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SEPT. 4 — SEPT. 17, 2015 • VOL. 9 — NO. 18

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BY JOHN [email protected]

A stand-up switcheroo may resurrect the historic Punchline Comedy Club at Buckhead’s Landmark Diner.

In turn, Atlanta comedy legend Jerry Farber’s Side Door club would move from the diner, where it occupies a side room, to a new Buckhead or Sandy Springs spot.

Everyone involved diff ers on how close the Landmark is to becoming the new home of the Punchline, which shut-tered its Sandy Springs doors in April after 33 years of host-ing top stars. Farber said he suggested the comedy swap and is hopeful the deal will happen as a rare moment of club ca-maraderie.

“I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart [for the Punch-line]…Th ey were always good to me,” said Farber, the 77-year-old dean of Atlanta’s comedy scene, who headlined the Punch-line 26 times. “I’ve gone through the comedy club wars.”

Punchline co-owner Jamie Bendall said he understands the curiosity—among both the public and comedians—about the future of his club, which was forced to close its Roswell Road

spot by a pending redevelopment plan. Th e Punchline was a nationally known stop for such legends as Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Jerry Seinfeld.

“We’re in discussion” with the Landmark, Bendall acknowl-edged, but also said that talk of a deal is “still very premature.”

“We’ve probably seen somewhere in the vicinity of 30 to 50 diff erent properties,” Bendall said. “To highlight this one with any more attention than any of the others isn’t fair to anybody.”

Meanwhile, the Punchline continues to stage “pop-up shows” in various towns, including Peachtree City and Al-pharetta. Th e next one will be held Sept. 17 in conjunction with an Alpharetta food truck event. Bendall said those one-time shows are “separate and distinct” from the search for the Punchline’s permanent home, but could continue as part of the business.

“Nothing yet,” Landmark owner Tom Lambrou said on Aug. 31 about a potential Punchline deal. “We talk about it,

SEE NEW BATTLES, PAGE 6

BY JOE [email protected]

Buckhead’s bicycle battles appear to be cycling back.

More than 50 residents packed NPU-B’s September board meeting as the neigh-borhood planning group debated proposals intended to make the city of Atlanta more bike-friendly.

Several residents voiced objection to the city’s bike plans as well as a proposal re-cently outlined by state transportation of-fi cials to add bike lanes along portions of Peachtree Road through south Buckhead.

State transportation offi cials are con-sidering redrawing the lanes on Peachtree Road through Buckhead to add a central left turn lane and to add bicycle lanes along the portion of Peachtree south of Peachtree Battle Avenue.

“I think Peachtree is just one of those roads where cycling is a bad idea,” said resi-dent Valerie Taylor, who attended the Sept. 1 meeting of the board of Neighborhood Planning Unit B.

But resident Mike McLeod defended bike lanes, saying they were not a new idea. “It’s a perfect opportunity to have a bike network,” he said. “You can get people out of their cars. Th ere’s data that shows traf-fi c fl ow will improve. I know it’s diffi cult to believe, but if you take cars away, you can improve traffi c fl ow.”

Th e Georgia Department of Transporta-tion’s new plan will likely be presented for

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The Lovett School’s Jay Harris, center right, scores a touchdown during the Lions’ game against The Westminster Schools’ Wildcats in the “Battle of Buckhead” on Aug. 28 in Kilpatrick

Stadium. The Wildcats beat the Lions, 26-23. See additional photos on page 27.

Washing awayWhat’s going down your drain?

COMMENTARY 8

Thumbs upFountain Oaks Kroger approved

COMMUNITY 4

New battles revving up over

bicycle lanes

Punchline may resurrect at Landmark Diner

Will it be enough?

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From at-risk to ‘ambassadors’BY CLARE S. RICHIE

Education, community and base-ball can transcend humble beginnings. A local nonprofi t is using all three of those tenets to help at-risk youth.

C.J. Stewart understands this fi rst-hand. He grew up in an old northwest Atlanta housing project, Hollywood Courts. With the help of mentors who recognized C.J.’s po-tential and connect-ed him to needed re-sources, he earned a baseball scholar-ship to Georgia State University and was later drafted by the Chicago Cubs. Today, he’s recognized as one of the country’s leading hitting instructors and player development professionals with clients like Jason Heyward and Andruw Jones.

In 2007, C.J. and wife Kelli started L.E.A.D. (Launch.Expose.Advise.Direct.) to empower at-risk youth to become am-bassadors prepared to lead their city.

“C.J. was developing suburban players to achieve their goals, but an inner city youth couldn’t aff ord to train with him,” Kelli explained, “so C.J. decided to make himself available to those just like him.”

Together the husband and wife team developed a proven model, Path-way2Empowerment, which provides year-round academic support, baseball training and competition, communi-ty service experiences, and exposure to colleges and careers.

To reach at-risk youth, L.E.A.D. partners with Atlanta Public Schools (APS) to recruit sixth–12th grad-ers who are underperforming across grades, attendance and behavior.

For middle schoolers, APS coaches and teachers conduct weekly core val-ue training about excellence, humili-ty, integrity, loyalty, stewardship and teamwork, while L.E.A.D. facilitates off site events, like a celebrity base-ball clinic at Turner Field and an an-nual visit to watch the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets play at Russ Chandler

Stadium. For high-school participants,

L.E.A.D. staff run an eight-week fall program from which 25-30 ambassa-dors are selected based on athletics, academics and civic duty. For the rest of the year, ambassadors meet, on av-

erage, four days per week at Booker T. Washington High School in southwest Atlanta for prac-tice and games, and around the city for various enrichment

activities. For example, ambassadors visit a local fi re station to learn about public service, maintain the Washing-ton Park section of the Atlanta Belt-Line, and meet with Georgia’s Own Credit Union CEO and staff to learn about banking and fi nance.

“I’m proud to be a L.E.A.D. Am-bassador for life,” said Desmond Jones, who joined L.E.A.D. as a sev-enth-grader. In middle school, he was admittedly “slacking off ,” but pushed himself because the organization be-lieved in him.

In high school, Desmond was se-lected to be a L.E.A.D. Ambassador, a distinction that signifi es he is a col-lege-bound, civically engaged stu-dent-athlete. Th anks to the nonprof-it that changed his projected pathway, Desmond graduated from Mays High School and is headed to Tuskegee Uni-versity this fall. “Th ey put me in posi-tion to win. I’m glad that I have them in my corner.”

Desmond is just one of the many L.E.A.D. success stories. Another is Austin Evans, a 2015 Gates Millenni-um Scholar, Posse Scholar and Eagle Scout, who is an incoming freshman at Texas A&M. Both were likely in-spired by L.E.A.D.’s fi rst college grad-uate, Joseph McCrary III, who is a role model for younger ambassadors.

In 2013, Joseph graduated Magna Cum Laude from Savannah State Uni-versity on a four-year athletic schol-

arship. He currently works for Home Depot and umpires L.E.A.D. games in the fall and summer, combining his interests in accounting and sports.

“Th e status quo for black youth is not OK,” C.J. emphasized, especial-ly when only 55 percent of Georgia’s black students graduate high school. Th rough L.E.A.D, the Stewarts and their partners are changing the sta-tus quo by treating at-risk youth as untapped assets and positive change

agents. Since its inception, 100 percent of

L.E.A.D. Ambassadors have graduat-ed from high school, and 95 percent enrolled into college, nearly all with scholarships.

Th is success only propels L.E.A.D. to do more. According to Kelli, “By 2020, our goal is to have 100 ambas-sadors across APS high schools.”

Visit lead2legacy.org for more in-formation and to donate.

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Top, L.E.A.D. Ambassadors. Above, front, daughter Mackenna Stewart. Back, from left, C.J. Stewart, daughter Mackenzi and wife Kelli.

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Swan Coach House Flea Market is scheduled for Sept. 17-19

Th e Forward Arts Foundation (FAF) will hold its Swan Coach House Flea Market, commemorating FAF’s 50th an-niversary, Sept. 17-19.

Th e annual event opens with a Pre-view Party on Sept. 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. Th e market will be held on Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sept. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All events are held in the lower level parking lot at the Atlanta History Center.

Admission to the fl ea market is free and open to the public. Preview Party tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Preview Party tickets are limited and may be purchased at 501auctions.com/2015fl eamarket or at the Swan Coach House Gift Shop.

All proceeds benefi t the visu-al arts in Atlanta through the pro-grams of the For-ward Arts Foundation. Call 404-261-9855 for more information.

Former Atlanta COO ‘strongly’ thinking

of mayoral runPeter Aman, a Buckhead resident who once

served as Atlanta’s chief operating offi cer, said he is “seriously considering” a run for mayor.

Th e 2017 Atlanta mayoral race will be wide open, as incumbent Kasim Reed will be term-lim-ited out of offi ce. Two candidates have already an-nounced themselves: former City Council Pres-ident Cathy Woolard and state Rep. Margaret Kaiser.

Currently a partner at Bain & Company, Aman helped former Mayor Shirley Franklin improve city government 15 years ago with the so-called “Bain Report,” and served as Reed’s COO from 2009 to 2011.

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Fountain Oaks Kroger expansion gets thumbs-up

but nothing defi nite…[It will] maybe take a little more time to get it done.”

Farber said he thought a deal was al-ready done. “Th ere were complications, as it turns out,” he said.

Farber knows a thing or two about the comedy business. A fi xture of At-lanta’s comedy scene since 1960, he for-merly ran his own club in the 1980s on Pharr Road during Buckhead’s raucous nightclub heyday.

In 2010, he started the Side Door at the Landmark, where he books come-dy, music and novelty acts, and some-times performs himself.

Farber said the Side Door space would need signifi cant upgrades and enlarging to house the Punchline. He thought that work was feasible. And he was willing to move out himself, he said, because he makes his living on the road, not at the Side Door.

Farber had that “pure moment of unselfi shness,” he said, out of respect for the Punchline—and his knowledge of how rough the modern comedy-club business is.

“I love to equate what we do with the Marines [slogan]… Many are called, few are chosen,” he said. “Many [clubs] open, but few make the cut.”

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Punchline may revive at diner in comedy club swap

BY JOHN [email protected]

After neighbors' concerns about traf-fi c and noise appeared to be appeased, the Fountain Oaks Kroger expansion plan won approval from the Sandy Springs Planning Commission.

In addition, the developers have agreed to clean up pollution from dry-cleaning chemicals on part of the site.

“We’ve gone through an extensive ne-gotiation,” said Woody Galloway, an attor-ney for Kroger and shopping center owner EDENS, Inc., adding that agreement was reached just days before the Aug. 20 meet-ing. Th e agreement covers fencing, land-scaping and placing more delivery func-tions inside the building to reduce noise.

Kevin Nellis of the West Belle Isle Homeowners Association and Paul Wend-landt, representing immediate neighbors on West Belle Isle Road, both spoke in support of the expansion and the agree-ment.

Th e Kroger at 4920 Roswell Road was built in 1987. Th e expansion from 61,000 to 84,000 square feet would allow for a wider selection of goods and would in-clude a full renovation. Th e project still requires Sandy Springs City Council ap-proval.

Th e developers also plan to purchase a public housing apartment building at 151 W. Belle Isle Road, known as Belle Isle Apartments, and turn it into parking. Federal approval on that deal is still pend-ing, and it is not a formal part of the ap-proved plan.

EDENS and Kroger also have agreed to clean up groundwater contamination on the Belle Isle Apartments site. Galloway said in an interview that they voluntarily sought a state brownfi eld designation for the site, which gives them immunity from legal liability for the pollution in exchange for cleaning it up.

Th at pollution is part of a long histo-ry of soil and groundwater contamination on and near Fountain Oaks, consisting of

dry-cleaning chemicals from at least two sources, according to offi cials at the state Environmental Protection Division.

A dry cleaner that formerly operat-ed within Fountain Oaks released sol-vents that contaminated local soil and groundwater, according to David Hayes of EPD. Th e soil was cleaned up in 2008, and groundwater monitoring continues, currently showing very low levels, Hayes said.

Th e pollution on the Belle Isle Apart-ments site is also monitored and appears to show low levels, according to Hayes and Teresa Davis at the Housing Authority of Fulton County, which owns and operates the apartments.

Th at pollution also involved dry-clean-ing chemicals, but it came from a diff er-ent source than the old Fountain Oaks dry cleaner, Hayes said, because the apart-ments are upstream from the shopping center. Testing in 2008 and 2009 found similar types of pollution on the near-by property of Chastain Cleaners, a dry cleaner at the corner of Roswell and W. Belle Isle roads, Hayes said.

However, Hayes said, EPD has not de-termined whether Chastain Cleaners is the source of the contamination or wheth-er the pollutants are fl owing through the property’s groundwater from some other source. He said it is possible that the Belle Isle Apartments' contamination came from several diff erent sources.

Chastain Cleaners owner Sarah Lim said that she tested her property at EPD’s request three to four years ago, at a cost of $10,000, and that no contamination was found. “We don’t have any pollution,” she said, adding that her business follows proper chemical-handling procedures.

Davis said the housing authority is aware of the pollution and has followed state reporting requirements.

“At no time has the health or well-be-ing of any tenant been at risk,” she said.

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opment and investment fi rm, has pur-chased four warehouse buildings with three more set to close by the end of the year in the up-and-coming Ar-mour/Ottley industrial area adjacent to SweetWater Brewing Company and American Spirit Works.

Th rough assemblage of the sev-en warehouse buildings, Th ird & Ur-ban will create a mixed-use develop-ment with offi ce space, restaurants, a coff ee shop and entertainment options.

Th e 275,000-square-foot ware-house space was chosen for its access to I-85, Piedmont Park, future Atlan-ta BeltLine and Path400 trail access and proximity to Buckhead and Mid-town. Th e $70 million redevelopment, called Armour Yards, is scheduled for completion by mid-2016. Th e devel-opment will be part of a community of businesses and organizations called the Sweetwater Design District.

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New battles revving up over bicycle lanes

public comment in October, said An-drew Heath, a DOT traffic engineer. An earlier plan was widely panned by residents, so DOT planners took a new look at ways to restripe the lanes on Peachtree between Dearing and Pharr roads after the road is repaved.

After examining a variety of options for efficiency and safe-ty, DOT engineers are recommending a plan that would re-draw Peachtree’s six lanes from Dear-ing to Pharr roads. The DOT’s pro-posal would rede-sign Peachtree in different lane config-urations south and north of Peachtree Battle.

“Peachtree changes character at Peachtree Battle,” Heath told members of the board of the Buckhead Commu-nity Improvement District when de-scribing the project on Aug. 25.

The proposed design for Peachtree Road north of Peachtree Battle calls for three lanes headed south, two headed north and a central turn lane.

The proposed design south of Peachtree Battle would have two south-bound lanes, two northbound lanes, a central turn lane and bicycle lanes along each side of the road.

The design, which Heath said would allow church parking to continue on Sunday mornings, would improve safety and traffic operations along Peachtree, the DOT presentation said.

But residents seemed unconvinced that reducing lanes dedicated to use by

cars would be a good idea.“Congestion in Buckhead is terri-

ble. It’s worse by the day,” Taylor said. “I have seen what bike lanes have done to Northside and Pharr roads. I have seen no increase in cyclists. I think most people who can afford to live in

Buckhead are not of the demographic, the age, that they’re going to take up cy-cling.”

One resident of the Peachtree Heights West neigh-borhood said the turn lane would help, but that the proposal didn’t fit the community.

“We’re in Atlan-ta. We weren’t devel-oped like New York,

on a grid with all that public trans-portation. There are certain places, like Peachtree, that should never have any constriction on the use of cars,” he said. “It should be left the way it is now.”

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The board voted to recommend a city policy promoting “transit-orient-ed development” around MARTA train stations after board members said the proposal wouldn’t conflict with the ex-isting special zoning districts around Buckhead’s MARTA stations.


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In 2013, a massive “fatberg” weighing nearly as much as a school bus was re-moved from a London sewer. Water util-ity offi cials described it as a 15-ton behe-moth of “wrongly fl ushed, festering food fat mixed with wet wipes.” It broke the sewer and cost more than half a million (ratepayer) dollars to repair, according to Th e Guardian.

A fatberg is a blob-like lump of waste that forms when cooking oil and other fats are poured down household and res-taurant drains; the oil congeals and com-bines with other debris, including wet wipes and sanitary items. Th e result: mu-nicipal and residential pipes can become clogged and in some cases totally blocked.

“If fat is like the mortar, wet wipes are the bricks in fatbergs,” noted a London water offi cial.

Th e fl ow of untreated sewage and wastewater that backs up behind these gooey blobs has to go somewhere, so it spews from the pipes through manholes and cracks, and spills into nearby creeks.

Atlanta’s Watershed Management De-partment says that grease and wet wipes constitute about 75 percent of the clogs in city pipes. Last year, the city spent $4 million to replace two centrifuges that had been compromised by wipes; the overhaul of existing centrifuges can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Despite marketing claims, most wipes do not disintegrate and are not bio-de-gradable. Th ey are not made to be fl ushed, and typically say so on the packaging, but often in fi ne print. While wipes have been around since the 1950s, they began to be mass-produced in the 1990s, in re-

sponse to a demand for baby wipes for adults to serve a wide vari-ety of pur-poses. It has been report-ed that wet wipe con-sumption has nearly tripled in the past decade.

A Con-sumer Re-ports test performed

with a lab stirrer re-vealed that a sheet of toi-let paper fell apart after about eight seconds in swirling wa-ter, as it was designed to do; however, a "fl ushable" wipe didn’t even fray af-ter half an hour.

So, what to do about this nasty and expensive problem?

First, only three things should go down your toilet drain: pee, poop and toilet paper. To properly dispose of your personal wet wipes, place them in house-hold garbage. Kitchen grease should be poured into a jar or coff ee can, cooled and also discarded in household garbage.

In early September, I’ll join the city of Atlanta to launch a new campaign to raise public awareness about the prop-er disposal of wet wipes and grease, with a goal of keeping our streams clean and more money in our pocketbooks.

Sally Bethea is the retired executive director of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (chattahoochee.org), a nonpro� t envi-ronmental organization whose mission is to protect and restore the drinking water supply for nearly four million people.

Let’s keep ‘fatbergs’ out of our drains

CorrectionA map showing multifamily residential projects approved or under construction along Roswell Road in Sandy Springs incor-

rectly stated the number of units planned at the JLB/Gateway site, 4586 Roswell Road. While the developer currently has build-ing permits for 316 units, that is the fi rst phase of the entire project, which was approved for a total of 630 new units. Th e proj-ect replaces 436 existing units.

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Terrible restriping I thought I’d take a moment to give

some feedback on the Pharr Road re-striping article. [“Pharr Road gets new lanes, but real test yet to come,” Buck-head Reporter Aug. 7–Aug. 20.]

I have travelled Pharr Road for over 20 years. I live nearby and also work just off Pharr Road. It’s a nightmare. Th e one street in Buckhead that had no traf-fi c now has traffi c and is more danger-

ous than ever, with little ability to turn into the far lane.

Also, in all my years, I have never once seen a bike rider on the street. And since the restriping, I have continued to

not see a single bike rider. In addition, the restriping is horribly executed.

It would be nice if our tax dollars could be used to address the serious up-tick in crime in this area and not adjust-ing lane widths for bikes. I can’t wait to see what this does to traffi c during the holiday shopping months.

I express this sentiment for dozens of business owners and residents off Pharr Road.

Elizabeth Hanson

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Good riddance, Chip and Dale! Please leave my garden alone!Th e sign at the en-

trance of our neighbor-hood warns, in large letters, “COYOTES in the neigh-borhood! Guard your pets!”

When my husband read that he said, “Maybe they’ll eat the chipmunks.”

If only. I, too, have grown to be

a chipmunk hater. For years, I thought

they were cute and love-able. When I was a child, I enjoyed watching them in their animated forms be-ing zany with all the oth-er talking cartoon creatures of Satur-day morning. I loved them and their striped-fur appeal throughout my ado-lescence and into the stages of my ear-ly adulthood.

I was charmed by them, still, when we met them, person-to-chipmunk, at Disneyworld. We had taken our two young, impressionable tots to the Min-nie-Ha-Ha-Menehune – Make-Me-Say-Th ings-I-Can’t-Believe-I’m–Saying Character Breakfast at the Polynesian Villages Restaurant.

Chip and Dale were headliners then, along with Minnie Mouse in a grass skirt, and we were keen to meet the pair of chipmunks–terrifyingly large and plastic-eyed, though they were. We hugged their gigantic, faux-fur bodies, got their autographs, and even joined the conga line with them. Th ey con-gaed like nobody’s business. We learned that we could tell the two of them apart because Chip has the “chocolate chip nose.”

Well, it’s all over, rodent. I’m a homeowner and a gardener now, and that piece of cocoa on your face is not going to save you.

Th ese tiny, scampering little fur-balls may appear adorable and harm-less, but in reality, they are treacherous. Th ey tunnel under brick and concrete, creating structural havoc. Th ey chew through wires and tulip bulbs, and they raid gardens and eat vegetables that are meant for humans, not disease-carrying varmints. Th ey can ingest $37 worth of pansies, overnight.

Someone told me that cayenne pep-per is a good natural repellant for chip-munks. I did try it, emptying three bot-tles in the holes under my front porch. But really, that’s like trying to hold a wolf at bay with a cigarette lighter.

For years I watched these destructive, disdainful critters scurry in and out of my fl owerbeds, impervious to neighbor-hood dogs, hawks, snakes and spice jars. I fi nally decided that it was time to call in the big guns, and I enlisted the help of the professionals.

I Googled “kill the rodents” until I found a professional near me. A man from the Chipmunk Patrol drove up to my house the next day and determined that I did have an infestation.

An infestation! I had just been call-

ing it a nuisance! But now my problem was being de-fi ned by a term that was making my skin crawl. Th is was serious.

Th e Chipmunk Patrol-ler said that he could trap the rodents and remove them, and that sounded like a good plan to me at fi rst. Th e (excuse me) “catch” was that the company used live traps, which meant that once trapped, the disgusting creatures could theoretical-ly languish there, alive and wriggling, until the Chip-

munk Patroller came to remove them.Ugh! I can’t even stand the sight of

an upside down cockroach.Th en the professional rodent de-

stroyer told me that if the burrows were deep enough, he could drop smoke bombs in there—lethal to the chipmunks, but harmless to children, birds and pets.

Perfect. Die, Chip and Dale, Die!So Mr. Chipmunk dropped the

smoke bombs, and for exactly two weeks I could watch our garage door open without seeing a gang of chipmunks scatter like thugs being raided at a craps game.

Th en they all found their way into my tomatoes and under my deck again.

I’m going to put up a sign of my own, in my front yard. It will read, in large

letters, “Coyotes welcome!”Robin Conte is a writer and mother of

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Russian import: This gym promotes very heavy lifting

From the outside, the little building in Sandy Springs doesn’t seem all that diff erent from its neighbors. It’s just an-other former suburban home off Ro-swell Road that has been converted to an offi ce or shop.

But inside, things look a bit diff er-ent. Although most of the rooms in this Cliftwood Drive business are sparely furnished, a single, large room that runs along one end of the building is fi lled with rows of equipment. It’s a very spe-cialized gym.

Th e clients training in this gym work out with weights. Th ey don’t lift weights in the familiar way, with arm curls or clean-and-jerks, but instead follow a training program developed by a Rus-sian physiologist named Anotoly Samo-dumov. Th ey’re not here to build mus-cles, but to improve their health.

“Th ere’s one place in the world, other than Moscow, where this is done, and it’s Sandy Springs,” said Dr. David Burke, who chairs the department of rehabilita-tion medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine and has been study-ing the program.

Under the watch-ful eye of trainer Vladimir Chubin-sky, a Ukrainian-born physical ther-apist and wrestler who brought the “gravitational well-ness” program to the U.S in 1997, the people working out in the Cliftwood Drive gym lift weights loaded with metal disks weighing hun-dreds of pounds.

Hundreds and hundreds of pounds, in fact. More than 1,000 pounds, at times. Even participants admit the

numbers can be eye-pop-ping. “Sat-urday I was there, and I lifted 1,500 pounds,” Burke said.

Chubin-sky charges $100 a ses-sion. Each workout takes about 30 minutes and the pro-gram includes workouts once a week for 10 to 12 weeks or so. Clients say the program makes them feel better and im-proves their health, Burke said.

“I’m a big advocate...,” Sandy Springs developer Jim Jacoby said. “I’m going to be 72 and I’ve still got a lot of energy and it gives me more. ... My wife did it, too, and my daughter.”

Chubinsky says he doesn’t know why the program improves his clients’ health, just that they tell him it does. “It’s not about [how much] weight [one lifts],” he said. “It’s about how you feel.”

Participants are able to lift large amounts of weight because the lifts are done with their cen-tral bodies. For the

fl oor lift, Chubinsky places a wide belt across the lifter’s lower back, spreading the weight across their bodies. Altogeth-er, there are four weight stations that stress diff erent areas of the body. Over time, “this program gives you addition-

“This program gives you additional strength,

which you cannot get by any other workout.”

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Left, Vladimir Chubinsky keeps a watchful eye on client Beth Nowak as she lifts weights during a “gravitational wellness” program.

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other workout,” Chubinsky said.“Whatever you’re doing, you will be

better,” he said. “It’s like a catalyst for anything you do.”

Chubinsky said he moved to Sandy Springs in the 1990s because he wanted to operate his business in metro Atlanta. “People say if you can succeed in Atlan-ta, you can succeed anywhere,” he said.

His gym has attracted celebrities, ath-letes and local business leaders. Some clients fly in from New York, Canada or Europe just for the workout, Chubinsky said. “It’s got a cult following,” Burke said.

Word of the program spreads primar-ily through word of mouth. Some local and national sports publications have written about Chubinsky, but most of his clients are referred by other clients.

Chubinsky believes the program won’t stay small forever. He’s convinced that “gravitation wellness” will spread and become something many people do as part of their regular fitness pro-grams. He imagines it being used in high schools. When? “I don’t know,” he said. “But it will happen.”

Burke, who also lives in Sandy Springs, started studying the “gravita-tional wellness” program several years ago after he overheard someone at a conference talking about lifting extraor-

dinary amounts of weight at Chubin-sky’s gym. Burke has produced scientif-ic papers on the program, including one he presented in July at an internation-al medical conference in Berlin. His col-leagues’ reactions? “This is such stunning stuff, they don’t know what to make of it,” he said.

But Burke seems convinced that something extraordinary takes place on Cliftwood Drive. He considers it alter-native medicine. “It seems to me this is something unique,” he said. “People feel better ... and it doesn’t require a lot of effort.”

Burke holds a third-degree black belt in the martial art of Tae Kwon Do. He thinks Chubinsky’s clients may feel stronger and healthier because they stim-ulate primarily the core of their bodies.

That area is associated in martial arts with “chi,” or life force, he said, and the people he interviewed for his study said the program made them feel better. “Ev-erybody said, ‘I’ve got so much more en-ergy. I think more clearly.’ It was just a sense of well-being,” he said.

“Here’s the bullet item that intrigued me: You [work out] a maximum of 30 minutes a week for two months, and you’re able to double your strength and increase you sense of health, well-being and vitality, with no injuries. That is just shy of taking a pill.”

“There’s one place in the world, other than Moscow, where this is

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Ruthless! Friday, Sept. 18 through Saturday, Oct. 3 – Act3 Productions presents “Ruth-less!,” at Act3 Playhouse in Sandy Springs. The show incorporates elements of Broadway, and plays on the themes of ambition, parenting and child acting. Tickets begin at $15 and can be purchased through the website: act3produc-tions.org. Sandy Springs Plaza, 6285 Roswell Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328.

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Entertainment Schedule Location: Festival Main Stage

Saturday, September 19, 20159:30 – 10:30 am Kiwanis Pet Parade Registration10:30 – 11:30 am 27th Annual Kiwanis Pet Parade and Awards Ceremony11:30 – 12:15 pm J Dance Company and Collective Dance ProjectMarcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta12:15 – 1:00 pm Ridgeview Singers, Ridgeview Jazz Band, Riverwood SingersRidgeview Charter Middle School & Riverwood High School1:00 – 1:15 pm Los Ninos Primeros Chorus1:15 – 1:45 pm Sandy Springs Recreation and Parks Department Gymnastics Demonstration1:45 – 2:15 pm Bush Centre for Ballet2:15 – 3:15 pm Is That So?3:15 – 4:15 pm Mr. Blue Sky4:15 – 5:30 pm UndercurrentFestival closes at 6:00 pm

Sunday, September 20, 201510:00 – 10:45 am Muse for Life: Craig and Havalyn’s Original Music Experience10:45 – 11:00 am Moohans Martial Arts Karate Demonstration11:00 – 11:30 am Jump Start Gym Demonstration11:30 – 12:00 am Dance Theatre of Sandy Springs 12:00 – 12:30 pm Sky Gym / Ariel Dance12:30 – 12:45 pm Georgia Boy Choir12:45 – 1:30 pm Great Safari Adventure Show, A Kids Exercise Extravaganza1:30 – 2:30 pm Darnell Boys2:30 – 3:15 pm North Springs Charter High School Marching Band3:15 – 4:30 pm Black Lion ReggaeFestival closes at 5:00 pm

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ADMISSiON:Adults $5 2-Day Pass: Adults $7Youth (Ages 6-17) $2 2-Day Pass: Youth (Ages 6-17) $3Children (5 and under) FREE HSS Members FREE

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The closest MARTA stop is the Dunwoody Station, 1.6 miles away. A passenger can take the #5 Sandy Springs or the #87 Roswell Road bus. Both drop passengers at Hilderbrand Drive and Roswell Road, one block east of the Festival entrance on Hilderbrand Drive and Bluestone Road Please DO NOT park at City Walk or area shopping centers. These private lots are for retail patrons only.

FESTIVAL AMENITIES: Amenities include ATMs, Lost and Found, designated recycling and trash containers, a baby changing station, as well as multiple restroom locations. Food and beverage vendors will be located through-out the Festival and in the Food Court. The Moondog Growlers Beer Garden will feature a selection of local craft brews on draft for attendees age 21+. The Sandy Springs Festival prides itself in being a pet-friendly event! Please keep your pet on leash at all times and be mindful of others. Heritage Green is a smoke-free park. No tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco will be permitted.

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Saturday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Blue Heron Nature Preserve partners with Farm Chastain to present Urban Farm Day, part of their Second Saturday Safari Series. The event features a tour of the property and a chance to harvest your own veggies for a healthy salad. Master gardeners will provide fall gardening tips, soil test kits and seed packets. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids. Farm Chastain, 4001 Powers Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30342. For more in-formation, go to bhnp.org.

Pirate CraftsThursday, Sept. 17, 4-4:30 p.m. – In hon-or of Talk Like a Pirate Day, the Brookhaven Li-brary hosts a craft workshop to make pirate hats and eyepatches. Funding provided by the Friends of the Brookhaven Library. Free. Suitable for kids aged 5 to 12. Open to the first 20 partici-pants. 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhav-en, 30319. For more information, go to dekalbli-brary.org or call 404-848-7140.

Book SaleFriday, Sept. 18, 12-6 p.m. and Satur-day, Sept. 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. – Friends of the Northside Library presents their monthly book sale and fundraiser in the meeting room. Free event is open to the public. Suitable for all ages. Northside Branch Library, 3295 North-side Pkwy., NW, Atlanta, 30327. For more in-formation, email [email protected] or go to afpls.org/northside-branch.

KidStuff ConsignmentThursday, Sept. 17, 5-9 p.m., Friday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. – Just in time for back to school, this consignment sale features children’s fall and winter clothing, toys, books, baby equipment and much more! All proceeds support the missions of Kingswood UMC. No children under 10 per-mitted on Thursday, and on Saturday, many items will be discounted or half price. Kingswood United Methodist Church, Community Life Center, 5015 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more infor-mation, go to kingswoodumc.org/kidstuff.

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Friday, Sept. 25, 6 p.m. – Come out for a screening of Cinderella at Movies by Moonlight, a free drive-in movie and block party suitable for the whole family. Presented by Leadership Sandy Springs. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, 86 Mount Vernon Hwy., NW, Sandy Springs, 30328. Need additional details? Go to leadership-sandysprings.org or call 404-256-9091.

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Fall in love with fall festivalsBY ISADORA PENNINGTON

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As days grow shorter and the air be-comes distinctly more crisp, fall enthusi-asts everywhere rejoice with the onset of autumn, dreaming of pumpkin spice ev-erything and cozy scarves on chilly days.

For those living in our communi-ties, fall also means some great festi-

vals and events nearby, made all the sweeter by cooler temperatures and beautiful autumn colors.

Along with the Sandy Springs Fes-tival set for Sept. 19 and 20, here are some other festivals planned in the metro area this fall.

Yellow Daisy FestivalTh ursday, Sept. 10 through Sunday, Sept. 13. Returning for its 43rd year to

Stone Mountain Park, this outdoor festival off ers shopping, live entertainment, fes-tival foods and works for sale by more than 400 artists and crafters. With vendors from 38 states and internationally as well, this bustling event has grown tremendous-ly since it began as a small arts and crafts show many years ago. Families and visitors of all ages are invited to partake in Children’s Corner activities, crafter demonstrations and beautiful wooded trails for walking. Admission to the Yellow Daisy Festival is free with parking, which is $15 per vehicle for a one-day permit. Stone Mountain Park, Highway 78E, Stone Mountain, 30086. To fi nd out more details about the event, go to stonemountainpark.com or call 770-498-5690.

Pumpkin FestivalFridays through Sundays, Sept. 25 to Oct. 25. Th is annual happening brings

visitors to Stone Mountain Park for attractions, games, shows and beautiful views of changing fall colors. Life-sized storytelling, a parade, meet and greet with characters, a scavenger hunt and even a pie-eating contest make this recurring weekend outing a family favorite. Visitors can also trek through the treetops in the ropes course and take a ride to the summit of the mountain during their trip. Tickets can be purchased on-line, and more information can be found at stonemountainpark.com. Stone Moun-tain Park, Old 78 Hwy., Stone Mountain, 30083.

Atlanta Greek FestivalTh ursday, Sept. 24 through Sunday, Sept. 27. Experience the tastes and tra-

ditions of Greece at the Atlanta Greek Festival. Alpha-Omega Sound headlines the event and plays authentic music from diff erent regions in Greece, and dancers from the Greek Orthodox Cathedral perform traditional as well as contemporary danc-es from Greece, Cyprus and Asia Minor. Live cooking demonstrations by local chefs and plenty of festival favorites like gyros and Greek pizza are available for sale using the Festival Bucks system. Large crowds are expected, so plan accordingly. Free park-ing and shuttle buses available at the Century Center Offi ce Park adjacent to I-85, at 2200 Century Pkwy., NE, Atlanta, 30345. For more information, go online toatlgoc.org/greek-festival or call 404-633-7358. Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 2500 Clairmont Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30329.

Fall Folklife FestivalSaturday, Sept. 26. Celebrate the traditions of the South at the Atlanta History Cen-

ter’s Fall Folklife Festival. Th e family-friendly activities include live bluegrass and folk mu-sic by local musicians and taste treats from Atlanta-based food trucks. Th is year the festival is highlighting the contributions of African-American chefs and home cooks, including demonstrations by Michael Twitty and a panel discussion with Southern chefs moderat-ed by Erika Council, author of the Southern Souffl e blog. Th e event is free for members and included in the cost of general admission for nonmembers. Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. To learn more, go to atlantahistorycen-ter.com or call 404-814-4000.

Brookhaven Chili CookoffSaturday, Oct. 10. If chili is your thing, then you may not wanr to miss this festival in

the heart of Brookhaven. Featuring a chili and brunswick stew tasting with 75+ competi-tion teams, this event is perfect for the foodie in your life. In addition to the chili off erings, food trucks will be on hand selling their goods. Adults can enjoy adult beverages and foot-ball on the big screen while kids play cornhole, do arts and crafts and hit the kid’s zone. Live music will entertain the entire family while raising money for Releash Atlanta. Am-ateur teams can sign up for a chance to win prizes, medals and bragging rights. Leashed pets are allowed, but no coolers, outside food or beverages permitted in the venue. Tick-ets and more information can be found on their website at brookhavenchilicookoff .com. Brookhaven Park, 4158 Peachtree Rd., Brookhaven, 30319.

Brookhaven Arts Festival Saturday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 18. Th is juried fi ne art event returns for its 11th

year to Brookhaven. Produced with the input of local artists by the Brookhaven Commu-nity Foundation, this popular event has returned after their 2014 hiatus. Boasting more than 150 artists, the event also off ers plenty of food, live music and a classic car show. Th e Little House of ART will provide an interactive kid’s booth. Free and open to the public. Apple Valley Road behind the MARTA station, 2573 Apple Valley Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. To learn more, call (770) 988-4548 or go to brookhavenartsfestival.org.

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val returns to Chastain Park along Park Drive, and features goods and art by approxi-mately 185 artists and artisans. A children’s area, food and beverages, including gour-met food trucks, and local acoustic musicians make this free event a fun time for the entire family. Th e event is organized by the Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces and volunteer artists. Chastain Park, 4001 Powers Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30342. More infor-mation on the festival can be found online at chastainparkartsfestival.org or by call-ing 404-237-2177.

Book Festival of the MJCCATh ursday, Nov. 5 through Sunday, Nov. 22. Th e Marcus Jewish Community

Center of Atlanta hosts the 24th annual Book Festival, a literary event featuring a lineup of authors, celebrities and thinkers. Panels, book signings, author meet-and-greets, panel discussions and a community reading are features that draw thousands of book lovers to Dunwoody. Featured authors include David Gregory, Judy Blume, Ted Koppel and many more. MJCCA, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, call 678-812-4000 or go online to atlantajcc.org where you can also purchase tickets.

Fall Festival on Ponce Saturday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 18. Th e Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces

presents the 5th annual Fall Festival on Ponce in Olmsted Linear Park. Visitors can browse over 125 fi ne art, folk and craft displays. Kids can enjoy a children’s area while adults sam-ple local gourmet food, beverages and listen to acoustic musical performances. Th is out-door event is free and open to the public. Olmstead Linear Park, 1451 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30307. For more information, go to festivalonponce.com.

Dunwoody Apple Cider DaysThursday, Oct. 21 through Sunday, Oct. 25. Hosted by the Dunwoody Pres-

ervation Trust, this annual fall fundraising event is a family favorite. Festivities include carnival rides, amusement games, food and vendors. With an expected crowd of more than 30,000 people, the event is a tradition in Dunwoody and held at Perimeter Mall. Admission to Apple Cider Days is free; individual ride tickets are $1 each. Perimeter Mall, 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., NE, Dun-woody, 30346. For more information, go to appleciderdays.org or call the Dun-woody Preservation Trust at 770-668-0401.


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One of those other places is actually just down the block, but Chama Gaúcha is 10 bucks cheaper at about 40 bucks for din-ner and 25 bucks for lunch. Th e food and beverage quality was excellent. Our serv-er suggested a caipirinha, Brazil’s national cocktail, similar to a margarita. Th ey don’t use a mix for the lime juice – several times I had to unclog my straw because of pulp, which adds brightness to the drink so your taste buds won’t burn out.

It’s misleading to say that we then went to the salad bar. Chama Gaúcha is home to a 360º ice bar: a square covered on all sides by elegantly hard-packed crushed ice, atop which are embedded a wide variety of cold items. You can treat it like tapas, make a salad, or just peck around for interesting things. Hearts of palm, seasoned mozza-rella, smoked salmon, sun-dried tomatoes, jumbo asparagus, fi ve olive oils, marinated mushroom caps, a parmesan wheel as big as your head, et cetera. My wife went nuts over a heaping pile of sweet shrimp cock-tail, and I dabbled around with a basil lime sauce that went great on everything. Every item was of the utmost freshness. Vegans can easily get their money’s worth without ever touching meat or bread.

Th e bread! Small, gorgeously doughy popovers with a faint hit of parmesan. Th ey’re hollow, so don’t worry about get-ting full before the parade of meats.

Th ere’s a card on your table, and when

you fl ip it from red to green, the servers ap-pear with a dozen usual cuts and daily spe-cials. Meanwhile, your table accrues a pile of accompaniments. Sauces: horsey, mint jelly, chimichurri, salsa. Sides: mashed po-tatoes, fried polenta cakes, fried bananas. When you realize you’re too full for des-sert, you’ll be glad for that fried banana.

We could talk about the specifi c meats, but why? You go to a Brazilian steakhouse so you can try everything and get a lit-tle meat-drunk. Every bite was cooked to perfection and the char on the outside was just right. My wife dug the bacon-wrapped sirloin and I couldn’t get enough of the beef ribs. To each their own, again and again until you give up and turn your card to the red side.

Th e beauty of the service at Chama Gaúcha is that at fi rst they won’t take red for an answer. Th is is Brazilian hos-pitality! Your server is there to direct the fl ow of food and to ask you seven times if you’re sure you can’t eat one more bite. We’d thrown in the towel before the kitch-en got cracking on some sausage, so our server totally charmed us into fl ipping that card back to green. Nobody was pushy; ev-erybody was super nice and attentive. You can bring your fi nicky grandmother here – or your no-nonsense boss, your gluten-free friend, your table of 25 people where sev-en of them are always late. Indeed, we’re going back very soon.

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Open Hand will host its 12th annual culinary-focused fundraising event – Party in the Kitchen. The event will be held at American Spirit Works, 199 Armour Drive, on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. Organized by Chef Kevin Rathbun, Chef Gerry Klaskala, Kim Klumok, Stewart Little and Mary Williams, guests will enjoy an evening of music, cocktails and cuisine prepared by some of the city’s most talented chefs and mixolo-gists. There will be an opportunity to bid on silent and live auction items that include travel and entertainment packages. Tickets to the main event are $250 each. To pur-chase tickets: partyinthekitchen.org.

Bert’s Big Adventure Restaurant Week will be held Sept. 14-20. The event will

benefit the nonprofit that offers trips to children with chronic and terminal illness-es and their families. Participating restaurants include: Avellino’s Pizza in Brookhav-en and Decatur, Buttermilk Kitchen, YEAH! Burger in West Midtown and Virginia-Highland, Suwannee Park Tavern in Suwanee, 1Kept in Buckhead and all locations of Taco Mac, Tin Lizzy’s Cantina, and Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers.

Marlow’s Tavern plans to open its next location in Brookhaven, according to a re-port from Tomorrow’s News Today. The 3,400-square-foot restaurant would occupy suite 301 of Brookleigh Market on Johnson Ferry Road in Brookhaven.

Atlanta’s Best Cellars Dinner will be held Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at the InterConti-nental Buckhead. Attendees will drink rare wines, listen to live music by the Class Act Band, and eat a four-course meal prepared by Guest Chef de Cuisine Jérôme Gril-hot and Executive Chef Didier Lailheugue. For more information, visit tjmartell.org.

Restaurateur Justin Anthony (10 Degrees South, Yebo) plans to open Cape Dutch, a contemporary steak and seafood kitchen, in the Morningside neighborhood this month. The restaurant will be located at 1782 Cheshire Bridge Road.

The annual Great Atlanta Beer Fest at Turner Field is on Sept. 26 from 3 to 8 p.m. The event features 200-plus beers, ciders and 30-plus wines. There will be live music from the Geeks Band, college football on big TVs, and fun and games on Scout’s Al-ley and around the event. Advance tickets are $40, $45 after Sept. 17 and $55 the day of the event. Tickets can be purchased at greatatlantabeerfest.com.

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Andrew Agrippina started the pro-life club at Holy Spirit Preparatory School, but that wasn’t enough for the young activist.

He’s also volunteered as presi-dent of Delta Omega, a service club, at soup kitchens in Atlanta, collect-ing over 1,000 cans of food, and host-ing different drives to collect food and blankets. He was also involved in ser-vice as a part of Youth Leadership San-dy Springs.

Andrew said he was shocked when he learned what abortion is and that it happens. “My Catholic faith tells me that I cannot stand idle while grave in-justices run rampant in our society,” he said.

Earlier this year, Andrew worked with Knights of Columbus at Holy Spirit Catholic Church to raise a bill-board on I-75 in Atlanta. The photo of a newborn baby with the words “All Life Matters” represents to Andrew a dedication to life and serving others.

He said he took his school’s mot-to, “Ministrare non Ministrari,” which means “to serve, not to be served,” se-riously.

“I have been raised with these val-ues, and they have become a part of who I am,” Andrew said.

He calls Tommy Curtin his mentor, and “an educator in the purest sense.” Curtin served as football coach, prin-cipal, teacher, director, piano accom-panist and vocal coach during An-drew’s time at Holy Spirit.

“He played a pivotal role in my for-mation as a student, helping me dis-cover my passion for music and love of knowledge,” Andrew said. “He’s an in-credible teacher, and it is very evident that he loves what he does.”

Curtin said Andrew followed through with his billboard plan like a good business person.

“As part of his work with [the pro-life club], he met with city officials in Atlanta to propose billboards to pro-mote life, and I believe one was ap-proved,” Curtin said. “He saw the project through start to finish, and that to me is a very entrepreneurial ac-tivity.”

Andrew said the effort to raise the billboard taught him how important perseverance and drive are, but he said he also learned he cannot do every-thing alone. He said he is thankful for the help he got from Knights of Co-lumbus.

On his resume, Andrew lists the Ray Kroc Youth Achievement Award, which was established by the Great-

er Atlanta McDonald’s Operators As-sociation in 1985 in memory of Mc-Donald’s founder, Ray A. Kroc. Each participating school selects one grad-uating senior per year to receive the award.

“Andrew is a natural leader, and he combines great leadership skills with an incredibly optimistic attitude,” Curtin said.

His belief that good things come from hard work fuels his projects. “He’s also very talented, which allows him to be successful in many areas from arts to academic to service orga-nizations at our school,” Curtin said.

In addition to starting the pro-life club at school, Andrew participat-ed and won first place in the Atlanta Chapter of Georgia Right to Life Ora-tory Contest in the spring of 2014. He went on to win the statewide contest, earning $250 and a summer intern-ship with Georgia Right to Life. His winning speech was titled “Proliferate the Pro-Life Rate.” In the speech, he said people should love and not pass judgment on women who become un-expectedly pregnant.

But Andrew’s commitment to life extends beyond pregnancy.

“To me, the pro-life cause tran-scends the issue of abortion,” he said. “Being pro-life means treating every-one I meet with the love and dignity that every human life deserves.”

When the pro-life club took a trip to the District of Columbia for the March for Life, Andrew and other club members brought along blankets and granola bars to donate.

“We handed these out to the home-less people we encountered while marching,” Andrew said. “That is what the pro-life movement is about.”

What’s Next: Andrew plans to attend Washing-

ton and Lee University, with a dou-ble major in business administration and politics, and minor in music. He said he made the choice based on the school’s inspiring honor code and inti-mate academic environment.

This article was prepared by Lela Johnson and written by Ellen Eldridge.

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New state charter in hand, members of the board of the Brookhaven Inno-vation Academy are looking for a new home, a new leader and fi nancial con-tributions.

“Now the work starts, the opera-tional work,” Bates Mattison, chairman of the school’s board and a member of Brookhaven City Council, said after the State Charter Schools Commission vot-ed unanimously Aug. 26 to approve a charter for the Brookhaven-based school that will emphasize science, technology and math classes.

“We really do have a tremendous amount of work to do.”

Th e board hopes to settle on a loca-tion for the school by October, Matti-son said.

City offi cials recently proposed buy-ing the former Skyland school building from the state, which now uses it for of-fi ces. School board members are negoti-ating to use that building to house the school, Mattison said, but if that loca-tion doesn’t work out, board members are considering several other possible sites.

“Th ere’s been a lot more delibera-tion about Skyland than anywhere else,” Mattison said, adding that he removed himself from the negotiations because he sits on both the City Council and the school board. Negotiators include for-mer state Rep. Ed Lindsey of Buckhead, a new board member, Mattison said.

Th e new school board also must quickly hire a head of school, the board chairman said. Th at new school leader then will begin assembling the faculty, he said.

Backers had sought state approval of the school for two years. Th eir original proposal was voted down last year, so they returned this year with a plan they believed addressed the commission’s ob-jections.

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“I am pleased you came back for the second year,” commission member Tony Lowden said. “Th e only way Georgia is going to get better is if we give folks choices and better schools ... Th ank you for coming back for a second bite of the apple. We didn’t execute you, we just de-layed you.”

Mattison said that dealing with the commission’s complaints forced the board to make the school plan stronger. “Th e State Charter Schools Commission put us through paces,” he said. “We’re pretty well detailed about how we’re go-ing to run this school. ... Now it’s a ques-tion of operational execution.”

One change the state required was to expand the number of members on the school board and reduce the num-ber of Brookhaven City Council mem-bers on the board. At full size, the self-perpetuating board will be composed of 14 members, including two named by Brookhaven City Council.

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What the opportunity school district could mean BY COLLIN KELLEY

Georgia voters will decide on the state’s proposed Opportunity School District (OSD) referendum to turn around failing schools during the 2016 general election. Atlanta Pub-lic Schools, which has 26 schools on the failing list, is already hard at work to make sure its houses of learning re-main under local control.

Under legislation passed earlier this year, schools persistently scoring be-low 60 on the Georgia Department of Education’s accountability measure,

the College and Career Readiness Per-formance Index (CCRPI), for three consecutive years would be subject to takeover. No Buckhead schools were on the list.

The OSD would take on no more than 20 schools per year, but is limit-ed at governing 100 at any given time. Schools would stay in the district for no less than five years but no more than 10 years, and would then return to local control.

Last month, APS launched its “New School Turnaround Strategy Project” led by Boston Con-sulting Group. The school board also hired Erin Hames, the governor’s for-mer policy and leg-islative affairs advi-sor, to consult with APS on how to get the schools back on track and avoid be-ing taken over by the state.

APS Superinten-dent Meria Carstar-phen said on her

blog, @ATLSuper, that the district is “developing an aggressive and targeted course of action for school improve-ment. If we can achieve that, state in-tervention will be unnecessary.”

However, Carstarphen recognized that getting all 26 schools off the state takeover list would be a challenge. If voters approve the OSD referendum next November, the state will likely begin taking over schools beginning with the 2017-18 academic year based on CCRPI data.

Carstarphen said generous donors are paying for the Boston Consult-ing Group’s work. Parents should keep an eye out for surveys, focus groups and town hall meetings on the is-sue. Carstarphen said she would col-lect feedback from teachers and prin-cipals, especially those who are “in the trenches” every day.

On the hiring of Hames, Carstar-phen said she would be a “key compo-nent in challenging us to do the tough and smart work as well as help us nav-igate the system to avoid the OSD.”

“It won’t give APS an automatic pass, but I think it gives us the lever-age of advice from an expert who un-derstands the decisions surrounding the creation, mission and structure of the OSD,” Carstarphen said.

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Ready for some footballThe Lovett Lions squared off against The

Westminster Schools’ Wildcats in the “Battle of Buckhead” on Aug. 28 in Kilpatrick Stadium.

The Wildcats beat the Lions, 26-23.

Left, Lovett students Claire Hadley-Benton, center, and Katie Preisinger, right, welcome

Lovett players back onto the field after halftime. Right, Westminster senior Kenneth Hartzfeld shows off his school spirit and patriotic side.

Center left, Lovett players get ready to get on the field to start the second half. Center right, Westminster

Assistant Coach John Wild, left, gives his players some words of encouragement and a fist bump as Sabastian

Mosso, center, and Nance Hill, right, look on.

Below left and right, both schools, Lovett, left, and Westminster, right, cheer enthusiastically

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Buckhead Police BlotterFrom police reports dated

Aug. 2-15

The following information was provided to the Buckhead Reporter by the Zone 2

precinct of the Atlanta Police Department from its records and is presumed to be

accurate.

ROBBERY � First block of Delmont Drive—A man

borrowed a phone from a pedestrian, then grabbed her hair and threw her to the ground. He ran off with her iPhone 6 cellphone.

� 2400 block of Morosgo Drive—A man was walking in the area of Lind-bergh and Morosgo drives when two men approached him, punched him in the face and demanded his money. Th ey took $40 from the man and ran off .

� 2500 block of Piedmont Road—A man arranged for two women, whom he met on Craigslist, to come to his resi-dence. Th ey all went to the pool and when they returned to the apartment, one of the women stole $200 from his wallet. Th e women attacked him when he asked for his money back and they stole his vehicle, house and building ac-cess keys. Th e women left with two men, who were waiting for them in the park-ing deck. One of the women dropped the stolen cellphone.

� 2000 block of Bolton Road—Two men with masks over their faces entered a restaurant and pointed handguns at an employee. Th ey demanded she open the cash register, and they took $40 cash she had in her pocket. Th ey took an un-known amount of money and fl ed in a silver Dodge Avenger.

� 500 block of Pharr Road—A wom-an was approached by two men as she was getting out of her black 2015 Land Rover. One of the men pulled his shirt up displaying a black handgun and de-manded, “Don’t move. Give me the keys

to that black Land Rover.” In a panic, she began reaching into her purse and the man said “Just give me the purse.” Th e second man took the keys from her pocket and took her Apple iPhone. Th e two men got in her car and drove off . Th e woman’s phone was tracked to 405 Pharr Road and recovered. Th e vehicle’s theft recovery system was activated and the vehi-cle was recovered.

� 100 block of Pharr Road—A man and a woman were walk-ing from a bar when a gold, four-door vehicle approached them. Th ree men armed with hand-guns got out of the car and held guns to their heads while de-manding their be-longings. One of the gunmen told the oth-er to shoot the woman in the head. Th e woman was knocked into the bushes and she sustained cuts to her face. A bag that contained a wallet, cellphone, vehicle keys, ID and anxiety medication was taken.

� 500 block of Northside Circle—Two women, one of whom had a handgun wrapped in clothing, jumped out of a silver Jeep Cherokee and approached a man walking on the street. Th e women demanded he “stay still” and one wom-

an grabbed his wallet from his hand. Th e man told police one of the wom-en asked for his phone number so they could return his wallet. He said one of the women called him and said they would return the wallet. After texting “Can I have my wallet,” the man got no response. Th e patrol offi cer noted the man’s story changed.

� 2100 block of Monroe Drive—A car-jacking was reported after a man was rear-ended while stopped at a red light. Two men armed with handguns forced the driver out of his car. One man with a gun got in and drove off in the man’s car, while the other headed back to the car used to rear-end the fi rst car.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT � 1100 block of Huff Road—A man

outside his apartment was shot in the leg when he was approached by a man with tattoos on his neck and face. While the interviewing the victim, the offi cer saw a bag that contained a .45-caliber Tau-rus Millennium handgun, several Xanax pills and $224 in cash.

� 1400 block of Chattahoochee Ave-nue--Someone entered a bar with a bat and threatened to kill a patron. Th e ar-gument was over the recent schedule change for the bat-holder’s girlfriend.

� 1700 block of Northside Drive--A taxi driver dropped a man off at his home. When the man said he needed to go and get money for the fare, he returned wav-ing a gun in his hand. He then waved the gun in the air and yelled that he was going to kill the taxi driver. Th e man with the gun punched the driver and his cab, breaking the front windshield of the vehicle.

� 2000 block of Dellwood Drive—A man became upset when another man received a text message and began throwing items onto the lawn. Th e up-set man went to his car, where he loaded a handgun and said “Tell that [expletive deleted] I will kill him, he better watch out.” He then left the area without fur-ther incident.

� 2200 block of Marietta Road—One person held a knife to another person’s neck during a verbal argument that turned physical. Th e person who had the knife had departed by the time po-lice arrived.

� First block of Hunting Road—A man with a handgun approached a man in his car. Th e man in his car had pulled over to check email. When the driver saw the man with a gun, the driver drove off as the man fi red a bullet into the driver’s side door.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY � 500 block of Hillside Drive—A

house’s rear doors were forced and draw-ers opened. Th e resident has dementia and can’t tell police what items were tak-en.

� 700 block of Huff Road –A

man received a call from his alarm company. Upon return-ing home, he discovered the front door dead-

bolt was visibly damaged. An Ap-

ple iMac computer was taken.

� 400 block of Northside Circle—An apartment resident reported the rear window blinds were in disarray and screen damaged. An Apple laptop, an LG Smart 50-inch TV and an Apple iPod were reported stolen.

� 3300 block of Peachtree Road—A laptop computer, black laptop bag and cords, an Asus laptop computer and a PlayStation gaming system were report-ed stolen.

� 2400 block of Parkland Drive—A Ro-lex watch, a Diver watch, three Ralph Lauren golf shirts, a Ralph Lauren leath-er jacket, a Fitbit, 32-inch LG TV, a 16-gauge Huglo Armsco rifl e Ruger 22 , $800 in cash and a black braided WM Henry bracelet were taken. Th e victim recently passed away from a fall at the residence.

� 1100 block of Collier Road—Some-one tried to force a way into an apart-ment door and the resident caught on cellphone video the person walking away after a second unsuccessful attempt was made to enter.

� 200 block of Colonial Homes Drive—Several pieces of jewelry, a watch, a Mac-Book, several pairs of sunglasses, a Can-non camera and a passport were taken from an apartment.

� 4700 block of Peachtree Park Drive—A resident discovered a guitar lying on the fl oor and a black PlayStation 4 with two controllers missing.

� 1700 block of Northside Drive—An apartment resident discovered his 55-inch TV unplugged and placed on the fl oor, his sofa cushions removed and placed on the fl oor, the prescription clos-et open, and clothing closet and drawers moved about. No items were taken.

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� 1300 block of Peachtree Park Drive—A MacBook laptop was taken from an apartment.

� 3500 block of Piedmont Road — Ap-proximately $150 in currency, a cred-it card, a MacBook, charger, a safe, an iPad, a Social Security card and a pass-port were taken from Homewood Suites.

� 4300 block of Peachtree-Dunwoody Road—A 42-inch TV, an Apple iPad, a white comforter, a pair of grey/blue Jor-dan shoes, a laundry basket, a 55-inch

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� 3300 block of East Roxboro Road—An Xbox gaming console, a revolver, four pairs of designer sunglasses, two men’s watches, $600 in cash and a Lou-is Vuitton duffle bag were taken from a house.

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� 700 block of Antone Street—Police responded to an alarm call and discov-ered the front door unlocked. They not-ed monitors and cables on the floor. Two iMac computer monitors were taken.

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