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Coungf takes steps
toward tougher
massage parlor rules
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
More than two years after Forsyth
County adopted an ordinance for
local massage parlors, the county is
making some changes and the city
of Cumming is considering their
own ordinance.
At a work session on Tuesday,
Forsyth County Commissioners
voted to go ahead with changes to
the massage and spa ordinance to
give the Forsyth County Sheriff’s
Office more tools to tackle massage
parlors where illegal activity is hap
pening.
“We had a meeting with the sher
iff’s office,” said Attorney Aaron.
Meyer, who was filling in for
County Attorney Ken Jarrard. “With
their input, we were able to come up
with a list of things that the county
needed to address in its massage and
spa ordinance in order to give them
the tools they need to enforce it.”
The change will next go to a pub
lic hearing at a future commission
meeting.
Meyer said there was unease with
" law enforcement that violators could
be reopening businesses or coming
from other areas. '
“Once these are identified, locat
ed, prosecuted, there has been a con
cern that people affiliated with one
will reopen a new business some
where else or that someone from
another county all together could
have been shut down in that county
and came to Forsyth to open a busi
ness,” he said.
The county, Meyer said, had the
option to revoke business licenses
from businesses with multiple viola
tions, which the sheriff’s office
could not.
“The sheriff’s office, on the other
hand, perhaps this was an oversight
in the original draft, did not have the
ability to deny someone’s applica
tion if [they] had had three viola
tions in a 12-month period,” Meyer
said. “They also wanted to have the
ability to conduct fingerprint checks
on not just the business owners
themselves, who are required, but
also people who are coming in for a
work permit.”
Other changes will give the sher
iff’s office the ability to look up the
criminal record of applicants
through the Georgia Crime
Information Center and FBI, stipu
lated that licenses shown to officers
have the license holder’s date of
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Solutions are helping to promote tech
nology education in their local com
munities, and may even get the chance
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hire in a few years.” _
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birth and ensure all state license and
work permits were visible to the
public.
The ordinance would also have to
disclose if the applicant or those in
charge of operation had been
allowed the use, possession or sale
of controlled substances, allowed
sex acts or prostitution or allowed
underage consumption of alcohol on
premises or if they had been con
victed, plead guilty or plead nolo
contendere to three or more viola
tions in the last year.
In November 2015, Forsyth
County adopted a new ordinance to
tackle massage parlors allowing
illicit activity.
Changes to the original ordinance
were adopted in August 2017, which
included prohibitions on regular
beds, rather than massage table, and
what the employees could wear.
Since the adoption of the new
rules, several employees of the busi
nesses have been arrested and at
least two licenses revoked by com
missioners.
Forsyth County soon might not be
the only municipality to have such
an ordinance. Sheriff Ron Freeman
said at the meeting he had discus
sions with the city of Cumming
about a similar ordinance. ;
“I’ve spoken with the mayor, and
I've spoken with some of the city
councilmembers,” Freeman said.
“They were awaiting the recom
mended changes.”
At a Cumming City Council work
session on Feb. 6, Mayor Troy
Brumbalow said the parlors were “a
problem in the county” and “could
be a problem in the city limits.”
“The county has a massage parlor
ordinance,” he said. “They’re doing
some tweaks to amend that ordi
nance, and [Freeman] asked if we
would consider adopting the same
ordinance and if we had any mas
sage parlors in the city limits, they
would conduct investigations to
determine if anything inappropriate
is going on. If there was, they would
on their dime, so to speak, investi
gate it to help our Cumming PD.”
Brumbalow said the Cumming
Police Department would then han
dle any violations..
Students participating in the event
competed in three categories, best in
show, best in class app and best in
class game.
This Code Day Atlanta event was
hosted by Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions
in Alpharetta.
The release said that this is the fifth
year that Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions
has hosted the event, “as part of its
ongoing commitment to foster tech
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OBITUARIES
Helen Arlene Hiner
Helen Arlene Hiner, age 81, passed
away following a long battle with
Alzheimer’s at her home in Cumming on
Monday, Feb. 12.
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Heizer to Dean and Esther [ER 8 8 !""af
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Heizer, Mary Jane Smith,
Donna Johnson and
Dolores Clark. Her sister, Deanna
Strachbein lives in Arizona. Also preceded
by her husband, James Hiner and son
Mark Adamson. Helen was a loving
teacher of anyone who would open their
heart and mind to her. Survived by her
children, Jonathan (Kristi) and Lori
(Devan), son by marriage Nicolas (Judy)
as well as her eight grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Helen led an adventurous life in youth
moving around with her family before
venturing off on her own in the U.S.
Army and starting a family of her own.
Helen’s life was dedicated to the service
of her community whether through 4-H
or just in stopping a stranger to compli
ment them and brighten their day. Helen
is also survived by countless 4-Herskhat
she coached and guided. Helen’s pas
sion was in seeing children learn to
accept challenge, keep aiming up and
persevere through the finish.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 24 at Valley of the Sun
Mortuary, 10940 E. Chandler Heights
Road. For additional information and to
make condolences visit www.val
leyofthesunfuneralhome.com. In lieu of
flowers, Helen would want you to bright
en someone’s day through an unexpected
compliment or a hearty smile.
Valley of the Sun Mortuary is in
charge of arrangements.
Sign the guest book at forsythnews.com.
Forsyth County News
February 23,2018
Betty Jean Seymour .
Betty Jean Seymour, 87, passed away
Feb. 14, 2018 at her Yulee, Florida resi
dence. :
She was born Jan. 1, 1931 in Register,
Georgia, and moved to
Yulee 17 years ago from
Cumming. Betty loved
the outdoors, gardening, 2
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Commissioners approve
funding for park projects
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
The Forsyth County Parks department
will soon have some new funds to tackle
projects related to the county’s parks.
At a work session on Tuesday, Forsyth
County commissioners voted 5-0 to
approve $1.5 million for projects in the
SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option
Sales Tax) 7-B funding category and to
approve $75,000 for repairs to the
splash pad at Old Atlanta Park.
Parks Director Jim Pryor said the rub
ber surface of the splash pad had deteri
orated due to water. ;
“The splash pad membrane, which is
the base of the splash pad at Old Atlanta
Park, through our hot summers [and]
cold winters has expanded and’contract
ed and has started cracking,” he said.
“That membrane needs to be replaced.”
He said the new flooring would be
similar to tiles rather than the previous
style. 5
Pryor said the SPLOST funds would
be used for development and improve
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family and their happiness.
She was predeceased by a brother,
Jack Rushing and a sister, Dorothy Hart.
Survivors include her devoted husband
of 43 years, Gene Seymour of Yulee,
Fla.; a son, John Williams, 111 (Sandy) of
Register; daughters, Janet Meadow of
Savannah, Alisa Green (Rick) of
Dahlonega, and Valarie Jones of
Gainesville; a son in law, Bill Meadow of
Valdosta; sister, Dee Espinoza of Miami,
Fla; grandchildren, Jessica Meadow of
Savannah, Ashley Meadow (Taylor
Hadaway) of Dahlonega, John F.
Williams, IV of Register, Erica Free
(Dwain) of Ft. Riley, Kan. and Dustin
Mattox (Erin) of Grayson; great-grand
children, Averi Hardwick, Ethan Vickery,
Rylan Mattox, Emalyn Mattox and Aiden
‘Mattox. : '
A memorial service will be held at 2
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, in the Stephens
Chapel at Green Pine Funeral Home with
the Rev. Dustin Mattox officiating.
Following the service there will be a gath
ering to celebrate Betty’s life at the
Seymour residence and food will be
served.
The Seymour family would like to
give special thanks to Dell Taylor,
Betty’s care giver and friend.
To sign Mrs. Seymour’s online regis
ter book and leave condolences please
visit the Green Pine website at www.
greenpinefuneral.com.
Green Pine Funeral Home, Yulee,
Fla., is in charge of arrangements.
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February 23, 2018 .
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Wanda Lee Gaylor
Wanda Lee Gaylor, age 82, of Jasper,
formerly of Cumming, passed away on
Feb. 21, 2018.
Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory
of Cumming is in charge of arrange
ments.
Forsyth County News »
February 23, 2018
Christopher David Thronson
Christopher David Thronson, age 42,
of Gainesville passed away on Feb. 15,
2018. ‘
McDonald and Son Funeral Home of
Cumming is in charge of arragements.
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ments at Old Atlanta, Haw Creek,
Chattahoochee Pointe, Caney Creek and
Matt Community parks. He said the
plans for the funding were developed by
parks staff.
At Haw Creek, the plans call for a
swing play unit and a pump track/bike
skills park. Those projects total $70,000.
Chattahoochee Pointe Park will
receive $65,000 for a disc golf course
and improvements to the kayak launch.
About $605,000 will be used at Caney
Creek Park to improve the dog park and
landscaping and to develop a conmmuni
ty area.
The largest amount of funding will go
to Matt Community Park, which will
receive $685,000 for a six-court tennis
complex and projects related to the
complex, such as fencing and grading.
“I’'m glad to see these tennis courts
are getting done, considering some of
the emails about the [North Forsyth
High School] not having courts,”
District 4 Commissioners Cindy Jones
Mills said. “That will be another
option.”
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