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By HANNAH YAHNE hannah@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — To remain aligned with the city’s updated radar permit, the Milton City Council approved revisions to speed limits on local streets March 2. City Council members Doug Hene and Juliette Johnson were absent from the meeting. Radar permits are approved by the Georgia Department of Public Safety and enable police enforcement of posted speed limits. The speed limits on New Providence Road, Thompson Road and Bethany Bend will be reduced from 45 mph to 40 mph. Another element of the radar permit was expanding school zones. The Cambridge High School zone along Bethany Bend has been expanded to include King’s Ridge Christian School. The speed limit within the school zone has been reduced to 30 mph to be 10 miles an hour below the posted speed, rather than five.
By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton resident John Hanrahan will receive a lifetime service award at the Georgia Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame May 2. A Virginia state champion and two-time All-American at Penn State, he was the first Nittany Lion to win more than 100 wrestling matches. He still holds the record for most career victories with 113. He won two conference titles at Penn State and appeared in four NCAA championships. After college, he continued to wrestle with Team USA in international competition. He attended the Olympic trials in 1984 and 1996 and fell just short both times after making the finals. He returned to competing later in life and won a 2016 United World Wrestling Championship in Walbrzych, Poland. He beat a 10-time world champion to bring home the victory. Hanrahan will head out to Cleveland for the NCAA wrestling championships later this month. He says the national meet every year is a sort of pilgrimage for Penn State wrestling alumni. “I’ve always tried to help and get involved with local wrestling programs, just kind of as a legacy or testament to the great coaches I had,” he said. “It was the most important part of my life, being part of that [program]. The coach really was like a father figure to all of us, Rich Lorenzo.”
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Police arrest suspect in gas station burglary ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police arrested a 34-year-old Alpharetta resident Feb. 14 in connection with a burglary reported at a Haynes Bridge Road gas station. Alpharetta police officers were dispatched to the business about 7 a.m. A manager told officers a man broke open the rear door and left on an electric scooter when confronted. The manager followed the man in his car, tailing him onto Ga. 400 and to another gas station near Morris Road and Old Milton Parkway. The manager, who said he never lost sight of the man, called police, who arrested the man. Officers viewed security camera video from the Haynes Bridge Road gas station. The video allegedly showed a suspect matching the Alpharetta man’s description. Officers also viewed another video recorded Feb. 13 allegedly showing the man stealing packages of mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, a legal chemical derivative similar to those found in kratom. Kratom is a tropical tree whose leaves contain chemicals that produce stimulating and opioid-like effects.
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Business reports theft of $1,000 in Nike shoes ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police are seeking two suspects in a reported shoplifting of more than $1,000 worth of shoes from a North Point Parkway business Feb. 10. Alpharetta police said officers were dispatched to the business about 4 p.m. A manager told officers two men stole Nike shoes, placing them in black trash bags. Officers viewed security camera footage of the alleged theft.
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Police investigate rash of fires at church ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Officers investigated a report of arson at a church Feb. 10. Alpharetta police said a North Main Street church official phoned the department about 9 a.m. to report an overnight fire. Police said the church has reported numerous fires set on the property in recent months. Police are unsure whether the fires were set by the same person or people. Officers visited the church and viewed security camera footage showing a man walking onto church property, kneeling by some bushes near the main sanctuary building and walking away, the department said. A police report made no mention of any damage sustained by the fire. The incident was classified as a felony first-degree arson. — Jon Wilcox
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Northern Ridge District names new Eagle Scouts ALPHARETTA, Ga.— The Northern Ridge Boy Scout District (cities of Roswell, Alpharetta, John’s Creek, Milton) is proud to announce its newest Eagle Scouts, who completed their Eagle Board of Review on Jan. 22, 2026, at Alpharetta Presbyterian Church.
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Bringing weird to Roswell: Bizarre Coffee opens doors By HANNAH YAHNE hannah@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Bizarre Coffee owner Sabrina Kaylor knows how important the first cup of the day is. Each customer is asked, “How can I make your day?” when they approach the counter. Employees at Bizarre are called Daymakers and are ready to do just that. “The opportunity to make such an impact in such a short interaction is really valuable,” Kaylor said. “And we try to teach them that that will compound over time and compound in people’s lives.” The local chain has a presence in three communities and its reach is growing. The brand started as a booth at a Canton farmers market. In 2020, its first storefront opened in downtown Canton. “We just kind of figured it out as we went,” Kaylor said. “It’s been very much bootstrapped, and it’s been a really awesome experience.” Bizarre Coffee continued to expand with a location in Woodstock in 2023. Its third location in downtown Roswell, 1090 Alpharetta Street, opened in February. Another is under construction in downtown Acworth. “We have been really lucky,” Kaylor said. “The people who we get to serve every single day are the best.” What Bizarre Coffee is serving is just as odd as the name implies. Signature drinks on its menu incorporate flavors that aren’t typically paired with coffee, like Froot Loops and lemon. Kaylor sees it as a way to keep surprising her customers – but not too much. When making the spring menu, she made sure to bring back a blueberry latte for the fourth year because
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From left, Centennial boys basketball head coach Matt Barksdale smiles with former player, Brian Baylor, each with their child perched on their shoulders in Barksdale’s home December 2025. Baylor commuted from Atlanta’s West End neighborhood to Roswell daily for four years, a decision Baylor’s mother made after his older brother was shot and killed. District Players of the Year and 14 alldistrict players. Lundy Barksdale was a teacher and cheerleading coach, already involved with LEAD basketball when Matt took charge. She kept score for every game of his career. Now, she’s the curriculum assistant principal at Fulton County Schools Innovation Academy and has courtside season tickets to watch Matt’s leadership. “With former players, whether their relationship continued or whether he just left an imprint, each one is very personalized,” she said. “Most people don’t see the late nights where we sit up and he’s asking questions, like ‘how can I get this kid more motivated?’” Matt told Appen Media when he was hired that he had his eye out for the opening. Now eight years in, he said some of the teachers he learned from are his colleagues. “A lot of the similarities and same things I loved about high school are what I love about Centennial now,” he said. “It’s an amazing melting pot of kids, and that’s the thing I love most about working,
teaching, coaching here.” Matt’s parents, Suzanne and Scott, said the second of their three sons was a fiery player during his four years on the varsity squad. There was the time in 2005 when a teammate felt uneasy about shooting free-throws and switched with Matt inbounding. Matt received the inbounds pass, then drilled two shots from the charity stripe, sealing the win over North Springs. Suzanne reflected on watching Matt’s playing career and now seeing his impact as a coach. “He’s just always been very competitive,” she said. “It’s important you have the right coach, that you have one of character who can be a mentor. He knows education’s the key to going forward.” Milton High basketball coach Allen Whitehart was Matt’s assistant coach in the early 2000s and has built his own powerhouse program. Whitehart confirmed the “fiery” assertion. His was the call Matt received to alert him to the Centennial job opening. Though the coaches have never met head-to-head, Whitehart said Matt offered his gymnasium for Eagles practice before the 2026 region tournament at Chattahoochee High to adjust to the dome. Matt won the Excalibur Award his senior year, an honor voted on by the team. Centennial now In June, former Centennial assistant coach Jake Birdsong became boys head basketball coach at Chattahoochee High. Birdsong’s Cougars met the Knights twice this season and split the series. Birdsong said it felt odd coaching on the opposite bench as Matt. Coaching against players he bonded with was another challenge. Birdsong carries on the team dinner tradition with his wife and infant son. He said Matt prepared him for head coaching by handing him offensive reins last season. “He taught me a lot about what it means to be a coach off the court,” Birdsong said. “On the court, all those players trust him, listen to him and respect him, even when he’s hard on them at times, he’s not overbearing.” Birdsong spoke to the intangibles he picked up from Centennial. “It means more than basketball to him,” Birdsong said. “He wants his players to develop into well-rounded individuals, and it’s really easy to say that, but he’s actually walked the walk.” Another former Knights coach, Chad Hixon, was there for three years and is now an assistant coach at Emory, his alma mater. Hixon said Lundy Barksdale makes an excellent “team mom,” keeping stats, snacks and at times tutoring players
when necessary. She will officiate Hixon’s wedding later this year. “It’s really special, the biggest thing about my time at Centennial was the family aspect,” he said. “Every guy on the team, whether they’re the leading scorer or a guy who maybe doesn’t play a whole lot, he’s doing any and everything he can to help them get to the next chapter of their lives, above and beyond is an understatement.” Two months into his first year at Centennial, Matt got the call all coaches fear. It was a former player’s parent, saying someone had shot and killed his son, 2018 LEAD graduate Brandon Adams. Suzanne said Adams once told Matt that he saved his life. Matt traveled to Nashville to give a eulogy. Later in the season, Adams’ father visited Atlanta and shared Brandon’s story with the Knights at their first home game. It wasn’t the first time Matt had an intimate experience with mortality, and it wouldn’t be the last time he coached students through one. “A father figure” Brian Baylor transferred to Centennial a week into freshman year after his mother decided she needed to remove him from the environment in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood to save his life. Baylor’s older brother Lalan was shot and killed in spring 2018 when Brian was in eighth grade. A week into school at Mays High, a fight broke out, and his mother enrolled him at Centennial. Up before 5 a.m., two trains and two buses later, he would arrive in Roswell. It was a harsh transition that drained him. He sometimes fell asleep in class, and Matt noticed. Having lost his older brother to suicide in 2013, Matt was aware of Baylor’s situation. “At the time, he was a 14-year-old kid,” Matt said. “I was a grown man when I lost my brother, so I can’t imagine losing a brother at 14.” Baylor was accustomed to a tough neighborhood he described as having a “do it yourself” attitude. “Where I come from, if you have alligator skin you should be able to move through life, maneuver and get your way,” Baylor said. “When I finally came to Centennial, I start seeing everybody just interact with their brothers, getting picked up by their brothers or just being in the same vicinity, it really started hitting me.” Still facing intense grief, Baylor didn’t tell anyone about his circumstances. Up to his junior year, if anyone asked, he told them he lived down the street from school. “Freshman year was probably my worst year of high school,” he said. “I really wasn’t there mentally, just thinking about
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Why are my teeth so sensitive? Why are my teeth sensitive? What can I do about it? To understand why your teeth are sensitive, it’s important to delve into the underlying causes and factors contributing to this discomfort. Tooth sensitivity, medically known as dentin hypersensitivity, is a common dental problem affecting millions of people worldwide. It manifests as a sharp, sudden pain or discomfort experienced when teeth are exposed to certain stimuli such as cold, hot, sweet, or acidic foods and beverages, as well as during brushing or flossing. The sensation can range from mild to severe and can significantly impact one’s quality of life, if left untreated. There are several potential reasons why your teeth may be sensitive: 1. Exposed Dentin: Dentin is the layer of your tooth beneath the enamel, containing tiny tubules that lead to the nerve center (dental pulp) of the tooth. When the protective enamel layer wears down due to factors such as aggressive brushing, acidic foods, or tooth erosion from conditions such as acid reflux or bulimia, the dentin becomes exposed. This exposes the nerve endings, leading to sensitivity.
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The best way to keep your head above water It was, as I recall, about this time of year but a lot of years ago. It was near the end of winter. I remember that the winter that year had been cold and gray and a little depressing. STEVE HUDSON But spring was Columnist just around the bend. You could feel it in the air. The sun was out, and we were about to ease our canoe into the cold, clear waters of the Chattahoochee below Buford Dam for the year’s first float, an easy trip downriver to the takeout at Settles Bridge. Things are always better when it’s about to be spring, and celebrating the season’s impending arrival from the seat of a canoe is just icing on the cake. Yeah, things were looking pretty good. Just around the bend… For a while, the river had been too high for safe paddling. But at last conditions were ideal. So, we found ourselves at the boat ramp below Buford Dam, a great place to start a float on the Hooch if you time things right and avoid water releases from the dam.
We loaded the boat and put on our life jackets and pushed off into the flow. Float time would be three to four hours, plus or minus stops to throw a lure toward those bankside brush piles where the big brown trout lived – wild, streamborn trout that just might defy your imagination. The state record brown trout – a leviatan of near-Biblical proportions, weighing 20 lbs. 14 oz and measuring a nice 31.5 inches long – would eventually come from just such a brush pile. But that was still years in the future. The question just then had to do with what might happen right then. Would we tangle with a big brown trout? Hope springs eternal when spring’s coming and you’re in an angling state of mind, so spinning rods were ready in the bottom of the canoe, and we’d already made a few casts. Joe said he thought he’d had a strike. But no fish. Maybe the fish would come later. Maybe the big surprise was just around the next bend. The river carried us along. Joe, who knew his stuff when it came to canoes, sat in the back seat and took care of the nuances of boat control. I sat in the front seat and mostly just paddled.
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while canoeing the Chattahoochee River below Buford Dam. It appears to be the body of a man who disappeared several months ago after falling into the river while floating with friends. The victim, it is reported, did not have on a life jacket at the time. Authorities speculate that the body had been lodged on the bottom in a deep spot but was dislodged by recent heavy flows…” And that, friend, is the point of all this – not the story of the thing in the tree, which I will never be able to unsee, but the fact that it might have never happened if the victim had been wearing a life jacket. That’s the point, and as the weather gets warmer and the call of our rivers and lakes grows louder, be sure you don’t miss it: Life jackets are made to be worn, and you should wear yours when you’re on the water. What kind of person wears a life jacket? I do, every time – and I’ve been canoeing now for decades. My wife does, for it makes her much more comfortable when she joins me in the kayak or the canoe. The grandkids wear one always, no matter how well they swim. Anybody riding with me in my canoe wears one because you never know. To amplify the message, and to make life better for those who don’t (or won’t) bring a life jacket with them, life jacket loaner stations are becoming more and more common at boat launches throughout the state. I’m really glad to see them, too. Don’t have your own life jacket? Then by all means borrow one. That’s what they’re there for – and put it on! You’ll feel good about it, I promise – good…and safe. Remember: There is no shame in wearing a life jacket. It’s what all the smart folks do. Even if you’re a seasoned boater, use your PFD every time you go out. It just might keep you alive to float another day.
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Making a difference for generations of Ugandans When Holly Suber visited Uganda for the first time she fell in love with its people and its traditions. She knew she wanted to help this very poor country, not piecemeal or with a onetime contribution, BOB MEYERS but in an ongoing Columnist significant way. This column is the history of how the power and love of one person can make a real difference. Uganda is an East African country with a population of about 49 million. It is East Africa’s fourth-largest economy. In 2024 it was ranked as the sixth most popular destination in Africa for international conferences by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). According to the World Bank ‘s December 2025 Uganda Economic Update, “Uganda’s economic growth remains strong… driven by a recovery in household consumption, accelerated government spending and continued investment growth. Dynamic domestic demand and robust agricultural and tourism performance generated broadbased growth across agriculture, industry, and services. As a result, poverty is projected to have declined in 2024 and 2025.” All things are relative, however, and Uganda is still a very poor country with many challenges. Charitable organizations play an important role in helping Uganda move forward. Holly Suber was director of children’s ministries at the Wildwood Church in Tallahassee, Florida, when she went to Uganda for the first time in 2003. She was inspired by a Ugandan pastor at her church. “He was a fascinating man with a deep love for children and the needs of street children in his native country,” she recalled. “He said to me ‘you must come to Uganda and teach our teachers.’ I did not know what to expect, but I went to Uganda with two 70-pound bags of teaching materials and held my first teacher training workshop. In the bags, I had things like paper, crayons, child booklets for children who could not read and socks for children who had none.” The local church was a pole barn in downtown Kampala, the capital, in a slum that used to be a garbage dump, Suber said. “It was strategically located in a hollow between the university and businesses,” she said. “People rarely went down into the hollow but the first day of
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Twenty high school student members of the North Fulton Chapter of the Young Men’s Service League made clay bowls which will be sold to generate funds to support programs of the Hope Street Missions Uganda. Photo taken at the Milton Bethwell Community Center. our two-week workshop we had about 17 teachers. By the end of the week, we had 57. The ladies were excited about the paper and crayons because they never had anything like that before. They had some resources like corn husk dolls which we made into puppets. They had a great time with puppet shows.” Holly was hooked. She returned to Uganda twice a year even after moving to Milton. Children wanted to go to school and to learn, but resources were scarce. Most schools were for orphans, and teachers were unpaid volunteers. The challenge for Holly was how to help, how to get teaching materials to Uganda, how to find room for students who wanted to learn. Holly’s efforts grew until the teachers and students required funding. Holly established the Hope Street Missions Uganda, a charity that could raise money to train and pay teachers, work with local churches, provide teaching materials and increase the number of students. And more. The charity could allow people in the United States to sponsor individual children.
Then, she saw the shoes. Holly is an artist and she realized art could be part of the answer. The shoes belonged to a 3-year-old boy named Ronald. She wanted to take the shoes home, but she had to negotiate with Ronald’s parents. The price was a new pair of shoes. Back home, she did a pencil drawing of the shoes, and the shoes became the logo for her charity. “I am so proud of the lost, needy children that came into our program through churches and schools we worked with,” she said. “Some are now grown up and have gone through universities and are operating ministries or businesses of their own. “Street children are still a challenge and that led to the bowl idea, a new way to generate funds to support our charity. I want to give people something in exchange for their donations. Bowls will be sold or given to people who donate substantially.” I recently attended a meeting with Holly and the North Fulton Chapter of the Young Men’s Service League at the Milton Bethwell Community Center. The
YMSL is a national organization where mothers and their high school sons work together on community and charitable projects. The organization teaches leadership skills while helping grow the relationship between boys and their moms. See my August 2025 column about the YMSL at appenmedia.com/opinion. Holly taught the boys how to make clay bowls. The bowls will be sold online with all proceeds going to support the Hope Street Missions work in Uganda. For information on the organization or to make a donation or to sponsor a child contact hopestreetuganda@wildwoodtlh. com or hopestreetmissionsuganda, 100 Ox Bottom Road, Tal, Florida 32312. Thanks to Kelly Jo Kuck for suggesting this topic. Bob is a member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission, director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and member of the Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society. You can email him at bobmey@ bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.
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Hanrahan will receive the same lifetime service award that his coach did when he was inducted to the Hall in 1995. Hanrahan said Lorenzo has been a pillar in support throughout his life since college. After graduation, he served as a grad assistant at Penn State, assistant at American University and the head coach of Fordham wrestling before transitioning to personal training. Still active with clients today, Hanrahan has worked with celebrities to balance wellness and fitness with their busy schedules. He has been featured in magazines, including GQ and Men’s Journal, for his fitness work in New York and Los Angeles. He owns Private Training Lab, serving clients in the Alpharetta area. Hanrahan relocated to Milton in 2006 after being recruited by Lifetime Fitness to help open their first club in Metro Atlanta. After one of his sons enrolled at Mill Springs Academy, the administration found out about Hanrahan’s wrestling career and invited him to help launch the wrestling team in 2008. He has since won Region Coach of the Year six times. In his time at the school, Mill Springs has produced 38 state medalists in the Georgia Independent Schools league. Hanrahan said his biggest success story from Mill Springs is Tyler Lillard, now wrestling at the University of Indiana, who won the Big Ten Jackie Robinson Community & Impact Award this year. Hanrahan was selected to coach Team Georgia in the 2017 Pittsburgh Classic, a national high school wrestling meet where he coached the national AllStar team. He said the wrestling coaches he had inspired him to pay back what was invested in him. He said after being inducted to the Penn State Hall just five years after graduation, the full-circle moment has had time to set
everything else. My brother Ian was still in middle school at the time, so I had to step into the big brother role for the first time, I wasn’t ready for it in way because I didn’t really know how to do it.” Baylor played for the junior varsity team his freshman year and grabbed Matt’s attention with game IQ. However, academics got in the way of his freshman and sophomore years, and he had to sit the second halves of the season. He said Matt saw his potential to contribute to the varsity squad and helped him with his grades to stay eligible for his last two seasons. Baylor was the second leading scorer off the bench his junior year. That team made the second-deepest playoff run in Centennial history. The Elite Eight win over Evans High produced memories that have stayed with players and coaches. The Final Four loss to powerhouse Wheeler was a one-possession game at halftime, and the final deficit reached 10 points. From the days of crashing at Matt’s house for a month or two to now meeting up for their children to play together, Baylor reflected on his time with a community that let him lower his guard. “Coach is really like my dad,” Baylor said. “He made me realize I was more than a hooper, I could do more than just put the ball in the goal. Literally, all I knew was to get out of Atlanta.” Baylor is a father to 2-year-old Sincere and said Matt taught him a lot about being a dad. He said he hopes to have Sincere attend Centennial if Matt is still coaching.
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in this time around. “I learned so much from them, I always knew I wanted to give back to the sport,” he said. “It’s an exciting milestone for me and my family.” Hanrahan has lived an eventful life, detailed in his book, “Wrestling with Angels.” He met his wife Kirsten at a Vogue Italia shoot when they were both modeling. He was discovered from a televised wrestling meet, launching an international modeling career while he was still a student at Penn State. He started working in 1982 but the checks did not come in until the wrestling season ended so as to maintain his eligibility. Georgia Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Vice President Jeff Wheeler said when the committee gets together to discuss nominees to the hall, they look for what they call “wrestling lifers.” The Georgia Chapter has inducted 140 individuals to the Hall of Fame since 2003. “John is certainly a wrestling lifer, from his youngest days as a child up through now,” Wheeler said. “He’s been actively involved in the sport, promoting it one fashion or another.”
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Fresh praise In a tie vote last year, seniors Kam Stone and Lamari Campbell won the team Excalibur Award. Stone, now a freshman guard for Oglethorpe University, is close enough to attend some Centennial games this season. His memories of Matt’s impact are fresh. “Obviously he’s a great coach,” Stone said. “He knows his X’s and O’s, but for me, you could talk to him about anything, good day, bad day, you can just go in his office and talk your mind off it, and he’ll give you the best advice.” Stone said team dinners boosted morale. A six-game winning streak followed a dinner where players outlined their goals and performed karaoke as a Hawks game played on television. The Knights connection still runs strong for Stone. He described the Centennial basketball program as a family. Stone’s father died when he was in eighth grade, and he reflected on the
support Matt provided to him and his mom. “Just him being there, I want to say he was like a father figure to me,” he said. “He meant so much to me, just being there and checking up on me, on my mom, making sure she was alright, and not just for me, I know he’s done that for many, many players.” He credits Matt for everything from the court IQ that has carried his athletic performance to his ability to lean on others in hard times. Stone remains close with co-Excalibur winner Campbell. Stone was Campbell’s first friend after moving from Augusta at 9. Campbell faced several injuries his junior and senior year which interrupted his hopes for a college career. He is now in barber school and will graduate in July. He said after an ankle injury senior year, he considered quitting basketball until Matt convinced him it was worth staying the course. “Barksdale taught me to always keep going,” Campbell said. “If it’s a bad day, terrible day, great day, always keep going, you never know what’s going to happen.” He reflected on coming back for the second half of his senior season and what it meant to close the season on the court. “When you play under Barksdale, it’s not just a team, it’s a brotherhood,” he said. “He said at graduation, ‘We’re all family still, I’m still one call away for anything.’” Other players use the term brotherhood to describe Barksdale’s program. Suicide prevention Suzanne and Scott discussed the loss of their oldest son Michael to suicide in 2013. Centennial senior Ford Felton said Coach Barksdale trusts his players on the court and asks them to return the favor by coming to him when they have something on their heart. Felton has stepped into a coaching role this year for eighth graders and said he has carried much of Barksdale’s coaching philosophy into his own practices. “If you’re going through something, he always does check up on you,” Felton said. “Showing compassion, being there for people at their best and at their worst, I think that’s a really big part of what I’ve learned from him.” Other players said they felt they could speak with Matt about anything. Matt now makes a point of sharing a social media post yearly for national suicide prevention day. “If one kid can read that and say something to someone, it’s worth it,” Matt said. “My coaching philosophy is, I just want to love kids and do everything I can to impact them while they’re here, and then hopefully have some sort of lasting impact on them after they leave.”
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NOTICE OF MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THE CITY OF MILTON RZ26-04 – Text Amendment to Sec. 8.2 Use Tables, Sec. 8.5.5, Sec. 6.3 Table 6.3.1.B Rural Milton Overlay Use Table, and Sec. 9.1.2.B Festival parking of the Unified Development Code to prohibit the use “Festivals, or Events, Outdoor/ Indoor”. The above item will be considered at the following meetings and public hearings: Community Zoning Information Meeting Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 6:00 pm Planning Commission Public Hearing Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 6:00 pm Mayor and City Council Public Hearing Monday, May 18, 2026, at 6:00 pm Location: Milton City Hall – Council Chambers 2006 Heritage Walk Milton, GA 30004 678-242-2540
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