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- FORSYTH COUNTY news - Sunday, April 18,2004
Public can comment on
zoning regulation changes
From staff reports
The Forsyth County Board
of Commissioners is expected
to consider several changes to
the county’s development
code Monday night, including
limiting to seven the number
of residential rezoning appli
cations the planning depart
ment will review monthly and
removing zoning classifica
tions for planned unit devel
opments (PUD) and condi
tional use permits (CUP).
The public will be given
the opportunity to comment
on the proposed changes
before the board’s decision.
The proposed change only
limits residential rezoning
applications not commer
cial business propositions.
When the department
receives more than seven resi
dential rezoning applications,
it is proposed that the over
flow would be rolled over to
following months.
Property owners generally
ask for PUD and CUP appli
cations to allow combined
commercial and residential
Ex-councilman dead at 73 P.I.E. fr on> ia
By Harris Blackwood
Community Editor
Marcus Castleberry, a for
mer Cumming city council
man and business owner died
Tuesday at the age of 73.
Castleberry served on the
council for two terms begin
ning in 1960 during the may
oral administration of Dr.
Marcus Mashburn Sr.
"He served when
Cumming and Forsyth
County was a very rural
place." said Mayor Ford
Gravitt, who joined the coun
cil in 1964.
The mayor said that
Castleberry. Mashburn, and
others laid the groundwork
for the city's good standing
today.
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communities. Staff in the
county planning department
are creating a “mixed use”
category to accommodate
those requests.
However, it will be several
months before that new cate
gory will be ready for the
commissioners’ approval.
Senior planner Audra
Miller has said in previous
meetings that developers may
continue to plan for commer
cial and residential mixed
communities by submitting
split zoning requests.
To accommodate those
splits zoning requests and
property already designated
for PUD developments, the
proposed changes to the coun
ty code also give the board the
ability to grant lot size vari
ances.
Additional changes the
board is considering to the
Unified Development Code
include defining “bedroom” to
prevent loopholes that result
in improperly sized septic
tanks, and allowing commer
cial horse stables on agricul-
"He was a businessman
and operated a service station
and at the same time he
worked full-time for
Lockheed.” said Gravitt. "He
did a lot of good things in the
community and was always
willing to help people."
Castleberry retired from
Lockheed’s Marietta facility
after 37 years of service. He
was a veteran of the Korean
War.
Funeral services for
Castleberry were conducted
Friday at the Cumming
Baptist Church. Ingram
Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
Castleberry is survived by
his wife. Louise Gravitt
Castleberry, three daughters
and 11 grandchildren.
turally zoned land.
The board also is expected
to hear comments on the
county’s land use map.
County staff members con
sult the map to determine if
the proposed use of property
conforms to it before making
recommendations on rezoning
requests.
Members of the communi
ty and commissioners were
unsatisfied with the results of
recent updates to that map.
Planning Department
Assistant Director Tom Brown
said county staff will present
changes to the map requested
by commissioners as well
as an infrastructure overlay
displaying upcoming road and
sewer projects to determine
if major or minor modifica
tions need to be made to it.
In other business at the 5
pm. meeting, the board also is
expected to consider an ordi
nance that would require
door-to-door salesmen to
become certified by the coun
ty government and carry prop
er identification.
Steakhouse. Dining table cen
terpieces were balloon-deco
rated pots made by the fourth
grade class at Cumming
Elementary under the direction
of art teacher, Sue Miller. The
Forsyth Central Jazz Band, led
by Director John Mashburn,
provided the entertainment
during the guests’ arrival.
Forsyth County Teacher of
the Year Polly Tennies of
Chestatee Elementary School
spoke of what the word “part
nership" means to both adults
and the children she is teach
ing.
“The children certainly
sparkle when asked to work
together ... Many leave the
partnership with things that I
have not planned on them
learning from each other
MISSING from 1A
Patrol Unit and K-9 Unit and
the Forsyth County Fire
Department combed the woods
Thursday in a one-mile radius
around the salon. The fire
department floated the nearby
Etowah River but found no
traces of Endres, Huggins said.
Settendown Creek and neigh
boring streams also were
searched, Paxton said.
Georgia State Patrol and
National Guard helicopters cir
cled the area using infrared
(heat-seeking) devices until 2
a.m. Friday.
Volunteer residents arrived
in droves to load up on informa
tional fliers that were distributed
door-to-door in neighborhoods
and Cumming businesses,
Huggins said.
As of Friday afternoon, four
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents were working to find
Endres. The Georgia Bureau of
Investigation also joined the
search.
Endres’ name appears in the
National Crime Information
Center missing persons data
base and the National Center for
Missing Adults. Her photograph
and information can be viewed
at www.teamamberalert.net.
At mid-morning on Friday,
officers implemented a traffic
which will carry them through
a lifetime," said Tennies.
Mark Hamilton, chairman
of the chamber board of direc
tors. also thanked the sponsors
for their gifts of time and sup
port. Representatives from
Kroger supermarket and
Northside Hospital Forsyth
played an active role in the
presentations of the awards.
The event also included the
third annual presentation of the
Don Hendricks Partnership
Award.
Hendricks, a former school
board member, lived a life of
service to the community and
believed in the school system
and its mission of quality work
and superior performance for
all, according to Owens.
Hendrick's widow. Barbara.
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checkpoint in front of Tamber’s
Trim-N-Tan to gather any infor
mation about the events of
Thursday morning from
passersby. I\vo motorists said a
late model blue Chevrolet
sedan, possibly a Malibu, was
seen at the business just before
noon.
Not for lack of trying, inves
tigators had not located Endres
as of Friday night at press time.
“One of the things we’ve
been hampered by is the limited
amount of physical evidence,”
Paxton said. “She just disap
peared."
Throughout the weekend,
search efforts will focus on
obscure county roads, aban
doned homes and old farms in
north Forsyth places where a
body might be discarded, the
sheriff said.
At a Friday afternoon press
conference, Paxton could not
say whether the abduction was
random or whether Endres was
targeted. He did say that it was
well known in the community
that Endres was often at the
shop alone, her black sport utili
ty vehicle parked outside the
salon. Also, the house closest to
Tamber’s Trim-N-Tan is vacant.
“Even though this is a very
busy highway, in and of itself
and daughter. Suzanne, pre
sented the award to Brian Tam
of Outback Steakhouse. Tam's
partnership best exemplifies
the mission of the P.I. E. pro
gram, Owens said.
The following awards were
presented at the luncheon:
• The Don Hendricks
Partnership Award Outback
Steakhouse
• Gold School Partner of
the Year Coca-Cola Co.
• Silver School Partner of
the Year Tyson Foods Corp.
• Chamber Apple Award-
Elementary School Level
Choice Point Inc.
• Chamber Apple Award-
Middle School Level
Hedgewood Properties
• Chamber Apple Award-
High School Level DeSana
[the shop] is isolated,” Paxton
said.
Carol Harris, a north Forsyth
resident and Tamber’s Trim-N-
Tan customer, said she was
shocked by the news of Endres’
possible abduction.
“You never hear anything
bad about Patrice,” Harris said.
"She’s just adored and we’re
very upset about it.”
Harris and her two small
children have frequented
Endres’ salon for seven years,
she said. “My children adore
her because she’s very sweet,
very kind, very attentive. She’s
just one of those that you go to
once and you always go back to
because she has a very homey
feel,” Harris said.
Endres, her husband and son
recently moved from Forsyth
County to Woodstock, Harris
said. Endres continued to drive
her teenage son to South
Forsyth High School so he
would not have to change
schools.
“She’s the type of mother
who makes a lot of sacrifices for
her son.” Harris said.
If you have any information
on the disappearance of Patrice
Tamber Endres, please call the
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office
immediately at (770) 781-2222.
Educational Fund
• School Program of the
Year Vickery Creek
Elementary School
• Volunteers of the Year-
Elementary School Grant &
Briget Wells (Sawnee
Elementary')
• Volunteers of the Year-
Middle School Pam Knox
(Otwell)
• Volunteers of the Year-
High School Glenda Long
(Forsyth Central)
• Mentor of the Year-
Elementary John Goode
(Coal Mountain)
• Mentor of the Year-
Middle School Gene Heslin
(Vickery Creek)
• Mentor of the Year-
Piedmont Learning Center
Chuck Jonaitis