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The Alpharetta City Council is considering possible upgrades to Union Hill Park that has recently become the site of a pop-up skate park. Alpharetta Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Director Morgan Rodgers says earlier plans are being adjusted to include refurbishing the park’s covered arena for use as a site for concerts and sports activities.

A report from 2018 described the park as “very under-used,” and the city’s 2017 redevelopment plan suggested $4.3 million in upgrades. Read more, Page 4

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By Beau Evans Staff Writer, Capitol Beat News Service A federal judge has extended the time Georgia election officials can accept absentee ballots if they are received up to three days after the general election on Nov. 3.

In a ruling Aug. 31, Judge Eleanor Ross of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ordered that mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day must be counted if they arrive by 7 p.m. on Nov. 6, which is within three days of the original deadline.

The ruling looks to calm some fears of absentee voting reliability amid an expected slow delivery by the U.S. Postal Service and huge numbers of mail-in ballots in Georgia and across the country due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“Extending the deadline would ensure that voters who receive their ballots shortly before Election Day are able to mail their ballots without feat that their vote will not count,” Ross wrote in her 70-page ruling.

Ross’s decision stems from a lawsuit filed in May by the voter registration group New Georgia Project against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that aimed to have the absentee acceptance deadline extended beyond 7 p.m. on Election Day. The judge agreed the mail-in accep-

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tance deadline should be extended but dismissed other claims sought in the lawsuit, including bids to make postage free for absentee ballots and to mail absentee applications to all registered Georgia voters, as occurred for the June 9 primary.

Plaintiffs had also asked for the receipt deadline to be extended by five days, which the judge shortened to three days in her ruling.

More than 7,200 absentee ballots were rejected from among roughly 1.1 million cast in the June primary because they were received after the 7 p.m. Election Day deadline, Ross’s ruling noted.

With many more Georgians expected to vote by mail in the upcoming general election, Ross wrote that “the burden on many voters will be severe” if absentee ballots that arrive shortly after the strict Election Day deadline are rejected.

“The court notes it is reluctant to interfere with Georgia’s statutory election machinery,” Ross wrote. “However, where the risk of disenfranchisement is great, as is the case here, narrowly tailored injunctive relief is appropriate.”

The ruling was immediately hailed

by Georgia Democratic leaders, who touted the extended deadline as a boost for voter access ahead of the troubled and pivotal general election that will see presidential, U.S. Senate, congressional and statehouse contests on the ballot.

“Today’s decision is a huge victory for Georgia voters, and a huge win in the fight for every vote to be counted,” said Georgia Democratic Party Chairwoman and state Sen. Nikema Williams, DAtlanta. “All Georgians deserve to have their voice heard, and in the midst of a global pandemic, it is the responsibility of our democracy to make voting by mail and early voting options as accessible as possible.”

Raffensperger’s office plans to appeal the ruling over concerns the extended deadline would hinder the ability of local election officials to process ballots in a timely manner, said Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs.

“Extending the absentee ballot receipt deadline is a bad idea that will make it nearly impossible for election officials to complete their required postelection tasks in the timeline that is required by law,” Fuchs said.

The court ruling came as Raffensperger’s office launched a new online portal for Georgia voters to request absentee ballots via the internet rather than asking for one by mail or at county election offices.

Raffensperger’s office is now pushing to recruit more poll workers for the general election after a shortage during the June primary contributed to long lines and technical know-how issues with the state’s new voting machines.

More than 50 groups have partnered with Raffensperger’s office to recruit workers including local Rotary clubs, county chapters of the NAACP, some state agencies, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Savannah Regional Film Commission and the nonprofit TeenPact.

Raffensperger’s office said it has not surveyed counties to get a total of how many poll workers may be needed overall for the election. His office also said it does not have a list of how many poll workers have been hired statewide overall since it is the counties that hire the workers and they have not submitted lists of local staffing numbers to the state.

The Secretary of State’s office has sent spreadsheets to county election officials so they can track inventory and training needs to smooth over any future hiccups more quickly than has happened in a few recent elections in which Georgia’s new voting machines have been used.

Safety concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic prompted many poll workers to abstain from the state’s June 9 primary election, which saw long lines and technical know-how issues with the new voting equipment in some polling places, particularly Fulton County.

— Beau Evans, Capitol Beat News Service

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Alpharetta may redraft plans for Union Hill Park

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — City officials are studying possible changes to the current master plan for Union Hill Park.

The city’s current redevelopment plan, adopted in 2017, calls for upgrades and alterations that carry a price tag of $4.3 million. It included terraced seating walls, pavilions, a band shell with restrooms and drinking fountains and a host of other landscaping improvements.

At a recent workshop held at City Hall, Alpharetta Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Director Morgan Rodgers offered some new recommendations to the plan.

The park’s most recent addition, a pop-up skate park on the roller hockey rink, is proving a big hit. The skate park was opened earlier this summer after city officials began restrictions on skateboarding in the Downtown District.

Rodgers said on a recent visit to Union Hill Park, he noticed close to 15 people with skateboards using the facility in the late afternoon.

Oddly, in the city’s 2018 parks report, the department stated, “The current focus on roller hockey at Union Hill Park is no longer in tune with the types of recreation the community wants. As the Big Creek Greenway stretches north to Forsyth County, Union Hill Park will shift gears and become an important trailhead for the greenway. Although other facilities were envisioned at Union Hill Park in a master plan completed in 2017, only developing the trailhead facilities is recommended at this time.”

The report described Union Hill park as “very

City officials are studying possible changes to the current master plan for Union Hill Park. under-used.”

Rodgers said the trailhead remains a priority as work to connect the Greenway to the site continues.

He recommended maintaining the pop-up skate park for the foreseeable future.

Rodgers said there are no definitive plans for the covered arena at the park, but a covered arena that size is an asset to any city the size of Alpharetta. He suggested the structure could be used for special events, like farmers markets, concerts or movies. It could also be turfed for use as a facility for sports or athletic practices, he said.

“One thing we’re finding out about redoing the Innovation Academy is that folks are starting to realize

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there are other fields out there,” Rodgers said. “We hear from the lacrosse people. We hear from the rugby people, and we hear it from the cricket people — all who want space for their sport.”

City Councilman Ben Burnett asked Rodgers to poll members of the Alpharetta Recreation Commission for more ideas on how the covered arena might be used.

Councilman Jason Binder suggested Rodgers expand the net to find out what the public wants to see at the park.

“I’d start with community-led, and bring it to the Rec Commission, then have them work with it, and then that way we can make sure we have a good, organic plan,” Binder said.

Roswell gives final approval to maintaining tax rate City Council split over need to keep mill levy the same

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell City Council formally adopted a tax rate Aug. 31 that remains the same as last year.

The vote to keep the rate at 4.955 mills was 4-3, the same split as at the first two meetings the issue went up for

vote.

Even after settling a battle to lower the rate, Roswell officials will have to make up for an anticipated half-milliondollar shortfall in its current operating budget that it adopted in June.

City officials held two public hearings earlier in August to discuss the property tax rate. Both times, the proposal

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to keep the mill levy at 4.955 mills, the same level as the past two years, won a slim majority of support.

While the city’s tax digest — the value of all property within the city — is estimated to increase by 1.3 percent this year, so have the number of new and existing homestead exemptions. The tax breaks have lowered the city’s assessed value on property by $661 million, saving residents about $114 per household.

In addition, the city’s commercial property took a hit in value, falling about 3.4 percent, or some $54 million in value. The city had anticipated a rise in that digest.

Overall, the city expects to pull in just above $25 million in property tax revenues. That’s about a 2 percent drop from last year, according to Finance Director Ryan Luckett.

Based on continuing the tax rate at 4.955 mills, this leaves the city short some $500,000 in tax revenues it expected to take in when the budget was adopted more than two months ago.

Roswell operates on a fiscal year that runs from July 1 to June 30.

Luckett said his staff is in the pro-

cess of drafting plans on how the city can adjust its spending or revenue to bring everything in line.

Another wild card in the mix is how many property owners will appeal their tax assessments this year. In 2019, the city garnered 1,425 appeals on property values. So far, 80 percent of those appeals have been resolved. About half of them resulted in lowered values, meaning the city received less money than it anticipated in those cases.

The deadline for 2020 assessment appeals ended Aug. 27, and so far, the city has not received information about the number, Luckett said.

The council debate over the millage rate, in part, centered on whether the average resident will see a bigger tax bill this year. The city is required to calculate a “rollback” millage rate intended to adjust for properties reassessed this year with higher taxable value. The rollback rate of 4.685 mills would assure, on average, these property owners would pay the same city taxes as last year. It would also bring in less money to the city.

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NEWS

GDOT updates status of Ga. 400 express lanes

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com NORTH METRO ATLANTA — Officials with the Georgia Department of Transportation fielded some 50 questions about the Ga. 400 express lanes project during an online outreach session Sept. 1.

The $1.6 billion project, set for completion in 2026, calls for adding express lanes in each direction along the highway from I-285 north 16 miles to McFarland Parkway in Forsyth County.

The project is one of 11 initial Major Mobility Investment Programs designed to reduce traffic congestion along major corridors around Atlanta.

The outreach session ran for two hours and drew some 150 people online.

GDOT officials addressed some 50 questions, most of them pertaining to the added noise encroaching into nearby residential areas. One environmental impact draft has estimated the extra lanes could increase traffic noise levels by an average of 4.7 decibels along the route.

Tim Matthews, program manager for GDOT’s Major Mobility Investment Program, said the Ga. 400 project is now in the project development phase. Over the next several months, the department will produce a concept report, present public information sessions and allow for comment, begin acquisition of right of way and select a developer.

One of the key elements of this phase, Matthews said, is conducting studies to determine the project’s environmental impact.

“We have to determine how the project should be developed for public use, so this document helps us determine the public benefit from this project,” Matthews said.

Comment and learn more The Georgia Department of Transportation is seeking public comment on updated plans for its $1.3 billion express lane project along Ga. 400.

The public can visit the specific project page to review documents relating to concept design, proposed potential detours, a draft environmental assessment and the National Park Service Statement of Findings. Comments can be submitted on the page. The deadline to submit comments is Sept. 22, 2020.

The page also provides access to GDOT’s Virtual Meeting Room, where you can find specific information and ask questions.

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The Draft Environmental Assessment is available for review on the GDOT website.

The department already has some 66.7 miles of express lanes operating in sections of Metro Atlanta, including along I-575 to the north, along I-75 north and south of Atlanta and along I-85 north into Gwinnett County.

Miles Kemp, senior Environmental Transportation Planning manager with GDOT, said the agency’s Virtual Meeting Room provides visitors with access to the most current studies on which areas along the route will experience increases in noise levels. Those studies will be updated throughout the process, he said.

One question posed during the session sought to find out why GDOT is adding toll lanes instead of general purpose lanes.

“We can’t widen our way out of congestion,” Matthews said. “We believe express lanes provide a better chance of delivering reliable trip times.”

Department studies show that express lanes can cut travel times significantly. One study showed that travel time from Marietta to Alpharetta can be cut by as much as 24 minutes.

Matthews said the express lanes will also relieve traffic by providing bus rapid transit vehicles and van pools registered with the state access to more reliable trip times for customers, which could boost ridership.

Tolls, paid through a Peach Pass account, will fluctuate with demand. The minimum charge will be 10 cents a mile, officials said, but there may be occasions where a flat fee of 50 cents could cover the entire stretch.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Alpharetta Residents, COVID-19 has impacted us all.

I am grateful for how our city, our NGO’s, and our faith based community continues to respond. The YMCA has programs to facilitate virtual learning. The City of Alpharetta has installed additional programming to allow moms and dads to drop their little ones off. Those kids can take a variety of classes, so mom and dad can work.. But there remains a dark underlying issue.

Alpharetta has schools within a few blocks of downtown with nearly a third of children on free and reduced lunch. I don’t write you as a Democrat or a Republican, or an elected official at all. I write to you as a public servant and a dad. Food insecurity is a need that will be solved by this community. We do not solve a lot of problems as individuals or as a city. But we have an opportunity to do something meaningful for the 27 square miles we call home.

If we as residents of Alpharetta all look out for the three feet right in front of us. We can collectively impact every one of these families. If you would consider going to www.hopealpharetta.com/give and donating, it’ll make a difference. Every dollar raised for the foreseeable future will go directly to procuring gift cards for grocery needs. Those gift cards will be delivered to the principals and counselors, and be distributed to families in need. To date a few of the area churches have begun to donate, but our needs won’t be solved unless the masses choose to like and share on social media, and donate as well. I need your help.

Ben Burnett Alpharetta City Council @benburnett

OPINION

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Care is a two-way street The is in response to Ray Appen’s, “Should we save local journalism? Do we care?”

I delivered papers, Chicago Tribune and Sun Times, when I was in 5th grade. Back when paperboys were the first entry into the labor pool. I lived in northern Illinois and the cold was a significant deterrent to a kid-on-a-bike.

But I did that job, morning delivery. I believed in newspapers. I read them and became sentimentally attached to the idea of papers.

I subscribed to the AJC even when the price got ridiculous because I believed in a watchdog press. The Atlanta school scandal was a good example of investigative reporting. I began to see the subscription price as “the price for a vigilant press.” I believed in that.

Lately, however, I’m missing from the paper. My views. My questions. My stories. Missing.

Something has happened to journalism. It’s disappeared. It’s disappeared by the choice of a spin word. It’s disappeared by the absence of questions I would ask. It’s disappeared by the stories not covered.

Your coverage of the JC Police Chief was an example of poor reporting. I’m opposed to BLM. I view a BLM sign

like a Jew would view a Swastika. The press should be protecting us from this.

At least an ally in a fair and balanced world. Real journalists would press the issue from both sides.

I’m cancelled my subscription to the AJC for their bias reporting. Your paper is liberal too. You need more conservatives on your staff and a few pro-Trumpers for balance and to ask the questions that go unasked. I doubt that I will ever come back to these local papers.

I’m a big history guy. This ethnic cleansing of Confederate monuments gets no balanced coverage including your paper. Revisionist history is not history. Apparently, no one is really concerned about history, just poke a finger in the eye of someone who cares. Where is the outrage? I feel like the one being discriminated against. I feel the victim of intolerance. Where is the press to defend me?

I care about journalism. The seeds of destruction are sewn by the papers themselves. They have lost credibility and joined the ranks of polarization and bias.

BTW, I’ve done the AT from Georgia to Maine.

That’s my rant.

Richard Beggs Johns Creek

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In North Fulton, a person most likely to be homeless or in poverty is a woman with about two children, and those children are not in school.

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The strained nonprofit security blanket The coronavirus recession is being called a “she-cession,” because women are being hit hardest, both with their livelihood and their lives. In this ongoing series, reporter Tiffany Griffith examines efforts by the female workforce to survive the virus and the recession.

By TIFFANY GRIFFITH newsroomt@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Public Health reports women across all racial groups were diagnosed with the coronavirus in greater numbers than men.

But you don’t have to get sick to feel the effects of COVID-19. Just ask the staff at North Fulton Community Charities.

This week marks a big comeback for NFCC. The local nonprofit closed its thrift store to the public in mid-March following the threat of the coronavirus. About 300 volunteers had to be sent home.

“Fifteen employees were doing the work of 300 people,” said Darlene Turk, director of Volunteers Services.

Now, with their masks on and repairs done, the community lifeline is reopening to help those in need – providing food, clothing, home goods, education and financial assistance.

The coronavirus recession has hit families with food and financial insecurity.

Some are relying on charities like NFCC and The Drake House for the first time.

But a closer look at the data shows another clear divide between women and men.

Women hit the hardest Women also suffered the brunt of job losses the hardest so far this year. Ac-

cording to the U.S. Department of Labor, women dominate in the service sector — the industries that laid off the most employees. Those jobs include hair stylists, manicurists, house cleaners, childcare workers, waitresses and hotel clerks.

According to the National Women’s Law Center, women have disproportionately suffered pandemic-related job losses. Since February 2020, women have lost nearly 7 million net jobs, accounting for 53.6 percent of overall net job loss since the start of the crisis.

Those jobs numbers show 1 in 7 Black women and Latinas remain unemployed, with their unemployment levels 3 times higher than their pre-pandemic rate. The statistics are worse for younger women, with 19.4 percent unemployed, and for those with a disability, 17.1 percent unemployed.

“In North Fulton, a person most likely to be homeless or in poverty is a woman with about two children, and those children are not in school,” said Holly York, executive director of North Fulton Community Charities.

YORK Kali Boatright, president & CEO of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, said nonprofits are filling the food, shelter and financial gap for women and families in the region.

“They’re indispensable,” Boatright said. “Without those nonprofits in our community, to support those who need them the most, we would be in real trouble.”

That much needed helping hand is coming from women to women.

“Women do volunteer at higher rates than men,” said York, who has worked with volunteers since 1983. “They volunteer because they want to have a community. They want to meet other women.

They’re invited by other women into the volunteer opportunity.”

Charities are also affected COVID has also posed a threat to nonprofit agencies, York said. COVID-19 safety protocols have made it a challenge to connect volunteers to the right opportunities, he said.

Leaders at The Drake House, which transitions single mothers out of homelessness, say COVID has interrupted their efforts.

“The biggest shift for us was fulfilling our mission during the shutdown, and keeping our MASON families safe,” said Nesha Mason, executive director of The Drake House. “Our mothers felt a great desire to be able to keep their children safe. So, we needed to give them the assurance that their safety was our priority.”

Mason said some of the women they council lost their jobs during the recession, but The Drake House provided a career coach and an empowerment plan to get them back on their feet.

Despite the challenges and uncertainty about normalcy, there are some good signs for a business.

“I am optimistic,” Boatright said.

“Rightfully, all of us should be able to

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The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce is empowering women with their weekly Women INfluencing Business Leadership Series. Upcoming webinar topics include tips for homeschooling and time management, and creative marketing during a crisis.

You can learn more at the organization’s website: gnfcc.com.

To find out volunteer opportunities, York suggests contacting a nonprofit that supports a cause you’re passionate about. If you need further assistance, visit VolunteerMatch, volunteermatch. org/, to find your right opportunity. You can also visit the NFCC on Elkins Road in Roswell to drop off a donation.

Part 2 of Appen Media’s “She-Cession” series will examine how the coronavirus has disproportionately affected femaleowned businesses. If you would like to share your story, email shecession@appenmediagroup.com.

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Continued from Page 4 Councilman Mike Palermo, repeated arguments made at the prior two public hearings, voted against the higher mill rate saying it amounts to a tax increase on homeowners.

“I’m opposed to this tax increase on our homeowners,” he said. “There are many cuts that should have been made to this budget. This was especially the year not to be spending so much taxpayer money on things that don’t benefit taxpayers.”

Councilman Matthew Tyser countered that maintaining the same tax rate could prove crucial in compensating for the revenue losses destined to come with 2020 assessment appeals. Even now, he said, last year’s budget surplus of $70,000 is almost all eaten away by appeals, and not all appeals have been resolved.

Councilman Matt Judy said maintaining the current tax levy is the only way to ensure residents stay safe, the city runs efficiently and its employees remain employed.

That point was seconded by Councilwoman Marie Willsey, who said the budget has already been trimmed by $11 million, and many capital projects needed

This was especially the year not to be spending so much taxpayer money on things that don’t benefit taxpayers.”

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for the future have been placed on hold.

Mayor Lori Henry provided the fourth and deciding vote, stating that the proposed 2021 budget does not increase the number of employees or provide raises to current employees. She also stressed that since the budget was first drafted in the early part of this year, more than $25 million in proposed spending has been slashed or delayed.

“What I am presenting to you is a budget that will get us through COVID-19, God willing, and that we will reassess on a quarterly basis,” she said.

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By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. — In the wake of the COVID-19 storm that swept through Fulton County were the tens of thousands of students who relied on their schools to provide the bulk of their meals.

Although the district quickly implemented a plan to continue meal service when instruction moved from in-class to online, the need remains great. Nearly 40,000 of the district’s 93,000 students are eligible for free and reduced meals, including breakfast, lunch and often afterschool snacks.

Alpharetta City Councilman Ben Burnett saw the need firsthand at Alpharetta Elementary School, where his children attend and where he serves on the School Governance Council. He said many people would be surprised to know the number of students BURNETT in the area eligible for free/reduced lunches.

“Poverty in several [area] schools is in the teens percentage wise, and COVID has made that challenge even more daunting,” Burnett said.

To help meet the food insecurity gaps created by the pandemic, Burnet organized a coalition of community groups to meet the needs. Working alongside city officials, Burnett recruited faith-based leaders, and non-profits including the YMCA, Chick-Fil-A Foundation and Star House in Roswell, among others to participate in the effort.

“All of these [groups] have unique strengths and we have started with them as cornerstones,” Burnett said. “[Later] we will begin to leverage our business network.”

Either through direct services or gift cards, resources will be provided to area school principals who are uniquely positioned to know which of their students needs help. The focus is first on Alpharetta and Manning Oaks elementary schools, and Alpharetta High School which will serve as the “conduits” to other areas schools, Burnett noted.

School Board member Katha Stuart, whose district includes Roswell and Alpharetta, said North Fulton has seen rising numbers of students in need as the pandemic stretches into the new school year.

“Simply stated, if our students are hungry they cannot learn,” Stuart said.

“We are encouraged to see this group make a concerted effort to determine the needs, assess the supports, and coordinate additional help where there may be gaps.”

Fellow board member Katie Reeves agrees.

“The pandemic has heightened the needs of many in our community,” said Reeves, whose district covers Milton and Alpharetta. “So many have never been in a place where they need to ask for help. Identifying those struggling families is a key role for the school system.”

She applauded Burnett’s “all handson deck” approach to ensure efforts are not duplicated.

Last week, several area churches pledged to support the coalition in their efforts to collect gift cards for distribution at area schools. These included Alpharetta First Baptist Church, Alpharetta Presbyterian, Alpharetta First United Methodist, and St. Aidans Episcopal Church among the many faith-based partners.

Burnett credits Alpharetta’s Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard with supporting the coalition and providing the platform needed to pull resources together.

“There are needs we can’t meet as a city, but we know the people and organizations who can,” Burnett said. “When every child has access to education the city is better off. When parents don’t have to worry about nutrition for their kids, we are all better off.”

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OPINION

A bit of spring cleaning in late summer Having been under house arrest since late March, I’ve taken to studying my surroundings.

That streak on the kitchen window outside, that branch overhanging the deck.

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How about that drawer in the kitchen? You know — the one with the twist ties, the loose screws, a spring from a ballpoint pen, a C-size battery for an appliance that will never be manufactured again. Everybody has a drawer like that.

My main focus now, though, is on three items I’m thinking maybe shouldn’t be in my house.

The first is a magnetized potato peeler. Why do I have it? The only reason for a magnetized potato peeler is to attach it to the refrigerator for quick access.

But mine is orange, ugly orange. I haven’t had anything that ugly on my refrigerator since I cooked lasagne.

I keep the peeler in the silverware drawer, off to the side with other loose utensils that are, unfortunately, mostly metallic. Every time I need to peel a

potato, I go fishing in the drawer and pull out this cyborg lobster — this tangle of corkscrews and serving spoons clinging to an orange carapace.

Another item I own that should never have found its way into my house is Would you display this a porcelain coffee cone. It in your kitchen? seats a filter, into which I add fresh grounds, then pour hot water to produce the elixir of the ages each morning.

But if you turn over the cone, you’ll see another, smaller hole on the bottom near the main one in the center. This smaller hole leads into what I have come to find out is a cavity, a shallow space added to the bottom. How did I not notice this?

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Rather than await an answer, or even ask the question, I should go out and get another cone with no hidden holes on the bottom.

The third thing I need to get rid of are three pairs of Nike sports socks. My goodness, they are comfortable.

Problem is, each pair includes one sock marked with an “L” and one marked “R.” Assuming most people’s feet follow similar contours, no doubt the socks are marketed as the absolute best in fit and comfort.

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Note the small hole at about 11 O’clock. What’s up with that? few microns, that my gait is not quite right. Silly, I know.

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Students struggle for direction on road to college

By ALEX PERRY newsroom@appenmediagroup.com NORTH METRO ATLANTA, Ga. — Chattahoochee High School senior Jennifer Zhou had it all figured out.

She was signed up to take the SAT for the first time in March and slated to study chemistry at the Governor’s Honors Program at Berry College in June.

She was prepared for upcoming state and national competitions for Science Olympiad and Quiz Bowl.

But when the coronavirus pandemic cancelled everything, she was in limbo.

For rising seniors nationwide, this summer was their last chance to bulk up resumes for college application season. The pandemic postponed internships, affected access to school counselors and disrupted standardized testing schedules.

More than 400 schools, including the Ivy League, have become test-optional, meaning that students can apply without an SAT or ACT score. However, not all schools have waived their requirement.

Zhou, who was initially worried about securing a test date, has decided to forgo standardized testing, because she believes that it is short-sighted for the College Board to continue testing during a pandemic.

“At least for me, an extra data point is not worth risking the safety of me or my family, especially given the current state of Georgia,” Zhou said.

Finding other avenues Instead, Zhou has kept busy working on other aspects of her application.

She studied chemistry online at Harvard Summer School and drafted application essays. Although she was able to skirmish other Quiz Bowl teams online, she laments that she never got a chance to compete on a bigger stage.

“None of us got to go to State or Nationals,” Zhou said. “So I guess my extracurriculars are a bit weaker because I never had a chance to show how I had improved over the year.”

Zhou is not alone.

Manasi Oleti, a senior at Denmark High School, planned on touring her top choices. She also had interviews scheduled with local hospitals for internships and plans to ask teachers for recommendations. When remote learning was implemented in March, it affected her access to school resources. She said that although she has good relationships with her teachers, asking for recommendations over the phone will be impersonal. Denmark’s counseling team had not yet gotten to discussing college applica-

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“I don’t feel like we had as much guidance as we needed before we went online,” Oleti said. “So, hopefully they’ll be providing us with more information soon.”

Since January, she has been working with a private college counselor who has advised her on essays and general application tips. After the pandemic disrupted Oleti’s plans, her counselor pivoted to assisting her on applying to remote programs Oleti could use to fill the gap.

One of these programs was Emory University’s Summer Scholars Research Program at the Winship Cancer Institute. Although Oleti was not selected as a scholar, she attended their seminars for six weeks online. For her, a private counselor has played a larger role in her college process than her school counselor.

Alternative counseling sources Amita Sanghvi is a local college counselor who has spent 15 years tutoring and advising students in North Fulton.

She takes on clients as early as the summer before their freshman year and helps craft personalized college plans that fit their goals. After March, Sanghvi saw a rise in the number of families interested in her services.

“I have had a rush of students come at that time because of counselors not being there at school,” she said. “Or they are not being able to do internships or what they have planned.”

Coupled with fears of not having standardized test scores, she said her students were worried about how they would show colleges how they had been proactive during a quarantine summer.

Sanghvi recommended hosting drives to donate PPE to hospitals and tutoring younger students through Zoom.

Although she has been able to help certain rising seniors fill the gap in their resumés, the standardized testing is out of her hands. She still has seniors who do not have a score who are looking to apply to school who have not waived the requirement. The advice she now gives to the students that are underclassmen: get started early.

“Prepare yourselves beforehand and gather things that you need to put on your resumé beforehand so that we are not waiting until the 11th grade to find things to put on our resumé,” Sanghvi said.

She predicts that the college process will change due to the pandemic and hopes admissions officers take into account the limitations quarantine has set on prospective applicants.

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COMMUNITY

Interfaith clergy share tools of devotion Drive-in arrangement shared with synagogue to observe its holy days

By JEFFREY ALBERTSON newsroom@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek Presbyterian Church has turned its west parking lot into a spiritual studio.

The worship space is equipped with a public address system, live music and a local FM receiver with enough power to spread the Gospel to cars in the back rows.

Few institutions face quite the challenges presented by the pandemic as houses of worship.

Gone are the backslapping, the hugs, the handshakes common to many congregations. For the most part, religious observance hinges on internet bandwidth and apps designed for business meetings now connecting followers to their faith.

The methodology for Johns Creek Presbyterian Church’s “drive-in” service is straightforward.

Churchgoers pull their cars into rows, windows roll down, engines turn off, and radios are tuned to 89.9 FM.

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The Rev. Dr. C. Grey Norsworthy delivers a sermon at a recent Sunday morning service in the parking lot at Johns Creek Presbyterian Church.

Announcements, hymns, scripture and the sermon are delivered from a scaffolding turned pulpit. If the forecast calls for rain, the clergy move to the sanctuary and the broadcast continues on the radio.

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80 people. When an especially joyous moment arrives, arms stick outside windows, hands waving. No car horns, though, in deference to the surrounding community.

For weeks, the Rev. Dr. C. Grey Norsworthy leads the 9:30 a.m. Sunday drive-in worship service.

Church Elder Dennis McLynn had initial doubts.

“Why would I want to drive up and sit in the parking lot when I can stay home and watch the online service?” he said.

But as word spread, he and his wife decided to check it out.

“We were very pleasantly surprised!”

McLynn said.

Turns out he was longing for inperson worship, and this “was truly the next best thing.”

“The pastors, the live music, reading passages and responding in the car suddenly replaced sitting in a pew, and it was OK,” he said.

Word has spread to the surrounding community.

The operation drew an inquiry from nearby Congregation Dor Tamid synagogue, which wanted to replicate the setup for its upcoming new year services, Rosh Hashanah. Instead, the church extended the synagogue an invitation to use their lot with the setup already in place.

The connection came from a tragic backstory. After the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh two years ago, Rabbi Jacob Ottenstein founded the Johns Creek Interfaith Alliance. He said the group meets “regularly to promote collegiality, relationships, and good will amongst our houses of worship.”

The Alliance consists of 14 clergy

from different faiths. Norsworthy and Ottenstein originally met through the organization.

The group recently met to discuss their faith’s response to the pandemic.

From that discussion, clergy from the Presbyterian church described the success of the drive-in service where social distance guidelines could be followed.

Rosh Hashanah celebrates the beginning of the Jewish new year and begins a 10-day High Holy Day observance that concludes on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement with fasting. During the observance, Jews renew their relationship with God and humanity through repentance, self-examination, and charity.

The High Holy Days are the most attended and meaningful services of the year, often drawing hundreds. Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown, Sept. 18, and Yom Kippur observance begins at sundown, Sept. 27.

“This is why it is so meaningful that JCPC has invited us to use the campus so that the members of my community will have the opportunity to pray, inperson, together,” Ottenstein said.

The new year is welcomed with shofar blasts made from a ram’s horn. It is customary to eat apples dipped in honey symbolizing hope for a good and sweet year.

Dor Tamid has decided to hold the second day of Rosh Hashanah service at the Presbyterian church parking lot.

“It has been a gift to me to build friendships and trust with the religious leaders from across Johns Creek.” Norsworthy said. “We have found that we have many shared values and common challenges in taking care of our congregations.”

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There has been progress in our ability to treat acne with over the counter ingredients. In 2016, adapalene became the first medication since the 1980s to be approved for over the counter use in fighting acne. Adapalene is a retinoid, which as a class is the mainstay of most acne therapy. The fact that a formerly prescription-only retinoid is on the market has increased the ability of patients with very mild, shallow acne to self-treat effectively and avoid a trip to the doctor.

Along with benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, glycolic acid and sulfur, retinoids can remove superficial oil, decrease oil production and inflammation and often lead to unclogged pores and a reduction in shallow acne. Most of these ingredients can lead to problems with dry, peeling skin when overused, so either online research or a visit with a dermatologist is still usually necessary to use these products effectively.

For deeper and more severe acne, over the counter topicals are rarely sufficient. As a dermatologist, I get frustrated when commercials show photos of people with severe acne obtaining clear skin with the use of over the counter products. A disclaimer often reads that the results “may not be typical.”

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How do you know if your acne is severe? Because scarring is the complication we are most commonly trying to prevent, the important question is: are you developing any scars from your acne? If the answer is yes, then your acne should be promptly addressed by a professional. If your acne does not seem to be causing any scars or permanent blemishes, then you are probably safe to continue trying over the counter remedies, with the caveat that some inflamed acne lesions can lead to delayed scarring that is not visible in the first months after they resolve.

Your dermatologist has an amazing array of tools and strategies not available by magazine. For females, medication that blocks certain androgens can help with hormonal and jawline acne. Topical dapsone can treat inflammatory acne.

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Lessons from all sides, the living and the dead My friend Hank Dean — may he rest in peace This has been a learning week for me since my recent column came out and a number of readers responded with emails. My column, “Should we save local journalism? Do we RAY APPEN care,” talked about Publisher Emeritus many things. One ray@appenmediagroup.com central topic was my questioning the anger I see “out in our world” — including the abuse and vitriol directed at our newspaper and our delivery folks.

Responses were both positive — “we appreciate what you do and thank you” — and negative — “I doubt I will ever come back to these local newspapers,” and worse.

Those who were critical, for the most part, shared well-reasoned arguments why they felt the way they did. And, almost everything they pointed out demanded critical consideration no matter if I agreed or not. The points required careful thought and acknowledgement.

I felt the weight of the wisdom of the reader who commented: “Lately, however, I’m missing from the paper. My views.

My questions. My stories. Missing…

Something has happened to journalism.

It’s disappeared. It’s disappeared by the choice of a spin word. It’s disappeared

by the absence of questions I would ask. It’s disappeared by the stories not covered. “ Beyond the email responses, I was able to benefit from several “learning moments” that occurred this Saturday while I attended services in Rome, Ga., for one of my high school friends who died in March. Because of COVID-19, it was only now — almost six months following his death — that we were able to celebrate his life.

I have always found that life almost always provides a path for us if we are alert enough to see it — if we listen hard enough, pay attention enough. The timing of the funeral service and the column was not happenstance. Fortunately, I was paying attention.

On one hand, my friend Hank Dean saw the world in clear, non-ambiguous terms. He never wavered in what he believed, and he never side-stepped expressing his thoughts, even when they were not popular or comfortable.

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this. You always knew where he stood.

He gave no credence to being politically correct. That was not an agenda item on his horizon — ever. This honesty was universally appreciated and acknowledge by everyone who spoke at the service.

On the other hand, over and over during the service I heard his friends, his children, strangers he met along the way and others remark how Hank “always listened and was willing to wait for the answer,” and that “when he was there, he was really there — all in — for my story.”

They all finished by including that he cared, that he would give someone the shirt off his back if he thought that it would help them.

One woman stood out. She spoke in a halting, soft, accented voice, pausing a number of times to collect her thoughts, microphone in hand, then speaking truths — simple and unadorned — that struck us all. “Hank,” she said, “welcomed anyone who needed shelter into his home.” Then after a silence that seemed interminable, she finished with, “and into his heart.”

Everyone loved Hank because he gave them all the respect — in many different ways — that they felt they deserved. And that seemed to be how they — at the end of the day — judged him.

“Listen, and listen well,” I thought to myself. “And don’t side-step the hard issues or the uncomfortable ones.”

I can’t believe Hank is gone. It doesn’t seem possible. But, as somehow I suspected he would, he is sticking around to poke me — and us all — and remind us to speak our truth, to listen and pay attention, and to welcome friends and strangers into our home… and heart.

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Coming together now is as important as ever “But everything should be done decently and in order.”

— 1 Corinthians 14:40 I’m doing a preaching series right now on Moses. We’ve seen him from the DR. OLIVER WAGNER rescued Nile as an infant Alpharetta Presbyterian Church and called to God’s service by a burning bush. Soon, we’ll climb the mountain with him to receive the Ten Commandments. As I think about preaching on those laws from God, I realize how much our world and our society need such structure and order. The first commandment is that God is one. That means

we human beings are one people.

Another commandment warns against killing one another. Another outlaws false testimony and another warns against jealousy.

Such laws are the foundation of a functioning, good society….and I fear we are drifting from that these days.

While Americans should and do disagree about many things, it is sad to see how disagreeable we have gotten with one another. It is tragic when violence claims the lives of police, protesters and bystanders.

Each person is a child of God and precious.

In my extended family, we disagree on many issues and vote for different candidates, but always there is respect and love for one another. Jesus gives

us the new commandment: “to love one another.” His command requires not that we always agree, but that we always honor and treat with respect and dignity others with whom we differ. We hold much more in common than not! It was the Beatles who sang amid the divisions of the late 1960s “Come together….right now.”

In the U.S. right now, it seems that cultural and political battle lines are not only firmly drawn, but getting more and more disrespectful, violent and divisive. God’s people must speak up and act for unity! Not long after George Floyd died at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, I saw photos of police joining with those marching for racial equality and justice for all. It was heartening to see that “peace” and

“justice” could be partners, and not in competition.

Chaos is never good. Human beings and human society need order. Such is the first creation story in Genesis I (“God created order out of chaos”) and in the first century when Paul counseled the early church to do things “decently and in order.”

I pray that all of the harsh rhetoric, tragic violence and unlawful destruction of property ceases. I pray that we stop yelling across battle lines and start listening, respecting and working together to make our world more just, peaceful and harmonious. Let us pray with Jesus that “thy kingdom come to earth as it is in heaven” and do our part to bring his message of love, unity, hope, peace and justice for all.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Theater companies strive to keep the curtains open

By STAFF REPORTERS NORTH METRO ATLANTA — The pandemic lockdown has forced many theaters to shut down, often in midproduction. There were tickets to refund, postponements made, which shifted into cancellations. Seasons had to be reworked, and show licenses adjusted or adjusted.

Most professional theatre companies in the Atlanta area have postponed seasons until 2021, including the Atlanta Lyric Theatre and Georgia Ensemble Theatre. At least one theater, New Dawn Theater Company in Duluth, has permanently closed. Theatres are struggling to find ways to stay in business. Many actors were doubly impacted because many work in the hospitality industry or in a gig economy.

Several local theatres have developed creative ways to stay productive during the shutdown. Many are posting online livestreaming or recorded video subscription shows. Elm Street Cultural

Arts Village in Woodstock wrapped up a digital offering of “She Kills Monsters” on Aug. 23. Companies are reassessing offerings to reduce cast sizes and find creative ways to rehearse. Drawing inspiration from the citizens of Italy in the worst of the lockdown, ACT1 Theater in Alpharetta staged a “Virtual Balcony” on its Facebook page. ACT1 alumni posted videos of themselves performing numbers from Broadway musicals from their living rooms in order to entertain, but also to keep doing what they love.

Local theatres, in conjunction with the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, are developing plans and protocols for safe theater experiences as the economy reopens and there is a return to a more normal way of life.

ACT1 Theater is still planning to offer free Shakespeare in the Park, but has adjusted content to a collection of well-loved monologues and dialogues.

These can easily be rehearsed remotely and performed with minimal sets in an

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On March 6, Act 1 Theater put on its only performance of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” before the theater was forced to pause productions due to the Covid-19 outbreak. outdoor setting in Wills Park.

Managing Director Melody Cookson noted “as they say, the show must go on.

Theatres must be nimble and find ways to continue to do our craft. We postponed a big holiday musical to 2021 and

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have replaced it with “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Show.” A cast of only five actors and crew can be socially distanced without impacting the show. And if we can’t welcome audiences, we plan to stream the show so the efforts of the cast and crew can still be appreciated.”

Cookson said that ACT1 Theater is lucky to have financial support. The theater is hosted by and is an outreach of Alpharetta Presbyterian Church and is all-volunteer, so the company doesn’t worry about how to keep the lights on.

In the meantime, she pointed out that the arts still need support. She identified several area companies in need of help: Lionheart Theater, Norcross; Center Stage North, Marietta; Elm Street Cultural Arts, Woodstock; ACT3 Productions, Sandy Springs; and Cherokee Theater Company, Canton.

Support can also come by letting legislators know you support arts relief and funding.

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