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NORTH FULTON, Ga. – A long-time substitute teacher for the Fulton County School System was one of 76 individuals arrested in an eight-state, coordinated operation to get child sex offenders off the streets and the internet.

Arrested on March 15 during Operation Southern Impact was Bryan F. Stisher, 35, of Roswell, who had been a substitute teacher for Fulton County Schools for the past seven years. He was recently fired, according to Fulton School officials.

“I can confirm Bryan Stisher is a former substitute teacher for Fulton County Schools,” said district spokesperson Donna Lowry. “He was hired as a substitute in January 2011 and fired

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Suspects leave store with multiple cameras MILTON, Ga. — Three suspects recently stole five cameras worth nearly $4,000 from Fry’s Electronics along Ga. 9.

The suspects, believed to be juvenile males, entered the store and all went to the restroom. After leaving the restroom, they made their way to the audio/video department and grabbed five Canon cameras.

They then exited through the store’s emergency exit. A loss prevention employee followed the suspects through

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in February 2018. Legally, as a school district, that is all I can say because we cannot comment on personnel matters.”

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation directed the state operation which targeted people who possess and distribute child pornography, and those who are sexually exploiting children in other ways using technology and the internet.

The GBI noted that “While investigators regularly target the trading of all types of child pornography, Operation Southern Impact targeted those seeking out and distributing the most violent child pornography involving infants and toddlers.”

A spokeswoman for the GBI said at this time there is no indication that Stisher exploited any of the students he came into contact with while working as a substitute teacher.

“I am unaware of any allegations of misconduct related to the schools or students…and to my knowledge, since the arrests became public, no one has come forward as a victim,” said Debbie

Garner, special agent in charge of the GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit.

Charges against Stisher cover the possession and distribution of child pornography and not direct acts of child exploitation.

“Many times people collect and view pornography but aren’t [directly involved] with the victims,” Garner said.

“There are some instances where this happens, but it is not a direct correlation between viewing and [acts].”

Of the 76 people arrested in the operation, more than half were from Georgia. Local law enforcement executed 38 search warrants and 12 “knock and talks” over a two-day period of arrests.

Operation Southern Impact II included a total of 222 law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Locally, Alpharetta and Roswell police departments, and the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office were involved in the operation.

the emergency exit and told them to stop but they ran across Ga. 9 in the direction of a nearby assisted living community. He then lost sight of the suspects.

Milton police arrived on scene but were unable to locate the suspects after canvassing nearby businesses.

The loss prevention employee provided police with security footage and photos of the suspects. They were described by the Fry’s employee as juvenile males.

with two counts of burglary and criminal damage to property.

A woman arrived home around midnight on March 16 and saw an unknown vehicle in front of her residence.

After entering her home through the front door, she noticed her rear sliding glass door had been smashed. She also heard a noise that “sounded like there was someone still inside the home,” according to the incident report.

The woman immediately drove a short distance away from her home and called police. She then saw a man exit the rear of her condominium building, then drive away in the car that was parked in front of her home.

Using the woman’s description of the vehicle, Milton police apprehended Boyd on Windward Parkway.

The woman reported multiple items of jewelry and $900 in cash had been taken from her home.

While at the victim’s residence, officers discovered another condominium had its rear door broken. Police spoke with a juvenile daughter of the owner who showed police a picture of a necklace that was missing. The photo in the necklace matched one found on Boyd’s person.

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Milton studies ways to incentivize large lots

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton is continuing an effort to incentivize developers to retain large lots in keeping with the city’s goal of maintaining its rural character. If approved, changes to the city’s code for lots three acres or more could take effect this summer.

Discussions to identify and adopt the incentives have been ongoing since last November.

Public Works Director Carter Lucas updated the City Council on potential incentives at its March 19 meeting.

Lucas listed possible inducements regarding development standards, including water access and fire protection, lot configuration, utility easements and impact fees.

The city’s current codes for fire protection require a water source be within 600-feet of any structure of a property. That requirement can present high costs for developers who would be forced to run access lines to each property, Lucas said.

One suggestion calls for the city to extend the proximity to 800-feet to ease developmental costs. The city’s fire chief and fire marshal said the city

The city’s current codes for fire protection require a water source be within 600feet of any structure of a property. That requirement can present high costs for developers who would be forced to run access lines to each property, Lucas said. would still be able to provide adequate fire protection from that distance.

Where there is no natural water source, such as a pond, Lucas said Fulton County would accept lines built to its standards which would count as a water source.

Fire protection standards, specifically how many homes can be serviced by a single driveway, were also addressed. While the city currently allows a driveway to serve up to three lots, Milton’s fire code allows a maximum of two lots.

The city will look to resolve that discrepancy and extend the maximum number of lots a driveway can serve to five, Lucas said.

The city is also seeking to allow

developers more flexibility with lot configurations by allowing a large lot’s frontage to be on the utility easements and to not require internal sidewalks in large lot subdivisions. Sidewalks may still be required on the development’s frontage depending on their proximity to a school or park, Lucas said.

Milton is also considering expediting the approval process for large lots as a means to incentivize developers.

Milton currently has a minor plat review process for subdivisions three lots or less. These subdivisions are approved administratively and do not go before the Planning Commission or the City Council.

For large lot subdivisions, the three-lot maximum for administrative

approval could be increased to five lots.

However, Lucas warned minor plats do not have rural viewshed requirements, so there could be “unintended consequences” in allowing the increase.

The city is also studying whether impact fees could be waived in largelot developments. These fees, collected on new developments in Milton, offset the cost of public services, such as fire coverage. Lucas said if the city chose to waive the fees, they would need to authorize repayments from the city’s other funding sources.

Milton is also studying whether to create a market for its Transfer of Development Rights program which could encourage large lots. The program allows landowners the ability to waive the right to develop their land and to transfer those development rights to a different parcel.

Lots of three acres or more could also be stimulated by easing stormwater requirements and a reduction of tree recompense by developers.

Lucas said the incentives could go before the public at a community zoning information meeting in late April.

They would then go to the Planning Commission for review in May and before the City Council in June.

Confusion surrounds Birmingham Crossroads development

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — Residents will have to wait a few more weeks for more details on a development in the Birmingham Crossroads District that has been in the works for nearly 14 years. On March 19, the Milton City Council deferred to its April 23 meeting a request by the developer to modify the site plan and concurrent variances.

The council chose to defer the matter after the site’s permitted density and overall plan was questioned following a string of zoning modifications and approved conditions over the past few years.

The development, a mixed use complex including retail space, townhomes and single family homes at the intersection of Birmingham Road and Birmingham Highway, was granted a rezoning in 2004 by Fulton County before the Milton was incorporated.

In 2014, the City Council approved a request by the developer that reduced the density for the office and commercial spaces, deleted a proposed daycare facility and reduced the number of townhomes to add 19 single family homes.

However, before a land disturbance permit was granted, city staff said then developer AG Armstrong discontinued contact with the city and the permit appeared to be “abandoned.”

Current owner Tad Braswell requested a modification to the site plan in 2016 to replace retail along Birmingham Highway with townhomes. City staff said

this request was “not consistent with the Birmingham Crossroads Master Plan” and the request was denied by the City Council.

The latest site plan, submitted just three days before the March 19 council meeting, erases the proposed townhomes and proposes instead 24 single family homes within the mixed-use area. The developer is also requesting a concurrent variance to delete the requirement for a 75-foot undisturbed buffer between the site’s rural residential zone and its mixeduse node.

Milton City Manager Steve Krokoff said the city’s legal team is currently grappling with what the development would be allowed by right should the council deny the current site plan.

Krokoff said the developer would have to revert to the 2014 plan, but that plan was approved with the condition that no more than 33 townhomes be built at a density of 4.98 units per acre. However, the council approved in the same vote a modification to the original 2004 site plan which depicted 29 single family homes and no townhomes. The question remains which condition controls the development should the current site plan and concurrent variances be denied.

Multiple residents spoke out against the proposal at the March 19 meeting, and many took issue with the developer’s submission of an updated site plan just three days before the meeting. Zoning manager Robyn MacDonald said while it is not uncommon to have late submissions, the city’s rules does not specif-

The latest site plan, submitted just three days before the March 19 council meeting, erases the proposed townhomes and proposes instead 24 single family homes within the mixed-use area. The developer is also requesting a concurrent variance to delete the requirement for a 75-foot undisturbed buffer between the site’s rural residential zone and its mixed-use node. ically address how late an updated site plan can be submitted before a council meeting.

The City Council will take up the matter again at its April 23 meeting.

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Several residents expressed concern over the $750,000 landscape reconstruction, questioning the removal of trees.

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New legislation addresses 2017 property tax revolt Laws would cap home appraisals beginning in 2019

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Homeowners in North Fulton may never again face the sticker shock that hit them last year when the county sent out revised property appraisals.

ALBERS Area residents could vote this year on a set of new laws that would protect them from the threat of spiraling assessments that had thousands up in arms last year.

Sparked by that public outcry, state legislators passed a series of bills recently that establish a cap on how much a home appraisal could rise each year for tax purposes.

Last year, thousands of North Fulton residents received new property ap-

praisals that upped their home values by more than half. In all, 61 percent of the county’s homeowners saw their assessments increase by more than 13 percent.

Those higher appraisals meant homeowners were confronted with higher tax bills from Fulton County, the school system and city government.

Residents raised enough Cain to get county commissioners to intercede and throw out the new assessments in favor of the property values set in 2016. But the issue has continued to pit elected officials against appraisers who are bound by law to appraise property at or near its market value.

The new legislation, passed by both houses and awaiting the governor’s signature, would go into effect in 2019 if approved in November by voters in Alpharetta, Roswell, Johns Creek, Milton and Mountain Park.

Tax assessments for the current year would not be affected, so homeowners could again face the same sort of sticker shock they saw in 2017. If that happens, legislators said, it could provide incentive for homeowners to vote for the new laws.

“One of the things we hold most

important down here is assuring that those we represent are able to live in their homes and have a successful life,” said state Sen. John Albers, who led the legislative effort after his office received more than 1,700 emails about the issue last year. “We never want them to get taxed out of their home.”

The new legislation allows for an annual cap of 3 percent on residential property appraisals, a “reasonable rate,” Albers said.

“Our paychecks are not going up 20, 50, 100 percent,” he said, “but 3 percent is a reasonable amount that people can plan for both for the homeowner as well as the school system for their budgeting purposes.”

State Rep. and House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones said the entire North Fulton delegation worked to forge a plan to ensure that every citizen in North Fulton will be able to have predictability and affordability with regard to their property taxes.

“Currently, your Fulton County taxes – pertaining solely to the county – have a homestead exemption that floats,” she said. “It essentially freezes the amount that your reassessment can go up as long as you own your home.

Sandy Springs also has that.”

With the addition of this legislation, school taxes and the other cities in North Fulton will also have the same protection, with one caveat, Jones said. Constituents and voters need to show up at the polls in November and vote affirmatively for the homestead exemption.

The Fulton County School Board voted unanimously in support of this measure. Jones said lawmakers wanted to make the caps applicable to this year’s appraisals, but there was no way to do it legally.

State Rep. Chuck Martin said, under the new formula, the Assessor’s Office would take the base year for assessments – either 2016, 2017 or 2018, whichever is lowest – then adjust it according to the Consumer Price Index with a limit of a 3 percent increase.

So the county, the school district and all the cities can budget to keep up with inflation, Martin said.

“It’s important to realize, we’re not driving the school system or any of our cities off a fiscal cliff,” he said.

The appraisal cap would apply to current residential property, but not to resales or additions. Nor would it apply to commercial property.

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OPINION

Fifty years later, it’s time for another miracle We would be late for church.

Gathered in the foyer of our rural Kansas home, the seven of us – my parents, four brothers and I – were turned facing the television in the PAT FOX living room.

Editor pat@appenmediagroup.com It was just shy of midnight Christmas Eve, 1968. On the screen was a gray, rumpled landscape crawling from right to left.

The moon.

Amazing.

More amazing still was that three astronauts orbited overhead – the first time ever humans had left the security of Earth.

Most of my generation, those who grew up with monthly launches into Earth’s orbit, cite Neil Armstrong’s 1969 walk on the moon as the seminal event of the era.

Not me. Nothing compares to that first trip six months earlier, when three men, far beyond the hope of rescue, more alone than any living beings had ever been, circled another world.

From their tiny command module, the Apollo 8 crew – Commander Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders – described the moonscape as “a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing.”

Norman Rockwell could have used that assessment to paint the perfect calendar art for Earth’s 1968 – 12 months of turmoil: • April 4 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated in Memphis • June 5 – Sen. Robert Kennedy assassinated in Los Angeles • Aug. 28 – Police beat thousands of anti-war protester outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago • November – First revelations that up to 504 unarmed civilians were massacred by U.S. Army troops in My Lai, Vietnam, in March That’s a lot of baggage to ferry from Earth to a quiet spot 239,000 miles away.

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Anders began: “We are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on

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“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep…”

And so it continued for the next several minutes until all three men had recited a verse from Genesis to the largest television audience in history.

The transmission concluded with Borman: “And God saw that it was good.

“And from the crew of Apollo 8, we

close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth.”

On their journey home, NASA read congratulatory telegrams to the crew.

Well-wishers included President Lyndon Johnson and aviator Charles Lindbergh. But they saved the best for last.

It was a telegram from Valerie Pringle.

It read: “Thank you Apollo 8. You saved 1968.”

Not quite 50 years later, we’re in need of a little rescue again. Barely three months in and we’ve already seen nuclear threats lobbed between North Korea and Washington, a mass shooting at a Florida high school, a string of bombings in Texas and a toxic political atmosphere that shows no sign of abating.

There have been other years with worse horrors than this, for sure. But that hardly brightens our horizon.

Unless you look back… maybe to that Christmas Eve 50 years ago, that singular night when everything seemed to be falling apart, and something wonderful happened.

That one night, all the worst damage humanity could do to itself was diminished by the spectacle of what it could achieve in unity.

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February 27th, 1968 Massive crowds rallied today across America – and across the world – to protest gun violence and the massacre of 17 students at Marjorie Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, RAY APPEN Florida.

Publisher ray@appenmediagroup.com Emma Gonzalez’s speech at the rally in Washington D.C. lasted a total of 6 minutes and 20 seconds – the amount of time it took the shooter to slaughter 17 of her fellow students and wound many more with his legally purchased AR-15 assault rifle.

For the last 4 minutes and 25 seconds of her speech, Emma stood in silence – a powerful, unnerving and uncomfortable silence – before ending with “Fight for your lives before it’s someone else’s job,” and then she left the stage.

From the mouths of children.

Change in our country often comes agonizingly slowly. Our perception of important issues like desegregation, tobacco, seatbelts, the environment, energy, gender bias, Apartheid and war, just to name a few, has changed significantly – and continues to change – during our lifetime.

How we perceive these issues, how our knowledge about them originates and grows, how they are prioritized and addressed by the government, how much we allow them to continue to negatively impact our own individual lives and our collective lives is a process.

In every instance, fundamental change begins with individuals, their acts, their effort and their voices.

From Martin Luther King, to Rachael Carson, to Ralph Nader, to Malala Yousafzai, to Daniel Berrigan, to Nelson Mandela, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, it takes action by someone or some groups to begin to ignite change through the system and disrupt the status quo.

Often that disruption requires extreme courage, severe personal sacrifice and loss by the agents of change.

Death, prison, scorn and being ostracized are often the penalty meted out.

Despite so many mass shootings in America from Columbine to Sandy Hook to Las Vegas – multiple mass shootings unlike any other country in the world – how gun violence is perceived, managed and addressed has yet to meaningfully change – until just maybe, now.

February 27th, 1968 was a turning point for the Viet Nam War. It was on

... From Martin Luther King, to Rachael Carson, to Ralph Nader, to Malala Yousafzai, to Daniel Berrigan, to Nelson Mandela, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, it takes action by someone or some groups to begin to ignite change through the system and disrupt the status quo. that date that “the most trusted person in America” – CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite editorialized on air that the war the U.S. was fighting in Vietnam was not winnable. It is reported that President Johnson, upon hearing Cronkite’s words, said “If I have lost Cronkite, I have lost middle America.”

A week later, Johnson announced he would not run for reelection. A short five years later the U.S. ended its war in Vietnam.

It may be possible that these kids – starting with the students at Marjorie Stoneman Douglass High School – are both Cronkite’s trusted voice and Johnson’s lost “middle America” as well.

And it might be wise for elected politicians today all across our country – from most of the state legislators in Georgia to the U.S. senators and representatives – to understand that their time is up unless they start making the rational common sense changes so long sought by the vast majority of Americans in response to the out-of-control gun violence our country is suffering.

The changes are going to happen with or without them.

Unless they take action and soon, they too might consider, like Johnson, not running for reelection.

“Fight for your lives before it’s someone else’s job.”

They are.

It’s time.

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NORTH FULTON, Ga. – For the first time in its nearly 150 years of existence, the Fulton County School System opened the school year with fewer students than the previous year.

Recently projected to top 100,000 students by 2020, enrollment numbers appear to be trending the other way across the district’s 105 schools.

Declining enrollment is expected to continue into next year, with 2018-19 enrollment projected at 95,215 students – numbers not seen since the 2011-12 school year.

“We have been preparing the [school board] for this shift for a number of years, but this fall we actually observed it,” said Yngrid Huff Jones, chief plan-

ner for Fulton Schools.

The decline in enrollment follows several years of stagnation, after years of exploding growth in the early 1990s and into the 2000s. But the economic turndown in 2008 marked the end of the boom, a boom which saw nearly 30 new schools built in North Fulton since 1998 to house the influx of students.

Huff said North Fulton is not losing students, but incoming classes are not as large as graduating classes.

Fulton Schools uses School Site forecasting model, based primarily on tracking existing students as they matriculate from one grade to another.

Various other factors are then applied to those cohorts, including residential development, student mobility, private school returns, in and out migration and birth rates.

2018-19 Enrollment Forecast for North Fulton Schools School

2017-18 Enrollment

2018-19 Projection

Abbotts Hill

632

576

Alpharetta

552

574

Amana Charter

485

478

Barnwell

755

740

Birmingham Falls

745

752

Cogburn Woods

872

866

Crabapple Crossing

777

764

Creek View

906

938

Dolvin

838

812

Esther Jackson

655

659

FAST Charter

424

400

Findley Oaks

637

602

Hembree Springs

647

653

Hillside

524

532

Lake Windward

745

763

Manning Oaks

859

865

Medlock Bridge

628

620

Mimosa

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750

Mountain Park

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795

New Prospect

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562

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Northwood

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710

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Ocee

715

694

River Eves

621

612

Roswell North

890

884

Shakerag

691

627

State Bridge Crossing

776

762

Summit Hill

702

727

Sweet Apple

779

802

Vickery Mill

491

467

Wilson Creek

834

838

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slow decline in enrollment Huff said projections for 2017-18 marked the first time in the 18 years of using School Site the projections were off by more than 1 percent. A projected 500-student increase was closer to an actual 500-student decline; with projections off by nearly 1,000 students.

“While the change in enrollment reflects a decline of students, further analysis paints a different picture,” she noted. “[The enrollment decline] was not due to a loss of students, but rather a change in cohort size. The graduating classes are much larger than the incoming kindergarten classes.”

In North Fulton, the residential market is booming, especially in the Georgia 400 area between Roswell and Alpharetta, with approximately 200 closings per quarter. But the idea that school-aged kids are coming out of those areas has not happened – yet.

High price points outside the “starter home” range are likely one reason for the lack of school-aged children.

“When preparing last year’s projections we anticipated slight enrollment declines but believed [it would be tem-

pered by] the strong housing market,” Huff said. “This assumption did not hold true in North Fulton and [we were] 316 students below assumptions.”

The area has a nine month supply of available housing – seven months is ideal – with about 8,400 homes in the “pending, approved and active” categories.

In comparison, Sandy Springs has 6,800 units; South Fulton has 44,500 homes in this same category.

Declining birth rates beginning in 2012 were first cited as a reason in North Fulton’s declining enrollment in the past few years, but have since expanded to the entire county.

“We’ve seen this for the last three or four years in North Fulton,” said Huff.

“South County had not experienced it, but we are seeing it now, and trying to decide if it is tied to redevelopment or truly reflects what is happening in North Fulton.”

Regionally, most systems are seeing either flat line growth or decreases, with the exception of Gwinnett County Schools which expects to see continued growth.

2018-19 Enrollment Forecast for North Fulton Schools (continued) School

2017-18 Enrollment

2018-19 Projection

Amana Charter

217

223

Autrey Mill

1,442

1,416

Crabapple

955

935

Elkins Pointe

1049

1,063

FAST Charter

138

205

Haynes Bridge

750

715

Holcomb Bridge

719

711

Hopewell

1,501

1,440

Northwestern

1319

1310

River Trail

1222

1271

Taylor Road

1335

1304

Webb Bridge

1192

1165

Middle school total

11,839

11,758 (-81)

Alpharetta

2238

2265

Cambridge

1987

2014

Centennial

1935

1958

Chattahoochee

1962

1935

Independence

207

211

Johns Creek

2144

2152

Milton

2384

2386

Northview

1807

1793

Roswell

2246

2235

High school total

16,910

16,949 (+39)

North Fulton total

49,805

49,531 (-274)

System total

95,610

95,215 (-395)

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By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Hundreds flocked to the third annual Appen Media Group 55+ Lifestyle & Travel Expo Sunday.

Both attendees and vendors posted rave reviews.

The four-hour expo, held at the Metropolitan Club on Windward Parkway, saw some 500 registered attendants and 40 vendors. Wendy Goddard, Appen Media Group manager of marketing and innovation, said the expo’s appeal is not just for those 55 and over, but for younger adults interested in travel, those with aging parents and for healthcare professionals.

The expo provided information on topics such as travel and cruising, active-adult lifestyle options and communities, and senior services providers, home-care services and assisted living communities.

“The expo provides access to this information for every stage in a fun, elegant atmosphere allowing attendees to gather what they need without the pressure of the ‘sell,’” Goddard said.

“Whether you’re caring for an aging loved one or are in the season yourself, it is important to be armed with information so you can make the most out of each stage of life.”

More than $500 in prizes were given out every few minutes during the event.

The T Tones, an acapella musical act, serenaded visitors with songs from the ’40s and ’50s.

It was a “wonderful success,” Goddard said.

Luke, a Certified LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs from Lutheran Church Charities, is trained every day to help people in need.

Presenting sponsors this year were Expedia CruiseShipCenters, Vickery Rose Retirement Resort and Home Helpers Home Care. Two of the presentations given by these sponsors were completely sold out.

“The expo was the best one in my 12-year career of attending shows,” said Scott Woodside of Roswell Funeral Home.

And the impact of the expo is felt year-round.

“We get calls throughout the year from attendees who connected with a vendor, but possibly misplaced their information and are now in need of their service,” Goddard said. “We are happy to connect them, and it just goes to show an expo like this continues to provide quality connections for months and years.”

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I have about five to 10 people wanting to start their business in Cumming every week. This is where they want to be. We’d like to have them.

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Leadership Link provides picture of economic landscape

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Cumming and Forsyth County teamed up March 22 to present a comprehensive update on the state of the community.

Cumming Mayor Troy Brumbalow and Forsyth District 2 Commissioner Dennis Brown spoke at the Leadership Link event held at The Station House.

Topics included new businesses, city improvements and the proposed second city of Sharon Springs, which will be decided in a referendum on May 22.

Brumbalow, who took office in January, said he became interested in the mayor’s job after working for the Sheriff’s Office where he was able to cut a couple of million dollars out of the budget.

Brown was elected last November.

He ran unsuccessfully for the seat a few years ago, and decided to try again after he saw the county making decisions he thinks did not conform to improving the community.

Brown’s district encompasses a large portion of the proposed Sharon Springs boundaries, and he said he’s heard emotional arguments from both sides of the issue. Zoning, code enforcement and trash pickup will be under the initial charter, he said. The threat of increased taxes for residents of the new city is one concern he’s heard from a lot of constituents, he said.

The City of Cumming has no millage rate.

“They will have the rights and privileges of any other municipality in Georgia, which after the initial time, they can do pretty much anything they

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Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Economic Development Robert Long, center, speaks with Cumming Mayor Troy Brumbalow, left, and Forsyth County Commissioner Dennis Brown at the Leadership Link March 22 at The Station House. want such, as increasing the millage rate,” Brown said. “That’s a future issue that we don’t know what will happen.

You can’t get too speculative beyond the initial time because there are too many unknowns in the equation.”

The countywide Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax is another funding source governments use. Brumbalow said if Sharon Springs achieves cityhood, Cumming’s share of that pie would be cut to next to nothing.

If Sharon Springs offers three of

six qualifying services – so far organizers have mentioned only trash service – then, the new city would qualify to receive local sales tax funding. If that happens, Brumbalow said, Cumming could lose a third of its funding revenue overnight.

“If that were to happen, the implications would be very bad,” he said. “You couldn’t do a city property tax because it’d have to be $3,000 per house because we have such a small number of households. Taxes are not an option for

me. We’d have to cut services. We use SPLOST money to fix infrastructure so many enjoy every day.”

More than 3,000 businesses call Cumming home, with one business for every two residents, according to Robert Long, vice president of Economic Development for the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce.

“I have about five to 10 people wanting to start their business in Cumming every week,” Brumbalow said. “This is where they want to be. We’d like to have them. They’re not paying extra taxes to us, so that’s why I think they’re coming here. What a better place than Forsyth County and the state of Georgia.”

Officials said low or no taxes draw businesses, but there are other strategies, such as forming a community improvement district, building a town center in downtown Cumming and bringing more upscale restaurants and businesses to the city.

“One thing I’ve noticed since I’ve been in office is the real interest of everyone, businesses and residential, they want to improve the community and make it better across the board,” Brown said. “The community improvement district is a good way to do that because it’s a self-imposed tax, like a homeowner’s association, with specific things they want to accomplish and improve, like upgrades to roads or signage.”

Brown said Halcyon, the mixed-use community modeled as a cut above Alpharetta’s Avalon, would make a tremendous anchor for a community improvement district.

“That’ll be nice and we’re really excited,” he said. “It’ll grow and attract some of the bigger businesses.”

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Sandy Springs’ new downtown is legit Take the First it was official, now it’s legit: Sandy Springs is a full-blown city.

Before 2005, Sandy Springs was really an area fondly referred to, like many other areas at that time, GEOFF SMITH as unincorporated Assurance Financial, gsmith@lendtheway.com Fulton County. To me it was a stretch of commercial, office and residential developments that had run amuck.

Like most of the area east of Ga. 400 in North Fulton County, all development applications had to go through Fulton County government in downtown Atlanta, which at the time seemed like a place in a galaxy far, far away. It also seemed like they felt the same way.

While it was incorporated in 2005, folks in Sandy Springs actually had been fighting for cityhood since the 1970s.

But they were blocked by legislators from downtown Atlanta who didn’t want to lose the tax revenues, and who had a very sympathetic democratic majority in the Georgia House and Senate.

When that shifted in 2005 and Republicans took control of both houses, procedural rules were changed and Sandy Springs residents voted overwhelmingly to become a city. Others followed, and today all development in North Fulton, and most in South Fulton, goes through the local municipalities where those developments would be located.

More importantly, residents in those areas now have the ability to look at their city uniquely and put in the kind of overlays and incentives that will spur the kind of development they want.

Sandy Springs has had some seri-

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More importantly, residents in those areas now have the ability to look at their city uniquely and put in the kind of overlays and incentives that will spur the kind of development they want. ous resources to work with. I admittedly have not perused their annual budget, but I drive through the city when going to our office in Dunwoody.

Class A office space can be a cash-cow for a city, and there is plenty of it in Sandy Springs.

Us homeowners are high-maintenance. We need more help from the police and fire departments. We want well-maintained parks, a bevvy of recreation programs to choose from for our children and for ourselves, entertainment, and when someone wants to build something next to us, we are going to show up and complain.

Aside from creating traffic during the work-week, nice office buildings pretty much pay taxes and support restaurants and other small businesses.

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coming, you have to think that the mayor and council would have a seemingly unlimited budget with which to work with.

If you need more evidence of that, take a look at the most recent pictures published by Curbed of what will become Sandy Springs’ new downtown district, called City Springs.

The $180-million project is nearing completion and will include a 5-story City Hall, a performing arts center and a 4-acre park with large water fountains.

The performing arts center looks to be state-of-the-art with two upper balconies and enough room for 1,000 visitors.

City Hall looks top-notch as well with open floor plans, convertible conference areas, a rooftop garden and balconies where I can imagine Mayor Rusty Paul taking prospective businesses to look over the 4-acre park and close a deal.

If you are visiting City Springs – and this will make residents and businesses around Roswell’s Canton Street jealous – you should be fine finding somewhere to park. The development included a 900-space, underground parking garage.

This new downtown, which sits along Ga. 9 just north of 285, should be open to the public later this summer.

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Dance school breaks ground on new building

By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — One of Roswell’s most beloved cultural touchstones has taken great strides to expand its reach and to service more families in the community. On Wednesday, March 14, the Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance officially broke ground on a new dance studio and retail space.

“This is the start of a new chapter in our lives and in our business,” said Nancy Tolbert Yilmaz, founder and artistic director of the Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance. “Just remember, those of you that are younger, that nothing is impossible. As long as you continue to work hard and do the right thing and just believe in yourself, you can make it happen.”

The new building and complex, named Centre Pointe, is located at the corner of Houze Road and Houze Way. It features both a dance studio and retail space, designed to “beautifully serve and inspire Roswell residents,” said Roswell Dance Theatre Manager Lynn Gillen.

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The current Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance building on Alpharetta Street in Roswell is less than half of the new project’s size and contains offices, dressing rooms, rehearsal space and studio space. The team moved there in 1998 after outgrowing the “small North Atlanta house” that had been renovated for the initial school.

In its 1980 grand opening alone, the school anticipated 75 students and drew over 350.

The new building will provide both a “larger professional space for the dancers, and a performance and special event space for the community,” Gillen said.

Construction is spearheaded by architect Henry Tchaya and civil engineer Kenneth Wood.

“I want to thank the family for making their dreams come true,” said Mayor Lori Henry. “When your dreams come true, ours come true.”

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FOURTH ANNUAL ROSWELL AZALEA FESTIVAL

Celebrate the beauty of Roswell during the springtime and to the abundant azaleas, a native Georgian flower.

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What: The exhibit will convey the different stages in a woman’s life through the theme “Lies, Truth and Heart.”

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EVENTS: JOHNS CREEK RESTAURANT WEEK What: Participating restaurants will feature discounts and a special prix fixe menu during the week.

When: March 26-30 Where: Participating restaurants across Johns Creek More info: johnscreekchamber.com

SPRING NATIVE PLANT SALE

What: Shop through over 120 species of native plants, including herbs and veggies. Horticulturists will be on site to help.

When: March 30-31 and April 6-7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell More info: chattnaturecenter.org/trailshorticulture/

EASTER EGG HUNT

What: Join for an Easter Egg Hunt for Elementary and Preschool-aged children.

When: Saturday, March 31, 2-3 p.m.

Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 770-360-8897

CHAI AND JUST CHAT

What: These sessions will bring various experts and community members together to discuss action items for current challenging situations.

When: Saturday, March 31, 4-6:30 p.m.

Where: 6475 East Johns Crossing, Johns Creek More info: nazeera.net/current-projects

PEACE CORP INFO SESSION

What: A former volunteer will be at this information session to share hands-on volunteer experiences and the application process.

When: Saturday, March 31, 11 a.m.

Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek More info: afpsl.org or 770-360-8897

“SAMUEL HOLLINGSWORTH STOUT”

What: On select Wednesday evenings, Barrington Hall hosts lectures on the Civil War and other topics. This week’s focuses on “Samuel Hollingsworth Stout,” presented by Brad Quinlin.

When: Wednesday, April 4, 7-9 p.m.

Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, Roswell Cost: $5 suggested donation More info: roswellgov.com

GARDEN TOUR MONDAYS

What: Enjoy a free 30-minute tour of the gardens and historic plants on the grounds of Barrington Hall.

When: Every Monday, through Sept.

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Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER:

DISNEY’S “ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR.” What: Travel down the rabbit hole and join Alice, one of literature’s most beloved heroines, in her madcap adventures.

When: Friday, March 30, 7 p.m.

Additional shows March 31 Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell Cost: Tickets are $12 More info: roswellgov.com

PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGAMABOBS

What: This is the 6th Annual Juried Show by the Roswell Fine Arts Alliance.

When: Jan. 27 through April 2, times vary Where: Arts Center East Gallery, 9100 Fouts Road, Roswell More info: rfaa.org

PARROT PROGRAM

What: Learn about birds and get to see, touch and talk to live parrots.

Reservations required. Ages 4-12.

When: Wednesday, April 4, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Where: East Roswell Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell More info and registration: afpls.org

STORYTELLING WITH BABATUNDE SPOTLIGHT ART: ROSWELL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

What: The society, with over 400 members, will participate in the annual Heritage Days, celebrating everyday life experiences in Roswell.

When: April 2-May 31, all day Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: roswellphotosociety.org

LIBRARY EVENTS: LOW-IMPACT FITNESS

What: This class is designed for individuals who are active with a limited amount of mobility and looking for a low impact fitness option.

When: Friday, March 30, 11 a.m.-noon Where: Roswell Library, 115 Norcross St., Roswell More info: afpls.org or 770-640-3075

What: African “Freestyle” Storyteller, Babatunde presents stories based on characters found in traditional African tales. Ages 12 and under.

When: Wednesday, April 4, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 770-360-8820

BOOK-A-LIBRARIAN OPEN INSTRUCTION

What: Book-A-Librarian is an open instructional program where you can get one-on-one instruction with librarian for research help, updating a resume, discovering family history and more.

When: Thursday, April 5, 5-7 p.m.

Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 770-360-8897

PET ADOPTIONS:

AP BIOLOGY PRACTICE EXAM

What: Students will need to schedule a 3 hour block of time to take the practice exam. Students will receive detailed test results afterward.

When: Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: afpls.org or 404-613-4402

KEN SCOTT MAGIC SHOW

What: All age are welcome.

When: Saturday, March 31, 11 a.m.noon Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org

PEACE CORPS INFO SESSION

What: Learn about volunteer experiences and tips on the application process.

When: Saturday, March 31, 11 a.m.noon Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 770-360-8897

FORSYTH COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER What: 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 County More info: 678-965-7185

FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES What: Pet adoptions When: Every Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Where: PetSmart, 6370 North Point Parkway, Alpharetta Additional adoptions: Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Fulton County Animal Services, 860 Marietta Blvd.

NW, Atlanta More info: 404-613-4958

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DAY CAMPS: Horse

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Recreation and Parks

Alpharetta Recreation and Parks… where your family’s SUMMER FUN begins!

Camp adventures include Art Exploration, Instructional Sports, Babysitter Boot Camp, SporTykes, and Specialty Camps (cheer, dance, gymnastics, tennis, LEGO/ STEM). One-week or multi-day sessions offered for tots, youth, or teens. Camp dates/times/costs vary. Also available: Camp Happy Hearts (for children with mild disabilities), Summer Day Camp at Wills Park, and Public Safety Kid’s Camp. Youth recreation classes continue during spring and summer too! Choose from cupcake decorating, harps, karate, outdoor adventures, teen drawing/ art portfolio, tree climbing, swimming lessons, and more! Activities held at various locations in Alpharetta. For info: 678-297-6100. To browse 2018 Spring/ Summer Recreation Guide or to enroll, visit www.alpharetta.ga.us/recreation.

Rowing

Looking For a New Sport? Come join St Andrew Rowing Club and learn how to row or improve your existing skills. For rising 6th through 12th graders interested in learning boat handling and rowing techniques. Our smaller environment ensures smaller groups, more time on the water, and more one-on-one time with our excellent coaches. All on the Chattahoochee River in Roswell. Camps run 6/11-7/28.

Intro to Rowing I: One week Camp for beginners. AM and PM sessions available for $160/session; full day camps for $300/week.

Adv Intro to Rowing: Two week AM camps for those who have completed an Intro program, $300/session.

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Atlanta Junior Rowing Association in Roswell offers a one-week Spring Break Camp, April 2-6 and seven oneweek Summer Camps during June and July. During each introductory camp, participants will learn about the fundamentals of rowing, equipment, terminology, and safety of moving boats on and off the water. We incorporate a basic workout program and everyone will learn how to row on the beautiful Chattahoochee River!

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Sports

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LaxRats Summer Camps run 9:301:30 with a 45 min lunch at 11:30. The morning session will be drill work and station work with the afternoon being gameplay. Our coaches will bring plenty of energy to the field to help your son improve his game!

When: June 4-7 9:30am-1:30pm Where: Northview High School Who: Boys ages 8-16 Cost: $200 (Use code “Springbreak” before April 8th to save $50) Register: laxratsllc.com (under Camps and Clinics Tab) 2018 HNS Summer Basketball Camp: HNS will educate, elevate and empower campers with our camp fun activities.

Daily routine will consist of warmups, shooting technique, offensive & defensive principals and so much more. Full court and half court drills and games will be played throughout the week. HNS is open for boys and girls from 5 – 15 years of age. Campers will be divided up according to age group and/or skill set. Experienced staffers will come from local high schools and colleges. HNS offers Spring / Winter Travel Basketball for 8 to 15-year-old boys. www.hoopsnsand.com

OVERNIGHT CAMPS: Georgia

Camp Woodmont on Lookout Mtn in NW GA is a traditional, overnight camp for boys & girls ages 6–14. Just 2 hours from Atlanta, Camp Woodmont features horseback riding, high-ropes, climbing, sports, dance, crafts, canoeing, archery & more!

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North Carolina

Don’t miss out on the chance to spend a week at the beach and discover the amazing world of modern marine science with UNCW MarineQuest’s summer programs! Conduct field-based scientific investigations at the beach, marsh, fouling docks, and/or on a research vessel. Develop the tools to become a modern marine scientist while kayaking, snorkeling, boogie boarding, or scuba diving. Discover your leadership potential while engaging in coastal service projects.

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Two-week OCEANS program (ages 1516) or three-week Oceans-17 program (age 17)! Learn more at uncw.edu/ marinequest Camp Grier is a co-ed residential summer camp affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Located on 650 acres near Asheville, NC, Camp Grier serves youth between the ages of 7 and 17 in both one week and two week programs.

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Special Needs

Aerie Experiences Summer Camps (Coed, 8-adult) provides clinically prescriptive, grand adventures for children, teens and their families. Our 9th summer’s multi-Southeastern state adventures include camps on our working cattle ranch, a mountain high adventure week and a family camp week. Our 2:1 camper- to-staff ratio and over half of our direct care staff holding Masters Degrees or PHD’s helps us cater each trip to the individual needs and growth of each

child. Common diagnosis include: Autism, Aspergers, NLD, LD, OCD, anxiety and ADHD. Specialty diets, treatment planning and all gear are included. Aerie also offers weekend and evening programs year-round for children and adults. www. aerieexperiences.com, 404-285-0467, mdweneta@aerieexperiences.com Camp SAY combines the highestquality, traditional summer camp experience with comprehensive activities and innovative programs that empower young people who stutter (ages 8-18).

Our 2-week, American Camp Association (ACA)-accredited, sleep-away camp helps kids & teens who stutter build self-confidence, communication skills and friendships. Summer 2018 dates are July 30th-August 13th (shortened stays are available). Camp SAY is hosted at a new, state-of-the art facility, in the Pocono Mountains, PA. Sliding Scale tuition & travel are available, and chaperoned group flights are offered from the Southeast to Camp SAY. Learn more: CampSAY.org, or contact Meg@SAY. org, 646.735.1559. Enjoy a Camp SAY video from actor Paul Rudd & other camp videos at: campsay.org/parents.

Tennessee

Design Matters! Camp at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, July 15-21, is for all rising high school students who believe design transforms the world. Come immerse in architecture, interior architecture and design, spend time designing in studio, engage with UT’s dynamic campus, attend lectures, visit architectural sites and explore using advanced technology. The best part is: No design experience is required. DM!C is for students who see problems as a chance to design solutions. Come be a UT Volunteer for a week! Stay overnight or choose the day option. Early registration discount and scholarships are available.

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Sports

Christ School’s Revolution Lacrosse Camp in Asheville, NC MLL (Professional) and college coaches headline the best instructional lacrosse camp in the southeast. We are celebrating 12 years of success. First class facilities that include 4 outdoor fields, indoor turf facility, student center with movie theater, renovated dorms, and a new dining hall with outstanding food.

Day $395, overnight $465. Check out details and register online at www. revolutionlaxcamp.com. Director Jeff Miles, Phone 828-684-6232 ext.107 Email: laxcamp@christschool.org Dates: June 25-29, 2018 Boys ages 9-17 All Skill Level

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Cambridge mock trial team honored MILTON, Ga. — Members of Cambridge’s mock trial team were recently honored at the regional meet and the team led in several areas of competition.

Allie Krench, Cheney Dunwoodie and Srijita Nandy all received awards. Krench was named outstanding attorney, Dunwoodie was named outstanding witness and Nandy captured two outstanding attorney awards.

The team competed against over 100 students from four counties at the competition.

CUMMING, Ga. — Milton had 15 hits and solid performances on the mound in an 11-1 win over Forsyth Central Friday night. The win keeps Milton in second place in the Region 5-AAAAAAA standings.

The Eagles opened the contest with seven runs in the first inning. Starting pitcher Ben Harris gave up four hits and recorded seven strikeouts over five innings to notch the win.

Milton lit up Davis Smith, the Bulldogs’ starting pitcher, with multiple hits to charge to an early lead.

Danny Grillo, Graham Pauley and Carson Davenport doubled, and the Eagles added two singles to open a 5-0 lead before the Bulldogs recorded an out. Central’s Alex Hoberg, who entered in relief, forced two outs, but the Eagles were back at the top of their order. Butterwick hit the Eagles’ fourth double of the inning to extend Milton’s lead to 7-0.

The Eagles added a run in the top

of the fourth on a Connor Wooridge RBI single.

Forsyth Central got on the board in the bottom of the inning with an RBI double from Jonathan Bergmoser, but Cole Stupp took the mound in the sixth and allowed one hit with three strikeouts in 1.2 innings. Joshua Germany closed out the game against the Bulldogs’ final batter, throwing a three-pitch strikeout.

Milton got another double, this time from Luc Scudellari, to drive in two runs in the sixth. Pauley earned his third RBI in the seventh with a single to score John Morgan.

Friday’s meeting was the first of a three-game series between the Eagles and Bulldogs. They will close out their series April 11. Milton (12-5, 4-2) remained in second in the region standings after Friday’s contest, two games behind South Forsyth (13-4, 6-0). The Bulldogs sit fourth at 2-4 in region play.

The Eagles begin a three-game series against South this week. Central also plays a three-game series against North Forsyth (14-4, 3-3).

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Roswell’s region opponents remained the same, but the order in which they play has been changed from the 2017 season. The Hornets will open region play against Cherokee, whom they played in the final games of the last two regular seasons. They will close out the regular season against Etowah.

Roswell opens its season against Campbell at home before facing West Forsyth, Milton and Wheeler on the road.

Forsyth Central will seek its first win since September of 2016 when the Bulldogs begin their season against Chamblee of Class 5A. The Bulldogs face four teams in 5A, and 7A’s Lakeside DeKalb, before region play.

Lambert takes on Wheeler, Chattahoochee and Lanier at home and will travel east to take on Gainesville and Peachtree Ridge. The Longhorns open their Region 5-AAAAAA schedule against defending region champs South Forsyth on Oct. 5.

South Forsyth’s two-year run against Pinecrest Academy has ended, but the War Eagles will take on another private school this year — 2017 Class 4A state champions Blessed Trinity.

South then faces the 7A programs of Etowah, South Gwinnett and Hillgrove before region play.

North Forsyth will take on the Region 4 teams of Cherokee and Woodstock as well as Gainesville, Northview and Kennesaw Mountain in their non -region schedule.

Under second-year head coach Shawn Cahill, West Forsyth will do plenty of travelling for its non-region slate.

The Wolverines open the season on the road against Camden County and will face McCallie School in Tennessee. West also hosts Roswell and Hewitt-Trussville of Alabama.

Class 6A Though the opponents remain the same, Region 7-AAAAAA has altered each team’s region schedule from the past two seasons.

Cambridge will contest two Cherokee County teams in non-region play, traveling to face Creekview before hosting Woodstock.

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Chattahoochee faces 7A’s Lambert and Riverwood of 5A to open the Cougars’ season.

Second-year head coach Michael Perry will lead Centennial against two non-region teams that earned playoff berths last year. The Knights host Northside (Warner Robins) and travel to face the Hornets of Roswell.

Alpharetta and Milton will meet for the 16th time on Aug. 24 ahead of the Raiders’ road trip to Lanier.

Johns Creek will take a trip north to face St. Johns Prep of Washington, D.C. Northview faces Lakeside (DeKalb) and North Forsyth before beginning its region schedule.

Class 4A Blessed Trinity will look to earn its third-straight Region 4-AAAA title this season with a new team in the fray — the inaugural season of the Denmark High Danes. The Titans travel to Forsyth County to face Denmark Oct. 5.

BT will face West Hall to open its region schedule and closes out with West Hall, a schedule reversal from the last

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Denmark will open its first season against Cherokee Bluff, another new school for the 2018-19 school year.

The Danes will travel to take on North Springs and Forsyth Central and face Dawson County at home before their first region contest.

Class A-Private The five local teams of Region 6-A sub-region B have shaken-up their region schedules, but they still face the same teams ahead of the region crossover games to close out the regular season.

Fellowship Christian faces North Springs and Stratford Academy, and King’s Ridge will take on Riverside Military and Providence Christian in non-region play. Mount Pisgah will open its season against Holy Innocents’ and travel to take on Mt. Vernon.

St. Francis faces North Cobb Christian and Lakeview Academy outside of Region 6-A. Pinecrest Academy hosts Mount de Sales Academy on Aug. 31, before traveling to face Athens Christian.

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By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Public art is once again populating Roswell as the city prepares for its third annual sculpture tour. ArtAround Roswell returns to the city’s parks for the 2018 season.

“Public art by definition is public.

It’s free. You don’t need any tickets,” said Roswell Arts Fund Chair Rochelle Mucha. “It’s aesthetically pleasing.

It evokes curiosity. It makes people smile.”

This is the third year for the sculpture tour, and it is the building off the momentum it has created. Ten new sculptures will join this year’s lineup, alongside six permanent sculptures purchased from the 2017 and 2016 tours.

The opening celebration will be held 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., April 14, at Riverside Park, 575 Riverside Road in Roswell. The free event will be near Ice Pops, a popsicle sculpture by artist Craig Gray and sponsored by Synvous.

There will be live music, dance performances, interactive games, food trucks and more.

“ArtAround Roswell sculptures tell a story, provoke curiosity, delight visitors as well as beautify our landscape and embody Roswell’s Modern Spirit, Southern Soul,” Mucha said. “We invite the community to explore and enjoy.”

Mini tours of ArtAround will be offered, with shuttle service, on a free but limited basis.

Three new locations have been added to the tour this year: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, Hembree Park and Leita Thompson Park.

The tour is also extending its run by three months and will run from April 13 to March 2019.

This year’s sculptures are: Ice Pops by Craig Gray at Riverside Park, sponsored by Synvous Celestial Fish by Donald Gialanella at Roswell Area Park Lake, sponsored

by Canton Place Development Granite Ring by Chris Rothermel at Roswell Cultural Arts Center, sponsored by Miller Lowry Development The Uniting of Work and Spirit by Robert Clements at Mill Park, sponsored by Randall-Paulson Architects.

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by Otocast. The free app provides commentary from the artists about their inspirations, materials and processes.

The ArtAround Roswell Public Art Selection Panel selected the 10 unique pieces from a list of more than 70 entries. The panel is composed of diverse Roswell stakeholders, including business, civic and community leaders as well as art professionals.

Pieces were chosen based on quality, diversity, aesthetics, safety and size.

The panel also considered how the sculpture would “spark conversation and activate spaces,” said Roswell Arts Fund spokesperson Whitney Parks.

To learn more about the tour and the sculptures, visit artaroundroswell.org.

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Cambridge’s Cole Carrow named presidential scholarship candidate MILTON, Ga. — Cambridge High senior Cole Carrow has been named one of more than 4,500 candidates in the 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, now in its 54th year, is one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating high school seniors.

Scholars are selected on the basis of superior academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character and involvement in community and school activities.

The candidates were selected from nearly 3.6 million stuCARROW dents expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2018.

Carrow is a founding member and serves as Chief Technology Officer for Reset Robotics, Georgia’s original fully-independent, student-run FIRST Robotics Competition team.

Carrow, son of Milton residents Craig and Allison, plans on studying electrical engineering and robotics at Georgia Tech.

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growing up, there were no outdoor recreation programs for girls.

“The girls didn’t have much of anything in Alpharetta,” Gay said. “Johnny always fought for girls to have equal

By JOE PARKER treatment and sports availability.” joe@appenmediagroup.com Not satisfied with limited opportunities for his daughters, Herron took ALPHARETTA, Ga. it upon himself to create what would — Johnny Herron become the Alpharetta Youth Softball has influenced and Association. impacted the lives of “When he had his mind on a set countless North Fulton path, that was the way it was going residents with his to be,” Gay laughed. “That’s why we passion for coaching wanted to call the road ‘Herron Way,’ and his dedication to because he had his way of getting creating local parks things done.” and programs. His Herron coached softball teams for HERRON dedication and guid35 years. Just two days before his ance were recognized recently when death, he was still in the dugout. the City of Alpharetta dubbing the road His dedication went beyond coachrunning through North Park “Johnny ing. Herron served on the Alpharetta Herron Way.” Recreation Commission from 1985Herron spent nearly four decades 2006. He was asked to begin his tenure coaching youth sports, created North by then-Mayor Jimmy Phillips.

Fulton’s first softball program, was Gay said at the outset of his service instrumental in Alpharetta’s acquiring on the commission, Alpharetta’s only Wills Park and North parks and recrePark, and spent 21 ation options was years on the city’s a horseshoe facility Recreation Commisbehind City Hall and sion. a half-court basketThose visiting ball complex.

North Park will now “The town started have a reminder of growing, and finally the man who led the the city recognized charge to acquire the that something had city’s recreation fato be done because cility as they traverse there were no places the street named to play,” Gay said. in his honor. Gay “The city needed Herron, Johnny’s programs because wife, said she is still everyone needs to get in awe of the honor out and exercise. It for her late husband all blossomed within who passed away a few years.” last summer.

Herron led ef“People will see forts for the city’s GAY HERRON that road sign, and I Johnny Herron’s widow first park bond hope they will know referendum in 1995 he helped create that and the purchase park, from clearing the land to conand development of Wills Park and structing the fields, or they will ask who North Park, continuing his dedicahe is and learn that way,” Gay said. “I tion to the city until his retirement in hope they know he loved this city and 2006. loved the recreation department and From now on, those who enjoy the everyone who worked in it.” softball fields, football fields, Adult AcHerron graduated from Milton High tivity Center for seniors and the Miracle in 1959 before serving in the U.S. Air Field for the special needs community Force. Johnny and Gay had two daugh- will have a reminder of the man who ters, Donna and Johnnie Sue. made those facilities possible as they It was Herron’s daughters who enter Johnny Herron Way. sparked his long-standing tenure in “He loved what he did and he did it North Fulton recreation. for the good of the kids,” Gay said. “I Gay said when her daughters were hope he can be remembered for that.”

When he had his mind on a set path, that was the way it was going to be. That’s why we wanted to call the road ‘Herron Way,’ because he had his way of getting things done.”

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The Summit Wellness Group offers different approach to addiction

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Getting treatment for addiction is more than just taking a medical approach, according to The Summit Wellness Group Founder Bob Schalit.

Rather, Schalit and his team believe in shaping treatment around the individual client. This helps treating the whole person, he said, because many times there are underlying issues that need to be addressed such as depression, anxiety, trauma, bipolar, grief and self-harm.

“There’s a lot of shame out there for doing drugs,” Schalit said. “But most of it is trauma.

Something happened to you and they think they can’t cure this disease. But they can. I’ve met successful people who are recovering addicts. You wouldn’t know it.”

On March 14, The Summit, 745 Hembree Place Suite A, held a grand opening to welcome members of the local treatment community.

Although the crowd was large, Schalit said often the public doesn’t know about the services offered in North Fulton because of the taboo addition carries.

“The problem is people don’t want to believe addiction is out there,” Schalit said. “They don’t want to bring it out in the open. They think, ‘We don’t have that here.’ We do, it’s here. This is a testament to it.

We need to get the stigma released. It won’t get better until we recognize it’s there.”

The Summit offers individualized care with a dedication to lifetime recovery by creating unique

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Clinical Director Tina Niziurski, Founder Bob Schalit and Program Director Demi Cissell celebrate the opening of The Summit Wellness Group.

programs for clients through a holistic approach with 12-step components.

To do that, a multitude of services are offered, including one-on-one therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic services, physical therapy, nutrition coaching, yoga, meditation, music therapy and art therapy.

Additionally, a Partial Hospitalization and an Intensive Outpatient Program are offered.

Schalit said addiction is a disease of the brain.

“You might experiment in the beginning, but it becomes an addition,” Shalit said. “Addicts don’t just get high anymore. They use to feel normal. They’re dope-sick unless they use. Alcoholics drink and heroin addicts use just to feel normal. The disease is so rampant in their brain they don’t feel like you or me unless they’re using. Hopefully we can get people back to their lives.”

While working in the real estate industry, Schalit was touched personally by addiction when multiple family members became addicted.

“I went to treatment centers because of my family’s addiction and found the facilities were downtrodden,” he said. “There are awesome treatment centers out there. I decided to find a place that’s private, hire the best staff and attack this addiction head-on.”

Often, addicts will turn to a religious leader in their life for help.

“They don’t know where to turn,” Schalit said.

“They think treatment centers will be scary. People walk in here and it’s like home. God will help you if you let him. There’s a hint in that here. We just want people to connect with their families again and get back out into society.”

To learn more, visit thesummitwellnessgroup.com.

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‘Milton’s Got Talent’ competition begins MILTON, Ga. — The Milton Arts Council, partnering with the city’s Cultural Arts Committee, is launching a new music competition “Milton’s Got Talent.” The contest will allow residents to showcase their skills and compete for the title of Milton’s best.

The April competition will include both child and adult categories. The event also includes band and solo artist categories.

Depending on the age/group category, entrants will pay a nominal registration fee ranging from $10 to $50.

All proceeds collected will benefit the Milton Arts Council, a new nonprofit created to further advance music and

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“We’re incredibly excited about the future and believe the creation of the Milton Arts Council will help us grow and enhance the cultural arts experience in our community,” said Chairman William “Bill” Purdie, a local playwright and long-term Milton resident.

Initial auditions will take place at SoundLab Music Studios where each contestant will be videotaped and judged by a panel of professional musicians.

The video performances of the judges’ top picks in each category will then be used as part of an online voting campaign. The finalists in each category, selected by the community, will perform at the Milton’s Got Talent concert finale to be held on May 12, 2018.

Robert Stewart, owner of SoundLab Atlanta and founding MAC board member, said, “The musical talent in this community is incredible. We look forward to showcasing the finalists at the concert finale.”

According to Stewart, the concert location is being finalized and will be announced at a later date.

Solo participants must be a Milton resident in order to participate, and at least one member of a group entry must be a Milton resident in order to be eligible for the competition. For complete rules and restrictions and to register for the competition, visit www. soundlabatlanta.com/MiltonsGotTalent. Registrations must be received by April 8.

This is a Milton Arts Council sponsored event and all questions regarding the MAC and the Milton’s Got Talent competition should be submitted to Robert Stewart at soundlabinfo@soundlabatlanta.com or by calling 470-3339915.

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King’s Ridge club organizes senior citizen prom

MILTON, Ga. — The King’s Ridge Christian School Interact Club put on its first ever event, a senior citizen prom dubbed “Moonlight Sonata” on March 18 at the Metropolitan Club of Alpharetta.

Led by King’s Ridge student and organizer Cambri Driskell, the event featured live music by a local 17-piece band and a free dinner for local senior citizens.

Students assisted seniors into the club and through the buffet line before sharing dances throughout the night.

“It was heartwarming to watch the generation gap melt away,” said attendee Heather Terry. “Tears were brought to my eyes more than once today.”

Blotter: Continued from Page 2 from her in a scam.

Toward the end of November, the woman had started selling some of her deceased husband’s construction equipment online, when she was contacted by a man.

The suspect told the woman that he did flooring and general contracting work and he could perform the work at a discount in exchange for the equipment. The woman agreed to the terms.

Over the next few months, the woman paid for materials and for a crew of workers for projects around her house. She said she paid the man more than $40,000 on credit cards during this period.

In February, the woman noticed that the materials were nowhere to be found. She continued to ask the man about the materials, and he reassured her that they were on the way.

Two shipments were supposed to arrive in mid-March, but neither the materials nor the workers arrived, and

the woman was unable to contact the man again.

Family returns home to discover burglary JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A mother and daughter called police March 18 after they discovered their home had been burglarized during the two hours they had been away.

The two left their house at Medridge Circle at 6:30 p.m., securing the residence before leaving. They returned two hours later, when the mother noted that one of the kitchen windows was wide open.

The woman ran outside with her daughter to call police, afraid that someone might still be inside.

Officers said that the window appeared to have been pried open.

It had cracked glass and a hole in the frame. Outside, one of the mesh panels on the deck patio had been removed.

The main bedroom was ransacked, with drawers, documents and clothing scattered over the floor. Several pieces

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Police found no prints.

One neighbor said his doorbell camera recorded two suspicious vehicles

and a person walking alongside them earlier.

The person walking next to the vehicles then walked into the victim’s yard before leaving the camera’s range.

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Respecting the past. Envisioning the future.

The legacy of the Walker Hill homestead continues with new, build-to-suit opportunities in the heart of Milton.

“Thankful to see that what has meant so

14555 Birmingham Highway

14555A Birmingham Highway

much to this family over the last several

Custom-built by New River Building Co.

Custom-built by New River Building Co.

generations is being made available as an

4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms

4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms

opportunity for other families to enjoy ...

4,539 sq. ft., 1.75+/- acres | FMLS 5937221

4,000 sq. ft., 1.5+/- acres | FMLS 5937225

Offered for $1,200,000 | Lot Offered for $260,000

Offered for $995,000 | Lot Offered for $210,000

may the legacy continue.”

- DONNA MURPHY AND ANN SANDER

Donna Murphy + Ann Sander dm. 770.312.5776 | as. 678.234.9855 | o. 770.442.7300 murphysandergroup@atlantafinehomes.com atlantafinehomes.com | sothebysrealty.com

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