Forsyth Herald – August 9, 2018

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School year begins with opening at Denmark Shelly Williams and Skyler Wagner taught together at West Forsyth High School and will now teach together at Denmark High School. Read more, Page 8.

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Man drowns at West Bank Park

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 23-yearold man drowned July 30 while swimming at a Cumming park.

Ali Ismaili, 23, of Buford, died around 7:30 p.m. July 30 while swim-

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Task force arrests two FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Johns Creek/Alpharetta/ Forsyth Drug Task Force is working to combat drugs in the area.

The following are just two arrests the group has made ADAMS recently.

On July 18, task force arrested Danny Dodd, 53, at his home in Cumming for the sale of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine.

Then on the evening of July 19, the DODD task force conducted a traffic stop on Atlanta Highway near Bethelview Road. There Benjamin Adams, 42, of Cumming, was arrested for cocaine possession with the intent to distribute and other drug related objects.

Both Adams and Dodd are in the Forsyth County Jail with no bond.

ming at West Bank Park in Cumming.

The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, Forsyth County Fire Department and Gwinnett County Fire Department responded at 7:23 p.m. to a call of a drowning.

A search was activated at the location where two people said their friend

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Intoxicated man arrested for threatening campers FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Sheriff’s deputies said an inebriated man was arrested at Sawnee Campground recently after he attempted to fight with other campers.

Deputies responded to a call about an intoxicated male causing a disturbance who was currently being held on the ground by nearby campers.

Two men were holding the 35-yearold man down by a headlock because the man was reportedly attempting to fight campsite patrons. Deputies took hold of the man who started cussing at other campers when he was put into handcuffs. He was then placed into a patrol car.

The man’s girlfriend said the man drank liquor all day and he gets angry when he drinks. She said they got into a verbal argument, and neighboring campers came to check on her. The man became irate when confronted and began showing aggression to the other campers. At this time, the two men took the man to the ground in defense, while others called 911.

While in the back of the patrol car, the man asked for the window to be

was last seen swimming before the friend went under the water and did not come back up.

At 7:45 p.m., Ismaili was located by Forsyth and Gwinnett Fire under the water. Ismaili was taken by ambulance to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

rolled down. When deputies obliged, he again began yelling at the campers, including loud obscenities and racial slurs.

He beat his head on the partition in the patrol car, and while being transported to jail, he launched curse words and racial slurs at the deputies.

Warrants were secured for terroristic threats and acts, simple assault, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

Woman has car stolen while unloading groceries FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A woman reported a man drove off with her car while she was loading groceries.

The 35-year-old woman was about to head home after her shift at the Kroger on Peachtree Parkway.

She parked her grocery cart near the left back door of her car, then turned on the ignition to start the air conditioning.

While unloading the groceries, a man approached her, pushed her out of the way, got inside the car and drove off.

The woman yelled “help” and a fellow employee who was sitting in her car and witnessed the event came over. Two other witnesses came to help.

The car contained the woman’s purse with her phone, credit card, license and about $300 inside.

Video from the parking lot confirmed the woman’s statement.

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Commission moves forward with short term rentals

By KATHLEEN STURGEON Kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — After months of hearings and hours of public comments, the Forsyth County Commission has decided to enforce its short-term rental ordinance that is already in place.

The commission voted 3-0, with councilmen Todd Levent and Pete Amos absent, to direct that county code enforcement staff enforce the current codes.

Furthermore, the commission voted to direct planning staff and legal counsel to create a proposal for a conditional use permit that would define if and where short-term rentals could operate and incorporate some or all of the elements of the proposed ordinance as performance standards.

Additionally, county staff will return with a plan to the second work session on Aug. 21 on how and what enforcement looks like.

As it stands now, the proposed ordinance would require short-term renters to apply for a permit and would limit short-term rentals to a twice-a-month maximum and a six-night minimum, which many renters argue is too restrictive.

Due largely to the attraction of Lake Lanier, Forsyth County now has more than 400 short-term rental properties, many in residential areas and whose owners advertise on sites like Airbnb and Vacation Rental

by Owner.

The current codes governing short-term rental properties were written in the 1990s, and many residents have said the law fails to address the disruption to the neighborhoods that mass short-term rentals can cause.

Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills said it would help to have a way of know and track who has the houses.

“I don’t like government overreach,” she said. “I never have. But, I don’t like neighbors that don’t respect each other. I don’t like when people are suffering from cancer and being kept up all night from a renter who doesn’t care. I know we can’t legislate for people to be better people. That’s the problem. We can make a rule, but if you choose to break it, you will.”

Commissioner Laura Semanson said the board was trying to preserve the residential nature of the homes.

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Why play Robin Hood and steal my property rights for the benefit of someone else? All of us rent to quality, upstanding people who take care of our properties and often times are better people for our community than some of our full-time residents and certainly many of long-term renters.”

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That will only happen, she said, when the renter is willing to work out issues and honor the expectations of those neighbors who live there full time.

“The person who will be going back to Tennessee is vastly different from the person who lives there day-in and day-out and has to come to livable terms with their neighbor,” she said.

“We’re struggling with our code that, as much as people want to feel it’s cloudy, is very clear in that it makes a distinction in a residential district of the types of use that are residential in nature.”

John Carter spoke in favor of the short-term rentals saying the county has a golden opportunity to make the issue into a positive win for everyone, especially to the benefit of the county’s own public image.

“Instead the current approach is to cast a dark cloud over short-term rentals making criminals out of good people, cracking down hard and essentially putting almost everyone out of business,” he said. “To me, this ever-growing short-term rental ordinance gives a new meaning to the phrase ‘making a mountain out of a molehill.’ There have been 11 complaints in two years regarding all short term rentals and only two were for noise.”

He asked the board why they thought it was necessary to draft such a “draconian, socialist, 14-page long ordinance that will cost the citizens of Forsyth County tons of money, cause undue stress on county employees and most importantly rob people of their property rights,” by initiating a “countywide HOA document.”

“Why play Robin Hood and steal my property rights for the benefit of someone else?” Carter asked. “All of us rent to quality, upstanding people who take care of our properties and often times are better people for our community than some of our full-time residents and certainly many of long-term renters.”

On the other side of the argument, Jay Hendrix said he supports banning short term rentals from residentially zoned communities.

“This is a zoning issue,” he said. “Zoning defines what can and can’t be done in every area of our county by law. Residentially zoned communities have a history of expectations and law. But the base word is resident. They were created as areas for people to live in, which means established domiciles and to fulfill by law peoples’ legitimate expectations for a safe and peaceful area to live, raise a family and to separate family life from other activities such as commerce, industry and others.”

Residentially zoned communities were never intended to include short-term rentals, he said. “Residents and short-term renters are different by definition,” Hendrix said. “Short-term renters are transient who purchase temporary living accommodations at a location for a defined period of time. It’s a lower quality of life for residents in terms of peacefulness, inconvenience, stress, litter, speed and traffic. Short-term renters are strangers within the community resulting in a lower sense, and sometimes reality, of security for the families. Forsyth County doesn’t need them.”

Youth orchestra auditions to be held Aug. 11 JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Georgia Piedmont Youth Orchestra will hold fall auditions on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Mount Pisgah Arts Academy.

This year the orchestra plans to perform six concerts and will be directed and conducted by Sergio Rodriguez. Rehearsals will normally be held on Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m.

The Georgia Piedmont Youth Orchestra has previously performed side by side with the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra and has been invited to play at the Capitol in Atlanta. They have performed every year for veterans at the American Legion Hall as part of the Alpharetta Memorial Day celebration.

The auditions will be in building G, the Drummond Center Gym, at 9875 Nesbit Ferry Road. For applications and instrument specific audition information, visit gpyoa.org/audition.

The Georgia Piedmont Youth Orchestra will hold its fall auditions on Saturday, Aug. 11.

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Cumming voters shut out from Brunch Bill

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com CUMMING, Ga. — Timing is everything, and Cumming will face the consequences of bad timing this year when it misses its chance to vote on an ordinance to move up the time restaurants can serve alcohol on Sundays.

Mayor Troy Brumbalow said the city was contacted Monday, July 30 by the Forsyth County Board of Voter Registrations and Elections that they needed a resolution by Friday, Aug. 3 to place the bill on the November ballot.

The new law, dubbed the Brunch Bill, allows local jurisdictions to authorize sales of alcohol for consumption to begin at 11 a.m. on Sundays, as opposed to the current 12:30 p.m. start.

“We don’t have a meeting until next week,” he said. “So I talked to the council and we aren’t going to call a special meeting to pass a resolution. We would have had to call a special called meeting where we’d have to take staff, councilmembers and all that to push it through for the vote in November. We couldn’t take official action without having a quorum.”

Instead, Brumbalow said he contacted council members individually, and they all agreed to not hold the vote.

“It was just the timing of it,” Brumbalow said. “Had we have known about it when the county passed it last month, then we could’ve been discussing it and studying on it before then. We could have had time to have done it. I don’t keep up with everything that happens at the state level.”

Up until July 30, Brumbalow said he had never even heard of the Brunch Bill.

Forsyth County approved the resolution July 19.

Voter Registrations and Elections Director Barbara Luth said it is not the responsibility of her office to notify the county or city when these bills are passed.

“We did not contact the county regarding this bill,” she said. “The first step after a bill is passed is for the governing authority to provide for the calling of a referendum election. We received notification from our county attorney that the resolution was going before the board on July 19 to be considered.”

The city would have had to do its own resolution separate from the county, Luth said. It was tight getting the county to discuss the resolution, she said.

“We did contact (the city) on Mon-

Voters in Cumming will not get the chance this fall to vote if they’d like early hours to buy alcohol at restaurants. day (July 30),” Luth said. “But we have no control over any of that other than the fact we found out from our board of commissioners they were going to do it. The (city) knew the Brunch Bill was out there, I don’t know if they knew the county was going to do it, although, it has been on all of their agendas to call it.”

Some surrounding jurisdictions have been wary of the Brunch Bill because of potential conflicts with Sunday morning church services. Alpharetta, whose downtown district includes several churches, passed the resolution for a November vote, but the city will not allow open carry until 12:30 p.m., even if local voters pass the measure.

Milton, Johns Creek and Roswell will also hold referendums on the measure.

Brumbalow said he has his own personal convictions that didn’t interfere with the decision to not have the vote.

“I’m not ashamed or embarrassed of my personal convictions,” he said. “I couldn’t tell you how big of a demand there is because I’m not eating lunch on Sundays at 11 a.m.”

Additionally, he said no business contacted the city regarding the bill.

“We were blindsided on Monday,” he said. “I’m not saying it won’t come up in the future. It’s just not coming up in this November ballot. The voters will still be voting on it to be in the unincorporated Forsyth County.”

Luth said county voters will have public hearings on Aug. 16 and Sept. 6 on the bill.

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Denmark High ready for inaugural school year

By KATHLEEN STURGEON Kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — If Dr. Leila Denmark, one of the first women pediatricians in Georgia, could see her namesake being used for Forsyth County’s sixth traditional high school, she would probably be proud.

In fact, Denmark lived adjacent to the new high school located at 645 Mullinax Road, which is where she operated her last medical office. The school officially opened its doors July 28, just a few days before the school year began Aug. 2.

The school, which opened with freshmen, sophomores and juniors, was built to relieve overcrowding at other schools in south and west Forsyth.

This year, Principal Heather Gordy began her 18th year with Forsyth County, her 27th in education, with experience working at Forsyth Central High School, South Forsyth High School, Lambert High School and most recently, the principal at West Forsyth High School.

“How special it is to all of us gathered here and the generation of students that will pass through these halls to be associated with a school named after such an amazing woman,” Gordy said. “(Denmark) said the following, ‘every child should have a chance. Do what you can to help.’ At Denmark High School, we are going to do just that.”

Eventually, the school will have more than 2,600 students in its halls. It will offer the same classes as the other schools, but will have the county’s first veterinary science course offerings.

Some of those classes will be taught in a barn that already existed on the property.

Shelly Williams will teach the veterinary science program and serve as adviser for the Future Farmers of America.

Students learn through the career pathway in basic agriculture, animal science and diseases, she said. A third of the curriculum is a requirement to have a certain number of hours outside of school involved in actual agricultural experience.

The options include lawn mowing, tending a family garden or working in the barn at Denmark helping tend the many animals that will live on campus.

The animal occupants include two mini horses named June Bug and Cricket, two goats named This Goat and That Goat, and a Great Dane, the school’s mascot, named Lucy, who will later become a therapy dog.

“It’s a ton of great, real-world experience,” Williams said. “I love that it’s

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The barn at Denmark High School was already on the property, so the school system decided to keep it and use it for the veterinary science students.

so practical.”

Prior to coming to Denmark, Williams was a biology teacher for 20 years, including at West Forsyth High School.

“The content is very much the same but I love the potential to demonstrate the interaction of ecosystems, not just animals but animals with plants,” she said. “Eventually we’ll have an aquaponics set up here and use all the waste from the barn to fertilize the garden or greenhouse plants. It’s magical how nature works itself if we let it.”

The land was a horse farm prior to becoming a school, she said, so rather than tear down the buildings, like the farm, Williams said they kept it and will use it to educate.

“I love that it’s not brand new because everything has been tried and fixed to where it’s a well-oiled machine at this point,” she said.

Through the program, she hopes students get a broad view of all the life around them because while technology is amazing and opens doors, she said it draws the kids inward.

“They stop looking around and caring about the things around them,” Williams said. “These days as we get more and more populated, it’s important to care for the environment and all the living things around us. It’ll be crucial to the survival of our species. I want them to learn to care about things other than themselves, have a heart for the life around them and enjoy nature. What we have here is such a gift.”

To learn more about the program and school, visit forsyth.k12.ga.us/dhs.

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Forsyth’s first day of school goes smoothly

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By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — When Denmark High School began its inaugural day of classes at 8:25 a.m. on Aug. 2, one member in the crowd may have been a little too excited.

Denny, the 4-month-old Great Dane and “junior” school mascot, roamed the halls that morning calming nervous students and bringing a smile to the faces of every student and staff member he passed.

Terry Crowder, social studies teacher and Denmark football coach, is the dog’s proud owner.

“I thought it’d be cool for there to be a real mascot that kids can put their hands on, “Crowder said. “He’s been the best dog I’ve ever owned. He will be here most every day.

I envision him being around special needs kids, but he’ll go into classrooms.

I will take him to every teacher that wants him.

Kids already know him from Twitter, even kids who moved here.”

Denny is training to be a therapy dog, and Crowder said that will help him get used to everyone so when he comes back to Denmark full time, he’ll be ready.

Denny welcomed the more than 1,300 students who were at Denmark when it officially started its first day of school as the county’s newest traditional high school.

Principal Heather Gordy stood at the front of the school to welcome students and help them find their way.

“It’s important for kids to know who the adults are in the building and that we’ll be willing and able to help them with all their questions,” Gordy said.

“I knew we were going to have a lot of kids coming in here having the feeling of the unknown.

Being out there put them at ease, and if they’re at ease, then they’re going to be happy and go home to talk about what a fantastic first day they had at Denmark High School.”

The county now has six traditional high schools, the Forsyth Virtual Academy, Gateway Academy and the Alliance Academy of Innovation, which opened this year.

The Forsyth School District has about 15,000 high school students projected for the 2018-19 school year.

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The district also welcomed 237 new teachers and staff this year, with one additional social emotional learning position and new student advocate specialist at each high school. In addition, roughly 6,000 staff serve the district.

There is close to 400 buses that take students to and from school.

Forsyth Schools Transportation Director Michael Satterfield said the first morning went off without a hitch. Planning for the bus routes began in January, he said.

“Our target is to get the last bus to campus about six to eight minutes before the start of the school day,” he said.

“This morning we met that target. Our last bus was in here at 8:17 a.m. and our school day starts at 8:25 a.m. We were excited with that.

We didn’t experience anything we don’t normally do countywide as everyone is settling into their routine. I’m really pleased and excited for the start of the year.”

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OPINION

Baseball and the mystery of the night sky Long before stone tablets, before theater, before Netflix, there was the night sky.

Through the eons, man filled his nights pondering the heavens, mapping patterns, inventPAT FOX ing heroic stories to Editor pat@appenmediagroup.com explain the infinite nonsense.

Then, along came science — and that was that.

Today, each week brings another discovery to unravel celestial mysteries that had entertained mankind for ages.

It’s a little sad to see mysteries I marveled at as a child lose their intrigue.

Who among us doesn’t long for those good old days when television had three channels and Coke was 5 cents a bottle?

Which brings me to baseball.

I have written before about the historic year 1968, about the events 50 years ago that rocked the world.

One such event was the World Series.

The 1968 Fall Classic was the last time baseball carried with it the same mystery painted on the heavens. Unlike the night sky, however, baseball’s

mysteries were all man-made, and I miss them.

The beauty back then was that everything unknowable remained perfectly unknowable – until two perfect strangers met on real grass to compete in a bestof-seven series.

Here’s how it all collapsed.

First, 1968 was the last year the World Series guaranteed a matchup between the two best teams from each league. The following year, 1969, baseball instituted the “playoff system,” whereby the National and American leagues divided themselves into two divisions, an East and a West. Under this new system, at season’s end, the team with the best record in the East Division played a best-of-five series against the top team from the West for a berth to the World Series.

Within the first 10 years of this playoff system, six teams made it to the World Series without posting the best record in their own league. The 1973 Mets barely won half their games, posting a season record of 82-79. Yet, they punched their ticket to the World Series by winning the National League Division Series against Cincinnati, which had finished with a 99-63 record on the year.

More ridiculous still, these Mets

Who among us doesn’t long for those good old days when television had three channels and Coke was 5 cents a bottle? weren’t even the second best team in the National League. Their record placed them fourth in the overall National League standings at season’s end.

It’s only gotten worse. Now, we have three divisions within each league and a “wild card” team vying for the pennant.

Second, in 1968, there was no free agency.

Players won the right to shop their skills to various teams in the early 1970s. Up till then, a player pretty much remained with the same team their entire career under what was known as baseball’s “reserve clause.”

There are plenty of good arguments for allowing players the freedom to follow their fortunes. On the other hand, free agency diluted the distinctiveness of

each team, of each league, by allowing a player to sign a contract with any club in any league.

How would Mickey Mantle have fared against San Francisco fireballer Juan Marichal? I’ve no idea because it never happened. The Yankees never faced the Giants in a post-season game at the time. A Mantle vs. Marichal matchup remains a mystery to this day.

Had they met in the World Series, though, imagine the buzz! Imagine the speculation!

Which brings me to the third element in baseball’s decline: inter-league play.

This travesty, introduced in 1997, eroded the distinctiveness of each league further by scheduling teams from the American League in matchups against National League teams during the regular season.

Today, we have some idea how a slugger from the American League, say Mike Trout, would fare against a National League star pitcher like Clayton Kershaw in a World Series.

Trout has batted .153 against the Dodger ace in 13 at bats during meaningless inter-league play over the past five years.

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Environmental scientist joins county staff

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — For anyone with complaints about county landfills, especially the Eagle Point Landfill, Sam Buckles is now the go-to man for help.

Buckles has joined the county staff as an environmental scientist manager.

In his role, Buckles will act as a key community liaison, regularly interacting with the public, individual citizens and stakeholders involved in landfill operations.

Among other duties, he will also respond to complaints and questions related to landfill odor, noise, operations and other related issues, providing information and initiating problem resolution.

Buckles brings over 30 of experience in environmental work-related roles. He most recently served as a municipal team manager for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division. Before that, he held positions at the Georgia Environmental Protection Division Air Protection Branch.

“I retired a little early from the EPD and I decided after being retired for a couple years I was ready to go back to work and utilize my background and knowledge,” he said. “I wanted to do an environmental job. I took several environmental engineering courses and was interested in its issues. I could see the future, it’s not going away. Environmental regulation and concern will be here from now on. I’m glad to be able to make a contribution.”

In his first month on the job, Buckles has spent his time getting trained, recertified and learning about the landfills,

including Eagle Point and High Tower, He, along with Charles McDaniel, who was hired a week later as a code enforcement officer, has been researching the recent history of Eagle Point.

“I bring a regulaBUCKLES tory background and technical knowledge of landfills and how they operate,” he said. “I’ll be able to keep a closer eye on things than say the EPD would be able to. With Charles, we can be here more present than EPD has resources to do.”

Last December, the county agreed to enter into a memorandum of understand with Advanced Disposal Services which owns and operates Eagle Point Landfill in north Forsyth. The agreement will give the county more access to the landfill to police its operations.

Other ongoing issues with the landfill include a possible methane gas refinery plant that would capture methane for conversion.

The memorandum includes a provision that the landfill may not expand its footprint past its boundaries.

Additionally, the county will receive an expansion fee of 10 cents per cubic yard of additional sanitary landfill capacity. The estimated expansion of the landfill is 20 million to 25 million cubic yards.

“We’ll be able to interpret what goes on at the landfill,” he said. “I hope to work with all the parties involved to come up with the best resolution for everyone that still protects the environment.”

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Forsyth Schools cites mobile devices as threat to student safety

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — One of the biggest problems students face today isn’t necessarily drugs, alcohol or bullying, but the device that make these threats accessible and rampant.

Forsyth County Schools Chief Operations Office Todd Shirley said mobile devices allow students to obtain drugs, bully others and engage in sexting and pornography.

Speaking at a meeting of the Forsyth County Drug Awareness Council Aug. 1, Shirley said part of his job is to oversee the directors of safety and security for the school, student discipline, transportation, food services and athletics.

He also works with the six advocacy specialists from the Department of Family and Children Services, social workers, teachers, ministers and law enforcement to help troubled students.

“All these folks come together to bring their expertise to a team to help our kids who are in the darkest places in the county,” Shirley said. “These are not kids who get in trouble every so often or get put into in-school suspension. These are kids we know and can identify are having suicidal and homicidal thoughts that are alone in the world or maybe have a troubled home life. We possibly suspect they could do harm to themselves or others.”

It may seem strange to some that Forsyth County would have students who fall into those categories, he said, but the school system already knows

students are who need extra support.

“People that know me know I will talk openly about the problems we face,” Shirley said. “And we have a ton of problems. It is a wonderful county and a very high test score county, great socioeconomics, but we are struggling right now.”

Drugs and alcohol are always a problem with teens, he said, but cyberbullying, bullying straight up and suicide are also in the mix.

These issues are bombarding Shirley’s office so frequently, he said last year they conducted more tribunals, or actions beyond 10-day suspensions where a student is placed into an alternative school, than they ever have in their history. And there appears to be no letup.

“Our offices are doing a wonderful job on drug and alcohol awareness,” he said. “But I don’t think awareness is the problem. They know the stuff is there and it potentially could harm them, yet they’re still doing it. We don’t know what the answer is other than continue to teach and work with them.”

Most often the tribunals are for issues with alcohol and drugs, with marijuana being at the top of the frequent offender list.

But he said the biggest problem for kids today is their technology and the ability to be connected at all times.

“This is problem No. 1 because this is where they’re finding and buying the drugs,” he said. “This gives them full access to not only the internet but also the dark web. Every discipline in this district

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We’ve given our kids the most powerful tool ever created and never taught them how to use it.”

The students are brave, he said, because they often leave the text messages on the phones as a rite of passage. This is one way Shirley and his team find out about drug deals and sexting cases.

“It’s also the ability to large-scale bully somebody for anything,” he said.

“That is as dangerous as the purchase of any drugs. That is nonstop. We are investigating on a daily basis. We encourage people to Google things and study so at least you know what the kids are seeing. We won’t be one step ahead, but at least we can be only one step behind.”

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Annalise O’Bryant won the Junior Gold national bowling championship last month in Dallas, Texas, beating 382 other girls in her division.

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By CONNER EVANS interns@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Her mother joked that people hear about bowling and “rednecks drinking beers” comes to mind, but to Annalise O‘Bryant, the reigning Junior Gold national champion, bowling is a passion.

O’Bryant recently got back to her home near Douglasville, from Dallas, Texas, where the annual Junior Gold tournament is held, the largest amateur bowling tournament in the country. She won first place, going undefeated as a 14 year old against 382 other girls in the U15 division.

“Junior Gold is like the bowling Super Bowl for kids,” she said.

Her father and coach, Doug O’Bryant, has bowled professionally for 30 years and currently bowls on the PBA senior tour for those age 50 and up. She started bowling by age 2, he said, and got her first Mickey Mouse ball shortly thereafter. She’s been bowling with a professional 15 pound ball since fifth grade.

“Bowling is a lot bigger anywhere up north,” he said. “It’s very rare for a kid from Georgia to win Junior Gold.”

O’Bryant has won since first entering competitions outside of her own Cherokee Lanes. She won the Georgia Games, earning the title as the state’s best young bowler, in her first try and quickly worked her way toward dominance on the

national stage with two top five finishes at Junior Gold in the last three years, before getting over the hump this July.

O’Bryant also got the nod to represent Team USA at the upcoming Tournament of Americas, an international competition held next week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

“She’ll have her pick of colleges for bowling scholarships,” her father said.

When practicing alone or with friends, she doesn’t waste a throw, stressing that building habits is crucial to her success.

“Even when I’m with friends messing around, before each throw I get into my mindset,” she said. “Every swing is important, because if you do something bad, then that can become a bad habit.

It’s easy to get into a bad habit, but it’s hard to break it.”

O’Bryant also emphasized the skill and technicality that goes into every swing in the game, with different oil patterns in the lane at competitions decreasing the margin for error. With oil in the lane, it becomes harder to hit the headpin, she said, and the type of ball, rotation, arm speed and more must be accounted for.

For the recently crowned champion, the sky is the limit.

“My first dream was to win Georgia Games,” she said. “My next dream was to win Junior Gold, then to make Junior USA, and now my dream is to be the best out there.”

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Northside Forsyth celebrates 10 years of Women’s Center

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — At the Northside Hospital Forsyth Women’s Center, treating everyone like family is taken literally.

So much so, hospital administrator Lynn Jackson and Women’s Center manager Melissa Sugg have had grandchildren born there.

“It was wonderful,” Sugg said. “The staff and doctors were great. But they didn’t do anything they don’t do for everybody.”

The Women’s Center, 1200 Northside Forsyth Drive, is now celebrating its 10th year of service. And, there’s reason to celebrate with 26,000 babies born, including 3,200 last year.

Sugg has been deeply involved since the center opened Aug. 1, 2008.

But her journey to opening the center wasn’t a straight path. Sugg was originally an interior designer before she became a stay-at-home mom. She visited many hospitals after her daughter was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

Throughout that time she became fascinated with anatomy and physiology. She went back to school with the intent of taking care of neonatal babies at North-

side to help empower moms to know they have the skills they need.

Her timing was spot-on because that’s when Northside was beginning to expand its women’s units and she captured the attention of her director who was working on the plans for the original center in Atlanta.

When it was discovered Sugg could read blueprints and work with families, her future was set. She helped open the Atlanta Center, and jumped on the chance to work with the Forsyth Center when it later opened.

“I was asked what my vision was, and I said I wanted it to be a place where people in the community can come and feel welcome,” Sugg said. “I also wanted it to be a place where the staff is extremely passionate about being here and providing the best customer service they can.”

Suggs handpicked 150 staff members to open the Forsyth Center initially, and they were able to help fine-tune the building to include specifications they deemed necessary. Most of the new staff members came from the Atlanta campus, so Sugg said they already understood the Northside vision and mission.

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People now kind of treat having birth like a Disney event because it’s very choreographed. We want them to have that experience, but we’ll be just behind the scenes in case there’s a need for intervention.”

Today, there are countless benefits offered at the Forsyth Center including more than 20 classes, private labor and delivery rooms, a lactation center, Center for Perinatal Medicine, 24/7 anesthesia (epidural) services, C-section delivery rooms, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, physical therapy for adults and newborns, pharmacy and 24/7 neonatologist coverage.

This makes it “easy” for a person to want to be a patient at Northside, administrator Jackson said, because the hospital has made an effort to make the Women’s Center feel welcoming, including rooms that don’t seem scary or too sterile.

Sugg agreed.

“The only rule I had was the patient comes first,” she said. “No matter what the issue or question, stop and think how this impacts the patient, and then we will will base the decision on

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... Not only did we turn 10 years old this year, but we were also fortunate to experience record numbers of growth in all areas.

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Emory Johns Creek Hospital has announced plans for a $61 million, two-story expansion to its main building at 6325 Hospital Parkway.

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Emory Johns Creek Hospital plans two-story expansion

By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Emory Johns Creek Hospital is planning an estimated $61 million expansion that would add two stories to the main hospital building.

The expansion would be 84,000 square feet and add a fifth and sixth floor to the hospital, according to a letter of intent filed with the state Office of Health Planning on July 19.

The sixth floor will provide additional clinical space, including 21 inpatient medical beds and 19 observation beds.

The fifth floor will primarily provide non-

clinical space, such as offices, conference rooms, physician sleep rooms and storage space.

A two-chair inpatient dialysis room will also be constructed on the fifth floor to treat patients with kidney disease.

Alysia Satchel, senior manager of media relations with Emory Johns Creek, confirmed a letter of intent was filed but did not have any additional information at this time.

At the 2018 Johns Creek State of the City address this March, Emory leaders announced that the hospital had seen unprecedented growth over the past year “At Emory Johns Creek, not only

did we turn 10 years old this year, but we were also fortunate to experience record numbers of growth in all areas,” said Hannah Henry, vice president of operations at Emory Healthcare. “That includes 14 percent growth for inpatient admissions and more than 27 percent growth for outpatient visits.”

To meet this increased demand for care, Marilyn Margolis, CEO of Emory Johns Creek, announced several upcoming improvements in addition to the two-story construction. The improvements included hiring new specialists and other physicians, expanding labor and delivery care, purchasing a third

surgical robot and other technology, renovating the pharmacy and building a parking garage “We’re really excited about all these projects,” Margolis said.

Emory University Hospital also filed a letter of intent to acquire Intuitive da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgical System. The surgery system was launched in 2014 and includes technology that advances minimally invasive surgery. This estimated $2.6 million project will be located on the second floor of the Atlanta hospital.

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Green can actually mean more green People often don’t associate nature with revenue. But I just read an op-ed that shows how green can generate green.

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In the article he wrote for Curbed.com, he talks about how much economic development potential there is in Atlanta by investing in the Chattahoochee River and Freedom Park. He proposes a linear park along the river, as well as other improvements to Freedom Park.

Atlanta has become one of the most successful business cities anywhere in the country. Our big draws early on were our airport and our low cost of living. Companies moved here because they could pay their employees less, and it was easier for their executives to travel on nonstop flights to major cities throughout the country and Europe.

It is a different story today. We cannot rely on our low cost of living, mostly because it isn’t that low anymore. A recent Forbes article listed Atlanta as one of six cities along with Denver, Eugene, Ore., Nashville, Tenn., Portland, Ore., and Seattle where the cost of living is surging. With that in mind, economic development leaders across the metro area decided a long time ago that we would need to step up our game. If folks are going to move here, they need here to be not just inexpensive, but a great place to live as well. In some ways, Atlanta has been through a Renaissance over the last 20 years with cities just outside of Atlanta, and neighborhoods within Atlanta, investing heavily in walkable downtown centers and natural amenities like trails and parks.

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As land becomes more expensive, and building of new homes becomes more-dense, homeowners are getting much smaller yards than they used to. that people want to be outside and connected, and businesses want to be where people want to be. Everywhere the trail has been laid, there are businesses and new development. And everywhere the trail is scheduled to be laid, there are developers working to buy land. And this isn’t just an intown phenomena.

Since former Alpharetta Mayor David Belle-Isle unveiled plans for a multi-use path throughout the city called the Alpha Loop, developers have been searching out any available chances to build something along it.

Well before that, Roswell Mayor Jere Wood was one of the biggest advocates anywhere for trails and parks. During his tenure the city developed a trail along the river that included a large park used for concerts throughout the summer, and a trail that heads north, connecting with Alpharetta’s Big Creek Greenway – which runs through the city to connect to Forsyth County’s Big Creek Greenway.

Today, projects are cropping up all over the metro area. Vine City is building a 16-acre, $45 million park. Buckhead is building a 5.2-mile greenway through the heart of Buckhead called Path400. It is the first step in an initiative to implement the Buckhead Collection, a planned network of 106 acres of parks and trails.

Just west of Atlanta, a 100-acre park has been proposed for the old Bellwood Quarry. Developers have already drawn up plans for multiple mixed-use developments to go around it. And last May, the Atlanta City Council voted to spend $20 million to purchase three acres that would expand Piedmont Park.

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Businesses and developers are looking for places that are investing in green space. And in this way, you can see how green can grow more green.

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NORTH FULTON, Ga. — Alpharetta, Gwinnett, Johns Creek and the Greater North Fulton chambers of commerce will work and play hard at a luau mixer on August 14.

The event will be held at the Infinite Energy Forum, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth, and will include speed networking from 3 to 5 p.m. and the mixer from 5 to 7:30 p.m.

This is only the second year the four organizations have come together to offer a multi-chamber event, but Laura Houston with the Johns Creek Chamber said she expects to see the luau become an annual event.

“Last year was the first time we ever did it, and it was a good time for everybody, so probably moving forward we’ll do it every year,” Houston said.

The speed networking event is for people focused on networking, Houston said.

Based around the same idea as speed dating, participants go through a series of two-minute, one-on-one exchanges, just enough time for an elevator pitch and to exchange business cards.

Then, the luau will feature booths

from different organization, like a trade show, as well as food and a cash bar.

Houston said this part of the event is more relaxed.

“Everybody that had a booth, they dressed up real cute. We had grass skirts and people walking around with coconut drinks,” she said.

Learning from last year, the upcoming event will be held indoors. Also this year, the chambers are offering the option to register for just the speed networking, just the luau or both.

“You can do the speed networking and stay for the whole event or just that,” Houston said. “Most people will stay because it’s a fun event.”

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BUSINESSBRIEFS WellStar Urgent Care Danielle Purdie named officially opens in Roswell public relations coordinator ROSWELL, Ga. — WellStar Health System recently opened one of its newest locations. WellStar North Fulton Urgent Care Center officially opened July 30 at 1360 Upper Hembree Road, Suite 100, Roswell.

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ROSWELL, Ga. — Recently, the Visit Roswell Convention and Visitor’s Bureau welcomed Danielle Purdie to the staff as the Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations coordinator, a newly defined position.

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Hundreds of residents flock to hear the speakers at the Road to Change event created by March For Our Lives.

Students, both local and out-of-state, along with town hall hosted by March For Our Lives.

Stoneman Douglas High School student and activist Emma Gonzalez, left, speaks to a young resident after the event.

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By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — March For Our Lives, a student-led movement advocating for gun violence prevention, recently came to Roswell with a simple message: get out and vote.

On July 30, local and out-of-state students involved with March For Our Lives met with Roswell residents at Eagles Nest Church to discuss issues related to gun

safety.

March For Our Lives was created by students from Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. after a gunman killed 17 students and faculty members earlier this year.

Some of those survivors, as well as a student from Centennial High School, spoke during the gathering.

The room was overflowing with hundreds of attendees to hear the students and other gun violence survivors speak and an-

swer questions from the crowd. Attendance was so great, organizers set up a speaker outside the venue so others could hear the panelists.

The speakers had three main goals for everyone: registering to vote, learning about candidates and their stances on issues and actually going out to vote.

“Talking to people who don’t agree with you is so important,” said Ariel Harper, a student from Centennial High School.

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listening to those perspectives is essentia to expanding yours.”

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Fulton Schools defends decision to deny student group space Student Alliance planned rally at Centennial High

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tennial High was initially approved five days later, on July 25, by the district’s Facilities Department, based on inforNORTH FULTON, Ga. – Fulton School mation provided in the online applicaSystem officials are defending their detion. cision to deny facility space at CentenHowever a subsequent review of the nial High School for a student-led rally application by a department supervisor last month, despite accusations the determined essential documents were ruling was based more on politics than missing, including proof of insurance, process. payment for the rental space and cusThe fact the application was first todians, and lack of detailed security approved, then denied, raised questions plans for the 500 people expected to about the objectivity of district staff. attend.

However a spokesperson for Fulton While the applicants made attempts Schools said the application from the to submit the missing information, Georgia Student’s Alliance for Social they were not able to meet the district’s Justice went through the same scrutiny deadline. that every applicant goes through, with Despite what Hale described as benchmarks and requirements clearly “ongoing, positive dialogues with the defined. event’s organizers and district staff,” “Last year, approximately 23,000 the application was denied via email at rental events were hosted using an ob5 p.m. on Friday, July 27. jective online rental process,” said SuThis angered event organizers who san Hale, spokessaid the notice woman for the came too late to district. “We request correct any is15 district operatsues before the ing days prior to the planned July 30 requested use date. event; and who The average time for took to Fulton the entire process, School’s social from requesting a media sites to facility to its apvent. proval/denial, is “This is so about 21 business disappointing... days.” all we want to The application do is give a voice from the Georgia to the school Student’s Alliance shooting survifor Social Justice vors from Marwas submitted on jorie Stoneman July 20 to rent the Douglas [high Centennial High school] but Fulton School gymnaCounty schools sium for “The Road isn’t giving us an JANEL GREEN to Change Town adequate chance Executive director of the Hall Meeting” on to make that hapGeorgia Alliance for Social Issues July 30; a 10-day pen!” wrote Evan turnaround. (The Asher, a member name of the stuof the Georgia dent submitting the application is not Student’s Alliance for Social Justice, on being released because of the minor Fulton School’s website. status.)

Hale said the district had no The event was described as a “town choice. With the event just three days hall and voter registration event with the away, unresolved issues included an Parkland school shooting survivors.” insurance certificate which did not The student organization is sponlist the name of the applicant as the sored by the Georgia Alliance for Social insured, and no documentation that Justice which organizes “empowerthe group was registered as a legal ment” events throughout the state, entity with the state of Georgia. Fulincluding the Women’s March, accordton Schools only rents to entities – not ing to its social media profile. individuals.

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But scheduling the event did not come without complications. Originally, the event was set to be held at Centennial High School.

But on the last business day before the event, Fulton County Schools informed the organization the venue could not be used.

Eagles Nest Church stepped in as an alternate venue.

For information, to get involved, and see future stops, visit marchforourlives.com/ road-to-change.

those findings, maintaining the district acted too hastily in pulling the plug.

“All of the information [Fulton Schools] outlined could have been provided had the students been given more than a couple of hours to provide it,” wrote Janel Green, executive director of the Georgia Alliance for Social Issues.

“Rather than revoke the permission at the 11th hour, you could have given them ample notice to remedy these issues.”

Hale acknowledges mistakes were made, but it does not take away from the fact the application was missing requirements demanded of all applicants.

“We acknowledge the application should not have been approved [in the first place],” Hale said. “Instead, it should have been sent back to the organizer for clarifying information. It would have been ideal to know much earlier that the applicant had not provided all the necessary information.”

While social media lit up with accusations of politics and outside influence, Hale said that is simply not the case, quickly dismissing the role of school board members and attorneys in the process.

“The decision to deny the rental request was made by our facilities rental staff, not by any other entity,” she said.

“On the same day we learned of the deficiencies, the school district contacted the applicant to try and get resolution, but the applicant did not provide the requested information.”

Despite the denial to use Centennial High School, the Road To Change Town Hall meeting was held on June 30 at the Eagles Nest Church in Roswell, with survivors of the Parkland shooting in attendance.

Fulton County School System reasons for denial of application: • The entity that applied was not a verifiable legal entity. District policy requires that only nonprofits and for-profit businesses, not individuals, can apply to rent facilities.

• The insurance certificate had a different name than the applicant, which was not sufficient to provide the required insurance.

• Payment, which must be submitted in advance, had not been received.

• No documentation that the organization had secured adequate security for the event had been submitted. Safety at any event that occurs on school district property is paramount.

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OUTDOOR FITNESS: ZUMBA GOLD (FLEX) ALIVE IN ROSWELL

Head to Canton Street in downtown Roswell for one of the best street parties in the metro Atlanta area.

Live music, food, displays and shopping make this event a fun and family-friendly event. The event is free, with trolleys moving between Canton Street and Roswell City Hall. Join the fun Thursday, Aug. 16 from 5-9 p.m.

For more information, visit aliveinroswell.com.

Looking to get the word out about your event?

Submit it to our online calendar at NorthFulton. com/Calendar.

EVENTS: OPEN-HEARTH COOKING AND LIVING HISTORY

What: Living history interpreter and open-hearth cooking expert, Clarissa Clifton, will demonstrate making traditional Southern food in the Cook House with old cooking methods.

When: Saturday, Aug. 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Smith Plantation, 953 Alpharetta Street, Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

FREE FAMILY MOVIE SERIES

What: Movie begins at dark.

This month’s movie is “The Greatest Showman.”

Bring a picnic along with lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy an evening under the stars.

When: Saturday, Aug. 11, dusk Where: Riverside Park, 575 Riverside Road, Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

MOVIES AT NEWTOWN PARK

What: No alcohol or pets.

Pre-show activities include an inflatable moonwalk, face painting, children’s activities, giveaways and music.

When: Saturday, Aug. 11, 7 p.m.

Where: Newtown Park, 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

LEARN TO READ MANDARIN CHINESE

What: Children ages 5-10 can learn the basics of reading Mandarin Chinese.

When: Saturday, Aug. 11, 10 a.m.

Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek More info and registration: afpls.org or 770-360-8897

DECORATIVE ARTS TOUR OF BULLOCH HALL

What: Learn details about style and furniture of the nineteenth century while touring Bulloch Hall.

When: Wednesday, Aug. 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: Bulloch Hall, 180 Bulloch Ave., Roswell Cost: Admission starts at $8 for adults.

Children under 6 years old are free.

More info: roswellgov.com

‘THE BATTLE OF 2ND MANASSAS’

What: Barrington Hall hosts lectures on the Civil War and other areas of interest to local residents. This week’s lecture will be on “The Battle of 2nd Manassas” by Gould Hagler.

When: Wednesday, Aug. 15, 7-9 p.m.

Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, Roswell Cost: There is a $5 suggested donation More info: roswellgov.com

MOSAIC OF MARY

What: An interfaith dialogue and panel discussion with Father Ray, Rabbi Slomovitz, Ann Marie Martin and Kemal Budak to consider Mary as a woman of great faith in Judaism, Islam and Catholicism.

When: Wednesday, Aug. 22, 7-8:30 p.m.

Where: La Salette Hall, Catholic Church of St. Ann, 3905 Roswell Road, Marietta More infotheatlanticinstitute.org

GARDEN TOUR MONDAYS

What: Enjoy a free 30-minute tour of the gardens and historic plants on the grounds of Barrington Hall.

When: Every Monday, through Sept. 24, 9:30 a.m.

Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

What: This program combines international beats with strength training techniques to create an easy-to-follow, health-boosting dance fitness program.

When: Friday, Aug. 10, 10:30 a.m.

Where: Park Place at Newtown School, 3125 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov/parkplace

FREE FITNESS IN THE PARK: ZUMBA What: There will be a free group exercise class. All classes are weatherpermitting and open to the public.

Check the City of Roswell’s Facebook page for any cancellations.

When: Saturday, Aug. 11, 9-10 a.m.

Where: Town Square, 610 Atlanta St., Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

DASH OF THE TITANS 5K

ALPHARETTA FARMERS MARKET

What: The Alpharetta Farmers Market features fruits, vegetables, natural meats, fresh flowers and herbs, and a variety of home goods.

When: Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., through October Where: Old Canton Street in downtown Alpharetta More info: alpharetta.ga.us

ROSWELL FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET

What: Don’t miss the opening day of the Roswell Farmers & Artisans Market. Mix and mingle with friends, shop for fresh items and enjoy talking to the vendors.

When: Saturday, April 14, 8 a.m. – noon Where: Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill St., Roswell More info: roswellfam.com

MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER:

What: This 5K benefits the Northview High School Cross Country Team.

There will be t-shirts, prizes, music and refreshments.

When: Saturday, Aug. 11, 8-10 a.m.

Where: Northview High School, 10625 Parsons Road, Johns Creek Cost: $25 More info and registration: fivestarntp. com/dash-of-the-titans.html

“THE JOURNEY”

MUSTARD SEED 5K

ATLANTA CONCERT BAND: “WHY SO SERIOUS?”

What: Proceeds will go to support the Saint Brigid Mustard Seed Ministry to serve abandoned children with disabilities and uplifting marginalized communities in Nicaragua.

When: Sunday, Aug. 12, 8 a.m.

Where: 3855 Johns Creek Parkway, Johns Creek.

More info and registration: fivestarntp. com/mustardseed.html

What: An exhibit of ceramic sculptures inspired by artist Heida Hallorsdottir’s Icelandic roots. “The Journey” considered what happens to the soul after we die.

When: July 27-Sept. 14; Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5p.m.

Where: Roswell Art Center West, 1355 Woodstock Road, Roswell More info: roswellclaycollective.com

What: The Atlanta Concert Band returns to perform, “Why So Serious?” highlighting music from cartoons, the circus, silly themes and music that is just plain fun.

When: Saturday, Aug. 11, 4-5:30 p.m.

Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: atlantaconcertband.org

FREE OUTDOOR FITNESS – BARRE

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST: MARGARET J. NOVOTNY

FARMERS MARKETS, FOOD TRUCKS:

LIBRARY EVENTS:

What: Bar-less Barre is a ballet-inspired exercise, infuses high energy music with a fun, low-impact.

When: Sunday, Aug. 12, 10 a.m.

Where: Mark Burkhalter Amphitheater, 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

ALPHARETTA FOOD TRUCK ALLEY

What: Alpharetta’s weekly gathering returns with rotating food trucks and music each week. Six to eight food trucks from the Atlanta area will come out to help kick off the weekend early.

When: Thursdays, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., through Oct. 11 Where: Old Roswell Street in Alpharetta’s historic district More info: awesomealpharetta.com

What: Margaret Novotny is a freelance photographer who loves to showcase nature at its best through vivid compositions that tell a story.

When: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., June 1-Aug. 31 Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: mjnovotny.photography

BOOKS WITH PUPS – HUMANE HEARTS

What: This program is great for reluctant readers and children looking to build fluency skills and improve confidence.

Each read is for 15 minutes, one-on-one with Shadow the therapy dog.

When: Saturday, Aug. 11, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org

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BBQ AND BLUEGRASS BASH

What: Celebrate three years of the Milton Library with music and BBQ. When: Saturday, Aug. 11, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta Cost: $15 per plate More info: afpls.org or 404-613-4402

IT’S A MYSTERY BOOK CLUB

What: If you love a good mystery, this is the book club for you. August’s book is “Alex” by Pierre Lemaitre.

When: Saturday, Aug. 11, 2-4 p.m.

Where: Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org

YOGA & MEDITATION

What: Basic yoga and meditation for beginners. Bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothes. Adult patrons only.

When: Monday, Aug. 13, 11 a.m.-noon Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 770-360-8897

SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB

What: August’s book Is “Canticle for Leibowitz,” by Walter M. Miller.

When: Tuesday, Aug. 14, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 404-613-4402

GET OUTSIDE, GEORGIA:

PSAT STRATEGY SESSION

On Saturday, Aug. 18, you’ll have a chance to sample the waters of fly tying (and meet yours truly, too) when Alpharetta Outfitters hosts “Tie a Fly” Day. This free event, which runs STEVE HUDSON from 11 a.m. till 3 Get Outside Georgia, aa4bw@comcast.net p.m., gives you the opportunity to sit down and tie your very own fly for trout or panfish fishing in northern Georgia.

And the fun thing is that you get to keep the fly that you tie!

Do you need to be experienced to drop by and make a fly on Tie A Fly Day? “Not at all,” said Jeff Wright, manager of the shop. “This drop-in clinic is designed to give anyone, young or old, a chance to see just how much fun it is to tie your own fishing flies.

No experience is required, and we provide all the materials and tools you’ll need.”

Tie A Fly Day will be fun for adults and youth alike.

“Kids are welcome, too,” Wright said.

“Though a parent will need to stay with (and maybe assist) kids as they tie.”

Here’s how it works. Starting at 11, a special fly tying table will be set up at the shop. I’ll be there (yes, your faithful scribe here gets to be the teacher!) to show you how fly tying is done. There

What: Join instructors from C2 Education as they lead patrons in a strategy session for the PSAT. No reservations.

When: Wednesday, Aug. 15, 6-7:30 p.m.

Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 404-613-4402

ART CLASS WITH SHARON CRUMLEY What: Create some art of your own with local artist Sharon Crumley.

Registration is required.

When: Thurs, Aug. 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Roswell Library, 115 Norcross St., Roswell More info: afpls.org or 770-640-3075

PET ADOPTIONS: FORSYTH COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER

What: Pet adoptions When: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: The Forsyth County Animal Shelter, 4065 County Way, Forsyth County More info: 678-965-7185

FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES

What: Pet adoptions When: Every Sat. and Sun., noon-5 p.m.

Where: PetSmart, 6370 North Point Parkway, Alpharetta Additional adoptions: Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Fulton County Animal Services, 860 Marietta Blvd. NW, Atlanta More info: 404-613-4958

Tie a Fly Day in Alpharetta will be a suite of fly tying tools all set up and waiting for you.

We’ll chat for a moment to see what kind of fishing you like to do, and then you can look at the sample flies and pick the pattern you want to tie.

Then the fun begins. You’ll create the fly yourself, wrapping thread onto the hook and then adding other materials to fashion the fly.

What sort of flies can you choose from? The list will include some classic and proven trout patterns such as the San Juan Worm and the Green Caterpillar, as well as the Foam Spider to use for panfish fishing down at the local pond.

“We have put together a menu of fly patterns that’s sure to have something for everyone,” Wright said. “And Steve is a knowledgeable and experienced fly tying teacher who will make the whole thing a great deal of fun.”

So I’m “knowledgeable” and “experienced,” eh? That makes me sound like I know what I’m doing!

The fact is that I’ve been tying flies for as long as I can remember. I still recall how much fun it was to catch that first fish on a fly of my own creation, and in the years since I’ve tied lots and lots and lots of flies. Some I use. Many I give away. But one thing that they all have in common is that they are fun to tie.

Fly tying really does add a whole new dimension to enjoying the outdoors. There’s a tremendous amount of

satisfaction in catching a fish on a fly that you have created with your own hands, but there’s more to it than that.

Fly tying is relaxing. It’s restful. And it’s a perfect antidote to the frustrations of living in the modern world.

Here’s a case in point. The other day while driving home, traffic was terrible.

It was hot and rainy, and everybody was impatient. Maddening is one word that comes to mind.

But once I got home and sat down at the fly tying desk, I found that an interesting thing happened as I began to wrap thread around the hook.

With every turn of thread, some of the previous hour’s frustration went away. Five turns, ten turns – and pretty soon the aggravation had vanished completely.

And not long after that, I had a newly-crafted trout fly too. Yes, fly tying is a win-win all around.

I hope you’ll be able to drop by Alpharetta Outfitters on the 18th. Say hello to Nova the dog. Have a cup of coffee. And then take a few minutes to learn how to tie a fly with me.

It’ll be good to see you – and you may leave with a new hobby that you’ll enjoy for years to come.

Tie A Fly Day runs from 11-3. It’s a drop-in event and is first-come, first served. There is no charge. Alpharetta Outfitters is located at 79 South Main Street. For more information, contact the shop at (678) 762-0027.

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Let’s hear it for the girls In the less than two months I have covered Johns Creek, I have already witnessed the City Council officially recognize four Eagle Scouts.

While the hard work these young CARSON COOK men contribute to the Reporter improvement of their carson@appenmediagroup.com community is commendable, these recognitions happen so routinely that the Herald typically does not cover each Eagle Scout individually.

The members of the Johns Creek City Council , on the other hand, always take the time to read each scout’s accomplishments, pose for a photo with his family and gift each scout a copy of the book “Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America’s Eagle Scouts” by Alvin Townley.

By the attention the council gives to each individual scout, it is clear to me that the Eagle Scouts are a source of pride to the City of Johns Creek.

At the latest council meeting it got me thinking, where are the Girl Scouts?

I was a Girl Scout myself in elementary school, and I have fond memories

of attending summer camps, learning to build campfires and learning the songs that go with them, and of course, I couldn’t forget the business savvy I gained by going door to door selling Thin Mints and Tagalongs.

Although by the time I entered high school I had left the Girl Scouts to pursue other interests, I had friends who stuck with the program and earned a Gold Award.

The Gold Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve, and the rough equivalent of earning an Eagle Scout designation. Both honors take years to achieve and require a service project.

Both Gold Award recipients and Eagle Scouts are rare. About 4 percent of Boy Scouts and 5 percent of Girl Scouts achieve the highest recognition.

Sitting in the meeting, I wondered if the council gave the same attention to each Gold Award recipient.

But a search through the meeting archives found only three instances of a Gold Award recipient being honored, one from 2017 and two from 2015. For comparison, searching the same database found more than 20 agenda items related to Eagle Scouts just since January 2017.

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any Gold Award recipients from Johns Creek? It seems unlikely.

According to the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta there were 35 Gold Award recipients from Fulton County in 2018 and 36 in 2017. Fulton County is a big place. Not all of those girls were from Johns Creek, but odds are some of them were.

These young women include Alexis Merlette, who raised money to build a home for women who were the victims of human trafficking, Sarah Kucia, who built gardens in senior living communities and Sanjana Duvvur who taught music to at-risk elementary school children.

I think the lack of recognition for the Girl Scouts is likely an oversight, or a result of a lack of communication between the city and the troop leaders. I am not accusing the council of intentionally choosing to prioritize the accomplishments of the city’s young men over its young women.

But if Johns Creek truly wants to “Be the Exception” it should recognize outstanding leadership and service by its young citizens, regardless of their gender and whether through the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts or another organization.

Personally, I want to recognize all the

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young women and young men who have selflessly donated their time to try and make their community a better place.

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The Forsyth County Animal Shelter is promoting its “Summer of Love” with a new waivered adoption fee.

Forsyth County Animal Shelter waives adoption fees FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — To enhance their “Summer of Love” adoption special, the Forsyth County Animal Shelter will be waiving the standard $85 adoption fee to $40 on all animals through Sept. 1.

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Laurie Cole, far right, of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, accepts a check for $6,213 from Sawnee-Cumming Optimist Club president Brenda Basey, far left, and other club members.

Optimist Club makes donation to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta CUMMING, Ga. — The Sawnee-Cumming Optimist Club recently contributed $6,213 to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Forsyth County.

The donation was made possible by the club’s 2018 charity golf tournament held at Hampton Golf Village. Tournament proceeds also benefit the club’s community programs for children.

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NORTH FULTON, Ga. — The seventh annual Stand Up for Stand Down toiletry drive for Georgia’s homeless veterans will run through Sept. 7.

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — During the May 17 Forsyth County Board of Commissioners’ meeting, Senior Geographic Information System Technician Dawn Hamby was recognized for reaching 25 years of service with the county.

Northside: Continued from Page 15 that. That’s still our mantra to this day.

Sometimes we think outside of the box because that’s the right thing for the patient.”

Before the center opened, Sugg said expectant mothers had to go outside of Forsyth County for delivery, unless they

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Storage unit contents sold unbeknownst to owner FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The contents of a woman’s storage unit was sold without her knowledge after she left the country.

The 60-year-old woman said she first rented her unit in 2013 to store household items. She was paying about $200 a month until 2016 when she worked out a verbal agreement with the manager to pay every three months because she was going to Brazil.

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For people living in the community, Jackson said there’s a certain point of pride to have a child born at Northside Forsyth because it can be a family tradition or legacy.

“Even before we got the state approval to open, there was a lot of community support,” Sugg said. “From day one, the community has been so supportive of us.

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We live here and work close by. The first year we opened I met more family of staff members than I did the entire 12 years I was in Atlanta because people are close by.”

Northside has worked hard to be the hospital of choice in the field of obstetrics, Sugg said, which is proven due to the hospital delivering more babies than any

other community hospital in the country.

“We also strive very hard to make sure we are doing the cutting-edge clinical responsibilities as well,” she said. “With that reputation comes responsibility to always try to stay in the forefront of making sure we are giving the best care we can.

We have a lot of resources. Northside has always been very supportive of whatever we needed to provide the best care.”

all games from the 1968 World Series. I watched one game – not highlights, the complete game – per night.

I had never actually seen the 1968 series which pitted the St. Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers. Back then, World Series games were played in the daytime, so I had to follow it at school on a transistor radio I had hidden in my pocket with an earpiece wired under my shirt.

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It was Ali vs. Frazier. It was Batman vs. Superman.

It was, in fact, Gibson vs. McClain – two pitchers with season records unmatched to this day.

The Cardinals’ Bob Gibson had a record of 22 wins-9 losses, and an earned run average of 1.12, a modern day record no one has come close to matching since.

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For me, it’s still the greatest sporting event under the heavens.

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The manager said he would contact the buyer and told her she could buy her items back for $5,000 if she did it within the next few weeks.

The woman returned to the U.S. and met with the manager who said the price for the items increased to $20,000. She asked to speak with the buyer of the unit, but the manager said she would have to pay him in cash and go through him.

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Car mirror punched after road rage incident FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A road rage incident led to a broken car mirror and an arrest after a man reportedly became enraged.

The victim said he was driving his Ford Edge along Atlanta Highway with his wife and children when a 35-yearold driver of a BMW came up beside the Ford on an exit ramp, got out of his car yelling and punched the passenger side mirror breaking it.

The Ford driver said he followed the BMW and called 911, when the BMW driver put on his emergency flashing lights and pulled into the Publix.

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JOHNS CREEK North Bridges Subdivision; 4890 North Bridges Drive 30022.

Saturday 8/11, 8am-2pm.

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Garage Sale Estate Sale - 9430 Prestwick Club Dr. Aug. 10 & 11; 8:30am-4:30pm; Sunday, Aug. 12; noon4pm. Antiques, Rugs, Furniture, Home goods, Holiday Items, Kids

Bargains Building Supplies ALUMINUM LADDER, 28’, 2 parts $100. 404312-8719

Collectibles CHRISTMAS DECOR: White bear 23”wX36”h, $125. 770-855-9772

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VANITY DESK: Dark oak, mirror, 3 drawers, new $80/negotiable.

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TEAK DINING-ROOM SUITE: Danish modern, 6-table setting, 80” wide hutch, 32” wide bar on rollers $5000. 404-7503329.

WINGBACK CHAIRS-2: wooden frame, need to be recovered $50/both.

770-640-6250 BEIGE LEATHER CHAIR with footstool, good condition $100.

770-640-6250 OPEN HUTCH, solid cherry/brass. $400.

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kids’ $100.

STROLLERS $40. 404889-3233 CROCS: Brand-new aqua Dansko womans 7-1/2/8, $90 (Originally $128). 678-663-5953 FRIGIDAIRE FREEZER $125. 404-889-3233 POLARIS Kids’ 4-Wheeler $100. 404889-3233 DINING ROOM TABLE, glass top, cherry inlay, 6 covered roll-back chairs $800. 404-889-3233

Musical Instruments PIANO, Baby Grand: Elegant case, matching bench; warm, rich tone.

Sacrifice $1650 obo.

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Household

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Cemetery Cemetery ARLINGTON-SANDY SPRINGS 2 lots Pine Hill Section. $6000/both (1/3 current price!) 770-364-8208 G R E E N L AW N ROSWELL garden of Fountains, Lots 24C, 3 and 4. $7500.both negotiable.

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Price $8000. Email: jake4228@att.net Greenlawn/Roswell 2 lots, Garden of Prayers Section. $5000 each. 641-799-5529 or email beverlyL0602@ yahoo.com

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CRESSWIND AT LAKE LANIER, GAINESVILLE DESIRABLE SECTION OF ACTIVE ADULT COMMUNITY 55+ Sought after custom SPRUCE plan features 4bd/3.5ba, stunning kitchen, all seasons room, fabulous paver patio w/pergola on cul-de-sac; $619,000. Debbie Mastrovito, Realtor/Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties. 770-475-0505 (Office), 770-827-1507 (Cell)

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