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Lightning suspected in late-evening fire A three-alarm fire at an IMT Deerfield apartment building July 19 caused significant damage, displacing around 40 residents. No injuries were reported. The fire, believed to have been caused by lightning, was the third local blaze in consecutive nights requiring responses from Alpharetta and Milton fire departments. Read more, Page 4 2020

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Alpharetta signs agreements to ease east-west traffic flow Old Milton Parkway, McGinnis Ferry Road projects get funding

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta has advanced two major road widening projects designed to ease traffic flow along its busy east-west corridors.

The City Council approved $2.7 million in funding for design work and project management to add additional lanes on Old Milton Parkway from Northpoint Parkway east to Kimball Bridge Road.

At the same July 20 meeting, the council signed an inter-governmental agreement with the City of Johns Creek and Forsyth County for road widening along McGinnis Ferry Road, another busy corridor for east-west travel.

Both roadways carry tens of thousands of commuters into the city each day from Johns Creek and Gwinnett County.

As part of its 2016 transportation sales tax initiative, Alpharetta committed $6 million to the Old Milton Parkway project, most of it directed at design and right of way. The Georgia DOT has set aside $25 million to assist with construction.

Since passage of the transportation sales tax four years ago, Alpharetta has shifted about $1 million of the Old Milton Parkway funding to other projects that are closer to construction.

Alpharetta Public Works Director Pete Sewczwicz said the end goal right now is to have the project designed, right of way acquired and construction completed by the time the express lanes open on Ga. 400, probably in 2027.

Sewczwicz told the council that the original proposal called for converting the existing right turn lanes from North

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Old Milton Parkway serves as a major east-west thoroughfare for Alpharetta.

Point Parkway to Kimball Bridge Road.

But, since the initial phases, the city has learned those turn lanes could not accommodate truck traffic.

A more cost-effective approach the city is now pursuing, Sewczwicz said, is to encroach on the center landscape, narrowing it from its current width of from 40-60 feet down to about 16 feet.

Such a move, he said, could save an estimated $12 million in right of way costs.

City leaders also approved an intergovernmental agreement July 20 that will advance work on widening McGinnis Ferry Road to four lanes along a 4.7-mile stretch from Sargent Road in Johns Creek west to Union Hill Road in Alpharetta. Each city shares about 2.3 miles of the roadway with Forsyth County.

But the project has faced funding problems.

Originally estimated at around $35 million, the project now carries an estimated price tag of $60 million.

Both Johns Creek and Alpharetta had committed $4.9 million from TSPLOST funds back in 2016. They more recently upped their contributions to $5.9 million.

This new agreement, calls for each city to contribute $8.9 million. Forsyth

County, which originally pledged $18 million when the project was proposed in 2015, would now contribute $23 million, and the Georgia DOT would kick in almost $20 million.

The plan right now calls for Forsyth County to conduct title searches and perform appraisals for all right of way.

Alpharetta will obtain the right of way in its jurisdiction.

That was a sticking point earlier in negotiations when Forsyth officials suggested handling all the right of way acquisitions.

“I want to stress we are not having Forsyth County obtain the right of way,” Sewczwicz said. “They’re just doing all the research for us. We’ll get the right of way team together and start going door to door and talking to people and working out agreements.”

Sewczwicz said the deadline for acquiring right of way is March 2022.

Johns Creek is reviewing the proposal and is expected to consider the multigovernment agreement at an upcoming City Council meeting.

“Things are complex when you’re dealing with multiple entities,” Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin said. “But [it has] big rewards.”

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Milton Parks Director Cregge plans to step down after 8 years

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — A familiar face among Milton’s city staff has announced his retirement after a long stint with the city, and a much larger role within the local recreation community.

Parks and Recreation Director Jim Cregge recently announced his retirement after serving in his city leadership role for eight years.

“I am sad to leave the City of Milton but excited for my next step,” Cregge said. “It has been an honor to serve the community and to be a part of the development of so much in Milton. I will always cherish and appreciate the support that I CREGGE received from Mayor (Joe) Lockwood, councilmembers, (City Manager) Steve Krokoff and the rest of my friends and co-workers at the city, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board members and especially the citizens of Milton.”

Last August, Cregge’s wife, Kathleen, retired after 18 years as a kindergarten teacher’s assistant at Alpharetta Elementary School. In December, Cregge announced he was also stepping down from coaching youth sports. But he and his wife still intended to stay in the area for a few more years.

However, COVID-19 and the loss of a close friend led Cregge to pursue his retirement early.

Cregge’s friend, Ron Hill, died of the novel coronavirus in April. Hill was a well-revered coach of several sports in North Metro Atlanta and spent eight years on Milton’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.

“Just two months before, we had spent a day together and discussed our retirement plans,” Cregge said. “Then he got COVID and passed.”

Hill discussing his retirement plans, and not living to see them out struck a particular chord with Cregge. His father retired at 62 after a 40-year career at a phone company. But just four months after retirement, Cregge’s father passed away.

“For Kathleen and I, we realized that this was the time to start to enjoy our life,” Cregge said.

Around a year ago, Cregge and his wife decided that one day they would retire to Hardeeville, South Carolina.

Cregge said his wife grew up less than a 10-minute walk from the Jersey Shore, and the beach had begun calling them.

“And we decided that ‘one day’ was ‘today,’” he said.

Just as Cregge had not necessarily expected to retire early, his career aspirations did not originally include a government position. But he was primed for his role through volunteering at local parks.

Cregge worked in the electronics industry for over three decades, mostly in the field of security technology. But when his three children became involved with youth sports at Bell Memorial Park, Cregge began coaching and scheduling games. Soon after, he began serving as the Hopewell Youth Association president and was later appointed to Alpharetta’s Parks and Recreation Department.

In 2012, Cregge joined Milton to lead its Parks and Recreation Department.

During his time with the city, Cregge oversaw Milton’s transition from a community with extremely limited park spaces and programming into its rapid expansion in recent years.

While at the helm of the parks and rec department, Cregge led the efforts to expand Bell Memorial Park.

“Without question, the redevelopment of Bell Memorial Park is the professional highlight of my time with the city,” he said.

He also oversaw the reopening of Providence Park and the crafting of its master plan, spearheaded the planning process for the former Milton Country Club property and the city’s continuation of the swim and tennis programs at the site. Cregge also helped develop the 2027 parks and recreation master plan, and the city offered numerous new recreation programs which began under his direction. Cregge, along with other city staff, also earned the city federal and state grants for park improvements, saving taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

In 2018, Cregge received the District 7 Distinguished Professional Administrator of the Year award from the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association.

Cregge also helped numerous North Fulton teens prepare themselves for their careers and leadership roles.

In 1996, Cregge began the Hopewell Youth Umpire Program, a paid position for local teens to umpire softball and baseball games at Bell Memorial and North Park in Alpharetta. Cregge also calls the program, “employment 101.” The umpiring program also serves as a mentorship system, teaching life skills and instruction on how to land a job.

Cregge coached 70 youth sports teams and ran his umpiring program for 50 seasons.

But, as Cregge put it, it is time he and his wife take on a new adventure.

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Fire departments battle three Milton blazes on consecutive nights Lightning suspected in late-evening fire at apartment complex

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — A three-alarm fire at an IMT Deerfield apartment building July 19 caused significant damage and displaced around 40 residents, but no injuries have been reported. The fire, believed to have been caused by lightning, was the third blaze in consecutive nights responded to by the fire departments of Milton and Alpharetta.

Milton Fire responded to IMT Deerfield around 10 p.m. following a strong thunderstorm and reports of a fire.

Milton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Marietta said lightning is being considered as a possible cause because of a significant weather advisory earlier that day, and

any time there is significant lightning it is not uncommon to see attic or roof fires.

According to a statement from the city, some residents of IMT Deerfield reported a power surge during the storm which disabled some air-conditioning systems. The fire reportedly began in the 17000 building’s attic and did not spread to adjacent buildings. Around 30 units were evacuated, and the City of Milton reported all were provided with temporary places to stay through the Red Cross.

Though the structure remains standing and many units were not directly damaged, Marietta said significant electrical destruction has rendered the entire building unhabitable.

The city said people wishing to help the displaced residents can contact Sarah Hoffman at IMT Deerfield who is coordinating assistance efforts.

Around 24 hours before battling the

IMT Deerfield blaze, units responded to a single-family home fire. Around 1 a.m., Milton and Alpharetta fire units battled a blaze in the Avensong neighborhood. No one was home at the time of the blaze.

Marietta said the investigation as to the cause of the fire is ongoing, but he said there is currently nothing to indicate its cause to be suspicious.

Two neighboring homes suffered cosmetic damage, including melted siding, but fire crews prevented any significant destruction.

The string of weekend fires began July 17 with a suspected arson that razed an abandoned home along Ga. 9 near the Crooked Creek subdivision.

The city reported a suspect was arrested the following morning and remains in custody.

Marietta said the fire had multiple points of origin, leading investigators to suspect arson.

“Fires usually don’t start in differ-

ent places at the same time,” he said.

“There were two different locations of fire that did not show any apparent means of transition from one to another. That made us suspicious, and also, the house is unoccupied.”

A string of fires is not unprecedented, Marietta said, but it has been some time since Milton has responded to separate significant fires in a few days. He said he does not suspect the fires are related.

Marietta expressed his gratitude to Alpharetta Fire Department, which assisted Milton Fire in battling and containing all three weekend blazes. He was also thankful to the fire departments of Johns Creek, Roswell and Cherokee County who were prepared to respond to Milton emergencies while its units were fighting the structure fires. Marietta said he is proud of the model of cooperation between the fire departments of North Fulton cities, Cherokee County and Forsyth County.

Major Forsyth County road projects remain on schedule McGinnis Ferry widening nears funding requirement

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Several significant road improvement projects around Forsyth County are moving forward on schedule.

Engineering Director John Cunard said the coronavirus pandemic has not slowed construction or the design phase for projects. In fact, it has done the opposite.

“Productivity has probably been better due to the decrease in traffic,” Cunard said. “Contractors have been a lot more productive when they’ve had good weather and can extend their hours because you don’t have the same traffic in peak hours you would typically have.”

One of the larger transportation initiatives, the McGinnis Ferry widening project, will have a major impact to the region.

The project involves the county, cities of Johns Creek and Alpharetta, and GDOT. Alpharetta leaders signed an intergovernmental agreement June 20 that

calls for increased financing from both cities and the county for the project.

It’s a major step for a road project that has faced serious funding problems.

Originally estimated at around $35 million, widening 4.7 miles of McGinnis Ferry Road from Sargent Road in Johns Creek to Union Hill Road in Alpharetta now carries a projected price tag of $60 million. Each city shares about 2.3 miles of the stretch with Forsyth County.

Both Johns Creek and Alpharetta originally committed $4.9 million from TSPLOST funds back in 2016. More recently, they upped their contributions to $5.9 million.

This new agreement calls for each city to contribute $8.9 million. Forsyth County, which originally pledged $18 million when the project was first proposed in 2015, would now contribute $23 million, and the Georgia DOT would kick in almost $20 million.

Cunard said he expects the updated agreement to go before the county’s

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One of the larger transportation initiatives, the McGinnis Ferry widening project, will have a major impact to the region.

Board of Commissioners at its Aug. 11 work session. Johns Creek has yet to act on the measure, but a city spokesman said the item is expected to be introduced at a council work session sometime in August.

Cunard said the county is acquiring right of way for the project within Forsyth’s borders. He expects the process to be done within a year, and if Alpharetta and Johns Creek complete their acquisitions during that time, construction can begin.

Another project that will bring some traffic relief soon is the widening of Pilgrim Mill Road. The project calls for a 4-lane roadway with a raised median from Aquatic Circle to Freedom Parkway, an additional lane from Freedom Parkway to Holtzclaw Road and a wider bridge over Ga. 400. The project is slated for completion in December.

As construction continues on Pilgrim Mill Road, several other projects are moving along at various stages.

Two other long-range projects, which Cunard said will take around 3 years for completion, are on the cusp of breaking ground.

The notice to proceed has been given for the Ronald Reagan Boulevard extension, and Cunard said clearing should begin within the next few weeks.

The $44.7 million project lies east of Ga. 400 and consists of the design and construction of two lanes, in each direction, from Majors Road to McFarland Parkway. Work will include a 20-foot raised median, shoulders, curb and gutter, a 5-foot sidewalk and a 10-foot multi-use path. The extension runs 3.6 miles. County traffic studies estimate that by 2041, the extension will service 35,000 vehicles a day.

The county will also soon award a bid for the Ga. 369/Ga. 400 interchange, Cunard said. The traffic signal intersection will be replaced by a grade-separated interchange that will become exit 18 off Ga. 400. A bridge will carry Ga. 369 traffic over Ga. 400.

Northbound drivers on Ga. 400 will use a cloverleaf to exit and will be funneled onto Ga. 369 to go west or go through an intersection with a traffic signal to travel east.

Traveling southbound on Ga. 400, drivers will use a cloverleaf to join Ga. 369 moving east. A separate off-ramp will lead to an intersection with a traffic signal for drivers joining Ga. 369 westbound.

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Investigation report shows commissioner skirted Open Records protocols

By JOE PARKER and PATRICK FOX FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — An investigation into ethics violations has concluded that Forsyth County Commissioner Todd Levent circumvented Open Records Act protocols to obtain email lists and information from another commissioner without her knowledge.

In a 200-page report obtained by the Herald, the county’s investigators suggest inconclusively that Levent could have been acting on behalf of a candidate looking to unseat District 4 County Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills.

Although the independent investigators could not reach a “definite conclusion” that Levent was assisting the campaign of Brandy Bevis — partly because neither Levent nor Bevis were formally questioned — the report does show Levent circumventing regular county practices for obtaining records through the Open Records Act. In one instance, Levent is reported to have told an assistant that he did not have to go through the Open Records procedure because he was a commissioner.

All four of the other commissioners interviewed in the investigation said no such right exists.

The report cites two instances when

Levent, who represents District 3, accessed emails and records of Commissioner Mills without her knowledge and without using an Open Records Request.

Request for emails in March The first instance occurred in early March when Levent instructed Assistant to the Board of Commissioners Carol Balcome Haag to retrieve an email from Mills’ county email account. The email contained a comment Mills had made about a Georgia DOT employee, labeling him “a liar.”

Haag told investigators she discovered the email, printed it out and placed it face down in Levent’s commission office. She said she did not mention the incident to Mills.

The second instance involved a telephone request from Levent to Haag seeking emails between Mills and a constituent in her district, Lynn Rashbaum.

Haag said she asked Levent whether the communications should be obtained through an Open Records Request, but, she said, Levent told her that, as a county commissioner, he had access.

Haag found nine emails matching Levent’s request and sent them to him on April 16. A day later, the investigation found, Levent forwarded the nine

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Investigators explored the possibility that Levent had been supplying the information to the Brandy Bevis campaign, one of Mills’ opponents in the June 9 primary. county-generated emails to his personal campaign email address. Forsyth County Chief Information Officer Brandon Kenney told investigators it was not uncommon for Levent to forward emails from his county email address to one of “several” private email addresses belonging to him.

The investigative team also cited a third instance in which Levent had secured a spreadsheet of email and contact information for those who attended and some who commented at a December 2018 town hall on a proposed wastewater treatment facility. The proposed plant lies in District 4, Mill’s district.

Investigators said there was nothing wrong in Levent requesting the list but sending it to his campaign email address within 17 minutes of receiving the spreadsheet “raises questions about what he did with it.”

Investigators explored the possibility that Levent had been supplying the information to the Brandy Bevis campaign, one of Mills’ opponents in the June 9 primary.

The investigative team could not secure an interview with Bevis, who declined to appear without a subpoena.

Nor were they successful in lining up an interview with Levent due to scheduling difficulties with his attorney.

One of the emails Levent obtained in the exchange between Mills and Rashbaum included language that Mills wanted added to the agenda of a 2018

commissioners’ meeting. That same language was placed on flyers for Bevis’ campaign distributed around May 7.

Investigators conceded that the language on the flyer also matched that found on the Board of Commissioners agenda.

Mills constituent contacted by Levent One man included on the email chain, Bo Slaughter, received an email from Bevis containing the flyer, which gave the wrong location for the proposed plant. Slaughter said he later called Mills to complain he was being “bombarded” by those opposed to the treatment plant.

According to the investigation report, Mills suspected Levent had provided Bevis with the list of those attending the 2018 town hall, and that is how Bevis obtained Slaughter’s email address.

On April 30, Slaughter said he received a call from Levent about the facility and the June 9 election. The call lasted about 15 minutes, and Levent urged Slaughter to not vote for Mills.

In their summary, investigators said if Levent had used the Open Records Acts regulations, Mills would have been aware of his request for copies of her emails. It also states that personal identifiers would have been redacted, and an official request would have maintained a record of the request.

The report also states that Levent sending the list of town hall attendees to his personal email and his request that Slaughter not vote for Mills “all point to a conclusion that none of the information Levent obtained via Ms. Haag was used for county businesses.”

“Rather, the timing and sequence of these events suggests that it was used in the Bevis campaign against Commissioner Mills,” the report continued.

“However, without the benefit of interviews with either Commissioner Levent or Ms. Bevis, and without the ability to subpoena documents or testimony, this investigation was unable to reach a definite conclusion.”

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Success comes in many forms, but there is no higher compliment than being voted best in class by the community.

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Best of North Atlanta to honor community’s picks

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH ATLANTA — While the coronavirus pandemic continues to burden small business owners and their employees, there may have never been a more critical time to celebrate the companies in the North Atlanta for their efforts to provide the services, products and needs of the local community.

For the 13th year, Appen Media Group’s Best of North Atlanta leads the charge to honor the most outstanding local businesses as voted by locals.

Residents can now vote for their favorite businesses from numerous categories through Aug. 15.

“Being named one of the best is an honor, and with more than 300,000 votes received in 2019, the Best of North Atlanta community choice awards is a remarkable display of community excitement,” Appen Media Director of Sales and Marketing Mike Dorman said. “The support received has been beyond our expectations and reflects the vibrancy of the great communities that we serve.”

Carl Appen, Director of Business Development, has spearheaded updates to the contest, including a revamped platform that will improve the security of users’ data, the integrity of the voting process and the contest’s overall utility.

Businesses can also now publish links that will take them directly to the voting page for their specific category.

“The whole user experience has improved,” Appen said. “It’s easier for businesses to promote themselves, there is less friction in the actual voting process, and we’re able to keep the data secure.

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Those wanting to nominate or vote for their favorite companies can visit bestofnorthatlanta.com and cast their ballot once per day. Around 300,000 ballots were cast from 30,000 unique voters in 2019, around double from the year before. Dorman said with a new, easier-to-use voting platform, he expects around 50,000 individual voters will submit entries this year.

The community can nominate businesses in 122 categories for services, retail, recreation, food and beverage, and medical. Awards for Best All-Around Restaurant, Best Private K-12 School, Best Chiropractor and Best Bank/Credit Union will still be up for grabs, and around two dozen new categories have

been added. Voters will now be able to nominate their favorite electrician, tree service, local beer, coffee shop, landscaping service and more.

Each category will award a winner and a first runner-up.

The significance of having the support of your neighbors, customers and the community is not lost on the winners, including Brian Iroff of Iroff & Son jewelers.

“We have been in businesses for over 60 years as a family, and we have strived for generations to produce the finest quality jewelry for the consumers at a fair price,” Iroff said. “Winning the Best of North Atlanta award in Alpharetta is one of the great things we have been able to get in our years in this store in Alpharetta. Knowing our customers believe in us by taking the time to vote for us means the world to myself and my family.”

Al Bashiri, owner of Altobeli’s Restaurant & Piano Bar in Alpharetta, said earning a Best of North Atlanta award is a “tremendous” accomplishment. In the last two years, Altobeli’s has been awarded for Best Fine Dining, Best Date Night Spot, Best Italian Food and was named runnerup for Best All-Around Restaurant.

“A lot of people ask me what is our signature of longevity to be here for 31 years, and I always answer that we have the best customers in the world,” Bashiri said. “And they have been kind enough to give us their vote of confidence.”

Ron Altman, owner of the Alpharetta BurgerFi, said winning a Best of Award is the “ultimate compliment.”

“Success comes in many forms, but there is no higher compliment than being voted best in class by the community,” Altman said. “It is very humbling.

And we are thankful to Appen Media for creating the platform for community members to allow that to happen.”

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Donations can be dropped off between July 27-Aug. 1 from 10 a.m-5 p.m. at the distribution site, 310 North Point Parkway Circle, Alpharetta, in the old Thomasville Furniture Store, next to California Pizza Kitchen.

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The program serves local families in need. Last year, NFCC distributed over 900 donated backpacks filled with school supplies to children in North Fulton.

“This year, due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, we are seeing a greater need for our Back to School program,” Director of Programs Eden Purdy said.

“Even though students will be starting the school year virtually, they still need these supplies to succeed in school, and they will continue to need them when school resumes in person.”

North Fulton Community Charities serves residents in Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Mountain Park and Roswell.

The organization is asking community members to donate new backpacks pre-filled with appropriate supplies for elementary, middle or high school students. A list of required supplies and a sign-up is available on their website at nfcchelp.org/back-toschool-program.

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GHSA votes for full football season with delayed start Other fall sports to begin as originally scheduled

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com GEORGIA — The Georgia High School Association, the state’s governing body for high school sports, voted July 20 to push back the start of prep football two weeks.

The order allows for a full, 10-game regular season.

All other fall sports, including cross-country, volleyball and softball, will begin in early August as originally scheduled.

The move comes as some the state’s largest school districts — including Fulton, Gwinnett and Dekalb counties — have opted to continue virtual learning to start the 2020-21 academic year.

The GHSA Board of Trustees voted unanimously, 12-0, to delay the football season while keeping other fall sports on track to start on time.

“It’s a huge decision,” said Steven Craft, Fulton County athletic director and a member of the Board of Trustees.

“We want to provide this opportunity to our student athletes, and we owe it to them. But we want to make sure it is

done in a safe and great environment, and this gives everyone the opportunity to do that.”

The GHSA’s decision comes the same day the California Interscholastic Federation, which oversees California prep sports, elected to delay all fall sports until December or January.

“I know other states have moved their seasons completely, but I think everyone is in a different place,” Craft said. “I think this shows that we have all moved together as a group. Everyone in the room understood how important athletics is for these kids’ mental well-being, and it provides a daily routine. And there are a lot of different things that keeps kids excited about school, and athletics is a part of that. It was good to see that come out today and see how willing everyone was to be able to provide that.”

A vote to have all sports return as originally scheduled was voted down, 8-4. Craft was one of the board members to vote against the measure.

Craft said he cast his nay vote because the football delay will allow school systems to get open and comfortable in in their processes before allowing games.

Some might struggle if the season started as originally scheduled, he said, adding the delay gives athletes more time to recondition their bodies after months in

The GHSA Board of Trustees voted unanimously, 12-0, to delay the football season while keeping other fall sports on track to start on time. quarantine.

The board did not approve the delay for other fall sports because football requires far more equipment be worn in the outdoor heat, so it presents a safety issue if players aren’t properly acclimated physically, Craft said.

At least one North Fulton football team has earned a berth in a state championship game in each of the last four years. If that streak continues, a team could be lifting the state title trophy post-Christmas.

Originally, the state championships were to be held Dec. 10-12. A two-week season delay would put the finals during the week of Christmas.

Craft said the board is still working out how it will approach that week.

Everything else, including the Corky Kell Classic Kickoff that will feature West Forsyth and Denmark this year, should essentially just be moved back two weeks.

While the kickoff to the 2020 football season is delayed, other fall sports are gearing up for their first full practices and games.

Softball, volleyball, cross-country and cheerleading can begin practices Aug 1.

Softball teams can hold their first games Aug. 6, with volleyball matches and cross-country meets beginning as early as Aug. 10.

Concerns over how schools will open this year has been a contentious issue, and that has extended to fall athletics.

While the local sports landscape quickly heralded the GHSA decision, others have argued against a return to fall sports as coronavirus cases have surged to record levels in recent weeks.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported July 14 that the state’s schools had reported around 300 positive cases of COVID-19 among athletes and staff.

Earlier this month, Milton head football coach Adam Clack shared he has tested positive for COVID-19. Positive cases also halted summer conditioning at three Forsyth County high schools in June.

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By ZACH SHUGAN zacht@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — A board-certified clinical health psychologist told Roswell Rotary members about the importance of mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Ryan Breshears, the chief behavioral health officer for WellStar Health System and director of psychology and psychiatry for the WellStar Medical Group, spoke July 23 at a meeting of the Roswell Rotary Club.

“My concern as a behavioral health provider is that this is a behavioral health pandemic as well as a biological pandemic,” Breshears said.

He said he realized early on during the pandemic the need for physical and emotional support in the workforce, especially in the medical field. He cited examples from the SARS outbreak of 2003, when healthcare workers experienced burnout and psychiatric distress in the immediate aftermath of the crisis.

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“I think the point is it’s all connected,” Breshears said. “Wherever people are experiencing stress or distress in their life, it’s not in a vacuum.”

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More than 2 dozen geese found dead at apartment complex

By ZACH SHUGAN zach@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Authorities are investigating the death of nearly 30 geese at a Johns Creek apartment complex July 15 in a suspected case of poisoning.

Johns Creek police first responded to the Estates at Johns Creek July 15 after several residents called reporting dead geese on the grounds.

“It was horrendous,” said Amanda Seamon, a longtime resident at the complex. “It was literally like a murder scene.”

According to police, the assistant manager initially told them that management had ordered the geese be put down and removed because they had overpopulated the area. She told police they had plans for the geese to be removed, and police left the scene.

About 20 minutes later, police were dispatched to the scene again when they were notified of more dead geese found on the property and that children were playing with the carcasses.

This time, the assistant manager told police that management had not ordered the geese killed, contrary to her earlier statement.

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Canada geese are protected by state and federal law under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. man at the complex, who told them that the preceding night, he had encountered a man on the grounds claiming to be a “goose catcher.” The maintenance man said the goose catcher told him that he fed the geese something that would make them sleep, and he would be back the next day to retrieve their bodies.

The maintenance man said he assumed the man had permission to be on the property, but he did not know his name, although he could identify him if he saw him again.

Police later spoke with the complex manager who denied ordering anyone to attend to the geese. She said she walked around the grounds earlier that morning and noticed nothing amiss with the geese.

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Johns Creek Police Public Information Officer Todd Hood said he’s never seen a case like this before. and the department has turned over the investigation to Georgia DNR. “We’re just supplementing any investigative needs the Georgia DNR may request,” Hood said. “Looking at the circumstances and what it involved, obviously they’re the better agency to deal with that type of investigation.”

Seamon, who has lived at the complex for 14 years, said she wondered why anyone would want to get rid of the geese in the first place.

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“Other residents would say the same thing. We never saw them as a problem.

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By SAMANTHA HOMCY newsroom@appenmediagroup.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Dozens of people gathered in Sandy Springs July 14 in a demonstration to pressure Fulton County Schools to mandate face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Ruth Hartman, PTO president at Northview High School, and Emily Benelli organized the rally that drew about 60 people from across the county to the district’s administrative building off of Northridge Parkway.

Hartman said the district is failing to protect students, faculty and staff by not requiring masks in schools.

“I worry about the health of my family, I worry about the teachers’ families,” Hartman said. “At the Northeast Learning Center, they have mandatory face

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Scout preserves local history at Old Big Creek Cemetery

By CAROLINE KURZAWA newsroom@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society President Pat Miller remembers walking through Old Big Creek Cemetery as a child with her father.

The historic cemetery on Kimball Bridge Road serves as the final resting place for many of the area’s earliest residents, some born as far back as the 1700s. Family names like Webb, Morton and Haynes grace tombstones at Old Big Creek, some erected long before those names became attached to major roadways.

A church once located near Old Big Creek Cemetery no longer exists. Big Creek Primitive Baptist Church moved farther down Kimball Bridge Road and established a new cemetery there. The church still operates today.

Over the years, Miller’s visits to Old Big Creek Cemetery helped fuel an interest in genealogy. That led to discoveries of family ties and helped instill in her the importance of preserving history.

“I would just like for people to respect old cemeteries and understand what they can teach us about history,” Miller said.

Alec Bessonny, a rising senior at Alpharetta High School, connected with Miller when he was looking for an idea for his Eagle Scout project.

After discussing local history with Miller, Bessonny became interested in the history of Old Big Creek Cemetery, including the familial ties that can be difficult to trace that far back into the past.

For his project, Bessonny found a way to color code the family lines at the cemetery in order to track relationships.

“[Miller] wanted to show how the relations in the cemetery worked, and that’s the way we came up with it,” Bessonny said.

His color-coded system, along with information about the history of Big Creek Primitive Baptist Church, were compiled and featured on a sign now standing at the entrance to the cemetery.

Bessonny said that the most challenging aspect of the project was ensuring the accuracy of the information on the sign. He made multiple trips to Old Big Creek and reviewed old cemetery records to double check the information.

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Keeping perspective in a maelstrom It is too quiet outside. Almost five months into this pandemic and it is difficult to describe how it’s going.

What strikes me is that all the fundamental changes swirling around us like RAY APPEN an F1 tornado seem Publisher Emeritus ray@appenmediagroup.com to have morphed into one amorphous action. Every day is beginning to feel the same — same news, same issues, same restrictions, same holes in our lives.

“Numb,” is a word that comes to mind.

Before the pandemic (BP), we had short- and longer-term milestones that helped us delineate time. Now, we don’t.

Better said, we have them, but they no longer seem to carry much weight.

Holidays, school, church services, deaths, vacations, and other time-disruptors have disappeared from the landscape. That’s why time seems to race by us and is accelerating.

Not only does it feel like life is just throttling by in a blur, but it also feels like our ability to appreciate and process important issues and information is fading. Everything and anything political seems no longer to disrupt or fracture our lives — our standards, our values, our sensibilities — as it did before.

We know intellectually that much is

still wrong and broken, but we have no voice remaining.

What do we humans tend to do when faced with something that is threatening our lives? “Fight” or “flight” is our hard-wired response choice. Perhaps we have lost our will or our ability to opt for “fight.” That would be tragic.

We are dealing with a difficult reality today. History — or those symbols that represent history — are literally being destroyed, for better or worse.

However, history to a large degree, dictates the future, and those who don’t learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. Thus, our history — our knowledge of it — is a double-edged sword.

Federal militia are being used to displace local police in some cities — possibly many more cities soon. That should terrify us, but few seem to be alarmed.

We are experiencing a seismic shift in race relations — one full of sound and fury in the streets that has now endured far longer than any previous action. Yet, I wonder how many at the end of the day expect permanent change as a result. We’ve been here before, and perception, along with our memory of history, dictates the future.

We should not forget that in our understanding of history, hardship, obstacles and the mountain we and our country must climb help form our character, our values and who we are. That is, bad times like these are not all bad.

I live, very part time, on an island 5 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico in the panhandle of Florida. The ends of that island are accreting — gaining — sand while the middle of the island is losing sand and washing away.

The net result of both is probably that the amount of sand remains relatively constant, so the relevance of the changes depends on where you are on the island.

That island is a metaphor for this pandemic. Change is constant, and the relevance of the change depends on how directly it is impacting you.

That change also comes in cycles, like the tides and the seasons, including hurricane season. In the middle of those hurricanes — or this pandemic — it often feels like the end. Yet, they always pass, and a new morning comes, with calm waters, cool breezes, and safety, yet again.

We would do well to remember these life cycles and to try to keep the specific events that we experience in perspective. We must stay focused and not allow ourselves to be numbed to the point of blindness and impotence during this pandemic — “flight” — and instead opt to remain vigilant and to protect those things that are important to us — “fight” — for our values, standards and the common good.

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Milton teen gets her game back, raises awareness for scoliosis

By CAROLINE KURZAWA newsroom@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — Allie Kantor, a rising senior at Blessed Trinity, is back on the golf course, enjoying the sport she loves after undergoing treatment to treat her scoliosis.

Kantor has a handicap of zero, but getting to this stage meant stepping away from the game to treat her scoliosis that almost required surgery. The Milton resident was diagnosed on her 13th birthday, and her family sought the opinion of Dr. Nicholas Fletcher, medical director of the Spine Program Quality and Outcomes at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

“Being a golfer, a lot of that is spine rotation,” Kantor said. “I knew that if I had to get a spinal fusion, I wouldn’t be able to golf at the same level as I had before. My curve was noticeable. One of my shoulders was a lot higher than the other. One of my shoulder blades stuck out a lot more.”

To prevent Kantor’s curve from worsening to the point of needing surgery, Fletcher recommended a new bracing technology called the Rigo Cheneau, commonly referred to as a Rigo brace. It’s an intensive bracing method that Kantor stuck to for 18 months. For a full year, she was wearing the brace 22 hours a day.

Kantor said that adapting to the brace was difficult at first, but with the support of family and friends, she had a positive mindset and knew this was what she needed to do for her health and future in golf.

Back in February, Kantor won the Rocket Tour Players Championship at the University of Georgia, marking her first win since scoliosis treatment.

I’m really glad and grateful that so many more kids are getting this opportunity now,” Kantor said.

To help other patients gain the same access to the standard of care that allowed her to get back to golf, Kantor began fundraising efforts through American Junior Golf Association’s Leadership Links to enable access to the Rigo brace.

“I really wanted to fundraise for Children’s because Dr. Fletcher and the Rigo brace saved my life,” she said. “I’m so grateful for the care that Children’s gave me, so I could get back to playing golf.”

Most recently, Kantor played in the Georgia State Golf Association Women’s Match Play Championship. She said she hopes to pursue college golf.

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Allie Kantor, a rising senior at Blessed Trinity, is back on the golf course, enjoying the sport she loves after undergoing treatment to treat her scoliosis.

“It was just really great to be able to play the sport that I loved again and to be able to do the things that I loved again because I just really love to compete,” Kantor said.

Kantor is glad to be able to play golf again as well as travel for the sport like she has in the past. Though she has limited travel recently, she said she enjoyed past trips to New York and Ireland for golf.

Kantor said she knew she wanted to make a difference for other kids and teens in need of scoliosis treatment.

Since the Rigo brace was so new when Kantor received her treatment, she had to travel out of state for her fittings.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta began offering Rigo bracing in 2018 and is one of the few programs in the country that offer it.

“What Children’s is doing is so great.

MEETING:

Board of Zoning Appeals August 18, 2020 6:00 P.M.

LOCATION:

City of Milton 2006 Heritage Walk Council Chambers Milton, Georgia 30004-6119 678-242-2500

Consideration of Primary Variance a. V20-14, 705 Nettlebrook Lane Request(s): • To allow an accessory structure to encroach into the side yard adjacent to a street (Sec. 64-416, c, 2). b. V20-15, 810 Guardian Court Request(s): • To allow an accessory structure to encroach into the rear yard setback (Sec. 64-416, i).

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Invitation to Bid Public Works Maintenance & Operations Services ITB NUMBER 20-PW16 Sealed Bids Due Date: Revised Due Date August 20, 2020 2:00PM Local Time Electronic submission via: www.cityofmiltonga.us To be publicly announced at approximately 2:30 PM at the City of Milton City Hall located at 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA 30004. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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540 LOST RIVER BEND - AVAILABLE

4 CAR PORTE COCHERE GARAGE | 3 ACRE ESTATE | POOL OFFERED FOR $2,700,000+

River’s Edge Milton is luxurious new neighborhood, privately set on 133+ acres located on “Little River”, one of Milton’s most sought after gated communities, offering estate-size lots, incorporating fine Architecture & New Custom Homes. Architecturally controlled by award-winning Harrison Design together with our Elite Group of high-end award winning luxury Builders. Only 8 Estate Home Sites Available

“RIVER’S EDGE MILTON - WHERE LUXURY LIFESTYLES COME TOGETHER”

UNDER CONTRACT

AVAILABLE

AVAILABLE

4055 HEATHERWOOD WAY, ROSWELL

910 NIX ROAD, MILTON

15465 BIRMINGHAM HWY

Guard Gated Masterpiece on 3.49 Acres in “Glenayre”

Coming Soon New Construction Farmhouse - 3 Acres w/Barn

Under Construction - Ready for Fall Delivery - 1.10 Acres

$2,300,000

$1,350,000

$975,000

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