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teria at Lambert High School on Tuesday I~ i ok o Y
night. Some attendees like the idea of creat- ¥ ' .t s J j
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south Forsyth, while others were interested eB . ?’ : :
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Possibility of
creating new city
stirs discussion
By Kayla Robins
krobins@forsythnews.com
More than 200 Forsyth residents,
many of whom voiced concern
about disenfranchisement and the
county’s future, gathered Tuesday
night to discuss possible plans of
action.
A central topic of the town hall
meeting at Lambert High was
examining the feasibility of form
ing a city, the county’s second, in
Cumming Greek Festival turns 10
By Kayla Robins
krobins@forsythnews.com
For 10 years, a Greek Orthodox
church’s festival has steadily grown
in size and attendance. This week
end, the food and dancing will arrive
again in what the church boasts as
Forsyth County’s largest ethnic
event.
The Cumming Greek Festival,
organized by Saints Raphael,
Nicholas & Irene Greek Orthodox
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south Forsyth.
While the local governance
structure was the general topic, the
proposed city, tentatively called
Sharon Springs, stirred the most
contention. :
District 25 state Rep. Mike
Dudgeon, a Republican from south
Forsyth, was the event's host.
Echoing a mid-August editorial he
wrote for the Forsyth County
News, Dudgeon said the county
stands apart from the 12 others in
Georgia that boast a population of
at least 150,000.
According to Dudgeon, Forsyth
is the only one structured with five
district-elected county commis
sioners, five city councilmen and a
mayor. The other counties are con
Church, will take over the church’s
16-acre property off Bethelview
Road today through Sunday, offering
authentic tastes, sights and sounds of
Greek culture.
A staple of the festival, which
entertained more than 8,000 people
last year, is the food.
Ginny Kostulakos, the church’s
office administrator, has been helping
organize the mountains of edibles.
“We started baking about two
months ago,” Kostulakos said.
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Stopping today on way to FSU
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
Before it plays the
Seminoles, the University of
Notre Dame must first get past
the Paladins.
On Friday, the Band of the
Fighting Irish is stopping at
solidated, have more county com
missioners or additional cities.
Dudgeon said he has heard
through surveys and word of
mouth that a large number of south
Forsyth residents have stopped
believing the county government
works for — or listens — to them.
Their top three concerns are rapid
development, traffic and crowding
of schools.
Dudgeon said he believes a sec
ond city could curb those growth
issues, but acknowledged that the
quality of schooling, low taxes and
parks and recreational opportuni
ties would likely remain reasons to
move to Forsyth.
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Senior culinary students at South
Forsyth High School helped with
some cooking, she said, creating the
festival’s “little taste of Greece.”
On Saturday and Sunday, whole
lambs will be roasted. Attendees can
choose from traditional Greek food.
such as various pastries, spinach pie
(spanakopita), cheese pie, olives,
baklava, wedding cookies, moussaka,
gyros and souvlaki.
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Pinecrest Academy on its way
to Tallahassee, Fla., where the
school’s fifth-ranked football
team will face No. 2 Florida
State on Saturday night.
“Our director of bands, Ken
Dye, did a camp down at
Pinecrest this summer, and we
knew Florida State was a big
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Hotline set up
for deer season
By Kayla Robins
krobins@forsythnews.com
A new hotline to report poachers has been
set up as firearms season for deer opens
Saturday.
The Georgia Department of Natural
Resources Law Enforcement Division’s
Ranger Hotline Program put obeying the
law as a top priority, along with safety, cour
tesy and respect for the hunting season,
which runs through Jan. 1.
“We are essentially enlisting all the citi
zens of Georgia with our new [program],”
said Col. Eddie Henderson, director of
DNR'’s Law Enforcement Division. “If you
see a poacher, call the hotline number ... or
send an email ... and report it. The call or
email is anonymous, and if your tip leads to
an arrest, you get a cash reward for certain
violations. It's as simple as that.”
Poaching is legally defined as “illegal
shooting, trapping or taking of game or fish
from private or public property. But in the
conservation law enforcement community, a
poacher is a thief who steals wildlife that
belongs to all citizens, robbing them of rec
reational opportunities, like hunting, fishing
or wildlife watching,” according to a DNR
news release.
“We will continue to aggressively enforce
the state hunting laws, as always,”
Henderson said. “Our goal is for everyone to
enjoy their hunt safely and legally.”
The local sheriff’s office is cautioning that
even residents in a rapidly growing and
heavily suburban county such as Forsyth
soon will “likely hear an increase in gun
shots and see an increase of individuals
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At a glance
What is poaching?
» Shooting deer at night
* Shooting deer from a
public road
* Hunting out of season
* Hunting on private property
without permission
* Call (800) 241-4113 or email
RangerHotline@dnr.state.ga.us
to report a poacher.
Source: State DNR
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game and we were hoping to
take the band there,” said
Alison Thigpen, assistant band
director. “[The metro] Atlanta
[area] seemed like a logical
place to stop.”
Pinecrest Academy is a pri
vate Catholic school off
Peachtree Parkway in south
Forsyth. According to commu
nications coordinator Vivian
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