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District stays strong on AP
Passing rates rise on exams
By Kayla Robins
krobins@forsythnews.com
In a state that outpaced the nation in
growth for both participation and
passing rates on Advanced Placement
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A child covers his ears as the Himalaya spins Sunday, the final night for the Cumming Country Fair
& Festival.
Weather lifts
By Kayla Robins
krobins@forsythnews.com
The director of the Cumming
Fairgrounds didn’t expect another
11 perfect days for the annual
Cumming County Fair & Festival,
so he was happy with this year’s
attendance.
Dave Horton reported 154,406
people walked through the fair gates
between Oct. 2 and Sunday night,
which trailed last year’s record
attendance of 167,616.
“You always expect two or three
[days with rain], but to have that
and be so close to our record fair ...
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County scouting site for elections office
Could house one or more buildings
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
A proposed new home for
Forsyth’s voter registration and
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exams, Forsyth County students
ranked in the top tier of their peers.
According to figures released by the
Georgia Department of Education, the
Forsyth County school system scored
higher than all but three districts in
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elections office is moving on to
the next stage, after a geotech
nical analysis cleared the coun
ty commission.
David Thomton, the county’s
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the state on the May administration of
AP exams, and two high schools —
South Forsyth and Lambert — ranked
in the top 10 of 445 statewide.
At South, 1,115 test students took
1,978 AP exams, 1,530 of which
received passing marks (3, 4 or 5,
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A rider holds on tight
during the American
Bullriders Tour, which
wrapped up the
Cumming fair. Left, a
bull quickly turns a cor
ner to make it back into
the corral.
director of public facilities,
confirmed in an email that the
project is in “preliminary devel
opment of 10.5 acres of contig
uous property which adjoins
the county tax commissioner
and Magistrate Court property
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against local
commissioner.
STORMS
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Jim Dean Forsyth County News
Drivers approach Kelly Mill Road on
Post Road.
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Heavy rain, but few
other safety woes
By Kayla Robins
krobins@forsythnews.com
Two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle
Tuesday morning while crossing a street in
downtown Cumming.
The incident, which disrupted traffic for
about 30 minutes, happened about 8:40 a.m.
and was the most serious of a rain-drenched
| stretch as heavy storms crossed the area.
According to Cumming Police Sgt. Bryan
\ Zimbardi, a 28-year-old Cumming man was
| making a left turn from Veterans Memorial
| Boulevard onto Maple Street and didn’t see
| the two crossing the street because his win
. dows were fogged.
| The pedestrians, a 41-year-old man and a
28-year-old woman, were taken to separate
hospitals with what Zimbardi described as
moderate in-scene injuries.
The driver likely will be charged with two
counts of failure to yield to a pedestrian in a
crosswalk. Zimbardi said drugs or alcohol
are not suspected in the incident.
Robin Regan, a spokesman for the
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, said depu
ties helped direct traffic through downtown.
Zimbardi said police also responded to
reports of downed utility lines on
Dahlonega Street that stopped traffic for
about an hour. He added that they may have
been telephone lines, because he didn’t hear
of any power outages.
There were no other major weather-relat
ed issues — fires, lightning, significant
flooding — Tuesday, although the Forsyth
County Fire Department handled a few
calls.
Two homes were struck by falling trees
about 7 a.m., according to Fire Division
Chief Jason Shivers. One fell on a house on
Majors Road, causing minor damage. A sec
ond fell on a residence in the Homesteaders
Mobile Home Park on Atlanta Highway,
causing “significant damage but no inju
ries.
Shivers said the family will be displaced.
Around that same time, a tree fell-on a
moving vehicle in the area of Hwy. 369 and
Old Federal Road in northwestern Forsyth.
A driver and passenger were trapped
inside for a short time, Shivers said, and
were taken to Northside Hospital-Forsyth
with minor injuries.
located at 1090 Tribble Gap
Road.”
During a recent presentation
from the design firm Hendrick
Inc. to the commission, it was
indicated that the property
would be built as either two
A Crawford:
A Will Georgia
repeat runoff
experience?
15,000-square-foot buildings or
one 15,000- and two 7,500-foot
buildings.
“Preliminarily, the county is
considering options for up to
three buildings on the property,”
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