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DOMESTIQUE DAY

Elves rejuvenate donated bicycles for area children

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MILTON, Ga. — More than 100 volunteers, working with Bike Alpharetta and North Fulton Community Charities, assembled and repaired hundreds of bikes collected since September to be distributed to kids in need for Christmas.

For 14 years, North Fulton Community Charities has benefited from Domestique Day – the culmination of Bike Alpharetta’s “Bikes for Kids” program.

Held at the Milton City Park and Preserve Dec. 9, volunteers served as domestiques — meaning “helpers” in French — to provide Santa-ready bikes to kids through North Fulton Community Charities’ Toyland Shop.

“Domestique” is a word often used in pro cycling, referring to the team members who work to support the team leader.

Elves, both children and adults, arrived at 8 a.m. sharp and stayed busy at their stations preparing nearly 530 bikes. Accompanying the bikes were 325 new helmets and another 75 that were donated.

One room in the Community Center was dedicated to assembling new, snap-together bikes. After donated bikes were power washed outside, they were wheeled to the basement for detailing, then another room where they were repaired by mechanics and later inspected.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A Duluth man reported to police Dec. 9 that someone had approached him at Target on State Bridge Road, threatening to blow up the store and kill Israel’s prime minister.

The man told police that around 6 p.m. that day, the suspect had asked him where the lint rollers were and redirected his questioning to the man’s thoughts on the Israel-Hamas War. The man said the suspect appeared to be agitated and told him he did not want to “mess” with him, and that he

did not know what he was capable of, according to the incident report obtained by Appen Media.

The man said the suspect asked if he knew of a particular Middle Eastern individual, who was raping women and cutting faces off children, the report says. The man said the suspect asked if he served in the military, the report says, and began to “size” him up, allegedly foaming at the mouth.

The man told police the suspect said he worked with an unidentified agency and provided his badge number, 666, the report says.

When police asked if the suspect made any threats, the man said the

suspect threatened to “blow up” Target and kill Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But, the man told police the suspect did not threaten to kill him.

The man said he alerted Target security of the encounter and left the location, the incident report says.

Identifying details of the suspect were not provided in the incident report. Johns Creek Communications Lt. Debra Coble said she had no further details about the alleged bomb threat but that detectives will be investigating.

Man confronts hunter crossing onto property

Police cite Milton man for aggravated assault

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MILTON, Ga. — A Milton man reported to police Dec. 4 that an Alpharetta hunter became combative after refusing to leave his Hopewell Road property to track deer.

The man said he had an ongoing issue with the suspect for years, who had permission to hunt on the adjacent property, according to the incident report. The man told police the suspect asked if he could blood track the deer on the man’s property and pressed the issue the following day after being denied access.

When the suspect arrived, the man said the suspect became combative and asked if he wanted to fight. At that point, the man said he grabbed his semi-automatic handgun and kept it in his holster, but the suspect later told police the man pointed the gun at him.

Based on the statement from both parties, police were unable to gain enough probable cause to determine if a crime was committed, the report says.

But, police told the suspect if he returned to the man’s property, he may be issued a criminal trespass.

MILTON, Ga. — Police arrested a Milton man Dec. 9 for choking his girlfriend, after an argument over what was served for dinner.

When police arrived at the scene, the suspect admitted to choking his girlfriend after she allegedly woke him up and said it had been a flare-up of post-traumatic stress disorder from serving in the air force.

The suspect told police he choked the victim with both hands and choked her long enough to cause windpipe damage, the incident report says.

But, the victim told police the suspect was never asleep, and that he had come out of the bathroom, threw her on the bed and began choking her. She said she had called the suspect a derogatory name because he made ramen for dinner, which triggered him, according to the report.

Police arrested the suspect for aggravated assault and transported him to the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.

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to police Dec. 6 he filed a civil suit against the owner of an electrician company after a contract was terminated with no refund.

The man told police he hired the electrical contractor in March for his house under construction on Stillwell Court and had dished out $35,000 for labor and materials.

In October, the man said he recorded footage of a company employee taking $8,000 in material from his house, and he was later told by the company owner that he terminated the contract because of a busy schedule.

The man told police that no work had been done on his residence and had not received a refund, after sending a demand letter late in November. He said he filed a civil suit against the company, the owner and his employee in Forsyth County Superior Court Dec. 1, the report says.

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Redesign approved for McGinnis Ferry Road widening

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County has initiated a redesign to split the McGinnis Ferry Road widening into two phases after earlier estimates came in too high to handle.

At its Dec. 12 work session, the Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a contract with Atlas Technical Consultants to redesign the major infrastructure project for $101,209.

The county will now pursue the widening in two sections: one from Douglas Road to Sargent Road in Johns Creek, and another from Douglas back to the Union Hill Road and Ronald Reagan Boulevard intersection in Forsyth County.

The County Commission was scheduled to vote on a $79.4 million bid to commence the widening at an Oct. 10 work session, but commissioners rejected all bids because of the price tag.

McGinnis Ferry, a major east-west artery connecting traffic from Cobb and Gwinnett counties to and through Fulton and Forsyth counties, currently sees some 20,000 vehicles daily, 55 percent over its designed capacity.

Forsyth County is sharing costs for the project with the Fulton County cities

of Johns Creek and Alpharetta and the Georgia Department of Transportation.

At the October meeting, Forsyth County Manager David McKee said after lengthy discussions with the GDOT and the two cities, there was no feasible way to cover the costs.

Official project cost estimates have varied since the widening was first proposed nearly 10 years ago, from $36 million originally, then climbing to $61.5 million by 2020.

The two North Fulton cities each agreed to commit $8.9 million to the widening in 2020, with Forsyth County pitching in $23 million. Johns Creek later indicated it would contribute an additional $3 million from TSPLOST II funds.

With a $10 million offer from GDOT, the 2020 agreement priced the project at $50.8 million.

But, with the lowest bid at $79 million three years later, the county hit pause to pursue the more feasible option of two parts.

Once the redesign is completed, the county can approve either section to be widened first. The Board of Commissioners will vote on the new cost estimates at future meetings.

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CLASS 7A GHSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: MILTON HIGH SCHOOL 31, WALTON HIGH SCHOOL 21

Eagles earn 2nd state title in upset win over Walton

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — Milton High School Eagles defeated the Walton Raiders in the Class 7A GHSA State Football Championship game Dec. 13 at Mercedes Benz-Stadium.

The 31-21 victory marks the second state title for the Eagles, who won against the Colquitt County Packers in 2018.

Ranked eighth in the nation, the Raiders were favored.

Milton head coach Ben Reaves said everyone also counted his team out because of losses early in the year.

But, Reaves, who served as the offensive coordinator during the 2018 championship, said the outcome was a surprise to everyone but his team. The Eagles made it to the state semi-finals last season, the final four.

“We’ve always believed in ourselves,” he said in a hoarse voice the following day. “We always knew that we had a state championship-caliber team.”

Reaves said the title shows the tremendous amount of hard work and dedication of Milton’s football team, practicing Monday through Thursday since the last week of July, and from the coaches, from everyone. “... Just to be able to take the physical beating day after day after day, because football is just such a rough sport, and still be standing in mid-December playing your best football … It was good for it to all come to fruition, and for everybody to, quote-on-quote, get paid last night,” Reaves said.

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Artists celebrate 20 years of Roswell’s Works in Clay Show

By LUKE GARDNER newsroom@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The 20th Anniversary Works in Clay Show was held at Art Center West through Saturday, Dec. 9, and featured works from around 50 local artists.

Opening night kicked off Nov. 30, with hundreds of people on hand to celebrate the week-long tradition. Visitors were greeted by an intimate band outside before heading in the center to enjoy free food and wine while viewing thousands of artworks displayed in a museum-style showcase.

“I didn’t know how big the event was,” visitor Sommer Sparrow said. “I love experiencing the creativity; It’s nothing you can find in a store.”

Artworks included cups, bowls, mugs, candle holders, flower pots, sculptures, ornaments, abstract pottery and jewelry.

A few booths featured knives, axes and metalwork made by blacksmiths at Art Center West.

“It’s been a fabulous night,” artist Jennifer Squires said. “You wouldn’t believe the crowd; it has been over the top, crazy busy. I’m working as a docent and pieces are flying out of here.”

Every featured pottery artist belongs to the Roswell Clay Collective, a group of local creatives formed in 1991.

“We started in a couple of rooms,” said Art Center West Coordinator AJ Argentina. “Now, we spread to the point of being maxed out, packing in as tight as we can in a 5,000-square-foot space. The show has diversified and there has been a surge of new interest.”

Argentina began as a resident artist 19 years ago and has gone on to showcase work in 39 various shows, including this year’s Works in Clay.

His work featured a few functional glasses but mostly included black, grey and cream-colored sculptures comprised of swirling, geometric patterns.

“I love supporting independent artists,” said shopper Ellen Dierkes. “All the artists did such a good job. I bought some beautiful, unique pieces.”

Squires, who has been creating pottery

Jennifer Squires’ HavenMade Ceramics booth features a plethora of bowls, mugs, cups and dishes.

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Jim Neal explains the meanings and processes behind his diverse set of artwork. for almost eight years, also displayed her work at the event.

Her table featured several pieces from her shop, Haven Made Ceramics, including bowls and mugs in every size. Color palettes ranged from more understated earth tones to pieces with bright hues of red, green and blue.

“I get so lost in the art of throwing,” Squires said. “It moves with you as you learn how to do it. The rest of the world goes away. There is so much gratitude in creating something from dirt.”

In a separate room, artist Kathy King stood next to her booth proudly displaying ornaments, serving dishes and decor incorporating natural elements like birds and flowers in shades of blue and green. In her 19-year journey with the collective, King has been at almost every Works in Clay event and has transformed from beginner to teacher.

“I started doing pottery after a break of 29 years,” King said. “I bought a pottery

wheel my senior year, put it away, and started over again 30 years later. Now, I love teaching [and] creating any kind of form out of that lump of clay. [At these events,] I enjoy seeing older clients and it’s fun to meet new people.”

Patrons also enjoyed meeting local artists.

“I like seeing stuff people create with their own hands and hearing the artists talking about their work,” Aleah Irvin said.

Artist Jim Neal has been creating work with the Roswell Clay Collective for around 30 years. His booth showcased mugs, vases, bowls, lamps, and several larger otherworldly sculptures. Incorporating ancient imagery of dragons and skulls, Neal enjoys playing on the edge of reality and paying homage to spiritual experiences with his art.

For Neal, the creative process is one of discovery, often finding shapes and inspiration along the way. He pointed to an ethereal winged-skull creature and

proclaimed “This started out as a tail [for something else].

“You sit down and take a piece of clay, put it on the wheel and start throwing it’” Neal said. “Then, your mind goes ‘That could be a dragon or a cat,’ and you go from there. You make a potato shape and start sticking on eyes and arms, and suddenly you’ve got a face with a crown.”

In a room across the building, Neal excitedly displayed sculptures made at local children’s art festivals. The eclectic pieces started with Neal crafting the base and children making smaller ornamental pieces to adorn it with. The final products are a unique collection of five avant-garde pieces, complete with eyes, seashells, dragon skulls, and creatures beyond human comprehension.

“I’ve been to just about all of the Works in Clay events,” Neal said. “It’s wonderful; we always have great opening nights. You get to know so many different people and get to watch them grow in their artwork.

It’s been really rewarding.”

The show runs from 3-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4 through Thursday, Dec. 7, and from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8. The show runs from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9.

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Fire Department pancake breakfast draws hundreds

By ADAM DARBY newroom@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The Milton Fire-Rescue Department hosted its annual Pancake Breakfast with Santa Claus Dec. 9 from 8 to 10 a.m. at Fire Station 44 on Ga. 9.

Hundreds of families gathered to celebrate the holiday season and enjoy fellowship with their community. The family-friendly event included a free breakfast cooked and served by the city’s own fire rescue team along with balloon animals from one of Santa’s elves and a raffle drawing. The Grinch also made a special appearance to cause mischief at the station stealing presents and decorations.

“I think the positive feedback is what we see here this morning,” said Deputy Fire Chief Alex Fortner. “We have hundreds upon hundreds of people attending the event. Families, children, and everybody’s dressed up. We have people in their Christmas pajamas. It’s great to see this kind of turnout and this kind of love for our community.”

Families also had the opportunity to register in advance for a 15-minute time slot to take a special photo on Santa’s lap by the Christmas tree. Children excitedly waited in line to meet the

holiday icon and tell him about their Christmas gift wishes. Pre-registered timeslots and the waiting list filled up quickly.

The Fire Deparment has held the event since 2014, bringing families and friends together. For nearly a decade, children have enjoyed the chance to see firetrucks up close before eating a delicious breakfast and spending quality time with Santa Claus. Families are also encouraged to bring a new toy to donate to a child in need. Deputy Fire Chief Fortner said he feels fortunate to have seen the event attract so many excited families and children over the years.

“I think the positive feedback is what we see here this morning,” Fortner said.

“We have hundreds upon hundreds of people attending the event. Families, children, and everybody’s dressed up.”

Free parking was available around Stonecreek Church and the adjacent office complex. For more information on the event, please contact Milton Community Outreach Manager Emily Salerno at emily.salerno@miltonga.gov. To learn more about the Fire Department’s community outreach and involvement opportunities, visit www.miltonga.gov/ government/fire.

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BY ADAM DARBY newsroom@appenmedia.com As 2023 comes to a close, Metro Atlanta cities are ringing in the new year with local festivities. Parents can expect to end their children’s holiday break with a final New Year’s celebration before they return to the classroom. And for the parents and adults looking for a night of their own, there are plenty of adult-oriented celebrations for the big night.

Alpharetta, Milton, Roswell, Johns Creek, Cumming, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs are holding celebratory events to kick off 2024. Here are some New Year’s celebrations scheduled throughout the area to mark the final days of 2023.

Milton While the city has no formal events on the calendar, Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails on Mayfield Road is hosting their New Year’s Eve celebration from 5 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 31. Guests can expect to pop the champagne while enjoying executive chef Dean Wenzel’s specially curated threecourse prix fixe menu for $85 per person.

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Alpharetta Residents have several local options to fill their day on Dec. 31. From 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Hotel Avalon is hosting Noon Year’s Eve where all ages can enjoy live music, children’s activities, and a countdown to noon with a giant balloon drop welcoming the new year. Tickets are required for admission.

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iday-themed buffet curated by Chef Julio and his culinary team. Located on Roswell Street, don’t forget to bring your dancing shoes to dance the year away. For more information on these events and other local New Year’s happenings, visit www.AwesomeAlpharetta.com.

Roswell Several of Roswell’s best bars and restaurants are hosting fun New Year’s events.

For those craving some live music, From the Earth Brewing Company on Holcomb Bridge Road is hosting a live concert on Dec. 31 at 9:30 p.m. featuring the popular local band, the 31’s. Throughout the night, guests will enjoy specially curated NYEthemed food and drinks.

Meanwhile, Rock ‘N’ Taco is hosting a New Year’s party of their own at the same time on Canton Street. Once midnight strikes, everyone can raise their glass and keep the party going with live music and a variety of specialty drinks and cocktails.

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On New Year’s Eve, Oly’s Tavern on Jones Bridge Road is hosting a New Year’s performance of their own with local band, Reckless. Live music, food, and drinks are always a fun way to ring in the new year. Visit www.OlysTavern.com for more information.

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By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — From competitive players to the more casual dabblers, Level Up Games is the place to find community in table-top gaming.

Keenan Crotty, manager of the Johns Creek location, says about 50 people have become regulars since the store’s opening in February. They attend weekly events for a variety of games found in the store’s well-balanced stock, including your traditional board game, trading card games, role playing games aka RPGs, and miniatures.

Crotty was planning for a weekly event dedicated to “Flesh and Blood,” which he described as a video game turned trading card game.

That early afternoon was slow, save for a firsttime visitor from Roswell who had been looking for a decade to play a physical game of BattleTech, a science-fiction tactical wargame. Level Up is much busier in the evening, Crotty said, when the business’ primary demographic leaves work and needs respite.

“That’s why we host events and things because we want people to have that third place to go hang out and do their hobby,” Crotty said.

Community focus The Roswell visitor pulled up a chair to one of the tables in the back, as if he’d been going there for years, taking to the cozy, welcoming environment. Crotty told him he had a couple BattleTech guys, including one cop in the area, and connected the customer to the store’s Discord server.

About 3,500 people have joined the business’ Discord, used across all three locations — Johns Creek and Athens as well as the 12,000-squarefoot store in Duluth, the first to open and the biggest of its kind in Georgia. Crotty said there are

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Above: Keenan Crotty, manager of Level Up Games in Johns Creek, stands at his desk in front of a collection of trading cards. Owner Andrew Phillips also has two more locations in Duluth, the largest store of its kind in Georgia at 12,000 square feet, and in Athens.

At right: During weekly gaming events, participants use several tables situated at the back of the store.

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Andrew Phillips, owner of Level Up, had been in the gaming industry for two decades on the distributor side before opening the Duluth location in 2019.

He took over the space from longtime Atlanta gaming institution Titans Games & Comics — Phillips gave it a new name with a new culture and had to ditch comics at the tail-end of 2020 due COVID-19’s hit to the industry, to focus on table-top games.

“It’s a true passion type thing,” Phillips said. “Nobody ever, unfortunately, gets wealthy doing this, but we enjoy it.

It’s about community building. It’s about bringing people together.”

Phillips grew up on traditional board games, and he eventually found himself at the center of “geek culture” that rose in the mid-’90s, the same time when board games began transitioning from Europe.

He said board games are a huge deal over there, where supermarkets and shopping markets often use dramatic board game displays and sales to attract shoppers.

“The industry is great,” Phillips said.

“It’s full of a lot of creative people. There’s a lot of artistic people. There’s a lot of people with great imagination. Obviously, Dungeons and Dragons paved the way for all of this originally, and it kind of all bled into each other.”

The best thing about gaming, he said, is that there’s a genre for everyone. It’s not

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At Level Up Games in Johns Creek, there’s an even-balanced stock of boardgames, role playing games aka RPGs, trading cards and miniatures.

all fantasy.

“If you’re into horror, there’s tons of that stuff. If you’re into film noir, there’s tons of stuff for that,” Phillips said.

Game experts Crotty, who helped open the Johns Creek location, started at the Duluth store last May after moving from Indiana. Like Phillips, Crotty began his gaming journey at a young age with traditional board games, playing with his highly competitive family — he said his dad once accused him of cheating in a game of Risk, and they didn’t talk for a few days.

But, Crotty mostly played with his

brother who eventually showed him Dungeons and Dragons, diving into his D&D books as a freshman in high school. He began creating his own campaigns, versus premade adventures, and roped his friends into weekly campaigns that lasted through college.

Crotty described a significant number of games with intermittent history lessons and up-to-date controversy, like pushback on Wizard of the Coast’s restrictive licensing on D&D content creators — which changed the popularity of the game at Level Up, though it still hosts D&D groups every week.

He said “Magic: The Gathering” remains the most popular at Level Up, a trading card game that started in the ’90s, though it’s being rivaled by “Disney Lorcana.” “[Magic: The Gathering has] gotten to the point where people who started playing it when they were teenagers are now parents, and they can teach it to their kids, so their kids are getting into it,” Crotty said.

He also said the game is updated with new sets every month, it’s highly competitive with complexity and modularity, but it’s also easy to learn.

Next in popularity at Level Up are board games, then come RPGs like D&D, often serving as a gateway, and miniatures.

When he started working at the shop, he became more interested in miniature games, not the well-known “Warhammer” though, but the Star Wars and Marvel versions of it.

“I am a bad hobbyist, because there are a lot of people who get into miniature games, like it for the building and the painting. In fact, some of them never even play the game. They just like the modeling part,” Crotty said. “I like the game.”

Games for everyone Sometimes, Level Up offers demos often led by “paragons,” or volunteers Crotty chooses who have solid teaching and people skills. Demos could be of games that are popular at the time, a game that the store has a large amount of or simply a game the paragon is interested in.

The week before, the store demoed “Queen by Midnight,” a deck-building card game. Others have been what Crotty called “perennial classics” like “Azul,” an easy-to-play game where the objective is to create point-scoring patterns using colored Spanish, Moorish-era tiles that look like Starburst.

Crotty said one popular demo is “Wingspan,” a resource-management game where players collect things and accumulate them in such a way to get the most victory points. He said it’s “the bird game where you do bird things,” and includes the scientific Latin names of birds.

Crotty listed several games which have an explicit educational aspect like “Darwin’s Journey” and “Hegemony,” another resource-management game made in collaboration with professors of political science and economics. In “Hegemony,” he said players choose to be either the working class, the capitalist class or the state, and try to achieve specific goals.

When asked if all presidents should be required to play “Hegemony,” Crotty said the game veers towards certain sociopolitical ideals that might be uncomfortable for some people.

“A lot of games, like Monopoly, you’re just playing, like, ‘My Little Capitalist,’ but some games are doing other things,” he said.

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Northern Ridge announces September Eagle Scouts ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Northern Ridge Boy Scout District (Cities of Roswell, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton) is proud to announce a new class of Eagle Scouts, who completed their Eagle Board of Review Sept. 28 at Alpharetta Presbyterian Church.

Top row, from left; William Morgan, of Troop 1459, sponsored

by St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, whose project was removal of existing shelves and replacing them with new shelving units for the preschool storage room at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church.

Noah O'Brien, of Troop 1717, sponsored

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Adam Singleton, of Troop 69, sponsored

by Alpharetta First United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of a rainwater irrigation system for the charity garden of St. Thomas Aquinas, powered by a solar pump.

Noah Singleton, of Troop 69, sponsored by Alpharetta First United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of an educational bee hive for the Rucker Road Farm Park.

Hunter Burch, of Troop 431, sponsored by Roswell United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of four benches for the outdoor classroom at Roswell North Elementary School as well

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as remove an existing garden and garden clean up.

Ian Schlecht, of Troop 429, sponsored

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Middle row, from left; Andrew Ghent, of Troop 1459, sponsored

by St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, whose project was the design and construction of four information kiosks for the trail at Bell Memorial Park.

Aaron Wang, of Troop 1857, sponsored by Christ the Shepard Lutheran Church, whose

project was the renovation of the atrium at Lake Windward Elementary School, by removing all plants and leveling the area, pressure washing the concrete pathway and then placing weed fabric artificial turf on the area.

Collins Moye, of Troop 10, sponsored by St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, whose project was the replacing of the arbor over the entrance of the garden of the Alpharetta Community Garden as well as building a new donation bin.

Jack Spohrer, of Troop 1717, sponsored

by Cross of Life Lutheran Church, whose project was the design and construction of an outdoor classroom, with 6 benches and

a lectern for Elkins Pointe Middle School.

Samuel Smith, of Troop 356, sponsored by Fellowship Christian School, whose project was the design and construction of a GAGA pit for Mimosa Elementary School.

Brady Clements, of Troop 431, sponsored

by Roswell United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of a shade garden for the Roswell United Methodist Church Giving Garden.

Bottom row, from left; Dileep Kotireddy, of Troop 429, sponsored

by Alpharetta Presbyterian Church, whose project was the design and construction of a pollinator garden at Innovation Academy.

Jordan McCloskey, of Troop 1857G, sponsored by Christ the Shepard Lutheran Church, was the design and creation of a kit that has two blankets and two hats one for the deceased baby to be wrapped in and one that matches for the parents to keep for the Teeny Tears Foundation.

Jordan made a total of 288 blankets and hats.

Mia Katz, of Troop 431, sponsored by Roswell United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of 16 bee boxes for the Chattahoochee Nature Center.

Noah Katz, of Troop 431, sponsored by Roswell United Methodist Church, whose project was the renovation of the Butterfly Garden at Roswell North Elementary School.

Isaac Linnen, of Troop 226, sponsored by Bridge to Grace Church, whose project was overall cleaning and reorganization of the North Springs High School Band Rooms.

This included constructing several shelving units, organizing the sheet music and scanning to Charmsoffice.com database.

Northern Ridge announces October Eagle Scouts ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Northern Ridge Boy Scout District (Cities of Roswell, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton) is proud to announce a new class of Eagle Scouts, who completed their Eagle Board of Review Oct. 26 at Alpharetta Presbyterian Church.

Top row, from left; Robert Harris II, of Troop 143, sponsored

by John’s Creek United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of a GAGA pit for Settles Bridge Elementary School.

Jonathan Mortensen, of Troop 429, sponsored by Alpharetta Presbyterian Church, whose project was the design and construction of the foundation of an 1845 historical cabin for the Forsyth County Historical Society.

Benjamin Weber, of Troop 7153, sponsored

by St. Brigid Catholic Church, whose project was the design and construction of a roofed firewood storage stand for Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center.

Alexander Hogan, of Troop 27, sponsored by the Johns Creek Christian Church, whose project was the design and construction of 2 picnic tables for Statebridge Road Park.

Yuvasurya Vangala, of Troop 3143, sponsored by The American Legion Post 251 whose project was the design and construction of two wooden shelving units to function as shoe racks, and two wooden benches for Ganesh Temple of Atlanta.

Bottom row, from left; Malas Gatautis, of Troop 985, sponsored by Northbrook United Methodist Church, whose project was the renovation of the community Garden located at Northbrook United Methodist Church.

Jack Maloney, of Troop 2000, sponsored

by Johns Creek Presbyterian Church, whose project was the restoration of outdoor courtyards at Shakerag Elementary School.

Ryan Feldstein, of Troop 2000, sponsored

by Johns Creek Presbyterian Church, whose project was the restoration of the outdoor chapel and the loop trail around the outdoor chapel at Johns Creek Presbyterian Church.

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Jonah Horwitz, of Troop 1818, sponsored by the North Metro office of the Marcus Jewish Community Center, whose project was the restoration or building new stage flats for the Centerstage North Theater.

John Fincher, of Troop 985, sponsored by Northbrook United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of 15

PVC bike racks for Foster Care Support Foundation in Roswell.

Thomas Blumberg, of Troop 1717, sponsored

by Cross of Life Lutheran Church, whose project was the design and construction of wardrobes with shelves and wheels, for storing and moving costumes and props, for the theater troupe at Mount Pisgah Christian School

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Living History: Crabapple Baptist Cemetery There are 27 cemeteries in the City of Milton based on initial research performed by famous Atlanta historian Franklyn M. Garrett in 1935 and Phillip B. Anglin in 2000.

Subsequently, James Farris, a member of the Milton Historical Society Board of Directors, worked with historical society volunteers and City of Milton government IT personBOB MEYERS nel, to build upon the early work.

Columnist The group visited all the cemeteries to confirm their conditions and locations using GPS coordinates available at the time, not all of which were accurate. An accurate map was painstakingly produced and posted on the city website in 2021.

Eight months were required for the project because precise locations were not always known and because some of the burial grounds were overgrown and challenging to locate and access. According to Farris, most are family cemeteries on private property, and many have only a few markers or headstones. The smallest family cemetery has about five headstones. One of the largest, the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, dating back to 1834, has more than 860 memorials according to the authoritative website findagrave.com.

One of the more interesting cemeteries is the Crabapple Cemetery, or Crabapple Baptist Cemetery, partly because it is hidden in plain view across the street from the Milton Library. The church dates back to 1892 when 21 individuals organized the Crabapple Baptist Church.

Some of the area’s most prominent citizens were among the church’s charter members, names such as Broadwell, Rucker, Dorris, Bates and Coleman. In February 1893 E.E. (Euel) Broadwell (1830-1917) donated ½ acre of land to “church members and their successors to build a church house on land lot 1135.” Euel’s brother J.W. (James) Broadwell (1828-1908) owned the land where the cemetery is located. In April 1904 he gave ½ acre of land lot 1134 to the church and community of the county of Milton for use as a “grave yard.”

Prior to deeding the land he gave parcels for burials to several local families.

John B. Broadwell (1855-1953), Euel’s son and very successful cotton farmer, made and donated the bricks for the first church meeting house. Over the years, the church grew at its location in Crabapple’s five-way intersection until in 1992 when parishioners began construction of a new church a short distance up Birmingham Highway on ten acres of land the church had purchased earlier from Fulton County. The City of Alpharetta bought the old church building and the land it occupied in 1996 for $1.1 million and converted it into the Crabapple Government Center. In 2022, the church merged with the Grace Church in Alpharetta and changed its name to the Milton Community Church. The Crabapple Cemetery is owned and maintained by the church.

Bryson Coleman probably knows more about the cemetery than anyone in the area. His wife, children and their spouses are buried there in parcels given to his family by his grandfather Simeon Broadwell (1871-1949). Bryson often goes by B.Y. in keeping with common practice back in the day when men were often known by their initials. B.Y. is so committed to the cemetery that he installed a bronze plaque memorial on the grounds giving details of the property’s history.

B.Y.’s grandfather Simeon lived in a house next to

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View of the Crabapple Baptist Cemetery in downtown Crabapple. The cemetery dates back to the early 1900s. the original church where a dentist’s office is today. He had a smokehouse, barn, henhouse, and garage on his property. His land extended from Crabapple Road to the rear of today’s Kensington Farms subdivision where he maintained a large apple orchard. The land was referred to as Mountain Hill.

Simeon’s brother John B Broadwell owned the land where downtown Crabapple is today up to the Milton Community Church.

B.Y., who is 97 years young, served in the U.S. Navy during World War ll. After the war, he was a member of the Alpharetta amateur baseball team and began working for Southern Bell where he remained for 40 ½ years in a variety of jobs. Born in Crabapple, B.Y. moved to Atlanta as a teen but came to Crabapple every weekend to stay at his cousin Pryor Albertson’s house near the historic Cantrell and Nallie Reese House. “Pryor’s mother, Velma Albertson, and my mother were sisters.

Velma was a Broadwell before she married,” he explains.

“The house had a tin room and didn’t have insulation, electricity or running water.”

The Crabapple Cemetery has 154 memorials according to findagrave.com. There are 35 Broadwell graves in the cemetery. It preserves much of Crabapple’s earliest pioneer history.

Special thanks to Sheila Rucker Pennebaker for introducing me to B.Y. 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. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.

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Pat Miller, president of the Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society, James Farris board member of the Milton Historical Society and Jeff Dufresne, President of the Milton Historical Society at the Adams Family Cemetery standing beside the only Revolutionary War soldier’s grave in Milton.

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When I shop in the other grocery stores – which I seldom do – I never feel like I have any sort of relationship with anything or anyone at the store.

They feel sterile and without any trace of humanity – all business, nameless, faceless, commodity-driven business.

That is the way of today in most businesses, especially service businesses. They are dehumanized, and the customer is no longer considered a priority, at least the way they used to be considered. Calls are answered by recordings instead of a person. Cashiers have given way to self-checkout with scanner machines. Customer service is routed to India instead of to someone who actually cares and will actually listen and try to fix what was broken for a customer. Cutting expenses at any cost is what tends to drive business today, even when it means alienating customers and employees. This results in companies painting themselves into a corner where their only competitive advantage is reduced to only one variable – price. This approach also destroys brand, something that often has taken decades to create and sustain.

The Publix motto is: “Where shopping is a pleasure,” and guess what!

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A few other businesses continue to operate like Publix, but not many.

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I sometimes shop at the competitor’s stores, but that is because I am in a hurry and must, not because I want to.

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Often a new CEO means something is not working at a company, and the board of directors brings in a fix-it person who usually slashes expenses, lays off staff, and in general, changes a ton of stuff. The same thing often happens when a company acquires another company. Kroger buying Albertsons comes to mind. That “merger” will make the combined company a stronger no. 2 grocer (behind WalMart), but it will also probably mean that many stores will be closed if they overlap markets, and a ton of administrative personal will get the axe.

Elon Musk buying Twitter and then basically destroying it also came to mind, but that particular one is an extreme case.

This is what I was worried about when I heard about a new CEO at Publix. I googled it and found out that essentially what appears to have happened is that there were a number of internal promotions including the current CEO moving to “executive chairman” and the existing president was moving to the CEO slot. Several other changes/promotions also occurred – all internal promotions for long-time employees. No one from the outside was involved. Most importantly – to me –it appears that what happened may not have been in response to something within Publix being broken. I hope I am right.

I love Publix. I don’t see anything broken about it. In fact, what I see when I contemplate Publix is a company that is still grounded in the core values of the founder – George Jenkins – and that those values are serving Publix well. When I go into a Publix, it feels like I am going home. I see employees who genuinely care about my shopping experience and about me. I see happy employees who have pride in their store and in their contribution to their store. When I go into a Publix – and they are all the same

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’Tis the Season for Mistletoe, Holly and Other Holiday Plants Oh, by gosh, by golly It’s time for mistletoe and holly. . .

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Top left: American holly/Ilex opaca Top right: Although mistletoe is generally associated with winter holidays, this parasitic plant grows year-round and can kill trees.

Bottom: A variety of poinsettias.

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There are songs we associate with Christmas, and there are also the plants.

“It’s time for mistletoe and holly .

PAM RENTZ . .” or “I saw Mommy Guest Columnist kissing Santa Claus, underneath the mistletoe last night...” or “Have a holly jolly Christmas, It’s the best time of the year, I don’t know if there’ll be snow, but have a cup of cheer...” are a few that come to mind. Those of us who’ve lived in Atlanta for a while are probably not dreaming of a White Christmas (because the chances of having one here are minimal), yet we still enjoy the image along with plants linked with the holidays.

So, as you sit back with your cup of cheer, here are a few good-to-know tips for your holiday plants.

Hollies Hollies have a long tradition of being part of winter festivities that dates back thousands of years to the Druids, who believed the holly’s evergreen nature made it sacred. The clippings make great holiday arrangements and wreaths, and the holly trees themselves are an excellent landscaping choice.

Hollies are typically low-maintenance trees and shrubs that perform yearround in the landscape, not only during the holidays. They tolerate well-draining, slightly acidic soil and full sun to partial shade. They’re (mostly) deer resistant.

Holly plants are also primarily either male or female, which means the female plants produce the berries and depend upon the

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This week’s guest Master Gardener “Garden Buzz” columnist is Roswell resident Pam Rentz. Pam has been a North Fulton Master Gardener since 2010. Along with a background in marketing communications for tech companies, she has a longtime passion for plants and our planet.

• Care of Holiday and Gift Plants, https:// extension.uga.edu/publications/detail. html?number=C951&title=care-of-holidayand-gift-plants • Holiday Plant Care, https:// site.extension.uga.edu/fanningilmer/2021/12/holiday-plant-care, https://site.extension.uga.edu/lincoln/ holiday-plant-care/ • Poinsettias can thrive for years if properly cared for, https://newswire. caes.uga.edu/story/5669/poinsettiacare.html • Confusion about the Christmas CactusThey aren’t from the desert, https://site. extension.uga.edu/cherokee/2015/12/ confusion-about-the-christmas-cactus-theyarent-from-the-desert/ • Keep your holiday gift plants beautiful all year, https://site.extension.uga.edu/ colquitthomeowners/2021/12/keep-yourholiday-gift-plants-beautiful-all-year-2/ • Holiday Plant Highlight: Paperwhites, https://site.extension.uga.edu/ mgevp/2021/12/holiday-plant-highlightpaperwhites/ • Managing Mistletoe in Trees, https://site.extension.uga.edu/ madison/2021/01/managing-mistletoein-trees/ • Growing Indoor Plants with Success, https://extension.uga.edu/publications/ detail.html?number=B1318&title=growingindoor-plants-with-success

male plants for pollination.

American holly (Ilex opaca) is a native broadleaf evergreen tree that produces bright red berries throughout the winter that are eaten by cedar waxwings, cardinals, and other birds. Remember, these berries are considered toxic to humans and pets.

Mistletoe One of the most famous holiday traditions may be kissing under the mistletoe. You’ll come across mistletoe hanging in doorways at many gatherings.

Harry Potter even shared a kiss underneath a sprig.

The Celtic druids supposedly considered the mistletoe plant sacred and hung it above doorways for luck and to ward off evil spirits. In reality, mistletoe is an evergreen that grows high on tree branches and not in a good way. Mistletoe is a semi-parasite. Its roots penetrate the tree’s wood and suck water and nutrients from the host tree. Heavy mistletoe growths can harm or even eventually kill a tree.

Oak mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) is Georgia’s most common mistletoe species, although it can grow on other tree species. The berries are toxic to humans.

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Poinsettia I don’t know of any good poinsettia songs, but it is an iconic plant we associate with the holidays. When November comes around, grocery stores and big box stores are flooded with these beautiful subtropical plants.

Poinsettias can last for months if you provide bright, indirect light and don’t allow the plant to dry out. However, overwatering can damage the plant. Check plants daily and when the soil is nearly dry to the touch, water enough that water drains from the bottom of the pot.

Happy Holidays and Happy Gardening!

North Fulton Master Gardeners, Inc. is a Georgia nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose purpose is to educate its members and the public in the areas of horticulture and ecology in order to promote and foster community enrichment. Master Gardener Volunteers are trained and certified by The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension.

Learn more at nfmg.net. Previous Garden Buzz columns are featured at https:// appenmedia.com/opinion/columnists/ garden_buzz/.

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Celebrate: Continued from Page 8 Cumming Forsyth residents hoping to kick off the new year with some live music can check out Rockin’ Around on New Year’s Eve at Music Authority on Merchants Square on Dec. 31 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased at www.MusicAuthorityInc. com. For those hoping to start their new year’s fitness goals early, Five Star NTP is holding a Half Marathon & 5K Run at North Forsyth Middle School on Jan. 1.

The half marathon starts at 8:50 a.m. while those running in the 5K begin at 9 a.m. Admission is $24 with T-shirts available for purchase. The first 250 runners will receive a special Finisher Medal to wear at the finish line. Learn more at www.FiveStarNTP.com.

McGinnis: Continued from Page 3 In an email to Appen Media, Alpharetta Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard said the city has not changed its position or commitment to the McGinnis Ferry widening.

“We look forward to receiving additional information from the redesign effort and will likely pause discussion of the project until that effort is completed,” Drinkard said.

Also at the Dec. 12 meeting, the County Commission approved a $20,000 increase to the County Division of Family and Children Services’ annual funding.

In March, the commissioners approved $140,000 as the department’s maximum annual funding, with up to $80,000 to be used to supplement salaries for full-time employees.

The new agreement raises the DFCS budget to $160,000 and the employee supplement to $125,000.

“A year ago, we were in a very dire situ-

Dunwoody Night owls can kick off 2024 like it’s 1924 with the Party Like It’s 1920 party on New Year’s Eve at the Brass Tap on Ashford Dunwoody Road from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Come wearing your best 1920s attire and enjoy a free champagne toast when the clock strikes midnight. A live DJ will supply the music while those dressed their best can win a cash prize. Don’t forget to take some fun photos at the photo booth.

For parents wanting to take one last look at the holiday lights with their kids before ringing in the new year, Brook Run Park on North Peachtree Road is keeping up their holiday lights display through New Year’s Eve before the ball drops. Families can enjoy the free, self-guided walk through 85,000 beautiful lights. Learn more about these free events at www.DiscoverDunwoody.com.

ation with our staffing at DFCS,” Forsyth County DFCS Board Chair Sarah Pedarre said.

She said the department was operating with a skeleton crew, but the supplement funding approved by the County Commission enabled DFCS to attract more experienced staff.

The funding also allowed the department to enter a pilot program with Benchmark that facilitated in-home mental health services for clients.

“And only three counties in the State of Georgia got that,” she said.

“So, it’s showing that it is working, and it is a wonderful benefit for our community, but we did miss the forecasting of how much it was going to be.”

Division Director Cara Bowen said DFCS is currently open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., but with new staff onboarding in the next two to three weeks, the department will be back to regular business hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The County Commission will formalize the two action items at an upcoming regular meeting.

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Domestique: Continued from Page 1 Jackie Tyson, founder of Bike Alpharetta, said bikes that were too rusty to be salvaged would later be recycled.

“We’ve made a huge effort in the past four or five years [to] not put any metal or rubber in a landfill,” Tyson said.

Bikes For Kids was started in 2007 by the Mullenbach family, who had collected 65 bikes in their Johns Creek neighborhood. Since then, Bikes For Kids has provided more than 4,700 bicycles and tricycles as well as nearly 1,900 new youth helmets all free of charge to North Fulton Community Charities.

Due to rising costs in food, rent and other essentials this year, NFCC Com-

Volunteers repair donated bikes at the Milton City Park and Preserve Dec. 9, or on Domestique Day, as part of Bike Alpharetta’s “Bikes For Kids” program, which provides Santaready bikes to North Fulton Community Charities’ Toyland Shop.

munity Events Manager Janet Dahlstrom said the nonprofit has seen a 20-to-30 percent increase in all its programs, including Toyland.

Dahlstrom said there is a record number of families signed up this year, about 630 families which includes around 1,500 children.

Tyson said the No. 1 requested items are bikes.

Before Bike Alpharetta took over the program a decade ago, Tyson had volunteered. She said her drive to provide bikes to children stems from the feeling of riding on her first bike that her father had bought at 8 years old.

“It felt like wonderful freedom to go out and have the wind in my face and do something on my own,” Tyson said. “I don't want [children] to miss that opportunity to have their own bicycle.”

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