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Wills Park plan draws local praise

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Fulton graduation rate remains above average

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Roswell library gets more funding

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Roswell Tour of Homes showcases the old, new Hundreds flocked to view the house at 1270 Canton St., during the Roswell Historical Society’s annual Tour of Homes Sept.

15. The event allowed people to view the historical charms of the old and the modern world of today captured in structures throughout the city’s Historic District. The Canton Street house, one of five homes open for display this year, was custom designed for the owners of Steel & Cotton and built by Southern Heritage. Read more, Pages 12 – 13.

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Alpharetta and Forsyth County police captured four men who fled the scene of an attempted burglary Sept. 15. Police say the men are also suspected of several other recent burglaries in the Alpharetta and South Forsyth County area.

With the aid of the Georgia State Patrol air unit, an active search began at 7:30 a.m. after Alpharetta police interrupted an alleged burglary in progress at a Chevron gas station on the corner of Ga. 9 and Devore Road.

Seeing police, the suspects fled north to Forsyth County in a silver mid-sized SUV, then later crashed at the corner of Union Hill Road and James Road.

The four men, all in dark jeans and dark hoodies, continued the chase on foot as deputies from Forsyth County, officers from the Milton Police Department and K-9 units joined in the hunt.

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ROSWELL, Ga. — A woman met with police Sept. 13 after reporting her dog was being held hostage.

The woman said her temporary dogsitters had taken her pet to an unknown woman who refused to return the dog, stating that it had been abused.

The dog’s owner said she had arranged for temporary boarding of the pet with a couple while she was caring for her toddler who was just learning to walk. In time, the pet owner was unable to get in contact with the couple, and she learned the animal had been taken by an unidentified woman who stated that it had been abused. The owner subsequently learned that her pet had been transferred to yet another unidentified woman who refused to release it.

Police informed all those involved that this was a civil issue that would need to be resolved in Fulton County Court.

At 10:30 a.m., Alpharetta police posted on Facebook that all four suspects had been apprehended.

All four suspects are from Atlanta. Three are under 18 years old, and one was later identified as 23-year-old Joshua Pitts.

The suspects face multiple burglary charges in Alpharetta and are charged in Forsyth County with obstruction, giving false names, theft by receiving, conspiracy to commit burPitts glary and possession of burglary tools.

One of the suspects, a juvenile, was transported to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center, while the rest were transported to Forsyth County Jail on bond.

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Woman steals 6 purses from fashion retailer ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A manager with the Nordstrom Rack on North Point Parkway called police Sept. 13 after store employees saw a woman take six purses without paying.

Shortly after noon that day, a woman walked in, took six Kate Spade purses with a total value of $700 and a few miscellaneous items and put them in a mesh shopping bag. She then walked out of the store and entered a car, a beige Ford Taurus station wagon, waiting outside with an open door before it drove off.

The woman was described as white, in her 20s, with brown hair that was worn up.

The manager told police that the woman’s appearance matched another suspect involved in a similar incident two days earlier in Boca Raton, Fla.

Man sought for theft at local department store ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police met with employees Sept. 14 at the Dillard’s on North Point Circle regarding a shoplifting incident.

The loss prevention detective told po-

lice that around 11 a.m. that day, a man grabbed several shirts from the store and fled in a tan Chrysler sedan.

Surveillance footage showed the man remove a bag from under his shirt and place 15 shirts, valued at $1,300 total, into the bag and run.

The man was described as black, about 6 foot tall and between 25-30 years old.

Man’s computer accessed to set up financial accounts ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A man called police Sept. 17 to report fraudulent activity on his computer after it was hacked.

The man had been using his computer Sept. 14, when his cursor began moving on its own, opening amazon.com and accessing different financial accounts in his name.

The man disabled his remote settings. But soon after, he received an email stating that a Zelle account, a service that can transfer money from one bank account to another, had been created in his name. The credit card linked to that account, however, was not his own.

The man said he has not yet suffered

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Dog park, tennis courts remain on Wills Park Master Plan

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The plan Alpharetta will use to revitalize its main public park is beginning to take its final shape, and, so far, everybody appears to like it.

City officials were briefed Sept. 17 on the Wills Park Master Plan which will pour millions of local dollars into the 120-acre park over the next several years.

The plan, which began in May with a series of public information sessions and online surveys, is wending its way through official channels and is expected to be formally adopted in October.

The path has not been smooth. Just last month residents objected to a series of preliminary sketches showing reduced space for the dog park and tennis courts.

City leaders then directed the Parks Department to reopen public comment for another round of input.

Parks and Recreation Director Morgan Rodgers called the latest revision a “water tower” plan.

“Specific details are not included in this plan,” he said. “The plan presented tonight does not include the Equestrian Center. [That portion] of the plan will be presented to the public, the [Parks and Recreation] Commission and to the [City] Council in October.”

Even in its early stages, however, the plan appeases many of the concerns raised in prior drafts.

Allison Stewart-Harris, senior planner with Jacobs Engineering, outlined highlights of the latest revisions.

The idea behind the new plan, she said, is to unite the various components now within the park, identify the key facilities that need upgraded and strengthen the park’s connection to downtown. Specific problems the plan addresses include eliminating the confusion of navigating the park, clearing up

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The latest rendering of the Wills Park Master Plan shows a central path through the park connecting patrons to nearly all the amenities. Plans also call for expanding the dog park and maintaining the ball fields and tennis courts as they currently stand.

any environmental issues and adding quiet, passive areas.

“What we heard is people really like the park the way it is,” Stewart-Harris said.

The survey also showed patrons were particularly interested in preserving the dog park, tennis courts, disc golf, the Mansell House and Gardens, and Wacky World playground.

The latest plan calls for a major eastwest walkway through the park, a path that touches nearly all the amenities the

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park has to offer.

Those amenities include: • A renovation and expansion of the community center on the east side of the park.

• A gateway feature at the corner of Roswell Street and Old Milton.

• New outdoor basketball courts to the south of the community center, replacing those existing farther to the west.

• Expanding the size of the dog park at its current location.

• South of the dog park would be a play lawn and grove.

• Improved bleachers at and a playground near the ball parks.

The plan also includes preserving 18 holes for disc golf, keeping the tennis courts as they are and maintaining the forest and walking trails. However, the plan does call for removal of the park administrative building and the recreation center. Programs currently held at the rec center would move to the community center and the site would be converted to a passive nature area with a playground.

Following the update from Jacobs, residents spoke to the council, expressing thanks for extending the public comment portion of the process.

Kim Waitz, spokeswoman for Friends of the Dog Park, said after the meeting she was gratified the city listened. She said her group had garnered some 600 signatures on a paper petition and 2,200 on an online petition after initial plans had called for reducing the size of the

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Allison Steward-Harris, senior planner with Jacobs Engineering, addresses the Alpharetta City Council Sept. 17 with updates on proposed revisions to the Wills Park Master Plan.

dog park.

“We set up a table at the park and even had a Facebook page,” she said, adding that a lot of their support came from the business community.

Mayor Jim Gilvin said the master plan revision was designed to let residents direct the city’s future plan for Wills Park.

This isn’t something we have the money or the intention of doing in the next year or two, all at once in one fell swoop,” he said. “So, it’s important we get this process right.”

The Parks and Recreation Commission is scheduled to consider the plan and any final updates at 7 p.m., Oct. 9.

The City Council will consider adopting the plan at its Oct. 15 meeting.

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Cost of Riverwood High School balloons above $100 million NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Riverwood High School in Sandy Springs is about to break a record — but not for achievement in the classroom or athletic field.

The price to rebuild the school will make it the most expensive campus in the Fulton County School System.

When complete in 2022, the school’s price tag will top $112 million, and that could be best case scenario. The estimate could rise as construction bids replace architect estimates over the next four years.

Only the first phase of the complicated 8-year, 7-phase project is complete.

The second phase is underway. While phase 1 was on budget, costs for phase 2 grew from an estimate of $21.2 million to $31.6 million when bids came in, an increase of more than 50 percent.

Estimates for phases 3-7 also have risen from $26.7 million to $38.2 million – a jump of 41 percent before hard bids have even come in.

My bigger concern is the cost for [Phase 2] is the only one we know for sure. If phases 3-7 go up [as well] we are not looking at $112M, but significantly more.”

Katie Reeves Fulton County School Board North Fulton. “My bigger concern is the cost for [Phase 2] is the only one we know for sure. If phases 3-7 go up [as well] we are not looking at $112M, but significantly more.”

Riverwood High School was originally scheduled for renovation in 2013 at a cost of $33 million. Fulton Schools officials later determined a complete rebuild was more fiscally responsible.

The $33 million set aside for remodeling through SPLOST 4 (the special purpose local option sales tax) was used to construct the core of the new building and site work.

The school board then included an

additional $60 million in SPLOST 5, passed by voters in the fall of 2016, to complete the rebuild (phases 2-7).

Moving forward, Burke said the district is scrapping the Construction Management model, which has one contract for the design phase; a second contract for construction. This approach leads to price increases when the architect estimate does not cover actual costs.

In the remaining phases 3-7, Fulton will use a “design, bid, build” approach with a single, hard bid to lock in a set cost.

Board Vice President Linda McCain, who represents North Fulton, said she welcomes the hard bid approach, but questions how the system found itself in such a dilemma.

“We are at $112 million right now without a hard bid, [at a school] where we are not building a stadium, and where we own the property...this is just the building,” she said. “Good grief, we are spending a tenth of our [capital] budget on one school.”

Reeves also questioned why no red flags came up earlier. For more than decade, Fulton Schools has used an outside vendor to manage and oversee its construction program. The current

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During a presentation to the Fulton School Board on Sept. 13, Fulton officials outlined the challenges with Riverwood which impact the budget. They include a non-prototype design, replacing a school with kids on site, work spread out between two SPLOST programs and complex construction sequencing.

But the primary impact, noted Deputy Superintendent Patrick Burke, is market conditions for construction in Atlanta.

“The economy is humming like never before, so labor costs are rising and we [are seeing] an increase in cost of goods,” Burke said. “The global economy is driving demand.”

Atlanta did witness a boom in construction over the past few years, but its commercial and housing starts plummeted by 43 percent this year over the same period last year, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. That decrease is the most among the top 20 metropolitan areas.

While they wait for labor and market prices to stabilize, Burke said the system “continues to see escalation in prices.”

Board members said some price increase is market driven but can’t account for such drastic increases.

“I can accept a 20, maybe 30 percent increase because of [market conditions],” said Katie Reeves, a board member from

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Fulton County’s graduation rate tops among area’s large schools Goal of 90 percent systemwide falls short

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – The graduation rate for Fulton County students continues to be the highest rates among all large metro Atlanta school districts, but the district’s strategic goal of achieving a 90 percent rate remains elusive.

Data released by the Georgia Department of Education shows 86.8 percent of all Class of 2018 students in Fulton County high schools graduated in four years. That number is unchanged from 2017 but is well above the 81.6 percent statewide average for public schools.

“We are pleased that more students than ever are reaching this goal [in four years],” said Fulton Superintendent Jeff Rose, Ed.D. “We know there is still work to do [and] we won’t be satisfied until every student holds a diploma in their hand.”

Among North Fulton’s eight traditional high schools, Cambridge with a 97.3 percent graduation rate, had the highest performance for the second year in a row, followed closely by Johns Creek at 97.1.

Only two schools had rates higher

than last year — Johns Creek and Milton — with Roswell High falling just under the 90 percent threshold this year with an 88.8 percent graduation rate.

The 2018 state graduation rate is an all-time high for Georgia, with 74 of 181 school districts recording 2018 graduation rates at or above 90 percent.

“Georgia’s graduation rate continues to rise because our public school students have access to more opportunities than ever before,” said State School Superintendent Richard Woods.

This is the eighth year Georgia has calculated the graduation rate using the U.S. Department of Education standards. The formula tracks each student when they first enter high school as a freshman, and whether they graduate within four years. In the past, graduation rates included students who took more than four years to graduate, and did not account for transfers and dropouts.

Woods noted all states use the same calculation, but each state sets its own requirements to earn a high school diploma. Georgia, he added, has among the highest requirements in the nation for graduation.

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Alpharetta Presbyterian Church to host peacemaker from Syria ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Mary Mikhael, a sought-after lecturer from Syria, will speak during morning worship services in the sanctuary of Alpharetta Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 9:30 and 11 a.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Mikhael is the first woman to become president of a seminary in the Middle East, having served as president of the Near East School of Theology in Beirut, Lebanon from 1994-2011.

In 2012, she was appointed by the Presbyterian Synod of Syria and Lebanon to coordinate efforts to minister to displaced individuals and refugees from Syria.

Mikhael is also a writer on topics of

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“I would like an answer from Jacobs and the people who were supposed to protect taxpayers on how all these safety guards we had in place failed us,”

theology and the position of women in the church. Her visit is part of the International Peacemaking Program of the Presbyterian Church (USA), which makes it possible for leaders around the world to visit PC(USA) Mikhael churches each year to interpret issues of peace and justice.

Alpharetta Presbyterian Church is located at 180 Academy Street, near the City Center of Alpharetta.

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Board President Linda Bryant also asked for an audit of the project, which Superintendent Jeff Rose and Burke said would be forthcoming.

“We are accountable for the taxpayer’s money and when we have this issue we will be transparent, find out exactly what is going on, then take the steps to correct it,” Bryant said.

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Roberto Clemente, eulogies, wakeup calls “Will you go with me to the funeral in the morning?” my wife Christina asked. “Of course,” was my response.

I knew who the woman was who had died suddenly. Her family goes to our church. Her kids grew up in our church. She and her husband Alan were as active in our church life as any member can be. But try Ray appen as I might, I could not picture her Publisher ray@appenmediagroup.com in my mind. I don’t think I actually knew her. To me she was a stranger. Our lives did not connect.

Some things in life we can control. Other things we cannot. What abject futility it is when our choices result in our own loss or failed connections with others – when we turn our backs, look the other way, or close our ears to those around us – when our “empathy” implodes and becomes just a word instead of something alive with a warm, beating heart.

Our congregation was in shock. Her death was one that was not supposed to happen. Not her. Not now. Not out of the blue and for no apparent medical or self-inflicted reason.

The only other time I was so moved that my world slipped into a dark void from its safe, secure perch and what was clear to me melted into fog was the death of another church member, a young woman fresh out of college, Kate. The loss I felt was only magnified and made more real when I heard one of the epithets her mom shared at her service:

“Take her and cut her out in little stars, And she will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with the night.”

- Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare (slightly edited) I will never forget those words nor the suffering I saw in her parents when she died.

This time, as I sat in my pew and listened to the service, I began to get to know this amazing woman – this fellow church member, this mom, this wife, this volunteer, this mentor, this living testament to grace and everything that is good, a woman I never took the time to meet or talk to, or share a few moments with.

She was healthy, engaged, happy, still in love with her husband of 35 years. More than one person spoke

Alan and Nancy Crowell of their marriage as “perfect” — as perfect as humanity can have perfect marriages.

“I never once saw my parents have a cross word with each other” they said.

“She never had an ill word for another. She seemed to thrive on reaching out to everyone within her orbit.

Her glass was perpetually half full.”

Her mission seemed to be to make the world around her as happy as she was. That’s what Pastor Ollie said about her. That’s what her brave twins – Christopher and Breanna — shared about their mom from the pulpit.

“After I left home she texted me every day. She was my best friend,” they both said.

She inspired. She exuded goodness. She was in love with life, they said.

But one morning after drinking her coffee and reading her Bible as she did every day, she suddenly died.

Our minister, Ollie Wagner, drove down to Florida that same day with her husband Alan and son Christopher to meet with her 27 year old daughter in person to tell her the awful news.

The soliloquy that Breanna and Christopher shared with the congregation this morning from the pulpit left not a dry eye in church. Their mother sounded like someone who had been sent to earth by God to give us

all an example of goodness – of how we are supposed to treat each other, especially family. The image and aura of an angel in our midst was unmistakable as I – no we — listened to her children speak, and we heard their words float up above our heads in the air from those deep wells of unimaginable sorrow and loss.

Then her children shared words of admiration and strength – of pure love – and I think it was obvious to everyone that their mom was exactly right there by their sides as they bravely spoke to us. Her love shown through their words. And, even when their pain seemed almost unbearable, at times one could see her strength and her will, and her love covering them like a blanket — keeping them warm and safe.

“I will be with you always” was her message. “Don’t fear. Remember,” she had told them, “we can choose faith or we can choose fear.”

Near the end of his tribute to Nancy, Pastor Ollie — and I didn’t understand it at first — talked about Roberto Clemente. I would later find out that Clemente was Alan’s hometown hero and favorite baseball player. Alan grew up in Pittsburgh where Roberto played 18 seasons for the Pirates. But Ollie’s reference was more than that, and the nuances of this good-bye were many.

If Ollie had not gone into the ministry he may have been a good enough baseball player to have gone pro. That is still his love, I know. Clemente is generally thought of as one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived, and he is just as admired for his life off the field as a compassionate, caring and giving human being.

Clemente died in an airplane crash on his way to help deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. His death was one of those things that was not supposed to happen. Not him. No, not like that. Not someone who was so good, so caring, so selfless, so loved – just like Nancy.

Coming from Ollie, I can’t think of a greater, more heartfelt tribute to Nancy Sisson Crowell than that.

I left her service longing to have been her friend — to at least have known her and to have maybe learned from her. How could I have been so blind?

Some things we do control, and maybe one last gift she left was a wake up call to all of us who don›t love as we could, or who don’t take advantage of our opportunities to be better friends, better neighbors or better more engaged human beings.

Thank you Nancy for your grace and for giving us all an example of how we should live. Thank you so much.

Strike up the (marching) band High school football games are an onslaught to the senses. The smell of grilled hamburgers permeates the air so greatly you can almost taste them.

Sights of freshly painted helmets, the JOE PARKER fans decked out in Reporter joe@appenmediagroup.com school colors and the impeccably green turf fills the eyes. There’s the touch of the fantastically hot metal bleachers

that have roasted in the Georgia sun in summer, and the chill that runs up your backside from the seats later in the season.

There are of course the sounds and yelps of the excited crowd, the booming voice of the house announcer after each play on the field, but perhaps the most underrated sound under the Friday night lights is the marching band.

Friday high school football games just wouldn’t be the same without the marching band. Yes, there would still be the excitement on the field, but the added atmosphere the band provides

cannot be understated.

While the band will likely never be the subject of a football game coverage article I write, believe me, this sports reporter doesn’t discount their performance.

I always arrive at Friday night games early, and one of the most exciting times is hearing the cadence of the drumline as the band enters the stadium. The rhythmic pulses of the drums stirs the emotion and exhilaration as the two opposing teams prepare to battle.

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Fulton Schools sharpens its focus on suicide awareness, prevention One suicide is one too many, says school official

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NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Each year, officials in the Fulton County School System are made aware of two to three deaths of students by suicide.

While the numbers are a statistical blip in a district of nearly 97,000 students, Chris Matthews, assistant superintendent of Student Support Services, says “one is too many.”

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and Matthews is working to get the message out of everyone’s role in preventing teen suicide.

“Suicide prevention is not just a school or school system responsibility – it’s a shared responsibility with parents, community, and state and community mental health systems,” Matthews said.

Active shooter events in schools is grabbing national headlines and funding, but the reality is suicide is taking far more lives than guns in schools.

In 2016 suicides surpassed homicides as the second leading cause of death among teenagers in the United States, behind only automobile accidents.

More unsettling is the suicide rate for girls ages 15 to 19 doubled from 2007 to 2015, according to the CDC, while the suicide rate for boys ages 15 to 19 increased by 30 percent over the same time period.

These trends have prompted the Fulton School System to revamp how it addresses teen suicide, with a multipronged approach to getting students the help they need.

“We have focused a lot more on awareness and prevention over the last few years, whereas we used to be more focused on intervention, such as supporting students who show signs, attempts, or ideas, and postvention, which is supporting students and schools after a completed suicide,” Matthews explained.

He said the responsibility to prevent suicides should be multi-layered, with everyone who interacts with the child doing their part. But Matthews does know that the schools have a special level of awareness.

“But we take our shared role very seriously in that we have focused a lot more on social and emotional learning approaches over the last three years,” he said.

Some of the programs Fulton Schools uses include Second Steps and Think, First, Stay Safe, which are evidence and

Suicide risk factors • Previous suicide attempt • History of mental disorders, particularly depression • History of alcohol and substance abuse • Family history of suicide or child abuse • Impulsive or aggressive tendencies • History of physical and/or sexual abuse • Easy access to lethal means, especially guns • Exposure to the suicidal behavior of others • Local epidemic of suicide • Isolation, or a feeling of being cut off from others

Warning signs of suicide • Sleep or appetite increase/decrease • Decrease in school or work performance • Drug or alcohol abuse • Uncharacteristic aggression • Persistent sadness, anxiety or agitation • Risk taking • Expressing belief that life is meaningless • Giving away prized possessions • Neglecting appearance and hygiene • Dropping out of school or social, athletic activities • Source: Fulton County School System Resources: • 24-hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) Online chat option available at suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ chat/ • Jason Foundation Parent Resources Program: jasonfoundation.com • Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide: www.sptsusa.org research-based program; PBIS, Mindfulness, Signs of Suicide Prevention program for grades 6-8; and DBT STEPS-A

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By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell has often been named the envy of North Fulton for its historical assets, and there’s no better way of seeing the old and the new come together than with the annual Roswell Tour of Home.

On Saturday, Sept. 15, hundreds of visitors flocked to the Historic District to view a mix of four newer homes and one historic house. It’s one of the best opportunities to view a mix of Roswell’s rich history and modern sensibilities.

The tour, put on by the Roswell Historical Society, is organized so that each participant can map out their tour at their own pace. It’s an all-day event, so people can check in, take breaks and finish on their own time. This year, the Roswell Historical Society partnered with Carl Black Buick GMC to provide trolleys to transport visitors to each site.

While the tour usually features only historical homes, this year, the society decided to “mix it up a bit,” said Juliette Johnson, president of the Roswell Historical Society.

“One of the interesting things about presenting the new homes,” Johnson

The house on 847 Mimosa Blvd. is one of three newly constructed homes known as the “Three Sisters.”

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The inside of the 1270 Canton St. house includes several spacious rooms. said, “is a lot of people look at the Historic District, and they say, ‘It’s beautiful, that home, but I don’t know if I’m the right person to own a house that

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The Roswell Historical Society tries to find houses that aren’t readily available to the public – such as the four historical homes owned by the city or other event facilities held in historical homes – to make the tour a unique experience.

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Located right behind Crazy Love coffee house, the home at 30 Wood Place was recently completed on the foundations of an older 1950s ranch.

After finding homeowners willing to participate, the society helps them prepare the homes as they want to present them.

This year’s homes were: • 34 Sloan St. – originally a duplex built in 1853 by the Roswell Manufacturing Company to house millworkers’ families. It was recently

conjoined and restored, and now serves as a vacation rental.

• 30 Wood Place – a recently constructed home built on the foundations of a 1950s ranch.

• 1270 Canton St. – a home custom designed by the owners of Steel & Cotton.

• 1259 Minhinette Drive – a 4,000

square foot home commissioned by owners who wanted to live within the Historic District.

• 847 Mimosa Blvd. – part of the “Three Sisters” - Dorothy, Mirabelle and Isabelle Holcomb – who are said to have constructed the three houses close to one another so they could stay together.

The tour, Johnsons said, is one of the most successful events the Roswell Historical Society hosts each year.

The group likewise organizes cemetery cleanups, Wreaths Across America and Beyond My Stone.

To learn more, get involved or donate visit roswellhistoricalsociety.org.

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Fulton County makes budget adjustments

By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved an increase to the 2018 budget Sept. 19 to allocate additional funds to the District Attorney’s Office.

The DA previously came before commissioners at their Aug. 15 meeting to request a budget increase of $1.3 million

to meet staffing demands. The office had instituted a higher-than-minimum salary program to improve retention of high-quality attorneys and investigators.

The item was tabled then due to a lack of clarity over where the funds would come from. Commissioner Marvin Arrington suggested that the county could use the $20 million windfall it was expected to receive from the property tax rate.

However, when the request was brought before the commissioners on Sept. 19 the request was decreased to $618,585 and funded from within the existing budged, split between a reserve for contractual obligations and the contingency reserve.

The cost of the personnel changes supported by the motion is estimated to be $1.6 million in 2019.

Also from the contingency reserve,

commissioners approved spending $60,000 for a refrigerated van for the Fulton Fresh Program, $75,000 to the fall launch of Living Out Loud, a countywide senior arts program, $43,750 to the clerk of the Board of Equalization to handle the higher than expected number of tax appeal hearings and $320,000 for the State Court General to enhance office space and meet additional staffing needs.

Fulton County increases funding to Roswell library

By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — In a narrow 4-3 vote, the Fulton County Commission approved a request by Commissioner Liz Hausmann to commit additional funding to the renovation the Roswell library.

This motion previHausmann ously failed at a meeting on Aug. 15. Commissioner Natalie Hall, who did not vote on the matter previously, was the deciding vote along with commissioners Hausmann, Robb Pitts and Lee Morris supporting the motion as they did before.

“I’ve got a host of reasons here I can give you,” Hausmann said. “The circulation [at the Roswell branch] is one of the highest in the system, and what we’re allocating per square foot for the current renovation is the third to the lowest.”

The Roswell branch of the AtlantaFulton Library system is located at 115 Norcross St. The county had already committed to improvements including sidewalk and covered porch seating on each side of the entrance, landscaping, an updated computer system and improvements to HVAC, electrical and fire safety systems.

Hausmann argued that improvements to the roof and front entrance should be completed while the building was already under construction. The new design will remove and replace the building’s main roof along Norcross Street and raise the roof’s height as a new vestibule and entry doors would be constructed on that side. These improvements are not to exceed $1.8 million funded from the library bond contingency fund.

In other action items, Commissioner Bob Ellis proposed a resolution that prohibits funding from the Fulton County general fund to go to designing or building transportation projects

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Car damaged overnight with profanity, scratches ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell officers met with a woman Sept. 10 who reported her car had been “extensively” damaged.

The woman’s 2011 Toyota Corolla was keyed on the hood, rear trunk and both sides. Several of the scratches included profanity.

The woman had parked her car overnight at Legacy Oaks Circle. She told police that she believes it might have been her ex.

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Officers were called Sept. 12 to the Walgreens Pharmacy on Old Alabama Road after a pharmacist identified a prescription a man had attempted to fill as fraudulent.

The man had dropped off the prescription earlier and was told to return half an hour later. While filling the prescription, the pharmacist phoned the listed doctor to confirm the prescription was valid.

The doctor, however, said it was not valid and explained that his DEA number, an identifier assigned to health care providers allowing them to write prescriptions, had been stolen. He added that someone had been printing several false prescriptions and the Drug Enforcement Agency had been notified.

The pharmacist stopped the man

The circulation [at the Roswell branch] is one of the highest in the system, and what we’re allocating per square foot for the current renovation is the third to the lowest.”

Liz Hausmann Fulton County Commissioner located within the boundaries of existing municipalities.

“A lot of things come before us, a lot of wants, a lot of needs,” Ellis said.

“We’ve got principal duties that rest within Fulton County. Each time we go outside the scope of that and spend and obligate general fund money on other things, we get squeezed in terms of being able to do the principal things that we are in power to do.”

This resolution passed 4-3, with Pitts, Hall and Commissioner Marvin Arrington opposing.

Ellis attempted to pass another resolution that would have required funding to arts and community development projects to be distributed to North Fulton, Atlanta and South Fulton according to the population of those regions.

After discussion on whether this motion would be truly “equitable,” that is whether it would assure funding is distributed according to the needs of the community, the motion failed with Hausmann, Ellis and Morris supporting the motion.

from leaving before police arrived. The man, later identified as 24-year-old De’Monte Rayquan Woods from Norcross, was arrested.

The owner said the bicycle is a rebuild, and when he’s not using it, he disconnects the fuel line.

The suspect must have known how to reconnect the fuel line in order to use it.

Thief rewires motorcycle for late-night excursion JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police responded Sept. 15 to Barnwell Road about an abandoned and damaged motorcycle found lying near the wood line.

The owner, who arrived shortly after, told officers that his motorcycle had been stolen sometime over the previous night.

But when he went to get coffee the next morning, he saw the motorcycle lying down near the woods.

Both side mirrors were broken off, and the ignition connector was missing. Also, the ignition wires were twisted together.

Woman reports IPhone X missing from delivery box JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A woman met with police Sept. 13 after a $1,000 package arrived as an empty box.

The woman had ordered a replacement iPhone X from Sprint. But when the box arrived a few days later, there was nothing inside.

The box was sealed when it arrived, the woman said, and did not appear to have been tampered with or opened.

When she called Sprint about the missing phone, representatives told the woman to file a police report.

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Matthews says schools are also encouraged to have programs to address mental health and support. Examples of a few of the school-based programs include: • Hillside Elementary (Explore Program) and Northwood Elementary (WIN – What I need) have implemented a structured support program that incorporates mindfulness, yoga, emotional/behavioral support systems.

• Webb Bridge Middle incorporates a homework-free day a month and mindfulness program.

The system is expanding the mental health presence on school campuses to help remove barriers to access to mental health, as well as provide students and families immediate access to help.

• Alpharetta High School uses Anchor Time Enrichment which offers programs in stress reduction, problemsolving and building self confidence • Johns Creek High School has a Wellness Day every month with different topics/themes like stress reduction experts and Yoga, as well as a Wear Green Day for mental health awareness.

• Riverwood High School opened a Relaxation Room where parents donated music, yoga mats, sensory items, coloring books, and peer leaders present to all 9th grade AVID students on self-care, making good decisions and other topics.

The work is never done, Matthews said, and Fulton Schools is continually seeking new ways to address the issue of teen suicide awareness and prevention.

The system is expanding the mental health presence on school campuses to help remove barriers to access to mental health, as well as provide students and families immediate access to help.

Fulton is also expanding the “Text for Help” program from five schools to 10 this school year, which gives students quick access to a mental health specialist who can be accessed via text.

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Run with the big dogs Oct. 18 at the K-9 5K

By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Get ready to hit the pavement again, but this time, with your dog.

The Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation will hold its annual K-9 5K Foot Chase, presented by SharpShooters USA. The event includes Alpharetta K-9 officers and their dogs. Citizens are encouraged to bring their four-legged friends to participate in the 5K as well.

The race, a Peachtree Road Race qualifier, will be Thursday, Oct. 18 starting at Alpharetta City Hall, 2 Park Plaza.

Although the previous 5Ks have been held in the morning, this year, the run begins at 7 p.m.

The 5K will follow the same course as the annual Alpharetta Rotary’s Mayor’s Corporate Challenge – down Academy Street onto Westside Parkway and Old Milton Parkway.

Now in its third year, the 5K supports and brings awareness to the Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation, a nonprofit assisting local police, fire, 911 and civilian personnel efforts. The foundation likewise provides financial assistance during times of hardships and regularly purchases equipment and training for

the various agencies.

All proceeds from the 5K will go toward the mission.

“Supporting the Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation is all about showing your appreciation and pride for our public safety heroes who risk their lives each and every day when they go to work,” said Tom Deets, president of SharpShooters USA. “Our police, fire and 911 operators are dedicated to improving the quality of life for those who work, live and play in Alpharetta.”

This year’s honoree is K-9 Drax, a dual-purpose Shepherd-Mal mix from Slovakia. Drax has an Instagram @adps_ k9_drax with over 2,300 followers.

The K-9 5K Foot Chase will give participants an opportunity to get to know Drax, his handler K-9 Officer Brandon O’Donnell, and other K-9s in the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety.

“This race was inspired by the huge interest citizens have with the Alpharetta K-9 Unit,” Deets said. “We felt that having a race where the K-9 officers and their dogs could run with citizens and their dogs would be a terrific way to bring attention not only to the K-9 unit but the entire Alpharetta Public Safety Police, Fire, and 911 Departments.”

Winners will be selected in several

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K-9 Drax is the honoree for this year’s K-9 5K Foot Chase, benefiting the Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation. different age groups and will be awarded medals. Overall winners and masters will also be awarded with engraved dog bowls.

The after party will include dog adoptions, K-9 education and police demonstrations. Fire trucks, emergency vehicles and a SWAT bus will be on hand as well.

The event is rain or shine, and ag-

gressive dogs are asked not to participate.

Registration fees are $30 per person before Oct. 14 and $35 after Oct. 14 or on race day. Registrants will be supplied with a referral link and will be rewarded with $5 for each person who uses that referral link to register.

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Cause Local debuts innovating fundraising effort at Milton High

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga — Milton High School is now home to an innovative fundraising technique that combines raising money for the school and its clubs while providing businesses with product exposure, sales and market research.

Cause Local, an Alpharetta firm specializing in fundraising strategies, recently unveiled an initiative which allows patrons to buy products at the school and commit half the proceeds back to the school.

Purchases, including school supplies, snacks, electronics, clothes and other items can be made on a device which resembles a cross between a large display case and a high-tech vending machine with a massive touch-screen.

Mark Baule, founder of Cause Local, said the machine allows the company to sell their products while helping to give back to Milton High and its clubs.

“The real benefit is how much money we can bring in from the brands knowing they can see real sales associated with the money they spend. They can sample real products to an important demographic and at the say time they are giving back,” Baule said.

Many clubs and organizations rely on discount cards or other fundraising efforts, but Baule said he hopes the new venture at Milton will be the future of monetary support for those groups.

“We consider this a fishing pole for schools,” Baule said. “If we give them a pole and the right bait, [companies] can get on board because they would love to reach this generation of students.”

The machine, which was developed over two years by Gwinnett Tech and

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Students and visitors to Milton High School can purchase a range of products from the innovative machine in the lobby, with half of the sale proceeds going back to the school. local high school students, also allows patrons to sample products, which Baule said includes tech devices. Those sampling the products are given questionnaires about the product, providing valuable, real-world market research for companies.

Baule said another innovative factor in the machine is that it provides people with a way to directly support specific efforts with total transparency.

“You do want to know what happened with what you give,” he said. “A person might choose a certain thing to fund at a specific dollar amount. They can say, ‘It’s dedicated to this.’”

In addition to supporting school clubs and initiatives, the effort can also provide students with valuable work experience.

Baule said he has 12 interns from Gwinnett Tech and Milton, Roswell and Chattahoochee high schools who are gaining marketing, sales, project management and data science experience.

Other students can benefit beyond funding their clubs, Baule said.

“The art department can place some items in here and students can get an idea of what sells,” he said. “Then you could have a company like Dick Blick or Michael’s could come by, see that idea

and decide to put some money toward that student’s project.”

Though Milton is the first school to feature the innovating fundraising effort, Baule said 12 other schools and a county in Maryland have expressed interest.

For now, Baule and Cause Local will look to grow their influence over the thousands that have a shared interest in Milton High’s efforts.

“The goal is to get some more visibility and brands,” Baule said. “We’d love to have brands come and sell here, sample here and research here knowing it’s going to help the students and schools.”

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Braves gamble paying off big in Cobb County When the Braves announced they were leaving Turner Field and downtown Atlanta, and Cobb County voted to issue more than $376 million in bonds to help build a new stadium, Atlantans sour about Geoff smith the deal decried Assurance Financial, gsmith@lendtheway.com Cobb officials as fiscal fools, and Cobb voters eventually showed up at the polls to oust then County Chairman Tim Lee. But according to a new Georgia Tech study, those initial negative reactions appear to have been short-sighted.

The Georgia Tech Center for Economic Development Research just released a study showing that while the county will see an annual net loss of $5.8 million for helping to build and for operating the stadium, it will also see annual revenues in excess of $11.3 million from neighboring development.

And the Cobb County School system will see an additional $15.9 million in annual revenue.

These revenues are being generated in the form of new property taxes, sales taxes, new hotel/motel taxes and other government revenues from the nearby Battery and other development because of the new stadium.

So for an annual commitment of $5.8 million, the county has generated net revenues of $27.2 million for itself and the school system – that’s a $21.4 million net gain.

Some in the Braves organization are arguing that these figures are overly conservative and the actual net gain will be much higher. Opponents of the stadium argue that the numbers are overly aggressive.

But unless these folks at Georgia Tech are grossly incompetent, it seems pretty obvious that the county is financially better off for having worked out the deal with the Atlanta Braves organization.

The Georgia Tech Center for Economic Development Research just released a study showing that while the county will see an annual net loss of $5.8 million for helping to build and for operating the stadium, it will also see annual revenues in excess of $11.3 million from neighboring development.

I went back and looked through old articles that were being written about Cobb County development prior to the announcement of the new stadium.

None of it was very pretty.

While new projects were being unveiled throughout the metro area – like Avalon in Alpharetta, The Beltline around Atlanta, and the myriad of new suburban downtowns from Duluth, to Suwanee and Lawrenceville, very little was being done in Cobb County.

The office and retail developments that were once vibrant in the 1980s were looking dated. Other than daytime office use, there was very little happening in downtown Marietta – Cobb’s largest city.

It wasn’t easy to find commercial property that was increasing in value at the same rate as other areas around Atlanta.

But today is a different story. New development, especially near the stadium, is running rampant. Deals are being brokered for those dated commercial developments that today find themselves in demand. Comcast moved its regional headquarters to the Battery next to the stadium.

One of the world’s largest elevator manufacturers, Thyussenkrupp Elevator, announced it will build a state-ofthe-art facility in the Battery that will house 900 employees that will make up its U.S. headquarters. And a friend tells me that she goes to the Marietta square all the time for dinner and fun at night.

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off. People are going to Cobb County now.

Developers want to invest there. Before the stadium it was a county that kind of looked like it was getting old. Now it looks like it’s getting new. Cobb County leaders and the Atlanta Braves swung for the fences on their decision to bring the Braves there and build The Battery. As time goes on, it’s looking more and more like a home run.

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By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com CUMMING, Ga. — Brickmont Assisted Living officially broke ground Sept. 19 on its newest location in Cumming at 2285 Peachtree Parkway.

The company has other locations in Milton, Woodstock, where residents begin moving in next month, and in Acworth, which will open its doors to residents early in 2019. Three other locations are currently in the works, including in Roswell. Services offered include assisted living, memory care, respite care and adult day care.

Construction should be completed with residents moving in October of 2019.

The building will sit on 9 acres and will feature 120 units, about a fourth of those dedicated to memory care. In total, the building will be roughly 86,000 square feet.

Rent will be monthly, and it includes three daily meals, daily room tidying, weekly housekeeping and linen services, apartment maintenance, daily activities, scheduled transportation to appointments and an emergency call pendant.

The rooms are one bedroom, two bedroom or a shared suite, and range from 435 to 767 square feet.

Owner David Vickers said they are excited to be part of the Forsyth County community, something he’s been working on for years.

“We have been up and down this road and identified this area years ago,” Vickers said. “But we are very dedicated because we wanted to be part of this community. It’s important in what we do that we’re an active part of the community because that’s the people who bring their parents to us.”

To learn more about the property, visit brickmont.com.

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Golf Club, St. Marlo Country Club and others. It is also near North Point Mall, The Collection at Forsyth and Avalon.

Local schools are in the Cambridge High School attendance zone and include Birmingham Falls Elementary, Hopewell Middle School and Cambridge High School. For more information, call 678-578-6821 or visit pmcommunities. com/communities/milton-run.

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Downtown Alpharetta comes alive for this event featuring brew, wine and delicious food from some of Alpharetta’s best restaurants as the city comes together for one big street party. Join the fun Saturday, Sept. 29, 6:30–11 p.m. at Brook Street Park, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta. Tickets are $10 each.

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Featured events: WHISKERS & WINE FUNDRAISER

What: A fun and festive wine social event, featuring a silent auction, raffle, door prizes and more. Come help raise funds for All About Cats Rescue & Adoption.

When: Saturday, Oct. 6, 6-9 p.m.

Where: Roswell City Walk, 3000 Forrest Walk Building 300, Roswell Cost: $25 in advance, $30 at the door More info and tickets: allaboutcatsrescue.org

EVENTS: FALL NATIVE PLANT SALE

What: Come pick from one of the best native plant selections in metro Atlanta.

When: Sept. 28-29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell Cost: Plant prices vary More info: chattnaturecenter.org

JOHNS CREEK CHAMBER COMMUNITY EXPO

What: Anyone and everyone that has a business in the greater Johns Creek area is invited to exhibit and/or attend this expo.

When: Friday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Perimeter Church, 9500 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

What: A workshop on stream sampling and macroinvertebrate monitoring.

Participants will learn about indicator species, while also learning and sharing their views on watershed issues.

When: Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m.

Where: Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, 9770 Autrey Mill Road, Johns Creek Cost: Free for members, $5 for nonmembers More info and registration: autreymill.org

COMMUNITY SAFETY DAY

What: An opportunity to learn more about basic safety issues. Presentations include S.W.A.T. demonstrations, carseat safety checks, K-9 demonstrations, fire extinguisher demonstrations and safety presentations.

When: Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 a.m.-noon Where: Home Depot, 5950 State Bridge Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

SOUND JOURNEY WITH SOUND THERAPIST

What: Join Michael Burke, Vibrational Sound Therapist, experience an assortment of instruments including Himalayan bowls, gong, Shaman drum, chimes and spoken word.

When: Sunday, Sept. 30, 6:30-8 p.m.

Where: Grey Owl Mind Body Studio, 6250 Abbotts Bridge Road, Suite 500, Johns Creek Cost: $30 More info and registration: greyowlmb.com

PURPLE PANSIES GALA AND WINE DINNER

SCARECROW HARVEST IN ALPHARETTA

What: Over 100 scarecrows stand along the streets of downtown Alpharetta, inspiring fall spirit. A family street party will offer a farmers market, music, free hayrides, face painting, activities and food.

When: Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Where: Milton Avenue, downtown Alpharetta More info: awesomealpharetta.com

MY BEST FRIEND DOLL CLUB

What: Bring a doll to join in on a variety of activities like making dollhouses, doll accessories, a doll journal, dressing up in period costumes and tea parties.

Ages 6-11.

When: Friday, Sept. 28, 4:30 p.m.

Where: Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, 9770 Autrey Mill Road, Johns Creek Cost: $8 for members, $10 for nonmembers More info and registration: autreymill.org

What: Join Casa Nuova for the annual event benefiting pancreatic cancer research.

When: Sunday, Sept. 30, 5-10 p.m.

Where: Casa Nuova Italian Restaurant, 5670 Atlanta Highway, Suite A1, Alpharetta.

More info: gala.purplepansies.org

OCEE ADULT OUTREACH

What: Ocee librarians will deliver information to local businesses to increase awareness of library services. Schedule a visit to your business.

When: Monday, Oct. 1, 2 p.m.

Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek More info: afpls.org or 770-360-8897

SMART RECOVERY FAMILY AND FRIENDS

What: This program uses science based tools to provide support for those who are affected by the addictive behavior of someone close to them. Not a twelve step program.

When: Monday, Oct. 1, 7-8 p.m.

Where: DecisionPoint Wellness Center, 1070 State Bridge Road, Suite 6, Johns Creek More info: smartrecovery.org

ROSWELL TOWN HALL: TENNIS CENTER

What: The town hall will cover how the city handled the tennis center project.

Staff will gauge interest in establishing the center in a separate location and explore the community’s vision for East Roswell area parks.

When: Wednesday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m.

Where: East Roswell Park Recreation Center, 9000, Fouts Road, Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

COOKING CLASS: S CANDINAVIAN DINNER PARTY

What: After preparing the meal, participants will dine on their creations.

Complimentary wine is served with dinner, and a free mini-tour of Barrington Hall is included.

When: Tuesday, Oct. 2, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Hall Drive, Roswell Cost: $50 More info and registration: roswellgov. com

NAVIGATORS TOASTMASTERS PATHWAYS

What: Reach your personal and professional goals through Pathways, Toastmasters’ new education program.

When: Tuesday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.

Where: Club House, 6300 Polo Club Drive, Cumming More info: navigators.toastmastersclubs. org

WEDNESDAY MORNING NETWORKING

What: Join for networking every Wednesday morning.

When: Wednesday, Oct. 3, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Where: Perimeter Church, 9500 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek Cost: $5 for members, $10 for guests More info: johnscreekga.gov or 770-4950545

SPEAKER FROM SYRIA

What: Dr. Mary Mikael, an international peacekeeper from Syria, will speak during World Communion Sunday. She is the first woman to become President of a seminary in the Middle East as well as a writer on topics of theology and the position of women in the church.

When: Sunday, Oct. 7, 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Where: Alpharetta Presbyterian Church, 180 Academy St., Alpharetta More info: alpharettapres.com

CALENDAR

HEALTH AND FITNESS: ZUMBA GOLD (FLEX)

What: Combines the international rhythms of the Zumba Gold program with the strength training techniques, creating an easy-to-follow, healthboosting dance fitness program.

When: Friday, Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m.

Where: Park Place at Newtown School, 3125 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek Moe info: johnscreekga.gov/parkplace

EVENING RIVER CANOE TRIP

What: Take an urban adventure and learn about wildlife with an experienced river guide. Ages 6 and up.

When: Saturday, Sept. 29, 5-8 p.m.

Where: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell Cost: $30 for nonmembers, $25 for members More info: chattnaturecenter.org

FREE FITNESS IN THE PARK: YOGA What: Join for a free group exercise classes. All classes are weatherpermitting and open to the public.

When: Saturday, Sept. 29, 9-10 a.m.

Where: Roswell Town Square, 610 Atlanta St., Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

ENERGY YOGA

What: Physical exercises to open and clear energy. Utilizes Qi Gong and meditation techniques.

When: Sunday, Sept. 30, 4:30 p.m.

Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek More info: afpls.org

FARMERS MARKETS, FOOD TRUCKS:

ALPHARETTA FARMERS MARKET

What: The Alpharetta Farmers Market features fruits, vegetables, natural meats, fresh flowers and herbs, and a variety of home goods.

When: Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., through October Where: Old Canton Street in downtown Alpharetta More info: alpharetta.ga.us

ROSWELL FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET

What: Enjoy an array of different food trucks each month, as well as entertainment and fun for the whole family. Last Family Food Truck Friday of the year.

When: Friday, Sept. 28, 6-8:30 p.m.

Where: Riverside Park, 575 Riverside Road, Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

ALPHARETTA FOOD TRUCK ALLEY

What: Alpharetta’s weekly gathering returns with rotating food trucks and music each week. Six to eight food trucks from the Atlanta area will come out to help kick off the weekend early.

When: Thursdays, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., through Oct. 11 Where: Old Roswell Street in Alpharetta’s historic district More info: awesomealpharetta.com

“9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL”

What: Three working women take over their office and turn around their lives, to the tune of Dolly Parton’s snappy musical score.

When: Sept. 13-30, times vary Cost: Tickets start at $28 Where: Georgia Ensemble Theatre, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: get.org

LIBRARY EVENTS:

What: Mix and mingle with friends, shop for fresh items and enjoy talking to the vendors.

When: Saturday, April 14, 8 a.m. – noon Where: Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill St., Roswell More info: roswellfam.com

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST: MARY BOOTH CABOT

What: Mary Booth Cabot’s paintings capture the essence and beauty of flowers and native birds, and her love of nature is evident in the details of each botanical painting and lithograph. Free.

When: Through Oct. 31. Opening reception Oct. 4, 6-8 p.m.

Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: mboothcabot.com

NEW MOM’S SUPPORT GROUP

FAMILY FEUD: DADDY ISSUES

What: Browse a selection of fiction and non-fiction books as well as CDs and DVDs. Proceeds help the library and its programs. Volunteers needed.

When: Sept. 27-30, times vary Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Johns Creek More info: friendsofspruilloaks.org/ home.asp

What: ACT1 Theater Shakespeare Troupe will perform a combination of Sonnets, Scenes and Soliloquies from the bard’s shows. A lighthearted take on timeless themes of family conflict.

When: Sept. 28 and 29, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Wills Park Lion Pavilion, 11925 Wills Road, Alpharetta More info: act1theater.com What: Unwind after a long week with live music in The Plaza.

When: Friday, Sept. 28, 6-8 p.m.

Where: Avalon, 2200 Avalon Blvd., Alpharetta More info: awesomealpharettta.com

“A WRINKLE IN TIME”

What: A strange visitor comes to the Murry house and beckons three friends on a most dangerous and extraordinary adventure - one that will threaten their lives and our universe.

When: Sept. 15, 22 and 29; March 2, 9 and 16, times vary Where: Georgia Ensemble Theatre, 950 Forrest St., Roswell Cost: Tickets are $10 More info and tickets: get.org

“GENESIS XXIV” JURIED ART SHOW

What: This juried art show displays works by members of Roswell Fine Arts Alliance.

When: Open through Oct. 25 Where: Cherokee Art Center, 94 North Street, Canton More info: northfulton.com

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HOLOCAUST HISTORY

What: In a partnership with the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, a representative will speak about nonJews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

When: Sunday, Sept. 30, 3-5 p.m.

Where: Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org

BASIC PYTHON PROGRAMMING

MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER:

AVALON NIGHTS LIVE

FAMILY FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS

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What: Join other new moms and their babies in an empathetic forum for sharing the joys and challenges of motherhood.

When: Friday, Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m.-noon Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 404-613-4402

LIBRARY BOOK SALE

ACT PRACTICE TEST

What: Full-length proctored practice tests with personalized results.

When: Saturday, Sept. 29, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info and registration: afpls.org or 404-613-6738

MOCK SAT EXAM

What: Full-length proctored mock SAT exam with personalized results.

When: Saturday, Sept. 29, 10:30-3:30 p.m.

Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: afpls.org or 404-613-4402

ESSENTIAL OIL BASICS AND SAFETY

What: Discuss 11 of the most versatile essential oils and how they can be used daily in health and wellness routines.

When: Saturday, Sept. 29, 2-3:30 p.m.

Where: East Roswell Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell More info: afpls.org

What: For middle school students. The class will cover the basics of Python through exercises and projects. No experience required.

When: Sunday, Sept. 30, 2-3:15 p.m.

Where: Cumming Library, 585 Dahlonega St., Cumming More info: forsythpl.org

APEX SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP

What: The four-week workshop provides students with skills needed to create an idea for a screenplay; to write a screenplay in industry format; and to adopt a unique writing style. Free, but limited to 20 people.

When: Tuesday, Oct. 2, 5:30-7:45 p.m.

Where: Northeast Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: afpls.org or 770-360-8820

APPRECIATING THE MUSIC OF AUTUMN

What: Join professor Esther MorganEllis and discover music celebrating Autumn throughout the ages.

When: Tuesday, Oct. 2, 6:30-8 p.m.

Where: Sharon Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming More info: forsythpl.org

PET ADOPTIONS: FORSYTH COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER What: Pet adoptions When: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: The Forsyth County Animal Shelter, 4065 County Way, Forsyth County More info: 678-965-7185

FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES

What: Pet adoptions When: Every Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Where: PetSmart, 6370 North Point Parkway, Alpharetta Additional adoptions: Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Fulton County Animal Services, 860 Marietta Blvd. NW, Atlanta More info: 404-613-4958

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An interview with Dr. Taylor

By Alyssa MacNamera I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Taylor after his 2018 Best of win to ask him about his recent success.

As we sit in the bright, clean, welcoming waiting room of Premier Dermatology, Dr. Taylor is holding his newborn son, his third boy, only 15 days old. He apologizes for the squeaks of the sleeping baby and smiles apologizing when those squeaks interrupt our interview.

After speaking with him for an hour, I am well aware of the reasons for his renown. He is warm, instantly calming, respectful and shockingly intelligent.

Despite having a youthful face that, at first glance, might make you question his experience, his knowledge and surgical ability are well established: both are touted in patient reviews and displayed in a vast surgical portfolio. He is loved and respected by his patients and his staff, and it is easy to see why. He is, to say the least, a genuine individual and accomplished physician.

Congratulations on winning both Best Dermatologist and Best Vein Specialist of North Atlanta! As a new practice, it is quite an honor to win these titles, let alone winning Best Vein Specialist 2 years in a row. To what do you attribute to your success?

Dr. Taylor: Well thank you very much! You’re right. It is an honor to win and I am extremely appreciative of the accolade.

I am very fortunate to live and work in an area that has exceptional healthcare including outstanding dermatologists and remarkable Mohs surgeons.

Moreover, residents of North Fulton are smart consumers, who do their research on their potential physicians. Given this, I truly value the confidence that my patients have placed in me.

I don’t have any hidden secret to Premier Dermatology’s success per se. I have been trained by exceptional physicians and I work with exceptional people. I strive to always be patient-centered, to put the patient first, to read up, perform extra research for my patients and advocate for them. Quality controls, back-up systems and patient care processes are an area of special interest for me. I have been an airplane pilot for over ten years, and I believe the strategies for safety and quality that aviation emphasizes have translated into improved processes within my own practice.

But most importantly, I really owe so much to our amazing staff! Given that we are a small practice with only 7 staff members, I am beyond thankful for their expertise, compassion and the concern that they have for our patients.

We spend a lot of time together given our 10 to 12 hour work days, so it is invaluable that we all get along and not only like our jobs but strive to excel and improve our processes. We’ve been open 18 months now and are constantly Dr. Taylor trying to improve wherever we can. I think that’s part of our success: patients recognize our genuine concern and commitment to excellence.

Is there something you feel sets yourself apart from the other physicians in the area?

Dr. Taylor: Actually I do believe I spend an unusual amount of time with my patients. As a procedural dermatologist, I am used to a smaller volume of patients with longer visits so that translates over to my general dermatology patients. (With a laugh) Granted sometimes that means my schedule runs behind, but ultimately our patients leave knowing that they received thorough, high quality care. And I appreciate the understanding my patients show me, because I think that they can tell that if I am running behind that it is because I chose to give a prior patient the time he or she needed rather than run on schedule.

Regarding Mohs surgery and vein care, my fellowship covered multiple aspects of surgical dermatology, so I feel that I am able to address some of the extra concerns that patients may have that would otherwise be referred out to other specialists, and I perform these services at the level you would expect from someone who is fellowship-trained and board-certified. For example, I can treat medically significant vein disease with various procedures such as laser ablation and foam sclerotherapy then, once resolved, clear up the cosmetic vein issues with sclerotherapy or laser treatments. I am also one of the only physicians in Georgia with the ability to cure melanoma with true Mohs surgery. In general, these would be treated by different specialists or would be treated using non-equivalent techniques.

Anything else you’d like to say?

Dr. Taylor: I really just want to say thank you very much! Thank you to our staff: you are valued and wonderful and we wouldn’t be continuing to excel without each and every one of you! Also thank you so very much to all of our patients and our community! Your confidence and support is greatly appreciated and rewarding. I look forward to continuing to strive to provide patients with exceptional care.

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Assisted living with passion and purpose We had a chance to catch up with the President of Brickmont Senior Living, Cheryl Kochensparger, to find out how Brickmont Senior Living at Milton came to be. Here’s what Cheryl had to say.

WHAT SPARKED YOUR INTEREST IN SENIOR LIVING? My brother and I were searching for the perfect senior living setting for my mother. We wanted certain amenities with a nicely appointed feel, larger living suites and an overall elegant, vibrant atmosphere that was affordable. We really couldn’t find anything that fit the bill.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT BRICKMONT THAT SETS IT APART FROM THE OTHERS? In our research, we found that pricing for assisted living and memory care was really confusing and never really consistent. Most pricing is dependent upon “levels of care” which can always be increased. We have all inclusive pricing which gives our residents and families peace of mind. Additionally, we had been in the hotel business for many years we knew we could build and create a beautiful environment with a strong focus on customer service and hire experienced professionals to ensure the best care, activities and dining; all

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IS THERE ANYTHING NEW ON THE HORIZON WITH BRICKMONT SENIOR LIVING? We have all kinds of exciting things in the works. We continue to add to our resident engagement activities which is truly exciting and we have a new community under construction in Woodstock, Georgia that’s scheduled to open

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Alpharetta dominates Dunwoody, Roswell loses heartbreaker

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com Alpharetta 55, Dunwoody 21 Alpharetta improved to 2-0 in region play with a lopsided win over Dunwoody on the road Friday night.

The Raiders scored five touchdowns in the second quarter and held Dunwoody to just 7 points in the opening 36 minutes to cruise to the win.

Quarterback Will Gerdes had three total touchdowns, fellow quarterback Bradley Rowlinson had a touchdown rush, Kent Cherry had two rushing scores, and Dane Motley returned a fumble 36-yards for a touchdown in the win.

The Raiders (3-1, 2-0) continue region play against Centennial on Sept.

28.

Wheeler 37, Roswell 36 Just a week after earning a dramatic comeback win over rival Milton, Roswell played another thriller Friday night but wound up on the losing end.

Wheeler took an early 6-0 lead, but Roswell responded with 19 unanswered points. The Wildcats cut the margin to 19-12 before halftime to start a rash of back-and-forth scoring in the second half.

Wheeler scored on a touchdown and added a field goal before a 50-yard touchdown pass from Ethan Roberts to John Copenhaver put the Hornets up 33-22. That lead was short lived, with Wheeler scoring a touchdown and adding a 2-point conversion to cut the margin to 3 points.

Each team exchanged punts before a 26-yard field goal from Caden Long put Roswell ahead 36-30 in the final minutes of the fourth. Wheeler scored a touchdown with under a minute remaining and stopped Roswell’s last-second comeback bid to earn a win over its former region rival.

After a bye week, Roswell (4-1) begins Region 4-AAAAAAA play against Cherokee Oct. 5.

Pope 42, Chattahoochee 35 Chattahoochee’s struggles continued Friday night as it fell to Pope in a battle of winless teams. It is just the fourth time in program history Hooch has lost

five consecutive games.

Pope used its rushing attack to open a 27-14 halftime lead, but the Cougars remained close, and with just under two minutes remaining, they cut the lead to 42-35 with a 52-yard touchdown pass from Damon Stewart to Max Webb.

However, their comeback attempt fell short after Pope recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock.

Hooch (0-5, 0-3) continues region play on the road against Cambridge on Sept. 28.

Johns Creek 65, Northview 20 Johns Creek set a program record for points in a game with a dominant performance over crosstown rival Chattahoochee Friday night.

Quarterback Zach Gibson had 342 yards passing with seven touchdowns on just 10 receptions. Receiver Dalton Pearson had four receptions for 183 yards with three touchdowns, and Giovanni Dyer had five catches for 142 yards and three scores.

Johns Creek running back Will Watson rushed for 102 yards and a score.

The Gladiators scored touchdowns on the first play of four of its offensive possessions.

Johns Creek (4-1, 3-0) sits atop the Region 7-AAAAAA standings ahead of a bye week. Northview (3-2, 2-1) faces North Atlanta on Sept. 28.

North Atlanta 23, Cambridge 14 After a tight game though the first three quarters, North Atlanta scored two unanswered touchdowns in the final period to down the Bears for the first time in five meetings between the programs.

Freshman quarterback Zach Harris threw two touchdown passes to give the Bears a 14-10 lead late in the third quarter, but North Atlanta used two interceptions to claim the lead.

North Atlanta scored early in the fourth after their drive was set up by the giveaway, and a pick-six put the Warriors ahead for the final score of 23-14.

Cambridge (1-4, 1-2) faces Chattahoochee (0-5, 0-3) on Sept 28.

Whitefield Academy 34, St. Francis 6 St. Francis fell short in a matchup against Whitefield Academy Friday night on the road. With the loss the Knights

fell to 0-2 in region play.

Though the Knights drew first blood with a touchdown in the first quarter, Whitefield held St. Francis off the scoreboard the remaining 43 minutes while racking up five touchdowns on offense.

The Knights (1-3, 0-2) continue region play Sept. 28 against Walker.

Fellowship Christian 21, Mt. Paran 13 Fellowship Christian earned a crucial win over defending Region 6-A champs Mt. Paran to continue their undefeated start and lead the region standings.

Mt. Paran opened a 13-0 lead, but the Paladins used Eagles turnovers to their advantage in the final period to claim the comeback win.

An interception from Fellowship’s Parker Addison set up an 11-yard touchdown pass from Brooks Bryant to Murphy Reeves to cut the margin in half midway through the third quarter.

Lawson Haigler forced another interception on Mt. Paran’s ensuing drive which led to a rushing score from Cameron Gill to put Fellowship ahead, 14-13.

Cam Cochran grabbed Fellowship’s third interception of the half midway through the fourth, and the Paladins recovered a fumble to set up their final score of the game, a 91-yard rush from Reeves.

Fellowship (5-0, 3-0) forced a turnover on downs in the final minutes to seal the win.

Fellowship’s win was their third over Mt. Paran in the last three seasons. The Paladins have a bye before continuing region play against St. Francis Oct. 5.

Blessed Trinity 45, West Hall 3 Blessed Trinity began its quest for a fifth region championship in six years with a win over West Hall at home Friday night to begin Region 7-AAAA play.

BT’s defense showed its might again by holding the Spartans to a single field goal in the second quarter. Meanwhile, the Titans’ offense scored 31 points in the first half.

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BT has its final bye week before taking on region newcomers Denmark (4-1, 1-0) on Oct. 5.

Mount Pisgah 21, King’s Ridge 17 Mount Pisgah earned its seventhstraight win over King’s Ridge Friday night at home and improved to 2-1 in region play.

The Tigers opened a 14-7 lead in the first half with two rushing scores, but Mount Pisgah forced a turnover on downs in the red zone and tied the game with a 37-yard touchdown pass from Connor Norwood to Chase Grande midway though the third.

King’s Ridge converted a field goal to reclaim the lead, but Norwood’s second score of the game with six minutes remaining gave the Patriots a 21-17 lead.

The Tigers drove inside the red zone with under two minutes remaining, but the Patriots’ defense came up with another stop to escape with the win.

The Patriots (2-3, 2-1) continue region play against Mt. Paran on Sept. 28. King’s Ridge (0-4, 0-2) will look for its first win of the season against Whitefield Academy.

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Youth Sports Programs earn national recognition

By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta’s youth are in good hands when they join one of the city’s youth sports programs.

That’s according to a recent award the city’s Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services department has received.

The “Better Sports for Kids Quality Program Provider” designation from the National Alliance for Youth Sports recognizes the city for steps it takes to “ensure a safe, quality playing environment for children,” according to the organization.

As outlined by the National Alliance for Youth Sports, Alpharetta’s youth sports programming has met five key requirements during a review process: written policies and procedures, volunteer screening, coach training, parent education and accountability.

“We recognize that we have to actively demonstrate that we are providing youth sports programs of the highest standard,” said Christine Young, recreation services manager for the city. “Parents have many choices when it comes to youth sports, so the ‘Better Sports for Kids Quality Program Provider’ designation is an important promotional tool to allow our organization to set ourselves apart and gives parents confidence in our programs, since they can take comfort knowing their child is in the best place possible to learn and compete in sports.”

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The National Alliance for Youth Sports, a nonprofit headquartered in West Palm Beach, Fla., has developed and managed the National Standards for Youth Sports. These guidelines were originally published in 1987.

Alpharetta’s designation is valid through Dec. 31, 2019, after which, it will need to repeat the review process.

For more information about the designation and the National Alliance for Youth Sports, visit nays.org/quality. Information on Alpharetta’s athletics programs, both for youth and adults, can be found at alpharetta.ga.us.

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Support group educates on transgender mental health

By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Dr. Ren Massey, former president of the Georgia Psychological Association, spoke to the Johns Creek chapter of PFLAG about gender identity and transgender mental health Sept. 18.

Massey has been a licensed psychologist in the Atlanta area for more than 25 years. He is a recipient of the GPA Outstanding Achievement Award for Contributions to the Psychological Well-Being of the LGBT Community and involved with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

PFLAG, or Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, was founded in 1973 in New York. It has nearly 400 chapters in the United States.

Massey began his presentation by asking the attendees, mostly parents of transgender youths, to write on a notecard with their non-dominant hand.

The discomfort the participants felt was a somewhat like what it feels like to be transgender, said Massey who is transgender himself.

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“I can see why otherwise I would’ve had some self-destructive behavior, but a part of me wonders what my life would be if I had been raised in this day and age and got to live my whole life in this incarnation.”

Massey used his presentation to explain the latest research into gender identity and transgender care. Surveys show mistreatment at schools and healthcare providers and rejection from faith groups and peers are common for transgender youth. This stress can lead to depression, anxiety and other mental health concerns.

However, studies show family support and medical treatment such as hormone therapy decrease the likelihood of negative psychological effects or suicide attempts.

Massey encouraged the parents of transgender children to be rigorous in assuring that their healthcare provider is qualified in matters relating to transgender care. He also identified “red flags” that often manifest before individuals attempt suicide, such as expressions of hopelessness, alienation or perceived worthlessness.

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Individuals with disabilities take to runway

By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Jonny and Xena “Spread the Words” Foundation will host its 3rd annual Fashion Speaks on the Creek fashion show Sept. 30 at Johns Creek High School.

All of the models will be individuals with disabilities, from age 6 to 88.

“In years past, we’ve had nonverbal models, and as soon as they put on some new clothes, we style them, and the look in the mirror, they don’t have to say a word,” said Linda Hickey, founder of the Jonny and Xena Foundation.. “You can see how much they are feeling and how good they feel about themselves, just by putting on some new clothes.”

In addition to the models, the show will feature clothing provided by Belk, costumed Star Wars characters provided by the Georgia Garrison 501st and volunteers from the Johns Creek Police Department. Karyn Greer, news anchor with CBS 46, will host the show.

“It’s just so inspiring that I’m trying to get everybody to come,” Hickey said.

“I try to tell people that you don’t need to have somebody that has special needs in your family or a friend of yours has a kid with special needs, you don’t need that

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Jonny Hickey shares the stage with R2D2, provided by the Georgia Garrison 501st, and Johns Creek Police detectives Russell and Brown at last year’s Fashion Speaks on the Creek. to come to an event like this.”

Doors open at 3:15 p.m. for a raffle, silent auction and light refreshments provided by Blimpie. The show begins at 4 p.m.

Hickey said she hopes the fashion show will change people’s perceptions about individuals with special needs.

“Our kids can contribute to society, and I just love for them to show who

they truly are up on that stage,” Hickey said. “I hope that other businesses, companies, productions, that there’s a ripple effect and they’ll see ‘wow, these kids can do these things.’”

Tickets are $10 and can be bought in advance at xenathewarriorpuppy. com. Proceeds will go to the Jonny and Xena “Spread the Words” Foundation to promote animal rescue and autism

programs.

The foundation was formed after the Hickey family adopted Xena, a severely abused dog in 2013. Xena and Hickey’s son Jonny, who has autism, quickly formed a special bond. “[Jonny] is pretty much a loner, so his dog became his friend. I think because of her circumstances she needed him just as much as he needed her, and I think that’s truly why the bond formed immediately,” Hickey said.

The story of Xena and Jonny was featured on national news platforms like the Today Show, Huffington Post and BuzzFeed. Xena was named the America Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals dog of the year and received and American Humane Association Hero Dog award.

“With that, we built up this huge social media platform and people started following, and I just felt that there was more out there for us to do. We were more than cute pictures of dogs,” Hickey said.

In addition the fashion show, each year the foundation puts on a special needs prom in the spring and a 5K race in October. The upcoming 5K race will be Saturday, Oct. 27 and feature a free pet adoption and live music.

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By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Wilson Creek Elementary students sang the national anthem on the 204th anniversary of its creation, Sept. 14.

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Gold at the end of the rainbow One of the nice things about technology is that it makes it so easy to share things. For instance, just the other day, our son Andy sent us a photo of the grandkids. We love getting grandkid pictures, STEVE HUDSON but this one had ‘em Get Outside Georgia, aa4bw@comcast.net standing on top of Andy’s car and looking at the gigantic rainbow which arched through the sky in the background.

“Daddy, can we stand on the car so we can see the rainbow better?” the grandson had asked, and a few minutes later that’s where they were.

The question, of course, is why they wanted to better see the rainbow.

Legend has always said there’s gold at the end of rainbows. I like legends like that. They’ve always captured my imagination. I remembered one day when I was a kid and there was a giant rainbow right there over the house and I decided to find the place where it ended, certain that gold awaited me at the end.

The spot I sought appeared to be over there near the big pecan trees behind my grandma’s house, and off I went, pot-o’-gold stories loud in my mind. But when I got there it turned out that the rainbow actually ended in that impenetrable patch of blackberry bushes a little further on.

I considered my options: sure and sudden wealth vs. sharp and certain thorns. Even at that young age, I was able to evaluate that equation, and I understood that the price of treasure just might be too high. So I abandoned the

search, telling myself I’d wait till next time and find my pot of gold then.

A few issues back, I talked about another gold treasure – lost Confederate gold, to be precise. I’m an incurable romantic, I admit, and a good treasure legend holds inexhaustible appeal.

But I’m also not as young as I used to be, and (romantic or not) the notion of scrambling through the wild wilderness in search of elusive lost gold is not quite as appealing as it used to be.

So, as you’ll recall, I shared some top-secret pointers on where that lost gold might possibly be. I really hoped that one of you would figure out the clues and find the gold and then put my share in a little box and mail it to me.

So far no gold has shown up among the credit card solicitations and fast-food promos that mostly fill my mailbox, but there’s always tomorrow.

But even though I haven’t seen any of that treasure yet, I’ve heard about some other possible treasure hordes.

Who would have thought that there’s so much lost treasure out there waiting to be found?

Case in point: the other day, while heading off with my fly rod on an altogether different kind of treasure hunt, I decided to eat breakfast at the Waffle House.

I was sitting at the counter studying my map and working on my All Star (with bacon and eggs over easy) when this guy of indeterminate age just appeared out of nowhere and sat down on the stool next to me. Then he started to talk.

“Noticed your map,” he said. “You looking for treasure?”

Now that’s an odd way to start a con-

versation, even at a Waffle House.

“Well, kind of,” I replied, not knowing what else to say. “Going to do a little fishing.”

“Uh huh,” he said. “So you say. But I see that there map.”

And then he went on to tell me a story.

The story was a tale of lost Cherokee gold, and at its center were an aging Cherokee and a conductor on a train.

“Every once in a while, an old Native American would catch the train and ride to this one certain place. He’d get off the train. Two or three weeks later he’d show up again and do the same thing again.”

“Uh huh,” I said.

“Yeah. Then one day, the old Cherokee told the conductor what he was doing. He said he was lookin’ for a treasure that one of his relatives or somebody had buried, somewhere near there!”

He thumped his index finger onto my map. The spot where it landed was near the intersection of I-285 and I-75.

“After a while, the old Cherokee said he was giving up the search,” my fellow diner continued. “He just disappeared.

But the conductor remembered the story. He started looking for the treasure too.”

Okay, I thought.

“Did the conductor ever find the treasure?” I asked, not knowing exactly what else to say, and at that very moment my mind suddenly formed an image of what that conductor might have looked like.

To my faint surprise it bore a certain resemblance to the guy sitting next to me at the counter – who, at that precise moment, stood up and plunked a $20 bill down on the counter.

“Breakfast’s on me,” he said. “And

Steve’s grandchildren stand on the roof of a car and admire a rainbow. good luck finding your treasure.”

He left then, leaving me with my map and my eggs and bacon and waffle.

I cleaned my plate. And then I looked at the map again.

I-285 and I-75, eh? Lots of development thereabouts now, I told myself.

Wait. What? I didn’t even know that legend five minutes ago, but now I’m thinking about that treasure like it’s… like it’s…

Well. The Chattahoochee flows right near there, and it’s one of my favorite places to fish, especially in the fall. Fall is coming, and I’m sure to be on the river a good bit.

Couldn’t hurt to keep my eyes open, now, could it?

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Roswell first responders treated to free meal for service ROSWELL, Ga. – Roswell firefighters and police officers received a big thank-you for their service from Michael and Roxie Hernandez with the Hernandez Group of Keller Williams Realty and Bob and Marlene White of Slopes BBQ. For the third year, they teamed up to offer all of Roswell’s first responders a free meal the entire week of 9-11 to give each a personal vote of thanks for the jobs they do 24-7.

“I’ve always been passionate about the job our first responders do. And I thought they had been getting a bad rap in the national media,” Michael said. “Bob [White] and I joined Roswell Rotary the same year, so who better to team up with my idea of buying each one meal this week.

“They help Rotary so much with our Honor Flights and do so much people never hear about. It would be a way to thank each one personally.”

It really hit home to Michael when two Roswell teenager were murdered two years ago.

“I have two girls in Blessed Trinity and one at Queen of Angels,” Michael said. “And I had a couple of nervous nights until they caught the guy. I knew then we should do something.”

White contributed as well, saying that Slopes would share the costs of the meals, which last year had totaled close to 200.

“We are blessed to have such a fine collection of police and fire personnel,” White said. “We should do more to thank them.”

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Massey emphasized that more people identify as transgender than many people realize. According to a survey by the Williams Institute, 1 in 137 youths between the ages of 13 and 24 are transgender.

Ann Miller, the president of PFLAG Johns Creek, said speaker events like this can help educate people on difficulties transgender individuals face.

“I would like the community at large to get better educated themselves on transgender people, so there isn’t the misconception and fear around transgender people,” Miller said. “Until it affects your family, it’s something that you just put on the backburner, but I really wish the general public could learn more about transgender people, their struggles and that they’re not people to be feared.”

PFLAG is an organization of LGBTQ individuals, their families, friends and allies committed to support, education and advocacy for the LGBTQ community. PFLAG Johns Creek is the only chapter in North Fulton.

“We’re basically the only place north of the city that has a LGBTQ youth group,” Miller said. “Especially because we are in the suburbs, we have a lot of teens and their parents.”

PFLAG Johns Creek holds support meetings for tweens, teens and adults the third Tuesday of every month at Johns Creek United Methodist Church, 11180 Medlock Bridge Road. The first Tuesday of every month support meetings for teens and adults are held at Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mt. Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs.

More information about PFLAG Johns Creek can be found at pflagjohnscreek.org.

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Toastmasters Club is devoted toward helping a diverse group of individuals build their confidence and grow as leaders. The club strives to create an encouraging yet friendly environment which challenges their members into publicly speaking, listening and leading.

The meetings are at 12:05 p.m. every Thursday at the Alpharetta Presbyterian Church, 180 Academy Street.

For more information, contact: Elisa Lagrange at elisalagrange@hotmail.com

Georgia Ensemble presents ‘I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti’ ROSWELL, Ga. — The Georgia Ensemble Theatre will present the one-woman show, “I Loved, I Lost, I Made

could ever be pumped through the stadium’s speakers.

They ramp up the excitement of a touchdown, their melodies stir motivation when their team is trailing, and the band makes very strange things happen to me.

I say that because I am not one to ever gyrate my hips, but whenever the tubas belt out the opening lines of Bruce Channel’s “Hey Baby,” I just can’t help but do so.

Of course there is always the halftime

Spaghetti,” for its late fall production.

Opening night is Oct. 25, and shows run through Nov. 11. The show stars Jenny Levison and is directed

by Synchronicity Theatre Artistic Director Rachel May. Tickets start at $29 for Wednesdays, Thursdays and matinees; Friday nights start from $37, and Saturday nights start from $38. There are senior and student discounts for select performances.

See the show at the Georgia Ensemble Theatre, 950 Forrest St., Roswell.

Tickets are available online at get.org or by calling the box office at 770-641-1260.

Children’s Development Academy to host 50th birthday celebration ROSWELL, Ga. — The Children’s Development Academy will celebrate 50 years of serving thousands of children whose families might not otherwise have been able to afford a high-quality early education.

The celebration will be held 7-9 p.m., Sept. 23 at the Children’s Development Academy at 89 Grove Way in Roswell.

Tickets are on sale for $50 and include food, beverages and music by The Seven Sons Unplugged.

To buy tickets, visit cdakids.org/events.

I recently saw a post to Facebook that stated football teams should line the bleachers and cheer on their marching bands when they perform at band competitions. I couldn’t agree more. show, where I am still blown away by the precision of the music, marching and

dancing after years of performances.

Admittedly, this is also a frustrating time to be a sports reporter, because I want to watch the show.

Unfortunately my head is usually glued to my phone, accumulating stats and tweeting the scores of other games, but I’m enthralled whenever I get the opportunity to watch the performance.

I recently saw a post to Facebook that stated football teams should line the bleachers and cheer on their marching bands when they perform at band competitions.

I couldn’t agree more.

While this may not be commonplace, I have the strong feeling that the players out on the field fully appreciate the band, as well as those in the stands dancing along.

The band puts in monumental effort, is a crucial aspect to what makes high school football so special, and the end product is a joy to behold and experience.

So to all the marching bands, color guards and anyone else adding to the excitement of North Fulton and Forsyth County high school football games, keep up the amazing work.

Just don’t play “Hey Baby” too much or else I will have to embarrass myself.

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Milton Library hosts author of book partially based in Milton Authors to debut ‘What If It’s Us’ on Oct. 9

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — Readers of the young adult novel, “What If It’s Us” will likely recognize the setting for one of the main characters, Milton. And, they will have the opportunity to meet the two bestselling authors behind the novel at its debut at the Milton Library.

The library will host co-authors Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera at 6 p.m. on Oct. 9 to launch their nationwide book tour.

The romantic comedy novel follows the budding romance of Arthur and Ben who have their first encounter at a New York City post office. Arthur is visiting New York from his hometown of Milton with stars in his eyes, hoping the city lives up to his Broadway expectations. Having never dated anyone, his Broadway expectations include romance.

In the post office, Arthur runs into Ben, who is mailing his ex-boyfriend’s belongings back and has been battered by recent events in his personal life.

Arthur and Ben have a “missed con-

nection” at the post office, but quickly reconnect through online sleuthing.

Though this is the foundation for their burgeoning romance, both characters enter it with different expectations.

Albertalli, a Roswell native and author of three previous young adult novels, said collaborating with Silvera on the book was an enjoyable experience.

“It was easily the most fun and rewarding writing experience I’ve had,” Albertalli said. “Every conversation we had about this book would take us in another direction we didn’t anticipate because we would build off each other.”

Albertalli said in order to collaborate, the two authors wrote an “intense” outline and would text one another as they simultaneously wrote chapters.

“I really had to get to know Adam’s character from Adam’s point of view,” Albertalli said.

“One thing we didn’t anticipate was how much I would be writing from his character’s perspective.”

Albertalli and Silvera, a New York resident, each brought their own distinct styles. Albertalli said she has a reputation for happy, “tied-up with

a bow” endings while Silvera’s novels are emotional books that are “massive tear jerkers” with “deliberately complicated endings.”

“With our different approaches, lots of people have asked about the ending of ‘What If It’s Us,’ and all I can say it’s a very Adam and Becky ending and a perfect marriage of our two styles,” Albertalli said.

With the book featuring two gay main characters, Albertalli said the novel is also part of the movement to create more diversity in young adult novels.

The authors built their friendship five years ago while writing novels featuring gay main characters.

They struck up a conversation not knowing what to expect from publishers.

“Publishing has a problem of being very white, very straight and very able-bodied just in terms of what kinds of books get acquired and published,” Albertalli said.

But the author said thanks in part to the nonprofit group “We Need More Diverse Books,” the conversation regarding varied main characters has allowed publishers to better reflect the diversity of the world in books.

Albertalli is also excitedly anticipating the release of “What if it’s Us,” as the Milton library.

“We are particularly excited about the event,” she said. “There are so many things regarding fate and the universe that come up between characters in the book, so it’s this weird Meta key thing that we are kicking off the book tour at

SETH ABEL/SPECIAL

Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera will launch their nationwide book tour for “What If It’s Us” at the Milton Library on Oct. 9. One of the main characters of the novel is from Milton. the Milton Library, the hometown library of one of the characters. It should be a really special event.”

DEATH NOTICES Angelina Arasi, 93, of Alpharetta, passed away September 11, 2018. Arrangements

by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery.

Lawrence G. Foster, 83, of Cumming, passed away September 15, 2018.

Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery.

John Theodore Bulatewicz, 64, of Roswell passed away September 13, 2018. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Jolee G. Grodsky, 86, of Alpharetta, passed away September 15, 2018.

Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery.

Crematory.

Crematory.

Carl Christopher, 87, of Cumming, passed away September 10, 2018.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Nancy Crowell, 65, of Milton, passed away September 12, 2018.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors &

Crematory.

Crematory.

Crematory.

Pete Mansell, 98, of Roswell, passed away September 10, 2018.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Mary Micale, 87, of Roswell, passed away September 12, 2018.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors &

Alejandro Hernandez, 49, of Roswell, passed away September 14, 2018.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors &

Crematory.

Barbara McGinnis, 85, of Danielsville, passed away September 8, 2018.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors &

Bobby K. Redwine, 85, of Roswell, passed away September 10, 2018.

Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery.

Crematory.

Crematory.

Charles H. Morman, 81, of Roswell, passed away September 9, 2018.

Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery.

Crematory.

Harry Silvers, 79, of Johns Creek, passed away September 11, 2018.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & John Stashitsky, 87, of Alpharetta, passed away September 13, 2018.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Sharon Udofia, 68, of Alpharetta, passed away September 18, 2018.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors &

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