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Forsyth County News Thursday, April 22,2004 |
Restaurant
Inspections
The following are results of
inspections conducted by the Forsyth
County Health Department in March
of establishments where food is pre
pared and served. By law, inspection
results must be posted prominently
for public view.
• Al’s Deli, 3350 Atlanta Hwy.,
March 8 Score: 100
• Arby's, 1505 McFarland Road.
March 5 Score: 99
.• Atlanta Catering Concepts Inc.,
133 Samaritan Drive, March 9
Score: 100
• Beef O'Brady's, 2619 Freedom
Parkway, March 4 Score: 100
• Buffalo’s Case-Grassland. 5665
Hwy. 9. March 18 Score: 94
• Burger King. 598 Atlanta Road,
March 9 Score: 97
• Burger King, 5695 Hwy. 9,
March 9 Score: 96
• Chattahoochee Elementary
School, 2800 Holtzclaw Road,
March 30 Score: 100
• Chestatee Elementary School,
6945 Keith Bridge Road. March 16
Score: 100
• Chili's, 874 Buford Road,
March 11 Score: 95
• Cici's Pizza. 655 Atlanta Road,
March 5 Score: 99
• Classic’s. 215 Mason St.. March
23 Score: 97
• Coal Mountain Elementary
School. 3455 Coal Mountain Drive.
March 9 Score: 100
• Daisy’s Drive Thru. 104 13th
St., March 31 Score. 100
• E Z Wok. 5665 Hwy. 9. March
17 Score: 85
• El Rio Inc., 248 Atlanta Hwy.,
March 4 Score: 99
• Fajita’s Mexican Restaurant,
2595 Freedom Parkway. March 4
Score: 93
• Folks, 510 Lakeland Plaza,
March 17 Score: 95
• Forsyth Central 9th Grade
Academy. 135 Elm St.. March 3
Score: 100
• Forsyth Central High School.
Tribble Gap Road. March 3
Score: 100
• Gonzo’s Mexican Restaurant.
1810 Atlanta Hwy., March 5
Score: 92
• International House of
Pancakes. 920 Market Place Blvd..
March 18 Score: 96
• KFC/A&W. 695 Atlanta Hwy.,
March 5 Score: 99
• Krystal, 560 Atlanta Road.
March 5 Score: 99
• Lanier Farmer’s Livestock
Corp., 8325 Jot ‘Em Down Road.
March 16 Score: 90
• Lanier Gold Club. 2080 Buford
Dam Road. March 22 Score. 96
• Lantern Inn. Browns Bridge
Road. March 19 Score: 99
• Lenny’s Sub Shop. 1040 Market
Place Blvd., March 16 Score: 97
• Liberty Middle School, 7466
Wallace Tatum Road. March 30
Score: 97
• Mama Leo's Pizza. 20E Buford
Hwy. and Samples Road, March 10
Score: 100
• Mashburn Elementary School.
3777 Samples Road, March 10
Score: 100
• Matt Elementary School. 7455
Wallace Tatum Road, March 30
Score: 100
• Mellow Mushroom, Tri-County
Plaza. March 29 Score: 100
• Nana Bananas. 4510 Keith
Bridge Road, March 16 Score: 94
• Nick’s Ice Cream, 3425 Tate
Lane, March 29 Score: 100
• North Forsyth High School,
3655 Coal Mountain Drive. March 9
Score: 100
• North Forsyth Middle School,
3645 Coal Mountain Drive, March 9
Score: 100
• Olde Atlanta Club Golf
Clubhouse, Olde Atlanta Parkway,
March 22 Score: 100
• Otwell Middle School, 605
Tribble Gap Road, March 3
Score: 100
• Papa John’s Pizza 6820 Keith
Bridge Road, March 9 Score: 100
• Papa John’s Pizza 1595
Peachtree Parkway, March 22
Score: 96
• Philly Connection, 907 Buford
Road Suite 500, March 3 Score:
99
• Philly Express. 3651 Peachtree
Parkway, March 30 Score 88
• Ruby Lee’s, 3455 Keith Bridge
Road, March 19 Score: 99
• Sawnee Primary School, 1655
* See INSPECTIONS, Page 2B
County approves 399-lot development
By Todd Ttuelove
Staff Writer
The Forsyth County Board of
Commissioners Monday unanimous
ly approved a residential develop
ment near the Etowah River in north
west Forsyth County.
The approval to rezone 322 acres
located near the Etowah River and
Nicholson Road from agriculture to a
399-lot conservation subdivision is
less than the developer’s original
request for 704 acres with 921 lots.
Developer Bill Evans said homes
within the subdivision will range
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Business After Hours
Above, Jim Kratochwil and
Uday Patel talk outside H&H
Staffing on Colony Park Drive
in Cumming during the
Cumming-Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce's
monthly Business After Hours
mixer last week. Right,
Outback Steakhouse employ
ee Marisa Cain serves atten
dees.
Photos/David McGregor
High fuel prices leading to
more incidents of gas theft
By Colby Jones
Staff Writer
More motorists are choosing to
guzzle and go at Forsyth County
gas stations, leaving convenience
store owners stuck with the bill.
The nationwide spike in gas
prices apparently has fueled a resur
gence in gas theft, commonly
referred to as "drive-offs" by
police. Drive-offs in the county
increased from 38 to 63 between
Jan. 1 and April 16 of 2003 and the
same time period this year —a 40
percent increase, according to Lt.
Mike Honiker, crime analyst at the
Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.
In reports filed recently, a
woman pumped $lB worth of gas
into her Ford Explorer at a Citgo in
the 2800 block of Old Atlanta
Road, then drove away. A man at
the Chevron in Lakeland Plaza
filled his 19905-model Ford Taurus
with $20.11 in gas and left without
paying. The attendant reported see
ing a white cloth partially obscuring
the car's license plate, pointing
toward it being a premeditated act.
Gas station employees are taking
notice.
"I know we’ve had a lot lately,
especially at night and when we're
from $200,000 to $400,000.
Wastewater from the homes will be
treated by sewer services and not
septic tanks, Evans said.
Though the county government
has not extended sewer services into
the region, plans are on the drawing
board to begin expansion into the
northwest comer of the county.
That is one of three options Evans
mentioned to serve the subdivision.
The other two are connecting to
another developer’s facility, or con
structing his own sewer treatment
plant and turning it over to the coun
ty after recouping the costs.
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busy" said Gail Thompson at the
Exxon at Hammond's Crossing.
The success rate for catching the
thieves is low, she added.
At the Dixie Food Mart on Ga.
400 in north Forsyth, drive-offs are
an almost daily problem, said Jean
Bottoms, whose husband owns the
convenience store.
"We have them about all the
time. They will come in and claim
they forgot their wallet and they
live right around the corner. They
never come back," she said. “Others
just pump the gas and drive off."
Despite becoming the first state
in the nation to pass a law allowing
for the suspension of the driver's
licenses of those who steal gas,
Georgia is not immune from recent
gas bandits.
In 2002, the loss per store in
Georgia was SI,OOO, translating
into $5.2 million in losses for the
state’s 5,201 convenience stores,
said Jeff Lenard, spokesman for the
National Association of Con
venience Stores.
The recent spate of drive-offs is
bucking a trend.
Lenard credited industry educa
tion campaigns and tougher state
See CAS, Page 2B
Additional project plans include
items such as 4-foot wide nature trails
along the river; other amenities for the
subdivision include a pool, four tennis
courts and a clubhouse.
Though conditions placed on the
project require a 200-foot setback
from the Etowah, at least one resident
who currently lives in the area
remained concerned about the effects
of new developments along the
Etowah. The setback does not apply
to the nature trails.
Joyce Neuner, speaking on behalf
of a group called the Great Northwest
Homeowners of Forsyth County,
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The Quick Trip store on Keith Bridge Road (Hwy. 306) in north
Forsyth reflects last week's gas prices, which have remained at a
comparatively high level for months.
advised the board of hazards that
could adversely impact the river such
as sediment runoff.
“Development along the Etowah
is beginning to bring the same prob
lems that plague the Chattahoochee.”
Neuner told the board. "Sediment
runs from newly scraped lots ... bac
teria and chemicals leak from septic
systems, more and more treated
wastewater gets dumped into the
river.”
Later, Neuner said in an interview
See ETOWAH, Page 2B
Breaking
even?
Mixed results from
Assembly, groups say
By Colby Jones
Staff Writer
Small business owners “broke
even" in the Georgia General
Assembly this past session, the state
chapter of the National Federation of
Independent Business recently
reported.
The Georgia Chamber of
Commerce reported a similar out
come for bills it supported under the
Gold Dome.
“Small-business owners received
mixed results from lawmakers this
session." said Melody Harrison, state
director of NFIB. an advocacy group
for small business owners comprised
of 600,000 members nationwide.
“That said, small-business owners
from across the state would have
greatly benefited from the passage of
the Small-Business Employee
Choice of Benefits Health Insurance
Plan Act."
She noted the measure would
have given “Main Street" businesses
and their employees more freedom in
choosing health insurance plans
without the requirements of state
health mandates.
"It's disappointing that for the
second year in a row, lawmakers did
not enact this critical legislation," she
said. "The small-business communi
ty is eager to continue to fight as
long as it takes for more affordable
and accessible health care for literal
ly thousands of Georgians."
Both the NFIB and Georgia
Chamber of Commerce successfully
lobbied for passage of House Bill
1555, which holds the line of an
employer’s contribution to the state
Unemployment Insurance fund to no
more than 35 percent instead of
requiring employers to begin paying
100 percent in 2005; and Senate Bill
495, which prevents local govern
ments from mandating a higher mini-
See LEGISLATURE, Page 2B