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City Council defers zoning vote on Perimeter development project By CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmediagroup.com

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Dunwoody native Kevin Smith, a pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles organization, tosses the first pitch of the season to Nate Cartwright Feb. 22 at Dunwoody Senior baseball fields.

Senior Baseball organization draws local pro for first pitch By CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmediagroup.com DUNWOODY, Ga. – Dunwoody Senior Baseball celebrated its opening day on Feb. 20 with the first pitch tossed out by local resident and Major League prospect Kevin Smith. Smith is soon to report to the AA Baltimore Orioles’ complex in Bowie, Md. He was drafted by the New York Mets in 2018, and spent most of the season playing in Brooklyn, N.Y., in the A League before moving up to High-A in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The lefty, who was traded to the Orioles in 2019, is listed as a No. 2 prospect by Oriole scouts. Smith, 23, whose uniform number

was 84 during his middle and high school years, played at Dunwoody High School and on several travel teams before spending three years as a starting pitcher for the University of Georgia. His fastball has been clocked at 92 miles per hour. He also has an 82-mile-per-hour slider and an 80-mile-per-hour changeup. His career ERA hovers around 3.3. Smith said it was bittersweet to return to his old stomping grounds. “It’s awesome to see the league grow this much,” Smith said after lobbing a pitch to middle school Dunwoody Red catcher Nate Cartwright. “I do feel like I’m getting pretty old though.”

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DUNWOODY, Ga. – After another lengthy discussion, the Dunwoody City Council deferred action on second reading several ordinances relating to a proposed 14-story mixed-use development in Perimeter Center. At its Jan. 11 meeting, the council heard details of the complex, which would sit on nearly 3 acres at 84 Perimeter Center East and would include 40,000 square feet of retail, a parking garage and up to 220 age-restricted housing units. Previous plans called for a hotel on the site. The proposal would require a rezoning from C-1 Conditional (commercial) to PC-2 (Perimeter Center District). In addition, there are 20 other conditions that would have to be addressed, including elimination of the established 15-foot setback and reduction of the impervious coverage of the land. At the Feb. 22 meeting, council members heard changes to the plan that included reducing the impervious surface coverage from 85 percent to 78 percent, and several other concessions to address the concerns expressed at the earlier meeting, including moving the pool from the front of the property to the roof. However, several council members said they were still concerned about elements of the plan, and they questioned whether there is a market for over-55 rental property. “I remain underwhelmed by this project,” Councilman Tom Lambert said. “At the risk of sounding arrogant, I think

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that the City of Dunwoody deserves better. Without the age restriction, I wouldn’t vote to approve this project.” Developer John DiGiovanni argued that the intent of the project is to “build a Four Seasons/Ritz Carlton-type facility that you and I would like to live in.” But council members maintained their doubts that the project would be attractive for residents who live in Dunwoody, but who want to opt for renting rather than ownership. Last week, the Dunwoody Development Authority voted 4-2 to begin the process that would allow for a 50-percent, 10-year tax abatement for the property. Members at that meeting also questioned whether the project was a good fit for Dunwoody. The City Council deferred the passage of the various ordinances in order to gather more information about the legality of age-restricted housing. In other action at the Feb. 22 meeting, the council listened to District 1 School Board Representative Anna Hill, who discussed her personal preference for a return to face-to-face learning in DeKalb schools. But she emphasized that the decision lies with Superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris. Since that meeting, the school system announced a staggered return to in-person learning starting Mar. 9. The council also: • Discussed speed limits within the city. • Listened to a report about upcoming Georgia Department of Transportation I-285 improvements slated to start in 2024. • Heard from Dunwoody City Manager Eric Linton that sidewalk improvements on Tilly Mill Road are continuing.

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DeKalb schools to begin reopening classrooms DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. – After weeks of inquiries from parents, DeKalb County Schools announced plans last week that will begin returning students to classrooms. Nearly a year after a county-wide classroom shutdown, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, sixth grade and ninth-grade students will begin in-person learning on Tuesday, March 9. Grade levels third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, 10th, 11th and 12th will start on Monday, March 15. Parents’ groups on social media had been calling for resumption of classes since the district passed a number of key benchmarks charting a reduction in the threat of transmission of the COVID virus. “I am excited about the return to face-to-face instruction,” School Superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris said. “This has been a tough, but necessary decision. We will continue to make the safety of our scholars and staff our number one priority and soar together.”

Schools will organize all classes into two cohorts based on last name and/ or instructional program to adhere to social/physical distancing requirements, facilitate testing and contact tracing, and minimize transmission across cohorts. “Superintendent Watson-Harris will effectively outline the impact of COVID-19 as well as the goals of the district,” said DeKalb Board of Education Chairwoman Vickie Turner. “I am grateful for the very diligent and thoughtful work that has been demonstrated by this staff along with the leadership team. It goes without question, virtual learning has presented some serious challenges to our students, our families and our staff. The superintendent is to be commended for facing those challenges head on and coming up with viable solutions that will ultimately benefit our students.” More information on our reopening plan can be found at https://www. dekalbschoolsga.org/school-reopening.

Baseball: Continued from Page 1 Several Dunwoody dignitaries attended the ceremony, including City Council members John Heneghan, Jim Riticher, Pam Tallmadge and Tom Lambert, along with Mayor Lynn Deutsch, and former mayors Dennis Shortal and Ken Wright. Dunwoody Senior Chief Operating Officer John Crawford said it was gratifying to see former players return to their roots. “We love seeing our former players doing well,” he said. “And we love these new fields.” The $6 million complex was built near Peachtree Charter Middle School as part of a land swap that allowed the construction of a new Austin Elementary School building in its former location.

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Report of gunshots leads to man’s arrest DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police were dispatched to a residence at the Notting Hill Apartments along Madison Drive after gunshots reportedly rang out Feb. 17. Officers found the rear window busted out at an apartment on the ground floor. A female occupant inside peeked out and told police everything was okay. But officers noticed the apartment was in disarray with flowers and glass scattered over the floor. Police pulled the woman out of the apartment when they heard the sound of glass breaking. She had blood on her clothes but refused to explain what happened. Police searched the home and found enough evidence to arrest Antonio Bernard Johnson, 28, of Ashbury Square, Atlanta. He was charged with simple assault, criminal trespass and possession of marijuana, according to court records.

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Uncle Doug Smith, Kevin Smith, parents Erin and Dwight Smith, and grandmother Helen Smith celebrate at Dunwoody Senior Baseball's opening day ceremonies.

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police arrested a man for allegedly being unruly at the Ameris Bank along Perimeter Center West the morning of Feb. 19. Monterrio Lamont Morrall, 44, of Burdette Drive, Augusta, was charged with disorderly conduct. Police did not reveal much about the incident in a report. The one line narrative simply said Morrall “was found to be acting disorderly and was arrested without incident.”

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Frank Stovall, tennis at age 100 I discovered Frank Stovall recently through his son, Phil Stovall of Dunwoody. While communicating about party lines, Phil told me his dad still had a rotary phone in his home. This had caused VALERIE problems when trying BIGGERSTAFF to set up internet service. Then, Phil told me his dad was turning 100 and still played singles tennis. Frank Stovall was born at home in

West End Atlanta, February 25, 1921. His parents were both from Georgia, his father from a founding family of Lavonia and his mother from Newnan. As a child, Stovall built model airplanes. He wanted to have accurate paint color for his airplanes, so he rode his bike or caught the trolley to the old Candler Airfield, today’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. There, he would talk with the Army Air group, who gave him a small bottle of paint for his balsa wood airplane. He went to Tech High School and then to Georgia Tech, where he was in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corp. He graduated with a degree in chemical engineering. Stovall was called to active duty in 1943. He and Marjorie Hailey were engaged before he left. She was also from Atlanta, attending Girls High School and Shorter College. They married Feb. 21, 1944 in New York on one of his turnarounds. The

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ship pulled into New York City, where he caught an Army air transport to Atlanta for their wedding. Their honeymoon trip was the train ride back to New York, where he shipped out the next day. Stovall served as an ensign on the USS Reeves, a destroyer escort that accompanied fast tanker convoys across the north Atlantic. Destroyer escorts were smaller than destroyers, which led to exciting trips in the stormy winter. Following the end of the war, Mr. and Mrs. Stovall bought a home at Wieuca Road and Roswell Road in Buckhead. They were founding members of the Wieuca Road Baptist Church. Within a couple of years, Stovall was called to duty as a Lieutenant Commander during the Korean War. His service took him to Key West, Florida, so the family rented their Atlanta home and moved. Frank Stovall went to work at Lockheed prior to his Korean War service and returned to Lockheed after the war. He

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continued to work there until retirement. Marjorie Stovall passed away in 2012. Frank Stovall still lives in their 1948 home. He has continued to remain active throughout his life, water skiing at age 95 and playing tennis at 100. His birthday celebration was scaled back due to COVID-19, but he managed to get in a game of tennis. Phil Stovall has called on his dad and veteran Clayton Byrd often on Veterans Day to talk with the Boy Scouts of Troop 466 at Dunwoody United Methodist Church. On one occasion, Frank brought along his model airplanes to show the Scouts. Congratulations to father, grandfather and great grandfather Frank Stovall on his 100th birthday and thank you to Phil Stovall for sharing his dad’s story. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@ gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.

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Patricia Joy Ramirez, 83, of Dunwoody, Georgia, passed away on January 3, 2021 in Emory Johns Creek Hospital after a brief struggle with Covid-19. Born on January 24, 1937 in Birmingham, Alabama, Joy moved to RAMIREZ Florida at a young age, attended Ft. Lauderdale High School, graduating in 1955, with honors. After living and working in both Jacksonville and Miami, Florida for many years, Joy and her family relocated to Dunwoody, Georgia in 1982. With over 30-years of service for BellSouth in customer service and management, Joy was able to enjoy an early retirement in 1991. Joy will be remembered for her generosity and friendliness. As a strong advocate for women and for the underprivileged, she volunteered and served in leadership positions in the local chapter of Soroptimist International and with Citizen Advocacy of Atlanta and Dekalb, where her inherent kindness touched the lives of countless individuals. Joy was preceded in death by her husband, Henry E. Ramirez; son R. Jackson Clements, Jr.; and brother G. Michael Wilkins. She is survived by daughter Susan R. Pavloff (Tom) of Johns Creek, Georgia and by stepchildren Henry E. Ramirez, Jr. (Debbie) of Merritt Island, Florida; Theresa L. Peidro of Cocoa, Florida; and David A. Ramirez of Gainesville, Florida. Her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren will also have many fond memories of Grandma Joy/Nana. All who were fortunate enough to know Joy will remember her ever-present smile and infectious laugh. Never has a person been so aptly named, and never will a person be so sorely missed. A celebration of Joy’s life will be planned for later this year. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Joy’s name to Soroptimist International or to Citizen Advocacy of Atlanta and Dekalb. Joyce S. Glaze of Peachtree Corners died February 22, 2021. She was born in Atlanta on September 22, 1939. Joyce worked for DeKalb County Schools for 30 years as a bus driver and supervisor. She is survived by her husband, Ralph Glaze, her daughter Susan

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Myers (Steve) of Sugar Hill, and her grandchildren, Angela Maroney Armas (Eduardo) of Marietta, Christopher Myers (Tiffany) of Gainesville, and Sarah Myers of Sugar Hill and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her son, Keith Maroney, her parents, Mildred and Kaiser Smith, her brother Garland Smith and her sister Becky Smith. Arrangements will be at Crowell Brother’s Funeral Home, Peachtree Corners. Dorothy Ann Bryan of BRYAN Dunwoody, GA passed on Sunday, Feb 21, surrounded by her family after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Dot, as she was known to many, was born in Kingman, Arizona in 1944, the daughter of Wanda Paxton Hall and Marvin Lee Hall. Dot was the oldest in a family that included 4 siblings. She is survived by her son Dustin Lee Bryan, granddaughters Willa Napier Bryan, Berkley Kelleher Bryan, and Mackenzie Hidell Bryan; sister Yvonne Cupp and daughter-in-law Leila Lee Bryan. She was preceded in death by her eldest son, Michael James Bryan. Her father’s Army service moved the family around the Southwest and Midwest United States as a child. She spent part of her childhood in South America before moving back to the states and finally settling back into her family’s hometown of Mangum, Oklahoma where she completed high school. Dot was a devoted and beloved mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, wife, and friend to many. She is best described by friends and family as generous, kind, loving and beautiful on the inside and out. She enjoyed taking up and playing golf over the past 20 years and excelled at Masters Swimming prior to that. Dot enjoyed traveling for pleasure and planning golf outings around the country and abroad. In recent years, she enjoyed her many feathered friends while maintaining their bird feeder and fountain. She loved reconnecting with high school friends and relatives at alumni reunions. Dot was courageous and strong until the very end. She remains an inspiration to many that knew her and holds a special place in the hearts of those that loved her. A remembrance ceremony will be announced in the coming weeks with further details to follow on her Facebook page. In lieu of flowers, please consider making donations to The Humane Society.

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The money explosion Once upon a time, in the land of Oz On The Potomac, legislators promoting spending bills in the millions and billions were called “big spenders.” Legislanow priced in LEWIS J. WALKER, CFP tion the trillions seems routine. The scope of recent spending boggles the mind. Analysts at City National Rochdale, a boutique investment management firm in New York City, note that the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank and Treasury will have injected over $9 trillion in money or stimulus spending into our economy by the end of 2021. That’s $9,000,000,000,000, enough zeros to clog up a cheap calculator. Offering perspective, Garrett D’Alessandro, Rochdale’s CEO, observed that this monetary explosion represents “enough money to ostensibly buy the entire economies of the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Italy.”

OPINION Says he, “This quantum of money has never in modern history been pushed into any economy,” and the consequences are difficult to comprehend over time. But given COVID-19 disruptions, he sees the monetary and fiscal actions as having “saved the U.S. economy from depression.” What might this mean to you? Mr. Market will continue to question when millions of unemployed will get back to work, to say nothing of layoffs now triggered by executive orders related to climate change activism. Questions as to how stimulus will be paid for will increase pressure for tax increases. How will tax policy impact higher earners, entrepreneurs, investors, aging business owners looking to sell and retire, charitable giving, estate planning strategies? There’s much to ponder. “For now,” say the gurus at Rochdale, “the stimulus has created the foundation for a strong recovery from the pandemicdriven recession.” While news outlets focus on hardships endured by many, for those with paychecks that continued, restricted activity and less spending allowed U.S. personal savings rates in general to soar in 2020. Savings rates peaked in April but remain well above norms. The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 30 that the personal savings rate rose to 13.7 percent in December, 2020, “far higher than the pre-pandemic level of roughly 8 percent.” As more vaccinations

take place, bolstered by the introduction of the Johnson & Johnson single dose version, consumer confidence levels will grow, and pent-up demand will power spending and the “money multiplier” effect. We already see the impact of business and entrepreneurial innovation, with elevated levels of creativity, repurposing, and adaption. Rochdale sees interest rates “likely to remain low as global central banks double down on their commitment to market stability and low borrowing costs.” This means puny or no interest earned on bank and money market deposits, challenges to money managers to squeeze more gains from opportunistic trades in bond portfolios, and potentially more volatility in high yield bond trading. While prudent investors will retain adequate safe money and lower risk portfolios as a hedge against volatility and as a cushion during down markets, the search for yield and long-term capital gains likely will increase flows into equities and alternative investments. David J. Abella, a portfolio manager at Rochdale, sees a brighter outlook for dividend producing stocks as business and consumer sentiment improves given the success of new vaccines and the revival of more normal activity. While recent headlines have focused on a handful of big-name growth stocks with sky high valuations, as well as small investors on digital platforms ganging up on hedge fund

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managers to drive stocks like GameStop into the yo-yo stratosphere, many solid companies are not overpriced and sport dividend yields higher than bond and bank savings yields. Abella opines that “attractive yields of dividend stocks coupled with attractive valuations can also help drive solid returns over time, with a higher confidence in expected performance.” During regular flu seasons, a winter resurgence of infections is normal, and new, more contagious strains of COVID-19 likely will find more victims through spring into summer, weighing on economic growth. This could be offset by rising levels of immunity as inoculations ramp up. There’s concern about overvaluations in some stocks with high P/E multiples that dominate the top of the S&P 500 index, combined with anxiety about tax policy and costs of Green New Deal initiatives. However, Rochdale opinion leaders are generally positive, noting “an entrenched expansion should set the stage for an extended bull market, with the same forces that drove the postGreat Financial Crisis decade-long rally — positive growth, low inflation, negative real interest rates and supportive monetary policy — continuing to put upward pressure on equity prices in general.” The best advice comes from a slogan that first appeared on a motivational poster produced by the British government aimed at citizens in preparation for WW II: “Keep Calm and Carry On.” Roger that!

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Who wrote the first murder mystery? An article in the Wall Street Journal gives the credit to Sophocles. Amanda Foreman, author of the article “Sleuthing through the ages,” says Oedipus Rex, KATHY dating back to 429 MANOS PENN BC, is in essence a tale of sleuthing. Oedipus resolves to discover who murdered Laius. That makes Oedipus the sleuth. The twist is that it turns out to be Oedipus who unwittingly killed Laius — his father — and also unwittingly married his mother. A tangled web indeed. Next, murder mysteries appeared in China, where magistrate literature was developed during the Song dynasty circa 960–1279. In these tales, it was judges who told stories of their cases. From there, we move to German author E.T.A. Hoffmann, whom the author credits with turning amateurs into sleuths. The heroine in one of his novellas is an elderly writer who helps with a murder case involving stolen jewelry. Perhaps she was the prototype for Miss Marple. It’s not long, though, before Ms. Foreman gets to Edgar Alan Poe “who is generally regarded as the godfather of detective fiction.” It’s hard to believe Poe wrote “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” in 1841, and people are still reading it today. He too featured an amateur sleuth, August Dupin. And then, of course, Arthur Conan Doyle appears on the scene with Sherlock Holmes. He is quite possibly the longest enduring character in the mystery genre. The last Holmes story was published in

1927, and by then “the Golden Age of British crime fiction was in full swing.” Sherlock Holmes may predate Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, but they too are enduring characters both in print and in film. Both have their peculiarities, though neither is addicted to cocaine as is Sherlock. Dame Agatha’s mysteries are genteel. Not so, the novels by American authors Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Their writing is described as “hard-boiled social realism . . . [wherein] dead bodies in libraries are replaced by bloody corpses in cars.” The article goes on to mention spy novels and psychological thrillers of today as merely two of the many subgenres that have sprung from the original murder mystery. When I think of spy novels, I think of authors John Le Carre, Eric Lustbader and Robert Ludlum to name only a few. I had to turn to the internet for a list of 25 thriller titles and was surprised to see how few I’ve read. Several seem promising and are going on my library list: “The Guest List,” “Stillhouse Lake,” and “In a Dark, Dark Wood.” I did read “The Silence of the Lambs.” Didn’t everyone? And I read “The Girl on the Train” and “Gone Girl,” but didn’t care for the latter. I want at least one likable character in my books. So, I’m back to my favorite refrain, “So many books, so little time,” written by, of all people, Frank Zappa. Not a bad problem to have. Award-winning author Kathy Manos Penn is a Sandy Springs resident. Find her cozy mysteries locally at The Enchanted Forest and on Amazon. Contact her at inkpenn119@gmail.com, or facebook.com/KathyManosPennAuthor.

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