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PACE 2A 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. c_ o Happy 50th Birthday! 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