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More than 32,000 Alpharetta residents cast ballots in the Jan. 5 runoff election to decide two U.S. Senate seats and a position on the Georgia Public Service Commission. The runoff drew about 90 percent of the total turnout from the General Election held in November. With early voting running through December, polling precincts like this one at the American Legion Post on Wills Road endured some lulls during the day. Read more, Page 4

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Thieves take cash, jewelry during residential burglary ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police responded to a burglary report along Bluehouse Lane on Jan. 2.

The victim, a 49-year-old man, said his family had left for vacation Dec. 21 and when they returned home, they found their house ransacked. Several items of value, like a flat-screen TV and laptops, were left alone, according to the police report.

But about $3,000 in cash was stolen from envelopes stashed in a bedroom drawer, the victim told officers. The man said several pieces of jewelry were also missing, and his son said there was $300 missing from his bedroom, according to the report.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police were called to a Popeyes restaurant on Old Milton Parkway after a former employee started yelling at customers Dec. 30.

According to the incident report, a manager said the 35-year-old Atlanta man walked past the front window then entered the eatery. He walked up to two women eating lunch and began shouting and cursing at them. The manager intervened and removed the man from the store.

The manager told officers the suspect had been fired from the Popeyes Dec. 28 for arguing and swearing at another employee, the report stated.

The customers told police they noticed the man look at them when he walked past the window. One of them looked back at him and said he then walked in and told them “I’ll kill you …. Why are you looking at me through the window?” The manager said the man only made a verbal threat and told officers he may suffer mental problems, the report stated.

Woman reports death threat following road rage incident Woman reports fraud ROSWELL, Ga. — Officers responded to involving flooring company a road rage incident on Holcomb Bridge Road on Dec. 29.

According to the report, a 21-year-old Alpharetta woman told police she was traveling north on Alpharetta Highway and when she tried to merge into a turn lane, the driver of a Nissan Sentra began following and blaring the horn at her.

The victim said the vehicle sped up and stopped in front of her, then the driver got out and began banging on her window. The man yelled at her, believing that she cut him off. He called her a disparaging name and lobbed other insults at her, according to the report. After the woman drove away, she said the man pulled beside her at an intersection, held something in his hand and said, “I could kill you,” then drove off.

The woman told officers she took a picture of the car, which she emailed to police, the report stated.

MILTON, Ga. — Police responded to a report of fraud Jan. 4 that involved apparent charges by a flooring company to the bank account of a local woman.

According to the incident report, a 77-year-old Milton woman notified officers she received an email from Wells Fargo about a transaction she had made. The woman said she never opened an account with the bank.

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Jennifer Anne Garnto, 45, of Nuckolls Road, Cumming, was arrested Dec. 31 on Old Holcomb Bridge Road for DUI and interference with government property.

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Michael Webster Bippus, 55, of Hembree Grove Trace, Roswell, was cited Jan. 1 on Canton Street for DUI. address, according to the report.

The woman said she was not defrauded of any money, although the business appeared to be using her information.

Handgun reported stolen from unlocked vehicle ROSWELL, Ga. — Police responded to Alpine Drive for a report of a vehicle break-in Dec. 30.

The victim told officers he may have left his truck unlocked while unloading groceries the previous night. He said someone stole his wallet, credit cards, debit cards and Glock 9mm from his center console.

The debit and credit cards were used fraudulently at a QT gas station, Kroger grocery store and Walmart in Roswell, according to the incident report. Detectives were notified.

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‘Togetherness is a choice’ Alpharetta church honors MLK Day in virtual three-day event

By PHOEBE LIU newsroom@Appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day comes amid a year of local and national racial reckoning.

Although in-person events are limited, one historic Black church in Alpharetta is planning an online celebration that covers three days.

St. James United Methodist Church has held annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day events for more than a dozen years. The 150-year-old church regularly draws crowds in the hundreds to honor the slain civil rights leader in an ecumenical service that features speakers from throughout the region and nation.

This year’s event will be virtual for the first time and will be spread across three days, from Jan. 17 to Jan. 19.

The event’s theme is “Where Do We Go From Here? Visions of Beloved Community.” The theme emphasizes how the community can use the celebration of one of the United States’ most inspiring figures to find hope during a time of racial unrest, pandemic and political divisiveness.

“So where do we go from here? I think the first thing that we have to do is learn to love one another, respect one another and value each other,” said the Rev. Dr. Gregory S. Williams, St. James senior pastor. “As children of God, we can have different beliefs. We can have different values, but the bottom line is we have to learn to live together and work together because we are God’s people.”

Williams emphasized King’s mission

to preach love and make the world better for people of all races and ethnicities, because he said King believed all people are created in God’s image.

On the evening of Sunday, Jan. 17, a group of North Georgia pastors will share their perspectives on the importance of King’s legacy in the present moment. Monday’s programming will include music, a presentation of a Dr. MLK, Jr. award and a talk by featured speaker Artis Stevens, the first Black president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. A rebroadcast of a November “Bridging the Gap” event on racial reconciliation through worship and fellowship will conclude the threeday event on Tuesday.

St. James UMC Associate Pastor Tavares Stephens said he hopes the weekend’s events will leave participants with tangible examples of “where [to] go from here” and inspire discussion about “how we’re living into where God wants us to go.”

The virtual celebration aims to reach people across the world and encourage them to listen and learn from each other, Williams said. He stressed that the past year’s events — including this week’s U.S. Capitol riot — have shown

that the United States is currently a nation divided, which makes coming together to honor King’s legacy of unity and togetherness under God especially important.

“Both division and togetherness are a choice,” Stephens said.

Much of the programming at the upcoming event comes out of St. James UMC’s longstanding partnerships with other churches in the area that encompass different denominations.

All events will be livestreamed on St. James UMC’s website, stjamesumc.org/, and on its Facebook page.

“When we band pastors together and give them a voice, they are able to go back to their churches and they’re able to impact their people,” Williams said.

“That’s how we change the world. One person at a time, one church at a time, one home at a time.”

Meanwhile, the Johns Creek Arts Center has scheduled an MLK Family Fun Day Drive Up event that will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Jan. 18 at 6290 Abbotts Bridge Rd./Suite 700. Visitors can drive through and pick up an activity bag.

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North Fulton voters split in U.S. Senate runoffs

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. — While a vast majority of Fulton County voters backed Democratic candidates in the Jan. 5 runoff election, residents in North Fulton were more divided.

Turnout was robust.

Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, and most media outlets have called Democrat Jon Ossoff the winner in his race to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue. With the two seats flipped, Democrats have now gained the upper hand in the U.S. Senate.

Overall, Fulton County voters backed the Democratic candidates with 72 percent of the vote in each race. Most residents opted to vote early in person.

More than 57 percent of the 477,000 votes recorded in the county were cast in advance. The remaining votes were split almost evenly between Election Day votes and mailed absentee ballots.

Unlike the Nov. 3 General Election, each precinct was locked in tandem, with either both Republicans or both Democrats earning a majority. Republican voters backed Perdue slightly more than Loeffler.

In the Nov. 3 General Election, Warnock defeated Loeffler in a few precincts where Perdue earned a majority in his race against Ossoff. That was most likely due to Loeffler defending her seat in a “jungle primary,” which included more than a dozen candidates.

In the runoff, Republicans swept the most northern precincts in the county, including all but two Milton precincts, the eastern portion of Roswell and the southernmost areas of Johns Creek.

Candidate campaign signs line Mayfield Road outside Alpharetta Elementary School voting precinct Jan. 5.

Democrats carved a wide path along Ga. 400, taking almost all districts close to the thoroughfare.

Alpharetta Democrats took 12 of Alpharetta’s 21 precincts, but the margins in the Senate races were razor-thin.

More than 32,000 residents cast ballots, and the margin of victory for the city was just 83 votes between Ossoff and Perdue. Warnock topped Loeffler by 673 votes.

Johns Creek Johns Creek came out strong for the Democrats. Warnock garnered 55 percent of the vote. Ossoff earned 54 percent.

The Democratic candidates won 13 of the city’s 20 precincts.

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Commissioner results Fulton voters strongly backed Democrat Daniel Blackman for the District 4 Public Service Commissioner in the Runoff Election, but Republican incumbent Lauren “Bubba” McDonald retained his seat. Members of the five-member commission, which regulates public utilities in the state, are elected statewide.

Milton While Johns Creek backed Democrats by the highest margins, Milton voters posted the strongest effort for the GOP. Republicans won 10 of the city’s 12 precincts.

Perdue took 11,424, or 58 percent, of the nearly 20,000 votes cast. Loeffler also took Milton, but her margin of victory was slightly less at 57 percent.

Roswell The race for Roswell was neck-andneck, and the city was the only in North Fulton to split between Democratic and Republican candidates.

Perdue carried 51 percent of the more than 47,000 votes cast over Ossoff.

However, Warnock defeated Loeffler by a total of 38 votes. Both Republicans won 12 of Roswell’s 22 precincts.

Alpharetta begins prioritizing transportation projects

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Amid a still-shaky economy, city officials have begun identifying big-ticket items Alpharetta can afford to tackle with money it still has on hand.

At a special work session held in December, the City Council discussed major road projects with Public Works Director Pete Sewczwicz in an effort to prioritize those that can deliver the best bang for the buck. Alpharetta’s 2021 budget year ends June 30, and there remains millions in unspent money, part of it the city has suspended because of the pandemic economy.

The city does have money outside normal sources. The special transporta-

tion sales tax passed by voters in 2016 entitles the city to millions in funds that must be spent on projects that were listed on the ballot. Outside of those projects, however, the city carries out upgrades to streets, sidewalks and trails with mostly its own money.

To spur discussion, each of the seven council members ranked projects in the pipeline and came up with a list divided into three tiers.

Tops on the list are $10 million for milling and resurfacing work on city streets. Alpharetta follows a regular schedule of resurfacing to keep streets maintained at a determined level. Skipping a year, engineers say, can lead to long-term problems in the road’s foundation and end up creating a greater expense.

City leaders also prioritized $5 million to sidewalk repair.

A mid-block crosswalk at Alpharetta Elementary School, estimated at $50,000, was the only other project to receive unanimous consent as a top priority project among the council.

Councilman Jason Binder asked that a crosswalk at Manning Oaks Elementary be moved up for quick funding, even though the work may require altering when planned upgrades to Cumming Street occur in the coming years.

“I’m OK with investing $100,000 for safety for the school kids,” Binder said.

Other projects listed in the top tier, with funding called for in the future, included $9.2 million for construction of

the Alpha Loop from Old Milton Parkway to Northwinds Parkway and major upgrades to the North Point Parkway corridor with long-term costs — aided by federal funding — running over $20 million.

One of the pricier projects in the second tier is work on the Cumming Street streetscape. Sewczwicz pointed out that the project is in its earliest phases, and the $10 million estimate is a guess.

“Basically, we do not know the final scope; we do not know the right-of-way concerns,” he said. “We haven’t had a formal vetting of that project, formal design — in fact even a formal discussion.”

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Upgrades to tag offices may impede renewals FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Vehicle owners with tag renewals in January may be pinched for time this year.

The Georgia Department of Revenue is shifting to a new system to process vehicle tags and titles which will result in a temporary shutdown of all motor vehicle transactions the week of Jan. 12-19. Online, in-person and kiosk transactions will be unavailable during that period.

Fulton County Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand said the upgrade is needed to better coordinate local offices with the state.

“While ultimately this transition will help our office and the Division of Driver Services better serve our constituents, this move will be a temporary inconvenience for customers,” Ferdinand said.

The upgrades are a part of the ongoing statewide effort to transition to the State of Georgia’s new Georgia Driver Record and Integrated Vehicle Enterprise System. Registrations for Fulton County taxpayers that expire during the January 12 through January 19 time frame will not accrue penalties or interest.

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North Point Park plan takes shape

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Designers for The Point Park, a key element of the planned revitalization of North Point Mall, have released updated renderings for the centerpiece amenity.

The park is part of a major redevelopment underway by Brookfield Partners which will also include new, freestanding retail and restaurants and a multi-use trail system with tie-ins to nearby trails and the Big Creek Greenway. Plans also call for 300 luxury apartments.

Brookfield won approval for the plan in February 2019, about a year after it purchased the mall property from General Growth Properties in a deal estimated at about $15 billion.

The park, located on about 17 acres, features a canopy walk and a 600-foot pedestrian bridge spanning the park and linking to the residential and commercial core of the new development.

Alpharetta Community Development Director Kathi Cook says the North Point district is in line for $300 million in new development.

Part of that investment includes the Providence Group’s Ecco Park townhome development, now under construction, near Haynes Bridge Road near the entrance to the mall.

Also underway is Brixmor Studio Movie Grill, site of the old AMC theater near Mansell Road.

“We checked with them, because they did stop during COVID,” Cook said.

“They have said they’re going forward.”

Accesso, at the corner of Encore Parkway and North Point Parkway, is underway with a development that includes retail, restaurant and a small office. Accesso filed for land disturbance permits prior to COVID, Cook said, but they have not collected their documents. The development has, however, made its way through the Design Review Board.

Officials with Brookfield say they would make decisions on a time schedule for their development during the first quarter of this year, Cook said.

Brookfield received a change in conditions in October, allowing it more time to begin work on its mixed-use development. In exchange, the city received a donation of 2 acres for use as a future MARTA bus rapid transit station.

The developer now has until the end of 2022 to begin site work in order to hold onto the rights for the apartments.

The North Point area generates over $1 billion in retail sales and pays out more than $10 million in property taxes to the city, county and school district annually, according to a study per-

formed by Bleakly Advisory Group. But the corridor has fallen on hard times over the past five years with the opening of Avalon and downtown’s City Center.

The city has focused much of its economic development efforts of late in rescuing the corridor.

Just last month, city officials approved an application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs to establish an opportunity zone within the corridor to provide tax breaks for qualifying employers. The credits — $3,500 per new job with a minimum of two jobs — can be used against a company’s state income tax and withholding tax liability, and they are available to any business, including retail.

And in November, the City Council adopted a draft plan for the Alpha Loop that includes pedestrian enhancements in the North Point area.

In 2019, the city established a tax allocation district for the North Point area that will provide future funding for infrastructure improvements by diverting a portion of future property tax collections.

Estimates compiled for the city by Bleakly show the district could receive anywhere from $65-$88 million in funding for these improvements over 25 years if the county and school district agree to be a part of the TAD.

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After 34 years in business, salon surrenders to downtown flurry

By TIFFANY GRIFFITH newsroom@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Downtown Alpharetta is quickly becoming the latest trendy hangout in the metro area. But amid the stylish boutiques and popular bars and restaurants, one business closed its doors Dec. 31.

The next time you drive past 22 Milton Avenue, you won’t see the Alpharetta Beauty Shop. Owner Pearl Bivins said the old-fashioned salon couldn’t keep up with all of the change surrounding it.

“It was kinda sad,” Bivins said. “People around there in the other businesses were nice. We just didn’t really fit in with all those retail stores.”

Bivins and her sister, Jean Collett, have cut, curled, combed and coiffed the hair of women in Alpharetta for more than 50 years. After working in various salons, they opened the Alpharetta Beauty Shop in 1986.

“We just did the old-fashioned cut and shampoo. Set, roll up, under the dryer. Most people nowadays don’t even know what a dryer looks like,” Bivins laughed. “That’s years old.”

The atmosphere in the shop was fun and full of laughter — most of the time.

“Sometimes we had tension in there between the two sisters,” she chuckled. “Customers could tell when things weren’t going just fine.”

And with customers stopping by every week, you could also count on the salon sisters for some juicy gossip.

“Of course!” Bivins confirmed. “If we didn’t get it, we got blamed for it.”

Bivins credits those loyal customers for decades of keeping her in business.

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Alpharetta Beauty Shop owner Pearl Bivins said the old-fashioned salon couldn’t keep up with all of the change surrounding it. get their hair shampooed because it was the best in town, the best they’d ever had,” Bivins said.

The sisters enjoyed hearing about the happenings of their clients’ weeks.

Bivins and Collett followed the lives of their clients as they became grandparents and great-grandparents, and sadly, when they passed away.

But at the close of 2020, the Al-

pharetta Beauty Shop styled its last strand of hair. Bivins said the increase in foot traffic and vehicle traffic made it difficult for her 80 and 90-year-old clients to park and visit the salon.

“Too many people, too much traffic, too much everything,” Bivins said. “It was better for the salon when the city was smaller. It was easier for people to get in and out of there.”

The pandemic also prevented the sisters from seeing their elderly clients in the salon or at senior living facilities.

The salon’s space was purchased by the owners of Sis + Moon, a women’s clothing, jewelry, and art gallery next door. When Bivins gave her loyal customers the unfortunate news, some didn’t know where they would go for their next wash and set.

“We were really proud of our customers because they were older ladies and a lot of them had been with us for 50 years,” Bivins said. “Everybody was really nice and friendly. They were regular people. It meant a lot to know we had the same clients every week to keep us in business.”

Some clients said maybe it was time to close up shop. Bivins agreed.

“It’s time to move on,” she said.

“Progress has to go on. I understand that. We’re older. Our clientele, most of them are older than we are. So, it was time to close up and get out of there.”

On her last day in the salon, the 78-year-old stylist simply packed up her belongings and locked the door behind her. This isn’t the way she envisioned her days at the shop ending. However, Bivins wasn’t sentimental because her days of creating the perfect hairdo are far from over.

“I’m going to work at a salon about a mile away on Main Street,” Bivins said.

“My sister is working at a senior living home in Roswell.”

Bivins calls herself an Alpharetta lady.

And while she thinks the loss of her salon is a loss for the city’s history, she is willing to share the secret to her longevity.

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Fiserv offers grant program for minority small businesses

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Fiserv, a financial tech company and one of Alpharetta’s largest employers, announced on Monday it is accepting grant applications from minority-owned small business owners based in the greater Atlanta area as part of its ongoing Back2Business program.

The program is designed to help support small, minority-owned businesses that have been negatively impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Back2Business connects small businesses with critical resources, including complimentary mentorship, subject matter expertise and business coaching, technology solutions such as the Clover point-of-sale platform from Fiserv, and community partners. In conjunction with the Association for Enterprise Opportunity, a national nonprofit expanding economic opportunity for Black entrepreneurs through its Tapestry Project, the program includes $10 million in grants, with approximately $1 million designated for Atlanta-area businesses, and up to $10,000 awarded to individual businesses.

Each grant recipient will also be connected to local networking, support and resources from Fiserv community partners such as the Metro Atlanta

Chamber of Commerce, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Black Chambers, Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Village Market Atlanta and the Atlanta Business League.

Eligible minority-owned businesses can apply for a Fiserv Back2Business Grant at aeoworks.org/Fiserv.

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Once battling breathing issues and drug abuse, local man sets sights on completing marathon

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com CUMMING, Ga. — Running 26.2 miles is no easy undertaking no matter a person’s physical fitness or mental fortitude. It’s an especially tall task for a man who struggled to breath normally without a slew of medications and battled drug addiction for years.

Jon Haley, 28, took massive strides in his drug abuse recovery this year, and has set his sights on another goal — completing a marathon — later this month to continue his mental and physical recovery.

Haley will aim to accomplish his feat in Roswell Jan. 23 at the Thundermeat Endurance Shrinkage event which benefits No Longer Bound, a Cumming-based recovery nonprofit which has steered Haley through his sobriety.

Haley’s endurance challenge to his lungs comes after he spent years using multiple inhalers and medications to mitigate his serious breathing issues.

Haley said he could hardly walk down a flight of stairs without stopping, and his inhalers became a lifeline. Even using the bathroom without one on hand was cause for anxiety. Emergency room visits and steroid injections were common, along with cases of bronchitis and pneumonia.

Haley’s breathing troubles were spurred and worsened by his drug addiction.

As a teen, Haley said he was generally a “bad kid,” and he dropped out of high school and began drinking and working. Eventually drinking lost its luster, and around the time he joined the Army National Guard, Haley began using drugs.

He was first introduced to opiates by a cough syrup prescribed to him for a case of bronchitis. When he was 21,

he overdosed on the substance and was rushed to the emergency room.

Following his military training, Haley said he was constantly exposed to drugs like MDMA, cocaine and ecstasy and began using the drugs. He also began taking strong opiates like Oxycontin.

“It never really seemed to effect my work, and for a long time, all I cared about was work,” Haley said. “I’m not realizing these drugs are messing up my life, my personal relationships. I was not having the hard consequences or not correlating the consequences that were bad to drug use.”

Around four years ago, Haley began using heroin and his descent into addiction increased.

Haley said his finances were out of control despite his well-paying job.

“I had a good job with good money, but it didn’t matter because it was all gone within a few weeks,” he said.

After titling his car several times and living in his apartment without power, Haley was eventually evicted and began living out of his car. He would park overnight in Kroger parking lots, only leaving his four-wheeled home to use the store’s bathroom and snort cocaine or heroin.

After several short-lived stints of sobriety, spurred by Haley’s family, coworkers and military leaders, Haley arrived at No Longer Bound in October, 2019. After six months, he left the program, but immediately realized he needed to return when he used less than 24 hours after leaving.

“That’s when I understood…I have absolutely no control over this,” he said.

Haley has found his sober self over the last seven months. One way he has done it is through running.

He first began running to get back into shape, but found the activity was also a boon for his mental well-being.

“It provides clarity, a focus,” he said.

Without No Longer Bound, I wouldn’t be healthy.”

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Jon Haley is set to compete in his first marathon later this month in Roswell.

The 28-year-old has set the lofty goal of completing the race as he recovers from drug addiction and severe breathing issues.

“Relationships, work, anything stressful I save to think about when running. It’s also my time with God. I’m on autopilot physically, so I can talk to God, get mad, plan my week, work things out that bother me. It allows me to be there for my family, for my brothers and to do well at my job.”

Haley has lost around 50 pounds since hitting the pavement and has gradually increased his speed and stamina. He no longer has breathing issues or requires the use of an inhaler or medications, and he said he is no longer afraid to look in the mirror.

“I feel comfortable, confident and that I can overcome obstacles in my life,” he said.

And also reach new goals.

“I’m not 100 percent sure I can run this marathon, I’m very confident I can,” he said. “I’m not 100 percent sure I can stay sober for the rest of my life, but I know there are things I have to do to ac-

complish that, and that’s what I try and compare my recovery to, working out and running. It’s kind of hard to see the mental and emotional changes, but not to see the physical changes.”

It is a remarkable change for a man who said his mother was told to go ahead and plan for his funeral years ago, and he is thankful for No Longer Bound and those around him that have guided his recovery.

“Without No Longer Bound, I wouldn’t be healthy,” he said. “I never thought about God, never thought about family. They gave me that back. They taught me love and grace and how to Solution extend that to others.”

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Johns Creek moves to acquire and preserve historic cemetery

By KATIE ANDERSON newsroom@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The historic Macedonia Cemetery off Medlock Bridge Road officially has a new owner.

On Nov. 16, the Johns Creek City Council unanimously approved a measure to acquire the historic property which served as the final resting place for members and family of the Macedonian Methodist African Church.

In recent years, the city had been responsible for maintenance, but the ownership of the abandoned property was up in the air.

Under the city’s ownership, this historic property has potential to be a memorial to those buried there and also serve as preserved green space for residents.

“I think acquiring this property and getting it the proper maintenance and infrastructure it deserves is crucial for our city,” City Councilman Chris Coughlin said.

The city will work to acquire the property through eminent domain, a process by which a government can take ownership of property in the public good. The law provides that the government may only exercise this power if it provides just compensation to the property owners— in this case approximately $52,200 from the land acquisition accrual fund. The money will be kept in the Fulton County Superior Court and forwarded to the state if no owner can be identified.

The city believes the Macedonian Methodist African church took ownership of this property back in the turn of the 20th century, and over time, constructed a church and began to use part of the property as a cemetery. Over the years, the congregation dwindled, and the church and the graveyard fell into disrepair. The church has since been demolished and removed.

The disrepair in the cemetery area has resulted in vandalism and moving of headstones. Currently, as required by state law, the city conducts mere maintenance of the cemetery but, once the land is acquired, they will work to preserve the historic site.

The property, approximately 2 acres, is located near the intersection of State Bridge Road and Medlock Bridge Road. It is home to some 105 to 114 marked and unmarked graves.

The Johns Creek Historical Society has worked to identify over 50 of the people buried at this site.

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The historic Macedonia Cemetery off Medlock Bridge Road officially has a new owner.

enslaved, and others buried there were first and second generation descendants of slaves on local farms. As names are being identified, genealogy research is beginning. That research is starting to show relationships between those buried on the site and insights into the life they led.

The Johns Creek Historical Society is currently working to repair some of the headstones found on the property.

Through donations from Kirk Canaday, a board member of the Historical Society, the group has already made repairs and reseated the headstones of R.L. Parsons and April Waters, a former slave.

There are more headstones to be repaired, and the Johns Creek Historical Society is asking for donations to continue the work. For more information visit johnscreekhistory.org.

The nonprofit is also looking for those who might remember or have been a member of the Macedonia Church. If you have information or memories of the Macedonia Cemetery and those buried there or its church, members and pastors, please contact info@johnscreekhistory.org.

The pandemic has slowed down the process of the courts, but city officials believe that everything will be settled with this acquisition in the middle of next year.

“I think our ability to be able to honor the legacy of those who met their fate and are buried in the cemetery will live on beyond this,” Mayor Mike Bodker said. “So I’m certainly glad that we did this.”

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By Kali Boatright, President and CEO, GreaterNorthFulton Chamber of Commerce, Liz Hausmann, Fulton County Commissioner, District 1, Bob Ellis, Fulton County Commissioner, District 2, and Jon-Paul Croom, SVP and President, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital COVID-19. Global pandemic. Coronavirus. PPE. Community spread.

For ten long months, we have heard about these topics in our community, state, nation, and world, often to the point where we just don’t want to hear about them anymore. It’s what many are calling “COVID fatigue.” For those people who adopted recommended safety measures early on, perhaps you have grown tired of wearing a mask, not going to restaurants, and not seeing family and friends.

For those who never adopted safety measures, perhaps you prefer to live “normally” since you figure your or your family’s risk of getting infected or being ill from COVID is relatively low. After all, the mortality rate is fairly low, right, so how bad is COVID, really?

There is so much information circulating – and so much misinformation – that it’s difficult to know what’s real; and what’s not. Additionally, some people don’t pay attention until COVID has affected them personally.

North Fulton, the impact is real, and it’s now very personal to our community.

Wellstar North Fulton Hospital – staffed compassionately 24/7/365 by our neighbors, friends, and family, and the recent recipient of many awards and accolades – is seeing a significant surge in patient volume, many very critical.

The hospital is operating above 100% capacity due to limitations of the available workforce. As of Jan. 8, approximately 38% of the patients are COVID-positive, and 54% of the patients in the full ICU are COVID patients.

That is far too many.

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients require intensive resources – often more than other patients – and many are very, very ill, with complex medical conditions either caused or made worse by the virus.

These are our beloved neighbors, friends, and family from right here in North Fulton.

And we are only at the beginning of seeing cases from gatherings and kids coming home from college for the holidays. The numbers are rising, alarmingly. The trajectory of cases and hospitalizations for the coming few months is concerning, especially with the recent Christmas holiday and New Year’s Eve celebrations.

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The 11-hospital system has prepared for surge scenarios like the one we are currently facing and can shift resources where they are needed. Still, the virus is spreading significantly across the state, which impacts not only our healthcare workers but everyone in our community.

We must act together to Protect North Fulton immediately. It’s an explicit plea so we can flatten the curve here in our community and at our local hospital. The hospital needs our support in this moment, and so do the families and friends of those who have fallen ill or died, as well as everyone who has the potential to contract COVID … and possibly succumb to it. The way the virus is currently spreading, that means every single one of us.

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3. We ask that you also think about how to minimize gatherings with other people. Getting together in groups – both large and small gatherings – without masks and social distancing is a big part of what is driving the rampant spread of COVID-19. Small family and friend gatherings are a particular issue because people tend to relax their safety measures, which increases transmission. Using technology for meetings and get-togethers – or at least wearing masks and keeping your distance – for a few more months *will* help Protect North Fulton.

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Can bumping your leg cause skin cancer?

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Multiple times over the last ten years, patients have told me that a skin cancer popped up right where they banged DR. TAYLOR their leg. Initially, I was skeptical of whether such mild trauma could cause skin cancer. One of my teachers speculated that patients were developing skin cancers first and then later noticed them when they bumped the area. However, patient were certain about the timeline and insisted that the bump caused the skin cancer. Who is right?

Can mild trauma cause skin cancer?

The medical literature is rife with examples of chronic trauma indirectly leading to skin cancer. For example, a “Marjolin’s ulcer” is a squamous cell carcinoma (squamous cell skin cancer) that arises from a chronic wound. While Marjolin’s ulcers are not common, they are an important diagnosis for doctors to avoid missing. Their danger is often due to delayed diagnosis. For example, a patient with an ulcer from bad veins on his or her leg may go to a wound care clinic and receive dressing changes intended to allow the wound to heal on its own.

When the ulcer fails to heal, everyone involved assumes it is still “just a venous ulcer.” Unfortunately, chronic ulcers can sometimes give rise to skin cancers – usually squamous cell carcinoma. The ulcer is no longer just a broken down area of skin from bad circulation. Instead, it is a skin cancer AND a broken down area from bad circulation. But the two conditions can look nearly identical in ulcerated form, and a biopsy is needed to make the diagnosis. Delays in diagnosis of the skin cancer can give it a chance to spread to other organs and lead to death. The stakes are high.

Why would a chronic wound give rise to skin cancer? The explanation is usually “cell turnover.” Areas of healthy skin usually have cells undergoing cell division (mitosis) at a very slow rate. Skin cells are quoted as replacing themselves every 28 days. Where skin is cut, injured or otherwise wounded, the replication rate goes up. Growth factors are released at sites of tissue damage to spur tissue regrowth and renewal. If you cut your skin or have a wound, cells need to grow and divide rapidly to replace the cells that were lost and to heal. Increased cell division means increased opportunity for error. Cell division is a vulnerable time.

When a cell is dividing, its DNA is more

susceptible to mutations and to making mistakes. Such mutations can increase cell growth rate and otherwise allow them to grow in an uncontrolled manner. Mutations cause cancer. So chronic wounds not unexpectedly generate skin cancers.

If chronic wounds can yield cancers, what about minor/short term wounds? Or even a bump on the leg? There is not a lot of medical literature about skin cancers arising from small traumatic events such as a bump on the leg. However, it stands to reason that a similar phenomenon exists for small injuries as for chronic wounds. Both involve healing tissue, growth factors, and stimulus for cell division. In my experience, the small bumps that were blamed for causing skin cancers almost always occurred in patients with severe amounts of background sun damage. Patients with severe sun damage already have mutations in their cells from the sun’s UV rays. Accordingly, the combination of sun damage and a banged shin is like a one-two punch.

One of the first successful explanations for the cause of any cancer was the “two-hit hypothesis.” It explains why retinoblastoma, an eye tumor, develops in children. The two hit hypothesis states that you need two copies of the same gene to go bad for certain cancers like retinoblastoma to develop. Children with retinoblastoma are born with one bad (mutated) copy in every single cell in their eyes, either inherited from a parent or from a mutation acquired early in fetal development. Additional spontaneous mutations are common enough that the chance that the second copy of the gene mutates in at least one cell is high. That cell now has two bad copies of the retinoblastoma gene. That single cell will then grow uncontrollably and develop into a cancer. Like retinoblastoma’s second mutation, the “bump on the leg” might be the second hit a squamous cell needs in some individuals’ legs. The first hit is the years of sun damage introducing mutations into many cells in a patient’s skin. Then, the second hit can take many forms – sometimes an additional sun burn, sometimes a chronic wound, and sometimes a literal hit -- a small bump on the leg.

So yes, in my opinion, my patients are probably right. Sometimes a skin cancer really does pop up from a simple bump on the leg.

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Pandemic curbs fundraising for high school athletic effort

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH METRO, Ga. — It appears likely that high school spring sports will be on for 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the 2020 campaign for local programs. However, there is still uncertainty on whether some of those teams fundraising efforts will be enough to continue the status quo.

One group impacted by the economic crunch of the pandemic, and facing funding concerns of its own, is the Roswell Lacrosse Booster Club. While the school does fund many aspects of the program, the booster club supports off-season training, pre-game meals, equipment purchase and replacement, promotional and sponsorships costs, goods for game-day concessions and more. And like many sports programs in the area, finances are tight heading into the 2021 season.

The Club has two major sources of funding. Its sponsorship program highlights businesses throughout the season during games, on social media and through other avenues. The Club also sells restaurant discount cards in the community which aid the lacrosse program and drive business to participating eateries.

“The pandemic has hit hardest those business that have traditionally been the strongest supporters of the Roswell Lacrosse program,” Booster Club President Paul Provenzano said. “We’ve been fortunate to maintain strong support by local restaurants to participate in lax card program, [but] our business sponsorship initiative is much behind where we were last year, with most businesses citing tightening of the belt as a result of COVID. We have even seen some of our past business supporters and sponsors close their doors.”

The booster club and players are still selling the restaurant cards — which feature discounts for eateries like Jonny’s Pizza, Scooter’s Coffee, Hola! and others — but not at the same rate of prior years. Sales are expected to drop about 20 percent from last year.

Provenzano said sales have been slowed by less discretionary spending amid the pandemic, and many are simply dining out less often. Players would typically go door-to-door or post up in front of restaurants to sell the cards, but those methods have been nixed amid COVID-19.

The downfall in income could impact the day-to-day operations of the program, but the club is hoping the impacts will not stretch into higher costs

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for families. Roswell Lacrosse is one of the deepest programs in the area with a solid junior and youth program that feeds the varsity squad.

Funding may not have the rosiest outlook for Roswell lacrosse this season, but at the varsity level, hopes are high for the 2021 season.

The boys team, winners of the 2014 and 2015 state titles, are poised for a strong season under Bryan Wallace, who takes over the program after serving as the offensive coordinator and assistant varsity coach last season. Wallace is one of the winningest coaches in Georgia high school lacrosse. He compiled a 14133 record during his 8-year tenure with Centennial.

The boys squad also has strong talent, including Army commit Evan Plunkett and University of Lynchburg signee Connor Moore.

The team went 5-1 during the abbreviated 2020 season and were ranked No. 5 in the state by MaxPreps.

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Winter in the woods?

Winter is here.

The weather is cold.

The old year is gone (thank goodness), and it’s a good time to sit inside by the fire and think about all the things I want to do in the year to come.

Yep, it’s resoluSTEVE HUDSON tion time.

Get Outside Georgia, For the last few aa4bw@comcast.net years, one of my resolutions has been to try some wintertime camping. It’s easy to break out the tent in the spring and summer. But come winter, things get complicated.

That’s another way of saying it’s cold in the wintertime, and since I’m now over

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30, I no longer have anything to prove by spending the night in sub-zero temperatures in a house made of rip-stop nylon.

Still, I wonder what it would be like.

“I wonder what it would be like to camp in the middle of winter?” I said to Wife of Mine just the other day.

“You mean, like, in a tent?” she said.

She has this way of coming right to the heart of things.

“Well, yeah, I suppose that is what I mean,” I said.

“You’ve got that new tent I gave you,” she said. “It’s rated for winter.”

“Well, yeah, I suppose I do,” I said, “and I suppose it is.”

“So why don’t you try it then?” she said.

Uh-oh. Think fast – “I don’t have a winter-friendly sleeping bag!” I proclaimed triumphantly after a moment’s frantic thought. “So I guess I’d better just stay here by the fire!”

But it wasn’t gonna be that easy.

“That’s true,” she said. “But you do have those gift cards. Besides, Nathan did it. If he did it, you can too.”

Nathan’s our youngest, and the fact was that he had been wintertime camping twice in the last few weeks.

Being the highly trained reporter that I am, I decided to put on my interviewer’s hat and call him on the phone and uncover the truth about wintertime camping.

“So where did you go first?” I asked him.

Cloudland Canyon State Park, he told me, explaining that he camped there

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with a couple of his friends, experienced campers who were knowledgeable in the ways of winter in the woods.

“They have the right gear,” he said.

“That was good, because it snowed.”

Snowed? As in frozen water falling from the sky?

“Yep,” he said. Aha! Surely that would be enough to provide an out!

“So you were worried you’d freeze to death?” I asked. “You were concerned lest you not survive the knife-edge bite of winter cold?”

“No, it was really pretty warm,” he

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In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years: Buford Seymour.

She is survived by her daughters: Peggy Mulkey Minor and her husband, Mike Minor and Kathy Perry and her husband, Chuck Perry; grandchildren:

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said. “We had a good tent, and I had a good sleeping bag with an extra blanket on top. I stayed pretty warm, actually, and it was kind of neat to be out there in winter on winter’s terms.”

That wasn’t helping me much. So I asked about his next winter camping adventure, this one at Tugalo State Park in Lavonia, Ga., close by the waters of Lake Hartwell.

“How was that trip?” I asked.

“It was good!” he replied. “That time, we camped in a yurt instead of in the tent.”

A yurt, technically, is a tent, but it’s a tent with some differences.

“This one had bunk beds and a pullout couch — real beds, a real sofa, and a real table,” he added. “It had power too.”

Now that was sounding a little better.

“Yes,” he added, “it sorta had all the benefits of being outside without having to be completely out in the woods.”

So which did he like the best?

“I liked ’em both,” he said, explaining that the tent gave a real sense of being in the woods in winter, while the yurt had more in the way of accustomed creature comforts (and might be better for families with small children).

Bottom line: Would he do the wintertime camping thing again?

“Yep!” he said. “And I hear you might be thinking about trying it, too?”

So, it appears, I am. In fact, as soon as I finish this, it’s back to the web for more sleeping bag shopping (I’ve got to use that gift card for something). My purchase should arrive in a few days.

Then I’ll dig out the tent and dust off the camp stove. All that’ll be left will be to pick a place, and Georgia’s state parks offer plenty of choices — and go!

Stay tuned. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

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Council: Continued from Page 4 Sewczwicz said more details about how the project can begin will be forthcoming at the council retreat in late January.

The council was divided on whether to prioritize a $100,000 pedestrian scramble signal that would stop all traffic at Canton Street and Milton Avenue to allow foot traffic through the intersection. Proponents said pedestrian safety will become more important soon with the opening of the new STEM school and a hotel in the next year.

Opponents say the current signal system will continue to work well, and that the traffic problems created by stopping vehicles in all directions will create a nightmare.

City officials may be strapped for money in the coming year.

Finance Director Tom Harris said he expects commercial properties to take a hit in value over the next year, which could likely result in less revenue. He said he expects increases in residential values to make up the difference, however.

Harris said he’s optimistic about the resale and new construction of residential properties.

Still, Harris said, he’d like to see the city recover enough to commit more of its end-of-year surplus to road maintenance. Last year, the city had just enough to commit just under $500,000 in surplus to the expense.

Harris said the city commonly places closer to $5 million each year toward milling and resurfacing.

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ROSWELL, Ga. – North Fulton Community Charities’ annual holiday programs served more than 1,000 families benefitting over 3,000 children.

The nonprofit began its holiday programs in November by distributing warm coats and Thanksgiving food and ended with a holiday toy shop where parents had the opportunity to select toys for their children. The toy shop included sections for children of every age as well as special areas for sporting goods, games, gift cards and stocking stuffers.

In addition, the holiday programs included holiday baskets for seniors in November and December and a sponsored family program.

Hundreds of organizations, businesses and individuals held drives, volunteered and donated to make all these programs possible.

“We are so thankful to our community for coming together to make this year’s holiday programs possible,” said NFCC Executive Director Holly M. York. “It was a monumental undertak-

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ing to have these programs safely during COVID, but we knew these programs that are always important to the families we serve, were especially important this year. We are so happy that we were able to deliver a little holiday spirit to our neighbors.”

The NFCC holiday program was presented by Convergence Acceleration Solutions, Gillman Insurance Problem Solvers, Mount Pisgah and Northside Hospital. Triton Claim Management, DataScan and Trailsend Foundation also sponsored the program and space was donated by Hubert Realty Company and Malon D. Mimms Company. Bike Alpharetta and Trader Joe’s partnered on the program.

Founded in 1983, North Fulton Community Charities serves as a human services agency dedicated to building self-sufficiency and preventing homelessness and hunger for residents in North Fulton in the cities of Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Mountain Park and Roswell. NFCC assists families with basic essentials such as food, rent and utilities, and clothing for short- term emergencies. Adult education classes

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Rosemary Kloiber, 94, of Alpharetta, passed away December 31, 2020.

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