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November 26, 2015 | johnscreekherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 19, No. 47
Johns Creek voters go back to polls Dec. 1 JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Tuesday, Dec.1 is hump day for Johns Creek voters as voters must decide three City Council runoff seats. A low turnout is expected, which means the votes of those who do show up at the polls will carry a lot of weight. Only about 10 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the November election. All of the candidates are first-timers who have never held office. The two
incumbents in the November election, Bob Gray and Steve Broadbent won handily. Gray was unopposed and Broadbent won with nearly 60 percent of the vote. The runoff includes a Special Election for Post 2 which ends Dec. 31 of this year. The City Council chose not to have special elections in the spring to fill the unexpired terms of Post 2 and Post 5. They both came open when the incum-
bents ran for the state Legislature seat that opened up when former state Rep. Lynne Riley as was appointed state revenue commissioner by Gov. Nathan Deal.So the Post 5 seat in the unexpired term of former Councilwoman Kelly Stewart and will run through 2017. The Post 2 unexpired term of Brad Raffensperger, who won Riley’s House seat, ends Dec. 31. Coverage begins on Page 4
Runoff election candidates Post 2: Jay Lin and Chris Coughlin Post 5: Stephanie Endres and Nazeera Dawood Post 2 Special Election: * Todd Burkhalter and Chris Coughlin *Burkhalter and Coughlin will serve out the unfinished term of former Councilman Brad Raffensperger. That term ends Dec. 31, 2015.
JCA holds first high school app competition Students invited vie for $3,000 prize
NF students compete in ‘canned’ architecture High School teams vied to see who could build the most creative structures with canned food they collected, then donated the
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food to the North Fulton Charities Food Pantry. Johns Creek High had the most interactive entry with a ball toss. See more, Pages 30 – 31.
By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Johns Creek Advantage wants local tech students to know there are tech companies that will have jobs for them after college. So, to introduce students to local businesses, JCA has created the first-ever Johns Creek High School student app competition with Comcast Business as a presenting sponsor. Students from Chattahoochee, Johns Creek, Northview and Centennial public high schools and Mount Pisgah Christian School are invited to participate. The competition asks high school students to develop an app which would highlight and promote small businesses in Johns Creek. “So if you have 40 minutes to kill before your reservation at Sugo’s, you could call up some local shops to visit while you wait on the app,” said JCA Economic Development
JCA app competition Fliers will go out next week at participating high schools with details for the competition. Apps would be due Jan. 29, 2016. For information, go to the Johns Creek Advantage website for details: johnscreekadvantage. org/index.php/app. competition Manager Bethany Hountz. “In return, the winning student team will be awarded $3,000 that will be split with their school. So it’s a win for the school and a win for the kids.” In return, the students must sign a waiver so that the app would be the property of the JCA. The idea behind the app competition was spurred by
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