Alpharetta-Roswell Herald - November 17, 2022

Family Promise cuts the ribbon on new facility

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. — After years of hard work serving families out of donated church basement space in Dunwoody, Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb finally has a permanent home.

At a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Grove Way Community Center in Roswell Nov. 9, North Fulton community members officially welcomed Family Prom ise into its new space, where members will work to serve families in the community experiencing home lessness.

With a base of operations so centrally located to all of their partner church congregations, the organization now has greater ability to serve the community, Family Promise Executive Director Andrea Brantley said.

“I’m just really excited about this new relationship that we’re going to have,” Brantley said. “I think it’s going to help us really grow and get the word out about what Family

Roswell voters approve all three bond referendums

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell residents passed all three general obligation bond referendums on the Nov. 8 ballot, mea sures that will fund nearly $180 million in upgrades to parks, public safety and downtown parking.

Voters approved a $107.6 million bond for recreation and parks, bike/ pedestrian improvements and sidewalks by a 3-to-1 margin, with the measure garnering 74.74 percent approval.

A $52 million bond for a new po lice and fire headquarters and new fire stations passed with 73.22 percent of voters in favor.

Voter sentiment on the bond to fund a new parking deck for Historic Down town Roswell was more divided, but the measure was approved at 57.01 percent.

While Roswell elected officials adopt ed a rollback tax rate of 4.463 mills, the lowest rate in 35 years, bond approvals will result in higher local property taxes.

Broken down, the $107.6 million

bond for parks and bicycle and pedes trian improvements is expected to cost the average property owner with a home valued at $450,000 about $205 per year in additional property taxes. The $52 million bond for public safety will add $99 per year to the homeowner’s tax bill,

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Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb Executive Director Andrea Brantley speaks to a crowd at a ribbon cut ting Nov. 9 in Roswell. The ribbon cutting, hosted by the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, was to celebrate Family Promise’s recent move to the Grove Way Community Center.

UGA graduate Delaney Tarr joins Appen Media as reporter

ROSWELL, Ga. — Appen Media Group announced Nov. 15 that Delaney Tarr will join its staff as a reporter. Tarr will cover Roswell government and local news. She will report to Carl Appen, director of content and development, and be based in Alpharetta.

“It’s a great day when we can add someone like Delaney to our team,” Appen said. “She has multi-media chops and a fair, inquisitive approach to reporting. I’m excited to see the impact she’ll have, and drive, in our community.”

Originally from South Florida, Tarr recently graduated from the University of Georgia’s journalism program. In her time at UGA, Tarr worked for local newspaper the Red & Black, as well as student-run news station Grady Newsource. Tarr covered politics, culture and food across outlets and platforms.

“I’m excited to do the boots-on-theground coverage I’ve always dreamed of,” Tarr said. “To me, journalism has always been about the stories of people and community. Local news is vital to that, and I’m thrilled to finally play a part in it.”

To contact Tarr with news tips or story ideas, email delaney@ appenmedia.com.

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Roswell City Council approves pact for countywide sales tax distribution

By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. —Roswell City Council members unanimously approved the new distribution for LOST, the county wide sales tax distributed among Fulton County’s fifteen cities.

Councilmembers agreed on the plans during a City Council meeting on Mon day, Nov. 14 in East Roswell.

The sales tax has historically been a major source of funding for the city. Over the next ten years, that sales tax will bring in about $4 billion in revenue. For the past few months, the 15 cities in Fulton have been haggling with the county over how that money will be split up.

Every ten years, the county and its cities renegotiate the sales tax distribu tion. Typically, the portions are decided based on city keeping population, with the county about 5 percent for adminis trative fees.

Renegotiations for the sales tax began in July of 2022. Councilmembers said the cities had to negotiate from Fulton County’s original proposal, where

the county would receive a 35 percent share of the sales tax.

Councilmembers began negotiating with the county in July 2022. Fulton County’s original proposal increased the county’s share of the tax to 35 percent over the decade.

“I feel the original offer proposal for Fulton was extremely aggressive, and one that did not benefit the residents of Roswell,” Councilman Mike Palermo said.

Fulton County public statements have stressed a need for increased fund ing to the county, due to an increase in “population served” over the last 10 years. After months of negotiation, Ful ton County will increase to a 12 percent share of the tax.

As for Roswell, the city’s share will decrease from 8.9 percent to 7.6 percent over the next ten years. The majority of the 15 cities in Fulton County will also see a decrease in their share of the tax distribution across the decade.

Mayor Kurt Wilson said the negoti ated number is a “very sound agree ment” that was reached ahead of schedule.

Roswell race heads to Dec. 6 runoff

quired to win under Roswell municipal code. Allen captured 26.15 percent of the vote.

The two other qualifying candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot were Jason Miller and Mulham Shbeib. Miller garnered 20.84 percent of the vote, and Shbeib drew 9.76 percent.

Earlier this fall, all four qualify ing candidates sat down with Appen Media for interviews. A transcript of Beeson’s and Sells’ interviews can be accessed on Appen Media’s website.

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. — Sarah Beeson and Allen Sells will go head-to-head in a Dec. 6 runoff to fill the Roswell City Council Post 1 seat for a one-year term.

The seat was formerly held by Mar celo Zapata, who resigned in late June for medical reasons.

Beeson secured 43.24 percent of the vote in the nonpartisan race, well below the 50.1 percent majority re

AMBER PERRY/APPEN MEDIA Sarah Beeson discusses her platform with Appen Media reporter Chamian Cruz Sept. 16.

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Allen Sells discusses his platform with Appen Media reporter Chamian Cruz Sept. 23.

Republican office holders run the table in statewide races

By JILL NOLIN Georgia Recorder

ATLANTA — Georgia’s U.S. Senate race may be headed for a runoff, but Repub licans swept all other statewide races Tuesday and dashed Georgia Democrats’ hopes of building on recent electoral wins to loosen the GOP’s grip on state government.

In addition to sending Gov. Brian Kemp back for another term, voters reelected Secretary of State Brad Raffens perger, Attorney General Chris Carr and state School Superintendent Richard Woods to four-year terms. They also gave Kemp-appointed Insurance Commission er John King his first elected term.

Georgians promoted a trio of Repub lican state senators – Burt Jones, Tyler Harper and Bruce Thompson – to higher office.

State Sen. Burt Jones overcame con cerns about the role he played as a fake elector in the 2020 presidential election to become lieutenant governor. He was one of the two GOP candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump who survived the primary election.

Jones won with the narrowest mar gin with 51.42 percent of the vote to Democrat Charlie Bailey’s 46.4 percent, giving him enough to avoid a runoff. In Georgia, the top vote-getter must reach 50 percent to win without going into overtime.

“Our campaign was successful be cause we ran a positive, truthful cam paign focused on the issues that Geor gians truly care about,” Jones said in a statement, referring to economic mes saging like a pledge to continue cutting the state’s income tax rate.

Bailey, a former prosecutor who put

democracy at the center of his cam paign, conceded Wednesday.

“Last night, across the entire coun try, voters stood up and fought back against attacks on our Democracy,” Bailey said in a statement the day fol lowing the election. “Although we came up short, the fight to defend our Democ racy must continue. The survival of our nation depends on it. I will never give up on that fight, and I will never give up on the fight to ensure every Georgian has an equal shot and an equal opportunity.

“Now we must focus all of our efforts on re-electing Senator Warnock to the United States Senate,” Bailey said.

Warnock will face Republican Her schel Walker in a Dec. 6 runoff after neither candidate reached 50 percent.

State Sen. Jen Jordan, who ran for attorney general and put reproductive rights at the center of her campaign, racked up more votes than any other Democrat other than Warnock. She finished with nearly 13,000 more votes than the Democratic nominee for gover nor, Stacey Abrams, even though Jordan was farther down the ballot.

But it wasn’t enough. Carr ended up with 51.9 percent of the vote. Jordan conceded Wednesday morning, and Carr posted a message on social media shortly afterward saying he had won another term.

“Over the next four years, I look forward to building on the progress we have made attacking gangs, human trafficking, elder abuse and more,” Carr posted to Facebook.

Jordan, who flipped a Cobb County Senate seat in 2017 and made national news in 2019 for her dissent during the debate on Georgia’s abortion law, hinted of more to come.

“Although this chapter has come to an end, the fight for a safer, more equi table Georgia continues,” Jordan said in a statement Wednesday. “We may not have received the results we were hoping for last night, but the work is far from over. It is now more important than ever that we continue to support and elect leaders who will prioritize the health and safety of Georgia families. Leaders who will stand up for women and defend our right to make the most personal deci sions about our own bodies. Leaders who will reject partisan political agendas and put people first.”

In the race for agriculture commis sioner, Harper will take the reins from Republican Gary Black who unsuccess fully ran for the U.S. Senate. Harper beat Democrat Nakita Hemingway by 8 points.

State Sen. Bruce Thompson was elected labor commissioner, succeeding outgoing Commissioner Mark Butler. Thompson beat Democratic state Rep. William Boddie by nearly 7 points.

And Raffensperger, who benefited from Democratic crossover voting in the primary, beat Democratic state Rep. Bee Nguyen by about 9 points. Raffensperger was one of Trump’s top targets following the 2020 presidential election and had already survived an intense intraparty challenge earlier in the year.

This story comes to Appen Media through a reporting partnership with Georgia Recorder, a nonprofit newsroom that covers statewide issues.

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Georgia Republicans running for state offices had a good night Nov. 8. Most of them campaigned together Monday, but senatorial candidate Herschel Walker has largely campaigned separately.

Republicans maintain presence in north metro legislative races

NORTH METRO ATLANTA — In the state’s first legislative election since re districting, Republicans and Democrats laid claim to new territory.

Here’s a look at results from some of the contested races affecting north metro counties.

State Senate District 14

Democrat Josh McLaurin defeated Republican Liz Hausmann by garner ing 54.68 percent of the vote. Legislative redistricting moved the seat from rural Bartow County to now include parts of North Fulton and Buckhead. McLaurin is the current District 51 representative in the House. Hausmann is complet ing her final term as District 1 Fulton County Commissioner, a post she has held for 11 years.

State Senate District 48

Republican Shawn Still beat Demo crat Josh Uddin in a race for District 48. A Johns Creek business owner, Still serves as chairman of the Georgia Republican Party Finance Committee. Uddin, an insurance business owner, previously ran for State Senate in 2020. District 48 includes portions of Johns Creek and western Gwinnett County.

State House District 48

Republican Scott Hilton toppled incumbent Democrat Mary Robichaux for the State House District 48 seat. Robichaux, a healthcare consultant from Roswell, was seeking her third term.

Hilton, of Peachtree Corners, served one term in the House from 2017-19. He

Election winners

• U.S. House, District 4: Hank Johnson U.S. House, District 5: Nikema Williams

• U.S. House, District 6: Rich McCormick

• State Senate, District 6: Jason Esteves

• State Senate, District 14: Josh McLaurin

• State House, District 48: Scott Hilton

• State House, District 49: Chuck Martin

• State House, District 50: Michelle Au

• State House, District 53: Deborah Silcox

is senior vice president of Commercial Banking at SouthState Bank.

House District 48 includes portions of Peachtree Corners, Johns Creek, Al pharetta and Roswell.

State House District 49

Incumbent Republican Chuck Martin held onto his seat, securing a 10th term representing the district, which includes most of Alpharetta. Martin is former mayor of Alpharetta. He faced Democrat Peggy Gillen, a small business owner and resident of Alpharetta.

Thorne secures District 1 seat on Fulton County Commission

NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — While portions of north Metro Atlanta have swung Democratic in recent years, it appears much of North Fulton County will remain under Republican leader ship on the County Commission.

Republican Bridget Thorne, a professional software designer who bills herself as a fiscal conservative, defeated Democrat Maggie Goldman,

a Realtor and business owner, for the District 1 seat left vacant by longtime Commissioner Liz Hausmann.The district includes all of Johns Creek and eastern portions of Alpharetta, Roswell and Sandy Springs.

Thorne garnered 50.28 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s General Elec tion. Goldman received 49.72 of the vote.

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Promise does.”

Family Promise is a nationwide nonprofit group that fights homelessness by providing resources, transitional hous ing and support to struggling families. Brantley said this three-pronged ap proach is what has made the group so successful over the years.

At any given time, Family Promise is likely serving about 14 people – families, parents and kids – with its rotational shelter system, where people are tempo rarily housed at local church congrega tions on a weekly basis.

In addition to that, Brantley said the organization served more than 1,000 people in 2021 with its Emergency Response Program, providing gift cards, toiletries, groceries and gas cards to people at risk of becoming homeless. The charity also served 33 individuals in 2021 who were able to graduate from the Family Promise system, she said.

The organization faces more need than ever in the North Fulton commu

nity, which makes the move to the area so much more important, she said.

“We’re definitely seeing more families who have never experienced homelessness before,” she said. “I think COVID put us in a desperate situation for many folks.”

The COVID-19 pandemic made many families choose between working and keeping kids at home when schools closed, which was especially hard for their clients, many of them single parents, she said.

But with the help of their community partnerships, like the churches that house their families, business partner ships like they have with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, the volunteers who keep the organiza tion running, that need was filled.

“Our congregations are very invested in our success not only do they house a lot of our families, but most of them also support us financially,” she said. “Our ministers spend the night with our families, our ministers cook, it’s just a great community that we have.”

To learn more about Family Prom ise of North Fulton/DeKalb, volunteer opportunities and more, visit familypro misenfd.org.

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Members of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and Family Promise cut the ribbon on the charity’s new headquarters in Roswell Nov. 9. Group leaders said the new building will improve their efforts to fight homelessness and engage with the North Fulton community.

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IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS AT AVALON IN ALPHARETTA!

Beginning on November 20th with The Lighting of Avalon, The Boulevard will be activated as North Fulton’s home for the holidays through January 16th with ice-skating, Santa visits, a Chanukah celebration and more.

The community is invited to experience the festive lineup of activations, including:

The Lighting of Avalon

November 20th | 1PM to 8PM

Get into the holiday spirit during the annual tree lighting ceremony, presented by Northside Hospital. Enjoy family friendly activities, ice-skating performances, a Santa appearance, live music from local DJs, and a special performance by Bogey and the Viceroy . The event will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. and is complimentary for the public to attend.

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Clink! Clink! Clink! Join us for a special holiday happy hour, complete with craft cocktails, light bites, and more.

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Celebrate this holiday season with Santa at Avalon for photos, holiday magic and memories to last a lifetime.

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Celebrate the first night of Chanukah with Avalon and Chabad of North Fulton during a traditional Menorah lighting ceremony

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Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra performs first Veterans Day theme

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra, now in its 16th season, performed its first Veter ans Day-themed event Nov. 12.

For “A Veterans Day Salute,” nearly 80 professional musicians under the direction of J. Wayne Baughman, played an assortment of patriotic songs in the Johns Creek Methodist Church sanctuary, beginning with the national anthem.

Other compositions in Saturday night’s program were “Liberty Fan fare,” “Comrades of the Legion March,” “Cohan Medley,” “Hands Across the Sea March,” selections from “Victory at Sea,” “Armed Forces Salute,” “Ameri can Salute” and “God Bless America.”

Morton Gould’s “American Salute” is a personal favorite for Baughman, who has been the JCSO conductor since the organization’s founding. Fol lowing the performance, sitting in the first pew with a water bottle in hand, he described how the piece increases tempo at the end and the exciting mo ment when its familiar tune returns.

“They like to be challenged tempo-

wise,” he said. “So, I like to challenge.”

United States Air Force Tech. Sgt. Stacey Holliday enriched the Saturday night performance as a vocal soloist. Holliday, whose career in the Air Force began in 2016, is a member of the Singing Sergeants, the official chorus of the military branch.

Wearing a long red velvet dress, Holliday periodically stood beside Baughman throughout “A Veterans Day Salute,” layering a few of the musical arrangements with her alto range.

While musicians only had one 3-hour rehearsal before the big night — surprising considering the smooth ness of play — planning for the concert took around a year and half from start to finish.

Preceding the music, veteran Roger Wise of the U.S. Army Medical Corps introduced the Johns Creek Veter ans Association Color Guard, whose members performed a presentation of colors, and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Wise, who was inducted into the Georgia Military Veterans Hall of

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Members of the Johns Creek Veterans Association Color Guard perform a presen tation of colors at the Nov. 12 orchestra concert at Johns Creek Methodist Church.

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Fame in 2019 , said the JCVA is one of the largest veteran associations in the country.

The association sponsored the 5-acre Veterans Memorial Walk at Newtown Park, where a service was held for veterans that same morning. And in 2020, the association installed The Wall That Heals, a 250-foot replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Near the end of the orchestra’s performance, co-presenter Michelle Hanchey recognized veterans in the crowd of around 250 people by mili tary branch. After stating the branch’s founding date, individuals who served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Air Force stood to the applause of others in the crowd.

Linda Brill, JSCO executive direc tor and lifelong clarinet player, said it was important for the orchestra to honor veterans, alluding to the vast number of veterans in North Georgia. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than 42,000 veterans in Fulton County.

“It’s only appropriate for the sacri fices that they made,” Brill said.

Johns Creek honors veterans with Newtown Park service

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The sound of bagpipes greeted more than 100 people who gathered in front of Veter ans Memorial Walk at Newtown Park to honor those who have served in the U.S. military.

Newtown Park houses the coun try’s second largest privately funded veterans memorial, said Roger Wise, a U.S. Army vet and Johns Creek Veterans Association (JCVA) member. In 2020, the JCVA installed The Wall That Heals, a 250-foot replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C.

“Freedom is not free,” Wise said, repeating the phrase throughout his time at the podium early Saturday morning, Nov. 12.

Following a presentation of col ors by the JCVA Color Guard, Johns Creek Mayor and former U.S. Marine John Bradberry also made remarks.

“Whether a veteran served in a time of war or during a time of peace, we owe them all that debt of grati tude,” Bradberry said.

After Bradberry and Wise carried a memorial wreath up the steps by Davenport Plaza, the Georgia Sensa tion Chorus closed out with “Georgia On My Mind.”

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Veterans say the Pledge of Allegiance by the Veterans Memorial Walk in Newtown Park Nov. 12 during an early morning service honoring veterans.

Johns Creek Mayor and U.S. Marine veteran John Bradberry and U.S. Army vet eran Roger Wise, both members of the Johns Creek Veterans Association, carry a memorial wreath up steps.

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Fuel Coffee expands to Halcyon in Forsyth County

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Finding a coffee shop these days is almost too easy. Turn a corner or throw a stone and you’re bound to find a new pop-up shop or break a window at Starbucks.

But finding a truly local coffee house that makes every customer feel like a regular is something special.

For more than a year, Angela and Dave Thompson of Fuel Coffee in Alpharetta have been serving thousands of customers with that feeling as their main mission.

“We are your community coffee shop,” Dave Thompson said. “We just love being a part of the community. And we want you to have that feeling.”

The Thompsons started Fuel Coffee off North Main Street in Alpharetta in March 2021 and have expanded to open their own coffee roasting operation, and now a brand-new location at Halcyon, which opened just weeks ago.

Dave, a longtime veteran of the corporate restaurant world, and Angela, a former director of procurement, started their business during one of the worst times of the COVID-19 pandemic, when businesses were closing their doors and laying off workers to stay afloat.

As manager responsible for multiple restaurants in the Atlanta area, Dave said the breaking point came when he was forced to lay off nearly 300 people on a single day, closing some restaurants and saving others.

“I was renting refrigerated trucks, taking them around from one restaurant to another,” he said. “Every single place we went to, coffee shops were thriving in the pandemic, where

everyone else was struggling to figure out how to survive.”

When the couple finally knew it was time for a change in October 2021, the idea of opening a coffee shop

together came up and the rest was history.

But they didn’t want to open just any coffee shop, Angela said, they

“Every single place we went to, coffee shops were thriving in the pandemic, where everyone else was struggling to figure out how to survive.”

DAVE THOMPSON, co-owner, Fuel Coffee

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Angela and Dave Thompson, owners of Fuel Coffee in Alpharetta and Cumming, stand outside their location on North Main Street in Alpharetta.

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wanted to open a coffee shop for people like them, people who asked questions and didn’t know everything about coffee. A community coffee shop, where anyone was welcome.

“When we were thinking of doing the coffee thing, we toured 1,000 coffee shops around Atlanta,” Angela said. “One thing that we found was missing is we felt out of place if you walked into certain coffee shops, and you didn’t know exactly what certain orders or drinks were.”

In just a few months from that decision, they opened their first location off North Main Steet in Alpharetta.

Beyond being coffee lovers, Angela and Dave Thompson had no experience in the coffee industry or roasting coffee beans, so they relied on help of other industry professionals and family to learn and become professionals in quick order.

Dave said he and his son-in-law, who now works as the company’s head roaster, worked side by side for months to learn the trade.

“He and I learned kind of shoulder to shoulder, so he’s roasting for us right now,” he said.

The couple has also put their daughter and sons to work, making the operation a true family business. With the help of their family, they were able to launch the Halcyon location this October in the development’s Market Hall, which is a huge step for their business, Dave said.

With a foothold in Alpharetta and south Forsyth County, Dave said that he can see the coffee shops expanding into areas like Roswell, Johns Creek, Woodstock and Canton. With their roaster churning out beans by the barrelful, they might even try starting a bean subscription plan in certain areas.

“In a previous life, I did run 10 restaurants for a while, and I feel like I could get it to 10,” he said.

But no matter how many locations they start, Dave and Angela said they won’t lose sight of the community feeling that started their business in the first place.

“If we have, two locations, or 222 locations, I always want to make you want to feel that small-town feeling,” Dave Thompson said.

Visit Fuel Coffee in Alpharetta at 800 N Main St, Alpharetta, GA 30009, or at the Forsyth County location 6330 Halcyon Way, Alpharetta, GA 30005. Learn more at www.fuelatl. com.

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A Fuel coffee barista prepares drinks at the business’ new location in Forsyth County’s Halcyon Development on Nov. 3.

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City arborist leads tour at Mark Law Arboretum

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

MILTON, Ga. — Around 30 people gath ered in front of the Mark Law Arboretum sign at Bell Memorial Park for an hourlong educational tree tour, the first of its kind in Milton.

The tour, led by City Arborist Sandra Dewitt, was an initiative rooted in Plant! Milton, a project to engage, educate and encourage Milton residents, community groups and businesses to plant trees.

“We do get lots of benefits from trees, such as oxygen and shade and energy efficiency and stormwater cleaning,” Dewitt said. “We want to try to maintain our tree canopy in Milton as well as grow it.”

Dewitt recently accepted the Georgia Tree Council’s Outstanding New Initiative Grant Award for the project. Milton was the lone recipient of the award and was one of only five municipal governments honored across several categories.

The half-mile tour of the arboretum, which circles the park, was filled with pit stops where Dewitt would describe the tree beside her, offer facts, show pictures of flowering buds only seen in warmer months and answer questions.

The arboretum opened in 2019 and was named after Mark Law, the city’s long-time arborist who helped Milton secure its first “Tree City USA”

designation over a decade ago.

Dewitt began the tour with the white oak (Quercus alba), which can live to be 300-500 years old, and the survivor tree near the arboretum’s entrance. The survivor tree is from a 90-yearold American elm (Ulmus americana) that survived the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

While Dewitt only had time to showcase around 10 to 15 trees, there are 36 different

species at the arboretum, according to the arboretum’s interactive map.

She ended the tour with one of her personal favorites planted by the baseball fields — the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), a deciduous tree native to the Southeast, which takes on a fiery hue in the fall.

More plans are in the works for Dewitt,

Milton acts to preserve rural feel

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

MILTON, Ga. — To reduce the ap pearance of density, the Milton City Council unanimously voted Nov. 7 to increase the lot width requirement from 100 feet to 150 feet in agricultur ally zoned (AG-1) districts.

While the lots will not increase in size, the revision will create more separation between homes, reducing the number of narrow lots to maintain the city’s rural character. To preserve the tree canopy, cul-de-sac lots in AG-1 zones will not be affected by the text amendment.

The code revision was part of a 2040 Comprehensive Plan short-term work program and was touted as a priority in Comprehensive Plan Advi sory Committee meetings, with input from the Milton Planning Commission.

Milton Planner II Michael Car damon, staff liaison to the Board of Zoning Appeals, said the increase in

AMBER PERRY/APPEN MEDIA Milton City Arborist Sandra Dewitt describes the Cucumbertree Magnolia (Magno lia acuminata) during the tree tour Nov. 4. Around 30 people joined Dewitt through the Mark Law Arboretum at Bell Memorial Park as she offered facts about individu al tree species. The tour was part of Plant! Milton, a city initiative to maintain and expand the city’s tree canopy.

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From left, Milton Planner II Michael Cardamon and Community Development Direc tor Bob Buscemi answer questions from the City Council Nov. 7 regarding a text amendment that would increase lot width from 100 feet to 150 feet in agricultur ally zoned districts.

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like a seedling giveaway at Bring One for the Chipper, a statewide program that encourages Georgians to recycle their Christmas trees. Dewitt also plans for more workshops with the North Fulton Master Gardeners as well as another tree tour.

Several people in the tour group carried a notebook and pen, jotting down information while Dewitt spoke. One was Milton resident Marlysa Raye-Jacobus, a North Fulton Master Gardener since 1997. She’s also a district director for the Georgia Master

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and the $20 million bond for down town parking would add $38 per year. Payments on bonds assessed to prop erty owners are not eligible for any of the city’s homestead exemptions, meaning residents will be assessed the full tax able value of their homes against the tax rate set to pay on the bonds. The only exception is the disabled veteran exemp tion, which is eligible for a reduced

Gardeners Association and freelancer. Soon, she will analyze a landscape plan for the new Milton fire station on Thompson Road.

Raye-Jacobus said she plans to use information from the tour for a future field trip to the arboretum with other North Fulton Master Gardeners.

While recounting her beginnings as a young gardener, calling her grandmother her “gardening angel,” she described the importance of horticulture and giving back to the community.

“It’s just really important that people know their external world,” Raye-Jacobus said. “Our environment is so fragile at this point in time.”

sessment against both the city’s general mill levy and the levy set to pay back the bonds.

The city won’t know the actual inter est rate on the bonds until they are is sued, but it’s likely the city would issue the bonds in two to three phases over several years, not all at once.

To provide an estimate of interest expense—assuming an interest rate of 5 percent for a 30-year term — the city would pay approximately $173 million in interest over 30 years for the full $179.6 million issued all at once.

The holidays are just around the corner! We invite you to join us for a morning of holiday cheer at our

2nd Annual Jingle Jog & newly-added Nutcracker Brunch

on Sunday, December 4th benefiting The Summit.

Kicking off with a family-friendly, interactive stroll down the Boulevard at Avalon, the Jingle Jog will begin at 8:00 AM. Starting and stopping at the Hotel at Avalon, enjoy holiday-themed fitness stations, face painting, kids’ obstacles, and special appearances from our favorite holiday characters along your stroll. Afterward, the Nutcracker Brunch will be held at the Hotel at Avalon at 10:00 AM, where families can enjoy a brunch buffet, a mini Nutcracker performance by the Atlanta Dance Theatre, and interactive holiday activities!

Tickets can be sold separately or be purchased to attend both the Jingle Jog and Nutcracker Brunch at tinyurl.com/avalonjingle.

The funds raised from both of these events will benefit The Summit Counseling Center to further our mission - providing professional counseling, psychological services, school-based mental health, and community education services utilizing an integrated approach to care for individuals and families – Body, Mind, Spirit, and Relationships. Learn more about Summit at summitcounseling.org

For more information contact Rachel Newcomer,Director of Development, via email at rnewcomer@summitcounseling.org or by phone at (770) 605-4504.

David Cox: Writing tomorrow’s history today

BOB MEYERS

We are used to thinking of history as past events, accomplishments of individuals who have gone to their heavenly rewards, structures of unique styles or places where important events occurred.

But what about tomorrow’s history? Wouldn’t it be nice if we could see it today?

Well, we can because tomorrow’s history is being written as we speak. We just need to look for it. Today we will look at two beautiful barns and the man who built them in North Fulton County that are sure to be viewed as historic by future generations.

The Scottsdale Farms main building in the Birmingham community and the barn until recently called the Yellow House Barn, now the 7th Hand Barn, in Alpharetta were built by David Cox, a talented builder who retired about a year ago following a career of 51 years. He erected an estimated 100 barns, a similar number of houses and innumerable renovations during his career, all within a 50-mile radius in North Fulton and Cherokee County. Both barns are very large structures built for different purposes. Scottsdale Farms was made to be a retail garden and home decor center with a sales floor and a café and bistro housed in a towering central hall of exposed beams. Thanks to the commitment of owner Luca Gianturco,

Scottsdale Farms is a timber framed building with mortise and tenon joinery (more about that later), while 7th Hand Barn was built as an equine facility. With a luxurious upstairs living area, it was a precursor to today’s popular special event or party barns.

When David Cox was 10 or 12, he worked with his grandfather Troy Cox, a carpenter and farmer where the Blue Valley development in Cherokee County is today. David also worked with George Garner “my other grandpa” who was a part-time carpenter and farmer on Taylor Road in Milton.

As a teenager in the 1960s and ’70s David broadened his carpentry skills working summers for “Doc” Allen Myers, a homebuilder who moved to Alpharetta from Florida in 1962. He built many of the houses on Dania Drive in Alpharetta, among others in North Fulton County, and according to his daughter Sharon Myers Mauldin, he was the first builder of subdivisions in Alpharetta.

Doc was a small, quiet man who liked to laugh, says David.

“He was very talented, good as gold. Most of his tools were ancient. When I met him, he was building whatever people wanted, a house, outhouse or shed. As he got older, he did trim work.”

He eventually started working for David.

Timber framing is a method of creating structures using very heavy timbers joined together with mortise and tenon joints where the end of one piece of wood, the tenon, is inserted into a hole, the mortise, cut in the

The landmark Scottsdale Farms garden center is a timber framed structure built of eastern white pine using mortise and tenon joints to create an exceptionally strong building. Evidence of mortise and tenon dates back 7000 years. The barn is about 60 feet high to the top of the cupola.

other piece, usually at a right angle. Once the pieces are connected, a hole is drilled through the two parts and a peg is driven through the hole to firmly and permanently join the pieces of wood. No nails or bolts are used. A diagonal brace is often added where horizontal and vertical beams meet for additional stability.

David Cox was one of the first to build a mortise and tenon barn in Georgia. Because of the complexities involved, Luca hired Jerry Hopkins, a local structural engineer, to assure conformity of the building’s systems to Fulton County codes.

Luca says: “I am a fanatic about history. I wanted Scottsdale Farms to be a unique tribute to the artisan builders who paved the way centuries ago.”

About a year ago, local businessman Mac Plummer and his wife Megan purchased the Yellow House Barn, a premier equestrian facility which they recently renamed 7th Hand Farm, a Biblical reference to the Hand of God. The barn is notched post and beam construction, a method that creates strong joints between vertical posts and cross beams. A post is notched at its end or wherever a beam joins it. The beam rests in the notch and is bolted to the post. The

method is less complicated to build than mortise and tenon, but very strong nonetheless.

The elegant barn has 38 12x12-foot stalls in two wings, 8 wash racks and an attached giant indoor riding arena. Mac and Megan are updating and making improvements in the barn and in several other buildings on the 30acre property including a historic 19th century house. The barn incorporates many special features including beautiful interior stone archways separating the two wings and a double fence line surrounding the property so riders can safely navigate their horses around periphery.

It is a busy place owned and managed by a committed couple. It will be interesting to see what innovations they have in store for the operation.

Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Pres ervation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net.You can email Bob at bobmey@bellsouth.net. To learn more about the Milton Historical Society, go to miltonhistoricalsocietygeorgia.org.Commission. He lives in Alpharetta.

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OPINION

When am I going to act on some of the things that I know would improve my life?

I know that as we age, it is important to remain engaged and social as not doing this is linked to heightened risk of dementia and the like. Women in general, I think, tend to do this almost by default. But with men, I think we tend to become more solitary, more introverted as we age. My wife is in two book clubs, several faith-based activities - includ ing a centering prayer group - and is actively engaged in studying various subjects and authors including Rich ard Rohr. She recently had a reunion with her best friends from college; they meet every couple years and absolute ly enjoy that time. One of her friends is in a bridge club, plays competitive field hockey, studies Richard Rohr, is in several book clubs, and, as a thera pist, sees over 60 clients every week. I don’t see how they do it.

What about me? Ok, so I read a lot — alone — usually in a comfortable chair at home. I still have an inter est in tennis but now, that translates into me going and hitting against a backboard at Wills Park tennis courts — alone. But that’s how I learned tennis as a high schooler, and at one point I played at a fairly high level. I get asked to play with other folks these days. But I hate “playing” tennis with anyone unless I am able to play

at a high level, which I cannot do right now. I would rather not play. Maybe a thousand more hours at the back board would get me to where I could enjoy “playing” again.

I swim off and on, usually at 5 a.m. at the Y — alone. Well, with maybe a half dozen other early morning swim mers. For years there was a woman who swam in the lane next to me — for years — and we would chat sometimes at one end of the pool. But we never learned each other’s names. We knew about each other’s families and such, just not each other’s name. How odd.

So, swim, tennis, work and family. That’s mostly it.

My daughter asked me this week if I could use my truck and pick up a futon for her. She recently relocated back to Georgia and is busy furnish ing her house. She is good at spotting bargains out there and never pays retail for anything. About a month ago she sent me to buy a thousand dollar brand new, still-in-the-plastic king-sized mattress from Overstock for $200. I couldn’t believe it.

The futon this week was in Johns Creek. Someone was moving and trying to get rid of the stuff they were not planning to take with them. I am sure my daughter saw the ad on Craigslist. My warning radar always goes off when Craigslist is involved in any transaction. There are so many scammers out there. It doesn’t seem to bother my daughter in the least.

So, I pulled up to the house and was looking for the phone number on my phone to call to let them to let them know I was there. I looked up and right next to my window was a

active in this world

middle-aged man just standing there. I got out, and we introduced our selves. He was an entomologist (study of insects) from India and his wife, a computer programmer originally from Singapore. They had been living in the states for, I am thinking, the last 25 years or so and were moving back to India to take care of ageing parents. He took early retirement. I suspect he had his doctorate and was teaching as well as practicing in the field. She was not crazy about moving back to India; it was stressing her out.

So, I don’t know as much about India as I should, historically or socially. It’s a bit embarrassing to me. My knowledge of the country is more or less limited to having read “Freedom at Midnight,” a definitive long nonfiction novel about Indian independence from Great Britain as well as the incredibly bloody parti tion with Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh. I know that India as well Pakistan are two of the 14 countries with nuclear weapons. I know that India is the world’s largest democracy, and that Pakistan has unofficial U.S. Airforce bases, is run by a military government, and is an Islamic coun try. Of note, two of our delivery folks at the newspaper were from India, and one of my favorite authors is Indian — Jhumpa Lahiri. Her “Interpreter of Maladies” is an amazing first book of short stories that I highly recommend. The rest of my knowledge of India is taken from watching the movie “Slum Dog Millionaire,” and the current book I am reading, which takes place in the slums of Mumbai — a city of over 20,000,000 — called “Behind the

Beautiful Forever’s” by Katherine Boo. The book has won tons of awards and so far, seems like a fabulous read.

So, when I heard that Anil and his wife were moving back to India, it surprised me, I have to admit. “Why” I thought. Even to take care of ageing parents, it just seemed, well, counter intuitive to my frame of reference.

It took us about 15 minutes to load up my daughter’s futon as well as a coffee table Anil offered for free. Then we started talking about India — the government, the economy, where in India he was moving back to and more. We talked about his education; it was essentially free, and we talked about world events including COVID and some of the books I had read re lating to the topics. We talked at least a half hour about insects and com mercial agriculture on the industrial scale and how — he pointed out — dif ficult it was to produce it without the heavy use of pesticides and herbicides.

We talked about books. He gave me one — “Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century.” I promised to send him a copy of “The Overstory” once he was sure of his new address in Southern India. I expect we will stay in touch, and I look forward to that.

I think we talked for well over an hour, maybe almost two. His wife came to the door, and without saying anything, communicated it was time for me to leave so they could get back to packing. They leave for India soon. We said our goodbyes, and as I drove off, I asked myself again, “Why I don’t get out more often, why I don’t make the effort?”

‘Till death do us part’ should include plan for survivors

everyone, you likewise depend on others for important aspects of your well-being. Do you and your significant other have plans in place to handle whatever life throws at you?

LEWIS J. WALKER, CFP

While wedding customs and traditions vary from religion to religion and in secular society, vows generally are a significant and meaningful aspect of the joining of two persons in matrimony. Among the most wellknown traditional wedding vows are those derived from medieval England. In the Book of Common Prayer by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, we find couples promising each other “to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death us do part.” That promise is a contract whereby the two people in the union pledge to share responsibilities.

A financial life planning plan recognizes the shared goals of prospering from a wealth and health standpoint, while providing for eventualities stemming from injury and illness, and the death of a partner and oneself. Life together is a series of transitions, some planned and some forced by circumstances. After the honeymoon reality eventually settles in, wrapped in a blanket of mutual support and respect.

People depend on you. In addition to your spouse, these dependents may be children, other family members and loved ones, dear friends. Depending on what you do for a living, they may be associates, partners, employees, members of the military, teammates, clients and customers. Community organizations, charities, and religious institutions depend on your support. As does

How you navigate the challenges of life as a team is a function of alternatives, resources, and expectations. How will you tackle challenges connected with health and wealth? Remember the part about richer or poorer, in sickness and health? Often the pledge, “till death us do part,” generates a fear of a “life insurance sales pitch,” but it goes beyond that one aspect of “What if?” planning.

On October 6, 2022, a memorial Mass was held for the beloved spouses of the Saint Brigid Catholic Church Widowed Group in Johns Creek, Georgia. The Mass program listed the names of the departed, which sadly included my spouse of 55 years who passed away recently. Of the dearly departed noted, 23% were female, 77% were male. That’s a small sample but it illustrates the fact that on average women outlive men. Widows outnumber widowers by substantial margins. Susan Bradley, CFP, founder of the Sudden Money Institute in Florida, focuses on major life transitions, including the difficulties involved in being a caregiver and life after the death of a spouse or other loved one. She notes that 80% of men die married. Eighty percent of women die single. Have you prepared for the likelihood that one of you will outlive the other? One of you will die before the other?

While death can come suddenly at any point in a marriage, you must prepare for the possibility of illness, incapacity, and struggle prior to death regardless of age. Severe illness or incapacity may not result in death

but engender a life transition toward some form of “new normal” that may involve ongoing physical or mental limitations.

When it comes to money and reserves pertinent to emergencies, and overall wealth, do you have a written Investment Policy Statement for your money that is clear to you, your spouse, whoever else who may have to step in, and your advisors? Decisions regarding finances and the management of key assets are best made when you are mentally sharp, not in the face of decline, denial, and confusion. Are you reasonably certain that your bank balance will not go to zero before your heartbeat does? If you had a stroke or were otherwise impaired, and your spouse or partner was not available to act, who would get the emergency phone call?

Who has the authority to act in your behalf if you were incapacitated? Who has Durable Powers of Attorney to act for you in financial, business, medical, and other matters? When did you last review these documents? Are they current? Do you have backup if the primary designee cannot act? Have you discussed your wishes with your family? What would be the economic impact on those who depend on you given prolonged incapacity? The latter question is important to closely-held business owners. What would be the economic impact on your “business family,” your employees and key associates? What would be the impact on your family if your enterprise is the primary engine for family cash flow and wealth accumulation?

If you were permanently inca pacitated, what would you want done regarding your investments, business interests, real estate, your treasured “stuff,” pets, your health care? What

do you want done at your death re garding the above? What do you want relative to funeral and burial arrange ments? If you’re a military veteran, do you understand your benefits? Where is Form DD-214? Have you had a dis cussion with your family about such matters? If an adult child has to step in, what does she or he know?

Do you understand your actual living and testamentary estate plan, which may be very different from the one you think you have? Wills, trusts, ownership forms, beneficiary desig nations, operating agreements for a closely-held business, or other legal documents may govern what happens. Insurance contracts, including life, health, disability, liability, and proper ty and casualty, are pertinent to fund ing in emergency situations. When did you last undergo an in-depth review of all documents critical to “What if?” eventualities?

The answers to these questions form the basis for a holistic and com prehensive financial, estate, invest ment, life transitions, and “peace of mind” plan. Winston Churchill warned, “He [she] who fails to plan is planning to fail.” “Failure to plan” is a decision, but not one likely to make you, or those who love you and depend on you, happy.

Lewis Walker, CFP®, is a life cen tered financial planning strategist with Capital Insight Group; 770-441-3553; lewis@lewwalker.com. Securities & advisory services offered through The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. (SFA). Lewis is a registered representative and investment adviser representative of SFA, otherwise unaffiliated with Capital Insight Group. He’s a Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA).

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Good News for Trout Anglers: ‘DH’ season is here again!

HUDSON

If you enjoy trout fishing in Georgia, you should be a happy camper right about now. Why? Because as of Nov. 1, Georgia’s Delayed Harvest trout fishing season has begun!

Delayed Harvest, or “DH” as it’s often called, is a special program under which portions of certain Georgia streams are managed under special regulations. DH waters are too warm for trout during the summer, but through the winter months their waters cool enough to provide good trout habitat. Georgia’s five DH fisheries (Amicalola Creek from Steele Bridge downstream to GA 53, the Chattooga River from Reed Creek down to GA 28, the Chattahoochee in Atlanta from Sope Creek to US 41, Smith Creek downstream of Unicoi Lake in Unicoi State Park, and the Toccoa River from 450 feet above the Sandy Bottom Canoe Access downstream to a point 0.4 miles above Shallowford Bridge are managed under artificialsonly, catch-and-release regulations from Nov. 1 through May 14. The idea is to provide some great wintertime trout fishing, and a focused stocking program helps ensure that there will be good catch rates and thus lots of smiles on lots of anglers’ faces.

This year there are plenty of stockable trout available, too, and so all five of those waters (including the Chattahoochee section) will be stocked.

“We are excited to resume Delayed Harvest stockings on the Chattahoochee River below Morgan Falls Dam this year, thanks to excellent trout production in our state hatchers, and the low, fishable flows we are seeing in the river currently,” says Georgia Trout Stocking Coordinator John Lee Thomson. “With the Lake Burton Fish Hatchery renovation complete and trout inventories returned to historic levels, the Chattahoochee DH should provide a great trout fishing opportunity near Metro Atlanta.”

One neat things about the Delayed Harvest season is that it gives trout anglers an opportunity to be involved in Georgia’s trout stocking program in a hands-on kind of way. For example, members of several Trout Unlimited chapters have already lent a hand by helping Department of Natural Resources personnel to stock trout into the state’s various DH waters.

Want to try your hand at stocking some trout yourself? There will be opportunities for that coming up too. For example, one day during Thanksgiving week, the hatchery truck will roll into the parking area at the Whitewater Unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, where it will be met by a cadre of volunteers (maybe even

you!) who will help stock trout into that portion of the “Hooch DH.” All you need to help out is a 5-gallon plastic bucket and some waders (or clothes you don’t mind getting wet).

When will this happen? The exact date has not been nailed down as of this writing, but watch websites such as North Georgia Trout Online (ngto.org) or various Georgia Trout Unlimited chapter websites for details on the exact date and time. I’ll do my best to let you know here, too, as soon as I find out.

These volunteer-assisted stocking events are an enormous amount of fun, and I remember one in particular. I was there with bucket in hand and my much-loved but by now somewhat bedraggled fishing hat perched atop my increasingly hairless head. It’s an old hat, and it really is looking kind of battered these days, but I like it and it fits and it helps keep me warm.

The assembled volunteers made quick work of stocking several thousand trout – and once the stocking was done the fishing commenced. Yes, it’s okay to fish on stocking day, even right after the fish have been put in. In fact, I encourage it. It can make you feel like God’s gift to fly fishing, and sometimes we all need a little bit of that sort of thing. Anyway, I’d rigged up my rod with the idea of catching a few before heading back to the house. But

mostly I was just wandering around enjoying the moment – and that’s when I noticed a dad with his two young daughters. The kids, who were probably about 6 and 8, had been helping stock fish, and they’d worked hard.

Hmmm, I thought. Here’s a chance to have some fun.

I approached the dad, introduced myself, and asked if he would mind if I hooked a fish on my flyrod and then let one of the kids bring it in.

“Can we, daddy?” the oldest asked excitedly – and the dad said sure!

We were standing in shallow water just a few yards from a spot where lots of newly-stocked trout were holding in the current, so it took just a moment to fool a fish into taking the fly. Once I hooked it, I made great ceremony of putting the rod in the hands of one of the kids. I showed her how to bring in the fish, then netted it and held it for photos and happy congratulations all around.

Then…

“Can I do it again?” she asked. Her dad nodded yes. I flipped the fly out into the flow again and in less than a minute had another trout on the line. She landed that one too. More pictures, more high fives.

Then…

“Can I do it again?”

STEVE

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Trout:

This went on for about a half dozen fish. But Younger Sister was watching.

She looked at me and said, “Mister, that’s a funny hat.” Ahh, flattery will get you everywhere! But that was only preamble. The real question came next:

“Can I catch one too?”

“How about it?” I asked the dad, and he said “Sure!” – and so I hooked another trout and this time handed the rod to Younger Sister. She too did a great job, encouraged more or less constantly by Older Sister, who by now of course was an experienced veteran. It was great!

Younger Sister landed four or five, and then it was Older Sister’s turn again.

And that’s what we did for more

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than an hour. I’d hook a trout and give the rod to one of the kids, who would then bring in the fish. It was enormous fun, and we kept at it for quite a while until the kids got cold and we finally called it an afternoon.

Later, another fly fisher mentioned that he’d seen me helping the kids catch all those fish.

“Didn’t you mind not landing them yourself?” he asked me. “Didn’t you miss getting to fish yourself?”

Well, no, I didn’t miss it. I didn’t miss it at all. It was a hoot helping those two catch those trout, much more fun than it would have been to catch them myself. Besides, I got a great story out of it.

But they got a lot more. Those two kids had more fun than the law allows – out-of-doors, standing in a river, discovering must how much fun fishing for trout can be – even if your mentor is the dude in the funny hat!

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APPLICANT

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and the $20 million bond for down town parking would add $38 per year. Payments on bonds assessed to prop erty owners are not eligible for any of the

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est rate on the bonds until they are is sued, but it’s likely the city would issue the bonds in two to three phases over several years, not all at once.

To provide an estimate of interest expense—assuming an interest rate of 5 percent for a 30-year term — the city would pay approximately $173 million in interest over 30 years for the full $179.6 million issued all at once.

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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.

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Supportive Service Coordinator:

The Supportive Service Coordinator (“SSC”) will be responsible for managing the social/supportive services for a portfolio of properties, under the supervision of the Company Asset Manager. This position will serve as a liaison between the Asset Manager and the property management company. This individual will primarily be responsible for managing compliance and reporting for supportive services and, secondarily, procuring grant funding to supplement the property service budget, and identifying local service providers to augment property offerings.

Full time hours. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in social work or education and a minimum of 5 years’ experience.

For a full job description and to submit a resume, please reach out to:

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Responsibilities: Create relevant Distribution Automation use case scenarios & appropriate solutions to demonstrate how the GridStream system operates & supports improvements to the customer-facing test suite. Lead creation of standard operating procedures & solutions for technical elements of the system that are effective and repeatable. Ability to travel domestically to unanticipated client sites up to 50%.

Requirements: Master’s degree in IT, Info Systems or related field* & 3 years in job offered or 3 years hardware & software solutions. (*Employer will accept Bachelor’s degree & 5 yrs exp in job offered or 5 yrs exp hardware & software solutions.) Exp must include 3 years of the following: process definition & design to meet business objectives; managing cross-functional project teams; .NET framework & Web Services; one or any combination of Oracle 10g, SQL*Plus, PL or SQL. Experience may be gained concurrently.

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ASSIST PARTIALLY DISABLED EXECUTIVE

Onsite at his place of employment. Perfect for retired nurse. Helping with meal prep, drive to doctors appointments, some shopping. Salary negotiable. English speaking non-smoker. Charlotte 678-208-0774

Building/Facilities Assistant Manager

Seeking part-time Building/Facilities Assistant Manager for Alpharetta Presbyterian Church from about 12-4 Monday – Friday. Candidate needs basic knowledge/competency in building maintenance and grounds keeping as well as strong interpersonal skills. Computer skills are desired.

Requires successful completion of a criminal record and child abuse background check, a valid driver’s license and the ability to perform physical tasks. Full job description can be seen at https://alpharettapres. com/about-us/jobs/.

Qualified candidates please send resume to office@alpharettapres.com

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

Ralph Rucker 678-898-7237

Concrete/ Asphalt Retaining Walls

Brick or Wood

Contact Ralph Rucker. Many local references. Honest, punctual, professional and reasonable prices! 678-898-7237

Roofing

ROOF LEAKING?

Call us for roof repair or roof replacement. FREE quotes. $200 OFF Leak Repairs or 10% off New Roof. Affordable, quality roofing. Based in Roswell. Serving North Atlanta since 1983. Call to schedule FREE Quote: 770-284-3123.

Christian Brothers Roofing

Flooring

PHILLIPS FLOORING

Handyman

Handyman Services

Roofing, siding, chimney repair, gutter cleaning, painting, drywall repair, plumbing, power washing, laminated flooring. 30 yrs. experience. 470-841-2799