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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008
PUBLIC FORUM HELD ON LULA BRIDGE
Lula residents and city and county officials turned out on Tuesday at Lula
Elementary School for the public information open house meeting on the pro
posed bridge replacement and road re-alignment of State Route 52 over the
Chattahoochee River in Lula. The open house was hosted by the Georgia De
partment of Transportation. Shown here are: (L to R): Neal Kantner, Georgia
Department of Transportation; Milton Turner, Lula Mayor; Steve Gailey, Hall
County Commissioner; Brandon Bailey, Heath & Lineback Engineers Inc.; and
Evelyn Black, Hwy. 52 resident. Black said the project would cause her son to
have to move. Photo by Sharon Hogan
DOT seeks input on Lula bridge project
Woman killed in Nov. 26 wreck
A woman was killed in a wreck Nov. 26 on
1-85 in Banks County but she has not been
positively identified yet.
Plum Smith Jr., Stockbridge, was driving
a tractor trailer on 1-85 when he attempted
to change lanes and lost control, according
to the incident report filed with the Georgia
State Patrol. He struck a cable barrier and
then traveled up an embankment where he
struck several trees and overturned.
A woman, identified by the driver as Mi
chelle Ford, was killed in the accident, ac
cording to Banks County Sheriff Charles
Chapman. Chapman said her body is at the
crime lab in Atlanta and the investigation is
continuing.
MVP continued from page 1A
on Nov. 17 that 20 to 30 males were in the park
ing lot fighting around 2:15 to 2:20 a.m. and shots
were fired.”
Bryant said he responded to the incident and it
was later determined that a gun was tossed out the
window of a car and went off.
Bryant said when he went inside the building
that night to talk with Jun, he found about 15
people still inside. This is a violation because the
ordinance states no alcohol is to be served after
midnight.
Bryant said he also found advertisements on the
wall advertising parties from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on
Mondays through Saturdays. The advertisements
indicated people attending could bring their own
botde of alcohol to be consumed after midnight.
Bryant said he understood after talking with Jun
that night that he had the establishment leased out
to a promoter providing rap music at these parties.
Cain asked Bryant if he saw any alcoholic bever
ages other than beer when he entered the establish
ment. Bryant said he did not see anything other
than beer.
Barefoot asked Bryant if he observed any money
being exchanged for beer. Bryant said he did not.
Cain asked if the sheriffs office had received any
calls to MVP prior to this night and Bryant said
they had not.
Jun said he has cancelled all the contracts with
the rap promoter and has changed his hours back
to his restaurant hours.
Jun said, “I am sorry to bring all of you here.”
The promoter told Jun he had done this before
and Jun said he called the previous business owner
and they said it was O.K.
“I did not know this was illegal,” Jun said.
Jun said he has put in some pool tables and he
wants to make the MVP Cafe a family cafe.
Some 36 people attended an
open house Tuesday night held
by the Georgia Department of
Transportation to seek input on
a bridge project in Lula.
The plans call for replacing
the bridge over State Route 52
in Lula and straightening the
road. The bridge is being moved
upstream and a new section of
State Route 52 will be built to
cut out the curves and hills in
the current roadway. The new
bridge will be 1,000 feet long
and will have shoulders.
“The current bridge was built
in 1955 and has no shoulders
so if you break down there is
no way to get out of the lanes
of traffic,” said DOT spokes
man Teri Pope.
Pope said the most frequent
comment the DOT gets is how
soon the project can begin.
“That is a difficult question,”
Pope said. “With our budget
crisis, we are going through a
prioritization process on every
DOT project, including this
project. That should be com-
Planners recommend
auction house approval
Table request for acupuncture business
BY ANGELA GARY
The Banks County Planning
Commission recommended ap
proval Tuesday night for a con
ditional use permit for an auction
house to locate at Banks Cross
ing. The planners also tabled
action on acupuncture clinic to
locate at Banks Crossing.
The request from Commerce
Crossing, located at Pottery
Factory Drive, is for an auction
house to be located in one of the
stores at the shopping center.
The planners unanimously rec
ommended approval.
The Banks County Board of
Commissioners will take action
on the request when it meets at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the new
courthouse annex, located at 150
Hudson Ridge.
At Tuesday's planning com
mission meeting, it was reported
that the auction house would
locate at 320 Pottery Factory
Drive in the space formerly oc
cupied by Furniture Liquidators.
Auctions would be held once or
twice a month.
“We're trying to bring busi
ness into the Banks Crossing
area,” said Alicia Andrews, man
ager for Commerce Crossing.
The planners tabled a request
from Kyonng Burgos to locate
an acupuncture clinic at a new
shopping center on Hwy. 441 at
Banks Crossing. The request for
a conditional use permit for the
business was tabled until more
details are provided in the let
ter of intent. Planners said the
paperwork submitted was “too
vague.”
In other business at the meet
ing Tuesday night, the planners
recommended approval for a
request from Billy Poole for a
variance for setbacks for poultry
houses for newly drawn property
lines at 455 Damascus Road.
Generous Hearts seek sponsors
Generous Hearts is seeking sponsors for the 220 children the or
ganization hopes to provide Christmas gifts for.
Anyone interested in participating is asked to call Generous
Hearts director Robin Trotter at 706-677-1303. Donations may also
be sent to: Generous Hearts, P.O. Box 452, Homer, Ga., 30547.
Kfispy Kxeme continued from page 1A
tool, was able to pry open the door of a
small-type filing cabinet and remove approxi
mately $1,200 in cash. Also, the subject pried
two cash register drawers open and removed
approximately $200 in cash from the two
drawers.
The building does have an alarm system,
but it was not activated at the time of the bur
glary, Chapman said.
“It appears that once the subject was inside
the building they went directly to where the
money was at,” Chapman said.
If anyone has any information which could
help in the investigation they are asked to
contact the Banks County Sheriff's Office
Criminal Investigations at 706-677-3133.
Christmas events continued from page 1A
pleted shortly after the new
year and, at that time, we will
have a time line for the proj
ect.”
The current cost estimates
are $4 million for right of way
acquisition and $12 million for
construction.
The plans for the project
are up on the DOT website —
www.dot.ga.gov. The plans can
be accessed by choosing “infor
mation center” and then choos
ing “public outreach” and then
choosing Hall County.
Baldwin to
hold hearing
on millage rate
The Baldwin City Coun
cil will hold a public hear
ing on the millage rate
at 6:30 p.m. on Monday,
Dec. 29, at city hall.
The regular Baldwin
City Council meeting will
follow at 7 p.m.
fighting event will be held on
Saturday, Dec. 6, at 6:30 p.m. at
the Roadside Park on Hwy. 441.
Hot dogs, roasted marshmallows
and hot chocolate will be pro
vided.
FORT HOLLINGSWORTH
Fort Hollingsworth-White
House will hold a holiday event
on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
Admission will be $5, adults;
$2, students; and free for under
age 6.
Plans call for tours of the fort
and grounds, old fashion decora
tions, music and stories from yes
teryear, hot cider and teacakes.
The address is 2307 Wynn
Lake Rd., Alto. Directions
from Cornelia are: South on
441 to Hollingsworth (watch
for sign). Directions from 1-85
are: North on 441 - (watch
for sign).
For more information, visit:
www.forthollingsworth-white-
house.com.
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