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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A woman life’s was saved March 8 by a Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputy who knew what to do thanks to training he received earlier this year.
Deputy William Miller and his partner responded to a local hotel for a welfare check on a woman after being contacted by one of her family mem-bers. Due to circumstances found on scene, deputies entered the hotel room with the hotel manager’s assistance. In the room, they located an unresponsive woman in her 30s who did not initially appear to be breathing. They began ad-ministering aid and found a very faint pulse with the woman occasionally gasping for air. A police report showed a “used syringe laying on the nightstand, and a suicde letter laying next to her on the bed.”
Miller recognized the signs of a heroin overdose after recently attending training earlier this year, where he was issued Naloxone, a drug that count-ers the effects of heroin and can save lives during overdoses. Miller quickly administered the Naloxone, commonly referred to as Narcan, to the woman,
who began to breathe more steadily and show signs of responding. Medical per-sonnel arrived on scene and she was trans-ported to a hospital where she is receiving treatment.
“I’m ex-tremely proud of our deputies and the actions they took that night,” said Sheriff Duane Piper. “We’re going to con-tinue raising awareness of the dangers of all drugs, but heroin in particular. We will also continue to arrest people that sell or possess the drugs.”
This is the first time the FCSO has utilized Narcan since obtaining it recently. The FCSO is aiming to get Narcan to all deputies, but right now they’re staging it so someone on every
shift has it. In addition to Narcan, the FCSO
wanted to remind everyone about Georgia’s Medical Amnesty Law which allows people to call 911 if they are with someone who may be overdosing, without fear of being arrested. The law was passed to help reduce the number of lives being lost due to overdoses.
First life saved using overdose reversal drug
Sheriff Duane Piper, right, thanks Deputy William Miller for saving a Forsyth County woman’s life.
Identity fraud suspect arrested 7 years laterALPHARETTA, Ga. — A suspect believed to be involved in a case of identity fraud from 2009 was arrested by Alpharetta police March 10 after her paper trail caught up with her.
When the woman, Shanika Hicks, was arrested in Rockdale County, her
name also popped up on a 2009 arrest warrant for identity theft in Alpharetta.
Hicks is the main suspect behind a case seven years ago, when a woman contacted the police about three false charges on her credit card. The woman reported June 13, 2009, purchases with a wireless service company total-ing over $200 that she hadn’t made.
In an incident earlier that day, the victim had a problem with the card’s magnetic strip and the cashier had to copy the card.
Apparently, the cashier, Hicks, had copied down the number which was
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CORRECTIONIn the March 17 issue, the article concern-
ing Roswell Mayor Jere Wood’s lawsuit that would force him to leave office should have stated appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court was filed by the plaintiff in the case Michael Litten. Litten’s attorney John Monroe filed the appeal of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig L. Schwall’s decision to grant Wood a 6-month postponement for evidentiary discov-ery. Monroe held that a case such as this final rulings must be issued within 30 days. The lawsuit stems from a change to the Roswell City Charter limiting the mayor to three con-secutive terms. The change did not state that Wood’s prior terms would not be considered in determining his qualifications. But Wood holds that the intent of the change was from the time of adoption going forward.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – For about as far back as anyone can remember, the gavel has come down at the stroke of 7:30 p.m. every other Monday for Al-pharetta’s City Council.
But that’s about to change.Beginning April 4, councilmen will
assemble an hour earlier in the hopes of avoiding the fatigue of near-midnight adjournments, which are common on heavy agenda nights.
“Quality of life is huge,” said Coun-cilman Van Merkel, who introduced the resolution. “Some of us don’t get a chance to see family after work before coming here at 7:30.”
Merkel said his research showed that City Council meetings were pushed back sometime in the late ’70s or early ’80s to accommodate baseball coaches. It was also a time, he added, when
most council members worked out of town and had to negotiate traffic to make meetings on time.
“If you take an hour out of this time frame, with these meetings getting pushed back to 10-10:30-11:00, the work of this city has become greater and greater in the time frame we have to get that done,” Merkel said.
Few people have attended more Alpharetta City Council meetings over the past two decades than resident Don Nahser, who is such a fixture that he was awarded his own chair last year.
Nahser spoke against the resolution, arguing that city officials were poten-tially shutting out a large number of residents who commute from Atlanta. He said, while most city councilmen worked in or near Alpharetta, many residents affected by their decisions did not.
City Attorney Sam Thomas, who has served since 1985 and may be the
only challenger to Nahser’s attendance record, said before Monday’s meeting that he could not remember a time when the meetings weren’t held at 7:30. He said back in the 1980s everybody worked out of town, and the start time gave everyone ample opportunity to attend meetings.
The discussion among council mem-bers was unanimous, with the excep-tion of Councilman Mike Kennedy, who argued instead for a 7 p.m. start as a compromise.
But Merkel said he had spoken with city administrators and was assured that if the council were to consider items that were certain to draw greater resident participation, those discus-sions could be scheduled later in the agenda.
“We can do away with a lot of busi-ness from 6:30 to 7:30 that doesn’t re-quire necessarily a lot of public input,” Merkel said.
Alpharetta moves council meetings to 7pm
GDOT’s Promise: Old Alabama paving finished by Christmas
By HATCHER [email protected] JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Johns Creek residents battling the traffic logjam at Old Alabama and Medlock Bridge roads got some good news from the Georgia Department of Transporta-tion last week when it announced the project will be finished by the end of 2016.
Meanwhile, the apparent holdup on work at Old Alabama has been settled and is proceeding.
The $3.6 million project turned into about a $4 million project when the project contractor, C.W. Mathis, hit some “bad soil” that caused work at the intersection to come to a halt.
Although it is not a city project – it is funded by federal
and state GDOT money – Johns Creek Public Works Director Tom Black is familiar with the situation and the bureaucracy when such problems arise.
When the substructure was found to be so mixed with water as to make further work unsound, the first order of business was to find how large a patch of bad soil there was, Black said.
“Once you have defined the problem, there is a negotiation for the cost of correcting the problem. Then it has to go up the chain to get approval, and since there are federal dollars and state money, that takes time. Then the numbers are rechecked coming back down the chain.”
To correct the problem, the roadbed will be hollowed out by about 5 feet and filled first with a moisture barrier to keep water out, then with 1 foot of large stones on the base. Smaller stones are then spread over the larger stones to infill and create more stability.
Finally, a third layer of still smaller-grade aggregate base is laid over the roadbed to provide an even more solid road-bed.
“This seals off the roadbed and prevents moisture from getting back in,” Black said. “The intersection had been patched and patched again for years. This should hold up for a long time to come.”
The original finish date had been put back to around May 1, 2017. The Johns Creek City Council explored the idea of paying for an “expedited” finish by Sept. 1 of this year but balked at the C.W. Mathis price of $320,000.
Now it appears the city will get the project finished five months sooner at no cost to the city. But Black said the rea-son is the project should be on the downhill side of comple-tion.
“Mathis has the incentive that if it can finish sooner, it can bid that crew on another project. There is no telling how many crews were broken up during the recession when there was nothing to do,” Black said.
Apparent inaction on job dueto substructure problems
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ROSWELL, Ga. – Roswell officials have taken their first look at funding major capital improvements for the coming fiscal year.
What they found was a low till for a wish list of more than three dozen projects waiting to begin.
Drawing from surveys of residents and from their own preferences, city leaders have developed a list of nine top projects that carry a price tag of some $87 million over the next five years — far more expensive than anything the city can afford without raising taxes, floating a bond or finding some other funding source.
The task at a special City Council work session held last week was how to pare the list into something manage-able without adding taxes.
Mayor Jere Wood said the city should not lose sight of the fact that there are other capital projects that are already underway that require funding for completion. He said it’s crazy not to finish a project that is 75 percent completed.
“The mayor’s budget is going to include projects that need finished,” he said. “Whether they make the final cut is another matter.”
One of the nine proposed projects, the City Green, carries a price tag of $5 million. The City Green would include a pedestrian connectivity between the city’s municipal complex, the heart of
Roswell Park, Canton Street and nearby residential and commercial areas in the historic district.
The city classifies capital projects into two categories: one-time expenses, such as intersection improvements or new traffic lights; and recurring expenses, such as road resurfacing or vehicle replacement.
Recurring capital projects are paid for from annual revenues, such as property taxes or sales tax collections. One-time capital expenses are paid for from surplus money carried over from the prior year, usually somewhere in the neighborhood of $2-$4 million.
It is now up to the mayor to prepare a budget that includes some of these capital expenses, then forward his rec-ommendations to the City Council for adoption later this spring.
Finance director Keith Lee said the project list shows what the city and its residents want to be done. However, it will be up to city leaders to determine which ones to pursue with the available funding, he said.
If the city were to pursue all nine projects over the next five years, the price tag would come to about $6 million in 2017, another $11 million in 2018, $15 million in 2019, $30 million in 2020 and $25 million in 2021.
“That’s the total of the cost we’d incur if we pursued their top nine projects,” Lee said. “It was an exercise in identifying what our priorities are and how we can eventually pay for them.”
Roswell studies capital improvements for 2017
Roswell’s top 9 one-time capital projects wish listHere’s a look at top projects the city is considering for funding over the next five years. The list was created through surveys from residents and members of the City Council.
• GIS Strategic Plan $415,800• Historic Gateway $16 million• Ga. 9 Chattahoochee Bridge and pedestrian improvement $500,000• Big Creek Parkway $55 million• City Green Phase 1a $5 million• Personal protective equipment replacement $192,000• Future property acquisition $10 million• Waller Creek Trail $125,000• Fire station engine bay safety $83,000
*GIS stands for geographical information system.
8 | March 24, 2016 | Alpharetta-Roswell Herald | NorthFulton.com OPINION
If there’s a theme that sets this politi-cal season apart, it’s the voters’ utter dis-dain for most of the people who practice politics. They’re fed up with politicians, they’ve lost faith and confidence in the political elite and they don’t be-lieve that the realm
where politicians ply their craft — gov-ernment — works.
The two presidential contenders who have most channeled this frustration, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, have electrified many voters who want to get this message across. They’ve mo-bilized new voters, people more main-stream politicians haven’t reached. The involvement of more Americans in the political system, though it unsettles the old order, is bracing.
There are many legitimate reasons for these people to be turned off by the political system today. But I’d argue that if you’re hell-bent on shaking up the system, you also need to under-stand it — and understand that certain features are likely to persist no matter how hard you try to change them.
The first is that it is very hard to make our representative democracy work. We make progress incrementally, over years if not generations. The first president to press hard for affordable, accessible health care was Harry Tru-
man. It’s taken us that long even to get close — and no one would argue that the work is done.
So you have to approach poli-tics with great patience. Our system discourages the rush to judgment. It puts a premium on including as many voices as possible, which takes time in a complicated country. The process is inevitably slow, noisy and messy, the results fully satisfy no one, and more often than not the best we can do is to muddle through.
Which is why in our system, there’s rarely a sense of completion. The work — on health care, taxes, the environ-ment, you name it — is never done. Nothing is ever finally settled. There is no ultimate solution.
Many people are also turned off by what lies at the center of our system: dealmaking. This involves a clash of ideas in the public arena, compromise and negotiation, which make a lot of Americans uneasy. Yet it’s how we resolve our differences — and has been since the first day of the United States’ existence.
So politicians who insist on purity impede solutions. There ought to be a healthy tension between idealism and realism, but we have to find a prag-matic way to combine them. We have to consider different points of view, the intense involvement of special interest groups, and in many cases the robust interest shown by ordinary citizens.
This makes it challenging to come to an agreement on complicated issues,
but it’s necessary to keep the country from coming apart.
Congress in recent years has reached new levels of polarization and failure to address the major issues of the day. In public meetings, I often encounter a yearning for leadership to solve all our problems, usually along the lines of, “Where are the Abe Lin-colns of our day?” Sadly, it’s a false hope.
Our problems are made by us and have to be resolved by us. Abraham Lincoln’s not around anymore.
We cannot look to government to solve all our problems. Indeed, we live in an era in which government faces more and more problems it cannot effectively deal with.
Increasingly, citizens have to step forward and fill the void that gov-ernment leaves. The relevance of the citizen increases every day as power is more diffuse. Technology empowers individuals, and social media allows more citizens to express their views, vent their frustrations and mobilize
organizations.We may well be moving into the
century of the citizen. I think of the woman who got rail-crossing signals fitted out at dangerous intersections in Indiana after her daughter was killed at a rail crossing with no signals. Or of my neighbor, who helped build a movement to press for accurate labeling of food ingredients because he was diabetic and had no way of knowing the sugar content of goods.
Our communities and lives are better because of citizen action. Indeed, unless citizens boost their involvement and contributions, many of our prob-lems will not be solved.
Lee Hamilton is a senior advisor for the Indiana University Center on Repre-sentative Government; a distinguished scholar, IU School of Global and International Studies; and a professor of practice, IU School of Public and En-vironmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.
HAMILTON LEESenior Advisor for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government
Before you reject ‘the system,’ understand itGUEST COLUMNIST:
Our system discourages the rush to judgment … The process is inevitably slow, noisy and messy, the results fully satisfy no one, and more often than not the best we can do is to muddle through.
Ah, spring.The weather is
getting nicer, the flowers are blooming (and wreaking havoc on my sinuses) and we are getting closer to my favorite time of the year. And, no, I don’t mean my birthday, although that is another plus to spring.
What I’m talking about is March Madness.
As a born and bred, live, breathe and die Kentucky basketball fan, my time, energy and superstitious mojo
are spent watching and following game after game.
I love filling out brackets and I love hearing about underdogs beating top-seeded teams – as long as it’s not Kentucky.
March truly is the most wonderful time of the year if you’re a basketball fan, competitive or just like betting on sports.
Of course, if my team loses, my excitement dies down a little. But I’m still curious to see who will win it all and take home the trophy and bragging rights.
It’s too sad this year was not our year. However, we will continue enjoy-ing our eight national championships.
This year is especially sweet since our in-state rival, the University of Louisville, has taken themselves out of the tournament. As the kids say, “Bye Felicia.”
This time of year is my Super Bowl, World Series and Olympics all rolled into one.
Not only do I love the sport and watching the games, I love the way this time of year brings us all together. Granted, sometimes we are all united only so we can root against one an-other. But usually we are all rooting for something and following something together.
It’s a time for us to set aside our religious and political affiliations and
come together to watch groups of men, much younger and far more athletic than us, throw a ball around a court. And get really worked up about it.
With all the nonsense and fighting surrounding who will run our country next year, it’s nice to sit back for a few weeks and focus on something that honestly isn’t that important – unless, of course, you’re my dad or brother.
But in all seriousness, March Mad-ness gives us games to look forward to, things to talk about at work that aren’t controversial, and periods of time to get together and mindlessly watch a game or two.
So, without March Madness, I think we’d all go … mad.
Spring, that most wonderful time of the year
KATHLEEN [email protected]
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The party must expand, they said. The party must reach out and be more inclusive, they
said. Four years later, the GOP looks like one of those western movie wagon trains circled up with hostile Indians (excuse me, indigenous people) riding around and around them.
Here we are four years later, and it is politics as usual. I received an email from Sen. Johnny Isakson, one of my favorite Georgia politicians. He was a Republican when it was an uphill battle in this state.
I thought him a reasonable con-servative who spoke for the little guy. When he ran for the Senate, his sign was in my yard.
Yesterday, an email to me laid out his reasons for refusing to consider any Supreme Court nomination made by the current president. He said it should be done after a new president was sworn in so that the “will of the people” could be carried out.
I emailed him back my reply, but I am realistic enough to doubt his staff will pass it along to him to read person-ally. So I am sharing it with my readers who may:
Johnny,The Constitution is clear about the
process for choosing a Supreme Court justice. It makes no mention of the “will of the people,” as they are voting for a president, not a Supreme Court justice.
It is sad that the presidential ap-pointments appear to be made with an eye to packing the court with like-minded jurists, to make a philosophical ally of the court for whatever political wing has the power. Each party has been guilty of it and justifies it with an appeal “to the greater good.”
The genius of the founding fathers was to create a third branch of govern-ment in what my 11th-grade history teacher Mr. Hunt told me was the “balance of power” among the adminis-trative, legislative and judicial branches of government.
The late Supreme Court Justice An-tonin Scalia would, I think, be scandal-ized at such a nakedly partisan effort
being infused into the selection of his replacement that clearly contravenes the founding fathers’ intentions.
Scalia made Supreme Court history by introducing the concept of “original-ism” into the Supreme Court’s decision-making. Originalism is Scalia’s term for weighing the constitutionality of laws by the measure of what exactly the founding fathers intend.
In 1789, their intention in creating the Supreme Court was not to make it a political ally for a president or for Congress, the court being a body that would be beyond the control of voters.
Quite the opposite, it was intended to be a council of the best jurists in the land to act as a check and balance between the other two seats of govern-ment. Or so Mr. Hunt told me.
It was wrong of Vice President Joe Biden to suggest the same such thing then, when the choice was for a lame-duck Republican president, and it is wrong to suggest it now.
The temptation has always been there. For example, it was wrong for President Franklin Roosevelt to try to pack the Supreme Court by adding more judges to try to get more of his New Deal measures past Supreme Court scrutiny in the 1930s. FDR’s motives were pure; they just weren’t constitutional.
Bad government is bad government, especially since it allows the other side the same loophole when the tables – as invariably happens – are turned.
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It is crass Washington politics at its worst and goes to the root cause of the growing disgust by the public for our government’s institutions today.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Alpharetta took another step Monday to open its roads up to bicycle traffic by approving a con-tract for three bike rental stations.
Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard said the measure is part of an ongoing effort by the city to pro-mote bicycle traffic from the Alpharetta Greenway to major points within the city, such as Avalon and the new City Center.
“A person may decide he or she wants to bike the greenway instead of walk, but they don’t want to lug a bicy-cle all the way there to do it,” Drinkard said.
Alpharetta agreed to pay $21,840 for a one-year contract with Zagster to implement and maintain the program. The three sites follow the Big Creek Greenway with stations at North Point, Rock Mill Park and the Alpharetta YMCA.
Smyrna became the first metro city to implement a bike share program last September. The city, which also tapped Zagster to run its program, has three rental stations with four bikes each. It paid $32,960 for implementation and
one year’s maintenance on the pro-gram.
Smyrna spokeswoman Jennifer Bennett said the city plans to bring on a fourth station soon along Con-cord Road, and because ridership has proven robust, city leaders are consid-ering proposing a fifth station.
Since the Smyrna program launched Sept. 12, the bike share pro-gram has logged 1,526 trips to date and has 831 active members.
“Those stats are just off three stations and 16 bikes,” Bennett said, adding that she expects the numbers to increase as the weather warms up and more stations are added. As things develop in the downtown, she said, there may be other businesses that want to add their own bike station independent of the city’s sta-tions.
Smyrna Councilwoman Teri Anule-wicz, who helped spearhead the drive, said one of the reasons she supported the program is because the city had put a lot of money and work into its infra-structure for bicyclist and pedestrian traffic, especially with multipurpose trails.
“One thing that was important to me in working with the vendor is I
didn’t want the city to have to own or maintain the bicycles,” she said. “So it’s nice to have this partnership where we don’t own the bikes. We don’t have to hire someone to manage it.”
Alpharetta Parks and Recreation Di-rector Mike Perry told the City Council Monday that the original vision was to begin the program at City Center and run the route to Avalon, but develop-ment along the Thompson Street corri-dor has delayed that plan.
Councilman Dan Merkel wanted to clarify, and Perry confirmed, that be-cause Zagster will manage the program, the city will not be liable for injuries. However, the city will be responsible for damage or theft of the vehicles.
Perry said rates for the rentals have yet to be set, but he anticipates a simi-lar setup as that established in Smyrna where the first four hours are free and each subsequent hour is $5 up to $40 per ride.
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NorthFulton.com | Alpharetta-Roswell Herald | March 24, 2016 | 11SCHOOLS
By CANDY [email protected]
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Fulton County School Board has named Jeff Rose, current superintendent of the Beaverton School District in Oregon, as the sole finalist for the district’s next superintendent.
Following a 14-day comment period ending March 31, Rose is expected to sign a three-year contract with Fulton Schools to begin June 1.
Rose, 43, has been the superinten-dent for Oregon’s third-largest school district for the past five years, following a three-year stint as the head of the Canby (Oregon) School District.
“I am honored to join Fulton County Schools,” said Rose, during a March 17 news conference announcing his hire. “I will be committed to serve and lead in a manner that builds on the past suc-cess, trust and forward trajectory that this district has shaped.”
He noted that, as a father of two young children, the choice to come to
Fulton Schools was more than a profes-sional one.
“As a husband and father of two children, the schools and com-munity will be a great benefit for my family,” said Rose. He and his wife, Lisa, have a 12-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son who will attend Fulton schools.
Fulton School Board President Linda McCain said Rose meets the criteria established by the board, and matches what constituents want in a superintendent, based on a recent survey.
Those attributes include a back-ground in education, leadership and communication skills, and integrity.
“This job requires a skill set often found among the top CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and the board has been diligent in making this choice,” said McCain. “We are confident we have the right new leader to help us continue to close our achievement gap and build on our current strengths.”
Rose has a doctorate in educational leadership and a master’s degree in
teacher dducation from Lewis & Clark College in Oregon and a bachelor’s de-gree in education from California State University, Long Beach.
Over an education tenure span-ning two decades, Rose has also been an educational assistant, classroom teacher, principal and director of school improvement in Oregon schools.
The Beaverton School District is located in the suburbs of Portland, and has 41,000 students in its 51 schools – about half the size of Fulton Schools. McCain noted the districts share simi-larities, including a diverse population and high student achievement.
The selection of Rose also garnered a nod of approval from former Fulton superintendent Robert Avossa.
Both are members of the Large Countywide and Suburban District Consortium made up of 20 school districts from 11 states, ranked among the most successful school systems, according to the Education Counsel and The School Superintendents Asso-ciation.
“It is clear he has a deep passion for ensuring all kids learn and reach their full potential,” said Avossa, the cur-rent superintendent of the Palm Beach County (Florida) School System. “He
has found a way to support traditional educational values while being inno-vative and strategic. Fulton County Schools has an optimistic future with Dr. Rose.”
Gwinnett School System Superin-tendent Alvin Wilbanks also lauded the choice of Rose for Fulton Schools, noting “I have known Jeff Rose for sev-eral years … and I consider him to be a deep and strategic thinker. He has the knowledge base, skill set, and talent pool needed to be a successful superin-tendent.”
The board had previously selected Philip Lanoue, superintendent of Clarke County Schools, as the sole finalist. He withdrew his name after controversy erupted over his handling of an inci-dent in his school system.
Rose has been considered in the initial search, but withdrew his name prior to the board’s decision to hire Lanoue.
According to school officials, Rose was “persuaded” to re-enter consider-ation after Lanoue withdrew.
His annual base salary from Fulton Schools will be $295,000. His base salary in Beaverton was $200,000 annually, making him the second-high-est-paid superintendent in Oregon.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — By the year 2022, high school students in Fulton County could opt to attend one of two cam-puses focused on science, technology, engineering and math that will send them on a career pathway to high-de-mand, high-paying jobs in information technology, health care sciences and engineering.
One of those STEM-focused cam-puses is slated for Milton Center, the old Milton High School, in downtown Alpharetta, with a second location in South Fulton. Both campuses are included in the district’s Capital Pro-grams plan for 2017-2022, although no firm timelines have been set.
Building the schools may also hinge on the fate of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Voters will be asked to renew the one-cent tax for another five-year term on May 24 to fund the capital plan.
During a recent presentation to the Fulton County Board of Education, Yalanda Bell, executive director of Ca-reer and Technical Education, outlined the need for STEM-focused schools, and the research that went into the conceptual plan for the curriculum.
The goal, Bell noted, was to offer students a “relevant and applicable curriculum so that they leave our dis-trict with college and work-ready skills they can instantly” use.
The focus was on three aspects for success: partnerships with business and industry, workforce trends data and student interest.
To nail down the fields where de-mand for workers is high and supply is low, the North Fulton Chamber of Commerce assisted in providing work-force trends in Fulton County. The data shows the county has robust opportu-nities in health care sciences, primarily nursing, engineering and information technology.
Data from recent ACT reports also showed high student interests in these fields.
“It was amazing how many students were actually interested in health care science and engineering as a part of the STEM concept,” said Bell. “While
we know there is a workforce shortage in technology and health care, we also know our students are especially inter-ested in [these fields].”
The STEM-focused campuses will provide students a curriculum allowing students to transition directly into the workforce, receive industry certification credentials, and/or obtain college credit while still in high school.
Students can also make informed decisions on their potential salary.
For example, a student who grad-uates from high school as a certified nursing assistant can earn $31,000, said Bell. But that student can double his or her salary with a two-year degree as a registered nurse, or more than triple that with a four-year degree as a nurse practitioner.
Students will take all required core academic courses while participating in the STEM curriculum. Courses will include biotechnology, nursing, pre-
STEM campus eyed for old Milton HSProgram will focus on health care, technology and engineering
Conceptual site plans for Milton Center.
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med, megatronics, robotics, information technology, networking and computer programming.
The concept of STEM-focused campuses garnered unanimous support from the board, which has been pushing for school choice options for years.
“I think this is one our best programs and a great vision for our schools,” said Linda Bryant of South Fulton.
For years, the state has pushed a college prep curriculum which did not fit the vast numbers of students who graduate from high school and go straight to work.
“Look at where we are now - we’ve done a 180, and the state and Fulton County have finally come up to the real world,” said board member Gail Dean of Sandy Springs/South Fulton.
For school board member Katie Reeves of Alpharetta, the Milton STEM school would help alleviate overcrowding at other area high schools, many of which are bursting at the seams.
“Our high schools continue to attract families who want to have their children in high-performing high schools,” said Reeves. “I am very concerned about the stress on our high school capacity and I will be very anxious to find out how soon we are able to break ground on the STEM campus.
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If the medical discipline of brain health or psychi-atric disorders is misunderstood, depression is the stepchild borne of stigma. Depression, also known as major depressive disorder, is a disease of the brain that carries a physical burden on
the patient worse than a heart attack. There are two schools of thought re-garding the origins of depression. The first is the old (and I mean old) psy-choanalytic model that defines depres-sion as “anger toward others turned inward.” The second approach uses the approach that MDD is a medical illness caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
As a physician, I personally and clinically throw out the psychoanalytic model. The chemical imbalance model is based on targeted, modern, medical science, including data from neuro-im-aging trials.
The NIH, universities and even pharmaceutical companies have been collecting DNA samples from patient volunteers with various psychiatric diseases for the past 15-plus years. Ex-perts across the board believe that the focus of future research and obtaining a deeper understanding of depression includes identifying the specific genetic predisposition to this illness. Some even think it may be a constellation of genes.
A recent study published in Nature showed that adding a diabetes medi-cation to an antidepressant protected the telomeres (the caps on the end of chromosomes, our DNA). By protecting the structural integrity of the telomeres this treatment combination provided a better quality of life than outcomes for patients given an antidepressant plus a placebo.
While cognitive behavioral therapy has value in a comprehensive treat-ment protocol, first-line treatment must include addressing depression as a root cause of functional impairment. For that reason, the genetic-chemical-be-havioral paradigm is the most effective way to address brain illnesses such as depression.
Genetics! What a profound concept and segue to start the discussion on de-stigmatization of brain health. Psy-chiatric illnesses such as anxiety and depression clearly run in families. Some
families are open and talk about the disease, encouraging their loved ones to get help, while other families pretend it does not exist. If hypertension or high cholesterol runs in the family, everyone is off to find a specialist after discus-sions at the family reunion.
People are happy to discuss their current LDL numbers or dosage of Lipitor, but no one is willing to discuss their Prozac prescription.
How do we get the world to see psychiatric illnesses for what they are — medical conditions? How do we talk openly about anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar and schizophrenia? Hopefully medical science has started the change in perceptions. The research on genetics, new approaches to treat-ment, new medications and new tech-nologies have all helped us to better understand the etiology of psychiatric disease.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A man and a woman overturned their canoe and were trapped on shoals near Jones Bridge Park on March 15. The Johns Creek Fire Department’s (JCFD) Swift Water Rescue Unit responded with its new high-powered rescue boat. The boat, which has a 200hp jet drive mo-tor, powered its way upstream from the Jones Bridge Road ramp and rescued the couple.
“A lot of people tend to underesti-mate the Chattahoochee River,” said Fire Chief Jeff Hogan. “It doesn’t have a lot of churning rapids, but when the Army Corps of Engineers releases water from Buford Dam, the river picks up a lot of speed and can rise rapidly. Before heading out to the river, we recommend that you check with the Corps about when the water release will occur and when the rise is expected to hit the area of the river you will be visiting.”
During a release, the Chattahoochee can rise as much as 11 feet in minutes. The water can be as cold as 47 degrees, which is low enough to induce hypo-thermia and hamper efforts to swim to shore.
The Army Corps of Engineers re-leases water from Buford Dam during weekday afternoons unless there are unusual downstream water demands or especially heavy rains. In those situa-tions, unscheduled water releases can occur in the morning and on weekends.
The Corps provides notice, but the announcements vary from a few min-utes to a few hours before each release. Release information is available by call-ing 770-945-1466 or listening to radio 1610AM. River users may also view the daily schedule at http://water.sam.usace.army.mil/todaySched.htm for release times (see the Buford column).
JCFD acquired a custom-made res-
cue boat last year. The boat provides sufficient power and versatility to reach and save people more quickly. The boat has only a four inch draft, which allows it to move over most shoals, the gun-nels (sides) of the boat are lower, which makes it easier to enter the boat from the water, and it has a hand-cranked hoist to lift a lightweight stretcher.
JC Swift Water Rescue Unitmakes first 2016 rescue
Before going on the ChattahoocheeFire Chief Jeff Hogan offers these simple precautions before enter-ing the river:• Call ahead to see when Lake
Lanier releases from Buford Dam are scheduled. And call just before entering the river. Be aware of the release time and head for the shore when the release is scheduled. Water level can change in minutes and the water swiftness increases.
• Always wear a flotation device.• Keep an eye on the water level
- note the water level on a solid fixture, such as a bridge support. If the water level has risen, it’s time to get out!
• Just because you’re in a boat, don’t assume you’re safe. People have drowned after their boat struck rocks broadside and overturned.
• Make sure someone knows where you are. If you get into trouble, someone can find you and alert authorities.
• Pay attention to where you are - there are mile-markers along the river. If you have to make an emergency call, you can better inform authorities where to find you.
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The JCFD’s Swift Water Rescue Unit made its first rescue of 2016 after a canoe capsized dumping a couple into the water. This photo is of the team on a train-ing mission in 2015.
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ROSWELL, Ga. — In hopes of lessen-ing the number of abortions in Fulton County, the Pregnancy Aid Clinic pro-vides free services including pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and counseling.
Originally founded in 1984 in Hape-ville, the PAC has grown to include two additional clinics – a mobile RV unit that can travel to women who can’t get to one of the health centers, and the newest location in Roswell at 281 South Atlanta Road. The Roswell clinic, which opened in October, is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Women can schedule a time to come in — or they can just walk in — to the Roswell location to find out if they are pregnant. Then they can choose to have an ultrasound, after which they can talk to one of the staff members, which include client advocates.
“That sonogram about 70 percent of the time changes their hearts and minds,” said Courtney Brown, develop-ment coordinator. “Some women who come in are happy, some are abortion-minded. And we try to present their options.”
The clinic adheres to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, Court-ney Brown said. What that means is PAC does not promote abortion or contraception, though, for engaged or married women, the facility does en-dorse natural family planning.
However, Courtney Brown said the group doesn’t proselytize.
“If they want to talk about spiri-tual things, we’ll do that. But we do not evangelize,” Courtney Brown said. “Other [pregnancy resource clinics] will say they need to come to Christ. We do not do that. If that happens, wonderful. But we are here to save lives. A lot of these women are truly frightened and don’t know what else to do.”
Marla Brown, no relation, was hired in May as executive director to help find a location for, and then open, the Ros-well facility. She oversees about 10 staff members, with roughly 20 volunteers also available to help.
One of the staff members is Gina Phillips, a registered nurse who per-forms the sonograms. She said part of her job is making sure women have all the information necessary to make the best choice possible.
“We let them know what their options are and educate them so they know everything they need to know to make an informed choice,” Phillips said. “We will not refer them to an abortion facility. We explain the abor-tion process and show them videos and explain all the different complications that can occur. And how there are emo-tional issues that can come up, not im-mediately but long term. We want them to know all their choices and what can happen with them.”
Many of the women who come to the clinic have had abortions previously. To better help those clients, a room in the office is dedicated to meetings for a group called Post Abortion Treatment and Healing, which helps women work through the many emotions they may experience after having abortions.
There have been a lot of “saves” this year, Phillips said, which means
women who came in wanting abortions changed their minds after seeing their ultrasounds.
“Once they have their ultrasound and leave, we still follow up with them and can bring them back in for a second ultrasound if they need one,” Phillips said. “We don’t just discharge them and they’re gone. We want to be that positive person for them and let them see they aren’t defined by their past and they can be more.”
Marla Brown said if a client de-cides to continue her pregnancy after the ultrasound, the clinic then offers individual or couple parenting classes. While attending those lessons, clients can earn “baby bucks” to buy items in the boutique attached to the clinic. The boutique is open to the public and all are free to come in and shop.
“We give them the necessities, like diapers,” Marla Brown said. “We have a car seat training class and, if they come to the class, they get a free car seat.”
The goal is to support the soon-to-be mothers, she said.
“Not only throughout the nine months of their pregnancy, but also throughout the whole first year after-wards as well,” Marla Brown said. “We won’t support them financially, but we do put them in touch with the right resources. Whether it’s Medicaid or get-ting in touch with housing if they need it, counseling, whatever it is they need, we have a large network of connections that we can help make that happen. That includes adoption if they want to put the baby up for adoption.”
Roswell clinic serving pregnant womenOffers alternativesto abortion
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The clinic is funded fully from private donations. Marla Brown said they do receive two grants, but both are from individual donors.
Last year alone, those donations made it possible for PAC to “save over 200 babies,” Marla Brown said.
“We are very proud of that,” she
said. “These women we see are in a crisis situation. We try to meet them at the stage they’re at. So many of these women do not have positive role models in their lives.”
Either their mothers have had abortions, or their partners don’t want to be fathers. Whatever the issue is, PAC strives to offer alterna-tive solutions. “We are here a lot of times just to listen and support them. We are trying to break the cycle of impact.”
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By PATRICK [email protected]
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Few eras can match technical innovations made in the past 20 years.
And those innovations – from smart phones to data systems – have changed corporate America in ways no one imagined when they were first unveiled.
But, while some companies have prospered by embracing the new tech-nology, others, less willing to adapt to changing times, have been spectacu-larly left behind.
Kodak, a world leader in imag-ing and photography for more than a century, foundered to bankruptcy after failing to recognize the potential of digital cameras. Blockbuster, with video rental outlets in 9,000 locations just 12 years ago, met the same fate when it was slow to respond to threats from mail-order and streaming-video pro-vider Netflix and video vendor Redbox.
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“It goes to innovation and the will-ingness to prototype, a willingness to fail, a willingness to try new things,” said Bob Klein, president and CEO of Digital Scientist, a technology develop-ment and consulting firm in Alpharetta. “In a way, technology can help compa-nies better connect with their custom-ers, old and new, and it can also help reveal more value within their own company.”
Companies embrace technology for a variety of reasons, Klein said.
Much of the impetus for change within companies comes from perceived threats. Other times, managers see something else show up in the market or the CEO reads something about a new technology that can improve effi-ciency.
One of the best routes to change is when a company’s own IT department comes up with ideas that will give their organization a leg up on the competi-tion, Klein said. But, he added, the cor-porate climate rarely works that way.
“I think IT organizations have been seen as cost centers,” he said. “They’ve been focused on making the trains run on time and taking costs out of sup-porting departments. The new tech-nology requires IT act as a consulting organization to support the business.”
Klein said waiting for someone to
ask for some-thing , a com-pany needs to have the capa-bility to collab-orate with their own business and say, “These are some things you could be doing.”
Many com-panies create products – hardware – but don’t see the po-tential of marry-ing that product with software, he said.
A thermo-stat, for exam-ple, can be more than a simple climate regula-tor in a home or office, he said. When married to the right software, it can create a smart home that can be accessed through the owner’s smart phone.
Something as simple as a soap dis-penser could be modified with sensors to alert the building manager they need replacing, he said.
“The point is, hardware and soft-ware are coming together,” Klein said. “It’s rare now where you have hardware without software embedded.”
Huddle Inc. says‘Be the disruptor’
One company that has taken that message to heart is Huddle Inc., an Alpharetta firm that specializes in mar-keting for large corporations.
One of the company’s largest assets is its ticketing business for high school events. The company prints 150 million high school tickets for about 10,000 high schools across the country.
Huddle CEO Joey Thacker said the company realized early that if it gave high schools free paper stock for tick-ets, it presented Wendy’s with a great opportunity to put their logo on the ticket with a coupon on back.
“It’s an entry for Wendy’s to promote their brand and message,” he said. “We now work with about 125 clients on that program alone.”
Thacker said Huddle continuously looks at its operations to see what type of innovation could potentially disrupt what they’re doing.
“We want to be out in front of that and do the disrupting ourselves,” Thacker said.
The company was looking at its paper ticket op-
eration and began wondering when will digital ticketing come to high schools?
“Last year, we decided we would build our own viable product in a digital ticketing solution,” he said. “We tested it on about six to eight Geor-gia schools and the tests turned out remarkably.”
The company is now rolling out its digital ticketing system to all of the schools in the country for free, any school that wants a digital component to the paper ticketing system.
“We knew that other companies had the technology but didn’t have the knowledge of schools and what the schools needed like we did,” Thacker said.
“We had multiple people come to us and want us to license their solution or partner with them. But at the end of the day, we wanted to own the disrup-tion. We wanted to own the piece of technology that was doing the disrupt-ing.”
AdvanceEd innovationwas ‘game changing’
Not all companies are looking over their shoulder for disruptions.
AdvanceEd CEO Mark Elgart not only has an eye on education, but he keeps up with the latest trends in tech-nology.
The Alpharetta-based company is the largest school improvement educa-tion company in the world.
It serves a network of 34,000 schools in some 70 countries. It pro-vides accreditation services, review services and other tools to upgrade
school performance, primarily to grades pre-K-12.
For years, AdvancEd concentrated primarily on school accreditation, conducting thousands of school reviews annually. The information was gathered and collated on hard copy, requiring mountains of paper and months of time.
Ludwig van Broekhuizen, chief innovation officer for AdvancEd, said as teams were going out to conduct their reviews of schools, they would find reams of documents, meeting minutes, improvement plans and notes from parents’ conferences.
Team members would have to pore over these papers onsite, then draw up hard copies for the school.
Several years ago, the company launched its ASSIST platform.
“That platform revolutionized how everyone in the world was doing ac-creditation,” van Broekhuizen said. “It allowed schools to go online where they had their own digital space to upload all of their activities and any docu-mentation they wanted to provide for teams, pointing to their own efforts for improvement.”
The system cut down on the time required to examine an individual school’s performance plans and results and gave evaluation teams a chance to review information before visiting the school. This allowed teams to spend more time in classrooms, interview par-ents and staff and other stakeholders.
All the information – from the school and the AdvancEd teams – was up-loaded.
“That was the first step for an ac-creditation company to go totally online
Technology wave lifts firms willing to risk the ride
Huddle Inc., which prints 150 million tickets for about 10,000 high schools around the country, has rolled out a new digital ticketing system that can replace the traditional paper ticketing for its clients.
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Bob Klein, CEO of Digital Scientist, said innovation should be part of every company’s strategy.
Innovation key to finding new markets.
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and digital with all its pro-cesses,” van Broekuizen said. “It was a game changer.”
A few years later, the company adapted the same technology and applied it to school improvement plans.
One component, called eProve, is an online system which collates surveys from school stakeholders.
With a week’s worth of observations, a principal can click a button and take a look at averages across the entire school or focus on a specific grade level, a specific subject or a group of in-structors teaching the same subject.
It allows schools dis-tricts anyone else to quan-tify what’s happening for students and learners in a classroom, van Broekuizen said.
“That’s just another way a digital tool has totally turned upside down how we do our business,” he said.
More and more I’m hearing that significant decisions among our corpo-rate executives and community leaders are being shaped in part to cater to millennials. And I’m wondering how well North Fulton and Forsyth are pre-pared for that.
The State Farm and Mercedes-Benz site selections for their new Sandy Springs and Dunwoody campuses were based in large part on what millennials would desire in a workplace environ-ment. So they located on the MARTA line. The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, which is run by our city’s largest corporations, just released a marketing campaign called Choose At-lanta aimed squarely at the millennial workforce.
I myself am not a millennial – though being in my early 40s I’m happy to admit I’m not that far off. Most re-sources I’ve looked at consider millen-nials to be anyone born between 1980 and 2000. They have seemingly differ-ent ideas of how the world should work. And it’s important for our companies,
and thus our cities and communities, to know this because today millennials make up 33 percent of the workforce. And Forbes estimated that by 2025, that number will grow to 75 percent.
Baby boomers seemed happy to have a well-paying job and a good home. Millennials want more. They want a comfortable and transparent company culture. They want to avoid driving or wasting time in traffic. They want an active nightlife and places where they can go to walk from one venue to another. They are heavily en-grossed in technology.
I look at North Fulton and Forsyth and wonder how prepared we are for this workforce. Have we done enough to make our communities attractive to the millennial workforce? Are businesses going to want to locate here in the future? Are the corporations that exist here now going to want to stay?
We have a lot to offer that crowd. We have great city centers with Avalon, Canton Street, downtown Suwanee and Duluth. We have a lot of great parks and natural resources including Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River. But as corporations shift their cultures to cater to the millennial crowd, being close to mass transit and avoiding traf-fic are going to be major factors in their
decisions on future site locations. In case you have not heard, there
is a huge debate going on among North Fulton leaders as to whether we should support increasing our sales tax by 1 percent in Fulton County, and then giv-ing half of that to MARTA. If we do that, MARTA has sort of agreed to extend its north rail Line up to Windward Park-way. This happened very fast and may have seemed too rushed for some of our community leaders. It is a significant amount of money ($4 billion over five years which otherwise would be spread out to the cities in Fulton to spend on transportation as they please). Al-pharetta Mayor David Belle Isle has said he isn’t sure the money wouldn’t be better spent on significantly less expensive transit options such as light rail. House Rep. Chuck Martin would like to first see studies proving signifi-cant ridership before getting behind such a measure. The Johns Creek City Council simply passed a resolution opposing the measure altogether.
On the other side, Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Pres-ident Brandon Beach, who is also a state senator who chairs the Senate’s economic development committee, has said MARTA expansion into North Fulton will be critical in attracting
corporations to North Fulton. Roswell Mayor Jere Wood compared the eco-nomic importance of MARTA expansion into North Fulton to the construction of Ga. 400.
The bill was killed, but another was born that could have a better chance of success. Wood tried to explain it to me last weekend when I saw him at my son’s baseball game. It seems like a pretty complex funding mechanism and it’s still evolving.
Like Beach and Wood say, having a mass transit option in North Ful-ton could be critical to attracting new corporations as well as maintaining the existing ones. But much of North Ful-ton was very carefully planned, which is why it was so successful in the first place. So it isn’t much of a surprise that some leaders wanted to apply the brakes first before jumping fully on board with MARTA’s proposal.
Have a great weekend and be nice to your local millennial!
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Millennials want to do good, have fun – and that is important
LEGAL:Cumming attorneys break ground CUMMING, Ga. — On March 1, Patterson/Moore Attorneys held a groundbreaking ceremony for their new office building, which will be located across the street from the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce. The firm is working with their architect to build a replica structure of the historic home that previously sat on the property.
REAL ESTATE: Top agent chosen as instructor for new agent trainingJOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Ryan Assad, one of the Atlanta area’s top-producing residential real estate agents, has been chosen as an instructor for the Keller Williams Ignite training program for new agents. Assad is celebrating his 20th year of selling real
estate in and around the Atlanta area with Keller Williams, Atlanta Communities and RE/MAX, where he was honorably inducted into the RE/MAX Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement.
The Keller Williams Ignite program is the real estate industry’s most comprehensive new agent training program, providing the highest level instruction on lead generation, marketing and professionally representing buyers and sellers in all aspects of a real estate transaction
Keller Williams Partners are 2015 Circle of Excellence winnersCUMMING, Ga. — The 400 North Board of Realtors held the 2015 Circle of Excellence awards cele-bration March 10 at the Forsyth Conference Center in Cumming.
Over 70 agents from Keller Williams Community Partners in Cumming attended the event, and among those winning awards was Susan Brack, who took home the Top Individual Producer award for over $14 million in volume.
In addition, the Welch Team re-ceived the top producer award for highest number of units and volume for a team. Many other KWCP individual agents and teams brought home awards for real estate achievement in various categories. Circle of Ex-cellence service and membership are based on the personal production of at least $2 million in real estate transactions in a single year.
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MOUNT PISGAH EASTER EGG HUNT Bring everyone for a morning of hunting, playing, fellowship and fun with your family, friends and neighbors. With 15,000 eggs, food, games, prizes and fun, Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church offers something for every member of the family. Saturday, March 26, 9 a.m. – noon. Patriot Athletic Field, 9825 Brumblelow Road, Alpharetta. Visit mountpisgah.org/?s=Easter+Egg for more info.
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EASTER ACTIVITIES
FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH EASTER SERVICES What: Fellowship Bible Church will hold a Good Friday service at 7 p.m. Friday, March 25. Easter ser -vices will be at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, March, 27.Where: Fellowship Bible Church, 480 W. Crossville Road, RoswellMore info: fellowshiproswell.org
MILTON COMMUNITY EGG HUNTWhat: The Easter Bunny, face painting, food trucks and more will be on hand at the community egg hunt.When: Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m.Where: Friendship Community Park, 12785 Birmingham Highway, MiltonMore info: cityofmiltonga.us
LIONS CLUB BREAKFAST WITH THE EASTER BUNNYWhat: The Forsyth County Lions Club will hold its third annual Breakfast with the Easter Bunny.When: Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m.-noonWhere: Old Atlanta Community Room, Old Atlanta Rec Center, 810 Nichols Road, SuwaneeMore info: BreakfastWithTheEaster-Bunny.com.
2016 TASTE OF FORSYTH AND EASTER EGG HUNTWhat: The city of Cumming and Supe-rior Plumbing are bringing the Taste of Forsyth and an Easter egg hunt back. More than 25 restaurants will partici-pate. When: Saturday, March 26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Where: The Cumming Fairgrounds, 235 Castleberry Road, CummingMore info: cummingfair.net/calen-dar-of-events/taste-of-forsyth
CALLANWOLDE’S 16TH ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT What: Callanwolde celebrates the com-ing of spring with its annual Easter egg hunt featuring thousands of candy-filled eggs and the Easter Bunny.When: Saturday, March 26, from 10 a.m. to noon.Where: Callanwolde’s beautiful spring gardens and grounds.More info: Buy tickets online at Call-anwolde.org. All proceeds benefit the Callanwolde Dance Program.
EASTER EGG HUNT FOR ADULTSWhat: Country Land Golf Course, an 18-hole public fee golf course, is plan-ning an Easter egg hunt for the adults. On March 26, anyone who comes to play golf will be eligible to find approx-imately 20 eggs filled with prizes that will be hidden on the course. When: Saturday, March 26, 7 a.m.-8 p.m.Where: Country Land Golf Course, 6560 Mayfield Drive, Cumming More info: facebook.com/countrylandgolf
FREE PICTURES WITH THE EASTER BUNNYWhat: Meet the Easter Bunny and enjoy kid-friendly activities while entering a free drawing to win a $300 bracelet.When: Saturday, March 26, 12:30-4 p.m.Where: Atlanta Diamond Design, 410 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 120, Cum-mingMore info: atlantadiamond.com
WORDS OF RESTORATION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES SERVICEWhat: A Pre-Resurrection worship ser-vice will offer a time of fellowship and celebration.When: Saturday, March 26, 2 p.m.Where: Courtyard Marriott, 12655 Deerfield Parkway, AlpharettaMore info: worimalbanyga.org
ROSWELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH EASTER SERVICESWhat: RUMC will have a variety of Eas-ter worship services.When: Sunday, March 27, at 7 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Where: RUMC, 814 Mimosa Blvd., RoswellMore info: rumc.com
PARKWAY CHURCH EASTER EXPERIENCEWhat: Come for worship services at 8:45 and 11 a.m., or an Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m.When: Sunday, March 27Where: Parkway Church, 5830 Bethelv-iew Road, CummingMore info: parkway-church.org
EVENTS & ACTIVITIESTAYLOR ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOD DRIVEWhat: TRMS will be hosting a food drive to benefit North Fulton Community Charities. Donations of canned pasta sauce, pasta and nonrefrigerated Par-mesan cheese requested.When: Through Wednesday, March 30Where: Drop off donations at the TRMS front office, 5150 Taylor Road, Johns CreekMore info: school.fultonschools.org/ms/taylorroad/Pages/default.aspx
WILDLIFE FEEDING TIMEWhat: Join a Chattahoochee Nature Center naturalist for an in-depth look at one of CNC’s resident animals as the wildlife department feeds them.When: Saturday, March 26, and Tues-day, March 29, 4 p.m.Where: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, RoswellMore info: chattnaturecenter.org
OPEN HEARTH COOKING AND LIVING HISTORYWhat: Living history interpreter and open hearth cooking expert Clarissa Clifton will demonstrate making traditional southern food in the cookhouse hearth. Using an open flame, Clifton will show the versatility of old cooking methods, trade recipes and reveal the tricks of the trade.When: Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m.Where: Archibald Smith Plantation Home, 935 Alpharetta St., RoswellMore info: roswellgov.com
ATLANTA WORKSHOP PLAYERS’ 35TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION GALAWhat: The Atlanta Workshop Play-ers will hold their 35th anniversary celebration with a show, dinner and dancing.When: Saturday, March 26, 5 p.m. Where: The Standard Club, 6230 Ab-botts Bridge Road, Johns Creek More info: atlantaworkshopplayers.com
22ND ANNUAL FULTON GOLDEN GAMES REGISTRATIONWhat: Register by Tuesday, March 29, for the 22nd Annual Fulton Golden Games, for active seniors, When: Beginning April 27 at 10 a.m. and continuing through MayWhere: Bell Memorial Park, Milton More info: Contact Recreation Coordi-nator Kevin McDonald at (678) 297-6143 or [email protected] SUSTAINABLE VEGETABLE GARDENINGWhat: Master Gardeners explain how to utilize environmentally sound sus-tainable practices in your vegetable gardenWhen: Tuesday, March 29, 7-8:30 p.m. in Roswell and Saturday, April 2, 10-11:30 a.m. in AlpharettaWhere: Bill Johnson Community Activity Building in Roswell Area Park, 10495 Woodstock Road, Roswell and Whole Foods Educational Farm (former Harry’s Market) 1180 Upper Hembree Rd, Roswell (for Alpharetta location)More info: http://nfmg.net
GEORGIA CASA ANNUAL LUNCHEON & FASHION SHOW What: Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, the state organization that supports and promotes advocates for abused and neglected children, will hold its 12th annual luncheon & fash-ion show.When: Wednesday, March 30, 11 a.m.Where: Mason Fine Art, Suite 100, 415 Plasters Ave, NE, Atlanta, GA 30324More info: gacasa.org
A NIGHT WITH KAREN KINGSBURY & FAMILYWhat: A girls’ night out featuring Chris-tian novelist Karen Kingsbury and time with her family.When: When: Thursday, March 31, 7 p.m.Where: Mount Pisgah United Method-ist Church, 2850 Old Alabama Road, Johns CreekMore info: premierproductions.com/tour/night-karen-kingsbury-family#
CNC SPRING NATIVE PLANT SALEWhat: Attract butterflies, pollinators, birds and more to your garden by adding native plants with the help of the Chattahoochee Nature Center. Going native provides a wealth of ben-efits to your space, including privacy, beauty, blossoms, food and homes to our wide diversity of animals. Over 120 species of plants available, and horticulturists and knowledgeable volunteers on site. There will also be herbs and veggies for the edible gar-den and more. When: March 31, April 1, 2, 8 and 9Where: CNC, 9135 Willeo Road, RoswellMore info: chattnaturecenter.org
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MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER:
‘YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN’ BY MILTON THEATRE COMPANYWhat: Milton High School’s award-win-ning theater program will present “Young Frankenstein.”When: March 25-26 at 7 p.m. Where: Milton High School, 13025 Bir-mingham Highway, MiltonMore info: miltontheatrecompany.com
ROSWELL DANCE THEATRE PRESENTS ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’What: This full-length ballet explores the fantastical realm of Wonderland and Alice’s adventures there. Beau-tifully choreographed dancers and top-notch production values bring this timeless story to life. When: Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., RoswellCost: Orchestra $20; Balcony $15.More info: tysod.com
SAWNEE ASSOCIATION OF THE ARTS MONTHLY MEETINGWhat: The SAA will present Susan Wright, the director of Cashin’s Sculp-ture Garden, and Scott Eckley, Im-promptu Productions, who will present a program on the creation of Cashin’s Sculpture Garden.When: Monday, March 28, 6 p.m.Where: United Way of Forsyth County, 240 Elm St., Cumming
LIBRARY EVENTS:For a complete list of North Fulton events, go to afpls.org/eventsFor a complete list of Forsyth events, go to forsythpl.org/event-Calendar/eventCalendar.aspx
MYLAR WINDOW ARTWhat: Color and contribute to a mylar window art project in the library. Sup-plies provided. Ages 4-10. Sponsored by Friends of the East Roswell Library.When: Saturday, March 26, 1 p.m. (ages 4-10) and 3 p.m. (ages 11-17)Where: East Roswell Library, 2301 Hol-comb Bridge Road, Roswell More info: 404-613-4050
MEDITATION FOR STRESS MANAGEMENTWhat: Join Dr. Suman Kollipara for a session on stress and meditation. When: Saturday, March 26, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Where: Northeast Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Johns CreekMore info: Registration required by call-ing 770-360-8820 or emailing [email protected]
ALL AGES CHESS CLUBWhat: Meet with others who share your love of the game.
When: Sunday, March 27, 2 p.m.Where: Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info: 404-613-6735
PET ADOPTIONS:FORSYTH COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTERWhat: Pet adoptions When: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: The Forsyth County Animal Shelter, 4065 County Way, Forsyth CountyMore info: 678-965-7185
FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICESWhat: Pet adoptionsWhen: Every Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m., PetSmart, 6370 North Point Parkway, AlpharettaAdditional adoptions: Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday and Sun-day 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Fulton County Animal Services, 860 Marietta Blvd NW, AtlantaMore info: 404-613-4958
OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE:RESCUE DOG OLYMPICSWhat: An interactive, fun field day of silly and competitive games for dogs and their forever families to participate in together. When: Saturday, March 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.Where: Brook Run Park pavilion area, 4770 N Peachtree Road, Dunwoody, 30338 More info: RescueDogOlympics.com
‘KINKY BOOTS’ AT THE FOX THEATREWhat: – Join Broadway in Atlanta as it welcomes “Kinky Boots” to the Fox Theatre for a week of musical excellence and Tony Award-winning performances.When: March 28-April 3, times varyWhere: The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30308More info: foxtheatre.org
GEORGIA AQUARIUM’S NEW CALIFORNIA SEA LION EXPERIENCEWhat: Georgia Aquarium will introduce a new California sea lion experience that will highlight this fascinating species. When: Exhibit opens Thursday, March 31Where: Georgia Aquarium, 225 Baker St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30313More info: georgiaaquarium.org
40TH ANNIVERSARY ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL What: The 40th annual Atlanta Film Festival will present opening night and closing night gala screenings with talent appearances, as well as eight marquee screening events. When: April 1-10Where: The opening night presentation will be at the Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30306More info: AtlantaFilmFestival.com
Now that spring is officially here, trout stocking in Georgia is mov-ing into high gear in many of the state’s waters. That means now is the perfect time to plan a trout fishing trip on one of Georgia’s great stocked trout streams.
Georgia anglers benefit from one of the best trout stocking programs you’ll find, and even as we speak efforts are gearing up for some serious trout stocking in streams and rivers across northern Georgia.
“All trout waters in Georgia are now open to fishing year-round,” notes John Lee Thomson, trout stocking coordinator for Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division, “and to sweeten that news, stocking efforts are ready to begin to make your trip even more rewarding.”
How many trout will be stocked? Quite a few, to put it mildly. During this last full week of March, for exam-ple, Georgia’s DNR and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be stocking more than 80,000 trout.
That’s a lot of trout (and a lot of great trout fishing opportunities). But even that number pales when com-pared to the 1 million (yes, 1,000,000) trout which plans call for stocking into the state’s streams by year’s end.
Spring really is an incredible time to enjoy fishing in Georgia’s stocked trout streams. Those streams typically have plenty of water in them during the spring, which makes for better fishing conditions and less easily spooked fish. In addition, flows are cooler in spring than during the sum-mer months, and that also helps the trout fishing.
Where should you go to wet a line? Now, that’s a hard question to answer, for every angler has his or her personal favorite streams. But some stocked streams that show up again and again on lists of “favorite
trout waters” include Dicks Creek in Lumpkin County, Cooper Creek in Union County, and Wildcat Creek in Rabun County. Johns Creek in Floyd County is another popular stocked stream – and of course it’s hard to beat the great trout fishing opportuni-ties offered right here close to home in the Chattahoochee River.
How should you gear up for a trip to one of Georgia’s stocked trout streams? You’ll find that either spin fishing or fly fishing can be effective. When fly fishing on stocked streams, favorite flies include olive Woolly Buggers as well as patterns such as Y2Ks and San Juan worms. Spinning enthusiasts frequently have good success with small, bright in-line spinners such as Rooster Tails. Where regulations permit, it’s also hard to beat natural baits such as worms or crickets. And, yes, corn can work well in stocked streams, too.
What about strategy? It never hurts to “think like a fish.” Trout look for cover and deeper water, so always give such areas a try. Also remember to “fish deep,” since that’s often where the fish are in stocked streams. Try to blend in with your surroundings, too, for nothing will alert a wary trout as quickly as a bright hat or shirt moving around near the water.
Licensewise, you’ll need to have a current Georgia fishing license as well as a trout license to fish in designated trout waters. In certain of the state’s Wildlife Management Areas, you’ll also need either a Wildlife Management Area license or a Georgia Outdoor Recreation Pass. Licenses are avail-able from a number of vendors as well as online at www.georgiawildlife.com/licenses-permits-passes. You can also purchase Georgia fishing licenses over the phone by calling 800-366-2661.
You can find more info on Geor-gia’s stocked trout streams, includ-ing a complete list of stocked trout streams and an online Georgia trout stream map, at www.georgiawildlife.com/fishing/trout.
I hope to see you on the water soon!
Springtime trout stocking means great fishing ahead
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Now GDOT and the Federal Highway Administration have money to spend on a backlog of projects, and the construction companies can’t reassemble enough crews.
Also hurting the companies is finding the skilled labor – con-crete finishers, bricklayers and other skilled artisans – who are barred because of tougher immigration laws requiring contractors to prove workers are here legally.
“That’s what happens when you lose competent help. Once you lose them, you never get them back,” he said.
GDOT spokeswoman Analyce Baker said the project will add a second left-turn lane from Old Alabama onto northbound Med-lock Bridge Road.
GDOT will also lengthen the merge lane so that the cars in those left-turn lanes will have more time to merge back into northbound Medlock traffic.
The westbound turn lane from Medlock onto Old Alabama will have its merge lane lengthened to Buice Road to give cars getting on Old Alabama more time to merge.
However, Baker said there are no plans to widen Old Ala-bama beyond Buice Road because the amount of Old Alabama traffic at the Buice Road intersection is too great to push the lane passed it.
Fulton County first identified the Old Alabama corridor for widening in 1996. But due to the high cost of construction and utility relocation, the project remained on hold, Baker said.
Although the county did build several acceleration and decel-eration lanes on Old Alabama, the major work never got done. Once cityhood seemed inevitable, Fulton stopped all work on the road.
GDOT had adopted the project in 2005 with a start date of 2010, but funding restrictions delayed the project until No-vember 2014 when the contract for the current project was let. Construction began in May 2015.
Continued from Page 4GDOT:Rotary Club stands by StandUp For KidsALPHARETTA, Ga. — On Fri-day, Feb. 26, the Alpharetta Rotary Club stepped up to support StandUp For Kid, a program for at-risk youth. The non-profit organization has a targeted initiative in North Fulton to help young students from becoming homeless by giving financial support to keep them in school until they graduate. Allison Burns, a director with StandUp For Kids, was presented a check for $1,500 by the Rotary Club of Alpharetta to help finan-cially support their initiative. Kirk Driskell, president of Alpharetta Rotary stated, “It makes me proud for our club to continue our support of this organization and its work. It truly exemplifies the Rotary motto ‘Service Above Self’.”
For more information, con-tact Kirk Driskeell, president of the Alpharetta Rotary Club, at [email protected] / 770-888-7653 or Janet Ro-dgers, Public Relations Chair at [email protected] / 678-297-2811.
Alpharetta Rotary Club member Mike Lowry supports $1,500 check awarded to StandUp for Kids director Allison Burns along with Alpharetta Rotary Club member Mark Spie-gel and president Kirk Driskell.
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First of all there are some fun-damentals in hearing that are very important to understand. The critical part of understanding speech is to hear the consonants. The s’s, t’s, v’s, etc. …. are the sounds that give speech clarity. A simple word like “cat” without hearing the “c” could sound like “hat” or “mat”. This is why when a hearing loss develops it sounds like everyone is mumbling or “they’ve got marbles in their mouth,” because you’re not hear-ing consonants. Each of these critical
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MILTON, Ga. – For more years than most Milton residents can remember, there has always been a Hamp Phillips operating the family saddle and tack store on Hopewell Road in Milton, even after a fire destroyed it two years ago.
Hamp Alred Phillips was a much-loved figure around the close-knit equestrian community. When an electrical fire destroyed the barn that had been Hamp’s for decades, the horse folks did the 21st century version of passing the hat. Hamp’s customers and friends went to GoFundMe, a fund-raising website, to start a rebuilding campaign that quickly raised more than $20,000.
The new 1,500-square-foot building on a concrete slab is packed with gear.
And when Hamp died in Septem-ber 2015 at age 78, his son, Hampton Pierce Phillips, bought the house and shop out of the estate to continue run-ning the business.
“My sister and I talked it over. The people here were so good to Dad, and did so much to keep the store open, we decided we just had to keep it going,” he said.
So he is the third generation and his son, Lex Hampton Phillips, is the fourth generation to run the Milton tack shop. They like keeping the Hampton name in the family as well as in the community.
“Yes, it was my granddaddy who started it. So for most folks, Hamp’s has always been here,” Hamp Pierce Phillips said. “So I’m third generation. We buy, sell, trade and repair saddles. If the kids want it after I’m gone, it’s up to them.”
It was the customers who convinced Hamp Pierce to take on the business.
“Dad’s customers mourned him for bit after he died. But now they’re com-ing back, and we’re getting a lot of new customers,” he said.
“But it’s amazing to hear how much he was loved by folks. And he was at the shop every day of his life until nine days before he died.”
Hamp Pierce said he is running the store the same way – coming in every day and selling at reasonable prices.
“I don’t need to make a lot of money. It’s the people really. They’re why I like the job.”
Horse people are good people, he said. They all know one another and they are loyal to each other.
“I had forgotten how much I liked horse people,” Hamp Pierce said. “But
talking to them, you see it is a real com-munity. They’re all different people, but they have horses in common.”
People love horses for different reasons – they like to ride or they are interested in equi-tation (formal riding that is judged). They raise them, trade them or participate in horse rescue.
The other day, a couple from Boston stopped by on their way to Florida. A former Milton horse fancier had told them about Hamp’s, so they made the detour just to look around and chat.
“They bought some stuff, and we had a good talk. That’s just how horse people are,” he said.
When he was a boy, lots of folks owned horses. They were commonplace on farms. He recalled how his grand-father and that generation had wagon trains where people would get their horses, wagons, buggies and such and follow the road from Midway to just below the dam on Lake Lanier.
“It was just a big horse ride.
Grandpa, Daddy, my sister and me, we’d all go. We grew up around horses. There were farms to be plowed and gar-dened. Everybody had a horse.”
Milton has changed quite a bit since he grew up here, but he says he likes the way the city is holding onto equine traditions. It was bit of change for Hamp Pierce who, had always lived in the country.
Town living brings changes, he said.“I cut down a few pine trees and
found out the city has an arborist. Well, I have to learn city ways now, and I’ll pay a little fine. But that’s OK,” he said. “It does take a lot more dedication and tolerance to live in the city than I was used to in the country.
“But what I like is the way every-body at City Hall was glad that I would be carrying on the store. They really wanted it to keep going and being a part of the city. And it impressed me that they were truly glad I was going to stay.”
It was clear to him that to operate the business he would have to live in Milton on the property, and so he has readjusted. He recalls riding his bike on Hopewell Road as a child. He says he wouldn’t try that now.
What he absolutely loves about Mil-ton is how the city is bent on maintain-ing its equine traditions.
“I’m proud that Milton values that heritage and values the horse commu-nity. I would love to see more farms and less houses, but I understand things change. But Milton has been great.
“The city wants us to keep our down-home ways. And we were made to feel welcome. That counts for a lot.”
Hamp Pierce says he knows he has to adjust to city ways but he under-stands.
“We’ve got to have rules in society, and I understand that. But sometimes folks get ruled to death. It is not that way in Milton. I haven’t met anybody down at City Hall I didn’t like.
“I’d sit down and eat dinner with any of them.”
Hamp’s Saddle and Tack: The tradition continuesMilton’s go-to place for equestrian gear abides
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When the ribbon cutting for the rebuilt Hamps was held, folks signed this photo of Hamp Alred Phillips who still looks in on operations.
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Father and son, Hamp Pierce Phillips and Lex Phillips operate the store that loyal customers help rebuild.
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It is the president’s prerogative and duty to choose the justice’s successor. It is the duty of the Senate to offer ad-vice and its consent.
The Constitution says nothing about withholding its consent in the hopes of finding a suitably doctrinaire nominee at a later date and with a friendlier face in the White House.
It is crass Washington politics at its worst and goes to the root cause of the growing disgust by the public for our government’s institutions today.
The secret to America’s success as the leader of the free world has been our willingness to uphold its institu-tions even if it is politically at odds with the situation of the day.
Every four years we observe “the most powerful person on earth” accept a second term or relinquish that power to another as chosen by the people. Of course the president cannot serve a third term.
Holding the president’s nominee hostage for almost a year in the unvar-nished hope that a Republican can re-
place Justice Scalia casts a sad shadow across the entire country.
It only raises further calumny on how our entire constitutional process works when the Republicans and Democrats adopt exactly the reverse of the political position they once evinced when they find the political winds have shifted.
We like to invoke the founding fathers – Washington, Jefferson, Ad-ams, Monroe and Madison — to justify our politics. We do them no honor with this base perversion of the judicial sys-tem they so carefully constructed.
And what is the excuse offered? “Well, the other side said the same thing last time.”
If mere political expediency justifies spurning the intent of the Constitu-tion, what does that say about us as a country? You should be ashamed. The country is ashamed.
P.S. Is it any wonder more and more voters are growing tired of such overt cynicism from our elected officials? Don’t they know many of us love this country most because of the system of government it purports to perpetuate? The cynicism with which parties value partisanship over that system is a slap in our faces.
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The Roswell Arts Fund is little known now, but it is making a splashy debut in Roswell with what will ultimately be 10 works of public art in the city. Roswell Arts Fund President Rochelle Mucha, right, and the Arts Fund new Executive Director Amy Gates have a good time exploring “Einstein’s Sundial” by Mary Ruden and Robert Benfield.
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ROSWELL, Ga. – Roswell’s glitterati and literati gathered March 13 at River Landing on the Chattahoochee to wel-come a new organization dedicated to making Roswell a leader in the arts in the Atlanta area.
Called the Roswell Arts Fund, it has sprung from the Roswell Arts Com-mission which, frankly, just moved too slowly to suit its members. Rochelle Mucha is chairwoman of the new Ros-well Arts Fund, and Arts Commission board member.
“We’re having a fundraiser and a coming-out party to brand the Arts Fund as the arts agency for the city,” Mucha said.
As part of that kickoff, 10 pieces of public art have been sponsored for sites around Roswell. Several have already started to spring up in Roswell parks.
One is Early Hatch, (see cover) by Joey Manson. It is inspired by flying aquatic insects that lay eggs as they dive into the water. The eggs remain in the water until ready to emerge. Early Hatch exemplifies the life cycle, and appropriately enough has been erected in Don White Park.
Michael Curling, president of New Kent Capital (which presides over many Canton Street properties), sponsored the kickoff event.
He supports the mission of Roswell Arts Fund to not only make the city the first lady of the arts in North Fulton, but to bring a performing arts center to Roswell that would be a multidisci-plinary home for performing and visual arts.
“Art plays an important role in the community,” Curling said. “It gives it vibrancy and culture.”
Public art is a way to connect with the greatest number of residents to get them thinking about the arts, Mucha said. Artaroundroswell.org is its web-site.
“But this is just the first initiative for Roswell Arts Fund. Over the next three months there will be more,” she said.
Arts Fund board member Marie Willsey said all 10 public art sculptures will be erected by April 15 in locations in every part of the city.
“Roswell must and should become an arts destination and insinuate the arts into the very fabric of the city,” Mucha said. “To do this, we must tap into Roswell’s culture of philanthropy to find and fulfill initiatives.”
The transformative catalyst will be a performing arts center, she said.
The Roswell Arts Fund had a special guest, Lawrenceville’s Aurora Theatre Artistic Director Anthony Rodriguez, to talk about what a theater or performing arts center can do for a community.
Aurora Theatre got its start in 1996 in a former Duluth hardware store, but Lawrenceville recruited Rodriguez to come to that city.
It was a slow beginning but today he has 5,200 season ticket holders and a $2 million budget.
He is also chairman of the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce, the largest in Georgia. Why? Because the arts are proven to be good for business.
“Our theater has transformed downtown Lawrenceville. Today it has a dozen or more restaurants. And the activity spurs more business down-town. It has been a great partnership
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“Einstein’s Sundial” celebrates his discovery of the photo electric effect.
for the city and its businesses and for my theater,” Rodriguez said.
Roswell has so many assets, it is a “no brainer” for the city to become an arts incubator, he said.
Mucha said the evening’s fundraiser was “the beginning of a movement.”
Roswell Arts Fund board member Mike Harris said the goal was to be “a presence in Roswell.”
“We’re creating a model for getting things done,” Harris said. “Roswell is a great city, but it can be greater. And we are going to show it how.”
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Enjoying the Roswell Arts Fund kickoff on the Chattahoochee are from left Carol Abreu, event sponsor Doug Curling, Bob Hagan and Brooke McGee.
“Oak Leaf Triptych” by Jim Gallucci is installed at Roswell Area Park on Woodstock Road). This work is sponsored by Gas South.
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Anthony Rodriguez, artistic director of the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville, tells guests how a successful theater like his has a huge economic impact on the city in which it resides.
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Mayor Jere Wood chats about art with Rochelle Mucha, left, and Karin Mimms.
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Roswell Arts Fund Executive Director Amy Gates speaks at the Arts Fund soiree at the Chattahoo-chee.
‘Architectural Reliquary: Gothic Bike Rack’ is by sculp-tor Suzy Hendrix. It can be seen in the Heart of Ros-well Park on Canton Street. It is sponsored by 2015 members of the Downtown Development Authority.
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Independence alumna artist connects with ceramics studentsALPHARETTA, Ga. — Ceramics stu-dents gathered around a large new Recordex screen on Feb. 10 to say good morning to Asheville, North Carolina ceramics artist, Heather Knight. A few weeks prior, Independence High School art teacher, J. Chase Campbell, had taught his ceramics class about Knight’s ceramics work which he had seen while visiting Asheville’s Wool-worth Walk artist market.
When he asked the students if he should contact the internationally known artist to request an artist talk they said, “Why not? The worst she could say is no.” She said yes. In fact, Knight wrote, “It’s a small world. I graduated from Independence in the mid-1990s!” That small world became even smaller when Knight appeared on the screen via FaceTime to show the excited ceramics students around her sales gallery and studio work space and answer their questions.
The students loved the fact that Knight graduated from IHS. Junior Lazalde said, “What she shared about finding her purpose meant so much more because she once sat where we now sit.” Knight described how she started her business and how she kept up with the growing demands of her
collectors and buyers – which currently include 40 art galleries. She answered questions about the creative process and the techniques she employs to make her unique nature-inspired por-celain clay sculptures.
“Heather was very generous,” said
Campbell. “Learning that she, too, struggled before eventually finding success was an inspirational moment for every student in my room. It was a reminder that determination to accom-plish a goal paired with a good work ethic will result in a successful life for
which you can be grateful.”The special effort to make the Face-
Time event happen was made possible with the help of the school’s technical guru, Ron Lewis, and the school’s me-dia specialist, Katherine Arter. Knight ended the artist talk by inviting the class to visit her studio and gallery in Asheville.
For more information about Heather Knight, visit her at http://www.ele-mentclaystudio.com/.
Ceramics artist Heather Knight returns to her roots and gives advice to current Independence High School students.
Independence High School graduate Heather Knight now works as a ceram-ics artist in Asheville, North Carolina.
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ROSWELL, Ga. — The City of Roswell is now accepting applications for more than 200 summer positions within its Recreation, Parks, Historic & Cultural Affairs Department.
A summer job with the City of Roswell is the perfect way to not only obtain meaningful work experience and build your resume, but also to make new friends and give back to your community. These summer jobs may even inspire a career path in Rec-reation and Parks—as has been the case with many of the City’s full-time employees who started out as summer workers as teenagers.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Mill Springs Academy announce d March 3 that senior Neil Jensen is this year’s STAR Student.
The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program honors Geor-gia’s outstanding high school seniors and the teachers who have been most instrumental in their academic devel-opment.
Jensen selected Alicia Miller, algebra/trigonometry teacher at Mill Springs Academy, as his STAR Teacher.
“It was such an honor and a priv-ilege to be chosen by Neil as STAR teacher,” Miller said. “Neil spoke very well at the reception about his goal to study Computer Science in college.”
“We are very proud of Mr. Jensen and Mrs. Miller and the academic ex-cellence they exemplify at Mill Springs Academy. We are thrilled to recognize them for their accomplishments,” said Julie Goldberg, president of the Mid-town Atlanta Rotary Club, local sponsor
of the Fulton Country STAR program. High school seniors must have the
highest score on a single test date on the three-part SAT and be in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average. Each high school STAR Student is asked to name his/her STAR Teacher. Students then compete for school sys-tem titles, and those winners compete for region honors.
Region winners compete for the honor of being named State PAGE STAR Student. STAR Teachers continue on with their STAR Students at every level of the program.
The STAR program is coordinated by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation in as-sociation with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Department of Education.
For more information, contact Cheri Harwood, communications director, 770-360-1336.
Mill Springs Academy names Neil Jensen STAR Student
Pictured from left are award winner Angela Miller, Mill Springs Academy algebra/trigonometry teacher, award winner Neil Jensen, STAR Student and Julie Gold-berg, president of the Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club.
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MILTON, Ga. — Milton baseball (10-3, 4-2) swept a two-game series against Roswell (2-10, 0-4) with wins of 13-6 and 4-1. The Eagles Head Coach Joey Ray, who started three freshman and four sophomores against Roswell in the second game of the series last Friday, was satisfied with his underclassmen’s performances.
“We’re very young and in this region it’s really tough to play at the highest level with young kids. I’m very pleased with how they played tonight,” said Ray.
On Friday’s win, included in Ray’s seven young starters was starting pitcher Mason Kennedy. Kennedy pitched six innings, allowing eight hits and a single run. Kennedy struck out three and had no walks in 25 batters faced and had two pickoffs.
Closing out for the Eagles was Josh Germany, also a sophomore. Though the duo gave up nine hits, they allowed just a single run.
“I couldn’t be any more pleased with our pitching. Kennedy and Germany came out, threw strikes and gave us a chance to win,” said Ray.
After beating Roswell 13-6 last Wednesday, Friday’s game featured much less offense.
After a scoreless first inning, Ros-well would strand two runners in the top of the second after David Thigpen and Reed Ritson singled. Stranding runners would be an undesired theme for Roswell as they stranded eight run-ners throughout the game.
Milton was the first to score with a single run in the bottom of the third. Russell Megenity singled to open the inning, which led to a bunt by Drew Hamrock. The throw would hit Ham-
rock and the ball careened away from Roswell’s Drake Murray at first base. In the ensuing scramble for the ball, Me-genity was able to score from second.
Hamrock would steal second and third, and Steven Curry would walk and steal second to give Milton run-ners at second and third with two outs. However, Brett Centracchio would fly out to end the third inning.
Roswell would respond with a run of their own in the top of the fourth after Jack Kouloukas doubled to open the inning and later scored on a sacrifice fly from Ritson.
Once again though, Roswell
stranded two runners in the top of the inning to keep the score tied at 1-1.
Milton’s Magenity would score for the Eagles again in the bottom of the fifth off a Curry sacrifice fly.
After Roswell went three up and three down in the top of the sixth, Milton extended their lead to 4-2 on a two-run double from Garret Cook.
Kennedy would be replaced on the mound by Germany to open the sev-enth inning with Milton needing at least two runs to avoid being swept.
Roswell’s pinch hitter Murray would strike out to open the inning, but the Hornets’ Jet Kern reached first on a
bunt to put the tying run at the plate. Noah King put the ball in play but Kern was forced out at second.
With King on first and two out, Milton’s Germany walked Jordan Mer-riman to spur the hopes for the Hor-nets. They were spurred further when a passed ball advanced Merriman and King to second and third bases.
However, Roswell’s Koulakas would ground out, 4-3, to end the inning and give Milton the 4-1 win and series sweep.
“Our goal is to try and win weeks,” said Milton’s Ray. “We want to win two of our three games in the week. We lost Monday and as down as they were with the loss we had to say that the goal is still in front of us and we have to focus on the week. We did a nice job, made some adjustments and we were able to win our week.”
With the win, Milton jumped to the top half of the Region 5-AAAAAA standings behind Pope, Walton and Woodstock. Milton will be seeking their first region championship in the difficult Region 5-AAAAAA after winning five straight region championships from 2010-14
Milton sweeps series against Roswell with 4-1 winHead Coach Joey Ray pleased with performances of underclassmen
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Milton sophomore Mason Kennedy pitched six innings for the Eagles, allowing one run.
Roswell’s Jack Kouloukas was the lone scoring runner for Roswell, scor-ing on a sacrifice fly from Reed Ritson.
We’re very young and in this region it’s really tough to play at the highest level with young kids. I’m very pleased with how they played tonight,”JOEY RAYMilton head coach
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In last Thurs-day’s game that honored St. Francis baseball player Chip Madren, who was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic anaplastic medulloblastoma five years ago and is still in recovery from the form of brain cancer, St. Francis fell to Walker 19-7.
After winning seven consecutive games, St. Francis’ pitching struggles and multiple errors proved to be their downfall against Region 6-A opponent Walker.
St. Francis (8-5, 5-3) allowed 19 hits, walked five batters and committed three errors in the mercy rule loss that ended the game in the sixth inning.
After Chip Madren threw out the ceremonial first pitch, St. Francis junior Clark Adams took the mound for the Knights and was off to a rough start with three of the first four Walker batters hitting doubles. Walker’s scor-ing continued as a three-run home
run over the right field fence put the Knights down 4-0 after the top half of the first.
Three St. Francis errors and mul-tiple hits given up allowed Walker to extend their lead to 8-0 after the top of the third.
Down 8-0 in the bottom of the third, St. Francis was able to get on the score-board with five runs. Jack Madren, Riley Spearman and Matthew Davis all singled to open the inning. With the bases loaded, Bret Madren hit a sacri-fice fly to score his brother.
Matthew Fezza then doubled to add another two runs for the Knights and would later score on a passed ball, cut-ting Walker’s lead to 8-5.
After a scoreless fourth inning, Davis replaced Adams on the mound for the Knights in the top of the fifth. A ground ball hit to Knights’ shortstop Spearman would result in an error when Spearman launched his throw off the dirt and into the Walker dugout, eventually scoring the runner to put Walker up by four runs.
In the bottom of the fifth, Fezza would add two more RBIs to his day, scoring Ryan Field and Simon Herrick with a single. Fezza hit 2-3 with four
RBIs in the game. With the Knights trailing 11-7, Fezza would be stranded on base after Adams and Daryian Basco struck out.
Though their pitching had not been stellar in the first five innings, the sixth inning would see three Knights pitchers struggle as Walker scored eight runs.
In the top of the sixth, Field took the mound, but after two quick walks, Sammy Berman took over pitching.
After a putout, Berman would hit two straight batters, scoring a run for Walker. Berman then walked two straight batters with the bases loaded, giving Walker two more runs in the inning.
Andrew Balmer, making his third appearance of the season, would be the third pitcher for St. Francis in the half inning with only one out.
Balmer would get the Knights out of the inning, but not before giving up two hits and five runs.
Needing to score at least two runs to avoid the mercy rule ending the game, the Knights’ Kyle Bork, Spearman and Davis would be retired in succession to end the game.
Though their struggles came to a head against Walker, the Knights’
start to the season still holds a positive outlook as they were just 6-11 in region play last season.
Eleven of the Knights’ next 12 games will be against Region 6-A oppo-nents.
St. Francis blown-out by Walker, 19-7Pitching woes cost St. Francis
St. Francis’ seven runs were not enough to overcome Walker last Thurs-day.
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St. Ives pro Billy Jack lives the traditions of the game
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – It must be hard for St. Ives Country Club golf profes-sional Billy Jack to remember a day he did not have a golf club in his hand. Born in Scotland, the home of golf (and, yes, he has played at the storied St. An-drews course), Jack came to the United States on a golf scholarship to play for the Ohio State University golf team, and he hasn’t looked back after 34 years with the game as a professional.
He is entering his 14th year as the head golf professional at the beautiful 180-acre St. Ives course, where he and his staff of three pros see to mem-bers’ needs on a spectacularly wooded course that draws membership from Buckhead, Vinings and Marietta in addition to tony St. Ives itself.
“We cap the golf membership at 510. We don’t want to lose the exclu-sivity that the club maintains, nor do we want to create a situation where it is hard to serve the members’ needs,” Jack said.
Of course, St. Ives is also home to the second-largest ALTA- and US-TA-playing tennis club in Georgia, with some 400-plus playing each week on 16 courts, not to mention swim and diving teams for the youngsters.
But golf is still the most well-known feature at St. Ives.
Jack has long been a renowned golf professional and was honored by his Georgia PGA peers with the 2014 Bill Strausbaugh Award. The award bestows special recognition to a PGA professional for his integrity to the game and his commitment to mentor-ing fellow PGA professionals to prosper in the field of golf while recognizing particular community and charitable involvement.
In presenting the award, it was noted that Jack has mentored 16 assistant golf professionals who have moved on to become head golf pros themselves.
Jack also founded the St. Ives Charity Pro Am that has raised more than $1 million for the Lighthouse Family Retreat, a nonprofit organization
helping families that have children with cancer.
Jack followed that honor by receiv-ing the prestigious 2015 Georgia PGA North Chapter Professional of the Year. It is more than a leadership award. It recognizes exemplary overall perfor-mance as a golf professional at his or her facility. The honor acknowledges Jack’s service to the North Georgia sec-tion and the PGA itself.
Finally, the award recognizes the recipient’s ability to inspire fellow pro-fessionals and overall promotion of the game of golf.
“I was really surprised and humbled by the award,” Jack said at St. Ives. “As for leadership, I have always believed in leading by example. Here at the club, we have a whole team serving our members, and I am part of that team.
“If I can inspire the younger mem-bers of our team, then I’m doing my job. I have to be the best example to them of what a good golf professional is.”
He and the three pros who make up his team have quite a job, but it is one
they all love.“I just got through playing a teach-
ing nine holes with one of the members. Working one-on-one with a player, helping him improve his game, is what
Making members ‘all they can be’ keeps Jack excited every day
PHOTOS BY HATCHER HURD/HERALD
Billy Jack has been head golf profes-sional at St. Ives for nearly 14 years. He and his staff of three professionals see to the needs of St. Ives members, working with them to get the maximum out of each player’s game.
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NORTH FULTON — The Concorde Fire U13 North Black team won a championship against the LSA Sharks 03B Gold team during the LSA Sharks Shootout in Dacula Feb. 7. Concorde Fire led the final game 1-0 going into the last few minutes, when they were able to find the net one more time for a 2-0 win in the championship game.
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I love to do most,” he said. “And every day is different. That’s what is great about this job.”
St. Ives is a truly private club: 49 percent of the members live inside the gates and 51 percent outside. So it is a tight-knit group made up of players who genuinely love the game.
The four PGA instructors – includ-ing one female – have good relation-ships with their members. That is the ultimate goal, Jack says.
“We want the members to feel like they’re always getting better when they step up to the tee,” Jack said. “And every day on the course is a day to have fun.”
That is the staff’s challenge, working daily with the large membership and seeing that everyone has interaction.
“Most people’s idea of a profession-al’s job is not the reality,” Jack said. “We are running a large business with
hundreds of moving parts. It’s our job to keep it running smooth.”
It’s something Jack learned as a budding pro working in the Jack Nick-laus organization.
“It’s not about being good at one thing or a few things. You have to be good at everything. You are managing all the activities – those are the biggest headaches.
“And any time you spend with a member, that member deserves your best – whether it’s giving a playing les-son or just hitting some balls. It’s their time, not yours,” he said.
The biggest change in golf is the science that goes into it. Jack remem-bers Nicklaus taking him along to try some new clubs. They took four or five slightly different wooden shafts to try with some new heads.
“Nicklaus would try different heads and shafts until he felt he matched them the way he liked best. And we were done. To see what a Nicklaus or a Palmer did with the clubs they had in those days was something.”
Today, science can measure every-thing — the swing, the arc, the power. Today, Jack said it’s the pro’s job to work with the player to find the right clubs for his swing.
“Science has changed this game a whole lot. But it is still about putting the ball in the hole. And ultimately, you always play against yourself.”
The latest addition to the St. Ives Country Club is its new patio and bar that is the new popular place to relax.
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ROSWELL, Ga. — On Feb. 10, before a packed house at Mill Springs Academy, The Cottage School varsity boys basketball team captured the 2016 Atlanta Athletic Conference Champi-onship, beating the defending champion and heavily favored Howard School Hawks. This victory marks the fifth time the TCS varsity Cougars have held the title in the past eight years.
In addition, on Feb. 8, the TCS JV team also clenched the AAC championship, the first in the school’s 31-year history.
Led by MVP Tyler Kimble, the JV Cougars played a command-ing defensive game, holding the Hawks to only 3 points in the second half for a 29-17 victory.
The varsity team, led by MVP Kia Smith and team captain Chris Taura, kept the Hawks from taking the lead throughout the contest until Howard tied the score with one minute left. Four clutch free throws made by Taura resulted in a 55-51 Cot-tage triumph.
Richie Briggs, TCS athletic director and varsity boys coach, said, “We are so proud of our basketball program as a whole. Many hours improving their overall character at summer camp, early in the mornings and late at night set up this opportunity for both our men’s teams to become champions. The fact is, our teams would still be champions if we lost both games, but so much in life is measured on the scoreboard.
“Some ask how we (TCS basketball) continue to be the envy of the Atlanta Athletic Conference and the answer is hard to explain; we teach more than just skills and drills,” Briggs continued. “It’s not just one ingredient, but a combination of work building confidence, dealing with adversity and becoming a family as Cougars together. In harmony we learn how to have fun through the good times and bad, playing a game we love and using it to make us better people in the classroom, on the court, and in society.”
Cottage School boys basketball teams capture AAC Championships
The Cottage School JV boys basketball team won the Atlanta Athletic Conference Championship Feb. 8.
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NORTH FULTON, Ga.— The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of North Fulton announced March 14 that North Fulton Kroger customers and asso-ciates raised more than $7,500 last month for cancer research and patient programs through the stores’ bi-annual purple-feet campaign.
“Kroger customers and associates have risen to the occasion and gener-ously led us one step closer to finding a cure for the more than 1.5 million peo-ple who are diagnosed with cancer each year,” said Glynn Jenkins, director of communications and public relations, Kroger Atlanta Division. “Their unwav-ering commitment to this campaign is much appreciated, and it is imperative to raising awareness for this cause.”
The next American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of North Fulton will be held May 14 from 4 - 11 p.m., at Webb Bridge Middle School in Alpharetta. It is an open event in which anyone is free to come and go. The event includes Opening Ceremonies, featuring guest speakers and entertainers; a Survivors Dinner, to which all area cancer sur-vivors and caregivers are invited; food, live music, games and activities for all ages, and Relay’s trademark Luminary Lap just after dusk.
Relay For Life is a community-based volunteer-driven event held annually in towns throughout the world. Teams fundraise over several months in ad-vance of their Relay by reaching out to friends and family for donations and by organizing mini fundraisers. On May 14, the North Fulton teams will set up
sites around the Webb Bridge Middle School track and take turns walking or running laps in memory of those they’ve lost to cancer and in honor of those currently in a fight against the disease.
Visit the Relay for Life of North Fulton website www.relayforlife.org/northfultonga for more information, or to become involved, contact Holly York at [email protected].
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ROSWELL, Ga. – The Roswell Histor-ical Society will be hosting its annual Theater Night fundraiser at the Geor-gia Ensemble Theatre Tuesday, April 5, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
This year’s production is titled “Yesterday and Today!” It takes the incredible music of the Beatles and personalizes it with the stories and perspectives of audience members.
It’s a nostalgic musical celebration with laughter and tears and personal
stories that connect the audience and the band in a way that no other show can.
Everyone has a memory tied in with a Beatles song. The Roswell His-torical Society is inviting everyone to come and share with it.
Tickets are $20. For tickets or more information, please call the office 770.992.1665 or email [email protected] [email protected].
Roswell Historical Societyasks for Beatles memoriesFundraiser ‘Yesterday and Today’ mixesBeatles music with audience participation
Mt. Pisgah boiling 15,000 eggs for EasterCity’s largest Easter Egg hunt plannedJOHNS CREEK, Ga. – An in-credible Easter egg hunt will take place Saturday, March 26, courtesy of Mount Pisgah Meth-odist Church, at Pisgah’s Patriot Athletic Campus, 9825 Brumbe-low Road, across from Newtown Park.
Age-appropriate egg hunts will begin from 9 a.m. to noon. It is a chance for children to play and families to enjoy fellowship with friends and neighbors.
There will be food, games, prizes, inflatables, and Easter egg hunts all jam-packed into three hours of fun.
Egg hunts for each age group will be held every 30 minutes between 9:30 a.m. and noon.
ROSWELL, Ga. –The Atlanta Historical Computing Society and the Computer Museum of America have announced the third annual Vintage Computer Festival Southeast.
The festival will have over 35,000 square feet of displays, exhibits and in-teractive entertainment hosted in what was previously a Comp-USA Super Store. Exhibitors will be attending from all over the region and country. Attend-ees can operate many of the computers and devices on display, but a few rare computer exhibits will not be accessible for public interactivity. However, exhib-itors are often available for live demon-strations of all working devices.
While exploring the art and tech-nology of computing at the festival, it’s also time to play. A vintage game sta-tion will be available for children and adults to play classic games on classic computers and game console systems. Play Pac-Man, Super Pong and Mario on restored Atari, Sega and Nintendo machines.
At this year’s exhibit, historical milestones will be celebrated including • the PDP-8 which turns 50 years old
this year, • the Altair 8800 which turns 40 this
year • and the Amiga 1000 which turns
30. • Some examples of these machines
will be on display.• While at the VCFSE, families and
friends can turn to electronics with fun and games, some that you can assemble. There is a VCFSE do-it-yourself kit,
the perfect introduction to electronics. Assistance in assembling is supplied onsite (as needed), and the activity is always popular with all ages. A vintage game station will be available for chil-dren and adults to play classic games on classic computer and game console systems. And, there’s more. Including a
classic video game wall.In addition to the VCFSE, visitors
can explore the concurrent Computer Museum of America Apple Pop-Up ex-hibit. It’s a large, one-of-a-kind display of extremely rare Apple computers amid a dynamic presentation of how a small start-up company founded in a garage by two young friends became the lead-ing consumer electronics and personal computer company in the world.
Also at the Computer Museum is its companion exhibit, “LINK: Personal Computing from Switches to Pockets.” It shows the “links” from the past to the present via displays of iconic computer brands including original computers like the IBM PC, as well as some very rare and unique machines like the KenBak-1.
“Link” is a diverse, fun and inspir-ing exhibit that allows visitors to ex-plore and dive deeper into the art and technology of personal computing.
To learn more about the Vintage Computer Festival, visit http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-comput-er-festival-southeast-4-0/ or call 770.855.4182.
Vintage Computer Festival returns to Roswell
If you goWhat: The Vintage Computer Festival event hosted by the Atlanta Histori-cal Computing Society and Roswell’s Computer Museum of AmericaWhen: Saturday April 2, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday April 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Where: Kings Market Center, 1425 Market Blvd., Suite 200, Roswell, GACost: Adults $10 for one day, $15 for both days. Young people 17 and younger free when accompanied by a parent or guardian. College students free with student ID.
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Two days later, another $100 in fraudulent charges appeared on the card. Police traced the payments to three separate account numbers. Two of the accounts share the same ad-dress and are believed to be owned by Hicks, who allegedly used a pseudonym for one. The third account holder was found to have lived with Hicks.
After investigating Hicks, the police found that she had been the cashier who had rung up the woman’s items June 13, 2009.
Hicks claimed that she had acci-denttally taken the card number home after writing it down so the manager could run the card. She said her house-mate had used the number to pay their cell phone bills. According to police, in such a situation, there would have been no reason for Hicks to write down the card number. The manager would swipe it through a manual machine to make a carbon copy and run the card.
Police charged Hicks with iden-tity fraud and put out a warrant for her arrest when she failed to appear to answer police questions. But the computer never forgets. She was taken into custody seven years later when she turned up at the Rockdale County Jail.
Pizza order leadsto identity fraudMILTON, Ga. — A woman ordering pizza March 15 reported fraudulent activity on her credit card after receiv-ing a strange phone call confirming the payment.
The woman attempted to place an order at local pizzaria online. A Yelp search brought her to bringmethat.com, an online food delivery service, where she placed an order of about $35. According to the woman, less than five minutes later a man “with a gruff voice” called her claiming that the credit card machine was not working and that she needed to pay in cash once the delivery arrived. Her credit card statement, however, showed that the charge was pending. She was unable to reach the man again after calling back.
The pizzaria storeowner likewise received a call from a man “with a gruff
voice” who gave him the woman’s order, address and phone number. The store-owner stated that he does not receive online orders. His website has been suspended. The woman’s receipts were collected for evidence and her bank has been notified.
Break-in victim loses items worth $2,150MILTON, Ga. — A local man reported a break-in at his home March 10 with around $2,150 worth of possessions missing. Alexander Asser returned home around 5 p.m. to find his door lock damaged and his possessions missing. No one was found inside the home. The allegedly stolen items include an Ibanez bass guitar, two gold dress watches, a HP Envy Touchsmart m6 Sleekbook and multiple check-books. Their total value exceeds $2,150. A maintenance person was already on the scene fixing the lock before the police could investigate, therefore the crime scene was contaminated. No sus-pects have been named at this time.
Former employee suspected in identity theft casesJOHNS CREEK, Ga. — One man is sus-pected for multiple cases of fraudulent activity targeting his former boss after he was fired.
On March 11, Roberts Puccini called the Johns Creek Police Department to report two cases of fraudulent activity.
He had received a letter from the IRS asking him to confirm his recent activity on his online account. Puccini stated that he has not used the account recently and that someone had at-tempted to obtain his tax return using
his social security number.Puccini likewise had received a
letter from Springleaf Financial Services stating that a loan, for which he had not applied, had been denied. A call to the company revealed that some-one had applied for a loan in Puccini’s name for an undisclosed amount of money Feb. 16. The Springleaf repre-sentative stated that the individual had used Puccini’s name, address, date of birth and social security number.
The loan was denied because Springleaf was unable to verify the ap-plicant’s income and identity due to in-complete information. Puccini suspects the former employee, whom he had problems with in the past, is behind the fraudulent activity and identity theft.
Stolen credit cardgets $2,000 hitJOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A woman’s wallet was stolen from her purse March 11 while shopping at a grocery store and someone attempted to use her credit card to run up charges totaling $2,000. However, the credit card com-pany became suspicious and denied the charges.
The woman reported that her wallet was in her purse when entering the store, but was missing upon leaving. She was called by her husband shortly after attempting to check out and was told that fraudulent charges were al-ready on her credit card. The attempted charges to Target were denied.
The woman recalled that another woman approached her with many odd questions while she was in the back of the store. The purse with her wallet had been sitting in the shopping cart.
She believes the conversation could have been a ploy to distract her while another individual stole the wallet from her purse.
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ROSWELL, Ga. - The Roswell Lady Bombers won the North America Youth Basketball Association Tournament Championship in Decatur. Kayla Lind-sey was named tournament MVP after three days of play. Team members in-clude, front row: Maren Cline, Reghan Lednik, Kendall Krantz, Ava Ash-ton, Kayla Lindsey, Riley Broadway, Catherine Campbell. Back row: Coach Danny Broadway, Bryce Puckett, Coach Allyson Campbell and Coach Jim Krantz.
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CITY OF ALPHARETTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The following item will be heard at a public hearing held by the City Council on Monday, March 28, 2016 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
a. PH-16-03 Norcross Street Right of Way Abandonment (City Council Only)Consideration of abandonment of a portion of the Norcross Street Right of Way. The portion of Norcross Street is located within Land Lot 1269, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia
Note: Georgia law requires that all parties who have made campaign contributions to the Mayor or to a Council Member in excess of two hundred fi fty dollars ($250) within the past two (2) years must complete a campaign contribution report with the Community Development Department. The complete text of the Georgia law and a disclosure form are available in the offi ce of the City Clerk, 2 Park Plaza.
CITY OF ALPHARETTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The following items will be heard at a public hearing held by the Planning Commission on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
Items forward by the Planning Commission will be considered by the City Council on Monday, April 25, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
a. Z-15-19/CU-15-15/V-15-34 Old Milton Medical Offi ce/AvitasConsideration of a request to rezone approximately 2 acres from R-12 and R-10M to DT-LW in order to develop a medical offi ce. Conditional uses are also requested to allow a “Clinic”, medical offi ce use, and an ”Accessory retail” use up to 25% of the fl oor area of an offi ce building as well as a “restaurant” use. Variances are requested for a reduced rear yard setback from 3’ to 0’, to reduce the 50’ transitional buffer to 0’, to eliminate the requirement for a 10’ wide landscape strip between parking bays, sign variance and variance to parking for more than 120% of the required spaces to be impervious. The property is located on 2505, 2525, and 2545 Old Milton Parkway. The property is legally described as being located in Land Lot 749, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
b. CU-16-01/V-16-10 Milton AcademyConsideration of a request for a Conditional Use for a private Montessori School. A Variance to the 5’ landscape strip requirement is also requested in order to allow parking. The property is legally described as being located within Land Lot 1122, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
c. PH-15-25 Update to the Comprehensive Land Use PlanConsideration of updates to the 2030 Comprehensive Plan.
d. PH-16-04 Changes to DRB GuidelinesConsideration of updates to the DRB Guidelines.
e. CU-15-13 O’Reilly Auto Parts(City Council Only)Consideration of a request for a conditional use for an auto parts retail store. The building is located at 735 North Main Street on a vacant out parcel. The property is legally described as being located within Land Lot 1122, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
f. V-16-08 Hedgewood Homes(City Council Only)Consideration of a Variance to Section 2.5.5D of the UDC in order to allow crushed stone as a material for internal private driveways and a mulch walking path around the detention area. The property is legally described as being located within Land Lot 1268, 1st District, 2nd Section.
Note: Georgia law requires that all parties who have made campaign contributions to the Mayor or to a Council Member in excess of two hundred fi fty dollars ($250) within the past two (2) years must complete a campaign contribution report with the Community Development Department. The complete text of the Georgia law and a disclosure form are available in the offi ce of the City Clerk, 2 Park Plaza.
CITY OF ALPHARETTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The following items will be heard at a public hearing held by the City Council on Monday, April 18, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
a. PH-16-05 Fox Road Abandonment (City Council Only)Consideration of abandonment of a portion of the Fox Road Right of Way in order to accommodate a City Council Condition approved on February 22, 2016. The portion of Fox Road is located within Land Lot 1254, 1st District, 1st Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
Note: Georgia law requires that all parties who have made campaign contributions to the Mayor or to a Council Member in excess of two hundred fi fty dollars ($250) within the past two (2) years must complete a campaign contribution report with the Community Development Department. The complete text of the Georgia law and a disclosure form are available in the offi ce of the City Clerk, 2 Park Plaza.
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CITY OF ALPHARETTAPUBLIC NOTICE
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PLACECity Hall
Two Park PlazaCouncil Chambers
March 24, 2016, 2:00 P.M.
PURPOSEConsumption on Premises
Beer & Wine, Sunday Sales
APPLICANTGongtong Group, LLC
d/b/a Green Lotus Thai Cuisine875 North Main Street #301
Alpharetta, Ga. 30009Owner
Gongtong Group, LLCRegistered Agent
Boontarika Anamayatana
CITY OF ALPHARETTAPUBLIC NOTICE
PH-16-AB-12
PLACECity Hall
Two Park PlazaCouncil Chambers
March 31, 20163:00 P.M.
PURPOSEConsumption on Premises
Liquor, Beer & WineSunday Sales
APPLICANTWrig Locos, LLC
d/b/a Locos Grill & Pub1177 0 Haynes Bridge Rd. #701
Alpharetta, Ga. 30009Owner
Wrig Locos, LLCRegistered Agent
Brian Scott Will
CITY OF ALPHARETTAPUBLIC NOTICE
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PLACECity Hall
Two Park PlazaCouncil Chambers
March 31, 20163:00 P.M.
PURPOSEConsumption on Premises
Liquor, Beer & WineSunday Sales
APPLICANTFire & Brimstone, Inc.
d/b/a Fire & Brimstone Tavern10595 Old Alabama Rd. Connector
Alpharetta, Ga. 30022Owner
Fire & Brimstone, Inc.Registered Agent
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Full-time
Builder/ Project Manager Peachtree Residential Properties, one of Atlanta’s premier home builders since 1988, is seeking a Builder-Project Manager for new home communities in North Atlanta. Visit www.peacht reeres iden t ia l .com for company information. Please email [email protected] with resume. * Minimum experience 10 years in supervisory position in homebuilding industry.* College degree preferable.* We do drug testing and background checks.* North Atlanta subdivisions.* Competitive salary, excellent bonus program and truck allowance.* High customer service skills a must.* Multiple subdivision responsibility.
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ELECTRICIANS& HELPERS
Hannah Electr ic Company. Send resume to [email protected] or call 770-836-1079
Private Optometric Practice with two locations Alpharetta/Cumming looking to add an Optometric Assistant w/ optical experience. Appropriate skill sets will be considered for possible training. Please send resume to [email protected] or fax: 770-410-7525
Customer Service Specialist
Inbound call center and virtual office service. Provide receptionist services to various companies. Sell, schedule and provide virtual office services for home inspectors. Must work 1-2 nights 12:30pm-9pm. Real estate and/or inspection background a plus. $14/hour + potential bonus in 1st 90 days. Resume: [email protected]
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RMA Monday-Friday8:30am-5pm. Fax resume 678-475-2751 or email [email protected]
CABINET MAKER: Well establ ished custom cabinet shop in Alpharetta needs full time, EXPERIENCED cabinet maker and molder operator. Position offers benefits and vacation. ONLY EXPERIENCED candidates should apply. Please call l770-318-7204 during normal business hours
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GENERAL CLERK ILSawnee EMC is seeking a General Clerk IL (Custodial/
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Mainenance Support Worker) (part-time position) to perform janitorial and grounds keeping duties. Requires some heavy lifting, high-school diploma or equivalency and a valid GA driver’s license. Related experience with outdoor maintenance equipment is preferred. Hours: Available for alternate shift assignments and irregular work hours. Applicants must complete an application form prior to 5 PM, March 28, 2016. Apply online: www.sawnee.com, News & Events, Job Opportunities, or application forms are available at 543 Atlanta Hwy, Cumming GA 30040. Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer of Females, Minorities, Veterans and Disabled. Drug-Free Workplace.
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GENERAL CLERK II - Customer ServiceSawnee EMC is seeking a General Clerk II - Customer Service to assist in a high volume call center. Requires high school diploma or equivalency, computer, communication and general office skills. Minimum: Two years of related experience preferred. Position is part-time with flexible hours, to include Saturdays and holidays. Applicants must complete an application prior to 5 PM, March 30, 2016. Apply online: www.Sawnee.com, news & events, job opportunities, or application forms are available at 543 Atlanta Hwy, Cumming GA 30040. Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer of Females, Minorities, Veterans and Disabled. Drug-Free Workplace.
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GRANT WRITER-PART TIME:NFCC is a locally-based, v o l u n t e e r - s u p p o r t e d organization serving a diverse population in North Fulton with emergency needs. Grant Writer will research, prepare, submit and manage grant proposals to fund NFCC programs and operations. Requires excellent writing and communication skills and proven track record securing grant awards. BA and 3 years experience nonprofit environment. Drug-free workplace. e-Verify. Sumbit resume, cover letter, writing sample and salary history to Vonda at [email protected]
Weekend Cashier: Part Time.NFCC is a locally supported, volunteer-based organization serving a diverse population in North Fulton with emergency needs. Flexible, mature, responsible person who gets along well with people to work in Thrift Shop. Hours: Saturday 9:30 to 5:30 and Sunday 12:30 to 6:30. Drug-free workplace. e-Verify. Pick up/submit application at NFCC, 11270 Elkins Rd, Roswell 30076 or [email protected]
Part-time
Office Assistant - Part time.Alpharetta PresbyterianChurch seeks a part-timeoffice assistant (30 hoursper week) to assist withrunning an efficient churchoffice and supporting theoffice staff. Degreedcandidate preferred;writing skills and computercompetence (Word,Outlook) are essential.Publisher skills desired.Interested candidatesshould email a coverletter, resume, and salaryrequirements to: [email protected]
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CUMMINGMulti-family. WoodlandPark Subdivision, 1265Smokehouse Trail 30041.Friday 3/25, Saturday3/26, 8am-3pm.
Milton/Alpharetta140 Oakhurst LeafDrive 30004. Friday3/25 and Saturday 3/26,8am-12pm. Many itemsincluding furniture, kidstoys & sports equipment,books and movies, andhousehold.
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The Crabapple Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Bands, directed by Gus Melton, received high ratings at their performance evaluations.
Crabapple Middle School bands achieve high marksROSWELL, Ga. — The Crabapple Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Bands received high marks when they performed at Sutton Middle School for the District V Large Group Performance Evaluation held by the Georgia Music Educators Association on March 8 and 9. LGPE rigorously evaluates students and teachers for their perfor-mance and sight-reading abilities, similar to an end of course test. The 7th Grade Band earned the highest possible rating of Superior on their performance and an Excellent rating on their sight-read-ing, while the 8th Grade Band earned an Excellent rating on both their performance and sight-reading.
Both bands are directed by Gus Melton.
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Bargains
Antiques
European wardrobe/armoire, single door, beveled mirror, 84”hX 21”dX37”w. $600. Photos. 678-549-6057.
Building Supplies
VELUX SKYLIGHTS, used. (Eight, 21”x44”, two miscellaneous sizes). $475/all. 770-992-6848 leave message
1000 Gallon Diesel/Solvent tank, $1500.00 Call Tom 770.778.6015
Cemetery
R o s w e l l - G r e e n l a w n . Garden of Prayer overlooking lake with fountain. 4 plots. [email protected] for more info and photos
ARLINGTON2 premium spaces, prestigious Pine Hill. #184-C, 3 & 4. Valued at $17,000, sacrifice $7000/both. 770-886-6988
Furniture
DINING SET, cherry: Table, China cabinet, server, chairs. $700/obo. 770-568-1344
DINING SET, white wicker. 48” glass-top table, 4 cushioned chairs $350. 770-993-5842
Furniture
OUTDOOR FURNITURE7 piece; rectangular table with 6 chairs. Brand new $900/obo. 770-490-4177
SOFA: Ethan Allen dark pine, matching coffee table. $350. 770-993-0835
Garden/Lawn
DRIFTWOOD: For decorating and/or projects. $350/all! Text for pix: 678-468-8687
Household
ORIENTAL RUGS, matching patterns. 3.6x5.6 and 2.6x8 runner. Never used! $300. 770-418-1929R E F R I G E R A T O R , Samsung, 24.1cf. Water and ice dispenser. $950/obo. 770-490-4177
MedicalEquipment
HOSPITAL BED: Electronic controls with deluxe mattress. Bought new, used less than 2 weeks. $750. Originally $2000. 404-735-7250
Musical Instruments
CELLO, 7/8 Doetsch, Pernambuco bow, Hiscox hard sided case $2400. 770-753-0787
PIANO, Baby Grand: Elegant case, matching bench; warm, rich tone. Sacrifice $1650 obo. 678-445-3654
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Cherry conference room table (8’x4’), 6 chairs. $500; Executive cherry desk $300; 3 side chairs, cherry frame, dark green fabric $150; 2 reception fabric chairs $80 Mint! 770-992-7875
Recreation
POOL TABLE, 4x8, 4 chairs, cues, rack, 2 more tables. $2000/OBO. 404-934-7307
GOLF MEMORABILIA: Club Logo; balls and towels, etc. $295. 404-583-2078
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Bowflex Treadclimber TC5000. Very lightly used; great condition! $350. 678-386-1588
Nordic Track Walk Fit 5000: Non-electric, no batteries. $100. 770-993-0835
Recreation
Pool Table, 8’. Balls, racks, cue stand, sticks. Slate base, Dark cherry, leather ball pockets. $850. 770-617-5943
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Vintage Barbie, Midge, Francie, Skipper dolls, clothing and accessories. (Local). Cell 214-883-8215
Real Estate
Acreage/Lots
0.47 acre Residential Lot off of River Club Drive, backs up to Yellow River in Gwinnett County $30,000. Call Christy Scally, Keller Williams 678-341-7400 office, 404-660-2919 cell, www.AgentScally.com
CUMMINGPerfect homesite lot for sale 2 clear level acres, Hawkins Drive. Private dead-end street surrounded by nice homes. Michele Williams 770-722-1303, office 770-667-0800, www.NegrelliRealtyGA.com
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ALPHARETTABasement. Outside entrance. 1BDRM/1BA. Large den and kitchen combination. No pets. Non-smoker. 2 references. 770-475-1788
Office Space for Rent
Main Street Commons Offi ce Condo Park, Heart Of Downtown Alpharetta. Single Story Offi ce Condo 1104 SF, 3 Offi ces, Reception Area, Conference & Break Rooms, Storage Closet, very nice fi nishes. $1385/month. 1020 Powers Place. [email protected]
Office Space for Sale
ROSWELLMinutes from Holcomb Bridge, Mansell Road, 400. Receptionist area, 3 offices, kitchen, bathroom, $80,000. 678-205-1330
Waterfront in GA
LAKE NOTTELEY 1-acre lakefront wooded lot, just 90 miles north of Atlanta in upscale mountain-top community with pool, clubhouse, stables and many more amenities. Motivated seller $189,000.
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Need a housecleaning? Call Norma Martinez for free estimate! References. 404-468-7667. “I get all your dust to earn your trust!”
Concrete/Asphalt
We fix UGLY driveways and patios.
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New or Repair: Driveways, patios, sidewalks, walls. Res ident ia l o r Commercial. Call for FREE estimate. The Best Concrete Company-Ask for Dave McKemey. 678-648-2010.Professional, competitive, many local references.
Deck
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Gutters
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Haulers
Bush Hogging, Clearing, Grading, Hauling etc. Many local references. Call Ralph Rucker at 678-898-7237
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Remodeling
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Tree Services
404Cuttree. One of the most experienced and reliable tree companies in North Atlanta. Perfect reviews and reliable, professional, and honest service. Free quotes. Fully insured. 770Tree.com 678-506-0006
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