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Milton Deputy City Manager Stacey Inglis answers questions as city staff “voters” file into Council Chambers to begin the mock voting process Oct. 12.

City performs mock municipal election By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The public had a chance to see how Milton’s municipal election would run Oct. 12 as a cast of 25 city staff members marked pretend ballots at City Hall. Deputy City Manager Stacey Inglis

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explained each move made over the course of the demonstration, which ran about two hours. The session included intermittent Q&A sessions with about 10 people interested in the process. Inglis shares the roles of deputy election superintendent and deputy ballot clerk with City Clerk Tammy

Lowit. Inglis will also serve as the chief manager of tabulation, the process of counting all the ballots — including those cast during the advanced voting period — at the end of Election Day. In about 15 minutes, Inglis successfully performed logic and

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MILTON, Ga. — As an update to the City of Milton’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan is underway, residents are invited to attend a public input meeting Oct. 24 at City Hall. The guiding document will explore the entirety of how people get in and around Milton, then propose ways to make the experience safer and more efficient in a prioritized program of transportation improvements. At the meeting, the community can provide feedback to draft recommendations, which will then be considered for project revisions and policy recommendations. The plan is expected to be completed and adopted in December. A representative of KimleyHorn, city partners on the project, presented six overarching transportation goals for the plan to the City Council at its work session Oct. 9. Transportation planner Cristina Pastore said the plan should help reduce congestion along key corridors; improve traffic operations at intersections; increase safety for all users;

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MILTON, Ga. — A shoplifting suspect ran from police at the Walmart on Windward Parkway Oct. 8 after they attempted to stop him for stealing electronics. After police arrived at the scene, a loss prevention officer showed them security footage of a man taking a crowbar from the hardware section to remove security webbing on two JBL speakers valued at $379 each. The suspect was wearing a green and gray hooded sweatshirt, black jeans, gray sneakers, a black face mask and a red baseball cap, according to the police report. As the suspect walked past points of sale with the speakers, police exited the loss prevention room and confronted the suspect. The suspect abandoned the cart and ran to the back of the store, the police report said. Police saw the suspect leave the parking lot, without the two speakers, in a Tesla Model 3, which was later captured on cameras in Roswell with a missing registration tag. Police issued a BOLO notification for the suspect and the vehicle.

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — An Alpharetta man and woman reported Oct. 7 that someone had stolen parts off their vehicles outside their homes on Esquire Drive. The female victim said she knew her catalytic converter was intact at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5. She noticed

something was wrong when she started her vehicle around 2:30 p.m. Oct. 7. The engine was unusually loud. The male victim reported that after having parked his vehicle around 10 p.m. the night before, he found it propped on blocks with the wheels missing the morning of Oct. 6. Officers noted the two thefts likely occurred within hours of each other. Officers estimated the value of the wheels at $3,000 and the value of the catalytic converter at $500. There were no witnesses or camera footage of the incidents, the report states. No suspects have been identified.

Authorities seek suspect who burned mother’s car ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta police are pursuing a suspect who allegedly set the front of his mother’s vehicle on fire Oct. 6. The victim reported she visited her son’s home on Tenor Lane around 6 p.m. to speak with her daughterin-law about a miscommunication regarding when she should pick up her granddaughter. While waiting in the driveway, she said her son approached her vehicle and poured an accelerant on her hood and windshield without speaking. She reported he then lit the fluid on fire, but it quickly burned out. The victim fled the scene in fear to the BP on Haynes Bridge Road, the report states. She said she called her other son, who advised her to contact the police. Officers attempted to contact the suspect, but he ended the call before they could identify themselves, the report states. Officers reported trying to smell traces of the accelerant but could not discern the odor. No damage was visible on the vehicle. When officers returned to the residence to speak with the suspect, there was reportedly no movement

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Necklace reported stolen from Marka Lane home ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A Stockbridge woman reported Oct. 6 that her necklace was stolen from her mother’s home on Marka Lane. The victim reported she left a $39.99 necklace from Macy’s and some loose change on the counter around noon before she went out to eat. When she returned around 4 p.m., the necklace and change were missing, the report states. Officers reported observing a man knocking on the door in camera footage, but it did not show him entering the home. There were also no signs of forced entry, the report states. Officers asked the victim to check her purse and car for the missing items, but she said she left them on a counter near the restroom before leaving the house. No suspects have been identified.

Couple reports theft from storage unit ALPHARETTA, Ga. — An Alpharetta man reported Sept. 29 that his wife’s personal belongings were stolen from their storage unit on South Main Street. The victim reported he had taken photos of everything in the unit when he locked it in March. Around 11 a.m. Sept. 29, management at the storage facility called him and said he forgot to lock the unit, but he was certain it was locked, the report states. The victim said the three stolen suitcases contained Coach purses, Michael Kors shoes, perfume and a variety of clothing. The victim’s wife estimated the total value of the items stolen at $2,200. Officers reported observing storage bins that were secured with tape in the couple’s unit had been tampered with. No suspects have been identified.

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MILTON, Ga. — Prompted by cost savings when it opted to run its own municipal election this year, the City of Milton will have spent more than it would have paid Fulton County to run the show. An Appen Media study conducted through open records and interviews shows the city will have spent at least $60,000 more. Soon after the City Council adopted Milton’s fiscal year 2024 budget in September allocating $102,280 for the municipal election, a dozen more poll workers were hired. City staff discovered during a trial run that they needed more tabulators to count the ballots at the end of Election Day. Paid at $17 an hour in addition to $40 for training, the 12 new hires increased the election budget by $1,500. Five hours of work was estimated for each. Milton now has a total of 55 poll workers. That’s not including Deputy City Manager Stacey Inglis, who will double as the chief manager of tabulation, and Lavinia White, the city’s new election consultant. Some poll workers have also served on one of three volunteer committees, pulled together to cut the workload of election preparation. Two committees, one for training and one for tabulation, are no longer active. The Training Committee was responsible for assembling the poll worker training manual. The Tabulation Committee helped determine the best way to count votes and helped finalize the tabulation training manual. Members of the Communications Committee, headed by Milton Communications Director Greg Botelho, have been making recommendations on how to best inform the public on various aspects of the election through website content, social media posts and printed material. They will continue to meet until the conclusion of the municipal election. Another factor to consider in the city’s election budget, which has not been previously calculated, is city staff time dedicated to elections. While the city’s volunteers may have helped, Appen Media estimates tens of thousands of election dollars have been spent in time against a six-figure salary for city employees involved in the process. In a May interview, City Manager Steve Krokoff said he spent around 30 percent of his time on the city election,

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which amounts to more than $5,800 in a month based on his current $232,061 salary. Today, half of his work time is spent on election matters. Krokoff is not alone apportioning time away from regular duties. Back in May, Inglis was already dedicating half of her work schedule to elections. For Inglis, whose current annual salary is $176,562, that figure jumped up to 100 percent in August — or $14,714 a month. She and City Clerk Tammy Lowit share the responsibility of deputy elections superintendent and deputy ballot clerk. Lowit, who also serves as the city’s absentee ballot clerk, has a current annual salary of $97,294. She has also dedicated more of her time, around half of it, to election-related work in recent months, and that time will likely increase once advanced voting begins Oct. 16. Lowit must also deal with an onslaught of open records requests; Krokoff has had his fair share of media inquiries as well. Appen Media calculates the city has spent a total of $146,694 in city staff time since January, based on time estimates provided by Krokoff from January to September. Krokoff also told Appen Media the legal fees Milton has incurred due to the municipal election have more than exhausted the budget’s 10 percent contingency. He was correct. From September 2021 to August 2023, Milton City Attorney Ken Jarrard said the city has spent $27,700 in legal fees related to the November general municipal election — $17,472 more than the 10 percent buffer. Legal fees are the result of drafting election-related resolutions as part of standard council procedure, or interpreting state election code for city staff. But the city is also billed when Jarrard’s office responds to election inquiries from the media or private citizens. Fulton County officials said they would have charged Milton $216,565 for its municipal election this year. With the extra poll workers, the consideration of city staff efforts, and all the legal fees, the city is looking at an election budget of about $280,000. That figure does not include projected staff time or legal expenses for October and November.

HOW HAVE COST ESTIMATES FOR THE MILTON 2023 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS CHANGED OVER TIME? City of Milton figures are for first-year expenses only.

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TOTAL COST OF INGLIS’ TIME: $77,983 TOTAL COST OF LOWIT’S TIME: $22,297 TOTAL COST OF KROKOFF’S TIME: $46,414

Want more? Milton has a webpage for residents, listing pertinent information for the city’s 2023 municipal election, and it can be found at miltonga.gov/residents/election-information. Appen Media also has a dashboard available, where readers can find all coverage of the city’s push to run its own municipal elections. Find it at appenmedia.com/municipal_elections.

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Hamas attack ignites Sandy Springs gathering By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The Sandy Springs community has shown its solidarity with the Jewish people and the State of Israel following the killing of more than 1,200 people by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. The commitment was evident Oct. 10 when around 11,000 people participated in the “Stand in Solidarity with Israel” vigil in Sandy Springs. The gathering at City Springs drew some 5,000 people, with the Byers Theatre and Studio Theatre at maximum capacity and some 2,000 people outside at the City Green watching the vigil. The event’s live stream audience was estimated at 6,500 people. “We worked with the Jewish Federation, American Jewish Congress and the local community to put it on,” Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul said the day following the vigil. “We had about 72 hours to pull it together, to get 11,000 participants…that’s the level of passion, concern and anger that the broader community feels about what is happening in Israel right now.” Speakers included the Consul General of Israel Anat Sultan-Dadon, Mayor Paul, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, the Rev. Gerald Durley from Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Rabbi Dan Dorsch, Rabbi Ari Kaiman and Rabbi Alex Shuval-Weiner, as well as representatives of Atlanta’s Jewish and Israeli community. “I couldn’t be prouder of the way the community came together last night,” Paul said. In less than 72 hours, City Councilman Andy Bauman and Mayor Paul led the effort to host the largest rally in support of the Israel and the Jewish people in the Atlanta metro area at City Springs. “It was a hugely impactful event,” Bauman said. “It was extraordinary to have an opportunity to pull together the community, Jewish and otherwise, and it was extraordinary it happened in 72 hours because I was involved with the very first call, 2 p.m. Saturday.” Bauman, a member of Temple Sinai, worked with the Atlanta Jewish Committee Regional Director Dov Wilker, to have the event at City Springs. “At the event last night, I felt a sense of pride and joy,” Bauman said.

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From left, the Rev. Bill Murray, Courtenay Collins, Jacob Fishel and Rabbi Ron Segal sit for a discussion of the musical, “Fiddler on the Roof,” Oct. 11 at Temple Sinai.

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Thousands of community members from across Atlanta and Fulton County gather at City Springs Oct. 10 for the “Stand in Solidarity with Israel” vigil. “Once the program started, it was pretty solemn.” Healing through ‘Fiddler’ The following day a discussion of “Fiddler on the Roof” was planned at Temple Sinai. Rabbi Ron Segal from Temple Sinai, the Rev. Dr. Bill Murray from Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church and members of the cast of City Springs Theatre Company’s production of the legendary Broadway musical had intended to discuss the show’s themes of faith, family and tradition. The terrorist attacks in Israel cast a dark cloud over the Oct. 11 panel. Mayor Paul, Councilman Bauman and about 400 members of the community packed in to hear from Broadway actors and faith leaders. Before kicking off the event, Rabbi Segal encouraged the audience to “breathe in the sadness and let it go”. “Fiddler” tells the story of a Jewish family living in Ukraine under Imperial Russian rule in 1905. Their struggles with growing antisemitism and the unraveling of traditional norms are something many in the Jewish community can relate to today. “What I wanted to say… is how particularly appreciative our Jewish community is of the remarkable and profoundly important strength and support of all in our community,” Rabbi Segal said. While Segal said he has always

supported the need for a Palestinian state, he denounced any blame placed on Israel or the Jewish people for the murder of innocent civilians Oct. 7. Before transitioning into discussions about “Fiddler,” Segal read the poem, “Peace, please.” “I’m the head priest at Holy Innocents Church and School,” Rev. Bill Murray said. “We stand with you, and we love you and all that are mourning and walking this difficult path.” Exploring themes in ‘Fiddler’ The two cast members on the panel were Broadway’s Jacob Fishel and Courtenay Collins, a graduate of Riverwood High School. “I’m so proud to be a part, finally, of City Springs Theatre,” Collins said. Fishel played Tevye, the musical’s protagonist and family patriarch. Collins played Yente, the gossipy village matchmaker. While the play encompasses Jewish culture, all four members of the panel concurred the musical’s success since its 1964 debut is due to its universal themes. “I feel like it’s a show about fathers and daughters and that special relationship,” Collins said. Rabbi Segal characterized the tension in the musical as between the forces of traditional values and the unavoidable advance of modernity. “The question would be,

appreciating that tension, but perhaps we could begin to sort of internalize it ourselves where it’s been present in our own families and lives,” Segal said. “Do you have any of your own experiences…where there’s been that tension between what was and what is calling?” Collins described the ongoing process of change in traditions between generations and the need for fluidity, rather than rigidity. Fischel described the recovery of his ancestors’ Yiddish culture through his portrayal of Tevye in “Fiddler”. “What is difficult about Tevye and ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ is connecting to community,” Fishel said. “I didn’t grow up with that.” Fishel said the theater helped him discover what had been lost when his family immigrated to the United States from eastern Europe. Fishel remembers seeing a high school production of “Fiddler” as a teenager and how it helped him overcome the death of his father. “Tevye has always been a calling from that moment,” Fischel said. “Fiddler” ends with the family leaving together for survival, a story that Fischel relates to as the descendant of eastern European Jews. “What did these traditions understand about getting along in groups that my family and my community has lost?” Fischel said. “There’s something happening on that stage that doesn’t happen in other musicals.” The production of “Fiddler” runs through Oct. 22 at Byers Theatre, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, and is directed by Shuler Hensley.

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Continued from Page 1 enhance infrastructure to support pedestrians, cyclists, equestrians and transit users; balance mobility with consideration for community character; and embrace financial stewardship. Pastore said the process of identifying these goals involved reviewing Milton’s other plans, like its 2016 Comprehensive Transportation Plan and Local Road Safety Plan. Pastore also presented results from asking the community to prioritize the goal list at various city events, focus groups and through an online survey, open until Oct. 27 at surveymonkey.com/r/ Milton2023CTP. Reducing congestion along key corridors took the No. 1 slot. But, if given authority over city transportation spending, most residents said they would send dollars toward intersection improvements like roundabouts, turn lanes and signals. New short-range, mid-range and long-range projects have been identified for the Comprehensive Transportation Plan update.

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Milton is hosting a public input meeting Oct. 24 to discuss the future of transportation in the city. The plan should help improve traffic operations and ease congestions at intersections such as Hopewell Road and Bethany Bend. Because of reported speeding and recent traffic accidents along Birmingham Highway, Milton Public Works Director Sara Leaders said the city plans to partner with the Georgia Department of Transportation for an improvement at Batesville Road at Birmingham Highway (Ga. 372).

Leaders mentioned several other potential partner projects, including intersection improvements at Arnold Mill (Ga. 140) at Cox roads, Batesville at Taylor roads and Wood Road at Birmingham Highway (Ga. 372). For more information on the Comprehensive Transportation Plan,

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NEWS ballots that have been cast, but the actual results may not come until later. Burds also said the tabulators cannot leave until the results are certified, including any provisional ballots to be added to the count of regular ballots. She doesn’t expect there to be many provisionals, close to none during early voting and what could be counted on one hand per precinct. Inglis, serving as a mock tabulator, called out the ballot marking as another individual tallied them on an official form. Write-ins are recorded on another form but are not considered because they must be qualified. For questionable ballot markings, two assistant poll managers review the ballot to determine the intent, and if they do not agree, the chief manager will make the determination.

Continued from Page 1 accuracy testing of a poll pad after she took a staged oath, a promise that must also be made by each poll worker. Milton resident Judy Burds, who will serve as a poll manager, said the process takes days under Fulton County. Testing technology The city borrowed 14 poll pads, used for voter check-in during advanced voting and on Election Day, from the county at no charge. They will be divided among the three Election Day polling locations: City Hall, the Community Center at Milton Park and Preserve and the Public Safety Complex on Ga. 9. Roswell resident Michael Gordon fired several questions about how the poll pad data consisting of Milton voter information, verified during the logic and accuracy test, is retrieved and stored. Gordon said he attended the mock election with a curiosity and hope that other cities, including his own, do what Milton is doing because of his distrust in Fulton County. Inglis explained the voter data is first downloaded to ePulse, an election management software, which is then

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Milton city staff mark their favorite cartoon characters on pretend ballots during the city’s mock election Oct. 12. uploaded to the poll pads — produced by KNOWiNK through collaboration with the Secretary of State. The data also syncs with Georgia’s voter registration system, she said, so voters can view their activity. Inglis said when the election has concluded, the city will print out the data, clear the poll pads and send them back to Fulton County. She said the data is stored for two years. Casting the ballots Each of the 25 city staff members walked to the poll pad, where their pretend IDs were manually entered to determine if they were eligible to vote. During the actual voting process, IDs can be scanned, and if voters do not have an ID, information from a passport can be entered. The city staged a variety of mishaps for purposes of demonstrating expectations of voters either not showing up to the correct polling location, or having a cellphone in the voting area which is prohibited. A poll clerk shouted, “No phones allowed!” when Milton Communications Coordinator Oksana Solovei walked through the area talking on her phone. She apologized. If voters show up at the wrong location, the city can print out directions to the correct polling site or send a text to the voter with the directions. If a voter insists on voting at the wrong location, they can vote on a provisional ballot after 5 p.m., in accordance with a new state mandate. Any provisional ballot cast before 5 p.m. will not count. “[The law] just assumes that before five o’clock, you’d have enough time to go over to your own precinct,” Inglis said.

Voter notification cards were recently mailed out by Fulton County, the city’s registrar. Milton residents said the county had originally sent a card with misleading information, showing both their former voting location and new location this year. A second card has since been sent out. Kevin Muldowney, who had resigned from working as poll clerk in Milton’s election, said he thought the voter cards were “almost deliberately confusing.” “I don’t think Fulton — they don’t have a great interest in this process being successful,” Muldowney said. As votes are cast, Inglis said the poll clerks will periodically reconcile the number of ballots by using a “number strip” voters placed in a bin before tossing their official ballot in the ballot box on their way out the door. This process was performed for onlookers. Counting the ballots While the mock tabulation involved one group of four individuals, on Election Day six groups for a total of 24 tabulation poll clerks are expected to tally the ballots at the end of Election Day – a process that is estimated to take five hours. Theoretically, the ballots from advanced voting had already been counted and sorted by precinct via a stamp, without opening the ballot, then delivered to the “tabulation center” on the second floor of City Hall in a secured ballot bag. At the end of Election Day, those ballots are recounted – a process that involves opening the ballots and laying them face down. By 11:59 p.m., Burds said the city will have to send the Secretary of State the number of

Voter confidence After seeing the election process in action, Inglis said the city is “definitely ready” for what’s to come. “The [mock election] shows, ‘Okay, we’ve prepared — now, we can go ahead and carry out the plan,’” Inglis said. Some Milton residents, like Muldowney, shared their confidence in the city to run a successful election. He said he anticipates Milton’s election to be a “good experience” and that the process is a lot simpler than with the voting machines. “The machines have just overcomplicated the entire process,” Muldowney said. “They’ve negated transparency. You don’t really know what’s going on in the machine. Here, everything is right in front of you.” Resident Rebecca Fricton said she was impressed by what she saw Thursday. Though she voiced her confidence in Milton’s election process based on the sheer amount of work that has been done to make it a success, Fricton said she anticipates “things that come on” — she mentioned cases of provisional ballots that she herself worked through as an election auditor for Fulton County. Fricton’s husband Robin was more skeptical and said he never took issue with the way Milton’s elections were handled by Fulton County. Though municipal elections are labeled as a nonpartisan affair, Robin questioned a Republican takeover in Milton. “My question to Republicans in Milton: If Fulton County was screwing around with the voting, then how did Milton become predominantly Republican because why would the Democrats want Republicans taking over?” Robin asked. “The problem I have now is — we’ve seen what Republicans do. They’ll do anything about the election.”

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Quartet’s multi-cultural roots to fill stage at Roswell show By LUKE GARDNER newsroom@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell Cultural Arts Center will present “American Patchwork Quartet: Songs of America Reimagined” Friday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. The concert will consist of traditional folk music performed in the American Patchwork Quartet’s unique style, influenced by each group member’s cultural heritage. “You’re going to hear songs you’ve heard before done in a really interesting and compelling way by a diverse cast of world-class artists,” band leader Clay Ross said. The American Patchwork Quartet is a collective of Grammy-winning artists seeking to reinvigorate American folk music from centuries ago. The group started in 2019 as a team of four, but the musical collective has added members over the years, still always traveling and performing as a quartet. Also consistent is the group’s

diversity, with each member incorporating different cultural backgrounds into the music. The quartet aims to highlight the role of immigration and diversity in American folk music. “It’s a message that we’re all the same, no matter where we come from,” said Cultural Arts Coordinator David Crowe. “These folk songs can be sung and applied to anyone’s experience. We are all moved at heart by stories about loss, or home or family. [These themes] are universal and apply to every culture.” Roswell’s performance will feature Ross as guitarist and vocalist, alongside vocalist and violinist Harini Raghavan, drummer Clarence Penn and bassist Nori Naraoka. A stop on the American Patchwork Quartet Tour, the show will include songs featured on the group’s debut album, planned for release in February. Tickets are $32.50 and can be purchased at roswellcac.showare. com.

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Forsyth County rejects bid on McGinnis Ferry widening By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Efforts to widen a 4.7-mile stretch of McGinnis Ferry Road in south Forsyth County hit a snag Oct. 10 when the County Commission rejected all construction bids for the project. McGinnis Ferry Road serves as a major east-west artery across Johns Creek, connecting traffic from Cobb and Gwinnett to and through Fulton and Forsyth counties. Latest data from Johns Creek Transportation puts the traffic count at close to 20,000 vehicles per day on the two-lane – 55 percent over its designed capacity. Forsyth County now plans to rebid the project after contract proposals came in higher than expected. The County Commission voted 4-0 to reject construction firm Vertical Earth’s $79.4 million bid on the project Oct. 10 at a work session. Commissioner Todd Levent was absent from the meeting. Official project cost estimates have varied since the widening was first proposed nearly 10 years ago, from $36 million originally, then climbing to $61.5 million by 2020.

At the Oct. 10 work session, County Manager David McKee said after lengthy discussions with the Georgia Department of Transportation, Johns Creek and Alpharetta, there was no feasible way to cover the costs. “It's inevitable that we don't have the funding to fund it completely as it is,” McKee said. Forsyth County entered an agreement with the North Fulton cities in 2020 to fund the multi-million-dollar road project, which will widen McGinnis Ferry from two to four lanes from Union Hill to Sargent roads. Alpharetta and Johns Creek each committed $8.9 million in the 2020 agreement. Johns Creek recently indicated it would contribute an additional $3 million from TSPLOST II funds. Forsyth County, which borders the entire stretch of the road to the north, agreed to foot most of the costs at $23 million. With GDOT’s $10 million offer toward the project, the four parties agreed to contribute some $50.8 million in 2020. Now, three years after the 2020 contract, bids for the regional roadway improvements are hovering at more than

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This map shows the portions of the McGinnis Ferry Road widening project in Johns Creek, Alpharetta and Forsyth County’s jurisdictions. Forsyth County is now seeking to rebid the project in two sections. $79 million. McKee said Forsyth County staff will work alongside GDOT and likely rebid the project in two phases. As of Oct. 3, the county has spent some $17 million for wetland and stream buffer mitigation; right-of-way and easement acquisitions; roadway and utility design; and legal fees for the widening. Alpharetta Finance Director Tom Harris said as of Oct. 12, the city has spent some $4.6 million on the project.

The two cities and the county acquired property rights for the construction in April 2022, with multiple condemnation cases still ongoing. In September, the Alpharetta City Council settled eight cases for the widening. Forsyth County is also participating in constructing a Ga. 400 interchange with McGinnis Ferry Road. And, plans are well underway for a McGinnis Ferry interchange farther east at I-85 in Gwinnett County. All projects point to a busier eastwest artery for the northern suburbs. The widening also seeks to handle potential traffic growth from The Gathering at South Forsyth, a $2 billion mixed-use development at Union Hill Road and Ronald Reagan Boulevard, which borders McGinnis Ferry. The Board of Commissioners will formalize the vote to rebid the project at an upcoming meeting.

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Roswell tackles ‘outdoor storage’ in city’s Parkway Village District By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The action agenda for the Oct. 10 Roswell City Council meeting had just one item, formal approval of a text amendment to the Unified Development Code for the Parkway Village District. Roswell’s Unified Development Code, effective since June 2014, is a tool for residents and developers to address new zoning practices in a clear and easy-to-understand way. Roswell Director of Planning and Zoning Jackie Diebel presented the amendment, which allows for the outdoor storage of construction and landscaping equipment in the Parkway Village District. City staff described the amendment as a minor adjustment to the Unified Development Code. Essentially, the amendment allows for the conditional use of outdoor storage for rentals only, limited by requirements concerning public view and its placement on a specific parcel in Parkway Village. The amendment stems from a June 27 recommendation from the Community Development and

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The City Council deferred the item Sept. 18 and scheduled it for first reading Sept. 25, where the amendment was unanimously approved with the new language. The most significant word changes were replacing “site area” to “parcel” and the addition of “conditional use” to the general outdoor storage language. Parkway Village is “intended to provide for enhanced development standard along the SR 92 corridor… the district standards provide for uniform landscaping and urban design,” according to the city’s Unified Development Code. The code further states that because of the uniqueness of this retail-oriented classification, parcels under the district’s classification are required to be 7 acres. The Planning Commission, city staff and the City Council worked together to ensure the added use in the district is clear and enforceable. Other requirements state the outdoor rental of construction and landscaping equipment must be permanently defined, fully screened from public view and less than 10 percent of the total parcel. Additionally, an outdoor storage structure cannot be placed on a parcel without an existing structure. City Councilman Mike Palermo clarified the conditional use of outdoor storage is only for Parkway Village zoning classification, so it doesn’t affect the rest of the city. In order to allow the conditional use of outdoor storage in the district, the phrase “conditional” was added to the general outdoor storage code but

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From left, Mayor Kurt Wilson, City Attorney David Davidson and Councilman William Morthland discuss the Oct. 10 agenda before the City Council’s meeting.

will only remain in effect for Parkway Village. Planning Commissioner Eric Schumacher was present at the first reading Sept. 25 to provide context for the amendment. “I know that the interest here was to provide an opportunity in Parkway Village,” Schumacher said. “And so, adding a new use in this way perhaps made things simpler so that we didn't have to consider all of the potential impacts of giving this use by right.” Schumacher said the intention was to provide a specific code for the Parkway District, so the area’s character could be maintained. “This type of use wasn’t in that zoning class for a reason,” Schumacher said. “So, in adding it…we can try to craft that best for Parkway Village.” Final approval of the amendment was unanimously approved by the City Council Oct. 10.

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Mayor Pro Tem Dan Merkel, Councilman John Hipes and City Council Post 5 candidate Fergal Brady attend the Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation’s “Red and Blue Cook for You” fundraiser Oct. 3. The annual fundraiser at Benihana raised more than $48,000 to benefit public safety employees and their families.

Annual fundraiser assists Alpharetta Public Safety By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — City leaders, staff and community members gathered at Benihana Oct. 3 for the Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation’s annual fundraiser. In its 17th year, the nonprofit’s silent auction at the “Red and Blue Cook for You” raised some $48,970. Proceeds from the fundraiser benefit Alpharetta Public Safety Department programs and equipment, as well as assisting employees and their families who may be in need. “… When I talk to other chiefs and other folks throughout the country, even throughout the state, I brag on Alpharetta,” Alpharetta Police Chief and Public Safety Director John Robison said. “Because we are such a unique community in that you do truly support our public safety, and we don’t take that for granted.” Guests mingled and enjoyed live music and drinks before dinnertime around 7 p.m., the highlight of the event where public safety employees cooked fresh hibachi and flaming onion volcanoes. Former Alpharetta Public Safety Director Gary George conceived the fundraiser, which has always been held at Benihana on Mansell Road. Retired Police Lt. Kirk Harth said

the effort’s first beneficiary was an Alpharetta police lieutenant’s 4-yearold daughter, who was diagnosed with leukemia. “It’s a great interaction with our community and the Public Safety [Department], but it’s been a successful event for the foundation, as far as raising funds for the employees, for a long time,” he said. While “Red and Blue Cook for You” is the foundation’s biggest yearly fundraising effort, Police Capt. Jakai Braithwaite said it does not reflect how much the organization does for employees and their loved ones. Cards that featured personal stories of how the foundation has helped adorned each table at the restaurant. “In January of this year I had a life-threatening medical scare that required a trip to the ER, ambulance rides, six days in the ICU and more tests than I care to remember,” one card read. “As one could imagine, the medical bills were astronomical, and without hesitation the Public Safety Foundation was there for me and my family.” State Sen. John Albers, Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin, and councilmembers Doug DeRito, John Hipes and Dan Merkel were among those in attendance, along with other city officials and their spouses.

Paramedic Austin Turnbull fries chicken alongside a Benihana employee Oct. 3 at the Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation’s annual “Red and Blue Cook for You” fundraiser. Employees from the city 911, Fire and Police departments personally prepared dinner for all guests.

A public safety employee prepares fried rice for City Councilman Doug DeRito and guests Oct. 3 at the Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation’s annual “Red and Blue Cook for You” fundraiser at Benihana on Mansell Road. Every table at the restaurant was booked for the event.

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Maestro J. Wayne Baughman leads the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra (JCSO) in May at the nonprofit’s side-by-side concert with Northview High School at Johns Creek United Methodist Church. Baughman, JCSO founder and music director, will soon retire as he is battling late-stage pancreatic cancer.

Symphony founder, maestro exits stage with wish to fulfill Johns Creek mosaic By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Dozens of supporters of J. Wayne Baughman gave a standing ovation as he received a city commendation in early October for his work as the founder of the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra and his larger community impact. Baughman will soon retire, after more than 35 years as a fixture in the greater Atlanta music scene. After Baughman’s family accepted a plaque of commendation on his behalf, his daughter Adelaide Federici, read a letter he penned to the Johns Creek City Council. “I have every confidence that the city is going to proceed with haste on completing the Legacy Center project which our city so desperately needs,” Baughman wrote. Baughman could not attend the ceremony, as he is battling late-stage pancreatic cancer. But, Baughman remains as steadfast as ever with a strong, continued wish for an arts and culture complex in Johns Creek. More people advocated for the Legacy Center that evening, what has been envisioned as two buildings on around 6 acres. The site would include the Johns Creek Arts Center, a performance hall and a multi-use space with a commercial kitchen. While land has not been purchased for the project, the City Council agreed to the buy-

in last December after seven years of planning from the Legacy Center Task Force, a separate organization led by Baughman. At his Johns Creek home with Federici sitting nearby, Baughman continued the same sentiment he shared through his “eldest offspring” and Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Tuesday night — like some 20 other instances throughout the years as he stood front of the dais. “Johns Creek is a beautiful city except for one thing,” Baughman said. “It's like a mosaic that has several important components: Recreation, parks, infrastructure, good and improving education – best in the state, healthcare – none better. What’s missing? Cultural arts. That's the part of the mosaic that is missing, and everybody knows it.” Life of music Baughman described his lifelong career in music, beginning with his involvement in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as a frequent vocal soloist under the guidance of the late Maestro Robert Shaw. Baughman would share a Grammy Award with Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony for the Telarc recording of Walton’s “Belshazzar’s Feast” and Bernstein's “Chichester Psalms.” “I was a minor soloist in the ‘Chichester Psalms,’ but it got my name

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Maestro: Continued from Page 28 on the jacket,” he said. Baughman began “dreaming” about a professional symphony in Johns Creek in 1997, while he was conducting a performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at Johns Creek United Methodist Church. “Right in the middle of one of the choruses, the chorus was sort of on autopilot, and I thought to myself, ‘Hey, we could have a professional orchestra here,’” he said. “So, we did.” A decade later, the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra was incorporated – the only fully professional symphony in north metro Atlanta. Its members exclusively join by invitation, found through a series of connections. About 70 percent of the current membership had been there from the beginning, like violinist Alison James. James said Baughman has been a father figure to her; she and Federici played in the Atlanta Youth Orchestra when they were around 13 years old. “He has been a super amazing person, but also, he's an amazing musician, and he treats the people in the orchestra with much respect and just makes it fun for everybody,” James said. The orchestra has not yet found Baughman’s replacement, and James said he will be a tough act to follow. “It will be very difficult to replace him because of the community that he brought not only to Johns Creek residents, but to the musicians as well – a real sense of family, you know,” James said. Years of growth Baughman and Federici both described major growth of the nonprofit in the past 16 years, from a budget of $74,000 for a three-concert season with smaller pieces, to a budget sitting at half a million dollars. “Now, we start the season with seven concerts, and we play ‘big boy, big girl’ music,” Baughman said. Baughman’s favorite performance since the group’s inception was Sibelius’ concerto last year, a 40-minute “dark, brooding piece with some wonderful highlights.” Federici was the soloist for that one. “Getting to play with an orchestra is not something you get to do very often, unless you're a big soloist, and then getting to do it with my dad was just super awesome,” said Federici, whose late mother Lynn Baughman taught her violin beginning at age 2. Baughman incorporated the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra just a few days after his wife’s death and started an endowed chair in her memory. Federici recalled her mother’s

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lessons, family trips to the University of Tennessee’s swimming pool after her parents took their own music courses and Baughman’s musical quizzes, teaching her about Brahms and hemiolas on the way to school. “We started a fake society – the International Hemiolas Society,” Baughman chimed in. Destination city Baughman said he sees the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra as a “cornerstone organization.” About 1,000 people attend the nonprofit’s annual Christmas performance, and he says that number continues to grow, with the help of varied programming. In September, around 1,700 people attended its rock and roll performance featuring Mark Wood, dubbed the “Eddie Van Halen of the Violin World” and the original string master of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, at Newtown Park. Executive Director Linda Brill, who joined the orchestra in 2015 as a clarinetist, praised Baughman’s “visionary move” to form the organization and his artistic direction. “He has a finger on the pulse of the community in so many ways,” Brill said. “He puts together programs people really want to hear, and he’s always had such enthusiasm for the City of Johns Creek … His enthusiasm has always CRABAPPLE just been contagious.” For its last concert this upcoming season, the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra will perform in celebration of Baughman. His two daughters, Federici and soprano Katie Edelman will be featured soloists. Reflecting on his time with the orchestra, Baughman highlighted the enjoyment of 50-plus musicians performing together – a group he said started rehearsal late only two or three times, ever. “There are a couple of Beyonces that make millions of dollars, but folks like us don’t go into music because we’re interested in money,” he said. “We go into music because we love the music. We love the compositions that we play, and what they mean to us, and to our public.” Closing out the conversation, Baughman said he needs $45 million – half of the estimated cost of the Legacy Center. He wants to see the other half floated in a referendum, a “little bit of a cultural bond,” and provided Johns Creek’s voter-approved $40 million parks bond as an example. “It's time for Johns Creek to do something bold,” Baughman said. “...We've done this. We've done that. But, we haven't done anything bold, and that's what the Legacy Center represents because if we have that Legacy Center, Johns Creek becomes a destination, not a pass-through city.”

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After accepting a plaque of commendation on behalf of her father, Maestro J. Wayne Baughman, Adelaide Federici reads a letter he penned at the Johns Creek City Council meeting Oct. 3.

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PRESERVING THE PAST

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An short history of professional athletes from this area Many outstanding athletes have graced the fields and courts of our area over the years. Many people have heard of Nap Rucker and his nephew Johnny Rucker, both born and raised in BOB MEYERS Crabapple. Nap Columnist (1884-1970) played for 10 seasons for the Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers, served as mayor of Roswell in 1935-36 and made the cover of Life magazine in 1940. Nap lived close to his nephew, and it is easy to imagine that he taught Johnny (1917-1985) a few tricks of the trade. Johnny played center field for the New York Giants from 1940-46 and had the nickname “The Crabapple Comet.” More recently, Chipper Jones and John Smoltz, both stars with the Atlanta Braves, lived in Milton. Chipper played third base for the Braves from 1993 to 2012. John Smoltz was a pitcher from 1988 to 1999 and from 2001 to 2008. Both are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Among other North Fulton Braves players are pitcher Tom Glavin who lived in Johns Creek and Andruw Jones, centerfielder, who lived in Roswell. Then there were other local heroes who were born here and preferred to remain in this area rather than go on to fame and fortune in professional sports, Arthur Letchas, for example, who graduated from Milton High School in 1962. Arthur was a standout football player and state champion in track and field. He went on to coach football at high schools in Sandy Springs and Johns Creek and served as mayor of Alpharetta for nine years. Arthur, who still lives in Alpharetta, says “Coaches have a big impact on young people’s lives as they grow up and on their accomplishments in later life. I wish every youth could participate in sports.” Arthur comes from a family of educators. His father was football coach at Milton High School where he later became principal. His mother was a teacher and principal at Northwestern Elementary School. The focus of this week’s column is a sampling of local sports stars who are part of our history. I welcome suggestions from readers for a future column devoted to local star athletes. The only requirement is that nominees have a strong link to this area at some point in their athletic careers. Reach me at bobmey@bellsouth.net. I wish to thank Connie Mashburn, Alpharetta’s official Historian – himself

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Tory Waldner was born in Roswell and graduated from Milton High School. She attended Penn State where her team won Big Ten championships in three of her four years. She played professionally in the U.S. and for the last eight years in Europe.

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Joshua Dobbs was a standout football player at Alpharetta High School and today is starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. He also excelled in academics and was an honor student in aerospace engineering at the University of Tennessee. a star baseball and basketball player and winning high jumper at Milton High School from 1956 to 1959 – for his help with this column. David Sullivan, a standout running back from 1953 to 1957 at Roswell High School who made 18 touchdowns in 10 games during his senior year, was a great source for this article. Joshua Dobbs played football and baseball at Alpharetta High School, graduating in 2013. He received the 2012 Watkins Award as the top AfricanAmerican male student athlete in the nation and the 2013 high school senior AJC Star award for leadership in community activities, athletics and academics. He played football at the University of Tennessee where he was a four-year starter and an honor student in Aerospace Engineering. He had internships with Pratt and Whitney and with NASA. In 2016 he received the Boy Scouts Peach of an Athlete Role Model Award which is presented to collegiate athletes who exemplify good character and athletic achievement. Following graduation Joshua played quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns and Tennessee Titans. While in Cleveland he was recognized by his inclusion in the Forbes list of “30 under 30.” He was traded in August 2023 to the Arizona Cardinals where he is the starting quarterback.

Defensive end Carl Lawson won many awards for his football prowess as a student at Milton High School. In his senior year, he had 78 tackles and set a state record for single season sacks with 27. He graduated in 2012 and received more than 110 scholarship offers. Carl attended Auburn University where he was named Freshman AllAmerican by ESPN and The Sporting News. He was named team captain for three consecutive years. In 2017 he was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals where he was named to the NFL All Rookie team by several sports media giants. After four seasons with the Bengals, in 2021 Carl signed a three-year contract with the New York Jets where he is a defensive end. Carl’s father, Carl Sr., played fullback for Georgia Tech in the late 1980s. Tyler Ruthven was a professional soccer player who grew up in Alpharetta and played at Milton High School, graduating in 2005. After playing at the University of South Carolina Tyler turned pro in 2010 playing center back with the Harrisburg (PA) City Islanders. The following year he played with the Atlanta Silverbacks. In 2012 he joined the New York Red Bulls where he played for a season before playing with clubs in Sweden and Finland. He returned to the U.S. to play with Arizona United in 2014/15, the Jacksonville Armada in 2016, Miami Football Club in 2017/18

Do you have ideas for local athletes to spotlight in the future? Send suggestions to bobmey@ bellsouthnet. and Atlanta United 2 in 2019. Tyler is now retired from active play and works in the front office of Atlanta United. His father Dick Ruthven played baseball as a pitcher from 1973 through 1986 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs. Tori Waldner was born in Roswell and graduated from Milton High School in 2011. She was elected to the State AllStar basketball team as a senior and won the Most Outstanding Senior Award and Outstanding Academic Achievement in economics at Milton High. She graduated from Penn State in 2015 where her team won Big Ten championships in three of her four years. Tori has played in both the U.S. and Europe since her graduation from Penn State. She played for the St Louis Surge in 2016 and 2017. In Europe she played first in Denmark, and the last 7 seasons in Germany with the XCYDE Angels Women Basketball in Nördlingen and DJK Brose Bamberg Women Basketball team. She is currently playing center for DJK Bamberg. During her tenure in Europe, Tori was invited to play on the USA team in China. Her mother Diane also played championship basketball in high school and college. 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.

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GARDEN BUZZ

Top gardening jobs for the fall season Don’t we all enjoy our North Georgia fall season? Count me in, especially after a long, hot and extra-humid summer! In the garden, fall should be your busiest season overall on MARLYSA RAYE-JACOBUS your property: Guest Columnist planting winter annuals and spring bulbs, installing new or transplanted perennials, ornamental grasses, and shrubs, general clean-up, establishing new beds, transitioning your vegetable garden and taking a soil test for next year’s crops, adding lots of leaves to your compost pile, and most of all, taking the time to see the fruits of your labor. Remember the most central piece of advice. It’s all about the SOIL to have a successful home landscape. Without the many nutrients required by plants, they will not thrive. There’s an adage: For every $1 you spend on a plant, you should spend $5 on your soil! Choose the right soil for the plant’s requirements, the right location on your property to meet these requirements, and the right type of mulch. I prefer to think of fall as the first season of the gardening year. Our summers become the “crescendo” of beauty and rewards for your efforts invested in your own personal piece of this earth. Here are my favorite fall gardening tips: Cool season annuals • Refrain from planting your winter annuals or spring bulbs until October. If the weather is an “Indian summer,” don’t plant until Halloween. • Pansies have “fussy” root systems, requiring very soft soil to be established quickly. They don’t tolerate “wet feet” or soggy soil. Mix in a 2-inch layer of organic material, such as Black Kow or Evergreen compost, or aged manure. • Other great annuals that withstand our metro Atlanta weather conditions are Dusty Miller, snapdragons, violas, dianthus, parsley, stock (fragrant), and ornamental kales and cabbages. I appreciate the purple varieties over the soft green tone varieties because you can see the cabbage worms and pick them off easier. They will materialize when you least expect them. Avoid using pesticides if possible. • Fertilizing cool-season annuals is very different than fertilizing summer

annuals. Because the soil is colder when they grow and bloom, the soil’s organisms that release available nutrients are slower. Use a watersoluble fertilizer when planting initially, then two weeks later, and every four weeks thereafter, as the soil becomes colder. • Tender annual bulbs, such as elephant’s ear (Colocasia and alocasia), dahlias, caladiums, cannas and prized geraniums need to be dug up carefully and stored in a location where the temperatures are between 50-70 degrees Fahrenheit. Bulbs • The most ideal time to fertilize spring blooming bulbs is in the fall. All bulbs prefer soil that has some organic matter added and has excellent drainage. If the soil is too wet, the bulbs will rot. Manure and leaf compost are excellent amending components, along with an even broadcasting of 10-10-10 fertilizer. My “mantra” with fertilizers is “less is more.” Please follow directions on the bag to determine the amount you need to spread per square foot. Soils that contain a higher percentage of organic matter and the correct type and amount of fertilizer make it easier for the nutrients to be used by your bulbs. Remember to plant bulbs to the correct depth, depending on the size of your new or transplanted bulbs. • A great combination of bulbs in a sunny location, perhaps surrounding your mailbox, is a variety of daffodils (deer-resistant) coupled with alliums and/or muscari (grape hyacinths). Houseplants • When you move containers of plants inside your home, do this gradually. Place them first on a porch or in a garage to acclimatize to a warmer environment, with the light being like what it was outside, especially sun-loving plants. This will prevent shock to the plants. It’s also a great time to divide overcrowded plants and/or refresh their potting soil with new soil. Clean out any debris in the container, prune both the stems and leaves and the root system. • Hanging fern baskets can be divided into thirds and planted into three baskets. Place in a sunny window and water well as needed. • Inspect carefully under the leaves and on the base of stems for hidden critters. This prevents future infestations. Lightly wipe with isopropyl alcohol.

Lawns and turfgrass • Drain the irrigation system before winter arrives. • Both Bermuda and fescue sods can be planted, but only if you intend to water regularly for several months when Mother Nature cannot provide sufficient water. • You can overseed your Bermuda and fescue lawns. Fescue requires an Indian Summer’s warmth. Cold soil causes the seeds to germinate unevenly. Water deeply and often so water penetrates up to 4 inches below the sod layer. Fertilize only with a starter fertilizer. Buy a good hose reel for hose storage outside. The hoses should be fully covered to prevent freezing. Purchase a spigot cover for the wintertime and turn off your outdoor water sources when the temperatures head close to the freezing mark. Edibles • Pick the last of your tomatoes from the veggie garden and wrap them individually in newspaper. To ripen, store them in unused shoeboxes in a cool room within the house. Check weekly for color changes so they don’t rot. Tomatoes will ripen slowly by this method. Remember that gardening requires patience. • Blackberries and raspberries should be planted in November

wherever you have 6-8 hours of continuous sunshine. Often, they will need a wire trellis for future support. • You can still plant cool-season veggies by mid-October if the soil is still warm. I recommend not starting from seed after the end of August. Purchase your plants from a reputable nursery and look for healthy, robust plants. Your choices may include lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, beets, spinach, radishes, green onions, and garlic. • Soak the soil after planting. In October rainfall may not be very plentiful. Check your garden’s soil after watering to ensure that the water has penetrated 6 inches deep. Fertilize with a water-soluble fertilizer gently. Follow the plan for fertilizing from the coolseason annuals recommendation. Happy fall gardening! North Fulton Master Gardeners, Inc. is a Georgia nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization whose purpose is to educate its members and the public in the areas of horticulture and ecology in order to promote and foster community enrichment. Master Gardener Volunteers are trained and certified by The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. Learn more at nfmg.net. Previous Garden Buzz columns are featured at https://appenmedia.com/ opinion/columnists/garden_buzz/.

Learn more •Fall Gardening: A Collection of Information and Resources - https://extension.uga. edu/publications/detail.html?number=AP105&title=fall-gardening-a-collection-ofinformation-and-resources •Success with Pansies in the Winter Landscape: A Guide for Landscape Professionals - https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=B1359&title=successwith-pansies-in-the-winter-landscape-a-guide-for-landscape-professionals •Soil testing - https://extension.uga.edu/county-offices/fulton/agriculture-and-naturalresources/testing-services/soil-testing.html •Fall Vegetable Gardening - https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail. html?number=C1258&title=fall-vegetable-gardening •Vegetable Garden Calendar - https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail. html?number=C943&title=vegetable-garden-calendar

About the author This week’s guest Master Gardener “Garden Buzz” columnist is Marlysa Raye-Jacobus. Raised on the coast of southern New Jersey, Marlysa arrived in the Atlanta area in 1997 after five corporate moves. Initially, she became a Master Gardener through Ohio State University’s program in 1996 and interned in 1997-98 in North Fulton County. She is an active member of several horticultural organizations in addition to NFMG. Her passions are her seven grandchildren, traveling, playing tennis, reading and attending cultural events in the ATL area with her husband and friends.

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OPINION

Don’t use emotions to rule the day in sports Way, way back in the day, when I was able to consort with those who claimed to earn a living by not making a living by wagering on the outcome of sporting events, I learned an important lesson: MIKE TASOS Bet with your Columnist head, not with your heart. Don’t get too emotional. Only one team can win, and a safe bet is that it’s not going to be yours. I’m writing this the day after the Braves got shellacked Wednesday in Philadelphia. I’d like to write that the entire region and its fans were devastated. I’d also like a psychic who’d make me a believer by just once giving me the winning lottery numbers. Just once. The city of Philadelphia has us whupped six ways to Sunday when it comes to creating a real home-field advantage. We are kindergartners compared to the zealots that jam the stands at any Philadelphia sporting event. We look on in curiosity, turning our nose up at the crazies who played a role in the Braves getting crushed. I once interviewed the late Jay Johnstone who seemingly played

outfield for everyone during his career. At the time we spoke, playing in the city that has cream cheese as one of its chief exports was the topic. When asked about its fans, I’ll never forget Johnstone saying: “They’re nuts. They go to the airport and boo the good landings.” I write this as the Braves are down two games to one. With the Dodgers getting blown away by the Arizona Diamondbacks, Thursday’s game was moved back to start at 8:07pm. Oh great, another 3:07 to get fueled up and terrorize Braves players. Proof that the fans up there are crazy was the “We want Strider!” chants that erupted after the game was out of reach. In my heart, I’d like the young ace to shut down the Phillies. I’d like the bats to come alive like they did all year and for three brief innings during that Monday evening when Travis D’Arnaud and Austin Riley hit home runs to animate the biggest crowd in Truist Park history. I’d like more plays like Michael Harris made to spark one of the most game-ending plays I’ve ever seen. I’d like to have the Atlanta fans have passion like was on display at the end of that Monday game, when the crowd reaction registered on the Richter scale. My son Greg attested to that, saying “My feet and the stands were shaking.” And they were!

Prior to that outstanding evening, the Atlanta fans were church-pew quiet. So quiet that you could have heard a mouse break wind. Now there’s a chance the Braves can pull this off, wake up the fans, play a fifth game on Saturday, beat seemingly unbeatable Zach Wheeler, get some solid pitching from Max Fried and the bullpen, hit like they did all season and take a step towards the World Series. Whew! That’s a lot to ask for from a team that might be ready to further cement its “We’re Number 2” legacy. I’d like to wake up Friday morning and echo the words of Dr. Adam Mellis before he and that robot removed my rotten, cancer-laden kidney: “We got this.” But “like to” and reality, in this case, are as logical as a football bat. Being older means I can have a little more license to say, “I told you so.” The Braves, with all that ball-bashing don’t have the starting pitching. I believe I wrote during the season. Ouch! I hate being right about this one. If I was looking at this with my heart, I’d be ready for “Play Ball” on Saturday. My head tells me these Braves will be cleaning out their lockers and feebly mustering a “Wait ‘til next year” while Truist Park, yet again, becomes a ghost

town. I keep thinking of Robert Shaw singing “Farewell and Adieu to you fair Spanish ladies…” before getting eaten by the shark in “Jaws.” I sure wouldn’t mind being wrong. Mike Tasos has lived in Forsyth County for more than 30 years. He’s an American by birth and considers himself a Southerner by the grace of God. He can be reached at miketasos55@gmail. com.

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THE INK PENN

Airplane reading for a trip to England Of course, I had to load my Kindle with geographically appropriate mysteries for a recent trip to England. Heaven forbid I run out of reading material. I started the plane KATHY MANOS PENN ride with one set in Columnist my destination, the Lake District. It was a long flight, so I finished that one and moved on to another, set in 1920s London. “Murder in Adland” by Bruce Beckham Believe it or not, it was a Crier reader who told me about this series. The short blurb made me laugh: MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... “MAD, BAD AND JUST A

LITTLE BIT COZY.” How could I resist? DI Skelgill investigating a murder at an upscale resort proved to be an entertaining and informative introduction to local life. We see him fishing on Basenthwaite Lake, a lake I saw from a distance on my trip and learned is the only true lake in the Lake District. Locals love to stump visitors with the question “How many lakes are there in the Lake District?” The glossary of local terms the author includes is a tad overwhelming, but very helpful. As DI Skelgill investigates, the action shifts back and forth between London, Edinburgh, and the Lake District. The descriptions make you feel as though you’re right there with the inspector and his team. There are plenty of suspects and red herrings in this well plotted mystery, and I’m delighted that there

are another nineteen books in the series. If you like British mysteries, I recommend you add the DI Skelgill mysteries to your TBR list. “Murder I Spy: A Rex and Dora Mystery” by Lynn Morrison Imagine 1920s England trying to shake off the horror of WW I. The upper class indulge in drinking and dancing the nights away, though some have more serious matters to attend to. Meet Dora and Rex. “When a bright young man teams up with a glamorous femme fatale, the identity of a murderer won’t be the only secret they’ll unmask.” Theodora Laurent, the femme fatale, and Lord Reginald “Rex” Bankes-Fernsby, both of whom served in the war, are the unlikely duo who set out to find the killer. Author L ynn Morrison serves up

a perfect mix of glamor and danger in this first installment of the Dora and Rex 1920s Mystery series. When you reach the last page, you’ll be dying to know more about these two likeable – dare I say “enchanting” – characters and how their work and their relationship will evolve. If you’re like me, you’ll find Book II in the series, “The Missing Agent,” and dive in. Thankfully, Book III is already out, and Book IV arrives in October. Award-winning author Kathy Manos Penn is a Sandy Springs resident. Find her cozy mysteries locally at The Enchanted Forest in Dunwoody and Bookmiser in East Cobb or on Amazon. Contact her at inkpenn119@gmail.com, and follow her on Facebook, www.facebook.com/ KathyManosPennAuthor/.

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What’s this thing with stone cairns? We live in contentious times. It seems like everybody needs a cause to champion or a banner to wave or something to take a stand on. Do you sense that too? I like to think STEVE HUDSON that the outdoor Columnist world is relatively free of that sort of thing, but there are some big issues facing the out-of-doors these days. Matters of preservation and access and accommodating multiple users with multiple interest increasingly come to the fore, and passions can run high. I’ve recently come face-to-face with what appears, to my faint surprise, to be a real hot-button issue. It is the matter of stone cairns, those increasingly ubiquitous piles of stacked stones that you see on creeks and rivers far and wide. According to those in the definitions business, a cairn is a human-placed stack of stones that’s been built at some particular place for some particular reason. Most commonly, they’ve been used to mark the way, particularly on vague or hard-to-follow trails. In this part of the world, blazes painted on trees are the most popular way of marking trails. However, in areas where there are few or no trees, a stack of stones can serve the same purpose. So cairns have a practical reason for being, and that’s to help you find your way home in time for supper. That’s a good reason to build them, too, for they allow the marking of trails and routes in a generally environmentally friendly way. But cairn-making appears to have made the evolutionary leap from practical to popular. These days, it seems that everybody loves to build ‘em – especially in creeks. I admit that there is always a tiny aura of mystery to a stone cairn, a bit of wilderness whimsy that sends imagination flitting hither and yon in search of meaning. Who built them… and why? What is their purpose…or were they just for fun? That kind of imagining is fun to indulge in if you have the time. But everyone is not quite so accepting. “I hate ‘em!” opined one person I met on the water a couple of months back. “I really hate ‘em. They’re not supposed to be there. Why would somebody build them there? Why build them and mess up the stream? Why does somebody

have to leave something like that just to tell me they were there?” I guess I have to admit that cairns on a creek do modify the experience just a wee tiny bit. Only last week, for example, while fishing what I thought was a remote and seldom-seen stretch of backcountry trout water, what should I come upon but a cluster of several stone cairns sitting close by the downstream end of one of my favorite secret pools. Yes, somebody had built stone cairns on my favorite creek, at my favorite pool, on the very rocks I’d have to traverse in order to cast to the spot I wanted to fish. I gained even more perspective on this whole subject a few weeks ago on a little creek up in northeast Georgia. I was (you guessed it) looking for a place to fish, and as I worked my way upstream what should I see as I rounded a bend but a figure bent over a couple of stone cairns. But he wasn’t building. He was taking them down. We struck up a conversation. His name, I learned, was Jack, and he told me that he too enjoyed exploring backcountry streams. “I love the backcountry,” he said, “but I don’t like these stone piles. They change the whole character of the place.” He picked up a couple of stones from the top of the nearest cairn, a structure about 2 feet tall, and tossed them back into the stream. “Sometimes it seems like folks compete to see who can build the biggest or tallest stone cairn,” he said. “That takes a lot of rocks” he continued, “and people seem to use rocks from the stream. I know because I’ve seen it.” Jack paused to return a few more stones to the creek. “Maybe people think the cairns add something to the landscape,” he said after a minute. “But they don’t realize that when they take all these rocks out of the water and pile them up on shore, they’re messing with the habitat of all kinds of bugs and other aquatic creatures,” he said. “Let me show you.” He reached into the water and picked up a flat rock about the size of a small saucer. He turned it over, and I saw perhaps a dozen tiny insects clinging to what had been its bottom surface. They were, I knew, nymphs and larva that would grow into the bugs that fed the trout that I might one day catch there. More than bugs live under those stones, too, and there are efforts to

get the word out about the potential impacts of building stone cairns in creeks and streams. Just the other week, for example, I saw a streamside sign in Great Smoky Mountains National Park which read “Thank You for Not Moving Rocks.” The reason for the signs? Folks had apparently taken to building stone cairns there, but the stones they were moving to do so were potentially the habitat for an endangered species, a small fish known as the Citico Darter. “Citico Darters live and next under rocks,” the sign explained. “Leaving no trace protects this federally endangered species.” Jack, for one, is glad to see such signs. “If folks knew what lives under those rocks,” he said, “maybe they’d leave them in the streams where they belong.” I confess that, over the years, I’ve built a stone cairn or two myself. Mine, however, were always temporary structures erected for purposes of navigation, and I built them from dry stones. I remember once when I was fishing another off-the-beaten-track creek a long, long ways from even the vaguest whisper of civilization. My plan was to fish upstream for a half mile or so, then backtrack to the point where I started for the killer climb back up the mountain to the road and my truck. The trick was in remembering exactly where that starting point was. Sometimes, when I do this kind of backcountry adventuring, I’ll carry a short length of flagging tape. I’ll tie it to a tree limb on the way in, marking key spots, and then remove it all later when I backtrack on the way out. But on that day, I’d left my tape at home. A stone cairn seemed the next best thing, so I gathered a few flat stones (from the bank, not from the water) and built me a little stacked-stone marker. It worked just fine and made my return trip easy. And yes, I dismantled it on the way out. A temporary stone cairn, then, does have its uses. And if you dismantle it when you’re done, you’ll be true to the leave-no-trace ethic that’s so important to those who enjoy a true wilderness experience. I remember what the caving folks say: “Take nothing but pictures…leave nothing but footprints.” Tell you what: I’ll leave the outdoors like I found it so you can enjoy it when you come that way too. Will you do the same for me?

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What: Returning for the 11th year, this festival in Johns Creek will feature 140 artists from around the country with work in painting, pottery, metalwork, folk art, glass, jewelry and yard art. When: Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 21-22; times vary Where: Atlanta Athletic Club fields, 1930 Bobby Jones Drive, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekartsfestival.com

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