Johns Creek Herald - August 17, 2017

‘Florida-T’ easing traffic on McGinnis

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Johns Creek Fire Department is turning up the HEAT Sean Conroy, left, and Lt. Chris Wall of the Johns Creek Fire Department head up the Hometown Emergency Action Team for Medlock Bridge subdivision.

HEAT is a civilian response team trained by Wall in

the event of huge emergency that might prevent fire personnel from getting on the scene. The HEAT team is trained to respond until the professionals are on the scene. Read more, Pages 10 – 11.

Are you ready to watch the eclipse? ►►PAGES 8, 12 AND 31

Football returns to North Fulton ►►PAGES 15 – 26

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DUI arrest uncovers man wanted by ICE ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A man Alpharetta police said was wanted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was arrested Aug. 4 after he allegedly led officers on a chase.

Ely Gomes Araujo, 38, of Lexington Farm Drive in Alpharetta, is facing multiple charges, including DUI, resisting arrest, reckless driving first offense, failure to maintain lane and aggravated assault on a peace officer.

Officers were patrolling on Old Milton Parkway around 1 a.m. that night when they saw a 2007 Ford Econoline van drifting between lanes. When they attempted to pull over the driver, later identified as Araujo, the vehicle sped off.

During the chase, the car made two left turns through red lights before leading police to The Lex Apartments.

Araujo opened the gate with a resident keycard, hit a police car on the other side and continued driving toward the back

of the complex.

Araujo’s van was eventually stopped when another police car struck the rear side, causing him to slow down. Police said he then jumped out of the van to run to one of the apartments, nearly colliding with a police car.

Araujo attempted to pull away from officers when he was apprehended, according to police. He was transported to Fulton ARAUJO County Jail on a total of 10 charges.

After the arrest, officers received a notice that Araujo had an active warrant from ICE. “It’s my understanding that he was wanted for failing to deport,” Public Information Officer George Gordon said.

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Chairman John Eaves calls for criminal investigation of R. Kelly

DUIS & DRUGS

Singer allegedly holding women in a cult

DUI arrests

By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com

►► Brooke Nicole Eisman, 49, of River

ATLANTA — Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves called for a criminal investigation Friday of singer R. Kelly. The call comes in the face of “new evidence” that the recording artist has been sexually exploiting and holding young women against their will in his Johns Creek home.

Eaves, who is running for mayor of Atlanta, said that the Johns Creek Police Department had given “key information” about the allegations, and he is urging the district attorney to thoroughly investigate.

“I believe the citizens of Fulton County deserve this investigation,” Eaves said. “Questions should be answered and no stones should be left unturned.”

The parents of one of the women allegedly living with Kelly held a press

I believe the citizens of Fulton County deserve this investigation.

Questions should be answered and no stones should be left unturned.”

JOHN EAVES Fulton County Commission Chairman conference earlier in July saying that their daughter was being held against

See CRIMINAL, Page 37

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.

Ferry Drive, Johns Creek, was arrested Aug. 3 on Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek, for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Kristen Karolynne Rahm, 37, of Honey Brook Circle, Duluth, was arrested Aug. 4 on Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek, for DUI.

Drug arrests ►► Than Huong Vo, 25, of Satellite

Boulevard, Duluth, was arrested Aug. 5, on Morris Road, Milton, for possession of marijuana and speeding. ►► Tyree Morman, 40, of State Street, Summerville, was arrested Aug. 8 on Deer Creek Place, Milton, for possession of cocaine. ►► Christopher S Galloway, 36, of Oakside Circle, Milton, was arrested Aug. on Deer Creek Place, Milton, for possession of cocaine and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

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Are you prepared for the solar eclipse?

By Claire Marsh – Milan Eye Center

On August 21st a total solar eclipse will stretch across the country. It will be visible in a band spanning from Oregon to South Carolina.

You will be able to see the total solar eclipse in northeast corner of Georgia. Around the Atlanta area it will appear as a partial eclipse. A solar eclipse can be a breathtaking phenomenon, but certain precautions should be taken to keep your eyes safe. Here is everything you need to know about the eclipse and how to enjoy it without damaging your eyes.

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What is a Total Solar Eclipse?

A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sun in its entirety. This total solar eclipse will be visible across 14 states in the continental U.S. When will it cross Georgia?

The shadow of the moon will first appear in Georgia at 2:34 pm EDT and will leave the state at 2:40 pm EDT. In other words, this once in a lifetime sight will not linger. The moon’s shadow will be moving at approximately 1,800 miles per hour.

Safety guidelines Most of us were told from an early age not to stare directly at the sun and that advise holds true during a solar eclipse. Watching a solar eclipse with your naked eyes can cause permanent damage to your retinas. Sunglasses, no matter how dark, will not protect your eyes from this damage. Instead you will need a special-purpose solar filter, such as eclipse glasses. Eclipse glasses generally look like 3D glasses. They have black lenses and are specifically designed for looking at the sun. Everything else will appear totally black.

You should proceed with caution when purchasing solar eclipse glasses. Not all companies that claim to be selling these glasses can be trusted. The American Astronomical Society, a partner of NASA, has only vouched for the eclipse glasses produced by the following five companies: • American Paper Optics • Rainbow Symphony • TSE 17 • Thousand Oaks Optical • Baader Planetarium Furthermore, you should make sure your glasses meet the following criteria given by NASA • Designated ISO 12312-2 international standard • Manufacturer’s name and address printed somewhere on the product • Do not use glasses that are older than three years or that have scratched or wrinkled lenses There are some low-cost alternatives for viewing the eclipse that may be especially appealing to parents who want to do a science project with their children. One such alternative is the pin-hole viewer. This method simply requires a piece of paper, a pen, and a relatively smooth area of ground. The sun’s light will project through the hole in the paper as the moon passes across.

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• You may be able to get pictures of the actual eclipse if you have a solar lens filter for your SRL camera.

• If a your smartphone is your camera of choice, or if you do not have a solar lens filter, you should consider photographing the crescent shaped patches of light that will appear on the ground under the shade of a tree.

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Road improvement makes intersection more efficient

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A minimal traffic improvement to the McGinnis Ferry-Sargent Road intersection is yielding good results, according to city transportation officials.

Called a Florida-T intersection, it is an BLACK interim fix until the widening of McGinnis Ferry Road has been completed. But that small fix has reduced traffic queues and delays.

“That intersection had been No. 1 last year as far as complaints,” said Johns Creek Public Works Director Tom Black.

He said people eastbound on McGinnis Ferry Road would queue up, and motorists wanting to turn left off Sargent Road would be held up by red lights even when there was no traffic on McGinnis.

The solution, funded in last year’s budget, was something called a Florida-T, Black said. The solution was simply to move the merging of three

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What a Florida-T intersection does • Cuts delays by 50 percent or more.

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• Reduces number of vehicles waiting to turn left on Sargent and McGinnis Ferry roads.

• Westbound traffic through traffic is continuous. east-bound McGinnis lanes. Instead of the left lane peeling off to turn and the middle and right lanes merging beyond the Sargent traffic signal, all of that happens before reaching the signal at Sargent Road.

“We just moved that merge back before McGinnis traffic got to the light.

Now there is just a dedicated left turn at the intersection (eastbound) and east-bound’s through traffic,” Black

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• Potential conflict points reduced from 9 to 7.

• Flashing yellow light allows eastbound traffic to turn left onto Sargent where gaps occur in oncoming traffic. Timed green left-turn lights move turning vehicles when no gaps occur. said. “People making a left turn onto McGinnis from Sargent get a flashing yellow light and move anytime when it is clear.”

The city’s computerized traffic monitoring system senses when Sargent leftturns are blocked and gives it a green turn signal while turning the light red to McGinnis traffic.

What is important to motorists is that the change has cut McGinnis waittimes from an average of 51.4 seconds to 22.4 seconds, more than half.

“This let people who were sitting at the intersection for no reason to move through it,” Black said.

The intersection is working “beautifully,” he said.

Meanwhile, Sargent Road traffic turning right does not stop. It has a long merge lane all the way to Hospital Parkway.

Eastbound traffic does not have to merge at the signal with other eastbound traffic. That merge already has occurred west of the signal and the intersection.

So you have a “continuous green” flow of traffic eastbound until the red light stops it.

Deputy Director of Public Works – Traffic Tom Udell said the intersection was modeled to compare the wait times for morning and afternoon rush hour traffic. It cut those wait times by more than half.

“The traffic queues have been reduced considerably,” Udell said.

“But removing conflict points has also improved the safety. This allows for merging traffic to occur after or before the intersection, and that reduces accidents as well.”

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Johns Creek pulls plug on funds for needy $250K to help citizens will go to help elsewhere

By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, GA. – The Grinch came to Johns Creek early this year. The City Council voted 4-2 to return $250,000 earmarked to help the elderly, the handicapped and others in need because it incurred additional “risk” to the city.

But it is politics rather than frugality that won out in the long run.

The Community Development Block Grant is one of the longest running programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It funds local community development, seeding programs that include affordable housing, jobs training, health and other anti-poverty efforts.

CDBG grants are significantly different from other government programs in that it they are made for specific purposes. They are subject to less federal oversight and give states, counties and communities broad discretion in how they are used.

The program does require rigorous documentation to show the funds are used for the purposes stated.

Thus Councilwoman Stephanie Endres pointed that the program generates a lot of paperwork for the city.

Mayor Mike Bodker said it does involve a slight risk to the city should the funds not be spent where they were supposed to be spent – i.e. to help Johns Creek residents. So while the risk is admittedly minimal, there is after all, no risk in turning down the grant.

Only Endres and Councilman Lenny Zaprowski voted no (Councilwoman Cori Davenport was absent). But Endres voted “no” only after her more stringent motion to permanently end the program failed.

Zaprowski said he did not understand why the city should deny local residents the opportunity to take part in this program.

There is not a population in Johns Creek sufficient to meet minimum CDBG requirements. Bodker noted there are no pockets of poverty by congressional district large enough to warrant few if any Johns Creek programs.

So in the past, the funds have been remanded to Fulton County to administer – that pesky paperwork again – and

doled out to North Fulton’s charitable organizations which can and do serve those residents. In turn they must document every resident served to justify the outlay of funds.

Surplus funds are not sent off to other areas of Fulton County for disbursement.

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– which had been serving Johns Creek “We find it is cheaper to keep fam– are affected. These four charitable inilies afloat for a while rather than let stitutions will not get to share in those them fall all the way down,” she said. funds now.

“It is better to help a family stay where These nonprofit agencies do a they are than to find them shelter when tremendous amount of work for North they’re homeless.”

Fulton’s working poor, the aged and the They don’t get to participate in bootsick. The consequences fall directly on strap programs, such as HomeStretch, Johns Creek residents. that gives families temporary housing North Fulton Charities Executive Di- until they can get back on their feet. rector Barbara Duffy said she has had The parents receive counseling and adto keep meticulous records then names vice on budgeting, clothes for interviews and addresses of client served. and even help for the interview.

“We do have Johns Creek clients,” Maybe it’s just money for gas to get she said. to a job or job interview.

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With home prices rising, workers find renting tough

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com

Median monthly rent charge for 1 bedroom apartments

We found that only 10 of the 50 largest metros in the country have supplied enough new housing to keep pace with job growth in recent years.”

City Cost + Last month + Yr/Yr Sandy Springs $1,340 3.1% 14.5% Atlanta $1,310 4.0% 0.8% Alpharetta $1,290 4.0% 11.2% Johns Creek $1,220 0.8% 1.7% Dunwoody $1,190 0.8% 7.2% Smyrna $1,050 -1.9% -3.7% Roswell $980 2.1% 7.7% Marietta $870 0% 1.2% Norcross $800 0% 0% Gainesville $750 5.6% 10.3%

NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Housing costs continued to climb in Metro Atlanta through the first part of August, and few places have seen greater value growth than North Fulton.

The latest data from online real estate tracker Tulia shows the median sales price for a home in Roswell is at $371,000. The same home in Alpharetta will fetch about $12,000 more.

Estimates from online real estate data firms such as RealtyTrac, Trulia and Zillow show home prices in North Fulton cities have risen close to 7 percent over the past year. And those values are predicted to keep climbing.

While home values climb, the inventory of affordable housing is shrinking, particularly in North Fulton. There incomes for most families have not kept up with the rising market.

The affordable housing crunch has surfaced as a chief topic of concern in some cities.

Roswell officials recently reported that only about a quarter of city employees, 21 percent, live within the city.

That figure is even lower for Roswell

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workers as a whole, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

In Alpharetta, city leaders are in the beginning stages of developing a strategy to provide affordable housing to its growing workforce.

Early data shows that 94 percent of workers commute into Alpharetta while the other 6 percent of employees live within the city.

And if this were not enough, a 2015 Brookings Institute study ranked Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell 10th in the nation for the decline in the number of

average jobs near residents.

The figures were based on numbers from 2000 to 2012 and showed a decline of nearly 15 percent over that span.

What’s worse, a report released this week by Apartment List, which tracks tens of thousands of renters across the country, says 76 percent of renters in Metro Atlanta plan to relocate to other areas.

Of those renters, 26 percent cite affordable housing as the chief factor in their decision.

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“We found that only 10 of the 50 largest metros in the country have supplied enough new housing to keep pace with job growth in recent years,” he said.

“There is a strong correlation between the supply of new housing and rent growth, indicating that the lack of new construction is contributing to the affordability crisis in many parts of the country.”

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Where’s the party?

Is an eclipse event happening near you? If you live along the moon shadow’s path, it’s quite probable. Check out this newspaper’s calendar for info, and go to eclipse2017.nasa.gov/ event-locations.

August 21, 2017

Many safe ways to view the eclipse

By Peter Becker More Content Now On Aug. 21, the sun will be partially eclipsed by the moon all over the nation; along a narrow track from coast to coast, will the sun be totally eclipsed. For most of America, if you use special precautions to safely look, the sun will appear shaped like a crescent, as the invisible moon slowly passes part way in front.

The sun is much too bright to look at directly without special precaution.

Looking at the sun with unfiltered binoculars or a telescope would blind a person. Fortunately, using solar filters or indirect means to see a projected image on a screen, you can examine our star safely on any sunny day.

Without a telescope, you can use special solar filters that are mounted in eyeglass frames. Several companies are selling these in anticipation of the August eclipse. They are typically inexpensive. You can search online and shop around for “eclipse glasses” or “eclipse shades.”

On any sunny day you can see the sun safely in a variety of other ways: • With a pin hole in a closed window shade, the sun will cast a small, dim image inside the darkened room, which you can catch on a white cardboard screen. This is an excellent way to see the crescent shape of the partially eclipsed sun on eclipse day.

• Similarly, you can make a shoe box viewer with a pinhole on one end and a white screen on the other; the

image will be very small.

• Another variation is to cap a long cardboard tube that held wrapping paper. Put a pinhole in the center of the cap. Rest the tube on your shoulder with the cap facing the sun and your back to the sun. Hold a white cardboard sheet in front of the open end of the tube, to see the solar image.

• Any tiny hole will do. Try this the next sunny day: Make a nearly clenched fist, leaving only a very narrow space; sunlight can be cast right on the palm of your other hand. Also look under a leafy tree. This is most amazing during a partial eclipse. The hundreds of tiny holes left between overlapping leaves will project hundreds of crescent suns on the ground.

Hint: Lay a white sheet on the shaded grass for the best view.

• With a small round mirror, or a larger one mostly covered up with paper leaving a small, round hole, you can reflect a sharp image of the sun on a white screen set up (or a white wall) in a shadowed area.

• Using a telescope or binoculars, you can safely project a magnified image of the sun onto a white screen.

Never use the small “finder scope” to look through, to line it up with the sun. Instead, adjust your telescope by watching the shadow of the tube; once it becomes round, you have targeted the sun. Hold white cardboard several inches away from the eyepiece. You may need to slowly adjust the tube but the sun’s image will come onto the screen; focus and look for any dark sunspots, or during the eclipse, watch how the crescent progresses while the invisible Moon passes in front. NOTE: Be careful if children are around.

Cover up or remove the finder scope, and do not let ANYONE look through the telescope unless there is a safe solar filter properly attached.

• Use a Sunspotter. This marvelous device was invented and patented by my late friend Daniel R. Janosik Sr. in the late 1970s. He made over 1,000 of these in his home near Hawley, Pennsylvania, and sold them to schools and individuals across the country.

His first version was cube-shaped. The second and most successful version was shaped like a triangle and open to see inside. It uses lenses and mirrors to conveniently project a sharp, magnified image of the sun onto a white screen inside the device. It’s handy for group observing. After he died in 1995, a science education company bought the rights to improve the design, make and sell them.

For more information on seeing the sun safely, visit eclipse2017.nasa.gov/ safety.

10 things to know about the total solar eclipse

By MORE CONTENT NOW Something rare and awesome is about to happen in the U.S. On Aug. 21 there will be a total solar eclipse, and if you live in the path of totality, you will have the opportunity to have your day turned to night as the moon will totally block out the sun. Here are 10 things you should know about the event.

1. The total solar eclipse will take place around 10:16 a.m. PDT in Oregon, 11:46 a.m. CDT in Missouri and 1 p.m. EDT in South Carolina.

2. Along the “path of totality” — where the eclipse will be seen the best — the total solar eclipse will last for about 2 1/2 minutes or less.

3. The path of totality will darken the skies from Oregon to South Carolina.

4. The total solar eclipse will cast a 70-mile wide shadow.

5. Those outside the path of totality will witness a partial solar eclipse — rest assured, it will still be cool.

6. The last total solar eclipse viewed from the contiguous U.S. was Feb. 26, 1979.

7. The total solar eclipse of June 8, 1918, crossed a similar path, traveling from Washington to Florida.

8. Total solar eclipses occur approximately once every 18 months, but it depends where on Earth you are if you have a chance to see them.

9. The next annular solar eclipse that can be seen in the U.S. will be Oct. 14, 2023, and will be visible from Northern California to Florida.

10. The next total solar eclipse will be visible from Texas to Maine on April 8, 2024.

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Absence makes the heart go gulp Marriage can be trying at times. You spend a lot of time with your spouse so that after a certain period of time you may be introduced to the notion that things you always believed about HATCHER HURD yourself are not uniExecutive Editor hatcher@appenmediagroup.com versally perceived under the same radiant aura as is comfortably ensconced in your own imagination.

In short, living with someone soon destroys certain illusions. Not all your jokes are funny. In fact your witticisms and wry comments are simply registered as stupid.

And there is no one quite so perfectly situated to prick the balloons of self-puffery as a spouse. A spouse sees you at your best, your worst and all ports in between. It is a rare person indeed who can maintain one’s public persona once inside the four walls of home. Inevitably one gives in to those human foibles that we are all heir to.

You learn to curb most of them. You don’t kick off your shoes in the living room and leave them there. The laundry basket is there for a purpose. You learn to leave the seat down.

The point is there is one person who has got the goods on you. And that person knows that there is every possibility that all your failures, all your sins of omission and commission, all of your shortcomings could be revealed at the drop of a pin.

And if you can get past that, you have a good chance having a happy marriage.

My Lady Wife and I have shared more than a few years together now.

We know when to give some space and when to fill a void. We negotiate and bargain over a raft of those small arenas that collectively make up living together. This bargaining is almost always unspoken.

To name it is to create a problem.

But you see a thing left undone, and so you do it.

Again, you see a thing left undone and you do it again. After a certain period of time you realize this is your part of the collective tasks that makes up living together.

It is one of those small negotiations that I could ignore or take on. And if I really think of the negotiations I have lost over the years, I usually think about the perks that make up for them.

There is the self-replenishing sock and underwear drawer in the bedroom.

The patient voice that assures me we are not out of butter and encourages me to search the fridge again but this

My Lady Wife and I have shared more than a few years together now. We know when to give some space and when to fill a void. We negotiate and bargain over a raft of those small arenas that collectively make up living together. This bargaining is almost always unspoken. time open my eyes.

It wasn’t always that way. I can remember My Lady Wife early in the marriage would always comment on how “manly” I looked in doing some task. She would comment on she liked how “decisively I drove” or how “graceful I looked” as I flitted around making the bed.

And so it went until one day she could not restrain herself from saying, “You look so masterful taking out the garbage.”

That’s when the light went on. OK, I have a healthy amount of male ego. But NOBODY looks masterful taking out the garbage. And only on the rarest of occasions has my name and the word “graceful” ever appeared in the same sentence (unless accompanied by the words “three-legged billy goat”).

So score one for My Lady Wife. But I have a few tried and true tactics of my own. And no, I won’t give them up now.

Every once in a while she does read one of my columns.

My thoughts turned in this direction because she has been gone almost a week now. She and two friends from the neighborhood went off for a week at the beach. My neighbor Russ agreed to be their driver, host and bartender.

In fact it was Russ’ idea for the trip (there’s a birthday involved). So I have had the week off, as it were.

Needless to say, I am getting weary of bumping into the furniture with no one to provide directions.

So I have spiffed up the place, all spic and also span. I won’t have to say anything. But she will have certainly noticed the housekeeping. Just my way of saying, “I missed you.”

And so it goes, not game perhaps, not set, but certainly a match.

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For information about HEAT (Hometown Emergency Action Teams) and how to get one started in your neighborhood, email the Fire Department’s Lt. Chris Wall at Christopher.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – What can homeowners do in an emergency in a major emergency to help each other when the Johns Creek Fire Department cannot get to the scene right away?

Sound far-fetched? Lt. Chris Wall of the Johns Creek Fire Department asks local residents to remember back There could be any number of sigto “Snowpocalypse” three years ago. A nificant events where some units were combination of snow and ice brought already tied up and these HEAT teams every Atlanta area city to a standstill. could be called in. Wall made it clear Everybody’s emergency equipment no civilian would be fighting fires. But and personnel were strained to the they might take on tasks from rolling limit. up hoses to performing first aid or CPR Johns Creek Fire Chief Jeff Hogan to victims for whom EMTs were not on said the program is similar to the popscene. ular CERTS program, “They could do a Citizens Emergency lot in an emergency,” Response Team that said Wall. “It could be uses trained volunanything from banteers in emergencies. daging an injury to “It came as a stabilizing a spinal response to an idea cord victim – after a from one of our citizen tornado, say. They fire classes to have could be called out for us go into the neighlight search and resborhoods and teach cue for a missing child citizens there,” Hogan or elderly person or to said. “Alpharetta has a carry stretchers. huge CERTS program.

“They might be The HEAT Program is called on to do triage – a spinoff of that.” that determining who Working through among the injured HOAs, firefighters need the most help train these teams to quickly.” deal with situations Wall said it is until emergency perhard to train for one sonnel can arrive. This specific disaster, but is not for the normal if the teams can learn 911 emergency calls, basic skills, then they however. These teams LT. CHRIS WALL can adapt to the cirJohns Creek Fire Department train for unusual circumstances. cumstances.

“They have the Wall, developed training to get from the HEAT program, and so far has two the chaos of the event to a measure of teams, one at Medlock Bridge subcontrol.” division and the other at the St. Ives While similar to CERTS training, community.

Wall said this program is unique in “I wanted to create a program that these are truly disaster situations unique to Johns Creek,” said Wall. where teams may operate on their own “They would be called in the event of before assistance arrives. fire disasters, major storms or any “During Snowpocalypse, we had significant event as backup to the first stranded people sleeping in the fire responders.” stations. If that storm had been a little

I wanted to create a program unique to Johns Creek. They would be called in the event of fire disasters, major storms or any significant event as backup to the first responders.”

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Sean Conroy, left, and Lt. Chris Wall at Fire Station No. 61 on Medlock Bridge Road are heading up a HEAT action team that will respond in emergencies where, for whatever reason, fire units cannot get quickly to the scene. bit worse, we could have had a real disaster,” he said.

“And the reality is if there is a major fire, we all go. All three stations will turn out,” Wall said. “So it is a slender thread if something else comes up while everyone is at the fire.”

Sean Conroy is the Medlock Bridge subdivision team leader. He got involved after taking a CPR course with the Fire Department. Then he signed up for a HEAT initiation course.

He said they have a good core group of 8 to 11 volunteers who now know how to react in an emergency. Usually they are thinking about some natural event – a tornado, wind storm or another blizzard.

Mostly they are trained for treating injuries, getting people stable and watching for signs of shock.

“We might come upon some power lines knocked down. We would rope off the area so that no one wanders into the wrong place. And we are provided equipment to suit the purpose,” Conroy said.

They are also trained to know how to respond to a tornado or to hazardous materials. And they can remain in contact easily with their own cell phones.

“We train on a regular basis. It does

take some time. That is why you will most likely only see HEAT teams in the larger subdivisions,” Conroy said.

He said being on the HEAT team gives him a sense of confidence that in an emergency, they would be able to respond because they have been trained to do it.

“And an added bonus, we all [the team members] came together as strangers, but now we really know each other. So we have gotten to know each other as neighbors as well,” Conroy said.

Wall said he would like a similar team in every subdivision.

“It would almost be like having first responders in every community who could turn out for search and rescue or inspect storm damage. We could do a lot more simulated training with more teams,” Wall said.

They have already called on the Northview High School drama department for “victims” in their simulations.

“Those kids really got into their roles. They made the training very realistic,” he said.

Wall said teams always work in pairs and their mantra is “First Do No Harm.” Safety for the residents and the team members is always the foremost thing.

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Fulton Schools plan eclipse schedule Schools encouraged to provide opportunity for student activities

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Fulton County students will participate in the nation’s biggest science spectacle when the solar eclipse on Aug. 21 makes its way across Georgia.

Last month Fulton School leaders joined the growing list of local systems to adjust dismissal schedules to accommodate both student safety as well as the desire to give students a front seat at the once-a-century event.

The skies will begin to darken after noon, but the time of greatest darkness, 2:35 p.m., is smack in the middle of elementary dismissal. Fulton Schools will delay dismissal for all grades – K-12 - and allow school leaders to determine how it will participate in the eclipse event.

“We are very excited about this once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said Susan Hale, spokesperson for Fulton Schools. “Instructionally, there are

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As a charter system, Hale said individual schools have flexibility on how they will conduct eclipse activities, but there are standards in place for safety and accountability.

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If parents wish to keep their children home that day, or check them out early, the absence will be excused, she added. Each school should have their eclipse plans on their website for reference, and information will be emailed/ sent home with students as well.

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“No, there is no real risk to the city to allow one of these other agencies to serve Johns Creek citizens. It is just not a popular program with residents of this city. We just don’t need the distraction it brings,” Broadbent said. “If we had [supported participation] only a small portion of our residents would be helped.”

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Some people are afraid it would lead to section 8 federal housing [rent assisted affordable housing]. But that would never happen here, the land costs are too high.

Right or wrong, the perception here is the reality.”

STEVE BROADBENT Johns Creek city councilman He said there is continued opposition, some of it for absurd reasons.

“Some people are afraid it would lead to section 8 federal housing [rent assisted affordable housing]. But that would never happen here, the land costs are too high. Right or wrong, the perception here is the reality.”

He said he would focus “100 percent” on the issues that matter in Johns Creek.

The option that council passed was to forgo the funding for three years, then the council could re-examine it.

Maybe cooler heads – or warmer hearts – will prevail at that time.

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Delayed tax bills push Fulton Schools System takes out short-term loan to cover budget

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Delays in property tax payments could cost the Fulton School System $185,000 while it awaits local tax receipts to begin flowing into the system’s coffers.

This year Fulton County homeowners have an extra 60 days to pay their tax bills after controversy erupted over increased property assessments. That delay means money directed to Fulton Schools – about half of the average residential tax bill – may not arrive till December.

This week the Fulton School Board is set to approve a $75 million tax anticipation note to cover the gap in revenues and expenditures. Without the note, school officials said the system could face a cash crunch toward the end of the year.

Nearly 65 percent of the school system’s budget comes from local property taxes, leaving few options to cover shortfalls.

“Every month our payroll alone is $66 million,” noted Robert Morales, chief financial officer for Fulton Schools. “When tax [receipts] are delayed our cash balances are going to reach their lowest levels in November.”

Fulton Schools can borrow up to $75 million, and will pay 1 percent in interest, plus other fees and expenses, for a potential price tag of up to $185,000 on top of the loan.

The note is short term, and must be paid back by Dec. 31 or the school system could jeopardize its AAA credit rating – an unlikely situation, Morales said.

Until November, Morales said strong reserve funds held by Fulton Schools should mitigate the financial situation and pay all bills till the loan kicks in. He hopes the system will need to borrow no more than $50 million of the approved $75 million to weather the storm.

The delay in tax payments stems from the decision by the Fulton Board of Commissioners to rescind the original 2017 residential property assessments sent out this past spring.

The move came in response to an eruption by thousands of homeowners who saw the values of their homes inexplicably skyrocket over the previous year.

In June Fulton officials voted to freeze residential assessments at 2016

Every month our payroll alone is $66 million. When tax [receipts] are delayed our cash balances are going to reach their lowest levels in November.”

ROBERT MORALES Chief financial officer for Fulton Schools levels. Homeowners were issued new assessments in early August, and tax bills will be sent out next month.

“The normal time frame for tax bills [to be sent out] is late July or early August, with taxes due 60 days later in October,” Morales explained. “This process is going to be delayed by two months at least.”

The situation places Fulton Schools in a quandary. The $1 billion budget for the FY18 general fund, which covers school operations, went into effect July 1 and includes a $48 million increase over FY17.

The jump in expenditures was to be covered by an expected 6 percent increase in local tax revenues.

Morales said he will not know till the end of August when the tax digest comes out if revenues will balance expenditures. The freeze on tax assessments does not apply to commercial properties, which Morales said appears to have seen growth from last year.

The most significant decision facing Fulton Schools is the adoption of the millage rate.

The FY18 budget assumes the millage rate will be the same as last year. But if revenue drops with the revised assessments, the system could face cutbacks or a potential increase in millage.

Once the tax digest is approved, Fulton Schools will hold public hearings on the millage rate if needed, and expects to have the rate set by mid-September.

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Five North Fulton public schools have new leaders at the helm this season, as well as West Forsyth and Pinecrest Academy in Forsyth.

Two of those coaches have come from within the North Fulton/Forsyth County area – Matt Kemper and Adam Clack.

After two seasons at Johns Creek, where he led the Gladiators to their first region title in 2016, Matt Kemper will make his debut at Roswell. Kemper is the first Roswell head coach to be hired outside the program since the 1950s.

Kemper will lead what is almost an entirely new coaching staff for the Hornets with 10 of 12 coaches entering their first season with Roswell.

The Hornet’s rivals, Milton, will also be under new direction on the sidelines when Adam Clack enters his first season for the Eagles.

Clack led West Forsyth, Milton’s Region 5-AAAAAAA opponent, for three seasons. West made two playoff appearances and went 20-12 under Clack.

When Roswell and Milton face off Sept. 29, it will be the first time two first-year head coaches made their debuts in the rivalry since 1970.

Three other first-year head coaches in North Fulton will make their debuts this season, two with head coaching experience in Florida.

Matt Helmerich takes over defending Region 7-AAAAAA champions Johns Creek after spending one season as head coach of Florida’s Fort Pierce Central. Helmerich was the defensive coordinator at Florida powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas from 2010-16.

Also a former head coach in Florida, Northview’s James Thomson became the state’s youngest head coach in 2010. He spent the 2016 season with UCLA as an offensive analysist and running backs coach.

Centennial has called on Michael Perry to replace Lenny Gregory, who left

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Joining Perry in their inaugural season as a head coach is Terence Mathis of Pinecrest Academy and Shawn Cahill of West Forsyth.

Mathis replaces Todd Winter, now at Holy Innocents’, who amassed a 35-19 record and three playoff appearances in five seasons with the Paladins.

Mathis spent 13 seasons in the NFL, including eight with the Atlanta Falcons, as a receiver. He brings his knowledge of NFL experience to the Paladins, as well as assistant coaching experience with Savannah State University.

West Forsyth’s Cahill will make his head coaching debut when the Wolverines play Woodstock Aug. 18. He has 15 years of coaching experience, most recently spending three years as the offensive coordinator at Lanier.

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Titans unified under new head coach James Thompson enthusiastic about first year

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — According to first-year Northview head coach James Thompson, unity is the only way to win games.

His focus in the offseason has been changing the culture for the Titans, creating a family atmosphere and putting an emphasis on having fun.

His players have taken notice.

“It’s a whole different aspect when you like your coach,” said starting quarterback Colton McDaniel. “It’s more personal to play for someone you care for.”

Defensive lineman Kadeem Shabazz said, “Last year we got down on each other and played the blame game, but now we’re in this together.”

Thompson said the unity of the Titans’ and their reception to him in his first year has been amazing.

With a decade of coaching experience at the high school and collegiate level, Thompson said, “I’m having more fun coaching now than I think I ever have.”

Northview certainly didn’t have much fun last year, struggling to a 1-9 season after two consecutive playoffs berths. But now, among the players and coaching staff is a palpable excitement for the 2017 season.

A major factor in the spike in enthusiasm is the Titans’ newly implemented, pro-style offense.

Leading the new look will be returning starting quarterback McDaniel, who Thompson describes as a mobile, efficient competitor.

McDaniel is ready to lead the new scheme.

“It’s more dangerous,” he said. “We have a lot more ways we can move the ball and be successful. And it’s very adjustable.”

Last season’s leading rusher Emeke Nwanze has transferred to Centennial, opening the role for Farid Nana-Yeboah and Will Caylor.

Providing gaps for its rusher and protection for McDaniel will be a young offensive line, but it’s one that Thompson said has been working well as a unit.

McDaniel will have go-to receivers in Mac Bolton, Colin Ferguson, Christian Watson and Kane Siebold.

“We are able to do more offensively with how intelligent these kids are,” Thompson said. “I have more offense

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than I have in years past and haven’t even played game one.”

Defensively, the Titans will operate out the 3-4 but have multiple looks.

The Titans will look to Shabazz on the defensive line and linebackers Connor Hint and Zach Billings to lead the defensive front.

Kicker Mike Owen, who Thompson called “fantastic,” returns.

Thompson isn’t one to make predictions, but he expects his unified team to compete well this season.

“What I’m concerned with is our team,” he said. “How we stack up is unknown, so we are going to take everything play by play. I feel confident we have turned a corner, now it’s just about execution.”

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A year after winning the program’s first region title, Johns Creek will have a new look in 2017. The Gladiators will be under new leadership in head coach Matt Helmerich and will have a slew of young players making their starting debuts.

The Gladiator’s offense only returns a few starters, but that’s still far more than the defense, which returns none.

But in his short time at the helm, Helmerich says though his team lacks starting experience, the Gladiators’ talent runs deep.

“We have a lot of young talent that is enthusiastic and wants to work,” Helmerich said. “We still have talent up and down the roster, we’re just young in certain areas.”

Much of that talent resides in the offense’s few returners, all at skilled positions.

Quarterback Zach Gibson returns after his standout sophomore season to lead the Gladiator’s spread offense. He will have a go-to and highly-touted receiver in Zach Williams, who has gathered interest from 22 college programs.

“I don’t think teams will be able to limit Williams as much as they think they can,” Helmerich said.

The Gladiators also have a number of talented slot receivers, including Tommy Tremble.

Where the offense lacks experience is on the line, which will see just one returning starter and no seniors.

“They are undersized, but they are

the hardest working group on the field each day,” Helmerich said. He hopes the line will be “clicking” when Johns Creek begins region play.

That line will be creating gaps for running back Nate Hope.

It’ll be all new on the defensive side, and the Gladiators have been filling the entire starting roster.

Helmerich will use a 3-3 stack and multiple coverages in what he calls an undersized, but fast and aggressive defense.

Johns Creek will also be inexperienced in its kicker after consistent and powerful Jake Friant graduated. The Gladiators will call on a soccer player and first-year football player, for its kicking duties.

“As a young team, our goal is to get better each week, but there’s enough talent on this team to win quite a few games this year,” Helmerich said.

Johns Creek’s inexperienced team will have little time to come together – the Gladiators open their season against two 7A opponents in Lassiter and North Forsyth.

“On paper, Lassiter might be the most talented team we face all year, and they’re week one,” Helmerich said.

“Follow that with North Forsyth right out of the gate and its certainly going to be an early test.”

The challenging opening games of the season will expose any weaknesses and show the team what they need to work on, Helmerich said.

The Gladiators will then have a bye week to make those adjustments before starting Region 7-AAAAAA play, where they will look to defend their region title.

“It’s a pretty balanced region,” Helmerich said. “I think we can beat any team, and any team can beat us.

We’ve got to bring our ‘A’ game every week.”

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9/22 @ Kennesaw Mountain 10/6 North Forsyth* 10/13 @West Forsyth* 10/20 Milton* 10/27 @South Forsyth* 11/3 Lambert*

9/29 Milton 10/06 @Lassiter* 10/13 Walton* 10/20 Etowah* 10/27 @Woodstock* 11/3 @Cherokee*

8/18 Roswell (Corky Kell) 8/25 Pinecrest Academy 9/1 Centennial 9/8 @South Gwinnett 9/22 Lassiter 10/6 Lambert* 10/13 @Milton* 10/20 @North Forsyth* 10/27 Forsyth Central* 11/3 @West Forsyth

8/25 Johns Creek

9/1 Loganville

9/15 @Pickens

9/22 Woodstock

10/6 @Forsyth Central*

10/13 @Lambert*

10/20 South Forsyth*

10/27 West Forsyth*

11/3 @Milton*

11/3 South Forsyth

10/27 @North Forsyth*

10/20 @Lambert*

10/13 Forsyth Central*

10/6 @Milton*

9/22 @Newnan

9/15 Dacula

9/8 @Hillgrove

8/25 @Pace Academy

8/18 Woodstock

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

9/15 Duluth

9/22 Archer

WEST FORSYTH

9/08 @Meadowcreek

9/08 @Colquitt County

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

9/01 @River Ridge

9/01 @Central Gwinnett

SOUTH FORSYTH

8/25 Dawson Co.

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

FORSYTH CENTRAL

8/18 South Forsyth (Corky Kell)

(Reg. 4-AAAAAAA)

ROSWELL

8/18 @Sequoyah

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

NORTH FORSYTH

LOCAL TEAMS BY REGION • Reg. 4-AAAAAAA: Roswell • Reg. 7-AAAAAA: Alpharetta, Cambridge, Centennial, Chattahoochee, Johns Creek and Northview • Reg. 5-AAAAAAA: Forsyth Central, Lambert, Milton, North Forsyth, South Forsyth and West Forsyth • Reg. 7-AAAA: Blessed Trinity • Reg. 6-A Subregion B: Fellowship Christian, King’s Ridge, Mt. Pisgah, Pinecrest and St. Francis

*on schedules denotes region game

2017 team schedules

9/29 @Roswell 10/6 West Forsyth* 10/13 South Forsyth* 10/20 @Forsyth Central* 10/27 @Lambert* 11/3 North Forsyth*

9/22 @Wheeler 10/6 @South Forsyth 10/13 North Forsyth 10/20 West Forsyth 10/27 Milton 11/3 @Forsyth Central

11/3 @Chattahoochee*

10/27 Dunwoody*

10/20 @Cambridge*

10/13 Johns Creek*

10/6 @Pope*

9/29 North Atlanta*

9/15 Northview*

9/8 @Centennial*

8/25 Gainesville

8/18 @Milton

11/3 @North Atlanta*

10/20 Alpharetta*

10/13 @Northview*

10/6 Dunwoody*

9/29 @Johns Creek*

9/22 Centennial*

9/15 Pope*

9/8 @Chattahoochee*

9/1 Milton

8/25 @Creekview

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

9/15 Etowah

9/15 Lanier

CAMBRIDGE

9/1 @Cambridge

9/8 @Cherokee

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

8/25 North Gwinnett

9/1 @Collins Hill

ALPHARETTA

8/18 Alpharetta

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

MILTON

8/25 Mountain View

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

LAMBERT

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9/8 Alpharetta* 9/15 @Johns Creek* 9/22 @Cambridge* 9/29 Chattahoochee* 10/6 @Northview* 10/13 North Atlanta* 10/20 Dunwoody* 10/27 @Pope*

9/8 Cambridge*

9/15 @North Atlanta*

9/22 Dunwoody*

9/29 @Centennial*

10/6 @Johns Creek*

10/20 Pope*

10/27 @Northview*

11/3 Alpharetta*

8/18 Glascock Co. 9/1 @Strong Rock Christian 9/8 @Whitefield Academy* 9/15 Mt. Paran Christian* 9/29 @Mt. Pisgah Christian* 10/6 Pinecrest Academy* 10/13 St. Francis* 10/20 @Walker* 10/27 @Fellowship Christian 11/3 TBD (Reg. 6-A Play-In)

8/25 Mt. Paran Christian

9/8 @Our Lady of Mercy

9/15 @St. Francis*

9/29 Walker*

10/6 @Whitefield Academy*

10/13 @Pinecrest Academy*

10/20 Mt. Pisgah Christian*

10/27 King’s Ridge Christian*

11/3 TBD (Reg. 6-A Play-In)

(Reg. 6-A Subregion B)

11/3 TBD (Reg. 6-A Play-In)

10/27 @Mt. Paran Christian*

10/20 @Fellowship Christian*

10/6 @St. Francis*

9/29 King’s Ridge Christian*

9/22 @Pinecrest Academy*

9/8 Walker*

9/1 Whitefield Academy*

8/25 @Rabun Co.

8/18 Holy Innocents’

(Reg. 6-A Subregion B)

Mt. Pisgah Christian

11/3 @Dunwoody

10/27 North Atlanta*

10/13 @Alpharetta*

10/6 Chattahoochee*

9/29 Cambridge*

9/22 @Northview*

9/15 Centennial*

9/8 @Pope*

8/25 @North Forsyth

8/18 Lassiter

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

JOHNS CREEK

11/3 TBD (Reg. 6-A Play-In)

10/27 St. Francis*

10/20 @Whitefield Academy*

10/13 Fellowship Christian*

10/6 @King’s Ridge Christian*

9/29 @Mt. Paran Christian*

9/22 Mt. Pisgah Christian*

9/15 Walker*

9/1 @Discovery

8/25 @South Forsyth

(Reg. 6-A Subregion B)

Pinecrest Academy

11/3 @Pope*

10/27 Chattahoochee*

10/20 @North Atlanta*

10/13 Cambridge*

10/6 Centennial*

9/29 @Dunwoody*

9/22 Johns Creek*

9/15 @Alpharetta*

9/1 @Winder-Barrow

8/18 Lanier

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

NORTHVIEW

11/3 TBD (Reg. 6-A Play-In)

10/27 @Pincerest Academy*

10/20 Mt. Paran Christian*

10/13 @King’s Ridge Christian*

10/6 Mt. Pisgah Christian*

9/29 Whitefield Academy*

9/22 @Walker*

9/15 Fellowship Christian*

9/1 @North Cobb Christian

8/25 @Holy Innocents’

(Reg. 6-A Subregion B)

St. Francis

11/3 @West Hall*

10/20 Marist*

10/13 @Chestatee*

10/6 White Co.*

9/22 McCallie (TN)

9/15 @Hart Co.

9/8 Creekview

9/1 @Marietta

8/25 St. Pius X

8/18 @Westminster

(Reg. 7-AAAA)

BLESSED TRINITY

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8/18 @Atkinson Co.

(Reg. 6-A Subregion B)

KING’S RIDGE

9/1 @South Forsyth

8/25 @Rockdale Co.

FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN

8/25 Wheeler

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

CENTENNIAL

8/18 Pickens

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CHATTAHOOCHEE

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Chattahoochee strives to ‘be elite’ in 2017 Cougars look to improve on 5-5 season

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The mantra for Chattahoochee head coach Vince Strine and his team this season is “be elite,” challenging the Cougars to reach for the pinnacle in all they do.

To lead a team aiming for greatness will be an elite coaching staff, the best Strine has been a part of, he said.

“We have a lot of guys who have a lot of years’ experience coaching, and we have a lot of young guys who are very energized and knowledgeable,” Strine said. “We have two former head coaches and some former players, so these guys coach with a greater purpose. Hooch matters to them.”

The Cougars’ coaching staff will lead a team hungry for success after narrowly missing out on a playoff berth last year after three straight losing seasons.

Running Hooch’s spread offense will be quarterback Jack Corrigan, in to replace graduated standout Chase Owens.

A state champion as a goalkeeper in soccer, Corrigan is a fierce competitor, Strine said.

“That’s what I really like about him,” Strine said. “He demands excellence from the players around him.”

Corrigan saw some playing time last year with an injury to Owens, compiling 429 yards with three touchdowns.

Strine said the senior has improved his throwing mechanics and is a physical runner.

Last year’s leading runner Joseph Daniels transferred to Roswell, opening the running back position for Max Webb and Marcus Stephen. Webb brings speed, while Stephen is a powerful runner, Strine said.

A weakness is year’s past has been Hooch’s offensive line, but Strine said this year’s squad is bigger and stronger and he expects “big things” from his starting five.

Hooch will have five or six receivers who will rotate, including safety Joseph Sayles and receiver Hunter Patterson.

Strine said the offense will play to its strengths, but the biggest difference

in this year’s team is its ability to get the ball in the hands of a variety of players.

For the Cougars’ defense, Strine said a focus for this season will be to play with more comfort.

“The past few years the kids have been afraid to mess up and are robotic,” Strine said. “We want to be confident in what we’re doing.”

Leading a strong secondary will be Sayles and corner T Lee, who has garnered interest from multiple Division 1 schools after his sophomore season.

Brenden Huet, Danny Gladwell, Bobby Spradlin will lead the linebacker core with Anway Jackson heading the defensive line.

Getting Hooch to elite status is in the development stages, Strine said, with a focus on improving each day.

“The buzzword is ‘process’ around the college and NFL ranks, and I believe in that,” he said. “Our guys are grinders, hard-workers and fun to be around. They’re developing into a brotherhood and playing for each other.

When you play for each other you play better. This team is learning to do that and we are watching them develop in a positive way.”

KEITH MAJOR/SPORTS SHOOTERS

Senior quarterback Jack Corrigan will step into a starting role this season to lead the Cougars’ offense.

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Perry looks to put Knights ‘on the map’ First-year head coach sets sights high

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Centennial head coach Michael Perry won’t be happy with a mediocre “transition” year as he takes over the Knights in his first season as a head coach. He wants a region championship and to put Centennial “on the map.”

Perry certainly has a history of putting programs and players in the spotlight.

An offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach with Gainesville from 2011-15, Perry led Gainesville to its only state championship in 2012 and coached perhaps the biggest name in college football in 2016 –Clemson’s Deshaun Watson.

In his sole season at Coffee last year, Perry’s offense led the team to a quarterfinals appearance in the state playoffs, just the third in the program’s 48 seasons.

With a history of getting teams and players recognition statewide, Perry said to put the Knights on the map, the

region title must be the focus.

In Centennial’s 20year program history, the Knights have never won an outright region championship. They shared a title with Cherokee in 2002, the school’s winningest season.

And though he is new to the region, Perry fully understands the challenge of capturing the region title in the dogfight that is Region 7-AAAAAA. “After our first two non-region games, we immediately have to face Alpharetta and Johns Creek, two really good football teams,” Perry said. “Once we get into region games, we have no time to get better. We have to be playing our best football from the beginning of the season.”

Just two non-region games also gives Perry’s offense and defense little game experience in Perry’s new schemes.

Perry has implemented an air-raid offense for the Knights, perhaps no surprise given his quarterback-based offensive background. He said the offense will go high-tempo and no-huddle.

With a pass-heavy offense, the quarterback is key. For 2017, the Knights will feature a new starter in junior Max Brosmer.

Brosmer steps up to replace graduate Casen Conway who threw for over 2,200 yards and 16 touchdowns last season.

“Brosmer is a heady, intelligent kid who is accurate with a strong arm,” Perry said. “With any new quarterback there are going to be some growing pains, but Brosmer doesn’t make the same mistake twice.”

Brosmer will have a standout target in receiver Blane Mason, who returns for his senior season after leading the Knights in receptions and yards last year.

Perry said Mason has the uncanny ability to get to the ball and is “something to watch.”

But the Knights won’t be a passonly team, Perry said, and leading the rushing attack will be Emeka Nwanze, a transfer from Northview who rushed for over 1,500 yards his sophomore season.

Leading the offense in the trenches

will be 6-foot-2 junior center Will Edwards.

The Knights’ defense can also look to a new scheme as Perry has implemented a 3-5-3. He said the goal of the scheme will be to ensure stopping the run while pressuring the opposition’s quarterback.

“You’re going to see guys flying all around the ball,” Perry said.

After a standout year as a freshman in 2016 where he led the team in tackles, sophomore linebacker Max Able returns to lead the Knights defensively.

Able will be joined by fellow linebackers David Gaffney and Drew Sherman and corners Malcom Gallagher, Freddy Fairley and Mason.

One of the state’s best lacrosse players will strap up for football this season when Nicky Solomon will handle kicking duties for the Knights.

With the team transitioning to new schemes, Perry has a transition of his own – being a head coach.

“The biggest challenge for me is having to worry about the whole program and find that balance,” Perry said. “But I’m working on it and getting better every day.”

And he will need to if the Knights are going to capture their first region title.

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Alpharetta has talent, experience in 2017 squad Raiders seek to recapture region title

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta head coach Jacob Nichols says the goal for his 2017 team is to get the Raiders back to wearing the crown of region champions. He also understands how difficult that may be in Region 7-AAAAAA, where his team placed third last year after losing to two region opponents by a single score.

In fact, all four of the Raiders’ losses in 2016 came by a single score. So Nichols is well-aware that getting his team back to region champion status will require focus on finishing games.

“In all of those situations we had the opportunity to win the game,” Nichols said. “Whether it was a matter of experience, youth or lack of execution, unfortunately the ball never really fell on our side in those situations.”

Those demoralizing losses will be used as motivation this year.

“We know how close we were a year ago and how much further we can go just by fixing those little things and making sure we don’t leave anything out there on the field,” Nichols said.

Much of the same core of last year’s squad will take that experience and motivation to move forward in 2017, with Alpharetta returning 16 starters and boasting a 28-man senior class.

“Look across our depth chart and it’s two-deep with seniors,” Nichols said. “It always helps to have that many players come back with experience and we are definitely blessed with numbers.”

Leading the Raiders’ spread offense will be three-year starters in quarterback Matthew Downing and running back Nolan Edmonds, the keys to Alpharetta’s offensive success, Nichols said.

Downing threw for over 2,200 yards with 24 touchdowns last year, while Edmonds led the Raiders in rushing yards while sharing duties.

“I think we are definitely clicking on all cylinders,” Downing said. “We’ve added a new dynamic to our offense and hopefully we can put our defense in better situations [than last year].”

The offensive line returns three starters, and Nichols said a core of seven-players should see time in the trenches this year.

The Raiders lost their most sizeable receiver in Carlos Carriere, but Nichols

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Standout quarterback Jacob Cendoya (5) returns for his senior campaign after compiling nearly 3,700 passing and rushing yards in 2016.

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Senior quarterback Matthew Downing will lead an experienced Raiders team which returns 16 starters from last year.

said while this year’s receiving core will won’t have size advantages, they will have speed.

“We don’t have those big, red-zone bodies, but we have six to eight guys who can take a 2-yard catch and turn it into a big play with their speed,” Nichols said.

Defensively, the Raiders’ return all of the 2016 secondary and five of their front seven, in what Nichols said will be one of the top defenses in the state in their class.

Included in that mix is three-year starter Reid Schultz at linebacker, who was second on the team in tackles last season, and defensive lineman Nick Markus who had 14.5 sacks and 57 total tackles.

Joining Markus on the defensive line is Jack Stanton, who missed nine games last season with a broken arm, but made 5.5 sacks in just two games.

“I feel we don’t really have any holes on defense,” Schultz said. “We feel prepared and strong.”

And preparation will be key for the Raiders seeking a third region title in five years.

“We have a very tough schedule and a very tough region,” Nichols said. “We are a few years removed from our last region championship, and that’s what we want to fight to get back to.”

“We have high expectations and those expectations are to compete for championships.”

Mount Pisgah returns offensive firepower in 2017 Patriots seeking sixth-straight playoff appearance

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Since its program was founded 15 years ago, Mount Pisgah has enjoyed its most successful stint under head coach Mike Forester, who has compiled a 32-15 record and has made the playoffs all four years since he came on board, what Forester called the goal for each season.

The team will seek to continue its playoff streak this season, as well as capture the program’s second region championship, with a seasoned offensive and inexperienced but promising defense.

Standout senior quarterback Jacob Cendoya returns to lead the Patriots’ offense. He not only led the team in passing yards and touchdowns, he was also the Patriots’ leading rusher, compiling 2,468 yards passing with 22 touchdowns and added 1,169 yards on the ground with 10 touchdowns in 2016.

“Cendoya is an incredible talent,” Forester said. “He loves playing and gives us a spark and enthusiasm.”

Cendoya will get the ball into the hands of senior receiver Kai Williams, who had 843 yards receiving with 11 touchdowns, including four 100-plus yard games, last year.

Joining Williams in the receiving core will be Jacob Wooten and David Woodward.

The Patriots’ also bring size and

experience to the offensive line with 6-foot-3 tackle Chad Peden and 6-foot5 Connor Getchell leading the line.

Trey Murphy will likely lead the rushing attack for the Patriots who averaged 34 points per game last year.

“We’re hoping our offense is going to be what drives us,” Forester said.

“We’re counting on them to win us quite a few ballgames.”

Mount Pisgah will need to fill more gaps on what Forester called a “young defense,” but he said he has been pleased with his “promising” new starters. Defensive end Connor Pursell, linebackers Charlie Smith, Jackson Grant and Jonathan Giglia return for the Patriots’ defense.

The Patriots’ allowed an average of 29 points per game in 2016 with one shutout.

Mount Pisgah will face the same nine teams as last year before the Region 6-A play-in game Nov. 4 and will try to avoid a last-season skid against the region’s top teams.

The Patriots opened the season 4-0, including a no-contest against Rabun County, before falling in four of their final six games to Pinecrest Academy, Fellowship Christian, Mount Paran and Trion.

“All of our opponents are tough, but some of the really tough teams are at the end of the season,” Forester said. “If we can stay injury-free, we can stay successful.”

The Patriots are 20-7 against their first nine opponents under Forester.

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Deluxe garage proposed off McFarland Parkway ‘Man caves’ designed to provide storage for expensive cars

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By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Builders of a proposed luxury car garage got the green light Aug. 8 to begin the process for the 26-acre property.

Jeff Beal, co-founder and principal partner at Destination Development Partners Inc., said the project will be called The Stables Motor Plaza and will be built at 425 McFarland Parkway.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved starting the process for two county-initiated rezoning applications.

Beal said the project has two sections, retail in the front and garages in the back.

The retail could consist of a highend car wash, coffee shop, rooftop restaurant and a high-end car dealership.

There would also be an event space for public or private use, as well as a wetlands area that will be maintained similar to a nature center.

Plans call for the back of the property to be gated garage buildings, similar to condominiums, where buyers store their luxury cars.

The clientele targets anyone who owns a luxury car, Beal said. The group performed a study of luxury car owners in and around Atlanta, and found the core area of people who own cars

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The deluxe garages will be completely customizable, from how many cars they will hold to what sort of details and furnishings will go inside. costing at least $125,000 live north of the Atlanta.

That population, as well as the access to Ga. 400 and Halcyon, brought the community to McFarland Parkway.

“When we pulled out the zip codes, there are 3,500 cars registered north of Atlanta valued at $125,000 or more,” Beal said. “At this location, there are more than 1,700 cars within five miles of this site. You pull from south Forsyth, Cumming, Johns Creek, Al-

pharetta and Milton. That core group of cars are registered right here.”

Building will have different prices and sizes from 15 feet by 35 feet, up to 40 feet by 35 feet. Prices are still being discussed, but Beal said similar garages charge around $350 per car per month, but this will cost more because it’ll be more high-end.

The owners may store their cars during the week while they’re at work, and stop by the garages on the week-

end to pull out their cars to work on them and have informal car shows with their neighbors. The cars will always go back into the garages overnight.

Occasionally, they may open the gates for the public to view the cars, but the majority of the time it’ll be closed off for the owners.

No one will be allowed to live in the garages, although the areas will start unfinished and the buyers can customize them to their liking.

“Most of these guys have a garage with three to four cars in it,” Beal said.

“They know how they want it and like it.”

Mezzanine areas will be above the car storage areas, so the buyers can install things like bathrooms, pool tables or have an office area.

No businesses will be allowed to operate out of the garages, but car owners can perform work.

“You can come and work on your own vehicle, that’s fine,” Beal said. “But we’re not bringing our neighbor’s vehicle and grease monkey it all day long.

Most of these guys we know who will do this have mechanic skills. But they want someone who’s reputable to work on their vehicles.”

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Reason to talk about the unspeakable Closing more There is a word I have not said since Feb. 5 early this year, a topic I have run away from discussing. A reality I have tried to push out of my memory. As football season is deGEOFF SMITH scending upon us, Assurance Financial, gsmith@lendtheway.com I’m having to come to grips with that fact that denial ain’t a river in Egypt.

Many of you have done the same thing. I know it. So I’m going to get things started, because we have to: The Falcons lost the Super Bowl in the worst blown lead loss ever.

It was the biggest punch in the gut I’ve ever encountered in sports. By halftime, I knew we had it won. Then I got a text from my mother asking me if I was taking my boys to the victory parade – what a grandmother thing to do by the way. We’re lost in a lifetime of pent-up exuberant celebration and she’s at home imagining her grandsons at the parade.

Anyway – as soon as I saw that text, that’s when I got worried. Looking back, I’m glad she sent it. It tempered me for what was about to happen.

It pulled me down from the clouds and back on solid ground so I didn’t have as far to fall when everything fell apart. It’s like my mother, who raised her children here, had seen enough Atlanta sports seasons to know that we were setting ourselves up for disappointment.

While others stayed in the clouds, I knowingly watched the Patriots methodically disassemble our hopes and dreams. As soon as the game was over, I gathered my family, walked out of the party we were at and have not mentioned it since.

Well, it’s time to deal with it. And truthfully, I feel better already. I’ve read up on them. We are fully blaming Kyle Shanahan, who is now the

head coach of the 49ers. Can’t wait for that game. And now that I’m looking squarely and honestly at the coming season – there is a ton of things to look forward to. We are getting another new stadium folks! C’mon, we are!

Mercedes-Benz Stadium is due to host its first event in two weeks. By now you’ve heard about it: the retractable roof, the world’s largest video board, the 100-yard bar … it’s going to be an incredible venue.

What I’m really getting excited about is what’s going on around the stadium. As you may know, it sits next door to the Georgia Dome. Many of us have wondered what will happen there, and plans have finally been announced.

Renderings were released last week of a new hotel overlooking The Home Depot Backyard, a 13-acre lawn for tailgating that will also host arts and cultural events.

When Arthur Blank first took ownership of the team, you could feel the fresh air and the renewed engagement with the fan-base. We are lucky to have him as our team’s owner.

While he has probably always been a natural dollars-and-sense man, it seems there is no doubt he is in a philanthropic stage of his life. While the Braves built a stadium and a city in Cobb County (closer to most of their season ticket-holders), Blank kept the Falcons intown. And really, in an area of the city with some of the highest crime rates. In seeing what he and others are doing with the City of Refuge (Google it), and with the new stadium plans, he seems bent on reviving the area around the new stadium. The park opens up to the neighborhoods around the old Dome and will serve as something they can use when nothing is going on at the new stadium. The new hotel will have between 800 and 1,000 rooms and will rise up from the southern end of the Georgia World Congress Center. It will for sure provide hundreds of daytime

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Teaching entrepreneurship: Learning outside the box Lee Heisman wants millennials to learn craft of ‘next big thing’

By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. – There is no greater gathering of business people and entrepreneurs in Roswell than when the Roswell Rotary Club convenes its weekly luncheon. So it was an avid audience of Rotarians who listened last Thursday to Lee Heisman, who runs Savant, a full-service technology company.

He is passionate about entrepreHEISMAN neurship and spoke about entrepreneurism as a subject that should be taught in business school. Speaking to these Rotarians about entrepreneurship is akin to preaching to the choir.

Yet in the Information Age where companies grow up quickly and then die because they can’t adapt (remember Blockbuster?), there is a need for business people to have the skills to adapt, morph or go off in another direction altogether.

What’s so cool about a lot of Liberal Arts majors out there in the world with no actionable skills.

Why not teach real skills such as sales and entrepreneurship?”

LEE HEISMAN Owner, founder of Savant Technology “What’s so cool about a lot of liberal arts majors out there in the world with no actionable skills,” Heisman said. “Why not teach real skills such as sales and entrepreneurship?” he asked.

That is just what Heisman is doing at Kennesaw State University. There are a lot of great ideas out there, and technology is the fertile ground to make them happen, he said.

“But there are skills people need to acquire to be successful. But once they have them, there is no telling what they can do,” he said.

Heisman grew his company in a new direction when he realized there was a growing need for an IT provider that understood both technology and how that technology should be used on a daily basis to accelerate a business’s growth and productivity.

“What I teach is a mindset,” he said.

It’s not about building one company and making it work, said Heisman. In this day and age it is about building a series of ventures as markets and technologies shift and change.

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KSU only Georgia college offering entrepreneurial degree

By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmdiagroup.com KENNESAW, Ga. – Kennesaw State University is the only college in Georgia that bestows an entrepreneurship business degree and has created the KSU Entrepreneurship Center on campus.

Christopher C. Hanks is the founder and executive director of the Entrepreneurship Center which represents an entirely new approach to preparing students for the business world.

“KSU not only is the only college to offer an entrepreneurship degree in the state, but is one of the very few to offer it in the Southeast,” Hanks said. “A lot of schools offer entrepreneurship classes or entrepreneurship as a minor. But we offer a BBA degree in entrepreneurship.”

Hanks said KSU’s entrepreneurship curriculum takes a unique approach from other colleges.

“We emphasize mindset first, then skillsets.

That is one of the reasons, I believe, that gives us the results we’ve been getting. The information is out there in many forms already.

“You can Google it and get tons of information.

The difference maker is changing the ways students think and act. Then you give them the skills they need to be successful,” Hanks said.

The first course in the curriculum is “The Entrepreneurial Mind.” Its focus is to get students to think like entrepreneurs first. In many ways it sounds simple, but it is about approaching work, your job and even life from a new perspective.

Take jobs for example. The standard mindset is one works and produces x amount of product or service for y amount of wages.

The entrepreneurial mindset is about finding ways to be more useful and valuable to employers and exceed their expectations. In many ways, Hanks said, the idea is to treat the boss like the customer. And the only way to win over the customer is to give a better value.

“So, every day I’m working to exceed my boss’s expectations, I receive more rewards or time off,” he said.

Two things happen with that mindset, KSU has shown. First, entrepreneurial students perform the nuances of a market and finding a niche to exploit – and then find another, and another, he said.

“What we want to do is to turn young entrepreneurs’ dreams into businesses,” he said.

Jacque Digieso, cofounder of The Cottage School, is a disciple of Heisman’s ideas. Students at The Cottage School don’t fit in the cookie-cutter world of public education. Yet shown another way to learn, with a different set of skillsets, they can thrive.

Digieso met Heisman through the work his company, Savant, did at her school. A past president of Roswell Rotary, she recruited him to be a guest speaker.

“When I heard him talk about entrepreneurism being taught in the classroom, I fell in love with idea,” Digieso said. “It is so timely.”

“Today, colleges teach you to go to work for some-

better in the workplace and thus earn 27 percent more after graduation than peer students.

“We have employers lined up to hire our students because they value the way these students think and act in the workplace,” Hanks said. “They strive to exceed expectations.”

Just preaching the mantra of HANKS exceeding expectations is not enough however. KSU courses are designed to create ways for students to experience the rewards of the entrepreneurial mindset. At the core is the idea to treat your boss like your customer. Exceed his expectations.

“We give the students courses that challenge them and also change them. So that even if the go on to a job rather than founding a business, they will be more successful,” Hanks said. “To get students to internalize these ideas, they have to understand why the process works. When they do, they begin to act differently and people perceive them differently.”

The coursework is also about instilling successful skillsets to help students succeed in their endeavors, Hanks said.

Among these skills is the ability to overcome the fear of failure. That is something everyone has, but only a few conquer it to be successful.

How do you discover what you really want and then how do make a plan to get it?

These are tools, not gimmicky platitudes. In entrepreneurial classes students learn to identify and then overcome those fears by finding solutions.

“If it sounds messy, that’s because it is.

Getting there is messy, but if you persevere you will get there,” he said. “But create an action plan and then you hold people accountable, including yourself.”

To learn more about the KSU Entrepreneurship Center, email Christopher C. Hanks at chanks1@ kennesaw.edu. body else. The tools you master in his entrepreneur courses teach you how become a business,” Digieso said. “And those skills are also great as an employee, because you are always thinking outside the box.”

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MS. SENIOR GA PAGEANT

This will be the 27th annual Ms. Senior Georgia Pageant. This year’s theme is “Masquerade Ball.” Participants will compete in the areas of talent, individual interview with five judges, evening gown, onstage question and written statement of principle.

The pageant is Sunday, Aug. 20, 2-5 p.m. at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell. Tickets are $15 for adults, $7 for children. For more information and tickets, visit roswellgov.com.

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EVENTS: “THE VIETNAM WAR” DOCUMENTARY SCREENING

What: The city of Johns Creek will be hosting a screening of the upcoming PBS documentary series, “The Vietnam War.” It is a 10-part series 10 years in the making directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.

When: Friday, Aug. 18, 8:15 p.m.

Where: Newtown Park, 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

BULKY TRASH AMNESTY DAY

What: Clean out your garage, basement and attics and get rid of tires, sofas, tables, refrigerators, washers and more.

Proof of residency in Roswell or Milton is required. Full list of accepted items is online.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 8 a.m.-noon Where: Public Works/Transportation Building, 1810 Hembree Road, Alpharetta More info: roswellgov.com

FREE FITNESS IN THE PARK: ZUMBA What: Join for free group exercise classes with Fitness in the Park. All classes are weather-permitting and open to the public. This week’s class focuses on Zumba.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 9-10 a.m.

Where: Bulloch Hall, 180 Bulloch Ave., Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

TASTE OF JOHNS CREEK

What: Sample more than 20 local restaurants at the annual Taste of Johns Creek. There will also be an Art Walk with shopping abound, enjoy live music, local entertainment and kid’s activities.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 4 p.m.

Where: Chattahoochee High School, 5230 Taylor Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

GARDEN TOUR MONDAYS

What: Enjoy a free 30-minute tour of the gardens and historic plants on the grounds of Barrington Hall. Learn how the gardens have been restored and receive gardening tips. No reservations necessary.

When: Monday, Aug. 21, 9:30 a.m.

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

FALL VEGETABLE GARDENING WORKSHOP

What: Learn how to start or extend a vegetable garden’s productivity. The workshop covers how to create perfect growing conditions and how to garden in the summer heat.

When: Wednesday, Aug. 23, 7-8:30 p.m.

Where: Alpharetta Public Works Department, 1790 Hembree Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: alpharetta. ga.us or 678-297-6200

NORTH FULTON TRANSPORATION PLAN MEETING

What: The city of Johns Creek will host a community meeting to seek input on the update of the North Fulton Comprehensive Transportation Plan and the Fulton County Transit Master Plan.

When: Thursday, Aug. 24, 6-8 p.m.

Where: Johns Creek City Hall, 12000, Findley Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

FARMERS MARKETS, FOOD TRUCKS: ALPHARETTA FOOD TRUCK ALLEY

What: Rotating food trucks and music each week. Six to eight food trucks from the Atlanta area will come out to help kick off the weekend early.

When: Thursdays, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; will be closed Aug. 5 for Old Soldiers Day Where: Old Roswell Street in Alpharetta’s historic district More info: awesomealpharetta.com

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

When: Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., through Oct. 29 Where: Old Canton Street in downtown Alpharetta More info: alpharetta.ga.us

CUMMING FARMERS MARKET

What: Come by for a chance to enjoy locally produced vegetables, meat, baked goods, honey, soaps, flowers, art, woodworking and more.

When: Wednesday and Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 a.m., through Sept. 30 Where: Cumming Fairgrounds, 235 Castleberry Road More info: cummingfarmersmarket.com

JOHNS CREEK FARMERS MARKET

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

When: Saturdays through Aug. 26 Where: 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

LAMBERT FARMERS MARKET

What: Every Saturday of the summer, Lambert High School will serve as the grounds for a farmers market showcasing local vendors. Products include fresh baked cookies, locally made honey, homemade pasta sauce, and more.

When: Saturday, July 1, 4-7 p.m.

Where: 805 Nichols Road, Suwanee More info: Lambertfarmersmarket.com

ROSWELL FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET

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

When: Saturdays, 8 a.m.–noon., through October Where: Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill St., Roswell More info: roswellfam.com

MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER: SPOTLIGHT ARTIST: HEATHER LUND

What: Heather Lund will exhibit her art at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center through July. Her light-hearted works are characterized with a mix of watercolor, pen and ink, acrylic and screen printing.

When: June 1-Aug. 31, all day Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: heatherlund.format.com or roswellgov.com

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

What: Find out how different artists interpret a “walk on the wild side” at this gallery featuring works in several mediums, including oil, acrylics, watercolors, pastels and collages. Some art is for sale.

When: Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.1 p.m., through Sept. 18 Where: The Gallery, 9100 Fouts Road, Roswell More info: rfaa.org

LIBRARY EVENTS: JOHNS CREEK POETRY GROUP

What: The Johns Creek Poetry Group will feature local poet Karen Paul Holmes, who will read from her recent work and do a workshop on poetry submissions.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 10:15 a.m.12:45 p.m.

Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Alpharetta More info: karen.swenson@ fultoncountyga.gov or 770-360-8820

STEM OPEN HOUSE

What: Discover the basics of coding for young children with professional technical trainers in an open house format. Sponsored by Youth Technology Learning Center.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 11 a.m.-noon Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Alpharetta More info: karen.kennedy@ fultoncountyga.gov or afpls.org

SOCIAL SECURITY WORKSHOP

What: Join Debbie Dorman of National Financial Services Group for an informative workshop on navigating the realm of social security.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 1-3 p.m.

Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: dorman_ debbie@nlgroupmail.com or afpls.org

20TH ANNIVERSARY HARRY POTTER MARATHON

What: Come out and celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter by coming to the Harry Potter Movie Matinee Marathon. Feel free to bring a snack and lunch. This week’s movie is “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 2-4 p.m.

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

ECLIPSE WATCHING

What: Watch the partial solar eclipse, starting at 2:30 p.m., along with a live stream. Special eclipse glasses will be provided to protect viewers’ eyes.

When: Monday, Aug. 21, 2-3 p.m.

Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or aaron.brown@ fultoncountyga.gov

SOLAR ECLIPSE VIEWING PARTY

What: Join the Milton Library to view the near total solar eclipse. To view the eclipse safely, solar eclipse glasses are needed. For more information on viewing the eclipse safely, visit eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety.

When: Monday, Aug. 21, 12:30-3 p.m.

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

SOLAR ECLIPSE EXTRAVAGANZA

What: Join the Spruill Oaks Library to learn about the science of solar eclipses, sponsored by the UGA Cooperative Extension Program. For ages 8-11.

When: Monday, Aug. 21,4:30-5:30 p.m.

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

PET ADOPTIONS:

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

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

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

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

NW, Atlanta More info: 404-613-4958

OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE: “THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM”

What: Act3 Productions presents “The Robber Bridegroom,” a Southern-fried Robin Hood tale of a rogue who’s a gentleman by day and bandit by night.

When he falls for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy planter, his world and ethics are turned upside down.

When: Through Aug. 26, times vary Where: Act3 Productions, 6285 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs Cost: $15-30 More info and tickets: act3productions. org

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GET OUTSIDE, GEORGIA:

Watching the eclipse? Watch your eyes!

“What are you going to do for Totality?”

That’s the question of the week, and I’ve been asked it about a half dozen times in the last few days.

Yes, Totality Day STEVE HUDSON is almost here!

Get Outside Georgia, aa4bw@comcast.net Monday, August 21, is just around the corner, and that’s when you’ll have a chance to experience something that some never see at all – a total eclipse of the sun.

Quite a few of Georgia’s state parks are offering special eclipse events; check out gastateparks.org/ Eclipse2017 for details on what and where. It might be crowded, but it’s sure to be unforgettable.

Will you be viewing this rare event?

I will. But you can bet that I’m going to be sure that I do it safely. Unsafe viewing poses extreme danger to your eyes and can cause permanent damage.

You don’t want that.

How do you safely view an eclipse?

There’s been much talk about this all over the news for the last few weeks, and there’s a ton of eclipse info (viewing and otherwise) on the web too.

NASA weighs in at eclipse2017.nasa. gov, and the American Astronomical Society has great info too at eclipse. aas.org.

Here’s the short version of what they have to say.

As the NASA site points out, “The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as ‘eclipse glasses’ … or handheld solar viewers.”

NASA and many others emphasize that homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun. The only safe ones are eclipse glasses and handheld solar viewers which you are certain are compliant with the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard for such products.

Here are other important points emphasized by NASA and by the American Astronomical Society: • Always inspect your solar filter before use. If it is scratched or damaged in any way, discard it. Read and follow any instructions printed on or packaged with the filter.

• Always supervise children using solar filters.

• Stand still and cover your eyes with your eclipse glasses or solar viewer

NASA.GOV

The Aug. 21 eclipse will pass directly over some northeastern Georgia cities. before looking up at the bright sun.

After looking at the sun, turn away and remove your filter. Do not remove it while looking at the sun.

• Do not look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun through an unfiltered camera, telescope, binoculars, or other optical device.

• Similarly, do not look at the sun through a camera, a telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while using your eclipse glasses or hand-held solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays will damage the filter and enter your eye(s), causing serious injury.

• Seek expert advice from an astronomer before using a solar filter with a camera, a telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device. Note that solar filters must be attached to the front of any telescope, binoculars, camera lens, or other optics.

• If you are inside the path of totality, remove your solar filter only when the moon completely covers the sun’s bright face and it suddenly gets quite dark. Experience totality, then, as soon as the bright sun begins to reappear, replace your solar viewer to look at the remaining partial phases.

• If you are outside the path of totality, you must always use a safe solar filter to view the sun directly.

• If you normally wear eyeglasses,

keep them on. Put your eclipse glasses on over them, or hold your handheld viewer in front of them.

An alternative to filters is a pinhole camera-type viewing device.

You’ll find instructions for making and using such a viewer at eclipse2017. nasa.gov/how-make-pinhole-projector-view-solar-eclipse. I built one of them just to try it out, and it works!

And what will I be doing during the eclipse? Well, I’ve always wondered what the fishing is like during a total eclipse. I just might mosey over to my favorite stream and try my luck during those moments of totality.

If you see me out there, say hello.

I’ll be the one with the flyrod in hand – and with the cereal box sun viewer and the ISO-certified glasses too.

Eclipses are neat, but so are my eyes!

Steve Hudson’s book, “HIKING UNICOI” covers the trails in Unicoi State Park, which as it happens is one of the Georgia state parks that’s within the path of totality. It’s available from local outfitters, from Amazon, or direct from the author at chattahoocheemedia.com.

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Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ returns Aug. 27 ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Square Park will once again host the annual Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’, the signature fundraising event for The Drake House, from 2-4 p.m. Aug. 27. This year’s event is presented by BurgerFi who has teamed up with the agency to offer a fundraising match on the day of the event.

The 13th annual Ice Cream Crankin’ brings together local businesses, civic, faith and friend groups for an old fashioned ice cream social, offering over 100 flavors of home-made ice-cream to ticket holders. Groups compete for awards for best vanilla, chocolate, fruit and other flavor categories by local celebrity and sponsor judges.

New this year is the “Best Kids Flavor” category, open to kids under the age of 18. Kids are invited to compete in the ice cream eating and stacking contest. There are many other children’s

actives including face painting and a bouncy house.

“Each year we are truly amazed at the out pouring of community support for this event,” said Holly York, director of development for The Drake House.

“People look forward to our Ice Cream Crankin’ as the culmination of the summer’s activities.”

This year’s attendance is expected to exceed 3,500.

In addition to the presenting sponsor, the event’s Triple Scoop Sponsors are: Coldwell Banker CARES, Publix, AT&T, WellStar - North Fulton, Philip Hasty & Laura Smith, Roswell UMC, Roswell First Baptist, and DataScan.

Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ hopes to raise $50,000 for The Drake House.

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Mars rover draws hundreds to North Point Mall Young, old flock to see futuristic Mars explorer

By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – He’s big. He’s sexy.

He’s extraterrestrial.

Yes, NASA’s 23-foot-long Mars Rover is a sleek and powerful concept vehicle sponsored by the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to showcase how American astronauts will motor around Mars.

Visiting North Point Mall last Saturday, hundreds of visitors stood in line to see the prototype with its detachable science lab-trailer.

The Rover looked futuristic indeed.

It’s all part of the Summer of Mars to promote interest in NASA’s long-range space dream and whet the appetites of kids who may one day pilot the vehicle over the red, sandy Mars surface.

NASA Tour Manager Dana Jondahl has spent the summer touring the East Coast from New York City to Northpoint Mall and points in between – including the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

“I couldn’t tell you how many visitors we’ve had since the tour began.

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Inside the Mars Rover, the console looks like something Captain Kirk would be familiar with.

But I can tell you it’s been pretty popular,” Jondahl said. “People have flown to cities on our tour just to see it.”

While the vehicle is only a prototype, it gives a fair idea how it will navigate Mars’ sandy soil. And it has a detachable science lab through which scientists will be able to collect samples of rocks and soil for study and perform

other experiments, Jondahl said.

She noted that no taxpayer money is involved in the creation of the prototype Rover. It was fully funded through proceeds from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

“It’s commissioned as an educational tool,” Jondahl said. “But I just love seeing the kids run around dressed

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Jondahl said the tour’s mission is to “inspire and educate.” After this, the Mars Rover’s last stop, she said they could stamp it mission accomplished.

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By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – If you’re wondering what’s going on behind that blue curtain around much of downtown Alpharetta, just listen.

Heavy machinery, hammers and trucks ring out the rumble of construction on an $85 million project city leaders say will transform the area into a business and entertainment hub.

At the site where local officials ate cake for a groundbreaking three months ago, scaffoldings, footings and subfloors now carry the landscape.

Cranes swivel with heavy beams dangling toward a framework that will soon house a women’s boutique.

Workers trod on dirt paths and uneven terrain to grab a tool or a spec sheet to lug back to another skeletal building at another corner of the site.

“We’re in merchandizing and air traffic control mode right now,” said Cheri Morris, president of Morris & Fellows, which is heading the retail portion of the project. “We are very close to 100

much of the old architecture as possible. Every building, every shop will be constructed to match late 19th and early 20th Century architecture, she said.

The Highland Bakery will occupy a building on the corner of Main and Academy streets that replicates the 1847 Milton Courthouse. Another building is fashioned after the old Cotton Exchange, where goods were bought and sold on the first floor and commodities were stored on the second floor.

Farther south along Main Street, the 1915 Jones House is being restored for conversion into a restaurant.

Next door, Hard Baily’s early 20th Century blacksmith shop is being recreated as “The Workshop,” where Phillip Cooper, owner of Vin 25 in Roswell, will

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Cheri Morris, president of Morris & Fellows, stands perched above the early stages of work on Phase II of Alpharetta’s City Center. percent leased for the shops.”

Morris & Fellows makes up onethird of MMS Alpharetta, a consortium developing the property for what will be City Center, a 26-acre tract in Downtown Alpharetta that will include shops, green space, restaurants, office space and residences.

All will be anchored on the east end by the new City Hall and Fulton County Library, which were completed more than two years ago.

It will encompass five city blocks.

Before the first spade of dirt was turned, Morris said she researched the history of the downtown to match as

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The council voted unanimously Aug. 7 to pay $335,000 to have service lines for AT&T and Comcast buried along Academy Street from Park Plaza to Main Street. The cost will be absorbed by reducing AT&T’s franchise fee accordingly over the next four years.

The price tag does not include the city’s contribution of $275,000 to bury lines from Georgia Power.

Under the latest proposal, AT&T would relocate the overhead lines to coincide with the Georgia Power work, saving hundreds of thousands in costs, city officials said. Comcast would use the AT&T conduit for its service line as well.

The decision was prompted when developers for the project learned that utilities would have to install concrete poles along the street to support new lines when relocation work was performed. Under terms of an agreement last fall, the developer, MMS Alpharetta, would pay the first $100,000 of the costs for utility relocation.

Cheri Morris, of Morris & Fellows,

one of the three firms involved in the project, said MMS has spent closer to $150,000 for the utility work.

At the same Aug. 7 meeting, the City Council approved an amendment to the local noise ordinance that allows an exception for City Center. The provision relaxes some of the noise levels within the development so that, for example, restaurants can operate below residential quarters.

City Attorney Sam Thomas said the amendment does not permit excessive noise levels traveling outside the development. Those restrictions remain in place, he said.

City Center received one other adjustment to its original agreement earlier this year when the City Council allowed a variation in the height requirements on some of the buildings.

The city had set height requirements of 24 feet on Main Street, but Morris said the restriction would mean an homogenized street front.

By relaxing the height restriction and allowing a variance of 1 foot to 2 feet the street will offer a visual diversity that was more authentic to late 19th century to early 20th century Alpharetta, Morris said.

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In all, retail plans call for about a dozen restaurants, eight ladies’ apparel stores and a men’s clothing store.

Shops will occupy the ground level of two multi-family buildings, each ranging from three stories to four stories. These apartment buildings are a little hard to nail down visually because their faces and heights will vary within each structure.

Some parts of the facades will be brick and some stone. It’s all to give the impression that there are more than two buildings, Morris said.

Deliveries are another consideration at the site.

“This is a very intimate district, and delivery trucks just can’t get everywhere,” Morris said. “It’s more important for us to be a downtown district than for us to get delivery trucks at every shop.”

As a result, those shops requiring large deliveries are situated at the east edge of the development where trucks have easy access.

The four-story office building includes retail on the ground floor, with DataScan, a technology finance service company, occupying the top three floors.

Overall construction is expected to last 18 months, but some shops should open earlier as work moves from Main Street eastward.

Right now, there’s little except the height of some frameworks to distinguish one building from another, but

Morris said the plan will begin to take shape soon.

She sees it all in her head.

“I wish I had more space,” she said wistfully. “Everyone wants to be in downtown Alpharetta.”

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CITY OF ALPHARETTA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The following items will be heard at a public hearing held by the Planning Commission on Thursday, September 7, 2017 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.

Items forwarded by the Planning Commission will be considered by the City Council on Monday, September 25, 2017 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia. a. CU-17-08 European Wax Center/Liberty Park Village Consideration of a request for conditional use to allow ‘Spa Services’ for a hair removal and waxing business within a mixed-use development. The property is located at 2610 Old Milton Parkway, Suite 120 and is legally described as being located in Land Lot 802, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia. b. Z-17-11/V-17-26 Morrison Property/MU Consideration of a request to rezone 24.75 acres from O-I (Office-Institutional) to MU (Mixed-Use) in order to develop 22,858 square feet of retail/ restaurant use, 96,000 square feet of office use, 96 ‘For-Sale’ detached units and 35 ‘For-Sale’ townhome units. Variances are requested to reduce the minimum lot size in the MU district and reduce the parking requirement.

The property is located at the northwest corner of Morrison Parkway and Haynes Bridge Road and is legally described as Land Lots 745 & 746, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia. c. V-17-25 Alpharetta Beach Houses Variance (Council Only) Consideration of a variance request to reduce the required landscape strip from 20’ to 10’ along Old Milton Parkway and to eliminate a required parking island in order to allow a 6,480 SF office building. The property is located at 131 Roswell Street and is legally described as being located in Land Lot 694, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia. d. V-17-21 55 and 61 Roswell Street Parking Variance (Council Only) Consideration of a variance request to reduce parking requirements and to increase the building height in order to construct a 60,000 square foot mixed-use building. The properties are located at 55 and 61 Roswell Street and are legally described as being located in Land Lot 1269, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia. e. V-17-27 On The Border/Sign Variance (Council Only) Consideration of a variance request to allow one (1) additional wall sign.

The property is located at 10575 Davis Drive and is legally described as being located in Land Lot 607, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

Note: Georgia law requires that all parties who have made campaign contributions to the Mayor or to a Council Member in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) within the past two (2) years must complete a campaign contribution report with the Community Development Department. The complete text of the Georgia law and a disclosure form are available in the office of the City Clerk, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.

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Alpharetta to close lanes for 5K race ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Evening commuters should take note: the City of Alpharetta will close portions of Academy Street and Haynes Bridge Road from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 24, for the Mayor’s Corporate Challenge 5K Run and Block Party.

This is the 21st year for the event, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Alpharetta, LexisNexis and the city.

The evening will include the Kids Fun Run, Food Truck Alley and live music.

Haynes Bridge Road between Old Milton Parkway and Academy Street will be closed to all traffic during the celebration.

Academy Street will be closed to all traffic between Westside Parkway and Main Street.

One southbound lane of Westside Parkway and one westbound lane of

Old Milton Parkway will also be closed to traffic.

City officials say they expect heavy traffic delays and urge commuters to plan alternate routes.

Due to the complete closure of Academy Street for the 90 minute period, notifications are being sent to residents who live along the affected section of the roadway. The city will also place digital signs on the three roadways to notify commuters.

This year’s 5K run is expected to draw nearly 2,000 runners.

Participants will begin and end the race at Alpharetta City Hall, following a course along Haynes Bridge Road, to Academy Street, Westside Parkway, to Old Milton Parkway.

Alpharetta officials plan to open the course’s roadways as soon as all runners clear each affected road.

CITY OF ALPHARETTA NOTICE OF GENERAL CITY ELECTION AND VOTER REGISTRATION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the seventh (7th) day of November, 2017, a non-partisan general election will be held in the City of Alpharetta, Georgia to elect three (3) members of the City Council (Posts 1,2 and 3) for a full four-year term each. All posts are at-large positions. Those candidates receiving a plurality of the votes cast for any position shall be elected.

The election shall be held at the regular polling places of the City of Alpharetta and the polls will be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on the date fixed for the election. Advanced voting will be available at Alpharetta Library beginning on Monday October 16th and ending on Friday, November 3rd from 8:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Saturday hours will be from 8:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. and Sunday hours will be 12:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Those residents who wish to qualify as a candidate in the election shall file a notice of candidacy in the Office of the City Clerk no earlier than 8:30 A.M. on August 21, 2017 and no later than 4:30 P.M. on August 23, 2017, and all candidates for election shall designate, at the time of qualifying, the post for which they are seeking election. All candidates for election to City Council shall pay a qualifying fee of $450.00.

Those residents qualified to vote at the election shall be determined in all respects in accordance with the election laws of the State of Georgia, and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Alpharetta. Those residents who have not previously registered shall make application for registration no later than the close of business on October 10, 2017. Residents may make application for registration in person at City Hall or any other Fulton County, Georgia registration location, or in any other manner, and at any other location authorized by the laws of the State of Georgia.

Coty Thigpen, City Clerk City of Alpharetta, Georgia

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Criminal: Continued from Page 2 her will. The 21-year-old daughter has publicly denied the accusations and said she was fine.

Kelly currently has a concert scheduled Aug. 25 at Wolf Creek Amphitheater in Atlanta. Eaves said he was contact by several constituents to request the concert’s cancellation and that last week, 36,000 people signed an online petition to cancel the concert.

“I am asking District Attorney Paul Howard and his investigative officers and prosecutors to fully review the report of the Johns Creek Police and

follow every lead — no matter where it leads, or who it implicates, and bring those persons to swift justice,” Eaves said in a statement before the press conference. “No one should be above the law, because of their income or their zip code. And we will not allow our young girls and young women to be preyed upon by predators or anyone who aims to brainwash and strip them of their human dignity and their right to be free.”

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners has unanimously voted to send a letter to Live Nation to cancel the Wolf Creek performance. Eaves noted that Fulton County does not have the legal right to cancel the concert.

As of press time, the concert is still on.

DEATH NOTICES Patricia North, 79, of Roswell, passed away August 7, 2017.

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John Schmidt, 61, of Alpharetta, passed away August 7, 2017.

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Irene Reimer, 83, of Alpharetta, passed away August 5, 2017.

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Linda Stephens, 70, of Cumming, passed away August 3, 2017.

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