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Gilligan wins House District 24 runoff By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — With more than 75 percent of the votes, Sheri Gilligan won the spot of House District 24 State RepGILLIGAN resentative. Gilligan originally ran for the spot in June during the special election, but narrowly missed the majority which caused a runoff election July 14. Her opponent was David Van Sant who received 24.89 percent, or 947, or the 3,805 runoff votes. About 11.08 percent of voters turned out. The night of the runoff election, Gilligan said she was with her volunteers waiting to hear the results. “I was in a room with some of the most incredible volunteers anyone has ever been surrounded by,” Gilligan said. “They made thousands of phone calls, knocked on doors and dug into their own pockets to contribute. The win belongs to them as much as it belongs to me. I’m very proud of everything we accomplished. We did it as a team.” The win was a whole lot of work on everyone’s part, Gilligan said. But she and her supporters stayed true to their message and values. “The message was of needing to listen to the constituents and the people of the district,” Gilligan said. “We needed representation who was listening to us, the average every day citi-

The votes are in Sheri Gilligan = 75.11 percent, 2,868 votes David Van Sant = 24.89 percent, 947 votes *Out of 34,371 registered voters, 3,807 ballots cast = 11.08 percent turnout

zen. It was an incredible grassroot effort with a groundswell of support from the people. We stayed focused on the issues. We didn’t want to go on any kind of negativity. We stayed on what’s important to the people of the 24th District.” Jokingly, Gilligan said the first thing she wants to do is find her parking spot and office. She said she didn’t know when the swearing in ceremony is yet. Gilligan said she will be working with Mike Dudgeon (25th District), Geoff Duncan (26th District), Wesley Cantrell (22nd District), Kevin Tanner (9th District) and State Senator (District 27) Michael Williams. “I’ll start rolling up my sleeves and working with some of the legislatures who are already there who are working to keep Georgia prosperous and to make things better,” Gilligan said. “Our delegation will be strong and working together to represent Forsyth County and our districts as well as we can. We want to help address our infrastructure needs and what’s going on in the county. We’ll prioritize what’s important to the people and will work as a team to make it happen to keep Forsyth County as the jewel in northern Georgia.”

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‘An angel in our ears’ Community mourns death of Erin Jones 911 operator killed in murder-suicide By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Candles were lit, friends hugged and a community shared stories and memories of their dear friend, Erin Niccole Jones. Over 200 family, friends and coworkers joined together July 12 at North Forsyth High School to show their support at a candlelight vigil and memorial service.

Jones, 28, was killed July 8 at her Dawsonville home after her boyfriend, David Geyer II, 43, shot her to death and then turned the gun on himself. Jones was a supervisor at the Forsyth County 911 Center, and lived in Dawsonville with Geyer and their four children, who were not home at the time of the shooting. Jones was mild and meek, her mother Tracey Childs said, but she loved big.

“She wanted to make a difference and I look around and I think she did well,” Childs said. “Nothing can make it easy, but the outpouring of love has certainly helped.” Her father, Mark LeFevre, said Jones taught him to be a better parent and left love wherever she went. “I pray we take that love and move it forward because what this world needs is love,” LeFevre said. “I pray as we leave tonight, we can love our fellow man and one another as we love ourselves.”

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By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com GAINSEVILLE, Ga. — An investigation performed by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) showed that Joseph Pollard, 42, of Gainesville, died July 11 shortly after committing a burglary at 8290 Browns Bridge Road. Deputies were notified of the body and while at the scene, officers arrested Jeffery Chester, 51, of Cumming for burglary after he returned to the scene of the crime. The property owner reportedly saw a gray truck stop in front of the house, and then saw the truck again at Dollar General and then a final time 30 minutes later picking up a man across from his driveway.

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Cannonball crisis FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — An antiques dealer called 911 July 10 after purchasing a cannonball. The woman arrived to her home on Loblolly Lane and posted pictures of the cannonball online and started receiving messages saying she needed to call 911 immediately. The Battalion Chief from the Forsyth County Fire Department and the GBI bomb squad both came to the scene. The GBI employee took the cannonball and went with the sheriff’s officer to the rock quarry at Ronald Regan Blvd. and Pendley Rd. where they met with the safety director of the quarry. The GBI employee reportedly told officers personnel from the Air Force would have to be in route to dispose of the article.

Dog kills cats, man almost gets shot FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A man picking up his kids from the babysitter was almost shot July 10 after trying to retrieve a dog that killed a cat. The man went to his babysitter’s house off Ridge Road to pick up his children and then the babysitter’s Siberian husky ran out the door and into a neighbor’s back yard. The dad

It is believed Chester was with Pollard at the time of his death, according to FCSO spokesman Epifanio Rodriguez, however no foul play is suspected at this time in Pollard’s death. The cause of Pollard’s death is pending an autopsy conducted by the GBI. According to a FCSO police report, the officer who arrived asked the people at the scene who knew where the body was and Chester reportedly told him he did and then led them to it. When officers and EMS arrived at the body, they noticed the wood boarding up the window to the residence was taken off and Pollard was lying next to it. Various items were found in the underbrush of the house and on Chester, including three types of lights and knives.

went to go retrieve the dog, but it just killed a cat in the yard. The cat’s owner came outside and fired one shot at the dog, with the dad 60 feet away. The dog reportedly killed another of the man’s cats the prior week. The babysitter’s father asked if the shooting was legal, and the officer told him it would be a misdemeanor so the Sheriff’s Office wouldn’t get involved. The officer spoke with the cat owner who said the dad was over 100 feet away and he would kill the dog if it came back and killed another one of his cats. He was advised to contact animal control to solve the problem with the dog, and it was in his best interest to not shoot the dog while someone is trying to catch it.

Woman on sugar daddy website not so sweet FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — After using Seeking Arrangement, an online website self-described as “best sugar daddy website on the net”, a 53-year-old man filed a complaint with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office regarding theft by extortion. In March, the man met a girl on the website who claimed to be 24-yearsold and asked him to send her money through Western Union to pay her bills. They met, but he said something didn’t feel right so he ended communication. On June 7, he began receiving phone calls from the girl’s number but he didn’t answer. He received messages from a male claiming to be the girl’s father who said the girl was a minor and he better pay

her bill because he has evidence the man solicited his daughter for prostitution. The man called the “father” back and decided to meet at the Gwinnet County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) where the “father” said he filed a complaint. The man’s attorney contacted the GCSO and found there was no complaint. The Forsyth Sheriff’s office contacted the woman who denied using the website.

Man fakes getting shot CUMMING, Ga. — The Cumming Police Department was dispatched to the Aubrey’s Landing Apartments on Hutchinson Rd. July 4 after a man reportedly was shot. The sister of the man told police her brother called to tell her someone entered his apartment and shot him in the chest and then the phone went dead. Officers knocked heavily on his door but he didn’t answer, so the fire department knocked the door open. The man was found in a bedroom, unconscious, propped on the bed with his cell phone in his left hand and what appeared to be his right hand clutching his chest. The man awoke and said he wasn’t shot when asked. Officers checked and didn’t find a gunshot wound, but the man did reportedly smell of alcohol. When asked about the call to his sister, the man said he was mad at her and wanted to get back at her. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

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Body found in Summit at Brookwood pool identified By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com CUMMING, Ga. — A body found July 10 at The Summit at Brookwood neighborhood pool on Lakeheath Drive off Brookwood Road has been identified as Russell Theodore Williams, 20, according to Deputy Robin Regan with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. His body was found by a cleaning crew. Williams’ father lives in the neighborhood, but Regan said it in unknown where Williams lived. Regan confirmed they are

investigating the official cause of death, but there is no foul play or threat to the public. Fire Division Chief Jason Shivers said the Forsyth County Fire Department responded initially as they do with any perceived medical emergency. “When we arrived, it was immediately obvious it was a death and not a recoverable injury,” Shivers said. “We knew to leave the individual in place and allow law enforcement to take the proper course. Later in the incident our crews did assist the coroner’s office with removing the body from the pool.”

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Forsyth Herald | July 22, 2015 | 3 er, trespassing, reckless driving and duty upon striking a fixed object. ►► Edward W. Officer, 52, of Woodstock was arrested June 19 on Haynes Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI and driving on the wrong side of the roadway. ►► Jonathan Shane Wirt, 34, of Marietta was arrested June 27 on Morris Road in Alpharetta for DUI, open container, improper U-turn and notice of change of address. ►► Jamal Elliot Jones, 25, of Suwanee was arrested June 27 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI, reckless driving, speeding and failure to maintain lane.

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BOC adopt millage rate BY KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved the County’s total millage rate as 8.036 mills at their regular meeting July 16. This rate is compiled of the Maintenance and Operations (M&O) property tax, set at 4.642, the fire tax set at 1.975 and the bond tax set at 1.419. For the total county millage rate including the Forsyth County Board of Education and a small state tax, that was approved at 27.804 mills. The Commissioners approved a millage rate rollback, which is the tax rate that would generate the same amount of property tax revenues as approved for the prior year. The rollback rate splits the tax rate into two separate

components, maintenance/ operations and debt service, and is the sum of both. Often the rollback tax rate exceeds the effective tax rate, but decreases in a taxing unit’s debt service, which can occasionally cause the effective tax rate to be higher than the rollback tax rate. The county chose to roll the millage rate back to receive the same M&O taxes as last year, plus growth, causing the millage rate to be 4.642 mills. This includes new construction, additions, deletions and improvements. After adopting the rollback rate, which was .170 below the advertised rate, it will result in a reduction in tax revenues of $1,627,841. It also results in a budgeted revenue decrease of $1,579,005 at the county’s 97 percent collection rate. A millage rate is the

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The county chose to roll the millage rate back to receive the same M&O taxes as last year, plus growth, causing the millage rate to be 4.642 mills. This includes new construction, additions, deletions and improvements. amount per $1,000 of the taxable value on a property that is used to calculate annual property taxes. For a home assessed at $250,000, with a homestead exemption, the county’s proposed millage rage increase would raise that homeowner’s taxes by about $50.60. Dave Gruen, the county’s finance director, explained the county currently has three different millage rates to cover Forsyth County M&O, the fire district and general obligation

bonds. Because the fire rate was approved at 1.975, it was an increase of .070 mills above the rollback rate. The 0.55 mills increase in the Bond rate reflects the debt service requirements for the Forsyth County Transportation Bond approved by county voters in November 2014 to fund a variety of transportation projects. To view the complete millage report, visit http://www. forsythco.com/info_details. asp?articleid=3661.

Forsyth proposes changes to Unified Development Code FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.—The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider an amendment to Chapter 8 of the Unified Development Code of Forsyth County. The hearing will allow for Forsyth County residents and any other affected and/or interested persons to review and comment on the proposed amendments. The amendments in question could provide for appeals to Zoning Board of Appeals decisions, except appeals to administrative decisions that shall be taken directly to the Superior Court upon request. The amendments will also repeal any conflicting language within the code. The public hearing will take place during the Board of Commissioner’s meeting on Thursday, August 6 at 5:00 p.m. in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room, Suite 220 of the Forsyth County Administration Building. —Malik Jones

Woman’s body found in Lake Lanier FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — On Thursday, July 16 at 6:00 p.m. deputies with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, Corps of Engineers, Department of Natural Resources, the Forsyth County Fire Department and EMS responded to a call of a body in Lake Lanier at Sawnee Campground. A white female identified as Charlotte Ann Church, 50, of

Lawrenceville was recovered from the lake and pronounced deceased on scene by medical personnel. Church’s body was spotted by a passerby who called the authorities. During the investigation, no signs of foul play or trauma were discovered. The cause of death is pending GBI autopsy.

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Electric Avenue lights up Newtown Park JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Electric Avenue, a popular, Atlantabased 1980s Synth-Pop Tribute band, hits the stage at the Newtown Park Amphitheater on Friday, July 24. Be prepared to be taken back to the days of Tears for Fears, The Fixx, David Bowie, and Duran Duran. “Electric Avenue has many of the same band members as Yacht Rock Schooner, which people liked a lot last year,” said Recreation Manager Kirk Franz. “They have a pretty extensive playlist so we anticipate that people will have a really good time.” Gates open at 6 p.m. The music starts at 7 with Indie & The Jones, a local classic Rock/Blues and modern Alternative Rock band. Electric Avenue kicks off at 8 p.m. and finishes at 9:30 p.m. The 2015 Amphitheater concert series, which has free admission, features tribute bands and acts that harken to the rock’ n’ roll 1980s and 1990s, including Drivin’ N Cryin’. On Aug. 22, the Billy Joel tribute band, The Stranger, featuring native Long Islander

Mike Santoro, will play the Piano Man’s greatest hits. The Stranger has played at many locations in the region, including several House of Blues venues and at the Fillmore in Charlotte, N.C. The series closes Saturday, Sept. 19, with the popular ‘90s band, Drivin N Cryin, whose album “Fly Me Courageous” album went gold. The Atlanta-based group has toured with Neil Young and Soul Asylum, and has remained well-loved in the Southeast. Food trucks will be returning to the venue in 2015, but concert-goers will notice some changes. To allow for more dance space, the rows of chairs under the amphitheater will be replaced with round tables that can be reserved by calling 678512-3200. (Tables for Drivin N Cryin are sold out.) If you don’t have a table, bring a picnic, lawn chair or blanket and relax on the terraced lawn. No alcohol, please, although beer and wine are for sale. The Amphitheater is at Newtown Park, 3150 Old Alabama Rd. in Johns Creek.

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Senior Expo draws large crowd By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com CUMMING, Ga. — This year’s 13th annual Forsyth County Senior Expo drew a large crowd of about 1,300 people, according to Jodi Gardner with the communications office. The event was held July 11 at the Lanier Technical College’s Conference Center, 3410 Ronald Reagan Blvd. The event was originally planned for February, but due to inclement weather it had to be rescheduled for summer. Gardner said they were pleased with the turnout, but plan on scheduling the event for April of next year to avoid weather related issues. In the past, the expo was held at Central Park for many years, Gardner said. “Changing the venue of the event to the Forsyth Conference Center at Lanier Technical College has enabled the event to be held in a more senior-friendly setting and has also provided the additional space needed so that the event could serve more seniors and vendors,” Gardner said. In addition to changing

the date, Gardner said there was a waiting list of vendors who wanted to participate this year, so they would like to potentially expand next year’s event to offer as many vendors as possible the opportunity to participate. One of those vendors is the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office with their Senior and Law Men Together program. Sonya Camarillo was at the event for the Sheriff’s Office and was talking to senior and hanging out goodie bags. She said the Sheriff’s Office has been involved with the expo as long as it has gone on because they want to tell seniors about scams and fraud in their area. “The Senior Expo has a large population of seniors who attend and since we target the senior population, we can tell our services to a lot people at one time,” Camarillo said. “This is a large opportunity to do that. This is one of the largest events we do every year.” Other vendors included Northside Hospital, the Cumming Optimist Club and Ingram Funeral Home. “Senior Services holds the Senior Expo to give the seniors

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One of Erin’s coworkers, Sabrina Caraway, read about her friend.

When family violence comes home It’s always heartbreaking to hear about a domestic dispute. It’s hard to imagine healthy, happy women (and sometimes men) loving someone enough to stay with them after they’ve been hit, threatened or knocked unconscious. But even worse is hearing about a dispute ending in death. Such was the case for Erin Niccole Jones, 28, who was allegedly shot to death by her live-in boyfriend who then killed himself. This event is even more devastating because the pair had four children (together and step-children) who are now parentless. Those children luckily weren’t home but that doesn’t mean they escaped unharmed. One of the most painfully tragic parts of the story is Jones worked for the 911 Center in Forsyth and volunteered with the Hall-Dawson Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program to help children who are abused and neglected. It is tragic that domestic violence, something she was trying to help others with, ended her own life. Her family, friends and coworkers gathered July 12 to share memories and to comfort each other. Over and over I heard people saying she was an angel and a role model and just a happy-go-lucky person. It hurts to know that someone with such a bright life can have everything taken away from her in an instant. I wonder how her home life was prior to this and if she had ever sought help. I also won-

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der if she knew about Family Haven in Forsyth, a women’s shelter that’s ‘an advocate for victims and families of domestic violence providing shelter, programs and community education to end the cycle of violence.’ The shelter has a 24-hour, 7 days a week crisis line with advocates available to provide information and make referrals for services and programs. The number is 770-887-1121 in case anyone reading this may need it. Just know you’re not crazy for staying in the relationship. I wish Erin had called that line at the first instance she needed help, but I also understand it’s hard to take that first step when you’re in love. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, on average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. If nothing more, I hope Erin’s story and the love she gave and received will serve as a message to others in a similar situation. Rest well, Erin. Just know your legacy will live on.

I thought not to weigh in on Confederate flag this time. I wrote my first “furl that flag” column in 1983, calling for a change to the Georgia state flag. The first column I wrote for Appen Newspapers 10 years later was another call to change Georgia’s flag and remove the defiant Confederate battle flag that was incorporated in it. Called the 1956 flag, it had the St. Andrew’s cross affixed to it in defiance of the Supreme Court ruling to end segregation in the schools. Georgia settled that question finally nearly another decade later removing the cross in the early 2000s. But the issue arose again in aftermath of the tragic murders in Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina, the hothouse of the Confederacy, had to face up to the charges of flying the racist Confederate flag at that state capitol. To their credit, the South Carolina legislators did what needed to be done. Now just so you know, I am southern born and southern bred, and when I die I will be southern dead. My Uncle George had an extensive personal library about the Civil War, and I would spend hours reading through those books. This was history come alive. The bugles are blaring, the spurs jangling, and I am back in time with them (See box). I was that 14-year-old boy too. I would read the recounts of the battles, and in the back

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of my mind I willed that this time, this time we would win. Of course I never pictured what the South might look like had won its independence. I hate to imagine what kind of world would have evolved. It certainly would not have been mint juleps on the veranda. But the point is, the South did lose, and it grates at us. To spend all, risk all and lose must have had some worthy principle, some great cause. Right? It had to be more than the defense of slavery. So in the mind of most southerners I believe they do as I did. I separated the causes for that war from the war itself. Thus the cause became the struggle itself – a struggle for freedom. Yes, the white South fought for its freedom, which mostly concerned the right deprive blacks the right to theirs. That dichotomy lived comfortably in my white southern mind for many years. What southerners recall and what we revere is how our great-grandfathers answered the call to defend their homeland against what was seen as

William Faulkner on southern heritage Nobel laureate William Faulkner had a keen understanding of the southern psyche and shared it. In a “stream of consciousness” passage he captures what most southerners feel about the Civil War. They do not brood over the reasons or causes of that terrible war that scarred the South for many decades after. It is the struggle itself that is revered. Faulkner wrote: For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it’s all in the balance, it hasn’t happened yet, it hasn’t even begun yet, it not only hasn’t begun yet but there is still time for it not to begin against that position and those circumstances which made more men than Garnett and Kemper and Armistead and Wilcox look grave yet it’s going to begin, we all know that, we have come too far with too much at stake and that moment doesn’t need even a fourteen-yearold boy to think This time. Maybe this time with all this much to lose than all this much to gain: Pennsylvania, Maryland, the world, the golden dome of Washington itself to crown with desperate and unbelievable victory the desperate gamble, the cast made two years ago.

a foreign invader. And like all civil wars, this one was bitter. It was a war to the knife, and knife to the hilt. But when it was over, the North quickly got back to the business of forging the United States. But the South could only take what solace there was in the glory of the “Lost Cause.” So memorials were built. Almost every town today has a Confederate memorial in the town square built by the generation that followed and honoring the sacrifices their fathers and mothers made. But they did not raise monuments to the end of slavery. They did not then nor really now acknowledge just how pernicious slavery was and the lasting effects Jim Crow law that followed for another century leaves still today. So while we southerners like to call upon our heritage to fly the Confederate flag, more specifically the battle flag with the St. Andrew’s cross, it rings hollow recalling what followed in the intervening century before civil rights for all became the law of the land. No, the effects of slavery did not end in 1865, and many will tell you did not end in 1965 with the Civil Rights Act. But at least we can mark 1965 as the beginning of the end. And so too does the decision to take down South Carolina’s Confederate flag by its own lawmakers. The southern heritage is tarnished with the blood and the psychic scarring that decades of Jim Crow rule left on the Americans who descended from slavery. We have forfeited the right to call the Confederate battle flag “our heritage” because we allowed it to become a symbol of hate. We lost it when we allowed our political leaders to co-opt the flag as a symbol of defiance against the end of apartheid in America. We lost it when we allowed racist groups to adopt it for their own brand of hate. That flag had to go, to send a message loud and clear that the violence and hatred of the past has no place in the future. It hurts me in a place deep in my heart to see it go. I said I was southern born and proud of it. But that pride has to be tempered not by what the South was but what it can become. And in that future hate has no place.

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Girls in the picture, from left, McLain M., Irina C., Nikki B., Sydney E., Sam B. and bottom row left to right Morgan W. and Olivia C.

Cadette Troop 14236 completes Silver Project CUMMING, Ga. — Cadette Girl Scout Troop 14236 earned their Silver Award after completing their Silver project which was executed on February 24 and February 27 at Riverwatch Middle. They held a two day campaign “Spread the Word To End the Word”. “Spread the Word to End the Word” is an on-going effort to

raise the consciousness of society about the dehumanizing and hurtful effects of the word ‘retard(ed)’ and encourage people to pledge to stop using the ‘r-word’. The campaign is intended to get schools, communities and organizations to rally and pledge their support to help create communities of inclusion and acceptance

for all people. Troop 14236 produced and edited a video and had the school play it for the students at Riverwatch Middle. The students were encouraged to pledge not to use the r-word and were given stickers as they signed the posters. The student body also wore gold and blue in

support of this campaign. The Girl Scouts learned how to produce and edit a video, speak in front of their peers, write and design posters and stickers, make a presentation to the administration and to stand up for people with disabilities. The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn.

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — On August 1, the Sharon Springs branch of the Forsyth Co. Tax Commissioner’s Office will close temporarily for renovations. The improvements will include increasing the size of the lobby area, additional seating for customers, and redesign to the customer service counters. Since first opening in 1999, this will be the first redesign project conducted on the Sharon Springs branch. Renovations are expected to take roughly six to eight weeks to complete. An official reopening date will be announced as the project comes closer to completion. To avoid increased waittimes and traffic at the Tax Office’s main location, all residents are encouraged to send payments via mail or online if possible. Anyone required or wishing to visit the main office in person is advised to do so during non-peak hours from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. For more information on the main office’s operating hours and procedures, visit www. forsythco.com. -Malik Jones

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Optimist Club raises money for Children’s Healthcare

Beth Buursema (left), Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, accepts a check for $2,184 from the Sawnee-Cumming Optimist Club golf tournament chairperson Jodi Smith (third from right), and other club members.

CUMMING, Ga.—The SawneeCumming Optimist Club was pleased to donate the funds of their charity golf tournament to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in Forsyth County. Beth Buursema, manager of Community Outreach at Children’s Healthcare, accepted the check for $2,184. “The motto of the Optimist Club is Bringing Out the Best in Kids,” Optimist Club president Randy O’Dell said. “The Sawnee-Cumming Optimist Club is proud to support the work of Children’s Healthcare in Forsyth County. Our mutual regard for the well being of children makes raising these funds both enjoyable and rewarding. We are proud to support an organiza-

tion that is so important to our community.” “Children’s Healthcare Forsyth is grateful for the ongoing support we receive from the Sawnee-Cumming Optimist Club,” said Buursema. “This generous contribution helps ensure that we can continue to provide the best possible care to our patients and their families, now and in the future.” The Sawnee-Cumming Optimist Club meets first and third Thursday evenings at the Manchester Court subdivision clubhouse, located on North Old Atlanta Road, between Highway 9 and Castleberry Road. For information about the club, call Randy O’Dell at 404-791-2189. –Malik Jones

‘The Place’ seeking donations FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.— “The Place to Shop” thrift store is requesting the donation of backpacks and gently used clothing to help local children be prepared to go back to school in August. “Each year many of our clients

rely on The Place for assistance with clothing and school supplies for their families,” said Joni Smith, executive director of The Place. “Currently we have over 50 children that are in need of school supplies and clothing and we anticipate more need as the school year

approaches.” The Place insists that its biggest need is new backpacks for older children as well as clothing. This year families will receive school supplies, food and a store voucher to help with some of the clothing needs.

Anyone planning to donate their items can bring them Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to The Place to Shop on 2250 The Place Circle in Cumming. Call 770-887-1098 for more information. –Malik Jones

Fire Dept. hosts Junior Fire Academy FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Fire Department welcomed 32 Forsyth County youths to its annual Junior Fire Academy last week. The free, weeklong camp, held July 6 through July 10 at the Forsyth County Public

Safety Complex on Settingdown Road, offered the rising seventh- and eighth-graders the opportunity to experience the different aspects of being a firefighter, including firefighting, search and rescue and CPR.

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Angel: Continued from Page 1 Her brothers, Craig LeFevre and Ryan Howell, said growing up Jones was a guardian angel and a mother figure to them. Sandra Davenport, affectionately known as ‘Nana’ to Jones’ family, spoke at the memorial about the memories they shared. “Erin was the sweetest, dearest person I know,” Davenport said. “She loved her girls and family. She always had a kind word to say. We had great times together. Words can’t say what a wonderful person she was. She will be missed very

much.” Outside of her family, Jones touched the lives of some members of Forsyth County EMS, Fire Department and Sheriff’s Officers she worked with, including Kurt Chambers. “I speak on behalf of the deputies who are here,” Chambers said. “Erin was that angel in our ear. She was calm in the midst of a storm. She was the sense of peace and calm. Thank God for the angels, thanks God for the 911 workers and thank God for Erin Jones. Even though we’re crying now, one day we’re going to see Erin again.” Sabrina Caraway, Jones’ coworker in the 911 Center,

The Dawson County 911 center who answered Jones’ emergency call includes Sara Reeves, Tasha Tolbert, Lindsay Ferg and Debra Wimpy.

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said she worked with Jones for 40 plus hours a week for three and a half years, and they were more than coworkers. “I told her all the time that she was amazing,” Caraway said. “All of this makes me so mad and so sad. She had a depth of wisdom way beyond her 28 years. I know I will forever carry her in my heart. I will be a better person for having known her.”

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Korean war vet honored for 50 years of service CUMMING, Ga. — Michael Donegan of Cumming, a Korean war veteran, was honored at the June 8 meeting of the American Legion for his 50 years continuous service. Post commander Randy McGhee presented the 50 Year certificate to Donegan. He served in the 116th Engineer Battalion from 1950 to 1952 and is very proud of his service to his country. Donegan was born is Ireland

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Alpharetta Eagles win second regional tourney ALPHARETTA, Ga.—The Alpharetta Eagles 9U baseball team of the Alpharetta Youth Baseball Association (AYBA) won the North Georgia Dizzy Dean Baseball State Championship.

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Business owners and workers of downtown Alpharetta came out in force July 13 to oppose the city’s proposed timed parking limits on downtown spaces. The city has discussed enacting these limits for months now. The discussion began after business owner complaints of employee vehicles parking in prime spots all day, spots that could otherwise be used by paying customers. Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard said there are about 125 parking spaces in downtown Alpharetta and that each well-managed on-street parking space in downtown Alpharetta would translate into more than $100,000 in annual

sales for downtown businesses. Despite this, several local business owners said the requirements – two-hour time limits on most spaces during the work week – adversely affect their tenants, employees and even the customers the rules were designed to help. “Some tenants need to be able to park there and some services take longer than two hours,” said Allen Smith, a property manager for several buildings in the area. Jean Collett agreed. She runs the Alpharetta Beauty Shop on Milton Ave. “You cannot come into that shop and get a ‘do in two hours,” she said. Nearby hairdresser Matthew Khodayari, owner of Aria Salon, agreed. He said he has more than 25 employees and close to 100 appointments a day, many taking more than two hours. The limit is not feasible and forcing his employees to park away from the business will be trying and could be a safety issue at night. Councilmember D.C. Aiken pointed out that the issue of timed spaces came after complaints from the downtown business community about employees taking up prime parking spots. “The city is really starting to grow and this problem will only get worse,” said Larry Attig, another business owner, who was in support of the measures. “As this city grows, we will have to make sacrifices and walk.” Drinkard said the parking limits are fluid, and they will see many “tweaks” that will aim to perfect the time limits and which spaces are timed. Council approved implementing the downtown parking limits in a unanimous vote, making many of the on-street parking timed for two hours and much of the Old Roswell Street lot timed as well. Free public parking will be at City Hall and Cotton Alley.

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Old Alpharetta Library drew critics for contemporary look Design ‘unique,’ architect says space could become arts center By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Roman author and architect Vitruvius wrote in the first century B.C. that there were three pillars of architecture: wisdom, strength and beauty. However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In Alpharetta, the former public library at the corner of Mayfield Road and Canton Street has its own beauty, said Alpharetta architect Ray Douglas. Douglas was working on some projects with the city at the same time the library was being built, 25 years ago. He knows a thing or two about design. Douglas has his own firm and designed the building for North Point Community Church, of which he was a founding member. So it was no surprise when he was asked to look at the new designs for the library. The roughly 10,000-squarefoot old library was built in 1989 with a contemporary design, featuring white paint and curves.

It stands out from the typical architecture of the surrounding area, which favors more traditional looks – squares and columns. And therein lies the controversy. Many have complained over the years that it is a “duck out of water,” architecturally. Some even used the term “white elephant.” “It’s a very nice, contemporary building. It is thoughtfully designed and sited. It’s got classical and modern aspects, with a postmodern flair in its curve,” Douglas said. “It’s a nice, playful way to break up the geometry of squares and formal parts.” He said Jim Strange, an architect with Anthony Ames and Associates, designed the old library building. “He was a very talented, young architect,” Douglas said. Sadly, Strange was killed in an accident shortly after his library was built. “He was generally recognized as an extremely talented young designer and a good guy,” Douglas said. Despite Strange’s skills at

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Alpharetta’s old library was an eyesore to its critics but many found its modern architectural style invigorating. the drafting board, Douglas admitted the building was unique. “This was an unusual design for a civic building,” Douglas said. In North Fulton, he said there are great examples of nearly every style of architecture from every period. Traditional, neoclassical designs dominate the landscape. Walk down Canton Street in Roswell or downtown Alpharetta and traditional, square, brick buildings line the streets.

Alpharetta’s new library has the traditional architectural style to match that of the rest of the city’s City Hall plaza.

The government buildings have Greco-Roman pillars in their entrances and look like temples of a classical style. Even the new Fulton County Public Library in Alpharetta fits this trend, bucking the modern look of its predecessor. Currently, there are no firm plans for the old library building. Fulton County still owns the land, said Alpharetta Councilmember Donald Mitchell. However, the county has already passed a unanimous

vote gifting the land to Alpharetta since the city donated the land for the new library. Mitchell said this would not happen until the new library opens at the end of the month. Then the question becomes what to do with it. While it could become a senior center, Mitchell would prefer for it to become an arts center. “Our most underutilized function as a city is our arts

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such as veterans, whose health needs, Rosenberg says, the United States has failed to meet. Additionally, the CCBHCs will break through barriers to work with a variety of health system partners, including primary care, hospitals, VA centers and more. Because many state systems can’t support the kind of comprehensive, coordinated care necessitated by the CCBHC criteria, the Excellence Act requires the states to establish a payment system based on actual costs. That is expected to bring about increased funding for historically underfunded community mental health and addiction services. Also, a system of bundled payments will either require or incentivize value-based payments so providers can share in the cost savings their clinical care produces. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will award planning grants of up to $2 million to help states create their certification processes and develop their payment methods. Planning grant applications are due by August 5; grants will be awarded in October 2015. What You Can Do Meanwhile, if you or someone you care about is in crisis, seek help immediately. The CDC recommends three steps: • Call 911. • Visit a nearby emergency department or your health care provider’s office. Learn More For further facts, visit www. TheNationalCouncil.org.

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Special needs kids learn to ride bikes By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Riding a bike is something almost all children eventually learn to do. It’s a rite of passage. For some kids, riding a bike is more than simply to keep up with their friends; it’s a challenge to be overcome. With this in mind, iCan Bike helps children with disabilities learn to ride with a week-long course. In Alpharetta, the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety pitched in to help run the camp. Held from July 13-17 at The Cooler Family Skate Center, the camp featured about 40 kids and twice as many volunteers. “Being able to ride a bike is a normative thing we take for granted,” said Amanda Clay, with Alpharetta’s Bike Patrol Unit, who ran the camp. “Being able to do that opens up a whole world where kids can interact with other children and their peers.” The children are paired with at least two volunteers. They ride a special bike in a ring – the rear wheel is replaced with a rolling-pin-style device that acts similar to training wheels. As the student progresses, the pin gets smaller until it is replaced with a proper wheel. “We are all very active,” said Johns Creek resident Rich Wise. His son, Gavin, took part in the iCan Bike event. “It would just be great family time for all of us to get out and go on the Greenway.” Gavin, 16, enjoys riding bikes, but it has always been

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For Aaron Kaminer, 14, learning to ride a bicycle is a large milestone for him. He joined 40 other special needs children in a camp just to learn to ride without training wheels. with training wheels. It is Rich’s hope Gavin will learn. For 14-year-old Aaron Kaminer, simply wearing a helmet was a good start, his mother, Jackie, said. The last time she tried this, she said he refused

to wear the helmet and get on the bike. This time around, he seemed to be enjoying himself. “Last time was very stressful for us,” Jackie said. “Since then, he now rides a horse, hypnotherapy, and wears hel-

Gavin Wise, 16, learns to ride a two-wheel bicycle without training wheels. He and dozens of other special-needs children take part in a week-long camp. mets, so now it isn’t an issue. He’s matured a lot.” For Aaron to learn to ride a bike would be great for the family, she said. “We are an active family. We

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THE LONG MARCH:

Milton residents question lack of sidewalks Connecting to new library important By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. – When the brand new, 25,000-square-foot Milton Library opened Thursday, July 16, on Mayfield Road residents from throughout Milton were able to visit a library they can call their own. But not all residents are happy. For the present, the only way to visit it safely is by vehicle. This has some nearby residents upset. Craig Roberts said he and his neighbors in the Danbury Park subdivision want sidewalks along Mayfield Road. They contend that without this amenity, the road is a danger to pedestrians who may want to walk to the library. “It’s only a matter of time before someone is hurt on Mayfield Road,” Roberts said. The road could be especially dangerous for children or those with disabilities, he said. “It’s like buying a beautiful car but not budgeting belts or airbags,” he said. Roberts and about 30 other

residents held a march of sorts July 2, walking from the new library on Charlotte Drive along Mayfield Road to Freemanville Road, a distance of half a mile. It was a soggy, rainy afternoon, which made the choice of either walking through mud and puddles or on a busy road all the more daunting. Carter Lucas, Milton’s public works director, said sidewalks on Mayfield are a known issue. He said currently sidewalks are planned along Mayfield Road from Broadwell Road to Charlotte Road. Mayfield Road has some sidewalks that dot the length of the road, but none are connected to each other and some segments are on opposite sides of the road. Lucas said both Milton and Alpharetta have looked at creating more sidewalks in the area, but none have materialized in recent years. There are plans to create more, he said. They just have to be funded.

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A wet Milton Public Works Director Carter Lucas, right, addresses a crowd of residents about plans for sidewalks along Mayfield Road. “Funding is always an issue,” he said. However, there are options available if the traditional budgeted funding does not pan out. Grants may be obtained to help with the costs. And they could qualify through the federal Community Development Block Grants program,

but the cities have to apply for the specific projects. According to information from the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, access is a large part of site selection. This includes public transit, as well as bikes and pedestrians. In November 2008, Fulton County voters overwhelmingly

passed a library bond referendum that will greatly enhance all of the county’s libraries. Phase I includes eight new branch libraries, including Alpharetta, East Roswell and Milton. The Milton Library is at 855 Mayfield Road, Milton 30009. It opens to the public July 16.

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African military mission offers lessons in leadership Special ops mission tested author’s career leadership skills By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – When retired Col. Peter VanAmburgh, Ed.D., came home to Johns Creek after a 28-year career he decided to put his ideas

DEATH NOTICES Louise Broccolo, 92, of Cumming, passed away July 5, 2015. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society. Carol Ann Corbin, 73, of Cumming, passed away July 9, 2015. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home. Jerrine Davis, of Johns Creek, passed away July 11, 2015. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

Jack Emerson, of Roswell, passed away July 10, 2015. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

Laura Hassett, 52 , of Milton, passed away July 3, 2015. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society. Anthony Leftenant, 30, of Alpharetta, passed away July 3, 2015. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society. Catherine Mooney, 69, of Johns Creek, passed away July 2, 2015. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society. Doris Aline Revis, 60, of Cumming, passed away July 14, 2015. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

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in leadership into a book. He realized his military career had been one devoted to leadership principals honed in missions to 15 countries – including Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, (European) Georgia, Japan and Panama to name just a few. VanAmburgh wrote his book, “One Mission to Africa: Leadership Lessons for a Lifetime” detailing how all that he had learned about leadership had coalesced in his final 2009 mission that took him to Uganda to lead a multi-national, multi-cultural force on a humanitarian mission. It was a multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional undertaking under dangerous conditions in an area of insurgent activity. VanAmburgh’s military career was in spent in special ops, intelligence and counterintelligence. Yes, that’s right. He was a spook. But in today’s world it less about small surgical strikes such as in the operation to end Osama Bin Laden. It more often involves larger operations that may involve several service branches or even allied personnel. It can’t be seat-of-the-pants ops that Hollywood likes to portray. Missions are often multi-faceted and involve planning, logistics and organization. The mission would also include inserting a command structure on foreign soil, maintain security and engage a civilian population that years of war had made distrustful of any uniformed troops. Officially, VanAmburgh was taking part in an exercise called Natural Fire 10 that would involve U.S. personnel and an African multinational coalition in Uganda. In that sense it was training. But it was also a “real world mission” in which he would lead Task Force Kitgum. Kitgum is a “wild and woolly” refugee center on Uganda’s border with South Sudan where the medical humanitarian mission would take place. It is only accessible by truck or helicopter. Sitting on the border of Uganda and South Sudan the outpost is susceptible to insurgent attacks from both countries. In Kitgum they would bring

Author Peter VanAmburgh tested in leadership Peter VanAmburgh not only earned his doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership, his military career from company commander through brigade command has given him years of practical experience. He is a graduate of the U.S. War College and a number of military schools including Special Forces, Ranger, Jumpmaster, HALO (High Altitude Low Open parachuting), Pathfinder and the Counterintelligence Special Agent course. He has led large organizations multinational teams in combat operations, humanitarian missions and “other activities” in some 15 countries. Today, he is president of 1Mission LLC, a Roswell consulting, education and training company. For information go to his website at 1mleadership. com. in medical and humanitarian aid and shore up security in the area from insurgents. Above all, the mission called for immediate teambuilding and forging trust among the forces participating from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda – each with a different culture, method of operation not to mention different languages. All this had to be done while under the threat of insurgent attack. “So it was an exercise in that in the event of a crisis, the U.S. and these countries would already have a history of working together,” VanAmburgh said. “You don’t want to be trading business cards while the house is burning down.” The mission provided numerous opportunities to work and live together all the while under pressure in many different and often unique circumstances. VanAmburgh was there in

Library: Continued from Page 15 center,” he said. Alpharetta’s arts center sits in historic Crabapple, surrounded by the city of Milton. Many residents are unaware of its existence.

command of the 506th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, around 500 men. But he would also have with him a detachment of U.S. Marines and depend on the services of U.S. Navy and Air Force personnel. “So just getting all of those units working together is no small task,” VanAmburgh said. “Each service has their own lingo, their own insignia and there is always the natural rivalry the services have with each other.” Very quickly that would be compounded by the addition of another 600 African troops from vastly different backgrounds not only from American personnel but also from one another. There were the languages they spoke – English, French and Swahili. Their military training culture also came from French, British and even Soviet services. And these were people VanAmburgh had to get to know in a hurry while in a hostile land. So the training aspect was as live as could be arranged without benefit of a “crisis.” “I learned a number of lessons from this mission. Major among them was you have to plan to lead,” VanAmburgh said. “In that type of multicultural, multinational environment you really have to work on relationships.” It is easy to be bureaucratic, but it is simply not effective, he said. “We talk a lot about leadership, but not about how to create unity of effort in making such a group work,” he said. So this book is a “How I Did It,” of building a successful command structure and creating that unity of effort. He was leading through building those relationships with his men, the African troops and the African commanders while earning the trust and cooperation of the local population. It is a situation in which VanAmburgh uses the term “adhocracy.” It was ad hoc in that this was a unique situation demanding a unique solution created under special circumstances. Yet VanAmburgh says what is valuable is to understand the need to have an organizational plan that is adaptable to the “adhocracy” environment. Those unique situations can be overcome by knowing how

“That library, the architecture lends itself to an arts center,” Mitchell said. “The visibility of that building would create a thriving arts center.” Ultimately, it will be up to the City Council to decide its purpose. For Douglas, he would prefer the city preserve the building, no matter the use. “It would be a shame to lose that. It’s an

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Author Peter VanAmburgh has written a book on leadership principles based on the military multinational operation he led in Africa. In it he details the problems he faced and the principles he used to successfully overcome obstacles in a fluid and dangerous operation. to apply solutions that would only fit this one evolution. It is about being prepared to find a unique solution, he said. One arrives at those solutions through ingenuity and continuous attention. Understand the value of engagement. Interaction builds trust and understanding. Adhocracy is just one of the many leadership moments VanAmburgh explains the leadership principles he used as he breaks down the various problematic elements of the Task Force Kitgum mission. Ultimately, the mission was a success, treating more than 11,600 Ugandans for medical and dental problems and rebuilt two schools and a medical clinic. The mission also provided valuable training for the cadre of African troops. All American and African troops returned to their home countries with all equipment while having no incidents with the local population or breaking local laws. The lessons that can be gleaned from “One Mission to Africa” are covered in great detail. They are applicable to any leadership situation and can help good leaders be better ones, he said.

icon of the community,” Douglas said. “It’s different from everything surrounding it and anything else in the downtown area.” The old Alpharetta library is closed as the catalogue is moved to the new library, down the street. The new Alpharetta Library will open July 30 at 11 a.m. It is located at 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta 30009.

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