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SUNDAY MAY 27201?
Business
& Industry
$ 15 K raised
for local parks
Collected at Boulder Dash
By Crystal Ladford
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Representatives of the
Cumming-Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce
recently presented a check
for $15,000 to the Forsyth
County Parks Foundation.
The funding was raised
during this year’s Boulder
Dash 5K. which was held
April 28.
Jason Mock, director of
the chamber's Small
Business Services Center,
said the foundation was
chosen in the run’s first
year in 2010.
“We knew when start¬
ing this race that we
needed a beneficiary,"
Mock said. “When we
came down to it, we real-
INCIDENT REPORTS
Editor's note: The following
reports came from the listed
agency
Forsyth County
Sheriffs Office
Disorderly date — A 47-year-old
Cumming man was arrested May
21 for disorderly conduct and
obstruction of law enforcement
after his date called 911. The
woman said she'd met the man
online and they'd been drinking
“large quantities of wine” during
their first date at a Browns Bridge
Road home. The man became
angry and she left the home to
call police. When deputies arrived,
the man yelled obscenities, dis¬
obeyed commands and called
them “Nazis.”
Tote 'em off — A resident of Jot
Em Down Road reported May 20
that his home had been burglar¬
ized overnight.The padlocks to the
front gate and front door had
been cut and two TVs were miss¬
ing.
Boat stripped — A Brookshire
Road homeowner reported May
19 that someone had removed
several items from a boat docked
in Lake Lanier. The battery, life
vests and stereo had been taken
and several wires had been cut so
the motor would not start.
Vessel vanishes — A Reives Road
resident reported May 19 that a
paddle boat had been taken from
the lake dock. A neighbor had
seen two men with a flashlight in
the night take the boat to the
other side of the cove.
Inconvenient action — A conve¬
nience store in the 1000 block of
Atlanta Highway reported deposit
account fraud May 18. The owner
said the store cashed a check for
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ized if we gave to [a
national health organiza¬
tion] we really couldn't
show that that money was
being used in Forsyth
County and helping resi¬
dents of Forsyth, so we
turned to the parks and
rec (department] ... and
said this is a great oppor¬
tunity to keep our money
local."
Mock said the founda¬
tion hasn't determined
what specific projects this
year’s donation will be
used for, but in years past
they have been used for
educational programs
such as signs along the
Big Creek Greenway.
“It's been a great part¬
nership and we look for¬
ward to continuing our
more than $2,000 for a regular
customer. The account was closed,
and the writer of the check said it
had been stolen. The customer
hasd not returned phone calls.
Busted bike — A motorcycle
reported stolen on May 17 was
recovered the same day on Burma
Road. A motorist reported seeing
a pickup truck dragging a motor¬
cycle behind rt. Deputies followed
the tracks to a home where the
motorcycle was found under a
cover in the yard. Three people in
the truck matching the descrip¬
tions were named as suspects.
On* got away — An unknown
man ran away from deputies May
16 after a car chase ended on
SawneeTrail. A deputy attempted
a traffic stop on Market Place
Boulevard for a broken headlight
and failure to maintain lane. The
owner of the vehicle said he didn’t
know who was driving the truck,
but it likely was one of his
employees.
Parts pilfered — A storage busi¬
ness on McFarland Parkway
reported May 15 that catalytic
converters had been stolen from
seven rented moving trucks The
trucks parked inside the business
fence did not have any missing
parts.
Smash and dash — A visitor at
Windermere Park reported May 15
that a purse had been stolen from
her truck. The back window had
been busted while she visited the
park.
Bad Samaritan — An employee of
a church on McGinnis Ferry Road
reported May 14 that computer
equipment and microphones had
been taken sometime in the past
few days.The man said the church
had been victim to several thefts,
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relationship with them for
years to come,” Mock
said.
He noted that this
year's Boulder Dash,
which traveled from
Northside Hospital
Forsyth through the
Lafarge quarry, drew
some 1,400 runners.
"And we had a 90 per¬
cent completion rate ...
that is almost unheard of
and it really speaks high¬
ly of our community and
the people that get behind
the Boulder Dash," Mock
said.
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OAKWOOD While
addressing the Lake Lamer
Association on Thursday
night, Georgia Lt. Gov.
Casey Cagle rallied for the
protection of Lake lamer
and said higher lake levels
have been, and can be.
maintained
“Wc realize the great rec¬
reational value it has for our
state," Cagle told the gath
enng at Gainesville State
College. "It's also a huge
resource for the state of
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Right now. the lake levels
are about 1.065 feet above
sea level. Full summer pool
for the lake is 1.071 feet
above sea level.
Cagle says the lake has
been higher, using the 19%
Olympics as an example,
and "where there is a will,
there is a way” to keep
those levels higher.
“I think it needs to be a
fuller pool than (1,071] and
the capacity is there to
make that happen.' he said.
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Two advisers institute
From staff report*
Eric Duncan and Michael Hyser,
financial advisers with Strategic
Financial Partners LLC in south
Forsyth, recently became members of
the Financial Services Institute in
Washington. D.C.
According to a release from
Financial Partners, the FSI advocates
for main street Americans' access to
unbiased, affordable financial advice
delivered by a growing network of
more than 35,000 independent finan¬
cial adviser members.
of Engineers, which con¬
trols the water release at
Buford Dam. to make the
lake a “stronger priority.”
Lake Lanier, for more
than two decades, has been
at the center of a tn-state
debate for water ase.
It is a part of the
Apalachicola
Chattahoochee-FIint river
system and Alabama,
Florida and Georgia contin¬
uously lock horns on how
the water is to be used.
Georgia wants the sys¬
tem's water for drinking
water, economic growth
and recreation. Alabama
says the water is necessary
for energy. Florida says the
water is essential to support
a seafood industry and
wildlife in the Apalachicola
River Basin
Last June, the 11th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals
threw out a 2009 ruling by
U.S. District Judge Paul
Magmison, who ruled it was
illegal for the Corps of
Engineers to use water from
the lake to provide metro
Atlanta with usable water.
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proud to join.
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cials and regulators on what
Americans need from financial advis¬
ers and how the industry works with
clients to help navigate their financial
futures," he said. “They also help
ensure that we can continue to offer
our clients and potential clients the
advice they need. • *
Established in January 2004, FSI has
more than 100 broker-dealer members
and some 35,000 financial adviser
members.
Cagle said. “As a result it
created a whole new land¬
scape as it relates to water
quantity.”
The June 2011 ruling
from the federal appeals
court also gave the corps
one year to make a final
determination on how to
allocate Lanier's water.
“It sent a very, very
strong message to the
Corps of Engineers that we
need an updated water
management plan and I
think that’s critical for not
only Lake Lanier, but the
cnlire state,” he sard.
As talks continue
between the three states and
water levels on Lanier con¬
tinue to stay below full
pool, the lieutenant gover¬
nor says the lake needs to
remain a priority — wheth¬
er it's for safety, home
value or water supply.
“It doesn’t matter how
you look at the lake, as long
as your interest is to protect
the lake, then that’s a good
tiling," Cagle said.
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