Johns Creek Herald - July 27, 2023

Johns Creek pulls out the stops for Cauley Creek Park opening

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — After years of planning and construction, Johns Creek hosted a party for Cauley Creek Park’s grand opening July 22.

Largely funded by the city’s 2016 parks bond, Cauley Creek Park has doubled the city’s park space with its 203 acres. A soft opening was held in June, an early welcome to residents to use some of the park’s amenities.

Located on Bell Road in the eastern half of the city, Cauley Creek Park features lighted sports courts, lighted grass and synthetic fields, a pedestrian bridge and river overlooks. It also has a rubberized 5K trail, which the city says is the first in the state of Georgia and one of the first in the country.

The park is adjacent to the Rogers Bridge connection over the Chattahoochee River to Duluth. The pathway’s ribbon-cutting, in

partnership with the City of Duluth, was held July 10.

At the Saturday event, around 4,000 visitors had their fun with carnival rides and games, train tours, food trucks, live music and one very tall cowboy on stilts. It was the last day in “Cauley Creek Week,” a days-long celebration that brought visitors to the park for court and field demonstrations.

To take on the big addition, the city recently created a stand-alone Recreation and Parks Department. The department’s new director and former Johns Creek city engineer Erica Madsen welcomed the crowd under a shelter, which blocked out the hot sun, and introduced the mayor.

“This is a, I think, a watershed moment,” Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry said. “I was talking to someone earlier — they said they will always remember this day because it’s such a big

Johns Creek sets public hearings on proposed 2023 property tax rate

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The City of Johns Creek has scheduled three public hearings on the proposed 2023 millage rate, and all residents are invited to attend and participate.

The city has tentatively adopted a property tax rate of 3.986 mills, unchanged from last year. Even so, property owners may face higher tax bills because of rising values.

Under Georgia law, maintaining the same millage rate when property values rise is regarded as a tax increase, and the city is required to hold a public hearing to give residents an opportunity

to comment.

The proposed mill levy would represent an annual tax increase of about $53 for a homesteaded residence with a fair market value of $525,000. A non-homesteaded property would see an increase of $57.

While set at the same level as last year, the millage rate represents an overall property tax increase of 7.27 percent which means more money for city government. Had the City Council opted to keep property tax revenue the same as last year, the mill levy would have been reduced – or “rolled back” – to

3.716 mills.

All public hearings will be held at Johns Creek City Hall on Lakefield Drive.

The first will be July 25 at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. The second is set for Aug. 8 at 11 a.m. in the Ocee Conference Room. The third and final public hearing will be held during the regularly scheduled City Council meeting at 7 p.m. on Aug. 8.

The council will then vote on a final mill levy.

Each year, the Board of Tax Assessors is required to review the assessed value of taxable property in

the county. When the trends of prices on properties that have recently sold in the county indicate there has been an increase in the fair market value of any specific property, the Board of Tax Assessors is required by law to re-determine its value and adjust the assessment. This is called a reassessment.

Residents are invited to email comments to public.comment@ johnscreekga.gov. For additional information on the proposed 2023 millage rate please visit the city website at www.johnscreekga.gov.

AMBER PERRY/APPEN MEDIA Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry cuts the ribbon to Cauley Creek Park at its grand opening July 22. See PARK, Page 6

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Police cite man for speeding

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police arrested a Suwanee man for speeding at 65 mph in a posted 45 mph zone on McGinnis Ferry Road July 10.

When police stopped the vehicle, they found the driver had a suspended driver’s license for failure to appear in April. The violation was committed in 2021, the report said.

Police placed the man under arrest for speeding and driving while license suspended, then transported him to the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.

Police seized the man’s driver’s license, and the licensed passenger removed the vehicle.

Men wanted for alleged theft of $520 in game controllers

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A Target employee reported to police July 13 a shoplifting incident, where three suspects stole several PlayStation 5 controllers valued at around $520.

Surveillance video shows three men enter the store July 12, walk into the technology section and pick up around six controllers, the police report said. The video also shows the suspects leaving while concealing the controllers and not paying for them, the report said.

The employee said she could not identify the individuals. She also said the suspects left the scene in a vehicle with an unidentified make, model and tag.

Man defrauded of over $15,400

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A Johns Creek man reported to police July 13 someone had fraudulently made a dozen payments by check and online, totaling more than $15,400.

When going to his bank to close his account, the victim logged onto his account from his cell phone to retrieve his account number and noticed the transactions.

The victim said he did not make these transactions and did not write anyone a check. He also told police he filed fraud reports with the bank.

Johns Creek woman loses $12,500 in forged checks

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A Johns Creek woman reported to police July 14 someone forged two checks in her name, totaling $12,500, and deposited them.

The first check was deposited July 7, where $8,000 was paid to an identified individual for a “used car.” The second check, deposited July 10 for $4,500, was paid to another identified individual for “HVAC.”

The victim showed police her checkbook, where both checks remained unused. She said the money was stolen, but her account was closed.

Police arrest two suspects in Target shoplifting

MILTON, Ga. — Police arrested two suspects July 10 for shoplifting at Target on Ga. 9, one of whom threatened to shoot an employee.

According to the police report, surveillance footage showed the male suspect, an Alpharetta resident, picking up a $580 electric scooter with the second suspect alongside him.

The second suspect, an Atlanta woman, left the store and appeared to have acted as a lookout as the male suspect exited the store without paying for the item, the police report said.

Police later located the suspects at the intersection of Ga. 9 and Webb Road. After allegedly fleeing from officers, they were arrested and transported to the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.

Both suspects were charged with Theft by Shoplifting and Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement.

The male suspect was also charged with Terroristic Threats and Acts for allegedly threatening to shoot the Target employee.

GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER ATLANTA/PROVIDED Johns Creek Girl Scout Natalie George, center, stands with workshop participants Krithika Moorthy, left, and Lucy Snaith, who learned how to turn their favorite old T-shirts into reusable tote bags as part of George’s Gold Award project. George was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Girl Scouts of the USA and an $8,000 scholarship from the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta for her project that addressed the hidden human and environmental costs of fast fashion.

Johns Creek Girl Scout awarded two scholarships

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Natalie George, a Johns Creek resident, was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from Girl Scouts of the USA and an $8,000 scholarship from the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta for her Gold Award project.

George’s project was on the hidden human and environmental costs of businesses mass-producing inexpensive, trendy clothing known as “fast fashion.” The Gold Award, earned by fewer than 6 percent of Girl Scouts, is received through leadership in a community action project reflecting pressing issues.

Girl Scouts of the USA chose one Gold Award Girl Scout from every council in the U.S. to receive a scholarship. George was chosen from the Atlanta Council which serves 34

counties in Georgia. She is one of 13 Atlanta-area Girl Scouts receiving a local scholarship.

George spent close to 200 hours creating a video, delivering workshops and hosting fashion upcycling events to students and adults.

Workshop participants learned why a $50 shirt might be less expensive than an $8 shirt, how to check the eco-footprint of their favorite fashion retailers, how to upcycle used clothing and best practices for shopping sustainably.

Because George’s video and instructional materials were so successful, they are being folded into the fashion curriculum at Johns Creek High School, creating a generation of “fashion first responders.”

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Boy Scout seeks support for Shakerag Park project

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Jackson Burbrink, a 16-year-old Forsyth County resident, is pursuing his goal of becoming an Eagle Scout with an educational project in Johns Creek. Now, he is looking for community support.

Burbrink, an incoming junior at the Alliance Academy for Innovation, has been active in the Boy Scouts of America since the first grade and joined Troop 143 in the fifth grade. He conceived the talking tree trail at Shakerag Park as his Eagle Scout project, the final step to obtain the organization’s highest rank.

Originally, he said he wanted to complete the project in Forsyth County, but due to the anticipated maintenance required, he relocated his proposal to Shakerag Park.

Burbrink intends to install four vandal-resistant and weatherproof speakers by Digital Audio Technologies, a product that has been used by the National Park Service. Guests would use a hand crank to activate the speaker, which would relay facts about the tree recorded by fellow scouts.

Each speaker post would carry between five and eight messages. Burbrink’s inspiration for the project came from a family trip to North Carolina, where he and his family enjoyed a similar talking tree trail at Holmes Educational State Forest.

While he hopes the informational posts will be of interest to all ages, Burbrink said he chose Shakerag Park as an ideal location for its proximity to River Trail Middle School.

“My project would give [students] the opportunity to have a unique hands-on learning experience in the woodlands near their school,” he said.

While other Eagle Scout projects in his troop typically cost no more than $1,400, Burbrink said the talking tree trail is ambitious, with a fundraising goal of $12,000. He said the project cost is higher than average because he wants to use quality and durable equipment to mitigate maintenance requirements from the city.

Burbrink is determined to execute his vision. So far, he has collected around $5,600, but he has hopes to reach the $6,000 mark by August.

Burbrink wants to give back to the community with his entertaining and educational project, but he said he needs the support of local businesses.

While Burbrink said he appreciates all donations, he implemented three sponsorship tiers with rewards.

Those who contribute between $250 and $499 will be named on the trail welcome sign. Those donating between $500 and $1,499 will be named on the sign and have their business name and logo displayed on one of the speaker posts.

The highest contributor of more than $1,500 will be named the trail’s title sponsor, recognized as the presenter on the welcome sign.

Those interested in donating can contact Burbrink at jacksonb. t143@gmail.com. To donate, businesses can make checks payable to BSA Troop 143 for Jackson Eagle and mail to:

5174 McGinnis Ferry Road

Suite 125

Alpharetta, GA 30005

For project updates on Instagram follow @shakerag_talking_trees.

JACKSON BURBRINK/PROVIDED Jackson Burbrink, a 16-year-old Forsyth County student, is seeking donations for his Eagle Scout project, a talking tree trail at Shakerag Park in Johns Creek, where visitors can learn more about trees.

Fulton County Schools announces new hires, appointments

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Fulton County School System announced a set of new hires and appointments to key positions ahead of the 202324 school year, which starts Aug. 7.

Officials announced July 11 after 20 years of service to the school system, Atlanta-native Cliff Jones has been named the Fulton County Schools chief of staff.

“During that time, he has progressively increased his responsibility and impact in the district,” officials said. “Mr. Jones started as a high school history teacher, assistant principal and principal at Milton High before being promoted to the district office.”

Since 2018, Jones has served as the system’s chief academic officer, supervising seven zone superintendents, the Learning and Teaching Department and the Student Support Department. Jones’

expansion of career, technical and agricultural education; and the reduction of district schools on the federal accountability list.

In addition to Jones’ appointment, Brannon Gaskins has been hired as the system’s chief academic officer.

“Gaskins rejoins the Fulton County School System after working with the University of Virginia's Partnership for Leaders in Education,” officials said. “In Mr. Gaskins’ role with UVA-PLE, he provided executive leadership training to district superintendents and their executive staffs through the university’s Darden School of Business.”

Previously, Gaskins served Fulton County Schools as area executive director and oversaw the Banneker High School cluster of schools.

During that period, the Banneker High School cluster increased its graduation rate by 30 percent in three years; three schools were removed from the state’s chronically failing schools list; and 80 percent of schools achieved improvements on the state's College and Career

Ready Performance Index.

The school system named several other important administrative appointments July 12.

Shannon Kersey will serve as the assistant superintendent of learning and teaching. Shamona Harrell will become director of college, career and student supports, and KerriAnn Williams will become director of K-5 literacy. Amanda Swerdlow will serve as director of program evaluation.

Officials also announced several school-level appointments ahead of the new year.

Susan Gowin was named the new principal of River Eves Elementary School. Vincent G. Golden will

serve as principal of Banneker High School. Thomas Garrett will serve as principal of Ridgeview Charter Middle School, and Felipe Jackson will become principal of Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary School.

For more information about these appointments and the upcoming 202324 school year, visit fultonschools.org.

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milestone for our community.”

Standing next to the athletic fields, he asked everyone to take a 360-degree view.

“Just know you’re only looking at half of it,” Bradberry said. “... The thing that is so remarkable about this is that this is a generational investment.”

Several notable guests were listening in, including current and former Johns Creek councilmembers, former Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker, former Fulton County Commissioner Liz

Hausmann, State Sen. Josh McLaurin, U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath and others.

McBath, who represents Georgia’s 7th Congressional District, stepped to the podium to voice her excitement for the city. Her district includes Johns Creek and most of Gwinnett County to the east.

“Our district is amazing,” McBath said. “It is one of the most diverse districts in the state of Georgia, one of the most diverse districts in this nation. There’s a lot of good, wonderful things that are happening here … Together, let’s celebrate the newest reason why our community is one of the best places in Georgia to live, to work and to play, and definitely, to raise a family.”

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Families enjoy a carnival ride at the grand opening of Cauley Creek Park July 22. Around 4,000 visitors also enjoyed carnival games, train tours, food trucks and live music.

A woman waits in line for cotton candy at the grand opening of Cauley Creek Park July 22.

Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry welcomes visitors to Cauley Creek Park at its grand opening July 22. Several notable guests were listening in, including current and former Johns Creek councilmembers, former Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker, former Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann, State Sen. Josh McLaurin, U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath and others.

A cowboy on stilts lassoes a young boy at Cauley Creek Park’s grand opening July 22.

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Power Rangers, Buffy stuntwoman launches eclectic Roswell brasserie

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. — It isn’t often that your local barista is called on to fight vampires or fend off Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa with a few well-placed punches and flying kicks.

But at least with Sophia Crawford, owner of the Ground and Pound Coffee in west Roswell, you know it could happen if needed.

Crawford, a longtime Hollywood stuntwoman known for work on the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and many other action-packed roles, opened Ground and Pound on Holcomb Bridge Road in 2019, with a vision of the coffee shop becoming an artistic hub for the community.

Despite a few well-known hiccups caused during the COVID-19 pandemic, the coffee shop, casual eatery and bar has become an eclectic and well-loved staple for local popculture nerds, with regular themed trivia nights, costume contests, open mic nights and more.

“Our mission has always been focused on the community and creating events that engage the community and bring the community together,” Crawford said, during an interview with Appen Media July 18. “I get a lot from that satisfaction from that.”

As straightforward as that mission is today, Crawford, who was born and raised in London, explained that she could not have taken a more winding route to get there.

She got the bug

As a young teen in London, Crawford actually started out working in coffee shops and brasseries, traditional places that served coffee, along with “beautiful wine and French food.”

And as an adventurous people person, Crawford ate it all up.

“I just liked the whole energy of the coffee shop and especially in England, this was in the ’80s. This was before Starbucks and everything, so the coffee was very traditional coffee,” she said. “But the energy was very much a gathering place.”

But at 19, when she was given the opportunity to become a coffee shop manager, Crawford said she felt pulled in multiple directions, with her home, interests and security on one hand, and a sense of adventure and opportunity on the other.

“I thought to myself, I could do this. This is definitely a lovely opportunity. But it’s not what I want to do,” she said. “And I just felt the urge desperately to sort of just leave and travel the world.”

So instead of settling down, she and her sister got on a bus and began a six-month trip to India, Turkey, wartorn Iran and beyond.

“It was probably one of the most inspiring, most incredible journeys of my life and changed everything for me. I was just like, ‘I can’t go home now … I got the bug,’” she said.

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Ground and Pound Coffee, at 8420 Holcomb Bridge Road in west Roswell, opened in 2019 with the intent of becoming an artistic hub for the community. It has since grown a following of loyal customers.

Former Hollywood stuntwoman Sophia Crawford, owner of Ground and Pound Coffee in Roswell, mixes up an iced marsala chai during a hot day July 18. See COFFEE, Page 9

Our mission has always been focused on the community and creating events that engage the community and bring the community together.

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countries, Crawford made her way to Bangkok, Thailand and started teaching English to help pay bills.

It was in Thailand where she was first introduced the world of film production, after a modeling gig got her noticed by Central Casting and she began booking roles as an extra for American and Hong Kong films shooting in Bangkok.

Hong Kong

With that taste of movie magic igniting a spark in her, Crawford quickly relocated to Hong Kong where she could live and work as an Englishexpat, and where many of the world’s best action movies were being filmed.

“I just hopped on the plane and went to Hong Kong,” she said. I didn’t know anybody and started tearing pages out of the Yellow Pages, trying to find the film studios.”

As a petite woman, with strong Western features, Crawford said she was welcomed with open arms by the studios in Hong Kong and almost immediately started booking actual movie roles as the “Western villain” and opponent to the film’s female heroines.

But she quickly learned that to be an actor in Hong Kong during the 1980s, she would first need to learn how to fight.

“I had no training. I was not a martial artist,” she said. “I was a young upstart wanting to travel the world and essentially a backpacker looking for a dream.”

By mingling with the stunt crews and coordinators, hanging out where they hung out and living where they lived, Crawford dedicated herself to learning martial arts and breaking into the Hong Kong stunt scene.

“I lived there for five years. And, you know, I was absolutely determined to be the best fighter,” she said.

She has since been credited as one of the first Western women to be accepted into an Asian stunt crew.

After doing 30 films in Asia, Crawford left Hong Kong for Los Angeles in 1993, bringing a honed martial arts skillset and a tight resume of work abroad with her, which launched her success in the U.S.

Ground and Pound

In Los Angeles, she was offered the role of stunt double for Amy Jo Johnson, who played the Pink Ranger in the hit 1994 “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” series and later served as Sarah Michelle Gellar’s stunt double for the first four seasons of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

Her career in Hollywood also features stunt work for Madonna, Fergie, and many other well-known names, and she eventually married stunt coordinator and Georgia native Jeff Pruitt, who she met while working on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

But like any good thing, Crawford’s days of jump kicks and action sequences had to come to an end at some point.

“At a certain point, you understand that you don’t have the legs that you

think you’ve got,” she said.

In 2018, when her family relocated to Georgia and Crawford returned to a love from her teenage years, opening a small coffee shop in Roswell, very much like the ones she worked at in London.

Since then, Crawford and her staff of actors and other artists have tried to instill that community feeling she fell in love with, into every event they host and drink they serve.

It’s definitely not fast food and they will never have a drive through window, but Crawford said that customers feel the energy Ground and Pound gives off and love it.

“I love to get to know my customers and see their kids grow up and hear about their lives,” she said. “We want people to come inside. We encourage them to come inside and engage with each other.”

Ground and Pound Coffee is located at 8420 Holcomb Bridge Road and offers regular weekly events like trivia, open mike nights, musical acts, artist roundtables, costume contests and more.

For more information about their food, drinks and events, visit www. groundandpoundcoffee.com.

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Former Hollywood stuntwoman Sophia Crawford, who owns and operates Ground and Pound Coffee in west Roswell, completes a jump kick during her time as a martial artist.

A part of our mission is to help businesses in Johns Creek connect, grow, and thrive. One of the ways we fulfill this mission is by helping business professionals grow their networks. All are welcome to the following networking opportunities for little to no cost, so please join us! The schedule is subject to change so to stay up to date with all the information visit the Calendar on our website or give us a call.

Wednesday 9:30 – 11:00AM

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Come prepared with business cards and your 45-second pitch about your business! From these meetings, you will form relationships, create business opportunities, and share information with Johns Creek Business professionals.

Men’s Happy Hour Networking

4th Thursday of the Month 4:00 – 5:30 PM

Location subject to change check the calendar on our website.

This event allows male professionals in the Johns Creek area to expand their referral network. So come on join your fellow gentlemen friends – and make new ones- at this monthly event! Chamber membership is not required and there is no admission for this event, just pay your own tab.

4th Thursday of the Month 9:00 – 10:30 AM

Location subject to change check the calendar on our website.

Our Women’s Networking Connection is a great platform for women in business to come together to build strong connections with other businesswomen. Whether you own, run, or have a women targeted business you’ll enjoy great networking, great referrals, and great conversations!

Flying free of skin cancer – Part 2

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In last month’s article about aviation and skin cancer, we looked at FAA regulations relating to pilots, melanomas, and the importance of early detection. This month, we’ll look at the question of whether flying in general causes skin cancer. Are you assuming much risk of cancer by flying at 35,000 feet? What if you’re a frequent flier?

We know that pilots develop skin cancer at a higher rate than the general population. A large Nordic study of male pilots found that they developed 130% more melanomas than expected, 110% more squamous cell skin cancers than expected and 150% more basal cell skin cancers than expected. The risk of skin cancer increased with the time since first employment, the number of flight hours, and the estimated radiation dose from being at altitude.

What is not known is whether radiation received during flight is to blame for these skin cancers. Correlation does not always mean causation, and just because pilots had higher rates of skin cancer doesn’t mean that cosmic radiation solely is to blame. The “flight environment” includes a combination of exposures including ultraviolet light, decreased oxygen levels, ozone, disinfectants and other hazards and stressors that are uniquely combined in aviation. These confounding variables make confident blame of any one hazard difficult to prove. Still, cosmic radiation is known to cause DNA damage and is worth examining, especially given how much flying is being done by flight crew and passengers alike.

Both the atmosphere and earth’s magnetic fields provide protection against cosmic radiation. Radiation levels approximately double for every 4500 feet of increased elevation due to thinner atmosphere. Due to magnetic fields shielding less at earth’s magnetic poles, radiation levels are approximately double at the poles compared with the equator. The most radiation occurs during a flight at high altitude over one of the earth’s poles. In the European Union, airlines attempt to keep radiation levels below 6mSv per year. How much is a mSv?

We all receive about 1 mSv just from living at sea level in a year. We average an additional 1 to 2mSv from other sources such as flying, medical and dental x-rays, etc.

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommends no more than 20mSv per year for people working in occupations such as nuclear power or radiology that involve radiation exposure.

How did they come up with 20mSv?

A generally accepted figure is that every 1000mSv of excess radiation increases one’s risk of dying from cancer by 5%. The ICRP assumed that 5% excess risk of dying from cancer is a reasonable cutoff and that few people will spend more than 50 years in any given career. 1000mSv divided by 50 years is 20mSv per year.

A pilot flying at 35,000 feet for 1000 hours each year can expect between 3 and 5mSv of excess cosmic radiation per year. This means that a pilot who works 40 years can expect 120 to 200mSv of excess radiation on average which means that a pilot’s chance of dying from cancer might be increased by about 0.6% to 1% on average. Of course, the chance of developing cancer but not dying from it is higher. Is this risk acceptable?

My assumption is that everyone in the United States drives, and we are all willing (reluctantly) to assume the risk of death that comes from driving. Driving risk is a useful benchmark when contemplating other types of risk. Let’s assume you wouldn’t want to raise your risk of dying from cancer any more than your current risk of an automobile death, which is a lifetime risk of 1% in the United States. Well, about 200mSv of radiation exposure is expected to result in that increase. Assuming 0.004mSv per hour of commercial air travel, you would have to fly 50,000 hours in your lifetime to increase your risk of cancer death from high altitude radiation enough to equal your risk of dying in an automobile accident. Almost no pilot will reach that number, and certainly few if any passengers approach that number.

A more significant risk is probably unnecessary medical radiation. See https:// www.health.harvard.edu/cancer/radiationrisk-from-medical-imaging for a complete breakdown of radiation from common medical tests. Food for thought is that each CT scan of the chest averages 7mSv. A whole-body CT scan averages 20mSV or more, and a PET/CT scan averages about 25mSv. If a patient needs the scan, then the patient needs the scan. But unnecessary scans involving radiation are to be avoided. 25mSv is more than the annual radiation limit of 20mSv recommended by the ICRP, and someone receiving a PET-CT scan receives that radiation all in a single day.

When compared with the risks of driving a car or the risk of radiation from medical imaging, the risks of cosmic radiation while flying appear acceptable. Sit back and enjoy your flight.

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The seven living players of the 1964-65 Bailey Johnson High School basketball team receive championship rings from the Alpharetta City Council July 17 at a meeting. The 12-player team won the Georgia Interscholastic Association Class-B State Championship.

Bailey Johnson basketball team honored with rings, reception

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Nearly 60 years later, eight members of the Bailey Johnson High School basketball team were honored with championship rings and a reception July 17 at Alpharetta City Hall.

The 1964-65 team included 12 players, a team mentor and a coach. Together, the Bailey Johnson team won the Georgia Interscholastic Association Class-B State Championship.

The state Interscholastic Association held championship competitions from 1948 to 1970. A year later, association schools joined the Georgia High School Association, or GHSA.

Opened in 1950 as the Alpharetta Colored School, the Bailey Johnson school served Black students in first through 12th grade until the desegregation of North Fulton County schools in 1967. The school enrolled roughly 100 students from North Fulton to Dunwoody.

It was renamed in 1953 after George Bailey, a blacksmith in Alpharetta who donated the land, and Warren Johnson, an advocate of Black education who was formerly enslaved.

In the championship, the basketball team went on to defeat the Bruce Street School team 85-49. The Bruce Street School was another historic Black school in DeKalb County.

At a meeting before the reception, the Alpharetta City Council presented

Pat Miller, center, of the Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society, provides a brief history of the Bailey Johnson School at a July 17 Alpharetta City Council meeting. The school enrolled Black students in North Fulton County from 1950 to 1967.

rings to surviving players James Emerson, Leroy Grogan, Larry Strickland, Jimmy Taylor, Almond Martin, Melvin Peters and David Taylor, as well as team mentor Eugene Snow.

Councilmembers and Alpharetta Recreation and Parks Director Morgan Rodgers also recognized deceased teammates Arthur and Aubrey Manning, Claude McCann, Willie Brown, Larry Wells and Coach Jerry D. Hobbs.

To celebrate the team, the Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society hosted a reception in the community room at City Hall after the City Council meeting. Hundreds of guests who attended the ring presentation gathered there to enjoy refreshments and artifacts from the Bailey Johnson school that were on display.

PHOTOS BY SHELBY ISRAEL/APPEN MEDIA

BAILEY JOHNSON RING RECEPTION

PHOTOS BY SHELBY ISRAEL

PRESERVING THE PAST

A road by any other name is still called Francis

It is well known that many roads in North Fulton are named after pioneer families that settled on them, often in the 19th century or earlier. Descendants of the settlers sometimes still live on or near the roads. Such is the case of Francis Road in Milton which has a normal history of hardworking rural family life but also had its share of drama and celebrity.

In the mid-1980s Fulton County proposed construction of a 476-acre solid waste facility bound by Francis Road, Highway 9 and the Forsyth County Line. Local residents were strongly opposed which led to several years of hearings and bitter disputes. In 1990 after five years of fighting, the County Commission voted to sell the property. The result was the construction of the Crooked Creek development of 640 homes and golf course.

Francis Road is also the home of Canine Assistants, a wonderful non-profit organization that trains and places service dogs with people who have serious mobility problems. Founded in 1991, the organization has placed more than 1500 service dogs.

Francis Road was the home of Aubrey Morris (1922-2010) a beloved journalist with the Atlanta JournalConstitution from 1945 through 1957 followed by a 30 year career with WSB radio.

Francis Road is not particularly long, only about two miles from Highway 9 to the roundabout on Hopewell Road. It is not known with certainty when the first Francis settled on what was probably a dirt pathway or wagon trail. Only one of the early homes is still standing. It was built prior to 1885 at the corner of Francis and Thompson roads by John Francis (1865-1939)-for a dentist named John Doss. According to Charles Francis who grew up in the house, Doss cut a hole in the floor next to the dentist chair so patients could expectorate conveniently during a procedure.

Charles’ grandfather C.A. (Charlie) Francis (1887-1964) purchased the house from the dentist in 1926 when he married Minnie L. Francis (18771932). C.A. and his two brothers owned most of Francis Road at one point, together with 40 acres on the east side of Thompson Road and 6 acres on the west side. After Minnie died C.A. remarried and built a

house on Thompson Road and gave the original home to his son William Durrell Francis (1904-1964) who was married to Idelle Cobb Francis (1911-1997). Durrell built a beautiful and sturdy barn that still stands at the corner of Francis and Thompson Roads. Durrell worked the farm in the 1930s and 1940s.

Charles was raised in the original house together with his sister Margaret (deceased) and his brother James. Charles’ childhood bedroom has a soft spot on the floor where the dentist’s hole had been.

Cotton was the only cash crop for Durrell. He relied on a two-mule team to turn the earth and a single mule rig for plowing, all done by hand. In the fall the family picked the cotton by hand and took it by wagon to the cotton gin where the seeds were separated from the cotton and returned to Durrell for the next year’s crop.

Ten acres were devoted to corn, mainly for family consumption as cornbread and for animal feed.

During World War 2 Durrell ran one of 12 sawmills owned by the Campbell Coal Company. “He could look at a truck full of lumber and tell what it weighed,” Charles recalls.

Following World War 2 Durrell built three chicken houses behind his house and went into the poultry business. He raised thousands of Rhode Island Red chicks for a local hatchery and returned them to the hatchery after 16 weeks before they started laying eggs. As a teenager Charles worked in the chicken houses together with his future wife Faye Eubanks. They had known each other since the fourth grade at Hopewell Elementary School. Both have painful memories of the chickens pecking at their legs.

In 1952 Durrell sold 30 acres on Thompson Rd for $1500 because Durrell wanted to buy a new two-tone blue Chevrolet. Charles paid his dad $50 for one acre on Thompson Road where he and Faye now live.

Seven generations lived in the original house until it was sold in November 2022 to Ryan and Lindsey Sather. The Francis family did not want to sell the house to anyone who would tear it down. Fortunately, Ryan is a builder with a keen sense of history. He and Lindsey are excited to own the property and have already started renovation and enlargement that preserves the look and beauty of the original structure. Ryan is adding bedrooms for their two boys, a dining room and porch. He is restoring the original pine siding on the exterior.

This historic home is undergoing extensive renovation and restoration. The vinyl siding is being removed exposing the original Southern Pine siding dating back prior to 1885. The well seasoned wood is in excellent condition and is strong and dense making it an ideal wood for siding.

He says “driving a nail into that old Southern Pine was almost impossible.” When he dug the foundation Ryan found an old plow, barber shop scissors and some broken china. Ryan confesses that “owning and renovating a historic home has been a dream ever since I got into construction.”

Charles’ sister Margaret Francis (1931-2018) and her husband Pete Austin (1926-2016) built a house on Francis Road next door to the original house circa 1954. Their daughter

Phyllis Francis Austin and her sisters Sheila and Janis were raised in the house. Phyllis and Janis remained in the home after their parents died. Sheila lives on Thompson Road.

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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FRANCIS FAMILY/PROVIDED A Francis family reunion circa 1944.

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1994: An update on Dunwoody native Ryan Seacrest

Usually, the articles that interest me in the Dunwoody Crier newspaper archives are about local history and interviews with people that I never had a chance to meet. But a 1994 article about Ryan Seacrest, the 19-year-old from Dunwoody who was trying to make it in show business is also fascinating.

The September 22, 1994, Dunwoody Crier features the headline, “Former DHS football captain makes a move in show business.” Seacrest was just beginning his career and his future success could not be predicted. I think we can safely say Seacrest, a personality known across the country and around the world, made it in show business.

At the age of 16, Seacrest had already begun a path towards the career he has today. According to the Crier article, “He became enamored with broadcasting while making the PA announcements at Dunwoody High

School and managed to work his way into local radio station STAR 94 FM. He originally had to talk his way into an internship position at the station but within months he was running the program board and before long, he was on the air. Meanwhile, he was still in high school, serving as captain of the football team and going to the state semi-finals.”

In 1994, Seacrest could be seen on two television shows. On Gladiators 2000 from Samuel Goldwyn Television, he was the host of the education and physical fitness competition program. On Reality Check, a NewWorld Television show, Seacrest played “eccentric, computer whiz-kid Jack Craft who mysteriously disappears during a top-secret government project.” These were both Saturday morning shows.

According to IMDB (Internet Movie Database), Seacrest hosted the children’s game show Wild Animal Games in 1995 and teen-ager quiz show Click in 1997. Clips from these early Seacrest shows can be seen on Youtube.

Next, he became the host of Ryan Seacrest for the Ride Home on Los

Angeles radio station 98.7 FM. In 2002 he became the co-host of American Idol and became the solo host the following year.

Seacrest took over the annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” which became Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” He also spent a few years co-hosting a morning talk show with Kelly Ripa, from 2017 until earlier in 2023.

In 2010, Ryan Seacrest started Seacrest Studios, opening broadcast studios in pediatric hospitals across the country. The media studios allow patients to “explore the creative realms of radio, television and new media.” They help children and their families by providing a positive activity and distraction for children undergoing treatment. Today there are fourteen Seacrest Studios. (ryanseacrestfoundation.org)

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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Help count ‘polli-neighbors’ this August

Observe the flowers on your plant and record all pollinators that visit those flowers.

3. Tally your observations by pollinator type: carpenter bees, bumble bees, honey bees, small bees, wasps, flies, butterflies/moths, and others.

4. Upload your counts to the website: https://GSePC.org.

and even your back porch are all great places to participate in the census. It’s un-bee-lievable how much we can learn about our local pollinators just by slowing down and observing for 15 minutes. Grab your pencils, head outside, and get to know your pollineighbors.

The main job of pollinators is to move pollen between flowers, helping plants set seed and reproduce. Without pollinators in our vegetable gardens, we would never harvest any tomatoes, squash, peppers, strawberries, or watermelon. The same is the case with other crops that rely on animal pollination, like almonds, chocolate, coffee, figs, and apples. Without pollinators in our Georgia habitats, our native plants could not survive and thrive.

The Great Southeast Pollinator Census (GSePC) is the perfect chance to get outside and get to know our local polli-neighbors. Every 3rd weekend in August, Georgians (and now South and North Carolinians), record the pollinators they see. UGA faculty use these data to compare changes in pollinator populations from year to year and county to county. This helps us make better informed decisions about how to manage and protect pollinators.

The census wouldn’t be possible without you. The majority of the data is collected by non-scientists, which expands the scope of this experiment far beyond what UGA researchers could accomplish on their own. All ages can participate (and have a ton of fun).

Here’s what you do:

1.Choose your favorite flowering plant.

2. Set your timer for 15 minutes.

Watch the ‘How to Participate in the Great Georgia Pollinator Census’ YouTube video for a step-by-step tutorial!

It’s helpful to review the different pollinator categories ahead of time. Download the Insect Counting and Identification Guide from the GSePC website. Each pollinator category has descriptions, tips for identification, and photos. You’ll also want to download and print your Counting Sheet to use on census day. The counting sheet has handy descriptions of each pollinator category for easy reference. We also have Spanish language versions of GSePC materials.

Educators—the GSePC makes for great STEM/STEAM activities inside and outside the classroom. The GSePC website has pre-made lesson plans, activities, worksheets and more, all free and available to you. Just grab and go.

This year the Great Southeast Pollinator Census will happen on Friday, August 18th and Saturday, August 19th. Check your local county Extension office’s website and social media to see if they will be hosting any census events. Here in Fulton County, UGA Extension will be hosting an informational webinar on Tuesday, August 1st at 7pm. Tune in to find out where we’re hosting census events this year and how easy it is for you to participate. Register here: https://bit. ly/GSePC. You can also host your own event, or just get out by yourself or with a few friends. All materials on the GSePC website are free for anyone to use. Community gardens, local parks,

Happy Gardening!

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•Great Southeast Pollinator Census website - https://gsepc.org/

•‘How to Participate in the Great Georgia Pollinator Census’ YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJkR8eVXgY0

•UGA Extension – Protecting Pollinators - https://extension.uga.edu/topicareas/timely-topics/pollinators.html

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This week’s “Garden Buzz” guest columnist is Gabrielle LaTora, agriculture agent in Fulton County’s Extension office. An entomologist by training, Gabrielle is interested in insects on farms and in gardens and is passionate about closing the gap between people and their food. In addition to helping coordinate Fulton’s Master Gardener Extension Volunteer program, Gabrielle oversees the North Fulton Community Garden, answers clients’ questions about gardening and natural resources, works with urban farmers, and delivers educational programs for Fulton County residents. Gabrielle presented “Insect Allies: Predators and Parasitoids in the Garden” in the Spring 2023 Gardening Lecture Series presented by the North Fulton Master Gardenershttps://youtu.be/NZ3um6QXXKc.

Getting to know our neighbors is important—they give us a chance to connect with our community, encourage us to get outside and offer help when we need it. Our “pollineighbors” do the same things.

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An Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly visits a flower and likely pollinates it in the process.

A pair of unputdownable books in one week

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“Love Saves the Day.”

Though this book is nonfiction, I was once again mesmerized, just as I’d been with Cooper’s novel. I’m convinced her life with Homer, an indefatigable blind kitten, prepared her to give voice to Prudence the cat in “Love Saves the Day.”

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Years ago, my mother and I traded books by our favorite authors, and we also haunted used bookstores. These days, most of my books come either from the library or from a friend who’s also an avid reader, plus the occasional selection from Amazon. There’s nothing better than getting a stack of books, no matter where it comes from.

For me, the sign of a good book is my inability to turn out the bedside light at night. “Just one more chapter,” I say to myself.

That was the case with this week’s books—one from my friend and one from the library.

“Homer’s Odyssey” by Gwen Cooper

When my friend lent me the latest batch of books, I gravitated to this one first, perhaps because of the cover photo of a tiny black cat. After a closer look, I recognized Gwen Cooper as the author of one of my favorite reads,

Homer is a tiny two-pound kitten when she adopts him from the veterinarian who removed the poor thing’s infected eyes after a couple found him on the street. Learning to find his litter box and his food, and to navigate around Cooper’s apartment without help seemed like prodigious feats. His amazing agility was nothing short of a miracle and provided endless hours of entertainment for Gwen and her friends.

This is a story of love and patience and perseverance in the face of adversity. As People magazine said, “This memoir about adopting a specialneeds kitten teaches that sometimes in life, you have to take a blind leap.”

Homer and Gwen were a match made in heaven. It’s been days since I finished the book, but I can’t stop thinking about it. Give it a try. I predict you’ll have the same experience.

“The Echo of Old Books”

by Barbara Davis

This is going to be one of those books that stays with me. The truth is that I still have a book “hangover,” so much so that it’s difficult to describe the experience of reading this story about a pair of mysterious books.

Ashlyn Greer, rare book dealer and owner of An Unlikely Story, a bookshop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, stumbles on a mysterious pair of beautifully bound books. Neither has an author’s name or publisher or copyright page, but each has a handwritten inscription inside. And that’s the mystery. Who wrote the books? Who are the people they’re inscribed to? Did these people really exist?

She can’t let it go, and soon finds the person who donated the books to a nearby vintage boutique. It would spoil the story to reveal the changes wrought in Ashlyn’s life as she searches for the

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