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June 30, 2016 | Nor thFulton.com | An Appen Media Group Publ icat ion | 50¢ | Vo lume 20, No. 26
Council OKs 5-storyactive adult on MedlockFacing possible lawsuitparties agree to changes
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Jerri Phillips Badger inspects the Women in Service stela at the Johns Creek Memorial Walk in Newtown Park before the Johns Creek Veterans Association made her the first female member of the organization. As a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) she served in World War II as a military pilot although WASPs were never given true military status. Read more, Page 14.
World War IIWASP pilot honored
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JC fish mongercaters to fish lovers Kathleen’s Catch servesMilton, Johns Creek
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Rayen Kang winstamp art contestNorthview student takes first in Georgia for U.S. Wildlife Federation
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Hatcher Hurd suggestsdon’t monkey with TSPLOSTCity Council should not gamblewith taxpayer dollars
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ROSWELL, Ga. — A 20-year-old local man was wounded June 21 in a drive-by shooting at the Old Holcomb Bridge Road and Holcomb Ferry Road intersection. Three men were arrested the next day.
The victim was standing outside of an apartment com-plex at 5:30 p.m. when a red Ford Mustang drove past and opened fire. A shooter inside the car fired several rounds from a handgun at the victim. Two of the bullets hit their mark, but authorities say the wounds are not life-threaten-ing.
“It was very fortunate that no one else was hurt,” said Roswell Police Department Public Information Officer Lisa Holland. “[The shooting] was in the vicinity of the neigh-borhood pool, so there were a lot of families and kids in the area. It’s always very busy.”
“The victim and suspects all knew each other, and the shooting stemmed from an argument,” Holland added.
Less than 24 hours later, Derrick Thompson, 23, Chris-topher Strong, 19, and a teenager, 17, all from Roswell, were arrested in connection with the shooting. They were all booked for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The extent of the charges filed against them has not been released at this time. Despite his injuries, the victim was still conscious and alert when he was transported to the hospital June 21, said Holland. Return to northfulton.com for updates.
Man shot twice at busy intersection3 arrested in connection with drive-by shooting ROSWELL, Ga. — A former Fulton County School Board
member and his wife were hit by a car Thursday, June 16 after walking home from Alive in Roswell.
Ron and Liz Jackson were crossing Magnolia Street with the right-of-way, when a Lincoln Navigator made a left turn toward them and collided with the couple. Ron, according to his Facebook page, sprained his left ankle and “left a bunch of skin on Magnolia Street” but is otherwise fine. His wife, however, sustained more serious injury.
Liz broke two bones in her left arm and wrist when she was knocked down. She was rushed to surgery that night and received eight staples to close up a wound on the back of her head.
Ron posted Sunday that her Orthopedic Surgeon is “very pleased with the progress of the healing of her arm incision and repair.” He is calling his own healing sprain a “Prince tribute” in reference to it’s a “lovely shade of pur-ple.”
Roswell police are currently investigating the incident and will not say if there have been any arrests.
Car collides with former FCschool board member, wife
DUI arrests ► Brandy Joy Ingels, 27, of Sterling Court, Alpharetta,
was arrested June 10 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
► Philip Marcel Adair, 29, of Brookhollow Trace, Johns Creek, was arrested June 14 on Kimball Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI and duty upon striking a fixed object.
See ARRESTS Page 27
Ex-roommate allegedly tries to rent lived-in propertyJOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A man reported a swindle June 7 when a former roommate attempted to lease a residence that he had no authority over. On June 6, a man responded to an Air BNB listing online by a “Quenten Moses” to rent a property. The victim paid the $1,200 cash deposit, but found the interaction suspicious when the receipt came back from “Q consulting,” and he could not find any trace of Moses online.
Johns Creek police accompanied the victim to the prop-erty June 7 and found that a man had already been living in the unit for many years.
The property owner did not know about any lease agreement, but he was familiar with Moses, who had stayed with him for a few days. The key to the property had gone missing in May after Moses left.
See BLOTTER Page 28
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – An amended plan that will put a 4-story, 140-unit active adult property on 6.6 acres at Medlock Bridge Road and Bell Road looked better the second time around for the City Council June 20, passing by a 5-2 vote.
The property owner Jeffrey Wages had previously sought to build a fu-neral home on the property two years ago, which brought out a huge protest from Asian and South Asian residents who lived nearby. Although the owner did not need approval from the city, he voluntarily withdrew the project.
In 2015, he returned with plans for a 6-story, 170-unit active adult apartment complex that included a 2,200-square-foot restaurant and a 300-square-foot yoga studio. That plan was rejected by the City Council because it required a variance for a 6-floor building that exceeded the city’s 60-foot height limit.
This time the project was presented with only 4 stories and an agreement to donate right of way for street im-provements that would allow a second left-turn lane from Bell onto Medlock Bridge Road.
The project would include the restaurant, the studio and a 275-space parking garage, which is more parking than required. The entire project is 231,000 square feet.
The plan was in compliance with the zoning character area and the intent of the comprehensive land use plan, said Community Development Director Sharon Ebert.
Residents spoke in opposition to the property on the grounds the devel-
opment was too dense and would worsen the traffic on an already stressed Bell Road. It would also choke the intersection at Medlock Bridge Road.
The attorney for the project pointed out that the devel-opment met all the zoning re-quirements and was donating right of way that would improve the traffic at the intersection. He also said as a 55-and-older community, it would not affect rush hour traffic as much as other approved uses. The property is zoned commercial and would be entitled to a curb cut on Med-lock Bridge Road. The project did not seek that.
Ebert said the traffic impact analy-sis showed the project would be consid-ered a “low impact” development.
“The traffic analysis shows the im-pact would be minor compared to other uses for the property which would be much greater,” Ebert said. “The project is contributing right of way and funds for intersection improvements.”
Councilwoman Stephanie Endres said a commercial development rather than residential would be preferable because it would be “taking traffic off
the road.”“When we talk about C-1 [uses]
we are taking traffic off the road as opposed to putting it on the road. We’re adding 140 cars now,” Endres said.
The attorney said that argument doesn’t wash. Commercial uses are by definition more intense use of the prop-erty and invite traffic all day long.
Councilman Lenny Zaprowski said he tries to be consistent in use, den-sity and precedent. This did not fit the comprehensive plan in his view and he would oppose it.
The rest of the council disagreed.Councilman Steve Broadbent said
to reject the plan would be to invite a lawsuit that would not only be costly but would be money spent in a losing cause.
“This plan has a reduction of 20 percent in density from the original plan. If developed as [commercial] it would have a worse traffic impact,” Broadbent said.
Councilman Bob Gray said he sup-ported the project because it was an ef-fort to make the city multi-generational, an issue he campaigned on.
“If we don’t foster multi-genera-tional, then the only residents we will have will be transitional – they move in and then the move away. This is not apartments, but active adult,” he said.
Zaprowski and Endres cast the two dissents when the City Council finally voted to approve.
City OKs 140-unit, 4-story active adult apts.Compromise ends lawsuit threat on Medlock-Bell Road property
The site plan shows the 140-unit active adult project that has been approved for the corner of Medlock Bridge Road and Bell Road.
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ROSWELL, Ga. – Barrington Hall presents “The Civil War in Georgia,” a Georgia history course led by au-thor and Kennesaw State University historian Michael K. Shaffer – on four consecutive Tuesday nights beginning July 5.
Shaffer’s course is a college level continuing education offering he has taught previously at KSU.
He will cover many of the wartime actions and major protagonists of the Civil War illustrated with a PowerPoint presentation, photographs, maps and video clips. The course will cover the war from its beginning in January 1861 and the secession vote until the May 1865 capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Georgia.
Shaffer is a Civil War historian, newspaper columnist, instructor, battlefield guide, lecturer and author of “Washington County, Virginia in the Civil War.”
A member of the Society of Civil War Historians, he also serves on the board of the Civil War Round Table of Cobb County. Shaffer earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in military his-tory–Civil War studies.
“I want people to come away with a better understanding of what hap-pened in Georgia during the war. The
Civil War caused a lot of hardship and destruction across the state. There is much more than the Battle of Atlanta and Sherman’s March to the Sea,” he said.
Most people know of these things but don’t really have a full grasp of what happened then and why.
“I have had people come up to me to say they had lived in Georgia all their lives, but learned things they never knew before,” Shaffer said.
“I teach in an open format, so I wel-come questions from the students. So it is not just two hours of me lecturing.”
Shaffer is also working on another book that looks at the “Chattahoochee Line,” which another historian likened to the French Maginot Line before World War II.
“It was a one-of-a-kind fortification that has nothing like it anywhere else in history,” he said. “And it has a direct Roswell connection.”
The cost of the course is $125 per person. The dates and times for the class are July 5, 12, 19, and 26, from 7-9 p.m. each night. Advance registra-tion is required.
For more information or to register, call Barrington Hall at 770-640-3855 or email [email protected].
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Out of all the fun holidays we celebrate through-out the year, I have to admit my favor-ite is the Fourth of July.
For the past seven years I have awakened before the crack of dawn while most people are sleeping in
on their day off. I sweat through my shirt, climb Heartbreak Hill and feel slightly claustrophobic as I’m sur-rounded by more than 70,000 people walking, running and wheeling.
I’m talking about the world’s larg-est 10K, the Peachtree Road Race.
This year will be my eighth time “competing,” aka doing my best to not pass out in the Atlanta heat, in one of the best traditions in Atlanta.
Atlanta’s Peachtree Road Race is a beloved Fourth of July tradition. This is the 46th year of the 10K. Roughly 70,000 people sign up in March, hoping to earn a race number through a lottery selection system. After all is said and done, the contestants line up in Buckhead before the sun is barely above the horizon and walk or run to Piedmont Park, where a celebra-tion takes place and where you get that all-important trophy, the official Peachtree Road Race T-shirt.
Every year I am amazed at the patriotic party that takes place in the heart of the city. Runners are decked out in red, white and blue, some wear-
ing tutus, speedos and even military fatigues. My eyes even start to sweat a little, OK I mean tear up, when I see how proud everyone is to be an American.
It truly is a 6.2 mile -- plus some more give or take on the walk to the starting line and the walk back to MARTA -- celebration.
And with all the recent tragedies happening around our nation and the world, don’t we all need a break to just be happy?
In the news business, and also for the news watchers and readers, we are constantly bombarded with negativity. I’ve been told more than once “If it bleeds, it leads.” Sometimes I have to talk to domestic violence sur-vivors, friends and family of recently deceased individuals and write about hate crimes happening in our commu-nity.
There are constant fights about Democrats, Republicans, gay, straight, Christian, Muslim, guns.
The hate and arguments seem to never end.
But for one day a year, we usually put all of the pessimism aside and celebrate something we all have in common – being Americans. This is probably why July 4 is my favorite day of the year. We forget our differences and instead celebrate our nation’s birthday.
So this year I’ll be celebrating my country’s independence by wearing the most patriotic outfit I can find, walking the Peachtree Road Race and loving my fellow Americans.
Seeing red, white and blue
KATHLEEN [email protected]
Me and my mom, MJ after we finish the race in 2012.
The Johns Creek City Council con-ducted another of its mini-marathons the Monday before last, and quite a doozy it was. This time it was all about the Transporta-tion Special Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST).
The City Council has spent the last six months aggregat-ing roads projects in preparation for the TSPLOST vote allowing Fulton to create a 5-year tax to provide the money to take a big bite out of congestion in Johns Creek.
If there is a bigger consensus over the No.1 problem in the city I haven’t heard it.
Now comes the night for the council to vote “in or out” of the TSPLOST. Under the legislation, the cities via their city councils must opt in or out of the TSPLOST.
If any city opts out AND if Ful-ton city councils representing 60 percent of the pop-ulation (not count-ing Atlanta) vote to approve, those cities will still pay the additional sales tax, but none of the money goes for that city or cities’ road projects.
It will still require a majority of the voters to pass it in November.
Now just about every council mem-ber has griped about the way the state Legislature loaded the question so that cities have no real option but to opt in or pay the sales tax but reap no bene-fits if it passes.
“A gun to their head” I must have heard a dozen times that night alone.
But look at what caused the Legisla-ture to create such a twisted scenario.
The economy is recovering. Tax revenues are up. After several years of cutting the state budget, there is money in the Georgia Department of Transpor-tation coffers again. But statewide, we are years behind our needs.
The idea of a TSPLOST with inclu-sion of MARTA was viewed as toxic, and Atlanta insisted on MARTA’s inclusion. Rather than see the whole idea torpe-
doed, with all of our legislators support, the split-TSPLOST was conceived.
Was it perfect? No, but it was an artful way to put the decision in the hands of voters and not the politicians. And this meant the various city coun-cils.
But it seems some on the Johns Creek City Council are willing to throw away $80 million of the taxpayers’ money and the opportunity to get ahead of the transportation curve over “principle.”
It began with Councilman Bob Gray offering up at the last minute his plan to cut the city millage rate commen-surate with the $80 million. He as-sured his fellow council members that his faultless study of staff’s 10-year economic forecast would mean the
city could have its TSPLOST and a tax cut too.
Now some might say that was a grandstand play to pull on fellow coun-cilmembers without any prior discussion or sharing of docu-mentation save the sheets he passed out that evening.
Gray had been studying the matter for two years, he said. Why he waited to share his find-ings at this impor-tant crossroads is not clear.
But there is a flaw in that plan.
The city’s tax assessments will not be known for weeks. And while a fore-cast is encouraging, it is only that – a forecast. I wonder what the 10-year forecast was in 2005.
There is no reason to connect a millage cut to the TSPLOST. First, the TSPLOST may not get 60 percent of the vote. Not likely, by my lights, but pru-dence would say wait and see.
If the city can withstand a millage cut and is shown to be prudent, that can be done at the proper time regard-less of any TSPLOST.
There is a process for setting the millage rate, why not follow it?
However, the City Council’s descent into TSPLOST-mania did not end there.
It devolved into a debate about the legislative action that was “forcing” council to approve the city’s participa-tion in the TSPLOST vote and the “con-
JC Council should ‘keep eyes on TSPLOST prize’
HATCHER HURDExecutive [email protected]
This is $80 million of the Johns Creek taxpayers’ funds that hung in the balance while council argued arcane elitist principles in the name of alleged conservatism.
See FUNDS, Page 28
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By KELSEY [email protected]
ROSWELL, Ga. — Turn on any national news station and before long, a story or heated debate about U.S. immigra-tion reform flashes on the screen. In a diverse community like Roswell, some citizens may find themselves question-ing where they stand on immigration.
Roswell City Councilman Marcelo Zapata, along with Kuck Immigration Partners, held a public immigration forum on June 21 at Roswell City Hall. The forum allowed citizens to ask ques-tions and receive important information pertaining to immigration laws.
“This is the first event done like this in Roswell and you have to start somewhere,” said Zapata. “I think the questions people asked were very inter-esting questions. People were eager to learn about their options.”
Keith Jensen, an associate attorney representing Kuck Immigration Part-ners, led the discussion.
“The idea is to give people informa-tion that they need to make informed decisions,” said Jensen.
The main topic Jensen covered involved clearing up misconceptions about Deferred Action for Parents of Americans.
In November 2014, President
Obama filed executive actions stat-ing that the U.S. government would prepare to start accepting requests for DAPA. If passed, DAPA would allow parents of children born in the United States to stay temporarily without fear of deportation. Additionally DAPA recipients could apply for employment authorization, which allows them to work legally for a three year period.
In the politically charged United States v. Texas case that stalled DAPA implementation, 26 states stood behind Judge Andrew Hanen of Texas to issue a preliminary injunction. This injunc-tion temporarily blocked the expansion of existing immigration reforms as well as DAPA. The injunction did not change reforms that the government already put into effect.
But, just this month the U.S. Su-preme Court voted 4-4 on the govern-ment’s challenge to that injunction, effectively ending any hopes of DAPA moving forward.
After a general question and answer session, the forum ended with an in-vitation to ask case specific questions and receive some consultation. Both Zapata and Jensen expressed a willing-ness to host similar forums and events in the future.
For information on immigration legislation, visit immigration.net.
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ROSWELL, Ga. — When people think of the term “human trafficking,” typically places in North Fulton don’t come to mind. However, that is precisely where many cases of the trafficking of chil-dren is happening right before our eyes.
A human trafficking open discus-sion by End Human Trafficking Now took place June 26 at Pastis in Roswell as a wine and dine event. Director, and Rotary Action Group Against Child Slavery Chair Cokkie Eaker, along with Holly Beach, business development manager at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, opened the event to those in attendance as Dorsey Jones, a former trafficked child spoke about her experiences.
“The slavery issue is a 36 million people issue,” Eaker said. “It’s some-thing that very much exists in the present.”
Eaker expanded upon common assumptions about sex trafficking: that “only Asian women get sex trafficked” and “it’s not happening in my neighbor-hood.”
These assumptions prove false based on studies done by End Human Trafficking Now and cases on the news that display places like Alpharetta and Roswell as having this problem.
Eaker described how the sex traf-ficking industry is so big in areas like North Fulton because of the money that exists.
“Slavery never ended because it is such a big business,” she said. “(It’s a) $150 billion industry, that’s exactly what it is — an industry.”
In a chart shown during the pre-sentation, statistics showed that 42
percent of sex traffickers are from the northern area outside the perimeter with only 9 percent buyers present at or near the airport.
“That’s where the money is,” Eaker said.
Dave McCleary, founder of End Hu-man Trafficking Now, said events like this are being pushed to be held more frequently to maintain awareness about the human trafficking issue.
He said nearly all victims of sex traf-ficking are girls in the 12-14 age range with some as young as 9.
“It starts with us in our commu-nity,” he said. “What we can do is in-vest in their lives. It’s so important that we engage.”
Dorsey Jones, who has authored a book that describes her trafficking ex-perience, “Stretched Beyond Measure: When the Angels Were Crying,” pointed out that many of these victims live their lives ashamed of themselves.
“All my life I walked in shame,” she said. “Today I don’t have to do that anymore.”
Based on her experience, Jones told guests that getting involved is the best thing to do and that her life is a living example of someone who has overcome the struggles of the human trafficking industry.
“I am hope for the hopeless,” she said. “Let’s be about the business and take care of the business.”
End Human Trafficking Now will continue to hold discussions through-out the year to continue to raise aware-ness of the issue.
For information on End Human Trafficking Now, contact Cokkie Eaker at [email protected] or visit endhtnow.com.
Dorsey Jones tells her life story to those in attendance at Pastis.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Rayen Kang, a 16- year-old rising junior at Northview High School and a student at the First Fine Art & Design Academy in Johns Creek, has won the annual 2016 Geor-gia Junior Duck Stamp Art Competition held at the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in Juliette.
Her work was unanimously selected by the five judges as the Georgia Best in Show.
Rayen will also receive a $175 scholarship from Georgia Power Co., a long-time sponsor of the Georgia Junior Duck Stamp Program.
As Georgia’s Best of Show, Kang’s original artwork was entered in the National Junior Duck Stamp Contest at the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Sanibel, Fla.
She did not win there, but was one of nine others selected as a Top Ten Finisher. The Wildlife Federation does not rank the other nine, but just names
the finishers. Rayen’s submission was an acrylic
representation of a pair of hooded mer-
gansers.“I chose the hooded mergansers to
paint since they looked cool. This took about 8 to 10 hours to paint in class,” said Rayen.
She says she has always liked to draw and found out early she was good.
“In the fourth grade, I had a friend
Northview student wins Wildlife Federation art competitionRayen Kang tops in Ga., top 10 nationallyin Junior Duck Stamp Art Competition
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Rayen Kang, a rising junior at Northview High School, is already a talented artist and musician.
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This acrylic painting of two hooded merganser ducks is the unanimous winner for Georgia’s Wildlife Federation stamp art competition.
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Today, Rayen is a talented artist who has been painting for more than five years. She has not drawn wild-life much, but when she decided to compete in the stamp competition, she chose the hooded merganser after looking at bird names for subjects on the internet.
“I didn’t know anything about the bird, I just liked the name,” she said.
It is a small duck with a slender bill that dives in fresh-water ponds and rivers for its food. It is easily identifiable by its crest or hood, especially among the females. Hardy independent crea-tures, the hatchlings leave their nest at 1-day-old.
Rayen spends two hours a week taking art lessons, mostly she indepen-dently picks her subjects.
Kang’s winning entry was submitted through art teacher Shengji Qu, a re-nowned Chinese film scenery artist, de-signer and art director at First Fine Art and Design Academy in Johns Creek. Qu, would give advice on technique to make the mergansers more lifelike, but mostly it is all her composition.
Carmen Simonton, a wildlife com-pliance specialist for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, has the duty to ensure the entries are correct and the students are who they say they are.
Simonton had high praise for Qu and the First Fine Art and Design Acad-emy.
“We have gotten some really beauti-ful art from the academy. Of course this year Rayen Kang’s entry was a unani-mous first choice. She was really a fine artist,” Simonton said.
Rayen says she has not made up her mind whether to pursue a career in art.
“I’m not sure, but it already takes up a big part of my life, and I will keep it that way,” she said. “But I’m just 16. I haven’t thought that much about it.”
Rayen is also an accomplished musician in the Northview High School Chamber Orchestra. She joined two of her classmates asked to play with the Emory Youth Orchestra and with five classmates she played with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra.
This year, 560 Junior Duck Stamp entries were submitted statewide from 17 different public and private schools, home schools, art studios, and after-school programs.
Junior Duck Stamps are sold by the U.S. Postal Service and Amplex Corp. consignees for $5 per stamp. Proceeds from the sale of Junior Duck Stamps support conservation education, and provide awards and scholarships for students, teachers, and schools that participate in the program.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — June 22 was a special occasion for the Johns Creek Veterans Association when the group of vets corrected an oversight and in-ducted the group’s first woman mem-ber. But they made up for it in a big way when the inductee was named, Jerri Phillips Badger, a pilot with the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots in World War II who lives in Johns Creek now.
If you never heard of the WASPs, women who volunteered to ferry Air Force planes during the war to free up badly needed pilots for combat duty, you would not be alone. Badger and her sister pilots served bravely and loyally but were never given their just due – not from the Air Force, not from Congress and not from history – until a long time after their service was over.
Badger didn’t have a pilot’s license when she heard the Air Force was looking for women pilots and joined in 1944. But that didn’t stop her. She had known she wanted to be a pilot after her first ride in a plane.
“When I was in high school I got taken up in a two-seater for a ride. Af-ter circling the city we were flying back when the pilot asked me if I would like to take hold of the controls,” Badger said. “That did it. When I realized I was in control, that was the greatest feeling.”
She grew up in Texas and was attending St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, where she found out about the pilot program. At first the WASPs was only for women who already had a pilot’s license. But as the need grew to get the men overseas, the need for women replacements grew.
She began taking flying lessons at Kelly Air Force Base in the evenings.
“When I had enough hours [in the air] I applied for an interview. They eliminated 50 percent at the interview. After the physical, they eliminated another 50 percent. But I made it through,” she said.
Soon she was flying P-51s and P-47s, the fastest planes the Air Force had at the time. The P-designation stood for Pursuit. B was for bomber. The women were not allowed to fly bombers in the beginning, nor the fighter planes.
At the beginning, they just ferried
the trainers. The women took on more responsibilities as the war progressed and the crunch for replacement pilots grew.
The women showed they could fly the big B-17s and B-24s. The story is when Col. Paul Tibbetts, who would drop the atom bomb from a B-29 over Hiroshima, had a hard time getting pilots to stop grousing about the diffi-culty of flying the plane. It was almost twice as big.
So Tibbetts had the women pilots ferry the B-29s to shut the men up.
As for her service in the WASPs, Badger said it was just a job.
“But it was a job I so enjoyed. For me it was not a job but a privilege,” she said. “We only flew within the United States. Our job was to relieve men for combat. We would also tow targets.”
That meant towing a canvas target behind the plane while gunners trained to fire using live ammunition. Some privilege. She flew for three years, but when it was over, she said she did not consider the military.
“It was so heart-breaking the way we were treated,” she said, not with bitterness, but conviction. “It broke my heart when we disbanded.”
JC vets honor Wor ld War II heroineWASP pilot Jerri Phillips Badger first woman inducted into JCVA
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The first unit of what would become the WASP – the Women Airforce Service Pilots – was formed in the dark days of 1942. America was short of everything, but especially pilots. So women pilots were solicited to become pilots to free up men for combat.
They grew to be more than 1,100 pilots before the program was abruptly terminated at the end of 1944 in one of the political spats Congress and the military were having. The WASPs had expected to be inducted into the military. Instead they were shown the door and given a curt goodbye.
It wasn’t until 1977 with the help of Sen. Barry Goldwater that the women were given military status and benefits. Last July President Barak Obama presented the surviving 250 or so WASPs with the Congressional Gold Medal. The 38 women who died flying got no recognition from their government at the time.
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It seems the WASPs became a political target with Congress squab-bling with the military, and the entire program was abruptly shut down at the end of 1944.
The WASPs were treated more like pariahs than patriots at the end. The Air Force never did treat them with much respect. They were civilian con-tractors. And when one of the pilots died – 38 of them did – Badger said the military did not even pay to ship the body home.
It was left up to the women to pass the hat to get a fallen comrade home.
“And when they told us we were being disbanded, they put us on a bus, stopped at the gate and they told us to get out,” Badger said.
Asked her fondest memories of those times, it was not surprising she said it was the flying.
“It was the absolute thrill of what we were doing. The disappointment after we disbanded was hard. Then I got an instructor’s license for civilian planes. After the war I did some civilian ferrying the Luscombe Silva ire, a plane made in the mid-1930s and1940s, from Texas to Cheyenne, Wyo.
“It was the best for flying in icy conditions. I flew for three years. I had several forced landings, but nothing dramatic,” she said.
Is there such a thing as a non-dra-
matic forced landing?“But I was absolutely distraught
that we were not flying bigger planes. It was a waste of education and training. I would try to fly for civilian airlines, but they would only hire me as a steward-ess. Well I wasn’t a stewardess, I was a pilot,” she said.
“So I quit.” She wound up marrying a Marine
pilot. It was with some amusement that at the time they married, she had more flight time than he did. She had four daughters, one of whom got her pilot’s license.
“But that was just to find out what it was I did – and show me she could do it,” Badger said.
She didn’t get any support from her family back in the 1940s either.
“My family thought it was a horrible thing. A young lady was supposed to get married and have a family and that was it.”
But Badger has no regrets.“Looking back on it, it was inde-
scribable how I loved it. I wasn’t think-ing about the war effort. I was gung ho and let’s go fly! I was successful and accomplished what I wanted to do. But no one encouraged me. I was just so out of step.”
There she is dead wrong. She was not out of step – merely ahead of her time.
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Jerri Phillips Badger stands while Johns Creek Veterans Association Commander Michael E. Mizell reads her name into the JCVA rolls.
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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Wal-Mart has officially come to town in North Forsyth.
The superstore’s newest location at 3555 Browns Bridge Road, or Ga. 369, west of Ga. 400 will be on 45 acres. The company broke ground June 24. The store will be 185,000 square feet with a fresh grocery, dry goods, general merchandise, pharmacy, tire and lube express and optical.
This project has been in the works since 2003, according to Glen Wilkins, director of public affairs and govern-
ment relations for Wal-Mart. However due to the economy, the project was delayed. Now that construction has begun, a spring 2017 opening is pre-dicted.
He said the company is happy their customers won’t have to drive as far to get to one of their stores.
“They won’t have to get on 400 and head on down the road or go to Daw-sonville and spend their money else-where,” he said.
The location was chosen in large part for its access to Ga. 400.
“We understand where the growth is,” Wilkins said. “When you look at the houses that are around here, you have
the golf fields, the park. We try and look where our customers are at. We don’t expect our customers to have to travel great distances to us. If we can built closer to them and make it a more convenient shopping experience, then we definitely will do that.”
Wilkins said as Wal-Mart chooses communities to build in, the company also tries to reach out and help the citizens.
With the help of Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills, Wal-Mart was able to create a potential partnership, in-cluding a farm-to-table program with North Forsyth high and middle schools and helping with the schools’ green-
houses. Getting students involved is some-
thing Mills, whose district covers this area, is the most excited about.
“We’re hoping this program will take off and they’ll be able to sell their pro-duce in the store,” Mills said.
At the groundbreaking, the com-pany presented a check to North For-syth High’s Principal Jeff Cheney to go toward greenhouse expenses.
“We saw this as a great opportu-nity to partner with (the schools) to get things jump started,” Wilkins said. “We want to let people know, while we are going to be selling a lot here, we also want to give back.”
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Community figures along with Wal-Mart staff break ground on the new North Forsyth location.
Students from North Forsyth High School, from left Tanner Copeland, Maggie Shepherd and Taylor Phillips hold the check from Wal-Mart for their school’s rotary foundation.
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You may not realize this, but right now, as you are reading this article, if not in North Fulton, somewhere in At-lanta, there are a group of business folks mingling in the hopes of eventually passing referrals that will
lead to money. It is called networking. This happens at every level of the
business-spectrum, from personal insurance agents looking for leads, to corporate executives mingling at the Super Bowl.
When I first became a mortgage banker, I had just left a job where I managed the front office for a small, high-tech printed circuit board manu-facturing operation.
My focus was on sales and mar-keting. Other than a few jobs we did for incubators at Georgia Tech, all of our clients were outside Georgia. It was a fun and incredibly demanding job where I got to work with a number of cutting-edge start-ups looking to change the world with their electronic devices. (I got to ‘advise’ engineers at Tesla on using flexible printed circuit boards. Of all the start-ups we worked with, none of them asked as many, or smarter questions than those folks).
The company-owner decided to consolidate the company into his larger, more broad-based operation in Chicago. I do love Chicago, but there was no way I was moving my family out of my hometown.
At that time, my old friend and fellow Chattahoochee High School classmate (class of ’93 – paws up!) Damian Cook was a year into open-ing the Atlanta branch of Assurance Financial with his longtime workmate Jody Zaparaniuk.
I used to be in construction and
real estate, so I knew the industry. Being a mortgage banker scratched a lot of itches for me and I jumped in with full force (is there any other way to do it when you have a family to help support?).
I studied everything I could about the mortgage industry. I got my license and I was ready to unleash
myself onto the local real estate scene. I needed to get out and meet the right people, and networking was the easi-est way to do that.
I quickly learned that every minute of every day there is a group of small-business people meeting somewhere – I just had to find them. And that became easy after I met Joel Peskin. Joel is a carpet cleaner from New York City who runs a website and newsletter called Joelslist.com. His weekly newsletters list nearly every networking event in the north Metro area.
He has since moved on to actu-ally plan and host large networking
events. But his list set my agenda each week.
Every day I would show up to a group of complete strangers and talk about mortgages. It was a great way for me to learn how to talk about mortgages in a way that people lis-tened, but it wasn’t a great network-ing strategy.
Networking isn’t about running a room. It’s about establishing deep relationships with people whose trust you have earned in one way or another.
My favorite networking group is the Greater North Fulton Chamber’s ProAlliance that meets at 7:30 every Wednesday morning.
There are about 60+ people there every week. While some come and go, I’ve made some good, long-time busi-ness friends there.
Every week there is someone new who comes in ready to ‘own the room’ – schmooze, joke, be loud and maybe believe that we all will fall in line. I call them shooting stars.
They are usually looking to scoop up a bunch of quick referrals, which never happens, so they leave.
Good networking is about earning trust and learning about the people in the room – not the products. Take Joel for example. For years I thought he just cleaned carpets and had a knack for networking. After getting to know him better, I found out he used to be a roadie for several 80s bands, and he was a serious contender for making the USA luge team. What a cool guy!
Geoff Smith [email protected] 770-674-1433Personal: NMLS#104587Business: NMLS#70876*The views and opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of Assurance Financial Group
GEOFF SMITHAssurance Financial, [email protected]
Getting deep with networking
Networking isn’t about running a room. It’s about establishing deep relationships with people whose trust you have earned in one way or another.
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Local Realtors give backwith Canine AssistantsMILTON, Ga. — Agents, staff and even the top brass from Keller Williams Realty gathered on Thursday, May 12 for a day of service at the Milton Canine Assistants, which breeds, trains and places service dogs. The Keller Williams staff donned their red shirts and cheerfully mowed, raked, power washed and cleaned barns, kennels and bath-rooms. They also donated a truckload of supplies
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Red Day is an annual day of service for Keller Williams nationwide. The day was selected in honor of founder Mo Anderson’s birthday. In a company that prides itself on giving back to the community, Red Day is a day specifically set aside for service. Canine Assistants was the focus of the South Forsyth’s office service this year because of all they do for disabled people across the country. Their dogs are trained to help children and adults with special needs complete everyday tasks, such as turning lights on and off, opening and closing doors, pulling wheelchairs, retrieving dropped objects, summoning help, and providing secure companionship.
More importantly, these dogs can eliminate feelings of fear, isolation and loneliness felt by their human companions.
A satisfied Canine Assistant recipient put it best, “My dog makes my wheelchair disappear.”
Rountree Group welcomes new Fintech client KasasaALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta-based Rountree Group Integrated Communications has added Kasasa, a financial technology client, to its client roster. The firm is assisting Kasasa with integrated communications campaigns in several markets across the United States.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Kasasa is an award-winning financial technology and market-ing services company that provides branded retail banking products and services to community finan-cial institutions.
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She is now scheduling patients. To make an appointment, call 770-667-3090. Robinson Facial Plastic Surgery is located at 3400 C. Old Milton Parkway, Suite 515, Alpharetta. Visit robinsonfps.com for information.
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Yifan’s Cooking School opens in Johns CreekBusiness name: Yifan’s Cooking SchoolAbout: Yifan provides catering service, parties and event hosting with unique family-style authentic Chinese cuisine. They also offer cooking classes on traditional Chinese dishes. Owner: Fan Wang Opened: April 2016Address: 10820 Abbotts Bridge Road, Suite 370, Johns Creek, GA 30097Phone: 404-372-4386Website: www.yifancooking.com
Tiff’s Treats CookieDelivery opens in Alpharetta
Business name: Tiff’s Treats Cookie DeliveryAbout: Tiff’s Treats is famous for bringing hot, fresh-from-the-oven cookies and brownies to hungry treat lovers every-where. Order on-demand or for a future warm cookie moment.Owners: Tiffany Tay-lor-Chen and Leon ChenOpened: June 6, 2016Address: 3665 Old Mil-ton Parkway, Suite 10, Alpharetta GA 30005Phone: 404-649-6290Website: www.cookiedelivery.com
Eye Associates of North Atlanta opens inAlpharettaBusiness name: Eye Associates of North Atlanta, LLCAbout: Eye Associates of North Atlanta is a new ophthalmology practice in Alpharetta operated by Dr. Anand Shah, a board-cer-tified ophthalmologist who specializes in cataract surgery. Services include annual eye exams, cataract evaluation, astigmatism correction, glaucoma treatment, laser procedures and more. Owners: Dr. Anand ShahOpened: May 23, 2016Address: 5755 Northpoint Parkway, Suite 94, Alpharetta GA 30022Phone: 404-767-8287Website: www.eyeassociatesofnorthatlanta.com
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JOHNS CREEK/MILTON, Ga. – Kath-leen Hulsey had spent most of her adult life in construction, so why is she working “harder than ever” running two fish markets?
Well, like any good spouse, she blames it all on her mate.
“My husband Mike has been in the business for 30 years, and is now the retail manager for Inland Seafood. They sell fresh seafood to big retail custom-ers such as Publix and Kroger. Friends were always asking him to bring home some fresh fish. Then it got to be friends of friends were asking, and then it was friends of the friends of the friends,” said Hulsey.
“I got tired meeting people in church parking lots. So I got a business license and started a business. There is a real need for a fresh fish market and no one else was doing it. Now people who really like their fish come to me.”
She set up shop in 2011 in Johns Creek at the first Kathleen’s Catch on Medlock Bridge Road next to Viande Rouge and Trattoria 141. She says people like the fact that her fish come directly to her. It doesn’t go to a ware-house first where it sits for a couple of days and then goes to a store. So her fish are days fresher to begin with.
“People like to deal with people who know how to prepare fish. They like to know where their fish comes from. Pub-lix and Kroger don’t even have me on their radar,” she said. “There is such a demand for a fish monger people knew
in the cities where they grew up.”Hulsey would have preferred a
better economic climate than 2011 offered, but she sensed people would respond to the kind of fish market she wanted to have. And she was right. Her background had been construction, but nothing was happening then. And she had begun to develop her passion for the fish market.
She runs a specialty market. Lob-ster tails are in season now, and her customers love them and her lobster rolls.
“I sell a boatload of them when they’re in season like now,” she said.
Crabs, Copper River sockeye salmon – that’s wild salmon – and farm salmon if it’s from the right farms.
“Farm fish is the way of the future if we’re going to be sustainable. But you have to know which farms do it right, and we do. We only buy from the best in the world,” she said. “That means no antibiotics. Farming is needed, but we support the farmers who do it right.”
Who is her typical
customer? People who are sophisticated about seafood, says Hulsey.
Monique Walker in Milton says she comes to Kathleen’s “all the time.”
“Everything is always fresh. And everybody is always so helpful and they tolerate my three-year-old,” Walker said. “I like just about everything here and their crab cakes are great.”
Hulsey says her customers under-stand why her market is different from other places in North Fulton.
“They know why my tuna is better. They have to make a second stop to get my tuna, but they know it is worth it.”
Why is her tuna better? Some farmers “gas” their tuna to blow up the blood cells and make the meat very red. It is all right to a point, but sometimes it is done to disguise bad fish, she says.
“I can judge by the color, and if it is too red, I won’t buy it. We also sell yel-lowfin tuna that is not gassed at all.”
Kathleen’s also has fresh rain-bow trout, catfish, walleye and more. She buys as local as she can get. Her shrimp comes from Buford, S.C., or instate from Darien. But she can get good halibut and Alaskan salmon too. Then there is snapper, grouper and gulf triggerfish from the east Atlantic.
She makes orange roughy every day. But no tilapia. She said it’s too high in omega 5 and is mostly frozen. People who don’t like fish eat tilapia because
it has no taste. Then they do up their other specialties such as crab cakes, tuna salad and shrimp scampi.
“We make it fresh from the fresh food here at the store. All our fish are fresh, never frozen except for Chilean sea bass. It just has too far to come,” she said.
And even then, the sea bass is from ships that document they fish only in approved waters.
She has a truck arrive every morn-ing except Sunday (she’s open 7 days 10 to 7 but the trucks don’t run Sun-days).
Now her daughter Sara Hulsey is a believer, and she is running the Milton market in Crabapple. It is quite the family affair. She has known her man-ager Ashley Sanchez since she was in eighth grade.
“We’re like family here. But you have to find the right people. It is very hard work. You know, it is the hardest work I’ve ever done in my life and I don’t want to do anything else,” Hulsey said.
You can check what is on hand at kathleenscatch.com. Hulsey’s custom-ers know to call ahead for some items to be set aside. Don’t come in at 6:45 in the evening and expect to find halibut, she says.
“You really don’t want to buy sea-food from someone who never runs out,” she said.
Kathleen’s Catchnets happy customers
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Kathleen Hulsey, right, and daughter Sara team up to run Kathleen’s Catch in Johns Creek and Crabapple.
Fresh fish markets land in Johns Creek, now Milton
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Fresh crabs await customers. They can also buy Kath-leen’s homemade crab cakes.
Kathleen’s Catch in Crabapple.
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ROSWELL FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZAThe city of Roswell and Roswell Rotary will host a community celebration with giant inflatables, carnival games, food trucks and more. Live music will be performed by the Last Call Band and Banks and Shane. The festivities will be held Monday, July 4, 5:30 p.m. at Sweetapple Elementary School, 12025 Etris Road, Roswell. Fireworks begin at dusk. More information can be found at roswellgov.com.
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JULY 4TH PICNIC CELEBRATIONWhat: Join the city of Johns Creek for a day of food and fun in its annual 4th of July picnic celebration.When: Friday, July 1, noonWhere: Park Place at Newtown School, 3125 Old Alabama Road, Johns CreekMore info: JohnsCreekGA.gov/ParkPlace
FAIRGROUND FOURTH FESTIVITIESWhat: Come see a dance contest, food, vendors and children’s activities at the Cumming Fairgrounds. Fireworks start at 9:30 p.m. Free admission and parking.When: Sunday, July 3, 6-11 p.m.Where: 235 Castleberry Road, CummingMore info: cummingfair.net
STEAM ENGINE PARADEWhat: See the Thomas-Mashburn Me-morial Parade, a Cumming July Fourth tradition. The steam engine parade ends at the Cumming Fairgrounds. When: Monday, July 4, 10 a.m.-noon Where: Tribble Gap Road and Wood-land Drive intersection, CummingMore info: cummingfair.net
4TH OF JULY IN ALPHARETTAWhat: Alpharetta will celebrate the Fourth of July with live music and fireworks. The event is free, but some food vendors and children’s activities will have fees.When: Monday, July 4, 6 p.m.Where: Wills Park, 1825 Old Milton Parkway, AlpharettaMore info: awesomealpharetta.com
BBQ AND TURTLE RACEWhat: The Foster House is once again hosting its annual BBQ and Turtle Race. The turtle race is free and begins at 1 p.m.When: Monday, July 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.Where: The Foster House, 305 West Main St., CummingMore info: foster-house.com
BBQ AND BLUEGRASS AT BARRINGTON HALLWhat: Barrington Hall will host this annual event to celebrate the Fourth of July with food, family and friends. Mu-sic will be provided by the Smokerise Bluegrass Band.When: Monday, July 4, 11 a.m.-5p.m.Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, RoswellMore info: 770-640-3855
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FAMILY, FUN, FLICKS & FOOD TRUCKSWhat: “Field of Dreams” will play for free at Milton High School as part of B98.5’s “B at the Movies” series along with concessions, games and prizes. The event starts at 7 p.m., and the movie plays at dusk.When: Saturday, July 2, 7 p.m.Where: Milton High School, 13025 Bir-mingham Highway, MiltonMore info: cityofmiltonga.us, 678-242-2533
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OPEN HOUSEWhat: The Habitat for Humanity ReStore will be holding a volunteer information session and open house. Multiple volunteer opportunities are available.When: Saturday, July 2, 10:30 a.m.Where: 11060 Alpharetta Highway, AlpharettaMore info and registration: [email protected], 770-415-1633
WE THE RUNNERSWhat: Register for the half marathon, 5K or 10K races along the Big Creek Greenway benefiting Forsyth County Parks and Recreation Foundation. Chil-dren under 10 can join the half-mile Sparkler Trot. Price includes t-shirt and bag.When: Monday, July 4, 6:30 a.m., race times varyWhere: Fowler Park 4110 Carolene Way, CummingCost: $40 for the 5K, $50 for the 10K, $65 for the half marathonMore info and registration: rungeorgia.com
“THE CIVIL WAR IN GEORGIA” CLASSWhat: Barrington Hall will host author and historian Michael K. Shaffer for four consecutive Tuesday nights to teach a course on the Civil War.When: Tuesday, July 5, 12, 19, 26; 7-9 p.m.Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Hall Drive, RoswellCost: $125More info and registration: [email protected], 770-640-3855
COOKING CLASSES AT BARRINGTON HALLWhat: The historic kitchen of Barring-ton Hall is opening its doors for an evening cooking class. Chef Wendy Gay will teach how to create a “Great Ameri-can Steakhouse Dinner,” complete with sides and dessert.When: Tuesday, July 5, 6:30-9:30 p.m.Where: Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, RoswellCost: $50More info and registration: 770-640-3855
SUMMER SATURDAYS AT THE MUSEUMWhat: The Computer Museum will be open to the public on select days. One of the top vintage computer collections in the world, the exhibit includes the earliest computers and video games.When: July 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Where: Kings Market Center, 1425 Mar-ket Blvd. Suite 200, RoswellCost: $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, $5 for children ages 5-17More info: computermuseumofamerica.com
FARMERS MARKETS, FOOD TRUCKS:
ALPHARETTA FARMERS MARKETWhat: The Alpharetta Farmers Mar-ket features fruits, vegetables, natural meats, fresh flowers and herbs, and a variety of home goods. When: Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., through Oct. 29. Where: Old Canton Street in downtown AlpharettaMore info: alpharetta.ga.us
ALPHARETTA FOOD TRUCK ALLEYWhat: Alpharetta’s Food Truck Alley on Thursday evenings offers a vari-ety of six to eight rotating area food trucks. When: Thursdays, 5-9 p.m., through Oct. 20.Where: Old Roswell Street in Alpharet-ta’s historic districtMore info: awesomealpharetta.com
ROSWELL FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKETWhat: The Roswell Farmers & Artisans Market offers fresh, local farm, ranch and artisan foods direct from produc-ers, and much more.When: Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon.Where: Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill St., RoswellMore info: roswellfam.com
JOHNS CREEK FARMERS MARKETWhat: Held at the Newton Park Am-phitheater, each market features more than 25 local farmers and vendors with organic and/or sustainable foods and produce.When: Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon, through Sept. 13.Where: 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns CreekMore info: JohnsCreekGA.gov
MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER:GRACE AND THE VICTORY RIDERSWhat: Grace and the Victory Riders will perform as part of the free Roswell Riv-erside Sounds Concert Series. At least two food trucks will be on location from 6-9 p.m.When: Saturday, July 2, 7-9 p.m.Where: Riverside Park, 575 Riverside Road, RoswellMore info: roswellgov.com
THE ADVENTURES OF THE GINGERBREAD MANWhat: All Hands Productions will bring a retelling of the Adventures of the Gingerbread Man as part of the library’s summer reading initiative. Event is free.When: Wednesday, July 6, 10:30-11:30 a.m.Where: Alpharetta Branch Library, 10 Park Plaza, AlpharettaMore info: afpls.org
LANCE PRICE BANDWhat: The Lance Price Band will per-form outdoors as part of the free Thurs-day Nights Summer Concert Series. Activities start at 6 p.m. Concert starts at 7 p.m.When: Thursday, July 7, 6-9 p.m.Where: The Collection at Forsyth, 410 Peachtree Parkway, CummingMore info: collectionforsyth.com
NorthFulton.com | Johns Creek Herald | June 30, 2016 | 21CALENDAR ForsythHerald.com | Forsyth Herald | June 30, 2016 | 21CALENDARROSWELL’S SUMMER PUPPET SERIESWhat: Lee Bryan “That Puppet Guy” presents “Travelin’ Tales” as part of Roswell’s family-friendly Summer Puppet Series. Show times available at roswellgov.com.When: July 5-9 Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., RoswellCost: $5 per ticket, children under 2 get in free.More info: 770-594-6232, roswellgov.com
LIBRARY EVENTS:DNA IS FOR FAMILIESWhat: Scientists and students from the Georgia State University Bio-Bus program will put on a presentation about DNA, genes and inheritance with hands-on activities. Ages 5-12. Regis-tration required.When: Friday, July 1, 1-2:30 p.m.Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, AlpharettaMore info and registration: [email protected]
SATURDAY COLOR – FOR ADULTSWhat: The library invites High School-ers and adults for a free opportunity to get creative with coloring. Pencils and sheets will be provided.When: Saturdays, through Oct. 29, 1-2:30 p.m.Where: Milton Branch Library, 855 Mayfield Road, AlpharettaMore info: afpls.org
FIBER ENTHUSIASTS MEETINGWhat: Hostess Stephanie Kelly invites everyone to explore the world of knitting in a free crafts meeting and class. When: Sundays, through Aug. 28, 3-5 p.m.Where: East Roswell Branch Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road, RoswellMore info: afpls.org
LEARNING TO MEDITATEWhat: Learn meditation techniques for beginners in this free and open to the public program. Suggested for ages 10 and up.When: Sunday, July 3, 4:30-5:30 p.m.Where: Ocee Branch Library, 5090 Ab-botts Bridge Road, AlpharettaMore info: afpls.org
FREE ESL CLASSWhat: Everyone is invited to attend this free English as a second language class and discussion. It will focus on conversational English for learners of all levels.When: Tuesday, July 5, 6-7:30 p.m.Where: Roswell Branch Library, 115 Norcross St., RoswellMore info: afpls.org
LIBRARY BOOK CLUB MEETINGWhat: The Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library Book Club is inviting new mem-bers to join. Copies of the books will be available for book club members at the circulation desk.When: Tuesday, July 5, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, AlpharettaMore info: afpls.org
MAGIC AND VENTRILOQUISM WITH KEITH KARNOKWhat: Come join Keith Karnok and his cast of puppets, including his talking bird “Vern,” for a free show combining magic and ventriloquism. When: Thursday, July 7, 10:30 a.m.Where: Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, AlpharettaMore info: afpls.org
PET ADOPTIONS:FORSYTH COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTERWhat: Pet adoptions.When: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: The Forsyth County Animal Shelter, 4065 County Way, Forsyth CountyMore info: 678-965-7185
FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICESWhat: Pet adoptions.When: Every Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.Where: PetSmart, 6370 North Point Parkway, AlpharettaAdditional adoptions: Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Fulton County Ani-mal Services, 860 Marietta Blvd. NW, AtlantaMore info: 404-613-4958
OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE:ALONZO BODDEN What: Alonzo Bodden, season 3 winner of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” will perform at the Punchline Comedy Club.When: July 1-3Where: 3652 Roswell Road NW, AtlantaCost: $25More info and tickets: punchline.com
Independence Day is right on top of us. Have you made your plans?
I have. As we speak, I’m 30-some-thing-thousand feet above the ocean somewhere between Alpharetta and the western Pacific, heading west and south to what is sure to be
an adventure of the remember-it-all-your-life kind.
My destination is the island of Palau. If you’re a map person like me, you’ll find it near the Philippines.
Why Palau? The short answer is “pure adventure!” Hiking, fishing, snorkeling and who knows what other great things await there. It’s a trip of a lifetime, and I’m stoked.
The longer answer, though, has something to do with breaking bound-aries.
What does that have to do with outdoor adventure in Georgia?
The title of this little column is “Get Outside Georgia.” Taken one way, I suppose you could say that I am really and truly following my own direction. I’m getting outside Geor-gia…in fact, it would be hard to get much farther away than I’ll be these next couple of weeks.
There’s another way to look at it too, though, and that’s to think of outdoor adventure – any outdoor adventure -- as a means of getting outside of your comfort zone.
Sometimes, outdoor adventuring stays within the realm of the known. Let’s say I’m hiking a favorite trail. I know where it goes and how long it takes to get there. I know what I’ll see and what will happen along the way.
Yes, I’m adventuring outdoors, but I’m staying within the boundaries of the known.
Now and then, though, I get the urge to go beyond that. Even some-thing as seemingly mundane as hik-ing a new trail stretches those bound-aries a little bit. Boundary stretching of any kind, even something simple like that, is exhilarating and occasion-ally a little scary.
But what happens when you go beyond those boundaries (whether you’re hiking that new trail or getting on a plane that’s bound for an island on the other side of the world)?
Uh-oh! You find yourself leaving your comfort zone is what happens. And I admit it. There’s something nice about comfort zones. They’re, well, comfortable.
But there’s an undeniable feeling of independence once you decide to go beyond your comfort zone on an adventure that’s altogether new.
Here’s my Independence Day chal-lenge to you. Try a new adventure! Hike a new trail. Canoe a new river. Zip a zip line, wriggle through a cave, ride a raft down a whitewater river. It’s liberating – once you make the decision to do it!
Making the decision to go is the hard part. I debated the Pacific trip for a long time, for it’s so very far out of my comfort zone.
But my daughter, a seasoned trav-eler, said to me, “Just do it. There’s a whole world out there, and it’s great!”
So my adventure the next couple of weeks will be in Micronesia. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Meanwhile, break free of your boundaries this Independence Day. Think about stretching those bound-aries. Because Daughter of Mine is right, and there’s a whole world of experience out there waiting for you.
Where will your next adventure be?
There are many excellent summer-time hiking opportunities in our area, including the great trails of the Chat-tahoochee River National Recreation Area. Learn about those great hikes in Steve Hudson’s book Hiking the Hooch. It’s available from local outfitters, on Amazon or at www.chattahoocheeme-dia.com.
STEVE HUDSONGet Outside Georgia, Chattahoochee Media Group
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- St. Francis grad-uate Malik Beasley was drafted 19th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2016 NBA Draft on June 23. Beasley, who graduated from St. Francis in 2015, completed an impressive fresh-man season at Florida State Univer-sity during the 2015-16 season before declaring for the draft.
Beasley, a six-foot-five shooting guard, played 123 games for the Knights where he averaged 15.1 points per game in his four years with the team.
He was integral to St. Francis’ back-to-back Class A state champi-onships in 2014 and 2015. Beasley averaged 22.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in his senior season with the Knights where he was named the Class A Player of the Year and was ranked as the No. 2 player in
the state by Hoop-Seen.
Drew Catlett, boys varsity head coach at St. Francis, said via Twitter, “Words can’t express how excited, happy and proud we are of Malik Beasley for being drafted No. 19 by the Denver Nuggets.
[Beasley is] a great young man, [I’m] blessed to have coached him. [He] has worked so hard for last 5 years to reach his dream.”
After graduating from St. Francis in 2015, Beasley had a standout freshman season at FSU.
Beasley averaged 15.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game while shooting 47 percent from the field.
Beasley was named an All Fresh-man All-American, All-ACC Freshman and was named the ACC Rookie of the Week three times.
Malik is the son of Michael and Deena Beasley of Alpharetta.
Malik Beasley drafted19th overall in NBA DraftBeasley graduated from St. Francis in 2015
ROSWELL, Ga. — Fellowship Christian School has announced David Low-ery as the new Director of Athletics. Lowery joins Fellowship after six years of directing the marketing and commu-nications department at Mount Paran Christian School. He also served as the special teams coordinator and as an assistant coach for the football team.
In his role as the director of mar-keting and communications, Lowery worked very closely with the MPCS ath-letic department and the Eagle Backer booster club on strategic initiatives including branding and marketing of the athletic program, improving athletic communications among the MPCS community, launching of new athletic programs and construction of the new athletic stadium.
Prior to MPCS, he worked in lead-ership positions with BlueLinx Corpo-ration, Georgia Pacific and The Kroger Company.
Lowery graduated from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing in 1996 and completed his Master of Business Administration and Man-
agement in 2003. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves from 1991-1999.
He and his wife, Kathy, have been married for 20 years and attend Buckhead Church.
David said, “I hope to help FCS provide the ultimate en-vironment for student-athlete success while also bringing FCS fans of all ages and sports together.”
Ron Haigler, FCS board chairman and parent, stated, “Fellowship is blessed to have David Lowery as our new athletic director. David’s love for Jesus, athletics and influencing young people for Christ will be evident in everything he does at Fellowship. He exhibits strategic thinking, advanced business skills and strong leadership qualities. I am excited to see what God will do through David as Fellowship continues to help people follow Jesus through Fellowship athletics and com-petes at our full potential.”
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ROSWELL, Ga. — Art colors the lives of all who view it. Roswell proves no exception. As part of Roswell’s first-ever sculpture tour, Art Around Ros-well hosted a free concert in Heart of Roswell Park featuring Kennesaw State University musicians on June 25th. The city teamed with the Roswell Arts fund to form Art Around Roswell and to present 10 established works of art on loan to the city by the artists. The sculptures stay displayed in select Ros-well parks from April through Decem-ber 2016.
This particular event highlighted the sculpture Gothic Bike Rack by Suzy Hendrix.
“The purpose of our monthly community events is to highlight Art Around sculptures and promote traffic to the sites and participation with the many monthly activities we are offer-ing,” said Roswell Arts Fund founder Rochelle Mucha.
The sculpture features stained glass that pays homage to the gothic archi-tecture of European churches, coming together into a functional bike rack for use on downtown Roswell’s Canton Street.
“We try to keep the tour fresh and exciting,” said Katherine Jones, cul-tural services manager for the city. “It’s nice to visit the sculptures on your own, but bringing people to a bigger event like this is a great way to get peo-ple to come out.”
Students from the KSU Jazz pro-gram entertained patrons while expos-ing them to yet another art form.
“Music is always related to other forms of art,” said KSU musician Chris-tian Artieda. “If you look throughout the history of music, you can relate it to paintings and different sculptures.”
All of the 10 works of art are on sale as either a gift to the city or for indi-vidual businesses, schools and other organizations. Pieces could stay in their current parks or relocate to a campus of choice. Complete price lists and descriptions are posted on artaroun-droswell.org.
Art Around Roswell hosts Heart of Roswell Park concert
Students from the KSU Jazz Program play in Heart of Roswell Park. From left: Christian Artieda, Janna Graham and Drew Lloyd.
Gothic Bike Rack by Suzy Hendrix sits in view of Canton Street.
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City of Johns Creek Board of Zoning Appeals, Public Hearing:Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 7:00 P.M.
City of Johns Creek Council Chambers12000 Findley Road, Suite 300Johns Creek, Georgia 30097
The following Variance proposal located within The City of Johns Creek is scheduled for Public Hearing as stated above.
Case Number: V-16-016Petitioner: Robert and Cathleen PucciniPresent Zoning: R-4A (single-family dwelling) Conditional Property Location(s): 4060 Falls Ridge DriveVariance Request: Variance to reduce 10’ rear and 10’ side
setback required for pool patio and pool equipment
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MILTON, Ga. – An apartment fire early Sunday morning at Camden Apart-ments on Deerfield Parkway severely damaged three end units, but no injuries were reported, and prompt re-sponse by local fire units prevented the spread of the blaze.
Camden resident Joanna Leung said she woke up about 12:30 a.m. June 26, to the fire alarm going off. She quickly got outside and stood in the parking lot with other residents when Milton and Alpharetta fire units began to arrive on the scene.
“All three floors were burning, and we watched as the balconies just collapsed,” Leung said. “I was relieved when the [fire] trucks came.”
Milton Deputy Fire Chief Mark Stephens said Monday that the fire was still under investigation, but that it appeared to have started outside the building, probably on the middle level.
Asked if the fire might have started from a barbecue grill left unattended, Stephens said he could not say until the investigation was completed. He could only say that the fire appeared to have started on the exterior of the building on the middle floor.
Three Milton engines and two ladder trucks responded plus to units from Alpharetta as part of the cities’ mutual response agreement. Two pets were found and rescued. They appeared healthy after firefighters gave them oxygen, Stephens said. “It appears three units received fire
damage and three more had smoke or water damage,” Stephens said. “The
fire started at 12:30 a.m. on Sunday morning.”
Deerfield apartment fire promptly containedNo injuries; 2 pets rescued
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The fire, which began outside the structure, destroyed the balconies of the three end units.
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Camden Apartments on Deerfield Park-way in Milton suffered damage from an exterior fire, but the building’s fire alarm ensured everyone got out safely.
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Heat from the fire melted these blinds on the third floor.
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ROSWELL, Ga.- The City of Roswell played host to the 2016 Corky Kell 7-on-7 Invitational Tournament last week, showcasing some of the best football teams in the state in the four-day long tournament. 30 Teams from around the state, including Roswell, Blessed Trinity, South Forsyth, Cen-tennial and Alpharetta, competed in the tournament featuring group play followed by a single elimination bracket round.
The hosting Roswell Hornets, last season’s Class 6A state runner-up, went 1-3 in group play before defeating Archer, Gainesville and South Forsyth to set the Hornets in the final four. In the semifinal game, Roswell would fall 35-24 to Houston County.
Blessed Trinity, who also hosted tournament games, finished 1-3 in group play against Brookwood, Archer, Collins Hill and Alpharetta. The Titans, last year’s runner-up for the Class 3A state championship, fell in the open-ing round of the elimination round to Peachtree Ridge.
Centennial went 5-5 in the 2015 season and failed to earn a playoff berth, however, they are certainly mak-ing noise so far this season, at least
where 7-on-7 play is concerned. The Knights finished as state runner-up for the USA Football Georgia state cham-pionships before the Corky Kell tour-nament, where they had another solid performance.
The Knights went 1-3 in group play, but then defeated the three higher-seeded teams of Mays, Jones County and Peachtree Ridge to earn a spot in the semifinals. The Knights streak then ended as they were defeated by defend-ing and eventual champions Colquitt County.
Centennial will compete in the USA Football national championships in Hoover, Alabama in July.
The Raiders of Alpharetta beat Brookwood and Blessed Trinity in the group stage and finished 2-2. After beating Norcross 37-31 in the opening round of the knockout stage, the Raid-ers lost to Houston County.
Last season’s Region 6-AAAAAA champions South Forsyth returned standout quarterback Davis Shanley, who along with a new core of receiv-ers, went 1-2-1 in group play. South beat Carrolton and Grady in two close games of the knockout stage before their tournament was ended with a 32-27 loss to Roswell.
Roswell and South Forsyth will compete in the 25th annual Corky Kell Classic August 19 at McEachern High School. Roswell will take on Buford at 5:30 PM and the War Eagles will face Hillgrove at 8:30 PM. Both games will be televised live on FOX Sports South-east.
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CITY OF ALPHARETTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The following items will be heard at a public hearing held by the Planning Commission on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
Items forwarded by the Planning Commission will be considered by the City Council on Monday, July 25, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
a. PH-16-08 Unifi ed Development Code - Text Amendments Consideration of text amendments to the Unifi ed Development Code including Spa Services, Prohibited Parking as well as other amendments.
b. CU-16-03 Assisted Living Facility/HillConsideration of a request for a conditional use to allow ‘Congregate Housing, Assisted Living Facility’ use. The property is located at 1080 Upper Hembree Road and is legally described as Land Lot 551, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
c. MP-16-04/CU-16-04 Nail Seasons/Preston RidgeConsideration of a request to amend the Preston Ridge Master Plan Pod B and for a conditional use to allow ‘Nail Salon’ use. The property is located at 3450 Old Milton Parkway, Suite 100 and is legally described as Land Lot 911, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
d. MP-16- 10/CU-16-05 iNails North Point Village/Spa ServicesConsideration of a request to amend the Regency Park Master Plan Pod 6 and for a conditional use to allow ‘Spa Services’ use. The property is located at 7300 North Point Parkway (North Point Village I) and is legally described as Land Lots 686 & 687, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
e. V-16-15 Old Milton Parkway/Offi ce (City Council Only)Consideration of a variance from the Unifi ed Development Code, Section 2.2.13(D) to reduce the front setback from 65’ to 20’, to reduce the side setbacks from 15’ to 5’, and to reduce the rear setback from 15’ to 5’. This property is located at 2845 Old Milton Parkway and is legally described as being located in Land Lot 804, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
f. V-16-19 Liberty Hall/Main Street (City Council Only)Consideration of a variance from the Unifi ed Development Code (UDC), Section 2.2.15(D) to increase the height of the building from 40’ to 67’; variance from UDC Appendix A. Alpharetta Downtown Code Section 2.4.1(B) to reduce the parking requirement; and sign variances from UDC Section 2.6. This property is located at 33 South Main Street and is legally described as being located in Land Lot 1269, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
Note: Georgia law requires that all parties who have made campaign contributions to the Mayor or to a Council Member in excess of two hundred fi fty dollars ($250) within the past two (2) years must complete a campaign contribution report with the Community Development Department. The complete text of the Georgia law and a disclosure form are available in the offi ce of the City Clerk, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
Caroline H. Norman, 27, of Vickery Creek Road, Cumming, was arrested June 16 on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to obey a traffic control device.
► Sathanoor Rama Vishwanath, 32, of Somerset, New Jersey, was arrested May 5 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane and sig-nal required.
► Lisa Flaccus Cottick, 45, of Manor Bridge Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested June 3 on Watsons Bend in Milton for DUI.
► Sundie Kaufmann, 31, of Laurel Cove Drive, Snellville, was arrested June 11 on State Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI, speeding and child endangerment.
► Richard Brannen Bennett, 30, of North Augusta, South Carolina, was arrested June 12 on Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI, failure to maintain lane and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.
► Tyler Patrick Key, 23, of Greenville,
Mississippi, was arrested June 11 on Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
► Padmakar Gokhale, 48, of Linbrook Lane, Duluth, was arrested June 11 on Parsons Road in Johns Creek for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
DRUG arrests
► Nathan Andrew Fye, 37, of Oak Hill Lane, Canton, was arrested June 17 on Kingswood Place in Alpharetta for pos-session of methamphetamines and possession of a drug related item.
► Patrick David Schumann, 25, of Tidwell Road, Alpharetta, was arrested June 9 on Highway 9 in Milton for possession of marijuana, possession of drug related items and no license.
► Crystal Marie Sellers, 35, of Amy Court, Duluth, was arrested June 9 on Braided Blanket Bluff in Johns Creek for possession of a schedule IV con-trolled substance and possession of a schedule II controlled substance.
► Michael Franklyn Smith, 32, of Waterville Court, Johns Creek, was arrested June 9 on Red Deer Way in Johns Creek for possession of a sched-ule IV controlled substance.
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stitutionality” of such legislation.Council members Zaprowski and
Endres wanted to not only step away from TSPLOST participation, but file an injunction to stop the process.
Fortunately, neither passed as cooler heads prevailed, but the whole affair cast the City Council in a bad light.
The worst part was how cavalier the idea was and how little the conse-quences of those proposed actions were considered.
This is $80 million of the Johns
Creek taxpayers’ funds that hung in the balance while council argued arcane elitist principles in the name of alleged conservatism.
The position postulated presupposes (I hope) that Johns Creek residents do not want a TSPLOST to help solve the most gnawing problem in the city, i.e. transportation.
By what powers of divination can they foretell the will of the people of Johns Creek?
As for the legislation’s alleged flaws, at least it is putting the power to decide directly in the hands of the voters. And since it is a countywide tax, the tax must sink or swim based on a county-wide vote.
It is time for this City Council to
come to grips with what it is charged with: to protect the health, safety and welfare of the city’s citizens. Putting that at risk to make a political point is simply unconscionable.
For an example take a look at the Fulton County Board of Education. That board has just passed the 5th Education SPLOST.
It does not involve Atlanta, because that is a separate education system. (See the parallel?).
They spell out exactly what projects are covered in the 5-year tax, which sunsets at the end of that period. If the public deems that another round of ESPLOST is worthy, they will vote yea or nay on it.
Without any controversy, this has
gone on the last 15 years, and Fulton is perhaps the finest education system in the state.
We like that. We passed in March yet another 5-year ESPLOST by a favor-able margin of 77 percent.
The Legislature has given us that opportunity to do the same for trans-portation, arguably the county’s biggest problem. Since the SPLOST requires the money to be spent only on specific projects (just like the ESPLOST), the cities spell that out instead of, say, the Fulton County Board of Commission-ers.
Johns Creek City Council appears to be the only legislative body that can make that concept into a molehill. Just let the voters decide, OK?
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Scammer posts phony rental ad on CraigslistJOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A local Realtor reported a possible scam June 7 when a property for sale was listed as for rent by an unknown person on Craigslist.
The realtor was alerted to the online ad when a customer called asking to rent the property, which they found on
a Craigslist ad. He had not made any postings on Craigslist.
The property owner said that al-though the property was initially listed as for rent, it should only be listed for sale now, and only the realtor should be representing the property.
$600 in lawn care equipment missingMILTON, Ga. — Two landscapers reported $600 worth of equipment missing June 22 from their truck after visiting a local gas station.
The two employees had gone into the gas station for fifty minutes to heat up and enjoy their lunch.
When they returned to their truck, they noticed that several items had been taken from the truck bed, includ-ing a chainsaw and leaf blower.
Car exceeds 100 mphduring flight from policeJOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A driver was seen June 16 fleeing from police after they signaled them to pull over for speeding. Johns Creek police were patrolling on State Bridge Road when one officer noticed a black Mercedes speeding at 63 mph in a 45 mph zone.
The police motioned for the driver to pull over. Several times, the motorist slowed down as if they were going to park, before speeding up again.
Police pursued, reaching speeds over 100 mph, but eventually lost sight of the car after passing Jones Bridge Road.
Police were not able to get an accu-rate description of the driver because of their tinted windows.
Landscaper loses $1,300 of equipmentMILTON, Ga. — A man reported $1,300 worth of landscaping equipment miss-ing June 8 from his trailer while he was on the job.
The man had been working for approximately two hours when he returned to his trailer and saw that two backpack blowers, each $650 in value, were gone.
The trailer had been unlocked. He said that both blowers are engraved near the upper housing with his phone number and the phrase “Not for Sale.”
Woman comes home,finds door ripped offROSWELL, Ga. — A woman alerted po-
lice to a forced break-in after returning home to an open back door.
An investigation determined that the suspect forced the back door open after climbing onto the porch and ripping open its screen to enter.
The left side of the door frame was knocked off the wall. The fridge, cabinets, drawers and closets were all ransacked. A foreign blue flashlight was left, still on, in the kitchen. The victim is still going through her property to determine what is missing.
Patrol findswanted person
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police found and arrested a wanted person June 18 while they were patrolling on Windward Parkway.
Police ran the license plate of a black Ford Focus traveling in front of them and got a hit.
The owner of the Ford, 52-year-old Kimberly Kosilla, had an active warrant from Sandy Springs for disorderly con-duct related to “dangerous drugs.”
When stopped, Kosilla said that she knew there was a warrant out for her arrest and that she was planning on turning herself in the following Monday. She was arrested on the scene.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURERural Utilities ServiceGeorgia Transmission Corporation: Notice of Availability of an EnvironmentalAssessment
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA
ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment for Public Review
SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has issued an EnvironmentalAssessment (EA) to meet its responsibilities under the National Environmental PolicyAct (NEPA) and RUS’s Environmental and Policies and Procedures (7 CFR Part 1970) inrelation to possible fi nancial assistance for a proposed project by Georgia TransmissionCorporation. The project consists of building a 230 kV transmission line and modifyingassociated facilities in Forsyth County, Georgia. Georgia Transmission Corporation may request that RUS provide fi nancial assistance for the project. RUS may consider afunding request, thereby making it an undertaking subject to review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), 16 USC 470(f), and its imple-menting regulation, “Protection of Historic Properties” (36 CFR Part 800). 2
DATES: Written comments on this Notice must be received on or before 14 days fromthe issuance of this Notice.
ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the EA or for further information, contact: Ms.Lauren McGee Rayburn, Environmental Scientist, USDA/Rural Development, 84 CoxeAve., Suite 1E, Asheville, NC 28801; telephone: (202) 695-2540; fax: (202) 690-0649, or e-mail: [email protected]. A copy of the EA may be viewed at the Forsyth County Public Library, located at: 585 Dahlonega Street, Cumming, GA 30040.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Georgia Transmission Corporation (GeorgiaTransmission) proposes to construct 7.4 miles of 230 kV line to connect the Cumming230 kV Substation to the Pinecrest (formerly known as the Sharon Springs) 230/115 kVSwitching Station. Line construction would require new equipment at the existingsubstation and switching station, although no new land disturbance would be required at the Cumming Substation. The transmission line would primarily follow existing road or highway righ-of-way.
As part of its environmental review process, RUS must also take into account the eff ect of the proposed Project on historic properties in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.2(d)(3), the Agency is using its procedures for public involvement under NEPA to meet is responsibilities to solicit and consider the views of the public during Section 106 review. Accordingly, 3 comments submitted in response to the EA will be considered by agency decision makers under Section 106 as well as NEPA.
Alternatives considered by RUS and Georgia Transmission include (a) no actionalternative, (b) electrical alternatives, and (c) alternative routes. An environmental report that describes the project in detail and discusses its anticipated environmental impacts was prepared by Georgia Transmission. RUS has reviewed and accepted the document as its EA for the proposed project. The EA is available for public review at the addresses provided in this Notice. Questions and comments should be sent to RUS at the mailing or e-mail addresses provided in this Notice. RUS should receive written comments on the EA on or before 14 days from the issuance of this Notice to ensure that they are considered in its environmental impact determination.Should RUS, based on its EA, determine that the impacts of the construction andoperation of the proposed project would have no signifi cant environmental impact, it will prepare a Finding of No Signifi cant Impact (FONSI). Public notifi cation of the FONSI would be published in newspapers with circulation in the project area. Any fi nal action by RUS related to the proposed project will be subject to, and contingent upon, compliance with all relevant Federal, State and local environmental laws and regulations, and completion of the environmental review requirements as prescribed in RUS’s Environmental Policies and Procedures (7 CFR Part 1970).
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