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Prisoner escapes
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Roswell prepares for elections ROSWELL, Ga. – The election season in Roswell is well underway, with three seats on City Council up for grabs. Posts 1 and 2 have incumbents fighting to keep their seats against opponents and
Post 3 has several candidates vying for the open seat. For complete profiles on each candidate running, see pages 8-9 as well as information on forums.
Katha Stuart to take seat on Fulton School Board JONATHAN COPSEY/STAFF
Community groups and schools created unique floats with a theme of “Unplugged” for the Youth Day parade Oct. 10.
Roswell goes ‘unplugged’ for youth Annual parade celebrates kids By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. – Crowds of eager children gathered on Canton Street Oct. 10 for the 65th annual Frances McGahee Youth Day Parade. Schools, clubs and businesses carted their floats down the street, all while throwing out candy to children. This year’s theme was “Roswell Unplugged,” and the parade’s grand marshals were members of the lacrosse state championship teams from Roswell and Centennial high schools. After the parade, the celebration continued with the Youth Day Festival in Roswell Area See ROSWELL, Page 49
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Will finish out remaining year in District 1 By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. -Katha Stuart, a longtime volunteer in the local education community, has been named to the Fulton County Board of Education to fill out the unexpired term in District 1. She replaces former board member Linda Schultz who resigned after moving out of the district. Stuart was selected from a pool of four applicants following interviews by the current six members of the Fulton School Board. She will serve out the remaining 14 months of Schultz’s term ending Dec. 31, 2016, when an elected candidate is seated. Stuart’s selection will be finalized at the board meeting Oct. 13. District 1 covers pri-
marily Roswell and parts of Alpharetta, and includes the Centennial, Roswell and Milton high school clusters. STUART “Katha Stuart is well known and well respected in the District 1 community. We are excited about her experience and the new perspectives she will bring to our governance work,” said Linda McCain, president of the Fulton School Board. A 20-year resident of District 1 and parent of two teenagers who attend Roswell High School, Stuart has been an active volunteer in the Fulton School System since her children first started kindergarten at Mountain Park Elementary. She served in numerous PTA positions at Mountain Park and Crabapple Middle
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