Milton Herald - September 22, 2022

Panel makes progress

Crisis call line logs high use in first weeks

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

ATLANTA — While data collection is still in the early stages, the 9-8-8 Georgia Steering Committee informed the public of trends seen in the first 45 days of the program’s rollout at a Sept. 7 webinar.

“Just over 50 days ago we took the first steps down a long road towards transforming Georgia’s crisis system and making it easy for those experienc ing a behavioral health crisis to know who to call in an emergency,” said Judy Fitzgerald, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) commissioner.

In 2020, Congress designated the new 9-8-8 dialing code to be operated through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Beginning July 16 of this year, individuals in crisis could call or text 9-8-8 for 24/7 care.

“The similarity to 9-1-1 was a message to everyone, saying the be havioral health crisis needs to be at the forefront here,” Fitzgerald said. “I

Milton resident Nia Corsten cites a 2021 audit report, which lists inadequacies regarding the Fulton County Registration and Elections Department. The comments were delivered at the Sept. 15 meeting of the Milton Municipal Election Feasibility Com mittee, which drew its largest crowd to date. Read more, Page 5.

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Redistricting process to refine attendance zones

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com

ATLANTA — Parents and students will get a first glimpse of potential school at tendance zones for next year during the second round of redistricting meetings set for Oct 3 at Alpharetta High School.

The public will have an opportunity to review early plans and provide feed back on the draft proposals for enroll ment boundaries. The new attendance zones go into effect the start of school in August 2023.

Planners with the Fulton County School System are sifting through the hundreds of comments received follow ing the first round of redistricting out reach on Sept. 12. During that meeting, the public was asked to provide input on how decisions would be made on new attendance zones.

That input is being used as district staff create draft maps for round two on Oct. 3.

Although the community is encour aged to engage in the process and provide feedback, the decisions will ulti mately be driven by established criteria set by the Fulton County School Board.

“We are always grateful for the engagement of our parents and com

munity,” said Chief Communications Officer Brian Noyes. “And the input we receive is a valued part of our evaluation process.”

However, he added, the final zones will follow the approved criteria which considers geographic proximity, instruc tional capacity, projected enrollment, traffic patterns, previous rezoning, spe cial programs, and school feeder align ment.

“[Community] feedback is evaluated on the quality of how they relate to the criteria, not the volume of responses,” Noyes said. “Form letters and petitions on the same point will be considered together as a single comment.”

He encouraged the community to at tend the public sessions which allow for more interactive conversations with staff and community.

After the meeting, the district will put the alternative map proposals online to gather community comments and feedback.

Until then, the district is not accept ing online comments about the zones. However, anyone with questions about the process can send an email to the district at planning@fultonschools.org.

Revised boundaries could potentially impact all 47 public schools in the North

Redistricting timeline

Round Two – Oct. 3, 2022 (6-8 p.m.) at Alpharetta High School

• Staff presents alternative proposals for new attendance zones.

• Community members offer comments on strengths and weaknesses of each plan in facilitated small-group discussions.

• Prior to the next community forum, staff condenses the number of attendance zone alternatives based on public input.

Round Three – Oct. 18, 2022 (6-8 p.m.) at Alpharetta High School

• Community members review and provide input on revised attendance zone draft plans in facilitated small-group discussions.

• Staff uses comments to develop an attendance zone recommendation for Board consideration.

Final Recommendations – Nov. 8

Staff will present recommended map for attendance zone boundaries to the Fulton School Board (first read). At this point, all public comments regarding the proposed attendance zones should be directed to members of the Board of Education.

Final Action – Dec. 15 Board members will vote on final attendance zone changes that will go into ef fect August 2023.

Fulton region. Schools with open enroll ment, such as charter schools, would not be impacted by new attendance

zones.

A similar rezoning process is under way for schools in South Fulton.

School supply drive offers necessities for needy students

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Donations of school supplies and snacks collected by North Point Community Church in Alpharetta will go toward helping more than 1,000 local students this school year.

Church officials said North Point’s Back-to-School Drive, held Aug. 14-28, raised donations from thousands of people in the church community and members of the public. The money was used to purchase school supplies and snacks for students who lack access to necessary supplies.

“Thanks to the generosity of thou sands of individuals, numerous students in our area now have the tools they need to help them succeed this school year,” said Ameera Joe, who led the program for the church. “We are so thankful to everyone who helped make this happen.”

Over 1,000 students at Amana Acad emy, Brandywine Elementary, Centennial High School, Children’s Development Acad emy, Elkins Pointe Middle School, Mimosa Elementary and Hembree Springs Elemen tary benefited from the supply drive.

“Elkins Pointe Middle School is ap preciative for the partnership in edu cation with North Point Community Church,” said Erika Edwards, a school counselor. “By students receiving need

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NORTH POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH/PROVIDED Elkins Pointe Middle School staff were all smiles helping distribute donated school supply kits to students. The packages, which included classroom supplies and snacks, were purchased through a fundraising campaign headed by North Point Community Church in Alpharetta.

Symphony kicks off season

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-23 concert series, “Resilient Spirit, Resounding Season,” will feature a variety of sounds ranging from jazz to Broadway.

While emerging from the challenges of the pandemic, the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra was moved by the diverse ages of concertgoers, generous investments from new area donors and unwavering musical appreciation from audiences near and far.

As a result, it has rebranded to better represent and amplify North Georgia’s enduring culture of tenacity, unity and strength. Johns Creek Symphony Or chestra’s 2022-23 season includes:

Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. – A Night of Symphonic Jazz – Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and Glenn Miller will perform a free concert at Johns Creek’s Newtown Park at 3150 Old Alabama Road. Gates open at 6 p.m.

Dec. 17 at 2:30 p.m. – A Kids’ Christmas – A sensory-friendly concert that the whole family can enjoy will be held at Johns Creek United Methodist Church at 11180 Medlock Bridge Road.

Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. – Christmas Pops – Johns Creek’s favorite holiday tradition with Banks & Shane and the Johns Creek Chorale will perform at Johns Creek United Methodist Church at 11180 Medlock Bridge Road.

March 25 at 7:30 p.m. – On Broadway – A tribute to the renowned songs of musical theatre will feature soprano Jessamyn Anderson. The concert will be held at Johns Creek United Methodist Church at 11180 Medlock Bridge Road.

ed, adequate school supplies, it changes their lives and the financial needs of their families.”

School supplies were also donated to the Fulton County Division of Family and Children Services.

Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. – A Veterans Day Salute – Alto soloist Stacey Holliday of the United States Air Force Band’s Singing Sergeants will pay homage to veterans with a concert at Johns Creek United Methodist Church at 11180 Med lock Bridge Road.

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May 6 at 7:30 p.m. – With One Accord – Seasoned professionals and promising young musicians will perform side-by-side with students from North view High School at Johns Creek United Methodist Church at 11180 Medlock Bridge Road.

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Committee sets staffing numbers if Milton operates own elections

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

MILTON, Ga. — No longer on the dais, sitting eye-level to an audience of around two dozen residents, members of Milton’s Municipal Election Feasibil ity Committee settled a handful of key issues at their Sept. 15 meeting.

Over 20 decision points were on Thursday night’s agenda, including the number of advance and election day polling locations, poll workers and ballot boxes. Others included any necessary technology and office supplies.

Some were contingent on legal re quirements.

Stacey Inglis, committee member and Milton deputy city manager, said that one location is required for both early and election day voting.

The committee decided that one polling location would suffice for early voting.

Many cities that run their own mu nicipal elections have only one polling location for election day. But, after some discussion on accessibility, members decided that two locations would be opti

Public comment opened with Milton resident Andrea Nugent, who took issue with the “highly partisan, hand picked” committee’s motive regarding election integrity.

mal for election day in Milton, which has a larger area and average voter turnout than some.

Panel members also discussed the size of election staff. Inglis said that one manager, two assistant manag ers and a “sufficient number of clerks” were legally required for the election

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Some cities have a smaller staff. In glis said Peachtree Corners, a city more comparable to Milton in population, has 10 poll workers, excluding managers, for its one polling location.

The committee decided that Milton would have six total poll workers for ad vance voting and eight for election day, making a total of 16 poll workers for two

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think that’s certainly how we feel it’s a game changer for stigma.”

Georgia has been ahead of the curve. Residents have already had the ability to use Mobile Crisis Services by calling the Georgia Crisis & Access Line (GCAL) at 1-800-715-4225. The single-dial call, created over 15 years ago, provides help to those in crisis as well as those seeking information on behavioral health.

The 10-digit number is still opera tional, but the new three-digit number makes it easier to seek help. Calls are directed to the same Georgia call center.

All 9-8-8 calls are answered by master’s-level behavioral health profes sionals and are supervised by licensed professionals, DBHDD Director of ASO Coordination Anna Bourque said. All are trained in the Columbia scale, which is a suicide risk assessment, as well as LO CUS (Level of Care Utilization System).

Because of easier access, the feds projected that Georgia’s crisis demand would double in the first year, Fitzgerald said. To mitigate being overwhelmed, the government decided against mass mar keting. Instead, 9-8-8 has been targeted toward specific high-risk groups.

With federal cautionary projections, capacity is a concern.

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During the first 30 days of the emergency hotline, more than 30 percent of callers were Black/African American, which is the largest identified population by race.

“We’re going to be really thoughtful and strategic about how we’re going to build ca pacity based on that data,” Fitzgerald said.

Considering the program was imple mented only some 50 days ago, findings are preliminary. But, a number of trends have been observed.

Georgia answers to the first goal in SAMHSA’s five-year vision: By 2023 over 90 percent or more of calls would be an swered in-state. In the first 45 days, 97 percent of calls were answered in-state.

In that same vision, 80 percent or more of individuals will have access to rapid crisis response by 2025. And, by 2027, 80 percent or more of individuals will have ac cess to community-based crisis care.

Since the rollout, GCAL has received 476 calls that resulted in active rescues for those whose lives were believed to be in danger.

An active rescue is an incident where call agents have a significant enough concern for a person’s immediate health

and safety that they must engage with the local 911 center to trigger an EMS or police response.

During the first 30 days of the 9-8-8 rollout, about 10 percent of active rescue calls were made by people under age 18.

During the same period, the prelimi nary data shows that Georgians in rural southern counties reached out for mental health and substance use crisis support at higher rates than their urban counterparts.

For example, residents in Webster County reached out at twice the rate than residents in Fulton County.

Georgia’s 9-8-8 steering team also presented data on crisis episodes by gender and race, comparing 9-8-8 call data with the Georgia 2020 Census.

The Census data showed that most crisis episodes were self-identified fe males, while the other 48 percent were “Other.” Meanwhile, over 50 percent of 9-8-8 crisis calls were from self-identi fied males. Dawn Peel, the director of DBHDD Office of Crisis Coordination, said the difference might be that men are less likely to reach out in typical outpatient services and are more willing to reach out to an anonymous hotline.

On race, the data showed most in dividuals who had crisis episodes were White. Meanwhile, over 30 percent of call ers were Black/African American, which is the largest identified population by race. For more information about 9-8-8, visit https://988ga.org/

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Palm 78 adds taste of tropics to Alpharetta

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Imagine sitting at a restaurant, cocktail with a tiny umbrella in hand, and the waiter has just brought over a beautifully prepared whole fish paella that’s earning you jeal ous glances from other tables.

With the smell of exotic spices in the air and elegantly dressed patrons rubbing elbows underneath the palm fronds, you could be anywhere, a beach resort in Anguilla, a swanky hotel in the Bahamas, or a private club in St. Barts. But you didn’t even need to leave Alpharetta, thanks to a new tropical cu linary concept by Atlanta restaurateurs Michael Jones and Leno Joseph.

Palm 78, an upscale tropical themed seafood and steak restaurant, was opened by Jones and Joseph off Wind ward Parkway at the end of July, with the intent of capturing the feeling of a tropical vacation, right in the city.

“This is like going to a five-star resort on a remote island and you have top shelf service, food drinks and you’re in a Caribbean environment,” Jones said. “So, you’ll see a lot of the drinks are tropical-themed drinks, and then even with some of the entrees and appetiz ers, you have a little bit of a Caribbean twist.”

Jones said some highlights of their menu, in his opinion, are unique offer

ings you can’t find anywhere else, like the whole fish paella and roasted cau liflower, and more traditional items like the short rib, salmon filet and tomahawk steak they put their own spin on.

“We’re kind of a mix between tra ditional food, and we add a little bit of uniqueness,” he said.

Ambiance was also a driving fac tor for Palm 78, Jones said. And it’s easy to see the partners worked hard to

make their restaurant feel like a tropical resort, even though it’s wedged between a Starbucks and mattress store on Win ward Parkway.

Jones, a personal injury attorney, said that as an avid fisherman and sea food buff, he always wanted to open an upscale seafood restaurant. And when the two partners met, Joseph was just starting his first Spice House restaurant location in Atlanta.

“We were pretty good friends and I used to patronize his first restaurant, and I always thought he was genuine.” Jones said.

Joseph went on to open four more Spice House locations in Metro Atlanta, and in 2022 the partners decided the time was right to open a restaurant combining Jones’ love of seafood and

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ALEXANDER POPP/APPEN MEDIA Palm 78, a new tropical seafood and steak restaurant in Alpharetta, combines the swanky look and feel of a destination resort with the ease and accessibility of a local business. Owners Michael Jones and Leno Joseph opened the restaurant off Windward Parkway in July.

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“We’re going after that type of person or family or group that has an exqui site kind of taste and wants something a little bit unique and different,” Jones said. “And wants to have a great experi ence while they dine.”

That exquisite taste is exactly why they picked the Alpharetta area to open Palm 78.

Joseph, a local, was already famil iar with the area, and thought it would be perfect for the tropical theme, since there isn’t another restaurant like it in the community, Jones said.

“We’re trying to tailor it for this com munity, what’s needed in comparison to what other restaurants offer here,” he said. “We think we offer something unique.”

The restaurant opened with a special invite only night in late July. It has since been open to the public for din ner service and special events with what Jones called a great reception from the community.

With that success, Jones said they’ve also had to adjust to a few different things, like the palate of residents and the pace of life in Alpharetta, where nightlife shuts down fairly early com

pared to Atlanta.

But they’ve also been shooting toward opening for lunch service soon, as Winward Parkway and the greater Al pharetta area is a huge draw for casual and business lunch crowds. Jones said patrons should stay tuned for that.

You can visit Palm 78 at 5325 Wind ward Pkwy in Alpharetta, and they are open for dinner from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

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This July, Atlanta restaurateurs Michael Jones and Leno Joseph opened Palm 78 off Windward Parkway in Alpharetta, trying out a new tropical themed restaurant concept that combines “five-star quality” cuisine with a Caribbean resort experience.

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At Palm 78 off Windward Parkway in Alpharetta patrons will be treated to “five-star quality” cuisine, inspired by tropical Caribbean paradise,

MARTA’s on-demand Reach pilot program ends despite rise in ridership

By MARIA SAPORTA and JOHN RUCH SaportaReport

ATLANTA — MARTA Reach, a six-month pilot program of on-demand transit, ended Aug. 31 — after ridership in the program increased by 50 percent in the last month.

MARTA Reach was a joint effort between MARTA and Georgia Tech to ex plore ways that on-demand transit could complement an existing mass transit network. The pilot program targeted several communities in MARTA’s service area beginning with West Atlanta, Belve dere and the Gillem Logistics Center.

The program expanded to include an 8.5-square mile area in North Fulton to test out connections from the Mansell Park & Ride to North Point Mall, Avalon District, and Georgia State’s Alpharetta campus.

“Right from the beginning, we knew we couldn’t do a pilot across the whole system,” said Collie Greenwood, MAR TA’s interim general manager. “The pur pose of this pilot was to really to study on-demand transit. We knew there was a start, and we knew there was a finish.”

About three months ago, MARTA approached Georgia Tech about the pos sibility of expanding the MARTA Reach program, but the transit agency eventu

ally decided to discontinue it altogether.

Anthony Thomas, MARTA’s program manager for customer experience inno vation, explained that the main reason MARTA Reach was not extended was due to a shortage of bus drivers.

“In my opinion, the pilot should have been expanded so we could have seen how far it could have gone,” said Pascal Van Hentenryck, who heads up Georgia

Tech’s AI Institute for Advances in Opti mization, which put together the soft ware app to run the on-demand transit system. “I find it unfortunate because the ridership was growing – 50 percent in the last month. We will never know how far it could have gone.”

But Van Hentenryck said MARTA made the decision to not extend or expand the pilot in July, when ridership

was half what it was in August. Every month, MARTA Reach ridership had steadily increased.

Greenwood said the MARTA Reach pilot could resurface – especially as the transit agency looks to redesign its bus service. In the meantime, the MARTA Reach shuttles will be redeployed.

“We are going to have an unpacking of the performance and metrics in the next couple of months,” Greenwood said. “I have been watching with great joy as MARTA Reach had good response in some areas, and not so good response in other areas.”

Van Hentenryck, who spoke in a phone interview on Aug. 30 – one day shy of the end of the program, shared some of the basic results. During the six-month pilot, more than 8,000 riders used the systems with 3,000 riders in August.

“The response from the riders was unanimously positive,” Van Hentenryck said. “About 27 percent of the riders had been using either Uber or Lyft before MARTA Reach.”

MARTA Reach charged riders $2.50 a ride — the same price of other MARTA services — even though it operated

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Northern Ridge District announces new Eagle Scouts

The Northern Ridge Boy Scout District is proud to an nounce its newest Eagle Scouts, who completed their Eagle Board of Review on August 25, 2022, at Al pharetta Presbyterian Church.

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Evan Hite, of Troop 7153, sponsored by St. Brigid Catholic Church, whose project was the design and construction, of two picnic tables for Autry Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center.

Leonardo Hernandez, of Troop 10, sponsored by St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, whose project was the design and construction of six new benches for the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center.

Joshua Charlesworth, of Troop 51, sponsored by American Legion Post 201, whose project was the design, clearing and creation of a new trail at the Dunwoody Na ture Center. William lined the trail with railroad ties.

Robert Kidd, of Troop 51, sponsored by American Legion Post 201, whose project was the design and con struction of two trail bridges for the Big Creek Mountain Biking Park.

Ethan Phillips, of Troop 1459, sponsored by St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, whose project was the de sign and construction of three benches and a retaining wall, for North Park in Alpharetta.

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Loveday Weimer-Johnson, of Troop 432, spon sored by Roswell United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of two shelving units for the PAWS Atlanta Animal Shelter.

Matthew Lawman, of Troop 1134, sponsored by St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church, whose project was the design and construction of three shelving units for the Southeastern Railway Museum.

Matthew Armao, of Troop 143, sponsored by John’s Creek United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of five benches for the Southeastern Railway Museum.

Vikram Anand, of Troop 69, sponsored by Al pharetta First United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of five shoe racks for

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Andrew Totenson, of Troop 629, sponsored by Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of two sections of a board walk with a ramp for the nature trails at Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center.

Kenny Tsao, of Troop 69, sponsored by Alpharetta First United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of four raised garden beds for St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Giving Garden.

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State tax revenues post strong August

By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat

ATLANTA — Georgia’s new fiscal year is off to a healthy start after the first two months.

The state Department of Revenue collected almost $2.31 billion in taxes in Au gust, an increase of $180.4 million – or 8.5 percent –over the same month a year ago.

State tax receipts during the first two months of fiscal 2023 were up 5.5 percent over July and August of last year.

Individual income tax revenues rose by 19.5 percent last month compared to August 2021, resulting from the combi nation of a large increase in tax pay ments and a decline in refunds issued by the revenue agency. Net sales taxes were up 11.1 percent.

Corporate income tax collections for August rose exponentially to $62.3 million compared to just $2.1 million during the same month a year ago.

Corporate tax payments for the month rose 68.8 per cent, while refunds issued dropped 87.4 percent.

Tax receipts from gasoline and other motor fuels were off 99.6 percent in August, as the state continued to suspend collecting the tax on order from Gov. Brian Kemp.

Georgia tax revenues have been on the rise for more than a year, as the state built a record budget surplus coming out of the coronavirus pandemic.

Kemp said last month he would use part of the surplus to fund a proposed $2 billion income and property tax rebate to Georgia taxpayers next year if he wins reelection in November. That would be in addition to the $1.6 billion election-year rebate taxpayers received this year.

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Brought to you by – Brittany Glaser, Licensed Professional Counselor, Intensively Trained DBT Clinician at Summit Counseling Center

Therapy is hard. If you’ve ever taken those first steps through a therapist’s doors, then you know how heavy it can feel. Stepping through those doors means that you’re willing to say that something in your life isn’t working. You’re saying, “I need help”; a transformative and counter-cultural statement in a society that tells all of us that we must be enough, all on our own.

Starting therapy takes courage. It takes courage to sit with a therapist and let them hold a mirror up to your life. It takes courage to look at the things you don’t want to. It takes courage to be willing to acknowledge that you, like all of us, are human and imperfect.

As a therapist, I never take for granted the courage and resiliency that it takes for someone to step into

my office. Every time I see someone walk in; it gives me hope for the journey they are on. Starting therapy, whether for the first time or picking it up again, shows me that someone is saying that they are worth being brave for. That they are worth working to create positive change. That they believe in hope and, ultimately, that they believe in themselves.

Therapy is hard, but it’s worth it. When you can be vulnerable and take that first step, it opens you up to deeper healing, self-awareness, ac ceptance, and meaning. It starts the journey from “I’m not enough” to “I’m doing the best I can, and that’s ok”.

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A hero lived among us, Part 1

Ordinary people sometimes do ex traordinary things. At times, heroes may live conventional lives among us without our knowing of their selfless acts nor the sacrifices or suffer ing they may have endured. Charles Edwin Mansell (1917 – 1996) was such a person, a modest farmer who did heroic deeds as a member of the Greatest Generation in World War II. Here is his story.

One of seven children, Charles was raised on a farm in Roswell where Highway 9 and Crossville Road meet. He attended a one-room school in Roswell and subsequently Milton High School. He was energetic and always looking for excitement. He joined the Army in 1939 along with his two younger brothers Pete and Hugh.

Charles’ first overseas assignment was Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. A natural athlete, he participated in track, swimming and taught boxing. He was on duty at the base gate on the morning of December 7, 1941, when Japanese aircraft attacked.

“As soon as I saw red balls on the wings, I knew we were in for a lot of trouble,” he recalled years later, accord ing to his second cousin Linda Martin. The plane flew so low that Charles saw two airmen sitting in the cockpit. He was credited with downing one of the attack ing aircraft but suffered a concussion and permanent hearing loss in one ear from the explosions during the attack.

Sgt. Mansell was sent to Guadalca nal in September 1942 where he par ticipated in the first major invasion of a Japanese-held island. He remembered that the American troops lacked suf ficient equipment to fight with in the early days. Charles suffered shrapnel wounds in his left shoulder and chest from mortar fire but quickly rejoined his unit when they were ordered to move north. Four pins in his shoulder forced this southpaw to learn to write with his right hand.

The following summer President Roosevelt called for volunteers for an elite outfit that would operate behind Imperial Japanese Army lines in Burma. The Japanese had conquered Burma two years earlier. Charles joined the group of nearly 3,000 men led by Gen. Frank D. Merrill. Its formal name was The 5307th Composite Unit Provisional. Its codename was Galahad. The group quickly became known as Merrill’s Marauders.

They trained in the jungles of central India. Then, in February 1944 marched hundreds of miles through the Hima layan Mountains and Burmese jungles carrying their equipment and supplies on their backs and on the backs of pack mules. Once in Burma they coordinated closely with a Chinese force. Often out numbered, the Marauders fought five major battles and 30 minor engagements in the jungles of Burma for five months, The hard-won capture of the critically important Japanese airfield at Myitkyina (Mitch-in-a) and subsequent capture of the fortified town of Myitkyina in 1944 by the Marauders was their most signifi cant victory which played a vital part in the war.

Only 130 Marauders of the original 2,750 were still fit for duty after the capture of Myitkyina. The field hospital reported that “many of the Maraud ers were seriously ill and they were so tired, dirty, and hungry that they looked more dead than alive. They suffered from exhaustion, malnutrition, typhus, malaria, amebic dysentery, jungle sores, and many other diseases resulting from months of hardship in the tropical jungle.”

In September 1944, Charles was

transferred back to the United States. He spent the remainder of the war as first sergeant in charge of a POW camp in Louisiana where German prison ers of war were held. While in Loui siana, Charles married Montez Haley (1918–2005) a neighbor and childhood friend with whom he had carried on a correspondence throughout his military service.

Charles was wounded four times. He was injured by mortar fire in the shoulder and chest in Guadalcanal and by machine gun fire in a leg in Burma. He received a purple heart, four Bronze Stars, two Silver Stars and two Presiden tial Unit Citations. He suffered from seri ous illnesses, but he never gave up. His daughter Connie Smith recites words he wrote in a letter home: “I’m fighting until the war is over because I want to come home a free man in a free country.”

Connie has carefully and lovingly preserved many letters and other re membrances of her father.

To be continued.

Bob is the Milton Historical Society Director Emeritus. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net.

This is the patch worn by Merrill’s Ma rauders during the World War II Burma campaign against Japanese forces. The all-volunteer unit was heavily outnum bered, but in the end defeated the Japanese at a very high human cost.

BOB MEYERS

PHOTOS BY MANSELL FAMILY/PROVIDED

A natural athlete, Charles Mansell participated in track, swimming and boxing at Hickam Airforce Base in Hawaii in 1940. He was on duty when the Japanese at tacked Pearl Harbor. This photo shows members of the track team. Charles, on the right, was a cross-country runner.

Gaunt and malnourished Members of Merrill’s Marauders walk across a bridge across the Tanai River in Burma in 1944.

An update on the Appen Press Club

HANS APPEN Publisher hans@appenmedia.com

The last time I checked in was to let you know about the launch of the Appen Press Club. Since then, we have engaged with many of you in the shared goal of building an orga nization dedicated to preserving journalism efforts in the Metro Atlanta community.

Many of you have gone ahead and become members of the Press Club and for that, thank you! In talking with some of you, we have identified some com mon questions that I wanted to answer here, in this forum. I hope they will help explain what we are building and that it will inspire you to join in the cause.

Q: What is the Appen Press Club?

A: The Appen Press Club is an or ganization within Appen Media Group dedicated to preserving and growing the institution of journalism in the Metro Atlanta community. Its members sup port the efforts of the club with a small monthly or annual fee. The club then uses those dollars to employ journalists, reimburse them for fees associated with their work and to put on events dedi cated to creating a more informed and

involved community.

Q: Who can join?

A: Anyone who thinks it is important to have a strong, viable local press is invited to join. While the focus of the work produced by journalists associated with the Appen Press Club will be in metro Atlanta, anyone can support their efforts. Ultimately, we aspire to provide a sustainable model (for free) to other local media outlets across the country to replicate our efforts.

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A: 100% of all membership dues go directly to funding salaries for journal ists and their work, which is dedicated to connecting communities and engaging them in issues that affect their lives.

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When things happen that shouldn’t happen

I have been expecting it now for a couple years and the only surprise has been that they didn’t do it sooner. If they had asked me 15 years ago, I could have told them. And now, I am sure that because they waited so long, that this step is not the last one; it is only yet one more pass toward the ultimate “close” in my estimation.

in the top 25 newspapers, circulationwise. They note that the current number 25 paper in the country is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel with a print circula tion of 47,832. As recently as 2009, the Sunday print circulation of the AJC was 405,549.

RAY APPEN Publisher Emeritus ray@appenmedia.com

According to reports from news website SaportaReport, the AJC plans to cease daily publication sometime in 2023. My bet is that will happen sometime in the first half of the year. According to the reports, there will still be a “weekend” editionpresumedly once a week. Of note, although numerous sources indicate there is a move to cease daily publication in the near future, there has been no official definitive confirmation as of today – Sept. 8, 2022.

According to SaportaReport, this exit from daily publication would not be from a position of strength. According to report ers Maria Saporta and John Ruch, the current iteration of the AJC is no longer

I am reminded of a line in a T.S. Elliot poem: “ends not with a bang but a whim per” – sort of like how I fear our democ racy at times seems to be trending.

“Stunned” is the only word I have, even though I have known for years it would probably happen. Gut-punched. If this is true, we all lose.

“Everyone knows that the future of our business is digital,” AJC Editor Kevin Riley is quoted as saying, and he is also quoted as saying that the AJC will continue reporting “the news” seven days a week online. Really Kevin? To me, that is akin to saying that “someday cancer will be cured.” Yes, it is probably a given that the future of “news” will be digital. However, there may be a small fly in the ointment. That statement makes an as sumption that there is a future for “news,” that the business model of using news to make money will remain a viable business model at scale. Maybe it will. Or not.

The COX family, through Cox Enter

prises, is betting $525,000,000 on that business model remaining viable – actu ally a lot more when the staffing of their news operation is factored in. I remember when I worked for The Miami Herald, they went “all in” over 40 years ago with an early version of the internet called Viewtron which failed miserably. Cox Enterprises paid all those millions for a company that produces digital newsletters – Axios. Hmm.

Let’s see, a printed newspaper with a brand still trusted and respected by a large portion of the public, versus digi tal newsletters and a website. Not sure I would want to make that bet.

Yes, there is the New York Times with 9.17 million paid subscribers, of which only 761,000 are print subscriptions and the rest are digital. And they continue to grow. Their digital paid subscriptions increased 180,000 in the second quarter of 2022. On face, that would support Mr. Riley’s confidence in digital. But, again, we are talking about the New York Times, a brand that was already at scale nationally and which has consistently made the right decisions at the right time. I am not sure how duplicable their business model is.

In a world that seems trending digital, digital, digital, it feels like a moot point

to consider that there could be room for a not-digital future. You know however, we now can make every form of music electronically on a keyboard, and yet, now after centuries we still have real violins, real pianos, real drums played by people performed in front of audiences of real people in person. The same is true with other forms of art. Books are still printed. People still write. People still actually read.

Digital fragments and destroys as much as it unifies and creates. It does not nurture. Plus, without scarcity, there can be no value. “Digital” – especially digital content – by nature is almost limitless. So where is the value?

People need interaction with other people, and digital so far has not proven to be an adequate substitute. In fact, it is often insanely toxic. “Meta” may be the biggest financial blunder in the history of the world. Or, it could rival Amazon as the best. What will sustain humanity I fear is not something digital; it is something more personal.

But digital is a mighty strong current to swim against.

I remain hopeful and continue to see a half full glass. Maybe local printed news papers have a place in that world. I think they do.

Election:

election day locations.

Based on resident feedback regard ing the laborious nature of poll worker schedules, the committee decided that Milton would use a “flex” schedule. Rather than working full days, workers would rotate throughout the day.

Counting votes

One key decision point was how Milton would count the votes. Ballot scanners are not a legal requirement, Inglis said. Some cities the commit tee interviewed hand count their votes. But, Inglis said that they have less voter turnout.

Cities that have a similar turnout to Milton, like Peachtree Corners and Ea tonton, use scanners, Inglis said.

“We’ve always talked about hand counting,” panel member Lisa Cauley said.

Rick Mohrig, committee member and Milton City Councilman, agreed with Cauley that the default should be that Milton hand count votes.

Inglis noted the manhours that come along with hand counting votes. But, she concluded that the commit tee’s consensus was to hand count, and that would be the recommendation presented to the City Council in the final report.

The panel also discussed the num ber of ballot boxes for early and elec tion day voting. Inglis said the city is legally required to have at least one per location as well as one absentee ballot box. The committee agreed to one box per location as well as having one for absentee votes.

Most of the agenda items, like ondemand printing and election manage ment software, were deferred to the

next meeting, Sept. 26. The committee anticipates also focusing on election pro cesses, like voting and special elections at that meeting.

Residents urge more study

Eight Milton residents spoke during the public comment portion of the meet ing. Most were in favor of the feasibility study, once again focusing on taxpayer dollars and Fulton County mismanage ment.

Milton resident Nia Corsten, who was hired through Fulton County to work the city’s elections, said that in the first few minutes of training, work ers were asked if they understood the strict staffing requirements. Cortsen said a few left after hearing they were required to work 19 consecutive days during early voting.

Corsten was not the only resident to cite the 2021 “Registration and Elec tions Financial Review,” an audit report from the Fulton County Office of the County Auditor. The report’s objective was to verify that funds allocated to the Registrations and Elections Department by the Board of Commissioners were used as intended as well as to ensure that grant funds were spent appropri ately.

The report, covered from Jan. 1, 2020, to Dec. 31, 2020, lists nine find ings regarding Fulton County inadequa cies.

“It is time for our citizens to be stakeholders in our elections,” Corsten said. “We could do a much better job and at a lower cost. This is not a Demo crat or Republican issue. This is being good stewards of our most basic right as Americans voting.”

During public comment, Milton resident Andrea Nugent raised concerns about committee members’ motives, say ing cost should be the only factor driving the feasibility study.

Nugent referenced Milton’s expedited

NIA CORSTEN Milton resident

feasibility study conducted last year, which concluded that it would cost the city $120,000 to run its own election. Fulton County charged Milton $84,000 to run the November 2021 municipal election.

“Those facts alone should put this issue to rest,” Nugent said. “Unfortu nately, that did not happen. And now we have a highly partisan handpicked group of people who appear to be deter mined to find some way to justify the city taking over what is supposed to be a nonpartisan election.”

The Heritage Foundation, a conserva tive think tank, ranks Georgia second in election integrity, Nugent said.

“Yes, Fulton County has had prob lems with other business matters, but our elections have been proven to be accurate and uncorrupted,” Nugent said.

This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. This is being good stewards of our most basic right as Americans voting.”

Reach:

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more like an Uber carpool ride. Georgia Tech said that 58 percent of the riders ended up connecting to the MARTA network.

“It brought a significant number of new riders to MARTA,” said Van Hen tenryck, who added that the service was especially successful on the Westside, where the Reach program connected with three MARTA rail stations. “On the Westside, 75 percent of the rides con nected to rail.”

The MARTA Reach program was an nounced in late February on the Geor gia Tech campus with much fanfare. It began on March 1.

At the time, an upbeat Van Hen tenryck hoped for Atlanta to become a national model for a multimodal transit system by incorporating on-demand transit options. As he saw it, the shuttle service was a cost-effective way to pro vide greater access to people living or working in less dense areas by connect ing them to high-frequency transit.

“If we can make it work in Atlanta,

it’s going to be a demonstration for every major city in the United States,” said Van Hentenryck, who has been working on this type of software technology for the past 10 years.

Although his team is sad to see the MARTA Reach service come to an end, Van Hentenryck hopes the partnership between MARTA and Georgia Tech will continue as the transit agency designs the next generation of its bus network.

“In an ideal world, they will involve us in this bus network redesign and include components of on-demand tran sit,” Van Hentenryck said. “Everything is built out – the app is ready.”

Greenwood said MARTA and Geor gia Tech would study the data from the Reach pilot program, and then figure out how on-demand transit could be part of the new bus network redesign.

It was Van Hentenryck who secured a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to implement the MARTA Reach pilot program, and he embraced the idea of strengthening a partnership with MARTA.

“It would be great to meet with MAR TA’s planning team,” Van Hentenryck said.

This article first appeared on Sapor taReport.com.

Continued from Page 4

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