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Transportation projects focus of summit
Event set for Oct. 8 at conference center
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
Traffic, one of the biggest
complaints in Forsyth County,
will be among the issues dis
cussed at an upcoming event
organized by the local chamber
of commerce.
Set for 11:30 a.m. Oct. 8 at
the Lanier Technical College
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Along with students, several parent volunteers were enlisted during a training exercise Friday
at South Forsyth High School. Here, a worried mother is reunited with her daughter.
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school may
prove useful
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
Forsyth County Sheriff’s
deputies, firefighters and
emergency personnel
swarmed South Forsyth High
School on Friday afternoon
after hearing reports of a gun
man on campus. Fortunately,
they were just practicing for a
worst-case scenario.
An actor wearing a black
shirt and mask opened fire
with a training gun and ran
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group of
deputies
starts in a
side door,
preparing to
search for
the gunman.
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Forsyth Conference Center, the
annual Transportation Summit
is an opportunity for residents
to hear from experts and share
their concerns about local
roads, congestion and projects.
“The idea behind it originat
ed in that there were a number
of transportation projects out
there that the community really
ought to be involved in, and
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as they look for a man with a gun inside South Forsyth High
School during a training exercise on Friday.
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knowledgeable of, and there
really was no clear path for
how to discuss those transpor
tation projects,” said Jason
Mock, director of small busi
ness services for the Cumming-
Forsyth County Chamber of
Commerce.
Speakers from across the
state plan to participate.
“[State] Rep. Mark Hamilton
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[of Cumming] is going to serve
as the moderator of the event,
the DOT commissioner for the
state of Georgia, Keith Golden,
will have some opening com
ments,” Mock said.
“Bdyne Smith, who up until
very recently was our district
engineer, he’s now the head of
state field operations, has
agreed ... to come speak about
state-level projects that are
going on in the community.”
The gathering also will hear
from County Commissioner
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Authorities issue
BOLO for blue van
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
Authorities are on the lookout for a
three-person burglary crew they say has
been targeting Spanish-speaking families
across Forsyth County.
“In the past four to six months we've
logged over 30 different burglaries involv
ing Hispanic families as victims,” said
Doug Rainwater, a spokesman for the
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.
“We finally got a lookout recently on two
Hispanic males and a Hispanic female driv
ing a blue Honda Odyssey van.”
The trio follows a similar routine each
time.
“They knock on the front door, if some
body should come to the front door, they
act like, ‘Well, we're looking for a baby
sitter,”” Rainwater said.
“But if nobody reacts to the knock on the
door from the inside of the house, they
either break open a window in the front or
walk around to the back end of the house.”
According to Rainwater, the woman usu
ally stays in the van, while the men
approach the home.
He added that the burglars are striking at
times when families normally wouldn’t be
home and taking items including cash, jew
elry and other items.
“They are targeting Hispanic families by
committing the burglaries during the week
and on Sunday mornings when they believe
they are at church,” Rainwater said.
“They've taken just a lot of different
things that most burglars don’t take. In
some cases they’re taking clothes, perfume
and of course jewelry and cash.”
In an apparent attempt to not get caught,
the crew varies its times.
“They may commit two burglaries one
week, but then it’ll be two weeks before
they hit again, so it’s not like it's every
week”
Authorities are hoping that knowledge of
the group’s tactics, description and vehicle
will help them be brought down.
“Now we at least have a possible van that
they may be driving, sc hopefully some
body may know whe is driving that blue
colored Qdyssey van and help us cut”™
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Brian Tam, who will talk about
the transportation bond referen
dum that’s on the Nov. 4 ballot.
There will also be a question
and answer session at the end
of the event.
“Brian Tam, who is the head
of the transportation committee
for the Forsyth County com
mission, is going to deliver a
presentation on the S2OO mil
lion bond package that would
widen Ga. 400,” Mock said.
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