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Parents cry foul over school staffing District shuffles teachers two months into classes BY CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody and Chamblee area parents say they are stunned and furious over DeKalb County Schools’ decision to combine classes, reassign teachers and relocate staff to other schools outside their region. More than 170 teachers are involved in the balancing initiative, which comes more than two months into the school year. School district officials say the adjustment was necessary because of a miscalculation in the number of students expected to return this year. Officials say the moves are necessary in order to retain $12 million in state funding that would be lost because of the unexpected reduction in student population. “Our projections (regarding the number of students returning for the 2021-2022 school year) fell short by about 3,750 students, which has triggered the threat of having to return money to the state,” DeKalb County School Board Chairwoman Vickie B. Turner said. “There is an expectation of compliance every year, and this year is no different.” Turner said the “District Balancing” was achieved by switching teachers to other assignments within their school buildings, moving them to other schools in their region, or relocating them to other schools outside their region. “We started out with 174 positions in jeopardy, and then it went down to
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Montgomery Elementary School is experiencing significant staffing changes as a result of DeKalb County Schools’ district balancing. 82, 78, 67 and 59 and so on,” Turner said. “We are now down to a few teachers that we have not yet found assignments for. It was necessary to move these teachers to schools or grades that literally had no teachers in the classroom.” In some cases, the reassignment of teachers within a school has had a
domino effect that touches nearly every student. Montgomery Elementary School, because of a lower-than-expected student population, had four teacher positions facing elimination. An email sent by Montgomery Principal Lori M. Bolds
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Council assembles all puzzle pieces for Dunwoody Village BY CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council settled a controversial measure that will allow a unification of the Dunwoody Village Overlay District rezoning. At its Sept. 27 meeting, the council voted to incorporate two parcels that had been excluded from the overlay district because of a conflict over an existing buffer zone behind the commercial properties and homeowners in The Branches subdivision. The controversy has been brewing since last year, when city planners proposed a sweeping overlay district rezoning that, among other things, could reduce the land buffer that neighbors behind the commercial properties feared would intrude on their backyards. Hours before the massive overlay district was to come up for a vote in late 2020, a lawsuit was filed by attorneys representing the affected neighbors, contesting the proposed 150-foot land buffer between the commercial and residential properties. Residents said they were fearful that the property owners would develop the land between the properties. The City Council then excluded the properties at 5500 Chamblee
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Man charged with assault after fight with neighbor DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police dispatched to a Sept. 23 disturbance on Dunwoody Crossing arrested a man for allegedly attacking one of his neighbors. Raymond Lee Bolden, a 33-yearold Dunwoody man, was charged with aggravated assault, criminal damage, obstruction of law enforcement and terroristic threats. According to his arrest report, Bolden’s neighbors said he struck their car with a wooden stick. When one of the neighbors confronted Bolden and told him to stop, the suspect allegedly struck the man in the head several times with the stick. Police said there were several scrapes and large dents on the hood of the victims’ vehicle. The man who confronted Bolden had open wounds on both sides of his head from being hit, according to officers.
PUBLIC SAFETY Bolden locked himself inside his apartment when officers arrived and shouted obscenities at police from his door. He claimed the victims were stalking him and trying to set him up, the report stated. Bolden, who is Black, also told one of the white officers on scene that he wouldn’t believe him because of his race. After speaking to the victims, police secured warrants to arrest Bolden. When he refused to come out of his apartment, officers forced their way into the residence and arrested Bolden. He was sedated, bound to a stretcher and taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital for medical treatment after being taken into custody.
Woman loses $1,000 in fraudulent transaction DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police were dispatched to Springfield Drive for a fraud call Sept. 20. A woman said she was duped out of $1,000 when she tried to buy a food truck online over the summer. The victim said she found a food truck being sold on Craig’s List for $2,000. She began negotiating a deal with the seller, who claimed to live in Alpharetta, July 19 via email and cell phone. When she asked to meet in per-
son, the alleged seller said he couldn’t because he was always busy dealing with family problems, she said. He asked the victim to pay a $1,000 deposit on his website, then they could meet in person later for her to pay the balance. The victim said after she made the down payment on July 30, she realized the suspect’s website was fake. The page was deleted days later, and she told officers she has not been able to get in contact with the purported seller since.
Resident reports burglar broke into his garage DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police responded to a burglary reported Sept. 20 at an Andaluslia Trail residence. The victim told officers someone broke into his garage before dawn Sept. 19 and stole his Nike golf clubs and a UCLA bag. The homeowner said his wife accused him of leaving the garage door open overnight, but he believes the door must have malfunctioned. After a neighbor told him of some other auto break-ins that occurred the same night, the man noticed the golf clubs and bag missing while working in the garage. He told police someone likely opened the garage from outside and stole the items.
Truck traffic expected to rise in Metro Atlanta, North Georgia By DAVID PENDERED SaportaReport NORTH METRO ATLANTA — State transportation officials are predicting a boon in truck traffic by 2050 in Metro Atlanta and North Georgia. Rail cargo also is likely to increase significantly, along with congestion at grade-level intersections of train tracks and roads. The I-85 corridor is the center of a big jump projected in facilities for manufacturing goods and agricultural production, and with them the need to move raw and finished goods. Counties on or near the highway, between South Carolina and Alabama, are forecast to rank in the top quartile for industrial growth. Social dynamics also make an imprint on freight movements in the region, including E-commerce and residential infill in longtime industrial areas. “We see that [E-commerce] as the new paradigm we’re looking at for trucks on our roadways,” said Jannine Miller, planning director at Georgia Department of Transportation. “More of the cargo that gets to households and businesses is flowing to destinations on freight vehicles, rather than in personal vehicles.” Northwest Atlanta is one place where tensions are growing between longtime industrial users and an influx of new residents. For 70 years, the area has been the city’s designated rail yard and indus-
trial complex, located between Buckhead and the Chattahoochee River. Atlanta City Councilman Dustin Hillis provided $12,000 from his office account to help pay for a city-led study to find ways to reduce conflicts among users. “We’ll look for the best ways to get to those industrial areas without barreling 18-wheelers through residential neighborhoods,” Hillis said. These circumstances have raised the profile of two major initiatives — updates of long-range plans to accommodate the freight and logistics sector, at the state and regional levels. One is to be conducted by the Georgia Department of Transportation, the other by the Atlanta Regional Commission. Both agencies are in the process of hiring consultants to help oversee the two independent projects. Final reports are expected from GDOT by late 2022, and from ARC by mid-2023. GDOT anticipates f approval of its update in early 2023 from the Federal Highway Administration. ARC intends to complete its freight update in time for it to inform the 2024 Atlanta Region’s Plan Update, an ARC official said. The reality of freight movement is that trucks move most of the freight transported in Georgia — almost 82 percent of the total tonnage. According to an analysis of figures Miller provided in her Sept. 16 report to
GDOT’s board, the proportions in 2019 were: • Truck: 81.9 percent; 439.2 million tons • Railroad: 13.5 percent; 72.6 million tons • Multiple modes: 0.44 percent; 23.7 million tons • Air: 0.0007 percent; 0.4 million tons These figures may evolve as Georgia’s inland ports offer an alternative method to reach the Port of Savannah. The idea is that freight will be shipped by truck to and from facilities in Cordele, Chatsworth and a planned facility in Gainesville. At these facilities, freight will be transferred to a rail car and delivered to or from Savannah. Trucks also are the favored vehicle for transporting food products. Georgia is a pipeline for everything from beer to milled grains on the route between Florida and the Midwest. The amount of truck traffic on I-75 prompted Georgia’s decision to plan construction of two non-tolled, truck-only lanes for northbound vehicles between the areas of Macon and McDonough. The project is the preliminary engineering stage and the most recent update on the project is the virtual Industry Forum convened June 1. About 150 individuals signed the sign-in sheet, representing investors, contractors and consultants. This article was originally published on SaportaReport.com.
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E. 48th Street Market thanks patrons for 35 years in business By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY — There’s a dollar bill above the front entrance at E. 48th Street Market in Dunwoody, a relic from its first sale in 1986, along with newspaper clippings and other memorabilia. Owners Charlie and Anita Augello celebrated the business’ 35th anniversary Thursday, Sept. 30, by holding an open house complete with wine, music and finger foods to thank their family members and longtime customers for their support. Today, the family-run deli is a destination point for those looking for authentic, traditional Italian products. But for those in the community, visiting E. 48th Street Market is like visiting an old friend’s house. As soon as the market opened its doors at 10 a.m. that Thursday, customers began walking in looking for fresh pasta and sausages to family recipe sauces, baked breads, aged cheeses, spices, freshly brewed coffee and more. Charlie greeted them by name. “Hey, Richard,” Charlie said. “Welcome back!” As one woman walked out the door, she yelled back, “A touch of Italy in Dunwoody!” Charlie said one of the customers they’ve served the longest still visits every Saturday between 4:30 and 5 p.m. While owning a small business has been full of challenges, Charlie said he owes the deli’s success to the loyalty of their customers, family and staff. “Everybody’s been a part of the business, and if it wasn’t for them, we probably wouldn’t have survived.” Charlie said.
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Charlie Augello, co-owner of E. 48th Street Market in Dunwoody, serves as chairman of Discover Dunwoody and has held other civic leadership roles over the years. Charlie’s daughter Andrea serves as the business’ executive manager. She and her brother and sister have helped their parents run the business over the years. Charlie and Anita are both first generation Italian-Americans. They met in New York after their families immigrated from Italy in 1912. Charlie’s parents lived on 48th Street in Manhattan, and Anita’s parents settled on 43rd Street. The couple recently celebrated 60 years of marriage. All of their children have also helped to run the business, and their daughter Andrea serves as executive manager today. Charlie said they knew early on that to be successful, they needed to stay focused. “The focus of our business has always been our customers, quality and consistency,” Charlie said. “Our goal was to have repeat customers rather
than customers who only come on special occasions. That’s worked out well. I would say we know a majority of our customers by name, and they know us and feel comfortable shopping here. That has been a big part of establishing our loyalty with our customers.” Along with running a successful business, Charlie and Anita have made an impact in the community by volunteering and donating to various local organizations. Charlie currently serves as the chairman of Discover Dunwoody and has held other civic leadership roles over the years. In 2017, E. 48th Street Market was named Business of the Year by the Dunwoody Homeowners Association. At Thursday’s open house, the
City of Dunwoody held a proclamation ceremony recognizing their 35 years in business. Mayor Lynn Deutsch said it was likely E. 48th Street Market was one of the oldest businesses in the city, making it a staple in the community. “We are so thrilled to honor you,” Deutsch said. “You have been such a vital part of our community … and we are so grateful for that.” E. 48th Street Market’s regular business hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. It is closed on Sundays. E. 48th Street Market is located at 2462 Jett Ferry Rd. For more information, visit E. 48 Street Market on Facebook or e48thstreetmarket.com.
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Residents invited to attend virtual candidate forum DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody Homeowners Association will have a virtual forum at 7 p.m. on Oct. 13 for the candidates running for Dunwoody city council. The candidates will be in the same setting at Kingsley Swim and Racquet Club, but the audience will be virtual on the DHA Facebook Live page (https://www.facebook.com/ TheDHA). All three races are contested. Former councilman Terry Nall will face newcomer Catherine Lautenbacher for the District 1 seat that was vacated by Pam Tallmadge in July. Rob Price will challenge incumbent Jim Riticher for the District 2 seat, and Brian Sims has thrown in his hat for District 3, a seat held by Tom Lambert, who seeks reelection. Questions for the candidates are being accepted on the DHA website (https://dunwoodyga.org).
Election season Elections are coming up in Dunwoody, and the Crier wants to know how to help. Have questions about where to vote, or what’s on the ballot? Want to know where candidates stand on a certain issue? Let us know. Email vote@appenmedia.com or call 7704423278.
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Rotarians hear accounts from local restaurateurs
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Admitted “foodie,” Dunwoody Rotarian and insurance agent, Bob O’Brien hosted a panel discussion at a recent Dunwoody Rotary meeting among local restaurateurs Billy Kramer, Greg Gordon and Geoff Melkonian. The focus was on customer service and innovation. Two of the three opened their businesses just before the pandemic, but all three managed to survive, and even thrive, they said, by treating their employees with respect, being open to change and learning processes involved in satisfying customers. NFA Burger founder and owner Billy Kramer has been a Dunwoody resident since 1998. Before opening NFA in December 2019, Kramer spent more than 20 years in advertising, working for various local and national companies with some entrepreneurial ventures along the way. Gordon is the new general manager of Porter Brew & Que, the only brewery native to Dunwoody. Starting as a line cook at the age of 16, Gordon worked in the Dunwoody food and beverage market for 20 years, starting as manager of the Dunwoody Country Club. After earning a double bachelor’s degree in viola performance and recording production, Melkonian worked under Virginia-Highland’s Murphy’s renowned chef Michael Touhy for three years as both a line cook and deli manager. While honing his culinary skills there, Melkonian still indulged his passion for music. He made five albums and spent 10 years playing upright and electric bass and viola and singing backing vocals in the Josh Joplin Group. He appeared as a musical guest on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and the “Late Show with David Letterman” and toured the U.S. and Europe. In 2005, Geoff and his wife, Katie, founded Breadwinner, Inc. The speakers were selected to follow this year’s club theme, “Rotary Means Business.”
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Dunwoody UMC slates annual Holiday Festival DUNWOODY, Ga. — On Saturday, Nov. 6, from 9 to 4, Dunwoody United Methodist Church, 1548 Mt. Vernon Road in Dunwoody, will sponsor its 29th annual Holiday Festival. All proceeds will go toward construction of DUMC’s 31st Habitat House. In addition to the Artist Market, Gourmet Shop and Casseroles to Go, the event will feature lots of fun for
the children. Photos with Santa will be from 9 a.m. to noon (pre-registration required - www.dunwoodyumc.org/ holiday-fest/). A petting zoo, face painting, obstacle course, inflatables and mega slide are also on tap. For more information, please contact Ellen Sparks at nesparks@bellsouth.net or the church at 404-293-7445. Ask for Ellen Sparks or Chris Mixer.
Two DeKalb fire trucks drove past my house. My 4-year-old son Henry and I waved at them and they stopped and let us look at the trucks. These firefighters went above and beyond their duty and gave us an unforgettable memory. Just wanted to give a huge thank you for their service! They are incredible people. Elizabeth Motter, Dunwoody
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In the early 1970s, a large brown brick home in Brookhaven with Palladian windows, columns and wrought iron detail was home to a retail center called Up Your Image. I first heard about the unVALERIE usual group of retail BIGGERSTAFF shops from Albert Martin. Martin is the great-, great-grandson of Harris Goodwin, the pioneer who first came to Cross Keys and built the Goodwin Home. Up Your Image was located in the former home of Atlanta Mayor Walter Sims, who served from 1923 until 1927 and settled in the home at 3920 Peachtree Road in Brookhaven later in life. A September 1, 1973, Atlanta Constitution article, “Bead Stringing Her Career,” tells how Glenn Evans came to start Up Your Image. Evans studied accounting at Georgia State University after serving in the Navy. Then he was an accountant for General Motors. After two years, Evans decided a career in bookkeeping with GM was not his bag. It seemed his coworkers had worked there a long time without much progress. “It took that cat 20 years to get where he was. I had two years in and decided I just didn’t want to get there.” Working with the Office of Economic Opportunity he was able to lease the home along with six acres for $400 per month. For a while, he had another partner but bought him out “with a corduroy coat and an air
conditioner.” In 1973, the home held nine individual shops. Agneta Roark’s bead store, The Bead Closet, was on the second floor in a space the size of a closet. In addition to The Bead Closet, stores included Glenn Evans’ import shop, leathercraft shop, Native American jewelry shop, plant store, furniture store and Albert Martin’s bookstore. Evans worked as property manager, carpenter, electrician, yardman and bookkeeper of Up Your Image. In other words, he took care of everything. He loved his new work and described the benefit to customers, “People here don’t mind standing around rapping with customers. They get a little bit more than a piece of merchandise here.” In a 2016 interview, Albert Martin shared that in the 1970s his bookstore moved from an old building behind the commercial district of Brookhaven to Up Your Image. The commercial area was bulldozed in 1972 to remove the hazardous curve of Peachtree Road, and the building that held his bookstore was demolished to make way for homes. Albert Martin remembers that Up Your Image and all the shops’ merchandise, including his bookstore, burned to the ground. The address that was once home to the Sims home and Up Your Image was later the location of Hastings in Brookhaven. If you remember the Sims home or Up Your Image, please write to me at pasttense@gmail.com. You can also visit my website at pasttensega.com.
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David Patterson Homes Now Selling at Long Hollow Landing at Lake Lanier Brought to you by – Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices Georgia Properties David Patterson has been designing and building homes in Atlanta and in the Lake Lanier area for over 15 years. Partnering with his wife, Lauren, and her flair for design, they formed David Patterson Homes and vowed to dedicate the company to building exceptional new homes, providing a top-notch customer service and keeping a passion for attention to detail. They are creating transitional urban farmhouse communities in several Forsyth locations and most recently soldout Fields Bridge in less than 3 months. David Patterson Homes has created exceptional curated communities offering style, beauty, and balance. Currently the company has two new home communities slated to open Fall of 2021. Located in Forsyth County on the shores of popular Lake Lanier is Long Hollow Landing, a lakeside community featuring 59 homesites with several lake homesites. The neighborhood will feature four luxurious home designs with a variety of elevations some with three-car garages. Amenities will include a com-
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Schools: on Oct. 2 explained that two teachers, second grade teachers Evie Derrick and Tori Governale, were reassigned to special education classes within Montgomery, while two others, fourth grade teacher Taylor Harris and fifth grade teacher Laura Nuttall, were designated for assignment to other schools. Beginning Oct. 6, the plan called for dividing students from classes eliminated in kindergarten, first, third and fifth grades among other teachers. Two people would teach second grade instead of their regular assignments and another teacher was to be reassigned to teach math and science in the fourth grade. Montgomery parents say while they understand the need to achieve a staffing balance, the timing and the manner in which the changes were communicated was unacceptable, because historically, balancing happens much earlier in the year. “After what these kids have been through — virtual learning for more than a year – these kids need some stability,” said Matt Sery, the father of a fourth grader who is to be reassigned to a new teacher. “To do this after more than two months in the classroom, instead of in the first few days of the school year, the way it’s supposed to happen, is tearing this community apart.” Turner admitted that the school system has moved too slowly to implement the changes. “In hindsight, we should have gotten the numbers earlier rather than later,” Turner said. “We waited until after Labor Day to see if there would be any more students returning, but it didn’t happen. Waiting that long was an error on our part.” Montgomery parents are also upset about the way they discovered Harris would no longer be working at the school. A routine email sent by Harris on Oct. 1 regarding a link to that week’s activities, had as its return address “Taylor Harris (Wadsworth Magnet School).” Several parents said Harris was unaware of her new assignment to Wadsworth, which is 17 miles away from Montgomery, until parents notified her of the altered email address. Turner, when informed of the incident, called it “totally unacceptable.” “We are going to peel this back and get more information about how this happened,” she said. “That is unfortunate and unacceptable for both the teachers and the stakeholders.” Montgomery is not the only school facing shifts in teacher assignments – nearly every elementary, middle and high school in Region 1 has made staff-
ing changes over the past few weeks, Turner said. She said forces beyond the school system’s control are driving the decisions. “The pandemic is forcing us to make uncomfortable decisions, but we are trying to make them as skillfully and strategically as we can,” Turner said. Parents who contacted the Crier regarding the changes, sharply disagree with Turner’s assessment. Liz Lewis, whose son was in Nuttall’s class, said he has been devastated by the news that his class is being split. “He cried all morning (upon hearing the news), and I’m talking ‘boo-hoo’ tears,” Lewis said. “That is all about losing his teacher, who he loves, and being split up from the friends he has made.” Sery said his fourth grader had the same reaction. “She just broke down,” he said. “She said, ‘Another year of them making school absolutely no fun.’ I got choked up just watching all of this happening. At this point, we are considering other options for this year, and I know other parents are doing the same.” Lewis also said she was concerned about the number of students in the new consolidated fifth grade classroom, which she estimated will number about 27 per class. “Last year, it was all about COVID and taking precautions, and this year, they are going to shove all of these kids into one classroom,” Lewis said. “How will it even be possible to have social distancing with that many children in one space?” Sue Radics, who has a fourthgrade student at Montgomery, said she doubts that teachers can adapt to the schedule for transition laid out by school administrators. “How can a reassigned teacher transition her current students to a new staff member, develop a new curriculum at a new grade level, write new lesson plans, meet with new grade-level teachers, move supplies and materials from one classroom into another, and prepare teaching content with five days’ notice?” she said. “It takes weeks for students and their new teacher to acclimate at the start of a new year, adjust to new routines, get to know each other, become comfortable, and allow the teacher ample time to learn students’ learning styles and behavior patterns.” Radics said she was planning to air her concerns on Oct. 4 during a virtual town hall meeting that Bolds is holding for parents in each grade level. Turner said she recommends that parents try to put a positive spin on the upcoming moves. “The children will react as the parents do,” she said. “This isn’t a bad situation. It’s just how you look at it. The good news is that these teachers still get to teach. They still have jobs.”
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Are you better than a carrier? Try these shoes on: You’re a single mom working multiple jobs to keep your family afloat. One of your jobs is to deliver the local weekly newspaper. It’s not a complicated job, but it takes HEIDI ALATAR patience, precision Office and Accounting manager and persistence. heidi@appenmedia.com Sometimes, it can even be Zen-like, throwing a newspaper onto driveway after driveway, often in the dead of night, to thousands of houses. That is, until someone decides to return their newspaper by throwing it back at your car. Which happened recently, to this single mom doing her job. A full-grown man, living in an affluent neighborhood, decided to hurl the paper at her car and berate and
belittle her job. He did so in full view of a group of his neighbors, none of whom came to rescue. I’m completely gob-smacked by the cruelty of this man and disappointed that anyone could watch and do nothing. How does he look himself in the mirror each day? How do they? Now, some of you might think “well, he didn’t want the newspaper.” Yet, with the energy he spent trying to hit her car and verbally assaulting her, he could have thrown the paper in the recycling bin 20 times over. Or called our office and requested his home be added to the do-not-deliver list. What happened to decency and civility? Many of you have shown small acts of kindness to our carriers and it doesn’t go unnoticed. Thank you. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident for our carriers. One carrier even had a gun pulled on him.
What is this, the wild, wild West? Does affluence mean you can look down on people who perform a job you find distasteful? I find it disheartening that violent behavior toward hardworking people has become acceptable, normal even. Our carriers are the heartbeat of our business. They make sure that the newspapers we publish are wrapped up and delivered to your home, every week, for free. Many work multiple jobs. They are all kind, intelligent, diligent, humorous and gifted people. And they deserve more. I’ve had the honor to live around the world as a military dependent, meeting people from diverse backgrounds. Without fail, the most considerate and thoughtful people work in underappreciated jobs. Our newspapers are a conduit of free-thought, city government news, school news, community updates and the ads in them help local busi-
nesses grow. As a 27-year resident of Alpharetta, I always find valuable information in the Alpharetta Roswell Herald, information I rarely get from Atlanta news sources. The newspapers we produce are not trash and neither are our hard-working throwers. I wanted to write this open letter to the community to ask them to do better. Show some respect, and God forbid some gratitude. Thank you, Adrian, Aldo, Anthony, Kendra, Charles, Danelle, Paul, Gary, Raman, Ilka, Kangni, Sheree, Oloh, Terry, Jamohn, Jeff, Tanya, Anna, Chris, Nina, Guy, Jane and Michael for everything you do. You are appreciated. Are you better than a carrier, just doing everything you can for your family and community?
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Council: Continued from Page 1 Dunwoody Road and 1244 Dunwoody Village Parkway in the ordinance, vowing to revisit the matter after the disputes were resolved. However, the neighbors felt left out of the process and asked for further meetings between the city, the property owners and affected residents. Prior to the Sept. 27 vote, Dunwoody Planning and Zoning Manager Paul Leonhardt outlined several modifications and conditions to the DV-1 zoning, which included increasing the undisturbed buffer from 35 to 50 feet and reducing the open space so that the remaining at 150 feet. The conditions also included specifications about specimen tree removal, the type of lighting allowed within the 150-foot open space area, a ban on above-ground structures in the open space area, and other conditions relating to fencing. During the public comment portion section held before the meeting, Dunwoody Homeowners Association President Bob Fiscella said that although the neighbors whose properties are not completely on board with the compromise, they “do understand that they
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don’t own the property in question.” “They are pleased, albeit not totally satisfied, that the city and the commercial property owner went back to the drawing board and the commercial property owners stepped up and made concessions to ease some of the homeowners’ concerns, and we thank council members (Tom) Lambert, (Stacey) Harris and (Ardy) Bastien for their help,” Fiscella said. After Leonhardt’s presentation, the council commended all the parties for working together to reach an agreeable compromise. “I’m extremely grateful to everyone involved who spent lots of time working on this, and I am pleased that this was able to happen,” Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch said. In other action, the council: Heard a presentation from Georgia Department of Transportation officials about proposed lane closures along I-285 starting in October. However, on Thursday, the GDOT announced that the closures would be postponed until June 2022 because of concerns about the potential for massive traffic jams. Authorized the Police Department to sell three surplus vehicles to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Department. Approved $29,000 in CARES funds to be spent on COVID vaccines and health screenings on Oct. 23 to be coorSolution dinated with Latino non-profit groups. C E L E B
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OBITUARIES Ronald James Hindson was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 10, 1948; the son of Edward and Helen Hindson. He died on July 5, 2021, survived by a brother Edward (Donna), wife Karen, daughters Robin (Chris) and Michele, HINDSON stepsons David (Lynley) and Logan (Kristina), precious granddaughters Murphy and Juliette, and “favorite” mother-in-law Ann. He loved them all. Ron served in the Air Force from 1967-71 as a photographer, doing aerial mapping and crash investigations in Vietnam, Eglin AFB and Ft Polk. He had an interesting and varied career, working as a licensed dispensing optician, for Hughes Aircraft, and in
electronics for the US Postal Service. Art History was Ron’s favorite class in college and reportedly his only “A”; he had an eye for color and appreciated beauty. He enjoyed baseball, travel, tennis, and beach sunsets. He and Karen lived in Dunwoody for many years where he was active at Dunwoody UMC. In retirement he spent 9 years at Kiawah Island where he made many close friends and found significance in service to others. Ron was quiet, with a wonderful sense of humor. Life with him was a journey with much laughter and no recriminations. During his last illness he exemplified great courage and a positive outlook, making plans, and always expecting the best. He leaves a legacy of faith and living life on life’s terms. Celebration of Life is October 15, 2021 at 11 AM at Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs.
Funeral services for Carlton Eugene Renfroe will be October 1, 2021 at H.M. Patterson & SonOglethorpe Hill Chapel. Services will be at 11:00 AM in the Chapel; burial at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, GA. Carlton was born RENFROE November 23, 1931 in Atlanta, GA to Carlton Eugene, Sr. & Henrie Thomason Renfroe. He graduated from Chamblee High School, and then joined the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict, continuing his military service in the National Guard & retired in 1985. Carlton married Margaret Louise
Copeland in 1953, and moved to the old home place in Dunwoody, GA. Carlton worked in the grading/excavation business, retiring in 2002. He was active in Dunwoody Lions Club, National Guard, and later in VFW Post 10822. He enjoyed NASCAR racing, repairing motors, Big Band music; he also contributed to history of Chamblee High School and the City of Dunwoody. Carlton is survived by wife, Mildred Carter Renfroe; 4 children, Deborah Craig (VA), Pamela Martin, Gregory Renfroe and Carla Aselton (TX); brothers, James C. Renfroe, Robert Bogan Renfroe; sisters, Betty Jane Henry (MI) and Anne Wilson. He is also survived by 5 grandchildren, 13 nieces and nephews and 1 great grandchild.
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Thanks the Sponsors of the 48th Annual Dunwoody Home Tour Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Thank you! Gold Sponsors Maria and Tony Barnhart • Consigning Women • Dunwoody Animal Medical Center • Dunwoody Nature Center • Dunwoody Preservation Trust • The Enchanted Forest • Face Haven • Farmers Insurance - O’Brien Agency • Fitness Together • Barbara and Gerry Howe • Josephine’s Antiques • Donna and Greg Knowlton • Lookingood Hair Design • Maximos Gyro & Kabob • Bernice and Mickey McGuire • Joy T. Melton, Esq. • Monterey Wealth • The Nails of Dunwoody • Nell’s Produce Market • Stage Door Theatre • Saint Martin Lutheran Church • The Whole Tooth • Sheila and Gary Willibey
Patron Sponsor Drada and Duane Hoover Diamond Sponsors Dunwoody Crier Dr. Albert P. Nordone Dentistry with a Difference Diane Norris Jessica and Steve Callaham Ryan and Madeline The Piedmont Bank Southern Comforts Consignments Platinum Sponsors Ace Hardware Dunwoody • Karen and Ken Ashley In Memory of Toine Ashley • Beautiful Aging with Joan • The Robin Blass Group Harry Norman Realtors • Briggs Vision Group • Bulldog Movers • Carbonara Trattoria Faye and Steve Cashwell • First Watch Dunwoody • The Hanna Family • The Mansions at Sandy Springs The McCarty Group • Mobility Georgia • Harry Norman Realtors • Northside Hospital Atlanta Auxiliary • Publix Super Markets Charities
Silver Sponsors Budget Upholstery • The Capital Grille • Chick-Fil-A at Jett Ferry Road • Susan and Dohrman Crawford • Dass Salon and Spa • Marlow’s Tavern • McKendrick’s Steakhouse • Donna and Terry Nall • Barbara and Jay Pryor • Hazel Schingen • Shulman Esthetic and General Dentistry • Spruill Center for the Arts • Thompson’s Frame and Gallery • Under the Pecan Tree • Vintage Pizzeria • Bev Wingate • Winters Chapel Animal Hospital In gratitude to our in-kind and other contributors: Mount Vernon Printing, Blooms of Dunwoody, Camelot Jewelers, Face Haven, Lookingood Hair Design, Southern Comforts Consignments, The Enchanted Forest, Under the Pecan Tree, Novo Cucina, Pat Fiorello, Nancy D’Ardenne, Dunwoody Police Department