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Public safety officials train
for a worse-case scenario
Area gas prices to drop
through end of the year
By Kristen Oliver
FCN regional staff
GAINESVILLE — Gasoline prices
in the Forsyth County area are likely
to drop through the end of the year,
following a trend across the nation,
according to the AAA.
Josh Carrasco, a spokesman for
the organization, said gas prices
have steadily decreased over the last
several weeks in the northeast
Georgia area.
.“One of the reasons for that is
refineries have switched over from
their summer blend to their winter
blend fuels, which [are] a little bit
cheaper to produce,” Carrasco said.
There is also record high domestic
oil production in the U.S., according
to Carrasco,
“There’s the shale oil boom that’s
going on in North Dakota and
Texas,” he said. “We’re seeing
record high oil production for this
time of year.”
Prices last week remained about
the same and could stay there or
increase slightly this week, due to a
few refinery outages in the Gulf of
Outdoor bumn ban lifts today
From staff reports
Residents in Forsyth and 53 other
north Georgia counties are able to burn
outdoor yard debris beginning today.
Outdoor burning restrictions are in
place annually from May 1 to Oct. 1 due
to summer air quality concerns and reg
ulations of the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources and the
Environmental Protection Division.
Frank Sorrells, the Georgia Forestry
Commission’s chief of forest protection,
said in a statement that fall is “perfect
for working in the yard, and that
includes clearing leaves and vegetation
with fire.”
“Just remember that any time fire is
used for outdoor burning, a burn permit
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“We think we have a few victims of
these same five in Fulton County, so
consequently the agencies in Fulton
County are making reports,” Rainwater
said. “If they feel these are the right
people, then they'll bring charges too.”
Daniel Moss and Sandra Stepp faced
the most charges of the five suspects
arrested. Each faces counts of first
degree forgery, financial transaction
card theft and manufacturing fictitious
identification. Moss also was charged
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Mexico, according to Carrasco.
However, area residents should see
prices continue to decline slightly
over the next few months.
“We think the overall average for
Georgia and the United States
should continue to go down through
out the end of the year,” Carrasco
said.
A report from The Associated
Press last week said the national
average dropped 28 cents per gallon
from Sept. 1, 2013, to Dec. 31,
2013. The report also stated the cur
rent national average of $3.35 per
gallon is a dime cheaper than this
time last year,
“Lower fuel prices help the econo
my in a few ways,” the AP report
stated. “They make goods cheaper to
ship and make travel more afford
able. Drivers are left with a few
extra dollars in their pockets. And
consumers grow confident enough to
make other purchases, perhaps even a
big-ticket item. Consumer spending
is 70 percent of the U.S. economy.”
The Associated Press contributed to this
report.
needs to be secured ... fortunately that’s
an easy thing to do,” he said.
Burn permits can be secured online at
GaTrees.org and permits may also be
obtained by calling (877) 652-2876.
“As beautiful as our autumn leaves
are, we have to urge caution this time of
year,” Sorrells continued. “We always
see an uptick in wildfire activity in the
northern parts of the state from around
Thanksgiving into early December. That
coincides with the annual leaf fall in our
hardwood forest in the mountains, ridge
and valley areas, which provides more
fuel for wildfires.”
He added that residents should always
have water and tools close by in case
flames escape from a fire.
with identity fraud.
Also arrested as part of the investiga
tion were:
* Alexandrea Moore, 20, of Cumming
on possession of methamphetamine and
drug-related objects.
* Aaron Stuart, 28, of Alpharetta for
forgery in Forsyth County and an out
standing warrant in Gwinnett County.
¢ Kenneth Wilbanks, 23, of Cumming
for felony probation violation.
“Our detectives are still working the
case, and they’re still trying to just see
what these two specifically have done,
and ... they’re having to look at paper
trails everywhere,” Rainwater said. “If
there's other victims out there that come
forward, there will be more charges
added.”
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Voter registration
deadline is Oct. 6
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
Forsyth County residents are being
reminded that Oct. 6 is the last day to
register to vote in the Nov. 4 General
Election.
“They can either register online
through the Secretary of State's office
or they can download an application
and mail it to us or they can bring it in
to our office,” said Barbara Luth,
Forsyth’s supervisor of voter registra
tions and elections.
“They can register in our office or
they can register when they go and get
their library card.”
Early voting starts Oct. 13, and any
one who is registered to vote is eligi
ble to do so at the Forsyth County
Administration Building, according to
Luth.
“Starting on Oct. 25 ... they can
[vote] at [one of] five different loca
tions,” she said. “And the week of the
27th through the 31st we are at five
locations.”
Those locations include Hampton
Park Library, Cumming City Hall,
Midway Park Community Building
and Sharon Springs Park Community
Building.
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For more details, go online at
forsythco.com and click on the
“voter registrations & elections
information” tab in the top left
corner.
Although there are no local contest
ed races on the ballot, it contains sev
eral state offices, including governor,
U.S. senator, state school superinten
dent and both of the county’s congres
sional seats. Also featured is a trans
portation bond referendum in Forsyth.
“There is quite a bit on this ballot,
and we do have a consolidated sample
ballot out on our website,” Luth said.
“If people want individual ones, they
can actually go to the Secretary of
State’s website and look themselves
up and get their individual ballots.”
To vote, citizens have to bring valid
photo identification.
“It could be a passport,” Luth said.
“Most people bring their driver’s
license.”
She also encouraged voters to dou
ble-check their precincts ahead of
time, as some locations and boundar
ies have changed.
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