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By HATCHER [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The Johns Creek City Council has to decide what to do with the city’s $34.4 million in cash reserves, which on the surface is not a bad problem
to have. But when you strip it down, according to Mayor Mike Bodker, it doesn’t go as far as one might think.
First, there is a lot of confusion over just how much of a surplus the city has. At the Aug. 10 council
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Waiting for the bus at the Mayfair subdivision in Johns Creek on the first day of school are a passel of Warrens, Kaisers, McMichaels, Hughes and Koffs. With school back in, be on the lookout around subdivision entrances for young passengers.
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These 11 Purple Heart recipients attend the Aug. 5 inaugural celebration of Purple Heart Day (which is officially on Aug. 7). They are being honored for receiving wounds in combat in defense of the country.
Johns Creek salutes Purple Heart vetsBy HATCHER [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – On a clear, near-perfect Friday morning, Johns Creek honored local veterans who have been awarded the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Appropriately enough, the Aug. 5 celebration was at the Veterans Memorial Walk in Newtown Park as more than 100 Purple Heart veterans and supporters were in attendance.
Johns Creek became a designated Purple Heart City this past spring, so it was only fitting that the Purple Heart Day had its inaugural celebra-tion at the Walk.
In opening the ceremony, Mayor Mike Bodker said this was a “solemn occasion” in which the city honors veter-ans, living and dead, who shed their blood to preserve freedom throughout the world.
They have helped keep the beacon of freedom shining
down for more than two cen-turies as a light to the world, he said.
“Our freedom remains intact, but it did not come without a price, and we honor those who paid it today.”
The Military Order of the Purple Heart is only award-ed to those who have been wounded or killed in battle against the enemy. It was originally designated by Gen.
City honors their service in first Purple Heart Day Observance
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BODKER
COUNCIL’S DILEMMA:
What to do with $34M?Seeks to create plan for city’s cash reserves
You may receivea ransom demandPublisher Ray Appen haswarning for businesses
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Council goes roundabout roundaboutWellington roundabout on Sargent Rd. OK'd
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2 | August 13, 2015 | Johns Creek Herald | johnscreekherald.com PUBLIC SAFETY
Man flees copsbefore searchALPHARETTA, Ga. – A man was arrest-ed July 20 after allegedly fleeing from police as he was about to be searched for drug possession.
According to police, they responded to the North Point Parkway Chick-fil-A restaurant after an alarm went off. They found nothing. However, while they were there, officers noticed the strong smell of fresh marijuana. Nearby were three men at a MARTA stop. Police questioned them about the drug and all three denied having any although one admitted to having recently smoked a joint. Police asked to search the men’s backpacks. Two gave consent. The third
man, identified as a 20-year-old Tucker man, took off running instead. He fled into nearby woods and it took a police dog to find him. No drugs were found on him.
He was charged with obstruction.
Resident faces lotsof credit issuesMILTON, Ga. – A resident received a phone call July 29 saying there was suspicious activity on his Home Depot credit card. According to him, this was indeed unusual as he did not have such a card.
The victim told police that, after this call, he checked his credit.
He had $4,700 in charges at Home Depot and another card opened at Lowe’s. Someone tried to take out a line of credit with Teacher’s Federal Credit Union but was denied. A similar outcome came from an attempted $55,000 purchase at Luxury of Queens Car Dealership.
Don’t drive recklessly if you have no license
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A Doraville woman was arrested July 22 for aggressive driving and driving while unlicensed.
According to police, an officer on Haynes Bridge Road noticed a vehicle ahead of him “cutting in and out of traffic at an unsafe speed.” The officer pulled the driver over.
The driver, Diana Arriaga Sanchez, 44, of Doraville, was found to be unli-censed.
Craigslist helpscams businessMILTON, Ga. – A local business owner may have been scammed out of several hundred dollars and a custom table after finding helpers on Craigslist.
The victim said she had a delivery
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MILTON, Ga. – Three former Milton High School students are in jail after allegedly attacking a Lambert High gradu-ate at a party Aug. 1.
The victim, a Cumming resident, told police he went to a high school party on Powers Court Avenue in Milton at about midnight. When other people at the party objected to his being there, he says he left, returning to his car.
When he did so, he said a group of people approached him and dragged him out of the car. He was struck several times in the head before he lost consciousness.
Two friends of the victim witnessed the assault. They told police the victim was attacked by six men, of whom three were known to them, all former students at Milton
High School.The victim was driven home and then to Northside
Hospital-Forsyth for his injuries.During the assault, the victim’s cell phone, which was
in his pocket, was destroyed.“The motive for the assault is unclear, but some wit-
nesses and one of the suspects state the fact that the victim did not go to Milton High School played a role,” said Milton Detective Christopher Bradshaw.
The three known attackers, all age 18, were arrested and charged with aggravated battery and criminal trespass.
It is editorial policy not to name offenders under 21 years of age.
3 former Milton students charged with assaulting Lambert grad
Drug arrests ► Samuel Heredia, 23, of Breckenridge
Close, Alpharetta, was arrested July 24 on Ga. 9 in Milton for possession of
marijuana, possession of drug-related paraphernalia, tire requirements and failure to wear a seat belt.
► William David Hillhouse, 23, of Duluth was arrested July 24 on Crabapple Road in Milton for posses-sion of marijuana and failure to wear a seat belt.
DUI arrests ► Zachary C. Mericle, 31, of Atlanta
was arrested July 17 on Haynes Bridge
Road in Alpharetta for DUI, speeding, expired license and failure to obey a traffic control device.
► Mary Margaret Block, 68, of Novi, Michigan, was arrested July 16 on Mansell Road in Alpharetta for DUI and headlights required.
► Mario A. Dowl, 50, of Sandy Springs was arrested May 19 on North Point Circle in Alpharetta for DUI.
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.
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POLICE BLOTTERAll 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.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Three alleged would-be burglars were arrested July 29 after police re-sponded to the scene of the crime more quickly than they expected.
A resident of the Greenmont subdivision called police about 3:14 a.m. to say someone was in her backyard with a flashlight. She was sleeping on a sofa when she noticed her back door open and saw the person.
When police entered the neigh-borhood, they spotted a green Jetta speeding out from the back of the neighborhood. When the Jetta’s oc-cupants spotted police, the vehicle quickly turned down a dead-end road. It reemerged and police stopped it.
Inside the car were two men with a woman who was asleep in the back seat. They said they was at a party in the neighborhood. The driver, Shawn
Coleman Sessions, 23, of Flowery Branch, was checked and found to have an outstanding warrant for his arrest. The passenger, Tyrone A. White, 26, of Nor-cross, allegedly gave a false name to police and he was also found to have a warrant. The
20-year-old woman from Hiram was found to be lying on a flat-screen TV in the back seat. Also in the back seat were a crowbar and flashlight.
A search of the vehicle turned up items reported missing from at least two residences in the neighborhood – purs-es, wallets, TVs, computers and phones.
All three were arrested and charged with burglary, entering auto, theft by receiving stolen property and posses-sion of tools for a crime. White was also charged with giving a false name to police.
Three arrested after burglary
SESSIONS WHITE
► Anthony Alan Rousseau, 25, of Hillgate Crossing, Alpharetta, was arrested July 25 on Mansell Road in Alpharetta for DUI and open container.
► Evan Rodery, 28, of Canton was arrested July 22 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI and improper
U-turn. ► Kyle Stephen Macy, 29, of Polo
Drive, Cumming, was arrested May 16 on Mansell Road in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to yield when entering an intersection and failure to obey a traf-fic control device.
► Ashley Lane Morley, 31, of Heathland Drive, Roswell, was arrest-ed July 22 on Cox Road in Milton for DUI and failure to stop at a stop sign.
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By HATCHER [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK, Ga.— The 600 homes in the Wellington sub-division of Sargent Road have won their bid to have a round-about, now the second on that road, but it comes at a steeper price, almost $500,000.
The price tag drew the ob-jections of Councilman Lenny Zaprowski. He said this price is more than double what the ear-lier Sargent roundabout cost.
“This is much more expen-sive than when we first looked at it. This is basically to let the people have a left turn out of their subdivision,” Zaprowski said.
Not only is the proposed roundabout more expensive, it’s also only for three sides. The land opposite the Cross-ington Road-Sargent Road intersection is a steep embank-ment. That embankment re-quires a retaining wall, which increased the cost “consider-ably,” said city Public Works Director Tom Black.
It also has a wider diam-eter circle than the earlier one because that roundabout was deemed too small. The city did not want to have to come back and redo this roundabout for the same reason.
“I think we hit a happy
diameter that lets us get the job done without building a higher retain-ing wall,” Black said. “Also this will be a staged construction.
That means we will close one lane of traffic while we build half of it, and then shift over to the other side and stage it. That is more expensive as well.”
The explanation did not sat-isfy Zaprowski.
“There are a lot of subdivi-sions that need some improve-ments,” Zaprowski said. “This is five times more expensive. Why can’t we put a traffic sig-nal there? It would be not be nearly so expensive.”
He said he would not sup-port paying so much more for this roundabout.
Mayor Mike Bodker pointed out that the intersection does not meet the warrants required under the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices that would allow a traffic signal.
He said it would be “irre-sponsible” to place a stoplight at an unwarranted intersec-tion.
“There is also a huge safety
issue. That intersection has some serious T-bone accidents. Also, we learned from the last one we made too small. I only want to spend a dollar once,” Bodker said. “We don’t want to repeat the mistakes of the past.”
Councilman Bob Gray said there are extenuating cir-cumstances that have made this one more expensive such as the embankment and the staged implementation of the roundabout. He asked if those circumstances were not pres-ent would the cost be more in line with earlier one. Gray said he also wanted to spend a dol-lar just once.
“I don’t want to rip up
something and do it again,” Gray said.
Black said the costs would certainly be in “the same ball-park” without the staging and the embankment.
He said his department had looked at the intersection care-fully and found that a round-about was the solution.
“It does not meet the DOT’s stop sign or traffic light war-rants. You can’t use speed humps [to slow traffic] because it is a collector road. A round-about is the answer that fits,” Black said.
The motion to approve passed 4-1 with Zaprowski opposed.
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ALPHARETTA Windward Subdivision, 5190 Southlake Drive (near Douglas Road). Friday 8/14 and Saturday 8/15, 8am-2pm. Furniture, kitchen items, home decor' and clothes, shoes, etc! ALPHARETTA: 715 Tidwell Rd. 30004. Cross Road: Hwy 9 or McGinnis Ferry/Tidwell Dr. Friday 8/15, Saturday 8/16, 8am-6pm. Estate sale. Shop tools, Lawn Equip, TV’s, Patio Furn., Grill, Roll-Top Desks, Decor, Pool w/pump,dishwasher, appliances, ALL household itemsALPHARETTA: Entire Hampton Hall Subdivision! 1400 Hampton Hill Drive. Saturday 8/15, 8am-4pm.ALPHARETTA/WINDWARD: Multi fami-ly. 3320 Lakewind Way 30005. Saturday 8/15, 8am-1pm.Furniture (indoor, patio), household, games, books, artwork, MUCH miscellaneous! ALPHARETTA/MILTON: 730 Quarter-path Lane. Friday 8/14, Saturday 8/15, 8am-2:30pm. Moving and downsizing!
Furniture, collectibles, American Girl, household and decorative items, tools, electronics.CUMMING Creekside Neighborhood Yard Sale Exit 13, Bethelview and Castleberry Roads Friday 8/14, Satur-day 8/15, 8:00am-3:00pmJOHNS CREEK: Doublegate Subdivision, 5500 Bannergate Drive. Saturday 8/15, 8am-1pm. Kids’, bar table/stools....JOHNS CREEK: Parsons Run Subdivi-sion, 10725 Thatcher Way 30097 (West side of bridge-out). Friday 8/14 and Sat-urday 8/15, 8am-4pm. Furniture, tools, sports equipment, decorative items, MUCH more!JOHNS CREEK: Arlington Pointe Subdi-vision, 10800 Arlington Point 30022. Friday 8/14, Saturday 8/15, 8am-2pm. Furniture, designer household accesso-ries, holiday decor, treasures galore!MILTON: Six Hills Subdivision, 13205 Owens Way. Friday 8/14, Saturday 8/15, 8am-1pm. Moving sale. Furniture
(indoor and yard), clothes, tools, toys, collectibles...ROSWELL: 11889 Old Mountain Park Road 30075. Friday 8/14, Saturday 8/15, 9am-4pm. Moving; Furniture, books, toys, antiques, etc.ROSWELL: First Baptist Church, 710 Mimosa Blvd 30075. Churchwide yard sale! Thursday 8/13-Saturday 8/15, 8am-3pm. Large selection of house-hold furniture and antiques, childrens’ clothing and toys, household items, sporting goods and outdoor equipment. All proceeds benefit mission work. Sale held in church gym. Parking available in back of church.ROSWELL: Horseshoe Bend, 8550 Woo-dledge Lane. Furniture only; downsizing, moving, Can not keep the stuff we love! Pool Table $1600, Dining room for 8, buffet and hutch $2200, also lots of other furniture, various prices from $25 Bring your truck and cash! Friday 8/14 and Saturday 8/15, 9am-4pm
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Wellington roundabout gets OKMore relief for Sargent Rd. subdivision
ZAPROWSKI
There are a lot of subdivisions that need some improvements. This is five times more expensive. Why can’t we put a traffic signal there? It would be not be nearly so expensive.”LENNY ZAPROWSKIJohns Creek Councilman
I don’t want to rip up something and do it again.”BOB GRAYJohns Creek Councilman
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By HATCHER [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. –A search for a missing Gwinnett man on the Chattahoochee River ended happily, if belatedly, but it also showed the river has to be respected.
A Gwinnett County man was reported miss-ing around dusk Monday, Aug. 3, after a group of four men and one woman, all in their 20s, decided to swim out to an is-land on the Chat-tahoochee near the Jones Bridge boat landing in Johns Creek around 4 p.m.
About four hours later, around 8 p.m. the party noted that the river had begun to rise and the water was flowing more swiftly. The U.S. Corps of Engi-neers releases water from the Lake Lanier dam as it determines the need, and the river level is prone to rise quickly and swiftly, said John
Creek Fire Chief Jeff Hogan.“That island is about 200
yards north of the National Parks Service’s landing off Barnwell Road. They saw the river rising and decided that would be a good time to get out of the water,” Hogan said. “The [young woman] had a life jacket on, but the boys didn’t.
“Four of them got to the bank OK, but they turned around and saw one of the boys was still going down the river. And that’s the last they see of him. That was about 8:30.”
A 911 call was placed, of-ficials assume from a member of the party, and a search was begun that included rescue boats from Johns Creek, Roswell and Gwinnett County. Gwin-nett also sent out a helicopter to help search. The search began by 9 p.m. and, at 11 p.m., the father of the missing young man ar-rived.
“I talked to the dad, and I had interviewed the young girl, and we were told [the missing man] was a good swimmer. But he was still
missing,” Hogan said. “So we made the determination to run the search until 1 a.m. and then shut it down until day-light. And that’s what we did.”
No sign of the man or a body had been found. But, about 5 a.m. the chief got a call from the Chattcom Dis-patch Center with news that the man was at home. Hogan had the father’s business card so he called him to see what happened.
The father told Hogan his son had walked into the house around 4 a.m.
“Apparently, the son had managed to get out of the river farther down on the Gwin-nett side and lay down from exhaustion and fell asleep. But they had been drinking also,” Hogan said. “When he woke up, he made his way home.”
Hogan said it was a happy
ending to what otherwise could have been a tragedy.
“That water was generating and it was fast moving. Four
of them got out of the river and one of them didn’t but with a good outcome – this time,” the chief said.
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‘Hooch boat search fruitlessBut has happy ending
HATCHER HURD/STAFF
The new Johns Creek rescue boat was called into service this weekend, but to no avail.
Apparently, the son had managed to get out of the river farther down on the Gwinnett side and lay down from exhaustion and fell asleep. But they had been drinking also.” JEFF HOGANJohn Creek Fire Chief
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Alpharetta teen finalist for Peace First Prize
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Seven-teen-year-old Josh Seides took an idea to start helping older adults and others learn to be proficient with smartphones and other digital devices and founded Technocademy (See the June 4 Johns Creek Her-ald). Now that idea – and the hard work and follow-through it took to launch it – may win Seides a $25,000 scholarship.
Seides, a senior at Al-pharetta High School, is one of 27 young people nationwide, ages 8 to 22, who have been selected as finalists for the Peace First Prize. Peace First is a national nonprofit dedicated to teaching critical peacemak-ing skills to youth, said Dalton Bentley, digital media and communications coordinator for Peace First.
Started by Eric D. Dawson, president and co-founder, in 2000, Peace First is a Boston-based national nonprofit organization with the goal to create the next generation of peacemakers.
The Peace First Prize cel-ebrates the powerful contribu-tions of the young people Peace First has selected as peace-makers, Bentley said.
The Prize will recognize five individuals for their compas-sion, courage and ability to create collaborative change with a two-year $25,000 Peace First fellowship.
Seides created his nonprofit organization Technocademy after his experiences bring-ing his grandparents into the digital age.
“My grandparents live in New York, and they had a hard time communicating with the family,” Seides said. “So every time we went to New York, I would answer their questions about the phone, their TVs and so on.”
Two things happened. Seides saw what a difference learning technology made in his grandparents’ lives, and
he realized this was something that could be done everywhere to help people keep up with changing technology.
“In 2012, my freshman year, I saw that there was this real need, so that’s when I got the idea for Technocademy,” he said.
Now, three years later, Seides’ Technocademy helps senior citizens, veterans and others who may need help mastering technology. He has some 400 volunteers who run classes at senior centers, assisted-living housing and other locations.
While Technocademy is concentrated around North Fulton – 15 sites are in the Johns Creek-Alpharetta area –another five chapters have begun outside Atlanta.
Bentley said Peace First’s goal is to identify and nurture young “peacemakers” who are already doing great things.
“The winners receive $25,000 and a two-year fellow-ship to join young peacemak-ers and young leaders. Josh has been selected as a finalist for his work founding Techno-cademy,” Bentley said.
Today’s society is about making connections and a lot of older people are missing out because they don’t have skills to use modern technology, Bentley said.
“He knows technology has become so important that a lot of older adults have been left behind. Josh is filling an important gap so that those people will have the ability to connect with their loved ones,” Bentley said.
The Peace First Prize wants to recognize youth for the good things they are doing. The winners are encouraged to use their fellowship to invest in their professional development as national peace leaders.
For some 20 years, Peace First (www.peacefirst.org) has taught young people across the country the fundamental skills of peacemaking and civic engagement.
“Too often in the news we see these stories of violence perpetrated by young people. So we want to bring out the other stories that show the
other side of what young people are doing,” Bentley said.
“That’s really the end goal of the Peace First Prize – to cel-ebrate all these young people,” he said.
Josh Seides could win $25K scholarship for founding Technocademy to help seniors connect with digital media
To learn more about Technocademy, go to www.technocademy.org
Josh Seides, a senior at Alpharetta High School, has been nominated for the Peace First Prize, a national award that comes with a $25,000 fellowship.
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Then someone sounded the alarm and called Tyler Jones with Carmichael Con-sulting – our IT company – (the phone was answered on the first ring, by the way). Within a few minutes after accessing the system, Tyler saw what was happening and quickly shut down the machine housing the virus before more damage could be done.
Remember, though, this varmint entered the system Thursday afternoon and we did not discover it until Friday afternoon, so about 70 per-cent of our data had been hit.
Here is what I mean by “hit.” The virus went in and encrypted our data. It did not destroy it, it just encrypted it so we no longer had access to it even though it was still on our server.
Had the virus been allowed to finish, the infected laptop
would have displayed a mes-sage from the owners of the virus informing us that they would be pleased to release our data for only $10,000. And, by the way, it would have to be paid in “bitcoin” – the outlaw online currency that is untraceable.
According to Tyler, this type of attack typically origi-nates in Russia and it has been highly profitable to the tune of, some estimate, over $18 million in ransom pay-ments per year.
But, hey, if you have all your patient records or, say, all your outstanding invoices or perhaps lots of other data that you cannot, absolutely cannot, continue business without, you pay.
That is, unless you have a very current backup of your pre-encrypted data and can restore it to the server which, thankfully, we had and we did.
Thank you, Tyler. He restored enough data
for us to get the papers out on
Friday and restored the rest of the data over the weekend.
So the lesson here is simple. If you have data that you cannot lose, you must have a reliable backup and, unless you are really smart and almost a techie, it also means you should retain a professional to make sure you are protected.
This isn’t pie in the sky. Just ask yourself, “What if all the information on my com-puters disappeared and could not be restored,” because it wasn’t backed up or the backup wasn’t working. What would you do?
I contacted one of my peers who has 22 newspapers in Colorado and gave him a heads up Friday after-noon. My warning was too late. His data, too, had been encrypted. However, he also had it backed up.
I asked Tyler if any of his other clients had been hit and he said three had been but all had timely backups and he was able to restore all their data. And, as of today, he has also installed new software that was created specifically to prevent only one thing: the encryption of data from an outside source.
Protecting your business computers from viruses is an ongoing process.
The analogy that I give is that if you build a 20-foot wall, someone will build a 21-foot ladder. This is why just having current anti-virus software and an effective and timely backup system in-stalled on your system is not enough.
You need a professional who continually is looking for ways to improve, update and keep current your anti-virus software and be on the lookout for new developments – that 21-foot ladder – and proactively rebuild that 22-foot wall.
So, out of gratitude to Tyler and his good work and concern for your business computer systems, I would like to share his contact infor-mation.
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Football season is upon us and, being in the South, we know many of our future days will revolve around watching a game or two.
In high school, I attended every single football game. No, not because I’m a huge football fan. In fact, I know just enough to cheer when everyone else does.
A different sort of passion found me on the sidelines most Friday nights, through rain and temperatures that ranged from 100 degrees to 30.
A passion for marching band.
I lived and loved march-ing band. Granted, I can read music about as well as I can understand a football game, so I was in the color guard with my flag and rifle, spin-ning. (Never call it twirling. You twirl a baton.) Marching band was more than an after-school activity. It gave me a place to belong. Walking into high school the first day and automatically having over a hundred kids recognize you and wave made first-day jitters that much easier. I had people to eat lunch with and friends in a lot of my classes. It was like a family.
Because I take so much pride in my marching-band days, it irks me to no end when I hear band geek jokes or when people say it’s not a sport. It doesn’t get as much hype as your typical sports like football and basketball, but marching band is just as much of a workout and also involves long hours of practice and dedication.
It can also be just as acci-dent-riddled as other sports. I gave up blood, sweat, tears and half of my front tooth once after a flag mishap my senior year ended with my teeth catching the toss rather than my hands.
We practiced outside after school every day for hours, just like the athletes. Some-times the field was being used by the football team so we had to practice in the parking lot. That added at least 10 de-grees to what were frequently
already sizzling sessions.Have you ever been to
band camp? It’s not funny like movies make it out to be (as in, “remember that time at band camp…”). Instead, we arose before dawn, ran laps and practiced in the middle of the Georgia summer heat and humidity, all while having to remember where our spot on the field was, how many tosses were in the flag routine or the next note of the song. Not only did it take physical strength, it also took brainpower and mul-titasking. My fellow students had to think about their next move, play music, spin a flag and still perform a show.
One of the most unforget-table moments of my marching band career included a scene straight out of the Don McLean song, “American Pie,” when he sings about players tak-ing the field and the marching band refusing to yield. We were performing our halftime show, like every other game, but we started late for some reason and ran over our allotted time. The incredibly graceful and respectful (note my sarcasm) football team decided our time was up and ran over our flags getting back on the field. Our band teacher had a few words with the football coach after that and we received an apol-ogy. But that’s something I’ll never forget.
Marching band may not look like a sport to the un-trained eye, but to those of us on the other side, we know the truth. It takes dedication and willpower to continue doing something often seen as lame and goofy.
Finally, if marching band isn’t a sport, then how did I earn a letter in it all four years of high school?
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It’s back-to-school time and there is so much going on it is hard to keep up with it all.
What with scholarships, student recognitions, awards and such, the School News section of the newspaper really picks up.
Now the first thing to know is we love for you - the schools of North Fulton, media special-ists, teachers and parents of students - to send us items you think would be appropri-ate. If you are not sure, just send it anyway.
The first thing to remember is we like to print your school news. So I am going to tell you how easy it can be.
First, understand we receive hundreds of emails a week, many of them with mes-sages people want to get into the newspaper.
So we invite everyone with articles, notices, stories or other items of news interest to simply email them to [email protected] and we will evaluate them and place them in the school news queue to run. (Here’s a secret: That also works for any other kind of news you want in the newspaper.)
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We like to receive your news ready to copy and paste into our school news files.
Some people simply email us an e-flyer with good graph-ics and the dates and times of the pertinent event. We can-not run these flyers because they take up too much space, among other reasons.
So WE must convert them from flyer-speak into news copy. This takes time. Time is a luxury we seldom are allowed to enjoy. So flyers go to the “Wait Pile.”
The Wait Pile is that stuff we would like to rewrite and put in the newspaper if we have time (see paragraph above).
Other emails come in crisp and in complete sentences that tell us concisely who, where, when, why and what they are about. Maybe a debate team has won a tournament, and the email features a few sen-tences and a photo of the team with IDs of the team members.
This goes into the “Ready Pile.” If you are smart, you will send us items that will go straight to the Ready Pile. These items usually get in the newspaper first.
We don’t have eyes and ears to be everywhere. But we can
give space to people who act as our eyes and ears. So we really want to hear from you.
A word about photos: They are worth 1,000 words to us, and even more if you cut the photo out and send it to Grandma. So we love photos emailed to us. But it takes some savvy on the sender’s
part. They must be sent in high
resolution. The Internet likes small, compacted photos that don’t take up much space. But we have to blow those photos up many, many times to make them large enough for the newspaper.
So if you want your pho-tos to look crisp, clear and in focus, you should send them in high resolution of 300 dpi or greater. Another thing about photos: Photos that are not crisp and clear will not be in the newspaper.
We want you to be in the newspaper. We know our read-ers like to read about people they know. So partner with us, and we will try to get every-thing in.
There is one caveat I always give about articles published in the newspaper, especially school articles. I cannot prom-ise to publish 100 percent of the items that are sent despite my best efforts. But I can promise I won’t publish 100 percent of the things you don’t send us.
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MILTON, Ga. - On her 25th wedding anniversary, Milton resident Lisa O’Flynn wanted one thing – for her husband Conleth to finally become a U.S. citizen.
On July 24, the couple’s 26th anniversary, her wish was granted. Conleth O’Flynn, along with 200 others, took his Oath of Allegiance at the Gwinnett Justice Center. This brought to an end O’Flynn’s 29-year journey to citizenship.
O’Flynn first arrived in this country the summer of 1986
on a work-exchange program while attending college in Ireland. He and Lisa, an Ameri-can, met in Boston, married in 1989 and have lived in Milton since 2000.
Although films and televi-sion portray citizenship as be-ing automatic when marrying a U.S. citizen, this is not factual. According to the Immigration and Nationality Act, marriage to a U.S. citizen allows you to be eligible for permanent resi-dent status (green card holder), not immediate citizenship.
After three years of mar-riage, a permanent resident alien may apply for actualiza-
tion. “I just waited 26 years,”
O’Flynn said. It’s always been something
he had intended to do, he said. “My wife said to me, ‘It’d be
nice for our 25th anniversary if you became a citizen.’ This country has been good to me, I worked hard and I felt it was time to become a citizen.”
For O’Flynn, the decision was not always so easy.
“In the early years, one of the things that held me back from becoming a U.S. citizen is you need to pledge allegiance to the U.S. flag and denounce any current allegiances to any
other nations or sovereignties. “Years ago, I wasn’t ready
to do that. I wasn’t ready to say to say goodbye to my birthplace and where I was raised. But now I’ve lived in this country longer than I lived in Ireland, and I have raised my own sons here who are now older than I was when I came to the U.S.”
O’Flynn, who submitted his application for citizenship in January, said the process is intricate but effective.
“You can’t just show up and say ‘I want to be a citizen,’” he said.
He said he had to undergo a review of his application, a background check, was interviewed about his personal history, had his biometrics taken, had to study civic and historical facts of the U.S. and was quizzed on such informa-tion during his citizenship interview.
A week after his interview, he took his Oath of Allegiance.
“Out of 200 of us pledg-ing the Oath of Allegiance that day, there were 68 countries represented, from Afghani-stan to Vietnam. Sixty-eight countries, which I thought was remarkable” O’Flynn said, not-ing the process of becoming a
citizen “also shows when and why the country was formed and how it was formed with people from all over the world. It looks like it hasn’t changed much since.”
THE PATH TO CITIZENSHIP:
Milton resident becomes U.S. citizen after 29 years
SUZANNE PACEY/STAFF
The home of Conleth and Lisa o’Flynn in Milton was littered with flags and Americana in celebra-tion of Conleth’s acceptance as a U.S. citizen July 24.
LISA O’FLYNN/SPECIAL
Conleth O’Flynn holds hi cer-tificate of naturalization after being sworn in.
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ROSWELL, Ga. – Rowell United Methodist Church invites the public to come enjoy and be renewed by a night of worship with Christian rock band Third Day lead singer Mac Powell.
The worship/sing will be in the Roswell United Methodist Church Sanctuary Sunday, Aug. 30. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and food trucks will be on the lawn be-fore worship begins at 6:30 p.m.
Powell, a singer, songwriter, producer, and musician, formed Third Day with guitarist Mark Lee. Powell won the 2001 Gospel Music Association’s award for “Male Vocalist of the Year.”
Powell will lead the night with several songs from Third Day’s newest album, “Lead Us Back.” The album was just released in March and features popular worship songs such as “Trust in Jesus,” “Spirit,” and “Our Deliverer.”
Nashville songwriter Christopher Williams will open the night for Powell.
Williams has toured with Grammy Award-winning band Jars of Clay, and has been tour-ing the country doing more than 120 shows a year for the past 10 years.
The night is sponsored by RUMC and all proceeds will benefit Roswell Student Ministries Missions.
The youth did mission work in Puerto Rico, Daytona Beach, Florida, and Savannah this summer. They are planning a journey to Kenya and one other stateside location next summer.
RUMC’s vision is to make passionate dis-
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Chapel Roswell, a new, modern worship experience, launches at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 13 in RUMC’s historic Chapel. For information go to rumc.com.
Third Day’s Mac Powell at Roswell United Methodist ChurchChristian rock singer to appear Aug. 30
Third Day’s Mac Powell at RUMCWhere: Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Boulevard, Roswell 30075Who: Mac Powell of Third Day & Nashville songwriter Christopher Williams When: Sunday, Aug 30, 6:30 p.m. (doors open 5:30)Tickets: $15 in advance/$20 at the door. Advance online at rumc.com/macpowell
Mac Powell, co-founder of the Christian rock band Third Day will sing and lead the worship service Sunday, Aug. 30.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – It took nearly five months for Atlanta-based actor Brad Sherrill to memorize all 20,000 words of The Gospel of John, which he’d planned to present just once at his home church in Atlanta.
But since 2001 Sherrill has per-formed John’s gospel over 600 times off-Broadway and in professional theaters and churches throughout the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Ire-land.
On Friday, Aug 21, Sherrill will present his new adaptation and live performance, “Red Letter Jesus” – based on Jesus’ words spoken in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke – at Alpharetta First United Methodist Church in downtown Alpharetta.
Sherrill, a 24-year member of the Georgia Shakespeare theater company in Atlanta, now devotes eight months of the year to the ongoing U.S. tour of his faith-based theater work. “Red Let-ter Jesus,” which includes an original visual presentation from Israel and Jordan, was created by his collaborator and multimedia designer Mark Hick-
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“Red Letter Jesus” had its theatrical premiere at the Theatre in the Square in Atlanta in 2012.
The performance brings to life Jesus’ words from the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) and in-cludes an original multimedia presen-tation including stunning videography from Israel and Jordan.
Red Letter Jesus begins at 7 p.m. at Alpharetta Methodist.
The performance is free and reser-vations are not required. For additional information, please visit afumc.org/redletter or visit Sherrill’s website, gos-pelofjohn.com.
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Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall, and Smith Plantation will feature an open house format during those hours and tours will be available. In addition, demonstrations and hands-on activities will occur at all three homes so that students can ex-perience life in the 1800s.
At Barrington Hall, stu-dents will be able to relive an escape on the Underground Railroad.
Bulloch Hall will feature “A Cherokee Experience—Walk the Trail of Tears,”
Smith Plantation, stu-dents will experience a vegeta-ble dig to learn how crops were grown and harvested.
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Prices through Sept. 4 are $12 for adults and children; children under 6 are free. Af-ter Sept.4 prices are $15 for adults and children; children under 6 are free.
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RCVB announces Homeschool DayHomeschoolers can get tours historic Roswell historic homes
Barrington Hall, the 1939 Greek revival mansion on the square in Roswell, is one the three “Southern Trilogy” antebellum homes open for special tours for homeschooled students.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The A5 15 Dan girls’ volleyball team in Alpharetta had a very impressive year including a national championship. The A5 15 Dan team is part of the A5 Volleyball Club in Alpharetta is ranked the No. 5 club in the nation by Triple Crown Sports.
The year began in October 2014 with tryouts and then practices sev-eral times a week. Tournaments were played in Atlanta, Nashville, Birming-ham, Orlando and New Orleans. The team won several regular-season tournaments this year including The Music City Block Party in Nashville, The Southern Dream in Atlanta and the Peachtree Classic in Atlanta. But the biggest regular-season tournament win that gave them an automatic bid to the national tournament was the Big South National Qualifier at the World Con-gress Center in Atlanta.
There were 135 teams in the divi-sion, they played a total of 25 games and were 11-0 in matches against teams from across the U.S.
At the end of the regular season there are two national tournaments in June.
The first was the AAU Volleyball National Championship in Orlando, Florida, at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex June 16-19. The team played in the 15-and-under Club Divi-sion. There were 163 teams in their division.
The girls faced 14 opponents and won every match to become the A5 15 Dan National Champions.
In the 14 matches, they played a total of 33 games with a record of 28-5. This is the first A5 team in the history of the club to win an AAU Gold Division National Championship. Three mem-
bers of the team were named All Stars for the tournament: Wesli Anne Wer-nick, Anna Youngs and Olivia Dukat.
The final week of June the team traveled to New Orleans for the USA
Girls Junior National Volleyball Cham-pionship. In this tournament they won the bronze division for 15-and-under and finished 17th in the United States in the American Division.
A5 Dan Team wins AAU national championship in Orlando
The A5 Dan team are the AAU National Volleyball Champions in the 15-and-under Club Division Gold Bracket. Front row, from left, are Wesli Anne Wernick, Johns Creek; Anna Youngs, Cambridge; Lexi Saulny, Westminster; Marrissa Hall, Blessed Trinity; Ansley McNeel, Westminster; and Riley Aiken, Alpharetta. Back row, from left, are assistant coach Jenna Wilt; Stella Alverson, Buford; Rahela Olariu, Hebron Christian; Caroline Mohler, Johns Creek; Olivia Dukat, Blessed Trin-ity; Brittany Butler, Lovett; Avery Kline, South Forsyth; and coach Dan Hansen.
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ROSWELL, Ga. – Several hundred people gathered in the early hours of Aug. 5 to be among the first to experience the new Sprouts Farmers Mar-ket location in Roswell.
Located at 10800 Alpharet-ta Highway (Ga. 9) in Roswell, the 30,000-square-foot loca-
tion is the anchor tenant at the newly renovated Roswell Mar-ketplace shops at the corner of Ga. 9 and Mansell Road.
As a company, Sprouts is, well, sprouting up everywhere. The Roswell location is their seventh in the Atlanta area, with an eighth due to come online in Sandy Springs in September.
“There is strong demand for fresh, natural and organic foods at great prices in Atlanta and we believe our wide selec-tion and great service can help shoppers eat more healthfully,” said Diego Romero, corporate
communications manager for Sprouts.
Sprouts only began enter-ing the Southeast market last year.
The first Sprouts store opened in Arizona in 2002. Since then, it has expanded to more than 200 locations.
They seek to offer “af-fordable, healthy foods and friendly, knowledgeable and engaging service every day.”
The store has already had an effect on the surrounding community, said Steve Stroud, executive director of Roswell Inc, Roswell’s economic devel-
opment arm. “They brought 102 full-time
jobs and the fact they bring the excise tax, liquor sales, all other parts and pieces, and revitalize that old shopping center has had a major impact on that area,” he said. “It has
a ripple effect. It will pressure other shopping centers up and down Alpharetta Highway to make major changes.”
Stroud called the Sprouts grand opening “unbelievable.”
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Sprouts opened its new Roswell location Aug. 5 on Ga. 9.
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Local officials cut the ribbon, opening the new Sprouts location Aug. 5.
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There were hundreds of people lined up outside the entrance for the store to open, which points to an unmet want in the community.
“There is a huge desire,” Stroud said. “This is a health-conscious company and most products are organic. No matter what age group is in Roswell, everybody wants to be healthier.”
Sprouts is billed as a healthy eating and living company, offering fresh and organic items.
“We appeal to the average grocery shopper who may be transitioning to a healthier diet and is looking for a great value,” Romero said. “Sprouts’ focus on value continues to drive more everyday customers to our stores. Simply put, we make healthy eating afford-able.”
For more about Sprouts and their locations, visit them online at www.sprouts.com.
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Sprouts bills itself as a healthy and affordable grocer.
Every small business own-er should know that manag-ing working capital is essen-tial to successfully running the day-to-day operations of their business.
What are you doing to manage working capital in your small business? There are many options that you can choose from to manage the money you need to run your business, but a lot of small-business owners often select ones that are expensive and not sustainable.
The main components of working capital are your inventory, accounts payables and accounts receivables. Each of them has two dimen-sions, time and money. If you are carrying too much inven-tory, and it isn’t “turning” in an optimal way, your working capital will diminish.
Equally important is how long you have to pay your suppliers and how quickly you are being paid by your customers. If you can ne-gotiate terms to extend or
lengthen the time you have to pay suppliers, and collect your money more quickly from your customers, it will have a significant and posi-tive impact on your working capital.
Ensuring your credit is good can also help, as you can borrow money from a bank or use credit cards to help you manage working capital. Short-term credit card obligations can help extend the time you need to make payments to your sup-pliers by extending the due date that the money comes out of your bank
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Several attorneys based in North Fulton County have been appointed to serve as mem-bers of various standing, special, program and board committees of the 47,000-member State Bar of Georgia for 2015-16.
Hamida Jackson-Little of the Law Offices of H.J. Little P.C. in Alpharetta was named to the Access to Justice Committee, which works to promote the growth of pro bono legal services to those who cannot afford to hire a lawyer.
Garland Hunt of Hunt & Associates in Alpharetta was appointed to the Bar Associa-tion Support to Improve Correctional Services (BASICS) Committee, which provides oversight to the bar-sponsored offender rehabilitation program.
Jennifer L. Bensman of Roswell was se-lected for the Children & the Courts Commit-tee, which considers the interest of children in the judicial system and proposals for juvenile law reforms.
Charles Beans of Shivers & Associates in Alpharetta will serve on the Communications/Cornerstones of Freedom Committee, which oversees the bar’s program of communications with its members and the public and strives to raise public awareness of the Constitution, the necessity for fair and impartial courts and the rule of law.
Nancy N. Liu of Liu & Associates P.C. in Roswell was named to the Finance Committee, which is responsible for preparing the annual
state bar budget and monitoring the finances of the state bar throughout the year.
Phillip W. Engle of Phillip W. Engle LLC in Roswell was appointed to the International Trade in Legal Services Committee, which monitors the impact of international develop-ments on the legal profession, including the effect of free trade agreements on the delivery of legal services.
Justin D. Williams of Williams & Williams Law Firm LLC in Alpharetta was selected for the Law School Outreach Committee, which communicates with students at Georgia’s law schools regarding the resources and opportu-nities provided by the state bar to help them embark on their professional careers.
Paulette R. Adams-Bradham of Adams Bradham Law Offices in Alpharetta will serve on the Committee on the Bar Employees’ Pen-sion Plan, which oversees the management of the state bar’s employee-defined contribution pension plan.
Monica K. Gilroy of Gilroy Bailey Trumble LLC in Alpharetta was named to the Programs Committee, which advises the state bar’s ex-ecutive committee with respect to the addition, deletion, change and operation of all state bar programs and services.
Kristin N. Zielmanski of Zielmanski Law LLC in Johns Creek was appointed to the Dis-trict 5 Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law, which conducts a local review of such cases when they are reported.
North Fulton attorneys named to State Bar of Georgia committees
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Geor-gia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens took the op-portunity at the Aug. 5 Greater North Fulton Chamber of Com-merce’s Executive Lunch Con-nection to lambast the Afford-able Care Act, better known Obamacare.
“Oh what a mess that is,” Hudgens began. “It has been a disaster since it was imple-mented. The price of premiums has gone up dramatically – 198 percent in some cases,” Hudgens said. “Just last year premiums went up an average of 37 percent.”
That is not sustainable, he said. With the rising costs, the largest insurance compa-nies are looking for ways to cut costs and that has led to a spate of mergers among the insurance giants.
Aetna wants to merge with Blue Cross-Blue Shield (An-them), a $37 billion deal, while Anthem (Blue Cross) wants to merge with Cigna, a $47 billion deal. That would do several
things. Besides reducing competi-
tion, it would also make these two companies, along with United Health Care, the three largest insurance companies in the United States.
If those mergers are al-lowed, it unquestionably would mean further hikes in rates for the consumer, Hudgens said.
So right away those deals will have to pass muster on the anti-competiveness front. But merging the companies should be able to reduce overall costs by laying off redundant staff, Hudgens said.
“Where this is headed is to a single-payer system, that’s where this is headed,” he said.
Already, there are anoma-lies under the Affordable Care Act. He noted if he and his wife of 52 years were covered under the ACA, they would be forced to pay for maternity coverage.
“Why do I need that,” he asked rhetorically. Similarly, in Washington, D.C., a sex-change operation is covered, he said, which is another proce-dure that may not hold mass
appeal. “Every mandated cov-erage drives up costs. And all plans must be ACA-approved.”
Hudgens went on to explain some of his many duties as insurance commissioner.
These include serving as safety and fire commissioner, which involves conducting arson fraud investigations.
He also serves as industrial loan commissioner, meaning he regulates the 1,100 small-business loans made in Geor-gia each year.
He also regulates 145,000 insurance agents. It is his office that fields complaints about unethical or criminal practices.
Hudgens gave one example of a woman who had three separate loans with the same company (no longer doing business in Georgia).
She felt she was be-ing taken advantage of and complained to his office. Upon investigation, it was discov-ered that each of those loans required she maintain an auto club membership with that company for each of the three loans.
The kicker was the woman did not even own a car.
“It is times like those that I like to come down with the TV
cameras and put them on the news. I want to send a mes-sage to all insurance agents that their actions are being scrutinized,” Hudgens said. “That message is don’t cross the line or we’ll come after you.
“Our job is to make sure they do their job right.”
One woman stood to thank the commissioner for the work his office is doing. She had a problem with an insurance policy issue and could not even get someone to return her
calls.“I finally called your office
and explained the situation. After I explained the situation and gave them the information, I hung up. It was not 10 min-utes later that I got a phone call from the lady I was trying to talk to,” she said.
Hudgens said that was not unusual when the Office of the Insurance Commissioner gets involved.
“When we call, they an-swer,” he said.
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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.—Lennar Atlanta, a division of Lennar, the second-largest home-builder in the United States, welcomed new home buyers to the model grand opening at Blackstone, its popular new home neighborhood in Cumming July 11-12.
As part of the celebration, a barbecue lunch was served along with popcorn and cotton candy. There was a bounce house for the kids and visitors could register for a chance to win a four-night Carnival Cruise for two.
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work of the Sandy Springs- Perimeter Cham-ber of Commerce raised $16,425 for the Drake House at its third-annual Fashion Goes Global fashion show.
Nearly 300 people attended the event to watch as Chamber members and other women’s business and community leaders modeled cloth-ing and accessories from the Drake Closet. The Drake Closet sells donated new and gently used women’s clothing to support the Drake House, a nonprofit that provides short-term housing, education and empowerment programs for homeless mothers and their children in North Fulton County.
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Pictured above clockwise from top: Isaac Kinsey (25) will look to be a big part of the Chattahoochee Cougars’ passing game in 2015 (Photo by Keith Majors). Returning to the Blessed Trinity Titans is Matthew Higgins (6) who led the team in receiving in 2014 (Photo by Sol Simms/ SolarviewPhotography.com). Linebacker Ryan Wilson (40) is one of the top returning players on either side of the ball for the Milton Eagles (Photo by Sol Simms/SolarviewPhotography.com).
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By MIKE BLUM [email protected]
NORTH FULTON – For most of North Fulton’s high school football teams, 2014 was a very good year.
Blessed Trinity went un-defeated before losing in the Class AAA semifinals.
Milton, Alpharetta, Roswell and Northview all made the AAAAAA playoffs, with Mil-ton and Alpharetta capturing region championships, Roswell joining them as playoff winners and Northview enjoying its first-ever winning season and playoff berth.
Mt. Pisgah and St. Francis both qualified for the Class A private school playoffs, with Mt. Pisgah advancing to the quarterfinals and St. Francis making it to the postseason in its first season of playing a region sched-ule and third year of varsity football.
Cambridge did not make the state play-offs in AAAAA, but went 7-3 for its first winning season in three years of foot-ball, losing in a region playoff game.
Several of the 2014 playoff teams enter this sea-son with some question marks that will need answering, but the 2015 season again looks promising for area teams, with a feeling of optimism for some of the teams that did not make the playoffs last year.
Alpharetta is looking for a fourth Region 6-AAAAAA title in five years, but the Raiders will have to replace a lot of tal-ent and will be breaking in a new quarterback after sending its last two signal callers to the SEC and Big 10.
The Raiders remain the team to beat in the region, but
are likely to be challenged by Lambert and South Forsyth, with perennial contender West Forsyth slipping a bit last season and missing the playoffs. Alpharetta went 10-2, the most wins in team history, but lost for a second straight year in the second round of the playoffs.
Like Alpharetta, North-view also suffered major personnel losses, with the Titans still having enough talent to possibly contend in a region that could offer some playoff opportunities for teams that missed out last season.
Centennial went 5-5, 5-4 in region play, but with a new coach who has made a con-certed effort to improve things
both on and off the field, the Knights could make some noise this season if former Grayson defen-sive coordinator Lenny Gregory can build a solid defense to go along with what should be a pro-ductive offensive unit.
Chatta-hoochee also returns some offensive talent, with the Cou-gars looking to improve on their seventh-place finish in the 10-team region. Like Centen-nial, Johns Creek has a new coach, with Matt Kemper coming from Pope and looking to revive the Gladiators’ football fortunes
after they went from 17-3 in 2011 and ’12 to 1-19 in 2013 and ’14.
Milton will be challenged to match the achievements of last year’s team, which went 11-2, captured the Region 5-AAAAAA title and won its first two play-offs games ever.
The Eagles were a senior-dominated team, but have add-ed a number of transfers from area schools to help soften the
graduation losses. Roswell, which knocked off
the rival Eagles last year and won its playoff opener after three straight losing seasons, looks to be the team to beat in 5-AAAAAA, but will be chal-lenged by a strong Etowah team and what should be a resurgent Walton squad, with Milton also figuring to be in the playoff mix.
Cambridge was third in its 7-AAAAA subregion last year, and is again hoping for a top-three finish to get into a region playoff game.
The Bears have a largely veteran group, but have to replace standout quarterback Brian Moore and his two lead-ing receivers.
Kell and Sprayberry were 1-2 in the subregion last sea-son and remain the teams to beat, with more competition expected this year for the third playoff spot.
Blessed Trinity enjoyed the best season in school history in 2014, going 13-1 with the lone loss coming in the state semifinals.
The Titans return most of the talent from that team and are positioned to make another deep playoff run. Westminster still stands as a major hurdle to clear in the 6-AAA subre-gion.
The Mount Pisgah Patriots tied Pinecrest for first in their 6-A subregion, but the Patri-ots suffered heavier gradu-ation losses, most notably quarterback Aaron Winchester and defensive lineman Shingi Chigwere.
St. Francis, which went 7-3 and also joined Mt. Pisgah in the private school playoffs, also graduated a strong senior class, but the Knights expect to be playoff contenders again, with Fellowship Christian hoping for better things after beating both Mt. Pisgah and St. Francis in a 4-6 season.
King’s Ridge struggled last year, but the Tigers’ hopes for improvement have been bol-stered by some new additions, although they will be hard-pressed to replace offensive standout Penny Hart.
Among the area’s top returning players are Ro-swell running back Sheldon Evans and linebacker Tre Lamar, the BT backfield duo
of quarterback Conor Davis and running back Milton Shelton, Alpharetta defen-sive back Dejan Rowe and Centennial’s versatile Caden Herring, who will start in the offensive and defensive backfields.
One of the area’s best players has changed teams, as Northview’s Josh Moran, a standout at safety who also played extensively on offense, has transferred to Milton.
The season opens Aug. 21, with perennial state power Lowndes traveling from Valdo-sta to play Roswell. Five local teams will play that weekend, with most of the North Fulton schools opening on Aug. 28.
Three big rivalry games
will be played that night, with Alpharetta playing at Milton, Centennial host-ing Roswell in the Knights’ season opener and Blessed Trinity at home against St. Pius.
King’s Ridge will be the last North Fulton to begin its season, playing its first game Sept. 4 at Walker.
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One of the area’s best players has changed teams, as Northview’s Josh Moran, a standout at safety who also played extensively on offense, has transferred to Milton.
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By MIKE BLUM [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK – The Chat-tahoochee Cougars begin the 2015 football season with a largely new cast after going 3-7 last year, but with the return-ing starters including the team’s quarterback, leading receiver and leading rusher, there is some cause for opti-mism about this season.
“Last year, we were very, very young, but that translates into experience,” second-year head coach Vince Strine said.
Among the changes from last season are new offensive and defensive coordinators, one from within the staff and one from without. Strine says he expects that to make “a huge difference,” as the Cou-gars look to return to conten-tion in Region 6-AAAAAA.
After going 27-2 in 2010 and ’11, winning a state cham-pionship at the next-highest classification in 2010, the Cou-gars returned to the AAAAAA level and went 7-3 in Terry Crowder’s last year as head coach at Chattahoochee.
The Cougars have gone 7-13 the last two years, with Strine taking over after the 2013 season from Michael Owens, who had to step down after one season due to health issues.
The key offensive returnees are junior quarterback Chase Owens, junior receiver Isaac Kinsey and senior running back Blake Hundley, along with lineman Bryce Folsom.
Owens took over as the starter early last season and played well. Strine says the Chattahoochee players “took to him as a leader. The big thing for Chase this season is to take care of the football and not have turnovers.”
Kinsey was Owens’ favor-ite target and had a string of huge games midway through the season, breaking a number of completions for long touch-downs. Strine describes Kinsey as “quick and shifty,” and views him as one of the top 10 receivers in the state.
Hundley put up some solid numbers as both a runner and receiver coming out of the backfield, and Strine hopes the Cougars will field a better run-ning game.
“The offense needs to be way more consistent. We don’t want to rely on the home run ball.”
Sophomore Joseph Daniels will help Hundley with the ball carrying duties, with David Nicoletta, who was the start-ing quarterback at the outset of last season, adding “a lot of flexibility” at different offensive spots, Strine said.
Andrew Thomas, the team’s No. 2 receiver as a freshman, also returns along with Isaiah Sayles and Kwamme Addo, with Strine expecting the Cougars to force opposition defenses to have to cover his skill position players all over the field.
The offensive line will be led by Folson, a 6-5, 280-pound senior tackle who has commit-ted to North Carolina State. Guard Kenny Garrett also returns, with senior Evan Clay, junior Ethan Wright and sophomore Lerin Volmy among the players competing for other starting roles. Other than Fol-som, the Cougars will rely on quickness more than size.
Most of the team’s losses came on defense, which was not the Cougars’ strong suit last year. Strine says the Cou-gars will be faster on defense, but not as big at linebacker. A number of players are com-peting for playing time, with junior Albert Matos a leading contender in the middle, and Logan Tamisin and newcomer Hunter Cornett also in the mix.
Junior Will Casement provides some size at nose guard, with senior ends Xavier Boucard and Pavan Sastry relying more on quickness. All three saw some varsity action last year.
Three-year starter Jaylin Taylor heads up the second-ary at cornerback, with fellow senior John Anthony at the other corner. Joseph Sayles, Omar Diaz and Brandon Ware are the leading candidates at safety.
Strine says he believes the Cougars “will be way better on defense than last year. We’re going to be a high-pressure defense, but we can be big up front and match up better, whether we’re playing a spread team or a power team.”
The Cougars will have to replace kicker Andrew Gray, now at Valdosta State, with the kicking game a consistent strength for the program.
Strine feels his team is “absolutely” a potential playoff contender. “The playoffs are our goal and I definitely think we have a good shot.”
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By MIKE BLUM [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK – After the first winning season and playoff berth in school his-tory, it should have been a celebratory off-season for the Northview Titans, who were working to replace a talented senior class that was largely respon-sible for the team’s success.
The Titans graduated their quar-terback, leading rushing, best receiver, top offensive lineman and most of the starting defense, but were scheduled to return a number of top players from that team.
But as Northview begins the 2015 season, the Titans are also missing their top two underclass defenders off last year’s team and a starting wide receiver. Josh Moran, a starter at safety who also played extensively at running back, has transferred to Milton, with defensive end Connor Owens and wide receiver Ricci Nuckles both transferring to North Gwinnett.
“We’re thin at some positions, but we’re still really talented,” says North-view coach Chad Davenport, who has elevated the Titans’ program since he took it over prior to the 2010 season.
Northview went 2-18 in the two sea-sons before Davenport became the head coach, with a number of the team’s
top players leaving the school to join a Chattahoochee team that went on to win a 2010 state championship. The Titans gradually improved over the next few seasons, going 5-5 in 2013 before a 7-3 record last year after a 5-0 start.
The Titans got some help last year from transfers, one of whom was Moran, who has changed schools after each of his three years in high school, going from Northview to Buford and back to Northview before landing at Milton.
Davenport anticipated having to replace a number of key players, with that number increasing slightly since the end of last season.
“As good as we were on defense last year, we only played 13 players,” Davenport points out. “We didn’t build any depth.”
The Titans held six opponents to seven or fewer points and completely shut down an explosive Alpharetta of-fense, losing 17-0 because of a sputter-ing offense and critical mistakes in the punting game.
The Northview offense scored 301 points in the team’s seven wins, but managed just eight points total in four losses, including a shutout against Milton in the playoffs.
“We were pretty good last year from the first game,” Davenport noted. “But
we got worse on offense as the season went on.”
Quarterback D.J. Pearson, who signed with Arkansas State, passed for 2,013 touchdowns and 17 touchdowns in the regular season, but struggled against the stronger defenses the Titans faced. He enjoyed a very produc-tive career at Northview as a three-year starter, and Davenport said, “You don’t replace him.”
Junior Paul Miller and sophomore Colton McDaniel are competing for the starting job and are getting “50-50 equal reps,” Davenport said. The North-view coach described Miller as “more of an athlete with a good arm, but he’s young to the quarterback position. He’s a great runner. Colton is a prototypical quarterback. He’s a grinder and has a good arm.”
Nathan Phillips and Moran com-bined for more than 1,000 yards rush-ing, and Davenport says that position is “a big concern.” Sophomore Emeka Nwanze “is going to be really good,” according to his coach, with junior A.J. Green causing problems for the defense because of his lack of height.
“He’s tough to see,” Davenport says of the 5-5 Green.
Senior Jair Anderson is the team’s top returning receiver and is a highly recruited prospect. He will be joined on the outside by sophomore Kyler McMi-chael, who Davenport says “is going to be special. He has speed, size and good hands. He can do it all.”
Dexter Carter-Jarrett, who has been stuck behind some good players, will get his chance as a senior.
The Titans return three starters in the offensive line, and with Pearson gone, Davenport says the Titans “have
to find a way to run the ball better.” Returning are 6-4, 275-pound tack-
le Ben Everett, who Davenport says “is the best offensive lineman we’ve had.” Andrew Myers (285) is back at the other tackle, with center Thomas Lee lacking the size of his two line mates. Dylon Burns (290) is moving from defense and still learning as an offensive lineman, with Yousef Badr providing some quick-ness at guard.
The all-senior group has been in the Northview program for at least three seasons “and work well together,” Dav-enport says. “But we can’t get hurt.”
Starting linebacker Joseph Macrina will help on offense as a halfback, and “will be like a sixth offensive lineman,” Davenport says. “We’ll be a better run-ning team and that will help the quar-terback, whichever one we settle on.”
Macrina, a four-year starter, missed part of last season with an injury, and the Titans missed his leadership on the field. There are questions about the other linebacker position, but Daven-port says the Titans will have both size and speed up front on defense.
Senior Alex Ikoku and sophomores Brock Mattison and Jackson Davenport are competing at end, with a pair of recent out-of-state transfers making a push at tackle.
Anderson and McMichael will likely do double duty at cornerback, with Anderson expected to also be a major contributor on defense. Chike Otaluka will play safety as part of a rotation of five or six players in the secondary.
Even with all the losses, expected and unexpected, Davenport says the team’s expectations “have not dropped down. We still think we can make the playoffs, but we are a mystery team.”
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By MIKE BLUM [email protected]
ROSWELL – The Blessed Trinity Titans have gradually improved each season since former Roswell head coach Tim McFarlin took over the BT pro-gram prior to the 2011 season.
The Titans won a state playoff game for the first time in 2011, scored a school-record nine victories the next season, advanced to the quarterfinals in 2013 and made it to the semifinals last season before losing to Washington County for a second straight time.
The only way for the Titans to improve on last year’s out-standing season is to again go unbeaten during the regular season and make it to their first-ever state championship game.
With the majority of the team’s starters returning, including the standout run-pass duo of Milton Shelton and Conor Davis along with a strong offensive line, that is not out of the question. But McFarlin has experienced the challenge a junior-oriented team faces trying to follow up on an exceptional season.
McFarlin’s Roswell Hornets suffered a slight drop-off the year after sharing a state title in 2006, and he hopes this year’s Titans can avoid that fate.
“Last year was one of those pleasant surprises that happen in coaching,” McFarlin said. “But I’ve been in this situation before when a team surprises you but then has so many ex-pectations the next year. If you don’t keep (the expectations) in check, it doesn’t do the team any favors.”
Unlike the 2006 Roswell team, BT did not make it to the state championship game.
“There was not a feeling of completeness,” McFarlin said of the 2014 Titans. “The kids wanted to play another game.”
The Titans suffered their only loss in the state semifi-nals to Washington County and state Player of the Year A.J. Gray, now a freshman at Georgia Tech. The team’s 13-1 record improved Blessed Trin-ity to 38-13 under McFarlin, with seven playoff victories in four years.
This year’s team will be missing linebacker/tight end
Pat Jasinski, who led the team on and off the field and will play as a freshman at Central Florida.
“He was a very mature leader and there was no doubt who was in charge of the foot-ball team when Pat was on the field,” McFarlin said. “He left an unbelievable work ethic.”
Jasinski is gone, but fellow starting linebackers Logan Craighead and Garrett Du-puis both return and form the foundation of what should be another strong defensive unit. Jake Bogosian and Joe Ander-son will also see action at the position, with the Titans rolling a number of different players through various positions, with many of the team’s starters seeing action on both sides of the football.
Elijah Hamilton, Mat-thew Higgins, Colin Davis and Shelton, who will all contribute to varying degrees on offense, head up what McFarlin expects to be a better secondary. Shelton has been the team’s top running back since his freshman season in 2012, but will see significant action on defense.
“Milton gives us another dimension back there,” McFar-lin says. “We have more team speed there.”
Sam Paul and Jake Ru-dolph, who played some as a freshman, will also be part of the Titans’ defensive backfield.
Matthew Castner, a third-year starter, returns at tackle along with Griffin Gilder, giving the Titans plenty of size on the interior. Shane Parton and James Ellis provide experience at end.
Castner and junior Jacob Bolton give the Titans a pair of quality players around 300 pounds on the right side of the offensive line, with Huiet Joseph back at center and the lone starter under 260. Matt Maloof takes over at left guard, with fellow junior Gilder and Matthew Davis competing at left tackle.
“We have a run mentality,” McFarlin said, with the Titans putting up some impressive rushing numbers in recent seasons. “If we can run the ball, we’re happy.”
Shelton rushed for more than 1.350 yards and 17 touchdowns despite missing several games due to injury, with Hamilton, Dupuis and Anderson all filling in capably when Shelton was sidelined.
“We have good depth at tail-back and that frees us up to play Milton more on defense,” McFarlin pointed out. “He’s
just as good on defense as he is on offense.”
Bogosian, one of several baseball standouts from BT’s back-to-back state champions, will be the primary fullback, a blocking position for the Titans.
As strong a running game as the Titans have, they are
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LAMBERT 2015 TEAM SCHEDULE
Date, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 @Lanier L 14-27
9/4 Johns Creek* W 41-7
9/11 Centennial* L 21-28
9/18 @Alpharetta* L 17-35
9/25 North Forsyth* W 31-6
10/9 @Habersham Central*
W 51-6
10/16 Northview* W 3-0
10/23 West Forsyth* W 33-27
10/30 @Chattahoochee*
W 20-9
11/6 @South Forsyth* W 40-7
FORSYTH CENTRAL 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 @Dawson County
W 27-7
9/4 Woodland (Cartersville)
W 36-14
9/11 Cass L 6-13
9/18 Kell* L 14-28
9/25 @Riverwood* W 41-13
10/9 @North Atlanta* W 7-0
10/16 Sprayberry* L 7-34
10/23 North Springs* W 49-21
10/30 @Cambridge* L 21-35
11/6 TBD
CHATTAHOOCHEE 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/21 @Cherokee L 7-42
9/4 North Forsyth* W 20-17
9/11 @West Forsyth* L 18-23
9/18 Centennial* L 31-45
9/25 @South Forsyth*
L 34-42
10/9 Johns Creek* W 28-19
10/16 @Alpharetta* L 7-56
10/23 @Northview* L 7-37
10/30 Lambert* L 9-20
11/6 Habersham Central*
W 35-28
ROSWELL 2015 TEAM SCHEDULE
Date, Opponent 2014 results
8/21 Lowndes L 14-37
8/28 @Centennial W 42-10
9/11 @Lassiter W 42-27
9/25 Milton W 33-31
10/2 Walton W 27-15
10/9 @Wheeler L 14-28
10/16 Pope W 44-21
10/23 @Woodstock W 49-38
10/30 @Cherokee W 31-21
11/6 Etowah L 18-28
CAMBRIDGE 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/22 @Holy Innocents W 42-6
8/28 Chapel Hill W 42-12
9/11 Rome W 38-21
9/25 Kell* L 27-28
10/2 @North Atlanta* W 45-3
10/9 Sprayberry* L 7-31
10/16 @North Springs*
W 64-7
10/23 @Riverwood* W 35-17
10/30 Forsyth Central*
W 35-21
11/6 TBD
MILTON 2015 TEAM SCHEDULE
Date, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 Alpharetta W 17-10
9/4 @Norcross W 26-0
9/11 Wheeler* W 35-9
9/18 @Lassiter* W 56-0
9/25 @Roswell* L 31-33
10/9 Etowah* W 37-12
10/16 @Cherokee* W 23-0
10/23 Walton* W 20-17
10/30 Woodstock* W 30-13
11/6 @Pope* W 35-7
CENTENNIAL 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 Roswell L 42-10
9/4 South Forsyth* L 20-49
9/11 @Lambert* W 28-21
9/18 @Chattahoochee*
W 45-31
9/25 Johns Creek* W 31-28
10/9 @Alpharetta* L 0-39
10/16 Habersham Central*
W 42-39
10/23 North Forsyth* W 27-3
10/30 @West Forsyth* L 32-42
11/6 @Northview* L 26-54
NORTHVIEW 2015 TEAM SCHEDULE
Date, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 @Duluth W 42-7
9/4 @Habersham Central*
W 41-0
9/11 North Forsyth* W 49-0
9/18 @Johns Creek* W 50-7
9/25 West Forsyth* W 28-14
10/9 South Forsyth* L 8-33
10/16 @Lambert* L 0-3
10/23 Chattahoochee*
W 37-7
10/30 @Alpharetta* L 0-17
11/6 Centennial* W 54-26
ALPHARETTA 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 @Milton L 10-17
9/4 West Forsyth* W 38-6
9/11 @Johns Creek* W 31-10
9/18 Lambert* W 35-17
9/25 @Habersham Central*
W 52-3
10/9 Centennial* W 39-0
10/16 Chattahoochee*
W 56-7
10/23 @South Forsyth* W 24-14
10/30 Northview* W 17-0
11/6 @North Forsyth* W 34-14
JOHNS CREEK 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 Woodstock L 0-9
9/4 @Lambert* L 7-41
9/11 Alpharetta* L 10-31
9/18 Northview* L 7-50
9/25 @Centennial* L 28-31
10/9 @Chattahoochee*
L 19-28
10/16 North Forsyth* L 13-14
10/23 @Habersham Central*
W 42-14
10/30 South Forsyth* L 10-49
11/6 West Forsyth* L 3-34
*-Denotes region game
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NORTH FULTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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LAMBERT 2015 TEAM SCHEDULE
Date, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 @Lanier L 14-27
9/4 Johns Creek* W 41-7
9/11 Centennial* L 21-28
9/18 @Alpharetta* L 17-35
9/25 North Forsyth* W 31-6
10/9 @Habersham Central*
W 51-6
10/16 Northview* W 3-0
10/23 West Forsyth* W 33-27
10/30 @Chattahoochee*
W 20-9
11/6 @South Forsyth* W 40-7
NORTH FORSYTH 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/21 Cherokee L 14-42
9/4 @Chattahoochee*
L 17-20
9/11 @Northview* L 0-49
9/18 South Forsyth* L 3-55
9/25 @Lambert* L 6-31
10/9 West Forsyth* L 3-35
10/16 @Johns Creek* W 14-13
10/23 @Centennial* L 3-27
10/30 Habersham Central*
L 7-32
11/06 Alpharetta* L 14-34
SOUTH FORSYTH 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/21 Mountain View L 31-38
9/4 @Centennial* W 49-20
9/11 Habersham Central*
W 49-7
9/18 @North Forsyth* W 55-3
9/25 Chattahoochee* W 42-34
10/9 @Northview* W 33-8
10/16 @West Forsyth*
L 14-27
10/23 Alpharetta* L 14-24
10/30 @Johns Creek* W 49-10
11/6 Lambert* L 7-40
PINECREST 2015 TEAM SCHEDULE
Date, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 @North Springs W 21-14
9/11 @Walker (Marietta) W 42-14
9/18 Trion W 21-14
9/25 Mt. Paran Christian L 14-45
10/2 @Whitefield Academy* W 28-7
10/9 @St. Francis* W 30-27 OT
10/16 Mt. Pisgah Christian*
L 14-21
10/23 Fellowship Christian*
W 14-7
10/30 @King’s Ridge* W 56-21
11/6 TBD
WEST FORSYTH 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 @Mill Creek L 27-65
9/4 @Alpharetta* L 6-38
9/11 Chattahoochee* W 23-18
9/18 Habersham Central*
W 56-35
9/25 @Northview* L 14-28
10/9 @North Forsyth* W 35-3
10/16 South Forsyth* W 27-14
10/23 @Lambert* L 27-33
10/30 Centennial* W 42-32
11/6 Johns Creek* W 34-3
KINGS RIDGE 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
9/4 @Walker L 28-31
9/11 Darlington L 6-23
9/18 @Mt. Paran L 13-56
9/25 @Trion L 23-39
10/2 Fellowship Christian*
L 28-47
10/9 @Whitefield Academy
L 12-16
10/16 St. Francis* L 13-25
10/23 @Mt. Pisgah* L 22-64
10/30 Pinecrest Academy* L 21-56
11/6 TBD
ST. FRANCIS 2015 TEAM SCHEDULE
Date, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 @Providence Christian W 47-10
9/4 @Lakeview Academy W 45-14
9/18 @Mt. Zion W 21-0
9/25 Walker W 28-7
10/2 Mt. Pisgah* L 20-39
10/9 Pinecrest Academy*
L 27-30 (OT)
10/16 @King’s Ridge* W 25-13
10/23 Whitefield Academy*
W 14-7
10/30 @Fellowship Christian L 21-26
11/6 TBD
CHATTAHOOCHEE 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/21 @Cherokee L 7-42
9/4 North Forsyth* W 20-17
9/11 @West Forsyth* L 18-23
9/18 Centennial* L 31-45
9/25 @South Forsyth*
L 34-42
10/9 Johns Creek* W 28-19
10/16 @Alpharetta* L 7-56
10/23 @Northview* L 7-37
10/30 Lambert* L 9-20
11/6 Habersham Central*
W 35-28
ROSWELL 2015 TEAM SCHEDULE
Date, Opponent 2014 results
8/21 Lowndes L 14-37
8/28 @Centennial W 42-10
9/11 @Lassiter W 42-27
9/25 Milton W 33-31
10/2 Walton W 27-15
10/9 @Wheeler L 14-28
10/16 Pope W 44-21
10/23 @Woodstock W 49-38
10/30 @Cherokee W 31-21
11/6 Etowah L 18-28
BLESSED TRINITY 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/28 St. Pius X W 42-20
9/4 Sequoyah W 35-14
9/11 Creekview W 37-0
9/19 @Maynard Jackson
W 42-0
9/25 Douglass* W 45-7
10/9 @Therrell* W 58-14
10/16 @Westminster*
W 23-11
10/23 Washington* W 36-6
10/30 Decatur* W 31-0
11/6 TBD
MT. PISGAH 2015 TEAM SCHEDULE
Date, Opponent 2014 results
8/21 Brookstone L 34-42
9/4 Rabun County W 27-9
9/11 @Eagle’s Landing Christian
W 28-21
9/25 Christian Heritage W 41-21
10/2 @St. Francis* W 39-20
10/9 Fellowship Christian* L 28-33
10/16 @Pinecrest Academy* W 21-14
10/23 King’s Ridge W 64-22
10/30 @Whitefield Academy
W 47-6
11/6 TBD
FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN 2015 TEAM SCHEDULEDate, Opponent 2014 results
8/21 Armuchee W 44-17
8/28 @Riverside Military Academy
L 10-20
9/11 @Chattooga L 17-34
9/18 @Christian Heritage L 12-13
10/2 @King’s Ridge* W 47-28
10/9 @Mt. Pisgah* W 33-28
10/16 Whitefield Academy* L 13-17
10/23 @Pinecrest Academy*
L 7-14
10/30 St. Francis* W 26-21
11/6 TBD
FORSYTH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
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JOHNS CREEK PREVIEW:
New coach aims to rebuild Gladiators
By MIKE BLUM [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK – Matt Kemper has been a head coach in the football hotbeds of Ohio, Flori-da and Georgia, and has taken over a number of programs in similar situations.
“Usually I come into a rebuilding situation and try to fix things.” Kemper says. “That’s my M.O. and I’m fine with that.”
In Kemper’s first stint in Georgia, he helped turn around a Pope program that had gone seven straight sea-sons without a winning record.
Kemper’s latest assignment is the Johns Creek Gladiators, who have a short but interesting history. In their second season of varsity football, the Gladiators went 9-1 in 2011 and qualified for the state playoffs.
Johns Creek backed up that season with an 8-2 mark in 2012 and another playoff berth, but almost all the top players off those teams gradu-ated after the 2012 season. There was a marked drop-off in talent and the Gladiators went 1-19 the next two seasons, costing veteran head coach Mike Cloy his job.
Kemper believes there is a “lot of potential here. It’s a great community and the facil-ity is immaculate.”
The Gladiators’ new head coach recognized the good work done by Cloy in getting the Johns Creek program started, and noted, “Teams
go through cycles in numbers and talent and that’s a major factor.”
Kemper says he comes to Johns Creek “with a formula we’ve used that comes from guys who built programs.”
He takes over a team he says “is a little bit young and we don’t have a big senior class. We won’t be able to charge right out of the gate. We’ve talked about competing – not winning and losing – and the rest of the stuff will take care of itself. We plan to be a competitive program again.”
One of Kemper’s aims for his first Johns Creek team is to build depth, but he doesn’t have much in the way of re-turning regulars from last sea-son to build around. He would like to rotate a number of play-ers in the defensive line, but is still looking for candidates.
Junior Vincent Versteg and senior Brandon Krost are both likely to play extensively in the defensive front, with Krost see-ing some action last year, as did end Scott Stupek.
“We’re going to play the small, quick card,” Kemper says. “We’ll move guys around and strategically use pressure, but the strength of our defense needs to be our back seven.”
Inside linebacker Myles My-ers is a key returning starter, with Mark Lancaster, the top player on last season’s basket-ball team, returning at outside linebacker. Nick Lancaster, Mark’s younger brother, is also competing at outside
linebacker, along with junior K.J. Simpson and Hunter Lee, who plays a hybrid linebacker/safety position.
The secondary will consist mainly of juniors, with safeties Cole Neuber and Jack Somers and cornerbacks Brandon Crews and Cash Callaway leading the way along with promising sophomore Daquez Crawford.
“It’s a lot easier to learn defense but a lot harder to play it,” Kemper says. “Hopefully the learning part is behind us, and I hope the defensive group is a strength early on.”
Kemper noted that the Gladiators “had a lot of injuries last year on offense and several young kids got some playing time.”
The Johns Creek offense will be option oriented, but will still operate out of the spread. Kemper said, “We put a lot on the quarterback’s shoul-ders,” and he has two players competing for the starting job – senior Jeremy Disher and junior Riggs Poitevent.
Kemper wants a dual-threat player at the position, and says Disher and Poitevent “are both athletic, can throw and both are intelligent.”
Matt Kriteman, who had some promising games last year as a sophomore, returns at running back, with Matthew Taylor giving the Gladiators a slightly bigger option at the position. Johns Creek also has sophomore Gerard Hearst, one of a number of athletes at Johns Creek with famous ath-letic fathers. Hearst’s father, Garrison, a former Georgia
Bulldog, played in the NFL for 10 seasons.
Kemper wants the Gladia-tors to be able to run the ball, and believes the talent exists at running back to make that happen.
Darien Clark is about the only receiver with much varsity experience, and Kemper said, “A lot of young guys need to contribute. “
Zach Williams is a 6-4, 220-pound sophomore de-scribed by his coach as “a tight-end type who can play in space.” Also getting a look are sophomore Alonzo Nelson,
Jordan Oballe, Reed Maness and likely defensive regulars Neuber and Crawford.
The offensive line could be one of the team’s stronger units, with several players who started or played regularly last year. Anders Olsen, one of the team’s top returning players, moves from tackle to guard, with Jack Coco mak-ing the same switch. Center Zach Kalin will team with the two converted guards to give the line “some strength in the middle,” according to Kemper, with sophomore Matt Goldstein showing some early promise.
Recent struggles follow early success
Scott Stupek, right, saw some time on Johns Creek’s defensive line last year.
KING’S RIDGE PREVIEW:
Tigers look to rebound after tough seasonBy MIKE BLUM [email protected]
ALPHARETTA – After a 1-9 season in 2014, there’s nowhere to go but up for the King’s Ridge Christian Tigers.
The Tigers avoided a winless season when Penny Hart rushed for 390 yards and seven touchdowns and passed for 162 yards and a TD in a season-ending 56-40 victory over Strong Rock Chris-tian.
Hart, a freshman wide receiver at Georgia State, had to play quarterback because of injuries at the position, and was a rare bright spot in an otherwise dismal season.
King’s Ridge will attempt to rebuild with the aid of a number of transfers, who have joined the Tigers’ football pro-gram in hopes of getting playing time and helping improve the team’s sag-ging fortunes. The Tigers went 5-5 their first three seasons in the Georgia High School Association and 4-6 in 2013
before last season’s struggles. “We were not very good last year,” said Jeff Pickren, who got the program started in 2008. “I think we’ll be better. We’ve got a few new kids and a new quarterback, but there are so many un-knowns.”
Adding to the uncertainty was the status of some of the newcomers, who were still going through the eligibility process as the Ti-gers were beginning preseason practice in pads.
Reid Martin, a junior transfer from Lambert, will be the quarterback, and has “looked good” in the team’s 7-on-7 scrimmages, Pickren says. “He’s got a good arm, is smart and is a good kid.”
The Tigers have several candidates at running back, including Matt Mc-Cree, a sophomore transfer from Du-
luth who will add some size and speed to the backfield. Junior Law-son Hill, the starting catcher for the Tigers’ two-time state cham-pion baseball team, brings some toughness to the position, with sophomore Austin Hol-brook providing speed. King’s Ridge will again
operate out of the spread offense with multiple receivers. Senior Jack McHugh started last season, with senior Creigh-ton Buchanan also returning. Junior S’ven Cornelius is back in action at the position, with Ellis Meriwether new to the program.
“We have some speed,” Pickren said. “The key is can they catch the ball?”
Returning in the line is 260-pound junior Kyle Brown at tackle and senior center Zach Pitts. The Tigers also have some returnees who played as fresh-
men, and they will have to take on increased roles this season. Despite all the changes and uncertainty, Pickren believes the Tigers “should be decent” on offense. “We’ll throw the ball down the field, but we hope to be balanced.”
The Tigers have even more ques-tions on defense than they do on of-fense, and defense was the weaker of the two units last year. Wyatt McMa-hon, a 260-pound junior transfer from Michigan, is a major addition in the defensive line, which has more than its share of question marks along with the linebacker positions.
Junior Orion Caldwell moves up from the JV and is part of the competi-tion at linebacker, with McHugh, Cor-nelius and Buchanan leading the way in the secondary.
“I’m optimistic we’ll be better than we were,” Pickren said. “We have some size, but we have so many new players – some of them up from the JV. There are a lot of unknowns.”
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MOUNT PISGAH PREVIEW:
Patriots strong again without Winchester
By MIKE BLUM [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK – For the past two seasons, Mount Pisgah’s opponents had to deal with dual threat quarterback Aaron Winchester, who put up some eye-popping statistics and led the Patriots to a 20-5 record, three of the wins coming in the playoffs.
Winchester passed for 4,227 yards as a junior and senior, rushed for 2,213 yards and accounted for 73 touch-downs, earning a football scholarship with the Georgia State Panthers.
Mike Forester, who took over the head coaching job at Mount Pisgah prior to Win-chester’s junior season, said it will be “hard to overcome” the loss of Winchester, but the 2014 Co-Offensive Player of the Year in North Fulton was one of just seven seniors who played vital roles for the Patri-ots last year and in previous seasons.
Fortunately for Forester, Mount Pisgah returns a solid base of front-line players, including almost all the line-men. Winchester will not be the only key skill position player who will have to be replaced.
But with a veteran line, the Mount Pisgah offense should again be productive.
Sophomore Jacob Cendoya, who started in the defensive secondary last year, is com-peting for the quarterback job with freshman Connor Nor-wood. Forester said the two “are both dual threats with good arms and are athletic enough.”
Cendoya had a slight edge in preseason practice, but Forester pointed out that the sophomore “can help us in dif-ferent ways.”
Senior J.R. Cendoya, Ja-cob’s older brother, is part of a multiplayer competition at running back along with Max Miller and Spencer Shields. J.R. Cendoya and Miller both started at linebacker last year and will be among the team’s two-way regulars this season.
Seniors Justin Gilvin and Jacob Green are vying for playing time at tailback, with Forester expecting to utilize a
two-back set more frequently. “We won’t be exclusively
two-back,” Forester said. “We’re still a spread offense.”
Forester is looking for a big season from junior receiver Connor Richey, a starter for the Patriots’ basketball team. Richey has size and athletic ability, and Forester will look to exploit Richey’s size advan-tage against smaller corner-backs.
Chase Clark will play a lot at receiver and in the second-ary, as well as again handling the placekicking duties.
Seniors Garrett Brasher (6-4, 235), Nick Bernier (215) and Patrick Ainsworth and junior Jack Geier return in a veteran offensive line, with sophomore Chad Peden also expected to see plenty of action.
“The strength of our team is our offensive and defensive lines, and we hope to take ad-vantage of our offensive line,” Forester said. “We should be more balanced offensively run to pass.”
Brasher will head up the defensive line, with most of his offensive line mates joining him on defense. The Patriots graduated their top defen-sive player – lineman Shingi Chigwere, now at Air Force,
and struggled at times when Chigwere was sidelined with an injury.
Miller and J.R. Cendoya return at linebacker, with sophomores Kai Williams and Jonathan Giglia looking to break into the lineup.
Clark returns at corner-back along with Green, with sophomore David Woodward also expected to play in the secondary.
The Patriots went 8-4 last
season and reached the Class A private school quarterfinals after a 12-1 record in 2013 and a 17-16 loss to state champion Aquinas in the semifinals.
Forester believes the team’s veterans have benefited from the five playoff games the Pa-triots played the past two sea-sons, and believes this year’s squad “certainly has potential. In a lot of ways we have more depth, and I expect us to be in there at the end.”
Strong line helps offset loss of quarterback
The offensive line will be one of Mt. Pisgah's strengths.
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ALPHARETTA PREVIEW:
Raiders look to continue as top team in region
By MIKE [email protected]
ALPHARETTA – For the past four seasons, the Al-pharetta Raiders have been the dominant team in Region 6-AAAAAA.
The Raiders are 28-1 in re-gion play over that span, win-ning the region championship three times and finishing as runner-up in 2012. Alpharetta enjoyed its best season in school history last year, going 10-2 and reaching the second round of the state playoffs for a second straight time.
As has been the case in recent seasons, the Raiders lost a large and talented group of seniors, and also have had at least five front-line players transfer to Milton. This year’s squad may have a few more question marks entering the season than recent Alpharetta teams, which are 35-11 since the breakthrough season of 2011.
“I still expect us to compete for a region title,” head coach Jacob Nichols said. “A lot of people in the region are like us with a lot to replace, but we’ve had a pretty good bit of suc-cess in our younger programs.”
The Raiders lost almost all their top skill position players on offense, including quarter-back Austin King, an Indiana signee. They also lost defensive line standout Andrew Butcher, now at Tennessee, along with most of the team’s other top defensive players.
One of the few areas with experience is the offensive line, which traditionally has not been a strength for the Raid-ers, who have been a pass-oriented team with a string of top-flight quarterbacks, most notably Josh Dobbs, the starter at Tennessee.
Sophomore E.J. Magill and junior Matthew Downing are competing for the starting spot,
and were “pretty even” going into summer practice, accord-ing to Nichols. “They spilt reps on the JV last year.”
Nichols says Magill “is more of a pocket passer” like King, while Downing, the third of three brothers to play for the Raiders in recent seasons, “is a good athlete. He could play two or three different positions, but he could be a game changer at quarterback.”
Regardless of which player wins the starting job, Nichols says the Raiders will continue in their spread offense, but he said he hopes “we will be a little more physical in the run-ning game.”
The Raiders return three starting offensive linemen – guards M.J. Lee (6-4, 300) and Tommy Sprague (6-3, 265) and undersized center Nicholas Hayward.
Sprague will move to tackle with 260-pounder Ethan Sebok taking over at his guard posi-tion and Pierce Cusick (235) moving into the starting lineup at the other tackle.
Other than Hayward, Nichols says this will be “one of the bigger lines we’ve had,” with the Raiders looking to run more effectively than they have in recent seasons.
“I like our two running backs,” Nichols said. Sopho-more Nolan Edmonds trans-ferred from Lovett, and Nichols says he has been “pretty im-pressive. He’ll be a major con-tributor.” Junior Jalen Young is a small, versatile back who will give the Raiders “a good receiver out of the backfield.”
The only returning skill position player is wide receiver Nick Carlton. He will be joined by tall, rangy Carlos Carriere, who also plays basketball for the Raiders, and Darryl Bivens, who Nichols likens to Daniel Clements, who was very ef-fective as a slot receiver a few seasons ago.
“We may have more speed than we’ve had the last couple of years,” Nichols said.
When the Raiders emerged as a region championship team, they did so primarily by outscoring opponents with their explosive spread offense.
“Last year we started to trend the other way,” Nichols pointed out, with the Raiders relying more on a deep group of defensive linemen led by Butcher and a talented second-ary.
“We lost a lot of size, strength and experience in the defensive line,” Nichols noted, with the loss of Butcher’s pass rush very difficult to replace.
“We may not be able to get away with rushing just four,” Nichols said, with multiyear starter Khari Cobbs the top returner in the line. Justin Nicholson and Omari Camp-bell will give the Raiders some strength up front.
The Raiders also gradu-ated middle linebacker Jake Behrend, who was frequently the only linebacker on the field. Junior Matt Gadecki and sophomore Reid Schulz are the leading candidates to start at linebacker this season along with senior Isaac Daniel.
The team was very deep in the secondary last year, but in addition to the graduation of several senior starters, the Raiders lost a few underclass-men who transferred.
That leaves senior corner-back Dejon Rowe, one of the area’s top defensive players, as the glue who will hold things together.
Nichols says he is consider-ing using Rowe some at free safety so he can play the whole field, not just locking down a receiver on one side.
“We’re trying to find the best fit for him. We’re looking at three or four different com-binations. We don’t have as much experience, but we have
more athleticism and speed. Junior Yemi Mabiaku is a
likely regular at cornerback, with senior transfers Harry Cokley and Asante Long also looking to contribute in the secondary. Sophomore Vinny Duggasani is in the running at strong safety.
The Raiders also have to replace Ryan Kopec, who handled the kicking duties and returned punts, as well as starting as a receiver. Sopho-more Dylan Schorr could fill both kicking roles, with Down-ing possibly competing for the punting job.
Lots of holes to fill after heavy loss of talent
Cougars receiver Isaac Kinsey (25) is wrapped up by Alpharetta defenders Matt Moore (24) and Troy Simon (6) last year.
very capable of throwing the football effectively. Conor Davis is back for a third season as a starter, passing for 1,790 yards and 20 touchdowns last year with only six interceptions in 14 games.
Davis attracted some attention when he had a huge game in a junior showcase game featuring some of the state’s top players, and McFarlin says he believes the senior QB “can play at any level.” Davis has commit-ted to a baseball scholarship with
Kentucky, but is also getting offers for football.
Receiver hasn’t been a Titans’ strength the past few seasons, but McFarlin is looking for big things from Matthew Higgins, the top target for
Davis last season. Colin Davis, Conor’s younger brother, is the likely starter at the other receiver, with Shelton ex-pected to occasionally line up as a slot receiver.
Craighead will be the primary tight
end after splitting time with Jasinski last year, with freshman J.D. Bertrand also seeing action at the position.
Brooks Hosea and Adam Fenlon will handle the punting and placekicking duties.
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Titans: ... I’ve been in this situation before when a team surprises you but then has so many expectations the next year. If you don’t keep (the expectations) in check, it doesn’t do the team any favors.” TIM MCFARLIN, Blessed Trinity Coach
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By MIKE BLUM [email protected]
ROSWELL – For the past decade, the best Centennial football fans could expect was mediocrity.
The Knights enjoyed a successful three-year stretch from 2001-03, the fourth, fifth and sixth seasons for varsity football at the school. But since Mike Cloy, who started the school’s program, was dismissed after a 4-6 season in 2004, Centennial has had just one winning season (6-4 in 2007) and been to the playoffs twice, both after 5-5 records.
Three coaches were unable to put the Knights on a win-ning path, with former Gray-son assistant Lenny Gregory taking over the program this season after three years under Jeff Carlberg produced just nine victories, five of them last season.
Gregory, who was a defen-sive assistant on the Chat-tahoochee staff from 2004-07, is familiar with Centennial’s history, but has a strong belief that the Knights’ future is much more promising than the past would indicate.
“The long-term goal is to win a state championship,” Gregory says. “That’s the goal every year. If I did not believe we could do that, I would not have taken the job.
“If you don’t have that vi-sion, you will never accomplish anything.”
Gregory is attempting to alter the atmosphere sur-rounding the program, which has been one of the underlying reasons why the Knights have struggled to achieve success.
“What’s been lacking is a lack of pride and a sense of community,” Gregory observed. “One of the biggest challenges is getting the community to support the boys.”
Gregory has made some cosmetic changes to areas where his players prepare and work out, and has made an attempt to instill a unifying purpose to the team’s efforts. Early indications are that it is working.
“I have a good blueprint about what things look like, and that’s a big part of coach-ing – far more than X’s and O’s. I feel like the kids are buy-ing in. Our goal is to out-work our opponents. The one thing you can control is how hard you work.”
Centennial has not been viewed as a plum job for pro-spective head football coaches, but Gregory sees things differ-ently.
“I thought this was really an attractive situation for me. I think all the perceptions about this place are wrong. We have an incredible amount of talent, and people are going to start to notice things are changing.”
Gregory comes from a pro-gram that won a state cham-pionship in 2011 and made a number of deep playoff runs during his time there. He was the Rams’ defensive coordi-nator his last two seasons at Grayson, and inherits a seri-ous challenge to upgrade what has been a porous defense in recent years. The Knights
scored plenty of points in their three seasons under Carlberg, but the defense gave up even more.
The Knights lost almost their entire defensive unit, and with an exception or two, that is probably a good thing for Gregory and his defensive staff.
“Everything they’re learn-ing is new,” Gregory said of the Knights’ defensive players. “They’ve been like sponges about everything.”
Gregory says the Centennial defense will be young and not es-pecially big, but is “very athletic.”
Among the better athletes is senior cornerback Josh John-son, whom Gregory considers a Division 1 prospect despite his
lack of size. Gregory also likes senior
Jerry Hippolyte, who will play a hybrid outside linebacker/safety position, and senior Max Martin, who is moving from de-fensive end to inside linebacker.
Gregory’s son Jacob has joined his father at Centennial and will be “a vocal leader” from his middle linebacker position. “He understands the defense better than everybody. It’s fun that I get to do this with my son, but nobody on the team wants to be him.”
There is competition at multiple positions, but Gregory says he feels “pretty good about the defense. We’re two-deep everywhere and we’re doing a good of building depth. That’s a big point of emphasis.”
Gregory doesn’t have nearly as many concerns on offense, with the Knights returning a talented group with experience.
Junior Casen Conway returns at quarterback, and Gregory considers him “one of the top quarterbacks in the state. He can really sling it.”
Conway had some big games as a sophomore oper-ating out of the spread, but Gregory says, “As a defensive coach, I believe in running the football. That’s new for this program. It’s been a big learn-ing curve for the offensive line to learn to run block.”
The Knights return a veter-an unit up front, with Gregory expecting to utilize about eight linemen on a regular basis.
Two-year starter Tariq Parkings is 6-4 and 330, but Gregory says the senior tackle “can really move.
He’s very talented and physical and is a Division 1 prospect.” Bill Barton, a
270-pound guard, is also a two-year starter, with center Dalton Moore (260) also play-ing defense as a nose guard. Brian Dejarnette (6-7, 250) is back at tackle.
Gregory compares sopho-more Nick Croawell to Clint Boling, who played at Chatta-hoochee when Gregory was on the staff there and went on to star at Georgia before becom-ing a starting guard for the Cincinnati Bengals.
“They’re very similar,” Gregory said, “Nick is farther along as a sophomore.”
The Knights’ top returning player is senior Caden Herring, who will start on defense at safety and will again serve in a variety of roles on offense.
“Caden is very versatile of-fensively, and we’ll move him around so the defense never knows where he’s at,” Gregory says. “But it’s no secret that we’re going to get him the ball.”
Herring will be one of Con-way’s primary targets along with sophomore Blane Mason, whom Gregory describes as “a dynamic player who has caught people’s eye” in sum-mer camps. “He’s going to be one of the top receivers in the country before he leaves.”
Johnson will also put his speed to use on offense, with junior Tyreke Smith expected to contribute after filling in for an injured Herring this sum-mer in the team’s 7-on-7 com-petitions. Jacob Gregory will also play extensively on offense at tight end.
Senior Luther Martinez re-turns at running back and will be a beneficiary of his coach’s preference for running the ball more than the Knights have done the past few seasons.
CENTENNIAL PREVIEW:
New coach brings new hope to the Knights Team talented on offense, defense all new
What’s been lacking is a lack of pride and a sense of community...One of the biggest challenges is getting the community to support the boys.”LENNY GREGORYCentennial Coach
ST. FRANCIS PREVIEW:
Knights plan to continue success in 2nd year of region play By MIKE BLUM [email protected]
ALPHARETTA – Playing a region football schedule for the first time last season, the St. Francis Knights went 7-3 and qualified for the state Class A private school playoffs.
The Knights, who played their first full varsity season in 2012, advanced quickly from a neophyte program to playoff qualifier, in large part due to a strong senior class that graduated this past spring.
“We lost a big senior class,” St. Francis coach Brennen Booth said. “But we still have a lot of talent in the program.
“We’ve got to figure out some per-sonnel. We’ve got guys who did not start but played a bunch, and we’ve got to develop some depth. I think we’re go-
ing to compete like we did last year.” All three losses came against subre-
gion opponents, including an excruciat-ing overtime setback against Pinecrest and a late-season loss to North Fulton opponent Fellowship Christian.
St. Francis came back the next week with a decisive win over Region 6-A op-ponent Trion to qualify for the playoffs, where the Knights lost to 2013 state champion Aquinas.
The Lions graduated 12 seniors from last season, with almost all of them playing major roles. Most of the team’s returning regulars are juniors, with the senior class significantly smaller than last year.
One area where the Lions have some experience is in the offensive backfield, with three of the four starters return-ing. Matt Davis is back at quarterback after starting as a sophomore, with fel-
low junior Avery Showell rushing for 12 touchdowns last year.
The Knights will miss A.J. Cum-mings, the other starter at running back, with senior Jacob Davis taking over at that spot after starting on de-fense and playing quite a bit on offense. Senior Zach Wanamaker, also a defen-sive starter who played on offense, will again see action at running back.
Also returning is junior fullback Jordan Ferguson, who gives the Knights some size at that position.
Daryian Basco returns as a starting receiver, and sophomore Jalen Jordan moves into the starting lineup after growing into a 6-4, 190-pound frame.
Booth says he expects Jordan to become the team’s primary receiver in the Knights’ run-oriented offense, with Showell and Davis both lining up in the slot in passing situations.
Most of the offensive line is gone, but 250-pound senior center Alex Mer-edith returns, with 220-pound senior Connor Mediate taking over at one tackle.
Junior Travis Kunsman (225) will be the other tackle, with twins Carson and Chandler White, both 6-4 and 250, taking their games from the basketball court to the football field.
Most of the starters on offense will also be starting on defense. Meredith will play the nose in the Knights’ 3-4, with the White twins at tackle. Bosco will fill one outside linebacker spot, with Steve Kinder-man at the other.
Ferguson, the lone returning starter, and Wanamaker will be the inside linebackers, with Booth pointing to the linebacker positions as one of the areas hardest hit by graduation.
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EVENTS:SUNSET SIPS – BUTTERFLY NIGHTSWhat: Stroll the Chattahoochee Nature Center after hours. Stop by the green roof to grab a beverage, hear live acoustic music from local musicians, and enjoy CNC’s 127 acres at sunset. When: Aug. 13 and Aug. 27 from 6 to 8 p.m.Where: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, RoswellCost: Included with general admission and free to CNC membersMore info: www.chattnaturecenter.org
ENRICHING LIFE THROUGH TRAVELWhat: Local author Betty Brown has traveled the world and shares adventures, enriching stories and lessons learned.When: Saturday, Aug. 15, 2-3 p.m.Where: East Roswell Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road, RoswellCost: FreeMore Info: Call John Offerdahl, 404-613-4057
JOHNS CREEK FREE DOCUMENT SHREDDING What: A free document shredding event for the citizens of Johns Creek. Bring your sensitive documents for secure shredding on-site. This event will also accept cooking fats, oils and grease for recycling.When: Saturday, Aug. 15, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Panera Bread
Company, 11715 Medlock Bridge Rd., Johns Creek, GACost: No charge, donations accepted More Info: www.keepnorthfultonbeautiful.org/jc-document-shredding.html
FRIENDS OF THE ROSWELL LIBRARY BOOK SALEWhat: Come find thousands of reading gems among professionally organized riches. There are also great collections of CDs, DVDs, books on CD and cassette and video cassettes.When: Thursday, Aug.13-Aug. 16; 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 2:30-5:30 p.m. SundayWhere: Roswell Library, 115 Norcross Street, Roswell Cost: FreeMore info: www.forl.net
FAMILY NIGHT FRIDAY What: A fun evening of meet and greet with animals, kids’ activities, music, karaoke and pizza. When: Aug. 14, 4:30-7:30 p.m.Where: North Georgia Zoo & Farm, 2912 Paradise Valley Road, Cleveland, GA 30528More info: www.northgeorgiazoo.com/dates--directions.html
OLD ROSWELL CEMETERYWhat: Cemetery CleanupWhen: Aug. 15 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Where: Old Roswell Cemetery, 38 Hill St., RoswellMore Info: www.roswellhistoricalsociety.org
NORTHMINSTER FALL KICK-OFFWhat: Fun, food and games will be on the agenda at the annual Fall Kick-off celebration at Northminster Presbyterian ChurchWhen: Saturday, August 15, 6:30 PM. Where: Northminster Presbyterian, 2400 Old Alabama Road, RoswellMore info: 770-998-1482
MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER:ALPHARETTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAWhat: Audition for the second season of the Alpharetta Symphony Orchestra.When: 7 p.m. Aug. 27Where: Crabapple First Baptist Church, 12760 Birmingham Hwy, AlpharettaMore info: www.alpharettasymphony.com
RHYTHMS ON THE RIVER CONCERT SERIESWhat: The Pieces of Eight, which combines Soul, R&B and beach music…with lots of brass. Proceeds benefit Camp Sunshine. When: Aug. 16, 5 p.m.Where: Ben Brady Lakeside Pavilion, Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, RoswellMore info: www.chattnaturecenter.org
ROSATI’S OPEN MIC NIGHTWhat: Open Mic NightWhen: MondaysWhere: Rosati’s Pizza and Sports Pub, 415 Peachtree Pkwy Ste 200, CummingMore info: myrosatis.com
ABBOTTS BAR AND GRILL OPEN MIC NIGHTWhat: Open Mic NightWhen: WednesdaysWhere: Abbotts Bar and Grill, 10900 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA 30097More info: abbottsbar.com
SUWANEE PIZZA TAVERN OPEN MIC NIGHTWhat: Open Mic NightWhen: ThursdaysWhere: Suwanee Pizza Tavern 1500 Peachtree Industrial Blvd Suite 150 Suwanee, GeorgiaMore info: www.sptavern.com
CLASSICAL GUITAR PERFORMANCEWhat: Ethan Edmett and Ian Butler, both 18, will be giving a classical guitar performance.When: Aug. 15, 7 p.m.Where: Johns Creek Art Center, 6290 Abbotts Bridge Rd # 700, Johns CreekCost: FreeMore info: johnscreekarts.org
SUMMER CONCERT AT NORTHBROOK UNITED METHODIST CHURCHWhat: Dr. Tom Elliott Jr., will be performing a summer concert at the church where he previously served as pastor.When: Aug. 15 at 7 p.m.Where: Northbrook United Methodist Church, 11225 Crabapple Road, RoswellMore info: northbrookumc.com
MJCCA ARTS & CULTURE PRESENTS MARRY POPPINSWhat: The Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta’s MJCCA Arts & Culture is pleased to present Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s MARY POPPINSWhen: Through Aug. 16Where: MJCCA’s Morris & Rae Frank theatre, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, DunwoodyCost: $15 – $28More info: Visit or call 678-812-4002
LEARN SOMETHING NEW:SUMMER COCKTAIL BUFFET WITH WATERMELON MARTINISWhat: Learn to cook under the engaging instruction of Chef John Wilson. Create a meal then dine on it in the modern kitchen of historic Barrington Hall. When: Tuesday, Aug. 11,
6:30-9 p.m.Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Dr., RoswellCost: $50More info: Call 770-640-3855.
KNITTING & CROCHETING What: This volunteer-led program is designed to help those who are new to knitting/crocheting and those who need a review course to update their skills. When: Wednesday, Aug. 12, 11 a.m. Where: Park Place at Newtown School, 3125 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek More info: [email protected]. or [email protected] or call 678-512-3430
ATLANTA WORKSHOP PLAYERSWhat: World Dance Class and ‘Take a Stand’ Workshop When: Wednesday, Aug. 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Where: 8560 Holcomb Bridge Rd Suite 111, AlpharettaMore info: [email protected]
AARP DRIVER SAFETY CLASSWhat: A six-hour classroom course providing defensive driving techniques and strategies.When: Tuesday, Aug. 18, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.Where: Park Place at Newtown School, 3125 Old Alabama Road, Johns CreekCost: $15 for AARP members, $20 for non-membersMore info: www.JohnsCreekGA.gov/ParkPlace
LINE DANCING CLASSWhat: Line dancing class taught by Jean Chen. Class limited to 25. When: Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.,Where: Northeast Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Johns Creek GA Cost: FreeMore info: [email protected] or call 770-360-8820
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MS. SENIOR GEORGIA PAGEANT The Georgia Classic Club’s 26th Annual Ms. Senior Georgia Pageant for women 60 and above. Sunday, August 16. Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St, Roswell. For tickets, adults ($15), children 12 and under $7, call 770-993-7772
GARDEN TOUR MONDAYS AT BARRINGTON HALLA free tour of the historic gardens at Barrington Hall. Monday, August 17, 9:30-10 a.m. Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Dr., Roswell. Free. 770-640-3855
HEALTHY SOIL, HEALTHY COMPOSTING CLASSFulton County Cooperative Extension, in conjunction with the City of Alpharetta, will hold a “Healthy Soil, Healthy Composting” class. Aug. 19 from 6- 8 p.m. The Alpharetta New City Hall multipurpose room, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta. Registration required. Call 404-613-7670.
AUTREY MILL UNPLUGGED CONCERTAcoustic trio Harm n’ Me n’ Him perform. Saturday, Aug. 15, 8 p.m. Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center, 9770 Autrey Mill Road, Johns Creek. $14 for Autrey Mill members and Johns Creek residents, $20 otherwise. autreymill.org
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A good water softener such as ProMate EcoMax will also use less salt (saving you money and from having to carry so many heavy bags) and less water while reducing the amount of chloride it gives off, which is good for the environment. So is the fact that a new water softener is likely to be energy efficient.
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All the water that ever existed on Earth still exists today; it is simply recycled over and over. Herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers are entering the environment, along with prescrip-tion drugs, and they all end up in our drinking water.
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With Dr. Kiran Sajja
Our eyelids play a vital role in the normal function of our eyes and maintenance of clear vision. First, the eyelids are a physical barrier that shields the ocular surface from the damaging environment. Sec-ond, the motion of the eyelids allow for the even spread of our tears over the surface of our eyes necessary for optimal visual clarity. And finally, the eyelids define the overall aes-thetic of the face and convey our emotion and mood.
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Can you imagine being able to stream the sounds from your iPhones and iPads di-rectly into hearing devices that NO ONE else can see? What if you could answer or make phone calls and clearly hear the person on the other end through both ears?
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George Washington as the “Badge for Military Merit” and was only awarded to enlisted men, no officers.
Originally, the badge was given only to Revolutionary War veterans. It was revived in 1932, the 200th anniversary of Washington’s birthday. The medal features Washington’s profile atop a heart symbolizing love of country and devotion to duty. The color purple, once reserved only for those of noble birth, symbolizes American rejection of the rule of the nobility recognizing American equality.
In 1942, shortly after Pearl Harbor, the medal was desig-nated for all members of the military who shed blood or died in combat.
Rick White, whose fam-ily donated the Purple Heart plaza at the Veterans Walk, spoke about the Purple Heart and his battle experiences. First, he said no soldier “wins” the medal, because no sol-dier seeks it. It is awarded for wounds received.
Feb. 27, 1968, White, a newly minted first lieutenant, was leading his platoon in Viet-nam when they came under machine-gun fire. They quickly took a number of casualties.
“A young corpsman, Dennis Wayne Jacobs, he was only 22, was hurrying forward to help those injured when he was shot and died in my arms. That was my first personal experience of the price of the Purple Heart,” White said. “The last act of his life was rushing into danger to try to save others.”
White had a more per-sonal experience years later in Afghanistan when an Army Ranger unit in a Humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device, killing two of the six Rangers inside. A third was given up for dead, but he sur-prised them and lived.
“After he recovered, he went on to spend 39 months in combat. That Ranger grew
up in Johns Creek and gradu-ated from Chattahoochee High School. That was our son, Richard Graham White,” White said.
Then White quoted from the Bible, the book of John, verse 15:13:
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
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The Purple Heart plaza at the Veterans Memorial Walk honors the veterans who have been awarded the Military Order of the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in battle.
After laying the wreath at the Purple Heart plaza in the Veterans Memorial Park, Pamela White, Johns Creek Veterans Asso-ciation President Wayne Kidd, Ricky White and Mayor Mike Bodker step away. The Whites, whose son is a Purple Heart veteran, donated the funds for the Purple Heart plaza.
Two Purple Heart veterans inspect the memorial bricks at Veterans Memorial Walk.
Members of the Johns Creek Veterans Association prepare to toll the ceremonial bell as the names of the Georgians killed in the most recent campaigns of Afghanistan and Iraq are read.
This veteran has seen many campaigns.
Mayor Mike Bodker makes the opening remarks celebrat-ing Purple Heart Day.
More than 100 people were in attendance including many veterans and a contingent from the St. Brigid Catholic Church Knights of Columbus Council 13204.
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NORTH FULTON, Ga. – The Northern Ridge Boy Scout District, encompassing the cities of Roswell, Alpharetta, Johns Creek and Milton, has announced its newest Eagle Scouts, who passed their Board of Review on July 23, 2015. These are Scouts who passed their Eagle Board of Reviews are:
Ryan McAfee, from Troop 3000, was sponsored by Bir-mingham United Methodist Church. His project was the design and construction of three benches along the Prayer Trail located at
Birmingham United Meth-odist Church;
Liam McNamara, from Troop 143, was sponsored by Johns Creek United Method-ist Church. His project was the design and construction of a three sided run in barn for horses, located at the Save the Horses rescue farm;
Max Brauer, from Troop 143, was sponsored by Johns Creek United Methodist Church. His project was the design and construction of five benches, a picnic table, extended an outdoor path, cleaned the deck and hop-scotch area, removed and trimmed the trees and shrubs and repaired the existing steps for the outdoor deck area for the Schenck School;
Joseph Albright, from Troop 429, was sponsored by Alpharetta Presbyterian Church. His project was the construction of a dumpster pad and covering fence for Al-pharetta Presbyterian Church;
Julian Bernard, from Troop 1134, was sponsored by St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church. His project was the design and construction of a garden and brick paver patio including placing trellis frames for roses and planting trees, bushes and
flowers;Gavin Hudnall, from Troop
841, was sponsored by St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. His project was the design and construction of an outdoor challenge course for St. Thomas Aquinas Catho-lic Church. He constructed a “island hopper,” log swing, and tire run challenges;
Drayton Noah Piper, from Troop 1134, was sponsored by St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church. His project was the collection of household items for residents of The Drake House who move back to their new homes. He collected over 50 laundry baskets filled with household cleaners and mops;
Omar Ahmed, from Troop 12, was sponsored by Mus-lim American Society Youth Center. His project was the design and the construction of two clothes drop-off donation boxes (6’x4’, with doors) for the Roswell Community Majid;
Jamal El-Khalil, from Troop 12,was sponsored by Muslim American Society Youth Cen-ter. His project was the design and construction of five six-foot rolling shoe racks for the Roswell Community Majid.
James Andrew Ridings, of Crew 347, was sponsored by the Milton Ward of Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. His project was the construction of an outdoor classroom for Covenant Chris-tian Academy.
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The newest scouts for the Northern Ridge Boy Scout District are, from left, Julian Bernard, Gavin Hudnall, Drayton Noah Piper, Omar Ahmed and Jamal El-Khalil.
The newest scouts for the Northern Ridge Boy Scout District are, from left, Ryan McAfee, Liam McNamara, Max Brauer and Joseph Albright.
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of a table to make to Denver, Colorado. She found a couple on Craigslist who said they were heading that way. It was agreed the couple would take $200 to start and an additional $100 upon delivery. They were also to take photos along the way of road signs to prove they were traveling.
They exchanged driver’s license and tag information before they left.
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She was told to wire $100 through Western Union. The victim did this.
The next day, the victim called her customer and was told the table had not arrived.
Getting concerned, she called Western Union, which told her the money she sent was picked up in Alpharetta, not Colorado.
In total, the victim says she was out $2,000 – the money given to the couple, cost for a new table and shipping.
Fake cop pulls woman overFORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A
crying woman came to the sheriff’s office Aug. 4 to report being harassed by a motorist.
The motorist reportedly ran a red light in front of the Kroger on Sharon Road and Hwy. 141, nearly hitting the woman.
She said she honked her horn but the driver then started break-checking her and followed her into her work parking lot.
He blocked her car, got out and started yelling at her and demanded her driver’s license, claiming he was a cop, though he never showed a badge.
She provided a tag number but was unable to describe anything else due to being upset.
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The City of Johns Creek has CALLED for a SPECIAL ELECTION in conjunction with the November GENERAL ELECTION to be held November 3, 2015. The Special Election will be to fi ll the unexpired term of Council Seat Post 2 (expires 12/31/2015) and Post 5 (expires 12/31/2017). The GENERAL ELECTION will be held to elect Council Posts 2, 4, and 6. QUALIFYING will be held in the City Clerk’s Offi ce at Johns Creek City Hall which is located at 12000 Findley Road, Suite 400, Johns Creek, Georgia 30097. The qualifying fee for each council seat is $450.00 which is 3% of the total gross salary for the preceding year. Each candidate shall fi le a notice of candidacy in the offi ce of the City Clerk of Johns Creek between Monday, August 31, 2015 and Wednesday, September 2, 2015, the hours of qualifying will be from 8:30am to 12:30pm and from 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Each candidate must meet the qualifi cations of the Charter and Code of the City of Johns Creek, as well as all applicable state and constitutional laws.
Joan JonesCity Clerk
Notice of Public Internet Auction Johns Creek Police Department
The following is a list of property located at the Johns Creek Police Dept. If you believe that you are the owner of this property, please call 678-474-1572 Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM. Proof of ownership and a valid ID will be required to claim any property. A public internet auction of the following items will begin the week of September 1st. The auction’s website is www.propertyroom.com.
Items: Black Wallet and contents Black Mongoose bicycle Reading glasses Apple I-phone 6 Red ridge glasses Brighton Wallet Small Black Nylon Bag Apple Ipad Ray Ban sunglasses Adidas bag containing miscellaneous items
PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF JOHNS CREEK
ARTS and CULTURE BOARD MEETINGAugust 27, 2015
The monthly meeting of the Arts and Culture Board will be held at Johns Creek Arts Center which is located at 6290 Abbots Bridge Road, #700 in Johns Creek, Georgia. The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 6pm. Please contact the City Clerk’s offi ce at 678-512-3212 should you have any questions.
Joan Jones, City Clerk
Zoning Text Amendment A-15-001
A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE CITY OF JOHNS CREEK ZONING ORDINANCE INCLUDING ARTICLE III. DEFINITIONS; ARTICLE VII. TWO-FAMILY, TOWNHOUSE, APARTMENT DEWELLING DISTRICTS; ARTICLE VIII. OFFICE INSTITUTIONAL, MIXED USE DISTRICTS; ARTICLE IX. COMMUNITY BUSINSESS DISTRICTS; AND ARTICLE XIX. ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS AND USE TO CLARIFY TERMINOLOGY AND USE LOCATIONS FOR ACTIVE ADULTS, SENIOR HOUSING, ELDERALY AND FRAIL ELDERLY AS DEFINED AS SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSE AND OTHER PURPOSES. A COPY OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES IS LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND ON THE CITY’S WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
Comprehensive Plan Amendment A-15-002
A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE CITY OF JOHNS CREEK COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CLARIFY TERMINOLOGY AND USE LOCATIONS FOR ACTIVE ADULTS, SENIOR HOUSING, ELDERALY AND FRAIL ELDERLY AS DEFINED AS SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSE AND OTHER PURPOSES. A COPY OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES IS LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND ON THE CITY’S WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
CITY OF JOHNS CREEK PLANNING COMMISSION, PUBLIC HEARING:TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 AT 7:00 P.M.
CITY OF JOHNS CREEK MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, PUBLIC HEARING:MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 AT 7:00 P.M.
CITY OF JOHNS CREEK COUNCIL CHAMBER12000 FINDLEY ROAD, SUITE 300JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA 30097
The following Land Use Petition proposals located within the City of Johns Creek are scheduled for Public Hearings as stated above.
LAND USE PETITION: RZ-15-010 & VC-15-010-1 PETITIONER: Fitch Holdings, LLCLOCATION: 10500 Block of Parsons RoadCURRENT ZONING: AG-1 (Agricultural District)PROPOSED ZONING: TR (Townhouse Residential District)PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: 9-unit attached townhome development; Concurrent
variance to reduce the rear buffer from 40 feet to 25.8 feet. LAND USE PETITION: SUP-15-001 PETITIONER: Atlanta Chinese Christian Church North, LLCLOCATION: 5000 Block of Morton RoadCURRENT ZONING: AG-1 (Agricultural District)PROPOSED ZONING: AG-1 (Agricultural District)PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: Special Use Permit to allow for the expansion of a parking
lot at an existing church
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workshop, the number used was the $34.4 million, as
stated above.City Finance Director
Monte Favra says it is easy to understand because, under the state-mandated accrual method, cities must include the value of fixed assets and
other non-cash assets as the gross figure. That figure is $48 million.
But Favra said the actual cash reserve is $34.4 million, which fluctuates throughout the year as revenue (mostly
taxes) comes in and expenses are paid.
By policy the city maintains a 25 percent encumbrance fund ($12 million) for cash flow and another 25 percent reserve ($12.6 million) for other un-foreseen expenses.
The latter fund also is tapped to be used instead of buying Tax Anticipation Notes, which are short-term loans most cities take to cover the funding gap that occurs almost annually when there is a short-fall in the fiscal year and the property-tax revenue that has not begun to come in.
That currently leaves the city an unallocated fund bal-ance of $9.8 million.
At the work session the City Council discussed formalizing by policy how that $9.8 mil-lion unrestricted fund balance should be allocated.
“When you see the reserves broken down, it is not a lot of money. If we wanted to buy 50 acres of Johns Creek land at $150,000 an acre, we would use up $7.5 million,” Bodker said.
“So it really doesn’t go very far when we talk about making strategic purchases.”
Bodker recommended the unrestricted fund balance be restricted for the following uses:• Land acquisition• Traffic improvements• Development of parks and
structures
• Storm water system im-provements
• Vehicle purchase and re-placementThis was just the opening
of the discussion. Other council members
wanted time to come up with their own strategies and ideas.
Bodker also suggested, in situations when property revaluations trigger an an-nouncement of a tax increase even though the millage rate is unchanged, that the “increase” be put in a special fund.
“I would like to see it re-in-vested in the city in that same year for additional traffic relief or a strategic purchase such as parkland,” Bodker said.
“That way citizens see an immediate benefit. And I think everyone agrees the No.1 issue is to get control of traffic.”
That would mean this year $2.7 million in property revalu-ations would be invested.
Bodker noted that while this year did see significant rises in property valuations, they are still not at pre-2006 levels when the recent reces-sion began.
He said he did not want to see the city get on a millage seesaw from year to year.
It was a narrow 3-2 vote that did not roll back this year’s millage rate (which has not changed since the city’s inception).
The matter will be dis-cussed in more detail with the full council weighing at future work sessions.
Sam Ernest Adams, 56, of Cumming, passed away July 30, 2015. Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.
Helen Vernell Barrett, of Alpharetta, passed away August 1, 2015. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Sam Hale, of Johns Creek, passed away August 4, 2015. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Louise R. Hastreiter, 85, of Johns Creek, passed away August 2, 2015. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.
Peggy Sue Helton, 76, of Forsyth County, passed away August 1, 2015. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Gregory Paul Horan II, 18, of Cumming, passed away July 29, 2015. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.
Fabienne Gilberte Krekels, 56, of Cumming, passed away July 29, 2015. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Richard Alan Lapp, 92, of Alpharetta, passed away July 31, 2015. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Scott Pursell, of Roswell, passed away August 4, 2015. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Hazel Terry, of Milton, passed away August 3, 2015. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
William E. Tims, II, 78, of Cumming, passed away August 1, 2015. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Virginia Desiree Yatto, 66, of Cumming, passed away August 3, 2015. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
DEATH NOTICES CITY OF JOHNS CREEKPUBLIC NOTICE
Fiscal Year 2016 Budget PUBLIC HEARINGS
The Mayor and Council of the City of Johns Creek will review the 2016 Proposed Budget during their Monday, August 24, 2015 5:00pm Work Session. A PUBLIC HEARING regarding the 2016 Fiscal Year Proposed Budget will be held on Monday, August 24, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in conjunction with its regular Council Meeting. Both the Work Session and Public Hearing will be held at 12000 Findley Road, Suite 300, Johns Creek, GA 30097. The proposed budget will be available on the City website and a copy will be placed at the Ocee Library and Spruill Oaks Library on or after Friday, August 21, 2015. A second PUBLIC HEARING on the Proposed Budget will be held on Monday, September 14, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the City of Johns Creek Council Chambers located at 12000 Findley Road, Suite 300, Johns Creek, GA 30097. The Mayor and Council intend to adopt the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 at this meeting by enactment of a Budget Ordinance.
The Public Hearing scheduled for August 24, 2015 is intended to satisfy the requirements of O.C.G.A. 36-81-5, while the second Public Hearing is in addition to such legal requirements. All Meetings are open to the public.
Joan Jones, City Clerk
CITY OF ALPHARETIA
NOTICE OF GENERAL CITY ELECTION AND VOTER REGISTRATION
TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETIA, GEORGIA:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the third (3rd) day of November, 2015, a non-partisan general election will be held in the City of Alpharetta, Georgia to elect the Mayor and three (3) members of the City Council (Posts 4, 5 and 6) for a full four-year term each. All posts are at-large positions. Those candidates receiving a plurality of the votes cast for any position shall be elected.
The election shall be held at the regular polling places of the City of Alpharetta and the polls will be open from 7:00A.M. to 7:00P.M. on the date fi xed for the election. Advanced voting will be available at Alpharetta City Hall beginning on Monday October 19th and ending on Friday, October 30th from 8:30 A.M. to 5:00P.M.
Those residents who wish to qualify as a candidate in the election shall fi le a notice of candidacy in the Offi ce of the City Clerk no earlier than 8:30A.M. on August 31, 2015 and no later than 4:30P.M. on September 2, 2015, and all candidates for election shall designate, at the time of qualifying, the post for which they are seeking election. All candidates for election to City Council shall pay a qualifying fee of $450.00. Candidates for Mayor shall pay a qualifying fee of $900.00.
Those residents qualifi ed to vote at the election shall be determined in all respects in accordance with the election laws of the State of Georgia, and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Alpharetta. Those residents who have not previously registered shall make application for registration no later than the close of business on October 13, 2015. Residents may make application for registration in person at City Hall or any other Fulton County,Georgia registration location, or in any other manner, and at any other location authorized by the laws of the State of Georgia.
Coty Thigpen, City ClerkCity of Alpharetta, Georgia
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$34M: Where the money goes
Johns Creek has a healthy fund balance, which by City Council policy is allocated into certain areas. But all these allocations are just part of the whole and fluctuate throughout the year.
The following is a snapshot of what cash reserves were on the last day of the fiscal year. Note that the 90-day reserve and the cash flow encumbrance are by policy set aside to allow for cash flow and to pro-vide a “rainy day” fund for extreme emergencies.
The unallocated reserves are what are left after the allocated reserves are serviced.Cash – unallocated: $34.41M90-day Reserve: ($12.6M) Cash Flow Encumbrance: ($12.0M) Unallocated Reserve: $9.8M
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JOHNS CREEK Ga. – Pup-a-Palooza. Johns Creek Recreation and Parks’ an-nual dog contest and parade, is again looking for pinup pooches and food vendors to sign up.
The event is set Sept. 12 at New-town Park., where pets and their own-ers vie for “Best Dressed” and “Best Trick” competitions.
Whether it’s a dog or a hotdog, however, it needs to be registered with the Recreation Department. Dog own-ers may wait until the day of the event but vendors must sign up in advance.
Doggie entrants may sign up at the event also. In addition to the contests, the puppy party includes live music, caricature sketches of people with their furry BFFs.
For people, there will be free food while it lasts. Pet care ven-dors are invited to set up a booth or demon-strate new products and educate dog own-ers about pet care.
Vendor registration IS Aug. 1 through Sept. 4. Vendors must provide their own table and chairs. Maxi-mum 8-foot table
length.Only approved vendors may sell.
General liability insurance may be required.
Vendor fee is $50.
Vendors, dogs sought for annual Pup-a-Palooza
If you goWhere: Newtown Park Amphitheater When: 2 – 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 Cost: Free More info: Contact the Recreation and Parks Division at 678-512-3200.
Pet of the Week: GigglesATLANTA – LifeLine Animal Project’s Fulton County Pet of the Week is Giggles, an adorable, gentle, loveable and well-mannered female.
Weighing in at only 27 lbs., Giggles’ petite size makes her is a great choice for any family.
She is also good on a leash, and is playful but calm, so she’d be great for a family with children. Giggles gets along well with other dogs and is loved by everyone who meets her.
If you adopt Giggles by the end of July, her adoption fee is only $17.76, including her spay, vaccines and mi-crochip.
To meet Giggles, simply drop by the shelter at 860 Marietta Blvd NW, Atlanta, 30318 or go to www.fultonani-malservices.com/adopt or email [email protected] or call 404-613-0357. To view dogs or cats available for adoption, please visit the shelter.
Custodian/Park AttendantExcellent 2nd job! Upkeep & cleaning of parks & city facilities, cleaning & stocking bathrooms, picking up paper, clean up facilities, & removing trash from park pavilions & buildings. Must be 18 years old with valid GA Driver’s License. H.S. diploma or GED. Hours typically 6:00am–Noon & 1pm-7pm Sat & Sun; & 3:30pm–11:30 pm Monday (min 30 hrs/wk). Entry $12.63 hr w/employee medical benefi ts only. Apply www.suwanee.com. EOE. Drug-Free Workplace
Public Statement for Gwinnett Technical CollegeGwinnett Technical College is an equal opportunity employer and off ers career and technical education programs for all regardless race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affi liation or belief, genetic information, disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam Era, spouse of military member or citizenship status.
Gwinnett Tech off ers almost 50 programs in these broad areas of study: automotive; business and fi nance; computer sciences; construction; cosmetology; culinary arts and hotel, restaurant and tourism management; early education; health sciences; horticulture; public safety and service; veterinary technology; visual arts and design; and welding.
Persons seeking further information concerning the career and technical education off erings and specifi c pre-requisite criteria for admission to these programs should contact the Admissions Offi ce at 678-226-6600.
Gwinnett Tech off ers additional services to students with limited English language skills or with disabilities so that they may benefi t from these programs. For additional information regarding these services, your rights, grievance procedures, or the College’s non-discrimination policies please contact Lisa Richardson, Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator, 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway, Building 100, Room 323B, Lawrenceville, GA 30043, 678-226-6691, [email protected].
www.GwinnettTech.edu 770-962-7580
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NEWSPAPER DELIVERY ROUTE OPEN Appen Media Group has a route that will be opening in several weeks. This route requires delivery of the paper to a list of specifi c subdivisions each week. The newspapers must be bagged and then delivered to the driveway. Delivery person will be given a list of the subdivisions as well as a list of any specifi c addresses that have requested not to have the paper delivered. Requirements for this work include the following: Spotless driving record, proof of insurance and citizenship, reliable car or truck, excellent references, and a history of reliability and honesty in previous work. Delivery folks are independent contractors and are paid per newspaper delivered and a gas allowance is provided. Typically a route takes from 5-7 hours per week between bagging and driving the route. The specifi c route available will be in Johns Creek and the papers would need to be picked up from our offi ce Wednesday and delivered by no later than Thursday night at midnight. If interested please email resume to [email protected]. In the subject line put “route” . I will confi rm receipt of your email by replying to it. A criminal background check is made and a clean drug test is required. Please do not call.
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