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Resident produces Olympics broadcast By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — While hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide tune into the Beijing Winter Olympics Feb. 4, Johns Creek resident Bob Lanning will be in a control room in Stamford, Connecticut, calling the shots. Six-time Emmy Award winning Lanning is leading the production of “Friends & Family,” a recurring segment in NBC’s broadcast of the Olympics that highlights the athlete’s support systems and backgrounds. The segments interlace coverage from athletes’ family homes, practice facilities and viewing parties with footage of the competitions. Instead of watching athletes medal, then seeing their parents celebrating in the stands, viewers see footage of the families in their living rooms jumping for joy with loved ones. “Friends & Family” originated out of necessity prior to the first COVID19-stricken Olympics in Tokyo last year after spectators were barred. It is returning for the games in Beijing. While organizers of the Beijing Games have announced that limited numbers of “selected” spectators will be present at the competitions, no fans from out of the country will be allowed to attend. As a result, NBC decided to bring back the successful “Friends & Family” segment with Lanning at the helm. Beyond inviting the many millions of Olympics viewers into athletes’ homes and communities, NBC also set up something called “mix zones” near competition areas. The zones have an announcer and a camera for interviews, but they also have monitors where the athletes can see and talk to their families in real time, right after the competition. “Caleb Dressel, who competed and won the gold medal [in the 100-meter freestyle]
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Video feeds from watch parties all over the country were fed to Bob Lanning’s NBC control room in Stamford, Connecticut. The timing of cuts had to be perfect, Lanning said, there were no do-overs. After he selected which shots and when, the feeds were sent to Tokyo to be broadcast live. gets out of the pool and walks over to the mix zone,” Lanning said. “So, this is two minutes after he just won the gold medal, we connected him to his parents and his wife… and he’s crying and she’s crying, and you never would have had that.” For athletes who couldn’t stop by the mix zones, Lanning recorded family members’ messages to share on social media for the Olympians to watch after they returned to the Olympic Village. The Tokyo Olympics were marked by their isolation. In preparation for the
games, athletes and coaches had to quarantine and were required to spend weeks away from family, making their virtual interactions that much more special. “We were able to make it much more intimate through ‘Friends & Family’ than it might have been if we had fans in the stands,” Lanning said. Prior to the games, producers and NBC staff spent weeks compiling a list of hundreds of athletes, contacting families
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — As Fulton County’s current transportation sales tax comes to a close, Johns Creek is assessing where it stands with ongoing road projects and what lies ahead. Brian O’ Connor, Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax manager, detailed the program’s progress at a City Council work session Jan. 24. So far, he said, the city has completed six major transportation projects funded through the 2016 transportation sales tax. Another 13 are underway. Each of the completed projects, O’ Connor said, has come in on time and within budget. The .75-percent sales tax has brought in more than $69 million to the city for transportation-related projects. Referred to as TSPLOST I, the sales tax ends March 31. Voters approved a five-year extension to the tax, TSPLOST II, last November. That tax is expected to bring in another $77 million over its term. The money will target pedestrian, bike and streetscape improvements, along with roadway upgrades. O’ Connor said money from the current sales tax has funded comple-
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Over the past 10 years, more than 500 car accidents have been reported on a 1.1 mile stretch of Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek. The commuter thoroughfare between State Bridge and Wilson roads has a speed limit of 55 miles per hour, and residents regularly call on city officials to have it lowered, especially following a serious crash. On Jan. 12, resident Linda Caminiti took to social media site, Nextdoor, to report a wreck in front of the St. Ives neighborhood and ask the City of Johns Creek to adjust speed limits accordingly. Since the post was published, it has received nearly 100 comments from residents going back and forth on the issue of speeding, distracted driving and the role of Johns Creek government in making alterations to roadway laws. The whole speed limit process begins when the road is designed and constructed, Public Works Director Chris Haggard said. Federal standards then dictate what speed vehicles can travel on the road. Georgia also regulates speed limits by awarding radar permits to police departments, allowing officers to run radar and enforce the limits. “So, if you have a road that was built and designed for a certain speed and you want to change it, you got to do some analysis of the traffic that’s driving on the road,” Haggard said. The analysis, called a speed study, can be performed by local or state traffic entities. “The speed study looks at the 85th percentile, essentially 85% of the cars are driving at that speed, and whatever the 85th percentile is, that’s the speed limit,” Haggard said. “So, if you want to reduce it, [the cars already] have to be driving at that speed. It’s a little backwards.” But the 85th percentile isn’t the only metric used for setting speed limits.
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St. Ives Country Club Parkway lies along a 1.1-mile stretch of Medlock Bridge Road where more than 500 vehicle accidents have occurred over the past 10 years. There are other parameters including the number of driveways and the type of medians that are along the road. “There are a lot of factors that can go into the study that helps determine the speed limit,” Haggard said. Medlock Bridge Road is also known as State Route 141. The road is owned by the Georgia Department of Transportation. Haggard said that while in general it is harder to shift speed limits on state routes, Medlock Bridge Road might be an exception. “I think in this particular situation with the number of driveways, the number of median openings … I don’t think it’s as uphill as some other possibilities, and to be candid, we’ve had some conversations with the state, and they’re not opposed to talking about some of this,” Haggard said. GDOT declined to comment on the
record for this story. But even if local and state entities are open to discussions, shifting a speed limit permanently can take time, Haggard said. Even if the city had already completed a traffic study, he said, the process would likely take six months to a year to be approved. Further down the corridor, the city is working on three intersection improvements along Medlock Bridge Road at Skyway Drive, Abbotts Bridge Road and Bell Road. “So, we actually are doing some traffic studies along the corridor,” Haggard said. The studies could be used as evidence for changing speed limits. Residents and City Council members can help motivate changes to speed limits by directing the Public Works Department’s focus, Haggard said.
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Georgia Ensemble Theatre expands into northern Roswell By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — When Georgia Ensemble Theatre closed at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the mother-daughter duo Anita Farley and Laurel Crowe couldn’t have imagined its student body would not only grow two years later but it’d have a second building on Hembree Parkway. Farley, producing artistic director and co-founder of Georgia Ensemble, said the theatre will celebrate its 30th anniversary next season. Over the years, it has served as the official resident theatre company of the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, where it formerly held its MainStage performances and educational programming. But in June 2021, the theatre expanded to a new studio in north Roswell to better meet the needs of the community. Crowe, education director at Georgia Ensemble, said the theatre has been growing for the past decade. Rehearsals, classes and camps now take place at the studio that once housed a church, giving them the flexibility and autonomy to host different programs. The new space tripled the number of classes the theatre can offer year-round. It also increased its ability to program small shows like improv and sketch comedy, open-mic nights, performances by the Teen Acting Ensemble troupe and solo-performer shows. While the studio already has classrooms and a small stage platform, a lot of renovation still needs to be done such as building out the studio’s performance space with sound equipment and a lighting system to create a flexible black box theatre. Crowe said about 50 students enroll in classes each semester and about 150 for summer camps. Those numbers have remained consistent throughout the pandemic thanks to the staff’s new set of skills, which allow them to transition online at any given moment to keep from having to shut down. Crowe said Georgia Ensemble will only continue to grow as the community becomes more aware of its new location. “It’s been really, really hard on the arts, but we’ve been able to do in-person classes for our students since July of 2020, so to that end we actually grew in some really wonderful and organic ways because there were people who needed to find a safe space for their young people to explore,” Crowe said. Despite its success so far, the theatre has faced multiple challenges with its live performances. Farley said the 2021-22 season opened with the musical “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” which ran smoothly. But just as it was getting ready for its
next show, “Vanity Fair,” the omicron surge happened, and the theatre was forced to postpone until Feb. 17. Farley said they are almost done casting for “The Pretty Pants Bandit,” – the last big musical of the season – but she knows anything can happen between now and April, when it is set to open. Crowe said the pandemic continues to be a “wild ride” for the theatre and its staff. “I don’t know if anybody anticipated or imagined we’d still be going through all of this,” Crowe said. If there’s a silver lining in the pandemic, Crowe said, it’s how the families who make up Georgia Ensemble have stepped up to fundraise and help remodel the new studio. She said Georgia Ensemble serves people of all ages and levels of experience, starting with classes in pre-K. In April 2021, dozens of volunteers came together to begin the renovation process, putting in over 350 hours of work to tear out carpet, repair drywall, paint walls and clean bathrooms. “People just showed up in really special ways so that we can get the new building ready to have camps,” Crowe said. “For these kids, these families, this has become their place, and it makes me really happy that’s the case. I think that’s what my dream would be is that anyone who walks in here, anyone who sits down in this building for whatever reason feels at home and comforted that this is a place where you can be you.” The theatre is also gearing up for its touring school productions for the first time in two years. This year’s show is, “And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank.” It recounts the story of two childhood friends of Anne Frank and their experiences of hiding, capture and imprisonment during the Holocaust. Crowe said the show is catered to students in fifth through eighth grade who are studying World War II in schools. She said when the theatre first closed in 2020, she and other artists did a lot of soul-searching to find “the thing” that filled their cup, and for her, it was the kids and being in the classroom again. “Sometimes we were the only thing some students were allowed to do outside of their virtual school,” Crowe said. “It kept me going. I and a lot of other artists love what we do. It’s exciting for us to be able to create with young people.” The theatre is currently only allowing fully vaccinated guests to attend the shows. Guests are asked to wear a face mask inside the building. To support the theatre, Farley encourages the public to attend a show or make a donation no matter how big or small. “Buy tickets, come see us, don’t be
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Dick Williams: Dunwoody’s giant of journalism By CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. –– Dick Williams personified Dunwoody. The 77-year-old television talk show host, editorial writer and former owner and publisher of the Dunwoody Crier, died of congestive heart failure Jan. 20 at his daughter’s home in Arkansas. Williams wore many hats, including a 30-year stint as a high school basketball referee, a newspaper columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a Georgetown University recruiter and a behind-thescenes advocate for the formation of the cities of Brookhaven and Dunwoody. However, his primary focus and passion revolved around building community through the Dunwoody Crier. In an April 10, 2019 column, when it appeared that the Crier would cease publication, Williams wrote of three dreams he’d had as a young man – “play basketball in Madison Square Garden, be a big-city newspaper columnist and publish a small-town newspaper that served the community.” “I did all three,” Williams wrote. “Not bad.” Williams’ dream followed a winding path from Kansas City to New York City, with stops in between before he landed in Atlanta. He worked as a news director at WXIA, which he found was not his cup of tea, then made the jump to the afternoon paper, the Atlanta Journal, as a reporter, then an editor, and later as a columnist. In the early 1980s, he began hosting a television show that morphed into “The Georgia Gang,” a weekly political roundtable. His stint as host ran more than 35 years until health challenges forced him to give up his seat in 2019. His dream to own a local newspaper came to fruition in 1996 with purchase of the Crier from former publisher Susan Courtemanche, who had been operating it as a local shopper filled with a smattering of ads, folksy news and engagements and wedding announcements. Williams took the paper to another level, hiring reporters tasked with finding stories that showcased Dunwoody and its unique mix of news about Perimeter area businesses, local politics, longtime residents and young families looking for a “Mayberry-type” community to raise their families. The paper hit its stride with its 1998 coverage of the Dunwoody tornado and the rebuilding effort that took place afterwards. A series of stories written by the likes of Williams, Kathy Florence, Rashawn Biddle and Mickey Goodman earned a “Best Local Coverage Award”
Dunwoody will forever be defined by its founding storyteller-in-chief, Dick Williams.” SUSAN MITCHELL Dunwoody Nature Center Controller
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Grand Marshal Dick Williams and parade organizers Pam Tallmadge and Penny Forman blow whistles to signal the start of the 2011 Dunwoody Fourth of July Parade. from Atlanta Magazine. Florence, now the city’s communications manager, who worked at the Crier for years as a columnist and graphics artist, said she hopes to emulate Williams’ fearless embrace of the values he held in high regard. “Dick was opinionated, but his principled approach to journalism never wavered,” Florence said. “I learned so much from him, and I consider myself one of the luckiest writers ever to have learned from the best. Monday afternoon deadline days at the Crier were some of the most stressful and exciting days of my life.” With Williams working his magic behind the scenes, the dream of cityhood for Dunwoody gained momentum in 2000. In his 2019 column in the Crier, Williams said “thousands of trees died for our coverage of Denis Shortal, Bev Wingate, Ken Wright and the leaders of the incorporation effort.” Voters approved the city’s formation in July 2008 by an overwhelming 82 percent. Danny Ross, who served as an at-large council member from 2008-2011, said Williams’ political clout advanced the agenda in Dunwoody’s incorporation efforts. “He made a difference in political discourse,” Ross said. “He made a difference in the formation of two cities: Dunwoody and Brookhaven.” John Heneghan, the city’s longest serving council member, said Williams positively impacted the lives of every Dunwoody citizen. “He supported community events, influenced politics and helped found a city that improved the quality of life for all involved,” he said. Dunwoody’s first mayor, Ken Wright, said he met Williams when the thought of
cityhood was in the idea stage, and that his friendship with the Crier editor pushed him to take leadership roles during incorporation and beyond. “We were some 25 years apart in age but that never really entered my mind,” Wright said. “Ultimately, I saw him as a good friend and a really … fun, funny, smart and cool dude. “During the 10 years pre-city and years after cityhood, Dick and his staff would plaster every word, thought and non-word in our beloved Dunwoody Crier,” Wright continued. “It was hyper-local news at its pinnacle. It was awesome and nightmarish at the same table, but always a gold medal (or at least a tasty treat) for the Dunwoody community.” Williams’ support for another Dunwoody institution, the annual Fourth of July Parade, was a constant during his tenure at the Crier. Under the Crier’s sponsorship and with the help of dedicated volunteers like residents Bill Robinson and Pam Tallmadge, it grew to be Georgia’s largest parade, with 2,000 participants and 30,000 spectators. In 2011, the parade committee honored him for his community efforts, naming him that year’s grand marshal. “The Dunwoody parade would not be what it is today without Dick Williams’ support,” Heneghan said. “The Dunwoody parade was his Christmas.” Like his steadfast support of local causes, Williams was equally passionate about voicing his conservative beliefs, which drew him a fair number of detractors. However, as most who met Williams agree, he met controversy in a different manner. “The whole idea was to disagree without being disagreeable,” Williams said in a
television interview with Fox 5 News about his retirement from “The Georgia Gang” and his work at the Crier. “I try to bring all the sides of the issue to the table for discussion.” Community activist and Dunwoody Nature Center Controller Susan Mitchell, who knew Williams in different capacities for decades, said the veteran journalist’s greatest pride was the Dunwoody community he helped to form and was committed to support. “Dunwoody will forever be defined by its founding storyteller-in-chief, Dick Williams,” she said. “Dick long loved this community. While he rubbed elbows with influential politicos, he was equally attentive to the triumphs of the soap box derby kids and the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl champs from our area elementary schools. I’ll miss his salty wit, his keen intellect and his unapologetic (Georgetown) Hoya worship.” Appen Media Publisher Hans Appen, whose company took over the Crier days after Williams announced its closure in 2019, said today’s Crier “is a weekly reminder of Dick’s impact on journalism in Metro Atlanta and the city of Dunwoody.” “The archives of the Crier are filled with stories he wrote about the community he so loved,” Appen said. “We will be forever grateful to continue his legacy that is the Dunwoody Crier.” Williams was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Rebecca Chase Williams. Rebecca, a veteran ABC News reporter and former Brookhaven mayor, died after a three-year battle with cancer in March 2019. Dick Williams is survived by daughters, Chase Williams Stevens (Wesley) and Clare Williams Stevens (William), as well as his first grandchild, Grace. The lives of Dick and Rebecca Williams will be honored at a visitation from 4-7 p.m., Feb. 10 at HM Patterson & Son, Oglethorpe Hill Chapel, 4550 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, Ga. 30319. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11 at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church in Sandy Springs.
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Fulton commissioner will not seek reelection FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman Liz Hausmann announced Jan. 25 that she will not seek a fourth term on the Fulton County Commission. Hausmann’s term in the District 1 seat ends on Dec. 31. “Thank you to the citizens of Fulton County for the confidence they have placed in me to serve the community
that I hold dear,” Hausmann said. “I am proud of our record of improvements in Fulton during my tenure. It has been the honor and privilege of my life to serve North Fulton.” Commissioner Hausmann also served as a founding member of the Johns Creek City Council from 20062010 and on the Fulton County Board of Education from 2002-2006.
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would be 30 percent. The credit expires after five years. The plan prevents publishers from combining this and other payroll tax credits. To qualify, journalists must spend at least 100 hours during a calendar quarter writing, gathering, photographing and reporting on local events and matters of local public interest. “Good local journalism is a vital component to a community’s quality of life, in that it helps to ensure good governance, efficient use of tax resources and holds elected officials accountable to their constituents,” said Hans Appen, publisher of the Herald and Crier newspapers. “These tax credits would be an investment in our democratic form of government that would pay dividends to our kids and our grandchildren.” A similar measure, the Local Journalism Sustainability Act introduced in the House in 2020, but gained little movement. The payroll tax provisions were added to the Biden plan. The earlier legislation called for certain tax credits for local newspaper subscriptions and up to $5,000 per year for small businesses to cover 80 percent of advertising costs with local media for the first year and up to $2,500 per year for another four years. While both pieces of legislation have similarities, the Biden program makes no mention of advertising or subscriptions.
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Development Authority OKs bond for Alpharetta office complex By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta Development Authority has approved a revenue bond inducement for a $70 million office complex on Kimball Bridge Road. The bond was awarded to North Carolina-based Crescent Communities, which plans to redevelop the old Bailey Johnson School building at 154 Kimball Bridge Road. Crescent Communities has built about half a dozen residential and commercial projects in the Atlanta area, including Phipps Tower in Buckhead. Crescent has partnered with Kimball Bridge Venture Partners, who pitched the complex to the development authority at the Jan. 25 meeting. Plans call for the complex to provide around 160,000 square feet of office space — a quarter of if an “adaptive reuse” of the existing school building. The bulk of the office space will come in the form of a new three-story, timber-frame building next to the school. The complex will accommodate parking for around 500. Representatives for the development estimate the complex will create around 500 construction jobs and 800 new permanent jobs once completed. Construction is expected to begin in mid-2022 and wrap up at the end of 2023. Alpharetta Development Authority Chairman Jack Nugent stressed at the meeting that the project will put “no city dollars whatsoever” at risk. The developers assume all the financial risk for the complex. Alpharetta Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard said the revenue bond inducement grants the developers a temporary tax abatement. The Development Authority will hold the property
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Members of the Alpharetta Development Authority discuss details of a proposed office complex with representatives of Kimball Bridge Venture Partners Jan. 25. The $70 million office park would occupy space at the site of the Bailey Johnson School on Kimball Bridge Road. title for a 10-year period. The developers will pay 50% of the property tax in the first year, increasing by 5% each year until they assume the full tax obligation. At that point, the property title transfers to the developers. Developers say its goal is to “maintain the character” of the Bailey Johnson School, which was built in 1949 and first known as the Alpharetta Colored School. It was renamed in 1953 after Warren Johnson, a former slave and proponent of African American education, and George Bailey, who donated the land. Bailey Johnson was the first school in the area where Black students could receive an education from first to 12th grade. Before the school opened, Black students had to travel 30 miles south to
Atlanta to attend classes beyond seventh grade, according to Fulton County Schools. City documents note the complex could serve as a venue for Black history and arts events. Representatives of Kimball Bridge Venture Partners said plans are in the works to have murals painted on the complex to commemorate the location’s history. Developers also noted that they face some supply chain limitations and issues of inflation, saying costs were rising as high as 1% per month. As a result, the complex will charge “top-of-themarket” rental rates, as high as $35 per square foot. Notably, the development comes as Alpharetta struggles to fill some alreadyexisting office space. At a City Council
This diagram shows the office complex development planned for the old Bailey Johnson School. The Alpharetta Development Authority approved a revenue bond inducement for the project Jan. 25. retreat the day before the Development Authority meeting, Community Development Director Kathi Cook noted that around 18% of the city’s 21 million square feet of office space is vacant, up to 33% in certain areas. Metro Atlanta’s average office space vacancy rate is around 14.5%. Economic Development Manager Lance Morsell noted that Alpharetta’s high vacancy rate may be because it is home to around 10% of all the office space in the metro area.
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aren’t appealing. Your best solution is to minimize the mess. Stay on top of dirty dishes by cleaning up immediately after meals. Also, limit the number of appliances and trinkets you allow to pile up on the countertop. A potted plant or a vase of flowers are all you need to add a little color and life. 2. Going to the Dark Side Too few lamps or overhead lights can make even the coziest living room feel cramped and downright creepy. Solution: Light it up. A lot of life happens in your living room. Add multiple types of lighting, like table lamps, overhead lighting and floor lamps to ensure ample illumination for tasks like reading.
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3. Choosing Style Over Comfort Dining chairs’ entire purpose is to be sat on. Selecting ones based solely on a trendy style instead of comfort is a definite no-go. Opt for comfy chairs. Whether hosting guests or just enjoying a meal, dining should be a time to unplug, relax and enjoy. Encourage your dinner companions to linger longer with comfy, upholstered chairs.
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On August 15, I moved a year closer to being old — 67 to be exact. I don’t feel old though — maybe 28? This year I have managed to begin to self-destruct, however. RAY APPEN Fell off a box in our new Publisher Emeritus old remodeled home ray@appenmedia.com repairing an overhead light and broke two ribs when the box collapsed. A few weeks later I went up on our roof (our wet roof) to blow off the leaves. When I stepped back onto the ladder it started sliding backward from the wet deck, and when I landed, I thought I had shattered my ankle. It turns out that I only tore ligaments and tendons. So, I do see the future; I am my own worst threat. I’ve always thought, I just want to finish well. It would be a shame to spoil that by making stupid decisions, no? Those falls for sure have delayed my debut on the senior pro tennis tour, but they didn’t interfere with my decades-long quest to become a proficient piano player. Most likely I still have 10 years or so that I need to get there. Dick Williams, the man who, for years, held the helm of the Dunwoody Crier that
we now publish, died last week at 77. He was a kindred soul and hard-core newspaper man. When he announced he was shutting down the Crier a couple years ago I drove to Dunwoody and convinced him to let us keep his newspaper going. We sat in his living room and talked shop and discovered that we both collected fountain pens — what better hobby for newspaper folk? His death — although I knew he was not in good health — rattled me. Hard core news guys are not supposed to die, at least at such a young age. “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less… any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.” - John Donne, written in 1624. That is, our world is the less for Dick’s death. I keep getting these mortality reminders, and I am not happy with them. I still have too much to get done. That includes getting back out on the Appalachian Trail at some point. The oldest person to hike the trail, I think, thru-hiked it in his mid80s. No way I am going to let him keep that record. But I am consoled and comforted by many things and many people. It only takes seeing a current picture of Keith for
me to know that everything is going to be OK. So long as the Stones keep touring, and Keith keeps smoking those Marlboro reds and whatever else he continues to partake of, and still strut across that stage making that lead guitar send chills up our spines, I’m good. And my kids are now unbelievably not youngsters anymore — 25, 31, and 33 — no way. But they give me a continuous reason to marvel, celebrate, and glow. At the end of the day, this theater that is my children and grandchildren just wraps around my existence like a rainbow paints the sky after rain. Nothing in life matters more. They are my raison d’etre. Now, I love my children and grandchildren. And I love Keith too, but seriously, we’ve got a problem — individually and collectively. This virus stuff is real. The implosion of our earth is real; just look around. The social and political chaos we have created is real too, and it is getting worse. Do you think it all just might be a wakeup call? Aren’t we all done with this toxic insanity? And don’t we all have better things to do with our time — our very blink-of-an-eye, tiny slice of time we have been given? When you consider the brevity and fra-
gility of our humanity, one has to wonder what we are thinking or whether we are thinking at all. It’s all about choices. Help someone or hurt someone. Love someone or hate them. Put even more money in our own pocket or put a little into pockets that are empty. Feed someone or watch them starve. Help heal the only earth we have or keep destroying it. Participate in the inane political stupidity or do something helpful instead. Are these hard decisions for us? We all know that if we want to fix this stuff it has a cost. We know it will hurt and require sacrifice, compromise and empathy. And we all know that fixing this world begins with making small personal changes, something we can start doing today; yes we can. Aren’t we about out of time-outs? We’re not blind. We’re not stupid. And we know we only have a brief moment to get it right — to “fix” and do it right — to make our own personal world and our collective world better, better for ourselves, for our children, and for their children. After all, isn’t that what it is all about? What are we waiting for? Why are we waiting? I don’t think that waiting is going to fix anything, do you? What’s your next step? What’s mine? Do it.
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Production: Continued from Page 1 and providing equipment to spin a web of coverage that pulled “Friends & Family” together, Lanning said. The same process will be used for the Games this year. Video feeds from watch parties all over the country were first funneled through a waiting room facilitated by a company called LTN in Kansas City, then sent to Lanning’s control room in Stamford. From there, Lanning cherry picked the visuals based on competition schedules and sent the feeds all the way to Tokyo, crossing at least 15 time zones in seconds. One of the segments Lanning is most proud of surrounded American swimmer Lydia Jacoby. At 17 years old, Jacoby was the first Alaskan swimmer to ever make it
Council: Continued from Page 1 tion of four intersection improvements – Bell Road at McGinnis Ferry, Bell Road at Medlock Bridge, Jones Bridge at Waters Road and Medlock Bridge at State Bridge. The city has also completed a roundabout on Bell Road at Rogers Circle and road widening along State Bridge Road between Camden Way and the Chattahoochee River. O’ Connor told council members that if sales tax collection rates continue as expected, all 20 top-tier transportation projects will be funded. Right now, he said, collections are running at 91 percent, well above the threshold needed to fund Tier 1 projects. Should that trend hold, council members would have to select which lower-tier projects – presented to voters when the sales tax was approved – will receive the surplus funding. Council members tasked O’ Connor and the Public Works Department to compile more information on individual projects and the TSPLOST I program as
to the Olympics, but she was not expected to run the gamut. NBC producers decided to tell Jacoby’s story on “Friends & Family” and placed cameras at her community’s watch party in Seward, Alaska. “All of the people in the town were in the railroad station, and they put the swimming up on the big board,” Lanning said. “And then, not only does she medal, but she upsets the two people who were expected to win gold and silver and she wins the gold. The place goes absolutely nuts with screaming and yelling, and I was very proud that night.” NBC Olympics primetime host Mike Tirico called it “the shot of the Olympics so far.” After the success of “Friends & Family” in Tokyo, NBC asked Lanning to return for the sequel. For the entirety of the games, from Feb. 4-20, Lanning will work the 2 p.m. to 2
a.m. shift in Stamford, providing American primetime coverage for NBC, but he’s not daunted by the schedule. This is Lanning’s 14th time working the Olympic Games. His first was in Munich in 1972. His passions for sports and visual storytelling have taken him across the globe to almost every continent, Lanning said, with stops in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, Red Square in Moscow, South Africa and Sarajevo, to name a few. But he’s called Johns Creek home for 18 years. After almost 50 years working with major broadcasting networks like NBC and ABC, Lanning still doesn’t think he will ever fully retire. “I love what I do. There’s still something about someone saying, ‘Five to air, four, three, two, one,’ and knowing that you’re being seen by 300 million people,” Lanning said.
a whole Also at the work session, City Engineer Erica Madsen provided an update on the city’s $40 million parks bond, approved by voters in 2016. Since the bond was passed, the city has more than doubled its park space, acquiring more than 220 additional acres. Madsen’s presentation highlighted improvements made to the city’s four existing parks: Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, Newtown, Ocee and Shakerag. She said the city has also added four new parks:
Morton Road, State Bridge, Bell-Boles and Cauley Creek. This summer, the city will develop a new strategic parks plan that will set priorities for the Recreation and Parks Department moving forward. Following Madsen’s presentation, council members began discussions of a potential second parks bond. The conversations were tabled and are expected to resurface at the City Council’s retreat on Jan. 28-29 alongside other strategic initiatives.
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Richard Papera, 85, of Alpharetta, passed away January 21, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory. Glower Waller, Jr., 82, of Roswell, passed away January 21, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
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