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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
FCN names new advertising director
By Frank Reddy
freddy@forsythnews.com
Nathan Schutter has joined
Forsyth County News as advertising
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The 37-year-old Flowery Branch
resident said he’s looking forward
to “the potential here for growth
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Students of Lambert High School lounge in truck beds and the open cargo spaces of SUVs, waiting
for the screening of “Captain Americd: Civil War” at the drive-in movie event held Saturday to raise
awareness on the dangers of drinking and driving. .
Lambert students aim to shift
perceptions on drinking dangers
Awareness event
Saturday raises
sl,4oo for MADD
By Alexander Popp
apopp@forsythnews.com ;
Ever since tragedy struck
Lambert High School last summer
when 15-year-old Eliza Farrell was
killed by an alleged drunk driver,
three of her friends have taken it
upon themselves to try and save
lives by changing their peers’ per
ception on the dangers of drinking
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Anita Tucker, treasurer for the Democratic Women of
Forsyth County, speaks to the crowd gathered Saturday for
a candlelight vigil to memorialize the 17 people killed dur
ing the Parkland, Fla. shooting. .
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and continued success” the local
newspaper has seen over the years.
Formerly, Schutter worked as a
general manager with Batten
Communications, which included
television production and the opera
tion of four small radio stations. He
also produced a high school sports
show, Gwinnett Prep Rally.
and driving.
Last weekend, 11th graders,
Felicia Ling, Meg Dpollack and
Lauren Webb hosted a drive-in
move night screening of “Captain
America: Civil War” in the parking
lot of Lambert High School as a
venue to discuss the dangers of
drinking and driving, raise money
for Mothers against Drunk Driving
and memorialize their friend.
“If we can reach out to just one
person and make them think twice
about making that choice, then
honestly, we will have achieved our
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Community leaders talk'vigilance,
remembrance at candle-lit ceremony
By Alexander Popp
apopp@forsythnews.com
On Saturday, the Democratic
Women of Forsyth County held
a candlelight vigil to memorial
ize the 17 people killed during
the Parkland, Fla. shooting and
discuss the problems of gun
violence in America.
“We want to honor the dead,
and as a community, talk about
things we can do to make sure
that this doesn’t happen again,”
said Anita Tucker, treasurer for
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“] come from a different kind of
media background ... in my time, I
did sales for radio, and sometimes
people would say they didn’t
believe in newspaper anymore. I
would not have taken this job if I
thought that was true,” Schutter
said.
“This paper is so well-established
‘lf we can reach out to
just one person and
make them think twice
about making that
choice ... we will have
achieved our goal.’
Meg Dpollack
Lambert High School junior
here, and it’s more than a newspa
per. We’re multimedia now ... the
way we do newspaper is different
than it was 20 years ago, and to me
that was an attractive thing. The
potential here was very appealing.”
Forsyth County News Publisher
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the Democratic Women of
Forsyth County.
During the vigil, the assem
bled crowd heard from Tucker
and several community leaders
including Democratic congres
sional candidates Kathleen
Allen and Josh McCall, local
entrepreneur and politician
Daniel Blackman and Rev.
Bonnie Underwood, associate
rector at the Episcopal Church
of the Holy Spirit in Cumming.
~ “We are here to pay our
respects for those who lost their
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CASA Executive Director Paula
Malmfeldt addresses a group of
volunteers at a training session on
Friday. ;
settling into
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
The new head of a local non-profit is
hoping to increase the number of vol
unteers to advocate for children in
local courts.
__Paula Malmfeldt was chosen as the
new executive director of CASA of
Forsyth County, a local county
appointed child advocacy nonprofit
organization, around the end of
January. '
. “I’m very mission-driven, so I am
driven to organizations with a good
mission I can support.” Malmfeldt
said, later adding: “CASA was an easy
connection because, obviously, I have
a passion for children and kids’ needs.”
CASA takes volunteers and, after
training, assigns them as an advocate
for children in court proceedings, par
ticularly those in foster homes.
Malmfeldt has some experience with
CASA. She said she first got involved
with the group in 2006 as an advocacy
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lives last week and all those
children who have lost their
lives at mass shootings in
schools in America,” said
Kathleen Allen, a congressional
candidate for Georgia’s 7th dis
trict.
During the event, Allen said
that one of the problems she
sees is how removed these
events are from the public.
“We are very inoculated to
the horror of these crimes. We
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