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THE RESULTS ARE IN

Two new members, incumbent win Milton City Council seats

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton voters selected two new councilmembers and one incumbent Nov. 7, wrapping up the city’s first self-run election.

The three victors gathered around 7 p.m. at Aberdeen Steakhouse near City Hall to await the results.

Tabulation continued after 10 p.m., but the celebration did not stop.

Milton Mayor Peyton Jamison and Councilwoman Andrea Verhoff were

among those in attendance.

“I’m excited,” incoming District 2, Post 2 Councilman Doug Hene said.

“We’ve been through a lot together the last three months, through this campaign, learning how each other works, what matters to us. More importantly, tons of meet and greets, lots of door knocking, hearing what matters to our community.”

Hene won the seat with no opposition after incumbent

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Phil Cranmer, Doug Hene and Carol Cookerly salute their win Nov. 7 at a campaign celebration at Aberdeen Steakhouse. Cranmer defeated incumbent Councilman Rick Mohrig; Hene ran unopposed; and Cookerly defended the District 1, Post 2 seat against Helen Gordon.

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Amid sorting duties, tabulators provide playby-play on voting results. ► PAGE 6

Milton City Council torn over contrasting accounts of secret election meeting

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — In a split vote Nov. 6, the Milton City Council approved minutes from a Sept. 18 meeting in which the city manager met with councilmembers to discuss public relations surrounding city

elections. The session, which qualifies as an open meeting under Georgia law, was held without notice to the public.

Councilmembers Paul Moore, Rick Mohrig and Jan Jacobus voted against approving the minutes, saying they were dissatisfied with the way the September meeting was portrayed.

They said the meeting was less of an “election update” and more an “admonishment” of Mohrig. According to their accounts, City Manager Steve Krokoff said the Department of Justice could get involved if Mohrig’s investigation into an alleged security breach continues.

After a city IT investigation concluded that Mohrig’s city email account had not been hacked, Mohrig filed a police report seeking a further look. The alleged breach concerns a calendar invitation sent from Mohrig’s city Outlook account that

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MILTON, Ga. — Police issued Milton City Councilman Rick Mohrig a criminal trespass warning Nov. 1 after he drove onto private property off Birmingham Highway without permission.

In a letter to Mayor Peyton Jamison Nov. 2, Eric Bayliss said he saw a silver Dodge minivan drive about 400 feet onto his property the day before. He said there were two White males in their 60s or 70s – he later identified the driver to be Mohrig after consulting with two Milton Police officers and providing an image of the vehicle’s license plate.

“I am incredibly frustrated that any of our elected officials would feel they can just do as they please and trespass around in a manner unconducive and unabiding to the law,” Bayliss wrote to Jamison.

Milton resident Kevin Muldowney, who had resigned from his role as a poll clerk in the city’s municipal election following controversy over his efforts in Mohrig’s re-election campaign, admitted to being Mohrig’s passenger at the City Council meeting Nov. 6.

The Milton Police Department did not create an incident report for the event, which Capt. Charles Barstow said is “consistent with the city’s approach to

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Milton man charged with assaulting wife MILTON, Ga. — Police arrested a Milton man Oct. 31 after his wife reported to police that an argument turned physical in front of their newborn daughter and her 1-year-old nephew.

The victim told police the suspect

criminal trespass cases like these.”

“Per our normal protocol, we do not take incident reports for criminal trespass unless other charges are involved,” Barstow wrote to Appen Media in a Nov. 6 email.

But, the Police Department has a copy of Mohrig’s citation on file as well as the Field Contact form which would support Mohrig’s arrest if he returns to the property.

In an email to Appen Media Nov. 3, Mohrig said he visited the property because he had been responding to community concerns about clear-cutting at a City Council meeting in late October.

“I stopped by this property to take a picture to include in an email to City Manager [Steve] Krokoff to request that

our Community Development Department look into compliance with Milton’s Tree Ordinance,” Mohrig wrote. “These were the questions that were being asked of me by citizens. I consider my actions part of my service to my constituents. However, in hindsight, I should have remained on the shoulder of Highway 372 rather than pulling into the driveway.”

Appen Media reported Oct. 26 that a Milton resident noticed the nearly 11acre parcel had been clear-cut, but that Community Development Director Bob Buscemi said the property is agriculturally exempt from state code and the city’s tree ordinance because the owner is working to create a pasture for cows to graze.

Buscemi told Appen Media the exemption is in place to promote Milton’s rural heritage.

Bayliss reiterated his concerns to the council at its Nov. 6 meeting and said after three years in practice he and his family invested all their money into the Milton farm. Bayliss works as a chiropractor in Alpharetta.

“I grew up on a farm up in Ohio. My family raised cattle, and I wanted to bring a little slice of that down to Milton, Georgia, and just provide for my family, for my three sons and for my wife, and just live a life that I could be proud of for my family,” Bayliss said.

arrived home earlier that day intoxicated and that he kicked her right leg, then left.

The victim said when he returned home three hours later, they got into another argument about him picking up their 2-month-old daughter, according to the police report.

The victim told police the suspect attempted to grab her cell phone to prevent her from calling 911 and reached for her neck with his right hand, strangling her until she couldn’t breathe.

She said the suspect used his left hand to grab her right arm, putting it behind her back, then pushed her down while trying to remove her cell phone but that

she was able to establish contact with 911 as she was being held down.

After speaking with dispatch, the victim told police the suspect fled the residence.

Based on the testimonial evidence and the victim’s injuries, police obtained warrants on the suspect for aggravated assault, obstruction of making emergency phone calls and cruelty to children in the third degree.

Police later arrested the suspect during a traffic stop after he failed to stop at a stop sign, then transported him to the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.

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Milton resident Eric Bayliss addresses the City Council Nov. 6 about Councilman Rick Mohrig trespassing on his Birmingham Highway property.

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Milton poll manager Judy Burds, second from left, and two poll clerks count ballots at the end of Election Day for Precinct 2 at the Community Center at Milton City Park and Preserve.

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MILTON, Ga. — In the last hour of Election Day at the Community Center at Milton City Park and Preserve, around 100 voters cast their ballots with direction from poll clerks.

Going down the line of tables at Milton’s second voting precinct, voters checked in on poll pads and received their ballot as well as a numbered strip to be given to a poll clerk standing by the ballot box. The strips were used for reconciliation.

“Have you reviewed your ballot?” poll clerks asked, before voters slid their ballot into the ballot box and picked up a sticker.

After 5 p.m., voters who arrived at the incorrect location could cast a valid provisional ballot. A mother and daughter, set for Precinct 1 at Milton City Hall, took up the opportunity with the help of Poll Manager Judy Burds.

Next to Burds’ desk was a sitting area, used by a poll watcher for the Democratic Party of Georgia. He had been there since 1 p.m., keeping occupied with a book, “Democracy Awakening” by Heather Cox Richardson.

The poll watcher also checked in with voters if he overheard an issue, like one case where a voter was issued an absentee ballot but didn’t use it. When that happens, Burds said the voter completes an affidavit and casts a ballot as normal.

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From left, Milton Poll Manager Judy Burds accompanies a poll clerk with ballots while leaving the Community Center en route to City Hall under police escort. began peeling off signs from the walls, breaking down equipment and packaging items, like magnifying glasses as well as poll pads in their designated hard-shell carriers.

Closing paperwork followed a similar procedure as what was done for advanced voting, though there wasn’t any sorting for ballot counting – all the ballots were for Precinct 2.

Out of more than 9,300 active registered voters for Precinct 2, the clerks expected 773 ballots to be in the ballot box. Voters who once cast their ballots at Birmingham Falls Elementary and Hopewell Baptist Church were redirected to the Community Center this year for Milton’s first self-run election.

Provisional ballots were processed separately and placed in a sealed bag.

Burds said the city will have to gather information from Fulton County, the city’s registrar, to then make a determination if

they will count toward the official results.

After Burds unlocked the ballot box and ensured the chute was clear, she piled ballots on the table for two poll clerks to count into 50-ballot batches. The poll watcher stuck around, and a Milton Police officer was on hand, set to transport the ballots in his patrol vehicle with Burds.

Burds crossed her fingers before all the 773 ballots were accounted for. There was counting and recounting of ballot stacks — after the count, one poll clerk said her dreams would be overtaken with counting in twos.

All the regular ballots were sealed in bags, loaded into the officer’s patrol car and followed by a caravan including Appen Media and the poll clerks at around 8:30 p.m.

Upon arrival at City Hall, the team from Precinct 2 learned they were the first to get their ballots in before riding the elevator up to the tabulation room.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO PHIL CRANMER, CAROL COOKERLY, & DOUG HENE! Friends, neighbors, and Milton Families First supporters— Election day in Milton was a victory for good government, integrity and our community. By wide margins, the voters of Milton elected three incredible people to serve on the city council.

Congratulations to Phil Cranmer, Doug Hene and Carol Cookerly. They are selfless public servants who will govern responsibly and put the public good above all else.

Through this landslide election, Milton voters rejected the self-interested politics of the past.

As a result, responsible governance will return to City Hall.

Milton Families First was proud to play a small role in these wins. Through our efforts:

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• 65% increase in voter turnout over 2019

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Nevertheless, big issues remain in Milton. Beating back development pressures to ensure the Milton we love remains pure and protected. Keeping citizens safe. Enhancing the quality of life that we have come to enjoy. But we remain incredibly optimistic about the future with these wonderful leaders at the helm.

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After the last of the ballots were sent in for review, nearly three dozen poll officials and watchers wait for the unofficial results for Milton’s municipal election in the early morning of Nov. 8 on the second floor of City Hall.

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MILTON, Ga. — The second floor of Milton City Hall buzzed with commotion when polls closed at 7 p.m. on Election Day, with 24 tabulators determining ballot markings, several poll watchers roaming the entire area and others observing from afar behind a rope.

Observers came and went.

But, some stayed for the entirety of tabulation, like State Election Board Member Janice Johnston – a Republican Party appointee and known critic of Fulton County election management. There were also several students from Auburn University who study election administration and their mentor Mitchell Brown, a professor of political science.

Separated by precinct, six groups of four tabulators started with a recount of the ballots, then went onto reading the results. As poll workers carted Election Day ballots to the floor, tabulators had a head start with ballots cast during advanced voting.

With each precinct changeover, Deputy City Manager Stacey Inglis posted a sign to show what ballots were being tabulated and announced the

number of tally sheets clerks would need to complete their work.

Tabulators had some fun reading aloud some write-in candidates. One giggled as she announced a voter wished for “anyone else” for some unidentified race. There were also a few write-ins for Councilman Paul Moore, who didn’t seek another term, and other characters like Mickey Mouse, the Cookie Monster and Pedro.

For a write-in candidate to win the election, they would have had to have qualified. With that, write-ins were mostly statement pieces.

Occasionally, clerks struggled to read the marks, and the two assistant managers of tabulation walked over from their desk to make their call. If they couldn’t make a final say, Inglis would step in and decide whether a ballot was a “total reject.” Inglis served as the city’s deputy election superintendent as well as the chief manager of tabulation.

As batches of around 50 ballots were accounted for, they would make their way to the assistant managers at the front of the room.

One manager called out precinct numbers, candidate names and the

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Councilman Paul Moore announced he would not seek re-election.

Incumbent Councilwoman Carol Cookerly defended the District 1, Post 2 seat against Helen Gordon. Cookerly secured almost two-thirds of the vote, garnering 2,315 of the 3,577 votes cast.

Phil Cranmer defeated incumbent Rick Mohrig for the District 3, Post 2 seat. Cranmer, who served as HOA president for Bethany Creek and on the Milton Parks and Recreation Advisory Board during his 17 years in the city, garnered 60 percent of the more than 3,600 votes cast in the race.

Candidates commended city staff for their hard work and dedication in conducting the city’s first in-house election.

“It’s been an enormous responsibility,” Cookerly said. “It’s been for them and for us, and for everybody, confusing at times, because of having to learn so much and do so much. But they have done it with class. They’ve done it with dignity.”

Cranmer and Hene said a

number of votes, while the other made changes to excel spreadsheets displayed on a monitor. There were two forms for everyone to see, the Summary of Tally Sheet and unofficial results; both were used for a regular update to the city’s “Elections” webpage, a task that had Communications Director Greg Botelho zooming around.

The election results are scheduled to be certified at a special called City Council meeting Nov. 13.

Some distinct words were used during the assistant managers’ announcements, like “overvote” and “undervote.” According to Milton’s Tabulation Manual for poll workers, obtained in an open records request, “undervote” means there was no vote for a race, and “overvote” means there was more than one vote for a contest.

The manual also tackles items like the way ballots are boxed and archived for a two-year, surveilled hold. It even explains what to do if a candidate dies – their votes are still counted.

While Milton’s Training Manual for poll workers saw at least one update after real-world application, Appen Media has not confirmed whether the

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Phil Cranmer holds a campaign sign outside the Milton Public Safety complex on Election Day Nov. 7.

“postmortem” will be conducted to study how well the city performed operating its own election.

“We gave the citizens a choice,” Cranmer said. “The citizens will decide what they think is best for their community. But at the end of the day, we’re all neighbors, and we should have civility and respect for each other.”

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Tabulation Manual received the same treatment.

During tabulation, a six-hour affair, Inglis periodically made her way over to the area of onlookers to explain any snags. One situation involved a 650-ballot label count on a bag, but tabulators had counted 649 ballots; Inglis said the poll pad system counted 649 check-ins in addition to one supplemental voter.

By the end of the night, though, the total number of voters equaled the total number of ballots counted with 3,653 of each.

The energy of the crowd had simmered by 1 a.m. But, the excitement of Milton running its first Election Day was clear among many of the participants.

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“The intimidation factor was completely inappropriate,” Moore said. “I believe that was the primary purpose of the meeting.”

In a Nov. 7 email, Krokoff told Appen Media that he agreed with the minutes that had been approved and stands by his initial concern, that “multiple calls for investigations by councilmembers may undermine public confidence in Milton’s election effort.”

“My concerns about intervention by outside law enforcement agencies are simply a byproduct of my years of experience in law enforcement,” Krokoff wrote.

Krokoff is the former police chief for the Albany, N.Y. Police Department.

Controversy for consent The minutes were originally on the council’s Nov. 6 consent agenda, a process that allows bulk approval of typically noncontroversial items all in one vote and without discussion. This move drew criticism, first by a Milton resident during the public comment portion of the meeting.

“Several councilmembers and the city manager have emphasized over recent months that transparency is critical to maintaining public trust,” said Lisa Cauley, who has been a key player in Mohrig’s re-election efforts. “However, the decision to include this item on the consent agenda appears to be a strategy to stifle public conversation and disclosure of the meeting’s details.”

Moore soon requested that the item be added to the “new business” portion of the agenda that would allow for open discussion.

“The narrative reads … ‘The city manager provided an election update to the council…,’” Moore said before the final vote. “That is not in my mind what happened, and that is a narrative put forward by our city attorney and put in good faith.”

Four councilmembers took the opportunity to provide an additional narrative about the meeting, which were not provided as part of the minutes.

Instead, the statements will accompany the minutes whenever they are requested through open records.

In an email earlier that day, City Attorney Ken Jarrard told Appen Media that the “requirements for minutes are not overly rigorous.”

He said minutes are required to show the names of those present, a description of each motion or proposal made, the identity of the person making and seconding the motion or other proposal, and a record of all votes. No votes were

‘Ancillary Narratives’ Four Milton councilmembers provided an additional account of the secret Sept.

18 elections meeting. City officials say those documents can only be accessed by submitting an Open Records request.

Appen Media has obtained the materials and is making them available at appenmedia.com/minutes.

taken at the Sept. 18 meeting, which lasted roughly half an hour.

Jarrard also said there is no legal requirement for the additional narratives, but that “Milton afforded councilmembers that opportunity.”

At the Nov. 6 meeting, Jarrard said he drafted “whatever perspective the narrative can secure a vote of a majority of a quorum.”

“I do not believe that the individual narratives would do that because they are unique to the individual that drafted them,” Jarrard said. “Minutes anticipate a communal response.”

The minutes were taken from a prepared statement Mayor Peyton Jamison had read at the Oct. 16 council meeting. His statement ended with an apology and a plan for the council to participate in additional training to better abide by the Open Meeting Act. CRABAPPLE

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investigation that had been weighed by other councilmembers, a potential second probe Appen Media had reported four days after the Sept. 18 meeting took place.

“I think I said to the entire council, ‘What would you do if this was happening to you and impacting your family when you tried to defend your name and seek justice?’” Mohrig said, referencing his police report into the alleged email hack.

Jacobus echoed what had been said about the meeting’s characterization as an “election update.”

“It wasn’t an election update, unless you consider chewing somebody’s ass out for starting investigations,” Jacobus said.

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Milton City Attorney Ken Jarrard explains that his draft of the minutes from a Sept.

18 meeting were written in such a way that would likely gain majority council support.

Jarrard did not explicitly share that the minutes were pulled from Mayor Peyton Jamison’s prepared statement read aloud at the council’s Oct. 16 meeting.

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Reading the narratives Prompted by Moore, he as well as Mohrig, Jacobus and Councilwoman Andrea Verhoff read their narratives into the record, to be captured as part of the minutes of the Nov. 6 council meeting.

“Whether they’re the minutes of tonight’s meeting or adopted or not adopted as the minutes of the other meeting, is immaterial to me as long as they are captured in their entirety, that they are not necessarily adopted as a part of a supplement to the minutes, where the consumer … is then called upon to go seek those.”

Moore, Mohrig and Jacobus all said the meeting was more or less assembled

by Krokoff, a perspective Mayor Jamison had refuted. Jamison stated that all the council should take responsibility for participating in the Sept. 18 meeting rather than placing the blame on Krokoff.

“We’re not children,” Jamison said.

In his perspective, Mohrig said he felt that Krokoff’s assertion, that the Department of Justice could become entangled in city affairs, was directed at him because of his police investigation into the alleged security breach.

“Peyton responded with something like, ‘Well you are the reason we are all here,’” according to Mohrig’s official narrative, obtained by Appen Media in an open records request.

At the regular meeting, Mohrig said there was no reference to another

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Wellstar North Fulton celebrates success at 40-year anniversary

By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Business owners, elected officials and WellStar team members celebrated the 40-year anniversary of the North Fulton Hospital Nov. 8 with hors d’oeuvres and drinks in the Hospital Atrium at 3000 Hospital Boulevard in Roswell.

The Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center served as host and sponsor of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours event Nov. 8.

The networking sessions are usually sponsored by a corporate cornerstone of the North Fulton community and typically held on the second Thursday of each month.

Kristin Caudell, executive director of strategic community development for Wellstar Health System, spoke briefly about the relationship between the chamber and Wellstar North Fulton.

“We work together to have shared messaging in the community, to have a seat at the table and to support their efforts in making this a great community to live, work and play,”

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Jon-Paul Croom, president of WellStar North Fulton Hospital, stands with Dr. Karim Godamunne, chief medical officer, during the 40-year anniversary celebration of the Roswell hospital Nov. 8. The North Fulton Medical Center opened in November 1983 and became a part of the WellStar Health System in 2016.

Caudell said.

Jon-Paul Croom, president of Wellstar North Fulton, began his role in April 2017.

“This is the week, 40 years ago,

that our hospital opened in 1983,” Croom said. “We had already planned to do this, it just happened to coincide with this After Hours.”

The North Fulton Medical Center

opened in November 1983 and became a part of the Wellstar Health System in 2016.

“We’re fortunate to live where we live in Georgia, there’s a lot of great health systems around,” Croom said. “We all make each other better, and everyone wants to provide great patient care.”

In the seven-and-a-half years since Wellstar Health Systems acquired the hospital, the nonprofit has invested $92 million at 300 Hospital Boulevard.

The results are 218 inpatient rooms in a newly renovated, state-ofthe-art facility.

In March 2023, CyberKnife technology for radiation therapy was introduced at the new Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Wellstar North Fulton Hospital is a Level II trauma center, a Level II emergency cardiac care center, and a Joint Commission primary stroke center.

Dr. Karim Godamunne, chief medical officer at the hospital who recruits physicians and staff to North

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Gym owner touts exercise to fight effects of pandemic

By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns exposed an array of health problems in America.

Health officials say a person’s risk of severe illness from COVID-19 increases as the number of underlying medical conditions they have grows.

The severity of illness from contracting the virus can be influenced by a person’s age, ethnicity or economic status, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says.

The CDC drew attention to asthma, chronic organ diseases, diabetes and several other conditions for demonstrating a conclusive increase in risk for hospitalization, admission to the intensive care unit, intubation or mechanical ventilation or death.

The CDC estimates over 1,150,000 Americans have died as a result of COVID. An article in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health argues the lockdowns were not effective in managing the COVID-19 pandemic.

The authors, Moshe Yanovskiy and Yehoshua Socol, found neither previous pandemics nor the coronavirus pandemic provide clear evidence that lockdowns help prevent deaths.

“It is suggested therefore that a thorough cost-benefit analysis should be performed before imposing any lockdown in the future,” Yanovskiy and Socol wrote.

On the other hand, physical activity

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One man’s local solution When Mike Vialpando acquired CrossFit NBK in October 2021, membership had declined amid lockdowns.

The 6,000-square-foot gym needed a community-based revival, Vialpando said.

There was a group of five coaches from the prior gym when Vialpando acquired it in 2021.

Today, there are 10 coaches at Forge Roswell.

The start of Vialpando’s coaching journey began when he left a 10-year healthcare career at St. Joseph’s Hospital

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“I saw a variety of adult diseases and sickness, to which many were either preventable or could have lowered risk with physical activity,” Vialpando said in a 2018 interview. “What I was seeing was hindsight healthcare, healthcare after the fact.”

Prior to acquiring the gym, Vialpando was head coach and manager for several years at another gym in Metro Atlanta.

Starting young He said starting a youth fitness program was spurred by his desire to address healthcare before patients reached the hospital.

Vialpando said he thinks the cost of a gym membership is much less than the

cost of healthcare later in life.

While some members joined the gym for general conditioning and a sense of community, Forge Roswell’s unique style has allowed it to retain and expand membership.

The workout programs at Forge Roswell are geared toward the individual’s desired level of functionality.

Vialpando encourages men and women of all ages to consider a 60-minute class at Forge Roswell.

The gym also has a summer teen program, which meets three days a week starting June 5.

“We taught kids how to safely and properly lift and move weights,” Vialpando said. “The whole goal is to create an active lifestyle.”

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Continued from Page 11 Fulton Medical Center, has worked at the healthcare facility for almost 10 years and was present during the Wellstar transition.

“I’m just very thankful for what Wellstar has done for this community,” Godamunne said. “I’ve lived here in Roswell for 16 years, and I’m very pleased.”

Godamunne said the hospital has grown to meet the growing needs of the surrounding community.

Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center employs about 1,500 people in Roswell, which makes it the second largest employer in the city.

“It’s important to us to think about all aspects of our team members,” Croom said. “We know that housing and food will always be people’s choice before healthcare.”

Croom said Wellstar North Fulton is not the solution, but they will be a part of addressing basic needs in the community.

If medical innovation wasn’t enough, Wellstar Health Systems provided nearly $1 billion in free healthcare in 2022, making it one of the largest safety-net providers in Georgia.

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Cambridge High teen earns Freedom Award MILTON, Ga. — A senior at Cambridge High School was the first in Milton to earn Trail Life USA’s highest advancement award, the Freedom Award.

In an October ceremony, BRYANT Fisher Bryant was recognized for the accomplishment in Trail Life USA, a Christ-centered, K-12, boy-focused character development and outdoor adventure organization founded in 2013. The program serves more than 50,000 members in over 1,000 local troops in all 50 states.

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successfully plan and lead a Servant Leadership Project benefiting the community or a faith-based organization, complete the spiritual development "Worthy Life" award and sit for a Board of Review to become a Freedom Rangeman.

A member of Stonecreek Church in Milton and Troop GA-0317, chartered to and owned by Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, Fisher is one of a small percentage of boys in the nation who earn the Freedom Award.

For his Servant Leadership Project, Bryant chose to build a large wooden team-building “Challenge Wall” for Camp Arrowhead at Stonecreek Church.

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By R.J. TURNER newsroom@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — North Metro Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), a multi-jurisdiction tactical team, provides safety and protection throughout a large five-city community.

Formed in 2009, the North Metro SWAT originally consisted of Sandy Springs, Johns Creek and Dunwoody.

Later on, Brookhaven and Chamblee became a part of the unit.

Appen Media covers the three original North Metro SWAT police department members and each reflects on being a part of the unit.

In total, there are approximately 30 specially trained officers from each cities’ police department keeping safe a large population of residents with knowledge of each city.

The team has undergone rigorous specialized training in order to respond to hostage situations, barricaded suspects, heavily armed criminal engagement, counter-terrorism, active assailants and dignitary protection.

Sandy Springs Police Department “North Metro SWAT provides additional support to our law enforcement partners. The team primarily responds to violent barricaded subjects, hostage rescue situations, serves high-risk warrants, or any other situation outside the capabilities of uniform patrol,” SWAT Commander Capt. Norm Vik of the Sandy Springs Police Department said.

Sandy Springs currently has 15 SWAT officers.

Johns Creek Police Department “The team trains together on a regular basis and each representing agency Chief and Command Staff are consistently briefed and de-briefed regarding high-risk situation “call-outs” or planned operations that occur in each

jurisdiction, Johns Creek Police Chief Mark Mitchell said. “The collaborative efforts and communication of SWAT team commanders ensures each city is on the same page and actively ready to respond when needed in each represented city or other law enforcement partners who need tactical assistance.”

Johns Creek currently has three SWAT officers.

Dunwoody Police Department “The North Metro SWAT team is a multi-jurisdictional special response team serving over 300,000 citizens in Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Johns Creek, Chamblee and Sandy Springs.

Dunwoody Police Chief Billy Grogan said.

“Each police department contributes equipment, people, and oversight to the operations of the team. North Metro SWAT responds to high-risk calls for service, conducts high-risk search warrants and provides other services as needed. The team provides a valuable service and helps keep the citizens of all five cities safe.”

Dunwoody Police Sgt. for Administration/Public Information Officer Michael Cheek said the department has eight allotted positions on the SWAT team. Four are currently filled.

Each police agency is responsible for salaries and equipment of their officers on the team, Cheek said.

Dunwoody Police Chief Grogan was recently awarded Outstanding Chief of Police for the State of Speaking at the Aug. 14 City Council meeting, Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch said Grogan’s calm approach to situations and his ability to see the big picture in keeping the city strong in public safety, has strengthened the city’s level of safety.

Throughout the years, the SWAT unit has had public engagement and awareness with vehicle displays, and officers training exercises within the five cities.

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An open record told me my neighbor was shot A man was shot, but thankfully not killed, by two men he confronted for standing next to his father’s car at an apartment building not far from mine.

I know this AMBER PERRY because I sent an Staff Reporter email to Roswell amber@appenmedia.com Police Information Officer (PIO) Timothy Lupo, who provided details on the incident and the report. As a journalist, I frequently speak with PIOs and file open records requests.

But residents of the complex, who were not informed by the building’s management about what happened Oct. 30, may not have this know-how.

“He said the only thing he remembered seeing was the muzzle flash and that he was shot at 3 times,” the incident report reads. Lupo said the victim suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder.

The police, including a K-9 unit, were unable to find the suspects. Both men were around 5-foot-8. One was wearing a black hoodie, and the other, a navy blue hoodie.

The victim told police they ran away between two apartment buildings, one I can see from my balcony.

No word Monday evening, I saw multiple Roswell Police vehicles drive past my apartment building and station themselves a stone’s throw away. More continued to pile in.

When blue lights began to infiltrate most rooms in my apartment around 11 p.m., I decided to peek out from my glass balcony door.

That’s when I saw an officer, wielding an assault rifle, roam the parking lot. I thought to myself that whatever happened had to be serious.

Walking into my newsroom the following morning, one of the first things I did was send an email to Lupo. He was prompt, and I was horrified.

Walking into my newsroom the following morning, one of the first things I did was send an email to Lupo. He was prompt, and I was horrified.”

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The officer I saw in my proverbial backyard – renters rarely have the luxury – had to be looking for the two men who shot my neighbor.

In an email, Lupo said detectives are still investigating the circumstances leading up to the shooting.

By the time I left the office later that afternoon, I still had not received any word from apartment management. So, I went by their desk to ask why.

The assistant manager told me staff filed a report and were discussing how to handle the incident with “corporate,” or whatever bureaucratic word she used.

Despite seeing a gun shot in the window of the nearby corner store (a gas station she told me to stay clear of before I moved in), the extended stay motels and a whole lot of loitering, the assistant manager said she had never experienced anything like this in the four years she’s worked here.

I also asked the assistant manager if Roswell Police regularly patrol the complex.

She said I would have to ask the police department that question, but that there is a private company hired to do the work.

Police beats Come to find out, Roswell is divided into five police districts. Each has two

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about fading road lines and a lack of crosswalks in our neck of the woods.

At the podium, he even said he would like to take a picture of the mayor with a paintbrush and a bucket of white paint. Though I was at the meeting in my capacity as a reporter, I couldn’t help but laugh from the third pew back.

East Roswell truly looks like an orphan. To live here is a point of pride for some, almost as if it’s an act of resilience.

patrol zones or “beats,” according to a police officer I spoke with in a personal capacity. Each zone typically has at least one officer and several float cars, assigned to the city at-large.

I live in Charlie District, Zone 2.

“We've never fallen below staffing levels where we wouldn't have an officer assigned to Charlie 2 Zone,” the officer said. “It’s pretty unheard of, given the call volume that we receive. We would call in additional officers before we allowed that to occur.”

I asked about his comment on call volume and described the greater police presence I see in my neighborhood versus other areas of Roswell, though I’m currently waiting for an open records request to be filled that should help answer this question.

“More people means more 911 calls,” the officer said.

But it was made clear that staffing in all zones is a priority.

I live in arguably one of the most neglected areas in Roswell, perhaps because of the density – many of the city’s apartments are in East Roswell. I’m just not sure if high-density development, which is fundamental to any livable city, must meet certain safety requirements upon City Council approval.

But, the infrastructure ain’t all that great either.

Coincidentally, I sat next to a man at the Roswell City Council open forum Oct. 30 who lives in townhomes down the street from me. He was there to talk

Half word The day after my trip to the apartment office, I received an email from the staff with a subject line titled “Crime Awareness.” In this email, I was informed of a vehicle break-in and that staff had asked Roswell Police for additional patrols.

Interestingly, management forgot to mention that a man had been shot by two men who got away.

After reviewing my lease, I couldn’t find anything that would require staff to communicate an incident like this to its residents. In fact, the lease essentially says I’m responsible for my own safety.

The Georgia Landlord-Tenant Handbook was of no help either.

While this would fall into a civil matter, I had to ask the officer about any codes or statutes that would require this kind of care from an apartment complex.

He said any communication on matters like these is usually more of a “courtesy.”

Sequestered in the Ga. 400 corridor, this area has some of the cheapest living in Roswell, at least outside the grounds of the Roswell Housing Authority. Of course, it’s still not cheap. This area also has one of the densest populations of Black and brown people in the city.

When I drive down Old Holcomb Bridge Road and exit the neighborhood, it’s like I enter another world – a world where safe housing is expensive, a world where a neighbor might get shot and your landlord thinks to tell you about it, or has to.

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Dorothy Warren – longtime resident knows everybody Sometimes contributors to local history are well known because they appear in public or frequently appear in newspapers. Other influential people may fly under the radar, never seeking BOB MEYERS a high profile. Such Columnist is one amazing North Fulton woman Dorothy Warren. Together with her husband Mike (1936 – 2023) she influenced many people. “She knows everybody” was a common refrain.

Dorothy Warren was born and raised in California. Her parents were members of a club that had a swimming pool where Dorothy learned to swim.

Before a vaccine was introduced in 1955, polio was the scourge of the United States. Throughout the 20th century paralytic poliomyelitis infected about 16,000 people every year in the United States, mostly children, and left many of them permanently crippled.

During several epidemics between 1948 and 1955, many people avoided

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Dorothy was giving swimming lessons in her pool and other backyard pools.

“The kids were so excited to have a swimming teacher,” she recalled.

“Usually, I taught several hundred students each summer.”

Dorothy became quite well known.

She never advertised but successfully taught swimming for 22 years to an estimated 2,000 people.

This high-energy couple was always involved in something.

First, they raised chickens on their 4 acres. A friend, Carlos Bagwell, raised cattle and had twin baby bulls.

Carlos asked Dorothy to raise one baby bull since the mother would take care of only one. In a few months, the bull was quite large and started eating the chickens. Dorothy returned the bull to Carlos. The Warrens continued raising chickens, guinea hens, turkeys and pigs for 20 years.

Mike became active in the Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society. Dorothy joined the Alpharetta Garden Club in 1976 where she was a member for 48 years. In the early years, club meetings were held in members’ homes. When the 1910 vintage home of cotton farmer Earl Mansell was moved to Wills Park in 1993 by the city of Alpharetta, the Garden Club was offered a permanent meeting place in exchange for planting and caring for a garden. That is why the Mansell House today has such beautiful gardens. The club has more than 50 members currently and has a two-day sale of plants every April to raise funds. Dorothy served as president of the club in 1999/2000.

Dorothy was active in the Alpharetta Methodist Church and for seven years prepared supper for churchgoers every Wednesday night.

One day, Lynn Sickeler came in and suggested they start a gourmet club like the one Lynn used to belong to.

The club was formed and has been going strong ever since. Long-time gourmet club and garden club member Joy Ross says that Dorothy “is the type of person who welcomes everybody and is always interested in what people have to say. She is like a mother hen, who wraps her feathers around her chicks.”

What a nice tribute to someone who has contributed so much to our local history without fanfare.

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Dorothy met Mike on a Hawaiian cruise, and they married in 1960. In

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the early 1970s, the couple moved to Houston. When polio was eliminated in the United States, Dorothy took up swimming again. She became a proficient swimmer and went house to house in her Houston neighborhood teaching women and babies how to swim. Houston wasn’t very cold, so she could work most of the year.

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“No one was teaching swimming,” Dorothy says. “Boys would go fishing with their fathers even though they could not swim. One day a boy from down street came by and asked if I could teach him to swim.” Soon

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CITY OF MILTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR REZONING Case No. RZ23-10 Location: 3475, 3485, 3495 Bethany Bend Existing Zoning: AG-1 Applicant: Arkan Homes, LLC / Ihssan Hashem Request: To rezone from AG-1 to R5-A to develop 13 single family homes on 3.133 acres at a density of 4.11 units per acre.

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CITY OF MILTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR REZONING Case No. RZ23-11 Location: 12505 Broadwell Road Existing Zoning: T4 - Crabapple FBC Applicant: Crabapple Lofts LLC / Robert Forrest Request: To rezone from T4 - Crabapple FBC to T4-Open Crabapple FBC to develop a 3 story mixed used building with a below-ground parking garage, 8 for-sale lofts and 7,600 square feet of non-residential uses.

Public Hearings/Meeting: Community Zoning Information Meeting (CZIM) Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 6:00pm Design Review Board (DRB) Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 6:00pm

Mayor and City Council Meeting Monday, February 5, 2024 at 6:00pm Location:

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Mayor and City Council Meeting Monday, February 5, 2024 at 6:00pm Location: Milton City Hall - Council Chambers 2006 Heritage Walk Milton, GA 30004 678-242-2540

Request for Proposals Planning Services for Arnold Mill Small Area Plan RFP NUMBER 24-CD01 Proposal Due Date: December 11, 2023, by 2:00PM Local Time Electronic submission via: www.miltonga.gov Submissions will be publicly announced on the above date at approximately 2:30 PM at the City of Milton City Hall located at 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA 30004 (opening may be moved online due to public health conditions). The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. If the contract is awarded, it will be awarded to the highest scoring Offeror whose proposal meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the request for proposals.

The City of Milton is requesting proposals from qualified firms to provide consultant planning services to prepare the Arnold Mill Small Area Plan which will include but not be limited to research and analysis, public outreach, plan development, and recommendations for code revisions. All qualified proposals will receive consideration without regard to age, handicap, religion, creed or belief, political affiliation, race, color, sex, or national origin.

The request for electronic proposals for RFP 24-CD01, Planning Services for Arnold Mill Small Area Plan will be posted on the following websites the week of November 9, 2023: http://www.miltonga.gov and http://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/PR_index.jsp

CITY OF MILTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE RZ23-07 - Consideration of a text amendment to adopt a new Unified Development Code that will update and replace the current zoning ordinance, as follows: An ordinance to amend the text of the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 64 of the Code of the City of Milton, Georgia); to amend the text of other specific development, design and other sections of the Code of the City of Milton; to consolidate said other specific sections as well as the Zoning Ordinance so as to create a consolidated ordinance to be known as the Unified Development Code; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting ordinances; and for other purposes.

Public Hearings/Meetings: Community Zoning Information Meeting (CZIM) Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

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