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PAGE 2A . FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, March 17,2004 Deaths Donald H. Baxter Mr. Donald H. Baxter, 75, of Cumming died March 14, 2004. A native and longtime resident of Pittsburgh. Pa.. Mr. Baxter had VETERAN resided in Cumming for the past 13 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War 11, a member of the Lutheran church and was retired as a factory worker with the HJ. Heinz Co.- Survivors include his wife, Laura Baxter of Cumming; sons, Michael Patrick and Jayne Baxter of Pittsburgh, Pa., Daniel William Baxter of Cumming, James Timothy and Charlene Baxter of Matt; sis ter. Shirley Zube of Belleview, Fla.; four grandchildren. Graveside services will be Wednesday, March 17, at 2 p.m. at the Sawnee View Memorial Gardens with Pastor Thomas B. Smith officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. McDonald and Son Funeral Home and Crematory in Cumming is in charge of the arrangements. Forsvth County News March 17. 2004 Gary Keith Beaver Mr. Gary Keith Beaver of Landis, N.C.. died Sunday. March 14. 2004. Mr. Beaver gradu ated from Landis High VETERAN School and attended Rowan Tech. He served two terms in the U.S. Army and retired from General Motors. Mr. Beaver was a member of the Eureka Masonic Lodge No. 283. the Oasis Temple Shrine of Charlotte and a member of Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. S.J., USA. He was mayor pro tern two terms. Aiderman one term for the town of Landis. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold Beaver; and brother, Tony Beaver Survivors include his wife. Elsie Taylor Beaver; mother. Lola Deadman Beaver of Landis. N.C.; daughters and son-in-law. Beth and Robbie Pinkston of Landis. N.C., Nancy Beaver of Cumming; brother and sister-in-law. Mike and Sheila Beaver of Landis, N.C.; grandchildren. Cody Amanda McCurley and Sara Paige McCurley. both of Landis. N.C. Funeral services will be Wednesday. March 17. at 11 a m. at the Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home Chapel in Landis. N.C.. with the Revs. R.J. Hammond and Gene Beaver officiating. Burial will follow in the Carolina Memorial Park. Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home in Landis. N.C., is in charge of the arrangements. Forsy th Counts News March 17. 2004 Obituaries must be provided to the newspaper by a funeral home or similar organization .< >iu it x News Fibromyalgia? If you suffer from reveals how to get relief chronic Fibromyalgia as fast as humanly pos pain, a free report is sible without drugs, available that reveals shots or surgery, call what your doctor may toll-free 24-hour not know. To get your recorded message at free copy by mail that 1-888-895-7484. Byars Funeral Home ‘Comforting Your Family” • Serving All Fafths << 1 • Over 20 Year* of ■xaerionoo Mart > L B ? ar * • Oorvfne Forsyth County for ovor 2 Yoors Funeral Director 678*455*5815 155 Professional Park Drive, Cumming, GA 30040 Freda Louise Newberry Mrs. Freda Louise Newberry, 80, of Cumming died March 12. 2004. A native of Methuen, Mass., Mrs. Newberry was the daughter of Fred and Isabella Perry Bonacorsi. She was a home maker and involved in Toys of Tots, the Garden Club and school activities. She was pre ceded in death by her hus band. Harold M. Newberry. Survivors include her chil dren, Joni and Randy Owens of Cumming. Sean and Ashley Newberry of Panama City Beach, Fla., Rhonda James of Pacifica. Calif., Sonny James of Chicopee, Mass., Ronald Aboud of Haverhill, Mass.; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Janet Bonacorsi of Hernando, Fla.; sisters, Betty Stoodley of Salem. Mass., Anita Giles of Lovell, Mass; seven grandchildren. Memorial services for Mr. and Mrs. Newberry were Tuesday. March 16, at the McDonald and Son Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. John Cromartie officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial con tributions may be made to the United Way of Forsyth County, 520 Pirkle Ferry Rd.. Cumming. GA 31X140. McDonald and Son Funeral Home and Crematory was in charge of the arrange ments. Forsy th Counts News March 17. 2004 Ray de St. Aubin Mr. Ray de St. Aubin. 74. of Cumming died Monday, March 15, 2004. He was pre ceded in death by his sister. Mary Agna Norris. Survivors include his wife of 48 years. Rosemary de St. Aubin; children. Thomas de St. Aubin. Jeanmarie de St. Aubin. William and Sandra de S. Aubin. Kitty de St. Aubin, Mary and Lou Blume. Edward de St. Aubin. Michele de St. Aubin; grandchildren. Michael de St. Aubin. Joey de St. Aubin. Timmy de St. Aubin, Nicole Cowin, Maureen Cowin. John Cowin, Patrick Blume. Melanie Blume, Grant Blume. Hannah Blume. Talbot Rae de St. Aubin; siblings. Art and Joan de St. Aubin. Cassie Traxinger, Rita and Bob Rensel. Ed and Jane de St. Aubin; and numerous nieces and nephews also survive. Mass will be at St. Brendan’s Catholic Church in Cumming on Wednesday. March 17. at 11 a.m. Donations may be made to The Place, 2450 The Place Avenue. Cumming. GA 30040. The National Cremation Society is in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News March 17. 2004 These Obituary Listings are provided as a community service at no charge by the Forsyth County News Betty Green Albright Mrs. Betty Green Albright, 73, of Cumming died Saturday. March 13, 2004. Mrs. Albright retired from the Avon Corp, after 35 years of service. She attended New Song Church. Survivors include her hus band of 57 years, George Albright of Cumming; daugh ter. Susan Albright Hayes of Newnan; grandchildren. Tonya and Michael Bridges, Tracy and Chris Wakefield, all of Cumming, Jason Allen Hayes of Newnan; great-grandchil dren, Tanner Wakefield. Brelin Wakefield, both of Cumming; brother and sisters-in-law, Emory and Winona Green of Hoschton, Nan Green White of Pine Mountain; several nieces, nephew s and other rel atives also survive. Funeral services were Monday. March 15. at 2 p.m. at the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Steve Jackson officiating. Entombment followed in the Sawnee View Gardens Mausoleum. Ingram Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News March 17. 2004 Delmer Holcomb Mr. Delmer Holcomb. 64, of Cumming died Sunday, March 14. 2004. He was a member of Cross Roads Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Wheeler Holcomb of Cumming; children, Richard and Tracey Holcomb. Brian and LaDonna Holcomb, Lynn and Donnie Adams, all of Cumming, Tenna and James Brockett of Gainesville; 10 grandchildren; and a num ber of other relatives also sur vive. Funeral services were Tuesday. March 16. at 2 p.m. at the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Ruel Martin. Robert Martin. Gerald Blackburn. Vemie Worley and Robbie Mathis officiating. Interment followed in the Sawnee View Memorial Gardens. Ingram Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Forsy th County News March 17, 2004 LOTS from 1A but would have to file sepa rate zoning requests for the commercial and residential portions of their property. However. District 4 Commissioner Marcie Kreager said with PUDs and CUPs being deleted, there should be some provision for the com missioners to address lot size variances for areas which have already been designated for those categories. Kreager suggested amend ing the UDC to allow the board to grant lot size vari ances in the interim while the code is being modified. Miller said the board can expect to see many such requests if the board grants lot size variances. __ Service of Holy Communion Tof tie Lord in our Sanctuary Each Wednesday at Noon All are welcome Cumming First United Methodist Church 770 Canton Hwy • Cumming, GA 30040 (2 miles west of downtown Cumming) (770) 887-2900 • www.cummingfirst.com Your Photos & Videos to DVD Let us do the editing G Kid» Love To Set Themselves (oath Pot soys, "Our son loves to show-off On TV - it'» entertaining tea,n ’ s DVD produced by Videoßuz I wish About the wme price •• teem photos. ‘ See Demos on Web www.Videoßuz.com 1770-623-9016 < 5 TREE from 1A said, “and no ordinances that we ever pass satisfy every one.” “I think we have an ordi nance that this county can live with. 1 think we ought to adopt it and put it in place and see how it works,” he said, adding he would not support any changes. Opponents- also said speci men trees larger existing trees on property that impose stiffer fines on developers if they are cleared should have a 30-inch diameter instead of the 18 inches as written in the ordinance. Patty Durand, a member of the county tree board who helped develop the original code along with former county REPS from 1A on the new maps since she resides within a few miles of her former district. "My home is not far from the 50th District, which is my old district and includes a por tion of my former territory," said Jackson. "I would be more than happy to represent the peo ple of Forsyth County since they have drawn me into the 49th District. I do have friends in that area." There are some legislators that believe the new maps would give the Republicans control over the Georgia House of Representatives. However, several Democrats who have reviewed the maps disagree. Murphy said it was too early for him to make a comment about the new maps. "I don't think they are final yet," said Murphy. "We won't DRUGS from 1A Letters were being written to the parents of the students involved in the incident to inform them of a school tri bunal hearing which is expected to be held within 10 days of the students being suspended. The school sys tem and the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office sometimes work together on incidents occurring on school grounds. However, the school system only addresses the issue of whether a student violated Kreager said the board would not accept lot size vari ance requests that fall outside the parameters of mixed use properties. “I don't think that's some thing the board is going to entertain," Kreager said. District 1 Commissioner Charlie Laughinghouse opposed the amendment, but said staff should add certain cri teria to the UDC the variance applications must meet before they will be considered. The amendment allows commissioners to grant lot size variances and the elimina tion of PUDs and CUPs from the UDC must undergo public hearings before they will be accepted. arborist Van Moore, said they worked for more than a year to draft the ordinance. She said the board destroyed the origi nal intention of the ordinance. “It’s a joke,” Durand told commissioners. She said the county now has adopted an ordinance that’s weaker than what was proposed because it takes out a provision that would have required builders as well as developers to adhere to the tree ordinance. “It’s weaker than what we currently have," Durand said, explaining that a new provi sion allowing existing trees that are retained to count three times toward the required tree volume means know for sure until next Monday." Rep. Amos Amerson, R- Dahlonega, who holds the third House seat assigned to Forsyth in the new map. said he thought either Knox or Murphy should run'against Stephens for the Senate seat. "You've got a good portion of the population of that district (Senate District 27) in Forsyth and 1 think they could win," said Amerson. Amerson, who lives in Lumpkin County, said he often felt Dawson and Lumpkin should be paired in a House seat. "I'm not as familiar with this portion of Forsyth, but I understand it covers a good por tion of Lake Lanier," said Amerson. "I'm a member of the House Natural Resources and Environmental Committee and the system's code of ethics, according to David Adams, Forsyth County Schools safe ty director. A disciplinary tribunal will be conducted by the school system for the stu dents involved in the drug incident. Both the school sys tem and the students' parents will be allowed to present evidence and witness testi mony. A panel of three administrators, which are not associated with the school Learn To Fly Randall Simmons Flight Training, Inc. Gift Certlflcales Available ■ Gold Seal Flight Instructor! 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For Thursday's paper retail and classified display ads are due by noon Monday For Friday’s paper retail and classified display ads are due by noon Tuesday Classified Line Advertising Deadlines (Help wanted, garage sales, rentals, etc ) For Sunday's paper classified line ads are due by noon Friday. For Wednesday’s paper classified line ads are due by noon Monday. For Thursday's paper classified line ads are due by noon Tuesday. For Friday's paper classified line ads are due by noon Wednesday. advertising is due by Friday noon and runs only in Wednesday's paper. that less trees overall will be left standing. She said she plans to resign from the tree board. “I’m not going to waste my time,” Durand said. “I’ve got better things to do.” Kreager said the original ordinance as drafted was too complicated, and suggested Moore purposefully drafted it that way. “He resigned so he could be a consultant,” Kreager said. Durand called the charge “ridiculous." An additional amendment by Laughinghouse passed unanimously, excluding subdi visions of six or less homes from adhereing to the tree ordinance. have a section of the lake in my current district." Attorneys for the state and legislators who filed a lawsuit against the original 2001 map have been given a time line of a week to comment on the court drawn maps. Murphy expects attorneys to file some appeals. Maps of senate and repre sentative districts are deter mined by the population cen sus. The maps were redrawn in 2001 after the 2000 federal cen sus figures became available. Republicans filed a lawsuit stat ing the lines were biased toward a Democratic majority. The judges who ruled against the maps gave those filing the lawsuit a deadline to develop their own maps. When legislators failed to redraw the maps, the courts appointed their own mapmaker. involved, will listen to the information presented and decide a student's guilt or innocence. If the student is found guilty a second session is conducted to decide disci plinary action. Both the school system and the parents can make recommendations at such a hearing. School principals only have the authority to suspend students for a minimum of 10 days and then a tribunal must be held, according to Adams.