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School district advises safety over holidays

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Local hospitals prepare vaccine distribution plans

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Return to the polls

Georgians returned to the polls Dec. 14 to cast early ballots for the Jan. 5 runoff election to decide the state’s two U.S. Senate seats. Voters in Johns Creek came to the Northeast Spruill Oaks Library, one of 30 early voting sites throughout Fulton County. Early voting runs through Dec. 30.

Upgrades proposed for Buice, Spruill roads

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High number of students select in-person learning Fulton will continue to offer remote option for second semester

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The number of students in the Fulton School System opting to return to the classroom for the second semester ticked slightly higher than those who chose the option in the first semester.

Parents were asked to commit to a learning model for the next semester — face to face or remote learning — by Dec. 11 in time to set schedules and classes for a January return.

Of the nearly 41,000 responses in the election survey, just over 48 percent opted to return to in-person instruction. That is up 4 percent from the 44 percent that chose to return to the classroom when the district reopened the schools in October.

Students not choosing an option will continue in the same mode as they ended the first semester, according to district officials.

“If you did not complete the election survey we are going to assume you are returning in January under the same option you chose in the fall,” said Superintendent Mike Looney, noting more than half of the district’s students did not complete the survey.

Fulton Schools is removing the flexibility option that parents used in the first semester, but which proved to be a logistical nightmare for staff. Next semester, students must commit to the learning model they select for at least the first nine weeks.

School administrators said the back-and-forth decisions over the past two months, from remote to in-person and back again, challenged teachers

and scheduling staff to keep classrooms up and running.

“During the nine-week commitment, you will not be allowed to move back and for convenience sake as it currently is being done,” Looney said.

Fulton School Board member Linda McCain, whose district includes much of the Johns Creek area, said parents need to understand their role in the learning process if their child remains at home.

“If [parents] are choosing remote learning, they need to know how much of the responsibility for their child’s learning falls on their shoulders,” McCain said.

She noted parents need to make sure their children are in a structured environment and have the ability to engage and interact with their class and teachers in a virtual setting.

Looney echoed that sentiment, noting he’s aware of children who have not been successful in their virtual learning because attention is not being paid to missed assignments and coursework. Parents, he noted, must be teachers as well to ensure their children are on track.

“They have to be the teacher in the classroom in a lot of ways, [and] make sure their children are logging in, finishing assignments, and taking the assessments,” Looney said. “At the end of the day, the parent is still the primary teacher of their child.”

Based on the results of the remote learning over the past several months, Looney said the success of the student has ultimately been linked to the engagement of the parent in the learning process.

“We want to support our community in any way we can, and we are proud to offer choices,” Looney said.

“But parents must contemplate their ability to engage.”

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Man loses gaming console in pre-arranged transaction JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police responded to Crossington Road on Dec. 8 after a man reported that he was robbed of his PlayStation 5.

According to the police report, the 20-year-old victim told officers he was trying to sell the gaming console to three men he met on the OfferUp app. When they met to make the exchange, the suspects snatched the PlayStation from him and ran back to their Jeep Wrangler without paying.

The victim managed to snap a photograph of the getaway vehicle before the suspects sped off. It was registered to an 18-year-old man who lived in the subdivision, police said.

The man returned to the scene as officers were questioning a witness and asked if someone had just gotten robbed, according to the police report.

He claimed he’d let someone borrow his Jeep. Officers noted he was “breathing heavy and rambling his words.” Police cuffed and detained the man for questioning after the victim identified him as the getaway driver. He was taken to the Johns Creek Police Department to be interviewed by detectives. The report did not indicate whether the vehicle owner was arrested, and officers hadn’t identified the other two suspects.

Landlord reports threat from renter’s relative JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police responded to Jones Bridge Place Drive on Dec. 7 for a rental dispute.

The female property owner said she tried to get rent from a man she rents a home to, but the man’s son said he passed away, according to the police report. The son told the landlord they could discuss the finances later.

But when she called later, the son said he was busy. The landlord said the renter’s sister then snatched the phone from him and snapped at the landlord, saying she was going to “burn the house down.” The sister also threatened to bash the landlord’s head in, according to the report.

The landlord could not identify the woman who made the threats over the phone.

DUI arrests Danielle Bryanna Jarrett, 27, of Polo Hill, Cumming, was arrested Dec. 10 on Old Alabama Road for DUI and defective tires.

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Safe return to schools depends on holiday behavior District urges caution during large gatherings

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton School officials are urging students and families to take health and safety precautions over the long winter break to avoid further disruptions to the school year.

The system moved all high schools to remote learning in the week prior to the break as the number of students and staff in quarantine after COVID-19 exposure rose to unmanageable levels.

“We intend to resume school in January in the same instruction model of face-to-face or remote learning,” Superintendent Mike Looney said. “But in order for that to happen, we need [the community’s help].”

He urged students and parents to continue to follow protocols of face coverings, handwashing and social distancing during the break. And for those traveling, gathering in large groups, or who experience COVID-like symptoms, he encouraged getting a COVID test before returning to school.

“COVID-19 testing is completely voluntary,” Looney said. “However, being able to identify individuals with COVID-19 is a critical, proactive measure to keeping infected individuals from unintentionally spreading the virus to others.”

Fulton Schools has again partnered with a community agency, CORE, to provide free COVID tests for staff and students on Jan. 2. A previous event after the Thanksgiving break identified 64 positive cases which allowed the district to conduct contact tracing and quaran-

Return-to-school schedule calls for phased approach The Fulton County School System will transition into the second semester over a two-week time frame that begins remotely for all staff and students and ends with in-school learning for those who choose that learning option.

Week of January 4-8: • January 4-5 will be teacher workdays/student holiday because many schools are election polling sites.

• Second semester begins for all students on January 6 with remote learning in place through Jan. 8.

Week of January 11-15: • Middle and high school students will participate in remote learning January 11-12, while elementary students return to school for faceto-face instruction.

• On January 13, all students (except those who chose remote learning) will come back for Face-toFace instruction.

The system moved all high schools to remote learning in the week prior to the break there are other options available for testing. He urged people to go to fultoncountyga.gov/covid-19/covid-testing-sites to find a test site in their area.

Word of approved COVID-19 vaccinations is positive news for the district,

but the timeline of availability for the general public is still up in the air. When available, district officials said they will follow the guidelines from public health on whether vaccinations will be required for students and staff.

“We will continue to monitor news or information from health professionals on the status of approval of a vaccine for staff and students,” Communications Director Brian Noyes said. “If the state requires a vaccine, we will follow guidance from public health and develop processes to accommodate the mandate.”

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tines prior to the return to school.

The need to stay safe is particularly important for teaching staff because Fulton is experiencing critical staffing shortages.

“We want [our employees] to return safely for yourself and your colleagues,” Looney said. “Testing is important, particularly if you traveled or were in large gatherings.”

CORE will have two testing sites, one north and one south, but Looney said

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Local hospitals planning COVID-19 vaccination distribution

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON/FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in north Metro Atlanta, and local hospitals are planning how they will distribute doses.

The Georgia Department of Public Health is coordinating the vaccine distribution across the state. The department is expected to receive around 84,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the initial stage of distribution.

The first doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 arrived for local hospital systems Dec. 16, with Wellstar Kennestone Hospital receiving a shipment of 3,900 vaccines. Wellstar said it will begin administering the vaccine to its frontline staff at all 11 locations, including Wellstar North Fulton in Roswell, this week.

The second shipment of doses to Wellstar is expected next week.

The hospital system said employees in emergency departments, intensive

care units, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, adult and pediatric primary care stations will be the first to receive the vaccine, along with first responders.

Katherine Watson with Northside Hospital System said the group has not received vaccines yet, but a plan of distribution has been created for when shipments arrive. She said those plans would not be reveled at this time because they have not been communicated to hospital staff.

Emory Johns Creek is drafting its distribution plan and will release details once it is finalized, Alysia Satchel of the hospital said.

Along with hospitals, the Fulton County Board of Health is also set to begin receiving and administering vaccinations.

Dr. David Holland, chief clinical officer, said around 2,700 doses are set to arrive in the first round of deliveries to the agency.

Holland said the priority for the Board of Health is to vaccinate workers at testing sites. As more vaccines

Editor’s note This article will be updated online at northfulton.com as more information from the hospital systems is released. become available, doses will be administered following guidelines set by the American Council on Immunization Practices.

“We want to offer it to everybody, but given the current limited supply, we want to get it to the people who need it most,” Holland said.

With hospitals receiving doses directly, the Board of Health will coordinate its distribution with independent practitioners.

Holland said practitioners and residents should keep an eye on the agency’s website for updates, which will include how to sign up to receive the vaccine.

The vaccines arrive in the area at the same time cases of COVID are reaching unprecedented levels.

Statewide as of Dec. 17, the 7-day average of new cases was 4,640 daily, over 900 more cases on average per day than the previous peak in late July.

In Fulton County, the 7-day average was 405 new cases per day, about 50 fewer per day than its peak in July. As of Dec. 16, the county had reported 44,255 cases and 714 deaths.

Forsyth County reported three of its four highest daily case totals between Dec. 7-15 as its 7-day moving average neared 100 cases per day. The Georgia Department of Public Health had reported 71 total COVID-19 deaths in the county as of Dec. 17.

Johns Creek seeks public comment on Buice and Spruill roads improvement

By KATIE ANDERSON newsroom@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The city of Johns Creek hosted a public input meeting Dec. 15 concerning upgrades to the intersection of Buice Road and Spruill Road.

Traffic analysis has shown that, on average, vehicles were traveling at 53 miles per hour on Buice Road, which has a speed limit of 45 miles per hour.

Concerns have also been raised about limited visibility in a section of Buice at a steep hill that leads into a curve.

The city is considering two options for improvements to the intersection.

The first option is a roundabout, which forces drivers to slow. The second option is medianettes, additional concrete islands in the road.

The proposed roundabout would be similar in size if not slightly smaller than the one at Boles Road and Bell Road.

The speed limit around the roundabout would be 25 miles per hour. Sight distance should be improved with a roundabout because it provides a clearer vantage point of the next car.

The medianettes, similar to those on Buice Road near Ocee Park, are designed to make drivers slow because it creates a sense that the lane is narrowing. In truth, the lanes would remain the standard 11 feet wide. This plan calls for a widening of Buice Road to add a left turn lane onto Spruill and a 2- or

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The city is considering two options for improvements to the intersection. The first option is a roundabout, which forces drivers to slow. The second option is medianettes, additional concrete islands in the road.

2 ½-foot elevation on Spruill Road to increase visibility around the curve.

City engineers have estimated timelines for the projects at 24 months for the roundabout and 18 months for the medianettes. The timeline includes the engineering process, right-of-way and construction.

Public Works staff say neither project would require a detour. Both projects are expected to include sidewalk additions. The department presented the roundabout as the more highly recommended option for improvements.

At a Sept. 8 meeting of the City

Council, Steve Kramer, who owns property near the intersection, spoke against the roundabout option. He said construction would absorb part of his driveway, and he was wary of additional erosion created by the device.

“In Johns Creek you don’t label the exits of the roundabouts,” Kramer said.

“I’m afraid that if there is one with our driveway being one of the exit points, people are going to go up there all of the time. We’re going to be like a street of Johns Creek without any of the benefits.”

Kramer is not the only resident opposed to the roundabout.

Mary John Spencer, who also lives nearby, said at the Dec. 15 input meeting that she thinks a roundabout would not truly help decrease speed and cars would speed up to and after it.

Both projects have a similar estimated price of between $1 million to $1.5 million. Public Works Director Chris Haggard said he expects the roundabout to be about 30 percent more expensive than the medianettes improvement.

“Doing nothing is an option,” Haggard said. “We’ll bring the results of all the input to the council and the challenges. They’ve been told there’s a safety hazard here. So they have to make a decision.”

Kramer sent a Zoom chat message during the input meeting asking for the presentation to the council to include input from the homeowners in the area of the project.

“I would like any presentation to the city council to include the downsides, fairly, about the alternatives,” Kramer said. “Clearly, there should be an impact metric applied against surrounding homeowners, and these should be included.”

Haggard said he doesn’t anticipate construction to begin for another year, plenty of time to clear everything with the City Council.

For more information on the project or to leave public input, visit the city’s website at johnscreekga.gov.

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GEORGIA’S 2021 OUTLOOK – PART 2

The sick state of the Peach State

By TIFFANY GRIFFITH newsroom@appenmediagroup.com NORTH ATLANTA METRO, Ga. — The 2021 outlook for Georgia tells two vastly different stories.

On the economics side, predications have Georgia outpacing the national average for job growth. The Metro Atlanta is expected to do even better than the state average. Wages, home sales, innovation and consumer spending should all see an increase locally in the coming year.

But the current and expected status of healthcare in Georgia is anything but good news.

“Unfortunately, Georgia has a lot of poor healthcare indicators, including obesity and a higher number of people who are uninsured,” said Alexander Hill, a University of Georgia Senior Research Analyst.

The UGA Selig Center for Economic Growth just released its 2021 outlook for Georgia. Despite positive economic signs for the state and metro area, the list of troubling healthcare data and predictions seems endless.

When compared to most other states, Georgians have below-average health, and it’s on the decline. In 2019, the United Healthcare Foundation ranked Georgia

40th among 50 states in citizen health.

Among seniors, the state ranked even lower. Georgia sunk to the bottom of the list for childhood immunizations, with 65.6 percent of children receiving vaccinations.

Furthermore, death rates from heart disease, cancer and diabetes in Georgia are above national averages. UGA experts said these health trends made the average Georgian more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19.

Going from bad to worse The coronavirus made a bad situation worse for Georgia.

“An estimated 178,000 Georgians lost their health insurance between February and May 2020,” Hill said. “Georgia is now one of eight states where more than 20 percent of adults are uninsured.”

The overall uninsured rate in Georgia jumped from 19 percent in 2017 to 23-percent in 2020. That number is expected to reach 25 percent in 2021, four years sooner than projected pre-pandemic.

Even for those with insurance, the cost of healthcare can be a punch to the pocketbook. Hill also mentioned the quality of employer-funded medical cov-

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Hubert ‘Hugh’ Clark served as pallbearer for JFK funeral

By KATIE ANDERSON newsroom@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Hubert “Hugh” Clark, one of six pallbearers for the funeral of President Kennedy, passed away at the age of 76 on Dec. 1. His wife, Beryl Clark, says he will be remembered as a family man who loved his country.

Clark, who was laid to rest in Johns Creek, spent most of his youth in Paterson, New Jersey and Mamaroneck, New York. He joined the Navy in 1962 at 17 after graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

Initially Clark pursued a career in technology with the military, but when offered a different role in Washington D.C., he accepted. Clark quickly impressed his peers and was elected as honor man of his company. Shortly thereafter, he was asked to join the Presidential Honor Guard. Within months, he had also become a pallbearer in the Navy’s ceremonial unit.

On Nov. 22, 1963, while serving in Washington, Clark was notified that President John F. Kennedy had been

assassinated in Dallas. Because of his reputation within the ceremonial unit, he was selected as one of six pallbearers representing the U.S. armed forces to guard and carry the president’s casket over the next several days. He was whisked to Andrews Air Force Base to greet Air Force One as it arrived that Friday night from Dallas. There, he helped carry the casket to the CLARK waiting ambulance. He spent much of the night at Bethesda Naval Hospital, where the president’s autopsy was performed.

Early the next morning, he guarded the casket as it lay in the East Room.

On Sunday, Clark accompanied the horse-drawn caisson to the Capitol where he helped carry it up the steps, perfectly horizontal despite the incline. He continued his service in the detail as the casket then traveled for funeral services at St. Matthew’s Cathedral on Monday, and from there to Arlington National Cemetery.

Clark often spoke of the rigors of that weekend, working with virtually no sleep on a historic funeral detail with strangers from other branches. He said the attention to detail, to perfection, was on everyone’s mind.

He said he always considered it an honor to have been chosen to represent the Navy as pallbearer, the same branch of service Kennedy had served in World War II. Clark received numerous awards, including the Medal of Military Merit from the Kennedy family and members of the Kennedy Administration.

In addition to his time in the Navy, Clark also served as a detective for the New York City Police Department. It was during his time home in New York that Hugh met his wife Beryl.

Beryl and Hugh met as they were neighbors in Queens, New York. Hugh moved into the house across the street from her, and she said that is how they got to know each other and became great friends. The two would have been married for 52 years this month. Beryl said she believes that Hugh leaves the legacy of his love of his country and his family.

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“He will be remembered for his love of his country,” Beryl said. “He was very proud of his military background and being a veteran. He went all around the country to talk about JFK, but I think he will be remembered most for being a great dad.”

The Clarks moved to Johns Creek about 10 years ago to be close to their daughter, Kelli. Beryl explained that their whole world revolved around their daughter.

Beyond his love of his country and his family, Beryl said Hugh was a great golfer and played often with his friends in Johns Creek. Clark started playing golf at the age of 13 when he worked as a caddy at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York.

Hugh leaves many to mourn him including his wife Beryl, daughter Kelli, brother Apostle James I. Clark, Jr., sisters Mary Pillors, Lois Clark, and Yvette Conyers, mother-in-law Gladys Sampson, sister-in-law Shirley Lorraine Clark, and brothers-in-law Jeff Sampson and Alvin Thomas. Additionally, Hugh had many nieces and nephews and dear friends.

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Wellstar North Fulton Hospital offers comprehensive stroke, aneurysm services

By PHOEBE LIU Newsroom@Appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Stroke is the fourthleading cause of death in Georgia, and the state is in a region called the “stroke belt,” identified based on high rates of stroke mortality.

But early treatment can prevent serious long-term effects, according to the Department of Public Health. North Fulton residents with brain and health concerns can now seek comprehensive stroke and aneurysm treatment close to home.

On Dec. 9, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital announced that it now offers the “highest level of services” to patients suffering from life-threatening or disability-causing blockages as well as weakened blood vessels in the brain. The Roswell hospital’s new specialized services include thrombectomies, aneurysm treatments and cerebral bypass procedures. The changes — from beginning to treat patients with cerebrovascular diseases to building and using a new state-of-the-art, hybrid neurovascular suite — have been rolled out progressively since August.

“According to our projections, North Fulton and our surrounding area expect a significant increase in stroke rates during the next five years,” said Jon-Paul Croom, president of Wellstar North Fulton Hospital and senior vice president of the Wellstar Health System. “Wellstar continues to enhance our service offerings to provide the highest level of care possible to the communities we serve. Offering advanced neuroendovascular services is one more example of how we are doing just that.”

To implement the comprehensive stroke and aneurysm services, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital built a new hybrid neurovascular suite — which allows surgeons to use both traditional surgery and minimally-invasive endovascular techniques — and prioritized the creation of a dedicated neuro-ICU

On Dec. 9, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital announced that it now offers the “highest level of services” to patients suffering from lifethreatening or disabilitycausing blockages as well as weakened blood vessels in the brain.

to provide around-the-clock support for critically-ill neuro patients, said Benjamin Zussman, an endovascular-trained neurosurgeon at Wellstar North Fulton Hospital.

The hospital also recruited a team of neurosurgeons trained in cerebrovascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery, as well as nurses, technologists and support staff to carry out the newly-offered procedures.

One such procedure is a stroke thrombectomy, a surgical procedure to remove blood clots from arteries and veins. Thrombectomies are the preferred treatment for patients with acute stroke and blockage of a large vessel in the brain and are only offered at a “handful of hospitals in the nation,” Zussman said.

To perform a thrombectomy, a neurosurgeon introduces small catheters, or tubes, into a patient’s blood vessels.

Using direct visualization provided by advanced imaging technology, the surgeon steers the tubes to the blockage in the neck or brain and can then physically remove the clot.

Cindy Mejia was one of the first

patients to receive one of Wellstar North Fulton’s new stroke services. After a sudden stroke on Sept. 9, Zussman performed a cerebral angiogram potential thrombectomy on Mejia within 90 minutes of her leaving her home.

“Because of the quick intervention and the excellent surgeon and team, my brain was saved,” Mejia said. “I highly doubt that could have happened if the intervention had not been available and so quick. I was able to think, talk, understand everything and move all my limbs when I awoke at 2 p.m. I left the hospital two days later with no need for speech [therapy], physical therapy or occupational therapy.”

Mejia said she chose Wellstar North Fulton because of its proximity and feels fortunate that the new program existed when she had her stroke. Delay in transport to another facility, she said, could have cost valuable brain cells.

The other new treatments — aneurysm treatments and cerebral bypass procedures — are also highly specialized. Aneurysm treatment can stabilize bleeding aneurysms in the brain, and cerebral bypass procedures can reroute

blood flow around damaged or blocked arteries.

The program’s success has been “dramatic,” Zussman said.

“We have patients who have come into the hospital unable to talk or understand, unable to move their face and body, who wake up after their emergency procedure feeling normal again,” Zussman said. “These patients would otherwise be totally incapacitated or would die. Instead, they get to go home and live their lives.”

Zussman and Mejia both emphasized the importance of watching for the symptoms of a heart attack or stroke and calling 911 immediately if they notice any warning signs.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Zussman said that far fewer people are seeking care for heart attacks and strokes but that the hospital’s team knows that “people are still having heart attacks and strokes” and is still equipped — even more so now than ever — to treat them.

“It is critical to get help as soon as you have the first symptom,” Mejia said. “I did my part, and then Wellstar’s stroke team was able to do the rest.”

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‘Good vibes’ in tough times: Cuban restaurant opens in Johns Creek

By PHOEBE LIU newsroom@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Colorful portraits of famous Cuban musicians and a neon blue “good vibes only” sign greet you as you walk in. Although mostly empty due to the pandemic, it’s easy to imagine groups of diners laughing and eating at the restaurant’s tables, which are painted a blue so bright it matches the sign’s neon glow. Cuban music plays from the restaurant’s speakers, and a mini-Christmas tree sits on the front counter.

Local Cuban Cocina, which opened in late July on Jones Bridge Road, is Johns Creek’s new spot for Cuban and Latin fusion food.

Co-owners Carlos Mejia and Beto Montenegro say they wanted to bring something new to Johns Creek and decided to introduce traditional Cuban cuisine to residents.

“Cuban food is rich in flavors, rich in colors, rich in aromas,” Mejia said. “It’s a mix of different cultures … and it’s really special for that. Cuban food is really good, and the idea was to offer something different for everybody.”

Cuban cuisine blends African, Spanish and other Caribbean influences in a way that illuminates the country’s history. Spain colonized the island from 1492 to 1898. During that time, Africans were taken to Cuba as slaves. Those from neighboring Caribbean countries often traveled to Cuba and influenced its culture as well. And due to the island’s location and tropical climate, fruits and root vegetables like plantains and yuca are central to Cuban food. Staples of Cuban cuisine are rice, beans and plantains, and dishes are often seasoned with spices like oregano, coriander and cumin.

If you go Local Cuban Cocina is open for dine-in, takeout and delivery Monday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Visit localcuban cocina.com or call 770410-0052 to order or learn more.

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Several paintings of famous Cuban singers line one wall of Local Cuban Cocina.

Mejia is an architect turned restaurant owner who moved to the United States from Colombia 22 years ago. Since then, he has worked in various Latin American and Caribbean restaurants, and he brings that experience to Local Cuban Cocina. The co-owners had the opportunity to buy the Jones Bridge site in February and had planned to open in March. But the pandemic forced them to delay their opening to the summer.

“Unfortunately, this is a very hard moment to start any business,” Mejia said. “But I came back to … roll with passion with energy. And I have that.”

Mejia said that in the four months since opening, one of the restaurant’s most popular items has been its ropa vieja. It’s the national dish of Cuba, and

the restaurant makes it with flank steak and stewed vegetables.

“Ropa vieja” is Spanish for “old clothes.” Legend has it that an old man with no money once shredded and cooked his own clothes to feed his family. But Mejia said he doesn’t know how the name’s origin relates to the presentday dish, which originated in Spain and was first documented in Cuba in the mid-19th century.

“It’s really good meat cooked slow and marinated with different kinds of spices, peppers and onions,” Mejia said.

All of the restaurant’s entrees come with white rice, black beans and a choice between maduros and tostones.

Tostones are green plantains that are twice-fried and savory. Maduros are sweet plantains.

Also popular, of course, is the Cuban sandwich. Mejia said Local Cuban Cocina has sold over 700 Cuban sandwiches since opening.

“When people think of Cuban gastronomy, everyone knows the Cuban sandwich,” Mejia said. “The original Cuban sandwich is very special.”

Local Cuban Cocina makes theirs with bread from a traditional bakery in Tampa, sweet pickles, sweet cheese and a slice of pork marinated overnight and cooked slowly the next day for more than 10 hours.

In addition to traditional Cuban staples like picadillo de criollo — a ground beef dish with olives, raisins, spices and more — and masitas, which are crispy chunks of fried pork, Local Cuban Cocina offers everything from nachos and tacos to quinoa salad bowls to flan and tres leches. It can be fusion, but with Cuban ingredients, Mejia said.

Nearly all of the restaurant’s orders have been takeout, Mejia said. On an average day, the restaurant seats from two to five tables of dine-in customers.

He stressed that the restaurant follows CDC guidelines and all employees wear masks and clean regularly.

Mejia said he looks forward to the time when he sees people eating and having a good time together in his restaurant soon.

The “local” in the restaurant’s name isn’t a reference to cuisine that’s local to Cuba, he said. Rather, it’s because the restaurant’s goal is to serve the local community.

Mejia said he is grateful for the support of Johns Creek residents, the Chamber of Commerce and other government leaders.

“The most important thing to me is ‘good vibes only,’” Mejia said. “Too many problems come every day … so [despite them] in this place, it’s good vibes only, all the time.”

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A great time for trout fishing Ordinarily, you don’t think of wintertime as prime time for trout fishing.

Warmer seasons usually come to mind instead.

But thanks to Georgia’s Delayed Harvest trout fishing STEVE HUDSON program, these cold Get Outside Georgia, days really do offer aa4bw@comcast.net some great trout fishing opportunities!

The Delayed Harvest program, as we’ve noted before, targets waters that are on the cusp between “warm” and “cold.” During the summer, those waters are too warm for trout. But come the cooler temps of winter, water temperatures can drop enough to be suitable for trout.

Recognizing that, Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources manages five such waters for “Delayed Harvest” trout fishing from Nov. 1 through May 14.

During that time, designated DH waters are catch-and-release and artificial single-hook lures only. Then, on May 15, they switch back to regular regulations and you can keep what you catch — thus, “delayed” harvest.

Georgia’s Delayed Harvest waters are always popular destinations this time of year — perhaps especially now, in the time of COVID, when folks are looking for a safe way to enjoy recreation outdoors. Sections of five different streams — Amicalola Creek, Chattooga River (in northeastern Georgia), the Chattahoochee, Smith Creek and the Toccoa River — have been designated as DH water. You can find the details at GeorgiaWildlife. com.

How are these streams fishing? From what I’m hearing, the DH fishing has been good! Thanks to ongoing stocking in DH streams, there are plenty of fish.

Some of those fish will be freshly stocked and provide great catch-and-release fishing for less experienced anglers, while others have been in the water for longer and have quickly wised up. That provides a great mix of fish for anglers of every skill level.

If you’re targeting those inexperienced fish with your fly rod, try various types of egg imitations such as the Y2K or 3-D Sucker Spawn. Pink or red or chartreuse San Juan Worms work well too. So do Woolly Buggers, either drifted like a nymph or actively stripped to imitate a minnow.

Once the fish wise up, switch to more traditional types of flies. A favorite of mine is a small Zebra Midge or Blue Assassin midge, perhaps fished as part of a two-fly rig with a bug, meaty Rubber-

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legs stonefly imitation or (to target new as well as experienced fish) maybe with that Y2K egg imitation or a San Juan Worm. Such a set-up gives the fish a choice — always a good plan during DH! What about spin fishing in DH waters? Absolutely! In fact, it’s a great way to introduce kids to the fun of DH trout. Tie on a single-hook Roostertail or Mepps Spinner, then cast across likelylooking runs and reel it in.

Do you have to wade to enjoy DH fishing? Not at all. One good place to try shore-based DH fishing is Smith Creek, where a trail follows much of the DH water and provides plenty of access. This is a fine place to bring young anglers.

Even disabled anglers can enjoy Delayed Harvest fishing, thanks to accessible fishing platforms on the DH portion of Amicalola Creek of Highway 53. These are located down the hill from the main parking area off 53, and there are special handicapped parking places nearby.

There’s more good DH news too.

Georgia DNR’s fisheries folks have been stocking the Chattahoochee DH water, and (as water levels permit) that’s giving anglers some good days right here in Atlanta — but the fish wise up fast, and striped bass take a toll on them too.

By the way, if you’re fishing the Hooch DH with a minnow imitation (a streamer), here’s even a chance of having one of those stripers take your trout fly. It’s not the norm, and it only happens every now and then. But when it does? Let me tell you: It really gets your attention when you get a hit and there’s suddenly a 10-pound striped bass on the other end of your line!

So take a look at your holiday calendar. Got an open day? It just might be a great day to hit one of Georgia’s DH trout waters.

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On that Most Dreaded of Diseases: Uncombable Hair Syndrome Brought to you by — Dr. Brent Taylor Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta This evening, I set to work planning to write an article that our local readers would find interDR. TAYLOR esting and informative and began writing about a skin cancer case that I recently treated. But as the days are getting colder and COVID is still in the air, I thought, wouldn’t it be nice have something fun and pleasant for a change? Which leads me to…. Uncombable Hair Syndrome.

Yes, uncombable hair syndrome is an actual disease. First off, my sincere apologies to anyone afflicted with this malady if I misunderstand any distress it may cause. My only exposure to this condition was to a single case in my residency, the details of which I hope will excuse me for any seeming lack of sympathy: A beautiful couple presented to clinic with the CUTEST child you ever seen. He was a delight, babbling and smiling and running amok trying to grab everything he shouldn’t have. At first glance, nothing appeared wrong. His arms were free of eczema. His moles looked normal.

He didn’t even seem to have a lick of lip licker’s dermatitis. Why was he in a dermatology clinic? Exasperated, his mom lamented, “I can’t comb his hair – you don’t understand it WON’T comb.”

She went on to explain. No matter the mousse, the hair spray, the shampoo or conditioner, his obstinate hair willfully sprung back into a tussled mishmash of hairs going in every direction.

These hairs had a mind of their own.

Their position was not random. Instead, a certain hair would always try to go backward. The next, always forward.

Push one in a certain direction, and it would spring back to the position that it preferred.

My attending physician exclaimed “your child has uncombable hair syndrome!”

Uncombable hair syndrome is a wellcharacterized medical condition. One can easily find information on the genes involved by turning to Wikipedia, but I strongly urge the reader to go to Google Image instead and type in “uncombable hair syndrome” and enjoy photos of the dandelion capped rascals running around with uncombable hair Several types of hair disorders are sometimes lumped together with uncombable hair syndrome but the classic disease occurs because the hair follicles have a notch or a triangular shape, and so the hair grows out with a ridge or a

groove resulting in a stiff hair that can only fall one way. The Latin name is pili trianguli et canaliculi, which, if you are a Latin scholar, perhaps means something. Children afflicted with this condition are typically towheaded with very light blonde to white hair.

To be a syndrome, a disease must have two or more features that occur together as a disease “complex.” In this case, the two primary features are the uncombable hair of the child and the frustration of the mother. Scientists still debate whether the smirking laughter of the father playing on his phone in the background constitutes a third feature of this disease. This would make the syndrome a triad.

Fortunately for our patient, his disease has an excellent prognosis. The hair of uncombable hair syndrome typically becomes uncombable early in childhood and normalizes in early adolescence, often at puberty. Our patient was otherwise completely healthy without any signs or markers of other dermatologic disease.

Given that our patient is a boy, my attending’s advice was simple: “keep his hair buzzed until he’s about 13 or so.”

“So you don’t have any treatment?!” said the mother.

“Well, I thought the reassurance that it should normalize in 10-11 years and that you could buzz the hair in the meantime is a good treatment plan,” said my attending.

The father laughed. The mother remained frustrated. The child’s hair remained uncombable.

Please note that this syndrome should not be confused with the “wont comb his hair” syndrome as displayed by my son, age 2 (see photo).

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Sticking points of the 2020 high school football season

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON/FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The 2020 GHSA high school football season could have never happened, but for local teams the unprecedented year is complete, and cleats, jerseys and helmets will lay dormant until a hopefully brighter spring. While no North Fulton team will appear in a state title game this season for the first time in six seasons, 2020 was still one for the history books.

Here are some of the top aspects of the year that stick out.

Season goes off with few snags Plenty of games were cancelled, many players tested positive or were quarantined, but local programs went relatively unscathed during a season that was still in question when the first games were scheduled to be played.

Several local programs played abbreviated seasons. Blessed Trinity played just nine games, despite reaching the third round of the playoffs.

Others had rotten luck. Forsyth Central had its opening two games cancelled just hours before they were set to kick off.

Its season finale, one last chance for the seniors to take the field, was called off.

However, all local teams were able to play most of their scheduled games, and few serious cases of COVID-19 were reported among programs.

Roswell area schools shine Roswell, Blessed Trinity and Fellowship Christian are all located within about one mile, making a little stretch of Ga. 92 a mecca of football talent and strong programs that continued this season.

One only has to look at the class of 2021 from those football teams, which includes a bevy of college commits, to showcase their dominance in recent years.

Together, the senior classes from each school combined for a staggering 118-28 record, and that includes an eight-loss season by Roswell in 2017, when many of this year’s seniors were playing for the freshman/JV squad.

Roswell and Fellowship have won two region titles during the last four years, with Blessed Trinity capturing three. Since 2015, each of the teams has made at least one trip to the state finals, Roswell did it twice. BT made four appearances in six years, winning three championships in the process.

Milton state title was no fluke There were some murmurs among the state’s football community that Milton’s 2018 state championship was a bit of a fluke. Not that they weren’t talented, well-coached or tough-to-beat, but some suggested the program overachieved that year.

However, the last two years have shown evidence against that though.

The Eagles have compiled a 19-5 record since lifting the Class 7A state championship trophy, their only losses coming against ranked teams, including to eventual state champs Marietta last year in the playoffs. This season, Milton earned two on-field wins over ranked teams (not including a forfeit by ranked Cedar Grove) and ran the table in Region 5-7A for the third consecutive year. The Eagles have more region titles in the last three years than the program won from 1950 to 2017.

And few difference-makers remained this year from Milton’s state title squad, showing 2018 was no fluke, rather, it was a coming out party for a program on the rise.

Mixed bag for 1st-year coaches A new head coach presents many questions for a program, even more so in a season of unknowns like 2020. For the six coaches who made their debuts at North Fulton and Forsyth County programs, there was feast, famine and plenty in between.

The big winners among the group were Dave Svehla of West Forsyth and Mike Palmieri at Denmark. West captured its first region title since 2012 and reached the third round of the playoffs for the second time in program history. Denmark, which West beat for the Region 6-7A title, had its best season in the team’s three years in action, with a 6-1 region record and the program’s first

playoff win.

Another strong debut season came from Chris Prewett at Roswell. The Hornets went 8-3, the first winning season by a first-year Roswell head coach since 1998.

At the other end of the scale was Centennial and Lambert.

Under Sean O’Sullivan, the Knights were winless this season, their second year without a “W.” Though Lambert started the season 4-0 under Tommy Watson, the Longhorns went 1-5 down the stretch in region play.

For Terry Crowder of King’s Ridge and Alpharetta’s Jason Kervin, 2020 was a mix. Crowder’s Tigers went 3-5 overall, but earned the program’s first playoff berth. Kervin led the Raiders to a 3-6 mark, but that was good enough for the team’s fifth straight trip to the postseason.

New regions live up to hype Every local team was in a new or updated region for 2020, and many of those groupings lived up to the expectations of tight title races and solid competition.

Roswell, Milton and Alpharetta played in the same region, 5-7A, for the first time since 2011, and the results lived up to the hype. Milton handed Roswell its first loss of the season and overtook the Hornets for the top spot in

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Football: Continued from Page 14 the region standings. Alpharetta earned a signature win over Roswell late in the season, it’s first in Class 7A. The loss jeopardized the Hornets’ playoff hopes. When the dust settled, Milton was crowned champ and all three teams earned berths in the postseason.

Region 6-7A included all of Forsyth County’s public schools this year, and the intra-county rivalries took center stage in a fight for the region crown.

Gainesville led the region standings the opening weeks of play before Denmark dethroned the Red Elephants late in the regular season. That set up a winnertake-all contest between West Forsyth and the Danes for the region title, with the Wolverines taking a 20-10 victory.

Behind the leaders, South Forsyth, North Forsyth and Forsyth Central continued their rivalries with a tight race for the final playoff spot.

In Region 7-6A, there was a logjam for playoff spots between the North

Fulton teams and their Cherokee County foes. The final week of the regular season determined playoff spots, including Cambridge’s first postseason berth in four seasons.

In Region 7-5A, perhaps the most anticipated region game of the year between Blessed Trinity and Cartersville was cancelled due to COVID-19, but with three powerhouses in the region, including Calhoun, the region should serve up entertaining races in the coming years.

The mighty can still fall There are no easy games in the playoffs and everyone starts the second season 0-0. Those may be football cliches, but they were on display Dec. 11 when three strong and previously undefeated North Fulton teams had their seasons come to an abrupt end.

Despite a brief season that included just six regular season games, threetime defending state champs Blessed Trinity were continuing their dominance over the competition. In the Titans’ five games leading up to the quarterfinals, which included two playoff contests,

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they had scored over 44 points per game and had posted four shutouts. However, the Titans came up short in a thriller against Warner Robins, ending their season and bid for a fourth state title.

Fellowship Christian looked poised to make a return to the state finals after suffering a heartbreaking, overtime loss in the 2016 championship. Ahead of the quarterfinals, the Paladins controlled their competition, compiling a 10-0 record, which included wins over three ranked teams, while outscoring the opposition by an average of five touchdowns per game.

The dream season wasn’t to be though, with the Trinity Christian pouncing on the Paladins early Dec. 11 on its way to 41-27 win.

Milton’s undefeated run also ended Dec. 11. The Eagles ran the table in the regular season before earning a lopsided win over Peachtree Ridge in the first round of the playoffs and a comeback

win over Archer. However, Milton’s bid to return to the semifinals for the second time in three years ended with a 23-13 loss to Lowndes.

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or forego healthcare if it’s too expensive,” Hill said. “And that’s something economists didn’t really understand.

Economists thought that the demand for healthcare was relatively inelastic over the decades. But unfortunately, recent years have shown that people only have a finite amount of money.”

The expected cost for medical procedures and prescriptions in 2021 might drive away even more patients. Hill said hospitals actually suffered financial losses this year — having to treat more people in the emergency room rather than performing surgeries. She said hospitals and insurance companies plan on passing the cost of those financial losses down to consumers.

“Those losses that hospitals and other healthcare systems experienced are going to be a shock that will be felt through the end of 2021, maybe even 2022, unfortunately,” Hill said.

Georgians with limited access to medical treatment — living in “healthcare

deserts” — took on a greater burden in 2020. Many rural counties have their own clinics run by the government. Hill said those clinics were already strained before COVID-19 exacerbated their problems.

“They weren’t able to get people in as quickly as they should for treatment.

They don’t have very many services available,” Hill said. “So, they would have to send people to hospitals that are further away if they have any complex issues.”

Debt will need to be addressed According to UGA’s report, in 2014, it was estimated that less than 60 percent of the primary healthcare need in Georgia was being met. Despite the barriers and challenges ahead, Hill said the concerning state of healthcare in Georgia has not been a drain on the economy. Yet. “Our economy has found a way to push through that,” Hill said. “But there’s only so much medical debt our economy can absorb. So, maybe by 2030, when it starts to become a prob-

lem for more than half of the population, I don’t see how we’ll keep saying we’re erasing the debt and you can start over.”

For now, Hill said Georgians can secure themselves financially to avoid taking on too much debt. People in the Peach State already proved that they know how to save money during the pandemic recession.

“When we received the first stimulus check, most people put that into savings.

The savings rate increased to 33-percent, which is unheard of,” Hill said. “We usually have a below 10-percent savings rate on average in this country. People saw the uncertainty and they took steps that they needed to take.”

Long term, Hill recommends consumers become better educated to make their professions more recession-proof.

“This recession hit people with low skill jobs the hardest,” Hill said. “If Georgia can increase its average education level to that of the U.S., or exceed it a little bit, I believe that our citizens will be way better off for the next recession.”

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Virginia Heard Holbrook, 93, of Cumming, passed away December 15, 2020.

Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory.

Robert S. Loudermilk, 79, of Cumming, passed away December 12, 2020.

Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory.

Nancy Burton Maloney, 69, passed away December 8, 2020. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory.

Ronald Hyslop Muir, of Cumming, passed away December 11, 2020. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home.

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Lawn Cemetery.

Roswell Funeral Home Green Lawn Cemetary Faithfully Serving Families Since 1839

Roswell Funeral Home Green Lawn Cemetary Faithfully Serving Families Since 1839

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Melvin Petersen, 84, of Alpharetta, passed away December 11, 2020.

Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Robert Pierce, 92, of Roswell, passed away December 11, 2020.

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Roswell, passed away December 12, 2020. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Roswell Funeral Home Directors & Crematory.

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Mark Orris, 62, of Alpharetta, passed away December 13, 2020. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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Marcus Parish, 78, of Alpharetta, passed away December 14, 2020.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors &

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Eric Smith, 76, of Roswell, passed away December 11, 2020. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home and Green Lawn Cemetery.

John Smith, 85, of Roswell, away December 14, 2020. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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David Williams, 78, of Cumming, passed away December 9, 2020.

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