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, FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Friday, April 23,2004
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“It’s well and good to
jump on this bandwagon as
you’ve jumped on this
before,” Conway said.
"It’s not the space, it’s the
design that’s the problem,” the
chairman said, referring to
attached houses and design
plans to prevent fires from
spreading between such
homes.
“If you design it properly,
you’re not going to have the
fire jumping from one house
to the other.” said Conway.
"You shouldn't have vinyl sid
ing for houses that are close
together.”
"We’ve got to come up
with standards,” Conway said.
"If we’re going to have houses
close together, we need the
standards that will make those
houses safe when there’s a
problem.”
Pritchett said until those
standards are put in place, the
county government needs to
ensure buildings are separated
for safety purposes.
Fire Chief Danny Bowman
has planned to meet with fire
prevention experts to deter
mine what safety conditions
should be placed on rezoning
requests. The exact date of
that meeting was undeter
mined at press time; however,
it should occur within the next
Deaths
Helen Frances Clark
Mrs Helen Frances Clark.
59. of Cumming died Tuesdav.
April 20, 2004.
Survivors include children,
Teresa Ann Morgan, Bert
Randell Clark. Melissa Clark,
all of Cumming; grandchil
dren, Robert Morgan. Frances
Morgan. Brooke Clark; moth
er. Ruby Fowler of Pine
Mountain; sisters. Betty Jean
Frady of Cumming. Wanda
McDougle. Phyllis Tarver.
Annie Jo Williams. Bonnie
Fowler, all of Pine Mountain;
brothers, Terry Fowler of
Jackson. Jerry Fowler of Pine
Mountain; nieces, nephews,
and other relatives also sur
vive
Funeral services are Friday.
April 23. at 12 p.m. at Ingram
Funeral Home Chapel with the
Rev. Bill Hardy officiating.
Interment will follow at
Community Chapel
Cemetery.
The family will receive
friends at Ingram Funeral
Home on Friday from 10 a. m.
until time for the service.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
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April 23, 2004
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"The knee-jerk reaction is
because we’ve had a tragedy,
we ought to spread these
houses apart," Conway said.
Pritchett said the board
should follow the rules that
are already in the county’s
zoning code. “The knee-jerk
reaction is to follow the rules
that are set up in the (Unified
Develop-ment Code].
"Don't grant the variance
on the space between these
homes.”
Conway disagreed.
"What does the UDC have
to do with the safety of the
material in a building?”
Conway said. “1 don't think
that our safety is in our
UDC.”
The board discussed
options of requiring housing
standards that would require
certain siding materials relat
ing to the distance between
buildings as well as a possible
moratorium on building per
mits until those standards are
approved.
Commissioners directed
county attorney Walker
Bramblett to investigate the
legality of such an action.
The subdivision rezoning
request was approved 4-1 with
Pritchett casting the dissent
ing vote. The developer
Charles Matas “Buck”
Martin
Mr Charles Matas "Buck”
Martin. 72. died Saturday.
April 17, 2004. Mr. Martin
retired from Lockheed after 30
years of service. He was a
master barber and worked with
his dad, Buell, at his barber
shop for many years. He was
preceded in death by his par
ents, Buell and Edith Cain
Martin; sister. Laura Edna
Martin; brothers. George
Washington "Gid" Martin,
Earl W. Martin.
Survivors include wife of
30 years, Zeliah Samples
Martin of Cumming; daugh
ters and sons-in-law. Phyllis
Jane and Terry Bissette, Cindy
Martin. Stephanie Lynn and
Todd McCord, all of
Cumming; grandchildren,
Chloe. Lindsey and Riley
McCord, all of Cumming,
Christopher Bissette; former
wife and mother of his three
daughters. Dons Smith; sisters
and brothers-in-law. Mary
Alice Thomas, Diane and
Johnny Gravitt, all of
Cumming; brothers and sis
ters-in-law. Robert and Shirley
Martin. Donald and Vivian
Martin. Mary Ruth Martin, all
of Cumming; father and moth
er-in-law. Luther and Thelma
Samples of Cumming; broth
er-in-law and sister-in-law.
Adrian and Roberta Samples
of Alpharetta; a number of
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were
Tuesday. April 20, at 2 p.m. at
Coal Mountain Baptist Church
with the Revs. Danny Bennett,
Gary Coffey, Pete Martin, and
Phil Christopher officiating.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
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April 23. 2004
agreed to using bricks on the
exterior of three sides of the
homes.
Additionally, the board
restricted another developer
seeking a density of six units
per acre from gaining a build
ing permit for 120 days to
allow the fire chief to develop
safety standards.
“That really puts the onus
on the county,” Pritchett said.
In other business during
Monday’s public hearings,
the board approved:
• Amending conditions to
allow a new site plan show
ing a new entrance and
removing the term mini ware
houses on commercially zoned
property located on the west side
, of Crossroads Road near the
intersection with Bennett Road.
• Amending conditions
placed on property zoned for a
conservation subdivision located
on the south side of Twin Lakes
Road near the intersection with
Gravitt Road to delete the term
conservation, allow the possibility
of septic tanks, increase the set
back from 25 to 50 feet and plac
ing amenities on the interior of
the project.
• Amending conditions
placed on residentially zoned
property located on the west
side of Heardsville Road near
the intersection with Watson
Road to decrease minimum
house sizes from 2,500 square
feet to between 1,700-2,000
square feet.
• Amending conditions
placed on residentially zoned
property located on the south
side of Kelly Mill Road near
the intersection with
Bethelview Road to allow
more lots placed in the mid
dle of the project, decreasing
the total number of lots from
37 to 36.
• Amending conditions
placed on residentially zoned
property located on the north
side of Wallace Tatum Road
850 feet east of the intersec
tion with Forest Wood Lane
to allow four streetlights.
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time of Endres' disappearance.
An Atlanta newspaper
reported that a secret compartJ
ment in Endres' purse, which
the intruder reportedly rum
maged through, contained hun
dreds of dollars. Hamrick said
this claim is false.
Starting at Endres' salon,
deputies have canvassed the
rural areas of Cherokee.
Dawson and Forsyth counties
over the past nine days. They
fanned out in an increasing
radius from the salon on the
assumption that Endres'
abductor would get rid of evi
dence of the crime as soon as
possible. Hamrick said.
Six officers including one
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fire hydrant inspection. Each fire station crew will flush hydrants twice annually, allow
ing water to flow full force until it runs clear. A short section of fire hose will be con
nected to a hydrant in areas where flushing may cause property damage. Firefighters
will mark an out-of-service (OOS) hydrant, one that is dry or has insufficient water
pressure, with colored discs. The large disc will mark an inoperational hydrant serv
iced by Forsyth County water department. The small disc will mark a dysfunctional
hydrant serviced by City of Cumming water. If firefighters discover an obstruction to
the hydrant, such as a mailbox, tree, fence or yard decoration, the homeowner will be
given 30 days to remove the obstruction.
K-9 unit are rechecking isolat
ed areas in Forsyth and
Cherokee counties for any sign
of Endres, sheriff's office
spokeswoman Karleen
Chalker said Wednesday.
The ground searches have
stopped on a daily basis, but
they have not stopped if there
is something that needs to be
searched, Hamrick said.
The search did not include
Lake Lanier in east Forsyth
County, across the county
from Endres' hair and tanning
salon in northwest Forsyth.
"Without information
there's just no way you can
search every inch of the coun
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frog enjoy the shade of the
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Children can walk beside
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acrylic paint to portray the
subjects she paints. Winters
said.
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“1 used to get in trouble at
school for drawing during
math time.”
Mashburn Assistant
Principal Kathie Braswell
said the new paintings should
help inspire students to learn
more about their surround
ings and will be enjoyed by
many people.
“We use the courtyard for
lots of things, an outdoor
classroom [and] parents eat
lunch here with the students,”
said Braswell.