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ATLANTA — Roswell Fire Department Chaplain Dorie Griggs has long been recognized for her work in the community, but on March 25, she added one more accolade to her list. Griggs was one of 15 women named to the Academy of Women Leaders at the 37th annual Tribute to Achievement gala. The event was hosted by LiveSafe Resources, a service organization that fights domestic violence, sexual abuse and elder abuse. This year’s gala took place at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel and Convention Center and focused on children impacted by domestic violence. Griggs was recognized for exemplifying the qualities of leadership, achievement, dedication and generosity. The night culminated with Cobb County Manager Dr. Jackie McMorris being named the 2022 LiveSafe Resources Woman of the Year. The award is given out to one individual each year for their distinct leadership style as well as their expertise in balancing business, community and family. Kylee Elliott, supporting survivors of murder-suicide project coordinator at the Georgia Commission for Family Violence, was also presented the Pat Head Dignity Award for “doing the right thing” for victims. Griggs told the Herald she was honored to have been recognized at the gala among so many women “who are all very accomplished.”
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Roswell Fire Department Chaplain Dorie Griggs is honored at the 37th Annual Tribute to Achievement gala at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel and Convention Center on March 25. The event was hosted by LiveSafe Resources – a service organization whose mission is to fight domestic violence, sexual abuse and elder abuse. After a career in various fields, including public relations, marketing and hospitality, Griggs earned her Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur in 2002. During her final year at Columbia, she developed a model of chaplaincy for journalists who cover traumatic events. In 2014, she was named a Pioneer in Ministry Award recipient by Columbia Theological Seminary in appreciation for
her ministry of presence with journalists and her support of parents of Citadel cadets at the Military College of South Carolina. Griggs then completed a year in 2015 as a chaplain resident through the clinical pastoral education program at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where she received recognition for her work in
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ATLANTA — Fulton County Schools experienced a “COVID bounce” in enrollment this school year as students gradually returned to classrooms after months of virtual learning, homeschooling or private school education. The slight uptick won’t bring numbers back to pre-pandemic levels or slow a decade-long drop in enrollment, according to district officials. “Last school year we saw a substantial decline of more than 3,500 students due to challenges faced [in 2020] during the onset of COVID-19,” said Yngrid Huff, executive director of operational planning. “While some regions are seeing a bounce back of enrollment, population lulls continue this year, especially at the primary grade levels.” This year the district enrolled a
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Online kitten purchase takes woman for $2,000 ROSWELL, Ga. –– A Roswell woman notified police March 20 that she had been swindled out of more than $2,000 in an online scam. The woman said she had agreed to purchase a kitten for $400 from a website listed on Craigslist. The seller then asked her to pay another $1,000 for shipping insurance through Apple Pay, splitting the money into two payments she was to send to two different phone numbers. The victim then received an email that she needed to pay another $950 for a shot the animal needed to enter the state of Georgia. On March 20, she received another email requesting more money to get the kitten or the seller would seek legal action. She contacted police and still has not
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Homeowner struck twice by attempted burglaries ROSWELL, Ga. –– A Roswell man filed a report March 21 of an attempted burglary at his residence on Roswell Landing Drive. The homeowner stated that someone had attempted to kick in his and his neighbors’ front door March 19. Neither homeowner called police at the time because they could not find anyone trespassing or anything missing from either property. The victim called police two days later when he heard someone kicking his door again. The glass pane of his door was shattered, but he found no signs of anything missing. The homeowner said he went outside and saw a young male, who stated he was a fifth grader and said he was waiting to meet up with his friends, but none lived in the neighborhood.
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reported his iPad stolen from his vehicle March 20 on Wexford Overlook Drive. The victim stated his iPad, valued at approximately $900, had been taken from his passenger seat. The victim said he couldn’t pinpoint the exact time of the theft. He said he had left his vehicle unlocked and parked on Wexford Overlook Drive while he was at the tennis courts with friends. Then later that day, he was in the Decatur and east Atlanta area visiting with friends. Nothing else was reported stolen.
Thief takes PlayStation from woman’s home ROSWELL, Ga. –– A Roswell woman reported someone broke into her home on Forrest Walk March 20, entering through a ground floor window. The victim stated her home had been entered through a bedroom window that overlooks the pool and the suspect exited through the front door, which she found unlocked. She said a PlayStation 5 had been stolen, valued at $900. There were no security cameras or any sign of unauthorized entry.
Police fire officer linked to news leak By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — A Dunwoody Police Department officer was fired March 23 after leaking news of a former sergeant’s January arrest for DUI to the media. Ofc. Brian Bolden was placed on administrative leave for “public criticism” of the department Feb. 2 after he told media reporters that former Dunwoody Sgt. Robert Parsons was arrested for DUI Jan. 26. Parsons resigned the day after the arrest. Dunwoody Police Chief Billy Grogan asked the Sandy Springs Police Department to handle the investigation into
Bolden’s conduct. The process culminated in a formal hearing between Bolden and Grogan on March 22. Bolden said during the hearing that he had not done anything wrong. He was fired the next day. Bolden’s termination letter alleges that he misused his position to obtain Parsons’ booking photo from the DeKalb County Jail without going through proper channels. But Bolden disputed that claim when questioned by the Sandy Springs Police Department. The Dunwoody Police administration used that denial to cite Bolden for violating the Dunwoody
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Alpharetta hears update on MARTA expansion By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Those looking for expanded public transit options in Alpharetta will likely get their wish, though it’s going to take a while. Local officials received an update on MARTA’s Alpharetta bus service expansion at the City Council’s March 28 meeting. MARTA executives talked through plans to build four new bus transit stations along new express lanes of Ga. 400. The stations will be located along Ga. 400 near Holcomb Bridge Road, North Point Mall, Old Milton Parkway and Windward Parkway. The Georgia Department of Transportation is heading the express lane project, but there have been delays. The department is not expected to choose
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Longtime resident Larry Attig holds a proclamation from the city honoring his support of Alpharetta. The City Council presented the proclamation at the opening of its March 28 meeting.
Roswell sells K9 officer By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com
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Georgia State Sen. John Albers hugs Jennifer Leeds Ruff during a ceremony March 28 at City Hall to honor her late husband, Roswell Police Lt. Joel Ruff.
Elected officials honor Lt. Joel Ruff By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Mayor Kurt Wilson presented Roswell police Lt. Joel Ruff’s family with a proclamation at the March 28 City Council meeting honoring him and his 20 years of service to the city. Ruff, 43, died of a medical emergency while on duty Feb. 3. His most recent assignment had been serving as a watch commander for one of the Roswell Police Department’s nightshift patrol squads. State Rep. Mary Robichaux and State Sen. John Albers also presented Ruff’s family with resolutions
from both the Georgia House of Representative and Georgia Senate. Albers said he personally knew Ruff and thanked his family for sharing him with the community. “This is a very difficult time, but I want each one of you to know that Joel is still with us,” Albers said. “… He’s inside everyone who serves in the Roswell Police Department, every constituent who he helped over his many, many years. … And I want you to know that we use the phrase ‘the finest’ when it comes to those who serve as a police officer, and nobody demonstrated the word finest better than Joel did.”
ROSWELL, Ga. — K-9 Alf is leaving the Roswell Police Department and joining the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. After approximately three years with the department, the Roswell City Council voted unanimously March 28 to sell K-9 Alf, an explosive ordinance detection canine, and all his associated equipment to the sheriff’s office for $8,000. Roswell Police Chief James Conroy said at a March 15 Public Safety and Public Works Committee Meeting that after K-9 Alf’s handler, John Hix, announced he was leaving the Roswell Police Department, the sheriff’s office approached them about purchasing the 5-year-old German Shepard. “This is an opportunity for both departments,” Conroy said. “They’ll get a fully trained canine, and we will get funding that will go towards the purchase of a new [explosive ordinance detection] canine [that] … is also used for our Community Relations Unit.” Hix joined the Roswell Police Department in 2014 and worked various assignments, including uniform patrol and the traffic enforcement unit as a hit-and-run investigator. He also worked as a field training officer and a SWAT negotiator. In 2019, Hix was partnered with K-9 Alf to sniff out explosives. He was
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ATLANTA — With the passing of “Crossover Day,” the roster of remaining legislation before the 2022 Georgia General Assembly is clear. Crossover Day, the 28th day of the legislative session on March 15, marked the deadline by which legislation can pass between the House and Senate. The bicameral body will adjourn on April 4, called Sine Die. One issue of shared support is H.B. 1013, called “The Mental Health Parity Act,” which would require healthcare plans to treat mental health and substance abuse disorder the same as a broken bone or heart attack. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Todd Jones (R-Cumming) and Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur). A Senate Health and Services subcommittee is reviewing the bill. “Not any one bill is going to fix everything, but in terms of taking a good first bite of the apple, this is an ambitious and laudable piece of legislation,” Sen. Michelle Au (D-Johns Creek) said at a March 20 town hall. The subcommittee is tasked to review the 77-page bill. The budget bill, signed by Gov. Brian Kemp March 16, received bipartisan support. The spending plan includes a $2,000 pay raise for teachers, $5,000 per year for state employees and will restore $380 million to K-12 education funding. Both parties also supported a temporary suspension of the gasoline tax, codified in H.B. 304. The tax – $0.29 on gasoline and $0.32 on diesel – will be suspended until May 31, 2022. With election primaries on the horizon, Republicans are mindful to deliver a bounty of red meat to their voting base, often with a direct nod to conservatives. One example is H.B. 1084 and its companion S.B. 377, which take up the issue of “diverse concepts” related to how race is presented in school curriculum. The House version identifies nine concepts and restricts their use. These measures are Republican efforts to address critical race theory, even though it is not taught at any Georgia K-12 public school. The curriculum is taught in Georgia law schools and in some university courses. The “Safe Communities Act,” S.B. 171, seeks to increase punishment for people who commit crimes during protests. As a fractured Republican Party con-
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tinues to litigate the 2020 elections amid unproven voter fraud claims, H.B. 1464 emerged. The bill cleared the House 9873. If adopted by the Senate, it would give the Georgia Bureau of Investigation original jurisdiction to investigate voter fraud along with subpoena power to expand investigations. County elections boards would be limited to receive election funds from the county, state of Georgia or the federal government. Any gifts from a person or nongovernmental organization would have to be approved by Georgia State Board of Elections. The General Assembly passed S.B. 202 last year as an election overhaul plan, after Democrats won two U.S. Senate races and scoring 16 electoral votes. The “Quality Basic Education Act,” S.B. 226, would address efforts to ban books deemed inappropriate for students. If passed, it would require local school boards to develop a complaint resolution process to resolve parent concerns. A principal or designee has seven days to investigate parental concerns and 10 to deliver any findings. The current version of the bill seeks to apply “prevailing standards in the adult community” as to what is harmful to minors. A similar measure, S.B. 613, was introduced on March 8 – well into the session – and did not advance from the Senate Education and Youth Committee. The “Georgia Constitutional Carry Act of 2021,” passed the Senate 3422 on Feb. 28 and was referred to the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee. The bill would eliminate the need for a concealed carry permit, which costs $75 and requires approval by county probate judges. An extended background check amendment was voted down.
Enrollment: Continued from Page 1 total of 90,415 students, up 39 students from the 2020-21 school year totals, but still well below the expected 92,000 students. Huff noted even though the increase was small, it did mark the district’s first increase in enrollment in five years. Next year Fulton County Schools expects to drop below 90,000 students – a threshold not seen since 2008. Huff pointed to a number of factors which contribute to declining enrollment, aside from pandemic disruptors. These include housing shortages which have elevated home values and prices, a declining birth rate coupled with an aging population, and increasing educational options outside public schools. Within the metro area, Fulton and Cherokee county school systems are the few districts with declining enrollment. Cobb, Dekalb, Forsyth, Gwinnet and Henry County school systems are expected to grow in the 2022-23 school year. Forsyth County Schools with its booming population will likely be the state’s fourth largest school district next year. Some of that growth is tied to Fulton County departures. Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney said housing affordability and availability play a significant role in where students attend school. “I had staff analyze [student movement], and it was somewhere around 150 students coming in from Forsyth and about 500 [leaving] for Forsyth…so I do think housing prices impact [enrollment],” Looney said during the March School Board meeting.
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More than half of the student population in the Fulton County Schools System attends school in the North Fulton region. This year 46,534 students were enrolled in the 47 schools within the region – a decrease of 230 students from
K9 Alf: Continued from Page 3 18 months old at the time. K-9 Alf is certified through the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. Conroy said once the police department hires a new handler and the sale of K-9 Alf is complete, they will purchase a new canine using the city’s Confiscated Assets Fund. Roswell police spokesman Tim Lupo said in a March 25 email the department currently has two canines who are assigned to the Special Investigations
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last year. Breaking down the numbers, elementary enrollment increased by 306 students, while middle and high schools decreased by 388 and 148 students, respectively. Huff said the “cohort” growth in the region is a positive sign. A cohort number is established in kindergarten and tracked through graduation. If 500 kids enroll in kindergarten, and 500 kids graduate that represents zero cohort growth. In recent years, the number of students graduating was far above the number coming into kindergarten. This is the root of the enrollment decline over the past decade in Fulton County Schools, explained Huff. “Last year cohort growth in the [North Fulton] region returned to positive, growing more than 1500 students… the most growth experienced in the last 10 years,” Huff said. “This signals a return of students who may have exited the school system last school year due to COVID-19.” This year the incoming 9th grade class was much larger than the number of exiting 8th graders, a sign that new families with older children are moving into the region. Huff noted there were 200 new home closings in North Fulton just in the third quarter of 2021 alone. The greatest impact to public school enrollment, especially in elementary grades, is private school attendance. Huff noted a recent private school report showed about 11,800 Fulton County students attend private school, nearly 6,300 of them residing in North Fulton. As this information is self-reported, the numbers could be even higher. While home-schooling increased considerably during the pandemic, Huff said those numbers are starting to turn around. “This year homeschooling has declined [below] pre-pandemic levels,” Huff said, noting in North Fulton home school enrollment decreased by 522. That was more than South Fulton and Sandy Springs numbers combined.
Section within the Criminal Investigations Division. In other business at the March 28 meeting, the City Council approved a resolution to allow the Roswell Police Department to apply for a Community Policing Microgrant of up to $15,000. The grant is from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Georgia. Conroy said if the department is awarded the grant, the funds will be used to develop an event that enhances the trust and legitimacy between youth and law enforcement. A match is not required for the microgrant.
Dunwoody: Continued from Page 2 department’s policy on truthfulness. The termination letter states Bolden did not violate the department’s policies on public criticism or confidentiality of department business. It also states Bolden did not violate city policy on breach of security or a Georgia law regarding making false statements to a government agency. Another former Dunwoody officer, Austin Handle, posted audio from Bolden’s hearing on his TikTok page. Handle was fired from the department two years ago and now serves as vice chair of the Lamplighter Project, a national organization that encourages law enforcement officers to speak out against police corruption or injustice. During the hearing with Grogan, Bolden asks in the recording how he misused his position. Another voice, which Handle identifies as Grogan, tells Bolden “this is not a question and answer session.” Bolden issued a statement through Handle. “If you listen to the audio, as it makes its rounds online, you will hear a scared police chief belittle me for doing nothing more than asking for clarifica-
tion on how I broke the departmental policies,” Bolden said in a statement. “With the current policy, there remains no chance for anyone to contest the findings of such an investigation, which clearly shows a ‘witch hunt’ orchestrated by Dunwoody’s Top Cop.” Dunwoody spokeswoman Jennifer Boettcher declined to comment on the firing, citing it as a personnel matter. Bolden was one of several officers who spoke out against high-level police officials during a 2020 investigation that involved close to 50 allegations of sexual harassment and unprofessional conduct. Bolden spoke specifically against former Lt. Fidel Espinoza, who Bolden accused of sexual harassment. Espinoza resigned before the 2020 probe concluded. Espinoza and the city have since faced lawsuits from two former officers accusing Espinoza of harassing them and accusing the city of ignoring the behavior. The city of Dunwoody has paid more than $400,000 for legal services to address personnel matters within the police department since 2020. Bolden’s attorney, Howard Evans, attributed the department’s issues to a failure in leadership. He said he and Bolden, who is Black, plan to file a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Secretary of State continues campaign in Johns Creek By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger carried his campaign message of sound electoral practices to the Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce at a March 22 breakfast meeting. Raffensperger, who is facing challenges in the May 24 primary, used the occasion to dispel rumors of electoral fraud in Georgia. The Country Club of the South in Johns Creek was the latest stop Raffensperger, a Johns Creek resident, has made on the campaign trail. Following a visit to Forsyth County at the beginning of March, the secretary of state has held talks in Dublin, Rockmart, Cordele, Newnan, Warner Robins and other cities. Raffensperger’s faces challenges from other Republicans, some accusing him of complicity in voter fraud during the 2020 general election, though claims of widespread voter fraud have been debunked. His recent campaign stops have strongly focused on combating these rumors and answering voters’ questions about the state’s election integrity. Raffensperger told the Johns Creek Chamber that he had asked the Legislature to introduce an amendment to the Georgia Constitution specifying that only American citizens can vote. He has called for the same amendment to be added to the U.S. Constitution. The constitutions state American citizens can vote but do not specifically restrict noncitizens from voting. The vast majority of states, including Georgia, do not allow noncitizens to vote. Around 15 municipalities across the U.S., including New York, allow noncitizens to vote in local elections only. Noncitizens cannot vote for state or federal offices anywhere in the U.S. Raffensperger said his office conducted a “citizenship check” on all 7.5 million registered voters in Georgia and identified about 1,600 he said could “potentially” be noncitizens. He said none of them have actually voted, but his office will investigate whether they are eligible to be on voter rolls. Raffensperger said there had been claims that more than 10,000 dead people, 66,000 underage people, 3,000 unregistered voters and 2,000 felons had voted. In truth, he said, there had been four ballots cast under a dead person’s name and 74 people had voted
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under a felony sentence. He said no minors or unregistered people had voted in 2020. Despite numerous investigations and lawsuits by allies of former President Donald Trump, Raffensperger said nobody ever found evidence of widespread fraud. He said Trump came up short because 28,000 Georgians who voted in the general election skipped voting for president. When an audience member asked Raffensperger for advice on how to bridge the gap between people with conflicting political beliefs, he said it came down to being kind to everyone. “People are basically good people,” Raffensperger said. “I think we can just get back about that and look for our common interest. It’s about freedom, it’s our family and it’s our faith. Just continue to be kind to people, and that’s what you’ve got to do.”
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Chic Evolution brings international art to Alpharetta By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In the heart of downtown Alpharetta, off Market Street, sits an unassuming, mostly unknown art gallery and store called Chic Evolution in Art. Surrounded by treat shops and trendy clothing stores, most passersby don’t give Chic a second look. Alpharetta isn’t known as a bustling community of art connoisseurs. Even so, the gallery displays the vibrant, passionate works of established and up-and-coming modern artists from around the world. Inside the small storefront sits Charlie Wilson, the gallery’s art director. He doesn’t try to play up the gallery’s popularity; he admits that foot traffic is low. But he said most who enter the gallery are buyers, and one sale can usually pay the gallery’s rent for the whole month. That stability doesn’t come cheap, of course. Pieces in the gallery cost up to tens of thousands of dollars, and even the lower-end pieces will run a customer $2,500. Despite Alpharetta’s limited visual art scene, Wilson said the city makes for a good gallery location. He said the gallery was formerly located amid the vibrant art community in Atlanta, but even then, customers would only buy one or two pieces in the city. “People have bigger houses here, more wall space,” Wilson said. “In Atlanta, people had apartments. They don’t have the space to hang a lot of art.” Chic’s Alpharetta location opened in 2019. The gallery also has locations in Milton and Fort Lauderdale, though the Milton gallery is by appointment-only. The gallery doesn’t just pick random
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Continued from Page 8 pieces of art to sell. Wilson said the gallery fosters long-term relationships with each of the artists whose work it sells, having their pieces shipped from places like France, Brazil and Quebec. Wilson said artists are willing to pay to ship their own art, a process that requires special care. He said shipping can sometimes cost artists up to $5,000. While the gallery does well for itself, Wilson said he’d love to see more art lovers in the community stop in and to see Chic’s variety of paintings and sculptures. More photos of Chic’s artwork, along with artist profiles, can be found on the gallery’s website chicevolutioninart.com.
Sculptures sit on display at Chic Evolution in Art in Alpharetta.
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Buice Road Blooms in Johns Creek By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Just seven months since his sunflower field raised spirits and money for the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, Wills LaCrosse is at it again — this time with tulips. LaCrosse’s field, just off Buice Road, is in full bloom with over 20,000 tulip bulbs in every color. On weekends, until the spring blooms sell out, passersby can buy a bouquet and wander the field. LaCrosse and volunteers from Autrey Mill will be on hand to help visitors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Visitors can pay for their flowers using cash or Venmo, LaCrosse said, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the preserve. In contrast to his sunflower endeavor, planting the tulips was a huge, messy ordeal. He and his sweetheart, Annette Winchester, planted the bulbs in the winter to bloom by spring. “The nasty part was that when we planted them in between Christmas and New Year’s Eve and unfortunately, it rained like crazy,” LaCrosse said. “We were planting in really swampy conditions, and it was miserable. … We ended up hand-planting 21,000 bulbs ourselves.” But months later, his and his sweetheart’s labor of love has come to full bloom. “Oh my goodness, they’re just gorgeous,” LaCrosse said. “It’s just beautiful, I go out there and take pictures of them every morning.” The pink bulbs have mostly bloomed for the season, LaCrosse said, but the deep purple tulips, “Color of Night,” are expected to be in full bloom this weekend, joining the red, yellow, white and exotic tulips already bringing color
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Wills LaCrosse and his partner of nearly 20 years Annette Winchester stand among their tulips March 26. The pair planted more than 20,000 bulbs between Christmas and New Years. to the field. “Everyone’s favorites seem to be the purple,” LaCrosse said. “The real bright red and the yellow ones are really good, but it’s just a wonderful thing. I mean, they just make you feel good.”
Thousands of tulips bloom in a field just off Buice Road in Johns Creek March 24. The bulbs were planted by local aspiring flower farmer and practicing engineer Wills LaCrosse. In August, LaCrosse had filled the same field with sunflowers.
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Autrey Mill Nature Preserve hosted the Johns Creek Wedding Expo March 26. Vendors were set up in the Summerour house and the pole barn for brides and grooms to peruse.
Expo touts Johns Creek as wedding destination By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Autrey Mill Nature Preserve bustled with brides, grooms and their wedding entourages March 26 for the Johns Creek Wedding Expo. The all-day event was a joint venture between the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the nature preserve and the city. Nearly 100 visitors wandered the Autrey Mill grounds for the third-ever expo to make preparations for their weddings. Scattered between the Summerour House and the Pole Barn, 18 metroAtlanta-based vendors were on hand to speak with guests and each other, CVB Executive Director Stacey Gross said. “Each [vendor] said the event was a success for them, not only in the brides they spoke to, but also the connections and networking done amongst vendors,” Gross said. The event also showcased Autrey Mill as a wedding venue, and Johns Creek as an ideal location for nuptial events, Gross said. “The staff and board of Autrey Mill jumped at the opportunity to showcase their beautiful park that many consider a ‘hidden gem’ in Johns Creek,” Gross said. “The passion the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve board and staff have for their park is infectious, and it carried over into the preparation for the wedding expo.” Four main areas of the park were highlighted for weddings and similar events, including the Summerour House, the Pole Barn, the outdoor amphitheater and the chapel.
“Each of these spaces allows for a couple to decorate as much or as little as they prefer and be surrounded by the beauty of the outdoors,” Gross said. Autrey Mill also allows brides and grooms to make use of the animals on site for their ceremonies, Gross said. One of the seven weddings Autrey Mill plans to host in the coming months will feature the preserve’s tortoise Pebbles as a ring bearer. In preparation for the expo, Autrey Mill board members, staff, volunteers and city parks staff worked with the CVB to contact vendors, create graphics for promotion and prepare the grounds to be showcased, Gross said. Bride-to-be Ashlyn Mahar and her mother drove from Canton for the expo after seeing an ad for the event online. Mahar said she hoped to use the expo as a fact-finding mission, learning about different vendors and what they had to offer. “So, I don’t know too much about weddings, I haven’t been to too many, so it’s kind of exciting to see different vendors and what everyone offers because everyone is a little bit different,” Mahar said. Vendors included Johns Creek’s Rosa Mia, Cumming-based J & J Jazzy Jewels, the Hyatt Place hotel, Anna Christine Bridal and Sittin’ Pretty Photobooth. While Gross didn’t want to predict the future, she considered the Saturday expo to be a “great success” and said she could see another Wedding Expo entered on the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau 2023 calendar.
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Milton joins National Opioid Settlement By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The Milton City Council signed a memorandum of understanding with the State of Georgia March 21 to join a $26 billion National Opioid Settlement with four major drug firms for their roles in creating and fueling the opioid epidemic. The first of the two settlement agreements are intended to resolve all the opioid litigation brought on by states and their local political subdivisions against the nation’s three largest pharmaceutical distributors – McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen – and opioid manufacturer and marketer Johnson & Johnson. The settlement requires the companies to provide substantial funding for opioid treatment and prevention and to implement significant industry changes that will help prevent a similar crisis from ever happening again. According to the Office of the Attorney General, Georgia and its local governments stand to receive approximately $636 million under the settlement, which will be distributed among state
and local governments over a series of years pursuant to a Memorandum of Agreement. Of that amount, Milton City Attorney Ken Jarrard said at the March 21 City Council meeting 75% will be put in a state-administered trust, and 25% will be allocated directly to local governments. While the final settlement amount remains contingent on the number of local governments that choose to opt in, Jarrard said the city’s portion “could be sizable,” ranging from several hundred thousand dollars to as much as seven figures. Jarrard said the city could use the funds on a number of prevention and mitigation efforts, including purchasing resources and offering additional training for first responders and faithbased communities interested in helping people who suffer from opioid use and disorders. “Let me just suggest to you, in this respect, that city management will be able to use this, I am very comfortable, in a way that is meaningful to the citizens and residents of Milton and in a way that affects what we don’t like to think of but certainly issues we have,
even in Milton,” Jarrard said. The next step is for Georgia to adopt a litigation bar by June, stating that no other governments may sue the four pharmaceutical distributors and manufacturer on their own, Jarrard said. City Councilman Paul Moore said he didn’t see a downside to Milton opting in. Moore said the money is there, and it could be used to address the devastation wreaked by the opioid crisis by funding programs to support fire, police and other emergency personnel. “I think this, as sad as the situation is, is an opportunity for us to capitalize on things that might not have otherwise been available to us,” Moore said. Milton police Lt. Andrew Noblett told the Milton Herald in an email March 24 the city has not been hit as hard by the opioid epidemic as other communities, but it’s still something the department deals with regularly. Noblett said all officers and public safety partners in Milton carry the lifesaving opiate-reversal drug Naloxone or Narcan because police officers are often the first to arrive on the scene of a medical call.
So far this year, Noblett said, Milton police officers have yet to administer the drug, but it was used in one case last year. He said officers participate in the Drug Enforcement Agency Prescription Drug Takeback every April and October and recently received a free drug collection unit from a program sponsored by CVS Pharmacy and The Partnership at Drugfree.org. The receptacle will be placed in the lobby for citizens to drop off unused and unwanted prescriptions as well as over-the-counter medications. The program offers citizens a way to dispose of items that may lead to opioid or other prescription drug use or substances that could contaminate water supplies without proper disposal. “This newly created program will be implemented at the Milton Police Department in the next few weeks,” Noblett said. “We realize that it’s often not the person who is prescribed the medication who may abuse it, but others who may have access to it. By providing a safe place for people to drop off their unused medications, we are taking steps toward reducing overdoses in our community and our nation as a whole.”
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Griggs: Continued from Page 1 the surgical intensive care unit with the DAISY Team Award. She now serves on the Professional Advisory Group for the Office of Chaplain Services at the AVAMC. Additionally, Griggs was among the first class of Roswell’s Community Emergency Response Team, which is made up of community volunteers who are integrated into emergency response efforts in the area. After completing the program, she said she was recruited by former Roswell Fire Lt. Chris Cooper to teach the Disaster Psychology Unit for CERT. In 2017, the chaplain position became open, and Griggs became the department’s first female chaplain. “Women chaplains aren’t unusual in hospital and other settings, but in the first-responder world, there aren’t many,” Griggs said. “… The important thing to know about chaplaincy that most people don’t realize is that it is not about forwarding a religion. It’s about being a listening, caring presence for people who are under extreme stress. We help people access their own sources of hope.” While Griggs responds to both fire and police calls as needed, she said she’s only been called four or five times this year. Still, she tries to stop by the Roswell Fire Department frequently. “As a chaplain, building relationships is a big part of what we do,” Griggs said. “You build relationships in a non-
emergency situation so that when there are emergencies, people already know who you are and you’re not just a stranger showing up.” When she’s not at the fire department, Griggs said she spends about 30 hours a week as a registry chaplain at Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta. There, she works with patients and their families as well as hospital staff who can use emotional and spiritual support in hard times. She started with the hospital in December 2020 amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. In the past, Griggs has also served as the communications manager for the nonprofit Faith and The City, written a self-care advice column for newspaper journalists for the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and served as a founding chair of the Military Ministry at Roswell Presbyterian Church. Through it all, Griggs said her passion is “just being present for people who are going through a major life change – whatever that might be.” “In the hospital,” Griggs said, “it’s usually medical-related like a terminal diagnosis or meeting with the families of patients who just died. In the fire department, … I’m there for the families of the deceased or the families that are impacted by a loss of property. Being that listening presence for someone who is going through a major life change is where God has called me to be.” Griggs and her husband, Stanley Leary, have lived in Roswell since 1997. Together, they have three adult children.
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a contractor for the new express lanes until August of 2023. MARTA Project Manager Marcus Arnold said despite the delays, MARTA staff is conducting analyses of the areas surrounding the proposed stations and tweaking designs. The state committed $100 million in funds toward the express lanes on Ga. 400, but the new bus stations are expected to cost anywhere from $200 million to $325 million to construct, and MARTA has not identified specific funding sources for the project. MARTA Senior Director for Government and Community Affairs Colleen Kiernan suggested a variety of funding sources, from federal and state grants to funding from the Atlanta Regional Commission. While she didn’t completely dismiss a sales tax as one avenue for funding, Kiernan said MARTA was looking to avoid it. City Council members were overall welcoming to the transit expansion. Some brought up concerns of extra noise in residential areas or how stations would affect the city’s look, but Arnold said MARTA would work with the city the whole way through. Mayor Jim Gilvin said that as MARTA service in the city stands, Alpharettans
pay about $16 million per year in taxes to the service, but they aren’t getting $16 million worth of transit in return. In other business at the March 28 meeting, the City Council unanimously approved a $67,500 contract with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects to study the city’s downtown district and develop a framework plan for future development of the Alpha Loop multiuse trail. The plan aims to connect the downtown area with Wills Park and the Alpha Loop along Devore Road. The council also authorized the condemnation of six more parcels for the $60 million McGinnis Ferry Road expansion project, which is being jointly funded by the cities of Alpharetta and Johns Creek, Forsyth County and the Georgia Department of Transportation. City Attorney Mike Stacy said the city is working to avoid condemnation and make friendly acquisitions of the properties, and that the authorizations were a safeguard to keep the project on track. He said Monday’s resolutions should be the last the city needs to pass. In recent months, the city has moved to acquire dozens of properties for the project. At the beginning of the meeting, the city council honored Larry Attig, a nearly 45-year resident of the city, an 8-year member of the Alpharetta Planning Commission, a founder of the Alpharetta Farmers Market and a founding member of the Downtown Alpharetta Business Association. The proclamation recognized Attig for his longtime support of
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It wasn’t too many years ago that Georgia had an actual trout season. It opened in March and closed at the end of October. That changed in 2015, however, when Georgia made trout fishing year-round. In other words, Georgia doesn’t STEVE HUDSON have a trout fishing season anymore. Get Outside Georgia, You can fish for trout all year long. aa4bw@comcast.net What Georgia does still have, however, is what you might call its trout stocking season – that is, the “season” when the hatchery trucks start rolling in earnest to make sure that there are plenty of trout for anglers to enjoy as the weather warms following winter’s chill. The good news is that stocking season starts right about now, so don’t be surprised if you see one of the Georgia DNR stocking trucks on the road – maybe heading for one of your favorite streams! This promises to be a great year for trout stocking, too, thanks to the long-standing partnership between the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resource Division (WRD) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “The renovation of the Lake Burton Trout Hatchery is complete, so we have all four trout hatcheries – three Georgia DNR and one USFWS operated – that are online and growing trout,” notes Wildlife Resources Division Trout Stocking Coordinator John Lee Thomson. “With
all four hatcheries in production, we have plenty of room for trout to grow, enabling us to stock some larger fish this spring.” Thomson adds that stocking began the week of March 21. “All waterbodies scheduled to be stocked will have received trout by the end of the month,” he adds, and stocking will continue through spring, summer and fall as water temperatures permit. If you’re thinking about enjoying a trout fishing trip sometime soon, which streams might be good bets? Georgia WRD notes several in particular, including Rock Creek in Fannin County and Dicks Creek in Lumpkin County on the Chestatee Wildlife Management Area. Additionally, Holly Creek in Murray County, Johns Creek in Floyd County and the Tallulah River in Rabun County should also be worth considering. There are plenty more, too – enough for years of memorable outings for you and your family too. What sort of baits or lures will work? Well, it’s hard to go wrong with the old standby – a live worm drifted through a likely-looking section of deeper water. Powerbait-type baits and various types of egg baits work well, too, and crickets will become more and more effective as the weather continues to warm. Such natural baits are okay to use on most trout waters in the state, but check the regulations to be sure that’s the case on the stream you plan to fish. Another good bet is an in-line spinner such as a
Roostertail or a Mepps Spinner. These flashy minnow imitations have fooled untold numbers of trout, and they’re easy to fish too – just cast ’em out and reel ’em in! Try them near the head or tail of a nice-looking pool, and you may be surprised at what happens! Remember that on most of the state’s trout waters, the daily limit is eight trout. Some streams do have special regulations, however, so (again) always check current fishing regulations to be sure. Also remember to respect private property and obtain permission before fishing on private property. If you’re unsure, check first. If you’d like to get the latest info on which streams are being stocked, you will want to sign up for the weekly trout stocking email from Georgia DNR. This email lets you know which streams have been stocked and gives you the date of the stocking truck’s visit to individual streams too. To get on the list to receive your own stocking report emails, go to georgiawildlife.com/Fishing/Trout and click on the “sign up for stocking updates” link. That’s all there is to it, and the info you receive will surely set the stage for some memorable trout fishing experiences this spring! Now – let me go check that latest report to see what’s been stocked in the last week or so. The weather looks promising, my waders are ready, and my rod’s all rigged up too. Be sure to say hello if you see me on the water!
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Amid quiet of Florida airport, shockwaves I am two hours early to pick up my sister Allyson, and her daughter, Stella. They are flying into Tallahassee and I am waiting in the airport. If you have never been in the Tallahassee airport, it is a different RAY APPEN world, a small, quiet, Publisher Emeritus stress-free, no-lineray@appenmediagroup.com insight airport. I see two people working at the TSA security checkpoint. Maybe three. There were no cars dropping off or picking up out front. No cops with whistles. No people walking fast. When Hartsfield-Jackson is one’s frame of reference, I guess many airports feel like – well, small, pretend. I mean, there is not even any noise here, just me sitting in the middle of the main floor, alone. I see more pilots walk by than passengers. I didn’t even have to worry about finding a seat with an open plug for my MacBook. I am the only person in the lobby. Did I mention that it is 2:30 in the
afternoon – a Saturday – in Florida’s capital Tallahassee’s International Airport? I guess frames of reference are everything, no? I worked on a column about Ukraine last week about an article I read by threetime Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Freidman, the New York Times’ former foreign bureau chief and probably the smartest guy out there in terms of understanding what is going on. His headline was “We Have Never Been Here Before.” He was referencing the breadth, intensity and scope of the media coverage of the Russian invasion: “Our world is not going to be the same again because this war has no historical parallel. It is a raw, 18th century-style land grab by a superpower – but in a 21st century globalized world. This is the first war that will be covered on Tik-Tok by super-empowered individuals armed only with smart phones, so acts of brutality will be documented and broadcast worldwide without any editors or filters. “On the first day of the war, we saw invading Russian tank units unexpectedly being exposed by Google Maps, because Google wanted to alert drivers that the
Russian armor was causing traffic jams.” Later in the column, he made the comment that we will be witnessing a “large-scale war (that) will be livestreamed, minute by minute, battle by battle, death by death, to the world.” He comments that in large part, the outcome of the war will be determined by the will of the rest of the world to stop Putin. And that “will,” he observes, is heavily influenced by public opinion. In making his point, he observes that musician, actress, Selena Gomez, for example, is but one of thousands of opinion “influencers” from all walks of life in today’s digital world, and that she has more followers on Instagram – over 298 million – than Russia has citizens. In today’s world, public opinion matters – a lot. It topples governments sometimes. His second point was that today, Putin has more unchecked power than any other Russian leader since Stalin and that China’s Xi Jinping has more unchecked power than any other Chinese leader since Mao. But, Friedman observes, in the time of Stalin and Mao, much of the geopolitical turmoil was generally confined to their
respective countries and also, that China was totally isolated back then. But it’s not that way today, he says, and that “from one end of the world to the other (we are) wired together with fewer and fewer buffers. So, any decisions made by Putin and Xi will directly or indirectly impact us all today.” This, Friedman states, is “our first real taste of how crazy and unstable this kind of wired world can get. It will not be our last.” “Frames of reference” was my original idea for this column. I got the idea as I was sitting in my comfortable home in Alpharetta while I listened to news about all the missiles raining down on apartment buildings, hospitals, and the civilian population in general in Ukraine and how naive I was to have thought that now in the 21st century that we would be living in a world that had left the barbarism we are now watching on our smart phones behind. If you Google “Friedman We Have Never Been Here Before” you can probably pull up his column. It covers a ton of ground and is well worth a read.
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Brion Ritchie Zaeh, of Roswell Georgia passed away March 21, 2022. He was born in in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 10, 1946. He graduated from Mariemont High School in 1964 where he was one of two people to letter in 4 varsity sports. He attended Transylvania University in Lexington, KY where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, and where he met and married his wife of 55 years, Kelly Lannum. After graduating in 1968, he began his career with IBM. He was drafted by the US Army in 1969 and honorably served overseas from 1969-1971. Upon his return, he rejoined IBM where he remained for his entire 32-year career. His quick wit and sharp intellect will be missed by many, including friends, neighbors and family.
Ritchie was preceded in death by his sister, Colley Bishop. He is survived by his wife, Kelly; his son, Brion Zaeh (Sarah); his daughter, Whitney Watts (Greg); his granddaughters, Katie Zaeh and Spencer Watts; his grandsons, Jonathan Zaeh, Marshall Zaeh, Cooper Watts and Fletcher Watts; his mother, Margery Hoffman, and his sister, Jana Ruxton. A visitation for Ritchie will be held Tuesday, March 29, 2022 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM at Roswell Funeral Home, 950 Mansell Road, Roswell, GA 30076, followed by a memorial service at 1:00 PM. The family will honor Ritchie in a private committal service following the service.
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Francis J. Coppinger, known to friends and family as “Frank,” passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 89 years old. He was born on April 2, 1932, in the Bronx, N.Y., to Mary Rose Coppinger (Garvey) and John William Coppinger, both from New York City. Frank was a graduate of St. Jerome School in the Bronx and St. Agnes High School in Manhattan. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the City College of New York in 1953 and did post-graduate work in civil engineering at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He resided in Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, New York, with his wife, Margaret T. “Peggy” Coppinger (Geoghegan), whom he met on the subway in 1952. They were married October 16, 1954, and were married for 62 years, until Peggy’s death in 2016. For the last four years of his life, he resided in Alpharetta, Georgia. He worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, first in the New York District and then in the North Atlantic Division, for nearly 40 years. While with the Army Corps, he was most proud of his disaster response work in and around Elmira, N.Y., after Hurricane Agnes; on flood-control projects such as the Gathright Dam near Covington, Virginia; on a water-retention project in the Sultanate of Oman; and on a pavement design for Ovda Air Base, near Eilat, Israel. He retired from the Corps in 1989 and became the director of engineering operations for the New York City Department of Sanitation; he retired from
that position in 1996. He had a lifelong love of the Boy Scouts of America. He achieved the rank of Star Scout as a child, and as an adult, he was a leader with Troop 125 of Richmondtown, Staten Island, for more than 30 years. He guided dozens of scouts to their Ad Altare Dei and Pope Pius XII emblems, both of which are awards granted to Roman Catholic scouts who complete a program exploring their faith. He also helped many scouts from other backgrounds earn similar awards in their own religious traditions. For his service to Scouting, he was awarded the Bronze Pelican Award in 1986 and the St. George Medal, which is awarded to individuals who have made significant and outstanding contributions to the spiritual development of Catholic youths through Scouting, in 1992. Frank is survived by three children— Anne Coppinger Paine of Avon Lake, Ohio (spouse David H. Paine); Christine C. Kowadla of Avondale Estates, Georgia (spouse Allan S. Kowadla); and Philip F. Coppinger of Worcester, Massachusetts (spouse Larissa E. Murphy)—and four grandchildren— Meaghan A. Maddox (spouse Benjamin W. Maddox) and Evan D. Paine, both of Avon Lake, Ohio; and Owen M. Coppinger and Aidan M. Coppinger, both of Worcester, Massachusetts. He was predeceased by his wife Margaret T. “Peggy” Coppinger and his daughter Maureen F. Coppinger. A memorial mass will take place on Sunday, April 2, 2022, at 10 :00 a.m. at Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 535 Rucker Rd., Alpharetta.
DEATH NOTICES Sylvia McCurley Brady, 79, of Alpharetta, passed away March 17, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
Francis John Coppinger, 89, of Alpharetta, passed away February 23, 2022. Arrangement by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory.
Eleanor Olsen Francine, 85, of Cumming, passed away March 3, 2022. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home.
Robert Lynch, Sr., 87, of Alpharetta, passed away March 21, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
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