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New sheriff, different counsel
Decides not to use same attorney as commission
By Alyssa Laßenzie
alarenzie@forsythnews.com
Forsyth County Sheriff Duane
Piper has opted to hire an attor
ney rather than use the county’s
counsel.
Brian Hansford of the
Cumming firm Miles, Patterson,
Hansford and Tallant will begin
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Region spared winter wrath
By Jennifer Sami
jsami@forsythnews.com
For the second week in a
row, the threat of winter
weather largely spared
Forsyth County.
“We have been fortunate,”
said Karleen Chalker with
the Forsyth County Sheriff’s
Office.
Local and state public
safety officials were bracing
for the worst Thursday night
Talk explores emergence of Myanmar
Nation on a ‘dramatic deviation’
By Alyssa Laßenzie
alarenzie@forsythnews.com
Attendance at the Great Decisions
lecture series in Cumming nearly
doubled Thursday from the prior
week’s opening event.
Staff at the University Center |
GA 400 campus of the University
of North Georgia brought in extra
chairs to accommodate the crowd
of more than 60 that gathered to
learn abeut Myanmar, also known
as Burma.
The annual series, which is free
to attend, is organized by the
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as the agency's counsel effective
Friday.
The previous administration,
under three-term Sheriff Ted
Paxton, employed County
Attorney Ken Jarrard and his
firm, which represents the coun
ty commission, departments and
various boards.
Paxton lost his bid for a fourth
as a winter storm warning
was issued for the area.
The Forsyth County
school system, which a
week earlier had delayed the
start of the school day by
two hours in case of wintry
conditions, this time can
celed classes.
“With countless reports
of ice on roadways, bridges
and sidewalks, our decision
to not hold school ensured
that our 39,000 students and
Foreign Policy Association as a
way for communities to come
together to discuss current, interna
tional issues.
Richard Byers, associate profes
sor of history, presented the back
ground and its impact on future
challenges for Myanmar as it tran
sitions from militaristic rule to a
more Democratic society.
The southeast Asian nation,
which is slightly smaller in size
than Texas, borders India and
China, as well as Bangladesh,
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term in the August Republican
primary runoff to Piper, who
took office Jan. 1.
Piper said he feels Hansford
will be “very valuable” in assist
ing him in protecting the coun
ty’s residents and their constitu
tional rights.
“I'll be getting legal advice on
decisions that I have to make as
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A tractor trailer crosses Browns Bridge in northeast
ern Forsyth on Friday. Crews prevented ice buildup
on the bridge with salt and sand.
According to Chalker, two
minor incidents — both
involving bridges — were
reported in Forsyth.
The first, a fender bender,
occurred on the Dawsonville
Highway (Hwy. 53) bridge
in northeast Forsyth near the
Hall County line, while the
other was on the North Old
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4,000 staff members did not
have to travel in these condi
tions,” said Jennifer
Caracciolo, district spokes
woman.
The school closure was
announced about 5:30 a.m.
Friday. Despite the reports
of icing, however, there were
no injuries and little public
safety activity resulting from
poor weather conditions.
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Richard Byers spoke to more than 60 attendees
Thursday at a Great Decisions lecture.
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to transfer
schools
Thursday.
sheriff from an attorney I've
known for years who was a for
mer prosecutor,” he said. I have
the utmost confidence in his
skill and ability.”
Piper campaigned on plans to
reduce expenses and said the
switch will be “budget neutral.”
“We haven’t discussed a specific
hourly rate at this point, but he
Legion
service
Chaplains gave
lives for others
. 70 years ago
By Crystal Ledford
cledford@forsythnews.com
The public is invited to attend
an American Legion event honor
ing the memory of four chaplains
who gave their lives to save. oth
ers.
John Arant, commander of the
legion’s ninth district in Georgia,
said the event is called a Four
Chaplains Memorial Service.
American Legion Post 307 in
Cumming will play host to the
service, which is set for 11 a.m.
Feb. 2 at Parkway Presbyterian
Church, 5830 Bethelview Road.
According to Arant, American
Legion posts around the country
hold the service at times of their
choosing. It will be the first for
. this district, which stretches from
Roswell to Blue Ridge and
includes 22 posts.
| “Different legion posts do this
around the country to try to edu
cate younger people and to keep
that memory alive,” he said.
. “We've not had one here and not
many people know about it, but
it’s something that should be kept
alive and memorialized.”
The ceremony honors four
Army chaplains who were aboard
a U.S. troop ship en route to
England on Feb. 3, 1943. The
ship, the USAT Dorchester, was
torpedoed by a German U-Boat
off the coast of Greenland.
It sank within minutes, taking
the lives of more than 670 men.
Before it went down, the chap
lains — Methodist minister
George L. Fox, Rabbi Alexander
D. Goode, Roman Catholic priest
John P. Washington and Reformed
Church in America minister Clark
V. Polling — helped soldiers
board lifeboats and gave their own
life vests to others who didn’t
have them. -
“That’s what’s memorialized ...
the charity of giving your life for
someone else,” Arant said.
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BB Local firm
expands into
new market.
knows very well
that we won't be
doing anything
that will increase
my budget,”
Piper said.
Hansford,
whose firm han
dles primarily
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Piper
: criminal defense
cases, could not be reached for
comment late last week.
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