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Northside celebrates nurses The annual Northside Hospital Celebration of Certified Nurses honors the staff who’ve gone beyond normal job requirements and have achieved certification in their fields. Author and former nurse LeAnn Thieman tells of her time as a nurse at the Northside Hospital Certified Nurses Celebration. Read more, Page 14.

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Meet Nydia Tisdale, part of Journalism under attack: Georgia ►►PAGES 10 – 13

County ups safety at fire stations

String of break-ins sound alarms, commissioners address issue ►►PAGE 4

Zoning workshop highlights future plans Cricket fields fighting issue ►►PAGE 6

Ga. 400 widening continues Lanes shut down overnight ►►PAGE 16

Summer Camps Sponsored section ►►PAGE 22

Plant sale welcomes spring KATHLEEN STURGEON/HERALD

Master Gardeners host event ►►PAGE 32

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — After reportedly videotaping a woman in a dressing room, Daniel Zakkam, 39 of Duluth, was arrested March 22 for eavesdrop-

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Circle, Cumming, was arrested March 17 on Old Alabama Road for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Rocky Walker Mitchell, 21 of Riley Circle, Dawsonville, was arrested March 18 on Keith Bridge Road for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Carlton Lewis Phillips Jr, 40 of Creek Dale Way, Buford, was arrested March 18 on Ga. 400 for DUI, failure

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Dump truck catches fire on Ga. 400 FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A dump truck caught fire March 15 while traveling southbound on Ga. 400.

ping and surveillance/ unlawful acts.

The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office was alerted March 8 after a victim said she saw the man taping her with his smartphone from an adjacent dressing room at the Khol’s on Peachtree Parkway. When she confronted Zakkam, he attempted to leave the store, but she followed him and was able to take a photo of him.

The sheriff’s office distributed the photo to local media and social media and requested help identifying the man.

The public was able to name Zakkam and a warrant for his arrest was issued.

The sheriff’s office’s warrant unit found Zakkam at his home in Duluth and took him into custody without incident. He ZAKKAM was transported to the Forsyth County Adult Detention Center and is being held under a $5,610 bond.

to maintain lane and driving in a gore, median or emergency lane. ►► Alexandra Lee Hyde, 21 of Fourth Rail Lane, Cumming, was arrested March 18 on Jot Em Down Road for DUI. ►► Jessica Marie Hackney, 26 of White Haven Road, Suwannee, was arrested March 16 on Nichols Road for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Matthew Paul Garneau, 37 of Haley Ridge Court, Cumming, was arrested March 18 on Bald Ridge Marina Road for DUI, speed less than minimum and failure to obey traffic control devices. ►► William Sanderson Hoppe, 28 of Dallas, Texas, was arrested March 18 on Settingdown Road for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Erin Rebecca Tortorici, 27 of Floyd

Lane, Gainesville, was arrested March 21 for DUI and failure to maintain lane.

A deputy driving northbound saw the truck pulled over. He then noticed the entire right rear of the truck was on fire, so he turned around and notified dispatch.

The driver said a tire blew out and caught the rear on fire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze.

The vehicle did have multiple violations, and the Georgia Department of Transportation enforcement was contacted. The truck was transported to a local tow yard where the driver met with the department.

Drug arrests ►► Tyler Anthony Reynolds, 21 of High

Harbor Court, Gainesville, was arrested March 18 on Keith Bridge Road for possession of marijuana less than one ounce. ►► Pratik Jagdishkumar, 27 of Great Heron Cove, Suwanee, was arrested March 18 for DUI, possession of a schedule I controlled substance and possession of cocaine. ►► Daniel McGregor Williams III, 49, of Balsam Bark Drive, Cumming, Was arrested March 18 on Ga. 400 for prescriptions outside of a container, possession of schedule LI controlled substance and DUI.

Denmark HS construction site vandalized FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Shipping containers were vandalized and construction supplies stolen March 18 at the construction site of Denmark High School.

The sheriff’s office was notified after workers noticed several connexes, or large shipping containers, vandalized.

The containers are used to store tools

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Macular degeneration – am I going blind?

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Macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness in individuals over the age of 60. Also called age-related macular degeneration (ARMD or AMD), it occurs due to a breakdown of the normal retina structures and accumulation of waste products, known as drusen, in the center of the retina, also known as the macula. Risk factors include age, history of smoking, Caucasian race, family history, female gender, and hypertension.

ARMD can occur in two distinct forms. About 90% of individuals with ARMD have the dry form with the presence of drusen and loss of their normal retinal pigment. The other 10% develop the wet form with the growth of new blood vessels, known as neovascularization, under the retina. In the wet or neovascular form, these blood vessels can leak fluid or bleed underneath retina. Both forms can lead to vision loss.

Symptoms of ARMD can vary from decreased vision to distortions in central vision. Patients may describe the presence of wavy lines or that objects in their central vision are missing or bending. With the wet form of ARMD, central vision loss can be sudden and sometimes even severe.

Individuals over the age of 60, especially with a family history of ARMD, should be evaluated by an eyecare professional to look for signs of ARMD. During the examination, your eyes will be dilated and further testing, including retinal photographs and retinal imaging scans, may be done to evaluate the structural integrity of your retina.

Treatment varies depending on the form of ARMD. For the dry form, specifically formulated vitamins are recommended.

Based on the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), this formulation consists of vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc, copper, lutein, and zeaxanthin. These vitamins have been shown to slow down the progression of ARMD. Patients with the wet form are referred to a retina specialist for further evaluation and treatment. Evaluation may include additional testing, such as fluorescein angiogram, where IV dye is used to look closely for the presence of neovascularization and the site of leakage within the macula. If confirmed to be the wet form, patient will be advised to receive a series of eye injections, known as intravitreal injections. These intravitreal injections may be done monthly to stabilize the patient’s vision. Finally, all patients with ARMD are advised to quit smoking.

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Stations vandalized while firefighters out on calls

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The county is taking action in response to a string of break-ins at Forsyth County fire stations while firefighters were on a call.

The Board of Commissioners, along with the county Fire Department and Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office agreed March 21 that security needed to be improved at the stations.

The board approved $300,000 for security measures for the county’s 13 fire stations. The money comes from the fire fund reserves in a line item to be determined by the county director of finance.

Fire Chief Danny Bowman said the sheriff’s office recommended safety features, including high resolution security cameras, enhanced exterior lighting, key card swipe access into the buildings and security fencing where warranted.

Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills

[Firefighters] have enough to worry about. They shouldn’t have to worry about their vehicles being broken into too.”

CINDY JONES MILLS Forsyth County commissioner said the board received an email from Forsyth Sheriff Ron Freeman asking them to step up the security. She said the break-ins were putting not only the people at risk but their vehicles.

“They have enough to worry about.

They shouldn’t have to worry about their vehicles being broken into too,”

Mills said. “He asked us to do our part to help the sheriff’s office patrol the areas and make them safer. I think that’s the least we can do.”

Commissioner Rick Swope said he spoke with a few deputies who said this problem isn’t unique to Forsyth County.

The problem goes beyond the safety of the cars, he said, and could shed light on a bigger security problem.

“This seems to be something that is increasing across the board,” Swope said. “What if someone was to come in and lay a claim of an injury on the property and then we have a suit against the county with no evidence.

The driver is the safety of the vehicles, but there is a broader benefit as well.”

This comes after several Forsyth County firefighters and EMTs had their personal firearms stolen out of their vehicles in January at Forsyth County Fire Station 10 on Old Atlanta Road.

Five vehicles were reportedly burglarized and three guns were stolen.

Windows were broken and the inside of the vehicles were in disarray.

Cumming Council has issues with comprehensive plan Work session planned to air concerns

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com CUMMING, Ga. — The Cumming Comprehensive Plan, a blueprint for the city’s future, has a few blind spots.

The City Council discussed the plan March 21 as part of a routine update for 2017-37. Once approved by the council, it will be sent to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and the Georgia Mountain Regional Associa-

tion for state and region review, according to Planning and Zoning Director Scott Morgan.

While Morgan said he’d like to get the plan to the next step within a month, it has to make it past the council first. City leaders will hold a work session in the coming weeks to clear up issues that must be addressed before it is approved. The deadline from the state for adoption by the council is June 30.

Mayor H. Ford Gravitt said he is wary of approving the plan until the issues are corrected.

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enough time to read the comprehensive plan,” Gravitt said. “In looking at it, I wrote down a lot of things we need to look at. We have a lot of zoning requests going on and some may be hinging off some of the things proposed.”

GRAVITT Suburban Mixed Use is a new section included in the land use section of the plan. It allows for residences to be built near shops and offices. Morgan said this would be a category builders could ask for during the zoning process.

“They’d have to go through another step once it was approved as said in the comprehensive plan,” Morgan said.

“They’d have to go to the zoning board, which they aren’t required to do.”

Gravitt said there are other issues he’s worried about, specifically about crossover duties of the county and city.

“It talks about the fire department, which the city doesn’t have. We work with the county,” Gravitt said. “It has in there a portion of the Greenway that isn’t in the city of Cumming. Some of these things need to be removed and reviewed as a lot are old and need to be taken out. I can’t see spending the city’s revenue outside of the city.”

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Inaugural zoning workshop examines future agenda items Board of commissioners comb through potential zoning matters

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners hopes newly adopted zoning workshops will help it get a head start on potential zoning items before the matters come before the board for a vote.

The inaugural meeting March 21 brought forth over 40 items. Lawyers were able to provide a quick update on each matter and the board was able to ask questions.

County Attorney Ken Jarrard said the meeting format is evolving. It has to stay informal, he said, because if people become standoffish, the process won’t work. The board receives a sampling of each item to know where the matters currently stand prior to coming officially before the elected officials and public.

“This is attempting to emulate gatherings of board members that were otherwise occurring,” Jarrard said.

“Typically (the meetings were) with developers, attorneys and land use attorneys to go over the zonings that were

early in the process as a means of making the product better, and getting early feedback from the district commissioner or commissioners as to whether the zoning was viable or a no-go. This is supposed to be a replacement for all of those to bring forth transparency and put the process out where everyone can watch it happen.”

The agenda is broad and includes almost everything that could come before the board, Jarrard said.

Commissioner Laura Semanson said not every item on the agenda will be on future agendas.

“The intention was when the agenda was put together these were some of the different zonings that were in place,” Semanson said. “We have an expectation we will hear about them.

But this is a workshop format, so the (lawyers) may be ready to show us something or not. We were trying to be as inclusive as possible.”

Items discussed included potential future neighborhoods, a landfill and daycares.

Another item related to the Atlanta Cricket Fields. Ground was broken Oc-

This is supposed to be a replacement for all of those to bring forth transparency and put the process out where everyone can watch it happen.”

KEN JARRARD Forsyth County Attorney tober 2016 on the 55-acre development off Keith Bridge Road. There will be seven cricket fields that will accommodate other sports, too.

Now, Attorney Ethan Underwood said the builders have run into a problem with the hours of field time.

The cricket fields have a zoning condition stating the sport can be

played Sundays during the same hours as county parks are open, he said.

However, there is a gap of time during typical church services that play isn’t allowed and it overlaps with the cricket league’s playtime.

Underwood said he has been in touch with Harmony Grove Baptist Church who he said isn’t interested in a zoning amendment to update the hours.

However, Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills, whose district includes the fields, said the timing was one of the main conditions the church agreed to when allowing the fields.

“They came back before they have even planted grass on the property and try to change the condition,” Mills said. “It’s the same thing as a subdivision where you negotiate conditions and come to a happy medium. They didn’t even come talk to me before they submitted this. It made the church feel like they can’t trust what’s going on. It’s been a huge setback in the relationship between the builders and the church.”

A public hearing will be held April 13 at the commissioners meeting to further discuss the matter. The next zoning workshop will be 1 p.m. on April 25.

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Is there such thing as a girl’s car?

25: the year to thrive I love birthdays.

I love the pomp and circumstance that surround the special day. I enjoy honoring a loved one, celebrating their accomplishKATHLEEN STURGEON ments over the past year and I Editor kathleen@appenmediagroup.com always love a good party. I’m often more excited on a friend’s or family member’s birthday than they are.

So when it comes to my own birthday, I don’t hold back. We joke in my family that my birthday isn’t one day.

It’s at least a week of celebrations but usually it lasts the entire month of April. That’s especially since because it’s April 3, most people forget until they turn to the next month on their calendar.

I start planning what I want to do a solid six months in advance. Once we turn the corner on the new year in January, I’m already counting down the days.

My friends and family know how big of a deal I tend to make the day, so they always come through and make each year better than the last.

This year, however, I’m at a crossroads. I’ve already checked off a lot of symbolic ages, like 16, 18 and 21. But now I’m approaching 25 and I have mixed feelings about this milestone birthday.

I woke up one day recently and realized I’m nearly halfway done with my 20s. I started thinking about all that I’ve done in my life, focusing mainly on post-college graduation. For the most part, I’m pretty pleased with my accomplishments, but I do have a few areas where I hope to improve.

No one hands you your diploma and a road map to life. It’s up to you

to figure it out and see what works, and learn from what doesn’t.

But really, I’m excited to turn 25.

I’ve celebrated this milestone with a few friends already, and most of them were worried about their future and not looking forward to getting older.

And I understand. We no longer can rely on our parents to do everything for us, although that should have stopped years ago. But we are turning the corner into full-blown adulthood.

It’s intimidating.

But even more so, it’s exhilarating.

As someone who has been ambitious from a young age, I often was overlooked as naïve, inexperienced and green. I hated it.

So now, with this new age under my belt, I hope I’ll be able to come off as mature, established and wise. And I think with what I’ve learned, realized and accomplished over the past few years, I’ll succeed.

Being 25 is a wonderful place to be. You’re young but sensible, older but spirited and full of energy.

And if my parents are any indication of that in my future I will still be happy, the life of the party (honestly, my friends ask if my mom and dad are joining us at events because they’re that cool) and never too old for a Friday night dance party, then I’m ready for the next 25 years.

I was once told that I was “too peppy” and I’ll one day become jaded from working. Well, that day is not today. And I hope, but really don’t think, it’ll ever come. Being in the news business is not easy, but every day is worthwhile if we can help even one person in our community.

So cheers to birthdays, never losing the youthful spirit and always acting like I’m 25 even when I’m not.

I can’t wait to see where the next 25 years take me.

I was given the opportunity to attend the Atlanta International Auto Show last week, and being a car lover, I couldn’t pass it up. I could also not pass up the opportunity to drive a Fiat 124 JOE PARKER Spider while at the Reporter joe@appenmediagroup.com show.

The 124 is Fiat’s revival of its midsize sedan from the late 60’s and 70’s, but the new rendition shares nothing in common with the Italian box of 50 years ago. In fact, they couldn’t be more different.

The 124 Spider is a small, convertible roadster built with the underpinnings of a Mazda Miata. Because of that, some have started taking to calling the 124 the “Fiata.”

Since I love to drive every car on the road at least once, and the fact that if the new 124 was anything like the Miata I was going to love it, I jumped at the opportunity to get behind the wheel for a test drive. When I shared this excitement with a friend of mine, he seemed confused.

“But it’s a girl’s car,” he said.

He brings up an interesting notion.

Can a car really be a girl’s car? And if so, what makes it a girl’s car? Surely no one looks at a toaster and thinks it’s geared toward women, so why do we do the same to cars?

I began polling friends, asking them what would constitute a girl’s car and to give me some examples, if that is, they even believe such a thing exists.

Many respondents said the model of car is irrelevant, it’s the personal touches (somehow feminine, I suppose) that are the deciding factors. Color was also a popular response, stating women prefer brightly colored cars whereas guys typically like more neutral colors.

I also had a few responses that the styling of the car influenced its “girlishness” or not — if a car has a “face” like

The Fiat 124 Spider

a Mazda 3, which looks like it’s happy to see you every time you pass one by, it’s more feminine.

But perhaps the most common answer was the amount of girls who drove a car. Basically, the more female drivers a car has, the more of “girl’s” car it is.

I don’t buy that. If that were the case, the Toyota Camry, Honda Civic, Honda Accord and Ford F-150 would all be considered girl’s cars because they are the best-selling cars in the United States. They’re not girl’s cars. Boring, absolutely, but not girl’s cars.

The most common examples of a girl’s car given was the VW Beetle, the Ford Mustang, the Mini Cooper, the Smart Fortwo and the Mazda Miata, which again, is essentially the 124 Spider’s Japanese cousin.

Even after hearing these opinions, I still wasn’t convinced there was such thing as a girl’s car. But maybe I would find out after driving the Fiat.

My co-pilot for the drive was Kristine, who was so friendly and breathtakingly gorgeous that by the time I was up for my test drive, the Fiat’s interior was covered in a thick layer of drool from the guys who went before me.

As I took the wheel and Kristine and I set off, I asked her if she believed there was such thing as a girl’s car.

“I’ve seen guys who drive brightly colored VW Beetles and Miatas and other cars that people believe are girly, but I guess you could make a car girly with personalization,” she said, in one fell swoop hitting all the talking points that were brought up when I polled my friends. “But I don’t think there is such thing as a girl’s car. Even if there is, if you like a car, who cares if it’s supposedly a girl’s or guy’s car,” she added.

After I attempted to wipe away the drool pool in my lap and remembered I was married, I told Kristine I couldn’t agree more.

And in the end, this 250-pound, bearded, sports-loving man would be thrilled to go out and purchase a 124 Spider, “girl” car or not.

JOE PARKER/HERALD

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Alpharetta’s taken leadership position in region Alpharetta had a little party last week when city officials and developers broke ground March 23 on its new City Center.

It is an $85 million mixed-use project that will HATCHER HURD surround City Hall Executive Editor hatcher@appenmediagroup.com and the Alpharetta Library. It was a day that was long in coming, but in the end it appears well worth the wait.

It is the icing on a cake that cements Alpharetta as the leading community in 21st century North Fulton.

Mayor David Belle Isle was almost giddy in pointing out how the City Center will house 450 new employees, more than a dozen new restaurants, 20 to 30 retail shops and 200 new residents.

Now if you have not been to downtown Alpharetta you have been missing a lot, what with the city’s Wire & Wood Songwriters Festival, Taste of Alpharetta and Brew Moon Fest.

And there’s a lot more to taste now.

Established eateries such as SmokeJack’s and Hop Alley are now joined by

Ceviche Taqueria, Salt Factory and the new Cajun spot on North Main Flatlands Bourbon and Bayou (see the April Northside Woman).

The long-awaited City Center had already spawned a renaissance in its downtown area. Along Alpharetta’s Canton Street, Academy Street and Milton Avenue new townhouse developments have sprung up along with new retail shops, and more is on the way.

You can feel the energy when you are in Alpharetta’s new district. And never was it more palpable than at last Thursday’ groundbreaking.

You know, it wasn’t always that way. Alpharetta was about as small a town as they get. Growing up in the shadow of Roswell, it didn’t have the history, the big houses, the shopping or the restaurants.

But with the coming of Ga. 400, the city fathers looked down that road in the 1980s and had a vision. That vision was to embrace the growth that developmental highway would bring.

It was the reason Ga. 400 was built.

Fulton County, Cobb County and Gwinnett County were enjoying growth with the help of I-75 and I-85 respectively.

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Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle welcomes all to the groundbreaking for the City Center development. percent of us live where we do today.

It paved the way (literally) for the great subdivisions, the excellent schools and now the white-collar jobs That make North Fulton what it is.

M A R C H

What Alpharetta enjoys is no accident. It made a plan in the 1980s, and successive city councils have stuck to that basic plan.

I got here in 1993, and already big changes had been made. There was Windward Parkway with its huge residential. Big office development plans were on the drawing board.

The residential was well on its way.

The office buildings would be a little later. From Main Street to Ga. 400, Windward Parkway was nothing but trees and just a Red Roof Inn hotel and little restaurant named Vinny’s out in the middle of nowhere.

But they had just opened that shiny new shopping mall on North Point Parkway. Here was this magnificent parkway that was carved out of the forest from Windward to Old Milton Parkway.

Well, you know the story. Throughout the 1990s little Alpharetta grew, and tall office buildings sprouted on Windward and North Point Parkway.

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Journalism under

My job is to make sure government is accountable “If I had to choose between a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

–Thomas Jefferson I just Googled “jailed for insulting” to see what would come up. Here is a sample of what I found: “Cafeteria manager jailed for insulting Turkish president;” “Activist Unjustly Jailed for RAY APPEN Insulting MonPublisher ray@appenmediagroup.com archy;” “Student jailed for insulting President;” and “Kuwait’s ruling family members jailed for insulting judges.” I dare say that the search results number in the thousands.

I wasn’t surprised. All my life I have been aware of what happens in other countries when ordinary people criticize or oppose — even in trivial and mundane ways — kings, dictators, chiefs, “presidents for life” and caliphs. No surprise here. That’s what one expects from these “Third World” countries.

Of course nothing like that could ever happen here in the United States where rule of law prevails and we have the Bill of Rights as well as the Constitution.

On June 24 of last year a North Georgia publisher and his attorney were indicted on felony charges and landed in jail, when they used an open records request to gather information about possible illegal activity in a judge’s court system. Fanin Focus publisher Mark Thomason and Hiawassee attorney Russell Stookey were released on a $10,000 bond and placed under stringent release conditions, including random drug testing and close communication/reporting requirements.

The judge, Brenda Weaver, according to an interview conducted by the Atlanta Journal Constitution at the time, was quoted as saying that “I don’t react well when my honesty is questioned.”

The article goes on to say that “the judge resented Thomason’s attacks on her character in his weekly newspaper

On June 26, 2016 Fannin Focus publisher Mark Thomason and his attorney were indicted on felony charges after they used an open records request to gather information about possible illegal activity in a judge’s court system.

and in conversations with her constituents.”

According to the District Attorney who issued the charges at the behest of the judge, the charges were justified.

So, to jail you go because I don’t like your conversations with my constituents.

Where did you say this jailing took place?

Surely it was somewhere across the ocean, no?

According to the story in the AJC, the judge took a personal affront to being investigated by the local press and used her authority to punish the publisher. Ultimately, the indictment brought against Thomason and Stookey was dropped at the request of the judge who came under intense pressure from the legal community. Notice that the

charges were not dropped because the incarceration was wrong or that it was unlawful. They were dropped as a result of “pressure” from the judge’s peers and from the public – which resulted from coverage in the news media.

You can Google this jailing and I encourage you to do so. There are more relevant details to the incident but at the end of the day, what happened was a live, real, example of abuse of power by a government official against a civilian in the United States and the power of public opinion and the press to fix the problem.

“Nothing happened until it was leaked to the press” is a story that is repeated over and over again in our country. Whether a story is researched, leaked, or a combination of both, we cannot afford to lose that press which

holds government in check and helps maintain “rule of law”.

The balance of power between the state and the people is a fragile one that is maintained in large part by a free and viable news press. There are no back-ups or substitutes if we lose our free and independent press.

I am not saying that the press should get a free pass. It cannot be allowed to become an instrument of the privileged or a single point of view or political belief, or become an enemy of the truth. It must be held accountable by the public. But we cannot afford to kill the messenger when the press strays off course. Instead of killing it we must push it back to the middle so it can continue to do it’s legitimate job.

We vote with subscriptions. We vote by watching, reading, or listening or by not doing so. We push the press back to the middle by not supporting biased news organizations of either side and by supporting the unbiased, objective news organizations.

We can’t lose sight of the legitimate

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The balance of power between the state and the people is a fragile one that is maintained in large part by a free and viable news press.

There are no backups or substitutes if we lose our free and independent press. role of our news press. It’s the only one we have, and what it does is real life; it’s not just a concept on paper.

I remember many years ago when an Appen reporter recounted to me a story that took place after a county commission meeting, which he had just covered. The reporter was packing up getting ready to go home. In front of him two commissioners were talking within earshot. The one with his back to the Appen reporter said to the commissioner facing him, “why don’t we just go ahead and do it, I mean, who’s is going to know?” With a frown on his face, the other commissioner looked over the speaker’s shoulder and pointed to the Appen reporter and said, “He will.”

True story.

He will.

We need to make sure he is still there in the future to hear those conversations.

Commentary on the current state of the news

By DAVID E. HUDSON Hull Barrett, PC Do you receive a lot of information these days? I do, and a great portion of it is pure junk. Hogwash.

I am referring to emails that purport to contain a speech or column made by some prominent inHUDSON dividual, and it turns out not to be so.

Or it might be an email that purports to be a column from the editorial page of a prominent newspaper, and it turns out not to be. Other examples are news or, should I say what pretends to be news, about what some public official did or did not do, and that turns out to be bogus as well.

This is not limited to email and web sites.

Other examples are statements made as fact on talk radio or talk television which also turn out to be plainly wrong. And most regrettably some false statements originate from the highest office in the land.

So flooded with an overload of information, much of which turns out to be bogus, where does the American citizen turn for information that has been researched, substantiated, edited, and is reliable?

I submit that the prime repositories for trustworthy information are, and should be, the local newspaper, the local broadcaster, and the established and historically recognized national print media and networks.

What is it these publications and broadcasters provide that other purveyors of so-called “information” do not?

I can think of these: (1) Fact checking and verification before publication; (2) Editorial supervision to ensure substantiation, good writing, fairness and decency; and (3) The willingness to retract and correct information that is subsequently determined to have been published or broadcast in error.

These are qualities that are missing from so much of the “information” with which the public is bombarded.

Some may refer derisively to good journalism as the “drive-by media” or “mainstream media.” I join instead with Jefferson, Madison, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln and Churchill in saying that a free press is a bedrock of democracy.

Jefferson said, “If a nation expects to be both ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.”

He also stated, “When the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.”

James Madison stated, “A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with power which knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy, or perhaps both.” And it was Churchill who stated, “A free press is the unsleeping guardian of every other right that free men prize; it is the most dangerous form of tyranny.”

On the other side of the ledger, consider what Lenin said: “Why should freedom of speech and freedom of the press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized?”

Napoleon put it this way: “A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tudor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.”

And, it was Hitler who stated: “We’ve eliminated that conception of political freedom which holds that everybody has the right to say whatever comes into his head.”

Americans should reject suppression or manipulation of good journalism.

Instead, we should cast our lot with the founding fathers whose views can be summed up in one more statement, this one from Franklin: “This will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men, who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God

Napoleon put it this way: “A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tudor of nations.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” has given them, cannot be enslaved.

It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.”

From my perspective, those who would label traditional and professional journalists as “enemies of the people,” are actually looking in the mirror and seeing who it is that is actually the real enemy.

David E. Hudson practices in the area of general civil litigation with an emphasis on business and commercial disputes, media law and construction law. He has been a trial lawyer since 1974, and has represented clients at the trial court level in Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and New York. He has also argued numerous appeals in the appellate courts of Georgia, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and a case before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Hudson has served as General Counsel for the Georgia Press Association for several years and is in high-demand as a speaker for academic, civic and media organizations.

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Citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale keeps local government honest Videographer strives to create public record through recordings

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com During many metro Atlanta and North Georgia government meetings, you can often find self-described citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale in the back with her video camera recording the proceedings.

That’s exactly what she was doing April 17, 2012 during a Cumming City Council meeting when Mayor H. Ford Gravitt asked the chief of police to remove the camera from the auditorium.

“We don’t allow filming inside of the City Hall here unless it’s specific reasons, so if you would remove the camera,” Gravitt said.

When Tisdale told the mayor about the state’s Sunshine Laws, which had been updated that same day and which give citizens the right to record open meetings, Gravitt said the matter wasn’t up for discussion. He proceeded to have Tisdale and her camera removed from the meeting.

Following the incident, Tisdale filed suit against the city, and the case was settled in 2015 when the city agreed to pay Tisdale $200,000.

This is just one obstacle Tisdale, 53, who lives in Roswell, has faced in her nearly eight years of recording meet-

ings.

She first became interested in local government working as a property manager for a land investor.

Her former boss asked her to attend a Forsyth County Planning Commission meeting TISDALE when they learned a landfill was proposed on a site next to the company.

After sitting in meetings, she realized she found problems during the process and became involved in fighting the zoning, which was eventually withdrawn. From there, she was hooked.

Throughout all this, she strives for transparency, open government and citizen engagement in the local government.

“Local government is where one can have an impact,” Tisdale said. “It’s close to home and affects all of our lives as it’s where we live. There is so much coverage of the national political scene.

I don’t really contribute to that. But the local scene of the city, county and state gets overlooked because a lot of newsrooms are shrinking and don’t get as much attention as they deserve.”

She calls herself a citizen advocate

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Nydia Tisdale strives to increase government transparency by attending as many meetings as she can and recording them.

and citizen journalist, but said she is not the only one of her kind.

“There are other citizen journalists that do provide a service to citizens and perform acts of journalism although they may not have a journalism degree or be embedded with the mainstream media,” Tisdale said. “I’m independent and unembedded. I select what I want to cover and do it on my own terms. I don’t have a deadline, it’s self-imposed.”

Her work is a form of new media as opposed to traditional news media, she said. With the digital age and internet, one can publish articles, videos or photos online for public consumption. So this way is open to everyone.

She covers political party meetings, city councils and debates. The city of Atlanta, Forsyth County and the city of Roswell are among those recorded and documented on her “Nydeos,” as she calls them. She said she finds out about events through social media or people ask her to attend.

But without official news credentials, she has run into problems from time to time. Denying recordings is a violation of basic constitutional rights including the rights of free speech and press, Tisdale said.

“Some may not know the rights or choose to ignore them,” Tisdale said.

“Who knows what’s in the minds and hearts of people violating constitutional rights. It’s disrespecting the Constitution, a citizen’s right and open government and transparency.”

In addition to the city of Cumming meeting, she’s had her fair share of controversy while trying to film. She attended a Forsyth County Republican Women’s event several years ago where she was not allowed to record and was even hit by one of the women in charge.

“It was open to the public and posted in the legal organ,” Tisdale said.

“No candidates rejected me and instead they wanted me to film them. But out of fear of being physically harmed or my camera being damaged, I packed up and left in protest.”

She eventually got an apology from the woman who hit her.

“An apology was all I wanted because I feel like she not only violated me, but all the voters who would have liked to watch that video and see what the candidates have to say,” Tisdale said.

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In 2012, Nydia Tisdale was illegally removed from a Cumming City Council meeting.

And most of the candidates she films tend to support her through positive words, monetary contributions, even supporting her during the city of Cumming hearing.

“I don’t think any of the candidates have ever not liked me recording as it’s free publicity,” Tisdale said. “It’s just as important as door knocks, campaign mailers and robot calls. People want to hear and see the candidate, not just read about them. It impacts their opinions and votes.”

She measures her success by voter turnout, but she doesn’t endorse any candidate and is often undecided going into the events.

“I want to learn about them because I don’t know who to vote for,” Tisdale said. “I figure other citizens don’t know who to vote for yet either, so let’s provide them as much information as we can to make an informed decision.”

Throughout the nearly 1,000 meetings she’s recorded, only a handful have turned sour. She has also been gratified in her work by earning the Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s Open Government Hero Award in 2015 and the Common Cause Georgia Democracy Award in 2014.

“These moments are one-time moments,” Tisdale said. “I enjoy what I do.

I think others appreciate what I do. I get mostly positive feedback from viewers, readers and supporters. It’s why I continue to do what I do.”

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Publisher roundtable: Forsyth County News’ Vince Johnson The Forsyth County News has been publishing in Forsyth County since 1908 with a mission to inform and entertain users across North Atlanta. Vince Johnson was named publisher in January 2014.

Could you tell me a little bit about your background in media and your current position with the Forsyth County News?

I started in the newspaper industry shortly after college and have now been in the daily grind for a decade. I started as an entry-level videographer at the Statesboro Herald in Statesboro, Ga., moved to SouthJOHNSON ern California to run the digital side of a newspaper for two years, and now I’ve been the publisher of the FCN for the last three years.

We have challenges in the newspaper world. Some new, some are not. When it comes to running your newsroom, what challenges do you see on a daily basis?

The challenge, especially in a smallto-mid size community, is always how to evolve and innovate while simultaneously keeping up with day-to-day responsibilities.

We have a small staff but a large local audience that relies on us for information every day. Often, deciding on what not to do in terms of local coverage is as important as adding new features and platforms.

Why do you think it is that people say they don’t trust the media anymore? What do you think attributes to that, and how much of that do you see locally with your newspaper?

I think that when people use the term ‘media’ as an overarching umbrella, it’s a little outrageous. When a person disagrees with the stance or delivery of a specific newspaper or television network on a topic, they’re actually disagreeing with the decisions made by a relatively few amount of people. “Media” encompasses a whole lot of people in a whole lot of places, and we don’t all have weekly conference calls.

Different people have different viewpoints, and if your media platform reaches enough people, there will occasionally be people who disagree with you. I think that’s healthy.

Locally, however, we don’t see the same backlash that is happening on a national scale. We’re just local people trying to deliver the best form of local coverage that we can. We’re fully capable as humans of making mistakes, but I think people understand that we’re integrated into our community and providing tremendous daily value.

For hundreds of years now, journalists have been the check and balance for those in a position of power over others. Talk to me about the role of journalists today.

Promoting truth and accountability is perhaps the primary role of journalists, and one that could be at stake across the nation. Newsrooms have been slashed due to budget cuts in recent years, and so there are less journalists today monitoring those in positions of power.

We as journalists provide a barrier to corruption, and we shine a spotlight on injustice.

Especially in local communities, we’re often the only independent monitors in those types of situations. If local journalism continues to decrease across the nation, it could present some real, large-scale systematic problems.

That’s why we’re fighting so hard to keep journalism around.

In what ways has social media affected your newsroom? When anyone with a cell phone and a twitter account can instantly post “news” to the internet, what new challenges does that present trained journalists?

I’m probably in the minority in the newspaper industry, but I love social media. It’s obviously a much, much faster pace of news as compared to the times when a newspaper on your doorstep was the first time you became aware of what happened the previous day, but I find the pressure of providing fast, reliable information to our community exhilarating.

We have a staff at the FCN that really buys into the pace of journalism today.

I know Forsyth County News has been an innovator of video presentation of news and incorporating it with your print products.

Can you talk a little bit about how that has helped build trust and connection with the community?

The staff of the Forsyth County News are local people trying to deliver the best form of local coverage possible.

Winning the 2016 Mega-Innovation Award for newspapers – beating the parent companies of both the Dallas Morning News and The Oklahoman in the finals, and being judged by Harvard Business School’s lead innovator – has certainly been a game-changer for our organization.

Forsyth County is a world-class community by most every measure, and it’s important to us to play a large role in the development of our county.

That’s the origin of our desire to innovate.

We know Forsyth County expects the best, and so that’s what we try to bring every day, and why we push innovative platforms and technology as hard as we do.

In working with government institutions in Forsyth County, what are some of the highlights and lowlights you have come across as far as transparency and access to information?

We have great relationships with most every organization, including government organizations, in Forsyth County. However, we know the vital role we play in helping to provide transparency and reliable information to our community, so we’re never afraid to do anything that helps us maintain that community trust.

As long as people and organizations respect our position, we certainly respect theirs as well.

The Georgia Legislature is considering revisions to the Sunshine Laws that would restrict the use of cameras in courtrooms. Should we be promoting increased government transparency, not less of it?

Not only as a journalist, but as a citizen, government transparency is incredibly important to me. If everything is above-board as it should be, there are very, very few instances in which complete transparency shouldn’t be the outcome.

In five years, what changes do you anticipate your company will make in how it reports the news and your community in how it consumes the news?

We’re all about the evolution of our audience. Our goal is simply to provide the most relevant information to our audience in whatever platform they want to receive it.

In the past three years, the audience of the Forsyth County News has grown by more than 400 percent, and it continues to grow at a rapid pace. We love the physical newspaper. We love our website. We love social media and mobile consumption and magazines and community contests, and we’ll be on board with the next innovation of the future.

We just want to be there for our community in whatever shape or form they want to receive news and information.

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Northside celebrates its certified nurses ‘Chicken Soup’ author talks stress management

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — According to Northside Hospital, fewer than 20 percent of American nurses are board certified. That’s why when the hospital reached nearly 1,000 nurses earning certification, it decided to celebrate.

The fifth annual Northside Hospital Certified Nurses Celebration March 23 honored the 986 certified nurses on staff.

Keynote speaker LeAnn Thieman is a former nurse and wrote 14 “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books, many focusing on nursing. She told the nurses how they can reduce their stress. She said the four main ways to do that is to take time for deep breathing, have a positive mindset, laugh often and forgive.

She also spoke highly of Northside.

“You work in the hospital that’s No. 1 in the state of Georgia, No. 8 in the nation for healthcare and No. 1 in the Southeast,” Thieman said.

“You know what a great place you work for. I toured the hospital and I can tell you are a family who loves each other. You have something very special here.”

Along with the Northside staff, Thieman said she, too, is proud of the certified nurses.

“You have lots of ways you can spend your time,” Thieman said. “You are pulled in so many directions and have so many balls in the air. You took the commitment and priority, to not be a good nurse, but to be an expert nurse

You know what a great place you work for. I toured the hospital and I can tell you are a family who loves each other. You have something very special here.”

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in your field. You committed your time, energy and motivation to be the very best nurse you could possibly be. The world needs more of you.”

Janis Dubow, vice president and chief nursing officer for the hospital, said the certifications are a way to gain expertise within a particular area such as obstetrics or orthopedic. The achievement means they have gone above and beyond to learn about that area of medicine.

“They really help us improve patient care,” Dubow said. “They can help us decrease mortality rates and show an improvement in patient outcomes. We want them to know how important and valuable they are to us.”

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Recognition, like the event, is important to show, Dubow said.

“Nurses are so focused on taking care of the patient,” Dubow said. “They need to know the leadership within their organization is very appreciative of everything they do. If this can be motivational and a ‘thank you,’ that’s what we’re looking for. We want them to know how appreciated they are for all that they do.”

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The recently opened Ga. 400 northbound lane increases traffic flow.

Ga. 400 widening lane closures ongoing Northbound lane closed a.m.; southbound lane closed p.m.

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth drivers had about a six-month break from Ga. 400 construction after northbound widening was completed in October 2016. Now, the orange barrels are back with single lane closures both north and southbound.

Drivers headed south will see lane closures from Ga. 306 to McFarland Parkway running from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Lane closures northbound will be on the same stretch from 9 p.m. to noon.

The work will build an additional lane on Ga. 400 and requires a single lane to be closed to traffic. Northbound construction is anticipated to be complete by June. That stretch will run from just past Ga. 20 to Ga. 369. The entire project, both northbound and southbound, is scheduled to be open to traffic in October 2018.

The times were specific to traffic flow, according to Brent Cook, district engineer in the Georgia Department of Transportation Gainesville office.

“The schedule for the lane closures was coordinated to complement traffic, allowing the contractor more time to work on the northbound side in the morning, while southbound traffic is navigating to work and school,” Cook said.

The construction is part of a $47 million project to widen Ga. 400 in For-

syth County from McFarland Parkway to Ga. 369. It includes construction of one lane in the existing inside median in both directions and a bridge widening over Big Creek and the Sawnee Creek portion of Lake Lanier.

The project was funded through a partnership between Forsyth County and the Georgia Department of Transportation.

The Georgia DOT contributed $13 million and is managing the project. The remainder of the funding, approximately $34.5 million, comes from a $200 million transportation bond passed by Forsyth County voters in 2014. The bond, approved by 63 percent of Forsyth County voters, will finance a variety of transportation projects throughout the county.

“The results on this project are an

example of what can be accomplished by working together,” said Rudy Bowen, State Transportation Board representing the 7th Congressional District. “Our leaders at the Georgia DOT and the Forsyth County commissioners have done a phenomenal job getting the project delivered to the public in less than a year. It was a brave decision for Forsyth leadership and its citizens to take on the responsibility of investing in transportation.”

An additional 1.8 mile section of the new lane was opened to traffic the first week of March. In October 2016, an eight-mile portion of the highway from McFarland Parkway to Ga. 20 was opened in less than a year after groundbreaking.

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Braves’ new home more than just a stadium Selecting Like many issues today, the Braves announcement to move to Cobb County got people arguing.

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But one thing that happens to everyone, is that once they look at the renderings of the project, they all want to go there.

As many of you may now know, this is not just a baseball stadium.

This is an entire city with the Braves stadium in it. At Turner Field, no one wanted to hang out outside the stadium. At Suntrust Park, most people I talk to can’t wait to get there early so they can.

The new city is called The Battery Atlanta and is kind of a baseball-styled Avalon. Which is easy for me to say because it was designed by Alpharetta-based Wakefield Beasley & Associates, who master-planned Avalon.

In short, The Battery is a brand-new city with five-story, city-block-styled buildings. There is more than 400,000 square feet of retail and office space, Comcast’s new 10-story regional headquarters that looks down into Suntrust Park, more than 550 residences, an Omni hotel and a rebuild of the old Atlanta Roxy theater.

Braves President of Development Mike Plant said the design has caught the attention of teams throughout the league. Many have come for an early tour and he said it’s “making people’s heads spin. They are genuinely amazed at what this now looks like, how it feels and what we’ve built here,” according to a recent article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

This makes Wakefield and Beasley CEO Lamar Wakefield very proud. He

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himself is a big baseball fan and he couldn’t have been more thrilled to land the project. He is taking everyone at his company who worked on the project and their families to opening day on April 14.

The stadium itself will have plenty of improved dining venues including the 10,000-square-foot Coors Light Chop House, which is a three-story restaurant in right field that will feature outside decks and private event space. The Delta Sky360 Club will be a 15,000-square-foot sports bar sitting up high along the first base line. The 15,000-square-foot Infiniti Club will be a private club on the terrace level offering premium food and drinks.

Hope and Will’s Sandlot will be a large kid play zone hosted by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and will include a zip line, a climbing tower and other games. Xfinity Rooftop will be a private group space up in right field offering panoramic views of the field and The Battery Atlanta. The stadium is actually 20 percent smaller than Turner Field offering about 41,000 seats. It has far more premium seating than Turner did.

But even before you get to the stadium, or after you leave it, you will have plenty to do. Athens-based Terrapin Beer Co. is opening The Terrapin Taproom. It will feature its own beers as well as the locally famous Fox Bros.

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Other restaurants will include Antico Pizza, Chef Ford Fry’s The El Felix, and a new steakhouse called C. Ellet’s.

Actor Mark Wahlberg and his brother Donnie are putting their first Atlanta-based Wahlburgers burger restaurant there. Local chef Hugh Acheson who was made famous from his debut on Top Chef is opening a high-end hot dog restaurant called First & Third Hot Dog and Sausage Shack serving meats from bratwursts to kielbasas.

Food isn’t the only thing to do there. The Roxy seems to be almost up and running too. It’s a 53,000-squarefoot venue with capacity for 4,000 people. It looks like its first concert is April 8. The Mizuno Experience Center is a retail store that will showcase Mizuno gear and allow people to test cutting-edge sports technology.

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Dinova redefines corporate dining expenditures Johns Creek company finds cozy niche saving clients money

By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – How many executives dream of taking what they’ve learned in the corporate world and creating an entirely new marketing plan that makes customers and clients happy? Vic Macchio, founder and CEO of Dinova, has done just that.

Macchio has worked in the travel industry since 1980 and devoted 17 years with American Express. He has used the experience he has gained in such diverse fields as consumer marketing, supplier relations, corporate services and general management to tap into what has grown in 8 short years to be a $6 billion proprietary business.

What do almost all Fortune 500 corporations have in common? They spend a fortune on travel. Macchio lasered in on a way to tap into the business travel market to provide that proprietary service to his clients that saves them money.

The world of corporate dining is Macchio’s oyster. To crack that shell he had to come up with a perfect plan to capture the millions of transactions that businesses generate through travel.

Right of the top are hotels and transportation. Those are limited markets in hotels, airlines and car rentals and are well covered already.

Company overview Dinova, Inc. provides proprietary marketplace focused on connecting business diners to restaurants. It cater sot corporations and small businesses. Dinova, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Johns Creek, Georgia.

But what other needs exist for the salesmen, executives, technicians who travel all over the world for their companies?

Fella’s gotta eat, right? Gals too.

“What we do is provide dining options for those people on the road that allow them to eat well while leveraging the buying power those meals generate for our client corporations in the form of rebates,” Macchio said.

Restaurants are willing to provide those rebates to get a disproportionate share of the market, he said.

So Dinova has a discrete group of restaurants all over the country who are in the Dinova network. When a company credit card is used, the rebate is applied to that bill automatically.

“We knew people on the road were not going to carry coupon books or keep track of a member card. So the key is making the transaction at the point of sale,” Macchio said. “Dinova is the catalyst that brings the customer to the restaurant.

“And we have a global roster of client corporations to offer to our restau-

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rant partners. So they have exclusive access to our clients. And each corporate office will make sure there people know it is in their interest to eat at restaurants on the preferred list.”

The rebates are only offered through the Dinova software. What the restaurants get are a high degree of exclu-

sivity in their market. Dinova sets geographic boundaries and then signs up no more than two “cuisine types” for corporate clients to choose from.

“The restaurant partners know they only pay rebates to the customers Dinova has brought to them,” Macchio said. “It is a very transparent system that benefits everybody.”

So a Fortune 500 member corporation’s exec in Atlanta could take his client to a fine dinner at Ruth’s Chris’s Steakhouse or to Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse.

But only Del Frisco’s earns the rebate so Del Frisco’s it is.

Currently, the global roster of Dinova restaurants tops 15,000 and runs the gamut of cuisines and price.

“We provide a ready-made network for their employees to choose from.

And it is not just the high-end places.

Often it’s the guy in a strange town and wants a reliable place close by to get lunch.

“With our app, he gets directions right to the door,” Macchio said. “The restaurant partner gets a guest they would not have gotten without being a Dinova partner.

“The guy from out of town gets a good meal and the corporation gets a rebate on the meal. Everybody wins.”

Whether it is selecting a fine dining restaurant to impress a client or just a place to get a good pastrami sandwich between sales calls, employees can easily stay within the Dinova family.

“The company has a vested interest in encouraging and promoting the use of the Dinova network. It saves them cash dollars,” Macchio said.

Milton seeking retail growth along Ga. 9/Deerfield corridor City partners with Buxton Group to find suitors

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton has partnered with The Buxton Group, a Texas-based company specializing in retail and customer marketing analysis, to fill vacant storefronts along the Ga. 9/ Deerfield Parkway corridor. Buxton Group met all of the city’s requirements and its bid of $50,000 was within the city’s 2017 fiscal budget, which allotted up to $50,000 for such a study. The Milton City Council approved the agreement at its March 6 meeting.

The aim of the partnership is to seek out and recruit retailers and restaurants with the correct demographic for the city, and to retain current businesses.

Buxton Company will facilitate introductions and

offer support throughout the recruitment process, and city staff will have access to Buxton’s web-based SCOUT platform that reports demographic and trade profile reports. Buxton Group will also use Milton’s future land use and zoning maps to “identify nodes of potential growth.”

The agreement calls for recruiting 20 retail and restaurant establishments to the Ga. 9/Deerfield corridor by the end of 2017.

“Our goal is to help the business owner enter a space that matches their needs,” said Sarah LeDart, Milton Economic Development Manager. “Working with Buxton, Milton is better positioned to attract new retailers and fill vacant space. By finding the right retailer and/or space match, we’re setting businesses up for success and maximizing business retention.”

The data collected from the study will allow Milton to make informed decisions on the businesses it seeks to recruit, as well as show a need for a type of retail that is not currently offered in the city.

“It will be up to the city to meet with the suggested companies and see the project through fruition. As part of the overall process, we will be building relationships with 20 retailers with the hopes that a handful of them will choose Milton now and others will develop over time,” said LeDart.

“We know that proactive efforts are critical to finding the right businesses to fill our square footage,” she said.

The corridor is the largest area for development remaining within Milton’s 15 percent of land designated for commercial development.

The agreement with Buxton Group runs three years, with the focus each year on a different area within Milton. After the Ga. 9/Deerfield study, the Buxton Group will begin Phase 2 of the study in October which will survey the downtown Crabapple area. The final study, which begins October 2018, will concentrate on the intersection of Birmingham Road and Birmingham Highway.

Each study brings a separate price tag of $50,000.

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Construction begins on $85M Alpharetta City Center Development to feature office, residential, shops

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – DataScan, a technology finance service company on Cabot Parkway in Forsyth County, announced Thursday it will be the sole tenant at the new four-story office building now under construction at Alpharetta’s City Center.

The announcement came as a crowd of around 100 attended the official groundbreaking of City Center’s $85 million commercial phase on South Main Street.

The 5-acre development lies just west of the new City Hall and will feature a mix of restaurants, shops and apartments.

“We can’t wait to get going now that everything is ready to kick off,” said Ed Brown, DataScan president.

The company has 150 local employees and about 500 associates nationwide. For the past 20 years DataScan has operated on Cabot Parkway, about three miles outside Alpharetta’s city limits.

Brown said the company values its employees and wants to provide them with amenities a mixed-used environment can offer —the restaurants, the shops and the sense of community.

Ed Brown, center, president of DataScan, at the groundbreaking of Alpharetta’s City Center commercial phase. Brown and some 500 other DataScan associates will occupy a $13 million, four-story office building at the site.

“We believe our associates are our number one asset, and putting them in a center like this is really a way of helping (them),” he said. “We feel that being here in the City Center will make us even more connected,” said Brown.

Mayor David Belle Isle called the groundbreaking a monumental day for the city.

“I don’t think there’s been a bigger day – at least since I’ve been here – in our history than today,” he said.

The idea of creating a place residents can identify with, he said, will provide a connection that will build an affinity for the city.

“In order to connect to a place, you have to have a special place,” Belle Isle said.

City Center developers, Morris & Fellows, Mid City Real Estate Partners and South City Partners, have arranged more than $70 million in bond financing to help offset property taxes over the next 10 years.

Once completed, City Center will feature close to a dozen new restaurants, between 20-30 boutique shops and close to 200 aparment residences and homes.

The fine dining offerings will feature some of most noted names in the area, including: the Highland Bakery, a Virginia-Highland landmark for more than two decades, Lapeer, a seafood marketplace, Holmes, an eclectic style family restaurant, and a wine and beverage-centric restaurant from Vin 25.

Nearby, will be “The District,” streets of boutique shops operated by local entrepreneurs. Focus will be on organic and natural products and services ranging from a health spa, a raw juice shop to fashion clothing and accessories.

Spirit Lala, who operates several fashion accessory and handcrafted jewelry shops in metro Atlanta, is one merchant anxious to open shop.

“We’re excited to get started,” she said. “We’re going to enjoy the bigger space.”

Cheri Morris, president of Morris & Fellows, who heads the retail portion of the project, said that about half the 30 or so shops have already been optioned and talks are continuing with other operators.

Overall, Morris said, interest in City Center has been overwhelming.

“Unlike mainstream commercial developments, we’re building a downtown district,” she said. “Our goal is to fit seamlessly into the existing environment which was greatly built in the 19th century. “ Back then, she said, each building was built for a different purpose by a different owner at a different time.

So a city block was made up buildings that varied in design, size and materials.

“To achieve this historical pattern, the partners, with the help of the city, have totally broken the 21st Century development mold,” Morris said. “Whereas, normally, there would be four large buildings on this land, each with the same architectural style, when you look at this project, you will see 28 buildings from the outside, not four,” she said.

These buildings will incorporate the historical influences from past eras that would have influenced those early-day builders – Georgian, Italian and Victorian and Edwardian – the styles that would have been in fashion at the time they were built.

“This is a labor of love,” Morris said. “It’s not the easy task.”

John Long, director and principal at South City Partners which heads the residential portion of the project, said he was impressed at the turnout of more than 100 people at the groundbreaking.

Such numbers, he said, speak to how invested residents feel about the project.

“Knowing the responsibility we have as a developer to execute on a plan that the mayor laid down and the councilmembers who have been working on this for a long time, is really humbling,” Long said. “We take this responsibility very seriously. This is going to be an amazing project.”

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LIBRARY EVENTS:

SALUTE TO AMERICA THIRD ANNUAL ROSWELL AZALEA FESTIVAL

Events will take place all across the city to pay tribute to the beauty of Roswell during the springtime and to the abundant azaleas, a native Georgian flower.

Activities include plant sales, art exhibits, bicycle races, ghost tours, comedy night and more. Enjoy the festival April 1-30 in multiple participating locations throughout the city. For a the full list of events, visit roswellazaleafestival.com.

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Submit it to our online calendar at NorthFulton.com/ Calendar.

EVENTS:

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION

What: Alpharetta residents will have a household hazardous waste and paint collection day. Common items include chemicals, gasoline, paint and poisons.

Full list online.

When: Saturday, April 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

More info and registration: alpharetta. ga.us or 678-297-6213

THE WALL THAT HEALS

What: The Wall that Heals is a halfscale replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall with a mobile education center and display of photos of service members, along with letters and memorabilia left at The Wall in D.C. When: March 30-April 2 Where: Newtown Park, 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

2017 PLANT SALE

What: The annual Forsyth County Master Gardener Plant Sale offers a wide variety of southern plants and garden accents. Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions and offer advice.

When: March 31, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; April 1, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: The Barn at Cumming Fairgrounds, 235 Castleberry Road, Cumming More info: 770-887-2418

SUSTAINABLE VEGETABLE GARDENING WORKSHOP

What: Join to learn about low-cost, environmentally sound practices for growing nutrient-dense vegetables. The workshop will cover planning, seeding, cultural practices, management and other tips.

When: Saturday, April, 1, 9-10:30 a.m.

Where: Whole Kids Foundation Educational Farm, 1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell More info: alpharetta.ga.us or 678-2976200

TASTE OF IRELAND TEA PARTY

What: Join Chef Judith McLaughlin for “A Taste of Ireland Tea Party” a themed high tea. Celebrate and discover the similarities in the tea time tradition between Ireland and the South.

When: Saturday, April 1, 4 p.m.

Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, Roswell Cost: $35 More info and registration: roswellgov. com or 770-640-3855

What: “A Patriotic Salute to America and to Her Troops” charts the journey of America from 1776 to the present with song, dance, comedy and music.

Hear the favorites from each era while honoring active and retired military personnel.

When: Through April 2, times vary Where: The Cumming Playhouse, 101 School St., Cumming Cost: Tickets start at $20 More info and tickets: playhousecumming.com

ROSWELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S THEATER NIGHT

What: The Roswell Historical Society will host its annual theater night fundraiser.

This year’s production is “The Million Dollar Quartet,” with a silent auction and open bar before the show.

When: Tuesday, April 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell Cost: $25 More info: roswellhistoricalsociety.org

“MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET”

What: This musical follows early rock ‘n roll stars Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, along with newcomer Jerry Lee Lewis as they find themselves in the legendary Memphis recording studio.

When: April 6-23, times vary Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info and tickets: get.org

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST: GREG FERGUSON What: “Bearing Witness” The Photography of Greg Ferguson will showcase Ferguson’s award-winning photography of the natural world.

When: Through March 31, times vary Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: gregferguson.us.com or 770594-6232

FREE TAX PREP

What: Get free tax preparation assistance by trained volunteers. See website for full list of documents to bring. Walk-ins welcome Fridays and Saturdays. Appointments available.

When: Through April 17, times vary Where: NFCC Education Center, 1125 Elkins Road, Roswell More info and registration: nfcchelp.org or vita@nfcchelp.org

FREE AARP TAX HELP

What: Trained helpers are offering free tax services in multiple AARP Tax-Aide centers throughout tax season.

When: Times vary Where: Multiple locations throughout Metro Atlanta More info and locations: aarp.org

SCAD PRINTMAKING EXHIBIT

What: This exhibit showcases the innovative ways both traditional and digital printmaking processes can be utilized to express ideas and concepts in the 21st century. Featuring SCAD students, alumni and faculty When: Through April 21, MondayFriday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: Johns Creek Arts Center, 6290 Abbotts Bridge Road, Building 700, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekarts.org

CHESS FOR ADULT BEGINNERS

What: Learn how to play chess at any age and skill level at this free program.

Instructions will be provided and no experience is necessary. Recommended for adults and seniors.

When: Saturday, April 1, 1-2 p.m.

Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org

TEEN FILMMAKING WORKSHOP

What: For making films for fun or pursuing a career in the film industry. This free program will cover screenwriting, basic videography techniques, editing and the film industry during this 3-hour workshop.

When: Monday, April 3, 2-5 p.m.

Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: afpls.org or laura.hoefener@fultoncountyga.gov

GET BUGGY

What: Discover hands-on the incredible life of insects and arachnids. From egg to adult, journey through the life cycle of butterflies, bees and beetles. Recommended for ages 5-8.

Registration required.

When: Monday, April 3, 3:30-4:15 p.m.

Where: East Roswell Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell More info and registration: afpls.org or 404-613-4050

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

What: Join the adult astronomy club for a lively discussion about and photos taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope with Jeff Thompson.

When: Tuesday, April 4, 6-7 p.m.

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

READ WITH PEARL

What: Licensed therapy dog, Pearl, is ready to share her favorite stories with the children at Northeast/ Spruill Oaks. This free event is for ages 4 and under.

When: Tuesday, April 4, 10:15-10:55 a.m.

Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: laura. hoefener@fultoncountyga.gov or 770360-8820

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ACTING FOR CHILDREN

What: During two 1-hour workshops, presented by Forefront Arts, children will play theatre games and learn basic acting skills. This program will consist of two sessions: for children ages 3-5 and 6-8. Registration required.

When: Wednesday, April 5, 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.

Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: laura. hoefener@fultoncountyga.gov or 770360-8820

PET ADOPTIONS:

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

OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE: TWO BOYS KISSING

What: The Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus presents “Two Boys Kissing,” which follows multiple teenagers as they tell their stories of first love, family, pain and bravery over generations.

When: Friday, March 31, 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 1, 2 and 8 p.m.

Where: Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, 1026 Ponce de Leon Ave., Atlanta Cost: $25 More info and tickets: voicesofnote.org or 404-320-1030

FREE TAX PREP SERVICES

What: Get free tax assistance, counseling and preparation. No appointment is necessary. Bring all relevant tax forms, last year’s return, a photo ID, Social Security card and checkbook.

When: Through April 18, times vary Where: Gwinett Technical College, 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway, Building 700, Busbee Center, Lawrenceville More info: aarp.org

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GET OUTSIDE, GEORGIA:

Focus on fishing: three good bets Fishing is, as they say, definitely in the news this week. If you enjoy casting a line, this is definitely a great time to get outside!

Item 1: The big crappie are hitting Get Outside Georgia, aa4bw@comcast.net I was talking to my next door neighbor the other day, and he was telling me about some very nice crappie he’s been catching at Lake Lanier.

He’s been having good success fishing from shore, and he has brought in several of epic proportions.

Where will you find crappie this time of year? Look for brushy areas or other spots with lots of submerged cover. That’s the key, it seems, and many such areas have been holding fish. Good lures include white Roostertails or similar spinners, white grubtails on small 1/16 oz. jig heads, or small minnows. And if you enjoy keeping a few for the pan, it’s hard to beat fried crappie and hushpuppies.

Check it out!

STEVE HUDSON

Item 2: The white bass are running For the last few weeks I’ve been watching some of my favorite close-in white bass spots, including tributaries to Allatoona and Lake Lanier, for the annual arrival of white bass. I’d hear scattered reports of an angler catching one here or there, usually near the mouths of the rivers, but no one was talking about the start of the big-time runs.

Until last week.

The prevailing wisdom is that the white bass runs happen about the time the dogwoods bloom. Up till the first of last week, I hadn’t seen any dogwood blossoms, and, truth be told, I’d caught very few white bass.

But on Thursday morning, I noticed a couple of dogwood trees blooming in the neighborhood. So on Thursday afternoon, I put the flyrod in the car and made a late-afternoon pilgrimage to one of my favorite white bass spots.

It’s now safe to say that the white bass have arrived!

Where can you find white bass?

Among the many places which offer an opportunity to land one are the Chestatee below Georgia 400, the Chattahoochee above the lake, Little River above Allatoona, the Etowah, and the Coosa River at Mayo Lock and Dam Park. Though you’ll need a boat to fish

it, many experienced white bass enthusiasts consider the Coosa to be the very best white bass water in northern Georgia – but of course that depends on who you ask.

If you’re spin fishing, go for them with flashy white spinners such as Roostertails or with white grubtails on small jigheads (the same kinds of lures you’d use for crappie). Fly fishers should have good luck with flies such as the Rolex (a very flashy minnow imitation) or the Yeti (a fly that I developed a couple of years ago just for white bass fishing). Other light-colored streamers will work too.

Remember that the white bass runs only last a few weeks, so get in on the excitement while you can!

Item 3: The North Georgia Trout Online Spring Fling Want to learn about trout fishing in Georgia? You’ve got a great opportunity coming up on Saturday, April 1 (no fooling!) as North Georgia Trout Online hosts its annual Spring Fling at the Buford Trout Hatchery, just off Highway 20 a few miles east of Georgia 400.

NGTO (www.ngto.org) is a non -profit organization dedicated to trout fishing in North Georgia. This online community works to protect and enhance trout fishing on several fronts.

Its activities include a significant outreach effort which supports educational and environmental stewardship programs, and its members are tied together through a fishing-focused online message board, open to anyone with an interest in fishing, and especially trout fishing, in Georgia. The group has “a firm commitment to the future of trout fishing in Georgia” and “strives to increase public awareness

of the sport of trout fishing.”

The annual NGTO Spring Fling, a free and family-friendly gathering of trout fishing enthusiasts, features a variety of activities ranging from on-the-water fishing workshops to classes, presentations, casting instruction and fly tying demonstrations – plus a hotdog lunch.

And if you’re new to trout fishing or have never cast a fly rod? This is a perfect place to get started. There will be plenty of folks on hand who love to talk trout fishing and who enjoy showing you how it’s done. It’s a great opportunity to learn about a sport that you can enjoy for a lifetime.

And after lunch, for even more fishing-related fun, join the free tour of the Department of Natural Resources’ trout hatchery. Tours start at the hatchery office at 1 p.m. No advance registration is required for the tour – just show up and you’re good to go.

Your kids will love this, and don’t be surprised if your tour includes an opportunity to feed some of those hatchery trout too.

For more info on the NGTO Fall Fling, visit the NGTO website at ngto. org. Look under the “FLINGS” tab for details and the latest schedule of events. I’ll be there, and I hope that you will too!

Learn about fishing, hiking and more in Steve Hudson’s book “Hiking the Hooch.” It’s available on Amazon, from local outfitters or at chattahoocheemedia. com.

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7 reasons teenagers need to attend summer camp Courtesy of Marine Military Academy

Structure & routine Who says teenagers should sleep in and relax all day during the summer? That’s what Saturdays are for!

Teens attending summer camp have an easier time getting back into the school routine than those who didn’t follow a schedule.

Exercise Most summer camp activities are physical, and don’t require the use of a phone, computer or television. Campers will naturally work out their bodies as they swim, hike or play ball. Even at academic-based camps, teenagers are more likely to exercise than they would at home.

New friends Summer camp is the best place for teenagers to make new friends. They can expand their social circle – and their Instagram followers!

Social skills Summer camp helps teenagers fine-tune their manners and communications skills because they must meet new people and interact with them for days or weeks at a time. Teens with good social skills also have greater selfconfidence.

New challenges Whether it’s riding a horse or swimming for the first time, summer camp allows teens to challenge themselves

and try new things in a safe environment. When they discover they can do it, it gives them an instant shot of self-esteem!

Self-confidence & self-esteem Any victories teenagers experience at summer camp (a new skill, award, leadership position, etc.) will help build their confidence and self-esteem. Why are these traits important? Successful adults don’t lack either one!

Independence At some point, all kids have to “leave the nest,” and summer camp can help teenagers and parents prepare for that day. Teens who spend weeks away at camp learn to become more independent. Because they’ve learned how to rely on themselves to a certain extent, these teens are not as nervous when they move away to college … and neither are their parents.

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Offering traditional Montessori student-focused constructive teaching style Montessori Kids Academy is located at 3034 Old Atlanta Road in Cumming, next to the Publix shopping center. We are a SACS/CASI accredited school and a member of the American Montessori Society.

We pride ourselves on having highly qualified, experienced teachers who are passionate about the Montessori philosophy and guiding children along their journey of learning. We currently participate in the Georgia Student Scholarship Program, a tax-savings program created to enable parents to use their money tax-free for education.

Montessori Kids Academy offers a traditional Montessori student-focused constructivist teaching style.

Our growing school teaches children from 18 months to 3 years of age in our pre-primary classroom, 3 years to 6 years of age in our primary classrooms, and 6 to 12 years of age in our elementary classrooms. We strive to maintain a low student to teacher ratio in each classroom.

The school is housed in a 20,000 square foot, state-of-the-art building complete with a children’s garden, outdoor classroom, spacious library, learning kitchen, computer lab, indoor café, outside picnic patio, two music rooms, and traditional Montessori furnishings.

The following daily enrichments are offered as part of our Montessori curriculum at no additional cost: Coding and Robotics, Spanish, Music, Art,

Every day has an exciting new activity and each week’s theme will bring new excitement to the students as they learn about the world around them as well as tap into their creativity and imagination.

Cooking, Physical Education, Tai Chi and Organic Gardening. Even our Pre-Primary students participate in Physical Education, art and Spanish. Transportation to and from regular field trips is provided by the new Montessori Kids Academy school bus.

In addition to regular field trips that are off-site, we have many different visitors such as the Forsyth County firefighters, police and K-9 unit, Recycling Center, the Reptile Man and many other people who help complement our curriculum. Students enjoy daily yoga and journal writing in their classrooms as well as the computer lab.

Montessori Kids Academy gives parents quarterly reports of their child’s progress, as well as frequent parent education nights, student presentations, and school social events. We want our families to feel like they are part of our school family.

Montessori Kids Academy also offers an academic S.T.E.A.M. summer camp where students can learn while having fun.

While at camp, the students will continue with Montessori Language Arts and Mathematics materials and lessons.

The students will also participate in weekly field trips, either in-house for our youngest campers or offsite for the older students. Every day has an exciting new activity and each week’s theme will bring new excitement to the students as they learn about the world around them as well as tap into their creativity and imagination.

We invite you to our upcoming open house March 25th, from 11:00-2:00, or schedule a tour to see our traditional Montessori School that makes a difference around the world as well as at home.

That’s it! The summer camp to beat all the rest!

This year’s summer camp has a brand new twist. All the world’s a stage and it’s happening right here at #KRKCAMP’17 Starting from week one, we are #Produceit.Summer campers will explore their hidden talents by video taping the entire summer’s fun and field trips.

Yes, the campers will be producers of their very own summer camp production. Actors, producers, co-producers,directors, set designers,makeup artists, camera men and women, and all the behind the scenes drama create a summer performance of a life time.

Our production will include the following story lines: #Imagineit: Hocus pocus! Create, explore, and mesmerize the audience with remarkable creations and illusions. Video record! #Engineerit: Inventors blossom as they explore robotics,develop original engineering projects, and build towards the future.Build your very own electrical circuit board. Discover which engineering job inspires you. #Beyondit: Dare to explore the great beyond and delve into the newest discoveries. The sky’s the limit. Enjoy a trip to the GLOW GALAXY. #Picassoit: “Artful” displays of talent. Create a one of a kind masterpiece.

Work with different types of media,ar-

tistic techniques,makeup artists and backdrop brilliance. Live on film! #Loveit: Enjoy the love of nature and explore the importance of all animals on this planet. Learn about Animal Cruelty Investigators. Learn what your animal spirit is. Enjoy a week of pet sharing and hands on exhibits. #Cookit: Become one of the newest Celebrity Chefs. Will you be the next Emeril Lagasse,Gordon Ramsey or Rachel Ray? What will you call your

show? Diners,Drive-ins and Dives?

Take on the challenge, as different groups of campers create,enjoy and win the best dish award. And then there’s the Cake War. Bring it on! #Moveit: Explore the latest dance moves. An awsome Zumba Field Trip.

Create the most challenging obsticale course. Enjoy the fun of “Dancing Under The Stars” as we experience our 11TH Annual OVERNIGHT CAMPING. #Liveit: “In Pursuit of The Good

Life” Take the challenge to create healthy recipes, explore the latest fitness machines. Create the most challenging and phenomenal obsticale course. Play the Game of life.

Play out the final scenes of your summer camp adventure and debut your production at our YEAR END EXTRAVAGANZA ENROLL NOW AND RECEIVE FREE REGISTRATION AND HALF OFF THE ACTIVITY FEE!

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That’s IT! This year’s summer camp has a brand new twist. All the world’s a stage and it’s happening right here at #KRKCAMP’17 Starting from week one, we will #Produceit.

Summer campers will explore their hidden talents by video taping the entire summer’s fun and field trips.

Yes, the campers will be producers of their very own summer camp production. Actors, producers, coproducers,directors, set designers,make-up artists, camera men and women, and all the behind the scenes drama create a summer performance of a life time.

Field Trips: Georgia Aquarium Tree Top Quest Glow Galaxy World of Coke

Medieval Times North Ga. Zoo Tiny Town

(678) 648-3175

3036 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming GA. 30041

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Life changing, empowering & fun Parents call Camp SAY a “life-changing” summer camp where kids & teens who stutter develop selfconfidence, build communication skills, and forge friendships to last a lifetime.

Camp SAY 2017 dates: August 1st15th.

Camp SAY is an ACA-accredited campcombining the highest-quality, traditional summer camp experience with activities and programs empowering young people who stutter. This unique 2-week sleep-away camp is on a 500-acre facility in North Carolina (near Asheville) and welcomes children and teens who stutter, ages 8-18, and their young family members and friends (one-week & shortened stays also available). Young people from across the country attend Camp SAY year-afteryear.

Camp provides a culture of acceptance and positivity; each day campers enjoy an important balance between structured activities and choice –discovering their unique talents and pursuing their personal interests and goals.

Activities include: arts & crafts− painting, drawing, dance, dramatic arts, creative writing, pottery, video

production & more; sports−basketball, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball & more; water activities−swimming in two lakes and heated pool, canoeing, kayaking, waterslide, zip-line & more; outdoor−hiking, rock-climbing, animal center, campfires & more; equestrian− horseback riding in a certified Horsemanship Association Accredited facility, with riding rings, trail rides, horse care; much more.

Camp SAY also offers optional speech therapy, including individual sessions personalized to fit a child’s unique goals and needs, plus group therapy sessions.

Campers leave Camp SAY with lasting benefits, including increased confidence, new friendships, greater independence, and the feeling of being much better prepared to begin a new school year.

Learn more:CampSAY.org.

Download a brochure at: bit.ly/ campsay, emailMeg@SAY.org, or call 828.393.4244.

Financial Aid is available, on a need-basis, for tuition & travel. Camp SAY is a program of SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY.org) a non-profit organization.

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Montessori Kids Academy 3034 Old Atlanta Road Cumming, GA 30041 www.montessoricumming.com

678-208-0774

Accepting children 18 months to 12 years

Small Class Sizes!

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McGinnis Woods Country Day School Have your camper join us at McGinnis Woods this summer for our Sunsational Summer Camp 2017!

An amazing summer filled with fun themes, caring counselors, engaging activities, art, music, interesting weekly field trips and guest speakers, water play and lots of smiles has been designed for campers ages 4-13.

Camp begins May 30 and runs weekly themed sessions ending August 4.

Campers may attend individual weeks or the entire summer. Camp hours are from 9am-5pm daily at a cost of $225.00 weekly. Before and/or after camp care is available at an additional fee.

We will visit exciting destination including the Tellus Museum, Chestatee Wildlife Preserve and Zoo , Stars and Strikes, and the Consolidated Gold Mines and enjoy daily activities including water slides, nature walks, STEM activities and group games in our full court, air conditioned gym.

Our Specialty and Academic Camps offer a variety of educational classes to sharpen your camper’s skills and mind. Campers wanting to learn to cook, swim, learn a sport, or act can do just that at McGinnis Woods!

Have your camper join in on the fun and plan to attend our Sunsa-

NSDA is offering multiple options for summer dancing fun

tional Summer Camp. For additional information or to register, please contact us at www.mcginniswoods.org or call 770-664-7764. We look forward to seeing you this summer!

Sunsational Summer

NSDA is offering multiple options for summer dancing fun!! We are offering fun and energetic camps to dancers ages 3-18! Below you will find the different camps/dates/pricing that will be offered through the summer of 2017, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact our front office!

• Receive $10.00 off your camp with early registration!

• Summer registration begins February 15, 2017 • Early summer registration deadline is April 15, 2017

• We are offering a 10% second child discount for those who enroll siblings into summer camps!

• There is a $25.00 non-refundable registration fee per dancer.

• No refunds will be issued.

• Please review the summer camp options, download, fill out, and return the Summer Camp Registration Form with payment in full to the front desk.

• We will have a Summer Camp Registration table at the dress rehearsal and recital!

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LIL’ LUAU DANCE CAMP - $175.00* June 19th-23rd, 2017 ALL DAY MINI DANCE MANIA CAMP - $195.00* June 19th-23rd, 2017 ALL DAY DANCE WORKSHOP - $235.00* June 26th- June 30th, 2017 ALL DAY DANCE MANIA - $235.00* 017 JULY 10th -14th, 2017 TUMBLING CAMPP NEW - $200.00* 177 July 17th-21st, 2017 BALLET INTENSIVEE NEW - $200.00* (EVENING HOURS!) h 2017 AND AN July 10th-14th, 2017 June 26th- June 30th, PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY BOOT CAMP - Price is TBA* JUNE 12th-16th, 2017

• Receive $10.00 off your camp with early registration!

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Day Camps HORSE CAMPS

Willow South Riding School, Celebrating 17 years of excellence in riding! Johns Creek location with INDOOR ARENA. We offer all levels of instruction. Ages 5-12.

9am-1pm. Learn to ride in a fun, safe program with skilled instructors and experienced horses. www.willowsouth.com. $375 includes camp shirt and horse show!

Send email to willowsouth@gmail.com.

Sign up early to reserve your spot! Spring Break - April 3-7; June 5-9; June 12-16, June 19-23; June 26-30; July 10-14, July 17-21; July 24-28

PARKS AND RECREATION

Find your family’s fun this summer with Alpharetta Recreation and Parks!

Camps include Art Exploration, Sports Camps, Babysitter Boot Camp, and Specialty Camps (cheer, dance, gymnastics, LEGO, tennis). One-week or multi-day sessions offered for ages 3-17; dates/times/ costs vary. Also available: General Day Camp at Wills Park, CIT Junior Counselor Program, and Camp Happy Hearts (for children with mild disabilities). Recreation classes continue during summertime too.

Choose from cupcake decorating, harps, karate, outdoor adventure programs, teen drawing/art portfolio, tree climbing, swimming lessons, and more! Activities held at various locations in Alpharetta. For info: 678-297-6100. To browse 2017 Spring/ Summer Recreation Guide or to enroll: www.alpharetta.ga.us/recreation.

PRESCHOOL

Get ready for Kids ‘R’ Kids most interactive summer adventure ever! Now Enrolling!

Discover and explore a unique camp each week! Now Registering ages 5 through 12 years old. During our 10-week summer camp series, campers explore their hidden talents, potential passions and intriguing interests. Campers will experience art and cooking, engineering and community service, and everything in-between. This summer camp is all about the journey to discover what suits each camper’s personality - the quest to discover what they like best. Plenty of field trips and outdoor fun are included! We invite parents to join in the fun by following our weekly adventures across social media. #KRKCamp17. www.kidsrkidsatlanta.com

ROWING

Looking for a fun new sport? Come learn to row or improve your skills at Saint Andrew Rowing Club in Roswell.

Rising 6th -12th graders learn boat handling and rowing technique on the beautiful Chattahoochee River! Our smaller environment offers more time on the water and time with our excellent coaches! Intro to Rowing I: One week camps for beginners. AM and PM sessions, $150/session; $250/full day.

Intro to Rowing II: Two week AM camps for those who have completed Intro I or an intro fall/spring season, $250/ session. Dates: 6/12-6/16, 6/19-6/23*, 6/26-6/30, 7/10-7/14*, 7/17-7/21, 7/24-7/28* * Full Day option available.

Visit www.standrewrowing.com for more details or to sign up!

Learn to Row with Atlanta Junior

Rowing Association this summer! No experience is needed for students ages 12+ to get started with the ultimate team sport.

All summer camp practices will be held on the Chattahoochee River, at the AJRA boathouse, 245 Azalea Drive, Roswell.

Four two-week camp sessions are available for brand new rowers throughout June and July, with two one-week accelerated camps available for high school athletes. Check out our full summer schedule at www.ajracrew.com, or email us for more details: ajra.information@gmail.com.

SCIENCE

Club SciKidz Science and Technology Camps: Club SciKidz offers children and teen’s age’s 4-5, exciting camps in science and technology. Camps include experiments and projects in Video Game Creation, Robotics, Veterinary Science, Crime Scene Investigation, Culinary Science, Paleontology, Engineering, Space, Biology, Chemistry, Oceanography, LEGO Robotics, Medicine, Programming, 3-D Printing, and Drones.

For 17 years, Club Scikidz has been providing an opportunity for young people to see how science works in the real world.

Our 48 themed camps inspire interest in science and technology by involving children in the creation of a multitude of take-away projects in each camp. 14 Metro Atlanta locations available. www. clubscikidz.com for more information or call 678-493-5651.

SOCCER CAMPS

Soccer Camps at Emory University Boys Camps Eagle Full Day Camps – June 1923 and July 24-28 for boys ages 7-14, extended care available. Eagle Elite Residential/Commuter Camp - July 7-9 for boys ages 13-18 Info available at www.eagleboyssoccercamps​.com or contact: Camp Director, Sonny Travis, Emory Men’s Head Soccer Coach, sonny.travis@emory.edu or 404727-0597.

Eagle Day Camp each week is $335 and includes lunch. Campers will be grouped by age and ability for all camps.

Info for residential or commuter camps on the website. Camps are held on the Emory campus.

Overnight Camps FLORIDA

Waterski & Wakeboard Camp. Jack Travers’ Sunset Lakes located an hour from Orlando in the heart of Central Florida since 1973. Spring & Summer Camp includes a variety of things on the water, beginners on two skiis, learning to trick, wakeboard, wake surf and Slalom and jump. All abilities are accepted from beginner to advanced.

Other fully supervised activities by adult staff include Paddle boarding fun environment mixed in with group night time activities of bowling, ping pong, beach volley ball, camp fires, movies, canoeing the natural springs of Florida, Go-Carting, shopping, trip to Water Park, Beach day.

Open year round.

More information at www.jacktravers. com. Te;: 1-800-732-2755. Email: h2oskijacks@aol.com

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GEORGIA

SPECIAL NEEDS

Strong Rock Camp is a place our campers call “home” and everyone is family. A co-ed Christian camp in the northeast Georgia mountains offering 6-day mini and 13-day main sessions for 1st-11th graders. Our mature, talented, and service-oriented staff are the role models parents, and especially campers, are looking for. Unconditional love and acceptance help every camper belong. We build confident and independent kids through a wide range of activities, including horseback riding, archery, riflery, canoeing, climbing, swimming, outdoor living skills, super science, dance, drama, arts and crafts, team sports, tumbling, fishing and rocketry.

Located in Cleveland, Georgia, 1.5hrs from Atlanta and 20 min from the end of 400.

706-348-1533. www.strongrockcamp.com.

Traditional camp for the non-traditional camper Talisman Programs provide exceptional co-ed summer camp opportunities for young people ages 6-22 with high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (Aspergers), ADD/ADHD and other learning differences. Since 1980 our ACA-accredited programs have been offering unique alternatives to ordinary summer camps.

We provide a structured, nurturing environment within an exciting adventure program in which our campers can have a successful summer while increasing social skills, a sense of personal responsibility and more positive self-image.

5, 13, 16 and 19 day pro grams.

Nestled in the beautiful western North Carolina mountains, south of Asheville, we are a 3 hour drive from Atlanta. Visit our website www.talismancamps.com or 1-855-LUV-TALI

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!

Founded in 1981, Camp Woodmont is the perfect place to build lifelong friendships and everlasting memories.

Our deep-seeded traditions, close family atmosphere and caring counselors make campers feel secure, welcome & reassured! Counselors are college-age and live in the cabins with the campers.

Our camp program is very well-suited to first-time campers. Come tour the camp at our Open House May 21, 2017 from 2-5 pm. 423-472-6070 or go to www.campwoodmont.com

Camp Juliette Low (CJL) provides girls with exciting, outdoor experiences that foster self-confidence, promote teamwork, and develop leadership skills.

At CJL, campers will find a place where they can be themselves, learn new skills, and have fun! CJL was founded in 1922 by Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, and maintains its rustic setting and time-honored traditions.

Today, CJL operates independently from the Girl Scouts and is open to all girls ages 7-17. Located on beautiful Lookout Mountain, CJL offers one and two week sessions June 4-July 29, 2017. Platform tents, outdoor adventure, traditional camping, fun and friendship! Preparing Girls for Confident Living and Leadership Since 1922. www.CJL.org

HORSE CAMP

Valley View Ranch Equestrian Camp.

Horse lovers’ paradise since 1954! Located on 600 acres a’top Lookout Mountain in Cloudland, GA. Enrollment is limited to 50 girls, ages 8-17, offering one and 2-week sessions.

We offer several riding programs and encourage each camper to participate in all of them: English and Hunt Seat; Western Stock Seat and Barrels (Gymkhana); Trails and Vaulting. CHA instructors teach beginner to advanced riders. Spend 4-6 hours daily with your OWN camp horse. The Jones family are third generation horse lovers, camp administrators, and equine educators making girls dreams come true! Come tour the camp at our Open House May 21 from 1-3pm. 706-862-2231; www.valleyviewranch.com.

Camp SAY: A Summer Camp for Young People who Stutter; August 1-15, 2017.

Camp SAY builds Confidence, Communication & Friendships! Our 2-week sleepaway camp combines the highest-quality traditional summer camp experience with programs that empower young people who stutter, ages 8-18. In addition to arts & crafts, sports, water activities, outdoor activities, performing arts, equestrian program & more, optional Speech Therapy is available with an SLP, expert in stuttering.

Camp SAY is ACA-accredited and located on a 500-acre, facility (near Asheville). Financial aid is available for tuition & travel.

Visit CampSAY.org, download a brochure: bit.ly/campsay, email Meg@SAY.org, or call 828.393.4244. Camp SAY, 179 Blue Star Way, Hendersonville, NC 28793

TENNESSEE

Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont offers nature, backpacking, science adventure and family camps inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Imagine splashing around in an icy-cold mountain stream, climbing ridges to an unbelievable view, or choosing from a variety of activities to discover nature through hands-on explorations, day hikes and crafts. Options for beginning campers as well as outdoor enthusiasts - ages 5 to 95. Tremont Institute creates space for discovery, personal development and opportunities to unplug and explore. Call (865) 448-6709 or visit http://www.gsmit.org.

Located on the Tennessee side of the national park. Find us on Facebook @ GSMITremont to see pictures and videos of the adventure that awaits!

TEXAS

MMA Summer Camp: Marine Military Academy offers a four-week, military adventure camp for school boys 12-18. MMA Summer Camp is highly physical and tightly structured. In 28 days, campers participate in 30+ military challenges and sports — from archery to mud diving, from paintball to ziplining. MMA also offers an English immersion camp.

At ESL Summer Camp, campers spend 25 hours/week in the classroom learning English. In the afternoons and weekends, they participate in the same activities as the regular MMA campers.

To learn more about MMA Summer Camp or ESL Summer Camp, visit MMA-TX. org/Summer Camp or contact Admissions at (956) 423-6006 or admissions@MMA-TX. org. To apply, visit MMA-TX.org/Apply.

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Summer learning & fun “What will we do with the kids this summer?”

Are you one of many parents plagued by this question as the 10 week summer break looms?

Maybe you have several weeks covered with sports camps, vacations, and visits from the grandparents. But you still have 4-5 weeks to fill up. The Goddard School campuses located on Bethelview Rd. in Cumming and Old Atlanta Rd. in Suwanee have great options for you.

With the ability to do as little as 2 weeks, and as few as 2 days each week, The Goddard School provides the flexibility you need this summer.

With weekly field trips, special visitors, and other fun-filled opportunities, your search is over for filling those summer gaps, or if you need the full 10 weeks.

Both campuses are SACS accredited, as well, so we find fun ways to keep our students’ minds active.

We hear from so many Forsyth educators of the struggles of those early weeks of school as the students brush off the cobwebs from their summer vacation.

Our summer camps will be powered

by STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math) related themes, trips and visitors, ensuring your kids will be having a blast while being mentally stimulated, as well.

Both campuses are equipped with indoor gymnasiums, multiple outside play areas with specialized turf, and technology learning opportunities in the classrooms. Both Robin Ray (owner, Old Atlanta location) and Jean Croft

(owner, Cumming location) have been with Goddard for more than a decade now and boast two of the most experienced and tenured faculties in the business.

So don’t wait any longer!

Schedule your visit today so you can see first-hand what sets The Goddard School apart from your other options this summer.

We’ll look forward to meeting you and your family soon!

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POINTERS FOR PARENTS:

For kids’ sake: Make time to play every day (NAPSI)—If life for your family sometimes seems to be all work and no play, The Genius of Play wants to remind you why it is so important to make time to play every day—and how to achieve it!

Did you know there is a direct correlation between play and stress reduction?

Or that elementary students who have more than 15 minutes of recess are better behaved in school than those who have less?

According to experts at the Genius of Play, a movement whose mission is to raise awareness about the benefits of play and bring more play into kids lives, playtime is a powerful tool to help you unwind, while bringing the whole family closer together.

What’s more, through play kids build physical skills, improve cognitive abilities, learn communication and social skills, process and express emotions, and increase creativity.

How Families Can Play Every Day Here are some fun ideas from Genius of Play ambassador, parenting expert and author Meredith Sinclair, M.Ed, on how to incorporate play into your busy every day routine:

• Leave space for the spontaneous: Intentionally mark off small chunks of time on the calendar throughout the week for “spontaneous” playtime.

Sometimes, spontaneity takes planning.

• Turn everyday occasions into playful moments. Make household chores fun by putting on some favorite music and having the kids dance as they put the toys away, make the bed or help

with the dishes.

• Collect easy-to-play instruments like harmonicas, bongos or toy ukuleles for impromptu after-dinner family jam sessions.

• Keep playthings like hula hoops, crafts and playground chalk on hand for quick 10-minute play breaks during the day. It only takes a moment to create a chalk “picture frame” in the driveway and get the kids to draw something creative inside it.

• For a fun evening, try shutting down all screens after dinner once in a while and gathering the whole family around a board game.

It’s Child’s Play: Great Ideas and Resources Parents, teachers and play lovers can get expert advice, play ideas for all ages, and information on the benefits of play at www.thegeniusofplay.org.

Created with the mission to help raise happier, healthier and more successful generations through the power of play, the Genius of Play website and social media channels show how to help kids build confidence, creativity, critical thinking and other skills that will serve them throughout their lives.

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Alpharetta: Master Gardeners host annual plant sale Continued from Page 9

Event runs March 31 – April 1

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Spring is here and with it, gardeners are itching to start planting. And now they have the chance to spruce up their garden with new additions thanks to the Forsyth County Master Gardener’s annual plant sale.

This year the sale is from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. March 31 and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. April 1 at the Cumming Fairgrounds, 235 Castleberry Road. It is free to attend.

Plant sale Chairperson Jackie Grote said this is the 18th year the group has hosted the event.

“We have 46 vendors from several states, a nationally-known local metal artist, and heirloom, native and hardto-find plants,” Grote said. “We have plants you can’t get at a big box store.

If you’re looking for something special or different, we have those.”

Aside from plants, unique planters and gardening systems, such as vertical and horizontal garden, will also be for sale.

“If you don’t have a huge yard to garden in, these planters are something you can put on your back porch,” Grote said. “It is alternative gardening systems that go right on your porch or patio. People are looking for that right now if they don’t have two acres to dig up and put in a garden, but they have a patio.”

The annual Forsyth County Master Gardener’s Plant Sale usually sees about 3,000 attendees.

This is the only fundraiser for the self-funded master gardeners, she said.

“With that money, we have demonstration gardens at each library in the county, several of the schools and several of the government buildings,” Grote said. “We also give programs about gardening.”

The gardeners will be in attendance providing advice to anyone with questions.

“We will have an ‘Ask the master gardener booth,’” she said. “So if you have a plant with a problem, you can bring it with you and we will look at it.

We are there to give advice.”

Last year’s event saw 3,000 attendees, and Grote said they are expecting that many this year.

“It was a big show, but this should be a bigger year,” Grote said. “Every year gets bigger. It’s now spring and it’s getting warmer, so people are ready to plant.”

To learn more about the gardeners, visit http://ugamg.org.

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umbrella when they broke ground on White Columns golf community on Freemanville Road. It was way out in the woods too.

Jimmy Phillips was the mayor back then. He and his City Council had a vision that if growth was coming up Ga. 400, then little Alpharetta would be ready for it.

Before the first spade of earth was turned on Northpoint Mall, the city had a master plan for Class A office. Developers bought into the idea and it was they who built Northpoint Parkway.

But one thing had nagged succeeding city councils. To be a great town, that town has to have a face.

Alpharetta’s identity to most visitors was the Northpoint Mall and Windward Parkway.

Developers have the expression, “There’s no THERE there.”

So they began to cultivate a downtown profile. The city offered low-interest loans to downtown businesses for façade renovations. It started Taste of Alpharetta to get people to come downtown.

Then, Mayor Arthur Letchas and his council moved forward with a plan to build a city center that put a “there THERE.” It got stalled in the recession and probably for the best.

The city didn’t control the land, and that turned out to be a major flaw.

So during the recession, the city acquired the land that would become the City Center. They had a wonderful five-acre site on the other side of Haynes Bridge Road, so they moved the road to include it inside the City Center.

They donated the land for the library and built a parking deck. That

Blotter: Continued from Page 2 and equipment for various companies.

The locks were cut off the seven containers and the doors were left open.

Two containers had items taken.

A plumbing company said its container was missing a large amount of copper piping, a generator and a band saw. He estimated the piping to be worth more than $40,000 and set the loss at $2,000 for the tools.

Another company said they were missing tools totaling over $2,000.

There were no identifiable tire tracks or footprints in the area due to rainy conditions. The site is supposed to be fenced in and access secured by

Alpharetta could have sat back and been overwhelmed as Ga. 400 brought its inexorable march of development. But then it would have been reactive, always a step or two behind. left just the last piece of the puzzle, to bring in the private development that will make “there HERE.” As Mayor David Belle Isle said, “Most of the people who live here didn’t grow up here. We want Alpharetta to be their hometown.”

That was the goal, build a downtown where people would congregate, celebrate and be proud, happy Alpharettans.

Alpharetta could have sat back and been overwhelmed as Ga. 400 brought its inexorable march of development. But then it would have been reactive, always a step or two behind.

With its bold plan, it met urbanization head on and on its terms.

Some say we didn’t want urbanization, we wanted to stay that quaint small town we moved here for.”

But without all of those plans made in partnership with developers long ago, Alpharetta would be the city everyone loves so well.

Like it or not, development is following Ga. 400, and you can make it come on your terms or it will certainly come on its own.

Alpharetta could not avoid change so it made it the changes it wanted. locked gates, however the deputies were told there was a recent break in the fence that was unrepaired.

Gas stolen from company trucks FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A local business reported gas stolen March 16 from company cars overnight.

The business said eight fleet vehicles had gas removed. Those cars included four Ford Rangers, two Kia Souls, one Ford F-150 and one Ford Transit. The transit still had a tube stuck in the tank that the employee was unable to remove. One of the gas caps of the rangers was missing.

The employee said over 100 gallons of gas was taken.

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Forsyth hosts Adopt-a-Stream workshops FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Keep Forsyth County Beautiful, a Keep America Beautiful Affiliate, is offering free Adopt-A-Stream workshops to educate citizens on how to protect and monitor their local waterways. The workshops cover three topics: Macroinvertebrate Assessment, Chemical/Bacterial Certification, and Amphibian and Frog Monitoring.

Macroinvertebrate Assessment is suitable for third grade and up.

An adult must accompany any child under the age of 16. Participants at the Hampton Park Library and City Hall locations will be getting in the water, so wear shoes that can get wet.

The workshops will take place on the following dates: • Saturday, April 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hampton Park Library, 5345 Settingdown Road • Saturday, June 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cumming City Hall, 100 Main Street • Saturday, October 7, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Post Road Library, 5010 Post Road Chemical/Bacterial Certification is suitable for third grade and up.

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the Hampton Park Library and City Hall locations will be getting in the water, so wear shoes that can get wet.

The workshops will take place on the following dates: • Saturday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hampton Park Library, 5345 Settingdown Road • Saturday, June 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cumming City Hall, 100 Main Street • Saturday, October 14, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Post Road Library, 5010 Post Road Amphibian and Frog Monitoring is suitable for ages second grade and up.

An adult must accompany any child under the age of 16. Participants may join an optional walk in the woods afterwards, so wear shoes that can get muddy. This workshop will take place on the following date: Saturday, April 22, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Hampton Park Library, 5345 Settingdown Road Upon completion of each workshop, participants will receive a certificate from Georgia Adopt-A-Stream that allows citizens to report water quality data anywhere in the state of Georgia.

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North Forsyth High junior wins first on statewide challenge FORSYTH, Ga. — Evan Smith, 11th grader at North Forsyth High School, won first place in the high school division of Georgia Tech’s Inventure Challenge.

Smith’s research and prototype focused on natural, cost-effective oil spill cleanups. Over 80 teams at various levels were represented at the state-level competition. Smith will compete in the National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Expo June 1-3 in Alexandria, Va., at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Evan Smith, a junior at North Forsyth HS, wins the first place award.

Annual Forsyth Senior Expo April 8 FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Senior Services will host the 15th annual Forsyth Senior Expo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 8 at the Forsyth Conference Center at Lanier Technical College, 3410 Ronald Reagan Boulevard.

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Will to Live Foundation gets teens talking about mental illness, depression

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Will to Live Foundation has many goals, but perhaps the main aim of the program is to get teens and parents talking about a subject that is perhaps one of the most difficult things to talk about — depression and mental illness. But thanks to the foundation, people are certainly talking.

The foundation, which has raised over $1 million, created the Signs of Suicide program now taught at all Fulton County Schools and has helped countless teens in the North metro Atlanta area bring to light an issue often kept in the shadows. The foundation is run by teens, who organize events, raise funds and help one another through depression and mental illness.

It also serves as a prime example of turning an incredibly saddening situation in to a positive outcome.

In 2010, Northview freshman Will Trautwein took his own life. Will’s father, John, said he never suspected Will of battling with depression or mental illness before that fateful day.

“No one had any idea he was struggling,” Trautwein said. “He had a happy home, was popular, a great athlete and accomplished musician. If someone had said my son was struggling from depression I would have thought they were nuts.”

“But Will wasn’t talking about it, he was listening to me tell him how great he was and great everything around him was.”

And it is the lack of communication that Trautwein said is so vital to helping teens battle depression, and

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During Will’s funeral, Trautwein said as he gave his eulogy, he realized that perhaps a key way to remedy teen depression is for them to realize they have a group of friends that will always be there for them.

“All my son’s teammates were at the funeral in their jerseys. I also started to pick out my friend’s from Chicago, friends from all throughout my schooling and my professional baseball career, and I realized all of my friends were there from all over the country in my time of need. Every one of these life teammates were guys I met when I was Will’s age. At that point I knew what I was going to do, which was create a foundation for kids to get them

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John Trautwein and wife, Susie, share the Will to Live message and Northview’s baseball park dedication to the foundation. to recognize the love they have in one another.”

The foundation uses the phrase, “Love Ya Man” to reiterate that students and their peers are their own support network, and that no matter what, they are always cared for and loved.

“A lot of these kids have already met their groomsmen, the godparents to their children, their lifelong friends,” said Trautwein. The foundation uses the term Life Teammates, a description of those friends who will always be there when times are rough.

And Trautwein says teens now have it much tougher, a point he expresses to parents when he speaks at North Fulton and Forsyth County schools.

“Things are so much different,” he said. “These kids have great opportunities, but with those opportunities comes a great amount of pressure, far

more than those older generations went through. I didn’t have to get straight-A honor roll to go to Northwestern where I went to college, let alone a state school like UGA. I pitched in the Major Leagues, but I probably wouldn’t have made the high school team if things were the same way they are now in 1974.”

Northview dedicated its baseball park, now Will to Live Park, on Friday.

Trautwein said the dedication will continue to have teens talking, including visiting teams who will wonder what Will to Live means.

Through it all, Trautwein says the foundation has also greatly benefited his family.

“It’s very healing for us to be able to turn something so bad in to something so good,” he said.

For information on the foundation, visit www.will-to-live.org.

DEATH NOTICES Charles Lewis Anderson, 67, of Cumming, passed away March 16, 2017.

Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.

Elaine F. Carlson, 84, of Alpharetta, passed away March 12, 2017.

Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home.

Gene Marion Chambers, 89, of Cumming, passed away March 15, 2017.

Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

Kenneth Douglass, 50, of Alpharetta, passed away March 7, 2017. Arrangements

by Roswell Funeral Home.

Jeffrey Edgcomb, 63, of Cumming, passed away March 18, 2017.

Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.

Janice Green Ellenburg, 74, of Cumming, passed away March 16, 2017.

Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.

Timothy Gordon Elzey, 53, of Forsyth County, passed away March 15, 2017.

Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

Eleanor Lee Francis, 90, of Johns Creek, passed away March 19, 2017.

Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.

Helen Otto Hopkins, 82, of Cumming, passed away March 15, 2017.

Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.

L. B. Kennedy, 83, of Cumming, passed away March 17, 2017. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

Kaj Larsen, 69, of Cumming, passed away March 12, 2017. Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.

Sarah Pearl Lathem, 83, of Cumming, passed away March 19, 2017.

Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

Kathleen Leech, 69, of Roswell, passed away February 26, 2017. Arrangements

by Roswell Funeral Home.

Michael C. Muir, 50, of Roswell, passed away March 10, 2017. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home.

Gertrude Marie Reeves, 87, of Cumming, passed away March 17, 2017.

Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.

Glenda Eileen Stone, 88, of Cumming, passed away March 18, 2017.

Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.

Dan M. Thomas, 63, of Roswell, passed away March 8, 2017. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home.

Anne Paulk Zappia, 92, of Suwanee, passed away March 17, 2017.

Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.

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404-889-3233 LITTLE TYKES COUPE and Fire Engine, both for kids $70. 404-889-3233 YA M A H A 4-WHEELER 404-889-3233

kids’ $150.

RECORDS: LP’s. Pay cash, Rock & Roll.

Mojo Vinyl, Roswell 678-534-5042

Transportation Auto Parts & Accessories FREON-12 WANTED Spring-cleaning the garage? We pay CA$H for R12 refrigerant. No shipping, we come to you! 312-291-9169, sell@ refrigerantfinders.com

Boats Sailboat: 1974 Ericsson 25.

Swing keel, roller furling jib, rigged for single handing.

Outboard motor with new fuel tank and lines.

Lake Lanier. $3500/ obo. 770-313-4693

Real Estate Home for Sale

*Some Restrictions

Business Services Business for Sale FERNANDINA BEACH, FL Retail gift shop in historic area. Inventory, fixtures, goodwill. Call Bonnie 904-491-1294

Entertainment & Event Services Weddings Tianna’s Place Creating impeccable memories, one event at a time. Full-service, special event-planning.

Focusing on corporate and celebratory events. w w w. t i a n n a s p l a c e . com.

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Instruction Specialized Training

S. Forsyth/VICKERY Walk to village shops, restaurants, schools, many homes $400’s-$900k+, swim/tennis community. Featured property: 3bdr/3.5ba, master on main, open flr plan, front porch, priv courtyard, many upgrades! $514,900, Robyn Sprague 470-227-1277 Palmer House Properties vm. 404-876-4901 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 $149,000.

770-778-0290

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Exam prep provider available for Professional Engineering (PE) license exams in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources. Industry expert. One-to-one format.

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Personal Services Eldercare YOUR HOME Nights or days. 8-12 hours. $14/hour.

Verifiable references.

20+ years experience.

Transportation.

Nonsmoker/Englishspeaking.

No pets.

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SERVICE DIRECTORY

NATIONAL ADVERTISING

Cleaning Services

Flooring

Handyman

Landscaping

Autos Wanted

Miscellaneous

Housecleaning quality care for your home.

Free Estimates and References.

Martina 678-656-4492. We know clean, leave the details to us!

Installation/Repairs: Carpet, Ceramic, Laminate, Tile, Vinyl, Wood. Free Estimates!

I can remove carpet wrinkles. Restreches $35/ room. 706-429-4453

Kitchen & Bath:

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CARS/TRUCKS WANTED!!!

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Any Condition. Running or Not. Competitive Offer! Free Towing! We’re Nationwide! Call Now: 1-888-416-2330.

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Must be 21 with valid U.S. drivers license, insurance & reliable vehicle. Call 888-913-3007

Plumbing, Electrical Drywall and Other Repairs and Installations. Home Maintenance. Small Jobs Preferred. Call Mike.

404-647-1406

Concrete/Asphalt

Gutters

Haulers

We fix UGLY driveways and patios. $100 OFF any concrete job over $1000 New or Repair: Driveways, patios, sidewalks, walls. Residential or Commercial.

Call for FREE estimate.

The Best Concrete Company-Ask for Dave McKemey. 678-648-2010.

Professional, competitive, many local references.

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Bush Hogging, Clearing, Grading, Hauling etc.

Many local references.

Call Ralph Rucker at 678-898-7237

Driveway REPAIR or REPLACEMENT Driveways, patios, sidewalks, walls. $150 off any job over $1500 Residential or Commercial.

For a FREE estimate call Dave of McKemey Concrete and Hardscapes 678-914-2576.

Competitive pricing.

Many local references.

DRIVEWAY REPLACEMENT: Patios and walkways.

Stonework. 15 years experience. Hundreds of reviews online; see our online photo gallery: Sudlowconcrete.com 404-285-5995

Flooring PHILLIPS FLOORING Hardwood, laminate, carpet & tile installation and repairs. We do tile floors, showers, tub surrounds and kitchen backsplashes.

Re-grouting is also available. Call 678-887-1868 for free estimate.

Handyman ALL CARPENTRY & REPAIRS: Roof Leaks, Wood Rot Repair, Siding, Deck Repairs and Refinishing, Painting, Doors/Windows.

Excellent References.

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770-769-5498 RELIABLE HOME REPAIRS: 21 years experience.

References. Electrical, plumbing, carpentry, wood rot repair, siding, painting, pressure washing.

Free estimates!

770-605-0340

®

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678-455-2434

www.HandyHero.net

Home Improvement Finegan Home Improvements LLC: License #RBQA004932.

Remodeling, handyman.

31 years experience.

Basements finished, decks, screen porches, doors, drywall, painting, flooring, custom kitchens, bathrooms. All insurance. Credit cards accepted. Paul Finegan 404-353-5611 Phillips Home Improvement We offer drywall, painting, carpentry, plumbing and electrical.

Basements finished, kitchen and bath rehabs. All types flooring.

Also total home rehab for those who have a rental house or one to sell. Call 678-887-1868 for a free estimate

Landscaping RAS Landscape Design Installation A full service landscape company capable of doing your job.

25+ years experience. Ralph 678-898-7237 Yellow Ribbon Tree.

Near perfect reviews and award-winning service. Hands on owner.

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Masonry MASONRY REPAIRS Stone, brick, block.

Fireplace, walkway, retaining walls etc.

Guaranteed work. Terry Conley 706-435-7596 (N. Fulton/S. Forsyth)

Pinestraw PINESTRAW, mulch delivery/installation available.

Firewood $110/$200, plus delivery.

Licensed, insured. Angels of Earth Pinestraw and Mulch. 770-831-3612.

Tree Services RAS Cutting Services Complete tree removal.

Ralph 678-898-7237

Educational DRIVER TRAINEES NEEDED! Learn to drive for Stevens Transport! NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! New drivers earn $900+ per week! PAID CDL TRAINING! Stevens covers all costs! 1-888-734-6714 drive4stevens.com AIRLINE MECHANIC TRAINING Get FAA certification. Approved for military benefits. Financial Aid if qualified. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 888-686-1704

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Miscellaneous

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Determining the value of their service or product is advised by this publication. In order to avoid misunderstandings, some advertisers do not offer employment but rather supply the readers with manuals, directories and other materials designed to help their clients establish mail order selling and other businesses at home.

Under NO circumstance should you send any money in advance or give the client your checking, license identification or credit card numbers. Also beware of ads that claim to guarantee loans regardless of credit and note that if a credit repair company does business only over the phone it’s illegal to request any money before delivering its service. All funds are based in U.S. dollars.

800 numbers may or may not reach Canada.

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Cherry Street Taproom Expansion NOW Open!

678-456-8189 cherrystreettaproom.com 5810 Bond Street • Cumming (at corner of Post Rd. and Majors Rd. in Vickery Village)

Save the Date April 29 • 2-8pm Humane Society of Forsyth Fundraiser Visit cherrystreetbrewing.com/beerfest for tickets and information Live Music All Day

Try our beer flights!

Book the Tap Room for your private event

Weekly Events Tuesday 8pm Adult Trivia Wednesday Mug Club Night & Beer Infusion Night Thursday 15% OFF Select Growlers

Saturday 1pm-4pm Brewery Tours 7pm-11pm Live Music

Serving Breakfast

Mon-Fri 7am-11am • Sat 8am-11am Sun 8am-10am • Sun Brunch 10am-2pm

Biscuits, Omelettes, French Toast, Egg Platters & Bowls, Steak & Eggs, Kids’ breakfast Menu

Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner To-Go • Catering

Rotisserie Chicken • Chicken Fingers • Wings • Chicken Lips • BBQ Ribs • Pulled Pork • Veggies & More.

25 Cherry Street beers on tap

Come Try Our Barrel Aged Beers Nitro Beers Beer Cocktails Craft Cocktails and Full Bar!

Rare & Special Cherry Street Beers & Local GA Beers Inside & Outside VIP Area Family & Dog Friendly With A Kid Zone Cornhole Tournament 100% For Donation

Enjoy EASTER BRUNCH at Tanner’s April 16 • 10-2pm Serving Southern Classics with a Twist!

5810 Bond Street • Cumming (at corner of Post Rd. and Majors Rd. in Vickery Village) 770.205.5512 • ricktannerschicken.com