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Rezoning approved with local HOA support

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City Council quarrels over Ocee Park trail

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Chattahoochee High School graduate and silver medalist Jay Litherland, right, celebrates with teammate Chase Kalisz, who finished first in the 400-meter individual medley race at the Tokyo Olympics on July 25. Before making this year’s Olympic Team and Team USA in Rio in 2016, Litherland trained at Dynamo Swim Club in Alpharetta during his middle and high school years. Read more, Page 8.

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Owners return from trip to find home burglarized JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Officers were dispatched to a residential burglary on Rosedown Way late July 21. The victims told officers they went on vacation for five days and when they returned home, they found their house in complete disarray.

A rear closet window was shattered and open and the back sliding door was ajar, according to police. The victims immediately noticed gold rings missing.

They told officers they would check to see if any other items were missing after they cleaned up.

Patrol officers canvassed the neighborhood to question neighbors and check for surveillance footage that may

PUBLIC SAFETY have shown the break-in. Detectives were called to the scene and took over the investigation.

Jewels, guns, gold coins taken in home break-in JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Thieves broke into a home along Southern Hill Drive and stole guns, $127,000 worth of watches and jewelry, and $30,000 worth of gold coins on July 22.

Police found a rear door leading to the back deck shattered and the master bedroom ransacked. The victim said the burglary occurred while she and her son were attending an event at Johns Creek High School.

The homeowner’s surveillance video showed three suspects break into the home by shattering the back window near the deck with a crowbar. The suspects could be heard on the deck speaking Spanish or Portuguese before they made entry, police said.

According to police, the burglars stole passports and immunization records,

DRUG & DUI ARRESTS Steven Demetrious McLaughlin, 47, of Melanie Drive, Atlanta, was arrested July 22 on Medlock Bridge Road for possession/manufacture/ sell/purchase marijuana, open container violation while operating motor vehicle and theft by receiving stolen property.

Vernon D. Price, 30, of Chicago, Illinois, was arrested July 22 on Medlock Bridge Road for DUI, reckless driving, open container violation while operating vehicle and driving while license suspended or revoked.

a Beretta gun, a .38 special revolver, a set of gold coins valued at $30,000, $100,000 worth of jewelry, a Rolex watch valued at $18,000, a Tag Heuer watch valued at $6,000, a Longines watch valued at $3,000 and $300 from a piggy bank.

Alpharetta man mauled after police respond to mental health call

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta police responded to a mental health call Sunday, but the situation escalated, and now the family is asking questions.

Officers restrained 36-year-old Travis Moya, brought him to the ground, subdued and handcuffed him. According to family members, police then commanded their K-9 to attack him.

After the incident, Moya was arrested and charged with a single felony count of willful obstruction of law enforcement officers by use of threats or violence. His family said he was not resisting.

At a press conference Thursday, Atlanta attorney Chris Stewart said the family planned to file a civil lawsuit against the Alpharetta Police Department. He also asked the Fulton County

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Travis Moya, of Alpharetta, is surrounded by his family at a press conference in Atlanta Thursday.

District Attorney to dismiss Moya’s charges and open an investigation into the officers and their actions.

The officers’ names have not been released. Jeffrey Ross, spokesman with the Alpharetta Police Department, said the incident is being investigated.

“At this time, no complaint has been filed in relation to this matter,” Ross said. “However, per our policies, a use of force investigation is being conducted in this matter as is performed for any

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City Council approves rezoning in years-long dispute

By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek City Council unanimously approved a rezoning request on July 26 that has been lingering for three years.

The Providence Group, an Atlantabased developing firm, had sought to rezone a strip of land owned by the Medlock Bridge subdivision’s Homeowners Association along State Bridge Road.

After community-members came out in opposition to the original proposal in 2018, the City Council denied the request. Residents said they were worried about increases in density and effects on home values.

The firm then sued the city. Since the initial lawsuit was filed in 2018, The Providence Group has collaborated with the Medlock Bridge HOA to negotiate details of the original proposal.

The latest proposal calls for a residential density of 5.23 units per acre, down from 8.82 units per acre originally planned. The total number of units dropped from 208 to 128.

Additionally, Providence agreed the new development will also consist of single-family homes along the Medlock Bridge neighborhood property line instead of townhomes, stacked townhomes or a quadruplex, as was in the original proposal.

In an internal poll of Medlock Bridge neighborhood residents, the revised plan drew 97 percent support from those who participated.

The Johns Creek Planning Commission had approved the plans at its July 6 meeting.

Kathryn Zickert, attorney from Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, who represents The Providence Group in the case, said she and her client are “delighted” with the outcome of Monday’s meeting.

“We worked really hard with the Medlock Bridge Homeowners Association to derive a proposal which they found acceptable, and we did it,” Zickert said.

“And I actually give the City Council some credit in that because they had identified many of the issues which we subsequently addressed with the homeowners association, so I think it was a win-win all the way around.”

Not everyone on the City Council was happy with the circumstances surrounding their Monday-night vote.

“I feel a little conflicted with this case,” Councilman Lenny Zaprowski said. “I feel like my hands are a little bit tied in this case because we have a pending lawsuit with them, and I’m just feeling very conflicted with that.”

Others said they would support the

project and pointed to the community involvement.

“You did what you were asked to do, the residents did what they were asked to do, and I thank you all for coming tonight,” Councilwoman Stephanie Endres said.

During the public hearing portion of the discussion, Medlock Bridge homeowners lined up to express their support, led by HOA Treasurer, Anne Harriman.

“We support the development as it was just described,” Harriman said. “We are comfortable with the number and size of the single-family homes and their lot size.”

Although the majority of resident attendees were present to share their support of the proposal, Scott Leeds, president of the Waterford Country Lake HOA, spoke in opposition.

Leeds’ neighborhood is one of the owners of the Spratlin Lake dam. At the meeting, Leeds raised concerns that the proposed development might be located in the dam’s breach zone and that zoning the land as such could lead to “loss of life.”

After determining there was not yet proof or documentation available to confirm the plans placed homes in the breach zone, Mayor Mike Bodker said the issue was not a basis for denial and took it off the table. He acknowledged that if the plans put homes in the breach zone, the development would be halted by state law, but that was not intrinsically tied to the City Council’s vote that evening.

However, following the council vote, Community Development Director Ben Song met with Leeds, Zickert and Warren Jolly, president of The Providence Group to further discuss the breach zone and set a plan for resolving the concerns Leeds rose.

“The situation has not been resolved,” Leeds said. “But I’m confident it will get resolved.”

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Medlock Bridge residents line up to express their support of The Providence Group’s rezoning request to the City Council at a July 26 meeting.

Leeds and his neighborhood’s engineering firm have since provided the developer and the city with their report on the dam and both entities are reviewing the information.

Zickert said The Providence Group will

be dismissing their suit against the city.

“We will provide that dismissal to the attorney for the city who will hold it until such time as the minutes are finalized, and then the lawsuit will be dismissed,” Zickert said.

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Council members trade barbs in Ocee Park trail debate

By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek City Council members exchanged heated words on July 26 over discussions of a construction contract for a soft-surface trail in Ocee Park.

The proposed construction would stabilize an already existing trail that wraps around the park in the woods, City Engineer Erica Madsen said.

“The path is not really safe,” Madsen said. “It’s a nice walk in the woods if you’re a very capable human being, but to make it an actual amenity for the park that people could use, that we would feel good about people using, it needs to be formalized and improved.”

The soft-surface trail was first identified in the 2015 strategic park plan and was budgeted in the 2019 parks bond.

Councilman Lenny Zaprowski argued that existing trails in the park are perfectly adequate, and the proposed addition would not provide a good return on investment for residents.

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Councilman Chris Coughlin disagreed.

“A safer place to walk in Ocee would be a good addition, in my perspective from a utilitarian standpoint,” Coughlin said. “There’s a lot of kids on scooters and things like that (on existing, paved trails) and I’d say most folks who walk stick to the exterior parts, so we need to give them a better path to have those walks.”

Frustrated, Councilwoman Stephanie Endres spoke about a “decision loop” she said the City Council often gets trapped in.

“At the end of the day, it was in the park bond, we had made the decision, we’re now following through, and it just makes sense to make that happen,” Endres said. “And the quicker we can get that stuff done, when the decisions are made, the less opportunity we have to have to recirculate our decision making.

So, I’m all for moving this forward.”

Zaprowski continued to argue that the trail is not well-used enough to warrant the update, but Madsen stood by the project.

“The path back there is well-used. I say that because it’s a different experience walking on a paved track around a baseball field and walking through the shaded woods,” Madsen said. “So especially on a day like today when it’s 90 degrees out, I think you’d probably find more folks out in the woods than you might expect.”

After Zaprowski pushed back again, saying the funding would be better used elsewhere and that the issue was political, Coughlin stepped in.

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ki and then continuing by stressing there is anecdotal and staff testimony pointing to the need for trail improvements.

Coughlin went on to share his personal experience witnessing three collisions on the paved paths within the park, saying that is reason enough to provide a safer walkway for pedestrians.

Endres proposed a motion to pass the action item as presented, with Councilwoman Erin Elwood seconding the motion.

Now discussing the motion, Coughlin reiterated Endres’ earlier point against redundancy.

“This would be good for Ocee Park, and it was in our park plan, so if we disagreed with this enhancement to the park, we should’ve settled it in 2015, we should’ve settled it when we had this in the budget,” Coughlin said. “At this point that we’re having discussion after it’s been in multiple plans and multiple budgets, we need to fulfill the promise that we made.”

Zaprowski countered by saying a lot has changed since the parks plan was initially passed and thus changes are warranted.

“We’ll just agree to disagree on this one,” Coughlin said.

After Zaprowski again repeated his thoughts on spending the money elsewhere, Endres spoke again.

“If we’re gonna have this debate, are we going to take up every cost, because I’d be happy to have this discussion on so many levels and have legitimate conversations about why we shouldn’t be putting money to certain areas, but we’ve made commitments to do that,” Endres said.

“So, if that’s a debate you honestly want to go toe-to-toe with, I’m happy to do it with you because you will lose.”

“No I won’t,” replied Zaprowski. “Just

cause you say it, doesn’t make it so.”

Council members began speaking and shouting over each other at this point, leaving Mayor Mike Bodker to literally bring down the hammer and return the floor to Endres.

“Councilwoman Endres has the floor, I haven’t heard her yield the floor, so I will allow her to finish her discussion and hope that we can finish this in an orderly fashion,” Bodker said.

“My only purpose in this discussion is to talk about decisions that we have made,” Endres said. “We spend a tremendous amount of time revisiting decisions after the fact when we’re in the decision phase. It is not fair for staff, it is not fair for council. We either need to start bringing these conversations up at the time they’re happening, but not at the end.

I can’t tell you how many times in the last year we have spent redoing decisions we’ve made. ... residents keep being caused to go in a circular drain listening to discussions that we revisit over and over and over again because the outcome isn’t where you want it to be.”

Breaking the tension, Coughlin expressed his excitement to “lace up his Chuck Taylors” and walk on the trail after its completion with “knees and elbows high like a geriatric in the mall.”

For a final time, Zaprowski reiterated his disapproval of the project.

“We all make good decisions and bad decisions, but we need to make the right decision,” Zaprowski said. “And to say ‘Oh we did this back then, we should’ve talked about it then’ look we gotta get the right thing for the… things have changed since then. …I’m just saying I’m going to oppose it.”

The motion passed 4-2, with Zaprowski and Councilman John Bradberry voting nay.

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Fulton County adopts transportation sales tax ballot issue

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmedia.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to formally adopt a ballot measure this November calling on voters to decide whether to extend the countywide .75-cent transportation sales tax for five years.

The decision followed an agreement with mayors from all 13 cities outside Atlanta.

Atlanta has its own transportation tax.

The .75-cent transportation special purpose local option sales tax, or TSPLOST, was first passed in 2016 by Fulton County voters in those 13 cities and runs through next March. Updated estimates predict the tax could generate up to $546 million in extra funding for municipalities to improve traffic flow, provide and upgrade pedestrian and bicycle pathways and improve safety.

The money will be distributed to cities based on population, putting Sandy Springs, Roswell and Johns Creek atop the list for funding.

District 1 County Commissioner Liz Hausmann called Monday’s action a “his-

toric moment” that will benefit the residents of Fulton County.

“It has taken a lot of collaboration between Fulton County and the cities to bring us here today,” she said.

County officials said they are mounting an information campaign with cities to cite statistics on the sales tax, including data showing what the current tax has accomplished.

The voter education rollout emphasizes what the tax has accomplished over the course of the past five years, they said.

The tax has committed $177 million to pedestrian, bike, landscape and streetscape projects, another $152 million for operations and safety projects and $82 million to congestion relief and roadway projects.

Rental relief expanding County commissioners also spent time during the special meeting to update cities on efforts to distribute rental relief aid to residents facing eviction. The action comes with the expiration July 31 of the Federal Eviction Moratorium that went into place with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.

The relief program began and was built

as federal dollars began arriving in the spring. Fulton County has adjudicated and paid 100% of all eligible applications that were received.

“I could not be more proud of the progress we have made as a county and as cities of Fulton on our emergency rental assistance program,” Fulton County Chief Operating Officer Anna Roach said.

To date, Fulton County has expended $9.84 million of its available $16 million in rental relief assistance. It has an additional $1.1 million set for distribution this week.

The dispersals to date represent assistance to 1,852 residents outside the City of Atlanta, Roach said.

The county continues to see growth in distributions, and it plans to maintain increased staffing levels to handle the need, she said.

To broaden the outreach, Roach said the state of Georgia is also working to intensify its efforts to open portals for rental and mortgage assistance so that residents across the state can apply.

Locally, residents can apply through the Fulton County website, fultoncountyga.gov/rentalassistance, or call 855-7767912 to speak to a live agent. Representa-

Estimated TSPLOST II revenues Updated estimates from Georgia State University show a sales tax would generate even more revenue to cities than previously thought.

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The Georgia Department of Revenue gets 1% of the money collected — estimated at a little more than $5 million.

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Chamian Cruz joins Appen Chattahoochee High graduate to cover government, courts claims silver medal at Olympics

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Appen Media Group announced July 26 the appointment of Chamian Cruz as reporter. Cruz will work with the news team to cover local government in north Atlanta. She will report to Carl Appen, director of content and development, and will be based

in Alpharetta.

“We’re thrilled to have Chamian join us,” Carl Appen said. “She is an experienced journalist who can smell a great story and has the chops to see it through. Her background covering crime and courts will be a big add for our accountability reporting. She also understands the importance of keeping the community’s voice in the news. It’s just

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By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Jay Litherland, former Chattahoochee High School Cougar, earned a silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley race July 25 at the Tokyo Olympics.

Litherland is a two-time Olympian, having also competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but this marks his first time winning a medal.

He came in second place to fellow University of Georgia graduate and teammate, Chase Kalisz.

Litherland and Kalisz’s coach from UGA, Jack Bauerle, was in the stands watching as the pair claimed the top two spots in the first event in Tokyo.

“It was almost like the perfect storm,” Bauerle said. “It’s just something you hope for, but when it happened, it’s quite interesting because I’ve been doing this for a long time. I just finished my 42nd year, and I was not prepared for the feeling. I was almost numb. I honestly didn’t know if it was day or night, and I was so happy because I was looking down at those two guys in probably the happiest moment of

their life.”

Before Bauerle recruited Litherland and his brothers to swim in Athens, Litherland trained at Dynamo Swim Club in Alpharetta during his middle and high school years.

Bauerle describes Litherland as a free spirit with a hidden inner competitiveness.

“What you saw at the Olympic Games is reminiscent of practice because he likes to try to run people down at the end, and that’s exactly what happened,” Bauerle said. “It was the most competitive 400 individual medley in history because in the finals, eight people had an honest to goodness chance. But he came from behind and was in a dogfight and he did it again. … Quite frankly, it was a dream come true.”

Litherland is half Japanese, so competing and winning in Tokyo was all the more special for him, Bauerle said. Not only is he a hero in the United States, representing Team USA, “but he’s a hero here.”

“He’s a modest guy and I’m proud of him, and I’m happy for him more than anything else,” Bauerle said. “It’s a game changer.”

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By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A team of developers has won initial approval to proceed drafting plans for a mixed-use community in southern Forsyth County they say would be on the scale of Halcyon and Avalon.

Representatives from Toll Brothers, one of the nation’s leading developers of luxury homes, and Atlanta-based Empire Communities, are pitching an overlay plan on just over 400 acres north of McGinnis Ferry Road, between Peachtree Parkway and Old Atlanta Road.

Eric White, Atlanta Division president for Toll Brothers, told members of the Forsyth County Commission July 27 that part of the company’s focus is on new architecture, and it has more plans active now than are posted on its website.

Toll Brothers is a publicly traded company with about $1.5 billion in hand. It bills itself as “America’s Luxury Homebuilder.”

The company has a 5,000 squarefoot studio currently under construction slated for opening the beginning of next year. He said Toll Brothers homes include quality construction, including Hardie plank materials on the exterior with quality interior finishes.

White said the company has active projects in all five districts of Forsyth County, and he would like to partner with the county to bring the development online.

Paul Corley, regional president for Empire Communities, said he has been building in the greater Atlanta market for nearly 30 years, including footprints in Avalon and Halcyon.

“You know you hear the terms ‘live, work,’ play,’ everybody says it – we mean

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He added that a partnership with Lamar Wakefield of Wakefield Beasley and Associates design firm, the development will reflect the community now and how it will live in 20 years.

Corley said the team expects to have selected another partner for the mixeduse property by the end of August.

“It’s the best of the best that we’re talking with because they recognize the demographics of this area,” he said.

“They recognize the schools. They recognize the (Ga.) 400 access and the good stuff that’s happening here in Forsyth.”

Corley said initial plans call for 15 pocket parks, two substantial amenity complexes, a large village center and 3.8 miles of trails that could tie in to surrounding communities. Residential will include townhomes in the $400,000s and estate homes worth more than $1 million.

Wakefield provided his vision for the mixed-use community as “a chance here to do something really special for the county.”

He said he is using the same fundamentals used in creating Avalon when project leaders visited more than 60 of the best rated mixed-used developments in the country to help draw up the design.

While plans are not complete for the South Forsyth project, Wakefield provided some general details, based on his conversations with county and community leaders.

He said the development would be bisected by a $20 million parkway connecting Peachtree Parkway and Old Atlanta Road. It will have more than 100 acres of greenspace and an amphitheater. The main plaza will be 1.6 acres, twice the size of Halcyon’s.

Wakefield said talks have already begun with a large grocer, one suitable

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Standing from left, Eric White, Atlanta Division president for Toll Brothers, and Paul Corley, regional president for Empire Communities, present plans for a mixed-use development in South Forsyth County at the July 27 County Commission work session.

for the development.

One of the more innovative parts of the plan includes anchoring one corner of the development with a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts and math) school. Wakefield said negotiations are currently underway with the school district for approval.

“I can tell you, with this student population that we have in Forsyth County, it will be the best STEAM school in the state of Georgia,” Wakefield said. “We think it will be 1,400-1,500 students.”

County commissioners were intrigued by the proposal, but they said they could not commit to beginning a regional impact review for the project until the developers present more details of a draft plan. The county said it is looking for traffic studies and a more exact number on the amount of commercial and residential square footage within the development.

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History, mystery, and a heart of stone The other day, I got the itch to hike somewhere new.

Like a lot of folks, I’m often a creature of habit and stick to the trails I know. But sometimes I get the urge to broaden my horizons. So, I pulled STEVE HUDSON out the maps and the Get Outside Georgia, aa4bw@comcast.net trail guides and even took a look at the Interweb thing to see what the new-trail possibilities might be.

And there were a lot of them. Even with decades of walking hither and thither in the north Georgia woods, there are still many, many trails I’ve never set foot on. Sometimes that’s because they’re too far away. Other times they’re too steep and rugged. Can you believe that? Hiking that’s too tough for me and my boots?

Well, please do believe it. Age is relentless, and knees don’t lie.

I kept narrowing the list, and then, there it was. I had decided. I’d go hiking up north a little ways in Fort Mountain State Park near Ellijay.

“Have you been there before?” Wife of Mine asked as I loaded up the day pack.

“I have,” I replied, “I’ve been fishing in the lake. But never hiking.”

“Why not?”

“I don’t really know,” I said. “But that’s about to change!”

A couple of hours later I was making the turn off Georgia 52 and into the park.

Adventure was about to begin!

Fort Mountain State Park gets its name from an ancient stone wall – a “fort,” if you will – that’s puzzled archaeologists for centuries. The wall, built of stacked stones, is 855 feet long and zigzags across the landscape between two precipices, running generally east-west. It varies in height from 2 to 6 feet, though archaeologists think it was higher in years gone by.

No one is really sure when it was constructed – or why. Nor does anyone know the purpose of the roughly 30 “pits” in the wall. Were they gun emplacements? Were they ceremonial features? Did the wall (as suggested on one of the historic markers at the site) maybe even serve as a sort of “honeymoon haven” for newlywed Cherokee couples?

Like the stones making up the wall, the mysteries stack up at Fort Mountain.

There are lots of theories, of course.

The most plausible seems to be that it was built by Native Americans around 500

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The overlook platform at Fort Mountain State Park puts you at eye level with soaring hawks and gives you a commanding view of the valley and mountains beyond.

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Others think Welsh explorers or even Spanish conquistadores constructed it as a defensive fortification.

There’s also the theory (based on Cherokee legend) that it was built by the “Moon Eyes,” said to be a light-skinned people with large, pale eyes who had the

ability to see in the dark.

Alas, there’s really no archaeological evidence to support any one theory over the others. It is likely that this particular stone puzzle will remain unsolved. But that’s okay. We all need a little mystery in

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Less puzzling is another stone artifact at Fort Mountain, this one much more recent and tied not to Native Americans or mysterious ancients but to the muchmore-recent Civilian Conservation Corps.

In the early 1930s, the United States was still reeling from the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the new president, and in 1933 he launched a program to put people to work – the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, which he announced in his Fireside Chat on May 7, 1933.

The CCC, Roosevelt said, would provide employment to “one quarter of a million of the unemployed, especially young men.” He added that this workforce would, among other things, work at “clearly enhancing the value of our natural

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One of the areas where CCC crews worked was what we now know as Fort Mountain State Park. Among their projects was the four-story fire tower that still stands in the park today. And that brings us to another story, the story of the heart of stone.

In 1934, a CCC crew was given the assignment to build that fire tower. Twentyyear-old Arnold Bailey found himself leading the crew. But as he and his team labored at building the tower, Bailey thought often about the love of his life, his future wife Margaret Reece.

Eventually, overcome by his love for Margaret, he selected one of the stones, crafted it into the shape of a heart, and then incorporated that heart into the construction of the tower.

Yes, the heart-shaped stone is still there, and you can see it if you know where to look. Here’s a hint: It’s located above a window...

Uh-oh. I see I’ve gotten so wrapped up in history that I’ve forgotten to talk about

the hike! Since I’m about out of space, I’ll give you the short version: The park offers hiking opportunities ranging from short and easy (including the Cool Springs Overlook Trail, which is 100 percent accessible by 2002 standards) to long and challenging (for example, the 8.2-mile Gahuti Trail, a backcountry loop that even offers four backcountry hiking sites by reservation).

My hike included the Stone Wall Trail, the CCC Stone Tower Trail, the North Stone Tower Trail (challenging in places with some incredible vistas), and the West Overlook Trail (which leads to an overlook you’ll never forget). Pick up a detailed trail map from the park office, take a look at the routes and trail profiles, and decide which hike is best for you.

Legends, history, romance and more, including camping and cottages and mountain biking and a lake and lots more – you’ll find it all at Fort Mountain State Park.

I love places like this. I think you will too.

The stone fire tower at Fort Mountain State Park, built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, boasts a hidden stone heart, placed in one of the tower’s walls by the construction crew chief as a tribute to his beloved. Look for it above one of the tower’s windows!

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By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com ATLANTA, Ga. — The Fulton County School System opens for classes Aug. 9 with most COVID-19 protocols still in place from last year. The one exception is the mandatory mask policy, which was lifted June 1 allowing the option of face coverings.

Schools Superintendent Mike Looney said the decision to open the school year with masks optional – but highly recommended — is based on summer school results with more than 12,000 students attending classes in person.

“Based on our experiences with summer school…with masks being optional… and without having to close a single classroom or single school, we’ve learned to manage the risk and mitigate the risk

to the extent possible,” he said at a July 22 meeting of the Fulton County Board of Education.

Masks will be mandated on all school buses, complying with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rules for public transportation.

He acknowledged the Delta variant of COVID-19 is increasing the threat of the virus in the county, but the numbers remain low when compared to where they have been in the past. Regardless, Looney said the district is prepared to change course if conditions change.

“We stand ready to pivot and make adjustments,” Looney said. “And I want our parents and our community to know that we will be the first ones to make adjustments if the data warrants.”

Last week the CDC said people in “high-transmission communities” should

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wear masks in indoor public spaces, even if they’ve been vaccinated.

Georgia is considered an area of high transmission. In the North Fulton region, all five cities had incident rates below 100 per 100,000 residents for the two weeks ending July 21. Mountain Park reported no positive cases.

Looney said the district is not ignoring the CDC or other public health guidance, but noted the changes are frequent.

“At times it conflicts with each other,” he said. “We want to make sure that we are reflective and make judicious decisions that don’t change overnight.”

A spokesman for the district said the revised direction from the CDC last week is being reviewed by staff.

“As with all updates from public health, state and federal officials, Fulton County Schools’ COVID-19 Executive Task Force will review the new informa-

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tion, confer with leadership, and then notify our community if changes are warranted,” said Chief Communications Officer Brian Noyes.

The issue was hotly debated on the district’s social media sites, with equal numbers of pros and cons of mandatory masking. A petition to require masks in schools has been created.

According to CDC statistics, fewer than 350 children under 18 have died from COVID-19 nationwide as of mid-July. The rate is similar to the fatality rate for seasonal flu.

Staff protocols to continue The reporting procedures for COVID exposure, positive test results and all other procedures implemented last year will continue into the next year, noted Chief Talent Officer Ron Wade.

“We are asking that all staff and students report for three main reasons… whether they’ve been COVID positive, may have a pending test, or if they’ve been in direct contact with a COVID positive person,” Wade said.

Currently, about 80 percent of teachers surveyed have received the COVID vaccination, he noted. Vaccination will not be a condition of employment.

This year, an employee portal for reporting will be used instead of emailing results. A “COVID response team” will also be used to follow up on COVID issues.

“We’re just going to ask all the stakeholders to make sure they cooperate and be truthful and answering employees about their vaccination status,” Wade added.

One significant change from last year is the compensation for employees who have to quarantine. Last year, the district continued to pay employees even if they had used all their leave time. That will not apply this year.

Chief Academic Officer Cliff Jones noted students who are required to quarantine will be offered virtual tutoring

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Schools: Continued from Page 20 options to remain on track with academics. The district is also looking at extended day options for students to enhance instruction outside the classroom.

Last year, studies showed the loss or pause in learning was several months because of the pandemic disruption.

That situation is expected to continue into this year.

Moya: Continued from Page 2 instance of a use of force incident by one of our officers.”

Gerald Griggs, who is also representing Moya in the case, said they want justice to be served.

“We are here again for a situation that we should not have to witness in 2021,” Griggs said. “This is not Alabama in the ’50s. It’s not Mississippi in the ’60s. It’s not South Carolina in the ’70s.

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With the rise in COVID cases occurring at the start of the school year, the district is also expanding the number of seats available in the Fulton Virtual Academy for last minute changes.

Parents had to commit last year to an instruction mode for this year to avoid constant disruption to schools with students in and out of classrooms.

Decisions on closing schools Looney said the closing procedure for responding to COVID cases or outbreaks in schools will remain the same as last

year. Decisions will be made at the classroom, school or district level depending on the impact.

That decision was welcome news to North Fulton school board member Katie Reeves.

“I appreciate that we will be reacting to the local school community not Fulton County as a whole,” Reeves said. “Because we found out in the past that that didn’t necessarily work very well.”

In March 2019 when COVID-19 became an issue, the entire district was shuttered after one positive case in

received a call and I saw the video my heart dropped again.”

Moya’s wife and 5-year-old daughter witnessed the incident Sunday. His wife captured on cell phone video the moment the K-9 moved on Moya as he lay on the ground with three officers on top of him.

According to his attorneys, Moya sustained a concussion and “severe” dog bite wounds throughout his upper body. He was transported to the hospital for treatment.

Moya was released from jail on a signature bond but made no statements during the press conference. Stewart

said he wants people to understand the incident was not a regular dog attack.

“The dog walked away with flesh hanging from its mouth,” Stewart said. “… These dogs (K9s) have, from our research, 195 pounds per square inch of pressure when they attack. They are trained to maul and attack. There was no reason for this dog to be out of the vehicle. … His wife explained to us they weren’t screaming, they weren’t arguing, they weren’t fussing with the officer. The officer simply suddenly decided, ‘back up, I’m going to get the dog.’”

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Looney said the closing procedure developed last year worked well with different levels of closure depending on the outbreak.

“Our default position is to have school in a face-to-face environment, if at all possible and safe,” he said, “And it might mean we have to quarantine a classroom…a grade level…and last resort pivot to remote learning for the entire district.”

The closing procedure can be found on the district’s website, fultonschools.org.

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