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PAGE 2A FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Friday. March 2«, 2004 HOUSE from 1A trict includes the southern por tion of the county and extends to the county line. Knox’s new district is the only House seat which would include only vot ers from Forsyth. A third house district, the 9th. includes approximately 13,0 0 0 Forsyth resi dents in the northeast cor ner of the county. State 66 / am pleased for the voters of Forsyth County. 99 Rep. Amos Amerson, (R-Dahlonega). presently represents the dis trict. which also includes most of Lumpkin County and a por tion of Dawson. The first maps were drawn by a special master appointed by the court, after the present districts were declared invalid by the court. The decision found that the districts, as redrawn by the then-Democrat controlled legislature, favored Democrats and placed many Republican lawmakers in Deaths Katie Lou Collett Mrs. Katie Lou Collett. 83, of Alpharetta died Wednesday. March 24. 2004. She was pre ceded in death by her husband. Bill Collett: sons, Charles Junior Collett. Byron Collett. Jimmy Collett Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law. Sara and Donald Kirby of Cumming: son and daughter in-law, Larry and Linda Collett of Alpharetta; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grand children; sisters-in-law. Evelyn Rogers, Minnie Lee Rogers. Era Collett, all of Alpharetta: nieces and nephews also sur vive. Funeral services will be Friday, March 26. at 2 p.m. at the Hopewell Baptist Church with the Revs. Alan Sutton and Ronnie Powell officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Louie E. Jones Funeral Home in Alpharetta is in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News March 26, 2004 Thomas Kinkade 20%* in 1 'frjSiSl ®. 7/O w. •C'*r- '2**x «*w<. SBA •*»' > bßk SSaB’ 1 < L"‘/*sl» P T grew ' ■ iliiS ..wr" In Celebration of 1 W Sharing the Light! /O Re 20 e ;r e a KAYN E Gift Certificate ABT GALLERIES with any Limited Edition 7 LOCATIONS! Th fl ITI AC mall OF GEORGIA gwinnett place perimeter mall IllUlliaa IXIIIMJUV 678.482.7818 678.475.6500 770.351.9800 f*||||«f* > hACO KINGS MARKET @ ROSWELL pui tllUjC 770.248.9920 AVENUE @ MAUI L1... 04 TOWN CENTER ARBOR PLACE MALL PEACHTREE CITY NOW ““ Mciy JljZUUnl 770.218.8997 770.947.3330 678.482.7818 multi-member districts, such as the present territory of Murphy and Knox. The first drawings, which were released last week, did not consider any of the incum bents and placed 66 members of the House and 21 mem bers of the Senate into the same district. Both Republicans and Democrats reacted angrily, saying that only minor changes would reduce the number of incum bents required to face off. After saying that incum bency would be only a minor consideration. Judge Stanley Marcus agreed to consider the matter. A first revision which was revealed earlier this week reduced the pairings from 87 to 48. and the second revision released Wednesday takes that down even further, to around 40. George Grossenbacher Mr. George Grossenbacher. 85. of Big Canoe died March 23, 2004. A native of San Antonio. Texas, Mr. Grossen bacher was a VETERAX World War II veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Philippines. A furrier by pro fession. he was owner of Mr. George Furs and an avid square dancer. Survivors include his wife. Marilyn Grossenbacher of Big Canoe; daughters. Charlotte Elkins of Big Canoe, Jean Brown of North Augusta. S.C., Robhye Miller of Canton; sis ter. Sarah DeMasters of Wimberley. Texas; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grand children. Private memorial services will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Haven House Hospice. 5411 Northland Dr., Atlanta. GA 30342. McDonald and Son Funeral Home and Crematory in Cumming is in charge of the arrangements. Forsvth Counts News March 26. 2004 TEACHER from 1A on teaching children, “Tell me. I forget. Show me, 1 remember. Involve me, 1 understand,” which explains why the teacher does so much for the students, said Page. . “It just should say a lot that parents, students and even her peers believed in her enough to chose her as teacher of the year,” said Page. Page is not the only parent upset about the teacher's con tract. A group of parents have developed a Web site where they are encouraging others to make comments about the administration of the school. The Web site address is TRAFFIC from A and said. ‘My kid almost got hit by a car,”’ Taylor said. Peak traffic times are 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m.. Spring Slow Down coordinator Kelly Godfrey said. Afternoon traffic is actually faster and drivers run more signs, her husband John Godfrey said. However, morn ing traffic is more dangerous because children are outside waiting for school buses. Aberdeen residents com plain that drivers do not stop for loading school buses. School officials acknowledged that this is a problem all over the county. "It is critical that the public help us to keep our students safe by respecting the ‘Stop’ sign on a school bus and obey ing all applicable laws while a school bus driver is loading or unloading students,” school transportation director Garry Puetz said. With the permission of the county engineering department, residents posted custom yellow signs on light poles on Westminster that represent the voices of neighborhood chil dren: "Dear Driver. Please watch for me. I don’t always see you. Thanks. Susie." Other signs ward away driv ers at the entrance to the subdi vision off Old Atlanta, such as "Speeders beware," “No thru trucks" and "Speed Limit 25 mph.” “There are still mixed results as to whether numerous signage will really have an effect on driver behavior." Allen said. "If they do get one person’s attention...then they’re worth www.nationalbookswap.com/ schools/. The Web site contains a survey for parents to complete and asks questions about teacher morale, comparisons to other schools and changes that parents would like to see made at the school. Information completed on the Web site will be shared with school officials but con fidentiality would be kept on the survey’s contributors, according to the Web site organizers When asked about the Web site and the publicity about her contract, Reynolds said she could not make any com- it,” he added. The neighborhood also has speed humps to deter speeding. Resident Robert Cairns said the community chose not to put crosswalks at each stop sign. Studies show that crosswalks create a false sense of safety, he said. "If we put crosswalks here it actually increases the likelihood that someone will be hit,” Cairns said. "People feel safe on a crosswalk." The only proven way to reduce safety risk on Westminster Lane is to reduce traffic, and the county is work ing on that. “The best solution as far as reducing the traffic flow in that area is going to be the comple tion and extension of Windermere Parkway lining up with Three Chimneys Parkway from Hwy. 20 to Hwy. 141," Allen said. He estimates that traffic vol ume w ill be cut in half once the parkway is completed in late 2005 or early 2006. Construction is slated to begin this summer. Windermere Parkway will provide an alternate, and mostly four-lane, connector for Hwy. 20 and Hwy. 141. How ever, residents of Three Chimneys subdivision have conducted highly visible protests recently asking the county not to widen Windermere Parkway. Some also are asking the county not to complete the road because they expect increased traffic if a four-lane road is built. ment officially because of school policy. School officials said they were not going to be reactive to the survey by a portion of the parents, but have a policy in place to randomly survey parents and teachers at vari ous schools. "At the July 17, 2003 meeting of the Board of Education, they approved a new communications program called 360 Feedback. This organized program of feed back will provide Forsyth County Schools with impor tant information to determine future growth and develop ment by working with all BUS from 1A The buses will transport pas sengers to the North Springs MARTA station near Interstate 285 in Sandy Springs. “We’re just going to run the a.m. and p.m. rush hours,” Mecke said. "Obviously, we will tweak operations as we get feedback and experience." “There will be more serv ice throughout the day starting in the third phase a couple of years from now," Mecke said. Incident reports Editor's note: The following items were taken from reports on file with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. • Mailbox theft: Two checks were stolen from a mail box in Bridle Ridge subdivision in Suwanee on Feb. 1, an inci dent report stated. The thief made copies of the checks and attempted to cash them at sever al locations. Several thousands of dollars were taken between Feb. 1 and March 22. HAPPY 50 th BIRTHDAY TO BARBARA E. NOON Happy Birthday to you. You’re 50? 800 hoo! Half century, dear Barbara, Say goodbye to your youth! Love, The Noon Family Forsyth County News J Your "Homelp*n Paper' Since 190 S J ISPS 205-540 Veterans Memorial Blvd.. Cumming. Georgia 36640 Phone:77o-887-3126 Fax:77o-889-6017 Internet Address: www forsythnews.com ® Publisher DENNIS STOCKTON General Manager NORMAN BAGGS Editor TOM SPIGOLON Advertising Director MARTI BARNES Circulation Director PHIL JONES MEMBER Published Sunday. Wednesday. 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For Thursday’s paper classified line ads ar* due by noon Tuesday. For Friday's paper classified line ads are due by noon Wednesday. Legal advertising is due by Fnday noon and runs only in Wednesday's paper. stakeholders, students, par ents, staff and tax payers, through formal (face-to-face meetings) and informal (online and hardcopy surveys) methods of communication. An important component of the program is a series of sur veys," said Caracciolo. The school system launched the survey program in the spring of 2003. Sharon Elementary is one of the schools that has been random ly selected to complete the survey. Caracciolo said. Sharon Elementary School PTA president Sue Flaim also declined to comment on the situation. He estimated fares will be around $3. However, MARTA executives and GRTA staff have not yet finalized an agreement that will help deter mine the prices to use the transit system. "We’re finalizing that,” Mecke said. “A single fare will be around $3.” "There will be various dis count passes." he said, adding the costs should be known by the end of April. • Car burglarized: A set of speakers was stolen from a Honda Civic in the parking lot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Brannon Road on Monday afternoon. The driver's side window was smashed. A student leaving the park ing lot reported seeing a male in his mid 20s leave with the speakers in his pickup truck The speakers were valued at S6OO.