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Milton City Council voted last week to authorize Fulton County to conduct a special election on Nov. 8 for senior homestead tax exemptions.

Milton voters to decide tax hike

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton is preparing to hold a referendum in November that would expand property tax breaks for senior homeowners.

The City Council voted unanimously July 6 to authorize Fulton County to conduct a special election on Nov. 8 for senior homestead tax exemptions.

Homestead exemptions only apply to property owners who own and occupy a primary residence in Milton as of Jan. 1 of a given tax year. Parcels of land without a primary residence, such as rental homes, do not qualify. However, any exemptions applied to the bond levy impacts the bond rate levy for other taxpayers so the city can meet its debt service required each year.

The City Council approved a resolution

in December 2021 to increase homestead exemption opportunities for all seniors 65 and older. It then went to the Georgia General Assembly for consideration and passed in April.

Back in December, Assistant City Manager Bernadette Harvill said the city had no way to determine how many households were eligible for a homestead exemption but had not applied.

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ATLANTA —Teachers were heading for the exits long before the COVID pandemic spurred the Great Resignation across all sectors of the workforce. And a new report provides further evidence that educators still have one eye on the exit.

State and local education officials say they are focused on slowing the continued exodus.

“It has always been a top priority of my administration to support those who directly support students – Georgia’s hardworking teachers,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. Woods first ran for office in 2014 on a platform of recruiting and retaining teachers.

“Unfortunately, we are going to lose many of those highly-qualified educators if we do not address the

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Personal check altered, cashed for higher amount MILTON, Ga. –– A Milton man notified police June 28 that someone had intercepted a personal check he had mailed to pay a medical bill and altered it to a different amount and payee.

PUBLIC SAFETY The man said he placed the original $30 check in his mailbox for pickup on June 18. Ten days later, he said he checked his bank statement and noticed a check with the same number had been cashed in the amount of $1,132.

He called his bank to notify them of the fraud, and his account was frozen.

The bank said it would launch an investigation.

The check, made out to a different party and carrying a different signature, had been cashed on June 24 at a credit union in Tucker.

Elderly man defrauded of more than $1,000 MILTON, Ga. –– An 85-year-old Milton man fell victim to a phone scam that ended up costing him more than $1,000.

The victim told police that back in mid-May, he received a call from a woman informing him that his wife’s bank account had been compromised, and he needed to buy a gift card for $501. The man then purchased a card

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Roswell police searching for murder suspect

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police are searching for a 27-year-old man suspected of murdering his girlfriend on July 6.

Roswell police spokesman Tim Lupo said the suspect is Fabien Malik Perry, who is described as a black male, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing approximately 165 pounds.

Perry is thought to be driving a red four-door Honda Civic. Investigators say the July 6 shooting was an isolated incident, but that Perry should be considered armed and dangerous.

As of July 7, Lupo said that Perry was not yet in custody.

“As our investigation has progressed, our detectives believe there is a strong probability that Perry has fled the state,” Lupo said. “We are working closely with our state and federal law enforcement partners and have identified a number of close connections tying Perry throughout the eastern seaboard.”

Lupo said that just after midnight on July 6, someone called 911 to report an injured PERRY woman inside a home on the 100 block of Old Ferry Way in Roswell. When officers arrived, they found 23-year-old Johana Cabrales-

Hernandez dead from an apparent gunshot wound.

Her family told police that her two young children were abruptly dropped off at a nearby family member’s home by someone who has not yet been unidentified, which is when they became concerned for Cabrales-Hernandez’s welfare.

“Family immediately went to Cabrales-Hernandez’s home, where she was located deceased,” Lupo said.

“Evidence gathered during the ensuing investigation led to the identification of Perry as the suspect.”

In October 2021, Perry was also wanted by Alpharetta police for alleg-

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Man pleads guilty to swindling elderly victim out of fortune ATLANTA –– A Johns Creek man has pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud after admitting that he defrauded a 79-year-old retiree of approximately $650,000.

Aziz Choukri, 59, pleaded guilty to wire fraud on June 16. Sentencing is scheduled for September 14 before U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor L. Ross.

“Fraud schemes targeting the elderly are a particularly egregious type of fraud that often deplete the victims’ entire life savings,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. “This conviction affirms our commitment to prosecuting those who prey on our most vulnerable citizens.”

“The victimization of the elderly through financial scams represent one

of the most significant types of cases the Secret Service investigates to combat fraud,” said Special Agent in Charge Steven Baisel of the U.S. Secret Service Atlanta Field Office. “Those who prey on the vulnerable and cheat them out of their life savings through their cunning lies and

See VICTIM, Page 10

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issues leading to burnout in the profession,” he said.

Evidence of a statewide teacher burnout epidemic first appeared in a 2015 a study from the Georgia Department of Education which found that nearly half of all new teachers hired since 2008 had left the profession. Teachers cited “burnout” as the greatest factor in their decision to leave the classroom, according to findings in the Georgia’s Teacher Dropout Crisis study.

Further troubling was that nearly a third of the 53,000 teachers surveyed in 2015 said they would likely quit teaching within five years. A majority said they would not encourage their students to go into teaching.

“Unfortunately, we are at risk of losing many highly qualified educators if we do not take a careful look at the factors contributing to burnout in the profession,” Woods said.

Three factors cited

The 2015 study pinpointed three areas that led to burnout: number of and emphasis on mandated tests, the teacher evaluation method, and teacher participation in decisions related to their jobs.

Since the release of the 2015 report, state officials have responded by reducing the number of state-mandated tests, providing a $5,000 pay raise for teachers and adding the Georgia Teacher of the Year to the State Board of Education.

Last month, the GDOE released a follow-up report to the 2015 study, titled “Teacher Burnout in Georgia…Voices from the Classroom.” A team of teachers from across the state was tasked with identifying root causes of teacher burnout.

Cherie Goldman, the 2022 Georgia Teacher of the Year from Savannah, served on the task force and said burnout exists across all grade levels.

“The data is clear, and I have seen it personally,” Goldman stated. “Every year Georgia is losing talented teachers to burnout.”

The group convened in 2021 and

surveyed nearly 5,000 Georgia teachers.

Based on the data collected, the task force presented recommendations for education policymakers on ways to mitigate teacher dissatisfaction.

The concerns are clustered around five areas: assessments, preserving and protecting time, pressures and unrealistic expectations, teacher voice and professional growth and mental health and wellness.

The reality behind the burnout

Treating teachers as valued partners with the best view of the classroom emerged as a key factor in stemming burnout.

“So many decisions are made [by people] who are no longer in a classroom, have been out for a long time, or who have never been in a classroom,” one 10-year elementary school teacher noted in the report.

The 35-page study includes recommendations teachers are hoping will help stem the tide of resignations.

A Georgia Department of Education spokeswoman said the department is working to develop ways to address the issues teachers cited in the survey.

“Some of our initial areas of focus will be classroom supply support for teachers, statewide mental health support, addressing the teacher evaluation system, and measures to address excessive local testing,” said Meghan Frick, GDOE communications director.

The fixes cannot come quick enough for one Fulton County teacher with more than two decades of classroom experience.

Otherwise good teachers will continue to leave the profession, she said.

“It happens over time with teachers who are overworked, disrespected, and under-supported,” said the middle school teacher who asked not to be identified. “It shows in the form of stress, anxiety, lack of motivation, personality changes and other health issues.”

Though she is still in the classroom with no immediate thoughts of leaving, she says many teachers continually ask themselves, “Is this job worth it? Is this that for which I really signed up? Or am I ready to quit?”

While pay is important, the focus on money alone is not enough to keep teach-

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ers motivated to keep teaching, she added.

In Fulton County Schools, teachers are among the top paid in the district, thanks to regular salary increases and bonuses.

Yet, the district began the last school year with 143 vacancies, despite hiring 568 new teachers. The district ended the 2021-22 school year with more than 200 teacher vacancies.

During a presentation at the start of the last school year, Chief Academic Officer Cliff Jones noted teacher hiring is a year-round process to address persistent vacancies.

One recommendation from the Teacher Burnout Task Force is to provide annual pay raises along with step raises based at stages of a teacher’s career. In many districts, including Fulton, step raises based on years of teaching experience are more focused on the early and later years, with fewer increases in the middle years.

Seniors: Continued from Page 1 She said that when 2021 taxes were billed, 452 households qualified for the 65 and older age-based senior basic exemption, which takes $15,000 off the taxable value of a property.

Another 58 households qualified for an additional $10,000 taxable value reduction offered to those 65 and older and who meet certain low-income benchmarks. An additional 305 homeowners qualified for a full-value exemption offered to those 70 and older whose income does not exceed a certain amount, and for those who are disabled.

If the referendum passes, it will combine the senior basic and senior additional exemptions to increase the total amount from $15,000 to $25,000 for all seniors 65 and older and apply that amount to both the maintenance and operation and bond millage rates.

Based on 2021 qualifying properties, it could lead to an additional $23,861 in tax savings to seniors.

Another component would raise the qualifying income threshold for the homestead exemption for those 70 and older from the Social Security-based qualification of $72,264 to $100,000 and ensure that homeowners who currently qualify do not lose the benefits they receive under the existing exemption structure.

The resolution does not change Milton’s basic homestead exemption of $15,000 plus a 3% floating homestead.

Because the referendum will be held in conjunction with the state and federal elections, the city will incur no additional costs for adding the question to the ballot.

The City Council meeting scheduled for July 18 has been canceled. A special called City Council meeting is slated for July 25.

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Georgia Power announced in late June that it plans to increase its prices on electricity by about 12% over the next three years, with the biggest jump in costs planned for 2023. The company filed a request for the increase June 24 with the Georgia Public Service Commission, which must give its approval before the price jump can go into effect.

Georgia Power’s request, which consists of hundreds of documents and spreadsheets, contains a written testimony from Larry Legg, the company’s director of pricing and rates. The testimony states that if the rate hike is approved as written, a typical residential customer would pay an extra $14.32 per month — or about $172 for the year — in 2023.

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The company also said it plans to improve customer service and energy resource management systems, as well as increase its investments in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. In total, the company says it plans to invest nearly $700 million in these initiatives.

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North Fulton Community Charities to hold Back to School supply drive ROSWELL, Ga. — North Fulton Community Charities will hold its annual Back To School supply drive in late July to aid local families who struggle to afford their children’s school supplies.

The organization will collect new backpacks filled with school supplies at Elkins Pointe Middle School in Roswell July 25-27 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Last year’s Back To School drive helped more than 900 children in need in North Fulton.

“Our Back to School program helps to ease the financial burden of a new school year for struggling families in our community,” NFCC Director of Development Sherri Morgan said. “A backpack filled with supplies can cost as much as $125.

That’s money that families can save to put toward food, gas and housing.”

The charity is requesting backpacks suitable for elementary, middle and high school students. Financial donations can also be made to support the program. Estimated costs for backpacks and supplies are $75 for elementary school students, $90 for middle school students and $125 for high school students.

Blotter: Continued from Page 2 in the specified amount at a Walmart on Windward Parkway and later read the access code and number to the woman when she called back.

The next day, the victim received another call, this time from a male, who advised he must purchase another $501 gift card. He followed the same routine as the previous day and read the numbers to the man who called him back.

Suspecting a scam, the victim visited the Walmart customer service counter and was advised that he need to file a police report in order to receive a refund on the card purchases.

Walmart worker charged with theft of merchandise MILTON, Ga. –– Police arrested an Atlanta woman for felony theft and multiple drug charges June 24 after officers were dispatched to Walmart on Windward Parkway in Milton.

Store security personnel informed police that the woman, who worked in the store’s online order department, had been caught while wheeling a shopping cart filled with more than $1,000 worth of items – mostly electronics – out

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The woman said the items were for delivery to a legitimate online customer, but store officials said online orders are loaded in different carts and transported out through a separate exit. The store also said there was no record of an online order for the items.

When police detained the woman, they reportedly found in her possession a backpack containing illegal drugs and marijuana.

The suspect was booked into the Fulton County Jail.

Thief changes check to 20 times the amount MILTON, Ga. –– Police are investigating a case in which someone altered a check deposited at a mailbox in Forsyth County in early June.

The victim, a Milton woman, said she had made out the check for $799 as payment on her credit card. Later in the month, she was notified by the bank that the check was made out to a person she did not know and that the amount had been changed to $20,156.33.

She showed police a copy of the check, and it had no routing number or a check number listed. The victim said she had contacted the postmaster, and Wells Fargo has closed her account.

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Veteran journalist joins Appen Media as Forsyth County, Alpharetta reporter ALPHARETTA, GA – Appen Media Group announced July 7 that North Georgia journalist Alexander Popp will join its staff as a reporter. Popp will cover local government and public safety in Forsyth County and the City of Alpharetta.

Popp will report to Carl Appen, director of content and development, and will be based in Alpharetta.

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Victim: Continued from Page 2 financial schemes must recognize that the Secret Service, along with our many law enforcement partners, will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law and bring a measure of justice to the victims.”

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in 2016, Choukri met the victim, then 79 years old, at a fitness facility in Alpharetta. Choukri cultivated a close relationship with the elderly victim to gain his trust. Choukri convinced the victim to invest almost $650,000 in his music management company, assuring him that the investment carried no risk and was guaranteed to earn a return.

Choukri promised that the victim

Suspect: Continued from Page 2 edly punching a 53-year-old woman in the face during a traffic dispute along Mayfield Road.

When officers responded to the road rage call, they found the victim bleeding from her nose. She said she had been waiting in a left-hand turn lane at the intersection of Mayfield Road and Canton Street and was slow to react when the red light turned green.

That’s when a man in a Hyundai Elantra behind her got out of his car and cursed at her, then walked back to his vehicle, police said. Investigators later

“It is an incredible feeling to be back in my home city, doing the thing I love most – telling stories and reporting the news,” Popp said. “Forsyth County and the North Fulton areas are some of the most interesting places in the state right now, and I’m really glad that I have a chance to get an insider’s view of it.”

Originally from the Alpharetta area, Popp graduated from the University of North Georgia in 2016 and subsequently spent a 6-month sabbatical Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail before starting work as a Forsyth County crime reporter in 2017.

Since then, he has worked as a newspaper editor in Dawson County and co-founder of an outdoor tourism business in North Georgia.

To contact Popp with news tips or story ideas, email alex@appenmedia. com or call (770) 847-7404. would be compensated the full amount of any investment, plus interest, and even told him that he would guarantee him a $1 million return.

Rather than using the investment in a music venture, prosecutors say Choukri used the victim’s money largely on himself, for his daughter’s college tuition and sorority expenses, dental work for his girlfriend, payments to his girlfriend for tutoring and babysitting, and repayment of a personal loan. Choukri also transferred a significant amount of the victim’s money to his children’s accounts and withdrew thousands of dollars in cash.

Prosecutors say that Choukri’s accounts show that almost all of his income in 2016 and 2017 was from the victim.

This case is being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service. identified Perry as the suspect.

The woman said she was so intimidated by Perry’s actions that she tried to call 911. That caused her to miss another cycle when the light turned green again, infuriating Perry, according to police.

Officers said Perry then kicked the woman’s driver’s side door and punched her in the face through her open window before getting back into his vehicle and driving around her. Police said a witness recorded the encounter on his cell phone, corroborating the victim’s allegations.

Anyone with information about July 6 shooting or Perry’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Roswell Police Department at 770-640-4100. Anonymous information can be shared through Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS(8477) or online at StopCrimeATL.org.

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Georgia ends fiscal year on a strong note

By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat ATLANTA — Georgia closed out fiscal 2022 last month with a bulging budget surplus fueled by a significant increase in tax revenue.

The state Department of Revenue collected $2.85 billion in taxes in June, up 14.2 percent over June of last year, Gov. Brian Kemp’s office reported.

During the full fiscal year, which ended June 30, the state brought in $33.09 billion in tax receipts, an increase of 23 percent over fiscal 2021, as Georgia’s economy continued to rebound from the pandemic.

Individual income taxes last month rose 14 percent over June of last year,

with payments up 6 percent and refunds down 32 percent.

Net sales tax collections in June increased 12 percent over the same month in 2021.

Corporate income taxes, typically more volatile than individual income or sales taxes, rose 47.2 percent last month over June 2021, with both payments and refunds up substantially.

Due to Kemp’s decision to suspend collections of the state sales tax on gasoline, gas tax revenues plummeted by 99.5 percent last month compared to June of last year.

The General Assembly suspended collection of the tax in March as pump prices began rising toward record highs. Kemp has extended the sales

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tax holiday twice since then, with the latest extension due to expire in midAugust.

A healthy surplus allowed Georgia lawmakers to adopt a $30.2 billion fiscal 2023 budget in April, just shy of the $30.3 billion fiscal 2022 mid-year spending plan, including pay raises for teachers and state employees as well as a $1.1 billion tax refund.

With tax collections still going strong, the outlook for the next state budget appears promising. However, inflation and the threat of a recession loom as reasons for concern.

This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.

New mental health law takes effect

By REBECCA GRAPEVINE Capitol Beat

ATLANTA — Georgia’s new mental health parity law went into effect July 1.

Under the state’s new law, Georgia health insurers must cover mental health treatment at the same level they cover physical ailments “Parity kicks in immediately,” Rep. Todd Jones, R-South Forsyth, said about the new law.

Jones, along with Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur, co-sponsored the omnibus bill in the State House earlier this year.

“Georgia families hopefully have a greater opportunity to receive treatment they’re entitled to,” Oliver said. “Folks that have not been getting adequate treatment: new funding is coming, new attention is coming.”

Oliver – along with several other mental health advocates – pointed out that

Georgians can report suspected parity violations to the state Insurance Commission. Reports of violations from residents would be key to ensuring the law is enforced, Oliver said.

Georgia’s new mental health law sends the message that “mental health matters and is just as important as your physical health,” Kim Jones, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Georgia, said.

Jones said that, under the parity law, a health insurer that offers out-of-network coverage for urgent medical services must also cover out-of-network urgent mental health and substance abuse treatment.

The Georgia insurance department will soon hire a new mental health parity officer to help oversee the law, said Weston Burleson, director of communications for the agency.

Down the line, the department will collect and publish detailed information

about how health insurers perform on mental health parity, Burleson added.

The mental health law also sets up a new MATCH (Multi-Agency Treatment for Children) team.

The team will start meeting soon and look carefully at the problem of Georgia children in state custody who lack stable placements, Oliver said.

“The issue of emergency placement for these children needs a lot of attention,” Oliver said, noting that some of these children are staying in hotels or offices.

The new law also helps set up mental health co-responder programs, Oliver said, with funds provided by the FY 2023 budget.

Co-responder programs pair mental health professionals with law enforcement officers to help respond to mental health and substance use crises. The programs often provide follow-up services as well.

Later this year, the state will solicit

proposals from communities that want to set up assisted outpatient treatment programs. The new mental health law provides for five such programs on a “pilot” basis.

In these programs, courts – working with community mental health and law enforcement agencies – can require people to get treatment for mental health and substance use disorders.

Meanwhile, Georgia’s Mental Health Commission is planning another round of recommendations and sub-committees are meeting monthly, Oliver said.

The commission is keeping a close eye on the progress of the new law’s provisions.

“There’s a lot of work going to make sure that our oversight creates a successful implementation,” Oliver said.

This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.

Kemp extends Georgia gas tax break

By REBECCA GRAPEVINE Capitol Beat ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the state’s gas tax holiday through Aug. 13.

The General Assembly suspended the fuel tax in March as pump prices began rising above $4 a gallon. Kemp extended that break in May and again on July 1.

The state gas tax is around 29 cents

per gallon.

Kemp also suspended the state sales tax on locomotive fuel, which he said would help fight rising consumer costs.

“I am committed to fighting to ease the economic burden hardworking Georgians are facing due to disastrous policies from Washington politicians,” Kemp said.

Kemp said President Joe Biden’s administration had not done enough to combat inflation and rising fuel prices.

In June, Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax (18 cents per gallon) until the end of September.

Biden has also ordered releases of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the nation’s emergency oil stockpile.

Georgia’s gas prices are about 50 cents below the national average, according to AAA. On Friday, Kemp also extended an April executive order declaring a state of

emergency in Georgia related to supply chain disruptions. The order prohibits price gouging by gas station operators and relaxes some rules on commercial trucking in Georgia.

Kemp extended that executive order until August 13.

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Elderly Roswell tenants live in limbo over forced relocation Tenants hit by housing shortage in North Fulton

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Vietnam War veteran Michael Dowda slept in his car, hotels, even a warehouse before calling 199 Grove Way home in December 2020.

He had been on the waiting list for an apartment at the complex for more than two years.

The building, formerly known as Pelfrey Pines, consists of 40 units built in the mid-1980s. It sits within a half-mile of Roswell City Hall.

The property is owned by the Roswell Housing Authority and is managed by the Gainesville Housing Authority through a mutual agreement.

The Roswell agency owns 55 other income-based housing units that require tenants to earn below 80 percent of the area median income.

In March, Dowda and his neighbors received notice the property had been condemned because of structural issues and they would need to find someplace else to live. Many of the residents have lived there for more than 20 years and are elderly and/or disabled. They have until the end of August to leave.

Dowda, 74, said he’s worried about his friends and himself. He is a retired attorney and served in the U.S. Air Force for two years. He lives alone in his apartment with his dog, Alfie.

“These are good folks here and they deserve better,” Dowda said. “A lot of people here, they don’t understand this [Voluntary Tenant Relocation Program].

They may or may not have the mental capacity to be involved in this. To them, this is their last place to live.”

About 20 tenants gathered at the housing complex’s Community Room July 6 to hear about RHA’s plans to help them relocate. But, Beth Brown, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority, said they have exhausted all their options in Roswell and Alpharetta, forcing them to look in Cumming, Atlanta or out of state.

“My heart breaks for where we are right now,” Brown said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen if you don’t jump on board and help us help you.”

A similar meeting took place in May, but because of the urgency and challenges they’ve faced in finding housing, a second meeting was arranged to meet with residents. The situation comes two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when a moratorium went into effect banning evictions for failure to pay rent.

Over the years, Roswell city officials

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Vietnam War veteran Michael Dowda is one of 33 residents who live at 199 Grove Way and are being asked to relocate because their building has been deemed structurally unsound by the City of Roswell. They have until August to leave.

have been redescent of building new apartments, saying the city already has its fair share in North Fulton. In May, the City Council approved a text amendment to the Unified Development Code banning the construction of new standalone apartments.

History of issues

Margaret Fancher, 75, said she has a friend who’s been living at the apartment complex for 20 years.

While the pair have known each other for nearly six decades, Fancher said her friend can’t move to Athens to live with her, because it would take about four hours to get her to her doctor’s appointments in Roswell and back.

“This is a mess,” Fancher said. “It’s a giant mess. … When you look at the building itself, her doors don’t shut anymore. There are cracks. The air conditioner compressor runs all the time.

They won’t fix anything, and they’re not going to salvage any of this. I feel sorry for everybody. This is the worst time of the year to move, too.”

Another resident, who is blind, said

Areas around the building are being held up by metal supports. The City of Roswell has inspected it and rendered it unsafe.

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Continued from Page 12 her sisters live close by and visit her as needed, but her main concern is that she will lose access to public transportation if she moves. She’s lived in her apartment since 2001.

This isn’t the first time residents have raised concerns either.

In 2017, a mother said she and her family had been forced to sleep outside in a tent because of mold inside their apartment. Neighbors said they had repeatedly asked management to work on the problem but to no avail.

Brown told Appen Media after the meeting she became aware of the building’s structural issues soon after she joined GHA in 2012. Around that time, they hired an engineering company to assess the building. Then, in 2021, GHA applied for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program, but the application was denied. The program provides tax incentives on new construction and substantial rehabilitation on existing properties with an eye toward the underprivileged.

From there, Brown said the City of Roswell inspected the building, rendered it unsafe and condemned it.

Brown said GHA has since been working with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, to relocate the 33 tenants. Out of the 33, Brown said 20 are still in need of housing.

“This was a very proactive approach from the housing authority’s perspective,” Brown said. “We’re the one that initiated all the engineering studies, we reached out to HUD, we reached out to the city, we’ve just been taking this very proactively in order to make sure the residents are living in a safe and stable community. Unfortunately, things beyond our control have led us down the path that we are right now.”

Landlords wary of vouchers

Brown said HUD hired the Leumas Group to provide administrative support. A staff member is on-site every weekday to answer questions and help with their Tenant Protection Vouchers, which do expire but can be extended under extenuating circumstances.

The vouchers, which were issued by the Marietta Housing Authority, are good for the rest of the tenant’s life and can be used anywhere in the country as long as he or she remains compliant with the program requirements.

The problem tenants are facing, Brown said, is that Georgia is not covered under the Income Protection program, meaning landlords do not have to accept vouchers and can set income requirements.

“We’re trying everything we can do,”

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Beth Brown, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority, and several staff members with the Leumas Group meet with residents at the apartments, formerly known as Pelfrey Pines, on July 6 to answer any questions about their relocation.

Brown said. “We’re working and trying to convince landlords to take vouchers, but we cannot make something that doesn’t exist, and we cannot force a landlord to take a voucher. So, we’re just going to continue to work with them.”

LaToya Ellis, tenant relocation coordinator with the Leumas Group, told tenants at the July 6 meeting that they can receive up to $1,600 to pay for transportation costs to scope out potential apartments, application fees, background checks and moving expenses, plus the security deposit.

In a typical project, Ellis said tenants would be asked to move voluntarily or face eviction procedures. While that may not be the case with this project, Ellis said this is a new path the housing authority is pursuing by bringing in the Leumas Group.

Ellis told tenants she understands many of them have roots in the community.

“I know you’re familiar with the area, but because of where we are right now, this is, unfortunately, the reality,” Ellis said.

Brown said housing authorities redevelop their properties all the time, because their housing stock across the country is typically between 50 and 80 years old. But, she said, this is the first time in her career that a building has been deemed structurally unsound.

“I’ve relocated hundreds of people,” Brown said. “I know how stressful it is.

I know how challenging this is. I know that your housing security is the most

The 199 Grove Way apartments, formerly known as Pelfrey Pines, were built in the mid-1980s and sit less than a half-mile from Roswell City Hall. The property is owned by the Roswell Housing Authority. important thing in your life.”

GHA is working on a replacement plan for HUD to redevelop and bring the building up to code. The project is expected to take several years, and when completed, the tenants will be given the opportunity to come back.

“It would not only replace our existing housing but add additional affordable units to the mix as well,” Brown said. “… We’re working with the Department of Community Affairs, Roswell’s

city government and other nonprofits to help us come up with the best plan, but as you can imagine, construction costs and the economy right now have had a major impact on the ability to build affordable housing.”

Brown encourages any owner or landlord who wants to work with GHA and is willing to take a voucher to email her at bbrown@gainesvillehousing.org, or call 770-536-1294, Ext. 205.

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Consider this, and then imagine that you develop alopecia areata.

Alopecia areata is a hair loss disorder in which the immune system attacks hair follicles – the part of the skin that grows hair. Different patterns of hair loss can occur. Sometimes, the entire scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes and other hair is affected. Sometimes hair grows back, but sometimes one is constantly affected by partial or total baldness.

The emotional impact of hair loss is real. Some people affected by alopecia areata are able to hide their bald patches with wigs or extensions. Others choose to shave their heads, make constant use of hats or juggle questions about their hair or lack thereof. Exercise, dating, job interviews, and even daily errands pose challenges and can result in embarrassment and heartache. A recent assault of comedian Chris Rock by actor Will Smith brought alopecia into the mainstream news. Although Mr. Smith’s assault was unacceptable, the depression, anxiety and identity-altering effects of hair loss are often underestimated.

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GET OUTSIDE, GEORGIA!

Unexpected places can be found in – unexpected places I was cleaning out a corner of the garage last week when I stumbled (literally) over a small but very heavy box. You know those boxes you packed up decades ago but then misplace for years until time and dust erase them from your memory, and they sink into the background noise of life and you just never get around to unpacking STEVE HUDSON them ever again?

Get Outside Georgia, Yeah. This was one of those. aa4bw@comcast.net Try as I might, I really couldn’t remember packing up this particular box. It was not very big, only about six inches on a side, and it was sealed with layer upon layer of faded and weathered paper package tape. It was that old kind of tape that you had to moisten with water to make it stick.

So, intrigued by the mystery, I stopped the organizing and opened up the package instead.

Inside was a rock, a shiny black crystal of deep red garnet. It was the size of a softball. The instant I saw it, I remembered: I’d collected it decades ago with my rock hunting buddy Max. Max passed from this earthly scene a long time ago, but while he walked the planet he was always a catalyst for adventure. Of indeterminate age, Max had a long gray beard and looked like he might have been around “since Moses was a pup,” as they say. He drove a tattered pickup truck that might once, in some previous epoch, have been red. And he always wore an equally tattered felt hat that looked vaguely western. In fact, he used to talk about moving out west someday, settling down, buying some land, and raising pygmy ponies. It took me a while to figure that one out.

And he was always looking for neat things, for new discoveries, for the treasure that was in plain sight but that had, as yet, caught no one’s eye.

“You want to find good things,” he was fond of saying, “then you go look in the unexpected places.”

And he was right. In fact, that garnet had come from just such a place, an otherwise unremarkable roadcut somewhere up in the Carolinas. If only I could still remember where it was!

The nice thing about unexpected places is that they’re unexpected. Finding one is always an “aha!” moment, and those are the spice that add such richness to life.

I remember a fishing spot that I found one time. We had just moved to a new home, and a mile or two down the road was a city park that had been built in a floodplain. What else can you do with a floodplain but put a park on it? I wholly endorse the notion of floodplain parks, too, because they usually include a creek…and a creek usually includes fish.

However, at first glance, this particular creek was not too promising. Its channel was littered with various discarded artifacts of urbanity, including an old washing machine, a dented and faded newspaper distribution box, and at least two huge truck tires. These were scattered more or less uniformly along the length of the little watercourse, and the overall look was one of a hopeless creek on its last legs.

But that’s only if you didn’t look at it with your “unexpected places” glasses on your eyes.

Fortunately, I had a brand new set of just those glasses – and as it turned out, the little stream was absolutely loaded with unexpected places (and fish!).

For example, it turned out that the eddy hole below the washing machine usually held a decent bass (I eventually started calling it the “washing machine hole”). Fifty

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feet downstream, one of the truck tires had created a deep spot that reliably produced nice bluegill. And the newspaper box? Well, I never caught much around the newspaper box. But that was okay because the rest was so good. Unexpected? You bet. And that made the discovery all the sweeter!

Another opportunity for finding things in unexpected places awaits anyone who likes waterfalls. And that’s just about everyone, isn’t it, for who doesn’t love falling water?

Here’s what happens: Even though all the “name” falls are all thoroughly documented in books and on the interweb, there are myriad other unnamed falls that didn’t make the editorial cut. They are out there, scattered far and wide, just waiting for you to find them All you have to do is go look in unexpected places.

Just pick a creek, start walking upstream, and odds are it won’t be long till you happen across some falling H-2-O. Sometimes it’s just a delicate little trickle, but other times it’s a rambunctious cascade in the extreme.

Always it can be beautiful. And you’d never have found it – you’d never have even known it was there! – if you hadn’t gone looking where you didn’t expect it to be found.

I could go on and on, but you get the idea.

This is a great time of year to be outside, to put on your hiking shoes, to just wander around and see what you can find.

So keep looking, because it’s true: Sometimes the best things (whether forgotten rocks, or fishing holes, or waterfalls, or maybe even true love) really do show up in those unexpected places.

They’ve been there the whole time. All you have to do is step out a little, open your eyes, and see.

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PRESERVING THE PAST

Everybody knew Billy Bates: Part 1 Billy Bates was one of those rare individuals everyone in town knew or wished they did. Billy was a quiet man, devoted to his family, his country and community. He accomplished a great deal in his 95 years and helped many people. Here is his story.

William Shirley Bates (1926-2021) was born and died in Alpharetta. He graduated from Milton High School BOB MEYERS where he was senior class president.

In 1935, while a member of the Future Farmers of America Club in high school, he helped build a log cabin that today serves as a special event facility managed by the Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society. It is one of the few original FFA log cabins remaining in the U.S. After graduating, he began his freshman year at Emory University. Then on Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked. Billy immediately joined the Navy. He served aboard the LST-1013 (Landing Ship Tank), one of hundreds of such vessels built to support amphibious operations during the war. He participated in the battle of Okinawa April through June 1945 and subsequent occupation. The Battle of Okinawa was the fiercest of the war.

Hacksaw Ridge, a famous battleground and later made into an award-winning movie, took place on the island during the Okinawa campaign. Kamikazes sank many U.S. warships and killed nearly 5,000 sailors during the operation which was the last major battle of the war.

Billy’s nephew Billy Bice recalls his uncle’s stories about Okinawa. Billy was assigned to 20 millimeter and 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and said that shells from Japanese fighter planes would fall at his feet when they bounced off the protective shield around his gun. He also served as a coxswain – the person in charge – of a Higgins Boat, a 36-feet-long plywood and metal boat that carried troops from the LST to the shore for battle. Higgins Boats were dubbed “the boat that won the war” and were frequent targets of Japanese kamikaze planes because of the troops on board.

Billy Bates was like a second father to Billy Bice.

“Uncle Billy taught me to fish when I was about 12 years old.”

Uncle Billy took his nephew to Alabama to Weiss Lake, one of Billy’s favorite fishing spots, known as the “Crappy Capital of the World.” Crappies are a mild-tasting fish prized by fisherman. Billy was also a serious fly fisherman and fished in numerous lakes and streams in Georgia for bluegills and similar pan fish. Florida was also a frequent fishing destination.

When the war ended Billy returned to Alpharetta. In April 1946, he and his father William Newton Bates (1900 – 1974) built the Bates Grocery store in a small cornfield across from today’s Salt Restaurant, in downtown Alpharetta, a rural community with a wartime population of about 650. Billy’s sister Peggy worked in the store and her husband William “Woody” Wood joined the business, making it Bates and Wood Super Market. Peggy and Woody are deceased.

Peggy worked in the store full-time beginning in 1968 handling the books and the cash register. She and Billy closed the grocery, the oldest market in Alpharetta, in 1986 after more than 40 years in business. Inflation was a problem back then just as it is today. When the store

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LST-1013 The Landing Ship Tank Billy served on during World War II. Here civilians enter the cargo deck of the LST which took them up the Okinawa coast to a refugee camp after the ferocious battle on the island.

Circa late 1945.

Every week before dawn Billy took his truck to the Farmers Market in Atlanta and brought back the best produce for his Bates and Wood Super Market in Alpharetta. Circa 1970s.

opened a loaf of bread cost 10 cents. It cost 85 cents when the store closed.

Billy’s son Bill worked in the store while in high school and every summer during college. He recalls getting up at 4 a.m. once a week and driving with his dad in his 1-ton stake bed truck to the Atlanta Farmer’s Market to arrive before daylight. They loaded the truck with potatoes, corn, grapes and many other produce items.

Billy had an amazing number of hobbies before and during retirement. Bill was a part of many of them. For example, they raised horses that Billy bought from a friend in nearby Lathamtown. One horse kicked Billy and broke his leg. Bill’s job was to break in the horses to bridle and saddle.

In a future column I will discuss some of his other family members and friends and describe the range of hobbies and contributions this amazing man made to our community.

Bob is the Milton Historical Society Director Emeritus.

You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net.

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Recalling the Porter family on Tilly Mill Road The Porter family moved to Dunwoody in 1939 on land that is now part of Marcus Jewish Community Center. William Jackson and Inez Porter were originally from Alabama.

They moved to New VALERIE Jersey and had two BIGGERSTAFF children, William Jackson Jr. and Jeff.

Their third child Alice was born in the Morningside area of Atlanta.

Then, they made the decision to move to the country. The home the Porters bought in Dunwoody was built in the early 1900s by Tom Ware. It sat on 40 acres along Tilly Mill Road.

Jeff Porter was 8 when the family moved. He recalled that Tilly Mill Road was not paved, and there was no electricity when they moved to Dunwoody.

Luckily for Jeff Porter, the Renfroe family moved in across the road in 1941. Their son Carlton was the same age as Jeff.

The Renfroe family had been waiting for electricity and paved roads before moving into their home.

The two boys became close friends,

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Her husband, W.J., was an insurance salesperson, and their oldest child, W.J. Porter worked on the General Motors automobile assembly line.

The family kept a cow, horse, chickens, turkeys, lambs, pig, ducks and sometimes guineas on the farm. They grew corn, potatoes and watermelon. In addition, his family planted peach trees, assorted berries and 20 chestnut trees.

In 2010, Jeff Porter told me two original chestnut trees remained on the property.

After World War II, the Porter family moved to a house on 5th Street in Atlanta near Piedmont Park. With high gasoline costs and rationing, it was more economical for them to live in the city. Jeff Porter recalled fun activities, such as roller skating and swimming in Atlanta. There were many children to play with.

At Dunwoody Elementary School, Porter attended a country school with two or three grades together in a classroom. He attended Chamblee High School while living in Dunwoody and Marist College (today’s Marist High School) at Courtland Avenue and Peachtree Street while living in Atlanta.

Marist relocated to Ashford-Dunwoody Road in 1962.

Jeff Porter earned a PhD from Georgia Tech in organic chemistry and worked as a professor of textile chemistry at Clemson for 35 years. Although Clemson became his new home, he often returned to visit his friends in Dunwoody.

Porter said living in Dunwoody meant farming and a long walk to a friend’s house. Living in the city meant more children and different activities. He valued the time he spent as a child in the city and the country.

Jeff Porter died in 2010 and his friend Carlton Renfroe died in September of 2021.

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Dunwoody, North Fulton students appointed to military service academies NORTH METRO ATLANTA — Ten students from Dunwoody and North Fulton County recently accepted appointments to U.S. military service academies for the 2022-2023 school year.

The students’ names were released in an announcement from Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. Appointed students will report to their academies later this summer. Eight of the students will attend West Point Military Academy, while the other two will attend the United States Naval Academy.

Students appointed to West Point include: • Kate Bacon of Dunwoody, a student at Dunwoody High School • Wade Parkes of Dunwoody, a student at Dunwoody High School

• Robert Ferris III of Roswell, a student at Roswell High School • Evan Plunkett of Roswell, a student at Roswell High School • Ryan Scott of Roswell, a student at Blessed Trinity High School • William Reid of Alpharetta, a student at Alpharetta High School • Tanner Bivins of Alpharetta, a student at Wesleyan School • Jeffery Wu of Johns Creek, a student at Johns Creek High School Students appointed to the United States Naval Academy include: • Austin Taylor of Dunwoody, a student at Mount Vernon High School • Adam Walker of Alpharetta, a student at Alpharetta High School

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