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Man charged with forgery Found with counterfeit Social Security cards CUMMING, Ga. — A man pulled over for a routine traffic stop was in possession of fake Social Security cards, according to a Forsyth County Sheriff’s incident report. Deputies pulled over Noe Hernandez-Mendez, 28, of Cumming, by the intersection of Settingdown Road and Church Road. Hernandez handed deputies an invalid Washington state driver’s license. After getting permission to search him, deputies found a
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Karen Carroll, program director for Mentor Me-North Georgia, holds a mentor group outing poster.
Mentor Me inspires local youth Karen Carroll oversees mentoring program for children By JADE RODGERS jade@northfulton.com CUMMING, Ga. — There is an age-old adage that “time is fleeting,” but the mentors of Mentor Me North Georgia are in the business of making memories that will last for a lifetime. Mentor Me was established in 2002 as a nonprofit Leadership Forsyth class project and became Mentor Me North
Georgia in 2008. Implementing a careful screening process, Mentor Me matches kids, ages 6-17, with a responsible adult who will serve as their mentor and friend. Karen Carroll perches at the helm of this incredible project as the program director of Mentor Me. Part of the matching process for mentors and kids includes coordinating location and interests of the subjects matched. Car-
roll endeavors to ensure that matched volunteers and kids have a long and healthy pairing through Mentor Me. “We like to show the kids new things and provide positive guidance. We want to make sure personalities are going to mesh,” Carroll said. Throughout the nonprofit’s years of service in Forsyth County, hundreds of children
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bottle of eye drops, a lighter and a pair of women’s panties in his vest pocket. Deputies also found two Social Security cards in the Hernandezcenter console Mendez of the car. The man said they belonged to his friends. The numbers were not on file and were determined to be fakes. Hernandez was charged with forgery, a felony, and driving without a valid license, a misdemeanor. He was taken to Forsyth County Detention Center.
Forsyth County voters meet the candidates By ALDO NAHED aldo@forsythherald.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County’s qualifying period was earlier this month, so we asked candidates wishing to run in the May 20 primary and Nov. 4 general elections to introduce themselves to our readers. No Democrats qualified in local elections, so races will be decided by voters before the general election. This week, we will introduce candidates for District 27 in the Georgia Senate; incum-
bent Jack Murphy faces Jack Schiff, Lauren McDonald and Michael Williams. In the District 24 Georgia House race, Rep. Mark Hamilton will face Sheri Gilligan. District 3 County Commissioner Todd Levent, who represents southwest portions of the county, faces challenger David Hole. In District 1, covering most of Cumming and western parts of the county, Commissioner Pete Amos is running unopposed.
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