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Deaths
James Joseph
Mclnerney
Retired Air Force Colonel
James Joseph Mclnerney, 91,
of Cumming -- -
died Monday,
Nov. 28, 2005.
He was preced¬
ed in death by VETERAN
his wife of 50
years, Dorothy Murphy
Mclnerney.
Survivors include his son
and daughter-in-law, Patrick J.
and Karen Mclnerney of
Henderson, Nev.; daughters
and sons-in-law, Dr. Claire R.
Mclnerney of New
Brunswick, N.J., June A. and
Col. (U.S. Army Ret.) Thomas
C. Suermann of Alpharetta;
grandchildren, Elizabeth
Fleischman of Brooklyn, N.Y.,
Catherine Fleischman Potter
of Portland, Ore., Michael C.
Suermann Patrick C.
* Suermann, both of Colorado
Springs, Colo.; great-grand¬
children, Andrew James,
Isabelle Murphy, Katherine
Marie Suermann, Isaac Joseph
Potter; numerous nieces and
nephews also survive.
A Mass of Christian burial
was celebrated Wednesday,
Nov. 30, at the St. Brigid j”
Catholic Church
Alpharetta. Entombment will
be at Florida Memorial
Gardens in Melbourne, Fla.
In lieu of flowers, dona¬
tions may be made to
Disabled American Veterans,
P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati,
OH 45250-0301 or Catholic
Relief Services.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
December 1, 2005
STATE from 1A
making enhancements to that
system,” said Meadows.
She and Rogers were at the
meeting after commissioners
declined to participate in the
state’s new express poll sys¬
tem in an Oct. 20 letter for
various reasons including
funding.
The letter states, “The pro
posed intergovernmental
agreement does not provide
funds for purchases of addi¬
tional ExpressPolI equipment
or upgrades which may be
necessary in the future.”
They submitted the letter
to the state after Smith
advised that Forsyth County
already had an effective sys¬
tem, and Smith maintained his
view at Tuesday’s called
meeting.
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k tern which he said was $3,000
e see no a vantage, jus
a cost, he said.
The commissioners made
no decision on the intergov¬
ernmental agreement for the
ExpressPolI system at the
meeting.
Chairman Jack Conway
said the board would continue
to discuss the issue.
GIRLS from 1A
much fun and how invigorat¬
ing running and activity can
be. *
When Brugnoli first
learned of the program, she
sent her older daughter Kayla
to the program in Fulton
County, one of three Georgia
locations. The group was in
need of a coach for its one
week summer camp and
Brugnoli seized the opportu¬
nity to get involved. Wanting
to learn more, Brugnoli vol¬
unteered. She was fascinated
with the curriculum and saw
the need to bring the program
; to Forsyth County.
With help of sponsors
including New Balance
Athletic Shoe Inc. and the
Shops of Shakerag, Girls on
. the Run Forsyth was incorpo¬
rated in October and plans to
begin its first session Feb. 24.
The cost of the program
works on a sliding scale rang
> : 3ng from free scholarships to
o $140, based on income.
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS — Thursday, December 1,2005
Habersham sheriff in serious condition
By Matt Stewart
FCN Regional Staff
CLARKESVILLE
Authorities investigating a
wreck Tuesday that seriously
injured Habersham County
Sheriff DeRay Fincher don’t
know what caused the first
year sheriff to lbse control of
his car.
Pilot: Weather was the cause of crash
By Nikki Young
FCN Regional Staff
GAINESVILLE — Family
members say the pilot of a
plane that came down Sunday
in the Blood Mountain
Wilderness area has told them
that cloudy conditions and
treacherous terrain caused the
crash that killed his wife.
Randy Hackle, 56, of
Candler County in southeast
Georgia is being treated for
severe burns on his hands and
^ ace at Doctors Hospital in
Augusta.
Since he was found
Monday after 17 hours in the
wilderness, Hackle has been
able to piece together for rel¬
atives what may have caused
the accident, its terrible after
math and unexpected conclu
sion.
reflect on life of drowned Seabee
By Matt Stewart
FCN Regional Staff
GAINESVILLE — Casey
Luppino remembers Nov. 20
well.
“It started off as a beautiful
day,” Luppino said of the
Sunday in the Seychelles
Islands off the eastern coast of
Africa where he and several
others were stationed with
GRANT from 1A
said,
Pearson also endorsed the
grant funding.
“This money will be very
welcomed by the people of
Forsyth County, said
WAL-MART from 1A
application was filed,” said
Hillman. “We are complying
with that ordinance even
though it is not in place.”
As a result, the super¬
center is modeled after an
equestrian theme, she said.
Hart said that without the
county having an official
coc j e j n p] aC e, there was noth
ing to prevent Wal-Mart from
re „ egi „ g on its p)a „ s ,
Planning Commission
Chairman Pete Amos said
lhe compa „ y woold have , 0
build 1 he facility according
to the £ plans it submitted for
approv L He said the plan _
n j ng commission members
were votj * on whether to
approve tho e p , ans
Another concern of those
who spoke against the facili
ty was that Hwy. 9 is a two
lane road and, as such,
could not accommodate the
traffic associated with the
new supercenter.
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Brugnoli said the hope was to i \V •J!
reach every girl in the county
without turning anyone away.
To get the ball rolling on I
enrollment, Brugnoli will %
hold the organization’s first *
public event to inform the December 1st
community about its mission
and her plan. In addition to a
live DJ, food, raffles, guest
speaker Bob Lancer, host of
Parenting Solutions on WSB rfb
radio and family fun activi¬
ties, three sample lessons will
be given on breaking the gos¬
sip chain, standing up for f.
yourself and healthy habits. 'X
The kickoff event is sched¬ *x
uled for Saturday, Dec. 3,
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the' Mi M
Shops of Shakerag at the Old H
Atlanta Road and McGinnis
Ferry Road intersection in From the Family of
Cumming. Ricky Noles
For more information, call
Girls on the Run Forsyth at
(404) 667-4101 or visit the We Love You!
Web site at www.girlson
(herun.org.
Fincher lost control of car, hit a parked trailer
was flown to
Grady Memorial Hospital in
Atlanta where he was in seri
Q us condition Tuesday night,
Georgia State Patrol
spokesman Larry Schnall said,
It was not immediately
known whether Fincher’s
injuries were life threatening,
Funeral arrangements are
not complete for his wife,
Barbara Hackle, 52.
The Union County
Sheriff’s Office is investigat¬
ing the crash, of which an
official cause has not been
determined.
The Hackles’ 1966 Piper
PA-28-140, a fixed wing, sin¬
gle-engine aircraft, crashed
into Slaughter Mountain
about 3:30 p.m. Sunday,
shortly after departing
Andrews-Murphy Airport in
Andrews, N.C.
Rescue personnel found
the wreckage about 10:40
a.m. Monday, some 1.2 miles
southwest of Vogel State Park
in Blairsville.
The couple was flying
home to Metter Municipal
Airport near Statesboro after
a weekend in the North
Naval Mobile Construction
Battalion 74.
Included in that Seabees unit
was 23-year-old Jason Turpin of
Dahlonega, one of Luppino’s
close friends during their year
long deployment together in the
Navy.
Turpin and Luppino, 22, of
Willard, Ohio, had been a part
of a unit that was building
orphanages, renovating an infir-
Pearson.
Forsyth County residents
recycled more than 2 million
pounds of solid waste in 2004
through its two recycling cen
ters.
Hillman said Wal-Mart is
improving the road to
reduce anticipated conges
tion in the area.
We will mitigate all of
the impacts on the road that
we will affect,” she said.
Representatives from the
company were asked
‘whether there were super
centers on any other two
lane roads. Wal-Mart
spokesman Glen Wilkins
responded that there was
one at Bells Ferry in
Woodstock,
We want to make sure
traffic is flowing smoothly
as well,” said Wilkins,
Opposers said Wal-Mart
had not notified enough of
the surrounding property
owners,
Hillman said they had
followed county guidelines
and issued about 50 letters
to neighboring properties.
Peyton Gill, who said he
he said.
“It was an ugly scene,”
Schnall said. “We were con
cemed for his life, but the res
cue workers worked diligently
to extricate (Fincher) from his
vehicle and got him into the
helicopter and to Atlanta.”
According to Schnall,
66
He hit his release button and then fell
out of the plane through the wind¬
shield and landed on his back about
12 feet down.
- Jenine Carpenter, couple's daughter
Georgia mountains, daughter
Jenine Carpenter told The
Metter Advertiser.
“Their 36th wedding
anniversary was Friday, so
they left on Saturday for the
mountains,” Carpenter said.
When they took off, they
had gotten into a cloud bank
and Daddy was able to pull
out in that canyon, but he got
into another patch and was
trying to get below the cloud
mary and putting up playground
equipment for orphaned chil¬
dren on the island of Mahae in
the Indian Ocean.
After working six straight
days, Turpin had Nov. 20
and decided to hit the ocean for
a day of snorkeling with some
of his fellow Seabees.
“The next thing you know,
they’re being sucked down by
an undertow with 5-foot waves
crashing around them,”
Luppino said.
Several people, one an ex¬
rescue swimmer, attempted to
go after Turpin, who was
pulled under. They barely
made it back to the shore
because of the water’s strong
current and were unable to
save Turpin.
lives about two miles from
the location site, took
exception to the comment.
“Their statement that the
community was advised
was, in my opinion, not
true,” he said.
The concern almost
caused the vote on the issue
to be delayed after Planning
Commission Member
Bettina Hammond suggest¬
ing postponing it to allow all
residents time to speak with
company representatives.
Hammond said she was
not opposed to the project
but did not want anyone to
be left out of the process.
Hart said the decision
was about more than just the
new supercenter.
“It’s not just about Wal
Mart,” she said. “It’s about
all the other retailers coming
in [without an ordinance to
govern them].”
While the planning com-
shortly after 2 p.m. Fincher
lost control of his patrol car on
Hwy. 115 for an “unknown
reason” and left the shoulder
of the road. When he tried to
regain control of the car,
Fincher skidded across the
road, Schnall said.
Fincher’s car hit a parked
cover to see where he was
and he found he was in a
canyon with no room to
maneuver,
Carpenter said the impact
knocked out Hackle, who
earned his private pilot’s
license in December 2003.
When he came to, his
right hand was already badly
burned and the cockpit was
on fire. He tried to undo
Mama’s belt, but couldn’t use
Turpin, bom in Hall County
before moving to Lumpkin
County at a young age, will be
buried with full military honors
today at Mount Olive Baptist
Church, where he was a mem
ber.
His father, Roy Turpin, said
Jason, one of four brothers,
was working toward a civil
engineering degree while serv¬
ing in the Navy. His son was
set to return home Dec. 18.
“He was counting down the
days,” Roy Turpin said.
Turpin, based out of
Hurricane Katrina-ravaged
Gulfport, Miss., had served
nearly two years in the Navy.
His previous deployment sent
him to Okinawa, Japan, where
he and Luppino worked on a fit-
mission is generally a recom
mending body to the board of
commissioners, they have the
authority to approve sketch
plats,
Other sketch plats they
approved at Tuesday’s meet¬
ing included:
• Plans from Terra Nova
Engineering Development to
build a 16-lot community on
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trailer in the parking lot of
Pence Habersham Feed and
Farm Supply and was lodged
under the trailer, Schnall said.
He said Hwy. 115 was
closed for nearly an hour while
rescue personnel worked to
remove Fincher from the car.
The Georgia State Patrol
will continue its investigation
into the wreck today.
his hand at all.
“He hit his release button
and then fell out of the plane
through the windshield and
landed on his back about 12
feet down,” she said.
The plane exploded before
he could remove his wife.
Hackle spent the night in a
makeshift shelter, Carpenter
said.
He found a backcountry
trail and emerged from the
woods about 8:30 a.m. at a
Vogel campsite.
Because of burns on his
hands and forearms, Hackle
beat on a camper door with
his elbow.
In a strange coincidence,
she said, a lifelong family
acquaintance answered.
Howard and Shirley West of
Claxton called park officials
for help.
ness center expansion.
The former Lumpkin
County wrestler’s easy-going
personality made him a well
liked member of the Seabee
unit, Luppino said. He said
Turpin enjoyed the outdoors,
any type of muscle car and his
work in the Navy.
He also loved his family,
calling and e-mailing them
often.
“He was doing good,” Roy
Turpin said. “He loved it. He
was in paradise down there. It
was 91 degrees almost every
day and the water was crystal
clear blue.
“He used to tell us it
reminded him of the Corona
beer commercials with the
sandy beaches.”
5 acres located on the east
side of Bethel Road south of
the intersection with Lake
Hollow Drive.
• A request from Forsyth
County Schools for a new
elementary school on 5 acres
on the east side of Old
Atlanta Road southeast of the
intersection with St. Mario
Country Club Parkway.