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We at V3 have a few of our own NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS to share and we managed to track down the history behind some of the annual celebration’s most common traditions.

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE

OWNER & CEO Ian Griffin EDITORIAL MANAGER Oliver Robbins, Jr. MAG ART & DESIGN Ellie Borromeo WRITERS Oliver Robbins, Jr., Jim Alred, Lauren Jones-Hillman, McKenzie Todd, Rachel Reiff, Ian Griffin, DeMarcus Daniel EXECUTIVE PHOTOGRAPHER Cameron Flaisch CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Jason Hyunh

OW N E R & C EO Ian Griffin

AS I SIT in front of my computer, the day before the mid-term elections I decided to do something I rarely do, and that is address politically charged subject in this magazine.

I debated it long and hard, but after considering that my message is far from divisive, I decided to go for it.

I wanted to write it before the outcome, because the victorious candidates are not my focus; the hate between parties is.

When gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams came to Rome for a campaign stop in late October, she decided to hold her rally at Schroeder’s New Deli on Broad Street.

Weeks before, her opponent Brian Kemp had his campaign bus parked in front of the downtown Republican headquarters, visiting several locations in the area. Both candidates campaigned for what they believe in and spoke to their supporters about ways to better the state with their vision.

I believe the aim to be true of both Abrams and Kemp. They believe in their message, and the people who are voting for them believe in either their message or are party voters who want to support the nominee selected by the ticket they support. Those supporters showed up in droves for both candidates appearances, but more importantly, voters who might be on the fence had an opportunity to see them in person and decide for themselves which agenda they wanted to support.

The reason I stay away from topics like this is because it’s more often than not a toxic conversation. Neither side wants to try and understand the other, resulting in name calling, bullying and often public shaming for standing up in what you believe in. Social media

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dumps gasoline on the fire as everyone now has a public forum to state their opinions, and I’m a firm believer that if you put something out into the universe, you should be prepared to be challenged. But I have watched good friends stop speaking to each other over such conversations.

And after the nasty comments I’ve witness on a few occasions, I can understand why.

Both sides are guilty of this “you’re an idiot if you believe this” mentality.

Upon the announcement of Abrams’ stop at Schroeders, the restaurant began receiving sharply worded messages via social media and phone calls, vowing to never again patronize the establishment for hosting the democratic candidate along with the rhetoric of the day concerning why the other side’s candidates are demons focused on ruining the country we all love.

Just up the road in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee Tom Courtney, the owner of Courtney’s Restaurant and Catering, received death threats after hosting a campaign event for Republican senatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn. Workers were verbally abused and the proprietor was called a Nazi sympathizer.

Has it seriously come to this? I don’t know Tom Courtney, but I’m sure he is just

another small business trying to survive, much like Schroeder’s. And if you have ever walked through that establishments doors, you have only felt welcomed. They don’t ask for your party affiliation at the door and by no means was this stop on Abrams’ campaign trail a public endorsement from by the restaurant. They had a space, someone asked to use and they said yes.

Hopefully it helped them sell more calzones, nachos and roast beef reliefs, because it looked like a big crowd. I would wish the same affect for Mr. Courtney when he hosted his event.

It is your God-given right as an American citizen to protest or boycott, but it seems like we are wasting energy on hating anything we don’t agree with that could be better utilized figuring out what is tearing us apart. That all starts with being willing to have a civil conversation and opening our ears and minds to why people feel the way they feel.

Political candidates speak in arenas, private venues and public spaces all over the country.

Just a few years ago a group of white nationalists stood on our historic courthouse steps and spewed hatred, while many from our community gathered across the street in silent protest. It was that groups’ right to be able to speak and I stand with those who have no tolerance for that kind

of hatred. But I still walk up those steps and get my tag renewed every year and if Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Kim Jung Un sat down at Schroeder’s tomorrow to discuss game four of this year’s World Series, I wouldn’t think twice about stopping in the next day for potato skins and a cold one.

At some point we have to start trying to understand each other instead of spreading the unnecessary and often misguided hate. More often than not, people have a reason for what they believe and a civil conversation between people with differing opinions can do a world of good… and those conversations are always better when sharing a plate of Schroeders’ nachos.

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DRAGON BALL ME For the Love of the Game with Jim Alred

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I NOTICED THE odd looks, laughter and pointing within seconds. The referees had just whistled the start of my soccer teams’ final game of the regular season, a game they had to win to place second and ensure themselves a spot in the higher division next season.

So let’s be honest, I had my game face on, but I also wore something else. As the players on the opposing bench continued to laugh and stare in wide-eyed amazement, I raised both of my hands in the air, locked eyes with them and said what any self-respecting coach would say in the same situation.

“What’s the matter? You’ve never seen a dragon before?”

The day before, my team faced another mustwin game against a team that honestly, we should have beaten. However, this season has seen us start the second half of most games a bit sluggish.

It seemed like almost anytime we had a two or three-goal lead, which was often, the other squad would sneak in and score a goal or two and make things interesting.

I didn’t want to mess around with the chances, so at halftime of Saturday’s game as we held a 3-0 lead I offered the players what I call motivation, and what others might call a bribe.

It wasn’t the first time this season. I coach the team with Scott McCreless and he and I had offered pizza, ice cream and other treats only to see us come out flat and make the games interesting.

So as the squad rested on the bench, I made sure to hit my three key coaching points. The squad listened, and then I reminded them about

our previous let downs and offered up something for the first time.

“Win by four goals, and I’ll coach tomorrow’s game in a dragon onesie.”

Oh my goodness. Half the team exploded off the bench with yells and laughter. A few of the players looked at me as if I had lost my mind, but let’s be honest. Most of the players think I’ve lost my mind about 80 percent of the time anyway.

It’s funny. I started coaching soccer at the YMCA a season after my youngest daughter, Hayley, was placed on a team with so much talent it was scary and unfair. A funny thing happened that season; that team didn’t progress and if anything took a big step backward.

That was my cue. I spent the next four or five seasons roaming the sidelines as a recreation coach.

I took a brief hiatus when Hayley moved to the travel team, but an opportunity came along and I jumped at the chance to coach with Scott. The first fall, the team won four games.

But I knew the talent was there and it was only a matter of time. Sure enough the team kept progressing. And I can’t tell you how much fun it was to see a bunch of girls I had either coached or coached against in recreation soccer grow into solid travel players.

Last fall, they won their division. In the spring, injuries decimated us but we finished in the middle of the pack. This fall they found themselves fighting for a top-two finish all season.

There are days this group makes me want to rip the rest of my hair out. And then there are moments when I sit back and look at what they do on the field and all I can do is smile.

We handled the best teams in the division this fall but somehow found ways to drop two games

to decent but not great teams. I’ve been around sports long enough to know how hard it is to go undefeated. It’s also darn tough to win your division.

Seeing the squad so close to an opportunity to finish second and move up a division, I couldn’t bear to see the squad squander the chance. But no matter how much we yelled, cajoled or bemoaned our fate, the players didn’t seem to respond.

All that changed on Saturday afternoon in the second half. The team passed the ball as well as they have all season, connected key passes and scored two quick goals to extend the lead to 5-0.

They were playing so well, they could have scored a lot more, but I started moving players around, which probably helped the other team score their lone goal in the waning moments of the contest.

My team won and as they listened to my quick, post-game speech they all reminded me of my promise. So as the game started on Sunday, I took off my shoes and began zipping myself into a green dragon onesie.

The referee running the sidelines couldn’t stop laughing when he saw me. The club director stopped and took photos of me as did Sid Gowens, who posted his to Facebook. I offered to let either of them borrow it. Crazily enough they turned me down.

The team started sluggish but after Olivia decided to dribble the length of the field and score, we exploded netting three goals before halftime.

At halftime, Coach Scott made his points and then it was my turn.

I started talking and motioning with my hands and really getting into my coaching points. I thought they were succinct, accurate and the right things to say. Only something odd happened. The entire

group of players were wearing huge smiles and trying their best not to laugh. I turned to Coach Scott only to see him fighting the same losing battle.

You see, my onesie has two red wings on the shoulders. Every time I gestured to make a point, my wings were flapping causing the players and my co-coach to burst into laughter.

I did point out that I didn’t wear the outfit for them to lose the game in the second half. And although we did fade a bit toward the end of the contest, they persevered with a 5-2 win.

Look. John Wooden, Bear Bryant, Nick Saban, Anson Dorrance and other great coaches never had to resort to wearing a dragon onesie to motivate their players. I will quickly point out that no one in their right mind will ever equate me to those coaches.

In a season where things had the chance to go wrong, the team persevered. Not because I wore a dragon onesie, but because the players came together and played. And Joey, Malone, Carlee, Ashley, Olivia, Sophie, Emily, Izzy, Deyvis, Eryelle, Catie, Sarah Beth, Jasmine, Alexis, Payton and Hayley earned the second-place finish with a lot of grit and determination.

If it took a 46-year-old man wearing a green dragon onesie on the sidelines to help cement the win and the second-place finish, that was a sacrifice I was more than willing to make.

That and I promise you our players may not recall the score of the game, the opponent we played or exactly how we finished second this season in the future, but I promise you they will remember their goofy, sometimes crazy coach sporting a dragon costume. *The views expressed in this column are those of the writer, and do not represent the opinions of V3 Magazine.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE is one of the world’s most celebrated holidays and carries along with it a sleigh full of traditions dating back hundreds, some even thousands of years ago.

Perhaps one of the most well-known traditions for New Year’s in the States is the annual Ball Drop ceremony. Whether we’re talking about the Ball Drop in New York City’s Times Square, or the Possum Drop in Tallapoosa, Georgia (yes, it’s a real thing… Google it), the notorious Ball Drop, or a variation of it is everywhere.

Our aim was to uncover the history behind these traditions, as well as share some of our own traditions.

So, here we go.

According to several reports online, the earliest recorded New Year’s celebration dates all the way back to Mesopotamia, which is around 2000 B.C. The new year also wasn’t celebrated at the end of December or beginning of January as the Ancient Roman calendar used to follow the lunar cycle.

Their new year began in March.

In 46 B.C., Julius Caesar switched from the lunar cycle to the solar year, beginning the celebration of the new year in January. This was also partially done to honor the god Janus, for whom the month was named. Janus had two faces and was able to look back into the past and forward into the future simultaneously, making him a great spokesperson for the holiday we all celebrate today.

Interesting, right? But, how did this history eventually evolve into a giant ball dropping from a flagpole on New Year’s Eve? According to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the tradition of dropping the ball in Times Square, specifically, has only been a tradition since 1907.

This ball was initially lowered from a flagpole that sat on top of One Times Square, and was made up of iron and wood and decorated with 100 25-watt lightbulbs. We’ve come a long way from the 1907.

Since the first ball drop, this tradition has continued every year except 1942 and 1943 as during those years, New York City was on a dim-out, meant to protect the United States against air and naval attacks during World War II. Interestingly, the ball drop tradition did not originate on New Year's Eve, or even for the New

Year’s holiday. In fact, people had been dropping balls to indicate the passage of time since the 1800s.

The first "time-ball" was installed in 1833 in Greenwich, England, atop the Royal Observatory.

Every afternoon at exactly one in the afternoon, the ball would lower so that captains in nearby ships could sync their chronometers (basically, a tool for measuring time that helped determine longitude).

Somewhere along the line, someone had the bright idea to drop a ball from Times Square not at noon, but at midnight to signal the arrival of a new year. I guess people liked it so much that the tradition stuck… and here we are today—dropping balls, peaches, possums and really anything specific to a region’s own history. They get interesting, too… like we said a moment ago, Google it.

The dropping of the ball is not the only celebration or tradition Americans celebrate as the clock counts down to midnight. In fact, not everyone’s traditions or celebrations are the same, as the office staff at V3 quickly found out when discussing our own customs.

Traditions we found interesting range from eating 12 grapes at or before midnight, as participating in this is both a tradition and a superstition

originating initially in Spain (rare is the Spaniard who will risk poisoning their fate for the coming year by skipping the grapes, one for each stroke of midnight and the upcoming 12 months of the new year). Or, chowing down on a dish from the legume family (beans, peas, etc.) apparently brings good luck and eating greens keep your pockets full of cash throughout the year.

Many people also sing “Auld Lang Syne” at midnight which is a poem that was written and combined with a traditional folk song by Robert Burns in 1788 which means 'to bid farewell,' or saying goodbye to the old year.

Of course, there is the widely held tradition of making resolutions to keep in the upcoming months.

“One of my favorite New Year’s Day traditions is the customary lunch including ham, greens, blackeyed peas, rice and cornbread. I load up on luck (peas) and money (greens) every year just out of superstition and at our house, mimosas are served with a heavy side of bowl games on the TV,” says Ian Griffin, Owner and CEO of V3.

Others in the office celebrate the New Year by shooting fireworks, giving midnight champagne

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toasts, kissing someone you love as the clock turns to midnight, shooting a gun at midnight (per my grandfather) and more.

“My folks always said that a man should be the first person to walk in your front door in the new year,” says Oliver Robbins who works with the V3 editorial team. “The man was supposed to bring good luck and good fortune. Oh, and we couldn’t sweep or wash clothes on New Year’s Day, because my parents always said we would sweep or wash a loved one from our family. I was scared be caught even looking at a broom when I was a kid.”

Elizabeth Blount has a wise suggestion for the menfolk as the clock strikes 12 o’clock on December 31st.

“Make sure you don’t take a huge swig of champagne before wishing your love a Happy New Year with a kiss,” Blount laughs. “She will definitely appreciate being first in line.”

It’s important to not only know the history of the traditions that we celebrate each and every year, but to also learn why we started celebrating this way in the first place. If you’re naturally curious, like us, you will learn a plethora of things, and start to piece together the bits and fragments of celebrations that otherwise had no meaning besides, “it’s just what we do.”

So, how do you celebrate New Year’s Eve?

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the season, as is evident by the twinkling lights, candy cane-covered Christmas trees, cheery carols and visions of Saint Nick filling the sidewalks and homes in Northwest Georgia. It is perhaps the most wonderful time of the year because it is a time to reflect and celebrate another 365 in the books.

A natural urge at the end of the year is to begin setting goals and making resolutions for the fresh start peeping from just around the corner.

New Year’s resolutions are essentially a promise we make to ourselves or others to remove an undesirable trait or behavior, accomplish a personal goal or to improve their life in some way.

Many of us make these promises as a tradition in American culture. In fact, the entire office staff at V3 came together this year to constitute their own ways to make the New Year merry and bright.

I tend not to make New Year’s resolutions, especially because I don’t feel as if a new year constitutes a new me. However, there has been one thing that I have been working to change for a while now, so what better time to start than at the peak of the holiday season, right?

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My new year’s resolution is to quit being late for work. Even if it’s one minute late, I want to completely eliminate this from my life.

I find myself (most days) sleeping until about 15 minutes before I have to leave my house, and then spend the next 20 minutes rushing to get ready before jumping in the car like a mad woman.

This leaves me arriving at work with wet hair (my mom is rolling her eyes at me right now, I know.)

I want to start getting up early enough to truly be prepared for work, while still arriving at least five minutes early.

There you have it, mom. I’ve been slacking and now everyone who reads this month’s magazine knows it.

Here are the rest of V3’s New Year’s resolutions: “My New Year’s resolution is really simple. I want to stop sleeping with my hair up in a ponytail at night, because it causes breakage. I know that it is not the greatest habit, so I am going to try and give my hair a break while I’m sleeping. Also, I want my hair to be as healthy as it can be for my wedding in May.” - Elizabeth Blount, Graphic Designer “I find that I sometimes use colorful language to really drive home a point. I was always taught to be respectful, so I never use bad language when it is not appropriate. However, I often struggle with the urge to let the curse words fly when my company permits. So, I would like to stop cursing and find better ways to express myself.”

- DeMarcus Daniel, Staff Writer “My New Year’s resolution is that I need to be more social outside of work and the music scene. I tend to struggle with interactions beyond my everyday

work life. I want to be more social, so that I can network my photography business better.”

- Jason Huynh, Contributing Photographer “My resolution this year is to become stronger: mentally and physically. I’m focusing on learning how to rest well—not just in quantity but in quality of time. I also want to focus on how to self care. I joined a gym for the first time ever, with the goal of attending yoga and kickboxing classes every week.

It’s hard to start something new, but I know that next year I’ll be glad I started now.”

- Rachel Reiff, Staff Writer “I actually have a few resolutions. First, I would love to spend more time in the moment when I'm with my kids and my husband. I tend to let a multitude of things consume my mind. I want to do better about realizing the present is valuable and should be cherished. Secondly, I want to revive my spirit and soul with a newfound joy, happiness and appreciation as I redefine who I am. And my last goal is to realign my focus in my work and hobbies with what I enjoy and with my identity. This ranges from picking up ballet at home again (I did dance as a kid and find that it’s a fueled love for me still which I want to start again) and keeping up with my body/health goals for strength and mobility, to my work in design. I'm focusing a more intensive effort on cultivating my love of design for brand identity and illustration, and for craft, purpose-driven and food-related brands. These are the areas of design that I love.”

- Ellie Borromeo, Senior Designer “My New Year’s resolution is to find a better balance between work and my personal life. Mental health is extremely important so I feel that taking time to do things I really enjoy recharges me mentally and helps me to be more creative. My goal is to

start truly enjoying everything life has to offer.

I plan to compartmentalize my professional and personal life in an effort to create a healthy balance of work and play.”

- Cameron Flaisch, Executive Photographer “As crazy as it sounds, my resolution for 2019 is making an effort to say no more often. I'm a people pleaser and genuinely want to help when someone asks, so it’s easy to say yes even when I know that it will complicate my schedule both professionally and personally. I often feel guilty saying no, even when I know my reasons for saying it are valid, so my goal is saying no when warranted, politely and without regrets in 2019.”

- Ian Griffin, Owner and CEO “I would like to spend more time with my family for the New Year. I have watched one son graduate from high school and I have a daughter who will graduate next year. I have fifth-grade daughter who

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is growing so fast it seems like she is bigger and every morning when I kiss her forehead before school. Lastly, I have a little man (he will be about three months old when this book is back from print) who I don’t get to see grow nearly enough.

I miss my wonderful, talented and beautiful wife who works just as much as I do. I think it is time for a Robbins Family vacation. Time is the only thing we can never get back, so it is important to spend some of that time with the people we love.”

- Oliver Robbins, Editorial Manager “It's the oldest resolution in the book, but 2019 needs to be my year of dedication to physical activity. I used to be the guy who finished a Thanksgiving dinner and would then go for a run. I would ride my mountain bike to the gym, work out and ride home. I spent hours and hours every day training to be in my best possible shape. That was then, and this is now. I was right around the age of 30 when my back started to fail me. My back was going out

every other month and I was constantly in physical therapy. It turned out that I had herniated discs and degenerative discs which have slowly prevented me from continually being active. Now I am 40 and my physical lifestyle has almost come to a standstill.

Last year, I started working out with a personal trainer a few days a week. We did circuit and cross fit style training that was low impact and much easier on my spine. I really enjoyed getting back in the gym and I plan to do so this year. Lately, my work, my family and my house have taken more and more of my free time.”

- Chris Forino, Managing Partner We hope our ideas give readers the motivation to come up with their own reachable New Year’s resolutions. Setting a goal is the first step, and without action, our resolutions fall flat and are soon forgotten. So, here’s to setting realistic goals, a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2019.

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you’ve ever tinkered on a brightly colored, slightly out-of-tune piano on a corner of Broad Street during the hot summer months, then you’ve already been PERC-ed.

The same goes for if you’ve tuned into your favorite radio channel and heard local actors people you run into at the grocery store and sit next to at your kid’s school functions - delivering a heartwarming rendition of the beloved holiday classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

You may have been PERC-ed all along in several ways, but you just didn’t know it. Through a plethora of multi-hued artistic endeavors balanced skillfully with activism and expression, Peacefully Engaging the Rome Community is doing just what its name proclaims to do. With events that highlight different ethnic groups, causes and bring to light Rome’s robust artistic nature, PERC is a gift to the community that keeps on giving.

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PERC was actually born from an activism movement, Turn Your Back on Hate. When a Neo-Nazi hate group, the National Socialist Movement, announced in 2016 that they were going to hold a rally in Rome, Jessie Reed was angry.

Reed didn’t want her children, family and friends exposed to that kind of hate, and tried to figure out some way to combat it in a peaceful way.

She decided to channel her disgust into a counter protest and rallied the help of her fellow community members to Turn (their) Backs on Hate, silently.

The peaceful protest drew more than 150 people.

“After the protest, it was clear there was a huge group of people who were interested in doing more around community activism and bringing people together,” says Reed. “The overwhelming question immediately after the protest was ‘What are you doing next?’”

Reed developed a small team of people to establish what would become PERC, taking the reactive nature of TYBOH and flipping it.

“We decided we were going to change our name to be something that we stood for instead of what we stood against,” she says. “PERC is appropriate for an organization that’s proactive and designed to bring people together.”

Change Starts at Home Jeremy Harrison was one of those founding members of PERC who sought to make changes in his community in unique ways. When he was visiting Fort Collins, CO in 2016, he saw something that inspired him.

“I was just walking around downtown and there were pianos everywhere. That was the first time I’d ever seen pianos just outside in the open like that,” says Harrison.

Harrison thought a similar project would be perfect for Rome’s Between the Rivers Historic District. He got together with Reed and they contacted the City of Rome who put them in touch with Kristi Kent, director of communications for Rome.

“Kristi had actually had the same idea at the same time,” says Harrison. “So we made it happen.”

Once the City of Rome and PERC announced in 2017 they were searching for piano donations, the cause gained a ton of traction. They were able to pick and choose pianos for local artists to spruce up. By spring, the pianos were painted, shined and knitted up in yarn as musical masterpieces in downtown Rome.

“It’s been a great success these past two years, and the Keys to Rome project achieved a lot of good for the area,” says Harrison. “It gave people who maybe wouldn’t generally interact with each other something to talk about. It provided people an opportunity to sit down and play a musical instrument that they wouldn’t be exposed to normally.”

A Platform for Positivity The Keys to Rome project is just one of several endeavors to engage different groups in Rome.

PERC has done two community trash pick-ups with Cub Scouts at Lovejoy Baptist Church and also partnered with local group CONNECTION in 2018 to help put on the annual Affair to Remember, a black-tie blues event for the community.

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kids and created a rock garden at Anna K. Davie Elementary School called “Only One You” which focused on children’s uniqueness and diversity.

During the presidential election of 2016, tensions ran high in all corners. PERC organized a spoken-word event called Tension Release at Makervillage.

“We had four hours of spoken word - it was a completely packed house,” says Reed. “We had comedians and host a poetry slam. There were college kids and community members. Women in their 70’s were reading. It was a very diverse group, culturally and age-wise.”

Another PERC project is Mindflow, a mindfulness event for the mind, body and spirit that

incorporates meditation, yoga and a drum circle.

Each Mindflow session is focused on raising funds by donation for a specific community cause. In 2018, PERC raised nearly $1,000 for the Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia and the Hospitality House for Women, Inc.

Don’t Turn that Dial If you’ve tuned in to WLAQ (1410 AM radio) or 95.7 FM The Ridge during the holidays over the last two years, you may have heard what you thought was a blast from the past: a group of voice actors

and organic sound effects blasting through the airwaves and performing an old-school radio play.

But it wasn’t a throwback at all. PERC established the PERC Radio Theatre in the Christmas season of 2016, when a group of talented local actors performed “A Christmas Carol” in front of a live studio audience at Makervillage. The tradition continued the following year with “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in October at Makervillage, and in December of 2017 with “It’s a Wonderful Life” at the Historic DeSoto Theatre.

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With natural effects created by a team of sound artists using props, the radio theatre shows offer a chance to observe how a live radio play is done and be entertained at the same time. Also, being able to reach out to others across the airwaves is central to PERC’s mission.

“Bringing writers, actors and sound artists together to create something that can be enjoyed by families anywhere they have a radio signal allows us to bring our message of peace and inclusiveness to a broader audience,” says PERC member Jackson Williamson, who has organized PERC radio plays. “It also helps us raise money for other PERC projects, such as the Keys to Rome project which has been financed largely by proceeds from past radio shows.”

Skating Toward a Festive Future This holiday season, PERC hosted the Winter Wonderland Carnival & Ice Festival at the Forum against the backdrop of the Forum on Ice event, where families enjoyed a wintery paradise of ice skating and all the artistic attributes of a traditional winter market.

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Party; a Night of Carolers, Choirs and Choristers; Los Chilenos (a traditional Mexican dance) led by the local organization Romanos Unidos; an authentic Kwanzaa booth; the Pollard Greens - Jazz on Ice and more.

Festival director Mark Van Leuven was inspired to spearhead the Festival by his European travels.

“When I was younger, I spent a few Advent seasons backpacking through Central Europe,” says Van Leuven. “I enjoyed their tradition of the Advent Markets, in which the villages would close down late in the afternoon and the citizens open up vendor booths, food booths and regale the town with seasonal entertainment.”

Reed says the Festival is right up PERC’s alley, and the organization plans to make it an annual event.

“The Festival is perfect,” she says. “There’s opportunity for art and expression and it’s highlighting our diverse communities by truly bringing the community together, not just a segment of it, but the whole. As diverse as Rome is, we could all do a better job of fully integrating or providing platforms for people.”

And PERC will continue to do just that, she says.

PERC is a platform to help others have a space to bring culture and diversity to the community and to bridge the gaps between people of different walks of life.

“Nobody is short on things to stand up against these days,” says Reed. “What we are short on is remembering how similar we really are. We’re more alike than we are different.”

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idden on an acre of land in a well-kept neighborhood off Mt. Alto Road, sits a beautiful four-sided brick home that boasts of stunning views and perfect privacy. But more than the property, the saltwater pool or the rocking chair front porch, you’re sure to fall in love with this custom home the minute you enter the front door and see the thoughtful design.

Upon entering the front doors and passing two stately white columns, you are met with the open-floor plan of the main living space, kitchen and breakfast area. The kitchen is a statement in and of itself; with custom, dark cabinetry built specifically around stainless steel, Thermador appliances. The formal dining room is stunning, with a vaulted ceiling and room for an extra-long table.

Within its two floors, the house contains six bedrooms and five bathrooms, making it spacious but surprisingly cozy. Besides the main living and eating spaces on the main floor, there are also two bedrooms with two full baths, as well as an office.

Also located on the main floor is the master suite, featuring double walk-in closets and a master bathroom. The bathroom is large; with a double vanity, jacuzzi tub and walk-in shower. Right outside the master suite is the laundry room and butler’s pantry, in addition to the stairs to the downstairs portion of the house.

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First constructed from 2006 to 2007, Jody and Alethea Temple have been this home’s only owners. “We’re originally from this area, but we had transferred to Florida for a couple of years.

When we decided to come home, we looked around in Rome. We came up here in the fall; and the view is just gorgeous, and well, we fell in love with it.” says Jody.

“And we wanted something that was quiet,” adds Alethea. “We wanted a place where you could feel close to town, but also away enough for it to be private. It feels like you’re secluded up here, even though you are a mile from Shorter Avenue.”

Downstairs, the basement is a recent renovation of only two years ago. With its high ceilings and ornate finishes, the space does not seem like a basement, but rather another house inside the house. In addition to the three bedrooms and two bathrooms, the downstairs houses a living room, full kitchen, dining room and several large storage rooms.

There is even a storm cellar cleverly hidden behind a wooden barn door. Also downstairs is a large walk-in shower room and separate laundry room, making the saltwater pool just outside all that easier to enjoy.

“Growing up, my house was the “hang-out” place. It was the place where all my friends wanted to come,” says Jody. And that’s exactly what Jody explained that the Temple family found in their brick beauty on Alto Ridge Court.

As their two kids grew up, Jody and Alethea hosted many pool parties, church functions and holiday gatherings.

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One of the most important traditions the Temples have kept, even this year with their house on the market, is their tradition of ornate Christmas decoration. “It’s a production,” laughs Jody, describing his wife’s intricate Christmas décor. “But it’s beautiful to look at and a joy to experience.”

Alethea has decorated professionally, so she spares no expense or expertise in decorating for her favorite holiday. “Everything is custom crafted for this house,” she explains. With 19 Christmas trees, each matching the room in which it sits, there is no denying the special touch she brings with her holiday spirit.

Each detail is so unique to the home, that Alethea and Jody are even willing to negotiate the sell of the house with the inclusion of their Holiday decorations, as well as the furniture, since everything is oversized to fit the house’s large spaces.

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As for the couple, there is a bittersweet feeling of moving on from so many happy memories their family has made during their time at 2 Alto Ridge Court.

“This was a great place for us to settle down as our kids grew up, but now it’s just too much house for the two of us. We really do not want to sell it, but we know we don’t need a house this size,” explains Alethea.

But with the home’s neutral pallet and custom design, the Temples believe it can easily become the next happy home of another family.

“You know, the house in a safe community with amazing neighbors,” says Alethea. “It’s ready for new tradition now.”

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One such gift shop is a hidden gem of our state in the form of a local toy store owned and operated for the past 11 years by toymaker Tim Bramlett.

Bramlett got his start woodworking when he was just a kid. “We had tools in the basement, and every time I found something, I’d [accidentally] destroy it trying to make it look better. My best project was a cedar chest that someone threw out. I drug it home, and I chiseled it out and painted it green. I ruined the whole thing,” he jokes.

“I did furniture for a while,” he adds, “but people are so picky with furniture; it took the joy out of it. So then I got into toys. And kids don’t ever complain. They don’t ever say, ‘Hey, that doesn’t look like a truck.’”

Bramlett’s love for kids and the joy his homemade toys bring them propelled him into a career selling his toys at crafts shows for 20 years. It was after a craft show in Hiawassee, Georgia about 11 years ago that he visited Helen “like a regular tourist.”

He fell in love with the city and its beauty.

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street. “But it was full of trash and boxes,” he explains. After convincing the owner to let him rent the space, Tim set up his woodworking shop, began selling his toys and he hasn’t looked back. Six years ago he even expanded the shop, doubling it in size.

The toys that he sells are all made in shop, 100 percent original and 100 percent handmade by Bramlett himself.

“You know, in 11 years I’ve not been able to find another toymaker [in Georgia] who makes stuff in their shop and only sells what they make. I’ve found people who do sell what they make, but they also sell plush toys or toys from China. I don’t do that. If I don’t make it, I don’t sell it,” he says.

As for the kinds of toys he makes, Bramlett is up for making almost anything out of wood.

His store is filled with wooden cars, trucks,

trains, planes, helicopters, ping-pong guns, rubberband guns, swords, shields, knives, tops, train whistles and more.

Crafting his toys keeps him very busy, which is why he is in the shop every single day of the year besides Thanksgiving and Christmas day. “From start to finish, a car might take just five minutes. But I always make 10 to 20 at a time, and I always love to stop and talk to customers.

“Customers inspire me,” he continues.

“They tell me what toys they had as a kid, and I try to recreate them or make a variation of them.”

Every toy, sign and gift is customizable, as the Bramlett offers branding and engraving options. Bramlett and his employees take each individual order very seriously, with the goal of providing one-of-a-kind, personalized gifts. This has lead to not only customers from around the world, but repeat customers, who come once a year or more to buy exclusively from his shop. “It’s really neat. I’ve watched a lot of kids grow up from toddlers to teenagers over the years,” he says.

He encourages all visitors who come to his toy shop to just “come and play.” And if you have the pleasure of meeting the toymaker in person, he might also give you a souvenir bottom with the fun catchphrase “I know Tim.” Whether you experience the shop in person or you do your shopping online, giving, receiving and experiencing Tim’s Wooden Toys will be sure to bring you child-like joy, no matter your age. As Bramlett often says, “I grew older, but I didn’t grow up.”

Bramlett is not the only craftsman getting in on the fun. Mother and daughter duo, Karen and Courtney Duke, make handcrafted plush dolls and gifts for their business, Heartstrings and Stitches.

“I just love to sew, and I started making the dolls for my kids and grandkids,” says Karen. Even though she has been selling her creations for years, she decided to take her business fulltime in 2012. Courtney, who Karen taught to sew as a child, has joined her mom professionally for two years now.

To make their dolls, the Dukes start by choosing a piece of muslin and drawing the doll they imagine. Then, they cut the pattern out.

Next, they sew the doll and stuff it. After they embroider or paint the face on, depending on the type of doll, they add yarn for the doll’s hair.

The process of creating a doll can take anywhere from a few hours to a few days, depending on how much detail is required.

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Karen said her favorite part of making her dolls is giving them faces that determine their personalities. Courtney agreed that the best part of the process is making each doll unique. As a lover of Halloween, those themed dollars are her favorite to make. “I get a lot of inspiration from Tim Burton,” she said.

In addition to seasonally themed dolls, the Dukes created animals and even cross stitched pillows. The Dukes then travel to arts festivals, including this year’s Chiaha Harvest Fest in Rome, sharing and selling their creations.

If you would like to give your good little girl or boy something that is as close as a toy straight from Santa’s Workshop as you can get without a trip to the North Pole, look no further than right here in Northwest Georgia.

Visit Tim at his shop in Helen or order Tim’s Wooden Toys and Gifts online at www. timswoodentoyshop.com or through Etsy and Amazon. You can purchase a doll via their Etsy website, Heartstrings and Stitches. Custom orders are also available.

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