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Vol. 96, No. 182
Station admits to gouging
Shell store to reimburse some customers
By Stephen Gurr
Staff Writer
A Forsyth County gas station has
settled a complaint of gas gouging
with the Governor’s Office of
Consumer Affairs and is beyig
required to reimburse customers who
have receipts for overpriced gas pur
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The Shell Food Mart at 51 10
Browns Bridge Road paid a $2,000
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soldier returns from
Family rejoices in safety
of Richard Allen Daniel
By Jennifer Sami
Staff Writer
After more than three years of training and
working in the intelligence field for the United
States Air Force, Senior Ainnan Richard Allen
Daniel, got the call. Daniel left Langley Air
Force Base for Afghanistan on May 4, and after
six months of service, he is glad to be back
home in south Forsyth.
He first touched down on American soil late
Nov. 5 and spent the night in a Baltimore hotel,
where, after six months of waiting, he enjoyed
his first hamburger since leaving the country.
His family welcomed him home Thursday
night, including his grandmother, Elizabeth
Bagley, whose son was killed in Thailand dur¬
ing his service in the Air Force.
“It feels like he’s home already,” said Bagley
when Daniel first returned to the United States.
tt When he got back and put his feet on the
ground, it was like he was home. I feel like I
can reach out and touch him when he’s in the
[United] States, but I knew I couldn’t when he
was in Afghanistan.”
Inspired by his three uncles who served in the
military, Daniel, a South Forsyth High School
graduate, first joined the Air Force in March of
2002. Though based two states away from home,
Afghanistan was his first trip overseas.
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THURSDAY November 17,2005
settlement in a Fulton County court
Tuesday through its owner, Taj
International Inc., according to Gov.
Sonny Perdue’s office. The store was
one of 15 that paid tines Tuesday in a
first wave of settlements with gas
stations that took advantage of spiral
ing fuel costs in late August.
“Gasoline price gouging will not
be tolerated, and we will continue to
track down businesses who took
advantage of Georgians during the
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Air Force Senior Airman Richard Allen Daniel embraces his grandparents, Brenton
and Elizabeth Bagley, the day after his return from Afghanistan at the Bagleys’
Nichols Road home Friday morning,
Daniel worked in Afghanistan’s capital city,
Kabul, in day and night shifts with less than 50
other intelligence workers.
“It’s not what I expected. Everything was
different,” he said. “They welcomed us with
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hurricane (Katrina) crisis,” Perdue
said in a statement.
The owner of the Browns Bridge
store — the only gas station in
Forsyth County to settle so far — did
not return messages left with store
employees Tuesday. The owner is
listed in Georgia Secretary of State
records as Murad Jiwani of Lilburn.
The Governor’s Office of
See GOUGING, Page 2A
open arms for the most part. Violence is starting
to go down. There’s still a little bit, but not as
much as the media projected it to be.”
See RETURN, Page 2A
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Jury to decide
local woman’s
competency
Suspect charged with
killing sister with lamp
By Stephen Gurr
Staff Writer
A jury is expected to decide this week
whether a Cumming woman accused of killing
her sister with a is to
stand trial on murder
Forsyth County Sup¬
erior Court jurors heard
opening statements Tues¬
day in the competency
trial of Edna Hester, 41.
Hester is charged with
murder and aggravated
assault in the Aug. 7,
2003, death of 43-year
old Donna Lynn Harris.
The jury must deter¬
mine whether Hester
understands the nature
and object of the proceed¬
ings against her, whether
she understands her role
in those proceedings and
whether she can ably
assist her attorneys in her
defense.
Hardy told the jury that while his client under¬
stands the functions of the judge, jury and prosecu¬
tor, she would be a “detriment to her defense” in a
murder trial.
“She has significant cognitive defects,” Hardy
said, citing the report of an independent psychol¬
ogist hired by the defense to examine Hester.
“The evidence will show clearly she cannot assist
her counsel.”
See JURY, Page 2A
County to mull
second phase of
mountain project
From Staff Reports
The Forsyth County Board of
Commissioners is expected to consider author¬
izing $224,050 of costs relating to the second
phase of construction of recreation facilities on
Sawnee Mountain.
According to county documents, projects for
phase two include a 7,000-square-foot environ¬
mental learning center on Spot Road, walking
trails, a pavilion and 90 parking spaces.
Funding for phase two is to be reimbursed by
the Sawnee Mountain Federation.
Consultants Jordan, Jones and Goulding —
who handled the first phase of the projects —
are being considered by commissioners and
would provide documents and oversight of the
construction process.
See PROJECT, Page 2A
Sunny LAKE LANIER LEVELS
Date Level
Nov. 12 1069.20 ft
1069.20 ft
Nov. 14 1069J6ft
106^.14 ft
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High in the mid-50s. IPf
Low in the mid-30s.
This Shell
station at
5110
Browns
Bridge
Road paid
a $2,000
fine for gas
price goug¬
ing. Certain
customers
may be eli¬
gible for a
refund from
the store.
Photo/
Ron Logan
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She has
significant
cognitive defects.
- James Hardy,
defense attorney
for Edna Hester
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