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Alpharetta honors Old Soldiers Annual parade draws crowds

By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – For the 62nd year, soldiers from nearly every recent war paraded down Main Street in Alpharetta for the annual Old Soldiers Day Parade.

Organizers called it the largest parade yet. This year’s theme was “Teach our children: God, flag, honor and country.”

“The values most people my age learned at home are only vague concepts today,” said Marty Farrell, past commander of the American Legion Post 201. “Who better to teach these values than our military veterans?”

The keynote speaker was Don Giles, a retired U.S. Navy captain from Marietta.

He highlighted the need for a strong military in an uncertain world and equally strong young people to staff that military.

“I’m delighted to see so

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The Sons of the American Revolution, Piedmont Chapter present the colors to begin the parade. many young people today,” he said. “You are the next generation of soldiers. You are the ones who must step forward to defend our freedoms. I believe you will do it.”

Alpharetta Rotary was the winner of the best float, holding most closely to the parade’s theme.

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Soldiers reenact the raising of the flag over Iwo Jima.

3 indicted for Johns Creek woman’s heroin death Waited 10 hours before calling 911

Had she been treated, she may have survived. Chelsea did not deserve to die.”

By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A Johns Creek woman overdosed March 3 on heroin. But police say she didn’t have to die.

According to police, the companions she was with waited nearly 10 hours before calling 911, by which time it was too late. Three men are now being held on murder charges.

According to Alpharetta police, Chelsea Bennett, 20, of Johns Creek, went with two friends, Cory Ben-

BENNETT

GEORGE GORDON Alpharetta Public Safety Spokesman

Hanania and Sebastian Andrade, both 20, to find heroin in Marietta. They returned to Ben-Hanania’s

parents’ home on Ridge Oak Place, Alpharetta.

There, Bennett was coaxed by the other two into injecting heroin. Almost immediately, police say, she showed signs of being “in distress.” She had overdosed.

“They injected her with the heroin; they coaxed her,” said Detective Dave Bochniak. “They can be charged with murder if they administer a drug and she dies.”

Instead of getting her medical help, Ben-Hanania and Andrade called the man from whom they allegedly bought the drugs, Kevin McCaffrey. Police say they

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ROSWELL, Ga. – A pair of men who were allegedly drag racing caused enough damage July 26 that an entire portion of Ga. 9 was closed to traffic for several hours.

Roswell police say two men were drag racing up Ga. 9/ South Atlanta Street at 3:30 a.m. when one of them hit a power line pole near Jones Drive, causing it to fall across the street and blocking all lanes.

“It turns out they were horsing around and racing when they both lost control,” said Roswell Police Department Spokesman Zachary Frommer.

DUIs & Drugs 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 ►► Murtura A. Mohammed,

27, was arrested July 19 on Cogburn Road in Alpharetta for DUI, disorderly conduct, failure to maintain lane and no license. ►► William D. Jarratt, 27, of Smead Court, Roswell, was arrested July 19 on Highway 9 in Milton for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► John Paul Carranza, 38, of Pine Grove Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested July 13 on North Main Street in Alpharetta for DUI, child endangerment and license plate obstruction. ►► Charles Richard Gunning, 30, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was arrested July 15 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and license plate obstruction. ►► Judy P. Curry, 57, of Lawrenceville was arrested July 15 on Westside Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and

Georgia Power was called out to repair the pole, which took several hours to fix. The road was reopened at 1 p.m., nearly 10 hours later.

Both drivers – Antonio Duarte-Bueno, 19, and Lionel Marron Palacios, 20, both from Atlanta – fled the scene, although one later came forward.

They were driving a blue Mercury Mountaineer and a green Nissan Altima.

“One driver ended up turning himself in later that day and admitted he and another vehicle were racing,” said Frommer. “He wasn’t charged with anything right then, but all the information was gathered and given to our hit-andrun investigator to follow up with charges.” impeding traffic.

►► Travis Howell Gowin, 35, of

Conway, Arizona, was arrested July 16 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and taillight violation. ►► Eduin J. Mendoza Sanchez, 30, of Warsaw Road, Alpharetta, was arrested July 6 on North Point Circle in Alpharetta for DUI. ►► Pedro Campos-Reyes, 39, of Dunwoody was arrested July 7 on Haynes Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane, driving on the wrong side of the roadway and no license. ►► XXXXXXXXXX, 24, of Donehoo Court, Alpharetta, was arrested July 9 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, open container, headlight requirement and no license. ►► Meagan Elizabeth Reese, 22, of Clairborne Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested July 11 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to yield and operating a vehicle without a revalidation decal. ►► Adrienne Michele Dibrell, 21, of Concord Hall Drive, Johns Creek, was arrested July 12 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and fail-

South Atlanta Street/Ga. 9 in Roswell from Ga. 120/Marietta Highway south to the river was closed July 26 after a car crashed into a utility pole and downed power lines. Police say the drivers were racing another at the time.

Both drivers were charged with driving while unlicensed

and hit-and-run. Additional charges are pending.

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33, of Grants Pass, Oregon, was arrested July 3 on Charlotte Drive in Milton for DUI, failure to maintain lane and child endangerment. ►► Jerome A. Burley, 30, of Atlanta was arrested July 18 on Old Alabama Road in Alpharetta for DUI. ►► Matthew George Schmidt, 25, of Salem Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested July 19 on North Main Street in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► James Allen Dodds III, 36, of Monroe Way, Alpharetta, was arrested July 6 on Westside Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, speeding, suspended license and failure to maintain lane.

►► John S. Stiles, 45, of

Canton was arrested July 12 on North Point Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane and open container. ►► Jacqueline A. Modlinski, 46, of Greenmont Court, Cumming, was arrested July 12 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, speeding and failure to maintain lane. ►► Preston James High, 26, of Coventry Circle, Alpharetta, was arrested June 30 on Westside Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, open container and littering. ►► Goutham Kumar Gurram, 35, of Windstone Trail, Alpharetta, was arrested July 3 on Kimball Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI, speeding and reckless driving. ►► Eugene Edward Cothren, 46, of Canton was arrested July 4 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI, open container and speeding. ►► Joseph Anthony Basile, 55, of Pearson Court, Alpharetta, was arrested July 5 on Wills Road in Alpharetta for DUI, hit and run and following too closely. ►► Marjorie Rose Ryan-Santos,

Drug arrests ►► Corin Torres, 33, of Sterling

Court, Cumming, was arrested July 14 on South Main Street in Alpharetta for possession of methamphetamines and possession of drug-related items. ►► Darrien Dangelo White, 29, of Conley was arrested July 14 on North Point Circle in

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Jury duty scam JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – In a twist on an old scam, a Johns Creek couple were defrauded out of $3,000 after scammers bilked them for “failing to show up” to jury duty.

The victim told police she received a call from a “Lt. Blackwell,” who said that her husband had missed jury duty and that he could be arrested unless a fine was paid.

The victim’s husband was out of town, but she got in

Arrests:

Continued from Page 2 Alpharetta for possession of marijuana, wanted person and shoplifting. ►► Randall Allen Guethler, 47, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was arrested July 18 on North

touch with him and gave him the suspect’s phone number.

The husband got a similar story and was told he had to pay $3,000 or be arrested. He then bought several Green Dot cards and loaded them with money, giving the numbers to the suspect over the phone.

That is an immediate red flag that the caller is not legitimate and certainly is not calling for any bill the resident may owe. The con artist told the victims that once the money was collected they would be contacted with a new court date. The victims never received another call, and efforts to call the phone number the scammer left were unsuccessful. Public officials remind the public that police will never collect money over the phone.

Point Drive in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana, open container and possession of drug-related items. ►► Fabian Andres Perdomo, 35, of Hillbrooke Trace, Johns Creek, was arrested July 6 on Westside Parkway in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana and possession of drug-related items.

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Smith admitted to the theft and was arrested for theft by taking.

MILTON, Ga. – A suspected shoplifter at the Windward Walmart was chased away from the store July 25, leaving behind her purse and identification.

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Approval of Big Creek flood inundation mapping for $39,000.

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Approval of the fiscal year 2015 milling and resurfacing contract for $2.4 million.

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Alpharetta City Council Recap

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – With a cost of $2.4 million, dozens of Alpharetta streets will be resurfaced and milled, improving worn down streets.

The City Council unanimously approved the roadwork at their Aug. 4 meeting.

Alpharetta maintains over 500 lane miles of roadway and each year, the city budgets money for the milling and resurfacing of these roads. Accomplishing this task extends the roads’ useful life and increases the roads’ ability to handle traffic volumes.

Alpharetta Director of Public Works Pete Sewczwicz said the city initially budgeted about $80,000 less than the final amount, with the increased price being attributed to the rise in the cost of asphalt.

Sewczwicz said he would need about 26,000 tons of asphalt for all the roads.

“There are some big streets and a lot of small streets,”

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Cell tower moratorium extended

Belle Isle

45 roads to be improved this year

VOTE KEY: Y = yes; N = no; A = abstain; R = recused; * = absent Sewczwicz said.

The city grades each street on a scale from 1 to 100.

Those roads with lower scores require more work. This year, the city plans to improve 45 roads. Some of the roads will be worked on at night. Those roads are Haynes Bridge Road, Mansell Road, Mayfield Road Extension and Milton Avenue from Old Canton Street to School Drive. Sewczwicz said all the work should be finished

by June 30, 2015.

Also at the meeting: The City Council unanimously approved extending a moratorium on telecommunication towers until January

2015.

City Attorney Sam Thomas told the council the moratorium was initially put in place in May of this year for the city to put together a plan on where to allow cell towers. The request for proposals (RFP) to get a company to study where the towers should go has taken longer than anticipated.

“We need to extend the moratorium to get the study completed,” Thomas said.

As well as extending the moratorium, Thomas said there was an unintended consequence of the original moratorium that barred telecom companies from fixing, upgrad-

ing or modifying their existing towers. The new moratorium includes language to remedy this.

“We want to make sure our infrastructure technology is where it needed to be,” said Mayor David Belle Isle, explaining why the moratorium was put in place. “There are some issues in general of coverage and capacity [of cell service]. We felt strongly with the economic development role Alpharetta plays is to make sure we have coverage covered in our commercial corridors.

There is a real interest we stay not just with the curve but ahead of the curve.”

Forty-five roads were included in the Alpharetta report of roads needing repairs. These roads include: • Aylesworth Cove from Cranchester Way to cul-de-sac • Pinewalk Drive from Buice Road to Pinewalk Forest Circle • Lantern Ridge Drive from Providence Road to Lantern Ridge Court • Piney Hill Court from Pinewalk Forest Circle to cul-de-sac • Southbridge Parkway from Old Milton Parkway to Park Brooke Trace • North Pine Drive from South Kimball Bridge Crossing to cul-de-sac • Tammany Pointe from Traywick Chase to cul-de-sac • Birkdale Court from Cranchester Way to cul-de-sac • Redmond Ridge Circle from Fairleaf Court to cul-de-sac • Ladbroke Lane from Carrara Cove to cul-de-sac • Pine Rise Court from Pine Vista Boulevard to cul-de-sac • Haynes Bridge Road from Ga. 400 to Nottaway Lane • Webley Lane from Cranchester Way to cul-de-sac • Blackwatch Lane from Haynes Bridge Road to Summerfield Drive • Summerfield Drive from Blackwatch Lane to Blackwatch Lane • Summer Hill Place from Summerfield Drive to cul-de-sac • Traywick Chase from Traywick Chase to 2455 Traywick Chase • Mid Broadwell Road from Wills Road to Charlotte Drive • Carrara Cove from Tuxford Drive to cul-de-sac • Pilgrimage Point from Centennial Drive to cul-de-sac • Mansell Road from Kingswood Place to Big Creek • Flying Scot Way from Southlake Drive to cul-de-sac • Milton Avenue from Wills Road to Old Canton Street

• Flying Scot Court from Flying Scot Way to cul-de-sac • Eagles Mere Court from Flying Scot Way to cul-de-sac • Westre Way from Tammany Pointe to cul-de-sac • Mayfield Road/Mayfield Extension from Mayfield Circle to Upshaw Drive and from Canton Street to North Main Street (Ga. 9) • Kinner Circle from Traywick Chase to cul-de-sac • Piney Hill Trace from Pinewalk Forest Circle to cul-de-sac • Pinewalk Forest Circle Pinewalk Drive to end • North Farm Drive from Houze Road (Ga. 140) to Carybell Lane • Briar Rose Drive from Carybell Lane to Singletree Trace • Farm Grove Trace from North Farm Drive to cul-de-sac • Orchard Farm Lane from North Farm Drive to Stepping Stone Drive • Silos Court from North Farm Drive to cul-de-sac • Leeward Walk Circle from Douglas Road to end • Creek Landing Lane from Leeward Walk Circle to cul-de-sac • Timberline Place from Webb Bridge Road to cul-de-sac • Crestwood Court from Laurelwood Lane to cul-de-sac • Blue Jay Terrace from Laurelwood Lane to cul-de-sac • Hampton Hill Drive from High Hampton Chase to cul-de-sac • Brierfield Lake from Briers Chute to cul-de-sac • Highland Glen Court from Leeward Walk Circle to cul-de-sac • Leeward Walk Lane from Leeward Walk Circle to cul-de-sac • Highland Glen Drive from Douglas Road to Leeward Walk Circle

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Schools gear up for influx of ‘undocumented minors’ BOE keeping eye on new enrollment numbers

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@northfulton.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – As the flood of unaccompanied minors from Central America are relocated to communities across the country, Fulton County School System (FCSS) officials are keeping an eye on increased numbers of new enrollments for the coming school year.

While it appears most of the 1,100 Central American minors sent to Georgia have been relocated into rural Georgia towns, FCSS officials say they are not aware of any influx into local schools – yet.

“The highest number of

unaccompanied minors is expected to be from Honduras, Nicaragua or Guatemala,” said Susan Hale, spokesperson for the FCSS. “We’ve run a report to see if there have been any new enrollees listing those as a birth country, and so far there is only a handful—perhaps five – but those children were enrolled by parents.”

She added there is no way to tell if any new students are “unaccompanied minors” – since reporting only indicates country of birth, not reason for enrolling.

“Even so, federal law protects a student’s refugee status, so even if we did have unaccompanied minors, it

not only would be difficult to identify them, but it would be unlawful to do so – even indirectly,” she cautioned.

Hale said registration for the school year often ramps up at or near the start of the school year, so enrollment numbers generally fluctuate during the month of August.

As of July 7, about 30,000 of the more than 50,000 unaccompanied children here in the United States have been relocated to cities across the country. Georgia has so far received 1,154 – the ninth most among the 50 states.

One factor is evident as local systems prepare for an influx of unaccompanied minors.

Most speak little or no English and will require extensive services to prepare them for

schooling. In Whitfield County in north Georgia, a separate “academy” has been created to teach immigrants, many of them older teenagers, the skills typically taught in the elementary grades.

While the federal government mandates public school systems provide an education to all students, regardless of status, the federal government does not provide any funding to do so, outside of school nutrition programs and Title I funding, if applicable. This year, less than 1 percent of the entire FCSS revenue stream will come from the federal government.

Nine years ago after Hurricane Katrina, the FCSS enrolled more than 1,000 displaced students who were

considered refugees from the storm. In that case, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursed the FCSS nearly $4 million for their education needs.

That will not likely be the case for immigrant children coming over as unaccompanied minors, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHR).

“The Unaccompanied Alien Children program pays for all services while a minor is in our custody, however once a minor is discharged from our program, we no longer have jurisdiction.

“Sponsors are responsible for all costs,” said Kenneth J. Wolfe, a public affairs officer for HHR.

Fulton Schools bumps up pay rate for high school principals Move necessary, say officials, to retain top performers

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@northfulton.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – School leaders who can make an impact in their schools are a hot commodity, especially in high schools where the stakes for performance have never been higher.

For that reason, the Fulton County School System (FCSS) recently bumped the pay up for high school principals in an effort to keep them from jumping ship for higher-paying positions.

“Staffing a high school principal position is becoming more and more difficult

due to the demands of that job and the complexity of managing thousands of students and hundreds of teachers and staff,” said Ron Wade, chief talent officer for the FCSS. “In addition, competition for sourcing/retaining high potentials is stiff, and we need experienced, high-skilled candidates.”

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Principals in the system’s 15 regular high schools received an average pay increase of $7,500. Whether these principals will also be eligible for the one-time, 3 percent bonus for all employees in December has yet to be decided, said Wade.

“The adjustments to the salaries are an investment and help how we market future

opportunities, providing us an edge in the Atlanta metro/ Southeast education markets,” said Wade.

The pay range for high school principals is now $77,537 to $132,431 annually, depending on years of service and degrees earned. In comparison, teachers in Fulton range from $40,308 to $86,196 annually.

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Milton High principal resigns over DUI Incident derails promising career

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@northfulton.com MILTON, Ga. – By all accounts Nathan Buhl was on the education fast track, having ascended from an elementary teacher in a rural Georgia school to principal of one of the top high schools in the state in less than 15 years.

But the fast lane ended this week with news of Buhl’s resignation as principal at Milton High School after his involvement in a motor vehicle incident on July 26 while allegedly under the influence of alcohol.

“I am humbled and ashamed, after making the worst decisions of my life,” wrote Buhl in a letter to Milton families four days later. “A night of celebration quickly turned to nightmare because of the series of poor choices that I made.”

Buhl, 37, had been principal at Milton since mid-May. He has been charged with several violations related to the incident. Fulton Schools officials said Buhl “self-reported” the incident and submitted his resignation immediately.

“Buhl’s actions have made it difficult for him, at this time, to serve as the leader of Milton High School,” said Area Superintendent

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“Therefore, we have accepted his decision to step down as principal.

We appreciate him placing the needs of the school community first as he is dealing BUHL with this complex issue.”

In the interim, former principal Ron Tesch will return to Milton until a permanent replacement is found. Tesch retired in 2010 after leading Milton High for 12 years. Since his retirement, he also served as the interim principal at Riverwood High School during a transition.

Katie Reeves, the Fulton School Board member whose district includes Milton High, welcomed the news of Tesch’s return during the interim.

“This [situation] is sad for everyone involved, but we are fortunate to have Milton in the hands of a highly experienced principal, Ron Tesch, to be in place for the first day of school,” said Reeves.

Buhl’s education career had been on an upward trajectory.

After his first teaching assignment in 1999 in Coweta County, he moved on to Cherokee County Schools and was an assistant middle school principal by 2005.

In May 2011, he became the principal at Crabapple Middle School in Roswell where he remained until this May when he moved to Milton High.

Last year, Buhl was named the Principal of the Year by the North Fulton PTA, and in 2012 received the Achievement Award from the Georgia Association of Educational Leaders. For the past few weeks, Buhl had been hosting “meet and greets” throughout the Milton community to get to know the parents and to introduce himself.

One parent who attended was impressed with his commitment to his job.

“He seemed very much a family man who loved his job and loved what he was doing,” said Carolyn Lauterbach.

“He told us he was living his dream and made you feel good that we always put the kids first.”

In his parting statement to families, Buhl said he is taking time to focus on himself and his family.

“I need to reflect on what led me to make a series of disastrous decisions this past weekend, and I need to reflect with gratitude on the realization that it could have been even worse,” he wrote.

School system leaders confirmed a search for Buhl’s replacement will be far reaching.

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What happened to Nathan Buhl?

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Nathan Buhl, the newly installed principal of Milton High School, was arrested July 26 and charged by Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputies for DUI. Buhl, 37, of Canton, came to law enforcement’s attention about 9:15 p.m. when he allegedly sideswiped a vehicle at Ga. 400 and Pilgrim Mill Road, said Robin Regan, spokesman for the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.

Buhl then went to a home on Pointe Vecchio Circle in north Forsyth County about 9:42 p.m. when he allegedly hit a parked car with his own vehicle. He left the scene of the accident, but not before the owner of the damaged car was able to get his tag number. Law enforcement contacted the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office for information on Buhl’s car, since Buhl lives in that county.

Officers found the vehicle had crashed with Buhl inside near the intersection of Cumming Highway and Old Mill Road. His car was wedged between two trees and emergency crews had to break through his windshield to get Buhl out. He was given a field test for alcohol on his breath and tested positive, with 0.193 grams found.

The legal limit is 0.08 grams. Buhl was taken to North Fulton Hospital for his injuries and there, Forsyth deputies took him through sobriety tests.

“Based on their investigation, the deputies believed he was under the influence,” said Regan.

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Cambridge High architects place 2nd in national conference MILTON, Ga. — Noah Sannes, Kyle Mann and Sebastian Lara of Cambridge High School placed second at the 36th annual Technology Student Association National Conference held in Washington, D.C. The team participated in the architectural renovation competition, which required team members to renovate a 1925 Sears Americus Kit Home in a Washington suburb.

Using Cambridge’s Stratasys 3D printer, the team presented a scaled replica of the existing home, proposed additions and the surrounding landscape. The process involved months of CAD formatting, printing and painting.

“Involving such technology has certainly proved to be much more difficult and time-consuming than initially predicted,” Mann said.

“Transforming the ivory colored prints into the fully painted, sided and bricked home put on display was quite a feat, but the quality of the final product is second to none,” Lara said.

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The band Men Without Youth played cover songs of bands like Pearl Jam and Blind Melon during the third annual Summer Jam at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre July 30.

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ROSWELL, Ga. – Atlanta Plays it Forward and the Roswell Visitors Bureau will hold a concert at the Roswell Visitors Center Saturday Aug. 9 from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. featuring Reflections Band.

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Other area cities are cautiously experimenting with more lax open container laws in specific locations.

Alpharetta allows pedestrians open containers up to 16 ounces of wine and beer in downtown Alpharetta, and more recently allowed it for the upcoming Avalon district.

“It’s designed to be a pedestrian area, and we’re trying to encourage and promote people to cross pollinate restaurants and window shop,” said James Drinkard, Alpharetta assistant administrator.

“To create the vibe that we’re trying to create downtown, it made sense to allow for this kind of cross population.”

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The area highlighted in pink shows where drinking is allowed in downtown Alpharetta. the ordinance, said the policy helps local businesses.

“It’s been very successful in attracting restaurants.

Unique dining experiences draw people in, and then retail businesses start to pop up,” Drinkard said. “Hop Alley has come online, Salt has come online. We’ve seen South Main Kitchen has been attracted to the downtown district.”

Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle said the law helps bring a sense of identity to the

city.

“We wanted to make it an atmosphere that was still family supportive but at the same time allow people to come and have fun,” Belle Isle said.

“Downtown is where residents will identify with their community and be together.”

All told, there are six restaurants in downtown Alpharetta. Only Hop Alley and Smokejack serve “to-go” drinks. Other restaurants do not allow such serving by com-

pany policy, with some citing liability issues.

Brandon Hintz, owner of Hop Alley, said the ordinance is “great for our business.”

“Alpharetta’s one of the few cities in Georgia that does this,” Hintz said. “We have a lot of business, especially Thursday nights with the food trucks. A lot of people come in, grab a beer from us and are able to walk around town.”

However, Hintz said the law was not a deciding factor in coming to downtown Alpharetta, simply an added bonus.

Alpharetta Public Safety Spokesman George Gordon said that as long as owners and patrons comply with the law, he sees few problems with enforcement.

“It’s a well written ordinance. Business owners un-

derstand the expectations and requirements,” Gordon said.

“We really have not had any issues with public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, DUIs or anything like that. As of right now, things are running very well.”

Following Alpharetta’s changes, other North Fulton cities have relaxed their own policies.

In May, Johns Creek allowed licensed caterers to sell alcohol at Newtown Park’s amphitheater for the inaugural Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra concert June 28.

And in October, the city of Cumming allowed special events alcohol permits for the fairgrounds for the first time.

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Ninety-seven-year-old Willie Vowell’s, left, lifelong wish came true July 24. She took as close to a trip to Israel as she could, with the help of family, friends and Second Wind Dreams founder P.K. Beville, right.

ROSWELL, Ga. – It’s not often someone gets to live their lifelong dream, but 97-year-old Willie Vowell got her wish to visit Israel. Sort of.

At a surprise ceremony July 24, Vowell was greeted by friends and family as well as caretakers from her home, Arbor Terrace of Marietta, as she was transported to the Jewish state, as least in part.

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“Making a dream come true isn’t rocket science,” said P.K. Beville, founder of Second Wind Dreams. “We can’t bring her to Israel, but we can bring Israel to her.”

Through gifts, Vowell was able to take in the sights, sounds and smells of the Middle East.

Videos, travelogues, prayers and songs were given to Vowell by her well-wishers at a surprise wish-giving ceremony at Roswell’s Cara Vita Home Care, which specializes in Alzheimer’s care.

Tom and Lisa Sommer, who have visited Israel 10 times and are members of Roswell’s Temple Beth Hallel, sang a prayer for Vowell, blessing the food and drink.

“She brightens our day,” said Susan Robins of Arbor Terrace. “What a wonderful gift it is to share their lives with us.”

Robins and the staff at Arbor Terrace gave Vowell videos of Israel and documentaries of

places to visit there.

Vowell said she was grateful for the gifts and the well-wishers who made her wish come true.

“I love the Lord and I love people. That’s my secret,” said Vowell. “That’s what he did.

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Robert N. Votta of Alpharetta went peacefully to his final reward Sunday July 27, at Embracing Hospice in Cumming following a brief illness.

Mr. Votta was a U.S. Air Force veteran who was deeply involved in veterans’ affairs at the American Legion Post 201 VOTTA in Alpharetta.

Mr. Votta was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania on March 21, 1946. He was the son of Carmen and Josephine Votta.

Mr. Votta was a devoted son, husband, brother and uncle. He leaves Mary, his loving wife of 40 years, to cherish his memory. He is also survived by his brother David (Joyce), nephew David Votta Jr., nieces Lynne Moore and Lisa Lombardozzi and cousin (like a sister) Carmela Bobick (Steven).

Mr. Votta was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He served during the Vietnam War Era with honor and distinction from 1967 to 1971.

Mr. Votta, who has called Alpharetta home for 24 years, retired after many years as a loyal and valued employee of the General Electric Co. “Bob,” as he was known to all who knew him, was a passionate sports fan and a man who never met a stranger. He had an uncanny ability to remember names, even of individuals he only met one time.

Mr. Votta was also an avid golfer and following his retirement from GE, he worked at the Windermere Golf Club in Cumming.

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At the Legion, he was entrusted with numerous leadership positions. Among them, two terms as post commander, senior vice commander, six years as general chairman of the annual Old Soldiers Day Parade, chairman of the High School Oratorical Contest, chairman of the High School Scholarship Program and chairman of the Post Executive Committee.

The 2014 Old Soldiers Day Parade, the largest in the event’s 62-year history, was dedicated to his memory.

Visitation will be Saturday, Aug. 16, at 10 a.m. at Northside Chapel Funeral Home, 12050 Crabapple Road, Roswell. A memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. also at Northside Chapel. A reception at the American Legion Post 201 will follow at 201 Wills Road, Alpharetta. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Lung Association.

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By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com ROSWELL, Ga. – If there is one thing that annoys an economic development team, it’s empty storefronts. At the height of the recession, it seemed the number of empty storefronts outnumbered occupied ones.

Now that the economy is picking itself back up, those empty buildings are making way for new tenants and some new thinking to fill them.

One of the newest businesses in Roswell is DaVinci’s Pizzeria, described as “upscale casual dining,” in front of the Country Club of Roswell on Old Alabama Road. It offers homemade, locally sourced Italian fare.

The restaurant occupies 6,000 square feet of space that sat vacant for two years, an eyesore for the residents who drive past every day but also for Steve Stroud, executive director of Roswell Inc., the economic development arm of the city.

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of an old shopping center getting new life, he said.

“Redevelopment is the way of the future,” Stroud said.

For DaVinci’s, Roswell was a new step for them. With other locations dotted around Atlanta, they are more “ITP” than “OTP.” To leap from Midtown to Roswell takes some rethinking – both of the menu and business – but it also takes the right location.

“There is nowhere for the residents [of Roswell Country Club] to go eat and drink,” said David Hearn, vice president of operations for DaVinci’s. “We fell in love with the opportunity to establish in a community so eager for a place to call home.”

Judging from the opening night, July 26, Roswell residents have taken DaVinci’s up on their offer to be the neighborhood restaurant, welcoming the new neighbor with their feet. The restaurant is located right next to the main entrance to the neighborhood.

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“There are a lot of old shopping centers, the typical retail from the ‘80s and ‘90s,” Stroud said. “All the parking is up front and they are aging. We are trying to clean things up and bring these buildings up to the street.”

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Stroud said many of the empty shopping centers could be repurposed for many uses, including office space or residential.

“There are more options now,” he said. “The new retail today is not the big box. It’s a lot of little small boxes clustered together.”

He is seeing a trend toward more walkable communities in the metro area, where people want to live, work and play all

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“In some areas you want to put some residential combined with retail and commercial,” he said. “The UDC is a great tool to be able to put together and clean up properties. It helps the redevelopment process tremendously. It gives the developer and the property owner up front what their expectation is for that piece of property.”

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By CAROLYN RIDDER ASPENSON carolyn@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek Pilates will open its doors with an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 14 The studio is located at 4375 Johns Creek Parkway, Suite 330.

Pilates, a core-based workout using a specially designed machine, the Pilates Reformer, is designed to improve physical strength, flexibility and posture.

“We work with all types of clients,” said Brooke Manning, the studio’s owner. “From fit men and

women to those with issues involving the back, neck, hips and the like.”

Manning said instructors are all certified through Peak Pilates and have additional training to enhance the program.

“One for example, has a dance background and another a master’s degree in health science,” she said.

Manning brings her experience as a clinical director for a local wellness center along with hundreds of hours of Pilates instruction.

“At the open house, we’ll introduce our instructors, offer our packages at a discount and give away door prizes,” Manning said.

“We’re excited to see people from the community come out and learn about the benefits of a regular Pilates program.”

For more information, visit www.johnscreekpilates.com.

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Debra McCauley-Wilbanks and Sylvia Hutchison during a Pilates workout session.

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Customer complaints are actually a valuable asset for helping you improve your small business.

Handling customer complaints starts by providing your customers a vehicle to express their complaint, either verbally or by submitting a written complaint.

Listen carefully to what your customers have to say and ask questions to ensure you are capturing the specifics about what they experienced. Act quickly to address the complaint.

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Handling customer complaints in the right way and preventing future occurrences will help your small business be more successful.

I like to say, there are five different values on a home.

What the owner thinks it is, the realtor, the buyer, the appraiser and the tax man.

The truth is — the value will be defined by the bank’s appraiser. In order to determine that value, they will look at precedent. What have other similar homes sold for recently? When we prepare a market analysis for a homeowner, we look at recent sales as well.

In many cases, determining that value isn’t terribly difficult.

Most communities have similar homes and enough sales on a regular basis to offer more than enough comparable sales. The differences between homes are typically updates and finishes.

In those cases, determining value is usually straight forward.

Valuing a unique property can be far more challenging. For example, a recent property we looked at is a lovingly restored farmhouse built in 1912 on a couple of acres of land.

You can bet there aren’t many homes just like that selling every day. On the property was the original smokehouse that has been converted into a potting shed and has had a greenhouse added. The barn has been converted into a

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Finding properties with barns or workshops would be great, but maybe it’s a detached garage and not a barn.

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Sandwich shop rolls into Forsyth Roly Poly sells rolled sandwiches as healthy casual dining

By SHANNON WEAVER shannon@northfulton.com CUMMING, Ga. — An Atlantabased health conscious food concept – rolled sandwiches with fresh meat and cheese and locally farmed produce – has opened in Forsyth County.

On July 9, Roly Poly opened their Cumming location at 425 Peachtree Parkway.

“We try to make it as healthy as we can without you really knowing it,” said Linda Wolf, one of the Roly Poly founders. “It still tastes delicious.”

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Jane Ferguson, a Johns Creek resident, opened the Cumming location.

“We didn’t really have anything up here,” Ferguson said.

“My friends were saying, ‘When are you going to open a Roly Poly here?’”

Roly Poly offers 45 combinations, including vegetarian and gluten-free options and custom rolled sandwiches, soups and salads.

“The secret of our taste is it’s just so fresh,” Wolf said.

“It’s the combination of ingredients and the flavor.”

Wolf and Ferguson said the restaurant has been well

received.

“We’ve been very busy,” Wolf said. “We’ve had an amazing amount of families coming in.”

The franchise has about 125 restaurants in the country.

Cumming is the sixth metro Atlanta location, with other stores in Kennesaw, Woodstock and Duluth.

“A lot of people know what it is, even though it’s a small concept,” Ferguson said.

“When they see it, they’re very excited.”

For more information, visit www.rolypoly.com.

Roly Poly opened July 9 in Cumming.

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includes tenure at establishments such as Sip Tapas and Wine Bar, Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails and Rainwater Restaurant.

“I believe simplicity is the key to enjoyable food,” said Rose. “You have to be aware of your target market. You are not cooking for yourself; you are cooking for your guests.” Visit www.etriskitchen. com for more information.

ceeded that standard with four scoring in the 90th percentile,” said T.C. Parker, program director.

Gwinnett Tech’s surgical technology students continually score above the national average on the CST examination, with the college’s pass rate among first-time exam takers consistently at 90 percent or higher. For information, visit www.GwinnettTech.edu or call 770-962-7580.

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Chiropractic center welcomes new doctor Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and McAlister’s Deli officials during the grand re-opening of the restaurant.

McAlister’s Deli celebrates remodel ROSWELL, Ga. — McAlister’s Deli is celebrated the grand re-opening of its restaurant located at 1425 Market Boulevard in Roswell.

The guest appreciation celebration featured several events including a fundraiser to benefit North Fulton Community Charities, free tea day and guest giveaways.

“We are very excited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the McAlister’s brand with the Roswell community,” said McAlister’s President and Chief Executive Officer Frank Paci. “We want to thank our loyal guests for 15 great years in this location.”

The company has corporate offices in both Alpharetta and Ridgeland, Mississippi.

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New chef joins Etris Kitchen & Bar ROSWELL, Ga. — Etris Kitchen & Bar in Roswell announced the arrival of Executive Chef Boyd A. Rose. Rose’s new menu will be available at Etris Kitchen & Bar beginning in fall 2014.

Rose’s experience in the restaurant industry

ROSWELL, Ga. — Care More Chiropractic Wellness Center welcomed Dr. Cristina Gomez Teran to the practice. Care More, 1580 Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell, has offered chiropractic care for 25 years. As the director of the office, Dr. Claire Welsh said she’s happy to announce the acquisition of a bilingual doctor to the team. Teran, TERAN originally from Madrid, Spain, recently graduated with honors from Life University in Marietta. Visit www.caremorechiro.com for more information.

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Gwinnett Tech students ace surgical credentialing exam GWINNETT-NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Gwinnett Tech’s graduating class of surgical technologists have continued the program’s long-running record of 100 percent pass rates on the Certified Surgical Technologist Exam – and have raised the bar further by earning the program’s highest scores ever on the exam.

The “perfect” performance of WILLETT the 12 graduating seniors extends the 100 percent pass rate to four years at Gwinnett Tech. The test assesses practical knowledge and skills in the field and awards the credential of CST (certified surgical technologist).

“Our students have always been high-performers on the exam and our pass rate is an important hallmark of our program. This year’s graduates ex-

APPOINTMENTS » Young Lawyers’ community outreach director from Alpharetta ATLANTA – Katherine N. Willett, of the Merbaum Law Group P.C. in Alpharetta, was appointed director of community outreach for the board of directors of Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the State Bar of Georgia. YLD Board of Directors President Sharri Edenfield made the appointment.

Willett will assist in promoting Edenfield’s initiatives for the year, which are focused on service to military veterans, leadership development in YLD members and finding solutions to access to justice issues. The YLD has more than 25 committees that produce an array of projects and programs.

Through the years, the YLD has also gained national recognition by winning several American Bar Association awards for its projects and publications.

Prince earns promotion to Arrow Exterminators manager ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Arrow Exterminators, a pest control company, announced that Phillip Prince was promoted to service center manager of Arrow Exterminators’ Alpharetta Home Service Center.

Prince has been with Arrow Exterminators for 11 years. “Alpharetta is an important market for Arrow and we couldn’t be more pleased to have Phillip leading the service center,” said Kevin Van Hook, region vice president of operations for Arrow Exterminators.

“The value of promoting leaders from within the organization who understand our business at all levels cannot be overstated. As a family owned and operated company, we are proud to reward success and hard work internally.”

Prince has over 22 years of experience in the pest control industry where he has held a number of different positions. In his free time, Prince enjoys fishing, swimming and spending time in the great outdoors with his family.

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Atlanta Athletic Club features two 18-hole courses. Above, the 18th green of the Riverside Course.

U.S. Amateur comes to North Fulton Atlanta Athletic Club hosts event for first time

By MIKE BLUM news@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK -- The most prestigious tournament in amateur golf comes to North Fulton this month, as the Atlanta Athletic Club will host the U.S. Amateur Championship.

The tournament, which was first played in 1895, is scheduled for August 11-17, and is being held in the Atlanta area for just the second time ever.

East Lake Golf Club, the original course of the Atlanta Athletic Club, hosted the 2001 U.S. Amateur, which began the day after the PGA Championship concluded at AAC, which moved to its current site in North Fulton in the mid-1960s.

Unlike the 2001 U.S. Amateur, which also utilized the nearby Druid Hills Golf Club for stroke play qualifying, Atlanta Athletic Club will be the sole tournament site, with both its courses being used for the 36 holes of stroke play qualifying for the 312 participants.

The Riverside course, which was selected as the host course for the 1990 U.S. Women’s Open, will join the Highlands course for qualifying. The top 64 players from the two rounds of qualifying will advance to match play, which will be played on Highlands, the course used for the 1976 U.S. Open and the three PGA Championships contested at AAC. The two qualifying rounds are set for Aug. 11 and 12, with match play beginning the 13th. The second and third rounds will both be played on Thursday of tournament week, with the

quarterfinals scheduled for Friday, the semifinals Saturday and the championship match Sunday.

Golf Channel will broadcast the first three days of match play, with the semifinals and finals on NBC. The two finalists will receive invitations to the 2015 Masters.

Tickets are $20 per day and $75 for the entire tournament, with no charge for juniors age 17 and under when accompanied by an adult.

Ticket purchasers can bring at least three juniors with them to the tournament.

Parking for the entire week is free, with spectators using the grass field across Medlock Bridge Rd. from Atlanta Athletic Club that was used for the PGA Championship three years ago.

The tournament will feature the top amateurs from all over the globe, with 31 players from outside the U.S. among the top 50 in a recent ranking. The top 50 receive exemptions into the tournament, with approximately 250 players from the 312-man field earning their spots through qualifiers played all over the U.S. Among the exempt players is World No. 1 Ollie Schniederjans, a senior at Georgia Tech from Powder Springs.

Schniederjans has been busy this Summer, competing successfully on both the Web.com and European Tours and in the Palmer Cup, a Ryder Cup-style event matching top college players from the U.S. and Europe.

In his first ever appearance in a professional tournament, Schniederjans tied for 5th in a Web.com Tour event in Wichita, and made the cut several

Jimmy Beck of Kennesaw won the 2013 Georgia Amateur. weeks later in the Scottish Open, tying for 41st against a field that included a number of the top players in the game. He was in England to play in the Palmer Cup, where he was one of the few American bright spots in a loss to the European team, going 3-1 and winning both his singles matches.

Schniederjans will be joined in the field by Georgia Tech teammate Seth Reeves, who is also among the top 50 amateurs in the world rankings and has won the Southeastern Amateur in Columbus twice. Schniederjans and Reeves helped lead the Yellow Jackets into the match play portion of the NCAA Championship each of the last

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two years, with Tech losing in the 2013 semifinals to eventual national champion Alabama.

The top four players in the recent rankings were all Americans. Robby Shelton, a freshman member of Alabama’s 2014 championship team, is No. 2 behind Schniederjans. Scottie Scheffler, who tied for 22nd in the Byron Nelson Championship on the PGA Tour earlier this year and will be a freshman at Texas this fall, is No. 3, with Oklahoma State’s Jordan Niebrugge fourth in the rankings. .

Both Scheffler and Niebrugge won

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Amateur: Continued from Page 20 U.S. Golf Association championships in 2013, with Niebrugge winning the Public Links title and Scheffler the U.S. Junior champion. Shelton won the 2012 PGA Junior Championship and was Schniederjans’ teammate on the 2014 U.S. Palmer Cup team.

Georgia Tech and Georgia will have four players each in the tournament. Joining Schniederjans and Reeves for the Yellow Jackets are Bo Andrews, like Reeves a recently graduated senior, and incoming freshman Jacob Joiner.

The qualifiers from Georgia are current team members Lee McCoy and Duluith’s Mookie DeMoss, 2014 graduate Keith Mitchell and incoming freshman Zach Healy of Peachtree Corners.

Two golfers who played at North Fulton high schools also qualified – Milton’s Zack Jaworski, a member of the golf team at Vanderbilt, and David Kleckner of Northview, who plays at Oglethorpe.

Kennesaw State has two players in the field -- 2013 Georgia Amateur champion Jimmy Beck and Austin Vick – and Georgia Southern (Scott Wolfes), Mercer (Hans Reimers) and Armstrong Atlantic

University of Georgia golfer Lee McCoy. (Travis Williamson) have one each.

Two mid-amateurs from Georgia also qualified – Atlanta’s Chris Waters and Butler Melnyk of St. Simons Island.

The Highlands course will play to a par 71 for the championship, with the 18th hole playing as a par 5.

The course has typically played as a par 70 for major events, with the 18th converted

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to a long par 4.

Rick Anderson, Atlanta Athletic Club’s Director of Golf, says playing 18 as a par 5 will make for “some interesting possibilities in match play.”

The second hole will again play as a long par 4, with Highlands capable of playing as long as 7,490 yards, although it will likely play shorter as various tees are used.

“The USGA likes to use a

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Duluth’s Seth Reeves, a recent Georgia Tech graduate. lot of tees, and we have a lot of tees on both courses, especially Highlands,” Anderson said.

“Typically they have a drivable par 4,” with the sixth hole on Highlands a possibility.

Riverside can play as long as 7,381 yards, and while it will present plenty if challenge in stroke play qualifying, Anderson says it is “a little more player-friendly than Highlands, which is probably a couple of

shots harder.”

With both courses featuring ample length, greens that should be firm and fast and a healthy number of hazards, the rough on both courses will be kept at a manageable length.

“With firm, fast Bermuda greens, the rough doesn’t have to be high,” Anderson said. “We want it so you can play shots out of the rough toward the green.”

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Past Amateur champions a diverse group Golf’s greats on list alongside lesser names

By MIKE BLUM news@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A scan of the long list of U.S. Amateur champions will reveal some of the most famous names in the history of golf, as well as many long since forgotten.

The tournament, which was played for the first time in 1895 and has taken only two breaks since due to world wars, has a diverse group of past champions, although most of the winners in the post-World War II era have been young players on their way to professional careers.

The player with the most successful record in the U.S. Amateur never turned professional, but that was a different time. Atlanta’s Bobby Jones won five U.S. Amateur Championships between 1924 and 1930 before retiring as a competitive player following his “Grand Slam” in 1930, which then consisted of the U.S. and British Amateur Champion-

Far from amateur now, Tiger Woods won the U.S. Amateur Championship three times. ships and the U.S. and British Opens.

The four major championships of golf are now all professional events, with the PGA Championship and Masters

replacing the two amateur tournaments. The U.S. Amateur has retained its status as the No. 1 event in golf for nonprofessionals.

Although career amateurs

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and Gene Littler (’53), both went on to successful professional careers, as did the 1954 champion (Arnold Palmer).

Of the five greatest American golfers of the post Sam Snead-Byron Nelson-Ben Hogan era, four won the U.S. Amateur, beginning with Palmer. Career amateurs continued to win the event on a regular basis after Palmer’s ’54 title, but the pendulum began to swing more in the college direction beginning with victories by Jack Nicklaus in 1959 and ’61.

Future PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman scored the first of his two titles in 1960, and made the finals twice more in 1963 and ’66, losing in the latter year to Canadian Gary Cowan, who joined Nicklaus and Beman as two-time champions when he won again in 1971.

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Big events nothing new for Atlanta Athletic Club Bobby Jones’ home club returns focus to amateurs

both the U.S. Women’s Open and the Georgia Amateur, and will join Highlands as the site of stroke play qualifying for the U.S. Amateur.

Atlanta Athletic Club is also known in golf circles for the unmatched quality of its infrastructure that makes it such a popular

By MIKE BLUM tournament host, along with the news@northfulton.com accommodating, professional atmosphere surrounding the committees JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Atlanta that help run the events.

Athletic Club has hosted five major As the 2001 PGA Championship professional championships over was concluding with the award certhe past four decades, but the home club of the great Bobby Jones emonies, the PGA announced that the tournament would return to the has also been a longtime supporter Atlanta Athletic Club a decade later. of amateur golf.

“That was unprecedented at that The U.S. Amateur Championship comes to the Athletic Club this time to make the announcement so far in advance,” Anderson said. month, and will be the third U.S. “Hosting tournaments will always Golf Association Championship the be a fabric of the club, but we want club has hosted since moving from to spread them out so the members East Lake to its current home in can enjoy the club. the North Fulton suburbs.

“It’s a balancing act when one The club also hosted the U.S. comes to town,” he said. “There is a Mid-Amateur Championship in lot of preparation work and sacri1984 and the U.S. Junior Chamfice on all account.” pionship in 2002, as well as the There is a difference between Georgia Amateur Championship in hosting a professional major like 1995 and several regional amateur the U.S. Open or PGA Championevents. ship as opposed to a U.S. Amateur.

The professional majors played The USGA or PGA would set up at Atlanta Athletic Club include the staff on site for a 1976 U.S. Open, professional major 1990 U.S. Women’s and handle much Open and three PGA of the preparation Championships and merchandis(1981, 2001, 2011). ing, but most of “It’s always been the work for the part of our heritage U.S. Amateur is to host tournaments being handled by of national and the club. international sig“Even a club nificance,” said Rick like ours can’t Anderson, a PGA come close to Master Professional handling” all the and Atlanta Athletic requirements of a Club’s director of major championgolf. “It’s in our misship, Anderson sion statement. points out. “But “The club has for an amateur always hosted big event – even the tournaments, going U.S. Amateur – we back to when we Rick Anderson Atlanta Athletic Club’s Director of Golf were at East Lake,” can handle it out he said. “We had the of our golf shop.”

Women’s Amateur The crowds and a Ryder Cup. will be signifiWhen we moved out here, one of cantly smaller than they would be the first orders of business was to for a U.S. Open or PGA Championask the USGA to bring a national ship, but the Athletic Club will be championship to the home club of plenty busy, particularly early in Bobby Jones.” the tournament.

Atlanta Athletic Club has esThe field for the event is 312 tablished close ties with both the players, double the size for three USGA and PGA of America, hostof the four professional majors ing major championships for both and more than triple the number organizations. The club is prized of players in the Masters. Most as a tournament host for a variety clubs that host the U.S. Amateur of reasons, beginning with its two use a nearby course to help host exceptional courses. the practice rounds and two days Although Highlands has been of stroke play qualifying, but the the primary tournament host, entire 2014 U.S. Amateur will be Riverside served as the course for conducted at Atlanta Athletic Club.

When we moved [to Johns Creek], one of the first orders of business was to ask the USGA to bring a national championship to the home club of Bobby Jones.”

A statue of Robert Tyre (Bobby) Jones stands in front of the Atlanta Athletic Club clubhouse. He in the same year.

“Ken Mangum has got his work cut out for him during the two qualifying rounds,” Anderson said, referring to AAC’s highly regarded director of golf courses and grounds. Mangum has the responsibility of overseeing the work on the two courses to get them ready for the No. 1 amateur event in golf.

“We’ll tee off as early as we can start, but once we get down to 64 players, things will be a little more manageable,” he said.

Anderson, Mangum and the AAC’s maintenance staff will also hope for good weather to keep the

event on schedule, with the two days of stroke play qualifying typically lasting from just after sun up to almost or past sundown, especially the second day.

To get down to the match play field of 64, a playoff involving multiple players is generally required late Tuesday afternoon and often is not concluded until Wednesday morning, when match play is scheduled to begin.

The players competing in the two days of stroke play qualifying will experience two courses that are side-by-side and share a number

of similarities, but a cantly different styl The entire River the back nine of Hig part of the original club in the late 196 front nine of Highla few years later.

All 36 holes wer Robert Trent Jones have been renovate Rees Jones.

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A view of Highlands’ 8th fairway and green.

2014 U.S. Amateur fact sheet Par and yardage: Atlanta Athletic Club’s Highlands Course will be set up at 7,490 yards and will play to a par of 35-36–71. The companion stroke-play qualifying course, Atlanta Athletic Club’s Riverside Course will be set up at 7,381 yards and will play to a par of 36-36–72. (All yardages subject to change) Architects: Both the Highlands and Riverside courses at the Atlanta Athletic Club opened in 1964 and were designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., with Jones receiving assistance on the Highlands Course from Joe Finger. Jones’ son, Rees, redesigned the Riverside Course in 2003 and three years later finished a redesign of the Highlands Course. Both courses will be used for stroke-play qualifying, with the Highlands hosting the match-play portion of the championship.

Who can enter: The championship is open to amateur golfers who hold a USGA Handicap Index® not exceeding 2.4. The USGA accepted 6,803 entries for the 2014 championship, 200 fewer than in 2013.

The record number of entrants is 7,920, in 1999.

Sectional qualifying: Sectional qualifying, played over 36 holes is scheduled between July 7-22 at 97 sites throughout the country. Entries closed on June 25.

Schedule of play: A field of 312 players will play 18 holes of stroke play on Aug. 11-12 on each of the two qualifying courses, after which the field will be cut to the low 64 scorers. Six rounds of match play begin on Aug. 13 and the championship concludes with a 36-hole championship match on Aug. 17. Here is the schedule:

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of the course. “The back nine on Highlands has more water in play than Riverside, and there’s a big difference with the front nine of Highlands.”

Anderson said that Highlands “has been our championship course and is supposed to be tough. Riverside is a little more player friendly, and when people discover it, they like it a lot. But it can play long, too.”

This will be the first time Highland’s famous 18th hole will play as a par 5 in competition, which Anderson believes will set up “some interesting possibilities for match

play.”

Other than the 2017 Palmer Cup, an annual match pitting top college players from the U.S. against European counterparts, Anderson says Atlanta Athletic Club’s schedule for the near future is open.

“At this stage, there’s nothing beyond that,” he said. “The majors usually operate now at about seven years out. There’s no reason to believe we won’t continue as a host, but we don’t know when it will be.

It’s just the timing of the event and whether we want to have it.”

Highlands Course Hole By Hole: Hole Par Yards Hole Par Yards

1 4 454 10 4 442

2 4 512 11 4 457

3 4 475 12 5 551

4 3 219 13 4 366

5 5 565 14 4 451

6 4 425 15 3 260

7 3 180 16 4 476

8 4 467 17 3 207

9 4 426 18 5 557

Total 35 3,723 Total 36 3,767

8 3 189 17 3 219

9 4 490 18 5 569

Total 36 3,768 Total 36 3,613

Riverside Course Hole By Hole: Hole Par Yards Hole Par Yards

1 5 616 10 4 400

2 4 433 11 3 172

3 5 579 12 4 464

4 4 391 13 5 534

5 4 428 14 4 397

6 3 200 15 4 438

7 4 442 16 4 420

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North Fulton clubs used to hosting big events It all started with ‘76 U.S. Open at AAC

By MIKE BLUM news@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Golf courses in North Fulton have been hosting major professional and amateur tournaments for almost 40 years, beginning with the U.S. Open at Atlanta Athletic Club in 1976.

The U.S. Golf Association returns to the Athletic Club for the fifth time this year, with the Johns Creek facility serv-

ing as host of the U.S. Amateur Championship, scheduled for Aug. 11-17.

Atlanta Athletic Club is one of a sizeable number of country clubs in North Fulton that have served as a tournament site for a professional tour, the USGA or a statewide championship for the Georgia State Golf Association or Georgia PGA. The quality of golf courses in North Fulton has attracted

national professional and amateur events to the area, with Atlanta Athletic Club hosting a variety of amateur and professional events.

Among the championships contested at the Athletic Club are the 1976 U.S. Open, three PGA Championships (1981, 2001, 2011), the 1990 U.S. Women’s Open, the 1984 MidAmateur Championship and 2002 U.S. Junior Amateur.

The four men’s majors played at AAC featured some of the more memorable finishes in modern golf history, begin-

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ning with Jerry Pate’s sensational second shot from the rough on the 18th hole in the final round of the ’76 U.S. Open for a championship-clinching birdie.

The 2001 PGA Championship featured a scintillating duel between David Toms and Phil Mickelson that was decided on the 72nd hole after Toms elected to lay up short of the pond fronting the 18th green and had to scramble for a winning par.

When the PGA returned to the Athletic Club a decade later, two little-known PGA Tour neophytes staged a wild finish in the final round, with Keegan Bradley prevailing in a playoff over Jason Dufner, who rebounded to win the championship in 2013.

The lone women’s championship played at AAC is mostly remembered for the amount of rain that fell on the course that week, but managed to produce a worthy winner, as Betsy King edged Patty Sheehan by one stroke in the 1990 U.S. Women’s Open.

The two national amateur events that have been played at Atlanta Athletic Club both had a strong local presence, which is also likely to be the case at the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship.

Atlanta’s Danny Yates was stroke play co-medalist in the 1984 U.S. Mid-Amateur, sharing those honors with Bob Lewis Jr., who reached the finals of match play before losing to Michael Podolak.

In the U.S. Junior Championship in 2002, three Georgia teenagers who all went on to make names for themselves at the collegiate and professional level advanced to match play and won a combined six matches.

Woodstock’s Chris Kirk, who helped lead the Georgia golf team to a 2005 NCAA championship and is a twotime winner on the PGA Tour, won his opening match at the Athletic Club in ’02 before losing in the second round.

Alpharetta’s Roberto Castro enjoyed an outstanding college career at Georgia Tech and qualified for the Tour Championship last year in just his second season on the PGA Tour.

He lost in the third round to fellow future PGA Tour member Charlie Beljan, who went on to win the Junior Championship at the Athletic Club.

Beljan also ousted another Georgian in the quarterfinals, defeating Savannah’s Brian Harman, who joined Kirk in Athens and is also playing on the PGA Tour.

Harman went on to win the

U.S. Junior the next year.

The last North Fulton course to host a USGA championship was Ansley Golf Club’s Settindown Creek, which served as the site of the 2005 U.S. Women’s Amateur, which was won by Morgan Pressel.

After turning pro later that year, Pressel won the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship, becoming the youngest player in LPGA history to win a major.

Settindown Creek has also hosted a number of U.S Open qualifiers, as well as the Nike (now Web.com) Tour Championship in 1995 and ’96. Allen Doyle of LaGrange, who went on to win several majors on the Champions Tour, including the U.S. Senior Open, and Duluth’s Stewart Cink, the 2009 British Open champion, won the two pro events held at Settindown Creek.

Several North Fulton courses have hosted U.S. Open qualifiers over the years, among them Golf Club of Georgia, Country Club of the South and Horseshoe Bend, all of which also served as the sites of Champions Tour events in the 1980s and ‘90s.

The last Champions Tour event in North Fulton was the 2000 Nationwide Championship at Golf Club of Georgia, with Hale Irwin winning the second of his back-to-back titles in the tournament.

Horseshoe Bend and the Standard Club have also hosted U.S. Women’s Open qualifiers, with Brookfield Country Club the former site of an LPGA Tour tournament, which was played between 1977 and 1984.

Other than the 2011 PGA Championship, the last PGA Tour event played in North Fulton was a 2003 World Golf Championship tournament at Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course, won by Tiger Woods.

Capital City Crabapple was also the site of the 2013 NCAA men’s golf championship, won

by Alabama.

Georgia Tech reached the semifinals of that event, and three members of that team –Atlanta area residents Ollie Schniederjans and Seth Reeves along with Bo Andrews – will be in the U.S. Amateur field.

The Athletic Club has also hosted the GSGA’s Amateur Championship in 1995. Other North Fulton courses to host the state’s top amateur event are the Golf Club of Georgia (1993) and Settindown Creek (2007 and ’12).

Harris English, already a winner in his young PGA Tour career, won at Settindown Creek just prior to beginning his college career at Georgia in ’07.

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Ex-Milton golfer Jaworski in U.S. Amateur field Looking to reach match play in second start

By MIKE BLUM news@northfulton.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The last time Atlanta Athletic Club hosted a U.S. Golf Association championship, the field included a player from Milton High School.

The Athletic Club will host the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship this month, with a recent Milton golfer among the 312 players who will vie for the most prestigious amateur event in the sport.

Zack Jaworski, a 2012 Milton graduate, earned his spot in the field by tying for fourth in a recent qualifier at Atlanta’s Piedmont Driving Club.

Only five spots were available from a field of 130 players and Jaworski came into the qualifier off a recent stretch of play that was not up to the level he displayed last summer, when he had a string of excellent showings in national amateur tournaments.

Jaworski shot back-to-back rounds of 3-under par 68 in the qualifier and earned one of the five coveted spots in the U.S. Amateur. He will look to at least match the effort of former Milton standout and current PGA Tour member Roberto Castro, who competed in the 2002 U.S. Junior Amateur at Atlanta Athletic Club and reached the third round of match play before losing to eventual champion Charlie Beljan, also a current PGA Tour member.

This will be Jaworski’s second appearance in the U.S. Amateur. He qualified two years ago shortly before entering Vanderbilt, and played respectably in stroke play qualifying, missing match play by a few shots.

Having that experience will be invaluable for Jaworski, who will be able to play in this month’s championship in front of family and friends in more familiar surroundings.

“It’s definitely really exciting,” Jaworski said of getting to play in the U.S. Amateur in his hometown. “I’ll have family and friends coming out to watch. It will definitely be a lot of fun.”

Jaworski says he had a memorable experience when he competed in the Amateur two years ago, but admitted he “got a little caught up in it” and was not one of the 64 players who advanced to match play.

Last year, Jaworski did not make it past sectional qualifying for the Amateur, and said

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Former Milton student Zack Jaworski will do his best to stay out of the sand traps during the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship. he “was disappointed I did not make it.”

In his third attempt at qualifying this year, Jaworski made it into the event for the second time and has a definite goal in mind.

“I expect to make match play,” he said. “The ‘awe’ factor is a bit lower and I should perform well.

I’m comfortable with the Highlands course, but I’ve never played the other course (Riverside). I plan to play it before the tournament and familiarize myself.”

Highlands will be the course for the match play ZACK JAWORSKI portion of the Amateur golfer championship, with players competing one day on Highlands and one day on Riverside in the 36-hole qualifier.

Jaworski first played Highlands in a high school tournament when he was on the Milton golf team. He helped lead the Eagles to a state championship his senior year after a runner-up finish in 2011.

“To win state was a big deal,” Jaworski said. “That was one of my goals for high school, and it was great to win after coming so close the year before.”

Jaworski has played on the Vanderbilt golf team the past two seasons and has been in and out of the lineup, competing in a total of 15 events.

As a freshman, Jaworski posted the team’s low score in NCAA regionals and had a career best fourth place finish during his sophomore season. After his freshman season, Jaworski played well in several national amateur events, including a tie for 10th in the Dogwood Invitational at Atlanta’s Druid Hills Golf Club.

Jaworski enjoyed several solid showings during the spring portion of Vanderbilt’s schedule as a sophomore, but was not in the lineup as the Commodores qualified for the NCAA championship.

Three other members of Vanderbilt’s team and an in-

It’s definitely really exciting.

I’ll have family and friends coming out to watch. It will definitely be a lot of fun.”

coming freshman qualified for the U.S. Amateur along with Jaworski, and he expects to again be in a competition situation his junior season.

“I could not ask for a better group of guys,” said Jaworski, whose teammates include former Mount Pisgah golfer Jordan Janico. “I love my team and my coaches.”

Jaworski, who plays out of the Manor, had not been playing especially well this summer until his strong showing in the qualifier at Piedmont Driving Club. He shot 4-under on his first nine in the opening round before ending the day two off the lead at 68.

“The leader was at 6-under, and I figured if I could get to the leader’s number the second day, I’d be in pretty good shape,” Jaworski said.

He shot 2-under on his first nine the second day and came home in 1-under, making just two bogeys over the 36 holes.

His 6-under 136 total was two shots clear of players tying for sixth at 138.

“As bad as this summer has been, it was great to get things turned around,” Jaworski said of his play in the qualifier. “To play two good rounds like that headed toward the Amateur is a big deal.

“It’s a real confidence boost,” he said.

OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY

David Kleckner

N’view’s Kleckner to compete Joining Zack Jaworski in the field is former Northview golfer David Kleckner, a member of the golf team at Oglethorpe.

Like Jaworski, Kleckner tied for fourth in the qualifier at Piedmont Driving Club, matching Jaworski’s scores of 6868—136.

Kleckner enjoyed a successful sophomore season at Oglethorpe, winning a tournament at Callaway Gardens and recording a top 15 finish in the NCAA Division III championship. He also tied for 15th in the recent Georgia Amateur, played at Idle Hour in Macon.

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Past: Continued from Page 22 Giles played on the Georgia golf team from 1963-66, and was a co-medalist in U.S. Amateur qualifying early in his Georgia career. Giles remained an amateur after graduating from Georgia, and was a runner-up in the championship three straight years (1967-69) during an eight-year stretch when the tournament was contested over 72 holes of stroke play.

Giles broke through with a victory in 1972, the last year the tournament was played without a match play component. The runner-up that year was Ben Crenshaw, one of several future major champions to first make their marks in the U.S. Amateur in the early 1970s.

Lanny Wadkins edged out Tom Kite to win in 1970, two years before Crenshaw (Kite’s Texas teammate) made it to the title match. Craig Stadler and Jerry Pate were the 1973 and ’74 champions, with Pate’s victory coming less than two years before he won the 1976 U.S. Open at Atlanta Athletic Club.

Fred Ridley (1975), Jay Sigel (1982 and ’83) and future college coach Buddy Alexander (’86) all scored victories as career amateurs around titles by soon-to-be successful pros John Cook (1978), Mark O’Meara (’80) and Hal Sutton (’81).

Cook defeated Scott Hoch in the championship match before losing to O’Meara in the finals the next year.

Fred Couples was the qualifying medalist in ’81.

But for every Wadkins, Stadler, O’Meara and Sutton who went on to win a major championship as a pro, there were players who never lived up to the promise of their U.S, Amateur triumphs.

Bill Sander, John Fought, Eric Meeks and Chris Patton were among the winners from 1976-89, along with Scott Verplank and Billy Mayfair, who both went on to lengthy professional careers. That stretch also included one of the unlikeliest U.S. Amateur champions of modern times – Nathaniel Crosby (son of Bing) in 1981 – and a pair of Georgians who lost in the finals, Macon’s Peter Persons in ’85 and Atlanta career amateur Danny Yates in ’88.

From 1990-97, four of the best college players of the past 25 years combined for six U.S. Amateur titles, beginning with Phil Mickelson and Justin Leonard and ending with Matt Kuchar, a member of the Georgia Tech golf team at the time.

In between were three straight titles for Tiger Woods, who won the U.S. Junior Championship the three previous years.

Of the five best American golfers post Nelson-Hogan-Snead, Tom Watson is the only who did not win the U.S. Amateur, something Palmer, Nicklaus, Mickelson and Woods all accomplished.

Since Woods scored the last of his three U.S. Amateur victories in 1996, a handful of the winners have gone on to successful careers in the pros, but most have not. Kuchar and Ryan Moore (2004) have both played well on the PGA Tour, with Edoardo Molinari

Phil Mickelson took the U.S. Amateur title in 1990.

(2005) and Richie Ramsay (’06) both winners on the European Tour. Ricky Barnes has enjoyed some success as a pro since his 2002 victory, but not as much as was expected.

Barnes’ victory capped a brief run of victories by golfers who were highly regarded at the time, but have not achieved the success predicted for them. Hank Kuehne, David Gossett, Jeff Quinney and Bubba Dickerson, who won at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club in 2001, have all struggled as pros, as has Australia’s Nick Flanagan, the first of five international

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Tech’s Schniederjans world’s top-ranked amateur Looks to contend at AAC after summer success against pros

By MIKE BLUM news@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK – Georgia Tech senior Ollie Schniederjans will begin the U.S. Amateur at Atlanta Athletic Club as the top-ranked player in the World Amateur Rankings, but that status will not matter once the tournament begins August 11.

Like the other 311 players in the field, Schniederjans will have to finish among the top 64 in stroke play qualifying to advance to match play, with those players seeded off their finish in qualifying, not their rankings.

After a busy and eventful summer, Schniederjans will be among the tournament favorites, even though he has bypassed the usual routine of playing in top amateur tournaments in the country in preparation for the U.S. Amateur.

Schniederjans, who grew up and still lives in the Cobb County community of Powder Springs, has spent his summer playing against the pros and competing in England, and comes into the U.S. Amateur off a string of strong showings in those events.

After an outstanding junior season at Georgia Tech that earned him first team AllAmerica status, Schniederjans ascended to the No. 1 ranking in amateur golf, and was awarded a sponsor exemption into a Web.com Tour tournament in Wichita.

In his first ever experience playing against tour players, Schniederjans tied for fifth place in what turned out to be his only tournament in the U.S. since the NCAA Championship, which ended in late May. He lost in a playoff for the individual NCAA title, with Georgia Tech losing in the match play quarterfinals.

Schniederjans went directly from Wichita to England, where he competed in the Palmer Cup, an amateur event matching top college players from the U.S. against a team from Europe. He was the top American player in a losing effort, posting a 3-1 record including victories in both his singles matches.

Schniederjans was able to extend his trip when he was offered a spot in the Scottish Open, a European Tour event played the week before the British Open. The Georgia Tech senior played solidly throughout the tournament, making the cut and tying for 41st

I’d like to contend and win some matches, but first I’ve got to make it to match play, and that’s not a given. You’ve got to play well.”

OLLIE SCHNIEDERJANS Top-ranked amateur in the world

against many of the top players in professional golf.

After returning home, Schniederjans did what most people do during the summer, and was on vacation in California a few weeks before the U.S. Amateur, participating in a media interview session at Atlanta Athletic Club on the phone from the West Coast.

“I’ve been playing nonstop since January and took a break after the Scottish Open,” Schniederjans said.

Although he was in California, Schniederjans’ thoughts were on an upcoming tournament a few weeks away in the Atlanta area “I’m very excited,” Schniederjans said about the prospects of playing the top event in amateur golf in his home town.

“I’d like to contend and win some matches, but first I’ve got to make it to match play, and that’s not a given. You’ve got to play well. Hopefully, I’ll make a really, really long run in match play. I feel good about my chances.”

As the No. 1-ranked player competing in his home town in the biggest event in amateur golf, much of the attention will be focused on Schniederjans, “It’s nothing I haven’t handled before,” he says, pointing out that the external pressure is no greater “than the pressure I put on myself.”

Schniederjans said his summer of playing abroad and against professionals has been “a great experience. I learned a lot just from being around those guys. The Scottish Open was very special, playing links golf against those names.

“I played pretty well in each

Georgia Tech senior Ollie Schniederjans is the top-ranked amateur in the world of them. I had one bad nine in the Web.com event, but I got back in contention.”

Schniederjans shot 64 in his first tournament round in a pro event, added a 65 two days later and closed with a final round 67 to finish just five shots behind the winner.

“That was pretty cool,” Schniederjans said of his opening 64, with his second round comeback after shooting 4-over on his first nine another highlight.

“I went straight from Wichita to England, and that was a tough transition. I played OK in the Palmer Cup, pretty good in singles. And I got some time to re-group and rest before the Scottish Open.

“I played pretty good there, but I didn’t score that good (four rounds between 70 and 72). To make the cut and play all four rounds was great. It was a great experience.”

Schniederjans has been a national caliber player since his days as a junior, and was ranked fourth in the junior rankings before enrolling at Georgia Tech.

After a successful freshman season at Tech, he began to emerge as a major player his sophomore season, earning third team All-America status and helping lead the Yellow Jackets into the match play portion of the NCAA Championship, where they lost in the semifinals at North Fulton’s Capital City Club Crabapple Course.

During his junior season, Schniederjans won three tournaments outright, including the U.S. Collegiate Championship at Golf Club of Georgia, and shared first place twice.

His five wins broke the Georgia Tech record held by PGA Tour players David Duval, Stewart Cink and Troy Matteson.

Schniederjans has a history of playing well in Atlanta area tournaments, adding a runnerup finish in the 2013 Dogwood Invitational at Druid Hills Golf Club (he was sixth the year before) to his college play at Golf Club of Georgia and the Crabapple course.

He was the medalist in a 2012 U.S. Amateur qualifier at Piedmont Driving Club and reached match play before losing in the first round.

Last year, Schniederjans narrowly missed qualifying for match play at the U.S. Amateur in Boston, and is looking for better results on a course he is more familiar with.

“It’s special. It’s one of my favorite Atlanta area courses,” Schniederjans says of the Highlands Course, which will host one of the two qualifying rounds and all the match play portion of the event. “It’s long and it’s difficult.”

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FARMERS AND ARTISANS MARKET

The Roswell Farmers and Artisans Market has vendors from everywhere within a 100 mile radious and includes live music, mini-workshops, children’s programs and much more. Saturday, Aug. 9. 8 a.m. until noon. Roswell City Hall.

38 Hall St., Roswell. Please visit roswellfam.com.

MATILDA’S UNDER THE PINES PRESENTS VALERIE HINES

As part of the Music Under the Pines concert series, Valerie Hines will perform on Saturday, Aug. 9.

Valerie Hines plays country, folk and blues music. 8:30 p.m. Matilda’s Cottage. 377 S Main St., Alpharetta.

Please call 770-754-7831 or visit matildascottage.com.

OH DEER! HIKE

Come play games and interactive activities in Autrey Mill Nature Preserve that will help you understand the life of a deer.

Guided hikes through the park will last about an hour. $5 members, $7 non-members.

Saturday, Aug. 9 at 4 p.m. 9770 Autrey Mill Rd., Johns Creek.

Please call 678-366-3511.

FRANK BARHAM PERFORMS AT VELVET NOTE

Come out and enjoy blues music by Frank Barham at the Velvet Note. His song list includes tunes by Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock among others. Showtimes are 7:30 and 9:30 p.m on Friday, Aug. 8. The Velvet Note. 4075 Old Milton Pkwy., Alpharetta. Please call 855583-5838.

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ROSWELL ROTARY CLUB » MEETING INFO Thursdays from 12 – 1:15 p.m.

Roswell Area Park Activities Building 10495 Woodstock Road August 7 MEETING JD Walker: Author, Evangelist, Speaker, Brand Ambassador August 14 MEETING Drugs In Our Schools

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WALKS IN THE GARDEN

Starting on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 9:30 a.m., there will be free tours of the gardens in the restored antebellum gardens of Barrington Hall. No reservations necessary. Plan to stay after for a tour of the historic Barrington Hall. Tours run Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Barrington Hall. 535 Barrington Dr., Roswell. Please call 770-6403855.

OPEN HEARTH COOKING

Living history interpreter and open hearth cooking expert, Clarissa Clifton, will demonstrate making traditional southern food over the open flame on the historic grounds of Smith Plantation. This summer Clarissa is showcasing the versatility of the fire pit as she makes outdoor classics and even cakes over the fire. Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Smith Plantation. 935 Alpharetta St., Roswell. Please call 770-641-3978.

DANCEFX OPEN HOUSE

BELL MEMORIAL PARK GROUNDBREAKING

The City of Milton invites the community to the Bell Memorial Park expansion project groundbreaking ceremony Friday, Aug. 8 at 11 a.m.

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Bell Park Rd., Milton. Please call Jim Cregge, the Parks and Recreation Director, at 678-242-2489.

ATLANTA PLAYS IT FORWARD PRESENTS SWING AND JAZZ

Join the fun at the Roswell Visitors Center to be entertained and to reminisce on the big band era as you listen to the music provided by the Reflections band that began its musical journey together in 1999.

Atlanta Plays It Forward founder Tom LaDow’s vision is to assist charitable and community organizations in securing musical entertainment for their events and activities at an affordable (or sometimes no) cost.

Event is free of charge. Saturday, Aug. 9, from 2-3:15 p.m. Roswell Visitors Center. 617 Atlanta St., Roswell.

Please call 770-640-3253.

SERVING UP CHARITY

Dancefx is kicking off their 20142015 season with an open house.

Dancefx is offering free classes, raffles for free tuition and more. All ages are welcome to attend. Saturday, Aug. 9 beginning at 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

8465 Holcomb Bridge Rd., Alpharetta.

Please call 770-645-0110 or visit dancefx.org.

MILTON-WINDWARD ROTARY CLUB

The City of Milton now has a rotary club to call its own. The rotary club meets every Monday at noon until 1 p.m. Milton Mayor Joe Lockwood will speak at the next meeting on Aug. 11.

St. Aidans Episcopal Church 13560 Cogburn Rd., Milton. Please call 678-

RoswellRotary.Club

Families and friends are invited to pick blueberries at the Blueberry Garden’s U-Pick Blueberry Farm & Nursery.

Open every Friday and Saturday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. $15 for a gallon of blueberries. U-Pick Farm and Nursery. 5455 Crow Rd., Cumming. Please call 770-8892519 or visit blueberrygarden. org.

325-8050 or visit windwardrotary. com.

LOCAL AUTHOR GEORGE WEINSTEIN PRESENTS HARDSCRABBLE ROAD

Roswell author, George Weinstein, will speak at the Friends of Roswell Library Atlanta Authors series on Saturday, Aug. 9.

His book, “Hardscrabble Road,” is Southern historical fiction about the value of perseverance and optimism during the Great Depression. The free program is in the Roswell Library Meeting Room from 2-3 p.m. 115 Norcross St. Please call 770-6403075 or visit georgeweinstein.com.

RACES & BENEFITS» SUPER 5K FAMILY RUN

The course is a fun race down Cogburn Road around Cambridge High School and ends back at the Hopewell Middle School parking lot.

An after race celebration will have food trucks and an outdoor movie for all to enjoy. Friday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. Hopewell Middle School.

13060 Cogburn Rd., Milton. Please visit active.com/milton-ga.

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By JODY WHITE Curb appeal is essential when selling a home. It’s the homeowner’s opportunity to make a great FIRST impression. A home with lackluster landscaping or an exterior in desperate need of a fresh coat of paint will likely be unappealing to prospective buyers and ultimately could affect the home’s potential value.

Landscaping is typically associated with lawns, trees, bushes and flowers. But today, other items such as fire pits, decks, patios, waterfalls, swimming pools and outdoor lighting…are all large factors that could add to the resale value of a home. Big factors here in Alpharetta, Milton and Roswell!

According to a recent study by Lawn and Landscape magazine, about twothirds of homeowners say they’ll get less than 60 percent of their landscaping investment back when they sell the home. Thus, homeowners need to consider how long they’ll be in the home and whether to make short-term updates (for sales appeal) or plan for the long haul (enjoyment for themselves).

Homeowners should ask themselves several questions when it comes to the quality of their home’s green space.

Is the landscaping attractive enough to get the prospective buyer to walk through the door? Keep the design simple and contemporary.

Could the landscaping provide cost savings? Landscaping that requires little or no water to maintain is very desirable here in the south.

Is the landscaping energy – efficient for the home overall?

For example, it’s a good idea to plant trees in a place where they block the sun while adding beauty to the home.

Are trees planted a safe distance from the home and are they healthy and well maintained? Really important when we have had so much wet weather. Weak, old or damaged trees planted too close to a home need to be removed BEFORE the home goes

on the market. Just one less thing a new homeowner will have to do and shows that the present homeowner has taken steps to ensure safety around the home.

Jody White’s team provides access to the best teams in the industry to assure your home is ready to show, inside and out! Jody White, Atlanta Fine Homes, 404-966-7992.

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5 Reasons Hiring a Real Estate Professional is a Good Idea

By BILL RAWLINGS Vice President/Managing Broker North Atlanta Office Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty Today, nearly 100 percent of people begin the real estate process online. With numerous real estate-focused websites offering enhanced exposure, some sellers choose the FSBO (for sale by owner) route because it seems effortless to position your home to potential buyers on popular real estate websites. The Internet can be alluring in pursuing FSBO, but whether you are buying or selling, consider five important points in the difference between working with a REALTOR® and navigating the process on your own.

1. Paperwork. What, how and why?

Contract regulations vary from state to state and are required for a successful sale.

Understanding the details and keeping abreast of the ever-changing regulations is a daunting task to undertake on your own. When you hire a real estate professional, you are hiring a market expert who can help you navigate through the confusing, but necessary, paperwork.

2. You found the house of your dreams! So, now what?

The Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association conducted a study and found that every successful real estate transaction has more than 230 possible required actions.

A real estate professional is familiar with what each action entails and has a database of resources available, if necessary. Agents possess the knowledge and tools to help make your dream a reality.

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Some people are not convinced they need an agent to sell their home; however, an agent offers expertise when it comes to negotiating with the long list of individuals required for a successful transaction.

The average transaction requires working with a minimum of 11 different people including the buyer, inspector, appraiser and lender, to name a few. It can be an arduous process – who wouldn’t want help with that?

4. Get the most out of your transaction. What’s your home’s real value?

Real estate professionals have access to market data required to price your home correctly. Competitively pricing your home right from the start allows you to attract serious, qualified buyers and leads to a quicker sale. You will benefit from the expertise of an

agent with no emotional connection to your home in identifying its truest value.

According to the National Association of REALTORS®, RAWLINGS “the typical FSBO home sold for $184,000 compared to $230,000 among agent-assisted home sales.”

5. Do you really understand what’s going on in the market?

When it comes to real estate, there is a constant flood of information about home sales, prices, mortgage rates, the right time to buy or sell – the list goes on. It is daunting to keep up with it all. How do you separate fact from fiction?

Do you really know what’s happening in your area?

By hiring an agent who is knowledgeable about the market and your neighborhood positions you to have a positive buying or selling experience.

Agents are not just in it for the sale and are honest with their clients. Working with a real estate professional who can educate you on the process and handle the detailed aspects of writing and executing a contract will give you the best conclusion possible.

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Smarter Homes in North Fulton

By SUZANNE CLOSE and ROBIN IVES Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International The dwellings of the future will make you calmer, safer, richer and healthier, and they exist in Roswell. Articles and media are fueling the excitement and promoting the products and culture associated with eco friendly, smart and energy efficient homes.

Smart gadgets abound, with the most popular being your smart phone, which can manage and monitor your home from anywhere in the world, control your lighting and secu-

rity, and measure your energy consumption and production.

Surprising to so many buyers, these homes are smart, stylish, and serene, and any visible ‘eco’ features are minimal, but discreetly tucked away into the design of the homes.

An Eco-Friendly home is not just good for the environment, but friendly for your wallet as well. Increasing the sustainability value of your home helps save you energy consumption and reduce your carbon footprint, all with a cost efficient system solution installed. Energy star appliances, solar energy, lighting and lower consumption all work together.

Combined with Smart technology, which monitors the output of these pieces, you’ll save money AND the environment.

The best example of the Smart & Eco Friendly Home, and one used to train and educate home inspectors as well as educators on truly leed platinum certified properties, is luxurious Weatherford Place in

downtown Roswell. Just steps away from popular Canton Street, this avenue of eight EcoCraft™ Hybrid homes, built by developer Cadmus Construction are the only Platinum LEED-certified homes in the state.

With the help of integrated solar panels, 1,500 gallon water cisterns for collecting and storing water for use on the property, and other measures found throughout the homes, expect an average $200 utility bill and tax credits up to $32,000.

Murphy beds, dumb-waiters, elevators and even dipping pools are options in these Smart Homes, as buyers work with the designer to plan exactly what amenities and features fit their lifestyle. Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty are representing the development, with Robin Ives and Suzanne Close available to provide more details and tours of the model homes. Green is Good!

Welcome Home: Top Five Things To Know When Preparing To Sell Or Buy A Home In 2014 (NAPSI)—For the first time in years, rising home prices are boosting sellers’ confidence. At the same time, interest rates remain relatively low, helping to boost potential homebuyers’ confidence. Millions of Americans will decide in 2014 to put their houses on the market and/or shop for new homes, and need to understand the current housing market conditions as they move closer to buying or selling homes.

The following “top five things to know when preparing to sell or buy a home in 2014” should be considered by anyone thinking about a home sale or purchase.

1. Is 2014 the time to make a move?

What sellers should know: The pool of prospective buyers hasn’t been this large in several years. Now may be the time to move, depending on your market.

What buyers should know: You’re competing with more buyers, but interest rates are still ideal, so the hunt for your next home could be well worth it in the end.

2. The price is right, right?

What sellers should know: Don’t overprice your house.

After the first 21 days on the market its “freshness appeal” diminishes.

What buyers should know: The house is probably too expensive if your debt-to-income ratio (mortgage, property taxes

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Tips On Organizing Your Closets Like A Pro (NAPSI)—Any time of year can be the right time to give your closets the once-over. A well-organized closet space offers several benefits.

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• Closets can be easily overrun with clothes, shoes and jackets that you no longer wear or are out of season and are taking up valuable space.

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• When it comes to the closet space itself, create dedicated areas for specific types of items so you will know where to find them—and where to put them away—every time.

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• Then use your closet’s top shelves to store off-season or seldom-used items, including hats, luggage and extra bedding.

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• In your kids’ closets, you can make it easier to keep things orderly with baskets and shelves placed within their reach. Wire baskets will let your little ones see what’s inside.

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By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com

MILTON, Ga. – For the second year in a row, the Cambridge High School football and cheerleading teams turned out at midnight July 31 for their “Midnight Growl” only to find a soggy field and pouring rain.

Cambridge head football coach Craig Bennett said it didn’t bother him in the least.

“Practice went well and we were able to play in the rain,” he said. “They came out with a lot of energy.”

He was pleased with the performance of his team.

“We had a solid practice for the first

day,” he said. “You try to keep things in perspective. You see the kids start getting tired and then you look down at your watch and see it is 2 o’clock in the morning.”

After a summer-full of practice, Bennett said he had high hopes for the year.

But the first game of the season is Aug. 22, a week earlier than usual.

“We play in 21 days,” he said. “We’re not scared of being behind but the calendar itself gets us on the field a week earlier than we are used to.”

The midnight growl began three years ago, when the high school was still being built. The team was not allowed in their facilities until Aug. 1, so they took the liberty of taking that rule at face value – they showed up at 12:01 a.m. to start practicing.

Now Bennett said the kids have taken it to heart.

“Now, our kids want to do it,” he said.

“It’s become a tradition.”

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Cambridge Head Football Coach Craig Bennett addresses his students.

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The cheerleading squads join the football players for the midnight practice.

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Why we print the bad news When newspapers run the photos of breaking news items or video clips of fires, accidents or other tragedies, it is not – as some people often claim – “to sell more newspapers.”

Executive Editor hatcher@northfulton.com First, in our case, we sell very few newspapers. Most are delivered free to neighborhoods in our coverage areas. The few news and we are a newspaper. we do have in coin boxes and According to police reports, at grocery stores barely cover Buhl, 37, on the night of July the cost of their printing and 26 allegedly hit a parked car distribution. We do it as a way and later that evening crashed to provide the paper to those his car. The next day, he was who want it but don’t receive it. arrested and faces charges of We can’t throw newspapers to DUI in Cherokee and Forsyth everyone; this is a business. counties. When he crashed his So when we run a disturbcar, he was apparently on his ing photo as we did of Nathan way home. The result of the Buhl, recently appointed princrash sent him to the hospicipal of Milton High School, it tal for treatment, and he was was not without more than a released the next morning into little thought. The arrest photo police custody. He has resigned shows Buhl with a swollen and as principal and at the age of stitched face. It was suggested among the editors that we run a 37, the man named 2013-14 Principal of the Year has ended less graphic photo of the unfora promising career. tunate Buhl. But in the end, we So why run the photo of his decided to run it because it was

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swollen face? As we stated, first, it was news. It shows graphically how he suffered. While we understand the photo will add to the misery of a fine man and his family, it is also an object lesson to any who might think, “There for the grace of God go I.” It is why we publish the names of all those arrested for DUI and drugs. Yes, it is news.

But it also has the effect of giving each of us pause. Everyone is guilty of some small act they would not like everyone to know. But some acts have dangerous consequences that can endanger others as well as the perpetrators. We believe this practice has a chilling effect on some, who then call a cab or use a designated driver rather than drive impaired. So when people who hold positions of public trust stumble, then yes we report it, warts and all. It is up to the readers to judge if our coverage overstepped the bounds of good taste.

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Buhl: Continued from Page 8 “We will immediately conduct a national search for exceptional candidates,” said Shandor. “We will also be conducting focus groups with parents and staff to gather valuable input into the selection process. “ Shandor added a survey will be distributed to obtain “stakeholder input” to determine what the community wants in a leader.

Buhl’s resignation is the second one in the past year for the Milton community attributed to lapses of judgment.

In January, the principal of Crabapple Crossing Elementary, George Freiberger, stepped down after it was discovered he had violated school system policies in regards to personnel.

Unlike Buhl’s situation, the issue with Freiberger was not criminal in nature.could

have been even worse,” he wrote. School system leaders confirmed a search for Buhl’s replacement will be far reaching.

“We will immediately conduct a national search for exceptional candidates,” said Shandor. “We will also be conducting focus groups with parents and staff to gather valuable input into the selection process. “ Shandor added a survey will be distributed to obtain “stakeholder input” to determine what the community wants in a leader.

Buhl’s resignation is the second one in the past year for the Milton community attributed to lapses of judgment.

In January, the principal of Crabapple Crossing Elementary, George Freiberger, stepped down after it was discovered he had violated school system policies in regards to personnel.

Unlike Buhl’s situation, the issue with Freiberger was not criminal in nature.

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Principal’s actions deprive Milton High School As an elementary school teacher getting ready to begin my 14th year, I was very disappointed to read that the Milton principal has just resigned due to DUI/ hit and run arrests that occurred over the weekend.

Nathan Buhl had an opportunity to join an amazing school community and it

is disappointing to read that he will no longer be able to do that. I feel badly for the families who have now lost a second principal. Hopefully Milton High School will find a super qualified principal who can help the school year begin on a positive note.

(Name withheld by request)

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Faiths unite at Iftar Dinner program ALPHARETTA, Ga. —The evening of Sunday, July 20 saw more than 120 people of many faiths gather at Alpharetta Presbyterian Church in a joint Iftar Dinner program arranged between Neshama Interfaith Center and the Atlantic Institute.

Presenters Kemal Korucu, of the Atlantic Institute and Rabbi Michael Bernstein, of Congregation Gesher L’Torah, engaged in inspiring conversation about the spiritual meaning of fasting seeing as the event took place during Ramadan – the holy month where Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.

The purpose of the event was to share an Iftar, or fastbreaking, dinner.

This is the first meal Muslims partake in after abstaining from eating and drinking all day. However, Ramadan is about more than just fasting.

It’s a time of compassion, generosity, inner reflection of one’s spirituality and seeking oneness with God. It’s about gathering family, friends and neighbors together to strengthen friendships and enjoying the company of others.

It’s about opening the home and mind to people who have differing faiths and beliefs.

Bernstein pointed out

how all but two fast days in the Jewish calendar begin at sunrise and end with the appearance of the first stars of evening, appreciating how this is similar to Ramadan.

In fact, Bernstein shared that one of the fast days, the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, fell during Ramadan this year.

He added that in Israel, even with the hostilities going on between Hamas and Israel, that Jews from Israel and Muslims in the West Bank gathered together, “to fast together and then to feast together, showing the world that Jews and Muslims can and must live together.”

The format was not a formal discussion, rather a true conversation, allowing the sharing of similarities as well as what makes fasting so vital and even welcomed in each tradition. This shared conversation allowed those in attendance to better understand the many facets of Islamic and Jewish fasting and ritual practice; spiritual growth, patience with others and with circumstances, and community.

Korucu’s engaging and enlightening stories were a highlight of the evening.

The most impactful part of the discussion between Korucu

More than 120 people of many faiths gather at Alpharetta Presbyterian Church in a joint Iftar Dinner program. and Bernstein was not even about fasting.

At the very beginning of the program, both took turns praying for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Given the horror going on between both combatants, it truly set the stage for the evening. This sense of connection, understanding and acceptance of “The Other” continued to manifest itself when all participants shared the Iftar meal together.

As directed by the Ne-

shama and Atlantic leaders, no one table could be comprised of members of the same faith.

Getting to know one another, “feasting after fasting” was truly one way to create the peace we all want and for all participants to “be the change

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Non-invasive surgery for the brain coming to Northside New technology approved to treat cancer, other illness FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Cancer Center at Northside Hospital-Forsyth soon will be able to treat a wide range of brain tumors and other neurological conditions through the a non-invasive technology that delivers Gamma radiation.

Georgia’s Department of Community Health approved Northside to purchase the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion with Extend system, which allows physicians to use radiosurgery to treat conditions that previously were considered inaccessible or inoperable with traditional Gamma Knife technology.

The new service could be available at Northside Hospital-Forsyth by January 2016.

Northside Hospital-Forsyth will be the only hospital in metro Atlanta, and one of only two in Georgia, with the Gamma Knife Extend system.

The technology will be used to treat metastatic disease (cancer that has travelled to the brain from elsewhere in the body), in addition to a spectrum of benign and malignant vascular and functional disorders including arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and Parkinson’s disease.

Nearly two-thirds of all cancer pa-

tients receive radiation therapy at some point during their treatment. In 2013, Northside Hospital-Forsyth’s Cancer Center saw about 450 new cancer patients and delivered nearly 9,800 radiation therapy treatments for a variety of cancers.

Gamma Knife radiosurgery, sometimes referred to as stereotactic ra-

diosurgery, has long been considered the “gold standard” in treating brain disorders.

It delivers very precisely focused high-dose beams of radiation to selected areas deep within the brain, without a scalpel and without the usual risks of surgery or an incision.

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technology is not able to treat some tumors because of their size or location.

The Extend feature is a game-changer, allowing clinicians to non-invasively immobilize the patient’s head and making repeatable or multi-fraction Gamma Knife radiosurgery possible, ultimately making the technology accessible to more cancer patients.

Other nationally recognized cancer centers including MD Anderson and the Cleveland Clinic also have adopted the Gamma Knife Extend technology and have found it to be the superior, and oftentimes only, treatment option for numerous intracranial lesions and conditions.

Typically, a patient receiving Gamma Knife Extend radiosurgery returns home the same day as their procedure, and side effects are generally minimal and insignificant.

“More cases of cancer are diagnosed and treated at Northside Hospital each year than at any other hospital in Georgia,” said Patti Owen, MN, RN, director at Northside Hospital Cancer Institute.

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Emory hospitals cited for excellence treating heart attacks ATLANTA – Three Emory Healthcare hospitals are being recognized for excellence in the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown and Emory Johns Creek Hospital have received the American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award for achieving high standards in STEMI (ST-elevation myocardial infarction) heart attack care for 2013. Each year in the United States, approximately

Death: Continued from Page 1 have text messages and phone calls between the men where they ask what they should do, organizing alibis and planning what to do with her body.

“They knew she was dying,” said George Gordon, Alpharetta Public Safety spokesman.

“Had she been treated, she may have survived. Chelsea did not deserve to die.”

Bennett was left on the floor for 10 hours while the men dithered about what to do. Finally, at nearly 3 p.m., Bennett’s family had become worried when she could not be

250,000 people have a STEMI heart attack, which is caused when a blood clot suddenly forms, completely blocking an artery in the heart. To prevent death or severe heart damage, it is critical to immediately perform a heart catheterization to mechanically open the blocked blood vessel and restore blood flow to the heart.

“We are proud to be recognized for our dedication and achievements in cardiac care,” said Dr. Abhinav Goyal, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at found. They knew she would be with Ben-Hanania. They called the house, and BenHanania’s brother answered the call and began searching for her. When he looked in Ben-Hanania’s room and saw Bennett’s body, he called 911.

When emergency crews arrived, she was dead, Gordon said. Both Ben-Hanania and McCaffrey evaded arrest until July. Ben-Hanania was captured July 16. Alpharetta detectives discovered McCaffrey had been arrested and was in Cherokee County Jail on unrelated charges. Andrade fled the state to family in Texas. He returned to his Johns Creek home July 29 to make preparations to move out

Emory and director of quality for cardiology at EUH and EUHM. “This award reflects a key institutional commitment to improve the quality of care for our heart attack patients,” said Goyal, who also co-chairs the Atlanta Mission: Lifeline program.

The American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline program helps hospitals, emergency medical services and communities improve response times so people who suffer from a STEMI receive prompt,

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of state, Gordon said.

Police had his home under surveillance and arrested him before he could leave.

“We were watching him. We knew he was going to flee and move,” said Detective Jakai Braithwaite, who investigated the case.

The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office charged Ben-

optimal treatment. The program’s goal is to streamline systems of care to quickly treat heart attack patients.

Since EMS providers are often the first medical responders to reach a heart attack victim, they represent a critical link in the chain of events that stop heart attacks. The program includes protocols that prompt EMS workers to do an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the field to look for signs of a STEMI heart attack.

“Our goal is to work with emergency responders to get

patients to hospitals that are capable of opening a blocked artery within 90 minutes of their first medical contact,” said Dr. Michael Ross, professor of emergency medicine at Emory and immediate past co-chair of the Atlanta Mission: Lifeline program.

“Starting this process in the field helps us to prepare for the patient’s arrival by quickly activating the cath lab to unblock the artery,” he said. “This saves heart muscle. When time is muscle, every minute counts.”

Hanania for felony murder, heroin distribution and concealing the death of a person.

McCaffrey was indicted for felony murMCCAFFREY der. Andrade was indicted for concealing the death of another.

Alpharetta Public Safety Director Gary George said the work of his detectives and Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard and his staff will bring to justice those who were responsible for Bennett’s death.

“Even though an incident

such as this is a rare occurrence in our city, it is indicative of our philosophy of going after those who manufacture, possess and distribute illegal narcotics and to hold them fully accountable for their actions and for the ramifications of those actions,” said Gordon.

The Bennett family released a statement following their daughter’s death.

“Chelsea-Ivanna was a gracious gift and we cherished her – she had a full and promising life ahead of her. She loved everybody and she was loved by and impacted so many lives.

This news, the news that her life was so tragically taken, is heartbreaking. We simply ask for justice for her.”

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Avett Brothers shake things up at Verizon Silver songbird Emmylou Harris sings for her summer

By JEMILLE WILLIAMS ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Emmylou Harris, closer to 70 than not and rocking the most luxuriant silver hair in all the world of music for nearly half a century, stayed true to her folksy roots with her Wrecking Ball tour the evening of Friday, July 25. (Thankfully, it had nothing to do with Miley Cyrus. It was the title of an album she released two decades ago.)

She said she felt like Minnie Pearl: “Proud to be here.

It feels good to be surrounded by all the sights, smells and sounds of the South, being born a neighbor over in Alabama.”

Harris’ career has been long and rife with success, winning her 13 Grammys (so far). She had an idyllic childhood, enjoying popularity as a cheerleader and valedictorian and attending college on a drama scholarship. She dropped out to pursue her musical career.

When she was 16, Harris wrote Pete Seeger a six-page letter asking him if he thought she could possibly be a folk singer, having never experienced the pain and heartbreak

nerley’s “Born to Run,” which is a far cry from The Boss’ galvanic anthem of the same name. She gently sang of putting on her travelin’ shoes. And it’s a good thing. We’ll never tire of hearing the Silver Belle tolling out her wistful stories.

I hope she keeps them on for another decade or so.

Two-Hour Zumba Class A jungle beat by drummer Mike Marsh splits the dark as the Avett Brothers opened their no-holds-barred musical extravaganza with “Satan Pulls the Strings.” This newest song premiered two weeks ago at their three-night residence at Red Rocks and will be on their next album. This is only the second time they have played it for an audience.

Dim spots take in Bob Crawford and Tania Elizabeth as they appear with their dueling fiddles, then cellist Joe Kwon faces off with Elizabeth, and Paul DiFiglia drags out his double bass to play with Crawford. A roar rises as brothers Scott on banjo and Seth on guitar take center stage. It. Is. On. A minimalist set with a several retro Klieg lights was all they needed. Thankfully, they only fired them up a few times, as they were all aimed at us. Although made charming by the collection of fans’ signs affixed to the rear – especially one that said, “Tae Kwon Joe!” – the band easily has the

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Two- and three-night stands are not unusual for these pigeon-hole-defying punkgrass rockers. They literally and figuratively are all over the place musically – from rockabilly to straight-up rock and roll. They have so many songs out on so many albums, that even with three-night shows they don’t repeat any.

Fiddle-player Elizabeth wore a Native American-looking dress with lots of fringe that added even more kinetic energy to her performance.

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that seemed to be its bedrock.

He gently told her that time would provide enough.

Townes Van Zandt has said that there are only two kinds of music – blues and Zip-A-DeeDoo-Dah. So, Harris decided she would just make some sad stuff up. Her plaintive soprano brings the hurt and heartache, winning fans and awards for more than 50 years now.

Her melancholy “Red Dirt Girl” tells a too-common tale of the fate of many a country girl.

My favorite song of the evening was the haunting “Michelangelo” with its mournful moaning chorus.

She closed with Paul Ken-

ugliest piano touring today. It looks like it has been given one streaky coat of white house paint.

From the get-go, the hyper-caffeinated crew had the audience all hopped up. The joint was literally jumping. One unusual thing that I have never noticed before was that the images of the band projected on the screen were actually shaking from the harmonic vibration of five of the seven performers literally jumping up and down as they played. They must have to retire the oriental rugs underfoot on a quarterly basis from all the stomping and scuffling they endure.

all the hopping and stomping as the guys do in high heels!

Between her shoes and Kwon’s non-ergonomic instrument position, I hope they have a chiropractor, reflexologist and massage therapist in their retinue.

Kwon was born in Korea, but grew up in North Carolina.

He attended boarding school in California. I’m sure classical music lessons were a part of his upbringing, and that his former teachers must be agog at the path he has taken.

He blogs about food on the road, saying that they have to eat right, sleep enough and get some exercise to bear up

under the strain of putting out the over-the-top energy they expend every night.

One often hears of guitarists being called shredders, but Elizabeth and Kwon were literally shredding the horsehair off their bows. Kwon is especially intriguing, as I don’t believe there’s another cellist who rocks it as hard as he does, jumping and dancing with his instrument hooked on his neck. His redlining technique has earned him an endorsement from a string company.

He must go through a whole orchestra section’s worth every week.

Kwon admits that it is pretty hard on his back and neck, but it is apparent he is so into it that it’s worth it to him. He developed his unique style after his first 30 seconds of sitting on stage with the two blood brothers. With them carrying on as they do, it didn’t seem fitting for him to sit there like he was playing in a symphony.

It looked like some were off their Ritalin, but it’s all to the good for their devotees. After seeing these boys (and Elizabeth) bouncing for the better part of two hours through two dozen songs, I can only imagine the challenges their mother had when they were in their hyperactive years of puberty.

I’m sure she thanked God when they became interested in music as an outlet for their monumental energy. They played two nights in a row at Verizon, with no duplications on the set list.

While only two of the group are actually brothers, it’s apparent that the non-Avetts feel like brothers from other mothers. Bassist Crawford has had much need of that fraternal support as his family deals with their little 7-year-old daughter’s five-year fight with

a brain tumor.

He had to take some time off from touring to take her to St. Jude’s Hospital, where they were grateful to discover it is 100 percent without charge, after they were told their insurance would not cover her treatment.

Through various drives, Avetts and Co. have raised over $150,000 to help Hallie Crawford and other families in similar need.

At one point, after playing in front of the proverbial plain white T of backdrops, they released the featureless sheet to reveal a complex rendering of the art from the cover of their “Magpie and the Dandelion” album. The crowd went wild.

“Die! Die! Die!” was noteworthy for its refrain of what usually is a monosyllable nonsense sound, but in this case it was actually about dying.

But they’re so cute and upbeat, with Kwon holding his instrument, strumming it like a guitar and then do-si-doing with it, it sounds like just another good-time song.

“Live or Die” is such a plucky little ditty, it could be the theme song for a kids’ movie like “The Fox and the Hound.” It was used in the film “This is 40,” and they have had many other songs picked up for television series, shows and a documentary. A highlight was when they brought Emmylou Harris out to sing “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” with them.

The Carter Family couldn’t have sung it better. “Salvation Song” has some noble lyrics, especially stirring when they sang the final refrain a cappella: “We came to break the bad. We came to cheer the sad.

We came to leave the world a better way.” Mission already accomplished, gentleman and lady.

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’Hooch grad honored by UGA ATHENS, Ga. – Chattahoochee High School graduate and current University of Georgia sophomore Morgan Annabel Cohen has been recognized as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda at UGA. Sigma Alpha Lambda is a national leadership and honors organization dedicated to promoting and rewarding academic achievement and providing members with opportunities for community service, personal development and lifelong professional fulfillment.Cohen is the daughter of Jeffrey and Margaret Cohen of Alpharetta.

Geneva College BEAVER FALLS, Penn. – Ethan Joseph of Alpharetta has been named to the Dean’s List for the 2013 fall semester at Geneva College. Dean’s List status is awarded to students

who earn a 3.6 grade point average or better. A senior, Joseph is majoring in biology.

Mercersburg Academy MERCERSBURG, Penn. – Erin Pak, a ninth-grader from Duluth, was named a commended scholar (all grades of 85 or above) during the winter term at Mercersburg Academy.

American Hebrew Academy GREENSBORO, N.C. – American Hebrew Academy student Roland Rosenberg was named to the Honor Roll for the winter trimester of 2014. Rosenberg is from Cumming.

Reinhardt University WALESKA, Ga. – Several local students were among the 115 students and one faculty member recognized at Reinhardt University’s Honors Day on Sunday, April 6.

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Jordan Mahan, a senior from Alpharetta, was honored as an Academic Degree Program Award recipient for political science and a Reinhardt University Academic Scholar.

Alexandra Mahan, a junior from Alpharetta, was honored as a Reinhardt University Academic Scholar.

Joyce Miller, a junior from Alpharetta, was honored as a Reinhardt University Academic Scholar.

Stephen Clark, a junior from Cumming, was honored as a Reinhardt University Academic Scholar.

Elizabeth Coe, a senior from Cumming, was honored as a Reinhardt University Academic Scholar.

Jeremy Burns, a senior

from Suwanee, was honored as an Academic Degree Program Award recipient for marketing.

Academic Degree Program Awards are presented to up to two students from each of the university’s 41 undergraduate degree programs.

Reinhardt Academic Scholars are presented to seniors and juniors with a cumulative grade point average of 3.9 or higher.

In addition, several of Reinhardt’s best student minds and talents participated in the university’s Convocation of Artists and Scholars, a weeklong program featuring music recitals, creative writing reading, student research, portfolios, art and science exhibits and an international culture fest and

communications conference.

Local students selected to participate in the COAS include: Price Signaigo, a junior from Roswell, who represented Kappa Delta Pi at the Honor Society Recognition Reception.

Ryan Burton, a junior from Roswell, who participated in the creative writing readings.

Jennifer Cowart, a graduate student from Alpharetta, who presented in the education presentations.

Marianella Lopez, a sophomore from Roswell, who participated in the International Culture Festival.

Emily Walden, a freshman from Cumming, who presented at the study abroad presentations.

Ronald Lee Bennett, 75, of Snellville, passed away July 25, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.

Lawrence Virlen Loudermilk, 60, of Alpharetta, passed away July 23, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

Thomas Wayne Bonner, Sr., 73, of Destin, Fla., passed away July 7, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

James Maloney, 67, of Dahlonega, passed away July 27, 2014.

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Helen Rego, 84, of Sandy Springs, passed away July 24, 2014.

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Anthony Correoso, 92, of Lilburn, passed away July 13, 2014.

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Ann D’Angelo, 91, of Roswell, passed away July 25, 2014.

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Michael Duley, 55, of Alpharetta, passed away July 26, 2014.

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Steven Lee Hansen, 69, of Marietta, passed away July 18, 2014.

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Dickie Allen Hulsey, 71, of Roswell, passed away July 26, 2014.

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Marianna Oleszczuk, 73, of Roswell, passed away July 27, 2014.

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