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2008 Precincts
1.) Big Creek 52 50 30 61 5 37
2.) Brandywine 15 20 12 21 3 32
100 * 50 109 1 13
3.) Chattahoochee 80
4.) Chestatee 140 86 97 105 0 35
5.) Coal Mountain 31 77 13 88 0 16
6.) Crossroads 22 50 29 42 0 19
7i) Cumming 43 131 40 122 0 24
8.) Mashburn 223 59 93 154 4 16
9.) Matt 65 66 38 84 2 11
10.) Midway 66 43 41 52 0 16
11.) Sawnee 83 111 50 131 2 18
12.) Pleasant Grove 30 41 22 47 0 13
13.) Absentee 1156 1094 748 1334 22 234
(includes early voting)
14.) Lakeland 74 29 27 66 1 10
15.) Heardsville 48 84 37 90 0 17
16.) Otwell 55 88 39 101 3 16
17.) Johns Creek 107 40 53 54 4 29
18.) Daves Creek 36 37 28 40 4 8
19.) Old Atlanta 84 55 56 60 , 2 21
20.) Piney Grove 27 25 25 26 2 19
21.) South Forsyth 62 98 44 83 0 22
22.) Vickery 48 50 30 51 1 19
23.) Bentley 2 14 7 8 0 3
24.) Sharon Forks 138 62 64 92 2 16
25.) Windermere v 69 45 44 51 2 26
26.) Lanier 65 87 62 70 1 17
27.) Concord 59 145 46 154 0 14
28.) Mountainside 28 80 20 88 2 12
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29) Polo 103 102 72 114 5 26
30.) Riverclub 44 44 46 42 1 17
31.) St. Mario 23 23 19 22 3 11
32.) West 56 48 36 57 3 11
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33.) Keith Bridge 24 45 25 43 2 26
TOTALS 3158 3129 2043 3670 77 824
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS — Friday, August 8,2008
DEAD from 1A
.. By all indications at the
scene it was a homicide, ■
Huggins said.
Investigators spent a
sweltering afternoon and
evening Wednesday gather¬
ing evidence in and around
the residence, which is near
Little Ridge Park on Lake
Lanier.
About five hours later,
authorities found the body of
a 50-year-old man in the
apartment next door.
Sheriff’s Lt. Col. Gene
Moss said it appears the sec¬
ond man’s death was the
result of a self-inflicted gun¬
shot wound.
BABY from 1A
no complications with me or
the baby, so we’re thankful for
that,” she said. “Everyone has
just been great. tt
Lambert said he is thrilled
about the Cumming facility.
“This has been a real pleas¬
ure,” he said. “I’ve been up
here 15 years. My partner and
I merged a few years back, and
Cumming is growing. For me
this has just been wonderful.”
Lambert said the women’s
center offers every support
service needed, including
high-risk obstetrics and neona¬
tal care.
BROTHERS from IA
u He went into the water,
about knee-deep, and he
observed the situation,
Benjamin said. “He hesitated a
little and jumped in and called
for me to come in after him. ss
Benjamin grabbed a boogie
board and followed closely
behind his brother.
Joshua approached the man
in the water.
According to news reports,
60-year-old James Powell of
Austin, Texas, had suffered a
heart attack while swimming
and his wife was being over
come by 5-foot waves.
The boys’ mother, Christine
Torre, said double red flags
flew on the beach Sunday
morning to warn swimmers to
stay out of the water.
Tropical Storm Edouard
passed through the Panama
City 3each area earlier this
week, stirring rough seas and
dangerous rip tides. At least
five tourists drowned there
over a five-day span.
44 The seas were really
rough,” the boys’ mother said.
44 I had instructed the boys not
to go into the water.”
She looked out the window
of a beach house where the
family was staying. When she
didn’t see Joshua or Benjamin
on the beach, she ran outside.
When she got to the water,
she saw that the boys were
bringing a man in to the shore
on a boogie board.
Joshua said when he
reached Powell, he told the
man’s wife they needed to flip
him over.
44 We pushed his head up out
of the water,” Joshua said.
44 Then Ben came and we slid
him onto the boogie board and
started pulling him in to
shore.” •
Christine waded into the
water to help her sons pull the
man onto the beach. At that
point, a jogger came up who
knew CPR.
44 She administered CPR, 9S
Christine said. “And then she
looked up and she said, ‘He’s
gone. $54
According to reports,
Powell died about 9:40 a.m. on
the beach as paramedics
arrived.
Christine said Powell’s
wife nearly drowned trying to
save her husband before her
sons came to the aid.
44 She was out there trying to
Deaths
Amelia Vinson
Amelia Vinson, 46, of
Atlanta passed away Aug. 6,
2008.
Byars Funeral Home and
Cremation Services is in
charge of arrangements.
Forsyth County News
July 15. 2008
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Although investigators
had not released the names
of the victims Thursday, they
think the first man they
.
found was the landlord, and
the second was a tenant.
Huggins said both bodies
had been sent to the Georgia
Bureau of Investigations
crime lab for autopsies.
The shooting of the 75
year-old man would be the
third slaying of the year and
first since April in Forsyth
County.
In the spring, a 24-year
old man was charged with
shooting his 57-year-old
father to death at the family’s
■ It’s not just that we’re
delivering babies,” he said.
a It’s a full package here. - -
The 103,000-square-foot
facility is expected to deliver
about 2,000 babies each year.
Bickers said she expects to
take her new baby home by
Saturday.
The new center, which
opened Wednesday, is expect¬
ed to deliver about 2,000
babies each year, or about 167
per month.
By comparison, county
probate court records show
that just 160 babies were bom,
keep him afloat,” Christine
said. “The water was crashing
over her head. She was bob
bing down and touching and
coming back up for air.
Christine said the Powell
family was staying in the beach
house right next door to them.
>k It’s been a very emotional
experience,” Christine said,
adding that she’s proud of her
sons’ quick action.
Joshua and Benjamin were
interviewed by a local news
station in Panama City, WJHG,
following the incident,
Joshua said having acquired
his life-saving merit badge
“helped tremendously,” but he
credited his brother’s quick
thinking in grabbing the boogie
board.
I was thankful for that
boogie board,” Joshua said.
Benjamin, who is also in
Boy Scouts, recently received
his CPR merit badge,
Joshua and Benjamin both
swim competitively on the
Cumming Waves swim team,
Joshua has been a member for
three years and Benjamin two
seasons.
4$ They’re very good swim
mers,” Christine said. “That’s
where they received their
swimming training, '1
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home in northeastern
Forsyth.
Days earlier, a 42-year
old man was charged with
murder after he reportedly
drove over his 34-year-old
girlfriend.
E-mail Julie Arrington at
juliearrington@forsyth
news.com and Jim Dean at
jimdean@forsythnews.com.
either at home or in an emer¬
gency room, in the 25 years
since the previous scheduled
baby delivery in Forsyth
County.
The 103,000-square-foot
facility has six private delivery
and recovery rooms and six
observation rooms.
It also features seven pri¬
vate pre-operating rooms,
three C-section operating
rooms and 16 private post-par
tum rooms.
E-mail Julie Arrington at
juliearrington @forsythnews.
com.
Joshua and Benjamin’s
father, Tom Torre, stayed in
Forsyth County to work while
the rest of the family went on
the Panama City vacation.
His wife called him from
Florida to tell him about what
had happened.
Tom said he was proud of
his sons for their quick think
mg.
u Having training through
Scouts, the boys did exactly
what they were taught to do, to
■
react.
E-mail Frank Reddy at
frankreddy@forsythnews.com.
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