MILTON, Ga. — Jacob Moore’s favorite interests include reading and collecting books, something he has loved since the age of two.
Moore’s home is like a library, with books of all sorts including vintage Disney collections and dictionaries from across the globe.
Once a week, residents of Milton can find Moore volunteering in the Milton Library, registering, sorting and putting away books. He was recently recognized for his five years of service to the Milton Library.
The only difference between Moore and the avid-book reader, is that he is diagnosed with Down syndrome, autism and is a cancer survivor.
“He is a contributing member of society,” Jacob’s mother Heidi said. “He's volunteering, he's making friends, he's making a difference. And to be honest with you, I feel like more people need to emulate him and be like him.”
Volunteering at the library helps Jacob with his behavior, social, communication and community skills.
When Heidi was 18 weeks pregnant with Jacob the doctors found some irregularities, through testing two weeks later they determined that he had Down syndrome, excess water in the brain and a severe heart defect.
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Impact fee plan, project list set
By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com
MILTON, Ga. — The Milton City Council met Aug. 18 to review and approve the 2025 draft for the Capital Improvements Element Annual Update.
The update gives a status on the impact fee program and capital projects which were identified in the 2024 Capital Improvements Element. The 2024 list was adopted on July 8, 2024, and lists the 20-year needs for public facilities such as parks, police, fire and roads to serve future growth. The projects are eligible for impact fees to help cover the cost.
City staff highlighted that the Community Work Program for 2026 through 2030 will prioritize Deerfield Park components, Fire Station 45, buildout of space for police space and capacity-adding road projects. Next year city staff will address the year’s 2027 through 2031’s need through the Community Work Program.
At right, Heidi Moore and Jacob Moore sit in front of the Georgia State Capitol.
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Man fires gun to scare off suspicious person
MILTON, Ga. — A couple called police just after midnight Aug. 14 after observing suspicious activity.
The pair of homeowners stated that they witnessed a stranger in their backyard walking toward the back door of their Hopewell Road residence.
The couple stated that they were awoken by their two dogs barking and saw the front and backyard lights turn on. The husband stated that he saw a male suspect trip over a cornhole board as he fled the backyard.
He said that he chased the man toward the end of the property and witnessed the suspect jump over the fence and into the wood line. The man then heard a noise toward the front of the home, causing him to fire one round off from his handgun in an attempt to scare the suspects.
Police officers observed the suspect’s footprints in the backyard but were unable to find further evidence or suspects while searching the perimeter.
The security guard for the neighborhood stated that he did not see anybody who matched the description.
Police requested for extra patrol in the area.
— Sarah Coyne
Man reports forged check
MILTON, Ga. — Police responded to a call in reference to forgery Aug. 11.
The Milton resident told police that on Aug. 9 he checked his mail for his monthly statement from Fidelity Investments and observed a charge for approximately $10,200 from a check. The man told police that he had used the same check number for Capital One June 15 for approximately
$12. He advised police that the check never cleared.
The man told police that he contacted Fidelity Investments and was told to obtain a police report for their investigation.
Police provided the man with a case card.
— Sarah Coyne
Alleged assault reported at Main Street business
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police charged a 28-year-old Alpharetta man with aggravated assault, accusing him of attempting to stab another man Aug. 6.
Alpharetta police said officers were dispatched to a business’s parking lot on Main Street about 6 p.m. after a theft was reported.
A 25-year-old Alpharetta man told officers the 28-year-old lunged at him with a knife during an argument in the older man’s truck, police said. The younger man said he was riding in the vehicle to complete handyman jobs because his license is suspended.
The 28-year-old attempted to run over the younger man after he exited the vehicle, police said.
The younger man said he owes the other man money, which led to an argument earlier in the day.
Two employees of the business and a video corroborated the alleged assault, police said.
Officers obtained two warrants for aggravated assault.
The 28-year-old man had left the area when officers arrived.
— Jon Wilcox
Roswell resident reports attempted armed robbery
ROSWELL, Ga. — A 25-year-old Roswell man reported an attempted armed robbery Aug. 11 just before 5 a.m. at his residence off Hemingway Lane.
An officer said he met with the man just before 6 a.m. at the Roswell Village condominium complex.
The victim said a woman in her 30s
or 40s knocked on his door and asked for money to get a ride. When he tried sending the money via Cash App, the man said his banking institution flagged and declined the transaction.
After telling the woman he could not give her money, the victim said a man with gray hair appeared, began waving a handgun with a red dot sight and pointed it at him.
The victim said he braced to be shot but the suspects ran away from his residence. He also said the male suspect called him a racial slur before running away.
When the officer asked the victim why he waited an hour to report the incident, the victim said he did not call because he was not assaulted, and nothing was stolen.
The victim said he eventually decided to call to document the incident.
The officer said he checked the victim’s Cash App account, which had three declined transactions, ranging from $1 to $200, posted during the incident.
When the officer asked about suspects’ identities, the man said he did not know them and provided a general description.
The report concluded after the victim said he wanted the attempted robbery investigated.
— Hayden Sumlin
Truck reported stolen from apartment lot
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A vehicle was reported stolen from an apartment complex Aug. 9.
Alpharetta police said officers were sent to the apartment about 7:40 a.m. and spoke to a 33-year-old Alpharetta man.
The man contacted the department after discovering his white Chevrolet Silverado was missing, police said. The vehicle was parked at the apartment on the evening of Aug. 8.
The man said there was no chance the truck was repossessed, adding he is the only person who has the keys.
Before the call, numerous vehicle burglaries were reported in the area.
— Jon Wilcox
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Milton police lieutenant fired after deadly hit-and-run arrest
By CARL APPEN carl@appenmedia.com
MILTON, Ga. — The Milton Police Department has fired a lieutenant after he was arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that took place in Marietta.
Marietta Police officials say Christopher Bradshaw, a 14-yearveteran of the Milton department, hit and killed 36-year-old Terrell Lowdermilk around 2:30 a.m. Aug. 13 while travelling down I-75. Bradshaw was off duty at the time.
Officials say two tractor-trailers sideswiped each other on the interstate and pulled over to exchange information. Lowdermilk, one of the drivers, was standing in the entrance ramp when he was struck by a black Chevy Silverado. The Chevy then left the scene.
Marietta Police put out a notice that they were seeking information about the deadly incident. Later that day, officers said they identified 48-year-old Bradshaw as the Chevy’s driver through evidence collected at the scene, camera networks and public tips.
Bradshaw later turned himself in.
He is in custody facing felony counts of hit-and-run resulting in serious injury or death and homicide by vehicle – leaving the scene.
When the Milton Police Department found out about the investigation they placed Bradshaw on administrative leave. They have since terminated his employment.
“Our deepest condolences go out to the family and loved ones of the victim during this difficult time,” department officials said. Declining to provide further information due to the pending investigation of the Marietta Police Department, they added, “we remain committed to transparency, accountability and maintaining the trust of our community.”
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Fulton Commissioners sign off $1.2 billion jail facility investment
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
ATLANTA — Four members of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted Aug. 20 to approve a $1.23 billion package to renovate the Rice Street jail and construct a new 1,800-bed facility.
The Fulton County Jail system is under its second federal consent decree of the century, requiring the county to improve the facility’s reportedly inhumane and unconstitutional conditions.
Commissioners Khadijah Abdur-Rahman, Bob Ellis and Bridget Thorne voted in favor with Chairman Robb Pitts, who announced the proposal during an Aug. 18 press conference at Assembly Hall.
During public comment, some county residents said they are opposed to an increase in the footprint of the county’s jail system, placing blame on either Sheriff Pat Labat’s management of jail operations or the Board of Commissioner’s lack of funding allocations.
Other speakers said they have concerns about what will happen to existing inmates while jail renovations are occurring, opposing any plan to ship incarcerated people to neighboring states.
first quarter of 2025, down from the estimated 3,200 inmates incarcerated there in summer 2023.
The update comes after commissioners directed staff in June to conduct a condition assessment of all county jail facilities, including Rice Street, the Atlanta City Detention Center, the South Annex and the one in Marietta. Conditions at Rice Street stand out with the roof, interior finishes, plumbing, electrical and fire protection labeled “critical.” The only system in good condition at Fulton County’s main jail are the stairs, consultants said.
The jail, originally built to house 1,250 inmates, is projected to hold 1,600 after the $552 million renovation is complete. The 1,800-bed new facility has a smaller price tag of $536 million.
The rest of the $1.23 billion is set to go towards outsourcing some inmates to additional facilities while construction and renovation occur, estimated to take around 9 years, which concerned most commissioners.
AECOM Senior Vice President Roger Lichtman, a representative of the joint venture ACR Partners, said the scope of work includes replacing all facility condition deficiencies, constructing a facility to accommodate behavioral care and special needs, comparing an accelerated versus standard schedule and reviewing the county’s lease of Atlanta jail space.
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While the county has been housing some inmates at the Atlanta City Detention Center since 2023, that partnership is set to end in 2026. Meanwhile, Atlanta has not indicated it will renew the agreement with Fulton County for use of 700 beds at its jail.
Rather than building a new jail, estimated to cost $1.75 billion to $2 billion in the second half of 2023, the Board of Commissioners is building an 1,800-bed “medical and mental health facility.”
The new facility is designated for inmates with mental illnesses, addictions and special needs, which the county estimates is between 40 percent and 70 percent of inmates. County staff, including Justice System Programs Director Steve Nawrocki and representatives from the county’s consultant ACR Partners updated commissioners Aug. 20 with a recommendation on how to proceed with the Rice Street jail’s Capital Improvement Program.
In May, Nawrocki told commissioners the average monthly inmate population across all county jail facilities continues to rise each month. However, the Rice Street jail population was around 1,700 after the
Milton elections
“The important point of this, I believe, is that within the first five years, we have 1,800 beds complete as a part of new special purpose facility,” Lichtman said. “Then, once that is complete, then the renovation of Rice Street starts … To me, this is the best of both worlds … it won’t be as overcrowded and as dangerous as it is right now.”
The county’s Chief Financial Officer Sharron Whitmore said the $1.23 billion plan to address the jail system will be primarily funded with a bond issuance through the South Fulton Regional Municipal Jail Authority.
The third option requires more than $1 billion in capital costs, and an estimated annual debt service of $84.3 million.
Whitmore said the property tax rate would have to increase by 0.83 mills if that were the only mechanism to fund the capital costs
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Milton leads Chamblee volleyball tri-match
By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com
CHAMBLEE, Ga. — Chamblee High School hosted Milton and Riverwood volleyball for a triple header Aug. 21 where Milton went 2-0, Chamblee split 1-1 and Riverwood lost both matches.
Milton had the first two matches of the evening, facing Chamblee first and then Riverwood. After graduating 11 seniors in May, the Eagles have found success starting three freshmen in their outside hitter Macurdy Harden, setter Abigail Mowbray and right side London Estes.
Despite losing their starting libero Aubrey White to an ankle injury after a collision with a teammate in the first match, junior Sheza Maan stepped up to fill the absence and the Eagles went on to defeat Riverwood.
Harden was the highlight of the night, posting 26 kills, 15 digs, four aces and two blocks. The freshman filled in the cracks, both on the stat sheet and otherwise, serving as the floor captain in White’s unavailability.
Milton coach Missey Hall praised Harden’s defense and shot selection.
“She’s true six-rotation, a complete package,” Hall said. “[The team] has just been amazing, they’ve worked hard, they’ve embraced the youngest on the team with our freshmen. Our veterans are supporting the younger girls incredibly.”
Freshman setter Abigail Mowbray put
up 45 assists with a pair each of kills, digs and aces. Her older sister, senior outside hitter Mia, logged 15 kills, five digs and one block.
The Eagles swept both teams, never requiring a third set. Against Chamblee, the first set was neck-and-neck, ending 25-23. At the end of the second set, Chamblee was up 20-18 score was tied at twenty apiece after another competitive stretch. The Eagles then went on a 7-0 run with three blocks, two Chamblee errors and a pair of kills by Mia Mowbray.
Down three of their strongest hitters, Riverwood found their stride as the night went on. The score of the first set against Milton was 16-25 but improved to 19-25 in the second, the deficit reaching just two near the end.
Junior Sasha Francis led the Raiders with 16 kills. Sophomore Kendall Saunders was not far behind with 10. Setter Syler Lewis, who led the team in aces the last two seasons, posted four on the night and three kills.
Despite struggling at times, Riverwood was able to push the final match of the night against Chamblee to three sets.
The Bulldogs won the first set of the match 25-22 after a back-and-forth down the stretch. Riverwood came out with a fire for the second set, maintaining a comfortable lead and staving off Chamblee’s last-minute push at the end, final score 25-21.
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From left, Milton’s Lilly Ferraraccio, Abigail Mowbray and Sheza Maan prepare to receive Riverwood’s serve at Chamblee High School Aug. 21.
Georgia Senate eyeing need-based college scholarships
By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat
ATLANTA — The state’s lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship program has been highly successful, covering most or all of college tuition for more than 2.2 million Georgians since its inception in 1993.
But Georgia lawmakers are considering expanding state aid to public college and university students beyond the merit-based HOPE program to a need-based scholarship initiative. The newly formed state Senate Study Committee on Higher Education Affordability will hold its first meeting on Monday at the state Capitol.
“In my conversations on both sides of the aisle, there’s been a recognition that getting more students into college is a must,” said Sen. Nan Orrock, D-Atlanta, who will chair the committee. “[But] we have not turned our attention to needbased support.”
“I’m very concerned about the level of debt students come out of college with,” added Sen. Max Burns, R-Sylvania, chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee and a member of the new study panel. “The study committee is designed to explore as many avenues as we can to expand our graduation rates.”
The University System of Georgia’s sixyear graduation rate has increased significantly during the last decade, surpassing 80% for the system as a whole and surging beyond 90% at the system’s research universities including the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech.
The university system has taken vari-
ous steps to boost graduation rates. The system has participated in the Complete College America program since 2011.
In 2022, the system launched the website Georgia Degrees Pay to show the value of a degree. The following year saw the start of GEORGIA MATCH, a direct admission program that involves sending letters to high school seniors listing the public universities, colleges and technical colleges they are academically eligible to attend and explaining how to claim a spot being held for them at the institution of their choice.
But Orrock said there remains room for improvement.
“Our workforce shortages are well documented,” she said. “More college graduates are a way for our state to attract businesses looking for the skill sets of college graduates.”
Georgia and New Hampshire are currently the only states that don’t offer a need-based scholarship program in their four-year public colleges and universities. But bringing need-based scholarships to Georgia will have to overcome an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality.
University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue noted that the system’s Board of Regents has held the line on tuition for seven of the last 10 years.
Decisions by the General Assembly eliminating the special institutional fees the system began charging students during the Great Recession and restoring the funding cuts to HOPE made during the same economic downturn have helped keep tuition in check, he said.
“We welcome the discussion,” Perdue
CITY OF MILTON PUBLIC NOTICE
The Mayor and Council of the City of Milton wish to notify the public of the upcoming meetings pertaining to the FY 2026 proposed Annual Operating and Capital Budget:
1. Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held at the special called council meeting on September 8, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed budget.
2. Public Hearing: A second public hearing will be held at the regularly scheduled council meeting on September 15, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed budget.
3. Budget Adoption: The FY 2026 budget will be considered for adoption by the Mayor and Council after the public hearing at the regularly scheduled council meeting on September 15, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
These meetings will be held at Milton City Hall, 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA 30004.
The proposed budget will be available for review upon request at City Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday or on the City’s website at www. miltonga.gov the Thursday prior to the first public hearing .
said of the upcoming study committee. “We’ve got a great story to tell.”
“We have some of the highest quality education at the lowest cost in the nation,” Burns added. “That’s a positive for Georgia.”
A key issue shaping the upcoming debate over higher education affordability will be whether the state should focus more on helping deserving high school students who can’t afford college gain access to postsecondary education or on students who are nearing a degree but struggling to pay for the final credits they need to graduate.
Orrock said high school counselors have told lawmakers that some highachieving high school students are not enrolling in college because their families can’t afford it. While the GEORGIA MATCH program has helped, she said many students receiving letters informing them of university system institutions they are qualified to attend don’t end up enrolling.
Orrock said the late Hank Huckaby, who as a senior staff member helped thenGov. Zell Miller launch HOPE and later served as university system chancellor, was a proponent of need-based scholarships.
“He said, ‘If you want the biggest game changer to make your workforce, economy, and families thrive, it’s need-based,’ ” she said.
But state Rep. Chuck Martin, RAlpharetta, chairman of the House Higher Education Committee, said giving a financial boost to college students nearing a degree is more important. Martin was the lead sponsor of legislation the General Assembly passed in 2022 offering students who have earned at least 80% of the cred-
its required for their college degree grants of up to $2,500 to help pay their tuition.
“If you want to start a need-based scholarship, you start at the end,” he said. “At that point, students have proven they can do the work.”
Another factor lawmakers will have to consider is the cost to Georgia taxpayers of launching a need-based scholarship program.
The HOPE program is currently running a surplus of $1.6 billion, according to the resolution that created the study committee. But Martin said the legislature shouldn’t put those funds toward need-based scholarships without careful consideration.
“Just because there’s money doesn’t mean you spend it,” he said. “We shouldn’t put any new program in because we happen to have a surplus in the lottery or otherwise.”
While Martin and other conservative Republicans are wary of the potential fiscal impact of offering need-based scholarships, Orrock said there’s been GOP buy-in to at least giving the idea serious consideration.
Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who presides over the state Senate, got behind Orrock’s resolution to form the study committee and appointed the Democrat to chair the effort, a rare opportunity in the legislature for a member of the minority party.
“There’s interest in it by leadership,” Orrock said. “If we can put together a goodfaith grant program, it will be win-win for Georgia and a win-win for bipartisanship.”
This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.
CITY OF MILTON PUBLIC NOTICE UPDATE
Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Amendment and Use of Additional Occupational Tax Revenue
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing shall be held at a Special Called Council Meeting on the 8th day of September 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Milton City Hall, 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, Georgia before the Mayor and Council of the City of Milton at which time ordinances pertaining to the Fiscal Year 2025 budget amendment and decisions pertaining to the use of additional occupational tax revenue shall be sounded.
A subsequent vote to consider adoption of the amendments/use of additional occupational tax revenue will be held on the 15th day of September 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Milton City Hall.
The proposed budget amendments will be available for review at City Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday or online at www.miltonga.gov the Thursday prior to the meeting.
This public hearing is in accordance with O.C.G.A. 36-81-5 and O.C.G.A. 48-1328. All citizens and stakeholders of Milton are invited to attend.
Author sip, signing event opens Jesse’s House 3-day fundraiser
By KATHY DES JARDINS CIOFFI newsroom@appenmedia.com
CUMMING, Ga — On Sept. 11, New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin will help kick off Harvesting Hope, a three-day affair benefiting Jesse’s House, a Cumming nonprofit providing a safe haven for at-risk girls.
Giffin, whose dozen novels have sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, will headline a free sip and sign event during the fundraiser’s Books and Bourbon evening. She will be joined by a host of other Atlanta-area writers, including Kimberly Brock, Emily Carpenter, Jessica Handler and Michael L. Thurmond. Details about Harvesting Hope and other September author events are at right.
Monday, Sept. 8 and Monday, Sept. 29, Ann Hite with her new release, “I Am a Georgia Girl: The Life of Lucille Selig Frank, 1888-1957.” On Sept. 8, Carolyn Curry will moderate and Bookmiser will partner with the Cobb Library Foundation for the book’s release. Free. 6 p.m. Switzer Library, 266 Roswell St. NE, Marietta. On Sept. 29. Friends of the Sandy Springs Library and Bookmiser will host Hite at 6 p.m. Free. Sandy Springs Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway Northeast. 770-509-5611. bookmiser.net/events.html
Thursday, Sept. 11, Books and Bourbon Fundraiser for Jesse’s House featuring Emily Giffin and other area authors. 5 p.m. Free. Optional bourbon tasting with snacks, $55. Hosted by Poe and Company Bookstore at Stoney J. Winery, 1506 Stoney Point Road, Cumming. 770-797-5566. Poeandcompanybookstore. com
Thursday, Sept. 11, Create Cheesy Comics with Shanda Mc-
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Closkey. The local author-illustrator will help children create their own four-panel “cheesy” comic. All supplies provided. 5:30 p.m. $35. Read It Again Bookstore, 3630 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 314, Suwanee. 770-232-9331. read-it-again.com
Tuesday, Sept. 16, Michael Ludden, Anne Echols and Todd Sullivan. A Novel Idea presents the trio discussing their novels, “The Street King,” “Roland’s Labyrinth,” and “Blood Stew,” respectively. 7 p.m. Free. Roswell Junction, 340 S. Atlanta St., Roswell. anovelidea.us.
Thursday Sept. 18, Murder Mystery Dinner Theater with author Laura Elizabeth. 6 p.m. $60. Poe & Company Bookstore, 1890 Heritage Walk, Suite P101, Milton. 770-797-5566. Poeandcompanybookstore.com
Saturday, Sept. 20, Novel 101 with Sally Kilpatrick. The USA Today bestselling author will share secrets to writing a novel, answer questions about the writing process, and explore her
latest release, “Nobody’s Perfect,” purchase of which is required. 3 p.m. $16.99. Read It Again Bookstore, 3630 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 314, Suwanee. 770-232-9331. readit-again.com
The November 4, 2025, City of Milton Municipal General Election—and any associated runoff election—will be conducted by Fulton County, through its Department of Registration and Elections. The 2023 City of Milton Municipal General Election was conducted by the City. At that time, the Mayor and City Council, as the governing authority for the City of Milton, established the municipal precincts and polling places for that election. For the 2025 elections, the municipal precincts and polling places will be the same as the Fulton County precincts and polling places within the City of Milton and are depicted in the table below:
The municipal precinct boundary map with polling places will be on display at Milton City Hall, 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA 30004, and online at miltonga.gov/elections. Citizens are encouraged and invited to view the map in person or online. Following two consecutive weeks of notice in the legal organ, a final resolution establishing the above Fulton County precincts and polling places as the City of Milton precincts and polling places for the 2025 municipal election will be considered for adoption at the September 3, 2025, public meeting of the City Council. Any person with questions or comments regarding the municipal election precincts and polling places may contact miltonelections@miltonga.gov or (678) 242-2500.
Friday, Saturday and Monday, Sept. 26, 27 and 29, Friends of the Roswell Library Book Sale. See website for hours and details. Roswell Library, 115 Norcross St., Roswell. 404-612-9700. forl.net
Sunday, Sept. 28, McCracken Poston Jr. examining “Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom.” Poston, a former Georgia state legislator and criminal defense attorney, will probe his nonfiction work about a murder trial in a small Georgia town. 2 p.m. Free. Cumming Library, 585 Dahlonega St, Cumming. 770781-9840. forsythpl.org/event/14162881
Tuesday, Sept. 30, Madeline Martin joins a book club discussion of her new title, “The Secret Book Society.” 1 p.m. Free. Johns Creek Books, 6000 Medlock Bridge Road. 770-696-9999. johnscreekbooks.com.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Appen Media Group announced Aug. 19 the launch of its official online merchandise store, available at appenmediastore.com. The new store gives readers, supporters, and community members a way to show their pride in local journalism while directly funding the work of Appen’s newsroom.
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Alpharetta Business Council celebrates creation with ceremony
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta business community welcomed a newly formed organization at an Aug. 13 ribbon cutting ceremony.
The Alpharetta Business Council is one effort to fill the space of the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce, which was dissolved July 1.
Chamber of commerce members were given full council membership and access to expanded resources, regional influence and reduced costs through their membership in the Greater North Fulton Chamber.
Kali Boatright, president and CEO of the Greater North Fulton Chamber, said the new organization will serve as a dedicated platform for Alpharetta-specific programs, networking events and initiatives.
“This is more than a ribbon cutting,” she said. “It’s a celebration of unity, growth, and opportunity.”
The event brought together local business leaders, elected officials and community members.
Nominations for the 2026 council board will open in October.
The Alpharetta Business Council joins the Milton Business Council under the Greater North Fulton Chamber umbrella. They are modeled on the same collaborative structure, which preserves local spirit while amplifying regional strength.
Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin said the city is excited by the council’s formation and looks forward to their work in growing the local economy.
“This partnership ensures that Alpharetta businesses continue to thrive with the dedicated support and leadership they deserve,” Gilvin said.
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pharetta Business Council and upcoming initiatives, visit gnfcc.com/alpharetta-business-council.
— Jon Wilcox
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Dozens of North Metro Atlanta municipal officials, business leaders and community members attended an Aug. 13 ribbon cutting ceremony for the Alpharetta Business Council.
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I recently had a conversation with a patient about tick-borne illnesses, and our discussion reminded me of an interesting study that I Iearned about in medical school – a tale that ended with the warning “don’t go into the rough.” If you haven’t heard of it, ehrlichiosisis is one of numerous diseases that ticks carry and that humans can catch when ticks bite them, but this disease was not always so well known.
The year is 1993, and four men who lived in a golf-oriented retirement community in Tennessee were hospitalized with fever, headache, vomiting and abdominal pain. Blood tests revealed abnormally low white blood cell counts, low platelets, as well as inflammation of the liver. Two of these men ended up in the intensive care unit. An astute physician ordered a test for ehrlichiosis, and all four men tested positive for this illness.
diseases that they carried.
As the results came in, a picture began to emerge. Most of the patients were golfers. There was a trend towards higher rates of infection in people who golfed more often. But, compellingly, it was only the bad golfers – those who averaged high scores – who seemed to be getting infected.
What could be causing the bad golfers to be infected while the good golfers remained healthy? Were their immune systems, like their golf swings, simply superior to those of the bad golfers? Is charisma a factor?
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This outbreak prompted the physician to assign several residents and medical students (aka “underlings”) to tramp through the woods and go door to door in this golf community gathering information about other people who might be infected. People were asked for blood samples and patients admitted to the local hospital with fever of unknown origin also had their blood tested. An “environmental survey” was conducted of local animals to identify ticks and the
No, it turned out that the single factor that was most strongly associated with ehrlichiosis infection was retrieving a golf ball that was hit off the golf course instead of using a new ball. And bad golfers hit the golf ball in the rough or in the woods more often than the good golfers. In fact, golfers who retrieved their balls from the woods were 270% more likely to be infected than those who simply used a new ball. The case was cracked, and the lesson was clear – don’t go into the rough. Or, if you do, use a lot of insect repellant.
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A guide to understanding the politics of local fish
So we’re back from Montana. It was unbelievable. The landscape was spectacular. The people we met were first-class. The lodge where we stayed was perfect. And the fishing was beyond description.
Craig DeMark, owner of On DeMark Lodge, where we stayed, did a stellar job of putting us on some memorable fish. In the final analysis, a rare thing happened, and
I ended up having caught the most, though by only the smallest of margins. But she hooked the biggest. It was an enormous rainbow, maybe two feet long, or longer. It hit a size 22 dry fly (that’s fly fishing talk for tiny) and stayed on the line for a good five minutes before finally, cruelly, decided to dive at the last minute and tear off under the boat.
“I couldn’t do anything,” she said, “unless I was going to jump in and go after it!”
In the end, we were stoic about it. It happens. And besides, if it gets away, it can be as big as you want it to be. But the fact is that neither of us was prepared for such as fish. Sometimes you just have to learn as you go, for there is no way on God’s green earth (or clear river) to really understand those fish until you have one on the line.
If you’ve been a fly fisher as long as I have, you tend to think that you know it all, or at least that you know all of it that really matters. That may be true as long as you stay close to home. But if you venture afield, if you venture as far as the Land of the Big Sky, you learn that you really do still have a lot to learn.
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second answer, and so on. The connecting letter is outlined, giving you the correct number of letters for each answer (the answers in line 1 are 4, 5 and 5 letters). The clues are numbered 1 through 7, with each number containing 3 clues for the 3 answers on the line. But here’s the catch! The clues are not in order - so the first clue in Line 1 may (or may not) actually be for the second or third answer in that line. Got it? Good luck!
YE, GODS!
1. Norse thunder god. Pismire. Union demand.
2. Lampblack. Poker hand. Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon.
3. Pillow covering. Cluttered. Roman god of passages.
4. Greek god of darkness. Moppet. Decree.
5. Ten-armed mollusk. Supreme god of Ancient Greece. Spanish port city.
6. Half-moon tide. Cougar. Roman god of fire.
7. Have a drink. Norse god of discord. Bad to the bone.
1 Norse thunder god. Pismire. Union demand
2. Lampblack. Poker hand. Egytpian solar god with the head of a falcon.
How to Solve: Each line in the puzzle above has three clues and three answers. The last letter in the first answer on each line is the first letter of the second answer, and so on. The connecting letter is outlined, giving you the correct number of letters for each answer (the answers in line 1 are 4, 5 and 5 letters). The clues are numbered 1 through 7, which each number containing 3 clues for the 3 answers on the line. But here’s the catch! The clues are not in order - so the first clue in Line 1 may (or may not) actually be for the second or third answer in that line. Got it? Good luck!
3. Pillow covering. Cluttered. Roman god of passages
4. Greek god of darkness. Moppet. Decree.
5. Ten-armed mollusk. Supreme god of ancient Greece. Spanish port city
6. Half-moon tide. Cougar. Roman god of fire
7. Have a drink. Norse god of discord. Bad to the bone.
Remembering Bud Crews and Mildred Blackburn Crews
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Freeman Crews, who went by the name Bud, was born Feb. 1, 1918, to John and Hannah Murrow Crews. The family is listed in Cobb County on the 1920 census. He was remembered as the person who helped amateur baseball become a reality in Dunwoody in the 1940s and 1950s.
When a large group of longtime citizens of Dunwoody gathered in 1994, David Chesnut remembered that Bud Crews was a painter. He painted houses and was an employee of the DeKalb County School System. He also ran Dunwoody’s amateur baseball team.
“Dunwoody was a big baseball town,” said Chesnut. (DeKalb History Center archives “I Remember Dunwoody,” 1994)
Ken Anderson, who lived his entire life (19372023) in Dunwoody, shared his memories of Bud Crews and the amateur baseball team with me a few years ago. Anderson recalled, as an 11-yearold, watching Crews grade the land and “put in a baseball field.” The field sat along what is now Dunwoody Village Parkway. Crews built wooden bleachers for local fans.
In 1950, some teams in the Atlanta Amateur Federation had installed lighting, making night
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I figured that out right away. Here’s how it happened.
“I think,” I said after supper on our first night there, “that I’d like to fish a little before calling it a day.”
Post-supper fishing was to prove to be remarkably easy since the gin-clear waters of the Missouri River were but a five-minute stroll from the door. It would become an addiction, but just then it was only a tantalizing promise of great things and greater fish to come.
So, I reached for the flyrod, then turned to Craig with the Big Question:
“What fly should I use?”
Craig is a remarkable fellow, a rare combination of world-class expert and aw-shucks humility. He’s unfailingly helpful, delightfully positive and sublimely skilled at what he does, which is to say he darn sure knows how to make this Bubba from the South connect with some of the most mythic trout of the western world.
He didn’t hesitate.
“I’d try one of these,” he said, handing me a couple of truly tiny flies, each barely a quarter inch long.
Tiny flies, eh? I use small flies at home, though they’re not that small.
games possible. Dunwoody had not added lights, but Chamblee, Sandy Springs and Roswell all did. Bud Crews is listed as the Dunwoody manager, M.E. Rucker for Sandy Springs and D. H. Brantley for Roswell’s team. (Atlanta Constitution, April 2, 1950, “Amateur nines follow trend to night ball”)
Bud Crews married Mildred Inez Blackburn, whose family had a long history in Dunwoody, and prior to that in Brookhaven at Silver Lake. Mildred’s parents were William Blackburn and Mary Copeland Blackburn, adding another layer of Dunwoody history to her family. The extensive Copeland family once had a dairy at Jett Ferry and Dunwoody Club Drive, a farm where Dunwoody Springs Elementary School sits, and a store where Dunwoody Village is located.
Blackburn family members were neighbors of Bud and Mildred Crews in 1950. Census records list neighbors B.C. and Ola Spruill, Elizabeth and Manget Davis, Charlie and Myrtice Loyd Blackburn, and C.E. and Doris Blackburn. The Crews’ daughter Patricia is listed as an 8-year-old on the census.
A 1963 plat shows that Bud Crews purchased land at the intersection of Mt. Vernon and Chamblee Dunwoody Road. The 1957 and 1963 purchases add up to about 2 acres. This history can be seen on a plat map of the former Dunwoody School property on Chamblee Dunwoody Road.
Neither are they as finely executed nor as precise in every detail. Here, at home, just getting the size right is often all it takes. If it’s the right size and vaguely buggy, and if you don’t scare the fish as you approach the water, odds are that you’ll get a strike. But on the Missouri the fish have apparently been to bug school. They know what they’re looking for, and if you don’t give it to them (right down to the number of fibers in the tail, it seems) they turn up their noses and laugh and laugh and laugh as they swim back into the cold, clear depths.
That’s humbling, let me tell you. But that’s the way it is.
Over the next few days, those tiny flies (they imitated some sort of mayfly) would prove to be the patterns of choice at some point on pretty much every single day. The natural insects were everywhere, densifying the air in huge clouds that must be seen to be believed. Sometimes they got in your eyes and your mouth and your hair. Then, after mating, they’d fall to the water and drift along, drifting until they caught the eye of a big trout and the surface exploded and there was one fewer mayfly in the world.
By the end of the trip, I had several of those flies in my fly box. I carried a couple of them home with me, too, where they reappeared when I opened
June 29, 1972, and is
This 1940s Dunwoody baseball photograph includes, standing from left: Eugene Wilson, Rembert Sykes and Bud Crews. Kneeling, from
and is buried alongside her husband.
Award-winning author Valerie Biggerstaff is a longtime columnist for Appen Media and the Dunwoody Crier. She lives in Atlanta. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.
up the box just yesterday to choose a fly for some afternoon bream fishing on our favorite local stream.
For a moment, I considered foregoing the Montana mayflies in favor of our usual pink foam spider. Foam spiders worked. Always. But I was still in a Montana frame of mind. Tying on a Montana fly would take me west again, if only in my mind. And who knows? Maybe the Georgia fish would enjoy them too.
So, tie one on is what I did. On the first cast I had a strike, which I missed. On the second I did a better job, slowing down my hookset, and the reward was a big hand-sized sunfish. In fact, it was a giant fish for that little creek. It was a sunfish of western proportions, if there is such a thing, and if there’s not then there should be.
I should really have expected nothing less on a Montana fly, I suppose.
I caught several more fish on that Montana pattern. In fact, I had a pretty good run.
As we spread out a picnic a little later (picnics are always best beside a stream full of fish, aren’t they?) I found myself thinking that I might even come out on top later on when we totaled up the numbers.
“How’d you do?” she asked me when we came together a half hour
later for fried chicken on a creekside gravel bar. “How many?”
“Sixteen!” I proclaimed. “You?”
Uh oh. I recognized that look.
“Twenty-one,” she said. “Sometimes it’s good to be home.”
We sat there munching chicken and coleslaw, enjoying it all, and I thought about things. I thought about flies and the politics of trout.
Those Madison River trout, I reflected, really are different from anything I knew. They have their own way of doing things. They have their own priorities and their own opinions. They have their own outlook on life, and by God you do it their way or you don’t do it at all.
And sometimes they like to eat tiny bugs.
Well, it seems that my hometown sunfish like tiny bugs, too, the very same tiny bugs so favored by their Montana counterparts. How about that. Do they know that by doing so they’re identifying with fellow creatures who are so radically different? Do they know that, even in such a little thing, they may be much less different and much more the same?
They swim in different waters, but they swim in different waters together. If creatures with brains the size of a green pea can deal with that, why can’t we?
Bud Crews died
buried at Arlington Memorial Park. His wife Mildred died in 2003
left, are: Dorris Martin and Paul Manning.
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“The combination of tax allocation district (TAD) roll-offs and the reduction in pension contribution generates about $107 million,” Whitmore said, referencing po-
tential funding sources after 2030. “So, we have resources that will become available in the future that would help offset this difference that we currently have.”
The balance to cover debt service is around $65 million.
During discussion about property taxes and the millage rate this summer, some commissioners expressed a desire to take
During these turbulent times, we would like to highlight the continued courage and commitment of everyone who works in the health care, law enforcement, childcare, food service and utility sectors. We are extremely grateful.
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Chamblee came out hot in the third set and didn’t slow down. The final score was 15-7. Sophomore outside hitters led the team in kills and posted four aces each. CeCe Curran put up 17 kills and Yana Barga had 12. Libero Trinity Robins was another high point for the Bulldogs, with several seemingly gravity-defying digs.
Chamblee coach Lorrie Reynolds said that in a rebuilding year, winning the mental battle has made the difference in their success.
“I’m so happy for them because they finally proved to themselves that they could come back from that,” she said. “They’re supporting each other, talking and communicating better, moving better together. This season we’ve gone up against a lot of good teams, we’ve come close to a lot of them, and it really is just a matter of them starting to figure it out and believe in themselves and believe they actually can do it.”
County Commissioner Mo Ivory, elected in 2024 to serve midtown and downtown Atlanta in District 4, said she thinks the county will need to increase its millage rate to fund the $1.2 billion proposal. County Commissioner Dana Barrett abstained from the vote.
Charles Rambo, a 34-year veteran of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, said he urged the Atlanta City Council Aug. 18 to continue leasing space to house county inmates at the City Detention Center off Peachtree Street.
“Why? Because the majority of pretrial defendants in this county jail come from their districts, and they too must share responsibility and resolve our constitutional crisis,” he said. “Their choice to send the resolution back to public safety and legal committee shows even they recognize unanswered questions about ending the lease.”
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He pointed to comments in 2020 from former District 3 County Commissioner Lee Morris, who said the Board of Commissioners would come to regret approving $21 million in federal funds for jail expansion and improvement. At the time, the political climate was in favor of defunding law enforcement and reducing incarcerated populations.
Justice System Programs Director Nawrocki said next steps include working with the Sheriff’s Office on operational needs, defining the square footage required at the new facility and updating cost estimates and the project schedule.
“We’ll also be coordinating with the County Attorney’s Office to provide updates to the monitoring team to confirm our plans for the special-purpose facility do align with compliance requirements of the consent decree,” he said. “And looking ahead to the coming months, we’ll begin the special-purpose facility solicitations of our key project vendors like the design and construction teams.”
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From left, Chamblee right side Raven Jones and outside hitter CeCe Curran lock in against Milton at Chamblee High School Aug. 21.
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The city is required to submit the Capital Improvement Element to the Atlanta Regional Commission and Georgia Department of Community Affairs. To maintain a Qualified Local Government status the update must be adopted by Oct. 31.
The City Council is expected to adopt the 2025 Capital Improvement Element update on or before the Oct. 20 meeting.
“This is a report of financial data of fiscal year 2024 related to impact fees and the community work program,” Principal Planner Shubha Jangam said.
In other matters, the City Council approved amendments to the city’s Alcohol Code. City staff recommended three amendments which included the changes to renewal deadlines, removing an outdated license category and extending permissible sale hours for microbreweries.
“These changes are modest but important,” City Manager Steve Krokoff.
The renewal deadlines will change from Nov. 15 to Oct. 31 to allow for staff to have more time to process renewals and reduce errors. City staff also suggested removing the Limited Food Service Restaurant license, since no active licenses remain.
City staff also recommended that based on community and small business feedback, they propose to allow microbreweries and micro distilleries to sell products until midnight rather than 10 p.m.
“This change would better support the viability of our small business,” Krokoff said.
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The City Council allowed public comment for the proposed amendment changes, with 14 members of the public showing up in support.
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In other news, the City Council honored the Cambridge High School girls’ lacrosse team for the Class 1A state championship.
The team won against Blessed Trinity and became back-to-back champions. Coach Pam Maskinko led the team to be ranked No. 17 nationwide by USA Lacrosse.
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“He was one of the most prayed for little boys,” she said.
Jacob was born Jan. 9, 2000, and had open heart surgery at only seven weeks old.
“By the time Jacob was born on January 9, 2000, I had already mourned the loss of a typical child,” Heidi said.
Heidi became a stay-at-home mom to help take care of Jacob.
Growing up, Jacob found a love for reading. By the time he was two and a half years old he had more than 26 sight words.
“He's had a lot of medical [issues] over the years, but he was able to be fully included in elementary school,” Heidi said.
In 2003, Heidi began her journey advocating for her son and others with disabilities. It all started when the state of Georgia denied paying for Jacob’s Augmentative and Alternative Communication device.
“This is like taking away his voice box,” she said.
Heidi used her skillsets that she learned as an engineer to contact Tom Price, who was a U.S. Representative at the time. Within a day, Jacob was approved for Medicaid, and 55 other families were able to get off the waiting list for the communication device.
“It showed me the power of your voice, and bringing people together for the common good,” Heidi said.
In 2009, Jacob was diagnosed with cancer. Due to his diagnosis, he lost all of his ability to walk, eat or self-help.
“He almost went to a newborn child state, he couldn't do anything, and he was in extreme pain,” Heidi said.
Jacob underwent three and a half years of chemotherapy for leukemia and became a survivor in 2013. During this time, Heidi and her husband discovered the lack of research that goes toward childhood cancer.
According to the National Cancer Institute, only four percent of all government-allocated cancer research funds goes towards pediatric work.
The couple also discovered that children and adolescents with Down syndrome are 10 to 30 times more likely to develop leukemia.
Heidi kept the momentum going with her advocacy and began to lobby for childhood cancer.
Today Jacob and Heidi are a part of a research project with St. Jude through The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society that commits a $5 million grant over five years.
“We are making huge progress,” Heidi said. “And so that's why I feel like God gave me Jacob, because I felt that I could fill the gaps and help other families.”
Now 25-years-old, Jacob has undergone more than 200 surgeries and has 15 specialty doctors and four therapists.
Jacob’s caretaker, Katia Tarnovskaya said that her favorite part of working with Jacob is learning how many people he has touched. Tarnovskaya works with Jacob once a week.
“You never know, looking at one person, how big of an impact they have on everyone around them,” she said.
It’s been 12 years since Jacob has been off of chemotherapy, but he still is not back to where he was before he started the treatment.
In combination with her disability advocacy work, Heidi has become involved in health care reform.
ahead and start putting protections in place to make sure it never happens.”
Heidi says one of her biggest concerns is that the possible cuts will remove all the work that has been accomplished for those with disabilities.
There are many moving parts to Heidi’s work, which involves advocating for disability waivers and a home and community-based waiver.
“One of the biggest concerns families have now is how nationally, things are going with cuts,” she said. “And the concern in the disability world is how this is going to affect Medicaid.”
Heidi, among other families fear that Medicaid, as well as the waivers will be cut. The home and community-based waiver helps to provide families with caregivers and other programming. Medicaid also helps the Moore’s provide Jacob with PediaSure, which is his primary form of nutrition.
Heidi works with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, stating that disabilities and cancer are a bipartisan issue.
“If we can't take care of the most vulnerable population in the United States, I have a hard time with that,” she said. “I don't care if you're Republican or Democrat.”
While the Moore’s use Medicaid as a secondary insurance for Jacob, Heidi makes sure that she advocates for the families that depend on it as a primary insurance.
These services that families with disabilities depend on are at risk of getting cut off. Heidi, along with other advocates have fought against the One Big Beautiful Bill for months.
“I’m afraid that the intent was not to cut those services, but in reality, that's what's going to happen,” Heidi said.
The One Big Beautiful Bill act is an omnibus, that will require more state funding to pay for programs such as Medicaid, that formerly received federal funding.
“We don't know the implications of what the cuts are going to be,” Heidi said. “My issue is okay let's go
“It will implode on itself, and people will die,” Heidi said.
Since the introduction of the Trump administration, families like the Moore’s have seen some changes.
“We're seeing how society is responding to some of the things that are being said, and we're just not as much of a supportive society for everybody, including those with disabilities,” Heidi said.
Although she has her concerns, Heidi stated that she believes education and moral components could help the vulnerable community.
Despite it all, Jacob, his younger brother, mother and father have found time to find the joy in the little things. Heidi has taken up watercolor to calm her mind, and the family frequently goes to Walt Disney World to get away from the craziness.
No matter how hard things get, Jacob still finds a way to be around his favorite thing, books. Heidi hopes that families who have children with disabilities can find something their child loves and run with it.
“Find what your child loves,” she said. “It's amazing how many people want to support you in whatever that passion is for your child.”
Heidi has two goals for the future. She said she hopes that she wants to help make sure that elected officials are educated on the issues associated with disabilities and how they can support the community in all aspects.
Although she says her second goal is radical, she believes it will happen.
“My goal is, before I leave this earth, that we find a cure for leukemia, through the research, through Down syndrome,” Heidi said.
Heidi and her family say they will continue to fight for Jacob and others with disabilities for as long as they can.
PHOTOS BY: HEIDI MOORE/PROVIDED
In July 2025, Jacob Moore was honored for his five years of volunteer services to the Milton Library.
From left, Steven, Heidi, Jacob and Jared Moore stand together for a family picture.
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