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September 10, 2015 | johnscreekherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 19, No. 36
13 candidates vie in council races Only Bob Gray unopposed By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – City Council races should provide plenty of local political excitement leading up to the Nov. 3 elections as 13 qualified for four seats – one of which will be on the ballot twice. Posts 2, 4 and 6 are up for regular election. Posts 2 and 5 will also have special elections for the unexpired terms left because of resignations. Councilman Bob Gray weathered the gathering HATCHER HURD/STAFF
The Hopkins family comes to visit their favorite tortoise, Pebbles, at the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center. It was the Hopkins family who rescued Pebbles and ultimately brought him to live at Autrey Mill.
Rescued tortoise ‘Pebbles’ makes friends at Autrey Mill Family took Pebbles in as tot tortoise but knew AM made a better home By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Exotic pet stores seem just that — exotic — because of the types of animals they traffic in, but store owners don’t always know what is best for the animals. That was the case with
Pebbles, an African spurred tortoise who is now one of the celebrity animals living at the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center. He thrives at the Nature Preserve, but that was not always the case. Years before he arrived at Autrey Mill, he was living in a pet store, where his life changed the day Meghan and
Kevin Hopkins walked in and saw him. “I was watching them feed him, and I knew it was the wrong food. He should have been eating mostly hay and grain, but they were feeding him a lot of fruit,” Meghan Hopkins said. “He didn’t have a good enclosure at the store. He really needed to get out.” Meghan, who grew up in Mississippi and loved to raise
See PEBBLES, Page 36
For profiles of candidates in each race see Pages 10 – 14. storm of candidates. He was one of four candidates last year to fill the Post 4 election in a runoff. Now he is unopposed in the full four-year term.
See COUNCIL, Page 12
Adult apartments sought on Medlock
170-unit complex age-restricted to 55 By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A Sept. 3 Johns Creek Community Association meeting was host to a NorSouth Development presentation of plans for a 170-unit apartment complex at the southeast corner of Bell Road and Medlock Bridge Road. Senior Vice President for Development Brendan Barr showed JCCA members the plans for the active-adult complex that would be five
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stories tall (only three stories visible at Medlock grade), 225-vehicle parking deck, 2,000-square-foot bistro and a 350-square-foot fitness center. The property has been somewhat troubling to develop. Most recently a funeral home was proposed, but the proposal was withdrawn by the applicant after a significant uproar by mostly Asian and Indian residents who objected on cultural and reli-
See MEDLOCK, Page 39
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