordinance revisions.
They unanimously approved the
new ordinance Monday.
Originally, setbacks were set at
1.500 feet. Jarrard. however, said that
requirement could reduce the amount
of property available for adult estab
lishments. resulting in a violation of
U.S. law.
Fees associated with start-up
See BOARD, Page 2A
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Local officials push tourism
restricting mar
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of a man and
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lut ion. which
already passed in
the Senate.
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vote in the House
Murphy before lh ' p “ bl,c
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amending the state constitution
“Let's put it out to the people and
let the people of the state of Georgia
vote on [the amendment|." Murphy
said at Tuesday's city council meet
ing.
Murphy said he doubts the resolu
tion will pass the primarily
Democratic House.
First on the agenda in the House is
See MURPHY, Page 2A
In addition to extending bullying
legislation to kindergarten through
fifth grades, the bill seeks to broaden
the scope of behaviors labeled as bul
lying.
The bill introduced by state Rep.
Carolyn Hugley. D-Columbus,
defines bullying behavior as “any
pattern of written or verbal expres
sion or any physical act or gesture
that is intended to ridicule, humiliate,
intimidate or cause measurable phys
ical or emotional distress upon one
or more students in the 5ch001..."
See BULLIES, Page 2A