Cumming market sustains popularity in rooted traditions
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
CUMMING, Ga. — Forsyth County’s heritage of growing and creating quality products lives on through the Cumming Farmers Market.
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The Cumming Farmers Market is open Saturdays 8-11 a.m. in the new Cumming City Center parking lot at 423 Canton Road.
Randy Gazaway, organizer for the farmers market, said he remembers back decades ago how Forsyth County growers raised all sorts of vegetables including sweet corn, tomatoes, okra, green beans, squash, cucumbers, zucchini and more.
“That's what the market was designed around,” said Gazaway, who runs his own 23.5-acre farm in northwest Forsyth County. “Everything was grown local.”
The market has been around since the 1980s, and, like the county, it has grown, relocating several times before settling at Cumming City Center. Each year, the number of vendors and visitors has increased.
Chairman John set to deliver State of County address
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Board of Commissioners Chairman Alfred John will deliver 2025’s State of the County address at noon April 8.
Hosted this year at the Forsyth Conference Center, 3410 Ronald Reagan Blvd., the address is in partnership with the Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce. The address will provide updates on the county’s accomplishments, vision for the future, priorities and plans.
John encourages attendance by residents and business leaders, saying the speech will provide insights into how taxpayers are used to build Forsyth County.
“The State of the County is always a unique opportunity to have a front row seat to understand the Board of Commissioners’ vision for the future,” said John. “This event is for all Forsyth County residents
to see how a bright future is being created today.”
The event also will feature at 10 a.m. a Coffee and Conversation networking hour with county staff, elected officials and business leaders. A plated lunch will be served at 11:15 a.m.
Limited open seating with the meal is available.
— Jon Wilcox
More information
More details about the address can be accessed at the Chamber of Commerce’s events page on their website. Details include the event’s theme, content highlights and opportunities to meet with county leadership and staff.
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Holly Wall, right, a Cumming teacher, sells freshly baked, home-made bread. Wall, who has a cottage business license, said the county’s growth has benefited businesses like hers.
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Suspects fail in attempts to steal cash from ATM
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies investigated a report of an attempted theft of an ATM Feb. 4.
An employee of a cash handling company noticed an ATM at an Atlanta Highway bank had been tampered with after opening the machine about 9 a.m., according to a Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office report.
A manager at the bank provided photos and video to deputies of the ATM.
Deputies observed a man open the ATM and tamper with its computer and SSD drive about 1 a.m. The man arrived in a white Chevrolet van. He was wearing a dark Adidas hoodie, mask, purple medical gloves, dark pants and black and white Adidas shoes.
The ATM’s metal housing and computer were damaged.
After closing the ATM, the man left in the van.
About 30 minutes later, the van returned and a second man exited and again tampered with the ATM. The second man was wearing a dark hat, hoodie and also medical gloves.
Neither man was able to steal cash from the ATM.
Deputies were unable to read the vehicle’s tag on the video.
The attempted theft was classified as a second degree burglary and criminal damage to property.
— Jon Wilcox
Deputies find drugs, needles during reported traffic stop
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 31-yearold Dahlonega woman was arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop Feb. 3.
Deputies searched a vehicle after stopping it at Martin Road and Dahlonega Highway, according to a Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office report. They conducted the search after smelling marijuana.
A joint was found in a rear cup holder where the woman was sitting. A used methamphetamine pipe was found in the woman’s purse, according to police.
According to the report, deputies also recovered two baggies of methamphetamine and a small marijuana pipe after she threw them.
Deputies found another container of methamphetamine, marijuana, oxycodone and two needles that they say were tossed from the vehicle during the stop.
The woman was charged with felony possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession of drug related objects.
— Jon Wilcox
Man reports items stolen at Windward gym locker
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 72-year-old Johns Creek man reported a theft after items were allegedly stolen from his gym locker Feb. 4.
The man said his lock and belongings were missing after he returned from playing racquetball at a Windward Parkway gym, according to an Alpharetta police report. He returned to find the lock missing from the locker.
His bag was opened and appeared to have been rummaged through. A wallet containing numerous credit and identification cards and cash was missing.
A gym employee said they would review camera footage of the locker room’s entrance.
The stolen items included a Social Security card, driver’s license, five credit cards, $700, an insurance card and a lock.
The incident was classified as a misdemeanor theft by taking, less than $1,500.
— Jon Wilcox
Candles stolen from display at North Point Mall store
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A shoplifting of dozens of candles was reported at a North Point Mall store Feb. 4.
A store manager told officers she noticed the candles were missing after checking inventory while closing the store, according to an Alpharetta police report.
At least 38 three-wick candles were missing from a display.
The manager said she had no idea when the theft might have occurred or who the suspects might be.
The candles were on a display facing the mall.
The manager said she would contact loss prevention staff to review camera footage.
The candles were valued at a total of $26.95.
— Jon Wilcox
Phone charged to card in alleged identity theft case
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 73-yearold Alpharetta man reported an identity fraud Feb. 4 after his debit card was allegedly fraudulently charged.
The man told police his American Express card had been charged by a website for an iPhone and vacation, according to an Alpharetta police report.
He contacted his bank, hich advised him to file a police report.
The phone was shipped to an address in Stone Mountain. The website is registered in Florida.
The man suspected someone had gained access to his card through his email account.
The incident was classified as a felony identity fraud of a person.
— Jon Wilcox
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Atlanta Regional Commission launches transportation survey
METRO ATLANTA — For the first time in 14 years, the Atlanta Regional Commission has launched the Regional Household Travel Survey, in efforts to see how metro Atlanta residents travel around the region.
In partnership with the Federal Highway Administration and the Georgia Department of Transportation, the commission is one of the first in the nation to administer a survey of its kind since the COVID-19 pandemic.
John Orr, Senior Managing Director of Transportation Planning at the Atlanta Regional Commission said that the survey is “one of the most important tools we have to understand how people in metro Atlanta travel.”
Data gathered will be given to researchers, policy makers and transportation planners to help provide improvements to the quality and availability of transportation.
“The findings will shed light on how travel patterns have changed since the pandemic, which caused a sharp rise in teleworking,” Orr said.
The commission aims to aid the Atlanta region through “transportation planning, aging services, community development, water resources management, workforce development and homeland security.”
More Information: You can find more details about the survey at https://atlantaregional.org/news/uncategorized/ arc-launches-regional-household-travelsurvey-to-shed-light-on-transportationpatterns-in-metro-atlanta/
Households are defined as people who live together in one residence with a shared kitchen.
Counties that will be surveyed include Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Coweta, Hall, Newton, Paulding, Spalding and Walton.
Households randomly selected to participate in the survey will receive details in the mail, along with the incentive to earn a gift card of $20 or more, based on household size, if chosen to opt-in.
The 19-county Atlanta region wide survey will consist of two phases, with the first that will be administered through Dec. 2025. This phase will include 3,000 households.
The survey will ask the household to document travel for household members on an assigned day given by the Federal Highway Administration. Documentation should include time of day, mode of transportation, purpose of the trip and who they were traveling with. It is also important to note whether those who travelled were driving, walking, jogging, bicycling or using the transit.
A second survey, consisting of 9,000 households is planned to be conducted in 2025 through 2026, to provide an additional set of data for planning efforts.
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A “statistically significant” sample size that will consist of 6,500 households will be provided through the second phase, planned for 2026.
“This survey will inform regional transportation planning efforts for years to come,” Orr said.
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Alpharetta native joins Appen staff
ALPHARETTA, Ga — Appen Media Group announced Feb. 14 that Sarah Coyne will join its staff as a reporter. Coyne will immediately begin covering local government and business in North Fulton. She will report to Carl Appen, director of content and development, and will be based in Alpharetta.
“Having an Alpharetta native come home to cover her community is a special gift for us,” Appen said. “Sarah hit the ground running this week already covering some heavy topics, like the tragic death of Roswell Police Officer Jeremy Labonte. For a hometown news group, connecting to the reporting is key. We’re lucky to have someone with the reporting and photo chops Sarah brings. The fact that already has roots here just makes it that much better.”
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“I’m so excited to be able to write for the newspaper that I grew up reading,” Coyne said. “I have a passion to inform my audience and through my writing and photography, which I crafted at Grady College.”
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County floats new impact fee schedule after outcry from business leaders
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Commission advanced a vastly reduced impact fee schedule for commercial properties Feb. 11 that would factor in similar assessments from surrounding jurisdictions.
The move follows outcry from business leaders that high impact fees could harm economic development.
Commissioners set public hearings to review a commercial impact fee ordinance draft to fund transportation improvements. The new ordinance proposes a fee rate set at 120 percent of the average of nearby counties and cities.
Residents and local business leaders appeared at meetings in July and November to speak against a fee rate recommended by economic consulting firm TischlerBise. They said the recommended fees, proposed in November, would stifle economic growth, driving developers and business owners to nearby counties.
The revised impact fee formula would reduce the rates set in the earlier proposal by almost 80 percent for retail businesses. Office properties would see a more than 85 percent reduction, and fees for industrial sites would be reduced by almost 90 percent from the November draft.
Chairman Alfred John said the proposed rate will allow Forsyth County to stay competitive with neighboring counties and cities while providing necessary funding for roadways.
“It’s a very, very reasonable amount compared to all the neighboring jurisdictions,” he said.
Transportation impact fees are onetime payments assessed for new construction projects to offset wear and tear on county roadways. Commissioners unanimously approved a hike in residential impact fees in August, more than tripling the payments for home constructions. But, they opted to continue discussions relating to impact fees on commercial development.
Forsyth County has never assessed transportation impact fees on commercial building.
County Commissioner Laura Semanson said that since November, commissioners and county staff have conducted research, assessing the cost of doing business in the county with an eye toward passing an ordinance that would reduce punitive impacts to businesses.
“We did a very deep dive into the total costs of doing business in Forsyth County,” Semanson said.
Alex Warner, center right, vice president of Economic Development for the Chamber of Commerce, speaks on a proposal to set transportation impact fees on commercial projects at a Feb. 11 County Commission work session. The current proposal would set fees at a far lower rate than those considered in November when numerous business leaders spoke against the change. See COMMISSION, Page 14
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Cumming barbecue eatery draws devoted clientele
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
CUMMING, Ga. — When Stephen Hartsock opened his barbecue restaurant in 2018, he brought a meticulous eye for detail honed over 15 years in home construction.
At face value, there’s little difference between the menu at Socks’ Love Barbecue and the thousands of other barbecue spots in the nation.
They serve brisket, sausage, ribs, pulled pork, turkey and all the traditional sides.
But there’s something special going on behind the scenes.
“It’s kind of like the ongoing question. ‘What sets you apart from other barbecue joints?’” Hartsock said. “And I just kind of smile and say, ‘Come with me into our kitchen for a day, and you’ll see.”
In pursuing his culinary passions, Hartsock said he has applied lessons learned while mentoring under the owner of a construction company he worked at for over a decade. It was sometimes a frustrating experience, but he learned the value of perfection over “good enough.”
That approach has made Socks’ barbecue a truly exceptional experience.
“I promise you, once you figure us out and try it, it’s unforgettable,” he said.
That attention to detail hasn’t just won over locals. It’s turned heads in the barbecue world, too.
In 2024, Daniel Vaughn, the mind behind “Texas Monthly’s” Top 50 barbecue list, included Socks’ as an honorable mention for barbecues outside Texas and in a list of his favorites outside the state.
Brisket is smoked for 14 hours at Socks’
establishment on Buford Road in 2018.
The magazine’s list of top barbecues is considered a Holy Grail for the latest and greatest meat smokers in the nation.
Among locals, the menu has won equally impressive praise and earned a steady stream of repeat customers who just can’t get enough. On Socks’ website, comments ooze with praise.
“I never write reviews, but I just finished the absolutely best barbecue I’ve ever had,” one reviewer writes. “That’s saying a lot because I lived in Texas.”
Hartsock began his professional foray into
barbecue with a custom rub he gave out to guests at his wedding. Now dubbed Socks’ Love Rub, the mixture of molasses sugar, salt, paprika, black pepper, cayenne and onion and garlic powder is sold by the restaurant along with other custom condiments and seasonings.
After entering competitions and dabbling in catering, he realized he wanted to open a restaurant.
See SOCKS, Page 7
Socks’ Love Barbecue is open at 1050 Buford Highway in Cumming 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
To browse their products, visit socksloverub. com. To learn more about the restaurant, visit sockslovebrands.com.
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Love Barbecue in Cumming. Owner Stephen Hartsock opened the
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Pursuing that dream has been an exciting opportunity, but it’s also a lot of work, he said.
The brisket spends 14 hours in a J&R Manufacturing smoker, which he specially picked because of its ability to handle large quantities without skimping on flavor. The smoker is unique because the meat is cooked solely by hickory smoke rather than relying on an extra boost of heat from gas.
Trimmed and smoked daily, the certified Angus beef takes on a rich, juicy texture in the J&R, which also renders the beef’s fat into the butter-like consistency of tallow.
“When you achieve that, you know you’ve done it correctly,” Hartsock said.
The sausage is another source of pride at Socks’. Made in-house, staff make a point of respecting the cows by wasting as little of their meat as possible.
Natural hog casings are filled with brisket trimmings, and Hartsock applies a mathematical precision to their preparation, combining of 30-to-70 ratio of fat to lean beef. The mixture is ground several times and seasoned throughout the process.
Extra fat is rendered to tallow and saved for sale.
“We’re not wasting money,” he said. “We’re not wasting meat. We’re not wasting this animal’s life.”
STEPHEN HARTSOCK, Founder and owner, Socks’ Love Barbeque
After the sausages are stuffed, they are dried and then smoked.
Hartsock said he has applied that same attention to detail to the menu’s sides, which include macaroni and cheese, collard greens, Frito chili pie, beans and creamed corn.
For example, the collards are made with Korean gochujang, fish sauce, soy sauce and other ingredients to impart a rich savoriness. The mac and cheese has an “ultra creamy” and “ultra cheesy” flavor and texture that makes it simply the “best mac and cheese you’ve ever had,” he said.
While many places do barbecue well, it’s entirely different to do it with excellence, Hartsock said. That guiding principle has led Hartsock to critical acclaim, a healthy business and personal satisfaction.
“It’s a ton of work,” Hartsock said. “But it’s why we can exist and be successful with a competitor just a half a mile down the road.”
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Owner Stephen Hartsock applies to barbecuing a meticulous eye for detail he honed working in the home building industry. This rack of ribs is one of many traditional barbecued meats offered at the restaurant.
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Militia Districts in Georgia and the Double Branch
The Militia Act of 1784 established militia districts in Georgia. They served as a substitute for a full-time standing military force because the government had limited resources.
Each militia district was led by a locally elected Captain who enrolled every able-bodied resident male between the ages of 16 and 50 into military units. The units engaged in training exercises to be ready in case they were needed for defense. As new counties were formed, new militia districts were established within their boundaries.
Militia districts were necessary because of a growing threat of invasion from the Spanish military presence in Florida as well as other concerns. The militia system was largely abandoned during the Civil War but district boundaries continued.
Initially, many militia districts adopted the name of the Captain in charge. If a replacement Captain came on board, the name of the district change. Beginning in 1895, districts were given numbers in the order of their establishment.
Each of seven militia districts in old Milton County had a courthouse where a justice of the peace held court. The courthouses were responsible for administrative functions including serving as election districts and handling property taxes. They also held trials involving small crimes. Courthouses varied in size and amenities depending on their functions.
Almost all courthouses are long gone but one remains in Milton on Birmingham Road. The small 16 by 20-foot building had substantially deteriorated until the property it occupies was purchased in 2023 by Carol Cookerly and her husband Robert Beal. The couple has made a substantial investment in the renovation of the structure supported by Milton Historical Society volunteers and a donation from Milton residents Sarah and Charlie Roberts. Carol and Robert are committed to the preservation of this rare element of the area’s history. Carol, a member of the Milton City Council, says the courthouse is now red, white and blue “not exactly the flag’s colors but close enough for what occurred there!”
The property has been owned by various people over the years, each of whom added to its history. Cynthia
This is the historic Double Branch Voting District Courthouse as it appears today with new siding and fresh paint. This spring the area around the courthouse will be adorned with azaleas, flowering cherry trees and beautiful shrubs.
Chandlee, a local Realtor, owned the property from 1994 to 2010 which she named Cornerstone Farm. She says “Cornerstone Farm was an inspiring project for our family, breathing new life into the land and its history. We worked hard to preserve the charm and character of the 1930s farm, which is a reason why we did not demolish the old courthouse.” Bill Manning and Heath Cashin rented the property in the early 1980s where they raised llamas. Heath says that passersby would stop and inquire about the llamas and then ask about the little building which had no signage.
Called the Double Branch Voting District Courthouse, the building now boasts a historical marker, though its exact age is something of a mystery. When the Atlanta Constitution listed voting places for an election in 1934 it referred to the “Double Branch Justice of the Peace Courthouse, Freemansville” (note spelling of the road). In 1938 the newspaper spoke of a “new courthouse at Freemansville.”
Celebrated historian Caroline Dillman wrote a column in 1986 quoting Ira Cagle, one of several people she interviewed. Cagle said the stone foundation pieces may date from
the mid-1800s but the courthouse was last used about 1941 except for elections which continued until the 1960s. Scott Reece, a surveyor in North Fulton, recalls accompanying his mother when she voted in the courthouse when he was a child in the 1960s. Scott explains that the name of the courthouse is derived from the double forks of Little River that formed the Double Creek District in original Cherokee County district maps.
Dillman also interviewed Toledo Burgess, who retired in 1971 after 35 years as a school bus driver and who lived close to the courthouse. Burgess said he sawed the lumber used to build the current courthouse in the 1940s and 1950s which replaced the earlier structure. He used to help with elections even after they were moved to the Birmingham Community House.
A local retired teacher, Charles Newton, explained to Dillman how the justice of the peace system worked. “A bailiff would issue a warrant and court would be held maybe with witnesses but always with the justice of the peace as judge.”
Bill Spence, an attorney with 50 years’ local experience, told Dillman that court was held once a month with anywhere from zero to four or five cases to be tried. If a defendant was found guilty, he would be fined. Jurors were paid 50 cents each by the loser of a case.
Spence told one story worth repeating about someone who stole a neighbor’s cow which he painted to cover up the theft. The suspicious owner waited until it rained, and then had the thief prosecuted.
Bill Lusk, a retired builder and a board member of the Milton Historical Society with a keen interest in historic structures, has been supervising the restoration of the courthouse. He has studied the elements of the construction that help identify its age. For example, close examination of the framing members suggests that they were probably milled prior to World War ll. Wall studs and rafters from the previous structure were probably used in the new building. Some of the hand-hewn logs that served as floor joists could have come from the original structure as well, he says.
Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.
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One of the few remaining militia district courthouses in Georgia gradually deteriorated until brought back to life by the commitment of Carol Cookerly and her husband Robert Beal who in 2023 purchased the property where the courthouse stands. This is how the courthouse appeared in 2018.
Be on guard for slipshod presentation of headlines
PAT FOX Managing Editor pat@appenmedia.com
A reader emailed recently to point out a couple of grammatical errors in an article we published.
We are always on guard to ensure that what we publish is correct, and correctly presented. That includes grammar.
Another thing we do is write headlines. You don’t hear much about that. It’s not as simple as snatching a few words from the story and slapping them across the top.
A good headline should encase the “news” of the story. The headline writer must read the story, understand its essence.
It is an art I strive to master. Not long ago, there were rules for writing headlines, practices refined over centuries. The skills were born through a collaboration between writers and printers, a shotgun marriage of intellect and artisanship.
Back in the day, we were taught that if a headline has more than one line, each line should extend roughly the same length, filling the entire column. Printers understood that lines of equal length lines in a headline created a visually pleasing symmetry.
We had to learn character measures for each letter of the alphabet. For example, an “a” counted as 1, an “f” was ½, a “w” counted as 1½. Each column of a newspaper page allowed only so many characters of a certain type size. Large headlines allowed fewer characters than small headlines.
The goal was to make the words on each line fill the available width.
You had to calculate it in your head. Over time, you got good at it – not always perfect, but close.
That was decades before pagination software. Now, you can look at a computer screen to see how well your words fit each line.
Attracting the eye and mind
I learned rules governing newspaper presentation by reading books on typography and attending seminars on page design. My best teacher, though, was watching seasoned printers, mostly old timers who approached their work as the craft that it is.
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Movie theater made splash at Perimeter Mall in 1973
If you lived anywhere near Perimeter Mall before 2000, you may recall that there was a movie theater in the parking lot of the mall. It was a separate building adjacent to Ashford Dunwoody Road. I-285 was completed in 1969, Perimeter Mall opened Aug. 11, 1971, and the Perimeter Mall General Cinema triplex opened in December 1973. The theater held 1,700 people. (Atlanta Constitution, Dec. 23, 1973, “Perimeter Mall Gets 3 Theaters”)
The first movies shown were “The Way We Were” with Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford, “The Laughing Policeman” starring Walter Matthau and “The Seven-Ups” with Roy Scheider.
Ned Hastings, who grew up in Sandy Springs, shared his memories of the Perimeter Mall theater. Hastings went to North Springs High School and remembers Perimeter Mall theater showed first-run movies. It was the place to go for high school kids, especially on Friday and Saturday nights.
“On Friday and Saturday nights, that theater would be packed, and we’d always bump into packs of kids from school,” Hastings recalled. “If you were there on a date, the whole school would know about it by Monday morning. The lobby was all glass, so you could drive by and see if it was crowded or not.”
He also remembers during this time going to theaters in Roswell and in Sandy Springs at North Springs Shopping Center and at Cinema 285 at Roswell Road and Hammond Drive. North Springs was a dollar theater. Cinema 285 opened in 1971 in the Grant City Shopping Center. The shopping center later became Hammond Square, and the theater was Hammond Square Cinema before closing in 1977.
Hastings graduated from North Springs in 1984 but continued to go the Perimeter Mall Theater during college. He also worked at the mall between 1985 and 1988.
He remembers seeing “The Right Stuff” two times at Perimeter Mall Theater and the film “Platoon.”
Hastings does not think “Star
This advertisement for Perimeter Mall Cinema I, II and III ran in the Dec. 19, 1973 Atlanta Journal.
Wars” played at Perimeter Mall Theater in 1977. ‘“Star Wars’ didn’t make its way to the Atlanta market until late June or July of 1977.” The film was intended to show only in theaters that could accommodate Dolby sound. “Star Wars” played at the Weis Doraville Theater on Buford Highway and three other Atlanta theaters in July 1977, although “None of the four theaters showing ‘Star Wars’ is equipped with Dolby paraphernalia.” (Atlanta Journal and Constitution, July 24, 1977, “Star Wars doing heavenly”)
Ned remembers Perimeter Mall Theater started out with three screens and was later converted to four screens. According to cinematreasures. org, the middle of the three theaters was divided into two by General Cinema, resulting in four small theaters.
Perimeter Mall Theater also had midnight movies showing in the 1980s. In May 1984, “Rocky Horror Picture Show” was on the bill for midnight along with “Ziggy Stardust,” “Risky Business” and “Kentucky Fried Movie.” (Atlanta Constitution, May 11, 1984) General Cinema filed for bankruptcy in 2000, and Perimeter Mall Theater closed that same year. The opening of United Artists Perimeter Pointe 10 in 1995 likely contributed to the downfall of Perimeter Mall Theater. Eight, 10, 12 and 14 multiplex theaters were opening all around Atlanta.
Award-winning author Valerie Biggerstaff is a longtime columnist for Appen Media and the Dunwoody Crier. She lives in Atlanta. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.
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Decades have passed since the county was a sleepy rural community of farmers and growers. Traffic-filled thoroughfares and miles of commercial development have replaced acres of farmland.
In 1980, the county was home to about 28,000 people, according to USA Facts. By 2022, the population had grown by close to 850 percent to more than 267,000.
The farmers market, now bigger than ever, has kept up with the rising tide. Today, it boasts up to 40 vendors some days and thousands of visitors.
Even on the miserably cold and damp Saturday morning of Feb. 15, a handful of vendors faithfully set up shop, selling to the dozens of customers who browsed in the drizzle.
The quality of locally sourced products is one big reason crowds continue to inundate the market. That quality is obvious to anyone who has tasted the fruits, vegetables and meat offered, Gazaway said.
But it’s also about knowing where the food comes from, he said.
“You can ask the farmer, ‘Hey, what's your practice?’” Gazaway said.
Carrying an umbrella and wearing rain jackets, Ken Murray and his family stopped by on Feb. 15 to grab ground beef, rib eyes and Italian sausage at Gazaway’s booth.
“It's better, way better,” Murray said. “It just has a better flavor.”
Next to Gazaway’s stall, Niqui Khan, an Alpharetta resident, was selling pecans.
On top of the taste, Murray said he prefers to support farmers in his own community rather than those in faraway countries or states.
While business has been good at the market, Khan said her primary reason for selling her nuts was for fun.
Her family’s pecan orchard in Southeast Georgia began as a hobby, but with some 900 trees on their 22acre farm, they produces more than they can consume. Even after the damage from Hurricane Helene, they harvested between 1,200 and 1,500 pounds of pecans.
Their golden-colored Pawnee variety of pecans offer a rich, buttery flavor and sell for $12 for 12 ounces.
Holly Wall, of Cumming, was selling bread at the market for a similar reason.
Wall, owner of Holly’s Bread Boutique, is a teacher, but after school on Fridays she rushes home to start baking. She baked through the night in her home kitchen, finishing up her loaves about 3 a.m.
For Wall, it’s about savoring the joy of feeding people.
Her loaves of sourdough and other gourmet varieties just taste better because of their freshness and the expert attention she gives each loaf. They are made from a limited number of ingredients, meaning her customers get exactly what they pay for.
“You go to Costco, and you find one of these breads, you're gonna have 94 ingredients,” Wall said. “With mine and other market people, we bake fresh. We buy local ingredients.”
The bread she sells provides a steady source of supplementary income, and that money has increased with the market’s popularity.
“There’s a lot of repeat clientele, even on days like today, when it's raining,” she said.
Although the character of Forsyth County may have changed through the years, she said having more residents in the community provides a muchneeded benefit to businesses like hers.
“We need growth. We need new businesses for sure, because people like that,” she said. “They want this opportunity to buy these kinds of goods, and we didn't really have that before.”
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Alpharetta resident Niqui Khan sells pecans grown at her family’s hobby farm in South Georgia.
Ken Murray surveys the meat raised by Randy Gazaway, right, at his Forsyth County farm at the Cumming Farmers Market Feb. 15. Gazaway, who organizes the farmers market, said business has grown steadily each year.
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From hot lead to the advent of photocopy cold type in the 1970s, these artisans took their profession seriously. A certified printer had to complete an apprenticeship –sometimes up to seven years.
Editors are not printers, but they should acquaint themselves with the craft.
Before computers allowed them to assemble pages on a screen, editors depended on printers. Editors drew a mockup – called a “dummy” – on a sheet of graph paper, which told the printer where to paste strips of type onto a full-scale cardboard sheet. The mockup told the printer where to place everything, including the dimensions of a photo, the space to allow for a headline and such.
If a story ran too long, the editor stepped forward with a blue highlighter to mark cuts – maybe the last sentence in a paragraph or a
Commission:
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One draft ordinance prepared by county staff suggested commercial impact fees assessed at 90 percent of the average for surrounding jurisdictions, but commissioners opted to move forward with a rate set at 120 percent.
The new proposed ordinance also does away with a previously proposed phased approach that would have increased rates steadily over four years.
County Administrator David McKee said removing the phasing allows commissioners to more easily amend impact fees in the future and offers leeway should voters approve a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.
In 2022, voters rejected a transporta-
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paragraph at the bottom.
Using a blade, the printer sliced out the highlighted portions, then adjusted the remaining pieces. If the story came up a line or two short, the printer would slice between the last few paragraphs and arrange the pieces evenly to make the gaps uniform. Only printers were allowed to touch the type and the board.
Smart editors marked cuts, kept their mouths shut and let printers do their job.
Smart editors had college degrees and wore ties, but they knew who the boss was during page production. Ideally, each respected the other.
The computer age and cheating
Computer pagination has replaced many printers. You don’t see them anymore. I married one, so there is that. And yes, I often keep my mouth shut around her, too.
But, it is sad to see the craftsmanship involved in newspapering fade.
I blame sloppy online news services for much of this, mainly because the people running them never learned the basics of
tion sales tax that, according to estimates, would have generated more than $250 million over five years.
Forsyth County’s comparatively low permitting fees was a major factor in that decision, Commissioner Semanson said.
Determining the right rate to proceed with required consideration of economic and demographic factors, including the county’s explosive growth and cost of doing business in nearby communities, Semanson said.
As rapid growth continues, so does the responsibility for maintaining county infrastructure, she said.
“No one ever wants to pay more,” Semanson said. “But that’s just not realistic or equitable for the people who live here.”
The decision to proceed with the amended rate was in large part about maintaining a balance between financial contributions from businesses and residents, who share use of county roadways.
“We have to be cognizant there has to be a partnership where not one particu-
Brian Pressnall, 54, of Roswell, passed away on January 25, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
Cheryl Reese, 77, of Roswell, passed away on January 31, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
what printers knew – how to appreciate readers, how the eye moves across a page, the perfect width for a line of type before the reader’s eyes tire.
(There’s an old printer’s formula for the proper length of a line of type: It’s roughly 1½ times the point size of the type, expressed in picas. A pica equals about 1/6 of an inch. So, if you’re using standard 10-point body type, you should limit the line length to 15 picas – about 2 ¼ inches.)
Sloppy online news services also cheat. They deceive in content and presentation.
They steal stories from television interviews. They also cheat when writing headlines.
Whether through incompetence or deliberate deception, their headlines do the opposite of what they’re supposed to do –tell the “news” of the story.
One telltale sign that you’re being had is when you see the words “this” or “these” in a headline.
Here’s one from a broadcast news organization’s website:
“If you’re not doing this, experts say your pipes could burst during winter storm”
Click on the story, and five paragraphs
lar segment is overburdened by impacts caused by another,” Semanson said.
Alex Warner, vice president of Economic Development for the Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce, told commissioners Feb. 11 stakeholders met days earlier to discuss the potential increase. He said their position was for fees to be as low as possible.
“As an economic development organization, we would like to always keep it as minimal as possible to get more commercial growth,” he said.
Warner said the chamber could help with a public outreach campaign for a future Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, which could allow reduced impact and permitting fees.
Commission Chairman John said the chamber’s support could have considerable influence on how fees might be assessed.
“A lot of this is going to hinge on the chamber and chamber members getting TSPLOST over the finish line,” he said.
in, you’ll find that the ”this” referred to in the headline is to leave a faucet dripping overnight.
Shocker!
A decent editor, one who respects readers, would have written:
Plumbing experts say leave faucet dripping to avoid frozen pipes
Not rocket science. It tells the story in a nutshell – and all three lines are roughly the same length.
Remember, when you see the word “this” in a headline, you’ll hit a paywall that charges you valuable time.
Another scurrilous practice is to make outrageous claims in a headline without specifics. Many sports websites do this.
“College football world outraged at lategame penalty”
I follow college football. I’m in the world. Why am I not already outraged? Did East Carolina get robbed by Temple?
Dear readers, these phony news websites are a sham. They are the stranger standing on your doorstep with both hands behind his back. Do you open the door?
Be smart. Good headlines tell you that the writer appreciates your time.
“The funding source has to come from somewhere.”
Although the fees are only one of many funding sources, they provide a vital contribution to county services, he said.
“Every dollar collected from impact fees is one less dollar that our residents don’t have to pay,” he said. “It helps.”
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Edward Wegener, 90, of Alpharetta, passed away on January 23, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
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