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Jim Alred tells us why winning it all sometimes overrides the better judgement of those who are only in it for the glory.

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V3 welcomes Tammy Barron to the fold, and this month’s plate is filled with soul and the story of a chef who found food through adversity.

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Publisher's Note People always ask me how I became a writer.

Maybe they are expecting some profound life happening that drove me to the pen and pad, and I always feel like I disappoint them when I tell them the God's honest truth. My go-to line is that I have kind of always liked writing, and though I am not the best at turning a phrase, I have been able to at least express myself using the written word.

When I was a child, I wrote a story I called "Jack and the Skyscraper" after my second-grade teacher gave me a prompt. Ms. Sue Lee was, and still is according to the article we published in our last issue of GRAND, very involved in education. After my teacher informed her about my narrative, Ms. Lee invited me and my family E D I TO R I N C H I E F to the Green Glass Trading Co. to read my story Oliver Robbins, Jr. aloud.

The Green Glass Trading Co. was a quirky little spot that was right next to Schroeder's Deli on Broad. I still don't know what they did there.

Whatever it was, it was awesome.

From my often-overactive imagination, I wrote about Jack from the popular children's story "Jack and the Beanstalk." However, my Jack was a version of his character who lived in Cali and well into the future of when the original story was written. He was suckered into buying a bag of bolts instead of beans, and his magical bolts grew into the tallest skyscraper ever when they fell from his pocket on his way home.

The rest of the tale is pretty much par for the course, except for when the giant fell from the top of the skyscraper. In my story, the rumblings on the West Coast caused by the ornery San Andreas fault line were actually the result of the giant falling and leaving the area unstable because of his massive size. I overheard the inspiration for my story on a news report my dad was watching while my He-Man figurine was taking a break from kicking Skeletor right between his hollow eyes.

On the way to the Green Glass Trading Company, my little heart was beating a mile a minute. I was a wreck. My dad told me that I would be fine and if I felt nervous to just look for him in the crowd. I took the floor when it was my turn and read my story the best I knew how.

To my surprise, the room stood and clapped for me. Until then, I had no idea that something I wrote could make people happy. Other kids who were in attendance asked me how I came up with the twist, and again, my answer was lackluster.

"I just kind of imagined it," I recall saying to them.

I would have to get used to the blank stare like the one from my peers on that day. I still get it all the time, especially when curious folks ask me about my process. But over the years, I have been working on my response and here is my best shot.

What is maybe more interesting, and this thought will probably put most readers to sleep, is the why I love to write stories, good stories, and good stories about good people.

I get extreme joy when I see something I wrote make people happy. And the key word is happy. We are often overcome with cable news blocks filled with bickering, social media feeds that lean on the edge of downright mean; and banter that blows up the bad so much that it blocks out the sunshine from satisfied souls.

So, I guess I write because I like happy. I hope this babble does the trick.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 1988

The 100-meter finals of the Seoul Olympics.

MOST OF THE WOR LD focused on United States sprinter extraordinaire Carl Lewis, wondering if he could match the gold he delivered four years earlier at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Another sprinter, Jamaican-born Ben Johnson, running for the Canadians, had turned in some dazzling times and threatened to possibly knock off Lewis.

The gun sounded, and Johnson blasted off from his blocks, shooting to a huge lead and never looking back, claiming the win and a new world record. Few people could believe it, and the whispers of possible performance-enhancing drug use (back then we just called them steroids) began to grow.

Less than 24 hours later and after two samples tested positive for steroids, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal and the time was wiped from the record books. Lewis got his gold medal because he finished second in the race.

Johnson cheated. His punishment was losing the medal he had violated the rules to attain. For many in my generation that was our indoctrination into the dark side of cheating in sports. What few people now realize is that six of the eight men lining up for the 100-meter final later tested positive for banned substances during their track careers, including Lewis.

Performance enhancing drugs, positive drug tests, banned medals and suspensions have become so commonplace in track and field that any new record is almost immediately met with doubt. As bad as track is, cycling is probably worse.

There is a long list of Tour de France winners, including multipletime champion Lance Armstrong from the United States, who have had to relinquish their tour titles. All of these individuals were caught using performance-enhancing substances. Just like Johnson and most of the others from that 100-meter final, they found a way to cheat.

And in the end, it cost them the very thing they cheated to achieve.

Sports history is rife with individuals, teams, organizations, even sanctioning bodies, countries and others bending and often breaking rules to win. Russia had numerous athletes banned from the 2016 Summer Olympics after the country and its sports system were implicated in massive state-sponsored cheating. Many Russian athletes will most likely be banned from the 2020 Summer Olympics as well.

Several years ago, a high school football team I covered in South Florida had one of the weirdest episodes of cheating I’ve witnessed.

One of the team’s players turned out to be a 33-year-old man posing as a high schooler. The individual was a kicker for the football team and only got on the field once. He kicked an extra point in a meaningless blow-out game. He also played soccer and starred for the team. The Florida High School Activities Association banned the high school from playing soccer the next year. They also imposed a one-year postseason ban on the football team. That ban robbed one of the greatest high school football teams I’ve ever seen from a shot at a state title. But they did use an ineligible player, although it was iffy as to who exactly knew about the kid or, in this case, full-grown man.

Pete Rose bet on baseball, got caught, lied about it and is now ineligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. While he didn’t exactly cheat, he did break the rules and now pays the price

I watched from the sidelines in 1993 as my beloved Auburn Tigers rolled to a perfect 11-0 record. But impermissible benefits to players a few years earlier had put Auburn on probation, not allowing them to play on television that season or participate in the postseason.

I could actually keep this list going for a long time, but hopefully I’ve made my point. Enter the Houston Astros and an interesting case for Major League Baseball. The Astros used technology to steal other teams’ pitching signs and broadcast to their hitters via various methods what pitches were coming.

The Astros have been one of the better teams in baseball the past couple of years, winning the 2017 World Series and falling in the 2019 World Series. While early reports of the possible sign-stealing scandal brought nothing but incredulity from Astros managers and players, video as well as unnamed sources indicated that Houston cheated.

Stealing signs is a time-honored tradition in baseball and can be found at every level. The difference is that the Astros used video cameras, photography and other electronic methods and then devised a system to relay to their hitters what pitches were coming.

After what was termed a lengthy investigation, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred suspended the Astros’ manager and general manager for a year, fined the team $5 million and stripped them of some draft picks. The Astros then fired both the manager and general manager. A few Astros players appeared at a press conference and offered up one of the worst sets of apologies known to man. The players showed no remorse and did nothing more than read prepared statements probably written by the Astros’ public relations squad.

Fans were already incensed over the Astros’ punishment. The fine is the largest MLB has ever handed out, and the loss of draft picks will hurt the team. But if baseball believed the sign-stealing scandal was this bad, why did the league not strip the Astros of the 2017 World Series Title? Or why didn’t some of the players heavily involved in the cheating scheme get a ban?

Manfred said the players were given immunity so that MLB could get the information needed. That’s fine. No issues with that move.

However, MLB says the Astros cheated in 2017 and 2018 and they cheated in the 2017 postseason, which resulted in a World Series Title. The Astros get to keep the title and not one player from the team who cheated will be punished.

I don’t know whatever happened to the old adage of a cheater never wins and a winner never cheats, but in this case, it certainly fails to apply to the Astros. Maybe Houston would have won the title in 2017 without stealing signs. Of course, we’ll never know.

The Houston players aren’t apologetic. Their owner says they were a great team in 2017 and would have won anyway. And MLB says the Astros cheated and slapped them on the hand.

The lesson for Johnson, Tour de France cheaters, Rose, that high school, Auburn, Russia and others caught cheating was harsh in the hopes it would help deter others. MLB’s punishment for the Astros wasn’t. The constant message sent to cheaters in most sports is that if you do it you will pay and lose the very thing you cheated to earn. This didn’t happen to the Astros, and the ramifications of this punishment or lack thereof could be very bad for baseball going forward.

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I stand accused by Warhol’s Salvador Dali.

The suspecting mustache pointedly hints at a parallel universe as the heavy door closes and scoops me inside. Before my eyes adjust, I register a harmonica licking the tune “Knocking on Heaven’s Door.” Then in the corner I see Russell McClanahan playing guitar and a mouth harp under the protective gaze of a Zombie Marilyn Monroe collage. It’s early on a Tuesday afternoon and Not Yo Granny’s Soul Food Fusion is revving into a groove; customers stream in and lunch is served.

As one could anticipate an unorthodox menu from the eccentric décor of the restaurant, I was not disappointed. The fusion fare offers unexpected renderings of traditional soul food but with exotic and vibrant twists. My curried shrimp and grits defy explanation. Delicious flavor pairings liven up my mouth and I tap my feet to the beat. Russell starts singing Dylan’s “Wagon Wheel.” He is a regular attraction for the lunch crowd. Living right down the street, he comes to play music to support the young 16

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owners and new restaurant in his neighborhood.

Owners Joel and Hannah Wright, both artists, worked side-by-side for months to get this one-ofa-kind restaurant up and running. Hannah greets me at the counter with brightly tinted lipstick that matches the fresh punk pink painted on the walls.

She is electric. Her smiling eyes welcome me with a hospitality one can only expect in the south. Hannah’s path toward owning her own restaurant is marked with obstacles and failures, but never through her hardships did she ever stop the fight to bring forth a better life for herself and her children. Hers is a story of challenging the odds and unbelievable love. This is a story of the possible.

At age 15, Hannah found herself a mother. From across the table, she smiles subtly, “I was always rebellious. Thought I could do it on my own,” shrugging, “I just didn’t know what life was fixin’ to throw at me.” Her ninth-grade education had done little to prepare her for the devastating reality that only motherhood and homelessness combined can conjure. As it turns out, Hannah’s self-described rebellious attitude would be the fire from which she

forged a future. Hannah got her GED and found work to support herself and her son, but there were a lot of challenges that would promise to break her before she became the woman I see sitting across from me now.

She describes finding whatever work she could in those early years in her premature adulthood.

Detailing for me her narrow escapes from abusive relationships and the daily battles to keep her children fed, Hannah paints a reality of which many young teen parents find themselves the subject. Lonely, afraid, isolated and tired – these are the colors that compose this mural.

“Last year I began volunteering at the Davies Shelter. Cooking there in the kitchen, I absolutely loved it. I loved to feed people, to make them feel better and to give them hope,” she tells me emotionally. This is when the mental beginnings of soul food fusion began to take shape. Hannah, gathering inspiration from the many places she and Joel ate together while living in L.A., has created an exotic flavor index to our traditional southern favorites. Together and with the help of many community passers-by,

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they renovated the building and created a space so uniquely them. Not Yo’ Granny’s Soul Food Fusion is the word buzzing on the street. That is exactly what brought Wendi Combes through the door and consequently turned her into a regular.

She tells me, “It was my fourth lunch visit in two weeks – the tacos are amazing – when Hannah and I started a conversation.”

Wendi Combes is the Coordinator for Young Lives, a faith-based organization ministering to teen moms. The women hit it off immediately.

Combes is mentoring a young mother, Destiny, who is trying to get on her feet. She is needing a job. “Well, that’s perfect – I am looking for someone to help with dishes,” says Combes as she recalls Hannah’s excitement. Destiny started work the next day. Young Lives’ mission is to impact teen moms and shape generations, yet “the heartbeat of the organization is the community connections,” Combes explains. These girls need mentors – advocates – to say, “Please, give them a chance.”

This is exactly what Hannah Wright has stepped in to do.

Destiny, 18, has been Wendi’s protegee for nearly nine months. She speaks softly, and I can detect she is a little nervous talking with me. Destiny opens up about her childhood as hints of regret shadow her expression. She has a big family, six siblings in all. She tells me that growing up, most of the childcare fell to her older sister at the young age of eight. Destiny confides that beyond getting her own place for herself and daughter, Willow, she wishes most “that [she could] give that time back to [her] sister.” Here at the restaurant, Destiny is taking steps toward getting her own place and graduating from DFACS foster care program. She, like all parents, grips the desire to provide a better life for her child with utmost tenacity. But for girls like Destiny, without a community of support, it is a very difficult road to travel alone.

“Every day, I will share a little more of my story,” says Hannah. “With hopes that I might inspire [Destiny] to say, ‘Hey, I might be washing dishes now, because I have to, but maybe one day I can have a restaurant, or a beauty salon or whatever [I] may be inspired to do.’ Maybe If she knows the

struggles I’ve been through and can see I got out, maybe she will believe that she can do the same.

I hope that every person who hears my story will feel that way.” Hannah says, looking quite at home in this quirky restaurant. I find myself inspired by their food, their stories, and the community that comes together under this roof.

Russell strums the last three chords to a bluesy rendition of Old Suzanna, and I head toward the door, striding past Dali’s mustache guarding the portal back to Rome. Not Yo’ Granny’s Soul Food Fusion is an eclectic masterpiece with a heart of gold.

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Those Before The Etowah Indian Mounds are a staple historic site nestled in the middle of Cartersville, Georgia. Hear from Interpretive Ranger Keith Bailey about the mounds and the Native American history of the area.

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Despite the rich Native American History that Nor th West Geor gia has, there are very few remnants of the nations that lived here before us.

But somehow, in the middle of busy Cartersville, Georgia, there sits a historic site called the Etowah Indian Mounds. This area is well-known to the locals, and many residents have visited the landmark through school field trips and weekend explorations.

We visited the site and spoke with curator and Interpretive Ranger Keith Bailey about the history of the site.

Bailey has been working at the historic site since 2010. He began as an intern and has been the interpretive ranger since 2013. He says the best part of his job is “trying to educate the kids about the society that was here before them.” During the school tours, they focus on three main areas: a tools and weapons program, a tour of the mounds and a film. “If it’s a cold rainy day and they don't want to do [the mounds], we take them through the museum,” Bailey says. “The site film we've actually added online. But there's other activities that we can do. It's just a matter of trying to cover all of the curriculum for the grades.” School groups come in numbers of about 75 kids per group, and Bailey says that school groups are huge contributors to their yearly numbers.

In 2018, they had 11,518 visitors, and they had a goal of 15,000 for 2019. These numbers include school groups, of course, but also local visitors,

people from out of state and a good many Native American visitors. The site hosts many events throughout the year as well. There are several Etowah Heritage Days where patrons can learn about how the Native American culture still impacts our area today, as well as the Celebrate Archaeology & Artifact Identification Day on May 2, when people can bring in artifacts for authentication and identification. These events are led by local scholars and historians that can give insight to the history of the culture that was lost.

When you see the mounds, they are very impressive and a little confusing. You begin to question why they exist and why they were built.

Bailey gives a glimpse at the history of the Native Americans that lived in Northwest Georgia and how the mounds came to be. He begins after the Ice Age: “the Etowah Valley – running through Floyd, Bartow and Cherokee County – are three of

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the counties in North Georgia that actually have evidence of people being here hunting megafauna such as mastodons,” he says. A mastodon skeleton on display at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville was found at Ladd’s Mountain, according to Bailey. “My understanding was that Native Americans utilized the cave that used to be in Ladd’s Mountain, and there used to be a small Woodland Period Mound that was the Shaw Mound. So, we know that people were here in this area hunting mastodons, peccaries and other animals that don't exist here anymore,” Bailey says.

Evidence that such animals once lived in the area has been found in other caves in the area.

A site near Ladd’s Mountain called the leak site is evidence of settlements along the rivers that would have been major cities, according to Bailey.

“It dates from about 300 B.C. to about 680 A.D.,” Bailey says. “People would have been using that as a major city in this area and then something happened and they abandoned it… around 800 A.D. we see that there were people living in our area here, and around 1000 A.D. they made this their capital town and they started to build the mounds here.”

Bailey says that the site along the Etowah River was likely a Native American religious and political capital from about 1000 A.D. to the late 1300s or early 1400s. A fire, whether an act of war or intentionally set when the village was abandoned,

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seems to have destroyed the town at the end of this period, leaving it uninhabited for a while.

“But by the time you see Hernando DeSoto come through the area in 1540, this seems to be a secondary village that's been re-inhabited by some people and the main town for this chiefdom,” Bailey says.

It’s difficult to comprehend the extent of the society that resided in this area before our modern society, but the Native Americans are a very spiritual and intentional people who worship the earth that provides for them. It makes sense that the Mounds were built with that in mind.

Bailey explains of the mounds that the Native Americans learned that fish could be used as fertilizer. “They built fish traps to collect fish, and then burning produces really high-quality almost like modern fertilizing practices,” Bailey says. “So, they would dig a ditch around where they want their big village and they would use that dirt to build mounds for their Chiefs to live on and their priest to have temples on; basically your political buildings like council houses.” The idea was twofold: to elevate these important figures out of the flood plain, but also to increase the status of the person living on the mound.

“It seems, in their religion, that they believe that the sun in the sky was their ancestor,” Bailey says. “It was a way of venerating their ancestor and the chief who was a descendant of that person.”

The mounds have been studied over the years.

In the 1800s, a flood in the area damaged one of the mounds and unearthed a few bodies. That’s when Bailey says that the Smithsonian Institute stepped in and started collecting artifacts and doing their own research. After a while, they stopped digging and then something changed. Bailey explains that “King Tut was discovered over in Egypt and they started digging in the mounds again because they resembled the pyramids with a flat top. People thought maybe the ancient Egyptians or somebody else had been here.” While this was happening, the stock market crashed and that put an end to this exploration for a while. Later, Mr. Henry Tumlin, the owner of the property, decided to sell it to the state.

“He sold the majority of what is now the park and a few years later he donated another 10-plus acre, and now we have what you see today,” Bailey says. Bailey and his team now take care of the mounds and work hard to preserve what’s left.

You can visit the mounds for a more extensive history and see first hand what was left behind for us to learn from. The historic site is open Tuesday through Sunday from 9-5. For more information about the park and events, please visit their website www. gastateparks.org/EtowahIndianMounds

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DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE

This neurosurgeon’s love for his community became the reason he decided to drop his stethoscope and run to serve in the People’s House.

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AT ITS INCEPTION, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WAS FORMED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE BY ELECTING REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE A COMMON INTEREST IN THE WELFARE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. By choosing our leaders from the same streets we call home, we find a sense of ease and the idea that they will serve our interests before the will of outside influences.

Northwest Georgians have the option to do just that during the next election cycle. Dr. John Cowan has joined the list of candidates hoping to represent the 14th District of Georgia if he wins a seat in the U.S. Congress.

For voters who will pull the lever in November of 2020, it is nice to have an opportunity to pull back the curtain and reveal the character of a candidate who could possibly be the voice of us all.

In the following text, John not only lets us see the show, but he gives us exclusive backstage passes to his life as a child, a husband, a father and a member of the Appalachian foothills that made him a man.

“I’m a local of Northwest Georgia. I was raised in Bartow County, just on the other side of Kingston, Georgia, on our family’s cattle farm,” John says.

“I have fond memories of learning how to bale hay at a very early age.

My grandad had me working out in the field all of the time—either picking up square bales, or on the roof of our barns mending the structure. I learned to get up early during those days because when you’re working on a hot tin roof, you get burned, of course,” he chuckles. “You’ve got to be off by around 6:30 a.m., so I like to say that’s where I learned to be disciplined. Working on the farm instilled in me the work ethic of getting things done.”

Not only did John learn the importance of hard work from working on his family’s farm, but by watching his father, who was a successful physician, and his mother, who taught school for 30 years. He also credits a lot of his success to his grandfather, a retired politician and small business owner in Cartersville, Georgia.

“All of those years working on the farm and watching my parents and my grandad made me appreciate the education I was so lucky to receive,” he says.

John graduated as valedictorian from Cartersville High School before attending Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. There, he finished with an undergraduate degree in physics, with honors and near the top of his class. His next goal was to continue on to medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.

This hopeful congressman encountered several life-changing events during his time at Johns Hopkins; both were moments that would make huge impacts on his path forward.

“While I was in school at Johns Hopkins, I was given the opportunity to work with and study under Dr. Ben Carson, who since has become a lifelong acquaintance and friend. He is just an amazing human being who lives his life the way he asks others to live,” says John. “I also met my wife while studying there. So, I definitely made some great memories that I cherish.”

John’s wife, Dr. Annie Cowan, is an anesthesiologist at Floyd Medical Center who specializes in Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine. Annie started the Perioperative Evaluation Center at Floyd Medical Center, which is dedicated to creating the best possible outcomes for patients by working with surgeons to create quality care procedures before, during and after surgery.

John and his wife both attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here, he completed his general surgery and neurosurgery training, totaling to a lengthy seven-year stay in Michigan.

“While I was completing my residency at Michigan, I actually received several letters from my church family in Rome informing me that there was

a need for a neurosurgeon in the community and if I would consider moving back home,” recalls John. “All of this was unbeknownst to my parents, by the way, who have attended the First Presbyterian Church of Rome for 25 years.

So, to have these people reach out to us was very meaningful, which made it that much more welcoming when we made the move.”

John and his family moved to Rome in 2008. “I learned very quickly that Rome was a great place to practice medicine. I soon learned that Rome would be an incredible place to raise a family. Honestly, there was really no question that one day we would eventually move closer to home.”

His love for Northwest Georgia and the community that surrounds him fueled his desire to do more.

And do more he did.

“For years, I've been fortunate to serve as a Sunday school teacher, a deacon and an elder at my church. I’ve gone on mission trips and been able to really engage the community through my work at the church.

“I’ve also been involved with the Community Foundation for Greater Rome, which is a group that was started around six years ago to raise awareness for local charities in Floyd County,” he explains. “Through the Community Foundation for Greater Rome, we offer two or three grants every year to non-profits in the area. That has been very rewarding because of the ways we have been able to help. Restoration Rome, for example, was one of our first grant recipients. That is truly such an amazing program that Jeff and Mary Margaret Mauer have created, and they look back at that grant as the thing that really helped them get off the ground, to make them financially viable and to help them develop their mission.”

John has also worked alongside Thom Holt with the End Slavery Georgia project, where women who have been part of the sex trade are rescued and given a place where they can go for rehabilitation, counseling, nurturing or just a safe place to heal.

“We developed that program several years ago and it has been a real blessing. We are serving a real need and the program is now getting a little more attention. It has become a real focal point of some of our outreach efforts,” John says.

He also works closely with the Rome Floyd Chamber of Commerce, which fueled his passion for small business. That passion helped to kickstart his toy company, Cortex Toys, a now-international company that is based in Rome.

“Previously, I served as the Vice Chair of the Economic Development Committee for the Chamber. I really enjoyed working with both Al Hodge and now Jeanne Krueger and her team to promote small business and encourage the recruitment of large business in our community,” says John.

“We have had a great time with Cortex Toys,” he says with a smile. With children leaning more and more on electronic devices for their entertainment needs, this is a feat in itself. “We have been able to employ people in our community; we have a distribution warehouse where other providers have sought to have their products distributed by my team. I have learned a lot about international business during this time, and it has given me a really good appreciation of what small business owners go through. I have lived it.”

Along with Cortex Toys, he also owns a local Frios franchise, a gourmet popsicle shop now located in Doug's Deli. John also mentioned his involvement with a sports academy he helped to start at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. Inside the facility, there is also a school for autistic children called Apple Seeds. John helped to start the school that is located near the front of the sports academy.

“I'm not happy staying still,” John says, which is apparent from his long list of professional and philanthropic accomplishments. “My family, especially my grandfather, instilled in me that my goal on Earth is to leave this place better than I found it. I try to do that with my patients. I try to make their health better; I try to leave them better than when I first encounter them.

I’ve tried to do that locally with Rome and Floyd County through my service in the community, by creating jobs, creating enterprise, and working with

nonprofits to make Northwest Georgia a great place to live. Now, I feel this call to do that job at the federal level and I have asked myself, ‘how do we preserve this district that we live in? How, at the federal level, do we protect the things we enjoy here?’

“We are going to do this by going up to Congress and fighting for this district, but also fighting to change the narrative in Washington,” John continues. “I really feel like being from this district, enjoying the fruits of this district and fighting for them locally, that I can be a great representative in Washington D.C. by focusing my efforts on what matters to the people here. What Congress is doing has real consequences, not only in Rome, but in Dalton, Bremen, Calhoun, Dade County and other areas of our state. It is time we thought twice about policy and how to move forward.”

Using his 12 years of experience as a practicing physician, John plans on finding amicable solutions for our nation’s healthcare system.

John’s three main policies for working towards improving the healthcare system are tort reform, tax deduction of care and free market purchasing of health insurance. He believes we need patient-centered solutions for relieving hard-working people from the costly nature of quality healthcare. “I will use my background and direct experience with patients every day to develop solutions and bring them to a national level,” John says.

“If you look at our healthcare system right now, it is the leading driver for our national deficit by two-fold,” he explains. “Over the next 20 years, it will add $100 trillion to the deficit along the current curves that we are on.

It’s also a system that is not necessarily making people healthier.

“It takes a physician to lead a successful healthcare initiative. And that is something I think is at an all-time low. I think we need more physicians in Congress. If we aren’t careful, we are going to go down a slippery slope where people are simply going to push healthcare towards socialized medicine because they don't have a better solution, or because they don't really understand what that model will look like.

“We could actually have a free market solution without jeopardizing people’s access to care and people’s health outcomes,” continues John. “Physicians understand that the primary thing we need to focus on is the doctor-patient relationship. If we remove all the hands inside of that relationship, we could actually take great care of patients for a lot less money than we are spending now.”

“The biggest thing we've got to do in this country, healthcare-wise, is put in place a significant National Tort Reform policy. Doctors, for too long, have practiced with this guillotine over their heads. Any slip, or any mistake, miscommunication or bad outcome, is going to be a threat to their ability to practice. I, fortunately, have never been sued. I count that as a blessing, because in my field, people get sued every other year,” says John.

“It is something we think about every day,” he continues. “I have seen a lawsuit crush amazing doctors for no reason other than a bad outcome, or someone who just thought they would roll the dice. There's no one that hurts more when someone has a bad outcome more than the doctors involved, I can guarantee that.”

“I think these will be the first real steps of bending the expenditure curve on healthcare in this country. It’s not hyperbole to predict a 20 to 30 percent reduction in utilization; no more redundant tests where we repeat scans. I've seen patients who come into ERs and they get ten CT scans in one month… that is thousands and thousands of dollars, with no benefit to the patient.

All they need is a physician to offer them confidence that they're going to be fine. The problem is, the one in 20,000 chance that they will develop cancer during that time scares the life out of doctors, who aren’t incentivized to not order those extra tests. Doctors only bear risks when they try to actually be a responsible steward of their resources and the costs associated with those resources,” John explains.

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take care of a patient in need for free by calling that a gift, or a donation. If we were to provide a tax deduction to physicians who provide free care, this would incentivize doctors to donate care and patients to seek primary care.

That will keep patients out of emergency rooms and will save our society tens upon hundreds of thousands of dollars for a very minimal deduction,” John explains.

“The final issue is the control of costs in healthcare, and we should have a system that provides free-market solutions for purchasing healthcare. We have to start thinking outside the box about employee-sponsored healthcare.

If employees are going to contribute to healthcare, then they need to be able to take their policy with them. Your employer does not own your auto insurance policy, or your life insurance policy. You can take those with you if you leave. We have to have a system in our country where people actually own the health insurance they're paying for.”

As a practicing physician, John plans to bring those solutions to the table for discussion. “I've got thousands of physicians behind me that will say ‘Amen’ to every one of those things I mentioned,” he says.

When he is not in the operating room or volunteering for one of the many causes he supports, he is a conservative who enjoys the values this country was built on and is a strong supporter of people’s rights from sea to shining sea.

PRO-TRUMP: “Being a conservative Republican, I am very much pro-Trump. I think Donald Trump has done a great job serving as President of the United States. He has done exactly what he said he was going to do in his campaign. It has been refreshing to watch a politician who runs on a certain platform actually do what they promise after they get elected. And I do think that when he gets elected again, we will see the completion of some of those promises.

“The economy is as good as it has been in 30 years. Jobless rates are the lowest they've been, across all demographics, and that is something the President highlighted during the State of the Union Address. One thing I believe we have got to do better with is increasing our civil discourse. We can have a disagreement, but we have to start talking about issues rather than getting into petty disagreements,” John says.

PRO-LIFE:

According to John, the quality of healthcare is not an issue, but it is the access to care that is. “The quality of care we provide in the United States is outstanding. The issues in our healthcare system are not about quality they are about access. Because the cost of insurance premiums and deductibles is skyrocketing, it penalizes people for getting primary care and leads to further, potentially chronic, illness. In turn, this costs them and the rest of society thousands of dollars. We need solutions that make it easier for doctors to

“I am pro-life,” John explains. “I’ve spent my career saving lives and I take a real philosophical and religious approach to my decision. I think a society that allows abortion has completely failed women. They failed women because they failed in preventing pregnancy, and they failed in helping a woman after they have delivered a child. What we have done, because of our apathy in preventing pregnancy and our apathy after a child has been born, was create this segment of this pregnant-but-not-born-yet, and the easy solution is to give a woman a choice of death. I think that is a travesty. I also think when we look back on it as a free society, and as the wealthiest nation this world has ever seen, that we can do better.

“I know people are in difficult situations,” he continues. “I know people get pregnant by means that they did not intend to. But I think our communities can surround people, love people and help people get through the nine months where a beautiful life is created. This may be a life that cures cancer or becomes the next President of the United States…we just don't know.

And for us to create this segment of society that says, ‘we don't want to deal with you before you get pregnant and we don't want to deal with you after you give birth, we're just going to focus here,’ I think we let these women down. We have spent too much time focusing on the wrong issue when it comes to abortion. I think that if this country, if we said, ‘we are going to be

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pro-life,’ that means being pro the mother’s life before they get pregnant, and pro a mother and child's life after they deliver, then I think we can move this discussion away from being so dichotomous. No more making people choose between being pro-choice and pro-life.”

PRO-SECOND AMENDMENT: “I'll be very much a proponent of the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment was put in the Bill of Rights intentionally, because I think our Founders certainly felt that freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion were preeminent rights that we, as Americans, should enjoy. This is why they gave their time, treasure, talents and their lives in many cases, to fight for these rights. But they also knew that soon after announcing those rights, they had put a line in the sand with the Second Amendment. We can have a well-regulated militia; we can have the right to bear arms and that shall not be infringed upon. That is put there so that we can enforce these other rights, God forbid we have to.

“I think it’s a slippery slope, that if we don't stand up for these fundamental rights and say, ‘if you respect the First Amendment right, you have to respect the Second Amendment and hold them as most important because they are essential for defending those First Amendment rights.’”

It is for these reasons that Dr. John Cowan wants to serve our district at the federal level.

“I believe I am the type of candidate that the Founders intended to run for the People's House,” says John. “They set up a People's House so that the

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people who go and serve there represent the people, and they represent the people of their district. They didn't anticipate political opportunists or career politicians, and they didn't anticipate political activists seeking these seats in the House for their own egos, or for their own agendas. That's the problem.

We see too many people on TV who are using their congressional seat to get book deals so they can raise money, instead of people who generally come back to serve the people that were sent to represent.

“I think someone, like myself, who has not been a career politician, is not a political activist for any particular issue, but who has worked hard in their community, is who we need in office now,” continues John. “At a church level, a small business level, a healthcare level and a family level, I believe in our community and the work we do. I want to work to make Northwest Georgia a better community. I'm taking on this challenge to go and serve in the People's House to protect these freedoms for the people that I know and love. I hope others will look at that when they are voting, truly think about what the Founders intended, and explore the motivations of the people putting their name on the ballot.”

Be sure to exercise your vote by participating in the Primary Election on May 19th.

To follow along on John’s journey, visit his Facebook page @JohnCowanForCongress or his website at cowanforcongress.com.

You can also visit John and his team at their headquarters located at 420 Broad St, Rome, GA 30161.

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estled in perfect repose between hardwood forests and the flowing waters of the Coosa River stands an elegant mountain retreat.

Over 68 acres of groomed pastureland conceal a secret getaway only five mile distance to Broad Street, Rome, Ga. Breath-taking views of Mount Alto towering above the tree line give the impression that this could not possibly be Floyd County. Mountain vistas, uncommon to this area, are the perfect backdrop to this custom mountain home. This home is inspired by the larger-than-life lodge architecture reminiscent of the Rockies, a favorite vacation spot for owners Allison and Ed Watters.

Ed Watters of Watters Landscaping uses his experience and expertise to create the perfect harmony of outdoor architecture and native landscape. Intentional framing of bald cypress and weeping willow trees creates inspiring vignettes along the meandering drive as it winds lazily around the front two-acre pond.

Peeping views of the paddock give, at once, a feeling of entering a private world all its own. Planted Deodar cedars and Dawn Redwood trees add an evergreen softness to the natural surround.

Uniquely, this property holds certifiable claim to the second-largest Cherry Bark Oak tree in the state of Georgia. Near the home the drive gives form into massive flagstones, which lead to the timbered portico. The generous double-

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door entrance is framed by exquisite 10 x 10 custom cedar trusses and massive pyramidal rock columns. The landscaping is clean, low and simple to emphasize the grandeur of the timber trusses and rock work.

Black-treated fencing frames the property in dramatic contrast to bright Georgia green landscape, providing secure pastures for livestock.

The expansive lawn has hosted countless Easter egg hunts and birthday parties over the years. The back patio is designed masterfully, with multiple stone fireplaces, an outdoor kitchen and custom infinity hot tub cascading into an infinity pool. Turquoise water again cascades toward the majestic view of the mountain rising high above the trees.

The masterfully conceived architecture of the outdoor living space is set to host the largest of parties while quaint enough to make a small family feel comfortably at home. Perfect for the ultimate sportsman or woman, the property keeps a two-acre pond stocked with brim and large-mouth bass, in addition to the 757 feet of river frontage on the flowing waters of the Coosa River.

Inside this elegant lodge-style home, no expense was spared in the detail of materials. The huge stone foyer is framed with large 10x10 cedar posts and beams. The 11-foot ceilings give rise to breathtaking 26-foot-high vaulted tongue-and-groove stained ceilings. Custom arched windows reach to these incredible lofts, giving unobstructed natural light to the living space.

Carefully selected wide heart-pine planks cover the floor accompanied by post and beam details throughout the home, giving the distinctive charm and massive luxury of a western timber home. A large fireplace built of hand-selected stone and custom mantel made from timber harvested from the property stands colossal in the great room. The detailed finish of the skip trowel painted walls ties these elements together in a palpable depth of beauty.

The kitchen, living room and breakfast area serves as the centerpiece of the house. “We wanted something large that could accommodate everybody. Seems like no matter what kind of gathering we have, everyone

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always gravitates toward the kitchen,” says Allison. The granite-topped custom cabinetry layout was flawlessly designed by Barbara Barton out of Colorado. The open floor plan of the kitchen is a chef’s dream, boasting a central island cook top, L-shaped bi-level island with generous seating and a middle prep island, in addition to a built-in refrigerator, two ovens, icemaker, microwave and dishwasher. The lighting is bright and inviting, with outdoor views from every angle.

This home is over 6,600 square feet with additional outdoor covered living space, four bedrooms, six baths (four full, two half), home office, multi-purpose rooms with plenty of storage and a heated pool and hot tub.

The floorplan of the home expands east and westward to create separate wings and use of the space.

On the east wing, two-bedroom suites complete with large walk-in closets, full bath and impressive floor-to-ceiling windows each are separated from the master suite by a large and brilliantly placed laundry room. The master suite holds a private lounge with double-sided stone fireplace and large windows for a garden view. The master bath is exquisitely conceived with heated tumbled tile floors, double-sided fireplace, garden tub, walkin shower and separate his/her vanities. The master bedroom offers breathtaking east and west views to capture every sunrise and sunset in this wonderful getaway.

The opposite side of the main floor offers a westward guest wing with private quarters and full bath. “We want our guests to feel like they have their privacy, and still be close to the central part of the home,” Allison says.

This part of the home also grants access to the basement storm shelter, and garage complete with practical attic access. The beauty of the home is nearly impossible to convey as the solid architectural grandeur doesn’t take away from its intimate beauty and cozy space.

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The heart pine staircase adorned with custom hammered iron railing leads to the second level. Several spacious multi-purpose rooms are separated from the home office by an ingenious elevated walkway. The office is kept open to the living space below, creating dynamic angles to the home’s open architecture. The views continue with 6-foot large custom windows that artistically frame the mountains with full impact.

“This has been a wonderful home for us and the girls. We have had so much fun building our lives here. We moved in with a toddler and newborn, over 17 years we have raised a family and entertained friends.

There are so many incredible memories here,” Allison Watters recalls emotionally. She pauses for a moment looking out the back windows, her tears held back by a big smile. “You know when we got snow, we had the absolute best hills for sledding. This was a wonderful place to watch our girls grow up.”

This home has so much to offer. It feels remote and secluded, yet surprisingly it is only a five-minute drive to downtown Rome. This property is perfect for a family young and old alike. The layout is intuitive, and the main level is free of stairs for easy access. This mountain home is a one-of-a-kind Rockies-inspired gem surrounded by authentic oneof-a-kind natural beauty.

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Hear in their own words, how the team at this local food-forward eatery are leaving all of the senses satisfied.

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ucked around the corner from Beaver Slide Saw Mill on N. 5th Ave. resided one of DeSoto’s most popular cotton gins, boasting four Lummus gins crammed inside a rusty post-and-beam shack.

It would be decades before this edge of town would be absorbed into Rome proper; and nearly 100 years yet before this area would be known to us as the area between the rivers, an up and coming arts district in Rome, Georgia. Downtown has witnessed many changing eras of commerce, an industrial kaleidoscope throughout the generations.

The building, erected in the midst of WWII, housed various businesses over the years; a farm supply depot, a grocery store, and many others all laid claim to 401 W. 3rd St, until it lay forgotten and derelict. This neglected space was the blank canvas on which Kevin Dillmon, owner of AVENTINE and Honeymoon Bakery, and an entire team of creative collaborators would pin their adaptive reuse project. The renovation was extensive, and the vision, true: to build a place as inviting as home, where the old meets the new, the wine flows freely and people delight in being together.

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Designer Summer Williams the world and is the director of her own design company with locations in London, UK, and Atlanta. Aventine was a passion project, as it enabled her to work with old friends and be a part of the rejuvenation of a town so dear to her heart.

How would you describe your inspiration for the space?

The heart and soul of the restaurant’s concept has always been centered around the celebration of Kevin Dillmon’s culinary artistry (Southern in nature but with Italian and other European influences) and as such, the design was crafted to echo the beauty of this ethos. Though contrasted with various new elements, inspiration was taken from the history of the building (both physically and metaphorically) became a natural influence on the overall look and feel. Many of the architectural features of the old structure (brick, walls, ceiling beams, and concrete floors) were stripped back, polished and showcased for their interesting character, texture and raw beauty. As a nod to the location’s historical origin, a crisp palette of whites and warm browns offers a modern take on a stalk of cotton.

AVENTINE has been defined over and over again as a project of collaboration.

How would you tell the story of how the spirit of collaboration continues?

The open kitchen was the keystone of the project.

We placed the bar in the center of the room to create a hospitable and social focal point, while the open expo kitchen was located with direct adjacency to the main room to illuminate the connectivity between chef and patron, a key aspect in farm-to-table gastronomy. Paired alongside private seating, community tables crafted in reclaimed heart pine persuade camaraderie, as READV3.COM | MARCH 2020 V3 MAGAZINE

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one or two parties share the table. The gentle scenes of pastoral southern landscapes by local photographer Kelly Moore work in harmony with the industrial lighting pendants above the bar, sourced from England, where the remnant fixtures once served to illuminate an old Rolls Royce factory; recycled, rewired, and repurposed in the spirit of adaptive reuse. Overall, the goal was to maintain a sense of balance between old and new, familiar and curious, and ultimately offer a space where exceptional food can be tasted and enjoyed in an environment that is as stylish as it is comfortable.

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You had an amazing career in Pittsburgh. Your tenure at Sea Island, and success here in Rome, prove you are unstoppable.

What kind of beginnings did you have that inspired you to go into the culinary industry?

I grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Which is a wonderful place to call your hometown – it’s a very blue-collar city. I grew up in a part of town that was depressed; after the steel mills had gone out, there wasn’t much industry left.

I had fantastic parents, but very blue-collar workers. Learning to cook, I was inspired by my mother. She was the one that took the shopping budget, made it stretch and found ways to make things tasty that most people weren't buying at the time. I have two older sisters, but I was the one that was spending time in the kitchen with Mom. That was our thing and we used to watch cooking shows together… reruns of Julia Child and “Good Eats” with Alton Brown.

What dish can you describe that would whisk you immediately back through time, into your childhood kitchen?

Oh my God, my mother's potato soup takes me back. And it was very, uh, humble, I guess that’s a good way to put it. It was a mistake somehow, we ended up enjoying. She was making a roux to make the soup – she saw it on

You orchestrated the renovation and new menu launch for The Monterey Bay Fish Grotto, the #1 rated restaurant in Pittsburgh. It seems you were at the top of your game. Why did you leave Pittsburgh?

Once we launched the new menu, the restaurant was doing so well, but soon after I got bored. I had nowhere else to go. I mean – it was the best the city could offer. What more could I do? In this industry, there’s death or staleness if you get stuck inside a box. I threw myself into a chef de partie position at Sea Island’s Georgian Room as a means of sinking or swimming. Going from refined to very VERY fine dining. Sea Island is one of the most renowned resorts in the world. It was incredible being there. I was exposed to so much so quickly.

How have you grown with Aventine? What is unique to this experience that keeps you passionate?

whatever cooking show at the time – and she wasn't paying attention and the roux got way too dark. It burned. But she didn’t have the ingredients to make it again so she just kind of went with it. It was almost like this creole-style potato soup that had some type of pork, anything from braised pork to hot dogs, you name it. It just depended on what the budget was for that particular week. But she would make gallons of the stuff – potatoes were cheap – and we’d eat it all week long and never complain.

What really blows me away about Rome is how much product we have right here in our own backyard.

Chefs kill for that. The beef comes from Berry College, right down the road. I worked in the most elite resort and there was no connection to where our food came from. But here, I know Rachel from Bella Vita, because she comes in twice a week with containers full of the mushrooms she grew. Tucker Farms and Rise and Shine, these are all people that we have a relationship with, that bring us fresh, unbelievable resources. For the menu, you won’t find me meditating over a chalkboard; this is far from a one-man show. We have a team of trained cooks coming together, discussing what is about to come into season. We find really good products from local sources and strive to do them justice, letting the fresh flavors speak for themselves.

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General Manager/ Pastry Chef Megan Ware A Rome native, Chef Megan studied Food Industry Marketing and Administration at UGA and Baking and Pastry Arts at The New England Culinary Institute in Vermont. She worked at The Georgian Room in Sea Island before bringing her culinary mastery back home to Rome.

After training at NECI, what was your most formative work experience?

My time spent in The Georgian Room was the most influential. How it shaped me as a chef, it was such an intense environment. I am a perfectionist to the core, and at the restaurant everything had to be perfect from a little dot you put on the plate to the texture of the ice cream. Everything had to be perfect. The experience taught me that everything matters, all the tiny details.

It also taught me about family in the kitchen. The people that you work with become your family. You spend so much time with them: holidays, mornings, nights, even lunches sitting on buckets turned over in dry storage. You spend every moment with them.

What Challenges have you faced in your career?

Depends where you are, the kitchen can be a very male-driven place, the boy club mentality if you will. That is one thing I have had to overcome.

I’ve had to find my own balance of still being who I am as a female but also stand up to the male-driven mentality.

Earlier in my career, I saw that a lot. It’s gotten better now. Nowadays, women are seen just as strong and given the respect for the positions that they have worked hard for.

Coming back here, back home. Being reunited with family, I wanted one of the initial desserts to be something that brought me back to childhood.

Next, I ask myself, ‘where do I want to take this?

How do I make this different but still recognizable?’

That’s when I start playing around with flavors and textures I want to use. The way a dish looks is really the last thing that I focus on. Which for a lot of people it is the opposite. They have the look or image in their head before they even get started.

Overall, the goal was to maintain a sense of balance between old and new, familiar and curious, and ultimately offer a space where exceptional food can be tasted and enjoyed in an environment that is as stylish as it is comfortable.

How would you describe the culture of AVENTINE? It’s all about respect from the bottom to the top.

A restaurant is so many moving pieces. I can’t get through a shift without the host, the servers, the servers’ assistants, the dishwashers and the line cooks. Not one single person could put this together alone. That is something we are big about here. We want every guest that comes here to feel 48

that we are so grateful they are here. There are so many great restaurants in Rome they could have chosen. Thank you so much for being here. We want our employees to feel the same way. Thank you so much for being here and being a part of this dream with us. It’s all about gratitude and respect.

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What is your process like, when you are working on a new item to add to the menu at AVENTINE? Keeping within the theme of southern food meets southern Italian fare, I usually start with tastes that pull at my heart strings, flavors that take me back to my memories. For example, right now we have the sweet potato soufflé on the menu. That for me is my childhood Thanksgiving in a dessert.

Owner Kevin Dillmon Kevin Dillmon has been a prominent business owner in Rome for over 14 years, establishing Riverside Gourmet and then opening Honeymoon Bakery.

His presence on Broad street has been the delight of patrons for years. His newest venture, AVENTINE, is the latest success to sweep the town. It is inspired by his travels to Italy and the South that he calls home.

How did you approach creating a niche for the restaurant?

This building caught my eye two years ago. I watched the area for a while. I think it is an excellent location. We are still close to Broad Street, and that is where people want to be. In my mind, I had the idea for the menu and where I wanted the restaurant to lead. I wanted it to be a family neighborhood restaurant. Somewhere you would come for a casual dinner on a Tuesday or date night on a Friday or Saturday.

It needed to be comfortable, like if you were to come to my house for dinner.

Kelly Moore’s photographs here; he’s my best friend, and I have his work on the walls in my house. It’s personal to me. The wine list is personal, many of the selections have a story from some of the places I’ve been.

You have been very successful with Honeymoon Bakery and now Aventine. Your employees describe your expectations of quality as the “Kevin Standard.” What does that mean?

I always tell people it’s just as easy to do a good job as a bad job. You still have to do something.

It takes the same amount of effort to do it. So why not just do a good job? I expect people to do their best and to treat people how they want to

be treated. I expect my employees to all be professional; in my opinion the dishwasher is equally just as important as I am. Because without him, I can’t do my job. It doesn’t matter what your job is, your job is important. That’s how I treat everybody. I couldn’t have done any of this without the people around me. My name is not on the menu. It’s not about me; I may set the standards, but my expectations mean nothing without the people around me.

How has life changed since the enormous success of Aventine?

Professionally, it’s been busy. Since opening on Nov. 26, we have been full every night. It’s great the people are enjoying it. They come and want to hang out. So, it’s everything I wanted it to be. Personally, I’ve given up a lot of my time, but that’s not a bad thing. In order for the culture to establish the way I want it to; I’ve got to be here.

I don’t want people to work here because they want a job.

I want people to work here because they want to be here.

To be a part of something cool and to learn. I want them to learn and grow inside themselves to become better at everything that they are doing.

The team stands paramount. Without Kevin and Summer’s vision for the corner of 401 W. 3rd St. and Chefs Adam and Megan’s incredible talents and culinary expertise, AVENTINE would not be the jewel it is today. However, more than the efforts of these incredible four, it’s the communal support – the coming together – of so many individuals that make AVENTINE a great place to share good food, good service and good company.

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L-R: Montana Wilson, Madison Head, Renee Shield, Jennifer Hauge, D'Von Morgan, Nathan Kongthum, Rachel Castillo

IN 2019, 6,723 CHILDREN IN BARTOW COUNTY NEEDED THE SERVICES THAT ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN PROVIDES. Advocates is a non-profit organization that is committed to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. So that means that last year, 6,723 children were cared for, housed, counseled, clothed, fed, helped or some mixture of all of the above just in our community.

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safely and be successful members of the community.

Nathan Kongthum, the director of development, gave us an insight into the organization and how the community can continue to support Advocates for Children.

Advocates has six main programs that they run year-round to assist the children in Bartow county.

The CAC (Children’s Advocacy Center) is there to “provide a coordination of services to reduce trauma for children who have made allegations of sexual or severe physical abuse.” In 2019 there were 331 cases where the CAC was involved in Bartow.

Kongthum explains that the CAC interviews the children in an environment built to keep the children from having to relive the experiences over and over again. “It's a comfortable living room with cameras and a speaker and a microphone. We have an expert in the room who is asking the right questions and the reason why we have all of that is because, you don't want them to relive that traumatic experience three or four times. So, this way we can capture everything on video and then we can use that in court.” The CAC also provides preventative programs to educate the community

on how they can help children who are being abused or neglected. The First Steps program is also under the CAC umbrella. Kongthum says of the project that “We visit every new mother that has a baby at Cartersville Medical. Last year, we visited 678 new moms at Cartersville Medical Center.

We provide them with the resource packages no matter what their socioeconomic standing is because every new mom experiences the same worries and issues before you leave the hospital.

So, we provide them with resources where they might be able to find help.”

Advocates also participates in CASA which is a national program for Court Appointed Special Advocates. Volunteers work as advocates for young clients in and out of the courtroom. Kongthum says that “we run CASA for Northwest Georgia. Last year, we had 74 volunteers. It is volunteer driven, they need to invest about 40 hours of training and they get sworn in by the judge and it's very official. They are basically a third party impartial judgment for the well being of the kid.” If you are interested in becoming a CASA volunteer, contact Advocates for Children for more information on how to sign up.

Perhaps the best known part of Advocates is their Flowering Branch Children’s Shelter. They don’t typically allow visitors at the shelter, but since the kids were at school, Kongthum took us on a tour to see what the residents’ lives look like on a daily basis. There are twelve beds total: six for boys and six for girls. The shelter is staffed 24/7 and they have an on-site nutritionist to ensure that they get balanced meals everyday. The children have scheduled outdoor activities and a living space where they can watch TV, play games or just hang out. They also have an Independent Living Counselor. According to Kongthum, her job is to “make sure that homework gets done and things like that. But also, over the summer, a couple of the kids want to get a part time job right? You live in a shelter, what do you put down as my address?

You don’t have your own personal phone here. So, when your work calls you and asks you to come in or cover someone’s shift, how does that work?

She will make sure that it is always taken care of.”

In the facility, they also have two additional rooms for runaway homeless youth. Advocates runs Safe Place, the yellow signs that indicate that it’s a place where people can go for help. Youth can locate a SafePlace and PD or DFCS will call Advocates at any time to come and get the kids. There they can find a room, food, clothing and people who will care for them until a more permanent solution can be found. The shelter is there to provide structure and as much normalcy as possible so that the children will feel safe and secure even in the most difficult situations of their lives.

Hope In Your Home is another segment of Advocates. HIYH is a “Positive Parenting Program” that is there to help parents and families take preventative measures to ensure that the children don’t experience neglect or mistreatment. It’s an educational program that serves the family unit as a whole and provides “information and referral services as needed, transportation assistance, and support group meetings for each participant family.” In 2019 “216 adults and 387 children from 192 household” were served my HIYH and they are anticipating even higher numbers in 2020.

The fifth program that Advocates for Children runs is a national program called Rainbows. This program specifically focuses on grief counseling.

Rainbows is dedicated to “helping children heal from painful family transitions, including separation, divorce, death, illness, and military deployment.” They work with children of all ages in teaching them how to cope with grief and even with children with significant behavior problems.

And finally, the sixth and newest program that Advocates utilizes is the RISE program. RISE is a program designed to help young adults 18-24-years-old who are transitioning out of the system and into the community as independent people. Kongthum explains “if we have somebody that is staying here and that individual turned 18-years-old, where would that individual go?

That individual is aging out of the system but they are still technically homeless. So, what the RISE program does is pick up from here by putting this individual into housing and we are providing services to make this individual become a member of our community again. Imagine you're living here, you don't own the bed, you don't own a utensil or a pot or a pan, you have your clothes but everything else belongs to the shelter. So, we partner with other nonprofits to help them furnish the apartment, bring them a box of food once a week and at the same time help them move forward. They may want to go to school or they might want to get a job and so we will provide them with a case manager that will help them transition to standing on their own two feet.”

With so many opportunities to help the children and families in Bartow county, Advocates relies heavily on government funding and the aid of the community to keep up with the needs of the children. Kongthum knows the community needs to know more about Advocates so that they better know how to help. He says, “I've been here for about a year and a half and what I observe is that we cannot do this alone. We need the whole community to support the organization and know that we are more than a children’s shelter.”

Kongthum continued by explaining the three main ways that people can contribute to Advocates for Children financially. Advocates360 is a monthly giving program. For $30 a month, you can help provide meals and essential needs for the Flowering Branch Children’s Shelter and be a “vital resource in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect.” All giving for Advocates360 can be done securely online and donors will receive a free T-shirt, a car window decal, a painting from one of the kids and a letter from the CEO, Rachel Castillo.

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“Last year, 6,723 children were cared for, housed, counseled, clothed, fed, helped or some mixture of all of the above just in our community.

Advocates is best known as a children’s shelter, but over the last 37 years, they have expanded their services in order to provide the children and families of Bartow County with the help they need to live safely and be successful members of the community.”

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feature the dishes of The Cartersville Country Club, Johnny Mitchell’s Smokehouse, Sean Pruitt, Shells & ‘Tails and Table 20. The chefs will team up with a group of local Cartersville personalities to raise money through on-line voting and text-to-donate. Each vote will equal $1 raised, you may vote as many times as you like because all the money raised goes to Advocates for Children. Whoever wins the online vote will have their dishes featured at the event along with a plenitude of other gourmet food and drinks. To vote, you can visit https://app.mobilecause. com/vf/RAISE Following Gourmet Graze & Raise will be the famous Duck Derby on May 16th.

The Duck Derby will be a little different this year from years past. The theme is “The RISE of the Duck: Ducks After Dark” and the purchased Ducks will race down a man-made, colorfully lit river at Sam Smith Park. The winner will receive a $10,000 prize and all you have to do is adopt a duck or twelve. The more ducks you adopt, the more chance you have to win. But Kongthum assures that that won’t be the only thing happening that week. The longest running 5k in Bartow, the Duck Dash, will be back on May 9th

and will be kicking off “Duck Week.”

Throughout the week leading up to the Duck Derby, you can pay to have a friend’s house “flocked” with hundreds of ducks of all sizes. May 16th will be full of a festival and concert before the derby along with a car show at the Senior Aquatic Center.

More information about this year's Duck Derby is on the way and you can visit their website for details. https://advochild.org/ duck-dash/ Advocates for Children is a powerhouse of resources for the families in Bartow County and without them, a lot of kids wouldn’t have the ability to function. The CEO, Rachel Castillo, explains that they are working towards a goal of a one campus organization. She says “we've been in this county for over 30 years and we intend to be here for much, much longer. We try to have an impact on our community by coming together as one campus and would hope that we'd still have the same level community support as we try to achieve that goal.”

So, consider donating or volunteering in the future and see how your support makes an impact on the lives of the children in your community.

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