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Old Soldiers Day 2022 marks milestone

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — After nearly a century of change and conflict, times of peace, war, and everything in-between, American Legion Post 201 in Alpharetta has continued on in its mission to help local veterans.

That mission was on display Saturday, Aug. 8, as crowds gathered at the Legion Post on Wills Road in Alpharetta for the annual Old Soldiers Day celebration and festival. The morning event included barbecue, guest speakers and presentations from the Greater Atlanta Buffalo Soldiers and Johns Creek Veterans Association Honor Guard.

This year marked American Legion Post 201’s 75th anniversary and its 70th year of sponsoring the annual Old Soldiers Day celebration.

For the third year in a row, festivities did not feature the Old Soldiers Day Parade that once drew thousands to downtown Alpharetta.

The parade was cancelled in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021 the parade appeared to be on the brink of return, but plans were ultimately derailed after negotiations between the Legion and City of Alpharetta over costs for police and other services broke down.

But despite the parade’s absence, Legion officials say that their devotion to veterans and active-duty service members hasn’t changed a bit.

“The key is people still come, so it’s still recognized,” Legion spokesman

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Members of the Johns Creek Veterans Association Honor Guard present the colors during Alpharetta American Legion Post 201’s Old Soldiers Day Celebration on Aug. 6.

Harry Hollingsworth said during the event. “This is part of history going all the way back to the Revolutionary War. And those days need to be celebrated, and old soldiers … need to be celebrated

also.”

Hollingsworth said local veterans want to bring the parade back and post

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ROSWELL, Ga. — Four candidates have qualified for Roswell’s special municipal election in November.

They are Sarah Beeson, Mulham Shbeib, Jason Miller and Allen Sells.

Beeson is a small business executive, Shbeib a chief financial officer, Miller a CEO and small business owner, and Sells works in finance.

Each candidate is vying for a one-year term to fill the Post 1 City Council seat formerly held by Marcelo Zapata, who resigned in late June for medical reasons.

The candidate who is elected to fill the unexpired term will be up for reelection in the November 2023 municipal election.

The special election will be held in conjunction with state and federal elections on Nov. 8.

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Man charged $44,000 for computer services ALPHARETTA, Ga. — An Alpharetta man who contracted for computer help through an online service, reportedly had more than $44,000 stolen from him by the company.

According to an Alpharetta Police incident report, the man intended to pay the company “Safe Tee Soft” $180 for computer services, but when it came time for payment, the company allegedly changed the total amount to $44,180.

The victim’s bank completed the $44,000 wire transfer before the change in charges was discovered.

Investigators identified several phone numbers used by suspects in the transaction, but no other suspect information was immediately available.

Dog and its owner bitten at Wills Park ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A woman and dog were injured in late July after reportedly being bitten by another dog at the Waggy World dog park in Alpharetta.

Alpharetta Police and EMS responded to the Alpharetta Community Center on July 29 and were told the woman and dog had been attacked by another dog without warning while playing at the park.

The woman suffered a minor hand laceration, but her dog was rushed to an emergency veterinarian with a punctured lung.

Police said in a report on the incident the attacking dog was a foster animal from an Atlanta rescue agency.

The dog was taken into custody by the agency for Fulton County Animal Services after the attack.

PUBLIC SAFETY Burglars steal products at North Point Best Buy ALPHARETTA, Ga. — For the second time in a month, the Best Buy on North Point Drive in Alpharetta has been burglarized by thieves who ripped the store’s back door off to gain entry and steal products.

Alpharetta Police responded to the store on July 31 and were told that this is the second burglary the store has experienced over the past month, and was likely done by the same perpetrators, who broke into the business through a back door.

Thieves reportedly punched a hole in the back door, attached the door to a cable and hook, and used a Penske van to tear the door off its hinges.

Video footage showed a suspect breaking into the store at about midnight on July 31, then flee the scene four minutes later. Police officers arrived on scene to investigate the business alarm shortly after.

Inside the store, a display case of Sony camera items had been smashed open, and multiple items had been taken.

No suspect information was available.

Stolen checks altered to perpetrate fraud ALPHARETTA, Ga. — An Alpharetta business owner who sent two checks through the mail in late June has reported that he was defrauded by thieves who stole and forged both checks.

A local business mailed an $810 and $952 check through the Webb Bridge Road post office to an address in Roswell on June 23, according to Alpharetta Police reports. But on July 11, they were told the checks had never arrived.

On July 13, the business owner discovered that both checks had cleared his account, but the “pay to” line had

been changed to a different recipient.

Officers “attempted to decipher the name on the deposited checks” to investigate the crime further but were “unable to generate any leads,” the incident report said.

Woman loses her wallet while grocery shopping ROSWELL, Ga. –– A Roswell woman reported her wallet stolen after she was notified by her bank July 13 of a $1,800 Walmart purchase.

The victim reported the incident around 2:30 p.m. after she had arrived at Publix on Woodstock Road to purchase groceries and found her wallet missing. The victim was at a hardware store in Alpharetta prior to Publix, so she contacted the store to ask if it was turned in.

Video surveillance at Publix did not show any activity around the victim while she was shopping.

She received a text from Chase Bank about a $1,800 purchase at Walmart on Mansell Road, and she declined the transaction. But the victim stated the suspect successfully made a purchase for approximately $1,000 with her American Express Card.

Police then contacted Walmart loss prevention and store officials said video showed that around 2:30 p.m. a suspect was seen scanning several gift cards at self-checkout.

The male then spent a few minutes at the register before pushing his cart toward the clothing section, took items out of the cart and left.

Loss prevention provided screenshots of the male along with video of the incident.

Man attempts to steal large box of electronics ROSWELL, Ga. –– A man impersonating an employee attempted to steal more than $16,000 worth of electronics July

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Alpharetta approves plans for dog park/restaurant

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. –– City officials have approved plans for a hybrid luxury dog park and restaurant in downtown Alpharetta.

The owners behind Off Leash say the business will be a large, luxury indoor and outdoor dog park operating on a membership model in which patrons pay a monthly fee to bring their dogs to play and socialize, while they enjoy food and drinks at the business’s full-service restaurant.

Proposed for 2.3 acres at the southeast corner of Old Milton Parkway and South Main Street, project representatives say Off Leash will revitalize a longvacant property, bringing more green space and foot traffic to one of the city’s busiest gateways.

Representing project applicant Lonnie Cooper Ventures at the Aug. 1 Alpharetta City Council meeting, attorney Julie Sellers said Alpharetta is bursting with dog owners, but not with opportunities for dogs to run free and play.

Sellers said that since the COVID-19 pandemic, pet and dog ownership has become even more important, and their business will provide a safe space for dogs and owners to gather and enjoy the outdoors.

“You see people with their dogs all over the place,” Sellers said. “Alpharetta is definitely a very dog-friendly city, and there are limited opportunities for dogs to be off leash. And so, this is a complement to the downtown area that has already been enhanced with a lot of restaurants, with a lot of retail, and certainly a lot of residents in the area.”

Sellers said the area of the proposed project has been historically underutilized, especially given its proximity to downtown and other parts of Alpharetta.

This project, she said, would bring the property in line with the aesthetic officials are trying to create throughout the city.

“We want this to have the appearance of a park, which is what it is and why we think that this is a great location for it,” Sellers said.

In addition to the restaurant, Sellers said Off Leash would include a 3,000-square-foot covered dog park area, separate large outdoors areas for small and large dogs, and a covered outdoor patio where owners could eat and relax with their pups .

Safety considerations

Sellers said the operation will have trained employees, tentatively called “Dog Tenders,” who will be stationed in the park area to help and maintain safety.

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Plans for a combination dog park/restaurant in downtown Alpharetta have cleared the City Council.

Proposed at the intersection of Old Milton Parkway, the Off Leash dog park will allow dogs and their owners to eat, drink, play and relax in luxury. Opponents of the project say the business could pose a danger at the intersection.

She said the park will also have a one strike rule for aggressive dogs and won’t allow any balls or toys at the establishment, to avoid objects being launched into traffic on Old Milton Parkway.

After hearing from project representatives, council members and the public raised questions about safety at the Old Milton Parkway/South Main Street intersection.

Nearly all council members noted that the only thing separating dogs from traffic at the busy intersection would be a metal fence. They said with Off Leash projecting 1,000 members by the end of its first year, the operation is liable to draw hundreds of dogs to the park on a regular basis.

“I’m really struggling with this ap-

plication and mostly with the 5-foot fence,” Councilman John Hipes said. “My research shows that dogs can jump a 5-foot fence, and then it would need to be a 5-foot fence.”

Other council members said they could support the project if fencing surrounding the dog park areas was a minimum of 6 feet. Others said that in either case, it would be up to the applicant to ensure the safety of dogs at the business and the surrounding citizens.

But Councilman Brian Will pointed out that, while raising the fence height would help ensure safety, it could also disrupt the aesthetics of the area.

“I understand that business owners are responsible if something happens, but on City Council we’re responsible to

do our best to make sure that the potential for something to happen, doesn’t happen,” Will said. “We do this in every decision we make approving zoning …

So, I cannot support this because I don’t think it’s safe. I don’t think it’s aesthetically pleasing.”

Councilman Donald Mitchell echoed Will’s comments, saying the fencing was too high for him to support.

“I can’t support a 6-foot fence right on Old Milton,” Mitchell said. “I could support the project, but I’m not there with a 6-foot fence around the whole thing. We don’t even have a 6-foot fence in our own city’s dog park.”

Despite objections, the plans were approved 5-2, with Mitchell and Will casting the dissenting votes.

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Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ returns Aug. 28

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Drake House’s 18th annual Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ will take place Sunday, Aug. 28, with all proceeds going toward its mission to end homelessness in the community.

The all-you-can-eat ice cream event will be from 2-4 p.m. at First Baptist Roswell at 710 Mimosa Blvd.

While the COVID-19 pandemic converted the pedestrian-friendly event into a drive-thru format the past two

years, Kimberly Jackson, development director at the Drake House, said this year’s event will be back to normal.

“We are back in person for the entire event and very much looking forward to seeing everyone again after a two-year hiatus,” Jackson said.

The nonprofit hopes to raise $50,000 this year to help provide supportive housing and education programs for homeless women and children in the community.

Corporate, civic, faith and family teams, or “crankers,” will make homemade ice cream and compete for top awards by local judges. More than 100 flavors will be available for visitors to sample.

Categories include Best Vanilla,

Best Chocolate, Best Fruit and Best Other Flavor.

Youngsters will also be able to enjoy children’s activities such as face painting and a bounce house. If that’s not enough, they’ll have a chance to compete in the ice cream eating and stacking contests.

Winners from previous years include Red Beard’s Ice Cream, the National Charity League Gardenia Chapter and Roswell Lion’s Club.

Jackson said she encourages all to participate.

“We would love to invite local

churches, businesses and organizations to participate by becoming ‘crankers’ for the day and provide homemade ice cream for attendees to sample while also helping a great cause,” Jackson said.

Named after Mary Drake, a Roswell native and founder of North Fulton Community Charities who advocated for those in need, Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ was established in 2005.

Single tickets are $7. A family ticket of four is $20.

To purchase tickets, visit thedrakehouse.org, or for more information, email info@thedrakehouse.org.

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ROSWELL, Ga. — Organized by Roswell Woman’s Club, the “scariest” competition and fundraiser of the year is returning to benefit education and nonprofits in North Fulton County.

Registration for Roswell Woman’s Club fifth annual BOO Y’all Scarecrow Contest in historic downtown Roswell will open Friday, Aug. 19.

Participants will pay $25 to enter a scarecrow in any of the four categories, including business and merchants; schools and teams; nonprofits and clubs; and families, neighborhoods and individuals.

Scarecrows will be on display through October for all to enjoy. Voting will take place from Oct. 3-29.

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Cash prizes will be awarded for the top scarecrow in each category, and winners will be announced on Facebook on Sunday, Oct. 30, and will be posted on roswellwomansclub.org.

More details will be shared beginning Oct. 3.

Roswell Woman’s Club President Liz Jackson said residents should get started designing their scarecrows and be ready to register.

“It’s going to be a great familyfriendly event that brings together the community of Roswell and North Fulton County while raising muchneeded funds for deserving nonprofits,” Jackson said.

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MLB Play Ball event set for Johns Creek JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — This year’s Major League Baseball Play Ball event is coming to Johns Creek.

The free event will be Saturday, Aug. 20, at Ocee Park from 11 a.m. to noon. Registration is not required, but prizes will be handed out while supplies last.

The Johns Creek MLB Play Ball event is part of the United States Conference of Mayors “Play Ball Summer” initiative, which focuses on the fun nature of baseball and encourages an active and healthy lifestyle for kids in all communities.

Through the event and initiative, cities and towns across the country are

hosting activities with a baseball and softball theme to engage citizens and families through individual and community events such as playing catch, running bases in the backyard and family gatherings.

The activities are intended to expose children to baseball and softball while providing a fun opportunity to remain active throughout the summer.

For more information on how to get involved or to join a community baseball and softball league, visit PLAYBALL.org. Coaching tips and video tutorials from MLB players and coaches can also be found on the site.

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Roswell farmers market promotes local businesses

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Local vendors produce their own farm and artisan foods and goods for sale at the marketplace each Saturday.

Guests and residents are welcome to purchase and enjoy locally-produced foods from nearby small businesses.

BY ADAM DARBY adam@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell Farmers and Artisans Market continued its 2022 season Aug. 6 at Roswell Presbyterian Church.

While promoting small businesses, the weekly even, which runs from 8 a.m. to noon, allows local vendors to provide visitors with fresh, local farm, ranch and artisan foods direct from the producer.

As an advocate for building a community around a local and sustainable food economy, the city’s marketplace encourages entrepreneurship centered around nutritional values.

“Something unique about our market is that we’re a producer-only market, so everything has to be grown within 100 miles of Roswell,” said market Manager Sherri Schreiner. “So far, it’s been a great season. I think it’s been a little busier than it was last year.”

Beginning in 2007, the market was conceived as a joint endeavor between Roswell Recreation and Parks and Fulton County. While originally located in Riverside Park, it quickly outgrew the parking facilities and moved to a parking lot behind City Hall. As the marketplace grew in popularity, it eventually found a new home at the church in 2021. This year marks Schreiner’s fourth year as manager.

As the marketplace continues to draw

larger crowds of guests and residents, she hopes to see local vendors thrive and take their business further.

“It helps small business, and it helps the local food industry…I think it’s great for the economy,” Schreiner said. “We want to get [small businesses] to the next level. So, if we can have you out here and help you to be a success and move on… to bigger and better markets, we’re here to help them achieve that dream.”

The Roswell Farmers and Artisans Market will continue every Saturday morning through the end of October.

Roswell Presbyterian Church is at 755 Mimosa Boulevard. For the safety of everyone, the market will be canceled during severe weather threats. For more information about the event or to learn how to become a volunteer or vendor, call 404-4929938 or email roswell.fam@gmail.com.

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Ceiling collapses at Grove Way apartments Community eager to volunteer services

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Community members are making a last-ditch effort to help nine elderly and disabled residents move out of their dilapidated apartments at 199 Grove Way in Roswell.

Twenty-four have already moved out. But, with less than four weeks left to relocate, conditions on the property have only worsened. Neighbors say that sometime between Aug. 1-2 the ceiling of one of the units finally fell.

The property is owned by the Housing Authority of Roswell but managed by the Gainesville Housing Authority through a mutual agreement. Tenants earn below 80 percent of the area median income.

In March, the agencies notified residents the City of Roswell had deemed the building structurally unsound. Over the past couple of months, relocation challenges have mounted for residents, including a lack of affordable housing in North Fulton County and landlords unwilling to accept their government-subsidized Section 8 vouchers.

The tenant whose ceiling collapsed, Doug Ware, could not be reached for comment. However, one of his former neighbors who goes by Zee and was able to see the damage firsthand said Ware was in the process of moving to the Grayson Ridge 55+ Apartments in Lawrenceville when he came back to finish packing and discovered the carnage.

“The saddest part is that he was going to sleep in that apartment Monday night, but at the last minute changed his mind,” Zee said. “Had he stayed overnight, he would be deceased. You have to see these pictures to believe it. This is the first of the building units collapsing, and they still have … residents living in the apartment complex.”

While the ceiling in the living room is down, Zee said the ceiling in the kitchen has also started to crack. Like Ware, Zee recently moved to the Grayson apartments. Before that, she lived at 199 Grove Way for nine years. During that time, her apartment flooded three times – in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

After the flood in 2021, Zee said the Housing Authority of Roswell hired a moving company that caused approximately $6,000 worth of damage to her property and then refused to reimburse her. Zee said they have a court hearing in September.

Residents kept in the dark

Zee said she’s “devastated” city officials and the Housing Authority of Roswell found out about the property’s structural issues in 2017, but “kept it a secret from the residents.” She said she feels like they put their lives in jeopardy by trying to hide the situation from them.

“Right now, you have people there who have mental health challenges, and they’re just wandering around the complex and they don’t even know they

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The ceiling at one of the apartments at 199 Grove Way collapsed sometime between Aug. 1-2. While it completely fell in the living room of the unit, the ceiling in the kitchen has also started to crack, neighbors say. The building has been deemed structurally unsound by the City of Roswell.

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Continued from Page 6 need to move,” Zee said. “No one is really reaching out to them or trying to get any resources or mental health counselors or somebody to come out and try to get them out of there. That place is collapsing.”

Zee said she’s so stressed since learning she would have to relocate she has lost 10 pounds. Although she’s one of the residents who found housing, she said she feels stranded in Lawrenceville without reliable transportation to get to her doctor’s appointments in Roswell.

“I wish we could get an attorney, because of all that we’ve been through,” Zee said. “… Then the fact that they charged us rent to live in a condemned building from January all the way through June. I want my money back.”

Two other residents, Michael Dowda and Wanda Wilbanks, said that since their neighbor’s ceiling collapsed, they have not heard from the Housing Authority of Roswell about any efforts to expedite their relocation. At this point, Wilbanks said, she’s just waiting for her ceiling to fall too because it’s also cracked.

Dowda said the staff at the Leumas Group, which were hired by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide administrative support, have quit. He said he’s called the Office of the Mayor for help but has not received a response. Dowda pleaded with Mayor Kurt Wilson and the City Council at a July meeting, but he has heard nothing back.

“I’m not sure what’s going to happen here,” Dowda said.

Nonprofit ready to help

Gail Bohannon, president of the Groveway Community Group, said they are ready to help however they can, whether that’s with moving efforts or bringing in an independent legal expert residents can trust to explain the situation to them.

The nonprofit has been a voice in the community since 1943. Former Mayor Jere Wood declared it the oldest nonprofit organization in Roswell. Its mission is to advocate on the behalf of community members to ensure their appropriate representation and to advance resident involvement in community matters that directly affect them.

Bohannon, who was born in the house where she still lives, said she’s been involved with the nonprofit since she was a teenager and has seen the community change over the years, but has always had a heart for those in need.

“The community doesn’t look like it used to, because most of the houses are gone,” Bohannon said. “They’ve been replaced with the $300,000 and $400,000 homes and apartments that are being built all around us. So, it’s pushing the community per se out that really needs assistance.”

The Groveway Community is part of a redevelopment plan that began in 2007 to revitalize the area.

By 2009, the City of Roswell had been awarded two grants from the Atlanta Regional Commission to hold a charrette with citizens, community meetings and Groveway Stakeholder committee meetings.

The Veranda at Groveway to the right of 199 Grove Way was a result of that collaboration. In 2018, the city celebrated with a ribbon cutting for the 101-unit facility, which at the time was its first low-income active senior living community offering one- and twobedroom apartments for seniors 62 and older.

Construction of the building began in August 2016

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Areas around the 199 Grove Way apartments are held up by metal supports after being deemed structurally unsound by the City of Roswell in March. and was managed by Schmit & Associates. Residents began moving to the community in October 2017.

City grants supported the development by committing $100,000 in HOME Investment Partnership funds and $177,587 in Community Development Block Grant funds to the Housing Authority of Roswell. In total, Roswell contributed approximately $966,641 to the project, making it possible for waterline, sidewalk, roadway and other infrastructure improvements.

But, Bohannon said, the project has not lived up to expectations.

Inquiries referred to HUD

While the city had agreed to set aside at least eight apartments for the Housing Authority of Roswell, now there aren’t enough apartments available to house residents from 199 Grove Way. Additionally, Bohannon said all the local nonprofits met with Beth Brown, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority, and Karen Parrish, chairwoman of the Housing Authority of Roswell, in early 2020 to try to figure how much to budget to help the residents.

Instead, Bohannon said they were turned away and told that HUD would take care of everything. If the agencies knew about the issues in 2017, Bohannon said she doesn’t understand why more wasn’t done to redevelop some of the empty buildings around the city like those on the Leita Thompson Park property.

The apartments were built in the 1970s as affordable housing for single and retired women. They are rented to residents who are age 60 and over, and some of the original tenants continue to reside there, according to the city.

In December, Roswell Recreation and Parks Director Jeffrey Leatherman said six of the apartments are vacant and in need of repair as well as other buildings on the property. He asked that the city consider repairing them to meet the growing demand for arts programs.

Bohannon said Groveway Community Group is going to keep pushing.

“Believe it or not, when you’re moving a senior, it really does something to the mental state of a person,” Bohannon said. “Some of them don’t read and write well so they really don’t understand, and they are afraid.”

Sheafen Walker, a general contractor and owner of Pac Master LLC in Atlanta, said he has trucks and workers willing to help the residents move. He said he has a soft heart for the elderly, because they remind him of his grandmother who is 87 years old and has dementia.

“I am eager and willing to help,” Walker said.

If any of the residents at 199 Grove Way need help moving, Walker said they should call him at 678-6630120 or email sheafen.walker@gmail.com. Groveway Community Group can be reached at 770-641-3706.

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Recovery center rejects cookie-cutter approach to healing

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. – Devin Orrie has been director of admissions at Atlanta Recovery Place since the beginning of 2020.

He coordinates everything from the initial phone call, where either the patient or a family member calls in. During that call, they will discuss what’s going on with the patient to make an informed decision on the best route to take.

But, Orrie has seen the other side of Atlanta Recovery Place (ARP) as a patient himself, having sought help from the Dunwoody facility in 2019. At the time, he also began working at a sober living home. According to ARP’s website, sober living provides a safe living space filled with “like-minded individuals to encourage sobriety during the early stages of independence after substance abuse.”

As an ARP client, Orrie said he got close with one of the owners who knew his job history and thought he would be a good fit. Once the opportunity arose, Orrie said he was eager to hop on board.

“I really admired Atlanta Recovery Place staff, their ability to connect and really felt like they cared,” he said.

The center offers different program options that are assigned based on need – partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient. Apart from setting up long-term therapy and psychiatry for aftercare, staff can place patients in sober living upon request.

For sober living, staff use corporate leases at a luxury apartment complex

Although we are a for-profit facility, this is the only place I’ve ever heard of, or ever worked at, where people are first and finances are second.”

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Atlanta Recovery Place, located on Mt. Vernon Road in Dunwoody, was founded five years ago. Its staff heralds its individualized approach to substance abuse treatment and recognizes the trauma that often underlies addiction. down the road from the facility.

Atlanta Recovery Place is a private, for-profit organization, meaning its funding primarily comes from insurance and self-pay. There is no state funding. ARP Program Director Jeff Tobish, who’s also in recovery, said that ARP owners have a vested interest that lies outside of financial benefit – the owners are in recovery, too.

“Although we are a for-profit facility, this is the only place I’ve ever heard of, or ever worked at, where people are first and finances are second,” Tobish said.

The organization was founded around five years ago when a group of

people with a lot of recovery time saw that Atlanta was in need of more treatment services, Director of Business Development Cody Davis said.

Davis started out as a clinician at ARP about three and a-half years ago.

He left temporarily to start his own recovery program for men coming out of incarceration and was invited back to take on his current role. He said it was an easy sell because he really believes in ARP’s program.

“I truly believe that we fully understand that we’re not really treating addiction, we’re treating the trauma,” Davis said.

Individualized programming is ARP’s touchstone. Patients are expected to participate in one-on-one therapy. The center recently added an LGBTQ+ track for those who identify within that community. Davis said this is an important feature for a diverse city like Atlanta. As of 2021, 4.6 percent of Atlanta’s overall population identifies as LGBTQ+, according to a report from UCLA’s Williams Institute.

Both Orrie and Tobish said that ARP doesn’t take the “cookie-cutter approach” to treatment.

“A lot of facilities are going to get you in, stick you in as many groups as possible because that’s how most places drive revenue – you know, attendance and stuff like that,” Orrie said.

“Get in the groups, rinse and repeat the material they use. Whereas here, I felt like it was almost like a fresh, new approach.”

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Appen Media joins suit against Facebook, Google Lawsuit alleges two media giants create monopoly STAFF REPORTS ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Some North Georgia newspaper companies have filed antitrust lawsuits against tech giants Google and Facebook, alleging that their “anticompetitive and monopolistic practices” have caused major harm to news outlets’ ability to survive.

Alpharetta-based Appen Media Group filed suit Aug. 3, citing statistics that newspaper advertising revenue has fallen by more than 50 percent since 2006, and nearly 20 percent of newspapers have closed over the past 15 years.

“Everyone knows that Facebook and Google operate an illegal monopoly over digital advertising,” Appen Media Group Publisher Hans Appen said. “We are proud to join dozens of other newspapers across the country in an effort to correct this injustice and even the playing field.”

Appen Media Group owns the Alpharetta-Roswell Herald, Milton Herald, Johns Creek Herald, Forsyth Herald, Dunwoody Crier and Sandy Springs Crier.

The lawsuit alleges that news outlets’ loss of revenue across the country was “directly caused” by Google and Facebook’s practices and that the harm was intentional.

The complaint opens with a quote from Thomas

Jefferson: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

The suit references “Jedi Blue,” the codename of a 2018 agreement between Google and Facebook that the two companies kept under wraps. The deal provided that Google would give Facebook preferential advertising rates. In 2020, several states’ attorneys general filed antitrust lawsuits against Google as a response to the deal.

The lawsuit alleges both companies violated the Sherman Anti-trust Act, an 1890 federal law that outlawed monopolistic practices in an effort to promote free trade and competition.

Nearly identical lawsuits were filed in the preceding months by the Marietta-based Times Journal and its subsidiaries Neighbor Newspapers and Rome News Media.

Georgia’s newspapers are not alone in their campaign. Appen’s lawsuit is slated to be transferred to the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York, consolidated with pending antitrust cases against Google and Facebook from at least 15 states and U.S. territories, including Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico.

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Milton residents speak on HOA’s bid for city aid on signs

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. – A packed house greeted the Milton City Council Aug. 1 to speak on whether the city should compensate the White Columns Homeowners Association for traffic calming devices it had installed along its residential streets.

The HOA installed four radar feedback signs in the Golf neighborhood of the 440plus home community early this year. It wasn’t until after installation that the HOA learned of a program that allows subdivisions to apply for city funding to pay half the costs for traffic calming measures.

Under terms of the program, cost is determined through competitive bid.

In this case, the city would be on the hook for $6,853 of the $13,706 total cost.

Any expenses above the base amount, such as decorative enhancements, would not be eligible for city matching funds.

At issue is whether the White Columns installations were fully vetted by the city as part of the formal process. The matter also raises questions over how much authority the city is willing to concede to subdivisions who initiate street safety measures without going through the formal process to qualify for partial reimbursement.

City Councilman Paul Moore, who lives on White Columns Drive where three of the signs are located, recused himself from the Aug. 1 discussion. In June, White Columns HOA President Tony Palazzo filed an ethics complaint against Moore for participating in a vote last May to table the matter.

In a 4-1 vote at the Aug. 1 meeting, council members approved the cost-share agreement. The accord included a caveat suggested by Councilwoman Juliette Johnson that the Milton Public Works department examine and reevaluate one of the sign locations.

Questions of jurisdiction

Councilman Rick Mohrig cast the dissenting vote, saying he worried the

age was leading.

Public Works Director Sara Leaders cited a history of the city allowing HOAs to represent their communities in traffic safety matters. According to city code, the HOA is not required to petition all homeowners prior to installation of traffic calming devices.

Timeline for work

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Stanley Coveleskie, a 9-year White Columns resident, speaks out in favor of the sign installation at a Milton City Council meeting Aug. 1. cost-share agreement could signal that other subdivisions may bypass formal city processes and seek funding after the fact.

“Is there a reason for the process? I think it’s so that city staff can be involved,” Mohrig said.

During a lengthy public discussion, passions ran high among residents. Most – including 20 email comments – said they opposed the HOA’s sign installations.

Many urged the city to remove the signs, which were paid for through HOA dues.

Milton City Attorney Ken Jarrard said the city has authority over sign removal.

He also confirmed that city ordinance allows the HOA to seek sign removal.

But, several White Columns residents argued for the need of traffic calming devices, attesting to having observed constant speeding in their section of the neighborhood.

Resident Stanley Coveleskie called himself a “tweener” – being a White Columns resident before and after having his 8-year-old daughter. He said that when he was teaching her how to ride a bike, he went outside the neighborhood because he was concerned for her safety.

“We owe it to everyone in the neighborhood to make it a safe and happy place to live,” Coveleskie said.

Speed studies conducted

Since the May 2 City Council meeting, the city conducted two new speed studies, which indicated that the radar feedback signs and new all-way stop signs were doing their job. For traffic calming measures to be considered, 50 percent of cars must exceed the posted speed limit.

The city also collected information on speed-related warnings and citations from Milton police. The data, which covered from April 2021 to July 2022, focused only on the White Columns Golf section. It showed that out of 61 citations, four were for speeding. Out of 28 warnings, one was for speeding.

Some residents cited the small number of speeding citations as reason to oppose the signage.

Prompted by a council suggestion, the White Columns HOA conducted a survey of residents to gauge sentiment on the radar feedback signs.

Many residents argued the survey was improperly conducted and said the word-

Leaders said the right of way encroachment permit was issued near the completion of sign installations in the subdivision. The permit covers work in cityowned right of way, sign installation and restoring damages. Leaders emphasized that the permit is not an official feature of the agreement but that the city has right of entry for any future sign maintenance.

Leaders said public works staff and the HOA had been coordinating for six months leading up to the installation. She also said that staff did mark and approve sign locations before installation began.

But, when Mohrig asked if White Columns followed the formal process in getting the signs installed, Leaders said they did not.

Mayor Peyton Jamison said the council will study the ordinance further at a work session so this issue can be avoided in the future.

In other business at the meeting, the council motioned to adopt the 2022 City of Milton Local Road Safety Plan – what Leaders called a “living document.” The plan provides a framework to identify and analyze safety problems as well as recommend safety improvements.

In another unanimous vote, the council adopted the 2022 Personal Transportation Vehicle Plan for the Crabapple District with Moore’s recommendation that driver registration and police enforcement aspects of the plan are not to exceed six months. One of the plan’s top objectives is to identify trail crossings for golf carts. The council’s approval allows city staff to begin expending resources to start planning out the network of trails, Milton City Manager Steven Krokoff said.

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Speaking to the crowd on Saturday, State Rep. Chuck Martin praised the work the Legion does in the community and pledged to do whatever he can to bring the annual parade back in 2023.

“The American Legion has been a rock in our community,” Martin said. “You have my absolute pledge, to work with you to put this parade back on, to continue more than today and not let some external things get in the way.”

Martin, a former mayor of Alpharetta, also shared several memories of visiting the American Legion and attending the Old Soldiers Day celebration throughout his life.

He said participating in the annual celebration and being in the parade was one of the best experiences he’s ever had.

“It was something to look forward to,” he said. “As a high school student, as the mayor of the city of Alpharetta, and now as an adult.”

The event’s keynote speaker, Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Maj. Gen. John King, also praised the Legion for it’s work with veterans in the community, saying he was humbled and honored to speak at the event.

King told the crowd that veterans groups like the Legion are “key” components of holding a community together.

“We come from so many backgrounds … but we have service as a common denominator,” he said.

Amid the current challenges facing the U.S. military, which include a sizable deficit in recruiting goals, those connections in communities across the nation are now even more important, he said.

“We have to go and tell our story,” King said. “Young men and young women today join the military because they have a family member. Because they have positive relationship with somebody who has served.”

Austin De Rosa plays “taps” to close out Alpharetta’s Old Soldiers Day Festival on Saturday, Aug. 6

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Former Alpharetta City Councilman John Monson sings the national anthem at American Legion Post 201’s Old Soldiers Day Celebration on Aug. 6.

Maj. Gen. John King, Georgia’s Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, speaks to a crowd at Alpharetta’s American Legion Post 201 for the Legion’s 70th Old Soldiers Day celebration Aug. 6. King was honored as the event’s keynote speaker.

State Rep. Chuck Martin speaks to a crowd of about two dozen at Alpharetta’s 70th Old Soldiers Day celebration, before introducing keynote speaker Maj. Gen. John King.

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Milton dives into polling details

Panel assembles figures to manage own election

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. – Milton’s Election Feasibility Committee rolled up its sleeves Aug. 3 and took a deep dive into the practicalities of the city conducting its own municipal elections.

The committee’s efforts could have widespread ramifications for neighboring cities who are in the hunt for ways to avoid paying Fulton County tens of thousands of dollars every two years to manage municipal elections.

The committee meeting included a detailed presentation from poll managers from Peachtree Corners, a city in Gwinnett County that has run its own elections since incorporating in 2012.

Gwinnett County Deputy Supervisor of Elections Kelvin Williams said that Gwinnett cities have always run their own municipal elections – unlike Fulton County.

The Milton panel is in the hot seat with only three scheduled meetings until they must decide on whether Milton’s election independence is possible, although members discussed adding more meetings to fully iron out the nuts and bolts before the Oct. 15 deadline.

Thus far, the panel has been in the information-gathering stage, panel member Mark Amick said.

“Pretty soon we’re going to have to be in the assemble [stage],” he said.

Milton resident Mary Cronk provided the meeting’s one public comment.

“If you do not decide that it is feasible for Milton to run our own elections, I would really encourage you to make an alternate suggestion,” she said.

Cost has yet to be assigned to the project. Milton panel members and those from Peachtree Corners didn’t toss around any estimates at the meeting.

Panel member and Deputy City Manager Stacey Inglis said that cost is still being fleshed out.

The two north Metro Atlanta cities have similarities.

Figures from the 2020 Census show Peachtree Corners with a population of 43,516 while Milton has a population of 39,252.

Yet, Peachtree Corners spent $50,687 for its November 2021 municipal general election, the city’s Director of Communications Louis Svehla said.

Milton paid $84,671 to Fulton County to run its 2021 municipal general elec-

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Judy Burds, who has worked as a poll manager and technician for Fulton County, distributes copies of a presentation on election details at an Aug. 3 meeting of the Milton Election Feasibility Committee.

The process for preparing an election January February

Fix and publish qualifying fees.

May

Complete mandated election training, reserve election space, notify the secretary of state (SOS) office for election room inspection, notify county about the election and start agreement with the county for election machines and ballot drop box.

June

Post absentee ballot application on website.

August

Call for election and create/review poll worker manual.

Prepare qualifying packets; add information on website and legal organ; inventory election supplies; prepare notices of opening and closing dates and times for qualifying. Confirm via GIS all September street addresses with SOS and county.

October

Run through the qualifying process; notify Dominion Voting Systems for support training and ballot building.

November

Confirm ballots; Logic & Accuracy Testing with Dominion; final confirmation of voter list with SOS liaison. Send judge a request for an order approving the voter review panel. Post sample ballot on website and front lobby. Place all ads in the local organ.

Election Day; count votes; certify election; conduct run-off election if needed.

tion. But, it also paid the county another $70,368 to conduct a runoff election in late November, according to the contract agreement.

Peachtree Corners – about half the size of Milton at 16 square miles – has one precinct, with polling held in its city hall. Fulton County lists Milton with six precincts.

Panel members are still not sure how many precincts they will have if hosting elections proves feasible, an important piece in determining the cost of running an election.

Peachtree Corners City Clerk Kym Chereck and Deputy City Clerk Rocio Monterrosa spoke over Zoom about what it’s like to prepare for such an undertaking. Both oversee their city elections, Chereck acting as the election superintendent and Monterrosa as the absentee ballot clerk.

The pair discussed everything from supplies and contractual agreements with suppliers, like Dominion Voting Systems, to tedious inspections for the election season.

While mandatory poll training is slated for February in a typical voting cycle, firstyear training will likely bleed into March, Chereck and Monterrosa said. They also said training and election-related affairs are continual even in off years.

“This is an off year that we just had.

We don’t have an election, but you still

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Milton resident Mary Cronk leaves the podium after having urged the panel to consider other options if they find that the city can’t host its own municipal election.

Cronk suggested a list of items for the panel to consider, including poll location and staff size.

Elections: Continued from Page 12 have to have your toes constantly dipped into it because you could have a special election at any moment,” Chereck said.

If Milton election panel members find that the city can host its own municipal election, Milton City Clerk Tammy Lowit would act as the election superintendent.

To fill in knowledge gaps on precinct and polling location management, the panel invited Milton Planning Commission member Judy Burds, who has worked as a poll manager and technician among other roles. Burds described long days for poll workers, Fulton staffing techniques and ElectionNet, a central database used to record voting, as well as other details not previously discussed at length.

Karen Dublin, a poll trainer contracted by Fulton County, emphasized differences between Peachtree Corners’ election process and Fulton County’s, including the thoroughness of checking voter identification.

Milton officials have indicated a preference for paper ballots. They do not plan to use certain equipment like ballot marking devices.

However, a preliminary list of potential election supplies was not available for public viewing. When asked for details, Deputy City Manager Inglis, who has taken lead on discussing the panel’s task list, asked that an open records request be submitted for the panel’s working document.

The request had not been completed by late Aug. 5.

The panel discussed next steps, which

This is an off year that we just had.

We don’t have an election, but you still have to have your toes constantly dipped into it because you could have a special election at any moment.”

KYM CHERECK Peachtree Corners City Clerk would be to begin creating a draft of the final report.

“I think we can have the skeleton laid out,” City Clerk Lowit said. “We’ll use this time to start filling in the muscle for the bones.”

Panel members discussed some of the intangible risk factors associated with Milton conducting its own election and asked that those risks be included in the report. Lowit mentioned workload. Inglis anticipated unfavorable media coverage.

“What can be on the front page? What can we be attacked with? What can we be accused of?” Inglis said. “Obviously, we try to tighten up our processes as much as possible, but there’s always human error.”

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Milton resident Tony Palazzo’s attorney walks across the room after presenting his opening statements at an Aug. 2 hearing at City Hall to determine whether Councilman Paul Moore had violated the city code when he voted on a matter concerning his neighborhood earlier this year.

Milton city official testifies in ethics case

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — While the Milton City Council has agreed to compensate the White Columns Homeowners Association for traffic calming devices along its residential streets, a dispute between members of both parties continues.

After five hours of testimony Aug. 2, an ethics panel investigating whether Councilman Paul Moore, a White Columns resident, had violated city code by voting on the matter in May said it was not ready to render a decision.

Moore voted May 2 to defer a decision on whether the city should enter an agreement with the HOA to share expenses for the traffic calming devices the organization had installed before learning about a cost-sharing program offered by the city.

Tony Palazzo filed the ethics complaint against Moore four days later.

While he serves as president of the White Columns HOA, Palazzo filed the complaint as a resident of Milton and not in his official capacity.

Palazzo accuses Moore of committing seven ethics violations. He states that because Moore lives on White

I’m choosing my words carefully, because if I was to suggest there was a recusal ,that would suggest the possibility of wrongdoing, and I still stand firm there is no law or ordinance that have been violated by the type of statements that I made in the May 2 meeting.”

PAUL MOORE Milton City Councilman

Columns Drive, where three of the four radar feedback signs are located, he stands to be financially affected by the installation and maintenance costs.

Palazzo also alleges Moore is an active participant in a homeowners group that dissents from the HOA on several issues and acts as a dual representative of that group’s views by “misusing” his role as a public official.

Additionally, Palazzo says Moore should have disclosed his alleged conflict and abstained from participating and voting on matters about White Columns.

Local attorneys Samuel Pierce, Charles Pollack and Ron Debranski agreed at an initial ethics panel meeting in June that there was sufficient evidence to proceed with a formal hearing.

At the Aug. 2 hearing, Moore stood firm, saying he had done nothing wrong. In his initial response to the complaint, he stated that every count was just a “frivolous” and “baseless” attempt to “harass, intimidate and silence” him.

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Continued from Page 14 borhood for close to 25 years, said he drives past the signs every day on his way to work but cannot see any of them from his house. In his complaint and at the hearing, Palazzo claimed Moore’s house was behind one of the signs.

Moore also reiterated that before voting on May 2, he asked City Manager Steven Krokoff whether there could be a conflict of interest. Moore said Krokoff, who also lives in the neighborhood, scoffed at the idea.

Krokoff was asked to testify on Aug. 2.

“I still don’t believe there is a conflict,” Krokoff said.

However, in a 4-1 vote the night before the ethics hearing, City Council members went ahead and approved the cost-share agreement with the White Columns HOA, putting the city on the hook for $6,853 of the $13,706 total cost for the traffic calming measures that had already been installed in the neighborhood.

Moore did not vote on the matter “out of an abundance of caution,” but made clear he did not recuse himself.

“I’m choosing my words carefully, because if I was to suggest there was a recusal ,that would suggest the possibility of wrongdoing, and I still stand firm there is no law or ordinance that have been violated by the type of statements that I made in the May 2 meeting,” Moore said.

Councilman Rick Mohrig cast the dissenting vote at the Aug. 1 City Council meeting, saying he worried the cost-share agreement could signal to other subdivisions that they may bypass formal city processes and seek funding after the fact. He was also asked to testify at the hearing.

Milton City Council to formalize mill levy

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. – Residents have one final chance to weigh in on the proposed 2020 mill levy at the City Council meeting Monday, Aug. 15 at 6 p.m.

The mill levy is the tax rate the city sets on property. Even if the rate remains the same as last year, homeowners will pay more in taxes if the assessed value of their property has increased.

The City Council has already given preliminary approval of a tax rate of 4.731 mills. The rate has remained the same since it was incorporated in 2006, with the exception of tax year 2018.

“The reason I voted against is because we did not follow our process,” Mohrig said. “… I try to take seriously that it’s taxpayers’ money. … If we have a process, it’s there for a reason. I did ask the Director of Public Works directly, was this process followed? Yes, or no? … And the answer was no.”

In the end, Moore’s attºrney, E. Logan Butler with Patterson Moore Butler, said Palazzo got what he wanted by preventing Moore from voting.

But, Palazzo said, he still wanted to go through with the hearing, because the situation was more than just “a neighborhood squabble.”

“It’s about protecting lives, property and working with the city on a process that we knew would move forward,” Palazzo said.

A second hearing has not yet been set.

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Milton works with GDOT to transform Crabapple Road

By R.J. TURNER newsroom@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton officials have been working closely with Georgia Department of Transportation staff on a streetscape designed to make Crabapple Road more than just State Route 372.

The new streetscape concept shows promise in blending into the Milton community while stimulating economic growth. The initial challenge has been achieving both Milton and GDOT goals.

The area of focus on Crabapple Road lies west of Itaska Walk and east of Lecoma Trace/Marstrow Drive.

“The transformation of Crabapple Road’s streetscape has been years in the making — the product of extensive study and feedback from citizens as well as city leaders.” Milton Public Works Director Sara Leaders said.

Milton Engineering Project Manager Robert Dell-Ross said the project aims to satisfy goals from residents, business owners and city officials to create a more pedestrian-friendly atmosphere along Crabapple Road.

“The goal is that the altered streetscape will make it easier, safer, and more appealing for people to go in and around downtown Crabapple and its growing number of businesses — including the midblock crossing allowing people a new, valuable way to get from one side of Crabapple Road to the other,” Dell-Ross said.

Fairly early in the design phase, Dell-Ross said GDOT has shown support for enhancements to the state route.

Elements of the project are expected to include reducing vehicle lane widths, repurposing turn lanes, installing medians, adding a protected

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GDOT. “We’re excited to see the light at the end of the tunnel, knowing that the coming changes can make a major difference for businesses, pedestrians, bicyclists and other visitors to the heart of Milton’s downtown,” Leaders said.

Milton awarded the streetscape design contract to Heath & Lineback, Inc. for $117,000. The concept design

will be updated in the next two to three months and presented to Milton officials; the final design phase is to be completed by the fall of 2023.

The cost for construction will be decided once the final design is presented to the mayor and City Council and the concept approved; following an estimated construction timeline of six to nine months.

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Class focuses on active shooter response

Police brief public on proper reaction

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Sounds of gunfire, screams and chaos rang through John’s Creek City Hall on July 19.

But there wasn’t any danger.

The gunshots and screams were all recorded or reenacted, and the chaos was all on video, played to a about 50 people in the City Council chamber assembled for a John’s Creek Police Department course on how to respond to an active shooter event.

Police Public Information Officer Lt. Deb Kalish, who served as instructor, said last week’s class was one of the best turnout’s they’ve had.

“Normally, I might get half of the people that show up, that actually sign up,” Kalish said. “It was a packed house, and people were really interested. The more people I can teach how to respond, the better.”

Kalish said they always have a bigger turnout when there are active shooter events in the recent months, as people become more concerned about the safety of their family and coworkers.

“I always say, ‘it doesn’t matter until it does,’” she said.

The class is based on the nationally recognized Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) system, which prioritizes action by all involved in an active shooter situation.

It differs from other, more conservative systems taught nationally in the past.

Here are some of the top takeaways from the John’s Creek Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events Class.

Decisive action is your priority

Kalish said the most important takeaway from the ALERRT system is that it’s up to each of us, to break through the fear and stress that accompanies a disaster situation or active shooter event, to get people moving and out of danger.

That decisiveness is hard to find sometimes, she said, because social proofing – the natural human response to look at what others are doing and model our behavior after them – can get in the way and make us wait for others to act.

But as soon as you realize what’s happening in an active shooter event, it’s your responsibility to get people moving and out of danger.

“When something happens, you need to get others moving, to stand up and

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Johns Creek Police Department Lt. Deb Kalish speaks to a crowd at the police department’s active shooter response training class July 19 at City Hall. say ‘let’s go’ and get them moving in the right direction,” she said. “Decisiveness.

Get people moving and get them out.”

ever been in your life, rightfully so,” she said. “You have to switch that emotion, shift it to anger.”

Denial can be overcome

Avoid, Deny and Defend

To start the class, Kalish played several clips from the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, some real and some simulated, to illustrate to the audience what being in an active shooter situation is like.

One clip contained audio of a teacher who was on the phone with 911 and had been shot.

Kalish said the teacher didn’t immediately realize she had been shot and told 911 that the shooting and guns were part of a film production, because she was in denial of what was happening to her.

That sort of response is common, Kalish said. People should also expect a dramatic increase in their heart rate, tunnel vision, diminished hearing, a slowed perception of time, memory loss and false memories – all part of a person’s fight or flight response.

In these situations, Kalish recommends using a technique called “Combat Breathing,” slow four- second inhales and exhales, to control heart rate.

“You’re going to be scared, you’re going to be more scared than you’ve

Kalish said that the ALERRT system is built on the principals of Avoid, Deny, Defend, which means that you aren’t going to hide and wait to be saved in an active shooter situation.

“I do not want you getting down and getting under the table and hiding,” she said. “Playing dead is not an option in an active shooter situation. Hiding and holding is not an option.”

Kalish said that your only options in an active shooter situation are to Avoid – to get as far away as possible by whatever means possible; Deny – to deny the attacker access to victims by barricading them away; and Defend – to fight the attacker like your life depends on it.

“I want pens and pencils coming out of eyeballs, their necks, their ears, their throat everything. You’ve got to stop them with whatever you have,” she said.

Have a plan

Kalish said that on average in the United States, it takes police three minutes to respond to an active shooter situation, so anything you can do to

keep wounded people stabilized, will help save lives.

Most important on that list, she said, is stopping serious bleeding however you can.

Kalish recommends people get trained on how to use first aid kits, tourniquets and AEDs, and to keep them stocked in their homes and businesses.

“Because if something happens, you only have a couple minutes to save your coworkers life, before they bleed out,” she said. “You can do things to save their life until we can get them the medical attention that they need.”

Along with the equipment, you should also have a plan for yourself, your family and your business on what to do during an emergency, she said.

That plan should be readily available and known to everyone.

Kalish said it also doesn’t hurt to have pepper spray or another form of self-defense, but only if you know how to use it and train with it regularly.

“If you’re going to carry any kind of weapon, you need to train,” she said.

For more information on the John’s Creek Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events Class and sign up for the next session, follow the police department on Facebook and look out for event notifications.

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Southern Magnolia Charities to host comedy event for a cause MILTON, Ga. — Southern Magnolia Charities is hosting “Comedy on the Green at Crabapple Market” Saturday, Aug. 20, to fundraise for four local charities.

Southern Magnolia Charities, based in Milton, is a non-profit organization founded in 2018. It actively serves people in North Georgia through fundraising events and donations, making philanthropic grants and providing services or support that contribute to the health and vitality of the community.

The event on Aug. 20 will be headlined by comedian Jon Reep. There will be food and beverages available for purchase. This year’s charity beneficiaries are Blessings in a Backpack, StandUp for Kids, Summit Counseling Center and TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation.

Blessings in a Backpack mobilizes communities, individuals and resources to provide food on the weekends to elementary school children in North Fulton County who might otherwise go hungry.

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Testing MARTA’s ride share service in Alpharetta

By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In May, MARTA officially launched a six-month pilot of a new ride share service in Alpharetta.

The service is called MARTA Reach and is designed to combine the flexibility of ride share services with the low costs of public transportation. Today, Alpharettans can use the service to get around certain areas of the city, even those the bus routes don’t cover.

Curious to see how the service stacks up to other methods of getting around, I took a round-trip on one of the MARTA Reach shuttles to grab some lunch at North Point Mall.

First impressions: the app

The service is run through the MARTA Reach app, available for free on your phone’s app store. Users have to create an account before using the service, though you don’t have to put payment info directly into this app.

It operates like a typical ride share app like Uber or Lyft, where the user inputs the pickup location and destination. The main difference is that you select from preset points to be picked up from and dropped off at, rather than putting in any location.

Although this may sound like an inconvenience, there are an abundance of preset points to choose from, especially along the city’s major corridors.

Since I was in downtown Alpharetta, I chose to be picked up outside the Fulton County Library next to City Hall.

I chose to purchase a ticket, which costs a flat $2.50 for every ride, through MARTA’s Breeze Mobile app, although it did require a separate download.

Riders can also choose to pay with cash or a traditional MARTA Breeze Card.

While the app is certainly usable, the user experience didn’t feel quite as smooth as using another app like Uber. When I ordered the ride, the app said my shuttle would arrive in 7-10 minutes. Those numbers would constantly change, increasing and decreasing.

Having the app open also worked my phone pretty hard, causing it to heat up and drain the battery quickly.

I waited in the library entryway to stay out of the heat until the app finally said my ride was 0-3 minutes away. My shuttle arrived about 10 minutes after I placed the order, a comparable wait time to other ride share services.

The ride

The MARTA Reach shuttles are essentially small buses, like airport shuttles. My driver, Carsell Sapp, drove right up to where I was standing outside the library and greeted me. I showed him my mobile ticket and took my seat.

Since Reach is a ride share service, other passengers may be picked up and dropped off during a ride, but I was the only passenger on the shuttle. Sapp said the service rarely gets more than five or six trips in a day in Alpharetta, but it gets more use in areas like west Atlanta, where it’s been available longer.

The shuttle had eight seats, with plenty of space

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A MARTA Reach shuttle waits outside the Fulton County Public Library in Alpharetta on July 28. left for wheelchair users. Unlike a school bus, the seats were also equipped with seatbelts. The shuttle was well air-conditioned, so comfort wasn’t an issue.

The ride itself was perfectly smooth and took less than 10 minutes. Sapp dropped me off at the food court entrance at my request. My return trip, around 45 minutes later, was practically the same experience — Sapp was even my driver again. He said he had gotten one other fare after my initial trip, but the rider canceled before he picked them up.

Final thoughts

Overall, I was surprised at how efficient the MARTA Reach service was at such a low cost. While the app isn’t perfect, it’s plenty usable. I checked Uber prices at the time I ordered my Reach trips and found that the same round-trip that cost me $5 on the new MARTA service would have cost me about $22 with Uber for practically the same level of service.

Especially since MARTA Reach isn’t too popular in Alpharetta right now, and trips are unlikely to be interrupted by picking up and dropping off other passengers, I saw no real benefit to choosing Uber or Lyft over the new service.

Carsell Sapp, a MARTA Reach driver, says the service only gets a few rides a day in Alpharetta.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Alpharetta post office must fix its problems To the Editor, I drove by the Alpharetta, GA US Post Office Annex the day before yesterday to drop a letter into one of the two outdoor drive-by mailboxes. They were both taped shut.

I inquired from a mail clerk inside as to the reason and was told that (once again) the boxes had been vandalized. I was also told that the boxes might be permanently removed due to this problem.

Removing the boxes is not a satisfactory resolution of the problem.

Many people, including seniors like myself, find it’s easier to drop mail into an outdoor box than leave the car and enter the post office. The parking area is not even very large and frequently fills up. In this age of COVID, one doesn’t even want to enter a crowded space to do business, if one can do it in another way. In the past, the two boxes frequently filled up

with mail (and were not emptied often enough by the post office staff), so we know the need for them is there.

Instead of removing the boxes, a solution needs to be found that improves the safety of the mailboxes and protects the general public from vandals. Perhaps cameras could be installed to catch and prosecute the perpetrators. Perhaps the drivethrough mailboxes could be attached to the sides of the Annex. Perhaps there are designs for vandal-proof boxes.

Alpharetta is a good-sized and busy city, which deserves the convenience of a drive-through mailbox at its Annex. We need to address the problem so that the citizens of Alpharetta are well-served, not give in to vandals.

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That RV you loved so much is not your friend Christina and I drive our kids crazy, I think. We are very frugal, and we like to buy used things whenever we can instead of new things – like this 32-foot-long class A RV that we bought a RAY APPEN few years ago for not Publisher Emeritus much money. It is ray@appenmediagroup.com giant. It sleeps like five or six fairly comfortably and has three air conditioners, an almost full-size refrigerator, sink, shower, oven and more. And while it is maybe about 22 years old, it only has 36,000 miles on it.

When it was running, we liked to take it out to state parks in Georgia for short trips, although a few years ago we did make the mandatory road trip to California and back. I recall thinking when we had been on that winding Highway 101 in California headed to Big Sur that it was odd that there were no other RVs on the road. It didn’t take me long to figure out why. Some of those bridges along that road are scary – really scary – especially when driving

a giant RV. There is no place to turn around.

After I drove under the overhanging heavy branches of a huge oak tree and discovered that the vehicle was too high for us to fit under it, and after I had picked up as much of the equipment that had been ripped off the top of the RV by the branches as I could, we finally found a place to turn around and head back north in the direction of safety and solid ground.

I am not even going to get into the story about trying to drive through Texas and the Texas sheriff and his deputies who stopped us (for a couple hours) because I looked like a smuggler in an RV, transporting either drugs, currency, weapons, or all of the above.

“Now where you been and why are you driving this RV? Where did you leave from and where did you stay last night? Sure you don’t have currency somewhere in that thing? Now who is that traveling with you, your - wink, wink, wife?”

Never did care for that state.

Anyway, that was another time though, a time when the RV was running. We are now going on about a year trying to get it fixed. The part we

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need on our 1999 Fleetwood Bounder – an air-intake manifold – is no longer manufactured by Ford, even though their V-10 engines I believe are still being made. It took us about six months to even locate a mechanic place that would work on the RV during COVID, and now it has taken the next six months to finally realize that there are no used air intake manifolds for our engine in the United States. So, we have gone to plan “C,” which is to repair the manifold, which has at this point, been done.

The repair place in Norcross is going to call me in a day or two to let me know it is running. I will go pick it up and drive it directly back to the other RV repair place where it usually stays to get worked on for more mundane things like water systems, cooking systems, the generator, brake pads and other non-engine repair stuff.

I know the in-dash air conditioning is still broken and, while we have the two overhead air conditioners that cool the RV fairly well, I will probably obsess over the in-dash AC and get it fixed or replaced, too. It is probably just a condenser that needs to be replaced, but they have to take half the engine out

to get to the AC! That is, it will be very labor intensive so, not cheap.

After we had owned the RV for about a year, we figured out that there would always be something that breaks during a trip, so we just started driving back to the repair place automatically after every trip. They are very nice there and always save my spot for me.

I used to think that boats were the biggest money pits out there – we have two – but I was definitely wrong; that title belongs exclusively to big RVs – both used and new – and maybe any vehicle made by Mercedes Benz.

So, at this point, I am beginning to think that I just need to find a small lot somewhere that has electricity so I can just go park the RV and use it as a weekend getaway that doesn’t move much. Either that or take it to the coast and have it transported offshore so it can become an artificial reef. I am probably not smart enough to just cut my losses. Sure Ray, let’s go look for a lot to buy with electricity so that you can park the RV you never use and into which you pour money like an IV dripping a saline solution into an arm somewhere. Smart, good stuff, no?

No.

PRESERVING THE PAST

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Birmingham Crossroads are committed to the past In the early days of our history wherever two or more roads – often not much more than trails – crossed, a small village might develop. A general store, perhaps operated by the original BOB settler or landowner, MEYERS would be built. Then a few more buildings would be added: a public house or tavern, then barns, fences, doctor’s office, church, post office and more farms. Some crossroads villages became towns or otherwise retained their identity through the decades, Crabapple in Milton, for example.

Others disappeared. Fields Crossroads, also in Milton, is one example. Birmingham Crossroads at the intersection of Birmingham Highway, Birmingham Road and its extension Hickory Flat Road is our topic for today.

Its name is somewhat a mystery. There are more than a dozen towns and cities in the U.S. named Birmingham, presumably named after the English city. One of Birmingham Crossroads’ early residents Wade McCurry (1888-1973) challenged that notion according to a circa 1960s interview in a local newspaper. According to McCurry, the crossroads community got its name shortly after the Civil War from the odor of meat cooking in log homes that smelled like “burnin’ hams” to farmers from the mountains who camped in the community en route to Atlanta to sell their produce. True or not? Sounds possible.

Wade and his wife Mentora Wood McCurry (1890-1984) settled in the community in 1907 on 125 acres near the intersection of today’s Birmingham Highway and Hickory Flats Road. Wade grew cotton which he processed at a cotton gin in Canton. His grandson Doug McCurry who lives with his wife Charna on the 3 acres remaining of the original farm says that

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This collection of a half dozen historic barns built between 75 and 100 years ago are being carefully preserved by Doug and Charna McCurry at the center of Birmingham Crossroads. his grandfather would leave the house at 3 a.m. with his wagon full of cotton for the 12-mile trip to Canton and return 12 hours later due to the poor roads.

The McCurrys are committed historic preservationists in the midst of dramatic changes over the years in the community.

They have maintained the half dozen 75- to 100-year-old farm buildings on the property and live in a house Doug’s grand-

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Another example of preservation during change is the Thomas B. Newton House set behind some office buildings on Hickory Flat Road. It is a City of Milton Historic Site. Built around the close of the Civil War, the building has had various uses, including a boarding house for traveling salesmen and teachers and a general

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Continued from Page 23 Matilda’s popular outdoor music venue is a further sign of the changes in the community.

Birmingham has no defined boundaries. In a way it is a state of mind with a sense of commitment. Stretching roughly from the Cherokee County line to the north and west, to Freemanville Road to the east and the Providence Church settlement to the south, it is a large area.

Elegant housing developments, side by side with beautiful existing horse farms and more traditional homes help define the area.

Go north at the crossroads, then down a winding driveway, that was once a road to cotton fields. Go through the woods past a 19th century farmhouse to the home of Lillian Cole. A retired teacher of home economics, Lillian appreciates the history of the area. She tells many stories of early inhabitants. One of her erstwhile neighbors lived right on the county line, she says, so he could move his moonshine equipment quickly from one county to the other if the revenuers were coming.

“People said he was a good man because no one got sick and no one died from his whiskey,” she says with a laugh.

Lautrell Gardner lived as a child at the corner of Birmingham Road and Freemanville Road. She recalls that back

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Thomas B. Newton House, a City of Milton Historic Site, was built around 1865 and has served a variety of uses including as a convalescent home for wounded Confederate soldiers, a boarding house for traveling salesmen and teachers and a general store. It has been restored and is today an office for a private company. in the 1940s, Birmingham Road was the only paved road and that her family stored cotton seed on the second floor of their house. As a child, her grandmother Mary Magdalene Phillips (1876-1962) picked scrap cotton left over in the field after the cotton was picked to raise enough money to buy herself a sewing machine. Lautrell’s grandfather, Charlie Hillard Phillips (1874-1932), was a carpenter who walked to wherever he was building a house with a saw, hammer, nails and measuring tape.

He built several houses on Freemanville Road singlehandedly. Her father-in-law, Sherman Leonidas Gardner (1879-1948), was sheriff in Alpharetta. “He carried no gun and had no car. All he had was a blackjack, a badge and handcuffs, and all the kids in town were scared to death of him.”

Seasoned residents speak fondly of the Buice’s Country Store – with a post office in the rear – built in 1930 on the main corner of the crossroads by Homer

and Laura Buice. It replaced the original store that had burned down. Beginning in 1947, son Doyle Buice and wife Betty operated the store until the 1990s. For the past three years it has been home to the popular Seven Acre BarNGrill and is a City of Milton Historic Site.

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Friends of Bulloch, Inc. invites you to join us on Friday, September 9th, 2022 at 7:30pm for a full moon, martinis, and heavy hors d’oeuvres with Jazz by Two band playing on the dock at Malon’s pond.

Bring a chair or a blanket and relax.

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There will be art by local artists and a chance to win a gift basket from Mittie’s Gift and Museum Shoppe.

For more information & reservations, visit www.friendsofbulloch.org or please call (770) 317-7806.

Reservations are $65 per person or $67.25 online and include two drink tickets (additional drink tickets are $10).

Friends of Bulloch is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and funds raised from this event go to the preservation of historic Bulloch Hall, home of Mittie Bulloch, mother of President Theodore Roosevelt.

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The details on the biopsy report influence the depth of cancer resection. Some basal cell carcinomas are characterized as “superficial type.” These cancers usually grow on the surface like moss on a tree, and deep cutting is often unnecessary.

For other tumors, the pathologist may say the “deep margin” is involved. This means that the cancer went to the bottom of the biopsy. The Mohs surgeon cuts deeper on the first layer to ensure a level below the biopsy’s depth.

Sometimes, the surgeon can even feel the likely thickness of a cancer with

(glove-covered) bare hands. Some tumors feel like a thick disk that is growing wide, not deep. Others feel like icebergs with abundant tumor lurking below.

One of the most important factors affecting second and subsequent layers is the amount of cancer seen under the microscope. If a tiny spot of cancer is left, then only a small amount of additional tissue removal may be necessary. In other cases, strands of cancer are diffusely visible under the microscope, and the surgeon knows that a substantial next cut is necessary to make progress.

Sometimes, when patients ask me how I know how deep to cut, I think that what they are asking is not what was discussed above but rather how I know how deep not to cut. How does the doctor know where the critical nerves or arteries are? The answer to that question is all the years of training focused on anatomy and experience gained during residency, fellowship and in practice. Mohs surgeons are expected to learn what layers of tissue are present in different locations and where the “danger zones” of critical nerves or blood vessels are. When a Mohs surgeon anticipates that an important structure is at risk, the Mohs surgeon will generally discuss this with the patient in advance of cutting and give the patient the opportunity to weigh the risks and benefits of proceeding.

We hope that this article was helpful and interesting. But a word of caution: please remember that this discussion of Mohs surgery is not exhaustive. Do not try this at home!

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Patrick David Grommersch, 68, of Alpharetta, Georgia passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, July 31st, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 9, 1953, to Darrell F. & Dolores P. Grommersch. He grew up in Columbus with his parents & 2 brothers – Mike & Tom Grommersch - until the age of 14 when they moved to Memphis, Tennessee & attended, and graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1972.

From there, he went to Memphis State & graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing. He went to work for Caterpillar in Memphis immediately following college. He later followed in his father’s footsteps & worked for Ford Motor Company for about 8 years & then moved to Houston, Texas where he worked for Gulf States Toyota for 10 years. He moved to Alpharetta in 2002 where he has resided for the last 20 years.

In his spare time, Patrick enjoyed doing various home improvement projects around his house, floating in his swimming pool, hanging with friends at his favorite local restaurants in Alpharetta

& spending time with his son, nieces, nephews & grandchildren where he was affectionately known as Dad, U.P. & most importantly, Big Daddy.

Patrick is survived by his significant other Terrie Maxon of Alpharetta, Georgia; his only son, Timothy David Grommersch (Laura Lee) & grandchildren Ella, Henry & Eli Grommersch, all of Collierville, Tennessee; brothers Mike Grommersch ( Julie) of Alpharetta, Georgia & Tom Grommersch (Karen) of Charlotte, North Carolina. In addition, he loved his 2 nieces – Kelly Grommersch Lynch & Leslie Grommersch Rieck - and 3 nephews – Kevin, John & Bryan Grommersch like his own. He was preceded in death by his parents, Darrell F. & Dolores P. Grommersch.

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Make a big difference in the life of our area youth! Alpharetta Presbyterian Church is seeking a Director of Youth Ministry.

This full-time position with benefits is the lead staff working with grades 5-12 to create a welcoming, engaging, inspiring and fun program of worship, service, fellowship and education. Competitive salary with benefits. Please see a complete job description at https://alpharettapres.com/about-us/jobs/. Resumes may be sent to jobs@alpharettapres.com.

POOL TECHNICIANS WANTED Part-time & Full-time positions available.

Pay is $12-$14 per hour. Hours starting at 6:30AM, Monday-Friday. Pick-up truck not required but must have your own reliable transportation. Gas allowance provided.

Looking for people who enjoy working outside and are enthusiastic, dependable & punctual. Able to contribute independently or on a crew with consistently friendly attitude.

SERVICE MANAGER Cimcorp USA, Inc. requires a Service Manager to act as a technical expert for customers relating to mechanical, electrical, or PLC troubleshooting issues; train and supervise technical staff; and, conduct customer site visits.

Well-established commercial pool maintenance company providing service in the North Atlanta Metro area.

The position requires a Bachelor Degree in Automation Engineering with relevant experience as a Robotic or Automation Engineer. In addition, an applicant must have experience reading IEC and ANSI electrical and automation drawings.

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To apply, please send a resume to: Cimcorp USA, Inc. 1361 Stonefield Court Alpharetta, GA 30004

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MAINTENANCE WORKER, 20-30 hours/week.

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We are looking for workers to help set up and breakdown the Alpharetta Business Association tents and tables on Saturdays. Here are some details: • 2 to 3 hours every Saturday • Must have a truck, van or SUV transportation • Must be able to lift 50 lbs • Pick up tents, weights, tables and supplies at ABA storage unit and transport the equipment to the Farmer’s Market • Must arrive to the market by 7:30 a.m. to set up 3 tents with weights, tables and banners in designated areas at the market • Must arrive back at the market at 1:00pm to take down the tents, pick up tents, weights, tables and supplies. Then, at 1:15pm, load your vehicle and transport the equipment back to ABA storage unit.

Contact: Manager@alpharettafarmersmarket.com

Bilingual Client Services Specialist North Fulton Community Charities has an immediate opening for a part-time Bilingual Client Services Specialist in the Food Pantry. The role includes data entry, updating clients’ applications, and keeping clients and students informed of programs and service enhancements. Must be English/Spanish bilingual.

Visit www.nfcchelp.org/work-at-NFCC for more information on the position and how to apply or email Mel Fortin, Director of Pantry Services at mfortin@ nfcchelp.org.

Announcement KRIEGER CHIROPRACTICE OFFICE closing as of July 1, 2022. All inquiries, call 917-549-5886

Retail Space for Rent JOHNS CREEK Fully equipped cafe.

State Bridge Centre.

Includes tables & chairs; coffee, tea, espresso & cappuccino machines; hot dog & pizza grills, display refrigeration units for beverages, salads, sandwiches, desserts, etc.

Contact Robert at 404-680-2270

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Moving Sale ALPHARETTA Kimball Farms Subdivision; 355 Cotton Field Way 30022. Friday 8/12 and Saturday 8/13, 9AM-3PM. Entire household! Lots of furniture. Kitchenware. Knick-knacks etc. Cash only.

Garage Sale ALMOST NEW KITCHEN APPLIANCES from recent renovation.

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Retaining Walls Brick or Wood

Contact Ralph Rucker.

Many local references.

Honest, punctual, professional and reasonable prices!

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Retaining walls (brick or wood), grading, sod, tree services, hauling, topsoil & more.

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Mention this ad. Concrete driveway specialists. Driveways, Pool Decks, Patios, Walkways, Slabs. A+ BBB rating. FREE ESTIMATE. Call Rachael at 678-250-4546 to schedule a FREE Estimate. 30 years of experience. ARBOR HILLS CONSTRUCTION INC. Please note we do have a minimum charge on accepted jobs of $4,500.

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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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Serving North Atlanta since 1983. Call to schedule FREE Quote: 770-284-3123.

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PHILLIPS FLOORING Hardwood, laminate, carpet & tile installation and repairs. We do tile floors, showers, tub surrounds and kitchen back-splashes.

Re-grouting is also available. Call 678-8871868 for free estimate.

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

Gutters AARON’S ALL-TYPE GUTTERS Repaired and Installed. Covers, siding, soffit, facia. www.aaronsgutters.com. Senior citizen discount! 678-508-2432

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