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Under pressure, county restores library hours BY JOE EARLE
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Sometimes, public protest pays off. Last year, Fulton County’s commissioners cut $5 million from the county’s library budget to save money. The move forced the library system to lay off staff members Read commission and cut back on chairman’s commentary the hours of opon libraries on page 6. eration of the library’s branches. Library fans publicly objected. “The voters told us this was a high priority,” said new District 3 Commissioner Lee May, who represents Buckhead and south Sandy Springs. “Everywhere I went, people asked about the libraries.” On Jan. 21, the commissioners approved a $629 million budget that restores money the library system needed to return the existing branches to 2014 pre-reduction hours of operation and to staff new branches. County officials combined the library, arts and cultural and
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Left, Naya Brooks, dribbling basketball, and Taylor Lucas, members of the North Atlanta High School “Warriors” girls’ varsity basketball team, took on the Riverwood International Charter High School “Raiders” on Jan. 31. Top, London Smith, 3, gets in some ball handling before the game. Above, the “Warriors,” playing their last game of the season, lost 59-24.
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Debra Wathen sees the need for the infrastructure repairs and improvements Atlanta city officials propose to pay for through a $250 million bond. “I’m ecstatic about it,” she said after a Feb. 3 public meeting to discuss the bond proposal. “I think it is wonderful for the city to catch up with something they’ve left behind. If Atlanta wants to be a great city, we’ve got a lot of catching up to do.” Wathen was among about 50 residents who attended the meeting at the Atlanta Speech School, the first of the most recent round of discussions about the bonds that city officials have held in Buckhead. Another public meeting is scheduled for the Callaway Auditorium at the Shepherd Spinal Center on Feb. 17.
Voters are scheduled to go to the polls March 17 to vote on whether the city should issue $250 million in bonds to start work on a backlog of infrastructure repairs and improvements such as replacing street lights, rebuilding bridges and synchronizing traffic lights. A part of the bond funds is targeted at repairing city buildings. “The intent of the bond is to fix broken stuff,” said Richard Mendoza, city public works commissioner. City officials estimate the total cost of all repairs needed at nearly $1 billion, and say they expect the bonds on the ballot March 17 to be just a start. “This is just the first $250 million of what we consider will be a series of bonds,” Mendoza said. SEE CITY, PAGE 5
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Above, new BBA president Greg Davis, left, presents Legoland general manager Penda Meftah, center, and marketing manager Whitney Wilson, right, with the organization’s “Business of the Year” award. Left, Spanx CEO Jan Singer gave the keynote address for the luncheon at the JW Marriott, which was attended by nearly 300 BBA members and guests. Jenny Levinson of Souper Jenny restaurants was named Entrepreneur of the Year, Buckhead Atlanta received the Buckhead Beautification award for its plantings, and David Cummings of Atlanta Tech Village received the Bullish on Buckhead award.
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Ted Turner: ‘Work, for me, was never work’ BY JOE EARLE
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The clock and bells have been installed in the clock tower at Charlie Loudermilk Park, at the intersection of Peachtree and Roswell roads.
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Construction workers have installed the clock and bells in the clock tower at Charlie Loudermilk Park. CA TC H ING On Jan. 29, the clock assembly was lifted by crane UP and placed atop a tower in the park at the intersection Revisiting a local of Peachtree and Roswell roads. Last February, officials at the Buckhead Commu- news story from the recent past nity Improvement District, which is paying for the park renovation, said construction would begin that month on the $2.5 million project. “We don’t think the park comes close to its potential,” CID Executive Director Jim Durrett said at the time. Back then, the project was expected to be finished by last summer. But construction delays have postponed the opening. During the CID board’s meeting Jan. 27, officials said the park now is expected to open in March. --Joe Earle
Atlanta business icon Ted Turner coaxed laughter from some of Buckhead’s boldfaced names when he took the stage Jan.28 during the Buckhead Coalition’s 26th annual meeting and luncheon. Answering questions posed by Buckhead Coalition president Sam Massell, Turner offered his thoughts on a variety of subjects, from his charity work to his move into television programming with WTBS, CNN and other cable channels. A few of Turner’s off-the-cuff replies: On money: “If you economize and don’t buy new planes every year, you can get by on a billion or two.” On whether education or entrepreneurial energy is more meaningful in business: “I’d put my money on brain power. I’d rather be smart and poor than rich and dumb.” On building cable channel businesses after running a billboard company: “The thing I didn’t like about billboards was that it was all advertising. The thing I liked about television was programs. I wanted to make programs.” On philanthropy: “There are all sorts
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of things that can be done with money, but you have to have it in order to have options.” On why he doesn’t retire “and go sit on the beach somewhere.” “You get sunburned if you sit on the beach. Work, for me, was never work.” On what he expects from the future: “Not a lot. Even though I have six or seven different businesses, I am tired. I’m not quitting; it’s hard for me to work as hard as I used to.” On his charity: “In 1997, you pledged $1 billion to the U.N. ....” Massell began. “It’s all been paid,” Turner replied.
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Under pressure, county pays to restore library hours CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 wonderful for the patrons, but is it woncooperative extension budgets and inderful for the libraries?” asked Katharine creased the total budgeted by more than Suttell, president of the Northside Li$3.6 million over the final 2014 budget. brary Association. With the influx of cash, library offiSuttell, who said she managed the cials are working to re-hire employees Buckhead Library from 2000 to 2004, in order to restore services and hours of worried that even with the restoration of operation by April 1, said Kelly Robinhours, other library needs would not be son Vann, public relations and marketmet. “Every branch is short-staffed ...,” ing director for the Atlanta-Fulton Pubshe said. “Yes, there will be more staff, lic Library System. but when you consider the difference Originally, after the cuts, all but two between the staff now and when I was of the library system’s 33 branches were there, that’s a huge difference.” closed on Fridays as the system reduced Still, she welcomed the news of the the number of hours the libraries were restoration of hours at all branches. open to 996 hours a week from 1,562. “It’s a first step,” she said. “I just Some of those hours or operations want to point out it’s not that easy. You later were restored and some branchjust don’t restore the hours and then es, including the Buckhead Branch and everything is fine. It’s a complicated Sandy Springs Branch, reopened on Friprocess.” days, according to the library system. Morris said the change shows county The Northside Branch remained closed officials paid attention to what residents on Fridays. said they wanted. Now, with the new county funds, the “Government ought to be responsystem plans to return to pre-2013 levels sive,” he said. “The citizens told us this of operation, Vann said. Library officials was a high priority.” are scheduled by Feb. 15 to reopen branches still closed on Fridays, she said. The library system last year eliminated about 100 jobs, most of them held by parttime employees, she said. Library officials now plan this year to hire about 100 people, most of them in parttime jobs, to staff the libraries. “It will start as soon as possible,” Vann said. “We’re really ramping up.” But some question whether the new hires won’t be enough to reSPECIAL store the service levels Library hours and services, including at the libraries have ofBuckhead, will return to pre-2013 levels, fered in the past. “Restoring hours is according to a library spokeswoman.
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City officials say the first round of bonds will be financed without a tax increase. Instead, the money will come from cost savings from the city budget and by selling excess city property, such as the recent sale of Underground Atlanta to a developer. “We have maintenance that’s been postponed,” Buckhead resident Edward Daugherty said. “They’re telling us it will not affect our residential property taxes. That’s certainly welcome news.” Voters will see two items on the ballot. One calls for $187,945,000 in bonds for construction, reconstruction, renovation and repairs. The second seeks bonds to pay for $64,055,000 to upgrade facilities to meet the Americans With Disabilities Act. Atlanta City Council also plans to appropriate 3.5 percent of the city’s general fund budget at the beginning of each fiscal year for infrastructure maintenance and improvement. Some residents questioned wheth-
er the projects would be divided fairly among the different areas of the city. In the past, they argued, the northern end of the city has not gotten its share. Mendoza said city officials planned to designate about $52 million for local projects in each City Council district. That would provide about $5.4 million for each district, he said. “We will be working with council members individually,” he said. Residents also questioned whether they would be able to see a full list of the proposed projects before the vote March 17. Mendoza said city officials are working on the list and expect to have it 90 percent to 98 percent complete by the vote. The list can be viewed online at RenewAtlanta2015.com. The final list is scheduled to be approved by Atlanta City Council in April, city officials said. After the presentation, Buckhead resident Paul Muldawer said he welcomed the bond. “We need it,” he said.
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Eaves: ‘We learned very quickly our libraries were a priority’ Last year, the Fulton County Commission needed the help of the residents of Fulton County, who stepped up in a big way. They let us know what priorities they wanted us to focus on and which priorities they wanted to back up with resources and dollars. We learned very quickly that our libraries were such a priority. However, it was around this time last year that the Board of Commissioners had to handle budgetary issues. The Great Recession took its toll on local governments and we were no exception. We made every effort for years to avoid raising property taxes to pay for the programs and services our constituents demanded. By the time we had to put together a budget for 2014, our reserves dwindled, declining property values left us with less money coming in, and we faced a series of tough calls to make. As a result, we proposed raising our millage rate and we made cuts to county departments and services. The library budget was one of them. As a member of the library board, this was an especially bitter pill to swallow. At the same ceremonies where we broke ground on new branches in Alpharetta, Roswell, Palmetto, Capitol View and Wolf Creek, I was also answering reporters’ questions about why we were cutting back library operations and building new facilities at the same time. My office received calls and emails from so many library users, in north Fulton, south Fulton, and the city of Atlanta, talking about not having this valuable resource every day of the week. Parents told me about the time they spent working with their children on school projects, using library reference materials on Friday afternoons. Unemployed residents told me how desperately they needed to use the computer terminals in our branches as they scoured the web looking for their next opportunity. The impact of this decision began to emerge and I quickly realized the cuts, especially the loss of Friday hours and reductions on other days, needed to be reversed. Later in 2014, library board members agreed to shift resources around to minimize the impact of cuts to our patrons. Staff was moved, schedules were adjusted to provide for some badly needed coverage on Fridays. The total weekly hours among 34 branches were reduced from 1,562 in 2013 to 996 in 2014. That still meant we were open longer hours than our counterparts in Gwinnett, DeKalb and Cobb Counties. Still more needed to be done, and my fellow commission-
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ers, many of whom heard the same complaints from our constituents, made funding the library to the fullest a top priority. It became obvious as we consulted with staff on a countywide budget for 2015, that moving staff and adjusting hours wasn’t enough. We needed to add hours to the schedule. I am especially proud of JOHN H. three elements of the budget EAVES passed in January: unanimous support that bridged district GUEST COLUMN and party lines, no tax increase to our citizens, and a restoration of library hours to their 2013 levels. By Feb. 15, Friday hours will be added to the branches that were cut last year. By April 1, the hours will be restored to their 2013 levels. The library system’s mission statement says, “the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System serves as a cultural and intellectual center that enriches the community and empowers all residents with essential tools for lifelong learning.” That quest for lifelong learning should never take a day off. It is of so much importance to our community that residents voted to fund our ambitious capital overhaul and building program of the entire library system. As the newest branches at Wolf Creek and Palmetto demonstrate, Fulton County is remaking the traditional library and building new branches with the 21st Century library patron in mind. That will help users better interact with technology, and integrate technology into every aspect of the library experience, from searching for materials to digitally checking out. This would not have been possible without the support of voters at the polls. This past year, you voted once more for the libraries, with calls and emails. As we prepare for the grand opening of our newest branch in East Roswell, we are striving to prove that your efforts have paid off with a system that is the envy of every other county in this state. The biggest message I want you to take away from this is that Fulton County listens and our citizens’ needs do matter. John H. Eaves is the chairman of the Fulton County Commission. BH
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Once a year, some Christians start preparing for Easter by having priests mark their foreheads with ashes. The ashes physically remind them of their mortality. The holy day of Ash Wednesday, which arrives Feb. 18 this year, begins the annual 40-day period called Lent, which leads to and ends with Easter. In some churches, Ash Wednesday services include having ashes placed on worshippers’ foreheads in the sign of the cross. The Rev. Michael Sullivan of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Sandy Springs described Lent is a spiritual journey. “By adding a daily practice of denying myself something, I bring greater intentionality to my life with God,” Sullivan said. “For me, Lent is not so much a time to beat myself up and feel bad about myself as it is a time to go within; to take God more deeply into my spiritual journey.” Sullivan said the ashes used to mark parishioner’s foreheads on Ash Wednesday are prepared from the palm fronds of the previous year’s Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday, which is the Sunday before Easter. “Ashes remind us that we are made of dust, and that one day, our bodies will return to the earth,” Sullivan said. “Yet at the same time, our dust awaits resurrection at Easter, God’s promise of new life in all things.” Rev. Samuel Candler of the Cathedral of St. Philip said making the congregation stop and take note of the reason for Ash Wednesday can be tough. Episcopalians should celebrate the holy day purposefully, not out of habit, he said. “It is a totally voluntary, devotional act, and one should take part only if he or she wants to,” he said. Sullivan said that in today’s world, marked by instantaneous everything, it is more important than ever to take the Lenten journey. “We don’t naturally practice patience and presence in our daily lives so much anymore,” he said. “Attention, real attention, to others and to our own lives is, well, strained at best.” Craig Wilson attends a variety of services at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Sandy Springs. He admits he has fallen into the “rut” of making Lent the “season of ‘shoulds,” but this year he said he looks forward to welcoming God into everything he does. “Held in this light, I am anticipating Ash Wednesday as the ‘beginning of the beginning,’ with Lent being a season of ‘doing with’ instead of ‘doing without’; a season of ‘cans’ instead of a season of ‘shoulds,’” Wilson said. “I can be more intentional and more prayerful in all of my activities, and I can be more aware of
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BY ART HUCKABEE The recent thawing of diplomatic relations with Cuba has had my chilled winter mind dreaming about sunning on a pristine white sand beach while drinking a Cuba Libre and smoking a fine cigar. While that dream, like warmer weather, may still be a few months, if not years away, one can sample the cuisine of Cuba in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward at Papi’s Cuban and Caribbean Grill. Founded by a Cuban immigrant, Papi’s, pronounced “poppies” and Spanish for “daddy’s,” is a popular place; a recent weekend late afternoon visit found the fairly spacious restaurant more than half full and by 5:30 p.m., there was a wait. The menu is one of those big laminated catalogs with lots of colorful pictures. Ours had that movie theater floor tackiness that could be easily remedied with a little Windex cleaning. There are all of the usual suspects, Cuban sand-
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wiches, chicken and rice, and black bean soup, to name a few, as well as weekday specials and specialties of the house. There’s also an extensive cocktail menu in case you’d like to get your Mojito on. We ordered a sampling of appetizers including the empanadas platter, the Papa Rellena and a Cuban version of the Puerto Rican favorite, Mofongo. The empanadas were large with a flaky crust and fillings of ground beef, shredded chicken, ham and cheese, and cream cheese with guava. The shredded chicken was particularly flavorful and the cheese with guava had a nice sweet note. The Papa Rellena, a stuffed potato ball or croquette, was good but a little salty, and needed more of the ground beef and onion filling. The Cuban style Mofongo, sometimes called Fufu, was a creamy mash of plantains, garlic, onion and bits of pork, but also on the salty side. Papi’s large entrees will satisfy the hungriest of diners. The Vaca Frita and the Pollo Vaca Frita, were easily the hits of the meal. Vaca Frita in Spanish literally means, “fried cow.” Both dishes, the cow and the chicken version, were tender, shredded meat with garlic, onions and spices of cumin and oregano. The Pollo Vaca Frita also had green and red peppers in the dish giving it a bit more of a Spanish flare. The grilled fish had good flavor needing perhaps a hotter pan to crisp the skin and make the flesh just a little flakier. The New Year’s resolution dieter in our crowd pronounced the grilled chicken a winner as well. The only dish that slightly disappointed was the Masitas de Puerco. This is the dish that first won me over to Cuban food. It’s a simple preparation of fried pork chunks, and when done correctly, it’s crispy tender porcine goodness. Papi’s version came up a bit short with the pork cooked well past its tender moment. The entrees come with an assortment of sides from tasty black beans to flavorful yellow rice to plantains two ways; Tostone’s, unripe fried green plantains and Maduros, fried ripe plantains; the
RESTAURANTS Left, Pollo Vaca Frita with yellow rice and Maduros. Below, grilled fish with yellow rice. PHOTOS BY ART HUCKABEE
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Until you can dust off your twotoned Ricky Riccardo jacket and fly off to Havana, Papi’s is a good local destination for Cuban cuisine. Papi’s Cuban and Caribbean Grill is located at 216 Ponce de Leon Ave., 404-607-1525 or papisgrill.com
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Atlas, a new chef-driven restaurant developed by restaurateur and consulting chef Gerry Klaskala and the Tavistock Group, is now open at The St. Regis Atlanta, 88 West Paces Ferry Road, in Buckhead. The dinner-only restaurant features a menu of American and European influences, with fresh ingredients from local farms. For more information, visit atlasrestaurant.com. According to reports at Tomorrow’s News Today, Da Vinci's Donuts plans to expand from their single Alpharetta location to a second store in Sandy Springs at 5610 Glenridge Drive in the Glenridge Springs mixed-use project. Chick-fil-A plans to open a new freestanding location on an outparcel of Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody. The new Chick-fil-A will replace the current Macy's/Goodyear car care center near the corner of Ashford Dunwoody Road and Hammond Drive. Tickets go on sale Feb. 13 for the annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, which will be held in Midtown on May 28-31. For more information, visit atlfoodandwinefestival.com. The Atlanta Wine Party will kick off its inaugural event on March 7 at Opera, where over 50 wines will be available to taste, along with live music and a DJ. Tickets are on sale now and can be found through Xorbia.com or check out AtlantaWineParty.com.
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Monday, Feb. 9, 4:30-6 p.m. – Decorate Valentine’s Day cupcakes!
Sunday, Feb. 15, 4:30-6:30 p.m. – The Heritage Winter Classics series concludes
Free. Open to the public. Appropriate for ages 10-17. Class limited to 15 participants. Registration required by visiting the Brookhaven Branch Library or calling 404-848-7140. Registration began Jan. 12. 1242 North Druid Hills Rd., Brookhaven, 30319.
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Thursday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. – Opening reception for Deeann Rieves’ solo show, fea-
History Month with folk artist Clementine Hunter. Join others in making an art project. Free. For ages 5-12. Registration required and started Feb. 2. Space is limited. Visit the Sandy Springs Branch Library, call 404-3036130 or email: leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov to sign up. 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.
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Turtle Tours Saturday, Feb. 14, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Heritage Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an educational series appropriate for children ages 2-5, begins its new season. This month, children learn that “counting is fun.” Free; donations encouraged. No reservation required. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information, email: kbrigance@ heritagesandysprings.org, call 404-851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org.
Georgia Boy Choir Saturday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. – Enjoy a performance by the Georgia Boy Choir and vis-
iting boy choirs from around the country, part of the grand finale of the two-day Georgia Boy Choir Festival. Tickets: $15. Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, 3180 Peachtree Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-402-4083, email: info@georgiaboychoir.org or visit: www.georgiaboychoir.org for tickets.
Jewelry Market Sunday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.– Join others at the seventh annual Student & In-
Bird Walk Saturday, Feb. 21, 8:30-10:30 a.m.– Join the Atlanta Audu-
bon Society for a guided bird walk along Overlook Park trail. The winter months offer opportunities to see open water duck species and eagles. Binoculars available to borrow. Free. For those ages 6 and up. Morgan Falls Overlook Park, 200 Morgan Falls Rd., Sandy Springs, 30350. For additional information, call 770-730-5600. Pre-registration requested at: www.sandyspringsga.gov/registration.
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turing mixed media emphasizing the beauty found in the natural world. Free. The public is invited to attend. Show opened Feb. 5 and continues through April 4. Spruill Art Gallery, 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770-394-4019 or go to: http:// spruillgallery.blogspot.com to find out more.
structor Jewelry Market at the Spruill Education Center. Fundraiser showcases beginner to professional-level artists. Browse precious metals, glass, beads, gemstones and more. Free admission. Open to all. 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770394-3447 or go to: www.spruillarts.org for details.
Lauda Musicam Sunday, Feb. 22, 3 p.m. – Lauda Musicam performs Renaissance and Baroque intradas, fanfares, and other celebratory music, part of the Concert with a Cause series at Church of the New Covenant. Free. Open to the community. 3330 Chestnut Dr., Doraville, 30340. Call 404-314-1891 or go to: www.laudamusicam.org for additional information.
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Love Stories Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m. – Celebrate Valen-
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12 p.m. Birdwatching both days. Open to all. Free, reservations recommended. Call 770-394-3322 for details. Visit: www.dunwoodynature.org to sign up. 5343 Roberts Dr., Dunwoody, 30338.
Coyotes! Saturday, Feb. 14, 10-11:30 a.m. – Citizen scientists needed! Biologist Chris Mowry tells you how to help his team research metro Atlanta coyote populations. $10 per person. RSVP to 678315-0836. Blue Heron Nature Preserve, 4055 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, 30342. Find out more by visiting: www.bhnp.org.
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Saturday, Feb. 21, 1-3 p.m. – Curious about Feng Shui? Participants learn what it is and how it works. Free and open to the public. Appropriate for adult, college, high school and middle school audiences. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us or call 404-303-6130 to learn more.
for adults at the Chattahoochee Nature Center! From 7- 8 p.m., roam the grounds, enjoy a picnic or check out the Wildlife Walk. From 8-10 p.m., join a CNC naturalist to discover what happens when the lights go down as you explore the woods, experience a live animal encounter, and finish off the night making some ultimate s’mores. For ages 16 and up. $15 general public; $10 CNC members. Registration required by Feb. 11. Visit: www.chattnaturecenter.org to sign up, and call 770-992-2055 to learn more. 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075.
Bird Count Saturday, Feb. 14, 9:30 a.m. – The Dunwoody Nature Center holds classes for adults and children to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count. Learn species identification, the importance of the bird count, basic observation, and how to correctly enter the tally. Computers onsite. Additional classes: Feb. 14, 11 a.m., and Feb. 16, 10 a.m. and
Wedding Expo Sunday, Feb. 22, 1-4 p.m. – This event gives
engaged couples the chance to consult one-on-one with wedding vendors such as caterers, DJs, florists, photographers, stylists and planners. Complimentary valet parking, raffle and prizes. Free admission. Open to all. For additional information and to RSVP, email: rentals@heritagesandysprings.org. Heritage Sandy Springs, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Go to: www.heritagesandysprings. org or call 404-851-9111, ext. 4 with questions.
Summer Camps Camp Grasshopper Camp Grasshopper summer day camp engages preschoolers in an adventure of discovery. With a different theme each weekly session, camp staff lead indoor and outdoor activities that are fun, creative and targeted specifically to the interests and abilities of boys and girls ages 3 to 6. Throughout the week, campers enjoy arts and crafts, music, story time, creative play, drama, sports and nature study, with lunch and playground time each day.
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Ean Huang Holy Spirit Preparatory School, senior While some of his peers spent the summer vacationing at the beach or tanning seaside, Ean Huang was helping the Szechwan province of China recover from a massive earthquake that claimed almost 200 lives and left 12,000-15,000 injured. The Holy Spirit Preparatory School senior has spent the past two summers in the village of Ya’an, aiding in earthquake relief endeavors in a multitude of ways, from teaching elementary school to making site visits to organizing a benefit concert. After viewing news reports on the April 2013 disaster, Ean was struck by the massive destruction and was immediately driven to act. After being turned down by several earthquake relief agencies, Ean was placed with a non-governmental organization, Ingenious Love, which assigned him to volunteer in Ya’an. Ean’s volunteer duties included teaching English and history to elementary school classes as large as 50 students each as well as making home visits to victims to determine the level of aid they would receive. Now emotionally invested in the fate of the villagers, Ean returned the next summer and found his work was far from finished. Struck by the poverty the earthquake had left in its wake, Ean organized a concert to raise funds for relief efforts; his work included recruiting musicians, finding sponsors, advertising the event, announcing the acts, and playing the introductory piano piece. The hard work paid off: The concert raised around $54,866 American dollars for relief efforts. Ean finds volunteering to be an essential duty for teenagers. “Personally, I think, as teenagers, we definitely have some responsibility for society, and we are gradually learning to take on more as we become young
adults,” he said. “We need to learn how to contribute more, but not just take everything for granted. Additionally, the happiness gained through hard work of volunteering cannot be gained from any other personal achievement. What’s more, volunteering helps us to build up practical skills we can hardly get from school.” Ean’s hard work is not limited to volunteering, as his teachers describe him as an exceptional student possessing both great intellect and strong character. “One of the best ways to describe Ean is as a person that consistently rises to the challenge,” said Holy Spirit Social Studies teacher Christopher Oppermann, who taught Ean Western Civilization his junior year and is currently teaching him AP Macroeconomics. “Both in and out of the classroom, Ean is a clear leader. Not only does he have a generous heart for helping others, but he also has a keen mind that allows him to put his generosity into action. At Holy Sprit Prep, we are very proud of Ean, and are confident that he will continue to be a shining example of true servant leadership as he moves on to college.” While the external effects, such as the money raised, of Ean’s charity work may be easier to see, the internal results are equally as significant. “I have really learned a lot from the experience and it really altered my value toward life,” Ean said. “I give more respect to and cherish more what I have since then and value success more than just personal achievements.”
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Dunwoody police officers want you to feel it when they pull you over. New city patrol cars are outfitted with a “rumbler,” a device that emits a low bass sound. So, in addition to hearing a siren, a misbehaving driver will feel the approach of authority, Dunwoody Police Officer Tim Fecht said. “So, even if someone has their windows up and the music loud, they’re going to feel the rumble,” he said. “People who weren’t paying attention visually will feel it now.” Technology has changed all industries and made almost everyone’s life easier—at least in terms of access to information. It’s changed police work, too. Less than a decade ago, police officers used “blue out” to correct mistakes on handwritten reports and tickets. Now, the cop on the street has access to computers and writes reports digitally. Sandy Springs Capt. Steve Rose said that when he started his law enforcement career, in 1976, officers had little gear at all. He added that in 1982 officers didn’t have much more than a car, a radio and a pair of white gloves to direct traffic. “We didn’t even have the reflective vests for safety,” he said, adding that police used rotary phones on the 911 system until the early 1990s. Fecht said supervisors can now track patrol cars in Dunwoody, Sandy Springs and Johns Creek with ChatComm, the emergency dispatch system. Dispatchers can send a Dunwoody patrol car to a location that is technically in Sandy Springs, but closer to the Dunwoody car. Rose said he worked in the ‘70s with the Motorola radios that only had one to three channels, and officers from Chamblee shared a channel with Doraville. When cellular technology started to become available, he watched the “cool guy” detectives flaunt “bag phones” issued to those on-call. “I called it the ‘Don Johnson-Miami Vice phone’ that cost 35 or 40 cents a minute, but didn’t work most of the time,” Rose said. Now, some police information officers
use social media to communicate with the community. Brookhaven’s Maj. Brandon Gurley said he’s been a public information officer since 2006. “I started the first Facebook and Twitter pages for the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office as well as implemented the use of Nixle,” Gurley said. “Social media has made it easier and faster to share information with our community.” He added that smartphones also increased the ability to get information out faster through applications linking to social media accounts. Fecht said all Dunwoody patrol vehicles have laptops, and the new Chevrolet Tahoes have a “mobile jetpack” that gives officers access to 4G Internet. “As a detective, I had a Rolodex instead of a computer,” Rose said. He said he had one Rolodex for support numbers and another Rolodex for “frequent flyers.” The first computers that came into Fulton County police were donated, Rose said. “They were the 286 models with 40-megabyte hard drives,” he said. “That was in the early 1990s.” Even Fecht, who started his law enforcement career just nine years ago, laughed thinking back on how he had to use stencils to draw accidents scenes and he struggled to read handwritten reports. “So we don’t have the phrase ‘five copies, press hard,’ because gone are the days of paper ticket books,” Fecht said. Rose said cars aren’t built for speed anymore, they’re rolling information centers. In 2013, the Atlanta Police Department started using its information to predict crime from data with Predpol. Spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy said technology has increased the department’s response to concerns about crime and complemented old-fashioned police work. “Innovation in technology, such as Predpol, has helped the department boost its presence in needed areas,” she said. Atlanta’s Chief George Turner said technology like Predpol makes the police smarter, and it puts the Atlanta Police Department on the “cutting edge.”
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block of Howell Mill Road—A woman was walking to her vehicle when a man with a gun ran toward her. He pushed her toward the dumpster while pointing a gun to her head and shouting, “give me your money.” When she told him she had no money, he began punching her in the head and face, and telling her “she was going back inside to get the money.” She said the gun “felt plastic” and began fighting back and screaming for help. She was able to break free, losing her glasses, and the man ran toward Beck and Emery streets. A patrol car canvassing the area apprehended the suspect in the 1100 block of Collier Road. He was positively identified after the woman was able to retrieve a second set of glasses.
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block of Buckhead Loop—Four women entered a shop, and two of them went to the perfume section and concealed several bottles in their pockets. When an employee approached them, they walked out of the store. A third woman concealed several bottles of perfume inside her purse and attempted to leave. A manager approached the third woman, who pushed the manager and ran from the location. block of Peachtree Road—A man met someone to sell three iPads for $880. When they made the exchange, the seller looked inside the envelope and noticed the money was fake. When he attempted get the iPads back, they began wrestling. The would-be buyer was last seen fleeing with the items in hand. A second robbery in the 3300 block of Peachtree Road occurred at a bank when a man presented a note that read “Hand me $100s and $50s now or else.” The teller complied and gave the suspect $104 from the teller assistant machine. During the incident, the man continually said, “Come on, come on.” He fled out the door after he became nervous. It is unknown if the suspect was armed.
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