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City hires first economic developer
BY DIANE GLIDEWELL
news@mymcr. net
Mayor Eric Wilson and
Forsyth city council have ful
filled one of the goals they set at
their retreat in January shortly
after Wilson took office. The goal
was to hire an economic devel
oper, and city manager Janice
Hall said that, she hired Michael
Norris last Friday.
Norris will begin his job as
the city’s first economic develop
ment director on Monday, July
18. The position was created
because mayor and council set
economic development as a pri
ority for the city and want some
one with the expertise to work
on the goal for the city full time.
Norris holds a Masters in Public
Administration in 2015 and a
Bachelor’s in political science
in 2014 from Valdosta State
University.
From August until December
he worked as an
intern with Ajman
Department of Economic
Development in Atlanta
assisting in research
related to global com
merce and specific
details for companies
considering locating or
expanding in Georgia, NORRIS
according to his Linked-In
profile page. During the intern
ship he served as liaison at
economic development
events in the Atlanta
area.
Hall said that. Norris’
office will be in the city’s
Welcome Center on
North Lee Street. He
will work closely with
the Forsyth Convention
and Visitors Bureau and
with Forsyth Main Street,
see NORRIS page 6A
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Monroe County deputy Caleb Dunn returned to patrol duty last week after taking six months
off to be treated for cancer.
Cancer-free? Yep,
it’s a Dunn deal
BY WILL DAVIS
publisher@mymcr.net
Monroe County deputy
Caleb Dunn went back on
patrol last week for the first
time in six months after
finishing successful che
motherapy treatments for
Hodgkins lymphoma.
“I feel like a new person,”
said the 23-year-old Dunn.
“It’s good to be on patrol and
feel 100 percent because I
haven’t before.”
Dunn had his last chemo
treatment on June 1 and
returned to patrol for the
first time on July 3. But
the best day may have been
April 27, when doctors told
him that, a pet scan showed
that, the cancer that was
lodged in his chest and left
lung was gone.
“I didn’t believe them at
first,” said Dunn. “It took
me a couple of days to
believe that what I’ve been
fighting the last half-year
was gone.”
Dunn said he started
feeling puny from what
was later determined to be
cancer about the time he
started patrol duty. So this
is the first time he’s felt
good doing his job.
“It’s good to be on patrol
and feel 100 percent
because I haven’t before,”
said Dunn. “I was answer
ing calls with a terrible
cough. I feel like a new per
son. I am actually enjoying
work.”
Dunn said it’s a good place
to be after the nightmare
of his December diagnosis
and the nightmare chemo
therapy treatments. Dunn
said after being diagnosed
he never even searched the
internet to know more about
his cancer. “I didn’t want
to know and didn’t care,”
said Dunn. “I just wanted
to do the things that I love.
I never really knew the per
centage of survival.”
But he did know he had
to undergo painful chemo
treatments every two
weeks. He lost his hair,
but it’s coming back. The
drugs also caused mouth
sores and his tongue to
swell, although putting ice
in his mouth helped resolve
the latter problem. Nurses
injected Dunn with four dif
ferent chemo drugs, but the
see DUNN page 7A
The hot
pursuit
of a hot
car from
the ATL
WASHINGTON
BY RICHARD DUMAS
forsyth@mymcr. net
A 17-year-old Sandy Springs man is
accused of leading local authorities on
a wild chase through town and around
the courthouse square
in a brand-new stolen
vehicle on June 30.
Deputies began
pursuing Eldridge
Washington, 17, of
Sandy Springs, on 1-75
south at about 9:20
p.m. on June 30. That’s
when Deputy Jarred
Duncan of the Monroe
County Sheriffs Office
was alerted to be on
the lookout for a black 2017 Ford Fusion
failing to maintain its lane on 1-75 South
near mile marker 189. Here’s what
happened next according to the report.:
Duncan saw other drivers blowing their
horns and pointing at. the Fusion before
he caught, up to it. Duncan then saw
Washington almost, hit. a truck while
exiting 1-75 at. Exit. 188. When the chase
reached the bottom of the exit, ramp,
Washington ran off the road to avoid hit
ting a stopped vehicle. Washington then
continued down an embankment, and onto
Collier Road. Washington continued on
Hwy. 42 North headed toward Forsyth
see CHASE page 6A
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