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Christmas presents for disad¬
vantaged children to summer
youth programs and helping
seniors.
As far as changing, the
only thing that’s really
changed is we’ve gotten bet
ter at it,” Bearden said. “And
the show has grown from 56
cars the first year, to last
year I think we had 155. And
we’ve had as many as 250.
On average, the show
attracts about 140 entries
each August. Bearden
expects about that many
muscle cars, classics and hot
rods to return to the fair
grounds Saturday.
■ I’m just amazed at the
people that come out,” he
said. “From cars that you
just drive on the street to
cars they haul in on trailers,
that’s worth $200,000, we
have a wide spectrum of peo
pie. • •
Apart from rows and rows
of gleaming cars, the show
also includes a model car
contest and a church dea
con’s special secret recipe.
it We also do homemade
ice cream that we sell a lot
of,” Be&rden said. “Last year,
I think we sold close to 80
gallons in about three hours.
People come back every
year, even spectators, just to
get the ice cream.
RECOUNT from 1A
unlikely a government entity
can call for a revote, she has
the option to appeal the elec¬
tion in court.
Tressler said she didn’t
expect the results to be dif
ferent Tuesday. She just
wanted to verify them.
1 got into the race kind
of late and I spent a lot
time thinking where I could
have gotten 30 more votes,”
she said. “Of course, it’s dis¬
appointing to come that
close. It is hard because I feel
like I didn’t lose. I feel like I
ran out of time.
Boff and Tressler
from a field of four candi
dates in the July 15
Republican primary.
The District 5 post is cur
rently held by Linda
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Deaths
Gerald R. Smith
Gerald R. Smith, 71, of
Gainesville died peacefully
in l\is home on Monday,
Aug. 18,2008.
Funeral Mass services
will be held Friday, Aug. 22,
at 10 a.m. at Holy Spirit
Catholic Church in Sioux
Falls, S.D. Burial will take
place immediately following
funeral services at Hills of
Rest Cemetery, Wildwood
Cremation Garden, Sioux
Falls, S.D. Those attending
the services are invited to an
afternoon reception, 1-4
p.m., C.J. Callaways in
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Grateful for having
shared his life are his wife,
Karen A. Smith; daughters,
Susan Keegan, Dawn
Greear; son, Todd Smith;
nine grandchildren, Erika
, Crane, Stephanie Smith,
Chelsea Smith, Kristin
Keegan, Shaleigh Smith,
Chase Smith, Tyler Greear,
Brendan Keegan, Kaitlyn
Greear; and sisters, Joanne
Scholes, Kay Smith.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Clarence and
Genevieve Smith; brothers,
Duane, Richard and Kenneth
Smith.
The family has asked
that, in lieu of flowers, dona¬
tions can be contributed to
Emory ALS Center,
Department of Neurology,
101 Woodruff Circle, Suite
6000, Atlanta, GA 30322,
Mailstop: 1930-001-IAN.
Memorial donations can
also bp made at the follow¬
ing Web site:
www.neurology.emory.ed
u/ALS/help.html
Ingram Funeral Home
and Crematory is in charge
of arrangements.
Sign the online guest
book at forsythnews.com.
Forsyth County News
August 21, 2008
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Classic . cars sit .... with hoods open, waiting for passers-by to check them out at the 2007 Mount Pisgah Baptist
Church Car Show at the
Though the Mount Pisgah
event has become a late-sum
mer tradition, cruise-ins and
car shows are catching on at
area churches.
Earlier this month, North
Lanier Baptist Church held
'I s inaugural Classic Car
Cruise-In as a way to cap off
its surpmer activities.
“It was just for pure fun, *•
said outreach ministry assis¬
tant Kimberly Sizemore.
“We had 51 cars show up, so
it was great.
Sizemore said the Aug.
Ledbetter, who chose not to
seek re-election,
There was no Democratic
opposition for the seat, so
Boff is scheduled to begin his
four-year term in January,
Had the election counted
only votes at precincts,
Tressler would have won the
race by 33 votes,
But once the optical scan
absentee ballots and early vot¬
ing numbers were tabulated,
Boff totaled 3,159 votes to
Tressler’s 3,129.
The entire recount process
took one hour, which Forsyth
County Chief Voter Registrar
Gary J. Smith said was
because “everybody worked
hard and pulled it together.
“We got in. We got out,” he
said. “We answered a lot of
questions the candidates had. I
thought it went well.
Smith said he was slightly
worried the numbers would
not be identical to those calcu¬
lated after the Aug. 5 runoff.
But when the votes counted
Tuesday morning came back
the same as those two weeks
earlier, Smith said it was fur¬
ther proof the process works.
We have gone through
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intended at all. **
Scheib said Key would not
likely accept a plea deal.
“Unless they give us some
thing that my client can live
with, I don’t know if that’s
what will happen,” Scheib
said.
Sndok graduated in 1999
from North Forsyth High
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identity is not being released
because of her age, was wait¬
ing for the bus at her grand¬
mother’s house near Tidwell
Road in southwestern Forsyth.
She was sitting in the
driveway in a chair about 25
feet off the road when the
suspect drove by and stopped
and asked if she spoke
Spanish,” Robertson said.
“She said no and then he
started blowing kisses at her
and telling her she’s so beau¬
tiful,” Robertson said. “Then
he tried to get her to, come to
the car.”
Robertson said the girl ran
inside and told her grand¬
mother. They came out, got in
the grandmother’s vehicle and
pursued the suspect.
The grandmother, he said,
- located him going down the
road and called 911.
Authorities stopped
Blanco in his black, ,late
1990s Dodge Neon at a near¬
by convenience store.
Robertson said the girl identi¬
fied him as the man who tried
to solicit her.
10 event went so well the
church hopes to do it again
next year.
In September, Mayfield
Baptist Church in eastern
Forsyth is planning its fourth
annual Cruising in the
Country event, a car show
and crafts fair.
Mayfield member Debbie
Martin said car owners pay
an entry fee to benefit
Mayfield’s building fund.
Participation has nearly dou¬
bled over the past three
years, from 50 to 90, and
and we have done what was
supposed to be done,” he said.
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Forsyth County Chief Voter Registrar Gary J. Smith said
he was pleased the recount results matched the original
tallying of the Aug. 5 election.
School, where he played run
ning back and free safety on
the Raiders football team.
Last year, the school named
a leadership and character
award in his honor. Recipients
of the award, which is present¬
ed to one football player each
year, wear Snook’s number, 40.
Snook served in the U.S.
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She said no and
then he started
her blowing and telling kisses her at
she's so beautiful.
Then he tried to
get her to come to
the car.
- Investigator Jeff Robertson
Lt. Col. Gene Moss com
mended the sheriff’s uniform
patrol division for its quick
response.
We did recover some evi¬
dence of interest in the car
that could be used to validate
her claims,” said Moss, who
declined to elaborate on the
items.
She did a good job doing
what she is supposed to do,
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Martin is planning for that every year,” she said,
many or more cars Sept. 27. For Bearden, classic cars
“We seem to be growing and Christianity make a good
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The commission district,
which covers Cumming and
Marine Corps from January
2001 until February 2005. He
was survived by his father, Jack
■ Gunny” Snook and mother
Patricia Snook of Cumming,
wife Cara Snook and a young
daughter.
E-mail Julie Arrington at
juliearrington@forsythnews.
com.
Contact
For more information
about Stranger Danger
or other crime preven¬
tion programs call the
Forsyth County
Sheriff’s Office at
(770)781-2222.
he said of the girl.
Authorities said her
actions should be a lesson to
others.
Sheriff’s Deputy Mike
Garrison said parents should
have their children participate
in the Child Stranger Danger
program, also offered by the
sheriff’s office,
She did the right thing by
turning, screaming and run¬
ning home,” he said.
The program is available
to community groups, includ
ing subdivisions, church
organizations and schools.
E-mail Julie Arrington at
juliearrington@forsythnews.
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Judges
give Hugh
Brewer’s
1955
Chevrolet
Bel Air the
once-over
during last
year’s
show.
much of eastern Forsyth, was
one of three on the July 15
ballot.
Brian Tam won re-election
in south Forsyth’s District 2,
besting three Republican chal¬
lengers with 55 percent of the
vote.
In District 4, or north
Forsyth, Patrick Bell defeated
incumbent David Richard,
also with 55 percent of the
vote. Bell will face Democrat
Jon Flack in the Nov. 4 elec¬
tion.
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Rev ft up
What: 15th annual
Mount Pisgah Baptist
Church Car Show
When: Registration
runs from 8 a.m.-noon,
awards given at 4 p.m.
Saturday at the
Cumming Fairgrounds,
235 Castleberry Road.
Cost: Admission is free
for spectators; $25
entry fee per show car.
Contact: For more
information contact
Danny Bearden (770)
889-0116.
rpix. He sees the show more
in terms of leading people
than leaded gas.
“The main thing about the
car show is that it’s a witness
tool for us as Christians and
our church to help people, "
he said.
Maybe there’s somebody
there at the show that don’t
believe in God, that don’t go
to church. Maybe there’s ,
something there they’ll see
in us, as we’re working, that
they might want to go to
church.
E-mail Ben Holcombe at
benholcombe@forsythnews.
com.
Commissioners receive the
bulk of their compensation
based on the number of meet¬
ings they attend. They are paid
$125 per meeting for up to 20
meetings per month.
They are routinely paid for
the maximum number of
meetings each month.
Ledbetter made $34,924.55 in
2007, according to county
records.
E-mail Jennifer Sami at
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