Milton staff and elected officials discuss the feasibility of eight proposed large lot incentives during the Oct. 21 City Council meeting. The effort to keep large lots intact looks to preserve parts of the city’s rural viewshed and assist existing property owners.
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MILTON, Ga. — Milton may add some sugar to its longtime push to preserve large residential lot sizes.
Speaking at the Oct. 21 City Council meeting, Community Development Principal Planner Shubha Jangam outlined eight possible incentives for agriculturally zoned lots of more than 3 acres.
In general, elected officials responded favorably to the incentive
proposals but wanted more details on some recommended amendments to the Unified Development Code.
Council members took no votes on the matter.
Jangam said the purpose of identifying potential amendments is to help current property owners maintain lots of more than 3 acres.
Milton is known for its uniquely small-town feel in North Fulton County, with pastoral lands and horse farms.
Proposed incentives include allowing accessory structures in front
of homes on more than 3 acres, covered riding areas on more than 10 acres, home-based businesses in detached buildings and short-term rentals.
Most of the recommended allowances would be granted by right to property owners, instead of through a required use permit. Throughout the discussion, council members advocated for mitigating impacts to neighboring property owners.
Other potential incentives require
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ATLANTA, Ga. — An Atlanta Regional Commission trial program reduced long waitlists for in-home care by allowing those in need to hire their own staff, the agency said.
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In Fulton County, waitlists for all in-home services extend more than one year, with many on the sidelines several years, Pellino said. Many on the waitlists are people in immediate need.
“These are vulnerable individuals, some of whom have limited or no caregiver support in the community or may even be caregivers themselves,” she said. “The help is not there when they need it.”
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MILTON, Ga. — Milton Police cited several employees Oct. 16 across a variety of businesses after they sold alcohol to an undercover, underage volunteer.
Appen Media had previously reported that police cited three employees at restaurants, two in the downtown area, in a quarterly inspection. Police say the
department selects businesses at random, unless they are previous offenders.
The legal drinking age in Georgia is 21.
This time, police snagged employees at more than just food joints.
In addition to restaurants, employees at a pharmacy and a grocery store allegedly sold alcohol to an underage volunteer Oct.
16, according to multiple incident reports. Police issued citations to a 48-year-old Alpharetta man, a 19-year-old Alpharetta woman, a 48-year-old Milton woman, a 32-year-old Smyrna man and a 24-yearold Milton woman.
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ATLANTA — A Georgia man has been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted the counting of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election.
Cylester Maxwell, 42, of Alpharetta was taken into custody in Georgia Oct. 18 and charged with assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon and civil disorder, both felonies. He also faces misdemeanor charges of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and engaging in physical violence
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MILTON, Ga. — A Milton couple reported a possible home burglary Oct. 15 when they returned from a trip.
While searching the home off Bethany Road, police found a broken window on the main floor inside of a closet with some objects left disturbed as well as an open safe, according to the incident report. Police said a jewelry box had also been
in a Capitol building or grounds.
According to court records, Maxwell was identified in video footage marching with a crowd of rioters away from the “Stop the Steal” rally at the Ellipse toward the Capitol building. Maxwell then entered the restricted grounds of the Capitol and positioned himself near the front of a crowd confronting a police line on the West Plaza.
A short time later, he joined others in the crowd in shoving a giant metal-framed “TRUMP” sign into the line of police like a battering ram. A few seconds later, he let go of the sign and pulled a barricade away from the police line.
rummaged through in the same closet.
The woman told police she noticed that cash and jewelry were missing.
She said a cat sitter and a lawn maintenance company had been to their house while they were on a week-long trip out of town, according to the report.
The woman also told police surveillance footage showed an unidentified person walking outside their basement door while they were gone. The scene was turned over to detectives.
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MILTON, Ga. — Police arrested a Norcross man Oct. 18 for driving nearly 15 mph
Maxwell later joined the front of the mob as it broke through the police line. He then remained on or near the West Plaza as rioters flooded the Capitol’s Lower and Upper West Terraces.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Atlanta and Washington field offices and is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Justice Department’s Counterterrorism Section.
This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.
over the 25-mph posted school speed zone limit on Birmingham Highway.
The school zone lights were functioning properly, according to the incident report.
Police clocked a white Infiniti SUV traveling 38 mph, north of Milton Community Church, then conducted a traffic stop.
The driver returned as unlicensed, the report says. The vehicle, registered to a Lithonia woman, had valid registration and insurance.
Police placed the driver under arrest and transported him to the North Fulton County Jail. Police issued citations to the driver for speeding and operating a motor vehicle without a valid license.
— Amber Perry
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Innovation Academy teacher
Steve Jones was awestruck watching the Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket ascend the skies atop a pillar of flame recently at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
“The feeling of when that soundwave, that shockwave, hits you in the chest is like nothing else,” said Jones, who teaches astronomy and research classes to juniors and seniors in Alpharetta.
On Sept. 28, Jones was the only teacher in a group of about a dozen social media influencers treated by NASA to watch the rocket launch. At the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, they viewed the launch from about 2.5 miles in a special area not accessible to the public.
“I’ve never been that close to a launch before,” he said, adding, “It’s the loudest, deepest rumbling you’ve ever felt. Then, you hear the crackle of flames.”
The 229-foot, 600-ton rocket accelerated to 17,500 mph in about 8 minutes, carrying two astronauts in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Then, he witnessed the return of the rocket’s booster, which fell back to Earth amid the crack of three sharp sonic booms.
Before viewing the launch, Jones toured facilities, met officials and learned about the mission during a two-day visit hosted by NASA. Jones was finally accepted this year to participate after applying numerous times before.
When he returned to school the following Monday, he showed his students a photo slideshow and video of his experience.
“I really wish my students could have been there with me,” he said. “It is an amazing feat of engineering and technology.”
He also talked to them about careers in NASA, which doesn’t just need astronauts and engineers, he said.
“They need everybody,” Jones said.
He met a NASA seamstress who had sewn thermal quilts on parts of the space shuttle’s skin. Astronauts’ lives depend on her skills, he said.
Jones has long been fascinated by space travel, and attending the launch was a unique experience. But he said he believes space travel represents an opportunity to inspire his students and humanity as a whole.
“I love to see us as society continue to grow and reach beyond ourselves, to see the world as bigger than whatever is going on in Milton, Roswell or Alpharetta,” he said. “It’s bigger than us … It’s about dreaming about what we can do next.”
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buffers on new subdivisions abutting large lots and farmland, provide an agricultural use exemption for commercial operations, lower the cost of stormwater infrastructure and exempt commercial horse farms from occupational taxes.
Currently, there is no buffer required between two parcels with the same land use. The potential code change would require the developer of a subdivision with homes on less than 3 acres to construct a buffer when sharing boundaries with a lot of more than 3 acres.
City staff pointed to a recent example of neighbors concerned about a new subdivision’s proximity to their properties.
Mayor Peyton Jamison said he likes disincentivizing smaller residential lots and protecting abutting property owners but wants to understand more about the cause-and-effect of the change.
Jamison said he wants the two equestrians on the City Council, Carol Cookerly and Juliette Johnson, to give their feedback on incentives tailored to horse farms. Cookerly and Johnson were absent.
City staff said they met with the Milton Equestrian Committee Sept. 18 to get feedback on the covered riding areas among other potential incentives.
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Milton Principal Planner Shubha Jangam covers eight potential incentives for owners of properties more than 3 acres. Jangam said the purpose of the large lot incentives is to assist current property owners with maintaining equestrian and agricultural lifestyles.
on large lots may make them more manageable.
The state’s agricultural tax exemption means bona fide agricultural property is assessed at 30 percent of its fair market value rather than the 40 percent rate applied to other properties.
The city’s proposed agricultural use exemption is different and allows property owners to waive development requirements.
Jamison and City Councilman Jan Jacobus pushed back on the recommendation for lighting at horse farms because of impacts on surrounding properties. They also advocated for a balance between maintaining the rural viewshed and deregulating large lots.
City staff said potential benefits of the incentives include raising the economic vitality of large lots, reducing the density of residential development and preserving the rural viewshed.
Krokoff said the proposed incentives at the Oct. 21 meeting only apply to existing owners of large lots or a potential redevelopment of them. Incentives for builders and developers are separate from ones for existing property owners.
“If you think about some of our large lots throughout the city, we want to provide them the best opportunity for them to be able to continue using that large lot,” he said. “We’re trying to find ways to reduce costs, reduce red tape and potentially provide other income streams for that large lot.”
During Krokoff’s comments, City Councilman Jacobus said the effort is to ensure the city’s sizable agricultural lands “stay that way.”
Secondarily, the potential code amendments work to preserve Milton’s rural heritage by incentivizing developers to carve larger lots and their owners to keep them intact.
City staff used the term “rural character,” which applies to some areas of the city and fails to describe other more developed and commercialized ones.
While Milton’s heritage is undoubtedly rural, its character today is something more suburban and metropolitan.
During the City Council’s May planning retreat, City Manager Steve Krokoff led a discussion with elected official and staff about land use and incentives for large lots.
The key takeaway from that discussion is that Milton wants to make it easier for residents to hold onto their farms, rather than subdividing and selling them off to residential developers.
In May, Krokoff said an agricultural tax exemption does not fit for the city, but lessening regulatory requirements
Because of city and county property taxes, large lot owners in Milton fork over considerable sums each year. With inflated prices staying put, many property owners are considering selling off land to subdivision developers. Some have already done it.
A discussion on one of the potential incentives, allowing home-based businesses without a use permit, led Krokoff to call for a work session to further pore over details.
Because the Community Development Department is still working on the Unified Development Code amendments for large lot incentives, the schedule for their presentation to the Planning Commission and an eventual City Council vote may be pushed back.
For now, the large lot incentives are scheduled to come before the Planning Commission in December with the council vote sometime after New Year’s.
access to services unit manager for the Atlanta Regional Commission, gives a presentation on the organization’s consumer-direct program for caretakers and older adults at the ARC office in
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the 1965 federal Older Americans Act are placed on waiting lists while a case manager determines which services and resources are needed, Pellino said. The act provides funding to allow local and state agencies to provide care for older adults. Its services include home-delivered meals, health and wellness programs, in-home care, transportation, elder abuse prevention, caregiver support and adult day care, according to the nonprofit USAging.
Through the ARC’s consumerdirected model, those seeking aid can bypass the normal process and directly hire their own care staff or request help from an agency.
Studies on consumer-direct care programs have shown no increase in fraud than traditional models, Pellino said.
Next, the ARC plans to apply the consumer-direct model to services offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
ARC officials will visit veterans who need services and help them complete the necessary paperwork to enroll and hire their own caregivers.
Consumer-direct service models could and should be applied at locallevel Area Agencies on Aging, Pellino and Kurtz said.
“They’re the ones that get the funding to pull people off the waiting list, to provide the homemaker personal care,” Pellino said. “So, if they had the consumer-directed model, they could probably really further reduce their waitlist.”
“The assumption is that the person knows better about what they need,” Pellino said. “It’s about preference and choice.”
During its four years of operation which ended in September, the ARC program served 68 clients and seniors in all 10 counties its Area Agency on Aging covers. About 75 percent chose to hire their own employees or family members. About 20 percent opted for finding care through an agency.
The ARC used federal COVID-19 funding to start the program, hoping it would serve as a “proof of concept,” said Becky Kurtz, manager of ARC’s Aging & Health Resources Division.
“We were like, ‘Let’s show the value of this,’” Kurtz said.
The ARC is ready to work with county governments to show them the benefits and how they can be implemented, Kurtz said.
“We’ve had experience with it over the last few years,” Kurtz said. “We can coach you through it. We really want you all to be trying this at the county level.”
Georgia ranks 47th in the nation for access to consumer-directed programs, Pellino said. Local governments may be wary of trying out a model that is unfamiliar, but she said there’s nothing to be afraid of.
“Try it,” Pellino said. “Instead of having people on multiple waitlists, they could use the same dollar amount … and be more efficient.”
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NSHIRA ASENSO-OKYERE, AsenSoul Inspirations
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CUMMING, Ga — In 2015, Mom Adwoa Asenso-Okyere started a business she called Akoma Collections designing and making bags and jewelry. She got acquainted with the local trade show market and would attend them as a vendor with her three young children.
Papa Yaw, now 11, Akoma, 9, and Nshira, 7, took an interest in what their mom was doing, prompting the family to transition the business with a new name and have the parents take a supporting role while their children are in the driver’s seat.
Today, AsenSoul Inspirations, based out of Cumming, still attends trade shows with jewelry, bags, journals and other goods, but the true focus of their business now revolves around creating media. Snowballing from the first idea of writing a children’s book, AsenSoul sells coloring books, with more in the works, and has a presence on social media with kid-created and kid-focused content.
AsenSoul Inspirations will make its next in-person appearance Nov. 16 at the Fall Children’s Business Market in Stone Mountain. Their books and coloring books are available on Amazon as well.
Mom Adwoa says their goal as a family is to promote balance.
“Each of them is involved in different extracurricular activities,” she said, “but the point [of having them take the ropes] is they have realized they can do anything they put their minds to. They’re not too young. The sky is truly the limit and I think they’ve seen that.”
AsenSoul Inspirations frequents
KidBiz Expos to help introduce other children to “Kid-preneurs” that are in a similar position while gaining life skills as they learn about business. In the Asenso-Okyere family, each child has their own responsibilities within the business.
Papa Yaw is the social media manager for AsenSoul Inspirations
and runs their TikTok and YouTube accounts. He also has a podcast called AsenSoul Kid Talk where he interviews other kids about current events and their world views.
Papa Yaw manages another platform the business handles called FunFam. This is where they have information about activities and events, focusing on cultural adventures.
Akoma handles the production of many of the goods sold at trade shows, including the jewelry and the refreshments at their booth. She’s also responsible for the idea of the children’s book that led to their business transformation, now published, titled “Yo Bro, I Am Not a Monkey.”
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“Yo Bro, I Am Not a Monkey” was published to help educate other children in response to Akoma’s experience in elementary school.
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Mom Adwoa detailed the process of writing, illustrating and publication, explaining that her daughter’s experience throughout pre-K and elementary school came to a head the first week of this school year when another incident of racist and hurtful language took place.
“We don’t know the angle they’re coming from, but there’s ways to help,” Adwoa said. “We’re doing this not spitefully but in love, to educate and to help people.”
Akoma told said that her goal in creating “Yo Bro” was to “touch people’s hearts and let them know they are respected,” fostering more tolerance and love to those in need.
Another positive result made from a troublesome situation has been the cultural empowerment club, the Difference Makers, that Akoma formed in her school. The club features cultural diversity presentations and other events to promote education and inclusion.
Mom Adwoa says, “I think she’s seen some of the fruits of that at school already.”
Nshira is the creative director of the jewelry operation, coordinating the design before it goes to production with Akoma. Nshira felt inspired by her older sister creating a book and said she “wanted to uplift girls like me to know
Asen-Soul Inspiration upcoming events:
• Nov. 16: Fall Children’s Business Market at D7 Lounge in Stone Mountain, Ga., 9-3 pm
• Nov. 30: Holly Jolly Market (Kid Biz Expo) at 4096 E Cherokee Dr Canton, Ga., 10-3 pm
• Dec. 13: A Taste of Black Gwinnett at Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center, 6-10 pm
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they are beautiful, valued and worthy of respect.”
The method to accomplish this, coloring books.
Nshira’s first coloring book is titled “Unapologetically Me,” which features inspiring words and images aimed to encourage young girls and highlight different cultures, backgrounds and dreams. A second coloring book, “Colorful Cultures,” highlights historic landmarks and cultural aspects of more than 50 countries to draw attention to the beauty of diversity.
Akoma has plans to make “Yo Bro” a series with the help of some of the members of the Difference Makers club and their experiences facing mistreatment at school. They hope to increase awareness of cultural differences for more people and expand their scope. Papa Yaw and Nshira are also working on stories of their own to be published soon.
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MILTON, Ga. — The Milton Trails Advisory Committee approved updates that would expand the city’s Trail Blueprint to include additional multi-use paths along some busy corridors.
The blueprint is an aspirational document showing the city’s existing trail network and ways to improve bike and pedestrian connectivity.
During its Oct. 24 meeting, the committee discussed the Milton Trail Blueprint, which the City Council first approved in November 2017.
The blueprint lays out guiding principles for trails, including prioritization of city-owned land; connection between schools, parks and neighborhoods; regional connectivity to the Alpha Loop, Big Creek Greenway and PATH400; and identification of potential loop trails.
The Milton Trail Blueprint covers all sidewalks and multi-use paths, or connections between two points, besides roadways, where people can walk and bike.
The city is working to acquire right-of-way needed for Milton’s connection to the Big Creek Greenway through the Deerfield district.
Priorities in the Trails Advisory Committee’s revised blueprint include Arnold Mill Road (Ga. 140) from Alpharetta to Cherokee County; several paths connecting schools and greenspaces in central Milton; and trails along Birmingham, Hopewell and Freemanville roads to the north.
If the Milton Trails Advisory Committee makes a change to the 2017 Trail Blueprint, it does not mean the project will move forward with construction. Like anything else, the City Council must approve funding.
Environmental Program Manager Emily Groth, who also serves as the committee’s community liaison, said the next steps in the process are getting staff feedback,
The City of Milton is exploring ways it can connect its municipal trail system into linking with the wildly popular Big Creek Greenway, which runs through Roswell and Alpharetta.
prioritizing proposed additions and gathering additional public input.
“The Blueprint is an aspirational roadmap that shows where in the city we want to provide new trails,” she said. “Ultimately, changing the Blueprint will require the full ordinance amendment process through Mayor and Council since the map is part of our city code.”
Groth said the committee met several times last year to propose additional connections that its members felt were missing from original 2017 map.
“Since then, they’ve added several conceptual trails, many of which would connect to our greenspace properties – which we did not have when the original map was created,” she said.
The 2020 Trail Prioritization Plan, which the advisory committee is also reviewing as a part of its update, calls for
nearly 30 miles of paths and sets out a potential funding schedule for the projects.
The 2020 plan prioritizes pedestrian and bicycle facilities in the commercialized Crabapple and Deerfield districts, Birmingham Park and in greenspace preserves like Lakhapani.
More than four years after the Trail Prioritization Plan’s approval, the Trails Advisory Committee is taking stock of completed projects and looking where safety can be improved.
Some recommendations for improving the city’s trail network are filling gaps, widening some sidewalks to the width of multi-use paths (8-12 feet) and proposing unique types, like a gravel nature trail.
Trail Advisory Committee members also looked at potential funding sources for build-out of the blueprint, like the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax and federal grants, which impacts project feasibility.
Engineering Project Manager Rob Dell-Ross said Public Works staff are determining what that public input will look like before they bring it to a City Council meeting to finish the process.
The city is also tapping the Trails Advisory Committee to assist with increased online mapping, signage and general education.
One goal of the 2021-25 Strategic Plan is a year-overyear increase to the number of residents connected to businesses, neighbors and activity nodes via a continuous network of multi-use paths.
The committee is tasked with working with staff to develop an interactive trail map on the city’s website, which intends to increase awareness of the path network.
The next meeting of the Milton Trails Advisory Committee is Nov. 14.
For more information, contact the Milton Trails Advisory Committee’s community liaison at emily.groth@ miltonga.gov.
Largest tenant of mixed-use site shares excitement over new home
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ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell city leaders celebrated the grand opening of Southern Post, a 4.28-acre mixed-use development off Alpharetta Highway.
The property features nearly 140 luxury apartments, 95,000 square feet of office space and 40,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.
Nearly 100 residents are living on-site in the multifamily portion, Chandler Residences, and around 90 percent of retail space is leased.
The roster features Amorino, Azotea Cantina, BODYROK, Bey Mediterranean Kitchen + Bar, Watch Your Wrist, Sweathouz, Cavina Wellness, Belux Coffee, Silla Del Toro, Grana and Da Vinci’s Donuts.
Roswell Inc Executive Director Steve Stroud introduced a slate of speakers including Shawn Tibbetts, CEO of Southern Post’s owner and developer Armada Hoffler; Kim Scott, CEO and president of Southern Post tenant Vestis Corporation; and Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson.
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Armada Hoffler CEO Shawn Tibbetts cuts a ribbon Oct. 24 on stage at the site of Southern Post, a mixed-used development on Alpharetta Highway. Roswell Inc. President and CEO Steve Stroud, Mayor Kurt Wilson and Vestis Corporation CEO Kim Scott celebrate the grand opening alongside him.
Tibbetts said the new “vibrant mixed-use community” is a place “where convenience and connection occur.”
“It’s a place where people gather, and it's a place where memories are made,” Tibbetts said. “This is a true ecosystem.”
One major component of the ecosystem is Vestis, a uniform and workplace supply provider that spun off from Aramark and became a publicly traded company last October.
In March, the business announced it would house its corporate headquarters and Teammate Support Center at Southern Post. It is the development’s largest tenant. Scott, a Roswell resident, said there had been no doubt that the city would be Vestis’ home.
“Roswell, you're deciding how our day starts because we're driving down these roads and we are entering these buildings and we are coming into Southern Post … we are proud to be here,” Scott said. “We are proud to call this place home.”
Mayor Wilson closed out the grand opening, hours before Southern Post was scheduled to host a block party with music, food, cocktails and giveaways.
Wilson said Southern Post transformed a declining economic area into something “vibrant,” alluding to its former use as a plaza built in the 1960s.
“It's now a dynamic hub and will be for the next 20 years, of activity that blends Roswell's history with modern design and innovation,” Wilson said. “It's the perfect example of smart growth and revitalization that the current council and I are committed to bringing to Roswell.”
By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat
ATLANTA — A For the second time in three years, Gov. Brian Kemp is giving Georgians a tax rebate worth more than $1 billion.
Kemp said Tuesday he will include the rebate in the midyear budget he introduces to the General Assembly in January. He said the extra money will come in handy, particularly for Georgians who suffered losses from Hurricane Helene.
“We all know that even if inflation has fallen, high prices haven’t,” he said. “Families see that every day when they go to the grocery store or the gas pump. … People shouldn’t
have to deal with that added burden, especially in the wake of tragedy.”
The Oct. 22 announcement was the second tax relief measure the governor has issued in recent weeks. Kemp temporarily suspended collection of the state sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels shortly after Helene struck large portions of South Georgia and the Augusta region.
The governor proposed a similar tax rebate two years ago worth about $1 billion. The General Assembly approved that rebate during the 2023 legislative session.
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Pat Fox, our editor and friend, keeps asking me when I am going to write my column on the 100 most influential/impactful people of all time. It seems like a good idea for a column albeit, a bit imposing. But I have finally worked up enough energy and optimism to at least start. Spoiler: I think these might not be your traditional “influential” folk, at least some of them, and I may not take this idea seriously all the time.
No. 1: George Balanchine. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Balanchine was the most influential choreographer in ballet history. Why should No. 1 designation go to a ballet choreographer? I went to the performance of the Ukraine Ballet last night at The Cobb Energy Center with my ballerina daughter (once upon a time) and realized in the middle of the performance, that the opposite of “war” is – and has to be “ballet.” The horror of war is mirrored/refracted by the beauty and truth that is ballet. Both ballet and war are choices. One is not a good one. The other is.
No. 2: Alfred Nobel. He might as well have invented modern war. In 1867 he invented dynamite. Naturally, following his ranking somewhere has to be Robert Oppenheimer —generally regarded as the father of the atomic bomb, the ultimate weapon of war — but I don’t know how I feel about putting him high in the rankings, or at all. Maybe my grandfather H.V. Appen should be there instead. He helped build the Manhattan Project Oakridge Tennessee, the facility where the bomb was developed. He did that while his brother Albert von Appen was piloting a German U-boat. Okay, maybe not. Actually, maybe none of them should be on the list. Maybe the guy who prevented the use of the Atomic Bomb should be.
No. 3: Vasilli Arkhipov. Context: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, Oct. 27. Soviet submarine, B-59 which is equipped with nuclear torpedoes and captained by Valentin Savitsky. U.S. Navy enforcing blockade around Cuba and is dropping depth charges to force Soviet submarines to surface. Communication is cut off with B-29, and its captain believes that war with the United States has begun and orders the nuclear torpedoes armed and readied to launch. Launch requires approval of three people — the captain, the political officer, and the second in command. The political officer gives his approval, leaving only the second in command to approve. The second in command, Vasilli Arkhipov, refuses to consent to the launch. One guy. Just one guy and a probable nuclear armaged-
don between the Soviet Union and the United States is averted.
No. 4: Stanislav Petrov. Context: In 1983 — about 20 years after the almost nuclear war — this Soviet military officer was on duty when the Soviet early warning system detected multiple U.S. missile launches aimed at the Soviet Union. Protocol called for Stanislav to report the perceived attack to his superiors which would probably have triggered a Soviet nuclear retaliatory strike. Petrov suspected that the alarm was a malfunction and did not report it to his superiors. His assumption later proved to be correct, and his willingness to risk his career and probably his life potentially saved the world from a catastrophic nuclear conflict. Maybe he is the one who should get that Peace Prize.
No. 5: Jointly, Linus Pauling and Albert Schweitzer. Both won Nobel Prizes for Peace, Pauling specifically for his activism in opposing the testing, use and proliferation of nuclear weapons, and Schweitzer for his “Reverence for Life Philosophy” which included his opposition to nuclear arms and his work jointly with Pauling, his friend Albert Einstein, and other scientists. Of note, Pauling also won the Nobel prize for Chemistry, the only person ever to win two unshared Nobel Prizes and one of only two people to have won Nobel Prizes in two different categories. The other was Marie Curie, who won in physics and in chemistry (for the discovery of polonium and radium).
No. 6: The Joker in Batman (The Dark Knight), Context: Hans Zimmer who wrote much of the music for the Dark Knight trilogy said that The Joker — not Batman —- was the only true honest character in The Dark Knight Trilogy. So, naming him as No. 6 is sort of my way of nominating “honesty” as a most influential idea (instead of an individual) — and the fact that it is through art and culture — in this case a movie and a music composer — that the value is spotlighted and promoted. It’s sort of like the Ukraine Ballet and their representation and opposition to Putin’s war.
No. 7: Antulio Ramirez Ortiz. Context: Antulio is the first guy to hijack a commercial plane (National Airlines Flight #337 in 1961) which was traveling to Key West from Miami and was diverted by Antulio to Cuba. He was allowed to live in Cuba but most of the remainder of his life is undocumented.
Honorable Mention goes to D.B. Cooper, the first person to hijack a domestic plane and escape via parachuting out (as it flew somewhere over Washington State) on Nov. 24, 1971. D. B. Cooper was never caught. Both Ortiz and Cooper are largely responsible for the billions of dollars spent worldwide on security screening apparatus and the tens of thousands
of jobs associated with the staffing in airports.
No. 8: Andy Warhol. (I apologize for my indulgence here) Context: There is no serious merit for this ranking, OK? Andy Warhol — mainly because I love the Campbell Soup Cans; I love the potoroids of Marilyn Monroe; actually because I love anything and everything Marilyn Monroe — what and who she was, represented, and suggested; and because when I think about MM, it takes me back to the time when Lou Reed was playing with The Velvet Underground and wrote two of my sentimental favorites, “Walk on the Wild Side” and (my very favorite) “Pale Blue Eyes.”
No. 9: Joe DiMaggio. (Another indulgence, sorry) Context: His 56-game hitting streak — probably the baseball record least likely to ever be broken. Also, his class and dignity. And finally, I have to admit what a romantic sucker I am — his short marriage to Marilyn Monroe (see No. 8) and after her death on Aug. 5, 1962, he delivered a dozen roses to her grave every week for the next 20 or so years… “Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.” (Thank you Paul Simon)
No. 10: Muhammad Ali. Context: Take your pick Mohammad Ali his principals, his integrity, his willingness to fight for and go to jail for what he believed in — a Black man in a White man’s world who ended up being the most famous, most recognized and arguably one of the most respected human beings on the planet.
Or does one pick his fights? Ali vs Smokin’ Joe Frazer — heavy weight fights that are the boxing standard we will never see again. “It was the closest thing to dying that I know. I was in a war.” That’s Ali on the first fight (losing) with Frazier. “It was like a war. I gave it my all. I thought I was going to die in there.”
Joe Frazier on the second (losing) fight with Ali. “I hit him (Ali) with punches that would’ve taken a tree down. Lord he is a great fighter.” Joe Frazier on the “Thrilla in Manilla.”
Or, do you pick just one fight — the epic fight in 1974 — “The Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasa, Zaire, between an aging in the final years of his career Ali and the 25-year-old George Foreman, the reigning heavy weight champion with 37 knockouts. Prior to his match with Ali, Foreman destroyed Joe Frazier (January 1973), knocking him out in the second round, and in March 1974, he destroyed Ken Norton in the second round, the same Ken Norton who broke Ali’s jaw in the second round of their March of 1973 non-title bout.
After the broken jaw, Ali fought another 10 rounds and end up losing to Norton in a split decision. Who fights 10 rounds with a broken jaw? Who? Only
one guy — Ali.
Everyone expected Ali also would be destroyed by Foreman, and for almost eight rounds, Foreman pounded him. Ali had nothing. Just stayed on the ropes and let Foreman hit him until early in the eighth when Ali exploded, drawing on all the remaining strength of his tired arms and relying on pure raw will — the kind of will that only true champions have. He released a series of hooks that rocked Foreman, then landed a heavy right hand followed by a left hook that shook the boxing world to its core as Foreman toppled and couldn’t get up. Only one person wasn’t surprised by the win — only one. Ali. No. 11: Our Appen Media Herald/ Crier reporters and news staff. They are working their hearts out for you, and they need — we need — you to come on board with us and help row; row with your financial support so we can keep doing what we do for you and your family.
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This is the story of a young Civil War soldier, Benjamin Franklin Lesh (1845-1882), based on the diary he kept. Franklin was 18 years old when he joined the Ohio Volunteer Infantry Nov. 6, 1862. His great grandson, Ned Lesh, a resident of Roswell has a copy of Franklin’s diary which was meticulously kept during his final year of military service in 1864 and 1865. Ned’s Uncle Harvey, deceased, had the original handwritten diary, which was typed by Harvey’s daughter Virginia Ramsey, also deceased. My notes are italicized.
Clearly troops spent a lot of time marching during the day or sometimes all night. It rained frequently and the troops were often soaking wet and uncomfortable. There were frequent skirmishes with Confederate soldiers which Lesh calls Rebs, Johnny Rebs or Johnnies.
I will quote a few highlights from the diary using Franklin’s spelling and language. It starts on May 1,1864 by describing a march from Decatur, Alabama, to Georgia marching over the Chickamaga battle grounds which “looks torn up pretty bad…we camped on Chickamaga Creek.” [The Battle of Chickamauga in September 1820, 1863, was the second bloodiest battle of the war after Gettysburg as Union troops sought to seize control of Chattanooga, a major rail hub and manufacturing center. The Union troops lost the battle but came back in late November under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and retook Chattanooga which led to the Atlanta campaign when Atlanta fell to Sherman’s troops.]
[maybe a week or two later] “This morning we started out and marched till midnight and camped in an open field. Morning came too soon.”
[next day] “This morning we started out and marched fast and pretty steady and the weather being warm, made it pretty hard for us. At two we stopped and was ordered to make coffee and rest till four, but we rested till sundown and then marched all night, till broad day light. We drew rations and set out at nine and arrived at Kingston about three in the afternoon.” [On May 18, 1864, General Sherman occupied Kingston and stayed there for three days as he
prepared for his push toward Atlanta.]
[Some days later.] “We drew rations and started out reconnaissance. We crossed a little hill from where we could see the Mountain Kennesaw at a distance of about seven miles. We went along the railroad. Deployed skirmishers [solders sent ahead of troops to harass the enemy] , have drove the rebels back a piece.
“It rained all day today Sunday. The skirmishers are picking [a line of soldiers set out in front of the main soldiers to provide early warning] all the time. Some of our batteries are sending their compliments to the Johnnies.”
[Some strange developments as the war is not going well for the Confederates.] “I seen a great many of them run into our lines waving a white flag some turned and fired into their own men.”
Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Lesh (1845-1882) was only 18 when he joined the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in November 1862. His occupation was listed as musician. He mustered out in July 1865 after three years as a soldier during the Civil War. In May 1864 the regiment joined Sherman’s Atlanta campaign. Lesh is buried in the North Canton (Zion) Cemetery, Stark County, Ohio. In 1866 he married Eliza S. Bushong. The regiment lost during its term of service two officers and 91 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and five officers and 259 enlisted men by disease, for a total of 357 fatalities.
NED LESH/PROVIDED
“This morning we got orders to go to Marrietta, thirteen miles. We reached it by night. We drew our skirmishers and lost not one man.”
“I have been over in town, Roswell. The factories are all burned. Our men have the bridge about down.”
“This morning we started for Decatur Ga., but encountered the Johnnies, so we stopped and camped for the night.”
“All the talk is about the veterans and election, which will be elected, Lincoln or McClellan.”
[The election was held Nov. 8, 1864. Lincoln defeated former Gen. George McClellan by a wide margin, partly due to the Union victory at the Battle of Altanta.]
“I went along the railroad and saw where the rebels burnt a trestle. Election day, our boys voted. I bought pounds of hard beat [?] at Altoona
and saw the prisoners and wounded men. They tried hard for that place but was whipped and lost a number of men.” [The Battle of Allatoona took place Oct. 5, 1864.]
“This is my birthday, November 4. Two years ago today I enlisted.”
“This is election day, everything seems lively and peaceable…. The election was as follows in our regiment: For McClellen – 93; Abaham Lincoln – 218 votes….We got our pay and I got 10 months pay from the first of November 1863 to the last of August 1864. Six dollalrs a month since the first of May 1864…. Sent home 60 dollars and paid off my debts.”
[Final entry.] “March 1, 1865 We lay in camp all day. The rebels are fortified at Cheran….Moved at six nineteen miles to town. The rebels ran and left all the sick men, camp equipment, teams and forty pieces of artillery. I took a walk through town and saw the sick rebels. It is a very nice town on the great Parddee River.”
[Franklin was mustered out July 8 1865 after three years of active service.]
If you keep up with the news, you’ve probably heard some buzz about spotted lanternfly. This invasive insect was first seen in Pennsylvania in 2014 and has since spread to 15 states, most recently to North Carolina in 2022. Spotted lanternfly has not been observed yet in Georgia, but entomologists and residents alike are keeping their eyes open.
Despite its name, spotted lanternfly is not a fly. It is a large planthopper, a type of insect related to aphids, cicadas, stink bugs and more, that uses its needle-like mouthparts to pierce plant tissues and suck out sap. Spotted lanternfly can feed on over 100 different types of plants, including natives like beech, birch, black gum, maples, oaks and sycamore, as well as food crops like grapes, apples, peaches and plums. Its favorite host plant is tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima), an invasive tree that grows across the Southeast.
Feeding by spotted lanternfly causes aesthetic damage and also stresses plants, making them more susceptible to diseases and environmental pressures. Spotted lanternfly adults aggregate in large groups and are considered “swarm feeders.” Feeding by a large group can cause wilting and dieback on plants and trees. Just like aphids, lanternflies produce sugary excrement called honeydew. When honeydew builds up on plants, it acts like a petri dish for sooty mold to grow. Not to mention it’s just unpleasant to have a swarm of feeding insects in your landscape!
The damage caused by spotted lanternfly is likely to affect farmers, plant nurseries, landscapers and gardeners in many ways. Farmers, nurseries and landscapers will have to spray more insecticides and spend more on labor to manage this new pest. Any producers who transport plants across state lines – a common practice – will have to expend significant resources making sure their cargo is completely free of spotted lanternfly eggs, nymphs and adults.
A preliminary study by Penn
This week’s “Garden Buzz” guest columnist is Gabrielle LaTora, agriculture agent in Fulton County’s Extension office. An entomologist by training, Gabrielle is interested in insects on farms and in gardens and is passionate about closing the gap between people and their food. In addition to helping coordinate Fulton’s Master Gardener Extension Volunteer program, Gabrielle oversees the North Fulton Community Garden, answers clients’ questions about gardening and natural resources, works with urban farmers and delivers educational programs for Fulton County residents. Gabrielle presented “Insect Allies: Predators and Parasitoids in the Garden” in the spring 2023 Gardening Lecture Series presented by the North Fulton Master Gardeners, https:// youtu.be/NZ3um6QXXKc.
insect is yellow with brown/black bars.
The earlier an invasive pest like spotted lanternfly is detected, the better state and federal agencies, homeowners and producers will be able to manage it and control its spread. Do your part and keep your eyes open!
State University found significant economic effects following spotted lanternfly’s introduction in Pennsylvania alone, estimating that damages could reach as high as $554 million with a loss of 4,987 jobs if the insect spreads throughout Pennsylvania.
Spotted lanternflies have several life stages: egg, four nymphal (juvenile) molts and adult. To correctly identify the spotted lanternfly, we need to know what they look like at each life stage.
• Eggs: Spotted lanternfly ride out the winter as eggs, grouped together in masses on any hard surface. According to Cornell University Extension, “The egg masses are often found on the underside of branches or objects and vary in size but are typically about 1 1/2” long and 3/4” wide and look like grayish splotches of mud or putty.”
• Nymphs: Nymphs hatch from
the egg masses in spring or early summer. The young nymphs (molts 1-3) are less than ¼” long and have black bodies with small, white spots. At their 4th molt, the final nymph stage can be up to ½” long. They are still black with white spots but now have a red wash across their backs with a vertical black line down the center.
• Adults: By late July, spotted lanternflies complete one final molt to the adult stage. Adults are about 1” long and ½” wide. They have wings at the adult stage, which they hold tent-like over their backs. The front wings, which are visible when adults have their wings closed, are grayish tan with black/brown spots. They may even have a purplish sheen. The tips of the front wings have a brownish speckled pattern. The hind wings – only visible when the adults spread their wings open – have brown tips, a white section in the middle, and a flash of scarlet on the inside corner. The body of the
If you suspect you have seen a spotted lanternfly, take a good photo and contact your local Extension Office to report your sighting. You can also report suspected populations of spotted lanternfly or tree-of-heaven via the EDDMapS website or app (https://www. eddmaps.org/). These reports go directly to the GFC Forest Health Coordinator, UGA entomologists, USDA-APHIS and other programs for evaluation.
Happy 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/columists/ garden buzz/.
HAYDEN SUMLIN Staff Reporter hayden@appenmedia.com
With the 2024 election just days away, I can’t stop thinking about the time the U.S. House of Representatives chose the president.
The four-candidate race for the 1824 presidential election yielded no one with a majority of the Electoral College. It’s only happened once in American history, almost exactly 200 years ago.
Today, both presidential candidates and their supporters claim that American democracy and the future of the republic is at stake. This history nerd is doubtful, especially given an interesting case study from two centuries ago.
All four presidential candidates in 1824, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford and Henry Clay, were members of the DemocraticRepublican Party.
Crawford, whose poor health throughout the election resembles contemporary times, was a nonfactor.
Jackson received the most popular and electoral votes but fell short of the threshold to secure a clear victory.
The 12th amendment excluded Clay, who received the fewest electoral votes, from the House runoff.
Clay, speaker of the House at the time, famously backed Adams, who named him as secretary of state once elected to the White House.
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filer who is the head of his or her household will get $375, and married couples filing jointly will receive $500.
Kemp said the state can afford the rebate because conservative budgeting has helped the state build up a huge budget surplus. He said he’d rather send that money back to
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Jackson and his supporters denounced Adams’ election and Clay’s appointment as a corrupt bargain.
The 1824 presidential election ended the Era of Good Feelings, a term associated with unity, the end of bitter partisan disputes and the presidency of James Monroe.
Jackson would go on to serve two terms, centering his 1828 run on accusations of the corrupt bargain.
This also reminds us of today, and an easy comparison can be made between the two populists, Jackson and former President Donald Trump.
Both leveraged nontraditional political backgrounds to win over votes in an era of political realignment. Both have accused the political establishment of working against them.
Regardless of how you feel about this election’s candidates, there’s no indication that a chaotic election will spell the end of American democracy and civil liberties.
I think it’s all normal and a part of the game.
There have been two presidential elections in the United States since I received my driver’s license.
After elections in 2016, 2020 and even the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, whichever political party lost the election spent months challenging the results, telling their supporters it was stolen and blaming everything but themselves.
Republicans and Democrats are both doing it, repeatedly, when politically expedient.
There’s nothing unusual about this election. Stop buying “your” party’s line.
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