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Federal aid applied to youth programs By JEFFREY ALBERTSON newsroom@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council cruised through a lite agenda May 9 unanimously approving a grant for a summer program for schoolaged children and changing the language in the city’s public art ordinance. The grant, totaling $200,000 and originating from American Rescue Plan money the city received, will be used to subsidize school programs during the summer directed by Corners Outreach. The money will be directed to a K-5 program at the Dunwoody Corners Academy and a program for middle and high school students at Peachtree Middle School. Students will have access to reading, tutoring and camp activities. The city solicited a grant award request, but Corners Outreach was the only applicant. This will be the first time the city has used ARP funding for a community-based program. “Corners Outreach’s original proposal was for $196,000 which was for the funding of staff, equipment and vehicles over the summer for a five-day-a-week, eight-week program of up to 250 students hosted at the Dunwoody Corners Academy Center and Peachtree Middle School collectively,” a memo from Assistant City Manager J. Jay Vinicki said. Some modifications have been made to the original proposal. The original application called for $196,000 for 250 students, or $784 per
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The Dunwoody City Council cleared the May 9 meeting agenda in about 43 minutes, taking up a school summer grant program and a revision to the public art ordinance. student. The current program enrollment is 175 students. Instead of granting funds for teachers and purchasing equipment, the city would provide funds for 175 students totaling $137,200 up front. Every student over 175 the organization is able to enroll, it will receive an additional $784. If Corners Outreach cannot enroll 175 students, it will return $784 for each student under that
threshold. Grant eligibility is based on an income calculation yet to be determined. “Eligibility will be any Dunwoody resident enrolled in school and neighboring cities’ children whose family are a certain percentage of poverty in terms of family income,” Vinicki said in the memo. The contract and final details are still being drafted. The summer pro-
grams are scheduled to start May 31. In another matter, the council discussed revising language for the
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By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — Robert Allen Vandel, accused of raping a 13-year-old student while teaching at Fulton Academy of Science and Technology in Roswell, pleaded guilty to five charges on May 6. The charges include rape, aggravated child molestation, false imprisonment and two counts of child molestation. Vandel, 64, of Canton, entered a non pros to three counts of sexual assault by persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority. Had he been convicted of all offenses, Vandel faced a maximum sentence of life in prison plus 50 years. However, on May 6, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kelly Ellerbe sentenced Vandel to 10 years in prison, followed by life on probation and required him to register as a sex offender. Additionally, Vandel is to have no contact with the alleged victims named in the indictment or unsupervised contact with children under the age of 16. Ellerbe said she had some hesitation in granting Vandel’s guilty plea, but she did so to help “close this chapter” for the victims and protect them from having to testify. “These cases involving children who have been allegedly subjected to rape or all types of aggravated child molestation are extremely difficult on children …,” Ellerbe said. “It’s very difficult for attorneys with 40 years of training to come before a judge and make the case and it’s very hard on the children to kind of relive.” Before being sentenced, Fulton County prosecutor Lauren McAuley said that on Aug. 31, 2021, the mother of one of Vandel’s former students reported to Roswell police her daughter had been sexually assaulted by her science teacher at FAST. McAuley said the juvenile had previously complained to the school about Vandel rubbing her shoulders and touching her breasts. Then, in March 2020, Vandel asked the student to come into
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Robert Allen Vandel, 64, of Canton, pleads guilty to five charges in Fulton County Superior Court on May 6. Vandel, a former teacher at Fulton Academy of Science and Technology in Roswell, was arrested Sept. 2, 2021, for the rape of a 13-year-old student. On either side are his defense attorneys Brian Steel and Maxwell Schardt. his classroom during recess, locked the door where she couldn’t reach and raped her on a desk, McAuley said. As the student’s mental health declined, McAuley said, she disclosed the rape. Shortly thereafter, another 13-yearold former student of Vandel’s came forward, saying that he had also touched her inappropriately and smacked her buttocks with a ruler. “Surrounding these incidents of abuse was a pattern of grooming behavior and manipulations by the defendant where he manipulated his position of trust with these girls in order to advance his perverse desires to molest them,” McAuley said. “He would give them candy and ice cream outside of rewarding other students, he would treat them special, he would give them answers to pop quizzes and tests in advance of other students and generally created an opportunity for him to commit these acts,” she
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continued. McAuley said that when the Roswell Police Department investigated the incidents, Detective C. Dickerson found Vandel had a long-standing pattern of similar behavior while serving as a science teacher in middle school environments for the majority of his professional career. Reading from impact statements written by the two victims, their parents stated that they continue to deal with the aftermath of their experiences. “I want so bad for his face to be gone from my memory, but it’s always there, haunting me in my dreams,” one letter stated. “In real life, I can’t see a man with white hair without being sick to my stomach and wanting to run.” Vandel was arrested on Sept. 2, 2021. He faces at least two more felony counts of sexual battery of a minor at Lyndon Academy in Holly Springs, which is where he was working after resigning or being fired from FAST.
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Dunwoody Rotary Club schedules information event at Spruill Gallery BY ADAM DARBY adam@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Rotary Club of Dunwoody is hosting an open evening event on May 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Spruill Gallery on Ashford Dunwoody Road. Guests attending the free event will enjoy an evening of art, wine, and fellowship with Dunwoody Rotarians as a way to inform residents of the upcoming opportunities for those interested in joining the service club. While touring the gallery’s Matri-ARC exhibit presented by the club highlighting the work of 10 Georgia female artists, guests can also learn more about Rotary International and its many accomplishments around the globe. “The [Rotary Club of Dunwoody] is very active in the local community,” said Membership Director Dave Burr. “Just during the month of May, we will have helped with the coordination for the Dunwoody Art Festival, led a cleanup project at the Dunwoody Nature Center, hosted a fundraiser golf tournament for The Longest Day program for the Alzheimer’s Association, maintained the traffic island at the Dunwoody Library, and supported the Matri-ARC exhibit at the Spruill Gallery.” Since 1984, Dunwoody Rotary has executed service projects addressing literacy, education, health, hunger, clean water, the environment, and peace and conflict resolution. The endeavors have assisted many local organizations including the Dunwoody Nature Center, Georgia Alzheimer’s Association, Dunwoody High School, Dunwoody and Kingsley Elementary, the Special Olympics, Junior Achievement and others.
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Worker fends off attack with a can of Sprite DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police responded to a call May 3 about an unidentified woman allegedly threatening an employee with a handgun at the BP gas station on Chamblee-Dunwoody Road. The employee told police the woman entered the store and “began resting her hand on things on the counter, causing them to fall over.” When the employee asked her to stop, the woman knocked over a rack of merchandise. The employee followed her to the front doors and attempted to push her outside and lock the doors.
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Earlier this month, the Rotary Club of Dunwoody helped coordinate the Dunwoody Arts Festival, an event designed to support local arts and education. With more than 70 diverse professionals, small business owners, educators, entrepreneurs, public officials, consultants and retirees, Dunwoody Rotary recently celebrated its 38th anniversary of local service. In support of the local arts and education, the club is also celebrating its recent partnership with the art gallery. “Our sponsorship of the new exhibit at the Spruill Center is exciting,” club’s President-Elect Jennifer Shumway said. “The [Matri-ARC] exhibit highlights the women’s artistic path, and how they created a legacy through imagination… We as Rotarians are inspired to see our community embrace the arts, imagine a better future and what can be accom-
plished by a few for the many.” Dunwoody’s club continues to promote local service benefitting the community as a part of Rotary International. The global organization currently has more than 1.4 million members worldwide investing about 47 million volunteer hours annually. In its 2020-21 Rotary year, the organization invested approximately $333 million in projects that “make a difference both locally and internationally,” Burr said. Food and beverages will be provided at no charge. For any questions about the event or to learn more about joining the Rotary Club of Dunwoody, call Burr at 404-556-4056 or email dave@mailcenteretc.com.
The employee told police the woman said not to push her and pulled a handgun out of a bag she was carrying. In response, the employee grabbed a can of Sprite and “told her to go ahead and try it and that he would knock her out with said beverage,” according to the report. He called police just before 1 a.m. The employee said he didn’t have access to the camera footage, but that another employee would be able to retrieve it during the daytime. He said he did not want to file a report “because things like this happen all the time.”
member told police the man was using hotel computers meant only for hotel guests, and that he had been asked to leave multiple times. Another staff member was telling the man to leave as police approached him, but he remained seated. The man said he did not have an ID on him. When asked to identify himself, the man repeatedly gave police a false name and date of birth, which they could not find in their database. He initially told police he should have a driver’s license from Florida, then said it may be out of Virginia. Police detained the man and searched him. The man’s backpack contained a form with a different name and date of birth listed for him. When police searched the info, the photo matched the suspect. Police transported Miles Wright of Groveland, Florida, to the DeKalb County Jail on charges of criminal trespass and providing police with a false name. Officers also found he had a warrant out of New Jersey for sexual assault.
Man cited for trespassing wanted for sexual assault DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police arrested a Florida man May 5 for trespassing, then later discovered he was wanted in New Jersey for sexual assault. Police responded to a call of a trespasser at Hampton Inn on Ashford Dunwoody Road around 7:45 a.m. A staff
Since 1984, the Rotary Club of Dunwoody has continued to perform cleanup and service projects within the community.
We as Rotarians are inspired to see our community embrace the arts, imagine a better future and what can be accomplished by a few for the many.” JENNIFER SHUMWAY Rotary Club of Dunwoody president-elect
Suspects in shoplifting arrested returning to store DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police arrested two Atlanta residents May 2 after the pair allegedly stole more than $700 in merchandise from Dillard’s at Perimeter Mall three days prior. A loss prevention associate told police the pair entered the store April 30, gathered armfuls of clothing and ran out of the store without paying. The suspects returned to the store on May 2, where the associate immediately recognized them and called police, according to the report. The suspects were holding armfuls of clothing and dropped them as they noticed officers approaching them. Both suspects were detained without incident. Police confirmed the suspects were captured on surveillance video during the earlier shoplifting incident. Both were charged with shoplifting for the April 30 incident.
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The first, best step in making America great again I always thought the idea was puzzling. America is still great. I don’t recall that we ever ceased to be great. I remember reading something a while ago that really does speak to this. It said that if we deRAY APPEN cided to allow anyone Publisher Emeritus in the world to immiray@appenmediagroup.com grate to this country who wanted to, half the world would move in next week. And they would. Anyone know another country that would compare? One of the things that makes this country great, possibly more than anything else, is our values – individual rights, freedom, equal opportunity, honor, integrity, honesty, and especially the rule of law. These values are at the core of who we are today, and, most importantly, they will determine our future. As important as these values and ideals are, there is one thing that is and historically has been even more important – our willingness to defend them. Time and again, we have been willing to defend them, to fight for them on battlefields from Normandy to the jungles of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, and on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in front of a quarter million people Aug. 28,
1963. When our core values have been threatened, we have stepped up and protected them at all costs. None of these values come cheap. They are not free. We have defended them for over 200 years with our blood, our lives, our honor. Today, however, we seem to have lost our way. We’re still great, but we have stumbled. Our country has been torn apart. We have forgotten who we are. We seem to have abandoned most of our values. Why? I can’t write about “why” now, here, because there are so many reasons we have collectively stumbled. But, I will point a broad-brush finger at three, and they are all related and generally get back to money: unlimited PAC money (Citizens United) pouring into our political “system;” unregulated social media and internet spreading toxic and frequently false information on a massive scale; and the geometrically increasing concentration of wealth in this country – basically turning control of the country to a bunch of billionaires, most of whom don’t know any better than you or I about what is right, wrong, or good or bad, but whose opinions and desires now are weighted a thousand times more than my opinion or yours. So how do we fix it? One step you can take now. I believe 1,000 percent we fix it by each of us indi-
vidually consistently taking tiny steps in the direction of restoring and reprioritizing our core values. That is, we all have a choice to be part of the solution or part of the problem. And we’re lucky to still have this choice. Much of the rest of the world does not. Fixing our country is all about values. Our actions need to support the values we believe in. Voting is one of our tools that allow us to communicate – and demand – which values our electors must prioritize. Here is why and how: Brad Raffensperger. Please consider that voting for the next Georgia Secretary of State is not a Democrat, Republican or Libertarian issue. It is a “value” issue, and our values in this instance should be independent of party. In the last election and against overwhelming pressure from his own president and his own party, and with almost no support from his peers, Raffensperger defended truth and the facts. He stood his ground for you, for me, for every American. He defended the rule of law and the veracity of our election system that ain’t broken – because it was the right thing to do. We all know – at least in private – that there was no significant election fraud. The unlimited money spent and the scores of investigations would have found it if it existed. It didn’t.
Each and every one of us know that. Brad Raffensperger had everything politically and personally to gain by caving into the pressure and prostituting our law, but he didn’t. He stood his ground, something that almost no other fellow elected official had the guts or spine to do. They are cowards. Raffensperger is an American hero. He is the type of guy that in combat, you want covering your back. Right now, every voter in Georgia has a huge, very specific opportunity to slap down the clowns – those who have abandoned the values we hold sacred – and fire a broadside warning to them by reelecting Mr. Raffensperger. If we don’t support him, what message would that send to the elite entrenched, self-serving politicians in office who don’t honor the same values that we honor? Keep doing what you do? Keep trashing our Democracy? Don’t do the right thing if there is any risk to your own status or personal agenda? Keep hiding behind your wall of silence, and don’t stand up for what is right? We need more – many more – elected officials with the integrity, backbone and honor like Raffensperger. This election is our chance to communicate to all parties that we will be taking control back and the deadwood will no longer be tolerated. This is our time; seize it for all our sake. Thank you Brad Raffensperger for doing the right thing – for us all.
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The fight over widening Ashford-Dunwoody Road The announcement that Ashford Dunwoody Road would be widened came in 1980, nine years after the opening of Perimeter Mall. The community of Dunwoody opposed the widening, predicting it would VALERIE lead to commercial BIGGERSTAFF development in its residential areas. The Dunwoody Homeowner’s Association started a petition and worked to stop the widening of Ashford Dunwoody Road and of Mount Vernon Road. Protestors gathered along the side of the road with signs. Attorney Bill Hurst filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the DHA asking for a court ordered injunction to halt the fourlane construction.
The DHA was successful in stopping the widening of Mount Vernon Road, except for the section from Ashford Dunwoody Road to the Fulton/DeKalb County line. They were also able to keep the speed limit from increasing from 35 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour. (“The Queen of Dunwoody: Remembering Community Visionary Joyce Amacher,” by Lynne Barfield Byrd) Although the plan to widen Ashford Dunwoody Road was not stopped, DHA President Terry Huetter felt the efforts of the community to stop the project did have a positive effect, saying “It probably wouldn’t have ended up being a parkway otherwise.” (Atlanta Constitution, April 23, 1981, “Homeowners cringe as AshfordDunwoody expands”) Once the battle to stop the four-lane expansion of Ashford Dunwoody Road was lost, the Dunwoody Garden Club campaign to beautify the median began.
The club decided to make the best of the situation, led by club President Joyce Amacher. (Dunwoody Crier, March 25, 1982, “Ashford Dunwoody median landscaping begun last week”) After several conversations with Tom Moreland, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Transportation, Joyce Amacher and Lynne Byrd were able to convince him to use funds intended for a concrete median toward landscaping. After conversations with DeKalb County officials, members knew they would need to produce a design, find financing and maintain the design. The estimated cost was $60,000. Garden Club members went to developers and tenants in the Perimeter area, local civic organizations, local businesses and elected officials. All property owners on Ashford Dunwoody Road between I-285 and Mt. Vernon Road were asked to participate. County Commissioner Jean Williams
assisted Amacher in obtaining $10,000 from the developers of the Ravinia-Hines Development. A donation of $10,000 was also secured from Lane Properties. State Rep. Bruce Widener was able to secure $16,000 from the state. Taylor and Mathis paid for the landscape plan, which was completed by Hickory Hill Landscaping. The original landscaping plan called for a variety of maple and oak trees, along with Bradford pears, a variety of shrubbery and 18,000 pieces of ground cover. The median is maintained today by the Perimeter Community Improvement District. A DOT official predicted in 1981 that traffic would increase 60 to 70 percent over the next 20 years. I would not begin to guess how much it has increased as of 2022. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@ gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.
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It takes a more than desire to write like Mark Twain Everyone should have one or more hobbies. Mine are gardening and music. I once liked to watch baseball games on TV before billboards started popping up PAT FOX behind home plate Managing Editor with every windup – pat@appenmedia.com it gives new meaning to the term “pitch.” Another hobby is keeping a list of great writing. When I read something that shows a real talent – a turn of phrase, a clever literary device – I make note of it. It’s my own list, and no one has to agree with it. I am not on the list. I could tell you that the most glamorous literary paragraph written over the past century is on Page 82 of “Babbitt,” by Sinclair Lewis, or that Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning” is the most impactful book written over the same period. The saddest lament – among the many great ones written – comes from Mingo war chief James Logan, whose en-
tire family was killed in the 1774 Yellow Creek Massacre, and mourned, “There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature.” While few among us could match this level of virtuosity, it still saddens me that few people try. Websites and even newspapers are awash in sloppy writing. The noted poetry critic John Ciardi once opined that everyone is a poet. Your thoughts, your inspirations are as profound as anyone’s. The difference between the average clod like me and, say, Lord Byron is that the bard had the skill to translate his thoughts onto paper. That takes work, Ciardi said… “more than the excitation of one’s own ignorance.” What I’m talking about here are writers who, bless their hearts, are serious about making a point without sharpening their pencils. I can spell reasonably well. And, I have a better-than-average understanding of grammar and punctuation. That’s a low bar for a writer. Unless you’re Virginia Wolf or William Faulkner, most sentences should have a subject and a predicate. Nothing fancy, just a noun and a verb.
“Jesus wept.” See? Easy. I don’t want to single anyone out for special treatment here, but I find today’s online sportswriters the most profligate with the written word and most corrupt at journalism in general. I’ve been privileged to have worked in the same newsroom with some of the best sports writers in the country – Furman Bisher, Jack Wilkinson, Steve Hummer, to name a few. Their writing had power and prose. It always looked easy, but I know it wasn’t. My complaint is more with those behind sports news websites. Here are some observations about this new crop of sportswriters cluttering these sites: • Every sports story must include the word “arguably.” • Most sports websites do not report sports. They report what a sports figure says about something, usually some trash talk. Most times, the story has been stolen from a post-game interview conducted by a legitimate sports reporter. • Some sites employ the “double steal,” the practice of republishing
remarks from Twitter about remarks stolen from the post-game interview. • Most online sports writers love cliches like “trashes,” “destroys” and “gets schooled.” More astounding still is the number of online sports sites that enlist a team of high school interns to comb social media sites to rehash what has already been reported by legitimate news services. Back in the old days, we used to call this plagiarism. It was looked down upon. Years ago, I worked for a small daily newspaper in the Midwest. We had some 10 reporters and four photographers. The paper didn’t make a lot of money, so our work was important to us. We were proud of covering local and regional news for our subscribers. Every day, the news director of a local radio station spent his noon broadcast reading our stories verbatim over the airwaves. We asked him repeatedly to stop doing it, maybe preserve the crease in his pants and go do his own reporting. He seldom did. He was lazy. It seems to be catching.
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Sometimes in life, it pays to be the little guy Let the chips fall
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It pays to be the little guy. At least, that’s how some officials may have felt this year as federal coronavirus aid hit city coffers. Part of the American Rescue Plan Act signed March 2021, the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program allocates $350 billion to aid local, state and Tribal governments as they respond to COVID-19. How exactly the funds are distributed will leave some Metro Atlanta cities better off than others. In all, $45.6 billion is earmarked for metropolitan cities, which ARPA essentially defines as a city with more than 50,000 residents. The Act allocates these funds in a way similar to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s longstanding Community Development Block Grant program. The CDBG formula calculates an area’s need for federal aid using variables like housing availability, poverty level and population growth rate. The U.S. Treasury then gives the amount directly to each city. Another $19.5 billion is allocated for smaller municipalities. These cities are in a category called non-entitlement units (NEUs) and receive funds indirectly. The federal government pays two lump sums to each state, which is then responsible for distributing them among their NEUs on a simple, standard per-capita basis. You take the state’s population, subtract the number of people in its metropolitan cities and then divide the NEU allocation by that amount. There are about 2.3 million residents of NEUs in Georgia, and their respective local governments will split $862 million.
So how did that shake out for Metro Atlanta cities? The City of Milton has a population of 40,000. Its 2022 general fund, the budget of core administrative and operational tasks, is $34.8 million. It expects to see $14.7 million in federal aid. For context, in 2018 Milton paid $4.5 million for the 130 acres now known as Milton City Park and Preserve. To its southwest is Roswell, with 92,000 people and an annual budget of $82 million. Twice the size of Milton and notably less affluent, Roswell will receive about $11.3 million from ARPA. Johns Creek has 85,000 people and a $62 million budget. Its ARPA allocation? $7 million, half what Milton is receiving. Alpharetta has a budget of $66 million to serve 65,000 residents next year. It seems to have gotten the shortest end of the stick, standing to collect about $6.6 million in coronavirus aid. So, what sets Milton apart from Alpharetta, Johns Creek and Roswell? It has fewer than 50,000 residents and, luckily for Mayor Peyton Jamison and the vacant finance director position, it is not classified a metropolitan city. The luckiest officials, though, will be Mayor Lynn Deutsch and the Dunwoody City Council. I’ll give you the number first. Dunwoody is scheduled to receive $18.4 million in federal aid from the ARP Act. The city’s 2022 general fund clocks in around $28 million. Of that amount, $2.5 million will come from the city’s reserves. Another $8 million will come from things like alcohol permits and fees power companies pay to use city property. By the end of the year Dunwoody will have made more from ARPA than it will from business and
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occupational taxes, property taxes and the municipal court. But they get luckier still. When ARPA’s initial guidelines were released May 2021, the only full, publicly available Census data was from 2019. Statewide numbers for 2020 had been released but not yet broken down by city and county. To avoid confusion, the Treasury determined that it would only use the 2019 data. In the 2019 Census, Dunwoody’s population is listed as 49,731. In 2020, it’s 51,683. Whew!
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Just like with the CARES Act, ARPA funding comes with restrictions about how, and when, you can use it. According to ARPA’s Final Rule, the money can only be used to: • Replace lost public sector revenue • Support the COVID-19 public health and economic response • Provide premium pay for eligible workers performing essential work • Invest in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure There is a deadline for spending the money or you risk losing it. According to the Treasury, “costs must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026.” As with the CARES Act and TSPLOST, and a few bond referendums, some Metro Atlanta cities are using inventive interpretations of what those instructions mean. So, I guess it depends on who you ask. Last month, the Dunwoody City Council voted to create an “ARP 2” fund and promptly deposited $10 million into it. The purpose stated in the meeting and explicitly on the city’s website was that the action “would allow that $10 million to be
used for the same intent as the original funding, but it would remove federal requirements and time frames from the spending.” My prediction is that over the next few years there will be even more greenspace acquisitions than we expected. We’ll see a cabal of consultants sign contracts with our cities to administer ARPA funds, just as we will with TSPLOST II. And we’ll watch those dollars quickly dissipate into general and capital funds, implicitly bound for projects that may or may not line up with their intended uses. For the luckiest residents – those in Dunwoody – I urge a reminder. Remember this spending, and these coffers. Remember it when officials come to you, possibly in the near future, and pitch a tax increase. Especially remember it if the proposal cites needs that are addressed by the four actual, intended uses of ARPA dollars, like stormwater improvement or first responder pay. You shouldn’t have to pay the little guy twice.
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Alpharetta man sentenced for role in Capitol assault By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A federal judge has sentenced Kevin Douglas Creek, a business owner and former Marine, to 27 months in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. At the May 2 sentencing, Creek, 47, of Alpharetta, was also ordered to serve 12 months of supervised release and to pay $2,000 in restitution. FBI agents arrested Creek June 9, 2021, in Johns Creek. He is the owner of Nailed It Roofing and Restoration LLC and served in the Marine Corps from 1995-99, according to LinkedIn. The Department of Justice states Creek faced several federal felony charges including assault on a federal officer, physical violence on Capitol grounds, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. A criminal complaint filed in June states camera footage shows Creek striking a Metropolitan Police officer and a member of the U.S. Capitol Police. The document also refers to financial, phone, travel and social media records that place Creek at the Capitol on Jan. 6. The affidavit states that in a voluntary meeting May 21, 2021, Creek told the FBI he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 but “did not remember assaulting any officer.” He also provided the FBI with a description of the clothes he was wearing on that day and the names of his traveling companions. Then, on Dec. 1, 2021, Creek pleaded guilty to “assaulting, resisting or imped-
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Dunwoody to host town halls to discuss capital investments DUNWOODY, Ga. – The City of Dunwoody announced May 10 it will host a series of town hall meetings to engage residents about city finances and potential capital investments. The first event is scheduled for May 17, with others planned for May 24 and 25. Capital investments include onetime expenses like road resurfacing, intersection improvements, equipment or land purchases and building upgrades. The meetings will run from 6 to 8 p.m. at the following locations: • May 17 at Kingsley Racquet and Swim Club, 2325 North Peachtree Way • May 24 at Dunwoody City Hall, 4800 Ashford Dunwoody Road
Funds: Continued from Page 1 public art ordinance allowing for greater latitude. Under the current ordinance, public art has to meet a series of theme requirements and an easement is required between the city and a private property owner. “Each of these requirements have produced unintended consequences in the implementation of the City’s Public Art Plan, and staff requests removing these two requirements from the ordinance,” Director of Economic Development Michael Starling said in a memo dated April 28.
• May 25 at the N. Shallowford Annex, 4470 N. Shallowford Road The announcement comes in the wake of the city’s formation of a Capital Prioritization Committee at an April 25 City Council meeting. Officials said the group would initiate community discussions on the capital needs of the city. At a planning retreat held in Dahlonega in March, Assistant City Manager Jay Vinicki told officials that although Dunwoody is currently financially healthy, “the revenue structure designed at incorporation does not match in any form the current demands of citizens in the city.” – Carl Appen
Starling said the themes were supposed to provide artists with inspiration to create art that is reflective of the spirit of Dunwoody, but it has led to art that tends toward the promotional. This has led to artists being constrained from proposing art that is diverse, original and engages the community. Starling also criticized the easement requirement for reducing the number of public art projects in Dunwoody. Councilman Rob Price said the ordinance was seen as too restrictive when it came before the Dunwoody Planning Commission. “It is smart and a logical first step to make some amendments here,” Councilman Tom Lambert said. “You don’t want to choke the creativity out of the artist.”
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An EVENING OF GREAT ART & WINE AT THE SPRUILL GALLERY Would you like to learn about Rotary and why so many local residents have joined the Rotary Club of Dunwoody? Please join the club for a free event on
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Spruill Gallery 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Rd, Atlanta, GA 30338 You can enjoy an evening of fellowship with Dunwoody Rotarians, tour the gallery’s Matri-ARC Women as creators within the arc of time, Food and beverages will be provided at no charge. Learn about Rotary International, and explore the opportunities associated with joining this service club. If you have questions about the event or questions about Rotary and cannot join us on May 26, please access www.dunwoodyrotary.org or email us at dunwoody@rotary6900.org.
The Rotary Club of Dunwoody Celebrating its 38th anniversary.
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Bargains Recreation Garden/Lawn DISCOUNT CYPESS & ARBOVITAE TREES avniarpacilar@hotmail. com Trampoline: Free, but must dissassemble. 770-394-1284
Cemetery Cemetery GREELAWN ROSWELL Prime drive-up location! Accommodates 4 urns, or one casket & one urn. $4895. 770-7143423
Real Estate Wanted to Rent One or 2 bedroom apartment or condo in Dunwoody, beginning in August. 770-378-4920
POOL TECHNICIANS WANTED Part-time & Full-time positions available. Pay is $12-$14 per hour. Hours starting at 6:30AM, Monday-Friday. Pick-up truck not required but must have your own reliable transportation. Gas allowance provided. Looking for people who enjoy working outside and are enthusiastic, dependable & punctual. Able to contribute independently or on a crew with consistently friendly attitude. Well-established commercial pool maintenance company providing service in the North Atlanta Metro area.
Call Bill: 404-245-9396
Real Estate Services OLDER ADULT with an extra room? Want help with expenses/ household chores? Homeshare ATL matches homeowners with mature adults seeking affordable housing. One adult must be 60+. All applicants fully screened. Must be vaccinated. Free. No personal care. jfcsatl.org/homeshareatl 770-677-9435
Office Space for Rent DUNWOODY EXECUTIVE OFFICE 1637 Mt. Vernon Road, adjacent to Panera and across from Dunwoody Village. Fully furnished with use of the conference room. Internet and free parking included. $625/ month. Contact Stanley Dean at 770-392-1113 or sdean@sdacpa.com.
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CLASSIFIED LINE AD RATES Call 770-442-3278
Concrete/Asphalt
A – 1 DRIVEWAY REPLACEMENT COMPANY
Specializing in
Part-time
DRIVEWAY REPLACEMENT
SIDEWALKS, PATIOS, AND SLABS
Newspaper Delivery Routes Open We have several delivery routes open in the Alpharetta-Roswell / North Fulton area.
Since 1974 Insured – Free Estimates
The work is once a week and requires the following: Reliable transportation, very clean driving record (we do a record check), and professional work ethic. We prefer the ideal person to have experience delivering newspapers but that is not an absolute requirement.
David Scott 770-493-6222
The delivery route is to every home in the subdivision - and is NOT subscriber based. The route can be done on your schedule - within our specific 2-3 day window - depending on which paper you deliver. We pay for all your gas, provide bags, and pay you as an independent contractor on a per home delivered basis. Call our office at 770-442-3278 to request an application. The typical route pays approximately $140 plus gas per week and takes about 4-5 hours to deliver.
Service Directory Garage Doors
Dunwoody Door Lift Co. The ONLY garage door company in Dunwoody!
We sell, install and repair garage doors and openers. Authorized Genie Dealer serving Dunwoody since 1973.
770-393-1652
If you can’t lift your door, let Dunwoody Door Lift it!
Concrete/Asphalt
Retaining Walls Brick or Wood
Contact Ralph Rucker. Many local references. Honest, punctual, professional and reasonable prices!
678-898-7237
Driveway
$250 OFF NEW DRIVEWAY!
Mention this ad. Concrete driveway specialists. Driveways, Pool Decks, Patios, Walkways, Slabs. A+ BBB rating. FREE ESTIMATE. Call Rachael at 678-250-4546 to schedule a FREE Estimate. 30 years of experience. ARBOR HILLS CONSTRUCTION INC. Please note we do have a minimum charge on accepted jobs of $4,500.
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ALEX FRASER MASONRY INC. • BRICK • CONCRETE Alex Fraser, President www.alexfrasermasonry.com E-Mail: afrasermasonry@aol.com Handyman
Roofing
Matthew the Handyman - Carpentry, painting, drywall, plumbing. Electrical and small jobs. 404-547-2079.
KETNER CONTRACTING
Tree Services Neumann’s Landscape & Tree Service: Joe Neumann 770-452-1173 or 404-644-7179.
* Re-Roofs, * Repairs & Painting. * * Lic/Ins. * Exc Refs. * Free Est. * 25+ Years Experience Neil Ketner 770-318-7762.
Tree Services Neumann’s Landscape & Tree Service: Joe Neumann 770-452-1173 or 404-644-7179.
• BLOCK • STONEWORK FULLY INSURED Tel: (770) 664-2294 Cell: (404) 281-0539
Masonry
MARTINEZ MASONRY
Retaining Walls • Patios• Repairs
Walkways • Masonry Work
martinezmasonry281@yahoo.com
404-408-4170
Ask for Tony Martinez QUALITY BRICK, STONE, TILE, CONCRETE, DECKS, PARKING LOT SEAL COATING & STRIPING WORK & More... Over 25 years experience. 404-458-0060
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Service Directory Landscaping
Pressure Washing
AwArd winning LAndscApes
20 years of Keeping Dunwoody Green
Installation Maintenance Seasonal Color
Ogletree Enterprises
CELEBRATING MY 41ST YEAR! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU!
a MALTA Award Winning Firm Ken Ogletree
770.840.8884
MY EXPERIENCE ACHIEVES OPTIMAL RESULTS!!!
Licensed • Insured • References Haulers
Full Service Bush Hogging, LANDSCAPING Company Clearing, Grading, Hauling, Etc.
Many local references-
Retaining walls (brick or wood), grading, sod, tree services, hauling, topsoil & more.
678-898-7237
678-898-7237
Call Ralph Rucker
Ralph Rucker
Home Improvement
Painters
Landscaping Licensed
Insured
Full Service Exterior Specialists ROOFING • SIDING CARPENTRY • GUTTERS www.PaintingPlus.com www.SidingPlus.com
ROT-DOC
Rot Repair Technician
Don’t waste good paint on rotten wood. Minor repairs make a major difference!
770-971-1577
Interior/Exterior Painting Pressure Washing Rotten Wood Deck Repair Free Estimates
Quality Without Compromise
ROBERT CROAWELL REMODELING
Thurman | 770.899.1354 | www.rot-doc.com
Full Service Contractor
Electricians
Additions • Kitchens Basements • Bathrooms Interior/Exterior Paint Minor Repairs Licensed Insured Office: 770-814-0064 Cell: 678-642-8314
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Tree Services
DANGEROUS REMOVALS & TRIMMING FREE ESTIMATES INSURED & REFERENCES CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL 20% OFF WITH THIS AD! griffintreeservices.com
404-234-4810 Roofing
Belco Electric
“Family Owned Since 1972” Fast Dependable Service by Professional Uniformed Electricians
770-455-4556
Check out our new website: BelcoInc.com and follow us on:
Miscellaneous
Budget Fabrics And Upholstery *DISCOUNT PRICES*
-FREE Design Consultation• Thousands of designer 770-396-6891 fabrics IN STOCK 770-396-6824 Mon-Fri 8-6 • Sat 8-3
ROOF LEAKING? Call us for roof repair or roof replacement. FREE quotes. $200 OFF Leak Repairs or 10% off New Roof. Affordable, quality roofing. Based in Roswell. Serving North Atlanta since 1983. Call to schedule FREE Quote: 770-284-3123. Christian Brothers Roofing
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