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Milton looks for ideas for athletic amenities at Deerfield Park site By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
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A Milton family examines options for new facilities at the Deerfield Parkway athletic facility during an open house Jan. 14.
MILTON, Ga. — The City of Milton is asking residents to help with ideas to furnish a proposed athletic complex on Deerfield Parkway. City officials invited the public to the Milton Municipal Court Jan. 14 for an open house, asking residents to place stickers on poster boards marking the amenities of their choice. The 24-acre park at 300 Deerfield Parkway will include turf multi-use rectangle fields to accommodate a variety of sports and diamonds for softball and baseball. The fields would help fill a considerable need for athletic facilities expressed by the community’s sizeable sports community, Parks & Recreation Director Tom McKlveen said. The city’s 2017 comprehensive master plan called for additional fields, and the
facility’s fields have been in need for years. The city is asking residents to help them decide how the remaining space should be used. Possible uses include pickleball and tennis courts, outdoor basketball courts, picnic shelters and pavilions, a walking trail, small outdoor event space, splash pad, greenspace, fishing area, playground and an off-leash dog park. City officials also included space on the posters to allow residents to write in use options of their choice. Writtenin choices included an outdoor pool, all-inclusive playground, more multiuse fields, equestrian facility, biking trails, sensory playground and zip line. A walking trail, dog park and multi-use fields led the choices in votes.
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Milton High School to host annual Hall of Fame ceremony MILTON, Ga. — Milton High School will hold its annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony Jan. 25 to honor outstanding graduates and faculty members of the 104-year-old community institution. The public, including school alumni and North Fulton County residents, are invited to attend this year’s Hall of Fame celebration weekend at 13025
Birmingham Highway. The Red Jacket ceremony is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 24, in the school gym during the break between the girls and boys varsity basketball games. The Ring ceremony, scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, will begin with a reception in the auditorium at 6:15
p.m. For its keynote speaker, the Milton Hall of Fame Committee secured Sonny Perdue, former governor and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who now serves as chancellor of the University System of Georgia. The 2024 inductees into the Milton High School Hall of Fame are
John Devore, Myrl Hansard, Chris Lagerbloom, Chris Lewis, Mo Lewis, Tim McFarlin and Mike White. Milton High School kicked off its Hall of Fame with the Class of 2016. There are now 51 alumni and faculty members, soon to be 58. — Hayden Sumlin
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