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2 | January 21, 2016 | Johns Creek Herald | NorthFulton.com PUBLIC SAFETY

Fake money lands man in jailALPHARETTA, Ga. – An East Point man was arrested Dec. 24 for allegedly trying to use fake currency at local Von

Maur stores.Police said the Von Maur store in

Dunwoody put nearby stores on the alert for Kenneth Swinson, 50, of East Point, for allegedly passing fake cur-rency. The Alpharetta store located Swinson when he entered the store and tried to return merchandise for a refund. He was with another man who was suspected in also using fake money at Von Maur the day before.

Swinson was stopped by police and they allegedly found on him two fake $50 bills. He was arrested for forgery.

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – An Alpharetta woman reported Jan. 2 that she was robbed by an associate she had given a ride to.

According to police, the victim called 911 from Haynes Bridge Road about 5 a.m. She said she, a friend and an associate of her friend were all driving

Drug arrests ► Tina M. Addo, 53, of Evergreen

Valley Way, Johns Creek, was arrested Dec. 23 on Taylor Road in Johns Creek for possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug-related items, speeding and obstruction of an officer.

► Robert Alexander Salomone, 23, of North Park Lane, Milton, was arrested Dec. 25 on Hopewell Plantation Drive in Alpharetta for possession of mari-juana.

► Briana Renae Fairley, 25, of Gran Court, Roswell, was arrested Nov. 24 on Chads Ford Way in Roswell for pos-

session of marijuana. ► Shemariah Danielle Rodrigues, 24,

of Norcross, was arrested Nov. 21 on Nesbit Ferry Road in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

DUI arrests ► Katy Jo Watkins, 33, of Duluth, was

arrested Dec. 20 on Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI, failure to maintain lane and no headlights.

► Danian Jahmar Thomas, 32, of Snellville, was arrested Dec. 20 on Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI.

► Jose Luis Hernandez, 31, of Lake Union Hill Way, Alpharetta, was arrested Dec. 24 on Cogburn Road in Milton for DUI, failure to maintain lane, too fast for conditions and no license.

► Richard Charles Drew, 41, of Ball

Ground, was arrested Dec. 23 on Freemanville Road in Milton for DUI and failure to stop at a stop sign.

► Anthony Leroy Simpson, 23, of Oxbo Road, Roswell, was arrested Nov. 20 on Ga. 9 in Roswell for DUI.

► Cynthia L. Hickson, 52, of Decatur, was arrested Nov. 21 on Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell for DUI, follow-ing too close, hit and run and posses-sion of a controlled substance.

► Brendan Louis Gellerstein, 23, of Norcross, was arrested Nov. 22 on Holcomb Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI and speeding.

► Dionyah Gabriel Jordan, 28, of Holcombs Pond Court, Alpharetta, was arrested Nov. 23 on Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell for DUI and failure to maintain lane.

► Lee C. Haggins, 27, of Sandy Springs, was arrested Nov. 25 on Atlanta Street in Roswell for DUI and failure to maintain lane.

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The Milton Police Department said they received infor-mation Jan. 12 about someone claiming to be city staff and telling homeowners the city wants to check their water.

They are aggressive, knocking on doors until someone answers and not taking “no” as an answer.

Milton Police Lt. Charles Barstow said no one with the

city of Milton should be checking water, since that is a Ful-ton County function.

Milton does have a solicitation law on the books, Barstow said. Anyone selling door-to-door has to file with the city and receive a permit. Nonprofits and religious groups are exempt from this restriction. Also, neighborhoods with “No solici-tation” signs can forbid those permitted from selling their wares. This does not apply to exempt groups.

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What is astigmatism?Astigmatism occurs when the cornea, which is the clear front surface of the eye, or the lens inside the eye have diff erent amounts of focusing power vertically and horizontally. Ideally, the cornea is sphere shaped, like a baseball, and images are focused on a single spot resulting in clear vision. If the cornea has an oblong shape, like a football, images are focused on 2 diff erent spots resulting in blurry vision.

How does cataract surgery aff ect astigmatism?When a cataract, the natural human lens that has gotten cloudy, is re-moved during cataract surgery and replaced with a clear artifi cial lens, all of the astigmatism arising from the lens is also removed. The astig-matism that remains is caused by the oblong shape of the cornea. If patients have signifi cant untreated astigmatism after cataract surgery, the uncorrected vision is blurry, and the patient will require glasses to correct the astigmatism and get clear vision.

How can astigmatism be corrected at the time of cataract surgery?Fortunately, there are now options available to surgically correct astigmatism during cataract surgery. The process starts by measur-ing the amount and location of astigmatism in the cornea during the cataract evaluation. Often this is performed with more than one device to improve accuracy. The most reliable way to correct moderate or high astigmatism during cataract is with a special “toric intraocular lens” that corrects astigmatism inside the eye. The amount of astigmatism to be corrected is calculated using the preoperative measurements. The artifi cial lens is orientated during surgery to line up with the steepest part of the cornea, so that it cancels out the astig-matism of the cornea and results in clear vision. Patients corrected for the distance will still require reading glasses for near vision. For some patients, correcting one eye for closer vision is a way to reduce dependence on reading glasses as well. Your eye doctor can help you determine if this would be a good choice for you.

Another method for correcting lower amounts of astigmatism during cataract surgery is by “limbal relaxing incisions.” In this procedure, arc shaped incisions are created in the peripheral cornea which relax (or fl atten) the steepest part of the cornea. This results in a cornea that is more sphere shaped, correcting astigmatism. There are diff erent methods for creating these incisions. One method that works well is using a diamond knife. A more recent innovation involves using a la-ser to create these incisions, which results in greater precision. Limbal relaxing incisions are good at reducing low amounts of astigmatism, but toric intraocular lens are better at reducing higher amounts of astigmatism. Some patients may have so much astigmatism that they required both methods.

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2016 Legislature unlikely to address teacher pay, school fundingBy CANDY [email protected]

ATLANTA —The conversation on how to fund Georgia’s schools and pay its teachers will likely start during this year’s legislative session, but don’t ex-pect any action until at least next year.

It is, after all, an election year, and with every seat in the House and Senate up for re-election, the focus may be more on the exit than headline-grab-bing issues. Georgia law prohibits lawmakers from fundraising while in session, giving them a short window of campaigning before the May 24 primary election.

On the education front, the sweep-ing recommendations from the Educa-tion Reform Commission are on Gov. Nathan Deal’s desk, but any major reform on how schools are funded or how teachers are will be on next year’s agenda, according to Deal.

During Deal’s State of the State address on Jan. 13, he told state law-makers he will take time to review the commission’s recommendations and

urged them to do the same.“During the 2016 session of the

General Assembly, I wanted this legisla-tive body to conduct a full review of the commission’s recommendations. That is what I ask you to do,” said Deal, dur-ing his annual address.

He noted the state budget next year will include funding to implement his ed-ucation recommendations based on the Education Reform Commission report.

“This will provide ample time to vet the full report. It is important that we get this right,” he added.

A controversial recommendation of the commission is the elimination of Training and Experience pay for teachers, and allowing local districts to determine how to best compensate teachers.

Last year, Fulton Schools began working on a salary formula, looking at a variety of tiers for pay based on evalu-ations, additional responsibilities and other factors.

One part of that formula was im-plemented this year – additional pay for teachers to work in low-performing

schools. Deal’s budget for fiscal year 2017

includes an additional $300 million for education, enough to provide a 3 percent raise for all teachers. Unlike last year, when school systems had the option of using additional funding for raises or for other needs, that option is not available this year. Systems which do not provide at least a 3 percent raise to teachers will see their funding cut next year.

Deal’s “FY17” education budget also includes $141 million for enrollment growth, $224 million in bonds for cap-ital programs, $10 million in bonds for school buses, $2.8 million to support information technology, and additional funding for nurses and newly certified math and science teachers.

Task force recommendations to be considered next year

Community provides input on next school leaderBy CANDY WAYLOCKcandy@appenmediagroupcom 

ATLANTA — Based on the results of a recent community survey, the next Fulton County Schools superintendent should have an education background, be a visionary – and visible – leader, as well as a good decision maker with excellent communication skills.

A tall order, but one the Fulton Board of Education will consider as it looks to hire a permanent superinten-dent for the 96,000-student district by the end of the current school year.

“Hiring the superintendent is one of the most important decisions a school board will make,” said Linda McCain, president of the school board. “The job requires a skill set that is often found among the top CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.”

The survey was conducted in De-cember and garnered 1,665 responses; the majority coming from parents, along with a good number of school

system employees. “The survey [al-

lowed] parents, staff and community mem-bers a straightforward way to provide their in-put [on] a candidate’s desired professional background, skills and traits,” said McCain.

In addition, respon-dents ranked the district’s performance highest in the areas of safe school climate, rigorous K-12 curriculum, efficient use of resources, high-quality teachers and personnel, technology integration, school facilities, and career and college preparation. 

In all areas, the majority of re-spondents rated the district’s efforts as good, very good or excellent, which McCain said will be a benefit as it looks to attract and hire a new leader looking for a “nationally regarded system.”

Fulton Schools has been under the leadership of interim Superintendent

Ken Zeff since June 2015 when the former superintendent, Robert Avossa, resigned to take a position in Florida. The school board opted to conduct the search for a new leader in the second half of the school year to avoid disrup-tion at the start of the year.

Through a school system spokesper-son, Zeff declined to provide comment on whether he will pursue the perma-nent position, noting, as the current interim, “it would [not] be appropriate to speak about his possible candidacy.”

With the survey results in hand, a leadership profile will now be created and used to identify top candidates. The district’s law firm, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, is managing the search process and will solicit can-didates through search firms, national advertisements and notices to state and national school leadership associations.  

Fulton Schools spokesperson Susan Hale said there is no set budget for the search, which will be managed as part of the board’s ongoing legal expenses.

McCAIN

Education recommendations now on Gov. Deal’s desk. Read more, Page 6.

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ATLANTA – Three current Georgia De-partment of Corrections inmates and 14 others have been charged federally for their roles in a wide-ranging drug traf-ficking conspiracy operating from within prison walls. A Roswell man was also charged in connection with the crime.

Inmates across several prisons are accused of directing and managing the ac-tivities of brokers, distributers and runners outside of prison via the use of contraband cellular telephones. The inmates are ac-cused of coordinating illegal drug trans-actions and controlling and managing the distribution of illegal narcotics throughout the Atlanta metropolitan area and the southeast region of the United States.

Among those charged was Troy Oneal Watkins, 46, of Roswell. He faces charges of conspiring to distribute at least 50 grams of methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.

“Once again, inmates have gained access to contraband cellular telephones and used them to organize and manage an extensive criminal enterprise from inside prison,” said U.S. Attorney John

Horn. “This indictment alleges that these inmates capitalized on their near-unfet-tered access to cell phones to not only continue their criminal activities, but to direct the criminal activities of others outside of prison. It makes no sense that, where prison is supposed to remove crimi-nals from our community and rehabilitate them, the inmates continue to victimize society from behind prison bars.”

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By CANDY [email protected]

ATLANTA — Within the 86 pages contained in the report delivered to Gov. Nathan Deal from the Education Reform Commission are 58 recommen-dations on how to improve Georgia schools and the K-12 system as a whole – both academically and financially.

The blue-ribbon collection of edu-cators, business leaders and elected officials delivered the report to Deal in mid-December, following 12 months of studying the past, present and future of education in Georgia.

Committee Chairman Charles Knapp, retired president of the Univer-sity of Georgia, outlined the committee’s work during a Jan. 8 media symposium hosted by the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education.

Knapp acknowledged most of the media attention has been focused on how schools are funded and on teacher compensation, which actually make up only six of the 58 recommendations.

“There is much more to the commis-sion report than the funding formula and teacher pay — there were three other subcommittees with [equally] important recommendations,” noted Knapp.

Those included early childhood education, Move on When Ready and expanding education options/school choice.

But how to ensure — and pay for — a quality education, and how to keep teachers from bailing out of the profes-sion in high numbers is at the center of the education bull’s-eye.

The committee was tasked with re-vising the 30-year-old funding formula for schools, known as Quality Basic Education, which has long been criti-cized for never being fully funded, too complicated and too rigid to adjust to the needs of local districts.

The task force recommends basing future funding in three areas: student enrollment, weighted student charac-teristics and category grants — as op-posed to the 19 areas currently funded under QBE.

“[The task force recommendations] are a vast improvement over QBE,” said Knapp. “The [recommended] formula is more flexible and can react to changes.”

Apart from a standard per-pupil cost, weighted areas which would re-

ceive additional funding include eco-nomically disadvantaged students, K-3 reading classes, grades 4-5 in math, and additional funding in grades 9-12 for college and career readiness courses.

Category grants would be provided to school districts to help fund fixed ad-ministrative costs, such as the Teacher Retirement System and health care costs, taking into consideration dis-tricts with low enrollment.

The task force also recommended permanently adding $258 million to the current K-12 state budget beginning in fiscal year 2018. Additionally, if funds are available, the committee recom-mended adding an additional $209 million to reduce the impact of the aus-terity cuts that systems have seen over the past decade.

The hot topic of how to recruit, retain and compensate teachers had 12 recom-mendations, with the most controversial one allowing school districts flexibility on how they pay their teachers.

Currently teachers are paid under a state formula that takes into consid-eration training and experience as the baseline. The committee recommended allowing school districts to develop their own, state-approved, method of reward-ing their best teachers.

“There has to be a better system than T&E, and I know there are a lot of concerns on how you measure effective-ness,” said Knapp. “But you just can’t throw your hands up and walk away because it’s complicated.”

He said the idea is for the state to have a “fairly light hand” in developing teacher pay models.

“The commission felt a lot of these decision were better made at the dis-trict level than in Atlanta,” said Knapp.

Education recommendations now on Gov. Deal’s desk

There is much more to the commission report than the funding formula and teacher pay — there were three other subcommittees with [equally] important recommendations.”CHARLES KNAPPCommittee Chairman

Task force outlines dozens of fixes to state schools

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

I read with interest, the article written by State Sen. John Albers con-cerning the extension of MARTA north toward Alpharetta and beyond (Jan. 15 issue).

This article displays a common tactic among advocates for or against a particular issue: Take an opposing opinion, call it a “red herring,” thereby making it so and then, with this pejora-tive label, dismiss it.

I have never read anything that indicates that members of the millen-nial generation will never own a car. I have read that a large number of people in this generation are seeking places to live where they have easy access to public transportation, thus minimizing the need to have cars to go everywhere. The figure that they account for 27 percent of all new car sales doesn’t indicate what percentage of the mil-lennials that move to North Fulton are buying cars compared to those of other generations.

I was not aware that Mercedes-Benz supplies cars to all employees. That is generous indeed. I suspect that many of their workers and those that work for suppliers are not given new cars and many do depend upon the MARTA to get around. I have never heard or read anything that claims that businesses need to have heavy rail transit in order to survive. Perhaps the senator could provide some evidence for this dubious claim.

I also wish that the senator could indicate where he read the article that compared quality of life to the number of miles of heavy rail. That would also be news to me and many others. 

His ultimate red herring was the Twitter poll. It beats me why he would be riled up about such silly “journal-ism” — but remember that it is easy to build this up and then knock it down.

Sen. Albers ends his piece by stat-ing, “Expanding a heavy rail line is not operationally, financially or logistically feasible.” He cites no figures that would prove this and there are apparently a number of legislators that would take issue with this. Instead, we are sup-posed to add additional lanes to Ga. 400 and then add express bus service. I drive Ga. 400 often in and out of peak times.

What happens when construction crews rip up the highway to add more lanes? What “fraction of the cost” of heavy rail is this this going to be? Of course, the senator doesn’t say and

perhaps he doesn’t know. The widening of Ga. 400 would take years, be ex-tremely costly and have great impact on the traffic that uses the road.

The senator apparently isn’t con-cerned about the increasing pollution, the increasing accidents and increasing insurance rates that come with more roads. Also, make no mistake — you cannot just devote an existing lane to express buses because of the havoc it would cause in the other lanes. That is just common sense. That red herring isn’t going to go away so easily. 

I read in the AJC that one legislator reacted to the reluctance to consider more public transportation by saying that you cannot just pave your way out of traffic problems.

Try Los Angeles or Chicago or New York, for example. 

One thing that expanding MARTA north would do is to increase traffic around the new stations. That problem can be solved a lot more cheaply than building 15 miles of express bus lanes.

Oh, by the way, Sen. Albers never indicated whether he drives or is driven on Ga. 400 during peak hours. I drive it regularly and would love to be able to take MARTA toward downtown from a station near Johns Creek, where I live. As it is, I fight the traffic on Ga. 400 to get to the MARTA station at North Springs, then hop on the train and I am soon downtown.

– Jay Siegel, Johns Creek

... Sen. Albers never indicated whether he drives or is driven on Ga. 400 during peak hours. I drive it regularly and would love to be able to take MARTA toward downtown from a station near Johns Creek, where I live.

8 | January 21, 2016 | Johns Creek Herald | NorthFulton.com OPINIONA lesson in Internet etiquette‘Netiquette’

This may be because of my age, but I assumed the unspoken rules of the Internet were common knowledge. Things like don’t post your address, phone number, po-tentially embarrass-ing photos or any-thing you wouldn’t want your grandma

to see. I also thought most people who surf the Web realize anything they put out there in cyberspace, including any-thing posted on their own private social media accounts, isn’t really private, per se.

That’s why I was taken aback when I heard about the former Johns Creek High School teacher who resigned in early January after criticiz-ing one of her students on Facebook. I thought, “No, surely this can’t be true. Doesn’t she know better?”

Whether she did or not is something we simply don’t know at this point. But what we do — or should — know is that no teacher, even one forced to stay hours late on the Friday before a holiday break, should post a Facebook rant filled with exple-tives and derogatory comments about a student.

One of the worst posts in my opinion was where the Latin teacher allegedly wrote “your life is tragic. Everything about you is tragic. I want to be sad for you, but at the end of the day, we’re all better now that you’re not around.”

These horrible statements came from a person that student was sup-posed to trust, but instead she made fun of him for things beyond his control. And she did this on Facebook where, in very short order, her words had made their way to her employer and, probably, most of the parents, staff and students at JCHS.

I’ll give her benefit of the doubt only in that she was probably annoyed be-cause it was the last day before winter break and she wanted to go home and the student was running very late. But

that does not give her an excuse to post what she did. I’m sure, if she’s friends with any of her colleagues, it was easy to figure out which student she was talking about.

I tried to determine her age to see if maybe that could be a bit of an excuse for why she might not know her Facebook posts would go viral. My grandmother, for instance, might not understand the consequences of putting questionable comments on social media. But, honestly, age doesn’t matter in this situation. No matter if you grew up online or if you are scared of technology, this type of thing should never happen.

In college, I had the fact drilled into my brain that anything you put online can and will be traced back to you. We were told that even if your profile is

“private,” a lot of em-ployers have the ability to break through that to see what you deem appropriate to post. I listened to lecture after lecture on not putting up any photos involv-ing alcohol (if you ever take a photo with me and alcohol is present I usually ask for the alcohol to be put down or behind a back), not using profanity and never badmouthing your employer.

I learned to just assume that anything bad said online about another person will eventually get back to them.

I knew people who countered that it was “their personal profile” so they should be able to say and post what-

ever they want on it. That simply isn’t true. Once it’s online, it’s pretty much public information. That’s why so many parents are cautious about what baby photos or status updates they put out there.

Being online can be fun and I’ll be the first to admit I probably am addicted to my phone and social media, like most people my age. But now that we live in a technological and easily accessible world, we can’t forget the basic rules we were raised on, like “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

And just like remembering the golden rule, we must also remember to think before we speak, or type and post in this case.

KATHLEEN [email protected]

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I have never seen the nation so worked up and optimistic about anything as with the recent Power-ball craze.

With a jackpot larger than most countries’ an-nual budgets, the Powerball eclipsed just about every-

thing newswise in the nation for about two weeks. Everywhere you looked there were tips on how to pick lucky numbers, mathematical formulae sure to win, the dangers and legal pitfalls of winning and even actual winners saying alternately how great it is to win and how bad it can be.

Everyone was fantasizing about being a millionaire. I’m sure the most-asked question that week was, “What will you do if you win?”

Truly, it goes along with the idea that we, Americans, are just “tem-porarily embarrassed millionaires.” We love a good investment, and a few bucks for potentially millions (or billions!) is too good a chance to pass up.

The cynic might just believe it’s only the poor who get caught up in the hysteria, but no. Stories came in over the past few weeks of Buckhead families sending their maids out to get tickets armed with $100 bills. You can never be too rich to play the lottery, apparently.

We in the office had our own pool for tickets (we won $8!). Even we cyni-

cal news types were not immune from the hope that we could all be million-aires with only a slight investment.

We were not alone.Crowds of people lined up at gas

stations and grocery stores to play their odds. Favorite numbers, lucky charms and more came into play. In line to get my own ticket, I saw one man who kept some change in an old soda can. I’m sure there is a story behind it. When he ordered his numbers for his Powerball, he rattled the can to eke out some magic juju. He may have won something, but not the jackpot, so how powerful was that juju anyway?

We all have lucky talismans or dances or thoughts we believe can help us in a time of desire.

Of course it makes sense – we all want to be winners. Losing is for losers.

Which is why I think we can all dislike those jerks who won.

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Everyone was fantasizing about being a millionaire. I’m sure the most-asked question that week was, “What will you do if you win?”

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The subject of creating Sharon Springs, a proposed second city in the county, was another hot topic of the night. Williams apologized for the “deba-cle of communication that happened over Sharon Springs over the past couple of months.”

He said the constitution of the state of Georgia allows for the creation of cities and, within that, gives the cities the abil-ity to provide 14-plus services.

“The bill to create Sharon Springs limited the services to three,” he said. “So you have the constitution that says you can do 14 or more, then you have the bill that will only do three. There’s a conflict. The constitution always wins. That’s why the bill was withdrawn.”

The good thing is, Williams said, the state of Georgia and the legislature real-ized the need for not full-blown cities but towns and villages where the BOC can have more say in zonings and land use of their communities.

“The possibility for a township or a

village is a very real possibility,” Williams said. “There are forces at be that are trying to push through a constitutional amendment that would create towns and villages here in Georgia. If that happens, as soon as next year, we could move forward with another bill. There is light at the end of the tunnel. There are things that are happening.”

Forsyth town hall meeting airs Sharon Springs shortcomingsPHOTOS BY KATHLEEN STURGEON/STAFF

Sen. Michael Williams hosted a town hall meeting to discuss Forsyth County issues. About 20 people spoke at the meeting.

Rep. Sheri Gilligan spoke on her No. 1 topic, education.

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Forsyth town hall meeting airs Sharon Springs shortcomingsThe two legislators started the meet-

ing by saying what their primary concern is for this year’s session, both citing education.

After spending 20 years in the intel-ligence field, Gilligan said she started substitute teaching at Forsyth County Schools and later became a professor at Lanier Technical College.

“Teaching and helping people learn are some things I thrive on doing,” Gil-ligan said. “Even in the intelligence field there was a lot of training, I was helping people learn how to do the craft. Educa-tion is a natural for me. I’m one of those people who are very suspect as to what’s going on with their federal government overreaching into our school system. I want the local board to have more say in what’s going on.”

Williams echoed that sentiment by saying his No. 1 legislative agenda item for this session is “to attempt to pass a constitutional amendment that would allow all counties [in Georgia], especially us up here in Forsyth County, to collect impact fees for education.

“It’s going to be an extremely difficult lift [at the Capitol], because last session I tried to talk to some people about it and there was not much of an appetite for that in some of the rural parts of Geor-gia. But we’ll see what we can do,” he said.

Countywide voting as opposed to the current system of districtwide voting was frequently brought up, with Gilli-gan doing an informal poll to test the overwhelming support in the crowd for countywide voting. Williams addressed that concern and said the issue being faced with countywide voting is the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which is a piece of civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimi-nation based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Williams said he’s done quite a bit of research on that and there are 29 counties where either the board of com-missioners, board of education or cities within the counties tried to go back to countywide voting.

“Of those 29 counties, the courts overruled every single one of them,” Wil-liams said. “There are 47 different cases where the courts said ‘you can’t do that.’ I understand there is a strong desire for people to go back to countywide voting. I understand there is a feeling of misrepre-sentation and not feeling like your voices are being heard. We hear you at the state legislature. We are looking for solutions that will be long term. Not just short term, but solutions that will resolve the issue at the end. It’s something we are looking into it, but right now the facts are the courts would overrule it and we’d be right back where we are.”

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Sen. Michael Williams hosted a town hall meeting to discuss Forsyth County issues. About 20 people spoke at the meeting.

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Despite the recent withdrawal of House Bill 660, which would have created Forsyth County’s second city, Sharon Springs, the Board of Commissioners still reviewed a fiscal impact study on the proposed city.

The study was initially approved in September 2015 by the BOC for Geor-gia Tech to “examine the fiscal impact of the proposed city of Sharon Springs on county revenues and expenditures.”

Dr. Alfie Meek, the director for the Center for Economic Development Re-search at GT, spoke to the BOC Jan. 12 on the fiscal impact of Sharon Springs on Forsyth. The study used 2014 fi-nancial data, the most recent year data was available, and examined the fiscal impact on the county had the proposed city existed in 2014.

An earlier study was done on the city by the Sharon Springs Alliance. That study found the city to be finically viable. Meek said that first study was more supportive of cityhood, but the two studies couldn’t be compared because they looked at two different areas. He

said the BOC needs to look at questions asked and examine both perspectives.

The study found Sharon Springs would be the 17th largest city by pop-ulation in Georgia. It would represent 30 percent of the county’s population, 36 percent of the gross residential real property value, 35 percent of the gross commercial real property value, 18 per-cent of the gross industrial real prop-erty value and 34 percent of total gross real property value.

“Given the higher share of value versus land area, it obviously contains some of the highest value property in the county,” Meek said.

As a “city light,” Sharon Springs would have had three services – solid waste, code enforcement and planning and zoning. Meek said there was no fis-cal impact with respect to solid waste. However, the county would have saved up to $769,384 from code enforcement and planning and zoning.

Conversely, the county would have lost up to $6,197, 918 on alcohol licenses, alcohol excise tax, business license and occupation tax, cable fran-chise fees, planning and zoning, and insurance premiums.

“Alcohol excise tax is based on the

commercial digest in the proposed Sharon Springs area as a share of the unincorporated commercial digest,” Meek said. “Cable franchise fees and insurance premium tax are based on the population in the proposed Sharon Springs area as a share of the unincor-porated population.”

The net fiscal impact on county operating funds includes the lost insurance premium tax revenue and assumes that the county will continue

to provide road engineering services to the proposed Sharon Springs area, Meek said.

“We have a $769,000 savings, but we’re going to lose $6.2 million roughly in revenue, which gives us a revenue gap of $5.4 million,” Meek said.

The net fiscal impact on the county’s general fund only does not include the lost insurance premium tax revenue, he said. Instead, this scenario assumes that Sharon Springs will either remit their insurance premium tax to the county and that the county will continue to provide road engineering services, or that Sharon Springs will provide these services to their area, Meek said.

Since 35.5 percent of the permits were in Sharon Springs, Meek said they estimate that the impact fee loss could have been approximately $1.5 million in 2014, which would have significantly slowed the pace of that part of the short-term work program dependent on impact fees.

“Your current millage rate, in 2014, is 4.182 on the general fund,” he said. “You would need about .623 mills to make up that difference. That would translate to about a 13 percent increase across the board on the property tax millage.”

Forsyth County reviews Sharon Springs fiscal impact studyGiven the higher share of value versus land area, it obviously contains some of the highest value property in the county,”DR. ALFIE MEEKDirector for the Center for Economic Development Research at GT

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NORTH FULTON, Ga. – What is now the largest university in the state officially opened the doors to its North Fulton campus Jan. 14.

What was once two institutions of higher learning in two buildings across the street from each other has now been joined under one flag - Georgia State University.

“This is a very exciting time for Georgia State,” said GSU President Mark Becker. “We can better give students access and success in educa-tion.”

The merger of GSU and Georgia Pe-rimeter College was announced in early 2015 and created the largest university in the state – with 50,000 students.

The GSU Alpharetta campus enrolled 2,189 students in the fall of 2015; a 4.7 percent increase over 2014.  Since 2009, the number of GSU students attending Alpharetta’s four-

year undergraduate programs has more than doubled, jumping from 1,019 to 2,189.

GPC, a two-year college, first began serving students in Alpharetta in 2000, using rented classroom space at GSU’s facility before opening its own dedicated building in 2010.

Now, both will share the GSU logo and will be used for classrooms for North Fulton students pursing a range of degrees.

Dr. Peter Lyons, dean of Perimeter College of GSU, said students attending the North Fulton campus will now have access to resources previously only available to those downtown.

“Students downtown take fewer credits to graduate,” he said, saying the school has moved from a “cafeteria” model of course offerings to a “guided pathway” model. In effect, rather than simply choosing what course they want to take each semester, they will be able to see what courses fit in with their degrees and which would not count, ideally expediting their education.

The HOPE scholarship only covers 127 hours of schooling, he said. After that, it is up to the student to find the money. Students who taks too long to graduate may never finish.

“Students are seven times more

likely to drop out of Georgia State due to financial reasons than academic,” he said. “Saving students money is helping them graduate and that’s the business we are in.”

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Students are seven times more likely to drop out of Georgia State due to financial reasons than academic. Saving students money is helping them graduate and that’s the business we are in.”MARK BECKERGSU President

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Kennesaw State University economist Roger Tutterow, Ph.D., speaking at the Jan. 12 Syno-vus Economic Forecast at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek said the United States is in its seventh year of economic expansion since the 2008 meltdown.

While it may not feel as robust as we might like it, a slow, steady 2 per-cent growth rate is not a bad place to be. The economic growth in the country is still “timid,” but the slower pace has its advantages over a more gaudy 3 per-cent or higher.

“The United States economy is robust and economic indicators such as car sales are encouraging. People feel it’s safe to buy cars again,” Tutte-row said. “On the other hand, history tells us we are due a recession every 58 months on average in the post-World War II era.”

So it is fair to ask if the slower growth is postponing another economic correction. He says yes, since this “timid” recovery has been cautious and is not overheating.

After each recession since 1981-82 there has been a “super recovery” in the

gross national product. It grew 4.8 per-cent a year in the 1980s. After the 1991 recession the recovery grew an average 3.1 percent for five years. After 2001, it was nearly 3 percent.

So far the 2.2 percent average growth has been somewhat frustrating. We’ve weathered the recession, why are we not reaping better, faster growth? Last year we saw the economy do a lateral sidestep. It was down in the first quarter due to a perfect storm of snow-storms in the Midwest and East that shut the economy down.

“You can continue to remove the snow from the roads all day off I-95, but what do you do when you run out of places to dump it?” Tutterow said.

Meanwhile, a horrendous disrup-tion of the California ports over a labor strike had “ships circling in the Pacific like planes stacked over an airport” waiting to unload.

Nevertheless, the U.S. economy bounced back the next three quarters. This was due to a strong dollar – or at least the least-weakest currency, how-ever you want to look at it, Tutterow said.

“The dollar is the least dirty shirt in the hamper,” he said.

And it was helped by a resurgence of manufacturing in the U.S. Asian manufacturing has seen its workers close the wage gap with American work-ers. Also, their energy costs are rising. American manufacturing is proving more energy efficient.

“That is important because energy

costs are surpassing wage and salary costs,” Tutterow said. “While Asian wages are climbing, in America wages are moving laterally.”

The stronger dollar is great when you go to Paris to buy perfume, but the drawback is it makes American goods less competitive on the world market. So that tempers American manufactur-ing growth.

But employment is rising, and with it consumer spending. In November 2008 consumer confidence was at its lowest since 1980 and the so-called Reagan recession. But beginning in early 2014 and through 2015, con-sumer confidence has been in the 85 percent to 90 percent range, Tutterow

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Tutterow says that depends on the Saudis. In the past when the price of oil dropped below a certain point, the Saudis cut back on production. This time they are letting the price go into free-fall.

With the rise of their big enemy, Iran, back off sanctions and the Rus-

2016 promises slow, steady growth – and that’s OKKennesaw State economist says ‘timid growth’ better in long run

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ATLANTA – Secretary of State Brian Kemp reminds officers and registered agents of corporate entities registered in Georgia that the annual renewal pe-riod opened Jan. 1 and closes at 11:59 p.m. Friday, April 1.

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Or “Express Annual Registration” if there are changes to be made, such as updated contact information for the business.

“As a small-business owner myself, the more time I’m stuck doing paper-work, the less time I have to focus on growing my business,” said Kemp. “Now, you just type in your business’s name or control number on the new website and breeze through checkout without having to track down a user-name and password.”

Customers can still log in to https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/Account to view or download their business’s in-formation in one convenient location.

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Growth:sians getting frisky in the Middle East, the Saudis may be willing to pay the price to starve the economies of their rivals.

It also makes it unattractive for the U.S. to invest in oil alternatives such as shale and fracking for natural gas, Tutterow said.

“The Arabs are worried about new U.S. oil exploration,” he said. “Add to that geopolitics and the Saudis are using oil as a way to curb American exploration and extremism in their part of the world.”

Consumers have noticed it, and as new-car sales rise, so have those of light trucks now that owners don’t get sticker shock every time they fill up.

Looking at all the data, Tutte-row sees another year of 2.5 percent growth.

The dizzying growth in the energy states is quickly slowing. The enthusi-asm for the Canadian pipeline is wan-ing as energy costs fall.

“The oil boom is over for them,” he said.

The Atlanta market is getting stronger, jobs are on the rise. Tutterow says there are now 2.6 million workers in the Atlanta metropolitan statistical area. That is helping fuel new home construction.

“The biggest problem with home construction is the lack of supply for new lots,” he said.

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — In an ef-fort to help mitigate some of Forsyth County’s growing pains, the Board of Commissioners is working on a resolu-tion to send to the local delegation.

One part of the resolution in-cludes the potential replacement of the county’s planning commission with subarea planning commissions. This was discussed December 2015 and it was decided more public input would be needed before any decisions were made.

Other portions included “provide a means for greater citizen input directly to the Board of Commissioners within the context of zonings, with the ability of any new subarea planning commis-sion to recommend additional public hearings before the board,” “establish-ing a right of way landscaping/beau-tification program for Forsyth County arterial corridors and exit/on ramps

along Ga. 400 in all districts,” and “sponsoring a program where unincor-porated communities in Forsyth County may erect roadway signage identifying the community name.”

A fifth portion of the resolution was brought up again at the Jan. 12 BOC work session, which reads, “estab-lishing and imposing conditions for residential zonings that will stagger res-idential build out until certain school system improvements are completed.”

“We’ve done this before where we say only so many permits out in a calendar year, mainly for the schools,” Commissioner Brian Tam said. “So if you look at the year 2018, the plan is a new nontraditional high school opens, that’s 3,400 seats. It seems like we’re a little tight in building.”

Commissioner Jim Boff brought up the idea of asking the delegation to come up with a stricter law to allow “us to have more legal cover if we do limit building permits in general.

“Especially if we can say ‘this school

is already overcrowded and this one, too,’” Boff said. “So in these areas will be one of the reasons we stagger the building permits.”

However, County Attorney Ken Jarrard said that’s not something for the local delegation to do, one way or another. It also is on a case-by-case basis as every district is different.

“It is a local issue,” Jarrard said.

“There are some things the local delega-tion can help in terms of how the board operates, but I think the board has all the tools it needs for staggering build-ing permits.”

Commissioner Todd Levent said he would look into the case-by-case basis and will bring back a proposal to a future work session.

Forsyth considers spacing building permits

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Connect Hearing opens hearing health care facilityBusiness name: Connect Hearing (for-merly Atlanta Hearing Aid Services)Opened: Serving the Atlanta Area since 1948 and now introducing Connect Hearings’ new state-of-the-art hearing health care facility.Owner: Connect Hearing (Division of Sonova) What: Hearing loss affects one in three people over the age of 60. As the stron-

gest network of hearing care profes-sionals in the country, Connect Hearing has the expertise, a full line of state-of-the art hearing aids and provides truly innovative hearing solutions to fit every budget.Address: 10800 Alpharetta Highway, No. 198, Roswell, Ga 30188Phone: 770-992-5353Website: connecthearing.com

Harken Health opens in RoswellBusiness name: Harken HealthOpening: January 2016What: Harken Health unites remarkable primary care with competitively priced insurance plans.

Hours: 1570 Holcomb Bridge Road, RoswellPhone: 404-855-2242Website: www.harkenhealth.com

Extra Mile Tire Pros opens in MiltonBusiness name: Extra Mile Tire ProsOpened: May 4, 2015Owner: Richard EhlerWhat: Extra Mile Tire Pros provides full-service auto care, 15-minute oil changes and express emissions in ad-dition to a lowest-price guarantee on all

brands of tires, plus a free oil change offer. Address: 2875 Bethany Bend, Milton, Ga 30004Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.Phone: 678-566-6627 Website: www.extramiletirepros.com

Fit Body Boot Camp opens in AlpharettaBusiness name: Alpharetta Fit Body Boot CampOpened: Oct. 5, 2015Owner: Rene Serrate What: Fit Body Boot Camp is the world’s fastest-growing and most popular indoor fitness boot camp brand, with hundreds of locations worldwide. The boot camp’s unique brand of fitness combines individual-ized personal training from licensed

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FORSYTH COUNTY WOMEN’S CLUB MONTHLY LUNCHEONWhat: Luncheons are on the third Thursday of each month and member-ship is open to all women of Forsyth and surrounding counties. When: Thursday, Jan. 21, 11 a.m.Where: Windermere Golf Club, 5000 Davis Love Drive, CummingCost: $22More info: forsythcountywomensclub.net

EMERGENCY SURVIVAL PREPAREDNESS EVENTWhat: The American Heritage Society of Georgia is holding an emergency sur-vival preparedness event to prepare the public for any type of emergency.When: Saturday, Jan. 23, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Where: Alpharetta City Hall, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, GA 30009More info: email [email protected]

FREE YOUTH BASEBALL INJURY PREVENTION WORKSHOPWhat: Emory Sports Medicine will hold a workshop on ways to prevent baseball injuries in young athletes. When: Saturday, Jan. 23, 8:30-11:30 a.m.Where: Emory Orthopaedics, Sports & Spine at Johns Creek Hospital, 6325 Hospital Parkway, Johns Creek, 30097More info: emoryhealthcare.org/sports-medicine/index.html

FREE FAMILY REUNION WORKSHOPWhat: The expert staff at the Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau will offer a free family reunion workshop.When: Saturday, Jan. 23, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.Where: Atlanta Marriott Alpharetta, 5750 Windward Parkway, AlpharettaMore info: awesomealpharetta.comSelf-Defense Workshop for K-5th Grad-ersWhat: Two-hour workshop for boys and girls in K -5th grade teaches partici-pants to recognize and avoid dangerous

situations and people, and to escape an attacker if necessary. Includes full-force physical self-defense practice. Parents attend with children.When: Sunday, Jan. 24, 3-5 p.m.Where: Alpharetta YMCA, 3655 Preston Ridge Road, AlpharettaCost: $25 More info: revvedupkids.org/event/k-5th-self-defense-workshop/?instance_id=16605

SLITHERIN’ INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH REPTILESWhat: The Chattahoochee Nature Center kicks off their 40th anniversary year and celebrates with a day devoted to reptiles. Jason Clark with Southeastern Reptile Rescue will bring his dynamic live reptile shows and the amazing “Reptile Wagon,” a traveling reptile exhibit including ven-omous and nonvenomous snakes.When: Sunday, Jan. 24, noon-4 p.m. Where: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell More info: chattnaturecenter.org

ALPHARETTA TOASTMASTERS CLUB SPEECH CONTESTWhat: Alpharetta Toastmasters will hold its International Speech and Table Topics contest.When: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 7:15 p.m.-8 p.m.Where: Kroger, 12870 Ga. 9, Al-pharetta, GA 30004 (second-floor employee training room). More info: alpharettaclub.toastmaster-sclubs.org

ROSWELL COLLECTING FOR TROOPSWhat: The Roswell Rotary Club, the city of Roswell and the Roswell Visi-tors Center is collecting donations for troops.  This year’s recipients are the 1st Battalion 7th Marines, 1st Division in Iraq. When: Drop off donations by 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29. Where: Roswell Visitors Center, 617 Atlanta St., RoswellMore info: 770-640-3253, visitros-wellga.com

ROSWELL RESTAURANT WEEKEnjoy this citywide event that encourages locals to try new dining options and invites new customers to the Roswell restaurant scene. Roswell Restaurant Week highlights the diverse culinary experiences Roswell has to offer. Sunday. Jan. 25 - 31. Visit roswellrw.com for more info.

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15TH ANNUAL ROSWELL ROOTS FESTIVALWhat: One of the largest and most com-prehensive celebrations of black history and culture in the Southeast, the festival will feature a variety of events, beginning with “Kuibuka,” artist talk and reception. When: Saturday, Jan. 30, 3-5 p.m.Where: Bulloch Hall,Cost: FreeMore info: roswellroots.com

ROSWELL MARDI GRAS BALLWhat: The Krewe of Viola will present the inaugural Roswell Mardi Gras Ball, Bow Ties & Pearls, to benefit Emory ALS Center.When: Feb. 6, 2016, 7-11 p.m.Where: Country Club of Roswell, 2500 Club Springs Drive, RoswellMore info: facebook.com/roswellmardi-grasball

BARNES & NOBLE STORY TIMEWhat: Children’s story timeWhen: Generally Tuesdays, though some locations offer Saturdays, as wellWhere: Barnes & Noble (check website for location and hours)Cost: FreeMore info: barnesandnoble.com

BARNES & NOBLE STORY TIMEWhat: Children’s story timeWhen: Tuesdays and Saturdays, 11 a.m.Where: Barnes & Noble, 7660 North Point Parkway AlpharettaCost: FreeMore info: barnesandnoble.com

MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER:GEORGIA ENSEMBLE THEATRE’S ‘CHARLEY’S AUNT’What: Georgia Ensemble Theatre, North Fulton’s only professional theater company, will kick off the New Year with a play that’s sure to be the cure for the post-holiday doldrums, the hi-larious comedy, “Charley’s Aunt.”When: Jan. 7-24, times varyWhere: GET, the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., RoswellTickets: $26 for Wednesdays, Thurs-days and matinees; Friday nights start from $30, and Saturday nights start from $35; senior/student discounts available for select performancesMore info: www.get.org, or call 770-641-1260

ROSWELL VISITORS CENTER FEATURES ARTISTS’ WORKSWhat: Works by two of North Fulton’s highly regarded artists, Joan Hilliard and Barry Etris, will be on exhibit, with originals available for purchase as well as a selection of prints.When: Through February Where: Roswell Visitors Center, 617 Atlanta St., Roswell, GA 30075More info: visitroswellga.com

HOME BY DARK CONCERTWhat: Since 2007, Home by Dark has captivated audiences with one of the most powerful and unique concert events in America.When: Friday, Jan. 22Where: Roswell Historic Cottage, 972 Alpharetta St., RoswellMore info: homebydark.com

SPRUILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS CLASSES, NEW EXHIBITWhat: Spring quarter registration opens; “Sights & Insights” exhibit opens.When: Registration begins Tuesday, Jan. 27; new exhibit opens Wednesday, Jan. 28Where: Spruill Center for the Arts, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, AtlantaMore info: spruillarts.org

FREE TAI CHI CLASSWhat: A tai chi class will be offered to improve muscle tone and help prevent falls and improve balance, with instruc-tor Bruce Watson.When: Thursday, Jan. 28, 10:45–11:45 a.m.Where: Forsyth Parks & Rec at Old AtlantaMore info: 770-205-4646

LIBRARY EVENTS:For a complete list of North Fulton events, go to afpls.org/eventsFor a complete list of Forsyth events, go to forsythpl.org/event Calendar/eventCalendar.aspx

FINANCIAL WELLNESS WORKSHOPWhat: Come learn how to make sure that all of your financial needs are cov-ered. Adults. Registration required.When: Saturday, Jan. 23. 11 a.m.    Where: East Roswell Library, 2301 Hol-comb Bridge Road, Roswell 30076More info: 404-613-4050

DONUTS WITH DADS STORYTIMEWhat: This is a special storytime. Dads, bring your little ones for sto-ries, songs and snacks. Registrations required.  When: Saturday, Jan. 23, 11 a.m.Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Milton 30009 More info: 404-613-4402

SELECTING COLLEGES THAT BEST FIT YOUR GOALSWhat: You have your criterion. You’ve checked rankings, researched websites and visited campuses. To make sure you’re making the right decision, consider the college’s perspective. Parents Welcome. Ages 14-18.When: Saturday, Jan. 23, 2:30 p.m.Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek 30005More info: 770-360-8897

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A few weeks ago we looked at trout fishing in Georgia’s Unicoi State Park near Helen. But there’s more to Unicoi than trout. The park is popular with hikers, too, offering trails ranging from easy loops to ambitious

cross-country hikes that take you deep into the woods.

One of my favorites is the Unicoi to Helen Trail. An easy to moderate, it goes cross-country from the park for about 2.5 miles to the town of Helen. You can hike it (one way) in about an hour and a half. Trail maps are available at the park, or check out the detailed trail guide in the book, “Hiking Unicoi,” available from local outfitters or from www.chattahoochee-media.com.

Like other Unicoi hikes, this one begins behind Unicoi Lodge where a large sign marks the trailhead. Start by descending a long run of steps to a cross trail. Turning left would put you on the Lake Loop Trail (another great hike), while turning right ultimately takes you to the Unicoi to Helen Trail.

After turning right, you’ll soon spot the Frog Pond Loop Trail on the left, but stay on the main trail. Soon, the Frog Pond Loop appears again; beyond it, you’ll pass tennis courts and cross Unicoi Bottom Road.

Across the road, continue into the woods. The Bottoms Loop Trail (fantastic when spring wildflowers are blooming, by the way) swings left. But continue straight ahead, soon descending to a large field. The trail follows the field’s edge for a ways, then re-enters the woods.

After crossing a footbridge over a small branch, you’ll intersect the other end of the Bottoms Loop Trail. There the Unicoi to Helen Trail

crosses Smith Creek. Across the creek the trail goes left, then turns left again and crosses Smith Creek one more time while a mountain bike and fisherman’s trail follows the creek downstream.

Beyond that second creek crossing (and past another bike trail intersec-tion) you’ll switchback your way up a ridge. At the top, you’ll cross the bike trail again. Eventually you’ll cross the bike trail once more; beyond that point the hiking trail crosses a little creek and then follows it downstream. Look for a small cascade about 125 paces beyond the crossing. It’s a very pleasant and serene setting.

But soon, through the trees to your right, civilization reappears in the form of a large green water tower. Then you’ll intersect White Strasse (paved) and follow it downhill for per-haps 25 paces before re-entering the woods on your left. From there, it’s only a short hike to Unicoi Hill Park and the end of this trail.

What happens then? Some leave a car at Unicoi Hill Park and shuttle back to the state park. But others simply turn around and backtrack for a nice five-mile round trip — though they may hike down White Strasse to Main Street and downtown Helen first. That can make for a refreshing break before you head back into the woods!

Steve Hud-son has written numerous books on fishing, hiking, the outdoors and more, including “Hiking Unicoi,” a guide to the trails of Unicoi State Park and Anna Ruby Falls. Check them out at www.chattahoocheemedia.com.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR CREDIT What: Do you know how credit works? Are you confused about the credit cards that you have? Amy Terry, branch man-ager of Renasant Bank, will discusses these topics and answer questions.When: Saturday, Jan. 23, 2 p.m.Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Milton 30009 More info: 404-613-4402

GIRLS DO SCIENCE!What: This is a fun hands-on STEM program for girls who want to explore the fascinating world of science. Girls from Milton High School will help par-ticipants make science crafts and build cool contraptions. Girls ages 7-12.When: Sunday, Jan. 24, 2:30 p.m.Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Milton 30009 More info: 404-613-4402

PSAT REVIEW: HOW TO USE YOUR PSAT EXPERIENCE TO GET YOUR HIGHEST SAT SCORE!What: Applerouth Tutoring Service will present a review of students’ PSAT scores to help them get great SAT results! Bring your PSAT results to get the most out of this program. Ages 12-16. Registration required. When: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 6 p.m. Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Johns Creek 30022More info: 770-360-8820

NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES MOBILE OUTREACH BUSWhat: The mobile outreach bus pro-vides emergency assistance via the NFCC mobile unit every fourth Wednes-day, particularly for families with trans-portation challenges. When: Jan. 27, 10-4 p.m.Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek 30005More info: www.nfcchelp.org or call 770-640-0399 (ext. 463). Appointments only. 

FRIENDS OF NE/SPRUILL OAKS LIBRARY WINTER BOOK SALE      What: Wide range of books and me-dia for sale at super prices! Donations welcome. When: Preview sale for Friends, mem-bers only, Thursday, Jan. 28, 1-5 p.m. Memberships available at the door. Public sale Friday, Jan. 29, 1-4 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 30, 10 a.m.-4p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 31, 2-4 p.m. Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Johns Creek 30022More info: 770-360-8820

NATURALIZATION WORKSHOPWhat: Sponsored by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, this work-shop presented by Edly Vliet shares information needed about the U.S. naturalization process. Adults only. No reservations required. Free and open to

the public.When: Saturday, Jan. 30, 10:30-11:30 am.Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek 30005More info: 770-360-8897

ALPHARETTA BOOK-TO-ACTION GROUPWhat: This book group is more than a simple book club; it’s a call to action for all ages!  Each month’s books will high-light a need in the community and offer a way for participants to help. January’s books will focus on hunger, poverty, and how hard times can hit anyone, anywhere. A food drive will accompany the readings and all food donated will be presented to North Fulton Commu-nity Charities to feed the hungry in our community. We are seeking donations of nonperishable items, no glass contain-ers. Please stop by the library to pick up available copies of this month’s books.When: Saturday, Jan. 30, 1 p.m.Where: Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta 30009 More info: 404-613-6735

WEDDING PLANNINGWhat: Now that you are engaged it’s time to plan for your special day! There’s a lot of work to do. Let us show you how.When: Saturday, Jan. 30, 3 p.m.Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Milton 30009 More info: 404-613-4402

PET ADOPTIONS:FORSYTH COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTERWhat: Pet adoptions When: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: The Forsyth County Animal Shelter, 4065 County Way, Forsyth CountyMore info: 678-965-7185

FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICESWhat: Pet adoptionsWhen: Every Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m., PetSmart, 6370 North Point Parkway, AlpharettaAdditional adoptions: Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday and Sun-day 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Fulton County Animal Services, 860 Marietta Blvd NW, AtlantaMore info: 404-613-4958

OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE:‘WILD AFRICA’ AT FERNBANK MUSEUMWhat: BBC Earth’s “Wild Africa,” nar-rated by Helena Bonham Carter and taking viewers on a spectacular ride across, over and through the most dra-matic continent on earth, premieres.When: Friday, Jan. 8-May 19, times varyWhere: 767 Clifton Road, AtlantaMore info: fernbankmuseum.org/

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ATLANTA — The national push away from mandatory assessments and the diminished role federal government in the classroom could signal a return to more local control of public schools.

But whether Georgia education officials follow the lead on high-stakes testing and teacher evaluations re-mains to be seen.

In December, the U.S. Congress finally put the No Child Left Behind Act out of its misery by replacing the seldom-en-forced law with the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Originally passed in 2002, NCLB aimed to have all students at grade level within 10 years. But the law had mixed results, and within 15 years, most states were granted waivers to implement their own plans.

The ESSA takes a much lighter touch with federal involvement, ex-plained Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas P. Fordham Institute, an education think tank based in Wash-ington, D.C.

Under the ESSA, most of the hall-marks of NCLB are gone, including requirements for teacher evaluation systems, provisions for highly qual-ified teachers, and choice options/supplemental services and penalties for low-performing schools.

The burden is now on states to im-prove the quality of education in their own backyard.

During a Jan. 8 media symposium hosted by the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, Petrilli said the ESSA “very much gives significant authority back to the states” and is the counter reaction to the NCLB.

“There was a sense in Washington, certainly with Republicans but among Democrats as well, that there had been an era of overreach starting with NCLB, Race to the Top, and [other education reforms] that went too far,” said Petrilli.

But the federal government did

not completely cut states loose with ESSA. The mandate remains for states to have an annual testing requirement that identifies the lowest-performing students and schools.

However the federal government now only mandates annual testing in English and math in grades 3-8, once in high school, and in science three times (once in elementary, middle and high school).

In Georgia, the annual assessment, Milestones, goes far beyond the federal requirement, annually testing students in English, math, social studies and science in grades 3-12. Test scores are

the basis for not only 20 percent of the student grade in high school, but also 50 percent of the teacher’s evaluation.

A spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Education said no immediate changes will be made to the state’s assessment program, which still operates under the waiver from NCLB until the state’s ESSA plan is approved.

“Georgia law requires the assessment of sci-ence in grades 3-8 and in two high school sci-ence courses, so in that regard, we go beyond what the feds require,” said Matt Cardoza of the GDOE. “There are no

federal assessment requirements for social studies — that is all Georgia.”

As far as the highly controversial teacher evaluations, there has been no action to tweak the mandates, which are a legislative issue, according to GDOE officials. But with the federal mandate now gone, the decision comes down to Georgia.

“The state can ditch the teacher evaluation system because [lawmakers] can no longer say ‘the feds are making us do it’, because they no longer are,” said Petrilli.

Under ESSA, state plans for school improvement have to be approved by the U.S. Department of Education, however the law clearly states the sec-retary of education cannot deny plans that meet the “letter of the law.”

“The [law authors] are trying to keep the [federal government] from saying ‘no’ to the states unless they find some-thing that is clearly not meeting the letter of the law,” said Petrilli.

Feds limit intrusion into classroomsRevised education law returns local control

The state can ditch the teacher evaluation system because [lawmakers] can no longer say ‘the feds are making us do it’, because they no longer are.”

MICHAEL PETRILLIPresident of the Thomas P. Fordham Institute

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Churches hold ‘unity march’ for MLK Day

By JONATHAN [email protected]

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – This year, 2016, marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national holiday. For the congregations of St. James United Methodist Church and other Alpharetta churches, Jan. 18 was no different than past MLK Days – it was a day to commemorate a man who stood for peace, love and God.

Led by St. James’ pastor, the Rev. Michael McQueen, religious lead-ers from the First Baptist Church of Alpharetta, Alpharetta First United Methodist Church, Alpharetta Pres-byterian Church, St. Aiden’s Episco-pal Church and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church held a service and march honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his message.

“We remember the conviction of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who believed that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” said the Rev.

Tariq Cummings of St. James, para-phrasing King.

The Rev. Caitlin Phillips, associate pastor at Alpharetta Presbyterian, said the message of the civil rights move-ment is not a thing of the past.

“We have made great strides but there is so much more to do,” she said.

The Rev. Walter Kimbrough, a prominent retired United Methodist preacher, gave the sermon. He said churches were at the forefront of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, a place they need to be today as well.

Under King’s leadership, “things began to happen,” in the civil rights movement, Kimbrough said, “but it cost him his life.”

Paraphrasing King, Kimbrough said, “If you don’t have anything worth dying for, you have nothing worth living for.”

King’s message from nearly 50 years ago is still relevant, as 2015 was a tumultuous year, especially for black communities in the nation.

“The fight for justice is continual. It’s never something that is finished,” Phillips said. “We are called on to follow

in Martin Luther King’s footsteps and preach peace and equality and hope. We remember that especially today.”

Concluding the event was a march from St. James along Academy Street to the steps of Alpharetta City Hall. The hundreds of walkers marched in line a little over a mile from the church in bitterly cold weather, sing-ing “We Shall Overcome,” and similar

protest songs and hymns.Portions of the street were closed

to traffic during the march.At the end of the march, at the

steps of City Hall, the assembled pas-tors of Alpharetta’s churches thanked the marchers and prayed for peace in the country. “We are not divided by denominations but united in Christ,” summed up McQueen.

Honor King, his message

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Congregants of many of Alpharetta’s churches marched Jan. 18 in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr including from far left Rev. Walter Kimbrough, Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle and St. James’ pastor Rev. Michael McQueen.

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Michael Litten, a one-time supporter of Wood, filed the suit, claiming Roswell law forbids mayors from serving more than three terms in office. Wood is now in his fifth term. He will serve 20 years as chief executive by the time his term is up in 2017.

When added to his predecessor’s three decades in office, that means Roswell will have had just two mayors for the past half-century.

In 2010, the state legislature approved a law limiting the terms a Roswell mayor can run for.

The state legislation – HB 1299 – says “no person who has been elected to three or more four-year terms of office as mayor shall be eligible for elec-tion to the office of mayor.” This only applies to Roswell.

Minutes from meetings at the time suggest the term limits were to take effect going forward, not retroactively, however the law itself does not clarify this.

Wood said he would not comment on pending litigation and deferred to Roswell City Attorney David Davidson. Davidson could not be reached before

deadline, but has told other media the city does not comment on pending litigation.

Wood came to prominence when he ran in 1997 against Roswell Mayor “Pug” Mabry, who had been in office since 1967. Wood won the mayor’s

seat in part by championing term limits. Wood is now in his fifth term, hav-

ing been reelected in 2013. His current term expires in 2017.

“We were so fired up to unseat Pug, who was in there forever,” said Litten of Wood’s first campaign. “Jere ran on two platforms – stop the sprawl and term limits and he won. We were all excited.”

When Wood announced his candi-dacy for a third term in 2005, Litten said he “felt betrayed.”

Litten chose to run against Wood in a busy field for the office. Wood eventu-ally won re-election.

“I believe incumbency is one of the roots of evil in our political system,” Lit-ten said. “I can’t stand career politicians.”

He said that there were almost 100,000 residents in Roswell, many of whom would make good mayors. In-cumbents discourage these people from running, he said.

When Litten found out about the term limit law, he chose to sue Wood to remove him from office.

Litten’s lawsuit will come before a judge who will determine if it should progress or not.

Roswell resident sues to remove Wood from officeFormer opponent says Wood violates term limits

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — After what King’s Ridge Head Coach Scepter Brownlee called a “sluggish” start, King’s Ridge (12-5, 6-2) was able to deny Pinecrest Academy (8-11, 1-6) an upset with a fourth-quarter rally to win 56-52 on Jan. 16.

After the win, Brownlee said, “We got off to a sluggish start today, and it could have been that we are used to playing [night] games, but we had a good second half tonight. I’m very proud of their performance.”

Brownlee also weighed in on the series rivalry, and the high intensity of the game that could be seen by players on both sides of the court.

“This was a very emotional game. No matter what two teams’ records are coming into a rivalry game, you know it’s going to be a tough game. There was a lot of chatter about the game on social media beforehand and there

was a lot of chatter during the game, but when the guys needed to put their heads down and focus, they did. I’m very proud of that,” he said.

Though the Tigers were able to focus late in the game, their start certainly seemed unfocused. Pinecrest jumped out to a 14-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Tigers found offensive produc-tion in the second quarter and were able to cut the Paladins’ lead to 6 after Tigers’ junior Kameron Dozier came up with a 3-point play after a foul on a layup.

However, the Paladins would score five unanswered points to take a 32-21 lead into halftime.

King’s Ridge began their steady comeback in the second half, opening the half with a 7-2 run before the Ti-gers were called for a technical foul as officials had apparently seen enough of the chatter occurring on the floor.

Later in the third, Dozier would make a 3-pointer to cut the Paladins’ lead to just one at 37-38. Once again though, Pinecrest would end the quarter with 5 unanswered points, in-cluding a 3-pointer at the buzzer from Pinecrest senior Zayne Rice. Rice would

finish the game with 11 points and four rebounds.

After a 3-point play from the Tigers’ Ellis Merriweather, the Paladins would miss two free throws. Merriweather then knocked down a 3-pointer, his third of the game, to give the Tigers a 47-45 lead, their first of the game, mid-way through the fourth quarter.

The next three minutes would be back and forth between the two teams, with King’s Ridge making four free throws and Pinecrest getting two 3-pointers from seniors Adam Rocko and Matt Howell.

With just under a minute remain-ing, the Tigers’ Merriweather would miss a layup but the rebound was

Tigers did not lead until fourth quarter

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Ellis Merriweather (1) scored 25 points in the Tigers’ 56-52 win over Pinecrest Jan. 16.

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collected under the net by Dozier, who made his layup to give the Tigers a 53-51 lead.

A King’s Ridge foul sent the Paldins’ John Crone to the line where he would shoot 1-2 on free throws. Crone missed his second free throw and King’s Ridge was able to run nearly 40 seconds off the clock before a foul sent Dozier to the line with the Tigers’ lead still at 2.

Dozier, who was a perfect 7-7 on free throws up to that point, missed the first of his two shots to keep the Tigers’ lead at 54-52 with 12.2 seconds remaining.

Pinecrest moved the ball inside the perimeter on their ensuing possession before Merriweather tipped a Pinecrest pass and came down with the ball. After being fouled, Merriweather made both of his free throws to secure the 56-52 win for the Tigers.

Pinecrest was led in scoring by Rocko, who finished the game with 14 points. Crone compiled 13 points, six rebounds and two steals. Merriweather accounted for nearly half of the Tigers’ points with 25. The 6-foot-2 senior was 6-8 on free throws and added eight re-bounds and two steals. Dozier finished the game with 17 points for the Tigers, shooting 88 percent on free throws.

The Tigers’ win kept them in second place in the Region 6-A Division B standings behind St. Francis.

“We have a tough schedule coming

up and some really big games,” Brown-lee said, “but I am excited with the position that we are in.”

The Tigers will face Mount Pisgah

this Friday and have a nonregion game against Milton on Saturday. Pinecrest’s next game will be against St. Francis Jan. 26.

Boys weekend scoresJan. 15•Habersham Central 55 -

Alpharetta 73•Lambert 70 - Northview 45•North Forsyth 42 - West Forsyth 27•Johns Creek 56 - Chattahoochee 27•Centennial 78 - South Forsyth 67•Etowah 53 - Roswell 47•Forsyth Central 29 - Riverwood 51•North Clayton 58 -

Blessed Trinity 52•Pinecrest Academy 53 -

Mt. Pisgah 69•King’s Ridge 51 -

Fellowship Christian 30

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Forsyth Central 56•Centennial 51 - Riverwood 78•Johns Creek 63 - Walton 56•Cambridge 76 - WD Mohammed 84•Blessed Trinity 33 - St. Pius X 65•St. Francis 94 - Lone Peak 92•Pinecrest Academy 52 -

King’s Ridge 56•Fellowship Christian 39 -

Our Lady of Mercy 62

Girls weekend scoresJan. 15•Habersham Central 45 -

Alpharetta 49•Lambert 27 - Northview 29•Centennial 39 - South Forsyth 69•North Forsyth 44 - West Forsyth 58•Etowah 45 - Roswell 54•Forsyth Central 60 - Riverwood 47•Pinecrest Academy 63 -

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Jan. 16•Centennial 64 - Riverwood 36•Cambridge 29 - Milton 43•Blessed Trinity 41 - St. Pius X 59•Rabun Gap-Nacoochee 47 -

Mount Pisgah 32•Fellowship Christian 48 -

Our Lady of Mercy 54

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The St. Francis Lady Knights (17-1, 6-0) dominated Walker, 72-19, to remain undefeated in Region 6-A Division B play. The Lady Knights are seeking their fifth straight region title and are the defending Class A state champions.

With their Jan. 14 win over Walker, the Lady Knights have not lost a region game since Feb. 7, 2012, a streak of 43 consecutive victories.

After the win over Walker, Head Coach Aisha Kennedy said, “We are taking each game one step at a time. We are playing really well as a team right now.

Kennedy said the Lady Knights’ defense, which shut down Walker throughout the game, is performing well.

“We have really stressed our defense performance in practice and it has been a focus. They looked really good tonight.”

In addition to their impressive de-fensive performance, St. Francis had no troubles on the offensive side of the ball as 10 players scored. Sophomore Olivia Swanston led the Lady Knights in scor-

ing with 18 points, including four made 3-pointers. Junior Kasiyahna Kush-kituah scored 14 and sophomore Jala Jordan scored 13.

St. Francis began their offensive production early, opening the game on a 15-0 run and taking a 26-4 lead into the second quarter. Showing the depth of the Lady Knights, their bench played the entire second quarter, outscoring Walker 22-6 to take a 48-10 lead into halftime.

The Lady Knights did not let up in the second half, eventually taking the 72-19 win after not allowing Walker a single point in the fourth quarter.

After missing most of the season due to a knee injury, Jasmine Feraro compiled 5 points, a steal and five rebounds. Nichel Tampa had five steals and Kushkituah led the Lady Knights in rebounds with seven.

Knights blowout Walker to remain unbeaten in region playSeeking fifth consecutive region championship

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Junior guard Maya Dodson leads the Lady Knights, averaging 12.6 points per game.

Jala Jordan scored 13 points for the Lady Knights in their 72-19 win over Walker.

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MACON, Ga. — The Team Dual State Wrestling Championships took place in Macon Jan. 14-16 with four local teams competing for state titles. Lambert, North Forsyth, Blessed Trinity and St. Francis competed at the tournament at the Macon Centreplex.

After winning their fifth consecutive region duals championship on Jan. 9, the Raiders finished runner-up in Class 6A at the state championships. The second-place finish was North Forsyth’s best since a third-place finish in 2002.

North began their tournament with a 33-30 win over Brookwood. The Raiders then led Rockdale County 19-16 before winning five of their last six matches to take the win, 44-19.

In the semifinals, North would be tied 23-23 with Mountain View entering the final match in the 220-pound divi-sion. Hunter Loyd would win his match by decision to earn the Raiders 3 points and a spot in the state championship.

Facing Archer in the finals, North jumped out to a 9-0 lead before Archer compiled two wins, including one by injury, to tie the score at 9-9.

The score would remain tied at 18-18 after sophomore Bradley Thomas won his match in the 152-pound divi-sion. However, Archer was able to run away with the victory, winning four of the final six matches to deny North the state championship and win 37-30.

Also in Class 6A, Lambert opened their weekend with a single-point victory over Tift County, the Region 1 champions. The win was secured by a pin from junior Eric Kohlins.

In an email, Lambert Head Coach Kevin Contardi said, “Looking at the matchups on paper, I had it tied. We actually got in a hole worse than what I had thought earlier on, but we had a strong performance at the end to get the win.

“Every point counts in duals. We had some guys win big and some that got beat but didn’t give up bonus points. It was a big team effort and was very exciting.”

However, the excitement was short lived as Lambert would be on the other end of another single-point victory as they lost 33-34 to Pope in the next round.

In the consolation bracket, Lambert would beat Hillgrove 33-32 and Collins Hill 33-30, but fell to Mountain View 38-24 to finish sixth in the tournament.

Blessed Trinity opened their tour-nament with a 38-33 win over Spen-cer but were then beaten by Ringgold 52-21. In the consolation bracket, the Titans would lose to Calhoun, 32-33.

St. Francis was dominated by Treut-len, 65-12, in the opening round of the Class A championships. The Knights beat Mount de Sales 60-21 in the con-solation bracket but it would be their only win of the tournament as they fell 56-24 to eventual third-place-finishing Trion.

The traditional area tournaments will begin Jan. 29. The top four wres-tlers from each weight class will qualify for the sectional tournament which will take place Feb. 5-6 before the tradi-tional state championships are held Feb. 11-13 at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth. North Forsyth will host the Region 6 Area 6 traditional area tour-nament.

Local schools compete in Team Dual State Wrestling ChampionshipsNorth Forsyth finishes second in state in 6A

North Forsyth junior Jackson Bardall (right) takes down an opponent from Rockdale County. Bardall would win the match by fall.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Chattahoochee High School’s Anne Marie Gourley has signed a National Letter of Intent to be a scholarship athlete playing tennis at Presbyterian College. 

Presbyterian is a Division I school in Clinton, South Carolina, in the Big South Region. 

Gourley, a senior, has been playing competitive tennis for six years, com-peting in local, regional and national tournaments in both singles and dou-bles. She has been a member of James Creek Tennis Academy for six years, training as a member of her high-per-formance team under the direction of coach Cem Gurkaynak. 

For the last five years, she has made appearances at Southern Sectionals, which is comprised of the top players from the South.  She has been a mem-ber of the USTA Southern Zonal team from 2012-2014, compiling an overall winning record. Gourley has consis-tently ranked in the top 20 in Georgia and top 100 in the Southern Region for the last four years. 

Gourley holds a 4.1 grade-point average and has been on the honor roll throughout high school.  She currently plans to pursue studies in pre-dental while playing for the Presbyterian Blue Hose.

Gourley to play tennis at Presbyterian

Chattahoochee’s Anne Marie Gourley has signed a National Letter of Intent to be a scholarship athlete playing tennis at Presbyterian College. Seated with her are her parents Lynn and Paul Gourley.  And standing, from left, CHS assistant athletic director J.J. Hicks, CHS Principal Tim Corrigan, and CHS Athletic Director Matt Crooks.

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Moore to play lacrosse at TusculumJOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Chattahoochee High School’s Kaitlyn Moore has signed a National Letter of Intent to play NCAA Division II Lacrosse, at Tusculum Col-lege in Greeneville, Tennessee. Moore will play attack for the Pioneer Lacrosse team, which competes in the South Atlantic Conference. 

Moore, a four-year letterman, helped the Cougars reach the Georgia 6A state quarterfinals in both 2013 and 2014, along with reaching the Georgia 6A state semifinals in 2015. In the 2015 season, she was awarded the varsity team’s offensive MVP. 

In addition to playing for her high school, Moore has played club lacrosse for Midwestern Force and Georgia Out-laws, along with guest playing in many tournaments. In 2014, she participated in the Cougar to Cougar program and helped coach the U13 Junior Cougar girls team. In fall 2015, she was head coach of the Junior Cougar girls team.

Moore holds a 3.9 grade-point average and plans to pursue studies in sports science with prephysical therapy emphasis while playing for the Pioneers. A four-year honor roll student, Moore was also named a scholar athlete.

Chattahoochee High School’s Kaitlyn Moore has committed to play lacrosse at Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee. Pictured with her are, seated, CHS Head Coach Jack McIlvain, mother Catherine Moore and father and CHS Assis-tant Coach Ken Moore. And standing, from left, CHS Assistant Athletic Director J.J. Hicks, CHS Principal Tim Corrigan and CHS Athletic Director Matt Crooks.

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Award as a freshman. She carded a 68 (4-under-par) at a

tournament last season, which is her personal best. Belanger, who has been on the honor roll throughout her high school career, plans to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering at The Citadel next fall. She is also working on a service project that will allow her to sponsor a child in need in Nicaragua.

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Chattahoochee High School’s Rachel Belanger has committed to play golf at The Citadel. Belanger is seated with brother Nick Belanger, mother Heather Belanger and grandmother Chris Underwood. Standing are Ben Geier, Aysia Key, Riley Pinion, Ahana Gaurav, Kelley Cutcliff, Leo Grey, Bruce Cutcliff, CHS Princi-pal Tim Corrigan and CHS Athletic Director Matt Crooks.

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The City of Johns Creek, (in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d—42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Offi ce of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act), hereby notifi es all bidders that it will affi rmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

RFP packages and plans are available on the City of Johns Creek website (www.johnscreekga.gov) . Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Offi ce at (678) 512-3233. RFP responses shall be presented in a sealed opaque envelope with the RFP number and name clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. The name of the company or fi rm submitting an RFP response should also be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. THREE (3) ORIGINALS AND ONE (1) COPY OF THE RFP ON CD MUST BE SUBMITTED. RFP’s will not be accepted verbally or by fax or email. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the RFP information and instructions enclosed herein.

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In an effort to help local citizens be more prepared for emergency scenarios, the American Heritage Society of Georgia is holding an emergency survival preparedness event Saturday, Jan. 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Alpharetta City Hall.

Vesta Smith, AHS president, said this is a chance to prepare the public, not scare them.

“The government can’t get to every-one,” Smith said. “We’re trying to get to people in their homes for any type of emergency. It’s like community aware-ness.”

A flier for the event asks how a family would prepare for events such as natural and manmade catastrophes, civil unrest and war.

“Imagine no access to food, fuel, prescriptions, doctors, hospitals, banks, roads, transportation (planes, trains, autos, boats), clothing and supplies; no heat, air conditioning, water and cable; no connections to cell phones, text messages, Facebook, computers, TV and Internet; no access to family and loved ones; no police,

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American Heritage Survival hosted WWII Master Sgt. Carl Beck as last year’s speaker.

The government can’t get to everyone. We’re trying to get to people in their homes for any type of emergency. It’s like community awareness.”VESTA SMITHAmerican Heritage Society president

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CITY OF JOHNS CREEK

ITB #16-046-2

2016 NEIGHBORHOOD PAVING-AREA 2

The City of Johns Creek is accepting sealed Invitations to Bid (ITB) from qualifi ed construction fi rms for the 2016 Neighborhood Paving Project-Area 2. Sealed ITB’s will be received no later than 11:00AM. on February 15, 2016 in the City of Johns Creek Purchasing Offi ce, 12000 Findley Rd., Suite-400, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097. ITB’s received after the above time or in any other location other than the Purchasing Offi ce will not be accepted. Deadline for submission of questions is February 1, 2016.

The City of Johns Creek, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d—42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Offi ce of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifi es all bidders that it will affi rmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

ITB packages are available on the City of Johns Creek website (www.johnscreekga.gov) . Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Offi ce at (678) 512-3233. ITB responses shall be presented in a sealed opaque envelope with the ITB number and name clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. The name of the company or fi rm submitting an ITB response should also be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. TWO (2) ORIGINALS AND ONE (1) COPY OF THE ITB ON CD MUST BE SUBMITTED. ITB responses will not be accepted verbally or by fax or email. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the ITB information and instructions enclosed herein.

The City of Johns Creek reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities, and to make award in the best interest of the City of Johns Creek.

Warren Hutmacher Mike BodkerCity Manager Mayor

CITY OF JOHNS CREEK

ITB #16-046-3

2016 NEIGHBORHOOD PAVING-AREA 3

The City of Johns Creek is accepting sealed Invitations to Bid (ITB) from qualifi ed construction fi rms for the 2016 Neighborhood Paving Project-Area 3. Sealed ITB’s will be received no later than 11:00AM. on February 15, 2016 in the City of Johns Creek Purchasing Offi ce, 12000 Findley Rd., Suite-400, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097. ITB’s received after the above time or in any other location other than the Purchasing Offi ce will not be accepted. Deadline for submission of questions is February 1, 2016.

The City of Johns Creek, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d—42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Offi ce of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifi es all bidders that it will affi rmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

ITB packages are available on the City of Johns Creek website (www.johnscreekga.gov) . Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Offi ce at (678) 512-3233. ITB responses shall be presented in a sealed opaque envelope with the ITB number and name clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. The name of the company or fi rm submitting an ITB response should also be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. TWO (2) ORIGINALS AND ONE (1) COPY OF THE ITB ON CD MUST BE SUBMITTED. ITB responses will not be accepted verbally or by fax or email. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the ITB information and instructions enclosed herein.

The City of Johns Creek reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities, and to make award in the best interest of the City of Johns Creek.

Warren Hutmacher Mike BodkerCity Manager Mayor

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CITY OF JOHNS CREEK

ITB #16-046-1

2016 NEIGHBORHOOD PAVING-AREA 1

The City of Johns Creek is accepting sealed Invitations to Bid (ITB) from qualifi ed construction fi rms for the 2016 Neighborhood Paving Project-Area 1. Sealed ITB’s will be received no later than 11:00AM. on February 15, 2016 in the City of Johns Creek Purchasing Offi ce, 12000 Findley Rd., Suite-400, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097. ITB’s received after the above time or in any other location other than the Purchasing Offi ce will not be accepted. Deadline for submission of questions is February 1, 2016.

The City of Johns Creek, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d—42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Offi ce of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifi es all bidders that it will affi rmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

ITB packages are available on the City of Johns Creek website (www.johnscreekga.gov). Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Offi ce at (678) 512-3233. ITB responses shall be presented in a sealed opaque envelope with the ITB number and name clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. The name of the company or fi rm submitting an ITB response should also be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. TWO (2) ORIGINALS AND ONE (1) COPY OF THE ITB ON CD MUST BE SUBMITTED. ITB responses will not be accepted verbally or by fax or email. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the ITB information and instructions enclosed herein.

The City of Johns Creek reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities, and to make award in the best interest of the City of Johns Creek.

Warren Hutmacher Mike BodkerCity Manager Mayor

CITY OF JOHNS CREEK

ITB #16-046-4

2016 MAIN ROADS RESURFACING

The City of Johns Creek is accepting sealed Invitations to Bid (ITB) from qualifi ed construction fi rms for the 2016 Main Roads Resurfacing Project. Sealed ITB’s will be received no later than 11:00AM. on February 15, 2016 in the City of Johns Creek Purchasing Offi ce, 12000 Findley Rd., Suite-400, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097. ITB’s received after the above time or in any other location other than the Purchasing Offi ce will not be accepted. Deadline for submission of questions is February 1, 2016.

The City of Johns Creek, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d—42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Offi ce of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifi es all bidders that it will affi rmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

ITB packages are available on the City of Johns Creek website (www.johnscreekga.gov) . Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Offi ce at (678) 512-3233. ITB responses shall be presented in a sealed opaque envelope with the ITB number and name clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. The name of the company or fi rm submitting an ITB response should also be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. TWO (2) ORIGINALS AND ONE (1) COPY OF THE ITB ON CD MUST BE SUBMITTED. ITB responses will not be accepted verbally or by fax or email. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the ITB information and instructions enclosed herein.

The City of Johns Creek reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities, and to make award in the best interest of the City of Johns Creek.

Warren Hutmacher Mike BodkerCity Manager Mayor

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The Windward As-sociation of Retired Men (WARM) today presented its annual Founders Award to Charles “Chuck” Zetterstrom for his “many years of committed service that have enhanced our organization and community.”

The award was presented jointly by previous Founders Award recipi-ents Bob O’Hagan, Paul Barrow, Don Blaine and Gary Wingo. The ceremony took place during the organization’s weekly breakfast meeting at Alpha Soda restaurant in Alpharetta.

In making the presentation, O’Ha-gan highlighted Zetterstrom’s outstand-ing service as WARM Treasurer for the past eleven years and his willingness to volunteer for any assignment large or small.

Presenters noted his role in many special projects in support of North Fulton Charities, Habitat for Human-ity and WARM cleanup efforts along the shore of Lake Windward. “Chuck epitomizes the spirit of WARM with his active community service, his long term as Treasurer and his faithful attendance,” O’Hagan said. “Dedicated, hardworking and always cheerful, Chuck has helped make the organiza-

tion such a pleasure for the rest of us. We are proud to recognize his service to WARM.”

In accepting the award, Zetter-strom said, “WARM is a remarkable group of men committed to helping the Windward Community and the City of Alpharetta. It has provided me with friendships and the opportunity to serve. Membership has certainly been a highlight of my retirement.”

Zetterstrom attended Loyola Uni-versity and spent four years as an Electronics Technician in the US Navy before spending a career working around the world in a variety of techni-cal positions.

He retired in 2002. —Jonathan Copsey

CITY OF ALPHARETTAPUBLIC NOTICE

PH-16-AB-02

PLACECity Hall

Two Park PlazaCouncil ChambersJanuary 21, 2016

3:00 P.M.

PURPOSEPackage Store

Beer & Wine - Sunday Sales

APPLICANTS3 Mansell, LLC

d/b/a Smart Mart Mansell3790 Mansell Road

Alpharetta, Ga. 30022Owner

S3 Mansell, LLCRegistered Agent

Sajid Halani

CITY OF ALPHARETTAPUBLIC NOTICE

PH-16-AB-03

PLACECity Hall

Two Park PlazaCouncil ChambersJanuary 21, 2016

3:00 P.M.

PURPOSEConsumption on Premises

Beer & Wine – Sunday Sales

APPLICANTCuzi Fresh Café

4160 Old Milton ParkwayAlpharetta, Ga. 30005

Owner and Registered AgentChristopher M. Cusimano

CITY OF JOHNS CREEK PUBLIC ARTS BOARD, PUBLIC HEARING:TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016 AT 6:30 P.MCITY OF JOHNS CREEK TAYLOR FARMS12000 FINDLEY ROAD, SUITE 300

CITY OF JOHNS CREEK MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, PUBLIC HEARING:MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 AT 7:00 PM.CITY OF JOHNS CREEK COUNCIL CHAMBERS12000 FINDLEY ROAD, SUITE 300JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA 30097

THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLIC ART DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING: NEWTOWN PARK

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: WWW.JOHNSCREEKGA.GOV/ABOUT/BOARDS/PUBLICARTS.

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Johns Creek

COUNCIL WORKSHOP REGARDING RECREATION AND PARK STRATEGIC PLAN

The Mayor and Council of the City of Johns Creek will attend a Workshop on Wednesday, January 28, 2016 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The Workshop will be held in the Taylor Farms Conference Room, located at 12000 Findley Road, Suite 300 in Johns Creek, GA 30097. The purpose of the Workshop will be for review and discussion of the recently completed Recreation and Park Strategic Plan. Please contact the city clerk at 678-512-3212.

Joan JonesCity Clerk

WARM presents 2015 Founders Award to Chuck Zetterstrom

Previous Found-ers Award recipi-ents Don Blaine and Paul Barrow, left, and Bob O’Hagan, right, present the 2015 Windward Asso-ciation of Retired Men (WARM) Founders Award to Chuck Zetter-strom, second from right, for his many years of outstanding leadership and service to the community.

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CITY OF ALPHARETTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The following items will be heard at a public hearing held by the Planning Commission on Thursday, February 4, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia. Items forwarded by the Planning Commission will be considered by the City Council on Monday, February 22, 2016 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza Alpharetta, Georgia.

a. Z-15-18/V-15-28 Fox Road Subdivision Consideration of a request to rezone approximately 10 acres from AG to R-12 for the construction of 22 “for-sale” homes. The property is located at the end of Fox Road north of Kimball Bridge Road. A variance for the front setback from 30’ to 15’ is requested and a reduction to the side setback (adjacent to lots) from 10’ to 5’, but maintain a minimum building separation of 20’. A request to reduce the side setback (adjacent to street) from 20’ to 15’ and a request to build sidewalk on only one side of the street, reduce lot width from 80’ to 75’, and allow required tree plantings to be planted on adjacent property are also requested. The property is legally described as being located within Land Lots 195 and 196, 1st District, 1st Section of Fulton County.

b. Z-15-17/PH-16-01/V-16-04 Nicholson/Big Creek OverlookConsideration of a request to rezone approximately 3 acres from RE to R. Variances to the rear setback from 50’ to 25’, reduction of the side setback from 25’ to 15’, and the 100’ lot width is requested. A change to a condition of zoning requiring existing stream crossing for lots 12-A and 12-B is also requested. The property is south of Webb Bridge Road off of Big Creek Overlook. The property is legally described as being located in Land Lot 8, 1st District, 1st Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

c. Z-15-09/V-15-17 Providence Group/DT-LWConsideration of a request to rezone approximately 7 acres from R-12 and O-I to DT-LW to construct 56 “for-sale” townhomes and an offi ce building. A variance is requested to allow a gated entrance to the townhomes and a variance to allow front entry townhomes on the lots 13-27. The property is located on the south side of Old Milton Parkway and east of Haynes Bridge Road. The property is legally described as being located in Land Lots 748 & 749, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

d. Z-15-12 Old Milton Holdings/DT-LWConsideration of a request to rezone approximately 2.19 acres from O-P and R-12 to DT-LW to construct 11 “for sale” attached townhomes and 7 “for-sale” detached homes. The property is located on the south side of Thompson Street and east of Haynes Bridge Road. The property is legally described as being located in Land Lot 749 & 802, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

Note: Georgia law requires that all parties who have made campaign contributions to the Mayor or to a Council Member in excess of two hundred fi fty dollars ($250) within the past two (2) years must complete a campaign contribution report with the Community Development Department. The complete text of the Georgia law and a disclosure form are available in the offi ce of the City Clerk, 2 Park Plaza.

CITY OF ALPHARETTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The following item will be heard at a public hearing held by the City Council on Monday, February 1, 2016 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.

a. CLUP-15-14/Z-15-15 Oak Hall Companies/Webb Bridge TractConsideration of a request to rezone approximately 30 acres from AG and R-22 to R-15 in order to develop detached “for-sale” single family homes. A request to change the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from “Very Low Density” to “Low Density” Residential is also requested. The property is located at the north corner of Webb Bridge Road and Shirley Bridge Road. The property is legally described as being located within Land Lots 1238, 1249, 1250, 2nd District, 1st Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

b. MP-15-06/V-15-12 Marriott Courtyard/Parkway 400/Pod CConsideration of a request to amend the Parkway 400 Masterplan in order to allow a Hotel as a permitted use. Consideration for a variance to reduce parking as well as a variance to the front setback from 35 feet to 15 feet, variance to the parking lot screening and a variance for lot coverage from 70% to 80% is also requested. The property is located on Amber Park Drive and is legally described as being located in Land Lot 804, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.

Note: Georgia law requires that all parties who have made campaign contributions to the Mayor or to a Council Member in excess of two hundred fi fty dollars ($250) within the past two (2) years must complete a campaign contribution report with the Community Development Department. The complete text of the Georgia law and a disclosure form are available in the offi ce of the City Clerk, 2 Park Plaza.

CITY OF ALPHARETTAPUBLIC NOTICE

PH-16-AB-04

PLACECity Hall

Two Park PlazaCouncil ChambersJanuary 21, 2016

3:00 P.M.

PURPOSEConsumption on Premises

Liquor, Beer & WineSunday Sales

APPLICANTAltamirano Balsas, Inc.

d/b/a Rio Balsas Taqueria235 South Main St.

Alpharetta, Ga. 30009Owner

Altamirano Balsas, Inc.Registered Agent

Yazmin Diaz

CITY OF ALPHARETTAPUBLIC NOTICE

PH-16-AB-05

PLACECity Hall

Two Park PlazaCouncil ChambersJanuary 21, 2016

3:00 P.M.

PURPOSEConsumption on Premises

Liquor, Beer & WineSunday Sales

APPLICANTGuitron Ruelas Northpoint, LLCd/b/a Moctezuma Mexican Grill

5950 North Point Pky., Suite 100Alpharetta, Ga. 30022

Owner Guitron Ruelas Northpoint, LLC

Registered AgentJesus Ruelas

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north on Ga. 400. The victim said the associate would not tell her where he wanted to be dropped off. Eventually,

they ended up on Kimball Bridge Road. The associate got out and, according to the victim, grabbed her purse and started walking away. He took items out of the purse as he went, ending up with two credit cards.

Police took out warrants for theft by taking.

Lost: set of gold teethALPHARETTA, Ga. – A Lithonia resident is asking people to keep an eye out for his lost gold teeth.

The victim told police he was with fellow employees Jan. 7 getting lunch. Before eating lunch, he took out his eight gold teeth – which covered his top and bottom front teeth – and placed them in a bag that he hid in the rear cushion of the company van. When he finished eating lunch, the victim could not locate the teeth in the van.

The teeth are valued at $1,200.

Son suspected in coin theftALPHARETTA, Ga. – An Alpharetta resident suspected his son of stealing $20,000 in rare coins from his home Dec. 28.

The victim told police he kept his coins in a briefcase and that two-thirds of the collection was missing. The son allegedly admitted to taking the coins and pawning them. The stolen coins include a $10 gold piece from 1901 valued at $1,000, and a binder full of Morgan silver dollars.

Thief hits Sprint storeMILTON, Ga. – Someone walked into the Sprint store on Windward Parkway in the middle of the day Jan. 8, filled a bag with goods and walked out before he could be stopped, police say.

According to store employees, a man in his early 20s entered the store carrying a bag.

He went through the store, plac-ing items in his bag while employees

were busy helping customers. When a customer noticed what was happening, employees were alerted but the suspect fled.

The store claims the man took sev-eral Bluetooth sets, cell phone covers and a set of headphones, all valued at $600.

Man threatens suspicious driverFORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A man followed a car from his neighborhood Jan. 8 after he believed the driver was suspicious.

The man told officers there had been a suspicious car in his neighbor-hood recently and when he saw a car that fit the description, he decided to follow it until it parked at Wal-Mart.

The 49-year-old man said he pulled up next to the car and spoke with the female driver, reportedly saying if she came back into the neighborhood she would go to jail.

The 46-year-old woman then called officers and said it scared her that the car followed her because she was in the neighborhood looking at a house for sale. She said the man reportedly told her if she came back into the neighbor-hood he would shoot her. S

he was referred to magistrate court to seek criminal charges.

Officers spoke with the man again and he reportedly seemed apologetic and “seemed to realize he might have handled the situation the wrong way but was looking to protect his subdivi-sion.”

He was advised not to have contact with the woman or her car or he would be arrested for criminal trespass.

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CUMMING, Ga. — Army Captain Wallace A. Jackson IV has a big job. Speaking to members of the Cumming Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Jackson said his role as chaplain to the Army’s 5th Ranger Training Battalion is to provide both religious and moral support to troops undergo-ing some of the most arduous training to be found anywhere in the military.

Based at Camp Frank D. Merrill in the mountains of Dahlonega, Jackson knows that soldiers aspiring to become Rangers must master training which tests their mental and physical stamina to the limits.

The mountain training is the second of three phases, all of which are exhausting and challenging.

While formal Ranger training only began in the 1950s, Rangers can trace their role in America’s military dating back as far as the French and Indian Wars.

And the role of Chaplain has been around for nearly as

long – back to General George Washington who insisted that soldiers of the Continental Army have adequate religious support as they fought for the nation’s independence.

Jackson said one reason he is equipped to help the sol-diers overcome the challenges is because he graduated from the same Ranger course in 2013. He said he relishes his role and spends as much time as possible in the field with the trainees.

“I believe that the Chaplain needs to be right there with them so he can understand what they go through,” Jackson said.

Jackson was the first speaker for the VVA as they be-gan 2016 at their new meeting venue, the Georgia National Guard Readiness Center in Cumming.

The Cumming Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of Amer-ica meets the first Monday of each month at the National Guard Facility at 7 p.m. All Vietnam Era Veterans are wel-come.

Army ranger chaplain talks about role supporting elite troops

Army Captain Wallace A. Jackson IV was the first speaker for the Cumming Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America as they began 2016 at their new meeting venue.

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