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Group talks tax projects
By Jennifer Sami
isamiSfot sythnews.com
The search could soon begin for
an architectural firm to handle the
designs for a now county courthouse
and expanded detention center
During a meeting Wednesday, the
nine-member committee charged
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Shiloh Point Elementary students, from left, Emma Davies, Libby Nesbitt, Maddie Davies and
Brigitt Elueder discuss an answer Tuesday during the school's Battle of the Books. The compet
ion leads up to the countywide event in May.
Battle of the
Books growing
By Jennifer Sami
IsamnGMorsythnews com
There was a lot of whispering
Tuesday afternoon at Shiloh Point
Elementary
A head of hot pink curls would
bounce out of her scat and whisper
something to another girl after each
question
But the strategy worked fur the
four third-graders, as their team, the
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Authorities stress safety
when boating on lake
Recent deaths
stir concern
By Jennifer Sami
jsamriWorsythnews com
The weather may not have
cooperated, but the message was
unwavering Tuesday afternoon
on a wind-swept Lake l^anicr
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with helping guide the projects
along agreed to ask the Forsyth
County commission to seek propos
als from firms.
Donna kukarola, director of the
county's procurement department,
made the request to start the pro
cess, which could take up to six
weeks
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Reading Wizards teammates Julian Bolanos, from left, Luke
Kimel, Christian Reaume and Connor Leifert participate in
the Battle of the Books. Sandra Landers, a teacher at the
school, awaits their answer.
"We’d love to have more peo
pic who arc safe on the lake,"
said Margaret Sherrod with the
U.S. Power Squadron’s Atlanta
affiliate.
The squadron joined with the
Georgia Department of Natural
Resources for demonstrations of
safe boat handling at Young Deer
Park in northeastern Forsyth
County. Tire event was a prccur
sor to National Safe Boating
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"That way, the program manager
hopefully would he on board," she
said. “We d be looking at the archi
tects and the selection and they can
he involved, hut we wouldn’t have
to wait until we had the . program
manager actually hired before we
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Week, which runs May 19-26
Sherrod wore a life jacket to
show not only the importance of
wearing one. hut ensuring that
it’s in good condition
That’s a crucial message, said
Ranger Lee Brown with the
DNR
"Wc’vc already had two peo
pic drown on the lake." Brown
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Water
offer
is set
Binding proposal
headed to city
By Atyssa LaRenzie
alaren/ieWforsythnews com
A week after the Gumming City Council
rejected their three nonbinding oilers for water
contracts, Forsyth County commissioners
agreed T uesday to send a single proposal.
The commission voted 4-0 to send the bind¬
ing offer to the city and to hold a May 3 public
hearing on the potential agreement, with
Commissioner Pete Amos recused.
Amos has temporarily stepped aside on the
matter and asked the local hoard of ethics to
issue an opinion on whether his A&A Water
Company, which buys and resells city and
county water, presents a conflict of interest.
After more than two hours of discussion
Tuesday, and two breaks to type up the informa¬
tion. Commissioner Todd Levent expressed his
thoughts on the importance of coming to an
agreement
"Congratulations, gentlemen ” he said.
“Thank you all
Forsyth doesn’t have a permit from the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw water
from Lake Lamer, hut the city docs.
The county buys most of its untreated wSter
from Cumming. as well as some mated water.
With no other immediate options for water.
Forsyth hopes to renegotiate terms with
Cumming prior to the contracts expiring May
26
The proposal by the commission would seek
a 50-year renewal of the untreated water con¬
tract, as is. with the condition thai the county
pay about $11.4 million for a 65 percent cost
portion of the intake the city built in return for-
65 percent ownership.
The commission had considered a 30-year
agreement up until the last version of its pro¬
posal
"That’s lair because if you’re going to have
ownership of the structure, il should be 50,"
Levent said "This fighting like this won't exist
again because we’ll he partners in infrastruc¬
ture"
The city built an intake into Lanier in 2009
and billed the county in January for 65 percent
of the construction costs, amounting to about
SI I 4 million
The intake is capable of withdrawing up to
104 million gallons per day. or mgd, hut is only
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John Martin drops a buoy in Lake Lanier during prepar
arations for a training course Tuesday at Young Deer
Park Officials are urging safety on the lake this year.