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CONCERT AND PICNIC page 22JULY 12 — JULY 25, 2013 • VOL. 4 — NO. 14

Sleep inAshford-Dunwoody hotel

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school board’s role

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Don’t rain on our paradeKayla Catapano and daughter Carrie, 8 months, eagerly await the start of the Dunwoody Fourth of July parade. Despite the threat of rain, the two were not deterred from enjoying the event. The parade made its way through the city, along Mount Vernon Road and Dunwoody Village Parkway, ending at the Shops of Dunwoody. More Fourth of July photos from Reporter Newspapers communities on pages 16-17.

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After a mid-June storm � attened trees and knocked down pow-er lines, Dunwoody city o� cials are taking a new look at install-ing sirens to warn residents of the approach of dangerous weather.

During the City Council’s meeting July 8, members expressed a range of opinions on the need for warning sirens in the city.

“� is is one of the things we really, really need to do to protect our citizens,” said Councilman Denis Shortal, a long-time propo-nent of warning sirens.

“It’s like having a generator when the electricity goes out. You

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Dunwoody residents descended on the Dunwoody Charter Commission during its July 3 meeting to vent about a variety of contentious issues, some of which weren’t under the commission’s control.

� ere was barely standing room left in the small conference room, a venue chosen because Dunwoody holds municipal court on Wednesdays, tying up the only larger room available in City Hall. � e city announced July 9 that future meetings would be held in Suite 400 of 47 Perimeter Center East, which is behind

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Hotel project approved for Ashford-Dunwoody Road

Dunwoody Government CalendarThe Dunwoody City Council usually meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Dunwoody City Hall located at 41 Perimeter Center East Suite No. 103. For a complete and up to date schedule of Dunwoody City meetings, visit http://www.dunwoodyga.gov/Residents/Calendar.aspx


After months of consideration and re-consideration, city o� cials have ap-proved a new development on Ashford-Dunwoody Road that includes an 8-sto-ry Hampton Inn and Suites.

“We certainly hope that this will serve as a step forward for this site and for the Perimeter Center area,” lawyer Den Webb, who represents the devel-oper, told members of Dunwoody City Council during their meeting July 8.

Webb said more than 40 site plans had been drawn for the project during negotiations with the city and neighbor-hood groups, and “I think this site plan in front of you represents the best ideas.”

� e project also attracted attention when City Council returned it to the Dunwoody Planning Commission for a second vote after questions arose about campaign donations from a partner in a law � rm representing the developer to the unsuccessful mayoral campaign of a member of the commission.

Lawyer Kathy Zickert said in a letter to the city that the failure to report the donation was an oversight, in part be-cause she didn’t realize the city’s require-ments applied to planning commis-sioners as well as council members. � e commission approved the project for the second time on June 11.

On July 8, the council unanimous-ly approved the Sterling Point develop-ment.

Developer Steve Smith promised the hotel would not be a standard Hampton

Inn building. � e design isn’t complete, he said, but it will include stacked stone and a stucco-like � nish.

“It’s not going to be a box. We’ll have a lot of variation on our building,” Smith said. “It’s our intention to make this look a lot nicer.”

Council members seemed to welcome the description. “You’re on the main drag, so we’re looking for quality construction,” Councilman Dennis Shortal said.

In addition to the 134-room hotel, the 11.5-acre development at the inter-section of Ashford-Dunwoody and Pe-rimeter Center North will feature out-buildings designed for a restaurant and shops.

� e buildings will be built along Ash-ford-Dunwoody, with parking behind them. � e sides facing Ashford-Dun-woody will appear as the “fronts” of the building, not their backs, the council re-quired.

A single entrance into the develop-ment from Ashford-Dunwoody will al-low only right turns into the property. � e Dunwoody Homeowners Associa-tion had opposed a design that allowed cars to turn onto Ashford-Dunwoody from the development, but the DHA approved the project after a new design dropped that turn lane.

“We’ve worked with the developer over the years and we are in full support of it,” DHA president Stacey Harris told the council. “We think it will be a great addition to the city.”

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Deal touts Georgia job growth to local chamber members


Gov. Nathan Deal dropped by Sandy Springs on July 9 and talked to the com-munity’s business leaders during a lun-cheon at First Data hosted by the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Com-merce.

“Our job growth has certainly ex-ceeded the national average,” Deal said. “In fact, a recent study, and I believe it was done by On Numbers, they place our state as No. 7, and me as No. 7 among governors for job cre-ation among current governors in the U.S.”

� e Perimeter, home to Fortune 500 companies such as UPS, has played an important role in the state’s job creation

e� orts, Deal said.� e governor said Georgia’s low rank-

ing in another category is actually a compliment.

“We are a state that has a very favor-able tax structure,” Deal said. “We are ranked No. 50 in terms of the burden of taxes on our citizens. � at’s where it’s good to be No. 50.”

Deal encouraged local business lead-ers to contact their members of Con-gress and encourage them to support deepening of the port of Savannah, one of his top economic development initia-tives.

“� is is a Georgia priority,” he said. “It is not a coastal priority.”

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Gov. Nathan Deal speaks to the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce on July 9.

Council members support turn lanes at Mount Vernon

and Vermack roadsSeveral members of Dunwoody City

Council have indicated they will back a plan to widen Mount Vernon and Ver-mack roads to create left turn lanes and eliminate a tra� c bottleneck.

“� is intersection needs improve-ment,” Councilman Denny Shortal said. “Maybe not during the summer months, but during the school year, def-initely so. I think it needs something.”

� e council at its July 8 meeting re-viewed three options for adding left turn lanes at the intersection. � e options, which had been presented to residents in a public meeting June 17, ranged in price from $900,000 to $1.1 million.

A couple of members indicated a pref-erence for the $1.1 million option. � at option would provide the turn lanes and extend a sidewalk on the south side of Mount Vernon and the bicycle lanes to

the next side street, instead of stopping in the middle of the block, according to a memorandum from city capital proj-ects manager Mindy Sanders.

City delays start of alarm enforcement

until Sept. 1City o� cials announced they will not

begin enforcing Dunwoody’s new false-alarm ordinance until Sept. 1. � e ordi-nance o� cially took e� ect July 1.

� e ordinance requires owners of monitored alarm systems to register the alarms with the city and to pay � nes af-ter three false alarms. � e ordinance re-quires businesses to pay a $25 registra-tion fee. No registration fee is charged to homeowners.

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don’t use it very often, but when you do…. It’s a safety issue.”

Other council members said the de-vices would not have provided any addi-tional warning during the June 14 storm that downed more than 30 trees and knocked out power for hours or days for some residents. Instead, they argued res-idents could be warned better by other types of devices, such as cellphone-based warnings or weather radios.

“If radios are the way to go and we’re hell-bent on spending money,” Mayor Mike Davis said, “and protecting every-body in the city, let’s buy them all ra-dios.”

But relatively few use the warn-ings now available in Dunwoody. Po-lice Chief Billy Grogan told the council that only 1,500 to 1,600 residents have registered for the Code Red warnings by phone.

A warning siren system that would cover the city of Dunwoody would like-ly cost $200,000 to $300,000, said Kim-berly Greer, assistant to the city manag-er. In recent years, Dunwoody o� cials

have pursued federal or state grants to pay for warning sirens, Greer said, but so far, “we have been unsuccessful.”

Shortal said that the city should bud-get the money to buy the sirens. “If we can’t budget it this year, I’d put it on the budget cycle for next year,” he said.

But Councilman Terry Nall said the city should continue to look for grants. “To budget for tornado sirens, at the moment, I remain unconvinced,” Nall said.

Several council members wanted to investigate the possibility of installing smaller warning systems similar to ones they said are used on ball � elds or golf courses. � ose systems, they said, warn people in open areas of potential light-ning storms.

Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch said city o� cials shouldn’t let the recent storm in� uence their long-term deci-sion. Instead, she said, they should get more information about the various warning systems.

“It’s not as easy as ‘Yes, they work,’ or ‘No, they don’t work,’ she said. “� ere’s a lot of gray there.”

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As DeKalb County school o� cials work to fully restore the system’s accred-itation, the school board has endorsed a plan to allow DeKalb high schools to seek accreditation individually from a state accrediting agency.

� e board voted 7-2 on July 1 to have the county’s high schools seek ac-creditation individu-ally from the Georgia Accrediting Com-mission, an Athens-based group that ac-credits high schools in Georgia, according to District 2 board member Marshall D. Orson and Dun-woody City Council-man Terry Nall, who attended the board meeting.

� e “dual accreditation” plan had been backed by parents in Dunwoody and elsewhere in DeKalb, who saw it as a way to get a “back-up” accreditation for Dunwoody High and other high schools should the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, a regional agen-cy known as SACS, revoke the system’s accreditation. SACS has placed the sys-tem’s accreditation on probation.

“It’s a safety net,” Nall said. “It means

if SACS accreditation is pulled for any reason, the school will still be accredited. … It means graduating students can say on college applications and applications for scholarships they graduated from an accredited high school.”

But Orson said he didn’t believe that the DeKalb system would lose its

accreditation from SACS, so the state ac-creditation wasn’t in-tended by the board as a back-up. Instead, he said, the board thought it would be worthwhile to have a second agency take a look at school opera-tions.

“I think the con-sensus is that it wasn’t a bad idea to have

multiple agencies looking at what we’re doing in our system,” Orson said. “I am quite con� dent we will restore accredi-tation with SACS, but in this new era of accountability … the more scrutiniz-ing us, the better. I think we’ll withstand that scrutiny.”

� e board agreed to delay the start of the state accrediting process until 2014, so it would not interrupt the SACS pro-cess, Orson and Nall said.

School board endorses ‘dual accreditation’

“I think the consensus is that it wasn’t a bad idea to have multiple agencies

looking at what we’re doing in our system.”

– MARSHALL D. ORSON

– DISTRICT 2 BOARD MEMBER

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City Currents articles are prepared by the city of Dunwoody and published each month by the Dunwoody Reporter as a community service. They are intended to offer insight into the workings of Dunwoody city government. This installment focuses on the city’s Economic Development Department.

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Economic development has major impact on the community

You may not realize it, but when the headlines are buzzing about businesses moving into Dunwoody, it’s highly bene-� cial to each and every resident.

Krystal, State Farm, Morneau Shepell, Ventyx and Elekta -- leading brands from a variety of di� erent industries -- all have a strong presence, either a national or re-gional headquarters, in the city of Dun-woody. And, their presence makes a dif-ference to everyone in the city.

But what exactly led these companies to Dunwoody? � at’s a question which the city’s department of Economic Devel-opment analyzes and studies on a daily ba-sis. Each of these industry leaders found Dunwoody partly because of the strategic guidance and assistance from the city’s de-partment of Economic Development.

Serving as the economic engine of Dunwoody’s proactive business retention and recruitment, the economic develop-ment team helps promote Dunwoody as an attractive destination for business.

Based on the feedback and input we re-ceive from leading brands and companies, which have chosen Dun-woody as their national or regional headquarters, we know that the city is recog-nized as a great place to do business.

With a large population, an educated workforce, easy access to sought-after executive housing, and e� cient transportation access to all parts of the metro Atlanta region, Dun-woody has quality attributes attractive to companies from around the globe.

� e focus of the city’s department of Economic Development is to build the size of the economic area and improve upon the future quality of life for residents and businesses in the city. By working co-operatively with public and business part-ners, the department helps create better conditions for economic growth and em-ployment generation.

Economic development sta� and ef-forts are not new to municipalities. In fact, strong competition from other cit-ies, both next door and across the nation, makes it even more important to attract and keep top businesses.

For large corporations and power-ful brands, a city must have more than one or two attractive features to be select-ed as a new corporate hub or headquar-ters. And because competition is so � erce, Dunwoody must promote its unique as-sets to stand out in front of corporate de-cision makers.

While successful business recruitment and retention may not mean more to city residents than paving, parks and police, they do have an impact in a far-reaching manner. At its core, a strong economic development strategy not only helps foster

employment and smart growth, but it also expands a city’s tax base.

For example, when a corporation de-cides to make Dunwoody its home, it can have a ripple e� ect across our community. It creates more job opportunities, increas-es demand for housing, raises home val-ues, and brings additional customers for local restaurants, retailers and suppliers. It

can also translate into en-hanced community sup-port and volunteerism based on corporate initia-tives and involvement.

Successful business re-cruitment spurs our local economy and brings real

change and positive revenues for the city’s tax base. � is also helps the city in main-taining a lower residential property tax. Dunwoody’s current millage rate of 2.74 mills, the same rate since the city’s incor-poration, is one of the lowest millage rates of any similarly-sized city within the im-mediate Atlanta metro area.

We realize we cannot operate in a vacu-um while still attracting the smartest talent and best companies to our area. � e city works cooperatively with the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce and the Conven-tion and Visitors Bureau of Dunwoody.

Knowing when to assist and knowing when to step up as the lead facilitator is all part of our commitment to collaboration. Successful economic development is at its best when strategic guidance, implemen-tation and direction come from the city which serves as the primary point of con-tact for potential corporate relocations and business expansions.

By working diligently to improve the local economy, and retain and attract busi-nesses, we are con� dent in the overall im-provement in our quality of life.

Remember, when the headlines report new jobs, new openings and new corpo-rate relocations happening in Dunwoody, it can mean a local and real bene� t for all.

We welcome your input and feedback. You can reach me at [email protected] or 678-382-6700.

Michael Starling

Economic Development Director

City Currents

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“We realize that many of our residents would prefer to keep the landscape free of ad-ditional billboards. While I agree, we must ad-here to the law.”

–Sandy Springs Mayor Eva Galambos, in a letter to the editor, explaining why new billboards are cropping up in the city.

“Let’s focus on the positives…thank the administration for their willingness to work with us to enhance our plan, and per-haps share how wonderful it would be to o� er an option like ACA to Atlanta families.”

–Atlanta Classical Academy Chairman Matthew Kirby, in a letter to supporters after the Atlanta school board on July 1 delayed a vote on the proposed charter school

“� at’s not chump change for me.”–Atlanta school board candidate Tom Tidwell, on his decision to

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“I think it’s lean. It’s e� cient. It’s a good start. Hopefully we can go lower next year.”

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“You are taking a stand to close a business that provides in-come. You are also utilizing income of those of us who are tax-payers for lawsuits, which I would call frivolous lawsuits.”

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Editors note: � e regional school accrediting agency has taken issue with the actions of members of metro Atlanta school boards, including DeKalb County’s school board. Reporter Newspapers asked Mark Elgart, chief executive o� cer of AdvancED, parent of an accrediting agency that oversees local schools, to discuss the role school board members should play.

Governance and leadership is critical to the success of any

school or school system. � e capacity of a Board of Education to work in concert with the leadership of a school system is a critical ingredient to establishing the proper conditions for a quality school system.

Although board members are elected to serve on the Board of Education by their voting constituents, the position is not one of an elected o� cial in the same sense as a state represen-tative in government.

� e position on a Board of Education should be guided by service rather than politics. A member of a Board of Ed-ucation should not have a de� ned group of constituents, but rather contribute to the board in ful� lling its role and respon-sibilities so that the school system e� ectively serves and sup-ports all students.

� e Board of Education is designed to support the leader-ship and its administration of the school system. It is not the role of the board to assume any function related to the admin-istration and management of the school system. However, the Board of Education (as a whole) should and must hold the su-perintendent accountable for e� ective administration of the school system.

Boards of Education ful� ll their role during the course of appropriately planned work sessions, public meetings, and, when appropriate, board retreats. When individual members elect to operate outside planned activities of the Board of Ed-ucation, it causes disruption to the work of the board and the management of the school system, which is the sole responsi-bility of the superintendent and his/her sta� .

In fact, serving on a Board of Education should not be viewed as a job. � e employees of the school system have jobs

to ful� ll for which they are held accountable. Every board member has the responsibility to active-ly participate in planned activi-ties for the Board of Education. In such activities, the administration seeks to bene� t from the board’s collective feedback, direction and appropriate decisions.

� e AdvancED Standards for Quality de� ne responsibilities and expectations for e� ective gover-nance and leadership. Schools and school systems choose to be ac-credited, and in doing so, ask Ad-vancED to ensure that they are ful� lling all the requirements of an e� ective school or school system through the accreditation process.

As part of that process, AdvancED Accreditation exam-ines the institution’s teaching and assessing practices, the pur-pose and direction of an institution, whether data is used to support improvement, resources and support systems for stu-dents, and whether its governance and leadership are func-tioning e� ectively in accordance with established policies.

AdvancED recognizes those institutions deserving of ac-creditation, while at the same time encouraging and expecting them to demonstrate continuous improvement for the better-ment of all students.

Dr. Mark A. Elgart currently serves as the founding president and chief executive o� cer for Advance Education (AdvancED). AdvancED drives education improvement through research and innovation, policy and advocacy, technology and accreditation, serving over 32,000 institutions and 20 million students world-wide. It is the parent organization of the K-12 division of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), which ac-credits the schools in DeKalb and Fulton counties.

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Susan Konkel spotted a promis-ing patch of brown at the foot of a tree. “Here’s something,” she said, bending down to take a closer look.

She plucked a small mushroom, held it up and inspected it quizzically. She couldn’t tell for sure what it was or if it would be good to eat. She set it aside and moved on. She was just getting started. Th ere were plenty more mushrooms out there.

“Th at’s without even trying,” she said. “Th is is the week for mushrooms.”

Th e wet days of June have been hap-py ones for mushroom hunters. Konkel started seriously looking for wild mush-rooms about a year ago, she said, and now regularly strolls through her comfortable Brookhaven neighborhood and nearby parks with an eye on the ground and a thought for the dinner menu. She’s not casually watching for fungi. She’s forag-ing. She seeks dinner-table treats among the suburban forest.

“I walk around the neighborhood for

exercise. I thought it’d be nice to fi nd something,” she said. “You notice things all the time. Th is gives you a reason to be out there and a purpose to be out there, which I like.”

One recent afternoon, as the rain lightened to a slight drizzle and wind-driven spatter from the trees, she took a purposeful afternoon walk around her block, hunting for edible mushrooms along the streets winding through new, closely-packed brick homes. “I’m always looking now,” she said.

She’d already been out hunting mush-rooms once that day. During a break in the storms, she headed out to a near-by forest, where she’d found a basketful of chanterelles, golden mushrooms that now were drying on her kitchen counter. She planned to turn them into a pate for an upcoming dinner party.

She stopped as she reached a tree she had vis-ited before. She point-ed to a large, fl at mush-room with a brightly col-ored top. She had a small-er mushroom from the same patch dried for dis-play in her home. “Th ey’re called shelf mushrooms,” she said. “It’s growing like a shelf.”

Konkel learns about mushrooms from books and at meetings of the Mush-room Club of Georgia. Th e club orga-nizes mushroom hunts and holds regular meetings to discuss favorite fungi and to learn how to tell one that’s good for sup-

per from one that will make you ill, or worse.

Th at, of course, is a problem with eating wild mushrooms. A bite of the wrong one can send a diner to the emergency room. It pays to be cau-tious. Th e Mushroom Club has num-bers for Poison Control prominent-ly displayed on its website. “Th ere’s not a lot out there that would actu-ally kill you, but there are some that may make you wish you were dead,” Konkel said.

During the club’s July meeting, held the night before Konkel’s chanterelle hunt, more than 40 members gathered at Intown Community Church just south of Brookhaven to hear a speak-er talk about how diff erent kinds of mushrooms smell. Some, he said, don’t smell so good.

Members fi lled a tabletop with ex-amples of unusual mushrooms they’d found. Th ey shared notes on upcom-ing mushroom-centered events and even a few mushroom jokes. One T-shirt read: “Amateur mycologists have

questionable morels.”Konkel fi rst gathered mushrooms

when she was growing up. “When I was a little girl, my grandfather would take us out for nature walks. Th is was in Wiscon-sin. I would collect button mushrooms. Even then I was amazed. Th ere were so many mushrooms. He’d say, ‘No, you don’t want that one.’ … It was a diff er-ent time. He was a big fi sherman. People lived off the land more.”

Now, remembering those hikes, she tries to take her own grandchildren mushroom hunting. So far, they haven’t had much luck, but she’s hopeful. After all, one good gullywasher and soon there are plenty of mushrooms out there wait-ing to be found.

“You just have to start paying atten-tion,” she said. “Once you start paying attention, they’re everywhere.”

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cialist for an organization called enAble of Georgia, Inc., which provides sup-port services for adults with develop-mental and physical disabilities in Ful-ton County.

Ford said that after individuals with special needs age out of the pub-lic school system at 22, it’s important for them to continue to receive sup-port and enrichment during their adult lives.

“You have these young adults who face an uncertain future of social ex-clusion in activity, and really not being able to gain independence they could gain if they have the proper support,” Ford said.

Ford said enAble provides options like medical care, transportation and day programs for people with condi-tions such as cerebral palsy, Down syn-drome and autism. The organization has a fleet of 22 vans that provide trans-portation to everything from medical appointments to worship services to community activities.

“There are day enrichment programs for individuals to remain active. They have something to do every day, and what they do with their day is their choice,” Ford said. “Some of them have jobs in the community, some of them volunteer in the community.”

EnAble also operates 16 group homes throughout Fulton County, where adults with similar interests and needs can live together with a 24-hour assistance staff.

Buckhead resident Peggy Farris said her son Evan, who is 36, has thrived in his group home. Though he uses a wheelchair and is unable to speak, he is able to lead a relatively independent life, doing things such as taking pub-

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“It’s a wonder-ful peace of mind we have as parents knowing his needs are in place,” Farris said. “Not only his needs -- he has an enriched life.”

Farris said she fi rst started think-ing about long-term care when Evan was in middle school.

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Farris said though it was a dif-fi cult decision at fi rst for Evan to move away from home, she’s confi -dent that he is in the best possible place.

“It gives us such hope for the future

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Nestled in Brookhaven Park off of Peachtree Road in Brookhaven is the DeKalb Services Center, which also provides services for adults with devel-opmental disabilities.

Th e DeKalb Services Center, which has been in its location since 1978, serves about 120 people, including a large aging population, said Michelle

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Along with day programs, the DeKalb Services Center also provides a hot lunch and physical therapy for those who need it.

Marilyn Reid, coordinator of devel-opmental disabilities services, said the organization believes it’s important for people with developmental disabilities to interact with the community as well. Th ey regularly go on outings and vol-unteer to do things like deliver meals to senior citizens through Meals on Wheels.

“Even though they have disabilities, they have a lot to give to people,” Reid said.

Sandra Segars teaches day programs for people with more severe disabilities. On a recent afternoon, she was leading sensory activities using lights and mu-sic.

She has been at the center for 17 years and said the people she works with are like her family.

“Th ey need this in their lives, to come to the center to socialize,” she said. “It’s important that our individu-als know they are loved here.”

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Th e Fourth of July 4 holiday has passed, and the beginning of school is still several weeks away. Th ere’s got to be something to do. But what?

Th ere are several local attractions that will provide a fun distraction from the summer doldrums.

Here are a half-dozen summer spots

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1) � e Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

It’s 48 miles of river and protected forest land right in your own backyard. Park rangers are available to lead sun-set kayaking trips, night hikes and sce-

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2) Anne Frank Exhibit

It’s not as well known as the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, but it’s def-initely a shorter trip if you live in met-ro Atlanta.

Anne Frank became famous after the publication of her diary chronicling her family’s years spent hiding from the Na-zis.

Th e Anne Frank Exhibit in San-dy Springs contains 600 photographs of Frank, and also the only known fi lm

footage of her.“Th is powerful, moving exhibit pro-

vides visitors a chance to learn, explore, share and remember the history and les-sons of the Holocaust and its contin-ued relevance today,” the exhibit’s web-site says.

Th e exhibit is open six days a week and admission is free.

For more information, visit: www.an-nefrankexhibitsandysprings.org/

3) Legoland

It’s one of the area’s newer attractions. Legoland opened in 2012 and off ers the essential building blocks of fun. It’s a family-oriented attraction – adults won’t be admitted unless they have a child with them.

Kids can build, play and learn every-thing there is to know about Legos.

It’s open seven days a week, and ad-


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For more information, visit: www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/atlanta/

4) Watch “Breakfast at Ti� any’s”

Perfect for the couple that has noth-ing else in common but their love for this classic fi lm.

Th e last of the Atlanta Summer Mov-ie series ends on a high note, with the July 25 showing of “Breakfast at Tiff a-ny’s” at Town Brookhaven.

Th e fi lm, based on the Truman Capote book of the same name, stars Audrey Hepburn. Relive all the glamor and quirkiness.

For more information visit: http://townbrookhaven.net/atlanta-summer-movie-series-town-brookhaven-chastain-park-thursdays-may-30th-july-25th/

5) Visit one of DeKalb County’s oldest houses

Brookhaven’s Solomon Goodwin House is still hanging in there after near-ly 200 years.

In the 1830s it housed travelers rest-ing from a journey on the wagon trail. Federal troops used it as a landmark as they descended on Atlanta during the Civil War. Th e home provided for Civ-il War refugees and comfort for those hit hardest by the Great Depression.

At one time it was part of a 600-acre farm, but now the house on Peachtree Street in Brookhaven is all that’s left.

Descendants of the Goodwin family still own the house. Th ey open its doors to the public the third Sunday of every month.

For more information, visit: http://goodwinhistory.org/#

6) Take a stroll across the Bynum Pedestrian Bridge

Named after the victim of a high-profi le murder, the scenic Gordon C. Bynum Jr. Pedestrian Bridge connects the Peachtree Park neighborhood to Lenox Square via a walkway across Ga. 400. Th e 223-foot-long bridge was ded-icated in 1999.

Th ere are two entrances to the foot-path that lead to the bridge on the south side of Ga. 400 – one from Mar-tina Drive and another in the sharp turn where East Paces Ferry Road now feeds into Peachtree Drive. A yellow and red fl oral display off sets well-maintained green grass and mature trees along the path.

Curving, wrought-iron banisters pro-tect raised fl ower and planting beds, and the bridge gives pedestrians a view of Buckhead’s towering skyscrapers.

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Chinese Language Wednesday, July 17, 10:30-11:15 a.m. –Children ages 2-10 will learn beginning Chinese through songs, rhymes and poems, led by Mingle Chinese Academy. Free. Open to the community. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3500 for information.

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Wednesday, July 17, 3-3:40 p.m. – Cathy Kaemmerlen takes kids back to the prehistoric age of dinosaurs with stories, rhymes, games and songs. Free. Appropriate for ages 4-12. All are welcome. Northside Branch Library, 3295 Northside Parkway, NW, Atlanta, 30327. Email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3508 to learn more.

� ursday, July 18, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – It’s all about dino science! What is a dinosaur? Where did they live? What did they eat? How do we fi nd their bones to-day? Junior paleontologists conduct their very own re-search to piece together the story of the “Great Dino Dig.” Free, and open to the community. Appropri-ate for elementary school audiences; sign-up required. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: [email protected] or call 404-303-6130 to register or to ask questions.

What’s Underground?Wednesday, July 17, 3-3:45 p.m. – Vicky Beckham Smith, of A-Z Animals, brings creatures that live underground for youngsters to see, plus she shows off some amazing fossils. Free, and open to the public. Appropriate for all ages. Open to the fi rst 30 participants. Groups of fi ve or more, call the Brookhaven Branch Library at 404-848-7140 or drop by to register. 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

All About Dogs � ursday, July 18, 10:30-11:15 a.m. –Dogs do so much more than dig for bones! CARE-ing Paws brings dogs to the Buckhead Library to dis-cuss all the diff erent kinds of jobs dogs can have, and how they help people. Th ere will be time to pet the dogs! For ages 5-12. Free, and open to all. Registra-tion required; call 404-814-3500 to sign up. 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: [email protected] for additional details.

States of MatterMonday, July 22, 10 a.m. – Th e Bio Bus brings chemistry and “states of matter” to the library. Discuss dry ice, plasma, solids and liquids. Presented by Geor-gia State University. Free, and open to all. For ages 6-12. Parents welcome. Additional sessions, 11 a.m., 1 and 2 p.m. Limited to 20 participants each. Registration required, and started June 18. Call 770-512-4640 or visit the Dunwoody Branch Library to register. 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.

Animal DiversityTuesday, July 23, 10 a.m. – Th e Bio Bus brings animal biology to the library. Presented by Georgia State University. Free, and open to all. For ages 6-12. Parents welcome. Additional sessions, 11 a.m., I and 2 p.m. Limited to 15 participants each. Registration required, and started June 18. Call 770-512-4640 or visit the Dunwoody Branch Library to register. 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.

Digging to ChinaTuesday, July 23, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Cu-rious Moon Puppets has run out of stories! What can their faithful dog Skeeter do to save the show? Dig a hole to China to fi nd more, of course. Join us for puppets and merriment, and see what stories we unearth as we “dig.” Free. Suggested audiences: toddler, preschool, elementary and middle school youth. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meet-ing Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: [email protected] or call 404-303-6130 to fi nd out more.

ZooMobileTuesday, July 23, 6-6:45 p.m. – Zoo Atlan-ta visits the Northside Library and shares three of their animals with the youngsters. Free. For ages 4-12. Open to the public, but reservations are re-quired. Northside Branch Library, 3295 Northside Parkway, NW, Atlanta, 30327. Call 404-814-3508 or email: [email protected] for additional details or to sign up.

“Kangoo Can Do” Wednesday, July 24, 10:30-11:15 a.m. –Author Mieke Wollaert will read her book, “Kangoo Can Do!,” about Kangoo, who is overweight and can’t jump as high as his friends. He learns one is loved for what one is, not for what one looks like. Book signing follows. Free. All are welcome. Appropriate for ages 4-8. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3500 with questions.

Read to RoverWednesday, July 24, 2:30-3:30 p.m. – Share your new reading skills by reading aloud to Ellie, a therapy dog. For ages 5-8. Free, and all are welcome. Brookhaven Branch Library, 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. Call 404-848-7140 for additional details.

Dig Into Reading � ursday, July 25, 10:30-11:15 a.m. – D’Avante Parks inspires children with amazing magic and lots of laughter so they will want to dive into read-ing again and again! Free and open to the community. For ages 3-12. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3500 for more in-formation.

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Color Woodcut Wednesday, July 17, 7 p.m. – Elizabeth Pe-terson, director of the Oglethorpe University Muse-um of Art, discusses the European and Asian origin of color woodcut, and the techniques and process of printing in this traditional media. $5; free admis-sion for OUMA members and children under 12. Oglethorpe University, Th ird Floor, Weltner Library, 4484 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. For more information visit: museum.oglethorpe.edu or call 404-364-8555.

Organ ConcertsWednesday, July 17, 7-8 p.m. – Isabelle De-mers, Canadian concert organist, performs during the 19th annual Atlanta Summer Organ Festival at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Th e one-hour concert features works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, and concludes with a dessert reception. $15. Cathedral of Christ the King, 2699 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-233-2145.

Wednesday, July 24, 7:30 p.m. – Peachtree Road United Methodist Church welcomes back Ol-ivier Latry, titular organist, from the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, and professor at the Paris Con-servatory. $15. Casual dress. Concert concludes with a dessert reception. 3180 Peachtree Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. Visit: www.prumc.org or call 404-266-2373.

Moonshine Making� ursday, July 18, 6:30 p.m. – Bob Slack, con-sultant and interpreter, presents “Th e Lost Folk Art of Moonshine Making.” Slack is retired from the Geor-gia Department of Natural Resources, was the nat-uralist/program director at UNICOI Park, and was the Folklore Education Specialist for the Conserva-tion Center at Smithgall Woods. Free and open to the public. Heritage Sandy Springs Museum, 6075 Sandy Springs Road, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more infor-mation email: [email protected] or go to: www.heritagesandysprings.org.

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Talent ShowWednesday, July 24, 4-5 p.m. – Sandy Springs has talent! Come out and be a superstar! Acts can only be up to two people. Free and open to all. Suggested audiences: elementary and middle school children. Sign-up required and started July 1. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: [email protected] or call 404-303-6130 to register or to learn more.

Chamber Music� ursday, July 25, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Come out and en-joy the unique talents of the Franklin Pond chamber music pro-gram, comprised of talented string stu-dents ages 11-19. Free and open to the community. All ages welcome. San-dy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: [email protected] or call 404-303-6130 for details.

The Deadfi elds� ursday, July 25, 6 p.m. – Spend your Th ursday with “Th e Deadfi elds,” an Atlanta-based Americana/folk-rock group. Part of Heritage San-dy Springs’ new Rhythm & Brews series. Music runs 6:30-8 p.m. Admission, $5 for ages 21 and up; $2, ages 13-20, free for ages 12 and under. Blankets, picnics and coolers welcomed. Pets and smoking not allowed. Sandy Springs Society En-tertainment Lawn, Heritage Green, 6110 Blue-stone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. For more infor-mation, visit www.heritagesandysprings.org, call 404-851-9111, ext. 4 or e-mail: [email protected]. To learn about the band, go to: www.thedeadfi elds.com.

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Wedding bells will ring and ring and ring in Sandy Springs slots fi lled.”

Th e Heritage site is already a pop-ular place for tying the knot, partic-ularly on the weekends. So having a Friday aff air will also be a way for the organization to raise additional funds, said Poland, who said the ex-perts recruited for the event will co-ordinate with couples to make it as personalized as possible.

“We have a fl orist who will do the bouquets to a certain color, and we’ll arrange to play a certain song, if that’s what they want,” said Po-land. “We’ll set up all the chairs and decorate.

“All someone has to do is show up with a marriage license. But it’s also a great idea for marriage vow renewals, commitment ceremo-nies and for people getting remar-ried who may want something very simple. We think it will appeal to a broad audience.”

Th e day is being sponsored by C. Michael Weddings (photos), Eu-gene Divine Designs (decor), Heart to Heart Ministries and Jeremiah O’Keefe-West (offi ciants). Amber Cook, a fl orist and event planner with A Sister’s Touch, will also be on hand.

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permanent employee

COMMUNITY 4

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love to homeless

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Tightly woundTennis center contract

being challenged

COMMUNITY 33

Party onSynagogue celebrates

125th anniversary

FAITH 6

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Unplain JaneLiterary society reveres

novelist Austen

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BY MELISSA [email protected]

As state lawmakers head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they have a lot to think about.

Each year, the state budget looms as a daunting task, and this year is no di� erent. Georgia is a balanced budget state, meaning that tough cuts must be made when revenues are down.

“It’s going to be a di� cult � nancial year for the state. � e bud-get picture in particular looks bleak,” said Rep. Scott Holcomb, D-DeKalb.

� e hospital bed tax, which collects funds for indigent care, ex-pires this year, Holcomb said.

“� at is going to be a pretty intense debate about whether that tax gets extended or not extended. � ere’s some pretty extensive re-

BY MELISSA WEINMAN [email protected]

Brookhaven City Council voted Jan. 8 to delay a controversial decision on adopting a new ordinance to regulate adult businesses.

On Dec. 17, its � rst day of opeartions, the city adopted all of DeKalb County’s ordinances, including one regulating adult en-tertainment businesses. But council is looking to replace the coun-ty’s ordinance with one that has been adopted by other cities in the metro area, including Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, and most recently, Doraville.

Attorney Scott Bergthold said the new ordinance is similar to the one already in place in DeKalb County. It would ban the sale of alcohol and prohibit contact between dancers and customers.

But Bergthold said “there are a number of constitutional de-SEE LEGISLATORS, PAGE 36 SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 38

Hands held high

PHIL MOSIER

Jenny Morgan, member of the Skyland United Methodist Church and altar prayer team, soaks up the “Friday Night Fire Worship service,” on Jan. 4 in Brookhaven. The contemporary service, held the fi rst Friday of each month, is an open gathering without an agenda or order, attracting people from all communities. Another photo on page 30.

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Members of Fulton County’s state legislative delegation said they are going into this year’s session with a big-picture agenda.

Ethics, schools and transportation are among the broad range of topics they intend to tackle this year. Th e legislature convenes on Jan. 14.

Rep. Ed Lindsey, R-Atlanta, is promoting his “parent trigger” bill that will make it easier for moms and dads to form charter schools, publically-funded schools that are more independent from the school district than traditional schools.

While that’s the bill that’s generating the most discussion in light of controversies at the Atlanta and DeKalb public school dis-tricts, Lindsey said he also wants to focus on water management and transportation issues.

By Dan [email protected]

It’s not particularly glamorous work signing agreements, sub-mitting plans and conducting studies for a planned trail, Livable Buckhead Executive Director Denise Starling said.

But Starling and other backers of a planned 5-mile trail along Ga. 400 knew it would take time. Th at patience and attention to detail may also be gaining them some support from neighbors liv-ing alongside the project. Th e path will connect pedestrians, cy-clists, skaters, Buckhead’s businesses, parks and schools to the At-lanta BeltLine.

Starling said planners presented 30 percent drawings to the pub-lic in October and November, renderings that give an idea of what the fi nished product will look like.

Th e public’s response? So far, so good, she said. See LocaL, page 34 See LiVeaBLe, page 35

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from left, ivan tiaseca, fatima Biviano, Lauren fitz and Karime Soriano seem loose and relaxed before their roles in “pastorela de cristo Rey,” a christmas play performed during the three Kings day celebration at the atlanta History center on Jan. 6 in Buckhead. the festivities, presented by

the mexican consulate, included traditional music and dance. more photos on page 30.

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Ethics, schools and transportation are among the broad range of topics they intend to tackle this year. Th e legislature convenes

Rep. Ed Lindsey, R-Atlanta, is promoting his “parent trigger” bill that will make it easier for moms and dads to form charter schools, publically-funded schools that are more independent from

While that’s the bill that’s generating the most discussion in light of controversies at the Atlanta and DeKalb public school dis-tricts, Lindsey said he also wants to focus on water management




Th e public’s response? So far, so good, she said.

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Th e public’s response? So far, so good, she said.




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JAN. 11 — JAN. 24, 2013 • VOL. 4 — NO. 1

Going to be a busy year

PHIL MOSIER

From left, Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) and Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) discuss issues such as ethics reform, an independent school system for Dunwoody, and the state’s budget

woes at a legislative forum at Dunwoody United Methodist Church on Jan. 6. More photos on page 31.

BY MELISSA [email protected]

As state legislators head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they have a lot to think about.

One local issue the state’s lawmakers may be asked to confront is the controversy surrounding DeKalb County’s school board. � e system was recently placed on accreditation probation by Ad-vancED, the accrediting agency.

Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), who chairs the Senate Ed-ucation Committee, said at a recent forum that DeKalb County schools are his No. 1 priority.

“I’m guardedly optimistic we can turn this thing around,” Mil-lar said.

A Jan. 17 hearing of the Georgia Board of Education is sched-uled to consider suspending the DeKalb school board members. If

BY TOM ODERA court order halting construction of a controversial multi-use

trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Fri-day afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior Court attended by city o� cials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan.

Judge Tangela M. Barrie said her temporary restraining order against the trail will remain in e� ect until she holds a full hearing on the matter. Barrie said homeowners who oppose the city’s plan for the trail must convince her that its construction through the forest in Brook Run Park should be permanently stopped.

Critics are upset the planned 12-foot-wide concrete trail will re-quire removal of more than 300 trees. City o� cials say an equal number of trees will be replanted.

� e judge’s decision to extend her temporary order capped a two-hour hearing before a packed courtroom. Chairs were add-

SEE LEGISLATORS, PAGE 34 SEE BROOK RUN, PAGE 35

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Court extends order halting Brook Run trail

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Hot stuffThree ongoing issues

fi re up residents

COMMUNITY 3

Out the door?Petition circulating to remove school board

COMMUNITY 4


love to homeless



novelist Austen

COMMUNITY 32


125th anniversary

FAITH 6

Warning shotGun control discussion

needed now

COMMENTARY 11

Number onePolice chief named ‘Citizen of the Year’

COMMUNITY 38






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As state legislators head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they

One local issue the state’s lawmakers may be asked to confront is the controversy surrounding DeKalb County’s school board. � e system was recently placed on accreditation probation by Ad-

Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), who chairs the Senate Ed-ucation Committee, said at a recent forum that DeKalb County

“I’m guardedly optimistic we can turn this thing around,” Mil-

A Jan. 17 hearing of the Georgia Board of Education is sched-uled to consider suspending the DeKalb school board members. If

A court order halting construction of a controversial multi-use trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Fri-day afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior Court attended by city o� cials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan.




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A court order halting construction of a controversial multi-use trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Fri-day afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior Court attended by city o� cials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan.




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Roll callRiverwood capping students

from other districts

COMMUNITY 3

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Poker faceCouncil members vocal, coy about 2013 election plans

COMMUNITY 4


love to homeless



novelist Austen

COMMUNITY 32


125th anniversary

FAITH 6

Tough talkGun control discussion

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Put some pep in your step

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Riverwood International Charter School coach Scot Waldrop, center, gets his junior varsity girls’ basketball team fi red up as the Lady Raiders prepare to take on the Creekview High School Lady Grizzlies

Jan. 4. The Lady Raiders eventually fell to their opponent 43-15. More photos on page 31.


Operation Tennis Inc. in December � led a lawsuit to overturn the city of Sandy Springs’ decision to award a contract to a competitor.

But disputing the contracts to run tennis centers may be as popu-lar as the game itself, public records and newspaper reports show. In the past, disputes have arisen over contracts to run tennis centers in Sandy Springs and at Blackburn Park, a DeKalb County facility locat-ed in what is now the city of Brookhaven.

Operation Tennis’ lawsuit alleges the winning bidder, Groslimond Tennis Services, gave the city “bogus” third-party evaluations of pre-vious work. Some of the evaluations were written by people who ap-pear to work for Groslimond.

President Gery Groslimond denied those allegations. City At-



Ethics, schools and transportation are among the broad range of topics they intend to tackle this year. � e legislature convenes on Jan. 14.


While that’s the bill that’s generating the most discussion in light of controversies at the Atlanta and DeKalb public school districts, Lindsey said he wants to focus on water management

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Riverwood International Charter School coach Scot Waldrop, center, gets his junior varsity girls’ basketball team fi red up as the Lady Raiders prepare to take on the Creekview High School Lady Grizzlies

Jan. 4. The Lady Raiders eventually fell to their opponent 43-15. More photos on page 31.



Ethics, schools and transportation are among the broad range of topics they intend to tackle this year. � e legislature convenes on Jan. 14.


While that’s the bill that’s generating the most discussion in light of controversies at the Atlanta and DeKalb public school districts, Lindsey said he wants to focus on water management

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Standout StudentStudent Profile: � Katy Thompson � The Galloway

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Katy Thompson clear-ly has a passion for the-ater and dance.

She took part in her first play when she was in the seventh grade. She’s played parts in The Gal-loway Schools’ spring musicals since eighth grade, she said, and had a role in “basically ev-ery school production at Galloway” in recent years. Last year, she had the lead female role of “Anna” in the school’s production of “The King and I.”

“Acting, for me, is a chance to be something I’m not and put on differ-ent clothes. It is hard, but so rewarding to get a character right,” Katy said. “I’m not nervous, because I’m telling my sto-ry to the audience as a different person.”

Theater class also is where she feels at home. “It is where my best friends are,” she said, “and I learned a lot of stuff that I would never learn in a math class.”

She shares a similar passion for danc-ing. She’s in a dance ensemble and takes part in fall, winter and spring shows.

“I started dancing to stay in shape, and it puts me in a place of content-ment,” Katy said. “Everything disap-pears and I feel in flow with the people around me. I’m not worried about mess-ing up.”

She also takes great pride in her time as a student at The Galloway School. She says Galloway’s “no-cut” policy al-lowed her to try new things and find ar-eas in which she could feel comfortable. The policy is designed to encourage stu-dents to take chances on new programs, no matter how little experience they have in a particular area.

“I’ve been really lucky to be at Gal-loway for my whole life, and I love my

school,” Katy said. “The no-cut pol-icy that our school enforces gave me the confidence to try out and be able to learn to act well.”

Her theater and dance experiences paid off. Robert Zapotocky, director of college counseling at Galloway, calls Kay “a self-confident young woman.”

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� e attendees were loosely a� liat-ed with a group called Save Dunwoody, a group that has organized campaigns around contentious local issues, such as the proposals to rebuild Dunwoody Village Parkway and the city’s plan for a multi-use trail in Brook Run Park.

Not everyone at the meeting iden-ti� ed themselves as part of the group. Many of the attendees were women and an email about the meeting was circulat-ed among women’s groups.

Residents who attended wanted to discuss a proposed Dunwoody or multi-city Fire Department. It would be fund-ed using � re tax money already collected by DeKalb County. Residents said the city shouldn’t take on additional liabili-ties without a vote.

“� ere are serious questions about

this provision,” resident Jim Dickson said. “You say it’s only about � re. … If that’s the case, then you ought to tight-ly write it and speci� cally state that. I think, having read the document, that it opens the book up to a lot of di� er-ent things. I believe that’s the opinion of some pretty capable people, includ-ing one of the state legislators.”

� e � re tax wasn’t on the Charter Commission’s agenda July 3. � e com-mission is a volunteer advisory board, appointed by lawmakers who represent Dunwoody and city o� cials, that is re-viewing the 5-year-old city’s charter to determine whether it needs any changes, and to recommend those changes to the state Legislature.

Residents also wanted to discuss add-ing bike lanes to Mount Vernon Road, which commission members said didn’t have anything to do with the Char-ter Commission. “� is commission has no purview over that matter,” Chair-man Max Lehmann said. “I just want to make that clear, and I appreciate your point of view.”

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BURGLARY 5400 block of Trowbridge Drive – A bur-

glary to a residence, without using forced en-try, was reported on June 20.

1200 block of Dunwoody Knoll Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 21.

1800 block of Trumbull Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was re-ported on June 21.

4800 block of Adams Walk – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was report-ed on June 24.

1200 block of Mile Post Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was re-ported on June 24.

5300 block of Charleston Place – A bur-glary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 24.

1000 block of Trailridge Lane – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was re-ported on June 24.

200 block of Ashford Parkway – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was re-ported on June 25.

5500 block of Woodsong Trail – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was re-ported on June 27.

3100 block of Madison Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was re-ported on July 1.

AUTO THEFT 1st block of Perimeter Center East – Theft

of an auto was reported on June 24.

1400 block of Dunwoody Village Parkway – Theft of an auto was reported on June 25.

THEFT/LARCENY 100 block of Perimeter Center Place –

Shoplifting was reported on June 20.

4500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road

– Larceny of articles from a vehicle was re-ported on June 20.

1300 block of Asbury Square – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on June 20.

4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny from a building was reported on June 20.

4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on June 20.

1300 block of Asbury Square – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on June 21.

5300 block of Roberts Drive – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on June 21.

4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on June 21.

1300 block of Wyntercreek Road – Larce-ny of articles from a vehicle was reported on June 21.

1000 block of Crown Pointe Parkway – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on June 21.

1000 block of Crown Pointe Parkway – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on June 21.


1100 block of Hammond Drive – Shoplift-

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4700 block of N. Peachtree Road – Larce-ny of articles from a vehicle was reported on June 23.


2100 block of Bucktrout Place – Larceny of parts from a vehicle was reported on June 25.

400 block of Peachford Circle – Larceny of parts from a vehicle was reported on June 25.

Manoah Court/Ridgeview Road – A larce-ny was reported on June 25.

6000 block of Charleston Place – Larce-ny of parts from a vehicle was reported on June 25.

4800 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Larceny of parts from a vehicle was report-ed on June 25.


100 block of Perimeter Center Place – Shoplifting was reported on June 25.

4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on June 25.


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100 block of Perimeter Center West – Lar-ceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on June 26.

6800 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-vard – Larceny of parts from a vehicle was re-ported on June 27.

4600 block of Chardonnay Court – Larce-ny of articles from a vehicle was reported on June 27.

1000 block of Crown Pointe Parkway- A larceny from a build-ing was reported on June27.

4300 block of Ash-ford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on June 27.

100 block of Perimeter Center West – Shoplifting was reported on June 27.


4300 block of N. Peachtree Road – Shop-lifting was reported on June 27.

1200 block of Ashford Crossing – A larce-ny from a building was reported on June 28.

1100 block of Hammond Drive – Shoplift-ing was reported on June 28.

4600 block of Glenshire Place – A larceny from a building was reported on June 28.



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4500 block of Olde Perimeter Way, – Lar-ceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on June 28.


1000 block of Crown Pointe Parkway– Larceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on June 28.

4800 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Larceny of parts from a vehicle was report-ed on June 29.


200 block of Perimeter Center Parkway – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on June 30.

200 block of Perimeter Center Parkway – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on June 30.

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100 block of Perimeter Center West – Lar-ceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on July 1.

5500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on July 2.

4500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on July 2.

1000 block of Crown Pointe Parkway– Larceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on July 2.

1000 block of Crown Pointe Parkway– Larceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on July 2.

ASSAULT 4800 block of

Luray Drive – Fam-ily battery /simple battery was report-ed on June 21.

6700 block of Peachtree Industri-

al Boulevard – Aggravated assault/battery with a weapon was reported on June 23.

6800 block of Peachtree Industrial Bou-levard – Simple assault/battery was report-ed on June 23.

2200 block of Dunwoody Crossing – A sexual assault was reported on June 23.

6600 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-vard – Family battery /simple battery was re-ported on June 25.

4600 block of Vermack Place – Simple as-sault/battery was reported on June 25.

6700 block of Peachtree Industrial Bou-levard – Simple assault/battery was report-ed on June 29.

1200 block of Ashford Center Parkway – Simple assault was reported on June 30.

OTHER 6100 block of Abercorn Avenue – Criminal

trespass was reported on June 23.

200 block of Ashford Center – Harassing communications were reported on June 24.

4900 block of Winters Chapel Road – Criminal trespass was reported on June 24.

100 block of Perimeter Center West – Pub-lic indecency was reported on June 25.

4400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Disorderly conduct was reported on June 25.

6700 block of Peachtree Industrial Bou-levard – Harassing communications were re-ported on June 26.

5100 block of Mount Vernon Way – Ha-rassing communications were reported on June 28.

6700 block of Peachtree Industrial Bou-levard – Harassing communications were re-ported on June 28.

100 block of Perimeter Center West – Abandonment, abuse or neglect of animals was reported on June 29.

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