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Beloved Alpharetta lunch manager retires after 30 years By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Much has changed in the 30 years since Vickye Monger was hired to run the kitchen at Alpharetta Elementary School. Thousands of kids have gone through her lunch line, including the children and grandchildren of her former students, but her love for interacting with them remained throughout her career, which ended Friday, Dec. 17, when she left the kitchen for the last time. “It’s been a blessing,” Monger said. “... [The students] always made me feel like I was a part of their family. That was the best feeling. … When I don’t come back Jan. 3, I’m really going to miss the kids. They made the job worthwhile.” Alpharetta Elementary celebrated her retirement Dec. 15 by naming it Miss Vickye Day. During lunchtime, the students showered her with handmade letters thanking her for her friendship, and at the end of the day, Principal Cathy Crawford surprised her with a drive-by event. “You will always have a home here,” Crawford said. “We love you so much.” Teachers, staff, parents, and current and former students dropped by to bid her farewell. Others, shared messages of how she impacted them, saying that when former students reminisce about
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their time at Alpharetta Elementary, her name always comes up. “I’m always going to remember this,” Monger said. “Dec. 15, that is the day that I had here in Alpharetta. … It does not seem like time flew by that fast. It’s just amazing, and I’m so appreciative of everything because I’m just me. I just worked in the cafeteria. You never think that you make an impression on the kids, but I guess in some kind of way we formed a bond.” For nearly three decades, Monger, 63, has served as the school’s cafeteria manager. She was responsible for everything from maintaining milk temperatures to managing the staff’s timesheets. In the past 20 years, she said proudly, her kitchen also earned perfect scores during the health inspections twice a year. She is both excited and sad about retiring. The funny thing, she said, is she never set out to work in a school. When she moved to Alpharetta from Memphis, Tennessee, 32 years ago, she simply decided she wanted to do something in addition to being a mom to her two children, who are now 41 and 37. Her mom suggested she apply as a cashier at a local school. From there, Monger worked at several schools in the area before settling on Alpharetta
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Elementary, and the more she worked in the kitchen, the more she wanted to do it. She said the kids kept the job exciting. “I remember the day I came in,” Monger said. “I was scared. I was like oh my gosh, now I have to do this, but I did it and then I implemented different things like having an annual cookout, which we have not been able to do for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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Women in black sedan spotted removing mail ROSWELL, Ga. — Police are searching for two woman seen driving in a black Mercedes in connection with a mail theft. Police received word from a resident along Shurburne Drive Dec.16 that she had placed four Christmas photos in four white envelopes for mail pickup in front of her residence that morning. Shortly after, the woman said she saw a Mercedes sedan pull up to the mailbox, and a woman reached out the passenger side window and remove the envelopes. The resident said she had no camera footage of the incident.
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Fulton superintendent sees renewal, pay raise By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Mike Looney continues to move closer to the top of the list of the most compensated school superintendents in Georgia. At a Nov. 9 work session, the Fulton County Board of Education unanimously extended Looney’s contract through 2024, including compensation changes, but did not disclose details of those changes until the board’s attorneys had a chance to review them. The Herald obtained a copy of the amended contract through an open records request late last month. The document states that Looney’s annual salary of $335,580 will increase by 2.5% on July 1, plus the percentage increase approved for the teacher salary schedule. Other amendments also allow the board to offer Looney a “discretionary bonus” following an annual evaluation and to make contributions to any taxsheltered pension plans it has estab-
lished including his 403(b) and 401(a) plans equal to 12.5% of his annual base salary. This is the first time the school board has made changes to Looney’s initial contract since he was hired in 2019. However, district spokeswoman Anne Boatwright said Looney’s final salary amount has not been determined because the board has yet to approve a new budget for the next fiscal year. That process will not take place until early June. Looney was hired with a base salary of $329,000, plus the percentage increase approved for the teacher salary schedule and over $2,000 in monthly allowances to cover expenses and a vehicle. It also included a 10% contribution to his retirement plans. School Board President Julia Bernath was not immediately available for comment, but, at the Nov. 9 work session, she and other school board members highly praised Looney for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roswell residents voice concerns over potential Verizon data center By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Another group of residents went before the City Council Dec. 13 to voice their concerns over a proposed 50,800-square-foot Verizon data center that, if approved, would be surrounded by residential neighborhoods to the east, west and south of the facility. After hearing their concerns, the Roswell City Council drilled Verizon for two hours about the potential noise the data center would emit to the surrounding neighborhoods only to defer the motion for 90 days. It also required Verizon to hold a neighborhood meeting before returning to Council. Verizon submitted an application in September requesting approval to rezone the property at 10325 Turner Road from office professional to civic and institutional and conditional use for a major utility facility. In 1996, the property was rezoned from single-family residential to office professional with conditions, including to the site plan. Then, in 1998 and again in 2007 when Verizon closed on the property, a previous City Council approved a new
site plan. Additionally, a new category was added for major utility use when the city adopted the new Unified Development Code in 2014. While the proposal to rezone to civic and institutional is consistent with the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, the current zoning of office professional is not. The data center in Roswell would connect to an existing facility at 10300 Old Alabama Connector in Alpharetta, which has been in operation for about 20 years. It would also include a future facility that would be just under 17,600 square feet. Overall, the property would house three pods with two diesel generators each, which would be built at different times depending on demand, starting with Pod 2. Staff recommended approval with the conditions that Verizon develop the property in accordance with the site plan it submitted in September and that it install a 40-foot buffer approved by the Design Review Board. However, the square footage would not be guaranteed, and Verizon would possibly need to reduce its building size or rearrange parking. David Kirk with the law firm Trout-
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Fulton County and cities consider infrastructure bill By JEFFREY ALBERTSON newsroom@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — A federal infrastructure bill passed last month will deliver about $10 billion in funding to Georgia for road repair, bridge construction and expanded internet access. President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) on Nov. 15 after navigating Congress with bipartisan support. The act introduces funding for water pipe repairs and mass transit, issues relegated to local governments. While some initial details are available, cities in North Fulton continue reviewing how funds can be sought and implemented. Roswell government is considering how to use funds from a different infrastructure bill — the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) — which was signed by President Biden in March of this year. The ARPA allotted $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 vaccinations, unemployment benefit extension and an increase in the child tax credit. Georgia cities received a total of $1.4 billion in funding. Roswell received $11.4 million and is reviewing public input sought earlier this year. “The final decision on how the city
will spend the funds will be decided by the mayor and council,” Roswell Community Relations Director Julie Brechbill said. Johns Creek hopes to leverage IIJA funds for the State Route 120/Abbots Bridge Road from Parsons Road to Medlock Bridge Road operational project. The current estimate is $19 million. “As for other investments, voters recently approved the TSPLOST 2021 referendum, and we will receive an estimated $77 million over the next five years to fund infrastructure projects,” Johns Creek Communications Director Bob Mullen said. “In the next three to six months, we will start construction on Barnwell Road at Holcomb Bridge Road, Bell Road bridge replacement over the Chattahoochee tributary and a sidewalk on Rivermont Parkway.” The City of Milton is hoping to make similar improvements with federal money. “We are awaiting details on funding and the kinds of opportunities we can pursue through this legislation,” Milton Public Works Director Sara Leaders said. “The city is working to implement projects through local capital funding and the Fulton County Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales
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Vickye: Continued from Page 1 Monger said the cookout was a fun way to get the school together. But, perhaps what she is most well-known for, are the famous cinnamon rolls she used to make from scratch. Although it was a standardized school recipe, everyone seemed to love them, especially their size. Due to revised nutritional guidelines, the school had to stop making them, and Monger said she doesn’t remember the recipe, but those who were lucky enough to taste them continue to ask her to bake them at least one more time. Monger said she is retiring because her lupus symptoms have gotten more intense over time, and she can no longer keep up with the demands of the job. Lupus is a long-term autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of the body. Monger never let it affect her job, except that now she said she would like some time to herself. Her strong work ethic, she said, comes from her mom and being familyoriented, which she passed on to her own kids. Growing up, she said she told them that if they took a job, they had
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Alpharetta Elementary School Cafeteria Manager Vickye Monger takes a series of posters from her students expressing their appreciation for her. Monger is retiring after 30 years with the school. to make sure they did it the best they could. Monger said she never missed a day from work, despite her days often lasting from around 4:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monger said the piece of advice she would share with her students as they went through the lunch line was to
“always go forward, reach your goals and never stop.” Upon retiring, she said plans to sleep in for the first couple of weeks. Then, she is looking forward to enjoying her five grandkids who range in age from 5 to 18 years old.
Cafeteria Manager Vickye Monger meets with students Dec. 15 during her afterschool retirement party. Monger said she hopes she is remembered for always caring about her students and for being a fun-loving person who was just trying to improve some part of their day. “That’s it,” Monger said. “And just being Miss Vickye.”
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Local businesses bear brunt of government regulation By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com METRO ATLANTA, Ga. — A slew of new local government regulations has slowed the boom of smoke and vape shops in Metro Atlanta. Citing public distaste and public health concerns, jurisdictions have implemented an array of measures to limit smoke and vape businesses within their boundaries. Local businesses have had to bear the brunt of regulations, slimming their profit margins. Heads Off Smoke Shop has been part of the Forsyth County community for nearly 10 years, but productspecific licenses, permits and regulations have been progressively hurting the small business’ bottom line, owner Abhi Bhardwaj said. While the process of acquiring these permits hasn’t been difficult, Bhardwaj said, “It is expensive because we have to get these licenses every year.” Forsyth County has specific business permits for vapor/e-cigarette businesses as well as those attempting to sell “non-traditional tobacco paraphernalia” which includes items like bongs. Non-traditional tobacco paraphernalia permits can range in costs based on the type of devices sold, but they can cost a minimum of $2,000 to a maximum of $3,000, not including application fees. In addition to fees, Bhardwaj says the county has not been clear about regulation and has kept the wording of ordinances intentionally vague. “It’s just how the laws are worded that leaves them open to their own interpretation which sort of makes it harder for us,” Bhardwaj said. The non-traditional tobacco paraphernalia permit is especially unclear, he said. “That one is entirely dependent on how they feel… I don’t know how many they’re giving out or if it’s just them trying to make money and stuff — which is fine — but we don’t get a whole lot of information about it,” Bhardwaj said. The County Commission banned the sale of products “that mimic the effects of marijuana and drugs” in an ordinance passed in February 2019.
Xhale City located along Medlock Bridge Road is one of 10 smoke and vape shops in Johns Creek. While the ordinance does not delineate specific products that are banned, Bhardwaj said that this summer delta-8 products were folded into the ordinance, which has further impacted his business. “By the time they banned delta-8 it had become from about a third to 40% of our business,” Bhardwaj said. “We’re still doing well, but we are missing out on a lot of business. We’re having to send people over to Dawson, Alpharetta, Johns Creek… I think it’s at least 10 customers a day that we’re redirecting.” Since this summer, Alpha Smoke in Alpharetta has seen an increase in customers seeking out delta-8, manager Gary Annast said. Alpharetta also has regulations in place to limit smoke/vape businesses within its borders, however the city primarily uses the zoning code, not permits like
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Forsyth. While Annast said Alpha Smoke hasn’t had much red tape to cut through, personally, municipal restrictions have impacted his entrepreneurial ambitions. Annast is looking to open his own smoke/vape shop and said zoning restrictions have caused him to look outside of Alpharetta to start his business. Up to this point, neighboring Johns Creek has had minimal limitations on smoke/vape businesses within its boundaries and now hosts 10 such shops in the city. However, city staff are working to update the city’s zoning code to limit an influx in new smoke/vape businesses before the end of February. Existing businesses will likely be grandfathered into the code, but proposed updates could curtail new development in the city.
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Lovastatin and Cholesterol for Disseminated Superficial Actinic Porokeratosis (DSAP): Volcanos and Dinosaurs Brought to you by – Dr. Brent Taylor, Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta If the first portion of this title does not grab you immediately, then you are not alone! Three out of five respondents polled for this article voted the first title “boring” (those respondents being my eight-year-old, six-year-old and threeyear-old). My wife’s vote was nicer with an encouraging “needs improvement.” My vote of “Riveting!” was deemed biased by the judges. If you like the second portion more, “Volcanoes and Dinosaurs,” then you like the title that my sons suggested and that, incidentally, has nothing to do with this article other than dinosaurs, like skin diseases and their medicines, often have long names that are hard to pronounce. But 2% lovastatin & cholesterol for disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis is an exciting topic. Allow me to explain: One of the most enjoyable aspects of dermatology is that most patients present with conditions that can often be either cured or treated very effectively. When a patient presents with a skin cancer, I can often cure it with a greater than 99% cure rate through a procedure called Mohs surgery, which involves removing a cancer in stages or layers and checking the edges under the microscope until the cancer has been completely removed. When a patient presents to clinic with dermatitis or eczema, we have a whole armamentarium of medicines including topical steroids, tacrolimus, crisaborole, dupilumab and other medicines. And when a patient
presents with leg pain or swelling due to vein disease, our clinic is proud to offer minimally invasive techniques such as endovenous laser ablation and foam sclerotherapy as well as phlebectomy and external laser treatments with great success. Our tremendous power to treat skin disease has not always been the case. Take, for example, psoriasis. Historically, psoriasis was a terrible disease that could even be a death sentence. Without effective treatments, psoriasis patients frequently were hospitalized. Whole wards in hospitals were dedicated to treating patients with severe psoriasis. When psoriasis overtook a large portion of someone’s skin surface, the skin could cease to function and patients could develop “erythroderma,” in which the skin turned red, body heat and moisture was lost, and patients sometimes died of heat and water loss. Modern psoriasis treatments have essentially shut down hospitals’ psoriasis wards, and now prescriptions for medicine such as Humira® that you see advertised on television have become the miracle cures we so desperately needed. An exception to our success in dermatology has been a condition called DSAP – disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis. In this disease, an individual develops small growths on the skin that slowly become larger. These growths often have a slightly rough or scaly ring-like edge. They rarely ever become cancer or cause easily quantifiable harm, but people who develop these lesions often develop dozens of thin round
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Getting ready for the new year! Brought to you by- Jay Looft, Medicare Insurance Broker, SeniorSource Medicare Solutions With the Medicare Annual Election Period behind us, you have already chosen to either stay on your current plan and allow it to auto-renew or are about to embark on a new chosen plan. Either way, we want to offer up a few recommendations before the 2022 plan year arrives! Get a New Insurance ID Card: Every November or early December, you should receive a new plan ID card. It is important that you have the most up-to-date ID card for the upcoming year. Why, you ask? Doctor copay dollar amounts (Primary Care and Specialist) are listed on your Insurance ID card, if you have a Medicare Advantage Plan. For many
Premier: Continued from Page 10 growths that can nearly cover the legs or arms and can itch, cause irritation and become inflamed. DSAP lesions have had no satisfactory treatment for years. The attending physicians who trained me tried lasers, topical chemotherapy agents, acids, anti-inflammatories and a host of compounded medications all with little result. Liquid nitrogen to select lesions was often the default and relatively unsatisfying therapy of choice. Recently, Dr. Lihi Atzmony of Yale University and her colleagues identified a new therapy that they report was able to improve DSAP lesions. In many cases, DSAP appears to arise when mutations in genes involved in cholesterol metabolism cause a deficiency of cholesterol production in the skin and a build-up of toxic precursors or byproducts. In the famous “I Love Lucy” candy factory skit, Lucy is not fast enough to wrap all the candy coming down the conveyor belt and unwrapped candy builds up. Similarly, a defective cholesterol pathway is not able to produce a finished cholesterol product (the wrapped candy in this analogy), and the unfinished precursors of cholesterol build up (the unwrapped
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2022 Medicare Advantage plans, these flat-dollar copays have lowered. I’ve seen too often where Medicare Advantage clients hold onto their previous year’s ID cards and end up paying too much when showing older ID cards to the front desk at a doctor’s office. Save more money by having the most up-to-date ID card! If you need help getting a new ID card for your plan, I recommend either calling your insurance carrier or contacting us for help. We can easily get a new ID card ordered for you. Don’t Be Surprised With Deductibles: Every January, I receive at least a few phone calls asking, “Why are my brand-name prescription drugs so expensive?!” Whether you are on a Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plan or Medicare candies). Lovastatin is a medicine that decreases cholesterol production. Dr. Atzmony’s 2% lovastatin / 2% cholesterol cream effectively slows down the candy belt using lovastatin and supplies the wrapped candy by delivering alreadywrapped cholesterol. A combination 2% lovastatin, 2% cholesterol ointment is currently offlabel, not FDA approved, and new, but it is scientifically based with Dr. Aztmony reporting promising early results. This ointment offers one of the first rays of hope for a condition that has defied attempts at treatment. With luck, we may add DSAP to the long list of skin diseases that we can effectively control. We live in a great era for medicine. Exciting and effective treatments increase in number every day. And the number of dinosaurs we contend with appears to be at an all time low. If you or a loved one has a skin or vein issue, consider Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta. Dr. Brent Taylor and Kathryn Filipek, PA-C are delighted to help you achieve your skin health goals. Dr. Taylor is a Harvard-graduate, a board-certified dermatologist and vein care expert, and fellowship-trained Mohs surgeon. Kathryn Filipek has greater than 15 years of dermatology experience with expertise in medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology.
Advantage Plan, many insurance companies will require you to pay up to the first $480 (for 2022) of your brand-name drug cost. This is your annual deductible on prescriptions. Remember, this is usually only for higher-cost prescription drugs (brandname medicines) and is a one-time per year dollar amount. It accounts for all your brand-name medicines and is not a per-prescription deductible. This information above gives you
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It’s your time! Brought to you by: Addington Place of Alpharetta & Addington Place of Roswell At any stage of life, you should feel safe, valued, supported, and maybe most importantly… you should feel eager for another day. We understand the transition into senior living can be challenging and, usually, those challenges are accompanied with a multitude of questions. This is where we come in. At Addington Place in Alpharetta and Roswell, we know you want to rely on yourself, but with aging or health changes, sometimes routine tasks become nuisances which leads to becoming fixated on what you can’t do instead of what you can do. This is why our Assisted Living, Personal Care and Memory Care options at Addington Place are designed and tailored in personal ways which bolster your independence, dignity and individuality. You deserve the opportunity to live your life in pursuit of happiness. We’ll take care of the rest. We’ll join forces with you, your family members, and your physicians to determine exactly how you need extra assistance. Then, our trained healthcare professionals will unleash their kind and
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63-year-old natural bodybuilder eyes Mr. Olympia title By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — In the 1970s when Terrell Harmon was 15 years old living in Harlem, New York, he participated in a medical study to determine the cause of his asthma attacks. At 5 feet 11 inches and 115 pounds, he sat reading muscle magazines, waiting for the doctors to call his name. Later, he said to himself, “I could be like that.” Harmon accomplished his goal in 1985 after winning Mr. Florida. He was featured in “Muscular Development,” a magazine he read as a child. Since then, he’s participated in numerous other shows. At 63 years old, he was named a Masterclass Over 50 and Overall Masters winner in the Ben Weider Natural Pro/Am show in Alexandria, Virginia, last month. He also placed fourth in the open light heavyweight division. The win earned him an International Federation of BodyBuilders pro card that allows him to compete in an IFBB show and qualify for the 2022 Olympia – the biggest bodybuilding show in the world, held annually in Las Vegas. Harmon said earning a pro card alone was a difficult feat. At the Ben Weider Natural Pro/Am show, geared toward natural athletes from all over the world, Harmon was the oldest competitor and stood side by side men 30 years his junior, and still placed higher than many of them. But, he said, he truly has his work cut out for him as he tries to compete in the Olympia as a natural athlete. He said it’s going to take “hope and a prayer.” “The one thing about bodybuilding
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Harmon has been living in Milton with his wife of nearly 28 years, Stacey, since 2012, but his passion for bodybuilding started when he was still living in New York. As a teenager, he remembers carrying a 110-pound weight set in the subway with his buddy from Lower Manhattan to Harlem so they could get “bigger and stronger” for football. Later, while attending the University of South Carolina, he helped create the Carolina Bodybuilding Club, which is still active today. Harmon went on to work at State Farm for 36 years, 22 of them spent on the catastrophe team. He retired in 2018. Despite a 25-year hiatus from competing, Harmon was able to maintain his fitness. He said he would often work out at 5 a.m., then during lunchtime and again after work. “I look at things like this,” Harmon said. “You have 24 hours in a day, and I said if I was able to work 12 hours for somebody else, I can definitely spare a couple of hours for myself. … I had to make that personal investment for myself. I said what good is it for me to work for 36 years, retire and then die the next year?” Harmon jumped back into bodybuilding upon retiring, and when the gyms closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he began to expand his home gym. He didn’t work out at a formal gym for an entire year. Instead, he used the time to earn his certification to become a personal trainer at Emery Fit in Milton, where he purposely works with elderly clients to help them reach their goals.
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Verizon: Continued from Page 4 man Pepper Hamilton Sanders said the proposed facility would have the same primary function as the one in Alpharetta but with less staff – 20 to 25 at full build-out. The expansion into Roswell, he said, was necessary to meet the growing demand in the area for wireless service. He added that data usage has been growing by nearly 40% annually. Addressing potential noise and other concerns, Kirk said the site plan includes four retaining walls, 50 parking spaces, security fencing and additional screening walls located around the generators at the facility. He said the generators are designed to operate at reduced noise levels and will be housed in acoustic enclosures to further dampen the noise, which the facility in Alpharetta does not have. “We certainly understand those concerns,” Kirk said. “But it’s important to look at the data, and it’s also important, I think, to consider the steps that Verizon has already committed to taking without any orders from the city and we will take if this project moves forward.” Kirk said the generators at the Alpharetta facility are tested for one hour once a week on a staggered basis, and that rather than testing them in the morning, starting Dec. 16, they would be tested mid-day. The only time they would operate continuously, he said, would be if there was “some catastrophic loss of power” during an emergency. But residents held firm to their opposition. “It makes absolutely no sense to have a data center right in the middle of a peaceful residential area,” Justin Reynolds said. Erica Nimmons, a resident of Kensington Square Subdivision, said the new facility would impact their quality of life and encouraged Verizon to look for another property in Roswell to expand. “When we moved there, we didn’t move there to have a facility of Verizon there,” Nimmons said. “I already hear the loudness of the generator and [central processing units] from their air conditioner. … This may be a grand idea, it may be a good generation of income or tax base for the City of Roswell, but it’s not a good idea for the Kensington Square Subdivision to have that facility directly behind our houses.” Jay Dill with Verizon said they want the two facilities close by to improve connectivity and other service offerings for customers. “Every mile that we move away from the existing Alpharetta site shows a degradation of performance in that service offering,” Dill said. “That’s the hope in being able to allocate this on the property that we already own.” Councilwoman Christine Hall said she was disappointed Verizon had not present-
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ed a more robust sound plan for pods 1 and 3, considering that they would be built on the same property and would likely add to the noise from Pod 2. “My other disappointment is the acknowledgment that you know that the Alpharetta property is loud by your own sound engineer, and you haven’t addressed that until this point,” she said. This was not the first time Roswell residents pushed back on a developer’s proposal. At a Nov. 29 City Council meeting, Alabama-based developer Grovont Partners exhausted all its options to build a 275,000-square-foot luxury senior living facility on Arnold Mill Road after it also failed to garner support from nearby residents. Its application was denied by default for lack of a second motion. The next City Council meeting is slated for 7 p.m. Jan. 10 at City Hall.
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Turnover time on the Chattahoochee Things have been busy hereabouts lately, and as a result, I have been suffering greatly in the fishing department. There just hasn’t been time to get out on the water. That is bad for my disposiSTEVE HUDSON tion and possibly Get Outside Georgia, aa4bw@comcast.net impacts my hairline too, a heavy-duty one-two punch. Clearly, something had to be done. While I was thinking about what to do, my buddy Scott called me up and said, “Let’s go fishing!” That was all the arm-twisting I needed, for I’m one of those strange people who likes to fish for trout during the colder months of the year. A few hours later we were on our way to the storied trout waters of the Chattahoochee River. To be more precise, we were on our way to fish the river below Buford Dam. Our destination was the “upper tailwater.” “Tailwater” means that it’s a portion of the river located below a dam, while the “upper” designator means that said dam is close by. Yeah, really close. In fact, from where we were going to fish, the dam itself was an imposing presence located just a little ways upstream. Fishing the tailwater below Buford Dam is not for the careless or the lackadaisical. The problem is that if the dam releases water, the river comes up in a hurry. It’ll rise several feet in just minutes as zillions of gallons of icy water start making their way to the Gulf of Mexico. It’ll get you if you don’t watch out, and being gotten by a water release is a bad thing. Yes, you’ve got to be careful on any tailwater. But we had done our homework, and we felt confident that on that day we wouldn’t be washed away.
Once we arrived, we put on all the wading gear (including the mandatory life preservers, required by law on this part of the river), rigged up the rods, and made our way to the water. But then… “What’s that smell?” Scott asked. The aroma my friend referred to was sharp, biting, and faintly metallic. It was the aroma of “turnover.” You too may have noticed the astringent aromatics below the dam these last few weeks. What’s the cause? Well, I’m glad you asked – but get ready for a little bit of chemistry. The smell below the dam right now, as well as the slightly off-putting pea-green hue to the water, stem from something called “turnover.” It happens once a year in the lake above the dam. To understand turnover, you must turn the calendar back to the warm months of last summer when the lake stratifies (that is, it forms layers) based on water temperature. At the surface, there’s the epilimnion, a highly oxygenated zone 15 to 30 feet thick. Below that is the “metalimnion” (most just call it the thermocline), a 20- to 30-footthick zone where temperature drops quickly – as much as 2 degrees per foot of depth. And below that? Below about 60 feet there’s the hypolimnion, a zone of very cold water with very little dissolved oxygen. Now here comes the chemistry. Where there’s little oxygen in the water, as is the case in lowest layer (the hypolimnion), metals and sulfides (found in bottom sediments) tend to dissolve. But if more oxygen is present, those same dissolved metals tend to form compounds that precipitate out and eventually settle to the bottom. In a nutshell, then, that’s the summertime situation. You’ve got a layer of highly oxygenated water floating on top of a zone of cold, oxygen-poor water – and deep down below it, a cold, oxygenpoor zone holds a lot of dissolved metals
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and sulfides. But then warm months give way to colder ones. The surface layers cool, and the cooler water (being more dense) starts to sink and the water layers “turn over.” Technically speaking, that’s the “turnover” that you hear so much about. Historically, it seems to happen in the weeks around Christmas. Turnover is important precisely because it (aided by the stirring effects of seasonal winds) causes the layers to mix. The eventual result is a single mass of unstratified water with dissolved oxygen present throughout the entire water mass. In the presence of that oxygen, those previously dissolved metals now form compounds that begin to precipitate out. The precipitates cloud the water for a while, giving the river that vaguely pea-green color (and that faint but distinct metallic odor) that you encounter below the dam right now. But not to worry. The green haze (and the odor too) won’t last forever. Remember that the color comes from precipitates, and those precipitates are settling out even as we speak. Once they settle out, the lake’s water will clear up on its own. Meanwhile, in the river itself, the precipitates that have passed through
the dam soon settle out too. The result is that even in the midst of turnover, the water clears noticeably as you move downstream. Pretty soon, the upper part of the tailwater will be back to its more familiar clear-and-odorless state. The fishing will improve, and the river will once again be a more pleasant place to be. Turnover? No worries. It’s just a temporary thing. And that’s good news for crazy people like me who like to fish in freezing cold rivers in the middle of winter!
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