ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell residents will see fewer streets resurfaced this year after work bids came in higher than anticipated.
Members of the Roswell City Council advanced a road resurfacing contract at its March 29 Community Development and Transportation Committee meeting that will likely eliminate six roads that had been scheduled for upgrades this year.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Children, parents and staff gathered at Alpharetta Elementary School March 28 for a glimpse of the initial playground design for one of Wills Park’s biggest attractions.
Wacky World’s original wood
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playground at Wills Park was built by more than 2,600 volunteers over six days in 1997. The 1-acre playground will be replaced in 2024 with a new structure designed by children and built by volunteers.
Project Manager Laura Sehn of Play by Design, the playground design firm handling the project, presented the new concept, which features a
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dragon tower, an obstacle course, a wheelchair accessible merry-go-round, a pirate ship, a zipline and other amenities.
Sehn said the new playground will be roughly 18,000 square feet, and the different features were requested by students, who submitted their dream designs on drawing forms.
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The contract will be formally considered at the next City Council meeting. City staff said the roads that will be removed from the 2023 resurfacing list have top priority for 2024.
The city had originally allotted about $3.7 million in local and state funds to resurface 38 streets in its 2023 budget.
But bids for the work came in higher than anticipated. The lowest offer, from Allied Paving Company, was $4.1 million. City staff recommended paring down the list of streets.
“Those are just going to be delayed,” Roswell Transportation Director Jeffrey Littlefield said. “We will either add them to this year’s list with next year’s funding or they will be a priority in 2024.”
Littlefield said if the city elects
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A Cumming man allegedly caught doing burnouts in the parking lot of a business on Westside Parkway in Alpharetta March 14 has been arrested for reckless “stunt” driving.
Officers responded to 2900 Westside Parkway at about 6 p.m. after they heard tires screeching from a vehicle doing burnouts and saw a cloud of smoke coming from the area.
At the scene, they located a crowd of people around a silver sedan and identified the vehicle’s driver as a 19-year-old Cumming Man.
The man was placed under arrest and charged with reckless stunt driving. He was transported to the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.
ROSWELL, Ga. — A Roswell man told police that about $2,715 in weapons, ammunition and other items was stolen from his home on March 19.
The resident said he had left his house at Legacy Oaks Circle on the evening of March 18 and returned around 1 a.m. on March 19. He said his house had been ransacked and several items were taken. The man said he thinks the thief likely entered through the back door, which he keeps closed but unlocked.
The items stolen included an AR15 rifle, a shotgun, a handgun, two AR-15 magazines, multiple rounds of ammunition, a headset and a
PlayStation 5.
The man has a roommate whose room did not appear to have been disturbed. His roommate had not been at home since March 16. The case remains active.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta police arrested a 21-year-old Lilburn man March 16 after he was allegedly clocked traveling more than 100 miles per hour on Ga. 400.
Police officers stopped a Chevy Cruz at about 10:30 p.m. after it was seen passing vehicles on Ga. 400 traveling at about 101 miles per hour.
The suspect driver said he was racing home to complete an assignment that was due.
Due to the heavy traffic, limited nighttime visibility and the speed of the driver’s vehicle, officers placed the man under arrest for reckless driving and speeding and transported him to the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police found a man with stab wounds on his left arm on March 22 after he reported an altercation with an unidentified woman.
The man told police he was in a parking lot on Alpharetta Highway looking for work as a day laborer. He said a silver Dodge truck pulled up with the driver looking for workers. The man tried to climb into the truck but it was full of other men.
When he got out, he said a woman lunged at his throat with a 7-inch knife, cursing at him. He told the officers he turned his body to avoid the weapon, and she sliced his bicep. She then struck his elbow, wrist and thumb with the knife.
The man ran away and called the police. The assailant left the scene in the silver truck.
Roswell officers took the man to North Fulton Hospital. The Criminal Investigation Division took over the investigation, which remains open.
ROSWELL, Ga. — On March 20 Roswell Police found an ATM stolen and the door open at the Shell gas station on Alpharetta Highway.
The employee who had called the police was on the scene, and said the only thing stolen from the store was the ATM valued at $1,000. An officer noticed the metal door to the register had also been forced open.
Police reviewed security footage, which showed three men getting out of a black Jeep at 3:30 a.m. The men used crowbars to pry open the front door, and one man took the ATM and put it in the car. The other two men forced open the register and tried unsuccessfully to steal a safe bolted to the ground.
All three men left the store. Street camera footage from Alpharetta Highway showed the car’s tag had been covered with a piece of paper. The case is still active.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Two North Fulton County commissioners led a town hall meeting at the county tag office in Alpharetta March 30, addressing a slew of questions from a packed house.
District 1 Commissioner Bob Ellis and District 2 Commissioner Bridget Thorne were joined at the information session by Sheriff Patrick Labat, Chief Appraiser Roderick Conley, Public Works Director David Clark and other county officials.
Ellis began the forum by providing a brief history of county initiatives and investments that have been made in North Fulton, like the new tag office on Maxwell Road in Alpharetta, where the meeting was held.
“One of the things that’s unique about this building is it’s the only facility in the state that has a joint tag office and driver’s license office, so, this particular facility gets a tremendous amount of traffic,” Ellis said. “And I’m super proud that it sits right here in North Fulton.”
Ellis said that similarly, over the past few years, Fulton County has spent the better part of $1 billion on water infrastructure projects in North Fulton.
“The county does a lot of things that the state or the cities don’t want to do,” he said. “Some of the stuff is not particularly sexy. I mean, we’re touching everything from grease traps, STD testing, to wastewater treatment.”
Thorne, who took office in January, told residents she “hit the ground running” during her first months in office, working hard to learn everything needed to represent District 2 correctly.
“I didn’t realize it was gonna be a
24-hour, seven-day-a-week process,” Thorne said. “It’s supposed to be a parttime job and it’s been far from that.”
Thorne said she was immediately “shocked” by the spending habits and attitude on spending, displayed by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. She also applauded Ellis for his stance on lowering the county budget and fighting overspending.
“One of the first things I had to do, right out of the gate as a new com-
missioner was vote on the budget, a $1.3 billion budget, which at the meeting increased by 30 million,” she said. “Some commissioners think that we can just pull money out anywhere, there’s no ceiling on the millage rate. So, I really appreciate the battle that [Ellis’s] been in and he’s been fighting for a really long time.”
After presentations from commissioners and other county officials, the event launched into an hour-long questionand-answer session with the audience.
Community question topics varied wildly, from the performance of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office and how mental health issues are being handled in North Fulton, to budget concerns and the closing of local hospitals.
But most attendees who raised questions at the meeting, appeared to have come specifically to support Thorne, and question Ellis on certain alleged mistreatment of her by other members of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.
A Milton resident who spoke first asked Ellis about the rules governing commissioners’ meetings and the “hate
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ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a bill co-sponsored by state senators in Alpharetta and Roswell that will limit medical care for transgender minors.
Senate Bill 140, signed into law March 23, was co-sponsored by 23 Republican state senators. The law bans medical procedures for transgender minors including genital reassignment surgeries and hormone replacement therapies. Transgender youth will still have access to puberty blockers prior to turning 18.
The law will take effect July 1. Minors already receiving hormone therapy will be allowed to continue treatment.
The bill passed the Senate 31-21. State Sens. John Albers (R-Roswell)
and Brandon Beach (R-Alpharetta) cosponsored and voted for the bill. Sen. Greg Dolezal (R-Cumming) voted for the bill.
Sen. Josh McLaurin (D-Sandy Springs) voted against the legislation.
Beach said he co-sponsored and voted for the bill because people should be 18 or older to make certain medical decisions.
“Before the age of 18, I don’t think a child is ready to make decisions that are permanent, and that’s what would happen if we hadn’t passed this bill,” Beach said.
A press representative for Senator Albers said he was unavailable for comment.
The law is based on a “significant rise in diagnoses of gender dysphoria in children” in the past decade, which the bill
said often does not last into adulthood. According to the American Psychiatric Association, gender dysphoria refers to psychological distress that comes when someone’s gender identity and assigned sex at birth do not align.
Opponents of the law said the ban will have negative impacts on transgender youth.
Anna Baxter, an owner, supervisor and licensed counselor at Roswell-based Love Positive Counseling, has worked with transgender people of all ages for the past eight years. The counselor said many of their clients “wouldn’t be alive today” without hormones.
“Gender dysphoria is such a complex situation, but the treatment for most folks is very simple,” Baxter said, adding that teenagers often struggle to understand that options will be available past the age of 18.
The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ youth said in a 2022 report that 55 percent of transgender and nonbinary youth in Georgia seriously considered suicide in the past year and 16 percent attempted suicide.
“It’s really easy for someone struggling with such crippling emotional pain to decide it’s not worth it,” Baxter said. Beyond worries about mental health,
Baxter said the state should not get involved in medical care.
“Parents and doctors need to be the ones in charge of these decisions,” Baxter said.
Senator Beach said he is “all for” parents and doctors having say in medical procedures, “but when you make those dramatic changes at a young age you may end up regretting it.”
An amendment to the law said that doctors who do provide surgeries or hormone replacement therapies will be held “administratively accountable.” Hospitals that break the law could also lose their permits.
Baxter worries the law sets a precedent in deciding who is involved in people’s health decisions.
Other opponents to the law said it goes against accepted medical standards.
Johns Creek resident Ann Miller is the mother of a transgender man and the regional director for PFLAG, a national organization focused on education and advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community. She said hormone therapy is “standard and accepted care” for transgender teenagers.
Major medical organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics state their standard of care is to provide “developmentally appropriate” gender-affirming care.
“We need to understand that care is very individualized and it’s not experimental,” Miller said. “We know exactly the best way to help these folks.”
The law allows exceptions for youth with “a medically verifiable disorder of sex development” or medically necessary reason for treatment not related to gender dysphoria.
Miller said the law creates a “collective worry” about how far things could go, and that it feels like the transgender community is being legislated against.
“I am greatly saddened that the general American public doesn’t really understand what these bills are saying and how they will hurt transgender youth and teens,” Miller said.
By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Georgia veterans packed into Newtown Park in Johns Creek March 30 for a National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony at the “Wall That Heals.”
The ceremony, sponsored by the Johns Creek Veterans Association and the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association honored those who served in the Vietnam War. It was held at the “Wall That Heals,” a half-scale size version of the permanent Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The 254-foot wall displays names of the tens of thousands of U.S. military members who died in the war. It was originally part of a traveling exhibit, before Johns Creek bought the wall to display permanently in 2017.
The hour-long ceremony with remarks from various veterans took place in front of the wall.
“This was about recognizing the service of Vietnam veterans during a time when that service was not appreciated by many of their fellow citizens,” Vietnam veteran Col. Skip Bell said.
Bell, president of the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association, said veterans came far and wide to attend the Johns Creek ceremony.
“We’re very enthusiastic about this place and to hold a ceremony like this (here) because it’s such a special place,”
Bell said.
The ceremony opened with remarks from Bell, a presentation of the colors by the Johns Creek Veterans Association Color Guard and the National Anthem.
Vietnam Army veteran Capt. Thomas Yearian then read excerpts of former
President Barack Obama’s 2012 speech on the Vietnam War, which reflected on the negative treatment Vietnam veterans received from the public after the war.
Army veteran Roger Wise, Jr. said Vietnam veterans were discouraged from even displaying their military service.
“Many came back from Vietnam and were told to not wear their uniforms at the airport,” Wise said. “If you do wear your uniform in the airport, you’re going to be harassed.”
Vietnam Army veteran Col. Doug Middleton reminisced on his time in Vietnam. He talked about his time in battle as well as the mundane moments of military service.
“This is my Vietnam story, and I expect in many ways it was similar to most of our Vietnam veterans,” Middleton said. “Days and hours of sheer boredom interspersed with moments of sheer terror.”
After remarks, the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association laid a wreath at the wall. Attendees then placed poppies on the wall, a symbol of respect and remembrance for those who died in the war.
Meanwhile, in Roswell, the city held
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a brief morning ceremony to honor Vietnam veterans at the Faces of War Memorial on Roswell City Hall Grounds. The Roswell ceremony opened with a brass performance of the National Anthem by the Roswell High School Jazz Ensemble and the Pledge of Allegiance led by local Boy Scout Oakley Barker.
Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson delivered brief remarks to honor Vietnam veterans.
“Service for our country means they deserve nothing but the best support possible, from access to medical care and disability benefits to opportunities for education and employment,” Wilson said.
The mayor said it was a “small amend” to show gratitude for Vietnam veterans, because they were not thanked and celebrated when they came home from their service.
Mayor Wilson and the Roswell City Council then laid a wreath at the memorial and had a moment of silence. The ceremony ended with a performance of “Taps” from Roswell High School student Harris Newbold.
ROSWELL, Ga. — David Wash, CPA, was recently recognized with the 2022 Award of Excellence by Strategic Planning Group. This award signifies a consistently high
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By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Jamal Samad prides himself on the simplicity of the food at his restaurant, Samad Mediterranean Grill and Market. But simple isn’t easy, he said, like most people think.
“The harder thing is to keep things simple and tasty, and make it healthy,” said Jamal, with a thick Lebanese accent.
Jamal said the kitchen staff, including himself, doesn’t compromise or cut corners. Everything at Samad Grill is made with fresh ingredients. And, everything – except the gyro meat, which is Halal, and pita bread – is made from scratch.
His wife of 28 years, Lesley Samad, sitting beside him in a small, cozy booth by the door, interjected to say the food is still rather complex and layered.
“I will tell you, I’ve never met a stranger,” Lesley said at one point, laughing. “He’s much more quiet than I am.”
Address: 8897 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs
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Lesley Samad provides a plate filled with a variety of salads, falafel, lentil soup and fried cauliflower. Lebanese food is known for its use of fresh herbs and garlic, she said.
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Jamal and Lesley Samad, owners of Samad Mediterranean Grill and Market, sit at a booth inside their restaurant March 29. Opened in 2012, Samad Grill is located in a shopping center on Roswell Road.
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There’s a lot of love in the food. Love is an important ingredient.
JAMAL SAMAD, Co-owner of Samad Mediterranean Grill and Market
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Lesley offered an American perspective on the Lebanon way of Mediterranean cuisine. She said it tends to be more “elevated,” and it has more attitude, anchored in pride. She also said Lebanese food is more herb- and garlic-heavy.
“There’s a lot of love in the food,” Jamal added. “Love is an important ingredient.”
The touch
Jamal opened the restaurant in 2012. After receiving his master’s degree in France, he came to the states to get his Ph.D. in physics in 1992, but marriage and family happened.
“I use a formula here and there,” he said jokingly.
He spent years working in kitchens before turning to the hard sciences. But he also grew up with his mother’s and grandmother’s cooking in Lebanon. While he has tried to duplicate it, he said it’s not possible.
Lesley said the same goes for Jamal’s cooking.
“I will make things, and it will still taste really, really good — still not his,” she said. “It’s a touch.”
People ask Jamal all the time for his recipes and the ingredients he uses. He
freely gives them away, knowing the real secret is balance.
Those queries are partly the reason for the market. In the back corner of the restaurant, Jamal sells items he uses in his own cooking. There’s a couple of aisles stocked with mostly exported goods with labels in other languages — herbs and spices, jams, desserts, coffee, other items.
Many countries are represented in the market, Lesley said. In addition to foods from Lebanon, the shelves boast products from Croatia, Turkey, Greece and Egypt.
“A lot of people comment — they’ll say, ‘I haven’t seen this since I was a little kid,’” she said.
Food is the star of the show at Samad Grill. Jamal once spent thousands on renovations, but the space remains unpretentious like the Styrofoam foodware.
Diner-style tables are spread throughout on unpolished floors, eaten away with time. Ketchup bottles along with salt and pepper shakers are at the ends.
Regular customers have advised Jamal not to change anything, lending to a down-to-earth personality and a certain ambience that restaurant hidden gems tend to have.
“When it’s busy, it has a life of its own,” Lesley said. “The energy is great in here. Some of our customers have become friends with each other.”
Underneath chalk board menus, several potted pothos plants sit on the ordering counter, their tendrils hanging off the side. Lesley said Lebanon is rich with gorgeous fruit trees, making the greenery an appropriate touch.
Other decorations are minimal, save around 10 quirky clocks on the back wall with the customer-created chalk designs on the bottom half. The black paint was a contentious design element, Lesley said, but it grew on her husband.
“It’s the small victories in marriage,” she said, on her way to wipe down tables.
Lesley handles the front of the house, and Jamal stays in the kitchen with other staff. Their daughters help at the business, too. Once the doors opened and customers began trickling in March 29, their daughter Maya arrived.
Spread out on several Styrofoam plates, Lesley provided a bit of everything. On one, there was an array of salads — chickpea, spinach, cabbage, beet and pasta salads with various bases seasoned with fresh herbs and garlic. There was also a thick lentil soup.
The falafel, each ball with a crisp coating and soft center, came with pita bread and an assortment of dips, including tahini and garlic sauce. While Jamal said the whole menu is his favorite, he highlighted the falafel as a top tier pick
along with the kafta kabob.
Lesley brought over one of her favorites, too — the flash-fried cauliflower, seasoned with salt and coated in tahini dressing.
“People will say, ‘We got off the plane and came straight here,’” Lesley said. “And that is a huge compliment because there are only two places in the world I do that to.”
The Samads know most customers by name and still see some that have been coming since day 1. While the customer base in the first few years was primarily repeat patrons, the dynamic shifted with strong community support and word of mouth.
The restaurant also saw more light during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many restaurants, the pandemic impacted Samad Grill. Most of the money rolling in came in the form of take-out orders. But the space changed in a more exceptional way — it became a pop-up food pantry for Sandy Springs schools.
In March 2020, Lesley received a message from a PTO president who said all the subsidized school breakfasts and lunches would be closed, even for those facing food insecurity. Samad Grill saw up to 400 families a day over the course of 18 months, a line wrapping around the corner of the building.
“This area is the haves and the havenots,” Lesley said.
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There are several move-in ready homes available including the popular Windham situated on lot 9 which offers a lavish owners retreat on main level. The grand 2-story entry foyer gives glimpse to the wonderful flow and functionality of this home. The dining area with butler’s pantry has room for seating 10+ guests. The chef’s kitchen with oversized island and breakfast bar opens to the fireside family room with beamed ceilings. This four-bedroom and four and one-half bathroom home is offered at $1,049,395.
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The Tierney situated on homesite 11 is a striking two-story home featuring four bedrooms, three and one-half baths and is perfect for entertaining with open living spaces and a chef’s kitchen with the latest in design. There are three large secondary bedrooms and a large loft. Priced at $1,128,955, this discerning home includes hardwoods on the main level and an extensive list of designer upgrades.
Homeowners at Hillandale enjoy a convenient and central location with easy access to local dining and shopping in historic downtown Roswell. The Chattahoochee River and pristine parks envelop the area creating a wide array
of recreational activities. The Chattahoochee River Nature Preserve is just a short drive away with kayaking, biking, and walking trials, and a summer music series. Districted in Roswell's highly acclaimed school system, Hillandale is a neighborhood suited for any lifestyle.
Patrick Malloy communities, founded in 1994 by Patrick Malloy, builds new homes in Metro Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia. To date, the company has developed over 11,000 homesites and built 7,000 homes with a total of more than $4 billion in sales. Accolades include multiple mentions in the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s top 20 Homebuilders and numerous profes-
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Between expensive appliances, custom cabinets, and costly countertops, we spend a lot of money on our kitchens. In fact, according to John Hogan, Owner of Remodeling Expo Center in Roswell GA, the median spend on a kitchen remodel was $32,000. To make sure that all of this money isn't creating a kitchen we'll want to update again in five years, the trick is to incorporate timeless design elements that won't soon go out of style. By choosing kitchen features that can stand the test of time, you'll save yourself money (and the work of remodeling) down the line.
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Known for their simple design and recessed-panel doors, Shaker cabinets have been in-style for more than 100 years. Shaker cabinets are popular in farmhouse kitchens, transitional kitchens and are the perfect element to update an otherwise traditional house.
I'm calling it: Organization will never go out of style. And while features like built-in baking sheet dividers and pull-out cabinet drawers haven't been around for that long, when hidden behind unfussy, timeless
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speech” Thorne has faced at certain meetings.
“That woman (Thorne) has been attacked three times by county commissioners talking about white privilege and race issues,” the resident said. “And no one has raised a hand, not even you.”
Ellis said he is limited in what he can do about the actions of other commissioners, beyond arguing with facts and logic, and trusting the guidance of officials like Fulton County Manager Dick Anderson.
“The Fulton County Commission is not a place for the faint of heart,” he said. “But you’ve got to figure out a way to go back, use your logic, use words and fight back for your citizens, so you are able to get things done and not turn it into a personal battle.”
Another big topic raised at the forum dealt with the county’s continuing struggle with criminal justice infrastructure and procedures. Officials, including Sheriff Lebat, said Fulton County is dealing with an enormous backlog of court cases, overcrowding at the jail in downtown Atlanta, and jail infrastructure on the edge of collapse.
Estimates are that it will cost billions of dollars to make the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta feasible once again, Thorne said.
“The jail is at the end of its useful life,” Ellis said.
One resident asked how the commission can look back at failures to ensure that history doesn’t repeat itself, like the situation they face with the county jail and court system.
Ellis pointed to the COVID-19 pan-
For over an hour at a town hall meeting March 30, North Fulton residents were able to ask officials questions about pending issues.
demic as a “flashpoint” for many of the problems the county’s criminal justice system is facing, like the increase in inmates and backlog of court cases. He said the county just didn’t have adequate data to prepare for the problems until they reached emergency levels.
“I am not comfortable that we’ve had the best mechanisms in place to be able to not only show our elected officials, but certainly our citizens, whether or not our justice system is working as it should,” he said.
Thorne said the County Commission is also tasked with working with other elected officials in the field of criminal justice, like the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, and they don’t always share their ideas and opinions on how things should be done.
“We’re working with elected officials, with the DA, who’s elected and makes it clear to us we can’t tell her how to manage her caseload,” Thorne said.
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“They have fantastic ideas,” Sehn said. “They thought of things not only for themselves, but they thought of things for other kids who were younger, or who maybe have, like, a mobility problem so they can play on the playground with them.”
Sehn said the next stages of the project are securing volunteers and materials; returning to Alpharetta for a second visit and the building; and an opening day celebration.
Recreation Commissioner and Wacky World Committee Member Jeremy Scott said the project funding was kickstarted by the city’s bond referendum, but the project will not be possible without donations.
“What we have is a tremendous opportunity as a community to come together once again into a community build where we can bring together
volunteers and build another iconic playground that generations, including the children in here and probably their children, will be able to enjoy for another quarter century to come,” Scott said.
Alpharetta city officials also attended the event, including Recreation and Parks Director Morgan Rodgers, who said rebuilding Wacky World is a testament to the city’s commitment to creating fun and safe outdoor spaces for all children.
“By involving our community in the design process, we’re making sure that this playground meets the needs and interests of children and provides for a great degree of ‘funability’ at the new and improved Wacky World,” Rodgers said.
City Councilman John Hipes said he looks forward to the grand opening of the new and reimagined playground designed by the children of Alpharetta.
For more information on donating and volunteering for the project, visit wackyworld.org/.
Americans owe a great debt to WW ll veterans, especially those very few who reach a major milestone, celebration of their 100th birthday. While the debt can never be repaid, we can recognize those who came home and those who did not by telling their stories to current and future generations. This is the story of one centenarian, Henry Cockerill of Sandy Springs. who will celebrate his 100th birthday in May. His life reads like a book with many chapters, each one worth telling.
Henry (Hank) Cockerill (1923) was born and raised in Detroit. His father worked in a machine shop and then became a superintendent at Kermath Marine Industries, maker of marine engines from the 1910s until the 1950s including engines for Liberty Ships built to carry men and supplies to Europe during WW ll. Hank also worked in the Detroit commercial district at one of the two gas stations his father owned.
In March 1943, Hank joined the Army with a friend. They stayed together until the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion. Hank was inducted into the Army at Fort Custer, Michigan, a facility that dates back to WW l and where 300,000 troops were trained during WW ll. The fort is still used as a training facility by the Michigan National Guard. Hank did his basic training at Camp White, Oregon, a large WW ll training camp that was deactivated in 1946.
Hank was trained in bridge building as well as installation of anti-tank mines and their removal using bayonets as prods. In combat, mines were also dismantled using tanks fitted with flails, rapidly rotating rollers mounted in front of a tank with heavy chains attached. The chains would whip around and strike the ground with such force that the mines would detonate without damage to the tanks.
His first assignment was Normandy, France. On June 11, five days after the D-Day invasion by Allied Forces, Hank landed on Utah Beach, one of five beaches invaded on DDay. Hank’s group of engineers had to construct floating docks to get the heavy equipment to shore. Tanks, tank destroyers, other artillery and a company of machine gun specialists were all pushed to shore on these floating docks by use of a boat with an
outboard motor.
Although D-Day (code named Operation Overlord) had successfully established a beachhead at tremendous cost in lives, the Germans still occupied most of Normandy and Western Europe, and American troops continued to suffer significant loses. Allied Forces knew they had to capture major ports and towns to force the Nazi troops to retreat.
Hank spent a few days on Utah Beach and then convoyed for about three days to the port of Cherbourg. The objective was to surround the port so the German soldiers there could not leave. Hanks group, the 990th Combat Engineers Battalion, then moved on toward the town of Saint-Lô.
The fighting was intense in the hedgerows around Saint-Lô in July, 1944. The town was a major transportation hub used by the Germans to carry men and equipment to the French coast. Hedgerows in Normandy date back to Roman times and were used by farmers to surround fields. Each hedge consists of an earth wall up to six feet wide at its base with shrubs and trees on the wall up to 15 feet high and nearly impenetrable by tanks or soldiers. The Germans had dug fortifications within the hedgerows, making forward progress very
slow and dangerous for American troops.
Following the capture of Saint-Lô in July 1944, Hank’s group went by convoy to the large German submarine base in the town of Lorient on the west coast, formerly the site of a French naval base. Prior to converting the French base to a submarine facility, German U-boats had to travel from ports in Germany. Hank’s group attempted to get the Germans to surrender, but they would not, and the fighting continued. Later, after U.S. forces heavily shelled all above-ground structures, the Germans surrendered when they ran out of provisions. After the war, the base reverted to the French Navy until it was converted to civilian use in 1995.
Hank’s group then left Lorient and joined up with the 7th Armored Division in Malmedy, Belgium, for what became known as the Battle of the Bulge.
One of the most important battles
in the war was the Battle of the Bulge in December and January 1944-45 in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. It represented the last major offensive campaign by Germany in Europe and opened the way for American troops to enter Germany. The U.S. Army Center of Military History quotes Winston Churchill as stating, “This is undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war and will, I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American victory.”
In a future column we will continue the wartime story of Henry Cockerill with details of the Battle of the Bulge as seen through Henry’s eyes, the famous Battle of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany, and his highly successful post-war business career.
Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns.
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to use 2024 funding to complete the roads in 2023, they will likely be finished by late summer. If not, the roads will be resurfaced in 2024.
The 32 roads still on the list will begin construction around May. Littlefield said the roads will be under a 90-day contract and should be completed in 2023.
Councilmembers also gave tentative approval for an agreement with the City of Milton to resurface Ebenezer Road. In November 2022, city staff determined some sections of the road needed to be resurfaced. Ebenezer Road is owned by Roswell and has sections in both cities. The project is estimated to cost the city $232,352 and will be funded as part
of the city’s approved resurfacing program.
Because Roswell owns the road, the city will take the lead on managing the project. Milton will pay a maximum of $145,000 for its share of the work.
Roswell City Councilman Mike Palermo said he was “confused” about why the project is a priority for Roswell because there are not many homes in the area. Transportation Director Littlefield said there are 27 homes in Roswell on Ebenezer Road.
“It’s this high up [on the list] because it is a little bit of a safety hazard as well for our citizens,” Littlefield said.
Palermo said he would rather the city focuses on areas used frequently be residents, because Ebenezer Road is a primarily residential road with a dead end.
All the other councilmembers voted to include the project for this year.
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Protestant church in downtown Alpharetta seeks a parttime (15-18 hours per week) Administrative Assistant for Youth & Children’s Ministries. In addition to normal administrative duties the candidate will assist with scheduling, social media, securing supplies, maintaining attendance records, planning events and mission trips.
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