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Vol. 99, No. 82
Class of ’08 ready to walk
Graduations get under way with three tonight
By Lara Moore
Staff Writer
Starting tonight, the class of
2008 will step into the future. And
graduation season will be larger
than previous years in Forsyth
County.
As of Thursday morning, more
than 1,600 students were set to
graduate from local high schools.
Some 100 of those will graduate
Man falls
to death
at game
Police investigating
Turner Field plunge
By Frank Reddy
Staff Writer
A Forsyth County man died
Wednesday night after a four-story
fall during a Braves game at
Turner Field.
Chief Fulton County Medical
Examiner Randy Hanzlick identi¬
fied the man as Justin Hayes, 25,
of Cumming.
A.tlanta Braves spokeswoman
Beth Marshall said referred all
inquiries to Atlanta police.
Ronald Campbell, a spokesman
for the department, said Hayes fell
from the upper deck to the field
level concourse at the bottom of
the eighth inning.
He was taken by ambulance to
Grady Memorial Hospital, where
he later died. According to
Campbell, the details were “still a
little sketchy” as of Thursday
morning.
“We know he was playing
around with some friends,
Campbell said. “He was sliding
down the banister and lost his bal¬
ance and fell 150 feet.”
He said Hayes suffered a mas¬
sive head injury after striking con¬
crete and metal railing.
Campbell said police are still
investigating, but it appears alco¬
hol was a factor in the incident.
E-mail Frank Reddy at
frankreddy @forsythnews. com.
Classics cruise-in set for Saturday in southern Forsyth
Events running through November
By Ben Holcombe
Associate Editor
The guys at Flashback
'Motorworks could hardly care
less about gas prices.
When their customers spend
$80,000 for a frame-on restora¬
tion of a 1964 Corvette or score a
1966 Mustang convertible for a
little more than 28-grand, four
bucks a gallon is like change in
the ashtray.
“This is a huge nucleus for car
hobbyists and car collectors,” said
Mike Karbowski, a co-owner of
the classic car restoration and col¬
lision repair facility in south
Forsyth.
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from local private schools. West
Forsyth High School does not have
a senior class.
The figures from Forsyth
Central, North and South Forsyth
high schools are pending, as final
test scores and exit exams are cal¬
culated.
Richard Gill, who has been an
administrator at every high school
in the county, finds the change in
graduating classes unrecognizable.
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Jennifer Szabo gives Samantha Metzger, one of the award recipients from the
North Forsyth Middle School recycling club, a Recycle 4 Georgia temporary tattoo
during the Keep Forsyth County Beautiful Awards Banquet held Tuesday night in
the cafeteria of West Forsyth High School. See story page 7A.
This weekend, the Flashback
Motorworks crew will hold its
first “Groovin’ Cruise-In” of the
summer, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Saturday.
Classic car owners can bring
their rides to show off and enthu¬
siasts can tour the 70,000-square
foot showroom, filled with
American muscle cars and exotic
European classics in various
states of professional restoration.
>. The last one we had in
February, it snowed and we still
had 150 cars show up,” said gen¬
eral manager Steve Curran.
With t today , marking , the end of
school in several area counties
and the beginning of the three-day
West Forsyth, where his is a
principal now, will have about 250
seniors next year.
When he started, high schools
either used their own facilities, the
former Lanier Land County Music
Park, or local churches-not the
Gwinnett Civic Center-for gradua¬
tion ceremonies.
Gill was one of 28 in his 1968
See GRADUATION, Page 2A
For more on
this weekend’s
events, see pages
2A and 3A
Memorial Day weekend,
Karbowski and Curran hope to
kick-start a summer full of cruise
ins. They have events planned for
the fourth Saturday of every
month through November.
“When people come here, the
stuff they bring in is amazing,”
Karbowski said.
And when people take the free
tour given daily at Flashback
Motorworks, their reactions often
See CRUISE, Page 2A
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Commencements
Here is the graduation schedule for local schools (location is campus
unless otherwise noted):
Today Sunday
• Covenant Christian Academy, • Pinecrest Academy,
14 graduates, 7 p.m. 42 graduates, 3 p.m.
• Horizon Christian Academy, Tuesday
10 graduates, 7 p.m. • South Forsyth High School,
• North Forsyth High School, 695 seniors, 7 p.m.,
444 seniors, 8 p.m., Gwinnett Civic Center
Cumming Fairgrounds June 13
Saturday • Forsyth Academy,
• Forsyth Central High School, spring graduation,
477 seniors, 10a.m„ 95 students, 6 p.m.,
Cumming Fairgrounds West Forsyth High School
• Forsyth Christian School,
seven graduates, 1 p.m.
Note: Statistics as of Thursday morning. Number of seniors does not indicate total graduates
Forecast:
Busy start
to season
on Lanier
Water down, spirits up as
holiday weekend begins
By Debbie Gilbert
FCN regional staff
Is this as good as it gets for Lake Lanier?
Maybe, if summer storms don’t push up the
lake level.
But a sense of urgency seems to have made
people even more eager to get out and enjoy the
lake while they can. They’ll likely be out in
force this Memorial Day weekend, what many
lake-goers consider the start of summer.
Lanier is currently about 13 feet below full
pool, but it’s 7 feet higher than it was in
December.
The National Weather Service forecast calls
for a chance of showers through Saturday, with
partly cloudy skies and highs near 80 degrees
through Monday.
“We are expecting some showers and thun¬
derstorms on Saturday,” said Vaughn Smith, a
meteorologist for the National Weather Service
in Peachtree City. “Nothing severe — very iso¬
lated. But Sunday and Monday should be real
nice.”
Sgt. Mike Burgamy, a law enforcement
ranger with the Georgia Department of Natural
Resources in Gainesville, said the DNR doesn’t
know whether the lake will be as busy as on
previous Memorial Day weekends. But the
agency will be fully staffed, just in case.
“We’ll be running four or five boats, with
two rangers per boat,” Burgamy said. “I do
expect that the lower water level and high gas
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Wednesday
afternoon
inside the
warehouse
of Flash¬
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Motorworks.
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