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Johns Creek City Manager
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Warren Hutmacher
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DEPARTMENTS
6 From the Publisher
12Day Trippin’:
Georgia’s Laurel & Hardy Connection
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28History Made Easy:
The New Manchester Manufacturing Company
FEATURES
8 Man’s Best Friend on the Job
14 Something You are Passionate About
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Woodward North
Emory Infusion Center Expansion
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All Green Tips for Your Landscape
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From the Publisher
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t is a pleasure for me to feature Johns Creek City Manager
Warren Hutmacher on the cover of this issue. Warren became
the city manager in April. He set his goal to have a career
as a city manager when he was in a Master’s program in Public
Administration at Ohio State. Read about what intrigued Warren
about this position and his career path of experience that led him
to Johns Creek. Thanks, Warren. I enjoyed meeting and working
with you!
The K-9 Unit of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) performs many tasks, including assisting in the field in narcotics detection and tracking for missing persons. They are also a favorite
in classrooms and at community events. Be sure to read about
the very special relationship between Sgt. Robert Heagerty and
his dog, Sali, and Deputy Brian Chatham and his dog, Lycan.
Asher Thompson, a senior at Lambert, has done more than his
share of being involved at school, with the Forsyth County Schools
(FCS) Technology Programs, as a student representative for the
FCS, and with DECA on a local and state level. You will surely be
impressed with Asher’s many accomplishments!
If you’re looking for a unique experience, please read this issue’s Day Trippin’ about the
Laurel & Hardy Museum in Harlem, Georgia and the annual festival and parade that will take
place on October 4th.
History Made Easy fans are in for a treat this issue with information about the New Manchester Manufacturing Company.
The business focus this issue is on Woodward North, Emory Johns Creek Hospital and All
Green Landscape Supply/Robersion’s Quality Landscaping. Be sure to read about the many
benefits of a Woodward North education and mark your calendar for their Open House on
January 25th. Patients are now able to get chemotherapy and other infusion treatments at
the expanded Emory Infusion Center in the Physicians Plaza at Emory Johns Creek Hospital.
Be sure to read about this state-of-the-art center. Scott Allen of All Green Landscape Supply/
Robersion’s Quality Landscaping shares his tips on caring for your landscape this fall and how
to deal with drainage problems.
Enjoy the reading, enjoy the photos and enjoy this issue of CountyLine!
Respectfully,
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On the Cover:
Warren Hutmacher
Johns Creek City Manager
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Man’s Best Friend on the Job
by Judy Le Jeune
D
ogs are commonly referred to as “man’s
best friend.” For Sargent Robert Heagerty
and Deputy Brian Chatham, their dogs are
also their partners at work and protectors of their
lives. “They are there to protect us and see that we
go home at the end of our shift,” said Deputy Chatham about his dog, Lycan, and Sgt. Heagerty’s dog,
Sali. These two teams of dogs and their handlers
currently comprise the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office’s (FCSO) K-9 Unit. They work an 8 or 12 hour
schedule and are on call 24 hours a day, seven days
a week. When Sali and Lycan are off duty, they live
at home with Sgt. Heagerty and Deputy Chatham.
Sgt. Heagerty joined the Forsyth County Sheriff’s
Office in 1996. He started out working in dispatch
and, following graduation from the state academy
for law enforcement in 1998, he began working as a
deputy sheriff in patrol. After serving in other positions within several departments, he took the course
to become a certified K-9 dog handler in 2012 and
teamed up with K-9 Sali. In 2013, the K-9 teams
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branched off into a separate unit, and Sgt. Heagerty
was appointed as supervisor.
Deputy First Class Brian Chatham joined the FCSO
in 2006 and teamed up with a K-9 dog. After handling a canine for several years, he attended a four
month instructor school to learn how to train handlers and their dogs. He was put in charge of conducting a four week course for K-9 teams to become
certified to do field work and continues to do at least
eight hours of training a week with each team. “The
training we do is scenario-based, so the dogs are
prepared for anything they might come across while
working in the field,” said Brian. “The tools they use
on the job are their nose, jaws and teeth, and my
job is to train them to use these tools most effectively.”
Known as dual-purpose dogs because tracking/apprehension and narcotics detection are their two
main tasks, these dogs also perform many other
tasks for the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. The
Community Relations Department of the FCSO
receives hundreds of requests each year for the
teams to attend events. They go to public safety
functions, scout meetings and day cares. “At most
visits in the community, we talk about the dogs’
abilities to find people who are lost and to find the
‘bad guys’ who have committed a crime,” said Sgt.
Heagerty. “After our presentation, everyone just
wants to pet our dogs!”
The teams also visit schools to educate students
and for drug detection. They visit several 7th grade
classrooms in Forsyth County schools to talk to the
students about drugs and to assist school resource
officers (SRO) when they teach drug education at
the high school level. When they are called by an
SRO or the principal, who is suspicious of drugs at
the school, they bring their dogs in for detection.
They also do random drug checks at high schools
when requested by the SRO or administration. “We
like to visit classrooms with our dogs to educate
the students about drugs,” said Deputy Chatham.
“It’s important to us to provide this valuable information and for the students to see us in a role
other than when we bring the dogs in for drug detection.”
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“Our dogs are loyal and dedicated to make us
better at doing our job,” said Sgt. Heagerty. “No
matter how tired they are, when we need them
to go out in the field, they’re ready to go.” Both
Sgt. Heagerty and Deputy Chatham continue to
be gratified by the continual progress their dogs
make with training. “I am always so impressed by
watching the dogs learn, succeed and get better at
what they do,” said Deputy Chatham. The Forsyth
County Sheriff’s Office’s K-9 dogs are hard at work
on the job.
At one time, there were six teams of dogs and
handlers, but four were retired, leaving the two
teams of Sgt. Heagerty and Sali and Deputy Chatham and Lycan. The K-9 Unit is currently in the
process of expanding and will be adding four dogs
and handlers over the next few months. The new
dogs are between one and a half and two years old
and were born and bred in Europe. When they arrive in Atlanta, they will spend several weeks being
trained at a local kennel before becoming a team
with their handler and will train together for six
weeks. One of the four new dogs will be specifically trained as an explosive detection dog and will
be partnered with Sgt. Heagerty. Sali will be retired and will continue to live at home with Robert.
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LAUREL & HARDY CONNECTION
by Tammy Harden Galloway
photo courtesy of The Laurel & Hardy Museum of Harlem Georgia
T
he small town of Harlem, near Augusta in rural
east Georgia, is the home of a little known
museum dedicated to the careers of those classic
comic leaders, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Although
both died over half a century ago, they are still one of
the most popular entertainment duos by which slapstick
comedy is still measured today.
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Harlem was the birth town of a 14-pound baby named
Oliver Norvell Hardy. Although the actual house Oliver
Hardy was born in back in 1892 no longer stands, and
he moved away when he was only ten months old,
mustached likenesses of him adorn much of the town
from the water tower to the town’s welcome sign. The
historical plaque in front of the museum describes Hardy
as, “The rotund member of one of Hollywood’s greatest
comedy teams.” To say the town is proud of their native
son would be an understatement.
to be the Hollywood of the east. This young water boy
was noticed for his antics while working behind the
scenes and was given a chance at roles in films. He ended
up appearing in 67 movies over the next two years.
Following his success in Jacksonville, Hardy moved to
California and was paired with Stan Laurel in 1927 at Hal
Roach Studios. The comic duo was an instant success
and enjoyed careers that spanned 25 years. Their first
movie together was Lucky Dog, released in 1921, and
they received an Academy Award for The Music Box,
released in 1932. This movie included the memorable
scene of the two moving a piano up a long flight of stairs.
They witnessed the film industry’s boom with the move
from silent films to the introduction of “talkies,” which
was a difficult transition for many performers. Laurel
and Hardy made the transition and continued to be a
successful comedy team through their last movie Utopia,
filmed in 1951.
Oliver Hardy began his acting career with the Lubin Film
Company in Jacksonville, Florida, which was considered
When the need for a new community center faced the small
town of Harlem, the idea of a festival commemorating
The Laurel & Hardy Museum of Harlem, Georgia is open
Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 4pm and is free
to the public. The 26th Oliver Hardy Festival will be held
on Saturday October 4th from 9am to 5pm in downtown
Harlem. The parade will start at 10am.
With the festival came an unexpected influx of Laurel
and Hardy memorabilia donated from around the world,
flooding Harlem’s City Hall. The need for a museum
to house the collection was apparent, and funds were
raised to purchase the town’s old, two-room post office.
The museum opened in 2002 and houses many rare
items including dolls, movie posters, comic books, and
other memorabilia. Some of the more interesting items
include Laurel and Hardy rubber masks and Laurel and
Hardy toilet brush holders. The museum is also home to
artifacts like the hats worn by the comics in two of their
movies, Bonnie Scotland filmed in 1935 and Son’s of the
Desert filmed in 1933. Another featured item on display
is the vintage car used in the 1929 film, A Perfect Day,
which holds mannequins of Stan and Ollie.
The museum, staffed by six volunteers, gets most of
their visitor’s from a sign along Interstate 20, catching
tourists unaware of the connection between the 144 yearold small town of 2,800 people and the comic legend. It
has that hometown feel one would expect from Harlem,
Georgia, with school children stopping by the museum
on the way home from school to enjoy a home-baked
cookie while watching one of the 106 Laurel and Hardy
films along with the tourists who happened by that day.
Locals are glad that the next generation is growing up
with an appreciation and knowledge of the comic work
of the two as well. The kids seem to enjoy seeing two
adults behaving badly in their slapstick comedic style.
The popularity of the museum is far reaching to which
the guestbook can attest. The museum has an average
of 400 visitors per month from as far reaching places
as Austria, Germany, Scotland, Peru, England, and
Switzerland, not to mention at least half the states.
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the work of Oliver Hardy was born. Held for nearly three
decades the first weekend of October, the Oliver Hardy
Festival causes the population of the small town to
swell to an estimated 40,000. Festival attendees enjoy
shopping with the 300 vendors, watching a contest of
look-a-likes scratching their heads in the style of Laurel
or twirling their ties like Hardy, and witnessing a parade
during which visitors will hear Hardy look-a-likes use his
catchphrase toward Laurel, “Well, here’s another nice
mess you’ve gotten me into!”
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s the old proverb says, “A rolling stone gathers no moss,” and the same could be said of
Asher Thompson. This senior at Lambert High
keeps busy, leaving little time for moss to gather. Having lived here since he was six months old, this young
man keeps a full schedule of activities.
During his freshman year, Asher attended the Freshman Festival, where students explore the areas of
study offered at Lambert High School. He visited the
engineering display and the business display, thinking that one of those was where he would focus. He
laughs when he remembers that day. “I didn’t even
know marketing existed on the high school level. But
at the Festival, I was approached by a smiling, blueblazer-wearing student, who enthusiastically told me
about the marketing program, and I was sold.”
With his newfound interest in marketing, Asher joined
DECA at Lambert, which has over 600 members. DECA
is an international club that focuses on marketing, finance, hospitality and management. He likes to point
out that 3 of the 5 top DECA chapters in the world
are in Forsyth County. Asher competes with DECA in
Marketing Management Testing and Role Play. Becoming increasingly involved in DECA, he ran for and was
elected to be executive vice president of Georgia DECA,
consisting of around 100 chapters with approximately 12,000 members. Coming off a successful year as
executive vice president, Asher was elected Georgia
DECA president earlier this year.
SOMETHING
YOU ARE
PASSIONATE
ABOUT
photo by Shannon Aaron
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In keeping with his interest in marketing, Asher has
been involved with the school store since he was a
sophomore. He served as the chief financial officer and
is now the general manager. “It’s both fun and a great
learning experience. I’ve really enjoyed the opportunity to work in and manage the school store.”
Seeing a need for a team of students to represent Lambert, Asher pitched the idea to Principal Gary Davison,
who was considering starting something similar, and
COMPASS was formed. Now in its second year, the organization has 70 members, each applying for membership by presenting two letters of recommendation
from their teachers. It is a diverse group of students,
who serve as ambassadors, giving tours of the school
to prospective students and their parents, and representing Lambert at numerous other school functions.
Another aspect of the school experience in which Asher
has been involved is the Forsyth County Schools’ BYOT
(Bring Your Own Technology) program. His role includes sitting on a panel that answers questions asked
by teachers and administrators from around the coun-
try, who visit Forsyth County schools to see how the
program is implemented in the classroom. In addition,
Asher has participated in online discussions regarding
the program with educators around the country, who
are interested in using it in their own school system.
Technology plays an important role in Forsyth County
schools, and Asher has supported it with blogs for ”itslearning,” an online program that allows parents and
students to monitor grades and assignments, as well
as access textbooks and syllabuses.
Asher was asked by former Forsyth County School Superintendent Buster Evans to serve on the State Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council, which consists of
about 70 students. In this role, the students meet with
the state superintendent of schools to discuss educational issues being considered by the Georgia General
Assembly. Lawmakers take into account the input of
the students on what is working or what could work
better. The students report to their county’s school superintendent on the proceedings of the meetings.
Asher also participated in the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program. Competing on the school, county and
state level, this prestigious program of 690 students
lets students further explore their area of interest over
four weeks during the summer. Asher chose executive
management as his focus.
His Eagle Scout project for Boy Scouts of America was
relevant and unique. While a project is to demonstrate
longevity, Asher considered what would happen if a
child in our community was kidnapped and how that
would affect the community. After considering the negative effects this would have, he purposed prevention
by making ID cards for children visiting the Brookwood
Farmers’ Market.
Asher is also a member of the National Honor Society,
the National Technology Society and the National Science Honor Society. One of his favorite projects last
year was the National Honor Society’s monthly visits to
a retirement home where they not only played bingo
and other games with the residents but also held a Senior Prom and a Senior Fashion Show.
Currently, Asher is considering college choices and
looking forward to a career in events, logistics, hospitality, or tourism. His motto is quite simple. “Find
something you are passionate about and you will never
work a day in your life.”
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G
rowing up in Paramus, New Jersey, Warren Hutmacher didn’t set his sights on being the Johns Creek City
Manager someday, but he says his typical suburban
upbringing, just 15 minutes outside of Manhattan, gave him
an appreciation for a community that included park space in
which to play with friends, good schools and recreational facilities.
Warren attended the University of Delaware and earned a
Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Following his junior
year, he worked as an intern for New Jersey Senator Frank
Lautenberg. He found that he enjoyed the pace of Washington
and that he had a good feel for government, but he also recognized that he didn’t want a career in politics.
With his interest in government, Warren pursued a Master’s
degree in Public Administration at Ohio State University, saying he chose Ohio State partly because it was located in Ohio’s
capital city, Columbus, which made it a good fit for his area of
study. Though initially unsure what direction his work would
take post-graduation, Warren found inspiration when the City
Manager of Dublin, Ohio spoke during one of his classes. Warren’s graduate work had focused primarily on fiscal issues and
policy, and he was intrigued by the great diversity of issues
that the City Manager shared about his every day work. He
was also struck by the speaker’s profound integrity, which included a willingness to stand up to political pressure and even
lose his job if it meant doing the right thing. Warren says, “I
didn’t know then how I was going to get a job like his, but I
knew that’s what I wanted to do.”
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Near the end of graduate school, Warren briefly escaped the
Ohio winter to visit a friend in Atlanta for a weekend in February. “I came to Atlanta and it was beautiful! It was seventy
degrees and everyone was outside. When I returned to Columbus, there was snow on the ground. I moved to Atlanta
the day after graduation.” Arriving in 1997, Warren took a
job in the City Clerk’s office in Marietta, and immediately fell
in love with working in city government. Though it was an entry level position, Warren
learned much about the operation of various city departments and working with the City
Council. He enjoyed the experience of directly impacting the lives of the City’s residents.
“It might be that I was able to help someone through the paperwork to get a business
license or a new sign. I could make their lives easier, and that was rewarding,” he says.
After about a year, however, Warren made the decision to return to New Jersey. He resigned from his job, packed his belongings into a moving van and planned a quick stop
by his office to say goodbye to co-workers. While there, he happened to check his voice
mail one last time, and there was a message inviting him to interview with the Georgia
Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget. With all of his belongings on a truck headed
north, Warren purchased a suit, shirt, tie, and shoes at Town Center Mall, and drove
downtown for the interview. He was offered and accepted the job that day and called
the moving company to have them send the truck back to Atlanta. In his role with the
Governor’s Office, Warren worked as a budget analyst and tracked legislation for several
state departments, including public safety.
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Later that year, Warren was approached about taking the job of Assistant to the City
Manager of Marietta, and knew it was his ticket to move back into city management and
pursue his dream career. As the assistant to two City Managers over the course of four
years, Warren spent his days working closely with city department leaders and elected
officials.
In 2003, Warren was hired as the City Manager of Avondale Estates, a one-squaremile municipality with about 2,700 residents. Only in his late twenties at the time, he
says it took some persuasive interviewing to land the job. “They were really hesitant
to hire someone so young, but I knew I could do the
job. I asked the folks I was interviewing with, many
of whom had sons and daughters around my age, if
they would trust their son or daughter in the job, and
if they would want someone to give their kid the opportunity. It worked, and it was that one lucky break
that I needed,” shares Warren. “You learn so much in
a small city. You are the planning director, you are the
finance guy, you are the human resources director,
and you are also connecting with residents and working with the City Council.” Having to master nearly
every task required for the city to operate was great
training for the roles Warren would take on later in his
career. “Now, even though I’m not directly in those
roles, I know how to ask the right questions so that I
get good advice. I have a healthy respect and understanding for what every city staff member does,” he
says, “because I’ve done many of those jobs.”
“It might be that I was able
to help someone through the
paperwork to get a business
license or a new sign. I could
make their lives easier, and
that was rewarding,” he says.
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From Avondale Estates, Warren went on to serve as City Manager of Norcross for two
years, until the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came along with the establishment of the
City of Dunwoody in 2008. Warren spent five years as Dunwoody’s City Manager, where
he hired the City’s first staff, developed policies and budgets, and established and oversaw many of the new city’s projects. He is proud to have had a hand in the creation of
park space and a bike trail, the installation of new sidewalks to serve residents, and the
development of a well-trained police department.
When the City Manager position opened in Johns Creek, Warren saw yet another great
opportunity for both his career and his family. The size and scope of the role, in a city of
nearly 77,000 residents, was a draw, as was the overall attractiveness of the community. Married with two school-age children, Warren and his wife, Emily, were particularly
impressed with the schools in Johns Creek and loved its many neighborhoods and park
spaces. He became the City Manager of Johns Creek in April 2014.
Warren and Emily, along with their children,
moved to Johns Creek in the summer of 2014
and are settling into their new home and school,
where the kids are in first and third grade. Warren plays tennis, and he and Emily enjoy going
out to dinner with friends. Like many parents,
most of their activities are focused on their
children, and Warren shares, with a mixture of
sheepishness and pride, that he knows every
song from the Disney movie Frozen. Emily, a
Texas native and graduate of the University of
Texas and Rice University, does fundraising and
business development work for non-profit organizations. Warren notes that both he and Emily
have made a commitment in their careers to
use their skills and abilities to help others, and
says the family is looking forward to engaging
in community service and volunteer opportunities locally as well.
“There’s certainly enough to keep
me busy here,” he says. “It’s worth
getting up every day when I know
that I’m helping people solve
problems. I can’t imagine a career
doing anything else.”
Warren looks forward to a long career with the City of Johns Creek. “There’s certainly
enough to keep me busy here,” he says. “It’s worth getting up every day when I know
that I’m helping people solve problems. I can’t imagine a career doing anything else.”
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As Warren delves into the role of Johns Creek City Manager, he says he’s excited about
what lies ahead for the City. One major project rolling out is a plan to study how to develop a significant business district in Johns Creek, one which would drive higher business tax revenue to support the wants and needs of the residential community. “The
challenge is to overhaul our business district to encourage Class A office space, limit
congestion in our commercial areas and keep our neighborhoods safe,” explains Warren.
The benefits to residents will include improved roads, parks and police and fire services.
“This is a community-driven process,” Warren says, “and it’s a great asset to the City
that our citizens are very engaged. We will all work hand-in-hand to find success.”
As City Manager, Warren’s responsibilities are as varied as the services offered to the
City’s residents. A typical day might include finance and budget meetings, getting an
update on recreation and park facilities and programs, and coordinating the efforts of
those who provide transportation and traffic engineering and road maintenance services. He oversees community development services and the municipal court, as well as
the police and fire departments. Warren also provides leadership as the city staff implements the policies established by the Mayor and the City Council. Every day is different,
and Warren says that while he might begin each morning with a detailed schedule, it
often changes just minutes into the day. “There’s always a lot going on, a fire to put out
– sometimes literally,” he says.
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school for families who want the certainty of a more complete preparation for college and life. Tapping into more than a century of educational wisdom, Woodward
transforms each student’s experience into a tangible opportunity for learning and growth.
Woodward North, located in Johns Creek on a 33-acre suburban
campus, is the college preparatory satellite school of Woodward
Academy, serving PreK-6th grade. Woodward North offers lively
arts offerings including handbells, dance, orchestra, show choir,
and a full array of visual arts offerings. Students also can choose
from horseback riding, fencing, golf, tap class, jump rope club,
and an array of intramural sports. Additionally, this year the Academy Transition Program will be offered for 4th and 5th grade students with diagnosed learning disabilities. Many Woodward North
students transition to Main Campus beginning in seventh grade.
The Academy provides bus transportation to and from College
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Woodward students develop a deep respect for difference as they
collaborate with peers who come from 23 metro Atlanta counties,
and from a broad array of religious, economic, and ethnic backgrounds. Woodward students find opportunities to explore and
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guidance at every step—from the first day of pre-K to senior final
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experience, Academy graduates are notably confident and wellprepared as they enter the complex and evolving world.
A typical Woodward Academy graduating class attends more than
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J
ohns Creek resident, Mrs. Pintu Thaker, was recently selected as the Georgia
Business Education Association’s (GBEA) 2014 Teacher of the Year. Pintu teaches
Web Design at Meadowcreek High School in Norcross and is an advisor to Future
Business Leaders of America (FBLA). This award recognizes a Business or Computer
Science teacher who has the ability to encourage excellence in education that is
demonstrated through the success of the students. In recent years, Pintu’s teams
have won or excelled in several TAG-Ed High School Web challenges. Last year, her
team “Flabbergastics” won the Health IT Student Innovation Award with their mobile
app “GoGo Health,” designed to help fight childhood obesity. Pintu’s Web Design and
Accounting programs have consistently been the County’s most successful programs
because of her contributions. As an advisor to FBLA, she has led students to win
numerous awards at local, state and national competitions. “Mrs. Thaker is truly
an outstanding teacher who has exhibited the drive to succeed with regards to her
students,” said Meadowcreek High School Assistant Principal Steven Wright, who is
in charge of the Technical Education Department.
Pintu is also committed to others and to helping her students in their volunteer efforts and has led them in a yearly canned food drive, as well as collecting stuffed
animals to bring to a local orphanage. She has an incredible ability to guide and
motivate her students, making sure they reach their full potential and have every
opportunity to succeed.
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Ladies’ Night Out Event Returns
to Emory Johns Creek Hospital in October
E
mory Johns Creek Hospital, in conjunction the Junior League of Gwinnett and North Fulton Counties, is
hosting its annual Ladies’ Night Out this year on October 23, 2014 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This event
offers women of all ages a fun, casual setting where they can chat with Emory Johns Creek healthcare providers, get free screenings and learn about key issues concerning women’s health. Screenings available will
include glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, Body Mass Index (BMI), and bone density testing.
On tap this year, is a discussion on Women’s Stroke Symptoms, presented by Gina Lundberg, MD, Clinical Director of Emory Women's Heart Center and Associate Professor at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr.
Lundberg spoke on women’s heart attack symptoms and risk factors at
the hospital’s Go Red Event in February. Vendor exhibits will be a continued feature and new this year is an exhibit presented by the Johns Creek
Arts Center, featuring works by local artists including paintings, pottery
and jewelry.
Bev Miller, Director of Community Relations at Emory Johns Creek Hospital says she’s excited about this year’s event. “We’re very fortunate to
have the Junior League and the Johns Creek Arts Center working with us,
and we’re looking forward to having Dr. Lundberg return. We got rave
reviews from guests who attended our Go Red Event this year, so we’re
looking forward to a great Ladies’ Night Out.”
Light refreshments and desserts will be provided. For more updates and more information, visit emoryjohnscreek.com/events-classes or call 678-474-8017.
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Emory Infusion
Center Expansion Brings
State-of-the-Art Cancer Care
to Johns Creek
A
ccording to the Centers for Disease Control,
650,000 patients receive chemotherapy in
outpatient infusion centers each year. Chemotherapy is one form of infusion therapy, which
is a method of delivering medication and nutrition
intravenously by way of a needle or catheter. Outpatient centers allow patients to receive these types of
treatments without major disruptions to their daily
routines, and treatments in these centers are more
cost-effective than receiving infusion treatments on
an in-patient basis.
Earlier this year, Emory University Hospital Midtown
expanded its infusion therapy services at the Emory
Johns Creek Hospital campus. Infusion therapy has
been available at the Johns Creek campus since August 2012, but the new 6,100-square foot $1-million center, located on the first floor of the Physicians Plaza, now has 19 chairs for infusion services,
up eight chairs from the center’s previous location.
The Emory Johns Creek location is one of four Emory University Hospital Midtown Infusion Center locations in metro Atlanta. The other centers are located
at Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute on Clifton Road,
Emory University Hospital Midtown and Emory Saint
Joseph's Hospital.
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The center is also part of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, the only National Cancer
Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center in Georgia. Winship serves as the coordinating center for
an array of resources in medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, diagnostic imaging
and the subspecialties of cancer care. Recently, U.S.
News & World Report ranked Winship at Emory University Hospital among the top 25 cancer care centers in the country. In addition, Emory Johns Creek
Hospital’s cancer program has been accredited by
the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American
College of Surgeons.
"This is a beautiful collaboration among Emory University Hospital Midtown, Winship Cancer Institute
and Emory Johns Creek Hospital," said Marilyn Margolis, Interim CEO of Emory Johns Creek Hospital.
"This extension of infusion services is a perfect example of the benefit we have of being a part of the
largest and most comprehensive health care system
in Georgia. We have the ability to deliver excellent
care to meet the needs of our patients, right in their
community.”
Most commonly associated with chemotherapy and
cancer treatment, infusion centers also provide
treatment to patients suffering from non-cancer
related diseases and disorders, including gastrointestinal diseases and disorders, such as Crohn’s disease; multiple sclerosis (MS); and severe infections
that require chemo-like antibiotic treatments.
The infusion center on the Emory Johns Creek campus provides referring physicians and their patients
access to outpatient infusion and injection services,
including chemotherapy, injections, blood and blood
product transfusions, IV medication treatments
(such as IGG therapy and Remicade infusion), antibiotic therapy, phlebotomy, hydration, and lab
draws.
get high quality care in their community. That’s our
goal. That’s what we focus on every day.” Her team
is augmented by volunteers from a local chapter of
CanCare, a nationwide organization of cancer survivors who volunteer to provide support to current
cancer patients.
Since infusion therapy can take several hours and
can take a physical toll on patients and their caregivers, the center’s clinical staff makes comfort and
emotional support as much a priority as the medical
excellence of the care provided.
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The Emory University Hospital Midtown Infusion
Center at the Emory Johns Creek campus is located on the first floor of Physicians Plaza, Suite 107,
6335 Hospital Parkway, Johns Creek, GA 30097.
Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30
p.m. For more information or to find physicians affiliated with the infusion center, call 678-474-8200.
Additional information is available at emoryhealthcare.org/infusion.
Unit director, Connie Masters, RN, says that she and
her team—which consists of three nurses, a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, medical assistant, and
patient account representative focus on creating an
environment where patients and their caregivers
are emotionally supported and, as much as possible, physically pampered during their treatments.
“Our philosophy is that patients should be able to
“The ability to team sharp medical knowledge with
the compassion of a genuine smile is not a trait that
is easy to come by, but that is exactly the type of
person it takes to work in this Infusion Center,” says
Cyndi Flanagan, whose husband was a former patient at the Infusion Center. “Every patient in this
department has a different story, a distinct battle,
a unique perspective. There is something that all
of these patients share, however, and that is the
unparalleled compassion and care that has been bestowed upon them by this staff.” 27
The infusion center at the Johns Creek campus
provides patients with individual TV monitors, free
Wi-Fi, and complimentary drinks and snacks. Treatment bays are designed with enough room for family members to sit with patients during treatment,
and the bays are designed to either provide privacy
or allow patients to connect openly with staff and
other patients.
The
New Manchester
Manufacturing Company
W
itnessing the success of the Roswell Mills, Colonel James Rogers of Milledgeville and Charles
M. McDonald of Cobb County—a lawyer, legislator, co-founder of the Georgia Military Institute and
19th governor of Georgia—embarked on a business venture to replicate the success 30 miles west of Roswell on
Sweetwater Creek with a factory of their own. In 1849,
the Sweetwater Creek Manufacturing Company began
operation, producing yarn from cotton.
The mill itself was an impressive building, being 48 feet
by 120 feet and five-stories tall, making it taller than
any building in Atlanta at that time. Built of bricks,
which were made and fired on sight, and with foundation stones, which were quarried downstream, it used
the flow of Sweetwater Creek, via a large archway where
the water entered the building to turn the waterwheel,
powering the factory.
The small village of Sweetwater, or Factory Town as it
was more commonly known, was not like its counterpart,
Roswell, which had been founded nearly two decades
earlier. Where Roswell was the home of its six founding
families and their impressive homes and churches and
several large mills, the owners of the Sweetwater factory
lived some 16 miles away in Marietta, leaving the mill in
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the care of a superintendent. In 1857, Charles McDonald
took over full ownership of the mill and renamed it the
New Manchester Manufacturing Company under a new
charter, and the little village took the new name of New
Manchester, although it appears that the locals did not
like or use the new name.
At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, the Confederate government needed factories to produce fabric
for tents, uniforms and rope. Like the Roswell Mill, the
Confederacy contracted with the New Manchester Mill to
produce material, particularly yarn and cotton cloth. The
factory had to send two-thirds of what it produced to
the Confederacy for which they received little or no payment.
After Union forces under General William T. Sherman
failed to defend the Confederates at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in 1864, he sent a column to the east
toward Roswell under the direction of General Kenner
Garrard with 4,000 troops, and to the west he sent the
cavalry under General George Stoneman toward Sweetwater Creek. By this time, the factory had between 60
and 70 employees, mostly women and children, and a
small militia called the Sweetwater Guards protected
it. With Union forces closing in, the factory supervisor,
Joshua Welch, fled with the factories account books and
cash. A mill manager was left in charge with orders to
continue operating until the last possible moment.
Roswell Mill joined the employees from New Manchester,
and they were forced to board trains headed north to
Louisville, Kentucky where they were to be imprisoned.
One week later, on July 2, 1864, the Union cavalry captured the mill and the village surrounding it, ordering
production to stop. The soldiers tore the belts out of the
machines and thread from the spindles, but the destruction was minor. For a week the employees and residents
waited, wondering what the fate of the factory would be.
Once in Louisville, those who were willing to sign an
“Oath of Allegiance” to the United States government
were transported further north and released north of
the Ohio River in Ohio and Indiana, with the condition
that they could not return south until the end of the war.
Many of the women were freed in small towns along the
Ohio River with no money or food and little means to
support themselves or their children. The communities
were not able to handle the hundreds of refugees, and
many of the former mill workers died of disease or starvation during the winter of 1864.
Although many of the workers were never heard from
again, some did manage to return home once the war
was over. But the factory and village of New Manchester
were never rebuilt. Today, visitors can see the five-story,
brick ruins at the 2,035-acre Sweetwater Creek State
Park in Lithia Springs, Georgia.
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On July 9, a week after being captured, Major Haviland
Tompkins and a detail of eight men rode out to New Manchester with orders from General Sherman to destroy
the mill and the village and to treat all employees as
traitors for committing treason for supplying materials
to the Confederacy. The employees were gathered up,
many with their young children, who had no one else to
care for them. While some were transported in wagons,
others marched to the Georgia Military Institute (GMI)
some 16 miles away. These prisoners waited a week in
Marietta where allegations of mistreatment and assault
were numerous. At the GMI, the mill workers from the
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EARLY FALL
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ull weeds and turn the soil in your beds to prepare for spring plantings.
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eal concrete or masonry surfaces to help keep
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LATE FALL
4 Plant shrubs, trees, hedges, and fruit bushes.
4 Trim late-flowering shrubs to reduce winter windburn.
4 Remove fallen leafs from the lawn.
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