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Eagles punch ticket to state finals Milton junior Kendall Campbell slams home a dunk in Milton’s 70-34 win over Newnan in the GHSA boys basketball tournament March 3. The Eagles later downed Pebblebrook 74-67 March 6 to advance to the Class 7A state championship this weekend in Macon. The Eagles will be seeking their third state championship. Read more, page 16

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Woman claims fraudster called her racial slur MILTON, Ga. — A woman reported that someone posing as a Microsoft technician hacked her computer Feb. 25, then called her racial slurs and other derogatory names when she phoned for technical support.

Police responded to the woman’s Ivy Vine Way residence. She told officers a critical alert message popped up on her laptop, purportedly from Windows.

When she called the helpline number that accompanied the alert, a man answered and asked for access to her computer.

The victim hung up then called back pretending to be a police officer. She said the man called her the N-word, cussed at her, insulted her and continued to call her from different phone numbers. Police were unable to trace the phone numbers from which he called.

Police investigate spate of car break-ins at park MILTON, Ga. — Investigators are on the hunt for a woman who used credit cards stolen from several vehicles that were bur-

PUBLIC SAFETY glarized at Providence Park on Feb. 25.

The Milton Police Department issued a bulletin for the unidentified woman along with a surveillance photo of her walking out of a Kroger along Ga. 9.

According to police, the woman used the stolen cards to purchase gift cards less than two hours after they were reportedly swiped from vehicles at the nature park along Providence Park Drive.

Man faces traffic charges after fleeing from police ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police arrested a Johns Creek man who was clocked driving 93 mph along Ga. 400 on Feb. 22.

Akash Hedge IV, 23, of Scarborough Way, was charged with reckless driving, speeding and fleeing and eluding.

A patrol officer spotted the man speeding in a 65 mph zone near Haynes Bridge Road and tried to make a traffic stop. Hedge pulled into the parking lot of a senior living facility along Morris Road just off Ga. 120. He told police he was visiting his grandmother. But when an officer checked with the nursing home, there was no record of a patient by the name Hedge gave officers.

Burglar points weapon at startled homeowner ROSWELL, Ga. — A resident along Pine Bloom Drive walked into his garage Feb. 22 and was greeted by a masked man rummaging through his wife’s car. When the homeowner interrupted the suspect,

DUI arrests Francesco Giuseppe Bigliani, 23, of North Glen Drive, Cumming, was cited Feb. 26 on Hopewell Road for DUI, failure to maintain lane and hands-free violation. he ran to a getaway vehicle parked at the end of the driveway and retrieved a semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine from the backseat.

The suspect waved the gun and pointed it at the homeowner before jumping into the passenger seat. A second suspect in the driver’s seat then sped away toward Old Alabama Road. It was not clear if any item’s were stolen from the victims’ car.

Dispute over customers spurs fight at barbershop ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police were dispatched to Milton Salon on Old Milton Parkway where a barber was reportedly attacked at knifepoint Feb. 25.

According to police, the suspect intervened as two barbers were arguing about helping clients. Officers said a 40-year-old Cumming man punched one of the barbers in the head, then grabbed a knife from the shop’s kitchen. The man continued throwing punches at the victim while he held the knife.

Officers watched video footage of the attack. The victim declined to press charges.

Cambridge High School theater company advances in state competition MILTON, Ga. — The Bridge Ensemble at Cambridge High School advanced to the Georgia High School Association’s State 6A One Act Play competition with its production of “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

“It was an amazing opportunity to take this show to state, and to be able to perform in a year where so much has been in flux,” said Emma Wander, who

played Edith Frank. “As a senior theatre student, this meant a great deal to me to have something normal, and to have it do so well.”

The performing troupe, under the direction of Cory Kelley, received an array of awards at the regional and state level.

Awards include: Sophomore Carys Feldman, Best Actress (region and state); senior Aaron Darby, Star Cast (state),

senior Connor Sowder, Best Supporting Actor (region); and freshman Olivia Petty, All-Star Cast (region).

Due to COVID restrictions, the production was not performed before a packed theater. However, the school has made the show available for streaming March 12-14.

Visit cambridgetheatre.org for more details.

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Fulton County commissioner pitches transit element in renewed sales tax

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmedia.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Mayors across Fulton County should decide once and for all next month whether to attach transit funding to a proposed five-year extension to the countywide transportation sales tax.

Right now, there doesn’t appear to be much appetite for splitting the take, estimated at between $500 million to $700 million, depending on which tax rate — .75 cents or a full penny — is on the ballot.

The issue drew heated comments at a March 5 online meeting between county commissioners and the mayors from about a dozen of the 14 cities that would participate in the sales tax.

Right now, the cities — not including Atlanta — are reaping transportation dollars from a .75-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2016. That five-year tax ends in one year, and cities are exploring whether they should let voters decide whether to extend it another five years.

No city has spoken vehemently against the extension, but adding transit to the mix has created a stir.

District 1 County Commissioner Liz Hausmann stressed that including transit — such as MARTA bus and rail — to the equation would open opportunities for federal assistance. She said she has met with state transportation officials who have explored funding sources through Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation.

She said she shared with them the regional transit plan and the funding needs, and this was the first time federal officials have inquired about Fulton County and the region’s transit plan specifics.

“Again, all of this is predicated on what we can do locally,” Hausmann said.

Everyone at the county level, she said, understands the cities’ needs for local transportation improvements.

“But without some sort of transit component, we feel strongly that we’re going to miss opportunities,” Hausmann said.

Mayors in the southern portion of the county took offense when Hausmann presented a breakdown of how much money a 10 percent portion of the tax could mean for transit.

East Point Mayor Deana Holiday Ingraham objected to the presentation, say-

ing she was “blindsided” by Hausmann’s pitch.

“There clearly was knowledge that this was going to be brought up,” Holiday Ingraham said, adding that the meeting agenda provided no mention of a presentation on transit.

The East Point mayor went further, stating Georgia’s largest funding award for transit, $100 million in 2018, was for bus rapid transit service proposed on Ga. 400 express lanes, which lies in the northern area of the county, she said.

For her part, Hausmann said the transit information had been compiled for informational purposes only and had only been finalized the evening before. She said transit funding had been discussed at prior meetings, also.

“We literally had a final meeting to figure out what we could share with you as late as yesterday afternoon,” Hausmann said.

Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker said the timeline and specifics for setting up a ballot measure this fall is too difficult to let the transit issue drag on.

“We’re going to need to set a ‘go’ or ‘nogo,’” he said.

Estimated revenues Early estimates provide different revenues for a renewed transportation sales tax, depending on the tax rate and how the money is apportioned. Right now, there are three scenarios under consideration.

• A 0.75 % sales tax over five years: Would generate around $500 million for distribution to cities — outside Atlanta — according to population.

• Another option under consideration for the same tax rate would be to allocate a portion of the overall revenue for transit projects, leaving the lion’s share for local transportation projects among the cities.

• A 1% sales tax over five years: Would generate around $500 million for distribution to cities — outside Atlanta — according to population, plus an additional $200 million for transit projects in North and South Fulton Bodker suggested the cities discuss the issue with their elected leaders and come back next month prepared to reach a decision.

“I don’t want this looming over our heads,” he said. “At some point, we have to make a decision.”

Milton extends efforts to promote larger residential lots

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — As more people look to call Milton home, the city has furthered its efforts to motivate developers into creating larger residential lots that lessen the impact to the rural character of the area.

The City Council voted to further incentivize the development of 3-acre or larger residential lots at its March 1 meeting.

The city’s latest move removes the limit on the number of lots eligible to be accessed by a “modified single-family driveway.” The previous cap of five lots was eliminated to allow for an unlimited number of homes, provided the lots are at least 3 acres in size.

The push has pricing benefits for developers willing to offer larger parcels.

Under the mandate, no curb and gutter, lighting or sidewalks are required along the driveway, with each lot having builtin stormwater management. Driveways could either be paved or gravel.

It also allows for more freedom in developing lots because road frontage is not required.

Large lots would also be expedited for approval. Because they are considered “minor plats,” they must only meet minimum requirements to be approved by city staff and do not necessitate a review by the Planning Commission. They could later get the final stamp of approval by the City Council on its consent agenda, which does not include a formal presentation or discussion of the proposal.

“It’s just a way to incentive developers to spend less time, less money, but at the same time ensuring we are applying the applicable safety issues,” Zoning Manager Robyn MacDonald said. “The Fire Marshal reviewed this, and he’s comfortable with it.”

Mayor Joe Lockwood said the city’s move for expanded residential lots is a benefit for residents in terms of density, and eliminating the cap on the number of lots serves to increase those advantages.

Councilman Joe Longoria also voiced his support.

“Anything we can do to increase the average amount of acreage per lot is going to be a good thing for us in the long run,” Longoria said.

MacDonald gave two examples of

subdivisions that have been approved since the city began incentivizing large lots. A four-lot subdivision off Sweet Apple Road is currently under construction with a shared driveway running through each of the first three lots to the most rearward home. Another fourlot subdivision off Hickory Flat Road includes three residential lots with a shared driveway and a larger parcel that will be a continuation of the Hickory Crest subdivision.

The city approved its first round of incentives in 2018, putting a five-lot limit on the shared driveway leniency, “since it was a new concept,” MacDonald’s presentation said.

In other action at the meeting, the City Council also discussed the potential for installing dog waste stations in the Deerfield Parkway area. Public Works Director Robert Drewry said the proposal was prompted by a resident.

Drewry told the council because of the “significant pedestrian/dog walking population” of the area, there is an apparent need for the bins, which would include plastic bags and a box to collect waste.

Drewery and city staff came up with

a proposal for 13 bins in the area, but the City Council suggested a trial run with about half the number of stations.

Councilman Rick Mohrig questioned spending city dollars for the bins and twice-weekly maintenance when the responsibility of removing waste should fall on the shoulders of dog owners.

City Manager Steve Krokoff said the cost estimates did come in higher than the city anticipated. As proposed, 13 bins would come with an estimated price tag of $6,500 with about $9,400 in annual upkeep.

Also at the meeting, the council approved the reappointment of three Milton Greenspace Advisory Committee board members — Chair Colt Whittall, Robin Fricton and Steve Wheeler.

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City architect steps into new position as Community Development director

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton has named Bob Buscemi, already a familiar name around City Hall, as its new Community Development Director. Buscemi, who has served as the city architect since 2012, took over as the interim director last fall and was named to his new position by the city last week.

“I’m excited to take on this new role, in large part because I’m excited about the future of Milton,” Buscemi said. “Over the last nine years, I’ve really gotten to know this community well in terms of people’s passions, priorities and values. Citizens, elected officials and staff have worked hard to lay the groundwork through various plans and policies that will have a major impact on our future. And it’s an honor to play my new part, as Community Development Director, in turning those plans into realities.”

Buscemi’s new role will further his touch on giving Milton its distinct appearance. He led the design for several government buildings, includ-

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ing Broadwell Pavilion, Bell Memorial Park, the Thomas Byrd House historic restoration, City Hall and the Milton Public Safety Complex on Ga. 9.

Buscemi has also partnered with builders to make possible outdoor spaces, including the new lake park in downtown Crabapple.

“Bob Buscemi is widely known and admired around Milton for what he’s done to help create buildings and spaces that are distinctly Milton,” City Manager Steve Krokoff said. “In this new role, he’ll be able to make a positive impact in even more ways.”

Buscemi will still serve as city architect, but he said his focus will be on his new position.

“I’ll always be an architect and bring that viewpoint to my new job,” he said.

Buscemi is Milton’s second Community Development Director since late 2018. Parag Agrawal was named to the role in December 2018 following the retirement of Kathy Field. Buscemi began his tenure as interim director last fall when Agrawal left the city.

Buscemi is one of several city employees to step into new roles.

Susan Wilmath was recently hired as the Executive Assistant to the city manager, mayor and City Council. She joined the city in 2012 as its Community Development records clerk.

Megan Waller will take over Wilmath’s previous role as records clerk for the Community Development Department. Waller joined the city last year as the City Clerk Office’s records clerk.

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Pop’s Coffee combines motorcycles and caffeine

By ZOE SEILER newsroom@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Walk into Pop’s Coffee Co., and the first thing you see is the large barista area on the left and a wall of motorcycle helmets on the right.

The coffee shop sold its first cup of Joe four months ago and has sold over 10,000 cups since, owner Gordon “Gordy” Erickson said.

Erickson also owns Pop’s Garage Fabrication which shares the same building. The garage opened in 2013 and is a high-end, custom and regular service restoration motorcycle business.

Erickson met Colin McDonald, whose family has become a second family, when he started working at the motorcycle shop, too. The pair are now business partners, owning both the motorcycle and coffee shops.

Erickson said he wanted to create more foot traffic to the motorcycle shop, and, though he is allergic to caffeine, he liked McDonald’s idea of opening a coffee shop.

“People find comfort in a cup of coffee, and with that comfort hopefully it would lead them to kind of explore what we have to offer next door,” McDonald said. “That’s worked really well for us.”

Erickson describes the space as 10,000 square feet of entertainment, and he enjoys watching customers’ reactions when they walk into either store and show others around.

“I watch them, and it’s kind of like they’re taking credit for the shop, which makes me feel like, wow, that’s the best thing we could ever do. It’s kind of turning into their shop,” Erickson said.

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Gordon “Gordy” Erickson and Colin McDonald opened Pop’s Coffee Co. in November to create more foot traffic to Pop’s Garage Fabrication. able, and customers can bring one of their own for display. One regular customer of both shops brought in a helmet with an array of stickers.

“Every sticker was one his dad gave him when he was a kid growing up,” Erickson said. “The helmet’s like a family heirloom. I let him stand on the counter and put it exactly where he wanted.”

The pair are also working on a motorcycle for the customer.

“I swear to God he thinks this is his

house and his shop but that’s how it’s supposed to work,” Erickson said.

Pop’s Coffee Co. strives to source their products locally, from the coffee beans to the produce. Their coffee and chai teas are from Atlanta, they get milk from a creamery in Clermont, and the produce comes from a greenhouse in Jasper.

The most popular drinks so far are the honey cinnamon latte and peanut butter mocha, which the owners say

tastes like Reese’s pieces. They also serve a house blend roast called Eyes Open.

The menu offers a variety of food items such as salads, a yogurt parfait, muffins, a waffle biscuit and empanadas from Belen de la Cruz, an Argentinian bakery in Johns Creek.

“I think what helps us a lot is that we are craftsmen, and we pay attention to a level of detail that a lot of people miss on our motorcycles, and that for me is the same approach that I take with our food,” McDonald said.

Pop’s Coffee Co. is open for dine-in, and all of the tables are spread at least 6 feet apart. All employees wear masks and constantly wipe down hard surfaces with a disinfecting spray.

Plexiglass barriers have been installed in front of all order and pickup areas. Additionally, there are hand sanitizer stations at all entrances, bathrooms and trash cans.

Pop’s Coffee Co. is at 11444 Alpharetta Highway in Roswell. It is open Monday through Saturday from 7 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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If you are sure that you only have spider veins (little purple or red netted cluster of tiny veins) and have no signs of any underlying vascular issues (tired, achy legs, swelling of the ankles, discoloration of the skin at the feet or ankles, restless leg syndrome, blue bulging veins etc.) then you can treat the spider veins with sclerotherapy or laser treatments – sometimes a combination of both.

Sclerotherapy is a method by which a vein expert injects a medical solution into a vein. The solution irritates the interior of the vein, which undergoes closure and becomes invisible as blood no longer can fill or pass through the vein.

Lasers, such as the 1064nm Nd:Yag used in our practice are very effective at eliminating the spider veins that are too small to be injected with sclerotherapy.

How many treatments are needed and how long do you wait between treatments? With each of the treatments listed above, a reasonable goal is that 75% of the veins treated will resolve with each treatment. Therefore, more than one treatment or type of treatment may be needed. Patients should wait roughly 6 to 8 weeks between treatments. The tiniest spider veins can sometimes resolve in as little as 3-4 weeks but many require 6 weeks for resolution, and larger reticular and varicose veins can take several months to resolve. The larger the vein, the longer the resolution takes.

If you find yourself experiencing any of the symptoms of vein disease, then your path to a cure is quite different.

The first step is to visit a physician and discuss you vein disease. This is critical, as insurance companies require proof/ documentation of a vein complaint along with several specific questions answered about how your vein issues are affecting your quality of life. This first documentation of a vein complaint is Day 1.

In order to get your vein treatments covered by insurance, most insurance

companies mandate that a patient try “conservative therapy” for 90 days before any medical vein procedure will be covered. Conservative therapy consists of over the counter pain medication, leg elevation, exercise and medical grade compression stockings. If it seems likely that vein disease is causing the patient’s symptoms, an ultrasound will be ordered. The ultrasound provides a map of the venous system and a diagram of which vein or veins are diseased and would benefit from treatment. Medical records and ultrasound report are sent to an insurance carrier for review and prior authorization is requested.

(Prior authorization is not a guarantee of coverage, and if you know a politician, please ask them to fix that!)

Often, a patient’s varicose veins can connect with one another. That means that treating one cluster of varicose veins can sometimes result in multiple adjacent varicose veins also going away.

It is often in the patient’s best interest to space out treatments to minimize the number of treatments needed to achieve a cure.

So, as you can see, a patient who has never tried “conservative therapy” and who has multiple varicose veins needing treatment may require 5 months or more to complete treatment given 1) a 90 day conservative therapy waiting period, 2) a prior authorization review, and 3) a month or two of spaced treatments. Cosmetic treatments would then typically follow medical treatments if desired. This can all be greatly accelerated if a patient has already completed conservative therapy before their first consultation with their physician or if the patient is not going through insurance for treatment.

A final useful tip is that the spring and summer are still a great time for a first meeting with a vein specialist. Given the potentially lengthy timeline outlined above, a spring or summer appointment can help ensure that treatments are completed in the same calendar year. This helps eliminate the danger of having to reach a deductible more than once.

If you or a loved one has venous disease or spider veins, know that advanced, minimally invasive, safe and highly effective treatments are available.

Seek out a vein specialist who is a member of the American College of Phlebology (ACP) and who has taken and passed the board exam of the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine (ABVLM). Dr. Brent Taylor is a committed and caring vein specialist. Consider calling Dr. Taylor at Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta today.

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By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. — A major pipeline to this week’s GHSA basketball state championships is anchored in North Fulton with three local teams set to battle for titles in their classifications.

The boys teams of Mount Pisgah and Milton, and the St. Francis girls, all punched their tickets last week to the state finals in Macon set for March 1013 at the Macon CentrePlex.

Milton, the top ranked team in Class 7A, will be seeking its third state title and first since 2012 when the Eagles take on Berkmar March 13 at 8 p.m.

The Eagles (27-2) extended their winning streak to 25 games with a 74-67 win over Pebblebrook March 6 in the semifinals. Kanaan Carlyle led the team with 24 points. Broc Bidwell added 20, and LT Overton netted 13 points with 11 rebounds.

Saturday’s title game will be the second meeting of the two teams this season. The Eagles won the Nov. 28 matchup 62-54.

Milton’s two losses this season have come by a combined four points.

Mount Pisgah (26-6) will be seeking its first state championship after a standout season.

The Region 7-A champs defeated Christian Heritage 66-57 on March 6 to punch their ticket to the Class-A Private final. The Patriots will take on Holy Innocents’, which is also seeking its first state championship.

The St. Francis girls are back in the Class-A Private state final for the second straight year following a 58-50 win over Holy Innocents’ in the semifinals.

The Knights will take on Hebron Christian in the finals at noon on March 10.

St. Francis (22-4) is chasing its fourth state championship and first since 2016. The Knights were state runner-up last season in Class-A Private.

Though the Centennial boys squad fell short of reaching the state finals, the squad had a breakout season this year to reach the semifinals.

The Knights went 24-5 overall but saw their season end with a 73-68 loss to Wheeler on March 6.

Chattahoochee, last year’s Class 6A boys state champions, lost to Lee County, 67-64, in the quarterfinals.

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When less is more Back when my sole responsibility in life was to “learn” (oh, glorious days), I remember writing a high school paper on organizational theory and reading about an amazing social scientist and Nobel RAY APPEN Prize winner named Publisher Emeritus ray@appenmediagroup.com Herbert Simon. That was so long ago, but frequently these days, I find myself remembering stuff that Simon studied and wrote about because so much of what I see today seems to beckon back to him.

One of the many things he is remembered for is his theory of “bounded reality” and how we process information and make decisions. He theorized a lot about the role and impact that the amount of relevant information played in any decision-making process.

That is, did more information mean a better decision? I think he ended up concluding that humans have a very finite capacity to process information and that, no, more information did not necessarily lead to “better decisions.”

In fact, he speculated, that often information overload led to worse decisions because we stopped thinking once we were overloaded and just settled for a decision that worked “well enough” within our emotional and intellectual constraints to process the information at hand.

My favorite quote from Simon is: “In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes.

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention

and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.” Woah!

An excess of one thing creates a shortage of something else. Everything is linked. As my D.O. told me once, “it’s always something.” Everything has a cost. But sometimes we just miss that entirely. I think we get too caught up in life and fail to see the life we live. And maybe that is the silver lining of this pandemic and the crushing restraints it has imposed upon all of us. It’s making us slow down enough to process things, to reevaluate, to recalibrate our lives and our aspirations and priorities.

Maybe it’s just my imagination, but I think I am seeing that almost every day, and we collectively muddle through this, this maelstrom — this Cesar crossing the Rubicon moment in time.

So, I think that maybe a lot of us are reprioritizing because we’re sort of done. We’re grasping, embracing small, beautiful things — like, well, delivering gifts to people just to make them smile or singing a song to someone just because we can — or can’t! It seems like everywhere I turn I am finding more examples of this grace, this restart. I was going to write about a few of these “small things,” about this retreat from “more, bigger, faster, prettier, more distraction, less time, more connections but fewer friends, so I asked a friend to give me a short description of the “small thing” that he and his wife Lisa have been doing. I was going to gather a few more to include, but after I read what Tom wrote for me, I decided that was enough. He did a great job and what he wrote says it all. So here is my column that I didn’t write — written by my friend Tom. Enjoy.

“Ray,

Thanks for your interest in our story with Lasagna Love.

Yesterday was a good day. Lisa and I had 8 lasagnas to make. A trip to the store for ingredients. Prep and bake lasagna (and bread and cookies!). Deliver to local families. And, then, relax.

Lasagna Love started less than one year ago, founded by Rhiannon Menn, who created it to give families a bit of extra care during COVID times. It really resonated with us when Lisa saw an online post in January and we thought “Sure, we can make lasagna!”

We’ve experienced how simply receiving a home-cooked meal eases burdens and worries and how much we’ve appreciated neighbors coming together for us. It resonates with others as well, as in the 10 months since its first deliveries, some 20,000 families across the U.S. (~400 in Georgia) have joined with Lasagna Love to provide dinner. Families have needed to manage employment challenges, illness and work-life-children-education balance like never before this past year, and the little grace of a lasagna makes things a bit brighter.

Although the encounters are set up to be contact-less, we’ve had folks open their doors to us and been able to love from afar. You don’t do it for the gratitude, but while we’re providing a much-needed meal, we’re getting back love and gratitude. It’s an example of mutual kindness which just makes this world a bit brighter.

It’s also a great family activity for kids to help with. Children are often the best cheese sprinklers and cookie tasters in the family, and it’s a great way for them to learn about helping others in our communities.

The full story and how to get involved is at https://www.lasagnalove. org/. Become a Lasagna Mama/Papa/ Family. Collaborate with partners in need. Request a lasagna. Love.”

Thanks Tom, you nailed it much better than I ever could have.

— Ray And PS: What does this more, faster, bigger, more expensive, more, more, more mindset consume? Well, what it consumes is obvious, isn’t it? It consumes our soul.

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CITY OF MILTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR REZONING AND USE PERMITS/CONCURRENT VARIANCES Case No. Location: Existing Zoning: Proposed Zoning: Applicant: Request:

RZ21-07 14140 Freemanville Road AG-1 (Agricultural) CUP (Community Unit Plan) Vio Hodis To rezone from AG-1 to CUP (Community Unit Plan) on 9.079 acres to develop a six (6) lot single family residential subdivision.

Case Nos:

U21-01/VC21-03, U21-02, U21-03/U21-04

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2105 Bethany Way (containing multiple parcels for a total of 18.07 acres within the 2nd District 2nd Section, Land Lot 892)

Applicant: Requests:

The PFAJ Revocable Trust DATED 2/7/2019 U21-01/VC21-03 – Request a Use Permit for “Agricultural Related Activities”, Sec. 64-1797 and a two-part concurrent variance to 1) allow the existing parking areas, wood pavilion, horse arenas, and driveways within the 100-foot activity setback (Sec. 64-1797 (d)) and 2) to allow the structures housing animals to be located within 100 feet of a property line (Sec. 64-1797 (e)).

U21-02 – Request a Use Permit for Rural Event Facility, Sec. 64-1842 U21-03/VC21-04 – Request a Use Permit for Festivals or Events, Indoor/Outdoor, Sec. 641812 and the following 6-part concurrent variance to 1) To delete the requirement for an eight-foot-high 100-percent opaque fence adjacent to residential districts or AG-1 Districts used for single-family dwellings Sec. 64-1812 (b)(2); 2) to allow the existing parking within the 100 feet from a residential district or AG-1 districts used for single family dwellings; 3) to eliminate the three-year period from the date of the city council’s approval; 4) to allow the 10foot wide strip along all public streets to be planted with the existing landscaping/vegetation along Bethany Way and Hopewell Road (Sec 64-1142(a)(1)); 5) to reduce or eliminate the 75-foot wide undisturbed buffer or alternative screening design, with a ten-foot improvement setback adjacent to all AG-1 zoning districts where existing structures, driveways, activity areas, and parking are shown on the site plan; 6) to eliminate sidewalks along Bethany Way and Hopewell Road (Sec. 64-1142 (e)); and 7) to allow for a lighting plan without light pole installation (Sec. 64-1142 (f)).

Public Hearings/Meeting: Community Zoning Information Meeting (CZIM) Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.

Design Review Board (DRB) Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

Planning Commission Meeting Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

Mayor and City Council Meeting Monday, June 7, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

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Milton City Hall – Council Chambers 2006 Heritage Walk Milton, GA 30004 678-242-2540

Some quiet, some quiet, my kingdom for some quiet Working from home the past year — God, it’s really been that long — certainly has its advantages.

For instance, my commute has been lowered from 45 minutes to about 4.5 steps, which has JOE PARKER probably increased Editor joe@appenmediagroup.com my life expectancy by eliminating the strain on my heart from being forced to putz along behind someone traveling at 31 mph on Arnold Mill Road.

That commute cutdown also allows for that extra half hour or so of sleep, which, at the time of my alarm clock blaring, I value more than any of my worldly possessions.

There is also the convenience of wardrobe. My daily outfit could have been sourced from the “Guy Going To The Gym Who Hasn’t Done Laundry In Several Weeks” collection. Those stretchy waistbands are valued because with the lack of exercise and always being just a few steps from the fridge, the seams of my pre-pandemic pants seemingly scream in shock whenever I try to wear them.

Speaking of appearances, when you’re not seeing people outside of your household every day, you can let yourself go a bit. My wife may not see this as an advantage to working from home, considering I wasn’t much to look at beforehand, but hey, gotta find your own wins sometimes.

My hair is beginning to resemble that time when I was a freshman in high school and wanted to see what it looked like if I let it grow long. Turns out, like a sheepdog sitting on my head. My hair can seemingly defy gravity, growing outwards instead of down, which eventually makes me resemble Toad from the Mario Brothers games.

There are many other advantages to having your home double as your office, but there are also some downsides. And considering my 20-month-old daughter is currently kicking a tambourine while repeatedly pressing a button on a noisemaking toy, while yelling, and a kids show with songs so cutesy they induce rainbow vomit is playing in the background as my wife takes a work call, I’d say a particular pitfall is a lack of quiet.

Never in my life have I held silence in

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Continued from Page 18 such a high regard. And never will I have the same kind of disdain for toy manufacturers.

These engineers apparently use busy airport runways as guides for the kind of decibel output their products should have.

The kinds of people who view the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa caldera — which many scientists consider to be the loudest “sound” ever experienced on Earth that could reportedly be heard from 1,900 miles away — as aspirational.

Simultaneously, they seem to be having a competition on which company can produce the most annoying sounds and songs. By my vote, they are all winning.

It would be a bit more bearable if my daughter had fewer toys, but thanks to relatives, she has about the same number

of playthings as galaxies in the observable universe. And boy, don’t my parents look happily vengeful when handing her some new toy that has a speaker larger than those used in concert venues.

Exacerbating the audio onslaught is my daughter’s own noise output. It just doesn’t seem feasible that something this small could produce so much noise, akin to a field mouse squeaking at the volume of the Saturn V rocket takeoff.

She’s also at the stage where her needs and emotions have far outpaced her vocabulary, so the next best option, according to her, is to scream interminably.

While working from home is fantastic in many aspects, I now seek out quiet with the same fervor as food, shelter, love and beer. So, if that next round of stimulus checks come in, I know which industry I will be boosting — the soundproof audiometric booth sector. Apparently one can be had for about $6,000, and that sounds like money well spent.

Roella Tinsley Hobbs

Roella Tinsley Hobbs, age 80, of Alpharetta, Georgia, formerly of Cohasset Massachusetts, passed away after an extended battle with Parkinson’s Disease on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Mrs. Hobbs was born in Old Greenwich, CT and moved to Orchard Park, NY, in high school. She married John Hobbs and had two daughters. She overcame challenges including divorce, raising children with Juvenile (Type 1) Diabetes and putting them both through college.

Her career included working in hospital admissions at New England Sinai Hospital and managing rental property in a historic retail building and home she owned in Cohasset. She was known to host her visiting family and friends with lobster caught by boats docked down the street from her house. She was active in First Parish Unitarian Church in Cohasset.

When Roella retired in 2005, she moved to Alpharetta, GA to be closer to her grandchildren in Milton and Charlotte, NC. She joined Alpharetta First United Methodist Church (AFUMC) and enjoyed The Fifty Four & More group, The Gourmettes dinner group, and the Wednesday night Sheep Feeders group.

But her true passion was always knitting. She knit dozens of dolls for AFUMC’s Honduras mission trips and outreach. She knit over a hundred Christmas stockings for her family, extended family, friends and their family. She traveled to yarn shops and knitting conferences in other states. She was almost never without her bag of knitting projects.

Roella enjoyed traveling with friends and family, including trips to Israel with a group from AFUMC. In Paris she celebrated a granddaughter’s 2nd birthday with cake and champagne on the Eiffel Tower. Above all else, one could say that Roella was always ready: to hop on a plane, to have lunch, to bake her famous Cohasset Crisps, to go to the knitting store, to watch the kids, to volunteer, to listen, to laugh, and above all else to be a friend.

Roella is survived by her daughter Karen Sharpe and her husband Gregory (Matthews, NC); daughter Amy Whittall and husband Colt (Milton, GA); sister Dorothy Morrow and husband Tom (Orchard Park, NY); sister Ethel Collins and husband Dr. Richard (Pittsburgh, PA); grandchildren Moriah Sharpe & Emily Sharpe (both of Matthews, NC); grandchildren Whit Whittall & Ella Whittall, (both of Milton, Georgia).

A service will be held at Alpharetta First United Methodist Church on Tuesday, March 9th at 4pm and streamed online. The service will be socially distanced per church protocol. The link to stream the service will be posted on the AFUMC website, Amy and Karen’s Facebook pages and e-mailed upon request to Amy, Karen and the AFUMC staff.

In lieu of flowers we ask that donations be made in her name to the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

INVITATION TO BID Hopewell Road @ Bethany Bend/Bethany Way Intersection Improvement Project ITB NUMBER 21-PW08 Sealed Bids Due Date: March 25, 2021 2:00PM Local Time Electronic submission via: www.cityofmiltonga.us To be publicly announced at approximately 2:30 PM at the City of Milton City Hall located at 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA 30004. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

The City of Milton is requesting bids from interested parties for a public private partnership. The request for sealed bids for Hopewell Road @ Bethany Bend/ Bethany Way Intersection Improvement Project will be posted on the following websites the week of March 4, 2021. http://www.cityofmiltonga.us or http://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/PR_index.jsp

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Milton Historical Society dedicates new historical markers MILTON, Ga. — The Milton Historical Society dedicated two new historical markers to celebrate distinctive sites in the city last month. The markers were placed at Hardeman’s Grocery on Hopewell Road and at the settlement of Social Hill at the intersection of Freemanville Road and Providence Road.

According to the Historical Socety, Hardeman’s Grocery was constructed in the late 1940s/early 1950s. Thomas Hardeman and his wife Margaret operated a country store at the location which provided local farmers with tools, general merchandise, clothing, canned goods, fresh vegetables and gasoline for their cars and tractors.

Last March, the city approved a plan by local businessman Chris Sedgewick to revamp the store. Sedgewick said he has “long sought to convert this historic structure into a business serving the community.”

Sedgewick’s plans, now well underway, call for the “Bloom General Store” to offer gourmet coffee, gelato, handmade items and fresh-cut flowers.

Melvin Hardeman, son of the original owners of the store, said he was pleased to take part in the dedication of the historical marker and to see new life breathed into the building.

“I hope it will become a place where folks gather and socialize together, just as they did in the store’s heyday,” Hardeman said.

The Social Hill marker celebrates a settlement that grew up around the 1834 founding of Providence Baptist Church on a heavily traveled trade

route, the society said.

In 1846, the local post office was included on a two-horse mail route from Marietta to the gold fields in Lumpkin County. Social Hill was the first complete community in what is today the city of Milton with a church, general store, doctor’s office, post office and Providence School. Today Social Hill is the home of Union Restaurant.

The Milton Historical Society is a nonprofit group. For more information, visit miltongahistoricalsociety.com.

The Historical Society has installed 29 markers since its creation in 2018 with additional financial support from the City of Milton. The initial program was spearheaded by former Milton City Council member Bill Lusk, then President of the Historical Society, and Milton Historical Society Board members Joan Borzilleri and Bob Meyers.

— Joe Parker

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The Milton Historical Society recently installed two new historical markers, including at the former Hardeman Grocery on Hopewell Road. From left to right; Bob Meyers, Melvin Hardeman, David Chatham, Bill Lusk, Chris Sedgwick, Joan Borzilleri and Byron Foster.

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D. Smith, 88, of Cumming and Alpharetta, passed away March 3, 2021.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Director & Roswell Funeral Home Crematory.

Green Lawn Cemetary Faithfully Serving Families Since 1839

Faithfully Serving Roswell Since 1839

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*16375 HENDERSON ROAD | MILTON | $1,500,000

North Fulton Office • 7855 North Point Pkwy #100 Alpharetta, GA 30022 • HarryNorman.com The above information is believed to be accurate but is not warranted. Offer subject to errors, changes, omissions, prior sales and withdrawals without notice. Equal Housing Opportunity.