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only the location of our hospital, it is our home. Most of our physicians and staff live right here.

Our children go to school with yours and we shop at the local grocery stores with you. Since

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Dear Readers,

With changing hues and crisp colors, all unexpectedly jolts us with attitude. Spicy

weather, cooler temps bring new action into our lives.

One o the joys o being publisher o a magazine such as ENJOY! Cherokeeis that

we continue to meet colorul people doing colorul things, and learn whats new and

exciting rst hand. Tis all issue is ull o such, and you can begin with the blue

ribbon ches who practice their culinary wizardry here, practically on our doorsteps. I

youve tried their specialties and everyday are, you know they continue to out do some

o the big names in big places. Visit them. And, try one o the abulous blue ribbon

recipes theyve shared with you within our pages.

I you were dozing o during geology class, you may have missed the act that one o

the worlds most notable natural gold belts runs precisely through Cherokee County.

Did you know that the ground you walk on prompted a gold miners dream location

sucient enough that a U.S. Mint was established nearby? Flecks are still out there,

and you may want to grab a small pie tin sometime and go out and try your luck.

Hard work and good luck will be on tap when Reinhardt Universitys new ootball

team straps on the blue helmets to battle or their place in Cherokee Countys sports

history. With ans lining up or tickets and seats, the new team is determined to stay

in the win column, and well help cheer them on.

So come on out and play in the alling leaves. Find your avorite restaurant, venue,

shop or gallery. Ah, all. Such a colorul time. Enjoy!

Enjoy!

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On the Cover:Reinhardt University will celebrate this all with its

inaugural ootball season...the eagles will take to the

feld in a stadium packed with excited and happy ans.

Editor Clarication:

In the Summer 2013 issue o enjoy!, the photograph o theluscious-looking specialty martini shown in the article A Night Outon the Small Town was urnished courtesy o the Ice Martini Bar.

1 Welcome

4 Kick-Off! Reinhardt University Football Begins

6 Hot Chefs! Cool Cuisine

8 An End to Aches and Pains Georgia Medical Treatment Center

10 Heart of Gold

12 And the Beat Goes On

14 Pickin & Grinnin in Apple Country

16 The North Georgia Art Ramble

18 Riverfest Rolls In

20 Celebrating 75 Years - Cobb EMC

26 Barry Loudermilk

28 Ed Lindsey

41 Events Calendar

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Te roar o the crowd, tailgating, ght songs, cheerleaders,hal-time shows, sacks, blitzes and ea ickers, end zones andred zones...College ootball has arrived in Cherokee County!Reinhardt University will kick o their inaugural season on

Aug. 31 against another rst-year program, Mercer, beorea sold-out crowd o 10,000 ootball enthusiasts at Mercerin Macon, Ga. Ten Reinhardt will play a ull slate o ninegames against Mid-South Conerence oes. Reinhardts headootball coach, Danny Cronic, is particularly excited to beopening against Mercer. Mercers got a young team, just likeus. Teir head coach, Bobby Lamb, coached at Furman, andthree o my assistants coached there with him. We both have

teams with good, but young, players, so its a natural rivalry.Tis game sold out in 27 minutes. Were excited.

Te youngest, newest team in the Mid-South league,Reinhardts Eagle edglings will be up against some veteranteams. Reinhardt has been placed in the West Division along

with Belhaven University, Bethel University, CampbellsvilleUniversity, Faulkner University, and Cumberland University.Tis conerence is much better than I anticipated, notesCronic, a veteran coach with a heart and a head or ootball.Tis conerence has some big, physical people that play a

high level o ootball, and we have the only college ootballprogram in north metro Atlanta. Our ans are going to beseeing some very good ootball.

Following the opener with Mercer, the Eagles will return toWaleska or their historic hometown debut, taking on MSCEast Division oe Lindsey Wilson College on Sept. 7 at theirnew ootball venue. In 2012, LWC went 3-8, but Croniceels the record can be a bit misleading. Lindsey Wilson is ateam that has shown some tremendous improvement, saysCronic, a member o both Coweta and Cherokee CountysSports Hall o Fame.

As Reinhardt builds their programpitting their rookieplayers each week against more experienced teams across theSouth improvement is the standard by which Cronic, a coach

with numerous winning seasons under his belt, will measuresuccess. We want our team to improve each week. As long as

we are improving then morale is good. I youre notno matteri you are winningmorale goes down. Mental toughnessthe ability to overcome adversitythat has to be taught anddrilled in. Tat, along with a heart or ootball and a positive

Reinhardt University Kicks Off Their Football Program

KICK- OFF!

Ater a year o practice, drills, scrimmages, weight training, and conditioning, the Reinhardt Eagles are more than ready to hitsomeone besides each other. Were excited to get this program running, said Athletic Director Bill Popp.


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op Let: Wide receiver Sam Jones (#15)o Monroe, Ga., catches a pass in ronto deensive back Calvin Robinson (#17)o Marietta, Ga. Te Eagles will run aspread oense that has been used byhead coach Danny Cronic or many years.It has recently been popularized again bymany major colleges, such as Clemson.Photo courtesy o om Baylark.

Let: Reinhardt ootball players spend agood deal o time in the Universitys newAthletic Field House, which opened in theall o 2012. Te weight room has16 weight stations. and each canaccommodate up to our student-athletesat one time. It is used extensively byathletes rom all o Reinhardts17 scholarship sports teams.


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chefs!cool cUisine

Tanks to the ches whotake their work seriously,some o the regions nestdining can be tasted righthere in Cherokee County!

Enjoy Creative Cuisinerom a variety o culinarycultures prepared bythe amazing andtalented Hot Cheso Cherokee County.

Che Alberto Catalan, Papa Ps

Executive Che Rahhl Hijjara, Ipps

Papa PsMxican with an Irish Sid

Che Alberto Catalan and his wie, manager and co-owner, Caron, serve both authentic Irishand Mexican cuisines at their owne Lake Restaurant, Papa Ps. She brings the Irish avorold amily recipesand he brings authentic Mexican avors rom the Guerrero region wherehe grew up in Mexico. Some items on their menu have inuences rom both cultures liketheir tasty Dublin Nachoseaturing homemade potato chips instead o corn tortilla chipsand a Corned Bee Chimichanga. Everything is prepared daily rom scratch using the nestingredients. Te ajitas and chimichangas are probably their most popular entrees, but word isspreading about the Irish side o the menu. We serve some o the best sh and chips you canget anywhere on this continent. We have lots o British and Irish olks who come here or themregularly, Caron notes.

Che Alberto has been cooking since he was a child in his aunts taco restaurant in Mexico.His Carnitas recipe (page 32) is an authentic Mexican dish and the sweetness and tendernesso the meat is characteristic o the cuisine in his native home o Guerrero. He has worked inU.S. kitchens or the last 22 years, honing his skills and expertise. Caron worked in restaurantmanagement or 10 years. Tey met while they were both working at Rio Grande Cantina andnow as Caron says, they are living the American dream.

Ipps Pastaria & BarAuthntic ItalianIpps Pastaria & Bar on Main Street in Woodstock is the latest venture o the Ippolito

amily. Te seventh restaurant or them combines the best o old tradition with resh newtastes and atmosphere including wonderul al resco dining and live music. Brandon Ippolitoassures that you will nd the same authentic Italian avorites herelike their lasagna made

with grandmothers recipe that has been an Ippolitos avorite or more than 23 years and thetasty garlic rollsbut they also eature some weekly specials that honor their culinary heritagein new ways. We still use amily recipes handed down rom our grandparents or our classiccuisine, but we enjoy getting the amily together and collaborating with our Executive CheRahhl Hijjara to create new entrees. Rahhl has been with us 15 years, so he is like a membero the Ippolito amily.

ilapia d Angelo (page 32)tilapia sauted with tomatoes, kalamata olives, pepperonciniin a picatta sauce served over angel hair pastais one o Che Rahhls most popular creations.It was a weekend special that became so popular we added it to our seaood menu, saysIppolito. Our customers rave about it.


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Ls Bon mps Louisiana KitchnCajun and Crol FlavorsUnder the direction o Executive Che Adam Kimball, the good times are rolling at Ball

Grounds newest restaurant, Les Bon emps Louisiana Kitchen. You can enjoy a real taste othe bayou without having to leave the county. Specializing in authentic Cajun and Creolecuisine, Che Adam uses the reshest ingredients to create hearty aregumbo, jambalaya,red beans and rice, crawsh etouee, and some sensational poboys. People always ask me iIm rom LouisianaIm not. But I love the cuisine and have extensive experience in Cajunand Creole cooking, he notes. A graduate o Le Cordon Bleu College o Culinary Arts in

Atlanta, Che Adam jumped at the chance to run his own Louisiana style kitchen. I prepareeverything rom scratch, and I let the natural avor o the ingredients come through.

Te shrimp poboy is one o the most popular menu items, but Che Adams signaturedish is his Shrimp and Gritsshrimp sauted with Andouille sausage in a meuniere sauceand served over cheese grits. His Crawsh Etouee (page 32) is another avoritecrawshin a tomato-based creole sauce served over rice. We have something or everyone. We arepassionate about consistently serving the best quality ood possible. It is our goal to serve youin a un atmosphere, with riendly Southern hospitality, Che Adam adds.

Stratus Kitchn and BarFaturing Global Spcials

Che Michael Paynes weekly specials at Stratus Kitchen and Bar in Canton requentlyeature avors rom across the globe and global usionsBrazilian Mixed Grill, Greek Kitchenand our eatured recipe (page 34), Pan Seared Red Grouper (topped with a gumbo roastpineapple salsa served over seasonal greens tossed in a curry-guava vinaigrette). With his vastexperience, he has brought new and imaginative dishes to local dinners that rival some o thebest ood served in Atlanta. He has an unwavering motivation to serve only the reshest ood

which is what truly makes the dierence. And he shows his love o cooking by continuallyurthering his skills in classes and seminars, assuring he will never run out o resh ideas. Withhis contagious smile, and laid back nature, he is very easy to like, which is probably whyStratus Kitchen and Bar in Canton have such loyal regulars.

Entres change weekly depending on what is in season. You can always get the everydaysoup/salad/sandwich/pizza, but Ches specials are what people really drive out to Stratus

or. (Weekly specials can be ound on their website.) In addition to great eats, Stratus oersgreat views o the beautiully revamped Fairways o Canton. Te restaurant is almost entirely

windows, oering a great view out to the lake at Hole 18. It is a truly unique to experience asunset herelike being in the cloudshence the name Stratus.

Fright, Kitchn and apLocal Flavors AboundFor a taste o local avors and resh interpretations o traditional Southern comort ood,

head to Freight, Kitchen and ap at the historic train depot in Downtown Woodstock.Our ood is simply Southern. Our motto is Eat. Drink. Local. Its a culinary exploration omodern Southern are and drink. Its native to the South and it shares its roots in both coastalcommunities and inland regional arms rom the Gul Coast to the Carolinas and DeepSouth. Te menu is a blended compilation o the dishes that youd nd i you had a SouthernGrandma and your avorite up-and-coming Southern Che got together to do some cooking.Its a menu ull o local ingredients rom small regional producing arms to artisan oodpurveyors without the high price, says Neel Sengupta, who co-owns the restaurant along withExecutive Che Robert Morneweck. Along with Southern are, youll nd libations with rootsin the South as wellCrat beer and the areas best and largest selection o Bourbon. Our barteam is mindul o avors and taste proles when crating handmade drinks including a haldozen selections o house made inusions o gin, vodka and whiskey, Sengupta notes. Temost popular menu item is Low Country Braised Pork ollowed closely by Atlantas Best Shrimp& Grits (page 34), and Freights version o Chicken & Wafes. Te restaurant also eatures a verypopular brunch menu including Woodstocks only Bloody Mary & Mimosa Bar.


Executive Che Adam Kimball, Les Bon emps

Che Michael Payne, Stratus

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We practice integrated medicine that utilizes a variety o treatments and approacheschiropractic, spinal decompression, physical therapy, injections, radio requency ablation,spinal cord stimulationto minimize the patients pain without the use o narcotics.

We truly care about our patients and want to help them become well. So, we meetas a team, discuss each patient, and together we come up with a plan that we think

will be eective, Cavaciuti, a chiropractor, explains. Our patients have the benet oour combined knowledge and expertise in a variety o disciplineswe have a physiciandouble boarded in Family Medicine and Holistic Health & Wellness as well as a boardcertied Physiatrist (Pain Management & Rehab) on sta along with a massage therapistand physical therapist. We usually start with the most natural, least invasive options,depending on our patients unique history and symptoms.

For example, Cavaciuti says i a patient comes in with sciatic pain, they will run test andusually take a natural conservative approach rst. We might try a natural plant-based shotthat reduces inammation, physical therapy, or a decompression machine. I that doesnt

work we have a physiatrist on sta that can administer more aggressive therapies likeepidurals and radio requency ablations that treat the specic nerve causing the pain. Telast thing we do is a spinal cord stimulation trial in which we insert a tiny wire that sends asmall current that reroutes the pain signal and eliminates the pain. We try this procedure,and i it works, we reer them to a neurosurgeon or a permanent simulator implant.

When Cavaciuti rst began practicing integrated medicine with an MD as his partner,they were considered a low-level pain treatment clinic. He recalls a patient that was initiallya 10 on the pain scale, and with treatment he could get him to a ve consistently. He was

We are oten told that pain is a part o growing older-we justhave to learn to live with discomort in our backs, knees,

shoulders and eet. For millions o Americans, a 5 on a scaleo 1-10, is a good daythey cant remember a pain-ree day.

Perhaps theyve tried a variety o unsuccessul treatmentsmedicines, physical therapy, chiropractic careand have become

resigned to adjusting their lives, limiting activity and avoidinganything that exacerbates pain Tese are the patients that

Dr. Eric Cavaciuti, D.C., likes to see coming through the doors othe practice he co-owns, Georgia Medical reatment Centers and

Medical Weight Loss Clinics. Because chances are,he and his team o specialists can help them.

to Aches & Pains

An End

Dr. Eric Cavaciuti, D.C.

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always in the back o my mindI kept wondering what else I could do or him. Tatled me to do research and eventually add a physiatrist to our team so that we would havemore treatment options. When our new physiatrist did the spinal cord stimulation trial,our patient was nally pain ree, and has remained pain ree since having the stimulatorimplant. I was so happy that we were able to get him to zero on the pain scale.

Cavaciuti says the team members have diverse backgrounds but they all share onegoal. We want to alleviate our patients pain and restore their quality o lie, and weusually succeed. Te patients come to us and give us their trust, and our mission is totreat them with love and compassion. I tell my sta to treat our patients like they areamily members. Every case is dierent.

Oten weight-loss patients coming to Georgia Medical reatment Centers arepeople who have tried other diets, programs and pills without success. Tey arelike our pain patients who have tried everything else, and we are their last resort.But we can usually help them even though nothing else has worked, Cavaciutiarms. Many aches and medical conditions are aggravated by excess weight, so it

is important to address the weight problem and nd a program that works.

Te weight loss program includes nutrition counseling, weekly injections and drugtherapies, i needed or appetite suppression. Its an educational process that eaturesa customized reduced-calorie diet and light exercise. Were constantly monitoring and

weighing our patients each week and helping them ollow through. Our patients losean average o 17 pounds per month or about our months. And most o them are ableto keep it o. Were constantly evaluating our program and updating it i needed.

Whether its reducing pain or reducing weight, results are what drives Cavaciuti andhis sta at Georgia Medical reatment Centers and Medical Weight Loss Clinics. Atthe end o the day we just want to give our patients the best care to achieve the bestresults possible, he arms. Its so gratiying to see their quality o lie restored.

Pictured above: Sandi Barlow-Inormations Specialist,Kaydee Stringer-Front oce, Amy Williams- MarketingDirector, Bobbi Jo Poss, CMA, Ruben Diaz, M.D.,

Jennier McGrath- Practice Manager, Ernie Rinaldi- PA-C,John Sproviero, D.C., Carley Waters- PC,

Julie McGowan- CMA, Lorraine Gimino- CMA


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Georgias richestgold belt runs right

through the heart of

Cherokee County

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When most people in Cherokee hear gold belt, they think o ashiny gold-tone ashion accessory that is worn around the waist.But gold belt has a much dierent meaning or local members othe Allatoona Gold Panners. Tis group o recreational prospectorsmeets requently on the banks o creeks here in Cherokee thatare located in the Dahlonega Gold Belt and pan or gold. Teynearly always nd at least a ew akes o gold, however most o thecountys protable deposits were cleaned out in the 1800s whenthousands o prospectors descended on Georgia and Cherokee was

home to 41 active gold mines.

Tere were more than 500 recorded gold mines in Georgia,notes Rob Kelly, a local master gold panner and member o the

Allatoona Gold Panners. Historians say that Cherokee Countywas the most successul gold producing county in Georgia, and alsoproduced some o the purest gold in the country. Tese days, youreprobably not going to strike it rich, but panning is a good way toenjoy the outdoors and have some unand its less expensive thangolng. We call it recreational gold panning because we do it orun, not or prot. On a good day, even with gold as high as $1,800per roy ounce, you might make minimum wage.

Gold FeverGold was rst ocially discovered in Georgia in the 1820s,

and thousands o optimistic prospectors headed this way in theGeorgia Gold Rush o 1829. Many discovered gold in the creekso the Dahlonega Gold Belt that extends beyond Dahlonega andcuts diagonally through the center o Cherokee County. Goldever led to the State Gold Lottery o 1832-33 in which the landthat belonged to the Cherokee Indian Nation was rafed o in40-acre parcels. Gold ever ultimately caused the demise o theCherokee Nation. Because o the presence o gold, Congress passedthe Indian Removal Act in 1836, and the Cherokee people were

orcibly removed rom their ancestral lands in 1838 and marchedto Arkansas and Oklahoma on the inamous rail o ears. By theearly 1840s, most o the easy gold had been ound in NorthGeorgia, and when news o the Caliornia Gold Rush reachedGeorgia, many miners moved west in search o easy gold there.

Honey Holes TodayAlthough there is likely not an abundance o easy gold let in

Cherokee County, there are some old honey holes around whereyou might discover gold akes. I you dont own property in thegold belt, Kelly suggests that you explore some o the creeks alongLake Allatoonas shores near the Sixes community. Many o the oldgold mines rom the 1800s were located in this area. Te creeksare under the jurisdiction o the Army Corps o Engineers, andthey have strict rules prospectors must ollow. Basically, you cantuse dredges, sluices or metal detectors. You can only use a pan anda shovel, and you can only pan the stream bednot the banks,Kelly explains. Kelly says his group always makes it a point to leavean area looking better than they ound it. We rell our holes andtake a garbage bag with us to pick up any litter that is in the area.


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I your idea o a night out includes live music, then youhave numerous choices in Cherokee County. In additionto scheduled concerts at Rinhardt Univrsitys Falany

Arts Cntr, T Chrok Arts Cntr andWoodstocksSummr Concrt Sris, several local eateries requentlyeature ree live music.

Pur aquriain Woodstock set the stage or live music

locally when they launched their rootop perormanceson Friday and Saturday nights a ew years ago. Teyeature live perormances Tursday, Friday and Saturdaynights, weather permitting. And there is always a crowd.Manager Seth Barris, an entertainment industry veteran

with riends l ike Zac Brown, lines up the talent.

We present a variety o music, mostly rock andSouthern Rockeverything rom Bob Marley to DaveMatthews cover bands. We have a ew acts that perormor us regularly. John Amoroso, an acoustic guitarist andvocalist, usually takes the stage or us on Friday nights.

He has a song list o more than 1,500 songs, and hell takerequests rom the crowd, Barris notes. He has a goodlocal ollowing.

Saturday nights, nd Ian Schmucher entertaining therootop crowd with catchy, original songs and uniqueinterpretations o cover tunes rom every genre imaginable.His voice is oten compared to Van Morrison, Scott Weiland,Cat Stevens, John Meyer and Jim Morrison, to name a ew.Mostly he perorms solo, but about once a month hellbring a member or two o his band that is comprised o somegreat Atlanta talent, Barris says.

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On Tursdays the Ladies Night crowd is serenaded by Atlantasinger/songwriter Shreeps. His vocal style has a markedly dynamicrange. On the soter side, it sits somewhere between Paul Simon andDamien Rice while the sandpaper edge to his voice hints at a VanMorrison rasp or an amped-up om Petty. He likes to cover ZacBrown a lot, and he will tailor his perormance to t the crowd. Temusic usually starts about 7:30 or 8 p.m. and lasts or about ourhours. Tere is never a cover charge.

Down the street at Cntury avrn Hous you can enjoy musicon the weekends in the garden while you are waiting to be seatedor ater dinner. Manager Alex Shumila says the waits have beenexceeding an hour lately, so they introduced the live perormances inthe garden to make the wait enjoyable. Te garden is a perect venueor live musicits a beautiul, un, intimate space or us to make ourguests eel welcome.

Regular perormers here cater to an older crowd. DouglasCameron perorms hits o the big band era with a blend o swing,

jazz and blues. ony Mele sings Ratpack tunes and other classicsrom the 50s, 60s and 70s. Joe McGinnis is a talented singer/songwriter who presents a repertoire o olk tunes.

Up the road in Holly Springs, the Sidlins Grill is the place togo or live music on Friday nights. Amanda Bell, co-owner here,says that they eature a variety o music. Everything rom classicrock to 90s music to blues to contemporary hitswe cater to allages. Te music here usually gets started around 9 and goes untilmidnight.

In Downtown Canton, T Paintd Pig avrn is the epicentero nightlie, attracting large crowds to their live music perormances.Tings start warming up during the week with Open Mic nighton uesdays (and $2 PBR beer) and Karoke night (and $3 or all

crat beers) on Wednesdays. Friday nights, Te Painted Pig presentsproessional live musiciansranging rom singer/songwriters to rockbands perorming classic Southern rock. We like to try out dierentbands and musicians, says owner Joseph Guynup. We draw greatcrowds on our main oor, and theres never a cover charge. Temusic usually gets started around 10 p.m. and goes on or aboutthree hours.

Saturday night, the un kicks o with live perormances at theircomedy club upstairs, aptly called the T Laughing Pig ComdyClub. We have a host, an opener and a headliner rom 8 to 10 p.m.ickets are $15, and shows have been selling out, notes Guynup.

Ater the laughs, comedy club guests can enjoy live music downstairs

starting at 10 p.m. with no cover charge.

During Sunday brunch, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Te Painted Pigpresents local perormers. Our Sunday Fun Day is a little morelaid back. We have ve local emale vocalists that we rotate,notes Guynup.

o see previews and schedule updates or the various venues aroundCherokee, check on the establishments Facebook page. Many o the

pages oer videos and links to the perormers Facebook pages as well asannouncements or ood and drink specials.


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Teres sure to be bushels o Mountain Music during apple

season this all. At the Gorgia Appl Fstival you can enjoy main-stage perormances and background music oating lightly on theautumn breeze, laying down the sound track or one o Georgiasoldest and most beloved all estivals. Situated on the airgroundsin the mountain town o Ellijay, where the Ellijay and Cartecayrivers meet and orm the Coosawattee River in the heart o applecountry, the Georgia Apple Festival is a celebration o all colors,cool breezes, local homegrown culture and all things pertaining toapplesritters and ried pies, cider, strudel, pie, jellies and butter.Now in its 42nd year, the estival will be Oct.12-13 and Oct.19-20 and eatures more than 300 vendors oering hand-crated

wares and many on-site crating demonstrations. Area restaurantswill eature Pickins on the Porch, and Apple Arts on the Square in

downtown Ellijay will have about 50 vendors and will showcaselocal guitar-banjo duos on estival weekends.

A scenic stretch o road along Georgia Highway 52 east oEllijay has been dubbed Appl Ally. Eleven o Gilmer Countys18 orchards are located here, and many o them have roadsidestands oering crisp, just-picked apples during apple season. Whenyou buy directly rom these growers, you are assured o gettingresher, less expensive apples while enjoying some o the states mostbreathtaking all oliage.

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Pickin and grinnin isa time-honored, year-round activity in the

hills and dales, nooksand crannies o thebeautiul bucolic NorthGeorgia Mountains.You dont have to lookhard on a Saturdaynight in apple countryto fnd olks playingguitars and banjos...and smiling ear toear. Sometimes the

music is Bluegrass,sometimes its Gospel,and most otenwhen the pickingets vigorous, its amelodious meldingreerred toas good oleMountainMusic.


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Unlike a traditional art trail, the Ramble will visit galleries and artcenters in addition to artist studios, making this a true communityexperience. Ramblers can wind their way rom one location to the next,seeing what the various artists have to oer, getting to know the creativeside o their community, all while sampling rereshments.

Te main thoroughare or the Ramble will be 575/515, beginning inWoodstock and meandering north through Canton and Ball Groundto Jasper. Most o the artist and galleries will be ound along this route.

Te various galleries and art centers will serve as gathering pointsor artists rom arther aeld. T Chrok County Art Cntr inCanton will be the largest o these gathering places, but Studio 101in Woodstock, the Clay Art Cntr in Roswell, the Sharptop Arts

Association in Jasper, the Harris Art Cntr in Calhoun, and the BluRidg Arts Association in Blue Ridge will all be taking part as well.

I you want the complete Ramble experience, however, youll need toexplore a bit more, taking detours to Roswell, Cartersville, Cumming,Calhoun, and Blue Ridge to seek out everything the Ramble has tooer. Many artist studios will be ound along these o-shoot trails,and these will allow visitors to get a better eel or each artists creativeprocess as they see where it is these creators do what they do.

Initially conceived by artists Fred and Laura Ellis o Canton asan event or the Georgia Clay Council, the Ramble soon attractedattention rom artists and art industry proessionals rom around thestate, all o whom wanted to participate. Now the Ramble consists o36 artists, 6 galleries, and 6 art centers, scattered across 27 locations.Te artists represent such varied elds as painting, clay, glass, jewelry,photography, and assorted three-dimensional work.

Fine crat galleryWildcat on a Wingin Ball Ground is the Rambleschie sponsor. Wildcat oers a wide selection o handmade work romartists all over the United States. Owners David and Julie Boone,themselves artists, have been enlivening the North Georgia art scene ormore than 20 years.

Other major sponsors include theAnn Art Gallryand the ChrokCounty Arts Cntr, both in Canton; Sharp Mountain Vinyardo

Jasper; Spring Plac Pottry o Cartersville and Ann Litrl ArtoWoodstock.

Te North Georgia Art Ramble will be a great way to nd unique,handmade gits or all the people on your list. For those who do comelooking or gits, it will be unlike any shopping experience youve everhad, and a lot more un, too. Because its more than two weeks beoreChristmas, you wont be putting your shopping o to the last minute.

Finally, youll be making smart purchases by supporting local businessesand buying American-made goods.

Come out to the North Georgia Art Ramble this December. Itpromises to be a un, interesting two day experience. Cant make bothdays? No problem, just come or one. Either way, Fred and Laura needyour help to make this a success and they promise that you, and NorthGeorgia in general, have never seen anything like this beore.

I you would like more inormation, check out local businesses whereyou will nd leafets and brochures which will include a map o allthe locations and suggested routes between them. You can also visitngaartramble.com or nd them on acebook.

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For a generation o local and area residents, the arrival o all isa signal that Cherokees perennial avorite estival, Te Riverest

Arts and Crats Festival, cant be ar behind. Now in its 29th year,this estival has earned a reputation or amily-riendly un, and itsorganizers, the women volunteers o Service League o CherokeeCounty, are known or the warm relationships they have nurtured

with vendors and estival goers alike.

Unless you are new to Cherokee County, you probably know thatRiverest is a juried show, eaturing original, creative, handmade

work rom more than 200 artisans rom across the region.Additionally, the event showcases great entertainment throughoutthe weekend including live perormances by local vocalist, bandsand dancers. Kids know to head straight to the un-lled childrensarea where the youngest estival revelers enjoy a number o kid-riendly rides and activities. Kids will be delighted this year to ndsome new attractions: a carousel, a giant hamster ball and a pettingzoo. Teres also a new attraction or the men this year. Te End

Zone will broadcast the best college and pro ootball matchupsairing during the weekend.

Te estival will be held in Cantons beautiul Boling Parkalong the picturesque banks o the Etowah River on Saturday andSunday, September 28-29. And although the estival only lastsa couple o days, the 90 women who organize this activity andsta it endeavor tirelessly year round to ensure the success o thisentertaining enterprise. It is the Leagues largest undraiser. Whatmany longtime estival ans may not know is that all o the undsraised at the event through the years are used to support CherokeeCountys children by providing medical care, eyeglasses, dentalcare, ood, clothing, scholarships and so much more.

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Service League o Cherokee County has been working diligentlyto meet the needs o the children o this county since 1935. Ourpurpose is still the same today. Most o our work is done quietly;

we always protect the names o the children we help. So a lot owhat we do goes unnoticed, but the rewards cant be numbered,says Delane Stevens, current president o the League.

Cookbooks have also played a vital undraising role throughoutthe 78-year history o the Service League o Cherokee County.

At this years estival, the League will debut its newest cookbook,Gatherings & raditions. Samples o select recipes will be presentedto estival patrons or tasting, and cookbooks will be available orpurchase or $14.95.

Te th cookbook published by the League, Gatherings &raditionshas once again captured the essence o Southern cookingthrough timeless cross-generational recipes.

We have created a cookbook that includes the avorite and mostpopular recipes o current and ormer membersthe ones thateveryone looks orward to at potluck dinners, tailgate parties oramily gatherings, says Lisa Woodru, chairman o the cookbookcommittee.

Te Riverest Arts and Crats Festival will take place at BolingPark in Canton on Saturday, September 28, 2013, rom 10 a.m. to6 p.m., and Sunday, September 29, 2013, rom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission or adults and children 11 and older is a $5 donation.Te event will take place rain or shine. Free parking and shuttleservices are available. Dogs are prohibited in the park by cityordinance. For more inormation, visit ServiceLeague.net.

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Tis year, Cobb EMC celebrates 75 years o saely deliveringreliable, competitively priced electricity.

In 1938, the advent o electricity marked a crucial turning pointin our regions economy. In a arming era when mules still pulled

wagons along dirt roads, investors were not willing to take thenancial risk o putting up power lines in such a rural area. But allo that changed with President Franklin D. Roosevelts creationo the Rural Electrication Association, now known as RuralUtilities Service (RUS). Rural residents across the nation bandedtogether to establish low-cost cooperatives, and the neighborhoodEMC was born.

Much has changed in 75 years. In August 1938, crews beganwork on the rst 160 miles o Cobb EMC line. oday, thecooperative has expanded to more than 10,000 miles o lineacross north metro Atlanta and Southwest Georgia. Cobb EMCscurrent membership o more than 177,000 is a ar cry rom the503 homes and businesses that were originally energized whenSen. Richard Russell threw the switch in December 1938.

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David and Julie Coucheron, violin and pianoMonday, September 16, 2013 | 8 PMAward-winning sibling duo who have forgedsuccessful international careers.

Petr Nouzovsk, cello; Patricia Goodson, pianoSaturday, October 5, 2013 | 8 PM

The duo presents Degenerate Music: the works ofJewish composers banned in Nazi Germany.

Jessica Rivera, soprano;

Kelly OConnor, mezzo soprano;

and Robert Spano, pianoThursday, October 17, 2013 | 8 PM

This recital by three Atlanta favorites features classic

vocal repertoire and newly commissioned works.

Jeremy Denk, piano, with KSU Symphony OrchestraWednesday, November 20, 2013 | 8 PM

American pianist Jeremy Denk performs solo works and aconcerto with the KSU Symphony Orchestra.

Atlanta Symphony OrchestraRobert Spano, conductor; Wu Han, pianoFriday, January 24, 2014 | 8 PM

The Grammy award-winning ASO makes its debutperformance at KSU.

Kennesaw State Festival of New Music:

Tift Merritt, guitar; Simone Dinnerstein, piano

Friday, February 21, 2014 | 8 PMThe duo presents music from their recentalbum release Night.

American Brass QuintetFriday, March 21, 2014 | 8 PM

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member-owners. Co-ops were ounded on the principle ogiving back to the areas in which its members live and work,rom supporting new jobs and industry through economicdevelopment to local sponsorships. o keep the businessnancially strong on memberships behal, Cobb EMC hastransormed and streamlined the cooperative over the past ewyears, bringing it back to basics through increased accountability,stronger governance and lower operating costs.

Last November, the board o directors approved a decrease inthe wholesale power adjustment (WPA) rom 1.9 to 1.7 cents perkWh to lower overall energy costs. Te monthly service charge

was also adjusted to more closely track the xed cost o providingelectric service. Tese changes earned a Georgia Public ServiceCommission Residential Rate Survey ranking o 8th out o thestates 41 EMCs, in terms o aordability at 1000 kWh. Te trendcontinued in July when Cobb EMC enacted a 1-mill reduction in

the WPA, saving the average residential member roughly $13.68annually on electric service.

Adding to the cooperatives reasons to celebrate in 2013, CobbEMC earned ull saety accreditation, with a score o 99 out o100, ater an intensive review by the Electric Cooperative Saety

Accreditation Program o Georgia. Accreditation promotes thehighest standards o saety among electric co-ops in Georgia andsaves annually on costs associated with preventable injuries and/or death.

Tough many transormative changes have taken eectrecently, Cobb EMC has remained committed to its missionover the past 75 years saely delivering reliable, competitivelypriced electricity and improving the lives o those in the localcommunity.

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1. Making xcss contributions. For 2012, the IRS allows you tocontribute up to $5,000 to your traditional or Roth IRA $6,000i youre 50 or older (or 2013 the contribution limits increase to$5,500 and $6,500 respectively). But sometimes people unintentionallycontribute more, Brown says. Or those with Roth IRAs may continueto contribute the maximum to their accounts ater their income hasexceeded the eligibility requirements ($110,000 or single lers,$173,000 or joint lers in 2012). In 2013, the maximum eligible

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outlook, are traits that we are looking or in our key players,Cronic arms. We have a great coaching stagreat ootballmen with solid values, energy, experience and the ability to leadyoung men. And we have attracted a lot o athletic talent, butits going to take time to build up our oensive line and or our

players to mature.

We are excited to get this program running. We know thatthere are going to be some pitalls along the way, but we knowthat we have the people and the support to handle them. Teuniversity and the community have been so supportive, saysReinhardt Universitys athletic director, Bill Popp. We arecompeting in a league where most o the teams have been playingat least a ew yearssome or 30 or 60 years. We know its goingto be competitivewe will be tested very mightily. We know itsa building process.

Reinhardts ootball program has already proven successulo the eld, Popp contends. Were running a quality programbased on good values with good people at the helm. We havea character-driven coaching sta leading solid student-athletes.

We all want to win ootball gamesno question about that. Butwere not going to ailno matter what happens on the eldthis is a successul season already. Weve seen enrollment increaseand interest in the university grow. Our recruits are ambassadors

who go back to their hometowns and spread the word about howwonderul Reinhart University is.

About 150 ormer high school players, mostly rom Georgia,have come to Reinhardt University to vie or a coveted spot on

Get your tickets now.Football tickets or Reinhardts inaugural season are selling

quickly. Reserved seats are sold out, but general admission

tickets are still or sale. A general admission season ticket

includes a ticket to all home games and is $50. Single game

tickets are $10 each in advance or $15 on game day.

Home games will start at noon on the ollowing Saturdays:

Sept. 7 .............................................Lindsey Wilson CollegeSept. 28 .................................................... Bethel University

Oct. 19 ...........................Belhaven University (Homecoming)

Oct. 26 ..................................University o the Cumberlands

Nov. 9............................................... Cumberland University

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Reinhardt Universitys ootball sta:Back row, let to right - Asst. Coach Larry Prather,

Asst. Coach Julius Dixon, Head Coach Danny Cronic,Asst. Coach Steve Wilson, Asst. Coach Will Heath,Asst. Coach Reggie Perkins

Front row, let to right - Asst. Coach Drew Cronic,Asst. Coach ony aylor, Asst. Coach Jake Robertson,Strength and Conditioning Coach Alex Derenthal,

Manager Joe McKown, and Athletic rainerKellen Shervington (Not pictured is Quentin Moses.)

the roster this all. For some it is an opportunity to earn a collegedegree rom a respected university; others come because they seethe opportunity to continue playing the game that they love andreach their ull potential, perhaps win a championship. JeremySheppard o Stone Mountain recently transerred to Reinhardt

University rom a college in Kansas City. My dad played orCoach Cronic at the University o West Georgia, and I want todo the same.

Football also gives the community more opportunities tocome to the campus. Fans can bring their amilies and enjoy anaternoon o college ootball without spending a ortune. JoEllen

Wilson, a Reinhardt alumna and longtime Canton resident, isalso Reinhardts vice president o advancement, and she is eagerlyawaiting the start o the ootball season. Already the CantonRotary Club is planning a tailgate and so are the ReinhardtClasses o 74, 75 and 76. I cant wait to see the campus covered

with alumni and riends rom the community proudly wearingtheir navy and gold.

Reinhardt ocials want the community to take part in thegame day atmosphere. Children age 12 and under will receive reeadmission with the purchase o an adult ticket, and ticket priceshave been kept low to make the games accessible and aordable.We want to promote a sae, un amily atmosphere, Wilsonsaid. From the ootball team, coaches and our new marchingband, to alumni, aculty, sta, amily members and riends, weknow ootball Saturdays will be ull o excitement and energy. AsPresident Isherwood says, Waleska will never be the same.

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Ladrell Cammon (#6) o Rome, Ga., and yler Pineda (#7) o Winder, Ga., stand in a huddle o deensive players during a pre-seasonscrimmage. Cammon and Pineda are two o more than140 student-athletes, mostly rom Georgia, who came to Reinhardt or a shot at

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Barrys story is about amily, three generations o it, and not in theway typically expressed by politicians.

When I was young, i I complained about something, myDad would simply ask: well, what are you going to do about it?Loudermilk says. Tis way o thinking really shaped my lie, andit is actually how I ended up in the Air Force, the State House andSenate and now the campaign or Congress. When I see problemsthat need addressing, my Dads words come back to me and I justcant sit back and wait or someone else to deal with it.

Barry was born in Riverdale, Georgia, the youngest o threechildren, in a rural middle class neighborhood to parents that both

worked hard to make ends meet. Barry was not the star athlete, butgreatly enjoyed playing baseball and ootball, as well as hunting andshing with amily or riends.

It is widely known that he served in the U.S. Air Force, but whatis less known is that Loudermilk was in military intelligence, heldsome o the highest security clearances in the land and essentiallyhelped coordinate doing to the Soviet Union and China what our

own government is apparently doing to us these days.

I guess it gives me a unique perspective on the NSA scandal,Barry says. I know what our intelligence services are capable odoing and I am really bothered by the act that we are turningthose capabilities on our own citizens. Its a level o intrusivenessthats going to become even more shocking as the details continueto come out.

In 1995, Barry started a small data networking and inormationsystems technology company based in Cartersville. He is also co-ounder o Freedom Flight Center, an aviation ight trainingbusiness located in Rome, Georgia.

His real passion, though, is writing and speaking on the oundingprinciples, people, and structure o America, through his non-prot,Firm Reliance.

My campaign team tells me I talk too much about theConstitution and the ounding athers, but these principles are soclosely involved in the core o my political belies that I just cantseparate them, laughs Loudermilk. Some o us sort o had to agreeto disagree on this topic.

In the State House and Senate, Loudermilk has been a stalwart

or standing or the Constitutional role and limits o government.He co-ounded a group called the 216 Group, later the GeorgiaRepublican Study Committee, where a group o legislators meet,read, and discuss each bill. During his time in the General Assembly,Barry has been ocused on lessening government intrusion in ourlives, championing personal privacy, pro-amily and pro- businessinitiatives, and reducing the tax burden and regulation on citizens.He worked hard to pass legislation such as OR reorm, andintroduced the axpayer Protection Act, this year, which would capgovernment spending in Georgia.

Barry is passionate about his legislation and talking about theounding documents o our nation, but he really lights up whentalking about his kids.

I dont know i its me inuencing them or them inspiringme, but the whole amily has made it their mission to help get

America back on track, Barry says. His three grown children ravis, Christiana and Michael created a video called, Its MyConstitution that is showing in schools across Georgia. Te shortvideo simply explains the purpose o the Constitution, and theimportance o knowing it today.

For his congressional campaign, the kids have built a grassrootsand undraising eort that is reaching thousands o Georgians.Nobody told them what to do or how to do it, they just wadedin and gured it out as they went along, Barry says. Im proud othem and a little in awe. Tey also speak to groups on Barrys behalout on the campaign trail, and are active in various pro-Constitutioneducational groups.

Barry and his wie Desiree rst met in 1981 while both were

serving in a church bus ministry in Anchorage, Alaska. Tey weremarried in February 1983 in Riverdale, Georgia. Te Loudermilkamily also serves in the Civil Air Patrol, where they provide search-and-rescue, disaster relie and other emergency services throughoutthe state o Georgia. Te amily lives in the Cassville area o BartowCounty, and their interests and hobbies include aviation, rockclimbing, skydiving, hiking, hunting, shing and most any outdooractivity, as well as studying and teaching Americas rich heritage.



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A native Georgian, Ed Lindsey is a product o our public schoolsystem and graduate o Davidson College, which he attended onscholarships and with the help o a vending machine business heoperated. Ater earning his Juris Doctorate rom the University oGeorgia School o Law, Lindsey and three partners started theirown rm deending individuals, small businesses, corporations,churches and private schools. oday, Goodman, McGuey, Lindsey& Johnson, LLP employs almost 80 individuals in three states.

While passionate about practicing law and communityinvolvement, Lindsey always had a strong desire or public service.First elected in 2004 to the Georgia House o Representatives, Rep.

Lindsey went on to serve as the Majority Whip or three terms,tasked with building support or Republican legislative initiativesin the State House.

During his tenure in the Georgia General Assembly, Lindseyserved as Chair o the House Appropriations Sub Committee onEducation, Co-Chair o the Republican Caucus Policy Committee,and Vice-Chair o the Judiciary Committee. Rep. Lindsey nowserves on the Appropriations, Industrial Relations, Education,Ethics, Judiciary, and Rules Committees, as well as ex ocio on allother standing House Committees.

At the State House, Rep. Ed Lindsey pushed through someo the most important conservative reorm measures in decades.Despite pressure rom the teachers unions, Lindsey ought toadvance meaningul education reorm by enhancing school choiceopportunities or our children and grandchildren. Ed helped leadthe campaign to pass the Charter School Amendment last year.He also worked tirelessly to keep our streets sae by implementingamily violence prevention initiatives and took a hard stance againstthe prolieration o human tracking in Georgia.

Never araid to stand up or the right thing, Lindsey took onpowerul union orces while working diligently to strengthen the

Conservative candidatefor Congress Rep. EdLindsey (R-Atlanta)

is a proud father andhusband, dedicatedcommunity leader, andproven conservativereformer with a trackrecord of results.

states right-to-work policies. For his eorts, Lindsey was named theHouse Legislator o the Year in 2013 by the Georgia Chamber oCommerce and was honored by the NFIB with the 2013 SmallBusiness Guardian award.

Above all, Ed Lindsey has ought or Georgia amilies. Byadvancing conservative tax reorm measures, Lindsey has

worked to encourage investment, incentivize innovation andentrepreneurialism, and empower job creators. Under Lindseysconservative leadership in the State House, Georgia is quicklybecoming the one o the top destinations or business and jobcreation in the United States.

A strong supporter o Rep. Lindsey, Cherokee County Sheri

Roger Garrison recently said, We need a Representative inCongress who will shrink the size and undamentally reorm anout o control ederal government. I believe Ed Lindsey is the kindo conservative reormer and leader we need in Congress. He hasan unmatched, proven record o problem solving leadership in theState House that gives me the condence to back him.

Waleska Mayor Doris Jones agrees with Sheri Garrison saying,Ed Lindsey is a proven leader with a track record o results. Areal conservative Republican, Ed will ght tirelessly to repeal

ObamaCare, reduce ederal spending, and return the governmentto the people. Enough with the cheap talk, we need real reorm.Rest-assured, when we send Ed to Congress, Washington will be adierent place!o learn more about Rep. Ed Lindseys record o conservative reormand leadership, visitwww.EdLindsey.us or visit the campaign FacebookPage, www.FB.com/Lindsey2014.



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Bub-Ba-QBlu Ribbon BarbcuIt literally doesnt get any better than good ole Georgia barbecue, and Woodstocks own

William Bubba Lattimer is one o the best o the best. He competes (and wins) coast-to-coast35 competitions this yearhas been eatured on the Food Networks Te Greatest

American BBQ Showdown and on was selected as a nalist on LCs BBQ Pitmasters series.He is consistently one o the winners in the Georgia BBQ Championship, the states premierbarbecue award that goes to the most successul barbecue cook team on the KCBS sanctionedPro BBQ circuit in Georgia. Lattimer says he enjoys winning, but the most important thingto him is or people to enjoy the barbecue he prepares.

He opened his rst Bub-Ba-Q restaurant in Jasper, Ga, in 2005 and opened the Woodstocklocation on Highway 92 in 2009. We want people to enjoy the barbecue, have a greatexperience and come back or more. I am very involved and like to give my customers personalattention and service, he says. He advises backyard barbecuers to keep things simple and start

with high quality resh ingredients. Tats my philosophy. Im a pretty traditional guy. Heshares his award winning recipe or Baby Back Ribs (page 34) and modestly adds that anyonecan do it. Tere are dozens o trophies on display in his restaurants that indicate most peoplecannot do it nearly as well as he does.

J.D.s Bar-B-QOld-Fashiond GoodnssBarbecuing is something o a blood-sport here in the South. And i Cherokee County

hosted a barbecue showdown or throwdown, there would likely be more than one winner.J.D.s Bar-B-Que, located on Bells Ferry Road, has been a local avorite since 1999 whenit started as a small take-out business and has earned its share o local recognition. OwnerChip Allen says he likes to do things the old-ashioned way. He cooks his meat using hickory

woodno gas or charcoal avors his meats. He cooks Boston Butts low and slow or 16 to18 hours over low heat to create the chopped pork that is his staple menu item. He doesnt usea rub, but tops it o with his own homemade sauce. Our sweet, tomato-based barbecue sauceis made rom scratch and has just enough kick to bring out the avor o our smoke-avoredmeats, Allen notes.

Just as much care goes into the made-rom-scratch sides. Te coleslaw J.D.s Bar-B-Q serves is

prepared daily using his grandmothers recipe; the Brunswick Stew recipe (page 36) comes romhis grandather. Te cobblers and Banana Pudding are made rom old amily recipes as well.Te menu eatures traditional barbecue avorites like baby back ribs, bee brisket and smokedchicken. We enjoy serving great ood and taking great care o our customers, Allen says.

SMALLCAKeSMayb a Cupcak Will HlpTe SMALLCAKES Cupcakery ranchise seems to have ound the right recipe or

success. Local owner Melissa Dean says the number o shops nationwide has doubled sinceshe opened a year ago in owne Lake, and she is planning on opening another shop in EastCobb soon. Were very busy and getting busier all the time, she notes. When the economydived and Dean lost her job in the nancial sector, she decided to take a dive into an

endeavor shed always enjoyed. I love to bake and be in the kitchen and now I get to makea living doing it. I could not be happier, Dean says.

SMALLCAKES eatures 15 core avors daily and 3 to 5 specials that they rotate in andout. Te Red Velvet cupcakeGrandmas red velvet cake with the signature cream cheeserostingis currently the most popular cupcake. Te cupcakes are made rom scratchdaily. Te mission at the heart o the success o this nationally acclaimed cupcakery is: ouse creative avors, quality ingredients and riendly service to provide the nest cupcakeexperience worthy o returning and recommending. Teir motto is: Maybe a cupcake willhelp. Te recipes or the core avors were developed by the ounder o the ranchise, but Deansometimes contributes the recipes or the daily specials. Te Caramel Apple Cake (page 36) isone o Deans own creations. You can check their Facebook page or daily specials.

(Hot Chescontinued rom page 7)

William Bubba Lattimer, Bub-Ba-Q

Chip Allen, JDs Bar-B-Que

Melissa Dean, Small Cakes


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CupcakdliciousSouthrn LgacyCupcakedelicious in Downtown Woodstock scores serious points with their signature

Double Chocolate cupcake and the popular Sweet and Salty, a vanilla bean cupcake withcaramel butter cream topping and drizzled caramel with sprinkled sea salt...nished with apretzel garnish. Te owner o this locally-based gourmet bakery, Lee Staten, comes rom along line o made-rom-scratch Southern baking artisans. I grew up in Louisiana and Georgia

while requently visiting my grandmothers in Alabama and Mississippi. I helped my mother

cook while growing up, but I especially enjoyed creating wonderul treatscakes, pies andbiscuitswith my grandmothers. My mother-in-law, a Kentucky native, also loves to bakepastries, rolls and cakes and my aunts are skilled candy makers and bakers o pies and cakes,she explains. Her mission reects her wonderul childhood memories: Make moments ohappiness and un or all.

Like her grandmothers, Staten doesnt use cake or icing mixes. We use the nest ingredientsto make our products resh rom scratch our, sugar, brown sugar, conectioners sugar,milk, buttermilk, eggs, cream, cream cheese, and the like. We believe this allows us to oer thebest quality and taste or our customers and their amilies. Tey eature 11 regular avors andtwo specials daily. Her Lemon Cupcake (page 36) is one o her most popular specials. You cannow nd your avorite Cupcakelicious creations at the ood court o the new Outlet Shoppesat Atlanta.

Lee Staten, Cupcakedelicious

The ReciPes...Carnitas rom Che Alberto Catalan at Papa Ps

Ingredients

5 lb pork butt

1 gal water2 bay leaves

Tbsp black pepper whole

2 Tbsp salt2 sprigs thyme

Directions

Cut up pork into cubes, removing as much at as you can. Place pork

cubes in water, with bay leaves, black pepper kernels, salt, thyme androsemary. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer or around 2 hours - until very

tender. Strain o water and remove herbs. Keep pork in same pot, add

olive oil and sautee or around 5 minutes. Add orange juice, incorporate

into mixture. Remove rom heat and add condensed milk. I too dryadd a little o the broth you saved. Serve with tortillas to make tacos,

rice and beans.

Tilapia dAngelo

rom Executive Che Rahhal Hijjara at Ipps Pastaria & BarServes 2

Ingredients

2 8oz tilapia llet

2oz sliced pepperoncini

10 pitted whole kalamata olives2 artichoke hearts cut into quarters

4oz resh diced tomatoes

Directions

Egg dip and four tilapia llets, in sautee pan add 2oz o butter andpan sear tilapia llets until golden brown on both sides. Finish tilapia

in oven or 5-7 minutes at 450 degrees. Sautee pepperoncini, olives

and capers cook until tender. Add white wine, lemon juice and bring to

a boil. Add artichoke hearts and tomatoes to white wine sauce. Placetilapia over a bed o angel hair pasta and nish with the lemon white

wine sauce.

Crawfsh Etouee

from Chef Adam Kimball at Les Bon Temps Louisiana KitchenServes 8-10

Ingredients (Note: prepare ingredients or all steps prior to cooking)

lb butter

1 cup all purpose four

1 cups diced onion cup diced bell pepper

cup diced celery

1 cup diced resh tomato

1 Tbsp garlic powder

1 Tbsp onion powder2 Tbsp dry parsley fakes

Directions

Over low to medium heat, in a large sauce pan, melt the butter. Once

the butter is melted, add the cup o four, mixing thoroughly into the

butter. Cook the roux until a medium brown color has been reached,

stirring constantly to ensure the roux does not burn. Add the onion,bell pepper, celery and tomato. Saut until onions are translucent.

Add the two cups o water, garlic and onion powders, parsley, thyme

salt, black pepper, basil, cayenne and salt. Stir to combine and cook

2 sprigs rosemary

cup olive oil

cup orange juice

cup condensed milk

broth as needed

.5oz lemon juice

.5oz capers1cup white wine

angel hair pasta

1 Tbsp ground thyme

2 tsp black pepper tsp basil

1 Tbsp salt

tsp cayenne

1 lb crawsh tail meat10.75 oz cream o mushroom soup

21.5 oz tomato sauce2 cups hot water


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until aromatic, about 5 minutes. Add the crawsh and continue to

cook or another 5 minutes. Add the cream o mushroom soup and mixwell. Add tomato sauce and bring to a boil. Lower to a medium heat

and simmer or 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt. I more heat is

desired, add more cayenne towards the end o cooking. Also, adjust

thickness by adding water i needed. Serve over plain white rice.

Pan Seared Red Grouper (topped with a gumbo roast

pineapple salsa served over seasonal greens tossed in

a curry-guava vinaigrette) rom Che Michael Payne at

Stratus Kitchen & Bar

Curry-Guava Vinaigrette (yield 1 qt)Ingredients

4 oz guava paste

1 cup red wine vinegar2 Tbsp curry powder

4 limes, juiced

1 Scotch bonnet3 Tbsp cilantro, rough choppedSalt/pepper to taste

Directions

Combine the guava paste, vinegar and curry powder and warmslightly then cool. Whisk in the lime juice, chili pepper, salt, pepper.

Add cilantro beore service and tossed with greens.

Gumbo Roast Pineapple SalsaIngredients

1 92 oz pineapple juice

1 20 oz bottle rice wine vinegar

3 yellow onion, minced2 Tbsp green peppercorns

3 cups brown sugar

Reduce all ingredients to au sec and cool.

7 granny smith apples, diced

2 pineapple grilled

cup mint, minced cup basil, minced

Salt/pepper to taste

Fold diced ruit into reduced mixture and let set overnight.

Directions

Dredge grouper in four, dip in whisked eggs and then dredge again

in seasoned four. Heat skillet with butter until hot and saute grouperon both sides until golden brown. Finish in oven or 4-6 minutes at

350 degrees. Saute greens o your choice in butter, season with salt/

pepper then toss in vinaigrette. Slightly heat gumbo roast pineapple

salsa. Place greens on plate and top with grouper, salsa and serve.

Shrimp and Grits

rom Che Robert Morneweck at Freight, Kitchen and Tap

Ingredients

6 cups stone ground grits (cooked). (use locally milled grits or reshness)

15 Georgia wild caught coastal shrimp (consider leaving tail on a ew orpresentation)

2 cups Andouille, diced (1/2inch) and sauted2 cup Gul crawsh tails, preerably Louisiana1 cups okra, sliced and sauted

1 cups diced tomato and sauted

3-4 ears resh corn or corn- pepper broth, or bag o rozen corn

2 cups chicken stock1 tsp crushed ground black pepper

2 tsp your avorite Cajun seasoning

2 scallions, nely chopped

Directions (assumes grits are cooked)

Peel and devein shrimp. Prepare corn-pepper broth. Roast and cook

on char-grill or sautee combining with hal amount o chicken stock.

Once corn is ully cooked remove rom ear with knie and placekernels and chicken stock in blender and puree. Add black pepper to

pureed corn and stock mix. Strain corn broth reserving all the liquid.

(set aside). Sautee Andouille, okra and tomatoes with 1 tsp Cajun

seasoning and a little butter. Sautee shrimp and crawsh tails withremaining Cajun seasoning. Place hot cooked grits in serving bowl

and place cooked Andouille, tomato and okra on top in center o bowl.

Place sauted shrimp and crawsh on top o all. Ladle 3-4 oz. o corn

pepper broth around the outer perimeter o bowl and garnish withresh cut scallions.

Baby Back Ribs

rom Pitmaster William Bubba Lattimer o Bub-Ba-Q

Ingredients

1 slab baby back ribs

Bub-Ba-Q All Purpose RubBub-Ba-Q Sweet Sauce

A ew wood chunks o choice wood or smoking (I preer ruit woods. Theygive a nice sweet and light smoky favor.)

Directions

To get started, go ahead and light your grill or smoker and bring it to

250 degrees. I using a grill, set it up or indirect cooking, meaning to

set your coals up on one side o the cooker so that the meat will be onthe grate on the opposite side.

While the cooker is coming up to temp you can prep your ribs. Lie the

ribs meat side down and remove the membrane or silver on theback side. A simple way to do this is to take a fat head screwdriver

and slide it up along the bone rom top to bottom. Once through, use

a paper towel to grasp the membrane and pull back. The paper towel

helps keep the membrane rom slipping in your ngers. This will help


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Dash salt

1 cup conectioners sugar

Chopped walnuts, optional

the seasoning work in on both sides o the ribs. Once the membrane is

pulled o, rinse the ribs o in cold water and let any excess water dripo. Next, take a bottle o Bub-Ba-Q all purpose rub and shake a nice

even coating on both sides o the ribs. Allow the ribs to sit or about 30

minutes to come up to room temp and absorb the seasoning (you can

do this the day beore i you preer).

When your cooker is at 250 degrees, put a chunk o wood on the

coals or in the re box and place your ribs on the grate. It will take 4-5

hours, depending on the size o the ribs, to cook. I you are using asmoker, there is no need to rotate, but i cooking using indirect heat on

a grill, rotate 180 degrees ater 2 hours. I you dont do this, that side

will burn. To tell when the ribs are done, you should be able to grab

the ribs with some tongs in the middle and when you pick them up,they wont break but will bend to the point o wanting to break in hal.

About 10-20 minutes beore the ribs are done, take some Bub-Ba-Q

sweet sauce and brush across the top. Let the ribs sit in the cooker

during this time to set the glaze. When done, remove rom the cookerand let rest 5-10 minutes, then cut and serve.

JDs Brunswick Stew rom JDs Bar-B-Q

Ingredients

96 ozs whole kernel corn (chopped nely by hand or ood processor)96 ozs crushed tomatoes

2 large onions (minced)

1 qt chicken broth

1 cup Worcestershire sauce1 cup yellow mustard

1 Tbsp salt

Directions

Combine all ingredients and blend well. Put in large pot at medium

heat, Bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and simmer or 1 hour.

Enjoy!

Lemon Cupcakes

rom Lee Staten at Cupcakelicious

Ingredients

3 cups sel-rising four tsp salt1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 cups white sugar

4 large eggs, at room temperature

Lemon Cream Icing

2 cups chilled heavy cream

3/4 cup conectioners sugar

1 Tbsp resh lemon juice

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line 2-12 mun pans with paper liners.

Sit the sel-rising four and salt together in a bowl. With a hand mixer

or stand mixer, beat the unsalted butter and sugar until light and fuy.

Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating each egg until incorporatedbeore adding the next. Mix in the vanilla extract and lemon zest.

Gently mix the four mixture into the butter mixture alternating 1/3 cup

o milk and lemon juice. Scrape bowl in-between alternating mixture.

Fill liners 3/4 ull and bake or 17 minutes. Let cupcakes completely

cool beore icing.

For the icing, beat the cream in a chilled bowl with electric mixer

on low until cream thickens. Add the conections sugar and lemonjuice a little at a time until incorporated together. Beat on high or 4-5

minutes until a peak orms on top o the cream. Enjoy!

Caramel Apple Cake

rom Melissa Dean at Smallcakes Cupcakery

Ingredients for Cake

1 cups canola oil1 cups sugar

cup packed brown sugar3 eggs

3 cups all-purpose four

2 tsp ground cinnamon

Ingredients for Caramel Icing

cup packed brown sugar

1/3 cup hal-and-hal cream

cup butter, cubed

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the oil, sugars and eggs until well blended.Combine the four, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; graduallyadd to creamed mixture until blended. Fold in the apples, walnuts and

vanilla. Pour into a greased and foured 10-in. futed tube pan. Bake

at 325 or 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center

comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes beore removing to a wirerack to cool completely. In a small heavy saucepan over medium-low

heat, cook and stir the brown sugar, cream, butter and salt until sugar

is dissolved. Transer to a small bowl; cool to room temperature. Beat

in conectioners sugar until smooth; drizzle over cake. Sprinkle withwalnuts i desired.

Gone are the days whennearly all o your diningoptions were ast oodranchises...these days youcan dine out in CherokeeCounty and eat something

satisying and exciting!

1 Tbsp black pepper

1 Tbsp hot sauce

1 lb JDs chopped pork1 lb JDs chopped chicken

1 lb JDs chopped brisket

1 tsp baking soda tsp salt

tsp ground nutmeg3 cups diced peeled apples

1 cup chopped walnuts

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp vanilla extract2 Tbsp lemon zest

1 cup whole milk, divided

2 Tbsp resh lemon

juice, divided


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(Pickin & Grinnincontinued rom page 14)

One Apple Alley orchard oers more than just colorul, reshapples. Hillcrst Orchards comes alive every weekend romSeptember 7 through October or a down-home good time calledTe Apple Pickin Jubilee. You can tap your oot while listeningto local musicians pick and grin, or you can wander through theorchards and do some picking o your own: Red and Golden

Delicious, Rome Beauty, Pink Lady, Mutsu, Granny Smith, Fuji,Cameo, Winesap, Honey Crisp, Gala, Jonagold, Arkansas Blackand Yates. Tere are additional activities during the Jubilee that willlikely put a grin on your ace. You can watch the pigs race, milka cow, bob or apples, enjoy a mule-drawn wagon ride and visitGrandmas bakery or one o the legendary homemade ried apple pies.

Another popular pick-your-own orchard is the Rd Appl Barnlocated just a ew miles west o Ellijay. Tey will open or the seasonon Aug. 10, and the you-pick tractor rides and tours will likely startthis year beore Labor Day Weekend. Tey report that they havea good harvest that is ripening early. In September you can pick

wildowers rom the meadow, and in October you can pick yourown pumpkin rom the patch. Additionally the Red Apple Barnoers a variety o local ood avorites: local honey, pecan brittle,muscadine and apple cider, sorghum syrup, caramel and candiedapples, apple bread, and all the other wonderul apple treats.

Te largest apple producer in the Southeast and a un year-round destination is up the road in idyllic Blue Ridge, Ga. MrcirOrchards is a 70-year-old amily owned and operated orchardnow in its ourth generation. Te combination o you-pick events,delicious bakery/deli, extensive Market Store, and new Farm

Winery makes this picturesque rambling orchard a North Georgiamust-do. Tey currently grow strawberries, cherries, blueberries,

peaches, plums, nectarines, and more than 40 varieties o apples,many available or visitors to go out on a tractor ride and pick reshin season.

While you are in Blue Ridge, you might want to mosey o thebeaten path over to occoa Rivrsid Rstaurant to experienceyet another o North Georgias avorite avors. Tey have anextensive menu selection, but occoa is one o the top trout shingrivers in the eastern part o the country, and resh North GeorgiaRainbow rout has been this restaurants specialty or more than20 years. For lunch you can get it broiled or ried; at dinner, theyserve the boneless trout lets seven dierent ways, including rout

Almandine, pecan crusted and crab stued.

Established in the early 90s, this popular dining destinationburned to the ground in 2012, and was rebuilt with even moreriverside seating than beore. Tey have also added the oastedBear Pub and a Pooch Porch, a covered pet-riendly deck. OnFriday and Saturday nights, diners here can enjoy wonderul ood,beautiul views o the occoa River and great live musicRock,Country, Gospel and/or Bluegrass...and i you are lucky, therell besome good ole pickin and grinnin in the mix.

For More Inormation: GeorgiaAppleFestival.org

GilmerChamber.com

HillcrestOrchards.net

Mercier-Orchards.com

RedAppleBarn.com

ToccoaRiversideRestaurant.com


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Color in the PanIt takes some experience to learn to read a stream so that you know where to pan. Te Allatoona

Gold Panners requently invite new prospectors to join them on one o their local outingsotenat Blankets Creek on Sixes Road. Kelly says that most o the panners use the Garrett Standard GoldPanning Kit that Little River Marina Store sells or about $30. It has everything you need exceptboots and a shovel. Tey also sell the what/where/how-to Recreational Gold Panning Guide, andthe Lake Allatoona Gold Map plotted with over two dozen conrmed gold creeks. Kelly and his

group enjoy showing novices how to pan. First-timers are so excited when they nd that somecolor has collected in the bottom o the pan beneath the black sand. Although I enjoy beingoutdoors and socializing with other panners, there are ew thrills comparable to nding gold orhelping someone else nd some, Kelly adds.

Is ThereGold in YourBackyardCreek?I your backyard is located in

the Dahlonega Gold Belt, anarea several miles wide along a

line that roughly cuts diagonally

rom the southwest corner o the

county to the northeast corner,

there is a good chance you could

nd a wee bit o gold.

Heres what you should look or:

Large Quartz Rocks -

Walk your creek and look or lots

o large quartz rocks lying on

the surace o the surrounding

terrain and in the gravel bars in

the creek.

Black Magnetite Sand -

Look closely where there is

runo on the banks or black

sand. Test it with a magnet

to conrm that it is indeed

magnetite.

Mica Flakes -

Look in the creek where the

sun shines or tiny fakes o

glistening mica.

I you nd all three, theres a

good chance you can nd somegold fakes. But you wont be

able to see the gold unless you

pan the quartz gravel in the

time-honored manner.

Need help?

Contact Rob Kelly, local master

gold panner, or inormation

about his gold panning

presentations and workshops at

RRKel

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