Forsyth Herald - May 18, 2023

Optimist

Club recognizes Forsyth County students

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.

— The Sawnee-Cumming Optimist Club recognized three Forsyth County high school students for exceptional academic achievements April 25.

The Optimist Star Student Program recognizes community high school students who demonstrate academic achievement, good citizenship and leadership.

The group announced West Forsyth High School senior Elisabeth Kearney as the 2023 Optimist Star Student. Kearney is a member of the Beta Club, National Honor Society and Governor’s Honor Program.

She participates in Youth Leadership Forsyth and cheerleading for basketball and football; manages the school wrestling team; and serves as the Junior Optimist district governor for the West Forsyth Junior Optimist Club.

She also volunteers with Meals by Grace, the Kelly Mill Mentor Program and the Miracle League of CummingForsyth.

The organization named Alliance Academy for Innovation senior Alina Abraham runner-up at the meeting.

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The Forsyth County commissioners approve park projects and updates at a work session May 9. The county will see a new Special Olympics Weightlifting Area, exhibits at the Sawnee Mountain Preserve and therapeutic summer camp programs.

County approves park upgrades

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.

— Forsyth County officials approved allocation of nearly half a million dollars for park facility upgrades and projects May 9 ahead of summer. At the work session, the Board of Commission -

ers unanimously approved a $390,574 contract for construction of exhibits at the Sawnee Mountain Preserve Visitor Center. Designer HW Exhibits said the project will add 12 trail education and interpretive waysides.

Parks and Recreation Natural Resources Manager Matt Pate said the exhibits

will be inside the preserve and along the trails. Funding for the project comes from the Sawnee Mountain Foundation’s donation pool and the Parks and Recreation Department budget.

Commissioners also voted to authorize the Parks and

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SAWNEE-CUMMING OPTIMIST CLUB/PROVIDED

The Sawnee-Cumming Optimist Club named Elisabeth Kearney, left, the 2023 Optimist Star Student at a meeting April 25. Alina Abraham, right, was awarded the runner-up title.

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Resurface work underway on Ga. 400 near interchange

interchange at Browns Bridge Road.

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County announced an asphalt resurfacing project has begun and will affect both northbound and southbound Ga. 400 roughly half a mile north and south of the exit 18

County Assistant Director of Communications Amanda Roper said resurfacing will continue farther north and south from the exit, and

the county anticipates it to be fully completed in October.

Future updates on the project will be posted at forsythco.com/news and on county social media.

— Shelby Israel

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Deputies arrest couple after high-speed chase

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County deputies arrested a Covington man after a high-speed chase on southbound Ga. 400 May 1.

Deputies reported spotting a suspect sought in another crime, David Hamilton, 43, of Covington, in a GMC Yukon at an outlet mall off Ga. 400 in Dawsonville. They also observed a passenger in the vehicle, Alshawnta Strothers, 36, of Pennsylvania.

Hamilton reportedly attempted to flee on southbound Ga. 400, reaching speeds of more than 120 miles per hour. Deputies laid spike strips near the Ga. 20 exit at Cumming, the report states, and after Hamilton hit the strips, he continued driving over 100 miles per hour while his tires deflated.

When deputies rammed the vehicle off the highway north of the Peachtree Parkway exit, the suspects fled on foot into a mobile home park, the report states. Strothers was reportedly detained first, and deputies found Hamilton under one of the mobile homes.

Deputies reported locating an HK P2000 handgun on the ground near Hamilton’s vehicle, as well as a clear container holding roughly 1 ounce of marijuana in the center console and three cellphones in the front of the vehicle.

Hamilton was charged with felony possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, fleeing or attempting to elude for a felony offense

and misdemeanor speeding, reckless driving, obstruction of law enforcement officers and driving while license suspended or revoked.

Strothers was charged with felony possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and misdemeanor obstruction of law enforcement.

Both are being held at the Forsyth County Jail. Strothers’ bond is set at $45,620. The report did not state a bond for Hamilton.

Deputies arrest suspect in March home burglary

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County deputies arrested a suspect May 2 in connection with a home burglary in March.

Deputies reported responding to a burglary at a home on Holly Branch Drive March 9. The homeowner told deputies he had noticed unauthorized charges on three of his credit cards while he was in Las Vegas Feb. 28-March 7.

The homeowner reported a charge of $43.17 at Domino’s March 2; a $67.76 charge at Amazon March 4; and two $40.50 charges at Walmart, two $30 charges at Amazon and a $160 purchase at Amazon March 7.

He reported four credit cards, a Georgia identification card, a Swiss residence identification card, four shoppers’ cards and $1,000 were missing from his home office, the report states. He also said a passport, a .22 Ruger pistol, a Palmetto State Armory AR-15 and a 12-gauge Citadel shotgun were missing from his bedroom.

The homeowner’s brother, who also lives at the home, told deputies he thought the suspect may be Joshua Douthit, 23, of Cumming, whom he had met in a support group. The brother said Douthit had visited the house before, and Douthit had asked

him when he would be home.

Douthit was charged with felony first-degree forced residence burglary, transaction card theft, identity fraud and misdemeanor criminal trespass.

He is being held at the Forsyth County Jail with a bond amount of $31,980.

Deputies arrest suspects following traffic pursuit

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County deputies arrested two people following a vehicle chase on Ga. 400 May 7.

Deputies reported observing a Ford Fusion not proceeding on a green light onto southbound Ga. 400 around 2 a.m. The vehicle appeared to be waiting for the deputies to go first, the report states.

The deputies stopped on the entrance ramp, and the car then passed and began picking up speed. Deputies followed the vehicle, which reached a speed of approximately 120 miles per hour, the report states.

The vehicle exited Ga. 400 at Peachtree Parkway and crashed into a concrete island, a median and a curb while attempting a right turn onto Ga. 9. Deputies reported observing Jay Osborne, 21, of Covington and another suspect exiting the vehicle and running into the woods.

A K9 unit located the second suspect hiding beside the fence near Ga. 400, and he was arrested. Deputies were unable to locate Osborne at the scene.

Deputies contacted Osborne’s grandmother, who told deputies later that morning Osborne was turning himself in.

Osborne was charged with felony fleeing or attempting to elude and misdemeanor reckless driving, speeding and obstruction of law enforcement officers. The second suspect was charged with misdemeanor obstruction of law enforcement officers.

Commissioner Mills honored for her work by state organization

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills was recognized as the 2023 Leadership Development Advocate of the Year by the Association County Commissioners of Georgia at a conference in Savannah April 29.

Mills is one of the National Association of Counties Board Representatives and serves on the Association County Commissioners of Georgia’s Board of Managers, where she advocates for state counties on federal legislation and policy issues.

After her election to the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners in 2012, Mills enrolled in the association’s Lifelong Learning Academy, which focuses on education and training for county officials. In the program Mills received the Certified County Commissioner distinction, and she has completed eight Specialty Track

certifications.

Mills said the knowledge she learned in the courses is an asset for Forsyth County citizens and staff.

“When you combine the education you gain in training classes with the relationships you build networking with commissioners from across the state, you have a true recipe for success and a solid foundation to keep building upon,” Mills said. “I am honored to have received this award and hope my passion for lifelong learning inspires others.”

The Association County Commissioners of Georgia is an advocacy organization for county officials and their communities. Each year it honors individuals who work to further the mission of the group and local government at an Awards and Recognition Program.

— Shelby Israel

FORSYTH COUNTY/PROVIDED Forsyth County Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills, center, was recognized by the Association County Commissioners of Georgia at its annual Awards and Recognition Program in Savannah. Mills was awarded the 2023 Leadership Development Advocate of the Year Award at the ceremony April 29.

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Recreation Department to apply for the Chris Conti Memorial Grant. The $50,000 grant requires no match from the county, and it would fund exercise equipment for a Special Olympics Weightlifting Area at the Central Park Recreation Center.

Interim Parks and Recreation Director Laura Pate said the fitness area will be used by the department’s Therapeutic Recreation Division, whose aim is to help residents with specific needs develop recreation skills, socialize and improve quality of life.

The County Commission also approved the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association Award to the county Parks and Recreation Department’s Therapeutic Program Summer Camps.

The $30,000 award will fund summer education for county youths enrolled in grade school and the department’s therapeutic summer camp program. The camps seek to support students’ mental health, assist underperforming students and serve those who were most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The park projects will be finalized

at an upcoming public hearing.

Potential unified development code and zoning amendments for The Gathering, the proposed multi-use entertainment hub at the southern border of the county, were also slated for the May 9 work session.

Commissioners voted for county staff to determine the scope of an independent study on The Gathering that will be conducted at a later date. The study would analyze the project’s fiscal impact and requirements from local government.

After more information has been presented, the proposed project will return for discussion and possible action at a later meeting.

“There's a couple different elements here,” Commissioner Laura Semanson said. “There's, does the county want to entertain this? And I think, collectively, from my conversations with most of my colleagues, I think we do … I think they're looking for some kind of certainty that we’re interested, and we want to continue moving forward, and those things that can continue to germinate and grow can do so, rather than going through all of these motions only to find there’s not an appetite for it.”

The County Commission also recognized May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Forsyth County.

Tax collections fall sharply in April

By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat

ATLANTA — A downturn in state tax collections predicted several months ago is starting to show up.

The Georgia Department of Revenue brought in $4.19 billion in tax revenues last month, down 16.5 percent compared to April of last year, the agency reported Tuesday.

The declining revenues were found primarily in individual income taxes, which fell 32.4 percent from April 2022.

The sharp year-over-year drop in individual income tax collections is due in large part to the first-year implementation of legislation the General Assembly passed last year that permits certain pass-through entities such as S-corporations and partnerships to make entity-level tax elections on behalf of their individual partners. The bill took effect in tax year 2022 for returns filed this year.

Individual income tax payments declined by 49.4 percent last month compared to April 2022. Tax refunds also were down, but the 37.9 percent drop in that category was more than offset by the falloff in payments, resulting in the net decrease.

Net sales taxes actually rose by 2.4 percent, with consumer spending still strong due to a still robust state economy. Corporate income tax receipts in April increased by 4.7 percent over April 2022.

With gasoline prices up significantly over past year, state motor fuel tax collections shot up by 83.5 percent.

The state’s chief economist, Jeffery Dorfman, told lawmakers in January that state tax revenues were likely to drop sharply this year because last year’s huge increase in capital gains tax payments was unlikely to be repeated.

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

Roswell police charge Ohio teacher in case involving child exploitation

By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police arrested a 40-year-old Ohio high school teacher, Brandon Gordon, on May 12 for child exploitation following a multi-year investigation into his online conversations.

Gordon was previously an orchestra teacher at Bryan High School in Bryan, Ohio. Police investigated the teacher’s illicit online conversations with someone he believed was a 16-year-old girl.

A Roswell detective said the child exploitation occurred in Roswell, putting the case under city jurisdiction.

Roswell police worked with the

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Abraham participates in the National Honor Society; serves as president of the Alliance Academy Red Cross and as vice president of Future Health Professionals; and volunteers for The Phoenix at James Creek, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Forsyth County Arts and Learning Center.

Defiance Police Department in Ohio to arrest Gordon with warrants for the use of computer service to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child to commit illegal acts; electronically furnishing obscene material to minors, child molestation and two counts of solicitation of sodomy.

Gordon was taken into custody in Ohio on May 12, and will be returned to Fulton County to face the child exploitation charges. Investigators have also found additional evidence that suggests there may be more victims in the Ohio area.

The Roswell Police Department said in a statement it will continue to work with law enforcement in Ohio on the investigation.

Both Abraham and Kearney have maintained over a 4.0 GPA this school year.

Denmark High School sophomore Akshaya Tallapally won the club’s annual essay contest.

“Elisabeth, Alina and Akshaya are inspiring and accomplished young ladies,” Star Student and Essay Committee Chairwoman April Ferguson said. “Our community is fortunate to have the caliber of students they represent.”

— Shelby Israel

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The Velvet Note: Live jazz with the comforts of home

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In every great jazz show, there is a beautiful moment when the notes begin to fade and seem to hang in the air, halfway between the instruments and your ear, resonant at first, then insubstantial, like a wisp of smoke.

That moment in jazz music is what businesswoman Tamara Fuller calls the “velvet note” — a concept that inspired her to choose the name for

her jazz club off Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta.

For the past 11 years, The Velvet Note - Acoustic Living Room has provided suburban residents in the “North Pole” of Atlanta with a cozy, intimate space to see renowned jazz musicians play live

“The Velvet Note gives you a chance to hear a world-class musician in a setting that feels like your living room. Which is the ultimate luxury,” Fuller said. “Just imagine the people you would love to see, but if they came to

your house. That’s what it feels like here.”

Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and most Sundays, The Velvet Note produces two shows a night for 40 guests, with dinner, drinks and an unparalleled live jazz experience uncommon in such a suburban setting.

“We’re not open unless we’re performing live music with real musicians playing real instruments,” she said.

Fuller, a longtime lover of jazz,

pianist and entrepreneur, was inspired to start The Velvet Note after reading about how cultural centers like symphony orchestras, ballets, and jazz clubs were all located in city centers, while the people who frequented them lived primarily in the suburbs.

That disconnect was causing city establishments to “die on the vine” without regular, consistent patronage, she said.

“So, I chose to take this powder

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Tamara Fuller, owner of The Velvet Note jazz club, stands in front of her establishment off Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta shortly before opening for a set of shows May 4.

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We’re not open unless we’re performing live music with real musicians playing real instruments

TAMARA FULLER, owner, The Velvet Note

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blue frozen yogurt shop, which is what it was … and convert it to a jazz club in the suburbs. That was considered to be wack crazy,” she said. “Now, I look like Nostradamus because people have discovered the suburbs are a pretty great place to bring culture.”

More than a decade later and The Velvet Note is still going strong, offering multiple shows each week from incredible artists.

“We have a combination of performers who are residents of this area, meaning that they’re from Atlanta or the region, to performers who come from overseas or who are national performers,” she said. “We really enjoy giving them a place, it’s a lot smaller than they’re accustomed. But here they have a chance to really feel what their audiences are feeling.”

But unlike most venues or clubs, The Velvet Note is what Fuller calls a “listening room,” which means after doors open, dinner and drinks are served, and the performer is introduced by Fuller at 7:30 p.m., all talking is taboo and the music is all that matters. Then they do it all over again at their late show.

“If you’re a performer, it means

that it doesn’t have that den of bar talk,” she said. “It’s truly people listening.”

Fuller said she’s seen countless amazing and inspiring musicians come through her doors to perform, but two, in particular, are the inspiration that kept The Velvet Note going strong.

The first, Atlanta jazz singer Freddy Cole, the brother of legendary musician Nat King Cole, was a dear

friend of Fuller’s before his death in 2020. Cole’s life and work, often overshadowed by the work of his ultrafamous brother, taught her how to be true to her authentic self, she said.

“He taught me that I will never be as good at being something else as I will at being myself,” she said. “We have 40 seats here. We’re not trying to be 60 seats; we’re not trying to be 100 seats … We’re just doing the best

Her second-most important inspiration was the jazz singer Carmen Lundy, who played at The Velvet Note in 2015.

Fuller said after soundcheck on the day of Lundy’s performance, the jazz singer came up to her and scolded her for not having the venue’s antique piano perfectly tuned.

“She comes over to me and says, ‘If you plan to be what you say you want to be. You’re gonna have to keep your piano in tune,’” she said. “I’ll never forget she said, ‘Good enough, isn’t good enough.’”

From that moment forward, Fuller and her staff have striven to be as excellent as their patrons and performers expect and deserve them to be.

“We sell Chesapeake Bay jumbo lump crab, we sell beef that has no antibiotics and that’s grass-fed and comes from small production farms,” she said. “We do not allow musicians to use recording tracks. They’re making real music with real instruments, and we do those things because good enough, Isn’t.”

The Velvet Note is at 4075 Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta. For more information about their performers and get tickets to a show, visit thevelvetnote.com.

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Tamara Fuller, owner of The Velvet Note jazz club, opens a show at the club on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta. Fuller kicks off each performance Thursday through Sunday each week.

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A letter to students

1. You are awesome. Be confident in who you are. I promise you’ll meet people who are smarter than you, and that’s OK. You don’t have to be the smartest person—oddly enough, sometimes being the smartest person is difficult. I also promise that you will be smarter than most. Enjoy that; while being smart isn’t everything, it is definitely something. Be confident in your intelligence, but not arrogant. I’ve found that, most of the time, being arrogant backfires on you. That leads into point two…

2. Sometimes it takes more courage and intelligence to be silent than to speak. It took me a long time to understand and respect silence. I’m still learning that it’s a mark of maturity and, most of the time, intelligence. Also, respect everyone’s differences and challenge yourself to learn about them.

3. Never stop learning. I don’t mean that in a teacher way, I mean it in a learning life sort of way. You are constantly growing, maturing, and developing, so enjoy it. Life is a condition to which no one is immune. We learn something every day. Our taste in music, food, TV, and the people we surround ourselves with evolves. It’s natural for these preferences to change. I wasted a lot of time trying to be someone I wasn’t because I thought I was supposed to be someone else. To complete number three, you need to invest in number four…

4. Spend time with yourself. Since you’ve been in my class, I’ve learned how amazing you are each in your own way. If you sit and spend time with you, I think you’ll feel the same way. I’m such a people person, but sometimes the best thing is time alone with great music, a book, TV, or whatever. As cheesy as this sounds, be your own best friend. The sooner you learn that all of your faults and idiosyncrasies are what make you awesome, the sooner you will be a better person and enjoy life so much more. That leads to number five…

5. Everyone has faults. With the advent of social media, I sometimes find myself comparing my faults with everyone else’s highlights. Scrolling through your Twitter feed (or Snapchat or TikTok), you see people

lauding their accomplishments, great times, and great friends. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this, as long as you understand that what you see on social media is an incomplete picture. If you compare all of your faults to those highlights, you may feel a bit inadequate. Everyone has faults, so embrace yours. Grow from them and know that they add to what makes you, you. And remember, you’re awesome.

6. Surround yourself with people who love you and think you’re great (but also who know and accept your faults). You need this. If someone won’t accept you for who you are, ask yourself if you really need that relationship (be it friends or more).

7. Smile. Every day. I’m not getting into the psychology of it all, but it could possibly make you happier and healthier. It works. Trust me.

8. Don’t trust people just because they say, “trust me.” Still...

9. Trust people. It’s endearing. I know this is very contradictory, but it’s true. Even though “trust me” should raise flags, trusting people means you are human and we all need people we can trust.

10. I’ve saved one of the most important tips for last: Be happy. Genuinely happy.

Choose a profession that pays the bills and makes you want to go to work most days. You won’t be happy every day. You will have bad days, weeks and maybe even months, but you’ll be generally happy. Money will not, in the end, make you happy.

One of the greatest pieces of advice my dad ever gave me was to make great memories. Good and bad, and all kinds in between, they are all part of our life.

So, make them good ones and remember that you are part of other’s memories so make sure they are positive, too.

I have to end this the way my mother ended most of our conversations when I was in high school and college. Make good choices. (I repeat this often to my own kids.)

Lori Fenzl, Upper School social studies teacher

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Magical thinking

A dear client came into the office to review the status of their trust – we’ll call them Hank (Husband) and Wanda (Wife). We found that their trust had not been named as a beneficiary for several of their financial accounts. That meant that the funds would not go into their trust when the second one passed away. Hank raised an eyebrow. Wanda looked a bit shocked. “But I thought when I signed the trust that it would just work”, she said with a frustrated sigh. “No, the trust only receives money from a bank or investment account IF you include the trust as a beneficiary.”, I explained. “Wow, then I sure am glad that we came in to see you!”

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Can anyone just read me the news?

MIKE TASOS Columnist

Despite the histrionics that accompanied Tucker Carlson getting sacked at Fox News, for all you dropping subscriptions and vowing to never tune in to the network, I have a word of sensible advice: Relax.

Before I go on, I lean toward being a reasonable conservative, believing there’s plenty of room to meet somewhere in the middle. Unless of course you throw loony AOC and her mob into the mix. There’s just no fixing that mess.

Back to the dearly departed Tucker, there’s no need to shed a tear or have a telethon for the smarmy former TV host whose annual salary was a reported $20 million.

Before all you Tucker fans go berserk, think about that number and mull

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around what he did to bring value to his industry.

You see, here’s the problem with TV news today, especially when looking at the major networks. Having a proclivity to being a news junkie at an extremely early age, my favorite stuffed animals were named after local Los Angeles news anchors (my favorite was a worn-out bear named “George Putnam,” who loyally slept next to me all those nights).

These days, television news personalities have very little personality. Go ahead and tell me I’m being harsh on the boobs who are supposedly delivering the news from inside the boob tube.

Here’s the test (and I know my readers are at the top of the intelligence spectrum): Name the anchors at any national network newscast. Go ahead and strain away while I go make a sandwich.

Give up? I can’t name any either.

I’m longing for the days when we had Walter Cronkite or Chet Huntley-David Brinkley tandem delivering the news

every night. No entertainment, per se. It was a Jack Webb moment. Just the facts, ma’am.

That was when we had our news delivered from gentlemen we believed were honest. Is it any wonder that Cronkite was called “the most trusted man in America” for all those years?

Even local anchors were trusted to be shining beacons of journalistic integrity. In Bakersfield, the dean of news was Burleigh Smith and his word was gospel. Except Burleigh had a propensity to have full blown giggling fits while trying to introduce a story.

Considered by many to be the “godfather of television news” in Bakersfield, I got to know Burleigh a little bit, not as a fledgling journalist, but as his (are you ready for this) milkman.

One summer job among my repertoire of positions designed to pay for college, had me delivering milk to residential areas. Not having a regular route, I was the “go-to” guy when one of the regulars

was on vacation. I had keys to all these houses and deposited milk in customers’ refrigerators. There were a few early mornings when Burleigh must’ve had a tough time foregoing a lawn chair for his Sealy, so I deposited him in his house as well.

Later on, I became enlightened as a member of the town’s media to understand the reason behind Burleigh’s afterlunch guffaws.

These days, like any of you frustrated with the whole news-delivering process, might be screaming: “JUST READ ME THE NEWS.”

I don’t think that will ever happen. I’m thinking about naming my yet to be adopted pooch “George Putnam.” I know he’ll be trusted.

Mike Tasos has lived in Forsyth County for more than 30 years. He’s an American by birth and considers himself a Southerner by the grace of God. He can be reached at miketasos55@gmail.com.

The fascinating history of honey and honey bees

Honey bees are essential to our health and wellbeing. Many plants that provide us with food would not reproduce without the assistance of bees, and honey bees are the only insect that produces food for humans. Today we will explore the history of beekeeping with some observations about the practice in this area.

Georgia ranks ninth among states in the production of honey with 3.3 million pounds annually. One of the best-known Georgia bee producers was J.J. Wilder (1872-1950) of Waycross, called the “Georgia Bee King,” whose 300 apiaries (place where beehives are kept) and 14,000 colonies extended 200 miles and housed a billion bees in the early 1930s, making it one of the world’s largest.

Bee cultivation history dates back to prehistoric times. Cave paintings in Spain have portrayed humans foraging honey from wild hives 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. Honey played a vital role in ancient Egypt where it was used for food, cosmetics, medications and more. Even after organized beekeeping using woven straw hives or baked clay tubes or domes was developed around 2500 B.C., destruction of the hives during honey collection continued

until the 1850s. That’s when Lorenzo Langstroth of Philadelphia invented the wooden Langstroth hive with removable frames to hold honeycombs. His box revolutionized beekeeping and continues to be the most popular design today. If kept under proper conditions, natural honey can last forever, which explains why honey found in dry Egyptian tombs is still edible. Bee colonies are wondrous creations. Each contains between 60,000 and 100,000 bees consisting of three types: workers, drones and the queen. The bees

work together to assure the health of the hive, each type with its defined role. The vast majority of bees in a colony are female worker bees who build the wax comb that holds eggs, feed the brood of new bees, take care of the queen, forage for pollen, nectar and water among other responsibilities. Worker bees live for only a few weeks.

Every colony has only one queen bee whose main job is to lay eggs, up to a million over her lifetime of two to four years. Drones are males whose only responsibility is to mate with the queen who may mate with up to 17 drones over a one- to two-day period. The beekeeper must understand the lifecycles of the bees and provide a healthy environment for them, a management task that requires detailed knowledge of many factors.

Here are a few facts about bees from the monthly American Bee Journal to help with your next trivia game: The publication first appeared in January 1861 and is still relied upon by beekeepers.

• The average honeybee will make only one-twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.

• Honeybees fly up to 15 miles per hour with wings that stroke 11,400 times per minute, creating their distinctive buzz.

• Bees maintain a temperature of 92-93 degrees in their central brood regardless of the outside temperature.

• Fermented honey, known as mead, is

the most ancient fermented beverage.

There are several local bee clubs in Georgia and many small beekeepers in North Fulton County.

Ed Parsons and Stan Key are two of the best known.

Ed and Carter Parsons operate the Milton Honey Farm. Ed handles the bees, and Carter is responsible for the business aspects and makes a line of honey soap. Ed is busy with his honeybee business, and his IT company and a wood company that services furniture makers. He has some 40 or 50 hives in two locations in Milton and maintains two self-serve stands. Ed explains that honey purchased in stores is typically blended honeys from several states, which accounts for its uniform taste and color. Like most beekeepers in the area, Ed produces Wildflower Honey which can vary from light to dark depending on the flowers visited by the bees. Spring honey is lighter in color than fall honey, which is tulip poplar flower-based. Every June to mid-August, Ed takes his bees to North Georgia so they can enjoy sourwood tree flowers. Sourwood is most abundant in the southern Appalachian Mountains and produces a uniquely flavored light to medium amber honey depending on the amount of sun and rain a tree receives.

Stan Key is president of Stan’s Bee Loved Honey Company in Alpharetta which

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Stan Key, owner of Stan’s Bee Loved Honey Company in Alpharetta, inspects his bee hives which must be checked regularly to assure the health of the bees.

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Two Canadian authors whose books are worth the wait

I didn’t plan it this way, but the last two books I read were by Canadian authors. One a new novelist, the other an old hand. My reading selection is governed by the availability of books at the library. I don’t visit there and peruse the shelves. Instead, I log on to the website and search for the books on my never-ending TBR list. That list is

populated with books that sound interesting based on reviews I’ve seen in the paper or online. If the library has it, I put it on hold.

Sometimes, they’re bestsellers and I wind up as number 85 or something higher on the waitlist, meaning it could be months before I get the wonderful email that says, “Come get your book.” Other times, it seems I’m the only one looking for a particular book, and it comes available almost immediately.

Though “The Maid” and “A World of Curiosities” are both bestsellers, they came in

pretty quickly and in the same week, and I devoured them both.

“The Maid” by Nita Prose

The protagonist, Molly Gray, is a 25-year-old who struggles with social skills. Through the years, her grandmother has been her guide in understanding and reading the intentions of others. Molly doesn’t always know when she’s being made fun of or misled, and when her grandmother dies, life becomes more difficult for her.

A maid at a prestigious hotel, she is good at her job and appreciated by her manager, but not necessarily by her co-workers. She finds herself in a pickle when a guest dies in one of her rooms. The red herrings and clues abound in this puzzler. Who is out to get Molly? Who is on her side? Will her social missteps do her in?

This mystery is well-plotted and the main character is endearing, all the things I love in a good book.

“A World of Curiosities” by Louise Penny

As is always the case with a Louise Penny mystery, I couldn’t put this one down. Inspector Gamache is back in the village of Three Pines surrounded by family and friends and soon, of course, a crime, or perhaps several.

I found this installment in the long-

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makes wildflower honey, sells bees, and relocates beehives. He is a frequent speaker about bees and beekeeping at schools and community groups, consults and mentors individuals who are new to the bee business. He is past president of the Fort Worth, Texas Metro Bee Association. Earlier, he was director of American schools in Brazil, Bolivia, Spain and Nicaragua. Stan says, “A third of every bite

DEATH NOTICES

Beverly Boardman, 81, of Alpharetta, passed away on May 9, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Kenneth Christian, 83, of Alpharetta, passed away on May 5, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Alexander “Alex” Finnell, 23, of Milton, passed away on May 5, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Sarah Pippin, 93, of Alpharetta, passed away on May 6, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Susanne Sonke, 80, of Roswell, passed away on May 8, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Nellie Taylor, 91, of Milton, passed away on April 28, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

running series to be much darker than the previous ones, though none of them are by any means light. Perhaps this one is more disturbing because it reveals more about Armand Gamache, his early life and early cases, and the toll that those cases have taken on him. The mystery moves between the case that brought Gamache and his son-in-law Jean-Guy together and their current life as co-workers and family. Though that case is in the past, it inserts itself into the present day.

This is a book about evil. Can someone be born evil? If so, can they ever change? What is a psychopath? What toll does evil take on the men and women who must deal with it as they seek to solve cases and put killers behind bars?

Once again, Louise Penny does a masterful job of portraying the evil in our world and the impact it has. After this one, though, I may need a palate cleanser, something a bit more light-hearted. Please drop me a line if you have a recommendation.

Author Kathy Manos Penn is a nominee for the 2023 Georgia Author of the Year Award. Find her cozy mysteries locally at The Enchanted Forest in Dunwoody and Bookmiser in East Cobb or on Amazon. Contact her at inkpenn119@gmail.com, and follow her on Facebook, www.facebook. com/KathyManosPennAuthor/.

of food we eat has been touched by bees.”

Both Stan and Ed are active members of the Milton Bee Club which supports local hobby apiarists and works to build the next generation of Milton beekeepers. For information contact Stan at Milton Bee Club Home or email him at stankey. texas@gmail.com or phone 817 888-0470.

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.

John Vlahiotis, 70, of Alpharetta, passed away on May 6, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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