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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25,2012
Man found dead in vehicle
Authorities: Foul play not suspected
By Julie Arrington
iarrington@1orsythnews com
Police do not suspect foul play in
the death of a 38-year-old man,
w hose body w as found early
Many musicians chosen for
All-State Band and Orchestras
By Jennifer Sami
jsami@forsythnews.com
Thirty-five young musi¬
cians from the Forsyth
County school system have
been picked to participate in
the Georgia All-State musi¬
cal event in March.
Sponsored by the Georgia
Music L ducators
Association, the Georgia
A11 - S t a t e Band and
Orchestras bring together
top musicians from middle
and high schools for a per¬
formance and music educa¬
tion weekend.
Scott McCloy, band and
orchestra director at
Lambert High School said
tlie number of local students
selected "truly showcases
that Forsyth County has a
phenomenal musical pro¬
grams across the board."
"No matter what school
they’re at, they’re getting
great opportunities and we've
got great kids and great
teachers," he said. “It means
a lot to the students ... first
off, just the honor of making
all-state band and being
called one of the host in your
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“The Mayans got it
wrong,” he said jokingly
of the ancient culture’s
prophecy. “We’re still here
and still growing,
Certainly Forsyth County
ts.”
Norton said he believes
the key to economic
recovery from the ongoing
recession is the housing
market The good news
there centers on lower
inventory numbers.
"The housing market is
showing resilience to the
economic Armageddon
around us,” he said. "We
have the lowest level of
inventory that we’ve had
in the past 10 years."
He said in the metro
Atlanta area, inventory is
at about a six-and-a-half
month supply.
“Atlanta has stabilized
and prices are going to go
up because the supply we
have is the supply we
have,” he said. “With the
exception of Forsyth
County, no one is building
anything.”
Foreclosures, he said,
are also down across the
area, particularly in
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Tuesday in a Gumming Fairgrounds
parking lot.
According to a Cumming police
report, the man’s body was in a
vehicle at the parking lot across
from the fairgrounds’main entrance.
instrument from across the
state ... but it’s a huge
resume builder .. it’s a
feather in the cap for them.”
Lambert, with nine stu¬
dents, and Riverwatch
Middle, with 10, had the
strongest representation.
Genise Tworek, work
force development director
for the school system, said
this is a prestigious event for
student musicians.
“A lot of the kids that do
this are the ones that, as they
continue with post-second¬
ary, will be involved in some
type of music program at the
college level," she said.
"This is your top students
from Georgia coming
together and doing a perfor¬
mance.”
The event is free and open
to the public. While it’s a
chance to hear some of the
state’s best young musi¬
cians, it’s also a chance for
the students to learn more
about their craft through a
variety of workshops.
They also get to work
with some world renowned
directors who will conduct
the performance.
“Ya’ll don’t have any
foreclosures (by compari¬
son to other counties],” he
said.
Norton also noted that
housing market recovery
will follow new jobs, and
most of those being creat
,ed in northeast Georgia
are in Forsyth and Hall
counties.
“There’s a wedge of
economic growth that’s
centered around the Ga.
400 and [Interstate] 985
corridors,” he said.
“Builders are going to go
where the businesses are
going.”
Another “trend” Norton
highlighted is the impor¬
tance of Lake Lanier and
the area’s water supply.
Norton said he is an
advocate of removing silt
from the lake that has built
up over the past 50 years
and “digging it deeper.”'
“That could create 61 to
92 billion gallons of water
capacity,” he said. “It’s
very simple, and once it’s
dug out, it could be raised
by 2 feet ... that adds 28
billion gallons of water
storage, or the equivalent
of another 20 f uture reser¬
voirs that aren’t even
EPA-approved yet.”
Norton said buying
local and investing in
America are other impor¬
The report said the man “suffered
a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the
head"
Police Sgt. Bryan Zimbardi said a
police officer made the discovery
about midnight after noticing the
vehicle in the lot.
The man, a county resident, had
been reported as missing Monday to
the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.
All-State Band and Orchestras
Middle school
• Lakeside: Austin Kim, tuba
• Liberty: Zachary Flynn, trumpet; Jared Graham,
baritone; Mitchell Martin, percussion
•Otwell: Sean Chua, flute
• Piney Grove: Max Grand, baritone
• Riverwatch: Jennifer Baek, clarinet and violin;Tina
Baek, violin; Julian Cantillo, French horn; Jonathan
Harvey, trombone; Sunou Kim, oboe; BongJoon Lee,
alto sax; JoonYoung Lee, alto sax; KevinTao, bass clari¬
net; StephanieTian, flute (alternate); Anna Zurawski,
French horn (alternate)
• South Forsyth: Eugene Ahn, violin
High school
•Central: Angela Gaal, harp
• Lambert: Alvin Ashlaw, tuba; Jonathan Craig, trom
bone;Mitche!l Lee, violin (alternate); Anne Martin, oboe;
Nicholas Martinez, percussion; Joshua Pynn, bass clari¬
net (alternate); Yejin Shin, violin; Felix Wang, alto sax;
LucyYang, clarinet
• South: Jake Brown, baritone; Christine Choi, clari¬
net; Rachel Corbitt, oboe; Sophia Lee, clarinet
•West: Emily Cho, flute; Daniel Dotson, clarinet; Carly
King, violin; Christopher Overbaugh, tenor sax
Source: Forsyth County Schools
That’s the highlight for
McCloy.
“1 learn just as much as
my students do by watching
the directors they bring in to
tant trends for 2012.
“You vote at the ballot
box and you also vote
with your dollar,” he said.
“We need to be thinking
about that.
“If you live in Forsyth
County, you need to spend
your money in Forsyth
County.”
Norton went on to say
how buying American
made products could stim¬
ulate the economy.
“If every American fam¬
ily spent just $3.92 more a
year on American-made
goods, it could create
10,000 jobs,” he said.
He also encouraged
Forsyth residents to buy
local property.
“Don’t let that Atlanta
person come and buy it,”
he said. “Put that land into
stewardship.”
Norton called Forsyth
“the best place to invest in
all of metro Atlanta.”
’The future right here is
positive,” he said. “I
believe in the future of
Forsyth County.
“But remember, you’ve
just built the foundation.
Now it’s time to get to
work.”
Audience member Tony
Brown, a builder, said he
always enjoys hearing
from Norton.
“I don’t know of any¬
work with the students,” he
said. “It’s very much an edu¬
cational experience for us
too. It’s just a phenomenal
event.”
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does what he does,”
Brown said. “He always
has a reliable, unbiased
opinion for what’s going
in the market.”
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forsythnews.com | FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Psychiatrist to
speak Sunday
at Pinecrest
By Crystal Ledford
cledford@forsythnews.com
Pinecrest Academy will
hold a community talk
Sunday by a nationally
known psychiatrist and
author.
Miriam Grossman will
present “Sense and
Sexuality. The Stakes are
High — Real Protection
in a Hooked World" at 4
p.m. in the school’s gym¬
nasium.
Free and open to the
public, the presentation is
geared toward parents of
elementary and middle
school students.
According to a release
from Pinecrest, Grossman
will discuss her views on
protecting children's inno¬
cence, as well as possible
distortions and omissions
that may occur in standard
sex education programs.
In a statement,
Grossman said it’s impor¬
tant for parents to "realize
that the decisions their
teens make today regard¬
ing sexual actiyity can
have serious lifelong con¬
sequences, not only for
their overall health and
well-being, but also on
future relationships.’’
“1 will provide parents
with critical health infor¬
mation and facts about
sex that they can share
with their teenagers, espe¬
cially their daughters,” she
said. “It is sound medical
advice parents may not
have heard anywhere
else.”
Vivian Heard, spokes¬
woman for Pinecrest,
said the forum is
designed to allow parents
to be more informed and
vigilant on how and
where their children are
educated on delicate but
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Psychiatrist and
author Miriam
Grossman will
speak at 4 p.m.
Sunday at Pinecrest
Academy, 955
Peachtree Pkwy.The
event is free and
open to the public.
For more informa¬
tion, contact Teresa
Petros at (404) 771-
8280 or teresapet
ros@gmail.com.
'Parents will
learn that
today's teens
are bombarded
with false
messages
about sex
Vivian Heard
Pinecrest spokeswoman
important matters.
“Dr. Grossman will
reveal destructive agendas
of what she calls ‘so
called scientific’ sex edu¬
cation and explain how
these can endanger the
physical and emotional
health of young people
and seriously corrupt their
futures,’’ Heard said.
“Parents will learn that
today’s teens are bom¬
barded with false messag¬
es about sex, some
which can come from
trusted sources.”
Grossman will speak
for about an hour, then
hold a question-and
answer session.