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By JONATHAN [email protected]
MILTON, Ga. – Forming a band is the dream of just about ev-ery teenager who can pick up an instrument. For the guys of Voodoo Visionary, it was never so much a dream as the next logical step in their progres-sion.
With several former Milton High School students as mem-bers, the band of six guys in
their 20s began doing as musi-cians do – simply jamming.
“We have been playing together for a long time,” said Michael Wilson, who plays guitar. “We would just jam together with all our friends, hanging out and having a fun time playing music.”
The beauty of funk, as with so much music, is the ability to just play whatever comes to
VISIONARIES OF FUNK »
Milton band gaining momentum
MEG GHEESLING
Milton-based Voodoo Visionary perform a variety of funk music. They are always playing in the metro Atlanta area.
Upcoming showsof Voodoo VisionaryAug. 22 - Mellow Mushroom, CummingSept. 19 - Big Tex, DecaturSept. 25 - Terminal West, AtlantaSept. 26 - Montana’s, AlpharettaOct. 30 - Nowhere Bar, AthensNov. 21 - Red Brick Brewery, Atlanta
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By ALDO [email protected]
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – More than 100 organized and con-cerned residents who live on the border of Milton and Forsyth County showed up to a standing room only meeting to discuss the expansion of a recycling facility.
At the informational meeting on Aug. 14 at Midway Warehouse in Alpharetta, residents voiced their opposition to Advanced Disposal Recycling Services’ proposed expansion, which would likely bring in municipal waste and double the facility’s size to 76,000 square feet, if approved.
Forsyth County Commissioner Todd Levent and the county’s Planning and Community Development Director Tom Brown fielded questions and raised new ones about the project.
As it stands, the county has zoned the Advanced Disposal property as M-1, or light industrial, and M-2, heavy industri-al. This allows for the most aggressive type of zoning, includ-ing waste treatment.
The 8.6-acre property does have a conditional use permit for a 17,000-square-foot recycling collection facility off Shirlee Industrial Way. The new request is for a 76,000-square-foot
See WASTE, Page 4
Waste facility concerns growCounty line recycling facility seeksto expand into waste processing
Residents at a meeting last week learn more about the ex-pansion of a recycling facility in Forsyth County.
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NORTH FULTON, Ga. – As part of a drug bust Aug. 8, Roswell Police found several pounds of marijuana in a home belong-ing to suspected drug dealers. They also found 80 grams of a substance distilled from mari-juana called “wax.”
Wax is a new form of the old drug. According to officials, wax is a concentrated form of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in pot that gives users their “high.”
Marijuana wax is more than 80 percent pure THC compared with the average high grade marijuana leaf at 20 percent to 30 percent THC,
according to police. It can be eaten or used in e-cigarettes, as well as rolled and smoked.
Roswell Police Spokesman Zachary Frommer said wax has been popping up recently in Roswell.
“In the last couple years, it’s become more popular,” he said. Of more concern than the increasing use of the drug is that people are making it themselves in home labs.
“Home chefs are making it instead of buying it,” Frommer said. “You can go on the Inter-net to learn how to do it.”
Because the chemicals to make it are highly flammable, the process is prone to explo-sion.
“Wax is dangerous to make
and to ingest,” Frommer said.Wax is also known under
other names, such as butter or Butane Hash Oil (BHO). Traditional hash was pro-duced by rubbing marijuana plants through metal screen sieves to separate the THC crystals from the plant. Wax is made by “blasting” a chemical solvent, such as butane, CO2, through the plant matter, then “purging” the solvent away. But these solvents don’t just extract the THC, they also pull substances from other parts of the plant, and traces of the solvent remain as well.
The trace amounts of solvent are one of the reasons many users refer to the onset of the effects as a “mule kick” because of the strong rush.
Wax can vary in appearance from a dark brown goo to a crumbly cheese consistency.
Michele Leonhart, adminis-trator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, said before the U.S. House Appropriations Com-mittee April 2 that the use of wax is increasing across the country and can be extremely dangerous.
“In 2013, the THC content of leaf marijuana averaged 14 percent while the THC content of marijuana concentrates averaged 54 percent, with some samples reported as high as 99 percent,” Leonhart said. “Highly flammable butane gas is used to extract the THC from the marijuana leaf, and has resulted in home explosions, injuries and deaths.”
But is wax still illegal? Most emphatically, yes.
Georgia law prohibits all synthetic or natural products containing more than 15 per-cent by weight of THC.
New drug craze: pot concoction called ‘wax’Potent, dangerous marijuana productmade in home labs prone to blow up
DUI arrests ► Corrine A. Freesemann, 35,
of Windswept Way, Alpharetta, was arrested July 29 on Abbotts Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI, disorderly con-duct, failure to maintain lane and expired tag.
► Rodolfo A. Estrella, 39, of Caswyck Trace, Johns Creek, was arrested July 30 on State Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI and driving on the wrong side of the road.
► Waseem Rahim Rahmanzai, 21, of Suwanee was arrested Aug. 2 on Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI, headlight violation, driving on the wrong side of the road and violation of a limited permit.
► Griffin Matthew Rowe, 29, of Plantation Bridge Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested July 30 on Twinrose Place in Milton
for DUI, speeding, head-light violation, no insurance, no registration and affixing license plate to conceal vehicle identity.
► Marlon Jermaine Brooks, 24, of Atlanta was arrested Aug. 1 on Deerfield Parkway in Milton for DUI, speeding and expired tag.
► Jared Randall Hall, 31, of Wittenridge Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested July 16 on Atlanta Street in Roswell for DUI, failure to maintain lane and violation of a limited per-mit.
► Yeshia Latrice Hancock, 31, of Atlanta was arrested July 17 on Willeo Road in Roswell for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
► Brittany Michelle Bobo, 22, of Sandy Springs was arrested July 17 on Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell for DUI and failure to obey a traffic control device.
► John Phillip Miller, 64, of Atlanta was arrested July 17 on Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell for DUI.
► Andrew James England, 51, of Revival Street, Roswell,
was arrested July 18 on Alpharetta Street in Roswell for DUI.
► Steven William Blandenburg, 47, of Norcross was arrested July 20 on Ga. 400 in Roswell for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
► Michael Kelly Conrad, 51, of Bircham Way, Roswell, was arrested July 20 on Crabapple Road in Roswell for DUI.
Drug arrests ► Christopher G. Carson,
34, of Deer Trail, Alpharetta, was arrested Aug. 3 on Morris Road in Milton for possession of marijuana and speeding.
► Celeste Serelia Clark, 29, of Atlanta was arrested July 14 on Old Dogwood Road in Roswell for possession of mari-juana.
► Kenneth Tyrone Simmons, 21, of Old Dogwood Road, Roswell, was arrested July 14 on Old Dogwood Road in Roswell for possession of mari-juana.
► Dequan Allante Hutchins, 22, of Warsaw Road, Roswell, was arrested July 15 on
Roswell Creek Lane in Roswell for possession of marijuana, possession of drug-related items and wanted person.
► Wentz Smith, 61, of Marietta was arrested July 16 on Crossville Road in Roswell for possession of marijuana and suspended license.
► Kirk Anthony Taylor, 38, of Rappahannock Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested July 16 on Rappahannock Drive in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana and possession of drug-related items.
► Damon Elliot Knight, 44, of Pine Grove Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested July 16 on Rappahannock Drive in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana and possession of drug-related items.
► Ricardo Picon, 54, of Worthington Hills, Roswell, was arrested July 16 on Crossville Road in Roswell for possession of marijuana, speeding and wanted person.
► Christopher A. Hernandez, 22, of Rocky Creek Drive, Roswell, was arrested July 17
DUIS & DRUGSAll crime reports published by Appen Media Group are compiled from public records. Neither the law enforcement agencies nor Appen Media Group implies any guilt by publishing these names. None of the persons listed has been convicted of the alleged crimes.
See ARRESTS, Page 3
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45 fence caps fenced?MILTON, Ga. – Someone made off with dozens of fence caps Aug. 3 from a Hopewell Road home.
The victim told police her property care manager discov-ered the 45 fence caps were taken between Aug. 2 and 3. The caps had recently been installed and were secured by glue, which the victim said would make removing them difficult.
There are no suspects.
Thieves take whole kitchenMILTON, Ga. – A home on Hipworth Road had several kitchen appliances taken from it in early August.
When the Hipworth Road victim arrived at the home Aug.
6, he found the flat top range, dishwasher, double oven and microwave oven missing. It appears someone had backed a truck into the garage and entered the home through an unlocked door. All the appli-ances were pushed on the home’s hardwood floor, leaving visible marks.
The victim told police he last saw the items in the home Aug. 2.
Thieves make holes in biz walls ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Two busi-nesses on Alexander Drive were broken into July 28 by thieves making holes in the walls.
According to police, the suspects broke into vacant of-fices in the office complex that were next to their targets. The suspects then knocked a hole in the sheetrock separating the offices and entered their target.
In one office, items were moved but nothing was taken. The computers were tethered to desks. In the other office, two monitors, four laptops and three video adapters were
taken, valued at more than $5,000.
Customer missing drugs, cashJOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A man dropped his drugs in the Hol-comb Bridge Road Chick-fil-A Aug. 4.
Employees of the store said a man in his early 20s came into the store about 6:45 a.m., ordered and ate his meal, then left.
Later, while cleaning the table, an employee found a small plastic container. Inside was $500 cash and 18 pills, possibly Xanax.
Don’t smoke pot in front of cops
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – An At-lanta woman learned the hard way not to smoke pot in front of police.
An officer was parked at the Subway on Old Milton Park-way at 11:30 p.m., typing up a report from a previous arrest. As he was typing his report, Shakira Monet Woods, 25, of Atlanta, walked past the patrol car and blew smoke from her mouth.
The officer recognized the smell as marijuana.
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on Highway 92 in Roswell for possession of marijuana and speeding.
► Deborah Lee Williams, 21, of Duluth was arrested July 17 on Highway 92 in Roswell for possession of marijuana.
► Marcus Jerod Smith, 24, of Woodstock was arrested July 17 on Highway 92 in Roswell for possession of marijuana.
► Jerome Martin Peterson, 26, of Preakness Drive, Roswell, was arrested July 20 on Champions Green Parkway in Roswell for possession of marijuana, stop sign violation and suspended license.
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Fulton headed to court over 17% tax hike
By HATCHER [email protected]
ATLANTA - The showdown whether the state can single out Fulton County to limit its ability to raise taxes will now be settled in the courts.
The Fulton Commission adopted Aug. 6 a General Fund millage rate of 11.781 mills, a17 percent increase for property owners. The vote was 4-3 with commissioners Liz Hausmann, Joan Garner and Robb Pitts dissenting.
That not only put the county in contravention of the General Assembly legislation barring Fulton from raising taxes until 2015, it triggered a lawsuit from Fulton County legislators.
Their opponents were
ready. Just hours later, attorney
Josh Belinfante, a law partner with Robbins Firm, filed suit on behalf of six Fulton County state representatives, including Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, who authored the bill, and one former state representative.
The others are Rep. Lynne Riley (R-Johns Creek), Rep. Rep. Harry Geisinger (R-Roswell-Sandy Springs) Joe
Wilkinson (R-Atlanta), Rep. Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta) and Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs) and Edward Lindsey, the former represen-tative.
They sought a preliminary
and permanent injunction against the Fulton County Commission to halt the tax increase. That would prevent the tax increase from going
Tax Increase With Standard $30,000 Fulton County Homestead Exemption
Home Fair Market Value Annual Monthly
$100,000.00 $15.70 $1.31
$150,000.00 $47.10 $ 3.93
$200,000.00 $78.50 $6.54
$250,000.00 $109.90 $9.16
$300,000.00 $141.30 $11.78
$350,000.00 $172.70 $14.39
$400,000.00 $204.10 $17.01
$450,000.00 $235.50 $19.63
$500,000.00 $266.90 $22.24
Fulton legislators file lawsuit hours after budget passes 4-3
The table above provides an estimate of the annual and monthly increase for properties with the standard Fulton County home-stead exemption of $30,000.
See COURT, Page 25
waste handling facility that would generate about 120 new truck trips per day to the area, which abuts several Milton and Forsyth County residences.
Milton Mayor Joe Lockwood was also in attendance at the meeting to learn about the project and hear his constitu-ents’ opinions. Advanced Disposal has sub-mitted parts of their expansion application and is currently revising their application, Brown said.
“The application now iden-tifies that they have an existing recovered materials facility and they are requesting a materials recovery facility,” Brown said.
The next steps will be up-dates from Advanced Disposal on their application, which would then be reviewed by the county’s engineering and water and sewer departments for notes. Following the submittal, Brown said a public hearing with the Planning Commission can take place. No date is yet scheduled.
Residents at the meeting said the project does not be-long in the community, noting the added traffic, noise and smell a waste facility would generate. Those opposed to the project have also created a Facebook group called A Smelly Plan and have also sent out emails and created online petitions. Calls for comment from Advanced Disposal attor-neys were not returned by our deadline.
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ROSWELL, Ga. – Four people were arrested and charged with felony drug and weapons Aug. 7 after Roswell Police and the Marietta Cobb Smyrna Drug Task Force raided a large drug dealing operation on King Road.
According to police, tips from resi-dents in the area as well as a lengthy drug investigation led them to suspect marijuana was being sold out of a home on King Road, less than a mile from Roswell High School.
Police searched the King Road home as well as a Pullman Trail, Roswell home and an apartment in Marietta.
Police seized 3.5 pounds of “high-grade” marijuana, 80 grams of “wax,” which is concentrated THC, more than 700 generic Xanax pills and $29,000 in cash. They also found 11 guns, includ-ing an AR15 rifle, two handguns and five shotguns.
Arrested in the investigation were Patrick Jankowski, 47, of Roswell and his son Angelo Jankowski, 19, of Mari-etta. Also arrested were their associ-ates Riley Bloomer, 20, and Amanda Kurkjian, 19, both of Roswell.
Roswell Police Spokesman Zachary Frommer said investigators began to hear the same names from people ar-rested for drugs.
“Certain names and locations kept popping up,” he said. “We realized quickly it was a big operation.”
It was big enough to reach all cities in North Fulton and Cobb counties.
The father and son team, the Jankowskis, ran the operation from their King Road home, Frommer said. Bloomer was involved as well as, to a lesser extent, his girlfriend Kurkjian.
Frommer said the timing on the arrests was important. Fulton County
Schools started Mon-day, Aug. 11.
“Students were a large segment of their buyers,” Frommer said. “It’s convenient to the high school and [the younger Jankows-ki and Bloomer] were recently out of high school and still had plenty of contacts there.”
Frommer said Angelo Jankowski and Bloomer had previ-ously been arrested in 2012 during another drug dealing operation in Mountain Park.
The Jankowskis, Bloomer and Kurkjian were each charged with selling and distributing felony amounts of marijuana and schedule I drugs. Patrick Jankowski was also charged with pos-session of firearms by a convicted felon.
“This investigation made a positive impact in reducing the avail-ability of illegal drugs to youths in our area,” said Roswell Police Chief Rusty Grant.
Assisting the Roswell Police Depart-ment in this case were the Drug Enforcement Agency, Atlanta HIDTA Drug Task Force, Geor-gia Bureau of Inves-tigation, Johns Creek Police Department, North Fulton SWAT and the MCS Drug Task Force.
4 arrested in large drug bustAllegedly selling to high schoolers
Roswell Police seized several pounds of marijuana as well as other drugs and weapons after an Aug. 7 drug bust where the suspects were dealing to high school students.
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By JONATHAN [email protected]
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – College football legend Vince Dooley was the guest speaker at the Alpharetta Chamber of Com-merce’s breakfast Aug. 14.
Dooley was the University of Georgia’s football coach from 1964-2004 and athletic director from 1979-2004. He entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.
When Dooley came to UGA in 1964 as head football coach, he was young and relatively unknown. More than 40 years later, he left as one of the most recognizable names in college football.
“I was 31 and a freshman coach at a rival school,” he said. “By my third year, we won a championship.”
He said his secret was sur-rounding himself with good people and getting them to work well together.
The changes to the sport – and society as a whole –since he first started coaching are great. With the recent news that universities will begin having playoffs, Dooley noted he was on a committee with
the NCAA more than 20 years ago charged with finding ways to improve the game. One of their recommendations was to start playoffs.
There are challenges with the changing face of college football. The NCAA is ceding power to the Big 5 leagues, players are unionizing and the first court ruling has deter-mined players must be paid.
But Dooley said he always sees a silver lining.
“From these crises come opportunities,” he said, citing the big changes when he first started – the NCAA reorganiza-tion and the effect of Title IV on university sports.
“The change in college foot-ball is amazing,” he said.
Recently, 84 schools have changed conferences since Nebraska first did it. That has split up many traditional rivalries.
One rivalry that has not been split is UGA-Auburn.
Dooley showed off his love of history, saying the first Georgia-Auburn game took place in 1892.
Georgia players came out with their mascot – a red-and-black goat – and met Auburn at Piedmont Park. Auburn won 10-0. Georgia’s players had the mascot for dinner.
Since then – 117 years later
– the two teams have been head-to-head.
Dooley is now retired. He has authored several books and is now a consultant, a role he said he enjoys.
“You give your opinion and don’t have to make any deci-sions,” he said.
He is helping Kennesaw State University get its own football program started.
“Despite the costs of foot-
ball, schools are still adding football programs,” he said. “There have bene 39 schools in the past few years.
“Football gives an institu-tion a sense of pride, belonging and culture,” he said.
The next big event for the Alpharetta Chamber of Com-merce is Alpharetta Restaurant Week, Sept. 6-18. For more in-formation, visit www.alpharet-tachamber.com.
Dooley talks football, history with chamberSpeaks at Alpharetta Chamber breakfast
JONATHAN COPSEY/STAFF
College football legend Vince Dooley greeted many fans in Alpharetta Aug. 14 when he spoke to the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce at the Metropolitan Club.
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mind and make it work. It’s a fluid style similar to jazz where each member of the band can add in their flavor. Improvisa-tion is the name of the game.
“There were so many people playing, we had to be loose,” said guitarist Zach Robinson.
It was only in the last two years the guys have seriously thought about setting their jams to paper and solidifying as a real band.
“A friend asked us to open for them at Smith’s Olde Bar,” said vocalist Scott MacDonald. “That was our first show and it was very successful.”
That was just over one year ago – Aug. 1, 2013.
They had brought in Mac-Donald barely a month before that first gig, and they were excited about it, pulling it off well. Only after did they get a shock.
“Only later we found out that gig was Scott’s first time on stage,” said drummer Mac Schmitz.
“They we so excited about their first gig I couldn’t tell
them,” MacDonald said.But it didn’t matter. They
had their first show and it was successful.
During their shows, Voodoo Visionary plays a variety of songs from a wide spectrum of music genres, from rock and jazz and funk, cover songs as well as their own music.
“We want blues or funk, diversity and variation. We want to make you dance,” said Schmitz.
“We will be jamming and Scott and Zach will be writing lyrics as we go,” said Wilson. “We never sacrifice the loose-ness even when we are more organized.”
It’s the collaborative pro-cess they like, they said, ev-eryone bouncing ideas off each other, seeing what works and
what doesn’t. Not being in school any-
more, the guys have to juggle the music – both rehearsals and performances – with their real life, that of work and bills and other distractions.
“We all have our jobs, but the biggest challenge is getting together at the end of the day and we’re tired,” Wilson said. “There will be moments when you want to kill everybody, but some of the best stuff comes from that.”
“What started as always fun is now a lot of work,” said Schmitz. “We were always in the grind and music is our escape. But we now have dead-lines for new songs for a gig or covers to learn.”
But just like anything worthwhile, you get out what you put in.
And that effort is paying off. They are playing more shows than they used to, and now venues are asking them to play, rather than the other way around. They are gain-ing followings in Alpharetta, Cumming, Atlanta and Athens. They will soon play their first out-of-state gig at Clemson University in South Carolina.
“We wouldn’t be doing it if we didn’t enjoy it,” Robinson said.
For more information on Voodoo Visionary, including music and touring dates, visit them at www.voodoovisionary.com.
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Voodoo Visionary are: Dennis Dowd – keyboard Scott MacDonald – vocals Jimmy Lynch – bass Mac Schmitz – drums Michael Wilson – guitar Zach Robinson – guitar
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the new season off on the right foot by giving back to the local community.
Booster club director Glenn Martin said he was very impressed when the team captains decided to rally their runners to do something good for others by collecting food items and household goods for
those in need.“On the first day of prac-
tice, our team members gath-ered approximately 610 items to donate to North Fulton Community Charities.
It filled four grocery carts to overflowing. This is our first food drive and I’m look-ing forward to next year’s team
collecting even more,” said Martin.
Vonda Malbrough, director of development for North Ful-ton Community Charities, said that community food drives are vital for filling the pantry shelves.
“As we continue to see 100 families per day and provide
9 tons of staple goods and supplies, food drives allow our organization to assist those who are most in need.
We want to thank the Cambridge cross country team and booster club for their sup-port, since they are making a difference in the lives of their neighbors,” she said.
Cambridge cross country starts season off on right footCanned goods collection helps neighbors in need
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At the first practice of their new season, runners from the Cambridge High School cross country team brought in hundreds of canned goods to donate to North Ful-ton Community Charities.
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MILTON, Ga. – Hopewell Middle School kicked off the school year in a healthy way by hosting the Super 5K Race held on Aug. 8. More than 300 run-ners from Hopewell and the Milton community participated in the 3-mile run down Cogburn Road. After the race, everyone was invited to celebrate Hopewell Middle School’s 10th anni-versary with food trucks and a showing
of “The Lego Movie.” All money raised from the race will help benefit Hopewell Mustang Club to purchase equipment for the health and PE department.
Organizers thank the city of Milton and the Milton Police Department for their support of the run, and the PTA for their planning of the events after-ward.
—Jonathan Copsey
Hopewell run draws 300
The Hopewell Super 5K Race was Aug. 8 and saw more than 300 runners jog-ging down Cogburn Road.
Cambridge hosts suicide awareness concert
MILTON, Ga. – On Friday Sept. 19, the Cambridge High School football pro-gram, in partnership with the Will-to-Live Foundation, will present the CHS Bear Growl 2014 “Let It Go” concert at Chukkar Farm in Alpharetta. The open-air event will include live bands, special guests, an air band contest, food trucks and a fun zone for the kids. Proceeds will benefit the Will-To-Live Foundation and Cambridge football.
“Teen suicide has touched so many lives in our community. We are calling this event ‘Let It Go’ to encourage our young teens to not stress out but ‘let it go,’” said Craig Furr of the Cambridge Touchdown Club.
Suicide continues to be one of the leading causes of death for teens.
“Today more than ever, the pres-sures of academics, sports and social media make it harder for kids than when their parents were young,” said John Trautwein from the Will-to-Live Foundation.
Trautwein lost his son Will to suicide and founded the Will-to-Live Foundation to help prevent teen suicides by encouraging teens to talk to each other about it.
“Your kids do not tell you every-thing,” Trautwein said. “They don’t and they won’t. But these kids can com-municate with each other. They do that
with each other better than with us.”Proceeds from the CHS Bear Growl
2014 “Let it Go” concert will be used to help support both the Will-to-Live Foundation and the Cambridge Touch-down Club.
The Will-to-Live Foundation sup-ports events, activities and other organizations that help raise aware-ness and prevention of teen suicide. The Cambridge Touchdown Club raises funds to meet the expenses of team operations beyond those provided by the school. General admission tickets are available for $25 online at www.chsbeargrowl2014.eventbrite.com and include an event T-shirt. A limited number of VIP tables are available, with VIP pavilion and clubhouse ac-cess. More information is available at www.facebook.com/chsbeargrowl2014.
Gates open on Friday Sept. 19 at 5 p.m. and the concert begins at 7 p.m. Chukkar Farm is located at 1140 Lib-erty Grove Road in Alpharetta.
—Jonathan Copsey
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ROSWELL, Ga. — Temple Kehillat Chaim’s Sisterhood will sponsor a Drake Closet fashion show Sept. 15. During the Sisterhood’s kickoff din-ner event at the synagogue, members will model fashions from the Drake Closet, a resale boutique that benefits the Drake House to provide short-term
crisis housing, education and empow-erment programs for homeless mothers and their children in North Fulton.
Temple Kehillat Chaim is at 1145 Green St. in Roswell. For more infor-mation, contact [email protected] or call 770-641-8630.
—Shannon Weaver
Temple Kehillat Chaim holdsDrake House fashion show
From left are Kitty Glickman of Temple Kehillat Chaim, Kathy Kozdemba of the Drake Closet and Catherine Rosing of TKC.
MILTON, Ga. – On Monday, July 28, the Milton Chorale performed the national anthem for the Atlanta Braves home game against the San Diego Pa-dres. The Milton Chorale is one of four choral ensembles at Milton High School and is an auditioned group of ninth- through 12th-graders. The ensembles at MHS regularly receive superior rat-ings at the Georgia Music Educators Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE), which is Georgia Music Educa-tors’ version of End of Course Tests.
The MHS choral program has two advanced ensembles, Chorale and Women’s Select. Women’s Select is an auditioned group of ninth- through 12th-grade women. Both of these ensembles participated in the 10th anniversary Festival Disney Choral Competition on April 4, and brought home a number of awards. Over 60 ensembles from around the nation at-tended the adjudicated performances
in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on April 3, 4 and 5. Women’s Select competed in the Treble Choir Division, and re-ceived a superior rating as well as first place overall in their division.
Milton’s Chorale competed in the Mixed Choir (AAAA) Division and also received superior marks and placed first in their division. Additionally, Chorale took home overall gold medal for the competition. Senior Jason Byrd received honors for Best Featured Solo performance. Each year, the advanced choral ensembles attend a competition or workshop in the spring as part of the choral program.
For more information on the award winning Milton choral program and how to get involved, visit, www.milton-chorus.com, or email Drew Bowers, choral director, at [email protected]. Also, follow them on Twit-ter with the handle, @miltonchorus.
—Jonathan Copsey
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MILTON, Ga. – Horse enthusi-asts will soon have a common meeting place – the Milton Saddle Club.
The newly formed group will be where “equine of all dis-ciplines unite,” said co-founder Kathy Cobb.
“We’ve been talking about it for a long time, and now we have our first meeting set up,” Cobb said. “We are very excited.”
The meeting will be Oct. 26 at Shannondale Farms, off Birmingham Road.
A main focus of the club is to sponsor a rejuvenated “Milton Rodeo,” tentatively scheduled for October 2015. Carl Black Roswell will be the title sponsor.
The meeting in October will be concerned with discussing
options for the rodeo as well as a trail ride through Milton, scheduled for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 6. Cobb said there will be food and games at the trail ride, and riders are asked to bring a side dish.
“We are also opening a divi-sion of 4H,” Cobb said.
The inaugural meeting will be Sunday, Oct. 26 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Shannondale Farms, 2225 Birmingham Road, Milton.
For more information, con-tact Cobb at 770-369-2733.
Milton’s Kathy Cobb, shown here in the last Alpharetta Rodeo, wants to resurrect the event for Milton. She and the Milton Saddle Club will have their first meeting Oct. 26.
Saddle Club to have first meetingTrail ride, 4H,rodeo on agenda
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – On Tues-day, Aug. 26 at Alpharetta City Hall at 7 p.m., the American
Heritage Society of Georgia will present another historical and educational program for the communities of North Fulton by honoring the 150th anniver-sary of the Civil War with “The melting pot of our Southern Black Heritage . . . What are their true stories? Their influ-
ence and their role.” As part of the Understand-
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researcher of “Black Confed-erates,” “Black Southerners in Confeder-ate Armies” and “Georgia’s Confederate Counties.”
Little has been writ-ten about the military role of African Ameri-cans in military campaigns of the United States de-spite the fact that men and women of color were involved in all national conflicts begin-ning with the Revolutionary War.
Indeed, the thought of black men and women serving the Confed-eracy during the Civil War is difficult for some to be-lieve, because it appears to be a paradox. Yet the sur-viving narra-tives, writings of black and white Civil War veterans and
their family members, county histories, military records, narrative reminiscences, newspaper articles, personal correspondence and recorded tributes to black Confederates, offer historical information that irrevocably demonstrates they did serve the Confed-eracy as soldiers, bodyguards, sailors, construction workers, cooks and teamsters.
These brave men and women served what they considered their country and fought to restore honor to the fallen among them.
It is a legacy shared by all Southerners, regardless of their skin color.
Barrow became interested in the Civil War after hearing stories about his ancestors. His desire was to research and write about black Confeder-ates in order to educate people about an aspect of Southern history that had been over-looked.
By enlightening people about black heritage, he hopes to prevent critics from at-tacking America’s Southern heritage and glean from what it gave us in building the founda-tion of America.
Barrow, now commander
in chief of the Sons of Con-federate Veterans, a heritage organization for men whose ancestors fought in the Civil War, also authored “Sons of Confederate Veterans and Georgia Division: The First One Hundred Years 1896-1996, A Short History” and numer-ous articles and pamphlets on Southern history.
He was born in Atlanta and raised in DeKalb County in the Tucker area. Barrow has served on the Shorter College Board of Trustees, as commis-sioner for the Georgia Civil War Commission, a vice president for the Pike County Historical Society and a commander for the Army of Tennessee Sons.
The American Heritage Society of Georgia provides historical and educational pro-grams and celebrations every fourth Tuesday of each month at Alpharetta City Hall at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. The organization networks with other organizations, com-munities, cities, businesses, families and individuals as an all-volunteer unified group of like-spirited and civic-minded American citizens of all ages who have a passion in life to make a difference in their communities by sharing their talents and time in helping educate and restore America to its strong foundational prin-ciples.
The organization’s motto and mission statement is: “United we stand to repair, re-build, restore and preserve the foundation of America as one for all, all for one nation under God . . . By living the golden rule of our American ancestors’ faith, life and family values.” For more information, visit http://www.americanheritag-esocietyofgeorgia.com/.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — When Scott Ogburn and his son Michael started S&S Techni-cal in 2006, the two-employee company made products out of an 1,800-square-foot facility.
But then they grew three more times. On Aug. 12, S&S Technical held a ribbon-cutting and relocation celebration of their pumping and meter-ing systems business to a 50,000-square-foot facility, at 1900 Grassland Parkway in South Forsyth.
Now the company has about 26 employees and may reach 30 employees by the end of the year.
The company’s growth is in part due to the industry they service including, water, oil and gas. In addition, the company is filling a global need for their engineering and fabrication that focuses on the transfer of fluid and gas for all industries.
“A lot of the work now is oil and gas field related,” Scott Ogburn said.
Ogburn, the president and owner, also credits growth to his company’s culture.
“We don’t pay attention to the outside world,” Ogburn said. “Hence, the reason you shouldn’t watch a lot of televi-sion.”
As the company has grown,
Ogburn saw a need to do all the work in-house.
So he hired engineers in the mechanical and electrical field as well as 3-D design artists, welders, pipe-fitters, assem-blers and fabricators.
“I want to have a place where the employees like com-ing to work, they make good money and we all want to be good at the discipline we are in,” Ogburn said. “That’s basi-cally it.
“I want to hear about how we can make something hap-pen,” he said. “I don’t want to hear about how we can’t do it. In fact, I don’t even want people around me who tell me we can’t do something.”
Throughout S&S Technical, a sense of purpose looms large, not filled with average workers, Ogburn said, but with people who are really excellent at their craft.
“I don’t want people who are simmering,” he said. “I’m trying to create that culture here. This is the kind of cul-ture we want to have.”
The small business contin-ues to be a family business. Ogburn’s wife, Sharon, joined the company two years ago as managing director.
Sharon said the company’s goals are well-known to em-ployees – create an environ-ment where people like to come to work, where they are paid a good salary that they can sup-
port their family.“This allows us to grow,
develop and mentor more people,” Sharon said. “That re-ally is [Scott’s] gift of seeing in people what they can possibly be and give them the opportu-nity in this venue to achieve that.”
The company will keep their focus on next year, going after national and international clients in the booming oil and gas market.
“We sell all over the world, and that’s a big deal for a company in Forsyth County,” Sharon said.
For more information, visit www.skidsolutions.com or call 678-867-7024.
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S&S Technical during their new facility’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, from left Sharon Ogburn, Mi-chael Ogburn and Scott Ogburn.
Creating company culture led to growth
HOW S&S TECHNICAL FOUNDTHEIR NEW LOCATIONThe Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce was instrumental during the company’s relocation and expansion process.
Randall Toussaint, vice president of economic development for the chamber, assisted S&S Technical with site selection.
The company then utilized chamber members for its relocation needs including realtor services through Wilson Hutchison Realty, IT services from JTech Networks LLC and relocation assistance from A.C. White Relocations. “Until going through this process, I did not truly understand what the chamber did,” said Sharon Ogburn, managing director at S&S Technical. “Now our entire organization more fully understands the value of chamber membership.”
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This experience occurred some time ago, but I run into so many buyers and other agents who have never heard of this that I think it’s worth revisiting.
We had a buyer under contract and set to close on a bank-owned foreclosure.
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Don’t wait to have a home insured The Manor GCC and Atlanta Fine Homes host King’s Ridge golf tourneyALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Manor Golf and Coun-try Club and Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s In-ternational Realty hosted a golf tournament and awards luncheon for the King’s Ridge Christian School varsity golf team.
At the awards luncheon, special guests Jenny Pruitt, chief executive officer and founder of At-lanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty, and Anne Schwall, vice president of the Atlanta Fine Homes New Homes Group, presented a fi-nancial contribution gift to King’s Ridge on behalf of the principals of Manor GCC for the school’s golf and athletic programs. The gift was accepted by Headmaster David Rhodes.
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Costco opens inCumming Aug. 29CUMMING, Ga – Costco will open a membership warehouse in Cumming on Friday, Aug. 29, at 8 a.m. The 148,000-square-foot ware-house is located at 1211 Bald Ridge Marina Road, adjacent to Ga. 400, off exit 15.
Previously, the closest Costco to Cumming was 13 miles away in Alpharetta.
“We are thrilled to be bringing Costco’s low ware-house prices to the residents of Cumming,” said Deann Vickers, warehouse manager. “They have been asking us to open here for a long time, and we already have made an im-pact on the local job market. We look forward to contribut-ing to the community in many ways.”
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From left, agent Andy Willis and Mayor Jimmy Burnette cut the official ribbon for the grand re-opening with City Councilmembers Linnea Miller
and Dan Foster, Executive Vice President Toni McGowan and Jan Baker holding the signature “Cab-ernet” colored ribbon.
Berkshire Hathaway’sgrand re-opening
SUWANEE, Ga — Berkshire Hatha-way HomeServices Georgia Properties Managing Broker and Senior Vice President Andy Willis and Execu-tive Vice President Toni McGowan cut the signature “Cabernet” colored ribbon at the grand re-opening of the Suwanee-Duluth office of the resi-dential real estate firm. The office, located in Suwanee Town Center, had a reception with special guests, clients, agents and representa-tives from across the metro area. For more informa-tion, visit the www.suwanee.bhhsgeor-gia.com.
Shiloh Crossing in Alpharetta soldALPHARETTA, Ga. — Lavista Associates announced the sale of Shiloh Crossing in Alpharetta July 23. The two-building, shallow-bay complex is located in the Meadows business park.
Shiloh Crossing, 71,640 square feet, was sold to Passive Income Fund (PIF), a private Australian real estate investment trust investing in U.S. commer-cial properties.
Will Grogan and Charlie Fiveash represented the owner and developer, Childress Klein Properties in the transaction.
Providence Group releases designs for Bellmoore ParkJOHNS CREEK, Ga. —The Provi-dence Group of Georgia released some of its preliminary home designs for Bellmoore Park that will be available at the master-planned Johns Creek community. Bell-moore Park will feature more than 600 homes.
The collections feature 3,300- to 4,700-square-foot interiors with up to six bedrooms and three-car garages. Prices range from $400,000 to over $600,000.
The Providence Group plans to release addition-al home designs later this summer or early fall. Visit theprovidencegroup.com/bellmoore-park for more.
RECOGNITION » Stephens Allstate personal financial representativeROSWELL, Ga. — Josh Stephens, an Allstate insurance agency own-er, recently earned the “Personal Financial Representative” title.
“Planning for the future is just as important as protecting your-self against a loss, which insur-ance is designed to do,” Stephens said. “Now we can offer additional financial services products to help families plan wisely for the future.”
Stephens owns the Barras-Stephens Agency, located at 45 West Crossville Road, Suite 504 in Ro-swell. The agency is open Monday through Thurs-day from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment Saturdays.
Mosaic promotes Gautam Patankar to VP of operations ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Mosaic Clubs and Resorts has promoted 17-year industry veteran Gautam Patan-kar to vice president of operations
Patankar, who has been with Mosaic (formerly
Affiniti Golf Partners) since 2005, was most recently a regional manager overseeing operations at several clubs, including The Manor Golf and Country Club and Berkeley Hills Country Club, both located in north metro Atlanta.
“Gautam has been an invaluable asset to Mosaic and Affiniti over the last decade,” said Steve Willy, Mosaic president. “His remarkable capacity to broaden the culture at private member clubs while ensuring the fiscal health of those clubs is a hall-mark of his exemplary career.”
Patankar’s vision for a country club is to trans-form it from just a golf and dining venue to a true destination by adding creative programming for all ages. These events can include Daddy-Daughter dances, karate camp and comedy clubs.
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Lightbridge nowavailable at Atlanta HobbyCUMMING, Ga. — Atlanta Hobby, at 6110 Parkway North Drive in Cumming, announced that it carries a digital video downlink known as Lightbridge.
Lightbridge is a 2.4 gigabyte full HD video down-link packed into a small and lightweight form factor.
The Lightbridge includes an aluminum alloy casing, extreme internal shielding for interference protection, multi-device operation and advanced security settings.
The anti-interference technology allows for eight downlinks to be connected for parallel streaming. For more information, visit atlantahobby.com.
REI to put store in Alpharetta on North Point ParkwayALPHARETTA, Ga. — Recreational Equipment Inc. is expanding its Atlanta footprint by adding a store in Alpharetta during spring 2015.
The Seattle-based company’s new store will be located at Mansell Crossing at the northwest corner of North Point Parkway and Mansell Road.
The new store will be about 24,000 square feet, offering outdoor gear and apparel for camping, climbing, cycling, fitness, hiking, paddling and trav-el. REI is a $2 billion national multichannel retail co-op that has more than 5 million active members and 135 stores in 33 states.
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AN EVENING WITH HOLLY WILLIAMSHailing from one of the most famous lineages in American music, this daughter of Hank Williams Jr. makes her identity evident on her third stu-dio album, “The Highway.” As part of the Live in Roswell series, hear Holly Williams perform on Sunday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. $35 general admission. Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 For-rest St., Roswell. Please call 770-594-6232.
DAWSONVILLE MUSIC AND BEER FESTIVALCheers! and enjoy a two-day music and beer festival, featuring live music. A portion of the proceeds benefit Camp Southern Ground and the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame. The fes-tival features musicians such as Alex Hall, Jacob Bryant and Kurt Thomas Band. 5:30-11:30 p.m. Aug. 22-23. Dawsonville Music and Beer Festi-val, 415 Hwy., 53 East, Dawsonville. Please call 404-851-7768.
ACOUSTIC TAP-LIVE MUSIC JAM AND OPEN MICLike to sing in the shower? Just love live music and the spirit of collabora-tion? Then sing and play an instru-ment at The Roswell Tap. The Tap will provide the house band to play with or backup any musician who wants to sit in. The Acoustic Jam is open to all ages. 1090 Alpharetta St., Roswell. 8-11 p.m. Please call 770-992-9206.
JOHNNY CASH NOWGray Sartin keeps the legend alive and brings 30 Johnny Cash hits to audiences at the Cumming Playhouse, 101 School St. Aug. 23-23. Tickets are $25. Please call 770-781-9178 or visit www.playhousecumming.com.
EVENTS:ROSWELL VISUAL ARTS GALLERY OPENINGCome out for the Portrait Society of Atlanta reception on Friday, Aug. 22, 7-9 p.m. This is the opening reception for the gallery on display until Sept. 26. Roswell Visual Arts Center. 38 Hill
St., Suite 100, Roswell. Please call 770-594-6122.
ALPHARETTA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION BUSINESS EXPOJoin members of the Alpharetta Busi-ness Association (ABA) during their business expo. People can explore over 100 different exhibitors. There will also be a speakers’ series in-cluding Doug Grady and Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle. Friday, Aug. 22. 12:30-5 p.m. Atlanta Marriott Alpharetta. 5750 Windward Pkwy., Alpharetta. Please call 866-316-7267.
ENDUROCROSS Known as the “tough-est racing on two wheels,” is an indoor off-road race. En-duroCross tracks in-corporate various el-ements of extreme off-road racing into a Supercross-style setting, including rocks, logs and a water-hole. 7:30-10:30 p.m. The Arena at Gwinnett. 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy., Duluth. Please call 770-813-7500.
ALPHARETTA TECH NETWORK Come out to hear a speech from Todd Harris, co-found-er and COO of Alpharet-ta-based Hi-Rez Studios. Harris will talk about how
Hi-Rez evolved from a startup to a global success story. Thursday, Aug. 21. 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Golf Club of Georgia. 1 Golf Club Dr., Alpharetta. Please call 678-916-3973.
RACES & BENEFITS:
GREAT CITY RACECome out and run a foot race while having fun with friends and fam-ily. Great City Race is a scavenger hunt race. It’s a localized version of the show “Amazing Race.” The race in Marietta benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Saturday, Aug. 23 and 10 a.m. Mulligan’s Food & Spirits. 698 Roswell St. SE, Marietta. Please visit greatcityrace.com.
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SEEDS OF COURAGE 5KJoin runners at Newtown Park in Johns Creek for the 2nd Annual Seeds of Courage 5K to benefit Mustard Seed Ministries. There will be music, food and door prizes. The course is entirely inside Newtown Park. Sunday, Aug. 24 at 8 a.m. 3150 Old Alabama Rd., Johns Creek. Please call 678-512-3200. Register online at active.com/johns-creek-ga.
SUMMER CRAFT BAZAARShop around at the indoor summer craft bazaar to see handmade merchandise made by regional and local vendors. Entrance to the bazaar is free for the general public and concessions will be available for purchase. Saturday, Aug. 23 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Roswell’s Adult Recreation Center, 830 Grimes Bridge Rd., Roswell. Please call 770-641-3950.
MISS MARY’S ICE CREAM CRANKIN’The Ice Cream Crankin’ brings together the community for an old fashioned ice cream social, offering over 150 flavors of homemade ice cream and celebrity judges to rate the best flavors. The family event will feature live music, contests and children’s activities. Sunday, Aug. 24 from 2 - 4 p.m., Roswell Town Square. Please visit www.missmarysicecream.org.
TOUCH A TRUCKBring your children to explore trucks of all shapes and sizes including a fire truck, limo and dump truck. Kids can bounce around inflatables, participate in interactive games and get their faces painted. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at Wills Park, 1825 Old Milton Pkwy., Alpharetta. Please call 678-297-6130.
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MILTON, Ga – While people celebrated America’s indepen-dence on July 4, Dylan Cease, a former Milton High School baseball player, celebrated signing a contract to play for the Chicago Cubs. Cease and his family had been waiting with baited breath all summer to know whether he would be signing to play for the Chicago Cubs or attending Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Ten-nessee. “The whole recruiting process was stressful and fun at the same time, and I have a lot of good memories to keep of that,” said Cease.
The Cubs chose Cease in the sixth round on draft day. Ever since, Cease had to be ready to fly to Arizona at the drop of a hat to negotiate and have a physical checkup with the major league team.
Early in his senior year baseball season, Cease hurt
his arm from pitching. After signing with the Cubs,
the pitcher traveled to Pensac-ola, Florida, to have surgery on his arm on July 22. The sur-gery, known as “Tommy John” surgery, replaces a ligament in the elbow with a tendon from somewhere else in the body. It will take about a year to re-habilitate before Cease will be back up to full speed pitching.
Cease’s love for baseball be-gan when he was 4 years old. Cease grew up in Milton with his parents and twin brother, Alec.
“Since my dad was always the coach, and Alec and I played together on teams, it felt family oriented. My family never missed a game,” Cease said. Dylan and Alec played on Wills Park youth teams together for years. Both grew up traveling all over the state to play baseball. As soon as Cease joined the Milton High School baseball team, he was in the spotlight as a pitcher.
“I don’t know what it is about baseball. I just love watching it, I love playing it, I love practicing. It’s all fun to me. It’s been nothing but fun, so it’s naturally easy for me to keep playing it,” Cease said.
Now, Cease is in Mesa, Ari-zona, where he’s going through rehabilitation from surgery. After Cease heals, he will start training and playing with the Arizona Rookie League.
Milton’s Dylan Cease signs with CubsLocal baseball player joins major league
Milton’s Dylan Cease signed to play for the Chicago Cubs on July 4. Cease will begin playing for the Arizona Rookie League in Mesa, Arizona.
I don’t know what it is about baseball. I just love watching it, I love playing it, I love practicing. It’s all fun to me. It’s been nothing but fun, so it’s naturally easy for me to keep playing it.”DYLAN CEASEformer Milton High School baseball player
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Zack Ja-worski’s U.S. Amateur experi-ence did not go exactly like he hoped, but the former Milton golfer left Atlanta Athletic Club with a lot of positive memories.
Jaworski came close to advancing to match play in the championship, but wound up two shots short of getting into a playoff for the final four spots.
The rising junior at Vander-bilt shot 4-over 147 for 36 holes. A 145 total was required to get into a playoff, which consisted of 17 players.
Jaworski shot 3-over 75 on the Riverside course the first day, and followed with a 1-over 72 on Highlands, the course used for match play.
“It was exciting to be here,” Jaworski said after concluding his second round of stroke play qualifying. “I had a lot of family and friends here and took all that in.”
Jaworski also qualified for the U.S. Amateur two years ago, competing at Cherry Hills in Denver. He also missed
the cut there by a handful of shots, but came away from his appearance at Atlanta Athletic Club with a little different feel-ing.
“This time I really enjoyed it,” he said, noting that it was “definitely a positive,” to be able to play an event like the U.S. Amateur in his hometown.
“It was great to have that support,” he said.
From a golf standpoint, however, things could have gone a little better for Jawor-ski.
“I definitely had high expectations, and I’m a little disappointed I didn’t make it to match play,” he said. “Yester-day I did not hit my driver well, and I did not make enough putts. My short game bailed me out, but I expected to play better than I did.”
Jaworski had four birdies on his scorecard the first day on the Riverside course, but five bogeys and a double bogey on the par-4 15th left him with a 75.
He needed to shoot under par the next day on Highlands to have a chance of qualifying for match play, and was even
par on his round after a birdie on the par-4 13th. But Jawor-ski took a bogey on the tough, par-3 15th and parred in from there for a 72.
Former Northview golfer David Kleckner had a night-marish opening round on Riverside, but came back with a respectable 75 the next day at Highlands to finish with a 162 total.
Georgia Tech’s Ollie Schnie-derjans had the best finish of any of the Atlanta area golf-
ers in the field, advancing to the third round of match play before losing 1-up to San Diego State golfer Gunn Yang. Schniederjans, who played his high school golf at Har-rison in Cobb County, came into the tournament as the No. 1-ranked amateur in the world.
Also qualifying for match play were Bo Andrews and Seth Reeves, Schniederjans’ Georgia Tech teammates. An-drews advanced to the second round, with Reeves, a former
Peachtree Ridge golfer, los-ing 1-up to Gunn in the first round.
University of Georgia golfers Lee McCoy and Mookie DeMoss also lost in the opening round. McCoy shared medalist honors in stroke play qualifying with an 8-under 135 total and was the No. 1 seed, but drew four-time U.S.
Mid-Amateur champion Na-than Smith in the first round and lost on the 19th hole. DeMoss, from Duluth, led his match on the back nine, but lost 1-up.
Also losing in the first round was Kennesaw State golfer Jimmy Beck, the 2013 Georgia Amateur cham-pion and 2014 Georgia Open runner-up.
Beck, who tied for third in stroke play qualifying, lost 1-up.
Gwinnett golfer Zach Healy, who will be a freshman at Georgia, was one of four players to survive the 17-man playoff, but also lost his first round match. A
Atlanta mid-amateur Chris Waters made it to match play but lost his opener to Andrews.
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Zack Jaworski falls just short at the U.S. Amateur.
The boys of the Cambridge Bears seventh-grade football feeder team issued a challenge to their counterparts in the Milton feeder team.
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MILTON, Ga. – The Cambridge Bears seventh-grade football feeder team threw down the gauntlet Aug. 14. Or, rather, they threw down the bucket of ice, as they issued a challenge to rival school Milton in the “Ice Bucket Challenge.”
“We decided to do some-thing fun for the boys,” said coach John McHale of the Bears. “We wanted to challenge
our friends at the Milton feeder football team.”
The Ice Bucket Challenge has gained popularity in recent weeks on social media. Some-one dumps a bucket of ice wa-ter over themselves and films it before challenging specific people to do the same. Those who decline must contribute to the ALS Association, a char-ity dedicated to fighting the motor-neuron condition also called Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Sports stars, politicians, newscasters, celebrities and everyday citizens have taken up the challenge as a way to have fun for a good cause.
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ATLANTA — Paula Deen is making a comeback and is ready to invite her fans back into her kitchen.
To promote the launch of her new online network, she’s going to be at the Woodruff Arts Center on Aug. 26.
Paula Deen Live! is her multi-city nationwide tour. The Southern chef and entertainer will host a 90-minute show featuring her favorite seasonal dishes, including new recipes.
“I am having the best time being on the road and meet-ing so many of my amazing fans during these shows,” said Deen.
Appen Media Group got an exclusive interview with Deen while she’s on the road.
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Appen Media Group: What is one very Southerner food you can’t stand?
Paula Deen: I’d have to say baked macaroni and cheese - don’t get me wrong, I like it alright, but I just don’t love it the way my family does. I love to make it and serve it, but I’m going to go with a baked potato any day of the week!
What is your favorite eth-nic food?
Deen: It’s not a traditional Italian lasagna recipe, but the lasagna we serve at The Lady & Sons is one of my all-time favorite family recipes.
Besides butter, what is something she can’t live without?
Deen: I’ve always said that if I was stranded on a deserted island, the one food I would have to take with me is a po-tato! Mashed or baked, I love
‘em just about any way you can fix ‘em!
What is a kitchen staple?Deen: I always have to have
my House Seasoning in my kitchen. It’s a mixture of salt, black pepper and garlic powder and I use it on just about ev-erything in my kitchen.
What’s your Achilles heel of cooking?
Deen: You know, I’m not the biggest fan of goat cheese, which is funny to me because I have a few goats at home!
Is there something you can’t get right?
Deen: I learned so much from my Grandmother [Irene] Paul in the kitchen, and try as I might, I can only one day hope that my recipes will be as good as hers.
What is something you like to eat when you get home from cooking all day, your guilty pleasure?
Deen: It might sound silly, but Michael and I love stuffed jalapeño peppers straight from our garden. We’ll seed them and stuff them with cream cheese, and then bake them off for a quick snack or when we’ve got unexpected guests.
Is there anything you didn’t talk about in your biography?
Deen: I certainly shared a lot about myself in that biogra-phy, and I’m so glad I did. But I almost feel like I need whole other book now. So many exciting things have happened and my family has grown so much since then - there’s just so much more to share. What can we look forward to seeing, if we go to your live Atlanta show?
Deen: Lots of fun, that’s for
sure y’all! My fans can expect good food, good conversation and, most of all, a good time! We’ll be cooking up some of my tastiest dishes using delicious Springer Mountain Farms chicken, talking about food and family, playing games and even giving my fans an exclu-sive sneak peek of the shows that will be on my brand new digital lifestyle network, the Paula Deen Network, which launches Sept. 24.
What will your new net-work be like? What are you excited to show?
Deen: The Paula Deen Network is the first online network of its kind where I’ll be able to share my passion for cooking with all of my amaz-ing fans! One thing that I think will excite my fans the most is that the Paula Deen Network is going to make finding my recipes, tips and shows, like game shows and behind-the-scenes bloopers, more con-venient than ever! They’ll be able to access them all in one place - wherever and whenever they want. I can’t wait until the network launches!
What is the best kitchen tool you can give to some-body who’s just learning to
cook?Deen: Every good cook just
starting out can really benefit from a stand mixer and a good old set of sharp knives. They’ll make your lives so much easier!
If you had to be stuck in an elevator with three ce-lebrity chefs, who would you choose?
Deen: Do I have to choose just three? I may be a little biased, but it’d have to be a
pretty large elevator. I would want to be stuck with my sons, Jamie and Bobby, and all of my grandbabies - who may be little, but they love getting in the kitchen to help me cook, too!
What is your favorite res-taurant in Atlanta?
Deen: Whenever I’m in Atlanta, I love to stop at Hous-ton’s for some ribs. If you have any suggestions, be sure to let me know!
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Can the older generation lead the way on community farm movement?
Millennials have short at-tention spans. We only read headlines – or Tweets. We choose the path of least resis-tance, whether that’s liking a photo over making a phone call, sending a Snapchat over writing a postcard or checking Facebook while conversation lulls at dinner.
Some say we are materialis-tic, self-involved and entitled.
Those last three descrip-tors are typically hurled from previous generations. They don’t understand the world we grew up in. Neither, really, do Millennials.
Who does? When you buy food today, where does that money go? Where did the product come from? What hap-pened in between? How much did the farmer get paid?
If I told you that your money helped subsidize CEO bonuses or open a slaughter-house in China, you’d have no idea whether I was telling the truth. I might be, for all anyone knows. Ultimately, the system grew too big, too complex and too interconnected to possibly grasp from where you and I stand on the ground level.
The food system hasn’t made sense for 40 years. No Millennial – myself included – can possibly sit there and say what the world will be like when we provide our own food. For that kind of advice, we need to lean on older genera-tions.
In part, learning from my grandfather guided me toward sustainability and healthy food. He joined the Northern Ireland Livestock Commis-sion in the 60s, selling beef and lamb around the world. Northern Ireland is one of the few places in the world where it’s cheaper to grow grass than corn, allowing cows, sheep and goats to eat natural diets.
Corn-fed beef, on the other hand, leads to liver disease in cows and increased rates of heart disease for people
consuming such products, because cows are not natural corn eaters.
These thoughts came to me as I met with leaders at Cham-brel at Roswell, a senior living facility. They have a hand-ful of raised beds filled with tomatoes and squash on their 35-acre facility.
As with many other un-productive urban structures, ideas immediately popped into my head.
Could the four water foun-tains be turned into aquaponic tanks? Could vertical gardens hang from every staircase?
Could sheep help trim back the tree line to add room for more plots and a community garden?
Whether Chambrel is able to pull off the edible campus ideas we inadvertently dis-cussed over lunch depends on a number of factors, including corporate support, city sup-
port and money. The residents must also invest and take ownership of the project.
Community farms at senior living facilities would go a long way to boosting the health of our seniors, not only reducing the immense medical expenses seniors face, but help them re-claim a healthy, active lifestyle through direct involvement in a vital aspect of society: food and nutrition. Gardens provide a sense of purpose, particular-ly important for a society that often isolates undesirables, including seniors.
Community gardens would provide a great avenue for boosting intergenerational ties.
People are more connected
today than ever before, yet so far removed from one another. As we build a technologically based future, people must keep in mind ways to help us stay connected to nature. We need smarter ways to efficiently grow food locally by harvesting sustainable energy and devel-oping urban environments for multi-purpose use.
Chambrel at Roswell has the potential to model what this future might look like – perhaps, quite a bit like child-hood.
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Life today has taken on an urgency that we do not neces-sarily want, need, or realize. It masks parts of life that we need to see and not forget. It distorts our sensibilities. It dis-connects us.
What follows is an excerpt from a book by someone I ad-mire as much as anyone I know or have read. Every page of his book speaks to “life today”. I will publish excerpts from Walter’s book periodically for you. Read. Enjoy. Slow down. Remember. And, yep, try to be like Walter.
1 Thessalonians 2:6-8Of course I was in a foul
mood. As a night person, I was against my very nature, on the road at 6:25 a.m. for a ninety-minute drive through the work-day traffic of downtown Atlanta headed to the vacant home of my mother-in-law to have the gas reconnected after a thoughtless family member had it shut off. Adding to my irritation, the utility company would only commit to being there “sometime between 8
a.m. and 8 p.m.,” so I face the most unhappy prospect of spending an entire day in an empty, unheated house. It was a chill November day, and even before I cleared the subdivi-sion, it began to drizzle. A foul mood indeed.
And then, only a mile from home on a two-lane, no-pass-ing road, I found myself behind a slicker-yellow school bus. And it stopped. “What system sends little children out into the world at such an hour?” I muttered to myself as I glared at the driveway, half blam-ing the child for adding to my considerable inconvenience. And then, in the corner of my headlight’s beam , I saw them.
The mother, still in paja-
mas and a housecoat, held an umbrella above them against the misting rain. The child, in a dark hooded jacket, stood on the bus side of her. I say stood but hasten to add that the child was surrounded by a metal walker of some kind.
What followed was a choreography rehearsed each morning since the first day of school. The driver of the bus extends the arm with the hexagonal sign, stopping the traffic, and at the same time opens the door. Mother and child begin to collapse the device that helps support the child. Mother and driver then assist the child on board. The child is seated, and the walker is handed in and secured. Watching their motions and in my mind projecting their emo-tion, I was both ashamed by my own trivial complaints and filled with great sympathy for each of them—the child, the parent , the driver, somewhere the teacher waiting. What kind of life could they share in such circumstances?
The mother, surely soaked by now, took up her umbrella again and turned a quarter turn as if heading back inside, but she was not leaving, only winding up.
For suddenly, with the flair of a Broadway star, she wheeled and blew an exagger-ated kiss to the child, whose face was now pressed against the window. I tell you that the warmth and power of that kiss was like the sunrise! The details of time and handicap
and gloom merely served as a contrasting frame to highlight all the more the radiance of that kiss.
Someone once defined a good sermon as three points and a change in the pulse rate.
For several weeks I had been refining the points for sermon on grace at a table piled high with the best refer-ence works. But now, at a bus stop in a dark and soggy sub-urb, it was my heart and not my head that was responding. God our heavenly parent sends us on this journey we call life.
God’s Spirit is the driv-ing force that sees us to each destination, and Christ himself stands waiting as our teacher, counselor, friend.
And when, journey com-pleted, we return home, it will be to the same loving embrace that braved the elements and blew us the kiss when we began.
God’s grace is the very air we breathe. Neither the chal-lenges of a child’s abilities nor of a preacher’s attitude nor of the drear of a November morn-ing can long withstand that grace of God, which surrounds us and defines the true stan-dards by which we measure each day and each life.
The gas man did not arrive until after five that afternoon,
but it no longer mattered. I greeted him warmly. At the time, my mind was busy pic-turing a wee child in the glow of a mother’s kitchen telling all about the day.
This story is taken from a wonderful book written by my former minister at Alpharetta Presbyterian Church – Wal-ter Jones – The Light Shining Through.
I cannot speak highly enough about this book of sto-ries that Walter has recounted from his many years in the ministry. When ever I struggle with life all I have to do is open this book to any page and be comforted in some way. The book is now out of print and Walter gave me the last thirty copies or so that he had.
If you would like one of these it will cost you $100 – in the form of a check made out to The Drake House – (a local outreach for single women with children on the verge of home-lessness located in Roswell). I
suspect Walter would like that. Mail me the check and I’ll mail you the book – it will be the best $100 you ever spent. Be sure to include your address. Mail to Ray Appen, 319 N Main St., Alpharetta, Ga. 30009.
The Kiss, by Walter Jones
The details of time and handicap and gloom merely served as a contrasting frame to highlight all the more the radiance of that kiss.
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Wheels roll awayJOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A Johns Creek man is missing four expensive car wheels.
The victim told police he sold the four 20-inch Shelby Super Snake Alcoa Forged
wheels on eBay. He took the rims to the
FedEx store on State Bridge Road Aug. 4 to ship them to the buyer.
He later found out the wheels went missing some-where between the store and the shipping hub in Kennesaw. The wheels were valued at $4,700.
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Jerimah Allen, 61, of Cumming, passed away July 22, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Ruth Isakson Baker, 94, of Alpharetta, passed away August 2, 2014. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Fenton Crawford Barnes, 61, passed away August 9, 2014. Arrangements by Crowell Brothers Funeral Home.
John Brown, 83, of Alpharetta, passed away August 9, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.
Janie Chappell Brumbelow, 91, of Alpharetta, passed away August 1, 2014. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Patrick George Cahill, 54, of Johns Creek, passed away August 2, 2014. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Laura Martin Carnes, 81, of Cumming, passed away August 13, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Elizabeth Ann Cooper, 92, of Alpharetta, passed away August 1, 2014. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Mrudula Patel Desai, 73, of Roswell, passed away August 1, 2014. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Dorothy Ehlinger, 87, of Roswell, passed away July 28, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Cody Daniel Gibbs, 19, of Cumming, passed away August 7, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Grace Gibson, 7 months, of Alpharetta, passed away Jul y 24, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Bobby Ray Goins, 65, of Roswell, passed away August 4, 2014. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Eileen Hansen, 92, of Roswell, passed away July 24, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Ernest Hansen, 95, of Alpharetta, passed away July 27, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
James Anderson Hawkins, 85, of Cumming, passed away August 6, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Grace Mathews, 89, of Roswell, passed away August 1, 2014. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Annie Miller, 93, of Atlanta, passed away August 1, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Gerald Newberg, 83, of Roswell, passed away July 26, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Marilyn O’Neil, 84, of Roswell, passed away August 2, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Helon Pendley, 71, of Dawsonville, passed away August 9, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Abigail Rose Rice, 17, of Johns Creek, passed away August 8, 2014. Arrangements by Crowell Brothers Funeral Home.
Roberta Sanford, 65, of Ball Ground, passed away August 10, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.
Victoria Santangelo, 79, of Roswell, passed away July 29, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Keri Kish Strange, 45, of Woodstock, passed away August 2, 2014. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Brenda Sue Swafford, 64, of Cumming, passed away August 8, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
John Milton Turner Jr., 80, of Cumming, passed away August 11, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Richard Douglas Vaughan, 76, of Forsyth County, passed away August 6, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Dorothy Lucille Williams, 88, of Canton, passed away August 9, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Junie Oliver Wooten, 88, of Cumming, passed away August 6, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Preston Silas Worley, 73, of Cumming, passed away August 9, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
DEATH NOTICES
forward at least until there is a judge’s ruling.
“We’re committed to up-holding state law and the Geor-gia Constitution and protecting Fulton County taxpayers,” said Jones.
The bill the General Assem-bly passed in 2013, House Bill 604, forbade the county from raising taxes until 2015, and then the county would need a super majority of 5 or more votes to raise taxes.
At that time the newly redistricted Fulton County will have three Republican districts instead of two, which would mean no tax increase was likely without Republican support.
“We regret having to take this action, but the Fulton County Commission voted to increase property taxes con-trary to state law and prop-erty taxpayers’ best interests,” Jones said.
The legislation was based upon a 1951 local constitu-tional amendment that gives the Georgia General Assembly broad authority on the time
and place and the amount Fulton County specifically can levy for ad valorem taxes, Jones said.
Furthermore, the amend-ment was reauthorized by the state legislature in 1987.
The constitutional amend-ment only affects Fulton County, and the Georgia Gen-eral Assembly has no similar authority on ad valorem taxes for other counties.
Since the legislation is part of the Georgia Constitu-tion, Jones said it renders the county’s claim moot that the law is unconstitutional under separation of powers counties and cities know as Home Rule.
Fulton Chairman John Eaves does not accept that interpretation of Fulton’s right of home rule.
“I feel operated within our rights as duly elected officials to generate additional revenue for the county through the levying of taxes,” Eaves said. “I think this will indeed decide what is indeed home rule.”
Eaves noted that when the law passed in 2013, all of the metro Atlanta county commis-sioners joined Eaves in oppos-ing the legislature’s actions because they saw it as a threat to their right of home rule as
well.“It’s Fulton County today,
but someone else’s jurisdiction tomorrow,” he said.
But supporters of the legislation point to what they say is a bloated $625 million budget that uses $48 million from the county’s fund balance that exhausts that avenue for balancing the budget.
Over the last five years, the county has run through $150 million of fund balance and now that well is dry.
Eaves said he realizes
Fulton spending will have to change and that the budget will need to be trimmed in 2015.
“Going forward, I am pre-pared to lead the charge of identifying other areas of effi-ciencies in county government. We will have to figure out how to better streamline and con-solidate and do a better job of delivering services at a cheaper cost,” Eaves said.
That begs the question why was there no charge to address the budget this year. But Eaves
did note there will be three new faces – Marvin Arrington, Bob Ellis and Lee Morris on the commission (assuming Eaves wins in November where he has opposition for the chair-man’s seat).
As far as who will win the court battle, Jones said she thinks the law will pass mus-ter.
“I do not think you can declare something unconstitu-tional that is expressly allowed in the constitution,” Jones said.
Fulton calls on Deal, Legislature to expand MedicaidSay Affordable Care Act would allow county to reduce Grady Hospital budgetATLANTA – The Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted Aug. 6 to “urge” Gov. Nathan Deal and the Georgia Legislature to reduce the burden of Fulton County taxpay-ers by re-considering their decision to opt out of expansion of Medicaid to more than 400,000 low-income Georgians who earn too much for Medicaid - $15,000 a year for single adults.
That is not enough to buy private insur-ance on the federal health exchanges. If Med-icaid is expanded, the federal government will pay the full cost of expansion for three years and approximately 90 percent thereafter.
Thousands of uninsured Georgians who fall within the ACA coverage gap receive
healthcare services at Grady Memorial Hos-pital’s emergency room and clinics.
According to the Fulton resolution Grady is the principal safety-net hospital “serving residents from almost all of Georgia’s 159 counties.”
That would allow Fulton County to reduce its $50 million contribution to Grady.
“States like Arkansas and Kentucky who provided coverage to their low-income residents by expanding Medicaid under ACA have seen a significant drop in the number of uninsured residents,” said Commissioner Emma Darnell.
Arkansas was 10 percent lower and Ken-tucky 9 percent since 2013, Darnell said.
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