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Milton golf shines at dual tournaments

Milton boys golf recently had a memorable weekend with one team capturing a tournament win on the same day another group placed second in another event. Top (L to R): Aman Vantipalli, Jack Burr, Will Jones, Craig Long and Jack Davis won the The Big Red Shootout March 15. On the same day, Rahul Rajendran, Mason Fundingsland, Lucas Jinglov, Tommy Heraty, Ryan Marshall and Eli Cosman (bottom) placed second at the Darlington Invitational in Catoosa. Read more, Page 20.

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Teens sought in case of building vandalism MILTON, Ga. — Police are investigating reports that a group of teens damaged and defaced property at a construction site along Crabapple Road on March 15.

Contractors reviewed surveillance footage and told police it showed a group of middle- or early high schoolaged kids enter an area where buildings are being constructed. They tossed oranges from the stairwell of a parking garage and threw a large nail that shattered one of the buildings’ windows.

PUBLIC SAFETY Police said the teens also discharged a pair of fire extinguishers, and someone wrote the name “Ethan” and “BLM” in fresh slabs of concrete along with a derogatory drawing.

The contractors estimated the vandals committed more than $4,000 worth of damages.

Street parking dispute results in two arrests MILTON, Ga. — Police were dispatched to Sunfish Bend on March 22 after a fight broke out between neighbors.

According to police, Emma Carter, 41 and Jacqueline Pecot, 59, began arguing after Carter parked her Toyota Highlander on the street in front of her driveway. Pecot told police she was unable to back out of her driveway because Carter’s vehicle was directly behind it. She claimed when she went

DUI & DRUG arrests Natalia Caroline Souza, 30, of Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, was cited March 21 on Cogburn Road for DUI and taillights. to ask her neighbor to move the truck, Carter cursed at her, then eventually struck her in the face unprovoked.

Carter claimed Pecot came into her yard being profane and demanded that she move the vehicle. She said Pecot poked her in the forehead and encroached on her personal space.

Both women claimed they were defending themselves and told officers the other instigated the fight. Pecot’s son and daughter rushed out to separate the women after the squabble began.

Police arrested Carter and Pecot, charging them both with affray (fighting).

Alpharetta Farmers Market prepares for season ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The annual Alpharetta Farmers Market returns to downtown Saturday, April 3, operating from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

The popular event, now in its 18th year, regularly draws thousands to downtown and will run every Saturday through Nov. 27 with approximately 90 vendors.

“We decided to add several weeks to the market this year after requests from vendors who wanted an extended season and customers who want to shop the market through the fall,” said Taylor Yurgalevicz, Farmers Market manager. “Our focus this year is more on the farmers who will provide produce, meat, plants, and flowers. Customers will see many of their favorites back, but we’re limiting the number of vendors in each category so we can provide a broader range of goods. This also allows us to offer more locally grown and sourced farm fresh items and homemade food.”

Safety precautions will remain in place, including spacing between vendors, hand sanitizing stations, and social distancing. The market is located on North and South Broad streets around the Town Green in downtown Alpharetta in front of City Hall.

Last year’s event began late when fallout from the pandemic forced the city to close the Town Green. It found a home in May in the parking lot at Haynes Bridge Road and Old Milton Parkway. It moved back to the Town Green in July after the

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city established a plan that encouraged added safety measures. Because of distance guidelines, the number of vendors was cut in half.

The market, which is sponsored by the Alpharetta Business Association, was created as a healthful way to showcase growers and artisans from throughout the region and boost the number of visitors to downtown.

More information on the event can be found on the market’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

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Agencies, clinics step up efforts to vaccinate Georgians Numbers show sites running at full throttle

By ZOE SEILER newsroom@appenmedia.com METRO ATLANTA — Georgia opened the door wider March 25 for those seeking a vaccination for the deadly COVID-19 virus.

Georgians age 16 and older are now eligible to receive the vaccines.

“I feel like we’re turning a corner,” Alpharetta resident Debbie Engler-Key said following her vaccination.

She said people are getting vaccinated for themselves and for others.

“In order for the whole community to go back, the whole community needs to be vaccinated, so it’s almost like your civic responsibility to me,” she said.

Engler-Key has received both doses of the Moderna vaccine.

Heather Wagner, also of Alpharetta, has received one dose.

“It feels good to have the vaccines and now to be able to be eligible and get them,” Wagner said.

The vaccination effort spans public and private sectors.

Vaccination sites are being operated by the Georgia Department of Public Health,

Georgia Emergency Management Agency and Homeland Security, and by the counties. Private pharmacies, like CVS and Kroger, are also administering shots.

All sites are operating at full throttle in north Metro Atlanta.

Forsyth County Communications Director Karen Shields said that as of March 23, healthcare workers had administered 1,997 vaccines at the county’s site at the Forsyth Conference Center at Lanier Technical College.

Fulton County had administered 525,000 doses of the state’s 3.2 million doses by March 22, Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis reported.

The DeKalb County Board of Health reported that, as of March 20, its sites had administered 44,487 doses of the vaccines. The number doesn’t include private providers or retail pharmacies, such as CVS, Kroger, Publix and Walgreens, said Eric Nickens, manager at the Office of Marketing and Business Development for the DeKalb County Board of Health.

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Milton residents review winery permits, proposed subdivision

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton residents got a chance to learn more about upcoming permitting and rezoning requests at Community Zoning Information Meetings March 23.

The Painted Horse Winery and Vineyards, at Bethany Way and Hopewell Road, is seeking three use permits to continue its business model — for agricultural-related activities, to operate as a rural event facility and as a festival indoor/outdoor event space. The Painted Horse is the city’s only farm winery.

The requests have raised the eyebrows of some neighbors who voiced concerns over traffic, safety, noise and other issues at the informational meeting, but the company insists it is not requesting the permits for any new operations. Rather, the winery is coming into compliance with the city.

“There isn’t an intent to change what is happening on the site right now,” Ellen Smith, a representative for the Painted Horse, said.

The permit for “agricultural activities” allows for camps, birthday parties, painting classes and community events.

Smith said the farm has been hosting parties for kids and other similar events for decades.

The rural event facility permit will allow for weddings at the site and is similar to the permit granted to Little River Farms, Milton Zoning Manager Robyn MacDonald said.

The indoor/outdoor festival permit request would allow for acoustic concerts on the farm.

Residents, alarmed by the hours of operation allowed under a festival permit, raised concerns over noise emanating from the concerts. Hours permitted for festivals under the code are from Sunday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with music ending no later than 10 p.m.

However, Painted Horse owner Pamela Jackson said those allowable times earlier in the day are only related to farm and equestrian related activities, not concerts. She added that the business only operates Thursday through Sunday and is only open as late as 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Jackson said prior concerts at the venue have ended at 7 p.m., and Milton Police have conducted sound decibel checks to ensure the music is not exceeding allowable limits.

Smith said the company plans to fully comply with the city’s noise ordinance and hours of operation, including for weddings and concerts.

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The Painted Horse Winery and Vineyards, Milton’s only farm winery, has requested three permits to come into compliance with local ordinances. tain stipulations, but they can later be altered by the City Council if the board chooses to approve the requests.

For agricultural uses, events cannot exceed 250 people and can only occur from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Weddings and concerts would also be capped at 250 attendees, with concerts of 100 more people limited to Saturdays once a month. The Painted Horse can still apply for two additional special event permits each year.

Sound limits on weddings and concerts would be capped at 60 decibels of continuous noise at the site’s property lines, with a peak sound of 75 decibels.

Those requirements are lower than what the city imposed on Matilda’s, a Birmingham Crossroads concert venue approved by the city in 2018. After its initial approval of the venue, the City Council voted to reduce the limit of continuous noise from 75 to 70 decibels at Matilda’s property lines.

The Painted Horse also presented its site plan, which calls for a new winery shelter for inclement weather and a proposed, 12,000-square-foot building for

winery use. Smith said the building is not included in the use-permit request, but the company wanted “transparency” in showing residents a future proposal for the site.

The Painted Horse’s permit requests are the latest in a string of talks between the company and Milton officials.

Since the winery opened in 2019, city officials and the Painted Horse’s operators have been in discussions on the city’s alcohol codes. Owner Pamela Jackson previously said the state’s laws related to farm wineries are far more lenient than Milton’s regulations. For its part, Milton has made several updates to its alcohol ordinances to allow the Painted Horse to expand its offerings, including a decision to allow the sale of wines manufactured outside of Georgia.

More recently, the winery applied to offer beer and spirits for on-site consumption, which drew some opposition from a few city officials and nearby residents. The request was later withdrawn because of “a disagreement between Ms. Jackson and the City as to the extent of permissible or potentially legally grand-

fathered uses of the property,” according to a letter from Smith.

Just about two miles from the Painted Horse, a new subdivision has also been proposed and was up for review March 23.

Applicant Vio Hodis has requested to rezone a 9-acre property at 14140 Freemanville Road, near the intersection of Redd Road, from AG-1 to a Community Unit Plan for six homes. According to a letter from Hodis’ representative, the request is to create a “family compound.” One home already exists on the property and is included in the proposed site plan.

The proposal calls for a private road off Freemanville with a cul-desac that would serve all residences.

Properties would range from 1 acre to 1.7 acres.

The subdivision and the Painted Horse permit requests are set to go before the Design Review Board for a courtesy review April 13. As scheduled, the requests would then go before the Planning Commission April 28 before a review by the City Council in June.

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Group unveils historical marker for Roswell lynching victim ROSWELL, Ga. — In 1936, a White couple filed a complaint against a Black man to the police, claiming he kissed the wife’s hand after making repairs in their apartment. It was later reported that Mack Henry Brown was abducted and missing for a month. His body was found Dec. 23, 1936, in the Chattahoochee River in what is now Roswell’s Riverside Park.

Brown was one of 36 documented lynching victims in Fulton County between 1877 and 1936.

The Fulton County Remembrance Coalition started the Community Remembrance Project to recognize lynching victims by collecting soil from lynching sites and building historical markers. The organization unveiled a historical marker for Mack Henry Brown Feb. 22 at Riverside Park near the mouth of Big Creek.

“A historical marker component is significant to the programming because it’s meant to commemorate documented victims of racial terrorism with personalized maker installations acknowledging their lives,” said Erika Barnes Ford, cochair of the Mack Henry Brown Historical Marker Committee.

Soil from Brown’s lynching site was

the first soil FCRC collected in the series of 35 other soil collections, and the historical marker is the first to be installed, Fulton County Remembrance Coalition founder Allison Bantimba said at the unveiling.

The marker helps the community honor Brown by making his story publicly owned and visible. It also hopefully encourages people to speak openly and correct history, Ford said.

“By recognizing Mr. Brown as a victim of a lynching, we are educating the community, building awareness of a history of racial domestic terrorism, and also the connections of the present to the past for broader community engagement,” Ford said.

Following the viewing of the unveiling, the Fulton County Remembrance Coalition hosted a panel discussion to look at historical and contemporary lynchings and how to ensure it is not visited upon future generations, Ford said.

The panel was moderated by Remembrance Coalition member Mike Harris. Panelists included journalist and author Karen Branan, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies professor David Anderson Hooker, author Birdel Jackson, III, and State Rep. Josh McLaurin.

Harris opened the conversation by saying it’s important to think about what happened to Brown and that one would think a kiss on the hand would be considered honorable, but it was perceived as an aggression.

No one was charged or held accountable for Brown’s death, coalition member Kay Howell said at the unveiling.

“Impunity was really at the heart of the problem because why did they do it?

Because they could,” Branan said.

Branan, author of “The Family Tree,” said she found only two White people sentenced in lynching cases in Georgia.

She said both got off and didn’t spend more than a year in jail.

“People knew they could get away with it,” Branan said. “Even today, the impunity still exists. It exists in our police departments and it exists with the current crop of mob members that assist in police murders.”

Hooker offered another perspective that impunity suggests that the action was wrong and then people were not held accountable. But there is a cultural narrative in the United States that never gave full humanity to Black and Brown people, so harming them wasn’t necessarily wrong, he said.

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Mack Henry Brown Historical Marker Committee member Birdel Jackson, III, spoke at the unveiling of the tribute Feb. 22, at Riverside Park in Roswell.

doing something that was in fact wrong as opposed to a structural violence and a direct violence that comes out of the cultural narrative that gives that violence sense,” Hooker said.

The historical markers create a counternarrative so that the violence becomes wrong, Hooker said.

More information about the dedication and panel discussion can be found at https://fultonremembrance.org/.

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By TIFFANY MORGAN newsroom@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the restaurant industry, but a little over a year after restaurants were forced to close dining rooms, a local, family-owned restaurant group is bouncing back.

The Chieco family owns four restaurants in North Fulton, all offering unique cuisine, including Mercantile Social, Flatlands Bourbon and Bayou and Southern Porch in Alpharetta. Last June, the group acquired CANS Taqueria in Milton.

Despite the prior success of these eateries, 2020 brought a wave of struggles and concerns for the restaurant group. But a little over a year after they were forced to close their doors, the restaurants are beginning to see pre-COVID sales figures.

In a year that saw a slew of restaurants permanently shut down, the Chieco group is crediting local support and changes to their operations for keeping their four businesses afloat.

Jodi Chieco said without the support of the community, their businesses, servers and family would not have been as successful during the pandemic.

From generous tipping to buying gift cards, the community “rallied” for the Chieco family and their local eateries. “[The community] has been our biggest cheerleaders…it’s been humbling,” Jodi said. “They never faltered. We couldn’t ask for better customers. They kept us going.”

Kevin Jeskey, regular customer of CANS, said he frequents the familyowned restaurants. Jeskey finds it very significant to support the local restaurants in North Fulton.

“It’s the upmost importance, as we’ve seen through COVID, [to support local business],” Jeskey said. “We tried to get out twice a week to support local restaurants.”

Joe Rampino, general manager of Mercantile Social, said there was “overwhelming support,” even when the restaurant had to close due to the pandemic. While the dining room was closed, restaurant employees refurbished and decorated for their projected opening in the summer of 2020. The restaurant now offers outdoor seating.

Rampino said being a part of a family business is what makes it possible for them to succeed and come together.

“We all work together as a team,” Rampino said. “It really helps to have that support system and take care of each other,” Rampino said. “It is good to have good people to work for...it’s a whole different dynamic.”

CANS Taqueria general manager Danny Shearer said the restaurant took the opportunity to use curbside pick-up and delivery services like DoorDash and

GrubHub to help keep the lights on.

As business picks back up, the Chieco family is undertaking a new venture.

The family is transforming CANS, located in downtown Crabapple, into a fresh seafood restaurant named Tierra y Mar, meaning “land and sea.” Tierra y Mar is set for a grand opening in April, Shearer said.

Local support helped keep the group’s restaurants open, and Shearer said the family is now planning to give back to the community by working alongside charitable events. Shearer said in mid-June the group intends to collaborate with the Shamrock Foundation.

Last December, the restaurant group donated to the Milton Rotary Club and hosted a “Giving Tree.”

Supporters donated over $2,000, and CANS matching those dollars with its own donation. The money that was raised benefited the Drake House, which provides housing and education programs for homeless single mothers in the North Metro Atlanta.

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The empty nester’s guide to home improvement Brought to you by Remodeling Expo Center The kids have graduated college, the weddings are paid for, and it’s time for you to enjoy your golden years. Unfortunately, you may have also realized that “downsizing” has become more expensive than keeping your existing house! ”Not simply accounting for the transactional costs of moving, but the terrible reality of the present housing market, is that newer small homes cost more than your larger home” says John Hogan president of Remodeling Expo Center.

John continued, “an increasingly large number of our customers are empty nesters, and they’re all adapting their 1980’s or 1990’s-built home to become more current and appropriate for their later years. The present interest rate environment is fueling the rapid growth in remodeling in the form of the cash-out refi”.

These are the most common empty nester remodeling projects in North Atlanta.

Kitchen Upgrade. Adapting the kitchen for more occasions, and more people, kids plus grandchildren. Frequently improving circulation by incorporating an island with an eating area for grandchildren is a common goal.

Improving accessibility of cabinets with roll-out drawers and improving storage are almost always included.

Flooring and Stairs. A highly desirable upgrade is the front entry to the home because it’s the first this you see when entering the house. Removing aged carpet runners on stairs, replacing white pickets with black metal on stairs, and re-staining hardwood floors from the 1980’s honey color to one which is darker, are all common changes made by empty nesters.

Master Bathroom. Empty nesters are very focused on, not only improving the “feel” of their bathroom, but also safety aspects. “Fortunately, there are a wide range of products that incorporated safe, non-slip surfaces that also look fabulous” says Brittany Lingerfelt, head designer at Remodeling Expo Center.

Grab bars, frameless glass, level entry showers, and therapeutic tubs are all common requests.

Value Preservation. Empty nesters are increasing young at heart, and just because the kids are out of the house, doesn’t mean they’re not focusing on value and return on investment. “This is where we can offer significant consultation”, says John Hogan, “We understand our customers and they rely on us for honest advice.

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Vaccine: Continued from Page 3 Tracking residency Keeping track of the number of residents vaccinated in a city or county is virtually impossible, based on the state’s wide-open rollout.

“The reality of that data is that it seems a better indicator of how many vaccine doses have been administered in a county, as it does not account for where the individuals receiving the vaccine actually live,” said Alpharetta Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard. “Given that we know people are crossing county lines seeking vaccinations, this is a critical issue in that data.”

Outside of Atlanta, cities do not operate their own health and human services departments.

That is left up to the counties, Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker said.

“The vaccination program to date has been run through a combination of the county and the state, mostly at this point,” Bodker said. “[That’s] because, one, the vaccines come into the health department, and two, because there isn’t enough vaccine for the cities really to jump in.”

Bodker said some cities have volunteered emergency medical technicians to help.

“What the cities have done is we›ve provided paramedic personnel to help supplement the number of people that are there giving the vaccinations at the county sites,” he said. “We’ve all volunteered a certain number of days of paramedic help to help administer the vaccines.”

Fulton County in full swing The Fulton County Board of Health is operating three sites. One at MercedesBenz Stadium, another at 4700 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta, and the third in College Park at the Aviation Cultural Center.

Of the estimated 525,000 doses administered in Fulton County, about 25 percent were done at the public health sites, County Commissioner Ellis said.

Depending on the supply from the state, the Fulton County sites have the capacity to administer about 1,000 doses a day. So far, the largest number of vaccines given on one day between all three sites was about 4,700, Ellis said.

He said he has received good feedback about the North Point Parkway site in Alpharetta, which also serves as a COVID-19 testing site.

Alpharetta’s Drinkard said the city has found the vaccination site to be running efficiently, but he noted that the major issues are related to the ability to get an appointment.

Alpharetta residents Wagner and Engler-Key said they experienced issues scheduling an appointment but the vac-

NEWS cination process itself went smoothly at private pharmacies.

Early on, Engler-Key signed up on multiple websites, but all appointments were full. She heard through friends that smaller towns had more supply than the cities, so she was prepared for a road trip.

“I heard back from a couple of others,” she said. “They emailed me back right away saying ‘our appointments are full. Try back again later.’ So it was a little discouraging.”

Later, she got an email from a pharmacy in Mableton that said if she could arrive by 5 p.m., she could receive the vaccine.

“So, I jumped in my car and drove over there,” she said.

Engler-Key said she had better luck with scheduling by calling or emailing providers. She had no responses from websites she signed up through.

Wagner also struggled to find an appointment.

“I was trying to go through a lot of different sites, and just couldn’t find one available at the time,” Wagner said. “I was waiting patiently because I’m under the educator category and just waiting until I was eligible.”

She made her appointment over the phone at the Kroger on South Atlanta Road.

“It was just surreal in a way of, oh my goodness, we finally are getting this going, and just going through that process was just like I was going to get my flu shot as regular as it was, but just internally so excited and relieved,” Wagner said.

The Alpharetta site at North Point is the closest government-run site to Johns Creek. The city has received few complaints about the site and those were addressed, Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker said.

“If you look at Fulton County as a whole, the number of people that have gotten vaccinated within Fulton County is basically equal to the other metro counties combined,” Bodker said. “So, they are doing a very effective job of vaccinations, all things considered.”

Scheduling an appointment As eligibility has expanded, demand and volume are significantly increasing.

Nickens offers this advice: Be patient because many others are trying to find a vaccine appointment too.

Be nice, particularly when interacting with someone over the phone.

Try searching for appointments during the early morning or late evening, during off-peak times.

Double check the spelling of all information entered during registration. Your name should match your legal identification. Typos or incorrect information can cause delays at check-in and may result in missing phone calls or emails.

People should be prepared to drive to another county if they are able.

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Five things to know about the COVID-19 vaccines Where to get a vaccine The Georgia Department of Public Health, Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency and local counties are administering the vaccines. Appointments can be scheduled through the state each agency’s website as well as myvaccinegeorgia.com.

The state department of public health also has links to private vaccination sites like Kroger, Publix, Walgreens and Walmart.

Anyone struggling to schedule an appointment can call the health department vaccine scheduling resource line at 888-457-0186.

Eligibility As of March 25, all Georgia residents age 16 and older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccines available The three vaccines available are the two-shot Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine. Not all vaccination sites have each option available, and the options are noted online.

Currently, 16 and 17 year olds can only receive the Pfizer vaccine due to FDA approval, and a parent or guardian must accompany them during their appointment.

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Cost of the vaccines Vaccinations are free, but providers may be able to charge administration fees. The fee will be billed to one’s insurance with no out-of-pocket cost, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

There is also no out-of-pocket cost to the patient at vaccination sites run by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.

What to bring to an appointment Patients going to county or GEMAoperated sites should take identification and the QR code provided when they signed up for the appointment. Additional information can be found on the GEMA, county and private providers’ websites. somewhere else, health officials ask that you cancel the later appointment.

“That location is holding a vaccine dose just for you and if you don’t cancel, that could end up being a wasted dose,” Nickens said.

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INVITATION TO BID City Hall Generator Transfer Switch Installation ITB NUMBER 21-PW07 (R) ~ Reissuance Sealed Bids Due Date: April 15, 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 the City Hall Generator Transfer Switch Installation~Reissuance will be posted on the following websites the week of March 18, 2021. http://www.cityofmiltonga.us or http://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/PR_index.jsp

MILTON, Ga. — Milton golf showed its depth recently with the team earning a win and runner-up finish at two separate tournaments played on the same day.

The Eagles took the top spot at The Big Red Shootout at Chattahoochee Golf Club on March 15, a 14-team tournament featuring the Stableford scoring system. Will Jones led Milton to a score of 150, besting Gainesville by 16 points.

Craig Long, Aman Vantipalli, Jack

Burr and Jack Davis also tallied scores for the Eagles.

On the same day, another Milton squad placed as runner-up in the nine-team field at the Darlington Invitational at Coosa Country Club in Rome. Milton Rahul Rajendran was the low medalist for the tournament with a 67. Mason Fundingsland (72), Lucas Jinglov (77), Tommy Heraty (79), Eli Cosman (80) and Ryan Marshall (87) contributed for the Eagles.

Frontline workers receive energy boost The Crabapple Middle School Interact Club delivered energy bars with thankyou notes March 19 to the healthcare workers at North Fulton Regional hospital. Interact students said the purpose was to show the workers their appreciation for the work they do, especially their efforts during the pandemic.

INVITATION TO BID HVAC Maintenance & On-Call Services ITB NUMBER 21-PW11 Sealed Bids Due Date: April 21, 2021 2:00PM Local Time Electronic submission via: www.cityofmiltonga.us Submissions will be publicly announced on the above date at approximately 2:30 PM at the City of Milton City Hall located at 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA 30004 (opening may be moved online due to public health conditions).

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. If the contract is awarded, it will be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder whose bid meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the invitation for bids.

The City of Milton is requesting bids from interested parties to remove provide regularly scheduled preventative maintenance and emergency oncall services on all HVAC equipment for Milton’s city-owned facilities.

The request for sealed bids for the HVAC Maintenance & On-Call Services will be posted on the following websites the week of April 1, 2021: http://www.cityofmiltonga.us or http://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/PR_ index.jsp

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Hate: Continued from Page 8 references “positive stereotypes” placed on Asian-Americans and how they are detrimental to people of color overall.

Racism in classroom Esha Saini, a Georgia Tech freshman who also attended the event, said she was spurred to express solidarity and because she has faced anti-Asian racism in Johns Creek. Saini said a teacher once poked at the stereotype of Asians Solution H A R T E W E R M E N U D O M P E S S E P A C T O U R S C A N E P E B O A G O F L O P A U K S R E S T

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being too good in math, and that “they were too competitive about academics.”

“Anti-Asian sentiment has always been present, but grossly underrepresented,” Saini said. “A lot of it has to do with the mix of an immigrant survival mentality. We tend to stay quiet and keep our heads down, as our parents went through a lot to immigrate to the USA in the first place.”

While there are generational differences between Asian immigrants and their American-raised children, unity does exist.

Northview High School senior Elaine Wang attended the rally with her mother and a few of her friends.

“There are definitely people in the older generation who care more about racism as a whole,” Wang said. “But just from what I’ve seen, the older generation in my community has only taken action when it comes to racism against their own race.”

Wang admits she feels less safe because of the recent shootings, and while she recognizes the privilege she enjoys living in Johns Creek, the attacks reminded her that there are still “hateful people” out there.

Moving forward, Wang said she hopes that anti-Asian racism will garner more visibility, and that policies that tackle systemic racism are prioritized.

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SERVICE DIRECTORY Art/Wallpaper Picture Hanging: Reasonable pricing.

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