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Local Chalamet look-alike earns ‘5 minutes of fame’ By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — It’s not every day you become a viral phenomenon, your face all over the world’s social media feeds. But, not everyone wins second place in the Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest, hosted at Washington Square Park in New York City. Sunday, Oct. 27, was a whirlwind for Zander Dueve, a 22-year-old Johns Creek resident. He was one of about 20 Chalamet look-alikes in the running for a $50 grand prize. More than 2,000 people attended the event, fans of the Academy Award-nominated actor, tenacious reporters. Some got arrested. It was chaos. Zander’s participation was at the behest of his girlfriend, who attends New York University. She saw flyers posted around town, and he happened to be visiting for Halloween. YouTuber Anthony Po organized the contest.
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Johns Creek Historical Society member Kirk Canaday listens to a discussion about completed work at Macedonia Cemetery during the Nov. 18 City Council work session. Canaday has overseen preservation efforts of Macedonia for more than a decade.
Groups urge revived study effort at historic Macedonia Cemetery By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
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Johns Creek resident Zander Dueve, left, walks alongside Youtuber Anthony Po, organizer of the Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest in Washington Square Park in October. Dueve was named runner-up in the competition.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Macedonia Cemetery, the historic Black burial ground off Medlock Bridge Road, has moved into the spotlight again. The latest official action was in August when the City Council voted to exercise eminent domain to acquire a permanent access easement. During the Nov. 18 City Council work session, council members Stacy Skinner, Larry DiBiase and Bob Erramilli requested that their colleagues commit to a round of ground penetrating radar on
the site, arguing that there was no data to support that the work had ever been done. Ground penetrating radar is a noninvasive geophysical procedure that uses electromagnetic waves to create images of the subsurface, or what would show individual graves. The three council members advised the city to hire an archeologist to radar the site before implementing recommendations from the city’s strategic plan, so as to prevent construction atop graves.
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