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Schools, and it truly stands out in the community,” Wark said. “We’re excited. … It’s just a neat design, and we’re very, very proud.” The school, which cost $28 million,
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Schools Chief Facilities Officer Matt Wark told the Board of Education at an April 12 work session that construction
at New Hope Elementary School is set to wrap up in May. Wark said if all stays on schedule, there will be a grand opening and ribboncutting July 23. “New Hope is different than what we’ve ever built here for Forsyth County
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METRO ATLANTA — The deadline to register to vote in the May 24 ended April 25. In-person early voting begins on May 2. The Secretary of State’s office began mailing out absentee ballots April 25. With everything ramping up, campaigns placing dozens of signs on every street corner and political commercials already barraging your TV, navigating the primary elections can be confusing. Here’s a guide that can help you get some clarity in the chaos. What is a primary election? A primary election serves to narrow the political playing field before a general election. For partisan elections like U.S. Congress or Georgia General Assembly races, candidates of each political party face off against members of their own party to become the party’s
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Helen man arrested For drug possession FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A Helen man was arrested in Forsyth County April 13 on charges of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. A Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department deputy had initially stopped a woman for a suspended license when the deputy noticed the man hunched over in the woman’s back seat covering his mouth and nose with his shirt. The woman said the man was her uncle and he was having an anxiety attack. The deputy asked if he needed an ambulance, but the woman did not respond. Before the traffic stop, the deputy had run a license plate check that returned to a man with a warrant out of Hall County for trafficking meth. The deputy noticed the man matched the wanted person’s description. When the deputy asked for the man’s identity, the man and woman both gave the deputy a fake name, according to the report. The man told the deputy he couldn’t breathe but refused to uncover his face. The deputy noticed a wallet next to the man and asked if he could check it for an ID. When the deputy asked again to see it, the man stopped gasping for air, relaxed his body and said “Yeah, it’s me,” according to the report. The deputy confirmed the man was identified on the Hall County warrant. The man admitted to a deputy that he was selling methamphetamine, according to the report. Jimmy Hughes, 55, of Helen, was arrested for possession of meth with intent to distribute.
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PUBLIC SAFETY County Sheriff’s Department arrested an Atlanta woman April 12 after allegedly finding a myriad of drugs in her belongings. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on McFarland Parkway. The deputy noted the driver, a Sandy Springs man, “had pinpoint pupils and a raspy voice consistent with opioid use,” according to the report. The officer conducted a field sobriety test and did not detect clues of impairment, but requested to search the vehicle, which the driver consented to. The woman, a passenger, had a backpack with a code lock on it. When the deputy asked to search the backpack, she said she had forgotten the code. The woman also left a purse in the car’s passenger seat. The deputy found a bag of methamphetamine, a container of Xanax pills and a “notepad that was being used as a ledger” in the purse, according to the report. The woman did not deny the drugs were hers but pleaded not to be arrested. The deputy then used bolt cutters to remove the lock from the backpack and found “more methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, suspected heroin, multiple bags for packaging, more ledgers and a scale,” according to the report. The deputy arrested Mary Burton, 35, of Atlanta, on charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
Phone, bank card stolen from unattended car FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 47-yearold man reported to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office April 14 that his belongings had been stolen from his car while he was fishing.
The man told deputies he had been fishing in a pond off Wild Violet Drive, which contains an under-construction subdivision. He said he went fishing April 13 around 4 p.m. and returned to his car at 8 p.m. He said he didn’t notice missing items until the next morning, when he discovered his checkbook, bank card and “government iPhone” were missing. The man said he had locked his car, and noticed that when he returned that his car window was farther down than he remembered leaving it, “like someone grabbed the window and pushed it down,” according to the report. The man said there had been no unauthorized transactions on his bank account, and that he was unable to track the phone.
Man reports assault by three men at club ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police received a report from a Cumming man April 18 who said he had been assaulted by three men at Roaring Social in downtown Alpharetta on April 16. The man told police he had gotten into an argument with three unidentified men in their 40s at the club, and one of them “jumped him” and began punching him in the head and back. He said the three men had left the scene before police arrived. Police were unable to find a dispatch report associated with the call. The man said he had declined a report after the assault occurred because he just wanted to go home. The man had no identifying information on the suspects but provided police with a license plate number for an Uber he said the men left in. No further action was taken.
Two motorcycle fatalities recorded on Forsyth County roads in 3 days FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two fatal motorcycle crashes that occurred in the county in three days. Zachary Smith, 28, of Braselton, died April 17 after failing to navigate a curve while southbound on Little Mill Road near Paddocks Mill Drive. The sheriff’s office was notified of the crash around 1:40 p.m., and Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. Just two days later, Dustin Darby, 39, of Waleska, died after crashing a motorcycle on the eastbound side of Matt Highway near McBrayer Road. Darby was pronounced dead on the scene. Initial investigation found that Dar-
by had failed to navigate a curve in the road and struck a utility pole. Neither Darby nor the motorcycle were immediately noticeable to drivers. The sheriff’s office was notified of the crash around 9:45 a.m., but investigators believe the crash occurred sometime between 1:45 and 3:45 a.m. According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, investigators believe Darby had been driving the motorcycle “at an excessive speed” prior to the crash. Both fatalities remain under investigation. — Jake Drukman
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Commission chairman paints bright future in annual address By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Commission Chairman Alfred John lauded the county’s growth, attractiveness and work ethic during his 2022 State of the County address April 19 at the Forsyth Conference Center at Lanier Technical College. The address was hosted by the Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by businesses like Northside Hospital, Georgia Power and Brandywine Printing. This year is John’s first as chairman, having joined the commission two years ago. In 2021, he served as the commission’s secretary. During his first four months as chairman, John has overseen massive county projects like construction of a new county administration campus and the widening of McGinnis Ferry Road. “The state of the county for the place we call home is stronger than ever,” John said during his opening remarks. He said Forsyth County has been successful in cultivating an environment where people want to live, work and raise a family, in part due to residents’ high standard of living and low property taxes. He said Forsyth County also has the lowest violent crime rate in north Metro Atlanta. “The foundation and bedrock of a healthy society is safety,” John said. “Our 911 operators, sheriff’s office deputies, firefighters led by Chief Barry Head, the emergency management team… they’re always there 24 hours a day to ensure our safety.” John went on to commend the county’s economic growth over the past decade, saying that even though the entire nation was crawling out of economic recession in the early 2010s, Forsyth is now “sprinting forward” in its business sector. He said the county is becoming its own tech corridor, leading to more tech workers staying in Forsyth
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Forsyth County Board of Commissioners Chairman Alfred John delivers his 2022 State of the County Address April 19. John lauded the county’s growth and attractiveness during the speech. County rather than taking their labor to Atlanta or Alpharetta. The chairman also noted the county’s recent and upcoming transportation projects, from the widening of Post Road to improvements of Ga. 400. He said that if voters approve the county’s transportation special purpose local option sales tax in November, Forsyth County could raise an additional $52 million every year to further improve transportation. John also spoke on the county’s new opportunity to use one of its most iconic
resources, Lake Lanier. Forsyth County is in the midst of building a pump system that can provide water directly to county residents, freeing it from negotiating access to the water source from the City of Cumming. John said the intake facility is expected to be completed in five to six years and would save the county around $3 million a year in water purchases. On the county’s new administrative complex, John played a prerecorded video of Commissioner Molly Cooper, who said the new campus would allow
Forsyth County to bring all its major services under one roof. Due to size limitations with the county’s current headquarters in downtown Cumming, administration has had to rent out another office building to house some county services. John said the new campus will save the county about $400,000 per year on the extra rent. John wrapped up his address by thanking county staff for their tireless effort to improve Forsyth County and noting that he looks to the future with optimism.
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Forsyth County commissioners discuss plans for a proposed subdivision off Campground Road April 21. The subdivision, which was ultimately approved, will include 60 homes on 49 acres.
Campground Road subdivision receives county endorsement By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Commission approved plans for a new subdivision to be built off Campground Road at its April 21 regular meeting. The approval rezoned the plot from agricultural to single-family residential. The subdivision, to be built by luxury home developer Toll Brothers, will feature 60 single-family homes on 49 acres just north of Longstreet Church Road. A representative from Toll Brothers noted that parts of the subdivision will extend into the city of Milton and other parts will extend into Cherokee County. Lot sizes will differ depending on the jurisdiction, though home sizes will remain the same. Lots in Forsyth County will be a minimum of 22,000 square feet, while lots in Cherokee County will be smaller and lots in Milton will be larger. In other matters at the April 21 meeting, the commission rejected an application from a woman to use her home off New Chapel Hill Way as a short-term rental. The applicant, Kimberly Yates, said she had been renting out the home a few times every year since 2017 to help pay for maintenance
on the 9,700 square foot home, and she had never received complaints. The application asked for permission to rent the home to up to 18 overnight guests. The home is situated in the back of a large subdivision and is largely isolated from other homes, but commissioners took issue with the fact that guests would have to drive through the winding residential streets to access the property. Commissioner Laura Semanson suggested Yates could withdraw the item and try to construct a new access point to the property. Yates said she wouldn’t want to go to the expense of building another entrance. Another application for a home on Heardmont Farms Lane to be used as a short-term rental was postponed to May 19. Commissioners also postponed voting on a sketch plat for a Hindu temple on Ronald Reagan Boulevard. The civil engineer for the temple told commissioners that capacity for the worship center would reach a maximum of about 400, with accommodations for 110 parking spaces. Commissioners asked the project’s engineer to come to the May 19 meeting with a new sketch plat including about 100 more parking spaces.
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Cumming to allow golf carts on certain city streets By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Commission Chairman Alfred John lauded the county’s growth, attractiveness and work ethic during his 2022 State of the County address April 19 at the Forsyth Conference Center at Lanier Technical College. The address was hosted by the Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by businesses like Northside Hospital, Georgia Power and Brandywine Printing. This year is John’s first as chairman, having joined the commission two years ago. In 2021, he served as the commission’s secretary. During his first four months as chairman, John has overseen massive county projects like construction of a new county administration campus and the widening of McGinnis Ferry Road. “The state of the county for the place we call home is stronger than ever,” John said during his opening remarks. He said Forsyth County has been successful in cultivating an environment where people want to live, work and raise a family, in part due to residents’ high standard of living and low property taxes. He said Forsyth County also has the lowest violent crime rate in north Metro Atlanta. “The foundation and bedrock of a healthy society is safety,” John said. “Our 911 operators, sheriff’s office deputies, firefighters led by Chief Barry Head, the emergency management team… they’re always there 24 hours a day to ensure our safety.” John went on to commend the county’s economic growth over the past decade, saying that even though the entire nation
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Cumming City Council members discuss allowing golf carts on certain city streets at their April 19 meeting. The ordinance, which passed 4-1, will take effect 30 days after its passage. was crawling out of economic recession in the early 2010s, Forsyth is now “sprinting forward” in its business sector. He said the county is becoming its own tech corridor, leading to more tech workers staying in Forsyth County rather than taking their labor to Atlanta or Alpharetta. The chairman also noted the county’s recent and upcoming transportation projects, from the widening of Post Road to improvements of Ga. 400. He said that if voters approve the county’s transportation special purpose local option sales tax in November, Forsyth County could raise an additional $52 million every year to further improve transportation. John also spoke on the county’s new opportunity to use one of its most iconic resources, Lake Lanier. Forsyth County is in the midst of building a pump system that can provide water directly to county residents, freeing it from negotiating access to the water source from the City of
Fulton board OKs tax break for Johns Creek enterprise FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Development Authority of Fulton County approved a revenue bond inducement April 13 for a possible medical device manufacturing site to come to Johns Creek. The company behind the development is not named in Development Authority agendas, and the project is referred to only as “Project Lemon Lime.” The new site would be located at 11650 Johns Creek Parkway just off McGinnis Ferry Road. Plans call for the existing building to be torn down to make way for a new facility that would be between 180,000 and 238,000 square feet. The inducement will grant the compa-
ny a 10-year tax abatement, estimated to total between $55 million and $75 million. The project proposes to retain 275- 50 existing jobs and create 225 new permanent jobs. The overall economic impact of the project is estimated to be more than $1.3 billion. The company already has a presence in Fulton County and operates outside of Georgia, according to Development Authority. The project is noted to be “highly competitive,” with the company also currently pursuing other locations across the United States for the new facility. — Jake Drukman
Cumming. John said the intake facility is expected to be completed in five to six years and would save the county around $3 million a year in water purchases. On the county’s new administrative complex, John played a prerecorded video of Commissioner Molly Cooper, who said the new campus would allow Forsyth County to bring all its major services under one roof. Due to size limitations
with the county’s current headquarters in downtown Cumming, administration has had to rent out another office building to house some county services. John said the new campus will save the county about $400,000 per year on the extra rent. John wrapped up his address by thanking county staff for their tireless effort to improve Forsyth County and noting that he looks to the future with optimism.
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Northern Ridge announces list of March Eagle Scouts ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Northern Ridge Boy Scout District, which includes the cities of Roswell, Alpharetta, John’s Creek and Milton, has announced its newest Eagle Scouts who completed their Eagle Board of Review on March 31, 2022, at Alpharetta Presbyterian Church. Mario Jimenez, of Troop 7153, sponsored by St. Brigid Catholic Church, whose project was the design and construction of a kiosk to display a cemetery map for Ebenezer UMC cemetery in Roswell. Mario also created the map and identified all the graves. Alexander Sabatino, of Troop 226, sponsored by Bridge to Grace Church, whose project was the design and construction of a chicken coop with a runway for the Mount Pisgah Christian School. Zachary Burke, of Troop 7153, sponsored by St. Brigid Catholic Church, whose project was the design and construction of two benches, color coded markers for every half mile and a course map for the cross country course at Blessed Trinity Catholic High School. Brendan Hunt, of Troop 69, sponsored by Alpharetta First United Methodist Church, whose project was the design and construction of three disc golf goals and a staircase between the 2nd and 3rd baskets for the youth center on the Alpharetta First United Methodist campus. Jehan Patel, of Troop 300, sponsored by Birmingham United Methodist Church, whose project was enhancing the exterior of the building closest to the field at the Cox Road Athletic Complex.
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Six Bridges Brewing announces plans to expand into Milton By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Six Bridges Brewing, a Johns Creek staple since late 2018, is expanding with plans to open a new brewery location in Crabapple this year. The brewery — named after the six bridges located in Johns Creek: Jones Bridge, Medlock Bridge, McClure Bridge, Abbotts Bridge, Rogers Bridge and Little Bridge — is a family business started by local father and son Charles and Clay Gridley. The two shared a passion for beer and were homebrewers before they decided to take the plunge and turn their hobby into a business which now employs roughly seven full-time and seven part-time employees. Community, Clay said, has been central to Six Bridges since its origins. It was members of the Johns Creek Planning Commission that came up with the business’ name. “We were halfway through our sales pitch, and they said, ‘Stop, we want you. What can we do to help you?’” Charles said. From there, everything happened quickly. Rezoning and permitting were quickly approved by the City Council, and the Gridley’s started building relationships with different groups in the community including the Arts and Culture Board, the Public Safety Foundation and the Historical Society, Clay said. Joan Compton, president of the Johns Creek Historical Society, shared the backstory of the area with the Gridley’s and painted a mural right inside the front door of the taproom showcasing the local history. Six Bridges Brewing in Johns Creek is made up of three distinct parts: the taproom, an outdoor seating area and the production facility in back. Within the roughly 10,000-square-foot warehouse, Six Bridges is constantly brewing, experimenting, and canning their “endless” concoctions, Clay said. Each brew takes anywhere from two to five weeks from start to finish before making its way into kegs and cans which then travel around the state. “In the market, we normally have about a half
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Clay and Charles Gridley, co-founders of Six Bridges Brewing oversee the production of thousands of gallons of beer in the production facility of the Johns Creek brewery April 20.
dozen different beers,” Clay said. The 1000-gallon tanks are mostly reserved for their year-round beers, like local favorite Medlock, but in the smaller, 60-gallon tanks, the brewers experiment with different flavors and hops and sell the concoctions in the taproom. “It’s small batch stuff that we keep here in house, and we don’t send it out to market,” Clay said. “But if one of those does well here, it might graduate up to a
Six Bridges Production Manager and Brewmaster Bryan Johnson enjoys a beer in the taproom April 20. big batch.” The testing area provides Six Bridges Production Manager and Brewmaster Bryan Johnson the creativity he’s always sought in the brewing process. “I fell in love with it,” Johnson said. “Me and the guys in the back will go through different recipes that we know how to brew and just try to do something dif-
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In the production facility, 1,000-gallon tanks are mostly reserved for their yearround beers, like local favorite Medlock. From start to finish, brews take anywhere from two to five weeks from grain to can.
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Inside Six Bridges Brewing a mural showcases local history and the bridges for which the business was named. The mural was painted for Six Bridges by community leader and Johns Creek Historical Society President Joan Compton.
Brewery: Continued from Page 8 ferent all the time. It’s a fun, creative aspect of it…The pilot brews are all about trying to do something new that people will enjoy.” Six Bridges distributes their beer throughout Georgia in addition to inhouse sales and partnerships with local restaurants in the metro area. While Clay said the pair is content with remaining a Georgia-only business, the expansion into Milton is “exciting.” A developer approached the Gridley’s in November 2020 about joining the Crabapple neighborhood and they jumped at the opportunity. When the new location opens, hopefully in the next couple of months, Charles said, it will include a production facility, indoor and patio areas, a rooftop space and will feature food from Spiced Right Ribhouse in Roswell. “It’s going to be really cool between the food, the patio, the rooftop and being right next to the town center where they’ll have concerts and everything,”
Clay said. The original location of Six Bridges in Johns Creek is also near the city’s proposed town center, situated on Lakefield Drive, just a seven-minute walk from City Hall. One of the things Clay said he loves most about the brewery is the relationships it has built among neighbors. Even the layout of the taproom is designed to encourage conversation. “We have those long, communal tables, and everybody gets chatty once they’ve had a beer,” Clay said. “But that’s one of the beautiful things about it. We don’t need TVs or anything too flashy, people just come in and have a drink and converse with their neighbor… and it’s great to see and to be able to provide that.” Six Bridges Brewing is open Tuesdays through Sundays with weekly recurring events including trivia and cornhole tournaments. For more information on upcoming events and updates on the new location in Crabapple, visit sixbridgesbrewing. com.
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I have acne – Do I really need a Dermatologist? Brought to you by - Dr. Brent Taylor, Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta From every brick and mortar mall to mobile marketplaces to magazines in the grocery aisle, advice and solutions for better skin health abound. But for brighter, clearer skin, there is still no substitute for a dermatologist. What the online retailers and magazine articles have in common is a relatively limited supply of ingredients to help your skin. As much as we might wish that an over-the-counter make-up, toner, concealer, or wash could be a skin cure-all, acne is a condition that often extends below the surface where only prescription medications can reach. 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.” What the disclaimer does not mention is that wasting time on these products can cost patients precious months or years when they could have been on appropriate therapy. Patients whose severe acne goes undertreated and uncontrolled often develop scars that are either life-long or cost thousands of dollars to microneedle and laser away. Severe acne may not be a “skin emergency” but it is an issue that needs to be quickly addressed because prescription medication is avail-
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Milton High School senior Haydn Bendall displays her 13th varsity letter April 13 alongside her dad, Jamie, and mom, Kelly.
Student-athlete earns 13th letter By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com
MILTON, Ga. — Senior Haydn Bendall, who played softball, basketball, track and field and flag football throughout her Milton High School career, earned her 13th varsity letter on April 13. Athletic Director Gary Sylvestri said it’s a record for the school. “I don’t think anyone is ever going to beat it, to be honest with you, I really don’t,” Sylvestri said. “I’m so proud of her and her accomplishments, and it goes beyond the fields into the classroom as well, but for 13 varsity letters, that’s amazing.” Haydn’s dad, Jamie, said the accomplishment comes as no surprise, especially because Haydn has been involved in recreational sports since she was 4 years old. In addition to swimming for the Alpharetta Sharks, Jamie said Haydn played for the Alpharetta recreational basketball program and Alpharetta Youth Softball Association. “We have an embarrassing amount of riches in North Fulton when it comes to youth recreational programs,” Jamie said. “We are so, so fortunate to live in a community that believes in investing in our community youth sports, and it’s not something that any of us who live up here should take for granted.” Growing up, Jamie said, Haydn was like any other kid. “It seemed like she always had a ball or a bat or something in her hands,” Jamie said. One major influence on her life was her mom, Kelly, who was among the first female athletes to go to college and play soccer. At the time, Jamie said, soccer had just become a Georgia High School Association sport for girls. “In the span of one generation we went from having some sports being new sports entirely for girls to having it really not be uncommon at all for the girls to be among the most accomplished athletes in
their school,” Jamie said. Throughout her time at Milton High School, Jamie said Haydn must have played more than 200 games both as an offensive and defensive player. He added that she served as a team captain, was named to all-region teams and every year that she was eligible, won the scholarathlete award. “I think sometimes as a parent, it’s easy to get caught up in wins and losses and your child’s statistics,” Jamie said. “The reality is, there’s great value in being a teammate, and she, to her credit, has spent hours and hours at practice and training and doing summer workouts that really are the kinds of lessons that you’d like any kid to learn as they transition from high school into adulthood.” Jamie said he hopes Haydn’s story encourages parents to not get overly fixated on the hyper-specialization within one sport. Playing multiple sports, he said, exposes kids to more teammates, more experiences and more growth opportunities. “And there’s really something special about wearing the name of your school on the front of your jersey,” Jamie said. “… Those games that you played against your friends that you grew up with are really some of the most meaningful when you look back as an adult. I would encourage parents and kids not to forego that.” After receiving her varsity letter, Haydn said she felt like all her hard work had paid off. “Not only by setting a new record but also as a female athlete,” she said. “It felt really special.” While she enjoys competing and working for an end goal, the people around her, like her coaches and teammates, motivated her to keep playing sports at Milton High School, Haydn said. She said she plans to go to college and continue to play club sports like club softball and basketball after graduation.
And there’s really something special about wearing the name of your school on the front of your jersey.” JAMIE BENDALL Father of Haydn Bendall
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Organizations partner to help needy students By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — North Forsyth High School has partnered with several organizations this year to better support students and their goals. At the April 19 Forsyth County Board of Education meeting, North Forsyth High School Student Support Coordinator and Graduation Coach Amy Dykes said the initiative is part of the school’s community strategy schoolwork. It started, she said, with community focus groups that answered questions about their goals, passions and gaps that they see in education. From there, staff developed partnerships with Place of Forsyth, Family Ties and Worksource Georgia to provide additional resources at North Forsyth High School. Dykes cited data from United Way’s Child Wellbeing Index that shows that the community sits at the average or belowaverage mark in child wellbeing. Because of this, United Way provided North Forsyth High School with financial support to create a school pantry, known as The Source, as well as a chapter of the Helping Hands Ending Hunger Food Capture
program. Dykes said The Source provides a variety of items from toiletries and snacks to simple meals for students and families who can visit the pantry before or after school. There’s no qualification process, and families can even place orders for certain items once a week. The food capture program, on the other hand, works by collecting uneaten food in bins or a milk cooler after breakfast and lunch that is then cleaned and offered back out to the community through The Source or Place of Forsyth. Dykes said over 800 pounds of food is collected every month. “One of our biggest messages to our students is that food is not trash,” Dykes said. “So, we really want them to understand that food can go to somebody in need.” Additionally, Dykes said, the school’s partnership with Family Ties provides counseling and therapy during the school day at no cost to the students, removing barriers, such as transportation, when it comes to addressing mental health needs. Two full-time therapists visit the school each week and see over 80 students, Dykes said.
Lastly, Worksource Georgia provides soft-skill sessions to further prepare students for college and the workplace. Dykes said the sessions cover topics like resume building, financial literacy, time management and interview skills. In June, Worksource Georgia will offer a four-week welding boot camp for students and recent graduates. At the end of the camp, Dykes said, they’ll be fully certified in welding, including Six Sigma certified and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, Safety certified, and have the opportunity to interview with companies for potential jobs. “We’ve opened this up to all of the schools in our county, and we have four students that are not North Forsyth students that are going to be in attendance during the program,” Dykes said. “And then we have 10 of our own students that will be going through the program. We’re really excited about that.” Board Vice Chairwoman Kristin Morrissey said the partnerships build on the district’s PROPEL program, or Pathways for Reaching Opportunities in Preparing for Excellence in Life, which was designed to raise local high school graduation rates. “[A few years ago,] we were meeting at
[Forsyth Central High School] and one of the concerns was mental health services and how we could get those services potentially into the school,” Morrissey said. “The hurdles were always transportation and financing, and the fact that you’re addressing that by getting these services to the students for free …. I am so excited that you found an answer.” School board member Lindsey Adams said she was “blown away” by Dykes and her staff’s efforts. “When you talk about community, you have really touched upon all the community that’s within your schools and then reaching out,” Adams said. “I’ve always said Forsyth is just awesome because there’s so many various nonprofits and so many groups that are doing such great things, and so, why should we reinvent things here when we can partner? This is wonderful.” In other business at the April 19 meeting, the board unanimously approved a new dress code for the 2022-23 school year that instigates a rule violation, while continuing to give principals authority over what they choose to allow in their
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Nonprofits: Continued from Page 14 schools. Todd Shirley, director of school safety and student discipline at Forsyth County Schools, said the revised dress code was inspired by the Portland School District. The main difference, he said, is that it allows staff to punish students for using the P3 tip line to anonymously harass other students. “In other words, make tips that are inaccurate…,” Shirley said. “Even though that is a tip line that is anonymous, if that tip line contains harassing information to an individual, through a court order, we can search that IP address and find out who’s making those harassing statements and then work with law enforcement to go back.” Also, during the meeting, the board voted to move its executive session to 5 p.m. for future meetings and continue starting the regular meetings at 6 p.m. The public will still be allowed to speak for three minutes each and there will be no limit on the number of speakers. Board Chairman Wes McCall said the change was necessary to allow staff members to go home before the start of public participation at meetings. Public participation has increased over the last few months due to controversy over the
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I’ve always said Forsyth is just awesome because there’s so many various nonprofits and so many groups that are doing such great things, and so, why should we reinvent things here when we can partner? This is wonderful.” LINDSEY ADAMS School board member
district’s policies on books containing sexually explicit material. “I will say that our public participation policy, in consultation with our attorney, is probably the least restrictive public participation policy in metro Atlanta,” McCall said. “But the board felt strongly that they wanted to continue to give our community unlimited access to the board and to speak for three minutes.”
School: Continued from Page 1 sits on a 42-acre site off Castleberry Road. It is the 23rd elementary school in Forsyth County Schools and the last of four schools built under the nearly $300 million bond approved by Forsyth County voters in 2018. Forsyth County Schools Communications Director Jennifer Caracciolo said New Hope is intended to relieve overcrowding at nearby Big Creek, Brandywine, Shiloh Point, Midway, Vickery Creek and Whitlow elementary schools. Its capacity is 1,174 students. The project broke ground October 2021. Wark said that from now until May, crews will be hard at work installing everything from flooring and technology to furniture and a freezer cooler. While he does expect there to be some supply chain issues, they should not affect the project’s overall schedule. Wark paid special tribute to contractors Bowen and Watson as well as
Smallwood Architects. “We’ve never used them before, and this was exciting coming in, and they have delivered on both ends of the architecture and of the construction aspect,” Wark said. “They’ve gone to bat for us and made changes without financial impacts and things of that nature, so we are extremely grateful to them and what a great school facility they’ve given us.” Some of the school’s unique features, Wark said, include exterior windows to provide every classroom with natural lighting, full walking access to the courtyard, a media center surrounded by glass and a seating area on the bottom floor that’s meant to serve as a collaborative space. “This is where schools are going right now, [which] is to be able to bring kids out and have collaborative spaces to work in and communicate,” Wark said. New Hope is at 4810 Castleberry Road in Cumming. It is scheduled to open in August.
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Milton High School schedules football combine and showcase MILTON, Ga. — Milton High School will host the Pro Level Football Combine and Showcase this year on May 14 and 15. The combine gives athletes from across the nation the opportunity to show off their skills in front of pro football scouts. Athletes who are at least three years removed from high school and have exhausted all collegiate playing eligibility are welcome to register to participate in the combine. Coach Michael Greer, whose resume includes training NFL, Australian Football League and Canadian Football
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Sometimes, it makes sense to join the pack A song popped into my head the other day. “Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. Let’s do it; let’s fall in love.” What triggered this Cole Porter tune (I recommend the Alanis Morissette rendition.) was the turmoil I encountered recently trying to PAT FOX get the agenda packet for the ForManaging Editor syth County Board of Commissionpat@appenmedia.com ers meeting before its 5 p.m. start. Here’s why it matters: Most local governments follow an agenda when their elected officials conduct business. Along with the official agenda is a packet that provides background information on each agenda item. It gives elected officials and the public important details about the scope and history of the item up for consideration. An agenda item may include a request to rezone a parcel from low-density residential to commercial. That’s pretty cut and dried.
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But, what the agenda won’t tell you is that the parcel is bordered on all sides by low-density housing with 1-acre lots, or that the parcel runs along a portion of Smith Road that may not support increased traffic from commercial development. It probably won’t tell you that the local planning commission voted against the rezoning and that scores of residents have signed petitions against it. That kind of information would likely be in the packet. That’s why agenda packets are important. They arm residents with the background they need to understand whether a pending decision may affect them or their quality of life. Residents may want to offer their thoughts to their commissioner about a measure before – not after – it comes up for a vote. The earlier those packets are made available to the public, the better. Most Metro Atlanta cities and counties make agenda packets available days in advance of meetings, usually at least three days ahead. Roswell does it, Alpharetta does it, Milton does it, Johns Creek does it. Even Gwinnett, Fulton, DeKalb and Cherokee counties do it. Forsyth County doesn’t.
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It was only last October that Forsyth County began posting agenda packets online at all. It took them two years and more than $67,000 in software to do it, according to information obtained through an Open Records request. Officials originally estimated having the online packet system in place by late 2019. That’s well before the pandemic shut things down. Last October, when the system launched, Forsyth County officials hailed it in a press release as “another resource to have a transparent government.” That’s a bit of an overstatement if the packet isn’t published online until three hours before a meeting, like it was April 7, or five hours before the April 21 meeting.
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Like all other government bodies, Forsyth County has an organizational chart. At the very top, right above the “Board of Commissioners,” you’ll find one listing in big, bold type. It says: “Citizens of Forsyth County.” At the April 26 commission work session, scheduled for 2 p.m., the packet wasn’t available by late morning. The agenda itself included contract awards for well over a million bucks. It might interest taxpayers to know a little something about all that money. If a resident learns of a significant issue mere hours before the County Commission is scheduled to decide it, he or she would be hard pressed to ask the boss to leave work early, arrange for childcare and navigate rush hour traffic to arrive before the gavel falls. Gwinnett County has posted its agenda packets online for over 10 years. Residents have access on Fridays to background information about their Board of Commissioners meetings four days ahead of the Tuesday morning work session and evening business session. Gwinnett County Communications Director Joe Sorenson told me the commission felt it was important for residents to have a heads up on matters that might affect them. “We do want to give people as much time as possible,” Sorenson said. It’s not always easy to sew up all the details by the Friday deadline. “Some go down to the wire,” he said. And, sometimes, issues pop up at the last minute that require commissioners and staff to announce updates to the packet during the meeting, Sorenson said. But those cases are rare. Fulton County posts its agenda packet online the Friday before the County Commission’s Wednesday meeting – five days in advance.
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Forsyth County Commissioner Todd Levent raised the issue of agenda packets at the April 7 business meeting, suggesting they should be moved up in priority to give residents a better opportunity to plan ahead for matters they’d like to speak on. He suggested a 24hour window to start with. No other commissioners weighed in. Not one. Forsyth County Manager Kevin Tanner explained that some measures require last-minute updates, and rounding up details from different departments can delay finalizing an agenda packet. By all accounts, Tanner is a capable county manager, and his staff works hard to provide the county with the best service tax money can buy. But, staff could probably do more to inform the public about details of commission meetings if elected officials considered it worth the time, staffing or money it would take. While Forsyth County has distinguished itself for its near-comatose approach to publishing agenda packets, it does one thing as well as any other county. Like most local governments, Forsyth County has an organizational chart. It is among the best. Search online for: Forsyth County, ga. organizational chart. Go way up to the very top, right above the “Board of Commissioners.” There, you’ll find one listing in big, bold type. It says: “Citizens of Forsyth County.” I’m thinking that’s an overstatement, too.
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Moments in time By BOB MEYERS As I was driving on Mayfield Road in mid-April, it was impossible to miss the bright orange silt fences marking future boundaries on a large field at the corner of Bethany Road. I knew that this was the farm of J.L. and Helen (Cochran) English and that they had raised three boys there, Tim, Mark and Paul. I suspected that the near century old house and red barn on the property that I had admired for years were not long for this world, and as a lover of old barns, I knew I had found my first column. J.L. (1919 – 2017) grew up in Henry County and attended Piedmont College where he played basketball and baseball. He joined the Army after Pearl Harbor and played baseball for the 3rd Army throughout World War ll. Helen (1925-2019) grew up in the Birmingham Community in Milton and attended Milton High School. She met J.L. on a blind date and the two were married in 1947. They purchased their farm on Mayfield Road in 1953. J.L. devoted his career to the Greyhound Bus Company as a driver and instructor. He was a keen observer of how people lived in the small towns and large cities he visited, and he knew what he wanted to do after his retirement: be a farmer and work from morning to night tending his crops and caring for his animals. In 1953. a farm on Mayfield Road went up for sale. It had a comfortable house, a barn, three chicken houses and several sheds on 34 acres – just perfect for J.L. and Helen. The property had changed hands several times over the decades. William David (1879 – 1965), William T. Broadwell (1892-1961)
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The J.L. English barns as they were in 2011. Built a century ago, the main barn has two cribs for animals and storage separated by a wagon drive-through. It has a shed attached to one side. This simple “double crib” design originated in Europe and was popular with local farmers because of its comparatively easy construction. and Henry Buice (1898-1942) and their wives had worked the farm and raised their families on the property. Initially, J.L went into the chicken business, keeping about 6,000 of them at a time until the late 1950s. One of the chicken houses and the now-empty home were still there when I visited the property in April. In the 1960s, J.L. raised hogs. He fed them corn that he raised on the farm until they weighed 250 pounds.
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Then he would load 40 to 50 of them into his 2-ton Dodge truck and take them to a hog buyer in nearby Lathamtown in Cherokee County. He would return home, load up again and repeat the process. J.L. also raised Hereford cattle, a sturdy breed known for their high-quality meat. His newborn calves weighed about 70 pounds. J.L. sold them in about six months when they grew to approximately 375 pounds when weaned.
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DEATH NOTICES Floyd Arena, 69, passed away April 18, 2022. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home and Crematory.
Anna Bowman, 96, of Alpharetta, passed away April 13, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
Patricia McDonnell, 73, of Roswell, passed away April 15, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
Milton, and its surrounding area, has a fascinating yet little known history. However, with a little effort, we find that great stories abound about the people who came before us and what they accomplished to prepare the way for our generation. This new column is based on the premise that history is important and that there is a natural connection between history and newspapers. After all, newspapers chronicle much of what future generations will know about us. Our goal is to make the column interesting as well as informative. We welcome your comments and suggestions. So, let’s begin.
There is much more to tell about J.L., his family and his farm. We will leave that for a future column. Suffice it to say that it was people like J.L and Helen who helped shape the character of Milton and the adjacent towns of Alpharetta and Roswell. Bob is a Milton Historical Society Board Member Emeritus. He lives in Alpharetta. You can email him at bobmey@ bellsouth.net. To learn more about the Milton Historical Society, go to miltonhistoricalsociety-georgia.org.
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