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JCPC Pumpkin Patch returnsBy HATCHER HURDhatcher@northfulton.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Big pumpkins, little pumpkins and all sizes of pumpkins in be-tween are waiting at the Johns Creek Presbyterian Church Pumpkin Patch on Bell Road.

Open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and noon to 8 p.m. on Sunday, this patch has all your fall celebrating needs. In addition to the pumpkins,

they have cornstalks and hay bales, Indian corn and gourds, scarves, jewelry, baked goods and handmade crafts.

Best of all are the activities for the children.

“We get busloads of pre-school children here for field trips.

They just love it. We have games, and they love to look at so many pumpkins,” said volunteer Angela Baker.

Her pumpkin partner Tri-sha Buice said they sell quite a few pumpkins as well – more than $11,000 last year. The money goes to fund church missions, the church’s music

ministry and youth trips, she said.

“We love it when the kids come out.

They get a big kick out of picking out just the right pumpkin,” Buice said.

The church’s music minis-try established the first JCPC Pumpkin Patch in 2007, and it was an immediate success.

That year it sold more pumpkins (gross sales) than any other first-year patch ex-cept one, Baker said.

This year, the church wants to use some of the money it raises to build a Habitat House.

Pumpkins fund church missions

HATCHER HURD/STAFF

Trisha Buice, left, and Angela Baker are volunteers at the Johns Creek Presbyterian Church Pumpkin Patch on Bell Road that has about a quarter-acre of pumpkins just ripe for carving.

By HATCHER HURDhatcher@northfulton.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A check of the first three months’ invoices from Wilson Morton and Downs, the firm conducting the City Council’s investigation of the mayor, is now up to $67,132 and the meter is still running.

With September’s invoice still to come, the actual bill should be in the $90,000

range.Attorney Robert Wilson

was hired in July to conduct an investigation into Mayor Mike Bodker’s conduct. At the time, the five members of the City Council (Council-woman Kelly Stewart op-posed) said its purpose was

Councilwoman Stewart’s phone records requested

City investigation bill now at $67,132

JOHNSON STEWART

See CITY, Page 6

By HATCHER HURDhatcher@northfulton.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Councilwoman Kelly Stewart has called for City Manager John Kachmar to step down after he was involved in an altercation with two city residents after the Oct. 7

Stewart calls for city manager’s resignationStems from altercation after council meeting; rest of council awaits police report

HATCHER HURD/STAFF

Councilwoman Kelly Stewart calls for the resignation of City Manager John Kachmar at a press conference at City Hall.See STEWART, Page 15

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MILTON, Ga. – A Chief Vann Drive woman was arrested in Milton Oct. 5 for allegedly driving drunk with three young children in the car at 11 a.m. on a Saturday morning.

Police say they saw a blue Hyundai Tucson driving on Ga. 9 near Bethany Bend. It was swerving dramatically, nearly driving on the grass at one

point. The officer

pulled over the driver, Victoria Lynn Tucker, 42, of Chief Vann Drive, Alpharetta, who appeared drunk.

“I could not understand any-

thing the driver was saying to me,” noted the officer. He also reported Tucker had difficulty keeping her eyes open.

Tucker allegedly failed the sobriety tests and was arrested for DUI.

In the back seat of her car were three young children, two of which were not hers. All three children were turned

over to adults.When searching the vehicle,

police allegedly found an open bottle of Smirnov vodka with a receipt dated for 10:10 a.m. that morning.

Tucker was charged with DUI, endangering the life of children, driving with an open container of alcohol and failure to maintain lane.

Driver arrested for DUI with 3 kids in car

DUI arrests ► Angela Wall Gallego, 32, of

Silhouette Court, Alpharetta, was arrested Sept. 20 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI.

► Cheryl Gloster, 50, of Bethany Bend, Alpharetta, was arrested Sept. 20 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI.

► James Wesley Wolf, 52, of Gainesville was arrested Sept. 25 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.

► Christopher Kirk Salmon, 28, of Jamestowne Trail, Alpharetta, was arrested Sept. 25 on Westside Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane.

► David Paul Day, 58, of Gainesville was arrested Sept. 25 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane and improper U-turn.

► Juan Ibarro Torrijo, 38, of North Main Street, Alpharetta, was arrested Sept. 23 on Ga. 9 in Milton for DUI, open container, expired license, fol-lowing too closely and hit and run.

► Scott M. Pranger, 50, of Stirling Glen Court, Milton, was arrested Sept. 26 on Cogburn Road in Milton for DUI, open container and speeding.

► Rickey D. Hammett, 38, of Owens Oak Circle, Alpharetta, was arrested Sept. 27 on Crabapple Road in Milton for DUI.

► Russell Allan Latona, 60, of Canton was arrested Sept. 28 on Dorris Road in Milton for DUI and speeding.

► Gavriel Cohen, 43, of Spring Ridge Court, Roswell, was arrested Sept. 28 on

Nesbit Ferry Road in Johns Creek for DUI and failure to maintain lane.

 

Drug arrests

► Nikita Jovan Jones, 32, of Harris Commons Place, Alpharetta, was arrested Sept. 22 on Wills Road in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana.

► Diana C. Orrego-Jimenez, 19, of Cogburn Ridge Way, Alpharetta, was arrested Sept. 23 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana and possession of drug-related items.

► Kent Robert Chambers, 19, of Bircham Way, Roswell, was arrested Sept. 24 on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana.

► Flavio Santos Santana, 29, of Morris Road, Milton, was arrested Sept. 24 on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana.

► Jevertis Armond Smith, 18,

of Lake Drive, Roswell, was arrested Sept. 24 on Haynes Bridge Road in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana.

► Ebony Sade Works, 27, of Hampton was arrested Sept. 24 on Webb Bridge Road in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana, speeding, reckless driving, too fast for conditions and window tint violation.

► Daniel Antonio Parsons, 22, of Lithia Springs was arrested Sept. 23 on Highway 9 in Milton for possession of marijuana, possession of drug-related items and seatbelt requirements.

► Sean Marcus Speller, 23, of Whitestone Place, Alpharetta, was arrested Sept. 26 on Cogburn Road in Milton for possession of marijuana, speeding and tire require-ments.

► Ricki Shaquille Mathis, 19, of Ashley Court, Alpharetta, was arrested Sept. 29 on Morris Road in Milton for pos-session of marijuana.

Man conned in immigration hoax

MILTON, Ga. – A Marrywood Drive man was the victim of fraud Oct. 1 after he gave money to a man he thought

was a government official. The victim said he was

called at nearly 11 a.m. from a number that turned up as “911” on caller ID. The man on the other end claimed to be an “Agent Wilson” with immigra-tion. He said the victim would be deported for not having his immigration paperwork. The victim told the agent his immigration status was being handled by his employer. The agent told the victim he needed to pay nearly $5,000 or be deported.

The victim only had $2,800 and was told he could pay that immediately by putting the money on “Green Dot” pre-paid cards. He gave the agent the cards’ numbers over the phone.

The agent was a scam and the money on the cards was used immediately.

Handguntaken from carMILTON, Ga. – Someone stole

a White Columns Drive resi-dent’s pistol Oct. 1.

The victim told police he noticed the Glock 19.9 mm pistol missing that morning. Someone had entered his sport utility vehicle sometime over the night and taken the pistol that was clipped to the console along with a 14-round maga-zine.

Nothing else was taken from the vehicle and no other neighbors reported anything

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suspicious. Two landscapers were on

the property the day before. The victim suspects they may have taken the weapon.

Dozen bottles of cologne stolenALPHARETTA, Ga. – A Nor-cross man was arrested Sept. 30 in North Point Mall after allegedly trying to steal a dozen bottles of cologne and clothing.

Employees of the JC Pen-ney store told police they saw Bennie Taylor, 51, of Nor-cross, select a dozen bottles of fragrance and place them in a bag.

He then left the store without paying for the bottles. When he was confronted by staff, he allegedly admitted to stealing the merchandise worth $668.

He also had two bags from other stores. Inside were cloth-ing that still had sales tags on them and allegedly looked as if they had security markers forcibly removed.

Staff from the other stores confirmed the clothing was stolen.Taylor, who initially

gave police a false name, was arrested for felony shoplift-ing and giving a false name to police.

Items stolenfrom home MILTON, Ga. – A live-in tenant is suspected of taking more than $2,000 worth of items from his landlord’s home while the landlord was on vacation.

The landlord said he and his family returned from vaca-tion Sept. 29 to their Aintree Court home to find a normally unlocked side door bolted shut. The victim managed to enter the home through a win-dow and said he found several electronic items missing.

A Nikon Coolpix camera, several HP laptops and com-puters, two iPads, some knives and a video camera were all missing.

A tenant lives in the base-ment and was home while the family was away. While he denied anything to do with the thefts, some items belonging to the children were found in his bedroom. He was asked to leave.

Google Maps spots thief?MILTON, Ga. – Google Maps

may have given a clue as to who stole $1,150 worth of items from a vacant Birming-ham Highway lot.

The victim told police that he arrived at his property Oct. 2 to find a storage shed broken into.

He said there were pry marks around the door and latch. This is the fifth time the shed was broken into.

Taken were a metal desk, pressure washer, air blower and air compressor.

While there are no sus-pects, the victim said he was searching on Google Maps’ Street View, which allows us-ers to view properties from a street angle, and he saw an unknown white Chevy pickup

truck parked on his property two months ago in front of his shed.

$2K purse, camera taken at park ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A $2,000 purse and $2,000 video cam-era were taken Sept. 7 from a car parked at North Park.

The victim told police she had parked the GMC Yukon at the park about 12:45 p.m. More than an hour later, she returned to find a window smashed out.

Taken were a Louis Vuitton purse, valued at $2,000, which contained a $500 wallet and credit cards.

Also taken was a video camera that was hidden under a towel in the passenger seat.

Someone is throwing a party

MILTON, Ga. – Two men stole 15 cases of Bud Light Oct. 2 from the Windward Walmart.

Store employees said they saw the two men enter at 11 a.m. and place the 15 cases of beer in a shopping cart. The men then left the store without paying for the beer. They got into a gold Chevy Impala with-out plates and drove off. The Impala had a large Chevy logo in the back window.

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By HATCHER HURDhatcher@northfulton.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Johns Creek City Manager John Kachmar got into a loud, and witnesses say, abusive argument with a woman who had spoken earlier during the public comment portion of the Oct. 7 City Council meeting and is now be-ing investigated by the Johns Creek Police Department for an assault charge (poking a finger in another man’s chest) in an altercation stemming from the same incident.

The incident began in the parking lot around 9:30 p.m. where people had congregated after the council meeting.

That’s when witnesses say Kachmar came out of the building and approached Christine Johnson. She had complained at public com-ment that she was not able to get any information from the city about the proposed traffic roundabout on Sergeant Road.

Kachmar began challenging her for comments about the lack of response from the city.

Then he said, “You are a liar,” and walked away.

As he left, Johns Creek resident Gerald Bush said he thought that was inappropriate and yelled an offensive remark as Kachmar walked away.

This angered Kachmar, and he turned back to confront Bush.

“I turned around and we got in each other’s faces,” Kachmar said later.

Kachmar admitted he then called Bush some offensive names.

Bush alleges Kachmar then said he would have him arrest-ed. Kachmar said he thought Bush was going to hit him.

“He had his fists clenched. I said, ‘Go ahead, hit me, because I guarantee you will spend the night in jail with Benny the Butt—,” Kachmar said.

Kachmar admitted he made an allusion to Bush being raped in jail.

“Yes, I said it. I probably shouldn’t have, but I was angry too, and I didn’t want to be intimidated by some guy,” Kachmar said. “Then I just walked way. It just wasn’t worth my time or anybody else’s. ”

Kachmar said he never threatened to have Bush ar-rested, only that if Bush hit him he would be arrested.

Kachmar admitted to call-ing Johnson “a liar” in the parking lot for her remarks during the council meeting. He said he was angry when he then unleashed an abusive tirade moments later on Bush.

Bush also admitted calling Kachmar an offensive name when Kachmar turned to walk away from Johnson.

Kachmar stood “with his nose in the face” of Bush, ac-cording to one witness. After his initial outburst, witnesses say Bush did not respond further to Kachmar’s raunchy expletives, which included the likelihood of anal rape (in explicitly crude language) if he (Kachmar) had Bush arrested.

Now Kachmar says this

is all politically motivated because he has been called as a witness against Mayor Mike Bodker as part of the mayor’s investigation. He said Johnson and Bush are blowing this out of proportion because they are Bodker supporters.

Bush said he intervened because he thought Kachmar was being abusive. He denied being a political tool of anyone.

“I don’t know who I am go-ing to vote for,” Bush said.

Councilman Brad Raffens-perger was a witness to the entire event, but he would not say much about it. Instead, he wanted to see what the police report discovered.

Asked if council held city personnel to a standard of conduct, Raffensperger replied, that they were “a high stan-dard of conduct.”

When Raffensperger was asked by a reporter how Kachmar’s conduct compared to that standard, he just turned and walked away.

David Kornbluh, a member of the Johns Creek Commu-nity Association Board and frequent attendee at council meetings, was one of the wit-nesses in the parking lot.

He had stayed to see what Johnson’s concerns were about

the Sergeant Road roundabout.“I saw [Kachmar] walk up

to [Johnson] and stand for a few moments and hurl insults at her – and in effect called her a liar for making comments that were untrue,” Kornbluh said.

“I heard what she said and found nothing untrue in what she said, although they did not cast city staff in a favorable light.”

Then he saw Kachmar come back and approach Bush. Then there was a lot of puffing up of chests, and noses within an inch of each other.

“For the city manager to come out and take issue with what a citizen said in public comment is unacceptable in my mind,” Kornbluh said. “[Kachmar] stood in our little circle while we were talking, and he began saying she should not have said such lies or whatever.”

Johnson said she never said the city did not respond to her requests about the project. Her complaint was they never provided any of the informa-tion she sought.

Asked if she felt intimidated by his comments, she said she was “frightened and intimi-dated.”

Johns Creek man files assault charge against city managerAlleges Kachmar became verbally abusive, poked him in chest

KACHMAR

Yes, I said it. I probably shouldn’t have, but I was angry too, and I didn’t want to be intimidated by some guy...Then I just walked way. It just wasn’t worth my time or anybody else’s. ”JOHN KACKMARJohns Creek City Manager

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to investigate allegations that had come to their attention.

Wilson, who was a promi-nent investigator in the Atlanta Public Schools investigation, said at the time he agreed to take on the challenge that it was not his job to ascertain if the investigation itself was warranted – he said that was council’s decision – but it is his job to see if there are acts that warrant charges. “You do an investigation first if you have concerns but don’t quite know if there is a basis for such a claim,” Wilson said. There has been no little finger-

pointing about the eventual cost of the mayoral investiga-tion virtually from the begin-ning.

Bodker and his supporters say that the whole investiga-tion is baseless and without merit. They say it is politically motived and timed to support former Councilwoman Bev

Miller’s bid to unseat Bodker at the polls in November.

“They will have this nice little report to spring before the voters the last week of October to try to turn the election,” Bodker said. “But in my heart I know I have done nothing wrong.”

Councilman Randall John-son has said it is Bodker who is prolonging the investigation, saying the mayor has refused to cooperate by not turning over his phone records and re-cent townhome lease records.

“If he were truly interested in preserving the taxpayers’ money, he would have turned over his records right away and let this investigation proceed in an open and transparent man-ner,” Johnson said.

Bodker responded by say-ing he would turn over any documents necessary if spe-cific accusations were made. But he said he had no interest in providing them and expos-ing his private documents to public scrutiny without specific charges to answer.

“The last thing they asked for was show where I got my furniture when I leased my townhome. I can’t imagine what that will tell them,” Bod-ker said.

Meanwhile, the investiga-tion is expanding. Johnson said the witness list is now at 52. This apparently includes Stewart, who said last week her phone records have been requested by investigators.

“I turned them over. I have nothing to hide,” Stewart said. “The allegations that I contact-ed [Roswell Mayor] Jere Wood I find preposterous.”

She said Wilson wanted them because it had been reported to him that she had been talking to Wood. Stewart said she did not know why that would even be of interest except to try to connect it with the Brumbelow traffic signal brouhaha last year.

She said she last talked with Wood at the Georgia Municipal Association annual meeting in Savannah in June 2012.

“I am just frustrated that this keeps going on and on,” Stewart said.

Wilson warned the City

Council that once he started the investigation, he would follow it where it took him. That means following one lead to another, one interviewee to another and then perhaps doubling back to recheck what someone said when others’ stories didn’t gibe.

No one gets to see the re-port until it is finished, and it not finished until Wilson says it is.

As for requesting the phone records of Stewart, Wilson said other councilmembers also had been asked for phone record and he had received them.

Wilson too has said he has been frustrated by a lack of cooperation from the mayor, saying that his refusal to turn over documents has delayed the investigation and thus driven up the cost of it.

Michael Cross, Bodker’s attorney in the matter, pointed out that it is his client who is paying for an attorney out of his own pocket, and it is he who suffers the greater finan-cial loss as the investigation continues.

Wilson said he warned council at the beginning that the investigation would take as long as it takes and that he would not sacrifice quality.

“I’m just at the beginning of this,” he said in July. “I can’t see the depth of it or the back of the wall. The one thing I can tell you is you can’t rush it. If you want to know the truth it takes time.”

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City: Investigationby the numbersJune invoice: $12,358July invoice: $24,237August invoice: $26,132

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Residents should call 404-332-2400 to register for a ses-sion. Health navigators, under UGA Cooperative Extension, are able to help residents de-cide on the best health insur-ance to meet their needs and will help them apply — either electronically or by paper — to establish eligibility, enroll in coverage and potentially qualify for an insurance afford-ability program.

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The pedestrian improve-ments to Ga. 9 at the Chat-tahoochee River are a key element of Roswell and Sandy Springs’ efforts to revitalize the Ga. 9 corridor and to promote and improve recreational and multimodal use of bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

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The purpose of the meeting is to provide the public with an opportunity to view project information, ask questions and make comments. The meeting will be informal.

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While there has been some grum-bling about the pace of the reforms and the high expectations demanded of staff, the results have impressed the Fulton School Board, which voted last month to extend Avossa’s contract through May 2016.

That tenure would make Avossa the longest serving superintendent for Fulton Schools since 2002, and nearly double the average stay for superinten-dents in Georgia.

Avossa’s salary will increase to $275,000 a year – from the current $238,000 annually.

That’s substantial, but still below the pay for superintendents in Gwin-nett and DeKalb and less than half the figure Atlanta Public Schools is floating to try and land a leader for the troubled school district. But the incentive to remain in Fulton goes beyond financial, he said.

“I’ve got school-aged children who are the major priority in my life,” said Avossa, who came to Fulton from Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) schools. “When I thought about the kind of

school system available to me, Fulton County was very attractive…particu-larly [schools] in North Fulton.”

He said the opportunity to raise his family in a community with good schools, find a church to become a part of and “engage in the process of improving outcomes for all children” created the perfect package of what he was looking for in employment.

However, should Avossa seek to end his contract before June 1, 2016, a $100,000 buyout clause is in place.

When pointed out that sum could be pocket change for some employers who wish to lure Avossa and pay the tab, the superintendent said his invest-ment in the community trumps the lure of greener pastures.

“We are involved in this [com-munity] as a family and I’m vested in the outcomes of the school system,” he said. “This is the place I call home now.”

Veronica Buckman, who is the co-president of the PTSA at Cambridge High School, welcomes the news the superintendent will be around for sev-eral more years.

“I have to imagine parents will be pleased with Dr. Avossa’s contract extension since it allows him to further manage the bold goals offered in Ful-ton’s strategic plan and an opportunity for him to witness the innovations in education launched by the new charter system governance structure among area high schools,” said Buckman.

Early exit would mean paying system $100K to leave

Avossa to remain through May 2016ATLANTA – Avossa’s changes to Fulton Schools over the past two years have been impactful – and not without some growing pains.

He spent his first year visiting each of the district’s 100 schools, watching the wheels turn, evalu-ating what worked and what did not and then firmly began taking action.

Avossa saw a top-heavy model that focused all governance firmly at the central office level, with red tape and bureaucracy embedded in the most simple of decisions.

One of his first moves was to create four learning communities, each operating as a mini school system with its own associate superintendent and staff to handle the needs of the schools within its community.

“No one size fits all, so I de-centralized authority so that each [learning community] can manage their needs based on their own situation,” said Avossa, adding the move to a charter system last year also provides more customized pro-grams for schools.

This is particularly important, he said, when you consider the diver-sity that permeates Fulton Schools.

The district contains the state’s highest performing schools as well as the lowest performing schools, is nearing a 50 percent poverty level and has a growing base of non-Eng-lish speakers.

Avossa also implemented a stra-tegic plan last year that laid out the district’s goals for graduation rates and college and career readiness by 2017.

One of the most visible changes in the school system is in the area of personnel. Avossa is quick to point out that 60 of 100 principals in place on the day he took office are no longer in those roles.

Changes were also made to the majority of staff positions at the cabinet level, as well as dozens of positions at the assistant principal level.

Each move, he said, was neces-sary to ensure the best people were in control of student achievement, primarily at the school leader posi-tion.

“As the superintendent, the most important lever available to me is to pick the best principals and remove the lower performers.

End of discussion. I don’t apolo-gize for it. It’s a major priority of this administration and I will continue to hold people accountable,” said Avossa.

He said good principals at-tract the best teachers, gain the confidence of the community and improve the outcomes of students.

With the stakes so high at the state and national level for academic achievement, it’s the most important element of a school.

– Candy Waylock

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By ALDO NAHEDaldo@forsythherald.com

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County and Johns Creek fire departments entered into a mutual aid agreement for fire and emergency medical services.

The intergovernmental agreement says a firefighter that is injured while in an-other jurisdiction is under the municipality’s jurisdiction in which the firefighter is em-ployed.

This means that if a fire-fighter from Johns Creek is in-jured while attending to a fire in Forsyth County, the Johns Creek Fire Department would be responsible for insurance claims for injuries, said For-syth County Fire Chief Danny Bowman.

Likewise, Forsyth firefight-ers injured in Johns Creek would be the responsibility of Forsyth.

“There shall be no liability

imposed on any party or its personnel for failure to re-spond to requests for aid. Ev-ery employee shall be deemed to be the employee and agent of his/her regular employer, and under no circumstance shall any employee be deemed to be an employee or agent of any entity other than his/her regular employer,” the docu-ment states.

Bowman said that injuries to firefighters do occur.

A Forsyth County Fire Department firefighter was injured Oct. 7 during an apart-ment fire at 225 Nancy Lane in Cumming, which killed a 78-year-old wheelchair-bound man, identified as Allen Dean Boyd. Boyd was pronounced dead at Grady Memorial Hospi-tal in Atlanta.

The Forsyth County firefighter was treated and released for smoke inhalation at Northside Hospital-Forsyth. The fire in Cumming was deemed accidental.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Johns Creek City Attorney Bill Riley an-nounced at the Oct. 8 City Council work session that the elec-tion to fill Post 6, left vacant when former City Council Member Bev Miller resigned can be held in conjunction with next spring’s primary elections.

The city would have to otherwise pay $200,000 to hold its own special election to fill the empty seat. The state primaries are being moved back following a U.S. District judge’s mandate to have the elections sooner.

“Soon after the state Legislature convenes this coming Janu-ary, the legislators will select a date for the General Elections. We will then have our election to fill this seat occur at the same time,” Riley said.

Miller resigned in late August which made it too late to fill the empty council seat in this year’s November election.

There had been speculation that Johns Creek would have to conduct its own special election, thus incurring the costs. The judge’s July ruling means the city can roll that election into the primaries without any additional cost.

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ROSWELL, Ga. – Karen Handel took a turn along the Senate campaign trail and came home Sept. 28 for a reception in her honor co-hosted by Bob Hagan and City Councilwoman Betty Price.

She came to Hagan’s house on Stroup Street to renew old ties and not incidentally to pick up a few checks. She and Price have been friends and allies for years.

“We are here because the leadership in our country needs Karen Handel,” Price said in welcoming her. “She has been successful in every-thing she takes on – whether it was Fulton County as chair-man, or secretary of state where she got voter I.D. passed in this state. Her boldness and courage are well known.”

She said Georgia needs to hold the Republican line in the Senate to fight Obamacare, which she calls a “destructive policy” that would add $800 billion in new taxes.

“We are for affordable health care, that’s why I sup-port [state Rep.] Tom Price’s bill that has in it portability and takes care of pre-existing conditions. What we can’t do

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She said she wants to see zero-based budgeting observed every 10 years to weed out the rust and the waste in federal government. For Handel, the devil has always been in the details, especially in the bud-gets. The thing that separates her from the other six chal-lengers in the race is that she knows that to fight Obamacare there must be something to replace it.

“We can’t just say no, we have to have a plan, one that won’t bankrupt the country,” she said.

She wants to campaign hard in north Georgia. She noted that 70 percent of the primary vote came from north of Interstate 20.

While several of her op-ponents hold House seats Washington, Handel said she is the only proven statewide candidate in the campaign.

“I’ve run statewide five times; they haven’t done it once,” she said. She has a statewide cadre that will serve

her campaign in November as well as in the primary.

Despite the troubles in Congress now, she said she is optimistic about this country. In no other country would she have been able to leave an abusive home at 17 and rise to the careers she has enjoyed in

business and in politics.“Only in America is this

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Reagan said when he was president – the best years are ahead of us,” she said. “That has always inspired me, and I believe it is still true.”

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – If the dozens of Brumbelow Road residents who came to the Oct. 10 Johns Creek candidate forum at Rivermont Country Club hoped to hear from candi-dates up for election why plans for the signal light for their street fizzled, they were disap-pointed.

None of the candidates for election who voted to abandon the Brumbelow signal showed. Former Councilwoman Bev Miller, who is running for mayor, said her invitation went to an old Web address and she did not receive it in time. Councilwoman Karen Richard-son said she had a previous engagement.

Councilman Randall Johnson said he planned to be there, but a meeting the same day ran long.

Brumbelow residents have been pressing for a traffic signal at Nesbit Ferry Road and thought they were near to getting it when city officials got into a squabble with Roswell officials and withdrew the city’s

work order.Mayor Mike Bodker and

Councilwoman Kelly Stewart, who did support continuing the efforts for the Brumbelow traffic light, were in atten-dance at the forum along with candidates Cori Davenport and Nancy Reinecke who are run-ning for Richardson’s Post 3 seat, and Dr. Lenny Zaprowski who opposes Johnson for the Post 1 seat.

That left it to Councilman Brad Raffensperger, who was the lone councilmember in at-tendance who voted to with-draw the city’s work permit.

The traffic signal had been long sought by Brumbelow residents, and they were disap-pointed after Roswell agreed to allow Johns Creek to erect the signal on Nesbit Ferry, a street Roswell owns.

However, when Roswell Transportation officials found the light was not being built according to “best practices,” they issued a stop-work order. It was followed up by a request from the Roswell City Council to enter into a memorandum of understanding about the signal’s placement, donation of

the signal to Roswell and des-ignating Roswell as the entity that would set the timing of the signal.

The Johns Creek City Council was angered at this and withdrew their work per-mit, leaving $26,000 in equip-ment on the ground. It was later collected by Roswell and then retrieved by Johns Creek.

The first order of busi-ness in the forum was to get the candidates on the record whether they supported the Brumbelow traffic signal. Not surprisingly, all of those on the forum supported putting a signal on Nesbit Ferry.

Bodker calls the intersec-tion the “11th worst” in the city. He said the city has a plan to fix the 10 worst inter-sections, and he would like Brumbelow to be addressed with a traffic signal.

“But it is more complex because it means we must work with another city. For that a cooperative framework is needed,” he said.

Bodker’s solution is to let the mayors of the two cities iron out an agreement within that framework. Each would

take the agreement for the two city councils to approve, and having done so, leave it to staff to put up the signal.

“You don’t take your toys and go home,” Bodker said.

Zaprowski said his daugh-ter had an accident at that intersection. He said it was a deadly crossroads and the citizens need it. Davenport and Reinecke also said they sup-ported a signal there.

Raffensperger said the entire City Council supports the signal at Nesbit Ferry, but there were other issues that surrounded it.

“The person who failed you was your mayor,” Raffensperg-er said.

He held up a CD, which he said was a recording of the City Council’s annual retreat. On it, Raffensperger said Bodker admitted to talking to Roswell

Mayor Jere Wood about the traffic signal.

“He called him and gave him our plan.

That was like the football coach of Johns Creek giving the plans to the Roswell coach before the game. The mayor is the one who boogered it,” Raffensperger said.

Bodker said the real prob-lem the city has in general is that it does not cooperate well with the other North Fulton cities.

“You can go look at the articles about our relationships with them. Look at the name-calling,” Bodker said.

Johns Creek seems to always wind up ascribing base motives for the other cities and use that as an excuse not to cooperate with them. As for having conversations with the Roswell mayor, Bodker dis-missed them.

“Mayor Wood and I talk all the time. This innuendo that we were up to something is not true. We were talking before, during and after the negotia-tions on the light. That’s what mayors do,” Bodker said. “I didn’t take my toys and go home. I stayed to fight [for the signal] and I’m still fighting.”

Candidates face Brumbelow residents over signalResidents want answers why signal efforts abandoned

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City Council meeting (see story Page 4).

Stewart called a press conference Oct. 10 in front of City Hall to denounce what she called “an inexcusable act of verbal assault” by the city manager. Witnesses to the event were on hand to support her in calling for Kachmar to step down.

“Mr. Kachmar, while admit-ting to the use of such profane and abusive language and without apology, threatened innocent citizens who were exercising their right to free speech,” Stewart said. “These victims were not only ver-bally assaulted, but feared for their physical safety from his threats.” Stewart said such behavior cannot be excused, tolerated or condoned.

“This is not a he-said, she-said case.

Rather this is a case of rage, intimidation and bullying by the top city employee who has serious anger management issues,” she said.

This behavior would not be tolerated in any city employee, she added.

Marc Endres, longtime observer and critic of the City Council, said he agreed with Stewart’s call.

“He inserted himself into a private conversation and got involved in [an altercation]. If

the city fails to suspend the city manager or take some other strong action to hold him accountable, then it means they will have set a standard of behavior for all police, fire and other city employees,” said Endres. Other members of the City Council have been reluc-tant to take any action about the incident.

“We would not ask anything based on just an allegation,” Councilman Randall John-son said. “He is an employee and entitled to due process. It would be unjust to do so be-cause of political grandstand-ing by [Mayor Mike] Bodker and his supporters.”

In any employee situation there must be an investigation, he said.

“It puts citizens and em-ployees at risk to not allow due process. Let the facts speak for themselves,” Johnson said.

Asked if he were shocked by the city manager apparently trying to intimidate city resi-dents after a meeting, Johnson had no answer.

“I don’t know how to respond to that. It’s sad that Mike Bodker and his support-ers are trying to make political hay out of this. It’s not some-thing typical of a city mayor,” Johnson said.

David Kornbluh is presi-dent of the Johns Creek Com-munity Association and a fre-quent attendee of Johns Creek City Council meetings. He was in the parking lot Oct. 7 and witnessed the altercation. He

did not agree with Johnson’s assessment.

“Anyone who would con-done that kind of treatment of citizens by a city employee goes against everything we wanted to do when we created this city,” Kornbluh said. “This circus-like atmosphere in the city breaks my heart.”

But other councilmembers seemed to share Johnson’s wait-and-see attitude.

Councilman Brad Raffens-perger was a witness to the affair in the parking lot. But he refused to say whether Kachmar’s behavior was below the standards of behavior of the city.

“I will have to wait and see the police report,” he said.

In response to an email,

Councilman Ivan Figueroa wrote that this is “a police matter, which is outside the bounds of the council.”

“It is also a personnel mat-ter, and until all the facts are known, it would be premature to comment. Councilmember Stewart’s actions sound to

me to be more of her personal attack [on] the city manager, which she began last Monday [at City Council]. Stewart’s comments so soon after the incident, without any investi-gation, are surprising since she is an executive that deals with personnel issues,” he said. 

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – In a statement released Tuesday, Oct.15, Mayor Mike Bodker also called for the resignation of the city manager. In it Bod-ker stated:

“A week has already gone by since our City Manager John Kachmar verbally as-saulted a citizen of Johns Creek Oct. 7. This act of ag-gression happened in front of no less than five witnesses and at the doorstep of our own City Hall. He has admitted to using vile language that can never be tolerated from an appointed official, employee, contractor, or elected official in our city. He has tried to deflect the is-sue by saying that it was due to politics. I find this lack of taking personal responsibility to compound an already unac-ceptable situation.

“In America, everyone is considered innocent until prov-en guilty, and I am confident Mr. Kachmar will have a fair review of the alleged criminal charges that accompanied the verbal abuse of this citizen.

Whether guilt or innocence of the alleged criminal charges is ultimately determined, the fact remains that Mr. Kachmar has already admitted to the use of this vile language. Therefore, based on the verbal abuse alone, it is impossible for me to support keeping Mr. Kachmar on as our City Manager.

“Like Councilwoman Stew-art, I call for Mr. Kachmar to resign and will give him until the end of this week to do so. Should he not do the right thing and leave on his own, I am recommending to our City Council that he be removed at our October 21st council meeting.

I have not yet heard from any other council members other than Councilwoman Stewart, and I hope they will recognize that to ignore this behavior is in effect condoning it. I ask that they join the call for Mr. Kachmar’s resignation and demonstrate that protect-ing our citizens comes first and that this type of verbal assault will not be tolerated in the City of Johns Creek.”

Bodker joins in call for Kachmar resignation

Anyone who would condone that kind of treatment of citizens by a city employee goes against everything we wanted to do when we created this city.” DAVID KORNBLUHPresident, Johns Creek Community Association

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — At-lanta natives Pete and Warren Jolly have been busy building homes across both Fulton and Forsyth counties.

Their business, the Provi-dence Group of Georgia, was ranked by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as the sixth largest builder in the state and has doubled sales since last year.

“This year has been an amazing year of growth for us with over 400 sales so far,” said Kelly Kenton Fink, vice president of marketing and online sales.

“Our success has been due to many factors including our wide variety of community locations, home designs, styles and price ranges,” Fink said.

The Providence Group builds both single-family homes and garden homes along with townhomes and condos at prices ranging from the $100,000s to $600,000s.

“We offer something for everyone,” Fink said.

Fink said Atlanta has seen a significant shift in homebuy-er demand this year.

“The market has improved and people are buying homes again,” she said.

One of the keys to the builder’s success, Fink said, is their stock of spec homes and

presale options.“Many builders in Atlanta

could only offer presale op-tions,” Fink said. “Combined with our key locations, we’ve seen great success.”

Fink said the builder has more than 10 upcoming com-munities planned to open for sales within the next three months to a year.

“Some of our communities are in the early stages of devel-opment and some, like Crabap-ple Crossroads in Milton, are almost finished,” she said.

Fink said that community has sold quickly.

“People are attracted to this community because of its diversity in spacious home designs, upscale interiors, low-maintenance care and the walkable lifestyle it provides,” she said.

Fink said the builder has an additional community in the works for Milton.

“The Reserve at Providence is an upcoming gated commu-nity with home sites on over an acre of land,” she said.

Ruth’s Farm, one of the builder’s Alpharetta communi-ties at the intersection of May-field and Bethany roads, is still in the development stage with plans to begin home construc-tion later this year.

“All home designs were developed for Ruth’s Farm specifically,” Fink said.

She said the community will offer homes with up to five bedrooms and some will have optional third-level bonus rooms and additional space for media or exercise rooms.

Their other Alpharetta loca-tion, Bethany Commons, only has four home sites left.

The final phase of their Johns Creek townhome com-munity, Arlington Pointe, is under construction and pre-sales are available.

Bellmoore Park, a luxury home community in Johns Creek will be a gated community featuring an amenities-focused lifestyle with over 600 homes.

“Development on this com-munity is planned to begin later this year with actual home construction sometime in mid-2014,” Fink said.

Fink said the Roswell town-home community, New Haven Walk, only has two homes left.

She said that their newest Roswell community, Nesbit Re-serve, would soon offer luxury homes with new home designs.

The Providence Group also has single-family homes, gar-den homes and townhomes in Jamestown, located in Forsyth County, and will be a major player in the 400-home com-

munity Traditions to be built on Ga. 9 and Majors Road next year.

“We are very excited to have so many wonderful locations in the area to offer homebuyers,” Fink said.

For more information on the Providence Group, visit www.theprovidencegroup.com.

Business booms for homebuilder Providence Group sees Fulton, Forsyth as prime locations

The Providence Group will build homes similar to these in Alpharetta and Forsyth County.

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HEALTH »

North Fulton Hospital announces affiliation with WellStarROSWELL, Ga. – North Fulton Hospital has an-nounced its recent affiliation with WellStar Health System to develop its cardiology service line.

“It has been a goal of mine, our governing board and members of our physician and clinical teams to provide a higher level of cardiac services to our community,” said Debbie Keel, chief executive officer for North Fulton Hospital. “By collaborating with WellStar, we are able to provide our community and first responders with a cardiology program capable of treating our population without having to leave North Fulton.”

As part of the affiliation, WellStar Health System will assist in the management of an employed physi-cian practice, education and training for clinical staff within the hospital and provide leadership on service line goals such as accreditation for chest pain within the emergency room, interventional cardiac catheter-izations and outpatient diagnostics.

For more information on the cardiology program at North Fulton Hospital or for a referral to a cardiolo-gist, go to www.nfultonhospital.com.

Dr. Padove joins Northside Hospital cardiovascular careATLANTA — Dr. Kimberly Champney and Northside Hospital Cardiovascu-lar Care in Sandy Springs welcomed Dr. Lee Padove to the full-service cardiology practice.

For more than 20 years, Padove has provided cardiovascular care in private practice in Atlanta and on the medical staff at Northside Hospital.

“I am happy to join Dr. Champney and I look forward to continuing the tradition she started of providing patients with excel-lent personalized cardiovascular care,” said Padove.

Padove has been recognized by Super Doctors, Best Doctors, as one of U.S. News & World Report’s “Top Doctors” and Atlanta Magazine’s “Top Doctors.”

Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Care is located at 980 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 520, in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-303-3320.

INSURANCE »

Burkard recognized as top long-term care professional

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Eric Burkard, long-term care planning specialist for the mid-South office of Gen-worth Financial, has been recog-nized nationally as a leading long-term care insurance professional in Georgia.

The Alpharetta professional was recognized by the American Associa-tion for Long-Term Care Insurance, the national trade organization, as the recipient of the industry’s 2013 Achievement Award.

“There are currently 40,000 insurance and finan-cial professionals who market long-term care insur-ance,” said Jesse Slome, the association’s executive director. “To be recognized among the leading pro-fessionals within a state is certainly an important distinction.”

The annual award recognizes leading long-term care insurance sales professionals working to meet the needs of consumers nationwide. Burkard was recognized for his sales of long-term care insurance protection to individual consumers.

With more than 10 years’ experience, Burkard has been successfully meeting the needs of individuals and small business owners in Alpharetta and the sur-rounding areas.

NEW BUSINESS »

Beleza Salon opens in Roswell

ROSWELL, Ga. — Beleza Salon and Boutique has opened its doors in Roswell.

Owners Kai and Tony Marrs said they opened their doors at 1475 Holcomb Bridge Road, Suite 181, Roswell, in August to have the opportunity to show their expertise in color and highlight services, trendy haircuts, customized keratin treatments, extensions and updos. New client specials are available. The sa-lon is open flexible hours Tuesday through Saturday. Call

770-649-9996 or visit http://www.belezasalon.com for more information.

From left: Beth Nelson, R. Jean Ramsey and Deb Shattuck.

Shabby Chic Boutique opens in Johns CreekJOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Shabby Chic Boutique held a grand opening celebration Oct. 12.

Owner R. Jean Ramsey said that the business expanded booths in September. The shabby chic busi-ness also offers traditional furniture, art and home accessories.

Shabby Chic has expanded its space to include dealer booths and a back room with a wide selection of vintage furniture and accessories.

The boutique is located at 11877 Douglas Road in Johns Creek and is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tues-day through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. It is closed Monday. Call 770-619-0005 or email shab-by111chic@aol.com for more information.

JOB SEARCH »

Job fair to bring out dozens of employersROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell United Methodist Church’s Job Networking “Mini” Job Fair, sponsored by Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and Roswell Ro-tarians, will take place on Monday, Oct. 28.

The fair, which brings out about 300 participants, begins at 7:30 p.m. and runs through 9 p.m.

View the event agenda at www.rumcjobnetwork-ing.com.

Sign up to attend via email at jobnetworking@rumc.com or call 404-604-7830.

Among the employers are General Motors, Rand-stad Staffing, Ackerman Security Systems, Comcast Cable and several others.

CLOSING »

Historic Roswell Antique Market to closeROSWELL, Ga. — After 20 years, Historic Roswell Antique Market is closing its doors.

The business owner, Jim Dinnen, said the closure is because Fulton County Schools plan to build a new elementary school on the property next year.

Dealers are marking down their items, Dinnen said, so there will be some great deals between now and Christmas.

The market is located 1207 Alpharetta Street in Roswell. Visit www.roswellantiques.com or call 770-587-5259.

BANKING »

Community Bankers Association elects Serff to boardALPHARETTA, Ga. — Brad Serff, president and chief executive of-ficer of Providence Bank in Al-pharetta, was elected to the board of directors of the Community Bankers Association of Georgia (CBA) as member at large.

Serff was also named chairman of the CBA Member Services Com-mittee.

Nominations were announced last month at CBA’s 45th annual meeting and trade show.

His term began Oct. 1. “Our membership has elected some of Georgia’s

most qualified banking executives to serve on the CBA board,” said Rob Braswell, president and CEO of the Community Bankers Association of Georgia. “Their experience, insight and leadership will be invaluable to our association in the coming year.”

For more information, visit www.cbaofga.com.

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Gwinnett Tech readying Alpharetta campusBy CAITLIN WAGENSEILcaitlin@northfulton.com

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Gwinnett Techni-cal College will soon begin construction on a campus in Alpharetta that officials say could accommodate up to 10,000 students when completely developed.

The 25-acre North Fulton campus will be at the intersection of Old Milton Parkway and Ga. 400, across from the Avalon development.

David McCulloch, vice president of economic development for Gwinnett Tech, said that while the construc-tion schedule is still being decided, it’s expected to begin in mid-2014.

McCulloch said that there’s no doubt the addition of the new campus will generate positive impact and begin a ripple of positive effects for the com-munity.

“The presence of a highly skilled workforce attracts new business and industry, and supports the expansion of current enterprises — an additional economic impact to the community and residents alike,” McCulloch said.

The college’s operations spending and payroll will also be a plus to the area, McCulloch added.

And the addition of a technical col-lege campus in Alpharetta will bring many benefits to students in the area.

“For individual students, the new campus will make college and career

education much more accessible in terms of a physical location,” McCull-och said.

Gwinnett Tech also offers dual enrollment options for high school stu-dents, which McCulloch said has been eagerly embraced in North Fulton.

While initial course offerings for the new campus are still being deter-mined, officials expect programs to

include computer information sys-tems, logistics, accounting, business management, marketing management, patient care technician, early child-hood education and more.

The first classes are anticipated to begin at the Alpharetta campus in Jan-uary 2016, and in its first year, should serve approximately 1,500 students.

“This is great for our community

because it offers opportunities for our young people to get certification and training in different fields to prepare them for quality, high paying jobs,” said state Sen. Brandon Beach. “We need to constantly be on the cutting edge of technology, and this campus is going to do that for us.”

For more information, visit www.gwinnetttech.edu or call 770-962-7580.

It can be very stressful to have an inspector come in and tell you every-thing that is wrong with your home. A good inspector will set expectations with the buyers, and sellers if pres-ent, to point out that every item on the list isn’t necessarily a major point of concern.

But prior to getting the inspec-tion report, there are several things a seller can do to help “survive” the ordeal:

Set your expectations in advanceIt’s the inspector’s job to find things

wrong. If your home is more than a few years old, there will be items wrong with your home. It’s no big deal, no matter a 10 item or 50 item list.

Preventative maintenancePerform all of your normal mainte-

nance before you list your home, if you haven’t already.

Change air filters, clean vents, check for wood rot and fix doors that don’t latch properly.

Walk the entire interior and exterior and be critical.

Have your home pre-inspectedIt may seem like double the work,

but having it pre-inspected and repair-ing those items in advance will prevent anything of concern showing up on the buyer’s inspection report and may save a lot of heartache down the road.

Hire it outOnce you have the needed list of

repairs agreed upon, hire a handyman or contract to do the punch out. Sell-ing your home and moving can be a stressful and time consuming thing.

Don’t add to your stress by think-ing you’re going to replace that rotted wood and paint.

ROBERTSTRADERLocal RealtorKeller Williams Realty

Attracting millennials to your small business

Do you have plans in place to recruit millennials to your small business?

Have you thought through how you are going to attract this “Gen Y” type of talent? Baby boomers are retiring.

In fact, over the next five to 10 years, the U.S. will lose 30 to 40 per-cent of its workforce due to the retire-ment of this segment.

If you don’t have plans to attract millennial talent, you may have dif-ficulty staffing your business.

Attracting millennials requires a whole new approach.

Big companies like IBM and De-loitte are spending millions of dollars recruiting this segment.

Getting in the game requires you to go where the millennials are. Running ads on Career Builder simply won’t cut it.

Having a presence on Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other social sites are much better places to attract millen-nials than traditional job search sites.

Your message to millennials also needs to be different.

They value a work-life balance and enjoy spending time with family and friends.

If you don’t position your compa-ny’s philosophy on this the right way,

you won’t get many job applications. Boomers and Gen X employees

wouldn’t ask for flextime until they were working for years. Today, the Gen Y crowd demands this on day one.

Millennials want to be part of the action in the company, not some “go-pher” that does all the menial tasks.

Expressing to them that they will get plenty of face time and mentoring with management and the opportunity to make a difference will appeal to them.

Attracting millennials is key to ensuring your small business has a strong talent pool.

Doing it the right way requires you understand this generation, what they expect and how you can best deliver this.

DICKJONESFounder & PresidentJones Simply Sales

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LOCAL LIVE MUSIC »A NIGHT IN RIOA Night in Rio is the second performance of “Jazz Roots: A Larry Rosen Jazz Series.” With the combination of samba and jazz, Brazilian performers Sergio Mendes and Eliane Elias will bring the genre of Bossa Nova to life. The culture and sounds of Brazil will be at the audience’s fingertips as they indulge in a night of music and passion like no other. 8 p.m. Oct. 26. 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta. Please call 770-235-3612 or visit cobbenergycentre.com.

CRYSTAL BOWERSOXCrystal Bowersox’s rich amalgam of blues, folk and rock makes this “American Idol” runner-up one of the most dynamic young voices in music today. Bowersox recently recorded with Garrison Starr for her new album. See her live before she heads off to Broadway to star as Patsy Cline in “Always, Patsy Cline.” 8 p.m. Oct. 26. 950 Forrest St., Roswell. Please call 770-594-6232 or visit roswellpresents.com.

THEATER » “DAVID AND LISA”The Johns Creek High School Theatre Department will perform the one-act play “David and Lisa.” This play is the touching story of 1960s teenagers who meet each other at a special school for students with mental and emotional challenges. “David and Lisa” is a contender in the Georgia High School Association’s one-act play competition. 7 p.m. Oct. 17-

18. 5575 State Bridge Road, Johns Creek. Please visit jchsdrama.com.

“MYSTIC INDIA”The extravagant Indian dance and music spectacular, “Mystic India: The World Tour,” has taken the world by storm. Based on the concept of ancient India’s transition into modern India, the show features brilliant artists, more than 500 opulent costumes and stunning visual effects. What makes “Mystic India” unique in its genre of entertainment is its ethnically diverse cast, which brings together an authentic eastern and western influence. 7 p.m. Oct. 20. 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta. Please call 770-916-2800 or visit cobbenergycentre.com.

ART »ROSWELL FINE ARTS ALLIANCE MEMBERS ART SHOWThe Roswell Fine Arts Alliance will hold its premier annual members’ juried show Oct. 11-Nov. 13 with 60 works of art available for purchase. Hosted by the Bank of North Georgia, 10446 Alpharetta St., Roswell. Open during regular banking hours. Please call 770-594-6462 or visit rfaa.org.

OFFICIAL OPENING OF ART CENTER EASTThe City of Roswell will open the Art Center East, home of the Roswell Fine Arts Alliance. This facility will be an addition to the Roswell East Park and feature a display of paintings by Alliance members. It will also boast art classes, competitions and exhibitions of original art up for sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 19. 9100 Fouts Road, Roswell.

EVENTS »HOWLPHARETTA GHOST TOURA ghost tour in historic downtown Alpharetta includes stories of historical events combined with recent actual spooky encounters. Stop by many of your favorite local spots downtown to find out the real scoop. 8-9:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday through December. Milton Avenue, Alpharetta. Please call 800-979-3370 or visit alpharettatours.com.

STONE MOUNTAIN PUMPKIN FESTIVALEnjoy fun-filled games and family shows such as “Pumpkinpalooza,” scavenger hunts and the

Pumpkin Mash at the Mayor’s Rockin’ Costume Party. Weekends until Oct. 27. Open 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Sundays and 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays. Stone Mountain Park, Highway 78 East, Stone Mountain. Please call 770-498-5690 or visit stonemountainpark.com.

LADIES’ NIGHT OUT AT EMORY JOHNS CREEK HOSPITALFeaturing free women's health screenings, the opportunity to speak with physicians over dessert and coffee, a panel discussion on “A Younger, Healthier You,” and tours of the new Center for Breast Care. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 17. Emory Johns Creek Hospital, 6325 Hospital Parkway, Johns Creek. Please RSVP at http://healthconnection.emory.org/sfnet/Register.asp or call 404-778-7777.

MEET THE ORCHESTRAHosted by the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra, this event allows students K-8 to learn about the instruments in, and arrangement of, an orchestra. The orchestra will also play a few selections and provide a forum for kids to talk to the musicians. 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17. Shakerag Elementary School, 10885 Rogers Circle, Johns Creek. Please call 678-748-5802 or visit johnscreek symphony.org.

FALL FESTIVAL ON PONCEThe Festival on Ponce is an Atlanta arts and crafts festival set in the historic Olmsted Linear Park. Visitors will enjoy the gorgeous park designed by one of America’s most celebrated landscape architects, Fredrick Olmsted Sr., along with more than 125 displays of fine arts and crafts, folk and outsider art. There will be a children’s area and local food and beverages. 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Oct. 19 and 11 a.m to 6 p.m. Oct. 20. 1452 Ponce de Leon Ave. Northeast, Atlanta. Please call 404-873-1222 or visit affps.com.

HARVEST BALLOON FESTIVALSterling on the Lake hosts the fourth annual Harvest Balloon Festival at the community’s Village Green. Soar into the season with this fall festival that includes balloon rides and family-friendly activities. Hot-air and tethered balloon rides will be available and attendees can enjoy the colorful balloon glow Saturday evening. Other activities include hayrides, hamster ball races and

pumpkin carving and painting. 1-8 p.m. Oct. 19. 7005 Lake Sterling Blvd., Flowery Branch. Please call 678-960-0232 or visit harvestballoonfestival.com.

CLASSIC CAR AND HOT ROD SHOWIf you have a passion for classic cars and motorcycles (or own one or more), this is the event for you. This first annual event in Johns Creek, hosted by the Alpharetta-Johns Creek Kiwanis, is an opportunity for you to show off that majestic piece of machinery that you love. 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Oct. 27. 8465 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell. Please call 678-824-2104 or visit johnscreekkiwanis.org to register.

BENEFITS & RACES » RACE TO RALLY HOPEBring the whole family to Race to Rally Hope. Proceeds benefit the Kiddos’ Clubhouse Foundation’s scholarship to cover therapy costs for children with special needs in Georgia. 11Alive’s Mike Francis will emcee the event. Post-race food provided by Shane’s Rib Shack. 8-10:30 a.m. Oct. 20. 7300 Northpoint Parkway, Alpharetta. Please call 678-662-5947 or visit racetorallyhope.com.

DYSLEXIA DASH 5KJoin the Fitness Revolution Roswell team as they run the Dyslexia Dash 5K at Riverside Park in Roswell. 8 a.m. Oct. 19. 1575 Old Alabama Rd, Suite 105, Roswell. Please call 404-287-2851 or visit fitness revolutionroswell.com.

5K RUN FOR KIDS’ CHANCE OF GEORGIAJoin the 23rd annual 5K run for Kids’ Chance of Georgia. Kids’ Chance is a nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to children of Georgia workers who have been seriously, catastrophically or fatally injured in work-related accidents. 8 a.m. – noon. Oct. 26. 4770 North Peachtree Road, Dunwoody. Please call 770-933-7767 or visit kidschancega.org.

RYAN PIERONICalendar Editorryan@northfulton.com

TOP FIVE EVENTS

MAYOR’S ANNUAL BBQ BALLHosted by Roswell Mayor Jere Wood and benefitting HomeStretch. Featuring vittles from Spiced Right Rib House, the Mill Kitchen, Adele’s Cajun Cuisine and more. 6:30–10 p.m. Oct. 26. 10850 Stroup Road, Roswell. Please call 770-642-9185 or visit homestretch.org.

CUMMING GREEK FESTIVALThis ninth annual festival features the best Greek food, music and dancing around. 3 p.m. Oct. 18-20. 3074 Bethelview Road, Cumming. Please call 770-781-5250 or visit cumminggreekfestival.com.

JOHNS CREEK ARTS FESTIVALMore than 100 artists will be showcased on the Atlanta Athletic Club’s fields. Enjoy art, entertainment, food and games. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 19-20. 1390 Bobby Jones Drive, Johns Creek. Please call 678-512-3200 or visit johnscreekartsfestival.com.

TRUMPETER LEW SOLOFF Lew Soloff is a brilliant high-note trumpeter, a distinctive soloist and an expert with the plunger mute. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Oct. 19-20. The Velvet Note, 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta. Please call 855-583-5838 or visit thevelvetnote.com.

HALLOWEEN HIKESTake your child on a well-lit hike through the forest to meet and learn about woodland creatures. The perfect non-scary Halloween event. 6:30–10 p.m. Oct. 18, 19, 25 and 26. 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell. Please call 770-992-2055 or visit chattnaturecenter.org.

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Finding the beauty in mathBy: Kimberly SmithCo-Founder, Omega LearningCenter Franchisor

I know it sounds “hokey!” But what if… What if you could get your child to see math differently. Just for a minute. Math ideas can permeate our universe and beyond. Visually, math can surprise and enthrall. Perhaps the most fascinating is to think of infinity being harnessed by the finite. Time travel. Space. 3-D Geometric figures that amaze us. Sadly, kids are not exposed to the beauty of math in school. It’s not the teachers fault. The class sizes are so large, that they barely have the time and energy to get the basic concepts across. Then the kids are left with homework to “study” which is really memorize.  Few avenues exist in our society to expose us to mathematical beauty. Let’s face it. How often do we enjoy to sit down and just memorize something? Never! It’s not fun. It requires NO creativity (unless you are using an acronym). It’s boring and ineffective beyond the test. The beauty of math is that it involves so little memorization — almost zero once you have

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Pairing Kids And PetsTo Promote Learning(NAPS)—A new educational program is building on children’s natural affin-ity for animals to encourage kids to be more calm, confident and caring.

The program promotes the virtues of shelter pets—Mutt-i-grees®—and uses them to teach children social and emotional skills.

Developed by North Shore Animal League America’s (NSALA) Pet Savers Foundation in collaboration with Yale University School of the 21st Cen-tury and funded by the Cesar Millan Foundation, the program is called the Mutt-i-grees Curriculum.

Based on the emerging field of social and emotional learning, it is de-signed to help kids manage their emo-tions, get along with others, acquire empathy and compassion, and discover essential decision-making and team-work skills.

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Recently, actress Renée Felice Smith loaned her time and talent to film a PSA that promotes a program that uses pets to teach kids social skills.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Chat-tahoochee High School and the Atlanta Hawks are pull-ing out all the stops for the school’s annual Pink-Out in the fight against cancer when the Chattahoochee Cougars face the Alpharetta Raiders at the ‘Hooch Arena in a com-munity rivalry Friday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m.

The Atlanta Hawks will at-tend the game and pre-game ceremony as part of their Paint the Town Pink Initiative, which kicks off their 2013-2014 season.

The annual Pink-Out game spotlights Chattahoochee’s partnership with Northside Hospital in October to show support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Chattahoochee is selling pink T-shirts for the event and will be collecting dona-

tions during the football game. Proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Northside Hospital Breast Care Program.

The entire Hooch Arena will be resplendent in pink for the event.

AHS and CHS fans, play-ers, cheerleaders and band members, as well as the Atlanta Hawks players and cheerleaders, will wear pink in support of this worthy cause.

A special presentation hon-oring breast cancer survivors and those who have lost their battle will take place before the game at 7 p.m.

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CUMMING, Ga. — Polo Fields residents wondered if Goldilocks moved into the community on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Jeff Adler captured several photos of three bears wandering around the com-munity on Tuesday.

One photo of the three bears walking along a street in the popular subdivision spread across Facebook Tuesday night.

Liliana Boyd, the owner of the house where the bears were spotted climbing over the fence in the Polo Fields, said she was stunned.

“Absolutely scary,” Boyd said. “Know-ing they were so close blew my mind.”

Another Polo Fields resident was also caught by surprise.

“No wonder my dog was going crazy,” said Lynn Andrews.

This isn’t the first sighting in the county recently.

A bear was spotted in the Delamar subdivision located near Samples Road and near Kelly Mill and Francis roads.

Mashburn Elementary received a par-ent call regarding the sighting in Delamar and cautioned students to be aware of their surroundings.

“We didn’t want them to be afraid, but to know they should let a teacher know immediately if they’re at recess and see a bear, so the kids can get inside safely,” Kim Lochbaum of the school said.

There were also sightings of what ap-pears to be the same bear family in Milton and Roswell.

On Wednesday, Sept. 18, the three bears were spotted at the Crooked Creek subdivision on Mountain Way and Green-view Terrace in Milton. A Roswell resident left a comment on our website that there were bear paw prints on his car window in the morning of Sept. 19. Residents throughout the county have posted bear sightings on our Facebook page.

Three bears were seen in the Oakmont subdivision off of Atlanta Highway and also near River Rock and Ga. Highway

369, Wallace Tatum Road and the Mount Tabor/Elmo area.

In a post to the Herald’s wall, Irma Christie said, “If these are the same bears, they’ve been busy.”

Melissa Cummings, from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said sightings in areas where food is readily available is common.

“Ideally, you want the bear to keep moving,” she said. “So, by making any non-natural food sources unavailable and by not cornering the bear, it will keep moving until it is back into more ap-propriate habitat.”

Cummings said bears are om-nivorous and will eat whatever food is readily available. She said bears are drawn to cooking and garbage dispos-al smells. Facebook posts regarding the three bears in Polo Fields said it was garbage day when the bears were spotted.

Cummings said there are several things people should do when they spot a bear.

“Do not feed or toss food to a bear,” she said. “Don’t approach it at all.” She said if a bear changes its behavior in your presence, you’re too close and to never run toward or away from a bear but to back slowly away and make a lot of noise.

“Never surround or corner a bear,” she said. “And make sure, when a bear has been sighted in your area, to keep your animals in a controlled environment.”

Forsyth County Sheriff’s Deputy Doug Rainwater said they received calls regarding the bears in Polo Fields.

“Other than that, we’ve not been notified of any other sightings,” he said. He said residents who see bears should call the Forsyth County Sher-iff’s Department.

“We then notify the Georgia Department of Natural Resources because they have the expertise to handle wildlife,” Rainwater said.

For more information about wild-life safety, visit the Georgia Depart-ment of Natural Resources at www.georgiawildlife.com.

Aldo Nahed contributedreporting to this article.

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Chamber Business Expo better second time aroundBy HATCHER HURDhatcher@northfulton.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The second annual Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce Busi-ness Expo Oct. 4 was by all accounts a smash hit with the city’s business community.

“We were sold out two weeks before the event, and had a 45 percent increase over our first year,” said JC Cham-ber President John Bemont.

Nearly 100 exhibitors came to The Bricks at Perimeter Church. There they set up booths, participated in work-shops and had the opportunity to network with 1,000 avid business people and entrepre-neurs like themselves.

Workshops included topics

like “Strategic Business Plan-ning” and “Business Financial Planning.” Bemont said there were 400 spaces pre-registered for the workshops.

“Many people tell us they like the Expo just for the con-tacts they make,” Bemont said. “There was certainly a lot of buzz and energy that you could just feel.”

Bemont expects to carry on with a third Expo next year and hopes to return to The Bricks.

“This has been a great ven-ue for us. There is a tremen-dous amount of parking here – although we just about filled it up. It is very spacious and the layout has multi-levels, which creates a real sense of space,” Bemont said.

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Participants enjoyed the spacious new location at the Bricks in Perimeter Church.

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The Johns Creek Rotary Club is a big supporter of the JC Chamber of Commerce. From left are Shirley House, Sandy Dunn, Angela Harvey, Roger Wise and Craig McCoy – Rotarians all.

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GAINESVILLE, Ga. — On a re-cent sunny day in September, a large group of bright yellow dragons were spotted plying the waters at Lake Lanier’s former Olympic rowing and paddling venue during the 18th Annual Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival.

Each 39-foot racing boat featured a brightly painted, fierce dragon head at the prow and a tail at the stern. Manned by 20 paddlers, 10 on each side, the canoe-like boats also held a navigator in the back and a drummer in the front, pounding out a steady rhythm to keep the paddlers in sync.

Dragon boating is an an-cient Chinese cultural tradition which is quickly becoming a popular international sport, especially in the Unites States, Canada and Europe.

This year’s Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival drew a very diverse crowd of thousands who cheered on a wide array of collegiate, corporate and recre-ational boating teams.

A splash of pink amid the paddlers made it easy to spot Dragon Boat Atlanta, a team of breast cancer survivors and supporters---men and women hailing from all over North Georgia.

Captain Linda Evans led her crew to the water, a big smile on her face, a colorful dragon tattoo curling over her left arm----yes, it’s temporary, but still cool. Did I mention that Evans is 70 years old? She is one of several seniors on the team. But don’t let the white hair fool you---these women are strong survivors, wicked fast on the water and in it to win.

Three other teams, from Home Depot, State Farm and Pepsico, soon joined Dragon

Boat Atlanta at the starting line for the 250-meter race.

A roar went up from the crowd as the signal was given and the teams leaped into action. It was a very fast and close race, with each team cov-ering the distance in just over a minute. The Home Depot Orange Dragons crossed the line first, followed less than a second later by Dragon Boat Atlanta.

Overall, Dragon Boat Atlanta placed 17th out of 40 teams.

“That’s pretty darned good for a group of old women!” said one team member.

“Dragon boat racing is a sport you either really love or don’t want to do at all,” said Evans. “It requires a lot of ef-fort and practice to learn the proper technique. But the best part is that you must paddle in harmony, as a team.”

Though the thrill of racing makes the long hours of prac-tice worthwhile, Dragon Boat Atlanta’s paddlers never forget the real reason their team was formed in 2004---to raise awareness of breast cancer and prove that survivors can be fit and active long after their diagnosis.

Team member Joann Moore of Johns Creek feels a respon-sibility to share her cancer story with as many women as possible.

Moore’s diagnosis came as a complete shock at age 54, only six months after her most recent mammogram. After noticing some tenderness and swelling under her left arm-pit, several biopsies led to a staggering diagnosis: Stage 4 breast cancer. The cancer was aggressive and invasive and surgery was not an option.

“I was stunned,” admits Moore. “But there was no time to wait. There was already cancer in every vertebrae of my spine.”

Thankfully, she responded well to chemotherapy and ra-diation and after nine grueling months, her cancer was under control.

“I’m happy proof that Stage 4 doesn’t always mean termi-nal,” she said. “But looking back, I see how ignorant I was about my body and about the disease. Mammograms are not the only option. Women should talk to their doctor about other screenings such as sonograms or breast MRIs,” she said.

Moore won her battle with cancer, but intense radiation on her spine left her unable to run, jump or do anything jar-ring to her back. After discov-ering a flyer for Dragon Boat Atlanta, Moore thought upper body paddling might be just the thing for her.

She was hesitant about attending her first practice at

Lake Lanier, but after meeting the other women and feeling their genuine welcome, she decided to give it a try.

“I was very tired in the beginning, and the others had to carry my weight in the boat at first, but they assured me that this was okay and soon I became a full member of the team.”

Moore also paddles with Dragon Boat Atlanta team-mate Nancy Crawford as part of a United States breast cancer team, “International Pink Sisters,” in regattas and dragon boat festivals all over the world.

In May, they traveled to Ita-ly for the Vogalonga, a world-famous rowing event. As their pink breast cancer dragon boat floated through the canals of Venice, Moore recalls the emo-tion on faces of people in the crowd.

“People were crying and tossing flowers to us,” she said. “They recognized us as survivors. The Pink Sisters are a symbol of hope wherever we go.”

Kathy Cunningham of Cumming, who joined Dragon Boat Atlanta in 2005, calls the discovery of dragon boating the ‘silver lining’ to having had breast cancer.

“Paddling is my power. It is my victory over that ugly cancer monster. When I am in a dragon boat gliding over the water, I am empowered and at peace. I am visible to all who see me as a survivor.”

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“There have been days where I just want to curl up under my blanket and forget about everything that’s trou-bling me, but I’ll go to practice and be reminded that these women have endured the worst that can be thrown their way. Not only have they endured all the pain that comes with a cancer diagnosis, but they’ve survived and continued to thrive. And I am so very proud to be a part of these women’s lives as a supporter on this team.”

Dragon Boat Atlanta is always accepting new members and you do not have to be ath-letic to paddle. To learn more about Dragon Boat Atlanta, visit www.dragonboatatlanta.org or call 678-956-0062.

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“Brand” is often the most valuable asset of a company. The brand stands for that com-pany’s values and the qualities that its products represent. Nike, Apple, Patagonia and Ro-lex are examples of commercial brands that stand for some-thing bigger than their actual products. Our brand – that is, the brand of our country – has for more than 200 years been the envy of much of the world. The United States has represented values that have inspired and promoted oppor-tunity, economic and personal freedom, and critically a form of government that works.

Right now, Congress and our president are doing irreparable harm to our brand worldwide. I don’t see how they have the nerve to even be seen in public.

If you are a Republican, the current mess in which we find ourselves is all Obama’s fault. The country is held hostage over his petulant refusal to consider negotiating a com-promise with Republicans. If you are a Democrat, the U.S. government is on the verge of defaulting because of a Repub-lican Party that doesn’t have the spine to stand up to its own nutcases. Both sides are behaving like kindergartners. “It’s his (or her) fault. No, it’s his fault.”

At the end of the day, both sides are at fault because they are failing to do what they were elected to do and that is to govern wisely and expedi-ently. Compromise is required to govern, especially when that

government is divided. With a Democrat in the White House, a Democrat-controlled Sen-ate and a Republican House, that compromise is missing. In sports or in the real world, the coach or employee that doesn’t get the job done gets the boot. It ain’t rocket science. When do these “leaders” get their boot?

I suspect that by the time this column is published in the paper, there will have been some sort of diluted, short-term arrangement reached that allows the politicians on both sides to continue abusing you and me until it’s time again to play this banana republic two bit self-defeating exercise yet another time. Maybe the ques-tion we should be asking our-selves is how our government got to this point and what needs to be done to fix it.

While I don’t claim to know the answer, I suspect that un-less something changes we can expect this type of outcome to continue to occur. I am concerned that the majority of Congress is concerned with being re-elected first and doing what is right only if it is po-litically expedient. Surely it is time to consider term limits for Congress? What do you think?

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CANTON, Ga. – Northview quarterback D.J. Pearson passed for 362 yards and two touchdowns against likely sub-region champion Creekview last Friday night, Oct. 11, but the Grizzlies returned a pair of interceptions for touchdowns to score a 35-28 victory over the visiting Titans.

Creekview, which is coached by former Chat-tahoochee head coach Terry Crowder, scored its first touch-down on an interception, and broke a 21-21 tie in the fourth quarter on a second intercep-tion return for a score.

Pearson, who completed 33 of 53 passes, connected with Matt Biondich for 26 yards and a score to tie the game 7-7. Biondich caught 12 passes from Pearson for 208 yards. Pearson directed two more touchdown drives to counter Creekview TDs, with Nathan Phillips scoring both Northview touchdowns on short runs.

After the Grizzlies took a 35-21 lead, Phillips scored on a 20-yard pass from Pearson. Following a defensive stop, the Titans were driving for a pos-sible tying touchdown but a penalty set them back.

The Titans also had a chance to score late in the first half, but missed a field goal af-ter driving inside the Creekview 10. The Titans almost doubled Creekview’s offensive yardage, but it wasn’t enough. “They had two big interceptions and ran them back for touchdowns, and that’s hard to overcome,” said Northview coach Chad Davenport.

“We had two mistakes and they didn’t have any,” he said. “We’re obviously disappointed, but I still think we’re pretty good.” Creekview is 2-0 in its 7-AAAAA sub-region, with both its victories over the Grizzlies’ two main challengers. North-view (1-1, 3-3) is at home Fri-day against North Springs (0-2, 1-5), with next week’s game at Sequoyah likely deciding sec-ond place in the sub-region.

Interception returns costly for Titans in narrow defeat

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CUMMING, Ga. – For the second straight game, the Centennial Knights built a sizeable first-half lead against a Region 6-AAAAAA playoff contender.

But the Knights were again unable to protect their lead, losing 24-23 last Friday night, Oct. 11, at Lambert after going ahead 21-3 in the first half. Centennial was up 24-7 in its previous game against West Forsyth before also losing.

“We made a couple of mistakes in the second half and that doomed us,” Centen-nial coach Jeff Carlberg said.

“They hit one big ball and had a drive before the half, but other than that, we played really well.

Their other touchdown was after we fumbled on our 20.”

The Knights ran the ball effectively in the first half, putting together drives that ended in three touchdowns – a pass from Tee Holland to Caden Herring and scoring runs by Marvin Taylor and Patrick Inwood.

Carlberg said Lambert “made some adjustments and loaded up the box in the second half, and we did not

run as well. We had a couple of plays that just missed that would have changed the game.”

The Longhorns scored twice in the third quarter to take the lead, and took a safety late in the game for the final score.

Starting quarterback Mat-thew Harries, who has been sidelined with a thumb injury, returned to action at safety. Carlberg said Harries played well, while Alex Estes and Chris Calhoun “were lights out,” in leading a strong de-fensive effort by the Knights.

– Mike Blum

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The Mount Pisgah football team is off to the best start in school history after a 14-6 win over King’s Ridge on Friday night. The No. 7 Patriots now stand 6-0 overall and 2-0 in Region 6B-A play. With the Pisgah offense struggling to find its rhythm, the defense stepped up to a record four turnovers and two sacks. The Patriots defense held the Tigers to only 165 yards of total offense.

Jacob Delk, Oz Dixon and Nicky Piccapietra all came up with interceptions, while

Patrick Messinger and Tommy Pease both sacked the King’s Ridge quarterback. Blake Smith also got in on the action, causing a fumble that was re-covered by Piccapietra, which set up Pisgah’s second score.

With the Patriots leading 7-0, Piccapietra recovered a fumble on the King’s Ridge 20-yard line. After a run by Browning Dunn, Pisgah hand-ed the ball to J.R. Cendoya three times and the sophomore pounded it into the end zone from 3 yards out. The Patri-ots scored in the first quarter when Aaron Winchester hit Dunn for a 21-yard screen pass to give the team an early lead. Winchester finished the night six-of-17 passing for 89 yards and ran for 74 yards on eight carries. In addition to his touchdown pass, Dunn added seven carries for 54 yards. Dixon also had six rushes for 29 yards. Delk led the defense with eight tackles, while Shingi Chigwere finished with seven of his own. Cendoya added six tackles, while Dixon, Piccapi-etra and Smith each tallied five tackles. The Patriots will look to tie the school record for wins in a season (seven) next week when they host White-field for homecoming.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – With three minutes left in last Friday’s game against South Forsyth, the Chattahoochee Cougars had minus-18 yards rushing to 350 for the War Eagles, Oct. 11.

The Cougars picked up 44 yards on the ground on their final series, scoring a touch-down in the last 40 seconds to close within 31-24. An onside kick attempt was unsuccessful, leaving Chattahoochee with a home field loss that will require the Cougars to upset one of Region 6-AAAAAA’s top two teams the next two weeks to return to the playoffs.

South Forsyth (2-1, 5-1) dominated both lines of scrimmage, with the War Eagles’ power running game more than compensating for just 18 yards passing. South Forsyth attempted just one pass in the second half, a third down incompletion that gave the Cougars (1-2, 3-3) a chance to score a tying touchdown midway through the final period.

On the first play after a punt, Chattahoochee quarterback Taz Wilson connected with Avery Ward for 30 yards to the South Forsyth 27. But a low snap from center, a problem that plagued the Cougars throughout the game, resulted in a fumble on the next play, and the War Eagles recovered.

South Forsyth broke a 46-yard run into Chattahoochee territory and went on to score the clinching touchdown. The War Eagles scored on five of their last six possessions, overcoming a first-and-22 on an eight-minute, 77-yard drive to a tying field goal in the third period.

The go-ahead touchdown drive followed a Chattahoochee series that lost 16 yards in three plays, forcing a punt from inside the Cougars’ 5. A mishandled snap put the Cougars in a second-and-15 hole, with another errant snap stopping the next Chattahoochee scoring op-portunity.

Trailing 24-17, the Cougars swept 50 yards in three plays to the War Eagles’ 30. But a bad snap on third down forced a punt, and South Forsyth drove for the clinching TD.

South Forsyth struggled almost as much against the Chattahoochee passing attack as the Cougars did against the War Eagles’ ground game. Wilson completed 14 of 22 passes for 333 yards and two touchdowns, and had a 44-yard scoring pass nullified by a penalty.

He also scored the final Chattahoochee touchdown on a determined 16-yard run.

But a succession of South Forsyth blitzes produced three sacks of Wilson and hurried several throws. In addition, the Cougars lost 36 yards on four running plays when tailback Kieron Ashley attempted to re-verse field after being hemmed in behind the line.

The Cougars failed to score after a 50-yard pass from Wil-son to Colin Lisa on their first possession, with Lisa called for interference on what would have been a 44-yard TD catch on the next series.

Chattahoochee’s defense contained the War Eagles early, with the Cougars taking a 10-0 lead four minutes into the sec-ond quarter. Wilson hit Lisa (six catches, 127 yards) in the end zone for a 26-yard score late in the opening period. Adam Ab-dellaoui connected on a 47-yard

field goal before South Forsyth went to a power-I offense with two tight ends and began pound-ing the smaller Chattahoochee defense.

A 73-yard strike from Wilson to Ward (five catches, 151 yards) made it 17-7 Chattahoochee midway through the second period. But the Cougars’ offensive mistakes in the second half prevented them from matching South Forsyth’s scores.

The bad snaps “were just one of those things,” Chattahoochee coach Mike Owens said. “They did a lot of blitzing and that affected the snaps.”

Owens said the War Eagles’ physical style of play was difficult for the Cougars to contend with, “but we were in a position to make some plays and did not make them.”

Injuries to key linemen on both sides of the football have played a role in the Cougars’ struggles, but Owens pointed out, “We’ve got to be able to handle adversity and come back.”

The Cougars are at home Friday against region leader Alpharetta, which will test the Chattahoochee secondary and will be the best defensive team the Cougars have faced.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A happy group of shoppers and officials attended the Oct. 5 grand re-opening of The Hope Store, a nonprofit thrift store at 9850 Nesbit Ferry Road.

Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker was on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and to congratulate Tom Saltino, the director of stewardship for the Murphy Harpst Children’s Home.

Bodker welcomed the thrift store on behalf of the entire Johns Creek City Council and wished it great success.

“Your success will mean success for so many others. One of the great things about The Hope Store is it’s a great way to further help our com-munity,” Bodker said.

Randy Thompson, new Hope Store board member, added, “We have a new look, a new attitude and new leader-ship. We’ve put a lot of hard work into this. If you have any suggestions, please let us know.”

The store accepts donations of new and gently used cloth-ing, furniture and other house-hold goods. The items are sold at budget-friendly prices.

The store operates with only three paid employees, store manager Karen Borland, warehouse manager Elizabeth Bloom and sales associate Shannon Cartella.

The Hope Store depends on volunteers and community service to help with the daily operations.

The Hope Store’s mission is to help children and those

in need, and it partners with Murphy Harpst to accomplish this.

A mission of the United Methodist Church, Murphy Harpst is an independent nonprofit residential treatment center committed to meet-ing the needs of families and neglected and abused children up to 18 years old.

Emory Murphy (no con-nection with Murphy Harpst), the CEO of The Hope Store, has been involved with the store since its inception and is pleased to be able to continue their long-standing tradition of supporting Murphy Harpst.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The following items will be considered by the City Council on Monday, October 28, 2013 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 South Main Street, Alpharetta, Georgia.

a. Z-13-10/CLUP-13-10 Wills Road at Rucker RoadConsideration of a request to rezone approximately 8.65 acres from R-15 to R-8D (for-sale detached) in order to develop 28 single family homes. A request to change the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from “Low Density Residential” to “Medium Density Residential” was also requested. The property is located at the southwest corner of Wills Road and Rucker Road and legally described as being located in Land Lots 599, 646 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.b. MP-13-05/V-13-14 Parkway 400Consideration of a request to amend the Parkway 400 Masterplan in order to increase Pod C density to 630,000 square feet of offi ce space (currently permitted 265,737 square feet) with structured parking and one 10,000 square foot restaurant. Applicant also requests to add additional uses to the Master Plan. A variance to the required buffer adjacent to residential property is requested as well as a parking variance. The property includes 17.95 acres and is located at the south end of Amberpark Drive, and legally described as being located in Land Lot 804 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.c. PH-13-15 City of Alpharetta - Capital Improvements ElementConsideration of adopting the Capital Improvement Element update.

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 South Main Street.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – von Grey, it sounds like a Ger-man alternative rock group but it’s simply the surname of four extremely talented sisters, Kathryn, Annika, Fiona and Petra, ages 13 to 18 from Johns Creek.

Of course if you follow indie music, you already know this talented quartet is one of the fast-rising vocal acts nationally in the genre and has appeared on David Letterman, Conan O’Brien and other late-night shows.

The sister-group has opened for such established stars as the Indigo Girls and Sarah McLachlan. The girls will be the headliners for enter-tainment at the Johns Creek Arts Festival, closing the Sat-urday night concert Oct.20.

Their parents, Jill and Mike, who homeschool their daughters, exposed them to music at an early age as part of their education and placed them in classical music train-ing when they each reached the age of 5. So they have been making music almost all of their lives.

About five years ago, they decided to branch out and begin making their own music, which second-eldest Annika

describes as indie-folk music.“It’s hard to pigeonhole

what we do. That’s because we do use a lot of acoustic instru-mentation because that is out of our foundation of where we first learned to play music. But we incorporate synthesizers and electronic influences as well, so it’s a little bit alterna-tive, too,” Annika said in an

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The exciting musical quartet von Grey will appear Saturday night at the Johns Creek Arts Festival. They are four sisters – Kath-ryn, Annika, Fiona and Petra – who live in Johns Creek but have a national following.

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CITY OF JOHNS CREEK

RFQ #13-311

ITS PHASE 3B - ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER UPGRADES

The City of Johns Creek is accepting sealed Request for Qualifi cations (RFQ) from qualifi ed consulting fi rms for the ITS Phase 3B Environmental Services Project. Sealed RFQ’s will be received no later than 2:00 PM on November 7, 2013 in the City of Johns Creek Purchasing Offi ce, 12000 Findley Rd., Suite-400, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097. RFQ’s received after the above time or in any other location other than the Purchasing Offi ce will not be accepted. A pre-bid conference will be held at City Hall, Chattahoochee Conference Room, at 10:00 AM on October 24, 2013.

RFQ packages are available on the City of Johns Creek website (www.johnscreekga.gov). Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Offi ce at (678) 512-3233. RFQ’s shall be presented in a sealed opaque envelope with the RFQ number and name clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. The name of the company or fi rm submitting an RFQ response should also be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. THREE (3) ORIGINALS AND ONE (1) COPY OF THE RFQ ON CD MUST BE SUBMITTED. RFQ’s will not be accepted verbally or by fax or email. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the RFQ information and instructions enclosed herein.

The City of Johns Creek reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities, and to make award in the best interest of the City of Johns Creek.

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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 Thursday, November 7, 2013 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 South Main Street, Alpharetta, Georgia.

Items forwarded by the Planning Commission will be considered by the City Council on Monday, November 18, 2013 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 South Main Street, Alpharetta, Georgia.

a. Z-13-13/CLUP-13-14/V-13-17 Peachtree Residential TownhomesConsideration of a request to rezone approximately 3 acres from R-15 to R-8A (for-sale attached) in order to develop 24 single family homes. A request to change the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from “Low Density Residential” to “High Density Residential” was also requested. The property is located west side of Milton Avenue and legally described as being located in Land Lot 1270 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.b. Z-13-14 Olmstead Park TownhomesConsideration of a request to rezone approximately 8.65 acres from R-15 to R-10M HD (for-sale detached, Historic District) in order to develop 21 for-sale single family attached homes. The property is located at the northeast corner of Canton Street and Church Street and legally described as being located in Land Lot 1252, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.c. PH-13-11 The Georgian (KM Homes)Consideration of a request to change a previous condition of zoning in order to develop 54 attached for-sale homes. The previous condition required attachment with a garden gate and now a common wall is requested. Approval of a new site plan previously approved is also requested. The property is located at the northwest corner of School Drive and Canton Street and legally described as being located in Land Lot 1252 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.d. MP-13-01/CLUP-13-05/Z-13-03 Preston Ridge/Greenstone PropertiesConsideration of a request to change the Preston Ridge Master Plan by adding “for-sale” residential use (attached and detached)to Pod G. A request to rezone from O-I to CUP is requested as well as a change to the Future Land Use Plan from “Corporate Campus Offi ce” to “High Density Residential”. The property is located at the northwest corner of Webb Bridge and Morris Road adjacent to Georgia 400. The property is legally described as being located in Land Lots 1259, 1262, 1263, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.e. Z-13-08/CLUP-13-07/V-13-05 Vaughan Drive Townhomes (City Council Only)Consideration of a request to rezone approximately 4.45 acres from C-2 to CUP in order to allow 40 “for-sale” single family attached homes. A change to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from “Professional Business Offi ce” to “High Density Residential” is also requested. The property is located on Vaughan Drive and legally described as being located in Land Lots 1109, 1124, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.f. PH-13-01 Unifi ed Development CodeConsideration of amendments to the Unifi ed Development Code in order to add R-4D detached residential zoning designation (for-sale housing).g. PH-13-14 Murlie Drive Right of Way Abandonment (City Council Only)Consideration of abandonment of the Murlie Drive Right-of-Way. The property is located in Land Lot 801, 1st 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 South Main Street.

Soldiers graduate basic combat trainingCOLUMBIA, S.C. – Several lo-cal residents have graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. During nine weeks of training,

these soldiers received instruc-tion and practice in basic com-bat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat and more.

Recent basic combat train-ing graduates include:

Army Pvt. Johnathan P. Fossan is the son of Cammy McDonald and stepson of James McDonald, both of Cumming. He is also the son of Danny Fossan of Sacramento,

Calif. Army Pvt. Trey P. Aune is a 2012 graduate of Forsyth Central High School in Cum-ming. Army National Guard Pfc. Tyler P. Brown is the son of Tami and Stephen Brown of Roswell. He is a 2011 graduate of Roswell High School. Army National Guard Spec. Lucia G. Caltabiano is a 2008 gradu-ate of Centennial High School in Alpharetta. She earned a bachelor’s degree in 2012 from

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CITY OF JOHNS CREEK

ITB #13-302

MEDLOCK BRIDGE ROAD TRAIL PROJECT

The City of Johns Creek is accepting sealed Invitations to Bid (ITB) from qualifi ed construction fi rms for the Medlock Bridge Road Trail Project. Sealed ITB’s will be received no later than 10:30AM. on October 30, 2013 in the City of Johns Creek Purchasing Offi ce, 12000 Findley Rd., Suite-400, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097. ITB’s received af-ter the above time or in any other location other than the Purchasing Offi ce will not be accepted. Deadline for ques-tions is close of business on October 21, 2013.

ITB packages and plans are available on the City of Johns Creek website (www.johnscreekga.gov) . Additional infor-mation may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Of-fi ce at (678) 512-3233. ITB’s shall be presented in a sealed opaque envelope with the ITB number and name clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. The name of the company or fi rm submitting an ITB response should also be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. TWO (2) ORIGINALS AND ONE (1) COPY OF THE ITB ON CD MUST BE SUBMITTED. ITB’s will not be accepted ver-bally or by fax or email. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the ITB information and instructions enclosed herein.

The City of Johns Creek reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities, and to make award in the best interest of the City of Johns Creek.

John Kachmar Mike BodkerCity Manager Mayor

CITY OF JOHNS CREEK PLANNING COMMISSION, PUBLIC HEARING:TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 AT 7:00 P.M.

CITY OF JOHNS CREEK MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, PUBLIC HEARING:MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 AT 7:00 P.M.

CITY OF JOHNS CREEK COUNCIL CHAMBER12000 FINDLEY ROAD, SUITE 300JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA 30097

The following Land Use Petition/Special Use Permit proposals located within the City of Johns Creek are scheduled for Public Hearings as stated above.

LAND USE PETITION: RZ-13-015 & VC-13-015-1 and 2PETITIONER: Warren JollyLOCATION: 7700 Block of McGinnis Ferry Road 11200 Block of Bell RoadCURRENT ZONING: MIX (Mixed Use District) Conditional & AG-1 (Agricultural District)PROPOSED ZONING: MIX ConditionalPROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: Mixed-use development consisting of 116 single-family

detached homes, 124 townhome units, and 85,000 square feet of commercial space. Concurrent variances to reduce 50-foot rear yard buffer to 25 feet and eliminate 10-foot improvement setbacks, and to eliminate 25-foot side yard buffer for single-family detached lots.

LAND USE PETITION: RZ-13-016PETITIONER: Jeffery S. WagesLOCATION: 10900 Block of Bell RoadCURRENT ZONING: O-I (Offi ce and Institutional District) ConditionalPROPOSED ZONING: O-I ConditionalPROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: Change in conditions to allow a driveway for future funeral

home on adjacent C-1 property.

LAND USE PETITION: SUP-13-002PETITIONER: Good News Atlanta ChurchLOCATION: 10800 Block of Bell Road 11000 Block of Rogers CircleCURRENT ZONING: AG-1 (Agricultural District)REQUEST: Existing church to add a multi-purpose building and prop-

erty with an existing structure.

The following Map Amendments are scheduled for public hearings as stated above. Copies of the amended maps are available for viewing on the City’s website and at City Hall.

A-13-002 - CONSIDERATION AND RE-ADOPTION OF THE OFFICIAL CITY OF JOHNS CREEK ZONING MAP

CONSIDERATION TO AMEND THE CITY OF JOHNS CREEK FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MAP TO INCORPORATE REGIONALLY IMPORTANT RESOURCES AS DEPICTED BY ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION PLAN 2040.

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Georgia College and State Uni-versity in Milledgeville. Army Spec. Paxton K. Campbell is the son of Vivian Stopak of Vestavia Hills, Ala., and Glenn Campbell of Roswell. He is a 2005 graduate of St. Francis High School in Alpharetta and earned a bachelor’s degree in 2009 from the University of Georgia.

Ward completesNavy basic trainingGREAT LAKES, Ill. – Navy

Seaman Natasha R. Ward, daughter of Marlise M. Le’Mon of Lawrenceville and Craig L. Jackson of Suwanee, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week pro-gram, Ward completed a vari-ety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival and ship-board and aircraft safety.

Local infantry soldiers complete trainingCOLUMBUS, Ga. – Local resi-dents have recently completed

basic infantry training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. During nine weeks, the sol-diers received training in basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics, and experience in using various weapons and weapons de-fenses available to the infantry crewman.

Recent basic infantry train-ing graduates include:

Army Pvt. Mathew P. Harnett is the son of Cathy Harnett of Alpharetta and a 2008 graduate of Milton High School.

Army Pvt. Robert E. Ger-aghty is the son of Susan and Robert Geraghty of Roswell and a 2010 graduate of Roswell High School.

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October 7th—Monday Night Football Whiskey, Beer & Cigar Smoker• Voluntary $25 donation at door, FUNraising games, raffl e for

Falcons football tickets, and sports memorabilia silent auction• Watch the home team Falcons take on the New York Jets• Featuring food pairings with locally brewed craft beers and

featured whiskeysOctober 17th—Happy Feet & Martinis Dance Party• Jewelry show upstairs starting @ 5 p.m. during Tappy Hour• Specially priced, Marietta-based Vixen Vodka martinis and cocktails• Build-your-own mimosa bar and food specials• Jazz band starting at 9 p.m.October 29th—Pre-Halloween Costume Party & Costume Drop-Off• Adult Halloween costume contest with themed food, drink and music• Makeup artists on hand for Halloween face painting• “Thriller” dance lessons and demonstration upstairs• Bring used Halloween kids’ costumes to be donated to Foster Cares

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Scouts learn at construction siteScouts examine closely a road coring taken at a road work site on their field trip.

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Webelos from Pack 1491 of Dolvin Elementary School took a field trip to Morton and Jones Bridge roads where the city is adding turn lanes, sidewalks and a signal light.

Johns Creek Field Services Manager Lenard Scroggins and Jason McCook of the engineering firm Moreland Altobelli Associates explained var-ious aspects of road building to the youngsters.

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interview in Johns Creek.Annika and Fiona are the

songwriters but they all play a range of instruments. Annika plays violin, banjo and guitar. Fiona plays guitar and violin. Kathryn is on cello and man-dolin with Petra on keyboards and lap steel guitar.

Their music is character-ized by lush harmonies with surprisingly thoughtful lyrics given their young ages.

They began touring region-ally, slowly building a fan base with the help of YouTube, Facebook and other social media.

Then about two years ago, von Grey began getting nation-al gigs and making an album of their own songs.

Mom does most of the driv-ing in their Honda Pilot, with Kathryn and Fiona helping out.

“I’ve been a little bit tardy in the getting of my license,” Annika admitted. “Mom kind of keeps us in line – she’s kind of the taskmaster on the road. We are taking courses online so we

keep up with that as well.”And these days, the girls

tour “quite a bit,” she said. “We’ve been touring out-

side Atlanta for about two years since we started touring nationally. We’ve been doing that pretty vigorously since we released some music last year in October,” Annika said.

The sisters will be releasing a new song in a few weeks and more songs in January 2014. That will put them back on the road again.

“We love that part [touring]. It’s kind of our favorite thing to do,” she said.

They will stay on the road from two weeks to six weeks at a time before heading back. It varies, she said.

“We haven’t done the whole six months in a row kind of tour because even though we are homeschooled, we have to come back because we have testing dates sometimes,” An-nika said.

“We haven’t quite outgrown those responsibilities quite yet.”

Being on the road in close quarters can be taxing, as it would be for any family, but she said the sisters get along mainly well.

“It can be a little bit of a problem. I think it is important to establish boundaries,” she said.

“Even when we are home, we spend time practicing, but then we are done ‘doing band things’ we have kind of a differ-ent family dynamic.

“It’s been interesting to see how [being a singing group] has affected our family dynam-ic because just because it is kind of a business that we are trying to pursue. Then we have a personal life as well that kind of bleeds over,” she said.

Appearing at the Johns Creek Arts Festival is some-thing the girls are looking

forward to.“At the festival we’ll be try-

ing out some new stuff, so we are looking forward to playing for our hometown,” Annika said.

How far do the sisters want to pursue their musical career together? Annika says this is what they want to do for the

foreseeable future.“Right now, it is our main

focus. Kathryn is at the point in her life where a lot of people would be going off to a uni-versity or getting a job. But right now, we have had such a gracious response from people we want to continue with our music.”

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Annie Anderson, 78, of Woodstock, passed away October 2, 2013. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

Cathy Blalock Baker, 60, of Atlanta, passed away October 8, 2013. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.

Georgianna Ball, 61, of Cumming, passed away October 2, 2013. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

Carlton J Bates, 77, of Alpharetta, passed away October 5, 2013. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home.

Thomas Boguslawski, 59, of Cumming, passed away October 7, 2013. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.

Sharron Carswell, 52, of Roswell, passed away October 1, 2013. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

Douglas Stephen Dowell, 55, of Woodstock, passed away October 5, 2013. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

Angela Fowler, 49, of Canton, passed away October 5, 2013. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

Virginia Abi Garrett, 100, of Cumming, passed away October 2, 2013. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

Nathan Len Headrick, 36, of Cumming, passed away October 2, 2013. Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.

Lois Virginia Bowen Hester, 85, of Dawsonville, passed away October 2, 2013. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

Denise Bartley Holcombe, 58, of Cumming, passed away October 5, 2013. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

Dorothy L Kohen, 98, of Canton, passed away October 6, 2013. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home.

Ernest L Martin, 71, of Roswell, passed away September 29, 2013. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home.

Ronald B. Martin, 69, of Roswell, passed away October 3, 2013. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

Robert L McIntyre, 60, of Johns Creek, passed away October 7, 2013. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home.

Roy Thomas Meeks, 59, of Atlanta, passed away October 7, 2013. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home.

Louise Brewer Poe, 90, of Alpharetta, passed away October 5, 2013. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

Susan J Scenna, 59, of Woodstock, passed away October 4, 2013. Arrangements by Roswell Funeral Home.

Claire Mead Singleton, 71, of Marietta, passed away October 3, 2013. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.

Benjamin Luther Van Buren, 35, of Cumming, passed away October 2, 2013. Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.

Nelle Lathem Wallace, 81, passed away October 7, 2013. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.

Melinda Williams, 51, of Acworth, passed away September 29, 2013. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

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Celebrate autumn at Gibbs Gardens’ Japanese Maples Festival from October 1 through November 15. More than 2,000 Japanese

maples in 100 varieties paint a gold, yellow, orange and flame red panorama on every vista. Hundreds of bright red Burning Bush and thousands of vibrant yellow Sweetshrub blend with the remarkable reds of Sourwood, Sassafras and Dogwood trees to color the hills with sweeping splashes of color. Our blossom-filled eight-acre Wildflower Meadow carpets the fields in shades of yellow, gold, purple and red.

Jim Gibbs invites you to experience the serene beauty of Japanese culture set against the singular splendor of the largest Japanese Gardens in the nation on Saturday and Sunday, October 26 & 27 and November 2 & 3. Learn about the Japanese arts of ikebana, origami, kimono dressing, the Japanese green tea ceremony, bonsai, Japanese calligraphy . . . and so much more.

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