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Alpharetta Police Sgt. Mark Tappan takes a break with his K9 charge, Mattis, who is retiring after five years with the force. Mattis gained national attention last year with an appearance on A&E’s “America’s Top Dog.” The 7-year-old canine is the department’s most highly decorated dog and has helped raise thousands of dollars for charitable causes. Read more, Page 5

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Homeowner pulls gun on real estate crew at his for-sale home ROSWELL, Ga. — A Roswell homeowner wielded a gun and threatened to shoot a photographer when a crew arrived March 12 to film his Spring Drive home listed for sale. Jason Edward Rickels, 43, told police he thought the real estate agents, photographer and other contractors on his property were there to burglarize his home. They were actually there to do a photo shoot, police indicated. According to investigators, Rickels’ wife was watching the scheduled viewing on her cell phone via Ring security cams. She noticed the crew carrying bags of camera equipment into the residence and became suspicious that the viewing was a “scam” to burglarize the couple’s home. She told Rickels to return to their home, had her realtor order the contractors to leave the property and reported a crime to 911. Rickels showed up as the crew was packing up and confronted the photographer. Police said knocked the photographer’s camera out of his hand, smashing it on the ground. He then pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot other crew members when they confronted him for breaking the camera, according to officers. Rickels was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony and second-degree criminal damage to property.

the Oaks at Holcomb Bridge apartment complex along Old Holcomb Bridge Way. Allen Valcin, 19, of Gran Crique Drive, was charged with armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime Aaron Nunez, 22, of Riverwood Lane, was booked on the same two charges and also faces counts of obstruction, possession of marijuana, forgery and financial fraud stemming from the incident. The Roswell victim told police he was on his way to a friend’s apartment when he noticed the suspects following him. The men ran him down and one of them pointed a gun at him. The suspects stole his Apple iPhone and tried to steal his money, but he hid the cash. Police captured Valcin and Nunez along Holcomb Bridge Road as they fled the scene. Officers found the victim’s cell phone in Valcin’s possession. Nunez was armed with a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson, according to the arrest reports.

Burglar hits Verizon shop, can’t crack into safe room ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A burglar broke into a Verizon Wireless store along Old Milton Parkway during the early morning hours of March 8. Police said the suspect crawled toward the back of the store and pried the door open. The suspect entered store and rummaged through four drawers, but they were empty. The burglar then tried, unsuccessfully, to pry open the safe room door. The suspect left without taking anything, according to police. Investigators were unable to identify the suspect’s gender or any other identifiable features because they kept their face covered.

Stop sign violation Police arrest Roswell men leads to drug arrest following armed robbery ROSWELL, Ga. — Two Roswell men were arrested March 9 after they reportedly robbed a 20-year-old man at gunpoint at

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Larry Joe Strickland, 73, of Webb Street, Roswell, was arrested March 11 on Ga. 9 for possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana. William John Easton, 32, of Pinewalk Forest Circle, Alpharetta, was arrested March 14 on Ga. 9 for DUI, driving without headlights and driving without taillights. Kimberley Ann Bradley, 33, of Creekside Court, Roswell, was arrested March 13 on Old Dogwood Road for possession of methamphetamine and fraud. Juan Jose Cortes, 24, of Coventry Circle, Alpharetta, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of THC wax with the intent to distribute, possession of psilocybin with the intent to distribute, possession of a drug related object and failure to obey a traffic control device. A patrol officer stopped Cortes after he was spotted running a stop sign in his truck. The officer smelled marijuana during the traffic stop and asked Cortes how much pot was in the vehicle. Cortes said he had “a little bit” of marijuana in a bookbag, according to police. Officers searched the pickup and found 81 grams of marijuana, 31 grams of THC wax, 12 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and $1,431 in cash, according to the arrest report.

Police investigate string of robberies ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police are investigating a rash of thefts in which robbers reportedly followed victims home from the bank. In one incident March 4, a woman told police someone trailed her to her house after she withdrew $720 from a Wells Fargo branch on Ga. 9. When the woman arrived at her Westre Way residence, she left her car doors open

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near a construction site along Collingwood Lane. The woman said an SUV followed closely behind her after she withdrew five rolls of quarters from a Bank of America along Windward Parkway. A man in his 20s jumped out of the SUV as she sat in traffic and grabbed two of the rolls, worth $10 apiece, from her vehicle. Police said there were two other snatch and grabs in Forsyth County on March 4, according to incident reports.

Continued from Page 2 as she opened her garage. A man snatched her purse from her backseat, stealing the cash she’d just taken out of the bank. Later the same day, another victim reported a separate “snatch and grab”

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Mountain Park negotiating 911 dispatch service with Roswell Small city remains in hunt for public safety provider By ZOE SEILER newsroom@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell City Council has approved a draft agreement with the City of Mountain Park to provide emergency 911 dispatch services. The contract, approved at a special called meeting of the Roswell City Council on March 15, calls for Mountain Park to pay $17,523 annually for the dispatch coverage. Mountain Park officials discussed the agreement at a March 17 work session, but no official action was taken. The agreement does not include police and fire services, only dispatch. The two cities entered into a public safety services agreement in 1998 and Roswell has been providing police, fire and emergency 911 dispatch services to Mountain Park since. The agreement was amended in April 2009. However, Roswell sought to terminate the agreement on March 1, 2021 and the agreement has expired, the resolution states. “The current monthly rate being paid is $3,470.78 or $41,649.36 annually,” Mountain Park City Administrator Karen Segars said in an email. “I believe it originally was around $28,000 annually at its inception.” Toward the end of 2019 Roswell notified Mountain Park that the annual amount increased to about $197,000. That number increased again to over $242,000 per year after another census estimate was released, Segars said. In February, Roswell approved a per capita charge of $374, which is based on Mountain Park’s 2019 popula-

tion of 649 residents, and the annual contract would be $242,726. This is the rate Roswell residents pay for police, fire and dispatch resources. Mountain Park did not accept the offer, Roswell Mayor Lori Henry said. The cities are negotiating a new agreement that would last until Dec 31, and a new per capita rate would be set on or before Jan. 1 of each year. Mountain Park cannot sustain an annual amount that’s over $242,000 and is looking at options it can sustain. The city can’t form its own 911 dispatch service so this agreement may be an option if the Mountain Park City Council decided to establish its own police and fire departments, Segars said. Ideally, Mountain Park would like Roswell to continue providing police, fire and dispatch resources as they have in years past but at an equitable rate Mountain Park believes is based on a more accurate comparison of the cost between residents of both cities, Segars added. The immediate need for Mountain Park is dispatch services, Henry said. “So, this is what [Roswell] would provide, this does not include any mutual aid agreements, all it includes is Mountain Park lets us know where we need to route these calls to when we receive a 911 call,” she said. Henry added that the hope is that this agreement will allow Mountain Park to evaluate their options, see what they’re considering and look at their opportunities. “We of course don’t want to leave them high and dry, but the 911 service would provide that level of comfort there, and as I said, we’d route it to wherever they need us to route it to,” Henry said. Some concerns have been raised at Roswell City Council meetings about Mountain Park dissolving its city charter and being drawn into Roswell. At a special called meeting on Feb. 24, Assistant City Attorney Bob Hulsey said the state has the power

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The Roswell City Council met on Monday, March 15, to discuss providing emergency 911 services to the city of Mountain Park and received further clarification from Director of Finance Ryan Luckett and 911 Communications Director Melissa Alterio. to force Roswell to annex Mountain Park, which would create a myriad of problems for Roswell that goes beyond solely providing fire and police services. “Mountain Park’s infrastructure does not comply with the city of Roswell’s code in any way, form or fashion,” Hulsey said. “You would have immediate problems. You may have to create a special tax district to bring them up to our standards.” Comments made at the Roswell meetings were from a group of Mountain Park citizens who prefer dissolving the charter as an option. The Mountain Park City Council has not announced any plans to proceed with dissolving the charter and annexing into Roswell, Segars said.

School district looks at more than $400 million in renovations Facility assessments will drive campaign to extend sales tax By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — An overall assessment of facilities within the Fulton School System shows most school buildings are in good shape, but it will require more than $400 million to keep them that way over the next five years. Left undone, the $400 million price tag could balloon to nearly $1.4 billion by 2032, school officials say. The school facilities report was presented to the Fulton County School Board this month and provides an overview of the capital needs for the district through 2027. The district will ask voters next year to extend the Special Purpose Local Option Sale Tax for another five-year term

to fund many of the projects identified in the report. The one-cent SPLOST was first approved by voters in 1997, and has been renewed every five years since then. It has raised more than $2.5 billion for Fulton Schools to date. “We’re not to the point where we’re prioritizing projects or even picking projects,” said Doug Carey, director of Capital Improvements for Fulton Schools. “This is just a report to share data, how we’re doing and how we stack up, and where the work needs to be done.” The facilities report was compiled by the district’s construction management firm, Parsons, in conjunction with MGT Consulting and was conducted from last spring and into the fall. It included a survey of 100 school buildings and other educational facilities comprising more than 15 million square feet of space. The assessment included 59 elementary schools, 18 middle schools, 18 high schools and seven non-instructional facilities.

The report concluded that significant needs exist and are expected to grow, but the district’s facilities as a whole are in good shape with an overall score of 87.4 on a 100-point scale. “This is a testament [that the district] has kept the facilities well maintained and the schools have been built, or renovated, in accordance with educational specifications,” said Simmie Raiford, vice president with MGT Consulting. The average age of the district’s facilities is 28 years, and the median date of construction 1997. Raiford noted that date coincides with the first passage of SPLOST which provided the funding to build new schools or replace existing schools. In North Fulton, 27 new schools have opened since 1997, more than half of the current schools in the region. In addition to the structural adequacy, the report considered characteristics of the space within schools and if they provided an environment that supported learning. The assessment rated if the appropri-

ate size of the space compared to its use, whether the space was appropriately located based on the program needs, and whether the space had sufficient equipment and storage for materials. Next steps for district officials will be to determine the priority list of projects to determine which ones will be included in the next 5-year capital plan. Those will be the projects presented to voters as part of the SPLOST plan for through the 2032 school year. Carey told the Fulton County School Board the district has more needs than it has funding but will look to find the best methods to make the money stretch. “We want to build in the right spots and renovate the right areas that will go the longest way to serve the most kids,” Carey said. “We’re going to assess and prioritize which new construction projects make it to the list.” He noted the next several months will include conversations with the community to gather their input as the capital plan for the next several years takes shape.

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Alpharetta Police K9 ‘celebrity’ retires By MATT BRUCE news@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — One of the Alpharetta Police Department’s most beloved officers recently traded in his badge for more milk bones. Mattis, a 7-year-old German Shepherd, has spent more than five years as a member of Alpharetta’s K-9 unit. According to department officials, he’s responsible for more than 200 arrests and has physically captured seven bad guys. But Mattis is done chasing down criminals and sniffing out narcotics. He was celebrated during a retirement ceremony on the steps of the Alpharetta Police Department on Wednesday, March 17. “He’s brought people together, and that’s the power of canines,” his handler Sgt. Mark Tappan said. “It’s the best job in the world. You get to go to work with your best friend. But the unspoken thing that it does is it brings people together. People love dogs.” Mattis is the most highly decorated dog in the police department’s history. Director of Public Safety John Robison said he may be the most famous officer

ever in the department’s ranks. Tappan has completed hundreds of demonstrations with Mattis, and the two have raised over $200,000 for charitable causes. The canine became a national celebrity and social media sensation after he and Tappan were featured on A&E’s “America’s Top Dog” last year. Mattis was runner-up in the show’s championship episode. Afterward, he and Tappan made appearances on “Entertainment Tonight,” “Good Morning America,” “Fox & Friends” and “True Crime.” The duo were in-studio hosts on “Live PD” and Mattis made his acting debut in the HBO series “Watchmen.” Tappan devoted Tik Tok and Instagram pages to his journey as Mattis’ handler. He shared photos and videos showing Mattis in training and the two officers lollygagging together in down time. He saw opportunity to extend their “special bond” to social media as a tool for community engagement. It worked. Mattis became a social media sensation. He has 3.7 million fans on Tik Tok and more than 208,000 followers on Instagram. “This dog is unbelievable. Like no

other dog I’ve ever seen in this profession,” Robison said. “He’s truly worldrenown and with good reason.” But Mattis was not just a loveable pooch. He was also a fierce police dog who was named officer of the year in 2017 and was awarded a Purple Heart of Valor for injuries he sustained while chasing two Florida men suspected of theft in 2016. Mattis jumped over a 30-foot retention wall pursuing one of the suspects. He landed on the man on the way down and later nabbed the second offender as well. The canine had to undergo emergency surgery to repair a lacerated liver and internal bleeding. But he fully recovered and returned to duty. Tappan said the department made the decision to retire Mattis from the police force because he has arthritis in his back. The dog’s handler returned to the site of Mattis’ fall Wednesday for an emotional farewell post. “I think going home this afternoon is going to be tough,” Tappan told social media followers. “And then tomorrow is going to be really tough. Earlier today, I was just thinking about how cathartic it is just to be able to play ball with him.

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Local charitable group increases impact by opening store Roswell home furnishings store keys on those with special needs By ZOE SEILER newsroom@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell-based philanthropic group Sunshine on a Ranney Day is furthering its positive impact to the local special-needs community with the organization’s latest venture, Sunny and Ranney Home Furnishings and Décor in Roswell. The store, opened last November at 109B Oak Street, sells furniture donated by companies and uses the profits to fund home makeovers for families with special-needs kids. Over 140 families have had their homes renovated by Sunshine on a Ranney Day. The organization is latest venture of Holly Ranney and her husband, Peter. The couple, inspired by a church sermon, found their calling to use their networks and resources to help others. Ranney has a background in furniture and design, and Peter has extensive construction experience, which led to the creation of Sunshine on a Ranney Day. The organization started as a hobby in 2012 when the couple had corporate jobs. In 2013, Ranney and Peter did a renovation for the family of Tripp Halstead, who at two-years old was hit by a tree limb when it fell, causing a severe brain injury. “After that, we kind of realized that after working in these homes…that these families needed so much more, and there’s so much need out there,” Ranney said. “So, in 2014, I ended up leaving my corporate job and taking the charity on full time, and then we just focused on growing it.” The next step for growing the charity was opening Sunny and Ranney Home Furnishings and Décor last year. The store gets inventory from various market showrooms and other sources as furniture is switched out and samples need a new home. The store has about 10 showrooms of donated furniture, and all profits go toward the charity and the home makeovers. The store sells a little bit of everything for bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms and dining

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Holly Ranney sits on a couch for sale in her store, Sunny and Ranney Home Furnishings in Roswell, which uses profits to fund home renovations for families with kids with special needs. The store is the latest venture of the Sunshine on a Ranney Day charitable organization, which Ranney founded with her husband, Peter, in 2012. rooms, except for mattresses. “We focus on making sure that the quality of stuff that we have is very nice,” Ranney said. “It’s stuff from market showrooms to designer warehouses, and we just got a bunch of stuff from a builder, like a model home. It was all new stuff that they just had to get out of it because they were going to sell the model home.” The product changes every week as new inventory arrives. The store does take individual donations if items are in good condition and up to date. Ranney asks that anyone interested in donating furniture should email the store with pictures of the item(s), and the group can decide to accept the donation before it is dropped off. Sunny and Ranney’s store has provided needed funds to continue the organization’s efforts. The timing of the store’s opening was critical because the group’s annual gala, which raised about half a million dollars each year, was cancelled in 2020.

“Our store opened in November last year, and in the first month, I mean, the income that we were able to bring in from the sales of that actually really kind of put our charity back to where we should be,” Ranney said. “And it’s only going to increase.” She added that the store is a great way to raise money because people get to buy a cool, nice piece of furniture and know that their purchase is helping children. The store has also garnered more exposure for the charity and more social media followers. “As soon as you walk in the store you learn about the charity, so everybody, by the time they leave after shopping, has learned about Sunshine on a Ranney Day,” Ranney said. “It’s actually been really good for the charity, because it’s not just a shopping experience and helping raise money, it’s also exposure.” Sunny and Ranney is open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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are for the fall, so I want to be very clear, we fully intend to provide face-to-face instruction for our students and families in the fall.” The district has stated it doesn’t think that the current process of opting for either remote or faceto-face instruction is a sustainable model for teachers, students or families. “We’ve done a significant amount of research and analyzation of data, and the fact is that our students have been learning with remote learning processes, but they haven’t been learning at the same rate that they otherwise would be learning if they were in a face-to-face instructional model,” Looney said. To make up for the deficit, the district is planning the most intensive academic learning loss recovery plan the schools have seen. The six-point strategy spans multiple years in an effort to give students the opportunity to catch up. Part of the strategy includes summer school, which begins in June. Fulton County Schools is planning to see 30,000 students over the summer. The district hasn’t done anything of this magnitude before, Looney said. Two sessions will be offered for elementary students to focus on reading and math. Sessions run from June 7- 24 and from July 1- 22. Middle schoolers can participate in a summer camp-like experience that includes enjoyable activities while still focusing on academics. Only one session is available for middle school students from June 7-24. Some high school students have disengaged from the learning process while out of the classroom,

Looney said. So high school students will be able to double up on courses to catch up on ones they either didn’t complete or failed in the last year. The hope is that this will help them graduate on time, Looney said. Sessions run from June 7- 24 and July 1-22. Registration for summer school classes is open through the Fulton County Schools website and closes on May 28. “It’s going to be an extension of the traditional school year in very much the same way as we traditionally do but through the summer months,” Looney said. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the City Council voted to settle a lawsuit against Argonaut Great Central Insurance Company in the amount of $1 million for repairs to the Roswell Alpharetta Public Safety Training Center. Argonaut Great Central Insurance Company was the city’s insurer. Repairs to the Roswell Alpharetta Public Safety Training Center were needed after the roof collapsed and the city performed extensive repairs. “It’s a truss system roof so the repairs ended up being over $2.3 million,” City Attorney David Davidson said. “The insurer has paid out $1.1 million so far. We were in disagreement on the remaining items, so the city authorized me to file suit and I’m bringing forward this settlement in the amount of $1 million to settle all of our claims.” The next Roswell City Council meeting will be April 12 at 7 p.m. That meeting will be conducted inperson at City Hall, 38 Hill Street.

School official briefs Roswell council on district plans Superintendent says district is focused on remediation By ZOE SEILER newsroom@appenmeda.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Fulton County Schools plans to finish vaccinating staff in April, is getting ready for summer school and fully intends to return to inperson learning in the fall, School Superintendent Mike Looney told the Roswell City Council March 22. School employees throughout the district are eligible for vaccinations at Mercedes-Benz Stadium all week and April 12 through 14. About 650 employees were vaccinated on Monday, Looney said. The school district is administering the Pfizer vaccine. Classes shifted to remote learning in stages so staff has access to the vaccination site during the workday, and “that has gone exceedingly well,” Looney added. “I do think that once the vaccination process has been complete, we’re going to experience kind of a game-changing move in Fulton County Schools,” Looney said. He said he anticipates not having to employ remote learning in any substantial way after staff has been vaccinated. The district will continue to quarantine students when there are cases in accordance with the Fulton County Board of Health standards. “That means in-person graduations, some of the traditional ceremonies that we have, then it allows us to plan for the summer and the fall,” Looney said. “A lot of people have been asking us what our plans

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A fresh driver’s license and a lost wallet It’s not the obligatory, “just licensed teen in front of the DDS sign,” pic that seems to comb hits like honey on Instagram because I couldn’t find said sign. As I was snapping the pic you see here, a gentleCADILLAC JACK man, making his way Podcast Host cadillac@appenmediagroup.com into the same building, offered to take a pic of Charlotte and I together. A very nice gesture and a picture I’ll cherish forever. Charlotte, our youngest who just turned 15, passed her permit driving test

yesterday morning and wanted to drive from the DDS off Maxwell Road to her school in Roswell. Having been minted only minutes as a teen driver, turning on Ga. 9 southbound is something I couldn’t stomach at 10 a.m. However, I had no problem stomaching the Route 66 at J. Christopher’s. When the waitress dropped the bill. When I reached for my wallet, looking much like my dad I’m sure, and I had a moment of pause —the instant you realize you don’t have your phone or wallet. There is no panic like reaching for a wallet that isn’t there or discovering your cell phone is missing. Again. I remembered giving my license to the

less-than-radiant clerk at window 8 during Charlotte›s permitting process, so we returned to the DDS just two miles from breakfast. As I approached, a representative confirmed that a customer had turned in my wallet. I’m convinced that the customer who saved my day, weekend, rest of the month, and who also saved me from multiple conversations with my wife about the importance of not losing my wallet, is the same generous man who snapped our pic outside the building. Be like him. In this Tuesday’s episode of “My Second Act,” I will reenact the time we spent in front of the clerk at window eight at the DDS. And let me ask you this: how many IDs and completed forms and light bills do you need for me to prove to you I’m me? I saw a lady, waiting for her number to be called, with a Talbot’s shopping bag

filled, I feel certain, with photo albums, plat maps, and locks of her mom’s hair. Checking identification is clearly a thing at the DDS. Before the clerk returned my wallet to me, she said, “I will need to see some identification.” “My identification is in the wallet that you are holding,” I said. PS: The DDS should partner with Pigtails & Crewcuts for a selfie station at each drivers license place. Charge $5, sell it to ProVape for logo placement in the bottom right, and the state is making bank.

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Fulton Schools launches ‘Project Vaccinate 2021’ Instruction goes virtual to give teachers chance to receive vaccinations BY CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — Schools across the Fulton School System converted to remote learning this week to allow teachers and staff the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccination. District officials have dubbed the plan “Project Vaccinate 2021” to encourage as many staff members as possible to get the vaccine. Elementary schools switched to remote learning March 22-24, while middle schools will transition to virtual March 24 and 25. High schools will be in remote learning March 25 and 26. “During the span of these two weeks, school-based personnel will rotate through the vaccination days by level and zone,” said Ron Wade, chief talent officer with Fulton County Schools. “Given the complexities of coordinating an event of this scale… our instructional delivery will be impacted.” He said Fulton Schools held vaccination clinics in January to vaccinate employees over 65 years of age in the first phase of the state vaccine rollout. About 500 staff members were vaccinated at that time. “The first clinic validated the playbook developed by district staff in partnership with [our public health partners],” Wade said. “This can now be scaled up to provide the vaccine to our remaining 11,000-plus employees who want it.” Fulton County Schools will again partner with the Fulton County Board of Health for the second round of vaccinations for staff this week. The event is being held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta. A second clinic for staff to get the second dose will be held the week April 12-16. The clinics will offer the twodose Pfizer vaccine. Gov. Brian Kemp opened the second phase of eligible vaccinations in early March allowing teacher and school staff access to the vaccine. Those over 55 or with medical issues were allowed access beginning March 15. A survey last month by Fulton County Schools showed about 60 percent of employees planned to get the vaccination. That is significantly higher than a state survey which indicated fewer than half of the state’s school employees would get the vaccine.

Wade said vaccinations will not be mandatory but highly encouraged as the district continues to respond to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Impact on staffing, primarily among those who must be quarantined for exposure, is especially challenging. “We have about 1,200 employees who indicated they were unsure about the vaccine,” Wade said. “So, we have a number of information sessions that we’ll be launching as we ramp up [Project Vaccination 2021].” Information is provided on the dis-

trict’s website to answer questions and address concerns, and the district has brought in subject matter experts and social media influencers to help in the campaign. Wade is also encouraged by the falling numbers of COVID-19 cases across Fulton County over the past several weeks. “The headline is that [COVID cases] are trending down, and that’s great news,” Wade said. “Hopefully with this trend and the emergence of the vaccine there is light at the end of this tunnel.”

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Farewell to Milly, the best dog I’ll ever know I lost my beloved dog Milly this week. I first saw her in a playpen outside the PetSmart at North Point Mall. The Lanier Humane Society was holding a pet adoption event and she was asleep next HANS APPEN to one of her litter Publisher hans@appenmediagroup.com mates. I was 19-years old. I remember asking the woman running the event about the process for adoption and seeing the hesitancy in her eyes. I could tell they really weren’t interested in working with teenagers to place their fur babies. I must have convinced her that I would be a responsible pet owner because she finally relented if I agreed to wait and come back in four weeks when Milly was “ready” to be placed. She was no doubt testing me. I didn’t change my mind or forget about Milly, and a few weeks later returned to pick her up. My then girlfriend (now wife) Kristina and my grandma went with me. At the time, I was a student at Florida State University. I was living by myself in a small house near the football stadium. Kristina, who was a student at the University of Georgia, came to visit every few months and to make sure I was taking good care of Milly. It didn’t take me long to come to my senses, grow up a little bit, and realize that Milly and I belonged closer to home and to Kristina. We transferred to UGA in the summer of 2009, and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. Kristina and I each had our own apartments on campus, but she would come over often. She loved to take Milly on long walks and to spoil her with treats and new toys. I joined Kristina and Milly on one of those long walks in October of 2010. We drove to Lake Herrick and let Milly run and swim. We took a break on a small fishing dock jetting out over the water, and I got down on one knee and asked Kristina to marry me. She said yes, and Milly was ecstatic. After we graduated, we got married and took jobs that put us back in Alpharetta. We rented an apartment not too far from the PetSmart I had found Milly a few years prior. We did apartment living for a year while we settled into our jobs and tried to save some money to buy a house. A year later we finally did, and no one was happier than Milly. She had put up with me and small apartment living for four years, and now she had a big back

Milly and I on the day I brought her home in 2008. yard of her own to run, chase squirrels and to dig. Boy did she dig. And then...our children. In 2015 we brought our daughter Phoebe home to meet Milly. As new parents we could not have been more blessed at Milly’s willingness to accept a new creature into our family unit. I have heard from a number of new parents that bring children home, and the family dog dynamic just doesn’t work out. Not the case with Milly. In fact, she very quickly accepted her new role as “doggy mommy”. She was gentle, observant, and even patient. So, so patient. Two years later she met our son Leo, and in 2019, our third child, Annie. Each child had their own relationship with Milly. Phoebe was protective and nurturing. Leo was playful and encouraging. Annie (poor Milly) was demanding and would constantly lay on and pull at her “Mill girl”. Milly never snapped at any of them. Not once. At night I’d sometimes find Milly lying in the hallway, squarely in the middle of all three of the kids’ bedroom doors as if guarding them. Often, she’d sleep at the foot of one of their beds. She didn’t play favorites, though. In fact, sometimes I could swear that she had each of them on rotation, that she would alternate nights with them to make sure everyone was accounted for and received attention. She loved her “puppies.” She was treated for a tumor in her stomach a few years back, and we’d always hoped the worst was behind us. This week, when she wasn’t eating and was panting heavily, we took her in to get

I proposed to Kristina after a long walk with Milly at Lake Herrick in Athens. She said yes, and Milly was thrilled.

Of our three children, Annie gave Milly the hardest time, but Milly was always patient with her. checked out. The doctor told us her cancer was back and had spread to her lungs. She told us that there was nothing we could do for her, that the best option was to make sure she didn’t have any more pain and to say our goodbyes. So, we did, and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. I’m 32 now and writing this has really made me appreciate how much of the important moments in my life Milly was a part of. She lived in three cities and five different apartments/houses with me. She was a central part of my journey to marriage with Kristina. She was a guardian and a parent figure to each of my three children. She loved them so much. She was by my side every step of the way and I am sure going to miss her. Losing a pet is never easy, but this feels like so much more than that.

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about. Instead, I want to spotlight one of my favorite springtime outdoor activities, and that is the fine art of filling your backyard with the aromas of outdoor cooking. I want to talk about what happens when you fire up a smoker and add some hickory and pile on some ribs or a Boston butt. Low, slow heat does the rest, and then later on, it’s heavenon-a-plate time barbecue-style, and life becomes very, very good. My introduction to the exquisite world of barbecue came a long time ago. When my dad and us kids would set out on a fishing trip, for example, it always seemed that our route to the water would take us near a barbecue

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Barbecue: Continued from Page 20 place. Dad knew where the best ones were, and somehow we always managed to be passing near to one come time for lunch or supper. That early indoctrination was apparently effective, for barbecue has become a part of my being. I’ve always favored barbecue if given the choice of what to eat. Over the years, I even tried my hand at cooking it myself, but I never had much success. And then, one Christmas a few years ago, Wife of Mine gifted me with a large and heavy box. “Does he know what it is?” asked one of my kids as I got ready to open it up. “I don’t think so!” my bride said. So I dug into the paper, and few minutes later there it was – my very own barbecue smoker. Since that fateful day, I’ve been slowly learning the art of low-and-slow outdoor cooking. There have been some disasters along the way, including the time I managed to turn two dozen innocent chicken thighs into rock-hard lumps of coal. But I’ve gotten better. Nowadays

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(knock on wood) the chicken thighs are easy. So are racks of ribs. So is a Boston butt, though I’ve got to get up at 5 a.m. to get one of those started in time if we plan to have it for supper. And the leftovers…ahh, the leftovers! They’re perfect to throw in the cooler and take along to enjoy for lunch when I go fishing or hiking. Nowadays, having been playing with this barbecue thing for a little while now, I think I’ve decided that what I really want to be when I grow up is a “pit master,” as in master of the barbecue pit. That’s the honorific to which every barbecuer aspires. Is “barbecuer” even a word? Spell-check tells me no. But “pitmaster” is, and that’s the moniker

I’m striving for. I want my barbecue to be so good, so exquisitely smoky and richly flavored, that it will be unforgettable. I want it to become the stuff of legend and song. Right now, in fact, there’s a big thing of ribs resting in the refrigerator. I’ve covered them with my secret rib rub, and they’re soaking up the flavor even as we speak. The smoker is all set up and ready to go too, and I’ve loaded it with some nice hickory and one little piece of mesquite for that little extra kick of flavor. Yeah, I think it’s time to put them on. They’ll be done by six, and dinner’s at seven. I’ll save a couple for you.

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SERVICE DIRECTORY Art/Wallpaper

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Home Improvement

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