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Milton salutes its students City honors local teens going into military ►►PAGE 6

Solving North Fulton’s problems

Milton firefighters and police officers squared off at the inaugural Milton First Responders Foundation softball game June 11 at Bell Park. The Milton Fire Department members pose with their trophy following an 18-3 win over the Milton Police Department. Read more, Pages 14 – 15.

Thrive discusses community issues ►►PAGE 4

Tales from the trail Appen publisher Ray Appen hikes Appalachian Trail ►►PAGE 8

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MILTON, Ga. — On June 7, a local phone company reported 175 cell phones and SIM cards stolen from its stockroom.

The manager said that he had received several calls from their alarm company at 1:30 a.m., but he knew that the power company had been working in that area and that the store had momentarily lost power.

When he arrived at the store at 9:30 a.m., the employees noticed that a large amount of cell phones and SIM cards

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Woman gets 10 harassing collection calls a day JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A woman reported June 2 harassing phone calls from a debt collection company about money she does not owe.

During the first call, the woman was told that she owed $590 from an account she started in 2010 when she worked at a grocery store. She has never been an employee at the store named and does not owe the amount specified. Even after the woman explained herself and told them to stop calling, the company has continued to call her.

The woman says she has been receiving at least 10 calls a day about the nonexistent debt. The company has also been repeatedly contacting her family members.

The woman has frozen her account as a precaution and is checking for fraudulent activity.

Scam can’t fool restaurant owner ROSWELL, Ga. — A restaurant owner hung up on a fraudulent call March 24 recognizing it was a scam and alerted police about the incident.

were gone from their stockroom. The inventory indicated that a total of 175 items was missing.

The manager discovered that the back door leading to the stockroom was propped open. It appeared that a pair of scissors found at the scene was used to pry the door open.

The front door had no signs of forced entry.

There was no security footage of the incident as the store’s power had been down.

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The owner had received a call from a man claiming to represent the Georgia Power Company. The man, who identified himself as “Richard,” told her that the restaurant’s power bill was $900 overdue and wanted her to pay immediately.

The owner, however, said she was familiar with the scam and hung up before Richard could give her any instructions on how to make the payment.

When she called back and asked for his employee number, Richard disconnected the call.

According to the woman, Richard had a “slight middle eastern accent.”

All crime reports published by Appen Media Group are compiled from public records. Neither the law enforcement agencies nor Appen Media Group implies any guilt by publishing these names. None of the persons listed has been convicted of the alleged crimes.

DUI arrests ►► Royce Marland Britt, 42, of

Canton, was arrested June 7 on Birmingham Highway in Milton for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Shane Michael Vadner, 28 of Westbrook Road, Milton, was arrested May 29 on Cogburn Road in Alpharetta for DUI, open container, and speeding. ►► Emily Catherine Wuetig, 26, of Brook Circle, Roswell, was arrested May 25 on Alpharetta Highway in Roswell for DUI, failure to maintain lane, and seat belt violation. ►► Rachel Christine Needham, 22, of Beaver Creek Road, Alpharetta, was arrested June 5 on Haynes Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Betty L. Caceres, 44, of Caswyck Chase, Alpharetta, was arrested June 3 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI and following too close. ►► Margaret A. Nuber, 56, of Kilmington Court, Alpharetta, was arrested June 2 on Park Plaza in Alpharetta for DUI and duty upon striking an unattended vehicle. ►► June A. Ramsey, 57, of Gardner Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested June

$20K engagement ring gone from sink MILTON, Ga. — A woman reported June 2 that her $20,000 diamond engagement ring was missing from her home.

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Three contractors had visited the house during the time that the ring vanished, according to the woman. She says that one of the workers would occasionally bring his sister with him to help clean the house. The sister had shown up alone May 13, which the woman said was strange.

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NORTH FULTON, Ga. — Community leaders and stakeholders met once again Wednesday, June 8 for the North Fulton Thrive project to discuss ways to improve the well-being of children in the county.

Through a series of meetings sponsored by the United Way of Greater Atlanta, the project’s goal is to find solutions for the major problems facing the youth of north Fulton County.

These issues range from the familial to economic. Instead of focusing on just one issue, however, Thrive aims to create a more coherent picture of their struggles.

“We as people don’t live in vacuums,” said Demetrius Jordan, senior director of regional development at United Way of Greater Atlanta and creator of the project.

Each category or challenge affects the other, he said.

The issues don’t stand alone, but rather exist in an intricate web full of overlaps. By understanding how they are interconnected, the community can better work together to help the children reach their full potential.

In Thrive’s first meeting May 27, the group analyzed the most recent data from a variety of sources. They focused on graduation rates, financial stability, health insurance and unemployment rates to measure the needs of Fulton’s children, their families and community.

Their findings give north Fulton an overall child well-being score of 81.4 out of 100. The Greater Atlanta region, in comparison, received a score of 58.9.

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From left are North Fulton Thrive leaders Monica Garrett, co-chair, Demetrius Jordan, project founder, Freda Hardage, co-chair, and DePriest Waddy, regional director of United Way of Greater Atlanta.

“The current overall child well-being score for north Fulton is good,” said Regional Director DePriest Waddy. “But we can do even better.”

Thrive grouped the data into six major problems facing the youth of Fulton County: • Unfulfilled basic needs.

• The heroine epidemic.

• Misinformation on the effects of mental and physical trauma.

• Lack of coping skills and accountability.

• A shortage of affordable housing.

• The growth of poverty.

Then the participants were challenged to dig deep into the core of these problems to find their root causes and

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then dream big to find solutions for them.

In the discussions, similar themes kept cropping up and overlapping. One of the most common concerns was a need for a stronger and more involved greater community to be part of the solution.

In their next and final meeting in June, North Fulton Thrive will create a practical plan of action. “[The project] helps us pinpoint exactly where the challenges in the community are. [Then] we can focus our resources, our collective talents, and mobilize to effectively address them,” Jordan said.

Although North Fulton Thrive draws the biggest crowd, similar meetings are taking place all across the Greater Atlanta region. From Fayette County to Cherokee County, each community has different needs and will have different plans to address them, said North Fulton Thrive co-chairwoman Freda Hardage.

“Whatever our communities do, whatever course of action we ultimately take, is going to impact our next-door neighbors,” Hardage said.

Even the counties outside of the region could potentially feel the effects of Thrive.

Jordan plans to compile all of the committee projects’ results after the third meeting and share them in September.

Thrive’s ultimate goal is to develop a course of community action improve the lives of all children.

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Students from Milton High School and Cambridge High School are recognized by the Milton City Council.

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Milton council honors students entering military

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — After graduation, high school seniors usually have college or getting a job on their minds. But for a select group, the choice is a bit different.

On June 6, the Milton City Council presented a proclamation to students from both Milton and Cambridge high schools choosing to take a military path.

Councilman Bill Lusk thanked the students for their service. He said June 6, 2016 marks the 72nd anniversary

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of D-Day. More than 7,000 American troops gave their lives on that day in addition to the thousands of other allied forces that participated in that assault, he said.

“It showed the American resolve,” Lusk said. “Not only defending our homeland, but defending the land of our friends worldwide.”

Now 72 years later, America continues to face threats not only on our homeland but worldwide, he said.

About 1 percent of our population has chosen to participate in our military, Lusk said.

“This 1 percent is protecting the people in the United States along with millions of our friends worldwide.

Tonight we’re here to recognize those 1-percenters.”

Students in attendance were both from Milton and Cambridge high schools.

Mayor Joe Lockwood said he and the council were honored to have the students at the meeting. “You have a proud mayor and city council,” Lockwood said. “We cannot tell you a heartfelt thank you enough that is worthy of what you guys have elected to do. We appreciate it and are behind you all the way.”

Lusk read the proclamation which said, “Every year, thousands of students across America choose to pursue both higher education and military service by attending U.S. military service academies, military universities, or enrolling in officer training programs; and in order to qualify for selection, these students must excel in academic, athletic and leadership abilities.”

These students will be developed mentally, morally and physically and

The students honored include: Cambridge High School students: Elijah Daniel Abley, Keaton James Bruder, Benjamin Nicholas Faber, Benjamin Emmanuel Padezanin, and Michael Andrew Takacs will join the Marines; Aimee Grace Dervishian will attend the Naval Academy; Matthew Ryan Hughes received an ROTC scholarship to attend the University of Oregon; Alexander Jaquith will join the Air Force, and Seth Joseph Schroeder will join the Coast Guard.

Milton High School students: Jack Bluth will attend the Air Force Academy; Preston Dawes received an Army ROTC scholarship to attend The Citadel; Angus Ho received an Army ROTC scholarship to attend Auburn University; Clayton Marshall received an Army ROTC scholarship to attend Clemson University.

will be imbued with the highest ideals of duty and loyalty, and with the core values of honor, courage and commitment before being commissioned as officers, Lusk read.

“Through their dedication, these students have displayed exemplary character by choosing to better serve their country, their community, their families and themselves at a time in their lives when such an important choice is honorable.”

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TALES FROM THE TRAIL:

What did you do to prepare for the AT? When I asked that to Kimberly, who works at Alpharetta Outfitters and who hiked as a young woman the entire trail by herself in 2015, she was silent for a minute with a RAY APPEN blank stare on her Publisher, AT Hiker ray@appenmediagroup.com face and finally said simply, «You can›t.

You just have to do it.»

I was not sure exactly what she meant then, and now after the first 700 or 800 miles of walking the Trail upand-down these mountains, sleeping on the ground in a tent carrying all my worldly possessions in a backpack, including my food and water, I’m still not sure what Kimberly was trying to say, but I do have an idea. And, if you were to ask her today the same question you probably would still get that same look -- the same one you probably would get from me as well.

Not a lot about walking these 2,000 miles makes a lot of sense in the way we are used to validating, measuring, or justifying the world around us off the trail. The rational is not linear. It is nowhere near the right brain sector -- or is it left? And you cannot use it as collateral for a loan with the bank and you cannot cash it in and buy a car.

The logic is as ephemeral and mysterious as the smile in the Mona Lisa, or the haunting melody of the Velvet Underground’s “Pale Blue Eyes,” or as driven as Eminem’s “Lose Yourself.”

The trail is as unique and rare as Bob Beamon’s monstrous 29-foot Leap in Mexico City or Mary T. Meagher’s almost permanent destruction of the 200- and 100-meter butterfly world records in a single day --records that defied all challenge for over 20 years.

Maybe if you asked me “What was it like walking the AT?” instead of “how to prepare for it” I could give you a better answer.

I would probably say something like “It is like walking into C.S. Lewis’ wardrobe and coming out on the other

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side,” and that would be about as close as I would be able to get. Only, with the Trail, I am not sure one ever returns completely from the other side of the wardrobe.

So what did I do to prepare for it? Let me give it a try.

I read to my children every night beginning when they were infants. We read about a velveteen rabbit, little princes, warriors, hobbits, goblins, kings, and about sleeping beauties, good and evil.

We›d listen to music every night after we finished reading. I would be on the floor next to

You cannot just decide to break monstrous sports records or create songs that pull the souls from listeners’ bodies with abandon or move them to tears or unabated joy. You just do it.

their crib and we would usually both fall asleep before the end of the first song which usually would be Linda Ronstadt›s «Good Night.»

We put puzzles together and we built sand castle›s with droplets of seawater mixed with sand and we tried to build impregnable forts of sand capable of defying an incoming tide.

We would camp out at night at the beach and play trenches in the sand dunes, net minnows out of the surf, and dive into the near translucent seawater to find whelks, sand dollars, and starfish. Sometimes we would even find tiny seahorses to our wonder and our delight!

We read at night, played cards and engaged in ferocious battles on Risk and chess boards.

When Harry Potter started coming out we would sit in chairs without moving for what seems like a eternity, each with their own book; each on their own journey with Harry; and in silence and in complete sync with the moment

at hand.

I prepared for my hike the same way we would all prepare for it -- by believing in stories, and legends, and good magic and bad -- the stuff of which childhood is composed and nurtured.

We all start out the same way with the same sensibilities and just like the little prince was able to do, we all knew without a thought or thinking how to draw an elephant and we all could walk into the back of the wardrobe into a world that did not resemble the one we grew to know as adults -- before we lost our ability to see, feel, and understand what was real and what was really important.

You, Kimberly, were quite right I believe. One cannot prepare to walk the Trail because all of your life prior is your preparation. The Trail does not have expectations and is the great equalizer for all those who walk it. It does not judge. It does not really have any requirements other than one›s ability to wonder and be amazed and be awed by each moment of the walk. You cannot practice experiencing grace or beauty or wonder. You can only receive it when it is there and embrace the moment and those that follow with wonder and with love.

You cannot just decide to break monstrous sports records or create songs that pull the souls from listeners’ bodies with abandon or move them to tears or unabated joy. You just do it.

As a child every day you embraced the wonders and miracles of each day until age begins to take it›s toll and clouds parts of your vision and baffles the words and sounds of life that were all natural before and that you heard and saw without effort.

The trail gives back possibilities -possibilities of the moment --glimpses of grace and color, and silence, and effort, and all possibilities, and nothing you can do prepares you to receive those opportunities any better or any worse. You just have to do it as Kimberly said and try to remember those stories, the sandcastles, and the heroes and the magic of the moment which you once took for granted as the only reality within your world.

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Ebenezer Road residents oppose cluster housing Ebenezer Road is a quiet country road right now. We left the hustle and bustle of a large Milton neighborhood to build our dream home on four acres just down the street from what is now the proposed BrightWater rezoning and variance request. As a young family, we invested in buying land and building our dream home in Milton. All the land around our investment was zoned AG-1, one home per acre. We knew the land on our street would someday be developed but we never thought a rezoning for ¼ lots with experimental community septic would become an option. It seems unfair that the residents of Ebenezer Road should be faced with this change of zoning when we are the true conservationists. We purchased the green space that makes this area so beautiful.

We chose to become part of Milton rather than Roswell when Milton became a city in 2006. We thought that our investment would be best protected by the city that claimed to preserve our rural heritage. BrightWater seeks to use

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On June 20th, our city council will decide the fate of our investment along with all of our neighbors. We are not opposed to the land being developed within the restrictions of the current AG-1 zoning. We are opposed to ¼ lots that allow houses placed 15 feet apart. This sort of rezoning has no place in the Agriculture, Equestrian Estate district as specified in our city’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Most of all, opposition to this development is almost unanimous by the residents of Ebenezer Road. For everyone in Milton that invested in our community by purchasing homes or parcels on or near AG-1 land, this rezoning request will certainly set a precedent. Your voice in opposition on Monday, June 20th would be greatly appreciated.

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Muhammad Ali: Agent for change who did it his way Cassius Clay burst on the scene like an exploding rocket. He shocked white America and made one little redneck kid look hard at the way America was changing in the 1960s.

HATCHER HURD I was the little Executive Editor hatcher@appenmediagroup.com redneck growing up in Georgia but not quite a Georgia cracker. I was born in Texas and until the age of 8 lived in Fort Worth, Texas. Now that was not exactly the heartland of liberalism, but until I moved to a small town in Georgia, I never really had to confront race and racism.

In Georgia, as a third grader it hit me like a bucket of cold water. There was no such thing as the N-word then.

In my family – and that included aunts, uncles and cousins – I don’t remember hearing it. It wasn’t considered polite conversation. But it was more a matter of grammar than social conscience.

However this was the 1960s and social change was only just beginning to break the vise-like grip of Jim Crow laws. I would be a sophomore in high school before the first black students –

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just a handful then – showed up in our lily white midst.

While all that was happening, here was Cassius Clay, a brash boxer with Olympic Gold who was gaining headlines with his mouth. Soon he would back up everything he said and more – in the ring and out.

Looking back, I can’t really say what I thought about him. It was so startling to see any athlete, much less a black athlete, say outrageous things. Soon, the civil rights movement would be saying “black is beautiful.”

But long before that, this brash boxer was saying, “I’m black and I’m pretty.”

He didn’t shy away from controversy, he sought it out. When he announced his conversion to Islam and that he was exchanging his slave name for Muhammad Ali, it was like a slap in the face to white America.

I was confused. I was 14 and I couldn’t understand why someone with all the attention and glamour in the world that the boxing champion enjoys would risk all of that.

I had to learn that this Ali guy was not like other people in so many ways.

Today, we call it the establishment.

That is a nice apolitical, aracial way to sum up American society that even in

the mid-‘60s was mired in the 1950s.

I liked Ali as a rebel, but he was a true rebel. He did not flinch even when it would cost him.

He would not fight in Vietnam and refused to serve. He didn’t go to Canada, he stayed here. Here was a man who stood on principle even thought people called him traitor and coward.

Again, I didn’t know what to make of this man Ali. In the South, you answered your country’s call. Yet people were beginning to question the government about a lot of things. By the end of the decade, the world was turned upside down.

Ali defied all logic to me. Here was a boxer – a heavyweight no less – who delighted in his footwork at least as much as his punches. He fought like no fighter before him. In his prime, no one could hit him.

When he came back to boxing, he simply changed the sport entirely. He fought all over the world, and the world loved him for it. He pulled Uncle Sam’s beard and the world loved him for it.

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Alpharetta Rotary President Kirk Driskell presents Dhakshi Balakumar a $1,000 scholarship asRotary past President Karen Nolan looks on.

Rotary Club of Alpharetta gives $1,000 scholarship ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Each year, the Rotary Club of Alpharetta recognizes a high school senior who is an excellent scholar and exhibits outstanding qualities in academics, leadership and service. Students must submit an essay, academic records, and a recommendation letter from a teacher to be considered by the Judges. Jim Paine served as the Chairman of the Rotary Scholarship Committee along with other Alpharetta Rotarians. This year’s 2016 Rotary Club of Alpharetta recipient of the $1,000 scholarship is Dhakshi Balakumar.

Dhakshi recently graduated from Alpharetta High School with a GPA of 99.56 on a scale of 100. She was ranked 37th in her class of 527 students, staying on the honor roll for all four high school years. Dhakshi plans to attend the University of CaliforniaBerkeley to study this fall. She has demonstrated great leadership skills by: • Participating in the Leadership Experience Opportunity; • Serving a the business manager at Alpharetta High School’s Creative Arts magazine; • Participating in Future Business Leaders of America, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair; • Serving as a Raider Ambassador; • Participating in the Model United Nations; and • Playing a violin for four years.

Other achievements include playing soccer, participating in LincolnDouglas debates, attaining membership in the National Honor Society and the English National Honor Society, and acting as a content developer for Technocademy.

Dhakshi also won dozens of awards and among them include:

• Outstanding Achievement in French and AP Biology; • First place in Alpharetta High School and third place in Fulton County’s Regional Science and Engineering Fair in Microbiology; • First place in Fulton County and second place in the state in FBLA Business presentation; • First place in Fulton County and in the state in FBLA and in the state for entrepreneurship; • First place in Fulton County and eighth in the state FBLA for marketing; • National Merit Commended Scholar; • AP Scholar award with distinction; • Johns Hopkins University Book Award; and • Georgia’s Governor Honor program in Biology.

“Dhakshi is an exceptional young woman, combining high intelligence, inquisitiveness, and diligence,” said Frank Fortunato Dhakshi’s teacher at Alpharetta High School. “Her dedication and hard work, along with her skill as a manager of people, and her passion for excellence shines.

“I am privileged to have worked with her.”

Dhakshi said she was grateful for the Rotary’s help “The Rotary Scholarship will empower me in paying for my college education,” said Dhakshi. “Interdisciplinary studies in Cognitive Science captures the intersection of my interests.”

“It is an honor to give Dhakshi a scholarship to help her further her education,” said Kirk Driskell, President of the Rotary Club of Alpharetta. “With all the leadership skills that she has already demonstrated through her high school years, what a valuable asset she will be to any school, organization or company.”

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Milton First Responders Foundation hosts game at Bell Park

By MILES GARRETT news@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton’s firefighters and police officers recently traded in their uniforms and badges for bats and gloves.

Milton First Responders Foundation, a nonprofit that supports first responders and their families, hosted the inaugural softball game June 11 between the city’s fire department and police department at Bell Park.

The fire department took home an 18-3 victory in the six-inning game amid water balloon fights, hot dogs and hamburgers as families of the two departments enjoyed the sun.

Milton Director of Parks and Recreation James Cregge helped cook food for the concessions during the event and described how Bell Park came to host the event for the first responders.

Bell Park recently underwent a massive 18-acre expansion at the end of last year.

“The board thought that it would be a good idea if we could do a softball game with the police against the fire

Locals man the concession stand to feed hungry players.

The umpires who volunteered to work the game from left, Turner Rosenbaum, Dylan Draper and Zach Ellison.

department, and the obvious place to do this was Bell Park,” he said. “It was a great opportunity to get the police and fire department out here in a friendly environment.”

In addition to helping cook for the

event, Cregge stood at home plate for the meeting of the team captains prior to the game and was a popular target of water balloons for many children of the first responders.

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Jan Fowler, a board member on the Milton First Responders Foundation, elaborated on how a softball game helped bring the police and fire departments together in support of first

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From left, volunteers Sophia Wilkins, Nicole Hernalsteen, Charlotte Wilkins and Police Chief Steven Krokoff.

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left, Fire Chief Robert Edgar, Loreto Hernalsteen, Jan Fowler, Claudine Wilkins, AsPinto, Police Chief Steven Krokoff and Brad Serff. responders injured or killed in the line of duty or enduring a family hardship.

“The genesis of this is that the fire and police decided they wanted to get together and have an intermural softball game,” she said. “We decided to make it a family fun day for them so that they could come out and enjoy some down

time with their families.”

The event later became an open invitation to the public as support for the foundation is growing.

“It’s just a fun day the community can come out and show their support for the fire and police,” Fowler said.

Andrew Noblett, a community out-

reach officer for the Milton police, and Alex Fortner, an assistant fire marshal for Milton, served as the team captains.

The game marked the first time many of the responders, who don’t often work with all of their colleagues in their own department, were working together at the same time.

“It gives us an opportunity to work as a team,” Noblett said. “A lot of us work on different shifts, and in this event we’re all together and going out there and playing. It’s really cool to do.”

Noblett added that the fire and police work together on many occasions and

that this was not the first time both departments have collaborated in an event.

“We work very close with the fire department,” he said. “In conjunction with the Milton First Responders Foundation we’re always together doing events but this was actually the first event where we did something as a police versus fire friendly event.”

Milton First Responders next event is Oct. 17 as it hosts the second annual Golf Invitational at the Crooked Creek Club. For information contact Milton First Responders at info@miltonfirstresponders.org.

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New owners to revive apartments for low-income seniors Rebuild America to invest $5M in Alpharetta’s Dogwood Square

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA , Ga. – In the wake of rising costs for housings, especially in North Fulton, an Alpharetta mainstay for low-income seniors is in line for a $5 million makeover.

The City Council recently passed a resolution in support of the renovation plan in an effort to help Rebuild America secure federal tax credits to help finance renovations at the Dogwood Square.

It is an assisted living facility that has been in operation for about 30 years. The renovations would give it a new lease on life.

The building is home to some 100 apartments, and each unit is scheduled to receive in excess of $50,000 in renovations, according to Glenda Leduc, president of Mansermar, Inc., the firm that manages the facility.

In addition to the investors’ funds they hope to draw from the tax credits, Leduc said the non-profit also plans to secure a loan to upgrade the facility.

“Today, that’s one of the few ways you can do affordable housing,” Leduc said.

The general partner is the entity that drives the deal and manages it, taking care of the day-to-day details, Leduc said. The general partner, in this case Rebuild America, is able to use those dollars to make it happen.

Applying for the federal tax credit is a complicated process that involves achieving certain qualifications, including demonstrating service to the community, local support and access to

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Dogwood Square apartments on Janis Lane near downtown is under new ownership, and plans call for major renovations of the 30-year-old facility. support networks – in this case healthcare and transit. The tax credits come through the federal government and are passed through individual states. In Georgia, the Department of Community Affairs oversees the awards.

“It’s a competitive process, and you have to submit an application to them and give them all the details and convince them of why they need to allocate it to you,” Leduc said. “The organization must convince the state that it can deliver on the promises it makes.”

Once an organization receives the tax credit, it is equipped to solicit investors and form a limited partnership.

In the case of Dogwood, the general partner is a non-profit and the limited partner, who receives the tax credit

is for-profit. But there’s nothing that prohibits a for-profit organization from receiving the tax credits.

“The investors put money into the project in order to get the allocation of those tax credits because it benefits them for their purposes,” Leduc said.

That’s how you get the money in order to do the renovation or construction.

“For us, it means the renovation and rehabilitation of a property that might not otherwise have been able to be preserved for housing for years to come.”

Leduc said the City Council’s resolution in favor of the Dogwood application was critical because one of the things the state looks for when it scores

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Other factors could include whether the project is being supervised by a reputable developer that has done this kind of work and that the mission of the nonprofit can be shown to be beneficial to the community.

It also helps they have a track record they can cite about similar projects they’ve been involved in that benefitted the surrounding area.

With the city’s support, the agencies find projects are more successful, Leduc said.

“Another scoring factor is locating a project in a livable community because a lot of these residents – particularly when you’re talking seniors – cannot drive. So you need access to public transportation, parks that are close, access to pharmacies, to medical facilities, to grocery stores,” she said.

Dogwood is on the MARTA line serving Alpharetta, and pharmacies are within close walking distance.

Programs like Dogwood pay for themselves in the long run, she said, They keep low-income seniors healthier so less money is spent on Medicare reimbursements or on frequent trips for medical trips and hospital stays.

Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle said the city’s Comprehensive Plan calls for an effort to keep its seniors in the community and ensuring affordable housing is one aspect of that effort.

He said Alpharetta has always had a strong support network for seniors, such as Meals On Wheels, and efforts sponsored by the local Rotary Club.

“We’re happy to help,” Belle Isle said. “We’re happy to be given the opportunity to help.”

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Avalon, Halcyon designer Lamar Wakefield Perfecting your elevator pitch talks about today’s design principles Alpharettabased Wakefield Beasley and Associates may very well be the hottest architectural firm in Atlanta right now for developers and communities looking for signaGEOFF SMITH ture, mixed-use Assurance Financial, gsmith@lendtheway.com centers. After designing the Town Center at Atlantic Station 20 years ago, the firm went on to design many projects around the United States and Atlanta, including Avalon here in Alpharetta, the recently started Halcyon project in Forsyth and the much-anticipated Battery Park surrounding the new Braves stadium in Cobb.

I was fortunate last week to sit down with the company’s co-founder and CEO Lamar Wakefield at the firm’s Alpharetta headquarters in Avalon.

“The only thing susceptible to failure is the retail, so we have to energize the space 16 hours a day,” Wakefield said about his recent mixed-use developments. “When shoppers leave, the residents need to be showing up.”

This is the philosophy of today’s large projects, which is much different than how things were done when Wakefield Beasley started in 1981.

Back then, projects were built mostly by merchant builders who built for a quick resale upon completion.

There was not as much thought on the part of the developer about the long-term sustainability of the project. While this was beginning to change in the late 1990s, it continued right up until the economic collapse of 2008. And while many in that industry were hit hard, Wakefield found a positive.

“As painful as it was,” he said, “the planning today is incredible. The loans are underwritten well on good banking principles.”

Avalon is a prime example, where Wakefield’s team developed WAKEFIELD 128 merchandizing plans before finally settling on one that worked.

“That never would have happened before 2008,” he said.

In these plans they considered mixes of different retailers and how those retailers complemented and supported each other. They considered how the location of each retailer affected the entire development and they put restrictions on having retailers in competition with each other. And before all of that, they studied not just the demographics of the people who might go to Avalon, but the psychographics.

This means studying the types of personalities, opinions, attitudes, interests and lifestyles of the people who would come to Avalon. And that is something Wakefield thinks a lot about these days.

“You know, people are ordering things online more and more. Sitting at home on their couches and ordering things, and some people are wondering if all retail is moving in that direction,” he said. “But did you know we are designing the first-ever Amazon store in Texas right now? There will always be a need for human interaction and to get out and experience things.

To touch and feel them.”

He told the story of how last Easter, more than 600 people showed up to Avalon’s town green – and there was

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no event scheduled and no store was open.

“The days of the strip center are over,” he said. “People want healthy living with walkable and sustainable environments.”

And apparently they want Wakefield Beasley to design it. Along with Halcyon and the Braves’ Battery Park, the firm is working on designs for town centers in six suburban cities around the metro area including Tucker, Lilburn and Sugar Hill. The firm is in such demand for its high-profile mixed-use projects, one would not be able to guess that it has designed more than 130 million square feet of industrial space across the world. This type of work has been the firm’s bread and butter and laid the financial bedrock for the many other studios within the firm to operate out of.

“Someone told me a long time ago that industrial is always the last to go in a recession and the first to come back,” he said.

Today, the firm also has studios for institutional, municipal, residential and interior design, to name a few.

Next week, you can read about Wakefield’s thoughts on what communities need in order to stay competitive, and about his firm’s work on the Braves new Battery Park and his involvement in a project next to the Falcon’s new stadium called City of Refuge.

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The Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce’s ad for Alpharetta Restaurant Week wins an award.

Alpharetta Restaurant Week ad wins national award ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce has recently won a national award from the Association of Free Community Papers for its 2015 Alpharetta Restaurant Week promotion.

The advertisement took first place in the “Best Single Ad Over 12 Inches, Color and Newsprint” category at AFCP’s 2016 Best of the Best Awards.

The advertisement ran in print as a promotion for Alpharetta Restaurant Week. It featured Fergal Brady, 2015 board of directors chairman emeritus for the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce, along with the headline “Great Food, Great Deals!”

A coupon card for various restaurants participating in Restaurant Week was included as part of the advertisement. A sidebar was also created to recognize the event’s spon-

sors.

Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce Chairwoman Kim Matherly said the award is a reflection of the event’s success.

“Restaurant Week is a great way for the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce to highlight and support all the restaurants within the community,” Matherly said.

According to Matherly, since there are so many more restaurants participating this year, this award makes Restaurant Week 2016 all the more exciting.

The AFCP Best of the Best Awards Competition featured over 1,400 individual entries in 75 individual awards categories from 300 publications nationwide. Judging for the graphics competition took place in Minneapolis on March 4.

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — It’s been 12 years since Tino Mantella assumed the position of president of the Technology Association of Georgia.

Mantella delivered his final presentation as president June 8 during the Executive Lunch Connection at The Metropolitan Club off Windward Parkway. The presentation covered the 2016 State of the Industry: Technology in Georgia, highlighting the achievements and challenges facing the state’s technology community.

“I wanted to leave on a high note,” Mantella said. “Twelve years have gone by really fast for me.”

TAG membership has grown by over 500 percent under Mantella’s leadership. Mantella has helped build a board of 60 technology stakeholders since 2004. He is also a member of the boards of Venture Atlanta Coalition Inc., TAG Education Collaboration, the Tech College Foundation Board, the Chamber of Commerce in North Fulton and Georgia and on the Advisory Board of the Atlanta Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.

Alpharetta has over a quarter of metro Atlanta’s top 25 technology employers while also housing over 600 technology companies, he said. The state has added 12,000 jobs in the technology industry in the past year.

The Technology in Georgia report highlighted talent, capital and innovation, which Mantella called, “the three most important elements for building the infrastructure of any community.”

Technology companies in Georgia accounted for $2.94 billion investment capital last year. Software development accounted for 44 percent of investment capital.

Georgia ranks among the top five

states in the country in workforce quality, availability of skilled labor, access to capital and patent growth.

Mantella said the focus of technology company spending has seen a shift in the past year from big data to MANTELLA security.

Since demand for people with technology skills is high, companies are looking to broaden their hiring source as concern for outsourcing grows in the wake of a “talent gap.” This means expanding overseas to find more experienced professionals in the field of technology.

“We do a good bit of research each year,” he said. “Data is driving everything now.”

With Alpharetta’s growth as a technology hub comes the desire to bring in new talent and youth.

“It’s a challenge to have that ‘cool’ factor,” he said. “This area is really working on that.”

Mantella mentioned new advancements in the North Fulton area like Avalon and schools that have developed strong reputations in the country.

According to Money magazine, Atlanta is second among cities most attractive to millennial workers. Georgia Tech, Emory University and the University of Georgia rank among the top 50 in research and development.

Millennials are Georgia’s most educated demographic with 37 percent holding a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Mantella will stay in his position until December and will spend his last months at TAG training his successor.

A new president will hopefully be selected soon with an offer placed by August or September, according to Mantella.

Kiddie Academy of Alpharetta celebrates opening ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Local business owners Shweta Sharma and Amit Jain were joined by family, friends and the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the official opening and ribbon cutting for Kiddie Academy of Alpharetta.

The new 12,000-square-foot educational child care center is located at 3200 North Point Parkway, next to Alpharetta High School.

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Kiddie Academy of Alpharetta owners Shweta Sharma and Amit Jain mark the opening of their academy with a ribbon cutting ceremony. They were joined by their families, friends, business partners, academy director Janna Brumby and new teachers.

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ADOPT-A-SENIOR FOR FATHER’S DAY

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EVENTS: SONS OF NORWAY TRONDHEIM LODGE MEETING

What: The Lodge invites everyone to enjoy a free informational meeting and potluck to celebrate Norwegian culture and history.

When: Saturday, June 18, 5-7 p.m.

Where: Barrington Hall Activity Room, 535 Barrington Drive, Roswell More info: SofNTrondheim@gmail.com, 404-953-2525

WILLIAM J. WARNER BOOK SIGNING

What: Author William J. Warner will be available to sign copies of his books “Inside FBI Polygraph” and “Appalachian Impasse.”

When: Saturday, June 18, 1-3 p.m.

Where: Land of A Thousand Hills Coffee House, 352 S Atlanta St., Roswell More info: michelle@keymgc.com

POSSUM TROT 10K

What: The 38th annual Possum Trot 10K will be held along with a one mile fun run and after party. The 10K is a qualifier for the Peachtree Road Race.

When: Saturday, June 18, 7 a.m.

Where: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell Cost: $30 for 10K, $15 for fun run More info and registration: chattnaturecenter.org

KEVIN HORGAN BOOK SIGNING

What: Local author Kevin Horgan will be signing copies of his historical novels “The March of the Orphans” and “The March of the 18th.” Half of the royalties he receives benefits charities for veterans.

When: Saturday, June 18 Where: Barnes & Noble, 7660 North Point Pkwy., Alpharetta More info: kevinhorganbooks.com

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What: Roswell will host a celebration full of dancing and live music at Pastis

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When: Sunday, June 19, 7-10 p.m.

Where: 928 Canton St., Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

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What: Celebrate Dad (and Grandpa) with an afternoon canoe trip for the whole family.

When: Sunday, June 19, 1-4 p.m.

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What: The 5K Road Race and Craft Beer Festival will combine for one event-packed day with live music and a free beer for every runner of legal age.

When: Monday, June 20, 8 p.m.

Where: Race starts at the Corner Deli, Downtown Alpharetta, 10 Roswell St., Alpharetta Cost: Prices start at $35 for the race, $50 for the festival More info and registration: worldshoppiest5k.com

“SUMMER IN PROVENCE” C OOKING CLASS

What: Chef Wendy Gay will teach students how to cook a variety of meals, salads and desserts at the historic Barrington Hall. Complementary wine and mini tour included.

When: Tuesday, June 21, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Hall, Roswell Cost: $50 More info and registration: 770-6403855

FREE SKIN CANCER SCREENINGS

What: Northside Hospital will provide

free skin cancer screenings for the public. Appointments are required.

When: Wednesday, June 22, 6-9 p.m.

Where: Northside Hospital-Forsyth, 1100 Northside Forsyth Drive, Cumming More info: Make an appointment by calling 404-531-4444

WENDY WAX BOOK LUNCHEON

What: Bookmiser will host a luncheon with USA Today bestselling author Wendy Wax to discuss her new book “Sunshine Beach.” Limited seats available.

When: Wednesday, June 22, 11:30-1:30 p.m.

Where: The Mill Kitchen and Bar, 590 Mimosa Blvd., Roswell Cost: $35 More info: bookmiser.com, 770-9931555

FARMERS MARKETS, FOOD TRUCKS: ALPHARETTA FOOD TRUCK ALLEY

What: Alpharetta’s Food Truck Alley on Thursday evenings offers a variety of six to eight rotating area food trucks.

When: Thursdays, 5-9 p.m., through Oct. 20.

Where: Old Roswell Street in Alpharetta’s historic district More info: awesomealpharetta.com

ALPHARETTA FARMERS MARKET

What: The Alpharetta Farmers Market features fruits, vegetables, natural meats, fresh flowers and herbs, and a variety of home goods.

When: Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., through Oct. 29.

Where: Old Canton Street in downtown Alpharetta More info: alpharetta.ga.us

FOOD TRUCKS N’ FORSYTH COUNTY

What: Forsyth County offers rotating food trucks at Lanier Technical College every third Monday through July.

When: Monday, June 20, 5-8 p.m.

Where: Forsyth Conference Center at Lanier Technical College, 3410 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Cumming More info: web.cummingforsythchamber.org

MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER: TIM SPARKS AT AUTREY MILL

What: Guitarist Tim Sparks will play at the Autrey Mill Nature Center as part of his southeast tour.

When: Saturday, June 18, 7:30 p.m.

Where: 9770 Autrey Mill Road, Johns Creek Cost: $18 for members, $23 for nonmembers More info: autreymill.org/performances.htm

ROSWELL’S SUMMER PUPPET SERIES

What: Crabgrass Puppet Theatre presents “The Pirate, the Princess, and the Pea” as part of Roswell’s familyfriendly Summer Puppet Series. Show times available at roswellgov.com.

When: June 13-18 Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell Cost: $5 per ticket, children under 2 get in free.

More info: 770-594-6232, roswellgov. com

ROSWELL FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET

What: The Roswell Farmers & Artisans Market offers fresh, local farm, ranch and artisan foods direct from producers, and much more.

When: Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon.

Where: Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill St., Roswell More info: roswellfam.com

JOHNS CREEK FARMERS MARKET

What: Held at the Newton Park Amphitheater, each market features more than 25 local farmers and vendors with organic and/or sustainable foods and produce.

When: Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon, through Sept. 13.

Where: 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: JohnsCreekGA.gov

BARENAKED LADIES

What: Barenaked Ladies with Special Guests OMD and Howard Jones will perform as part of their “Last Summer on Earth” tour.

When: Wednesday, June 22, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta Cost: starting at $20 More info: vzwamp.com

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Where: The Forsyth County Animal Shelter, 4065 County Way, Forsyth County More info: 678-965-7185

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ROSWELL’S SUMMER PUPPET SERIES

What: Tanglewood Marionettes presents “The Dragon King” as part of Roswell’s family-friendly Summer Puppet Series.

Show times available at roswellgov.com.

When: June 20-25 Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell Cost: $5 per ticket, children under 2 get in free.

More info: 770-594-6232, roswellgov. com

LIBRARY EVENTS: PHYSICAL THERAPY WORKSHOP

What: Physical Therapist Dr. Kim Richards will give a free presentation on osteoporosis and bone mineral density, followed by exercise demonstrations for the pelvic floor and core.

When: Tuesday, June 21, 6-7:30 p.m.

Where: New Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: facebook.com/asaphysicaltherapy

COLLEGE ADMISIONS SEMINAR: MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

What: Morehouse College Senior Associate Director of Admissions Michael Moore will be available to talk about the admissions process and give tips on how to put together the best application.

When: Tuesday, June 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Roswell Branch Library, 115 Norcross St., Roswell More info: afpls.org, register at 770640-3075

SMALL, SMALL WORLD

What: Funded by the city of Johns Creek, the library will host free programs throughout June to teach children ages 2-4 about music, movement, art and literature around the world.

Registration required.

When: Wednesday, June 22, 10:3011:15 a.m.

Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Branch Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Johns Creek More info: afpls.org

PET ADOPTIONS: FORSYTH COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER What: Pet adoptions When: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

What: Dogs and cats looking for their forever home will be up for adoption by the Crabapple Knoll Vet Clinic. People are free to come by and play with them for a while.

When: Saturday, June 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: 12604 Crabapple Road, Alpharetta More info: view available pets at adoptapet.com, petfinder.com

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

SPCA ADOPT-A-CAT MONTH

What: In celebration of Adopt-A-Cat month, the Georgia SPCA is discounting adoption fees for kittens, to $75, and cats, $50 for adults up to four years old and $25 for adults older than four.

When: Month of June Where: 1175 Highway 23 Suite 109, Suwanee More info: GeorgiaSPCA.org

OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’S TORUK

What: Inspired by James Cameron’s “Avatar,” Cirque du Soliel’s live performance of “Toruk – The First Flight” envisions a world beyond imagination, thousands of years before the events of the film.

When: June 15-19, times vary Where: Infinite Energy Arena, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth Cost: $35-$128 More info: infiniteenergycenter.com

ZERO PROSTATE CANCER RUN/WALK

What: ZERO invites the Atlanta community to come together and help fund the end of prostate cancer through a 5K run/walk. This year’s event additionally will honor the former executive director Joe Blumberg, who lost his battle to prostate cancer December 2015.

When: Saturday, June 18, 8 a.m.

Where: Home Depot/Costco Parking Lot, 6400 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Sandy Springs More info and registration: 4dad.org

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GET OUTSIDE GEORGIA:

On those really hot days…

STEVE HUDSON

Get Outside Georgia, Chattahoochee Media Group

It’s a reality of summer. Sometimes we have days when it’s just too hot to get outside.

That was the case earlier this week, you’ll recall, when the temperature was in the high 90s and the humidity was about

the same.

On days like that, I stay inside in air-conditioned comfort. But I’m still planning my next adventure…using a map!

I admit it - I’m a map junkie.

Whether it’s a hand-drawn sketch on an old paper napkin or a detailed printed map showing every detail of a trail, there’s just something about maps and exploring the world via a piece of paper. Studying a map can reveal new places to explore, new sights to see and new ways to get to them. It can be an adventure all by itself.

Back in the old days, in what my kids refer to as “the previous millennium,” maps were exclusively paper.

Printed U.S. Geologic Survey topo maps, which we called “quads,” short for “quadrangles,” were the ultimate.

Each of these 1:24,000 scale maps covered an area measuring 7.5 minutes of latitude wide by 7.5 minutes of longitude deep. Their extreme detail and invaluable topographic data were more than enough to lure me in, and if I wasn’t careful I could spend hours upon hours poring over them and imagining the real-world wonders they hinted at. I’ve still got some paper quad maps that I used in the ‘80s and ‘90s, complete with pencil notations and numerous coffee stains. They’re priceless resources loaded with hiking, fishing and other info that I still use today.

It’s still possible to purchase printed maps, and sometimes I do.

These days, however, there’s an easier way – and, you guessed it, all it takes is a computer. In fact, if you search “topo maps,” you’ll find a number of online map sources.

My favorite online topo map source is store.usgs.gov, where you can download PDF files of individual topo maps for free. There is a lot of functionality and power in this site and in the maps it provides, but here’s the short version of how to use it: First, go to “Map Locator and Downloader,” where an index map gives you access to the entire United States and a lot more. For example,

yesterday I downloaded the Tray Mountain quadrangle, which I’ll use later this afternoon to look for waterfalls – and just now I downloaded maps of the island of Palau, in the western Pacific, which I’ll be visiting later this year.

How do you specify the map you want? From the main screen, the “Navigate” function lets you move around and zoom in on any area of interest, while the “Mark Points” function lets you drop a pin to mark a spot. Once you’ve dropped a pin, simply click on the pin to see a list of maps that cover that area.

And now the great news: This site allows you to download those topo maps for free. Under the download column, simply select the name of the map. It will appear in your download cart. Click “Download,” and the file will be transferred to your computer.

Just be aware that these are fairly large files, often 40 MB or more.

Once the download is complete, you can open the file and explore the map to your heart’s content. Use the map to locate hiking destinations, out-of-the-way fishing spots, hidden waterfalls and more. You’ll find that a topo map is the perfect tool for planning your next great outdoor adventure – the one set for next week, when it’s just a little cooler!

Topo maps are an outdoor adventurer’s best friend. You can learn how to interpret them in Steve Hudson’s book “Bluelining 101,” which focuses on the art of finding and fishing streams which appear only as blue lines on topo maps. It’s available from local outdoor shops, on Amazon, and online from chattahoocheemedia.com.

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May Eagle Scouts for the Northern Ridge District NORTH FULTON, Ga. — The Northern Ridge Boy Scout District, which includes Roswell, Alpharetta, Johns Creek and Milton, has announced this month’s newest Eagle Scouts.

The Scouts who passed their Eagle Board of Reviews, held at Alpharetta Presbyterian Church May 26, are as follows: Jacob Anderson, from Troop 734, sponsored by the Webb Bridge Ward of Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints.

His project was the design and construction of an orienteering course for the Sawnee Mountain Nature Preserve.

Grayson Guzowski, from Troop 734, sponsored by the Webb Bridge Ward of Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. His project was the design and construction of a bridge for the Cross Country Trail located at Alpharetta High School.

Noah Terrell, from Troop 69, sponsored by Alpharetta First United Methodist Church. His project was the design and construction of 14 trail markers for the Cross Country Couse at Alpharetta High School.

Henry Casnocha, from Troop 2000, sponsored by Johns Creek Presbyterian Church. His project was the restoration of the kitchen cabinets, building shelving units for the kitchen and placing flooring in the attic of the Church of our Savior.

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NF students win “Making a Difference” essay contest NORTH FULTON, Ga. — The Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta has recognized six Georgia students in their first essay contest, “Making a Difference” during the awards ceremony May 7 at Oglethorpe University. Students across the metro Atlanta area wrote about influential Georgia Muslims and how they inspire others.

The winning students were selected from an overwhelming number of entries in both the middle and high school levels.

The middle school winners are: • First Place: Fatima Safdar from Fulton Science Academy in Alpharetta, writing on Henna Inam • Second Place: Alizeh Subhani from ILM Academy in Roswell, writing on Dr. Rana Hajjeh • Third Place: Ozair Khan from ILM Academy in Roswell, writing on Ahmed Salim The high school winners are: • First Place: Sania Shaikh from Cambridge High School in Milton, writing on Hadayai Majeed • Second Place: Alaa Elasser from Milton High School in Milton, writing on Maria Ebrahimji • Third Place: Faiz Syed from Walton High School in Marietta, writing on Farooq Mughal.

Contestants were asked to select one out of the listed top 100 Influential Georgia Muslims and write about how their achievements inspired the students to reach for their goals.

“The essay contest was designed to encourage students from across Georgia to start thinking about their careers and how they will reach their goals. The essays received were so heartwarming and achieved the objectives we set out to achieve,” said Soumaya Kalifa, founder and executive director of Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta. “Three main themes became apparent as the judges reviewed the entries: students did not know there are such amazing role models in their own community; they are proud to read about the accomplishments of these amazing people; and this contest began the discussions between students and their families career, goals, and how to achieve them. In my opinion, this ISB initiative has been a huge success.”

The 100 Influential Georgia Muslims, an initiative of the ISB, were recognized in 2014 for their significant contributions in diverse areas, both professional and personal, to their respective communities and as citizens of Georgia.

A blind panel of judges selected the winning essays based on clarity of writing as well as correct syntax, grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Azizah Kahera, left, presents Fatima Safdar of Alpharetta with the first place award for the middle school level in the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta essay contest.

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Date: June 23, 2016 Time: 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT Location: Crooked Creek Club (Formerly the Alpharetta Athletic Club East) 3430 Highway 9 North • Alpharetta, GA 30004 Contact Information: Kristen Franks Kristen@AlpharettaChamber.com Fees/Admission: $20 for members $30 for non-members

Join the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce for Coffee & Commerce breakfast and networking at Crooked Creek Club. Breakfast and coffee will be provided as we network with other Alpharetta businesses, encourage economic growth and hear from our speaker. The goal for these meetings is to help grow your business and to keep you informed. Don’t be the one who missed out - come join us!

Ted Jackson, Fulton County Sheriff

Theodore Jackson is an accomplished senior executive with an extensive background in law enforcement who has served as Sheriff of Fulton County (Georgia) since elected in 2008. After an illustrious 33-year career with the FBI which began in 1971, he retired and was appointed Interim Sheriff of Fulton County by the Chief Judge of the Fulton County Superior Court in 2004. Jackson has a broad range of knowledge and experience in national program areas, policy, budget and management. He is now serving his second term as Sheriff of Fulton County.

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Jackson earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics from Morgan State University in Baltimore. He is a Vietnam War veteran, having served in the U.S. Army. He attended graduate school at the University of Southern California, Washington Public Affairs Branch, earning a certificate in Public Administration. He is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.

As Sheriff, Jackson has raised the standards and morale of the office through his many accomplishments. Under his watch the federal consent order on the jail was lifted, the office regained key public safety accreditations, and he has increased the number of reserve deputies to well over 100. Jackson is dedicated to earning the public trust and developing a law enforcement agency of competent and professional individuals to carry out the duties of the sheriff ’s office.

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In the front row, from left, are Eric McElroy Senior, basketball player Eric McElroy and Danielle McElroy. In the back row, from left, are Charlie Park and coach Jason Gillespie.

AHS senior signs with Reinhardt ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta High School senior Eric McElroy recently signed on with Reinhardt University. He will be playing men’s basketball for the college starting in the fall.

UA student team wins national competition TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Milton’s Torrie Miers helped bring the University of Alabama’s Bateman Team to first place in the 2016 Bateman Case Study Competition in Chicago on Wednesday, May 18. This is the fourth year of the Bateman Team has had an active presence at The University of Alabama and its first win at the national competition.

UA’s Bateman Team is housed in the College of Communication and Information Sciences and includes Madalyn Atherton of Huntsville, Ala.; Christina Coleman of Westlake, Calif.; Torrie Miers of Milton, Ga.; Samantha Vlahos of Monroe, Conn. and Megan Wolf of Windermere, Fla. “I am so proud of how the team created a laser-focused, creative campaign that not only brought positive

attention to student veterans, but created a way to make the campaign sustainable beyond this competition,” said Teri Henley, faculty adviser for the Bateman team. “The judges commented especially on those aspects as well as the professional delivery of the presentation.”

This year’s team partnered with the UA Campus Veterans Association to create the “In the Chair” campaign. The team used the chair to help people get to know student veterans seated next to traditional students in class, advocate for priority registration so campus veterans can get a seat in the classes they need to graduate, and honor prisoners of war and those missing in action with an empty chair at campus sporting events as a reminder of their service.

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Hall of Famer Tom Glavine kicks off Roswell’s ‘Summer of Fun’ ROSWELL, Ga. – It’s time to get this summer started and the City of Roswell did it in style May 31, with the help of two-time Cy Young Award winner and Braves legend Tom Glavine agreed to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Waller Park for the city’s “Summer of Fun.” More than 100 people, including the children from the Waller Park Day Camp, joined Glavine at the Roswell Rotary Dream Field to celebrate the start of summer with games and icy treats.

The “Summer of Fun” is a threemonth initiative led by the City’s Recreation, Parks, Historic & Cultural Affairs Department to encourage health and wellness, community activity and, most importantly, fun. Thirty unique events are planned throughout the City, from June to August, to provide exciting activities and entertainment for all ages.

“The Summer of Fun initiative is all about getting folks outdoors to play and enjoy our parks. We believe that life should be fun. Our job is to provide as many opportunities as we can to make having fun easy and accessible for everyone,” said Morgan Rodgers, Director of the Recreation, Parks, Historic & Cultural Affairs Department.

Some highlights from the “Summer of Fun” include: Free outdoor fitness classes at several parks • Free concerts around the city • Human foosball • A giant slip’n’slide

Former Braves pitcher Tom Glavine addresses the crowd gathered for the kick-off of Roswell’s “Summer of Fun.” • 4th of July Extravaganza • Sidewalk chalk contest • Back-to-school bike parade For a full listing of events, visit roswellgov.com/calendar.

Cambridge named SkillsUSA Model of Excellence MILTON, Ga. — SkillsUSA, a career and leadership development organization, recently named Cambridge High School as one of 24 national Model of Excellence chapters.

Models of Excellence is a program that recognizes integration and application of personal, workplace and technical skills for SkillsUSA chapter activities. This is one of the biggest honors awarded to chapters by SkillsUSA. “The Models of Excellence program represents the very best in chapter achievement and community involvement,” said SkillsUSA’s Executive Director Timothy Lawrence. “The Cambridge chapter defines excellence across the board. Students impacted by a quality chapter represent our future

workforce and reflect the future of the communities in which they reside.”

All Models of Excellence chapters will participate in the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. While there, the students will participate in finalist interviews, an awards dinner at the Kentucky Derby Museum and recognition during the SkillsUSA Awards Ceremony with over 12,000 students, instructors and business partners.

The Cambridge chapter will also receive a grant of up to $4,000 from program sponsor Lowe’s.

For information about the CHS chapter, contact Thomas Washburn at 470-254-2529 or washburnt@fultonschools.org

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HOPEWELL YOUTH ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES TRAVEL TEAM TRYOUTS FOR 2016/2017 SEASON.

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ROSWELL, Ga. — A local restaurant reported $2,000 worth of damage to their main sign May 24.

One of the letters from Brookwood Grill’s red, neon sign was missing along with a decorative, yellow line. The debris from the damage was cleaned up by employees before Roswell police arrived.

The manager gave police a video of an unidentified man tampering with and destroying the sign at 3 a.m., May 21.

$800 worth of fraud in and out of state JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Two instances of fraud were reported by a woman June 1 when she was alerted to suspicious activity on her chip card in Wisconsin.

The woman’s credit card company called her May 28 to ask if she made a $200 purchase in Wisconsin recently.

She told them she did not and thought the matter was resolved.

On June 1, she realized her personal information may have been compromised when she received a call from a technology store telling her that her $600 payment had been declined.

The attempted purchase was made in Kennesaw.

The woman cancelled the card and contacted Johns Creek police.

Two guns reported stolen from cars JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A man reported June 2 that two guns were missing from his two cars.

The victim usually kept the two firearms, valued together at $850, in the glovebox of each of his cars. On June 1, when he went to check on them, both guns were missing.

He says he last saw them May 31 and that the cars were always kept locked.

According to the police report, there were no signs of forced entry on either car.

102 mph speeder arrested on Ga. 400 ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta police arrested a man May 30 for speeding on the Ga. 400 and Haynes Bridge off ramp.

Police were patrolling midday when an officer saw a black BMW suddenly make multiple lane changes and cutting between traffic at a high speed to exit off of the ramp. The car’s speed was measured at 102 mph in a 65 mph zone.

The driver, 28-year-old Drew Fausnacht, was arrested for speeding and reckless driving.

$10K diamond watch missing from home MILTON, Ga. — A $10,000 watch was reported stolen June 6 by a woman when she couldn’t find it in its usual place.

The woman who owned the watch said that the last time she saw it was May 26, when she placed it in the top drawer of her dresser before going to sleep. When she opened the drawer June 5 to retrieve the watch, inlaid with diamonds, she could not find it.

The woman said that only she, her husband and her children regularly have access to that drawer. The only other people that would have had access to it would have been maintenance workers who did work on her home June 2, she said.

They had been monitored by her husband, but the woman said there were a few moments where they were left alone.

Police could not obtain any prints from the drawer because of its material.

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Standing from left are Ken Kurelic, Tim Rice, Fellowship Christian School soccer coach, and Trip Hughes.

Fellowship athletes sign letters of intent ROSWELL, Ga. — Six seniors from Fellowship Christian School were honored in February during the regular high school chapel service at Paladin Gym on National Signing Day. Five of the six students signed letters of intent to participate in collegiate athletes following their graduation from FCS. The FCS seniors honored included: • Megan Hudgens: soccer at the University of Alabama Birmingham, • Emma Grace Hurley: cross country at Furman University, • Reed Kroeber: football at Furman University, • Rebekah Mann: volleyball at Truett-McConnell College, • Nick Thompson: football at Mercer University as a preferred walk-on, • Jesse Vaughan: baseball at Covenant College.

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From left in the front row are Cambridge 10u baseball team members Alex Hernandez, Carson Rech, Logan Pierce, Jackson Chappell, Parker Townes and Nate Kittredge. In the middle row from left are Matt Andrise, Tommy Dowd, Mason Lee and Brooks Morley. In the back row from left are coaches Tim Kittredge, Bob Rech and Mike Morley. Not pictured is coach Todd Townes.

Cambridge 10u baseball wins championship WOODSTOCK, Ga. — The Cambridge Bears 10u baseball team recently outscored their opponents 34-14 in bracket play. Their skills helped them capture first place at the Grand Slam Hobgood Home Run Derby Championship.

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Milton 9U lacrosse goes undefeated in weekend-long tournament MILTON, Ga. —In a field of eleven teams, the Milton Eagles U9 select lacrosse team went undefeated May 9, beating four of the best participating teams of the threeday Roswell Youth Lacrosse Invitational.

The select team was assembled by coaches Lindsay Marshall, Jim Canouse and Jason Sautner from the Milton Boys Lacrosse organization that played at Bell Memorial Park this spring.

“This team is a strong indication of the future of the Milton lacrosse program. These players not only have the solid skillset for the game, but determination that comes naturally, rather than taught,” said coach Marshall. “I am excited to watch these 7, 8 and 9-year-old boys into their high school careers and beyond.”

Celebrating its 13th year in 2016, the Roswell Youth Lacrosse Invitational is organized by the Roswell Youth Lacrosse Association in conjunction with the Roswell Recreation and Parks Department. The RYLI brings more than 7,000 attendees daily to the Roswell area.

The high level of sportsmanship and extraordinary location has established the RYLI as the premier youth lacrosse tournament in the Southeast. Also competing in the tournament were the Alpharetta Raiders, Cambridge Kodiak Bears and Cambridge Polar Bears.

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Best of the Year: Coaches Highlighting the best local coaches from the 2015-16 season

By JOE PARKER news@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga- A talented team without a talented coach is destined for mediocrity. In the hotbed of athletic talent in North Fulton and Forsyth County, quality coaches are still needed to harness, develop and ensure execution of athletic talent. North Fulton and Forsyth have no shortcomings where talented coaches are concerned. Continuing Appen Media Group’s Best of the Year, we now highlight the best local coaches, listed in no particular order.

Tim McFarlin (Blessed Trinity football head coach) - Since McFarlin joined Blessed Trinity in 2011, the Titans have gone 51-141 and have won three consecutive region championships. This year, the Titans secured another 13-win season and made their first ever appearance in the state championship game.

David May (West Forsyth girls basketball head coach )- In his fourth year as head coach for the Lady Wolverines, West compiled a 25-7 record this season and won West’s first basketball region championship. May and the Lady Wolverines also won their first-ever playoff game on their way to the final four of the state playoffs.

Matt Kemper (Johns Creek football head coach) - Though Kemper’s Gladiators did not have a winning season, it seemed a winning season to Johns Creek fans.

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In Kemper’s first season, Johns Creek compiled a 4-6 record, and before injuries plagued them, the Gladiators were in the playoff hunt at the midseason mark.

Josh Sagel (Lambert boys lacrosse head coach) -- It doesn’t get any better than a perfect season, and Josh Sagel’s Longhorns did just that this season. The Longhorns compiled a perfect 21-0 season and captured the Class 6A state championship for boys lacrosse, their third in school history.

Paul Stevens (Blessed Trinity volleyball head coach) - In his 12th season as head coach for the Titans volleyball team, Stevens led BT to itsr fifth state championship.

Under the direction of Stevens, BT has made eight appearances in the state championship match. Stevens’ 530 wins is eighth all-time in career wins in the state of Georgia.

Chris Yarbrough (Northview girls basketball head coach) Yarbrough led a huge turnaround for the Lady Titans this season.

In the 2014-15 season, Northview went 8-19. This season, the Lady Titans compiled a 16-13 record and made their first appearance in the region championship game in seven years and earned a state playoff berth.

Tim Rice (Fellowship Christian girls soccer head coach) - In his second season with FCS, Rice led the Lady Paladins to a state championship, the school’s firstever state championship in a team sport. The FCS girls’ team compiled an 18-1 record this season and outscored opponents 107-13.

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Kennedy and her Lady Knights compiled a 31-2 record and captured their second consecutive state MACFARLIN championship this season. In Kennedy’s four seasons at the helm of the Lady Knights, she has compiled a 108-17 record and has won four region titles and three state championships.

John Ford (Roswell football head coach) -- Third-year head coach John Ford led the Hornets to a near-perfect season this year, compiling a 14-1 record and dominating nearly every opponent his team faced. The Hornets won their first region championship since 2010 and made their first state championship appearance since 2006.

Ronnie Davis (South Forsyth softball head coach) -- The 2015 season saw Davis’ War Eagles go 22-5 and capture the region championship in the highly competitive Region 6-AAAAAA. In the state playoffs, the War Eagles made it to the final four.

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Brad Plaziak makes a hole in one by securing a spot on the All-State Golf Team.

Cambridge golfer selected for All-State team MILTON, Ga. — The Georgia High School Association’s All-State 5A Boy’s Golf Team recently added Cambridge High School junior Brad Plaziak to its roster.

Plaziak is one of ten players named to the All-State team. Players received nominations from their coaches.

GHSA then voted on the candidates.

“I am very proud of Brad,” said head coach Peter Vajda. “He had a breakout year and led the team in almost every category. It’s a well-deserved accolade.”

Leading the Cambridge Bears in scoring this season, Plaziak has several highlights in his athletic career. This includes a score of 72 at the Region Tournament and scoring 74 at the GHSA State Championship, leading Cambridge to third place.

Currently, Plaziak is considering offers to play college golf at several different Division 1 schools.

Local Golfers place at Hurricane Junior Golf Tour SHARPSBURG, Ga. — Three north Fulton teenagers recently placed at the third Canongate Series golf tournament. The competition was part of the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour and was held May 26-30 at the Canongate I Golf Club in Sharpsburg.

American Junior Golf Association performance stars were up for grabs that weekend.

The Boys and Girls 14-18 champions received four performance stars each.

The Boys 14-18, 11-13 and the Girls 14-18 also received junior golf scoreboard rankings.

The top three winners in each age division were awarded an exemption into the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational at Chateau Elan, June 11-13.

The top ten finishers received points towards year-end honors, which in-

clude state teams, all HJGT teams and the Hurricane Cup. Boys 11-13 Division Bruce Murphy of Johns Creek shot a 67 in the first round, while Jake Peacock of Alpharetta shot a 68. The boys battled it out for the next two rounds, but it was Peacock’s second round score of 72, with a finish at 218 for the day, that cost him. Murphy won with a three round total of 214.

Girls 14-18 Division Amy Ng of Alpharetta had a solid first round by finishing at 75, awarding her the lowest score in her age division. She followed up with a 79 in the second round and a 74 in the third round. Her three-day, winning total was 228. Her competition included Lolli Yu of Duluth and Carol Pyon of Macon, who scored 232 and 236, respectively.

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Leadership North Fulton team helps veterans Ex-GIs get home improvements from volunteers

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ALPHARETTA-ROSWELL, Ga. – The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce takes a proactive stance to build tomorrow’s leaders today through its Leadership North Fulton program.

And the culmination of the nine-month leadership training course is participating in one of four team projects.

One of those projects wrapped up recently when team members pulled off what they called the Warriors Weekend Project. The team organized a volunteer weekend of sprucing up the homes of elderly North Fulton veterans and making improvements that upgraded their quality of life and their ability to maintain independence.

The group recruited some 63 volunteers to work on three houses in one weekend that had been nominated by Senior Services North Fulton. The makeovers included landscaping, some house painting and even replacing toilets.

The addition of a couple of wheelchair ramps were absolute godsends to the families, said Leadership NF team member Paul Cantrell.

“We made it our mission to improve the quality of the home life for these aging veterans and give them more independence,” Cantrell said.

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“For some, these ramps meant they could stay in their homes, and their spouses could get them into the car for a doctor’s appointment,” he said.

Team member Olivia Ibrahim (Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce) said the best thing about the project for her was seeing members of the community get together behind this project.

“It was overwhelming to see how many people were willing to help when we asked,” she said.

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“At Senior Services North Fulton it is our mission to help seniors live as long as possible in their own homes. We had spouses concerned that they would not be able to stay in their homes because of mobility problems the veterans had,” Evans said.

“If you can’t get out the door, that is a real problem. These ramps took a lot of stress off families.”

Kendra Plotkin, co-chair of the Leadership North Fulton, said these

work projects are an important aspect of the leadership program.

“Going into the community to be public servants and problem-solvers is the culmination of their work over the last nine months,” Plotkin said.

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Hudson Valley Community College president’s list TROY, N.Y. — The following student was named on the fall 2015 president’s list for Hudson Valley Community College: Karen Lopez of Forsyth.

Hofstra University dean’s list HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Chandler Smith of Alpharetta has been named on Hofstra University’s fall 2015 dean’s list.

Maryland has named Shawn Diertl from Johns Creek on the fall 2015 dean’s list.

Maryville College dean’s list MARYVILLE, Tenn. — The following students from Maryville College have been named on the fall 2015 dean’s list: Adam Peppers of Alpharetta and Joel Thornton of Alpharetta.

Murray State dean’s list MURRAY, Ky. — The following student was named on the fall 2015 dean’s list for Murray State: Carmel Ingram of Alpharetta.

Georgia Tech dean’s list , faculty honors and Harding University graduations and dean’s list graduates SEARCY, Ariz. — Katherinee Embry of Alpharetta graduated Dec 2015 from Harding University.

Additionally, the following students were named on the fall 2015 dean’s list: Mitchell Cohen of Forsyth, Caroline Embry of Alpharetta, Katherine Embry of Alpharetta, Dakota Niemi of Forsyth and Madison Wickline of Roswell.

Joint Base San AntonioLackland graduates SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The following have graduated from basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland: Quintin Fayne from Roswell and Daniel Namowicz from Forsyth.

Kennesaw State University dean’s list KENNESAW, Ga. — Natalyn Kingry of Gainsville has earned the dean’s list at Kennesaw State University during fall 2015.

Lehigh University dean’s list BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The following student was named on the Lehigh University dean’s list for fall 2015: Chase Menna of Alpharetta.

Loyola University Maryland dean’s list BALTIMORE, Md. — Loyola University

ATLANTA, Ga. — The followings students at Georgia Tech were named on the fall 2015 dean’s list.

From Alpharetta: Alison Burton, Aradhana Chandra, Kayla Croom, Andrew Davis, Brenna Fromayan, Caridad Fundora, Chelsey Gao, Caitlin Hirschler, Sara Hojjatie, Mayra Jamiei, Hussain Kachwalla, Michele Mandula, Samuel Martinez, Laura McGaha, Kevin McGorrey, Nairita Nandy, Azka Niaz, James Nugent, Nicolette Prevost, Mitchell Williams, Lauretta Zhao, Chhaya Arora, Thomas Boyle, Varsha Gokare, Hannah Heyerdahl, Haley Hoang, Jong Rak Koh, Nikhil Kulkarni, Letitia Luu, Deron Mai, Hessam Mostajabi, Kabir Nakra, Anupama Sekar, Tyler Vining, Joseph Clark, Tyler Curl, Nora Hansen, Wilson Lauerman, Alia Raad, Brighton Trugman, Parastoo Baradaran-Mashinchi, John Bright, Brennen Bukovics, Kelli Capshaw, Rachael Carstens, Lillian Chen, William Davidow, Christianna FieldGreen, Layla Ghazi, Nima Madani, James Morgan, Rebecca Raffaele and Christopher Sheng.

From Forsyth: James Bonifield, Jordan Cain, Arend Castelein, Chloe Cooper, Michael Glover, Christopher Lee, Keenan Nicholson, Norris Nicholson, Dana Ochs, Robert Pagan, James Plager, Justin Reichling, David Rojo, Ross Schlegel, Robert Shaw, Ruby Smith, John Taylor, Danice Wang, Kevin Arpin, Alexis Brazier, Mary Burke, Jacob Carlton, George Cooksey, Mary Kathryn Elliott, Anthony Ferrari, Siddharth Gore, Jacqueline Howard, Morgan Jackson, Benjamin Marrero Garcia, Zachary McGill, Grace Purdy, Thomas Ross and Ryan Yarborough.

From Johns Creek: Harrison Aiken,

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Eddy Chang, Marissa D’Souza, Arielle Perez, Elizabeth Swiger, Rachel Zhu, Bridget Ballard, Natalie Bhalla, Daniel Bodamer, Matthew Lee, Davis Mitchell, Ashley Paek, Devin ParkLee, Allison Riley, Bharat Sanders, Katherine Schoettler, Somya Tirath, Tavna Viscardi, Amy Voytek, Megen Wittling, Ryan Chiang, Carina Claassen, Jerrell Fang, Andrea Fletcher, Nicholas George Mackenzie Hanson, Amanda Hui, Kelly In, Arshiya Lal, Arush Lal, Matthew Lemons, Pranav Marathe, Kara Matassino, Jenna McConnico, Madison Raese, Aino Rainio, Kunwar Singh, Blane Solomon, Taylor Spuhler, Priyanga Srinivasan and Youmei Zhou.

From Milton: Evan Anderson, Robert Ashcom, Ryan Beard, Natalie Bohdan, Joseph Brett, Lauren Caldwell, Alyssa Candelmo, Nathan Ellison, Rhea Faroon, Maria-Sylvia Gonzalez, Amelia Goydich, Farida Jariwala, John Joyce, Rachel Lee, Benjamin Marchese, Amy Ruiz, Monali Shah, Benjamin Thompson, Abhinaya Uthayakumar, Katharine Vacko, John Verrone, Katherine Wickliffe, Brandon Lico and Laurie Xiao.

From Roswell: Mary Adams, Caroline Balmer, Alec Blenis, David Conner, Sarah Edwards, Erin Gant, Taylor Green, Suzanne Kastens, Theresa Kilian, Hannah Larson, Natalie Lindsey, Sarthak Mohapatra, Alison Shutzberg, Erin Simons, Andrew Stavres, Jennifer Weiss, Dorothy Cannella, Morgan Cox, Jorge Guigou, Katelyn Iles, Bryson Kagy and Robert Keezer.

Additionally, the following students were awarded with faculty honors for a 4.0 GPA during the fall 2015 semester.

From Alpharetta: Daniel Furman, Alexandra Holderied, Ju Eun Hwang, Alishan Kaisani, Kristen McClelland, Jaclyn Rohal, Rick Saha, Suraj Sehgal, Dalton Sherwood, Ranjani Sudaresan, George Tzintzarov, David Zisek, Ryan Avery, Sara Beagle, Jason Bick, Martin Fernandez, Sarah-Scott Lewis, Christian Sorensen, Kathleen Sweeney, Derrick Weiss, Connor Hawley, Alison Heffron and Sirui Liu. From Forsyth: Jeremy Feltracco, Joshua Garrett, James Naegele, Katrina Reeves, Evan Robinson, Charu Thomas, Nagashumrith Vinakollu, Lauren Wilder, Naomi Ergun, Matthew Farkas, Jared Kleinwaechter, Julianne Oliver, Elizabeth Pickens and Nicolas Rodriguez.

From Johns Creek: Ayan Das, Jeffrey Mullavey, Jay Reynolds, Preet Shah, Palmer Brasher, Casey Chae, Siddharth Duddikunta, Jenna LeCates, Alexander Newton, Robert Overholt, Seth Radman, Alyssa Sargon, Dhunasha Subramani, Lindsey Ulmer, Mitchell Webster, Austin

Wright, Carlin Zaprowski, Manasi Deshpande, Alan Dong, Vikram Varadarajan, Preen Are, Valerie Avva, Angelique Edwards, Asva Krishnan, Mason Marceau, Seong Moon, Jagadeesh Movva, Manaka Sato and Charles Xiao.

From Milton: Kelly Albano, Zachary Bailey, Bryan Bates, Justin Beard, Keith Cartledge, Emilia Funnell, Jeshua Jemson, Ryan Loushin, R. Noah Sannes, Nathan Webster and Thomas Welborn.

From Roswell: Angela Berry, Stefan Bjelcevic, Zachary Carroll, John Darienzo, Kevin Mahmoudi, Charles Rogers, Caroline Wu, Lane McAree and Emma Smith.

The following students graduated from Georgia Tech fall 2015.

From Alpharetta: Peter Adediran, Fatheia Ahmeda, Sandra Ajimotokin, Gene Barbara, Paula Barrenechea, Jonathan Bowker, Erik Brewer, Elliott Brockelbank, Timothy Byerly, Aashna Choudhary, Andrew Conant, Anastasiya Cotton, Taylor Cunningham, Adam Debruler, Rahul Duvvuri, John Falcone, Matthew Gilkenson, Timothy Greathouse, Keith Hasco, Helen Heindl, Tanish Himani, Emily Howell, Justin Jackson, Nicole Jin, Edward Johnson, Seongyu Jung, Rohit Kale, Daniel Kester, Brian Lee, Jesse Luo, Shreya Maddireddy, Tom John Mayuga, Davis Mitchell, John Nakano, Ramesh Narayanan, Michael Newborn, Rachel Paek, Binita Patel, Kishan Patel, George Peagler, Vignesh Ramesh, Chrystopher Register, Sean Samuel, Nicholas Shooter, Olexandra Skulskaya, Kyle Stallard, John Stewart, Calvin Su, Chaitanya Tondepu, Yonghui Tong, Pooja Vaidya, Rohan Verma, Ajay Veeraraghavan, Whitney Williams and Isiah Willis.

From Forsyth: Tharquin Belongilot, Rebecca Bishop, Collin Caldwell, Janeine Charpiat, Andrew Cryan, Ciego Cuadros, Anthony Ferrari, Anna Finch, Distefano Garcia, Keith Gilbert, Michael Glover, John Howell, Charles Kim, William Kirschbaum, Aimee Kudela, Daniel Mangiameli, Tulasi Pavan Narra, Manjanath Nayak, Joseph Neiner, Ronny Nussbaum, Murari Raghaven, Austin Redd, Madison Rodenstine, Ruby Smith, John Taylor,Kuan Tong, Antoine Wade and Peihsun Yeh. From Johns Creek: Alex Aw, Derek Bantug, Daniel Bodamer, Christopher Britton, Adam Edwards, Meagan Gadreault, Mohammed Gayasuddin, Sarah His, Sen Hu, Malvi Jani, Joseph Kim, Natalie Lembeck, Eric Martin, Alexander Newton, Robert Overholt, Kevin Perry, Aditya Pujari, Christopher Ryan, Manish Verma, Lakshmi Vitthanala, Amy Voytek and

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Jovita Moore urges women to ‘build each other up’

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Channel 2 anchor headlines ‘Women Who Walk the Walk’ event

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@northsidewoman.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Jovita Moore grew up watching the news as a child, fascinated by what was happening every day in her native New York City and around the world. But it wasn’t until years later in college that she decided to make the business of news her career.

“I didn’t know as a child what I wanted to be when I grew up,” said Moore, now the main anchor for the evening newscasts on WSB-TV Channel 2. “I was interested by news...and curious to watch, but I didn’t pursue news as a career until college.”

In 1990 she earned her Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York City, and took her first job in television in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Eight years later, via stops at stations in Fort Smith, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee, Moore came to Atlanta. She is now closing in on two decades at Channel 2.

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WBS TV Anchor, Jovita Moore.

In 2012, she was tapped to replace Monica (Kaufman) Pearson, who was retiring as the main anchor after a career spanning nearly 40 years at WSB-TV. Filling the shoes of Atlanta’s media royalty was a bit surreal at first, noted Moore.

“For the first few months, I just pretended she was on a long vacation!” laughs Moore, who said she finds it hard to believe she’s been in the anchor desk for four years.

Moving to the most prominent role in the news station took some getting used to, she notes, after years as a reporter.

“Being the main anchor is so different from being a reporter, [where] the opportunities vary with each job,” said Moore. “As anchor, I’m representing the station all the time, and there’s a leadership and authority that comes with the position. You become ‘the face’ of the station and that’s a huge responsibility.”

She’s getting

accustomed to being recognized wherever she goes, but understands that goes with the job.

“You can’t have it both ways - being on local news but not being recognized everywhere you go,” said Moore, who lives in Brookhaven. “I’m comfortable with it, it’s never been a problem for me.”

She said people are always a bit surprised by how “real” television personalities are when they meet them off camera.

“I’m not sure why they’d see us any other way but many do,” Moore laughs.

“I shop for groceries for my family...I put gas in my car...I pick up clothes at the cleaners...just like everyone else.”

Her days are long, beginning in the early afternoon for editorial meetings, then into the makeup chair, before taking her place in front of the camera beginning at 4 p.m., and anchoring the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts.

“A typical days also means community events prior to 2 p.m., and events on the weekends that I emcee or attend as a representative for WSB,” said Moore. “My day ends around midnight.”

She is known for the countless hours she devotes to civic associations and non-profit organizations across metro Atlanta, with groups devoted to children and the elderly closest to her heart.

“Our House Atlanta is one of them.

How can we allow newborn babies to be homeless? We can’t,” said Moore, a

mom of two. “So it’s a cause that’s special to me. Meals On Wheels Atlanta is absolutely necessary and relevant to all of us. We have to watch over our elderly and shut-in neighbors.”

Recently Moore served as the featured speaker at the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce “Women Who Walk the Walk” event. The annual event raises funds and awareness for various charities in North Fulton, as well as providing a networking opportunity for women.

Moore said she was honored to be a part of this year’s event which focused on empowering women.

The event also provided an opportunity to interact directly with the community, instead of just through their televisions.

“I think anytime you can get a group of women together in a room to share stories that are uplifting, positive and inspiring, is a good thing,” said Moore. “[Women] should focus more on building each other up, not tearing each other down. When I got the invitation to participate, there was no way I’d turn it down.”

But for all her many accomplishments – which includes a number of Emmy Awards – she says her most important accomplishments are her children.

“If I didn’t do this job, I’d be a full time mom - meaning there would be no place I’d have to be at 2 p.m. every day, and I’d be home for dinner every night.”

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Mount Ida College dean’s list NEWTON, Mass. — The following student has been named on the fall 2015 dean’s list for Mount Ida College: Jonathan Cistrunk from Alpharetta.

Miami University graduates, dean’s list and president’s list OXFORD, Ohio — The following students from Miami University have graduated fall 2015: Edward Slappey of Milton and Heidi Turcotte of Johns Creek.

Additionally, the following students were named on the fall 2015 dean’s list: Lauren Tracy of Alpharetta, Paige Zagranski of Alpharetta, Nicole Peters of Alpharetta and Jordan Dillehay of Roswell.

The following students have been named on Miami University’s fall 2015 president’s list: Colleen Evans of Roswell.

Newberry College dean’s list

Oklahoma City Univ. president’s list

NEWBERRY, S.C. — The following students were named on Newberry College’s fall 2015 dean’s list: Jeffrey Sneed of Forsyth and Sterling Wendt of Alpharetta.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The following student was named on the fall president’s list for Oklahoma City University: Sarah Harrison of Alpharetta.

Northeastern University dean’s list BOSTON, Mass. — The following student from Northeastern University was named on the fall 2015 dean’s list: Marisa Snelson from Alpharetta.

Ohio Christian University dean’s list

Pomfret School honor roll POMFRET, Conn. — The following student was named on the fall 2015 honors roll for Pomfret School: Leah Maffucci of Alpharetta.

Pratt Institute dean’s list

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — The following student was named on the fall 2015 dean’s list for Ohio Christian University: Amanda Farmer of Alpharetta.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Pratt Institute has named the following as dean’s list recipients in the fall 2015 semester: Rachel Lee of Roswell and Isidora Nova of Roswell.

Ohio University dean’s list

Presbyterian College president’s list

ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio University has named the following students on the fall 2015 dean’s list: Maxwell Abelman of Alpharetta and Madison Claytor of Alpharetta.

CLINTON, S.C. — The following students have been named on the fall 2015 president’s list for Presbyterian College: Kayla Stanford and William Troutt of Alpharetta.

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Arrests: Continued from Page 2 4 on Westside Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, speeding, and failure to maintain lane. ►► Tara Webb Nix, 41, of Sherry Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested June 3 on Sherry Drive in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Sarah Melinda King, 25, of Canyon Point Circle, Roswell, was arrested May 31 on Haynes Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI. ►► Kevin D. Shea, 37, of Chattanooga, was arrested May 30 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Basilo Pierzon-Rodrigyez, 28, of Wood Creek Trail, Roswell, was

arrested May 28 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI, child endangerment, reckless driving, speeding, and child safety seat violation. ►► Peggy Virginia Long, 38, of Wittenridge Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested May 30 on Rucker Road in Alpharetta for DUI, open container, speeding, and notice of change of address.

Drug arrests ►► Frederick Alexander Wu, 26, of

Newnan, was arrested June 2 on Old Alabama Road in Johns Creek for possession of marijuana, suspended license, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. ►► Tristian Mykel Esposito, 26, of Voyage Trail, Milton, was arrested June 7 on Voyage Trail in Milton for possession of marijuana.

Request for Proposal Milton Parks & Recreation – Playground for Broadwell Pavilion RFP NUMBER 16-PR01 Sealed Proposal Due Date: July 19, 2016 2:00PM Local Time Milton City Hall To be publicly opened approximately 2:05PM in the Courthouse The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

The City of Milton is requesting submittals from interested parties for a public private partnership. The request for sealed proposals for Milton Parks & Recreation – Playground for Broadwell Pavilion will be posted on the following websites the week of June 16, 2016. http://www.cityofmiltonga.us or http://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/PR_index.jsp

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