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A whole new ballgame

West Forsyth High School football players destroy a banner proclaiming the wait for football is over as they take the field Sept. 2. The Wolverines did the same thing to Mays in the first local game of the season played under the state’s new safety protocols for contests amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read more, Page 10 Forsyth Central’s game scheduled for Friday night was cancelled after an announcement that Blessed Trinity players had tested positive for COVID-19.

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

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

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

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

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

Election officials recruit thousands of poll workers More than 10,000 poll workers have been recruited to help staff local precincts in Georgia ahead of an expected surge of voters in the Nov. 3 general election, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office has announced.

The new poll workers account for about half of the 20,000-worker recruitment goal the state has set in recent months to bolster polling places. The new recruits span the state but especially represent population centers like the Atlanta and Savannah metro areas.

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

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

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

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

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

The ruling was immediately hailed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Beau Evans, Capitol Beat News Service

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County extends moratorium on certain housing

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted Sept. 3 to extend its moratorium barring select new residential developments. The moratorium prohibits any land disturbance permits for multi- and singlefamily attached developments in certain areas of the county.

The moratorium addresses properties zoned Res4, single-family attached duplexes for age-restricted homes; Res6, attached single-family homes; and R3, townhomes and low-density apartments or condominiums.

Commissioners enacted the moratorium in March while they consider modifications to the county’s Unified Development Code dealing with architectural requirements.

The county put the ban in effect for Res6 earlier this year, but discussions among county staff and board members spurred additional moratoriums on the other zoning categories.

County Attorney Ken Jarrard said the prohibition of land disturbance permits prevents developers from fasttracking applications for developments with the knowledge that the county is working to update its codes.

“It’s the equivalent of closing the barn door when all the horses have left is what happens without the moratorium,” Jarrard said to commissioners at a work session earlier this year.

The county finalized updated standards for certain detached single-family homes last year that set regulations for exterior materials, landscaping, windows, home orientation and other components.

The county has since turned its attention to attached homes, and the process has lasted most of the year, which Planning & Community Development Director Tom Brown predicted. He told commissioners at a work session earlier this year that it would take months to bring commissioners drafted design stipulations.

The standards could have added significance for developments in the northern portion of the county. According to Brown, there are about 15 Res6 and R3 developments in the county and most are in north Forsyth.

That is a point of concern for District 4 commissioner Cindy Jones Mills, who represents all the northernmost portions of the county.

Mills said there are essentially “no standards” on Res6 or R3 developments earlier this year, and she has stressed

the importance of the county creating design stipulations. Previous discussions among commissioners centered on creating standards for individual lots, not entire subdivisions.

One property zoned Res6 adjacent to the Ansley at Pilgrim Mill subdivision will be exempt from the moratorium.

Jarrard said the rezoning for the development came with a condition the proposed attached homes have a similar appearance to homes in Ansley at Pilgrim Mill. If the UDC was changed, Jarrard said, the developer could be presented with separate regulations for their proposed homes, and he suggested the county err on the side of the original zoning conditions.

The board voted to extend the moratorium until Dec. 4. The county can end the ban at any time, including if they approve new standards.

Derrer assumes old duties GDOT reports on status as interim county manager of Ga. 400 express lanes

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Doug Derrer began his interim role as Forsyth County Manager last week, his second stint in the position.

Derrer served in the role from 2008 to 2017.

He replaces Eric Johnson, who was hired when Derrer retired in 2017.

Derrer joined Forsyth in 2008 as a deputy county manager. He DERRER then served as interim county manager from September 2008 to March 2009 before being named to the post full time. Prior to his long stint with Forsyth County,

Derrer had roles as the public works director, public safety director and warden in Hall County. He also served as city manager for Flowery Branch and as a police officer in Florida’s MiamiDade County.

The county chose not to renew its contract with Johnson in August. After an executive session of the Board of Commissioners, the board voted unanimously to part ways with Johnson.

The move to replace Johnson comes a year after the board approved a cryptic agenda item related to performance standards of the county manager.

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

The $1.6 billion project, set for completion in 2026, calls for adding express lanes in each direction along the highway from I-285 north 16 miles to McFarland Parkway in Forsyth County. The project is one of 11 initial Major Mobility Investment Programs designed to reduce traffic congestion along major corridors around Atlanta.

The outreach session ran for two hours and drew some 150 people online. GDOT officials addressed some 50 questions, most of them pertaining to the added noise encroaching into nearby residential areas. One environmental impact draft has estimated the extra lanes could increase traffic noise levels by an average of 4.7 decibels along the route.

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Correction On the cover of the Aug. 13 edition of the Forsyth Herald, it was incorrectly stated that plans call for Post Road to be widened two lanes in each direction. The plan is to widen the thoroughfare one lane in each direction.

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Continued from Page 4 GDOT’s Major Mobility Investment Program, said the Ga. 400 project is now in the project development phase. Over the next several months, the department will produce a concept report, present public information sessions and allow for comment, begin acquisition of right of way and select a developer.

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

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

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

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

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After an inquiry from the Herald newspaper, the board addressed the item with added details at a meeting on July 18, 2019. This time, the agenda reflected that the item related to the formation of a performance evaluation process to “continually assess County Manager job performance” by a director, department

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

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

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

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

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

Tolls, paid through a Peach Pass account, will fluctuate with demand. The minimum charge will be 10 cents a mile, officials said, but there may be occasions where a flat fee of 50 cents could cover the entire stretch. head, constitutional officer and key stakeholder. However, the item was listed under the consent agenda and again passed board approval without any discussion among county staff or elected representatives.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve its contract with Derrer at its Sept.

3 meeting. Under the agreement, the county can end Derrer’s contract at any time and he can opt out of the role at any time with a 30-day notice. The contract is set to expire Dec. 31 but can be extended by commissioners. The county manager role comes with an annual salary of $228,000.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zhou is not alone.

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

tions with her class.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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West Forsyth rings in season of uncertainty with dominant win

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — High school football had quite the different look at West Forsyth Sept. 2 when the Wolverines faced Mays in the Corky Kell Classic.

Referees, coaches and fans all donned facemasks. Captains did not meet at midfield for the coin toss. Rows in the stands were marked off, signifying fans could not sit in those seats to ensure social distancing. Parents and the student section did pour onto the field when the final horn sounded, something to be expected after all games, but especially so when the home team earns a win. And instead of players lining up to shake hands, each team waved to the other after the final whistle in 2020-style sportsmanship.

Many aspects of the game appeared different from the status quo, but West Forsyth certainly liked what they saw as the end result.

In their first appearance on the big stage of the Corky Kell Classic, the Wolverines manhandled an inexperienced Mays squad to open their season with a lopsided win. The contest also served as an auspicious start to the Dave Svhela head coaching era.

A focus for Svehla entering the season was ramping up West’s scoring after the team scored 10 or fewer points in four games last season. That call was answered with a standout performance from the Wolverine offense which operated without standout offensive guard Dylan Fairchild, a Georgia commit.

Senior running back Daba Fofana averaged nearly 7 yards per carry on 16 rushes and hauled in six catches for over 50 yards with three total touchdowns. Sophomore quarterback Keegan Stover had four touchdown throws in his debut with the Wolverines, and junior tight end/receiver Oscar Delp had two touchdown receptions, including a 46-yard scoring grab to pad West’s lead in the third quarter.

The Wolverines offense came out blazing with touchdowns on their opening three drives. Stover and junior receiver T.J. Jennings got the scoring started on the opening possession with a 30-yard touchdown. A few minutes later, Fofana caught a pass in the flat and used his speed to scamper into the endzone for a 31-yard score.

West spent much of the game operating on a short field, and that allowed them to build their lead with ease on their next two scoring drives.

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West Forsyth senior running back Daba Fofana had over 150 combined yards and three touchdowns against Mays.

A sack by junior Jay Helstone pinned Mays near its own goal line on third down, and West capitalized on the short field with the first scoring reception from Delp, from 4 yards out, soon after.

The Wolverines were forced to punt on their next offensive possession, but Fofana, who was an all-region punter last

season, pinned the Raiders inside their own 1-yard line. West’s defense forced a three-and-out, and a short punt and kick catch interference penalty set up the Wolverines on Mays’ 13-yard line. Just three plays after putting the Raiders’ backs against the wall, Fofana hurdled into the endzone to give West a 28-0 lead midway through the second quarter.

The Wolverines had another short field following an interception from senior safety Dalton Tjong, who returned the pick to Mays’ 25-yard line. Fofana again went to work, putting the ball just outside the goal line with an impressive run as he evaded and slipped away from Raider defenders. After a botched wildcat offense play, Fofana secured his third overall and second rushing touchdown of the night.

Delp’s second touchdown reception early in the third quarter provided West with some insurance to allow secondstring players to receive playing time for the remainder of the game. The lone Mays touchdown came in the final three minutes of play.

With a strong start and some experience of playing in an altered football landscape, the Wolverines will now turn their attention to their Sept. 11 matchup with Class 5A powerhouse Cartersville.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Churchgoers pull their cars into rows, windows roll down, engines turn off, and radios are tuned to 89.9 FM. Announcements, hymns, scripture and the sermon are delivered from a scaffolding turned pulpit. If the forecast calls for rain, the clergy move to the sanctuary and the broadcast continues on the radio.

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

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

Church Elder Dennis McLynn had initial doubts.

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The Rev. Dr. C. Grey Norsworthy delivers a sermon at a recent Sunday morning service in the parking lot at Johns Creek Presbyterian Church. home and watch the online service?” he said.

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

“We were very pleasantly surprised!”

McLynn said.

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

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

Word has spread to the surrounding community.

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

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

The Alliance consists of 14 clergy from different faiths. Norsworthy and Ottenstein originally met through the organization.

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

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

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

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

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

The new year is welcomed with shofar blasts made from a ram’s horn. It is cus-

tomary to eat apples dipped in honey symbolizing hope for a good and sweet year.

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

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

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

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

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

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

My questions. My stories. Missing…

Something has happened to journalism.

It’s disappeared. It’s disappeared by the choice of a spin word. It’s disappeared by the absence of questions I would ask. It’s disappeared by the stories not covered.”

Beyond the email responses, I was able to benefit from several “learning moments” that occurred this Saturday while I attended services in Rome, Ga., for one of my high school friends who died in March. Because of COVID-19, it was only now — almost six months following his death — that we were able to celebrate his life.

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

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

Hank had no filter when it came to this. You always knew where he stood.

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

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

They all finished by including that he cared, that he would give someone the

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shirt off his back if he thought that it would help them.

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

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

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

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Terry J. McGill, 76, of Cumming, passed away August 28, 2020.

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Robert Murray, 85, of Roswell, passed away August 30, 2020. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Evelyn W. Perry, 89, of Cumming, passed away August 25, 2020.

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Sylvia Sparkes, 77, of Alpharetta, passed away August 27, 2020. Arrangements

by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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Mary Brown Williams, 71, of Cumming, passed away August 25, 2020. Arrangements

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