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When you enter Tepnessee or Alabama, you may see some large fireworks vending retailers on the state While the new rules may benefit those who havé had: to go to other states for fireworks, it is causing head aches for local governments as fire works can be set off “basically any where” that someone is allowed to be. “The law is fairly clear that [those] 18 years or older can use the fire works, but one of the more significant changes is that they can be used any where,” Jarrard said. “Basically the statute says that they cannot be used indoors, but that they Free summer meals offered to children By Kayia Robins ; krobins@forsythnews.com A local partnership is working through out the sunimer to provide free meals to children in need. ; . Meals are available for children and teens 18 and younger, funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Leamning. Volume 106, Number 76 © 2015, Forsyth County News Cumming, Georgia ‘ Ofl|9o99ssol‘oo|fl7 - Georgia’s trusted leader in radiology Police: Avoid drivers with road rage | 3A Court had been preparing. No one had shown up to the court’s office as of Friday after noon, while couples reportedly lined up in neighboring Fulton and Gwinnett counties. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, immediately enacting legal marriage of any two peo 8 N » L 4 ] i n . v 4 k. S | e . 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They’re helping students grow, physically and academi caily.” Abby 4B Deaths 2A Forsyth Life 1C Opinion 5A Sports 1B o T TRty “_ g R R S e PHOTO CONTEST 5 s A NAR Y o e PO, oy S R e - & 2 See the entire gailery at: & Yy RECEART L O »Lmix&aa:‘-x‘»ru{é:} y i e SRR TR AT & . : e S o ews o fwedding W o I el 5 oL Pen ! ; Top 10 winnars pictured on this page. O R el o L e R £ S e 0 B‘. 3 ¢ K E i ' ’s:“' 7 ::v“~’;“ o, A,‘rr:.« vhe R 3 ; % : g e T g g 3 : N e ook .l ey r f * & g R-183 [ i £ Lsel R T 8 R A Pt T N ple in any state, with marriages that were performed in another state being recognized every where else. A memorandum from Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens to all state agencies and department heads stated, “[The Constitution] daes not permit bans on same-sex marriage. A Mnce for others. “A lot of [government] folks are having this same discussion now, because, candidly, the park and rec issue is sort of the issue,” Jarrard said. “I’ve got other jurisdictions asking me See LAW|6A ; Aécordi_nfi to Jennifer Caracciolo, spokeswoman for Forsyth County school system, the University of North Georgia picks up meals daily from Cemming Elementary and serves them at the YMCA, 2210 Turner Road. = Meals are distributed from noon o 1:15 p.m. : Caracciolo said about 2,000 meals a See MEALS | 6A » : Ay -7 native retires after 30-year naval career. ' 8 By Jordan ‘ This mandate regquires Georgia to rec ognize same sex marriage in the same way it recognizes marriage between a man and a woman. “Georgia’s local governments are now constitutionally required to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, to. 6A Early voting ~ " beginson Monday. T e S Roms iyt issue those licenses in the same way and via the same proce dures employed for all other applicants, and to recognize same-sex marriages on an equal footing with all other marriages.” According to Olens, state agencies and employees must treat those who are lawfully married in a similar fashion. “State agencies and employ ees should immediately review See READY |6A signs County measure 1s a precaution By Kelly Whitmire kwhitmire@forsythnews.com Just minutes before it went into effect, a sign moratorium that had been approved earlier in the week was changed by the Forsyth County commicsion. . Officials gathered Fniay for .an “emhergency meeting” to clari fy what constituted an expression sign, which do not require a per mit and are the only signs allowed to be put up during the moratorium. : The change was passed 4-0, with Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills absent. The 30-day moratorium on building and permitting signs was approved Tuesday and took effect at 5 p.m. Friday. - “This is a manifestation by the board of commissioners that an expression sign is a sign that communicates an idea,” said County: Attorney Ken Jarrard. “It does not matter whether it’s com mercial, non-commercial, off site, on site. The content has nothing to do with it.” As all signs communicate an idea, the commission decided to limit expression signs to a maxi mum size of about 4 feet by 4 feet. . The moratorium was put into effect following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, which held that local governments could not deny signs based on content. “My thought is in respect to the recent ... case of Reed vs. the town of Gilbert, [Ariz.],” Jarrard said at the work session on Tuesday. “That was a case that came down last week where the Supreme Court took a fairly See SIGNS|6A : Sl S ”l W 84/61 Forecast|2A