07.21 Ledger 01 - The Cherokee Ledger-News

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July 21, 2010 

Volume 16, Issue 15 

Woodstock, GA 

THIS WEEK 

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INNER DRIVE: 

Woodstock native prepping 

for run at NASCAR 18 

HELPING OTHERS: 

Green makes top 100 in 

Energizer contest 23 

ILLEGAL FIND: 

Elderly man discovers pot 

in picture frame 3 

INSIDE 

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 26 

CLASSIFIEDS 27 

CROSSWORD 12 

LAW & ORDER 9 

OPINION 6 

SPOTLIGHT 13 

RESTAURANT REPORTS 10 

SOAPBOX 7 

SPORTS 18 

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Chart to bring up to 100 jobs to Cherokee 

BY CAROLYN MATHEWS 

carolynmathews@ledgernews.com 

Chart Industries Inc. has announced 

it is expanding its operations 

in Cherokee County, building 

a 66,000-square-foot facility 

and bringing up to 100 jobs. 

Clearing has begun on the site, 

and the firm estimates construction 

should be completed by April 

2011. 

Chart, an international manufacturer 

of highly engineered 

Roundabout may be complete by the start of school 

JANET PELLETIER | LEDGER-NEWS 

The roundabout at Haney Road and the north end of Main Street in Woodstock is currently a mound of dirt, 

but cement will be poured soon, ahead of the project’s expected completion in early August. 

SEE ARTICLE, PAGE 15 

Navy nurse cares for wounded 

BY JESSICA WAGNER 

jessicaw@ledgernews.com 

Navy Lt. Commander Marci Lucas, who is an ICU 

nurse at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, has recently 

returned from Germany, where she spent the year caring 

for injured American soldiers at the U.S. Army Reserve 

medical center. 

After graduating from the Medical College of Georgia 

almost 15 years ago, Lucas said she entered the real 

world without a secure job. 

“I was naive in thinking that after graduating there 

would be a job,” Lucas said, noting that upon graduating, 

she was unable to immediately find a job at a hospital. 

According to Lucas, she spent that summer looking for 

the right career path when two opportunities presented 

themselves—one being a registered nurse job and the 

other a chance to serve in the Navy. 

Lucas said the decision came easy. 

“I am a firm believer that if you have the opportunity 

to serve, then you should act on it,” she said. “I think that 

serving gives you a greater perspective on national pride 

and a chance to discover who you are and what you want 

to do in life.” 

Lucas has been in the Navy for 14 years, seven of which 

were active duty and seven of which were in the reserves. 

According to Lucas, for two of the seven reserve 

years, she lived in Germany and worked at Landstuhl Re- 

equipment used in the production, 

storage and end-use of hydrocarbon 

and industrial gases, 

plans to close its liquid 

oxygen therapy 

manufacturing operations 

under its Biomedical 

Group in 

Plainfield, Ind., and 

relocate the manufacturing 

and customer Martin 

service operations to 

a facility located close to existing 

operations in Canton. 

John W. Rooker and Associates 

is building the facility across the 

street from Chart’s current location 

in Airport Commerce Center, 

said Misti Martin, president of 

the Cherokee Office of Economic 

Development. Chart already employs 

more than 350 people at its 

Cherokee location. 

“Chart is eligible for the existing 

industry incentive program 

as they have been a manufacturer 

operating in the county for over 

three years, which is the mini- 

JESSICA WAGNER | LEDGER-NEWS 

Pictured here is Navy Lt. Commander Marci Lucas looking 

at a plaque she received from Landstuhl Regional 

Medical Center, which is the U.S. Army Reserve main 

medical facility. Fellow nurses and some patients she 

tended to in Germany signed the back of the plaque. Lucas, 

who is a nurse at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, 

spent the last year serving wounded soldiers in Germany.gional 

Medical Center. Lucas’ first stint in Germany lasted 

13 months and the second lasted just less than a year, 

she said. 

SEE NURSE, PAGE 17 

mum,” Martin said. “They are also 

eligible for job tax credits 

through the state of Georgia because 

they will be creating over 25 

jobs.” 

Martin said the new manufacturing 

plant eventually could 

bring up to 100 new skilled jobs to 

the community. 

The biomedical division already 

located here manufactures 

the same product line in Cherokee 

as it does in the Indiana plant. 

SEE JOBS, PAGE 14 

‘Pill mill’ 

moratorium 

may go 

countywide 



The city of Woodstock joined the 

fight against prescription drug 

abuse July 12 by adopting, 4-0, a oneyear 

moratorium on pain clinics 

sometimes referred to by law enforcement 

as “pill mills.” 

According to Woodstock 

Police Chief 

David Bores, the implementation 

of a oneyear 

moratorium 

sparked in most of the 

county’s jurisdictions 

after the drug task force Bores 

suspected a potential 

problem with businesses dispensing 

pain medication in early May. 

Cherokee County Sheriff Roger 

Garrison credits the Holly Springs’ 

chief of police for spearheading the 

operation. 

“In all fairness, Ken Ball was the 

one that got the ball rolling, and the 

rest of the police chiefs, including 

myself, were in agreement that 

rather than reinventing the wheel, 

we would just take Holly Springs’ 

moratorium and review it for application 

in the county and each jurisdiction,” 

the sheriff said, noting 

that each jurisdiction will have to 

modify the moratorium to fit each 

jurisdiction’s specific needs in regard 

to pain clinics. 

Holly Springs first imposed the 

one-year moratorium in May after 

Ball became weary of “pill mills” potentially 

operating in the area. 

At the time Holly Springs was considering 

the moratorium, Ball said 

that pain clinics were popping up all 

over the place. 

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Canton gets look at $31M budget 

BY JANET PELLETIER 

janetp@ledgernews.com 

Canton officials got their first 

look at the city budget, which includes 

no proposed staff layoffs or 

tax increases to residents. 

City Manager Scott Wood presented 

a draft budget to the city 

council at its July 15 meeting, calling 

it “a work in progress.” 

The council will discuss the 

budget in a work session Aug. 5. A 

first reading is slated for Aug. 6, 

and approval is set for Aug. 19. 

The fiscal year 2011 budget is 

$31.7 million, up from $26.7 million 

last year, but Wood said that’s 

due to an influx of $4.5 million in 

Georgia Department of Transportation 

funding for road and 

streetscape projects to Marietta 

Road, Hickory Flat Road, Waleska 

Street and Main Street. In fact, the 

city will be tasked with making up 

for a $1.3 million anticipated 

shortfall to balance the budget. 



Water and sewer rates for residents 

could go up, Wood said, because 

of bond payments for the 

water and sewer fund that will be 

due. 

“We had a one-year reprieve (in 

2010), but in the upcoming fiscal 

year 2011, we’re going to have 

roughly $1.7 million 

in bond payments 

which we did not 

have to be considerate 

of this year,” he 

told the council. 

The millage rate, 

which was raised just 

last year from 5.95 

mills to 6.8 mills, will 

be decided on later this year, but 

isn’t expected to be raised, according 

to Wood. One mill is equal to $1 

per $1,000 of assessed value, after 

exemptions. 

The current millage rate of 6.8 

means that a property owner with 

a $200,000 home and a standard 

$5,000 exemption pays $510 in tax- 

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es to the city per year. 

As part of Wood’s presentation, 

he recommended the council establish 

a separate reserve account. 

The draft budget, he said, 

includes a $500,000 “contingency,” 

but cautioned it shouldn’t be considered 

a “reserve.” 

“A lot of times, the tendency is 

to just maintain the reserves as 

part of your fund balance and that 

just gets real hazy and real convenient 

to tap into that,” he said. 

“I think if you actually remove 

that money, and you got a separate 

account, it’s just a little bit safer 

that way.” 

He also recommended the council 

consider additional fund balance 

monies from the current fiscal 

year for repairs to the sanctuary, 

saying “sooner or later we’re 

going to have to bite the bullet and 

do what needs to be done.” 

Wood said significant repairs 

will have to be made to the roof, 

where there is asbestos. 

Canton keeps same trash hauler 

After holding out six months, the 

city of Canton will keep Waste 

Management as its provider of 

trash and recycling pickup. 

The city council, in a unanimous 

vote and with little discussion, 

gave approval to Mayor Gene Hobgood 

to sign with the company on a 

new, four-year contract that will 

cost the city roughly $3 less per resident. 

Currently, the city pays Waste 

Management at a rate of $13.37 per 

resident for curbside pickup and 

$9.09 per senior citizen. In total, the 

cost to the city is $867,000 per year. 

Under the new agreement, detailed 

by Waste Management in a 

city staff report, the city would pay 

$10.15 per resident and $10.01 per 

senior, totaling $701,000 per year – a 

cost savings of $166,000 per year. 

City Manager Scott Wood said he 

“does expect consideration to be 

given by city council to a revamping 

of the rates (to residents).” 

He added that the city is currently 

subsidizing some of the price 

breaks given by Waste Management 

for residents. 

The other two bidders were Advanced 

Disposal and North Metro 

Waste, which proposed rates that 

would cost the city $970,000 and 

$843,000 per year. 

The council put the city’s trash 

and recycling services up for bid 

because some members thought it 

was the council’s duty to get residents 

the best deal. 

In other business, the council: 

• failed a motion by the mayor, 2- 

4, with council members Bob Rush, 

Amelia Rose, Pat Tanner and Jack 

Goodwin dissenting, to eliminate a 

statement from the city’s ethics ordinance 

pertaining to allowing 

council members to hire city workers 

for personal work. Hobgood 

said he felt that city employees feel 

pressure to appease an elected official 

and would have difficulty turning 

down a request; 

• approved, 6-0, the consent agenda, 

which included an increase in 

advertising fees to give the public 

notice of public hearings, and approval 

of two separate requests for 

a beer and wine package license – 

one for a Chevron Food Mart at 3255 

Marietta Highway and the other 

for Walgreen’s at 101 Prominence 

Point Pkwy.; 

• heard the city manager’s report, 

which included: deferring 

discussion on making streets in 

Pinnacle Place part of the city; announcing 

that the council and mayor 

will meet with a consultant July 

28 to discuss the city’s health insurance 

plan options; the announcement 

that installation of streetlights 

on West Marietta Street is 

under way; denying paying a landscaping 

bill for Laurel Canyon Golf 

Course. Hobgood broke a 3-3 tie, 

voting against paying the bill. 

Goodwin, Bryan and Beresford also 

opposed paying the bill. The 

council approved, 6-0, the modification 

of an existing month-tomonth 

contract with Schnabel 

pending alternate proposals; and 

• in the mayor’s report, tabled a 

discussion of amending the city 

charter that would prohibit the 

mayor and council from giving direct 

orders to city department 

heads for 30 days; approved, 6-0, the 

appointment of Diane Rugg to the 

Variance Board of Appeals; and approved, 

5-1, with Councilman John 

Beresford dissenting, giving the 

city manager a $50 per month allowance 

for use of his personal cell 

phone for city use. 

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JULY 21, 2010 NEWS THE CHEROKEE LEDGER-NEWS 3 

Cherokee man discovers pot in frame 



One Cherokee County resident 

got more than he bargained for after 

discovering 4 pounds of suspected 

marijuana hidden within a 

framed picture, which he purchased 

at an auction earlier this 

year. 

According to a report from the 

Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, a 

man called in reporting that he 

purchased the framed painting, 

along with additional items, from 

the U.S. Postal auction, which sells 

items that are mishandled in transit; 

cannot be returned to the 

sender; or cannot be delivered to 

the intended receiver. 

The complainant, who attended 

the U.S. Postal auction several 

months ago, said he has kept the 

painting secured in one of his storage 

lots. 

He said his plan was to sell the 

painting for profit at another auction 

in Waleska, which was held 

July 12. 

On July 12, the caller reportedly 

attended the auction, but said he 

was disappointed at the initial bid 

for the painting. 

“The bid was $5, and I said, ‘No, 

that’s not enough,’” the man, who 

wished to remain anonymous due 

to the nature of his findings, told 

the Ledger-News. He noted that he 

told the auctioneer that he would 

take $25 for the painting. 

No one took a bite, which, the 

caller said, was a blessing in disguise. 

School offices open 

The 2010-11 Cherokee County 

School District school year will begin 

Aug. 2. 

Each school’s front office will be 

open daily beginning July 20, with 

the exception of July 26, when all 

schools and administrative offices 

will be closed for a budget-related 

staff furlough day. Class schedules 

and teacher assignments will be 

available at school open houses. 

Access the schedule by visiting 

ww.cherokee.k12.ga.us. 

Parents of new students may 

register their child at individual 

school offices anytime between 8 

a.m. and noon. 

SPECIAL 

A Cherokee County man discovered 

four pounds of suspected 

marijuana in a picture frame he 

purchased at a U.S. Postal auction a 

few months ago. According to the 

Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, 

the street value of the marijuana 

was $4,800. 

According to the caller, when no 

one bid on the painting it was carried 

back to his truck, and at this 

point, he reportedly noticed the 

picture seemed abnormally heavy 

for its size. 

The incident report stated that 

the caller opened the back of the 

frame and discovered four bags of 

suspected marijuana. 

“I didn’t know what to do with it. 

I didn’t know if I should throw it 

out or leave it there; so, I called my 

lawyer,” the man said. 

He said his lawyer advised him to 

call the police, which he did when 

he arrived home. 

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Septic disposal rates going up 

Those who pump septic tanks 

will have to pay about double what 

they are now paying to dump their 

effluent in Cherokee County beginning 

Aug. 1. 

The Cherokee County Water & 

Sewer Authority board voted to 

implement new pricing guidelines 

for receiving septic tank waste at 

the Rose Creek Water Treatment 

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“I think I did the right thing by 

calling the police,” he said. “So 

much could have happened to me if 

I would have sold it (the painting), 

and they found it in there.” 

The caller said he was also nervous 

during the drive home considering 

he was carrying what is now 

known to be $4,800 worth of marijuana. 

According to the incident report, 

the picture contained four rectangular 

bricks, which were each approximately 

6-inches by 6-inches 

and 2-inches thick. 

“Each brick appeared to have 

been pressed tight (in a vacuum 

sealed bag) and then cut into 

squares as the edges and corners 

were sharp and not rounded over,” 

the officer said in the report. 

The report said that there was also 

a piece of black carbon paper to 

conceal the smell, which may explain 

why the U.S. Postal Service 

did not discover the marijuana earlier. 

As for the caller, he said that he 

was just very happy to get rid of the 

marijuana just the way he did — by 

calling the police. 

According to the reporting officer 

and the caller, any attempt to 

trace the origin of the painting is 

nearly impossible past the U.S. 

Postal auction because, they said, 

there are no receipts held by the 

caller or the Postal Service. 

A Cherokee Multi Agency Narcotics 

Squad agent was called to the 

scene and placed the seized marijuana 

into evidence. 

Plant, said CCWSA spokesman 

Dwight Turner. 

Commercial septic haulers that 

use the Rose Creek plant are required 

to get $50 company permits 

by Jan. 2 of each year. 

That cost will remain the same. 

As of this year, 86 haulers have effective 

annual permits in Cherokee. 

Turner said letters were sent 

and the increased fees cover increased 

treatment costs and night 

security. New rates are 15 cents a 

gallon, or $150 per load, with a 

$150 service charge for any load 

delivered to the plan after 7 p.m. 

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County rolling up its millage rate 



Cherokee County, like the school 

district, is considering raising its 

millage rate, but both higher rates, 

if approved, will not result in most 

citizens paying more taxes. That is 

because county property value is 

down because of the recession. 

In order to make up for a smaller 

revenue stream, the county government 

is considering “rolling 

up” its millage, in order to collect 

for its coffers this year the same 

amount of estimated revenue as it 

had in 2009. 

“This is actually a roll-up,” said 

County Manager Jerry Cooper. 

“Normally there would be inflation 

of the digest, and if we didn’t 

roll back the rate, taxes would go 

up, but property values have decreased 

8 percent.” 

Cooper said commissioners tentatively 

plan to set the county portion 

of the millage rate at 8.313 

mills, from 7.703 mills. The higher 

rate includes 4.729 for the general 

fund, up from 4.381 mills, 2.956 for 

the fire district fund, up from 2.742; 

and .628 for the parks bond fund; up 

from .580. 

The net general fund digest 

dropped to $7.6 billion this year 

from $8.3 billion in 2009. The fire digest 

is $5.7 billion this year, compared 

to $6.2 billion last year. 

The millage rate hike does not 

legally require public hearings because 

the new rate is not above the 

“rollback” rate. 

“We’re doing it anyway, 

to be transparent 

and open to the general 

public,” Cooper 

said. One public hearing 

was held on July 

20 at 6 p.m.; the other 

is set for July 29 at the 

6 p.m. county Board of 

Commissioners Meet- 

Cooper 

ing, at the Cherokee County Administration 

Building and Conference 

Center, 1130 Bluffs Parkway, 

in Canton. 

The millage rate is scheduled to 

be approved at the meeting. 

One mill equals $1 for every 

$1,000 of assessed value. Property 

in Georgia is taxed at 40 percent of 

assessed value, after exemptions. 

County Chief Assessor John 

Adams said the millage rate will 

not have an effect on property owners 

whose property went down in 

value at least 8 percent. 

For a homeowner with a $200,000 

home that has not changed at all in 

appraised value, taxes would go up 

a little less than $50 annually under 

the new county portion of the millage. 

This takes into account taxes on 

$80,000 in assessed value, less a 

$5,000 county exemption. 

He said that of the 94,000 vacant 

and improved parcels in the county, 

82,000 went down in value some 

amount. 

“The overall digest went down 

more than 8 percent,” Adams said. 

“This is a roll-up to a revenue neutral 

point.” 

Adams noted that the school district 

portion of the county property 

tax bill is slated to go up one mill, 

from 18.65 to 19.65, subject to school 

board approval July 28. However, 

that millage is not even up to the 

school district’s rollback rate, 

which is 20.155. The school district 

digest went down 10 percent, because 

those 62 and older can apply 

for and receive a school tax exemption 

that for the most part negates 

school taxes. 

School district millage is capped 

at 20 mills without voter approval. 

County spends $1.7M for aquatic land 



The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, 

using park bond money, has purchased land for a 

county aquatic center, which could have as many as 

three pools, near the geographic center of the county. 

At the July 6 meeting, the commission unanimously 

approved the purchase of 37.65 acres for $1.73 million, 

at Gresham Mill Parkway and Sixes Road, just 

west of the Sixes Road Interstate 575 exit, in order to 

build the aquatic center along with adjacent city 

parkland, from MBC Partners. 

Post 4 Commissioner Derek Good made the motion 

to approve the purchase, saying “We have worked on 

this for eight years.” 

An initial assessment of the land shows that there 

is room enough to grade 10 to 12 acres flat to place the 

aquatic center. A road is paved to the property 

boundary, and the seller plans to transfer $82,500 to 

the county prior to closing for use by the county for 

road improvements. Some sort of commercial development 

will likely be located in front of the aquatic 

center, fronting on Sixes Road. 

“An outlet mall was being considered there, but I 

believe they are looking at the Ridgewalk interchange 

area now,” Post 1 Commissioner Harry Johnston 

said. 

In the request for proposals for the swim center, 

County Manager Jerry Cooper will include asking 

for a consultant at the beginning of the process so 

that the county knows what it needs to build. 

While the land and the construction of the $10.2 

million facility will be paid for out of the parks bond 

proceeds, the county will have to figure out how to 

fund operating costs through use fees at the pools. 

SEE AQUATIC, PAGE 15


Downtown Woodstock open for business 


carolynmathews@ledgernew.com 

Want to shop in downtown Woodstock? Don’t mind 

construction, you can get to local shops via Wall Street. 

Wall Street is the tiny back alley behind the blocks of 

historic buildings on the west side Main Street, not the 

better-known Manhattan thoroughfare of the same 

name. However, downtown merchants and Woodstock 

economic officials hope to bring prosperity to Wall 

Street and Main Street by improving the look of the 

downtown shops that are located in between. 

Construction has begun on sidewalks and 

streetscapes, but it will be business as usual for the 16 

businesses located in the 15 buildings between Samson 

and Delilah Antiques and Priest’s Home Furnishings. 

The Woodstock Livable Center Initiative (LCI) a 

$1.05 million project being funded by the federal stimulus, 

is under way as of last week. The Woodstock City 

Council approved several measures so that the facelift 

would have a minimal effect on consumer and pedestrian 

traffic in the area. 

“The streetscape project started last week with some 

marking of utilities and with the milling of the project 

area,” said Director of Economic Development Services 

Billy Peppers. “The push is to have the majority 

of the construction completed by the end of the year, 

and to have the work in front of the commercial properties 

completed in time for the holiday season.” 

The city council is allowing a temporary lifting of 

the sign ordinance in the area to allow directly impacted 

businesses to hang two additional banners. 

“These banners still have to be permitted, but there 

is no fee associated with the permit,” Peppers said. 

Additionally, the city council voted to remove “do 

not enter” signs from the south end of Wall Street to allow 

right-hand turns from Mill Street. The city also 

purchased the former Woodstock Gas storage lot on 

Mill Street for additional public parking. 

The city also is examining the feasibility of making 

Mill Street two-way. It is now an eastbound one-way 

street. The city council voted to direct Community Development 

Director Richard McLeod to study traffic 

patterns downtown in order to determine if making 

the street two-way would improve traffic flow and increase 

the exposure of businesses in the area. 

Peppers said the city would be sensitive to its downtown 

merchants’ needs during the construction. 

“We are currently working on an advertising and 

marketing plan for during the construction as well as 

tweaks to our downtown events, such as Friday Nite 

Live, to make it safe and accessible during construction,” 

Peppers said. 

The construction is being accomplished block-byblock, 

beginning at the north end of downtown, by 

Johnson Landscapes Inc. The city council approved 

the contractor working through the night hours to 

minimize disturbing downtown business and traffic. 

CAROLYN MATHEWS | LEDGER-NEWS 

Woodstock Director of Economic Development Services 

Billy Peppers briefed downtown merchants on 

the streetscapes project under construction, at a 

meeting at Dean’s Store July 15. 

After improvements to the west side of the street, sidewalks 

will be added to across Main Street, paralleling 

the railroad track. Woodstock also has constructed a 

new a pedestrian crossing over the railroad track. 

Woodstock Mayor Donnie Henriques assured merchants 

and citizens at an informational meeting at 

Dean’s Store July 15 that the construction company’s 

“marching orders are to disturb businesses and residents 

as little as possible.” 

“Let us know if there is a problem,” Henriques said. 

“Economic times are tough enough, we don’t need to 

make them tougher.” 

Downtown Development Authority member Jennifer 

Nelson said that when construction is completed, 

the sidewalks will be more user-friendly. 

“It’s going to be great,” she said. “It will be a new updated 

look and it will be more accessible. It will mean 

a huge amount to downtown.” 

Nelson said the DDA wants to keep merchants in the 

loop and informed about the project timelines. A Web 

site where project progress will be tracked has been set 

up at www.mainstreetwoodstock.org. 

“I’m excited about this project,” said Lee West, a 

mortgage specialist located downtown, who shares a 

storefront with his wife, Cheryl West, who owns Seven 

Arrows. West said he just has one suggestion. He 

thinks reverse-angle parking, rather than angle parking, 

should be used for safety’s sake. 

In related business, the DDA just approved façade 

grants for the downtown businesses, where there will 

be a $1 match for every dollar invested in a façade up to 

$5,000 in improvements, Peppers said, adding details 

should be available in the next few weeks. 

The official groundbreaking for the Main Street 

project was held July 19 at the new Herbert Priest Jr. 

Pedestrian Railroad Crossing. 

LEDGER-NEWS STAFF WRITER JANET PELLETIER contributed to this article. 

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OPINION 

6 THE CHEROKEE LEDGER-NEWS MANAGING EDITOR: ERIKA NELDNER JULY 21, 2010 

CHEROKEE VOICE 

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ISSUE: Woodstock and Canton recently received Main Street program designations. 

QUESTION: What could either city do differently to draw you to their downtowns? 

“Arts festivals would be great. I go to 

Roswell’s, and it would be nice to have 

that in Woodstock.” 

Bobby Sales 

Canton 

“I think Woodstock wasted money doing 

the roundabout. But I like their plan 

for an amphitheater where the old city 

hall was.” 

Brad Hancock 

Woodstock 

“The people are really missing from 

downtown Canton. Maybe they could 

do something like what Woodstock’s 

doing with concerts in the park.” 

Tammy Videkovich 

Canton 

“There’s not a lot of nightlife in Canton, 

so some bars would be good.” 

Hayley Medranto 

Canton 

“Quaint restaurants in Canton would 

be a draw.” 

John Couch 

Canton 

“I like the concerts in Woodstock. They 

can take a lesson from Decatur with all 

the great shops and bars they have. It’s 

a nice place to go.” 

Don Ahrens 

Holly Springs 

J ust 

a little more than two 

years ago, I headed to my 

polling place to vote in the 

2008 primary election and then 

went to the hospital for what 

turned out to be the most difficult 

two days of my life, leading up to 

the best day of my life. 

Just a few days ago, we celebrated 

my son’s second birthday, and 

it seems like only yesterday that I 

brought him into this world. 

When you find out you’re expecting, 

it seems like forever until 

the baby arrives. Before Jackson 

even made his grand entrance, 

people were telling me to 

enjoy the times he sleeps peacefully 

on you while you watch TV 

or read a book and enjoy making 

silly noises and funny faces when 

you’re trying to get him to smile 

for the first time. 

Family, friends and colleagues 

told me often—and it almost got 

annoying—to enjoy it now; it’ll fly 

by. 

But as sleepless nights, diaper 

changes and spit-up take over 

your life, it seems that time is 

standing still. 

As I look back over the last two 

years, I now see what all those 

folks were talking about. 

It’s been extremely joyous, and 

sometimes very frustrating, 

watching Jackson surpass all 

these milestones. I remember 

bringing him home from the hospital 

all decked out in his University 

of Tennessee gear (yes, we 

bleed orange and white, Go Vols!). 

His first bath at home probably 

was the most humorous … that is, 

in hindsight. That night, my husband 

and I were frantic. He still 

had his umbilical cord; so I held 

him in one hand and gently 

sponged him off. Jackson wanted 

no part of it. He screamed and 

screamed. When I went to wash 

his back, he kicked so hard that 

he knocked the umbilical stump 

loose. I cried; my husband was 

not far from hyperventilation. 

Our first thought: “We broke the 

baby.” We called his sister and my 

sister—both experienced moms. 

They were in stitches. We didn’t 

break the baby, they told us. He’s 

fine. I didn’t think it was very funny 

… at least until now. 

Thinking about what all we’ve 

been through with Jackson over 

the last two years, good and bad, 

still makes me smile. The good 

times, which far outweigh the bad 

Dear Editor, 

And the terrible twos begin 

Perfect Game Baseball is in the 

area, hosting the 2010 World 

Wood Bat Association (WWBA) 

Tournament. They will host and 

have hosted five different tournaments, 

for five different age 

groups, this summer. 

The 2010 18U WWBA recently 

was held. There are 192 teams 

that came from all over the country 

to compete for the title. The 

'Host Field' is at the East Cobb 

Baseball facility, next to Kell 

High School. Perfect Game must 

utilize several other baseball 

fields to provide such a great 

tournament. Last year, Perfect 

Game utilized Cherokee County 

(or what seemed to be bad at the 

time), fill my heart with joy. I remember 

the first time he smiled, 

the first time he rolled over and 

the first time he said “mama.” 

I remember taking walks 

through the neighborhood as he 

slept in the stroller, the first time 

he walked to me and when he 

learned how to give kisses. 

I remember the first time he 

slept through the night, the first 

time he slept in his crib and when 

the intermittent sleeping 

throughout the day turned into a 

structured 

schedule. 

Back in the 

early days, I 

prayed for 

sleep, sleep 

and more 

sleep. 

As we enter 

the dreaded 

terrible twos, 

which I hear 

are actually 

ages two 

through four, I 

pray for patience. 

I pray 

for inner 

peace; I pray 

for a 2-year-old 

who will listen 

DIALOGUE 

Erika 

Neldner 

(yeah right); and I pray for 

strength to not give in to his every 

whim and temper tantrum. 

The terrible twos actually started 

about a few months ago. He 

learned the word no. Jackson, do 

you want some water? No. How 

about some crackers? No. It’s 

time to take a bath. No. 

Everything is no these days. 

Also with the terrible twos 

comes unwanted actions out of 

what seems to be frustration. 

When he’s told no or redirected 

from an unwanted behavior, I find 

that he’s hitting or biting. A call 

to the pediatrician from an overwhelmed 

mom (me) turned out 

differently than I had hoped. The 

expert, Jack’s doctor, was supposed 

to give me some miracle 

way to stop this unwanted behavior. 

Instead, she said “You’re doing 

everything right. Just continue to 

be consistent.” 

If I’m doing everything right, 

then why isn’t it working? 

I know some of you parents out 

there with children past the age of 

2 are probably shaking your head, 

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LETTERS 

■ 

high school baseball fields to 

play their many games. This 

year, no games are being played 

at the Cherokee County high 

schools. Why is this? 

Let me do a little rough math: 

192 teams, averaging (conservatively) 

18 players per team, three 

coaches per team, and say that 

only one-third of the players’ 

parents travel with the team. 

That’s: 3,456 players, plus 576 

coaches (this does not include 

their family members), plus 

1,150 parents, which equals 5,182 

people. If each one of these people 

eats three meals a day that is 

15,546 meals over the week. I'll 

remind you that Perfect Game is 

in town for five weeks so that is 

knowing what we’re going 

through. (Any advice would be 

greatly appreciated!) 

Raising a toddler can be quite 

stressful, and, with jam-packed 

days of work and parenting, I was 

always hoping for a break—a mini-vacation 

if you will. 

The week leading up to Jack’s 

birthday was just that, but I’ve 

found myself missing my grandma-visiting 

toddler more than enjoying 

the peace and quiet. Although, 

the peace and quiet has 

been nice. 

On a Saturday morning I headed 

up Interstate 85 to South Carolina—I 

was meeting my mom at 

the halfway point between her 

house and mine. As stressful and 

frantic as the morning was, and 

the last hour of the drive for that 

matter, I was dreaming of relaxation 

and sleep. 

But as soon as I pulled out of 

that parking lot in Greenville, 

S.C., leaving Jackson with my 

mom, my heart felt like it broke in 

half. A piece of me had been left 

behind in South Carolina. 

I’ve only been away from Jackson 

for more than just a spendthe-night-out 

once—during last 

year’s Georgia Press Association 

conference, and that was only for 

two days. 

I called my husband and cried. I 

had not even gotten out of 

Greenville County, and I missed 

Jackson so much. 

Despite missing him with all 

my heart, I followed the unsolicited 

advice and tried to enjoy the 

alone time, reconnect with my 

husband and get done all those 

pesky little chores that I never 

seem to have time for. 

As the baby-free week flew by, I 

couldn’t wait for the time that I 

saw my little man’s sweet face and 

held him in my arms. We celebrated 

his return and his second 

birthday with a quaint little summer-themed 

party at a local park. 

Happy 2nd Birthday, Jackson! 

You are the light of my life and 

the best thing to ever happen to 

me. As I promised the day you 

were born, I will cherish every 

moment with you and devote my 

life to you and be the best mother 

I can be. I only hope that I raise 

you to be a loving, kind, considerate 

and well-mannered man. And 

remember, no matter if you’re 

two, 22, or 52, know that you’ll always 

be my little boy. 

Cherokee should host tournaments 

77,730 meals. 

Unfortunately, Cherokee 

County local businesses, along 

with our high school concession 

stands, will not be benefiting 

from the influx of all of the baseball 

families. 

Can someone explain why our 

high schools’ baseball fields are 

not being used this year? It 

would seem, that in this economy, 

Cherokee County schools 

and our local businesses would 

want to generate all the revenue 

it could get. It is unfortunate 

that these decisions where 

made. 

Holly Gilbert 

Woodstock

JULY 21, 2010 OPINION THE CHEROKEE LEDGER-NEWS 7 

LETTERS 

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Feds need to stay out of businesses 

Dear Editor, 

Regarding the recent editorial, 

"Unemployed need federal help,” 

by Carolyn Mathews (July 7), I 

could not help but notice how her 

family and so many others are 

falling into the Obama trap of government 

dependence. 

My heart goes out to her and her 

family, but one thing we must never 

forget is that the federal government 

does not create private sector 

jobs. 

The vibrant economy that she 

and her husband, as well as mil- 

lions of Americans, are depending 

on to lift them back to prosperity requires 

a strong private sector and 

the nanny state off of our backs. 

This scenario of prosperity will 

never recur until the feds get out of 

the private sector and off of the 

backs of small business and out of 

our pocketbooks. 

The current administration is 

growing the federal government at 

record pace at the expense and destruction 

of private business and 

creating and endless dependency 

on Uncle Sam. 

This is socialism at its finest. Un- 

Tell Cherokee what you think. 

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til the federal government gets out 

of the private sector and allows it to 

flourish, she and her husband may 

never see prosperity again. 

I know that reality does not immediately 

help her family situation 

but the bigger picture must be 

looked at or this nation will never 

again grow out of the depths the 

current socialist chief is taking us. 

The America you knew is being 

intentionally destroyed from the 

inside. Wake up folks. 

Mark Walters 

Holly Springs 

Cherokee schools are fortunate 

Dear Editor, 

Recently a letter (“We need collaborative 

leadership,” July 7) 

written by the chairman of the 

Cherokee County Republican party 

addressed a forum in which Dr. 

Frank Petruzielo, Cherokee County 

school superintendent, and 

State Sen. Chip Rogers participated. 

The chairman praised Sen. 

Rogers’ presentation but went into 

a tirade criticizing Dr. Petruzielo's 

comments and participation. It 

seems that the superintendent and 

Sen. Rogers, as well as other legislators 

in the Cherokee state delegation 

have had some disagreements. 

Sen. Rogers and others postulate 

that expanded vouchers and charter 

schools would be good for 

Cherokee County. Dr. Petruzielo is 

not in complete agreement and has 

repeatedly stated as much. 

Charter school proposals have 

been evaluated and have not met 

minimum district requirements. 

Unfortunately, with support of 

Sen. Rogers, the state legislature 

has granted the state the power to 

usurp local discretion and place 

charter schools in any district. In 

addition, the district must provide 

funding for the default charter 

school. 

With a proven record, the management 

and operation of the 

Cherokee school system under Dr. 

Petruzielo has been outstanding, 

actually remarkable. 

Obviously that is due to his leadership, 

competency of staff, teaching 

excellence and parent involvement. 

Testing results confirm the 

school system's outstanding performance. 

So what is the beef ? Is it 

ideological? Probably. 

The party chairman mentions 

expanding vouchers to foster children 

and children of military families. 

Why? 

These children can be accommodated 

very well without vouchers 

in existing schools. Likewise, a 

charter school that duplicates services 

already available is a waste of 

money. With state education funding 

reductions, it is strange that 

county legislators would propose 

adding more costs to local school 

districts. 

This, of course, is in addition to 

the costs that have been previously 

shifted from the state to local jurisdictions. 

It is interesting to note 

that profits from private charter 

school ownership could leave the 

state. That money would normally 

be spent on Cherokee kids. 

It is my understanding that Dr. 

Petruzielo is recognized in education 

circles for his outstanding organizational, 

management and innovative 

skills. Whenever school 

superintendents get together, his 

consultation is sought on a wide 

range of topics. Indeed, Cherokee 

County is truly fortunate. 

Unnecessary political interference 

with the operation of school 

systems can be detrimental to students 

and parents as well as to the 

entire state. 

Jerry Hulshult 

Canton 

People wear flag to be patriotic 

Dear Editor, 

I am curious if the person writing 

the letter about the Flag Code 

(“Revisit the Flag Code,” July 7) 

and all its specifics and intricate legal 

wording understands some 

very basic things like: Do they 

know how many hundreds of 

thousands of police, firefighters, 

sheriff’s deputies, highway patrol 

officers and the hundreds of thousands 

of Boy Scouts that wear a 

flag as part of their uniform? What 

about the military men and 

women who wear a U.S. Flag patch 

and millions of Americans all over 

the country, who wear T-shirts 

with a flag on it for the Fourth of 

July? Furthermore, what about all 

the politicians who wear a flag pin 

on the lapel of their jackets? 

They are not wearing the flag in 

some manner to break some ethics 

or legal code; they wear the flag to 

be patriotic. 

This person needs to spend time 

worrying about something of real 

importance that has a very bad impact 

on society like crime, corruption 

in government, badly failing 

schools, jobs being permanently 

moved out of the United States, terrorism 

and the economy in general, 

instead of looking as deeply as 

possible into a code that no person 

really cares about because they are 

too busy being patriotic. 

I think if the person who wrote 

this letter went up to an American 

service man or woman, or if they 

had the bad luck of telling a special 

operation forces person that they 

can’t wear the American flag on 

their uniform, they might not be 

able walk away. 

Just some food for thought: On 

Oct. 1, 2005, the U.S. Flag was made 

a mandatory component of all soldiers 

uniforms. 

Geoff Bewley 

Woodstock 

Gypsum isn’t the mold problem 

Dear Editor, 

As a registered architect in Georgia 

since 1986, I can assure you that 

two layers of gypsum board 

(Sheetrock is a brand name of the 

USG Corporation for that product, 

so be sure that is the brand that was 

used before calling it that) is not by 

itself a "no, no" and would not 

cause mold to develop in the Holly 

Springs Municipal Building. The 

building inspector should have a 

set of architectural construction 

documents on file for the project. 

A wall or column with multiple 

layers of gypsum board may be de- 

signed that way to provide fire protection 

to the structure based on 

the required construction type for 

the building and occupancy, and 

will have an Underwriters Laboratory 

(UL) number assigned to its 

construction. It is also permissible 

to have three or four layers of gypsum 

board in order to meet certain 

fire ratings. Removing layers from 

a UL design is a code violation. 

A sound rated wall may also have 

multiple layers of gypsum board 

based on the sound transmission 

class (STC) that was required for 

partitions in the building. Removing 

layers will reduce the sound re- 

duction ability of the wall. 

Mold will only grow if you find 

three things present: moisture, a 

food source (paper on the 

Sheetrock) and the right temperature. 

Gypsum board can get wet 

and then dry out and not grow mold 

if the moisture source is removed. 

It might be stained, but that is not 

mold. They either have an actual 

water leak, infiltration of humid 

air through unsealed cracks, or 

need dehumidification from the air 

conditioning system. 

Frank Pudysz 

Woodstock 

• To the person who said we need 

to drug test welfare and the unemployed, 

do think this is Russia or 

something? We’re not Communists. 

• It would be so nice if people 

were educated when they spoke to 

the Soapbox. American-made 

cars are made with foreign parts. 

Foreign cars are made in America. 

So whatever you’re talking 

about, study first before opening 

your mouth. 

• If the Cherokee County school 

system wants to get to where they 

won’t have furlough days and layoffs, 

they should cut teachers’ pay 

by $10,000 a year. They make entirely 

too much money the way it 

is now. 

• If you don’t own an American 

vehicle, then you’re not American 

and you should be deported. 

• I want America back. Let’s 

adopt the Arizona law. 

• How about some good news for 

a change? From the people of Cobblestone, 

we would like to thank 

Vivian Phillips for being such a 

good neighbor. 

• To the crews who repaired Fate 

Conn Road and the supervisor 

who oversaw them: Come back 

and look again. You missed more 

holes than you hit. 

• To the person with the flea 

problem: My house is seven years 

old, and I am inundated with fleas 

this year. Where are they coming 

from? I have no pets, no kids. They 

are driving me crazy. I’m elderly 

and tired … how do I get rid of 

them? Please help me. 

• I would like to thank the city of 

Ball Ground for putting up all the 

American flags on Main Street. 

They look good. 

• Fireworks, we’ve overdone it 

again. It’s like World War II in the 

neighborhood. 

• The question you guys asked 

about the worst roads in Canton, I 

wish you had put my picture in 

the paper. Those people must not 

have driven on Knox Bridge Highway 

from Canton to Cartersville. 

• To the person who asked where 

the boiled peanuts man at the 

Chevron is, he has since moved to 

Eagle Drive and Bells Ferry. 

• Hey retiree, when you wake 

up ill, grumpy and crabby, ya’ll 

come down to the senior center in 

Woodstock. We’ll have you happy 

as a lark in no time. 

• The post office plans on raising 

stamp prices by 2 cents to make up 

for revenue lost by less people 

mailing letters. Yeah, that ought 

to help. 

• My heart goes out to the Goforth 

family. I read in the July 7 issue 

about the car accident in 

which the family lost their son, 

Josh. Having almost lost a daughter 

in a car accident, we feel very 

sad for this family. God bless you. 

• There are usually a couple of 

Dr. P bashing vents in the Ledger 

every week; but this last one about 

his bottled water really got to me. 

He has a right to get his bottled 

water delivered to him. Who are 

these people bashing him? Do 

they just hide outside his house in 

the bushes? 

• Yes I saw the Ledger dated June 

23, 2010. I read it every week. If 

you hate me because I don’t hate 

people because of what they look 

like or where they come from, that 

is your right to do so. 

• Nobody is saying that people 

who get government assistance 

are already doing drugs. However, 

to get that government check they 

should be willing to undergo random 

drug testing just like I do at 

my job. 

• I was coming from the cemetery 

on East Cherokee, and I hit 

something on the road that caused 

a flat tire. Within minutes of 

pulling over, a fire truck stopped 

and the firefighter changed my 

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tire. Thank you Ball Ground firefighter 

from truck No. 2 for changing 

my tire and being so courteous. 

• OK all you freeloaders: What 

one person receives without 

working for, another person must 

work for, without receiving. It’s 

that simple. 

• I cannot believe how some parents 

let their kids come snatch the 

candy right in front of my little 

girl’s seat at the parade. It’s unbelievable. 

• How come every time I call the 

child support office up in Canton 

it’s always busy? It doesn’t matter 

what time of day it is. Are they 

just trying to avoid talking to people? 

• To the editor, please get rid of 

Rich and Joyce. I can’t stand their 

crossword puzzles any longer. 

• If most of the people believe 

that our present problems, economic 

or otherwise, are caused by 

Obama and the Democrats, what 

happens when they realize voting 

in another majority party doesn’t 

solve the problems overnight? 

There is no quick fix to these problems 

at the voting booths. 

• Seems to me that the people 

who say "I want my country back" 

really want to take us backwards. 

• I lost one to drugs. Please keep 

these numbers. You may call in 

drug tips anonymously to (770) 

345- 7920, or may speak to an agent 

by calling (770) 704-2350. 

• Went to Cherokee County to 

get my business license and the 

woman didn’t know how to do it. I 

asked for the manager, and she 

said she was the manager. What a 

joke. 

• Here we go again with the 

Woodstock Senior Center. Why 

can no one stop for a treat when 

one person doesn’t want to? Majority 

rules; not one pompous person. 

• Thank you to the city of Woodstock 

for the wonderful Independence 

Day fireworks display and 

to the police department for monitoring 

the traffic flow afterward. 

It was awesome and we thank you. 

• You can always count on the 

Ledger-News to print it and publish 

it for all the world to read 

about. 

• If you drive a foreign car made 

in American by Americans, it still 

makes you un-American. Try 

driving an American car. 

• If children come first at Johnston 

Elementary, where are they? 

Why does the principal and PTA 

have their own pictures in the paper 

and posted at the school? Let’s 

see the children. 

• I don’t think it’s fair people on 

welfare, food stamps and unemployment 

can use drugs. I work 10 

hours a day and am tested and 

cannot use drugs. That’s not fair. 

• The reason why smokers 

nowadays flick their cigarettes 

out the window is because car 

makers don’t put ashtrays in cars 

anymore. 

• To the person complaining 

about the Holly Springs City 

Council spending $150,000 on 

bridge enhancements, they have 

to spend the tax revenue they’re 

collecting on 575 for something. 

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Two Cherokee delegation members 

lauded for legislative work 



As a result of the recently ended 

2010 General Assembly session, 

two local legislators have 

received honors. Senate Majority 

Leader Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock, 

was recognized by three 

industry groups, and Rep. Mark 

Hamilton, R-Cumming, was 

named one of the year’s 10 most 

influential Georgians by a magazine 

that covers the state political 

scene. 

Rogers was named 2010 Legislator 

of the Year by the Technology 

Association of Georgia 

(TAG). 

Rogers was instrumental in 

passing the association’s key legislation 

this year, including the 

“angel investor” credit, included 

in HB 1069, which is expected to 

attract technology start-up companies 

to the state, said TAG Director 

of Government and Public 

Affairs Kaylyn Seawel. 

The credit is for investors creating 

new business in the state, 

but it is designed not to be implemented 

until after three years, 

when it is shown jobs created are 

bona fide. 

‘Incentives like these are 

proven to bring economic 

development to Georgia...’ 

Sen. Chip Rogers 

On the angel investor tax credit 

Rogers said he sponsored the 

angel investor income tax credit 

to encourage third-party investors 

to assist small or startup 

businesses in Georgia. 

The total amount of allowable 

credits is up to $10 million per 

taxable year. 

“Incentives like these are 

proven to bring economic development 

to Georgia, which in 

turn creates high-paying private 

sector jobs,” Rogers said. 

Rogers also was honored by the 

Georgia Retail Association 

(GRA) and the Georgia Utilities 

Contractors Association (GU- 

CA) Inc. 

On June 8, the 

GRA presented him 

with the Senator of 

the Year 2010 award. 

This is the fourth 

time Rogers has won 

the yearly award. 

“Hundreds of 

thousands of Geor- 

gia citizens are employed by retailers 

in our state. The retail 

industry is truly a major economic 

engine that 

drives Georgia’s 

economy. State government 

should do 

all we can to support 

our retailers so they 

in turn can create 

jobs and help grow 

our economy,” 

Rogers said. 

GUCA awarded 

Hamilton 

Rogers 

Rogers the 2010 Golden Shovel 

Legislative Award in recognition 

of legislation he passed, including 

SB 339, GUCA’s legislation 

that allows utility contractors 

to bid directly on utility construction 

work, as well as helped 

carry legislation to lower property 

taxes for heavy equipment 

operators. 

The March/April edition of 

James Magazine named Hamilton 

to the list of “Most Influential 

Georgians.” 

“I am greatly humbled and 

honored by this recognition 

from James Magazine,” Hamilton 

said. “It is truly a privilege 

to represent and serve the citizens 

of Forsyth and Cherokee 

counties in the Georgia House of 

Representatives.” 

Hamilton chaired the House 

Governmental Affairs Committee 

and oversaw legislation this 

year concerning state election 

laws and created a pilot program 

that is designed to allow for a 

faster system for the state to receive 

absentee ballots from members 

of the military serving 

oversees. 

Hamilton was also the vicechairman 

of the Special Transportation 

Funding Sub-committee, 

and worked to pass House 

Bill 277, the regional transportation 

funding bill that was signed 

into law by Gov. Sonny Perdue 

last month and will allow for a 

referendum on a one-cent transportation 

sales tax on the 2012 

ballot. 

Hamilton also worked to include 

language enacting more 

stringent ethics requirements 

for the Georgia Department of 

Transportation (GDOT) board 

members in SB 17, the Georgia 

Government Transparency Act. 

This addition to SB 17 is designed 

to bring greater oversight 

and transparency to the Department 

of Transportation by 

bringing GDOT board members 

under the same ethics standards 

as the Georgia General Assembly. 

The “2010 Most Influential 

Georgians” also includes House 

Speaker David Ralston (R- Blue 

Ridge), U.S. Senator Johnny 

Isakson, Department of Transportation 

Commissioner Vance 

Smith and Georgia Department 

of Economic Development Commissioner 

Ken Stewart. 

Soapbox Correction 

In the July 7 edition of the 

Ledger-News, a Soapbox 

caller said he agreed with 

Sen. Chip Rogers’ comment 

about the unemployed choosing 

not to work. Rogers said 

he never made the comment.


• A Canton woman was taken 

into custody July 14 on aggravated 

assault, simple battery 

and disorderly conduct 

charges after she reportedly 

drew a knife on two male 

victims. According to the Canton 

Police Department report, 

Billie Girl McDougle Norwood, 

23, was in a home with two 

males when she reportedly became 

upset with one of the male 

victims over a cell phone charger 

and grabbed a knife. When both 

the males reportedly tried to 

take the knife from her, they received 

superficial wounds, the 

report said. Upon striking the 

two male victims, Norwood reportedly 

fled the scene with her 

young child. The report said Norwood 

was confronted by officers 

a short distance away and did 

not have the knife. After being 

placed into custody without incident, 

Norwood was transported 

to the Cherokee County jail. 

• A Canton man reported 

stolen and damaged property, 

valued at $6,600, to the 

Canton Police Department on 

July 7. According to the report, 

the man noticed an unknown 

tool was used to break the driver’s 

side door lock. According to 

the report, upon searching the 

vehicle, the victim noticed two 

saxophones, valued at $2,500 

and $3,500, missing from the 

trunk. If anyone has any information, 

contact the Canton Police 

Department at (770) 720- 

4883. 

• A Canton man was arrested 

on July 9 for felony burglary 

and drug possession charges. 

According to reports from the 

Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, 

James Ensley, 26, entered 

into the victim’s home through a 

window that reportedly was left 

partially open. Reportedly, when 

the victim was at the store, Ensley 

entered into the home and 

took a pack of cigarettes and a 

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Five seasonal cabins located at Hillhouse Lodge were burglarized on 

July 13. According to reports from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, 

on July 12, a board member reportedly witnessed three teenagers 

around the area at 4:30 p.m.; no unusual activity around the cabins was 

observed. At 6 a.m. the following day, the witness was notified that a 

boat belonging to one of the cabins was floating on the lake, the report 

said. According to the report, the boat was returned and, upon 

further inspection, forced entry was visible to five cabins. Public Information 

Officer Lt. Jay Baker said it is believed that one of the suspects 

suffered a severe cut to his hand or arm while breaking a window to 

gain entry into one of the trailers due to a significant amount of blood 

at the scene. According to Baker, several of the stolen items were returned. 

Baker said the suspects are black male teens, and it is believed 

they entered and exited the lakeside community through the 

Bridgemill subdivision, where they may live. If anyone has any information 

related to this incident, contact investigators at (770) 928-0239. 

.22 caliber revolver. Because the 

victim knew the alleged suspect, 

the responding deputy was able 

to locate Ensley for questioning. 

Upon doing so, the officers reportedly 

discovered a safe and 

asked the suspect to open it. Inside, 

deputies located the gun 

and arrested Ensley for possession 

of a firearm, the report 

said. According to the report, 

Ensley also had suspected marijuana 

in his pocket. 

• A unoccupied house in the 

Woodstock Knoll subdivision, 

was burglarized on July 9. Ac- 

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cording to Woodstock Police Department, 

when the responding 

officer arrived on scene, a representative 

of Toll Brothers, the 

property owner, was present 

and stated that a $1,800 double 

oven, a handle to the downstairs 

bathroom sink, and the cover of 

a thermostat were stolen. The 

report said visible forced entry 

was noticed through a window, 

and the glass windowpane was 

located in the back of the house. 

If anyone has any information 

regarding this incident, contact 

the Woodstock Police Department 

at (770) 592-6030. 

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Inspections are provided by the 

Cherokee County Health Department. 

Violations are divided into 

two categories: Risk 

Factors/Public Health Interventions 

(RF/PHI) categories and 

Good Retail Practices (GRP) Categories. 

Grades of C or U will require 

a follow up inspection. To 

contact the health department, 

call (770) 479-0444. 

KEITHSBURG CAFE 

2452 Ball Ground Highway, 

Canton 

Inspection date: May 4 

Current score: 87-B 

Previous score: 90-A 

Violations: No certified food safety 

manager on staff. Requirement 

must have been met by December 

2009. Worker seen handling 

ready-to-eat food with 

bare hands when gloves or utensils 

are required. Person in charge 

to ensure employees are trained 

on proper preparation of readyto-eat 

food (Corrected). 

CLUB DE NUTRICION 

203 Marietta Road, Canton 


Current score: 97-A 


Violations: Do not store scoops 

with handle in contact with food. 

Need sanitizer test strips. Restroom 

door must be self-closing. 

Trash can must have lid. Paint all 

raw wood with washable paint. 

Seal all holes in walls and around 

plumbing. Need letter from 

plumber that backflow prevention 

device was installed. 

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Violations: Observed potentially 

hazardous food cold held at 

greater than 41 degrees. Potentially 

hazardous food on top of 

prep cooler at cook line at 60-87 

degrees. Must be 41 degrees or 

below. Food items out of temperature 

were discarded at time of 

inspection. Ice will be utilized for 

cold holding on prep line until 

cooling unit is repaired or replaced. 

KFC/TACO BELL 

6760 Ga. 92, Acworth 




Violations: Food containers not 

being properly cleaned and with 

heavy build-up. The person in 

charge must ensure that all food 

contact surfaces are properly and 

thoroughly cleaned before storage. 

Large spray bottle for cleaning 

floor improperly stored next 

to single use trays. Person in 

charge must ensure that all 

chemicals are properly stored 

(corrected). Several food containers 

improperly stacked very wet 

and must air-dry before stacking 

or storage (corrected). Dumpster 

container lid improperly left 

open and must be kept closed 

between uses. 

WAFFLE HOUSE 




Previous score: 87-B 

Violations: New manager improperly 

cross-contaminated readyto-eat 

food after handling raw 

bacon. The person in charge 

must ensure hands clean and 

properly washed after and before 

handling food utensils and 

ready-to-eat food (corrected). 

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Wiping cloth sanitizer at 0 ppm 

and greater than 200 ppm of 

chlorine. The person in charge 

must ensure that all chlorine sanitizer 

is 100 ppm of sanitizer and 

that wet towels are returned 

back to the solution between uses. 

Coffee filters improperly 

stored under cleaning pads. Single-use 

cups not protected. Person 

in charge must ensure that 

all single service articles are properly 

stored. 

HARDEES 





Violations: Fully cooked frozen 

Angus burgers adulterated and 

contaminated from freezer fan 

water. The person in charge must 

ensure that all food is protected 

from contamination (corrected, 

burgers discarded). Last score of 

80 not posted in the drivethrough. 

Person in charge corrected. 

SUBWAY 

2795 Towne Lake Parkway, 

Woodstock 




Violations: Back handwash sink 

blocked with boxes, and the person 

in charge must keep accessible 

at all times (corrected). First 

aid Solarcaine and liquid paper 

improperly stored above the 

back prep station. Person in 

charge must ensure that all 

chemicals are properly stored. 

Vent above cooler needs cleaning. 

Cove base and ceiling tile 

needs repair. 

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SOHO BAGEL AND DELI 

3760 Sixes Road, Canton 




Violations: Baby powder and fat 

burner improperly stored above 

toaster and other equipment. Person 

in charge must ensure that all 

chemicals are properly stored. 

Bagel plywood boards not sealed 

and must be sealed and painted 

with a wash type paint. Person in 

charge must ensure that all food 

contact surfaces are cleanable and 

properly constructed. Several 

large equipment needs cleaning. 

Person in charge must ensure that 

all non-food contact surfaces are 

kept clean. Purse improperly 

stored above food and must keep 

all employee personal items properly 

stored. Cleaning needed 

around and under equipment. No 

Servsafe on staff. The person in 

charge must have a certified food 

safety manager on staff. Person in 

charge stated she was to take the 

class in May. 

MCDONALDS 


Woodstock 




Violations: Manager failed to wash 

her hands after cleaning out a 

clogged handwash sink drain or 

before handling clean equipment 

and utensils. Food handler improperly 

handled clean utensil 

and food container handles without 

first washing her hands after 

putting raw burgers on the grill. 

The person in charge must ensure 

that all employees properly wash 

their hands at the appropriate 

time and use proper handwashing 

technique when washing 

hands (corrected). 

PURE TAQUERIA 

441 Chambers St., Woodstock 




Violations: Dishmachine sanitizer 

not at proper minimum strength. 

Container for sanitizer was empty 

at time of inspection. Person in 

charge to ensure employees 

maintain adequate quantities of 

chemicals at a time. Failure to 

maintain freezing records on nonexempt 

fish for 90 days. Raw Halibut 

used in ceviche not froze to 

ensure parasite destruction. Fresh 

Halibut and shrimp not cooked to 

proper temperature cannot be 

used for ceviche. Raw marinated 

or partially cooked fish must be 

frozen and stored at the required 

temperature and the minimum 

time as designated in the Georgia 

Food Code. Product cannot be 

served. Observed numerous flies 

in the facility. Person in charge to 

ensure fly problem is remedied. 

One way to prevent flies from 

outside dining area is to install an 

air curtain. 

CHILI’S GRILL AND BAR 


Woodstock 




Violations: Handwash sink blocked 

at time of inspection with plastic 

food containers. The handwash 

sink must be available at all times 

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for handwashing. Person in 

charge to ensure the handwash 

sink is accessible at all times. Container 

for wing sauce not in good 

repair. The plastic appears to be 

breaking down and the surface is 

not smooth and easily cleanable. 

Container discarded at time of inspection 

(repeat). 

SONIC 

11960 Ga. 92, Woodstock 




Violations: QUAT sanitizer not at 

proper minimum strength for 

manual warewashing. Sanitizer 

must be changed more frequently. 

Observed potentially hazardous 

food cold held at greater 

than 41 degrees. Cheese and cut 

tomatoes at 55 degrees. Must be 

held at 41 degrees or below. Items 

discarded at time of inspection. 

Person in charge to ensure proper 

cold holding temperatures. Units 

must be repaired and use ice 

baths to maintain temperature 

until repaired. Seals on cooler for 

fountain in disrepair. Seals must 

be replaced. Observed torn floors 

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BISCUIT BARN 

5749 Holly Springs Parkway, 

Canton 




Violations: No certified food safety 

manager on staff. Requirement 

must have been met by December 

2009. Information on upcoming 

classes given at time of inspection. 

Windows to food preparation 

area left open with no screening 

or air curtain. Drive-through window 

must be self-closing or an air 

curtain must be installed. Exterior 

door must be self-closing or an air 

curtain (repeat). 

MI CASA MEXICAN 

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8265 Ga. 92, Suite 109 and 110, 

Woodstock 




Violations: Raw animal food not 

properly separated from ready-toeat 

food. Observed raw frozen 

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chicken sitting directly on top of 

container of sour cream and a keg 

of beer. Raw potentially hazardous 

food must be stored separated 

from and below ready-toeat 

food. Person in charge to ensure 

that employees are aware of 

proper method of storing and 

separating raw potentially hazardous 

food and ready-to-eat 

food. Beverage dispensing nozzles 

not clean to the sight and 

touch. Clean more frequently. Observed 

potentially hazardous food 

thawed in standing water. To 

properly thaw potentially hazardous 

food, you must place a 

container in the sink and have a 

continuous flow of cold water 

spilling over the product and 

flowing to drain. Or the potentially 

hazardous food can be thawed 

in the cooler or as part of the 

cooking process. 

HONG KONG CITY 

12050 Ga. 92, Woodstock 




Violations: Laundry detergent improperly 

stored with food. Bug 

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spray improperly used by employees 

and must be put down by a 

certified exterminator. The person 

in charge must ensure that all 

chemicals are properly applied, 

used and stored (corrected). Sugar 

scoop handle improperly touching 

product and must be extend 

out from all food (corrected). 

Food prep dirty sink and must 

keep clean. Person in charge must 

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Microwave very dirty and must 

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Front door improperly left open 

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12050 Ga. 92, Suite 140, 

Woodstock 




Violations: Observed potentially 

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greater than 41 degrees. Person 

in charge must repair gaskets on 

flip top cooler to keep the potentially 

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CHEROKEE RELIGION 

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Church News items must be 

typed and submitted to The Cherokee 

Ledger-News the Wednesday 

before publication date. Send 

items by fax to (770) 928-3152 or email 

to editor@ledgernews.com. 

Please be sure to include the address 

of the event and a contact 

number. For the complete Religion 

calendar, go to 

www.ledgernews.com. 

SINGING 

• Waleska First Baptist Church, on 

Ga. 108, hosts a coffeehouse 

singing on the first Friday of each 

month at 6:30 p.m. 

• Sixes Presbyterian Church, 2335 

Sixes Road, Canton, presents the 

“Sounds on Sixes – Summer Christian 

Concert,” July 23 from 6 p.m. 

to 9 p.m. The free Christian concert 

for the whole family featuring 

local bands sharing their talents 

and lives. For more information, 

call (770) 485-1975. 

REVIVALS 

• Nelson Baptist Church will hold 

summer revival through July 24. 

Morning services are at 11 a.m. 

and evening services are at 7:30 

p.m. Rev. Larry Buchanan and 

Rev. Steve Chapman will be assisting 

the home pastor, Rev. Steve 

Chadwick. 

VBS 

• Faith Presbyterian Church, 3655 

Reinhardt College Parkway, Canton, 

presents its Camp E.D.G.E. 

(Experience and Discover God 

Everywhere) VBS July 26-July 30 

from 9 a.m. to noon. The VBS is 

for children ages 3 to fifth-grade 

at no cost. To enroll your child or 

receive further information, call 

Jean Howington at (770) 289- 

6129. 

NEW CHURCH 

• Oak Leaf Church, a new church 

that recently came to Canton, will 

be holding preview services Aug. 

8 at Riverstone Cinemas, 5 Reinhardt 

College Parkway, Canton, 

at 10 a.m. The church will launch 

its second campus in Canton on 

Aug. 22. Childcare and kids’ services 

are provided at all services. 

For more information, e-mail Tim 

Steele at tim@oakleafchurch.com 

or call (678) 386-3155. 

CONFERENCE 

• The Christian Authors Guild, 

based out of Prayer and Praise 

Christian Fellowship Church in 

Woodstock, is hosting its 8th Annual 

Fall Conference “2010 Catch 

the Wave Writers Conference” 

Sept. 10-11 at Piedmont Church 

Conference Center, 570 Piedmont 

Road, Marietta. There are early 

registration discounts for those 

registering by Aug. 10. Featured 

speakers are Kelly Mortimer of 

Mortimer Literary Agency, Patricia 

Sprinkle, author of Hold Up 

the Sky, Chris Tiegreen, editor of 

Indeed magazine and Cynthia 

Simmons, author of Struggles and 

Triumphs. For more information, 

go to www.christianauthorsguild.org. 

SPECIAL EVENTS 

• Cagle’s Farm House is offering 

free fishing for church youth 

groups of up to 15 members. The 

public can fish for $5 per person. 

Reservations are required. For 

more information, contact (404) 

567-6363 or bernese@caglesfarmhouse.com. 

• Love Community Church and 

There’s Hope for the Hungry will 

distribute free boxes of food for 

those in need on the first Thurs- 

day of each month between 10 

a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Food Depot 

parking lot at Bells Ferry Road 

and Ga. 92. 

• Bascomb United Methodist 

Church, 2295 Bascomb Carmel 

Road, Woodstock, is now accepting 

applications for the fourth annual 

craft fair, which will be held 

Nov. 13 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at 

the church. Applications are available 

at www.bascombumc.org or 

by contacting Diane Williams at 

(770) 917-0119 for more information. 



will have a summer cookout 

immediately after church service 

July 25. Hamburgers and hotdogs 

will be grilled. There will be all 

the fixin's for them and lots of 

homemade side items and 

desserts. The community is invited 

to join in at 12:30 p.m. For more 

information, call (404) 514-2138. 

FUNDRAISERS 

• First Baptist Church Canton, 1 

Mission Point, Canton, will hold 

its fall and winter kids' consignment 

sale Aug. 13 from 9 a.m. to 

7 p.m. and Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 

2 p.m. Find gently used infant, 

children and teen clothes and 

shoes, kids' bedding and room 

decor, toys and much more at a 

fraction of its cost new. For more 

information, call Mandy Moore at 

(678) 454-2661. 

• St. Michael the Archangel 

Catholic Church, 490 Arnold Mill 

Road, will hold a garage sale Aug. 

6-Aug. 7 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in 

the Parish Hall. Proceeds benefit 

the St. Vincent de Paul Society 

Food Pantry and Financial Assistance 

Programs. 

• Hickory Flat Fellowship Church, 

5301 Hickory Flat Highway, Canton, 

hosts a monthly “trade day” 

every third Saturday of the month 

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone is 

welcome to buy, trade or sell new 

or used items. For more information, 

call (770) 374-7192 or e-mail 

julieringo1@windstream.net. 

• First Woodstock United 

Methodist Church holds a garage 

sale every second and fourth 

weekend, Thursday-Saturday, 

from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the lower 

level of Latimer Hall, 109 

Towne Lake Parkway, in downtown 

Woodstock. 



will be having a yard sale 

from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 14. 

Everything but clothes will be 

sold. For more information, call 

(770) 735-6542. 

CAREGIVING 

• The Stephen Ministry, a Christian 

support group for people in a crisis, 

provides one-on-one, confidential, 

same gender emotional 

and spiritual care. Call (770) 924- 

4777, ext. 123 for more information. 

RECOVERY 

• Sixes United Methodist Church, 

8385 Bells Ferry Road, Canton, offers 

“Celebrate Recovery,” a 

Christ-centered program based 

on the eight Beatitudes and AA's 

12 Step program. The group 

meets each Friday beginning at 6 

p.m. for dinner, followed by worship 

at 7 p.m., a share group at 8 

p.m. and fellowship at 9 p.m. For 

more information, call (770) 345- 

7644. 

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JULY 21, 2010 COMMUNITY FEATURES THE CHEROKEE LEDGER-NEWS 13 

Spotlight items must be typed 

and submitted to The Cherokee 

Ledger-News the Wednesday before 

publication date. Send items 

by fax to (770) 928-3152 or e-mail to 

editor@ledgernews.com. Please 

be sure to include the address of 

the event and a contact number. 

For the complete Spotlight calender, 

go to www.ledgernews.com. 

SPECIAL EVENTS 

• Boy Scout Braden Shelley, in an 

effort to earn his Eagle Scout, is 

holding a U.S. Flag Retirement 

Ceremony at 7 p.m. July 21 at The 

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter 

Day Saints, 3459 East Cherokee 

Drive, Canton. Shelley will be conducting 

the ceremony, an official 

retirement. Shelley invites the 

community to attend and see 

something that’s not often seen. 

• The Cherokee County Historical 

Society is hosting “Using your local 

library to jump start your genealogy,” 

July 27 at 7 p.m. at the 

Rock Barn, 658 Marietta Highway, 

Canton. The event will be conducted 

by Linda Woodward 

Geiger. The event is free and open 

to the public. Reservations are required 

for both events. Call (770) 

345-3288. 

• The Cherokee Running Club is 

hosting its annual Etowah River 

Run July 24 at Cherokee High 

School, located on Marietta Highway 

in Canton. Runners and walkers 

are invited to attend the family 

fun day and participate in any 

of the events. There will be a 5K 

beginning at 8 a.m., a 1K beginning 

at 9 a.m., and there will 

prizes for winners and goody bags 

for participants. A finish line party 

will be held in Boling Park. To 

register, go to www.active.com or 

eirismarketing.com/ events (click 

to download a registration form 

pdf) or by request via e-mail at 

dserr@bellsouth.net. Sponsors also 

are being sought. To learn 

more, call Heather Blevins at (404) 

408-0195 or Beth Hermes at (678) 

524-7518. All proceeds from the 

event will go to the Anna Crawford 

Children’s Center. 

• The Green Dragon Mah Jongg 

Society is having their Fifth Annual 

Mah Jongg tournament on 

Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 

108 Arnold Mill Road, Building C. 

Cost is $20 per person. Proceeds 

will go to the senior center. Lunch 

and dessert will be served. Seating 

is limited. 

• Callahan Golf Links, Cherokee 

County Fire and Emergency Services 

and The National Fallen Firefighter 

Foundation will host the 

2010 National Fallen Firefighter 

Foundation Golf Classic Sept. 30, 

beginning at 9 a.m. with a shotgun 

start. Registration closes Sept. 

20. For more information or to 

purchase a sponsorship, call (770) 

331-5415 or (678) 493-4028. 

• The Volunteer Aging Council‘s 

10th Annual Gala “Tropical Nights 

Luau” will be held Aug. 28 beginning 

at 6:30 p.m. at the county 

conference center on Bluffs Parkway 

in Canton. Tickets cost $50 

and include dinner, auction (silent 

and live) and entertainment. Contact 

Mary Mendez at (678) 720- 

2779 for more information. Proceeds 

will benefit the Meals-on- 

Wheels Program, Last Stop Emergency 

Fund, Fan Drive and other 

programs supported by the Volunteer 

Aging Council. 

• The first annual Bridgemill-Sixes 

Service League Golf FORE Charity 

Tournament will be held Aug. 30 

at the BridgeMill Athletic Club. 

Golfers will enjoy breakfast and 

lunch, a round of golf, a custom 

golf shirt and a chance to win 

silent auction prizes. Some items 

CHEROKEE SPOTLIGHT 

■ 

include a Weber grill and a flat 

screen TV. Craig Sager, field reporter 

for TNT and TBS, will be 

the guest speaker at the luncheon. 

Register by Aug. 13. For more 

information, call (770) 345-7941. 

• The Woodstock Masonic Lodge 

#246 will be sponsoring the Georgia 

Child Identification Program 

Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in 

the Wellesley clubhouse (corner of 

Rose Creek Drive and Wellesley 

Crest Drive in Towne Lake). Parents 

will receive a computerized 

disk with their child’s picture, 

complete set of fingerprints and 

distinguishing features and a dental 

bit impression, to be used 

should a child ever go missing. 

The child’s data is permanently 

deleted and only a parent-signed 

permission slip will be retained by 

the group. The service is free. For 

more information, call Don Mullin 

at (770) 516-3863. 

BLOOD DRIVES 

• The following Red Cross blood 

drives will be held in Cherokee 

County: July 29 from 2:30 p.m. to 

7:30 p.m., Northside Hospital- 

Cherokee, Education Building, 201 

Hospital Road, Canton. 



will host a blood drive July 27 

from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The 

blood mobile will be on the campus 

and, while all blood is desired, 

this drive will be emphasizing 

type O blood. For more information, 

call (770) 735-6542. 

REUNIONS 

• Etowah High School Class of 

2000’s 10-year reunion will be 

held Aug. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Towne 

Lake Hills Featherstone’s Grill, 

1003 Towne Lake Hills East, 

Woodstock. Tickets cost $35 per 

person or $65 per couple. Deadline 

to purchase tickets is July 31. 

E-mail Brian Mraz at 

ehsreunion.classof2000@gmail.co 

m or call Danielle Polcha Kononen 

at (770) 656-4424 for more information. 

CLASSES 

• Vegetarian cooking classes are 

being held at the Cherokee Seventh-day 

Adventist Church, 101 

Rope Mill Road, Woodstock, the 

second Tuesday of every month 

from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cost is 

$3 per class, and attendees will 

help with the food preparation 

and enjoy food sampling. Registration 

is required at least two 

days before each class. For more 

information or to register, call 

Ethel Kaufman at (770) 479-4318. 

• The Cherokee Child Advocacy 

Council’s Parents HELP program is 

forming parenting classes, which 

will include parenting of infants 

and toddlers, active parenting 

NOW!, and parenting of teens. 

Classes will be held in the 

evenings for six weeks, and the 

cost is $25 per person and $40 per 

couple. For more information, call 

Gwynne Maffett at (770) 592- 

9779. 

• Papa’s Pantry, 6551 Commerce 

Parkway , Woodstock, and The 

Masters Training Center presents 

“Organic Gardening Made Easy,” 

which is held most Wednesdays 

throughout the summer from 

3:30 p.m.to 4:30 p.m. Call ahead 

for the free class. For information, 

call (770) 591-4730. 

POLITICAL 

• The Cherokee County Democratic 

Party meets the third Monday of 

the month at 7 p.m. at the Holly 

Springs Community Center, 100 

Hickory Circle off Old Ga. 5. The 

group also holds a breakfast 

meeting the first Saturday of the 

month at 9 a.m. at the Ryan’s on 

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Riverstone Parkway in Canton and 

a monthly “Meet-Up” on the second 

Friday at 7 p.m. at Rainbow 

Asia in the Bridgemill neighborhood. 

For more information, call 

(770) 345-3489 or visit 

www.cherokeedems.com. 

• The Cherokee County Libertarian 

Party meets the last Monday of 

each month at 7 p.m. at Rose 

Creek Library in Towne Lake. Visit 

www.ga.lp.org/cherokee. 

• The Cherokee County Republican 

Party meets for breakfast the first 

Saturday of every month at 8 a.m. 

at Mason's, 149 Reinhardt College 

Parkway, Canton. The group also 

holds a “Critical Issues Forum” on 

the fourth Monday of the month 

at 7 p.m. at the Holly Springs 

Train Depot. For more information, 

call (678) 520-2236 or (770) 

345-2677. 

• The Cherokee County Republican 

Women meet the third Wednesday 

of each month at the 

BridgeMill Featherstone restaurant 

in Canton. Dinner is at 6 p.m., 

with guest speakers beginning at 

7 p.m. For more information or to 

make reservations, call (678) 520- 

2236. 

BINGO 

• American Legion Legion Post 45, 

160 McClure St., Canton, holds 

Bingo sessions every Tuesday at 

7:30 p.m and Saturday at 6 p.m. 

For more information, call (770) 

479-4405. 

• Canton Women of the Moose 972 

hold Bingo games Sundays at 3 

p.m. at the Moose Lodge on 

Moose Lodge Road, off Ga. 5 in 

Canton. Required buy-in is $10 for 

two cards. For more information, 

call (770) 479-8300. 

FARMERS MARKETS 

• The city of Woodstock is hosting 

a Farmers Market every Saturday 

through Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to 

noon at the corner of Main Street 

and Towne Lake Parkway. Public 

parking is available behind Woodstock 

Community Church. For 

more information e-mail farmersmarket@oldetownewoodstock.co 

m or call (770) 924-0406. 

• The city of Canton hosts a 

Farmer’s Market every Saturday 

through September, promoting 

local farmers and local artisans, 

from 8 a.m. to noon in Cannon 

Park. The event is rain or shine. 

For more information, contact 

Ginger Garrard at (770) 704-1500. 

PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB 

• The Cherokee Photography Club 

meets every second and fourth 

Monday at 7 p.m. at the Cherokee 

Arts Center in downtown Canton. 

For more information, call (770) 

617-7595 or visit cherokeepc.org. 

SADDLE CLUB 

• Cherokee County Saddle Club 

meets the third Wednesday of 

every month at Family Traditions, 

7830 Hickory Flat Highway, Woodstock. 

For more information, contact 

Tamma Trump at (770) 655- 

0819 or mswhinney@juno.com. 

WEIGHT LOSS 

• TOPS Club, Inc. Woodstock, a 

nonprofit, holds weekly meetings 

at 109 Towne Lake Parkway, 

Woodstock, as a support system to 

help people lose weight and live 

healthier lives. Meetings are held 

on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. Weighins 

are from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. 

The first meeting is free. A yearly 

membership costs $26, and weekly 

dues are $2. Fees cover administrative 

costs like paper and ink. 

For more information, call Rose 

Beauchamp at (770) 517-3799 or 

e-mail 

sweetmaria1956@yahoo.com. 

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shots, has been spayed and will be microchipped before adoption. She 

tested negative for heartworms and parvo. Sera has been staying at the 

Cherokee County Animal Shelter since April 20. Visit Sera in run 701. 

Adoptions cost $75 for cats and dogs, and include the first round of shots, 

spay/neuter and microchip. The shelter is located on Univeter Road, and 

is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call (770) 345- 

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JOBS: Chart to expands operations in Canton 

The Indiana manufacturing “The impact of Chart’s action is to our community even during 

and customer service operations significant. First, it is located in these tough economic times.” 

were acquired in November 2009 one of our target commercial and Rogers said he is convinced the 

as part of the acquisition of Covi- industrial centers – Airport Com- Chart expansion is the rebirth of 

dien’s liquid oxygen therapy busimerce Center, adjacent to the re- job growth in the county. 

ness.cently-expanded 

Cherokee gener- “Georgia, and especially Chero- 

“Since the acquisition of the liqal aviation airport,” Ahrens said. kee County, remains one of the 

uid oxygen therapy business from “Second, Chart will invest ap- best places in the world to do busi- 

Covidien, we have been analyzing proximately $5 million in conness. This expansion by Chart In- 

the most effective 

struction and equipment in the dustries is a welcome 

way to rationalize 

new site, and will create approxi- addition to our econ- 

this business,” said 

mately 100 new jobs.” 

omy. I am glad to see 

Steve Shaw, presi- 

Ahrens said quality economic so many jobs being 

dent of Chart’s Bio- 

development is Cherokee Coun- created.” 

Medical Group. “We 

ty’s No. 1 priority. 

Rep. Sean Jergu- 

have concluded that 

“Chart Industries expanded son, R-Holly Springs, 

the consolidation of 

presence in the county will send a called the news the 

the manufacturing Ahrens strong signal to other companies plant is expanding Day 

and customer service 

considering expansion or re-loca- “absolutely phenom- 

operations into our Canton camtion. As a global enterprise, Chart enal.”pus 

is the most cost effective solu- serves three main market sectors: Jerguson said his priority has 

tion to meet our customers’ energy and chemicals, industrial been to promote the county and 

needs.” 

gas, and biomedical. They are No. increase small and medium busi- 

CAIRE, Chart’s biomedical di- 1 or No. 2 in those sectors. The nesses in the county, and now his 

vision, manufactures a full line of global dimension is significant as work is beginning to pay off. 

liquid oxygen reservoirs and liq- these companies closely scruti- “These are high-tech, good-payuid 

oxygen portables sold under nize any and all locations for ing jobs,” he said. 

the LiberatorTM, SpiritTM, Com- start-up or expansion.” 

State Rep. Charlice Byrd, R- 

panionTM and HELiOSTM About 130 jobs will be affected in Woodstock, said the news is excit- 

brands. 

Indiana, according to Chart. ing for Cherokee, and and agreed 

Marshall Day, chairman of the “While news of business clo- in saying the company will bring 

Cherokee Office of Economic Desures anywhere in the country is many high-paying jobs. 

velopment, said, “We are thrilled disturbing, we are pleased that "I've been working for six years 

to have Chart expand once again Cherokee County will be able to to attract bio industries to the 

in our county. Our existing indus- support Chart Industries’ opera- county,” Byrd said. “It's a clean intries 

are very important to us, and tional move here,” said Rep. dustry and salaries usually start 

this expansion is a great testimo- Calvin Hill, R-Canton. “They around $60,000. Hopefully this 

nial to our county being ready and have been a valued member of our will open the door to say the coun- 

able to meet the needs of existing community for some time, and we ty is working toward being a bio 

business growth. The additional appreciate their continuing confi- job center. If we could build on 

jobs created by this expansion redence in the business environ- that, it would be fabulous." 

flect successful operations by ment in our area. We will contin- Chart Industries Inc.’s prod- 

Chart and bode well for economic ue our efforts, with the Cherokee ucts are used throughout the liq- 

development in Cherokee Coun- County Office of Economic Develuid gas supply chain for purificaty.”opment, 

to promote our county as tion, liquefaction, distribution, 

Cherokee County Commission a great place to live and work.” storage and end-use applications, 

Chairman Buzz Ahrens said State Sen. Chip Rogers, R- Wood- the largest portion of which are 

Chart is an important employer stock, said the firm has recog- energy-related. 

in the county, and, in 2008, relocatnized that Georgia and Cherokee Chart has domestic operations 

ed some lab space and administra- County are a great destination for throughout the United States and 

tive functions from Cobb County. jobs and investment, and noted an international presence in 

Ahrens said the county is de- that the county’s Office of Eco- Asia, Australia and Europe. 

lighted about the firm’s latest exnomic Development has done “an For more information,visit 

pansion. 

outstanding job of bringing jobs www.chart-ind.com. 

Back-to-school immunization clinic set for July 27 

FROM STAFF REPORTS 

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Roundabout nearing completion 



Woodstock officials will allow 

construction crews to work into 

the late evening hours in an effort 

to speed up completion of 

the Haney Road roundabout so it 

doesn’t interfere with the start of 

school in just a few short weeks. 

At its meeting July 12, the 

Woodstock City Council gave 

community development director 

Richard McLeod the OK for 

the contractor installing the 

roundabout to extend working 

hours to 9 p.m. Previously, the 

workday stopped at 7 p.m. 

“We are working toward completion 

for Aug. 2,” McLeod said. 

While the extra night hours 

will help, McLeod added that 

there’s not a 100 percent guarantee 

the project will be finished 

before the first day of classes, 

which is Aug. 2. 

He said the schools have already 

been directed to use alternative 

routes if necessary. 

The city began on the roundabout 

in early June, temporarily 

closing off Main Street just 

Johnston said the consultant that helps with the 

pool designs can help determine whether pool entrance 

fees or family memberships will be sold and 

can also determine what swimming pool configuration 

would be the best. 

“The absolute Cadillac would be a 25 yard by 50 

meter pool, an adjacent warm-up warm-down pool 

and an outdoor pool,” Johnston said. “We will have 

to see what we can afford. The enclosed structure 

could be almost as big as a football field.” Johnston 

said 25 yards is the standard length for high school 

meets, and college meets swim 50 meter lengths. 

Commissioners also unanimously approved the 

appointment of Carolyn (Becky) Wentzel to 

served on the Department of Family and Children’s 

Services Board due to the resignation of 

Steve Patterson. Woodstock City Manager Jeff 

Moon also had indicated that he wanted to be considered 

to serve. 

Wentzel is the owner of Hot Dog Heaven in downtown 

Woodstock, and said in her resume, “I am 

deeply devoted to the children of Cherokee County,” 

she said. Wentzel is a member of several PTAs 

in the county, and has grown children and three 

grandchildren. She said she received a lifetime 

achievement award from Cobb County Schools. 

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• held a public hearing, at which no one spoke, regarding 

changes to the licensing qualifications under 

the vehicles for hire ordinance. The modifications 

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• unanimously approved Rodney Riding’s appeal, 

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modifications to the vehicles for hire ordinance. 

Ridings had been turned down due to prior felony 

convictions under the old ordinance; 

• unanimously approved the Atlanta Regional 

Commission contract for senior services for 

$580,325, a decrease in funding of $25,000; and 

• unanimously agreed to appoint Cherokee Office 

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Martin to replace county Planning Director Jeff 

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MILL: Canton not considering moratorium 

Ball wanted to take an aggressive 

approach to ensure the pill 

mills would not rear their heads in 

Holly Springs, unless, that is, they 

were legitimate, medically-connected 

and registered with the 

state’s medical board. 

The request was approved at the 

May 17 Holly Springs City Council 

meeting, 3-0, with council members 

Jacqueline Archer and Tommy 

Sanders absent. 

On July 12, Woodstock took initiative 

to join Holly Springs. 

Bores told the Woodstock City 

Council that it was recommended 

that all of the jurisdictions within 

Cherokee County cooperate with 

the one-year moratorium until the 

county can draft an ordinance. 

“The moratorium just gives us 

an opportunity, a pause if you will, 

to more accurately evaluate what 

the impact of these pain clinics 

are and to craft a better 

ordinance to control 

them,” Bores 

said. 

According to the 

resolution presented 

to the council members, 

the moratorium 

makes it impossible 

for “pill mills,” to renew 

a license or any 

pain management clinic to obtain 

a new license until a signed, notarized 

statement has been submitted 

to the city of Woodstock. Pill 

mills, according to the resolution, 

are pain clinics that have no interest 

in the diagnosis and treatment 

of medical issues, but write prescriptions 

and sell the highly addictive 

medication to the patient 

on site. 

As stated in the resolution, if officials 

were to discover the signed 

document was false, 

the license would be 

revoked. 

Currently, there are 

no suspected “pill 

mills” in Woodstock; 

however, there are legitimate, 

medical fa- 

cilities that address 

the issue of pain, 

Bores said. 

One Woodstock council member 

said it should stay that way. 

“I can’t imagine any legitimate 

reason for those pain clinics,” 

Councilman Chris Casdia said July 

12. “These pain clinics are a way 

for people to push Oxy and Vicodin 

and get around pharmacies 

and legitimate doctors, and there 

should not be one in our city. A 

one-year moratorium isn’t 

enough. I don’t want any of them 

in this town.” 

Presently, Holly Springs and 

Woodstock are the only two jurisdictions 

within the 

county that have imposed 

the one-year 

moratorium. However, 

more are expected 

to jump on board this 

year, including 

Cherokee County 

and Ball Ground. 

According to Ball 

Ground Police Chief 

Ball 

Garrison 

Lance 

Dana Davis, Ball Ground City 

Manager Eric Wilmarth is currently 

working on a draft and intends 

to take it to council next 

month. 

Davis said “pill mills” are not a 

problem in Ball Ground; however, 

the city plans to impose it as a precautionary 

measure. 

“I would assume that if they (pill 

mills) find Cherokee County to be 

a lucrative place, then they will be 

all over the place,” he said. 

The sheriff agreed and has also 

passed the moratorium to the 

proper hands. 

Garrison said he and County 

Manager Jerry Cooper took the 

moratorium to the county commissioners, 

and it was passed on 

to the county attorney for review. 

“They are just reviewing it and 

preparing something for the county 

to do as well,” Garrison said. 

County Commission Chairman 

Buzz Ahrens was unable to confirm 

a date as to when the commissioners 

will vote on the moratorium. 

The item was to be discussed 

at the July 20 county commission 

meeting. 

“The commissioners, based on 

their e-mail responses back to me, 

are in agreement that it needs to 

be done and are supportive,” Garrison 

said, insisting that the moratorium 

on pain clinics is a must. “I 

think it is very important because 

these pill mills are a rapidly 

emerging trend.” 

While Garrison admitted it will 

be difficult to entirely prevent pill 

mills from operating, the moratorium 

will put all jurisdictions in a 

position as to where they can monitor 

the operations more closely, 

which, he added, could save lives. 

According to a published document 

by Georgia Medical Examiner’s 

Office last year, in 2008, overdoses 

on prescription drug use 

was greater than illicit drugs. Of 

the 638 drug overdose deaths in 

Georgia in 2008, 543, or 85 percent, 

involved prescription drugs or a 

combination of prescription and 

illicit drugs, statistics show. 

While these figures are calculated 

from the entire state, Bores said 

Woodstock has seen some arrests 

involving prescription drugs. 

“We have seen some, but I wouldn’t 

say it is a lot. We just don’t want 

it to get out of hand and get any 

worse,” he said. “This is something 

that all the departments in 

the county are addressing.” 

Although the sheriff’s office and 

Ball Ground plans to join Woodstock 

and Holly Springs in the 

countywide effort for a moratorium 

on pain clinics, Canton does 

not. 

According to the Canton Chief 

of Police Jeff Lance and Assistant 

Chief of Police Todd Vande Zande, 

the city of Canton has not had any 

issues with pill mills in the past or 

currently. 

Both the chief and assistant 

chief confirmed that there has not 

been any discussion on a moratorium 

or about passing one in the 

city limits at this time. Both added 

that if they see pill mills as an issue 

in the future, a moratorium 

might be something that is discussed 

with the Canton council 

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NURSE: Lucas taking time to clear her mind 

“The guys and girls who are injured in battle get 

shipped to us, and we make sure they are stable 

enough to be shipped back to the states,” Lucas said of 

her duties there. “Anyone that needs more than basic 

care goes there (Landstuhl).” 

According to Lucas, in addition to serving injured 

soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan, she treated Australians, 

civilian contractors and the local population. 

During her time in the Navy, Lucas said she was able 

to dabble in many of the nursing field areas. 

“The good thing about the Navy is that you become 

a well versed nurse. I have seen all aspects of the nursing 

realm, except for labor/delivery and the O.R.,” she 

said, noting that the intensive care unit fit her needs 

as a self-proclaimed “control freak.” “I think that the 

ICU is for people who like to be in control. And, the ICU 

allows me to think more and be cautious of my patients’ 

needs. There is a lot of one-on-one care, which 

is nice.” 

While Lucas is also able to tend to her patients’ needs 

at Kennestone, she said they are just that—patients. 

“I enjoy my patients at Kennestone, but they are 

strangers to me. My military patients, however, are 

family. It is a bond that you don’t have in the civilian 

world,” she said, noting that, at times, it can be overwhelming 

because the soldiers are like a family to her. 

“Ninety-eight to 99 percent make it back to the 

states,” she said, noting that the one or two percent 

that do not make it back can take a toll on anyone in 

the field. 

In order for the injured Iraq and Afghanistan patients 

to get to LRMC, Lucas said they must first endure 

a six- to eight-hour plane flight. 

Once at the hospital, the soldiers, she said, have no 

idea where they are and they are frightened. 

“The courage of our guys and girls is what I brought 

home with me,” Lucas said. “It was usually a fighting 

battle. When they first woke up, the first thing they 

would ask was, ‘Where is my buddy?’ followed by a, 

‘Thank you.’” 

She said, when a soldier would thank her, she would 

return the gesture. 

“We thanked them because it was them who were 

standing up for those who could not,” she said. “If I 

ever think my life is hard, all I have to do is think of the 

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guys and girls and realize it can be worse.” 

While the job of a military nurse can be overwhelming, 

a majority of the work, Lucas said, is very rewarding. 

“I try to keep in touch with as many of the soldiers 

as I can through Facebook,” she said. “We (the nurses) 

don’t always know what happens to our soldiers, but 

we know that when they leave, they are going back to 

the states and will be taken care of.” 

As for her future as a civilian, Lucas said she fully 

intends to return to her Kennestone post, which she 

has held for five years. 

After her 11-month stint in Germany, she said she 

needs time to clear her mind and readjust to civilian 

life. 

“That is one of the reasons I picked Kennestone; because 

I am in the reserves, I can have things that conflict,” 

she said, noting that the hospital officials said it 

would not be a problem and her job was secure. “They 

are very supportive.” 

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Speer eyeing transition into NASCAR’s Truck Series 

BY BRANDON MICHEA 

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With his shaggy hair and young, boyish smile, Tyler Speer 

blends right in with the rest of the crowd on the Kennesaw State 

University campus. 

But don’t let his appearance fool you. Speer is anything but 

your typical 19-year-old. 

While many of his peers are spending their weekends deciding 

which party to attend, Speer has his sights set on a future in 

NASCAR – one that he is not planning on just waiting around for. 

“I’m not on the four-year college plan or any type of set 

schedule, but I’m taking four classes a semester and I’m going to 

get my degree,” said Speer, the son of Terri and Tim Speer of 

Woodstock. “But the cars come first right now because you can’t 

wait. NASCAR is trying to get kids so young, and if I sit here, 

wait and twiddle my thumbs, it’ll be too late for me. 

“We want to start running in the NASCAR’s (Camping World) 

Truck Series next year, move up to the Nationwide Series after 

that, and within the next five to seven years, we want to be racing 

(Sprint) Cup; and there’s no doubt in my mind that we can do it.” 

It’s a dream Speer has had since the age of 12. 

Wanting to get back into dirt bike racing, which he had been a 

part of at an early age, Speer’s parents had a different plan. 

“I wasn’t the best at it, but I really enjoyed racing motorcycles, 

and when I was 12, I decided I wanted to start competing in 

it again,” he explained. “But my mom really didn’t want me to 

because so many kids that we knew had gotten hurt over the 

years. So, my parents bought me a go-cart for Christmas and 

I started racing those.” 

And it did not take long for Speer to find his passion. 

“I’m competitive in everything that I do, and I always want to be 

the best at it,” he said. “By the end of my first year of go-kart racing, 

I was starting to think about one day running in NASCAR. 

“Once I started running up front in the go-carts, I knew there 

was no where else for me to go if I stayed there, so we moved 

into the Legacy cars (a three-quarter sized replica of a Cup car) 

when I was 14 and it was go, go, go from there. I knew this is what 

I wanted to do.” 

After finishing fourth in the point standings with one win and 

nine top-five finishes on the Allison Legacy Car Series in 2009, 

Speer worked a step closer to his goal with a move to Pro Late 

Model cars in 2010, and has had plenty of early success. 

Starting with the Polar Bear 150 at Rockingham Speedway 

(N.C.) in January, the Woodstock native placed 23rd out of more 

than 70 cars, despite a collision that cost him a trip to the pits 

with the loss of two front shocks, a bent center link and two 

missing rear springs – among other issues – and took him out of 

the top-10. He also made his Dixie Speedway debut this spring, 

placing in the top-five in three of the six Crate Late Model events 

he ran, and has placed in the top-10 in each of his three events at 

Lanier National Speedway, including a seventh-place showing 

over the Fourth of July weekend. 

But while he plans to continue to run Late Model events the 

rest of the year, Speer said he is now turning his focus toward 

preparing for the trucks circuit. 

“The biggest difference between racing and other sports like 

baseball and football is that there is no set path to advance,” 

Speer said. “As far as the other sports go, you play for your high 

school, go to college and play for that team, then hope the pros 

pick you up. In racing, there’s a thousand different ways you can 

work your way up to NASCAR. 

“We decided to go to the Allison Legacy cars after go-carts because 

of the travel and because they are more like a full-sized 

car, which has made for a pretty good transition into Late Model 

cars. Now that we’ve run Late Models, I feel like we are ready 

to run trucks; and the reason I want to run those is because 

SEE MOVE, PAGE 20 

YOUTH SWIMMING 

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County 

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berths 

Dylan Villhauer set a meet record for 

the second time in three years and a 

total of 46 Cherokee County swimmers 

combined for 42 individual and 16 relay 

top-three, state-qualifying performances 

at the Georgia Recreation and Parks 

District 5 Championships, July 10 in 

Douglasville. 

Charting a time of 23.88 seconds in the 

13-14-year-old boys’ 50-yard Freestyle, 

Villhauer was 2.5 seconds 

faster than his closest 

competitor, Smyrna’s Tej 

Suber, on his way to setting 

the new meet mark. 

The 14-year-old freestyler 

already held the best time in 

the 50 Free for the 11-12 Division, having 

posted a 26.97-second performance to set 

the record in 2005. 

The July 10, record-setting effort put 

Villhauer on a short list of county 

performers that currently hold multiple 

district records, joining Adrienne 

Amador (four individual records), 

Shelby Hixon (three) and Alec Cohen 

(two). Amador was also a part of two of 

the county’s seven relay teams that 

currently hold records, while Cohen 

and Hixon were each a part of one 

record-holding relay team. 

In addition to his freestyle showing, 

Villhauer took first place in the 50 Butterfly 

with a time of 26.12 – 2.5 seconds 

better than runner-up Taylor Mathis of 

Dalton – and teamed with Rex Eifert, 

Benjamin Hendrickson and Josh Bath 

for second-place finishes in the 

200 Medley and 200 Freestyle relays. 

But while he was the only county 

swimmer and one of just seven individuals 

to establish a new record in the meet, 

Villhauer was only part of Cherokee’s 

success, as 22 county performers 

qualified for state in two or more events. 

Joining Villhauer in winning a pair of 

titles, Brad Burke captured the 11-12 

boys’ 100 Individual Medley (1:18.33) and 

50 Fly (33.28) championships. He also 

teamed up with Noah Lense, Jackson 

Burke and Grant Slater to win the 200 

Medley Relay (2:24.86), and Lense, Daniel 

Gordon and Slater to finish first in the 

200 Freestyle Relay (2:06.13). 

Along with their relay showings, Lense 

advanced to state in both the 50 Fly (first 

place, 33.28) and 200 IM (second), while 

Slater moved on in the 50 Fly (second) 

and 50 Free (third), and Hendrickson 

qualified in the 100 IM with a first-place 

time of 1:02.81. 

Three other county boys managed to 

advance in both individual and relay 

events. 

Alex Caputo placed second in the 7-8 

boys’ 25 Backstroke, third in the 50 Free 

and joined Gann Billings, Nicholas Janflone 

and Evan Atkinson for a secondplace 

showing in the 100 Free Relay. 

Billings, meanwhile, complemented his 

relay performance with a second-place 

finish in the 100 IM, and Cooper Goswick 

took second in the 11-12 boys’ 50 Free and 

SEE SWIMMERS, PAGE 21

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Johnson and Megan Endozo 

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Jenny Ladd, Madison Brandt 

and Micayla Keene medaled and 

Taylor Ryals added a top-four 

finish for the World of Gym. 

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the (USA) 1996 Gold Medalists,” 

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who coaches the Level 10 

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Dusen. “They cheered each other 

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The 2006 United Sprint Car 

Series Rookie of the Year Derek 

Hagar, of Marion, Ark., charged 

past Cherryville, N.C. hot-shoe 

Johnny Bridges, on lap five of the 

30-lap USCS and held on for 

his first USCS win of the year, 

Saturday night Dixie Speedway 

in Woodstock. 

Hagar, driving the #1A sprint 

car owned by the Athens-based 

Jay Hancock, collected $2,000 for 

his effort. It was Hagar’s fourth 

career USCS feature win. 

Hagar started outside row one 

next to 15 year-old Eric Riggins, 

Jr., of Charlotte, N.C. On lap one 

FROM PAGE 18 

they’re televised. That might not 

mean a lot to some, but to me, it’s 

so much easier to get your name 

out there if the sponsors and fans 

can see you.” 

Taking a big step toward getting 

a truck team up and 

running, Speer recently added 

the services of Sheena Elliott to 

his team. 

“I would love to join someone 

else’s team, but we’ve added up 

all the dollars and figured we 

might as well try to run our own 

team,” Speer said. “It’s going to 

be a big step, but we feel like we 

know what it’s going to take, and 

Sheena can help with that. 

“She has done the marketing 

for Gresham Motorsports Park 

(Jefferson, Ga.), and I knew she 

was looking to do marketing for a 

Cup team. So I asked her if she 

would like to join us, and sure 

enough, she jumped on board. 

“Anyone can run in the trucks 

or Nationwide series, you just 

have to be approved for each 

track and have the sponsorship 

backing you. With Sheena 

working with us, I have a really 

good feeling that she’s going to 

be able to help us find a bunch 

of sponsors.” 

And if Elliott can handle the 

sponsors, Speer said he can take 

care the rest, including being a 

product that his new marketer 

can sell. 

“I was at a NASCAR race where 

I saw a driver about to come out of 

his hauler,” recalled Speer. “He 

put his hat and sunglasses on, put 

his shirt collar up, walked across 

to the garage, then took it all off, 

and I just thought to myself, 

‘Did he really need to do that?’ 

“I try to be different in everything 

I do, and separate myself 

from everybody else out there. 

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Hagar wins USCS event at Dixie 

Hagar jumped into the lead. 

Johnny Bridges raced into the 

second position by lap four and 

past Hagar for the lead on the fifth 

circuit around the 3/8 mile red 

clay speed plant. Hagar regained 

the lead he never relinquished on 

lap six. The challengers pulled up 

behind the young Arkansan, after 

the caution flag flew three times, 

but he raced away each time to a 

comfortable margin. 

Matt Linder, of Hoschton, started 

eighth and advanced six positions 

to finish in the runner-up 

spot. Eight-time USCS champion 

and current series points leader, 

Terry Gray, of Bartlett, Tenn., 

finished third, while his team- 

MOVE: Speer tries to ‘be different in everything I do ...’ 

SPECIAL 

Like every race day, July 3 at Lanier Speedway was a family affair for 

Speers, as his brother Timothy, father Tim, uncle Danny Cochran, and family 

friend Robert Drummond help prep the car during a pre-race check. 

That’s why I don’t cut my hair 

short and why we use bright 

colors on our cars. 

“And every time we go out to 

the track to race, we go up and 

talk to the fans, because that’s 

what it’s all about. I get the 

feeling that NASCAR is getting 

away from that, and I think that’s 

one of the reasons it’s losing a 

bunch of its fans in the grandstands. 

I know it’s a rough time in 

the economy, but none of us 

would be racing if the fans did 

not come out.” 

As for the racing itself, Speer 

said he will have to wait until 

NASCAR visits Martinsville 

Speedway (Va.) midway through 

its 2011 schedule to make a 

debut on the truck series, since 

Martinsville is the first half-mile 

track the NASCAR circuit will 

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mate, 17-year-old female Morgan 

Turpen placed fourth, and 

USCS veteran Aubrey Black, of 

Lookout Mountain rounded out 

the top five. 

Picking up the wins in the regular 

Dixie Speedway slate were 

Jody Knowles (Super Late Model), 

Oliver Gentry (Limited Late 

Model), Alan Brewer (Crate Late 

Model), Roy Patterson (Super 

Bomer), Rodney Krause (Economy 

Bomber), William Ethridge 

(Pony Stock), and Randy Ledford 

(Cruiser). 

Dixie will run a full racing 

program and a 4x4 truck pull this 

Saturday. Gates open at 5 p.m., and 

racing starts at 7:30 p.m. 

hit next season. 

“To be able to race, you have to 

be certified for all of the 

NASCAR tracks,” he explained. 

“They start you out on the 

half-mile, and if everything goes 

well there, you just keep working 

your way up. 

“If we can get everything off 

the ground and running by then, 

that will be big.” 

Still, Speer said he knows there 

is still a lot of work to be done to 

make his dream come true. 

“It’s going to take every little 

thing that we can do to make it 

happen,” he said. “We don’t have 

a lot of money like some of these 

other guys, but I feel like I have 

more drive than most of the 

guys I’m racing against; and I’m 

not going to slow down until I 

get there.” 

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SWIMMERS: Billings among five county females to earn four state berths 

FROM PAGE 18 

combined with Tucker Martin, 

Luke Eifert, Gordon and Jackson 

Burke in third-place 200 Medley 

and 200 Free relay outings. 

Rounding out the list of boys to 

advance in at least a pair of 

events, Neil Dingley posted thirdplace 

finishes in both the 15-18 

boys’ 50 Breast and 100 Free. 

Highlighting the efforts of the 

county’s females, Finley Billings, 

Ansley Davis, Lauren Wallin, 

Emily Snyder and Kimberly Norton 

each charted a pair of statequalifying 

individual and relay 

performances. 

Billings captured the 13-14 

girls’ 100 IM title with a time of 

1:08.35, took second in the 50 Fly, 

and teamed up with Rachel 

Pelzek, Victoria Gordon and Macy 

Tarlton for runner-up showings 

in the 200 Medley and 200 

Free relays, and Davis was second 

in both the 9-10 girls’ 25 Fly 

and 100 IM, combined with Emily 

Voigt, Abigail Billings and Taylor 

Shephard for first in the 100 

Free Relay (1:05.05), and Olivia 

The Macedonia 7U All-Stars 

went undefeated on the 

way to winning the Georgia 

Dizzy Dean “B” State Championship 

earlier this month 

in Rome. Members of the 

team are (front, row, from 

left) Brendon Degenkolb, 

Brody Rhodes, Hayden 

Thompson, Nicklaus 

Stewart, Miles Wegner, 

Kyle Johnson, Jayden 

Cox-Young, (middle) Drew 

Van Buren, Owen Robinson, 

Dawson Currie, Robert 

Blanton, Cole Phillips, and 

(back) coaches Robert 

Blanton, Brent Rhodes, J.J. 

Stewart, Jose Cox-Young 

and Chris Johnson. Not 

pictured: Nick Woodall. 

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Williams and Abigail Billings 

and Shephard for second in the 

100 Medley Relay. 

Wallin and Snyder, meanwhile, 

joined Leah Brown and Olivia 

Hughes to make up the 11-12 girls’ 

200 Medley and 200 Free relay 

teams, which both finished as the 

runner-up. Wallin also took second 

in the 50 Free and third in the 

50 Back, and Snyder placed second 

in the 50 Breast and third in 

the 100 IM. 

As one of just four Cherokee 15- 

18-year-olds to advance individually, 

Norton was second in the 50 

Free and third in the 100 Free. 

She also swam the 200 Medley 

and 200 Free relays with Julia 

Amos, Irina Vogt and Kelsey 

Achin, with both teams posting 

second-place finishes. 

Along with their relay showings, 

Vogt took second in the 15-18 

girls’ 50 Breast; Hughes won the 

11-12 girls’ 50 Free (29.42); Tarlton 

was third in the 13-14 girls’ 100 

Free; Brown placed third in the 

11-12 girls’ 100 Free; Emily Voigt 

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finished third in the 9-10 girls’ 50 

Free; and Shephard took third in 

the 9-10 girls’ 25 Fly. 

Completing the list of multiple 

event top-three finishers for the 

county, Grace Findlay placed second 

in the 7-8 girls’ 25 Breast and 

third in the 100 IM, and Eve Pepin 

won the 7-8 girls’ 25 Back in 19.41. 

The duo also paired up with Sydney 

Rush and Nyah Hernandez 

for a third-place time in the 100 

Medley Relay. 

Qualifying for state in an individual 

event, Emma Gelatt won 

the 7-8 girls’ 50 Free (39.39); Sarah 

Erwin (15-18 girls’ 50 Back), 

Thaddeus Palmer (9-10 boys’ 25 

Fly) and Grace Drawdy (7-8 girls’ 

25 Fly) each placed second; and 

Jonathan Bell (13-14 boys’ 50 

Free), Russell Kaeser (13-14 boys’ 

100 IM), Elijah Woody (11-12 boys’ 

50 Back) and Dalton Trampnau 

(9-10 boys’ 25 Back) all earned a 

third-place finish. 

The GRPA State Swimming 

Championships will be held July 

30-31 in Carrollton. 

After finding themselves 

down a game in the first 

round of the doubleelimination 

tournament, 

the Hobgood Thunder 

battled their way back to 

earn a runner-up finish in 

the 6U Dizzy Dean State 

“B” Tournament earlier this 

month. Members of the 

team are (front, from left) 

Jesse McDonald, Nicholas 

Hansen, AJ Vaccaro, Gabriel 

Wuerth, Braden Bane, Brett 

Farmer, (middle) Dawson 

Heck, Jason Keefe, Jordon 

Fricks, Wyatt Strahl, Matt 

Dupuis, Toby Thompson, 

and coaches T.J. Wuerth, 

Steven Fricks, Randy Fricks 

and Tim Farmer. 

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community’s kids. 

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BASEBALL REGISTRATION & TRYOUTS 

• Hobgood Fall Baseball: Registration 

for Hobgood Baseball’s fall season is open 

through July 31. Leagues are available for 

4-year-old Tee-Ball, 5-year-old Coach 

Pitch/Tee-Ball, 6-8-year-old Coach Pitch 

and 9-16-year-old Kid Pitch. All players will 

be placed in leagues according to their age 

as for 5/1/11. Space is limited and slots are 

provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. 

For more information, go to www.hobgoodparkbaseball.com. 

• North Cherokee Baseball will conduct 

fall ball league registration on the Saturdays 

of July 24 and 31 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at 

the Waleska Ball Park at Hwy. 108 and Fincher 

Rd., just east of Reinhardt College. 

Leagues are open for ages 3-19 and league 

fees are $50 for 3-4 year-olds, $65 for 5-14 

year-olds, and $75 for 15-19 year-olds. The 

season starts Aug. 21 and runs through October. 

For more information, visit 

www.leaguelineup.com/claytonwaleska. 

• SCRA Baseball: Registration for the 

2010 South Cherokee Recreation Association 

Fall baseball (ages 5-12 as for 4/30/11) 

and T-Ball (must be 4 by 4/30/11) seasons is 

underway. Online registration is available 

at www.scrabaseball.com, while walk-up 

registration will take place on Sat., July 24 

(10 a.m.-2 p.m.), July 31 (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) 

and Aug. 7 (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) at SCRA Park in 

Woodstock. The registration fee is $90 for 

all age group. Registration fee includes 

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shirt and hat. For additional questions, 

contact scrabaseball@aol.com. 

• Sequoyah Jr. Chiefs Baseball: Tryouts 

for the Sequoyah Jr. Chiefs’ 10U baseball 

team will be held Sat., July 24 (3 p.m.-5 

p.m.) and July 31 (3 p.m.-6 p.m.) at Hickory 

Flat Children’s Academy across from Sequoyah 

High School. For further details, 

contact Tom Sheehan at 912-657-7026. 

• Travel Baseball: The Strikers Baseball 

Organization (SBO) will hold open tryouts 

for its 7U-14U teams for the 2011 season on 

Aug. 14 and 15 at SBO’s facility in 

Adairsville. The Sat., Aug. 14 tryout will be 

split into 2 sessions according to age 

group, with registration for 7U-10U at 8 

a.m., followed by tryouts from 8:30 a.m.- 

Noon; and registration for 11U-14U at 1:30 

p.m., followed by tryouts from 2 p.m.-5:30 

p.m. Sunday tryouts will be from 1 p.m.-5 

p.m. for all age groups. Contact Jason 

Johnson at cdjohnson07@yahoo.com or at 

770-312-1494, or visit www.strikersbaseball.net 

for more information. 

GOLF TOURNAMENT 

• Woodstock Wolverines Classic: The 

Woodstock Wolverine Touchdown Club 

will conduct its 2010 fundraiser Golf Classic 

on July 22 at the BridgeMill Athletic Club. 

Registration begins at 10:30 a.m., followed 

by a shotgun start at Noon, and late 

lunch/awards ceremony at 5 p.m. To register, 

contact Rick at 678-888-0243 or 

rick@oneclubgolf.com. 

RUNNING 

• U.S. 10K Classic: The annual U.S. 10K 

Classic will be held Mon., Sept. 6 (Labor 

Day) starting at 7:15 a.m. The 6.2 mile 

course runs on Hwy. 41 north from Cumberland 

Mall to White Water Park. Event 

categories are available for runners, walkers, 

skaters, wheelchairs, men’s 100K cycle, 

and women’s 10K cycle. The purpose of the 

event is raise awareness and funds for children’s 

charities in Georgia and for the future 

development of the World Children’s 

Center. For more info, visit www.us10k.org. 

• The Summer Harvest Gallop 5K, presented 

by Anytime Fitness as part of its The 

Time is Now Race Series, will take place Sat., 

Aug. 22 in Canton. Registration begins at 

6:30 a.m., with the race starting at 7:30 a.m. 

The cost is $20 preregistration by Aug. 17, 

and $25 thereafter. For more information, 

contact Mark Vescio at 678-895-2631 or 

runningmanwest@bellsouth.net, or visit 

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SENIOR SOFTBALL 

• Cherokee Senior Softball Association: 

The CSSA will conduct evaluation days for 

new players for the Fall 2010 season July 24 

at 10 a.m. at Hobgood Park in Woodstock 

on Field 4. CSSA is open to players 50-andover, 

with league play on Monday mornings 

and Tuesday nights, starting Aug. 16. Visit 

www.cssasoftball.com to register, or for further 

details, call Barney Greene, 770-345- 

6003, or Bob Stec, 770-479-9450. 

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Royal Blue doubles up championship trophies 

SPECIAL 

The Hobgood 13/14-year-old Dizzy Dean Spring League “Royal Blue” team accomplished a feat not replicated in 

five seasons – winning both the regular season and post-season tournament championship. Jake Booker hit a 

dramatic 300-foot home run (only the second in the park this season) to break a 9-9 tie in the next to the last inning 

to help secure the championship. Co-MVPs and pitcher-catcher combo Will Trautwein and Tanner Costo led 

the “Royal Blue” team this season to a 12-2 in-park record and a perfect 5-0 record against other area Dizzy Dean 

teams. Members of the team are (front) Will Trautwein, (second row, from left) Jon Wallace, Tanner Costo, Brendon 

Slayden, Dane Viker, Cameron Millican, John Daniel Goss, (third row) Coach Keith Costo, Jake Booker, Sean 

Rickman, Coach David Viker, Matt Beavers, and Coach Herman Trautwein. Not pictured: Coach Tad Goss.

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Local philanthropist serves worldwide 

SPECIAL 

Lamar Green, founder of Never Alone, poses with a group of children in Tanzania, Africa. According to Green, 

for 33 days, a six-member mission team traveled to East Africa in order to complete the construction of a second 

church, and provide Malaria shots and education the youth. Green was recently nominated into Energizer 

Keep Going Hall of Fame. Green was a semifinalist out of 1,200. 

Couple 

celebrates 

50 years of 

wedded bliss 



You’d think being married 50 

years was fairly rare. Not in the 

Swope family. 

As Acworth residents Sandy 

Swope and her husband, Robert, 

recently celebrated their silver anniversary 

before nearly 70 family 

members and friends, they continued 

the example each of their parents 

had set for them. Both Sandy 

and Robert’s parents also were 

married for more than five 

decades before losing their mates. 

Sandy’s father and Robert’s 

mother, both 89, were on hand to 

see their children carry on the lineage 

of everlasting matrimony. 

Joining them were their two sons, 

Robert and Richard, and their 

spouses; the couple’s brothers and 

sister; and five grandchildren. 

Sandy was just 17 when she first 

noticed Robert, but even at such a 

young and impressionable age, 

she said she knew it was meant to 

be. 

“You talk about love at first 

sight? Honey, it was,” she said. 

“When I first laid eyes on him, I 

knew I wanted to marry him.” 

‘You talk about love at first 

sight? Honey, it was.’ 

Sandy Swope 

Woodstock 

Describing their first encounter, 

Sandy said they were at a concert 

put on by three county high 

schools. Robert was seated up high 

on the bleachers with his trumpet 

while Sandy sat in front with her 

SPECIAL 

Robert and Sandy Swope, pictured 

above, celebrated their silver anniversary 

last month. The couple 

met and fell in love in their late 

teens. 

baritone saxophone, getting ready 

to practice. It was at that moment, 

she said her heart flipped. 

The pair, who were born at the 

same hospital, lived 50 miles apart 

in Pennsylvania. After “chasing 

him mercifully” for three months 

for a date, Robert agreed to get together. 

“And once he did, a year and six 

days later we were married,” 

Sandy said. 

The couple, now both 67 years 

old, eloped in West Virginia and, 

as Robert headed off to college, 

Sandy finished her senior year of 

high school back in Pennsylvania. 

She later joined him in Indiana. 

If there was any advice she 

would pass on to other married 

couples, Sandy said it would be 

building a life together based on 

friendship. 

“Make your mate your very best 

friend. Make your mate your other 

half,” she said. “It’s being able to 

tell them everything and all the 

hurts, all the good things. He has 

to be a part of you. I don’t know 

what I would do without him. He’s 

my soul.” 



While most teenagers spend 

their summers going to camp, the 

lake, the mall or seeing the latest 

“Twilight” movie, Andy Kite was 

traveling along the backroads, 

hearing the kinds of stories only 

told in rural towns. 

Through several interviews 



Because some have been hit hard 

by the substantial decline in economic 

activity that has plagued 

this country since 2007, Woodstock 

resident Lamar Green reminds 

those in need of a helping hand 

that they are “Never Alone,” a deed 

that recently earned Green a nomination 

into the Energizer Keep 

Going Hall of Fame. 

The hall of fame program, as an 

overview, is dedicated to celebrating 

everyday people who operate 

their daily lives with the same motivation 

and passion as the notorious 

Energizer Bunny, and, to some 

residents in Cherokee County, 

Green fit the bill. 

“It was a big surprise to me,” 

Green said of having his nonprofit 

nominated for the hall of fame 

prize, which included a chance to 

be honored at the induction ceremony 

by National Baseball Hall of 

Famer and Energizer Keep Going® 

Hall of Fame member, Cal Ripken, 

Jr. 

While Green was one of 100 semifinalists, 

which was dwindled from 

1,200 submissions, he did not move 

forward in the competition. Never- 

and countless photographs, the 

17-year-old Woodstock resident 

compiled his journey last summer 

into a self-published book, 

“Vanishing Towns of Rural Georgia.” 

Fourteen towns are featured, 

including Auraria, 

Boneville, 

Buckhead (Morgan 

County), Chauncey, 

Cohutta, Culloden, 

DeSoto, Elko, Kite, 

Newton, Norris- 

town, Omaha, Penfield 

and Sharon. 

Kite will sign 

copies of his book from 11 a.m. to 

2 p.m. on July 24, at Yawn’s Books 

& More, 210 E. Main St. in Canton. 

Photography has always been a 

passion for the Etowah High 

theless, his efforts to make a difference 

day-by-day will continue onward, 

he said. 

Never Alone Outreach, which began 

as a way to provide single 

women and children in the county 

utility, grocery and medical bill assistance, 

has since escalated into 

an international effort to provide 

medication, food and faith in East 

Africa, Green said. 

“We are hoping to make a real difference 

in the community and the 

world,” Green said of the non-profit’s 

efforts to lend a helping hand. 

In the month of June alone, the 

nonprofit sent a six-member mission 

team to Africa, where they 

spent 33 days feeding, clothing and 

educating over 400 orphans. 

Over the last three years Green’s 

non-profit has supplied more than 

100,000 doses of Malaria medication 

to a free clinic in Tanzania, 

which, he said, is predicted to save 

50,000 children from an early death 

of Malaria; has supported 350 children's’ 

orphanages financially; 

and has recently opened the door to 

the organization’s second church, 

located within Massi warrior land 

in the midst of the African bush, he 

added. 

SEE GREEN, PAGE 24 

Protect rivers with a beautiful garden 



The yard is in full bloom at the 

Upper Etowah River Alliance 

(UERA) offices, and it changes its 

look daily as summer deepens and 

the spring blossoms wither. Blackeyed 

Susans bask in the summer 

heat, and goldfinches swoop down 

to eat their seeds. 

The UERA grounds make up a 

working stormwater garden, collecting 

and filtering rainwater to 

create a summertime wildflower 

extravaganza, while protecting the 

Etowah River, which runs directly 

behind the building, below a steep 

bank. 

Anyone can create this kind of 

garden, a salute to nature and ecology, 

by following the steps that 

UERA teaches. Its mission is to 

protect the waters of the Etowah 

by educating citizens, developers 

and businesses how to manage 

their landscape wisely. 

“This garden is a working example 

of how we can receive water 

and slowly filter it down until it 

soaks into the soil,” said Diane 

Minick, UERA watershed director. 

UERA is located in the old State 

Poultry Disease Research Lab, a 

building fronted with Tate marble 

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Diane Minick, of the Upper Etowah River Alliance, shows off the 

stormwater garden at the alliance’s Canton office. 

that Cherokee County fixed up and 

let the organization use, because of 

the educational programs UERA 

could provide the community. 

The working garden shows visitors, 

scout groups, civic groups, 

municipal planners and builders, 

how changes to the landscape can 

be managed in order to lessen impact 

on the river. 

Citizens of Northwest Georgia 

Kite 

have long relied on the Etowah, 

since the Native Americans who 

settled in the valley as early as 1000 

AD. 

The river provided gold in the 

19th century, energy for the textile 

mills in the 20th century, and is a 

major source of drinking water for 

a booming population in the 21st 

century. 

SEE GARDEN, PAGE 24 

School rising senior. At age 5, he 

won his school’s PTA Reflections 

contest for a picture he took of 

the family cat with a disposable 

camera. Geography also called to 

him, and, as a boy, he was known 

to look through atlases for several 

hours at a time. 

“Vanishing Towns,” was a way 

to combine both loves. 

“With the towns and the book I 

did, the application of it, being 

able to record history through 

art, through photography, was really 

interesting,” Kite said. 

It was a huge project to take on, 

as he carried out all aspects of 

the book, from conducting interviews 

to writing to taking photos 

to editing to layout and getting 

the book published. 

SEE AUTHOR, PAGE 24

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AUTHOR: Kite to sign his 

books in Canton July 23 

FROM PAGE 23 

“It was a full-time job,” he said. “Every aspect of 

the book was done by me, so I truly learned a lot 

about self-publishing.” 

Through his interviews with residents from the 

rural towns featured in the book, Kite said he came 

away with an appreciation of small-town living. 

Growing up, Kite said he enjoyed family trips to see 

his grandmother in Roberta and to his grandfather’s 

hometown of Ellaville. 

“My dad used to take me around to the rural areas 

in the South in Georgia, and I guess that gave 

me an appreciation, seeing these off-the-wall 

places, places no one else goes out in the middle of 

nowhere,” he said. “It gave me an appreciation for 

rural America. Where I grew up, compared to 

places like the places in my book, there’s a lot more 

culture. There’s also a lot more decay and there’s a 

lot of personal stories, and the lack of someone being 

there to record them, so that’s what I did.” 

Through his travels, Kite said the towns he ended 

up featuring in his book told their individual stories 

through both words and photos. 

“Time and time again, people would absolutely 

love to share the story of where they’re from,” he 

said. “I chose them based on not only the pictures, 

the images I could get of the town, but also the history 

that I could find, the story. Some towns had 

great pictures, great images, great architecture, 

but I could not find the story.” 

When he’s not in class at Etowah High, Kite can 

also be found at Kennesaw State University, where 

he’s jointly enrolled, or serving as mascot for 

sports teams both at KSU and at Etowah. 

SPECIAL 

Andy Kite, 17, of Woodstock, is seen here with his 

book, “Vanishing Towns of Rural Georgia.” He will 

sign copies of the book July 24 at Yawn’s Books & 

More in Canton. Kite is a rising senior at Etowah High 

School, and he also takes classes at Kennesaw State 

University, where he is jointly enrolled. 

For more information about the book, visit 

www.vanishingtowns.com. 

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GREEN: Nonprofit offers helping hand 

FROM PAGE 23 

“Ninety percent of the people in 

this area (East Africa) worship 

trees, stones and mountains. We 

were all amazed at how they accepted 

Jesus,” Green said, noting 

that through the two churches, the 

people have the opportunity to partake 

in classes, worship and enjoy 

fellowship. 

“I was blessed to be able to preach 

a two-night open air crusade in this 

land and share about Jesus.” In addition 

to providing assistance medically, 

spiritually and financially in 

Africa, Never Alone touches those 

in need right here in Cherokee 

County, too. 

In fact, Green said every month 

the organization provides outreach 

to those in the area. 

“In March, our volunteers made 

200 sack lunches for Cherokee 

County residents in need; in April, 

we helped paint 10 homes owned by 

senior citizens in Woodstock; and 

during the month of May we 

cooked lunch, provided food boxes, 

hair and nail care to over 60 women 

for our annual ‘Mother’s Day Outreach,’” 

Green said. 

While Green’s efforts to provide 

support locally and internationally 

are noteworthy, he said it would 

not be possible without the support 

of community donations and coun- 

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“We get our referrals from local 

churches in Cherokee County. The 

churches are very good about helping 

people with basic needs of living, 

but in these economic times, 

unfortunately a lot of the churches 

are hurting, too,” Green said, 

adding that in order to continue to 

support those in need, Never Alone 

requested references from the 

churches. 

Green also said that a magnitude 

of the churches in the area support 

Never Alone by allowing the organization 

to hold fundraisers at their 

establishments. 

“It has just come to us because we 

relinquish ourselves to the economy,” 

Green said. “We put $156,000 

back in the county as direct outreach. 

Everything that goes into 

Never Alone, goes right back to the 

people.” 

According to Green a majority of 

what he is able to complete in the 

nonprofit is possible because his 

wife of 23 years, Patricia, works 

outside the home as a CPA. 

“I am living a life of satisfaction; 

rather than a life of success, and it 

has been very rewarding,” he said. 

For more information on Never 

Alone Outreach, visit the Web site at 

neveralone.org or call (770) 363-5272. 

GARDEN: UERA teaches residents 

FROM PAGE 23 

The riverkeeper teaches 

landowners how to manage the water 

cycle, to prepare for drought, to 

cultivate flowers and crops, and to 

avoid erosion and stormwater 

damage that causes siltation into 

rivers and streams. 

All the plants in the UERA office 

garden are drought-tolerant, and 

are a mixture of native and non-native 

plants. A 550-gallon cistern collects 

rainwater for reuse. 

“It’s been full for a long time this 

year,” Minick said. These cisterns 

can be tied into a lawn irrigation 

system or into a building’s plumbing 

for use to flush toilets.” 

The garden incorporates stones 

and swales (flat even ditches,) with 

sub-surface water infiltration boxes 

buried underneath. The boxes 

are made of recycled plastic and 

basically serve to just hold open an 

underground space where water 

can collect and then filter gently into 

the soil. 

The office shows gardeners how 

they can use socks filled with 

mulch, along with fabric and mesh 

soil supports to keep erosion and 

stormwater damage from happening. 

The parking lot next to the UERA 

garden is constructed of Enviro- 

Grid pavers, which can be covered 

with rock. The system creates a 

strong roadbed that won’t be damaged 

by a large amount of rainwater. 

Minick said that during the extremely 

heavy rains Sept. 21 , 2009, 

there was no damage to the UERA 

gardens, as they were designed to 

handle the heavy flow of rain. 

A photo of the garden was featured 

on a Coca-Cola World 

Wildlife Fund (WWF) poster. WWF 

has provided UERA with a grant to 

control stormwater at canoe 

launches being built along the river 

in the county. 

UERA provides a resource for information 

on watershed pollution, 

the protection of groundwater, the 

importance of living things, including 

fish, in the river, how 

healthy soil helps plants. 

For more information, visit 

www.etowahriver.org. 

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Mrs. Waldron’s first-grade class at Bascomb Elementary enjoyed a visit 

from Tim Nicholls and Jerry the golden retriever. Nicholls showed the children 

how a canine assistance dog helps people with disabilities. Jerry 

knows and can perform more than 80 commands. Nicholls also told the 

class that it is important to practice good safety rules. Waldron’s class 

raised $175 for Georgia Canines for Independence. 

Eddie Calderon is the winner of 

this year’s Drive for Excellence contest 

at Cherokee Ford in Woodstock. 

He won a new Ford Focus, 

presented June 12. Calderon was 

one of 100 finalists who received a 

key to the car, and his was the one 

that matched. With the Etowah 

High School student are, at left, 

Rep. Charlice Byrd, R-Woodstock, 

and, at right, General Manager 

Matt Krause. 

LEFT: Mrs. Bennett’s class at Mountain 

Road ES worked on being kind 

to their classmates all year. As a 

student performed an act of kindness, 

a paper link was added to a 

chain. The class met their challenge 

to have the chain go around the 

room by the end of the year. Pictured, 

from left, front row, are 

Liam Gillin, Malique Douglas and 

Davis McArthur; second row, Bennett, 

Stephen Orosz, Jaiman 

Deese, Matthew King and parapro 

Ann Brooks. 

Marge Helgerson, left, director of 

the Georgia National Cemetery, 

Canton, recently received the donation 

of a permanent wreath for 

ceremonies at the cemetery from 

William E. “Bill” Price of Marietta, 

an ex-prisoner of war and member 

of the cemetery’s Advisory Council, 

on behalf of the North Central 

Georgia Chapter of the American 

Ex-Prisoners of War. The 775-acre 

veterans’ cemetery overlooking 

the Etowah River was donated by 

the late Scott Hudgens, a metro Atlanta 

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Macon. Samantha Smiley received 

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Harris competed in early childhood 

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won first place. Angel Fuentes 

competed in the area of technology 

skills with a handmade wooden 

gumball machine and received second 

place. Katrina Nevis attended 

the conference as a non-competitor 

and attended leadership sessions 

designed to build leadership 

skills and self-confidence. Katrina 

received a certificate. All projects 

are related to possible future careers. 

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Woodstock; and Torie Winkler, of Woodstock. 

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AUDITIONS 

• Cherokee Theatre Company will 

hold open auditions for "No Sex 

Please, We're British" on July 25 

from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and July 26 

from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Historic 

Canton Theatre, 171 E. Main 

St., Canton. Auditions will consist 

of cold readings from script. 

British accent is a plus. Age 

ranges 21-60. For performance 

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GALLERY 

• The Worship Studio, 121 Brown 

St., Canton, features the work of 

local artists. The gallery’s regular 

hours are Saturdays from 11 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. and by appointment. A 

portion of all sales benefit The Art 

of Living and other ministries. The 

studio also offers art classes for 

children and adults. Praise Painting 

levels one and two are being 

offered. The first one-hour session 

is $20 and is by appointment. The 

level two group costs $15. There 

also is a beginning stained glass 

class on Saturdays from 4 p.m. to 

5 p.m. The four-week class costs 

$59 and includes supplies. The 

cost is $50 and includes supplies. 

Students need to bring large 

paint brushes.The studio is hosting 

a free praise and worship 

gathering, “Organix,” the last 

Saturday of each month at 7 p.m. 

Space is limited, and reservations 

are required. For more information 

or to schedule class appointments, 

call (770) 479-6961 or go 

to www.theworshipstudio.com. 

ON STAGE 

• The Towne Lake Arts Center, 

6576 Commerce Parkway, Woodstock, 

presents Disney’s “Mulan 

Jr.,” through Aug. 1 on Saturdays 

at 11a.m. and 3 p.m., Sundays at 3 

p.m. and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. 

All seats cost $9. For more information 

or tickets, call (678) 494- 

4251 or go to www.tlaclive.org. 

CAMPS 

• The Towne Lake Arts Center, 

6576 Commerce Parkway, Woodstock, 

presents a summer drama 

camp from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday 

through Friday. The drama 

camps are for ages 5-7 and ages 8- 

14 and includes a script, CD, Tshirt, 

costumes and a DVD of the 

final show. The cost is $225, and 

discounts are available for certain 

situations. For more information, 

call (678) 494-4251 or go to 

www.tlaclive.org. 

• The Cherokee Arts Center, 94 

North St., Canton, presents its 

Camp Imagine summer sessions. 

The weeklong camps, from 10 

a.m. to 4 p.m., offer children, ages 

5-11, an opportunity to work in 

different art media. Full and halfday 

camps are available. Full-day 

camps cost $135 for members and 

$145 for non-members. There is a 

10 percent discount for multiple 

weeks and campers. Before and 

after care is available for $25 per 

camper. Campers need to bring a 

lunch. There is a special drama 

camp for middle school students 

July 26-30. For more information, 

go to www.cherokeearts.org or 

call (770) 704-6244. 

• The Worship Studio, 121 Brown 

St., Canton, presents an acting 

camp for beginners through its 

Lighthouse Players Theatre 

Group. The camp is for ages 9-14, 

and will be held through July 30 

Monday through Wednesday and 

Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 

cost is $275. There is a discount 

for multi-student families and 

some need-based scholarships are 

available. There is a $50 non-refundable 

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• The Woodstock Art Center, 231 

Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, 

presents its annual summer “Arts 

Up” camp. Each camp is one 

week. The cost is $130 per 

camper, and each camper must 

bring a lunch and drink each day. 

At the camp, children, ages 6-12, 

work in different media of art, including 

paint, clay, printmaking 

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BOOK SIGNINGS 

• Yawn’s Books, 210 East Main St., 

Canton, presents several author 

appearances this summer, including: 

July 22 at 6 p.m. Book Club 

“South of Broad” by Pat Conroy; 

July 23 at 5 p.m., “Fireworks Over 

Toccoa,” by Jeffrey Stepakoff; July 

24 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., local teen 

writer Andy Kite and his book 

“Vanishing Towns of Rural Georgia”; 

and Aug. 26 at 5 p.m. author 

Joshilyn Jackson (“Back Seat 

Saints”). Those who attend can 

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Off Hwy 140 

Pick-up & Delivery Available 

Call 770-841-4253 

PET SITTING 

Elwell-7.19 

Affordable Pet Sitting 

In Your Home 

Reasonable Rates 

Bonded & Insured 

Call 770-367-2231 

www.AffordablePetSit.com 

PETS FOR SALE 

CKC Registered Yorkie Puppies. 

Males, 8 wks old, health guarantee, 

shots, $500 each. 

Garland 706-346-6642 

VEHICLES FOR SALE 

‘92 Honda Accord 

White, 4 door, automatic. 65k engine 

& 118k transmission just installed. 

Runs great. A/C, power locks, 

windows, sunroof. Alloy wheels, 

tinted windows. Body & interior 

in good condition. 

$2,900 OBO 

678-640-1674 

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VEHICLES FOR SALE 

Project Car: 1988 Acura Integra. 

Car $1,000, car & parts to complete 

mechanical restoration $3,000. 

770-928-0675 

MERCHANDISE - WANTED 

I PAY CASH for diabetic test strips. 

Up to $10/ 100 count. 

Must be new & in date. 

Call Wayne 888-800-4599 

for fast local pickup. 

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 

For Sale NASCAR Collectibles: 

Diecasts, autographed race cards, 

pictures, posters, knives. 

Call 678-880-2939 leave message. 

Kenmore front- load washer. 

Elite HE3, $225. 

678-494-3088 

College dorm room loft bed. 

Accessories included. $50. 

678-494-3088 

JLMGemsLogo-4.21 

unique & custom 

jewelry designs 

visit us on facebook: 

www.facebook.com/jlmgems 

678-520-4488 

Woodstock, GA 

Eye-9.17-Last-11.5 

Repo, Liquidation Appliances 

•Washers •Dryers 

•Refrigerators •Freezers 

•Stoves •Dishwashers 

Joe The Bargain Guy 

678-760-2810 

Like new women's golf clubs. 

Right-handed. Used twice 

Includes golf bag. 

$100. 

Call (404)642-0677 

Student trumpet in great shape 

with case & extras. $100. 

770-928-7869 

Kincaid full dining room set, $350. 

2005 Craftsman riding lawn 

mower (54” cut), $875. 

678-493-2394 

Titleist golf clubs, used/ x-long 

with bag and pull cart. $85. 

(770)777-2039 

48" Glass top table stone/ wood/ 

metal pedestal/ 4 high back, micro fiber 

chairs, pewter color, org $750 now 

$350. 770-521-8854 

HOME PARTIES 

Thirty-One 

•Gifts •Purses •Totes 

•Personalized Gifts 

& Accessories 

Thirty-One-Logo-7.14 

BOOK YOUR 

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770-926-7565 

www.mythirtyone.com/neata 

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HOME PARTIES 

SipandShop-5/26 

Girls Night Just 

Got Even Better! 

Discover new cocktails 

while finding lots of fun 

and sometimes functional 

gifts and accessories. 

Book Your Home 

Party Now! 

Don’t want to have a party 

at your house? 

Come to Val’s Happy Shack 

on Thursday, August 12th 

from 6:30pm to 9pm 

Located in the heart 

of Downtown Woodstock 

www.SipAndShopHomeParties.com 

404-434-4578 

678-520-4488 

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Handmade Fused Glass 

Fun & Sometimes Functional 

Gettin-Naked-Logo-9.2 

Engagement/ 

Wedding 

Creator of Foot Fetish Soaps 

Visit Us Online For Event Details 

& A List of Retailers 

GettinNakedSoap.com 

GettensGlassworks.com 

404.434.4578 

Canton, GA 

... On Us! 

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HELP WANTED 

The Cherokee Ledger-News is seeking 

an experienced outside advertising 

sales representative. Candidate must 

be hard-working, a team player and 

have a positive attitude. 

Essential Skills and Capabilities: 

• Excellent oral & written communication skills 

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Advertising sales experience is required 

We offer commission, benefits and paid vacation. 

Please submit resumes to: sales@ledgernews.com 

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Fax: 770-928-3152 • Email: melissad@ledgernews.com 

*offer valid on issues 06/16/10 thru 08/18/10 only. Limit 20 words per ad. 

75¢ each additional word. $5.50 additional to include a photo. 

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YARD SALES 

HUGE 

ESTATE SALE!! 

$3,900,000 

12,000 sf Mansion 

Fri.-Sun., 10a-5p 

July 23rd–25th 

Everything in this Mansion 

must be sold this weekend, 

including: Like New Fine 

Furniture, Decor, Art, 

Jewelry, Designer Clothing, 

Collectibles, Appliances, 

Electronics, Fitness Equip, 

Recreational Vehicles, & Fine 

American and Chinese 

Antique Furniture & Accent 

Pieces, & much more! 

1380 Howell Bridge Rd, 

Ball Ground, GA 30107. 

From Canton, Take Hwy 575 N. to exit 

27, Turn L. off exit onto Howell Bridge 

Rd for 1 mi. Estate Property will be on R. 

Gate opened by 9am for parking. 

Please park in designated areas. Doors 

to the House will open at 10am. 

ARMED SECURITY ON-SITE. 

No early birds. 

Cash, Visa, MC Only. 

Huge Discounts on Sunday! 

For Pictures & 

Complete Details go to 

www.EstateSaleCompany.com 

GARAGE SALE 

Family, Dinette & Patio Furniture, 

Lawn & Pool Equipment, Refrigerator, 

Home Décor, Children’s Items. 

July 23 & 24, 9a-3p 

204 Northampton Court 

Clearing House Garage Sale 

7/25/10, Until all is gone. 

12436 Bells Ferry Rd, Canton 

Basement Sale 

7/24, 8a-2p. Rain or Shine. 

559 Dornell Rd, Ball Ground. 

Off Henry Scott Rd. Park on street.

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Our yard sale ads reach over 40,000 

households in Cherokee County each week. 

Call the Classifieds 

for more information... 

Melissa 

770-928-0706 Ext 205 

Fax: 770-928-3152 

YARD SALES 

Moving Sale 

Quality furniture & home decor. 

No clothes or kids items. 

July 23rd & 24th, 9:00am 

Wellesley Subdivision 

658 Briarleigh Way. 

Yard Sale 

Fri/ Sat, 7/23- 7/24, 8a-12p. 

103 Saddlehorn Ct, Woodstock, 30188 

Furniture, kid clothes, toys, 

books, household items. 

ESTATE SALE 

July 23rd & 24th, 8a-4p 

1048 Boston Ridge, 

Woodstock, 30189 

Furniture, household items, 

exercise equipment, books, 

dishes & more! 

Yard Sale 

Saturday, 7/24, from 8a to 2p. 

No early birds. Household items, 

furniture, clothes, toys, etc. 

104 Pebblebrooke Run in 

Canton off of Scott Rd in the 

Pebblebrooke Run Subdivision. 

Garage Sale 

July 23rd- 24th, 7a-2p. 

604 Myers Gate Rd, Ball Ground. 

Lantern Walk Sub. Furniture, boy’s, men’s 

& women’s clothes, sporting equipment, 

kids books, games, legos, bikes and 

a whole lot more! 

Huge Estate Sale 

and three car garage full of antiques, 

furniture, 1979 Suzuki 250 project, Star 

Wars collection, designer purses, golf 

and fishing items, (Barbies, beanies and 

books $1 each). Saturday and Sunday, 

July 24th and 25th. 

136 Laguna Springs Drive, 

Woodstock, 30188. 678-445-0065 

Yard Sale 

Fri & Sat, July 23rd & 24th, 9a-4p 

3017 Kellogg Creek West 

Items from store closing, 

HELP WANTED NOTICE 

Qualified OTR Drivers needed, 

Class A CDL, 2 yrs min. exp. required, 

Clean MVR Required, 95% no touch 

freight, dry vans, no hazmat, home 

every 2 wks or less, NE and SE Regions, 

assigned trucks, benefits aval., 

direct dep., Southern Performance 

Ent. Inc. Dawsonville, GA. 

770-888-9386 

Drivers- Top Pay with Regional Opportunities! 

CDL Training in Atlanta, GA! 

Teams- New pay up to 48 cpm! 

Central Refrigerated: 800-543-4023 

Part Time & Full Time 

Career Opportunities. 

Flexible Schedule. 

Call Tom @ Primerica for 

more information 

678.453.6855 

ONLINE ONLY 

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Suggested Opening Bid $125K + 10% BP 

Canton, GA 

HELP WANTED NOTICE 

Activities Coordinator needed 

for Senior Living Community. 

Must be creative, energetic and 

genuinely care about the elderly. 

Email resumes to 

sgtownelake@slm.net 

or fax to 770-592-4231 

NO NIGHTS, NO WEEKENDS! 

The Maids 

Growing company- immediate 

openings! Great benefits including 

Health Insurance, Free Breakfast and 

Paid Vacation. You’ll work on a 3-4 

person TEAM in COMPANY CAR 

Monday through Friday. 

Drivers license and good 

driving record required. 

Call TODAY! JOIN OUR TEAM! 

Call 770-579-6442 

Local Erosion Company is seeking 

Spanish/ English speaking crew 

leaders w/ experience in Erosion 

Control. Equal Employment 

Opportunity Employer. Call Dalila @ 

770-346-3406 X221 

Become A Realtor 

Class Begins 

August 9th 

Bill 404-863-6666 

Hood Cleaning Services 

Restaurant hood cleaning company 

seeking night help. Heavy lifting. 

Background check required. Do not 

call unless you have a vehicle, clean 

driving record and are drug free. 

Woodstock area. 

Call 770-516-9920 or 678-852-7144 

PART-TIME HELP WANTED 

Teachers 

Education Degree and Experience 

required. Preschool. Begins August 2010. 

Part time, 8:30a-1:30p, Mon, Wed, Fri. 

Hickory Flat/ Canton area. 

770-324-2244 

FULL-TIME HELP WANTED 

Now Hiring 

Licensed Plumbers 

We’re looking for plumbers 

dedicated to excellence & quality 

to join our winning team! 

Great pay & benefits. 

Clean MVR & background 

required. Drug-free workplace. 

Call 404-661-4959 

Have Your Weekends & Nights Free 

Merry Maids 

Monday - Friday, 8:00a - 5:00p. 

Family owned & operated 

Immediate openings - paid training 

Paid every Friday 

Need car w/insurance - paid mileage 

Stable work history preferred 

We do criminal background checks 

Drug free workplace. 

770-592-4444 

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FULL-TIME HELP WANTED 

Inside Sales 

Due to recent growth, U.S. Security 

Associates, Inc., the nation’s third largest 

& fastest growing corporate security 

provider, is seeking highly self motivated, 

career-minded sales professionals to fill 

INSIDE SALES positions in Roswell, GA. 

This is an excellent opportunity for 

the sales professional who wants to 

further his or her career in inside sales 

& exceeds sales quotas. The position 

requires building relationships with 

Top 500 companies THROUGH 

TELEPHONE COLD CALLING. 

The qualified applicant will have a proven 

track record in sales, as well as excellent 

communication & telephone skills. 

1-3 Years of Inside/Outside Sales 

Experience is required. We offer a 

competitive base salary, an attractive 

benefits package & 

an extensive training program. 

To learn more about U.S. Security 

Associates, Inc., visit Us at: 

www.ussecurityassociates.com 

For immediate consideration, please 

forward your resume to Rebecca Strobl, 

U.S. Security Associates, Inc. 

Email: rstrobl@ussecurityassociates.com 

Fax: 770-625-1477 

Experienced Receptionist/ 

Telemarketer sought for 

small company. 

Please fax resume to 

770-928-9926 

or call 770-928-0394 

HOMES FOR SALE 

CUSTOM COUNTRY on 2 Level Acres in 

Hickory Flat/Union Hill area. 3/3.5 

includes a Full Apt. 3 car garage & 

more. Zerah Wilson RE/MAX Town & 

Country 770-595-6431/770-345-7653 

RE/MAX Town & Country 

Jason B. 

Lingerfelt 

ATTORNEY AT LAW 

jason@jbllawservices.com 

Real Estate 

Closing Attorney 

(P) 678.631.1040 

(F) 678.631.1042 

4286 Bells Ferry Rd • Kennesaw 

furniture & collectibles. HUD HOMES FOR SALE 

$100 Down Available 

New Listings Weekly 

Call Cathy Moody 770-401-3829 

ERA Sunrise Realty 

Homes Purchased In Cherokee 

30102 

219 Julia Lynn Ln, Acworth 

Buyer: Gary Donehoo 

Sale Date: 06/11/10 

Sale Price: $167,000 

380 Clark Creek Pass, Acworth 

Buyer: James Freeman 



2577 Mohawk Trl, Acworth 

Buyer: Jessica Gruttadauria 



269 Oak Grove Way, Acworth 

Buyer: Christian Pareja 



6049 Twin Pines Way, Acworth 

Buyer: Christopher Briasco 




106 Ridge View Dr, Ball Ground 

Buyer: Elaine Anderson 



113 Nelson Oaks Dr, Ball Ground 

Buyer: Earl Stein 



886 Fairview Rd, Ball Ground 

Buyer: Brian Hooper 




106 Fort Wayne Dr, Waleska 

Buyer: Cheryl Kommor 




2289 White Rd, White 

Buyer: Dennis Nielsen 




101 Stonegate Ln, Canton 

Buyer: James Schlighting 



211 Harbor Rdg, Canton 

Buyer: Nancy Stewart 



308 Maple Grove Ct, Canton 

Buyer: Yuergen Hoellrich 



4985 Millwood Dr, Canton 

Buyer: Stefan Thonners 



306 Springs Xing, Canton 

Buyer: Michelle Welch 



635 Transart Pkwy, Canton 

Buyer: Joseph Drury 



HOMES FOR SALE 

FIRST CHEROKEE 

REALTY, INC. 

James Bagwell, Broker 

2800 Marietta Hwy., Canton, 30114 

770-479-2167 

Cape Cod Style home on 2 acres. 

3BR/2.5 BA, family rm, kitchen, 

dining area, sun rm, 2 car garage. 

$219,900. Additional acreage 

available. Call Angela 

Potential Commercial. Hickory Flat 

Highway, 3.4 acres w/brick house. 

$334,356. Call James 

Older home 3BR/1BA. Needs some 

work. $44,900. Call June 

2BR/1BA, frame home, large back 

yard. $54,900. Call Angela 

Rental from $550 to $900 per month, 

Canton area. Call James 

HUD HOMES 

FOR SALE 

$100 Down Available 

New Listings Weekly 

Call Cathy Moody 

770-401-3829 

ERA Sunrise Realty 

REAL ESTATE WANTED 

We Buy Houses 

STOP FORECLOSURE 

Owe more on your mortgage(s) 

than you can sell for? 

Our SHORT SALE experts can help. 

Sell your house fast! 

Any condition, any reason. 

gahomesolvers.com 

678-281-1552 

HOMES FOR RENT/LEASE 

Canton, 3/3, 2 story condo. 

Great area close to shops and 

medical, adults, garage, no 

smoking/ pets ltd. $1050 p/ mo. 

Call 678-493-6801. 

!New Listings Spotted! 

Acworth, Marietta, Canton, 

Kennesaw, Roswell, Cumming, 

Alpharetta & more. 

2-5 + bedroom rental/ rent to own 

Homes/ townhomes. See our “Hot Spots 

& find your perfect spot! 

therentalspot.net 

3BR/1.5BA House for Rent 

$850/mo, close to 575 & shopping 

Broad Street, Canton. 

678-918-8666 


201 Magnolia Springs Dr, 

Canton 

Buyer: Drew Fichtel 



222 Barrett Springs Way, 

Canton 

Buyer: Tamyra Cashman 



109 Brockdale Pass, Canton 

Buyer: Cynthia King 



256 Chadwyck Ln, Canton 

Buyer: Michelle McCoy 



1832 Toonigh Rd, Canton 

Buyer: Ken Mitchell 



119 Pebblebrooke Run, Canton 

Buyer: Stevenson Stewart 



130 Equest Dr, Canton 

Buyer: Todd Stormes 



434 Hillcrest Cmns, Canton 

Buyer: Jimmy Baker 



210 Forest Trce, Canton 

Buyer: Cheryl Boyd 



121 Antioch Pl, Canton 

Buyer: Andrew Klein 




507 Fox Creek Crossing, 

Woodstock 

Buyer: Sarah Cantrell 



121 Creek Hollow Dr, Woodstock 

Buyer: Sandee Carroll 



597 Devon Brooke Dr, 

Woodstock 

Buyer: Darren McMichael 



1023 Avery Creek Dr, Woodstock 

Buyer: Deborah Perkowski 



104 Fairview Dr, Woodstock 

Buyer: Sharon Smith 



403 Jessica Ln, Woodstock 

Buyer: Alan Anderson 



HOMES FOR RENT/LEASE 

3/2 Holly Springs, 

Handicap friendly. 

New Carpet. $800 mo. 

678-773-9781 

(Two) 3BR/2BA Homes for Rent. Both 

have central air/ heat. Both on approx. 2 

acres. Well maintained, your choice. 

Canton/ Ball Ground area. 

$875/mo., $800/dep. 

770-720-3073 

Foreclosed Victims! 

Harbor Creek Apts 

Accepts Persons With 

Foreclosures on Their Credit. 

No App. Fee! 

Help with Utility Deposits 

FREE Cable, 

REDUCED Rent Specials! 

1, 2, & 3 Bedrooms. 

770-479-7744 

House for Rent- 605 Elmwood St, 

Canton. 4BR/2BA. Discount rent 

$850, deposit $850. 

770-833-7143 

3BR/2BA, 2 story. New carpet & paint. 

1 acre lot, off Toonigh Rd, 2 miles from 

575. Discount rate $995/mo. 

678-776-6008 

3BR/2BA Townhome 

R.Renner-lst-4.21 

For Rent in Canton with garage. 

$900 month. Section 8 Okay. 

678-983-7966 

3BR/2.5BA House. Near Sixes Rd & 

Hwy 5. Some utilities included. 

Quiet street. $985/mo. 

678-381-3466 

Whispering Trace Townhomes 

A.Kogut-NEW-9.23 

Most For Your Money 

$699 Rent 

Large 3BR Townhomes 

2.5BA, 1 mile to I-575 

770-926-9236 

whisperingtrace@gmail.com 

REDUCED RENT! Large house for 

rent. 3/4 BR, 2.5 bath. Excellent location. 

2410 Trenton Drive, Canton, GA 

30115. 2 car garage. Lg shop in garage. 

Call 770-752-9652 or 404-229-7199 

Woodstock- 2BR/2.5BA Townhouse 

Large bedrooms. Dog w/dep. 1 mo. FREE 

$765 mo. $400 dep. 

678-477-8777 

Lake Arrowhead, 2BR/2.5BA, 3 level 

plus more. Large deck, screened in 

porch, eat in kitchen, brand new appliances. 

All amenities included. 

$990/mo. 770-324-3068. 

Remodeled 3BR/2BA. New wood 

floor, carpet. 140 East Canton, 

Hickory Flat on 2 acre lot. $700. 

770-479-1048 

MOBILE HOMES 

For Rent: Mobile Home 

$120 weekly. 

770-345-7310 

Mobile Homes 

with utilities, $130/week & up. 

Also have R.V. lots. 

Fixed Income Rates. 

770-345-3093 

1312 Timuquana Trl, Woodstock 

Buyer: Christina Oliver 



242 Glens Loop, Woodstock 

Buyer: Roy Willis 




324 Ironhill Trce, Woodstock 

Buyer: Nicki Kerrigan 




Buyer: Thomas Lafleur 



2206 Lullwater Dr, Woodstock 

Buyer: Deborah Laudia 



3069 Lexington Ave, Woodstock 

Buyer: Kenneth McCall 




Buyer: Terri Spiece 



1118 Hunters Glen Dr, Woodstock 

Buyer: Donald Bramblett 



*Information on home sales is based on deeds filed with the Cherokee County courthouse. Data is provided by HomeOwner Data 

Services, Inc. For more information, call 770-925-9000. Not all home sales are published each week due to space limitations.

JULY 21, 2010 CLASSIFIEDS THE CHEROKEE LEDGER-NEWS 29 

MOBILE HOMES 

1&2 BR Mobile Homes 

from $125 per week. Next to 

Krogers/Hwy 92, Acworth GA 30102. 

770-926-8048 

APARTMENT FOR RENT 

Canton/ Alpharetta: Beautiful 

2BR/1BA Apartment on lower level of 

farm house. References, security. 

$695/mo includes utilities. No W/D 

connection. Available immediately. 

770-906-5686 or 678-799-2939. 

2BR/1BA Duplex, stove, ref, wd conn, 

water, garbage pu, lawn care incl, 

Holly Springs, $500/mo. 

770-345-5724. 

Completely furnished 1BR/1BA 

apartment. Utilities, basic cable, 

garbage. Private entrance. Canton. 

$675/mo. $350 SD. 770-345-5892 

1BR/1BA Basement apartment. 

$575/mo includes all utilities, washer/ 

dryer provided, completely renovated, 

near downtown Canton. 

770-899-9045 

Nice one bedroom barn apartment 

with private entrance in exchange for 15 

hours of landscape work and horse 

duties. Desire mature male with 

clean background check. 

404-273-2251 

COMMERCIAL RENTALS 

CHURCH FOR RENT 

Scott Mill Chapel in Canton is 

available for worship, weddings, 

daycare and non-profit events. 

Seating/ Parking for 120. 

404-202-3146 

WOODSTOCK 

1500 or 2000 SF warehouse 

space, small office, & 

restroom. $800/ $1000. 

HOLLY SPRINGS 

1750 or 3500 SF warehouse 

space, two offices, & two 

restrooms. From $1000. 

CPR Realty, Inc. 

404-734-1004 

SERVICES 

LAUNDRY LADY 

Pick Up/ Delivery of Laundry 

Will Wash, Dry, Iron 

(and/ or drop off to your 

preferred dry cleaner) 

Call Kellie 404-434-7914 

SERVICES - IN HOME CARE 

CNA Certified 

with CPR & First Aid 

In Home Care 

for Elderly or Sick. 

Excellent References •Transportation 

770-895-1888 

In Home Care 

Help Loved Ones 

Live At Home 

While 

Saving Money 

On The Care They Need! 

Cooking • Laundry 

MD Appts • Bathing & More! 

Federal Background Check Provided 

Licensed Health Service in Cherokee 

Testimonials Available 

For More Info Call 770.885.5510 

caregiver74@live.com 

NEED A HOUSEKEEPER? 

•Light Cleaning •Laundry 

•Ironing •Shopping 

•Errands •Cooking 

Reliable, Honest, References 

Shari 770-517-0166 

SERVICES-HAULING 

Turn Your 

Junk Cars Into 

$CASH$ 

Will Pick Up 

Scrap Metal From: 

•Home •Auto Shop 

•Body Shop •HVAC •IND. 

Curt 

678-231-0782 

HAULING 

We Remove ANY 

Kind of JUNK 

You Have! 

Call 770-366-2758 

We Accept: Visa, MC 

Richard’s Hauling 

Trash - Old Appliances 

Yard •Brush 

Limbs •Scrap Metal 

678-234-3510 

770-928-6382 

SERVICES - CLEANING 

KIM’S CLEAN SWEEP 

•Residential •Office 

•Free Estimates 

Kim Ledford, Owner 

Home Cell 

678-494-9607 678-233-7442 

Marie’s Cleaning Service 

Licensed • Insured • Bonded 

Free Estimates 

770-479-6121 

• • 

•AFFORDABLE QUALITY CLEANING• 

DONE YOUR WAY 

WE TREAT OUR CUSTOMERS LIKE ROYALTY 

INSURED & LICENSED • 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE 

Misty, Owner & Operator 

770-529-8454 • 404-933-3730 

humblehandscleaning.com 

Professional Housecleaning Service 

Wow! Molly Maid was here! 

• Bonded, dependable and thoroughly trained. 

• You’ll get the results you want; we guarantee it. 

• Regular-weekly, alternate weekly, monthly, one 

time, prepare to sell, move in-out, deep cleans. 

Call today for your FREE in-home 

consultation and customized estimate! 

770-926-0036 

©2003 Molly Maid, Inc. Each franchise independently owned & operated. 

“Ask 

About 

Same Day 

Service” 

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Prestige 

Residential 

Maid Services 

Are you stressed out? 

Let us declutter your life! 

•FREE, No Obligation, 

In Home Consultation 

•Licensed •Bonded •Insured 

678-634-9537 

www.PrestigeResidentialMaid- 

Services.com 

SISTERS CLEANING 

SERVICE 

Complete Service 

Tailored To 

Your Needs! 

We’ll Earn Your Business 

No Contract Required ~ Licensed 

Bonded • Insured 

Call Today To Find Out What Clean 

Really Is! 

770-704-9445 

(serving Cherokee County Since 1999) 

NORTH ATLANTA FENCE 

& GATE COMPANY 

FREE Estimates: 770-479-9556 

Installation / Repair / Painting / Remote Gate Entry System 

www.NorthAtlantaFence.com 

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SERVICES-ELECTRICAL 

PROFESSIONAL 

LICENSED 

ELECTRICIAN 

20 + Years Experience 

Insured 

Big or Small, No Bull 

404-909-4321 

LICENSED 

ELECTRICIAN 

$35 Per Hour 

•Lighting •Panel Upgrades 

•Outlets •Security Cameras 

Anything Electrical 

678-571-6623 


LICENSED 

ELECTRICIAN 

Over 20 Years Experience 

No Job Too Small 

WAYNE 

404-446-8362 

SERVICES - CONSTRUCTION 

ALL STEEL BUILDINGS 

30’x40’ to 200’x300’ 

Licensed & Insured 

Turnkey Construction 

CALL TODAY (770)591-1212 

SERVICES - POOL/SPA 

ALL ABOUT 

POOLS AND SPAS 

Total Pool/ Spa Service 

Including Installation & 

Repair of Vinyl Liners, 

Motors, Pumps, Pipe 

Replacement, Filters 

Pool Openings 

20 years experience 

Licensed, Insured & CPO Certified 

Mike Schlueter 

678-294-2670 or 

schluetermike28@yahoo.com 

SERVICES - WINDOW 

SERVICES PLUMBING 

ALLSAINTS PLUMBING 


New•Remodel•Repair•Gas Piping 

Sewer & Drain Cleaning 

All Work Guaranteed 

770-592-6076 

The Home Handyman 

Master Plumber “Retired” 

•Plumbing Fixtures 

•Faucet & Toilet Repair 

•Basement Plumbing 


Mike Riley 770-735-6892 

Canton, GA 

HYDRO PRESSURE CLEAN 

Pressure Washing & Deck Restoration 

678-449-6988 • Licensed & Insured 

Houses & Fencing 

Driveways & Sidewalks 

Professional Staining 

SELL YOUR HOME! 

Reach over 100,000 Readers 

For Just $100 a month* 

Advertise Your 

Home with up to 

30 words & a 

picture! 

Call Melissa! 770-928-0706, X205 

melissad@ledgernews.com • 770-928-3152 (fax) 

SERVICES- REPAIR 

Danny Linton 

On Site Furniture Care 

•Refinishing •Repairs 

•Touch-Ups 

Interior/ Exterior Wood, Metal Care 

770-882-5132 

Morgan Appliance Service 

Specializing in: 

Kenmore & Whirlpool Appliances 

Used Appliances For Sale 

Serving Cherokee, 

North Cobb & South Pickens 

Call Jerry Morgan 

770-479-8422 or 770-363-8272 

SERVICES - HOME 

HANDYMAN 

BASEMENTS 

20 + Years Experience 

Licensed •Insured 

Big or Small, No Bull 

404-909-4321 

MODICA & SON HANDYMEN 

Italian Craftsmanship 

Over 25 years experience 

•Masonry •Concrete •Patio •Tile Work 

•Remodeling •Plumbing Repair 

•Screen Porches •Decks 

Free Estimates, Licensed & Insured 


Virgilio Modica, Sr. & Jr. 

404-483-4547 

www.ModicaAndSon.com 

Over 20 

Aluminum 

Colors to 

Choose 

From! 

John Lewis 

Home Remodeling 

•Kitchens •Bathrooms •Basements 

•Flooring •Windows •Doors •Decks 

•Siding •Concrete Work •Garages 

•Landscaping •Grading •Clearing 

•Hauling •Demolition 

Insured, Free Estimates 

678-410-2619 

ROOF & GUTTER 

CLEANING SPECIALISTS 

Above All Pressure Cleaning 

Houses, Decks, Fences, Driveways 



(678)925-6529 

*4 insertions/Private Party Only 

CHARLES 

MASON 

Gutter Service 

Since 1967 

• Gutter Installation 

• Aluminum & Copper 

Gutters 

• Seamless 5 & 6 Inch 

Gutters in Aluminum 

• Commercial Gutters 

• Aluminum Gutter 

Screens & Covers – 

Several to Choose From 

770-479-1540 • 770-497-1716 

P.O. Box 4097 Canton, 30114 

THE CHEROKEE 

LEDGER-NEWS 



AFFORDABLE 

ASPHALT PAVING 

•Tar & Chip Paving 

•Concrete Driveways 

•Gravel Roads •Parking Lots 

•Drainage Control •Ranch Roads 

•Grading •Hauling 

Commercial/ Residential 


Quality and Service You 

Can Count On! 

Call David 

678-350-4041 

Small Job Handyman! 

Professional Carpenter 

Specializing in 

Home Improvements, Repairs, 

Custom Decks 

Call Tom 404 272 9954 

We are a full service Masonry company 

specializing in residential projects of all types. 

• Brick & Stone Patios 

• Retaining Walls 

• Walks, Landings 

& Stoops 

• Concrete Tear-out 

& replace 

• Ponds & Waterfalls 

• Mailboxes & BBQ`s 

• All Types of Repairs 

• No money down 

• 100`s of Local 

References 

Call for a free estimate 

404-667-9167 or visit our site 

@ www.keystonemason.com 

We Want Your Business! 

AFFORDABLE 

REMODELING SERVICES 

•Remodeling •Plumbing 

•Basements •Kitchens 

•Porches & Decks 

•Windows & Doors 

•Concrete Work, All Types 

Call for FREE Appraisal! 

No Job is Too Small or Too Large. 

Jimmy Morrow 

770-313-9368 

Specializing in Replacement of Old Driveways 

Licensed & Insured - Since 1989 

Concrete Work • Decorative Driveway Aprons (Stone/Brick) • Driveways 

Retaining Walls • Patios • Sidewalks • Bobcat Grading 

770-592-3771 

www.getdrivewaysrus.com 

Free Estimates • Financing Available 

$200 

OFF 

Towne Lake Pressure Wash & Deck Staining 

“We Make It Look Like New Again!” 

Driveways, Decks & Patios 

We Also Do... 

• Interior Painting 

• Garage Floor Coatings 

• Wallpaper Removal/Installation 

• Drywall Repairs • Deck Staining 

• Cabinet Refinishing/Faux 

CALEB PROSE 

CONSTRUCTION 

NEW & 

REMODEL 

• Basement Remodel 

• Drywall, Painting & Trim 

• Flooring-New & Replacement; 

Hardwood, Laminate, Tile 

• Window & Door Replacement 

• Roof Replacement, Siding & Paint 

• Concrete New and Replacement: 

Driveways, Sidewalks and Patios 

Fully Insured 

770-876-7871 

on any job of 

1,200 sq. feet 

or more 

Any House 

$99! 

2500 sf or less 

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Prices Reduced by 35% 

A Plus 

Remodels 

Big or Small, I Do it All! 

• Renovations • Sunrooms 

• Room Additions • Custom Trim 

• Basement Finishing • Deck Repair 

• Stone Work • Tile, etc... 

• Heating & Air, Service & Repair 

Licensed & Insured • Over 20 Years Experience 

Call 678-613-9099 

www.aplusremodels.com 

Drywall Repair 

All Types, Quality Work 


Call Jim 

770-362-3372 

“HONEY-DO” 

HANDYMAN & 

CARPENTRY SERVICE 

• Entertainment Centers 

• Crown Molding • Dry Rot Repair 

• Dustless Drywall Repair 

• Doors Hung • Bookcases 

Small Jobs Okay ~ Insured 

770-401-9211 

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Roofing 

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770-666-8560 

Carpenter 

Handyman 

Maintenance & Repairs 

•Carpentry •Lighting 

•Pressure Washing 

•Plumbing •Decking 


770-295-9871 

Metal Roofing 

Residential •Commercial 

All Types of Metal Roofing & Trim 

Office 770-737-2222 

Cell 678-283-0124 

PJ’s Home 

Improvements 

“Your Complete Home Repair 

Specialist With 20 + Years Exp” 

Finished Basements 

Heating/Air Repairs 

Drywall • Bathroom Remodels 

Tile Installation/Repair 

Window & Door Repairs 

Electrical & Plumbing 

Drop Ceiling & Decks 

Repairs • Painting & More! 

Licensed & Insured • Free Estimates 

Call Gary, 770-262-5907 

BAGGETT 

PAINTING 

& Pressure 

Washing 

Interior & Exterior 

Sheetrock Repairs 

Wood Replacement 

Mildew Removal 

Wallpaper Removal 

Decks Stained 

• Licensed & Insured 

• Competitive Pricing 

• References • Owner Operated 

770-735-1351 or 

cell#770-490-8351 

Eye-9.17-Last-11.5 

GUTTER DONE, LLC 

•Cleaning •Foundation Waterproofing 

•Septic Repair •Tree Service 



678-760-2810 

Mill Direct Carpet 

Carpet & Hardwood Flooring 

Sales & Installation 

Guaranteed Savings On 

Most Major Brands & Styles! 

•Professional Installation 

•20 Years Experience 

Free Estimates •References Available 

Dale Luther 770-642-6715 


Williams 

Roofing 

Metal & Shingle Roofs 

A Metal Roof 

is the Last Roof You 

Will Ever Need! 

Decks • Reroofs • New Roofs 

Under Deck Roofs • Handyman Services 

Roof Leaks Repaired! 

Daryl Williams 

770-479-4889 • 770-355-0533 

Byrd's Home Improvements 

General Maintenance & Repairs 


•Tile •Drywall 

Call Robert 770-378-5391 

DAVE’S PRESSURE 

WASHING & DECK 

CLEANING 

Decks (Cleaned/Stained/Sealed) 

Gentle House Wash 

•Driveways 


770-842-9274 

Glen’s Glen’s Home Home 

Repairs& Repairs& Hauling Hauling 

Water Heater Installation 

Basement Remodeling 

Electrical • Plumbing 

Painting • Decks 

No Job Too Big or Too Small 

Free Free In-home In-home Estimates 

Estimates 

Licensed Licensed & & Insured Insured 

770-366-2758 

Erwin Roofing and Construction 

ReRoofs & Repairs 


We Accept Visa & MasterCard! 

770-924-9853 

DRYWALL 

• Repairs 

• Basements 

• Bonus Rooms 

• Additions 


Locally Owned & 

Operated 

404.428.7112 

SERVICES - PAINTING 

Pressure 

Washing 

Available 

AFFORDABLE 

PAINTING & 

CARPENTRY 

SERVICES 

12 years experience 

Hundreds of references 


Owner/Operator 

Unbelievably Fast! 

ALL WORK GUARANTEED! 

Call Aaron, 678-612-8508 

or Jennifer, 678-906-3158 

PAINTING 

Paint Just One Room 

or the Whole House! 

Kilgore Painting 

Interior/ Exterior Painting 


Kyle Kilgore 

678-717-7017 

■■■ 

SERVICES - PAINTING 

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Indoor & Outdoor Painting 

Repairs without the Headaches! 

Top Quality Work at Competitive Rates 


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& Wallpaper Hanger 

20% OFF 

•Interior/ Exterior •Drywall Repair 



770-789-5663 

FLOOR COVERING 

Carpet & Hardwood Flooring 

.......Sales & Installation....... 

Guaranteed Savings! 

On Most Major Brands & Styles 

• Professional Installation 

• 20 Years Experience 

Free Estimates • References Available 

Dale Luther - 770.642.6715 

Virgilio Modica Sr. & Jr. 


Painting 

Meticulous Work 



Call Jim 

770-362-3372 

SERVICES - TREE 

Little Bear 

Tree Service 

• Complete tree removal 

• Care and quality assured 

• Storm Damage Specialists 

• Pruning / Shaping Specialists 

Sober & Drug Free 

Competitive Rates 

Fully Insured 

Free Prompt Estimate 

24 Hour Emergency 

Services 

404-975-9831 

SAY NO TO DRUGS 

SERVICES - YARD 

Brae Company 

Bobcat Work •Retaining Walls 

Hauling •Top Soil and Mulch 

Large Tract Mowing & Bush Hogging 

Insured •Free estimates. 

Shane Morris (770)479-1685 

• Residential & Commercial 

20% • Landscaping Design 

& Installation OFF • Seeding & Sodding 

Any Service Hybrid, Bermuda, Zoysia, Centipede & Fescue 

with ad Installed, Seeding & Re-Seeding of Fescue 

Lawn Service Includes: 

Mow • Blow • Fertilization • Edge • Weed 

Trim Shrubs • Mulch • Pruning • Clean-ups • Pine Straw 

Currently Offering Weekly & Bi-Weekly Programs 

Serving Cherokee County for Over 15 Yrs 

PLEASE CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE 

770-315-7829 

LICENSED INSURED 

Orlando’s Services 

Yard Maintenance 

Concrete Work- Driveways, Slab 

Retaining Walls 

Small or Large Jobs 

678-933-4950 

HANDYMAN 


Licensed & Fully Insured 

MODICA & SON HANDYMEN 

Italian craftsmanship 

Over 25 years experience 

Masonry • Concrete • Patio • Sidewalk • Tile Work 

Remodeling • Plumbing Repair • Screen Porches • Decks 

404-483-4547 

www.ModicaAndSon.com 


Cook’s Landscaping 

& Bobcat Service 

•Junk Hauling •Lawn Maintenance 

•Retaining Walls •Sod Installation 

•Tree Removal 

Firewood•Delivered 

Home 770-479-8206 

Cell 770-893-9026 

Bare Spots? Not Anymore! 

$25 

Lawn 

Cuts* 

*Restrictions may 

apply, call for details 

Joe's Lawn 

Service 

Complete Lawn Care 

Commercial & Residential 

Scotts Lawn 

Products Available 

Upon Request 

Call Joe at 

770-720-0800 

727-215-9123 

www.jcservices1.info 

“Bobcat Services” 

•Sod •Bobcat Work 

•Concrete & Asphalt Removal 

•Concrete & Patio, Pouring & Finishing 

•Retaining Walls •Clearing 


Tommy 770-899-9910 

Honesty- Our Policy 

Matt 4:4, Beat Any Price 

Cut Grass, Bobcat, Retaining Walls 

678-494-3438, 678-472-7617 

Pressure Washing 

& Lawn Care 

•Driveways •Small Houses, etc. 

•Grass Cutting •Pinestraw 

•Mulch •Planting 

Reasonable Prices & Insured 

Call for a quote 

Shane 770-714-5360 

B&B Stump Grinding 

Insured •Free Estimates 

Friendly Service 


Call 770-367-7736 

TRACTOR WORK 

Specializing in 

Overgrown Properties. 

•Large & Small Track Bush Hogging 

•Dirt and Gravel Spread 

•Driveway Scraping 

•All Types Debris Removal 

& Much More! 

$45.00 Per Hour 

4 Hour Min 

Home 770-735-4216 

Cell 770-598-3843 

A & K STUMP GRINDING 

VM# 770-655-9027 

PH# 770-516-9953 

L/I/WC 

Call For Information 

PAINTING 

Interior/Exterior Painting 

FREE Estimates 

Kyle Kilgore • Owner • 678.717.7017 

PLUMBING 

The Home Handyman 

Master Plumber “Retired” 

•Plumbing Fixtures 

•Faucet & Toilet Repair 

•Basement Plumbing 


Mike Riley 770-735-6892 


TUFF TURF 

•Sod Installation•Retaining Walls 

•Bobcat Work & Pavers. 

•Dirt/Gravel Delivery 

Sam Manous 

770-548-0489 

Orlando’s Services 

Yard Maintenance 

Concrete Work- Driveways, Slab 

Retaining Walls 

Small or Large Jobs 

678-933-4950 

Call Hooper’s Lawn Service 

to take care of all of 

your lawn needs. 

We have the best prices in town! 

678-777-3409 

$30 Lawn Cuts 

~ Up to 1 acre ~ 

• Spring Clean Up 

•Bushes Trimmed Starting at $30 

•Lawn Fertilizing & Seeding 

•Ground Covers • Seasonal Flowers 

•All Other Services Available 

•Owner Operated, Insured 

William King 

404-509-9523 

American Grass’n Garden 

Why Hire An Army? 

When You Want A Gardener! 

•Mowing •Pruning 

•Mulching & More 

Allen & Wendy 

770-572-9012 

Brent George & Sons 

LAWN & GARDEN SERVICES 

From barren to bountiful. 

From blah to beautiful. 

Be healthy, save money, eat safely by 

growing your own vegetables with our help! 

Vegetable Gardens 

Planted & Maintained Weekly 

Everything for the Green Gardner! 

Box Gardens, Cold Frames, Greenhouses, 

Rainwater Collection Barrels 

Lawn Maintenance & Landscape Work 

•Brush & Junk Removal 

•Gutters Cleaned •Trees Trimmed 

•Leaf Management •Pruning 

Hardscape Design & Installation 

Call Today for a FREE Estimate 

678-672-9816 or 770-928-2108 

email: brgeorge2008@hotmail.com 

Brae Company 

Bobcat Work •Retaining Walls 

Hauling •Top Soil and Mulch 

Large Tract Mowing & Bush Hogging 

Insured •Free estimates. 

Shane Morris (770)479-1685 

Honesty- Our Policy 

Matt 4:4, Beat Any Price 

Cut Grass, Bobcat, Retaining Walls 

678-494-3438, 678-472-7617 

Aeration 

Special 

1st Chemical 

Treatment - $19 .11 

(Up to 8,000 sq ft) 

ROOFING 

Erwin Roofing 

and Construction 

ReRoofs & Repairs 


We Accept Visa & MasterCard! 

770-924-9853 

$65 

(up to 12,000 sq. ft.) 

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B&B 

Stump Grinding 

Insured • Free Estimates 

FRIENDLY SERVICE!! CALL 770-367-7736 


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