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Attorney Ethan Underwood speaks to Alpharetta and Milton residents about the proposed Crabapple hotel that could be built on Crabapple Road in Alpharetta. The proposal has since been officially withdrawn by the developer.
Developer cancels plans for hotel By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Plans for a hotel proposed on the Milton/Alpharetta border have been officially withdrawn after several weeks of public outcry. In a letter to the Alpharetta Community Development Department July 22, Attorney Ethan Underwood, who represents
project applicant ForrPlaces Development LLC, said his clients would be withdrawing their application from city review immediately. Underwood could not immediately be reached for comment. This latest action comes after several weeks of community comment over the project as it headed for review by the Alpharetta Planning and Zoning Board and
the City Council. North Fulton County residents faced off with project developers for the second time July 20 during an information open house at Alpharetta City Hall. Comments opposing the hotel again vastly outnumbered those in support, with many returning focus to safety concerns
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FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Area mayors fired off statements last week decrying a bid by Fulton County to keep a larger share of the countywide local option sales tax. At stake is $252 million collected countywide each year that cities rely on to help fund hundreds of expenses, from park maintenance to light bills and almost everything in between. In 2020, the city of Alpharetta received $15.5 million, or 5.8 percent of the total LOST collected in the county. Milton received $8.8 million, 3.3 percent of proceeds. Every 10 years, the county and its cities – now 15 in number – renegotiate how money collected from the
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Cleaners discover AR-15 under hotel mattress ALPHARETTA, Ga. –– Alpharetta police were called to a hotel off Old Milton Parkway July 14, after hotel staff reported cleaners had found a firearm sticking out of a mattress in one of the rooms. Authorities learned the room’s occupant had been arrested the night before on warrants out of Gwinnett County, and he had not recovered items from the hotel room he had rented. Upon investigation, officers removed
PUBLIC SAFETY an AR-15 rifle from underneath the mattress and recovered several stolen credit cards, mail stolen from an address in Milton and a bike also reported stolen in Milton. The stolen items were transferred to the Milton Police Department and the AR-15 rifle was placed into evidence in Alpharetta.
Wanted woman arrested on outstanding warrants ALPHARETTA, Ga. –– A woman wanted on Fulton County arrest warrants was taken into custody July 17 after authorities received reports that a suspicious vehicle was parked in front of an address on Michael Drive. Alpharetta police officers found two people sleeping in the white Cadillac
SUV. They told police that they were waiting to help a friend move the next morning. While interviewing the occupants, officers could not verify the female passenger’s given identity information with the National Crime Information Center database, until a fingerprint scanner was brought to the scene. “When the passenger heard that fingerprint scanner was being brought to the scene, she began to complain of nausea,” the incident report states. Upon scanning her fingerprints, officers were alerted that the woman’s name and date of birth was different than what she shared originally, and she was wanted for active arrest warrants in Fulton County. An ambulance was called to the
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Roswell murder suspect killed by Colorado police By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police say murder suspect Fabien Perry was killed in the early morning hours of July 19 following an armed confrontation with law enforcement in Colorado. The 27-year-old man had been wanted for nearly two weeks. Roswell police said it is likely Perry fled the state soon after he shot and killed his girlfriend, Johana Cabrales-Hernandez, 23, inside their Roswell home on July 6. Roswell police spokesman Tim Lupo said their search for Perry led to Aurora, Colorado, where information was gathered that he was at a home in the area of North Oswego Street. That’s when they requested help from the Aurora Police Department, which immediately sent resources to apprehend Perry. According to Aurora police, officers located Perry at the home around 12:45 p.m. on July 18, and SWAT responded to the scene. Other occupants of the home, thought to be acquaintances of Perry’s, exited the house, but Perry remained inside, refusing orders to come out.
The Aurora Police Department Crisis Negotiations Team also responded to the scene and team members were able to initiate communications with Perry. Over the next several hours, negotiators continued to try and convince Perry to exit the home, unharmed, police said. Aurora police then requested help from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, and deputies responded to the scene. They also received assistance from the Littleton and Englewood police PERRY departments. At 9:45 p.m., officers reported hearing multiple gunshots from inside the home, but they did not return fire. Instead, they allegedly continued to try and communicate with Perry using the public address system on the Armored Response and Rescue Vehicles at the scene. Aurora police stated Perry remained uncooperative and fired several more rounds throughout the night. Then, at about 2:18 a.m., Perry allegedly exited the home, armed with a rifle.
“Shots were fired by one Aurora police officer and one Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy,” the Aurora Police Department stated. “Medical care was provided by Aurora Fire Rescue, and the suspect was transported to the hospital. He did not survive his wounds.” The police officer and sheriff’s deputy who fired their weapons are said to have been equipped with department-issued body cameras, which will be now used in the investigation. They have been placed on paid administrative leave, per each department’s policy. The Critical Incident Response Team for the 18th Judicial District responded and will be investigating the officer-involved shooting incident. The CIRT Team conducts independent, multi-agency investigations into officer-involved shootings in Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties. Cabrales-Hernandez’s family has started an online fundraising campaign to cover the costs of her funeral and help support her two children. To donate, visit gofundme.com/f/help-for-samys-funeralexpenses.
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Roswell calls on GDOT to limit access to Grimes Bridge Road By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson sent a letter July 21 asking the Georgia Department of Transportation to work with the city to address concerns about the Grimes Bridge Road corridor. Plans currently call for the construction of Ga. 400 access lanes at Grimes Bridge Road. The interchange would be one of four access points planned for the express lanes project on the northsouth freeway. But, residents say they are worried it will increase traffic. During a Transportation Advisory Commission meeting July 19, commission member Marisa Pereira said she wants the interchange nixed from project designs and for the city to possibly allow citizens to vote on the project again, given the number of changes that have been made to the project. “Unfortunately, when the last vote was taken, a fake deadline was presented to the people and also under the guise of always voting on beautification, which if you’ve read the actual proposal, that was not what was in the proposal,” Pereira said. “It was approving the Grimes Bridge Road for express lanes coming off it.” The mayor and City Council appointed Pereira and six others to the commission in May to provide a resident’s perspective on Roswell Department of Transportation projects. In 2016, citizens approved a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax project by voter referendum that included a local bridge over Ga. 400 connecting Old Alabama Road to Warsaw Road known as Big Creek Parkway. Wilson’s July 21 letter to Russell McMurry, commissioner of GDOT, states the project was presented to voters as a local east-west route that would not connect to Ga. 400. But, in 2017-18, GDOT began considering possible locations of managed lane connections to Ga. 400 between the Chattahoochee River and Mansell Road in Roswell. Around that time, the city requested that GDOT not use the Big Creek Parkway for the connection because of local commitments it had made as part of the TSPLOST referendum. That is until November 2019, when former Mayor Lori Henry and the City Council signed a memorandum of agreement with GDOT to shift the express lane access bridge to a location south of Holcomb Bridge Road between Grimes Bridge Road and Raintree Drive, a stretch known as South Bridge, the letter states. Henry and the City Council then signed an intergovernmental agreement
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Residents fill the meeting room at City Hall for the July 19 Roswell Transportation Advisory Commission meeting. During the gathering, Mayor Kurt Wilson announced he would draft a letter to the Georgia Department of Transportation to rework plans for a Ga. 400 interchange at Grimes Bridge Road. in December 2020 in which Roswell accepted $35 million from GDOT and agreed to contribute $15 million toward the Holcomb Bridge Road project. The city agreed to provide another $2.5 million for “bridge enhancement features” at the two interchanges. Wilson said at the July 19 meeting he would fight to have the plans reworked, but that he was not optimistic because of the $35 million that are in play from GDOT. “I will fight like crazy, … but I don’t want to offer a false promise,” Wilson said. “I just want to let you know what we’re doing and what I believe will probably happen.” In his letter, Wilson requested GDOT’s help with “plans or ideas” to limit access to Grimes Bridge Road and encourage the use of express lanes to and from Holcomb Bridge Road. “The city and neighborhoods along the western side of GA-400 are concerned that much of the traffic to and from the access ramps will flow through
The city and neighborhoods along the western side of GA-400 are concerned that much of the traffic to and from the access ramps will flow through the single-family neighborhoods located along Grimes Bridge Road.” KURT WILSON Mayor of Roswell the single-family neighborhoods located along Grimes Bridge Road,” it states. The street consists of schools, parks and a recreation center for senior citizens. It runs west from Dogwood Road to near Ga. 400 to Holcomb Bridge Road. Pereira said it’s likely it will attract even more traffic once Oxbo Road reopens. Oxbo Road has been closed for 18 months because of delayed construc-
tion. Interim Transportation Director Dan Skalsky said at the July 19 meeting construction should pick up in the coming days. “Once Oxbo opens up, we’re going to see traffic flowing [from there] through Grimes Bridge,” Pereira said. “People cut through Grimes Bridge anyway to get on to [Ga.] 400, and all of us that live there know that.”
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Sales Tax: Continued from Page 1 tax is distributed. Most often, the pot is generally apportioned based on each city’s population, with the county keeping a small portion for administrative fees. But now, Fulton County has announced is wants to increase its share of LOST proceeds from 4.9 percent to 35 percent – a move some mayors say will cost municipalities millions in funding for city services. The LOST one-penny sales tax is used by local governments to fund services like public safety, parks and recreation, libraries, courts, and other services, and by county governments to fund state-mandated services like county courts, jails, health departments, elections and other services. Cities in Fulton County include Atlanta, Alpharetta, Chattahoochee Hills, College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Hapeville, Johns Creek, Milton, Mountain Park, Palmetto, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Union City, and South Fulton. County and city officials launched 2022 LOST negotiations July 15. During the meeting, Fulton County proposed returning to a pre-2000 LOST distribution rate split of 35 percent to the county and 65 percent the cities.
Funding received in 2020 City LOST Atlanta $107,554,863 Alpharetta $15,526,976 Johns Creek $20,700,605 Milton $8,814,352 Mountain Park $146,133 Roswell $23,833,539 Sandy Springs $25,318,830 County officials said the revised formula would return the split to a fair and equitable distribution. Fulton County claims it has lost more than $668 million in funding because of incorporations over the past 10 years, and added that those incorporations have not reduced the need for funding to provide state-mandated services. The county contends its service responsibilities have grown over the last 10 years, but the reduction in LOST revenues due to incorporation, “has made the current distribution irrational to meet those needs.” “The current distribution inequity is causing real and current pain to city residents on their county tax bill,” county documents said. “The county taxpayer is paying an additional $157 in property tax on a median value home in Fulton County due to the reduction in LOST from 35 percent to 4.9 percent.”
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In a joint statement after the July 15 meeting, city leaders declared their opposition to the county’s proposal and said that the increase is not in line with shifting trends within the county over the past 10 years. The cities’ statement argues that over the past 10 years, the county’s service area has shrunk from 90 square miles to less than 2 square miles, “in which less than 1,000 residents live.” The statement claims the cities provide essential services like police, fire and sanitation to nearly all Fulton County residents.
“No one anticipated anything like the jump from a 5 percent share to a 35 percent share, a six-fold increase, especially since the county’s service delivery area has decreased significantly while their revenues have increased greatly,” John’s Creek Mayor John Bradberry said. If the LOST distribution proposed by Fulton County was enacted, the effect on local municipalities would be devastating, city officials say. “It would significantly – and negatively – impact the city’s budget and our ability to deliver the services expected and deserved by our citizens,” Milton Mayor Peyton Jamison said. North Fulton officials fear that a disruption to LOST revenues in their city would either necessitate a cut in services or an increase in property tax rates to make up the lost funds. “That’s millions of dollars that we’ll either have to cut services, which I don’t see us doing, or increase property taxes,” Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin said. “I mean, that would be a third of the revenue that’s generated by the sales tax. And the sales tax is critical, especially in a city like Alpharetta.” For smaller municipalities, like Mountain Park in Northwest Fulton County, the effects would be even more pronounced, due to the substantial portion of their budget LOST revenues contribute. “We’ve always had to operate since 1927, with limited resources,” Mountain Park Mayor Jim Still said. “We feel like we’ve done a pretty good job, but there are some things that would just be hard to recover from … and that would be a hard, hard pill to swallow.” Mountain Park, with a population of about 583, received $146,133 in LOST fund distribution in 2020. That constitutes 0.06 percent of the total.
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County and city officials will return to the table for negotiations on July 29 at 10 a.m. During this meeting, city representatives will present their proposed distribution LOST funds. Despite the rocky start, city officials are confident the parties will reach a resolution and distribution that benefits
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We’ve always had to operate since 1927, with limited resources. We feel like we’ve done a pretty good job, but there are some things that would just be hard to recover from … and that would be a hard, hard pill to swallow.” JIM STILL Mountain Park Mayor everyone. “We’re early in the process,” Gilvin said. “I think all of us understand that it’s in the best interest of everybody in Fulton County to successfully negotiate the deal we can all live with.” Fulton County District 2 Commissioner Liz Hausmann declined to comment on the negotiations for Appen Media. Bob Ellis, Fulton County District 1 Commissioner did not immediately respond to Appen Media’s request for comment on Friday. But on July 19, Ellis released a statement concerning the growing cost of judicial services in Fulton County. According to Ellis, county financial requirements for judicial services has grown more than 45 percent since 2016. “The county was also fortunate to earmark $75 million in additional funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that will be deployed through the end of 2024 to address the court backlog created by COVID,” Ellis said. “Unfortunately, even with these additional funds, the pace of increased funding needs to support the system is not showing signs of abating.”
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Roswell approves fall bond referendum By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell City Council has approved placing a bond referendum on the November ballot. The measure passed unanimously at a July 11 meeting in which Mayor Kurt Wilson and the City Council agreed to place three separate bond questions on the ballot that residents will be able to vote on individually. Bond financing is often used for major capital projects that are above and beyond the means of the annual operating budget. Money generated through bonds give governments immediate funding to pay for facilities and infrastructure that will be used for many years in the future, making projects more affordable. Governments generally can negotiate lower interest rates to pay off the bonds over time. The three questions that will appear on the November ballot include: • A $107.6 million bond for recreation and parks, bike/pedestrian improvements and sidewalks; • A $52 million bond for a new police and fire headquarters and new fire stations throughout the city; • And a $20 million bond for a new parking deck in historic downtown Roswell.
Parks bond
Broken down, the $107.6 million bond would cost $205 per year, or $17.08 a month, in additional property taxes on an average Roswell home valued at $450,000. The funds would go toward improvements that align with the River Parks Master Plan recommendations at Riverside Park, Roswell River Landing, Azalea Park and Down White Memorial Park. Other park improvements include athletic and park upgrades like restrooms, fields, playgrounds, trail improvements and general park amenities at East Roswell Park and Oxbo Trail Connectivity, among others. The bond would also activate bicycle and pedestrian improvements such as a network of multi-use trails across the city that aligns with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. At a work session on July 25, Jeff Leatherman, director of Recreation, Parks, Historic and Cultural Affairs, said residents should expect the facilities to “feel like new” if the $107.6 million bond is approved. “We’re enhancing the core of the parks and facilities and the athletic and playing fields and facilities,” Leatherman said. “We’ve been doing it very incrementally over time through small investments, and this allows us to fast-track that same philosophy.”
Police, fire bond
The $52 million bond would cost $99 per year, or $8.25 per month, in additional property taxes on an average Roswell home. It includes funding for a new facility to house police and fire headquarters as well as a new 911 Emergency Communications Center. Fire Chief Joe Pennino said during the work session that new fire stations are needed to meet the demands of Roswell’s growing population. He said Fire Station 21, which was built in 1948, was originally a car dealership, and fire stations 22 and 23 were built in the mid-1970s for an all-volunteer staff. Currently, there’s about 1,100 square feet of living space in those two stations. If the bond is approved, Roswell would also be able to relocate Fire Station 27 on the border with Gwinnett County closer to the Horseshoe Bend intersection. Pennino said this could increase coverage in the area from about 50 percent to 84 percent. And, Deputy Chief of Police Linnea Rivard said, when the police department headquarters was built in the 1990s, it was intended to accommodate only about 20 percent of the city’s current police force. She added that in the past couple of years, police have had to convert closets and even some of the cells at the old Roswell Jail into offices. The police department has also had to park a lot of its vehicles in other cities. Rivard said the Roswell Police Department has 210 vehicles in its fleet but only 85 parking spaces. “We’re out,” Rivard said. “We’re definitely out of space.”
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it to be in North Fulton,” Vanstrom said. “So, I think there’s a lot of benefit to the parking deck. It’s not that we don’t necessarily have spaces. It’s we don’t have designated, easy to find, easy to access, reliable spaces all over the place.” The City Council is set to finalize the list of capital projects for the bonds at
its Monday, Aug. 22, meeting. The city will then hold several more meetings to discuss the projects in-depth with voters before the election. For questions about the proposed bond referendum, email Wilson and the City Council at roswellmayorandcouncil@ roswellgov.com.
Parking deck bond
Lastly, the $20 million bond would cost the average homeowner $38 per year, or $3.17 per month, to improve parking availability in downtown Roswell along the Canton Street corridor. An exact location for the new parking deck has not been revealed to keep the value of the property from going up, but the city has promised it will be off the main street and not a giant concrete construction. Roswell Economic Development Director Darryl Connelly said he estimates it will cost the city between $20,000 and $25,000 per parking space. The bond does not include the cost of possible land acquisition. The project, Wilson said, would strategically align with Roswell’s efforts to further develop its downtown. Councilman Peter Vanstrom said it would help centralize the parking that’s available. “It would take our central business district upwards to being that number one destination center that we would like
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Development agency approves bond for Bailey Johnson project By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta Development Authority gave final approval July 19 to a tax break for a $92 million project redeveloping the historic Bailey Johnson School into an office complex. The project will see the school — the first in the city that allowed Black students to receive a free public education beyond seventh grade — adapted to be part of a 160,000-square-foot complex. Plans call for the existing school building and gymnasium to be restored, while a new timber-frame office building will contain the bulk of the office space. The Development Authority gave tentative approval to the project bond in late January, though the project value at the time was estimated at $70 million. The bond acts as a temporary tax abatement, allowing developers to only pay 50% of the site’s property tax for the first year, then 5 percent more each year over 10 years. The Bailey Johnson School opened in 1950 as the Alpharetta Colored School, serving Black students from 1st to 12th grade. Prior to its opening, Black students who wanted to attend school beyond seventh grade had to travel to and from Atlanta for school every day. When
the school closed in 1967, it marked the end of segregated public schools in North Fulton County, and its students went on to integrate into surrounding schools. The Alpharetta Colored School was renamed the Bailey Johnson School three years after its opening, named after Alpharetta blacksmith George Bailey and former slave Warren Johnson. Both were integral to the school’s founding. The project’s developers, Kimball Bridge Venture Partners and Crescent Communities, plan to name the new office complex “Garren,” a combination of the two men’s first names. Speaking at a panel hosted by St. James United Methodist Church and local historical societies in February, former students of the Bailey Johnson School said they were grateful the site would be redeveloped instead of being torn down. Development Authority Chairman Jack Nugent noted that the property tax income would be a boon for Alpharetta’s tax base, even if tax payments start at just half of their full value. If the parcel were to remain under Fulton County Schools’ ownership, the city would not receive any property tax revenue from it. With the parcel’s move to private ownership, Nugent estimated the property
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Members of the Alpharetta Development Authority and city staff discuss a tax break for a proposed $92 million redevelopment of the city’s historic Bailey Johnson School July 19. would generate around $450,000 in property taxes after the 50% abatement. In other matters at the meeting, the Development Authority voted to extend the City of Alpharetta’s local job tax credit, which incentivizes local businesses to create new jobs and hire Alpharetta residents by giving them a $250-$500 tax credit per job. To receive the credit, the employee must have been employed for one year. The tax credit program was initially enacted in 2013 to complement similar programs run by the state of Georgia. Al-
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pharetta’s credit is only issued in tandem with a state credit. No new money is being added to the tax credit fund this year. As of fiscal year 2015, Alpharetta had allocated $60,000 to distribute through the program, and less than half of that funding has been used. The extension allows local business owners to make use of the tax credit through June 30, 2023. The City Council approved the tax credit extension during its July 11 meeting.
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Man reports $30,000 theft from his checking account ALPHARETTA, Ga. –– Police are investigating the theft of more than $30,000 stolen by a suspect from Tennessee who posed as a co-signer on an Alpharetta man’s Truist Bank account. Authorities say the suspect fraudulently opened a joint checking account in the man’s name. According to the incident report, the victim discovered the theft on July 2, when he logged into his bank account and noticed a new checking account that he hadn’t opened. The victim reported that Truist Bank representatives told him that the new account was opened in Nashville, Tenn. on June 14, using the victim’s personal information and a $6 deposit. Via mobile transfer, the suspect allegedly transferred $57,300 from the victim’s original checking account into the new joint checking account, then successfully transferred $31,950.77 from the joint account into a separate account in three separate transfers.
iPad and wallet stolen from parked vehicle ALPHARETTA, Ga. –– Authorities say that an Alpharetta woman’s vehicle was burglarized July 17, and several items were taken. Thieves reportedly broke into the woman’s Infinity SUV between 3 p.m. and midnight, punching out the door’s lock and stealing the woman’s iPad Pro, her wallet, credit cards, drivers license and Social Security card. The vehicle was parked at a residence on Davis Drive. No cameras were in the area at the time of the break-in, the report states.
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I think what would separate us from everybody else is just doing a better job than everybody else. JIMMY TESTER, Mammoth Detail Shop 8 | Alpharetta-Roswell Herald | July 28,2022
Detail salon honors dedication to process, loyalty By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. –– Data and dedication to process may not seem like a big part of running a successful car wash, but for Jimmy Tester of Mammoth Detail Salon, they’re everything. From his offices at the luxury car wash on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta, Tester can track everything that happens at his business, from the number of cars his employees service per hour and current wait times, to the number of memberships they’ve sold this month. But no matter what the data shows, Tester says he’s built customer loyalty for 26 years by providing consistent, exceptional service to every customer. “I think what would separate us from everybody else is just doing a better job than everybody else,” he said. After years of running a successful valet service in Atlanta and small handwash
car wash in Roswell in the ’90s, Tester knew he was ready for something more permanent close to home that his family could rely on in the future. He always loved hand washing his cars, was good at it, he said, and regularly washed and waxed his car in the middle of the night when business was slow at the club he valeted for. “I did that all the time, so I thought, well I’ll just do my own thing,” he said. “I didn’t really have a background in anything, and I was making probably $80,000 a year in cash parking cars … so I was making a lot of money, and my wife got pregnant and I started worrying, ‘what am I going to do if the club closes, clubs don’t last forever.’” With a partner’s help, he was able to open the first Mammoth Detail Salon in 1996, on a small wedge-shaped lot at Main and Roswell Street in Alpharetta, where business took off like a rocket. Within nine years, Tester said his team had built a following of loyal customers and outgrew their Main Street Alpharetta location. So, they began looking for a new location in Cumming, which Tester thought would be the logical next step for Mammoth. But instead of Cumming, they quickly found a perfect location in Alpharetta that was already zoned for a car wash and ready for construction. The only catch – it was practically right next door to his original location. One might think that having two iden-
Jimmy Tester has owned and operated Mammoth Detail Salon in Alpharetta for 26 years and has built a following of loyal customers using data, hard work and dedication to great service.
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Business is amazing at Mammoth Detail Salon on Old Milton Parkway, according to owner Jimmy Tester. The Alpharetta location opened in 2007. tical businesses just a few blocks away from each other wouldn’t work, but since they opened the Old Milton Parkway location in 2007, it’s only boosted his brand recognition and customer service, Tester said. With the real-time data the business collects, the two locations can easily support each other, he said. And on the company’s app for smart phones, customers can see which of the two locations is busiest at any time. “I would do better profit wise if I just had one, like everybody thinks,” he said. “But I think for the convenience of the clients it helps because I have the app.” But they weren’t always able to make use of all the data Tester has at his finger-
tips, that’s a recent development. For the longest time, his team at Mammoth Detail Salon had to rely on handwritten tickets, less advanced computer tracking and a dedication to the process of providing a perfect hand wash every time. Tester said that his love of the process is something he’s always had from the very start of his valet business in Atlanta. His employees have an optimized way of doing everything from washing cars to detailing interiors they use with each car. The prices that Mammoth charges are high for the industry, Tester freely admits. But he said that’s only because customers in the North Fulton area have high expec-
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Forsyth County approves hot spring spa By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Have you ever wanted to be pampered at the world’s most iconic hot spring spas? How about soaking in hot springs in Costa Rica, Israel, Japan and Italy, all in the same day? It might sound impossible, or at the very least like an ultra-expensive day of airplanes and travel, but thanks to a project coming to Forsyth County next year, Passport Springs and Spa, local residents will be able to relax in luxury hot springs modeled after exotic locations around the world, without straying too far from home. Passport Springs and Spa Founder and CEO Jacob Bloch said the hot spring spa will be built on a 10.6-acre tract adjacent to The Collection in south Forsyth, and will combine luxury cuisine, massage, spa services and North
America’s largest hot spring pools when it opens in 2023. “Our vision is to make something really extraordinary,” Bloch said. “Passport Springs is going to be the first immersive hot springs destination on the East Coast, and it’s going to be opening up right here in a very beautiful Forsyth County.” Our interest and love of hot springs spans cultures, nationalities and centuries, Bloch said. But unfortunately, North America is the only continent where they’re not easily accessible. And to be as authentic as possible, Bloch said the spa will use a proprietary technology to give regular tap water the same mineral content of the area it’s modeled after. “People here go to Arenal Hot Springs in Costa Rica, or they visit Blue Lagoon in Iceland, but they don’t have
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Alpharetta seeks public input on North Point Parkway improvements ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Alpharetta officials want to hear your opinion on proposed improvements for the North Point Parkway Streetscape Enhancement project from Mansell Road to Haynes Bridge Road. “As with our other corridor improvement projects, the success of the North Point Parkway project will hinge on the participation of the citizens and others who live, work, and own property in that area,” City Engineer Eric Graves said. “They will know better than anyone what changes will positively impact their quality of life, and we want that input.” Proposed improvements to the corridor include reducing impervious pavement, adding 12-foot shared-use paths for walkability and connectivity,
Mammoth: Continued from Page 8 tations that they try to exceed. “My guys vacuum a certain way, they clean rims a certain way, they wipe down dashes and consoles and seats and door panels a certain way,” he said. “We have a process for everything ... Some people are really big on how well they wash their own car, and I think we come as close to that
replacing and upgrading traffic signals, improving stormwater management and several other items. The city was set to host an in-person public information open house for the project on July 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Alpharetta City Hall. Information on the project and an online public comment forum will also be available at https://0017814-northpointpkwy-gdot. hub.arcgis.com through Aug. 2, 2022. Public comments can also be submitted in writing to Graves, by mailing him at the Department of Community Development, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, GA 30009. To view printed displays of the project, contact Graves at City Hall or by email at egraves@alpharetta.ga.us. standard as possible.” After 15 years at the second location on Old Milton Parkway, Tester said they are starting to think about opening other locations in John’s Creek, Cumming and Woodstock or East Roswell. But true to form, Tester said he wouldn’t mind another location down the street from his current two. “I’d do another one close to here if I could,” he said. “Life is beautiful and it’s been fun, really fun.”
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Passport: Continued from Page 9 those same opportunities in the United States,” he said. “We are going to be recreating the sights and sounds, the architectural features – the cuisines and the exotic experiences that you get from going to these amazing hot springs.” Plans for Passport Springs were officially approved by the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners at their meeting on July 21. In a presentation to commissioners before the vote, project attorney Ethan Underwood told the board that they will be partnering with The Collection and have designed the spa to be a regional draw to support businesses throughout the area. “We’ve got a lot of folks excited about this project,” Underwood said. Commission Chairman Alfred John said he was immediately taken by this project and was amazed at how quickly it captured the public’s attention, too. He said he thinks the project will be a net positive for the community and will only serve to help the surrounding area. “I think it will serve The Collections quite well for a number of years,” John said. “I’m looking forward to this coming up.” Bloch said he estimates the project will have a $500 million economic output in the next decade, as well as creating nearly 500 jobs and tens of millions in taxes for Forsyth County. “We’re not seeking a single dollar in tax abatement,” he said. “Not only are we not seeking a single dollar tax abate-
Forsyth County is the most beautiful county in America.” JACOB BLOCH Passport Springs and Spa Founder and CEO
ment, but there’s also no project that can do more good anywhere.” The project will be designed by the California firm, Voelker Gray Design, whose work includes the Cabo Azul Resort in Baja, California, the Cancun Las Vegas Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Glen Ivy Hot Springs spa in Corona, California. Bloch said Forsyth County was selected because of the beauty of the area, the great local business relationships, and the regional accessibility. “Forsyth County is the most beautiful county in America,” he said. “But in addition to that, we wanted to deliver a project somewhere where we thought people would really appreciate it.” Bloch said they expect a huge, regional, statewide and countrywide draw in the project, and they already have people from all over the country contacting them, not just to learn more, but trying to book appointments in advance. But all those ravenous hot springs fans are going to have to wait, because Bloch said they still have a way to go before they open the appointment book. They plan to hold a groundbreaking in the fall and expect to officially open the spa sometime in 2023.
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Documents: Former Alpharetta judge acted as city prosecutor’s attorney By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A retired Alpharetta judge, who is under an ethics investigation by the city, represented a former city prosecutor in a 2015 civil case, according to court documents. The records show that Barry Zimmerman, who served as the chief judge of the Alpharetta Municipal Court, represented Fran Shoenthal McQueen in the Court of Appeals of Georgia in a 2015 case involving distribution of her late husband’s pension. At the time, McQueen was serving as city solicitor for Alpharetta and Milton. Zimmerman presided over thousands of cases McQueen was prosecuting in the municipal court. Alpharetta Assistant ZIMMERMAN City Administrator James Drinkard said Zimmerman presided over all cases and McQueen prosecuted all cases in the municipal court unless one of the two was out sick, on vacation or had recused themselves from a specific case. In fiscal year 2022 alone, the municipal court processed 9,376 cases. The municipal court generally oversees traffic and city ordinance violations, though according to its website, the court also handles violations of “certain state laws.” Zimmerman notified the city June 9 that he intended to retire. The next day, the state Judicial Qualifications Commission filed a report with the Georgia Supreme Court stating it found reasonable cause to believe Zimmerman had been “improperly involved” in several cases he presided over in the city court. The filing does not provide details on any specific cases, nor does it clarify whether Zimmerman’s involvement with McQueen was a subject of the investigation. It does state Zimmerman may have violated ethics rules on refraining from “financial business dealings with lawyers, litigants and others that tend to reflect adversely on the impartiality, interfere with the proper performance of their judicial duties or exploit their judicial positions.” The filing states that the Judicial Qualifications Commission will not file formal charges against Zimmerman so long as he does not seek any other judicial
position. The state agency keeps investigation results confidential until charges are filed. In cases like Zimmerman’s, in which formal charges are not filed at all, investigation results are generally kept confidential. The agency’s rules do allow it to release disciplinary records if its investigative panel determine the disclosure to be “in the interest of justice and to protect the public,” but it has not released further information on Zimmerman’s case. The Alpharetta City Council announced June 27 that the city would launch its own investigation into Zimmerman’s conduct in an attempt to uncover what the Judicial Qualification Commission’s probe found. Alpharetta’s resolution states that a tablet the city had issued Zimmerman “appeared to have been factory reset” before he returned it, wiping all of its data. The city announced July 11 that its investigation would be led by Randy Rich, an Atlanta lawyer and judge. Drinkard said the city aims for the probe to wrap after 30 days, but the timeline is not set in stone. He also said the city plans to begin a search for a new chief judge in August. Until then, two “backup judges” have been handling municipal court cases. Separately, Shoenthal, 63, has threatened to sue the cities of Alpharetta and Milton over allegations that she was passed over to fill the position of solicitor because of her age and race. In April, Kelsie Mattox was sworn into office following an intergovernmental agreement between both cities to further strengthen their bond. Alpharetta and Milton already share court facilities and a municipal clerk. Since filing a demand letter on May 5, the cities have denied any wrongdoing but offered to pay McQueen $25,000 to settle all claims. However, on July 12, Shoenthal’s attorney filed a response, declining the offer. Instead, Shoenthal is now asking for 25 months of lost back pay, the amount of time left before she turns 65, at the rate of $8,000 per month and $10,000 in attorney’s fees, as well as all the other terms cited in the May 5 letter to Alpharetta and Milton. The cities had not yet responded as of press time on July 26.
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Milton High School to host 2022 Atlanta Freedom Bowl football games
MILTON, Ga. — Milton High School will host the 2022 Atlanta Freedom Bowl Aug. 19 and 20, hosting eight high school football teams to compete against one another and support U.S. military veterans. Five of the competing teams are from Georgia, including Milton High’s own Eagles, Buford High School, Collins Hill High School from Suwanee, Langston Hughes High School from Fairburn and Life Christian Academy from Forest Park. Other participating schools include Lipscomb Academy from Nashville, Tennessee; Spartanburg High School from Spartanburg, South Carolina; and Thompson High School from Alabaster, Alabama. The weekend will consist of four marquee matchups, and the winner of each game will be awarded a Freedom Bowl Championship trophy. The Freedom Bowl aims to raise awareness for veterans, and proceeds from the games benefit wounded warriors and their families. The program also aims to educate participants throughout the
weekend and build teamwork skills both on and off the field. “As the Freedom Bowl continues to grow and develop as a premier destination for some of America’s most talented high school football programs, we are exceptionally proud to add the NFL Alumni Academy, Pro Football Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame Village to our family of marketing partners,” Freedom Bowl founder Dave Menard said. Spectator tickets can be purchased online in advance or by mobile payment at the gate. “What an amazing opportunity for these top-ranked high school football teams from many Southeastern states to travel to Alpharetta to compete in the Freedom Bowl,” Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO Janet Rodgers said. “Not only is it an incredible experience for the teams but it also provides visitors and residents a chance to watch high-level competitive football.”
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It seems we can’t get enough of lists than, say, Lord Byron or Oliver Cromwell? Neither of them made the list. Thankfully, there were only a few objectionable entries based on internet polling. After the first 30 people or so, things began to get serious, say from No. 70 on down. It might interest readers to know that I guessed the person at No. 1 from the outset. I also completely overlooked some giants who deservedly ranked in the top 10. I got to thinking about this the other night while taking an antihistamine for my allergies. It has forced me to rethink that list. Somewhere on that roster of the most influential people of the last millennium, even one compiled in 1999, had to be the psychopath in Chicago who laced a number of bottles of Tylenol with cyanide back in 1982. The tampering resulted in at least seven deaths and led to major legislation on the packaging of over-thecounter medications. It didn’t stop there. Today, we endure the fallout of that idiot’s madness every day – every time we reach for the pliers to wrestle a pill from
an impregnable bubble-wrapped sheet, every time we open a jar of mayonnaise, a carton of half-and-half. So this guy or this woman deserves to be on that list. Hitler was. Another person overlooked was Willis Carrier, the guy most responsible for inventing air conditioning. Without the ability to cool buildings in scorching weather, do you really think cities like Atlanta, Houston or Phoenix could have risen to the prominence they enjoy today? What about Dubai in the United Arab Emirates? It has an average high in July and August of 106 F. And yet, it has the tallest building in the world and a population of 3.5 million people engaged in one of the fastest growing economies in the Middle East. One person who would not be on the list is the man or woman who invented the parking deck. That’s because no one really knows for sure that is. That leads me to another list – don’t we all love them? I keep an unofficial list of great leadins to news stories. It began 50 years ago when, fresh off
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his Super Bowl win, Jets quarterback Joe Namath was paid $10,000 to shave his famous Fu Manchu in a commercial for Schick. The New York Times wrote: “Joe Namath shaved his controversial Fu Manchu mustache yesterday with a Schick electric razor for a reported fee of $10,000. That’s about $10 a hair.” I love stuff like that. Reporters work hard to make their first few sentences sing with impact. One of the best story leads on my list was about parking decks. It was on NPR and went something like this: “Henry Ford was the father of automobile assembly lines. President Eisenhower was the father of the interstate highway system. But the paternity of the parking garage is less clear. Like most inventions, its mother, of course, was necessity.” It may interest some to know that the best lead I ever wrote for a story, the one I’m most proud of, was buried on Page 3 of an inside section in a daily newspaper some years back. I won’t name the editor who made that decision. But, he’s on another list of mine.
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It seems like only yesterday, but 22 years ago, we celebrated a new millennium. To commemorate the epoch, in December 1999, A&E’s “Biography” aired a two-part special profiling the 100 most PAT FOX influential people of Managing Editor the past 1,000 years. pat@appenmedia.com I’m such a history nut, that I drew up my own list in advance to see how my roster compared to the experts. Sadly, the producers also opened the polling to internet users, so some figures got on the list based on their popularity at the time and not on historical merit. For example, Princess Diana, who had died only a couple of years earlier, was ranked at No. 73, ahead of Marconi, Louis Armstrong, Jonas Salk and a host of others whose influence we still feel today. To be sure, the Princess of Wales was a towering influence in her brief reign. But, did she do more to change the world
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Moravians left mark in North Fulton County For years I have been intrigued by a Moravian star painted on the ceiling of the historic Thomas Byrd house in Milton built in the early 1800s. The former private home is owned by the City of Milton and serves as a senior activity center. BOB MEYERS The star is quite beautiful and has been a mystery for years. No one knows who put it there, but many people assume Moravian missionaries painted the star. It was painted using candle flecks on milk paint, a technique which creates the impression of marble. Other vestiges of possible Moravian presence appear from time to time. Marjorie Bates recalls a house she lived in 50-plus years ago in Midway that had a Moravian star covering an entire ceiling. The house was already old when she moved there, and it has since been destroyed. Another mystery. Moravian stars originated in Germany in the 1830s in Moravian schools which used them as classroom craft projects to help teach geometry to boys. The two- or three-dimension stars have anywhere from six to more than 100 points, but traditionally have 26 points. Like the Star of Bethlehem, the Moravian star represents the birth of Jesus. The star is traditionally hung the first Sunday of Advent (the four Sundays before Christmas) and remains up until Epiphany (12 days after Christmas). So, who were the Moravians? Where did they come from, and how did they get to North Fulton? Did they leave any lasting traces of their presence? Moravians began as a Protestant denomination in Bohemia and Moravia in the 15th century in what is now the Czech Republic. From their earliest days, the Moravians emphasized sending missionaries throughout the world. The first small
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This beautiful Moravian star adorns the ceiling of the 19th century Thomas Byrd house in Milton. The City of Milton purchased the historic property in 2011 from foreclosure thus saving it from demolition. It now serves as the Milton Senior Center. settlement in North America was established along the Savannah River in 1735. According to famed local historian Caroline Dillman, a remnant from the Savannah settlement bought a tract of land for $16 near the Chattahoochee River in the early 1800s and named it Warsaw after the city in Poland where some of the settlers originated. The Warsaw campground was located where Shakerag is today, off Bell Road in Johns Creek. The Warsaw Cemetery is a few miles away on Medlock Bridge Road hidden behind the Ivy Hill Animal Hospital. Early settlers are buried together with more recent additions. The Moravians built the original Warsaw Church on the campground in 1822 and moved it to the cemetery after the Civil War. In 2004 the church was moved to the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage
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Center in Johns Creek. In keeping with the purposely small congregations typical of the Moravians, the church has only 16 pews. The Savannah program was not a great success. After a few years some missionaries returned to Europe. Some remained and ministered to Cherokee Indians and to slaves on plantations. Others traveled to Pennsylvania and North Carolina where large and thriving colonies were being established. Today, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are the largest Moravian centers in the United States. Moravians purchased 100,000 acres in North Carolina near the modern city of Winston-Salem and named it Wachovia after a pasture near the Danube River in Germany. Wherever they settled they established numerous small congregations preferring to move to new
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places when other groups were capable of continuing their work. In that way they spread their influence and good works. Today, for instance, there are some 20 Moravian churches in Winston-Salem. The single Moravian church in Georgia today is First Moravian Church of Georgia in Stone Mountain, founded by Pastor Jack Vaiden, who established the congregation in 1975. It is a diverse group with members from several countries. The Moravians and Cherokee Indians worked well together for more than 30 years. The most celebrated Cherokee leader was wealthy businessman and plantation owner Chief James Vann (1766 –1809). Between 1802 and 1804, he completed the most elegant home in the Cherokee Nation which even today is a major tourist attraction. It is located on the Moravian Springplace Mission which was active in Georgia from 1804 to 1833 in the northwestern part of the state. The Moravian missionaries even helped build the Vann house. Chief Van invited Moravian missionaries to the area to teach Cherokee children. The result was the first school for young Cherokees. Now getting back to the mysterious Moravian star in the Thomas Byrd house, I had the good fortune to have a discussion with Lew Oliver, urbanist, master planner, and designer of communities and residences. He owned and lived in the Byrd house from 1998 to circa 2002. He undertook much needed renovations and was determined to discover the origins of the star. Lew took paint chips from the Byrd House and compared them to the original paint in the Vann house and found a perfect match. Fireplaces in both houses have late Georgian and Federal designs with characteristically large delicate mantle pieces. The Byrd House foyer had Cherokee names scribbled on the walls which unfortunately someone painted
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Gracious Interdependence A Word of Advice from Clarissa Rice
Brought to you by – Village Park Senior Living We enter into July celebrating independence to its fullest. However, as we age we tend to lose various components of our independence. Former counselor and Village Park Senior Living resident, Clarissa Rice, is well known throughout the community for her guidance. Recently, she shared her take on how to maintain your dignity and become graciously interdependent. Here is what she has to say. “All of us are trying to become and to remain independent, which is the ability to control or govern ourselves to be self-reliant. We often think that dependence, relying on others for support or aid, is a sign of weakness or not admirable. There is another way of relating and that is to become interdependent: the ability to depend on one another or mutual dependence. Interdependence assumes that each person can stand alone but at times can lean on others when needed or desired. As seniors, we are aware that we are losing some of our independence, that we are having to rely or lean on others more often for help. Many times we feel angry or ashamed to be burdens on others, especially family. If we are fiercely independent, it is even worse. We have a very hard time accept-
ing help graciously. We fight against this acceptance because it makes us feel too vulnerable or too weak. We are afraid of losing control. We are used to being the strong ones or very proud and don’t want to be burdens on others. No matter your age, let us all work on the ability to be interdependent or mutually dependent. There is strength in the ability to accept help or advice when needed and also to be able to stand alone as necessary. It is a given that most of us who are lucky enough to reach our 80s and 90s will eventually need to accept more help. We don’t emphasize often enough how learning to trust others and seek assistance when needed are valuable life skills. It is also a sign of good mental health to realistically accept our place in life and make the necessary adaptations. Moving to a senior center is one step in the continuous adjustment we make in life along the way. Congratulations to us for seeking out a lifestyle w ere we can both remain as independent as possible and receive the assistance we eventually may need. Our goal must be to remain as independent as we can for as long as we can in as many areas as we can before becoming burdens to our families. Then, our hope should be that we can lean on others graciously and gratefully receiving the assistance we may need and
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The Warsaw Church was built in 1822 on the original Moravian campground in Shakerag. It was moved to the Warsaw Cemetery on today’s Medlock Bridge Road after the Civil War across from St Ives Country Club. It was relocated to the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center in 2004.
Moravians: Continued from Page 13 over. The house featured two parson’s rooms for traveling preachers which very well could have included Moravian missionaries going from Savannah to Warsaw or to North Carolina or Pennsylvania. So, while we may never know for sure who painted the star and when, available information strongly suggests that it was done by Moravian missionaries. Special thanks to Pastor Jack Vaiden, Judy Webb, Ed Malowney, Bill Lusk and Karen Fowler for their assistance with this column. Bob is the Milton Historical Society Director Emeritus. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net.
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There have been numerous times where I’ve almost been run over and have been stopped by random people.” ADELINA DE LA ROSA Milton resident and Milton High School student “But at the same time, I think to assume a hotel translates into child trafficking, stealing kids, all that … I just think it’s short sighted when there are very capable police officers in the city of Milton,” Berube said. Berube said he thinks people are looking too closely at potential negative outcomes, however unlikely they may be, and are ignoring the huge benefits he sees in the development. “I’m in favor of opportunities to create greater commercial tax base for the city of Milton, because I think the city of Milton generally has done a poor job of that,” he said. “And while people are arguing the negative effects, I think there could be a lot of positive effects as it relates to creating volume for restaurants, volume for businesses.” He said that as owner of a business
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CITY OF ALPHARETTA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Planning Commission will be holding a workshop on Thursday, August 4, 2022 commencing at 5:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia. The regular Planning Commission meeting will be commencing on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
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