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County program brings all-terrain chair to trails By JON WILCOX | jon@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A Forsyth County pilot program is working to give all residents access to local trails and parks with the help of a newly obtained all-terrain mobility chair. Wheels in the Wild, a new adaptive outdoor access initiative, is based on a simple but profound concept: There is a difference between seeing a trail and truly being able to experience it, county officials said. The program began with the donation of an “action trackchair,” provided through a partnership with the Forsyth County Parks Foundation. The device features two large caterpillarstyle tracks that move a rider over dirt trails, roots, gravel and uneven terrain. “Somewhere in Forsyth County, there is a student waiting to experience a trail with classmates, a parent wanting to explore with family or a recreation participant ready for their next outdoor adventure,” officials said. “Wheels in the Wild is for them, and now, the trail is beginning to open.” The program will launch this fall at Sawnee Mountain Preserve. Outdoor recreation and therapeutic recreation staff will develop safe routes, operational procedures, staff training and a program model designed for long-term sustainability.

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Forsyth extends housing moratorium as code rewrite nears end By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners has approved a 180-day extension for a housing moratorium, but officials said the pause could be lifted before that as work to revise land-use codes is nearing an end.

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more,” County Attorney Ken Jarrard said. The approved 180-day freeze is set to end April 13, 2027. Board Chair Alfred John said county officials and staff anticipate the pause will end “much sooner” than the April date. For more than a year, the county has restricted the acceptance of rezon-

ing applications on many residential zoning categories in an effort to revise land-use codes. The initiative is in response to rapid population growth and development and fears that such movement could strain county resources and infrastructure.

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Canton teens charged in parking lot beating ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Two Canton teens were charged with aggravated battery after allegedly beating another teen at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre. Alpharetta police said officers were dispatched to the venue about 4:45 a.m. Oct. 3 for a reported assault that occurred about six hours prior. An 18-year-old Clemson, South Carolina, man told officers he and friends were visiting for a Treaty Oak Revival concert at the amphitheater. He said they were in their truck and preparing to leave when the Canton teens exited their own nearby truck and approached them. The Clemson teen said he could not remember anything after the Canton teens pushed him out of his truck. A video recorded by one of the victim’s friends showed one man pinning his wrist with a cowboy boot and punching his face with a closed fist six times. The video showed the other Canton teen walking over and punching the victim’s nose before both left in their truck. Officers identified the suspected assailants as two 17-year-olds from Canton by calling one’s father after running the truck’s registration. The Clemson teen was taken to a nearby hospital where physicians found he suffered broken bones in his face and nose as well as dental injuries. Officers said he was covered in blood.

Stop leads to drug charges for Dunwoody man

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 42-year-old Dunwoody man was arrested on drug charges after officers allegedly found ecstasy, psilocybin mushrooms and THC gummies during an Oct. 4 traffic stop.

PUBLIC SAFETY Alpharetta police said an officer stopped a vehicle at Old Milton and Westside parkways about 2 p.m. for speeding and improper lane change. While speaking to the man, who was driving, officers noticed signs of impairment and began an intoxicated driving investigation. The officer allegedly observed the man had droopy eyelids, slurred speech, watery eyes and an odor of alcohol coming from his face. The man allegedly told the officer he was “bashing drinks” at an upscale Alpharetta restaurant. A roadside breath test showed his BAC at 0.143 grams, police said. After the man was arrested on an intoxicated driving charge, police conducted a search. The search found 4 grams of MDMA, 3 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, two packages of THC gummies, marijuana, rolling papers and a marijuana grinder with residue, police said. The man was charged with possession of a Schedule I controlled substance with intent to distribute, possession of a Schedule I controlled substance, possession of drugrelated objects, driving under the influence, speeding and failure to maintain a lane.

Intruder smashes camera in Buford Highway burglary

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies investigated a reported home burglary Oct. 5. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched to the home after an in-progress burglary was reported on Buford Highway. A 60-year-old Johns Creek man reported that a security camera recorded a man entering and exiting the home. The Johns Creek man said the man ripped a camera off the wall and smashed it. Deputies entered the home, cleared it and searched surrounding storage units. No one was found. Deputies spoke to a man nearby who matched a description provided by the Johns Creek man, but deputies determined he was uninvolved. A K-9 initially picked up a scent but was unable to continue tracking it. Nothing was reported stolen. The incident was classified as a felony forced home burglary.

Suwanee man jailed for inhaling keyboard duster FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 21-year-old Suwanee man was arrested after deputies determined he had inhaled computer keyboard duster in violation of a DUI court program’s rules. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said the man’s mother contacted deputies Oct. 7, telling them her son was inhaling the canned air. The sheriff’s office said the man had previously violated the DUI program’s rules by inhaling canned air as a means of becoming intoxicated and avoiding drug screens. Deputies spoke to the man, who admitted to inhaling keyboard duster. The man was arrested and transported to the Forsyth County Jail.

Broken taillight leads to drug, gun arrest

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A traffic stop over a broken taillight led to the arrest of a 26-yearold College Park man Sept. 28 after police said they found morphine, marijuana, alprazolam pills and a loaded pistol in his pickup. Alpharetta police officers stopped a blue Ford Ranger at Mansell and Old Roswell roads about 9 p.m. Officers spoke with the man, who was driving, and he produced a passport, which was stored in an empty ramen noodle container. Police determined the vehicle’s temporary license plate was registered to another vehicle. They also found the man was driving without insurance and on a suspended license, police said. During the conversation, officers said they also smelled marijuana and asked the man to exit the vehicle for a search. A search found a bottle of oral morphine solution in an Apple headphones case, two 3.5-gram bags of marijuana and 21 alprazolam pills. Officers also found a Glock 19 pistol with a round chambered and an extended magazine loaded with 26 rounds. The man faces 10 charges, including possession of Schedule II and Schedule IV controlled substances, marijuana possession, possession of a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime and several traffic offenses. — Jon Wilcox

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By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com State House District 11 includes the portions of northwest Forsyth County, parts of Cherokee County and all of Pickens County. Currently represented by state Rep. Rick Jasperse, a Republican, it has a population of almost 60,000 residents. Jasperse, who began his first term in 2010, faces Democrat Ryan Fountain in the Nov. 3 election. Jasperse, a Pickens County native, is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s College of Agriculture who served as a county agent. Later, he taught at the college. He currently lives on a small farm where he has grown “a little bit of everything.” As a state representative, Jasperse said he has worked hard to keep government out of constituents’ lives. He supports conservative values, including protection of prayer, religious freedom and anti abortion bills. To learn more about Jasperse’s campaign, visit rickjasperse.org.

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Forsyth residents can drop off hazardous waste Nov. 7 By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County residents are invited to recycle and dispose of household hazardous waste at a Nov. 7 event. The Household Hazardous Waste Recycling + Disposal Event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is organized by Keep Forsyth County Beautiful in partnership with Forsyth County and the city of Cumming. The event will be held at the County Administration Campus at Freedom Park, 2435 Freedom Parkway. Residents must preregister for the event at keepforsythcountybeautiful.org. There are a limited number of slots and time windows. The website features a full list of accepted materials and additional details. For more information, call 770-205-4573 or email kfcb@forsythco.com. Accepted materials include paint, oil, electronics, batteries, herbicides and pesticides, and more. Medical waste and needles, ammunition and explosives, pharmaceuticals and nonhazardous items will not be accepted. The event is free and open to county residents. Officials suggest making a $5 donation to support Keep Forsyth County Beautiful, a nonprofit organization. Forsyth County Environmental Program Manager Tammy Keaton said many substances used daily can be hazardous to people and the environment. “I believe most people want to do the right thing, and we are so proud to be able to offer this convenient service to the community,” she said.

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Johns Creek Symphony enters 20th season with new executive By JOSHUA WILSON joshua@appenmedia.com

of leadership experience, organizational vision and a genuine love of music,” he added. “As we celebrate 20 seasons of bringing exceptional music to our community, we are excited about the perspective and energy he will bring to JCSO and the opportunities ahead.” The anniversary season, titled “Becoming,” includes five concerts in Johns Creek and nearby communities. The season opened with an outdoor pops concert Oct. 3 at Newtown Park and continued with “Taking Flight,” featuring works by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, Oct. 9 at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center. The remaining concerts include an exploration of the intersection of music and technology at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at LOOP in Atlanta; a holiday pops show at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at Innovation Academy in Alpharetta; and “Music as Healing,” which pairs Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony with a world premiere by composer Mahlon Berv, at 7:30 p.m. April 10 at Johns Creek Baptist Church. Music Director Emeritus J. Wayne Baughman founded the orchestra, and its players are professional musicians from across the metro. For tickets and more information, visit johnscreeksymphony.org.

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra’s new executive director spent nearly 40 years in telecommunications, teaches electrical engineering at Kennesaw State University and has played viola since he was young. He has also played guitar in a Wisconsin bar band called Severance Package. The orchestra announced Monday that Greg Selig will run the nonprofit organization as it marks its 20th season. Music Director Henry Cheng oversees the music itself. Selig holds electrical engineering degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University. He held engineering and executive roles at global cellular technology companies before moving to metro Atlanta from the Chicago area in 2011. He has also served as president of nonprofit orchestra boards and studied music in Chicago and at Lawrence University in Wisconsin. Board President Peter Hildebrandt said Selig pairs leadership experience with “a genuine love of music.” “Greg brings an exceptional blend

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Why local newspapers still matter more than ever to the people who actually live here. Perhaps best of all, they still understand there is something special about receiving an actual newspaper delivered to your home each week. No app. No scrolling. No searching through a website trying to figure out what happened down the street. Just a newspaper, a cup of coffee and an opportunity to find out what's happening in your community. For me, this is personal. I have lived in north Fulton for more than 50 years and grew up reading our local newspapers. When I was in high school — Go Hornets! — I couldn't wait to read the paper and see what was happening in local high school sports. As the years passed, my perspective changed. I still followed the sports pages, but from 2001 through 2015, I had the privilege of serving Alpharetta as a council member and mayor pro tem. Suddenly, I wasn't just reading the local news.

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The history of the WWII Naval Air Station Atlanta The land now known as DeKalbPeachtree Airport was the World War I encampment Camp Gordon from 1917 to 1921. DeKalb County signed an option for 300 acres VALERIE BIGGERSTAFF of former Camp Gordon land in Columnist 1935. In 1939, with the assistance of the Works Progress Administration, the county began construction of grass runways. The Navy chose this site to build a naval aviation reserve base. (“The Best Years of Their Lives, the Naval Air Station Atlanta and Lawson General Hospital Site During WWII,” by Paul Stephen Hudson and Troy H. Campbell) The plans included 50 permanent buildings, two hangars and three runways. DeKalb County constructed the east and west hangars. During the first year and a half, the base’s mission was primary flight training. For many arriving students, it was their first flight training. “Most of them arrived in their civilian clothes and had never put foot in an airplane before.” Once primary training was complete, the men went to Pensacola, Florida, or Corpus Christi, Texas, for intermediate training. (Tattoo: United States Naval Air Station Atlanta, April 1944) In January 1943, the base’s name changed to U.S. Naval Air Station Atlanta. Additional buildings were constructed, including an auditoriumrecreation building, officers’ quarters, more barracks, a service store, a barbershop, bowling alleys and a fully equipped gymnasium. An Army hospital, Lawson General, was next door to the air station. In 1943, the station completed its own hospital. The staff included doctors, dentists, pharmacists, Navy nurses and members of the Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. (Atlanta Journal, July 18, 1943, “Hospital is completed at Navy Air Station here”) Between 1942 and 1944, five schools were established at Naval Air Station Atlanta. They were the Instrument Flight Instructors School, the Link Instrument Training Instructors School, the Control Tower Operator School, the Naval Air Navigation Radio School in Gainesville and the Assistant Operations Officers Naval Training School. There was no shortage of entertainment at the air station. United Service Organizations performances took place in the new auditorium,

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Bob Hope and Commander “Crash” Harrigan at NASA during a War Bond Drive. Harrigan was nicknamed “Crash” in the early 1930s for pioneering flights in the USS Akron, a Navy dirigible. including appearances by Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Hope made an appearance during a war bond drive, along with Cmdr. “Crash” Harrigan. Harrigan was the air station’s first commander. In May 1944, movie star Tyrone Power was stationed at the base. His friend and fellow actor Don Ameche visited him while also visiting patients at Lawson General Hospital. (Atlanta Constitution, May 9, 1944, “Don Ameche hits town to visit friend Tyrone”) A variety of sports were available to those stationed at the base, including

baseball, basketball, volleyball and swimming. Because there were female nurses and WAVES at the base, women’s sports were available. Trips to John and Vira Cramer’s home on Peachtree Dunwoody Road provided a place to swim. Later, a swimming pool was constructed on the base. Each April, the social event of the year was the Ship’s Ball, “attended by all hands from the Captain to the Apprentice Seamen.” The event was held in the main hangar, which was decorated by employees of the Atlanta clothing store J.P. Allen. Southern-style barbecue, entertainment and dancing

made it a memorable evening. (Tattoo: United States Naval Air Station Atlanta, April 1944) Thousands of Navy and Marine aviators and ground personnel were trained at the air station and deployed from there for overseas duty. Three thousand pilots graduated from the instructor school. Award-winning author Valerie Biggerstaff is a longtime columnist for Appen Media and the Dunwoody Crier. She lives in Atlanta. Write her at pasttensega@gmail.com. Learn more at pasttensega.com.

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A story of three brothers — growing up on a north Fulton farm Brothers Phil, John and Tim Worley grew up on a farm in north Fulton. Although their parents owned only about one acre, they rented and farmed land at various locations. They rented about BOB MEYERS 25 acres on Hembree Columnist Road in Roswell owned by Eula Hembree Maffett (1895-1987). The property was later owned by well-known farmer Earl Mansell and included a barn, corncribs and several sheds used for hay storage and an old chicken house. They also rented 15 to 20 acres on Elkins Road from a Roswell businessman they knew as Mr. Troutman and an additional 20 acres where the Alpharetta city-owned Old Rucker Farm Park is today on Rucker Road. The boys’ grandfather Fred C. Worley (1892-1971) grew corn and raised chickens north of Canton on the Etowah River. He had been a sharecropper but was able to purchase a small farm. His wife, Annie Lou Cline (1894-1991), was from Waleska near Reinhardt College. The boys’ parents were Charles Wesley Worley (1928-2011) and Mary Alice Wright Worley (1928-2014). Each of them had day jobs and came home every evening to work on the farm. Charles worked for the Mullen Box Company in Roswell, maker of corrugated packaging. Mary worked for the Seating Company in Roswell for 50 years. The company made furniture for churches. Son Tim also worked there for eight years as a young man. “In those days we could drive tractors from our house on Hembree Road to Crabapple and see only one or two cars on the road,” Tim says. The three brothers attended Milton High School. Phil and John served as presidents of Milton High School’s Future Farmers of America chapter in the late 1960s. Tim, the youngest of the three, looked forward to joining the FFA; however, the school closed the program in 1970-71 just before Tim started school. “I was very disappointed,” he says. However, Tim was a member of the 4-H Club from fourth through ninth grade. Each member specialized in a subject. Tim’s specialty was entomology. Members competed by making presentations to a panel of county agents and other county officials. Their parents always supported the boys’ farm projects. Tim says, “My brothers grew the farming business and I worked into it. It was a team effort. Our parents were not wealthy, and they sacrificed everything for their boys.” When John and Phil were about 12 or

From left, brothers John, Phil and Tim Worley and their father, Charles, in 1965 on their annual vacation, this time to Ruby Falls and Rock City in Tennessee.

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Phil Worley at the Southeastern Fair at the Lakewood Fairgrounds in 1963, where his pig won the Grand Champion Boar award, the highest honor given to a boar at agricultural competitions. The Southeastern Fair was a major annual event in the lives of the Worley boys. 13, they began working to earn money. John recalls, “Our first job was yard work at 75 cents an hour which we had to divide. We were so small that the property owner said, ‘You look like one person.’” Tim says, “My brothers raised their first crop of corn with a mule which they used to plow, plant and harvest the corn. They borrowed the field, the mule and plow from Clarence Thompson, owner of a small grocery store on Main Street in Alpharetta. The experience was enough for them to know that was not what they wanted to do.” When Phil turned 15, he bought a 1949 John Deere Model M tractor, allowing the boys to raise a large corn crop to make hog feed. The boys did a lot of work for Earl Mansell when they were in high school,

hauling hay and tossing it into a hayloft. They worked for Mansell and others for about 10 years. The brothers grew feed crops and had them milled at Shaws Feed Mill across the street from the Green Lawn Cemetery in Roswell. Around 1962, they started a cattle business. Jake Hughes (1898-1987), a prominent farmer, entrepreneur, transportation pioneer and landowner in Crabapple and Alpharetta, let the boys use some of his extensive land holdings to start their hay business where the entrance to the North Farm community in Crabapple is today. (I wrote a column about Jake Hughes in 2023.) “We grew good-quality Coastal Bermuda hay which was sought after by the area’s growing horse industry. They

preferred Bermuda for its high protein content. Fescue was the most common then for cattle,” Tim says. The boys’ great-uncle Jim Watkins owned a dairy between Ball Ground and Canton on old Highway 5. He sold two calves to John and Phil. Tim says, “Dad offered his car to pick them up. He had to remove the last seat in his Chevy Impala to carry the baby calves. It was pretty messy by the time they got home.” John, who retired in 2018, was a professor of agricultural engineering at the University of Georgia Extension Service for 25 years. County agents depended on him if there were engineering issues involving farm operations. Phil, also retired, was superintendent of the University of Georgia Experiment Station at Calhoun for about 25 years and eventually became superintendent of three farms that were part of the experimental stations in northwest Georgia. Phil administered the 4-H program when he was an assistant county agent in Gwinnett County. He recalls, “I lived in a sheep barn at UGA for three years. I shared the barn with one other student and 100 sheep. We didn’t have far to go when the ewes were lambing.” Tim is retired and a serious student of local history. He attended technical schools and worked for Reynolds and Reynolds, an automotive computer company, for 29 years. The boys are still close. Their stories of life on the farm are total history, because rural life is very different today.

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Telling it like you want it to be Ahh. It’s election time, and (coincidentally) fall is here at last. Can fall fishing be far behind? There’s that hint of crispness in the air (which refreshes me!) STEVE HUDSON and interminable Columnist political ads on the TV (which give me indigestion). OK, let’s cut to the chase: I hate those ads. They are almost universally of the he-said-she-said variety, meanspirited and jaggedly biting and all the rest of those things that folks of a more civilized ilk forswore back in second grade. But there’s nowhere else to go. So I listen to the talking heads, hearing the charges and counter-charges, wondering where they were when their mommas were trying to teach them how to behave in a nominally civilized world. Those are not happy people, I say to myself as yet another one winds up and makes the pitch. I realize that I wouldn’t invite a single one of ’em to go fishing with me. Life’s too short to hang out with people who bring you down, and that seems to be the thrust of so many of the ads — not to inform or educate or help me decide important things in reasoned ways, but rather to inflame and polarize and incite disjointedness when positivity might be what we need instead. Inevitably, I wonder: What makes them think I want them running my world?

Program: Continued from Page 1 The goal is to do more than place adaptive equipment in a park but to also create a thoughtful, responsible program that expands access while protecting participants, staff, equip-

And there’s that other question too. Where’s the truth? What’s real? I was talking recently with someone near and dear to me. We were talking politics (not a good idea sometimes), and my conversational companion had just made a statement that was so far from reality that even that second grader would have known. Being of the journalistic persuasion, I called foul. The response was disturbing. “Those may be your facts,” I was told in no uncertain terms. “But I have my own facts.” And that was that, and ne’er the twain shall meet. So, again, what’s real? I’ll tell you what’s real. What’s real is fishing. What’s real is the little bass I tangled with last week on Talking Rock Creek. The afternoon had opened up, so my buddy Marty and I took a couple of hours and made the short drive up to the town of Talking Rock. It’s a neat little town just off Interstate 575, and (icing on the cake) it boasts a creek (Talking Rock Creek), which flows along right beside a public park. No fisherman could ask for more. How would it be? We were going to find out. “I think,” I said to Marty, “that this is going to be good.” That at least is how I wanted it to be. The creek was flowing low and clear, and the fish can see you coming a mile away. That’s tough. But now and then, if you’re careful, and if the light falls just right, you can ease up on a likely spot and make a cast.

So I did just that, offering a tiny little pink spider I call the Gracie Bug (after granddaughter Gracie, who picked the color). The little fly landed softly and began drifting down the run, bouncing on the riffles in the fast water at the head of the pool and then slowing as the water deepened. That deep water was the target. If there were fish here, I knew, that’s where they’d be — there unseen in the deep places, tucked up close to the rocks, waiting for something interesting to float along. The bug drifted on — and then there was a splash as something came up from the depths and grabbed the Gracie Bug and took off across the pool. I set the hook, and a few minutes later I cradled a small Talking Rock Creek bass in my hand. I thanked the fish. That’s what we do, you know. The fish said, “Any time!” and with a flick of its tail slipped from my palm and returned to its refuge among the rocks. I kind of envied the fish. It would not have to put up with any political ads that night. It would not have to worry about what’s real and what’s illusion, would not have to be bothered by raging rhetoric and baffled by the task of figuring out what’s truth and what is, well, not just lies but dam’ lies. In these days of confused situations (another song reference there — did you catch the others?), it becomes so important to divine fact from fabrication. How do you do that? One way is the way this paper does it — through careful research, hard questions, unfettered investigation

ment and natural resources, officials said. With more than 55 miles of trails throughout the county’s park system, many natural areas remain difficult to access without specialized mobility equipment. Officials added the action trackchair is only the start of a more longterm vision that includes expanding

equipment availability, increasing participation opportunities and making more parks accessible. The county is exploring opportunities like partnerships, funding and community support to acquire more chairs and make that long-term vision a reality. For additional information, contact the county at smpvisitorcenter@ forsythco.com.

Patricia McDade, age 81, of Alpharetta, GA passed away on October 12, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Susan Neel, age 83, of Alpharetta, GA passed away on October 10, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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DEATH NOTICES Oscar Fleckner, age 85, of Roswell, GA passed away on October 8, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Carole Wilson, age 82, of Roswell, GA passed away on October 12, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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Hudson: Continued from Page 17 There’s a line in a song by Chris Thile (of Nickel Creek fame, if you’re a fan of progressive bluegrass music) and Thomas Bartlett. The song is “Falsetto,” and let me warn you that it’s overtly political in case such things upset you. Anyway, some of the lyrics go like this: “Don’t tell it like it is,” Thile sings. “Don’t tell it like it was. Just tell it like I want it to be.” Is that an observation? Or is it a

Housing: Continued from Page 1 “The board of commissioners has taken that as an opportunity to really dig deep into its various planning and zoning documents to see if [we can] retool our entire framework,” Jarrard said. Since 2010, Forsyth County has added about 105,000 residents, an increase of almost 66%. The county now has about 280,000 residents. In a 2025 proclamation, Forsyth County Board of Education members

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warning? I play that song in my head just now as I turn on the TV, for there they are — the same old angry voices, charging and accusing and innuendoing. Listening to it could make me sad if I let it. But it doesn’t. Come morning, it’ll still be early fall. In Talking Rock Creek, the bass will still be patrolling the deep places, waiting for something interesting to float by. Maybe that something will be another Gracie Bug. Maybe the big one is down in there somewhere, keeping one eye on the flow, wondering if I’m really serious about it. Waiting ...

My buddy Marty tries his luck in the waters of Talking Rock Creek, which flows beside a small park in the town of Talking Rock. It’s a beautiful place to explore on a fine fall day.

called for a reduction in high-density residential development, citing rising student enrollment. During a public hearing Oct. 15, some residents spoke in favor of continuing the moratorium, and others spoke against it. Resident Sandra Reitz said she is concerned with the burden on the school district as new students are added. Reitz also said traffic has become increasingly difficult with the addition of more residents. She pointed to one 3.8mile drive she regularly takes, saying it now takes as long as 30 minutes. “I understand the need for growth.

I understand why people want to live here. I understand private property rights,” she said. “However, there must be a balance. Infrastructure growth must match and/or outpace growth, and so far Forsyth County has failed to do that.” Resident Aron Hendrix said the housing freeze has caused many landowners, including him, to pause land sales. “I just want to liquidate my property so I can retire,” he said. Owners sometimes seek a rezoning to increase their property’s value with prospective buyers who would purchase the parcel for a business, home subdivision

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or another purpose. Sometimes a sale is contingent on rezoning. Hendrix said the rezoning pause has made it difficult to sell his property. He asked commissioners to consider lifting the pause in some areas of the county. “Now, I’m sitting here with an $18,000 tax bill, and it has really caught us in a bad spot,” he said. After the hearing, John said commissioners are working to navigate the needs of landowners and those who are struggling with the county’s growth. “We have to thread the needle and pick the best path forward,” he said.

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