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said. “I think this shows that we have all moved together as a group. Everyone in the room understood how important athletics is for these kids’ mental well-being, and it provides a daily routine. And there are a lot of different things that keeps kids excited about school, and athletics is a part of that. It was good to see that come out today and see how willing everyone was to be able to provide that.” A vote to have all sports return as originally scheduled was voted down, 8-4. Craft was one of the board members to vote against the measure. Craft said he cast his nay vote because the football delay will allow school systems to get open and comfortable in in their processes before allowing games. Some might struggle if the season started as originally scheduled, he said, adding the delay gives athletes more time to recondition their bodies after months in quarantine. The board did not approve the delay for other fall sports because football requires far more equipment be worn in the outdoor heat, so it presents a safety issue if players aren’t properly acclimated physically, Craft said. At least one North Fulton football team has earned a berth in a state championship game in each of the last four years. If that streak continues, a team could be lifting the state title trophy post-Christmas. Originally, the state championships were to be held Dec. 10-12. A two-week season delay would put the finals during the week of Christmas. Craft said the board is still working out how it will approach that week. Everything
GEORGIA — The Georgia High School Association, the state’s governing body for high school sports, voted July 20 to push back the start of prep football two weeks. The order allows for a full, 10-game regular season. All other fall sports, including crosscountry, volleyball and softball, will begin in early August as originally scheduled. The move comes as some the state’s largest school districts — including Fulton, Gwinnett and Dekalb counties — have opted to continue virtual learning to start the 2020-21 academic year. The GHSA Board of Trustees voted unanimously, 12-0, to delay the football season while keeping other fall sports on track to start on time. “It’s a huge decision,” said Steven Craft, Fulton County athletic director and a member of the Board of Trust“We want to provide this oppor6 66 66 6ees. 66 6 tunity to our student athletes, and we owe it to them. But we want to make sure it is done in a safe and great environment, and this gives everyone the opportunity to do that.” The GHSA’s decision comes the same day the California Interscholastic Federation, which oversees California prep sports, elected to delay all fall sports @ @ @ @ until December or January. “I know other states have moved @ @ 1 13/4/19 Page11 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 3/4/1911:16 11:16 AM AM Page @ @ their @ 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout seasons completely, but I think 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 1 3/4/19 11:16 AM Page 11:16 1 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 1 3/4/19 AM Page 1 @ everyone is in a different place,” Craft See FOOTBALL, Page 8 @ @ @ @
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By JEFFREY ALBERTSON newsroom@appenmediagroup.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — For months, eerie quiet filled the high pine and sweetgumlined paths along Brook Run Dog Park. That changed June 1 when Dunwoody city leaders opened the gates to the popular grounds. Today, sporadic barks and occasional scolding accompany the bird songs and rustling of squirrels in the brush. “When the dog park closed it was like you cut off people’s arms,” said Laine Sweezey, president of the Brook Run JEFFREY ALBERTSON/HERALD Dog Park Association. Mellow, a Rhodesian ridgeback, Until now, she said people have been allowed to go to the bowling alley or get a stops by for a drink at the water fountain at Brook Run Dog Park. tattoo, but the dog park was off limits. While the coronavirus pandemic has left few untouched, dog owners have community here than other dog parks.” dealt with their own anxieties. Owners She said a vet warned about unknown and their pups have spent an increasrisks, but she said she felt safe keeping distance from other people. ing amount of time together with fewer Lavar Edwards and his Rhodesian places to go. ridgeback, Mellow, visit the park two As the initial wave of the coronavirus times a week and have grown closer began in March, public facilities began during the pandemic. He said Mellow shuttering. On March 19, the City of whines when he leaves to go to the store, Dunwoody announced the temporary but seems happy the park is back open. closing of playgrounds and restrooms at Elizabeth Lamback and her terrier, Brook Run Park. The next round of closWesley, visited the dog park recently for ings included the dog park. That order the first time. She has “loved being at remained until the first of June, a day home,” but she is not sure how Wesley Sweeney celebrated. will adjust when she returns to work. He “Heavens yes!,” she said. was nearby investigating the new terriThe Brook Run Dog Park is a 2-acre > > fenced area, with separate space tory, but he stopped for a photo. Lam> for > > > > back large and small dogs. A large dog exsaid she felt safe being outside, but > > > > she had a mask in case the park was ceeds 25 pounds. > > > > golden > >crowded. Ann Podber and> her > > > doodle, > > Ellie May, visit the park as part of their > > > > > > > See PARK, Page 4 daily routine because there is “more > >
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police responded July 12 to a theft from a vehicle parked near the Dunwoody Nature Center on Roberts Road. Police said a woman reported that she parked her car for about an hour in a school lot facing the center. She said she didn’t notice anything out of place when she returned but later
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Woman cited with fraud at Perimeter Mall store DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police arrested a Dunwoody woman July 15 after they said they witnessed her attempting to commit fraud at Von Maur at Perimeter Mall. Police were called to the store when an employee spotted the woman suspected of committing fraud at the store in the past. On prior occasions, employees said that when the woman attempted to pay for items, her card would be declined several times. She then would look at her phone, then enter numbers on the store keypad and the charge would go through. Police said the woman repeated the procedure that same day while they were present talking with the store’s loss prevention officer. Police arrested the woman on charges of fraud and fraudulent use of a license or I.D. card.
St. Vincent de Paul Food Drive sets record mark in donations DUNWOODY, Ga. — The St. Vincent de Paul Food Drive, held July 1819 at All Saints Catholic Church in Dunwoody, drew a record amount of donations from the community and
realized her purse was missing from the center console. The victim also received notifications from her bank of purchases from a nearby gas station. According to the time stamp on the purchases, the thief broke into her car less than 30 minutes after she parked.
Woman loses money to tech support scam DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police were called July 12 to Kroger on Chamblee Dunwoody Road after a report of fraudulent activity involving a shopper. Police met with the shopper who said she had been driving around the area purchasing gift cards from various stores. The woman said she received calls from different numbers all day claiming to be Apple Support. The callers would ask the woman to send money through gift cards and then delete all messages between the two. The woman estimated she sent $7,900 in gift cards that day to the numbers claiming to be Apple customer support.
anyone. The tenant said that a neighbor knocked on their door to complain about the noise, then began acting aggressively by attempting to enter. The man who opened the door grabbed a nearby gun, and his roommate quickly closed the door and called the police. Police documented the incident but did not issue any citations or make any arrests, determining the gun was never pointed in the direction of the neighbor.
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police responded to the report of a firearm pulled during a July 13 noise complaint at an apartment complex on Ashwood Parkway. The tenants told police they keep a gun near the door to their apartment, but they did not point the weapon at
DUNWOODY, Ga. — A Norcross woman called police July 16 after someone broke into her car parked at Ashford Place shopping mall and stole several items. The woman told police she left her car parked in the lot for a few hours before making her way back. When she arrived, she saw her front passenger window had been smashed. She reported her purse, containing her driver’s license and Social Security card, had been taken. The business closest to the car had no cameras aimed at the lot, and police were unable to lift any fingerprints from the scene.
parishioners. Organizers for the event estimated the weight of goods donated totaled 12,000 pounds — nearly double the weight collected in years past. Food donated will replenish the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry which provides assistance to Dunwoody and DeKalb County residents. Evelyn Collazo and Janice Ward, co-
presidents of the St. Vincent de Paul All Saints Conference, said they were grateful to the community members and parishioners who turned out to support the drive. “Saturday’s downpour wasn’t even a deterrent,” Collazo said. “Our Dunwoody neighbors continued to drive through our contactless drop-off zone at All Saints to make their contributions.”
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Best of North Atlanta to honor community’s picks By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH ATLANTA — While the coronavirus pandemic continues to burden small business owners and their employees, there may have never been a more critical time to celebrate the companies in the North Atlanta for their efforts to provide the services, products and needs of the local community. For the 13th year, Appen Media Group’s Best of North Atlanta leads the charge to honor the most outstanding local businesses as voted by locals. Residents can now vote for their favorite businesses from numerous categories through Aug. 15. “Being named one of the best is an honor, and with more than 300,000 votes received in 2019, the Best of North Atlanta community choice awards is a remarkable display of community excitement,” Appen Media Director of Sales and Marketing Mike Dorman said. “The support received has been beyond our expectations and reflects the vibrancy of the great communities that we serve.” Carl Appen, Director of Business Development, has spearheaded updates to the contest, including a revamped platform that will improve the security of users’ data, the integrity of the voting process and the contest’s overall utility. Businesses can also now publish links that will take them directly to the voting page for their specific category. “The whole user experience has improved,” Appen said. “It’s easier for businesses to promote themselves, there is less friction in the actual voting process, and we’re able to keep the data secure. That last one is particularly important because as first party data becomes the top dog, our longtime relationship with readers adds a covenant: ‘we’ll keep your information safe.’” Those wanting to nominate or vote for their favorite companies can visit bestofnorthatlanta.com and cast their ballot
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Ron and Terrie Altman, owners of BurgerFi, at the 2019 Best of North Atlanta Awards Gala.
once per day. Around 300,000 ballots were cast from 30,000 unique voters in 2019, around double from the year before. The community can nominate businesses in 122 categories. Each category will award a winner and a first runner-up. The significance of having the support of your neighbors, customers and the community is not lost on the winners, including Brian Iroff of Iroff & Son jewelers. “We have been in businesses for over 60 years as a family, and we have strived for generations to produce the finest quality jewelry for the consumers at a fair price,” Iroff said. “Winning the Best of North Atlanta award in Alpharetta is one of the great things we have been able to get in our years in this store in Alpharetta. Knowing our customers believe in us by taking the time to vote for us means the world to myself and my family.” Ron Altman, owner of the Alpharetta BurgerFi, said winning a Best of Award is the “ultimate compliment.” “Success comes in many forms, but there is no higher compliment than being voted best in class by the community,” Altman said. “It is very humbling. And we are thankful to Appen Media for creating the platform for community members to allow that to happen.”
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By ZACH SHUGAN zacht@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — A board-certified clinical health psychologist told Roswell Rotary members about the importance of mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Ryan Breshears, the chief behavioral health officer for WellStar Health System and director of psychology and psychiatry for the WellStar Medical Group, spoke July 23 at a meeting of the Roswell Rotary Club. “My concern as a behavioral health provider is that this is a behavioral health pandemic as well as a biological pandemic,” Breshears said. He said he realized early on during the pandemic the need for physical and emotional support in the workforce, especially in the medical field. He cited examples from the SARS outbreak of 2003, when healthcare workers experienced burnout and psychiatric distress in the immediate aftermath of the crisis. Breshears and his team at WellStar put together a comprehensive plan to proactively support front-line healthcare workers, including a podcast series, mindfulness groups, support groups, pastoral care support and more. Over time, they saw their front-line employees report less distress on a scale from one to 10.
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Unfortunately, those numbers have gone up with the surge of coronavirus cases in Georgia. Healthcare workers are not the only ones susceptible to mental health issues during the pandemic, though. “COVID-19 exposes and exacerbates preexisting vulnerabilities in every human system,” Breshears said. He pointed to senior citizens who might be isolated away from family members and not adept with technology. The effects of isolation combined with the fear of contracting the virus could be detrimental to their mental health, he said. Add to that, he said, there are increased stressors, such as economic concerns, socio-political unrest in America over racial inequality and the pending election, adding to the arena of complications people are dealing with. “I think the point is it’s all connected,” Breshears said. “Wherever people are experiencing stress or distress in their life, it’s not in a vacuum.” Breshears grew up in Georgia and earned both his undergraduate and doctorate degrees from the University of Georgia. His research and publications center around suicide prevention, posttraumatic stress disorder, and predicting suicide-related behavior in veterans with traumatic brain injuries. can get crowded, dog park visitors seem to govern themselves. “So far, the dog park community has done a very good job of maintaining social distance,” Dunwoody Parks and Recreation Director Brent Walker said. “They understand the value of the dog park and will do whatever is necessary to ensure that it can stay open.” he said.
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OBITUARIES Mrs. Mary Petry Stewart Trogdon, age 76, of Dunwoody, Georgia, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2020. Mary was born on August 28, 1943, in Troy, Alabama, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William P. Stewart. In 1961, Mary graduated from Charles Henderson High School. She received her Bachelor’s degree from TROGDON Converse College in 1965. She was united in holy matrimony to the love of her life, Robert B. Trogdon, Jr. on August 21, 1965. Mary was a wonderful supportive military wife while Bob was in the Air Force. This union of 55 years was blessed with two loving children, Stewart and Laura. Mary and Bob loved each other and enjoyed sharing precious moments and memories together. They loved to travel during Bob’s career as a Delta pilot. Mary was a woman of God and loved her church. She was a faithful servant at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church for over 30 years. Her participation in many church programs was notable. She was a leader on the founding committee of St. Patricks’ Malachi’s Storehouse, a local food pantry in Dunwoody. She organized and ran Wednesday Night dinners, feeding over 100 people every week for several years. Mary participated in the Newcomers, Home Group and other committees over the years. Her main love was organizing many Bible study and Christian history tours to the Holy Land and other historical Christian sites throughout Europe. She took a mission trip to Kenya and gave to many other mission programs. She was also involved
in and contributed to several charitable organizations throughout the Atlanta area and international programs. In addition to her travels and charitable efforts, Mary received her license as a private pilot at the age of 54 and owned her own plane. She was a great teacher and had a passion for education and helping children. She taught at Eglin Air Force base and substitute taught at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. She was an avid ALTA tennis player for many years at Dunwoody Country Club. She had a great love of her family history as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mary had a mindset for service and loved to help others. She adored her family, as she loved having her family and friends around. She was an outstanding wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Her beautiful life, legacy, and love for Jesus Christ will always be cherished in the lives of those who knew her. Mary is survived by her devoted husband of 55 years, Robert B. Trogdon, Jr.; son, W. Stewart Trogdon (Diane); daughter, Laura T. Wells (David); grandchildren, Mary-Grace, Foster, Taylor, Colton, and Kendyl; and her sisters, Betty Huffcut (Bill), Carolyn Martin (Burt), Lucinda Lewis (Doug), Evelyn Evins (Walter), and a host of relatives and friends. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Memorial Fund for Malachi’s Storehouse at St Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 4755 North Peachtree Road, Dunwoody, GA. 30338 or to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz. org. Please visit www.roswellfuneralhome.com to share memories and leave condolences to the family.
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Virginia P. McLaughlin, 76, died from pancreatic cancer on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. She was at home surrounded by her loving family and in the loving care of Agape Hospice. She was preceded in death by her loving parents, Newton V. Prince and Nancy B. Prince. She is survived by William, her husband of 52 years; her daughter, Michelle (Matt); her son, Jonathan (Tiffany); grandchildren: Jake, Abigail, Georgia, and William. As well as, her brother, Newton (Agusta); nephews; Tres, Robert (Lisa) Craig, and Austin; and, nieces, Paige and Natalie. Born in Raleigh, NC, and raised in Fuquay Varina, NC. She was a graduate from Peace College, UNC-Chapel Hill, and the Art Institute of Atlanta, where she received her Interior Design degree with Honors. She had a very successful Interior Design business, Design Perspective. She was a faithful member of Embry Hills United Methodist Church, Mount Paran Church of God, Calvary Church, and Chapel Hill Church, Dunwoody. She was a devout Christian, who loved the Lord and strived to share his love with everyone she met. She loved music, she was a gifted singer and a fantastic pianist. She sang with the Robert Shaw Choral Guild and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, traveling to Washington, DC, and Carnegie Hall, New York City. She enjoyed playing the piano at home. She was an avid tennis player and a member of the ALTA; and, she played on the Village Mill tennis team, as high as Double-A. She loved traveling with her husband and family, most often to the beach. She was an inspiration to many and her greatest joy was her family. Sign online guest book at www.Fischerfuneralcare.com. A memorial will be held at Chapel Hill Church Dunwoody on September 5, 2020, at 10:00 am. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Samaritan’s Purse.
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assessments has come a long way and is uncannily accurate in what it can tell a person about the “right fit” career-wise. IQ is your intelligence quotient, the ability to know, think, process. Much of that is reflected in your levels of educational or other achievement over the years. EQ is emotional quotient, the “affective” part of your being — personality, feeling, emotion, mood, motivation, self-awareness, empathy, social skills. Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers were pioneers in probing personality as a success metric. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is the world’s most popular personality assessment. But there is far more to success and earning power than just IQ and EQ. In her book, “The Conative Connection: Uncovering the Link Between Who You Are and How You Perform” (Kolbe.com), Kathy Kolbe noted, “Too often, potential is discussed in terms of its limitations: intelligence, education, experience. Yet we have all seen instances where those with average IQ scores outshine geniuses in common-sense problem solving.” The difference, she says, is “conation.” Conation is a third part of your mind, your knack for getting things
done, declares Kolbe, separate from intelligence or personality type. It takes a combination of assessments and coaching conversations to get a true picture of your most likely path to success and personal satisfaction, what will motivate you, light your fire! A study of Harvard graduates in business, law, medicine and teaching showed a negative to zero correlation between IQ as indicated by entrance exam scores and subsequent career success. Psychologists generally agree that among the ingredients for success, IQ counts for about 10%, at best 25%. The rest comes from affective traits and conation! How accurate are these assessments? This writer has completed a Kolbe assessment and the Gallup Clifton Strengths Finder which measure primarily conative characteristics. I have taken variations of Myers-Briggs, including the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, that helps you to better understand yourself and others. For those familiar with the foregoing, my Kolbe is 5-3-10-1. My top 5 talent themes on Gallup Clifton Strengths Finder are Maximizer, Input, Achiever, Strategic, Activator. On Keirsey I’m an ENTP, a Rational Inventor. These characteristics indicate a likelihood of self-employment, versus corporate or government employment. Upon completing these assessments, it was clear why I’ve been a selfemployed entrepreneur since 1976. Follow the herd and you may end up at the slaughterhouse. How unique are you? Per Gallup, the chances of someone having the same Top 5 Talent Themes as you, but in a different order, are 1 in 340,000. The odds of having the same Top 5 in the same order are 1 in 33 million.
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Keeping perspective in a maelstrom It is too quiet outside. Almost five months into this pandemic and it is difficult to describe how it’s going. What strikes me is that all the fundamental changes swirling around us like RAY APPEN an F1 tornado seem Publisher Emeritus ray@appenmediagroup.com to have morphed into one amorphous action. Every day is beginning to feel the same — same news, same issues, same restrictions, same holes in our lives. “Numb,” is a word that comes to mind. Before the pandemic (BP), we had short- and longer-term milestones that helped us delineate time. Now, we don’t. Better said, we have them, but they no longer seem to carry much weight. Holidays, school, church services, deaths, vacations, and other time-disruptors have disappeared from the landscape. That’s why time seems to race by us and is accelerating. Not only does it feel like life is just throttling by in a blur, but it also feels like our ability to appreciate and process important issues and information is fading. Everything and anything political seems no longer to disrupt or fracture our lives — our standards, our values, our sensibilities — as it did before. We know intellectually that much is
still wrong and broken, but we have no voice remaining. What do we humans tend to do when faced with something that is threatening our lives? “Fight” or “flight” is our hard-wired response choice. Perhaps we have lost our will or our ability to opt for “fight.” That would be tragic. We are dealing with a difficult reality today. History — or those symbols that represent history — are literally being destroyed, for better or worse. However, history to a large degree, dictates the future, and those who don’t learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. Thus, our history — our knowledge of it — is a double-edged sword. Federal militia are being used to displace local police in some cities — possibly many more cities soon. That should terrify us, but few seem to be alarmed. We are experiencing a seismic shift in race relations — one full of sound and fury in the streets that has now endured far longer than any previous action. Yet, I wonder how many at the end of the day expect permanent change as a result. We’ve been here before, and perception, along with our memory of history, dictates the future. We should not forget that in our understanding of history, hardship, obstacles and the mountain we and our country must climb help form our character, our values and who we are. That is, bad times like these are not all bad.
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I live, very part time, on an island 5 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico in the panhandle of Florida. The ends of that island are accreting — gaining — sand while the middle of the island is losing sand and washing away. The net result of both is probably that the amount of sand remains relatively constant, so the relevance of the changes depends on where you are on the island. That island is a metaphor for this pandemic. Change is constant, and the relevance of the change depends on how directly it is impacting you. That change also comes in cycles, like the tides and the seasons, including hurricane season. In the middle of those hurricanes — or this pandemic — it often feels like the end. Yet, they always pass, and a new morning comes, with calm waters, cool breezes, and safety, yet again. We would do well to remember these life cycles and to try to keep the specific events that we experience in perspective. We must stay focused and not allow ourselves to be numbed to the point of blindness and impotence during this pandemic — “flight” — and instead opt to remain vigilant and to protect those things that are important to us — “fight” — for our values, standards and the common good. It’s going to be OK, but we have to make it so. “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: everything.” Ecclesiastes 3:17
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else, including the Corky Kell Classic Kickoff that will feature West Forsyth and Denmark this year, should essentially just be moved back two weeks. While the kickoff to the 2020 football season is delayed, other fall sports are gearing up for their first full practices and games. Softball, volleyball, cross-country and cheerleading can begin practices Aug 1. Softball teams can hold their first games Aug. 6, with volleyball matches and cross-country meets beginning as early as Aug. 10. Concerns over how schools will open this year has been a contentious issue, and that has extended to fall athletics. While the local sports landscape quickly heralded the GHSA decision, others have argued against a return to fall sports as coronavirus cases have surged to record levels in recent weeks. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported July 14 that the state’s schools had reported around 300 positive cases of COVID-19 among athletes and staff. Earlier this month, Milton head football coach Adam Clack shared he has tested positive for COVID-19. Positive cases also halted summer conditioning at three Forsyth County high schoolsSolution in June. C L I P
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