Forsyth Herald - November 24, 2022

A growing problem

Georgia House Speaker Ralston dies following extended illness

By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat

ATLANTA – Georgia House Speaker

David Ralston died Nov. 16 at the age of 68, just two days after the House Republican Caucus nominated a new speaker to succeed him in January.

Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, had been suf fering from an extended illness. His wife, Sheree, his children, and other mem bers of his family were with him when he passed away, his office announced.

Speaker Ralston”s body was to lie in state in the Rotunda of the State Capitol Nov. 22 and 23. Funeral services were scheduled for 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 27, at Fannin County High School Perform ing Arts Center in Blue Ridge.

Ralston announced early this month that he would not seek election by his House colleagues to another term as speaker, citing his health. Voters in the 7th House District in Northwest Georgia reelected him Nov. 8 without opposition.

At the time of his death, Ralston was the longest currently serving state house speaker in the nation.

As provided by the Georgia Constitu tion, House Speaker Pro Tempore Jan

Chuck and Lynn Pugh, owners of Cane Creek Farm in west Forsyth County, say plans to run nearly 3,000 feet of sewer line through their property could ruin the operation they’ve built over the last two decades. See story, Page 3.

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Cane Creek Farm owners wary of new development

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — If you want to learn organic growing techniques or how to start your own farming business, there’s really only one place in Forsyth County that can help you out — Cane Creek Farms.

For nearly two decades, farm owners Lynn and Chuck Pugh have striven to teach and nurture aspiring farmers and growers, hosting classes, field trips and Leadership Forsyth groups on their 17-acre property. The couple also launched an “incubator farm” for new farmers about 7 years ago.

But the Pughs say the farm’s mission now faces a grave threat, due to a possible condemnation that would allow nearly 3,000 feet of sewer line to run through the property’s fields, orchards and irrigation lines for a neighborhood development under construction by national homebuilder Toll Brothers, off Howard Road.

Chuck and Lynn Pugh began working with Toll Brothers about 15 months ago, discussing ways that the project might be completed with the least amount of disruption to the farm.

“None of which looked particularly good,” Pugh said. “They ended up deciding to submit their zoning application with an alternate path, which was along Howard Road with a lift station to tie into sewer serving subdivisions to the southwest of us.”

However, Pugh said the county vetoed that agreement and said the alternate path down Howard Road could only be used if the county specifically decided not to condemn the farm property for the sewer line.

“What we learned later … is that it really isn’t about sewer to the subdivision,” he said. “What it’s really an issue about is they want to be able to extend that sewer line, put in a larger capacity pipe and extend it northward to Highway 20 and

north of Highway 20 for commercial development.”

County officials would not respond to requests from Appen Media to respond to Pugh’s claims about the potential condemnation. In a statement, county officials said, “at this time, no condemnation has been filed.”

Negotiations between the developers and landowner are ongoing. However, Ethan Underwood, the attorney representing Toll Brothers, said they are determined to reach an agreement with Cane Creek Farm owners, but ultimately Forsyth County will determine where they will “allow the line to run.”

Lynn and Chuck Pugh said that if the sewer pipe is routed through the property, potential flooding and sewage leaks could cause major issues for the farm and what it’s able to offer the community.

If there is sewage contamination

caused by flooding, Lynn Pugh said the farm would lose its organic status for three years and all their incubator farmers, many trying to produce organic products, would have to look

elsewhere.

“This is essential, because what most of them don’t have is the resources to get land,” she said.

Chuck Pugh said their fears aren’t unfounded, because that exact situation happened to another incubator farm they partnered with in the past.

“They had a major flood [that] contaminated their fields,” he said. “They had to abandon everything in the field, and eventually they had to move to Conyers from Stone Mountain because they couldn’t do what they were doing there. We’ve seen it happen.”

Forsyth County commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing at their Dec. 1 meeting for a proposal that could give the two parties more time to negotiate. The hearing was postponed at the Nov. 3 meeting.

But, regardless of how the hearing plays out, the Pughs say they aren’t going to give up on their farm without a fight.

“The county says that they want to preserve green space, and this seems so counter to what they’re saying ... But this is just a special place,” Chuck Pugh said. “There’s not anywhere else like this.”

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Lynn Pugh walks back from one of Cane Creek Farm’s hoop houses after a day of events on the farm Nov. 14.

John reappointed as Forsyth County Commission Chair

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — District 2 Commissioner Alfred John has been reappointed as Chairman of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners.

John’s reappointment was confirmed at a meeting Nov. 17 and unanimously approved by the fivemember board.

“I am humbled by the confidence that my fellow commissioners have placed in me by appointing me to another year as chairman,” John said. “It is a peer recognized role, and each commissioner is equally worthy of it. I look forward to working with each of them to keep Forsyth County vibrant and great.”

Appeals.

Following redistricting work in 2022, John will represent the newly reworked District 5 starting Jan. 1. 2023. The new District 5 will still represent a large portion of south Forsyth County from the Fulton County line into the City of Cumming.

Anvil Academy hybrid school

Also at the Nov. 17 meeting, commissioners approved a proposal by The Anvil Academy, a Christian private school, allowing it to operate in Forsyth County.

District 3 Commissioner Todd Levent said.

“It’s a cool idea, especially coming out of COVID,” District 5 Commissioner Laura Semanson said. “Looking at different ways to get education services.”

Levent said plans for the expansion call for renovating an existing building and erecting a large “barn” building. The proposal was unanimously approved.

FORSYTH COUNTY/PROVIDED

District 2 Forsyth County Commissioner Alfred John has been appointed as Commission Chair for the second year in a row. The reappointment was made at the Commissioner’s regular meeting Nov. 17.

John was first elected as District 2 representative to the commission in 2020, representing a large wedge of south Forsyth County. He was appointed as secretary of the board in 2021 and as chairman in 2022.

Prior to his election to the County Commission, John served as chairman of the Forsyth County Zoning Board of

Anvil Academy is a Christian hybrid-home school program currently operating just over the county line in Cherokee County, said Sean Courtney, an attorney representing the project. With the approval, the school will expand into Forsyth County with nearly 6,000 square feet of buildings on 7.3 acres.

Courtney said the school accommodates 50 middle school boys Mondays and Wednesdays, and 50 boys Tuesdays and Thursdays.

“Gives them two days a week interacting with other children,”

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Online book takes Milton to task for failing equestrian community

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

MILTON, Ga. — Stable Days Farm sits along Bethany Road with a white house and a hand-built horse barn on just over 6 acres. The property holds family memories, some sweet, but some that ache with heavy frustration.

The property’s name has a double meaning. The Enloe family moved to the agriculturally zoned property in 1978 — what was supposed to be an escape for a family nearly torn apart by the patriarch’s alcoholism, which flared following a devastating fire that killed the two oldest children of Harvey Enloe III and his wife, Patricia Ann.

Touring the once-full home, a wealth of family artifacts were piled in different areas, remnants from Patricia Ann’s death in 2016. Harvey died in 1999 in another fire.

“It would seem the fire from decades ago was only smoldering and finally caught up with him,” Tim Enloe, their middle child, wrote of his father in his online book, “A Story That Must Be Told.”

Enloe’s long-time girlfriend Elaine Sha, who has been witness to events outlined in the book, said Enloe is still going through everything. Sha visits the farm a couple of times a week to tend to the horses — Tonka, Enloe’s rescue, and two others, Pickles and Lemon, who are owned by a neighbor. Enloe has been Florida-bound the past couple of years, working in dementia care.

Author decries city

Written this year, Enloe’s book is a series of more than 20 posts, or chapters, that chronicle his family history before and after moving to Milton. Enloe wrote that it was shared to “show the strength” of his

mother and to “show the hope and internal battle” of his father.

He begins the story detailing his family’s personal tragedy. But it soon turns into a confrontation with the City of Milton and ultimately becomes a compilation of alleged city wrong doing.

By the end of the book, Enloe has created a nine-item list of purported illegal behavior by the city.

Enloe has done his research, noting the state and federal laws that each example speaks to.

To Enloe, what elected officials and city staff have or haven’t done has compromised the reasons the Enloe family moved to Stable Days Farm in the first place — the quiet, safety, horses and agriculture.

The book’s main takeaway, later summarized by Enloe in conversation, is the city’s inauthentic rural and equestrian character.

“The bottom line is if you’re going to claim to be a certain type of situation, then put action behind that to show that,” Enloe said. “If you go to their website, it’s all pictures of horses. The story of Milton is not that. And that’s okay. I’m not saying it should be. But don’t keep pushing that narrative, but then not knowing state law.”

For the horses

Enloe’s tirade begins with the relocation of Milton High School, an unpalatable move for Enloe, that resulted in high noise levels, deadly levels of speeding and kids who have harassed his late mother and abused his horses with paintball guns and fireworks.

After describing countless vain attempts to tackle his grievances with city assistance, Enloe concludes that

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Stable Days Farm on Bethany Road is a 6.5-acre property owned by Tim Enloe. This year, Enloe published an online book criticizing the City of Milton for failing to protect the reasons his family bought the property more than 40 years ago — the quiet, safety, horses and agriculture.

UGA graduate Delaney Tarr joins Appen Media as reporter

ROSWELL, Ga. —

Appen Media Group announced Nov. 15 that Delaney Tarr will join its staff as a reporter. Tarr will cover Roswell government and local news. She will report to Carl Appen, director of content and development, and be based in Alpharetta.

“It’s a great day when we can add someone like Delaney to our team,” Appen said. “She has multi-media chops and a fair, inquisitive approach to reporting. I’m excited to see the impact she’ll have, and drive, in our community.”

Ralston:

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Jones, R-Milton, will serve as speaker for the remainder of the current term, which ends in January.

On Nov. 14, House Republicans nomi nated Majority Leader Jon Burns, R-New ington, to succeed Ralston as speaker. The full House will vote on the nomination on the first day of the 2023 General Assembly session Jan. 9.

Political leaders who served with Ralston remembered him as an effective leader who played a key role in the major legislation the General Assembly adopted during his tenure.

“Speaker Ralston was a pioneer in the growth of Georgia’s Republican leadership and leaves an indelible mark on this state,” Gov. Brian Kemp said. “His last session as speaker will long be remembered for his landmark mental health reform bill, help ing Georgians fight through inflation, and passing a historic income tax cut that puts more money in the pockets of taxpayers for years to come.

“We are also especially proud of our previous bipartisan efforts on reforming the citizens’ arrest law and adding an anti-hate crime statute to the Georgia code, which would not have happened without the

Originally from South Florida, Tarr recently graduated from the University of Georgia’s journalism program. In her time at UGA, Tarr worked for local newspaper the Red & Black, as well as student-run news station Grady Newsource. Tarr covered politics, culture and food across outlets and platforms.

“I’m excited to do the boots-on-theground coverage I’ve always dreamed of,” Tarr said. “To me, journalism has always been about the stories of people and community. Local news is vital to that, and I’m thrilled to finally play a part in it.”

To contact Tarr with news tips or story ideas, email delaney@ appenmedia.com.

speaker’s steadfast leadership. These his toric accomplishments were only a hand ful of the numerous hallmarks of David Ralston’s decades-long service to Georgia.”

Other lawmakers expressed similar tributes.

“Speaker Ralston was a steady, reliable guiding force under the Gold Dome in good times and tough times,” added state Sen. Steve Gooch, R-Dahlonega, who was elected majority leader by Senate Repub licans last week. “He cherished the idea of his beloved House being a body that truly represented all of Georgia’s people, and he respected each of the elected members that comprised it, regardless of partisan differ ences. It takes a genuinely good heart and decent person to lead that way.”

Democrats, too, reflected on Ralston’s passing.

“Georgia Democrats join the entire state in mourning Speaker David Ralston,” said U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Atlanta, chairman of the Georgia Democratic Party. “Speaker Ralston was a statesman who led with fairness and honesty, looked for com mon ground, and always put his commit ment to Georgia first. … Speaker Ralston will be missed dearly – by those who agreed with him, and by those who often didn’t.”

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

Cafe Landmark connects guests to native culture

By AMBER PERRY alex@appenmedia.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Svitlana Bogorodska opened Cafe Landmark in Johns Creek last year because she missed the “spirits” in her small, yet crowded, Ukrainian city and wanted to create something that had the same ambience.

Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, a city bordering Russia, she moved to the United States six years ago with her husband. Before opening her business, Bogorodska struggled to find a sense of community, in part, because of the language barrier. She prefers her native language to express emotion.

But Cafe Landmark, tucked into a shopping center on Jones Bridge Road with an unassuming facade, provides comfort to Bogorodska — not only for her, through its Ukrainian cuisine and atmosphere, but also for patrons who long for what they’ve had to leave behind.

A bright, blue and yellow sign that reads “Stand with Ukraine” in all caps, driven into the ground, greets visitors when they walk inside.

Bogorodska’s perspectives echoed the cafe’s mission, available on her website, which is to provide guests “a feeling of their native culture and atmosphere, where they are welcomed and accepted, where they are warm and comfortable.”

She said she saw there was an “empty room” for something like Cafe Landmark, noting she isn’t the only one who misses the culture — like others from Ukraine but also people from Russia, who still share a lot of common

Svitlana Bogorodska, owner of Cafe Landmark, holds a cup of Raf coffee Nov.

16. Raf is a Russian coffee, popular in nearby countries like Ukraine, made from espresso, cream and vanilla sugar.

ground, despite the war.

“I know that it’s not popular right now to think that … but in Russia, there are good people,” Bogorodska said. “They are also victims, they also lost something.”

A meeting ground

She hurried through the front door into the back to set down her belongings and returned with a sweet smile and easygoing presence.

“Would you like coffee?” Bogorodska asked, after extending her hand for a

soft handshake. “It’s so cold outside.”

Preparing a cup of Raf, one of her favorite drinks made with espresso, cream and vanilla sugar, Bogorodska described its origin. Raf, native to Russia but also popular in nearby countries like Ukraine, is short for Rafael — the man who invented the drink in the mid-’90s.

Bogorodska said she also likes cappuccino with hazelnut, and added pine nuts to her cup of Raf for a special blend. The nutty flavor makes for a “great combination,” she said.

Middle-aged with comely features, Bogorodska styled her hair in a French braid and wore a silk scarf around her neck. She sat across the table, occasionally sipping her drink in the well-decorated space that had soft light and house music playing in the background, and spoke on a host of things — like Ukrainian coffee shops, which are social places.

“In my place, people come to meet each other,” Bogorodska said. “A cup of coffee is just a good reason to meet each other.”

In Kharkiv, people don’t spend much time in the car, she said, because they walk from place to place, all the time connecting. But that isn’t possible around here, she said, where everything is so spread out.

Cafe Landmark is also for people who are connoisseurs of taste, Bogorodska said, rather than for those who go for “black liquid” to be guzzled down for quick energy.

Food, a ‘symbol of home’

Outside of coffee and other beverages like bubble tea, the menu at Cafe Landmark boasts a diverse range of food items.

The cafe, once owned by someone from Hong Kong, at one point only offered Asian plates. In case old customers return, expecting the old menu, Bogorodska kept the Asian flare. But still, she centers her personal twist of traditional Ukrainian, Slavic foods, like borsch and cheese pancakes.

Borsch is a vibrant, fuchsia-colored savory soup made with beef and pork,

A cup of coffee is just a good reason to meet each other.

SVITLANA BOGORODSKA, owner, Cafe Landmark

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vegetables like tomato, carrot and potato, and beetroot. It’s usually served with toasted bread and a dollop of sour cream on the side, both provided in her kind gesture of laying out a sample spread on a green, leaf-shaped placemat.

Bogorodska said borsch has historical roots — centuries ago, families came together to eat borsch portioned from a big pot. She also talked about her love for her mother’s style of cooking borsch, which used canned fish and comes from an era when food was sparse.

“Borsch is something you don’t like when you’re a little kid because it’s not sweet,” she said, laughing. “But you adore it as an adult … It’s like a symbol of home because that’s something that your mom will cook when she knows you will visit her.”

She reenacted a familiar scene and said, “When you came …” and theatrically smelled the air — “I feel like borsch was not done so long ago.”

Cheese pancakes, a sweet dish made from farmers cheese, was served with berries and a shot of condensed milk — a joy among Ukrainians, she said.

And there was another side of sour

Pictured is borsch, a Ukrainian-styled soup made from beef and pork, veg etables and beetroot. Borsch is usually served with a side of bread and sour cream.

cream.

Bogorodska later recalled an episode of “Friends,” which she uses to learn English, where Ross asks Monica about a Ukrainian kid she used to hang out with in junior high. In the episode, Monica said one of the reasons is because his mom would put sour cream on everything.

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A sign that reads, “Stand with Ukraine,” sits in front of Cafe Landmark Nov. 16. Svitlana Bogorodska opened the cafe last year and offers coffee, handcrafted teas and Ukrainian quick bites.

Stepping from a ‘seashell’

Bogorodska spent a good while talking about her gratitude for all the people she’s met at Cafe Landmark, who had gone there to show support and help her following the Russian invasion of Ukraine early last year, knowing she’s Ukrainian.

“I just thought everyone lived inside of their own seashell,” she said.

The pain seen in Bogorodska’s eyes and heard in her voice when talking about the devastation of the war was palpable, but also the hope that people gave her, brightening her outlook. Describing herself as someone who was once more emotionally closed off, she said the outpouring of support changed her mind.

“It was a kind of miracle that you could see with your eyes,” she said. “Because I have never seen it before — that compassion.”

Because of her customers’ sincerity, Bogorodska said she would come home and share her experience with her husband. She also shared her uplifting experience with friends still in Ukraine, who frequently send her updates.

One update Bogorodska received was about a coffee shop, the chosen meeting point with her friends. The cafe recently printed new cups.

“I want just to breathe that smell that’s inside,” she said.

Bogorodska received other messages that illustrate the bravery and resilience of Ukranians, who try to continue life as normal and focus on the future, undeterred by their war-torn surroundings.

“I admire the people who are so brave when everything around them is broken,” she said. “But they don’t agree with it.”

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Equestrian:

not enforcing the law is tantamount to breaking the law.

Aside from the city’s alleged apathy to horse abuse, Enloe’s skepticism of Milton’s touted image hinges on the lack of horse-related goods and the city’s highpriced land, which make it an unrealistic equestrian destination.He also said a new subdivision behind the property, once a 34-plus-acre, 60-plus-year-old farm, will have a retention pond less than 200 feet from his farm — a source of potential disease that could infect Enloe’s horses.

With a handful of exceptions, such as well-defined commercial districts, most of Milton is zoned AG-1 — or agriculture — with minimum lot sizes of 1 acre.

Enloe also talks about the city’s rejection of “Liberty’s Law,” a proposed measure invented by Enloe’s mother, named after the family’s late horse and a campaign covered by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The law proposes establishing quiet equestrian zones.

In his book, Enloe also notes there have also been several complaints made by a neighbor for his agricultural burning. He writes that it’s a common practice in farming because the ash puts nutrients back into the soil and keeps land debris to a minimum. Complaints have also been lodged about loud radio playing, which he does to ward off pesky deer.

Both practices have been used by the Enloes for years, passed down from his grandfather, and are permitted by state law. But Enloe notes that Milton police have responded to the calls, and out of ignorance, ask that he stop both.

While Enloe has successfully argued his freedom to burn — piles situated in the back pasture — he gave up on the radio after police threatened arrest.

Failed garden

Before 2020, Enloe said there were only three years he didn’t have a garden, due to his mother’s failing health. In the garden’s prime, he said many in the city have enjoyed his produce. But because of the non-threatening silence, deer have destroyed his crops.

Enloe hasn’t had a garden for the past three years. Every raised garden bed behind the home is still in rough shape, sad and overgrown.

In the chapter “‘City’ Approved Vandalism,” Enloe outlined another major issue that wrecked his garden — new development and mismanaged engineering jobs. To illustrate the decline of Stable Days Farm, he provided before-and-after pictures in the chapter. Nowadays, Enloe’s property catches a lot of stormwater runoff.

Sha, Enloe’s partner, pointed to vast areas of erosion around the farm, seen in the book, that have also severely limited

horse grazing. What grows in the pasture is mostly inedible, Sha said, pointing to a barren, weedy ground. Enloe said he now spends hundreds of dollars a year for hay to feed Tonka.

Contested history

Enloe writes, “As each year passes, I hear my parents’ guiding words and principals more and more often – etched in my soul forever. One that comes to mind is my father saying, “Don’t claim you’re one thing and be another…’”

Enloe offers an alternative historical narrative in the chapter “An ‘Equestrian’ Community” and prods at city efforts to make the area look equestrian, like recurring horse logos and the white fencing around one of the city’s gas stations. Most recently, the city finished steel infrastructure for the Fire Station 42 replacement on Thompson Road with design plans that include a barn-like aesthetic.

“...the ‘horse country’ claim started to emerge in North Fulton during the early 1980s — prior to that, it was cattle, corn and cotton with farms run by poor but proud white and black farmers,” he wrote.

“I lived this — did you?”

While Enloe pokes at Milton’s image, others bolster its legitimacy.

Milton Historical Society President Jeff Dufresne traced the city’s 160-plusyear horse history in a 2019 Appen Media article. He wrote that in the mid1800s, horses were considered beasts of burden, working on farms and providing transportation, but of course, have become a symbol of pride and beauty in Milton.

Dufresne said local farmers would drive livestock, potatoes, apples and honey to Atlanta in the spring and fall and would return home with clothing, tools and other “big city” items.

“It would not be uncommon to see a countryman returning from the Atlanta market fast asleep, slumped forward over his saddle bag, while his horse plodded his own way home,” he said.

Maintaining character

After acknowledging Milton’s rural history, rooted in its distance from Atlanta, Mayor Peyton Jamison said the city has made sure to keep its agricultural zoning intact, despite growth.

There have been many measures taken by elected officials to maintain Milton’s look and feel, an embrace of the city’s contested past. Most recently, the City Council voted Nov. 7 to increase the lot width requirement from 100 feet to 150 feet in AG-1 districts.

City code also requires a 40-foot rural viewshed for AG-1 districts to “preserve the bucolic views from the roads,” an ordinance that Enloe takes issue with considering it deems a significant amount of private property unbuildable.

To keep density at a minimum, the city’s preference for septic over sewer continues to play a role in development

plans, and this is what keeps Enloe from selling. Because Stable Days Farm sits in an AG-1 zoning district, where sewer is prohibited, the property value is much less. The most Enloe has been offered for his 6.5-acre property is $500,000.

Jamison said anyone can apply for re-zoning. But he said in order to meet whatever demand the new zone requires, sewer would need to be extended, which is a separate City Council action.

“I have no desire to extend sewer,” Jamison said.

Milton’s equestrian community

City efforts to maintain Milton’s character doesn’t stop at white fences and the city-wide septic mandate. The City Council-appointed Milton Equestrian Committee dedicates itself to protecting the rights and interests of equestrians.

Committee member Nan Buckner, who owns The Snooty Fox Tack Exchange, says that, like Enloe, she’s had trouble with fireworks spooking her horses. Buckner said after voicing her concerns, the city posted signs near her residence on Hopewell Road and others on Birmingham Road that read, “Fireworks scare horses.”

On the city website, Buckner can be seen talking about her process as a horse owner before and during fireworks, and the steps she takes to protect her horses, such as sedation and rubber ear puffs.

“It’s the unplanned fireworks that are the problem,” she said.

The committee has taken other measures to prioritize Milton equestrians on behalf of the city. Outside of regularly attending city events to spread awareness, members have provided training to Milton first responders for Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAER).

Last year, Buckner took charge of a project to map horse farms in Milton, available on the city’s website. The map shows farms dispersed throughout the city.

“Some have a few horses; others house a dozen or more,” the web page says. “But whatever the size of these horse farms, they are central to Milton and its distinct equestrian identity.”

The committee also regularly hosts Meet the Neigh-bors, an event where the public has an opportunity to convene with the committee, the Milton Fire Department and other horse lovers. The next will be April 23 on the city’s unnamed new green space at the corner of Birmingham Road and Freemanville Road.

Buckner said the city plans to name the property after Sunny Stevens, a late equestrian trainer from the area.

“We want people to identify the City of Milton as an equestrian-safe space,” she said.

Buckner said she wants people — who theoretically have a neighbor set off five M-80s on the fence line, triggering the horses to run — to be able to say, “Hey, you don’t do that here. This is Milton.”

OPINION

Roswell Fire Department observes historic transition

BOB MEYERS Columnist bobmey@bellsouth.net

When I learned that the Roswell Fire Department would transition from a part-time department to one with only salaried career firefighters, I became curious about the history of the department and the reasons for the shift.

The statistics about fire departments may be surprising to some folks. Did you know, for example, that according to the National Fire Department Registry maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, 70 percent of registered fire departments in the U.S. are all-volunteer, and 16 percent are mostly volunteer? Only 9 percent are fully career and 5 percent are mostly career.

In Georgia, which has 456 fire departments, 72 percent are volunteer or mostly volunteer, while only 28 percent are career or mostly career. Even so, Roswell has had the distinction of being the only city in North Fulton without a full-time career fire department.

Roswell’s fire department dates back to 1937 when it was established with 27 volunteers with C.W. Hughes as fire chief. In 1947, a group of local business leaders decided that the city needed a fire truck. They purchased a used American LaFrance Ford fire engine for $13,000. Up until that time firefighting depended on two long lines of bucket holders, called bucket brigades, with one line for passing water from the water source to the fire and the other for returning empty buckets for reuse. Former Roswell Fire Chief Ricky Spencer says “there weren’t enough buckets to put a fire out. We needed a truck.”

The City of Alpharetta has a similar history. In 1944 a small group of local business leaders obtained sufficient surplus war material from the U.S. Government to start an Alpharetta volunteer fire department. It gradually grew in size and capability, and in 1957, Billy Bates was one of several local men to volunteer as part of a reorganized department. Billy’s son Bill, like his dad before him, became a volunteer and rose through the ranks to become the first salaried fire chief in 1989. He retired in 2006 after 43 years in the fire service. The Alpharetta department still has some

volunteer firefighters.

Ricky Spencer joined the Roswell Fire Department as a volunteer in 1975.

“Everyone had a pager,” says Ricky. “The 911 center would send a call out about a fire, heart attack, etc. The volunteer closest to a station would pick up the truck and head to the fire. We had about 50 volunteers at the time.”

The city grew. So many calls came in during the late 1950s that the chief at the time, Aubrey Reeves, decided to station people in the fire stations overnight. The calls kept increasing, so more people were assigned to the fire stations, and the volunteer jobs evolved into paid part-time jobs.

Roswell attracted full-time firefighters from all over the Atlanta metropolitan area who wanted to supplement their incomes as paid part timers. The department also continued to have unpaid volunteers, who retained their regular outside jobs, until the late 1970 when it transitioned to part-time.

“We had doctors, lawyers, grocery clerks, mechanics, all committed to saving lives and protecting property, spending their days and nights in the fire house” says Ricky.

The number of calls continued to increase. There were more medical emergencies and more cats caught in trees. The most serious fires were multi-story apartment complexes requiring many rescues. Freeing people trapped in cars after serious

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This is the official portrait taken when Ricky Spencer became a full-time fire chief in 2004.

THE INK PENN

Heaven is a good book and a roaring fire

KATHY MANOS PENN The Ink Penn, inkpenn119@gmail.com

It’s the time of year when I want to lie on the couch with a fire going in the woodburning stove and read a good book. Add a pair of cozy socks, a blanket, and perhaps a cat tucked by my side, and I’m in heaven.

If you can forgo watching football or raking leaves, I highly recommend you give it a try. You’ll need a good book, and I’m happy to help with a few suggestions.

‘All the Queen’s Men’

I read this mystery before Queen Elizabeth’s death, and I enjoyed the details of her day-to-day life. How can you not like a novel featuring the queen as an intelligent, kind amateur sleuth – one that gives you glimpses of the inner workings of and relationships in the palace? Her role as an amateur sleuth may be pure fiction, but her many duties, her unbelievably busy days, and her kind heart were, I believe, based on fact. She was one busy lady!

Set in 2016 when Prince Philip is still alive, the portrayal of him is especially poignant. I enjoyed learning about his varied interests. I knew

he was an outdoorsman and was, of course, interested in history and the Royal Navy but didn’t know he was an artist.

I smiled at the description of Theresa May in her kitten heels as well as the asides about the tumultuous US presidential election and who Queen Elizabeth would wind up dealing with when it was over.

Tidbits like these are sprinkled throughout the book as the complex mystery unfolds. A dead body by the swimming pool at Buckingham Palace is just the beginning. Is the dead staff member somehow connected to a missing painting--one of the Queen’s favorites?

I found this follow-up to “The Windsor Knot” another entertaining read and am delighted to see that a third mystery will come out in 2023--”Murder Most Royal.”

‘Two Nights in Lisbon’

“Ariel Pryce wakes up in Lisbon alone. Her husband is gone--no warning, no note, not answering his phone. Something is wrong.” Thus reads the book jacket for this pageturner.

I was pulled in from the first paragraph and stayed up late several nights to finish this intriguing thriller. The husband’s disappearance plays out with everyone asking questions,

even his wife. The police want to know how well she knows her new, younger husband. She wonders the same.

As we get glimpses of her life before she married, readers are set up to ask these and other questions. The plot swings back and forth convincingly as clues surface about her husband’s whereabouts, and oddities about his background are revealed. And then there are the revelations about Ariel’s past life.

The question: How does it all connect? The answer: In an explosivewow-gut punch way. I predict that, like me, you won’t be able to read this book fast enough. Author Chris Pavone has done it again!

‘The Love of My Life’

You know going in that lies have been told in what seems like a strong, stable marriage. The story unfolds in chapters voiced by Leo and Emma, husband and wife.

Chapter one opens with the stuff of everyday life, depicting their professional lives, their relationship with their adorable 3-year-old daughter and each other, and the trauma of dealing with illness. The love between them rings true.

But the thread of deception snakes through the day-to-day and soon erupts into a full-scale mystery that calls into question everything Leo has

ever believed about Emma. If she has deceived him about so much, how can he believe she loves him?

My heart ached for both of them, and I rooted for them to make it as a couple. At the same time, I read as fast as I could, wanting to know the truth about Emma’s life, past and present, and why she lied about it.

The book is billed as romantic suspense and women’s contemporary fiction. Call it what you will, the mystery of who Emma really is pulled me in. At the same time, I smiled at the sweet day-to-day gestures and humor that comprise a strong relationship. Now, I want to find Rosie Walsh’s first book, “Ghosted.”

I’m off to find my fuzzy socks and choose another book. Will you be doing the same?

PS. Please join me at Bookmiser on Saturday, Nov. 26, where I’ll be signing books with author Susan Sands from 1–3 p.m. Local authors Marily Baron and Kathy Des Jardins will be there from 11–1.

Award-winning author Kathy Manos Penn is a Sandy Springs resident. 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/.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Newspaper should include environmental coverage

I frequently read the AlpharettaRoswell Herald, and I appreciate all the content and news in it. I like how the news is diversified and there are a variety of topics. However, one very important topic that is missing from the newspaper is global warming. I believe some stories about the dangers of global warming should be included in the news.

Temperatures are rising, and though climate change may not affect us right now, it is important that we should try to do what we can so our community can have a small positive impact on the world. It is important that readers of the newspaper are educated on the topic of global warming so they know how we are

hurting the environment, and how we can change.

Atlanta is a big city, and it is known how much pollution occurs here. If the Herald newspaper includes topics on the environment, and it has a positive impact on our community, other newspapers may also follow. That way, Atlanta can be much more sustainable.

I really hope the Herald will have stories on the environment to educate readers about global warming. Thank you for reading.

Rikhil Duvvuri , Alpharetta

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accidents, first aid for burn victims and rescuing hikers trapped on cliffs were also quickly handled. More recently, the pandemic affected Roswell’s ability to fill slots and to have personnel available to man the city’s seven stations 24 hours a day. Discussions had already begun to gradually move to a more permanent paid workforce.

Ricky worked his way up through the ranks. Like many other firefighters, he worked full time as a Fulton County firefighter from 1982 to 2004 in addition to his volunteer work in Roswell. After 13 years as a volunteer assistant chief, in 2004 he became the Roswell Fire Chief. He retired in 2014. He was succeeded by Ricky Burnette, who served as fire chief for six years.

In 2019, following a nationwide search, Dr. Joe Pennino was sworn

in as Roswell’s current fire chief. Due to the significant changes occurring in recent years, the City Council approved a five-year plan to move the department to a career-only model. The city has hired 21 captains to ensure adequate coverage of Roswell’s seven fire stations.

“Firefighting gets into your blood,” says Ricky Spencer “and it is always with you. Our goal is always to help other people.” Maybe that is why so many young people want to grow up to be firefighters. After all, George Washington and Benjamin Franklyn were volunteer firefighters.

Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Pres ervation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net.You can email Bob at bobmey@bellsouth.net. To learn more about the Milton Historical Society, go to miltonhistoricalsocietygeorgia.org.Commission. He lives in Alpharetta.

Doc, can treating this wait?

“Cancer is inconvenient,” a patient of mine recently remarked. I had never thought of it quite like that before, but you know what? She was right!

Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, a vacation or a wedding, many commitments justifiably raise the question of whether receiving medical treatment can be safely delayed. It’s one of the most com mon questions that I get asked.

In the field of dermatology, we most commonly deal with three skin cancers – basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and mela noma.

BCC’s are generally slow growing, lo cally destructive and have a low chance of metastasis (spreading to other parts of the body). Most of the time, treating a BCC can be safely delayed a few months provided that the tumor is small, has not been growing quickly, and is not located in a “critical area.” Important or critical areas include areas such as the tip of the nose, the ears, lips and eyelids. If a BCC on the eyelid grows even a tenth of an inch larger, the result can be a dramatically harder

wound to close after surgery. Preserving eyelid tissue and function means removing cancers when they are as small as possi ble. In contrast, a small BCC on someone’s back can be removed several months after the date of the biopsy with little risk that the cancer’s growth during that time will impact the final result after surgery.

SCC’s are more dangerous than BCC’s. SCC’s result in approximately as many deaths each year as melanomas do. SCC’s are divided into those that are only in the top layer of the skin (squamous cell carci noma in situ) and those that have begun to grow into deeper tissues (invasive squa mous cell carcinoma). The in situ SCC’s can often be treated similarly to how a BCC is treated. A short delay is acceptable in most patients provided the location on the body is not “critical,” the cancer is small and slow growing, and the patient has a normal, healthy functioning immune sys tem (for example, the patient has not had an organ transplant). Invasive squamous cell carcinoma should be treated more ag gressively. Treatment should generally not be delayed

Melanomas are the most dangerous of the three most common skin cancers. Even

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Jim Moye - Monuments of Faith

Village Park resident Jim Moye is an astounding business leader and philanthropist who used his resources to spread support, wisdom, and faith across the nation. He was raised in the midst of World War II. He lost his uncle to the war, before his father joined the forces. The fear of losing his father weighed heavily on Jim’s mind.

Jim’s close friend, Barry Sut live cites that the fear and trauma changed Jim and molded his lifestyle saying, “He lived those years of his life, those formative years, really shut ting himself down emotionally. He was just hardening himself, being tough.”

The walls Jim built for himself car ried into his adolescence. He avoided vulnerability while striving for a life of success. He was captain of his high school football team, was voted most intelligent, became class president, at tended Georgia Tech, and he went on to marry the homecoming queen. Jim grew a prosperous insurance busi ness, marking the start of his suc cessful career. In spite of this, he felt empty.

Jim always pushed himself to

achieve more. Instead of embrac ing his vulnerability, he adopted a crippling drive for perfection which created tension with his family. Re gardless of their success, his children grew distant. Jim became lonely, and eventually found himself in talks for a divorce.

It was in 1976, Jim was chal lenged by a man to attend a Christian conference and accept a path that he wholeheartedly believed would turn

Jim’s life around. Reluctantly, Jim attended and pledged himself to his newfound faith. He believed he had been called to reorient his life for the betterment of his wife, his family, and those around him.

Jim spent the following years with a different attitude. His interest in business wasn’t monetary; instead, he wanted to help as many people as he could. At this time, he began buy

ing land along the Appalachian trail. When the government claimed emi nent domain on the property, Jim sold the land to the U.S. Forest Service. However, he stipulated that the land should offer a purpose to its visitors. After negotiations with the govern ment, an arrangement was made to have a monument placed on the trail for all to see. The monument, aptly named Moye Rest, serves as a bea con of Jim’s faith. He elaborates how travelers on the Appalachian Trail are hiking the trail to find something. For many, it’s purpose. For others, it’s clarity. For some, it’s faith. Jim hopes that the monument will be there to inspire people in the same way he was inspired, for decades and decades to come.

Jim Moye continues to serve his community by inspiring those around him, and even hiked the trail over the Summer. His encouraging spirit creates joy for everybody who sur rounds him. To hear more about his legacy and stories of other Village Park community members, visit our blog at www.villageparkseniorliving.com or give us a call at (770) 416-0502. We look forward to hearing from you.

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How to Take Care of Yourself while Caring for an Aging Loved One

For most, being able to care for an aging loved one is a privilege. Knowing that you are giving back to someone who has given so much to you can be rewarding. However, if you have limited time and resources, it can also be overwhelming.

The pressure of being a caregiver can cause mental, emotional, and physical fatigue over time. A state of exhaustion called caregiver burnout can affect all areas of your life if not recognized and addressed.

What are the symptoms of caregiver burnout?

• Increased anxiety – Always worrying about the well-being of your loved one or if you are doing enough.

• Being easily frustrated, irritated, or angered over small things – You might notice that you are increasingly getting upset over things that hadn’t bothered you before. Other family members may notice this as well.

• Lack of energy – Being a caregiver takes a lot of energy, and you may find you don’t have any left over for your own life.

• Sudden weight gain or loss – You may be soothing yourself with food or not eating regularly.

• Sleep problems – You might be wanting to sleep more than usual as an escape, or you might have trouble sleeping due to constant worry.

• Lost interest in activities you previously enjoyed – This can easily happen when you dedicate most of your time to caring for your aging loved one and neglect your own needs.

• Feelings of hopelessness – Constant caregiving can lead to depression or a feeling that the work never ends, especially as your loved one deteriorates.

• Increased illness – Constant stress can make you more susceptible to illness.

Caring for yourself is critical when experiencing caregiver burnout. Just like the saying, “You can’t pour from an empty cup,” it can be difficult to care for an aging loved one when you are feeling depleted. Below are some suggestions for how you can practice self-care.

• Get respite – Your care plan should include days when your elderly loved one receives respite care so that you can take a break. You need time to de-stress and take care of your own needs.

• Find help – Share caregiving with other family members or reach out to your local Area Agency on Aging. Alert your church community and ask them for resources they are aware of. The Department of Senior Services also connects Fulton County Seniors to the right resources - find out more at tinyurl.com/fultonseniors.

• Establish boundaries – Sometimes your elderly loved one may have demands that seem unreasonable. Turn them down so that you can have the energy for the caregiving that is necessary.

• Get organized – Managing your own life (and maybe your children’s) and your loved ones needs is a lot to manage! Make lists, prioritize your work, and get into a daily routine.

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The December 7th Medicare Annual Election Period deadline is quickly approaching. If you are currently enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan, your insurance company mailed you an Annual Notice of Change booklet for the upcoming year. This booklet usually arrives in your mailbox by October. This is an important document that will review the more commonly used plan costs, such as doctor copays, surgery copays, and hospital copays. However, there are additional important factors to consider:

• Are my prescriptions still covered?

• Will my doctors still accept my plan?

• Is there built-in dental and vision coverage, or do I pay extra for this?

• Are there any extra benefits to my plan, such as hearing aid coverage, an OTC catalog allowance, gym membership, or transportation to my doctor?

• Are there any new plan options that I haven’t heard about?

These are just a few questions that everyone on Medicare should

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• Ask members of your household to pitch in more than usual during this stressful time.

• Acknowledge your limitations –Remember that you cannot control everything, so focus on the things that you can control.

• Keep in touch with friends and family – Remember that you need your support system now more than ever!

• Stay active and don’t neglect your own health – Remember that you can’t

take care of others if you aren’t taking care of yourself.

• Consider taking a break from your work – It may be impossible to work and be a caregiver at the same time, so consider using Family Medical Leave to make things easier to manage.

Whether you are caring for an ag ing parent or another loved one, being a caregiver can bring with it a lot of emotions and stress. If caregivers aren’t careful, they can jeopardize their own health. Sum mit Counseling Center is here to help you identify these stressors and provide the resources needed to improve your own wellbeing.

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though SCC’s result in about the same number of deaths each year as melanoma, SCC’s are far more common and so are less dangerous on a per case basis. Melano mas are very dangerous, can easily spread to other parts of the body, and should be treated as the life-threatening cancers that they are.

Like SCC, melanomas are divided into those that are in the top layer of the skin – “melanoma in situ” – and melano mas that have begun to grow into deeper tissue “invasive melanomas.” An invasive

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ask themselves each fall. During the Medicare Annual Election Period, which began on October 15th and runs through December 7th, take time to look over your Medicare plan and study the changes. There are many good Medicare plans available

but finding the best fitted plan to your needs should be your goal. If you need help finding that right Medicare plan for you this fall, give us a call. At SeniorSource Medicare Solutions, we are insurance brokers specializing in Medicare insurance. We represent most Medicare insurance companies and are ready to serve you. Please reach out to us by going to our website at www. SeniorSourceMedicare.com or by calling us at (770) 913-6464.

melanoma is about as close to an emer gency as most dermatologists regularly encounter. Invasive melanomas trump travel plans, upcoming parties and work functions. Melanoma in situ should also be treated urgently, because biopsies often only sample a lesion, and a possibility of invasive melanoma exists even when the original biopsy report only reads “mela noma in situ.”

The above are all rules of thumb. Decisions about an individual cancer ide ally take the whole person and his or her circumstances into account. A good doctor patient relationship can allow some cancer treatment to be delayed… a little while… sometimes. But in short, yes, cancer is all too often unavoidably inconvenient.

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Alpharetta American Legion to hit 12,000 packages sent

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — American Legion Post 201 in Alpharetta is about to hit an important milestone – nearing a total of 12,000 packages sent to military members overseas.

Over a period of 19 years, the post has sent thousands of packages to deployed soldiers, boosting their morale with candy, snacks and personal care items donated by members of the Alpharetta community who want to share their appreciation and support.

“The program is the brainchild of Legionnaire Steve Olesnevich who has chaired the program since its inception,” Post spokesman Marty Farrell said. “According to Olesnevich, most of the items in the packages are purchased with funds donated by residents and local businesses and organizations.”

Sawnee Foundation approves $31,000 school lunch program

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation an nounced Nov. 16 that more than $31,000 in funding has been approved to assist 30 local school lunch programs in North Georgia.

The Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation School Lunch Program, started in 2019, will assist one school in Cherokee County, two schools in Fulton County and 27 schools in Forsyth County, funding hot school lunches for children without the means to purchase one.

“We are always excited to be able to help children in our area. The school lunch program has proven to be success

ful and continues to build strong com munity relationships,” Blake House, Vice President of Member Services said. “With Giving Tuesday coming up on November 29th, participation in Operation Round Up is a great way for our members to give back locally.”

Sawnee EMC officials said through Operation Round UP, members contribute an average of $6 per year, but donations have allowed the foundation to donate $3.8 million back to the community since 2003.

For more information about the Saw nee Electric Membership Foundation, visit sawnee.com/oru.

In total, community members have also donated over $100,000 to cover postage for the care packages.

Farrell said care packages have a huge and lasting impact on the servicemen and women that they were delivered to. Including multiple current post members, who received similar packages when they were deployed abroad.

“Legionnaire Mike Carroll, a retired Air Force master sergeant with 22 years of service, never forgot the joy of receiving packages from home while he was deployed during Desert Storm,” Farrell said.

Anyone wishing to support Post 201’s Troop Package Program can send donations care of American Legion Post 201, PO Box 314, Alpharetta, GA 30009.

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Legionnaire Mike Carroll, a retired Air Force master sergeant, readies packages for delivery to the Old Milton Parkway Post Office in Alpharetta for military members stationed overseas.

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Family Promise cuts ribbon on new home

located to all of their partner church congregations, the organization now has greater ability to serve the community, Family Promise Executive Director Andrea Brantley said.

“I’m just really excited about this new relationship that we’re going to have,” Brantley said. “I think it’s going to help us really grow and get the word out about what Family Promise does.”

Family Promise is a nationwide nonprofit group that fights homelessness by providing resources, transitional hous ing and support to struggling families. Brantley said this three-pronged approach is what has made the group so successful over the years.

The organization faces more need than ever in the North Fulton community, which makes the move to the area so much more important, she said.

“We’re definitely seeing more families who have never experienced homelessness before,” she said. “I think COVID put us in a desperate situation for many folks.”

The COVID-19 pandemic made many families choose between working and keeping kids at home when schools closed, which was especially hard for their clients, many of them single parents, she said.

Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb Executive Director Andrea Brantley speaks to a crowd at a ribbon cutting Nov. 9 in Roswell. The ribbon cutting, hosted by the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, was to celebrate Family Promise’s recent move to the Grove Way Community Center.

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. — After years of hard work serving families out of donated church basement space in Dunwoody, Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb finally has a permanent home.

At a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Grove Way Community Center in Roswell Nov. 9, North Fulton community members officially welcomed Family Promise into its new space, where members will work to serve families in the community experi encing homelessness.

With a base of operations so centrally

At any given time, Family Promise is likely serving about 14 people – families, parents and kids – with its rotational shel ter system, where people are temporarily housed at local church congregations on a weekly basis.

In addition to that, Brantley said the organization served more than 1,000 peo ple in 2021 with its Emergency Response Program, providing gift cards, toiletries, groceries and gas cards to people at risk of becoming homeless. The charity also served 33 individuals in 2021 who were able to graduate from the Family Promise system, she said.

But with the help of their community partnerships, like the churches that house their families, business partnerships like they have with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, the volunteers who keep the organization running, that need was filled.

“Our congregations are very invested in our success not only do they house a lot of our families, but most of them also support us financially,” she said. “Our ministers spend the night with our fami lies, our ministers cook, it’s just a great community that we have.”

To learn more about Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb, volunteer opportu nities and more, visit familypromisenfd. org

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THIS HOLIDAY SEASON TIP YOUR NEWSPAPER DELIVERY PERSON

This holiday season, consider giving your newspaper delivery person a tip for their weekly delivery of the free community newspaper to your driveway. These folks work hard to make sure you are informed of all the local happenings, rain or shine, week in and week out.

Importantly, at Appen Media, we have always been intentional about our desire to keep delivery of our newspapers free. That said, it would mean the world to us if you would consider tipping your newspaper delivery person so that they will have a little extra money for the holiday season.

If you can help us help these amazing people, we promise to keep delivering high quality news to your driveway, for free, every week. Free home delivery of 105,000 homes is hard work –and we couldn’t do it without our amazing delivery folks.

How you can give your delivery person a tip:

We have created an online portal at www.appenmedia.com/deliverytip.

100% of every dollar you contribute will be spread out evenly between the 24 newspaper delivery people that Appen Media employs. Whether you give $5 or $50, they will greatly appreciate it.

If you prefer, you can also mail a check made out to “Appen Media Group C/O Newspaper Delivery Tip” to 319 North Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.