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Apr i l 14, 2016 | Nor thFulton.com | An Appen Media Group Publ icat ion | 50¢ | Vo lume 20, No. 15
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Members of the St. Brigid Knights of Columbus hold the district and international awards given their council in recognition of the top 2015 patriotic project. From left are George Yourick, Bob Lehrer, holding the DeSoto Province Patriot Award, and Dick Holcomb, holding the international To Be A Patriot Award the Knights received. Read more, Pages 12 – 13.
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2 | April 14, 2016 | Johns Creek Herald | NorthFulton.com PUBLIC SAFETY
DUI arrests ► David Ray Britt, 46, of Hembree
Road, Roswell, was arrested April 3 on South Main Street in Alpharetta for DUI and following too close.
► Eric Josue Calderon Perez, 33, of Lawrenceville, was arrested April 2 on Webb Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane and speeding.
► Anthony Carlisle Lyddane, 58, of Bethesda, Maryland, was arrested March 30 on North Point Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane and no headlights.
► Fritz Andrew Wolter, 47, of Bridgemor Drive, Johns Creek, was arrested March 29 on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and driving on the wrong side of the road-way.
► Patrick Irambona, 28, of Covington, was arrested March 29 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to main-tain lane.
► Carlos J. Rodriguez, 30, of Parkview
Shoplifter can’tshake habitALPHARETTA, Ga. — A woman was arrested March 29 for allegedly help-ing to shoplift over $1,060 worth of clothes on Aug. 20, 2015.
Alpharetta police were dispatched to a local clothing store Aug. 20, 2015, when they were alerted to three suspects who had allegedly left with-out paying for all of their items.
Two men and one woman were seen stuffing unpaid merchandise into their shopping bags. They bolted when a loss prevention officer attempted to engage them.
The missing items total over $1,060 and included multiple pairs of shirts, pants and hats. Some of the clothing was dropped by the fleeing woman along with her driver’s license.
Alpharetta police found that the woman had “an extensive history” with shoplifting after running her name. A second warrant was added along with her existing arrest warrant.
Phone upgradegoes astray
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A man was arrested March 31 when he allegedly attempted to use an account that did not belong to him to upgrade his phone.
The man, Jeury Santos, 22, told phone store employees that he wanted to upgrade his phone to a 128GB iPhone S6, valued at $950. When he attempted to conclude the transac-tion, Santos provided an account that belonged to a woman in Kentucky.
When the woman was contacted, she said did not know Santos and that he had no permission to make any upgrades or changes to that account.
Santos was arrested for identity fraud and theft by deception.
Friends’ verbal dispute Uncovers stolen vehicleMILTON, Ga. — Milton Police arrested Dominick Johnson, 20, April 2 for theft of a car that he claimed an ex-fiancee had loaned him.
The police found Johnson lying on the sidewalk late on the evening
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta police arrested a man March 30 when he attempted to pay for $980 worth of post-age stamps with a fraudulent check. The tipoff was he was dressed as a woman.
Police responded to a possible fraud in progress March 30, when the Old Milton Parkway Post Office reported suspi-cious activity by one patron.
Police later identified the man as Daniel Bonanno of Ros-well, 33, dressed as a woman complete with a wig. He had allegedly attempted to pay for stamps with a $980 check and a suspicious Alabama driver’s license. When police walked through the door, Bonanno bolted toward his vehicle. Police
caught up with him and arrested him. In his purse, police found multiple drivers’ licenses with different names. Several of the IDs depicted him as a woman.
Police also found many blank licenses, a U.S. Military ID and a woman’s checkbook.
To cap it all off, the 2014 Audi he was driving turned out to be stolen from Florida.
Bonanno was cited for first-degree forgery for presenting a fraudulent ID, second-degree forgery for possessing mul-tiple fraudulent licenses, fourth-degree forgery for present-ing a fraudulent check, and identity fraud for possessing a checkbook that did not belong to him.
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Council nixes temporary signal on Barnwell
By HATCHER [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Once again the Johns Creek City Council has ignored recommendations from its Public Works Department about fixing Barnwell Road, siding with public pressure to find other solutions.
This time it was the Public Works Department’s request to put a tempo-rary traffic signal at Niblick Drive off the southern end of Barnwell Road. The signal would be preparatory to the start of a $10 million overhaul of Barnwell Road.
In a 5-1 vote with Mayor Mike Bod-ker the lone nay vote (Councilman Jay Lin was out of town) The City Council
turned down the Pub-lic Works staff request to put in a temporary traffic signal at Niblick while repairs are made along that stretch of Barnwell Road.
Bodker said there is an issue of line of sight from five subdi-vision entrances on Barnwell, and Niblick Drive is the worst. After more than an hour of residents complaining that even a temporary light at Niblick is unnecessary, Bodker made a last-minute alternative to lower the speed limit temporarily to 30 mph on Barnwell.
“The line-of-sight formula is tied to
the speed of the car coming around the bend. If we slow it down, then the lia-bility issue of not dealing with a hazard goes away,” Bodker said.
This alternative came at the end of a long and protracted public comment session, after Councilman Bob Gray had already made a motion to deny
Says city should try cheaper fixes first More Barnwell public
hearings scheduledCity staff will present its latest plan for Barnwell (See Page 6) to take public comment Tuesday, May 3, 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Barnwell Elementary School. A second public meeting will be held the following week that has not been scheduled yet.
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6 | April 14, 2016 | Johns Creek Herald | NorthFulton.com NEWS
Barnwell improvements back to square one — almostBy HATCHER [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The city conducted its first public meetings on improving Barnwell Road in November 2014. Now the Johns Creek City Council is asking Barnwell Road residents to come out yet again to give their input into the latest plan to improve traffic on what may be the city’s busiest collector road.
The city will have a presentation for homeowners 7 – 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 at Barnwell Elementary School. There the city Public Works Department will introduce its latest plan for public comment.
Public Works Director Tom Black said the most recent plan is a revision of the one proposed more than a year ago but with significant changes. In-stead of the five roundabouts originally proposed, it will have only three.
The roundabouts serve a dual function. First, they slow oncoming traffic on Barnwell significantly enough to allow cars exiting subdivisions the ability to get on Barnwell safely without significant delays.
“It is simply the only practical solu-
tion to slow traffic on Barnwell. The road does meet signal warrants [under the federal Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices], so we can’t put up stoplights,” Black said.
“Cars are routinely clocked at 70 mph and sometimes reach 100 mph. But the police cannot post traffic en-forcement on the road every day.”
Public Works has come up with what its experts think is the best solu-tion to meet the complex problems that Barnwell Road presents, which are:• The two-lane road has been deemed
substandard for the amount of traf-fic it must carry.
• It is plagued by poor line-of-sight distances for some of the subdivi-sion entrances and exits, making it difficult for drivers to know whether it is safe to pull onto Barnwell.
• As noted, the 2.4-mile stretch has no traffic signals to stop or even slow traffic.
• The road is designated a collector road and one that should main-tain its rural character. Therefore widening it is not possible unless it is designated an arterial road. Only then can it be widened to four lanes.
• The project qualifies for a Transpor-tation Alternatives Program grant as a collector road, which means a sig-nificant amount of the $10 million cost will be borne by the Georgia Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. But should the city opt to widen the road – and it has not evinced any notion to do so – the project would no longer qualify for TAP funding.
• Line-of-sight requirements mean, at three of the entrances onto Barnwell, the line of sight is 350 feet or less. That does not give drivers entering Barnwell enough sight distance to safely tell if oncoming traffic would hit them or not. At 40 mph, line-of-sight requirements are a minimum of 560 feet. However, many cars speed on Barnwell. At 50 mph, over 800 feet is needed for safety.
• The worst intersection is at the southern end of Barnwell at Hol-comb Bridge Road. It is there the city proposes to begin the project. GDOT requires the project to be let in stages based on the amount of money budgeted annually for the multiyear project.
City Council members have quar-reled over where to start the project, some saying the city is picking “winners and losers” in who gets intersection improvements first.
“We want to start the project at the worst point, which is at Holcomb Bridge Road,” Black said. “It makes the most sense from a construction frame of mind to proceed in a linear fashion rather than try to jump around then try to connect the dots,” Black said.
GDOT would not approve such a plan at any rate he said.
“It makes the most sense to start at Holcomb Bridge Road. We have the money in the budget to fix the bridge and make it pedestrian accessible. There is just enough money in this year’s budget to fix the Niblick Road [the next intersection moving north-ward] also,” Black said.
Best practices dictate the project move northward until all the repairs to Barnwell are completed.
Barnwell Road is substandard and dangerous. In recent years it has been the scene of 154 accidents, 17 of which required hospitalizations. Traffic is in-creasing on Barnwell and, without traffic calming provided by the roundabouts, the road can only become more dangerous.
City schedules another public meeting for residents to weigh in on street plan
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Road to TSPLOST success worth the journeyTalk about a
long road. For more than a
year, the 14 mayors of Fulton County met monthly and tried to figure out the best way to solve our transportation headaches. To say the discussions were lively is an
understatement. But here we are today – from Chat-
tahoochee Hills to Atlanta to Milton – driving forward together to convince voters to approve a Transportation Special Local Option Sales Tax in No-vember.
We’re asking for three-quarters of a penny. If you stop and think, it’s a small investment that will generate a huge payoff. It’s estimated the tax will bring in some $600 million dollars for
much-needed transportation improve-ments over the next five years.
Be assured that Fulton County is shaping its blueprint for the future. For the next five years, our top priority is to tackle roads, bridges and infrastructure that are in desperate need of repair. That’s what we need to do right now.
What’s important to note is that every municipality chooses its own projects. South Fulton needs more bus lanes? Alpharetta wants to improve an intersection? Union City plans to fix pot holes?
Leaders in each jurisdiction can simply add it to their project wish list,
ensuring the improvements will directly benefit people where they live, work and play every day.
And while the county’s immediate focus is on infrastructure, we are still embracing MARTA and the role transit can play in the years ahead.
Next year, a quarter of a penny will likely go to MARTA [from Atlanta] and, after five years, it would go up to a half a cent. This gives everyone a chance to study the impact of transit from heavy rail to managed bus lanes.
We can move forward in the short term with an eye to the future. Collab-oration will put us all in the driver’s seat and spur necessary growth and development to take metro Atlanta to the next level.
The next few months are crucial. We need to reach out to voters – to edu-cate, inform and answer their questions – so they’ll know the money they’re being asked to invest will be well spent.
Our journey down the long road is far from over.
JOHN EAVESFulton County Chairman
For the next five years, our top priority is to tackle roads, bridges and infrastructure that are in desperate need of repair. That’s what we need to do right now.
Read ‘Cities face deadlines for sales tax ballot questions,’ Page 14.
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“Yesterday and Today: The Interac-tive Beatles Experience,” at Georgia En-semble Theatre through April 24, is an amazing show because it understands the Beatles in a way most tribute bands don’t. Created and performed by three brothers — Billy, Matthew and Ryan McGuigan — “Yesterday and Today” showcases the intensely personal rela-tionship the brothers have with the Fab Four’s music, and it’s one they happily share with the audience.
In turn, they ask audience members to share their own personal connec-tions to the Beatles, as well. What results is a dynamic concert that really delivers.
The McGuigan brothers literally grew up with the Beatles because their dad, an Air Force sergeant, was a fan as well as a musician. And as oldest brother Billy McGuigan shares, theirs was a family with not much expend-able cash. So their dad would haul out Beatles music books and the boys learned to play some 220 Beatles tunes.
Sadly, their dad died at 42 of
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And, as they say, each concert re-connects them to the love they have for their father. Each of us has those same links to be found in Beatles songs.
Don’t believe it? Just listen to “In My Life” again and see where it takes you and you alone. It does the same for all of us.
The concerts are always fresh for the McGuigans because they have audi-ence members turn in song requests just before each show.
Those requests become the playlist for the evening. Each song is intro-duced with the individual fan’s request and why that particular song was chosen.
These requests can be sentimental, funny, poignant and sometimes quite personal. In the aggregation, they make us all think about when we first heard those Beatles songs and what they made us feel. We realize how deeply entwined our memories are with those songs, from the adolescence exuber-ance of “Love Me Do” and “Can’t Buy Me Love” to the lyricism of “Penny Lane.” They give us the imagery of “Strawberry Fields” and the soulfulness of “Hey Jude.”
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Mayor Mike Bodker will unveil the new City Mission, Vision, and Strategic Plan during Johns Creek’s ninth State of the City Address April 22.
The new City Council collaborated to develop a holistic framework designed to support the long-term sustainability of the city dur-ing its work retreat in March.
“I am proud of the work the City Council put in to address critical issues that will have significant impact on our city well into the future,” said Mayor Mike Bodker. “From transportation, to business, to developing a location that provides a sense of place and identity for our exceptional community, I am very optimistic about the potential that lies ahead.”
City leaders worked together to identify six key focus areas, or goals, to better meet and address the needs of its residents and businesses.
The goals include:
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• Enhance our sense of community.The mayor will outline how the
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“This is a huge step forward for our recreation and parks system,” said Mayor Mike Bodker. “The plan will provide the strategic guidance we need to foster the continued positive growth and development of our existing and future park land, and both passive and active recreation capabilities.”
The Recreation and Parks Strategic Plan serves as a guide for decision-making based on extensive research, experience and community input. The plan aims to achieve a balance between the need to provide parks, facilities and programs with the costs of securing the required land, development of specific recreational facili-ties and increased operations.
“Over the last six months, the city purchased two large properties bringing to-tal parkland to over 300 acres,” said Kirk Franz, recreation manager. “The adopted plan gives us direction to best develop and activate these new properties and our existing properties to ensure we continue providing exceptional programs, events, and facilities.”
In April 2015, the city partnered with Mack Cain Design Studios at Travis Pruitt and Associates to assist the city in development of the plan. The six-month planning process included extensive community outreach: interviews, surveys, community meetings and social media interactions. More than 1,500 individuals participated in the planning process.
The adopted Recreation and Parks Strategic Plan is available on the city’s web-site, www.johnscreekga.gov.
I am proud of the work the City Council put in to address critical issues that will have significant impact on our city well into the future.”
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Many people donated their time, effort and money to the construction of the Johns Creek Veterans Memorial Walk in Newtown Park, but one group from St. Brigid Catholic Church has been singled out for special recognition.
The church’s Knights of Colum-bus organization received the highest international award for public service in the name of patriotism for their part in building the gazebo at the memo-rial. The award was presented at the Knights of Columbus national meeting in Washington, D.C.
It was an honor the Fourth Degree Father Joseph T. O’Callahan Assembly of the Knights of Columbus St. Brigid Council had not sought. Incredibly it was the inaugural year of the St. Brigid Council, and the Knights had been helping the Johns Creek Veterans Association raise money for two granite benches in the park.
JCA Memorial Walk Chairman Wayne Kidd told the council’s Faith-
ful Navigator Dick Holcomb that they would forgo a planned gazebo in the park because they were running out of time and money to get that part of the project done.
Holcomb mentioned the issue to fel-low Knight Bob Leher, and an idea was soon hatched.
“Bob is a retired architect and contractor. He said, ‘Wait a minute. We can do this.’ He contacted Home Depot, which donated all of the materials. We had about 20 or 25 guys show up, and Bob told us what to do,” Holcomb said.
The gazebo was built in plenty of time for the Veterans Day opening. Gerry Lewis, the JCVA president at the time, said the JCVA knew a 4-acre park would need a place where people might want to sit down.
“We thought there should be a place to contemplate and sit back and look at the park as a whole. But we knew we just were not going to be able to get that done that year,” Lewis said. “When the Knights said they wanted to do it and Home Depot wanted to contribute, that was great.
“And they did it all. And they really
made everything fit tight. We could not have been more pleased with the job they did. They even put up plaques about duty, honor, loyalty that were really appropriate and just another fine touch to it all.”
It was a missing piece that the Knights of Columbus filled, Lewis said.
“They truly made something very fitting for what we were trying to ac-complish with the park. It absolutely belongs in the memorial,” he said.
The operation took only three weeks once building began, with Leher crack-ing the whip. In all, members spent 462 hours working on the gazebo.
When the project was complete, someone decided to send a 30-page presentation documenting the work its members did to the Knights’ DeSoto Province (district) for consideration and were thrilled when it won for Most Patriotic in Georgia.
“We were stunned when we found out it went on to Connecticut for inter-national consideration. Here we were in our first year up against more than 3,300 other projects submitted,” Hol-comb said. “The quality of the Memorial
Walk as a whole helped a lot. When they saw we were part of such a quality
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There are four degrees in the Knights of Columbus. It is not a rank-ing, but an area of service to which that council is devoted.
As a Fourth Degree Council, these Knights are dedicated to projects that promote patriotism.
Their next project is at the Memorial Walk, as well. Members will be helping
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For more information about the Memorial Walk, go to at JCVETS.org. There is also an app for mobile devices called Johns Creek Veterans Memorial Walk. Download the app for a “talking” self-guided tour of the Memorial Walk. To book a guided tour, contact Wayne Kidd at [email protected].
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Cities face deadlines for sales tax ballot questionBy PATRICK [email protected]
NORTH FULTON, Ga. — Fulton County cities are scrambling to compile a list of transportation projects voters may decide this November whether to fund with a .75-cent added sales tax.
In a meeting between Fulton County mayors earlier this month, the cities decided to have local public works de-partments draw up lists for city council approval.
Johns Creek city leaders reviewed their list this week, and other city councils plan to hear presentations within the next three weeks.
At stake is from $500-$600 million in transportation dollars the county’s 14 cities – excluding Atlanta – expect will be generated to pay for road proj-ects over the five-year term of the sales tax.
Special legislation allowed Atlanta to consider its own transportation sales tax, which would likely include some allocation for MARTA.
City leaders say the process is com-plicated because, in order to win wide-spread support among voters, projects must satisfy local and regional needs.
Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle said one project he’s considering isn’t even within his city’s borders. Widening southbound Ga. 400 in Roswell, for ex-ample, would relieve a major bottleneck affecting Alpharetta motorists every day, he said.
Alpharetta is scheduled to hear from its public works staff on possible proj-ects at its April 18 meeting.
Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker said his city has been drawing up a list in anticipation of the TSPLOST since last year. Although the process is moving quickly now, he said residents will be given plenty of opportunities to weigh in.
“Nothing will happen without their approval,” Bodker said.
Sandy Springs says it is working on its proposed project list and expects to have it ready for public airing in May.
In Roswell, the proposed list will probably be discussed at the next Transportation Committee meeting later this month, then go to the City Council for consideration.
“We do have a list staff’s been work-ing on, but it hasn’t come to the full council,” Mayor Jere Wood said.
Roswell Transportation Director Steve Acenbrak said he anticipates having the list completed in early
May.The big challenge, he said, is the
five-year window. “There’s a lot of things we’d like to
do,” Acenbrak said. “The question is can we really get these things done dur-ing the five-year window that the money is allocated.”
Another complication involves local vs. regional projects.
“In my sandbox, it’s Ga. 400 and Holcomb Bridge (Road),” Acenbrak said. “Well, it’s not just a Roswell problem because we’ve got to envision what the managed lane project does to that in-terchange. MARTA, what does MARTA want to do?
“We can’t design anything at Holcomb Bridge and Ga. 400 without understanding how all these pieces fit together,” he said.
Acenbrak said the city has had several high-level meetings in an attempt to create one integrated map that shows the public where all the TSPLOST projects will be.
One of the challenges, he said, is that cities already have local road projects in the pipeline that have been approved for funding with local prop-erty tax dollars.
Those projects may not be on the countywide TSPLOST map, but they are still going through because Roswell has already approved them with its own money, he said.
“Trying to put all that into one graphic in a way that is clear to the public is a real challenge,” Acenbrak said.
TSPLOST timeline• May 30 – Fulton County cities,
with the exception of Atlanta, must submit project lists to Fulton County, which is coordi-nating the effort.
• June 15 – Fulton County pre-pares and sends back to the cities an aggregate list of county transportation projects to be funded by the .75-cent sales tax during its five-year run.
• June 30 – Cities return to Fulton County a final list of projects ap-proved by each of the city coun-cils. The county then submits the project list to the election superintendent for placement on the Nov. 8 ballot.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Eighteen-year-old Connor Ford, a 2015 graduate of Mount Pisgah Christian School, has decided to put off heading to college. You see, and moms you’re going to love this, he wants to successfully launch a busi-ness first.
It’s not that he’s impatient to get into the business world, but when you have a marketable idea in the Inno-vation Age, it is wise to move quickly before someone else gets in ahead of you. Nevertheless, he plans to attend Georgia Tech in the fall.
Taking advantage of the Al-pharetta Technology Commission’s 8,500-square-foot Innovation Center, Ford had the room and the guidance to design an app and get his company off the ground. He now has five employees, including himself.
Geri Chapple, ATC’s community manager, said Ford is a perfect example of how the Innovation Center works.
“Connor brings a great young vibe to the center,” Chapple said. “He has a lot of knowledge about the technology and tells you about the latest and greatest things folks are doing with it. We give him the space to find, connect and make things happen.”
She calls Ford an asset for the cen-ter because he keeps everyone he works
with on their toes. The app he designed, called the
Spirit App, allows school officials to spark students’ interest in school events by using the social media in which students are already conversant — Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Insta-gram and Tumblr.
The app also acts as an interac-tive calendar, so school personnel can distribute event times and locations. And if there is a change in plans — say the event is cancelled — just one click notifies everyone in a timely fashion.
“Schools know studies have shown that if students are involved in activi-
ties outside the school, they do better inside the classroom, too,” Ford said. “So it is important for schools to know and to measure how much the students are involved in activities.”
Ford’s Spirit App tells schools who and how many attended events – pep rallies, games, car washes, field days – through the GPS system in students’ phones. By appealing to teens’ natu-rally competitive spirit, students can amass points that schools can then reward while promoting spirit.
In the process, schools can check the pulse of student involvement on a regular basis using reams of hard data the app collects. That information, including all kinds of demographics, could be useful to schools —how many freshmen attended the pep rally and how many stayed for the game, for instance.
This information is gold for schools, for it not only boosts student partic-ipation, it also gives them valuable feedback on what is working and what is not.
The app also personalizes each message, which increases the likelihood of a response. However, messages only go out to students who signed up for the app.
That avoids inbox overload, which could discourage students from using it.
The app does not provide informa-tion on how long students are at activi-ties, nor does Ford want it to.
As he said, “We don’t want to be Big Brother keeping tabs on where the student goes. And it would drain phone batteries to even try.”
Connor Ford develops app he plans to market to schools
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Connor Ford, barely a year out of high school, is ready to market an innovative app to schools that helps those schools track in real time just how deeply their students are involved in its activities. Schools can then mine that data to find what is working and therefore make them more effective.
Schools know studies have shown that if students are involved in activities outside the school, they do better inside the classroom too.
16 | Johns Creek Herald | April 14, 2016 CONNOR FORD, developer
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Do you have a passion for what you do to operate and grow your small business?
Do you get up each day excited about going to work and getting things done?
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Passion trumps all other adjectives as it relates to small-business success. Surveys of small-business owners concluded that working hard, putting in long hours and being successful are only byproducts of the passion they bring to work every day.
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Your passion as a small-business owner creates an environment for your team to be passionate about their jobs, too. It’s an amazing thing to witness when everyone is passionate about their job, and the productivity and accomplishments that get done as a result.
Do you look forward to Monday? Do you work late to make sure things are taken care of before heading home for the evening? Do you go out of your way to make sure your customers are happy?
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Last week was spring break week and, for this Smith family, that means a week on Hil-ton Head Island. I know, I know, tough life.
For me any-way, vacations are a necessary time to stick my head above water and
take a good look around. On Hilton Head Island, it was a fantastic view.
Hilton Head has been the vacation spot for our family since I was about 8 years old. It’s a beautiful island covered in live oaks, palm trees and pines. There’s hundreds of miles of shaded bike trails — I got in the car once the entire week.
The island is a good lesson in smartly planned development, and was one of the first of its kind in the U.S. The idea for what is today Sea Pines Plantation, the first planned community on the island, was con-ceived by Charles Fraser in 1956. His idea was to develop a low-density development with controlled commer-cial components on timberland that was owned in part by his father. The 26-year-old loved the natural beauty that existed on the island and wanted others to enjoy it as much as he did. So his plans left as much of the exist-ing trees and landscape in tact as was possible. And development guidelines ensured that the houses and com-mercial buildings blended into the natural environment as much as was possible. It was a huge success and, over the years, communities along the Gulf and throughout the country have copied what Fraser did. So much so that Hilton Head over the last 10 years has had to step up its game. Com-mercial nodes throughout the island have much more to offer in the way of entertainment for both children and
adults. One of our
favorite things to do there is to go to the great oak tree in Harbor Town and let the boys listen to Gregg Russell play his set. It’s a 90-minute show where he plays the catchiest beach tunes ever recorded, lets some lucky children sing weird songs, spends 30 minutes carefully teaching the children how to annoy their par-ents, and then ends with his trademark song, “Booger In The Sugar (No It’s Not).” This is his 40th year doing this routine and, as I watched him last week, he had the same passion I remember him having when I watched him as a child.
My two boys enjoyed it every bit as much as I did when I was young. On the ride home they tried every trick to annoy me that Russell had taught them, as I had done decades earlier. And I played along and acted annoyed and assured them I would get Gregg Russell if it was the last thing I did, echoing my own father from long-ago days.
My wife, Brenda, and I love new things and exploring. But good, long-standing traditions are awesome.
Back here in Atlanta, there are a lot of great traditions and develop-ments. There were many great people who did small things that led to the traditions and successes that exist in all our communities. In my neck of the woods, back in the 1970s, two great men — Bill Johnson and, later, Joe Glover — worked tirelessly to turn the Roswell Recreation and Parks Depart-
ment into one of the most admired in the country. Some people believe it was Roswell’s recreation and parks system that first turned people’s atten-tion to North Fulton. And that led to Ga. 400, Country Club of the South, fiber optic cables and the success that is the golden corridor.
Whatever happened, I grew up in that parks system and enjoyed every minute of it. Today I get to coach my two boys on the same fields I played on when I was a child. I guess North Fulton was planned pretty well, too.
Geoff Smith is a mortgage banker
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Hilton Head planned it right
GEOFF SMITHAssurance Financial, [email protected]
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Cosplay, a contraction of the words “costume play,” can be seen in full glory at events like Dragon Con and movie premiers, where attendees often dress up like characters in movies, books or video games.
While cosplay is usually considered a pastime or hobby, 29-year-old Angela Santoro of Alpharetta is making a living out of it.
Santoro, who works as a preschool music teacher, tutor and bookseller in her spare time, demonstrated just how entertaining — and involved — the field of cosplay can be during the 2016 Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo.
“This year the business expo decided to have a theme, ‘The Force Is With Us,’ for the very first time, and asked members if they knew anyone with ‘Star Wars’ costumes that could either loan them out or would be available to wear them,” Santoro said. “My mother, Pam, relayed the message to me roughly two weeks before the expo, knowing that I and many of my friends cosplay multiple times a year for big events like Dragon Con, MomoCon, and (Anime Week-end Atlanta). In a fit of insanity, I volunteered myself and my good friend Stephanie Elder, of Elder Panda Cosplay, to make costumes for the event.”
The pair decided on three costumes, which they were able to successfully finish and “were a hit at the expo.” Typically when they make costumes, San-toro and Elder exhibit them at conventions among other cosplayers, as Santoro explained on her blog, thescribblerexperiment.com. Needless to say, their audience at the expo was bit different than what they usually experience at, say, Dragon Con.
“This wasn’t my first GNFCC Business Expo, but I think it was my favorite of all the years so far,” Santoro wrote on her blog. “I really enjoyed getting to talk to so many wonderful people about the costumes we worked so hard to finish. I even enjoyed promoting my own website. I’m really proud of what we managed to accomplish and it’s always a great feeling to get to show off my hard work.”
But it’s not easy making a living off her designs.
Eighteen months ago, Santoro set aside her love of co-splay creations to focus on graduate school as well as other time-consuming events, including a car wreck.
“Fast forward, a year and a half and here I am determined to build up the thing I never should have abandoned in the first place,” Santoro said. “I see other people working hard and doing the things I want to be doing, and I ask myself ‘Why can’t I do that?’ I’ve come to this horrible realization that you can say you’re going to do something a million times, but that doesn’t actually mean you’re going to do it.”
She found inspiration from, among other sources,
her own self-proclaimed stubbornness. “I am sitting here today with a blog that’s getting
slightly better every week,” Santoro said, “a 50,000-word manuscript in process, my artwork for sale online and through a store, and at least a few people more interested in what I have to say every week.”
And because of her passion, and despite minor setbacks like sewing her finger, she keeps on going.
“Cosplay gives me an artistic outlet,” Santoro said, “but it also makes me stretch my critical thinking skills and, as with the sewing my finger incident, it actually makes me a braver human being.”
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From left, Diana Johnson as Princess Leia (only costume not made by Angela Santoro or Stephanie Elder), Libby Grubb as Rey, Pam Santoro as Mon Mothma, and Hans Meier as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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THE PCRF WALK FOR THEIR LIFE 5KThe Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, a nonprofit, nonpolitical organization providing free medical relief to children in the Middle East in need of urgent care, is holding the fourth annual Walk for Their Life, a 5K walk/run promoting awareness of this humanitarian cause. Sunday April 17, 9:15 a.m. Riverside Park, 575 Riverside Road, Roswell. Email [email protected] for more info.
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RECORD STORE DAYWhat: Comeback Vinyl will celebrate Record Store Day, when hundreds of special-edition records are released and are only available to mom-and-pop retailers.When: Saturday, April 16, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.Where: Comeback Vinyl, 520 South Main St., Suite A, AlpharettaMore info: comebackvinyl.com
WRITING FOR CHILDREN OR TEENSWhat: Join Random House author Gin-ger Garrett for a free class on how to break into writing for children or teens. When: Saturday, April 16, 2 p.m.Where: Barnes & Noble, 410 Peachtree Parkway #252, Cumming, GA 30041More info: [email protected]
BLUES & Q FOR FORSYTH FOSTER CHILDREN What: Blues & Q 2016, benefiting For-syth County families and sponsored by the Forsyth County Community Con-nections, supports the organization’s foster child program. When: Saturday, April 16, 6:30 p.m.Where: Kinsey Family Farm, 7170 Jot Em Down Road, GainesvilleMore info: connectforsyth.org.
ROSWELL FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET OPENING DAY CELEBRATIONWhat: Don’t miss the opening day of the Roswell Farmers & Artisans Mar-ket. When: Saturday, April 16, 8 a.m. – noonWhere: City Hall, 38 Hill St., RoswellMore info: roswellfam.com
FAMILY REUNION WORKSHOPWhat: Join the Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau’s special event
specialist for a free family reunion workshop. Workshop and lunch compli-mentary. When: Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Courtyard Atlanta Alpharetta, 12655 Deerfield Parkway, AlpharettaMore info: awesomealpharetta.com
PAINT AND ELECTRONICS RECYCLING What: Keep Forsyth County Beautiful invites residents to recycle unused paint and old electronics.When: Saturday, April 16, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.Where: Cumming Fairgrounds, parking lot 3, 235 Castleberry Road, CummingMore info: forsythco.com
PINECREST LACROSSEFESTWhat: Pinecrest Academy will host the second annual Pinecrest LacrosseFest featuring a match between SEC rivals the University of Georgia Bulldogs and the University of Mississippi Rebels. When: Saturday, April 16, 11 a.m.Where: Pinecrest Academy, 955 Peach-tree Parkway, CummingMore info: [email protected] or 770-888-4477
ROSWELL DAY OF HOPEWhat: Families in need will be offered medical screenings, haircuts, hot lunches and new pairs of tennis shoes. A project of Hope Roswell.When: Saturday, April 16, noon-4 p.m.Where: Mimosa Elementary School, 1550 Warsaw Road, RoswellMore info: hoperoswell.org
HEARTS OF HOPE COMMUNITY ART PROJECTWhat: Hearts of Hope, a community art and fundraising project, involves the creation of clay hearts that can be purchased and personalized to honor or remember loved ones affected by cancer. Each personalized heart will join hundreds of other hearts as part
of special displays at Roswell City Hall and at Roswell’s Arts Center West.When: Heart making event Saturday, April 16, 8 a.m.-noonWhere: Roswell Farmers and Artisans Market, 38 Hill St., RoswellMore info: roswellgov.com
ONE-DAY JUNIOR BEEKEEPER PROGRAMWhat: Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Associ-ation will sponsor a one-day session for kids 6-13 to “suit up” and learn about pollinators and, more specifically, hon-eybees. When: Sunday, April 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Where: Webb Bridge Animal Hospital, 953 Webb Bridge Road, AlpharettaCost: $30 per child. More info: metroatlantabeekeepers.org
NORTH FULTON DEMOCRATS MONTHLY MEETINGWhat: Meet, mingle and dine with fellow North Fulton Democrats at monthly meetings.When: Tuesday, April 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m.Where: China Garden Restaurant, 657 Holcomb Bridge Road, RoswellMore info: fultondems.org/regions/north-fulton
ESTABLISHING AND GROWING PERENNIALSWhat: Master Gardeners explain how to successfully create and manage a perennial garden.Where: Bill Johnson Community Ac-tivity Building in Roswell Area Park, 10495 Woodstock Road, Roswell, and the Alpharetta Engineering/Public Works Department, 1790 Hembree Road, AlpharettaWhen: Tuesday, April 19, in Roswell and Wednesday, April 20, in Alpharetta, 7-8:30 p.m.More info: nfmg.net
WILSON CREEK KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP What: Wilson Creek Elementary will hold a kindergarten round-up for chil-dren who will attend the school’s kindergarten in August 2016. Meet the kindergarten teachers, tour a class-room, enjoy cookies and juice, try out a stationary school bus in the parking lot, hear a fun story in the media center and pick up information.When: Thursday, April 21, 5-6:30 p.m.Where: Wilson Creek Elementary, 6115 Wilson Road, Johns Creek More info: [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESSWhat: The Johns Creek State of the City Address will be hosted by the Johns Creek Business Association. When: Friday, April 22, 7-9 a.m.Where: Atlanta Athletic Club, 1930 Bobby Jones Drive, DuluthMore info: johnscreekba.com
AUTHOR LESLIE MCKINNEY BOOK SIGNING EVENTWhat: Leslie McKinney, a Johns Creek resident, will discuss and sign copies of her book, “You’re Welcome.”When: Friday, April 22, 1 p.m.Where: Big Creek Elementary School, 1994 Peachtree Parkway, CummingMore info: lesliemckinney.tateauthor.com
SHEPHERD CENTER CO-FOUNDER TO ADDRESS ROTARY PRAYER BREAKFASTWhat: The Rotary Club of North Fulton will welcome Alana Shepherd, co-founder of Atlanta’s The Shepherd Cen-ter, as the keynote speaker at its 15th Annual North Atlanta Interfaith Prayer Breakfast.When: Thursday, May 5, 7:30 a.m.Where: The Metropolitan Club, 5895 Windward Parkway, AlpharettaMore info: NorthFultonRotary.org.
MUSIC, ARTS & THEATER:ROSWELL HIGH’S ‘INTO THE WOODS’What: Roswell High School’s Musical Theater will present “Into the Woods.” Reserved seating tickets available on-line. What: April 14-17Where: RHS, 11595 King Road, RoswellMore info: RHSIntotheWoods.com
ARTAROUND ROSWELLWhat: Opening celebration of ArtAr-ound Roswell, the city’s first sculpture tour, an initiative of Roswell Arts Fund.When: April 16, noon-3 p.m.Where: Roswell Area Park Playground, 10495 Woodstock Road, RoswellMore info: artaroundroswell.com
9 STRING THEORY AT AUTREY MILL UNPLUGGEDWhat: 9 String Theory will per -form virtuoso acoustic world music on domra and guitar for the Autrey Mill Unplugged concert series. When: Saturday, April 16, 7 p.m. pre-concert gathering in the Summerour House, complimentary light refresh-ments. Concert at 8 p.m. at Warsaw Church Where: Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center, 9770 Autrey Mill Road, Johns Creek More info: autreymill.org
BRYAN ADAMS IN CONCERTWhat: Multiplatinum recording artist Bryan Adams will perform.When: Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m.Where: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore Parkway, AlpharettaMore info: vzwamp.com
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As we’ve seen in earlier editions of this column, the Chattahoochee River National Rec-reation Area offers some remarkable opportunities for enjoying the out-of-doors right here close to home. CRNRA consists of a number of dif-
ferent “units,” and most of them offer great hiking.
One CRNRA hike that’s especially appealing during the spring is the loop trail at the Johnson Ferry North Unit, accessible directly off Johnson Ferry Road where the road crosses the river.
This long and narrow loop, with total length of not quite 2 miles, lets you explore not only to the banks of the Chattahoochee but also a natural wetlands area which lies between a rocky ridge and the river. You’ll also find a boat ramp, picnic area and other facilities.
Considering the diversity of habi-tats which it passes by or through, it’s no surprise that this trail can provide some great opportunities to see wild-life. In fact, many consider it to be an exceptional birding area, and bird-watchers will definitely want to bring binoculars as they hike the trail.
Being almost completely level, the trail offers easy adventure for hikers of all levels.
The Johnson Ferry North trail-head is located immediately west of the river and north of Johnson Ferry Road. It’s easily accessible from Ga. 400 or I-285. There’s usually plenty of parking. Remember to pay the day-use parking fee before setting out on your adventure.
From the parking area, begin your hike by following a gravel road for about 2/10 of a mile to Nannyberry Creek.
You’ll be heading roughly north-east. There are actually two parallel approaches here: they’re separated by a zone of trees and other vegetation, but both take you to the same place – a crossing over Nannyberry Creek and, just beyond it, the beginning of the main loop trail.
Once across the creek, you’ll come to the main loop. You can hike this loop in either direction, but for now let’s turn right (toward the river) and
hike counterclockwise.After making the right turn, it’s
only a short hike to the river. There, the trail swings left (upriver) and closely follows the bank for the next half mile or so. Along the way you’ll make short doglegs to cross two creeks – Arrowhead Creek and then Owl Creek.
As you hike the riverside portion of the loop, you’ll also note occasional short spur trails leading down to the river. Those are “fisherman’s trails” that just might lead to good fishing spots.
Should you decide to take a break and enjoy this natural air condition-ing, you’ll appreciate the fact that there are several benches along this portion of the trail. Those convenient resting places provide great vantage points for enjoying the view of the river.
Eventually, the upriver leg of the loop ends at Mulberry Creek. There, the trail turns left and follows Mul-berry Creek upstream for a few hun-dred yards to the intersection with the return leg of the loop.
Several spurs lead off from that intersection, but turn left to stay on the main trail.
As you hike the return leg of the loop, you’ll note a ridge rising to your right. It’s a great place to look for spring and summer wildflowers. You’ll also see wetlands to your left. Those wetlands always offer the possibility of seeing wildlife, especially birds.
Not long after starting the return leg, you’ll again cross Owl Creek – at that point just a trickle. Soon there-after a footbridge will carry you over Arrowhead Creek.
Eventually, the soft dirt trail turns to a boardwalk which carries you over an area of wetlands. Birders will want to be especially attentive through this section.
The boardwalk is your signal that you’re nearing the point where you began the loop. When you reach that point, turn right to hike back to the trailhead and your car … or keep go-ing straight to hike the loop again!
Steve Hudson has written nu-merous books on fishing, hiking, the outdoors and more, including “HIKING THE HOOCH,” a complete guide to all of the trails of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Check it out in locak outfitters, on Amazon, or at www.chattahoocheemedia.com.
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BEETHOVEN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERTWhat: The Beethoven Chamber Orches-tra, a premiere student string orchestra sponsored by the Ludwig Symphony Orchestra, will present A Spring Fling gala concert with maestro Thomas Ludwig. When: Saturday, April 16, 7 p.m.Where: Johns Creek United Methodist Church, 11180 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek More info: ludwigsymphony.org
ANNIE MOSES BAND PERFORMSWhat: The chart-topping Annie Moses Band will perform at the Roswell United Methodist Church.When: April 17, 3 p.m.Where: RUMC, 814 Mimosa Blvd., RoswellMore info: rumc.com
GET’S ‘YESTERDAY AND TODAY!’What: Georgia Ensemble Theatre’s “Yes-terday and Today!” takes the incredible music of the Beatles and personalizes it with stories and perspectives of audi-ence members.When: Through April 24, times vary Where: GET, 950 Forrest St., RoswellMore info: get.org
‘FROM BALLET TO BROADWAY’What: Sawnee Ballet Theatre presents “From Ballet to Broadway.”When: April 16-17, times varyWhere: Forsyth Central High School Performing Arts Center, 520 Tribble Gap Road, CummingMore info: sawneeballettheatre.org
TEACHER MAKES HISTORY WITH MUSIC What: Tom Wolff and his student band, The Sons of Liberty, will perform a free history concert.When: Thursday, April 21, 6:30 p.m.Where: South Forsyth High School’s Performing Arts Center, 585 Peachtree Parkway, CummingMore info: 770-713-5561, or [email protected].
LIBRARY EVENTS:For a complete list of North Fulton events, go to afpls.org/eventsFor a complete list of Forsyth events, go to forsythpl.org/event-Calendar/eventCalendar.aspx
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PRESENTATION What: Diane Cohen, from College Process Consulting, will present a free two-hour crash course in navigating the college admissions process. Reserva-tions are suggested. When: Sunday, April 17, 3-5 p.m.Where: Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza, AlpharettaMore info: [email protected]
IDENTITY THEFT SEMINARWhat: Protect your personal informa-tion from identity thieves and what to do if you have been a victim with ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions. Registration required. Adults.When: Tuesday, April 19, 4 p.m.Where: East Roswell Library, 2301 Hol-comb Bridge Road, Roswell More info: 404-613-4050
PET ADOPTIONS:$25 LIFELINE SHELTER ADOPTIONS What: LifeLine Animal Project is offer-ing a promotion at all of its shelters, where dogs over 25 pounds and all cats are only $25.When: Throughout AprilWhere: All LifeLine shelters includ-ing: Fulton County Animal Services, DeKalb County Animal Services, LifeLine’s Dog House & Kitty Motel and LifeLine’s Cat Adoption Center. The adoption includes the pet’s spay/neu-ter, microchip and vaccines – a $250 value at no cost. More info: LifeLineAnimal.org
FORSYTH COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTERWhat: Pet adoptions When: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: The Forsyth County Animal Shelter, 4065 County Way, Forsyth CountyMore info: 678-965-7185
FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICESWhat: Pet adoptionsWhen: Every Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m., PetSmart, 6370 North Point Parkway, AlpharettaAdditional adoptions: Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday and Sun-day 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Fulton County Animal Services, 860 Marietta Blvd NW, AtlantaMore info: 404-613-4958
OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE: THE 31ST ANNUAL GEORGIA RENAISSANCE FESTIVALWhat: An interactive arts and entertain-ment festival combining outdoor theater and circus-style entertainment with an arts and crafts marketplace and jolly olde English pubs set in a 32-acre recre-ation of a 16th century English village.When: Saturday, April 16, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m., through June 4. Where: South of the airport on I-85, Exit 61.More info: garenfest.comJethro Tull at the Fox TheatreWhat: Jethro Tull – written and per-formed by Ian Anderson.When: Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m.Where: The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, AtlantaMore info: foxtheatre.org
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Have you ever thought about the path of your career? Unless you look over your shoulder, you are unlikely to recall the people that influenced you along the way. I sat down with Jeff Jordan to ask him about his journey to becoming an orthodontist.
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Did you know that Oral Cancer Kills One American every Hour? Within 15 years Cancer will become the #1 Killer surpassing Heart Disease.
Cancer of the mouth kills thousands every year, and it leaves thousands more with a lifetime of hideous facial defor-mity as a result of surgical treatment.
You don’t have to be a smoker or ‘chew’ tobacco to develop oral cancer. Anyone can get it. Oral cancer kills more people each year than either skin cancer (malignant melanoma) or cer-vical cancer. Of the 20 most common cancers, oral and laryngeal cancers are the only two that have not had a sig-nificant improvement in survival rate over the last 20 years. And oral cancer has not had improvement in the death rate in the last 40 years! The average five-year survival rate for oral cancer is still only about 50%.
Oral cancer usually starts out as a red, or more often, a white patch somewhere in the mouth. Although a large number of people have similar appearing white or red abnormalities
in their mouth, the vast majority of these lesions are benign. However, up to 6% of these innocuous, harmless looking lesions have been found to be pre-cancerous or even cancerous.
In the past, because millions of peo-ple have had innocuous looking lesions in their mouths, it has not been practi-cal to perform a surgical biopsy on most of them. As a result, many pre-cancer-ous or early stage cancers remained undetected. Deforming surgeries could have been prevented by early detection!
But things have recently changed for the better. Dentists now have the ability to easily test each and every one of these lesions just to be sure they are harmless.
Regular dental exams / checkups in our office now include this oral can-cer screening. We now use OralID for Oral screening, for more info check out the video at http://suwaneedentist.biz/2016/04/01/OralCancer. “A two minute exam could save your life!”
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Antebellum Senior Living –James Burgess now open
On April 14th, a brand-new, all-in-clusive Assisted Living and Memory Care community will open in Suwanee on James Burgess Drive. This beauti-ful, spacious and high-tech 37,000 sq. foot community is owned by Suwanee based Senior Solutions Management Group. Senior Solutions also operates eight other communities in Georgia.
“We are very excited to finally be welcoming new residents into our com-munity,” says owner Chris Sides, “we believe the quality of our building, staff and services are among the best in the region while our fees remain competitive with what locals expect from this area.”
Antebellum Senior Living – James Burgess offers 37 private and semi-pri-vate options for Assisted Living and Memory Care. Services and amenities include: Large private & companion-style suites, Customized personal care assistance, In-house state-of-the-art pharmacy & medication management program, Three restaurant style home-cooked meals, Housekeeping, personal laundry & linen service, all utilities
included (except telephone & cable), an emergency response system in each room and of course an on-site beauty & barber salon.
For a limited time only, all new res-idents will receive exclusive “Founders’ Club Benefits” which includes:• All-Inclusive Pricing • Fixed Monthly rates for 2016• 50% of our community fee ($1000
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Executive Director Tiffany Harris is thrilled to have the opportunity to welcome new residents.
“I welcome every resident to Ante-bellum with open arms. At Antebellum James Burgess we value integrity and dignity. Every resident and individual who enters our community is a part of our family. We are your home away from home,” states Tiffany Harris, Ex-ecutive Director.
At the heart of care inside Ante-bellum Senior Living – James Burgess is the importance of frequent and fun activities. Our senior residents have the opportunity to participate in game nights, group exercise classes and live music, magic shows and more. Also, our beautiful campus features safe and scenic lovely outside spaces where residents can enjoy the cool spring eve-nings we love so much here. Also, the team at James Burgess is more than happy to drive our residents to local areas around our community for a day of shopping, sightseeing or even just a cheeseburger and fries!
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Enjoy amazing wild nature at Autrey MillJOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Looking for a fun way to spend a Saturday and learn about amazing regional wildlife? Come to Autrey Mill on Saturday, April 23 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a Wild Weekend. Ideal for the whole family or a group of friends, this Wild Weekend is about wild fun, wild critters and wild imaginations.
Guests will be treated to multiple events to choose from and enjoy. The Chattahoochee Nature Center will present the featured event “Hunters of the Sky” at 1:00 p.m. “What’s Bugging You?” will explore the world of praying mantises and lady bugs. The “Bubble Creation Station” will be a sure hit with the kids. Whether guests decide to take a hike or have a bite to eat, there is something to do for everyone.
There will be a large array of rep-tiles and an assortment of games and nature crafts. Visit the ducks, chick-ens and rabbits, and meet Pebbles, the African Spurred Tortoise.
Admission is $5 per person, chil-dren under two years are free, $20 max for a family.
There will be grilled food along with drinks and chips available for pur-chase.
For full details visit www.autreymill.org or call 678-366-3511.
Kids will enjoy arts and crafts along with the plentiful wildlife at Autrey Mill’s Wild Weekend April 23.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Northview High School Mock Trial team was named the State Runner Up at the State Mock Trial Competition March 20 after a close final round against the Jonesboro team. Northview’s Michelle Cao was named the State Champion Court Artist and will travel to Boise this May to compete at Na-tionals with the Jonesboro team.
Over the course of the 2016 season, Northview secured their fifth consecutive Region Championship in January and their second con-secutive District Championship in February. Previously, the team was the 2015 State Champion and Na-tional Runner Up and the 2013 State Runner Up.
Several Northview team members won individual awards during the 2016 season:
Senior Shriya Sharma won two Outstanding Attorney awards at Region, one Outstanding Attorney award at District, and two Outstand-ing Performance awards at State.
Junior Will Claussen won two Outstanding Attorney awards at Region and one Outstanding Attorney award at District.
Senior Hyunjae (Brian) Lee won one Outstanding Attorney award at Region and one Outstanding Attorney award at District.
Junior Karsyn Archambeau won one Outstanding Attorney award at Region.
Junior Courtney O’Connell won one Outstanding Witness award at District, two Outstanding Witness awards at State, and three Outstand-ing Performance awards at State.
Senior Mary Kate Korbisch won one Outstanding Witness award at Region, one Outstanding Witness award at State, and one Outstanding Performance award at State.
Senior Paul Korte won two Out-standing Witness awards at Region and two Outstanding Witness awards at District.
Other team members compet-ing in the State Runner Up season were junior Jasmin Gao, freshman Shashank Ganeshan, junior Emma Rowe, junior Lauren Cox and fresh-man Constantin Claassen.
Team Coaches are Coach Eliz-abeth Lake and Attorney Coaches Denise Abramow, Paul Dietrick and Jim Stewart.
Northview wins honors at the State Mock Trial
The Northview Mock Trial team brings home accolades after competing in the State Mock Trial Competition.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Mary Beth Tinker, the woman involved in the famous 1st Amendment case Tinker v. Des Moines visited Alpharetta High School Thursday March 24.
Tinker v. Des Moines was a case about students being able to protest the Viet-nam War by wearing black armbands.
She spoke to AHS students in Government, AP Government, and AP US His-tory students, as well as some other students and teachers, about the importance and significance of the case.
She also talked about student rights and responsibilities in schools, and about issues concerning students in schools today. Students were also given the oppor-tunity to ask questions about the case and about how it impacted her life.
Vietnam protest figure speaks at AHS
Standing from left to right are Sharanya Pillalamarri, Alivia Colon, Alison Hu, Ms. Donnenfeld, Mary Beth Tinker, Sean Rager, Isa Anthony, Annalisa Ca-nouse, and Ali Balbuena.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Local Girl Scout Hannah Zemke was casting about for a suitable community project she could perform to receive the Silver Award, the second-highest award a Girl Scout Ca-dette can earn. She came up with an idea that would bring a great deal of happi-ness to a number of women who partic-ipate in Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church’s Special Needs Ministry.
After talking with Stephen Taylor, who leads that ministry for Mount Pisgah, she decided to help Taylor organize a Big Dream Dance, a prom-type event for indi-viduals 17 and older with special needs. When Taylor had initially mentioned a dance to others involved in the special needs community, the first reaction invariably was participants could not go because they lacked formal dresses. Hannah’s offer to help with the dance presented a possible solution.
“Stephen Taylor was a new staff member to the church and his ministry interested me. I wanted to get involved and help him with his ministry,” said Hannah, an eighth-grader at Autrey Mill Middle School.
“He told me his ideas of what we could do and the prom was one that re-ally stood out to me. As we brainstormed ideas for the prom, we realized that many of the women that might attend the prom may not own a dress they could wear to a prom,” Hannah said.
She knew that, if she could collect enough prom dresses, it could really generate some excitement for women to attend the dance. So gathering gowns
became her project. In the end, Hannah amassed some 150 formal dresses in all – more than enough for the evening.
Hannah began her quest near at hand. She organized a prom dress drive at Mount Pisgah UMC, making fliers and handing them out to spread the word about the need for dresses.
“We had a table in our gathering area during the month of March where we could share about the ministry and dance and promote the dress drive. We collected dresses during the month of March and first part of April,” Hannah said.
“I also had some adults ask their co-workers if they had any they could do-nate, as well,” she said. “The support of this project and the generosity of every-one has been amazing.”
Of course, getting dresses donated
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“It’s all simply divine, dahling,” this happy guest seems to be saying.
Hannah Zemke stands with Mount Pisgah Special Needs Ministry Director Stephen Taylor amid some of the many formal dresses Hannah collected. She set up prom dress drives at the church and at her school to amass so many gowns.
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was just the start of it. It took many more hours to organize and size them. In all, Hannah spent dozens of hours on the project.
“It has been very time consuming, but has been an extremely rewarding project as I’ve gotten to see how happy it made all of the girls and women that received the pretty dresses,” she said. “Wearing these dresses makes them feel special and you can see the joy on their faces.”
Taylor said this was an especially good project for the women in his special needs ministry.
“This dance is a time where these girls feel special. For most of their lives they have been treated with pity and excluded from the mainstream activities at school, at church or in society,” Taylor said. “Dream Big invites them to have that opportunity to feel like they be-long. Every little girl dreams of dressing up and going to a dance. ”
Special needs women — and men — see others dressing up and going out, but they are never invited, he said. Taylor shared one example of what Dream Big meant for participants.
“There was a lady in her 50s who came to the formal dress pickup on Saturday at Mount Pisgah. She told me that she has never owned a dress and
she has never been invited to a dance,” he said. “You should have seen the look in her eyes on Saturday. This event is a life-changing moment for these girls.”
Not only were participants able to en-joy a promlike atmosphere, each woman also received a dress.
“That is something they can carry with them moving forward,” Taylor said, adding the church’s special needs minis-try is all about inclusion.
“Inclusion is interacting with special needs folks and others within the same activities. The result is everyone begins to see the person, not the disability, and friendships are made,” he said.
“We invite anyone with any spe-cial need to come and be a part of our ministry. Our ministry will not end at some predetermined age. Our ministry will continue to be with the individual for as long as they desire to be at Mount Pisgah.”
As a result, a project like Hannah’s has been very positive for the ministry.
“Hannah’s involvement helped break through the stigmatization of those with special needs,” Taylor said. Because of Hannah’s generosity and willingness to reach across the barriers of society, he said, she was able to rally support from throughout the entire community.
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Hannah Zemke, left, enjoys the Dream Big Dance with her friend Hannah Davis. Collecting more than 150 formal dresses ensured all the women at the dance had beautiful gowns to wear.
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Chattahoochee’s academic teams win multiple competitions
By KATHY DES JARDINS [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Chattahoochee High School’s Academic Team recently won their third straight state varsity championship this season, which is just one of the many accolades the team has collected so far this year. The Hooch Academic Team’s varsity, junior varsity and freshman squads have also qualified to compete in the national championship in Dallas the end of May.
In addition, a spinoff from that group, the Science Bowl Team, won a regional competition and will be ad-vancing to the 2016 National Science Bowl finals in Washington, D.C., in April.
Chattahoochee’s Academic Team has been a nationally ranked pro-gram for years, said Mike Mathis, the school’s Academic Team coach. In 2015, the school’s varsity team finished eighth in the nation while the JV team won a national championship title. The Academic Team has won state for three years in a row, Mathis said, thanks in part to Briana Harrison, assistant
coach. So far this year, roughly 25 Hooch students have competed at tour-naments across the country.
“It was a great win for us,” Mathis said of the team’s most recent victory. “We were down one starter. Tej Gut-tikonda, the team captain, was unable
to compete. Niranjan (Ramasekaran) stepped up to help us out and did a great job. Even though Tej didn’t get to compete, he is the main reason we are in the position we are in now. We couldn’t have done any of this without his steady leadership.”
Additionally, this year marked the first time Chattahoochee sent an off-shoot of the Academic Team to compete at one of the 116 Regional National Science Bowls held around the country from January through March.
By winning the regional competition, Hooch’s Science Bowl Team, comprised of two sets of brothers – Kalen Patton, Alex Patton, Ashwin Ramaswami and Arvind Ramaswami – won an all-ex-pense-paid trip to nationals in Wash-ington, D.C., in April. “We are thrilled that they made nationals the first time out,” Mathis said. “I think they really have a chance at winning.”
The National Science Bowl brings together thousands of middle and high school students from across the country to compete in a fast-paced question-and-answer format where they solve technical problems and answer questions on a range of science dis-ciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth and space science, physics and math.
More than 250,000 students have participated in the National Science Bowl in its 25-year history, and it is one of the nation’s largest science competitions. For more information, go to www.science.energy.gov/wdts/nsb/.
Science Bowl students secure spot in national finals in Washington
Chattahoochee High School’s Academic Team recently won their third straight state varsity championship. Team members include, from left, Ashwin Ramaswami, Abhinav Kumar, Aditya Duddikunta, Niranjan Ramasekaran, Aditi Choudhury and Coach Mike Mathis. (Not pictured: Tej Guttikonda, team captain.)
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Chattahoochee’s Jaylin Taylor will play football at Reinhardt University. Pictured with him are, seated, sister Morgan, mother, Angela, sister Charisse. Back row, from left, Coach Greg Eickholdt, Margaret Garth, CHS Assistant Athletic Di-rector J.J. Hicks, CHS Athletic Director Matt Crooks, CHS Principal Tim Corrigan, Coach Vince Strine and father, Wallace Taylor.
Chattahoochee’s Aishwarya Palekar will play volleyball at Andrew College. Pictured with her are, seated, parents Prasad and Sandhya Palekar; standing, from left, CHS Assistant Athletic Director J.J. Hicks, CHS Athletic Director Matt Crooks, CHS Head Volleyball Coach Blair Boyle, Andrew College Head Volleyball Coach Donna Rountree, CHS Principal Tim Corrigan and CHS counselor Deborah Blount.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Chattahoochee High School’s Jay-lin “JT” Taylor has signed a national letter of intent to play football at Reinhardt University, where he plans to major in biology and minor in psychology. Reinhardt, in Waleska, Georgia, competes in the Mid-South Conference in the Na-tional Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Taylor, a three-year letterman, served as captain during his senior year.
He was a starter at cornerback and receiver and was a special teams specialist. He gave up less than 100 yards during the 2015 season, when he was tasked with covering opposing teams’ number-one receivers.
Hooch’s Taylor to play football at Reinhardt
Hooch’s Palekar to play volleyball at Andrew CollegeJOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Chattahoochee High School’s Aishwarya Palekar has signed a letter of intent to play volley-ball at Andrew College, where she plans to major in English literature with a
prelaw concentration. Andrew is located in Cuthbert, Georgia, and is a member of Division I National Junior College Athletic Association Volleyball while also competing in the Georgia Collegiate Ath-
letic Association. Palekar, who moved to Georgia from Illinois midway through her sophomore year in 2013, was a two-year letterman and served as a team captain during both junior and senior years.
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ROSWELL, Ga. – If you need to learn more about facing the challenges of memory loss and the solutions to de-mentia caregiving, plan to attend the Dementia Dynamics Seminar spon-sored by the Rotary Club of Roswell Sunday, May 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Roswell.
This profound session is chaired by internationally known neurologist Dr. Daniel C. Potts and his wife, Ellen Potts.
The couple champion life-affirming care for those with Alzheimer’s disease/dementia and their caregivers. They are coauthors of “A Pocket Guide for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver” and are noted as two of Maria Shriver’s Architects of Change.
Their pocket guide and presentation are invaluable in teaching workable strategies for the difficult days ahead in caring for a victim of dementia.
On staff at Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, Potts is also founder and pres-ident of Cognitive Dynamics Founda-tion and Medical Director at Dementia Dynamics, LLC. Through these two institutions, Potts channels inspira-
tion and hope gained through caring for his father, Lester, who became an acclaimed watercolor artist while in the throes of Alzheimer’s disease.
Potts has told his father’s story of triumph, hope and creativity interna-tionally.
Potts and his wife developed De-mentia Dynamics’ extensive curriculum to educate lay and professional care-givers regarding the conditions which cause dementia, common behaviors / symptoms, appropriate techniques for interaction, and other aspects of care.
This session will address the stages of Alzheimer’s disease and the com-mon issues. They will provide excellent examples of how best to address the challenges of dementia in a loving and respectful way.
Roswell Rotary hosts seminar on dementia
If you goWhat: Seminar on dealing with memory loss later in lifeWhere: 1015 Old Roswell Road, RoswellWhen: 2-4 p.m., Sunday, May 1
JCPD leads the charge with open data portalJOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Police Department is the first agency in the Greater Atlanta area to launch an open data portal, enabling citizens, academics, and media to access police data in an interactive online format. Aptly named PoliceView, the portal includes police department statistics, community reports and goal progress.
With the current climate of po-lice-community relations across the country, this initiative emphasizes the department’s commitment to maintain-ing and improving citizens’ trust through transparency and accountability.
“We believe that community in-volvement and support is the key to our success,” said Chief of Police Ed Densmore. “PoliceView allows us to engage more meaningfully with our residents by increasing transparency,
providing context alongside data, and publicly sharing the goals and objec-tives of our team.”
Making policing data widely avail-able reinforces community partner-ships, equips the public with real-time data, and allows the police depart-ment to define and achieve opera-tional goals more effectively.
Powered by Socrata for Public Safety in partnership with SunGard Public Sector, Police View currently includes four datasets: Incidents, Computer Aided Dispatch Calls for Service, Citations and Accidents. Also available are Community Reports as well as data supporting the False Alarm Reduction Program and Traffic Enforcement Program.
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NORTH FULTON – Every day in 2016 – and for the foreseeable future – 10,000-plus Americans will turn 65 years old. For the more recently maturing seniors – the 75 million baby boomers – many are intent on aging right where they are: at home.
Programs supporting our seniors’ physical requirements – food, housing and medical care – are numerous. The more emotionally nourishing social support, however, is largely unad-dressed. The number of companionship and social interaction programs open to seniors are extremely few, except at a price.
Senior Services North Fulton is intent on changing that for seniors in Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Moun-tain Park, Roswell and Sandy Springs.
North Fulton’s four senior centers provide good examples of this commit-ment. There, seniors can enjoy meals,
socialization and education with trans-portation to the centers and then back home.
Beyond that, Senior Services has
designed programs for seniors who, be-cause of frailty or other reasons, cannot congregate communally. Senior Ser-vices North Fulton’s Friendly Visitors program is a good illustration of those alternatives.
Friendly Visitors matches seniors interested in occasional companion-ship with volunteers happy to provide the company. Unlike many commercial endeavors in this regard, this matching mechanism is free, powered by a corps of volunteers.
Martha Murphy, a budding senior herself, is a veteran among the group. Her engagement as a Friendly Visitor began as most do, with no long-term commitment but with a willingness to test the waters with a senior looking for occasional company.
Since then, the routine has become a weekly event – something of a Big Brothers Big Sisters routine, only in reverse. Murphy’s Tuesdays are now occupied in the company of her senior counterpart, running errands, having lunch and taking walks in local parks.
“You don’t have to do heroic things,” Murphy says. “It’s the little things that make the biggest difference. In fact, the impact of a smiling face and small com-pliments go further than anything else.”
Recently, renewed energies and a dedicated program leader have poured new energy into Friendly Visitors. In doing so, the group hopes to attract new volunteers, seniors and family caregivers to participate.
To learn more, go to www.ssnorthful-ton.org/ and look for the Friendly Visi-tors program under the volunteer tab.
Friendly Visitors provide social nourishment to seniorsSenior Services North Fulton volunteer program fills a need
SPECIAL
Senior Services North Fulton’s Friendly Visitors program depends on volun-teers such as Colleen Davis, left, sharing time with older adults who can appreciate social contact.
You don’t have to do heroic things. It’s the little things that make the biggest difference. In fact, the impact of a smiling face and small compliments go further than anything else.”MARTHA MURPHYFriendly Visitors
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By HATCHER [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Brian Stern is at his happiest when working with his boys as an assistant coach for Johns Creek High School’s junior varsity lacrosse team. Every year for 14 years, he couldn’t wait for lacrosse season to start.
Then, two years ago, he took up art and began doing portraits of each of his players. Now he has two obsessions.
“They are similar in that both take a huge commitment and a lot of passion,” Stern said.
During the 12-week lacrosse sea-son, he splits his time on the field with his players and then, for hours every week, alone with pencil and paper, recreating their likenesses from photos he takes.
Stern, a chemical engineer with a Ph.D., works for Solvay Advanced Poly-mers as a technology and innovation specialist. Coaching was a way to dive into something totally different, and he stays busy at Johns Creek, where the JV lacrosse team practices six days a week, including two 6 a.m. practices.
Then, two years ago, he dived into another pool and found a new passion.
It happened in 2014 when a friend invited him to an art show. Stern walked into the Johns Creek Arts Center to have a look at the center’s color pencil art exhibit – and his life changed.
“I was blown away. Their drawings were so lifelike, so incredibly realistic. As I kept looking at the drawings on the wall, something clicked. I knew I wanted to do this,” he said.
That night he asked about adult classes. Since he only lives a mile from the arts center, he felt like it was meant to be that he would take classes. Indeed, he learned to draw. Now when he goes somewhere, he looks with an artist’s eye.
“I have a whole new appreciation of the world. When spring comes, the colors bring a whole new perspective to what I see,” said Stern.
His teacher at the Johns Creek Arts Center, Susan Calderon, said she is amazed by his work and how quickly he became so proficient.
“He’s only been drawing for a little over a year. He does so much now and he’s gotten so much better in such a short time,” Calderon said. “And he is so enthusiastic about the art. He
motivates me – and the other students, as well.”
Most adults in art class, especially in the beginning, “tamp down” their enthusiasm, she said. Not Stern.
“He gets so excited. And when we go on to something new, he just embraces it. I asked him if wanted to learn about color theory, and he just wanted to learn everything about it right away,” Calderon said.
Strangely, Stern had never had an
interest in art before. He had never picked up a pencil before. Now, he can hardly put one down. He is absorbed by the new vistas art provides – shading, 3-D perspective, understanding color theory.
Perhaps that’s why he was drawn to combine his passion for lacrosse and his newfound passion for art. He de-cided last year he would draw portraits of each member of the JV team. Work-ing from headshots he photographed with his phone, he managed to create a portrait of each of the 25 players.
“He has really come far in just a short amount of time,” Calderon said.
One of the first exercises he tried in portraiture was drawing a face upside down.
“And he caught on really quickly. I think that is what kindled him,” she said. “I think he said, ‘I can do this.’ “
So how far can he go with his art? Calderon thinks “quite far.”
“He has learned so much already. He catches on really quickly. Now I only tweak what he does,” she said.
This year, he has once again done a portrait of each of his lacrosse players with helmets on, but this time in color. Color theory, you understand.
“And he only began making them in January. To see them all spread out is truly amazing,” Calderon said.
Stern says he spends three to four hours on each portrait, although he doesn’t do them in one sitting. Still, that is 75 to 100 hours invested in his 25 players. Then he produces a com-posite of all the players and mounts it, setting aside individual portraits to give players.
“They may not be individually great, but I think as a group they are really good,” he said. “Each one lets me think about that player, how he’s doing in lacrosse, how he’s progressing. Am I getting the most out of this guy? Is he meeting his potential? Am I doing a good job?”
In a way, Stern thinks the art makes him a better coach, too. Won-der if Nick Saban draws portraits of his Crimson Tide?
Artist-coach? Coach-artist? All the same to Brian SternLacrosse coach does portraits of his players during season
HATCHER HURD/HERALD
ABOVE: Brian Stern’s work is as impressive for its scope and number as it is for the detailed portraits he does of his lacrosse players. LEFT: This portrait of Scott Friant is a good example of the portraiture Stern can produce.
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA
FOR
OLD MILTON PARKWAY SIDEWALK REPAIRSITB #16-015
The City of Alpharetta is accepting bids for OLD MILTON PARKWAY SIDEWALK REPAIRS including, but not limited to the demolition and disposal of existing concrete sidewalk, the construction of new concrete sidewalk and handicap ramps, and related work to sidewalk repair and reconstruction. The location of the work is along Old Milton Parkway between Roswell Street and Wills Road --- within the City of Alpharetta, Georgia.
The ITB will be available online Thursday, March 31, 2016, at our bid posting website, https://www.ebidexchange.com/alpharetta. Interested parties are required to log in to review the ITB documents.
The bid opening will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 10:00 AM at Alpharetta City Hall, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia 30009.
For information, please contact Abby Shipp at the City of Alpharetta Finance Department via email at [email protected] or at 678-297-6052.
CITY OF ALPHARETTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The following item will be heard at a public hearing held by the City Council on Monday, April 25, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
a. PH-16-06 Haynes Bridge Road Remnant Right of Way Abandonment(City Council Only)Consideration of abandonment of a portion of the Haynes Bridge Road Right of Way. The portion of Haynes Bridge Road is located within Land Lot 1268, 2nd District, 2nd Section and Land Lot 748 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia
b. PH-16-07 Marietta Street Remnant Right of Way Abandonment(City Council Only)Consideration of abandonment of a portion of the Marietta Street Right of Way. The portion of Marietta Street is located within Land Lot 1269, 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia
Note: Georgia law requires that all parties who have made campaign contributions to the Mayor or to a Council Member in excess of two hundred fi fty dollars ($250) within the past two (2) years must complete a campaign contribution report with the Community Development Department. The complete text of the Georgia law and a disclosure form are available in the offi ce of the City Clerk, 2 Park Plaza.
CITY OF JOHNS CREEK
Purchasing Division
ITS Phase 4 – Johns Creek Citywide ITS System Expansion
Invitation To Bid #16-125
The City of Johns Creek is accepting formal sealed Invitation to Bid (ITB) from qualifi ed construction fi rms for the above referenced project. Sealed ITB’s will be received no later than 2:00 PM on May 5, 2016 in the City of Johns Creek Purchasing Offi ce, 12000 Findley Rd., Suite 400, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097 at which time ITB’s will be opened and publicly read aloud. ITB’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 on April 19, 2016 at 10:00AM at the City Hall location Chattahoochee Conference Room.
Georgia Department of Transportation Standard Specifi cations, Construction of Transportation Systems (current edition) and applicable Supplemental Specifi cations and Special Provisions. The DBE goal for this project is: 15%. Bidders submitting a bid $2,000,000 or less must be either a prequalifi ed contractor or a registered subcontractor with GDOT. Bidders submitting bids in excess of $2,000,000 must be prequalifi ed with the GDOT.
The City of Johns Creek, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d—42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Offi ce of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifi es all bidders that it will affi rmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.
ITB packages and plans are available on the City of Johns Creek website (http://www.johnscreekga.gov/services/purchasing). Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Offi 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) ORIGINAL HARD COPIES AND ONE (1) COPY ON CD OF THE ITB MUST BE SUBMITTED. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the ITB information and instructions enclosed herein.
Warren Hutmacher Mike BodkerCity Manager Mayor
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Notice of Special City Bond Election
TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA:
You are hereby notifi ed that on the 24th day of May, 2016, an election will be held in the City of Alpharetta, Georgia, at which election there will be submitted to the qualifi ed voters thereof for their determination the question of whether or not certain general obligation bonds shall be authorized for issuance by the City as follows:
(1) $27,600,000 of general obligation bonds (the ”Transportation Bonds”) for the purpose of providing funds to pay, or to be applied or contributed toward, the cost of providing for (1) acquisition and construction of improvements, expansions and extensions to roads, streets, and bridges; and (2) paying the costs and expenses related to such bonded indebtedness.
The Transportation Bonds shall be dated their date of delivery, shall be in the denomination of fi ve thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or an integral multiple thereof each, shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed six percent (6.0%), and the principal of the Transportation Bonds shall mature in the years set forth below as follows:
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
2017 $ 210,000 2022 $ 250,000 2027 $ 300,000 2032 $ 370,000 2037 $ 2,560,0002018 $ 210,000 2023 $ 260,000 2028 $ 305,000 2033 $ 2,280,000 2038 $ 2,640,0002019 $ 220,000 2024 $ 270,000 2029 $ 330,000 2034 $ 2,350,000 2039 $ 2,720,0002020 $ 230,000 2025 $ 280,000 2030 $ 340,000 2035 $ 2,420,000 2040 $ 2,800,0002021 $ 235,000 2026 $ 290,000 2031 $ 350,000 2036 $ 2,490,000 2041 $ 2,890,000
(2) $24,900,000 of general obligation bonds (the ”Parks and Recreation Bonds”) for the purpose of providing funds to pay, or to be applied or contributed toward, the cost of providing for (1) acquisition, construction, and renovations for parks, recreation and cultural facilities, sidewalks and greenways; and (2) paying the costs and expenses related to such bonded indebtedness.
The Parks and Recreation Bonds shall be dated their date of delivery, shall be in the denomination of fi ve thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or an integral multiple thereof each, shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed six percent (6.0%) per annum, and the principal of the Parks and Recreation Bonds shall mature in the years set forth below as follows:
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
2017 $ 190,000 2022 $ 220,000 2027 $ 270,000 2032 $ 330,000 2037 $ 2,310,0002018 $ 190,000 2023 $ 230,000 2028 $ 280,000 2033 $ 2,060,000 2038 $ 2,380,0002019 $ 200,000 2024 $ 240,000 2029 $ 290,000 2034 $ 2,120,000 2039 $ 2,450,0002020 $ 210,000 2025 $ 250,000 2030 $ 310,000 2035 $ 2,180,000 2040 $ 2,530,0002021 $ 220,000 2026 $ 260,000 2031 $ 320,000 2036 $ 2,250,000 2041 $ 2,610,000
The principal amount of and the interest on said bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at a paying agent bank, which will be designated by the City of Alpharetta prior to the issuance of said bonds. The bonds may be issued in one or more separate deliveries. At or before the time any bonded indebtedness is incurred on account of the bonds to be issued, the Council of the City of Alpharetta will provide for the levy and collection of an annual tax suffi cient in amount to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds so issued and sold as the same become due and payable.
The ballots to be used at said election shall have written or printed thereon substantially the following:
YES NO “Shall General Obligation Bonds in the principal amount of $27,600,000.00 be issued by the City of Alpharetta, Georgia for the purpose of providing funds to pay, or to be applied or contributed toward, the cost of providing for (1) acquisition and construction of improvements, expansions and extensions to roads, streets, and bridges; and (2) paying the costs and expenses related to such bonded indebtedness?
YES NO “Shall General Obligation Bonds in the principal amount of $24,900,000.00 be issued by the City of Alpharetta, Georgia for the purpose of providing funds to pay, or to be applied or contributed toward, the cost of providing for (1) acquisition, construction, and renovations for parks, recreation and cultural facilities, sidewalks and greenways; and (2) paying the costs and expenses related to such bonded indebtedness?
The election shall be at the regular polling places of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia, and the polls will be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., on the date fi xed for the election.
Those residents qualifi ed to vote at the election shall be determined in all respects in accordance with the election laws of the State of Georgia. Those residents who have not previously registered may do so at City Hall, any other Fulton County, Georgia registration offi ce, or any other location and in any other manner authorized by law. Registration for this referendum will close at the close of business on April 26, 2016.
Any brochures, listings or other advertisements issued by the City of Alpharetta or by any other person, fi rm, corporation or association with the knowledge and consent of the City Council and Mayor of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia shall be deemed to be a statement of intention of the City of Alpharetta concerning the use of the proceeds of the bonds.
This Notice is given pursuant to an Ordinance of the Council of the City of Alpharetta, passed on the 15th
day of February, 2016.
CITY OF ALPHARETTA
David Belle IsleMayor
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CITY OF ALPHARETTAPUBLIC NOTICE
PH-16-AB-14
PLACECity Hall
Two Park PlazaCouncil Chambers
April 14, 20162:00 P.M.
PURPOSEConsumption on Premises
Liquor, Beer & Wine, Sunday Sales
APPLICANT3 South Main St., LLC
d/b/a Butcher And Brew3 South Main St.
Alpharetta, Ga. 30009Owner
3 South Main St., LLCRegistered Agent
Scott Florence
CITY OF ALPHARETTAPUBLIC NOTICE
PH-16-AB-15
PLACECity Hall
Two Park PlazaCouncil Chambers
April 14, 20162:00 P.M.
PURPOSEConsumption on Premises
Liquor, Beer & Wine, Sunday Sales
APPLICANTHubbell and Hudson Management, LLC
d/b/a Black Walnut Café5805 Windward Parkway
Alpharetta, Ga. 30022Owner
Hubbell and Hudson Management, LLCRegistered Agent
Michael Hakim Hilliard
Notice of Special City Bond Election
TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA:
You are hereby notifi ed that on the 24th day of May, 2016, an election will be held in the City of Alpharetta, Georgia, at which election there will be submitted to the qualifi ed voters thereof for their determination the question of whether or not certain general obligation bonds shall be authorized for issuance by the City as follows:
(1) $27,600,000 of general obligation bonds (the ”Transportation Bonds”) for the purpose of providing funds to pay, or to be applied or contributed toward, the cost of providing for (1) acquisition and construction of improvements, expansions and extensions to roads, streets, and bridges; and (2) paying the costs and expenses related to such bonded indebtedness.
The Transportation Bonds shall be dated their date of delivery, shall be in the denomination of fi ve thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or an integral multiple thereof each, shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed six percent (6.0%), and the principal of the Transportation Bonds shall mature in the years set forth below as follows:
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
2017 $ 210,000 2022 $ 250,000 2027 $ 300,000 2032 $ 370,000 2037 $ 2,560,0002018 $ 210,000 2023 $ 260,000 2028 $ 305,000 2033 $ 2,280,000 2038 $ 2,640,0002019 $ 220,000 2024 $ 270,000 2029 $ 330,000 2034 $ 2,350,000 2039 $ 2,720,0002020 $ 230,000 2025 $ 280,000 2030 $ 340,000 2035 $ 2,420,000 2040 $ 2,800,0002021 $ 235,000 2026 $ 290,000 2031 $ 350,000 2036 $ 2,490,000 2041 $ 2,890,000
(2) $24,900,000 of general obligation bonds (the ”Parks and Recreation Bonds”) for the purpose of providing funds to pay, or to be applied or contributed toward, the cost of providing for (1) acquisition, construction, and renovations for parks, recreation and cultural facilities, sidewalks and greenways; and (2) paying the costs and expenses related to such bonded indebtedness.
The Parks and Recreation Bonds shall be dated their date of delivery, shall be in the denomination of fi ve thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or an integral multiple thereof each, shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed six percent (6.0%) per annum, and the principal of the Parks and Recreation Bonds shall mature in the years set forth below as follows:
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
Year Principal Amount
2017 $ 190,000 2022 $ 220,000 2027 $ 270,000 2032 $ 330,000 2037 $ 2,310,0002018 $ 190,000 2023 $ 230,000 2028 $ 280,000 2033 $ 2,060,000 2038 $ 2,380,0002019 $ 200,000 2024 $ 240,000 2029 $ 290,000 2034 $ 2,120,000 2039 $ 2,450,0002020 $ 210,000 2025 $ 250,000 2030 $ 310,000 2035 $ 2,180,000 2040 $ 2,530,0002021 $ 220,000 2026 $ 260,000 2031 $ 320,000 2036 $ 2,250,000 2041 $ 2,610,000
The principal amount of and the interest on said bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at a paying agent bank, which will be designated by the City of Alpharetta prior to the issuance of said bonds. The bonds may be issued in one or more separate deliveries. At or before the time any bonded indebtedness is incurred on account of the bonds to be issued, the Council of the City of Alpharetta will provide for the levy and collection of an annual tax suffi cient in amount to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds so issued and sold as the same become due and payable.
The ballots to be used at said election shall have written or printed thereon substantially the following:
YES NO “Shall General Obligation Bonds in the principal amount of $27,600,000.00 be issued by the City of Alpharetta, Georgia for the purpose of providing funds to pay, or to be applied or contributed toward, the cost of providing for (1) acquisition and construction of improvements, expansions and extensions to roads, streets, and bridges; and (2) paying the costs and expenses related to such bonded indebtedness?
YES NO “Shall General Obligation Bonds in the principal amount of $24,900,000.00 be issued by the City of Alpharetta, Georgia for the purpose of providing funds to pay, or to be applied or contributed toward, the cost of providing for (1) acquisition, construction, and renovations for parks, recreation and cultural facilities, sidewalks and greenways; and (2) paying the costs and expenses related to such bonded indebtedness?
The election shall be at the regular polling places of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia, and the polls will be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., on the date fi xed for the election.
Those residents qualifi ed to vote at the election shall be determined in all respects in accordance with the election laws of the State of Georgia. Those residents who have not previously registered may do so at City Hall, any other Fulton County, Georgia registration offi ce, or any other location and in any other manner authorized by law. Registration for this referendum will close at the close of business on April 26, 2016.
Any brochures, listings or other advertisements issued by the City of Alpharetta or by any other person, fi rm, corporation or association with the knowledge and consent of the City Council and Mayor of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia shall be deemed to be a statement of intention of the City of Alpharetta concerning the use of the proceeds of the bonds.
This Notice is given pursuant to an Ordinance of the Council of the City of Alpharetta, passed on the 15th
day of February, 2016.
CITY OF ALPHARETTA
David Belle IsleMayor
CITY OF ALPHARETTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The following items will be heard at a public hearing held by the Planning Commission on Thursday, May 5, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
Items forward by the Planning Commission will be considered by the City Council on Monday, May 23, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
a. Z-15-09/V-15-27 Providence Group DT-LWConsideration of a request to rezone approximately 7 acres from R-12 and O-I to DT-LW(Downtown Live-Work) to construct “for-sale” attached residential and an offi ce building. A variance is requested to allow a gated entrance to the residential portion as well as a variance to allow front entry homes. The property is located on the south side of Old Milton Parkway and east of Haynes Bridge Road. The property is legally described as being located in Land Lots 748 & 749, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
b. PH-15-25 Update to the Comprehensive Land Use PlanConsideration of updates to the 2030 Comprehensive Plan.
c. MP-15-07/CLUP-15-08/V-15-21 Duke Realty Webb Bridge Road Subdivision/Windward (City Council Only)Consideration of a request to amend approximately 16 acres of the Windward Master Plan in order to permit 24 single-family “for sale” detached homes as well as a request to change the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from “Corporate Campus Offi ce” to “Low Density” Residential. A variance for the required buffer from 50’ to allow 0’ adjacent to commercial property is also requested. The property is located on the north side of Webb Bridge just east of North Point Parkway. The property is legally described as being located within Land Lots 1178, 1243, 2nd District, 1st Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
d. V-16-11 Bentley Atlanta Sign Variance(City Council Only)Consideration of a variance from the Unifi ed Development Code, Article II, Section 2.6.12 in order to allow the two signs permitted by Code on one building face. The property is legally described as Land Lot 560, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
e. V-16-12 United BMW Sign Variance(City Council Only)Consideration of a variance from the Unifi ed Development Code, Article II, Section 2.6.12 in order to allow the two signs permitted by Code on one building face. The property is legally described as Land Lots 597, 600 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.
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA
FOR
WESTSIDE PARKWAY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTSITB #16-016
The City of Alpharetta (City) is accepting bids for WESTSIDE PARKWAY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS including, but not limited to, maintenance of traffi c, curb & gutter, traffi c signal installation, striping and signage, erosion and sediment control, clean up and restoration. The location of the work is along Westside Parkway, north of Cumming Street --- within the City of Alpharetta, Georgia.
The ITB will be available online Thursday, March 31, 2016, at our bid posting website, https://www.ebidexchange.com/alpharetta. Interested parties are required to log in to review the ITB documents.
The bid opening will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Alpharetta City Hall, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia 30009.
For information, please contact Debora Westbrook at the City of Alpharetta Finance Department via email at [email protected] or at 678-297-6052.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CITY OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA
FOR
STREET SWEEPING
ITB #16-014
The City of Alpharetta is accepting bids for City STREET SWEEPING; including, but not limited to, the removal and disposal of built up debris in the roadway and along curb lines. The sweeping contract will be for sweeping services along designated routes within the City of Alpharetta. The Invitation to Bid will be available online Thursday, April 7, 2016, at our bid posting website, https://www.ebidexchange.com/alpharetta. Interested parties are required to log in to review the ITB documents.
The bid opening will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 3:00 PM at Alpharetta City Hall, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia 30009.
For information, please contact Abigail Shipp at the City of Alpharetta’s Finance Department via email at [email protected] or at 678-297-6052.
CITY OF ALPHARETTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The following items will be heard at a public hearing held by the Planning Commission on Thursday, May 5, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
Items forward by the Planning Commission will be considered by the City Council on Monday, May 16, 2016 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
a. Z-15-19/CU-15-15/V-15-34 Old Milton Offi ce/AvitasConsideration of a request to rezone approximately 2 acres from R-12 and R-10M to DT-LW in order to develop a medical offi ce. Conditional uses are also requested to allow a “Clinic”, medical offi ce use, and ”Accessory retail” use for up to 25% of the fl oor area of an offi ce building as well as a “restaurant” use. Variances are requested for a reduced rear yard setback from 3’ to 0’, to reduce the 50’ undisturbed buffer to 0’, to eliminate the requirement for a 10’ wide landscape strip between parking bays, and a sign variance. The property is located on 2505, 2525, and 2545 Old Milton Parkway. The property is legally described as being located in Land Lot 749, 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.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Jerome Perera, a seventh grader from Taylor Road Mid-dle School, took top honors April 1 at the 2016 Georgia National Geographic Bee, held at Georgia College and State University.
Over 100 participants competed in the 28th annual bee. After nine rounds of head-to-head questions, Perera claimed the title of state champion on a question which required him to know the closest African capital city to the island of Sicily.
Perera received a $100 award, the National Geographic book “The Na-tional Parks: An Illustrated History,” a champion medal, and a trip to Wash-ington, D.C. to represent Georgia in the National Geographic Bee in May.
The national championship prelim-inary rounds will take place on Mon-day, May 23, in Washington, D.C. The national championship final rounds featuring the top 10 finalists will be held on Wednesday, May 25, at Na-tional Geographic’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. National Geographic Channel will air the final round of the National Geographic Bee Championship at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Friday, May 27. It will be aired later on public television stations; check local television listings
for dates and times.Everyone can test their geography
knowledge with the GeoBee Challenge, an online geography quiz at www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee, which poses 10 new questions a day.
Jerome Perera wins Georgia National Geographic Bee
The 2016 Georgia National Geo-graphic Bee names Johns Creek native Jerome Perera as the winner, who will be representing the state at the national competition in May.
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CITY OF JOHNS CREEK
Purchasing Division
JOHNS CREEK ITS PHASE 3ASR 120, MCGINNIS FERRY ROAD & STATE BRIDGE ROAD
ITS SYSTEM EXPANSIONInvitation To Bid #16-132
The City of Johns Creek is accepting formal sealed Invitation to Bid (ITB) from qualifi ed construction fi rms for the above referenced project. Sealed ITB’s will be received no later than 2:00 PM on May 12, 2016 in the City of Johns Creek Purchasing Offi ce, 12000 Findley Rd., Suite 400, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097 at which time ITB’s will be opened and publicly read aloud. ITB’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 on April 26, 2016 at 10:00AM at the City Hall location Chattahoochee Conference Room.
Georgia Department of Transportation Standard Specifi cations, Construction of Transportation Systems (current edition) and applicable Supplemental Specifi cations and Special Provisions. The DBE goal for this project is: 7%. Bidders submitting a bid $2,000,000 or less must be either a prequalifi ed contractor or a registered subcontractor with GDOT. Bidders submitting bids in excess of $2,000,000 must be prequalifi ed with the GDOT.
The City of Johns Creek, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d—42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Offi ce of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifi es all bidders that it will affi rmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.
ITB packages and plans are available on the City of Johns Creek website (http://www.johnscreekga.gov/services/purchasing). Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Offi 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) ORIGINAL HARD COPIES AND ONE (1) COPY ON CD OF THE ITB MUST BE SUBMITTED. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the ITB information and instructions enclosed herein.
Warren Hutmacher Mike BodkerCity Manager Mayor
CITY OF JOHNS CREEK PLANNING COMMISSION, PUBLIC HEARING:TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016 AT 7:00 P.M.
CITY OF JOHNS CREEK MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, PUBLIC HEARING:MONDAY, MAY 23, 2016 AT 7:00 P.M.
CITY OF JOHNS CREEK COUNCIL CHAMBERS12000 FINDLEY ROAD, SUITE 300JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA 30097
The following Land Use Petition and Special Use Permit proposals located within the City of Johns Creek are scheduled for Public Hearings as stated above.
LAND USE PETITION: RZ-16-002PETITIONER: Southern States ManagementLOCATION: 11685 Medlock Bridge Road CURRENT ZONING: C-1 (Community Business District)
Conditional PROPOSED ZONING: C-1 (Community Business District)
Conditional PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: 5-story 100-room Hotel
Beethoven Chamber Orchestra announces free spring concertJOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Beethoven Chamber Orchestra presents “A Spring Fling” gala concert on Saturday, April 16th at 7 p.m. at the Johns Creek United Methodist Church. The evening’s performance features local student mu-sicians who will perform masterpieces by Bloch, Janacek, Tschaikovsky, Bach, Mozart and Vivaldi.
During the gala, Andrew Wang, a Johns Creek 13-year-old composer, will unveil his latest composition “The Sym-phony No. 2 for Strings.” Evonne Iau, a former member of the Ludwig Symphony Orchestra and Woodward Academy student, will solo in Mozart’s “Adagio” for violin and orchestra. Janet Huang, violinist, will perform solos in Bloch’s “Concerto Grosso.” Both Harrison Zhu, principal cellist and a student of Joshua K Chari at Tri-Tone Studios, and Ricky Kim, principal second violin Johns Creek
sophomore, will help lead the orchestra Janacek’s rarely performed “Idyll.”
The Beethoven Chamber Orchestra has existed for the past fifteen years and performed at the Gwinnett Center, Roswell Cultural Arts Center, Buisson Arts Center in Dahlonega, the Masonic Temple of Atlanta, Northside Hospital and at numerous synagogues, churches and schools.
Maestro Thomas Ludwig, former music director of the New York City Symphony and resident conductor for American Ballet Theatre with Mikhail Baryshnikov at the Metropolitan Opera House, will lead the forty piece orches-tra in a varied and colorful program while playing violin.
Admission is free - no tickets neces-sary. For more information call 770-623-8623 or visit www.beethovencham-berorchestra.org.
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Lane, Alpharetta, was arrested March 28 on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane, duty upon striking a fixed object, and driving on the wrong side of the roadway.
► Robert Turner Catledge, 27, of Tullgean Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested March 30 on Tullgean Drive in Alpharetta for DUI, open container and furnishing alcohol to an underage person.
► Yirgalem E. Tekle, 39, of Doraville, was arrested March 21 on State Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI, reckless driving, following too close and sus-pended license.
► Julie Siharath, 22, of Duluth, was arrested March 27 on Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI, posses-sion of marijuana and speeding.
► Nicole V. Dowling, 36, of Abingdon Place, Cumming, was arrested March 26 on Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
Drug arrests ► Nicolous Jenkins, 28, of Braselton,
was arrested April 2 on Westside Parkway in Alpharetta for possession of methamphetamines.
► Terente Mykel Walker, 24, of Decatur, was arrested March 28 on Mansell Road in
► Alpharetta for possession of mari-juana and possession of cocaine.
► Marcello Perkins, 24, of Jefferson Way, Alpharetta, was arrested March 29 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana, possession of cocaine, possession of drug-related items, suspended license and taillight violation.
► Carla Marie Watson, 23, of Lawrenceville was arrested March 23 on State Bridge Road in Johns Creek for possession of marijuana, expired registration and brake-light violation.
► Franklyn Osaretin Isibor, 27, of Edenbrooke Way, Roswell, was arrested March 23 on McGinnis Ferry Road in Johns Creek for possession of mari-juana.
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of April 2. Johnson told police he had been in an altercation with several friends when they had gone to a gas station to pick up more beer. He got into a fight with one of his companions. The man and the rest of the compan-ions got into a 2015 Nissan Sentra and got away.
When police recovered the Nissan, they discovered that it had been re-ported stolen.
Johnson told police his ex-fiancé from North Carolina had lent him the car to visit friends in Georgia. While still in Georgia, the relationship ended. But Johnson said he did not have the money to return to North Carolina.
The woman reported the vehicle as stolen.
Johnson was arrested without inci-dent for the stolen vehicle.
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the request by staff for the temporary signal at Niblick, the worst of the inter-sections.
“I think there are a range of solu-tions that we should analyze,” Gray said. “What we don’t have is a plan that says how temporary [for a signal] is.”
Bodker said you can’t determine how long “temporary” is until a plan is adopted that sets an end. The city has not been able to adopt a plan for two
years.“I think the most important issue
is that people come to accept that this is a public-safety issue,” Bod-ker said. “The problem is we have come to use lay judgment in lieu of objective criteria set by our profes-sionally trained staff. People still do not accept there is a safety issue on Barnwell Road.”
Gray said he made the motion to explore cheaper alternative measures which would include installing a bev-eled mirror to help cars entering Barn-well from Niblick and cutting back the shrubbery at the Niblick entrance that blocks the line of sight for southbound
traffic. Tempers got testy at the lateness of
the hour and the sharpness of positions taken.
Councilwoman Stephanie Endres said she was willing to take a closer look at the data on safety issues, but cast her own doubts about the staff’s professionalism.
“[The data] must be accurate and not driven to produce a result Public Works wants,” Endres said.
Councilman Steve Broadbent said the council can bring up an item in-cluding the signal at a later date if the council chooses.
“In the meantime we can see if cut-ting the hedge back helps, and we can revisit the speed limit,” Broadbent said.
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Job Description: The Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce is hiring for the position of Member-ship Sales Coordinator. The job is in offi ce or in the fi eld, 4 days a week, 9 – 5.
Duties: Coordinator is primarily responsible for selling memberships to the Chamber to Alpharetta businesses. While the Chamber cur-rently has over 300 members, with over 6,000 businesses in Alpharetta the growth potential for the position is enormous. Most work will be done via cold calling and networking, and requires extensive follow up and sales pipeline mainte-nance. It is strongly encouraged that Membership Coordinator works closely with Events Coordina-tor to attract prospects to events in an effort to increase likelihood of signing new members. Will report directly to the President and Chairperson, with weekly meetings to go over call reports and identify prospects.
Requirements: Must be professional, competi-tive, and self motivated. Requires a very indepen-dent person who is willing to put hard work into maximizing the potential of this position. Previous sales experience in a related fi eld is preferable, but not required. A basic understanding of the dynamics of Alpharetta, and a short commute, is also preferable, but not required.
Compensation:
• $1,000/month base• 20% of all new member sales excluding
Chairman’s Circle members brought in by someone other than coordinator
• 2 weeks PTO• Eligible for year-end performance bonus• Advancement opportunities
About the Alpharetta Chamber: The Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce was established in November 2013 by a group of business leaders who wanted to build a business identity for Al-pharetta much like the Chambers in Johns Creek, Sandy Springs, and the Roswell INC do for their cities. It was a goal to create an organization that Alpharetta businesses would be proud to be a member of, and use to grow its current and prospective business base.
Already, in two years the Chamber has grown signifi cantly in membership. During the fi rst two “Charter months” (November and December of 2013) the Chamber established a base of 77 Charter Members. After the Chamber’s fi rst full year in 2014, the membership total increased to over 170. As of March 2016, the Chamber sits at over 310 members.
Joining the Chamber gives members the op-portunity to take part in several signature events throughout the year. These events include: Women Who Walk the Walk, Golf Net- working League & Golf Tournament, Business Academy, Chamber’s Annual Gala, Thirsty Thursday!, and Alpharetta Restaurant Week.
In addition to its signature events, the Chamber provides an extensive range of benefi ts to as-sist its members in networking, education, and marketing. It is also a vehicle for connecting its business community with the general population and showcasing what Alpharetta has to offer for prospective businesses and residents. More information about the Alpharetta Chamber can be found on www.alpharettachamber.com
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I think there are a range of solutions that we should analyze. What we don’t have is a plan that says how temporary [for a signal] is.”BOB GRAYJohns Creek city councilmember
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Sales
Garage Sale
JOHNS CREEKEnt i re Avington Subdivision! Mathis Road and Peachtree Parkway 30041. Friday 4/15 and Saturday 4/16, 8am-1pm.
JOHNS CREEKDoublegate Subdivision, 265 Gaitskell Lane 30022. Friday 4/15, 7:30AM-2PM, Saturday 4/16, 7:30AM-1pm. Three family. Furniture, household items, and sporting equipment.
MILTONCrooked Creek Community Wide Sale! 14250 Creek Club Drive. Saturday 4/16, 7am-3pm. All shoppers welcome!
CUMMING Kingswood Neighborhood SALE off Castleberry, 4805 Kings Common Way 30040; Friday 4/15, Saturday 4/16, 8am-2pm
CUMMING: The Villages at Concord Farms, and Concord Farms Subdivisions multi family. Between Post and Bethelview Roads, 30040. Saturday 4/16, 8am-2pm. Tools, golf clubs, quilts, lawn mower, baby stuff etc
Garage Sale
JOHNS CREEKThe Falls Of Autry Mills; Huge neighborhood sale! Saturday 4/16, 8am-2pm. Look for balloons!
RoswellHorseshoe Bend
NeighborhoodHuge 100+ houses! Saturday 4/16, 8am-3pm. Holcomb Bridge Road, 3 miles east of GA-400. Info & maps at: www.HorseshoeBendGarageSale.com. Organized by Mitch Falkin, RE/MAX Around Atlanta 770-330-2374.
ALPHARETTAThe Oaks Subdivision, 4590 Oakhurst Lane 30004. Friday 4/15 and Saturday 4/16, 7am-2pm. Chairs, art supplies, furniture, toys, bedding, paintings, household items, kitchenware, clothes, carpeting remnants, decorative items, antique ice cream parlor chairs, Christmas items, small portable sewing machine (never used!) and items, sports equipment, etc
ALPHARETTA10940 S. Kimball Bridge Crossing, 4/16, Saturday 9am-2pm. Housewares, hardware/tools, sports, crafts, holiday. Cash. No early sales.
Cumming/S. ForsythCreekstone Estates; Friday 4/15 and Saturday 4/16, 8am-1pm. 15+ homes. Highway 141/Peachtree Parkway @ South Clement Road (Highway 141 is exit 13 off GA-400). Furniture, household items, great finds!
JOHNS CREEK / ALPHARETTA Chartwell Subdivision Multi Household. 9875 Rod Road 30022 Friday, 4/15, Saturday, 4/16 8am-2pm.
ALPHARETTA: Multi-family. 4901 Hunters Oaks Lane. Friday 4/15, Saturday 4/16, 8am-2pm.
JOHNS CREEKMulti-family community sale; Saddle Bridge Subdivision 30022, off Taylor Road. Saturday 4/16 8am-12pm. All sorts of items to choose from, so come out and get some bargains!!
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Rivermont Northpeak Subdivision; 535 Mount Washington Lane 30022. Saturday 4/16, 8am-5pm. Sunday 4/17, 11am-3pm. Wrought iron queen bed, small kitchen table with 4 chairs, golf clubs and bag, clothing, handbags, hats, costume jewelry, shoes, electronics plus a variety of items!
Moving Sale
JOHNS CREEKWestbury Subdivision, 335 Westbury Lane 30005. Saturday 4/16, 8am-2pm. Downsizing everything! Furniture, appliances, sports equipment, miscellaneous household items etc
ALPHARETTANorth Farms Subdivision, 275 Singletree Trace 30004. Saturday 4/16, 9am-3pm. Everything must go!
CUMMING: 5724 Kendrick Lane. Saturday 4/16, 8am-2pm. Mostly Furniture
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Antiques
European wardrobe/armoire, single door, beveled mirror, 84”hX 21”dX37”w. $600. Photos. 678-549-6057.
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ARMOIRE: English burl walnut, double door, beveled mirror , 80”hX21”dX54”w. $1000. 678-277-9970
Building Supplies
DRIVEWAY GATES; two, 10’ wide total, wrought iron. $1500 both. 678-492-2300
VELUX SKYLIGHTS, used. (Eight, 21”x44”, two miscellaneous sizes). $475/all. 770-992-6848 leave message
Cemetery
ARLINGTONGarden of Prayer, lot 6-A, spaces 3 & 4. Bronze marker with base & 2 vaults. $9500 (Value $16,690). 470-281-6122
Cemetery
ARLINGTON2 premium spaces, prestigious Pine Hill. #184-C, 3 & 4. Valued at $17,000, sacrifice $7000/both. 770-886-6988
R o s w e l l - G r e e n l a w n . Garden of Prayer overlooking lake with fountain. 4 plots. [email protected] for more info and photos
Furniture
DINING ROOM SET: Cherrywood Queen Anne, 8 pieces including China cabinet. $650/obo. 770-309-0729
FRENCH BEDROOM SET: Twin beds, headboard, footboard, dresser, side table $700. 678-277-9970
SOFA: Ethan Allen dark pine, matching coffee table. $350. 770-993-0835
DINING SET, cherry: Table, China cabinet, server, chairs. $700/obo. 770-568-1344
DINING SET, white wicker. 48” glass-top table, 4 cushioned chairs $350. 770-993-5842
OUTDOOR FURNITURE7 piece; rectangular table with 6 chairs. Brand new $900/obo. 770-490-4177
Garden/Lawn
DRIFTWOOD: For decorating and/or projects. $350/all! Text for pix: 678-468-8687
Household
R E F R I G E R A T O R , Samsung, 24.1cf. Water and ice dispenser. $950/obo. 770-490-4177
Household
ORIENTAL RUGS, matching patterns. 3.6x5.6 and 2.6x8 runner. Never used! $300. 770-418-1929
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HOSPITAL BED: Electronic controls with deluxe mattress. Bought new, used less than 2 weeks. $500. Originally $2000. 404-735-7250
Musical Instruments
PIANO, Baby Grand: Elegant case, matching bench; warm, rich tone. Sacrifice $1650 obo. 678-445-3654
VIOLIN, West German. excellent condition, top-spruce, back-maple. $200. 678-431-7465
CELLO, 7/8 Doetsch, Pernambuco bow, Hiscox hard sided case $2400. 770-753-0787
Office/Business Equip/Supplies
Cherry conference room table (8’x4’), 6 chairs. $500; Executive cherry desk $300; 3 side chairs, cherry frame, dark green fabric $150; 2 reception fabric chairs $80 Mint! 770-992-7875
Recreation
GOLF MEMORABILIA: Club Logo; balls and towels, etc. $295. 404-583-2078
POOL TABLE, 4x8, 4 chairs, cues, rack, 2 more tables. $2000/OBO. 404-934-7307
POOL TABLE: Brunswick 8’. Three slates. Pool cues, pool rack, table light, Excellent condition. $1500. 678-339-0410
Nordic Track Walk Fit 5000: Non-electric, no batteries. $100. 770-993-0835
Bowflex Treadclimber TC5000. Very lightly used; great condition! $350. 678-386-1588
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Real Estate
Home for Sale
N. Fulton/Forsyth LEASE/OPTION TO BUY. Choose the property you want, rent till you can buy. Minimum price $160,000-$700,000. Keary D. Hayes. I: Cell 770-345-3433. [email protected]. Virtual Properties Realty 770-720-7007
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LAKE NOTTELEY 1-acre lakefront wooded lot, just 90 miles north of Atlanta in upscale mountain-top community with pool, clubhouse, stables and many more amenities. Motivated seller $189,000. 770-845-5709
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Health & Wellness
Lung Cancer? And Age 60+? You And Your Family May Be Entitled To Significant Cash Award. Call 877-265-1956 for Information. No Risk. No Money Out Of Pocket
Miscellaneous
!!OLD GUITARS WANTED!! Gibson,Martin,Fender,Gretsch. 1930-1980. Top Dollar paid!! Call Toll Free 1-866-433-8277
Make a Connection. Real People, Flirty Chat. Meet singles right now! Call LiveLinks. Try it FREE. Call NOW: 1-888-909-9905 18+.
AVIATION Grads work with JetBlue, Boeing, Delta and others- start here with hands on training for FAA certification. Financial aid if qualified. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866-453-6204
Miscellaneous for Sale
KILL BED BUGS! Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers/KIT. Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com
Miscellaneous for Sale
KILL ROACHES - GUARANTEED! Harris Roach Tablets with Lure. Available: Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com
Wanted to Buy
CAPITAL CLASSIC CARS Buying All European & Classic Cars. Any Condition. Any Location.Porsche, Mercedes, Jaguar & More! Top Dollar Paid.CapitalClassicCars.com Steve Nicholas 571-282-5153
CASH PAID- up to $25/Box for unexpired, sealed DIABETIC TEST STRIPS. 1-DAYPAYMENT.1-800-371-1136
Wants to purchase minerals and other oil and gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver, Co. 80201
ADVERTISE to 10 Million Homes across the USA! Place your ad in over 140 community newspapers, with circulation totaling over 10 million homes. Contact Independent Free Papers of America IFPA at [email protected] or visit our website cadnetads.com for more information
AC/Heating
Preseason A i r Conditioning tune-up, Summer Special 1st. unit $85.00. Each additional Unit $69.00. Parts and Freon extra. A & K Service 770-480-2059, 770-475-0628
Cleaning Services
Need a housecleaning? Call Norma Martinez for free estimate! References. 404-468-7667. “I get all your dust to earn your trust!”
Concrete/Asphalt
We fix UGLY driveways and patios.
$50 OFF any concrete job over $250
$250 OFF any job over $3500
New or Repair: Driveways, patios, sidewalks, walls. Residential or Commercial. Call for FREE estimate. The Best Concrete Company-Ask for Dave McKemey. 678-648-2010. Professional, competitive, many local references.
Driveway
We fix UGLY driveways.$50 OFF any concrete job
over $250$250 OFF any job over
$3500New or Repair: Driveways, patios, sidewalks, walls. Residential or Commercial. Call for FREE estimate. The Best Concrete Company-Ask for Dave McKemey. 678-914-2576. Professional, competitive, many local references.
Farm/Garden Services
Bushhog, bobcat w o r k , c l e a r i n g /cleanups,light grading, plowing,garden tilling, p i n e s t r a w / m u l c h , pasture renovation/ finish mowing. Insured, experienced. 770-363-5092, [email protected]
Flooring
PHILLIPS FLOORING Hardwood, laminate, carpet & tile installation and repairs. We do tile floors, showers, tub surrounds and kitchen back-splashes. Re-grouting is also available. Call 678-887-1868 for free estimate.
Flooring Installation & Repairs: Carpet, Ceramic, Laminate, Tile, Vinyl, Wood. Free Estimates! I can remove carpet wrinkles! Satisfaction Guaranteed! 706-429-4453
Gutters
AARON’S ALL-TYPE GUTTERS Repaired and Installed. Covers, siding, soffit, facia. www.aarons-gutters.com. Senior citizen discount! 770-934-2766
Handyman
RELIABLE HOME REPAIRS:20 years experience. References. Electrical, plumbing, carpentry, wood rot repair, siding, painting, pressure washing. Free estimates! 770-605-0340
Handyman
ALL CARPENTRY & REPAIRS: Roof Leaks, Wood Rot Repair, Siding, Deck Repairs and Refinishing, Painting, Doors/Windows. Excellent References. 404-895-0260
Kitchen & Bath Remodeling
Plumbing, Electrical and Drywall
Repair and InstallationComplete home
maintenance We do it all!
Call Mike 404-647-1406
Haulers
Bush Hogging, Clearing, Grading, Hauling etc. Many local references. Call Ralph Rucker at 678-898-7237
Home Improvement
Finegan Home Improvements LLC: License #RBQA004932. Remodeling, handyman. 31 years experience. Basements finished, decks, screen porches, doors, drywall, painting, flooring, custom kitchens, bathrooms. All insurance. Credit cards accepted. Paul Finegan 404-353-5611
Landscaping
Landscape Design, Hardscape Design and Installation. 35 Years’ Experience; Retaining Walls, Flag Stone and BrickP aver Patios, Landscape Lighting, Drainage Issues, Pavilions. Outdoor kitchens, irrigation systems installation and repairs. FREE CONSULTATIONS! www.thebodigroup.com. 678-788-5656
Landscaping
Roots Horticulture; a full service landscape company capable of seeing any landscape job through from concept to completion. We place our focus on quality craftsmanship and honest customer service. 404-557-9147
404Cuttree. One of the most experienced and reliable tree companies in North Atlanta. Perfect reviews and reliable, professional, and honest service. Free quotes. Fully insured. 770Tree.com 678-506-0006
Yellow Ribbon Tree. Near perfect reviews and award-winning service. Hands on owner. Free estimates and insured. 770Tree.com 770-744-2200 and ask for Gary.
RETAINING WALLS, irrigation, sod installation, plants, mulch, fertilization, tree removal, pine-straw installation and monthly lawn maintenance. Carreno Landscaping 404-312-5082
Combined 50 yrs. Experience Residential/Commercial landscaping solutions. Stone, Sod & Pine Straw Decorative Stones, Pavers & Flagstone. Courtyard Design, Landscape lighting and more. Pick-up & Delivery GRASS SOURCE 678-880-3950
Lawn Care
LEAVE THE MOWING TO US”A”! Weekly/Bi-weeklyFather/Son team Weed&Feed, Mosquito Programswww.GaGreenWorks .com. 678-727-6850 Call or Text
SERVICE DIRECTORYPainters
Advantage Painting
Interior/ExteriorDecks Sealed & Stained
Carpentry Repairs
770-255-8575
Proudly use Benjamin Moore
& Sherwin Williams paintsPrompt Professional Service
Free Estimate, Insured
No Up Front Money
Pinestraw
PINESTRAW, mulch d e l i v e r y / i n s t a l l a t i o n available. Firewood $110/$200, plus delivery. Licensed, insured. Angels of Earth Pinestraw and Mulch. 770-831-3612.
Remodeling
A leader in the construction and remodeling industry, specializing in High End Remodeling; Additions, Basements, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Complete Renovations, Porches; professional, courteous, on-time and within budget. sales@r a y m a c r e m o d e l i n g .com 678-341-9744 www.raymacremodeling.com
Tree Services
JJ Tree Cutting Services. Complete Tree Removal. Call us for a Free Quote, 678-467-1325 or 770-630-6672. Licensed and insured. [email protected]
404Cuttree. One of the most experienced and reliable tree companies in North Atlanta. Perfect reviews and reliable, professional, and honest service. Free quotes. Fully insured. 770Tree.com 678-506-0006
Yellow Ribbon Tree Experts: 24 hour emergency service. Licensed, insured. Workers Comp, insurance claims. 25+ years experience. Family business. Free estimates. We Love Challenges! Yellow Ribbon Tree Experts, 770-512-8733. www.yellowribbontree.com
Yellow Ribbon Tree. Near perfect reviews and award-winning service. Hands on owner. Free estimates and insured. 770Tree.com 770-744-2200 and ask for Gary.
Handyman
HANDYMANREMODELING
®
678-455-2434www.HandyHero.net
30 yrs. exp./FREE ESTIMATES • 1 YR WARRANTY/Lic. & Ins.
Ask us about 10% OFF remodels
AC/Heating
24/7 ServiceService / Installation Aff ordable RatesResidential / Commercial Will Beat all written estimates 30 yrs. exp. Licensed and Insured
Air Conditioning Air Plus Co Inc.
Call Steve, 678-270-8108 (cell)
BOLD TYPEwill really make your ad stand out. Ask your sales rep about making
all or part of your ad bold.770-442-3278
Auto Donations
Donate Your Car to Veterans Today! Help and Support our Veterans. Fast - FREE pick up. 100% tax deductible. Call 1-800-245-0398
Autos Wanted
CARS/TRUCKS WANTED!!! All Make/Models 2000-2015! Any Condition. Running or Not. Competitive Offer! Free Towing! We’re Nationwide! Call Now: 1-888-416-2330.
WE BUY USED/DAMAGED TRUCKS! Chevy, Toyota, Ford and More. 2000-2015. America’s Top Truck Buyer. Free Nationwide Towing! Call Now: 1-800-536-4708
Educational
ACCOUNTING & PAYROLL TRAINING PROGRAM! Online career training can get you job ready now! TRAIN AT HOME NOW! Financial aid if qualified! HS Diploma/GED required. 1-877-253-6495
AIRLINE CAREERS. Get FAA approved maintenance training at campuses coast to coast. Job placement assistance. Financial Aid for qualifying students. Military friendly. Call AIM 888-686-1704
25 DRIVER TRAINEES NEEDED! Become a driver for Stevens Transport! NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! New drivers earn $800+ per week! PAID CDL TRAINING! Stevens covers all costs! 1-888-734-6714 drive4stevens.com
MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED! Begin training at home for a career working with Medical Billing & Insurance! Online training with the right College can get you ready! HS Diploma/GED & Computer/Internet needed. 1-888-734-6711
Employment
Make $1,000 Weekly! Paid in Advance! Mailing Brochures at Home. Easy Pleasant work. Begin Immediately. Age Unimportant. www.MyHomeIncomeNow55.com
Health & Medical
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Medical
VIAGRA & CIALIS! 50 pills for $95. 100 pills for $150 FREE shipping. NO prescriptions needed. Money back guaranteed! 1-877-743-5419
Miscellaneous
CASH FOR CARS: We Buy Any Condition Vehicle, 2000 and Newer. Nation’s Top Car Buyer! Free Towing From Anywhere! Call Now: 1-800-864-5960.
Miscellaneous
CASH PAID for unexpired, sealed DIABETIC TEST STRIPS! 1 DAY PAYMENT & PREPAID shipping. HIGHEST PRICES! Call 1-888-776-7771. www.Cash4DiabeticSupplies.com
TOP CASH PAID FOR OLD GUITARS! 1920’s thru 1980’s. Gibson, Martin, Fender, Gretsch, Epiphone, Guild, Mosrite, Rickenbacker, Prairie State, D’Angelico, Stromberg. And Gibson Mandolins/Banjos.1-800-401-0440
SUPPORT our service members, veterans and their families in their time of need. For more information visit the Fisher House website at www.fisherhouse.org
Make a Connection. Real People, Flirty Chat. Meet singles right now! Call LiveLinks. Try it FREE. Call NOW: Call 1-877-737-9447 18+
Miscellaneous for Sale
KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! Harris Bed Bug Killers/KIT Complete Treatment System Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com
Motorcycles Wanted to Buy
WANTED OLD JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES KAWASAKI Z1-900 (1972-75), KZ900, KZ1000 (1976-1982), Z1R, KZ 1000MK2 (1979,80), W1-650, H1-500 (1969-72), H2-750 (1972-1975), S1-250, S2-350, S3-400, KH250, KH400, SUZUKI-GS400, GT380, HONDA-CB750K (1969-1976), CBX1000 (1979,80) CASH!! 1-800-772-1142 1-310-721-0726 [email protected]
SatelliteTV/Electronics
Lower Your TV, Internet & Phone Bill!!! Fast Internet from $15/mo - qualifying service. Limited Time Offer. Plus, FREE $300 GiftCard. Call 855-693-1333
Travel
EUROPEAN RIVER CRUISES - the ultimate vacation! See Europe from the comfort of a Viking or Avalon luxury cruise ship. For the experience of a lifetime, call 877-270-7260 or go to NCPtravel.com for more information
ALL INCLUSIVE CRUISE package on the Norwegian Sky out of Miami to the Bahamas. Pricing as low as $299 pp for 3 Day or $349 pp for 4 Day (double occupancy) - ALL beverages included! For more info. call 877-270-7260 or go to NCPtravel.com
Wanted to Buy
TOP CA$H PAID FOR OLD ROLEX, PATEK PHILIPPE & CARTIER WATCHES! DAYTONA, SUBMARINER, GMT-MASTER, EXPLORER, MILGAUSS, MOONPHASE, DAY DATE, etc.1-800-401-0440
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