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Law enforcement moves to include mental health aid Agencies broadening staff to include co-responders

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Holistic health

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\From left, Kevin Morgan-Shaffer, Sarah Howell and Bradlee Morgan-Shaffer opened Sixth Sense Massage & Bodywork Aug. 1 in Cumming to bring a new concept in healthcare to Forsyth County. The facility, located at 1580 Market Place Blvd., customizes plans for patient therapy. Read more, Page 8.

Lambert High student excels at Boys Nation

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County approves new senior living facilities

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North Point project goes under review

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ATLANTA — Meagan Wynn recently responded to a call from a witness, who saw a man expose himself in public.

Wynn is a full-time licensed clinician who has been with the Dunwoody Police Department’s co-responder team since July. She’s responsible for behavioral health evaluations and crisis intervention. Wynn also authorizes transport to an emergency receiving facility.

Rather than criminal charges, the call ended in an involuntary treatment for a person exhibiting symptoms posing an imminent threat to themselves or others.

Dunwoody Police spokesman Michael Cheek said the department is familiar with the man from that call. He said officers have run into him more times than they can count.

“He’s homeless, he’s got some men-

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Residents report theft of moped, four-wheeler FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating the thefts of a moped and a four-wheeler at two homes Aug. 20 and 22.

A homeowner on Tidwell Road reported one of his four-wheelers was stolen between 5 and 9:45 p.m. on Aug. 20

PUBLIC SAFETY while his family was away. The owner said he kept two four-wheelers parked in front of his house, but only one had been taken.

Keys for the vehicles were usually kept hanging inside the man’s unlocked garage, but the stolen vehicle’s keys were missing, he said. Keys for the other vehicle were located on the floor of the garage.

No suspects were identified.

Another homeowner on Corn Drive in north Forsyth reported Aug. 22 that his moped scooter had been stolen overnight.

The homeowner said his keys weren’t stolen, and he didn’t hear the vehicle leave, so he believes the moped was transported on another vehicle

No nearby cameras were able to record the theft, and no suspects have been identified.

Deputies level charges in one-vehicle wreck GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded Aug. 18 to an overturned vehicle wreck at Brown Bridge Road and Keith Bridge Road.

Witnesses told deputies the overturned vehicle’s driver was acting as if he was under the influence of something after the wreck and had been

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Charges filed in Johns Creek domestic homicide

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. —Police have charged a 33-year-old man with murder in the shooting death of his wife during a domestic violence incident in Johns Creek Tuesday morning.

Police responded to the Hunters Forest subdivision at about 8 a.m. after receiving reports that gunshots had possibly been heard coming from a home on

Bramhall Drive.

Johns Creek Police Capt. Todd Hood said Wednesday that responding officers heard gunshots from inside the home and located a deceased female, a male suspect with a gunshot wound to the head, and another male who had no injuries.

Hood said at this point they believe 33-year-old JC Ray-Mancilla fatally shot his wife, 29-year-old Tania Rivera, but did not comment on how he, himself,

was shot.

The second male at the scene was identified as Rayo-Mancilla’s 25-year-old brother.

“This case continues to be investigated as a domestic violence incident,” Hood said.

Rayo-Mancilla has been charged with murder and aggravated assault family violence. Hood said that the suspect is being treated for his injuries and has not yet been booked into the Fulton County Jail.

FBI rescues children in sex traffic ring

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ATLANTA — A nationwide Federal Bureau of Investigation sex trafficking operation this month located 28 missing children and adolescent sex trafficking victims in Georgia.

“Operation Cross Country XII,” which partnered FBI agents with over 200 state and local law enforcement agencies throughout the United States, targeted individuals and criminal enterprises involved in child sex trafficking and hu-

man trafficking over a two-week period.

Between Aug. 4 and Aug. 14, law enforcement agencies in Georgia located 28 adolescent victims, including 18 missing children and nine children who were being commercially sexually exploited.

Operations in Atlanta also led to the arrest of four people on human trafficking charges, said Keri Farley Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta.

“Identifying, investigating, and apprehending sex trafficking offenders is a critical part of our mission,” Farley said at a press conference on Aug. 16. “It’s important for anyone who is a victim of sexual exploitation to know that we prioritize the safety of victims when working with our law enforcement partners to bring sex traffickers to justice.”

Additional investigations are being carried out throughout Georgia in the wake of Operation Cross Country.

Officers from police departments and sheriff’s offices in Dunwoody, Atlanta, Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Carroll counties participated in the operation, as well as officers from multiple school systems throughout the metro-Atlanta area.

Following the announcement on Operation Cross Country, the Dunwoody

Police Department thanked federal authorities for their support during the two-week investigation.

“The FBI is a critical partner in our efforts to identify and rescue adults and children who are being victims of sex trafficking,” Dunwoody Chief of Police Billy Grogan said. “It’s an issue that a lot of people don’t want to talk about, but it’s certainly something that’s prevalent, more than most people know. And you can certainly look at the stats of Operation Cross Country to note that.”

Nationwide, Operation Cross Country led to the location of 141 adult victims of human trafficking and 31 missing children, the FBI said. Investigators also identified or arrested 85 suspects with child sexual exploitation and human trafficking offenses.

“Human trafficking is among the most heinous crimes the FBI encounters,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. “Unfortunately, such crimes— against both adults and children—are far more common than most people realize. As we did in this operation, the FBI and our partners will continue to find and arrest traffickers, identify and help victims, and raise awareness of the exploitation of our most vulnerable populations.”

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School Board weighs new public comment policy

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Education will consider approving two policies in September dealing with public participation in board meetings and its rules of conduct.

The proposed policies come after passage of Senate Bill 588, which requires all local school boards in the state to approve public participation rules and regulations annually.

At an Aug. 16 board meeting, Jennifer Caracciolo, chief communications officer for Forsyth County Schools, said school boards will have until Oct. 1 to enact a new Rules of Conduct policy.

The proposed changes are available on the school district’s website for public feedback before the September board meeting. It includes 10 different rules for public participation, including an addition that the board can limit the time they’re allowed to speak “for the purpose of the efficient operation of the business of the meeting.” Normally, the public is given three minutes to speak.

Another change is that “loud and boisterous conduct or comments” will not be allowed. The current policy states speakers should keep remarks to the board “civil” while avoiding “obscene” or “profane” language. Those who violate the proposed policy will be given a warning before being asked to sit down.

“If any person attending a meeting refuses to follow these rules disrupting the meeting, they will be asked to leave and if they refuse, be escorted from the meeting room,” it states. “Such serious or repeated violations of the rules of conduct may result in the individual being prohibited from speaking during a board meeting for an appropriate period of time.”

Superintendent Jeff Bearden said the proposed policy was written by the board’s attorney in consultation with the Georgia School Boards Association.

“So, this will be a very standard policy you will see throughout the entire state,” Bearden said. “I think you’ll see a lot of uniformity around that.”

In the past year, public participation has increased, because of controversy over the district’s policies on books containing sexually explicit material. In fact, there were several heated debates last year after the district banned eight books out of more than 500,000 available in its school libraries.

While some students and parents raised concerns the books were disproportionally about characters or written by authors who are LGBTQ+, women and people of color, others have said the board has not been doing enough to “protect the innocence of Forsyth County’s children.”

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Jennifer Caracciolo, chief communications officer for Forsyth County Schools, tells School Board members Aug. 16 the district has until Oct. 1 to enact a new Rules of Conduct policy for public participation at meetings.

During one meeting in March, Wes McCall, chairman of the Forsyth County Board of Education, called for a recess after he repeatedly asked Alison Hair, a parent of a former student in the school district, to stop reading sexually explicit excerpts from school library books.

The public was allowed to return to the meeting one by one to finish their comments to the board, but Hair says she left and stopped attending board meetings altogether for fear of retaliation. She claims the board sent her two separate letters after the meeting indicating she had been banned from the meetings unless she agreed to submit a statement in writing agreeing to follow the board’s public participation rules and McCall’s directives as chairman.

Then, in July, Hair and a local group known as Mama Bears of Forsyth County filed suit in federal court against the school board on grounds that their First Amendment rights had been violated. Hair accuses the board of seven violations, including to her right of free speech, right to petition, vagueness, overbreadth and prior restraint.

The lawsuit asks the court to issue an order preventing Forsyth County Schools and board officials from enforcing the ban against Hair’s participation in board meetings and “several unconstitutional provisions” of its public participation policy.

During public comment at the Aug.

16 school board meeting, Patricia Wall, a board member of the Forsyth Coalition for Education and former librarian, said she does not feel like her First Amendment rights have been violated and that the rules set by the board apply unilaterally.

“When we suggest to parents who oppose these freedoms that they engage in conversations with their children about reading choices that align with their family’s values, their response is often that their children will just do the opposite anyway,” Wall said. “Well, how is it that our children’s intellectual freedoms are held hostage by their poor parenting?”

“We will continue to monitor how challenged books are handled in compliance with state law and we are pleased that the new law limits challenges to parents of a student in a school where the challenge is being made,” she continued.

The current rules cited in the lawsuit were not changed in the policy proposed at the Aug. 16 school board meeting. To read the proposed rules of conduct and public participation procedures, visit forsyth.k12.ga.us.

In other business at the meeting, Forsyth County Schools Chief Financial Officer Larry Hammel said the district currently has a cash balance of $17.3 million for food services, which is higher than normal because of all the money it received last year to provide students with free and reduced lunch.

In March 2020, Congress approved the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s child nutrition COVID-19 waivers. The waivers gave schools the funding and flexibility to provide free lunch and breakfast to all school-aged children, regardless of family income. That program ended June 2022, so families must once again pay for their children’s meals or apply for free and reduced lunch.

Hammel said about 15.96 percent of students in the district have signed up for the program so far this year. Schools send meal applications home at the beginning of each school year. However, parents may apply for school meals at any time throughout the school year by submitting a household application directly to the school.

School officials said sales have already been higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic started, possibly because students and parents enjoy the service. Bearden said that while there was some confusion the first couple days after school started, the schools are trying to make sure that “eligible people have the opportunity to apply for free or reduced services if they meet that income criteria.”

The next Forsyth County Board of Education meeting is Tuesday, Sept.

20, at 6 p.m. at the Board of Education/Professional Development Center in Cumming.

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Lambert High student attends Boys Nation FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Jason Eappen, a senior at Lambert High School in Forsyth County, represented Georgia at the American Legion Boys Nation in Washington, D.C., July 22-29.

The American Legion Boys Nation is an annual national program involving civic training, leadership development and Americanism.

Eappen was selected as one of 100 “senators” to be included at the event

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The driver was taken to a local hospital for injuries sustained in the wreck.

At the hospital, deputies were told the driver was under the influence of Oxycodone and fentanyl. Later, they learned that marijuana and methamphetamine had been found in the suspect’s vehicle, the report states.

The man was charged with DUI, failure to maintain lane, reckless driving, possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana.

Woman reports burglary of vehicle at residence FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities were called to a home on Picklesimer Road in north Forsyth County Aug. 18

after being appointed mayor, county commissioner and board of education chairman at the Georgia Boys State held earlier this year. Eappen was sponsored by American Legion Post 307 in Cumming.

Participants at the national event participated in a mock U.S. Senate and federal government, conducting a party convention, electing political offices, and introducing legislation.

In addition to the educational and leadership exercises, participants were able to tour the National Mall, Arlington National Ceremony, the Iwo Jima Memorial and the White House.

At Lambert High School, Eappen is president of the school’s Model UN, vice president of the Future Business Leaders of America and secretary of the National Social Studies Honor Society.

to investigate reports that a woman’s vehicle had been entered overnight.

Forsyth County Deputies were told that the woman had found all four doors of her vehicle left open, as it sat parked in her driveway at about midnight.

Nothing was stolen from the vehicle, but paperwork from the owner’s laptop case had been rifled through, the incident report said.

The woman said she suspected her ex-husband, or a private investigator hired by him, had broken-into her vehicle to find evidence for their ongoing custody battle.

No evidence or other suspect information was available at the time of the report.

stolen from a home under construction in Forsyth County between Aug. 18 and Aug. 22, authorities said.

Sheriff’s office deputies arrived at a home on Alcove Drive Aug. 22 and were told by a homeowner that the residence, which was under construction, had been burglarized sometime over the previous weekend.

The man said that when he left the home Aug. 18, all the doors and windows were locked and secured, but when he returned at about 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 22, the garage door was open, and the front door and inside garage door were unlocked.

A kitchen vent hood, oven, cooktop and dishwasher worth $3,296, which had been stored between the kitchen and living room, were gone.

Deputies found no signs of a forced entry at the home but found that the garage door was not connected to it’s motor and could be lifted up by hand.

No video was captured of the event and no suspect had been identified.

Thieves take appliances from construction site FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Kitchen appliances worth more than $3,296 were

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County Commission approves active senior communities

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — County officials have approved two new communities with unique amenities and options for active seniors in north and south Forsyth County.

County commissioners unanimously approved plans Aug. 18 for a 113-unit independent senior living community off Atlanta Highway in south Forsyth, and a 66-unit senior condo development off Matt Highway in north Forsyth.

The first project, presented by attorney Ethan Underwood, will be built on 22.7 acres off Atlanta Highway adjacent to the Preserve at Fowler Mill subdivision.

Underwood said the project is designed as an age restricted “urban village” community, with commercial offices in the front half of the development and residences at the back half.

“This is going to bring a true mixeduse senior housing product to an area that we think will fit in and blend in well with the adjoining property owners,” Underwood said at the county Planning Commission meeting July 29. “Without having too intense of a use.”

As an added incentive to the county,

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Rendering shows a model of what a proposed senior living community off Atlanta Highway in north Forsyth County might look like when completed. The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved the project plans Aug. 18. developers have pledged to set aside two units in the complex for a Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office deputy and a non-law enforcement Forsyth County Public Safety employee, like a firefighter, 911 operator, paramedic or EMT. County officials said they are interested in making an agreement like this standard in all local rental developments to

increase safety and security for residents, while also giving the county a powerful new recruiting tool.

“The objective is to have a deputy in one, and another person from our public safety apparatus that’s not a deputy in the other,” Forsyth County Attorney Ken Jarrard said. “But if there’s no demand, both of them can be either deputies or

non-deputy law enforcement.”

The second development approved, the Orchards Coal Mountain, will be built on 26.4 acres off Matt Highway near North Forsyth High School, project attorney Christopher Light said.

At the same July 29 Planning Commission meeting, Light said the development will be a fitting addition to the area, bringing active older adults to the growing Coal Mountain Community, without placing a burden on local schools and infrastructure.

“We believe strongly that this property is perfectly situated for this type of use,” he said. “The residents are active parts of the communities ... but they also don’t impact the schools, they’re not out and about during the heaviest traffic times.”

Plans for the development also protect the environment better than any other use might, Light said, because they leave most portions of the property, including a large stream, virtually untouched.

“In fact, there are 14 of the 26 acres designated for open space,” he said.

“That’s 53 percent of the site.”

District 4 Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills said a community for active seniors

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tal health issues, and we have had very little ability to get him the true help that he needs,” Cheek said. “There have been a few times in the past where we have been forced to arrest him because we just really couldn’t avoid it.”

While officers were attempting to talk to him, the man couldn’t be convinced to get the help he needed until Wynn showed up at the scene.

In May, the Dunwoody City Council approved the co-responder contract with View Point Health to hire Wynn, who is on-call for incidents involving behavioral health crises. The contract is funded by American Rescue Act II funds for up to three years.

The co-responder team is one of several Police-Mental Health Collaboration programs. The model combines the knowledge of trained police officers and mental health professionals to more effectively respond to behavioral health crises, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Wynn said most of her work concerns follow-up.

“One of Meagan’s big responsibilities in these follow-ups is to prevent people from being re-offended and get them the best possible help that we can get,” Cheek said.

Realization and possibilities

Other north metro cities have co-responder programs in place or are well on their way to implementing one. Still others have had preliminary discussions about enacting a similar initiative.

The Forsyth County Sheriff Office’s Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT) assists the Cumming Police Department when needed.

The Sheriff Office team has one fulltime clinician, Josh Bell, a certified peer specialist. Bell helps review incident reports from the previous night to look for calls that may require a follow-up

by CIRT. The team conducts follow-ups as needed or requested and responds to calls for service as they occur in the community.

Established in 2020, Forsyth County’s CIRT operates as a dayshift, Monday through Friday resource. The Sheriff’s Office received a Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to help launch the program.

The Sheriff’s Office partnered with its local community service board, Avita Community Partners, to pair a licensed clinical social worker and certified peer specialist with a specially trained sheriff’s deputy.

The idea behind the program is that the Crisis Intervention Response Team can have meaningful conversations to learn the root cause of the incident, look-

While Cumming Police Department doesn’t have its own co-responder team, Cumming receives health from the Forsyth County Sheriff Office’s Crisis Intervention Response Team, sheriff officials said.

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ing for unmet needs and gaps in services, sheriff’s officials said. If the call results in an involuntary treatment, CIRT is responsible for a follow-up to talk with subjects about any additional resources that may be needed.

In the past, CIRT worked with those in crisis to schedule appointments for services, coordinated with local nonprofits for food and clothing. Team members even drove them to appointments and resource providers, sheriff’s officials said.

CIRT also trains deputies how to respond to mental illness in the community.

“This has raised the agency’s proficiency level as a whole,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote in an email.

It said it has seen a reduction in certain categories of mental health flagged inmates by half.

Officer training

Alpharetta Police Public Information Officer David Freeman said the department has been researching all aspects of a new co-responder program. While the department doesn’t have a co-responder team, Freeman said that over 40 percent of the force are Crisis Intervention Team trained and that the number continues to grow.

Meanwhile in Sandy Springs, police spokesman Sgt. Matthew McGinnis said the department hasn’t found the right partnership for a co-responder team. But, it is researching different approaches, he said.

If co-responder teams haven’t been established, police can use Georgia’s new Mental Health Parity Act that went into effect July 1. The act allows officers to take people into protective custody for a mental health evaluation without the need for criminal charges. Before the act was passed, officers couldn’t take people into treatment without some violation of the law.

Officers also have access to Mobile Crisis Services, a program available at all hours administered through the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities.

Milton Police Chief Rich Austin stated

he’s used the program for a handful of mental health-related calls. But, he said that the program isn’t a viable option for immediate safety concerns because its average response time is within an hour.

The Milton Police Department has discussed Johns Creek Police’s Clinician and Officer Response Team program as a possible model to pursue, Austin said.

Johns Creek proposes clinician

With a part-time mental health advocate already on staff, the Johns Creek Police Department is looking to hire a fulltime clinician.

The advocate has been with the department for a little over a year, Johns Creek Officer Robert Hall said. The advocate, a former minister, primarily works with people who have made suicidal threats to connect them to counseling services, Hall said.

Johns Creek Police used to have a part-time clinician.

In 2020, the city approved a partnership with Behavioral Healthcare Link to provide the part-time clinician to work alongside Johns Creek police. The partnership formed the Clinician Officer Response Team. But, because Behavioral Healthcare Link was experiencing staffing issues, the clinician was frequently in and out of the office, according to statements provided in the 2023 budget draft.

The proposed full-time role will exist to act as a liaison between the city and various social service agencies, providing follow-up and monitoring of cases upon request from department members or from cases referred to police from other sources, according to the budget draft.

Funding for the full-time position would come from the city’s general fund.

Hall said government grants often require audits, whereas a direct hire doesn’t.

The City Council will consider the budget for adoption on Sept. 12.

When asked if he sees a co-responder team as a long-term preventative measure, Hall said the co-responder team can only do so much.

“It’s like leading a horse to water,” he said. “They can drink it, or you know…”

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Children flock to event promoting youth sports

BY ADAM DARBY adam@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek hosted this year’s MLB Play Ball event Aug. 20 at Ocee Park.

The hour-long free event is for children of all ages and is designed to focus on the fun nature of baseball while encouraging an active and healthy lifestyle for kids.

During their hour on the field, kids enjoyed alternating between hitting and catching exercises with visits from former Atlanta Braves outfielder Terry Harper and Gwinnett Braves Mascot Chopper. This was followed by a quick whiffle ball game, with each participant offered the chance to hit a ball pitched by Harper himself. Each child also received a free T-shirt and a goodie bag filled with treats and baseball cards.

“This event helps kick off the start of our fall youth baseball season and is a great way for kids to get excited about the game of baseball,” Johns Creek Recreation Manager Kirk Franz said. “Getting the chance to hit off a former Atlanta Braves player is a cool experience that many won’t forget.”

Johns Creek first introduced the event in 2016 after having learned about it through the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The city added it to the recreation schedule to celebrate baseball and softball as a youth activity. The youth baseball program is run by volunteers of the Ocee Park Athletic Association (OPAA). Assisting with each of the exercises and activities are current baseball players from Chattahoochee High School.

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Children of all ages enjoyed hitting and catching exercises at Ocee Park Aug. 20 before wrapping up the event with a quick whiffle ball game.

Former Atlanta Braves Outfielder Terry Harper offers his professional baseball advice and experiences for children interested in pursuing the game during the Play Ball event Aug. 20 at Ocee Park.

children to baseball and softball while providing a way to remain active during the summer. Play Ball also hosts educational online resources for coaches, umpires, parents and players. To learn more about the organization, visit their website at www.playball.org.

“We’ve had nothing but positive feedback from this event in previous years,” Franz said. “And with our hometown Atlanta Braves playing well and fighting to win the

division, our baseball community has a lot to be excited about.”

This year was no different with dozens of children in attendance showing up to participate. Ocee Park is located on 10900 Buice Road. To learn more about the event, contact Franz at kirk.franz@johnnscreek.ga.gov or call 678-512-3261. For upcoming local events, visit www. johnscreek.ga.gov.

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Sixth Sense Massage takes holistic path to health

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com CUMMING, Ga. — Massage is often seen as a spa ordeal, a luxury, a superfluous form of self-care. To the three owners of Sixth Sense Massage & Bodywork, massage therapy is health care.

Bradlee Morgan-Shaffer, his husband Kevin, and Sarah Howell are all licensed massage therapists and value a holistic, client-centered approach. Using the myriad techniques they’ve learned, they select what’s appropriate and fashion them into a unique and dynamic plan of care for clients.

Bradlee said he collaborates with his co-workers on what diagnoses is best suited for his clients, asking himself about the potential pathologies first. If Sixth Sense staff can’t come to any conclusions on their own, they refer out to other experts.

After acquiring all the necessary business licenses in late July of this year, Sixth Sense officially opened Aug. 1. The owners obtained required licensing by July 17, to be exact, which is a special date for Bradlee. Last year, coincidentally on the same day, he ran a poll on different logo options. The year before that he, also coincidentally, ran a poll on business names. Sixth Sense has been in the works for a while.

“I feel like everything aligns whenever it’s supposed to,” Bradlee said.

Things fell into place, but not without what seemed to be an uphill battle for Sixth Sense, whether that was funding, an abundance of red tape or misconceptions about massage therapy.

Massage therapists are still lobbying to be recognized, Bradlee said. Therapists

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Sixth Sense Massage & Bodywork officially opened its doors Aug. 1. From left are co-owners Kevin Morgan-Shaffer, Sarah Howell and Bradlee Morgan-Shaffer. Howell holds a plant gifted by a client. have had the option to obtain National Identifier Numbers (NPI) since 2007, a number that allows health care providers to receive insurance payments, thus opening the door for more clients.

Yet, there’s still grief.

“Right now, there’s a very small number of insurance companies that actually view massage therapy as a medical practice,” Kevin said.

Even with NPIs, Sixth Sense is fighting hard for clients to eventually use insurance as payment.

At Sixth Sense, massage therapy is more than just massage itself. Staff incorporates other strategies to expand

means of care, which involves the initial in-depth conversation, assessment, plan of care and reassessments after each session. On average, the plan of care will contain 5-7 sessions. But that range could be more or less, depending on the individual.

“The plan of care is a map,” Bradlee said. “You can take the scenic route, or you can take direct A to B. I have some clients that are going directly from A to B, and they are seeing results.”

A big part of massage therapy is holding space for clients, Bradlee said.

“Some just need to come in and decompress,” he said. “Then there’s other

times when I have clients that talk to relax.”

With some clients, conversation is necessary for more “involved” therapeutic work, he said. With this kind of work, therapists will place their hands somewhere on the body and ask the client how the placement feels.

“The body tells on you,” Bradlee said.

Coliene Belle is one of Bradlee’s clients. Her job as a photographer has added to lower back pain. In the few sessions that she’s had, pain has substantially subsided, she said. Belle talked

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The four treatment rooms at Sixth Sense Massage & Bodywork feature deep gray walls, dim light and a bed with crisp white sheets. The doors have black tinted glass, a must, co-owner Bradlee Morgan-Shaffer said.

Relax: Continued from Page 8 about the conversation Bradlee has had with her when targeting pain areas, how he was able to make the experience feel personal and not clinical.

“It’s lovely to be in an environment where it does feel incredibly medical and physical therapy-ish,” she said. “But at the same time, you’re still getting a massage. It’s really the best of both worlds.”

Sometimes, massage therapy can involve something as simple, but as important, as breathing.

“I will have clients do breathing with me to get them into more of a meditative state,” Howell said. “That alone can just let the whole body kind of relax. You can get into really deep tissues that way.”

Each therapist has their own strengths, whether it be Bradlee’s focus on intuition and the spiritual, energetic underpinnings of massage, Kevin’s preference for deep tissue work and increasing range of motion or Howell’s knack for tailoring to clients, using knowledge developed over her eight years of massage therapy experience.

But Bradlee stressed Sixth Sense as a collective mind.

“Whenever you get one therapist here, you don’t get one therapist — you get all of them.”

Sixth Sense staff are always learning from each other, bouncing off ideas, but also actively seeking knowledge elsewhere to hone their craft. Outside of taking classes to renew her license every couple of years, Howell just earned her certification in traditional Thai massage and orthopedic manual therapy.

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Mills said she has heard from many local seniors who want to stay in North Forsyth, but also want to live around other people in their golden years.

“They have said, ‘we want to live in a senior housing community, but we don’t want to leave district 4,’” she said. “And we have none.”

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She will also offer one-on-one yoga classes at the studio.

Though expertise and intuition facilitate healing at Sixth Sense, passion for the work is foundational.

And that passion to help people was clearly visible when speaking to the crew.

After asking Howell about her motivation for doing this kind of work, she held back tears.

“I see how you can change someone’s life in not just a physical way, but even mentally or emotionally,” she said. “I saw COVID as the entire world grieving at the same time, which was heavy. And I think that we need touch more than ever — healthy touch, consensual touch.”

She continued.

“I got into it because it was just so amazing to see someone light up and be a beacon in the world, to be empowered in their body.”

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Former firefighters file suit against City of Roswell

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Retired Battalion Chief Edwin Vickery is suing the City of Roswell for unpaid overtime and breach of contract.

In the federal lawsuit filed July 28, he alleges the city misclassified him and other battalion chiefs as overtime-exempt employees, which violates of the Fair Labor Standards Act and state laws.

The city filed a response Aug. 22, claiming no wrongdoing. It asks that the case be dismissed, and that Vickery pay all of its costs and expenses of litigation.

Vickery, who retired in April, started working at the Roswell Fire Department in 2007. At one point, he also held the position of fire captain.

The lawsuit comes just days before Chief of Administration Shane Dobson is set to join the Roswell Fire Department and two months after the City Council approved funding to begin transitioning the public safety agency from part-time to full-time.

While the implementation will take place over the next five years, it is set to start by hiring 21 full-time fire captains.

According to the lawsuit, the City of Roswell employs approximately 225 firefighters of various ranks and operates seven fire stations. It also has three battalion chiefs, with one being on duty at any given time.

Misclassification

The fire department’s policy and procedure manual states battalion chiefs are required to respond to emergency calls such as all structural fires, smoke calls where smoke is visible inside a structure, gas leak calls, hazardous material calls, bomb threat calls, and water and rope rescue calls.

Vickery alleges that as battalion chief he would often perform other jobs like respond to any call in which more than one engine was sent and to all mass casualty and gunshot wound calls.

The suit states Vickery often worked shifts of 24 hours, followed by 48 hours of being off duty, which is the same work schedule as all other firefighters.

Vickery claims in the suit he was not paid any overtime for working more than 212 hours in any given 28-day work period.

He states that had the city not misclassified Vickery, his overtime pay would have been reflected in his W-2 forms for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Vickery states the amount of pension he is allegedly owed is based in part on the highest 36 month’s pay over a seven-year period.

Breach of contract

In addition to his claims related to the Fair Labor Standards Act, Vickery raises a breach of contract claim related to employee benefits he says he should have received at the time of his retirement.

Vickery states that while he was still with the Fire Department, there was a policy that both exempt and non-exempt firefighters could accrue paid time off each pay period and that it would be paid out upon their separation from employment. There was also a policy, he states, that employees would be compensated for holidays regardless of whether they worked the holiday.

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Days before Chief of Administration Shane Dobson is set to join the Roswell Fire Department, retired Battalion Chief Edwin Vickery is now suing the City of Roswell for unpaid overtime and breach of contract.

Vickery states the city has only paid him a portion of his accrued PTO and refused to pay the rest.

Additionally, he claims that in January, Fire Chief Joe Pennino unilaterally eliminated holiday pay for battalion chiefs, including all accrued holiday pay/ leave time.

Vickery states accrual of this type of leave had been awarded since September 2010. Before he retired, he was earning approximately $47.22 per hour.

“In reliance upon the express written terms of the Compensatory Time Policy, Plaintiff (Vickery) saved his accrued PTO and Holiday leave rather than use it in an effort to maximize his payout upon his retirement,” the lawsuit states. “Plaintiff would have used and would not have saved his accrued PTO and Holiday leave had he known Defendant would refuse to pay him for these hours.”

Vickery’s allegations relative to the payment of accrued PTO do not fall under the Fair Labor Standards Act, because it does not require employers to provide employees with any paid time off. However, state law may require an employer to compensate an employee for accrued paid leave at the time of separation.

Pending litigation

A similar lawsuit was filed against the City of Roswell five years ago by former part-time firefighters David Bible and Brian Rogers.

The city also denied it treated part-time firefighters unfairly in that case.

But, in 2020, a Fulton County Superior Court judge allowed the lawsuit to be upgraded to a class action involving “all persons currently and/or for-

merly employed as firefighters by the Roswell Fire Department between August 29, 2011, and August 29, 2017, who worked 40 hours or more per standard work week and did not receive benefits provided to regular full-time employees.”

Benefits include holiday pay, paid time off, paid sick leave and certain retirement benefits. The notice of the pending class action lawsuit states they had until Feb. 2 to decide whether they wanted to stay in the lawsuit or be excluded and get no benefits from it.

It is unclear how many former part-time firefighters joined the class action, but in 2019, the city filed a motion in which it stated that records show Roswell employed more than 100 firefighters during that time.

It also stated that in 2000, the city converted from a system of employing mostly full-time firefighters with some reliance on volunteers to a system of employing “a significant number” of part-time firefighters who are not entitled to the same benefits as those who are full-time to cut approximately $8 million from its budget.

Bible worked at the Roswell Fire Department in various capacities, including as a firefighter, fire lieutenant, fire captain and emergency medical technician, from 1992 until his retirement in 2017. Rogers worked in the department from 2007 to 2018 as a firefighter, fire captain and paramedic.

The case continues to make its way through the court. There are several hearings scheduled from now and October that seem to indicate the city “lost data” that could have been relevant to the case, according to court records.

A trial for the case is set to start in December.

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North Point streetscape plan goes under review

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — With a little time, planning and money, Alpharetta’s North Point Corridor will look radically different a decade from now, according to new proposals under consideration before the City Council.

Council members heard an update Aug. 22 on plans to redesign the streetscape on North Point Parkway to de-emphasize vehicle traffic, add new bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and connect the area with the Alpha Loop and Big Creek Greenway.

Tom Ziegler of Columbia Engineering, which is designing the project, told council members that their recommendation is to reduce North Point Parkway from six to four travel lanes, while adding 12 foot wide “shared use” paths on either side of the roadway.

Ziegler said combined with improved bicycle and pedestrian crossings, and other amenities for non-autocentric uses, the city could bolster local efforts to make North Point more attractive and in line with the longrange plan for the corridor.

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Alpharetta City Councilman Jason Binder questions city staff and a Columbia Engineering representative about plans for the North Point Streetscape Project at the Aug. 22 City Council meeting.

“When we do this project successfully together … we’re going to be accepting awards in several years for what’s going to be accomplished along this corridor,” he said. “This is not your normal road project … this is a

game-changer.”

In addition to adding more diverse travel options and interconnectivity to the area, Ziegler said the project will focus on adding extensive landscape features to the corridor and imple-

menting green infrastructure, while having as little impact as possible on the existing environment.

Even with the anticipated growth the area may see in the next two decades, project designers believe that a four-lane plan will fit traffic needs of the community.

“We feel like we have roughly 20 to 30 percent of additional capacity on the four-lane version,” he said.

Ziegler said that they also explored a six-lane option for the redesign, which would reduce the width of existing lanes, but would maintain three lanes in each direction. With this option, they would still be able to install multi-use paths, but impacts on other areas of the streetscape would be much more pronounced.

After Ziegler’s presentation, council members shared their thoughts on the project design, many voicing their support for the four-lane design.

“This city has a history of doing big things great and great things big,” Councilman John Hippes said. “Avalon is here, it’s not elsewhere. And it was

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Cox Road park turfing project nears completion

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The City of Milton is at the tail end of transforming two full-sized, multipurpose athletic fields on Cox Road into fully operating turf playing space.

The project, approved by the City Council in October 2021, began construction in May. Now, with the turf installed, the only tasks left are fencing work and an ADA-accessible sidewalk to the lower field.

Hundreds of children and scores of adults are set to use these fields, Milton Parks and Recreation Director Tom McKlveen said.

Recently named Legacy Park, the 8-acre complex, will be used by the city’s program partners in girls and boys lacrosse, football and potentially cheerleading, baseball and potentially softball. The city also has an adult soccer program that operates out of the facility. And the fields are open to rent for other programs, groups and individuals.

With natural grass, one day of heavy rain made the field unplayable for several subsequent days, McKlveen said, but with artificial turf, people can safely play in the rain.

“The fields will look terrific yearround,” he said.

McKlveen also said that the fields wouldn’t have to be shut down for several weeks or months for grass regrowth. It’s also easier to fashion multi-sport fields with turf, such as the sewn-in lines for baseball, full-size and short field lacrosse, soccer and football.

Path to independence

With the introduction of the new turf complex, Milton continues its stride to greater independence for sports programming.

In the past, Milton and Alpharetta participated in joint programming.

In 2018, the last year of the agreement, Milton residents accounted for 14,300 registrations for Alpharettabased recreation programs. Only 413 Alpharetta residents participated in Milton-based park programs. During that same year, the City of Milton paid Alpharetta $453,100 in fees.

As of now, Milton makes no payments to Alpharetta to subsidize its youth sports, Alpharetta Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard said.

While there are no active transactions between the cities for sports, Milton City Council approved two memorandums last year which waive

costs associated with turf is slightly lower than those for grass, McKlveen said.

There’s not as much upkeep with turf. Natural grass calls for chemicals and mowing, while turf requires only grooming and sweeping before being turned over after 10 to 12 years.

The Legacy Park name

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Since May, the city has been making renovations to the fields at the Cox Road Athletic Complex. The two large fields, recently named Legacy Park, are now artificial turf and have sewn-in lines for different sports. The project is almost complete, with only fencing and an ADA-accessible sidewalk left to construct. non-resident fees for those in Alpharetta who wish to participate in Milton lacrosse and football. Both are applicable to the Cox Road facility.

Alpharetta created a similar arrangement, whereb the city waives fees for Milton residents who wish to participate in its softball programming.

Though there are no plans for Alpharetta’s softball program to use the facility, it could happen eventually, McKlveen said.

The Cox Road Athletic Complex will provide more flexibility and opportunities for expansion to those subject to the memorandums as well as other cities, groups or non-government organizations that may want to rent the fields, he said.

Since passing the $25 million Greenspace Bond in 2016, Milton has worked toward acquiring land for parks, trails and greenspace including conservation land, wildlife habitat and natural areas.

The city purchased the Cox Road complex in January 2020, about a year after passing its Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

City staff developed the plan to make Milton a more attractive place to call home and to maintain its high quality of life. In the plan, staff identified a need for more athletic space.

Most of the funding for Legacy Park came from impact fees, with the remainder coming from the city’s general fund.

The upfront cost for turf is higher than planting grass. Cox Road project expenditures were estimated at $1.43

million, which includes design, engineering, survey work, construction and warranty.

But on a year-to-year basis, the

Before city ownership, a local company bought the Cox Road property in the early ‘80s with the intention of using it as a place for soccer practice. Over the years, the late longtime soccer coach Philip Broome would encourage his players to reflect on what kind of legacy they’d like to leave behind.

“Legacy Park is the third park to be part of a city initiative giving citizens a leading role in selecting names that resonate with visitors, make sense for a particular space and reflect on Milton’s values,” Milton Communications Director Greg Botelho stated.

The naming of Legacy Park followed the campaigns for Milton City Park and Preserve and Mayfield Park.

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“The hopper is going to be unattended. It’s an honesty policy,” he said.

“But there will be a license plate reader and camera so we can monitor that and make sure that people are utilizing the facility properly.”

The project would cost about $15,000 a year for Republic Services to dispose of the glass, plus a one-time fee of $2,000 to purchase the recycling hopper.

“This is probably the most cost-efficient glass recycling program that the city could have,” DeRito said.

No vote was taken on this project.

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But several council members said they were concerned that a four-lane version of the roadway wouldn’t handle traffic in the area, if demand exceeded what Columbia Engineering has projected for the next 20 years.

“To me, that math doesn’t work,” Councilman Brian Will said. “I trust you, you’re the expert, but I don’t see those numbers work.”

Ziegler estimated that the four-lane option will cost roughly $35 million to complete. The other six-lane option would come in at about $45 million, he said.

Alpharetta Community Development Director Kathi Cook said the city has about $15 million in grant and TSPLOST funding for the project. But she said they still have $25 million in grant funding that hasn’t been awarded yet.

Ziegler said the project could be completed in two phases, to cut the funding initially needed in half. Construction on the two phases would be split in half at Encore Parkway and the city could chose to start at either Mansell Road or Haynes Bridge Road to begin Phase 1.

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Cook said that they could also fund the project through private development and impact fee credits, like what was done with the Alpha Loop project.

But to get to the point where that’s possible, she said they would need to progress the project designs through several more phases and adopt a specific plan.

No vote was taken on the matter.

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Also at the meeting, Councilman Doug DeRito reported on the city’s continuing efforts to offer glass recycling.

DeRito said that after talks with city staff, they decided to install a selfservice, glass recycling hopper at the Alpharetta Public Works Facility off Hembree Road.

The recycling hopper would be open to all city residents and would be emp-

Council members also awarded two design contracts for upcoming redevelopment projects at Old Rucker Park and Union Hill Park.

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Continued from Page 13 Soon after the survey launched, Broome passed away suddenly. Of all words suggested by residents, “Broome” was the most repeated.

The Legacy Park name was officially adopted at the Aug. 15 Milton City Council meeting. Council members suggested that the name exclude any one individual’s name, so that the park could pay tribute to all influential figures — past, present and future.

The newly renovated fields were named to honor Broome and others who left a positive impact on the community, like NFL-player-turnedMilton-resident, inspiring coach and leader Tim Lester; coach, teacher and longtime Milton Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PRAB) member Ron Hill; and Van Kottis, another PRAB member who was instrumental in Milton Steelers football and the makeover of Bell Memorial Park.

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How much money is enough?

How much money is enough? This writer grew up in a household where often there was “too much month left at the end of the money,” generatempathy for LEWIS J. WALKER, CFP ing those who say, “There’s never enough!” The current inflationary surge has made the situation worse.

In April, Adviser Investments CIO Jim Lowell appeared on “Mornings With Maria” on the Fox Business Channel, indicating that in his opinion, in the coming recession the top 1 percent to 15 percent of consumers “will fare pretty well and the majority of consumers will struggle to make ends meet in terms of the household items they need.”

Inflation decelerated slightly to 8.5 percent in July after hitting 9.1 percent in June, the highest level since November 1981. The decline was largely in costs for fuel as drivers have reacted by driving less, reducing demand.

However, “food at home” prices rose 13.1 percent on an annualized basis, the highest since 1979!

So the question as to how much money is enough may seem outrageous to those working hard just to keep up with basic needs and family demands. Nevertheless, for those doing long-range financial life planning with an eye toward financial independence at some point, certainly by retirement, financial projections are foundational.

Two books may be useful to your thinking: “The New Retirementality: Planning Your Life and Living Your Dreams...at Any Age You Want by Mitch Anthony,” 5th Edition (Wiley, 2020) and “What Your Money Means, And How To Use It Well” by Frank J. Hanna (Crossroad Publishing, 2008).

Anthony, with a financial rendition of Abraham Maslow’s famous Hierarchy of Needs, “Maslow Meets Retirement,” devised a pyramid with “Survival Money” at the base. Once you earn and accumulate enough money after

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tax to meet basic needs, the next level is “Safety Money,” reserves to “meet life’s unexpected turns.” Next comes “Freedom Money,” spending on things that bring “enjoyment and fulfillment to life.”

Higher up in Anthony’s pyramid is “Gift Money,” funding “for the people and causes that we care deeply about.”

However, in this writer’s experience there are people of faith that regard giving to God-centered causes is part of the monthly “must do” obligations, as in tithing. Share your religious and humanistic preferences and objectives with your financial adviser. It’s important.

At the top of the pyramid is “Dream Money,” “for all the things we’ve dreamed of being, doing, and having.”

Hannah opens his book by asking questions, focusing initially on the basics as does Anthony.

“How much (money) is enough for me?” “Am I spending my money as I ought?” He posits that if you can’t afford to pay for your own bare necessities and genuine needs and those of your dependents if you have them, you don’t have enough money. It’s useful for recent graduates and those just starting out in the working world to ask yourself realistic questions based on hard realities.

Inflation has always been with us in some measure, with few exceptions.

Elevated levels of inflation are likely to persist for some time. Hannah offers a tough question paraphrased thusly.

How much will it cost to provide yourself and your dependents with “genuine needs” beyond bare necessities, decent housing, adequate medical and dental care, a fundamental education, and the other basic goods needed to develop as we should physically, morally, intellectually and spiritually? Think that through. Pie in the sky is not a plan.

Moving to the next level in Hanna’s hierarchy of thinking, have you thought through and planned for “profession-related needs”? That may be continuing education, an appropriate wardrobe, equipment, licenses, professional designations, professional association dues, coaching, travel, etc.

Educational choices, including majors or areas of study, whether high school, trade school, college, graduate school, will have significant impact on the success or failure relative to your life plan and the attainment of financial freedom with ample gift and dream money. What is the current earnings potential for graduates with certain skills and education? Can you afford to live and pay back loans in a given locale? Is where you want to live tax-friendly? Will your career path enable you to stay ahead of inflation with after-tax earnings? Will you work for someone else or for yourself?

Adequate levels of insurance (life, disability, health, and liability) are foundational to peace of mind and protection against calamities. A savings plan that allows you to build a “what if?” reserve is basic. Beyond that, you want to create and maintain a longterm wealth accumulation plan that moves you toward freedom, gift, and dream money.

Reading Mitch Anthony’s book and Frank Hanna’s book is a recommended “good start,” to be followed by a goaloriented financial plan backed by an experienced advisory team. If you have a plan in place now, a review based on the inflationary and tax law outlook is advised.

Chapter 1 of Hanna’s book is entitled, “Money Demands Answers.”

Are you asking yourself the right questions? If you are parents ready to cough big bucks to underwrite the education of a child, are you asking the right questions relative to educational choices and long-term strategies encompassing financial freedom?

Lewis Walker, CFP®, is a life centered 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.

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Fannie Holcombe – four generations strong

Fannie Holcombe was born in 1919 on Etris Road in Milton County. One of 11 children, she learned the meaning of hard work at an early age.

Her father William Samuel Etris (1875–1956) grew cotton and corn on 40 acres. Corn was for turning into meal in their grist mill to feed the cows. He would also grind corn for neighbors in exchange for a portion BOB of the meal. Cotton was the cash MEYERS crop.

“Oh, how my back hurt picking cotton on my knees” Fannie recalls. Yes, she crawled between the rows of cotton because the large sack strapped around her shoulder had to be dragged along the ground and would weigh 100 pounds when full of picked cotton.

Planting cotton was a complex, multistage process involving a lot of plowing behind a mule and a lot of hoeing by hand. Cotton growing and picking was a sun-up to sun-down job in the hot Georgia sun.

Fannie’s son Bobby also remembers picking cotton.

He says the cotton boll “would eat up your hand.” A cotton boll is made up of separate compartments in which up to 300 seeds grow. To pick the cotton from the bolls, Bobby had to twist the cotton out of the boll which was very sharp and would cut your hand if the cotton was not twisted correctly.

The family also operated a dairy farm with about 75 cows for about five years in the 1950s. They raised Guernsey, Jersey and Holstein cows and sold their milk to the Creatwood Farm Dairy in Smyrna.

When young Fannie went to Ebenezer School in Roswell, after milking the cows before breakfast, she had to walk half a mile from her house to catch the school bus.

One room of the two-room wooden schoolhouse accommodated grades 1 through 3 and the other housed grades 4 through 6. Each room had a woodburning stove. The curriculum was reading, writing and arithmetic.

Fannie then attended Northwestern Elementary School, which was located where the Milton Community Church is today on Birmingham Highway. The school closed in 1992. She graduated from Milton High School in 1938.

Fannie is a remarkable 102 years old. Physically strong and agile, she enjoys sewing and solving up to 1,000-piece puzzles which she can finish in three or four days. She is totally committed to the Atlanta Braves, so much so that the team sent her a Braves baseball cap on her 100th birthday.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2021 there were almost 98,000 centenarians in the United States.

Bad news for our male readers, 83 percent of centenarians were female. The number reaching the century mark grew substantially from 53,000 in 2010, but centenar-

Ebenezer School on Ebenezer Road was a tworoom school that housed students from grades 1 through 6. It closed in 1933 and was consolidated with Northwestern Elementary School.

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Fannie and Otis Holcombe sit at a table with some of their German Pink and Big Boy tomatoes in 1999.

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The Holcombe Machine Shop has become a local landmark.

ians still represent a very small percentage of the total population and a smaller percentage than in many other countries.

Fannie married Otis Holcombe (1916–2006) in 1939.

He was raised on a farm on Providence Road in the Providence Community and was a trained machinist and mechanic. They had five children, 10 grandchildren – one deceased – and seven great-grandchildren. They lived initially on Cox Road, then on King Road in Milton.

In 1960, they purchased a property on Mayfield Road.

The previous owner, James Cash, was an automobile mechanic who built a concrete block workshop near his house. The workshop has become a local landmark with

Fannie Holcombe graduated from Milton High School in 1938.

its faded sign HOLCOMBE’S MACHINE SHOP on the front exterior wall. People often stop by to have graduation photos taken in front of the workshop where Otis used to make small items for friends and customers.

He obtained the necessary saws and other pieces of equipment from Elliot’s Business Machine Company in Atlanta where he was employed. Later he joined Simmons Engineering, a company in Roswell and Dallas that made machines for chicken processing plants, until his retirement.

Fannie’s daughter, Kay Bagley, says that her father “would come home from work, go to the shop and make bowls, rolling pins, jewelry and even a tractor” which the family still has parked by the shop.

Rodney Reese, Fannie’s grandnephew, recalls annual family reunions, usually at the home of Fannie’s sister Bertha Etris Cook (1902–2011) at her home on Etris Road. Bertha passed away at age 108.

“It was a very close-knit family,” Rodney says.

When asked how the world has changed over the decades, Fannie says “back then, everyone went outside and played. Today, it is all about iPhones. Families visited one another, and whenever anyone needed help, the community pitched in.”

Bobby says “a handshake was a sign of trust.”

Words to live by.

DEATH NOTICES Ralph Peterson, age 90, of Alpharetta, GA passed away on August 17, 2022. Arrangements

by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Louise Imogene Gunter, age 86, of Alpharetta, GA passed away on August 20, 2022.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Ruby Byer, age 95, of Roswell, GA passed away on August 20, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Dorsey Gene Graves, 83, of Cumming passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022.

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