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Fulton Schools begin vaccination rollout

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City officials further talks on ‘flag lots’

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Residents face postal woes Delivery trucks await loading at the USPS Alpharetta annex on Bluegrass Lakes Parkway. The center processes much of the mail for Milton residents who have complained of sporadic deliveries and frustration at contacting someone at the agency for help. Read more, Page 4

School district attacks student learning loss

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Man damages teen’s car in road rage encounter

NEWS DUI arrests Jesus Hernandez Garcia, 35, of Bramshill Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested Feb. 19 on Crabapple Road for DUI, duty upon striking unattended vehicle and improper backing. at Haynes Bridge Road. A man driving behind the teen at the time tailed him and began arguing with him when the victim stopped at the Target parking lot.

The teen said as he was arguing with the driver, the passenger got out and struck his front and rear windshields, forcing him to speed off. The victim described both suspects as men in their mid-30s.

Police have yet to identify the men.

Six vehicles burglarized in Crabapple North area MILTON, Ga. — Police investigated reports of six vehicles broken into in the Crabapple North neighborhood before dawn Feb. 19.

The incidents occurred on Freemanwood Lane, Northern Oaks Court and Basnett Drive. At least two of the vehicles were unlocked, according to police reports. Surveillance video from a home on Basnett Drive showed two hooded suspects rummaging through a 1500 Ram Limited Edition. Investigators were not able to identify the suspects.

Police said the thieves stole wallets, credit and debit cards, cash and other items from the vehicles.

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A 16-year-old driver told police someone followed him from Ga. 400 after he was forced to slam on his brakes while merging onto the state highway

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All willing staff to get both shots in phased rollout

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Officials with Fulton County Schools are targeting mid-April to have all willing staff members vaccinated with both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination.

The district is planning two six-day sessions, one for each round of doses, beginning in March for all full and parttime staff. Those groups includes teachers, substitutes, charter school staff and community coaches “Now that a timeline has been set by the governor, Fulton County Schools will work with the Fulton County Board of Health for district personnel to get vaccinated,” said Brian Noyes, chief communications officer for the school district.

“We are prepared and resourced to meet the challenges of the effort.”

Last week, Gov. Brian Kemp announced phase 1B of the state’s vaccination rollout will begin March 8, allowing

school-based staff to participate.

The timeline was accelerated after results of a statewide survey showed only 45 percent of eligible teachers were willing to get the COVID vaccination. Based on the survey, state officials determined not as many doses would be needed to meet the demands in Phase 1B. Noyes said internal polling shows Fulton Schools staff are more willing to accept the vaccinations than the statewide poll. “[We have been] surveying staff interest in receiving the vaccine,” Noyes said.

“The survey is still open for employee responses, but initial numbers indicate more than 60 percent would like to receive the vaccine.”

Earlier this year, Fulton Schools held a vaccination clinic with Fulton County Public Health to provide COVID vaccina-

tion to all staff members over the age of 65 and their eligible spouses during Phase 1A of the rollout.

The events were “hugely successful” according to district leaders, and more than 500 school staff received both vaccinations.

“Additionally, it validated the playbook developed by district staff in partnership with [public health partners] that can now be scaled up to provide the vaccine to our remaining 11,000-plus employees who want it,” said Ron Wade, chief talent officer for Fulton Schools.

Noyes said he is encouraged with the number of staff willing to get the vaccination when it becomes available, but understands it is a decision each person must make.

“Fulton Schools is providing the voluntary vaccine opportunity, as well as employee information sessions with medical professionals, to encourage participation,” Noyes said. “[However] there are no plans to make vaccinations mandatory.”

Plans are to have eligible staff get their first dose the week of March 22-27, followed by the second shot during the week of April 12-17. The clinic will be held at Mercedes Benz Stadium and has a capacity to vaccinate 1,350 people a day.

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Milton residents frustrated by sporadic mail delivery, lack of contact

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — The U.S. Postal Service is reeling after the holidays brought greater demand for package delivery amid a pandemic and political infighting.

While the impacts are being experienced throughout the country, Milton residents face the added frustration of having no post office of its own.

Carl Jackson, a resident of the Kingswood subdivision on Hopewell Road, said he and his neighbors have experienced those irritations firsthand.

During the holiday season, Jackson said, delivery to his neighborhood slowed to a crawl. He expected deliveries to pick back up post-holidays, but that hasn’t happened. It has possibly gotten worse, he said.

“We are receiving mail once or twice a week, if we are lucky,” Jackson said.

“I know [the USPS] has problems and things have become political, but it is really hitting home in a time we need it most.”

Jackson laughed at receiving a political flier for the June 2020 Runoff Election in February, but he said many of his neighbors depend on the service for vital, timely deliveries.

“We have a lot of elderly residents here who rely on the postal service for medications,” Jackson said. “My neighbor is a cancer patient who gets medications through the mail. Some neighbors don’t get out much, or at all, because they are trying to stay in place, and the post office is crumbling up here.”

With many more people working from home due to the pandemic, some are relying on mail delivery to receive their income. Jackson and his wife are work-

If there is an issue with a package and it is held by the postal service, residents have little recourse, because there is no direct line of communication with the USPS locally. ing from home, and though he said they will not miss out on a meal if a check is not received on time, others may not have that safety net.

Jackson’s main issue is not the frequency of delivery, he believes his neighbors would be satisfied with consistent, three-day a week service. Rather, his frustrations stem from a lack of a Milton post office.

If there is an issue with a package and it is held by the postal service, residents have little recourse, because there is no direct line of communication with the USPS locally.

Without a post office, most Milton mail is received and shipped to homes from the Postal Service Annex on Bluegrass Parkway in Alpharetta, but there is no formal counter service. Jackson said on several occasions in the last few months, he has tracked a package online through the USPS website and was presented with a message that his mail was being held at his request, even when

he had made no such request.

The phantom requests are made more frustrating because Jackson said any attempts of picking up the package at the Alpharetta Post Office are unsuccessful — employees at the location directed him to contact the annex. On one occasion, he said an employee gave him phone numbers to call the annex, but he was told “they don’t pick up the phone.”

Jackson said that warning proved accurate. He has been unable to speak with anyone at the annex over the phone after several attempts.

The issue does not seem to be limited to Jackson or his neighbors in Kingswood.

Dozens of residents throughout the city recently voiced their USPS delivery issues on a private Facebook group.

Many said deliveries were still inconsistent, and some echoed Jackson’s failed attempts to speak with someone at the annex.

In a response to the Herald, USPS

spokesperson Rick Badie outlined steps the USPS is taking to address the issues, including stabilizing operations, retaining peak-season employees and restructuring. However, he did not specifically address sporadic local delivery or Milton’s lack of a post office.

“The Postal Service strives every day to provide excellent service to our valued customers and we apologize for any inconvenience that may have been experienced,” Badie said in an email. “We have returned to pre-peak operational conditions in most areas and we fully anticipate continued improvements in service performance.”

He said those with concerns or complaints can call 800-275-8777 or contact the USPS through Twitter @ USPSHelp.

That’s little consolation for Jackson.

“When you order something online or are set to receive a package from someone, you don’t typically have a choice in what service will be used,” Jackson said.

“We’re just hoping now it’s from FedEx, UPS or Amazon Prime.”

Milton officials continue discussions on ‘flag lots’

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — As Milton has forges ahead with its 2040 comprehensive land use plan, some discussions have centered on regulations for flag lots.

The Milton Planning Commission explored the topic of the unconventionally shaped residential lots at its Feb. 24 meeting.

A flag lot is a narrow strip of land serving as the road frontage and the driveway. With the “flag” moniker, the narrow strip serves as the flagpole with the larger residential area resembling the flag.

Often, the strip of land serves as the driveway for a property, or in the case of several flag lots abutting one another, a

shared driveway could be installed.

Acting Community Development Director Bob Buscemi, who also serves as the city architect, said flag lots give residential developments a denser appearance, even if they meet lot size requirements.

Under regulations for 1-acre minimum lot sizes, a lot must have 35-feet of road frontage, but the width of the property can then be reduced to a minimum of 15-feet wide.

However, Zoning Manager Robyn MacDonald said flag lots are not always a “big bad wolf,” it comes down to how they are implemented. She said in some instances, a large estate lot may subdivide to allow for a family member’s home to be constructed. There are a range of sizes to flag lots in the city, she said,

and every situation is different.

The question now is whether Milton opts to disallow flag lots, create certain stipulations on such parcels or continue with the status quo.

Many of Milton’s neighbors have disallowed flag lots, including Roswell, Alpharetta and Sandy Springs, while they are still permitted in Johns Creek.

MacDonald presented a few musings to the Planning Commission the city could pursue.

One instance would be to ban flag lots that will result in properties under 2 acres in size.

“With 1-acre lots, you’re really squeezing the lots in trying to make the most of the property,” MacDonald said.

Milton’s current regulations also come into play.

In 2018, the city moved to promote developers to create larger residential lots. Within those incentives was the stipulation that lots of at least 3 acres did not require road frontage, eliminating the need for a “flag pole” strip of land because a common driveway could serve all properties.

Another detail to be hashed out is whether the city could regulate flag lots for family lands, including a possible provision that the existing parcel and subdivided land would each have to meet certain size requirements.

The Planning Commission did not take any action on the topic, but last week’s talks could spark further discussions and future recommendations the board could make to the City Council.

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School district officials target learning loss among students

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The disruption to education from the pandemic continues to leave its mark on student achievement, leaving some students months behind their peers.

Officials with the Fulton County School System said learning loss began almost immediately last March when schools closed and virtual learning began. By the end of the school year in May, some students were already months behind.

“COVID really threw unprecedented challenges to our schools,” said Ryan Moore, executive director of Governance and Strategy for the district. “And schools continue to be challenged.”

Moore noted the loss of learning does not necessarily mean students are moving backward, but that they are not moving forward to where they need to be academically.

The summer months were spent primarily on remediation and recovery efforts, which focused more on filling in the incompletes and less on filling the gaps, he said. With the start of the new school year in August, the focus was on setting up a blended approach to learning that included online and in-person instruction.

In comparing results from a January 2020 assessment and an August 2020 assessment, Ryan said there was a clear drop off in learning during that period.

Among the fourth through eighth grade students who made up the testing group, learning loss in reading ranged from a half month to 2.5 months, and nearly a month of loss in math.

“This data represents the learning impact from Jan 2020 to August 2020,” Moore said. “It is a measurement of [learning loss] during that first period of shutdown when we were in universal remote learning.”

During that time, he said, the district was in “quaran-teaching” mode, evaluating how many subjects should be taught, for how many minutes and how to minimize screen time.

A deeper look into the data also revealed distinct disparities in where the learning losses occurred. Most impacted were students at the poverty level and the district’s Hispanic/Latino students. Moore said the gap in learning loss between male and female students also widened as the students progressed from fourth to eighth grade.

“There was three times the learning loss among male students than females in reading and math in grades seven and eight,” Moore said.

He noted students receiving special education services did not see the learning loss that other groups experienced.

Fulton County Schools to ‘FOCUS’ on learning Fulton County Schools officials have proposed a 5-step plan to support students in retaining what they’ve learned over the past year and put the district back on track.

Chief Academic Officer Cliff Jones outlined the program and its core components during a school board meeting last month.

“The goal is to create a systemic answer to COVID learning loss that addresses the impact to student achievement through an equitable lens,” Jones said.

Fulton County Schools is creating implementation teams to focus on each part of the program, looking at professional development, extending the time spent in school through summer school or a longer day, and ensuring parent engagement.

The implementation teams will spend the next two months developing their strategies and update the Fulton School Board of the plans at the April 22 board meeting.

Superintendent Mike Looney said the plan is not just a “one summer plan” for the district’s response to COVID, but a long-term plan over multiple years to engage students in their academic success.

“If we see a lack of engagement and effort by students across years, we do need to think of what is in the best interest of students,” Looney said.

He noted the conversation could involve reviewing the district’s grading, promotion and retention policies and whether changes need to be made.

“They actually fared better than any other group,” Moore said. “So we are trying to uncover [how] remote learning worked well for some of our students with disabilities.”

Moving forward, Moore said the district will review the data from diagnostic assessments given in January to look at learning loss, or improvements made, in the first semester.

“The next big thing is trying to understand the difference between inschool and at-home test takers during this period,’ Moore said.

He said the loss in sustaining learning could be tied to the level of parental support at home.

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devices for students to resume learning at home in March.

Over the summer, the district expanded the bandwidth from 18 gigabytes in March to 40GB by the time school reopened in August.

Learning loss is inevitable, Hosford said, but not permanent if school sys-

tems respond appropriately.

“Most students will bounce back if given support and if faced with reasonable expectations,” Horsford said.

The Washington-based education consultant said hybrid models which blend face-to-face and virtual are working better for many students. Therefore,

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FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — As school systems across the country struggle with opening classrooms safely, one technology entrepreneur is addressing problems with the learning loss recorded among students.

In the Fulton County School System, officials have charted a stall in learning beginning last spring after just a few months of learning disruption.

Grant Hosford is co-founder of codeSpark, an education platform used in schools across the country to introduce and enhance technology skills in younger children.

He says all schools faced similar challenges with virtual instruction, but some did better than others. Those that did better made access to devices and internet a priority for their students in the early days of the crisis.

“Those schools made sure all families had devices with internet access,” Hosford said. “And they prioritized training their teachers on hybrid models, the use of education technology tools, and [virtual classroom] best practices.”

Fulton County Schools recognized the challenges early, and quickly purchased and distributed thousands of

school leaders should reconsider what success looks like in schools, he said.

“I would argue the days of memorizing facts are long past,” Hosford said.

“Students should be more focused on communication, critical thinking, data sourcing and analysis, team-based problem solving, etc.”

Data from Fulton County Schools shows the greatest learning loss is occurring in traditionally marginalized groups, including those in poverty and English language learners.

Hosford says this situation is being seen across the country among students who have persistent challenges because of limited resources.

“These students should get extra attention, and there should be a focus on rebuilding confidence and interest in school,” Hosford said.

But it’s not all bad news for education in the midst of a pandemic. Hosford said teachers who previously were reluctant to use technology as a learning tool are now embracing it. And shyer students who may not have participated in their faceto-face classes are feeling more empowered to speak up in Zoom classes.

“We’ve also learned that even 5-year-olds can take more ownership of their learning journey than previously thought,” Hosford said.

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South Forsyth business group forges plans to increase its impact

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — With some initial work complete, the South Forsyth Community Improvement District is preparing to take its first tangible steps to benefit its businesses and the community.

“We are starting to move out from behind the scenes, and now we are going to be seen a lot more in the forefront,” Executive Director Jon Antoine said.

A community improvement district, or CID, is a defined geoANTOINE graphic area consisting of commercial properties whose owners agree to tax themselves to fund basic improvements. The improvements can include street lighting, beautification projects, road improvements and increased security. Residential properties that fall within the CID do not pay the tax.

CIDs are quasi-government bodies

SBA expands pool of eligible businesses who qualify for loans The U.S. Small Business Administration has established a 14-day exclusive loan application period for the Paycheck Protection Program that broadens eligibility.

The latest round of Paycheck Protection Program funding opened in January and ends March 31. It made available $284 billion in forgivable loans for small businesses who meet certain employee

and can apply for grants and partner with cities and counties to push projects.

The South Forsyth CID, established in 2019, includes businesses and parcels along Ga. 400 south and north of McFarland Parkway and along nearby sections of Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Union Hill Road, McFarland Parkway, Shiloh Road and Old Alpharetta Road.

Since its inception, the CID has expanded its borders, found a home at Digital Ignition, Forsyth County’s business incubator, and has hired Antoine, who formerly led the ATL Airport CID. With the South Forsyth CID now firmly established, Antoine said the group has made a significant first step to benefit its business community by putting out a request for proposal for a traffic study in the area. The study will serve as a launching point for the CID’s master plan, which will include potential future projects to improve the area.

“The vision for the CID is to get a list of projects that we can start undertaking,” Antoine said. “One of the things we look for when we come up with our master plan is how we can help leverage

our funding to get those benefits for our property owners. We want to make sure we have prioritization in place, start the processes we want to start, and we can move the ball forward with the county on some projects.”

Antoine would also like to see an additional Ga. 400 Express Lane ingress/ egress point in South Forsyth. He said he has been in talks with County Manager Kevin Tanner and hopes to speak with GDOT officials about the possibility.

“I’m not saying anything is going to happen, but those are the things the CID can do,” Antoine said.

The traffic study will serve as a blueprint for future road or intersection improvements, but the CID’s focus goes beyond the flow of cars. Antoine said a primary focus will also be to beautify the area. He used Windward Parkway as an example of the aesthetic the CID is pursuing for its area.

“That’s not only for the CID, that is people’s first look of Forsyth County,” Antoine said. “We want people to be excited when they come here. We want Forsyth County to be a destination.”

Though the South Forsyth CID covers a small portion of the county, Antoine said its successes will have impacts beyond the immediate area. And there is plenty of appeal already upon which to grown, he said.

“The education system in the county and the access to homes, those are great accomplishments and great things to point to for economic development,” Antoine said.

With an optimistic outlook ahead, Antoine said the South Forsyth CID is ready to partner with the community, county and its businesses to fuel added affluence to the area.

“The [Forsyth County] Chamber is great, the Board of Commissioners is great, there are a lot of great ideas, and everyone is on the same page, and that is the success of the county. We are planting our flag, and we will be a good partner.”

Metro Atlanta has well over two dozen CIDs. Many have been in operation for more than 20 years. The first, Cumberland CID in Cobb County, formed in 1988.

and operational benchmarks. The new administration has made major adjustments to the program’s implementation: For businesses with fewer than 10 employees, the share of funding is up nearly 60 percent.

For businesses in rural communities, the share of funding is up nearly 30 percent.

The share of funding distributed through Community Development Financial Institutions and Minority Depository Institutions is up more than 40 percent.

Beginning Feb. 24, the SBA opened PPP loan applications for businesses

and nonprofits with fewer than 20 employees. Each employee counts as one, regardless if full-time, part-time or seasonal. The 14-day exclusivity period runs through March 11.

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Alpharetta American Legion offers series of scholarships ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta American Legion Post 201 has announced it has begun accepting applications for its 2021 college scholarship program for graduating high school seniors.

The Legion will award oneSolution $1,000 on scholarship, the Auxiliary will award three $600 scholarships (one exclusively for a Milton High School student), and the Sons of the American Legion will award four scholarships at $800 each.

Post 201 scholarship applications may be obtained by visiting the post at 201 Wills Road in Alpharetta or by emailing americanlegionalpharetta@ gmail.com and putting Scholarship in the subject line.

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Alpharetta readies for more draws to downtown Sweep the Hooch Hamilton Hotel set for summer opening on March 27!

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According to the calendar, and groundhogs notwithstanding, spring is less than four weeks away. That means it’s time to start checking out fishing spots for when warmer weather finally comes.

STEVE HUDSON Pre-season scoutGet Outside Georgia, ing, I call it. aa4bw@comcast.net For me, pre-season scouting means digging out my waders and walking around in a river somewhere. I do it in the name of research. After all, things like access points and wading conditions change, you know. I owe it to you, my faithful readers, to share advance intel before the first real fishing days roll around. Right? Right!

Or maybe I just like to walk around in rivers.

Anyway, the other day, I made up my mind that it was time for my annual preseason research to begin. So, I dug out my very best river-walking shirt, a neat camo long-sleever that’s subtly stylish in a rugged outdoors sort of way. I tossed the waders in the truck. I put my favorite river hat (the Indiana Jones one with the cool brim) on my head. Then off I went.

A half hour later I was standing at water’s edge (there’s a little foreshadowing for you), undoubtedly presenting a noble profile to anyone who happened to be watching — the Rugged Outdoorsman, ready to step into the world of flowing water. My camo shirt was wrinkle-free. My waders were unsullied by mud or scuff, and my hat — my favorite hat — was angled ever so slightly, just like in the movies. I was the very image of outdoors coolness, certainly

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By TIFFANY MORGAN newsroom@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — As America climbs out of its shelter-in-place mindset, one developer hopes to make the journey easier with a luxury shelter in the heart of downtown Alpharetta.

The Hamilton Hotel, in its final phase of construction on Milton Avenue, is scheduled to hold its soft opening in July, according to Jason Joseph, managing director and partner with Mayfair Street Partners.

“The city had a master plan that always envisioned having a downtowncore boutique hotel,” Joseph said.

With the upscale hotel unique to the revitalized downtown, Joseph said it is perfectly suited for staycations and wedding venues, and it sits within walking distance of an array of shops and restaurants.

Janet Rodgers, president and CEO of the Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the city is looking forward to seeing its downtown flourish with the new hotel.

“The Hamilton will be a catalyst to bringing a tremendous number of visitors into the downtown district of Alpharetta which will support the shopping, dining, events and attractions in that area,” Rodgers said. “As Alpharetta continues to grow, the hospitality industry is an integral part of Alpharetta’s success.”

Rodgers said with the hotel in the middle of shops, restaurants, spas, and entertainment, it will serve as an “ideal recipe for success,” much like the hotels in or near Avalon and North Point.

The hotel has a modern design, with a vintage touch.

Neal Freeman, CEO of Competitive Social Ventures, said when he joined the project, it was the architecture and

Roaring Social will feature 1920s details to resemble a speakeasy and will include items such as a whiskey room. the old-fashioned design that inspired him to create a speakeasy called Roaring Social.

The 9,000 square foot entertainment venue will feature a 1920s-era theme and will include duckpin bowling – an alternative version of 10-pin bowling – as well as a wine and whiskey room.

“It was quite interesting that the architecture was that inspiring,” Freeman said.

In his publicity material for Roaring Social, Freeman expressed his passion for this type of project.

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“I’ve been blessed to bring to success a variety of real estate shopping and dining experiences. At this point in my career, adding the entertainment component — whether sports, music, or

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Five nights a week, there will be several styles of live music: jazz, blues, dueling piano as well as special acts and live band karaoke night.

“We felt like there was a shortage of music being supplied,” Freeman said.

“We’re pretty excited about bringing that to Alpharetta.”

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Rounding the corner and the rain has stopped The rain finally stopped. Outside, it was still cold but clear, dry, sunny and bright. Everywhere I turned, I saw people smiling — outside walking, playing, talking, and, yep, buying. That night RAY APPEN my youngest went Publisher Emeritus “out” for dinner with ray@appenmediagroup.com his better half. They encountered waits of an hour or more at the first two Alpharetta restaurants they went to before they finally settled on a third where the wait was only, yep, about an hour.

The house next to the one we recently bought and are trying to remodel to live in just sold — in two days — at a price I would not have thought likely or possible. The one across the street from where we live now — the townhouse — just went on the market and was under contract by the end of the day it was listed. The builders can’t build them fast enough, and a significant percentage of what they are building is at a price point that just makes my head spin.

Where are all these people coming from with all this money?

I asked a local painter how business is, “We are booked through the end of June, and I’m turning down business every day,” he said. Then he added that he had quite a few jobs scheduled that were, well, let’s just say, that the clients could also have bought a new low- end car for what they were getting ready to spend on painting.

“Where are all those really big jobs coming from,” I asked him. “Alpharetta,” duh, did I really ask such a dumb question?

And I would be remiss to not add that the local newspaper is in the process of hiring new reporters and sales folks.

I’ve also started reading here and there about the possibility of a boom arriving at the tail end of the pandemic.

And I’ve talked to enough of our advertisers to start thinking that may be true.

These have all got to be good, encouraging signs, no?

Yep, most likely “yes.”

It looks like finally, we may be rounding that proverbial old corner on the road back to, thank goodness, business as usual and, for once, I think that most of us will take that, gladly.

But are we?

My wife, Christina, usually frowns when something is said, and she hears

me — the proverbial “what if” worrier” — respond with something less than positive, or even downright negative. But, hey, that is just how I think. I can’t help it.

But I’ve seen a lot of things in my 66 years.

And I have questions.

How long can the Fed keep buying bonds to artificially prop up/distort market liquidity and keep interest rates down? When and how are we going to start paying back all this debt from that huge corporate tax cut a few years ago and now — added to that debt — the new multi trillion-dollar pandemic budget?

How much higher can the stock market go and what is driving it? And is it real?

And my most vexing one: Considering how much the cost of everything — food, the manufactured products, lumber and used cars (through the roof) — has increased, how can inflation still not be a blip on the radar screen?

What shell game is being played, by whom, and who is going pay that piper?

That last one I just don’t get and if anyone can explain it to me, please do. My email is RayAppen@gmail.com.

I see all that and I am encouraged. But, I also catch myself too, and

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Yes, we are rounding that corner maybe. But collectively, we cannot allow ourselves to not see or forget that, while we are blessed, so many are not, and if we have a single “life-obligation” or debt to be paid to God or humanity for our good fortune, it is to help those less fortunate first, before we sit back and breathe a sigh of relief at the end of this pandemic.

So many of you are living that obligation and showing us the way. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope to share some notes on you in the next Solution column.

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The firepit All of us have things that we gravitate to in times of chaos and stress.

Where do we go to break the monotony of overwhelment (is that actually word)?

Some put on a headset and listen JEREMIAH JAMES to the calm of their A Little Bit of Everything favorite recording artist. Some go for a workout or simply a quiet walk. Perhaps the serenity of a chapel. Others open yet another bottle of wine.

We all need a respite from the craziness.

One of my life’s little pleasures is the firepit. I recently moved. Downsized. And one of the things I miss is my firepit. I spent four years in California wine country, and the calm at the end of the storm was always a firepit overlooking the vineyards.

Before the downsize, weather permitting, I often ended my week at the firepit on the patio adjacent to the back deck. It was awesome as the sun began to set and darkness edged in. Glass of wine in hand, I would sit there and often just gaze into the fire for up to an hour trying to figure out what just happened that week.

I called it my DMM moment. Don’t’ Mess with Me. My wife understood.

That fire was an interesting fire. As much as it provided heat and a bit of cathartics, I realized it could be dangerous. If I got too close, I got burned.

Much like my thoughts of the week.

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it okay to let situations simply burn themselves out or go up in flames?

When was I to use that fire to light a fire in me to cook a situation into something excellent and edible?

The dichotomy of that fire was not lost on me. While sometimes it provided much welcomed warmth and calm, at other times it could be debilitating.

I wondered about things I had said to people during that week. Was I kind, helpful, gracious, understanding and even forgiving? Or was I irritable, irrational, unreasonable and even despicable at times?

We’ve all heard things come out of a person’s mouth and thought, “Not sure I would have said that if I were you.”

Perhaps we’ve even realized that about our own words at times.

The trouble is, once they are uttered, they can’t be taken back. Oh sure. We can try. Apologies. What I meant to say was. But the damage has been done.

I once had a friend, who had a really good marriage, tell me, “My wife and I got into a pretty heated argument one night. We both said things we shouldn’t have said. But when she uttered the ‘D’ word, I was taken back.

She later apologized. Said she didn’t mean it. But I could never forget it.

Our marriage was never quite the same after that.”

The tongue. Such a small part of our body. Yet perhaps the part capable of inflicting the most lasting damage. Like the bit in a horse’s mouth, the rudder of a ship, or a small spark that sets a forest ablaze, it has so much power.

So, as I gaze into the firepit, I begin to understand that managing my words may be even more important than collecting my thoughts.

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Milton boys golf off to hot start MILTON, Ga. — Milton boys golf’s 2021 season got off to an auspicious start with the Eagles winning the Lanier Longhorn Invitational at TPC Sugarloaf on Feb. 15.

Milton compiled a team score of 303, beating out St. Pius X’s 305 and Cambridge’s 306, to best the field in the 11-team tournament.

Milton was led by Craig Long who carded a 1-over-par 73, followed by Jack Burr (74), Will Jones (77) and Mason

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The team followed its tournament win by placing third at the North Georgia Jr. Golf Tournament at Kinderlou Forest Country Club in Valdosta on Feb. 20.

The Eagles scored 297, led by Jones and Burr, who each scored a 72, with Craig Long (75) and Aman Vantipalli (78) also scoring for the team.

Milton returns to action March 7 at the North Georgia Jr. Golf event at Reynolds Landing Lake in Oconee.

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Hooch: Continued from Page 17 cool enough to be on TV or at least in a commercial.

Oh, it’s good to be cool.

So, buoyed by this mental image of myself, I took that first step down the bank toward the river. But I stepped on a muddy patch (remember, it’s rained a lot) and then, in slow motion, right there in front of God and everybody, I just sort of slid down at the gentlest of angles until I landed with a splop in 6 inches of exceptionally muddy riverbank mud.

Nothing was injured. But was I ever a mess.

There is no mud like riverbank mud.

It’s sticky, tenacious and a bunch of other adjectives that are not suited for use in a family publication. And the more I tried to get out of it, the more it covered me up.

By the time I finally got vertical again I was pretty much wearing that mud from head to toe. And my hat, my poor, muddy hat…

That’s when I decided that this particular day of scouting was probably done. So I squished my way back to the truck, tossed the muddy waders on the passenger side floor, and put my equally muddy self in the driver’s seat. Then I headed home.

Later, I was telling Wife of Mine about my adventure and bemoaning the fact that everything, including my beloved hat, was now a muddy mess.

“I guess I should go clean it up,” I said.

“Yes,” she replied. “I guess it’s not going to clean itself.”

It’s not going to clean itself…

Few things do, certainly not hats.

Or rivers.

Take the Chattahoochee, for example.

What a great resource it is! But it’s also a great accumulator of trash. Beer cans, plastic containers, empty soft drink bottles, wayward tennis balls, shredded pool floats, worn-out tires, and more — if people can throw it away, it’ll probably end up in the Hooch. It’s a shame.

Like my hat, the Hooch can’t clean up itself. It needs help.

To that end, some years ago, the non-profit Chattahoochee Riverkeeper launched a program that it calls Sweep the Hooch. This marks the program’s 11th year, and the next clean-up event is set for Saturday, March 27, from 9 till noon.

But the really great news is that you can be a part of it, joining others who will walk, wade or float to clean up some of the trash that thoughtless others have left behind.

According to the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, “Sweep the Hooch is an an-

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nual watershed-wide trash cleanup that brings together hundreds of volunteers each year at dozens of parks, tributaries, and access points along the Chattahoochee River.

During last year’s August cleanup, more than 1,000 volunteers spent a Saturday morning gathering litter at 43 parks, trails, and creeks. How much trash did they pick up? Would you believe 73,646 pounds (36.8 tons)? That included 19,288 pounds of discarded tires that were recycled.

“We broke records at last year’s 10th anniversary of Sweep the Hooch,” notes Tammy Bates, outings manager with CRK, “but there’s still a lot of work to do.”

Sweep the Hooch is a social-distancefriendly activity and will follow CDC guidelines. Volunteers will be asked to stay at least 6 feet from others and are required to bring and wear masks. CRK will provide all other necessary supplies, including trash bags and gloves.

You’ll need to preregister to partici-

pate, and I encourage you to register early as capacity at each site is limited.

To find out more about Sweep the Hooch or to sign up and participate, visit sweepthehooch.org.

It’s a really good thing to do.

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