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October 17, 2013 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 13, No. 42
Stewart calls for city manager’s resignation Stems from altercation after council meeting; rest of council awaits police report By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Councilwoman Kelly Stewart has called for City Manager John Kachmar to step down after he was involved in an altercation with two city residents after the Oct. 7
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Trisha Buice, left, and Angela Baker are volunteers at the Johns Creek Presbyterian Church Pumpkin Patch on Bell Road that has about a quarter-acre of pumpkins just ripe for carving.
JCPC Pumpkin Patch returns Pumpkins fund church missions By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Big pumpkins, little pumpkins and all sizes of pumpkins in between are waiting at the Johns Creek Presbyterian Church Pumpkin Patch on Bell Road. Open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and noon to 8 p.m. on Sunday, this patch has all your fall celebrating needs. In addition to the pumpkins,
they have cornstalks and hay bales, Indian corn and gourds, scarves, jewelry, baked goods and handmade crafts. Best of all are the activities for the children. “We get busloads of preschool children here for field trips. They just love it. We have games, and they love to look at so many pumpkins,” said volunteer Angela Baker. Her pumpkin partner Trisha Buice said they sell quite a few pumpkins as well – more than $11,000 last year. The money goes to fund church missions, the church’s music
ministry and youth trips, she said. “We love it when the kids come out. They get a big kick out of picking out just the right pumpkin,” Buice said. The church’s music ministry established the first JCPC Pumpkin Patch in 2007, and it was an immediate success. That year it sold more pumpkins (gross sales) than any other first-year patch except one, Baker said. This year, the church wants to use some of the money it raises to build a Habitat House.
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Councilwoman Kelly Stewart calls for the resignation of City Manager John Kachmar at a press conference at City Hall.
City investigation bill now at $67,132 Councilwoman Stewart’s phone records requested By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A check of the first three months’ invoices from Wilson Morton and Downs, the firm conducting the City Council’s investigation of the mayor, is now up to $67,132 and the meter is still running. With September’s invoice still to come, the actual bill should be in the $90,000
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range. Attorney Robert Wilson was hired in July to conduct an investigation into Mayor Mike Bodker’s conduct. At the time, the five members of the City Council (Councilwoman Kelly Stewart opposed) said its purpose was
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