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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Gov. Deal signs Sharon Springs bill
Voters in area will decide cityhood May 22
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
The fate of the proposed city
of Sharon Springs will be
decided in May by voters living
in the area.
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Kayla Frazier, right, meets with an
actress from the Broadway show
“Anastasia” during her trip to New
York City.
Wish grants
teenager’s
By Alexander Popp
apopp@forsythnews.com
While in her senior year at Forsyth
Central High School, Kayla Frazier had a
lot going for her: school, family and
friends, upcoming choices about college
and career, and a thriving interest in the
theatre department at school.
But in the fall of 2017, that plan was
flipped upside down, whena routine fol
low up visit to the doctor turned into a
diagnosis for a rare form of cancer that
had spread to her lungs. According to
Make-A-Wish Georgia, Frazier then
underwent six months of chemotherapy
to combat the cancer that had been dis
covered in her body.
Today, Frazier, 18, has recovered and
her cancer is in remission, but for a while
she said things were really hard for her
and her family. She said that what kept
her going in the dark times and kept her
hopeful when all else failed, was her life
long dream of going to New York City
and experiencing the Broadway produc
tions the city is famous for.
In September 2017, Frazier found out
that that dream had been granted by
Make-A-Wish Georgia and that she and
her family would be traveling to New
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On Monday, Gov. Nathan
Deal signed House Bill 626,
which provides the process for
creating the proposed city. The
bill was approved by the state
Senate by a 46-2 vote, with
four members not voting, and
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Connie Griffith of Forsyth County returns a volley from the opposing team from Snellville. Also pictured is
teammate Rebecca Camboia. Griffith said she captains about four teams at Central Park. Some officials say
proximity to a selection of parks is one of the reasons the county was recently named the state’s healthiest.
Forsyth named healthiest county in Georgia for the sixth year
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
~ There are 159 counties in Georgia,
and Forsyth County leads the pack for
community health.
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Local, longtime optometrist mourned
Services today for
Michael Shannon
By Frank Reddy
freddy@forsythnews.com
This week, the friends and family of
Michael W. Shannon, a longtime
optometrist who operated a clinic in
Cumming, mourned the 60-year-old
Gainesville native.
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sent to the governor on Friday.
Those living in the area will
vote on the proposed city on
May 22.
District 25 state Rep. Todd
Jones said rather than being for
or against the proposed city, he
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was happy voters would get the
chance to decide on the matter.
“I am happy because the pro
cess won out and this gives the
citizens of south Forsyth the
opportunity to have their voices
heard,” Jones said. “It gives
them an opportunity over the
next couple of months to hope-
Johnson Foundation and the University
of Wisconsin Population Health
Institute named Forsyth County the
healthiest in Georgia; a designation
that the county has received for six
years.
“I think it is an accolade that is
Funeral services for
Shannon are scheduled
for 1 p.m. today at
Chestnut Mountain
Church in Flowery
Branch.: Shannon
passed away March 10.
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Shannon had positive
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fully work together, but I also
understand there will be sides.”
He added that he hoped
“those sides advocate in a pas
sionate, cordial, neighborly,
fact-based way to make sure
that as many people as possible
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indicative of how far our community
really has come that we have infra
structure that obviously stands the test
—of time,” said Lynn-Jackson, adminis
trator at Northside Hospital Forsyth.
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a client of Shannon’s-for 20 years, said
he was “such a good person. He was so
down to earth, and his office staff was
wonderful.”
Added Austin: “You felt like when
you were at [his office], you were at a
friend’s home ... he went above and
beyond ... and everyone loved him.”
State Sen. Butch Miller,
R-Gainesville, said he’d known
Shannon 40 years.
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