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DUI arrest uncovers man wanted by ICE ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A man Alpharetta police said was wanted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was arrested Aug. 4 after he allegedly led officers on a chase.

Ely Gomes Araujo, 38, of Lexington Farm Drive in Alpharetta, is facing multiple charges, including DUI, resisting arrest, reckless driving first offense, failure to maintain lane and aggravated assault on a peace officer.

Officers were patrolling on Old Milton Parkway around 1 a.m. that night when they saw a 2007 Ford Econoline van drifting between lanes. When they attempted to pull over the driver, later identified as Araujo, the vehicle sped off.

During the chase, the car made two left turns through red lights before leading police to The Lex Apartments.

Araujo opened the gate with a resident keycard, hit a police car on the other side and continued driving toward the back

of the complex.

Araujo’s van was eventually stopped when another police car struck the rear side, causing him to slow down. Police said he then jumped out of the van to run to one of the apartments, nearly colliding with a police car.

Araujo attempted to pull away from officers when he was apprehended, according to police. He was transported to Fulton ARAUJO County Jail on a total of 10 charges.

After the arrest, officers received a notice that Araujo had an active warrant from ICE. “It’s my understanding that he was wanted for failing to deport,” Public Information Officer George Gordon said.

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Man kills 11-month old, self during standoff

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — An 11-month old child died after she was shot by her father Aug. 7 while he barricaded them in their South Forsyth County home, later killing himself.

According to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a 911 call around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 7 from a female victim of a domestic dispute on Carleen Way in South Forsyth.

The victim called from a neighbor’s house and said her husband, Salman Ashraf, 34, threatened her and their 11-month-old daughter with a handgun.

Responding deputies reached the suspect by phone and asked him to come outside and talk. The subject agreed at first but never exited the home. Deputies had no further communication with him.

During their brief conversation, the sheriff’s office said nothing threatening was said or implied by the suspect, and no shots were fired at or

by any deputies.

For the next three hours, deputies attempted to regain contact with the man through various means as well as through a family member.

With growing concern for the child, the sheriff’s office SWAT team entered the house and heard the sounds of an infant upstairs.

The SWAT team immediately went upstairs to rescue the infant and found the male suspect deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The child was found seriously injured from an apparent gunshot wound as well. A SWAT medic and other deputies immediately began administering aid to the child, who was transported by an ambulance already on scene to a local hospital.

The child was later air lifted to an Atlanta area hospital where she was in critical condition, but later died.

Deputies transported the wife to the hospital to be with her child.

The sheriff’s office Major Crimes Unit is continuing the investigation.

DUIS & DRUGS All crime reports published by Appen Media Group are compiled from public records. Neither the law enforcement agencies nor Appen Media Group implies any guilt by publishing these names. None of the persons listed has been convicted of the alleged crimes.

DUI arrests ►► Brooke Nicole Eisman, 49, of River

Ferry Drive, Johns Creek, was arrested Aug. 3 on Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek, for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Kristen Karolynne Rahm, 37, of Honey Brook Circle, Duluth, was arrested Aug. 4 on Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek, for DUI.

Drug arrests ►► Than Huong Vo, 25, of Satellite

Boulevard, Duluth, was arrested Aug. 5, on Morris Road, Milton, for possession of marijuana and speeding. ►► Tyree Morman, 40, of State Street, Summerville, was arrested Aug. 8 on Deer Creek Place, Milton, for possession of cocaine. ►► Christopher S Galloway, 36, of Oakside Circle, Milton, was arrested Aug. on Deer Creek Place, Milton, for possession of cocaine and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

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Are you prepared for the solar eclipse?

By Claire Marsh – Milan Eye Center

On August 21st a total solar eclipse will stretch across the country. It will be visible in a band spanning from Oregon to South Carolina.

You will be able to see the total solar eclipse in northeast corner of Georgia. Around the Atlanta area it will appear as a partial eclipse. A solar eclipse can be a breathtaking phenomenon, but certain precautions should be taken to keep your eyes safe. Here is everything you need to know about the eclipse and how to enjoy it without damaging your eyes.

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What is a Total Solar Eclipse?

A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sun in its entirety. This total solar eclipse will be visible across 14 states in the continental U.S. When will it cross Georgia?

The shadow of the moon will first appear in Georgia at 2:34 pm EDT and will leave the state at 2:40 pm EDT. In other words, this once in a lifetime sight will not linger. The moon’s shadow will be moving at approximately 1,800 miles per hour.

Safety guidelines Most of us were told from an early age not to stare directly at the sun and that advise holds true during a solar eclipse. Watching a solar eclipse with your naked eyes can cause permanent damage to your retinas. Sunglasses, no matter how dark, will not protect your eyes from this damage. Instead you will need a special-purpose solar filter, such as eclipse glasses. Eclipse glasses generally look like 3D glasses. They have black lenses and are specifically designed for looking at the sun. Everything else will appear totally black.

You should proceed with caution when purchasing solar eclipse glasses. Not all companies that claim to be selling these glasses can be trusted. The American Astronomical Society, a partner of NASA, has only vouched for the eclipse glasses produced by the following five companies: • American Paper Optics • Rainbow Symphony • TSE 17 • Thousand Oaks Optical • Baader Planetarium Furthermore, you should make sure your glasses meet the following criteria given by NASA • Designated ISO 12312-2 international standard • Manufacturer’s name and address printed somewhere on the product • Do not use glasses that are older than three years or that have scratched or wrinkled lenses There are some low-cost alternatives for viewing the eclipse that may be especially appealing to parents who want to do a science project with their children. One such alternative is the pin-hole viewer. This method simply requires a piece of paper, a pen, and a relatively smooth area of ground. The sun’s light will project through the hole in the paper as the moon passes across.

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• If a your smartphone is your camera of choice, or if you do not have a solar lens filter, you should consider photographing the crescent shaped patches of light that will appear on the ground under the shade of a tree.

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MILTON, Ga. — Milton councilmember Bill Lusk has announced his candidacy for District 2, Post 1 on the Milton City Council, stating “he would be honored to serve the citizens of Milton for one final term on the Milton City Council.”

As a member of City Council since incorporation in 2006, Lusk has helped Milton evolve and become recognized as one of the region’s most desirable and safest commuLUSK nities.

“Often Milton has been acclaimed as the city having the ‘highest quality of life in the Southeast’, and I am so proud to be a resident of this great city” he said. “I’m also humbled by the fact that I have been elected as a city council leader, knowing that my efforts have contributed in part to our success.”

During Lusk’s service on City Council, he led the effort to connect Milton’s trail system to the Big Creek Greenway, leveraging its 30 miles of trails.

“I am committed to the preservation of our green space and trails and am passionate about wisely utilizing our $25

million Green Space bond funds,” Lusk said. “The next four years will be even more critical than the past as interest in the development of remaining green space becomes an even bigger challenge to balance with our city’s needs for preserving the pastoral and wooded land that uniquely brand our city.”

As a registered Civil Engineer (P.E.), Lusk brings decades of experience in the Public Works and construction sectors, which he offers to city staff and the City Council.

Lusk will aim to mitigate traffic issues in his last term, he said.

Lusk also recognizes the importance of the city’s local heritage and said he will look to revive the Milton Historic Preservation Commission.

He also said he will continue to fight and preserve the city’s equestrian nature.

A Vietnam veteran, Lusk voluntarily spearheads the Memorial Day markers placed around the city and developed the city’s Memorial Day ceremony.

Lusk is also the current president and founding member of the Friends of the Milton Library, a chairman of the Milton Historic Marker Task Force and a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus.

Chairman calls for criminal investigation of R. Kelly Singer allegedly holding women in a cult

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R. Kelly. The call comes in the face of “new evidence” that the recording artist has been sexually exploiting and holding young women against their will in his Johns Creek home.

Eaves, who is running for mayor of Atlanta, said that the Johns Creek Police Department had given “key information” about the allegations, and he is urging the district attorney to thor-

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oughly investigate.

“I believe the citizens of Fulton County deserve this investigation,” Eaves said. “Questions should be answered and no stones should be left unturned.”

The parents of one of the women allegedly living with Kelly held a press conference earlier in July saying that their daughter was being held against her will. The 21-year-old daughter has publicly denied the accusations and said she was fine.

Kelly currently has a concert scheduled Aug. 25 at Wolf Creek Amphitheater in Atlanta. Eaves said he was contact by several constituents to request the concert’s cancellation and that last week, 36,000 people signed an online petition to cancel the concert.

“I am asking District Attorney Paul Howard and his investigative officers and prosecutors to fully review the report of the Johns Creek Police and follow every lead — no matter where it leads, or who it implicates, and bring those persons to swift justice,” Eaves said in a statement before the press conference. “No one should be above the law, because of their income or their zip code. And we will not allow our young girls and young women to be preyed upon by predators or anyone who aims to brainwash and strip them of their human dignity and their right to be free.”

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners has unanimously voted to send a letter to Live Nation to cancel the Wolf Creek performance. Eaves noted that Fulton County does not have the legal right to cancel the concert.

As of press time, the concert is still on.

SCHOOLS

Delayed tax bills push Fulton Schools System takes out short-term loan to cover budget

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Delays in property tax payments could cost the Fulton School System $185,000 while it awaits local tax receipts to begin flowing into the system’s coffers.

This year Fulton County homeowners have an extra 60 days to pay their tax bills after controversy erupted over increased property assessments. That delay means money directed to Fulton Schools – about half of the average residential tax bill – may not arrive till December.

This week the Fulton School Board is set to approve a $75 million tax anticipation note to cover the gap in revenues and expenditures. Without the note, school officials said the system could face a cash crunch toward the end of the year.

Nearly 65 percent of the school system’s budget comes from local property taxes, leaving few options to cover shortfalls.

“Every month our payroll alone is $66 million,” noted Robert Morales, chief financial officer for Fulton Schools. “When tax [receipts] are delayed our cash balances are going to reach their lowest levels in November.”

Fulton Schools can borrow up to $75 million, and will pay 1 percent in interest, plus other fees and expenses, for a potential price tag of up to $185,000 on top of the loan.

The note is short term, and must be paid back by Dec. 31 or the school system could jeopardize its AAA credit rating – an unlikely situation, Morales said.

Until November, Morales said strong reserve funds held by Fulton Schools should mitigate the financial situation and pay all bills till the loan kicks in. He hopes the system will need to borrow no more than $50 million of the approved $75 million to weather the storm.

The delay in tax payments stems from the decision by the Fulton Board of Commissioners to rescind the original 2017 residential property assessments sent out this past spring.

The move came in response to an eruption by thousands of homeowners who saw the values of their homes inexplicably skyrocket over the previous year.

In June Fulton officials voted to freeze residential assessments at 2016

Every month our payroll alone is $66 million. When tax [receipts] are delayed our cash balances are going to reach their lowest levels in November.”

ROBERT MORALES Chief financial officer for Fulton Schools levels. Homeowners were issued new assessments in early August, and tax bills will be sent out next month.

“The normal time frame for tax bills [to be sent out] is late July or early August, with taxes due 60 days later in October,” Morales explained. “This process is going to be delayed by two months at least.”

The situation places Fulton Schools in a quandary. The $1 billion budget for the FY18 general fund, which covers school operations, went into effect July 1 and includes a $48 million increase over FY17.

The jump in expenditures was to be covered by an expected 6 percent increase in local tax revenues.

Morales said he will not know till the end of August when the tax digest comes out if revenues will balance expenditures. The freeze on tax assessments does not apply to commercial properties, which Morales said appears to have seen growth from last year.

The most significant decision facing Fulton Schools is the adoption of the millage rate.

The FY18 budget assumes the millage rate will be the same as last year. But if revenue drops with the revised assessments, the system could face cutbacks or a potential increase in millage.

Once the tax digest is approved, Fulton Schools will hold public hearings on the millage rate if needed, and expects to have the rate set by mid-September.

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Fulton Schools plans eclipse schedule Schools encouraged to provide opportunities for viewing

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Fulton County students will participate in the nation’s biggest science spectacle when the solar eclipse on Aug. 21 makes its way across Georgia.

Last month Fulton School leaders joined the growing list of local systems to adjust dismissal schedules to accommodate both student safety as well as the desire to give students a front seat at the once-a-century event.

The skies will begin to darken after noon, but the time of greatest darkness, 2:35 p.m., is smack in the middle of elementary dismissal. Fulton Schools will delay dismissal for all grades – K-12 - and allow school leaders to determine how it will participate in the eclipse event.

“We are very excited about this once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said Susan Hale, spokesperson for Fulton Schools. “Instructionally, there are

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A solar eclipse will take place on Aug. 21 with the time of greatest darkness occurring at 2:35 p.m. some very exciting opportunities that we can utilize as a school community and we are looking forward to sharing them with our students.”

As a charter system, Hale said individual schools have flexibility on how they will conduct eclipse activities, but there are standards in place for safety and accountability.

If students are outside, the event is considered a field trip so the proper adultstudent ratios must be in place, and all

participants must use safety equipment.

If parents wish to keep their children home that day, or check them out early, the absence will be excused, she added. Each school should have their eclipse plans on their website for reference, and information will be emailed/ sent home with students as well.

For the first time in 99 years, a solar eclipse will chart a path across the entire United States giving every inhabitant a view of the event. While most

... Instructionally, there are some very exciting opportunities that we can utilize as a school community and we are looking forward to sharing them with our students.”

SUSAN HALE Spokesperson for Fulton Schools parts of the country will see a partial eclipse, those in a 60-mile wide “path of totality” stretching from Oregon to Georgia will see a full eclipse.

Fulton County is expected to see about a 98 percent eclipse; head to Lake Hartwell or southern Tennessee for the full show. Full darkness will last about three minutes.

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Where’s the party?

Is an eclipse event happening near you? If you live along the moon shadow’s path, it’s quite probable. Check out this newspaper’s calendar for info, and go to eclipse2017.nasa.gov/ event-locations.

August 21, 2017

Many safe ways to view the eclipse

By Peter Becker More Content Now On Aug. 21, the sun will be partially eclipsed by the moon all over the nation; along a narrow track from coast to coast, will the sun be totally eclipsed. For most of America, if you use special precautions to safely look, the sun will appear shaped like a crescent, as the invisible moon slowly passes part way in front.

The sun is much too bright to look at directly without special precaution.

Looking at the sun with unfiltered binoculars or a telescope would blind a person. Fortunately, using solar filters or indirect means to see a projected image on a screen, you can examine our star safely on any sunny day.

Without a telescope, you can use special solar filters that are mounted in eyeglass frames. Several companies are selling these in anticipation of the August eclipse. They are typically inexpensive. You can search online and shop around for “eclipse glasses” or “eclipse shades.”

On any sunny day you can see the sun safely in a variety of other ways: • With a pin hole in a closed window shade, the sun will cast a small, dim image inside the darkened room, which you can catch on a white cardboard screen. This is an excellent way to see the crescent shape of the partially eclipsed sun on eclipse day.

• Similarly, you can make a shoe box viewer with a pinhole on one end and a white screen on the other; the

image will be very small.

• Another variation is to cap a long cardboard tube that held wrapping paper. Put a pinhole in the center of the cap. Rest the tube on your shoulder with the cap facing the sun and your back to the sun. Hold a white cardboard sheet in front of the open end of the tube, to see the solar image.

• Any tiny hole will do. Try this the next sunny day: Make a nearly clenched fist, leaving only a very narrow space; sunlight can be cast right on the palm of your other hand. Also look under a leafy tree. This is most amazing during a partial eclipse. The hundreds of tiny holes left between overlapping leaves will project hundreds of crescent suns on the ground.

Hint: Lay a white sheet on the shaded grass for the best view.

• With a small round mirror, or a larger one mostly covered up with paper leaving a small, round hole, you can reflect a sharp image of the sun on a white screen set up (or a white wall) in a shadowed area.

• Using a telescope or binoculars, you can safely project a magnified image of the sun onto a white screen.

See For Yourself...

Never use the small “finder scope” to look through, to line it up with the sun. Instead, adjust your telescope by watching the shadow of the tube; once it becomes round, you have targeted the sun. Hold white cardboard several inches away from the eyepiece. You may need to slowly adjust the tube but the sun’s image will come onto the screen; focus and look for any dark sunspots, or during the eclipse, watch how the crescent progresses while the invisible Moon passes in front. NOTE: Be careful if children are around.

Cover up or remove the finder scope, and do not let ANYONE look through the telescope unless there is a safe solar filter properly attached.

• Use a Sunspotter. This marvelous device was invented and patented by my late friend Daniel R. Janosik Sr. in the late 1970s. He made over 1,000 of these in his home near Hawley, Pennsylvania, and sold them to schools and individuals across the country.

His first version was cube-shaped. The second and most successful version was shaped like a triangle and open to see inside. It uses lenses and mirrors to conveniently project a sharp, magnified image of the sun onto a white screen inside the device. It’s handy for group observing. After he died in 1995, a science education company bought the rights to improve the design, make and sell them.

For more information on seeing the sun safely, visit eclipse2017.nasa.gov/ safety.

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10 things to know about the total solar eclipse

By MORE CONTENT NOW Something rare and awesome is about to happen in the U.S. On Aug. 21 there will be a total solar eclipse, and if you live in the path of totality, you will have the opportunity to have your day turned to night as the moon will totally block out the sun. Here are 10 things you should know about the event.

1. The total solar eclipse will take place around 10:16 a.m. PDT in Oregon, 11:46 a.m. CDT in Missouri and 1 p.m. EDT in South Carolina.

2. Along the “path of totality” — where the eclipse will be seen the best — the total solar eclipse will last for about 2 1/2 minutes or less.

3. The path of totality will darken the skies from Oregon to South Carolina.

4. The total solar eclipse will cast a 70-mile wide shadow.

5. Those outside the path of totality will witness a partial solar eclipse — rest assured, it will still be cool.

6. The last total solar eclipse viewed from the contiguous U.S. was Feb. 26, 1979.

7. The total solar eclipse of June 8, 1918, crossed a similar path, traveling from Washington to Florida.

8. Total solar eclipses occur approximately once every 18 months, but it depends where on Earth you are if you have a chance to see them.

9. The next annular solar eclipse that can be seen in the U.S. will be Oct. 14, 2023, and will be visible from Northern California to Florida.

10. The next total solar eclipse will be visible from Texas to Maine on April 8, 2024.

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Construction well underway behind blue veil in Alpharetta Alpharetta City Center begins to take shape

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By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – If you’re wondering what’s going on behind that blue curtain around much of downtown Alpharetta, just listen.

Heavy machinery, hammers and trucks ring out the rumble of construction on an $85 million project city leaders say will transform the area into a business and entertainment hub.

At the site where local officials ate cake for a groundbreaking three months ago, scaffoldings, footings and subfloors now carry the landscape.

Cranes swivel with heavy beams dangling toward a framework that will soon house a women’s boutique.

Workers trod on dirt paths and uneven terrain to grab a tool or a spec sheet to lug back to another skeletal building at another corner of the site.

“We’re in merchandizing and air traffic control mode right now,” said Cheri Morris, president of Morris & Fellows, which is heading the retail portion of the project. “We are very close to 100

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Cheri Morris, president of Morris & Fellows, stands perched above the early stages of work on Phase II of Alpharetta’s City Center. percent leased for the shops.”

Morris & Fellows makes up onethird of MMS Alpharetta, a consortium developing the property for what will be City Center, a 26-acre tract in Downtown Alpharetta that will include shops, green space, restaurants, office space and residences.

All will be anchored on the east end by the new City Hall and Fulton County Library, which were completed more than two years ago.

It will encompass five city blocks.

Before the first spade of dirt was turned, Morris said she researched the history of the downtown to match as

much of the old architecture as possible. Every building, every shop will be constructed to match late 19th and early 20th Century architecture, she said.

The Highland Bakery will occupy a building on the corner of Main and Academy streets that replicates the 1847 Milton Courthouse. Another building is fashioned after the old Cotton Exchange, where goods were bought and sold on the first floor and commodities were stored on the second floor.

Farther south along Main Street, the 1915 Jones House is being restored for conversion into a restaurant.

Next door, Hard Baily’s early 20th Century blacksmith shop is being rec-

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Government Go-Getter: Rich Austin, Chief of Police

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — Police Chief Rich Austin is still new to Milton, having joined the city in January, but already he has grown to love his new hometown.

“Milton has an exceptional livability that was made apparent as soon as we visited,” Austin said. “I was actively seeking a position as chief, a place for my family to grow roots and be a part of the community.” And Milton fit that bill, he said.

“I am still humbled for the opportunity to serve as chief, and we love the city and are glad to call it home.”

Austin came to the city after a 25-year stint in North Carolina law enforcement. With the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department, Austin served as captain and worked in several areas including patrol, traffic, administration and internal affairs.

In his role as chief, Austin said his work entails the budgeting, administration and strategic planning for the department.

“Internally, providing leadership to our officers is very important to me,”

Austin said. “We have exceptional officers in Milton. I really enjoy providing them the tools necessary to continue to develop professionally. I am truly humbled to serve as their chief.”

What he loves the most is interacting with the community, developing positive relationships with residents and further learning how to deliver exceptional police services to the city, he said.

“Representing the city means being engaged with the citizens. It also means being accessible and responsive to the community’s needs. I have a high expectation that our officers provide superior service to our citizens and I believe that starts with the chief,” Austin said.

Austin’s long career in law enforcement almost never happened.

After earning a music degree from Appalachian State University, Austin, a trombone player since the 5th grade, was in search of a career in music. But in order to pay off his student debt, he joined the police department in a Charlotte suburb.

“It was not my plan for a long-term career,” he said. “But once I did get into [law enforcement], I fell in love with it

immediately.”

“The opportunity to be out and help people presents a unique opportunity. It’s very different each day and it enables you to be creative in problem solving and helping citizens,” Austin said.

In addition to his proficiency in music and law enforcement, Austin is also what his wife calls a “perpetual student.”

Austin holds master’s degrees in music, public administration, Christian education, criminal justice and is currently working toward a doctorate in public administration.

What draws him to continually further his education is his penchant to always look for the best way to accomplish something and to stay abreast of the best practices to implement in his role as chief, he said.

Though he is often kept busy by his studies and career, Austin still finds time to play music and says his family, which includes his wife, Ashley, and 7-year-old daughter, Claire, are active in church.

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Alpharetta’s Downtown Master Plan, adopted in 2015, allows a maxiBy PATRICK FOX mum of eight units per acre on the site. pat@appenmediagroup.com Taylor Morrison’s revised plan calls for five units per acre.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A proposed housStill, Cook said, that doesn’t mean ing project in downtown Alpharetta’s the city is willing to sign off on any last remaining large residential site development on the site just based on hit another roadblock Aug. 3 when a density. revised building plan was tabled for “When we say ‘maximum of’ we still another month. have to look at surrounding properties After more than an hour of discusto see what that density is. If it’s sursion, Alpharetta Planning Commission rounded by small subdivisions, then we members voted unanimously to table a should look at that and make recomrevised site plan by homebuilder Taylor mendations like we have on this one,” Morrison that proposes 59 single-famshe said. ily detached homes near the historic In the wake of recent residential deLewis-Manning House on Cumming velopment near City Center, Cook said Street, 10 fewer housing units than space for such projects in the Downwere originally proposed. town District has become limited.

This is the latest “This is the largin a series of reviest piece that’s left sions for Taylor Morwithin the Downrison which plans to town Overlay. We develop the 12-acre have some smaller site between Ga. 9 properties, but this and Manning Drive. is by far the largest,” Last month, she said. the developer had Planning Comproposed a site plan mission Chairman with 40 townhomes Francis Kung’u said and 29 single-family there has been rapid detached dwellings development in the on the property. The Downtown District Planning Commisover the past three sion recommended years, and the plan denial of that plan. for this particular This time around, property “just looks commission memlike it doesn’t fit that bers said they were density because of disturbed by lastthe houses surKATHI COOK minute answers the rounding it.”

Alpharetta Planning Director developer submitNearby residents ted to the city’s list also appeared before of conditions on the board, voicing the new proposal. They said such a concern about the proposed developcomplex site plan required more than ment. a cursory perusal during a Planning Buddy Stovall, who lives on ManCommission meeting. ning Drive, said he salutes Taylor MorCity Planning Director Kathi Cook rison for addressing most of the issues told the board city her staff is conhe and his neighbors have raised. At cerned that lot sizes adjacent to existthe same time, he said, he thinks the ing homes and along Cumming Street property is too small for 59 homes. and Manning Drive do not comply with “It seems to me they’re building very the recommended minimum 80-foot lot small houses on very small lots,” he width and minimum 6,000 square feet said. “I think it would be setting a very lot size. bad precedent for Alpharetta.”

Cook also pointed out that the Both plans Taylor Morrison has arrangement of houses lining Cumming submitted call for preserving and reStreet are too close to the roadway. storing the Lewis-Manning home and She said the developer’s earlier marketing the building for office use.

This is the largest piece that’s left within the Downtown Overlay. We have some smaller properties, but this is by far the largest.”

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NORTH FULTON/FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Introducing new head coaches in North Fulton and Forsyth County is not a rarity. In fact, at least one head coach has made their debut for a team in the area since 2002 when there were 10 fewer schools. But this year’s arrival of seven new head coaches is unprecedented, mirroring the changes all around the state which will see 97 new head coaches this year.

Five North Fulton public schools have new leaders at the helm this season, as well as West Forsyth and Pinecrest Academy in Forsyth.

Two of those coaches have come from within the North Fulton/Forsyth County area – Matt Kemper and Adam Clack.

After two seasons at Johns Creek, where he led the Gladiators to their first region title in 2016, Matt Kemper will make his debut at Roswell. Kemper is the first Roswell head coach to be hired outside the program since the 1950s.

Kemper will lead what is almost an entirely new coaching staff for the Hornets with 10 of 12 coaches entering their first season with Roswell.

The Hornet’s rivals, Milton, will also be under new direction on the sidelines when Adam Clack enters his first season for the Eagles.

Clack led West Forsyth, Milton’s Region 5-AAAAAAA opponent, for three seasons. West made two playoff appearances and went 20-12 under Clack.

When Roswell and Milton face off Sept. 29, it will be the first time two first-year head coaches made their debuts in the rivalry since 1970.

Three other first-year head coaches in North Fulton will make their debuts this season, two with head coaching experience in Florida.

Matt Helmerich takes over defending Region 7-AAAAAA champions Johns Creek after spending one season as head coach of Florida’s Fort Pierce Central. Helmerich was the defensive coordinator at Florida powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas from 2010-16.

Also a former head coach in Florida, Northview’s James Thomson became the state’s youngest head coach in 2010. He spent the 2016 season with UCLA as an offensive analysist and running backs coach.

Centennial has called on Michael Perry to replace Lenny Gregory, who left

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Joining Perry in their inaugural season as a head coach is Terence Mathis of Pinecrest Academy and Shawn Cahill of West Forsyth.

Mathis replaces Todd Winter, now at Holy Innocents’, who amassed a 35-19 record and three playoff appearances in five seasons with the Paladins.

Mathis spent 13 seasons in the NFL, including eight with the Atlanta Falcons, as a receiver. He brings his knowledge of NFL experience to the Paladins, as well as assistant coaching experience with Savannah State University.

West Forsyth’s Cahill will make his head coaching debut when the Wolverines play Woodstock Aug. 18. He has 15 years of coaching experience, most recently spending three years as the offensive coordinator at Lanier.

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Cambridge program built upon unity, grit Bears family attitude has bred success

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — Sixth-year Cambridge head coach Craig Bennett talks about his team as one often speaks of beloved family members. He uses terms like “joy” and “pleasure” to describe his time with players. He speaks of their fortitude and perseverance like a proud parent and never fails to mention the most important aspect of his job is not winning games, but building relationships.

And he’s seen that as the reason for Cambridge’s success on the field.

“Over the years as our program developed, the kids responded well to all they went through,” he said. “Our kids have a lot of grit, and in the daily grind of a high school season in Georgia, seeing how these kids respond and the relationships you build, that’s the joy in coaching.”

For Bennett’s seniors and juniors, the grit Bennett speaks of came through the adversity of going 7-3 two straight years and still being locked out the playoffs due to playing in a Class 5A sub-region.

“Going 7-3 and not making the playoffs was a hard thing to swallow,” Bennett said.

Senior kicker Victor Valentine returns to the Bears after scoring 54 points last season.

Our kids have a lot of grit, and in the daily grind of a high school season in Georgia, seeing how these kids respond and the relationships you build, that’s the joy in coaching.”

CRAIG BENNETT Cambridge head coach But after a move to Class 6A last season, the Bears finally overcame the playoff hump, earning their first trip to the postseason.

And Bennett said now that Cambridge has made that step, they refuse to move backward.

Besides grit and a family-atmosphere, the cornerstones of the Cambridge program has been physical play, and this year will be no different.

“We are typically undersized, but we play tough,” Bennett said.

The offense will continue to establish the run this season and will do so with a new running back and two new starting lineman.

Standout running back Kaelin Byrd, who rushed for over 1,400 yards last season and 23 touchdowns, has graduated. In to fill that role will be senior Matthew McCree. “[McCree] has done a really great job this summer and credits Byrd with mentoring him last year on what it means to be the go-to guy,” Bennett said.

McCree racked up 311 yards rushing on just 32 carries last season.

Cambridge will also look to a new starter at quarterback in Hogan Dykes.

Though Dykes is inexperienced, Bennett said he has done a phenomenal job of taking over the starting role this summer.

“We’re excited about him,” he said.

“He is a smart kid who studies the game, is big at 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds and has an accurate arm with the ability to run. He brings a lot of tools to our backfield.”

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Matt McCree will take over rushing duties for Cambridge’s offense this season.

He averaged 9.7 yards per carry on 32 rushes in 2016. time, and each has a unique skill set, Bennett said.

The offensive line returns three of five from last year, including four-year starter Kasra Bojnordi.

Seven returners, including three at linebacker and all of Cambridge’s secondary, will line up more seasoned.

The Bears started five freshman in their playoff game against Mays last season.

In returning multiple starters on both sides of the ball, Bennett said experience should pay dividends for the Bears this season.

“The kids knowing what we’re doing and the experience they have brings confidence,” he said.

Bennett’s team is also more sea-

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“You have to be prepared week-in and week-out,” he said. “To be competitive, we have to be the best we can be.

And we don’t talk about where we want to be at the end of the season or how many games we want to win. We talk about getting better each day.”

And though they face a daunting task in their region schedule, Bennett knows his “family” should have success.

“We’ve been competitive with those teams even when the talent-pool is stacked against us,” he said. “If they work hard they’ll have a chance. And it’s special to coach kids like that.”

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Milton hungry for success under new leadership Adam Clack begins new era for the Eagles

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton enters its 68th year of football in 2017, making it one of the longest running programs in North Georgia. But history doesn’t always equal success.

In its nearly seven decades of football, Milton has endured long stretches mired in mediocrity, including a 37game losing streak in the mid-1980s and just three winning seasons from 1997-2010.

Things looked brighter in the first few seasons under Howie DeCristofaro, when the Eagles put together three straight winning seasons, won the program’s second region title and earned a quarterfinals appearance in the state playoffs in 2014. But that success didn’t carry over, and the Eagles went 9-11 the past two seasons.

With so many yesteryears ended in frustration, the Eagles are perhaps hungrier than ever for a region title and a deep playoff run. And they think they’ve found the right man for the job of leading the Eagles to greatness – Adam Clack.

Clack takes over the Eagles program after a successful stint with Milton’s region rivals West Forsyth, where he went 20-12 in three seasons.

With a sophomore quarterback, and youth throughout its ranks, the Eagles went 5-6 last season but return much of the same talent, now with an added year of experience.

Under Clack, the offense will run a spread-style scheme, but the new coach said the focus is on maximizing the potential of the personnel.

Leading the charge will be dual-threat quarterback Jordan Yates, who threw for 917 yards and rushed for 433 yards with 14 total touchdowns. “[Yates] has very special leadership qualities and a tremendous work ethic,” Clack said. “He knows our offense well and I feel like he can have a big season.”

Also in the backfield will be running backs Solomon Vanhorse and DJ Albright, Clack calling the duo “a great one-two punch.”

Creating gaps for those backs will be an experienced offensive line, which returns four starters.

“You can’t overstate the value on in-game experience, and those guys are tested,” Clack said. “They’re going to be

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Solomon Vanhorse will lead the rushing attack for Milton this season. Vanhorse rushed for 497 yards with two touchdowns while sharing rushing duties. the centerpiece of our offense, and how they go, we go.”

Standout receiver Dash Hairston will likely again be Yates’ go-to target.

Hairston led the team in receiving yards and touchdowns in 2016. He will be joined by Kevin Murphy, Holdon Shaw and Dylan Leonard, all of whom are playing well, Clack said.

Milton’s defense will run a 3-5 this season, and like the offense, Clack said the lineman will lead the charge.

“We have a lot of senior leadership on the defensive line, and we are really going to lean on them to create pressure,” Clack said. Justin Blanks, London Best and Juan Uribe, all seniors, will make up the first line of defense for the Eagles.

Linebackers George Coyle and Price Towns with corners Lucas Moore and DJ Albright return with experience.

A far more seasoned team than the youthful 2016 roster, Clack is confident this year could propel the Eagles out of their .500 ways.

“The art of building a team is setting those goals and aspirations and to have the belief you can have that long run do something that’s unprecedented,” Clack said. “But what we must do is dial that back and focus on getting better each day.”

“Nothing is more important than lining up against Alpharetta in that first game, and then you move on. While we definitely have the belief this could be the team to do special things, we also

We believe if we can keep those priorities in line, there shouldn’t be a team that we line up against that we don’t believe we can beat.”

ADAM CLACK Milton head coach have the humility and perspective to know that nothing is more important than the next game,” Clack said.

If the Eagles can stay focused, Clack said, he knows they can win.

“We believe if we can keep those priorities in line, there shouldn’t be a team that we line up against that we don’t believe we can beat.”

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9/22 @ Kennesaw Mountain 10/6 North Forsyth* 10/13 @West Forsyth* 10/20 Milton* 10/27 @South Forsyth* 11/3 Lambert*

9/29 Milton 10/06 @Lassiter* 10/13 Walton* 10/20 Etowah* 10/27 @Woodstock* 11/3 @Cherokee*

8/18 Roswell (Corky Kell) 8/25 Pinecrest Academy 9/1 Centennial 9/8 @South Gwinnett 9/22 Lassiter 10/6 Lambert* 10/13 @Milton* 10/20 @North Forsyth* 10/27 Forsyth Central* 11/3 @West Forsyth

8/25 Johns Creek

9/1 Loganville

9/15 @Pickens

9/22 Woodstock

10/6 @Forsyth Central*

10/13 @Lambert*

10/20 South Forsyth*

10/27 West Forsyth*

11/3 @Milton*

11/3 South Forsyth

10/27 @North Forsyth*

10/20 @Lambert*

10/13 Forsyth Central*

10/6 @Milton*

9/22 @Newnan

9/15 Dacula

9/8 @Hillgrove

8/25 @Pace Academy

8/18 Woodstock

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

9/15 Duluth

9/22 Archer

WEST FORSYTH

9/08 @Meadowcreek

9/08 @Colquitt County

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

9/01 @River Ridge

9/01 @Central Gwinnett

SOUTH FORSYTH

8/25 Dawson Co.

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

FORSYTH CENTRAL

8/18 South Forsyth (Corky Kell)

(Reg. 4-AAAAAAA)

ROSWELL

8/18 @Sequoyah

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

NORTH FORSYTH

LOCAL TEAMS BY REGION • Reg. 4-AAAAAAA: Roswell • Reg. 7-AAAAAA: Alpharetta, Cambridge, Centennial, Chattahoochee, Johns Creek and Northview • Reg. 5-AAAAAAA: Forsyth Central, Lambert, Milton, North Forsyth, South Forsyth and West Forsyth • Reg. 7-AAAA: Blessed Trinity • Reg. 6-A Subregion B: Fellowship Christian, King’s Ridge, Mt. Pisgah, Pinecrest and St. Francis

*on schedules denotes region game

2017 team schedules

9/29 @Roswell 10/6 West Forsyth* 10/13 South Forsyth* 10/20 @Forsyth Central* 10/27 @Lambert* 11/3 North Forsyth*

9/22 @Wheeler 10/6 @South Forsyth 10/13 North Forsyth 10/20 West Forsyth 10/27 Milton 11/3 @Forsyth Central

11/3 @Chattahoochee*

10/27 Dunwoody*

10/20 @Cambridge*

10/13 Johns Creek*

10/6 @Pope*

9/29 North Atlanta*

9/15 Northview*

9/8 @Centennial*

8/25 Gainesville

8/18 @Milton

11/3 @North Atlanta*

10/20 Alpharetta*

10/13 @Northview*

10/6 Dunwoody*

9/29 @Johns Creek*

9/22 Centennial*

9/15 Pope*

9/8 @Chattahoochee*

9/1 Milton

8/25 @Creekview

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

9/15 Etowah

9/15 Lanier

CAMBRIDGE

9/1 @Cambridge

9/8 @Cherokee

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

8/25 North Gwinnett

9/1 @Collins Hill

ALPHARETTA

8/18 Alpharetta

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

MILTON

8/25 Mountain View

(Reg. 5-AAAAAAA)

LAMBERT

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9/8 Alpharetta* 9/15 @Johns Creek* 9/22 @Cambridge* 9/29 Chattahoochee* 10/6 @Northview* 10/13 North Atlanta* 10/20 Dunwoody* 10/27 @Pope*

9/8 Cambridge*

9/15 @North Atlanta*

9/22 Dunwoody*

9/29 @Centennial*

10/6 @Johns Creek*

10/20 Pope*

10/27 @Northview*

11/3 Alpharetta*

8/18 Glascock Co. 9/1 @Strong Rock Christian 9/8 @Whitefield Academy* 9/15 Mt. Paran Christian* 9/29 @Mt. Pisgah Christian* 10/6 Pinecrest Academy* 10/13 St. Francis* 10/20 @Walker* 10/27 @Fellowship Christian 11/3 TBD (Reg. 6-A Play-In)

8/25 Mt. Paran Christian

9/8 @Our Lady of Mercy

9/15 @St. Francis*

9/29 Walker*

10/6 @Whitefield Academy*

10/13 @Pinecrest Academy*

10/20 Mt. Pisgah Christian*

10/27 King’s Ridge Christian*

11/3 TBD (Reg. 6-A Play-In)

(Reg. 6-A Subregion B)

8/18 @Atkinson Co.

(Reg. 6-A Subregion B)

KING’S RIDGE

9/1 @South Forsyth

8/25 @Rockdale Co.

FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN

8/25 Wheeler

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

CENTENNIAL

8/18 Pickens

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

CHATTAHOOCHEE

11/3 TBD (Reg. 6-A Play-In)

10/27 @Mt. Paran Christian*

10/20 @Fellowship Christian*

10/6 @St. Francis*

9/29 King’s Ridge Christian*

9/22 @Pinecrest Academy*

9/8 Walker*

9/1 Whitefield Academy*

11/3 TBD (Reg. 6-A Play-In)

10/27 St. Francis*

10/20 @Whitefield Academy*

10/13 Fellowship Christian*

10/6 @King’s Ridge Christian*

9/29 @Mt. Paran Christian*

9/22 Mt. Pisgah Christian*

9/15 Walker*

9/1 @Discovery

8/25 @South Forsyth

(Reg. 6-A Subregion B)

Pinecrest Academy

11/3 @Pope*

10/27 Chattahoochee*

10/20 @North Atlanta*

10/13 Cambridge*

10/6 Centennial*

9/29 @Dunwoody*

9/22 Johns Creek*

9/15 @Alpharetta*

9/1 @Winder-Barrow

8/18 Lanier

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

NORTHVIEW

11/3 TBD (Reg. 6-A Play-In)

10/27 @Pincerest Academy*

10/20 Mt. Paran Christian*

10/13 @King’s Ridge Christian*

10/6 Mt. Pisgah Christian*

9/29 Whitefield Academy*

9/22 @Walker*

9/15 Fellowship Christian*

9/1 @North Cobb Christian

8/25 @Holy Innocents’

(Reg. 6-A Subregion B)

St. Francis

11/3 @West Hall*

10/20 Marist*

10/13 @Chestatee*

10/6 White Co.*

9/22 McCallie (TN)

9/15 @Hart Co.

9/8 Creekview

9/1 @Marietta

8/25 St. Pius X

8/18 @Westminster

(Reg. 7-AAAA)

BLESSED TRINITY

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8/25 @Rabun Co.

8/18 Holy Innocents’

(Reg. 6-A Subregion B)

Mt. Pisgah Christian

11/3 @Dunwoody

10/27 North Atlanta*

10/13 @Alpharetta*

10/6 Chattahoochee*

9/29 Cambridge*

9/22 @Northview*

9/15 Centennial*

9/8 @Pope*

8/25 @North Forsyth

8/18 Lassiter

(Reg. 7-AAAAAA)

JOHNS CREEK

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Alpharetta has talent, experience in 2017 squad Raiders seek to recapture region title

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta head coach Jacob Nichols says the goal for his 2017 team is to get the Raiders back to wearing the crown of region champions. He also understands how difficult that may be in Region 7-AAAAAA, where his team placed third last year after losing to two region opponents by a single score.

In fact, all four of the Raiders’ losses in 2016 came by a single score. So Nichols is well-aware that getting his team back to region champion status will require focus on finishing games.

“In all of those situations we had the opportunity to win the game,” Nichols said. “Whether it was a matter of experience, youth or lack of execution, unfortunately the ball never really fell on our side in those situations.”

Those demoralizing losses will be used as motivation this year.

“We know how close we were a year ago and how much further we can go just by fixing those little things and making sure we don’t leave anything out there on the field,” Nichols said.

Much of the same core of last year’s squad will take that experience and motivation to move forward in 2017, with Alpharetta returning 16 starters and boasting a 28-man senior class.

“Look across our depth chart and it’s two-deep with seniors,” Nichols said. “It always helps to have that many players come back with experience and we are definitely blessed with numbers.”

Leading the Raiders’ spread offense will be three-year starters in quarterback Matthew Downing and running back Nolan Edmonds, the keys to Alpharetta’s offensive success, Nichols said.

Downing threw for over 2,200 yards with 24 touchdowns last year, while Edmonds led the Raiders in rushing yards while sharing duties.

“I think we are definitely clicking on all cylinders,” Downing said. “We’ve added a new dynamic to our offense and hopefully we can put our defense in better situations [than last year].”

The offensive line returns three starters, and Nichols said a core of seven-players should see time in the trenches this year.

The Raiders lost their most sizeable receiver in Carlos Carriere, but Nichols

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Senior quarterback Matthew Downing will lead and experienced Raiders team which returns 16 starters from last year.

said while this year’s receiving core will won’t have size advantages, they will have speed.

“We don’t have those big, red-zone bodies, but we have six to eight guys who can take a 2-yard catch and turn it into a big play with their speed,” Nichols said.

Defensively, the Raiders’ return all of the 2016 secondary and five of their front seven, in what Nichols said will be one of the top defenses in the state in their class.

Included in that mix is three-year starter Reid Schultz at linebacker, who was second on the team in tackles last season, and defensive lineman Nick Markus who had 14.5 sacks and 57 total tackles.

Joining Markus on the defensive line is Jack Stanton, who missed nine games last season with a broken arm, but made 5.5 sacks in just two games.

“I feel we don’t really have any holes on defense,” Schultz said. “We feel prepared and strong.”

And preparation will be key for the Raiders seeking a third region title in five years.

“We have a very tough schedule and a very tough region,” Nichols said. “We are a few years removed from our last region championship, and that’s what we want to fight to get back to.”

“We have high expectations and those expectations are to compete for championships.”

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Standout wide receiver Blane Mason returns for his senior season in 2017.

Mason compiled 836 yards receiving with four touchdowns last year.

Perry looks to put Knights ‘on the map’ First-year head coach sets sights high

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Centennial head coach Michael Perry won’t be happy with a mediocre “transition” year as he takes over the Knights in his first season as a head coach. He wants a region championship and to put Centennial “on the map.”

Perry certainly has a history of putting programs and players in the spotlight.

An offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach with Gainesville from 2011-15, Perry led Gainesville to its only state championship in 2012 and coached perhaps the biggest name in college football in 2016 –Clemson’s Deshaun Watson.

In his sole season at Coffee last year, Perry’s offense led the team to a quarterfinals appearance in the state playoffs, just the third in the progr-

am’s 48 seasons.

With a history of getting teams and players recognition statewide, Perry said to put the Knights on the map, the region title must be the focus.

In Centennial’s 20-year program history, the Knights have never won an outright region championship.

They shared a title with Cherokee in 2002, the school’s winningest season.

And though he is new to the region, Perry fully understands the challenge of capturing the region title in the dogfight that is Region 7-AAAAAA. “After our first two non-region games, we immediately have to face Alpharetta and Johns Creek, two really good football teams,” Perry said.

“Once we get into region games, we have no time to get better. We have to be playing our best football from the beginning of the season.”

Just two non-region games also gives Perry’s offense and defense little game experience in Perry’s new

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Knights: Continued from Page 22 schemes.

Perry has implemented an air-raid offense for the Knights, perhaps no surprise given his quarterback-based offensive background. He said the offense will go high-tempo and no-huddle.

With a pass-heavy offense, the quarterback is key. For 2017, the Knights will feature a new starter in junior Max Brosmer.

Brosmer steps up to replace graduate Casen Conway who threw for over 2,200 yards and 16 touchdowns last season.

“Brosmer is a heady, intelligent kid who is accurate with a strong arm,” Perry said. “With any new quarterback there are going to be some growing pains, but Brosmer doesn’t make the same mistake twice.”

Brosmer will have a standout target in receiver Blane Mason, who returns for his senior season after leading the Knights in receptions and yards last year.

Perry said Mason has the uncanny ability to get to the ball and is “something to watch.”

But the Knights won’t be a passonly team, Perry said, and leading the rushing attack will be Emeka Nwanze, a transfer from Northview who rushed for over 1,500 yards his sophomore season.

Leading the offense in the trenches will be 6-foot-2 junior center Will Edwards.

The Knights’ defense can also look to a new scheme as Perry has implemented a 3-5-3. He said the goal of the scheme will be to ensure stopping the run while pressuring the opposition’s quarterback.

“You’re going to see guys flying all around the ball,” Perry said.

After a standout year as a freshman in 2016 where he led the team in tackles, sophomore linebacker Max Able returns to lead the Knights defensively.

Able will be joined by fellow linebackers David Gaffney and Drew Sherman and corners Malcom Gallagher, Freddy Fairley and Mason.

One of the state’s best lacrosse players will strap up for football this season when Nicky Solomon will handle kicking duties for the Knights.

With the team transitioning to new schemes, Perry has a transition of his own – being a head coach.

“The biggest challenge for me is having to worry about the whole program and find that balance,” Perry said. “But I’m working on it and getting better every day.”

And he will need to if the Knights are going to capture their first region title.

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King’s Ridge implements triple-option offense Team continues to ‘turn the bus around’

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — A first-year head coach in 2016, the Tigers’ Jimmy Chupp aimed to “turn the bus around” at the King’s Ridge which had gone 1-9 in 2014 and 2015. After a 4-6 season last year, Chupp said that redirection has begun, and will hopefully continue with the Tigers’ newly implemented offense – the triple-option.

While most teams are beginning to move away from the offensive scheme, including region rivals Pinecrest Academy, the Tigers are looking forward to playing with their new look, Chupp said.

“We’re excited about changing the [offensive] plan,” he said. “The kids are working hard on that transition, and the retuning kids have been successful with the change.”

Chupp said the offense’s success will be determined by how much the Tigers’ grow as a unit, with team play crucial to the triple-option.

In addition to the new offense,

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Quarterback Hayden Milling (25) will lead the new look Tigers offense in 2017.

King’s Ridge will feature multiple new starters.

Last year’s leading passer, rusher and receiver have graduated, leaving openings in skilled positions, but Chupp said this year’s squad looks promising.

Hayden Milling finished out last

season as the starting quarterback over Gresham Shepard, and will likely lead the Tigers’ offense.

Milling should be suited for the new offense. Chupp said Milling is better suited to running than passing.

Though Milling will likely lead the Tigers, Chupp said it will still be

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quarterback by committee with Casey Flanagan and Braxton Chadwick also in for snaps.

The backfield will include a trio of Smith brothers, Christian, Thomas and Nick, who will lead the rushing attack along with Kevin Howard, Robby DeFelice and Joshua Stallworth.

Led by 6-foot-1, 240 pound center Parker Lefton, the offensive line has transitioned well to the new blocking schemes, Chupp said.

Leading the receiving core will be Jackson Rich and Evan Dyers.

Six starters will return on defense, including linebackers Kaleb Harris and Nick Smith, who combined for 94 tackles last season. Stallworth and Milling will secure the secondary with seniors Phillip Trainor and Sean Barden returning to lead the defensive line.

Joseph Patti will handle kicking duties this season.

Since the Tigers’ program began in 2008, King’s Ridge has failed to make the playoffs, but Chupp said his emphasis will be on building up his players, and that wins should fall in place.

“We’re looking forward to a great season of building young men,” he said.

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Blessed Trinity looks to continue winning tradition with new defense Titans seek fifth straight region title

Three defensive starters – Jake Rudolph, JR Bivens and Mickey Skole – will share time at fullback.

After leading the Titans in recepBy JOE PARKER tions, yards and receiving touchdowns joe@appenmediagroup.com in his sophomore season, Ryan Davis will once again be a go-to target for ROSWELL, Ga. — Under Tim McFarSmith. McFarlin said the offseason lin, Blessed Trinity has gone 61-17-1, has also seen the emergence of senior has captured four consecutive region Will Carlton, who brings size and runs championships and has made a playoff exceptionally well. appearance in all his seven years with Junior Ethan Chauvin will step the program. But BT’s defense, a key to up to replace consistent and powerthe Titans’ success under McFarlin, will ful kicker Brooks Hosea, now at West have a new look this year under new Point. defensive coordinator John Thompson.

“Ethan has had a really good sumAfter retiring from coaching at the mer and we think he will do well in that collegiate level where he was on the role,” McFarlin said. staff of 10 Division 1 programs, ThompWith his retuning players and new son has decided to get back in the fray starters, McFarlin said he hopes to of football and lead the Titans’ newly continue the tradition of “hard-nosed” implemented scheme. football at Blessed “We were very Trinity. fortunate to pick “When all is said up coach Thompand done, I don’t son,” McFarlin said. think much about “He spent his whole what our record will career at the college be,” he said. “We level and he welcomed are going to focus the opportunity to on the ceiling of our come coach in high players. However far school.” that takes us, I don’t Out of a 4-3 base, know, but we want the Titans will use to look back and say multiple looks. we went as far as we Most of last year’s could go.” defense – which gave The Titans will see up an average of where they stand in 19 points per game the early going of the despite a challenging season with another schedule – will return, schedule featuring a including the entire demanding non-resecondary. gion schedule.

Linebackers Jake BT will take on TIM MCFARLIN Blessed Trinity head coach Rudolph and JD rivals Westminster, Bertrand, some of who defeated BT in BT’s top tacklers last overtime in the 2015 season, also return.

Class 3A state chamBT’s defensive front four will feature pionship game, as well as St. Pius X some new faces due to graduations. to open the season. They then take on Raleigh Barden, who missed much of two teams in a higher classification in last season due to an injury, may miss Marietta and Creekview before ending the Titans’ first two games, but he non-region play against Tennessee should be cleared to play by the end of powerhouse McCallie School. the month.

“We will absolutely know where we The offense returns key skilled play- stand after our non-region games,” Mcers, but will have a new front-five with Farlin said. “It will get us battle tested.” three standout lineman from the 2016 BT will then turn its attention to roster lost to graduation. capturing a second straight Region Quarterback Jake Smith returns 7-AAAA title. after a successful sophomore season “You have to go through Marist, where he compiled 1,569 yards with which is a great program, West Hall is 16 touchdowns. He will be joined in always good and White County has a the backfield by running back Steele new coach,” McFarlin said. “We know Chambers who rushed for just under we’ll have our work cut out for us but 1,500 yards with 21 touchdowns. we’re looking forward to it.”

We were very fortunate to pick up coach [John] Thompson. He spent his whole career at the college level and he welcomed the opportunity to come coach in high school.”

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St. Francis still young but more seasoned for 2017 Knights look to bounce back from 2-8 season

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — The label “young” is often assigned to high school football teams, but perhaps no team in the state was as young as St. Francis last season.

Of the Knights’ entire 2016 roster, only 11 were upperclassmen. That youth and inexperience was revealed when St. Francis struggled to a 2-8 finish in Tim Mathis’ first year as head coach.

Given the team’s youth, many of the Knight’s starters on Fridays had also played in JV games the night before.

But those players earning six quarters of game-time a week should pay dividends this season, Mathis said.

“Last year we were so young, and as a new coach, I was trying to learn my team and they were trying to learn me,” Mathis said. “But now we are familiar with each other, we learned

what worked and what didn’t and we’ve gotten better.”

Mathis’ team will still be young with just four seniors on the roster.

The Knights return all skilled positions on offense and four of five linemen, including Jonathan Pittman who was named All-Region as a freshman last season. Defensively, a majority of starters will be back and more experienced.

St. Francis’ rushing attack will be led by the junior duo of Robert Jones and Sean Paradise. Isiah Wadsworth, the Knights’ top receiver last year, joins sophomore TJ Tampa, football newcomer Jai Smith and senior Caleb Schneider to make up the receiving core.

Finding those receivers will be a new quarterback with the departure of Matt Davis, one of just eight seniors on the 2016 team. Mathis said the Knights’ two scrimmages will determine who gets the starting job between sophomore Sam Hines and junior Nick Kreitner.

Pittman leads an offensive line that Mathis called bigger, faster and stronger than last season.

“After that first year, everyone

knows the system, and we definitely have potential on offense and should be very explosive,” Mathis said.

Defensive end Paradise, linebacker Aaron Strozier and safeties Hines and Josh Harps-Zhu will lead the Knights’ defense again this year.

Those returning players not only benefitted from the experience gained in 2016, they are also using last year as motivation.

“We’re still 2-8 until we prove different,” Mathis said. “The kids weren’t satisfied with last season and they are anxious and ready to improve.”

It didn’t help the Knights’ chances last year that seven of the 10 teams they played earned playoff berths.

“In our region you can be beat by anyone,” he said. “It’s such a tough region, but if you can do well, it gives you a great chance to make a run in the playoffs.”

And making the playoffs is the goal for the more mature Knights this season.

“I think we’ll take a step in the right direction if we can make the playoffs, and I think we have that ability,” Mathis said.

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Deluxe garage proposed off McFarland Parkway ‘Man caves’ designed to provide storage for expensive cars

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By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Builders of a proposed luxury car garage got the green light Aug. 8 to begin the process for the 26-acre property.

Jeff Beal, co-founder and principal partner at Destination Development Partners Inc., said the project will be called The Stables Motor Plaza and will be built at 425 McFarland Parkway.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved starting the process for two county-initiated rezoning applications.

Beal said the project has two sections, retail in the front and garages in the back.

The retail could consist of a highend car wash, coffee shop, rooftop restaurant and a high-end car dealership.

There would also be an event space for public or private use, as well as a wetlands area that will be maintained similar to a nature center.

Plans call for the back of the property to be gated garage buildings, similar to condominiums, where buyers store their luxury cars.

The clientele targets anyone who owns a luxury car, Beal said. The group performed a study of luxury car owners in and around Atlanta, and found the core area of people who own cars

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The deluxe garages will be completely customizable, from how many cars they will hold to what sort of details and furnishings will go inside. costing at least $125,000 live north of the Atlanta.

That population, as well as the access to Ga. 400 and Halcyon, brought the community to McFarland Parkway.

“When we pulled out the zip codes, there are 3,500 cars registered north of Atlanta valued at $125,000 or more,” Beal said. “At this location, there are more than 1,700 cars within five miles of this site. You pull from south Forsyth, Cumming, Johns Creek, Al-

pharetta and Milton. That core group of cars are registered right here.”

Building will have different prices and sizes from 15 feet by 35 feet, up to 40 feet by 35 feet. Prices are still being discussed, but Beal said similar garages charge around $350 per car per month, but this will cost more because it’ll be more high-end.

The owners may store their cars during the week while they’re at work, and stop by the garages on the week-

end to pull out their cars to work on them and have informal car shows with their neighbors. The cars will always go back into the garages overnight.

Occasionally, they may open the gates for the public to view the cars, but the majority of the time it’ll be closed off for the owners.

No one will be allowed to live in the garages, although the areas will start unfinished and the buyers can customize them to their liking.

“Most of these guys have a garage with three to four cars in it,” Beal said.

“They know how they want it and like it.”

Mezzanine areas will be above the car storage areas, so the buyers can install things like bathrooms, pool tables or have an office area.

No businesses will be allowed to operate out of the garages, but car owners can perform work.

“You can come and work on your own vehicle, that’s fine,” Beal said. “But we’re not bringing our neighbor’s vehicle and grease monkey it all day long.

Most of these guys we know who will do this have mechanic skills. But they want someone who’s reputable to work on their vehicles.”

A management company will run the garages, including an owner’s association that will determine rules. A security guard will be the only person allowed to live on-site.

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Reason to talk about the unspeakable Closing more There is a word I have not said since Feb. 5 early this year, a topic I have run away from discussing. A reality I have tried to push out of my memory. As football season is deGEOFF SMITH scending upon us, Assurance Financial, gsmith@lendtheway.com I’m having to come to grips with that fact that denial ain’t a river in Egypt.

Many of you have done the same thing. I know it. So I’m going to get things started, because we have to: The Falcons lost the Super Bowl in the worst blown lead loss ever.

It was the biggest punch in the gut I’ve ever encountered in sports. By halftime, I knew we had it won. Then I got a text from my mother asking me if I was taking my boys to the victory parade – what a grandmother thing to do by the way. We’re lost in a lifetime of pent-up exuberant celebration and she’s at home imagining her grandsons at the parade.

Anyway – as soon as I saw that text, that’s when I got worried. Looking back, I’m glad she sent it. It tempered me for what was about to happen.

It pulled me down from the clouds and back on solid ground so I didn’t have as far to fall when everything fell apart. It’s like my mother, who raised her children here, had seen enough Atlanta sports seasons to know that we were setting ourselves up for disappointment.

While others stayed in the clouds, I knowingly watched the Patriots methodically disassemble our hopes and dreams. As soon as the game was over, I gathered my family, walked out of the party we were at and have not mentioned it since.

Well, it’s time to deal with it. And truthfully, I feel better already. I’ve read up on them. We are fully blaming Kyle Shanahan, who is now the

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head coach of the 49ers. Can’t wait for that game. And now that I’m looking squarely and honestly at the coming season – there is a ton of things to look forward to. We are getting another new stadium folks! C’mon, we are!

Mercedes-Benz Stadium is due to host its first event in two weeks. By now you’ve heard about it: the retractable roof, the world’s largest video board, the 100-yard bar … it’s going to be an incredible venue.

What I’m really getting excited about is what’s going on around the stadium. As you may know, it sits next door to the Georgia Dome. Many of us have wondered what will happen there, and plans have finally been announced.

Renderings were released last week of a new hotel overlooking The Home Depot Backyard, a 13-acre lawn for tailgating that will also host arts and cultural events.

When Arthur Blank first took ownership of the team, you could feel the fresh air and the renewed engagement with the fan-base. We are lucky to have him as our team’s owner.

While he has probably always been a natural dollars-and-sense man, it seems there is no doubt he is in a philanthropic stage of his life. While the Braves built a stadium and a city in Cobb County (closer to most of their season ticket-holders), Blank kept the Falcons intown. And really, in an area of the city with some of the highest crime rates. In seeing what he and others are doing with the City of Refuge (Google it), and with the new stadium plans, he seems bent on reviving the area around the new stadium. The park opens up to the neighborhoods around the old Dome and will serve as something they can use when nothing is going on at the new stadium. The new hotel will have between 800 and 1,000 rooms and will rise up from the southern end of the Georgia World Congress Center. It will for sure provide hundreds of daytime

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The old Georgia Dome is scheduled to be imploded this November.

If ever there was a symbolic event to represent what we want to do with last season’s Super Bowl memory, that would be it.

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Teaching entrepreneurship: Learning outside the box Lee Heisman wants millennials to learn craft of ‘next big thing’

By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. – There is no greater gathering of business people and entrepreneurs in Roswell than when the Roswell Rotary Club convenes its weekly luncheon. So it was an avid audience of Rotarians who listened last Thursday to Lee Heisman, who runs Savant, a full-service technology company.

He is passionate about entrepreHEISMAN neurship and spoke about entrepreneurism as a subject that should be taught in business school. Speaking to these Rotarians about entrepreneurship is akin to preaching to the choir.

Yet in the Information Age where companies grow up quickly and then die because they can’t adapt (remember Blockbuster?), there is a need for business people to have the skills to adapt, morph or go off in another direction altogether.

What’s so cool about a lot of Liberal Arts majors out there in the world with no actionable skills.

Why not teach real skills such as sales and entrepreneurship?”

LEE HEISMAN Owner, founder of Savant Technology “What’s so cool about a lot of liberal arts majors out there in the world with no actionable skills,” Heisman said. “Why not teach real skills such as sales and entrepreneurship?” he asked.

That is just what Heisman is doing at Kennesaw State University. There are a lot of great ideas out there, and technology is the fertile ground to make them happen, he said.

“But there are skills people need to acquire to be successful. But once they have them, there is no telling what they can do,” he said.

Heisman grew his company in a new direction when he realized there was a growing need for an IT provider that understood both technology and how that technology should be used on a daily basis to accelerate a business’s growth and productivity.

“What I teach is a mindset,” he said.

It’s not about building one company and making it work, said Heisman. In this day and age it is about building a series of ventures as markets and technologies shift and change.

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KSU only Georgia college offering entrepreneurial degree

By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmdiagroup.com KENNESAW, Ga. – Kennesaw State University is the only college in Georgia that bestows an entrepreneurship business degree and has created the KSU Entrepreneurship Center on campus.

Christopher C. Hanks is the founder and executive director of the Entrepreneurship Center which represents an entirely new approach to preparing students for the business world.

“KSU not only is the only college to offer an entrepreneurship degree in the state, but is one of the very few to offer it in the Southeast,” Hanks said. “A lot of schools offer entrepreneurship classes or entrepreneurship as a minor. But we offer a BBA degree in entrepreneurship.”

Hanks said KSU’s entrepreneurship curriculum takes a unique approach from other colleges.

“We emphasize mindset first, then skillsets.

That is one of the reasons, I believe, that gives us the results we’ve been getting. The information is out there in many forms already.

“You can Google it and get tons of information.

The difference maker is changing the ways students think and act. Then you give them the skills they need to be successful,” Hanks said.

The first course in the curriculum is “The Entrepreneurial Mind.” Its focus is to get students to think like entrepreneurs first. In many ways it sounds simple, but it is about approaching work, your job and even life from a new perspective.

Take jobs for example. The standard mindset is one works and produces x amount of product or service for y amount of wages.

The entrepreneurial mindset is about finding ways to be more useful and valuable to employers and exceed their expectations. In many ways, Hanks said, the idea is to treat the boss like the customer. And the only way to win over the customer is to give a better value.

“So, every day I’m working to exceed my boss’s expectations, I receive more rewards or time off,” he said.

Two things happen with that mindset, KSU has shown. First, entrepreneurial students perform the nuances of a market and finding a niche to exploit – and then find another, and another, he said.

“What we want to do is to turn young entrepreneurs’ dreams into businesses,” he said.

Jacque Digieso, cofounder of The Cottage School, is a disciple of Heisman’s ideas. Students at The Cottage School don’t fit in the cookie-cutter world of public education. Yet shown another way to learn, with a different set of skillsets, they can thrive.

Digieso met Heisman through the work his company, Savant, did at her school. A past president of Roswell Rotary, she recruited him to be a guest speaker.

“When I heard him talk about entrepreneurism being taught in the classroom, I fell in love with idea,” Digieso said. “It is so timely.”

“Today, colleges teach you to go to work for some-

better in the workplace and thus earn 27 percent more after graduation than peer students.

“We have employers lined up to hire our students because they value the way these students think and act in the workplace,” Hanks said. “They strive to exceed expectations.”

Just preaching the mantra of HANKS exceeding expectations is not enough however. KSU courses are designed to create ways for students to experience the rewards of the entrepreneurial mindset. At the core is the idea to treat your boss like your customer. Exceed his expectations.

“We give the students courses that challenge them and also change them. So that even if the go on to a job rather than founding a business, they will be more successful,” Hanks said. “To get students to internalize these ideas, they have to understand why the process works. When they do, they begin to act differently and people perceive them differently.”

The coursework is also about instilling successful skillsets to help students succeed in their endeavors, Hanks said.

Among these skills is the ability to overcome the fear of failure. That is something everyone has, but only a few conquer it to be successful.

How do you discover what you really want and then how do make a plan to get it?

These are tools, not gimmicky platitudes. In entrepreneurial classes students learn to identify and then overcome those fears by finding solutions.

“If it sounds messy, that’s because it is.

Getting there is messy, but if you persevere you will get there,” he said. “But create an action plan and then you hold people accountable, including yourself.”

To learn more about the KSU Entrepreneurship Center, email Christopher C. Hanks at chanks1@ kennesaw.edu. body else. The tools you master in his entrepreneur courses teach you how become a business,” Digieso said. “And those skills are also great as an employee, because you are always thinking outside the box.”

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MS. SENIOR GA PAGEANT

This will be the 27th annual Ms. Senior Georgia Pageant. This year’s theme is “Masquerade Ball.” Participants will compete in the areas of talent, individual interview with five judges, evening gown, onstage question and written statement of principle.

The pageant is Sunday, Aug. 20, 2-5 p.m. at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell. Tickets are $15 for adults, $7 for children. For more information and tickets, visit roswellgov.com.

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EVENTS: “THE VIETNAM WAR” DOCUMENTARY SCREENING

What: The city of Johns Creek will be hosting a screening of the upcoming PBS documentary series, “The Vietnam War.” It is a 10-part series 10 years in the making directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.

When: Friday, Aug. 18, 8:15 p.m.

Where: Newtown Park, 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

BULKY TRASH AMNESTY DAY

What: Clean out your garage, basement and attics and get rid of tires, sofas, tables, refrigerators, washers and more.

Proof of residency in Roswell or Milton is required. Full list of accepted items is online.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 8 a.m.-noon Where: Public Works/Transportation Building, 1810 Hembree Road, Alpharetta More info: roswellgov.com

FREE FITNESS IN THE PARK: ZUMBA What: Join for free group exercise classes with Fitness in the Park. All classes are weather-permitting and open to the public. This week’s class focuses on Zumba.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 9-10 a.m.

Where: Bulloch Hall, 180 Bulloch Ave., Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

TASTE OF JOHNS CREEK

What: Sample more than 20 local restaurants at the annual Taste of Johns Creek. There will also be an Art Walk with shopping abound, enjoy live music, local entertainment and kid’s activities.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 4 p.m.

Where: Chattahoochee High School, 5230 Taylor Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

GARDEN TOUR MONDAYS

What: Enjoy a free 30-minute tour of the gardens and historic plants on the grounds of Barrington Hall. Learn how the gardens have been restored and receive gardening tips. No reservations necessary.

When: Monday, Aug. 21, 9:30 a.m.

Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

FALL VEGETABLE GARDENING WORKSHOP

What: Learn how to start or extend a vegetable garden’s productivity. The workshop covers how to create perfect growing conditions and how to garden in the summer heat.

When: Wednesday, Aug. 23, 7-8:30 p.m.

Where: Alpharetta Public Works Department, 1790 Hembree Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: alpharetta. ga.us or 678-297-6200

NORTH FULTON TRANSPORATION PLAN MEETING

What: The city of Johns Creek will host a community meeting to seek input on the update of the North Fulton Comprehensive Transportation Plan and the Fulton County Transit Master Plan.

When: Thursday, Aug. 24, 6-8 p.m.

Where: Johns Creek City Hall, 12000, Findley Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

FARMERS MARKETS, FOOD TRUCKS: ALPHARETTA FOOD TRUCK ALLEY

What: Rotating food trucks and music each week. Six to eight food trucks from the Atlanta area will come out to help kick off the weekend early.

When: Thursdays, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; will be closed Aug. 5 for Old Soldiers Day Where: Old Roswell Street in Alpharetta’s historic district More info: awesomealpharetta.com

What: The Alpharetta Farmers Market features fruits, vegetables, natural meats, fresh flowers and herbs, and a variety of home goods.

When: Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., through Oct. 29 Where: Old Canton Street in downtown Alpharetta More info: alpharetta.ga.us

CUMMING FARMERS MARKET

What: Come by for a chance to enjoy locally produced vegetables, meat, baked goods, honey, soaps, flowers, art, woodworking and more.

When: Wednesday and Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 a.m., through Sept. 30 Where: Cumming Fairgrounds, 235 Castleberry Road More info: cummingfarmersmarket.com

JOHNS CREEK FARMERS MARKET

What: Held at the Newtown Park Amphitheater, each market features more than 25 local farmers and vendors with organic and/or sustainable foods and produce.

When: Saturdays through Aug. 26 Where: 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

LAMBERT FARMERS MARKET

What: Every Saturday of the summer, Lambert High School will serve as the grounds for a farmers market showcasing local vendors. Products include fresh baked cookies, locally made honey, homemade pasta sauce, and more.

When: Saturday, July 1, 4-7 p.m.

Where: 805 Nichols Road, Suwanee More info: Lambertfarmersmarket.com

ROSWELL FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET

What: The Roswell Farmers & Artisans Market offers fresh, local farm, ranch and artisan foods direct from producers, and much more.

When: Saturdays, 8 a.m.–noon., through October Where: Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill St., Roswell More info: roswellfam.com

MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER: SPOTLIGHT ARTIST: HEATHER LUND

What: Heather Lund will exhibit her art at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center through July. Her light-hearted works are characterized with a mix of watercolor, pen and ink, acrylic and screen printing.

When: June 1-Aug. 31, all day Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: heatherlund.format.com or roswellgov.com

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

What: Find out how different artists interpret a “walk on the wild side” at this gallery featuring works in several mediums, including oil, acrylics, watercolors, pastels and collages. Some art is for sale.

When: Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.1 p.m., through Sept. 18 Where: The Gallery, 9100 Fouts Road, Roswell More info: rfaa.org

LIBRARY EVENTS: JOHNS CREEK POETRY GROUP

What: The Johns Creek Poetry Group will feature local poet Karen Paul Holmes, who will read from her recent work and do a workshop on poetry submissions.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 10:15 a.m.12:45 p.m.

Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Alpharetta More info: karen.swenson@ fultoncountyga.gov or 770-360-8820

STEM OPEN HOUSE

What: Discover the basics of coding for young children with professional technical trainers in an open house format. Sponsored by Youth Technology Learning Center.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 11 a.m.-noon Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Alpharetta More info: karen.kennedy@ fultoncountyga.gov or afpls.org

SOCIAL SECURITY WORKSHOP

What: Join Debbie Dorman of National Financial Services Group for an informative workshop on navigating the realm of social security.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 1-3 p.m.

Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: dorman_ debbie@nlgroupmail.com or afpls.org

20TH ANNIVERSARY HARRY POTTER MARATHON

What: Come out and celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter by coming to the Harry Potter Movie Matinee Marathon. Feel free to bring a snack and lunch. This week’s movie is “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”

When: Saturday, Aug. 19, 2-4 p.m.

Where: East Roswell Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell More info: afpls.org or 404-613-4050

ECLIPSE WATCHING

What: Watch the partial solar eclipse, starting at 2:30 p.m., along with a live stream. Special eclipse glasses will be provided to protect viewers’ eyes.

When: Monday, Aug. 21, 2-3 p.m.

Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or aaron.brown@ fultoncountyga.gov

SOLAR ECLIPSE VIEWING PARTY

What: Join the Milton Library to view the near total solar eclipse. To view the eclipse safely, solar eclipse glasses are needed. For more information on viewing the eclipse safely, visit eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety.

When: Monday, Aug. 21, 12:30-3 p.m.

Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org

SOLAR ECLIPSE EXTRAVAGANZA

What: Join the Spruill Oaks Library to learn about the science of solar eclipses, sponsored by the UGA Cooperative Extension Program. For ages 8-11.

When: Monday, Aug. 21,4:30-5:30 p.m.

Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Alpharetta More info and registration: laura. hoefener@fultoncountyga.gov or 770360-8820

PET ADOPTIONS:

FORSYTH COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER What: 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 County More info: 678-965-7185

FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES What: Pet adoptions When: Every Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Where: PetSmart, 6370 North Point Parkway, Alpharetta Additional adoptions: Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Fulton County Animal Services, 860 Marietta Blvd.

NW, Atlanta More info: 404-613-4958

OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE: “THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM”

What: Act3 Productions presents “The Robber Bridegroom,” a Southern-fried Robin Hood tale of a rogue who’s a gentleman by day and bandit by night.

When he falls for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy planter, his world and ethics are turned upside down.

When: Through Aug. 26, times vary Where: Act3 Productions, 6285 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs Cost: $15-30 More info and tickets: act3productions. org

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GET OUTSIDE, GEORGIA:

Watching the eclipse? Watch your eyes!

“What are you going to do for Totality?”

That’s the question of the week, and I’ve been asked it about a half dozen times in the last few days.

Yes, Totality Day STEVE HUDSON is almost here!

Get Outside Georgia, aa4bw@comcast.net Monday, August 21, is just around the corner, and that’s when you’ll have a chance to experience something that some never see at all – a total eclipse of the sun.

Quite a few of Georgia’s state parks are offering special eclipse events; check out gastateparks.org/ Eclipse2017 for details on what and where. It might be crowded, but it’s sure to be unforgettable.

Will you be viewing this rare event?

I will. But you can bet that I’m going to be sure that I do it safely. Unsafe viewing poses extreme danger to your eyes and can cause permanent damage.

You don’t want that.

How do you safely view an eclipse?

There’s been much talk about this all over the news for the last few weeks, and there’s a ton of eclipse info (viewing and otherwise) on the web too.

NASA weighs in at eclipse2017.nasa. gov, and the American Astronomical Society has great info too at eclipse. aas.org.

Here’s the short version of what they have to say.

As the NASA site points out, “The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as ‘eclipse glasses’ … or handheld solar viewers.”

NASA and many others emphasize that homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun. The only safe ones are eclipse glasses and handheld solar viewers which you are certain are compliant with the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard for such products.

Here are other important points emphasized by NASA and by the American Astronomical Society: • Always inspect your solar filter before use. If it is scratched or damaged in any way, discard it. Read and follow any instructions printed on or packaged with the filter.

• Always supervise children using solar filters.

• Stand still and cover your eyes with your eclipse glasses or solar viewer

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The Aug. 21 eclipse will pass directly over some northeastern Georgia cities. before looking up at the bright sun.

After looking at the sun, turn away and remove your filter. Do not remove it while looking at the sun.

• Do not look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun through an unfiltered camera, telescope, binoculars, or other optical device.

• Similarly, do not look at the sun through a camera, a telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while using your eclipse glasses or hand-held solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays will damage the filter and enter your eye(s), causing serious injury.

• Seek expert advice from an astronomer before using a solar filter with a camera, a telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device. Note that solar filters must be attached to the front of any telescope, binoculars, camera lens, or other optics.

• If you are inside the path of totality, remove your solar filter only when the moon completely covers the sun’s bright face and it suddenly gets quite dark. Experience totality, then, as soon as the bright sun begins to reappear, replace your solar viewer to look at the remaining partial phases.

• If you are outside the path of totality, you must always use a safe solar filter to view the sun directly.

• If you normally wear eyeglasses,

keep them on. Put your eclipse glasses on over them, or hold your handheld viewer in front of them.

An alternative to filters is a pinhole camera-type viewing device.

You’ll find instructions for making and using such a viewer at eclipse2017. nasa.gov/how-make-pinhole-projector-view-solar-eclipse. I built one of them just to try it out, and it works!

And what will I be doing during the eclipse? Well, I’ve always wondered what the fishing is like during a total eclipse. I just might mosey over to my favorite stream and try my luck during those moments of totality.

If you see me out there, say hello.

I’ll be the one with the flyrod in hand – and with the cereal box sun viewer and the ISO-certified glasses too.

Eclipses are neat, but so are my eyes!

Steve Hudson’s book, “HIKING UNICOI” covers the trails in Unicoi State Park, which as it happens is one of the Georgia state parks that’s within the path of totality. It’s available from local outfitters, from Amazon, or direct from the author at chattahoocheemedia.com.

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Vacation home rentals rile neighbors with wild parties Forsyth County plans to step up efforts to cite violators

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Wild parties lasting until 6 a.m. are causing neighbors who live on Lake Lanier to rally together in hopes of changing the county’s rental home rules, or at least crack down on the house next door.

A group of Lanier residents attended the Board of Commissioners work session Aug. 8 to speak about their experiences with neighbors renting out their

homes for weekends to people hosting these parties.

County Attorney Ken Jarrard said this type of issue is not unique to Forsyth County or Georgia.

“In every place that are tourist destinations, folks are struggling with the tension between private property rights and the ability of people to utilize the property for value, as compared to the rights of people who live nearby to also derive value,” Jarrard said. “That value is the peace and quiet and enjoyment of their homes.”

Jarrard said regulations he saw in other communities have the local government painting a distinction between residents who occasionally lease out property, versus absent owners who lease out the properties.

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However, Jarrard said he believes that between his office, the sheriff’s office and the county’s code enforcement department, they should be able to handle any future incidents and pursue charges at magistrate court against the offenders.

Chairman Todd Levent said he spoke with Sheriff Ron Freeman who told him there were things he could do, including having the supervisors in that area explain to their deputies what the laws are regarding these issues. Levent said Freeman also said the county’s current ordinances should take care of these issues.

Neighbor Randy Kauk said he’s concerned the homes are no longer being rented out to families, but are being used like a hotel.

“In our case, because we are on Lake Lanier, they’re advertised and operated like an event venue,” Kauk said.

“Two week ago there was a hip-hop party with about 100-250 people they bused into the house.”

Levent said such parties violate county rules because rentals cannot be used as an event space.

Kauk said he’s worried because he’s seen reports about the increase of these types of rentals nationwide, and he

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Two week ago there was a hiphop party with about 100-250 people they bused into the house.”

RANDY KAUK Resident on Lake Lanier

fears his neighborhood is going down the same path.

“It’s getting big,” Kauk said. “In our neighborhood, we know the reasons these two neighbors did what they did because when they were given the choice of selling or renting their property, they found out they could rent it by the weekend and make a whole lot more money.”

Neighbors also said they are seeing multiple docks on a deck, blocked driveways and allowing children at the parties.

Kauk said they’ve seen the homes being advertised online as places to host these large parties.

These parties were happening just about every weekend until neighbors called the police and the parties subsided.

“It’s hard to get your head around still allowing normal rentals,” Kauk said. “You don’t want to infringe upon their right to rent their home. But you have to stop this event venue type thing.”

Jarrard agreed, but said this doesn’t seem to toe the line of what’s right and wrong.

“This doesn’t sound like we’re on the dicey, thin area of what’s truly a party that went awry versus what’s a dedicated commercial use,” Jarrard said. “We have the tools in our toolbox now to address this. We may need to add regulations, but on this issue my office and code enforcement can work this right now and bring immediate relief by way of magistrate court prosecution.”

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City signs off on $3.3 million Alpharetta Arts Center Project approved after months of deliberation

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – After months of debate over funding and cost overruns, the Alpharetta City Council approved a $3.35 million contract Monday to convert the old Fulton County Library into a municipal arts center.

The action came just weeks after city leaders had called on the project architect to draw up plans for lower-cost options.

The Alpharetta Arts Center Project has been on the drawing board for more than three years when the city acquired the old library on Mayfield Road from Fulton County in a land swap.

Local voters approved $1.5 million in bond funding last year to convert the building into an arts center, but the project has accumulated more expense than anticipated.

City officials, particularly Mayor David Belle Isle, grew wary of the project expenses and guided the council to study less costly options for the center.

That suggestion drew more support

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Alpharetta Finance Director Tom Harris said Monday he still hasn’t received a final accounting of property values from Fulton County.

Architect Hank Houser told the council at the July 24 workshop that when construction bids came in, they showed earlier estimates were off target, sometimes by tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Concrete work, for example, was estimated at $60,000, but bids for the work came in at $200,000.

Houser attributed some of the discrepancies to climbing costs in materials and labor as well as flaws in the building revealed during closer inspection.

Houser presented four options for consideration Monday, with price tags running from $2 million to $3.35 million. As the price went down, so did the amenities, such as reducing the quality of countertops in studios, using less expensive materials for walkways, piping and handrails and eliminating windows.

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Work should begin soon to convert the old Fulton County Library on Mayfield Road into a community arts center. addressed the council about the cuts proposed in the project.

“This would be a great place for people to go to after work, just to relieve stress,” said Sandy Barth.

Barth added that the city has already put so much into the government complex on Main Street.

Wendi Schutt, who serves as cultural liaison on the Alpharetta Parks and Rec Commission, said she’d like to see the city build an arts center residents can be proud of.

“We don’t want this to be a halfbaked, shoddy building,” she said.

“We want it to match the beauty of the

downtown area.”

With virtually no debate, the City Council approved the full-scale plan for $3.35 million, which includes studios for painting and crafts, a blackbox theater for small-scale performances, a media studio and a gallery space near the entrance.

The vote was 6-1, with the mayor casting the lone dissent.

Following the vote, Councilman Donald Mitchell, who had championed the project from its inception, said he was grateful the arts community now could look forward to a facility in which the community could be proud.

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Chris and Zach Giannini received a proclamation from the city for their work.

Milton honors two Northwestern students MILTON, Ga. — The City of Milton honored Milton residents and Northwestern Middle School students Chris and Zach Giannini with a proclamation from the Milton City Council July 24.

The 12-year-old twins were recognized for their efforts to single-handedly repair and paint more than 200 feet of two-board horse fence that surrounds Milton’s Bethwell Community Center.

The boys, long-time participants in the Hopewell Baseball Association and the Milton Steelers football program, decided to take the spring 2017 baseball season off.

“I supported their decision, but I challenged them to find a community service project to work on during the spring months,” Colleen Hayes, the boys’ mother, said.

Chris and Zach accepted that challenge by walking from Northwestern after school to Milton City Hall one day in early spring to pay a visit to the Milton Parks and Recreation Director Jim Cregge.

“I wasn’t expecting visitors that day so I was a bit shocked when the

front desk said I had two guests, much less two 12-year olds,” Cregge said. “Even more shocking was the story that the boys would share with me about their desire to give back to their community.”

The boys worked with Cregge to come up with the perfect community service project.

“We just wanted to give back to the community that gave so much to us,” said Chris.

Chris and Zach would repair and paint the fence at Bethwell.

“The Giannini brothers did it all, the city just provided the supplies,” Cregge said. “These are amazing young men and we can’t wait to see how they impact Milton as adults.”

Hours of prep work were spent making the fence ready for painting, scraping off old paint and replacing rotten wood, along with the time spent painting the fence.

“This project gave us experience at what it was like to do something that we had never thought about doing before,” Zach said.

CITY OF MILTON Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that a public hearing shall be held at the City of Milton City Hall, Council Chambers, 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, Georgia, on Monday, August 21, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. before the Milton City Council to consider a Resolution transmitting a draft 2017 Annual Update report to the City’s adopted Capital Improvements Element, relating to the City’s impact fee program, to the Atlanta Regional Commission for regional and State review pursuant to the Georgia Planning Act of 1989. Said public hearing will be held in accordance with Section (10)(a)1 of Chapter 110-12-2-.04 of the State’s Development Impact Fee Compliance Requirements. Any persons wishing to be heard on the draft Capital Improvements Element amendment are invited to attend.

reated as “The Workshop,” where Phillip Cooper, owner of Vin 25 in Roswell, will open a new concept restaurant in the spring.

In all, retail plans call for about a dozen restaurants, eight ladies’ apparel stores and a men’s clothing store.

Shops will occupy the ground level of two multi-family buildings, each ranging from three stories to four stories. These apartment buildings are a little hard to nail down visually because their faces and heights will vary within each structure.

Some parts of the facades will be brick and some stone. It’s all to give the impression that there are more than two buildings, Morris said.

Deliveries are another consideration at the site.

“This is a very intimate district, and delivery trucks just can’t get everywhere,” Morris said. “It’s more important for us to be a downtown district than for us to get delivery trucks at every shop.”

As a result, those shops requiring large deliveries are situated at the east edge of the development where trucks

I wish I had more space.

Everyone wants to be in downtown Alpharetta.”

CHERI MORRIS President of Morris & Fellows have easy access.

The four-story office building includes retail on the ground floor, with DataScan, a technology finance service company, occupying the top three floors.

Overall construction is expected to last 18 months, but some shops should open earlier as work moves from Main Street eastward.

Right now, there’s little except the height of some frameworks to distinguish one building from another, but Morris said the plan will begin to take shape soon.

She sees it all in her head.

“I wish I had more space,” she said wistfully. “Everyone wants to be in downtown Alpharetta.”

Project has spurred several changes since first approved

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. - The Alpharetta City Council this month added a new amenity to its downtown City Center Project.

The council voted unanimously Aug. 7 to pay $335,000 to have service lines for AT&T and Comcast buried along Academy Street from Park Plaza to Main Street. The cost will be absorbed by reducing AT&T’s franchise fee accordingly over the next four years.

The price tag does not include the city’s contribution of $275,000 to bury lines from Georgia Power.

Under the latest proposal, AT&T would relocate the overhead lines to coincide with the Georgia Power work, saving hundreds of thousands in costs, city officials said. Comcast would use the AT&T conduit for its service line as well.

The decision was prompted when developers for the project learned that utilities would have to install concrete poles along the street to support new lines when relocation work was performed. Under terms of an agreement last fall, the developer, MMS Alpharetta, would pay the first $100,000 of the costs for utility

relocation.

Cheri Morris, of Morris & Fellows, one of the three firms involved in the project, said MMS has spent closer to $150,000 for the utility work.

At the same Aug. 7 meeting, the City Council approved an amendment to the local noise ordinance that allows an exception for City Center.

The provision relaxes some of the noise levels within the development so that, for example, restaurants can operate below residential quarters.

City Attorney Sam Thomas said the amendment does not permit excessive noise levels traveling outside the development. Those restrictions remain in place, he said.

City Center received one other adjustment to its original agreement earlier this year when the City Council allowed a variation in the height requirements on some of the buildings.

The city had set height requirements of 24 feet on Main Street, but Morris said the restriction would mean an “homogenized” street front.

By relaxing the height restriction and allowing a variance of 1 foot to 2 feet the street will offer a visual diversity that was more authentic to 19th century early 20th century Alpharetta, Morris said.

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Call Steve, 678-270-8108 (cell) AC/Heating

Concrete/Asphalt

Heating, Air, Plumbing servicing and install.

Insured - Certification #859293363150.

678-740-3478 manthonyhvac@gmail. com

RETAINING WALLS & CONCRETE WORK We build retaining walls. Local, reliable, honest, experienced.

Call Ralph at 678-8987237

Carpet Cleaners/ Installation

Driveway

Cleaning Services HOUSECLEANING Home or office. Good references!

Over 10 years cleaning experience. 404-9032913

Concrete/Asphalt

WE FIX UGLY DRIVEWAYS AND PATIOS.

$150 OFF any job over $1500 New or Repair: Driveways, patios, sidewalks, walls.

Residential or Commercial.

Call for FREE estimate.

The Best Concrete Company-Ask for Dave McKemey. 678-6482010.

Professional, competitive, many local references.

Lawn Care

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770-9342766

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Handyman

Will beat all written estimates 30 yrs. exp. Licensed and Insured

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770-549-9613

Gutters

REPAIR or REPLACEMENT Driveways, patios, sidewalks, walls. $150 off any job over $1500.

Residential or Commercial. For a FREE estimate call Dave of McKemey Concrete and Hardscapes 678-9142576.

Competitive pricing. Many local references.

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Stonework. 17 years experience. Hundreds of reviews online; see our online photo gallery: Sudlowconcrete.com 404-450-3753

Drywall

Kitchen

&

Bath:

Plumbing, Electrical Drywall and Other Repairs and Installations.

Home Maintenance. Small Jobs Preferred. Call Mike.

404-647-1406 ALL CARPENTRY & REPAIRS: Roof Leaks, Wood Rot Repair, Siding, Deck Repairs and Refinishing, Painting, Doors/ Windows.

Excellent References. 404-8950260 RELIABLE HOME REPAIRS: 22 years experience.

References.

Electrical, plumbing, carpentry, wood rot repair, siding, painting, pressure washing.

Free estimates! 770-6050340

Painters J&J PAINTING OF GEORGIA Trusted-Family Owned.

20+ Years Experience.

Fully Licensed and Insured.

FREE ESTIMATES! A+ BBB Rating. 770-715-5322.

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Pinestraw PINESTRAW, mulch delivery/installation available. Firewood $110/$200, plus delivery.

Licensed, insured. Angels of Earth Pinestraw and Mulch. 770-831-3612.

Tree Services

RAM’S HOME SERVICES Kitchen hardware replaced. Appliances and ceiling fans installed. Sink/toilet/leak repair. www.ramshs. com for list of services.

Experienced. 770-7695498

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HANDYMAN REMODELING

NEED A BEDROOM OR BASEMENT FINISHED? Drywall services. Drywall so clean you won’t see lines! 678-909-9773 Call for consultation.

678-455-2434

Flooring

www.HandyHero.net

Install/Repairs: Carpet, Laminate, Tile (wall/ floor), Vinyl, Wood. Free Estimates! I can remove carpet wrinkles.

Restretches start $35/ room. 706-429-4453

Haulers Bush Hogging, Clearing, Grading, Hauling etc.

Many local references.

Call Ralph Rucker at 678-898-7237

RAS Cutting Services Complete tree removal.

Ralph 678-898-7237 404Cuttree. One of the most experienced and reliable tree companies in North Atlanta.

Perfect reviews and reliable, professional, and honest service. Free quotes. Fully insured.

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Near perfect reviews and award-winning service. Hands on owner. Free estimates and insured. 770Tree. com 770-744-2200 and ask for Gary.

Home Improvement

Finegan Home Improvements LLC: License #RBQA004932.

R e m o d e l i n g , handyman.

31 years experience.

Basements finished, decks, screen porches, doors, drywall, painting, flooring, custom kitchens, bathrooms.

All insurance. Credit cards accepted. Paul Finegan 404-353-5611

PATIOS-DECKS DRIVEWAYS SIDEWALKS & WALLS: $150 OFF any job over $1500 Many local references.

Call Dave McKemey at 678-648-2010 Phillips Home Improvement We offer drywall, painting, carpentry, plumbing and electrical. Basements finished, kitchen and bath rehabs. All types flooring.

Also total home rehab for those who have a rental house or one to sell.

Call 678-887-1868 for a free estimate

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Perfect reviews and reliable, professional, and honest service. Free quotes. Fully insured.

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Near perfect reviews and award-winning service. Hands on owner. Free estimates and insured. 770Tree. com 770-744-2200 and ask for Gary.

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the fall market is right around the corner.

IF YOU’RE READY TO BUY OR SELL, CONTACT ME TODAY.

SOLD

UNDER CONTRACT

11413 Valmont Lane | Offered for $1,025,000

SOLD

790 Landrum Road* | Offered for $950,000

UNDER CONTRACT

SOLD

2005 Henderson Heights Trail* | Offered for $359,000

376 Gables Walk* | Offered for $824,900

ACTIVE

ACTIVE

2173 Bliss Lane | Offered for $949,000

204 N Esplanade | Offered for $1,375,000

ACTIVE

2187 Bliss Lane | Offered for $989,000

1805 Bethany Way | Offered for $1,349,000

Your Resident Milton Expert.

MICHELE GALLAGHER c. 678.910.4310 o. 770.442.7300 michele@atlantafinehomes.com atlantafinehomes.com | sothebysrealty.com

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