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GREATER ATLANTA

ATV drivers could face tougher rules

The city of Woodstock could become the second government in Cherokee County to strengthen its rules on all-terrain vehicles.

Tonight, the Woodstock City Council will be asked to consider adopting an ATV ordinance similar to one approved by the County Commission last month.

The commission’s ordinance calls for a fine of as much as $1,000 for ATV drivers who ride on public lands and roads. It’s meant to address complaints about ATV riding trails around Lake Allatoona.

A draft ordinance would give police enforcement powers in the lake area, as well as a system of trails the city is developing.

—- Nancy Badertscher

FULTON COUNTY

Interim hire likely for city manager

The Milton City Council is expected to vote today on hiring an interim city manager until it finds a permanent city manager.

Mortimer Smedley of Fort Pierce, Fla., is the top prospect for the short-term position. Smedley was assistant county manager and county manager for St. Mary’s County, Md., and Carbon County, Pa., municipal manager for Lehighton, Pa.

Public safety director Chris Lagerbloom has been handling top administrative duties since Billy Beckett resigned after five months on the job.

Milton incorporated in December 2006.

—- Doug Nurse

DEKALB COUNTY

Dunwoody parents get national kudos

The school council at Dunwoody’s Kingsley Charter Elementary School has been named by the education publication PTO Today as its national parent group of the year. Parents last school year put in 8,002 volunteer hours —- a 333 percent increase over the year before.

Kingsley council members are the first group from Georgia awarded the publication’s national honor. If the school’s name doesn’t ring a bell, consider this: It is also the place where Sally Foster —- yes, there really is one —- started a school fund-raising effort that grew into the empire we know today.

—- Kristina Torres

VENT OF THE DAY

Why is it that we never get to read any father-in-law vents?