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Pontoon Brewing pours all its focus on Sandy Springs

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com

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Pontoon Brewing at 8601 Dunwoody Place in Sandy Springs has announced it is reopening this week.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Pontoon Brewing is set to reopen its Sandy Springs taproom this week after two months of closure.

In a Dec. 31 Instagram post, the company said it would permanently close its Tucker location to focus on its original operation at 8601 Dunwoody Place in Sandy Springs

with more limited and selective distribution.

In October, Pontoon co-founders Sean O’Keefe and Marcus Powers announced the brewery was temporarily closing because of distribution troubles. “… Due to one of our main distribution partners not paying us for our product, we are faced with a dire situation and are forced to temporarily close our doors while we

find a new partner or buyer for the business,” O’Keefe and Powers said in a joint statement. “Our employees mean the world to us and it’s not fair to have them work for us while we are not certain we will be able to pay them.”

Both locations closed Oct. 28 with no definitive word on future plans.

Pontoon Brewing opened in 2018, marking Sandy Springs’ first brewery.

Jewish groups free staff to celebrate Christmas DUNWOODY, Ga. — While many Americans gather with their families on Christmas Day, some are not fortunate enough to have the holiday off from work.

While most community members haven’t the training to be a medical doctor or police officer, some are able to fill in for non-medical healthcare workers.

In the spirit of the season, members of B’nai B’rith International and the Jewish community replaced Christian

workers in hospitals, assistedliving facilities and nursing homes, allowing them to spend the day with their families.

On Christmas Day 2023, more than 200 members of the Metro Atlanta Jewish community volunteered at Historic Roswell Place; William Breman Jewish Home in Atlanta; Celebration Village Forsyth; Berman Commons in Dunwoody; Dunwoody Place in Atlanta; Somerby of Sandy Springs; and the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Decatur.

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From left, Ian Hurewitz, Harry Lutz, Sherri Adair and Rae Sirott volunteer at Dunwoody Place in Atlanta on Christmas Day. Over 200 members of the Jewish community in Metro Atlanta participated in the 2023 Pinch Hitter program.

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Officers arrest man at apartment complex DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police arrested a Dunwoody man Dec. 22 for obstruction after he refused to provide his name and birthday.

A Dunwoody officer said he was dispatched to Jefferson at the Perimeter Apartments on Ashford Dunwoody Road and met with a leasing manager.

The manager said she wanted a man criminally trespassed from the leasing office.

The officer’s narrative did not include the reason for the manager’s request.

As the officer was speaking with the manager, the man re-entered the office.

The officer said he notified the man that he was being criminally trespassed and asked for his name and birthdate.

The man said he did not have his identification and he would not provide the information.

The officer said he explained to the man “that it was nonsense for him to get arrested for not providing his name and date of birth.”

After speaking with his lawyer on the phone, the man still refused to provide the information.

Eventually, two officers placed the man in handcuffs.

The officer said the man was criminally trespassed from the leasing office and transported to DeKalb County Jail on an obstruction charge.

Police arrest two men for disorderly conduct DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police arrested two Dunwoody men Dec. 25 for disorderly conduct under the influence outside of the Chevron at 6900 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

Around 4 a.m. Christmas morning, an officer responded to a call about a group of suspicious males standing near a blue sedan outside of a closed liquor store.

When the officer arrived on scene, he approached three Hispanic males and asked them for identification.

The officer said he could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from all three men.

Because the men were allegedly irate and noncooperative, the responding officer said he placed the most aggressive suspect in handcuffs for his safety.

When the officer walked the man back to his patrol car, the other two suspects fled northbound on Winters Chapel Road.

Because of the first suspect’s aggressive behavior while handcuffed in the squad car, he was placed in a self-restraint system.

An additional officer located and identified a second suspect in an adjacent apartment complex.

Both men were charged with two counts of disorderly conduct and transported to DeKalb County Jail.

The third suspect was not located, officers said.

Father reports son for disorderly conduct DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police arrested a 41-year-old Lawrenceville man Dec. 27 for driving under the influence and disorderly conduct.

Dunwoody officers were dispatched to a residence on Adams Walk in reference to a disorderly person call.

Before officers arrived, the caller said the suspect, his son, had left in a gold sedan.

The responding officer said the caller’s son was not welcomed back at his father’s residence, after allegedly harassing him and his wife several times.

While one officer met with the caller at his residence, another officer searched the surrounding area for the suspect.

An officer located the gold sedan belonging to the caller’s son in the neighborhood and conducted a traffic stop.

The suspect said he did not know why his father called the police and denied knocking on the door or harassing his father and stepmother.

The officer reported smelling the odor of alcohol coming from the suspect and asked him to submit to the standardized field test, but the man would not consent.

When the officer who met with the suspect’s father arrived, he informed the other officers of his conversation.

Because the suspect requested medical attention, American Medical Response transported him to Northside Hospital.

The suspect was then transported to DeKalb County Jail on charges of disorderly conduct and driving while under the influence.

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Swatting call targets state official after fake Capitol threat

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Georgia Secretary of State Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling said his family was targeted by a phony 911 call Jan. 3, only hours after a bomb threat hoax at the State Capitol.

The alleged incident follows numerous reports nationwide of “swatting,” the practice of summoning authorities to a person’s home with false reports of a crime.

“My family has now joined the ranks of those who have had their home ‘swatted,’” Sterling posted on X around

7 p.m. Jan. 3. “We should all refuse to allow bomb threats and swatting to be the new normal. 911 got a call saying a drug deal gone bad, resulted in shooting, at our home. Everyone is OK. But this is wrong.”

Sandy Springs Police Department did not provide the initial incident report, which is a public record.

A spokesman for the department provided the case number for the incident and said he had nothing further to add. Nor did the department confirm any details.

But, Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Leon Millholland said there was no SWAT involvement.

Sterling’s post follows similar reports of swatting from elected officials nationwide.

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ex-husband Perry Greene, a Milton resident, reported someone called police to his residence Dec. 27 under false claims of an armed suspect.

Marjorie Taylor Greene reported multiple swatting calls at the end of December.

Around 8:30 a.m. Jan. 3, Sterling also posted about the bomb threat at the Capitol, which caused a delayed opening.

The Georgia Department of Public Safety confirmed the Capitol hoax

threat originated from an email that was sent to an employee.

“A search was conducted, and an all-clear was given,” Public Information Officer Courtney Floyd wrote in an email to Appen Media. “It is our understanding that this was sent to multiple states.”

Floyd said the all-clear was given at 8:57 a.m.

The Associated Press reported other states, including Connecticut, Montana, Mississippi, Minnesota, Kentucky, Michigan, Maine and Hawaii, saw similar threats at state offices.

Attempts to reach Sterling for comment were unsuccessful.

Police arrest Atlanta man for tire dumping

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A 55-year-old Atlanta man was arrested on felony hazardous or commercial dumping and misdemeanor obstruction charges Dec. 31 at Extended Stay America.

Sandy Springs police arrested Melvin Head, 55, and towed away an F-650 truck from the scene.

The hotel is at 905 Crestline Parkway, within a quarter mile of

Costco Wholesale and the Parc at Perimeter Apartments.

The initial incident report, provided by the Sandy Springs Police Department, states: “On December 31, 2023, I was dispatched to the Extended Stay America (905 Crestline Pkwy Sandy Springs, Ga 30328) in response to an illegal dumping in progress.”

The arrest report provided by Sandy Springs cites two misdemeanor charges: willful obstruction of law enforcement and littering.

But the jail commitment form provided through Fulton County Courts lists a felony indictment of “Dumping Biomedical Or Hazardous Waste Or Substance Or Dumping For Commercial Purpose.”

Sandy Springs police did not respond immediately to requests for further details about any hazardous substance and whether it presented any danger to the surrounding areas.

They later confirmed that the material was old tires being offloaded at the

Pinch: Continued from Page 1 The Achim and Gate City Lodge, the local chapter of B’nai B’rith International, organizes the annual event.

German Jews immigrating to New York City founded B’nai B’rith in 1843. Achim and Gate City, established in 1870, is one of the oldest B’nai B’rith lodges in the country.

Gary Jackson, a member of the Achim and Gate City Lodge of B’nai B’rith, co-founded the Pinch Hitter program in 1980.

“Anything we can do to help out in the community,” Jackson said. “Nobody should have to work on Christmas Day, I mean my goodness.”

He said the program began with 32 volunteers at Children’s Scottish Rite Hospital.

Since Christmas Day fell on Shabbat in 1981, the program went on a hiatus. Jackson said the program started to volunteer time

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From left, Matt Green, Rae Sirott, David & Tova Goldschmidt, Kat-I van Morblue and Harry Lutz serve the assisted-living facility at Dunwoody Place in Atlanta on Christmas Day. The annual volunteer program is designed to allow non-medical healthcare workers to celebrate Christmas with their families. on Fridays for years when the two holidays conflict.

Jackson served as chairman of the program for over a decade and led the effort to expand the its reach.

President George H.W. Bush awarded the Pinch Hitter program with the 335th Presidential Point of Light Service Award on Christmas Day in 1990. During

site.

Environmental agencies report that piles of scrap tires present a number of health and safety hazards.

When tire piles catch fire, the melted rubber generates oil and other toxic runoff that can pollute surface and groundwater.

Head was booked into Fulton jail Dec. 31 and released Jan. 2 on unsecured judicial release – a condition that does not require a money or property bond. his administration, President Bush recognized more than 1,000 volunteers as “points of light.”

The Points of Light Foundation was created as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization in 1991. It will hold the Points of Light Conference June 11-14 in Houston.

Harry Lutz has served as chairman of the Pinch Hitter program since 2000.

“Harry is just unbelievable,” Jackson said. “Rosanne [Lutz] does a tremendous amount of work as well, they’re a wonderful couple.”

Harry Lutz traveled to every location to ensure things were running smoothly on Christmas Day. After serving as chairman for two years in the mid-1990s, Lutz said he returned to lead the program, which was struggling at the time. He said he hopes to train someone to fill his role as chairman of the program.

Amy and Ian Hurewitz, Lutz’s daughter and grandson, tagged along with him and took photos of volunteers at each location.

Lutz said spending time with his daughter and grandson made the day especially memorable.

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By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com METRO ATLANTA — If you’re a fresh college graduate, finding an affordable apartment in north Metro Atlanta might just feel like a wild goose chase.

Let’s say you just got a job in Alpharetta. It’s your first professional job, and you’re excited. You ideally want to live there for a quick commute because you’ve heard about the traffic in and around Atlanta — it could take 45 minutes just to drive a dozen miles.

So, you begin looking for onebedrooms in Alpharetta, because you’re an adult and you’re tired of living in college housing where roommates have too many people over, live in a pigsty and don’t pay their rent on time.

But, after searching, you start sweating. The price ranges are a little too high for your new salary — way better than working retail but not really good enough to afford living on your own in Alpharetta.

A search on Apartments.com yields a one-bedroom in Alpharetta for $1,300, but you realize it’s for people ages 55 and over. Okay, okay, there’s another with no age requirement for the same price, but you keep looking anyway — you probably need something less than $1,100.

Like other Georgians under 25 years old, you make around $40,000 a year in your entry level job, and that’s about $20,000 less than the median income of residents of Alpharetta, a city that was ranked the most expensive city to live in Georgia, according to Zumper’s “Atlanta Metro Report.”

You’re not the only one facing this conundrum — Metro Atlanta’s 20-34 age cohort by population ranks seventh in the nation, according to the Atlanta

Regional Commission.

Cities in a 10-mile radius are a little cheaper — still not within a realistic price range, but eating ramen every day is worth the peace to you, and your parents don’t mind cosigning for a place that requires you to make triple the cost of rent a month.

There’s a “newly renovated” onebedroom in Roswell for just over $1,200. The area also doesn’t look all that great, after getting a Google Street View, but you have a lot of trust in the world, and you read the reviews anyway. They’re mixed — “awesome” customer service, but some of the units are infested with bugs and mice, with complimentary pictures.

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You search Sandy Springs, a little bit farther down the road but not bad.

You find a one-bedroom for the same price as the one in Roswell, and you’re jazzed about the in-unit washer and dryer. Again, more positive reviews, but the black mold catches your eye.

A last ditch effort is North Fulton is Johns Creek, but the cheapest onebedroom is $1,400 — impossible to afford even with a ramen diet, your older brother tells you.

You conclude you need a roommate or two, because you have to consider your other expenses – power, internet, water, health insurance, gas and groceries, and you want to live in a place where you won’t regret a 12-month lease. Having a life would be nice, too — maybe you want to go see a movie or a performance every now and then.

So, the roommate search is on with a new Roomies account and memberships to six different Metro Atlanta housing Facebook groups, to find a suitable stranger to live with amid all the scammers.

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Atlanta, Sandy Springs sign PATH400 construction pact

By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Construction to extend the PATH400 multi-use trail is scheduled to begin this year, after the Sandy Springs City Council approved two agreements with Atlanta Jan. 2.

The extension of the multi-use trail, which runs from Loridans Drive in Atlanta to Johnson Ferry Road in Sandy Springs, requires cooperation from both cities to complete.

As construction at Ga. 400 and I-285 wraps up, work to extend the existing 5.1mile path to the interchange can begin.

The path will primarily be built within the Georgia Department of Transportations right-of-way along Ga. 400, which has served as a staging ground for equipment used for the upgraded interchange.

The extension will connect Sandy Springs residents to Buckhead and will also provide access to proposed paths on Peachtree Dunwoody Road and Mount Vernon Highway.

Sandy Springs and Fulton County voters approved the PATH400 project in the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendums passed in 2016 and renewed in 2021, according to the city’s website.

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Public Works Director Marty Martin discusses the safety action plan for the Safe Roads and Streets for All project at the Jan. 2 City Council meeting. The study is expected to be complete in 15 months.

At the Jan. 2 meeting, the Sandy Springs City Council first approved an amendment to the original May 2019 agreement with Atlanta for the design of the PATH400 multi-use trail.

The agreement between the cities hit a snag when a Sandy Springs contractor requested additional funds for final design in January 2023.

According to the project framework agreement, the PATH400 extension requires 20 percent of local funding from Atlanta and Sandy Springs to match the 80 percent of federal funding from the Georgia Department of Transportation.

While GDOT plays a large role in the project, engineers with Heath & Lineback also provide design and construction services for the Sandy Springs portion of the PATH400 extension.

The amendment calls for Atlanta to reimburse Sandy Springs $17,457.28 for additional cost sharing related to preliminary engineering.

The Atlanta City Council approved the amendment in November 2023.

“After completion of the preliminary engineering, the City of Atlanta will take on the responsibility for constructing their portion of the trail,” city staff said in a document.

According to a 2019 PATH400 trailextension presentation to Sandy Springs residents, the total cost of the project is about $23.3 million.

Sandy Springs’ portion is about $19.2 million, requiring a 20 percent local match of about $3.8 million.

The project has some complications.

The second agreement approved Jan. 2 is related to cost-sharing for construction of the PATH400 extension.

Each city will construct the portion of the project within its city limits; however, the city limits of Atlanta and Sandy Springs meet at Nancy Creek Bridge on Ga. 400.

The construction cost of the entire bridge for the PATH400 trail-extension project will be included in the Sandy Springs portion.

The estimated cost for the portion of the bridge located within Atlanta is just under $2 million.

Atlanta will reimburse Sandy Springs for the 20 percent local match for construction of the bridge, totaling about $393,000 and not to exceed $400,000.

The federal share of funding, about $1.5 million, will be reimbursed by GDOT through the project framework agreement.

In other business at the Jan. 2

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A map shows the approved extension of the PATH400 multi-use trail (pink dotted line), which runs from Loridans Drive in Atlanta to Johnson Ferry Road in Sandy Springs. Construction of the extension is expected to begin this year.

meeting, the City Council approved a contract with Gresham Smith to develop a safety action plan through the Safe Roads and Streets for All program. The city’s contribution is $90,000.

The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a $360,000 grant to the city to complete the study.

Sandy Springs joins other Metro Atlanta cities in developing a safety action plan to reduce fatal or serious-injury crashes.

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By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat ATLANTA – Democrats and Republicans in Georgia are assembling all the tools they can muster to sway voters in what promises to be a hotly contested election year.

On the GOP side, former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., announced Friday the national rollout of a technology company she has founded to support conservative candidates. RallyRight LLC deployed new technology platforms across several states during the last election cycle, including Georgia.

“As a candidate in 2020, it was clear that Democrats held a significant infrastructure advantage,” Loeffler said Friday. “While the left has spent years investing in technology to improve their fundraising and voter contact operations, I saw the need to innovate and build technology for the conservative movement.”

RallyRight’s two campaign technology platforms include DonateRight, designed to help candidates with fundraising, and FieldRight, which helps candidates reach and mobilize voters.

Since losing her Senate seat to Democrat Raphael Warnock three years ago, Loeffler has been active on the candidate recruitment and voter mobilization fronts. Toward that end, she founded the organization Greater

Georgia to help register conservative voters.

Not to be outdone, Georgia Democrats announced Friday a plan to recruit enough Democratic candidates to make sure no Republican goes unchallenged this year.

Part of a national campaign, the program will use text messages, coaching calls and in-person organizing to identify and mobilize Democrats to run for local office, focusing on areas outside of major cities where a high percentage of Republicans typically go uncontested.

“Georgia Democrats are committed to competing up and down the ballot all across our state, without discounting or taking for granted a single county – including rural and non-metro areas,” said Tolulope Kevin Olasanoye, the Democratic Party of Georgia’s executive director.

The 2024 candidate recruitment program is targeting nearly 3,000 local races across 876 localities in almost every county, with a focus on county commission, city council and school board races. The goal is to recruit at least 100 new Democrats to file for office.

This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.

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City Springs schedules MLK cultural festival SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs’ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Art & Film Celebration kicks off at 1 p.m. Jan. 15 in the Studio Theatre at 1 Galambos Way. The family-friendly event will feature interactive art projects and a film designed to celebrate, educate and share the teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The event is free and open to the community, and parking in the City Springs deck is complimentary.

This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day takes place on his actual birthdate, Jan. 15. The holiday is every year on the third Monday in January.

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• JUSTICE: Decorate a bookmark with a quote from Dr. King, “The time is always right to do what is right.”

• LOVE: Use crayons to trace hands,

identifying the similarities we all share.

• LIBERTY: Complete a wordsearch and learn about terms such as civil rights, segregation, and equality.

• EQUALITY: Listen to readings of picture books such as “My Brother Martin,” by Christine King Farris.

• FREEDOM: Watch a movie screening of the Emmy-nominated film, “Our Friend, Martin.”

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There will be two screenings of the movie in the Studio Theatre at 1:15 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.

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POP-UP PERFORMANCE SERIES: LAYLA MUSSELWHITE

What: Layla Musselwhite, a New Orleans-based singer-songwriter and slide guitarist, will perform. Ticket cost includes hors d’oeuvres and beverages.

When: Thursday, Jan. 11, 7 p.m.

Where: Mimosa Hall, 127 Bulloch Avenue, Roswell Cost: $35 More: roswellartsfund.org/popup

TONY THOMAS: ‘SCENES FROM MY TRAVELS’

What: See original drawings and paintings by local artist Tony Thomas, including of the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Multnomah Falls and Devils Tower National Monument.

When: Until Jan. 12, business hours Where: Community Gallery at City Hall, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info: alpharetta.ga.us

MLK JR. ART & FILM CELEBRATION

What: This free, family-friendly event will feature interactive art projects and a film designed to celebrate, educate, and share the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When: Monday, Jan. 15, 1 p.m.

Where: Studio Theatre, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs More info: sandyspringsga.gov/ mlk

MARIO THE MAKER MAGICIAN

What: Mario “the Maker Magician” Marchese, who infuses DIY electronics and robotics into his work, will perform. He has appeared on “Sesame Street,” NBC’s “Universal Kids,” HGTV and on David Blaine’s 2018 North American tour.

When: Saturday, Jan. 13, 11 a.m.

Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest Street, Roswell Cost: $12 More info: roswell365.com

A NIGHT WITH DADS 2: THE DADDENING

What: Comedians from Dad’s Garage, an improv comedy theater, will perform.

When: Saturday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Stage Door Theatre, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody Cost: $15 to $28 More info: stagedoortheatrega.org

MLK JR. DAY OF SERVICE

What: Join Dunwoody on this eighth annual day of service with projects across the city.

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What: This free, family-friendly event will feature interactive art projects and a film designed to celebrate, educate, and share the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When: Monday, Jan. 15, 1 p.m.

Where: Studio Theatre, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs More info: sandyspringsga.gov/mlk

JESSE COOK

What: An accomplished guitarist and prolific filmmaker, Jesse Cook composed his first album “Tempest” more than 25 years ago, playing all the instruments. His compositional style mixes flamenco with everything from classical and jazz to zydeco, blues and Brazilian samba.

When: Friday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m.

Where: Byers Theatre, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs Cost: Tickets starting at $47.10

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When: Saturday, Jan. 20, 2-3 p.m.

Where: Computer Museum of America, 5000 Commerce Parkway, Roswell Cost: $10 to $15, free for museum members More info: computermuseumofamerica.org

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LYRICS AND LAUGHS

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Casting long shadows over the generations One of the favorite columns that I have written was about H.V. Appen, my grandfather. I wrote it in 2005. Without getting into the column too much, what instigated my writing it was a call I got from RAY APPEN a stranger one day Publisher Emeritus who – on a chance – saw my name in the phone book (they used to publish phone directories prior to cell phones – remember?) and called me to see if I possibly could be related to H.V. Appen. I said yes, and he told me he wanted to thank me for the kindness that my grandfather had shown him just after the end of WW II – around 1946 or 47 – in Poland. Grandfather was there, serving as an engineer as part of the Marshall Plan reconstruction effort. So, the person who called me was thanking me for something that H.V. had done to help him almost 75 years ago.

Now, speed up to 2023, another 30 years or so after I got that call. My son Hans (named after H.V.) forwarded to me a short note from a reader who lives in Roswell: “Your grandfather, H.V. Appen, and

my grandfather, Sam, worked together on Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, KY, and remained lifelong friends through their retirement. I do recall him mentioning Mr. Appen and he wrote about him in his memoir, that my mom keeps meaning to publish.”

Wolf Creek Dam was built between 1941 and 1950. Wow. I guess I should stop being surprised when these reminders and anecdotes keep popping up about my grandfather – other people’s memories about a time and a man from so many years ago. I know that after I am gone, outside of my children and grandchildren, no one is going to remember me, much less talk about me like this.

They just aren’t. And I am OK with that, I guess. But what is it about a person – what characteristics about a person is it that so endears one to others?

Loyalty comes to my mind – and integrity. If H.V. was your friend, you knew that he would be there for you, no matter what. If you needed help, he would help you if he could. He was a man of principle, and you knew that his beliefs and values were not for sale – ever – and that they would not change when circumstance changed; they were

predictable, and they were constant. To him, there was “right” and there was “wrong” and not much – if anything – in between. So, if you were wrong, he would call you on it – no matter who you were. If you were right, you knew you could count on him to have your back.

If you pulled your weight, you had his support. If you didn’t, there would be hell to pay. He took charge and he led. If he had been in a war – which he wasn’t – he would be the guy walking point on patrol or the one who volunteered for a particularly dangerous mission because he knew no one else would. But heaven help you if he was on point and you didn’t hold up your end.

He was generous. After the war, he sent money to support his brother and family living in Chile. When his brother started a shipping company (cargo ships, port services) he offered H.V. half ownership to thank him. H.V. turned it down. When he gave, there were no strings attached. He gave because it was the right thing to do – and only for that reason. Even today, after that shipping company turned into a worldwide conglomerate with over 100 ships and offices all around the world, I doubt he would have given a second thought to have turned down

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Getting ready to head into the woods Into the woods with the threat of rain “So what do we do if it rains?”

We are standing in the driveway, and we’re trying to fit 97 cubic yards of camping technology into 2.5 cubic yards STEVE HUDSON Columnist of available cargo space. Isn’t that what the TV ads call it? “Available cargo space”?

Uh huh. That’s basically a euphemism for oddly shaped pieces of enclosed air. The secret to packing for a wilderness expedition, I am learning, is pretty much the same as the secret to life. It’s all about mastering the art of fitting things in.

We’re getting better at this packingfor-camping thing too. At this point we are, after all, veterans of two (count ‘em, two) successful live-in-the-tent-for-a fewdays excursions, which is to say that we didn’t get eaten by bears.

We ate well, though. I told you about the pan-fried potatoes and onions, and she says that she has elevated things

substantially for this, our next foray into the wild. On the menu, if I am reading the ice chest right, are shrimp scampi and marinated filet mignon and, for breakfast, homemade sausage gravy over skillet-fried biscuits (and of course more potatoes and onions).

Yes, and for sure: If you think it through even a little bit, life on the frontier can be cozy indeed.

First, though, I’ve got to get this cooler into the car. It’s like a giant 3-D Tetris game, and at stake is no less than some really fine campsite cuisine.

“What if we leave that extra tarp at home?” she asks. “Would that help?”

Well, it might. A little. But not enough. Besides, there remains that weather report – and that question, which she asks again, gently.

“What will we do if it rains?”

For seasoned campers, rain is just one of those things you have to deal with, like recalcitrant air mattresses or the occasional yellow jacket. But we are not yet fully seasoned in this brave new living-in-the-outdoors world.

Enthusiastic? Yes! But seasoned? Only lightly, with the merest pinch of experience and outdoor

wisdom. It’ll come, of that I’m certain. It’s coming as we speak. But it ain’t here yet, and so the forecast is…concerning…

It’s a fair question, and of course there are only two possible answers: stay dry or get wet.

The makers of our tent have assured us that the former will be the case.

“Keeps you dry in floods and deluges, even those of Biblical proportions!” the package proclaimed, or words to that effect, and if you can’t believe the package then can there any truth at all?

So we should feel secure, no matter what, but there’s that matter of meteorology.

“Expect rain,” the TV tells us again.

“Your area may experience showers...”

Eventually, defying the laws of physics only a little bit, I get everything into the car. Thirty minutes later we’re headed north, and by mid-afternoon we arrive at our chosen place in the untamed wilderness, Happy Holiday Campground in Cherokee, N.C. Our hosts are welcoming and encouraging as they lead us to our site, which is snuggled close against Soco Creek, whose

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interest in the company.

It puzzles me, though, why people still remember him. These individual values that he lived by are not so uncommon. Perhaps it is the combination of so many values and priorities all wrapped into one person that makes the difference. I have only known a few people like him. Builder Tom Cousins comes to mind. So does Christina’s and my best friend, Dr. Ivan Backerman, who recently died.

Now that I think about it, it is also possible that the reason they are remembered is because they made such an impact on so many people’s lives.

They changed other people’s lives for the better by helping them help themselves and by setting an example of a life well-lived. They played hard; they worked hard; they achieved, and they earned what they got. And they expected those around them to do the same. They made the world a better place than how they found it, and they improved the lives of those around them along the way.

Perhaps the reason that their shadow still lingers is because it is not actually their shadow that we see, but the shadows of the people whose lives they changed and improved.

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Rushing around really hit home To the editor, I would just like to thank Ray Appen for his recent article "What's the Rush?" I read his articles all the time, especially when he was doing "The Appalachian Trail." The one this week was so meaningful to me because we are in the midst of downsizing – home, stuff, so many memories! Your article made me realize that with all my rushing around I was not focusing on enjoying these last few months of our beautiful home that we have loved for many years. So, thank you for your wisdom to relish every moment we are given each day. And to let that darn car push in ahead of me!

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Franklin Garrett’s love of Atlanta history – Part II This article is part 2 of the story of Franklin Garrett, who was named Atlanta’s official historian in 1974.

In the 1980s, the Atlanta History Center held several VALERIE BIGGERSTAFF events called “Stump Franklin Garrett,” Columnist where history fans asked questions either to learn more from Garrett or find gaps in his Atlanta history knowledge. Marc Hayes recalls hearing Garrett speak at the AHC, at a book signing, and hearing his Stump Garrett program on WSB radio. Hayes recalls that Garrett often knew the answer to who lived at a certain address in a particular year in Atlanta.

Hayes and a friend phoned Garrett in the mid-1970s to talk about history, back when telephone numbers were readily available in a paper phone book.

They called from a speaker phone, which Garrett was not pleased with, and his response to one of the questions was the answer was in his book “Atlanta and Environs Volume 2.”

At a 1983 Stump Franklin Garrett night at AHC, almost every seat in McElreath Hall was filled. The first question asked was, “Did William Tecumseh Sherman ever sleep in the

Hudson: Continued from Page 18 clear waters dance and sing as they splash over rocks and riffle through runs and just generally provide the perfect counterpoint to all that is good and true.

Our tent goes up easily. The cooking tent does, too. I even manage to assemble our brand-new “Camp Kitchen, Some Assembly Required” with no serious bodily injury and only one or maybe two exclamatory words.

By golly, the basics are all in place.

This is starting to look pretty good.

“You know,” she says, “I think we need a few things. Could you run get them while I finish up the tent?”

Surveying the campsite one more time, and nodding to myself that this is going just fine, I climb into the car and drive into town. I return after an hour or so. I park and get out and turn toward our campsite – and then I stop in my tracks, speechless.

There is the tent, still orange and white but no longer just a box made from utilitarian outdoor-grade nylon. Instead, it has been transformed into an exotic

Tullie Smith House?” Garrett proclaimed that to be false, adding that Sherman did stay in a home that is now the clubhouse at Peachtree Golf Club. (Atlanta Constitution, Feb.24, 1983, “Garrett takes the stump in new Battle of Atlanta”) There are Stump Franklin Garrett videos available on YouTube. In a 1988 video, an audience member asks what the historical connection is between Ivy Street, Cain Street and Harris Street in downtown Atlanta. Garrett quickly says only Ivy and Cain are connected, explaining that Ivy was the man who built the first home in what is now downtown Atlanta and Cain was his son-in-law. Harris Street was named for Atlanta’s first city clerk.

On the same evening, he was asked the family name of three women for which Wieuca Road is named. He could not recall their last name but knew that their first names were Wilma, Eugenia and Catherine. The first two letters of each name together form Wieuca. Then, he added the fact that Wieuca Road was previously known as Stephens Mill Road.

When the Atlanta Railroad line from Atlanta to Augusta was in its final days in 1983, the engine was named in honor of Franklin Garrett. People had the opportunity to ride the train one last time, and the train enthusiasts on board with Garrett heard him talk about trains and sing about trains.

The engineer was Bill Mauldin, and palace in the woods, with tiny lights strung inside and woven multicolored rugs on the floor. The air mattress is inflated and all made up, with pillows and a comforter and even two end tables fashioned from the plastic tubs.

There’s a glass of wine on the picnic table, which is set with tablecloth and fancy plates, and a fire is laid in the fire ring.

“I told you I was a nest builder,” she says.

Later, after a little fishing and some supper (the shrimp scampi was delicious, possibly the best she has ever made) we sit by the fire and talk in that easy, effortless way. We talk of life…and of loving life…and of life lived in love.

About ten o’clock, just as predicted, it starts to rain. At first it’s just a mist, just enough to make a tiny pitter-pat against the rain fly of the tent. Then it picks up.

And then it pours sure enough.

The deluge continues all night – all night long – but we are dry, and warm, and safe, safer than ever before.

After a while I drift off to sleep, wrapped in the music of that rain on the tent, and I rest in the joy of the unexpected fulfillment of dreams I didn’t even know I had.

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Franklin Garrett shared his wisdom with the Sandy Springs Historic Research Committee and Dunwoody Oral History Committee in 1994.

Garrett spent time riding aboard the engine and even operated the engine with Mauldin’s guidance. Garrett told passengers he first rode that train over 60 years earlier. Then he sang two old train songs, “Casey Jones” and “The Wreck of the Old 97.” Casey Jones began with, “Come all you rounders, if you wanna hear, the story about a brave engineer.

Casey Jones was the roller’s name, on a 6-8-wheeler course he won his fame.”

Garrett lamented how railroad travel had suffered with the speed of airline travel.

“It is a bit frustrating to me and somewhat ironic that a city that was born of trains and railroads has only one daily passenger train now,” he told the other passengers. He considered train travel, with the ability to move around, a dining car and a bar car, to be superior to airplane travel. He also preferred how trains could take one right into the middle of a town. (Atlanta History Center, audio recording, 1983) Franklin Garrett, age 93, died in March of 2000 and is buried at Oakland Cemetery. His Atlanta Constitution obituary summed up a life spent learning and loving Atlanta history. “Franklin Miller Garrett was not born in Atlanta, but he spent a lifetime making up for that inconvenient fact.”

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Cowbells are part of U.S. and world history Archeological evidence of bells dates back some 5,000 years when pottery bells were used in China and Africa to track goats, sheep and cattle.

Bells have long had spiritual meaning.

BOB MEYERS Tolling of bells for Columnist the deceased is an ancient custom. Since church bells were located closer to heaven, they were thought to have special powers.

Cowbells are generally associated with Switzerland. The largest Swiss bells can weigh more than 10 pounds and can exceed 113 decibels.

The constant ringing discourages predators, such as bears, and helps locate cows. However, there is some concern about the negative effect of heavy, loud bells on cows’ wellbeing and research is being done in this area.

Bells, and cowbells in particular, were once big business in the United States. At one time, 30 bell manufacturers thrived in the small town of East Hampton, Connecticut.

Founded in 1832, Bevin Bells is the last remaining company exclusively making bells in the United States.

The family-owned enterprise makes most of the bells that Salvation Army bell ringers use. A Bevin bell opened and closed the New York Stock Exchange for seven decades before the exchange switched to an electronic bell. Children jumped with joy when they heard the friendly bell of the Good Humor Man, and many prize fighters have been relieved to hear a Bevin bell announce the end of a round.

CiCi Bevin, great, great, great granddaughter of Philo Bevin who cofounded the company with his three brothers is the firm’s Chief Operating Officer. She says that cowbells are “hugely important to the company.”

They are the third most important product Bevin Bells makes today. Cici says that in Atlanta the Southern Territory of the Salvation Army is one of her company’s largest customers and notes that Bevin Bells attends the American Mart Gift Show in Atlanta every year.

mounted on a drum and is used in Latin American and rock music. Its shape differs from traditional cowbells, and it has no clapper.

Cuban musicians mounted bells on timbales, small, shallow drums joined together as a pair. Dizzy Gillespie began popularizing the instrument in the U.S. the 1940s, but it was Tito Puente (1923-2000) who really brought Latin music to America.

Puente was a flamboyant New York born percussionist who was known as the King of the Timbales.

The 1960s and 1970s were the heydays for cowbells and rock music. Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re an American Band” in 1973, the Chambers Brothers’ “Time Has Come Today” in 1966 and earlier Dale Hawkins’ “Susie-Q” in 1957 are examples. Today percussionists such as Tommy Lee from Mötley Crüe, Alex Gonzalez with Maná, Carl Perazzo with Santanna, Lenny Castro with Toto and Sheila E. who played with Prince, use cowbells. Listen on YouTube and see if you can hear the bells. According to Joe Hofer of LP Music, one of the largest manufacturers of percussion equipment in the United States, there are more than 500,000 percussionists in the U.S. from high schools to rock bands, about half of which have cowbells mounted on their drum sets.

Cowbells and music Cowbells have played an important role in music. Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss used modified cowbells in some of their compositions.

The modern cowbell is hand-held or

Cowbells and Sports The practice of making noise with cowbells at sporting events may have originated in 19th century baseball games which were often played in cow pastures. Cowbells were easy to

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This is an old Bevin cowbell that has been on display at the factory for many decades. It was probably created as a marketing tool. It is made of steel as are all Bevin bells.

Philo Bevin, together with his three brothers, founded Bevin Bells Company in 1832 in East Hampton, Connecticut.

Today it is the only bell-making company remaining in the United States. obtain from grazing animals. Today they are common at football stadiums.

Mississippi State University has a long tradition of fans using cowbells. Foot races such as New York and Boston Marathons, ski racing and mountain bike racing are known for fans’ enthusiastic use of cowbells., Local situation Cowbells have not been used much with cattle since the advent of global positioning system (GPS) tracking collars, but some folks have memories of the past. Barry Mansell, who lives on a farm in Alpharetta, put a cowbell on a horse named Cappy a few years

ago so her blind companion horse Nell could always locate her and avoid running into trees and fences. Both lived long retired lives well into their 30s.

Billy Martin, retired long-time president of the North Georgia Cattleman’s Association, remembers that as a young boy growing up on a large cattle farm in Arkansas the lead milk cow wore a cowbell so other cows would stay near her. That made milking much easier. Over the years as commercial dairies developed, the practice by farmers of producing their own milk for personal and local consumption gradually faded away.

Oksana Solovei of Milton recalls as a child growing up in Moldova spending her summer school holidays visiting her grandfather in Ukraine. He had three cows, one of which tended to wander. Oksana remembers hearing the cowbell that her grandfather put on the wandering cow to keep track of her when he brought the cows home from pasture every afternoon.

Dr. Lee Jones, retired veterinarian from the University of Georgia Extension, says that local cows do not wander in large pastures during the summer like they used to. Due to the effect of summer heat, large operations keep dairy cows comfortable in tunnel ventilation barns. Smaller operations use fencing to contain their cows.

Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.

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