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Clergy wait to deliver remarks and pray at the Alpharetta Community Thanksgiving Service at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Nov. 14. The service featured readings from the Bible and the Quran.

Community counts blessings at Thanksgiving observance By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com

Church, remarks from Alpharetta officials, psalms, liturgical dance and readings ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Some 100 from the Bible and the Quran. guests gathered on a Tuesday Williams’ sermon highlighted evening at St. Thomas Aquinas the theme of gratitude through Catholic Church for prayer and Luke 17:11-19. song at the annual Alpharetta “Couldn’t they pause for Community Thanksgiving one second to say thank you Service. and to glorify God?” Williams The Nov. 14 service featured asked. “And I started thinking a sermon by the Rev. Gregory about America. I started S. Williams, senior pastor at See SERVICE, Page 22 St. James United Methodist

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The Rev. Gregory S. Williams, senior pastor of St. James United Methodist Church, delivers the sermon at the Alpharetta Community Thanksgiving Service at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Nov. 14. Williams asked the audience to thank God daily for all of life’s blessings.

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MILTON, Ga. — Jim Rosenberger’s at-home “hobby” winery in the gated Boxwood Estates subdivision off Blakmaral Lane is causing a stir among many of its neighbors, specifically those who live in Providence Plantation. The issue, Providence Plantation residents say, is Rosenberger’s intent to offer wine tastings at the location. To visit D’Rose Vintners, customers will have to drive through the hilly Providence Plantation neighborhood. Safety is the primary concern for Sarah Moen, whose house is near the bottom of a steep slope on Providence Plantation Drive. Her 19-year-old son, with severe autism, is prone to elopement — Moen fears that Rosenberger’s business could mean heightened traffic and potential drunk driving, putting her son at risk. “I already have to watch him with regular traffic,” Moen said. “If all of a sudden we have people who are leaving a wine tasting coming down, that just adds extra stress and a completely new level of safety concerns that I just don’t need.” An afternoon visit to the area showed several cars and even school buses took the 25-mph speed limit as

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MILTON, Ga. — A Milton woman and Airbnb owner reported to police Nov. 12 that a previous guest threatened to show up at her Dorris Road property to dispute a refund. She told police a Lawrenceville man and his girlfriend recently stayed at her Airbnb, where she also resides in the basement. That morning, she said her dog got into the unit and the man had threatened to shoot it. The woman said the suspect requested a refund for poor service. She said she told him to submit a claim for a refund through Airbnb, but that she received a message from the suspect stating he would return to her home to ask about the refund in person. After police informed the woman that the refund process would be a civil dispute, they explained the Temporary Protective Order process.

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Store shoplifting suspects tied to other retail thefts MILTON, Ga. — A loss prevention employee at Target on Ga. 9 reported to police Oct. 30 that two shoplifting suspects in a September case match the description of those responsible for $12,000 in thefts across other area locations. The employee told police two women had stolen three vacuums and a bedspread Sept. 18. He said a security specialist noticed three security wraps that had been ripped off in the Dyson vacuum area that morning and discovered the vacuums were missing from the display after

scanning them, according to the incident report. The employee told police surveillance footage showed two unidentified women walking in the store with an empty shopping cart, removing security wraps from the vacuums, placing the items in the cart, which held duvet covers, and bypassing the checkout area. While the employee said the vehicle was outside of camera range, he told police the two women matched other suspects in recent Target shoplifting thefts around the area amounting to more than $12,000 in stolen merchandise.

Substation damaged in copper wire theft MILTON, Ga. — Representatives associated with a power substation on Arnold Mill Road met with police Nov. 6 about property damage to the site. A representative of Aubrey Silvey Enterprises, which operates the Georgia Power-owned substation, told police his employee noticed the fence had been cut and a large spool of copper-threaded wire, valued at $3,000, had been rolled from within the fenced-in substation to an outside location. He said it would cost $2,000 to repair the fence. Police also found that a lock, belonging to Georgia Power, had been cut. On the scene, police located a single slice pizza box from RaceTrac and a lighter which were submitted for evidence.

Decatur man arrested for Walmart thefts MILTON, Ga. — Police arrested a Decatur man Nov. 2 after he allegedly shoplifted nearly $2,000 in merchandise from Walmart on Windward Parkway. While en route to Walmart, dispatch informed police the suspect

left the store on foot and left the unpaid merchandise in the parking lot. Police noticed the suspect, matching the given description, near Chick-fil-A and stopped him. According to the incident report, the suspect told police he had not gone to Walmart, but police confirmed his identity with a Walmart employee and placed him under arrest. The employee told police the suspect had a cart full of items, like clothing, electronics, a knife and pepper spray, but the suspect showed a receipt for $0.82. Surveillance footage showed the suspect scanning a round object and one to two other items, then placing some items in a bag without scanning them. After obtaining a warrant for theft by shoplifting, police transported the suspect to the Fulton County Jail on Rice Street.

Man reports car stolen from apartment complex MILTON, Ga. — A Milton man reported to police Nov. 12 that his car was stolen from his Morris Road apartment complex. He told police he allowed his friend to borrow the vehicle, a 2011 Hyundai Sonata, a few days before. The man said his friend parked the vehicle in front of his apartment building and returned the keys. The man said when he went to get into his vehicle, he couldn’t find it. He said he checked the entire apartment complex, using the alarm button on the keys, and confirmed for police that the $6,000 car was fully paid for, so it wouldn’t have been repossessed. Police inspected the lot and searched the camera system for any vehicles matching twhe vehicle or license plate but could not find the car. They also contacted a towing company to see if the vehicle had been picked up, but the business said no calls had been made there in the last month.

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Milton residents speak against blanket opening of greenspace By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — Neighbors to some of Milton’s greenspaces cautioned the City Council Nov. 13 about possible negative impacts of opening the sites to the public. The plea at the Monday work session comes in the wake of mounting support to immediately open all the city’s greenspaces that taxpayers funded through the $25 million bond passed in 2016. Half of the greenspaces are still closed — off Hamby Road, Webb Road and Cooper Sandy. At the work session, Environmental Program Manager Emily Groth estimated it would cost the city around $60,000 to open the 28-acre greenspace on Hamby Road which considers parking, fencing, a .25-mile loop trail and to ensure the area’s bridge over the Chicken Creek tributary is structurally sound. Groth also estimated it would cost the city $156,000 to open the 104.8acre Cooper Sandy greenspace and $7,200 to open the 4.8-acre property on Webb Road. A few residents who border the Hamby Road property raised concerns

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Milton Police Capt. Jason Griffin and Public Works Director Sara Leaders explain a proposed residential speed zone program at the Milton City Council work session Nov. 13. The program would allow police officers to enforce speeds below 10 mph above the posted speed limit on eligible roads. over how its opening could be a detriment to the environment and wildlife. Michael McElroy said his perspective is grounded in a long career in conservation and environmental systems research.

“When I look at this property, I see an ecosystem full of animals that are thriving,” McElroy said. He said taking half of the land to construct features like a walking trail would displace animals who could then find their way onto public roads and

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cause more accidents as well as put children at risk. “I feel that in Milton, and one of the reasons we moved here, was there was a focus on ensuring that those properties that are a sanctuary and are a habitat for animals will be preserved,” McElroy said. After others raised similar concerns, Mayor Peyton Jamison said the city is in the early stages of a much longer process. “I want everyone to know in this room that no matter what Council’s decision is moving forward, you will be engaged, and you will be communicated [with] during the entire time,” Jamison said. Over the past few months, Groth has led community input meetings to develop a new strategy called “The Greenprint” that identifies appropriate usage and improvement to the city’s six greenspaces. A third meeting will take place by the end of the year, before the strategy is approved and adopted; draft concept plans have already been published on the city’s website. At the work session, several councilmembers said that the plan for

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ATLANTA — The Atlanta Track Club announced its 2023 All-Metro High School Cross Country Team Nov. 8, 42 student-athletes from six counties in Metro Atlanta. The 2023 All-Metro team includes 10 state champions and the reigning 2022 Runners of the Year, Harrison High School’s Samantha McGarity, and Marist School’s Tommy Latham. Latham won the Class 6A title for the second consecutive year at the Georgia High School Association State Cross Country Championships Nov. 3-4. In total, the All-Metro Team includes 17 high school athletes from North Fulton, Perimeter Center and Forsyth County. The girls team includes: Stella Chambliss (Marist School, ’24); Zoe

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Greenspace: Continued from Page 3 all the greenspaces would involve little development. “To be minimally invasive was what, historically, we’ve talked about with any of these properties — not forbid visitation, but to be [minimally invasive,]” Councilwoman Carol Cookerly said. In other matters Nov. 13, Public Works Director Sara Leaders presented a new residential speed zone program, first referenced in the city’s Local Road Safety Plan. Leaders said the program would allow enforcement of any speed greater than the posted speed limit for streets 35 mph and below. Currently, there’s a 10 mph leeway that police abide.

way for residents to connect with nonprofits. “Roswell’s nonprofits impact our community every day in so many ways,” Roswell Grants Coordinator Megan Boynton said. “We want to connect our residents to these organizations with the hope that residents will find one whose mission speaks to them and connect on Giving Tuesday and beyond.” Giving Tuesday is Tuesday, Nov. 28. For more information about Giving Tuesday, Roswell’s Nonprofit Partnership Program and the groups taking part, visit www.RoswellGov. Com/GivingTuesday. Leaders also said eligible residential streets would need to be longer than a quarter mile and be on the city’s list of streets with a radar permit, approved by the Georgia Department of Transportation and Georgia Department of Public Safety. Similar to the city’s traffic calming program, the residential speed zone program is resident driven. An applicant, who has the authority to act on behalf of the subdivision or study area, can submit a formal request to the city, then obtain a petition of support from 67 percent of the area’s property owners. Milton Police Capt. Jason Griffin said the Police Department would launch a social media campaign to make residents aware of the new speed zones. After a 30-day warning period, he said violators would be subject to a state citation.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — With deep sorrow, the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra announced Nov. 14 the passing of Maestro J. Wayne Baughman, its founder and pioneer of the cultural arts in the Johns Creek BAUGHMAN community. Baughman came to Atlanta in 1974, where he joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choruses. For 25 years, he was a frequent vocal soloist, chorus member and rehearsal conductor under the guidance of the late Maestro Robert Shaw. Baughman would share a Grammy Award with Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony for the Telarc recording of Walton’s “Belshazzar’s Feast” and Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms.” On Dec. 1, 2006, the same day Johns Creek became a city, Baughman assembled 42 soon-to-be Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra (JCSO) musicians for the First Annual St. Benedict Christmas Gala & Holiday Pops Concert. The following year, Baughman witnessed his dream come to life as the JCSO embarked on its first year as an established, professional orchestra. In the last 17 years, the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra has grown into one of the premiere arts organizations in North Fulton County, presenting classical and pops performances, educational events, and showcasing international performers to Johns Creek audiences. About 70 percent of the current membership has been there from the beginning.

In addition to Baughman’s work with the JCSO, he served as vice president of the Cultural Arts Alliance at Johns Creek and chair of the Legacy Center Task Force, a group dedicated to the development of a multi-use, multi-discipline arts center in the city. In early October, the Johns Creek City Council recognized Baughman’s dedication and contributions to the symphony and the Johns Creek community, commending the significant impact he has made on the city’s cultural arts community. As Baughman’s legacy lives on, the orchestra will continue to keep his memory alive and uphold its reputation of bringing professional symphony concerts and music education programs to the city. For its last concert this season, the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra will perform May 4 in celebration of Baughman. His two daughters, concertmaster Adelaide Federici and soprano Katie Edelman, will be featured soloists. Federici recalls a phrase her father used often when referring to the JCSO: “The miracle continues.” It is with great pride the orchestra remembers the profound words of its founder, maestro and friend. With unwavering passion and spirit, Baughman requested that the community continue to support the arts by donating and advocating for the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra and other local arts organizations. The orchestra is currently accepting donations in Baughman’s memory. There will be a public memorial service to honor Baughwman’s life. Details for the memorial service are to be announced. — Amber Perry

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Alpharetta approves variance for multi-use pickleball venue By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A new pickleball, dining and social venue is coming to the North Point area in Alpharetta. The City Council unanimously voted to amend the city’s Delta Credit Union Master Plan to construct the new Pickle and Social at a formal meeting Nov. 13. The facility will include eight indoor courts, seven outdoor courts, a 14,000-square-foot restaurant and a 5,000-square-foot basement office for Competitive Social Ventures on 6.25 acres off Ga. 400 and Rock Mill Road. The development comes in the wake of a steadily rising popularity of pickleball. New courts and facilities have sprung up in Dunwoody, Forsyth County, Roswell and across Metro Atlanta in recent years. Councilmembers agreed the project will add recreational opportunities to Alpharetta and draw visitors from other counties and cities. City Councilman Doug DeRito also said the venue will help fulfill the city’s vision to revitalize the North Point corridor. City Councilman Dan Merkel said Alpharetta has many examples of business and residential development in terms of its “live, work and play” mantra, but the city could improve its “play”

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The Alpharetta High School girls volleyball team accepts a proclamation at the Nov. 13 City Council meeting. The team celebrated a 38-3 overall season, won its second state championship and was named the 2023 6A Girls Volleyball State Champions. options. He said the pickleball facility will provide a place for Alpharetta pickleball lovers who are often in search of a location to play. “This is without a doubt, a need,” Merkel said. Pickle and Social is the newest concept by Competitive Social Ventures, which also operates the Roaring Social and Fairway Social in Alpharetta. The Alpharetta location follows a first in Gwinnett County. The new pickleball venue will house the company’s headquarters in the basement.

The site plan also calls for a separate 8,100-square-foot steakhouse on the property. Competitive Social Ventures CEO Neal Freeman said he cannot name the restaurant that will occupy the space, but it is a white tablecloth national chain that is successful and recognizable. The Alpharetta Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of Pickle and Social at a Nov. 2 meeting. Although reception was ultimately positive, some planning commissioners expressed concerns about the location. The property abuts the entrance ramp of northbound Ga. 400 at Exit 9.

The right-turn-only lane to enter the highway starts at the intersection of Haynes Bridge and Rock Mill roads, which border the property. The Georgia Department of Transportation estimated there were 8,630 daily drivers on the entrance ramp in 2022. At the Planning Commission meeting, Alpharetta Planning and Development Services Manager Michael Woodman said city traffic engineers reviewed the plans and did not recommend any road improvements to accommodate the new development. But, Woodman said there will be an enhanced crosswalk in front of the Fulton County Schools North Maintenance Shop, which neighbors the property to the east on Rock Mill Road. The City Council previously denied a proposed townhome development on the site in 2022. The crosswalk, which will connect Pickle and Social to the North Point Commons shopping plaza to the south, was included in the original proposal. Also at the meeting, councilmembers recognized the 2023 Alpharetta High School girls’ volleyball team for its success. The team had a 38-3 overall season, won its second state championship and was named the 2023 6A Girls Volleyball State Champions.

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X-Golf simulators allow players to perfect swing in perfect weather By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — In this day and age, there’s no need for a plane if you want to play golf at St. Andrews in Scotland. The world-renowned course is one of more than 50 at X-Golf, a new facility at Halcyon where golfers can improve their swing on a simulator that provides real-time data at 6,000 calculations per second while enjoying beer, cocktails and shareable appetizers from a fully stocked bar. Golf activity comes and goes with the seasons, but the 6,800-squarefoot facility equipped with seven simulation bays allows it to be a year long affair. “Inside X-Golf, it’s always sunny and 70,” said franchise owner John Vautour at the Nov. 14 grand opening. While there are more than 100 X-Golf locations around the country either open or in development, Vautour’s is the first in Georgia. It was a two-year effort, finding the right property, the negotiation process, securing loans and the build-out. Initially, Vautour wanted to open a bar in his hometown of Athens, but he scratched the idea and began looking at franchises. He found X-Golf, went to a few locations and fell in love with it. “Once I found Halcyon and the franchise, it was like a match made in heaven,’” Vautour said.

He picked up the game in just the last five years with a “bunch of knuckleheads,” enjoying a beer while the rest smoke cigars in a casual outing. And, X-Golf is casual – roomy, comfortable with TVs posted above the bar. Serious players can improve their game using an endless number of features on a nearby computer, which Vautour used in a demonstration. After hitting a ball toward the screen, the computer provides an analysis of the shot. Customers can also set up lessons with a PGA professional at X-Golf. Golfer Alex Hillmon, who has been playing for more than 30 years, guided a man at another bay. Hillmon works with beginners by looking at the hole backwards, and for folks with more experience, he suggests only a few tweaks. Hillmon is one of two PGA professionals Vautour has on-call for individual lessons, but he also plans to set up group lessons for children. Vautour stressed the experience can be enjoyed by someone who has never picked up a club, in part because of the overall experience he intends to create. He plans to partner with nearby businesses for catering and wine tastings as well as introduce a clothing vendor who makes golf outfits. About the game itself, Vautour said, “It seems like the worse you are, the funnier it is.”

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Theresa and John Vautour, middle, perform a ribbon-cutting on their new business X-Golf along with family Nov. 14.

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Congratulations to Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta for their 6th straight win for Best Dermatologist of North Atlanta! Brought to you by - Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta In years past, I have sat down with Dr. Taylor to learn a bit more about him as a dermatologist and a Mohs surgeon. This year, with his office finishing construction, we gathered to discuss the changes Premier Dermatology has undergone and the gratitude he has for his patients. Alyssa: Hey Dr. Taylor. Wow there’s a lot going on here. It looks the same but different. I heard you had a flood? What happened and what has happened since? Dr. Taylor: Yes, we did! Well, it was Christmas Eve at 6:30pm. My family (including myself) were all in Christmas pajamas. I was picking up our traditional to go Chinese food when my wife called and said that the police had called to inform her that the motion sensors were going off in the practice. My wife and I jumped into the car, still in our Christmas pajamas and headed to the practice with police on the way. When we entered the parking lot, water was rushing out from the front doors of the bottom floor of our building. Two firemen met us at the front door and said “It’s bad.” As it turns out, all of the prepping for the cold snap that we did in our floor of the building did not prevent the sprinkler line from rupturing in the attic. The flood was extensive. Roughly 75% of our practice was damaged, leaving us to rip out and rebuild! It’s been a long, slow process, partially because so many houses and buildings experienced floods that there was a wait list for insurance claims and for every step of the demolition and reconstruction process. The Christmas Eve cold snap last year really hit us hard. Alyssa: Well, it looks beautiful again. It must be such a relief to be back in an attractive and functional space. How has working during this time been? Dr. Taylor: Honestly, it’s been fine. Not ideal but fine. My staff is amazing. Truly! They never complained. We kept everyone’s hours and we just made do with the one section of the practice that was still usable. Thank goodness my Mohs laboratory and five patient exam rooms were undamaged, so we were still able to take great care of patients. Also, my patients are truly the best! They were all so genuinely concerned for us and understanding of our situation. We live in an area where great care is abundant, and people have options in who they see for healthcare. I am so fortunate to treat kind patients who gave us grace

during the flood and its aftermath. Alyssa: Do you have anything else you want to add? Dr. Taylor: Just something that I want to reiterate. I would like to say thank you to all of my patients. I am so thankful that you have confidence in me, my physician assistant Kathryn and our whole clinical team to help you stay healthy. Please know that my staff and I appreciate your trust in us. I am deeply grateful for you. We are truly honored that we can care for you and appreciative for your patience during reconstruction. And to my staff, thank you for making our great care possible. I would not have this opportunity without all of you. Alyssa: Thank you for your time, Dr. Taylor and congratulations again on winning Best Dermatologist and on having your practice back to fully usable again! Dr. Taylor: Thank you, Alyssa. At Premier Dermatology, Brent Taylor, MD, and his team offer transformative, personalized care using state-of-theart techniques. With expertise in Mohs surgery and in reconstruction after skin cancer removal, Dr. Taylor helps patients achieve cancer-free results while optimizing aesthetic outcomes. What truly sets Dr. Taylor apart as a surgeon is his commitment to addressing a patient’s skin cancer in a holistic manner. He does not consider his job complete just because a skin cancer has been successfully treated. He prides himself on following through with patients. He employs multiple technologies such as lasers and microneedling to assure that scars and reconstructive results are optimized. He helps patients explore preventative methods ranging from blue light therapy to oral medications to avoid future cancers. “Dr. Taylor doesn’t just help patients treat the skin cancer of the moment. He helps them avoid the skin cancers of tomorrow.” Dr. Taylor’s practice is a full-service dermatology clinic. Full body skin exams are available with either a male or female provider. The clinic is proud to provide a wide array of treatments for medical and cosmetic sun damage, from blue light therapy to chemical peels and laser photofacials. Aesthetic treatments include Botox®, fillers, chemical peels, sclerotherapy, Fraxel and Excel V laser and more. For exceptional care that goes beyond skin-deep, look no further than Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta.

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Alpharetta High School junior Komal Chugh began outlining her piece “Frogs and Ripples” on the trail’s first manhole. Sophomore Jordan Bride later joined Chugh to paint “Decant Defilement, Supersede (with) Unstained” on the neighboring canvas. Farther down the trail, senior Pia Saraswat took measurements to begin her “Fish in the Sea.” The fourth manhole featured “Divine Intervention,” a hand-painted work by Kings Ridge Christian School juniors Fiona MacKay and Eden Kiewiet. The pair edited the sprawling artwork to condense the angel’s wingspan so the tips of the wings can be seen on both sides of the structure. “I love just getting the experience of painting a mural for my first time and

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Alpharetta High School junior Komal Chugh outlines her mural, “Frogs and Ripples,” on the Big Creek Greenway Nov. 12. The work is part of nine illustrations in the North Fulton Rotary Club’s Alpharetta Greenway Mural Trail. The theme for the campaign is “Clean Water for All.”

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Alpharetta High School senior Isabel Neely paints “Hope Grows” on a raised manhole cover on the Big Creek Greenway Nov. 12. Neely’s artwork marks the fifth raised manhole cover on the North Fulton Rotary Club’s mural trail.

Greenway: Continued from Page 14 being out in the open with everyone here and just getting to help,” MacKay said. “It’s just really fun.” Alpharetta High School seniors Isabel Neely and Abby Allen worked side-byside on their respective manholes. Neely created “Hope Grows,” a pastel blue canvas featuring a watering can and flowers, for the mural trail. The Rotary Club’s professional mural adviser AnnaLysa Kimball guides the students, and she is set to paint a manhole herself. Kimball’s piece, “Water Pups,” portrays five dogs licking water on an invisible barrier. Milton High School juniors Olivia Taylor and Tessa Warren will paint the last two murals. Matherly emphasized the mural trail could not be possible without the cooperation of the Alpharetta Cultural Arts Commission, the city and the Fulton County Public Works Department. The Arts Commission approved the

murals at its formal meeting Oct. 24. Matherly credited new Rotarian Thomas Nolfa as the “force” of the project for his assistance with moving the idea forward. “He has taken charge of the project and moved it through the process, and his relationship with Fulton County and Arts Alpharetta has been invaluable to make this work,” he said. Matherly also thanked North Fulton Rotary Club President Lisa Gelber for her leadership. He had originally hoped to start the painting Nov. 11, but it was canceled because of the rainy weather that morning. He said the project will now be completed the weekend after Thanksgiving. Rotary Club volunteers joined the students and Kimball between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., when work concluded for the day. While the painters were hard at work, North Fulton residents still passed by to exercise and enjoy nature on the Greenway. When painting concludes, Matherly hopes the manhole covers will be more attractive and interesting to visitors who enjoy the park.

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Kemp extends suspension of Georgia motor fuels tax By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp extended the temporary suspension of the state sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels Nov. 15, citing ongoing high prices and uncertain economic conditions. Kemp signed an executive order extending the suspension through Nov. 29, which he said will help Georgians cope with high food and travel costs during the Thanksgiving holiday.

The state can easily afford going without the tax revenue the sales tax would have brought after ending the last fiscal year in June with $5 billion in “rainy-day” reserves and $11 billion in undesignated surplus funds, according to a report released last week by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. “Thanks to our responsible approach in budgeting, we’re able to deliver relief to families fighting through the disastrous effects of Bidenomics,”

Kemp said, criticizing what he called “failed” economic policies coming out of the Biden administration. “I’m proud this action has helped keep millions of dollars in hardworking Georgians’ pockets and look forward to continuing to see that impact with the Thanksgiving holiday approaching.” Kemp suspended the gas tax for a second time in September. The governor is calling on the General Assembly to ratify the

suspension when lawmakers gather under the Gold Dome late this month for a special session aimed primarily at redrawing Georgia’s legislative and congressional district lines following a federal court ruling that boundaries the legislature approved two years ago violated the Voting Rights Act. This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.

State education leaders lock in Legislative agenda By ROSS WILLIAMS Georgia Recorder GEORGIA — Public schools make up the biggest portion of Georgia’s state budget, so when lawmakers head to Atlanta each January to fund the government and pass new laws, education always has a prominent role. This January could see delivery on efforts to make students living in poverty a priority in the state’s funding formula, new pay raises and literacy training for teachers, the state taking over some of the ballooning

costs of transporting students and more slots in the state’s Pre-K program, according to a list of Georgia Department of Education priorities for the coming regular session. “The best way to invest in Georgia’s future is investing in our students, families, and educators,” Superintendent Richard Woods said in a statement. “Our legislative priorities are guided by that underlying belief. I look forward to working with the Governor’s Office and members of the General Assembly to strengthen instruction and student opportunities, fully fund public education, elevate the teaching profession,

support Georgia families, and keep our students safe.” The DOE is working on a bill backed by Lt. Gov. Burt Jones that would require social media companies to verify the age of users and remove features that could be addictive to children, as well as requiring parental consent and notification for school health services. The department is working on specifics with potential sponsors, including costs, said spokeswoman Meghan Frick. Here are some of the education priorities laid out for 2024:

Raises Woods is proposing a $3,000 pay raise for teachers, which, if approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, would represent a total salary increase of $10,000 since Kemp took office in 2019. Kemp’s office has not commented publicly on the proposals. “In the longer term, we also advocate for expanding step increases on the teacher salary scale,” Woods wrote in an op-ed with 2024 Georgia Teacher of the Year Christy Todd. “As it currently stands, teachers

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stop receiving salary increases based on experience after 21 years in the classroom – meaning they are not recognized for continued longevity and expertise for nearly a third of their careers.” Woods and Todd also call for establishing a study committee on pay rates for other education workers, including school nurses, bus drivers and nutrition workers. Literacy Woods’ proposals also include spending on support for teachers and students, such as putting a paraprofessional in every K-2 classroom – currently, the state only pays for parapros in kindergarten classes. The plan also calls for new dollars to support literacy efforts statewide, including by expanding options for retired teachers with reading or dyslexia endorsements to return to the classroom and adding funding for “science of reading-based coaching and professional learning.” Science of reading refers to a field of research into how children learn to read. Beth Haynes, legislative chair for advocacy group Decoding Dyslexia Georgia, said science of reading and an approach called structured literacy can help kids with or without dyslexia more easily develop reading skills and she’s pleased to see the state prioritizing them. This year, Kemp signed House Bill 538, requiring teachers of kindergarteners through third graders to be instructed in the science of reading and structured literacy. “Literacy coaches had been a part of one of the original drafts of HB 538, the Georgia Early Literacy Act, but they took it out,” Haynes said. “And there’s been a lot of discussion since then about how critical literacy coaches are to a successful implementation of science of reading and structured literacy. That’s been the case in state after state who have already done it. They all sort of report the same thing. So yes, funding is huge. And the fact that they’re talking about coaching, especially as it pertains to literacy coaches, is great to see.” Changes to QBE Since 1985, Georgia has been funding public schools using a formula called Quality Basic Education, or QBE, which determines how much of the state budget should go to each student depending on factors like what grade he or she is in and whether he or she receives special education. Lawmakers have been working to update the formula in recent years, and modernizing the way the state pays to get kids to and from classes could be a big opportunity, said Stephen Owens, education director for the Georgia Budget

and Policy Institute. In the 1990s, the state covered more than half of all the transportation costs for districts, Owens said, but today, it’s closer to 20% or below. “The dollar amount has stayed the same since about fiscal year 2000, while we’ve gained hundreds of thousands of students, while the price of diesel, buses, labor have all gone up,” he said. “And the end result is hundreds of millions of dollars to push down the individual districts to cover the cost of something that’s required by state law, that you have to provide for your traditional school district, you have to provide transportation.” Woods is calling on legislators to dedicate more state money to transportation costs, which could free up districts to hire more staff or make other investments. Another change could help level the playing field for Georgia children living in poverty. Georgia is one of only six states that does not dedicate extra state money to educating children below the poverty line. Woods is asking lawmakers to “recognize poverty as part of a larger effort to modernize the K-12 funding formula.” Schools across rural and urban Georgia that teach kids from low-income families could make good use of extra state funds, Owens said. “When I traveled around the state asking how folks would spend this money, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs showed up prominently,” he said. “We had kids in Mountain Education Charter District School that needed their clothes washed, needed transportation to and from the school. Went to a metro district, they wanted to have it used on transportation, so that kids could use it for dual enrollment. Making sure to pay for school meals for those kids who fall in the gap between the free meals and the reduced price meals is how other districts might spend that money.” Owens said lawmakers will need to balance flexibility for districts to spend the money with reporting requirements to make sure it’s reaching the kids who need it. If it gets done right, it could lead to the kind of education improvements Georgia hasn’t seen in decades, he said. “This would be kind of legacy stuff, recognizing the need to fund the largest challenge we have in the schools that we have in our state, which is poverty,” he said. “You have one of the highest child poverty rates in the nation. We know that affects and see that affects student outcomes. This would be a way, if done meaningfully, to change our funding in line with the state’s needs in a way that we haven’t seen since the 90s.” This story comes to Appen Media through a reporting partnership with Georgia Recorder, a nonprofit newsroom that covers statewide issues.

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Service: Continued from Page 1 thinking about how God has blessed this country, how God has blessed all of us in this room. And if we’re not careful, we can take his grace and his mercy for granted.” Throughout the message, Williams emphasized the importance of always being thankful. “… I’m tired of folks just saying, ‘I celebrate Thanksgiving one time a year,’” he said. “Every day, every day you’re given, should be Thanksgiving.” Clergy from six North Fulton churches and the Atlantic Institute, an interfaith and intercultural nonprofit, spread messages of gratitude throughout the service. “Our faith teaches that every person has dignity and worth,” Alpharetta Presbyterian Church Senior Pastor the Rev. Ollie Wagner said. “Our faiths instruct us, because we are from many faith traditions, that diversity is a strength, and it’s a blessing to come

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together in friendship and in harmony. We together are a people who strive for a world that is free, a world that is peaceful and a world that is fair and just.” Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin delivered the mayoral greeting of the evening. Gilvin emphasized the crowd was united through faith, and he said it was a blessing for the community to come together at the church. North Fulton Community Charities Executive Director Sandy Holiday also addressed the audience at the 7 p.m. gathering. Holiday shared the growing need of North Fulton families this fall. She said the nonprofit has seen 200 more families visiting its food pantry and 100 more at its thrift store each month than last year. Holiday thanked the faith community for uplifting those in need ahead of the holiday season. “Fourteen years ago, a pastor asked me, would I want to serve a nonprofit,” she said. “And being short sighted I said, ‘Why would I do that?’ And he said to me, ‘Because there is holiness in helpfulness.’ And I have never forgotten those words.”

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An all-church choir performs “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” at the Alpharetta Community Thanksgiving Service at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Nov. 14. Clergy from seven North Fulton religious organizations participated in the service.

Winery: Continued from Page 1 a suggestion. History of speeding Moen has gathered more than 30 statements from residents of Providence Plantation as well as surrounding neighborhoods. One statement comes from Amy Squires, who spoke with Appen Media alongside Moen. Squires, the founder and CEO of Therapy and Learning Center of Georgia, referenced a study by the National Autism Association to say two in three parents of elopers reported their missing children had a “close call” with a traffic injury. But, Squires also noted groups of kids who ride their bikes and families who walk, all in a neighborhood with no sidewalks. “A lot of people will say, ‘Who cares?’ as they often do when something happens,” Moen said. “... But you will when this is a precedent-setting case.” Five years ago, the Public Works Department assisted Providence Plantation in a traffic study which showed that of around 400 vehicles near Moen’s home, nearly 80 percent exceeded the 25mph speed limit. The intent was to install speed bumps, but that never happened because a handful of homes were not in support. Katrina Drudge, a resident of Providence Plantation, said those who opposed the speed bumps were mostly concerned about their sports cars. Drudge had also provided a statement to

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D’Rose Vintners, an at-home winery in Boxwood Estates owned by Jim Rosenberger, has experienced opposition in the past month from a number of residents in the adjacent Providence Plantation subdivision. To visit the business, yet to receive its alcohol license, customers must drive through Providence Plantation. Moen. “Here’s the elite saying they don’t want a speed bump because of their cars. That’s all well and fine, but then the same exact process should have been done when [Rosenberger] applied for the winery and got it approved by the city in 2021,” Drudge said. “We never even knew about it. We had no idea this was happening.” Like Moen and Squires, Drudge’s primary concerns are the increased traffic, alcohol consumption as well as the precedent the license could set for all of Milton. “Our lifestyle choice was quiet and peaceful, not a winery in the back of a neighborhood,” Drudge said. What set off the community is a city

sign announcing a Nov. 20 hearing for Rosenberger’s alcohol license – more than two years after Rosenberger’s renovation project was approved in a zoning case. Milton City Manager Steve Krokoff said the hearing has since been rescheduled to Dec. 18, allowing the city time to reexamine what Rosenberger is entitled to based on what was originally approved. Two-year project In May 2021, the Milton City Council rezoned Rosenberger’s 10.8-acre property in Boxwood Estates from Community Unit Plan, or CUP, to an agricultural area. The go-ahead allowed him to construct a new home behind an existing barn structure and to allow a vineyard, and to eventually

sell his own wine. But, there were conditions, restricting Rosenberger to by-appointment visits, a maximum of five appointments per day and a cap of 10 customers at any given time with operating hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. In order to secure the approval, Rosenberger had to rally support from his five neighbors in Boxwood Estates. While Rosenberger told Appen Media the city required him to deliver around 75 notices in 2021 to those in the surrounding neighborhoods, their support was not required. Rosenberger also said it was only in the last week that he had heard any pushback, and he has still not received any phone calls, despite his number listed on the city sign. “Everything that was approved in 2021 – nothing’s changed,” Rosenberger said. “We’re not looking to increase traffic. We’re not increasing the number of people that can participate at one time.” Though the website for D’Rose Vintners provides visitors the capability to book current appointments, Rosenberger said the function is just a “placeholder.” He said he thought opening the site to the public would be a much faster process. Rosenberger also said he expects customers to only stay about an hour and a half for wine tastings and that there would be strictly 1 oz. tastings to avoid over-serving people, but also to avoid pouring away the profit. “When the city put all these conditions on our venture, my wife and I looked at each other and said, ‘It never was a goal to make this the next million dollar venture,’” Rosenberger said.

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NOV. 23 — DEC. 3

ROSWELL DANCE THEATRE PRESENTS ‘THE NUTCRACKER’

What: As Clara’s dreams come to life, Herr Drosselmeier uses magic to transform the Nutcracker doll into a Prince. Accompanied by her handsome escort, Clara enters a fantastical new world now taking shape about them, the Land of Snow. At the conclusion of the festivities, Clara and her Prince are bid a happy farewell as the dancers wave goodbye to the fantasies that must fade away with her dream. When: Nov. 24-Dec.3, times vary Where: Byers Theatre, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs Cost: $27-$50 More info: sandyspringsga.gov

CHRISTKINDLMARKET ROSWELL

What: The first annual Christkindlmarket will be set up for your holiday season on the front lawn of Bulloch Hall with authentic food, crafts, drink and activities. When: Nov. 24-Dec. 24, times vary Where: Bulloch Hall, 180 Bulloch Avenue, Roswell More info: roswell-christkindlmarket. com

LIGHTS OVER ALPHARETTA

What: Experience the magic of the holiday season with a holiday walking and drive-thru light display. When: Nov. 24-Dec. 30, 6-10 p.m. Where: Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta Cost: Tickets start at $29 per car More info: lightsoveralpharetta.com

LET’S WATCH: FAMILY MOVIES AT NESO

What: Attend a free screening of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” at the Northeast Spruill Oaks Library, as part of a series that will run until May. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration is required. When: Friday, Dec. 1, 3:30 p.m. Where: Northeast Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Johns Creek More info: fulcolibrary.bibliocommons. com

‘IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE’

What: This beloved American holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio

‘IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE’

What: This beloved American holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. When: Dec. 1-17, times vary Where: Stage Door Theatre, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody Cost: $28 for adults; $20 for students; $15 for children More info: stagedoortheatrega.org

broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. When: Dec. 1-17, times vary Where: Stage Door Theatre, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody Cost: $28 for adults; $20 for students; $15 for children More info: stagedoortheatrega.org

Christmas tree, holiday market and displays, Santa Claus, an Elf Zone with games and activities, live music, food trucks, live llamas and college football on TVs. When: Saturday, Dec. 2, 4-8 p.m. Where: Johns Creek City Hall, 11360 Lakefield Drive, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

HOLIDAY LIGHTS AT BROOK RUN PARK

What: The sixth annual show hosted by Roswell United Methodist Church will feature more than 100 small boutique businesses in a festive outdoor and indoor setting. Shop from artisan jewelry and food, bath and beauty products, trendy clothing, unique art, and home and holiday decor. There will be food selections in the cafe from local Roswell restaurants, a bake sale, a raffle and a Giving Tree, a donation tree to raise money for youth missions. When: Friday & Saturday, Dec. 2-3, times vary Where: Roswell United Methodist Church, 95 Pratt Street, Roswell More info: rumc.com/christmasgcs

What: Holiday Lights returns for a 4th year with a self-guided walkable display, ceremonial lighting, free hot cocoa, and concessions from Top Job Beverages and DonutNV Atlanta. When: Dec. 1-31, 4-8 p.m. Where: Brook Run Park, 4770 North Peachtree Road, Dunwoody More info: dunwoodyga.gov

HOLLY JOLLY BLOCK PARTY

What: The Holly Jolly Block Party is a celebration for the whole family and marks the start of the North Fulton holiday season. The event will feature the lighting of the Johns Creek 40-foot

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SPARKLE SANDY SPRINGS 2023

What: Sparkle Sandy Springs is a holiday celebration with twinkling lights and a nighttime parade. The evening kicks off with live music by The Rupert’s Orchestra and snowflakes falling on City Springs. Explore the Sparkle Village, Gift Market and enjoy new attractions including the Sparkle Wonderland and Skate City Springs. The parade kicks off at 6 p.m., and the evening concludes with a Menorah and tree lighting. When: Sunday, Dec. 3, 4-7 p.m. Where: City Springs, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Spring More info: sandyspringsga.gov/sparkleparade

AVALON ON ICE

What: Lace up your skates and glide into the holiday spirit at Avalon on Ice. When: Until Jan. 15, times vary Where: The Plaza at Avalon, 400 Avalon Boulevard, Alpharetta Cost: $18 for entry, includes skates; $14 for ages 9 and under More info: experienceavalon.com/ events/avalon-on-ice

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Words ring true in the still of the night He shared with us the sad news of a young man he knew who died of an overdose. At the young man’s funeral, a man spoke movingly about the tragedy. He shared that one of his kids grew up with the young man in Milton and that he had always tried to look out for the young man because the young man’s father had died early. “My RAY APPEN deep regret,” the man said, “was Publisher Emeritus that I wasn’t there that last time to ray@appenmedia.com protect him. “ I wasn’t at the service, but I was told that the church was full, and then the aisles, and then more. No one was ready for this. No one was prepared to say goodbye. The man spoke for us all, I thought, surely. Who among us would not have wanted to be a catcher in the rye if that was what it would have taken to save the young man – or another - before they fell off the cliff into the sea? That is our default, I thought. We are, by nature, those “better angels” – those “catchers in the rye.” We protect. We defend. We nurture. We feed. We love. We lead and we teach – each other – that is, until we don’t.

And then it hurts – and we endure. I couldn’t help but think of the young man, and the man who spoke so movingly about him while I sat outside cold under a full yellow moon this past weekend and watched “Hamlet” performed in the bandshell behind City Hall. “Hamlet.” I thought about the young man I never knew and will never know. I thought about the pain so many feel. Then my mind drifted and I considered the news that floods our senses every day – our world right now – about the thousands of others, the dead and dying. The same pain times a thousand – or ten thousand – in my backyard or far away. And it made no sense, and I had no answers. But then, in the still of the night I began to hear – and as I listened – the words came and some answers too – from “Hamlet”: “To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks

That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause—there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th'oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of dispriz'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th'unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovere'd country, from whose bour n No traveller retur ns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution” Choose virtue. Be present. Act. Be someone’s catcher before they fall. What more can we ask of ourselves? What course more noble can we take?

Recalling another date that lives in infamy John F. Kennedy once said that everyone can remember where they were, what they were doing on April 12, 1945, when they learned that President Franklin Roosevelt had died. Roosevelt ruled PAT FOX the White House for Managing Editor pat@appenmedia.com 12 years. So powerful a presence was FDR that many adults at the time had seemingly known no other president. Oddly, the death of Kennedy, one of America’s shortest-serving presidents, has had an even greater impact. Those with memories stretching back to Nov. 22, 1963, know where they were and what they were doing the moment word came that Kennedy had been shot in Dallas. Every five or 10 years, it has become compulsory for those alive at the time to

relate their recollections of that day 60 years ago. I have always resisted relating my own experience because it’s likely the most mundane. But, in today’s America of veiled political threats and lack of civil discourse, there are lessons to be learned. I remember it distinctly. Shortly after lunch, our first grade class was interrupted by the principal, an agitated Sister Aguidia, who burst in and whispered into the ear of our teacher, Sister Carmen. In those days, nuns wore white wimples, a thick, white fabric covering their cheeks and ears beneath their habits. I remember thinking how difficult it must be to pull off a successful whisper through all that. After the principal bustled out, Sister Carmen took a minute. She was calm, poised, an angel. She instructed us to put away our books, then announced that President Kennedy had been shot. We were to file out of the school, proceed a block up the

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sidewalk to Sacred Heart Catholic Church where students from all eight grades would recite the rosary. This was a public school, technically, but nearly all the teachers and students in Colwich, Kansas, were Catholic. And, the campaign to separate religion from public schools was even younger than I. The nuns had pretty much been in charge of education at Colwich Elementary for years. My mom, who was not a nun, but an angel nonetheless, taught there before I was born. It wasn’t until I got home that I learned Kennedy had died. Here’s the strange thing for a 6-yearold child at that time. The television, the newspapers, the magazines, everything, was saturated with JFK. This went on for weeks, months, years. It continues still. So great was the outpouring of woe following the assassination, from my perspective, the country was being helmed by a dead man for more than a year. It wasn’t until 1965 that I fully appreciated

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that Lyndon Johnson was president. An older person would have faced reality more immediately. But, for a child, the assassination obliterated everything else in the world. While I was plenty old enough, I have zero childhood memories of, say, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Johnson-Goldwater race, the Beatles on Ed Sullivan or anything post-John Glenn in the space race. Kennedy’s term never ended for me. I didn’t know much about him. He looked like a good guy. Not by my choice, his death consumed two years of my young life. And, over the ensuing 60 years, it has launched a cottage industry of crackpot books, documentaries and articles, proving decade after decade that the market for conspiracy theories never turns stale. The point in relating my youthful reflections today is that political violence can traumatize more than a nation. It can scar a childhood.

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Check out the Chattahoochee Delayed Harvest trout water This week’s installment of Get Outside Georgia is especially for my fly fishing buddies! If you’re a trout enthusiast, then you know what I’m about to talk about. Georgia’s Delayed STEVE HUDSON Harvest trout season Columnist is well underway, and now is a great time to be out on one of our state’s five great Delayed Harvest waters. Delayed Harvest is an approach to stream management. Some waters which are too warm for trout during the summer can become cool enough to be good trout habitat as temperatures drop in late fall and winter – and when those water temps begin to fall, the folks over at the Department of Natural Resources start to manage some of those waters as “Delayed Harvest” streams. Georgia anglers can enjoy fishing five designated Delayed Harvest waters during the DH season, which began Nov. 1 and runs through May 14. Note that special regulations (strict catch-and-release, artificials only, and single-hook lures or flies) apply on those waters during DH. Over the next few months, we’ll be pausing now and then to look at some of Georgia’s DH streams. We’ll start today by spotlighting what’s happening on our biggest Delayed Harvest water, the DH portion of the Chattahoochee River. The Chattahoochee River DH water extends from the mouth of Sope Creek (a short ways downstream from Morgan Falls Dam) downriver to the US 41 bridge.

Fisheries stocking crews have put plenty of fish into this section of river. And that brings me to what may be the most-asked question that I see at this time of year: “Where are they stocking those fish?” A buddy of mine, an experienced angler with a wealth of knowledge on all things trout, is fond of answering such questions with a simple “In the water!” That’s a pretty good answer, all things considered. But some are persistent and keep asking. “Exactly where?” they will ask. Although you can probably figure out where the stocking takes place (just think about where the stocking truck can go… or, if your timing is really good, look for wet tire tracks near the river), there’s really no need to go to all that trouble. The fish are beginning to spread out, and that means that there will be good DH fishing opportunities all through the DH section. How’s that for “just enough” info? But maybe you persist. “You can tell me, can’t you?” you continue. “You know…just between us…where are you catching those Chattahoochee DH trout?” The same friend who likes to say “in the water” has another answer when someone asks him exactly where he’s caught fish. He will smile, and look you in the eye, and say, “I don’t believe I said.” That’s a pretty good answer too, I suppose. But I’m a softie, so I’ll give you a hint. Remember those likely stocking spots? Those are the places to start. For instance, the Paces Mill boat ramp is a given (okay, there’s a real tip), and (sure enough) there are plenty of recently stocked trout in the

vicinity of the ramp. But there will almost always be plenty of fisherfolk there, too. So…if you want to avoid the crowd and maybe find some unexplored water, try wandering away from the obvious stocking points to check out less obvious but equally productive places. It’s fun! Anyway, over the last little while, the DH portion of the Chattahoochee has been stocked with plenty of rainbows and browns. What are they hitting? Many of the flyfishers I’ve spoken with are reporting good success with pink or pink egg imitations and with pink or red San Juan Worms or Squirmy Worms. Another fly that’s been working well, I’m told, is a pink, orange or chartreuse Mop Fly. Yes, that’s what it’s called… and despite its odd name, it truly is an effective fly for Delayed Harvest trout. That may be because it looks kind of like an egg, or it may be because it bears such a strong resemblance to a big, fat insect larva. But whatever the reason, it works very, very well. In fact, Mop Flies work so well that they found themselves at the center of a heated controversy a few years back. It seems that competitive fly fishers using traditional flies were being beaten out by fly fishers using the Mop Fly – and they didn’t like it. Yes, such things come even to the noble and lofty world of fly fishing. This particular controversy got national news coverage, and it may never have been resolved to the full satisfaction of everyone involved. What do I personally think about the Mop Fly? Well, let’s just say that it’s a lot more fun to catch trout than it is to not catch trout. If someone wants to catch

trout on a fly made from part of a mop, who am I to argue? The fact is that I’ve got a dozen of ‘em (six pink ones and six chartreuse) in my fly box right now, and if you see me on the water I’ll be glad to give you a couple. You can thank me later. But I digress. Another good fly pattern for Delayed Harvest fishing in the Hooch the ubiquitous black Woolly Bugger or its close cousin, a Black Leech – especially if you use one with pink or chartreuse beadhead. The presence of the bead definitely seems to help, perhaps because it helps the fly to sink or maybe because it makes it easy for nearby trout to see the fly. I use these all the time, animating them with a little twitchy retrieve so they look like wounded or confused minnows. The really interesting thing about DH trout on the Hooch, however, is the fact that their behavior evolves and changes the longer they’re in the water. When first stocked, these fish are running on instinct (“If it looks like an egg, eat it!”), but they quickly learn that there are lots of other good edibles in the river. There are zillions of tiny little midge larvae in the Hooch, and those DH fish learn fast. Sometimes, in fact, the trout will go for them in favor of all else. I’ve seen that shift take place within an hour of stocking, so the prudent DH angler will carry some tiny (size 18 or even smaller) classic midge patterns as well as those big and gaudy “junk flies. Be open to what’s happening around you, and let the fish tell you what to use. I’d love to hear how you do on the DH portion of the Hooch. Let me know how you do. I’ll bet you’ll get some good shots at fish – but even if the fish win, you’ll still have a great day in the Georgia outdoors.

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From Long Island to London, mysteries that are ‘unputdownable’ As you search for your next great read, you’ll see the phrase, “an unputdownable mystery” or thriller or whatever genre the book falls into. I suspect the books fall short of that hype all too often. For KATHY MANOS PENN different reasons, the Columnist last two books I read truly were unputdownable, at least for me. Both have witty, snappy dialogue, though one takes place on Long Island and the other in London. Both are contemporary novels with strong women characters. The Long Island story seems

slightly less serious early on, but as it progresses, the stakes become higher—as in life and death for the protagonist. The London tale focuses on lifechanging circumstances — how life can change in a flash for better or worse. In both books, it’s how the women shift their perspectives and handle what’s thrown at them that will keep you turning the pages. “Takes One to Know One” by Susan Isaacs I recall reading Isaacs’ 1978 novel, “Compromising Positions” and finding it hilarious. I may or may not have seen the movie version, “Positions,” with Susan Sarandon, Judith Ivey and Raul Julia. I certainly don’t recall seeing Joe Mantegna

as the murder victim. But I digress (not unusual for me!). I picked up this 2019 book when I saw a blurb about a second book featuring Corie Geller, a former FBI agent turned suburban housewife. Naturally, I went in search of the first one so I could start at the beginning of what may turn into a series. I knew I’d made a good choice when I saw this “Wall Street Journal” review: “Ms. Isaacs is a witty author, but comedy gives way to terror as Corie’s inevitable confrontation with her dangerous quarry nears. All the foreshadowing and presaging pays off in spades, and the scenes that tie up loose ends are a pleasure to read.” The WSJ nailed it. It’s the snappy and

snarky dialogue that makes the book, though the mystery is well-plotted, too. The dynamics between Corie and her handsome husband, Judge Josh Geller, and the cover story she lives so that her Long Island friends don’t find out about her past, lay a fascinating foundation for the mystery. I recommend reading it for the laughout-loud moments, the family dynamics, and the twists and turns. I’m off to find “Bad, Bad Seymour Brown,” the sequel. “Someone Else’s Shoes” by Jojo Moyes What a story! We women certainly know the power of a good pair of shoes, whether it’s the heels that make us feel

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On the trail to solve the mystery of John Milton Milton County and the City of Milton are named after John Milton, Revolutionary War hero. However, some important details of his fascinating life are unknown. Four years BOB MEYERS ago, to try to solve Columnist the mystery of John Milton, the Milton Historical Society determined to research the subject. Board Member Mark Amick volunteered to take on the project. He devoted countless hours to research, conducted interviews with descendants and traveled to places where John Milton lived and worked. Jeff Dufresne, president of the Milton Historical Society, notes that “there are 33 places named Milton in the U.S., plus another 14 in the United Kingdom. Mark has done a most thorough job researching this unique individual.” Amick says “John Milton played such an Important role in shaping our nation and our state, yet there is no known portrait of him, no definitive biography exists and no one knows where he is buried. He is our lost patriot.” John Milton (circa 1740- 1817) was born in Halifax County North Carolina. Little is known about his early life. In 1776, he was one of the first to enlist in the First Georgia Regiment in the Revolutionary War. Milton was taken prisoner at Fort Howe, Georgia, in February 1777 and spent about six months as a POW in the castle at St Augustine, Florida, until his release. He then returned to the Army. He served as Aide de Camp to Brig. Genl Francis Marion, known famously as the “Swamp Fox.” Milton fought in the Battle of Black Mingo Creek near Hemingway, South Carolina, in September 1780, where American forces attacked and defeated a

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Mark Amick and Bill Lusk of the Milton Historical Society install a cross honoring John Milton, the namesake of the City of Milton and Fulton County. It is the 834th marker installed in Milton prior to Veteran’s Day honoring those who served our country in the military.

Note dated February 7 1798 signed by Secretary of State John Milton that incoming Governor James Jackson required shutters on the windows of his office for safety purposes because the existing venetian blinds were not sufficient to protect against “any rash assault”.

contingent of American loyalist militia. John also fought in the Battle of King’s Mountain in North Carolina in October 1780 where American loyalist troops were soundly defeated by American patriots in one of the most hotly contested battles of the war. He retired from the Army in 1782. John was elected Georgia’s first Secretary of State in 1777 while still in the Army, a position he held for 22 years. In December 1778, fearing a British invasion of Savannah, then the state capitol, the governor instructed Milton to transport the official state records and seal to Purrysburg, South Carolina, for safekeeping. As the war progressed, the documents were moved several more times until they finally arrived in Annapolis in 1781 where they remained for the duration of the war. His prominence made Milton a logical choice to serve as a delegate to the state convention that met in

December 1787 to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1789 he was one of five Georgia presidential electors that ratified the election of our first president, George Washington. Milton received the votes of two Georgia electors for president. John Milton was interested in being George Washington’s vice president according to Patty Dubas, a direct descendent of John Milton, who lives in Alpharetta. Her information comes from genealogical research her grandfather did many years ago at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City. His research traced the family back to the poet John Milton and beyond to the mid-16th century. Patty applauds the efforts by the Milton Historical Society to add to the knowledge of her ancestor. John married Hannah E. Spencer, and one of their children, General Homer Virgil Milton, was an officer in the War of 1812. John’s grandson,

also named John Milton, served as the Governor of Florida during the Civil War. The Milton family is descendant from Christopher Milton, the younger brother of English poet John Milton. Mark acquired and donated to the Milton Historical Society two official documents signed by John Milton as Secretary of State, a letter from Governor Telfair regarding appointment of a judge and a letter expressing some security concerns of incoming Governor Jackson. Mark plans to continue his search for an image of John Milton as well as the location of his burial. “For me it is a duty and obligation to tell his story and to find him,” Mark says.

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Then there are Jasmine and Andrea, friends – often saviors – of the two main characters. Nisha and Sam literally walk in each other’s shoes, and the plot showcases how doing so can change how you act, how you see yourself and what you can accomplish. Just when you think the story is over, the author throws in a twist you never saw coming. This is a book you don’t want to miss. The only downside to reading two unputdownable books in one week is

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Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net.

Award-winning author Kathy Manos Penn is a Sandy Springs resident. Find her cozy mysteries on Amazon or locally at The Enchanted Forest, Bookmiser, Tall Tales, and Johns Creek Books. Contact her at inkpenn119@gmail.com, and follow her on Facebook, www.facebook.com/ KathyManosPennAuthor/.

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The fiduciary question answered with questions In discussing my career as a financial planner with a gentleman, he asked, “Are you a fiduciary?” Since money managers and financial advisors are LEWIS J. WALKER, CFP increasingly asserting that they Columnist are fiduciaries, The Investment Coach what does that mean to you as a consumer of financial services? Per Dictionary.com, as a noun a fiduciary is “a person to whom property is entrusted for the benefit of another.” As an adjective, fiduciary means “of or relating to the relationship of trust and good faith between a fiduciary and the person for whom the fiduciary acts.” In short, a fiduciary is morally, ethically and legally bound to render services and act in a manner that is in your best interest. How does any professional in financial services, whether banker, insurance agent, stockbroker, or financial advisor, know what’s in your best interest? You have a challenge as a consumer since “financial services” covers a wide range of disciplines, and money management offers far more options than existed 50 years ago when the first credentialed Certified Financial Planners (CFPs) graduated from the College for Financial Planning in 1973. Realizing that planning and the achievement of financial independence was about far more than the purchase and holding of bank products, stocks, bonds, other securities or

insurance vehicles, the term “financial life planning” ultimately became fashionable. What impact have life events, joyful and tragic, had on your planning and longterm wellbeing, and by extension, financial strategies? Ultimately, it’s the conversations that you have with an advisor about your life, past, present, and your potential future, and the depth of data gathered, that will form the basis for comprehensive financial life planning. What is your story? How did you get to where you are? How did family influences and life experiences shape your ideas and strategies regarding purpose in life, values, personal achievement, the earning of money, spending, saving, and risk taking? Where are you in terms of goal achievement? As you ponder the next 10 years, what challenges do you see, positive or negative, relative to the accomplishment of your goals and objectives? What questions do you have about where you wish to be in ten short years? Questions precipitate deep discussions relative to determining what alternatives are available given specific challenges. What resources are available to power the best alternative relative to a challenge? They may be financial resources. Perhaps human capital related (especially as that pertains to a closely-held business venture), or appropriate to other advisory resources in fields such as law, accounting, medicine, and/or other subject areas. What do you wish to experience? Human beings are complex creatures, and what’s in your best interest may be very different from someone else. Who else is involved in your envisioned future? What is the role of family, spouse, children,

parents and grandparents, siblings, inlaws, business partners, anyone that you love and care about? Who depends on you? What are their needs and challenges? When it comes to marriage, opposites do attract. Your spouse is likely to have very different answers to the above questions. He or she is likely to have varying degrees of concerns about any given challenge, priorities that differ from yours. The same may go for teenage children on the cusp of adulthood and the making of important life decisions. How do family dynamics play into your planning? A closely-held business is like a family of sorts, and if that’s your source of income as an owner or key person, how do those relationships play into goal achievement and desires for financial independence? There are only three states of life. You’re okay, you’re not okay, or you’re dead. How do the realities of death, disability, divorce, disagreement, or dissolution play into your financial life planning? Such matters involve adequate cash reserves to take you through rough spots. Prudent and tax-wise uses of debt. All forms of insurance planning involving health coverage, disability insurance, life insurance, liability coverage that includes separate umbrella liability coverage appropriate to your net worth. Given that at some point you are likely to be disabled or impaired in some fashion, especially as you age, legal documents such as powers of attorney for assets and health care, advance directives, and other considerations that allow decision making by someone other than yourself, become important. As soon as a child reaches age 18 in

most states, he or she is an adult, and you as a parent will need a power of attorney to make health or other decisions in your offspring’s behalf. Disability and death are not respecters of age. Are wills or trusts in place and are they current? How are investment accounts and other assets held and in whose name or names, or held in trust? Are beneficiary designations current? These are legal questions and an attorney is a key member of your advisory team. On Oct. 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 22%, the biggest one-day drop in American history. On Oct. 4, 2023, the Dow closed at 33002. A similar percentage drop today would be 7,260 points down. When it comes to investment options with the potential to produce returns in excess of taxes and inflation over time, you must have a realistic conversation about risk tolerance and time frames. Everyone is a “risk taker” until the market declines. Is a financial advisor a fiduciary? You may get some idea relative to the questions asked, the depth of the discussions, the thoroughness of data gathering, and your feeling about a person as a true guide and ethical counselor who has your best interest at heart. Lewis Walker, CFP®, is a life centered financial planning strategist with Capital Insight Group (CIG); 770-441-3553; lewis@ capitalinsightgrp.com. Securities & advisory services offered through The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. (SFA), which is otherwise unaffiliated with CIG. Lewis a Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA).

Our Turkey bowl meant stitches or a sling I have to look back on Thanksgiving with memories that are probably not as unique as I like to think. When Mom married stepdad BJ, not only did I have two stepsisters and MIKE TASOS a stepbrother to Columnist tease and watch out for, I was blessed to have a whole new crew of cousins, aunts and uncles. It was as if we became some sort of a makeshift Osmond clan. When the fourth Thursday in November rolled around, I had earned the giddiness that consumed me. Forget about the

turkey and all those corresponding side dishes and desserts, the family Turkey Bowl was born and became a whitehot event that would have justified premium scalper prices if anyone wanted to buy a ticket. The game started while I was in high school and lasted through most of college. At first, it was our side against the cousins. I could handle things until Cousin Stephen Whisler grew. I remember one year I chased him up and down the gridiron for hours. Later on, he was a highly lauded player for the McFarland High (yes, the McFarland High made famous in the Disney film) Cougars. He was a gifted running back and opposing players couldn’t catch him, either. That’s when, like they talk about

in Mafia parlance, we opened up the books. It wasn’t a recruiting scandal, but the cousins had us outnumbered, so I took to recruiting. I drafted best friend Klint and there were no illegal payments, just carte blanche at the dessert table that overflowed with 50 offerings. Owning a “Junior” in every family around these parts is no big deal. We had a Cousin Junior who was as big as the Junior made famous on “Hee Haw.” Remember, this was in California, and we made pretty good sport of him by hollering “BR549” every time we leveled him. The game became a hotly contested affair. It had to, after months of smack talking courtesy of Ma Bell and those late-night five minutes for 85 cents

rates. I suffered a separated right shoulder that still bothers me. The local emergency rooms did brisk business. One year, back in college after the Thanksgiving break and my injured right wing still tethered to my body, I received several calls about checks that had bounced. Puzzled, I went to the store. Sure enough, there were returned checks with “irregular signature” stamped across them. I was lacking in being ambidextrous. My left-handed signature was an unrecognizable scrawl, and the store owner needed his money. This was in college and all the checks were from my liquor store of

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Turkey: Continued from Page 28 choice. Can you imagine a bank being that vigilant today? Heck, can you imagine writing a check to buy groceries and booze? Every year, the post-game feast was a Norman Rockwell painting times 10. Granny said the blessing. I thought about getting a PA system so we could hear her and then get to overindulgence that stayed with you for days. Inevitably, there was a friend who had nowhere to go on Thanksgiving. They were welcome and it was no big deal. The holiday is made to be with others, and it was no insult to a guest when they heard: “Now who are you

with again?” My sisters and girl cousins would gather and discuss the nonsense that goes together with being girls. This was in the days of having three TV channels to choose from. Most of the cousins were raised as Pentecostals (no TV). Naturally, they beelined for the delights being beamed into that little box. Sadly, we cousins have lost touch with one another. Maybe a phone call. Inevitably, talk circles back to all those Turkey Bowls. Lots of good memories there that are resurrected. Brother Matt and I talk frequently. Brother Marty died last November. As for the stepsiblings, too many bad words and feelings have tarnished the good memories. We’ve all moved on and don’t talk. I’ll not be alone, but Thanksgiving makes me long for our gargantuan family gathering. It is a memory that

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American by birth and considers himself a Southerner by the grace of God. He can be reached at miketasos55@gmail. com.

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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 bids. If the contract is awarded, it will be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder whose bid meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the invitation for bids.

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 bids from interested parties to provide installation services for emergency equipment on multiple police vehicles. All qualified bids will receive consideration without regard to age, handicap, religion, creed or belief, political affiliation, race, color, sex, or national origin.

The City of Milton is requesting proposals from qualified firms provide an Asset Management Software Solution. All qualified proposals will receive consideration without regard to age, handicap, religion, creed or belief, political affiliation, race, color, sex, or national origin.

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Lisa Fahoome, 72, of Milton, passed away on November 4, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Thomas Miller, 81, of Roswell, passed away on November 5, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Christine Strommen, 72, of Alpharetta, passed away on November 8, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Allen Tothill, 80, of Alpharetta, passed away on November 1, 2023. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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Mention this ad. Concrete driveway specialists. Driveways, Pool Decks, Patios, Walkways, Slabs. A+ BBB rating. FREE ESTIMATE. Call Rachael at 678-250-4546 to schedule a FREE Estimate. 30 years of experience. ARBOR HILLS CONSTRUCTION INC. Please note we do have a minimum charge on accepted jobs of $4,500.

Call us for roof repair or roof replacement. FREE quotes. $200 OFF Leak Repairs or 10% off New Roof. Affordable, quality roofing. Based in Roswell. Serving North Atlanta since 1983. Call to schedule FREE Quote: 770-284-3123. Christian Brothers Roofing

Flooring PHILLIPS FLOORING Hardwood, laminate, carpet & tile installation and repairs. We do tile floors, showers, tub surrounds and kitchen back-splashes. Re-grouting is also available. Call 678887-1868 for free estimate.

Deadline to place a classified ad is Thursdays by 4pm

24 hour emergency service. Licensed, insured. Workers Comp, insurance claims. 25+ years experience. Family business. Free estimates. We Love Challenges! Yellow Ribbon Tree Experts 770-512-8733 • www.yellowribbontree.com COMPLETE TREE SERVICES Appen-Rated 98 Text or Call us for a FREE quote appointment. Tree removal, Pruning, Stump grinding, Free mulch. Fully insured. Emergency 24/7. 770-450-8188

Gutters

Cemetery

Installed. Covers, siding, soffit, facia. www.aaronsgutters.com. Senior citizen discount! 678-508-2432

AARON’S ALL-TYPE GUTTERS

GREENLAWN ROSWELL: 2 plots on picturesque lakeview hillside. Market price, $9000 each. Bargain priced at $5000 each! 770-475-7307

Pinestraw

Bargains/Musical

PINESTRAW, MULCH DULCIMER: Delivery/installation available. Firewood Excellent condition! $120. 678-455-7376 available. Licensed, insured. Angels of Earth Pinestraw and Mulch. 770-831-3612

Bargain/Furniture

Home Improvement Heritageconstructionga.com Give the gift of: • New Deck • Wood Repair • Hardwood flooring • Window/Doors 678-906-7100

Consulting Income4u.biz We Consult On: • Life -Business • Home Repairs • How to start a side biz Affordable 678-699-8161

OFFICIAL OLYMPIC BAR STOOLS, 4, new, never used, 30” high. $75 each or best offer. 770-587-4235

Astrology MIRIA SPIRITUAL PSYCHIC READINGS helps in all problems of life. Call for your reading 407-466-2615

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There is always so much to be grateful for! May we all share in the bounty of loving kindness, joy, peace, good health and prosperity.

I am especially thankful for clients and friends like you! I am so honored by the continued trust and support of this wonderful community!

Happy Thanksgiving! Julie Martin No. 1 INDIVIDUAL AGENT, HOMES SOLD NORTH ATLANTA OFFICE, 2022 c. 770.668.4680 o. 770.442.7300 juliemartin@atlantafinehomes.com juliemartin.atlantafinehomes.com

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