Empty Nest
Sponsored section ►►page 24
What are you thankful for? County residents share their thoughts ►►page 30
And the winner is...
Winners, losers from football playoffs ►►pages 31 – 33
Luke, I want your candy
Ryan Ehlidal gets second chance at Halloween ►►page 8
November 27, 2014 | johnscreekherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 18, No. 47
Council mulls cost of Special Election While city flush with cash By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – While the Johns Creek Mayor and City Council mull whether to spend the $200,000 cost of a Special Election to fill two vacant council seats, the city is awash with $34 million in cash on hand. That is a question they will have to decide, but there is no timetable for them to act. That number can vary over the course of the year, but currently that is where
it stands, said Finance Director Monte Vavra. At the end of the last fiscal year that was about $32 million. Some of BODKER that money is designated for cash flow – taxes during the year are not collected all at once. Good government practices recom-
See ELECTION, Page 4
DOUG NURSE
Johns Creek Police Officer Jonathan Whitley visits with Carol Morin as he recovers from his nearfatal heart attack. Doctors say it was Whitley’s immediate efforts at the scene that saved Morin’s life.
Johns Creek officer saves life of heart attack victim Jonathan Whitley’s prompt use of a portable defibrillator makes difference By DOUG NURSE news@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Johns Creek Police Officer Jonathan Whitley was recognized at the Nov. 17 City Council meeting for helping save the life of a man stricken with a heart attack on the Rivermont Country Club golf course.
“Officer Jonathan Whitley had a cool head, the right equipment and the right training, and as a result, a man is alive who might have died,” said Mayor Mike Bodker. “Johns Creek residents can take comfort in knowing that the Johns Creek Police Department is staffed with officers like Whitley to protect them.”
Whitley, a four-year veteran of the Johns Creek Police Department, was on routine patrol about 1 p.m. Nov. 3 when he heard a call over his radio saying a man was down and unresponsive on the 12th hole of the Rivermont Country Club golf course. He was fairly close so he sped to the club where employees were waiting to direct him to the dying man. Whitley had just finished a 52-hour emergency medical
See LIFE, Page 37
You’re the best Appen Media Group named the Best of North Fulton and South Forsyth at their second annual awards gala. VeinInnovations in Johns Creek was named the winner for best vein specialist. See more, Pages 16 – 17.