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Beach, who once led the GNFCC when the group was working on several major projects, including Avalon, said this mile stone goes beyond “building a cool build ing,” renewing the group’s commitment to economic growth in the region.
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“The chamber, obviously, has upped their game,” Beach said. “They’re in the major leagues now.”
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — North Fulton Coun ty business leaders officially opened the new offices of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce with a ribboncutting ceremony at Avalon in Alpharetta Aug.With18. floor-to-ceiling windows over looking Ga. 400, Avalon and Gwinnett Technical College, the new offices are a perfect reminder of how the chamber has developed over the last 50 years, officials say.Because the GNFCC played a vital part in developing Avalon and Gwinnett Technical College’s Alpharetta campus, it’s only fitting the new offices would be located so close, GNFCC President and CEO Kali Boatright said. “To be located at Avalon and have this incredible view of the workforce develop ment agency across the street, is really kind of coming full circle,” Boatright said. GNFCC occupied offices off Haynes Bridge Road in Alpharetta for 15 years, and the organization has needed a newer, larger and more collaborative workspace for some time, she said. New GNFCC offices expanded the groups’ space from 6,000 to 8,000 square feet. In the process, it has converted most of the space into member meeting and conference rooms, which might otherwise be prohibitively expensive for a small business to rent. The new offices were designed with six small conference rooms, each spon sored by a different regional business or group, and a large meeting space, which Boatright said are already getting a lot of use.“Places to congregate, collaborate and do business together,” she said. After the ribbon cutting, State Sen.
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“This is beautiful brick and mortar. But it’s not about the building,” he said. “It’s about the people, it’s about the community, and it’s about getting things done for not just me, but for my kids and grandkids.”GNFCC will celebrate it’s 50th an niversary in January. In that time, the cities of Johns Creek, Milton, Alpharetta, Roswell, Mountain Park and Sandy Springs have developed into a diverse, thriving region, Boatright said. And even though the new GNFCC headquarters are in Alpharetta, she said that each city in the region has some thing unique to offer businesses and residents.“Allthese cities have something spe cial,” she said. “If someone comes to me and wants to start a business or is look ing to live in this area … there’s no box we don’t check.”
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Brandon Beach said the new offices are a huge asset for the chamber and North Fulton County community.
Kali Boatright, president and CEO of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Com merce, speaks to a crowd of about 100 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Aug. 18 for the chamber’s new offices.
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By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — Meagan Wynn recently responded to a call from a witness, who saw a man expose himself in public. Wynn is a full-time licensed clini cian who has been with the Dunwoody Police Department’s co-responder team since July. She’s responsible for behavioral health evaluations and crisis intervention. Wynn also authorizes transport to an emergency receiving facility.Rather than criminal charges, the call ended in an involuntary treatment for a person exhibiting symptoms pos ing an imminent threat to themselves or others.Dunwoody Police spokesman Michael Cheek said the department is familiar with the man from that call. He said officers have run into him more times than they can count.
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A warrant for Dennis’ arrest in con nection to the first victim’s allegations was issued Aug. 2. Court records state that same client filed a complaint for damages in Fulton County Superior Court against Dennis and Simplicity Wellness in Alpharetta in November 2020, but the case was dismissed less than a year later. In the Aug. 12 summary detailing the reasoning behind the suspension of Dennis’ license, the board states an appointed peer reviewer determined her conduct fell below the minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing practice.“Specifically, the peer reviewer determined, in part, that Respondent (Dennis), during the course of her therapeutic relationships referenced above, not only committed numerous boundary violations but also encour aged and participated in harmful dual relationships with respect to clients … as well as their respective families,” it states.The board found that allowing Dennis to continue to practice as a licensed professional counselor posed a “threat to public health, safety and welfare.”Dennis could not be reached for comment.
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Records show Dennis’ license was issued in November 2020 and was set to expire in September. She was issued a license to practice as an associate pro fessional counselor in December 2016. But, sometime around Febru ary 2017 and 2020, it is alleged that Dennis committed “multiple boundary violations and engaged in harmful dual relationships” with one of her clients by allowing him to visit her family home, move in with her for an extended period of time for “life therapy” and providing him with controlled substances that were not prescribed to him.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. —Police have charged a 33-year-old man with mur der in the shooting death of his wife during a domestic violence incident in Johns Creek Tuesday morning. Police responded to the Hunters Forest subdivision at about 8 a.m. after receiving reports that gunshots had possibly been heard coming from a home on Bramhall Drive.
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The Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Work ers and Marriage and Family Thera pists states it received allegations from another client in June 2021, who indi cated that they had done similar things and that their relationship had lasted until January 2022. Then, in March, a third client came forward, alleging that Dennis had picked him up from school and allowed him to stay in her home.
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Johns Creek Police Capt. Todd Hood said Wednesday that responding officers heard gunshots from inside the home and located a deceased female, a male suspect with a gunshot wound to the head, and another male who had no injuries.Hoodsaid at this point they believe 33-year-old JC Ray-Mancilla fatally shot his wife, 29-year-old Tania Rivera, but did not comment on how he, him self, was shot. The second male at the scene was identified as Rayo-Mancilla’s 25-yearold “Thisbrother.case continues to be investi gated as a domestic violence incident,” HoodRayo-Mancillasaid. has been charged with murder and aggravated as sault family violence. Hood said that the suspect is being treated for the gunshot wound he sustained in the incident and that he has not yet been booked into the Fulton County Jail.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — An Alpharetta professional counselor is accused of having intimate relationships with at least three of her male clients while they were in therapy or shortly there after.Mary Kathryn Dennis, 51, was arrested Aug. 4 and charged with a felony count of improper sexual con tact by an employee or agent in the first degree. Jail records indicate the offense may have occurred in Decem ber Dennis,2019. who is also listed as Mary Katherine, made her first court appear ance Aug. 5. A Fulton County Superior Court judge granted her a $75,000 surety bond and she was released that same day.
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At the time of her arrest, she was working at New Era Healthcare in Alpharetta.According to the Licensing Division of the Georgia Secretary of State’s Of fice, Dennis’ license as a professional counselor was suspended Aug. 12 after the board received a complaint alleg ing numerous counts of unprofessional contact in June 2021 with respect to her therapeutic treatment and services.
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It is also alleged that Dennis may have hired her client to work in her office as an intern while he was in therapy and routinely socialized with his family, including accompanying them on vacations.
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The painted plywood sculpture was removed on Aug. 17 after the Alpharetta City Council opted not to repair and re paint the installation.
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A motion to remove the sculpture was approved 6-1, with Councilman John HipesHipesopposed.latersaid he dissented not because he felt strongly about keeping or removing the sculpture, but because he felt uncomfortable going against the Alpharetta Arts Commission’s recommendation.“Ididn’tseeany reason to go against their recommendation,” he said.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — If you drive on Milton Avenue in downtown and feel like something’s missing, don’t worry, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you, the Al pharetta “A” sculpture is gone.
City officials don’t have a specific plan for what will replace the sculpture, if anything, but Assistant City Adminis trator James Drinkard said the Cultural Arts Commission has been asked for suggestions on whether the site should be included in the city’s rotating art program. The site also might be right for a per manent installation, Drinkard said.
The sculpture’s removal was approved in a split vote at a meeting on Monday, Aug. 15, after Alpharetta Cultural Services Manager Kim Zane gave a presentation on the installation from the Alpharetta Cultural Arts Commission.
Zane estimated placing a new sculp ture at the site would cost between $20,000 and Alpharetta$40,000.Parksand Recreation Director Morgan Rodgers told the council in May that it would cost approximately $6,500 to remove the sculpture and get the site ready for a new installation, but Drinkard says removal costs are now expected to cost much less.
“I wish we had more durable materials from the beginning,” Zane said. Councilman Donald Mitchell asked whether the sculpture could be reinforced with metal before it is painted. He was told that option would cost about the same as replacing the sculpture entirely. Other council members questioned whether such a large investment should be made in a project that would need to be replaced every few years.
Zane said both the Arts Commission and Visitor Center were in favor of repair ing the piece, estimated to cost about $7,500. If the sculpture wasn’t preserved, city staff recommended removing it en tirely, she Alpharettasaid.was
“[Are] the materials used, up to the standards of what we want Alpharetta to be,” Councilman Jason Binder said. “If we’re going to do this, let’s do it right.”
Zane said if the piece were restored, it would likely need to be repainted and repaired again in about six years because it was initially made of fragile materials and hasn’t been maintained since it was installed in 2017.
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gifted the sculpture at a City Council meeting May 23. At that meeting, council members denied a $16,000 request to rehab the sculpture but approved the gift so city stakeholders could come up with a recommendation on what to do with it. Council members said the sculpture could possibly be a proj ect for local high school students or torn down later if warranted.
A similar lawsuit was filed against the City of Roswell five years ago by former part-time firefighters David Bible and Brian Rogers.
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Vickery alleges that as battalion chief he would often perform other jobs like respond to any call in which more than one engine was sent and to all mass casualty and gunshot wound calls.
The city also denied it treated parttime firefighters unfairly in that case. But, in 2020, a Fulton County Superior Court judge allowed the law suit to be upgraded to a class action involving “all persons currently and/ or formerly employed as firefighters by the Roswell Fire Department between August 29, 2011, and August 29, 2017, who worked 40 hours or more per standard work week and did not receive benefits provided to regular full-timeBenefitsemployees.”includeholiday pay, paid time off, paid sick leave and certain retirement benefits. The notice of the pending class action lawsuit states they had until Feb. 2 to decide whether they wanted to stay in the lawsuit or be ex cluded and get no benefits from it.
It is unclear how many former part-time firefighters joined the class action, but in 2019, the city filed a motion in which it stated that records show Roswell employed more than 100 firefighters during that time.
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It also stated that in 2000, the city converted from a system of employing mostly full-time firefighters with some reliance on volunteers to a system of employing “a significant number” of part-time firefighters who are not entitled to the same benefits as those who are full-time to cut approximately $8 million from its budget.
The case continues to make its way through the court. There are several hearings scheduled from now and October that seem to indicate the city “lost data” that could have been relevant to the case, according to court records.Thecase is set to go to court in December.
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Bible worked at the Roswell Fire Department in various capacities, in cluding as a firefighter, fire lieutenant, fire captain and emergency medical technician, from 1992 until his retire ment in 2017. Rogers worked in the department from 2007 to 2018 as a firefighter, fire captain and paramedic.
The fire department’s policy and procedure manual states battalion chiefs are required to respond to emer gency calls such as all structural fires, smoke calls where smoke is visible in side a structure, gas leak calls, hazard ous material calls, bomb threat calls, and water and rope rescue calls.
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Vickery states the city has only paid him a portion of his accrued PTO and refused to pay the rest. Additionally, he claims that in January, Fire Chief Joe Pennino unilaterally eliminated holiday pay for battalion chiefs, including all accrued holiday pay/leave time.
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The lawsuit comes just days before Chief of Administration Shane Dobson is set to join the Roswell Fire Depart ment and two months after the City Council approved funding to begin transitioning the public safety agency from part-time to full-time. While the implementation will take place over the next five years, it is set to start by hiring 21 full-time fire captains.According to the lawsuit, the City of Roswell employs approximately 225 firefighters of various ranks and oper ates seven fire stations. It also has three battalion chiefs, with one being on duty at any given time.
The suit states Vickery often worked shifts of 24 hours, followed by 48 hours of being off duty, which is the same work schedule as all other firefighters.Vickeryclaims in the suit he was not paid any overtime for working more than 212 hours in any given 28-day workHeperiod.states that had the city not misclassified Vickery, his overtime pay would have been reflected in his W-2 forms for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Vickery states the amount of pension he is allegedly owed is based in part on the highest 36 month’s pay over a seven-year period.
In addition to his claims related to the Fair Labor Standards Act, Vick ery raises a breach of contract claim related to employee benefits he says he should have received at the time of his retirement.Vickery states that while he was still with the Fire Department, there was a policy that both exempt and non-exempt firefighters could accrue paid time off each pay period and that it would be paid out upon their sepa ration from employment. There was also a policy, he states, that employees would be compensated for holidays regardless of whether they worked the holiday.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Retired Battalion Chief Edwin Vickery is suing the City of Roswell for unpaid overtime and breach of contract. In the federal lawsuit filed July 28, he alleges the city misclassified him and other battalion chiefs as overtime-ex empt employees, which violates the Fair Labor Standards Act and state laws. The city filed a response Aug. 22, claiming no wrongdoing. It asks that the case be dismissed, and that Vick ery pay all of its costs and expenses of litigation.Vickery, who retired in April, started working at the Roswell Fire De partment in 2007. At one point, he also held the position of fire captain.
Vickery states accrual of this type of leave had been awarded since Septem ber 2010. Before he retired, he was earning approximately $47.22 per hour. “In reliance upon the express writ ten terms of the Compensatory Time Policy, Plaintiff (Vickery) saved his accrued PTO and Holiday leave rather than use it in an effort to maximize his payout upon his retirement,” the law suit states. “Plaintiff would have used and would not have saved his accrued PTO and Holiday leave had he known Defendant would refuse to pay him for theseVickery’shours.”allegations relative to the payment of accrued PTO do not fall under the Fair Labor Standards Act, because it does not require employ ers to provide employees with any paid time off. However, state law may require an employer to compensate an employee for accrued paid leave at the time of separation.
FILE PHOTO Days before Chief of Administration Shane Dobson is set to join the Roswell Fire Department, retired Battalion Chief Edwin Vickery is now suing the City of Roswell for unpaid overtime and breach of contract.
The new policy was widely debated on social media. While one camp of parents lauded the district’s decision to ban devices, others said they simply would not comply.
Nearly 60 students were expelled from Fulton Schools in just the first two months of the last school year. This year Fulton Schools will contin ue to make significant investments into school safety and security prompted by an uptick in school-based shootings nationally.Overthe past decade, more than $35 million in education sales tax receipts have funded safety programs across the district. This month all schools will share in an additional $3 million allocated for school safety.
Clampdown on cellphones Beginning this year, students will
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During the August board meeting, Looney spoke directly to students to ad vise them of the district’s commitment to their“Makingwellbeing.sureyou’re safe at school… is the most important thing we do,” Loo ney said. “But rest assured, students, if you bring a gun to school, whether you intend to use it or not, we are absolute ly committed to making sure you are criminally charged and provided the op portunity to seek education elsewhere.”
Students in grades kindergarten through 5 cannot have access to a “personal communication device” dur ing the school day. Students in grades 6 through 12 can only have their devices out in class at the direction of their teacher.Jones said the new policy is intend ed to teach students how to appropri ately use their device during school. “This effort is not about students having a device,” Jones said. “This is to prevent students from being distracted during instruction.”
Several comments on the district’s social media platforms noted the rise in school violence is even more reason to have access to a phone. “You better believe [my kids] will be allowed to get their phone and call me in an emergency,” one parent wrote. Students will also be prohibited from recording or distributing recordings or pictures of other students without per mission. This may be in response to na tional social media campaigns, such as TikTok challenges, which have caused disruptions and damage to school facili ties over the past few years. Grades and attendance A new grading and reporting policy is now in effect that tightens up the academic flexibility students enjoyed during the pandemic. Recent reports have shown many students fell behind academically dur ing the pandemic and are struggling to recover lost ground. Major changes this year include de ductions for late work and missing as signments, and a standardized grading category to help students get back on track. Additionally, Jones pointed to 14 consistent district-wide grading policies in place this year to ensure all schools and teachers are following identical grading protocols. But in the end, the primary factor of success is the student’s presence in class.“Student absences, whether excused or unexcused, impacts a child’s ability to succeed in school,” Jones said. “Our partners in this effort are our parents.”
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“We’ve had a very positive opening of schools,” Superintendent Mike Looney told board members. “I appreciate the good conduct of students and their par ents and caregivers [because] it takes all of us working together to make sure schools work effectively.”
Students are expected to return to classrooms for face-to-face instruction, with masking optional. Virtual instruc tion is still available for students, but primarily through enrollment in the Fulton Academy of Virtual Excellence (FAVE).Across all campuses, new policies are in place to address a surge in disci pline issues which emerged during the pandemic.“Thisyear’s student conduct code has new behaviors considered unac ceptable and upgraded consequences [for violations],” said Cliff Jones, chief academic officer for Fulton Schools. These “unacceptable” behaviors include battery, bullying and forceful
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By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — New rules for the new school year are in place as the Fulton County School System navigates a return to the first typical school year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring 2020. At the Aug. 11 meeting of the Fulton County Board of Education, district leaders seemed intent on moving away from the accommodations and leniency in place during the pandemic disrup tion.The focus moving forward is cen tered on academic accountability and student behavior with new guidelines and protocols in place.
abduction which move to the top tier of infractions and may result in expul sion from the school district. Teasing or taunting, which were formerly in the lowest tier, will move to tier two.
Last school year, there were more than 31,300 discipline issues reported across the district’s 108 schools, ac cording to information obtained through the Open Records Act. The majority involved incidents such as fighting, incivility and attendance. However, just over 200 incidents involved weapons, including 26 guns and a rifle brought onto school property.
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“This city has a history of doing big things great and great things big,” Councilman John Hippes said. “Avalon is here, it’s not elsewhere. And it was done thoughtfully.”
In addition to adding more diverse travel options and interconnectivity to the area, Ziegler said the project will focus on adding extensive landscape features to the corridor and implement ing green infrastructure, while having as little impact as possible on the exist ing Evenenvironment.withthe anticipated growth the area may see in the next two decades, project designers believe that a fourlane plan will fit traffic needs of the community.“Wefeellike we have roughly 20 to 30 percent of additional capacity on the four-lane version,” he said. Ziegler said that they also explored a six-lane option for the redesign, which would reduce the width of existing lanes, but would maintain three lanes in each direction. With this option, they would still be able to install multi-use paths, but impacts on other areas of the streetscape would be much more pronounced.AfterZiegler’s presentation, council members shared their thoughts on the project design, many voicing their sup port for the four-lane design.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — With a little time, planning and money, Alpharetta’s North Point Corridor will look radically dif ferent a decade from now, according to new proposals under consideration before the City Council. Council members heard an up date Aug. 22 on plans to redesign the streetscape on North Point Parkway to de-emphasize vehicle traffic, add new bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and connect the area with the Alpha Loop and Big Creek Greenway.
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Tom Ziegler of Columbia Engineer ing, which is designing the project, told council members that their recommen dation is to reduce North Point Parkway from six to four travel lanes, while add ing 12 foot wide “shared use” paths on either side of the roadway. Ziegler said combined with improved bicycle and pedestrian crossings, and other amenities for non-auto-centric uses, the city could bolster local efforts to make North Point more attractive and in line with the long-range plan for the “Whencorridor.we do this project successful ly together … we’re going to be accept ing awards in several years for what’s going to be accomplished along this cor ridor,” he said. “This is not your normal road project … this is a game-changer.”
“The plan of care is a map,” Bradlee said. “You can take the scenic route, or you can take direct A to B. I have some clients that are going directly from A to B, and they are seeing results.” A big part of massage therapy is hold ing space for clients, Bradlee said. “Some just need to come in and de compress,” he said. “Then there’s other times when I have clients that talk to relax.”With some clients, conversation is necessary for more “involved” therapeu tic work, he said. With this kind of work, therapists will place their hands some where on the body and ask the client how the placement feels.
“I feel like everything aligns whenever it’s supposed to,” Bradlee said. Things fell into place, but not without what seemed to be an uphill battle for Sixth Sense, whether that was funding, an abundance of red tape or misconceptions about massage therapy. Massage therapists are still lobbying to be recognized, Bradlee said. Therapists have had the option to obtain National
“The body tells on you,” Bradlee said. Coliene Belle is one of Bradlee’s cli
CUMMING, Ga. — Massage is often seen as a spa ordeal, a luxury, a superfluous form of self-care. To the three owners of Sixth Sense Massage & Bodywork, mas sage therapy is health care.
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Sixth Sense Massage & Bodywork officially opened its doors Aug. 1. From left are co-owners Kevin Morgan-Shaffer, Sarah Howell and Bradlee Morgan-Shaffer. Howell holds a plant gifted by a client.
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“Right now, there’s a very small num ber of insurance companies that actually view massage therapy as a medical prac tice,” Kevin said.
KEVIN MORGAN-SHAFFER, co-owner of Sixth Sense Massage & Bodywork
Even with NPIs, Sixth Sense is fighting hard for clients to eventually use insur ance as payment.
Identifier Numbers (NPI) since 2007, a number that allows health care providers to receive insurance payments, thus open ing the door for more clients. Yet, there’s still grief.
At Sixth Sense, massage therapy is more than just massage itself. Staff incor porates other strategies to expand means of care, which involves the initial in-depth conversation, assessment, plan of care and reassessments after each session. On average, the plan of care will contain 5-7 sessions. But that range could be more or less, depending on the individual.
Sixth Sense Massage takes holistic path to health
Bradlee Morgan-Shaffer, his husband Kevin, and Sarah Howell are all licensed massage therapists and value a holis tic, client-centered approach. Using the myriad techniques they’ve learned, they select what’s appropriate and fashion them into a unique and dynamic plan of care for Bradleeclients.said he collaborates with his co-workers on what diagnoses is best suit ed for his clients, asking himself about the potential pathologies first. If Sixth Sense staff can’t come to any conclusions on their own, they refer out to other experts. After acquiring all the necessary busi ness licenses in late July of this year, Sixth Sense officially opened Aug. 1. The owners obtained required licensing by July 17, to be exact, which is a special date for Bradlee. Last year, coincidentally on the same day, he ran a poll on differ ent logo options. The year before that he, also coincidentally, ran a poll on business names. Sixth Sense has been in the works for a while.
Right now, there’s a very small number of insurance companies that actually view massage therapy as a medical practice.
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ents. Her job as a photographer has added to lower back pain. In the few sessions that she’s had, pain has substantially subsided, she said. Belle talked about the conversation Bradlee has had with her when targeting pain areas, how he was able to make the experience feel personal and not clinical.
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The four treatment rooms at Sixth Sense Massage & Bodywork feature deep gray walls, dim light and a bed with crisp white sheets. The doors have black tinted glass, a must, co-owner Bradlee Morgan-Shaffer said.
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cation in traditional Thai massage and orthopedic manual therapy. She will also offer one-on-one yoga classes at the studio.
Though expertise and intuition facili tate healing at Sixth Sense, passion for the work is foundational. And that passion to help people was clearly visible when speaking to the crew. After asking Howell about her motivation for doing this kind of work, she held back tears.“Isee how you can change someone’s life in not just a physical way, but even mentally or emotionally,” she said. “I saw COVID as the entire world grieving at the same time, which was heavy. And I think that we need touch more than ever — healthy touch, consensual touch.” She continued. “I got into it because it was just so amazing to see someone light up and be a beacon in the world, to be empowered in theirSixthbody.”Sense is open Sunday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. To book an appoint ment, call (678) 341-0384 or go online at https://sixthsensemassage.com/
“I will have clients do breathing with me to get them into more of a meditative state,” Howell said. “That alone can just let the whole body kind of relax. You can get into really deep tissues that way.” Each therapist has their own strengths, whether it be Bradlee’s focus on intuition and the spiritual, energetic underpinnings of massage, Kevin’s prefer ence for deep tissue work and increas ing range of motion or Howell’s knack for tailoring to clients, using knowledge developed over her eight years of massage therapy experience.
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Sometimes, massage therapy can in volve something as simple, but as impor tant, as breathing.
A rainbow brick sits on the front desk, signaling Sixth Sense Massage & Body work as an LGBTQ+ friendly business.
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“It’s lovely to be in an environment where it does feel incredibly medical and physical therapy-ish,” she said. “But at the same time, you’re still getting a mas sage. It’s really the best of both worlds.”
But Bradlee stressed Sixth Sense as a collective“Whenevermind.you get one therapist here, you don’t get one therapist — you get all of them.”Sixth Sense staff are always learning from each other, bouncing off ideas, but also actively seeking knowledge elsewhere to hone their craft. Outside of taking classes to renew her license every couple of years, Howell just earned her certifi
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In 2020, the city approved a partner ship with Behavioral Healthcare Link to provide the part-time clinician to work alongside Johns Creek police. The partnership formed the Clinician Officer Response Team. But, because Behavioral Healthcare Link was experiencing staffing issues, the clinician was frequently in and out of the office, according to statements provided in the 2023 budget draft. The proposed full-time role will exist to act as a liaison between the city and various social service agencies, providing follow-up and monitoring of cases upon request from department members or from cases referred to police from other sources, according to the budget draft. Funding for the full-time position would come from the city’s general fund.
Meagan’s big responsibilities in these follow-ups is to prevent people from being re-offended and get them the best possible help that we can get,” Cheek said.
Johns Creek Police Department is proposing a full-time clinician for its Clinician and Officer Response Team as part of the 2023 budget draft. tal health issues, and we have had very little ability to get him the true help that he needs,” Cheek said. “There have been a few times in the past where we have been forced to arrest him because we just really couldn’t avoid it.”
The Forsyth County Sheriff Office’s Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT) assists the Cumming Police Department whenTheneeded.Sheriff Office team has one fulltime clinician, Josh Bell, a certified peer specialist. Bell helps review incident reports from the previous night to look for calls that may require a follow-up by CIRT. The team conducts follow-ups as needed or requested and responds to calls for service as they occur in the community.
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Johns Creek Police used to have a part-time clinician.
While officers were attempting to talk to him, the man couldn’t be convinced to get the help he needed until Wynn showed up at the scene.
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The Milton Police Department has discussed Johns Creek Police’s Clinician and Officer Response Team program as a possible model to pursue, Austin said. Johns Creek proposes clinician With a part-time mental health ad vocate already on staff, the Johns Creek Police Department is looking to hire a fulltimeTheclinician.advocate has been with the department for a little over a year, Johns Creek Officer Robert Hall said. The advo cate, a former minister, primarily works with people who have made suicidal threats to connect them to counseling services, Hall said.
Hall said government grants often require audits, whereas a direct hire doesn’t.
Realization and possibilities Other north metro cities have co-re sponder programs in place or are well on their way to implementing one. Still others have had preliminary discussions about enacting a similar initiative.
“It’s like leading a horse to water,” he said. “They can drink it, or you know…”
In May, the Dunwoody City Council approved the co-responder contract with View Point Health to hire Wynn, who is on-call for incidents involving behavioral health crises. The contract is funded by American Rescue Act II funds for up to threeTheyears.co-responder team is one of several Police-Mental Health Collabora tion programs. The model combines the knowledge of trained police officers and mental health professionals to more effec tively respond to behavioral health crises, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance.Wynnsaid most of her work concerns follow-up.“Oneof
Established in 2020, Forsyth County’s CIRT operates as a dayshift, Monday through Friday resource. The Sheriff’s Of fice received a Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to help launch the program.TheSheriff’s Office partnered with its local community service board, Avita Community Partners, to pair a licensed clinical social worker and certified peer specialist with a specially trained sheriff’s deputy.The idea behind the program is that the Crisis Intervention Response Team can have meaningful conversations to learn the root cause of the incident, look ing for unmet needs and gaps in services, sheriff’s officials said. If the call results in an involuntary treatment, CIRT is respon sible for a follow-up to talk with subjects about any additional resources that may be needed.Inthepast, CIRT worked with those in crisis to schedule appointments for services, coordinated with local nonprofits for food and clothing. Team members even drove them to appointments and resource providers, sheriff’s officials said. CIRT also trains deputies how to re spond to mental illness in the community.
“This has raised the agency’s proficien cy level as a whole,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote in an email.
When asked if he sees a co-responder team as a long-term preventative mea sure, Hall said the co-responder team can only do so much.
Officer training Alpharetta Police Public Information Officer David Freeman said the depart ment has been researching all aspects of a new co-responder program. While the department doesn’t have a co-responder team, Freeman said that over 40 percent of the force are Crisis Intervention Team trained and that the number continues to grow.Meanwhile in Sandy Springs, police spokesman Sgt. Matthew McGinnis said the department hasn’t found the right partnership for a co-responder team. But, it is researching different approaches, he said.If co-responder teams haven’t been established, police can use Georgia’s new Mental Health Parity Act that went into effect July 1. The act allows officers to take people into protective custody for a mental health evaluation without the need for criminal charges. Before the act was passed, officers couldn’t take people into treatment without some violation of the law.Officers also have access to Mobile Crisis Services, a program available at all hours administered through the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Devel
It said it has seen a reduction in cer tain categories of mental health flagged inmates by half.
Milton Police Chief Rich Austin stated he’s used the program for a handful of mental health-related calls. But, he said that the program isn’t a viable option for immediate safety concerns because its average response time is within an hour.
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By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — With the smell of freshly popped popcorn and the sound of Boogie, Funk and Groove in the air, visitors joined the Spruill Center for the Arts on Aug. 18 for its first Pop Up in the Plaza Visitorsevent.could glimpse into several artist demonstrations, an improv show and tour the building and in-session classes.TheDunwoody-based art center is a private, non-profit organization that enrolls more than 5,000 people annu ally for over 800 visual arts courses. The center houses the Spruill Gallery, which displays from four to six exhibi tions each year in a variety of mediums. It’s also the home to Stage Door The atre, the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild and the Dunwoody branch of the DeKalb County Library. Spruill CEO Alan Mothner, who joined staff in 2020, came up with the idea for the pop-up events alongside Spruill’s board. He said many people don’t know that Spruill provides space to so many entities and decided that throwing an open house party and welcoming the community to its beauti ful half-acre greenspace would spread awareness.“Ifwe’re going to be a true commu nity art center, people in the commu nity need to know what’s offered here,” Mothner said. Along an inviting multicolored, paved path leading to the courtyard, longtime teaching artist John Horne gave drawing demonstrations beside two of his middle-aged students, John Doane and Tim Vojta. While periodically asking visitors to color printed designs, the three diligently worked on separate pieces.Doane, an engineer by trade, worked on a colorful, textured portrait with marker and ink, which was based on a reference picture sent by Horne.
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Votja, who said he’s finally checked creating art off his bucket list, steadily detailed a pair of praying hands in ink. The pandemic put life into perspective for him, Votja said. Horne worked on a portrait of a Na tive American, having always loved the culture. He said he divorced his parents at the age of 5 because he wanted to be Native American but found out it doesn’t work that way.
PHOTOS BY AMBER PERRY/APPEN MEDIA With son Jack by his side, John Doane works on an elaborate portrait using marker and ink, while his instructor, John Horne, follows his progress. Horne has been Doane’s instructor at the Spruill Center for the past five months. Starr Petronella, a Spruill instructor, works with glass.See SPRUILL, Page 28
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Ziegler said the project could be completed in two phases, to cut the funding initially needed in half. Con struction on the two phases would be split in half at Encore Parkway and the city could chose to start at either Mansell Road or Haynes Bridge Road to begin Phase 1. Cook said that they could also fund the project through private development and impact fee credits, like what was done with the Alpha Loop project. But to get to the point where that’s possible, she said they would need to progress the project designs through several more phases and adopt a specific plan. No vote was taken on the matter. Glass recycling solution Also at the meeting, Councilman
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Doug DeRito reported on the city’s con tinuing efforts to offer glass recycling. DeRito said that after talks with city staff, they decided to install a selfservice, glass recycling hopper at the Alpharetta Public Works Facility off Hembree Road.
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Ziegler estimated that the four-lane option will cost roughly $35 million to complete. The other six-lane option would come in at about $45 million, he said.Alpharetta
The project would cost about $15,000 a year for Republic Services to dispose of the glass, plus a one-time fee of $2,000 to purchase the recycling hopper.“This is probably the most cost-effi cient glass recycling program that the city could have,” DeRito said. No vote was taken on this project.
Park design services Council members also awarded two design contracts for upcoming rede velopment projects at Old Rucker Park and Union Hill Park. The contracts, according to Al pharetta Director of Public Works Pete Sewczwicz, will redesign the two parks, adding trail systems, park facilities, amenities and parking to the projects.
Old Rucker Park will be designed by Columbia Engineering at a cost of $357,900. The design process will take approximately one year. Union Hill Park’s redesign was awarded to Dix.Hite Partners for $336,500. Sewczwicz said the design process for Union Hill Park will also take about one year.
But several council members said they were concerned that a four-lane version of the roadway wouldn’t handle traffic in the area, if demand exceeded what Columbia Engineering has pro jected for the next 20 years.
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Community Development Director Kathi Cook said the city has about $15 million in grant and TSPLOST funding for the project. But she said they still have $25 million in grant fund ing that hasn’t been awarded yet.
“The hopper is going to be unat tended. It’s an honesty policy,” he said. “But there will be a license plate reader and camera so we can monitor that and make sure that people are utilizing the facility properly.”
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The recycling hopper would be open to all city residents and would be emp tied twice a week by city employees.
“To me, that math doesn’t work,” Councilman Brian Will said. “I trust you, you’re the expert, but I don’t see those numbers work.”
When young Fannie went to Ebenezer School in Roswell, after milking the cows before breakfast, she had to walk half a mile from her house to catch the school bus. One room of the two-room wooden schoolhouse accommodated grades 1 through 3 and the other housed grades 4 through 6. Each room had a woodburn ing stove. The curriculum was reading, writing and arithmetic. Fannie then attended Northwestern Elementary School, which was located where the Milton Community Church is today on Birmingham Highway. The school closed in 1992. She graduated from Milton High School in 1938. Fannie is a remarkable 102 years old. Physically strong and agile, she enjoys sewing and solving up to 1,000-piece puzzles which she can finish in three or four days. She is totally committed to the Atlanta Braves, so much so that the team sent her a Braves baseball cap on her 100th
PRESERVING THE PAST
The family also operated a dairy farm with about 75 cows for about five years in the 1950s. They raised Guernsey, Jersey and Holstein cows and sold their milk to the Creatwood Farm Dairy in Smyrna.
MEYERSBOB
The Holcombe Machine Shop has become a local landmark.
Fannie married Otis Holcombe (1916–2006) in 1939. He was raised on a farm on Providence Road in the Providence Community and was a trained machinist and mechanic. They had five children, 10 grandchildren – one deceased – and seven great-grandchildren. They lived initially on Cox Road, then on King Road in Milton. In 1960, they purchased a property on Mayfield Road. The previous owner, James Cash, was an automobile me chanic who built a concrete block work shop near his house. The workshop has become a local landmark with its faded sign HOLCOMBE’S MACHINE SHOP on the front exterior wall. People often stop by to have graduation photos taken in front of the workshop where Otis used to make small items for friends and custom ers. He obtained the necessary saws and other pieces of equipment from Elliot’s Business Machine Company in Atlanta where he was employed. Later he joined Simmons Engineering, a company in Roswell and Dallas that made machines for chicken processing plants, until his retirement.Fannie’s daughter, Kay Bagley, says that her father “would come home from work, go to the shop and make bowls, roll ing pins, jewelry and even a tractor” which the family still has parked by the shop.
Planting cotton was a complex, multi stage process involving a lot of plowing be hind a mule and a lot of hoeing by hand. Cotton growing and picking was a sun-up to sun-down job in the hot Georgia sun. Fannie’s son Bobby also remembers picking cotton. He says the cotton boll “would eat up your hand.” A cotton boll is made up of separate compartments in which up to 300 seeds grow. To pick the cotton from the bolls, Bobby had to twist the cotton out of the boll which was very sharp and would cut your hand if the cot ton was not twisted correctly.
Fannie Holcombe – four generations strong
Rodney Reese, Fannie’s grandnephew, recalls annual family reunions, usually at the home of Fannie’s sister Bertha Etris Cook (1902–2011) at her home on Etris Road. Bertha passed away at age 108. “It was a very close-knit family,” Rod neyWhensays. asked how the world has changed over the decades, Fannie says “back then, everyone went outside and played. Today, it is all about iPhones. Families visited one another, and when ever anyone needed help, the community pitchedBobbyin.”says “a handshake was a sign of trust.”Words to live by.
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PHOTOS BY HOLCOMBE FAMILY/PROVIDED Ebenezer School on Ebenezer Road was a two-room school that housed students from grades 1 through 6. It closed in 1933 and was consolidated with Northwest ern Elementary School.
Fannie Holcombe graduated from Milton High School in 1938.
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Fannie Holcombe was born in 1919 on Etris Road in Milton County. One of 11 children, she learned the meaning of hard work at an early age. Her father Wil liam Samuel Etris (1875–1956) grew cotton and corn on 40 acres. Corn was for turning into meal in their grist mill to feed the cows. He would also grind corn for neighbors in exchange for a portion of the meal. Cotton was the cash“Oh,crop.how my back hurt picking cot ton on my knees” Fannie recalls. Yes, she crawled between the rows of cotton because the large sack strapped around her shoulder had to be dragged along the ground and would weigh 100 pounds when full of picked cotton.
Accordingbirthday.to the U.S. Census Bu reau, in 2021 there were almost 98,000 centenarians in the United States. Bad news for our male readers, 83 percent of centenarians were female. The number reaching the century mark grew substan tially from 53,000 in 2010, but centenar ians still represent a very small percent age of the total population and a smaller percentage than in many other countries.
Fannie and Otis Holcombe sit at a table with some of their German Pink and Big Boy tomatoes in 1999.
Catfish, art and maybe more
I first visited Southern Flavor for lunch one Friday afternoon. I’d spent the morn ing poking around Cave Spring. But then lunchtime rolled around, and the stomach growled. It was subtle, but it could not be ignored.“Time to eat,” it whispered. But eat where? Standing there in the July sun at the main intersection in the middle of the town, I looked around. And there it was: a big “ALL YOU CAN EAT CATFISH” sign hanging more or less over Southern Flavor’s front door. “HOT N TASTY,” it proclaimed, “EVERY DAY.” Clearly, this was a message from God. Like all the best Southern signs, this one featured art too – in this case, a happy-looking catfish with a big ol’ grin and blue fins and kind of purple lips, plus a big, puffy chef’s hat sitting jauntily upon its head.Likemany folks, I’ve had my heart broken by catfish places. I remember one, several years ago, where the catfish plate offered just three little whole catfish, each about 6 inches long. A 6-inch-long catfish doesn’t have a lot to offer. Heavens above, they were shorter than my fork. I should have known. That place had no catfish on its sign.Butthis one did – plus those words “ALL YOU CAN EAT.” Was something great about to begin? I wanted to find out. So, in I went, and a few minutes later I was looking at the menu. There were many possibilities to choose from. But I only had eyes for one.
“Folks like ‘em,” she said. She looked straight at me when she said it, so I ex pected she was telling the truth. And so, thus encouraged, I jumped right in and ordered all-you-could-eat catfish, hoping that neither the fish on the sign nor the server by the table had led me Inastray.afew minutes here comes the plate. And there it was. Oh my. To say that what I saw was catfish is like saying that the Mona Lisa is a picture of a girl. The catfish looked magnificent. And there were two of those big ol’ filets on the plate. Two! “Let me know if you want more,” my server said. I settled back in the chair, picked up my fork, and took a bite.
Okay, it’s time. Let’s talk about that catfish place I mentioned the other day – Southern Flavor in the charm ing town of Cave Spring, Ga., not too far from
Pimply fish? If you’ve fried much flourbreaded fish, you know what he means. But the catfish I’m looking at has the complexion of a newborn child. But how does it taste? Ahhh! This catfish is the real deal. And yes, I ordered more.In addition to the all-you-can-eat plate, there’s also a regular plate with a single fillet. There’s a lot of other great stuff at Southern Flavor, too. Popular entries include broasted chicken, excellent jumbo wings, fried chicken livers, and an ever-changing lineup of daily specials. The sides, also homemade, are equally good; be sure to try the collard greens, mac and cheese, and fried okra. There’s also a special homemade des sert each day, with lemon pie available all the It’stime.like eating at your momma’s house. It’s like eating at home.
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The sign that started it all, proclaiming that all-you-can-eat catfish is alive and well in Cave Spring.
BronwyntowninwasSouthernRome.Flavorfoundedin2011nearbyCedarbyJamesandBridges, who operate the restaurant together. The Cave Spring location opened in 2013. But running two restaurants is a lot of work and does not leave much time for family, and family is important to the Bridges. For that reason, the Cedartown location was closed the year that the Cave Spring location opened, and today – almost 10 years after opening – it draws loyal fans from Cave Spring, Cedartown, Rome and evenLikeAtlanta.many restaurants, Southern Flavor faced challenges during the peak of the “Wepandemic.hadto do curbside pickup only,” Bronwyn says, “but our town really sup ported us.”
“Are they whole catfish?” I asked my server.“No, they’re filets,” she said. Filets, eh? Okay. Promising. “But are they good?” I asked.
Yeah, I know this isn’t a restaurant review column. But some things super sede categorization. Good catfish is one of them.Another is sharing good catfish with somebody special. You’ll know who that is when that certain someone comes along. How do you know? I’m not sure. That part has always been a sweet mystery. But you will. And you do. You just know.
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Heaven. Pure heaven. Things were off to a good start. A couple of weeks later, in the inter est of accurate reporting, I go back. Yes, research can be tough. But I do it for you. We arrive midmorning and spend a couple of hours wandering through the town’s centerpiece park and checking out its namesake cave. Then it’s time for lunch. We make our way to the catfish sign and go on in. Pretty soon we’re seated on one side of a brown wood table. Across from us, owners James and Bronwyn are snuggled together just the tiniest little bit. You can tell that they’re a couple. It shows in their eyes – and it shows in the food they create.We order. Then, waiting for our food to arrive, we talk about what makes this catfish so good. It starts with the filets, Bronwyn says, which are in the 5- to 7-ounce range. There are no catfish chips here, only the real deal – thick and moist and flavorful. They’re marinated first, then breaded and cooked to order. “We always try to do everything fresh,” Bronwyn says, adding that that’s a big reason this catfish is so popular. But the little things are important, too, and James talks about one of them: the flour used to bread the fish. These filets are breaded with flour, not corn meal, and the breading flour is always kept fresh. “We go through two 25-pound bags of flour a week,” he says, adding, “I don’t want my fish to have pimples on it.”
Bronwyn and James Bridges, owners of Southern Flavor in Cave Spring, with a lunch plate featuring catfish, collard greens, and macaroni and cheese.
Southern Flavor is located at 2 Ala bama Street in Cave Spring. It is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. till 8 p.m. For more info, call the restaurant at (706) 777-8707.
From left, James and Bronwyn Bridges, owners of Southern Flavor in Cave Spring, with daughters Rebekah and Ashley, who also work in the restaurant.
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Next comes “Freedom Money,” spend ing on things that bring “enjoyment and fulfillment to life.” Higher up in Anthony’s pyramid is “Gift Money,” funding “for the people and causes that we care deeply about.” How ever, in this writer’s experience there are people of faith that regard giving to Godcentered causes is part of the monthly “must do” obligations, as in tithing. Share your religious and humanistic preferences and objectives with your financial adviser. It’s Atimportant.thetopof the pyramid is “Dream Money,” “for all the things we’ve dreamed of being, doing, and having.” Hannah opens his book by asking questions, focusing initially on the basics as does“HowAnthony.much(money) is enough for me?” “Am I spending my money as I ought?” He posits that if you can’t af ford to pay for your own bare necessities and genuine needs and those of your dependents if you have them, you don’t have enough money. It’s useful for recent graduates and those just starting out in the working world to ask yourself realistic questions based on hard realities. Inflation has always been with us in some measure, with few exceptions. Elevated levels of inflation are likely to persist for some time. Hannah offers a tough question paraphrased thusly. How much will it cost to provide yourself and your dependents with “genuine needs” beyond bare necessities, decent housing, adequate medical and dental care, a fun damental education, and the other basic goods needed to develop as we should physically, morally, intellectually and spiritually? Think that through. Pie in the sky is not a plan. Moving to the next level in Hanna’s hierarchy of thinking, have you thought through and planned for “profession-relat ed needs”? That may be continuing educa tion, an appropriate wardrobe, equip ment, licenses, professional designations, professional association dues, coaching, travel,Educationaletc. choices, including majors or areas of study, whether high school, trade school, college, graduate school, will have significant impact on the success or failure relative to your life plan and the attainment of financial freedom with ample gift and dream money. What is the current earnings potential for graduates with certain skills and education? Can you afford to live and pay back loans in a given locale? Is where you want to live taxfriendly? Will your career path enable you to stay ahead of inflation with after-tax earnings? Will you work for someone else or forAdequateyourself?levels of insurance (life, dis ability, health, and liability) are founda tional to peace of mind and protection against calamities. A savings plan that allows you to build a “what if?” reserve
THE INVESTMENT COACH
How much money is enough?
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How much money is enough?
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This writer grew up in a household where often there was “too much month left at the end of the money,” generating em pathy for those who say, “There’s never enough!” The current inflationary surge has made the situation worse. In April, Adviser Investments CIO Jim Lowell appeared on “Mornings With Maria” on the Fox Business Channel, indicating that in his opinion, in the coming reces sion the top 1 percent to 15 percent of consumers “will fare pretty well and the majority of consumers will struggle to make ends meet in terms of the household items they Inflationneed.”decelerated slightly to 8.5 percent in July after hitting 9.1 percent in June, the highest level since November 1981. The decline was largely in costs for fuel as drivers have reacted by driving less, reducing demand. However, “food at home” prices rose 13.1 percent on an an nualized basis, the highest since 1979! So the question as to how much money is enough may seem outrageous to those working hard just to keep up with basic needs and family demands. Nevertheless, for those doing long-range financial life planning with an eye toward financial independence at some point, cer tainly by retirement, financial projections are Twofoundational.booksmay be useful to your thinking: “The New Retirementality: Plan ning Your Life and Living Your Dreams... at Any Age You Want by Mitch Anthony,” 5th Edition (Wiley, 2020) and “What Your Money Means, And How To Use It Well” by Frank J. Hanna (Crossroad Publishing, 2008).Anthony, with a financial rendition of Abraham Maslow’s famous Hierarchy of Needs, “Maslow Meets Retirement,” devised a pyramid with “Survival Money” at the base. Once you earn and accumu late enough money after tax to meet basic needs, the next level is “Safety Money,” reserves to “meet life’s unexpected turns.”
LEWIS J. WALKER, CFP See INVESTMENT, Page 28
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Continued from Page Investment:26 way that they lead their lives,” he said. “We would do good to study and learn fromHorne’sthem.”interest in art started at an early age, and he had to shake off his parents’ disapproval of wanting to pur sue it as a career. “I was born with a pencil in my mouth,” he said. Beside Horne, other Spruill Center instructors showed their art processes to passersby.StarrPetronella fused glass, using different tools and techniques. Betsy Ayers captivated a young audience, smearing acrylic paint with palette knives in what she called her typical introductory class setup. In the courtyard, members of the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild gave loom lessons using a floor loom and a rigid-heddle loom. Membership Chair Susan Bennett gave instruction on how to operate the floor loom, which had foot pedals similar to a piano. Each pedal was marked by tape: L, 1, 2, 3, 4, R. Depending on the pattern, weavers rhythmically push on the appropriate pedal, drive the boat shuttle through the open space of string, then “beat” the string onto the pre-existing weaved fabric.An hour or so into the event, Stage Door Theatre Development Director Joey Davila put on an improv show. Da vila asked for volunteers to participate in different improv scenes. He told a story beside a group of brave souls who reacted with frozen poses. Davila said he’s been with Stage Door for about a year and has been doing improv for about five years. The event was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Dunwoody. Club mem ber Charlie Augello said Dunwoody is finally getting a community explosion.
“I think this is what it’s all about,” AugelloWhilesaid.they’ve had pop-up events in the past, like the artist market, Pop Up in the Plaza is community centered. Spruill CEO Mothner invites the community to “come hang out, have a respite.” The courtyard is open to the public from sunrise to sunset, he said. The center has a coffee studio. Visitors can pop their head into a class, visit the library or see what’s happening in Stage Door.“We’re inviting people to come be part of the culture here,” Mothner said. Pop Up will return Sept. 17 for Spruill’s Back to Spruill Week, which will showcase special workshops and activities to start the fall quarter.
Reading Mitch Anthony’s book and Frank Hanna’s book is a recommended “good start,” to be followed by a goal-ori ented financial plan backed by an experi enced advisory team. If you have a plan in place now, a review based on the inflation ary and tax law outlook is advised.
is basic. Beyond that, you want to create and maintain a long-term wealth ac cumulation plan that moves you toward freedom, gift, and dream money.
Lewis Walker, CFP®, is a life centered financial planning strategist with Capital Insight Group; 770-441-3553; lewis@lew walker.com. Securities & advisory services offered through The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. (SFA). Lewis is a registered representative and investment adviser rep resentative of SFA, otherwise unaffiliated with Capital Insight Group. He’s a Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and Certi fied Exit Planning Advisor.
Chapter 1 of Hanna’s book is entitled, “Money Demands Answers.” Are you ask ing yourself the right questions? If you are parents ready to cough big bucks to underwrite the education of a child, are you asking the right questions relative to educational choices and long-term strate gies encompassing financial freedom?
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 AT 7:00 P.M.
Case Number: V-22-0012 Property Address: 505 Willowbrook Run, Johns Creek, GA 30022
Petitioner: Dagmar & Tom Sands Variance Request: 17-foot encroachment into the 25-foot impervious surface setback to construct a driveway.
Current Zoning: R-4 (Single-Family Dwelling District) Conditional
Current Zoning: R-4 (Single-Family Dwelling District) Conditional
Petitioner: Benjamin McCoy Variance Request: To encroach 3.5 feet into the 10-foot setback to construct a pool.
The following variance proposals are scheduled for Public Hearing as stated above: Case Number: V-22-0011
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