FEB 2014: Our Town Gwinnett/NE Dekalb Monthly Magazine

The Gwinnett/NE Dekalb Monthly Community and Family Magazine

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February 2014

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On the Cover: Lavista Dentistry - A Family Affair

By Stacye Carroll Dr. James Granade, who goes by Jim, didn’t realize at first that he would follow his father’s footsteps into a career in dentistry. It wasn’t until the summer after high school graduation, when his father called him to fill in for an assistant who was ill, that Jim knew this was his calling.

There was never any question that he would join his father’s practice in Tucker, where some of the patients who have known him since childhood still call him “Jimmy.” The family atmosphere is one of Jim’s favorite things about Lavista Dentistry. Two staff members, who have both been with the practice for over thirty years, are also his cousins. Strengthening family ties even further, Jim and his partner, Dr. Garrett Sanders, were in the same graduating class at the Medical College of Georgia, and later, Dr. Sanders’ wife and Jim’s brother were in law school together. “We’re a close-knit group,” says Jim. “The patients hear lots of laughter in the office.” And that’s the way he likes it.

Having an office in Tucker for over forty years affords Lavista Dentistry the opportunity to treat three and four generations of the same family. Even though the office sees patients of all ages, geriatric dentistry is a big part of their practice. For these patients, comfort and function are often the focus of care. For example, the doctors recently saw a patient in her eighties who was being treated for depression. During her exam the patient complained of pain, saying she was unable to chew her food. The doctor was able to ease her pain and alleviate her depression by using dental implants while still managing to salvage many of her original teeth. Loss of teeth is a failure, according to Jim. “You’ll never get better ones than the ones God gave you.”

Implants are just one of the many changes and innovations in dental care in the last twenty years. The use of porcelain and composites in fillings and tooth coloring technology have also improved. Lavista Dentistry is one of only about half of all dentist offices using digital x-rays, vastly reducing patients’ exposure to radiology. Jim describes dentistry as “a gateway to overall health.” Even with all the improvements in care, he says the most important piece of advice he gives patients for good dental health is very simple. “Brush

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In charge of keeping the office running smoothly are (left to right) Pat Cooper and Sharon Purcell, office administrative assistants. and floss,” he says. “If everybody followed that advice they could put us out of business.”

Trust is another reason patients choose Lavista Dentistry. Not long ago a patient came to the office after seeing another doctor who had suggested he needed eight or nine crowns at a cost of approximately $9,000. Examination by the doctor revealed that just a couple of fillings needed repair. The staff at Lavista Dentistry understands the importance of patient trust. As someone advised Jim many years ago, “If you treat the patient like you or your family would want to be treated, success will follow.”

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On the Cover: Lavista Dentistry - A Family Affair From the Publisher: One Man’s Opinion February Calendar Sudoku Puzzle Community Member Spotlight:Erica Robinson Sports Talk: Parkview High School’s Athletic Director Mark Whitley A Senior Moment: How Do I Love Thee?

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Welcome to our February issue. The month of February reminds us about the things that we love, or does Valentine’s Day and my anniversary make me do that? Who knows? I invite you to think beyond your family and friends, and to reflect upon our community. Why do you choose to live in this community? I love how it feels like a throwback, and different from many others in metro Atlanta. People actually know each other, look out for their neighbors and help one another.

We hope you are as excited as we are with the changes we made last month in the January magazine. The positive feedback we have received surpassed our expectations. We have heard so many great things: you like the newly designed and all gloss look; the pages are easier to read; it looks different as if it is a new publication; and you’re enjoying the new monthly columns.

Our social media and online presence have been growing at a rapid pace. We have online-exclusive articles posted weekly on our blog. All of our information, including social media feeds, the online blog, and photo galleries of the cover and feature stories, can be found on our website at ourtownmag.org.

On the website you will find a list of locations where you can pick up a magazine if you do not get one at your home. On another note, I want to congratulate Claudia Bonilla (info inside) for winning our photo contest, “What do you love?” The March issue’s contest is “How do you deal with cold weather?” Email your photo and description to info@ endresultz.com We appreciate our readers and also our incredible advertisers. You have a choice of where to spend your dollars so I ask you to support them. We are dedicated to delivering this community quality and positive content online and in print through a variety of mediums.

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She started clogging at the age of ten. By 14, the former Brookwood student was dancing competitively and participating in her mother’s professional speaker’s bureau.

“I feel like I’ve been on stage all my life,” says Erica, who as a former Miss American Clogger, works to spread the word that clogging is “no longer crinoline skirts and wooden shoes.”

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Working out of Lawrenceville, Erica coaches the award-winning Phoenix Clogging team. She also dances competitively as a member of TNC Elite. In 2009, Erica received what she calls one of “the biggest blessings of my life” when she was awarded a full college scholarship to Georgia Tech by the Shirley and Bill Weir Foundation. After graduation she hopes to add digital marketing to her already impressive resume.

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Sports Talk: Parkview High School’s Athletic Director Mark Whitley

By Heidi Campbell Coach Mark Whitley, a 29-year veteran teacher, is now in his sixth year as Parkview High School’s Athletic Director (A.D.). Whitley, the 2002 National Strength Coach of the Year, starts each morning in the weight room motivating students as early as 6:30 a.m.

He spends hours working with budgets and eligibility paperwork, supervising the halls and lunch room, and, currently, interviewing at least eight head football coach candidates to fill the shoes of retiring Cecil Flowe.

Whitley was delighted to move from Monroe to the Parkview area in 1999. “This is the coolest, most loyal and dedicated community,” he says. “It has the same feel as the small town I grew up in.”

He notes that since he’s been at the helm, the boys’ Varsity baseball team has won two State titles and the National Championship in 2012. The girls’ Varsity soccer team has taken home three state titles, and both boys’ track and the boys’ swim and dive team have won States.

“We have won at least one State Championship in at least one sport each year since 1993.

Some years we’ve had several!” Whitley says proudly.

Whitley, who holds an Ed.S. in Educational Leadership from the University of Alabama, finds his role as A.D. a rewarding one. He appreciates the fact that, for now, he has none of the administrative responsibilities that most A.D.’s in the county take on. He is still considered a teacher, which allows him to continue to coach the football team’s defensive line and serve as the track team’s spring coach.

“Games are like plays,” he says. “It is so rewarding to see that light bulb go on; to see all that practice paying off.”

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning beautifully wrote in her “Sonnet 43” of all the ways that she felt love towards her husband. In this the month of love, I felt compelled to write of the very tangible ways that we can show our love to our family by preparing for the inevitable course of aging. One of the most loving things you can do for your family is to have a plan and provisions for when you begin to need care.

Legal Issues: Up-to-date will, durable power of attorney, and Medicaid planning Estate Plan: Tax implications on gifts and inheritance, trusts, and property ownership Medical Expenses: Cost of long-term care, insurance, Medicare and Medicaid benefits Medical Care: Doctors, specialists, list of medications, medical history Housing and Care: Home modifications, senior communities, private caregivers, home safety End of Life Plan and Care: Hospice care, funeral arrangements, and living will wishes These items can seem overwhelming to accomplish all at once. We recommend that you take one or two items a year and find the best resource in the community to help you create a plan. Some arrangements may change over the course of the years, but to have some plan is better than no plan. May everyone find time this month to share some love with a senior in your life.

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Thermography is non-evasive and no-contact infrared imaging used to detect temperature changes in the body. When the body gets inflamed or aggravated, its temperature rises. A thermal imaging scan can register different areas of the body that have a changed temperature of even a hundredth of a degree. The images are read on-site, and then I send them to Dr. George Chapman, the pioneer of thermography, to read the scans and make sure I don’t miss anything.

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Getting Schooled:

Providence Christian Academy’s STEM Program Prepares Students for the Real World

By Alexa Lampasona In the classroom, an iPad stopwatch ticks down the time. Four groups of students cluster around their latest project—using a deck of cards as a structure to hold weight. Randy Cailor, the teacher for this STEM class, floats from group to group.

“Why do you think this structure will work?” he challenges the students.

“We try to get them to collaborate and think out of the box,” Cailor says. “There isn’t one answer. Here I’m trying to get them to think for themselves.”

Cailor knows about thinking for himself. Before he began the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program at Providence, he owned his own structural engineering firm for 16 years. As a parent and past girls’ basketball coach of Providence, Cailor wanted to give back to the school.

“Having his willingness as a professional engineer has made the first year of this program so effective,” Head of School Dr. Jim Vaught says. “He has given us guidance because he has real world experience and connections in the industry.”

The students are learning on industrial-level software, which gives them an edge for what college courses will be like.

8th graders work on a crime scene investigation, using DNA samples to figure out the death of a victim.

9th and 10th graders pair with a class in Los Angeles to collaborate on a design project.

11th and 12th graders design a sample Fine Arts building for the school and will present their designs to professional architectures and engineers at the end of the year.

The STEM program is funded by Project Lead the Way, a non-profit that supports 5,000 schools nationwide with STEM programs. Providence is the only school in nine surrounding counties that has a full program. The organization creates the curriculum and handles the background research to keep up with ever-changing trends. The students are all the school needs.

“We expected 40 students to enroll in the elective course,” Assistant Head of School Dr.

Sean Chapman said. “We have 80 students in five courses who meet throughout the day.”

The non-profit is funded by major companies such as Lockheed Martin and Intel, and it promises to turn out students who will be on their way to success in college. At Providence, most of the program supplies were donated by parents.

“School traditionally appeals to visual and auditory learners, but not every student has that preferred learning style,” Vaught says. “To be tactile and actually work in a group to build and design things is a great opportunity that can’t be produced in other classes.”

Cailor has a heart for the students, especially the girls. As the father of three daughters who attended Providence, he wants girls to feel confident about being smart and taking STEM classes. One of Cailor’s senior girls was accepted to multiple colleges and wants to major in tissue engineering, a segment of biomedical engineering.

“There’s always collaboration, and every day is different,” Cailor says about his favorite part of the job. “They aren’t going to like everything, but I want them to find out what God’s gift to them is and how they can use it ten years down the road.”

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By Jane Bishop, Life Coach We are what we think! Researchers have discovered that the average person has approximately 50,000 thoughts per day. Over 90 percent of those thoughts are replays from the day before, and the day before, and the day before. Those thoughts impact our behavior, conversations, job performance, relationships, etc. They reflect attitude, perspective, confidence, or competence.

Our thoughts are the one thing in life we totally control. We also control the thoughts we “feed.” For example, if we feed negative thoughts, then “but, can’t, and if only” are common words in our vocabulary. If we feed positive thoughts, then “and, maybe, next time” are common. What thoughts are you feeding? How are they hindering you from living4ward?

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Dental x-rays in dogs and cats are similar to those performed on humans. But because of precise positioning and the need to place equipment into the mouth, anesthesia is required. And with the development of digital x-rays, radiation exposure is kept to a minimum.

In order to understand the importance of dental x-rays, it is necessary to realize that 2/3 of the teeth are below the gum line. In some cases, the visible portion of the tooth or gingiva (gum tissue) may give us a clue that there is a problem. However, x-rays are required in order for us to understand the exact nature or extent of the problem and to determine the best possible treatment.

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Do the things that are rewarding to you and make time for your hobbies, not just your responsibilities. Try joining a book club or bunko group, or sprout your own veggies and herbs and do some indoor gardening. It is amazing what you can do when you just turn off the TV! Want a simple tip for a huge health improvement? Get a good night’s sleep. Instead of watching the news or tackling that last load of laundry, hit the hay. Ask for help from your family members and teach them accountability as well. Limit your kids’ activities and increase family time. Your life will be so much more manageable, plus these times will produce your family’s greatest memories.

Ask yourself three questions: What are you doing for yourself? What are you doing for your loved ones? What are you doing for those around you? We cannot be everything to everyone, and understanding priorities will simplify both our clocks and our calendars.

As singer Babbie Mason says, “We have come to the point in America where we worship our work, work at our play, and play at our worship.” Wow. Take care of yourself so that you can care for the ones you love. It’s as simple as that.

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As I sit in front of the fireplace during this cold winter in Atlanta, my mind drifts off to one of my favorite destinations of the Caribbean. Nestled North of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and just south of the Bahamas, “Turks” is a small string of islands with beautiful beaches and a laid back lifestyle.

Until recently it was an untouched archipelago, surrounded by a protective reef and sitting in the midst of an unimaginable turquoise sea. Now most of the large islands are inhabited, and those that are not offer wonderful opportunities for exploration, solitary beaches, and fishing.

Bone fishing here is about as good as it gets. Sportsfishing Magazine rates Turks and Caicos Islands as the best blue marlin territory in the world. But it is on the beaches of the smaller islands that Bone fishing is better than good. Wahoo, sailfish, white marlin, tuna, and dolphin can be caught year round.

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Turks was once a small retreat with only private homes and condominiums; but now there are wonderful hotels with a full range of water and land activities. At most hotels you can find bicycle, tennis court, and water sport desks that offer parasailing, windsurfing, sea kayaks, Seadoos, and charter powerboats—not to mention world class spas. There is even an 18-hole championship golf course.

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A Rare Disease Empowers Lilburn Resident

By Leslie Edwin Rare Disease Day is on February 28, 2014, and this year’s theme is “Join Together for Better Care.” Rare diseases affect fewer than 200,000 Americans at any given time. They are isolating, and finding treatment is often difficult.

Lilburn resident Leslie Edwin has suffered for years from her own rare disease. Her early symptoms, which she initially ignored, included rapid, unexplained weight gain in the abdomen and neck area, diabetes, high blood pressure, and extreme mood fluctuations. It was only until she developed other symptoms, such as hair loss, acne, and weak leg muscles, that she took matters seriously. Her work as Event Coordinator for the City of Lilburn came to an abrupt halt in October 2012 because of declining health. Blood tests revealed high levels of cortisol from a tumor on the pituitary “master” gland in the brain.

The tumor causes Cushing’s disease, which is fatal if left untreated.

After a series of surgeries at Emory in the winter of 2012 with neurosurgeon Nelson Oyesiku, Edwin is currently in remission and has become an outspoken advocate for Cushing’s patients in Atlanta and beyond as the Cushing’s Support and Research Foundation’s contact in the Southeast (www.csrf.net). Most people who have had Cushing’s strongly feel that there are frequent misdiagnoses because of the prevalence of obesity and diabetes. A simple cortisol blood test could be the path to correct diagnosis, especially when conventional treatments fail.

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“Love of Learning”

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How do we instill a love of learning in our children and students and cause them to want to learn? Here are a few thoughts: If parents and teachers are enthused about what they are teaching, then it is likely that the child will be excited, too, since children often mirror the attitudes and actions of those with whom they associate. It is also important to learn alongside your child by taking the time to become familiar with the same topics he or she is learning in school. Select a book your child is reading, read it at the same pace as your child, and talk in depth together about the class assignments.

Model or demonstrate a love of your own learning. It is difficult for some students to see why they should put time and energy into learning something new, especially if they do not see their parents taking the time to learn new things, too. Talk about current events, history, politics, or social justice at the dinner table and in the car.

At the core of learning, there also needs to be a reason or purpose for the student to want to learn the information being presented. In other words, knowing the usefulness of what is to be learned is important. If learning by repeated memorization, a child can become bored and unexcited about the content. Additionally, learning a topic must make sense and be logical. A student needs to know from where this new information originated and understand how it can be applied to other concepts and situations. It is vital to answer the questions who, what, where, when, and how, in addition to the question WHY. In today’s educational environment of standardized tests and test preparation, one of the greatest challenges teachers and parents face is being able to be creative in their lesson plans. Often they feel that because they are busy teaching how to take upcoming tests, they have lost the ability to be creative and teach “outside of the box.” Therefore, the task of motivating our children to want to learn and to love learning demands that parents take some of this responsibility and learn how to instill the love of learning in their children.

Children love learning when they know why it is important to learn the information, when they can feel engaged in the topic being presented, and when they realize they are competent in their ability to apply the knowledge. By becoming involved in your children’s learning, you will provide the opportunity to build their knowledge base, to create effective life-long habits, and, more importantly, to build a stronger connection with the world and with you through their love of learning.

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