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I FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Friday, April 2, 2004
Deaths
W.G. Branham
Mr. W.G. “Boley" Bran
ham, 77, of Suwanee died
Tuesday, March 30. 2004. He
was a member of the Shady
Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife
of 53 years, Betty Branham of
Suwanee; children, Mary and
Travis Densmore of Cumming.
Bucky and Louise Branham of
Missouri, Fred and Peggy
Branham of Suwanee; grand
children. Michael and Kelly
Densmore of Cumming, Angie
Densmore of South Carolina,
Donald Branham. Jeremy
Branham, both of Suwanee;
great-grandchildren. Cole
Densmore, Blake Densmore,
both of Cumming; sister.
Margarette Breeden of Vir
ginia; and a number of nieces,
nephews and other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services will be
Friday. April 2. at 2 p.m. at the
Shady Grove Baptist Church
with the Revs. Allen Swafford
and Jerry Orr officiating.
Interment will follow in the
church cemetery.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
April 2. 2004
Ralph Richards
Mr. Ralph Richards, 68. of
Cumming died Wednesday,
March 31,2004.
Survivors include wife,
Garnelee Burgess Richards of
Cumming; daughters and sons
in-law. Bonita Sams of
Cumming, Carolyn Richards-
Reidenbach of Canton. Bonnie
and David Welchel of
Ballground. Sandra and Jackie
of McKinzie of Cumming; son
and daughter-in-law. George
and Peggy Richards of
Cumming; grandchildren.
Wayne and Paul Welchel.
Amanda Richards, Pam
Henderson-Brown, Jason and
Kevin Sams, Melissa and
Stephanie McKinzie. Derrick
Reidenback; great-grandchil
dren. Cody Brown. Kayla.
Madison and Julian Poss.
Jakob Sams; brother. Hugh
Richards of Ellijay; sister,
Catherine Chastain of Ellijay;
mother-in-law, Lola Burgess of
Cumming; one brother-in-law.
five sisters-in-law and numer
ous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are
Saturday. April 3. at 11 a.m. at
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel
with the Revs. Glen Arnold
and Coy Richards officiating.
Interment will follow at
Macedonia Memorial Park.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
April 2. 2004
Juiel C. Sheddan
Mrs. Juiel C. Sheddan. 94.
of Cumming died March 30.
2004. A native of Atlanta. Mrs.
Sheddan was retired as a secre
tary from Peachtree Pres
byterian Church after 42 years
and was a member of the
Eastern Star. She was preceded
in death by her husband,
Alfred R. Shuman.
Survivors include her son
and daughter-in-law, W. Mack
and Melissa Sheddan of
Cumming; sister, Evelyn
Shuman of Alpharetta; four
grandchildren; and a great
granddaughter.
Funeral services will be
Saturday. April 3. at 2 p.m. at
the McDonald and Son Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr.
Steve Huntley officiating.
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home is in charge of the
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
April 2, 2004
FREES from 1A
“Now we have to add
trees where we didn’t have to
before,” said Sewell. “We are
not totally against trees and
try to retain them when pos
sible but we have to also
install parking lots, ball fields
and playgrounds.”
If the tree unit calculation
is followed and a developer
needs to remove all the trees
on a 100-acre site then
SBOO,OOO would need to be
paid into the county's tree
fund. The school system cur
rently owns four parcels of
land that are basically pasture
land. The sites were specifi
cally selected for their topog
raphy, according to Sewell.
The newly adopted tree ordi
nance will apply to those
sites when the school system
is ready to build, he said.
Shiloh Point Elementary
School on Majors Road will
be the first school affected by
the tree ordinance. Sewell
said the system did not
include funding for trees
when building costs were
estimated. The system is hop
ing to get funding from the
state but state-level budget
cuts could put an additional
SCHOOL from 1A
house to teach a maximum of
65 to 70 students.
She said since beginning
the school in the summer of
2002, it has grown from serv
ing nine students to 39 and
30 families.
"My goal is working for
the families," she said. “We
would like to have our own
building. We are looking for
something more solid."
She said a Montessori
school focuses on a hands-on
approach in early childhood
education using a variety of
resources to reinforce con
cepts in children's minds.
Cathie Brognoli, an
involved parent and real
estate agent who helped
Montessori find the parcel for
the school, said purchasing
the parcel is contingent on
whether it is rezoned.
Brognoli's said her two
daughters have each attended
Cafferatta’s classes and bene
fited greatly from them.
"The students all end up
reading very early.” she said.
The three who spoke
against the school challenged
the size of the facility and
said it will increase traffic on
an already busy roadway. In
addition, they also said they
were concerned the rezoning
request could result in a com
mercial business on the prop
erty.
Corbeil questioned if the
maximum number of students
could be reduced from 70 to
40. However, he also said he
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barrier which would require
more local funding. Schools
that must utilize septic sys
tems instead of sewer also
require a drain fill area in
which trees cannot be placed,
according to Sewell.
“We have to take down
trees in order to install drain
fills so we are handcuffed to
planting them there,” said
Sewell. School escape routes
also need at least a two-lane
road width in cases of emer
gency evacuations, according
to Sewell. Cindy Mills, a
large land group salesperson
for Bryan Properties, said she
believed many landowners
will have problems with dif
ferent components of the new
tree ordinance.
One of Mills’ clients cur
rently has 95 acres for sale
and 70 acres of the land is
pasture. The pasture land that
is disturbed during the devel
opment would need to be
planted under the new ordi
nance. If the developer chose
to use the tree bank method
instead of planting the 70
acres it would be SB,OOO per
acre for a total of $560,000
for the 70 acres, said Mills.
does not strictly oppose hav
ing the facility nearby.
“We do believe [it] will be
a benefit to the community,"
Corbeil said.
Christopher Bruckner, a
resident of Old Atlanta Club,
said he believes other areas
are better suited for the
school than the proposed par
cel.
Several parents spoke in
support of the facility as did
the pastor of Chattahoochee
Christian Church, Jack
Snellgrove.
Snellgrove praised
Cafferatta, saying she has
good character and calling
her a "warm and caring per
son.”
“She has abided very
tightly to the restrictions that
we had." said Snellgrove.
He said the facility would
be "a lot better than what [is]
on the property at the present"
A trailer currently sits on
the site.
Brognoli said while they
are disappointed the item was
postponed, they are pleased it
wasn't denied.and remain
optimistic terms can be
reached to address the con
cerns of those who do not
completely support the facili
ty as proposed. Cafferatta
said the same.
“My mind is open, my
heart is open ... to continue to
talk to these people." said
Cafferatta.
The item is scheduled
before planners April 27.
Mills, who is on the
Forsyth County Parks and
Recreation board of directors,
requested county commis
sioners specifically define
where the tree funds would
be spent.
The key to the cost appli
cation of the ordinance is that
it only applies to land being
disturbed, said Forsyth
County Arborist Greg
Wallace.
"Typically out of 70 acres
only 7 to 10 of the acres are
going to be disturbed for
roads inside the develop
ment," said Wallace. "The
ordinance would apply to that
acreage only."
Many residential develop
ers have yet to realize the
effects the ordinance will
have on their upcoming proj
ects. Pam Sessions, president
of Hedgewood Properties,
said her staff is currently in
the process of reviewing the
final changes to the ordi
nance. “We haven't run an
analysis yet,” said Sessions.
“But we have a heavy tree
planting, rescue and tree save
program so we may not be as
impacted as others.”
Fatal wreck
victim ID’d
From Staff reports
Cindy Lou Demeter, 47, of
Glen Glade Way in Cumming
was the sole fatality of a head
on collision Wednesday morn
ing, a Forsyth County Sheriff's
Office spokesman confirmed
Wednesday.
Demeter’s 1999 Toyota
Corolla unexplainably veered
across the center line on north
bound Peachtree Parkway, Cpl.
Chris Shelton said. She struck a
southbound 1998 Toyota Camry
head-on at 7:45 a m. Demeter
was pronounced dead at the
scene. After being extricated
from her Camry, Cumming resi
dent Thi Bich Dao Le. 18. was
transported to North Fulton
Regional Medical Center with
serious, but not life-threatening,
injuries.
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peted in Cumming.
Though he usually partici
pates in saddle bronc and bare
back riding, this Saturday
night he will only compete in
the bareback riding event, due
to a late entry, he said.
The two-day event, begin
ning Friday night, is scheduled
to start at 8 both evenings.
The rodeo will feature bare
back riding, saddle bronc rid-
911 from 1A
system will notify an emer
gency contact.
The Forsyth County Board
of Commissioners approved
$67,205 in October 2003 to
fund the reverse 911 system.
Any homebound person desiring to be on
the “Guardian Project” list should mail their
name, address and telephone number,
along with the names of two emergency
contacts and their telephone numbers to:
Deputy Woody Woodward
c/o Forsyth County
Sheriff’s Office
202 Veterans Memorial Blvd.
Cumming, GA 30040
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Forsyth County Sheriff's Deputy Jennifer See talks to a
neighbor and family members after the Forsyth County
Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. team descended upon the
Hamptons subdivision in north Forsyth on Tuesday
afternoon when a 38-year-old man reportedly threat
ened suicide.
ing, calf roping, steer
wrestling, barrel racing and
bull riding.
Tickets are sl2 for adults
and $lO for children 5-12
years of age. Children 4 and
under are admitted free.
Taylor said he expects to
have a good time this
Saturday.
“Hopefully, I’ll keep plac
ing,” he said.
The E-911 surcharge for each
county telephone line paid
for the new program.
Staff writer Travis M.
Chaffin contributed to this
article.