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Emergency crews closed a portion of Ga. 9 in the afternoon July 27 after a work truck overturned just northeast of downtown Alpharetta. Police reported no one was injured in the accident. Road crews are in the beginning stages of a $73 million project to widen the route to four lanes along a 4-mile stretch from upper Hembree Road north to Windward Parkway.

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Police cite Roswell man for terroristic threats ROSWELL, Ga. — Police arrested a man July 22 after he reportedly told his landlords at the Villas del Mirasol apartment complex along Holcomb Bridge Road that he would “shoot the whole place up.”

Nathaniel Levell Browne a 28-yearold tenant at the Roswell complex, was charged with terroristic threats and acts.

Property managers said they recently took ownership of the complex and have been enforcing parking restrictions. An angered Browne called the leasing office after his car was towed from the property. He said he was going to prison and threatened to come to the office and “shoot the whole place up,” if his car wasn’t returned, the managers told police.

One leasing agent played a recording of the rant for police, who later questioned Browne at his residence.

He admitted being upset about his car but initially denied making any threats during the phone call. When officers told him the call was recorded, Browne said he “blacked out” and told police he couldn’t deny it was him making the threats.

Driver clocked speeding at 130 mph on Ga. 400 ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A Sugar Hill driver caught speeding down Ga. 400 at 130 mph early July 23 told an officer he just wanted to see how fast his car could go, according to police.

Muhammed Ali Abdallah-Aljaber, 22, was cited for speeding and reckless driving. A patrol officer spotted him going twice the 65 mph posted speed limit near Ga. 400’s on-ramp at Windward Parkway. The officer pulled Abdallah-

PUBLIC SAFETY Aljaber over in his Ford Mustang Cobra.

When the officer asked why he was driving so fast, Abdallah-Aljaber said he saw a stretch of open highway as he was driving home and decided to test out how fast his vehicle was.

Burglars take jewelry valued at $40,000

ROSWELL, Ga. — Burglars broke into a West Addison Drive home July 23 and stole more than $40,000 worth of rings, jewelry and watches, according to police.

The victims let investigators review security footage, which showed the suspect stalking through the house with a flashlight.

The homeowners said the burglar took a jewelry chest from the master closet. The stolen items they listed included 10 Tiffany bracelets, necklaces, earrings, ruby rings, luxury watches and other valuables. The estimated value of the stolen items eclipsed $40,000, according to the incident report.

Detectives were assigned to investigate the burglary.

Roswell driver killed in one-vehicle accident ROSWELL, Ga. — Police responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash along Upper Hembree Road in which a Roswell man died July 20.

Nicholas F. Powell, 27, was driving his Subaru Forester southwest when he lost control, crossed over into the northeast-bound lanes, struck a curb and left the roadway. Police said Powell’s SUV rolled over several times and barreled through vegetation before it slammed into a tree. Powell was partially ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene of the crash.

Man accused of rape at Alpharetta hotel ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A Cumming man suspected of raping an 18-year-old woman at an Alpharetta hotel was

DRUG & DUI ARRESTS Jazmine Sheree Dowell, 22, of Misty Bleau Drive, Powder Springs, was arrested July 20 on Old Holcomb Bridge Road for possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of firearm/knife during certain crimes.

Christopher Alononzo Hernandez, 29, of Rocky Creek Drive, Roswell, was arrested July 24 on Holcomb Bridge Road for possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, drugs not in original container and possession of drug-related objects prohibited.

David Anthony Sanchez, 27, of Brandy Turk Way, Atlanta, was arrested July 24 on Holcomb Bridge Road for unlawful to purchase/possess or have any controlled substance, possession of firearm/knife during certain crimes and expired tag.

Jose Arturo Perez, 32, of Paper Mill Road, Lawrenceville, was arrested July 24 on Holcomb Bridge Road for unlawful to purchase/possess or have any controlled substance and open container.

Jesus Francisco Rodriquez, 23, of Greenhouse Circle, Roswell, was arrested July 25 on Alpharetta Highway for DUI and license expired/unlicensed driver. arrested July 22 by Fulton County sheriff’s deputies.

Samuel Joseph Bailey, 18, was charged with rape. The charge stems from a sexual assault alleged to have happened June 13 at the Extended Stay hotel along Old Milton Parkway. Bailey remained jailed as of press time.

Alpharetta police responded to Northside Forsyth Hospital on June 14 to speak to the teenage victim.

Detectives were assigned to investigate the case.

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Alpharetta eases path for more North Point development Mixed-use project to occupy property on Haynes Bridge

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta City Council approved a zoning change Monday to allow construction of a 24.7acre, mixed-use development at Haynes Bridge Road and Morrison Parkway in the North Point District.

Plans call for a development, dubbed The Mix, that would include 144 townhomes, 37 single-family detached homes and about 42,000 square feet of retail and restaurant. The applicant, Brock Built Homes, is proposing commercial buildings at the intersection, with residential units transitioning farther out.

The site drew attention earlier this year when it was cleared of trees under a tree harvest permit with the state.

In response to inquiries from the public, City Arborist David Shostak said the property was under a Conservation Use Value Assessment and has a history of many years of forest management. He said he understood that the conserva-

tion status ends at the end of this year.

“Because of this CUVA designation and history of forest management, under state law, the owner has a right to harvest his timber and earn an income from this timber and is exempt from our local codes,” Shostak wrote. “This was verified by the Georgia Forestry Commission, our city attorneys and the landowner’s attorneys.”

Most members of the council said the site is an eyesore, and they would be anxious to see something done in the way of improvement.

Time frame complications In his presentation before the council Monday, Adam Brock said he would be looking for a time frame of from three to five years from issuance of a land use permit to completion of The Mix. He said the project is complicated because of the power lines that bisect the property and because of extra considerations for safety as the Alpha Loop is incorporated into the interior of the residential portion of the site.

Brock also said construction will be phased and will progress as the market for residential is satisfied.

City Councilman John Hipes, who

Roswell police seek man in Aug. 2 double homicide ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police are searching for a person of interest following a double homicide discovered Monday morning.

Roswell Police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 1000 block of Barrington Landing Court at 11 a.m., Aug. 2 in reference to an unresponsive adult. Arriving officers located two adults inside the residence who were deceased. Their cause of death is still under investigation, however, the matter is being investigated as homicide. The identities of the deceased have not been released pending further investigation and notification

of next of kin.

Investigators have identified a person of interest in Duane Hall, age 30, a Black male, 5’11” tall and weighing approximately 165 lbs. Hall is believed to be operating a dark silver 2019 Toyota Camry bearing Georgia tag RSC5623, which was taken from the scene of the suspected murders.

Police are asking anyone who sees Hall or knows his whereabouts to contact the Roswell Police Department at 770-640-4100. Anonymous information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers by calling 404-577-TIPS (8477).

cast the lone dissent vote, raised questions about traffic, pointing out that until recently, the area along Haynes Bridge Road was heavily wooded. In the past five years, he said, the area has seen the advent of 360 Tech Village and Northwinds Summit mixed-use centers.

He said he was concerned any traffic study might not represent the reality of what will occur in the area as everything comes online.

Hipes also questioned whether the two-phased approach presented by the developer might include a large time gap in which a portion of the site would sit inactive for from two to five years.

Brock said the gap between phases could run even longer because he wants to be careful in filling the large commercial space on the corner.

“I don’t want any national brands,” he said. “We want a very specific type of user.”

Meanwhile, Brock said, there would be temporary accommodations for use of the portions of the property not under construction, including green space and fashionable markets that could be assembled quickly, then disassembled when work begins on permanent buildings.

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Council adopts tax rate The City Council also formally adopted the tax rate the city imposes on property.

Because Alpharetta’s property values rose this year, the same mill levy as in prior years, 5.75 mills will bring in more money, and the city must hold three public hearings to lock down the rate as a “tax increase.” Monday evening’s hearing was the final chance for residents to weigh in, although no one from the public spoke.

In June, the City Council adopted a budget of $149 million for the 2022 fiscal year which began July 1.

About half the budget — $74.5 million — will go to run the day-to-day operations of the city. Another large share of the budget, about $41 million, will go toward capital improvements to maintain, improve or add to what the city already has. These big-ticket items include resurfacing streets, widening roadways and enhancing parks.

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Fulton Schools to continue COVID protocols

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com ATLANTA, Ga. — The Fulton County School System opens for classes Aug. 9 with most COVID-19 protocols still in place from last year. The one exception is the mandatory mask policy, which was lifted June 1 allowing the option of face coverings.

Schools Superintendent Mike Looney said the decision to open the school year with masks optional – but highly recommended — is based on summer school results with more than 12,000 students attending classes in person.

“Based on our experiences with summer school…with masks being optional…and without having to close a single classroom or single school, we’ve learned to manage the risk and mitigate the risk to the extent possible,” he said at a July 22 meeting of the Fulton County Board of Education.

Masks will be mandated on all school buses, complying with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rules for public transportation.

He acknowledged the Delta variant of COVID-19 is increasing the threat of the virus in the county, but the numbers remain low when compared to where they have been in the past. Regardless, Looney said the district is prepared to change course if conditions change.

“We stand ready to pivot and make adjustments,” Looney said. “And I want our parents and our community to know that we will be the first ones to make adjustments if the data warrants.”

Last week the CDC said people in “high-transmission communities” should wear masks in indoor public spaces, even if they’ve been vaccinated.

Georgia is considered an area of high transmission. In the North Fulton region, all five cities had incident rates below 100 per 100,000 residents for the two weeks ending July 21. Mountain

Park reported no positive cases.

Looney said the district is not ignoring the CDC or other public health guidance, but noted the changes are frequent.

“At times it conflicts with each other,” he said. “We want to make sure that we are reflective and make judicious decisions that don’t change overnight.”

A spokesman for the district said the revised direction from the CDC last week is being reviewed by staff.

“As with all updates from public health, state and federal officials, Fulton County Schools’ COVID-19 Executive Task Force will review the new information, confer with leadership, and then notify our community if changes are warranted,” said Chief Communications Officer Brian Noyes.

The issue was hotly debated on the district’s social media sites, with equal numbers of pros and cons of mandatory masking. A petition to require masks in schools has been created.

According to CDC statistics, fewer than 350 children under 18 have died from COVID-19 nationwide as of midJuly. The rate is similar to the fatality rate for seasonal flu.

Staff protocols to continue The reporting procedures for COVID exposure, positive test results and all other procedures implemented last year will continue into the next year, noted Chief Talent Officer Ron Wade.

“We are asking that all staff and students report for three main reasons… whether they’ve been COVID positive, may have a pending test, or if they’ve been in direct contact with a COVID positive person,” Wade said.

Currently, about 80 percent of teachers surveyed have received the COVID vaccination, he noted. Vaccination will not be a condition of employment.

This year, an employee portal for reporting will be used instead of emailing results. A “COVID response team”

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will also be used to follow up on COVID issues.

“We’re just going to ask all the stakeholders to make sure they cooperate and be truthful and answering employees about their vaccination status,” Wade added.

One significant change from last year is the compensation for employees who have to quarantine. Last year, the district continued to pay employees even if they had used all their leave time. That will not apply this year.

Chief Academic Officer Cliff Jones noted students who are required to quarantine will be offered virtual tutoring options to remain on track with academics. The district is also looking at extended day options for students to enhance instruction outside the classroom.

Last year, studies showed the loss or pause in learning was several months because of the pandemic disruption.

That situation is expected to continue into this year.

With the rise in COVID cases occurring at the start of the school year, the district is also expanding the number of seats available in the Fulton Virtual Academy for last minute changes.

Parents had to commit last year to an instruction mode for this year to avoid constant disruption to schools with students in and out of classrooms.

Decisions on closing schools Looney said the closing procedure for responding to COVID cases or outbreaks in schools will remain the same as last year. Decisions will be made at the classroom, school or district level depending on the impact.

That decision was welcome news to North Fulton school board member Katie Reeves.

“I appreciate that we will be reacting to the local school community not Fulton County as a whole,” Reeves said. “Because we found out in the past that that didn’t necessarily work very well.”

In March 2019 when COVID-19 became an issue, the entire district was shuttered after one positive case in South Fulton.

Looney said the closing procedure developed last year worked well with different levels of closure depending on the outbreak.

“Our default position is to have school in a face-to-face environment, if at all possible and safe,” he said, “And it might mean we have to quarantine a classroom…a grade level…and last resort pivot to remote learning for the entire district.”

The closing procedure can be found on the district’s website, fultonschools.org.

Alpharetta man injured after police respond to mental health call

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta police responded to a mental health call Sunday, but the situation escalated, and now the family is asking questions.

Officers restrained 36-year-old Travis Moya, brought him to the ground, subdued and handcuffed him. According to family members, police then commanded their K-9 to attack him.

After the incident, Moya was arrested and charged with a single felony count of willful obstruction of law enforcement

officers by use of threats or violence. His family said he was not resisting.

At a press conference Thursday, Atlanta attorney Chris Stewart said the family planned to file a civil lawsuit against the Alpharetta Police Department.

He also asked the Fulton County District Attorney to dismiss Moya’s charges and open an investigation into the officers and their actions.

The officers’ names have not been released. Jeffrey Ross, spokesman with the Alpharetta Police Department, said the incident is being investigated.

“At this time, no complaint has been

filed in relation to this matter,” Ross said. “However, per our policies, a use of force investigation is being conducted in this matter as is performed for any instance of a use of force incident by one of our officers.”

Gerald Griggs, who is also representing Moya in the case, said they want justice to be served.

“We are here again for a situation that we should not have to witness in 2021,” Griggs said. “This is not Alabama in the ’50s. It’s not Mississippi in the ’60s. It’s

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Travis Moya embraces his wife as his attorney Gerald Griggs announces the family plans to file a civil lawsuit against the Alpharetta Police Department for their use of force during a mental health call.

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Fulton County adopts transportation sales tax ballot issue

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmedia.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to formally adopt a ballot measure this November calling on voters to decide whether to extend the countywide .75-cent transportation sales tax for five years.

The decision followed an agreement with mayors from all 13 cities outside Atlanta.

Atlanta has its own transportation tax.

The .75-cent transportation special purpose local option sales tax, or TSPLOST, was first passed in 2016 by Fulton County voters in those 13 cities and runs through next March. Updated estimates predict the tax could generate up to $546 million in extra funding for municipalities to improve traffic flow, provide and upgrade pedestrian and bicycle pathways and improve safety.

The money will be distributed to cities based on population, putting Sandy Springs, Roswell and Johns Creek atop the list for funding.

District 1 County Commissioner Liz Hausmann called Monday’s action a “historic moment” that will benefit the residents of Fulton County.

“It has taken a lot of collaboration between Fulton County and the cities to bring us here today,” she said.

County officials said they are mounting an information campaign with cities to cite statistics on the sales tax, including data showing what the current tax has accomplished.

The voter education rollout emphasizes what the tax has accomplished over the course of the past five years, they said. The tax has committed $177 million to pedestrian, bike, landscape and streetscape projects, another $152 million for operations and safety projects and $82 million to congestion relief and roadway projects.

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Rental relief expanding County commissioners also spent time during the special meeting to update cities on efforts to distribute rental relief aid to residents facing eviction.

The action comes with the expiration July 31 of the Federal Eviction Moratorium that went into place with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.

The relief program began and was built as federal dollars began arriving in the spring. Fulton County has adjudicated and paid 100% of all eligible applications that were received.

“I could not be more proud of the progress we have made as a county and as cities of Fulton on our emergency rental assistance program,” Fulton County Chief Operating Officer Anna Roach said.

To date, Fulton County has expended $9.84 million of its available $16 million in rental relief assistance.

It has an additional $1.1 million set for distribution this week.

The dispersals to date represent assistance to 1,852 residents outside the City of Atlanta, Roach said.

The county continues to see growth in distributions, and it plans to maintain increased staffing levels to handle

Estimated TSPLOST II revenues Updated estimates from Georgia State University show a sales tax would generate even more revenue to cities than previously thought.

A 0.75 % sales tax over five years would generate around $554 million in collections. Earlier estimates called for collections of about $525 million.

The Georgia Department of Revenue gets 1% of the money collected — estimated at a little more than $5 million.

Fulton County would receive .5% — a little more than $2 million — in program management fees.

That would leave about $546 million for distribution to Fulton County cities — outside Atlanta — according to population.

the need, she said.

To broaden the outreach, Roach said the state of Georgia is also working to intensify its efforts to open portals for rental and mortgage assistance so that residents across the state can apply.

Locally, residents can apply through the Fulton County website, fultoncountyga.gov/rentalassistance, or call 855-776-7912 to speak to a live agent.

Representatives are available Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

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Alpharetta American Legion names scholarship recipients ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Four recent high school graduates from Fulton County earned $1,000 scholarships from Alpharetta American Legion Post 201.

Selections were made based upon scholastic excellence, school LOGAN and community activities and an original essay answering the question, “Patriotism and Citizenship — What America

means to me.”

Scholarship winners are: Allison Swift, Johns Creek High School, who will be attending Clemson University and intends to become a physician assistant.

Lily Logan, Northview SWIFT High School, who will attend the University of Mississippi where she will major in biology and psychology toward a career in

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Austin Debrody, Alpharetta High School, who will attend the University of Georgia and study computer science and mathematics.

Andrew Sayles, New Hampton School, New Hampshire, who will atDEBRODY tend Bryant University majoring in finance.

Post 201 Scholarship Chairman Tom Billings said the scholarship program is

a way for the members of Alpharetta American Legion to recognize the accomplishments of local youth while also providing a forum for these young adults to express how they view their country and their responsibilities as citizens.

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Developers pitch major mixed-use community in South Forsyth

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A team of developers has won initial approval to proceed drafting plans for a mixed-use community in southern Forsyth County they say would be on the scale of Halcyon and Avalon.

Representatives from Toll Brothers, one of the nation’s leading developers of luxury homes, and Atlanta-based Empire Communities, are pitching an overlay plan on just over 400 acres north of McGinnis Ferry Road, between Peachtree Parkway and Old Atlanta Road.

Eric White, Atlanta Division president for Toll Brothers, told members of the Forsyth County Commission July 27 that part of the company’s focus is on new architecture, and it has more plans active now than are posted on its website.

Toll Brothers is a publicly traded company with about $1.5 billion in hand. It bills itself as “America’s Luxury Homebuilder.”

The company has a 5,000 squarefoot studio currently under construction slated for opening the beginning of next year. He said Toll Brothers homes include quality construction, including Hardie plank materials on the exterior with quality interior finishes.

White said the company has active projects in all five districts of Forsyth County, and he would like to partner with the county to bring the development online.

Paul Corley, regional president for Empire Communities, said he has been building in the greater Atlanta market for nearly 30 years, including footprints in Avalon and Halcyon.

“You know you hear the terms ‘live,

work, play,’ everybody says it – we mean it,” Corley said.

He added that a partnership with Lamar Wakefield of Wakefield Beasley and Associates design firm, the development will reflect the community now and how it will live in 20 years.

Corley said the team expects to have selected another partner for the mixeduse property by the end of August.

“It’s the best of the best that we’re talking with because they recognize the demographics of this area,” he said.

“They recognize the schools. They recognize the (Ga.) 400 access and the good stuff that’s happening here in Forsyth.”

Corley said initial plans call for 15 pocket parks, two substantial amenity complexes, a large village center and 3.8 miles of trails that could tie in to surrounding communities. Residential will include townhomes in the $400,000s and estate homes worth more than $1 million.

Wakefield provided his vision for the mixed-use community as “a chance here to do something really special for the county.”

He said he is using the same fundamentals used in creating Avalon when project leaders visited more than 60 of the best rated mixed-used developments in the country to help draw up the design.

While plans are not complete for the South Forsyth project, Wakefield provided some general details, based on his conversations with county and community leaders.

He said the development would be bisected by a $20 million parkway connecting Peachtree Parkway and Old Atlanta Road. It will have more than 100 acres of greenspace and an amphitheater. The main plaza will be 1.6 acres, twice the size of Halcyon’s.

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Standing from left, Eric White, Atlanta Division president for Toll Brothers, and Paul Corley, regional president for Empire Communities, present plans for a mixed-use development in South Forsyth County at the July 27 County Commission work session.

Wakefield said talks have already begun with a large grocer, one suitable for the development.

One of the more innovative parts of the plan includes anchoring one corner of the development with a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts and math) school. Wakefield said negotiations are currently underway with the school district for approval.

“I can tell you, with this student population that we have in Forsyth County, it will be the best STEAM school in the state of Georgia,” Wakefield said. “We think it will be 1,400-1,500 students.”

County commissioners were intrigued by the proposal, but they said they could not commit to beginning a regional impact review for the project until the developers present more details of a draft plan. The county said it is look-

ing for traffic studies and a more exact number on the amount of commercial and residential square footage within the development.

A DRI review, which is assembled by the Atlanta Regional Commission, is intended to coordinate between government entities and other agencies on assessing the impacts and conflicts major projects may have on an area.

Commissioners agreed county staff should work with the development team to help refine the concept plan and bring back something they can evaluate.

County Commissioner Alfred John said he thinks there are still a couple of meetings required before the county would commit to a review.

“A lot of work has been done so far, and there’s still a lot of work left to be done,” John said.

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Fort Mountain State Park gets its name from an ancient stone wall – a “fort,” if you will – that’s puzzled archaeologists for centuries. The wall, built of stacked stones, is 855 feet long and zigzags across the landscape between two precipices, running generally east-west. It varies in height from 2 to 6 feet, though archaeologists think it was higher in years gone by.

No one is really sure when it was constructed – or why. Nor does anyone know the purpose of the roughly 30 “pits” in the wall. Were they gun emplacements? Were they ceremonial features? Did the wall (as suggested on one of the historic markers at the site) maybe even serve as a sort of “honeymoon haven” for newlywed Cherokee couples?

Like the stones making up the wall, the mysteries stack up at Fort Mountain.

There are lots of theories, of course. The most plausible seems to be that it was built

by Native Americans around 500 A.D. for religious or ceremonial purposes. Others think Welsh explorers or even Spanish con-

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The stone fire tower at Fort Mountain State Park, built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, boasts a hidden stone heart, placed in one of the tower’s walls by the construction crew chief as a tribute to his beloved. Look for it above one of the tower’s windows! quistadores constructed it as a defensive fortification.

There’s also the theory (based on Cherokee legend) that it was built by the “Moon Eyes,” said to be a light-skinned people with large, pale eyes who had the ability to see in the dark.

Alas, there’s really no archaeological evidence to support any one theory over the others. It is likely that this particular stone puzzle will remain unsolved. But that’s okay. We all need a little mystery in our lives.

Less puzzling is another stone artifact at Fort Mountain, this one much more recent and tied not to Native Americans or mysterious ancients but to the muchmore-recent Civilian Conservation Corps.

In the early 1930s, the United States was still reeling from the Great Depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the new president, and in 1933 he launched a program to put people to work – the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, which he announced in his Fireside Chat on May 7, 1933.

The CCC, Roosevelt said, would provide employment to “one quarter of a million of the unemployed, especially young men.” He added that this workforce would, among other things, work at “clearly enhancing the value of our natural resources….”

One of the areas where CCC crews worked was what we now know as Fort Mountain State Park. Among their projects was the four-story fire tower that still

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Travis Moya, of Alpharetta, is surrounded by his family at a press conference in Atlanta Thursday.

Continued from Page 18 stands in the park today. And that brings us to another story, the story of the heart of stone.

In 1934, a CCC crew was given the assignment to build that fire tower.

Twenty-year-old Arnold Bailey found himself leading the crew. But as he and his team labored at building the tower, Bailey thought often about the love of his life, his future wife Margaret Reece.

Eventually, overcome by his love for Margaret, he selected one of the stones, crafted it into the shape of a heart, and then incorporated that heart into the construction of the tower.

Yes, the heart-shaped stone is still there, and you can see it if you know where to look. Here’s a hint: It’s located above a window...

Uh-oh. I see I’ve gotten so wrapped up in history that I’ve forgotten to talk about the hike! Since I’m about out of space, I’ll give you the short version: The park offers hiking opportunities ranging from short and easy (including the Cool Springs Overlook Trail, which is 100 percent accessible by 2002 standards) to long and challenging (for example, the 8.2-mile Gahuti Trail, a backcountry loop that even offers four backcountry hiking sites by reservation).

My hike included the Stone Wall Trail, the CCC Stone Tower Trail, the North Stone Tower Trail (challenging in places with some incredible vistas), and the West Overlook Trail (which leads to an overlook you’ll never forget). Pick up a detailed trail map from the park office, take a look at the routes and trail profiles, and decide which hike is best for you.

Legends, history, romance and more, including camping and cottages and mountain biking and a lake and lots more – you’ll find it all at Fort Mountain State Park.

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Moya: Continued from Page 4 not South Carolina in the ’70s. This is Alpharetta, Georgia, so when I received a call and I saw the video my heart dropped again.”

Moya’s wife and 5-year-old daughter witnessed the incident Sunday. His wife captured on cell phone video the moment the K-9 moved on Moya as he lay on the ground with three officers on top of him.

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