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The victorious Cambridge Senior Select Lady Bears defeated rival Milton May 21 in the inaugural Championship of the Newtown Senior Select League. Standing, from left, are Coach Peter Hagerty, Bella Bruen, Sarah “duct tape” Strader, Caroline Harris, Claire Xiao, Ally Kench, Coach Dan Duffy, Holly Duffy, Ally Schnetzka, Coach Mark Schnetzka, Lexi Jack, Bailey Hawkins and Bell Dora; kneeling are Katherine Dunn, Lindsey Bagwell, Kaley Attaway, Jolie Blohm, Abby Edmiston, Allie Peebles and Kim Hagerty. Not pictured is Coach Doug Blohm.

Cambridge Lady Bears victorious

By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com MILTON, Ga. – The Cambridge Senior Select Lady Bears defeated Milton High May 21 in the inaugural lacrosse championship of the Newtown Senior Select League with a score of 11-9.

The Lady Bears finished the regular season with a 16-2 record and reached the finals with dominating wins over the Lassiter and Northview Senior Select teams.

“Our team peaked at the right time at the end of the season. We are only in our second year in our Cambridge feeder program and are very happy in the progress we’ve made,” said Head Coach Mark Schnetzka. “We have such a great youth program with Cambridge Youth Lacrosse and Eagle Stix which has helped to grow the sport of lacrosse in our community.

MILTON, Ga. – At long last, Milton has set the wheels turning to get their own City Hall.

Last Monday, May 19, Milton’s City Council approved the issuance of a $10 million revenue bond in order to fund City Hall in historic downtown Crabapple.

The bond, for an amount up to $10 million, means Milton taxpayers will not have to levy additional taxes or fees to build the municipal complex, set to open in April 2017, said Mayor Joe Lockwood.

“We’re excited to not only be giving the residents of the City of Milton a beautiful, welcoming and functional City Hall complex - we’re do-

ing it without adding to their tax bills,” said Lockwood.

“With smart budgeting and judicious use of our yearly fund balance, we’ll be able to bring these projects to fruition without the additional burden of more revenue from property taxes.”

The City Hall complex, which will be located between Crabapple Road and the existing Braeburn development, is slated to include offices, council chambers, meeting areas for residents and a town green for expansion of special events in Crabapple.

In February, Milton paid $900,000 for a little over two acres to be used in the project.

“If we didn’t latch on to [this land] when we did, we

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Our team peaked at the right time at the end of the season. We are only in our second year in our Cambridge feeder program and are very happy in the progress we’ve made.”

Mark Schnetzka Head Coach “We are so proud of how the girls matured and grew together as a team.”

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A Lawrenceville woman is accused of defrauding her employer out of nearly $300,000.

According to her former employer, a large property development company, Margaret Bray Knapik, 43, of Lawrenceville embezzled at least $287,000 from the company over seven year.

As the company’s sole bookkeeper, Knapik was in charge of bill payment as well as accounts receivable.

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Two caught cashing fake checks ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Two people were arrested May 20 after allegedly trying to cash fake checks at several local banks.

According to workers at the BB&T bank on Windward Parkway, two people – Quillan Dewann Mazeo, 28, of Decatur, and Brittnie B. Allen, 24, of Atlanta – went to the bank location on North Point Parkway earlier that day and cashed a check, receiving $350 cash.

Later the tellers realized the bank account in question had been closed. The pair then went to the Windward branch and allegedly tried the cash more checks, totaling $750 in cash.

They were denied. Again, the bank accounts the pair wanted to use were closed.

Allen claimed she received her checks from an aunt while Mazeo said he was given his check from work. Allen initially gave police a false name. When they found her real ID, she had an active warrant out of East Point.

She also had control of the company credit cards from 1999-2013.

These cards were by policy to be paid off every month and never hold a balance.

The owner of the company told police he went to use his company Knapik card Dec. 3, 2013 only to have it declined, with more than $50,000 placed on it. Knapik allegedly admitted to the theft.

Knapik would use the cards for personal expenses such as gas and rental cars,

Both were arrested for deposit account fraud.

the victim is unsure when the thefts occurred.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A Henley Place resident reported his home was broken into May 23, with about $3,500 in jewels taken.

The victim told police his alarm went off about 10 p.m. while he and his family were at dinner. He called a neighbor who said the house looked fine.

When the family returned home, they found a rear door smashed. Two necklaces and two bracelets were reported missing, totaling $3,500 in value.

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Someone broke into a Bell Road storage facility and stole several items of construction equipment.

The victim told police someone broke into a storage unit between May 17 and 19.

A pressure washer, generator, tripods, T-cup sling, 20-foot chain and a lifting hook were all reported missing for a total value of more than $1,500.

CUMMING, Ga. — A man on a bicycle was caught violating several traffic laws and threated officers after being confronted, according to a Cumming Police incident report.

Emir Hornston, 27, was charged with failure to maintain lane and failure to yield.

At about 8 p.m. May 20, officers saw Hornston riding through the intersection of Maple Street and Atlanta Road.

Officers said he was reaching out to grab a truck bed in front of him. He continued straight on Atlanta Road and took up the left

MILTON, Ga. – A Deerfield Point resident reported several expensive statues missing from her home.

The victim told police May 20 that in the last week four statues have gone missing.

Two of the statues are Lladro statuary, valued at $300 each.

A third item is a Lenox vase.

The fourth item is an undescribed statue of a woman, valued at $10,000.

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She allegedly paid herself nearly $11,000 in salary over what she should have made, filed $62,000 in false mileage reimbursements and placed $169,000 on one credit card while putting $45,000 on another.

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Officers said he then went straight onto Pilgrim Mill Road and caused a truck to slam on the brakes to avoid an accident.

Officers signaled for him to pull over, but he refused.

After about a quarter of a mile, officers used the PA system and told him to stop. He finally pulled into the City Park’s Kiwanis Club parking lot.

Officers said when they confronted Hornston, he cussed and refused to provide identification.

He eventually showed them a license out of Suwanee.

Hornston was taken to Cumming Police Department.

Millwick vehicles broken into JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Two Millwick Drive vehicles were reported broken into overnight May 23.

One victim said a Garmin GPS was missing from the glove box when he checked on his vehicle the following morning. A door was left ajar.

The vehicle had been locked and entry was gained by breaking the lock.

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DUI arrests ►► Nazareth Taylor, 28, of

Atlanta was arrested May 12 on Douglas Road in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Peggy Thrasher Janowiak, 61, of Dennis Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested May 12 on Rucker Road in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane and duty to stop after striking a fixed object. ►► Wendy Lee Sharp, 39, of Mortons Circle, Alpharetta, was arrested May 16 on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and following too close. ►► Illya Ben Zoutendijk, 35, of Melilot Lane, Alpharetta, was arrested May 17 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, reckless driving, speeding and failure to obey a traffic control device. ►► Kevan Garett Stewart, 41, of Inverness, Florida, was

arrested May 9 on Milton Avenue in Alpharetta for DUI, driving on the wrong side of the roadway, failure to obey a traffic control device and failure to obey an authorized person directing traffic. ►► Kathryn Meredith Gates, 29, of Wittenridge Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested May 12 on Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI, failure to maintain lane and suspended registration. ►► Christian Pareja-Balanta, 25, of Acworth was arrested May 13 on Abbotts Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI and reckless driving. ►► John Playford, 28, of Norcross was arrested May 3 on Birmingham Highway in Milton for DUI, failure to maintain lane and child endangerment. ►► Candice L. Trierweiler, 26, of Wilkie Court, Alpharetta, was arrested May 14 on Cogburn Road in Milton for DUI, speeding and failure to maintain lane. ►► Taylor Strickland Lively, 38, of Valley Creek Court, Milton, was arrested May 17 on Mountain Road in Milton for DUI, open container and stopping a vehicle prohibited

in specific places.

►► Walker W. Miller, 42, of

Cogburn Road, Alpharetta, was arrested May 17 on Webb Road in Milton for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Vivek Krishnamoorthy, 31, of Deer Trail, Alpharetta, was arrested May 18 on Morris Road in Milton for DUI, failure to maintain lane and headlight violation. ►► William Agisotelis, 49, of Woodland Trace, Cumming, was arrested May 24 on Castleberry Road in Cumming for DUI and failure to use seatbelts. ►► Jacob W. McClinton, 26, was arrested May 24 on Ga. 400 in Cumming for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Alejandro Sanchez, 36, of Shadewater Drive, Cumming, was arrested May 24 on East Maple Street in Cumming for DUI, open container and failure to obey a traffic control device. ►► Kenneth M. Downing, 59, of Vickery Circle, Cumming, was arrested May 24 on Bald Ridge Marina Road in Cumming for DUI and failure to obey a stop sign. ►► Jimmy George Holtzclaw, 51, of Dawsonville was arrest-

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ed May 24 on Old Federal Road in Ball Ground for DUI and suspended license. ►► Aden Elliot Sterzer, 19, of Stardust Trail, Cumming, was arrested May 26 on Kelly Mill Road in Cumming for DUI, failure to maintain lane, hit and run and underage possession of alcohol. ►► Raymond Ernest Miller, 50, of Lakeside Trail, Cumming, was arrested May 26 on McFarland Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, open container and obstruction of an officer. ►► Brandon Maddox Parker, 38, of Summit Crossing Way, Cumming, was arrested May 1 on Buford Highway in Cumming for DUI and speeding. ►► Candi Lynn Sneed, 28, of Dawsonville was arrested May 19 on Hubbard Town Road in Cumming for DUI, failure to maintain lane, too fast for conditions and defective tires. ►► Nicole G. Jollie, 23, of Misty Lane, Roswell, was arrested May 16 on Creamer Drive in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Trina Nicole Brown, 31, of Flowery Branch was arrested May 10 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI.

►► Patrick Jilberto Mendez,

25, of Lawrenceville was arrested May 24 on Highway 306 in Cumming for DUI, possession of methamphetamines, suspended license and open container. ►► Kimberly Renee Brown, 43, of Township Circle, Alpharetta, was arrested May 25 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Michael James McKellar, 48, of Dawsonville was arrested May 25 on Ga. 400 in Cumming for DUI and failure to maintain lane.

Drug arrests ►► Ruslan V. Anokhin, 36, of

Nocturne Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested May 12 on Abbotts Bridge Road in Johns Creek for possession of marijuana. ►► George Anthony Pickens II, 32, of Marietta was arrested May 13 on New Providence Road in Milton for possession of marijuana and speeding. ►► Brannon Joseph Walker, 31, of Snellville was arrested May 25 on Peachtree Parkway in Cumming for possession of marijuana and failure to use seatbelts.

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Highland’s water gets ‘ice pig’ Innovative system cleans out water main

By ALDO NAHED aldo@northfulton.com MILTON, Ga. — When the housing market crashed, many built-out communities stalled.

One of these was the Highlands, a beautifully gated community of 64 new estate homes off Freemanville Road in Milton.

Water pipes sat dormant and largely unused for more than five years at the subdivision.

“Usually what we experience is a subdivision is built, people move in and they start using water and everything is fresh,” said Nick Ammons, Fulton County’s deputy director of water system maintenance.

“But because it sat for a number of years, we don’t know what was allowed to occur over that period fo time.”

Late last year, the Fulton County’s water system began to get complaints about the water quality at the Highlands subdivision.

“It could have been sediment that had gotten in there, or something else,” Ammons said. “People said they were seeing stuff in their water.”

On May 23, the county called on a new technology — “ice pigging” to clear up whatever had been clogging the water main.

“Bringing the ice out is more significant because it scrapes the walls of the pipe,” Ammons said.

Experts from Utility Service Group, of Newnan, Georgia, were called to the large subdivision and asked to “ice pig” about 6,000 feet of the water main as a precautionary measure. The innovative concept is new for the county. The traditional way is flushing the water line.

Ice pigging, which cost about $12,000, involves an ice slurry going through a pipe to scour the inside of the line without causing damage to the interior of the pipe.

“It gathers more than pushes, that’s part of the reason it’s more successful than flushing,” said Brad Gresham, regional water systems specialist for Utility

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Fulton County Water Department collects samples of to be tested at laboratory.

From left: Brad Gresham, Utility Service Group, Liz Hausmann, Fulton County Commissioner and Nick Ammons, Fulton County’s Dept. of Water Resources.

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Gresham said typically what comes out is iron, manganese and other things that accumulate.

Fulton County water system took samples back the lab to find out exactly

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The ice pig is a semi-solid that is pumped like a liquid and flows through changes in diameter, bends and fittings without blockage to the water main and sewer line. The ice pig is pumped into and recovered from a hydrant at each end of the pipe section without excavation or modification to the hydrant. what was in the water.

“If this proves successful, we’ll come back and most likely do a number of additional neighborhoods,” Gresham said.

Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann said the use of the new technology to ensure residents have clean water supply is certainly welcomed.

“This is one of those subdivisions that sat for a few years and unfortunately this is a repercussion of a bad economy,” Hausmann said. “We’re trying to do all we can to get them the clean water they are paying for.”

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Fulton takes on state to allow local control of math curriculum Request for flexibility hits dead end at State Department of Education

Superintendent denied opportunity to address State Board of Ed

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ATLANTA – The battle over math in Georgia and how to teach it at the local level has elevated to warfare between state education officials and the Fulton County School System (FCSS).

Fulton Schools officials are urging the state to allow flexibility in assessments to support the curriculum Fulton is teaching, and allow students to be tested at their math level – not just their grade level.

“We believe [local] school boards should have the ability to organize and teach standards in sequences that are appropriate to the students within each district. While this is possible today, the assessments administered by the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE) do not follow this,” said Katie Reeves, a member of the Fulton County Board of Education.

Officials with the GDOE offered no comment, other than to say it is “too early” for comment, although concerns with the math curriculum have

been an issue for Fulton parents for a decade.

“One of the primary reasons why parents supported the move to a charter system was that we could determine locally what curriculum best suits the needs of our children,” said Fulton parent Ed Svitil. “Math is a critical part of their education.”

The FCSS has tried for years to bring back a traditional math path to its high school curriculum to allow subjects be taught in a “discrete” manner with each year dedicated to one math concept, such as algebra, geometry and so on.

The state, however, moved to an integrated approach nearly a decade ago with all math concepts put into each year, with “strands” of each concept at each level with advancing depth each year.

Fulton parents fought back as they saw the emphasis on “why” instead of “how” in solving equations, and an inquiry approach to answers instead of simply solving the problem.

After years of unhappy parents and complaints, thenFulton Superintendent Cindy

Avossa sought flexibility in state contracts

ATLANTA – After he was not allowed to make a statement to the State Board of Education (SBOE) during its May 8 meeting, Fulton School Superintendent Robert Avossa said he was “losing faith” in state leaders to do the right thing for children.

The SBOE, a group of individuals appointed by the governor and charged with making education decisions for state schools, was voting on a contract to develop assessments tied to the math curriculum.

Avossa said he attended the board meeting to request that contracts include flexibility for local districts.

He was denied the opportunity to speak because he had not signed up seven days in advance – a procedure of which Avossa was not aware.

“I do not want to be treated specially, but I am speaking on behalf of 100,000 students and my board members who are adamant about local control and adamant about fixing the [math problems] the state created years ago,” said Avossa, who leads the third largest school system in the state.

Fulton School Board member Katie Reeves also attended the May meeting and tried to reach as many members as she could prior to the meeting to explain the importance of the vote to Fulton Schools.

She said she was surprised to learn many members of the state board, including the chairwoman, were not fully aware of the structure of the math curriculum in the state and the assessments.

Reeves said she was also denied the opportunity to address the SBOE, although there were no speakers signed up.

“It was, to put it mildly, a frustrating experience. To think that the state board would not have three minutes to hear the perspective of the superintendent of one of Georgia’s largest school districts is disappointing on many levels,” said Reeves.

The board did not discuss the contract and moved it to the consent agenda for approval. For now, Fulton officials are keeping a watchful eye on what develops.

“Whether the State Board of Education and GDOE [Georgia Department of Education] will support developing a test where the questions match the standard and can be ordered in a manner that best suits the delivery model supported by the local community remains to be seen,” said Reeves.

short-lived when it became apparent approval from the GDOE meant little. The End of Course Test for math (EOCT), which counts for 20 percent of

Loe returned math to the traditional path in high school in 2010, and received approval from the GDOE to do so.

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New school and additions spur redistricting for 2015 Process to begin in fall, but ‘scope’ not determined

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@northfulton.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – More than a year out from a new elementary school opening in Roswell and additions completed at three middle schools, talk of potential redistricting has some parents sounding the alarm.

In widely disseminated emails that went to neighborhood groups and PTA members, parents urged the community to stay on top of redistricting news, lest their kids be swept up into a new school without their input.

“Please keep abreast of the community meeting updates and pay attention to the proposed maps when they come out,” read one email circulating throughout North Fulton. “Many of our friends and neighbors nearby were taken by surprise when they were redistricted to Cambridge believing they were ‘safe’ and therefore did not attend the meetings or have their preferences heard.”

Planners with the Fulton County School System (FCSS) say it is too early to know the depth of redistricting next fall, and whether all schools in the area will be impacted to some degree. For certain, elementary lines in west Roswell will be re-drawn for a new school opening in 2015. In addition, additions at three middle schools will require some tweaking of middle school lines at Autrey Mill, Taylor Road and Hopewell

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Other than that, it is uncertain if planners will take the opportunity to look at all attendance zones in the area to correct for feeder patterns and future growth.

“The scope of the potential redistricting has not been determined,” said Yngrid Huff, chief planner for the FCSS. “Early in the fall, the superintendent and staff will share information with the school board and have a discussion regarding the specifics of any upcoming redistricting efforts.”

She noted the best way to ensure more direct feeder lines from elementary to middle to high schools is to review all attendance lines during any redistricting process. In some schools, such as Northwestern Middle School, only a small percentage of students are zoned to Cambridge High, with the vast majority heading to Milton.

Redistricting could alleviate those issues allowing more students to remain with their classmates.

The redistricting process will follow the same plan used by the school system for years.

This includes community meetings to gather input and is based on a criteria established by the Fulton School Board.

Fulton Schools, especially the North Fulton community, is no stranger to redistricting over the past two decades.

With every new school built in North

Fulton – and 20 have opened since 1998 – school planners must draw new attendance lines to fill the new school and relieve area schools from overcrowding.

Redistricting went into overdrive after the passage of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST), which collects one cent of every dollar

spent in Fulton County for the Fulton and Atlanta school systems. Since its first passage by voters in 1997, the SPLOST has been renewed three times.

For information on the criteria for redistricting, which includes primary and secondary considerations, visit the FCSS website at www.fultonschools. org.

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Styx sticks it, no xenophobia for Foreigner Foreigner, Styx come south

By JEMILLE WILLIAMS news@northfutlon.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – It was another rocktastic triple-header at the Verizon Saturday, May 24th. The second concert in the summer series had a wallto-wall hit parade of three of the all-time greatest acts for the lucky folk who had gathered there to partake.

Decatur girl Kelli Coughlin of Vinyl Refuge filled the airspace around the amphitheater with “When I’m 64” and “Bobby McGee” to pre-entertain the tailgaters and seatfinders. Her infectious delight to be a part of such a momentous program set a great tone for the rest of the show.

Fly Like An Eagle: The announcer introducing Don Felder rattled off a few of his stellar achievements: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Winner, and even NY Times Bestselling Author. From the first chord of “Take It Easy” it sounded for all the world that the Eagles were back in town.

He sang like an eagle, he played like an eagle, he gave

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Of special note was “You Don’t Have Me” from his latest album Road to Forever, which is a time slip from bygone decades. It has been No. 1 on the Classic Rock Charts for several weeks. They don’t call it Classic Rock for nothing!

Of special interest was an interesting tale he told of how the Eagles used to use “Seven Bridges Road” as a warm-up before each concert to see who was in good voice or not. We were graced by a Rebel Yell from the lawn at the exact moment as on the live recording of the song. It made me wistful that the Eagles couldn’t remain in such lecithin-silky harmony.

He got a good laugh by dedicating “Witchy Woman” to Tiger Woods, “because he seems to know a lot of them.”

But the biggest clamor came after he strapped on his double-wide 1275 and brought on Styx’s Tommy Shaw for “Hotel California.” Full disclosure: They did let Tommy leave.

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If possible, Tommy Shaw is an even more handsome devil than when he joined the group in 1975 as a last-minute replacement.

Although it was not quite as hot as Hades, those jackets had to come off, but the showmanship continued unabated.

Poor Larry Gowan, born in the highlands of Scotland and raised in the high latitudes of Canada, was most affected by our (relative to him) high humidity.

An impish guy, he was not content to hang out behind the keyboard like most rockers. He had his mounted on a swivel and spun around as he played, sometimes behind his back, sometimes with his bum. A camera mounted on one end of it provided a vertiginous view on the twin screens that make concert-going an even better show.

But, he could play the gentleman as well. On their Top Ten Hit, “Lady,” he made a leg like a British noble with a fancy flourish of the hand.

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The Titans scored a pair of extra inning wins Saturday, May 24, over defending champion Cartersville to capture a second state baseball championship. Blessed Trinity’s previous title came in 2006.

Blessed Trinity (29-8) won the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader 2-1 in eight innings, and scored a 3-2 victory in nine innings for their fourth sweep in five playoff series.

The Titans went 10-1 in the playoffs, winning five times in their last at bat. It was BT’s second road sweep of the week, as the Titans rolled past Hart County 13-5 and 10-2 last

Monday in Hartwell.

Other than the Hart County series, Blessed Trinity played a string of close games, beginning with a pair of last-inning victories over Jackson County in Roswell.

Blessed Trinity coach Andy Harlin attributed his team’s ability to pull out close out games to its “gritty” attitude.

“The kids knew how to deal with adversity. If something did not go our way, they pulled together. And we played so many tight, non-region games.”

Junior catcher Cody Roberts was the hero against Cartersville, driving in the winning run in both games and earning the save in the first before giving up a seventh-inning lead in the clincher on a pair of unearned runs.

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Blessed Trinity claimed the AAA state championship May 24. only one hit in seven innings and pitched around a succession of errors by the Purple Hurricanes.

The only BT hit off Osborn was a single by shortstop Jack Dunn in the third inning, with Dunn scoring the Titans’ first run on an errant pickoff throw.

Cartersville tied the game in the third inning against BT starter Ryan Young, who allowed just three hits and one walk in seven innings and struck out seven.

Young got the win when No. 9 hitter Chris Siebert led off the top of the eighth with a double and scored on Roberts’ single. Roberts then came on to pitch the bottom of the eighth to record the save.

The Titans led 2-0 after four innings in the second game, with starting pitcher Brad Spinner shutting out the Purple Hurricanes for five innings, striking out seven.

Twice he got out of bases loaded jams, with BT scoring single runs in the bottom of both innings.

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scoreless sixth inning, Roberts took the mound in the seventh.

Cartersville scored two runs with the help of a costly error on a potential double play grounder, but Roberts pitched a perfect eighth to keep the Titans in the game.

Sophomore first baseman Conor Davis held Cartersville scoreless in the ninth, and wound up as the winning pitcher when Roberts delivered another game-winning hit off Cartersville starter Garrett Rutledge.

“From day one, this team showed up to practice early and prepared so well,” Harlin said. “I had a feeling for them early.”

The Titans did not need any late heroics in their sweep earlier last week over Hart County.

Davis hit a 2-run homer and Castro blasted a grand slam as the Titans exploded for 11 runs in the first two innings of a 13-5 win in the opener.

Roberts chipped in with three hits and three RBI. Young worked the first five

innings to get the win, striking out seven. Lomax allowed one run over the final two innings.

Spinner pitched a complete game in the clincher, allowing four hits and striking out 10 in a 10-2 victory. Davis had two hits, one of them a homer, and three RBI, Dunn added two hits and stole two bases and Castro also hit a second homer in the doubleheader.

Blessed Trinity was a predominantly junior team this season, with Young, second baseman Bryson Jenkins and outfielders Paul Dwyer and Grant Hormuth the lone senior starters. Lomax was the team’s other senior pitcher.

Roberts, Spinner, Castro, Dunn, center fielder Bronco O’Brien and Siebert are all juniors, with Davis and third baseman Jake Bogosian enjoying outstanding sophomore seasons.

The Titans needed only one third game starter in the playoffs, but when they did, freshman Patrick McNamara was the winning pitcher against North Hall.

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Athletes of Month recognized Students from Milton, Kings Ridge, Roswell

By ALDO NAHED aldo@northfulton.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — XL212 announced the StudentAthletes of the Month for May 2014.

“This award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of deserving Student-Athletes

in the greater North Fulton area based on exceptional athletic accomplishments, extraordinary academic prowess, and a commitment to civic action” said Eric Douglas, XL212 President.

The awards were presented at the May North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Eggs and Enterprise Breakfast at King’s Ridge Christian School.

The Female Student-Athlete of the Month is Emily Velez, a sophomore lacrosse player

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From left: Brandon Beach, of the North Fulton Chamber of Commerce; Will Beecham, of Roswell High School; Emily Velez, of Milton High School and Grayson Byrd, of Kings Ridge Christian School along with Eric Douglas and Mike Haynes of XL212.

Cambridge, BT girls take state golf titles

By MIKE BLUM news@northfulton.com AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Cambridge girls captured a state high school golf championship, easily winning the Class AAAAA title last week.

Cambridge shot 223 at Jones Creek Golf Club to finish 25 strokes ahead of runner-up Gainesville. The Bears’ Sabrina Long earned medalist honors in the tournament with a 1-under 71. Teammate Rachel Dai was third individually at 75, and Tiffany Elam tied for fourth at 77. All three are juniors.

The Bears posted the low score among the four classifications that counted three scores toward the team total, and did it on the most difficult course of the five that hosted girls’ championships.

All 14 classification championships were played at courses in the Augusta area, with the Blessed Trinity girls also taking home a state title.

Blessed Trinity placed first in Class AAA, finishing with a 245 total to defeat runner-up North Oconee by four strokes.

BT’s Gracie Henderson was the tournament medalist with a 75. Nicole Henderson was eighth with an 84 and Hannah Jones tied for 11th at 86 to round out the Titans’ scoring.

In AAAAAA girls, Johns Creek tied for fifth at 254 with Milton seventh at 259 at Gordon Lakes. Johns Creek’s Janet Mao tied for fourth individually at 74, with Milton’s Kayla Jones tying for 12th with an 80.

The Mount Pisgah girls tied for second in the Class A private school division at Goshen Plantation. The Patriots shot 175 to finish 22 behind Darlington. Megan McGaughey shot 86 for Mount Pisgah to

place 12th, with the team’s other three golfers shooting 89 or 90.

In AAAAAA boys at Champions Retreat, Roswell and Johns Creek tied for second at 303, three shots behind Peachtree Ridge. Alpharetta tied for seventh at 317. Roswell’s Spencer Haigwood and Johns Creek’s Billy Johns tied for fifth with scores of even par 72, and Alpharetta’s Chandler Eaton shot

73 to tie for seventh.

Cambridge tied for fifth in AAAAA boys at Bartram Trail.

The Bears shot 305, 12 strokes behind the winning score. Austin Redick shot 73 for Cambridge to tie for 12th.

The Blessed Trinity boys were fourth in AAA at Belle Meade in Thomson with a 309 score, seven in back of North Oconee’s winning total. Jeremy

Smith tied for seventh for the Titans with a 74.

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boys at 311, 10 shots behind Brookstone. Connor McKinnon led the Patriots with a 75 at Forest Hills, placing ninth.

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Eagles denied second straight baseball title Lambert takes series with two wins

By MIKE BLUM news@northfulton.com MILTON, Ga. – The Milton Eagles fell just short of scoring back-to-back Class AAAAAA state baseball titles by the narrowest of margins.

Lambert, ranked No. 1 nationally in one poll, won the best-of-three series two games to one, both wins coming by scores of 2-1.

The high-scoring Longhorns (36-2) managed just five runs in the series. But thanks to two game-winning bloop singles and Milton’s series-long struggle to deliver a hit in a key situation, Lambert came away with s state title, Memorial Day, May 26, while the Eagles ended the season wondering what could have been.

Lambert won the first and third games of the series, with the Eagles taking the second game 5-1.

After last Saturday’s doubleheader split, the teams returned to the Milton field Monday to decide a series that had lots of tense moments but very few runs.

Milton (28-9) managed just two hits in 24 at bats with runners in scoring position in the three games.

Lambert wasn’t much better, but the Longhorns had the only two hits that mattered.

Lambert’s Tucker Maxwell looped a soft single just over second base in the top of seventh inning of the series opener to snap a 1-1 tie. Teammate Kyle McCann dropped an even softer single over third base to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the fifth in the decisive third game to again break a 1-1 deadlock.

“Two jam jobs,” Milton coach Joey Ray said of Lambert’s two game-winning hits. “Our pitching was absolutely phenomenal, but we did not get the big hits. That was the difference in the series.

“We thought we were the better team, but they outplayed us.”

Most of the Milton players on the 2014 team were part of the 2013 state championship squad, but that did not take away any of the sting from the loss to the Longhorns.

“When you lose the state championship, it’s not fun,” Milton ace pitcher Alex Schnell said. “It could have gone either way. We could have had the bloop hits, but that’s the game of baseball.”

Dylan Cease, one of Milton’s two ace pitchers, was kept off the mound by an early-season elbow injury, and Ray never settled on a third starter to take the spot of Matt Geiger, who pitched well in tandem with Schnell after moving up in the rotation.

Dalton Ewing drew the game three start against the Longhorns after making just a handful of pitching appearances during the season. He lasted into the fourth inning, allowing just one run, which was set up by an inning-opening error.

“He pitched his butt off,” Ray said of Ewing, who allowed back-to-back singles to tie the game 1-1 after an error to lead off the fourth.

Reliever Will Matthews got out of the inning by inducing Seth Beer, one of the state’s most dangerous hitters, to ground into a double play with the bases loaded. Beer, who came into the series batting .624 with 10 home runs, was held hitless by the Eagles.

Matthews allowed a double to start the fifth and was relieved by Schnell, who pitched a complete game two days earlier. Schnell struck out the first two batters he faced before yielding the game-winning hit, which barely made it into the outfield behind third base.

The Eagles managed just four hits in the game, scoring their only run on three walks and a wild

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The Milton Eagles watch from the dugout as their team falls to Lambert in the Class AAAAAA state baseball championship. pitch.

Schnell limited the Longhorns to just three hits in Milton’s 5-1 win in the second game, and was in control for all but one inning.

Lambert mounted its lone threat in the sixth, trailing 5-0 at the time. The Longhorns loaded the bases with no outs on a walk, an infield single and a hit batter, but scored just one run on a bases loaded walk.

Schnell struck out the last two batters he faced in the inning and finished with nine strikeouts. Schnell allowed a total of just two runs in four of his five playoff starts, with Milton errors resulting in five unearned runs against Kennesaw Mountain.

Milton scored the game’s first run in the fourth inning when Jack Thompson ripped a leadoff double and scored when Lambert’s third baseman was unprepared for a pickoff throw from the pitcher.

The Eagles knocked out the Lambert starter in the fifth, scoring two runs on three hits. Steven Curry led off with a single and scored when Erik Peterson’s line drive landed on the left field foul line for a triple.

Ewing’s single drove in Peterson. Ewing and Peterson had two hits each.

Milton scored its final two runs without a hit or a walk, capitalizing on a wild pitch on a strikeout, a hit batter, another misplayed pickoff attempt and Alec Miller’s run-scoring groundout.

Geiger allowed six hits and six walks in six innings in the opener, but stranded seven runners in the third, fourth and fifth innings after yielding a lone run in the second. Matthews gave up the run in the seventh and took the loss.

The Eagles tied the game in the fourth on singles

by Thompson, Dalon Farkas and Josh Saavedra, but left the bases loaded in the inning. Milton got the potential tying run to third base in the seventh after a Lambert error, but could not force extra innings.

Milton graduates a huge senior class, including starting pitchers Schnell and Geiger, No. 1 reliever Matthews, and starting position players Miller, Thompson, Ryan Gridley, Farkas, Peterson, Ewing, Clayton Vaught and Cease, who was limited to hitting because of his injury.

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By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – When Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle took office, one of his first goals was to make Alpharetta the Technology Capital of the Southeast. It may already be the case.

With the establishment of the Greater Alpharetta Technology Network (GATN), the seeds have been sown to not only brand Alpharetta as a technology capital, but to build on the synergy of these companies to strengthen their own self-awareness and attract more tech businesses to the greater Alpharetta area.

Karen Cashion is founder and president of GATN, a fully chartered 501(c) trade association.

Cashion also happens to be a corporate and technology law partner at the Alpharetta law firm of Hipes & Belle Isle (the mayor’s law firm), so she has a kindred spirit in getting GATN off to a flying start.

She is also former assistant general counsel for EarthLink, Inc. She says there are 600 tech companies within Alpharetta’s corporate limits and another 300 more in outlying areas of North Fulton and South Forsyth, yet hardly anyone knows that.

“It’s staggering that until now they had no local association to serve them and to foster a community of collaboration and connection,” Cashion said.

“GATN’s mission is to promote and engage our local tech community through thought leadership, educational and networking events.”

Cashion launched GATN with a kickoff dinner May 8 featuring Atlanta Tech Village founder and serial tech entrepreneur David Cummings spoke about creating a community of innovation. More than 150 were in attendance.

Belle Isle sees GATN as another tool in bringing the technology community together.

He has already formed a Technology Commission to advise the city in growing the tech community within its borders.

Gwinnett Tech is building a North Fulton campus in Alpharetta to furnish a trained workforce and the city is in negotiations with Avalon to bring a 4-star hotel/convention center that will host trade shows and showcase area tech companies.

“The tech companies we have here already are all over the map in size and scope,” Belle Isle said. “Thirty-five percent of the Technology Association of Georgia’s membership is right here. But to lead

GATN Mission Statement The purpose of the Greater Alpharetta Tech Network (GATN) is to engage and strengthen the Greater Alpharetta technology community by serving the interests of technology companies and professionals in Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Roswell, Sandy Springs and South Forsyth County, through thought leadership, educational, and networking events. in entrepreneurial start-ups, the technology community has to have a place to come together and connect – to feel like they are a part of something. But we have to recognize that Alpharetta is the economic engine of North Fulton.”

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Existing homes can offer Are you preparing for the buyers more options If you haven’t already noticed, new home construction is back in full swing in our area.

Everywhere you go in Forsyth County and North Fulton, there are trucks carrying lumber and building supplies to new home sites.

This activity is only going to increase as we head further into summer. According to information from the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), approximately 20 percent of sales year-to-date have been new homes in Forsyth County, 5 percent in North Fulton have been new.

The actual number is quite higher due to the fact that pre-sales don’t get entered into the MLS. Either way, the percentage of new home sales will continue to rise as more homes are built.

Unfortunately, with all the new home construction many home buyers are priced out of the new home market. The average sales price year-to-date for new construction in Forsyth County is $345,920 and for resale inventory the average is $310,445, a difference of 10 percent, which doesn’t seem that significant.

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Tech: Continued from Page 13 “With a supporting cast such as GATN, Gwinnett Tech and perhaps a convention center, we will be getting the word out to the rest of the country,” he said.

Recent technology addition FiServ is bringing 2,500 jobs to Windward Parkway and a 30,000-square-foot expansion and structured parking. And in the last 18 months 4,300 high-paying tech jobs have come to North Fulton, the mayor said.

“We can expect more acquisitions like that which add to the tax base and the local economy,” he said.

Once Alpharetta reaches critical mass, the GATN mission will be even more important, Cashion said.

“We will still need to foster a sense of community,” she said. “We want to create opportunities for people to come together, interact together. And that means looking at the greater Alpharetta area.

Technology doesn’t have borders.”

That means GATN needs partnerships with organizations such as Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and North Fulton Progress Partners.

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The Goulding Place estate is comprised of the elegant main home that features five bedrooms and five and a half baths, 10 foot ceilings, Pine hardwood floors, gardens and out buildings including a two bedroom guest house.

The new owners of Goulding Place, Front Door Communities, an Atlanta-based real estate management and development company, plan to include upscale single family homes as well as townhomes that are in keeping with the look of Historic Roswell.

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Peter and Allision Kloster, of the Kloster Group, along with the Roswell Home Team of Harry Norman’s North Fulton office were the agents involved in the nearly $6 million sale

of the historic estate located 109 Goulding Place off Canton Street on May 22.

“As it turns, this is one of the largest sales in the city this year and certainly the largest one for Harry Norman,” Peter Kloster, who along with Allison Kloster sold the property.

Peter Kloster said the sale is great for downtown Roswell because it will bring about 40 new affluent housing units to the area.

The Roswell location is within walking distance of restaurants and shops.

“They will support and patronize the downtown Roswell businesses,” Peter Kloster said.

Allison Kloster said the process of taking a historic home through a rezoning process was a major hurdle.

The Goulding Place estate, built in 1857 and listed on the Georgia Register of Historic Places, will remain and be incorporated in FrontDoor Communities’ future design plans.

In addition, Goulding Place will be extended to connect with Windy Pines Trail to prevent increasing traffic on Canton Street.

“One of the criteria that will be required by the community is to preserve the historic home,” Peter Kloster said. “The historic home and about an acre-and-a-half have been carved out of the development and will be incorporated as a central structure to the community.”

The Goulding Place will receive some modern amenities such as a garage, but beyond that, the structure will remain a central part of the finished development.

Harry Norman was able to connect the buyer and seller, Bill Miller, together with the Kloster Group.

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FLYING COLORS BUTTERFLY FESTIVAL

All ages will enjoy live music, exhibits, arts and crafts and more.

Kids can wear butterfly costumes and join the daily butterfly parades. Pollinator and host plants will be on sale. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

June 7 – 8. 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell. Call 770-992-2055 or visit chattnaturecenter.org.

Please call 678-297-0102 or visit vzwamp.com.

Following the successful release of their latest album, “Life, Love and Hope,” legendary band Boston will embark on a highly anticipated summer tour in June. Always a huge crowd pleaser with their highenergy stage show, out-of-this-world sound and remarkable musicianship and singing, Boston will feature the personnel and music from their highly acclaimed 2012 tour with some exciting additions. 8 p.m. June 14.

2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta.

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Cigars and Salsa Anniversary

ROSWELL FINE ARTS ALLIANCE MEMBERS SHOW

The Roswell Fine Art Alliance announces their spring members show, hosted by Jackson Accura and on display for viewing and purchase in the showroom lobby. Through June 7. Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 10900 Alpharetta St., Roswell.

Please call 770-650-4000 or visit rfaa.org.

THEATER » ‘TARZAN: THE MUSICAL’

The main-stage musical production of “Tarzan” will be performed at The Cumming Playhouse by MelloDrama Productions. The exciting show, based on the Disney movie, has intense choreography, cirque aerialists, gymnasts and entertaining music. 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. June 5 – 22. 101 School St., Cumming. Please call 770781-9178 or visit playhousecumming. com.

‘A PLACE AT THE TABLE’ MOVIE SCREENING

The Atlanta Community Food Bank is hosting a special screening of “A Place at the Table,” a documentary that lets viewers see hunger through the eyes of food pantry staff, a working mom, dedicated teachers, and a young child. “A Place at the Table” examines the complex issue of hunger in the United States. A brief Q and A with Atlanta Community Food Bank staff will follow the screening. 7 – 9:30 p.m.

June 5. 7730 North Point Parkway, Alpharetta. Please call 770-992-9663 or visit amctheatres.com.

Over 30 breweries including craft beer, food trucks, vendors, live entertainment for the whole family. Admission to the festival includes unlimited beer samples. 1 – 5 p.m. June 7.

118 Lakeshore Drive, Mountain Park. Call 770-993-4231 or visit mountainparkbeerfestival.com.

BACK TO THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER RACE AND FESTIVAL

An entertaining evening with Italian flatpicker and acoustic guitarist Beppe Gambetta. Whether your favorite music is bluegrass, classical, folk or traditional Italian music, Beppe has a song for you. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. June 14. 585 South Atlanta St., Roswell. Please call 770-365-7738 or visit ssccs.com.

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Downtown Alpharetta will host one big street party with beer, wine, food and live music. 6:30 – 11 p.m. June 7. 35 Milton Ave., Alpharetta. Please call 678-2970102 or visit awesomealpharetta. com.

The 12th Annual Back to the Chattahoochee River Race and Festival is returning to Roswell. The race begins at 9 a.m. from Garrard Landing Park, and the free festival kicks off at 10 a.m. at Riverside Park.

Enjoy live music and an array of exhibits that include local artisans and farmer’s market vendors. 9 a.m.

- 3 p.m. June 14. 575 Riverside Road, Roswell. Please call 404-352-9828 or visit chattahoochee.org.

ITALIAN GUITARIST BEPPE GAMBETTA

BOSTON AT VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE

ALPHARETTA BREW MOON SUMMERFEST

CITY OF MOUNTAIN PARK BEER FESTIVAL

Celebrate with Cutters Cigar Emporium at their Havana Nights Cigars and Salsa Anniversary Event. Apperances

by DasoFino dance studio and Don Pepin Garcia. Their will be live latin music and special pricing on all My Father Sigars. 5 p.m. – 11 p.m. June 7. 5530 Windward Pkwy., Suite 200 B, Alpharetta. Please call 770-6400550 or visit cutterscigaremporium. com

ROSWELL LAVENDER FESTIVAL

Join the 4th Annual Roswell Lavender Festival on the beautiful grounds of historic Barrington Hall in Roswell to experience all things lavender.

Events this year include beer and wine tasting and a textile demonstration. Come check out the arts and crafts, antiques, music, lavender food samples, Zen Zone Yoga and Pilates, demonstrations in the barn and food vendors. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. June 14.

535 Barrington Dr., Roswell. Please call 770-640-3855 or visit southerntrilogy.com.

MOVIES AT NEWTOWN PARK

Movies at Newtown Park includes preshow entertainment like an inflatable moonwalk, face-painting, children’s activities, give-aways, music, food and drinks. Pre-show activities start about two hours before sundown. The movies start at dusk and are shown on a large inflatable screen. Families are encouraged to bring blankets

FORSYTH COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS GARDEN TOURS

The Forsyth County Master Gardeners open their private grounds to the public, showcasing a variety of fantastic gardens. Learn how to plant in the challenging southern garden. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. June 7.

Please call 770-887-2418 or visit fcmg.sharepoint.com. and relax as they watch the movie.

The movie titles will be announced a week prior to each event. 6 p.m. June 14. 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek. Please call 678-512-3200.

RACES AND BENEFITS » FOR THE LOVE OF A HORSE CHARITY GOLF EVENT

As part of its ongoing fundraising efforts, For the Love Of A Horse, Inc. is hosting the 3rd annual golf tournament at the Trophy Club of Atlanta in Alpharetta. All proceeds will benefit For the Love Of A Horse, a Roswell-based nonprofit. The 18-hole golf classic will include a 4-person team scramble format with prizes, gift bags, hole-in-one contests and longest drive contest. An awards reception, live auction and raffle will take place after the tournament. 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. June 6. 15135 Hopewell Road, Alpharetta. Please call 404680-0392 or visit fortheloveofahorse. org.

SUMMER WINE AUCTION

enAble of Geor gia, an organization that provides residential, vocational and day employment services to adults with disabilities, will host a Summer Wine Auction. The money raised will help to maintain and expand vital programs for persons with disabilities. 7 – 9 p.m. June 10. 23 Oak St., Roswell.

Please call 770-664-4347 or visit enablega.org.

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Massee McKinley leads Roswell’s crowd in his stirring rendition of “Proud To Be An American.”

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North Fulton remembers Services celebrate somber Memorial Day NORTH FULTON, Ga. – While many area residents took to the lake or the beach this past Memorial Day, many North Fulton residents took time to honor America and North Fulton’s veterans living and dead.

More than 300 people attended the inaugural Memorial Day services at Milton’s Freedom Park.

The guest speaker was Col. Robert Certain, retired, now an Episcopalian minister.

Certain flew 100 B-52 bomber missions over Vietnam and was shot down on that 100th mission in 1972 and made a prisoner of war.

He has written two books, “Yankee Air Pirates” and “Unchained Eagle.” He is the

One of the smallest Memorial Day celebrants enjoys the day at Roswell.

executive director of the National Association of Military Chaplains.

Around 4,000 to 5,000 people gathered at the lawn at Roswell City Hall and Vietnam War Memorial for Memorial Day services highlighted by an address by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, the granddaughter of Gen. James Doolittle, leader of the Tokyo Raid and Medal of Honor winner.

Hoppes wrote a book on the raid, “Calculated Risk” based on Doolittle’s own assessment of the flight as well as “Just Doing My Job,” about exploits of World War II soldiers based on the oral histories Hoppes collected.

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Scouts render the hand salute at Milton’s Freedom Park.

Above, the Milton Fire Department Honor Guard takes part in the Milton Memorial Day ceremonies. Left, World War II veteran Bob Allgood participates in the memorial services. Allgood served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Southwest Pacific campaign as a member of the 3rd Recon Squadron. He later served in the U.S. Corps of Engineers as his tie denotes.

This 95-year-old veteran voiced his thanks to Roswell crowd his thanks for the Memorial Day service. Many were quick to say the thanks was all theirs to give.

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Milton library breaks ground Will open next year

By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com MLTON, Ga. – With the turn of a shovel, construction on Milton’s new library was officially begun May 29.

The brand new, 25,000-square-foot library sits just a block from downtown Crabapple on a property formerly known as the Dinsmore Farm, at 855 Mayfield Road in Milton.

“This has been a long time coming and I’m pleased it is finally here,” said Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann.

The library will have a “rustic” appearance, according to designs, similar to a barn or farm house. Much of the design is taken up by public meeting space, as well as computer terminals and stacks, reflecting the changing nature of libraries.

The new 25,000-squarefoot library for Milton is part of the Library Building Program, currently underway, that has eight new libraries created, and others renovated.

This is possible thanks to a $275 million bond referendum

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Orchestra, chorus commemorate D-Day

By LINDSEY CONWAY news@northfulton.com

JONATHAN COPSEY

The Milton Public Library held its groundbreaking May 29. The library is expected to open in a year. in 2008.

“This area has never had a formal public library before,” said Library Board Chairperson Stephanie Moody. “This is a significant milestone.”

Stevens & Wilkinson, in association with 720 Design, is contracted with Fulton County to provide design and engineering services for the new library.

Turner Construction Company is contracted to provide construction management services on this project, and Heery/ Russell is the program management team.

Green building design and sustainability are priorities for

these library building projects, and the Library System expects to achieve LEED Silver on all of the projects Milton Mayor Joe Lockwood said he was looking forward to the new library.

“I’m excited. This building is blocks away from downtown and our new city center,” Lockwood said. Milton is to build a city hall in downtown Crabapple. “Libraries are a great place for the community to gather. It’s more than bricks and sticks.”

The Milton Library is expected to be completed in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

Hammerheads nail tourney MILTON, Ga. – The Hopewell Hammerheads 6u All Star team won their first tournament at the Hobgood Memorial Day Warm Up, May 26. The Hammerheads beat the Canton Noles 20-11.

The team are, front row from left, Jackson Collins, Kade Perpetua, Hunter Keane, Alex Telipsky, Nolan

Var and Charles Loehrer; second row: Charlie Paulus, Nico Sanchez, Miller Pierce and PJ Fitzpatrick; third row: Coaches Scott Paulus, Mark Pierce and Press Fitzpatrick. Not pictured are Dawson Lowitt and Coach Steve Lowitt.

—Jonathan Copsey

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In remembrance of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Alpharetta High School Orchestra and Chorus will travel to Europe for a 10-day musical tour across France, Germany and Austria.

The combined orchestra and chorus will perform at a variety of venues including the D-Day Commencement Ceremony at Omaha Beach on June 5.

This is the orchestra’s first trip to Europe for a musical performance.

The group departed June 2 and return June 11.

The concert schedule includes performances at La Madeleine Place de la Madeleine in Paris on June 4, at Normandy American Cemetery and at the D-Day Commencement on June 5 and at St. Nicholas Aubockplatz in Austria on June 9.

The orchestra invited World War II veterans in the Alpharetta area to attend the

Alpharetta High School orchestra students rehearse for their trip to Europe. preview performance and commemorate the experience.

“It is a really touching and amazing thing and a real honor for our group to be able to go,” said Eve Jones, Alpharetta High School Orchestra Association president. “We would like to share the music and our excitement with Alpharetta veterans.”

For more information, visit ahsoa.org.

8u Yankees win Hopewell Youth Association Championship ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The 8U Yankees played strong throughout the spring tournament, May 17, winning four consecutive games en route to a 16-4 win in the championship game. “It was a fantastic season, and each boy made significant contributions to the wins,” said Yankees head coach Michael Cross. “The play of the tournament was likely Felipe Penso’s catch

of a hard hit fly ball to deep left field, which stopped a rally and led to a win in the semi-final game.”

Pictured, from left, are Will Critchfield, Noah Kalarickal, Michael Kipley, Carter Lively, Eric Moelter, Felipe Penso, Collin Wood, Kadyn Wuest, Quinn Cross and Dennis Zapata.

—Jonathan Copsey

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When it gets hot — I run I run for a number of reasons.

At the top of the list is because it is so much cheaper than therapy and, for me it works better. I run to get away.

I run to think. I run to escape.

The bigger the monster under the bed, the further I go – a couple miles or lots of a couple miles.

I also run to listen to music without distractions. Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix (Live at Monterrey Pop Festival), Fleetwood Mac greatest hits, occasionally CSNY, and my beloved CCR -same albums over and over.

They never get old.

When we lived on Key Biscayne in Miami, my run was in the afternoon along the ocean.

Frequently I could go for miles and miles and never encounter a human - just me, the gulls, sand, pelicans and sometimes a horseshoe crab or turtles.

If I was very lucky, a dolphin would see me running and follow me, swimming parallel to the shore sort of on the side so he or she could watch me running.

That actually happened several times and I suspect that they probably found me as funny and silly as I found them.

But we entertained each other and would have stopped for a conversation had one of us spoke the language of the other.

Actually we probably did have that conversation.

Words aren’t always necessary.

A friend once told me that her dad (a family practice physician) used to tell her that when he couldn’t diagnose someone that he would send them to see a veterinarian.

He said that they have to practice medicine without words – so they have a different skill set and a different way of processing information.

Athletes: Continued from Page 11 from Milton High School.

For the season, she had 48 goals, 21 assists, and 9 ground balls, including 4 goals and 1 assist in the State Championship Game.

She was twice named South Player of the Week and received Honorable Mention for the All-State team while playing for the Eagle’s back to back Georgia State Championship teams.

Milton finished the 2014 season 19-3, and has not lost to a team in Georgia since 2009.

On weekends, I would run along the black top road on the Key because there would be way too many people at the beach.

I always wanted to run down to the big bridge over Biscayne Bay and over it, but never made it. It was really far and usually too hot even for my taste. However, it’s on the bucket list. I haven’t given up.

My usual run would take me south on the island and around, where I would inevitably be staring into a blazing and intensive like a magnifying glass late afternoon sun. It gets really hot in Miami in the summer.

On the Key it is even hotter — especially when there was no wind. But I was out running and that was all that counted.

I have always said that I would rather run than eat.

The run would take me through old Australian Pines, past stands of sea grapes, so thick they were impenetrable

and under the shadow of the Cape Florida Lighthouse that was originally built in 1825 and was not decommissioned until 1990.

It is stationed in Bill Baggs State Park on the south end of Key Biscayne.

I actually was friends with Mr. Baggs’ grandson when I lived in Miami, so my emotional ties to the island are deep in many ways. Near the halfway point of the run, when I would be running along the sea wall around the west side of the island, I could look out on the water at Stiltsville and would almost always be transported somewhere far away. Just seeing those rebel houses way-way out in the middle of Biscayne Bay flooded my I imagination — of the present, the past and the future.

Stiltsville today — what’s left — is a cluster of seven severely weathered sun-bleached wooden houses that have been built and rebuilt on pilings.

They were originally retreats of the old Miami gentry built in the 1930s.

Most were weekend houses, fish camps, although occasionally they had a more colorful past as speakeasies and drinking clubs and gambling dens.

Access of course was by boat.

Food, fuel, water all had to be transported although I imagine that some must have had cisterns that collected rainwater. A neighbor always arrived by boat and fishing for dinner was the order of the day.

Diesel generators and candles provided light and I imagine air-conditioning depended on the wind. You fell asleep and woke up listening to the waves pounding against the pilings and mornings always started out warm — then got hotter by the hour with the morning sun bouncing off the water and radiating every inch of the homes with magnified

heat.

Hurricanes came and went, but most of Stiltsville endured — even after category 5 Andrew that passed directly over it with 200-plus miles per hour winds.

After Andrew, Bill Bags — a park that had been so heavily forested — was barren.

Not a single living plant, brush, or tree survived Andrew.

It looked like a desert. Yet, Stiltsville made it. Go figure.

The resilience and defiance embodied in these renegade Stiltsville structures and the life they represent to me have always been an inspiration.

I went to Florida State University with a Belcher Oil granddaughter whose family owned one of the homes and she always promised to take me out, but we never made it.

As close as I came was at-

tending her wedding at Villa Viscaya — a magnificent Italian Renaissance estate home on the water built by John Deering during from 19141920s.

Running has always grounded me and a big part of that has been simply because it has given me the time to think.

I believe that the companion part to that has been having an activity that I was passionate about always in front of me, waiting.

It still gives me something to look forward to and enjoy.

The run on the Key though was probably the most special of them all because it would take me past that anarchistic Stiltsville, which would beckon to me just like Greek sirens, only I would always listen to their enchantments and be joyously taken in.

This year marks five consecutive years, and the ninth championship in the last 10 years, for the Milton Lady Eagles Lax team and Coach Tim Godby, a previous winner of the XL212 Coach of the Year.

“She is a gifted athlete and well liked among her peers,” said Godby. “She has accomplished a lot as a sophomore and we are looking forward to having her for 2 more years in our program.”

On the boy’s side, CoStudent-Athletes of the Month were recognized.

Grayson Byrd is a senior baseball player from King’s Ridge Christian School.

He led his team to a 26-4 record and the school’s first

ever State Championship.

Byrd, a shortstop, was the team’s leadoff hitter with a .473 batting average, 3 homeruns, 35 RBI, 33 runs scored, 17 stolen bases, and 52 total hits. Byrd finished the season in dramatic fashion hitting a three run home-run in the State Championship game in his last at bat as a high school player.

He has received national recognition for his accomplishments and was selected to the 17-under Team USA Baseball.

He will be continuing his education on a baseball scholarship at LSU next year.

Off the field Byrd has been a dedicated student while serving the school and community. He

has participated in King’s Ridge mission trips to Nashville, New Orleans and Gainesville. He has served as a leader for middle school students as well.

“He is an unbelievably talented baseball player and he is an outstanding kid,” Head Coach Jason Couch said. “I have enjoyed coaching him as much any other player in my 14 year coaching career.”

The other Male Co-StudentAthlete of the Month is Will Beecham, a junior lacrosse player from Roswell High School.

He had 246 face-off wins on the season and has a win percentage among the highest in the state to go with 146 ground balls. Beecham helped lead his

team to a 17-3 record and the Lacrosse State Championship for Boys class 6A. Beecham has made Honor Roll all three years of high school, has a 3.7 GPA, and is a member of the National Honor Society. He has been involved with lacrosse team community service projects and Relay for Life.

“Will is our face off middie,” Roswell Lacrosse Coach Alex Chrzanowski said. “It takes a selfless person to play this position. He embraced it.

He has taken younger players under his wing and works with them, so they can reach their full potential.”

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Stiltsville today — what’s left — is a cluster of seven severely weathered sun-bleached wooden houses that have been built and rebuilt on pilings.

Stiltsville at a glance When I was doing my homework about Stiltsville I discovered that former Florida Gov. Leroy Collins used to frequently visit and, small world, his grandson, Roy Collins is a neighbor of mine at our beach, so the connections somehow continue in unexpected ways.

Here is a quote from Wikipedia that was a pleasant surprise for me: “Florida’s Governor LeRoy Collins (1955-1961) was a frequent visitor (to Stiltsville) during the 1950s, a guest of Jimmy Ellenburg at his house in the flats. Ellenburg established his barge near Crawfish Eddie in 1939 and was known as the unofficial mayor of Stiltsville. A handwritten note from the Governor to his host read: “Jimmy Ellenburg, When the time comes when I say so long to this life, I hope the great beyond seems alot [sic] like your cabin in the sea - Roy Collins”[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiltsville

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Breakfast: the most important meal of the day After I wrote my column about proposing to my now-fiancé, I had a lot of outpouring of support from the community.

There are also a good number of stories told about how other people proposed. One story in particular caught my attention – it came from a Roswell couple who only this year got married. After a whirlwind romance and a lot of breakfasts, they tied the knot.

Local author Jerry Walker and Denise Buchanan, of Keller Williams Realty, met at a breakfast seminar in August 2013. Denise said Jerry made an impression on her the moment she saw him from across the room.

“He is really handsome.

What is his story?” she asked her friends.

From there the trail ran cold until about three months later, December, mutual friends hooked them up and they went on their first date.

It was coffee over breakfast.

Neither one said sparks flew and they said it may never amount to anything.

It was, after all, just coffee.

But something must have clicked. Two days later, they went on a second date. Again,

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it started at breakfast, but went much, much longer.

Eleven hours, in fact.

“It was a marathon date,” Jerry said. Brunch, museum, coffee shop then the botanical gardens.

This time something clicked.

“We knew on our second date that this was uniquely special,” Denise said. “By the end of the second date, we were arm in arm and holding hands. We knew we would either be dating, just friends or sworn enemies by the end of it.”

Jerry proposed Feb. 23, after nearly three months of dating. They were married March 16.

“It’s been kind of a whirlwind,” Denise said, adding that, because they are both older with grown children, they were more secure in knowing what they wanted. “We have a greater awareness of where we

Denise and Jerry Walker cut the cake at their wedding March 16. It was coffee cake. are in our lives. This is not our first rodeo.”

There was no question over how they should get married –

over breakfast, of course.

“Every milestone has been over coffee and breakfast,” Jerry said.

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A lot of drive: A young local golfer’s success What do shiny silver trophies and shiny gold dreams have in common? Fourteen year old Milton resident, Phil Jones, has plenty of both. On May 18th, Phil won his 14th golf tournament; The Hurricane Tour Shop Series at Gunterslanding in Guntersville, Alabama. Phil shot a +12 round on 36 holes, winning his age bracket by 3 strokes.

Phil started golf at a young age. As soon as he could walk he started swinging a putter.

“My first steps were on a putting green,” he shared. He was 7 when he entered into tournament play – a US Kids Golf Tour event. His first win came a few years later at the St. Ives Country Club at age 11. Phil has won four Georgia Junior PGA events. The last one was at The Georgia Club in October of 2012 with rounds of 71 and 73. “That was probably my biggest win,” he said. “That one really put me on the map!”

Phil wanted to make sure that he credited his coaches, Danny Elkins at the Georgia Golf Center and Rob Stocke at the Golf Club of Georgia.

“They have really elevated my game and have helped me achieve my success.” I asked Phil if he had any advice for

RANDY Vaught Milton Resident young players just getting into tournament play. “Don’t get discouraged. You will have set backs and moments of doubt but just work through them.

Keep pressing on and you will find success.”

Phil is a rising 9th grader and will attend Milton High School next fall. When asked about his future in golf, Phil looked up and into the distance as if he could see it from where he sat on his living room sofa.

“Well, I plan on playing for the Milton High School team. My goal is to be one of their top 5 players so I can travel with the team to tournaments.”

I asked Phil about his hopes for college, adding that I know it’s every young golfer’s dream to play at FSU (my alma mater). Phil knows I’m kidding him. I’ve known him and his family for years. The Joneses ooze Alabama crimson. With his allegiance to Alabama and

their great recent golf team achievements (they just won their second national championship in a row) I’m expecting his answer is a foregone conclusion. But surprisingly, Phil said, “I want to play for Furman University.”

How about post college play – is a PGA card something you see down the road? Phil got quiet, and said, “I really don’t think that far ahead.”

Intrigued, I asked, “Really….. when you watch The Masters do you close your eyes and see yourself draining that last putt on 18 to win?” He slowly nodded his head, sheepishly grinned, and said, “Every time!” He was quick to answer my question about a favorite pro play, “Matt Kuchar! I like his game but mostly I like the way he handles himself with class on the tour.”

I’m looking forward to following Phil’s golf career at Milton High School and beyond.

He has the essential requirements to continue to compete at the highest levels. He has shiny gold dreams, a great disposition, a solid character, talent, great family support and a heck of a short game.

But most importantly, Phil has a lot of drive.

Phil Jones.

So they had a breakfast wedding, which Denise says stressed their wedding planner out to no end. How do you hold a breakfast wedding?

Afternoon and evening weddings, sure, they are easy. But breakfast?

“Everyone is stepping back and thinking how this changes how the wedding plays out,” Jerry said. “Everybody is rearranging how they think. What do you wear for a breakfast wedding?”

It’s easy. You start with coffee. Instead of salad there are eggs and grits. Instead of wine there are mimosas. The wedding cake was a coffee cake (of course).

Denise’s wedding dress was a short dress, fitting for a relaxed, day ceremony.

Jerry still wore a tux.

“This is the first breakfast wedding we know of,” Denise said. “We are making the rules up as we go.”

That they did. I have never heard of a breakfast wedding, but from what Jerry and Denise said, it was lots of fun.

If nothing else, readers, you can learn a valuable lesson from the two starry-eyed lovers - breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

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Local author collects stray wills

By ALDO NAHED aldo@forsythherald.com ATLANTA — Wills mean a lot to author and researcher Ted O. Brooke.

Brooke, 71, of Cumming, has spent decades compiling wills. He started with wills that were probated in his 1976 published book “In the Name of God, Amen, Georgia Wills, 1733-1860.”

His latest effort goes after “stray” wills, or those that were probated, but were never recorded in will books.

Entitled “Georgia Stray Wills 1733-1900,” Brooke has collected and abstracted 541 Georgia wills dated prior to 1901, located in Georgia Supreme Court case files, Superior Court records and original wills filed in county probate offices.

“Wills are a way of identifying family members, disposal of property, land and it tells a lot about a person’s life,” Brooke said.

Last month, the National Genealogical Society awarded Brooke with the Award for Ex-

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cellence for his work in “Georgia Stray Wills 1733-1900.”

Sometimes, the testator (those whose wills are being probated) left things to family, close friends and even slaves.

Brooke came across the will of a man with five different copies and five different versions of the will.

“The reason that it got in the court is that he left all his property to his slaves and his family took him to court saying he was not of right mind,” Brooke said. “That would have been a reason to have it thrown aside and there was testimony from neighbors and people who said the man had been sleeping in trees outside and in hollow logs outside of his house.”

Brooke said in looking through this case, he learned the slaves slept in his house.

Surprising enough, for the time, the court upheld the will.

“One thing I learned, among many, that historically speaking, I don’t know about today, it’s very difficult to have a will overturned,” Brooke said.

“The testator is not there to speak for himself and the court uses it that way, ‘he wrote this and had it witnessed.’”

In addition to sifting through 22,000 Supreme Court cases to find these stray wills, Brooke dug through the Georgia Archives, private papers, secondary published records and various other obscure and inconspicuous sources which, with very few exceptions, are not found recorded in Georgia colonial or county probate records.

“I wanted to compile them together so that researchers

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Ted O. Brooke holds his National Genealogical Society award and a copy of his “Georgia Stray Wills 1733-1900.” could go to one place and find the will that otherwise they would probably never find,” Brooke said.

The book, which covers the entire state, includes the complete text of each will, the county where it was probated and the location of the origi-

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nal. The wills are arranged in alphabetical order, with an index covering the many names found within them, including slaves.

In addition to wills of ordinary citizens, there are members of some prominent families, including Louisa Greene Shaw, daughter of Gen. Nathanael Greene. While some wills are fragments, most are whole.

Brooke, who is now retired from AT&T, has not slowed down. He has written 28 books along the lines of genealogy and is a running and Corvette enthusiast.

Brooke, who grew up in Tucker and has lived in Forsyth County for 20 years, said he enjoyed the work.

“They were all a little different and that is what kept me going,” Brooke said.

The hardbound book is a gem for anyone researching an ancestor in Georgia and looking to fill a research gap. Published with a grant from the R.J. Taylor Jr. Foundation, the book is available for reference at 42 repositories throughout the country and for sale at $35 postpaid from Ted O. Brooke, 2055 Foster Drive, Cumming, GA 30040.

For more information, visit www.tedobrooke.com.

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Approved: Continued from Page 1 could have been developed out of this community,” said City Manager Chris Lagerbloom.

Staff continues to negotiate on a small portion of land – about a third of an acre expected to enhance the final project. The purchase was made possible thanks to a redistribution of sales tax revenue (LOST) that was negotiated last year. The revenue is based on Census figures and reflected a shifting of population from downtown Atlanta into the suburbs. Milton saw its revenue nearly double, rising from $4 million to $7.8 million annually.

The city has made no secret of wanting a permanent City Hall to house government offices and hold community events.

Since the city’s creation in 2006, City Hall has been in rented offices on Deerfield Parkway, a contract that runs out in

Math: Continued from Page 5 “Quite frankly, it’s difficult to understand why the state would make it so difficult for a community to teach traditional math,” said Reeves. “We are simply asking to reorder the standards to accommodate a traditional sequencing of math (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2).”

For now, the FCSS is essentially teaching a year and a half of math during the school year to cover all the concepts required by the state, and to ensure students are prepared

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2019.

The city plans to downsize its footprint in the Deerfield building in the coming years once a new courthouse and public safety building are completed. That project was put on hold during the recession and local option sales tax discussions.

With the new LOST monies in hand, the city can afford to build a new City Hall and the public safety building shortly after.

By shifting rent payments to debt payments, eventually the city’s buildings would be completely paid off.

Plans for the development will by crafted in-house by City Architect Robert Buscemi to maximize savings to taxpayers. As the plans become available, the city expects to let the public view them and chart the project’s progress via the city’s Web site and public meetings.

The bond will also pay for the 20142015 expansion of Bell Memorial Park and the construction of a court, fire and police services complex on Ga. 9 near Cambridge High School, expected to open in 2019.

for the EOCT. The end result is a pace too quick for many students, as evidenced by the high number of students taking math in summer school.

In their defense, the state had none.

Numerous attempts to contact state education officials for comment received a “no comment.” A request sent directly to the head of the math curriculum for the state, Sandi Woodall, earned a rebuke from the GDOE spokesman Matt Cardoza to not contact officials directly, while not addressing the questions.

Woodall appeared at a meeting for Johns Creek parents in early May for what was

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billed as a discussion of math concerns. However, according to parents who attended, the time was spent on an overview of math in general and not on the specific concerns parents had.

She repeatedly told parents she was not responsible for decision-making when it came to assessments.

In the meantime, a united Fulton County Board of Education is reaching out to other school boards to fight for flexibility. The Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) will likely adopt a legislative position this month requesting more local control of curriculum, particularly math.

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