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Lawmakers host town hall on legislation

By JEFFREY ALBERTSON newsroom@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A pair of state legislators representing Johns Creek held a town hall at the Medlock Bridge subdivision clubhouse on Wilson Road March 20 to brief constituents on legislation in the current Georgia General Assembly.

The briefing followed “Crossover Day” March 15, an unofficial deadline for pending bills to survive this session.

About 40 people attended the event, which was held in-person and online.

“Crossover Day,” the 28th day of this legislative cycle, marks the deadline by which legislation can pass between the House and Senate.

Legislators can get around this deadline by adding text to existing bills that passed.

Sen. Michelle Au (D-District 48) and Rep. Angelika Kausche (D-District 50) took questions from the audience and discussed ongoing legislative measures highlighting a bipartisan mental health bill, a bipartisan supported budget and Republican-backed measures focusing on teaching divisive concepts and permit-less firearm carry. “(HB 1013) provides for parity in insurance (requiring) health care plans to treat mental health and substance abuse disorder the same as a broken bone or heart attack,” Kausche said.

“This is a bill that shows how we should be doing things at the Capitol.”

A Senate Health and Human Services subcommittee is reviewing the bill.

“Not any one bill is going to fix everything, but in terms of taking a good

Manhunt ends in arrest of homicide suspect

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Innovation Academy joins Tech Alpharetta to promote women in business pursuits

By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com

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From left, State Rep. Angelika Kausche and State Sen. Michelle Au speak at a town hall March 20 in Johns Creek to brief constituents on the current Georgia General Assembly session. Sen. Au is seeking election to the Georgia House, following a special redistricting session that changes the composition of the senate district she represents. first bite of the apple, this is an ambitious and laudable piece of legislation,” Au said. “(The subcommittee is tasked) to really go very deliberately and carefully

line by line through this 77-page bill to try to perfect it to the point that when we do get something passed, it has the

Johns Creek Symphony opens spring concert

Get ready for summer with four area camps

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Innovation Academy has partnered with local business incubator Tech Alpharetta and its Women’s Forum to provide resources and mentoring for young women breaking into the technology industry.

The Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics mentoring program, launched this spring, pairs 9th and 10th grade Innovation Academy women with female technology executives to promote involvement in industry.

Tech Alpharetta, formerly known as the Alpharetta Technology Commission, is a nonprofit that provides guidance and resources to local technology startups to help them succeed. The organization has graduated 19 businesses and is working with 36 more. Its Women’s Forum looks to promote the success of female executives in tech industries.

The mentoring program is in its pilot stage, pairing with mentors from companies like Verizon Wireless, Verint and Surgical Information

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Widow of employee suspected of credit fraud JOHNS CREEK, Ga. –– Police responded to a credit card fraud call March 3.

A business employer stated he issued a business credit card to an employee who later passed away. The employer never closed the card out but was notified a purchase had been made at Wild Cat Package Store in Columbus, Ga. The transaction appeared to have been made

by the employee’s widow.

Because she was not authorized to use the credit card, the employer wants to press charges for illegal use.

Thief removes items from storage unit JOHNS CREEK, Ga. –– Burglary was reported at LifeStorage on Jones Bridge Road March 10. The victim stated she found her storage unit unsecured. The hinge on the door the lock was secured to had been cut. The victim said she is not certain how many items had been taken, but the inventory included a new HP computer, Brother and Canon printers, Corsair brand keyboards and Turtle Beach headsets.

The victim placed the value of the loss at between $30,000-$50,000.

Man loses $3,900 in scam involving identity theft JOHNS CREEK, Ga. –– A Johns Creek man filed a fraud report March 7, saying he’d been duped of more than $3,000 from a phone scam.

The victim stated a man identifying himself as a representative of the Department of Treasury called to notify him his accounts had been frozen due to identity theft. He was advised to purchase money cards from a nearby Walmart so his savings could be turned over to him. The victim purchased three cards for $1,300 and turned over the serial numbers to the caller. The victim was given a case number and is trying to get his money back from Walmart.

Authorities capture suspect in Forsyth County homicides

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities arrested Juan Escalante-Alarcon in Roswell shortly before 6 p.m.

March 11, ending a 37-hour manhunt for the man accused of fatally shooting two men and injuring another inside their Forsyth County home.

In a Facebook post March 11, Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman said his SWAT team and homicide detectives took Escalante-Alarcon, of Norcross, into custody with help from Roswell police, U.S. Marshals and the North Fulton SWAT team.

“I’m happy to announce that [the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office] has arrested Juan Escalante-Alarcon, the suspect in yesterday’s heinous double hom community.”

Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Stacie Miller said deputies received multiple 911 calls about a shooting at a home on Tidwell Circle at approximately 5 a.m. March 10. When they arrived, they found 35-yearold Ivan Cordero and his 21-year-old cousin Geovani Cruz dead at the scene.

Miller said Cordero and Cruz had been shot as well as a 17-year-old victim who suffered from non-

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The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team arrest 34-year-old Juan Escalante-Alarcon, of Norcross, shortly before 6 p.m. March 11. Escalante-Alacron is accused of fatally shooting two men and injuring a juvenile during a home invasion on March 10.

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City to enlist consultant for Macedonia cemetery

By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek will hire an expert in historic cemetery preservation to recommend how the city can maintain and preserve the historic Macedonia African Methodist Church Cemetery.

The decision, passed informally at a March 14 council work session, comes six months after the city acquired the property in September. Since then, community members have expressed frustration at a perceived lack of movement by the city on preservation efforts at the site.

At a council retreat in January, council members decided to loop in Macedonia planning efforts with the city’s larger strategic parks plan update expected this summer. Councilwoman Erin Elwood said she wanted a short-term plan for how to address requests from community members seeking to perform maintenance on the city-owned property.

A memo presented to council members Monday evening said that the City Manager’s Office has been denying and delaying requests from citizens for improvements to the cemetery, citing the future strategic plan.

Local Girl Scout troops, among other community groups, have regularly performed maintenance by clearing debris on the property. Under the current policy, those improvements will be denied or delayed by city staff.

In her presentation to the City Council March 14, Assistant City Manager Kimberly Greer said that staff needed clear direction on a preservation plan, adding that she has received conflicting recommendations from community members, especially in regard to trees on the property.

A preservation expert, she said, could help clarify the discrepancies and ensure that no harm is done to the cemetery in efforts to preserve it.

“Part of the reason that the City Manager’s Office currently denies requests for short-term improvements is because we don’t have enough understanding or experience in historic preservation or cemetery maintenance to really anticipate potential unintended consequences to requested short-term actions,” Greer said.

Council members unanimously agreed to hire a consultant using part of the $100,000 set aside in the 2022 budget for Macedonia. The remaining funds would then be used to execute the recommendations.

The city manager will oversee management of the consultant and use of the earmarked funds.

Several council members also said they want the city to form a citizens

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Just off Medlock Bridge Road, up a broken drive lies a historic cornerstone of the Johns Creek community. Macedonia African Methodist Church, now under city ownership, has been damaged by decades of desecration and neglect. The city acquired the property in September and plans to hire a consultant to help plan a strategy to preserve the historic cemetery.

Part of the reason that the City Manager’s Office currently denies requests for shortterm improvements is because we don’t have enough understanding or experience in historic preservation or cemetery maintenance...”

KIMBERLY GREER Assistant City Manager board for the cemetery to engage resident input and allow for community fundraising for cemetery improvement.

Council members Stacy Skinner and Larry DiBiase urged the city to move quickly on the project and said they would like the board to be formed as a nonprofit like the city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Later in the evening, during a public comment period at the City Council meeting, Ashley Shares, director of preservation at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, delivered recommendations for how the city should handle its management of

Oakland Cemetery Director of Preservation Ashley Shares speaks on the subject of cemetery preservation at a March 14 City Council meeting. Shares gave her professional opinion on how the city should proceed in efforts to preserve the historic Macedonia Cemetery.

Macedonia Cemetery.

Shares said the city should first separate Macedonia from the parks plan update, “it should be its own separate matter.”

She then said the city should hire an outside architecture firm with expertise in historic landscapes to draft a master plan.

“This document will combine and consider the goals of all the stakeholders from the City Council, descendants, community members, etcetera,” Shares said.

“It will produce a plan to establish direction for how to most skillfully preserve and maintain the cemetery. … I know that there are a lot of opinions and a lot of passion about this cemetery and not a lot of direction on where to go.”

Shares supported the council decision to hire a preservation experts and encouraged the city to hire an arborist to

help assess the state of the trees in the cemetery. She also said the city should identify and document badly damaged headstones at the site as soon as possible, “and where appropriate, fragments collected and safely stored.”

All of this, Shares said, should be overseen by an expert or a team of experts to ensure no additional harm comes to the cemetery.

Also at the March 14 meeting, Councilwoman Skinner and Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann delivered proclamations honoring members of Student Leadership Johns Creek on their production of four short documentary films about Macedonia Cemetery.

The films premiered at Johns Creek High School Jan. 27 and are available for viewing online at leadershipjohnscreek. com.

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ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell Historical Society’s 25-year dream is finally coming to fruition.

Construction began in early February to transform the second floor of the Roswell Cultural Arts Center into a museum solely dedicated to housing items, such as textiles, artifacts, rare books and photographs, that detail the founding of the City of Roswell in 1854.

Roswell Historical Society President Kevin Bamford said that for decades the society shared the second floor of the Roswell Cultural Arts with the Georgia Ensemble Theatre and partnered with spaces like the Visitor’s Center for small showings.

But in 2021, Bamford decided it was time to push for a permanent space.

“It’s called Historic Roswell, we’re the Roswell Historical Society, we have all these collections, we need to get it out so people can see it,” Bamford said. “We need to have a space where people can touch it, feel it, know the stories throughout history, and I really worked hard to bring City Council members in and understand that story.”

City Council support

Bamford said he received a lot of positive feedback from the Roswell City Council at a budget presentation last year, and because the Roswell Cultural Arts Center is a city-owned building, the city agreed to spend approximately $150,000 to renovate the top floor for the museum.

Building Four Fabrication, a fullservice exhibits and display firm in Atlanta specializing in custom-fabricated visual designs and environments as well as hospitality and custom artwork, is

working on the build-out. Bamford said that should last until the end of March or mid-April.

The project has already been pushed back due to supply-chain issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Bamford said the goal is to unveil the museum at the end of the summer or early fall.

Right now, a $75,000 capital campaign is underway to help raise the remaining funds necessary to complete the museum’s design and implementation plan.

Bamford said the society has raised about half of that total so far.

“I think it’s just an exciting time,” Bamford said. “A lot of people have been hoping for this to happen at some point, and I know our surrounding sister cities have been able to put money towards opening similar things. … It was time for Roswell. Roswell is where it started.”

In 2018, the City of Alpharetta opened the Alpharetta and Old Milton County History Museum at 2 Park Plaza.

The museum was more than four years in the making and houses a permanent collection of artifacts, interpretive displays and a Stories Project kiosk where visitors can hear 70 local residents speak.

The museum was funded by the City of Alpharetta, developed in partnership with the Alpharetta Historical Society, and put together under a more-than $300,000 contract by Malone Design/ Fabrication, a Decatur-based creator of museum and visitor center exhibits.

Bamford and Elaine DeNiro, archivist for the Roswell Historical Society and City of Roswell Research Library and Archives, said the Roswell museum will be similar in that it will have a space for permanent displays as well as for rotating exhibits that celebrate different

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Sides differ on who will head Johns Creek tourism

By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — City staff is planning to take over implementation of four tourism projects funded through the Convention and Visitors Bureau.

City Council members agreed to the shift in responsibilities at a March 14 work session. A revised agreement featuring an amendment handing over implementation duties to the city for this year will be forwarded to the CVB for its review before coming back before the City Council at a future meeting.

At the Feb. 28 City Council meeting, members approved a list of four tourism projects for the CVB to accomplish before its contractual Sept. 30 deadline.

The projects included a public art project using recovered steel from the former Rogers Bridge, a master plan for city property at Cauley Creek Park, wayfinding signage at city parks and a 60-foot-tall LED- lighted and programmable Christmas tree.

After council members approved the project list, city staff questioned whether the CVB was equipped to manage projects that are part of larger, ongoing city projects.

While the current agreement between the city and its tourism bureau stipulates that execution of the projects is the responsibility of the CVB, council members

Given the short window for execution and the collaboration needed [with city staff] for the selected projects to be successful, I believe cooperation is critical.”

KIMBERLY GREER Assistant City Manager approved the proposed amendment to the agreement for this year’s slate of projects.

During her presentation to the City Council, Assistant City Manager Kimberly Greer said in discussions with CVB Executive Director Stacy Gross, the organization seemed amenable to the shift in responsibility.

“Given the short window for execution and the collaboration needed [with city staff] for the selected projects to be successful, I believe cooperation is critical,” Greer said. “My intent would be to collaborate and coordinate with the CVB,

Officer cites 2 alleged racers in 45 minutes

By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A Johns Creek police officer pulled over and cited two alleged street racers within 45 minutes of one another on March 1.

The first stop occurred around 9:15 p.m. when Officer J.T. Tait noticed “several” vehicles weaving through traffic on State Bridge Road at Medlock Bridge Road, according to the incident report.

Tait pulled over one of the drivers, whose actions the report described as “a reckless display of speed and unsafe lane changing.”

The driver presented a temporary license and told Tait that another vehicle had been on his tail, and that he had taken an opportunity to get in front of the vehicle. Tait cited the driver for reckless driving.

Just 45 minutes later, Tait was patrolling the same area near Johns Creek High School and noticed more vehicles weaving through traffic. Tait saw the vehicles line up at a red light and accelerate quickly when it turned green, according to another report.

Tait pulled one of the alleged racers over and cited him for reckless driving and racing.

The North Fulton and Metro Atlanta areas have seen a slew of street racers in recent months. The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety performed a large-scale operation to catch street racers in late January, leading to 69 traffic stops, 43 tickets issued and four arrests.

Roswell police were notified of alleged street racers in the city in late February, and police have issued citations for incidents.

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Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau board members discuss their budget at a meeting March 10 in the Summerour House at Autrey Mill Nature Preserve. but from a logistical standpoint… the city staff team is probably better able to handle these implementation logistics.”

At its meeting March 10, however, CVB Chairwoman Lynda Lee Smith stood firm that implementation lies with her group.

During discussion of the item at the work session March 14, several council members stressed a desire for close collaboration with the partner organization

and asked that they be kept involved in implementation despite the potential for staff leadership on the projects.

“I do see that because these things are mainly going to be high-touch by city staff that ultimately, the authority probably needs to rest with the city, but I would also encourage there be collaboration and feedback gotten by the CVB wherever practical and appropriate,” Mayor John Bradberry said.

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Metro Atlanta gets new 943 area code METRO ATLANTA — As if 770, 678, 470 and 404 weren’t enough, a new area code just arrived in Metro Atlanta: 943.

The Georgia Public Service Commission approved the new area code to appear in the region beginning March 15.

Telephone customers with area codes 770, 678, 470 and 404 may be assigned the 943 area code if they get a new phone service or an additional line, but existing phone numbers won’t change.

Alpharetta, Roswell, Dunwoody,

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Johns Creek, Cumming and Sandy Springs will all host 943 numbers, along with cities such as Duluth, Lawrenceville, Gainesville, Marietta and Peachtree City.

A news release from the city of Alpharetta urges those in the affected area to ensure their phones and services recognize 943 as a valid area code and continue to store or program phone numbers as 10 digits.

— Jake Drukman

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Alpharetta’s North Point Community Church and Cumming’s Browns Bridge Church held a pajama drive March 13 to benefit children in foster care.

Alpharetta, Cumming churches donate pajamas to foster kids METRO ATLANTA — Losing an hour to daylight saving time may not be pleasant, but it can be a bit more comfortable in pajamas.

Alpharetta’s North Point Community Church and Cumming’s Browns Bridge Church leveraged the start of daylight saving time March 13 by asking churchgoers to bring their kids to church in pajamas and bring new pajamas to donate to kids in foster care.

Four other North Point Ministries churches across Metro Atlanta did the same, bringing in a total of nearly 3,000 pairs of pajamas. The pajamas will be distributed to kids in need by the Foster

Care Support Foundation, Bald Ridge Lodge, Forsyth County Schools and the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services.

“Losing an hour can be tough, so we turned the morning into a pajama party,” said Amy Ostrander, who leads North Point’s children’s experiences. “Kids had fun wearing pajamas to church and giving pajamas to help children in foster care.”

According to the Division of Family and Children Services, there are nearly 12,000 children in foster care in Georgia.

— Jake Drukman

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As the workforce continues to transition to ‘remote’ work environments, the need for Verizon’s services will continue to grow.

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Roswell council approves Verizon data center expansion

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — In the face of neighbors’ continued protests over noise concerns, the Roswell City Council unanimously approved a request by Verizon to connect its data center on Turner Road to an existing facility in Alpharetta.

The move comes six months after Verizon submitted a request to have the property at 10325 Turner Road rezoned from office professional to civic and institutional. The company also sought a conditional use for a major utility facility.

City planning staff has said the use of a major utility should be less intense than other uses allowed in civic and institutional zoning, or even uses allowed under office professional zoning.

At the outset, staff recommended approval of the requests with conditions, but when the matter went before the Roswell City Council in December, a group of residents said they were worried about the noise the 50,800-squarefoot facility would emit and how that could affect their property values.

The request was deferred for 90 days.

On March 14, David Kirk with the law firm Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders said Verizon has since made substantial modifications to its initial plans. Now, rather than housing three 18,100-square-foot pods with two diesel generators each, the facility will only have two pods built in phases. The land on the southern half of the property where the third pod had been proposed will not be developed.

The revised site plan also includes 50 parking spaces, 14,500 square feet of office space and a 40-foot neighborhood compatibility buffer along the back

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The revised site plan for the 50,800-square-foot Verizon data center on Turner Road in Roswell shows adjustments made since the original plan was submitted in September. On March 14, the Roswell City Council approved the telecom company’s request to rezone the property to allow for expansion. of the property, where the Turner Road right-of-way and a residential subdivision are located.

Kirk said the equipment yard in the back of the building on the western side of the property will be enclosed with 16-

foot masonry screen walls, and a brick

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Verizon: Continued from Page 8 screen wall will be installed in the front of the building along the equipment yard.

Additionally, there are several retaining walls proposed for the site. The one located next to the neighborhood compatibility buffer will be a soil nail retaining wall, and several others will be placed in the front of the building on the eastern side of the property along the access road. The retaining walls will range in height with the highest points being 8 feet and 8.5 feet.

In a Jan. 28 letter to the Planning and Zoning Department, Senior Project Manager Katherine McGah with Morrison Hershfield engineering, said the new facility is needed to keep pace with the ever-expanding need for mobile phones and digital services.

“As the workforce continues to transition to ‘remote’ work environments, the need for Verizon’s services will continue to grow,” McGah wrote. “This is in perfect alignment with the Imagine Roswell 2035 Comprehensive Plan goal to ‘expand high tech infrastructure.’”

While the Planning Commission recommended approval of the rezoning and conditional use in February, the City Council on March 14 added 14 conditions.

They include covering the roof with as many solar panels as they can fit, using generators identical to the Verizon standard data center in San Diego, California. The conditions also prohibit shining any lights on residential properties, testing generators more than one hour and 15 minutes per week and receiving deliveries between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. The company is also required to keep the undisturbed southern half of the property unfenced.

A data center is nothing like an office park, and I don’t think that’s been made clear yet.”

JUSTIN REYNOLDS Opponent of the expansion project

Before approving the request, residents made one final pitch to the City Council, imploring them not to go through with it.

Justin Reynolds, who spoke in opposition to the project in December, reiterated that his chief concern was with noise.

“A data center is nothing like an office park, and I don’t think that’s been made clear yet,” Reynolds said. “This is an industrial data center, which will produce a great amount of noise from the diesel generators and industrial HVAC equipment. … Yes, the world is going to need more data centers, but it makes absolutely no sense to have a data center right in the middle of a peaceful residential area.”

Jan Viviani, who said she has lived at Barrington Farms since 1992, said that while she’s appreciative of some of the changes Verizon made, she still opposes the project.

“I would implore you to think about this,” Viviani said. “This community has been there for a very long time. There are established residents there that this is going to impact. … Would you want to live in any of those homes on that back edge and look out on this facility?”

The next City Council meeting is slated for 7 p.m. March 28 at City Hall.

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STEAM: Continued from Page 1 Systems. All five students currently in the program are enrolled in information technology classes.

Innovation Academy’s IT Department Chair Pam Whitlock said the school is looking to expand the mentoring program in coming semesters and is working to determine how many students it will serve and what selection criteria will be. She said the hope is to have students participating in internships by their junior or senior year.

Innovation Academy Principal Tim Duncan said partnering with the business community is a “huge pillar” of the school’s vision, and administration has been reaching out to businesses since before the school opened last year.

Women are historically underrepresented in the technology industry, particularly in executive positions.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women make up just over a quarter of the country’s STEM workforce. Whitlock said it was impactful for female students to work with women who’ve achieved high positions in the tech world.

“For them to have these role models of what they could be and hear their story of how they got where they are is really, really powerful,” Whitlock said.

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Alpharetta’s Innovation Academy is partnering with Tech Alpharetta to develop an program geared toward fostering women in the technology sector.

“It’s not something we can get from a textbook.”

Tech Alpharetta CEO Karen Cashion said the organization is looking to grow the program beyond Innovation Acad-

emy. She said once the pilot program is over, the group will analyze how students performed, make any necessary changes and pitch the idea to other high schools in Alpharetta.

Cashion said Tech Alpharetta hopes to develop an app that can automatically pair mentors and mentees together so the program can efficiently serve more students. She said this will be done through Morgan Stanley’s Code to Give Hackathon, which gives students the op-

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life-threatening injuries. Authorities have not released the teen’s name, or Escalante-Alarcon’s possible connection to the victims.

Leticia Morales, a family member who has since set up a GoFundMe account to help with funeral and hospital expenses, stated she believes EscalanteAlarcon allegedly killed Cruz because he had called 911 to “come and rescue the family.”

“Ivan stepped in trying to protect the family and fought the suspect and eventually got shot as he defended his family,” Morales wrote. “The minor was shot on the leg and has broken bones and will need to be doing therapy.”

Morales stated the fundraiser will help the family send Cordero’s and Cruz’s remains to Mexico, which is where Cordero’s wife and three children live. The Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta is also helping them with that procedure.

portunity to compete to develop technology solutions.

Tech Alpharetta is one of two nonprofits chosen to benefit from the Hackathon this year, which will run from March 31 to April 4.

“For now with a small number of people, it’s easy to do it manually,” Cashion said. “But at some point as we grow it, it won’t be quite as easy. It will be great to be able to automate the scheduling process.”

Prior to Escalante-Alarcon’s arrest, Miller said authorities had already been searching for him in connection to a Feb. 11 home invasion at the same residence.

As of March 14, Forsyth County jail records show Escalante-Alarcon is facing multiple charges, including two counts of murder – family with gun, home invasion in the first degree, aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a gun, three counts of cruelty to children in the first degree, two counts of battery – family violence, simple battery – family violence and criminal trespass. He is being held without bond.

Freeman said the investigation is ongoing.

“I am limiting our comments until the investigation is complete,” Freeman said.

“Then I assure you I will have more to say about this suspect and his actions.

My gratitude to our partner agencies and awe of the incredible and non-stop work by our entire FCSO team. No way this guy was getting away from us.”

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Symphony concert will be a family affair Maestro to conduct daughter in violin concerto

By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Melodies from northern Europe will fill Johns Creek Methodist Church March 26 as the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra performs its spring concert, “A Scandinavian Tour.”

“If most of the concertgoers are like me, in that they’ve never visited Scandinavia,” Music Director J. Wayne Baughman said, “then for me, the next best thing to being in a place is experiencing the culture of that place, seeing artworks, or in our case, visualizing what those Scandinavian countries and landscapes look like through the music of Scandinavian composers.”

The show will be led by Maestro Baughman and will feature Concertmaster Adelaide Federici as a lead soloist, performing Sibelius’ Violin Concerto.

As concertmaster, Federici serves as the maestro’s right hand — she also happens to be his daughter — helping tune the orchestra before the performance and taking over conducting when needed. She has been a member of the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra since its founding 15 years ago.

When she’s not performing on her 12-year-old violin in Johns Creek, Federici plays as assistant principal second of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, as a member of the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, in the Edgewood String Quartet and regularly performs with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Federici also teaches her craft as Kennesaw State University School of Music’s artist-in-residence in violin and is a selfdescribed “freelance violinist.” Federici has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music and spent time in Europe studying at Holland Music Sessions and the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

She’s played with acclaimed orchestras in the classical music realm for decades but has also recorded with nonclassical performers like Bruce Springsteen and the band Train.

Joining the family business

Federici’s passion for music is in her blood. Her late mother, Lynn Baughman, a violin teacher, had Federici learning to play the instrument at 2 and a-half years old.

Baughman was a proponent of the Suzuki method of teaching.

“The idea is to teach children to play an instrument like you’d learn how to speak, so a lot of early exposure is key,” Federici said. “I think I was her first guinea pig … my first violin was a Cracker Jacks box filled with newspaper,

and I would just practice holding it under my chin.”

Eventually she moved up from the Cracker Jacks box, but she never took her passion seriously until late in high school.

“Growing up I never wanted to be a violinist,” Federici said. “I was going to be a doctor and was super into math and science. I mean, I loved playing the violin through high school, but I had no intention of actually having that as my career until the summer after my junior year.”

That summer, she went to music camp at the Meadowmount School of Music in upstate New York.

For six weeks, Federici practiced for five hours a day. Despite the “terrible” food, she said, her camp experience was a turning point.

“I was playing chamber music with other people who had really similar interests and … you just improved so fast and you’re working with these great teachers,” Federici said. “After that I decided that I did want to major in music after all.”

When she returned home, she dropped the extra math and science classes she had loaded on her schedule, instead leaving herself free periods so she could practice her craft.

She never looked back.

Now, after nearly 50 years of playing the violin, Federici has passed a love of music on to her two children.

Her daughter plays the violin and dances, and her son plays the cello and is on his school’s soccer team, Federici said.

Sibelius is special

Studying music for so long, it’s hard for Federici or her father, Baughman, to pick music favorites, but both said the piece Federici is playing at the concert March 26, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto is one of their favorite concertos.

“It’s in D minor, which, for anyone old enough to know Spinal Tap, they know that’s the saddest of all keys, and it’s just so beautiful,” Federici said. “It’s just one of those pieces that is truly gut wrenching, and the last movement is very exciting too.”

Baughman said he feels lucky to watch his daughter play and to perform alongside her.

“We both love this piece, and for me, it’s a privilege to play with a musician who’s as good as she is, and the fact that she’s my offspring makes it very special,” Baughman said. “I obviously regret that her mother is not here to hear that in person, even though I suspect that by some miracle… she will know that her daughter is playing, and she’ll listen

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Adelaide Federici practices the violin at 3 or 4 years old under the tutelage of her mother and violin teacher, Lynn Baughman. in. She might also have some criticism depending on how the performance goes.”

The admiration goes both ways.

Growing up, Federici said, Baughman was an awesome example of a professional musician. She said the inspiration never waned.

“He’s such a great musician, and the Johns Creek Symphony is such a dream for him and to see him in his 70s

following his dreams still … he’s always improving and it’s so inspiring to see that and to be a part of that,” Federici said.

“There will likely be tears… getting to play a whole concerto, and one of our favorites together… there’s going to be a lot of emotions.”

Tickets for the performance are available for purchase online at johnscreeksymphony.org.

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Stage Door Theatre to present ‘Circle Mirror Transformation’ DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody’s Stage Door Theatre will perform “Circle Mirror Transformation” by Annie Baker beginning April 1.

The play focuses on four New Englanders who enroll in a six-week drama class in a community center and begin to experiment with games, presenting the audience with “the antic sadness of a motley quintet.”

The Obie Award-winning show is described by The New York Times as “absorbingly, unblinkingly and sharply funny.”

Stage Door is partnering with artists from the Spruill Center for the Arts for the show’s design. Select instructors are loaning their handcrafted jewelry for costumes, as well as art pieces that will decorate the set of the community center.

“We are thrilled to be working with our friends and neighbors at the Spruill Arts Center to bring the feeling of a real community center to life with Circle Mirror Transformation,” Stage Door Executive Director Justin Ball said.

The show welcomes back Stage Door ensemble artists from its returning 202122 season ensemble while also welcoming additional talents.

The show will run from April 1-16, with shows at 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are on sale and cost $35 for adults, $20 for students and $15 for children.

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Top children’s summer camps in Johns Creek and Cumming

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educational experience that serves as a summer camp and childcare.

JOHNS CREEK and CUMMING, Ga. — As kids clamor for time away from school after classes end, local summer camp programs are starting up for the season. This is a better time than ever for your children to get some fresh air, be active, or share common interests with others their age.

The Johns Creek and Cumming areas are perfect for children’s summertime activities with many different camp opportunities set on the calendar in the upcoming months. There is plenty for kids of all ages with different interests to enjoy. Here are some nearby summer camps to keep on your radar.

Camp All-American – Christian Camp When: May 31 to Aug. 5 Address: 9500 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek Price: Prices vary; call for more information Phone: 678-405-2266 Camp All-American offers a variety of different camps to ages from elementary to high school. This week-long Christian camp experience allows kids to have fun, make friends and learn more about God. Activities include daily Bible reading, music, prayer, fun games and more.

CampVentures – Kiddie Academy When: Call for availability Address: Johns Creek, 10100 Medlock Bridge Road / Cumming, 450 Brannon Road Price: Call for more information Phone: Johns Creek–470-722-3163; Cumming–470-253-7114 CampVentures promises your children a summer of exciting exploration.

Kids can enjoy hands-on activities, field trips, and themed events while balancing individual needs and interests for ages 5-12. This is perfect for a more

Summer Camp – Johns Creek Arts Center When: May to August; Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Address: 6290 Abbotts Bridge Road, Building 700, Johns Creek Price: Call for more information Phone: 770-623-8448 For young art enthusiasts, consider registering for a summer camp program at the Johns Creek Arts Center. The art camps are perfect for children ages 6-18.

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Summer Camp – Footprints Dance Alliance When: June 6 to July 19 Address: 1204 Canton Highway, Cumming Price: Prices vary depending on program and age group Phone: 678-648-2473 Footprints Dance Alliance offers sev-

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DeNiro said she’s excited about all the new opportunities the community will have.

“Between the archives, the research library and museum, it’s going to be an amazing facility,” DeNiro said. “We’ll no longer have to be trotting around with our stuff and taking it across town.

Now we can have a beautiful space with all our resources right there. The other amazing thing because of all this is that people have been contacting me to donate additional photographs and artifacts because they know now that they’re going to be seen at some point.”

Cemetery restoration continues

In the meantime, the society continues with efforts to restore the Old Roswell Cemetery on Woodstock Steet, which is under the guidance of Roswell Historical Society Project Chair Janet Johnson.

In April 2021, the cemetery, officially called Methodist Cemetery, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The register is the federal government’s official

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Construction is underway for the Roswell History Museum. In 2021, the City of Roswell agreed to spend approximately $150,000 to renovate the top floor of the Roswell Cultural Arts Center to give the Roswell Historical Society a permanent space to house its collections. Shown is the building in February. list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

The Old Roswell Cemetery is only the fifth property in the city to achieve the designation. The other properties

eral different summer camps, activities and opportunities for children ages 2-18 who love to dance. For younger kids, activities include arts and crafts, dance classes, dance games, ballet, tap, jazz, tumbling, and story time while older participants can enjoy more intensive dance and cheerleading courses. This is a perfect opportunity to pursue your passion for dance while building new friendships in the process. are Bulloch Hall, Barrington Hall, Smith Plantation and the Historic District.

Bamford said it took five years and three submissions to get the Old Roswell Cemetery on the list.

To date, Bamford said more than $65,500 has been raised for the cemetery restoration, 272 monuments have been repaired and funded by private donations, over 1,000 monuments have been cleaned by volunteers trained by the Roswell Historical Society, and 97 organizations and businesses have donated funds or volunteer hours.

Additionally, Bamford said 254 descendants who have family members buried at the Old Roswell Cemetery have been located, and many of them have shared their family documents and photos with the City of Roswell Research Library and Archives.

The next steps in the project are to restore the cemetery’s entrance off Woodstock Street, so the National Registry plaque can be installed.

To donate to the Roswell Historical Society’s capital campaign, visit roswellhistoricalsociety.org or send donations to Roswell Historical Society P.O. Box 1636 Roswell, GA 30077 and reference Museum Fund.

For updates or more information, visit the Roswell Historical Society on Facebook.

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GET OUTSIDE, GEORGIA!

The right way to start Pine Log Creek Trail I went outside a few minutes ago to take Ellie the Wonder Dog for her midmorning perambulation¬¬, and (lo and behold) I felt warm sunshine again. two days in a STEVE HUDSON That’s row, and in my mind Get Outside Georgia, that’s enough to make aa4bw@comcast.net this declaration: Spring fever is just around the corner.

My response to spring fever is usually to think about the great out-of-doors.

I’ll dig out all the guidebooks and maps, spend hours reading and dreaming, and probably start considering (at least in theory) the possibility of grand adventure. An epic hike? Maybe so. These are the voyages of the adventurer known as Steve! My continuing mission: to explore strange, new places, to seek out new trails, to boldly explore where no one has explored before!

“Fascinating,” says Ellie the Wonder Dog. “Now let’s get back to perambulating, for a little dog can only wait so long.”

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Hikers stroll along the Pine Log Creek Trail.

Pretty soon, perambulating completed, I succumbed to spring and decided on the spur of the moment that hiking time was here. So I tossed some maps into the car and set off to see what I might see.

But where? I remembered a place I’d seen on Highway 140 west of Waleska – the Pine Log Creek Trail, an offering of the Bartow County Parks and Recreation Department. In my book, “creek” plus

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“trail” equals “great hiking potential,” so I put it into the GPS and pretty soon found myself pulling into the gravel parking lot at the trailhead.

The Pine Log Creek trail system tempts hikers with two loops, one to the east and one to the west, which traverse a scenic 240-acre tract. You access the loops via an approach trail which starts at one corner of the parking area near a large sign which maps out the trails.

That sign is worth some attention. It shows you the trail routes, of course, but it also gives you an idea of how rugged the hiking is going to be. On the map, various sections of trail are color-coded.

Green is “easy,” while yellow is “moderate.” Red means “strenuous,” and I found those descriptors to be spot on.

Most of the site’s red-marked trail was on the northwest portion of the West Loop, a route which is “more of a mountain trail,” in the words of Greg Hight, Bartow County’s director of Parks and Recreation. And he’s right.

Since I’d gotten a late start, I decided to forego the rigors of the west and head for the East Loop instead. The hiking would be a bit less strenuous there, the map told me. Besides, there was a neat destination at the far end of the loop – an old Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) quarry, now flooded.

It’s always nice to have a destination, isn’t it?

Looking at the trail map again, I saw that I’d still be challenged by a couple of sections of “red” trail. The shortest was at the far end of the loop, while the second and somewhat longer strenuous stretch was at the East Loop’s western end.

The topo map on my GPS revealed the lay of the land and told me I prob-

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Legislators: Continued from Page 1 effect we want.”

The General Assembly has already satisfied the lone requirement of passing a budget, which was signed by Gov. Brian Kemp on March 16.

The plan includes a $2,000 pay raise for teachers, $5,000 per year for state employees and restores about $380 million in K-12 education funding.

This session has seen a throng of Republican-backed bills seeking to stir support for coming primaries, including the capstone race for governor. Republicans have sought to thwart Democratic gains in the suburbs, especially among female voters.

The House cleared three bills impacting students from K-12 and at universities or technical schools. Each passed along strict party line votes in the GOP-controlled house.

H.B. 1 seeks to eliminate free speech zones on campuses. H.B. 1084 attempts to prevent teaching “divisive concepts” centered around race. H.B. 1178, called “The Parents’ Bill of Rights,” enumer-

Trail: Continued from Page 20 ably wanted to go clockwise. I’d still have to deal with the strenuous stretch, but by going that way it would be uphill. My knees have told me time and again that, in rugged terrain, they would rather climb than descend. So clockwise it would be.

“Thanks,” said the knees in unison.

From the parking area, the trail enters the woods and immediately crosses a small creek. Several large stones let you cross feet-dry, but you can also splash your way through the water. A ways beyond that is a wooden footbridge over a larger flow, Pine Log Creek. This section of trail can be muddy if there has been recent rain.

After crossing Pine Log Creek, you’ll eventually intersect the southern portion of the West Loop. Turning left there would quickly put you on the “strenuous” part of the west loop. But I’d already decided to turn right, following the southern (and easy) portion of the West Loop toward the east and the East Loop. It was pleasant hiking, and I found myself stopping frequently to take photos or to look for wildflowers near the trail. It didn’t take me long to spot the first of several Dimpled Trout Lilies blooming just a yard or so off the trail -- the first wildflower spotting of the year.

Continuing on, I eventually came to the intersection with the other end of the West Loop. A left turn there would put

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ates access to school records, such as grades and curriculum that already exist.

The Senate passed two measures similar to H.B. 1178 and H.B. 1084.

“When we talk to employers in Georgia, the first thing they want students to be able to do is critical thinking and problem solving,” Kausche said. “My fear with bills like this [is] we achieve the opposite.”

Sen. Au expressed concerns that the bills create an adversarial culture between teachers and parents.

“The one part that is still overly vague (is the restriction on) teaching things that may cause guilt or anguish to their students,” Au said. “That is something that is very difficult to gauge, and our worry is that it makes teachers hesitant to teach concepts that are remotely controversial.”

Both legislators will undergo a shift following the 2022 session.

Kausche has decided to not seek reelection, and Au will run for her House seat because redistricting has shifted the balance of her current Senate district by adding portions of Forsyth and Gwinnett counties, areas with heavy Republican populations. me on that loop, but the day’s destination lay to the east. So I turned right instead.

A short connector trail soon took me to the East Loop, and I had no trouble finding the intersection where the upper part of the loop went left and uphill. I turned left there, now following the East Loop clockwise.

The East Loop winds through forest and near streams (and past more wildflowers) as it moves toward the old quarry. The trail is easy to follow, but watch for the sharp switchback near the far end of the loop. The loop follows the switchback, so be sure you make the turn instead of continuing straight on a less-used, unmapped trail which goes east beyond the switchback. This is the only tricky spot that I encountered.

Once through the switchback, a short spur goes left toward the old quarry. A convenient picnic table near the quarry lake provides a great place for a rest break or lunch, but leave your fishing rod at home. The quarry lake is closed to fishing.

I lingered at the quarry, taking some pictures and stretching my legs in anticipation of the climb to come. Then it was time to go.

As expected, the “strenuous” portion of the East Loop trail was rugged and (going clockwise) uphill. But the knees hung in there, and pretty soon I was back at the intersection with the connector trail and on my way back to the car.

I got there just about dark – a little tired, sure, but happy in the knowledge that I’d started the hiking season with a very nice and new-to-me trail.

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