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Ian Kahn, left, teaches his son Spencer about using ham radio at his Roswell home station during the June 27 North Fulton Amateur Radio League Field Day. This year’s event, which is normally held at a public park, was held at individual members’ homes to accommodate for COVID-19 safety guidelines. At their station, the Kahns were able to contact another operator in Canada after about one hour of equipment setup.
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By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Diamond Glass Company of Alpharetta received clearance recently to use a nearby vacated church building on Kimball Bridge Road for its offices. The city approval will allow the historic St. James United Methodist Church to sell the 2,400-square-foot building which housed the Black congregation until the current church on Webb
Man arrested after SWAT standoff ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police arrested a man June 25 after North Fulton SWAT was called to the scene. Police responded to a call at 4:25 p.m. about shots fired in the Kiveton Park subdivision off of Woodstock Road. The caller said the suspect had fired several shots from a handgun and retreated inside his residence. The suspect was known to Roswell officers from previous calls, said Officer Sean Thompson. After arriving on scene, police found several cars in the driveway of the suspect’s residence but were unable to determine if any other family members were inside, Thompson said. Police were unable to contact the suspect, and the North Fulton SWAT team with negotiators was called. Eventually, officers were able to contact the suspect’s father and were able convince the suspect to come out of the house. The situation was resolved peacefully after several hours, Thompson said. The suspect was charged with reckless conduct. His name has not been released by police.
Bridge Road opened in 2000. The rezoning, from agriculture to office, allows Diamond Glass to expand its existing operation onto the adjacent property at 162 Kimball Bridge Road. Established in 1867 as the Alpharetta Colored Methodist Church, St. James UMC first settled in a small building at 109 Cumming Street. As the congregation grew, it moved to the Kimball Bridge Road site in 1968 and changed its name to St. James. Today, the church boasts
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Skateparks are not the answer; empathy is The City of Alpharetta has banned skateboarding downtown. And for those who care about their community, the city will now be persecuting middleand high school-aged kids (the most vulnerable demographic) for making the honorable decision to turn off their devices and engage with the world that surrounds them, or otherwise punishing the parents who allow their children that precious opportunity. Youth who do not want to participate in competitive, capital-molding activities have few avenues left to them in Alpharetta. Thankfully, skateboarding is an activity that can foster the individualism and active expression of tomorrow’s ideal citizen. And more, it can be done anywhere, not just at skateparks. Skateboarders are too often subjected to city solutions that corral them into facilities where they are isolated from the rest of their community. Even if this promised “pop-up skatepark” at Union Hill were an equal exchange for downtown, it is not the solution to the “skateboarding problem.” The solution is empathy. Build them their
some 2,000 members. Senior Pastor the Rev. Michael McQueen supported the action, saying Diamond Glass has been a good neighbor for 40 years, and the company understands the spiritual and historic value of the building. McQUEEN “They understand what that property means to us,” McQueen said. skatepark, give them the safe space they deserve, but do not banish them from their own streets. Instead, work to build bridges of understanding between skateboarders and the rest of the community. They are outside coming to know the fulfillment of overcoming obstacles, and learning that, in the real world, there are no helmets or kneepads. It is saddening to see free-spirited youth being pushed out by the craft breweries, nightclubs and overpriced boutiques that now line downtown’s historic streets. But it can still be the vibrant, down-to-earth southern home that the city website advertises; it can be an epicenter of community harmony that nurtures the growing minds of tomorrow. So do not discount young skateboarders for their negative, undeserved reputation. Instead of calling the police, have a conversation with them. You will gain from it, they will gain from it, and the community will be strengthened by it. They are confronting the danger and uncertainty that exists in this world and courageously stepping forth to triumph over it. Why not be the one to lend them a hand when they fall? Logan Knapp Cumming, formerly of Alpharetta
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Alpharetta Oks plan to boost senior living space inventory Village Park gets OK for 91 additional units By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta has approved a plan that will expand the city’s inventory of senior living facilities. The City Council gave the nod June 22 for the second phase of Village Park Senior Living at Wills Road and Ga. 9. Plans call for a 91-unit congregate housing complex on 5 acres adjoining the existing complex, a 130-unit facility that was approved by the City Council in 2017 and is now acquiring residents. Village Park also operates a senior living facility on Webb Bridge Road near Morris Road in Alpharetta. The new construction would include 20 independent living cottages and 71 units assigned for assisted living on the current Alpharetta Business Center, an office-warehouse complex developed in 1988. Alpharetta currently is home to 13 senior assisted living facilities. The operations account for some 1,800 units representing about 6 percent of the city’s housing. By contrast, Roswell has 10 assisted living facilities, and Johns Creek has four, according to Michael Woodman, senior planner for the city. He said that while senior living operations have little impact on traffic and schools, they do place a greater strain on public safety. Alpharetta Public Safety has reported it receives, on average, two calls per day from senior living facilities. Under city code, senior living facilities qualify as renter-occupied, and Alpharetta has taken a keen interest in its residential inventory in recent years. The city has for some time had a goal of
Fulton County mails 2020 property assessments FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton County has sent property owners have their 2020 assessment notices. This year for the first time, more than 17,000 property owners opted to receive their notices by email. Property assessment notices are not tax bills. Under Georgia law, notices are issued annually and reflect property values as of January 1, 2020. Property owners who do not believe the value on their notice reflects their
The City Council gave the nod June 22 for the second phase of Village Park Senior Living at Wills Road and Ga. 9. maintaining a ratio of 68 percent owneroccupied to 32 percent rental. Right now, Woodman said, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates owner-occupied residences represent 63.7 of the city’s mix. For that reason, he said, the Planning and Development Department recommends no certificate of occupancy be issued to the facility until January of 2022. Otherwise, he said, the department judged the new complex represents redevelopment of an aging property and would be a suitable transition between the non-residential and residential components in the area. It would promote the city’s stated goal of providing residents the opportunity to age in place, providing them with opportunities near shopping and healthcare service facilities. The applicant, Tim Gary, founder and CEO of Village Park Senior Living, received the City Council’s approval for a variance on the required setback from 65 feet to 20 feet to accommodate a small bakery/pharmacy. He also was allowed an exception to increase the building height from 40 feet to 47 feet. Village Park representatives said construction would not begin for at least another year as they work to allow existing commercial tenants to relocate from the property. property’s fair market value as of January 1 have 45 days from the date printed on the notice to file an appeal. It is recommended that appeals be filed online, but they may be submitted in person or by mail. Homeowners will also see homestead exemptions reflected on their notice of assessment. Residents who do not have homestead exemptions in place may apply online for exemptions that will take effect in 2021. For more information, or to request an appointment to discuss questions in person, call 404-612-6440 or go online to fultonassessor.org.
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Water reclamation facility expansion nears construction By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Preliminary construction on expanding the Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility is expected to begin this year, according to project leaders who participated in a June 25 virtual meeting. The plant property located at 1030 Marietta Highway serves the Big Creek watershed in North Fulton — including Roswell, Alpharetta and portions of Johns Creek and Milton — as well as areas of Forsyth and Cobb counties. It is the largest water reclamation facility in North Fulton and discharges treated water back into the Chattahoochee River. The expansion, which comes with a nearly $300 million price tag, will increase the plant’s efficiency and capacity while addressing noise and odor issues that plague the current facility. The upgrades call for replacing aging equipment, an enclosure for new treatment processes, and demolition of older and underused facilities. The plant was originally built in 1971, and the expansion will be the largest improvement it has seen since its last expansion in 1991. The current facility’s treatment capacity is 24 million gallons per day. The new facility will bring that up to 38 million gallons per day to meet the demands of the area’s growing population, said Fulton County Public Works Director David Clark. Design plans are now about 80 percent complete for the project. The new plant will have comparable technology to that used in the Johns
Creek Environmental Campus, Clark said. Water running through the plant will be treated through several treatment processes, including pore screening, grit removal and primary clarifiers. “One of the unique things about this site is that it’s configured so everything is pumped to the site,” said Brown and Caldwell Design Manager Kelly Comstock. “The new design accommodates a gravity flow through the entire thing. That was one of the key things we wanted to do during design, and we were able to accomplish that. That’s exciting, because you don’t have to pump flow on the site, where you’re talking about large volumes of water and large operating costs to continue to pump.” The new facility will help further reduce waste in the Chattahoochee River by removing contaminants, ammonia and suspended solids. “By doing this project, we’re actually going to be making the water quality in the river better than it is now, even though we’re discharging ultimately higher flow rates,” Comstock said. “That really shows you the power of these technologies that are going to be implemented.” Clark said the team is nearing the completion of Phase 2A of the project, which included structure and utility demolition as well as rerouting utilities. Preliminary construction for the next phase, which includes building construction, is expected to begin in the coming months, he said. The new facility is expected to be complete and in use by 2024. To view project plans and updates, visit bigcreekexpansion.com.
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Roswell man pens book on navigating life, finding purpose By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — After enduring the latest unexpected hardship in his life, Roswell resident Tom Schuler realized he wanted to share the pearls of hard-won wisdom he gleaned from his experiences. “Writing ‘Metamorphyx’ came from a highly provocative — yet clearly spiritual — mandate to drop everything I was doing to tell the story of how painful life experience can give way to meaningful life change,” Schuler said. Before writing his book, “Metamorphyx: Embracing Life Experience, Life Change, and Life Purpose,” Schuler suffered a pulmonary embolism during a dive trip in Belize, despite years of conditioning as a former triathlete. That brush with death changed him, and he felt compelled to share his story, Schuler said. “Metamorphyx” in part covers finding victories in loss and navigating meaningful life changes, and the themes reflect the winding road of the author’s own life. Schuler is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who served in the Marine Corps and later went on to compete as part of the U.S. Olympic wrestling team. After a brief stint in the world of business, Schuler completed a degree in seminary before performing mission work in Nairobi. When he returned
to Roswell, he helped found the Roswell Day of Hope, an annual community effort to help local families in need. The book itself is dedicated in memory of Schuler’s daughter, Vanessa, who died at age 6. She was named after the Vanessa atalanta butterfly, and the image of a butterfly has since become a kind of mascot for the book. “‘Metamorphyx’ doesn’t present a formula or series of steps that, if carefully followed, yields repeated victories,” Schuler said. “Instead, the book acknowledges that life can be a ferocious battle — but our battleground here is preparing us for something eternal. I tell readers that there’s a ‘reward’ for the battle scars suffered here for men and women of faith.” He said “Metamorphyx” provides the hope, encouragement and reasoning in a real-life narrative of how men and women can persevere and find life purpose even in crushing circumstances.
Other key themes of the book include forging a life purpose, recognizing “pivot points” in life, and confronting the idea of victimhood. “One of the things I regularly hear from readers is how my own ‘transparency’ in desperate circumstances of life has helped motivate them to take positive steps in their own lives… and reject the notion that they are victims,” he said. “Because I uncover chapters of life in the book that are not squeaky clean, my credibility with readers is really strong.” “Metamorphyx” was published in early 2019, and its success encouraged Schuler to release a study guide in April 2020. The idea came from a team of readers who told him they wanted to slow down and dive deeper into the book’s themes, which lend themselves to multiple revisits, Schuler said. “I wrote ‘Metamorphyx’ for life-on-life impact, not for any quest of greatness or notoriety,” he said. “I explain in the book that life purpose is an evolving ‘process of life,’ almost never one thing for a lifetime. Many find it refreshing that life purpose can flourish in different stages of life, often triggered by a significant ‘pivot point’ in life.” For more information and to purchase the book or study guide, visit metamorphyx.com.
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Deadline nears for transit projects list By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The metro region’s transit planning agency will close entries July 10 for a Call for Projects it issued last month to give project sponsors the opportunity to submit new or make updates/changes to existing projects. The Atlanta Region Transit Link Authority (the ATL) is studying close to 200 projects for funding in the 13-county metro region, including DeKalb, Fulton and Forsyth counties. The newly submitted and updated projects will form the basis of short-term (six-year) and long-term (20-year) transit priorities for the region. The prioritized project lists are designed to give the agency a strategy to help target additional state and federal investments, according to Deidre Johnson, ATL public information officer. The final plan will be submitted to the Atlanta Regional Commission late this year for inclusion in the federally required short-range Transportation Improvement Program and the longrange Regional Transportation Plan. The documents guide allocation of federal, state and local funding for all regionally significant transportation investment in the Atlanta Region.
At its June board of director’s meeting, the ATL board reviewed a timeline that will allow it to finalize a regional transportation program report by the end of the year. Over the course of the summer, projects will be prioritized based on the ATL’s Project Performance Framework as well as prioritized by the project timelines identified and submitted by individual agencies, cities and counties. The schedule also calls for another series of “district downloads,” town-hallstyle information sessions that will be held in early fall at different locations throughout the region. The latest list of projects range in cost and scope from CobbLinc’s $800,000 transit signal priority plan to MARTA’s $1.4 billion proposed heavy rail line to Stonecrest in DeKalb County. Other projects with varying price tags include renovation of pedestrian bridges
at $6.3 million and MARTA’s North Fulton bus rapid transit service along Ga. 400 at $300 million. Last fall, the ATL staff culled the original project list to 79 projects that have been identified as having assumed federal or state discretionary funding sources. The 79 projects were evaluated based on 14 criteria that basically rated their impact. Each project was then assigned a numerical value and charted based on how much bang it would provide for the buck, according to Lori Sand, planner with the ATL. The ATL has scheduled three meetings this month. The Transit Planning Committee is set to hear a 2020 Legislative Session review and discuss a presentation on Gwinnett County’s plan to schedule another referendum on MARTA rail service. Gwinnett County commissioners voted June 16 to lay the groundwork to give county voters the opportunity — possibly this fall — to adopt a special sales tax to fund incorporation into the transit system, which serves DeKalb, Fulton and Clayton counties. Gwinnett voters rejected the idea in a referendum held in March 2019, but proponents say the issue might fare better if placed on the ballot during the presidential election.
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Finosec joins ranks of Innovation Center graduates Firm helps companies navigate cybersecurity, regulatory compliance By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Tech Alpharetta is celebrating the first graduate of 2020 from its Innovation Center program. Finosec, a fintech startup that assists financial institutions in navigating cybersecurity and regulatory compliance, has established headquarters in the city on McGinnis Ferry Road. The company has eight employees Tech Alpharetta’s Innovation Center, launched in 2015, serves as a tech startup incubator in Alpharetta that provides education, mentoring and other resources to its startup members to help them grow and succeed. Finosec joined Tech Alpharetta’s incubator in early 2018. Finosec President and founder Zach DUKE Duke built the company during its tenure at the incubator. “Tech Alpharetta’s Innovation Center connected Finosec to essential resources that directly and positively impacted the company’s progress by accelerating our speed to market,” Duke said, adding that expansion may be in the future. “Obviously, bringing on customers is the first requisite for adding additional staff, and having great technology is part of that process,” he said.
Duke, who lives in Milton, said headquartering in Alpharetta made sense. “The technology talent in Alpharetta is really unparalleled,” he said. “We talk a lot about Fin-Tech Alley (tech firms specializing in financial services), but there’s just a lot of great, technical talent in Alpharetta. And being headquartered where the talent is is a critical concern for us.” Finosec’s platform enables its customers to automate and easily validate labor-intensive tasks that are required to keep banking systems secure and meet regulatory expectations. Duke said he has found strong traction in the market for Finosec’s platform. He also called Tech Alpharetta’s assistance invaluable. “Building a company starting from nothing is extremely hard,” he said. “Having an accelerator that makes it so you don’t have to start from scratch — wow, does it help you.” Tech Alpharetta CEO, Karen Cashion said the Innovation Center is home to 48 tech startups currently receiving mentoring, coaching, investor relationships and other services. “We try to provide the additional things all startups need to grow their companies,” Cashion said. Tech Alpharetta, which receives some of its funding from the city, was challenged last year by the City Council to begin laying the groundwork for selfsufficiency. The nonprofit had received $125,000 in annual funding through the city’s Development Authority up to then. Last fall, after the organization bolstered its board membership and met other benchmarks, the council approved a three-year funding contract for $100,000 annually.
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Tech Alpharetta’s Innovation Center, launched in 2015, serves as a tech startup incubator in Alpharetta that provides education, mentoring and other resources to its startup members to help them grow and succeed. “It’s been a process,” Cashion said. “Our organization was actually created by the city in 2013, and we’re really an economic engine for Alpharetta.” Today, Tech Alpharetta has 30 tech companies represented on its board of directors. Its goal is to graduate at least two new firms a year from its incubator. The Innovation Center has had 12 companies graduate since it began in 2015, nine of them are located in Alpharetta. Job creation is simple to track by company, but some studies suggest that tech jobs have a multiplier effect on other jobs. Enrico Moretti, economist with the University of California, Berkeley, says each new tech job creates five additional jobs in the service section. Tech Alpharetta uses a common algorithm that places the number at 4.3 new service sector jobs. “Just on their own, our graduates have already created 111 high-paying tech jobs for the city — those nine companies that headquartered in the city,” Cashion said. “Using that algorithm, that’s 477 new jobs total for Alpharetta that our graduates have created.”
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Cafe De Bono opens in Alpharetta Business name: Cafe De Bono Owners: Basset Elarbi About: Cafe De Bono is a local, family-owned restaurant offering authentic Italian cuisine. The cafe serves freshly cooked food that is prepared using locally sourced ingredients. The menu includes soups, salads, panini, piadini, pastries, Italian coffee drinks, espresso and other beverages. Dine-in and take out options are available. Opened: June 5, 2020 Address: 631 North Main St., Ste. 104, Alpharetta Phone: 678-404-7704 Website: www.cafedebono.com
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Fulton County prepares for return to school Aug. 17 District officials unveil plans By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton School System leaders are touting a “culture of clean” as they prepare schools to re-open Aug. 17 with enhanced safety measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Social distancing, reworked classrooms and face masks are among the long list of issues to be addressed in the next six weeks. “It is our intent to offer a face-to-face [instruction] for families willing to send their children to school,” Superintendent Mike Looney said. “There is a way for us to have school in the safest way possible that respects the different perspectives in our community.” Hundreds of comments had been posted to the district’s Facebook page in the past week, some divided between those ready for schools to open and those hesitant to send their kids to schools until the “all clear” is sounded. Looney said a return to the classroom is the optimal choice, however remote learning options will be offered for those unwilling, or unable, to return to the classroom. “We are responding to a community health crisis, and I don’t want to mislead a single person [that] there is an adequate replacement for teacher and students in classroom, learning and working together,” Looney said. “[However] we are going to do the very best we can with remote learning.” The school district has expanded the portfolio of online learning to include remote options for grades 1-8 and virtual high school for grades 9-12. Students in high school remote learning will be able to remain enrolled in their home school, but they will not be allowed to participate in non-virtual extracurricular activities. Kindergarten parents only have the
option of in-school learning. Georgia law does not mandate students attend kindergarten. Pre-K classes will not be offered. Looney explained remote options are fulltime programs with no “mixed” enrollment, some in school and some virtual. All students must actively engage in a full school day, five days a week. Significant parent involvement will likely be needed for younger children. “Families have to make a semesterlong commitment for face-to-face or virtual because we have to staff appropriately,” Looney said. Parents have until July 17 to register their child for remote learning. The application is on the district’s website (www.fultonschools.org). Positive cases of COVID-19 began climbing again in late June, prompting new concerns for school districts. In a presentation to the Fulton County School Board, the district’s top health leader said there were some positive signs in the facts and figures. “We all have the same amount of concern, but we need to put it in perspective,” said Lynne Meadows, coordinator of Student Health Services. She said the rate of infection, primarily among young people under 40 is rising, but overall deaths and hospitalizations from COVID continue to trend down. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there has been one death from COVID under the age 18 as of June 30. “Young folks can infect older folks, so we have to continue with social distancing and follow the CDC guidelines,” Meadows said. Looney said the decisions regarding school opening lies with the community and the actions they take to control the spread. In a widely viewed public service announcement, Looney urged students, staff and parents to wear face masks in public and take every measure to keep themselves and others healthy.
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District faces criticism for face mask guidelines Six weeks from the planned opening of Fulton County schools on Aug. 17, district leaders acknowledge much of the decisionmaking is based on current risks and directives. The education landscape may look much different by then, but decisions still must be made now. One issue garnering attention is the decision to mandate face masks for all employees, but only for students while riding on buses. In the classroom and in the hallways, students are encouraged, but not mandated, to wear face masks. That decision could change. “Families and teachers have been communicating various opinions about this subject, and we are listening,” said Fulton Superintendent Mike Looney. “Between now and August 17th, we will continue to monitor whether public health agencies or the governor change recommendations for masks.” Gov. Brian Kemp recently concluded a statewide tour to encourage people to wear masks, but he did not indicate a mandate was in the works. Parents and staff, however, have taken to social media weighing in on the discussion, with opinions strong on both sides. On the Fulton Schools Facebook page, hundreds of comments were logged, including one saying the decision to mandate masks only for teachers is “reckless and unethical.” Last week Looney aired his own public service announcement asking the public to do their part by wearing a face mask in public to help stop the spread of COVID-19. He said lowering the threat would allow the district to resume school in greater safety. Current CDC guidelines recommend face coverings in public for those over 2. At the same time, the CDC recognizes that “younger children (preschool or early elementary aged) may be unable to wear a cloth face covering properly, particularly for an extended period of time.” — Candy Waylock “Please help us and your children return to school, and put yourself in a position that you are healthy and able to return when it is appropriate,” Looney said.
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North Fulton league demonstrates amateur radio prowess By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. — Amateur radio is alive and well in North Fulton. On June 27-28, dozens of members of the North Fulton Amateur Radio League held demonstrations at their home stations as part of the group’s annual Field Day exercise. The group, made up of about 300 members, usually holds the Field Day in public spaces, such as at Groveway Community Park, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members decided to operate in smaller stations to accommodate public health and safety guidelines. Amateur radio allows people to experiment with electronics and communication techniques without needing a cell phone or the internet. It is often a safety net when all other forms of communication go down and can be invaluable in emergency situations, such as natural disasters, to connect emergency personnel with one another. “If there’s an interruption of service, or you’re out of range of a cell tower, you have no way to communicate,” said David Isgur, communications manager for the American Radio Relay League, the national association for amateur radio. “Ham radio functions completely
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beauty of amateur radio during a communications outage. Hams can literally throw a wire in a tree for an antenna, connect it to a battery-powered transmitter and communicate halfway around the world.” The annual Field Day serves as a drill for amateur radio operators to see how quickly they can set up equipment. It also offers the public a glimpse into how the technology works. Traditionally, the Field Day has acted as an opportunity to Boy and Girl Scouts to learn more about the system and potentially earn merit badges. Amateur radio, as a hobby, can be a great source of education along with entertainment for people of any age, said NFARL Volunteer Examiner Ian Kahn. “The applications are endless,” he said. “It’s only limited by imagination and creativity.” Amateur radio, for example, can help teach participants about electronics, math, physics and meteorology. It can also be vital when people go camping or hiking in areas of poor cell service, Kahn said. NFARL also hosts a HamJam event, typically in the fall, with all proceeds going toward youth education. For more information or to get involved, visit nfarl.org.
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four areas, a combination of two regions, in 7A. In 2019, the state cross-country meet had 24 schools compete for boys and girls competition. Andy Carr, a cross-country and track and field coach at Milton High School, said he found it “kind of ridiculous” that over 70 percent of 7A programs will earn a spot in the state meet. “For me, personally, that makes it too easy to make it to the state meet,” Carr said. “It is not that much of an accomplishment when you have a region [with] five teams and four go to the state meet.” There are eight Class 7A regions in Georgia. Three of them consist of five schools, and one, Region 1 in South Georgia, consists of four schools. Under the new rules, schools in Region 1 are automatically given a berth to the state meet. Of regions with five schools, four will earn a spot in the state meet. “No matter how fast or slow they are, they can just dress five people, run them and go to state,” Carr said. Bill Marra, who has coached crosscountry and track and field for the last seven years at Milton, said having runners from 32 schools will make for a cramped state championship course in Carrolton. “The Carrolton course is wide open for the first 200 yards, but often times it gets really congested after that,” Marra said. “When you have very competitive
runners all trying to get a good start, it can make things very difficult.” Carr said Milton’s No. 2 runner fell at the start of the 2018 state meet, which likely kept the Eagles off the podium that year based on that runner’s average times. Based on number of schools, Class 2A was the largest in Georgia last season, and its state cross-country meet had 29 teams compete with over 180 runners on the 5-kilometer course. Class 6A had 30 teams earn a spot in the state meet with 209 total runners in the boys race and 214 in the girls event. The changes also prompt eight sectional meets instead of four, which places an added burden on schools to either host meets or find and pay for an outside venue that can accommodate such races. Earlier this year, a Hillgrove crosscountry coach began polling 7A coaches on their preferences for area or region competition when the GHSA first presented the potential rule change. Carr said all but one school replied to the survey. All who did respond favored retaining area competition. Though displeased with the rule change, Carr said he can understand why the GHSA would want uniformity across the state. Only Class 7A and Class-A competed in areas, all others are divided into regions. While the cross-country regulations
were met with groans, the track and field community is pleased with the rules changes to its sport. “The biggest change that I am excited for is the changing the athlete limit per team from two to three,” said Tim Feilen, Roswell High School head track coach. “(These) kids work so hard all season, and it has been unfortunate in the past to have kids not be able to participate in an event because they are the third best in that event on their team, even though they are better (than) some of the other competition from other teams in the region.” Adding the 4x800 race this upcoming year and the 4x200 in 2022 is a “fantastic” way to allow more athletes to participate in meets, Feilen said. Marra said adding the events is a “huge plus for distance running in Georgia.” He said it will allow more distance runners, including those who compete on their school’s cross-country team, to race in track and field events, which had limited spots for the 1600- and 3200-meter races. The additional races, and the ability for athletes to compete in more events, will be a boon for standout athletes. Carr said athletes like 2018 Milton grad Sam Bowers, who racked up four individual state titles in cross-country and track and field, can showcase themselves further with the ability to participate in more events.
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Testing shows virus exposure for 10 local first responders ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Voluntary antibody testing of Alpharetta’s first responders found that 10 police officers and firefighters have antibodies that indicate they have previously been exposed to the COVID-19 virus. The positive antibody testing does not mean that the individuals currently have COVID-19, only that their bodies’ immune systems were triggered due to previous infection. The 10 employees have subsequently undergone swab testing to determine if they currently have COVID-19, and none tested positive for infection. “The safety of the public and our employees is always our primary concern, and we follow all of the protocols recommended by public health agencies to help identify employees who are symptomatic of possible COVID-19 infection and remove them from the workplace,” Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin said. “Because some may contract COVID-19 but have very mild or even no symptoms, however, public health officials believe the disease may have infected more people and had a wider spread than is currently known,” Gilvin continued. “We decided it was important
to provide voluntary antibody testing to our first responders, an employee group that would be at highest risk for exposure to the virus, to better understand how the virus may have spread, learn how effective our protective protocols have been and help plan for future pandemics.” In May, the City of Alpharetta became the first municipality in Georgia to provide COVID-19 antibody testing for first responders. Out of Alpharetta’s 192 police officers and firefighters, 127 voluntarily underwent testing. Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulins, are proteins that are produced by the immune system to help stop viruses from causing bodily harm. When a viral infection begins, the body begins to produce IgM antibodies as a first line of defense. The IgM antibodies attempt to slow the infection while the body identifies the virus and begins to develop IgG antibodies that overcome the virus and help to prevent future infection. The antibody testing program found that nine first responders tested positive for IgM antibodies. One additional employee was confirmed to possess IgG antibodies. The employees were noti-
fied of the test results and subsequently underwent swab testing that determined none of them were currently infected with COVID-19. “From the beginning of the COVID-19 situation, the city of Alpharetta moved quickly to implement the safety measures that were being recommended by the CDC and other public health agencies,” Gilvin said. “Those measures clearly helped, but the data from the an-
tibody testing may help to identify new ways of responding to future situations that result in even better outcomes and reduced infection rates.” The data from Alpharetta’s testing program will become part of a global body of data being shared with researchers and public health officials for the purpose of better understanding COVID-19 and developing response plans for future pandemic events.
DEATH NOTICES Charles Shovine Beam II, 63, of Alpharetta, passed away June 26, 2020. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
Mary Culberhouse, 83, of Cumming, passed away June 28, 2020. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home &
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Heather Blackwelder, 21, of Cumming, passed away June 23, 2020. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home & Crematory.
Eva Eliasen, 48, of Milton, passed away June 27, 2020. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
James Edward Burke, 74, passed away June 24, 2020. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home & Crematory.
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Vicente Daniel Carmona, 30, of Cumming, passed away June 26,2020. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home &
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Dorothy H. Cawood, 97, of Roswell, passed away June 28, 2020. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery.
Louise Coffey, 95, passed away June 25, RoswellArrangements Funeral Home 2020. by McDonald & Son Green Lawn Cemetary Funeral Home & Crematory.
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Ioana Costache, 92, of Roswell, passed away June 28, 2020. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Ping Fu, 57, of Alpharetta, passed away June 24, 2020. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery.
Mary Catherine Gibson, 25, Cumming, passed away June 21, 2020. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home &
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Antanas Kaminas, 51, of passed away June 25, 2020. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home &
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Mikolajczyk, 59, of Roswell, passed away June 25, 2020. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
Helen Mullikin, passed away June 29, 2020. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home & Crematory. Mary Ellen Overholt, 88, of Cumming, passed away June 26, 2020. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home & Crematory.
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Priscilla P. Finnell, 91, of Alpharetta, passed away June 24, 2020. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green
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William L. Hill-Alto, 70, of Roswell, passed away June 25, 2020. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Gloria E. Perego, 80, of Cumming passed away June 28, 2020. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Aline Picklesimer, 67, of Cumming, passed away June 29, 2020. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home &
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J. Winston Qualls, 91, of Roswell, passed away June 25, 2020. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Rose Russell, 90, of Roswell, passed away June 23, 2020. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery. John F. Scully, 95, of Johns Creek, passed away June 28, 2020. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green
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Donald White, 76, of Roswell, passed away June 28, 2020. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
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