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Forsyth J "Hometown County Paper" Your Since 1908 News
Vol. 96, No. 192
Three chained
with entering
autos, theft
Trio may be responsible
for numerous break-ins
By Stephen Gurr
Staff Writer
A late-night dog-walker and an
eagle-eyed patrol deputy may
have provided the break authori¬
ties needed to collar a crew of
thieves suspected of numerous car
break-ins in the last six months.
Three people face numerous
charges of entering auto, theft by
taking and criminal damage to
property after they were arrested
following a traffic stop in the pre¬
dawn hours Thursday.
James Demetrius Norwood, 19,
and Ryan Antonio Keith, 17, both
of Decatur, and Talishah Nastarssi
County may spend
$10.8M on 72-acre
site off Ga. 400
Land slated for driver’s license
facility; could include new jail
ByToddTruelove
Staff Writer
Forsyth County Manager Jeff
Quesenberry said Thursday the
county government is looking to
purchase 72 acres that could be the
future site of a new county jail just
off Ga. 400 for $10.8 million.
The property at Exit 15 —
located north of the former Lanier
Lodge motel off Bald Ridge Marina
Road — is to house a new 10,200
square-foot building for a driver’s
license and training facility the
state Department of Driver’s
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Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc. ‘puppy raisers’ Karen Sumlin, left, and Jennifer
Copeland are lead through the cross walk in downtown Cumming Thursday by
their guide dogs in training, 11-month-old Austrailian Shephard Belle and 17
month-old laborador retriever Wink.
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Singleton, 18, of Riverdale,
remain in the Forsyth County jail
with bond set at $60,000 each.
Forsyth Sheriff’s Investigator
Jonathan Neville said the three
were rummaging through a Ford
Expedition in the parking lot of
Preston Pointe apartments about
2:30 a.m. Thursday when a person
walked by with a dog and the dog
started barking.
The three jumped into a Nissan
Maxima and fled while the wit¬
ness called 911 with a description
of the car, Neville said. Minutes
See THEFT, Page 2A
Services (DDS) would lease from
the county for at least 20 years.
“We will be closing [on the
property] the first of next year,”
said Quesenberry.
The county manager said that
while the property was appraised at
$225,000 an acre, the closing deal
with the land owners, the Pope and*
Land group, was for $140,000 an
acre for a $5.4 million savings.
The county government pur¬
chased the former motel itself in
2004 for $1.9 million to house vari
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Gail Carroll holds her grandson, Peyton, while he points to some Clydesdale horses dressed as
reindeer during the Northside Hospital Celebration of Lights Thursday evening.
Forsyth agencies review efforts for
evacuees from summer hurricanes
Homeowner victims now dealing with Katrina, Rita aftermath
By Nancy Smallwood
Associate Editor
Just days after the end of the worst
hurricane season on record, local relief
agencies gathered to discuss efforts to
aid victims still remaining in Forsyth
County.
Agencies such as The Place,
United Way of Forsyth County,
Leaders of the pack
Forsyth residents lend a helping hand
raising guide dogs for the blind
By Crystal Ledford
Staff Writer
Visitors to South Forsyth High School may
see an unlikely student walking the halls recent¬
ly. In fact, this student is not even human.
Wink, a 17-month-old black laborador
retriever, is in training for a very important job.
Hopefully within a year’s time, he will be placed
in die care of a blind person to serve as a guide
dog.
Wink is currently completing the first phase
of his training with a local family.
South Forsyth student Jennifer Copeland and
the rest of her family have been charged with the
responsibility of providing Wink with basic
training and socialization skills he will later
need.
Local
Residents report wreaths
stolen from Aberdeen
subdivision.
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Georgia Highlands, Houses of Hope,
Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber
of Commerce and other agencies
reviewed the latest numbers and elect
ed Sandy Beaver, director of The
Place, as a point of contact person to
relay information during the next hur
ncane season.
A total of 38,933 Hurricane
Katrina evacuees have registered in
Sports
South Forsyth wrestlers
face new season under
new leadership.
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Georgia either by phone or on the
Internet for federal disaster assistance,
according to Forsyth County
Emergency Management Agency spe
cialist Lorraine Morris. In addition to
the Katrina evacuees, a total of 6,000
Hurricane Rita victims have registered
in the state.
See REVIEW, Page 2A
Wink is one of two guide dogs currently
being raised in Forsyth County through
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc.’s “Puppy Raiser”
program.
Southeastern is an independent, nationally
accredited guide dog breeding and training facil¬
ity headquartered in Palmetto, Fla. that provides,
free of charge, guide dogs to blind individuals
throughout the United States and Canada.
Karen Sumlin, an area coordinator with the
organization, also resides in Forsyth and is cur¬
rently in the midst of providing training for her
third puppy — Belle, an 11-month-old
Australian Shepherd.
Puppy raisers act as “foster families” for the
guide dogs during the first year and a half of
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Partly Cloudy LAKE LANIER LEVELS
Date Level
Nov. 29 1069.22 ft
Nov. 30 1069.23 ft
Dec. 1 1069.18 ft
Dec. 2 1069.18 ft
full ' 1071.00 ft
High in the mid-60s. Si
Low in the mid-40s.