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Ballet, orchestra team up for spring concert Kai Shlomi and George Song rehearse an original duet at North Atlanta Dance Academy. The pair will perform at “Vivaldi in the Park,” a concert that brings together the dance company and Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra for a first-of-its-kind event in Johns Creek. Read more, Page 8.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police are investigating an incident in which a $300 ring was reported missing from Ivy Hall Senior Living. A resident said she wore the ring and a pair of earrings out on April 8. When she returned, she took off the jewelry and latched them together, as she always does, and put them on a table. She did not go out again April 11, after which time she noticed the earrings were clasped together but the ring was missing. Employees of Ivy Hall searched the room and did not find the ring. The victim did not know of any unusual visitors during that time, but admitted she was asleep most of the time due to illness. She also said she kept her door unlocked. The ring is 24-karat yellow gold, size 6, with a solitaire, pear-cut amethyst with a diamond chip affixed to the tip with no inscriptions or other identifying marks.

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police were notified at 3:30 a.m. April 20 of a white truck driving on the wrong side of the road and making an illegal U-turn on Old Alabama Road. An officer responded to the area and observed a white truck traveling west near Autrey Mill Nature Preserve. The Chevrolet had an expired tag and an outstanding warrant for the registered owner of the vehicle. The officer observed the driver almost collide with another car while making a left turn onto Jones Bridge Road. The officer made a traffic stop. The driver, identified as Ty Rosales, 29, Cumming, said he was heading home to Cumming, although he was headed south on Jones Bridge. Rosales said he had consumed two beers and consented to field sobriety evaluations. The officer observed the smell of alcohol and signs of impairment. Rosales was charged with failure to maintain lane, expired tag and driving under the influence.

License plate stolen during gym workout JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A man contacted police April 17 when he noticed his license plate had been stolen from his

Broken headlight leads to drunken driving arrest JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek Police arrested a woman April 21 around

1 a.m. for failure to maintain lane and driving under the influence. An officer was patrolling near Medlock Bridge Road and Wilson Road and observed a silver Honda Accord pass with only one working headline. Following the car, the officer also observed the Honda fail to maintain its lane, and the officer initiated a traffic stop. The driver complied but nearly hit another motorist while stopping, the officer said. The officer identified the driver as Feven Nebil, 24, Atlanta. Nebil admitted to consuming alcoholic beverages. The office observed the smell of alcohol and other indicators of possible intoxication.

Woman cited for theft from greeting card store ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police arrested a woman on April 15 after she was caught allegedly stealing $1,200 worth of greeting cards, jewelry and clothes from the Hallmark on North Point Parkway. The woman entered the store at 6:30 p.m. and was seen taking merchandise and placing it in her purse and pants pockets. At one point, she was also seen taking a gift bag and filling it with several items. She left without paying. Employees called police. While the woman was walking through the parking lot, she spotted police and returned to the store. Police found her in possession of 71 missing items. The woman, later identified as 52-year-old Angela Adams of Alpharetta, was arrested for felony shoplifting.

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Council signs off on funding for gateway markers By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — After months of deliberation, the Johns Creek City Council finalized its plan for 2019 tourism product development. In a 4-3 vote at its April 22 meeting, the council nixed plans for a Chattahoochee Greenway study and agreed to the Convention and Visitor Bureau board’s recommendation for gateway markers. State law requires about 40 percent of funds collected from local hotel taxes go to tourism product development. Since the beginning of the processes in November, the CVB’s primary recommendation has been gateway markers — two artistic monuments at the entrance to the city on State Bridge Road at the Chattahoochee River and at Kimball Bridge Road — based on advice received

from an outside consultant in 2018. The CVB board proposed partnering with Urban Catalyst Lab, a nonprofit they worked with on the Johns Creek Tunnel, to gather community feedback and develop designs for gateway markers. Some council members expressed apprehension about the gateway markers proposal, and in January, the convention bureau made an alternative suggestion to use funds to study the possibility of a Chattahoochee Greenway between Abbotts Bridge and McGinnis Ferry. At its Feb. 11 meeting, the council reached consensus on allocating $74,000 for the greenway project and leaving the remaining $40,000 unallocated until questions were answered about the design process for the gateway markers. However, April 22 the city revoked

funding for the Chattahoochee Greenway study and split the remaining funds between gateway markers and the Wall That Heals, a Vietnam memorial being erected in the Johns Creek Veteran’s Memorial Walk. Councilman Lenny Zaprowski made the motion for $50,000, in addition to the $25,000 already allocated, to go to the Wall that Heals, and for the remaining funds, projected to be around $64,000, to go to gateway markers. “It’s not that I’m not for the Greenway plan,” Zaprowski said. I am 100 percent for the Greenway plan, but I’m not for throwing $74,000 at another study. I’m sick of studies.” Councilman Jay Lin agreed. “Being someone from the construction world, cost-effectiveness and timely, tangible delivery, those are music in my ears,” he said. Council members John Bradberry,

Chris Coughlin and Stephanie Endres voted against the motion, saying. they would rather see the money go to something that could benefit residents as well as tourists, like parks improvements. Endres also said she could not support revoking money they had already assigned. “I think the Greenway has many strategic covaries with our other goals, whether it be iHeartJC, intercity mobility or just increasing the health of our citizens,” Coughlin said. “I tried to be a good partner with the CVB, alas though I cannot come to support the gateway markers given the consensus support of the Greenway.” In zoning matters, the council approved a rezoning petition to build a RaceTrac convenience store and gas station on State Bridge Road. The vote was 6-1 with Endres opposed.

City seeks input on Medlock Bridge Road By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The city held a public input meeting April 23 to hear residents’ opinions on the interim intersection improvement project at Medlock Bridge Road and State Bridge Road. Medlock, or Ga. 141, and State Bridge is the busiest intersection in Johns Creek, seeing 100,000 cars a day. Making improvements to the intersection is one of the highest priority projects to be funded by the transportation sales tax, or TSPLOST. The Public Works Department has studied five potential long-term improvements for the intersection, and it remains to be decided which route the City Council wants to take. “We are working through a number of long-term solutions – a 20-year solution,” Public Works Director Lynette Baker said. “Council has decided I take a proactive manner to do something in the interim. We

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don’t want to do anything we’ll have to rip out to build the long-term solution.” The interim or phase one project is to expand Medlock Bridge to six lanes north of the intersection, and to expand State Bridge to six lanes west to Johns Creek High School. The roads are already three lanes to the east and south. For State Bridge Road, the plan is to add additional pavement from the inside of the road. For Medlock Bridge, the city is seeking input to decide whether to add new paving or to take a restriping approach. The first alternative under consideration is having Medlock taper from three northbound lanes to two just north of the intersection. The third lane would become a striped off “gore” before the right turn lane turns into St Ives. The second option is to have the rightmost northbound lane become a right turn only lane at the intersection with Grove Point Road and St Ives Country Club Parkway. Neither of these options require additional paving. The third option is to have three travel lanes past

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the Grove Point and St Ives intersection before tapering to two lanes just north of the neighborhood entrances. Additional pavement would be needed to construct a turn lane into St Ives. There was no overwhelming consensus from residents at the meeting. Attendees raised questions about Forsyth commuters and potential induced demand. Today, Medlock Bridge Road is six lanes south of the intersection and State Bridge Road is six lanes to the east. North Medlock Bridge could be restriped to be six lanes, while West State Bridge would need additional paving. For more information about plans or to leave feedback online, visit johnscreekga.gov/residents/publicworks/tsplost/medlock-bridge-rd-at-state-bridge-rd. In the long term, Public Works staff is encouraging the city to take an approach that would eliminate left turns at the Medlock and State Bridge intersection in order to have fewer traffic cycles and faster travel times. The five alternatives presented to the city council in December are grade separation, Thru-U, continuous flow intersections, quadrants and a combination of the other solutions. Grade separation would essentially be a bridge that would allow traffic on Medlock Bridge to pass over State Bridge Road, similar to Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard. In a Thru-U design, also known as Median U-Turns or Michigan Lefts, travelers turning left move straight through the main intersection, make a U-turn at a smaller light and then take a right back at the main intersection. In Continuous Flow Intersections, left-turning traffic crosses opposing traffic at a light before the intersection. At the main intersection, through traffic moves in center lanes while left-turning traffic moves in outside lanes, allowing cars going straight and turning left in both directions to move at the same time. A quadrant design would redirect turning traffic onto Medlock Crossing Parkway and a new side road.

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Panel addresses mental health issues, opioid crisis By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Mental health and substance abuse are growing concerns in North Fulton, but local nonprofits are taking on the issue. United Way of Greater Atlanta, in collaboration with the North Fulton Mental Health Collaborative, held a summit on child wellbeing April 25 to address the issues. The event brought together leaders from nonprofits, government, schools, faith groups, and physical and mental health groups to talk about addressing mental health and substance abuse in North Fulton County. A recurring theme of the event was that mental illness and substance abuse are prevalent in North Fulton despite the area’s affluence. “People look at North Fulton and say things must be great,” said Scott Ashur, United Way North Fulton Advisory Board chair. “It’s an affluent community. You don’t have homelessness, they say. But that’s from the outside looking in. I think all of us living here know there are problems.” United Way of Greater Atlanta COO Timothy Pakenham agreed.

“Across the footprint there are mental health and substance abuse issues that does not discriminate on income level, does not discriminate on race and does not discriminate on place.” The event began with speakers from United Way of Greater Atlanta who spoke about their efforts to improve child well being across the region. Next, other speakers from the community’s behavioral health leadership spoke about their efforts. Speakers emphasized the growing rates of mental health problems among teens and children. “We’re seeing [thoughts of suicide and suicide attempts] across the board in all our kids, but especially concerning is how it’s creeping down into our middle school and even elementary school students,” said Cathy Murphy, director of community relations for The Summit Counseling Center. Then, a panel brought together Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis, Roswell Municipal Judge Brian Hansford, Fulton County Board of Education Member Katha Stuart, Path Light Georgia Founder Britt Parramore and Avanos Senior Vice President of Global Quality Mizanu Kebede.

The thing about mental health is it’s such a wide issue. You’ve got teens, adults, vets. It spans all income groups.” Bob Ellis Fulton County Commissioner The panel talked about how lawmakers, courts, schools, faith organizations and medical providers can work together to address issues surrounding mental health. “The thing about mental health is it’s such a wide issue,” Ellis said. “You’ve got teens, adults, vets. It spans all income groups. No one group is going to solve the problem, so it truly does take a collaborative effort, and a coordinated effort. Events like these help foster that collaboration.” Events like this also help destigmatize mental illness, Ellis said, by showing

there are people who care and that there are resources to help those who are struggling. For his part, Ellis pointed to the county’s efforts at training for law enforcement, drug take-back events, and lawsuits against pharmaceutical distributers who excessively pushed opioids. Hansford spoke positively about courts moving from criminalization and to a treatment-focused approach for nonviolent drug offenders, but he said there was need for more coordination between small municipal courts and large county courts with more resources, to get at-risk individuals immediate help and reduce recidivism. He also had advice for parents. “I know we all want out kid to hit the home run and get the straight A’s and get the full ride to college, but that just isn’t realistic for every kid,” Hansford said. “It’s important we’re not putting that pressure on them because that’s what drives them to substance abuse and other problems.” After lunch there was a mental health 101 session. To discover more educational events like this visit unitedwayatalnta.org and facebook.com/ NFMHC.

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Understanding stormwater in Johns Creek In response to pressure from citizens, Johns Creek has launched a thorough assessment of the city’s stormwater system, but the City Council still faces a decision on how to tackle stormwater infrastructure on private property. By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — On a stormy day, rain coats the pavement like a second layer. On the sides of roads and in backyards, ditches become like streams. In some areas, water rushes to the nearest storm drain; in others it stills, forming deeper and deeper puddles as the rain continues to fall. We care about stormwater when we step in a puddle or when we’re worried about our car hydroplaning, but when the sun is shining, it usually isn’t on our minds. That is unless you have attended a Johns Creek City Council meeting in the last year, where stormwater has become a regular topic of conversation. A year of heavy rainfall, following a decade of rapid development, has exacerbated stormwater-related problems in the city. When rain lands in a natural environment, it can percolate into the ground or gradually make its way to a large body of water. But, when rain hits impervious surface, like roadways or roofs, the runoff travels at faster speeds, causing erosion and sometimes flooding, and mixes with toxins and litter, polluting rivers and lakes. Stormwater infrastructure like catch basins, gutters, pipes, ditches and detention ponds can help control the impact of stormwater. But in Johns Creek, roughly 80 percent of the city’s stormwater management systems were built prior to implementation of today’s best management practices. While commercial and residential development has rapidly increased the amount of impervious surface in the city, improvements to stormwater infrastructure has not kept pace. “We are about 93 percent built out, and we built out over a very short period of about two and a half decades,” then Community Development Director Sharron Ebert said during an October work session. “Along Medlock Bridge Road, there is a very high concentration of [impervious surface] because that’s where we have most of our commercial properties, both in shopping centers and office complexes,” Ebert said. “Our parking lots in particular for those two types of development are what is impacting to the most

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Above: A Johns Creek tributary near Medlock Bridge subdivision is littered with fallen trees. At one point along the stream, the bank has eroded to the point of exposing a sewer line. Left: An illustration from a Johns Creek publication on streambanks shows the difference between an eroded bank, left, and a healthy one. degree our Johns Creek watershed.” Some residents of Johns Creek, especially along the Medlock Bridge corridor, are seeing the impact of this in their backyards. Trees have fallen down because the soil around the roots has washed away. Ditches have deepened and widened. Yards flood during a heavy rain. “I don’t think the city really cares or realizes that it’s their overall development policy and the fact that we don’t have any mitigation to keep stormwater from just rushing into the streams that has caused this,” said Larry Fitch, a 20-year resident of Medlock Bridge subdivision. “Because it certainly didn’t do it before there was development, even when there were heavy downfalls.” Neighborhood homeowners’ associa-

tions also have to contend with the costs of maintaining their stormwater infrastructure. Medlock Bridge’s HOA, for example, is spending around $500,000 this year to remove silt from its detention pond. This can especially present a challenge for neighborhoods where the HOA is managed by volunteers, as Creekside Crossing HOA President Grady Barnhill told the City Council during the public comment section of an April council meeting. “When the stormwater comes surging through our streams, and goes flowing outside banks, when it’s disintegrating various devices and causing trees to fall over, that stormwater is not very much aware of whether it’s on city-owned property or private property,” Barnhill said.

“Year of Stormwater” Recognizing the growing public concern surrounding stormwater, the council adopted a 2019 budget that made stormwater a priority, a move Mayor Mike Bodker deemed the “Year of Stormwater.” This commitment included adding a new position to city staff specifically to oversee stormwater, funding an assessment of the entire stormwater system and adding funds to the infrastructure maintenance accrual fund to begin repairs. “Rather than just doing the cursory minimum, council decided that they wanted to have a real understanding of the condition and the maintenance needs of the stormwater system,” Interim Community Development Director Kimberly Greer said.

Ebert announced her retirement from the city in March. Assistant City Manager Greer is now overseeing the department, which is responsible for land development and stormwater management, until a permanent replacement is found. The minimum level of inspection required by law, and the approach the city has historically used, is to inspect the parts of the structures and conveyances that can be seen from above ground, Greer said. All of the public infrastructure must be inspected once every five years, as well as some privately owned stormwater infrastructure that has an easement with a city. That’s a small percentage of the overall stormwater system. The assessment funded with the 2019 budget uses crawler cameras to get inside the pipe and inspect the entire system from the inside. “We’re going to find more because you’re literally crawling through pipes now,” Greer said. “You’re getting into the nitty gritty, under the ground, the stuff we can’t see that may not have always been top of mind but is now.” Contractors have already completed assessment of one of the six stormwater basin zones. The six zones are Caney Creek, Cauley Creek, Crooked Creek, Johns Creek, Level Creek and Long Indian Creek. Long Indian Creek, the western side of the city, was the first to be assessed because of the relative age of its infrastructure. Out of around 1,200 pieces of cityowned stormwater infrastructure, two structures and two conveyances were deemed heavily damaged. On private property, 10 structures and five conveyances were deemed heavily damaged. In April, the City Council committed $650,000 to repairing the most damaged city-owned structures and clearing the areas with the most siltation. The council members voted to spend the money now rather than waiting to complete the system-wide inspection, calling it an act of “triage.” “This will be the first-time major expenditures are spent on repair, so clearly there’s some catch up,” Bodker said. In the long-term, the city wants to take a more proactive approach to maintain stormwater infrastructure, to develop a program similar to how it approaches neighborhood repaving. With repaving, the city hired a consultant to analyze and score all the roads in Johns Creek based on crack-

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ing, potholes and weathering. The roads were ranked by need, and repaving was scheduled over a four year cycle. “Longer term, I want to get to every year we vacuum out a certain percentage of our pipes in a systematic way, so that we don’t get to the fully clogged pipe,” Greer said. “But that’s a process that needs to be informed with data, which makes that system assessment the vital first step.” Extent of service Tied into conversations surrounding stormwater is a debate over extent of service. Johns Creek’s current policy, which has been in place since 2007, is that the city is only responsible for stormwater infrastructure in the public right of way or on other public property, like parks. The city does have the right to access some of the privately owned storm water facilities for inspection and enforcement, but maintenance is the responsibility of the property owner. Historically, Johns Creeks enforcement of stormwater ordinances on private property has been largely reactive, Greer said. The city responds when citizens call in a complaint, or if public works or community development workers notice an issue. Of the 16,000 stormwater structures in the city, about 5,850 are city-owned. Even if the city could repair all its stormwater overnight, it would only be a fraction of the maintenance needed. Some residents are calling on the council to do more to help neighborhood HOAs and private property owners maintain their detention ponds, but that presents legal and financial challenges. Proponents of expanding the service argue that the entire system is connected. Stormwater runoff doesn’t stop when it reaches a property line, something the city has acknowledged. “It is one system,” Greer said at a recent council meeting. “The public parts impact the private parts and vice versa … If there is a blockage right before us, it impacts us. If the blockage is us, it is impacting what is downstream. The two play together.” However, if the city were to step in now and subsidize an HOA cleaning a detention pond, it would present a legal liability under the gratuities clause of the Georgia Constitution, according to environmental attorney Darren Meadows. Meadows was an attorney for the state Environmental Protection Division and worked with Columbia and McDuffie counties to develop their stormwater

When the stormwater comes surging through our streams, and goes flowing outside banks, when it’s disintegrating various devices and causing trees to fall over, that stormwater is not very much aware of whether it’s on cityowned property or private property.” Grady Barnhill Creekside Crossing HOA President

policy and address other environmental compliance matters. The gratuities clause states that “the General Assembly shall not have the power to grant any donation or gratuity.” Through legal precedence, this has been interpreted to include any municipality or county in Georgia giving any sort of gift where there is no substantial benefit to the public. “Is the primary benefit to relieve the burden on that private enterprise, that private community, that private area or is it a benefit to the city as a whole?” Meadows said. “By and large, most of the ones that I encounter it’s ‘Please save us, the private land owners, from our own lack of budgeting and lack of maintenance.’” “The taxes are being used to maintain the city system or the county system,” Meadows continued. “To use the tax money to maintain what’s within that private property is what brings up that gratuities question.” Meadows said if a detention pond or other stormwater infrastructure was poorly maintained to the point it was flooding a road or park, that could be overwhelming enough public interest for the city to step in, but even then, the

city should seek compensation after the emergency has been addressed. “If you want the city to be involved in resolving this issue then … pulling [the money] from current budgetary resources certainly raises the gratuities issue, because you have to be redirecting funds that would be going to some other presumably public benefit, ie. building another park, improving roads,” Meadows said. Funding repairs For the city-owned infrastructure in Long Indian Creek basin alone, the cost to repair the mostly heavily damaged infrastructure and clear the conveyances with the most siltation is estimated to be $650,000. The price only includes one of the city’s six basin zones and does not begin to address infrastructure with medium levels of damage. Though city staff will not make official estimates until additional basin zones have been studied, the city is likely looking at a six- or even sevendigit number to repair all the damaged city-owned infrastructure. Before the city considers expanding its extent of service, it must understand how to pay for repairs and maintenance. City staff floated three ideas of what that might look like in a work session last October. The city could continue to fund repairs the way it has in the past, through the annual budget process. It could issue general obligation bond, like it has for parks and traffic improvements. This approach is usually taken when a municipality needs to make major capital improvements in a relatively short amount of time. A bond would allow the city to expedite major repairs and pay them off over time. The third option would be to create a stormwater utility fee, also known as a “rain tax,” a new tax that would generate revenue specifically for stormwater infrastructure maintenance. Property owners would be charged based on the type of property (commercial or residential), area covered by impervious surface and whether they implement certain stormwater management practices. Roswell, Duluth and Norcross have some version of a stormwater utility fee. “The rain tax is the direction that most local governments seem to be going,” Meadows said. “Their tax money coming in, they’ve got plenty of things to spend it on, whether it’s road improvements or other types of infrastructure.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Ballet, orchestra team up to produce ‘Vivaldi in the Park’ By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The North Atlanta Dance Theatre is teaming up with the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra to present a unique outdoor concert May 4 in Newtown Park. The performance will feature the entirety of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” The four 10-minute movements all feature original choreography by Michael Garrison, the studio’s co-founder. “These dancers have had to learn a large volume of choreography in a short time, to their credit they’re doing a beautiful job,” said Kitty Garrison, Michael’s wife, the other founder of the studio and the costume designer for the show. The nearly 20 dancers in the show could not begin working on “Vivaldi” until after the studio recital in March. Throw in prom, spring break and exams, and the producers knew they had a tight schedule. “The biggest challenge is just trying to do things quickly but not jumping to the first thing you think of,” Michael said. “It’s finding the time for developing it, cleaning it.”

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Michael Garrison, instructs Kai Shlomi and George Song to prepare for their duet in “Vivaldi in the Park.” Still, the Garrisons were excited to take on Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” music many people find recognizable and accessible.

“Vivaldi is a favorite of a lot of people,” Michael said. “Lots of choreographers like to work with Vivaldi because of the structure and the texture of his music.” In addition to Vivaldi, the show will also include Aram Khachaturian’s “Masquerade Walz,” which will feature elaborate, ballroom inspired costumes. A professional dancer, Marillo Barbosa, and a student, Kai Shlomi, will present Astor Piazzolla’s “Oblivion,” a somber duet. Erin Burt, a former student with North Atlanta Dance who now performs with the Sarasota Ballet, will present the ballet classic “The Dying Swan” to the piece titled “The Swan” by Camille Saint-Saens.

“I always say bring the tissues for this one,” Kitty said. Burt’s solo will keep the original choreography of the piece first performed in 1905 by Russian prima ballerina. Anna Pavlova. Michael worked with Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra Maestro Wayne Baughman to select the music. The idea for the collaborative concert originated with the company’s development director Stephanie Magaldi as a way to celebrate the ballet company’s 20th anniversary. “It makes you wonder where the time goes,” Michael said. “We come to work, we look around and we pinch ourselves because we can’t believe we’ve made it to this level.” The Garrisons said they hope the collaboration between the performing arts groups will make a statement about the strength and potential of arts in Johns Creek. “I hope that the city of Johns Creek will embrace that and realize we’re just one of many things the city has to offer,” Kitty said. In addition to the symphony and ballet, the Johns Creek Arts Center joined the collaboration by providing 250 handmade book markers for attendees. The bookmarks will be a mandala pattern for coloring to be given away along with a small box of crayons. The concert will by May 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mark Burkhalter Amphitheatre in Newtown Park, at 3150 Old Alabama Road. Tickets are $25 with option additions for catered dinners by Fancy Pantry. Tickets can be purchased at eventbrite.com/e/vivaldi-in-the-parktickets-59251017388. CDAR Member SWIFT Code: GMCBUS3A

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Above: Bevin Hill, a nationally celebrated soprano originally from Johns Creek, will perform two arias at the May 4 concert. Right: Maanas Purushothapu, a senior at Chattahoochee High School, will perform “Haydn Cello Concerto in C.”

Free symphony concert to feature native soprano JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Ludwig Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Beethoven Chamber Orchestra will present “A Spring Fling” on Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the Johns Creek United Methodist Church. The orchestra will be made up of 42 adult musicians with 30 of the best and brightest student musicians in the area. The concert will include music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Wieniawski, Donizetti and Haydn. Award-winning composer Thomas Ludwig will present the world premiere of his “A Feather on the Wind.” Bevin Hill, a nationally celebrated soprano originally from Johns Creek, will perform two arias: Donizetti’s “O Luce di quest’ anima” from the opera “Linda Di Chamounix” and the world premiere of “A Feather On The Wind,” written especially for her by Ludwig. Also featured on the program will be the debut of Maanas Purushothapu, a senior at Chattahoochee High School, who will perform “Haydn Cello Concerto in C.”

Eight grade violinist Sophia Ho will perform the first movement of the Wieniawski “Violin Concerto No. 2.” The program will also include Mozart’s “Magic Flute Overture” and the Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 “the Italian.” The Ludwig Symphony Orchestra has been performing in north Atlanta for 20 years, with prize winners from around the world featured on a regular basis. The Beethoven Chamber Orchestra has been in existence for the past 15 years. The May concert will be led by Maestro Ludwig, former music director of the New York City Symphony and resident conductor for American Ballet Theatre with Mikhail Baryshnikov at the Metropolitan Opera House. Admission is free with no ticket required. The performance will be at the Johns Creek United Methodist Church located at 11180 Medlock Bridge Road. For more information call: 770-6238623.

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‘Noises Off’ to play at Johns Creek High School By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek High School actors will give audiences a taste of the drama that goes on behind the scenes with their production of the farcical play “Noises Off” running May 9 through 11. Each of the three acts of “Noises Off” contains a performance of a play within the play. Act I shows the hopelessly unprepared cast during the last rehearsal before opening night. In Act II, the set spins around, so the audience sees what happens backstage during a performance. Act III concludes at a performance a few weeks later, as the relationships among the cast members deteriorates and the show is – sometimes literally – falling part. “It’s every actor’s worst nightmare,” said senior Lexi Jones, who plays Brooke, a ditzy and inexperienced actress. “It’s very fun play to do because I’m playing two characters and they’re very different … but it’s very challenging to learn the same lines with different blocking each time,” Jones said. The show relies heavily on clever

blocking and sharp comedic timing, a challenge for any actor. The small group of Johns Creek students are pulling it off in the limited amount of time between the spring musical and the end of the school year. Theatre director Debbie Prost said she has wanted to direct “Noises Off” since she stage-managed the show in college. For 15 years, she has been waiting for the right cast to pull it off. “It’s an incredibly hard acting show, but this year I felt like I had the cast to do it,” Prost said. Unlike the characters they’re playing, the cast of “Noises Off” is loving putting on the show. “It’s definitely one for the books,” said senior Donald Mitchell who plays the stuttering and scatterbrained Garry. “This is my first full play since I’ve been here, and it’s great. I can’t wait to see what happens.” Mitchel and Jones said audiences will love the show for its fast-paced fun. “Come in and expect the unexpected,” Jones said. “It’s hilarious to watch.” Shows will be May 9, 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. with a matinee May 11 at 1 p.m. Tickets are available at jchstheatre.com.

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The cast of “Noises Off” rehearses the chaotic Act II, when audiences see what happened backstage.

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River Trail Middle School to stage ‘Legally Blonde’ By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Middle schoolers at River Trail Middle School will present “Legally Blonde The Musical Jr.” on April 30, May 3 and May 4. Based on the popular film, “Legally Blonde” follows Valley girl Elle Woods who, after being dumped by her college boyfriend, follows him to Harvard Law. The colorful story of self-empowerment features large dance numbers and plenty of laughs. River Trail’s production includes about 45 students in the cast and crew, with help from Northview High School students on set design and choreography. The cast stars Sanjh Mahatme as Elle, Ben Smith as Warner, Ella Schuman as Vivienne, Jacob Ferrero as Emmet, Andrew Amelchenko as Callahan, Trina Thomas as Paulette and Alisa Adkins and Brooke. “[I love] being a part of ‘Legally Blonde’ because it gives me a chance to be me, sing my heart out and have fun,” sixth-grade cast member Eowynn Boyd said.

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Hannah Lu, Sage Bakare, Asmita Das, Olivia Casal, choreographer Kabir Gandhi, and other members of the cast rehearse one of the musical’s many dance numbers. The show is directed by Timothy Tolar with set design by Brooke Casal and choreograph by Kabir Gandhi. All shows begin at 7 p.m. The show will be performed in the middle school gym, at 10795 Rogers Circle. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students and teachers. Tickets will be available at the door and online at the River Trail website, bit.ly/ rtmsblonde.

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Governor speaks to Greater North Fulton Chamber By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Gov. Brian Kemp recounted the accomplishments of the 2019 legislative session to a packed house April 26 at the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce. Kemp largely focused on nonpartisan issues like raising the budget for teacher pay and school security, hurricane relief and fighting sex trafficking and gang violence. However, he did mention two of the more controversial pieces of legislation passed during his first legislative session: Medicaid waivers and abortion restrictions. “I signed, quite a while ago now, the Patients First Act, to craft a Georgia-centric healthcare system that will help lower insurance premiums, expand access to care and improve health outcomes for our families,” he said. “We passed the LIFE act to protect the innocent and the unborn.” Given the audience, Kemp focused on the strength of the economy and importance of business development to the state. “I want to thank you all for your strong support and being part of the Georgia economy and for what you do putting your efforts into your small business or the companies you’re working for,” Kemp said. “In my eyes, the folks that are members of the Chamber of Commerce and are involved in the operations and support of local chambers, that is literally where the rubber meets the road.” Kemp pointed to a couple of economic windfalls for the state, Korean

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Gov. Brian Kemp speaks before the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce on April 26 at the Atlanta Athletic Club. SK Innovations building a $1.7 billion factory in Jackson County, which is expected to add 2,000 jobs, and California-based Plastics Express building a new base in Pooler, Ga., bringing a great deal of new business to the Savannah port. Kemp said he will continue to focus on business development and take on adoption and foster care reform. “As you can tell, we’ve accomplished a lot in our first 100 days of my term,” Kemp said. “I want you to know we are not resting on our laurels and we are

just getting started.” After his speech, Kemp was fed questions. Asked about President Donald Trump’s recent visit to the state to attend a conference on the opioid crisis, Kemp commended the president for his work at the federal level and highlighted work being done by the state. Asked about Amazon, Kemp said the state would not be chasing “HQ2,” or a new headquarters, but that he was confident Amazon will continue to grow its regional offices in Georgia. On the subject of east-west connec-

tivity in North Fulton, Kemp said he was open to innovative, market-based solutions to transit. “We have a great problem and a bad problem in the metro area with traffic,” Kemp said. “We’re growing so fast it’s hard to outbuild that growth when you look at road and bridge problems, so we’ve got to start thinking outside the box.” Kemp spoke as part of the Wellstar Chamber Luncheon Series. For more information about the Chamber, visit gnfcc.com.

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New Ga. 400 bus rapid transit may be the best answer Since GDOT and MARTA’s release of new plans to build two express lanes in each direction up Ga. 400 with bus rapid transit stops along the way, I’ve heard cries from folks as to why they are not Geoff smith extending heavy rail Assurance Financial, gsmith@lendtheway.com instead. I can’t help but think that this conversation is so, like, five years ago. Back then, there was a push from high-level officials in the North Fulton area to extend MARTA rail up to Windward Parkway. They even had a funding mechanism in place for the more than $5 billion project. The problem was that when it was brought up, the only people that rallied were those who opposed it. And I can tell you as someone who once covered local politics as a reporter, and as a casual observer over the last 20 years, the only time people tend to rally is when they are opposed to something. You never really see folks rally for something these days. I guess it’s easier to say no to something in

exchange for some magical solution than it is to stand up for something. Four or five years ago, we had a way to extend rail and vocal voters, and then their elected officials said no. I’m not exactly sure that this is the way this express lane idea went down, but from what it looks like, it seems that bus rapid transit is the “next best thing” to the rail-expansion idea. The plan calls for two express lanes to be built in each direction between the North Springs MARTA station and McGinnis Ferry Road. Then for one express lane in each direction north from there to McFarland Parkway. The lanes would run mostly between the current north/south lanes with bus rapid transit stops at North Springs MARTA, Holcomb Bridge Road, North Point Mall, Old Milton Parkway and Windward Parkway. If you want more detail, you can go to http://www.dot.ga.gov/DS/GEL/SR400. There is a great video of what it will look like. The toll lanes would run independent of the other lanes with some access points to merge back into the standard lanes. You would need a Peach Pass to drive in the new lanes and

Canton Place Development announces partnership with Mainsail Lodging & Development ROSWELL, Ga. — Canton Place Development LLC announced on April 22 its new partnership with Mainsail Lodging & Development LLC as co-developer for Historic Roswell’s new 125-room boutique hotel. Mainsail is Tampa-based and its regional focus includes Florida, Georgia and the Caribbean, with other developments currently underway in Atlanta and Macon. In the first quarter of 2019, Canton Place Development also closed on two land parcels that include the Wells Fargo bank, which will be home to the hotel as well as a newly-renovated iteration of the bank, and 26 Webb Street, which will house boutique retail and office space. The company released new design elevations for the corner of Magnolia Street and Mimosa Boulevard that include the redevelopment of the Wells Fargo bank cur-

it would cost more during peak traffic times to help ensure that traffic keeps moving. In some areas, the lanes would run on a ramp, similar to how they are on I-75 through Cobb County. I had State Sen. Brandon Beach on my radio podcast last week. He has chaired the Senate’s Transportation Committee for the last couple of years and was excited about bus rapid transit. “This is going to be high-end. The buses will be nice – they’ll have wifi and it will be a very nice experience for the rider,” he said. The benefit of bus rapid transit is that there isn’t as much of an up-front cost to get it running as there is with heavy rail. So if you cannot have heavy rail, it’s the next best thing. Most people who I’ve talked to who have seen these plans, or heard about it, are thrilled that something is happening. But there are some vocal people who still want heavy rail and have no interest in seeing any more asphalt laid down. The problem is that it took years for discussion to finally brew up in North Fulton to the point where anyone with any significance would talk openly about

rently on site. The 2.92-acre development will be home to restaurants, retail shops, day spas, galleries, an urban market, office space, parking and lifestyle amenities near Canton Street. It is located within the boundaries of Magnolia Street, Mimosa Boulevard and Webb Street, and sits behind the store fronts facing the south end of Canton Street. Canton Place Development is underway in discussions with potential tenants to fill the approximately 50,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space available for lease. For more information, visit CantonPlaceDevelopment.com.

New political consulting group to focus on local election races ROSWELL, Ga. — Twin Harbor Group, a political consulting firm, has opened in North Fulton.

heavy rail expansion. Even if folks would have come together to support heavy rail expansion four years ago, it still would have been another 10 years or so before we would have been able to ride on it. So if folks want to start the MARTA heavy rail discussion again, they are talking about a solution that wouldn’t come to fruition until just before 2030. The express lane/bus rapid transit plan already has a significant amount of funding in place through a $100 million bond and a $184 million-grant. MARTA and GDOT are predicting that riders will be riding on these express lanes by 2025. Geoff Smith is a mortgage banker with Assurance Financial focusing on residential home loans for refinances and home purchases. Geoff Smith gsmith@lendtheway.com 770-674-1433 Personal: NMLS#104587 Business: NMLS#70876 *The views and opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of Assurance Financial Group

Principals Rory Robichaux and Preston Thompson have roots in the Sandy Springs and Alpharetta areas and will specialize in North Fulton political races. The firm plans to represent several local candidates in the 2019 and 2020 elections. Thompson, Twin Harbor president, previously managed the campaign for current District 48 State Representative Mary Robichaux in Roswell. Her victory was one of 2018’s closest upsets. Thompson, who also hosts the Georgia Politics podcast, worked in public relations for five years before moving to federal and local political campaigns. Twin Harbor CEO Rory Robichaux is married to Rep. Mary Robichaux. An entrepreneur, Rory manages several businesses in technology and advertising, which he founded after decades of “Big 6” consulting experience. Twin Harbor Group is currently monitoring municipal races for Roswell, Alpharetta and Milton, as well as State House and Senate races for the 2020 election cycle. For information, visit TwinHarborGroup.com.

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SECRET GARDENS TOUR OF JOHNS CREEK

Patrons will be able to tour scenic, unique and private gardens in Johns Creek. Meandering pathways lead to waterfalls, formal and innovative garden designs. Multitudes of perennials and hardwoods await, including hydrangeas, azaleas, ferns, boxwoods and Japanese maples. Proceeds will go toward public art, landscaping and beautification projects for the city. Join the tour on Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at various locations in Johns Creek. For more information, visit johnscreekbeautification. org. Looking to get the word out about your event? Submit it to our online calendar at NorthFulton.com/Calendar.

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FEATURED: FIESTA 5K CHALLENGE

What: Cambridge Theatre will perform the story of two rival gangs, the under-privileged “Greasers” and the rich, have-it-made “Socials.” The play explores loss and redemption and is told through the eyes of the main character, Ponyboy. When: May 2, 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. Where: Cambridge High School, 2845 Bethany Bend, Milton Cost: $10 More info and tickets: cambridgehs. seatyourself.biz

RACE RELATIONS DIALOGUE

What: The forum helps generate constructive analysis of issues, develop positive positions and implement programs that would result in more inclusive and peaceloving neighborhoods. When: Thursday, May 9, 7 p.m. Where: Alpharetta City Hall, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info: 770-545-9675

IRISH TENOR PAUL BYROM

What: Irish tenor Paul Byrom, an original member of Celtic Thunder and now a solo artist and theatrical performer, will present a concert in Kennesaw as part of his U.S. tour. When: Saturday, May 11, 7 p.m.

Where: Kennesaw State University, KSU Center Room 400, 333 Busbee Drive, Kennesaw Cost: Tickets start at $35 More info and tickets: paulbyrom.ie

EVENTS: CLAWS FOR A CAUSE

What: Bring a furry friend to this free event. Activities include a scavenger hunt, paw printing station, “pup”-arrazi photo booth and more. When: Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Where: East Roswell Park, 9000 Fouts Road, Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE

What: A single blood donation can help save the lives of up to three people. Be a hero to someone in need by donating blood at the American Red Cross Blood Drive. When: Thursday, May 9, 1 – 6 p.m. Where: Alpharetta Public Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info: alpharetta.ga.us

COOKING AND CRAFTS

What: The Cooking and Crafts program focuses experiencing history through simple recipes and crafts of the past. When: Thursday, May 9, 4:30-6 p.m. Where: Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, 9770 Autrey Mill Road, Johns Creek Cost: $10 More info and registration: autreymill.org

MILTON SENIOR CENTER OPEN HOUSE

What: The Milton Senior Center will host an open house for area seniors to learn about the programming provided by Senior Services North Fulton. When: Thursday, May 9, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Thomas Byrd, Sr. House, 15690 Hopewell Road, Milton More info: cityofmiltonga.us

What: Enjoy cold beer, spicy crawfish and shrimp, chicken jambalaya and live music by Suburban Angst, all while supporting Senior Services North Fulton. Rain or shine. When: Saturday, May 4, 5-8 p.m. Where: Six Bridges Brewing, 11455 Lakefield Drive #300, Johns Creek Cost: $50 in advance, $55 at the door More info and tickets: ssnorthfulton.org

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ROSWELL DRINKING WATER FESTIVAL

What: Join the weekly meeting to learn how to become a better speaker and better leader. When: Saturdays, 9:45 a.m. Where: Johns Creek Christian Church, 10800 Bell Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreek. toastmastersclubs.org or 404-5133188

What: The event will give guests the opportunity to tour the water plant and learn more about the drinking water sources and treatment. Participants can also enjoy a free cookout, children’s activities and giveaways, and learn about water conservation. When: Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Roswell Water Treatment

What: Presented by the Atlanta Audubon Society. The event will feature exclusive, bird-centered field trips, workshops and speakers for casual and experienced nature and bird observers. When: April 13-May 19 Where: Throughout Atlanta More info: atlantaaudubon.org/ atlanta-bird-fest

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SMART RECOVERY FAMILY AND FRIENDS

What: This program uses science based tools to provide support for those who are affected by the addictive behavior of someone close to them. Not a twelve step program. When: Mondays, 7-8 p.m. Where: DecisionPoint Wellness Center, 1070 State Bridge Road, Suite 6, Johns Creek More info: smartrecovery.org

TAKE-A-PEEK TUESDAY

What: Take a quick peek at Autrey Mill’s building collections and hear about the preservation and research efforts. When: Tuesdays, noon-2 p.m. Where: Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, 9770 Autrey Mill Road, Johns Creek Cost: $2 More info: autreymill.org

NAVIGATORS TOASTMASTERS PATHWAYS

What: Reach your personal and professional goals through Pathways, Toastmasters’ new education program. When: Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Where: Club House, 6300 Polo Club Drive, Cumming More info: navigators. toastmastersclubs.org

ALL RECOVERY MEETING

What: Join an open discussion for those in recovery from addiction or those affected by people with addiction. Not a twelve step program. When: Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Where: Emory Johns Creek Hospital, 6325 Hospital Parkway, Johns Creek More info: navigaterecoverygwinnett.org or 678-743-1808 x101

WEDNESDAY MORNING NETWORKING

What: Join for networking every Wednesday morning. When: Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Where: Perimeter Church, 9500 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek Cost: $5 for members, $10 for guests More info: johnscreekga.gov or 770495-0545

HEALTH AND FITNESS: FREE FITNESS IN THE PARK: YOGA

What: Join for a free group exercise class with Fitness in the Park. All classes are weather-permitting and open to the public. When: Saturday, April 20, 9-10 a.m. Where: Roswell Town Square, 610 Atlanta St., Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

FULTON GOLDEN GAMES

What: For more than 20 years, the Fulton Golden Games has helped mature adults stay physically

active, socially engaged and competitive, thus improving their quality of life. When: Games run through May 25 Where: North Fulton More info: cityofmiltonga.us

FREE FITNESS FOR WOMEN

What: Join your Alpharetta Females in Action group for free, peer-led workouts each week. Adult women of all fitness levels are welcome. When: Saturdays, 8 a.m. Where: Fowler Park, 4110 Carolene Way, Cumming More info: fianation.com

ZUMBA GOLD (FLEX)

What: Combines the international rhythms of the Zumba Gold program with the strength training techniques, creating an easyto-follow, health-boosting dance fitness program. When: Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Where: Park Place at Newtown School, 3125 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov/ parkplace

ENERGY YOGA

What: Physical exercises to open and clear energy. Utilizes Qi Gong and meditation techniques. When: Sundays, 10:15 a.m. Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek More info: afpls.org

FARMERS MARKETS, FOOD TRUCKS: ALPHARETTA FARMERS MARKET

What: Find farmers with fruits, vegetables and natural meats; gardeners with fresh flowers and herbs; and makers of all sorts of edible home goods, from yummy desserts and breads to local raw honey. When: Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Old Canton Street in Downtown Alpharetta More info: awesomealpharetta.com

ROSWELL FARMERS AND ARTISANS MARKET

What: Don’t miss the opening day of the Roswell Farmers and Artisans Market. Mix and mingle with friends, shop for wonderful fresh items and enjoy talking to the vendors. When: Saturday, April 13, 8:30 a.m. – noon Where: Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill St., Roswell More info: roswellfam.com

RELIGIOUS EVENTS: MEN’S MINISTRY: FRIDAY MORNINGS

What: The First Baptist Roswell men’s group meets every Friday morning for friendship and to help each other grow spiritually. All are

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complete “The Four Seasons” and other favorites. When: Saturday, May 4, 7-9 p.m. Where: Mark Burkhalter Amphitheater at Newtown Park, 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek Cost: $25 More info: northatlantadance.com or 770-772-8000

ROSWELL RIVERSIDE SOUNDS What: Come see Seth Walker perform country and soul at this free concert series. Drinks and food are available at each concert. Concerts held the first Saturday of the month through October. When: Saturday, May 4, 7-9 p.m. Where: Riverside Park, 575 Riverside Road, Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

“FREAK FRIDAY: A NEW MUSICAL”

welcome to attend. When: Fridays, 7 a.m. Where: Panera Bread, 1195 Woodstock Road, Roswell More info: fbroswell.org

THERAPEUTIC YOGA

What: Gain health benefits from relaxing yoga that emphasizes strength and flexibility. No experience necessary. Taught by an advanced certified yoga instructor. When: Wednesdays, 9:45-11 a.m. Where: Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Blvd., Roswell More info: rumc.com or 770-2611705

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS OUT

What: Join for weekly dinner and fellowship. Volunteers needed for serving and cleaning. When: Wednesday nights, 4:45-6:30 p.m. Where: Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Blvd., Roswell Cost: $7 per adult More info: rumc.com/wno

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPERS What: Make and grow faith-based friendships for all ages. Enjoy a hot meal and/or volunteer. When: Wednesdays, 5:15-6:45 p.m. Where: Alpharetta First United Methodist Church, 69 North Main St., Alpharetta More info: afumc.org

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN CIRCLES

What: The four different circles offer women opportunities to spend time together, support each other in happy and sad times, learn from each other and grow in faith. Child care options available. When: Esther Circle, each first Tuesday, 7-9 p.m.; Ruth Circle, each first Wednesday, 11 a.m.1 p.m.; Lydia Circle, each first

Thursday, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; Martha Circle, each first Thursday, 7-9 p.m. Where: Alpharetta Presbyterian Church, 180 Academy St., Alpharetta More info: alpharettapres.com/ adults/small-groups/

MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER: JOHNS CREEK SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

What: Hear Chicago Rewired, a Chicago tribute band, for free. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Seating is on a firstcome, first-serve basis. When: Friday, May 3, 6 p.m. Where: Mark Burkhalter Amphitheater, 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: johnscreekga.gov

ROSWELL PERFORMING ARTS SPRING RECITAL

What: Roswell Performing Arts will present their annual spring recitals. When: Friday, May 3 and 4, 12 – 8:30 p.m. Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: roswellgov.com

POET CECILIA WOLOCH

What: Los Angeles-based, awardwinning poet Cecilia Woloch will present a reading and a workshop. Registration required. When: Saturday, May 4, 10:30 a.m. Where: Johns Creek Books and Gifts, 6000 Medlock Bridge Road, Suite B-500, Johns Creek More info and registration: afpls.org or 770-360-8820

VIVALDI IN THE PARK

What: A collaboration between Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra and North Atlanta Dance Theatre offers live music, with Vivaldi’s

What: Disney’s “Freaky Friday: A New Musical” follows an overworked mother and her teenage daughter when they magically swap bodies and they have just one day to put things right again. When: Shows through May 5, times vary When: Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church, 2850 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek Cost: $14 in advance, $16 at the door More info and tickets: cytaatlanta.org

ROSWELL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY RECEPTION

What: Come meet the photographers at the Roswell Photographic Society’s Artists’ reception. The Roswell Photographic Society will be exhibiting a juried flower exhibit the months of April and May 2019. When: Sunday, May 5, 4 — 6 p.m. Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: roswellphotosociety.com

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What: Join for a show of original art by local artists from the Roswell Fine Arts Alliance. Original fine art for sale. When: Reception Friday, May 3 at 5:30-7 p.m.; exhibit open through June 5 When: Synovus Bank, 10446 Alpharetta Highway, Roswell More info: rfaa.org

ARTAROUND ROSWELL SCULPTURE TOUR What: The ArtAround Roswell “museum without walls” 2019-2020 Tour will feature 10 new sculptures and nine permanent sculptures. When: Opens April 13, through February 2020 Where: Across the City of Roswell More info and maps: roswellartsfund.org

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What: Free, live music each week.

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST: ROSWELL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY What: The Roswell Photographic Society will be exhibiting a juried flower exhibit. This will be in conjunction with the Azalea Festival that occurs every April. When: April 1-May 31 Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell More info: roswellphotosociety.com

LIVE MUSIC SUNDAYS

What: Join every Sunday afternoon for live music on the patio along with food trucks and cold beer. When: Sundays, 4-7 p.m. Where: Truck & Tap, 30 Milton Ave., Alpharetta More info: awesomealpharetta.com

LIBRARY EVENTS: ALPHARETTA LIBRARY BOOK SALE What: The Friends of the Alpharetta Library have a monthly book sale. All proceeds benefit the Alpharetta Library and its programs. When: Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org

BORROWING DIGITAL BOOKS AND MUSIC

What: Learn how to download and stream eBooks, audiobooks, music and movies with Hoopla and download eBooks and audiobooks with Overdrive. Bring a laptop, tablet or smart phone. When: Saturday, May 4, 10:30 a.m.-noon Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 404-6134402

MEET THE ARTIST: MATTHEW BERRY

What: Georgia artist Matthew Berry will meet patrons and answer questions about his works. His art will be on display in the library through May. When: Saturday, May 4, 1-5 p.m. Where: Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 404-613-6735

JOHNS CREEK POETRY GROUP

What: Join published poets for informative workshops. New and experienced poets are welcome to attend. For anyone ages 8 and up. When: Saturday, May 4, 10:15 a.m. Where: Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 770-360-8820

AUTHOR READING: KIRAN VADGAMA

What: Young author Kiran Vadgama will read from and discus his two books: “The Adventures of Lightning and Fang” and “The Mutating Martians.” When: Monday, May 6, 6-7 p.m. Where: Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 404-613-6738

OCEE AUTHOR SERIES: DONNA LONGINO What: Donna Longino is a local author who wrote “Sarah’s Way,” a love story set amid the backdrop of the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Join for a special reading and discussion with the author. When: Wednesday, May 8, 6 p.m. Where: Ocee Library, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek More info: afpls.org or 770-3608897

MEET AUTHOR MARIE BENEDICT What: Join New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Benedict as she discusses her latest book “The Only Woman in the Room.” When: Thursday, May 9, 1-2:30 p.m. Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org or 404-613-4402

DESTRESS WITH THERAPY DOGS What: Teenagers can destress and hang out with Hesston, winner of Milton Library’s 2018 Canine Service Excellence Award. When: Thursday, May 9, 4-5 p.m. Where: Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta More info: afpls.org

PET ADOPTIONS: FORSYTH COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER What: Pet adoptions When: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: The Forsyth County Animal Shelter, 4065 County Way, Forsyth County More info: 678-965-7185

FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES What: Pet adoptions When: Every Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Where: PetSmart, 6370 North Point Parkway, Alpharetta Additional adoptions: MondayFriday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Fulton County Animal Services, 860 Marietta Blvd. NW, Atlanta More info: 404-613-4958

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Milton Run Located in the new city of Milton, Milton Run is the latest in exclusive homes offered by Patrick Malloy’s Luxury Collection. With only 29 wooded homesites in the heart of Milton priced from the $700s, these homes will sell out fast. Located in the highly ranked Cambridge High School district, these homes offer square footages from 2,806 to 4,251. Milton Run offers 5 farmhouse-styled floorplans from which to choose and options include basement and slab homesites. With 1+ acre homesites, there is sure to be a home that fits your family’s needs. Choose from homes as cozy as 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths or as large as 5 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. Modern living with farmhouse charm resonates throughout the property with beautiful exteriors and charming interiors that combine modern upgrades with the local flavor of horse country. These homes offer the latest in home design for the most discriminating homeowner. The front elevations include

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Choosing a shutter style Exterior Shutters can really make or break the exterior of your home and plays a vital role in the overall curb appeal. One of the items to consider is the STYLE of shutter that will look good on your home and give that final touch to complete the picture. Dupbel Millworks Inc. is set up to create unique custom styles while offering a variety of standard styles to choose from. Let’s discuss some of the standard styles most commonly used. Board and Batten Shutters A shutter typically composed of three to five vertical boards that are connected using two or three horizontal battens. These shutters inspire a country or cottage look and have grown in popularity in the last few years. The latest trend is to have multiple narrow boards to create a cleaner, more sophisticated look. This style lends itself to adding additional interest by adding diagonal pieces or even strap hinges. Paneled Shutters This traditional style consists of panels within a frame. This shutter style’s popularity during the last number of decades has firmly entrenched it as the “traditional look.” Especially with the panels you can select a number of styles based on your preference. We can start off with a Flat panel, giving a very smooth and minimalistic look. Or you can do the very traditional Raised panel, providing a more three-dimensional appearance. Our Shaker Raised panels gives you even more depth while keeping it very classic and stylish. The Mission style panel is another option, where it is incorporating design elements from the Board and Batten style, but with a much more sophisticated look. The size and placement of the panels will typically follow the window design, but lately we’ve seen a lot of deviation from the traditional to jazz it up a little bit. We can incorporate a small panel in the center, make them single panels, or even 3 equal panels, all depending on the look the home owner wants to create. Louvered Shutters. Louvered styled shutters are the original “classic standard,” found on period buildings such as Antebellum, Colonial, Williamsburg, Georgian and Federal styled houses. Louvered shutters create an additional architectural element to enhance the house’s façade. Louvered shutters can also be the right choice for Contemporary styled buildings wishing to create a more traditional appearance. For a slightly more modern look you can make the slats wider to give a cleaner, less busy appearance. Dupbel Millworks Inc. manufactures exteriors shutters using only weather resistant materials. This is especially important in Georgia’s hot, humid conditions. We have a series of standard shutters styles, while fully equipped to help you design a custom style specifically for your house. We are a full service company, and can help you from the design phase to installation. Our business is located in Alpharetta, GA and we are proud to serve the residential and commercial market of North Georgia. We are small enough to provide you with personal attention, yet strong enough to handle complex designs.

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Located in the highly sought-after Lambert High School District, Wescott is the latest luxury home community offered by award-winning builder, Patrick Malloy Luxury Communities. This luxurious enclave includes 61 homesites and top-notch amenities. Opening in the summer of 2019, this exclusive lifestyle will include a gated entry, tennis courts, playground, swimming pool with water feature, gazebo, spa and many more activities throughout the green spaces inside the community. The community clubhouse will serve as a gathering place for friends and neighbors to enjoy summer evenings while listening to children playing outdoors. Located in affluent South Forsyth,

Wescott’s location is idyllic for any family looking to live in award-winning Lambert High School. Rated one of the top high schools in the United States, it is located within walking distance and affords students a top-notch education along with Sharon Elementary and Riverwatch Middle Schools. Nearby is a bevy of high-end shopping and dining options. Centrally located to Avalon, The Collection at Forsyth and North Point Mall, Wescott homeowners can enjoy the finer things in life inside and outside their community. While being away from the hustle and bustle of downtown Atlanta, it is still conveniently located to commuter routes and major businesses across North Atlanta.

For the avid golfer, some of Atlanta’s best courses are within a 20 mile radius. If golfing is not your weekend activity of choice, there are parks weaving in and around the neighborhood next to the Chattahoochee River that are great for some fresh air activities. Wescott offers 4 floorplans starting at 4,100 square feet on homesites from one third to one half acres with slab and basement options. These homes can be built with up to 6 bedrooms for large families. The model home is located at 690 Nichols Road, Suwanee and is a must-see. For more information, please call 770.254.5358 or visit PMCommunities. com.

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Going Away? Tips to keep your home safe while you’re on vacation (NAPS) — Peace of mind is important to just about all homeowners, including when they’re away on a hard-earned vacation. When warm weather arrives, however, crime rates increase, according to a study published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Fortunately, you may be able to reduce any vacation time stress by taking five steps to improve security—protect your windows, monitor your doors, secure your AC, make your house a difficult target and stay in the loop about what’s happening at home. How to make it look like someone is home, even when you’re away • Stop your mail. Nothing says “there’s nobody home” like an overstuffed mailbox and a pile of newspapers on the front porch. You can fill out a simple form with the United States Postal Service asking it to hold your mail. Or, perhaps better yet, have a trusted neighbor stop by to pick it up. • Leave dog toys in the front yard. Even if you don’t own a dog, you can give a burglar pause by making him or her think that you do. • Maintain a well-kept yard. Remove tree branches that give easy access to top floor windows and cut back tall shrubs that make it easy for burglars to

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Charleston Charm in Historic Roswell, Georgia Located in Roswell’s historic district, Hillandale has the best sunset views in the area. It’s located minutes from quaint historic downtown Roswell with all its urban charm. Arts and culture are on every corner. Down the hill is the Chattahoochee River Nature Center, a great place to explore. Kayaking on the river, biking and walking the trails, listening to the summer music series in the moonlight are just some of the amenities at the Nature Center. Roswell is the perfect location to live, work and play. Hillandale is just minutes from Canton Street and all its shopping and nightlife. There are festivals, art shows and wine tastings year round. Not to mention the numerous great restaurants, that line Canton Street. As an intimate community, Hillandale features all the advantages of living in a close-knit community with only 36 homes. Priced from the $700’s and inspired by the streetscapes of Charleston, South Carolina. Come home to pebble stone driveways, gracious front porches with historic gas lanterns, covered outdoor dining areas and beautiful private gardens. With these beautiful homes, it only stands to reason that we offer great buyer incentives including $10,000 towards

designer options and $5,000 towards Closing Cost with preferred lender. Some restrictions apply. Ask your sales consultant for details. We have several homes ready for move-in. Homesite 30 is a 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath Hillandale floorplan. With the owner’s suite upstairs, this home includes a

private guest suite on the main floor. We have included upgraded hardwood throughout out the home along with custom cabinets. The two covered porches in the back of the home face a sunset view to enjoy each evening as you dine in the privacy of your own back yard. Homesite 34 is a 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath Windham floorplan. We have included

a limestone front porch for view gazing as well as an owner’s suite on the main floor with his-and-hers closets. The large owner’s suite boasts a freestanding tub and glass enclosed shower. The kitchen is perfect for a chef, double ovens with a third warming drawer, and a freestanding gas range with a griddle, give you all the space you need to cook a four-course meal you can serve in your private dining room. Gaze out the glass doors from your family room at the Asian inspired garden complete with a stone fish pond. This home is best appreciated in person and is a free-flowing masterpiece for the avid entertainer with lots of room for family and friends. Homesite 35 is a 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath Tierney floorplan with a custom-designed chef’s kitchen. This open-concept designed home has extra touches such as a stone fireplace and accent wall with floating shelves in the living room. The large upstairs loft opens to a front-facing balcony reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet. To complete the back yard, we have started an herb/vegetable garden in the back for growing the food that you will be cooking in your chef-inspired kitchen. For more information, please call 770-254-5372 or visit PMCommunities. com.

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4 myths about seller’s markets Alpharetta. $379,000 340 Saddle Bridge Drive 4BR/2.5BA FMLS: 6539650 Christina Rabideaux 404.468.8359

Alpharetta. $415,000 11815 Leeward Walk Circle 4BR/2.5BA FMLS: 6522723 Nestor Rivera 404.997.2530

Alpharetta. $515,000 215 Ashland Court 5BR/5BA FMLS: 6507403 Lee Collins 404.803.9753

Alpharetta. $600,000 4762 Lakeway Place 5BR/4BA FMLS: 6523784 Sarah Wilkins 770.598.2388

Alpharetta. $635,000 1530 Highview Pines Pass 6BR/4.5BA FMLS: 6533086 Chris McCarley 678.294.5185 Jackye McCarley 678.478.7636

Alpharetta. $669,000 4715 Park Brooke Trace 6BR/6BA FMLS: 6536120 Denise Sperier 404.245.1887 Reed Guthrie 404.808.9953

Alpharetta. $835,000 310 Marjean Way 4BR/3.5BA FMLS: 6108179 Morgan Forehand 404.441.7113 Charlcie Forehand 678.613.4422

Ansley Park. $489,000 75 17th Street NE 2BR/1BA FMLS: 6535440 Melanie Birchfield 404.668.4318

Ellijay. $379,000 184 Grey Fox Trail 3BR/3.5BA FMLS: 6538838 Kathy Rice 678.697.4984

Johns Creek. $1,199,000 512 Butler National Drive 6BR/6.5BA FMLS: 6529988 Darlene Hamrock 404.386.9231

Johns Creek. $1,260,000 1142 Ascott Valley Drive 7BR/6.5BA FMLS: 6536018 Chris McCarley 678.294.5185 Jackye McCarley 678.478.7636

Johns Creek. $1,500,000 185 High Bluff Court 5BR/5.5BA FMLS: 6512435 Teri Frye 678.428.4281 Pete Frye 770.715.5400

Johns Creek. $1,699,000 5415 Chelsen Wood Drive 6BR/6BA/2HBA FMLS: 6539344 Jane Patneau 770.337.3538 Kimberly Salamone 404.376.8491

Johns Creek. $275,000 3106 Harvest Ridge Lane 2BR/2BA FMLS: 6532122 Karyn Watkins 404.309.9018

Johns Creek. $749,000 501 Champions Point 5BR/4BA FMLS: 6536104 Darlene Hamrock 404.386.9231

Milton. $329,000 845 Foxhollow Run 3+/- Acres FMLS: 6128313 Becky Danyo 678.873.0842

Roswell. $290,000 1 85 Houze Way .5+/- Acres FMLS: 6122973 Angela Medley 404.886.5764

Roswell. $580,000 9870 Coleman Road 6BR/3BA FMLS: 6516909 Robin Ives 770.870.4009

Roswell. $6,300,000 445 Hembree Road 24.9+/- Acres FMLS: 6124618 Angela Medley 404.886.5764

Roswell. $800,000 125 Willow Way 4BR/4BA FMLS: 6530746 Sarah Wilkins 770.598.2388

Suwanee. $700,000 6010 Ettington Drive 5BR/4.5BA FMLS: 6519573 Teri Frye 678.428.4281 Kim Scruggs 770.402.1704

Windward. $869,900 1045 Bay Pointe Crossing 5BR/5BA/2HBA FMLS: 6508670 Sarah Wilkins 770.598.2388

Sarasota, Florida $5,749,000 1333 Vista Drive Premier Sotheby’s International Realty

Sands Point, New York $7,950,000 40 Forest Drive Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

Savannah, Georgia $1,295,000 207 East Hall Street Celia Dunn Sotheby’s International Realty

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Brought to you by –BILL RAWLINGS Senior Vice President & Managing Broker, North Atlanta Office Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty With home inventories low and demand for homes continuing to increase, it is a great time to sell a home in Atlanta by almost any account. Atlanta enjoyed a seller’s market for much of 2018, and many expect Rawlings that trend to continue into 2019. Add to that, a healthy increase in property values over the past several years, and it is little wonder that many Atlanta area homeowners are looking to cash in on some of their newly acquired equity. That said, many sellers have some misguided assumptions and expectations about what it means to sell a home in this type of market and, as a result, they often make mistakes that can delay their sale or prevent them from making the most of their market value. If you are thinking about putting your Atlanta home on the market this year, let’s begin by dispelling four common real estate myths about seller’s markets so you can enter the process with a clear perspective. Myth #1: I can get whatever price I ask for my home. When demand outweighs supply in the real estate market, many homeowners assume they can price their home well above the acceptable market value and buyers will simply pay it. In reality, savvy buyers know what your home is actually worth, and they are likely to resent your presumption if you overprice it just because you think you can. No one responds well to price gouging. You still might get more than your asking price if multiple people want your home and they engage in a bidding war. Just let the buyers be the ones to start upping the offers — don’t presume to do it for them. Be sensitive to the market and price your home accordingly.

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Myths: Continued from Page 26 Myth #2: Staging my home is not important. If anything, staging your home is more important in a seller’s market. Buyers are already sensitive to higher prices and less buying power, which means if they’re going to spend more money on a home, they want to at least feel they are getting a good value for the money. No matter how low the inventory, if a buyer sees your home unmaintained with no sense of invitation, and they see another home in the same price point that’s been properly staged, they may go for the staged home. You always want your home to look its best when you are selling. Myth #3: I don’t need to negotiate with the buyer. While it is true that buyers have less room to negotiate in general right now, you can still turn buyers off by convey-

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NORTH FULTON/FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The GHSA state baseball playoffs began April 24 with 11 local teams competing in the postseason. Milton sweeps Rockdale Co. (11-1, 13-1) Milton advanced to the second round of the playoffs with a dominant sweep of Rockdale County April 24. The Eagles racked up 24 runs in the doubleheader while holding Rockdale to just five hits. Milton’s bats were hot early with the Eagles driving in six runs in the bottom of the first inning in Game 1. The Eagles plated five more in the fourth inning and won the run-rule shortened game in five innings. The Eagles offensive success continued in Game 2 with 15 hits and 13 runs. Kristian Campbell and Curt McDonnell homered in Game 1, and Jack Rhodes hit a two-run shot in Game 2. Josh Carrico had four total RBIs, Mitch Landon batted 3-5 with two RBIs and two walks, and Stephen Michaels was 3-6 with three RBIs in the series. Dylan Matela threw a five-inning complete Game 1, allowing two hits and one earned run with 10 strikeouts. Tyler McLoughlin earned the win in Game 2, allowing two hits and one earned run with five strikeouts and two walks. Milton will host the winner of Norcross/Mill Creek in the second round slated to begin May 2. Forsyth Central sweeps South Gwinnett (15-0, 8-1) Forsyth Central had no troubles dispatching South Gwinnett to advance to the second round of the state playoffs. The Bulldogs scored four runs in the first inning of Game 1 and piled on the offense with 11 combined runs in the third and fourth. The game was called on the

run rule after the bottom of the fourth. Central’s Game 1 offense was highlighted by a Jacob Ryan grand slam in the third inning. Ryan batted in seven runs in the opening game. He also got the start on the mound and pitched a four-inning complete game allowing three hits with four strikeouts. Though Game 2 was more competitive, the Bulldogs still racked up eight runs while surrendering just three hits to take the series with an 8-1 win. Mitchell Gross earned the Game 2 win, allowing two hits and no runs in six innings with 12 strikeouts. Will Robbins relieved Gross in the seventh, allowing one earned run with three strikeouts. The Bulldogs opened the scoring in Game 2 with a five-run fourth inning behind five hits, including a three-run double from AJ Fiechter. With Gross dominating on the mound, Central added three insurance runs in the top of the sixth. South Gwinnett’s only run came on a home run in the seventh. Central will go on the road in the second round to face Region 6 champions North Gwinnett. North Forsyth sweeps Archer (4-1, 2-1) North Forsyth earned two extra-inning wins to sweep Archer April 24. North’s Anthony DiMola won a pitcher’s battle in Game 1 with an impressive 10-inning performance allowing seven hits and one earned run. The contest remained scoreless until the 10th inning when Miles Hartsfield hit a two-run double. Garrett Staton and BT upped its run total in Game 2 with 16 runs on 14 hits. Abrams led the Titans, batting 3-3, including two doubles and a triple, with three RBIs and a walk. Chambers went 2-2 with an RBI, Ryan Davis batted 2-3

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ting a home run. However, Kream had a strikeout and forced two groundouts to end the potential comeback. Hansard earned the Game 1 win, allowing nine hits and four earned runs. While the first game of the doubleheader was a back-and-forth affair, Denmark took an early lead in Game 2 and racked up 12 hits to take the 11-2 win. Matthew Cassandra batted 3-4 in Game 2 with two RBIs, a home run and a double, and Logan DeLong went 3-4 with an RBI and three runs scored to lead the Danes’ offense. Starting pitcher Jack Whitlock earned the win, allowing three hits and two earned runs with five strikeouts in 6.1 innings. Denmark will go on the road against St. Pius X in the second round. St. Francis sweeps Eagles Landing Christian Academy (9-0, 16-1) St. Francis made quick work of Eagles Landing Christian with a twogame sweep April 25 at home. Knights’ starting pitcher Will Clark threw a perfect game in the run-rule shortened Game 1. Clark struck out five batters in five innings. With Clark holding ELCA batters at bay, the Knights’ bats went to work. Brooks Mitchell hit a three-run home run and Clark, Kyle Bork, Bennett Drake and Griffin Leadbetter had RBIs. The Knights had another dominant

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performance in Game 2, scoring 16 runs on 10 hits while allowing ELCA one hit in four innings. Starter Jack Gerber pitched three innings, allowing one hit with four strikeouts. Carter Davies finished the contest with no hits allowed and one strikeout in one inning. Leadbetter led the Knights offensively, batting 2-2 with five RBIs and three runs scored. St. Francis, the No. 10 seed in ClassA Private, takes on No. 7 Savannah Country Day in the second round. Fellowship Christian sweeps St. Anne-Pacelli (6-1, 7-0) No. 11 seed Fellowship Christian advanced to the second round April 25 by sweeping St. Anne-Pacelli at home in a doubleheader. Fellowship’s Preston Joye pitched a complete game in the opening game of the series, allowing four hits in seven innings. The Paladins took the lead with three runs in the third inning and added three insurance runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Matson Grose had two RBIs, Cameron Gill batted 2-3 with a walk, and Isaac Bouton was 1-2 with an RBI and two walks. Grose got the start on the mound in Game 2 and pitched a complete game, allowing six hits and no runs. Fellowship led just 1-0 into the seventh inning, but the Paladins earned RBI hits from Bouton and Joye to extend the lead

to 3-0. Fellowship then loaded the bases to set up a grand slam from David Bishop. Fellowship will go on the road to take on No. 6 seed Mount Vernon in the second round. Pinecrest Academy and First Presbyterian Day split doubleheader Pinecrest Academy and First Presbyterian Day split their April 25 doubleheader to force a decisive Game 3 on April 26. FPD managed 10 hits in Game 1 but were held to four runs by Pinecrest’s Patrick O’Rourke who pitched a complete game. The Paladins took a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning on a two-run home run by Jay Sorohan and added two more runs in the seventh with an O’Rourke RBI single and a sacrifice fly from Mason Carter. Trailing 6-3, FPD had three hits in the bottom of the seventh with a run batted in, but a double play by Pinecrest ended the comeback threat. After taking Game 1, Pinecrest and FPD put on an offensive showcase, combining for 29 runs and 27 hits. However, the Paladins came up short in the highscoring affair, 17-12. FPD plated eight runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 14-4 lead. Though the Paladins scored eight runs in the fifth through seventh inning, FPD’s lead proved insurmountable and forced a do-or-die Game 3.

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styles. Beer Judge Certification Program judges held a tasting at Milton’s Olde Blind Dog, the host of Big South, on April 13. The winners of each of the 10 categories and a Grand Champion will be named at 6 p.m. during the May 11 event. Squires said announcing the winners at the midpoint of the festival allows attendees ample time to taste the award-winning brews. This year’s event will also focus more on local breweries. “Last year we had a lot of local breweries, but we also had a good amount of regional and national breweries,” Squires said. “We cut down on those this year because we had a lot more local breweries that wanted to take part.” North Fulton and Forsyth County will be represented by Currahee Brewing Company, Gate City Brewing Company, Cherry Street Brewing, Six Bridges Brewing and last year’s Grand Champion Jekyll Brewing. Other Georgia breweries include Service Brewing, Etowah Meadery, Orpheus Brewing, Monday Night Brewing and Reformation Brewery. Those who find a beer they like can use the Big South phone app or fill out an order sheet and pick up a pack and order of the brews at Olde Crabapple

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Christina and I traveled to Norman, Oklahoma last week, possibly for the second to last time. We’ll be back in a couple of weeks for Ray appen Carl’s graduation. Publisher ray@appenmediagroup.com Amelia graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and when Carl graduates, we will have been attending the school for the better part of 10 years, although it feels longer. During that time, we have always tried to visit at least once a semester to participate, just for a few days in the life that our children live in that wonderful academic world. We almost always sit in on as many classes as we can fit into our schedule, and both the kids — Amelia and Carl — have always been glad, I think, that we would have the interest in doing that. The professors too, I think, are usually a bit surprised, but after they figure out that there really is no hidden agenda, they almost always relax and, in the back of their minds, may even be somewhat flattered. The visits to Norman and especially attending classes, always takes me back — way back — to that place in my mind that will forever store my time in school. It is a bittersweet place for me. I immediately miss it and want to go back. And while I do love what I do now and where my life resides now, that time I don’t think I will ever let go completely. It always startles me when I hear a parent bragging about how fast their kid went through school. Other than the expense, “why,” I always think to myself, “why would you see that as a good thing?” So, they can get into corporate faster and start their 25 years of doing something for the benefit of someone else instead of spending their time learning for themselves? We’re going to miss OU. Christina and I used to spend as much time as we could in the soft, enabling silence of the OU library. We even had a hidden nook where we would go escape to and read while the kids were in class. We’d sit for hours in two stoic high-backed wooden reading chairs, each placed directly beneath two aging framed prints — one of Shakespeare and the other Cervantes. The nook felt like our own special personal space —private space — where only reading and silence were permitted. Adjacent to our little hidden nook was my favorite — the great reading room with its 30-foot tall ceiling. The room itself is perhaps 150 feet long and paneled wall to wall in hardwoods. Long narrow windows line the sides of the room and admit diffused light into vacuous space. Hand-crafted lamps

— cast-iron and possibly blown glass — hang from long, black, steel chains bolted into the towering ceiling above. A dark mahogany reading table stretches through the center room like a train in the distance. Long rows of plush leathercovered oak chairs crowd both sides of the table — sentries guarding a royal procession. Nothing moves. The air is still and feels frozen as if in a tomb. The smell of old books and curiosity from a thousand students, and then thousands more, and the passage of time — decades upon decades — seems to permeate this space. Three stories up — or was it four — we follow Carl through the archives — deep into the bowels of the library. These books that fill endless rows of steel shelves lie dormant as if in a deep slumber — fading red, dull orange, “earthy” toned covers, deep brown leather-bound books with cracks from age — obviously unused and unread in decades, perhaps longer. We walk slowly, taking care and slouching slightly to avoid hitting the piping running through the low ceilings. We pass tens of thousands of books and bound periodicals as we follow him. “Here in Oklahoma there is a law that says that the library can’t sell any of the old books or periodicals and that they must be burned instead if they want to get rid of them,” he tells us. We are alone up here. We pass no students. Few pass these long, narrow corridors. “We are in a vault — a time machine of knowledge and of history, “ I think to myself. I’m glad we do not hurry. At the end of a row, we turn a corner see a low seated narrow window emitting dull light onto the floor of the walkway, and dust particles ride the beams of light in random motion. Carl points to the small step stool off to the side, next to the window. “This is my space,” he says, “where I can go. I sometimes sit up here for hours and read,” he shares with us. “Does he know,“ I wonder. He will tell his children about these books, and this space someday. Later, we walk past a non-descriptlooking three story building as we leave the library for what may be the last time. I remembered that Carl had shared with me a couple years ago that the building was one of Andrew Carnegie’s first charitable donations and that originally it was the OU library. Now it is where Carl takes many of his Letter’s classes — Latin, philosophy and history. As we walk past the building, I think that Carnegie would probably be pleased to see his donation is still helping bring knowledge to the world after almost a hundred years.

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April 26 games were not completed in press time. Visit northfulton.com/ sports for the full round one results.

Class 7A boys Milton 5, Grayson 0 — Hosting their first playoff game in three years, Milton scored three goals in the first half and shut out Grayson to move on to round two. Gary Dinnall and Ryan Brinza scored goals and Michael Gagne netted a penalty kick to put the Eagles up by three at the half. Hunter Dinnall scored two goals in the second half to secure Milton’s win. The Eagles will take on Region 7 No. 4 seed Norcross at home May 2. Roswell 4, Lowndes 1 (OT) — Though Roswell needed overtime to down Lowndes, the Hornets netted three goals in the additional two periods to advance. Max Wolverton netted a hat trick and CJ Ryan added a goal to power Roswell’s win over the Region 1 champs. The Hornets are on the road in round two where they will face North Cobb. Class 7A girls Milton 1, Archer 0 — Milton earned a dramatic win over Archer in the first round April 23 to punch its ticket to the second round. The Eagles’ Catherine Watry scored with 15 minutes remaining in regulation, and Milton held on for the win. Milton goes on the road next week against Parkview in a rematch of last year’s Class 7A state championship game. Rockdale Co. 4, Forsyth Central 3 — Forsyth Central’s season ended April 23 with a 4-3 loss to Region 8 champions Rockdale County. The Bulldogs compiled an 8-8-2 record this season and went 4-6 in Region 5-AAAAAAA play. Roswell 5, Tift Co. 0 — Roswell earned a lopsided win in south Georgia to open its 2019 playoff run. The Hornets scored three goals in the first half and kept Tift off the scoreboard for their eighth shutout this season. Evee Reeder led the offensive charge with two goals. Meghan Connelly, Mallie McKenzie and Taylor Oakley also found the back of the net. The Hornets will be on the road again in the second round where they face Region 2 champions East Coweta.

Class 6A boys Chattahoochee vs. Osborne — Visit northfulton.com/sports for result. Cambridge vs. Allatoona — Visit northfulton.com/sports for result. Northview vs. Dalton — Visit northfulton.com/sports for result. Class 6A girls Johns Creek 1 Sprayberry 0 (PKs) — Upset-minded Sprayberry took top-ranked Johns Creek all the way to a penalty shootout, but the Gladiators outlasted the Yellow Jackets 4-2 on penalty kicks to keep their state title hopes alive. Though Johns Creek averaged nearly four goals per game in the regular season, they failed to find the back of the net in regulation or overtime. However, the Gladiators secured the dramatic win with game-clinching save from Sierra Fowler in the shootout. Johns Creek will host Lanier in the second round of the playoffs May 1. Harrison 2, Northview 0 — Though Northview ended a long absence from the playoffs April 25, the Titans were shut out by Region 6 champions Harrison. The Titans compiled a 6-7-1 overall record this season. Class A-Private boys Wesleyan 4, King’s Ridge 1 — King’s Ridge saw its season come to an end April 24 with a 4-1 loss to Area 8 champions Wesleyan on the road. The Tigers compiled an 8-6-1 overall record this season. Class A-Private girls Wesleyan 5, Mount Pisgah 0 — After it captured its first area championship this season, Mount Pisgah fell in the first round of the playoffs. Wesleyan opened a 3-0 lead in the first half and held the Patriots scoreless throughout the matchup. Mount Pisgah compiled a 12-4-1 overall record this season.

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Johns Creek High athletes sign to colleges JOHNS CREEK, Ga. —Johns Creek High School held a spring signing day ceremony April 17 for six student-athletes who will be playing their sport at the collegiate level. Ethan Davey signed his letter of intent to swim for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Davey has been a competitive swimmer for 10 years, including all four years at Johns Creek High School. Davey is a four-year letterman whose accomplishments include being a 2019 state runner-up in the 50 free, being a recipient of the Gladiator award and 2018 MVP. Ryan Harkin will be attending Johns Hopkins University on a Lacrosse scholarship. He has played lacrosse for 14 years, and for four as part of the JCHS team. Harkin was a four-year varsity player, racking up over 130 career points and serving as team captain. Chloe Kim will be playing soccer for Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. She has played soccer for 15 years. A list of Kim’s accomplishments includes four-year soccer letter earner for

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the University of Albany. Salit has been a Lacrosse player for eleven years, playing all four at JCHS. He is a four-year varsity letterman, part of the 1st Team All-State, US Lacrosse All-American and the Georgia 6A/7A Player of the Year. Preston Topper will be attending Kennesaw State University on a golf scholarship. He has played golf for 10 years, including being part of the 2018 JCHS State Champion Team. He also received the Low Medal Award in 2018 for having the lowest overall scores.

CITY OF JOHNS CREEK PUBLIC NOTICE PURPOSE An Alcoholic Beverage License Application was submitted to the City on April 23, 2019 for Retail Package of Liquor, Wine and Malt Beverages. BUSINESS NAME Raameshwar, Inc d/b/a Bottoms Up Beverages 11950 Jones Bridge Rd, Suite113 Johns Creek, GA 30005 OWNER/OFFICERS Raameshwar, Inc d/b/a Bottoms Up Beverages 11950 Jones Bridge Rd, Suite113 Johns Creek, GA 30005 Owner, Nithyanandam Thangavelu

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Local dentist to provide free cleaning or treatment SUWANEE, Ga. — Family and Cosmetic Dental Care of Suwanee will host Dentistry from the Heart for the residents of Suwanee, Johns Creek and the surrounding communities May 4. This is the fifth year that Dr. Mitul Patel, Dr. Davis Smith and the dental team will volunteer their time and services to provide free dental care to those in need. The dental care center will provide patients, ages 18 and up, with a free dental treatment of their choice. Patients

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That night, we enjoyed a formal catered guest lecture on T.S. Elliot by a famous Elliot scholar. The next day, we showed up at what was supposed to be a very small and private “Socratic seminar “on a different literary topic. We discovered it by accident when Carl had noticed a posting on a scrap of paper pinned on a bulletin board. All it had said was “This is Water discussion,“ and gave a location

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and time. So, we went. What we found turned outBACKGROUND to be a professor and four students meeting in a small conference room. But “no worries.” The surprised professor invited us to stay and participate — and we did for several hours. The discussion was about David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech “This is Water,” which Carl discovered years ago and shared with me. I have watched the YouTube video of his speech many times and it is to this day, one of my more treasured possessions. Near the end of the discussion, one of the students — the one who until that point had said not a single word the whole time — spoke. “Wallace made two points,” he observed. The first was that our default is to see the world through a self-centered “me” filter that colors everything — what we see and understand and what we don’t see. “Because we look through that filter, we tend to only take note of things that impact us — the “big” things and not so much things that impact others. “ The student noted that making the decision to not focus just on ourselves is a conscious, moral choice, a decision we make every day and every hour. “It is important that we understand this because,” he said, “most of our lives are actually made up of these smaller, seemingly mundane less important moments — the points in-between. “ He couldn’t have been older than maybe 22, if that. No one spoke for what seemed like a very long time. As we flew home, I couldn’t stop thinking about our visit. I took inventory of the two nights and three days we spent with Carl at his university. We did a lot together. We learned a lot together in those few days. We met impassioned professors. We revisited an old library that welcomed us like we were long lost children. We felt the embrace of a long dead industrialist. And while we did hurry to pack in as much as we could together, we walked slowly enough to have noticed and read a scrap of paper pinned to a bulletin board — and experience the points in-between.

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North Fultonâ€™s Only On-Site Crematory DEATH NOTICES Julianne G. Campbell, 58, of Roswell, passed away April 18, 2019. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home & Green Lawn Cemetery. Irene Castillo, 76, of Cumming, passed away April 18, 2019. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home. Tom Chambers, 54, of Cumming, passed away April 22, 2019. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory. Donnie Crane, 67, of Cumming, passed away April 10, 2019. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home. Klari Kendrix Derthick, 66, of Cumming passed away April 21, 2019. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory.

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Jackie Dockery, 63, of Alpharetta, passed away April 17, 2019. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors &

Mayya Gorlova, 90, of Roswell, passed away April 19, 2019. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Dane Kay Marshall, 71, of Cumming, passed away April 19, 2019. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory.

Roy Freeman Gottschalk, Sr., 89, of Cumming, passed away April 22, 2019. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory.

Mary McGovern, 77, of Alpharetta, passed away April 21, 2019. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors &

Barry Glover, 65, of Cumming, passed away April 18, 2019. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory. Joyce Hendrix, 74, of Cumming, passed away April 21, 2019. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Pamela Swing Herman, 77, of Suwanee, passed away April 19, 2019. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home. Sybil Gail Hill, 73, of Cumming, passed away April 23, 2019. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home.

Thomas J. Doran, 78, of Alpharetta, passed away April 17, 2019. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home & Green Lawn Cemetery. Victoria Engbritson, 52, of Roswell, passed away April 16, 2019. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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Martha Sutton Lesnett, 91, of Roswell, passed away April 23, 2019. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors &

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Edward J. Mirynowski, 60, of Johns Creek, passed away April 22, 2019. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home & Green Lawn Cemetery. Allen L. Moss, 83, of Cumming, passed away April 20, 2019. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Thomas H. Schimmel, 83, of Johns Creek, passed away April 22, 2019. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home & Green Lawn Cemetery. John D. Shadburn, 86, of Cumming, passed away April 23, 2019. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory. Randy L. Smith, 63, of Cumming, passed away April 20, 2019. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home & Cremation Services. John Swift, 77, of Roswell, passed away April 19, 2019. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Efat Samii Motlagh, 95, of Roswell, passed away April 19, 2019. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home & Green Lawn Cemetery.

Kishore Upparchinta, 45, of Cumming, passed away April 19, 2019. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory.

Patrick Murphy, 47, of Cumming, passed away April 21, 2019. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home.

Paul Willoughby, 76, of Cumming, passed away April 12, 2019. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home.

Jerry Harvey Pendley, Sr., 70, of Cumming, passed away April 18, 2019. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

G. Howard Wilson, Jr., 87, of Cumming passed away April 21, 2019. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory.

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Norma Jean Reid, 78, of Alpharetta, passed away April 18, 2019. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors &

Werner Hans Wingen, 67, of Cumming, passed away April 18, 2019. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home.

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