JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — It turns out Johns Creek’s newest park is more popular than expected.
City leaders studied a proposed contract Feb. 3 to accommodate visitors to the court area of Cauley Creek Park by adding an 81-space parking lot nearby. The lot would complement a much smaller lot near the courts.
But the low bid of $532,857 was higher than the original budget of $350,000, and the measure was defeated by a 4-2 vote of the City Council.
Opened in 2023, Cauley Creek Park features a 5K rubberized trail, picnic pavilions, four athletic fields, a playground and a host of basketball, sand volleyball and pickleball courts.
City officials have noted that street parking near the courts has filled to the point that emergency vehicles would have trouble accessing the area. Cauley Creek Park has a main lot with more than 100 spaces farther to the south of the courts near the athletic fields.
A majority on the council said that while an asphalt lot would be cheaper in the long run than permeable pavers, the hard surface would require extensive costs in water detention work.
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Johns Creek hands Chattahoochee loss
By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com
notched a double-double of 29 points and 11 rebounds.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga — Johns Creek boys finished off the regular season with a 65-43 win on their home court against the Chattahoochee High Cougars.
The Gladiators took a 3-2 lead with their first bucket and did not relinquish it after that point.
Johns Creek guard Tatum Holmes
He went on a personal 7-0 run in the first quarter. He put three-level scoring on display once again with three 3-pointers, several mid-range made baskets and getting to the foul line.
The Cougars struggled shooting, going 60% from the charity stripe and 6% from deep.
They attempted to contain Holmes, putting their best defender on the task. Two-sport athlete Jaylen Edgerton, who plays both defensive back and wide receiver for the Cougars’ football team, fouled out of the game in the fourth quarter and required significant time on the bench due to penalty trouble guarding Holmes.
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The Johns Creek Gladiators match up against the Chattahoochee Cougars at Johns Creek High School Feb. 7. The home team emerged victorious, 65-43.
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Driver arrested for DUI after single-vehicle crash
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 22-year-old Alpharetta man was arrested on a driving under the influence charge Jan. 25.
Officers noticed signs a driver was intoxicated after being dispatched to a one-vehicle crash about 11 p.m. on Fox Road at Thornbury Way, according to an Alpharetta Police Department report.
The man admitted he had consumed two alcoholic beverages, according to the report. His eyes were bloodshot and glassy, and his breath smelled of alcohol.
Officers asked whether he would complete an intoxicated driving evaluation, and the man agreed to a test of his eyes.
The test showed signs of intoxication, according to the report. He also was unsteady on his feet and almost fell backward while stepping from the curb.
The driver refused to give a breath sample for testing.
Officers arrested the man on misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to maintain lane.
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Police arrest unruly patron at Canton Street restaurant
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police arrested a 44-year-old Atlanta man Jan. 24 for felony obstruction after he allegedly got into a fight with an offduty officer at Rock N’ Taco.
The arrest report says the offduty officer was working security at
the Canton Street restaurant and was asked to escort an unruly patron outside.
Responding officers said the man put a patron into a rear-naked choke after starting an argument with him at the bar. Because they were unable to speak with the victim, officers could not charge the suspect with aggravated assault.
After employees broke up the fight, they asked the off-duty officer to escort the man outside. The officer said the man was heavily intoxicated and attempted to re-enter the restaurant a couple of minutes later.
The patron allegedly pushed the off-duty officer after being denied entry and then walked away. When the off-duty officer tried to detain and arrest the man, he allegedly resisted, continued to walk away and a struggle ensued.
The off-duty officer said another nearby security guard helped him get the man in handcuffs.
Responding officers said they transported the suspect to Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center, then onto the Fulton County Jail.
The man was charged with felony obstruction of law enforcement, simple battery against an officer, public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass.
Jail records show he was bonded out for $5,000 Jan. 27.
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Police investigate report of stolen tag, vandalism
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A license plate was reported stolen from a Mansell Road auto shop Jan. 26.
The owner of the shop, which is attached to a gas station, said a license plate was stolen from a work trailer at the business, according to an Alpharetta Police.
The license plate was valued at $50.
A security camera recorded three men at the business the night before
but failed to capture the alleged theft.
The camera did record the men taking three bottles of water from a cooler in the front of the business, the owner said. The owner also discovered damage and burn marks to a new grill, valued at $60.
Alpharetta firefighters were dispatched to the auto shop about 12:15 a.m. Jan. 25 after a fire was reported there. When they arrived, the fire had been extinguished.
The incident was classified as a theft of motor vehicle parts and criminal trespass.
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Officers arrest 2 men in Home Depot theft
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police arrested two men after one of them allegedly stole two DeWalt leaf blowers from the Holcomb Bridge Road Home Depot Jan. 20.
A loss prevention employee said a male suspect took the blowers, valued at $925, and left the store in a blue Chevrolet pickup truck.
Officers said the vehicle is registered to an 80-year-old Grayson man whose headshot did not match with the suspect captured by Home Depot’s security cameras.
The loss prevention employee said Home Depot has open cases on the suspect as well.
A report says a 49-year-old Dacula man, linked to the crime, was arrested around 2 p.m. Jan. 28 at 550 West Crossville Road.
Another suspect, a 27-yearold Winder man, was arrested in Lawrenceville and transported to Fulton County Jail on a felony shoplifting warrant signed Jan. 28.
While the Roswell Police Department’s report does not explain a connection between the suspects, they were each jailed on felony shoplifting charges related to same incident.
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Suspect in killing of Roswell officer had history of charges
By CARL APPEN carl@appenmedia.com
ROSWELL, Ga. — The man who allegedly shot and killed a Roswell Police Feb. 7 had a history of arrests in the city, some of which involved firearms, according to records obtained by Appen Media.
Edward Espinoza, a 23-year-old Roswell man, is facing charges of murder, assaulting a police officer and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime after he allegedly shot and killed Roswell Police Officer Jeremy Labonte.
Labonte, 24, was responding to a suspicious person report off Holcomb Bridge Road when Espinoza allegedly fired on him. Labonte later succumbed to his injuries.
According to court records Espinoza lived at an apartment complex up the street from the shopping center where Friday night’s fatal incident took place.
Roswell police had arrested Espinoza in that area at least two previous times.
Roswell police booked Espinoza in September 2021 for shooting a rifle out the window of his Raintree Drive apartment.
While investigating the scene, the then-19-year-old reportedly told officers he shot into the nearby woods because he, “was bored.”
Espinoza was convicted of the crime in 2023 in Fulton County State Court and sentenced to 12 months probation, mental health and substance abuse treatment and community service. He was also required to surrender his firearm.
According to court records, he had fulfilled the weapon forfeiture stipulation before he allegedly killed Labonte.
While that case was being adjudicated, Roswell police arrested Espinoza June 2022 at the same Raintree Drive complex for criminal trespass.
While details of that incident are not immediately available, when Espinoza was eventually found guilty of the crime he was sentenced to another year of probation and ordered to attend 24 sessions of anger management.
Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputies charged Espinoza with hit and run related to a July 2022 crash on Atlanta Highway. He later pled guilty to a reduced offense, receiving 12 months probation and a fine.
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In April 2024 Roswell police responded to a complex about a mile away from Raintree Drive, on the other side of Holcomb Bridge Road, after reports of someone knocking on apartments.
While investigating the scene officers learned that a man had attempted to enter one home, successfully gone into a second and was now being physically detained by the resident of a third.
Police responded to that apartment and charged Espinoza with criminal trespass, simple battery and public drunkenness.
Noting that he had incoherent speech and a cut on his arm, officers took Espinoza to the hospital and placed him in the facility’s custody.
Police arrested Espinoza at the Raintree Drive property in July to answer for those charges.
He spent the night in jail before being released on a $2,000 bond.
It was about six months later, at a shopping center adjacent to Raintree Drive, that Espinoza would allegedly take the life of Roswell Police Officer Jeremy Labonte.
Department officials say Labonte was responding to reports of a suspicious person in the vicinity of 1425 Market Blvd when Espinoza pulled out a handgun and fatally shot the officer.
Roswell police arrested Espinoza, who is a United States citizen born in Atlanta according to court documents, at the scene. The case is being investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, as is typical for officerinvolved shootings.
Labonte joined the Roswell Police Department in 2021. He is survived by his wife.
“He was universally beloved by all who were blessed to know him,” Roswell officials wrote.
The department says funeral arrangements will be shared when appropriate and in accordance with the wishes of his family. In the meantime there is a memorial vehicle at the Roswell Police Department headquarters where members of the public can pay tribute to the fallen officer.
Mid-year state budget sails through the Georgia House
By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat
ATLANTA — The Georgia House overwhelmingly passed a $40.5 billion mid-year state budget Thursday containing hundreds of millions of dollars in new spending aimed largely at helping victims of Hurricane Helene recover from the devastating storm.
The mid-year budget, which now moves to the state Senate, sailed through the House 166-3.
House lawmakers added $197 million to the $615 million Gov. Brian Kemp requested in relief for resi-dents, business owners, farmers, and timber producers who suffered losses when Helene struck South Georgia and the eastern half of the state last September.
“This will just address initial needs,” House Appropriations Committee Chairman Matt Hatchet, R-Dublin, said of the $250 million included in the mid-year budget to help timber producers affected by Helene, up from the $100 million the governor recommended. “I’m sure we’ll have additional legislation.”
Another priority of the mid-year budget is public safety. The spending plan calls for hiring more than 400 correctional officers to staff a state prison system criticized last fall in a federal audit for failing to protect inmates from widespread violence.
The mid-year budget also would boost funding for body cameras and tasers to help those correctional officers maintain order.
House Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley, D-Columbus, questioned whether two modular prison units the state Department of Corrections plans to construct will provide enough security. The state plans to move inmates into those units temporarily to make room for projects fixing crumbling infrastructure in ex-isting prisons.
“They are very sturdy,” Hatchett responded. “The concrete reinforcement and insulation of doors and locks are the same ones we use (in the existing prisons).”
The mid-year budget also includes $501.7 million to increase surface water supplies in Coastal Georgia to supply the huge Hyundai electric-vehicle manufacturing plant now under construction west of Savan-nah. A new water intake on the Savannah River is expected to produce 20 million gallons a day by 2030.
Another $250 million would go toward low-interest loans to help finance water and wastewater pro-jects across the state.
The Georgia Department of Transportation would receive more than $500 million for improvements along the state’s inter -
state corridors.
The House supported Kemp’s request for an additional $50 million for school-security grants, with each school in Georgia getting more than $68,000 to spend as local school district officials see fit.
Another $22 million would go to accommodate the increasing numbers of foster children needing shel-ter. Hatchett said the state’s ultimate goal is eliminating the “hoteling” of foster kids in Georgia.
Financially struggling hospitals, many of which pitched in to help victims of Hurricane Helene, would get $35 million in one-time funds to help shore up their bottom lines.
Overall, the mid-year budget would increase state spending by $4.4 billion above the fiscal 2025 budget the General Assembly passed last spring. Of that amount, $2.7 billion would come from the state’s mas-sive $16 billion surplus.
House Speaker Jon Burns said the House was determined to pass a mid-year budget as early as possible in this year’s session in order to make the funding available for disaster relief and other vital needs. The mid-year budget, which covers state spending through June 30, was the first bill to reach the House floor this year.
“We’re upholding our commitment here in the House,” said Burns, R-Newington. “We hope our friends across the hall (the Senate) will get the budget out and get it out timely.”
This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.
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Appen Media Group, Decaturish.com to launch Decaturish Ink
DECATUR, Ga. — Decaturish.com, a trusted source for hyperlocal news in Decatur and surrounding communities, will launch a new publication, Decaturish Ink. The newspaper will provide readers with high-quality, in-depth journalism in a professionally designed print and digital format.
With the same commitment to transparency and thoughtful reporting, Decaturish Ink will elevate community storytelling by featuring long-form articles, profiles of local leaders, arts and culture highlights and engaging opinion pieces.
“Our readers have expressed a desire for deeper, more narrative-driven content that captures the spirit and unique voices of Decatur and surrounding areas like Tucker, Chamblee and Stone Mountain,” said Hans Appen, publisher at Appen Media Group. “We’re excited to bring Decaturish Ink to life and give the community a new platform for thought-provoking journalism.”
Appen Media purchased Decaturish.com in 2024 from editor Dan Whisenhunt, who founded the news website in 2013. Increasing the influence and reach of Decaturish.com by adding a print product to the market was a motivating factor for both parties to reach a deal last year.
“Decaturish Ink is the culmination of more than a decade of providing in-depth, reliable coverage of Decatur and its surrounding neighborhoods,” Whisenhunt said. “It provides an important new way for us to engage with our readers, allowing them to hear all the untold stories of our community. While we are proud of our digital publication, Ink will provide access to many of those stories in a convenient format and exclusive first-run print articles before they appear on Decaturish.com.”
Decaturish Ink will be published monthly from March to May, bi-weekly starting in June, and will transition to a weekly publication beginning in September. The print publication will complement Decaturish.com’s daily online news coverage. The first issue, set to publish March 20, will include new exclusive features and content not previously found on Decaturish.com, and will be delivered to 7,500 single family homes, apartment buildings and businesses in the area.
“Decatur is filled with incredible stories waiting to
be told,” Appen said. “With Decaturish Ink, we hope to capture these narratives and create a publication that becomes a source of pride and inspiration for our readers.”
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Q: What is Decaturish Ink?
A: Decaturish Ink is a community newspaper serving the City of Decatur and nearby areas. It is a print extension of Decaturish.com, the leading local news source since 2013. Known for its timely and reliable reporting, Decaturish covers government, education, events, and human-interest stories.
Q: How is it different from Decaturish.com?
A: Decaturish Ink will incorporate many of the features that readers appreciate on Decaturish.com, expand on them, and add new ones that are harder to do online – like long form investigations. Also, while digital platforms are popular, not everyone in the community prefers or has easy access to online news. It also gives local businesses an alternative marketing vehicle in which to tell the community about their services and products.
Q: Who will receive it?
A: 7,500 single family homes, apartment complexes and businesses will receive free distribution every week. It will also be available at various rack distribution points. Residents or businesses who wish to be added to our distribution can request that by emailing circulation@appenmedia. com.
Q: Who is involved in publishing it?
Whisenhunt and Assistant Editor Zoe Seiler continue to lead the charge for Decaturish news. They are joined by a team of reporters and contributors at Appen Media that collectively represent the largest newsroom in north metro Atlanta.
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Decaturish Ink would love to publish submissions from the community, and most of t hem are free. There is a small fee associated with submitting obituaries, wedding announcements and some calendar listings. Letters to the Editor or New Business Spotlights are all free to submit. Submissions can be emailed to newsroom@appenmedia. com.
North Fulton cities re-form EMS oversight committee
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Eight months after joining with four other North Fulton cities to subsidize regional ambulance services, Sandy Springs now has a seat at the table to evaluate performance.
At its Jan. 21 meeting, the Sandy Spring City Council agreed to adopt the bylaws of the North Fulton Emergency Medical Response Oversight Committee.
A city memo says member cities wanted to re-form the committee after last summer’s contract adoption and the addition of Sandy Springs.
Operating under its own arrangement with American Medical Response in the past, Sandy Springs was notified of an 850 percent price hike a year ago. Its contract for $260,000 a year for 8-minute response times was set to increase to $3.6 million.
The new contract, including all six North Fulton cities, will require a $2 million subsidy in the first year, split among the cities based on a three-year average of population and number of service calls.
Speaking at the Jan. 21 meeting, Sanders said the committee and its representatives from Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton and Roswell will meet regularly to review whether American Medical Response’s service complies with the cities’ joint contract.
The city managers of each member city serve on the committee’s Board of Directors.
Sandy Springs staff said the item will come before each participating city simultaneously, and it has no financial impact.
Sandy Springs council members did not discuss the contract but voted to approve it unanimously.
Mountain Park, a 346-acre city in North Fulton County, has an agreement with the Roswell Fire Department that provides fire and rescue services.
The combined subsidy buys a systemwide 12-minute response time for critical, emergency calls and a 20-minute response time for minor or uncertain issues.
Sandy Springs will pay around $670,000 a year, or just under $60,000 a
month on the contract. Annual increases to the subsidy will be negotiated but capped at no more than 3 percent.
During the contract’s approval, Sandy Springs Fire Chief Keith Sanders said his department will continue to arrive at emergency medical calls within eight minutes, often before an ambulance. The Fire Department can stabilize the patient but not transport them to a hospital.
The North Fulton Emergency Medical Response Oversight Committee originally formed as a partnership between North Fulton cities, excluding Sandy Springs, after the county ended a $10 million subsidy in 2007 amid the Great Recession.
In 2008, Sandy Springs opted for its own model because it wanted an enhanced version with more ambulances.
After avoiding a massive price hike and signing onto a joint agreement last year, Sandy Springs is a member of the regional Emergency Medical Response Oversight Committee.
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Sandy Springs Fire Chief Keith Sanders, left, discusses a revamp of the North Fulton Emergency Medical Response Oversight Committee Jan. 21 to supervise the cities’ joint contract with American Medical Response.
Understanding Cardiac Electrophysiology
Taking care of your heart’s electrical system
Brought to you by - Wellstar Cardiac Electrophysiologist Dr. Mohammad Kooshkabadi
Your heart has an electrical system that helps it beat in a regular rhythm. Sometimes, this system can have problems, causing irregular or abnormal heartbeats called arrhythmias. Cardiac electrophysiology focuses on diagnosing and treating these issues to keep your heart beating normally and improve your overall health.
Many arrhythmias can be treated using a procedure called ablation. During an ablation, an electrophysiologist applies electrical impulses, radiofrequency energy (heat) or cryoablation (cold) directly to the source of the arrhythmia to restore a regular heartbeat.
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1. Atrial fibrillation (AFib) care: AFib is a common condition where the heart beats irregularly or too fast. Electrophysiologists provide treatments to help control or reset your heart rhythm, reducing symptoms like fatigue, palpitations and stroke risk. For some patients, electrophysiologists use ablation to target and treat the areas in the heart causing AFib, helping restore a steady rhythm and improving your quality of life.
2. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) ablation: If your heart beats very fast due to SVT, ablation can safely and
effectively stop the abnormal electrical signals causing the issue.
3. Premature ventricular contraction ablation: When extra heartbeats disrupt your rhythm, electrophysiologists use ablation to reduce or eliminate these irregular beats, relieving symptoms like palpitations or fatigue.
4. Ventricular tachycardia ablation: For life-threatening fast rhythms from the lower heart chambers, ablation can stabilize your heartbeat and reduce the risk of dangerous episodes.
5. Bradyarrhythmias: If your heart beats too slowly, electrophysiologists can offer treatments like pacemakers to restore a healthy rhythm.
6. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs): These small devices monitor your heart and deliver a lifesaving shock if a dangerous rhythm occurs, keeping you safe and protected.
7. Biventricular ICDs: For patients
with heart failure, this special type of ICD improves heart coordination, helping it pump more effectively.
8. Leadless pacemakers: A newer, smaller pacemaker option without leads (wires) offers advanced rhythm support with less risk of complications.
9. Conduction system pacing: This advanced pacing technique works with your heart’s natural electrical pathways to provide better rhythm control and preserve heart function.
Our goal at Wellstar is to help you live your best life by keeping your heart in rhythm and your symptoms under control. With advanced treatments and personalized care, we’re here to support your heart health every step of the way.
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Do you know someone who’s hiding in plain sight?
We often prioritize our physical health, while our mental health is treated as a private matter, sometimes even stigmatized. However, a significant portion of the American population expe-riences mental illness, and it’s crucial to talk openly about it and seek help.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), over 20% of American adults (more than 50 million people) experience some form of mental illness each year and 1 in 6 children aged 6 to 17 have a mental health disorder. Alarmingly, suicide is the second-leading cause of death among U.S. children aged 10 to 14. These statistics are staggering, yet only 45% of those experiencing mental illness receive the help they need.
Join Summit Counseling Center on February 23rd and March 2nd at Dunwoody UMC, 1548 Mt. Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, for a private screening of Ken Burn’s doc-umentary, Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness.
This documentary features first-person accounts from more than 20 young people, ranging in age from 11 to 27, who live with mental health conditions, as well as par-ents, teachers, friends, healthcare providers in their lives, and independent mental health experts. The film presents an unvarnished window into daily life with mental health challenges, from seemingly insurmountable obstacles to stories of hope and resilience. Through the experiences of these young people, the film confronts the is-sues of stigma, discrimination, awareness, and silence, and, in doing so, help advance a shift in the public perception of mental health issues today.
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Young people and their family and friends talk about how they came to acknowledge and accept the reality of their mental illnesses and, most importantly, start talking about them. They describe their work with providers to determine a diagnosis and the treat-ments they received, and the added stigma of racial or gender discrimination. Throughout, the young people inspire with their resilience and hope.
To learn more and/or register for the event, visit our website at summitcounsel-ing.org/events/.
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Dr. Brent Taylor is a Board-Certified Dermatologist, a Fellowship-Trained Mohs Surgeon, and is certified by the Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine in the field of Vein Care.
He is an expert in skin cancer and melanoma treatment, endovenous laser ablation, minimally invasive vein procedures and cosmetics procedures such as Botox and injectables.
Kathryn is a certified physician assistant with over 22 years experience as a Dermatology PA and cosmetic dermatology.
Her specialties include general dermatology such as acne, eczema, rashes, hair loss, full body skin exams, abnormal growths etc. Kathryn also specializes in cosmetic dermatology including lasers, injectables, micro-needling, PRP, facial peels, sclerotherapy for spider veins and at home skin care.
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As seen on TV – What is GentleCure™
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In the last few months, I have received a lot of questions about GentleCure™ — a skin cancer radiation treatment that has been heavily advertised on television. In the past, most discussions about radiation treatments for skin cancer were initiated by me, the physician. GentleCure™’s marketing campaign has been so effective that even patients who do not have skin cancer are asking me about the treatment that they have seen on TV.
I wanted to like GentleCure™. I enjoy the part of my job that is presenting different treatment options for my patients. When radiation is preferable over surgery, I get excited to bring it up. Some skin cancers such as superficial basal cell carcinoma are better treated with Mohs surgery in some instances, radiation therapy in others, cautery and scraping treatments at times and even creams such as Aldara™ or other treatments depending on numerous factors. The exact location, local anatomy, immune system status, details on the pathology report, and individual patient goals all factor into recommendations about what treatments to consider. Multiple excellent treatments are available, and one of the joys of my job is assisting patients in selecting the treatments that are right for them. As a Mohs surgeon, I take pride in discussing alternatives to Mohs surgery. I recognize the potential for conflicts of interest, and I cherish the times when patients and I have decided together on a non-surgical treatment. The motto of my Mohs surgery fellowship was, “Put the patient first” and doing so is what makes me feel whole.
Unfortunately, I find myself very disappointed in GentleCure™. This superficial radiation therapy (SRT) treatment likely takes the technology a step farther than previous types of SRT by adding ultrasound imaging to help define the size and depth of the cancer and adjust treatment energies and settings. Technologically, GentleCure™ is likely a step forward compared with some prior radiation treatment devices. However, the way that the company has chosen to represent their technology is mercenary and misleading.
The name GentleCure™ introduces bias and attempts to sway patients towards this treatment in a way that the names “Mohs micro -
graphic surgery,” “excision,” Aldara™ cream, Levulan® Keratick® and other treatments do not.
GentleCure™ has engaged in direct to consumer (DTC) marketing. The United States is one of the only countries in the world to allow DTC marketing of pharmaceuticals, and many physicians and I believe this is a mistake, often to the detriment of society and the patient. DTC is ethically questionable, foremost because of the potential to misrepresent a product and create a false first impression.
In my professional opinion, the GentleCure™ website misrepresents their technology, misleadingly contrasts it with Mohs surgery, and inadequately compares GentleCure™ with other alternative treatments. A few examples:
1. The website gentlecure.com states that “low amounts of x-ray energy” are used, but a typical dose is 50 gray. In contrast, a typical chest x-ray delivers less than a thousandth (<1/1000) of a gray of radiation. Fifty (50) gray is no small amount. It typically permanently kills adnexal structures (hair fol -
states “There is no scarring.” This is not completely true. Yes, by definition, there is no surgical scar, but radiated skin is never the same. Post-radiation changes can include permanently lightening the treated area, causing noticeable redness or dilated blood vessels to develop, causing an abnormal texture as all hair follicles and sweat glands are eliminated, and sometimes leading to chronically irritated areas and even sometimes post-radiation ulcers that never heal. The website contrasts the unusual case of Mohs surgery with the best case scenario after radiation.
I could go on, as I disagree with much of how this company has decided to represent its product. I love doing research myself, and it saddens me when I learn that the patient trying his or her best to do their own research online is set up to fail by misleading websites and faulty information.
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licles and sweat glands), permanently changes the area’s ability to heal and carries the risk of actually causing cancer.
2. The website further states that surgery leaves wounds that result in “not doing normal activities” whereas with radiation “you do not need to skip normal daily activities.” However, GentleCure™ treatments are, according to their own website, delivered in separate sessions of typically 18 to 25 visits on 18 to 25 different days. Twenty separate doctor’s appointments for the treatment of a single cancer has the potential to interfere with normal daily activities, I would think.
3. I believe that most people’s primary interest in radiation is the potential to avoid a surgical scar. Again, the website is misleading. Instead of a statement in line with my clinical experience that the scarring after Mohs surgery is typically minimal and inconspicuous, the website focuses on the outliers stating, “scarring may need to be fixed with reconstructive surgery.” And for GentleCure™, the website
Most patients prefer Mohs surgery over radiation treatments for most skin cancers because of the confidence of clear surgical margins, the avoidance of numerous appointments for radiation, and the generally excellent cosmetic results achievable with Mohs surgery. However, individual factors such as cancer subtype, body location, tumor size, and personal goals may tip the scales toward one treatment or another. Moreover, Mohs surgery and radiation are just two of multiple options to be considered on a case by case basis. And, yes, despite my disagreement with how the technology is being marketed, I will absolutely continue to recommend it when it is the optimal treatment for my patients.
The key to making the best decision is to receive recommendations from a doctor who you trust, and to seek second opinions when needed. You should sense that your doctor is faithfully helping you navigate your current skin cancer, is happy to discuss alternatives and is also proactively discussing preventative options to decrease the incidence of future cancers. At Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta, I pride myself on providing patients with alternative treatment options even if provided by different physicians or specialties and will always answer a patient’s questions with honesty and integrity.
Have you ever been to the dentist and the dentist needs to make an impression of your mouth? If you have done this before, you may have just taken a deep breath and started to get nervous. Traditional impressions have always involved a large tray loaded with impression material (goop!?!) that must be inserted into your mouth to make a mold of your teeth. Isn’t there a better way? Yes! The latest technology now allows your dentist to take a digital impression instead.
Digital impressions (also called 3-D intraoral scanning) construct a threedimensional digital model of your teeth and your entire mouth. Digital impressions are less messy and more pleasant than traditional impressions. Patients with a gag reflex or sensitive teeth have a better, more comfortable experience. A small (radiationfree) laser wand takes a series of images of your teeth and your gums and stitches them together into a 3-D virtual model of your mouth. You can immediately touch the screen and rotate and adjust the image to see your teeth from all angles. You very likely have never seen your teeth and your
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The Atlanta Center for Dental Health has the iTero Element intraoral scanner imaging system. The 3-D model of your mouth is immediately on the iPad-like screen right in front of you. It can immediately be adjusted and looked at from all angles. This image can be uploaded to the dental laboratory for the construction of a crown or clear aligners or other dental prosthetics and appliances. This allows
for the rapid fabrication of amazingly accurate, perfectly fitting, artistically created natural looking dental restorations that improve your smile and your appearance and wow your friends. One of the most amazing uses of this technology is the ability to immediately see a Smile Simulation. In about a minute, your dentist can show you what your smile would look like if you straightened your teeth or improved your bite
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When it comes to choosing a dental provider, one of the most important decisions you’ll face is whether to go with a fee-for-service (FFS) dental office or an insurance-based dental office. Each type of practice has its own set of advantages, and understanding these differences can help you make an informed decision about the care you receive. For many patients, opting for a fee-for-service model can offer a more personalized, flexible, and high-quality dental experience.
Personalized Care
One of the standout benefits of our FFS dental office is the level of personalized care we provide. Because we aren’t limited by insurance guidelines or restrictions, we have more freedom to customize treatment plans specifically for you. This allows us to focus on your unique dental needs. In contrast, insurance-based dental offices may be more likely to follow treatment protocols dictated by what the insurance plan will approve, limiting treatment options or focusing on cost-saving approaches.
Freedom of Treatment Options
Our dental office also gives you greater flexibility when it comes to treatment options. Since we are not bound by insurance limitations, you have access to a wider range of procedures, including elective and advanced treatments that may not be covered under an insurance plan. For example, while dental insurance might cover basic cleanings and fillings, it may not cover more extensive treatments such as veneers or periodontal therapy. In our office, you’re able to choose from a broader spectrum of services without worrying about what your insurance will or won’t cover.
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Insurance-based practices, alternatively, face limitations on the types of materials and procedures they can offer, and dentists might be under pressure to see more patients to meet insurance guidelines.
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One of the most appealing aspects of our dental office is the clarity in pricing . You typically know exactly what you’re paying for upfront. This transparency makes it easier for patients to budget for dental care and allows them to make more informed decisions about their treatments. In contrast, insurance-based offices often involve a complex billing process, with patients sometimes facing unexpected costs after insurance covers only a portion of the treatment.
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We are a fee-for-service practice but file and make the most out of your out-of-network insurance benefits. This allows us to set our own fees and make the time in our schedule to properly care for our patients. We also offer a Wellness Plan subscription for our practice, which gives you better benefits and less limitations than insurance. Dr. Hood and her team at Roswell Dental Care understand and customize treatment for each person. We assure you will feel confident in the solution you choose before beginning any treatment. For enhanced comfort, we offer FREE nitrous oxide. You can rest assured that your experience will be positive, relaxing, and rewarding on many levels. Give our office a call at 770.998.6736, or visit us at www. roswelldentalcare.com, to begin your journey to happy and pain-free oral healthcare!
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February and Valentine’s Day bring thoughts of the perfect gift for a loved one. It’s a great time to consider a gift that can be life changing for an older loved one. That’s recognizing the preventive benefits of in-home care.
All too often in-home care is seen as the service you only seek after serious cognitive decline, surgery or recovery from a stroke and other health issues that require supportive care for the activities of daily living. Viewing in-home care as an earlier preventive step opens the door to prolonging a more vibrant and enjoyable life in the comfort of home.
We know that the key to healthy aging is healthy living. By 2030, 1 in every 6 Americans will be over 65. Over 28% of older adults live alone. While preventive tests and regular checkups catch physical changes early, there are activities that in-home care can bolster that are key to maintaining the best possible health and prevent the loss of independence as we age.
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Appen Media named legal organ by City of Mountain Park officials
MOUNTAIN PARK, Ga. — The Mountain Park City Council named Appen Media Group its legal organ Jan. 27, joining other Metro Atlanta governments who place their public notices in the company’s newspapers.
State law requires cities to advertise certain announcements in a paper of record, ensuring public knowledge of official meetings, budgets and other municipal business.
With a population of fewer than a thousand, the half-square-mile City of Mountain Park is no different.
Last year Mountain Park ran ads in the Alpharetta-Roswell Herald notifying the public about property transfers and the fiscal year 2025 budget. The city placed a bulletin about upcoming municipal elections in the paper’s Jan. 23 edition.
The City Council's unanimous
vote ensures these placements for the future. By designating an official legal organ, the city will secure cost savings while providing residents clear, reliable access to public notices.
Appen Media Group Publisher Hans Appen wrote that the company’s goal is to engage and inform the community.
“We are looking forward to the partnership with Mountain Park. Recognizing a paper of record ensures legal compliance, cost savings, and transparent communication of public notice,” Appen said.
Appen Media Group newspapers are also the legal organs for the cities of Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Johns Creek and Milton.
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Author talks, winter sales fill February book calendar
By KATHY DES JARDINS CIOFFI newsroom@appenmedia.com
February abounds with local authors making their rounds. And one of the must-see speakers is Michael L. Thurmond, who has served as Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County, in the Georgia Assembly and as Director of
Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services, Georgia Labor Commissioner and Superintendent of Dekalb County Schools.
Thurmond will discuss his latest title, "James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia," Feb. 20 at a free Roswell Roots program hosted by Atlanta Authors and Bookmiser.
Details about Thurmond’s event and seven others are here:
Saturday, Feb. 15, Kelly Silverman details
“Hot Boiled Peanuts: A Georgia Food Tour.” 2 p.m. Free. Poe & Company Bookstore, 1890 Heritage Walk, Suite P101, Milton. 770-797-5566. Poeandcompanybookstore.com
Tuesday, Feb. 18, Marie Benedict, with her new mystery, “The Queens of Crime.” Johns Creek Books is offering two ticket options: Free and $27, which includes a book. 1 p.m. Duluth Library, 3180 Main St., Duluth. eventbrite.com/e/ marie-benedict-the-queens-of-crime-atduluth-library-with-johnscreekbooks-tickets-1112910247509
Tuesday, Feb. 18, Grace Helena Walz, “Southern by Design.” Free. 5 p.m. Poe & Company Bookstore, 1890 Heritage Walk, Suite P101, Milton. 770-797-5566. Poeandcompanybookstore.com
Thursday, Feb. 20, Michael L. Thurmond. Thurmond will recap his latest work, "James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia," at a free event presented by Roswell Roots, Roswell Cultural Arts, the City of Roswell, Atlanta Authors and Bookmiser. 6 p.m. Free. Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., 770-594-6232. atlantaauthorsga.com
Saturday, Feb. 22, Angie Williams, “The Raindrop Adventures of Crystal and Sparkle.” 2 p.m. Free. Poe & Company Bookstore, 1890 Heritage Walk, Suite P101, Milton. 770-797-5566. Poeandcompanybookstore.com
To submit an author event for the upcoming month, email Kathy Des Jardins Cioffi at kathydesjardins3@gmail.com by the 15th.
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Among eight other proposals, Summit Construction & Development LLC was evaluated by a committee consisting of Recreation & Parks Director Erica Madsen, Capital Projects Manager Matthew Pate and Purchasing Manager Niel Trust.
The contract is for $532,857, over the city’s original budgeted amount of $350,000. City staff has recommended pulling additional funding from
Summit Construction was recommended for offering the lowest price for the bid while meeting the minimum specifications of the contract. The cost for the overflow parking lot project is $532,857.
The lot will be paved. Types of gravel alternatives were considered according to Madsen, but “the alternatives would have lost savings because the increased stone profile under pervious paving” requires extra excavation, which is costly.
Pervious stone is more porous than traditional pavement, being beneficial in reducing stormwater runoff and decreasing chances of flooding.
A bioretention system around the lot is necessary to filter rainwater, preventing erosion and removing pollutants.
The pavement alternatives “were able to reduce but not eliminate the size of the bioretention”, said Madsen.
Tree city
The City of Johns Creek also recognized Autrey Mill Nature Preserve for their observance of Arbor Day on February 21st.
”Trees are an indelible cornerstone of our community that beautify our neighborhoods, parks, streets, and the city as a whole to provide a source of joy and renewal that aligns with the city's goal of
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Lizen Hayes, right, executive director for Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, accepts an award of recognition from Johns Creek City Councilman Larry DiBiase on behalf of Mayor John Bradberry Feb. 3 at City Hall. The award recognized for the nonprofit’s efforts in Georgia tree and land preservation at Johns Creek City Hall on Feb. 3.
promoting resident health and wellness,” said Councilman Larry Dibiase.
On Arbor Day, the nonprofit organization plans to plant seeds of a tree endangered in Georgia, shared its Executive Director Lizen Hayes.
Hayes said that last year she facilitated partnership with Save Georgia
Hemlocks to plant Hemlock tree seeds and that the tree species this year has yet to be determined.
Building vridges
Also at the meeting, council approved a contract with E&D Contracting Services, Inc. for the repair of three bridges:
State Bridge Road over Johns Creek (eastbound), State Bridge Road over Johns Creek (westbound) and Bell Road over Cauley Creek.
The repair work includes replacing bridge joints and epoxy repair, will cost $218,537 and is scheduled to be completed this year.
Arts festival alternatives
Parks & Recreation Director Erica Madsen presented four alternatives to the annual Johns Creek Arts Festival, held last year on the third weekend of October.
Alternatives to the festival are being considered as the Johns Creek Department of Parks & Recreation was advised in 2025 to discontinue its relationship with the event provider.
The options presented included re-envisioning the festival as an indoor art market in partnership with a nonprofit or a staff-led outdoor art market in the Town Center area or at Heisman Field.
The third option was the possibility of an externally run arts festival in which a third party managed and covered all costs associated with the festival and the fourth option was to solicit a request for proposal (RFP) in which companies would compete for a bid to hold the event.
Councilwoman Erin Elwood spoke about the importance of creating space for artists who have meaningful connections with Johns Creek and not just artisan vendors who travel countrywide.
”I think we need to incorporate dance and theatre and visual arts,” said Elwood. “Still have a market of handicrafts, people who knit, or people who make pottery or ceramics, but incorporate and expand that,” she said.
She finished her statement by saying that she was excited for the vision of this year’s Johns Creek Arts Festival, planned for early winter.
Visiting the places you don’t want to go
Last time, I asked the all-important outdoor adventurer the question they must ask as the new year comes up to speed: Have you figured out yet where you’re going?
We started our year in Germany. I’d always wanted to make that trip. Ever since those first high school German lessons (with … who was it? Fraulein Ballard, maybe?) I’d wanted to visit the Land of Wiener Schnitzel and Eins-Zwei-Drei.
What I had not wanted to do was visit a German concentration camp. I’ve always been pretty definite about that. It was something I had always said that those were places I absolutely did not want to go. And yet somehow, in just a little while, I will be doing that thing I do not want to do. In less than 20 minutes, I’ll be getting on a bus to Dachau.
History doesn’t go away just because we don’t want to look at it, of course, and I knew that visiting Dachau would surely provide an historical experience like no other. But the prospect of that visit was not without stress. Because of it, I’d been surprisingly distracted the day before, much like one might be distracted on the day before a medical procedure that you know is gonna hurt but that will be worth it in the end. Now, the faint sense of dread ate away at the morning and made me prone to snap at those around me. Anticipatory stress will do that, you know.
Dachau, I’d learned, was the first of the Nazi concentration camps and a model for others to come. Located just outside a village by the same name, the Dachau camp was a project of Heinrich Himmler. It opened in March 1933 as a place to dump Hitler’s political opponents and, eventually, members of other despised groups as well.
Records suggest that over the camp’s 12 years of operation, more than 206,000 prisoners were processed into Dachau. According to the Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Holocaust Encyclopedia, historians believe that the death total there was at least 40,000.
It was a terrible thing to be sent to Dachau.
I enter Dachau through the main gate, and my eye catches a bit of German worked into the gate’s metal grating. It reads, “Arbeit macht frei” – roughly, “Work will set you free.” What an empty promise that turned out to be.
I pause to photograph those words. Did they offer hope to some of those imprisoned there? And I wonder about the artisan who crafted that gate, shaping the words from
The main gate at Dachau concentration camp.
pieces of cold, raw iron. Did he wonder about them too? Did he give them even a thought?
We think what we want to believe, don’t we?
Yeah. Right. Or maybe, when it’s expedient, we’re prone not to think at all.
I walk on, stepping through a door that brings me face to face with Dachau reality. There are exhibits in German and in English, clean and concise and chillingly direct. There are panels of text. One explains how prisoners were hung from the ceiling by their wrists as punishment for the least little thing…or sometimes just because.
There are photos, some showing way more detail that I want, but I am there and see them I must.
There is a bench upon which prisoners were beaten with rods, along with one of the rods used to administer those beatings.
There are accounts of medical experiments, some illustrated with realtime photos. What kind of person would take such photos? Maybe a regular person who had gotten caught up in things and somehow quit asking “why?” but instead just went along?
There are personal effects which were once held dear. One, a photo of someone’s sweetheart, haunts me still.
There are whispers in the corners, and the words they mutter are not sweet.
Who were the prisoners who ended up here, and what had they done? Their crimes, it seems, were to voice opinion, to bear a certain ethnicity, or to hold to a certain belief. There were among them some Jehovah’s Witnesses, arrested and sent to Dachau simply because they would not salute. Like the others, they had been declared undesirable. That was all it took.
Soon, I walk through one of the barracks buildings where those prisoners would have been housed. I imagine
hundreds of people squeezed in, wanting out, hopeless in that hope. Soon enough, they would have come to realize that work was not going to help them, no matter what the sign on the gate had to say. What became of the prisoners? Some simply died. Some were killed by guards, while others simply took their own lives one way or another. Some would dash into the
forbidden zones, seeing a quick way out, knowing they would draw rifle fire from the towers and that in the storm of bullets they would surely die. That is horrible to consider, but for some, it was better than even one more day of Dachau status quo.
The towers still stand, but the guards are gone. It’s safe now to step into the killing lane, and I do. The wind blows. I hear more echoes. They are mournful.
I move on. It’s cold, and I snug up my scarf. I do not like the biting wind.
But the part of it all that I dread the most – the part that I was so determined to avoid at all costs – still awaits ahead.
As if acting on their own, my feet carry me through the barracks area, past old foundations (they seem to go on forever) and then onto a gravel path which angles away to the left. The path crosses a fastflowing stream. Incredibly, a voice from some corner of my mind asks if there might be fish there. But that voice is immediately hushed by others. Pay attention, they say. Pay attention to what you are seeing. So you don’t forget…
The camp’s gas chamber is now just ahead.
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The beautiful history of ugly face pottery
Geogia occupies a dominant position in the history of folk pottery. In this column I will refer to the important pottery center of Mossy Creek, its most famous potter Quillian Lanier Meaders (1917-1998) and his distinctive “ugly” face pottery.
I owe special thanks to John Burrison, Georgia State professor of folk culture whose classes include a course on global ceramic traditions from the stone age to the present. He is the leading authority on Southern folk pottery and was a close friend of Lanier Meaders for 30 years until Meaders’ death in 1998. Burrison notes parenthetically that Buckhead was once a pottery center from the late Civil War to the late 1930s.
Many ancient cultures made pottery for utilitarian, artistic or religious reasons. Local clay was shaped by hand into crude objects.
The earliest pottery vessels found by archaeologists were discovered in China and date back to circa 18,000 BC. Figurines older than that have been found in the Czech Republic. In South America, pottery pieces date back to circa 7,000 BC.
Native Americans were making pottery long before the Europeans arrived. Indian potters sometimes employed intricate designs. Southern slaves in the mid-1800s made utilitarian clay vessels.
Ugly or frightening faces on pottery were thought to keep evil spirits away.
Early folk potters in Georgia settled along the upper Piedmont at the foot of the Appalachians because of the quality of the clay found there. Many potters migrated from the Carolinas in the early 1800s. One family, the Meaders, settled along Mossy Creek.
Today, Mossy Creek is an unincorporated community with a charming name near Cleveland Ga., with approximately 8,000 inhabitants. It is also where generations of the Meaders family lived and made pottery. Lanier Meaders, by far the most celebrated of Mossy Creek’s potters, was quoted as saying that people used to make pottery, and now they make art. He never quite understood his elevation to fame. He just wanted to make pots.
Meaders was quoted in the Atlanta Constitution calling his famous face jugs “probably the ugliest thing a person could make,” although that did not stop him from making an estimated 10,000 of them. Examples of his face jugs are in the
NEW GEORGIA ENCYCLOPEDIA, PHOTO BY CAROLINE
Professor John Burrison is shown in his office at Georgia State University holding two examples of Georgia face pottery. Burrison is the acknowledged authority on Southern folk pottery and was a close friend of Lanier Meaders, famous for his whimsical ugly face pottery. Burrison has written several important books on folk pottery and culture.
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the High Museum in Atlanta. He was honored by the Library of Congress with Meaders Pottery Day in 1978.
Meaders did not begin to do serious pottery until the1960s when he was in his 50s, although he played in his father’s pottery and did odd chores as a youngster. Like many rural potters, he started out making items needed on local farms such as churns for butter and buttermilk, pitchers and jars for preserving water, whiskey or syrup and for preserving vegetables. He began making his signature face jugs in the 1970s which he sold for a few dollars each. Today, those same jugs sell for thousands of dollars. At an auction last month in Ashville, S.C., one of his face jugs sold for $22,000.
Although he was clearly of rural stock, he joined the Army at age 18 and served as a paratrooper in World War II. He saw combat in Germany, an experience that caused nightmares for the rest of his life, according to the Atlanta Constitution. After the war, he returned to Mossy Creek where he had a variety of jobs. After the death of his father, Cheever Meaders in 1967, he took over Meaders Pottery which his grandfather John Milton Meaders started in 1892. He used local materials, a foot-powered wheel and a wood-fired kiln to make his pieces.
Although Meaders and his wife Betty Jean had no children, Meaders had three brothers and many more distant kin, some who became successful potters. Although some also made face
pottery, none reached Lanier’s level of success.
Georgia is known for its variety of clay types, some particularly well suited for pottery. Meaders kept a Southern tradition alive by using alkaline-glazed stoneware clay in his work. His success inspired other potters in the area to follow his lead. He made alkaline glaze by adding wood ash from his wood burning kiln which imparted special characteristics to his work.
I spoke recently with Irv Smith of Austin, Texas, Lanier Meaders distant cousin. Smith visited several Meaders family potters at their studios in the early 1990s, including Lanier in his home. According to Smith, Lanier “was friendly, gracious and just a good country person.” Irv bought a face mug made by Lanier’s brother Reggie in one of the many pottery shops in the area.
Professor Burrison who wrote two books about Georgia pottery, “Brothers in Clay: The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery,” 2008, and “From Mud to Jug: The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia,” 2010, best summed up Lanier Meaders’ curious life of achievement when he told me that “Lanier was his own person, a very independent guy. He had a dry wit. He had the character of a mountain man, although he wasn’t from the mountains.”
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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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS Celebrated potter Lanier Meaders at work in his pottery in 1983.
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The 100 most influential people and things, Nos. 71-72
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No. 71. Wheat/Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug was an American agronomist and Nobel Peace Prize winner for his work in combating worldwide hunger. He is known as the father of modern wheat and the founder of the “Green Revolution.”
In the mid-20th century, he developed dwarf, high-yield, disease resistant varieties of wheat which is estimated to have saved over a billion people from starvation. In many areas of the world, wheat production tripled as a result of his work. Wheat production in Mexico increased from 750 kg per hectare in 1944 to over 3,000 kg per hectare in 1960. (1 hectare equals a little more than 2.5 acres). Today, his work is still seen as a positive and critical achievement, although, because his methods were highly dependent upon massive increases in the use of fertilizers, significant increase water use and the general degradation of the soil, the sustainability of his accomplishments are increasingly called into question.
Wheat provides 20 percent of the world’s caloric requirements and 20 percent of its protein requirements. It is grown on more land than any other crop, except for corn and rice. So, 20 percent of the world’s population – about 1.6 billion people – rely on wheat to not starve.
The top 10 importers of wheat today are, in order: China, Egypt, Indonesia, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, European Union, Philippines, Nigeria and Bangladesh. Of note, many of these countries are also in the top 10 countries importing fertilizer – including China, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. The U.S., Brazil, India, China and France are also included in the top 10 importers of core fertilizers. Most of the
exporters of fertilizers – particularly phosphates – are in the Middle East. Russia, China, Canada and the U.S. are on the list, as well.
Wheat, compared to other key food stocks, is typically grown in the least fertile soil which requires intensive use of fertilizer and water. Worldwide, we have a diminishing water supply and projected draconian increases in transportation costs; fertilizer is transportation-centric as it is a low value/high volume commodity. So, countries that must import wheat,
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and import fertilizer, and which have insufficient water, are in trouble soon, especially China, which imports 40-50 percent of its overall fertilizer needs required to feed its people, including having to import 70-80 percent of its potash requirements. Potash, along with nitrogen, and phosphates are three key elements of fertilizer.
The top five exporters of potash, in order, are: Canada, Germany, the U.S., the EU and Spain – all, coincidentally, NATO countries. If you are China or India or any country in Africa, you worry about how to feed your people, especially when “the other side” controls the means of production (potash) and is also inclined to start trade wars with tariffs.
As the US increasingly withdraws from its role in maintaining global order, security of world-wide shipping lanes will plunge. This is especially true in the Gulf of Hormuz, through which 25 percent of the world’s supply of oil and 33 percent of the world’s gas must pass. It is also true of the Red Sea. This will drive shipping costs higher through insurance costs and other factors. Currently transportation costs approach zero because of the size of vessels, the containerization of cargo, and because the U.S. has paid the bill to maintain and
secure world shipping lanes since the end of World War II. No more. Buckle up.
No. 72. Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834)
Malthus was a British economist who posited that population growth outpaces food supply, leading to population decline through famine, war or disease. He believed that human society couldn’t be free of coercion due to the constant threat of population growth. He proposed the following:
· Population growth: He proposed that population increases exponentially while food supply grows linearly.
· Resource depletion: As population outpaces resources, competition for dwindling assets and commodities increases, leading to higher prices and poverty.
· Malthusian catastrophe: If population growth outpaces agricultural production, a Malthusian catastrophe occurs, resulting in famine or war.
· Population decline: Increased poverty decreases birth rates, eventually causing depopulation.
· Social unrest: If asset prices continue to rise, social unrest may lead to revolution, war, or famine, potentially resulting in societal collapse. (see China very soon)
· Preventative checks: Nature may alter population changes through moral restraint, like postponing marriage or birth control. (as education levels increase, birth rates decrease).
· Positive checks: Natural disasters and diseases are natural limits on population growth. (see Covid and heart disease).
Malthus’ theory has been rightly criticized in a number of areas. For example, it does not take technological advancement into account, and it was based on societal structure in the late 18th century. However, if we look at our world today, it is hard to not see many of the key projections of Malthus’ theory ringing true in so many concrete ways.
Food is not discretionary; we need it to live. Food production is dependent upon resources, which is finite. A large percentage of the world is food-challenged today, and that is only going to get worse. The fallout of this situation, as Malthus has posited, will be war, famine and chaos to various degrees in different areas of the world. North America / the Western Hemisphere, however, is not one of those areas. So, we, primarily by the luck of the draw, get a pass, at least for now. Count your blessings.
Thomas Robert Malthus
Norman Borlaug
Hudson:
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Just as I’d said I’d never visit a concentration camp, I’d always said I would never walk through one of those chambers. But I’m drawn by an odd compulsion that says I must see now so I will remember later, a voice that says I – we – must not forget.
The Dachau gas chamber, constructed in 1942, is located in a long, narrow building at the far back corner of the public portion of the site. According to the audio, official reports suggest that it was never used.
“But of course,” adds the anonymous voice, “that doesn’t say that it was not tested.” No one seems to know for sure.
The killing chamber itself was near the middle of the building. Prisoners would have entered from the left, passing eventually into a prep room where they would strip naked. Then they would have entered what appeared to be a shower. Fake shower heads in the ceiling were designed to assuage doubts and overcome reluctance.
Once the room was full, the doors would have been closed.
I spend a moment looking at one of those doors. It is strong, and the seal and latching mechanisms seem solid. Somewhere, some engineer was no doubt proud of his design. After all, he had been told it was okay. Could he have known?
Standing there, it is not hard to imagine what it would have been like, waiting for a long-anticipated shower. How eager we are to believe! But the water would have never come. Instead, portals in the outside walls would have opened, and buckets of pelletized Zyklon B, a cyanide-based pesticide, would have been poured in. The deadly pellets would have then begun their work, releasing hydrogen cyanide. Within 20 minutes, everyone in the room would have been dead.
Exiting the chamber brings me into another room, this one longer than the last. Along one side are red brick ovens – crematories – where bodies could be reduced to ash. They are solid, workmanlike, efficient.
I walk past the ovens, but I shy away and edge toward the outside wall.
And then, there is the door, and the outside, and sun and sky. The worst is over.
I make my way back to the bus, walking slowly. I pause now and then to take a photo.
And I ask myself a question:
Why preserve a place like Dachau? Why not erase it from the face of the earth?
Writers can ask questions, and so I ask that one. The answer I get is this:
“We do not preserve it so we can remember,” I was told in in accented English. “We preserve it to make sure you don’t forget.”
Basketball:
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In the third quarter, the Cougars were able to cut the Gladiator’s lead with a 15-3 run but couldn’t complete a comeback.
Johns Creek head coach Tanner Burnett said the team’s experience in close games this season has helped them to finish the season strong.
The win over Chattahoochee locks Johns Creek into the fifth seed in region 7 of 5A. Their next game will determine their seeding for the state tournament.
“I thought we were really locked in defensively in the first half,” Burnett said. “I like our team in any one-game scenario.”
Holmes echoed Burnett’s confidence looking to the region tournament.
“I really feel like we can match up with any team,” he said. “Our record might not show how we’re really competing day in and day out.”
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Public Notice Regarding Potential Sale of Macedonia For the Purpose of Further Preserving and Protecting the Cemetery
Notice is hereby given that the City of Johns Creek, Georgia is considering options under O.C.G.A. § 36-37-6 (a) and (f) regarding the possible sale of the 1.92 acres of real property with Tax Parcel Id No. 11-0940-0329-002-0, commonly referred to as the Macedonia Methodist African Church Cemetery. The City seeks input from the families of those buried in the Cemetery, the larger Johns Creek community, and any other party that may be interested in purchasing the property for the purpose of further preserving and protecting the Cemetery. Any sale of this property will not change the protected status of the Cemetery nor the right of the heirs of those buried in the Cemetery to access the Cemetery. Please contact the City at macedonia@johnscreekga.gov to present any interest in acquiring the property or to present any written plan regarding the future preservation and protection of the Cemetery no later than Monday, April 7, 2025.
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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: 950 square-foot drive-through only coffee shop with a concurrent variance to reduce the required outparcel frontage from 200 feet to 113 feet
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