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The Braselton News Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Page 12A O O Superior Court Judge Green announces candidacy for Superior Court Magistrate Judge Ben Green Jackson County Chief Magistrate Judge Ben Green has announced his candidacy for Superior Court Judge. Judge Green has spent the majority of his career in pub lic service. After two years of college. Judge Green joined the military. He is a gradu ate of the 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment's Officer Candidacy School at Fort Benning, as well as the U.S. Army School of Aviation at Fort Rucker. Ala. He is a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot and former company command er. However, Green said the highlight of his military ca reer is flying UH-1 Hueys out of the Winder Airport as a member of the Georgia Army National Guard while attending law school. Judge Green began his legal career in the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office in 2010 trying cases mostly involving special vic tims. In 2013, he became the managing partner of Brad ford, Primm and Green, a small law firm in Jefferson. He would eventually return to prosecuting as the drug prosecutor in the Moun tain Judicial Circuit. There he spent the majority of his time on high profile wire tap investigations with the Appalachian Regional Drug Task Force. In 2018. he was appointed by the Superior Court as the Chief Magis trate Judge of Jackson Coun ty after the passing of Judge Sherri Thurmond Smith. As Chief Magistrate, Green says his guiding principles are to treat people fairly and keep the community safe. In ad dition to his duties as Chief Magistrate, Judge Green has also been specially designat ed by the Superior Court to preside over Superior Court cases involving protective orders, bond hearings and the circuit's Accountability Courts when needed. Judge Green lives in Com merce with his wife, Annette, and twin girls, Sullivan and Sloane. He is a former presi dent of the Piedmont Bar As sociation, a former Ironman triathlete and ultra-marathon trail runner, NCAA track and field athlete, and the 2021 USA Powerlifting Georgia State Champion. Green is running for the Superior Court judge seat currently held by Judge Joe Booth. Business Visiting Angels Hoschton receives 2023 ‘Best of Home Care’ award Visiting Angels in Hoschton has been hon ored as one of the 2023 Best of Home Care, finish ing fourth in the country in the Top 100 Leader in Ex perience Award. The award is presented by Home Care Pulse (HCP), the leading firm in experience manage ment for home care. The Top 100 Leader in Experience Award is the highest recognition award ed by HCP and is only awarded to 100 home care businesses in North Ameri ca. Recipients must consis tently rank among the very highest in 10 or more qual ity metrics. To qualify for this award, 10% of Visiting Angel’s clients and employees were interviewed each month by HCP. Over a 12-month pe riod, the agency received high client and caregiver satisfaction ratings in areas such as caregiver training, compassion of caregivers, communication, schedul ing, client/caregiver com patibility and more. Using feedback from clients and employees, as well as qual ity benchmarks from HCP, the Hoschton office man agement team set goals to reach the highest level of experience possible, lead ers said. “With more than 3,800 agencies participating, this award demonstrates our agency is among the elite in the country and region, providing home care ser vices,” said Thom Price, president and owner of Vis iting Angels in Hoschton. “We strive for continuous improvement in caring for our clients. Listening to our caregiver angels and incorporating their input elevates the level of care we provide to our clients. We are honored and hum bled by placing #4 in the country.” To find out more about Visiting Angels Hoschton, visit www.visitingangels. com/hoschton or call 678- 682-7444. Jackson County Habitat for Humanity is hosting its annual fundraiser on March 3 at 7 p.m. at the Braselton Civic Center. The fundraiser is called “Ante Up,” and will include a casino night of fun and games, along with food. Shown are pictures from previous events. Event Habitat for Humanity plans annual fundraiser Jackson County Habitat for Humanity is hosting its annual fundraiser on March 3 at 7 p.m. at the Braselton Civic Center. The fundraiser is called “Ante Up,” and will in clude a casino night of fun and games, along with food. Tickets are $50 per person. Proceeds from this event directly benefit the local Hab itat for Humanity chapter here March 3 in Jackson County. Habitat’s goal is to provide affordable housing for our workforce in Jackson County and make critical repairs for those in need. The Braselton Civic Center is located at 27 E. Lake Dr., in downtown Braselton. For more information, con tact 513-262-1172 or aalvey @ jacksoncountyhfh.org Opinion continued from 1A 2020 and the Court of Appeals — the state's intermediate ap pellate court — upheld that ruling in 2021. But Tuesday’s unanimous Supreme Court opinion vacates the Court of Appeals’ decision and sends the lawsuit back to the inter mediate appellate court for further proceedings. “Both courts below con cluded that the homeowners acquired an easement in the golf course because their lots were bought with reference to a subdivision plat that des ignated a ‘golf course' next to the subdivision.” Justice An drew A. Pinson wrote. “That conclusion relied on a long line of our decisions recogniz ing that easements in features like streets, parks and lakes could be acquired on this ba sis, which amounts to an ease ment by express grant. But golf courses are different. Pinson continued, “Given the wide range of interests that an easement in a golf course could possibly include—inter ests in a view, access, use, or enjoyment, to name a few— merely designating a ‘golf course’ on a subdivision plat and selling lots with reference to the plat cannot give reason able certainty as to the scope of a claimed easement.” The State Supreme Court’s decision noted the key ques tion, as the case moves back to the Court of Appeals, is wheth er the intent to grant an ease ment in the golf course was shown with sufficient clarity. While past Supreme Court cases may provide guidance, Pinson wrote, “the ultimate inquiry cannot be reduced to a multi-factor test, but rath er asks simply whether the evidence, taken as a whole, demonstrates clear intent to grant an easement in the prop erty in question. 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