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David Cooper, center, music director and conductor of the Atlanta Balalaika Society, concentrates with other members of the group during a concert at the Dunwoody United Methodist Church on April 14. The society performs Russian and Eastern European music, using traditional Russian folk instruments.

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‘Food Truck Thursdays’ backed by DHA By Joe Earle

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Robert Green’s political awakening started last year, when he spotted a notice that city officials were contemplating building a roundabout in his Dunwoody neighborhood. Green lives on Vermack Drive, just eight or nine houses down the street from the intersection where the roundabout might go. He thought the proposal was a terrible idea. “My girls are grown,” he said. “It’s not a walking issue for me. But it is for a lot of other children.” Green started distributing fliers to alert his neighbors about

The board of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association has agreed to back a series of free concerts and food truck appearances in Brook Run Park this summer. The board voted unanimously to lend its name to a plan for a series of Thursday night events to be called Food Truck Thursdays, DHA President Stacey Harris said. “From everything we’ve heard, it’s just a great community event,” Harris said. “We have this huge asset in Brook Run. Why not try to build a community event there?”

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Redfield residents ‘look out for each other’ By Joe Earle

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Melissa Pate admits her return to Redfield for nine years. “It’s as social as Redfield struck her as odd at first. you want it to be. We have these proShe’d grown up in the north Dungressive dinners. There’s a lot of kids.” woody neighborhood. She was 6 when Felix Prinzo, who lives catty-corner she moved in with her parents, and still across Redfield Lane from Pate, says he remembers when she could pick blackwas among the first settlers of the subberries for pies from parts of the subdidivision that now straddles Chambleevision now filled with two-story brick Dunwoody Road. His family moved homes surrounded by manicured lawns into Redfield in 1978. Asked how long bright with azaleas and flowering trees. he’s lived there, Prinzo had to stop a moPate has seen other parts of the world. ment and do the math. 35 years. When She lived in Los Angeles for a while, she his family moved in, there were only said, and went to school in Florida. “I’ve a few houses on a couple of streets, he been around,” she said. said. Then, last year, Now 11 winding when she and her streets bear names husband and their starting with “Red” Is there something special about two kids were lookthat identify them your neighborhood? Let us know at ing for a place to as part of the Rededitor@reporternewspapers.net live, she decided to field community. move back to RedRedfield Road infield. It felt like a tersects with Redgood place to raise field Ridge and children. Redfield Drive. Redstone Lane leads to “It felt weird coming back,” she said. Redbark Way and Redstone Terrace. Just “It was strange because it just felt like about every street ends in a cul-de-sac. I hadn’t moved on. But I’m glad we Prinzo was a corporate transfer, commoved here. It’s got a good communiing to metro Atlanta with job at U.S. ty feel.” Steel. When they were looking for a new Long-time residents say much the home, they liked what they saw in Redsame thing. They describe Redfield as field. “We saw a lot of kids getting off the kind of neighborhood where kids the school bus,” he said. “We had kids join the swim team at the Redfield and it looked like a good neighborSwim & Tennis Club and their parents hood.” join tennis teams. It’s the kind of subTurned out, he was right, he said. urban community that holds competi“It’s been a great neighborhood,” he tions for Christmas decorations, Easter said. “Still is.” egg hunts, Halloween parties and the Jan Phillips feels much the same. He occasional pool party. lives on the portion of Redfield Road “It’s a very friendly neighborhood,” across Chamblee-Dunwoody, the part said Bob Pile, a lawyer who’s lived in known as Redfield Three. He’s lived in DUN

Where You Live care for each other,” he said. “Our neighbors are not just neighbors, they’re friends.” They look out for each other, he said. “Two words come to mind: considerate and respectful,” Phillips said. “They’re always checking on you.” And they take care of their community, too, he said. “Another nice thing about Redfield is people have maintained their homes, made updates to both their homes and their yards,” he said. “People have invested in the community so you have a pretty consistent, vibrant area to live… You’re either growing or dying. This neighborhood is still growing.” Pile plays bass in a rock band jokingly named the Bad Neighbors. Four of the five members of the band Special live in Redfield, he said, and they’ve played for parJan Phillips at his home in the ties down by the commuRedfield community in Dunwoody. He nity pool. won the neighborhood association’s Asked to describe his Yard of the Month award. neighborhood, he told a his Tudor-style home since 1983. His story about the time his carefully-tended front yard bears a big water line broke and his family had sign proclaiming it the Redfield Garden no water to their house. His next door Club’s Yard of the Month. neighbor volunteered to help. He had He likes the mix of people in Reda coupler and rigged a water line from field, he said. He’s retired from IBM his house to Pile’s house. When he — “When we moved here, there were opened the tap, the Piles had water to a lot of IBMers here,” he said — and get through the night until a repairman his grown children have moved away. could come. But there are still plenty of young cou“That’s just the kind of neighborhood ples with children all around him. “The it is,” he said. “People look out for each neighbors are mindful, respectful and other.” Google maps

The Redfield subdivision straddles ChambleeDunwoody Road in Dunwoody and takes in a dozen streets, according to a map shown on the Redfield Swim & Tennis club’s website. The neighborhood contains 11 winding streets starting with “Red” and Coronation Drive, according to the map. To view a larger version of this map, go to www. ReporterNewspapers.net.

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C o mm u n i t y DHA opposes hotel development access to Ashford Dunwoody Board members of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association have voted unanimously to oppose a plan for development of a new hotel and shops because it includes an entrance from Ashford Dunwoody Road. DHA president Stacey Harris said the board asked developers of the Sterling Pointe project to abide by a 2008 agreement between the DHA and a developer that eliminated the “curb cut” onto Ashford Dunwoody. Representatives of the current developers say the access was granted by DeKalb County in return for right-ofway, so it was attached legally to the property. The proposed development, located at the intersection of Ashford Dunwoody and Perimeter Center Parkway North, would include an 8-story hotel, a 10,000-square-foot restaurant and shops. The buildings face Ashford Dunwoody. Lawyer Den Webb, representing Sterling Pointe, told members of the DHA board during their April 14 meeting that the street connection to Ashford Dunwoody would not create traffic troubles. Businesses in the development generate traffic at different times of day, he said, and the proposed entrance to the property was in the middle of a stretch of Ashford Dunwoody as long as three football fields. The driveway was configured to allow drivers on Ashford Dunwoody to make only right turns into the development and to allow only right turns out of the development. The Dunwoody Community Council approved the developer’s plan last month after they were told the developer had a right to the curb cut. But DHA board member Bob Lundsten argued the Ashford Dunwoody access had been given up during earlier efforts to develop the land and that the city did not have to restore it. “They do not have a curb cut, which is why they are here in front of us to try to get it back,” Lundsten said. Lundsten argued allowing cars access to Ashford Dunwoody from the property would interupt traffic on one of Dunwoody’s busiest roads. “I want the hotel to come. I just don’t want them to have access to Ashford Dunwoody,” he said.

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Commission will review city charter Local officials soon will name a fivemember commission to review Dunwoody’s charter as the city approaches its fifth birthday. The review commission, required by the charter, can recommend charter changes to the state Legislature. City officials said during the Dunwoody City Council meeting April 8 that commission members should be installed by May 1. The commission will be composed of a member appointed by Mayor Mike Davis, a member appointed by Dunwoody City Council, and members appointed by the three state lawmakers who represent portions of Dunwoody – Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), Rep. Tom Taylor (RDunwoody) and Rep. Mike Jacobs (RBrookhaven), city officials said. Davis said Jacobs will be able to appoint a commission member even though he represents no Dunwoody voters. Jacobs’ district, the mayor said, extends to the middle of I-285 while the Dunwoody city line goes to the south edge of I-285, so Jacobs represents a small area within the city limits. “He has square footage in Dunwoody,” Davis said.

City plans video series Dunwoody residents soon will be able to get an introduction to city departments through a new cycle of informational videos city officials are planning. Each of the “Spotlight Series” videos will offer a look into a city department, the city said in a press release April 9 announcing the project. The videos will be available on the city’s website or the city’s channel on YouTube, the press release said. Residents are encouraged to submit questions for city officials to be answered through the project, the city said. Responses from department heads will be posted on YouTube at www.youtube.com\ cityofdunwoody, the city said. Questions and inquiries can be submitted by video and sent directly to the city through a link or by email to news@dunwoodyga.gov. The first set of videos will focus on the city’s public works, community development, municipal court, finance and administration, police departments and the city manager.

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‘Libraries’ come in all shapes and sizes these days By Joe Earle

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Joan Warren saw a magazine article about little, front-yard book boxes. She thought they sounded like a nice idea, so she went online and found some plans and gave them to her husband, Ronald Pennington, who likes building and repairing things. About three months ago, they set up a “little library” of their own. It sits on a post in their front yard on Martina Drive, next to their vegetable garden. It looks kind of like a birdhouse, except it’s filled with paperback books such as “The Outsiders,” or “The Pigman,” or even “Peter Pan.” “I’m a teacher,” she said, “and I have lots and lots of children’s books. And the school bus stops just up the street.” So now as the kids walk up Martina, they can pause and find something to read. So can adults, for that matter. The Warren/Pennington lending library is packed with scores of volumes of all sorts. “It holds a lot,” Joan said. Around a couple of suburban corners, on Witham Drive, G. Michael Smith offers a different mix of titles in his little library. Of course, his library is different in other ways, too. For one, it looks like a red-topped mushroom. For another, it has its own official librarian, an imaginary for-

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Left, Ronald Pennington, left, and his wife, Joan Warren, with their bookbox on Martina Drive. Right, G. Michael Smith checks on his mushroom-shaped ‘little library’ on Witham Drive in Dunwoody.

est elf named Far Winkle, whose name is printed on a little sheet glued into many of the books. Smith – er, Winkle? – offers titles such as “Kon Tiki,” or Mother Goose rhymes, or even something called “Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty.” Smith said he set up the library at the end of his cul-de-sac about nine months ago. He’d seen a local TV news report about similar little libraries scattered around Atlanta and thought he’d join in. He’s a woodworker, so he designed and built the elaborate mushroom-shaped box

that holds his books. He registered his library with www.littlefreelibrary.org, a website that spreads the notion of roadside reading across the nation. The website registers sites for $35 apiece, and lists hundreds of Little Free Libraries around the world, from Atlanta to Australia. Smith’s is the only one listed in Dunwoody. Smith, like Warren and Pennington, allows people to take books for free. If they bring them back, great, he said. If not, his readers can keep the books or pass them on to someone else. Eventually, he figures,

someone will bring a book or two back to the library and the process can begin again. “The whole idea,” Smith said, “is to promote reading and sharing and community.” Pennington and Warren said they don’t know Smith, but they had a similar idea. “We just thought it would be something nice for the neighborhood,” Pennington said. “It’s the idea of just trying to get the kids to read books, to get back to the basics.” He thought a moment. “And,” he said, “it’s lots of fun.”

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DeKalb students speak out It’s no secret that DeKalb County’s schools face difficult times. A regional accrediting body put the district on probation, accusing the school board of mismanaging the system. The governor has replaced most of the school board in an effort to avoid the loss of accreditation. Students fear that loss of accreditation could hurt their chances for winning scholarships or admission to out-of-state colleges. Reporter Newspapers asked students attending Chamblee High School, Cross Keys High School and Dunwoody High School what the turmoil at the top levels of the district meant to them. Here’s what they had to say.

For the new board, building trust will be hard In 1999, I was number 16. My parents and I participated in the lottery that would decide if I could enter the Pre-K program at Austin Elementary. Competition was cutthroat and My parents were relieved when my number was called. Back then, the DeKalb County School System was one of the best school systems in the state. Gradually, I began to see flaws in the system, and now, the evidence is disturbing. At Dunwoody High, our textbooks are outdated, some even held together by duct tape fibers. In December 2012, DeKalb County schools were placed under “accredited probation” by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). It seemed that the board members refused to take responsibility for their actions. My first thoughts were those of panic, annoyance and bitterness. In the midst of college applications, managing two jobs, and maintaining my grades, this was the last thing I needed to be worrying about. As a senior, I will be able to graduate from high school

and move on to a prestigious college with an accredited diploma. However, I cannot forget about younger students. They are victims of a school system that has not been putting students’ success before themselves. Recently, new board members were chosen to replace the old. I Erin am on my guard because I still do not trust a system that abused its PirklE power. Everything I have achieved, Dunwoody high I worked hard toward. That is more than I can say about the board. Building trust is going to be the greatest obstacle the new board members will face. They must prove that they are motivated to get back to the top again. But for the students this time.

My diploma reflects work by ‘me and the more than 30 teachers I’ve had’ A positive page has turned in the novel of the DeKalb County School District. The plot, which once consisted of units on corruption and poor governance, has now been replaced with six chapters about leadership and new ideas. As a student though, the story might as well have never changed. My teachers from August—months before the accreditation status of DeKalb County Schools was reduced to “accredited on probation”—are the very same teachers who will instruct me come May. The textbooks, hallways, desks, lockers, and fellow students who greeted me on my first day of the school year will be the same ones that I will temporarily leave behind for the summer. Yet, if the county were to lose accreditation in December 2013 (a scenario I hope is unlikely), the “stamp” of approval on my diploma—or a lack thereof—would bear an entirely

different meaning. Sitting in a classroom, it is hard to comprehend the concept of accreditation. It is not the nine Board of Education members who will truly dictate the level of my educational success or failure. My high school diploma will be Mollie a reflection of me and the more Simon than 30 teachers I have encountered since entering the district in chamblee charter high fourth grade. The goal of accreditation in trying to ensure a quality standard in education is noble, but it should not eclipse what happens in individual classrooms or homes.

Student: ‘This can affect me and my dreams’ There is unrest among the students in DeKalb County as they await the answer to the question everyone involved with DeKalb wants answered: Will we be losing our accreditation? The opinions of the students at Cross Keys seem to all have one thing in common - they don’t want to be affected by what they didn’t cause. “It’s unfair that the system would lose accreditation, altering the lives of so many students, faculty, and staff, if we aren’t even the reason for the problem,” said Chao Lin, a junior at Cross Keys High School. “We come to school each day, and do what is required. We are receiving a quality education, and have devoted ourselves to our education for all this time. I can’t even fathom having to deal with the potential struggles of getting into college with an unaccredited diploma. The board needs to get it together fast,” said Melissa Versane, also a junior at Cross Keys. Although the underclassmen may not be as immediately affected as the Class of 2014, there are still some underclass-

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men who are not taking this situation lightly. “I’m worried because this can affect me and my dreams,” Juan Hernandez, a freshman at Cross Keys High School remarked about the potential accreditation loss. “I just hope that they are able Ja’Leia to overcome the problems so that we, as the students, don’t have to Johnson suffer consequences of an irresponsible school board,” said Carcross keys high men Lagunas, a junior at Cross Keys High School. She, along with many other students of DeKalb, continue to attend school, hopeful for a positive outcome in the future of their school system. DUN

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More mixed-use developments likely Perimeter residents could see more mixeduse developments like this one, known as Town Brookhaven. The Peachtree Road development includes shops and restaurants on the ground floor and apartments above. Dunwoody Economic Development Director Michael Starling said dense mixed-use development often makes economic sense. “As values of property increase, those empty parking lots just become very valuable. To unleash that value, they need to be developed,” Starling said. Christopher North

By Melissa Weinman As the Perimeter fills in, many believe mixed-use development will become the standard pattern of development. “When Perimeter was first built, it was retail and then office, and that was really it,” Dunwoody Economic Development Director Michael Starling said. “Those uses were very much separated and typically separated by large parking lots.” As the area has matured and taken on a more urban profile, those vast parking lots have become prime real

Q&A: Auto dealer

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estate for infill development. “As values of property increase, those empty parking lots just become very valuable. To unleash that value, they need to be developed,” Starling said. “If we were still way out in the suburbs and property was still really cheap, you probably wouldn’t see that.” Over the years, tastes have changed and communities and local governments have started to demand a more aesthetically pleasing mix of development in urban areas. Though they can be more challenging and costly to build, advocates say the “live, work, play” aspect of mixed-use projects reduces dependence on

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Jules Sherwinter knew in high school he wanted to be a pediatrician. He loved science and, after a stint as a summer camp counselor, knew he liked kids. He’s been treating Dunwoody youngsters for 35 years.

cars and creates a more interesting profile for the communities where they are built. Mixed-use is defined as development encompassing more than one function, including residential, retail and commercial. Typically modeled after a traditional town square, many of these developments include pedestrian-friendly elements like wide sidewalks and landscaping, and feature retail space on the ground floor with apartments or office space in the floors above. However, there are different mixed-use models. Continued on page 15

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–Page 14 Mercer University economist Dr. Roger Tutterow tells a Perimeter business group that the economy is on the rebound, but it’s not back yet to pre-Recession levels.

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Q & A on Perimeter auto sales: Location matters The Jackson family, owners of Sandy Springs Ford and Sandy Springs Toyota, has been selling cars in the Perimeter market since 1976. In the 1990s, Barry Jackson was in college, studying to be a teacher when a summer job selling cars at his father’s Lincoln-Mercury dealership convinced him to pursue the family business. He’s now general manager of the family’s Toyota dealership. Reporter Newspapers asked him about how the car business has changed in the Perimeter.

How much does location matter when it comes to selling cars, particularly now when people can buy cars online?

It matters. That’s very important, because even though a customer might do their research online, they always want to come to the dealership and drive the car, take a look at the car. We are centrally located, so that’s always helped us. We’re in a good location as far as being close to all the different suburbs.

Is the Perimeter market different than markets elsewhere? How?

Well, I would say the main difference would be a lot of people work in this area, and we have a lot of people who come into the dealership who work at Perimeter Mall or maybe they work in Buckhead. Say if you live in Cumming, Ga., nobody really works up in that area. They come down to the city. We get not only people who live in the area but people who work in the area.

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How is your business doing now compared to when the recession began?

Barry Jackson, general manager of Sandy Springs Toyota, discusses how the Internet has effected car sales, how his company weathered the recent economic downturn, and what vehicles will be in demand in the future.

We’re doing fine. When the recession hit, it was a pretty quick downturn as far as our sales were concerned. Gradually, it has risen close to where we were in 2008 and before. It hasn’t gotten quite to that level yet. All in all, I would say our business is good right now. We have, even when our sales have slumped in the past, we have a real big service operation so if a customer is not buying a car, he still has to get his car serviced. So that has helped us through the different downturns we have experienced in the past.

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With the fluctuation of gas prices, it seems there’s a big push toward hybrid cars. Those cars are in high demand, especially as the technology has gotten more affordable nowadays. With gas prices and such, I would say that in the future good gas-mileage cars will be what people want.

Cagle to speak at Perimeter Business Expo More than 75 exhibitors are scheduled to take part in the 2013 Greater Perimeter Business Expo on May 2. The expo is the second annual exhibition sponsored jointly by the Sandy Springs/Perimeter and Dunwoody chambers of commerce. The expo, held at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia, 4355 Ashford Dunwoody Road, is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admis-

sion is free. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle is scheduled to deliver the keynote luncheon address, starting at 11:30 a.m.; tickets cost $50. Wendy Kinney, founder of the networking company PowerCore, is to speak at breakfast; tickets cost $20. For more information contact either the Dunwoody Chamber at 678-2449700 or the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber at 678-443-2990.

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Pediatrician’s practice takes root in Dunwoody By J.D. Moor Dr. Jules Sherwinter looked in on newborn Chad Heacox during the boy’s first appointment at Dunwoody Pediatrics. Initially, the baby was kicking and screaming in Sherwinter’s hands. But it only took the doctor’s knowing touch, guiding the boy’s tiny finger to his own mouth, and all was calm. No wonder Sherwinter and his patients feel good about his practicing medicine in Dunwoody for 35 years. Sherwinter knew he wanted to be a pediatrician as early as his high school days. “I loved science, and afJ.D. Moor ter being a camp counselor, I knew I Dr. Jules Sherwinter holds liked being around kids,” he said. newborn patient Chad Heacox Besides, the 66-year-old jokes, “I during the boy’s first appointment at Dunwoody Pediatrics. had good Jewish parents who said you’ve got to be a doctor or a lawyer, opened in 1997, which relocated and I didn’t want to be a lawyer.” and expanded into a pediatric center Pediatrics came up after he gave with 10 sub-specialists in 2006. up on a boyhood dream of becoming “We call the Alpharetta branch an astronaut. Even though he didn’t ‘Dunwoody Pediatrics,’ also. I just make it to outer space, some of his love Dunwoody so much,” Sherwinpatients seem to think he hung the ter said. moon. “He took care of me and my two Here are some notes from Sherbrothers since we were babies, and I winter’s prescription pad: put my utmost trust and care in him -On early nutrition and obesity: now that I have my own children,” “We suggest our infant patients bepatient Adina Neufeld said. “He has gin by eating fruits and vegetables, the most incredible bedside manner instead of the usual riceand knows my family well, based cereals. Getting their so it’s truly a personal visit, taste preferences off to the reminiscent of a time when Perimet er right start can mean good Pro fil e doctors made house calls nutritional habits for life.” and treated everyone like -On breast feeding: “I family.” strongly support the pracIndeed, Sherwinter treated his tice. It’s been shown to promote less own family often. “At age 10, my obesity, more immunity and fewer son, Davey, got a rash all over his allergies and chronic diseases.” body,” he said. “He asked me what it -On vaccinations: “We do recomwas, and I told him. He asked what mend immunizations. We have parI could do for it, and I told him it ents who refuse at first, but we usualwould go away on its own. He asked ly succeed in changing their minds.” what caused it, and I told him nobody knows. He said: ‘That’s what I Sherwinter’s list of dos and don’ts get for having a doc for a dad.’” debunks some old wives tales. He adDunwoody Pediatrics was born in vises patients: 1978 on Mount Vernon Road. The of-“Gargling with salt water for strep fice has moved twice to other Dunthroat makes it hurt more.” woody locations that are no more -“Fever is a good thing, because it than 100 yards from one another. helps the body kill viruses by attractSherwinter worked alone in the ing white blood cells. Treating fever early years. Today, the practice has too aggressively will prolong the sickseven physicians and a nurse pracness.” titioner. -“Chicken soup for what ails you is Like many of Sherwinter’s young good, but mainly because of the steam patients, the practice had a growth effect. Beware any salt. It dries the spurt when an Alpharetta office throat and makes you cough more.”

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Perimeter market improving, economist tells chamber By Dan Whisenhunt Dr. Roger Tutterow told the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce that the economy is on the rebound, but not back to pre-Recession levels. During his April 15 remarks at the group’s regular breakfast meeting, he discussed the national and local economy. Tutterow teaches economics at Mercer University and also works as a consultant for corporate clients. The inability of the economy to add jobs to bring the employment rolls back to pre-Recession levels points to a deeper issue, Tutterow said. “Now, five years after we started into this downturn, we are still over 2 million [jobs] below where we were,” he said. “The problem with this economy is that asset prices remain subdued, employment has not come back to pre-Recession levels, and thus we cannot slight the household sector for being less than enthusiastic about the pace of their own spending.” It’s a mixed bag of economic news, but he said the Perimeter market can

find comfort in its decline in office vacancies and its ability to sell homes. “In terms of the office market, we are seeing improvements and, probably, here in the corridor, we’re seeing the rates come down the quickest,” Tutterow said. Housing has also shown signs of improvement in the Perimeter market, he said. “If you’re on the northern doughnut, reasonably close to I-285, in a good school district, you can sell them as fast as you can build them right now,” Tutterow said. “The problem is can they get the financing to build the homes.” Tutterow said political brinksmanship on the country’s debt was like a gut-punch to consumer confidence, in 2011 sending levels to where they were during some of the darkest days of the Recession. “My argument was that Main Street America, Main Street Georgia, Main Street Atlanta, lost confidence in the governments and Europe and in the U.S. to get their fiscal house in order,” Tutterow said. “The political games we played in

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13 percent, but are still 27 percent lower prior to where they were before the “correction in the housing market.” “We still have a lot of work to do,” Tutterow said.

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More mixed-use developments likely in the Perimeter Continued from page 9

Starling said an area like Perimeter Center, which is mostly built out, lends itself to mixed-use development. He said tastes have also changed greatly over the past 30 to 40 years. Large suburban developments or corporate office parks are just not the type of environment large companies are looking for anymore, Starling said. “Employees don’t want to work in an office park that’s segregated from everything else. They want to be in a more walkable place,” Starling said. “They’re really moving here because of the access to these amenities and, again, that’s being driven by their employees.” The employees many businesses are trying to attract – the young, educated and tech-savvy – have different priorities than their parents. Jack Honderd, a Brookhaven-based architect who specializes in transit-oriented development, said developers are finding that young adults want to live in urban areas with access to public transit and within walking distance to stores and restaurants. “Demographically, what they call the millennials, people between about 18 and 35 have a much stronger preference for living in these types of environments than living out in the suburbs,” Honderd said. “When you have major changes like this, it’s rarely caused by people in their 40s and 50s … it’s a generational change.” Honderd said the concept of mixeduse development is far from new, however. “When I was in school back in the late 70s, it was already an important part of urban studies and urban planning,” he said. Historically, urban centers included a variety of uses, such as shops, restaurants, apartments and hotels. But over time, zoning codes in many areas separated land uses, designating some areas as residential and others as strictly commercial. Over the past decade, there has been a greater emphasis on reintegrating development to encompass a variety of uses. People are also focusing on building dense developments around transit stations to give people the option to use public transportation or walk to where they need to go, rather than getting in a car and driving. The Atlanta Regional Commission’s Livable Centers Initiative program awards planning grants to local governments. Brookhaven was awarded one of these grants, which led to the overlay zoning district, which requires new development around the MARTA station to be more urban and pedestri-

“There are different code requirements for residential than there are for commercial,” Althoff said. “Each development has its own peculiar needs that need to be addressed. If done correctly, everybody can live harmoniously. If done incorrectly, it can lead to real conflicts that make it difficult to operate.” For example, grocery stores often receive deliveries very early in the morning. If a grocery store is planned next to apartments, those residents aren’t going to be very happy about the noise in the pre-dawn hours. So there are many factors that need to be considered when designing a mixed-use development, Althoff said. “It’s much more expensive and it’s much more time-consuming,” Althoff said. “It takes much more time to design and build.” But Althoff said in many ways, mixed-use developments are worth the effort. They are typically very popular with communities and local governments. “It can be very rewarding. You can be very proud of them because they do become your baby over time. It’s nice to see them successful,” Althoff said.

an friendly. Althoff said Sembler has been “The Atlanta Regional Commisaround for 50 years. For most of that sion really started fostering these ideas time, the company built traditional through their LCI studies program,” suburban shopping centers, anchored Honderd said. by supermarkets. One of the bigger mixed-use devel“We did that for 30 years and then opments in the area is Town Brookhavprobably 12-13 years ago we starten on Peachtree Road. ed evolving to build more Target-anThe project was developed by The chored power centers in suburban Sembler Company, a company behind markets,” Althoff said. several other mixed-use centers in the Althoff said over the past decade, retailers such as metro Atlanta area, Target have wantincluding Perim“If you’re building in ed to get back into eter Place in Dunan urban environment, urban centers, woody. you need to build up. leading Sembler Steve Althoff, That lends itself to to design mixedSembler’s senior retail, residential and use projects. vice president of office. All of that can Althoff said its leasing and proplive together very well.” mixed-use develerty management, opments are more said the company –Steve Althoff Sembler’s senior vice complicated than became interested president of leasing and typical shopping in mixed-use deproperty management centers. velopment about Building a typ10 years ago. ical shopping cen“If you’re ter on an empty piece of land takes building in an urban environment, one to two years to design and build, you need to build up. That lends itAlthoff said. A mixed-use center in an self to retail, residential and office. All urban area will typically take three to of that can live together very well,” six years to complete. Althoff said. nty r r a f™ a r w P r o o ler ye a a 15 - Stain nt Se r e n fo a m Pe r

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“Seussical” Sunday, April 28, 10 a.m. – Company J at

the Marcus Jewish Community Center-Atlanta presents “Seussical,” a one-act version geared specifically to younger audiences. See favorite Dr. Seuss friends including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie, and a boy named Jo-Jo. Tickets, $10-$15. Additional shows: Sunday, April 28, 1 and 4 p.m.; Sunday, May 5, 11 a.m., 1 and 4 p.m. In the Morris and Rae Frank Theatre, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, visit: www.atlantajcc.org/companyj, or for tickets call the box office at 678-812-4002 or go to: www.atlantajcc.org/boxoffice.

Wesleyan Artist Market Thursday, May 2, 7 p.m. – All are wel-

come to celebrate the arts at the 15th annual Wesleyan Artist Market. Over 75 artists from across the Southeast will showcase and sell artwork, jewelry, pottery and much more. Free admission. Sale continues Friday, May 3, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Children’s activities on Saturday. Wesleyan School, 5405 Spalding Dr., Norcross, 30092. Call 770- 448-7640 or go to: www.wesleyanartistmarket.org for more information.

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Preserve Memories Tuesday, April 23, 6-7:30 p.m. – StoryCorps

host an evening of entertainment from the Atlanta’s Asian-Pacific American community. Come listen to recordings from CNN’s Sachi Koto and the AJC’s Rodney Ho talking about their experiences growing up in the American South. Free. For adults. Audience members will also learn how to preserve their own family stories, photos and documents. Dunwoody Public Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, call 770-512-4640.

Toss Drugs Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. –

Bring expired or unwanted prescriptions to safely dispose of to the Sandy Springs Police Department. Officers will be in the front parking lot of police headquarters, located at 7840 Roswell Road, Building 301, in the Morgan Falls Office Complex, 30350. Free to participate; open to all. For more information, email: ljacobs@sandyspringsga. gov, go to: www.sandyspringspolice.org or call 770551-7766.

Arts in the Garden Friday, May 3, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. – Check

out the 16th annual “Arts in the Garden” show at Skyland Trail. The event gives recipients of mental health services the opportunity to display their art. Free and open to the public. Experience workshops, demonstrations, exhibits, performances, plant and art sales, a treasure sale, storytelling and mental health education. 1903 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. Visit: www.skylandtrail.org/ AITG for additional details.

Atlanta Boy Choir Friday, May 3, 7:30 p.m. – Come hear the Grammy-Award winning Atlanta Boy Choir in a spring concert. General admission, $20; $10 for groups, students and seniors. The Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-378-0064 or go to www.atlantaboychoir.org for information and to purchase tickets.

Georgia Philharmonic Saturday, May 4, 8 p.m. – Oglethorpe Uni-

versity welcomes the Georgia Philharmonic as they close their 12th season, to the Conant Performing Arts Center for “Hail to the Emperor.” Show features Tim Whitehead, a young and sometimes barefoot, pianist. Orchestra features Beethoven’s piano concertos, including Symphony No. 6, the Pastoral. Tickets: $10-$25. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to: www.georgiaphilharmonic.org. 4484 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

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Strokes Wednesday, May 1, 10 a.m. – Dunwoody United Methodist Church hosts the Neuro Intensive Care Unit of Emory University Hospital/Main Campus, who will discuss strokes – what are they and how to prevent them. Free and open to the community. Literature handouts and a Q&A. Blood pressure and glucose level checks will also be offered. Additional class at 7 p.m. 1548 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. To learn more, make childcare reservations, and/ or to sign up, email: cathy. wright@dunwoodyumc.org or call 770-394-0675, ext. 112.

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ages 3-5 will enjoy stories about Earth Day and learn about taking good care of our planet with a recycling activity. Free and open to all. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us or call 404-814-3500 with questions.

Audition Time Thursday, April 25, 4-7 p.m. – Act3 Play-

house holds auditions for The Little Mermaid, for those in rising 4th-12th grades. By appointment only. Consists of a group dance audition (when applicable), and a private vocal/acting audition. Callbacks: Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. To schedule an audition, email: maggie.act3@gmail.com with full name, gender, age and your audition time preference. Audition times confirmed by email. Show performances are July 26, 27 & 28; and August 2, 3 & 4. 6285-R Roswell Rd, Sandy Springs, 30328. For details, visit: http://act3productions.org.

Theater Workshop Saturday, April 27, 4 p.m. – Teens learn how

to create and produce their own play. Free and open to the community. For high school and middle school youth. Registration required by emailing: marlan.brinkley@fultoncountyga.gov or calling 404-303-6130. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.

Be Kind to Animals Wednesday, May 1, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. – The

first week in May is “Be Kind to Animals” and also “National Pet Week.” Come see puppy and kitten puppets in the library display case, and check out books about remarkable animals. The library will also feature photos of pets belonging to staff, and stories about how they were rescued. Children can also create animal bookmarks. Free and open to everyone. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-814-3500 or email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us for more information.

Book Craft Saturday, May 4, 12-2 p.m. – Celebrate Sandy Springs Reads by making “To Kill a Mockingbird” mini-book charms. Items are small enough to fit on a keychain, pendant or charm bracelet. Free and open to the public. For middle and high school youth. Registration required. Call 404-303-6130 or email: marlan.brinkley@fultoncountyga.gov to sign up or with questions. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.

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Saturday, May 4, 2:30 p.m. – As part of Sandy Springs Reads, Ms. Duffy shares stories about how our differences in religion, race, and appearance make us who we are. The group will also learn how alike we all are inside. Appropriate for ages 3-7. Free and open to the community. For additional information call 404-303-6130. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.

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tain/Tuxedo Park Friends, a neighborhood volunteer group , holds its 8th annual Nine at Night Twilight Golf Tournament and Party. Event features nine holes of twilight golf, with glow-in-the-dark balls, hole-inone, closest-to-the-pin and putting contests. Guests enjoy dinner, drinks, non-golf related contests, silent auction and live music. Golf and party, $155 per person; party only, $85. Funds raised support the Sibley Heart Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Chastain/North Fulton Golf Course, 216 W. Wieuca Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30342. To buy tickets or learn more, visit: www.nineatnight.com.

Blood Cancer 5K Saturday, May 4, 8 a.m. – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society hosts the 8th annual Big Peach 5K Run/Walk for blood cancer. This year’s event features a new start/finish at Town Brookhaven and a new course through Brookhaven neighborhoods. $30. All proceeds benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. T-shirts, post-race party. To register, go to: www.active.com or email: mary.-liebman@lls.org with questions. Town Brookhaven, 4330 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

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20th annual Harris Jacobs Dream Run at the Marcus Jewish Community Center-Atlanta. Agility Fun Run 1/2 mile (for 12 and under), $15 through April 24; $18 after. 5K, $25 through April 24, $30 after. $30 phantom runner. Event is a Peachtree Road Race qualifier. Registration fees support scholarships, and participants at the Blonder Center for Developmental Disabilities. Parking and shuttle services from Georgia Perimeter College begin at 6:45 a.m. 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For details or to register go to: www.atlantajcc.org or www.active.com.

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Spring and summer mean music soon will fill the air By Joe Earle

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Spring is here, summer is coming and soon there will be music in the air. The largest outdoor concerts planned in Reporter Newspapers communities this spring and summer will be held, of course, at Chastain Amphitheatre in Buckhead. There, big-name performers from the Indigo Girls to Smashing Pumpkins and from Harry Connick Jr. to Sting are scheduled to play in the coming months. But Chastain shows can be pricey – tickets to see Sting or Connick can run to more than $100 apiece. So here’s a sampling of places music fans can find inexpensive, or even free, concerts this spring and summer in or near Reporter Newspapers communities.

For more information: museum. oglethorpe.edu/programs.htm Oglethorpe hosts other concerts, too. Here’s a sampling, as provided by Oglethorpe professor Brent Runnels: - 8 p.m. April 26, University Singers Spring Concert, Conant Performing Arts Center, free. - 8 p.m. April 30, International Day of Jazz featuring Jazz Orchestra Atlanta’s 16-piece big band, Conant Performing Arts Center, $10. - 8 p.m. May 2, Oglethorpe Concert Winds Spring Concert, Conant Performing Arts Center, free. - 8 p.m. May 4, Georgia Philharmonic Concert, Conant Performing Arts Center, tickets $26-$11. For more information: www.oglethorpe.edu, www.jazzorchestraatlanta.com, www.georgiaphilharmonic.org/season. html

Brookhaven

The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, at 4484 Peachtree Road, will host cellist Brad Ritchie in a performance of Claude Bolling’s “Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio” on May 12. The show begins at 4 p.m. Tickets cost $10, but are free for museum members and Oglethorpe faculty, staff and students.

Chamblee

The Fourth Friday concert series at City Hall in downtown Chamblee starts May 24. Shows last from 7 p.m. until 10

p.m. Admission is free. The performers scheduled are: - The Tams, June 24. - Rupert’s Orchestra, June 28. - Kinchafoonee Cowboys, Aug. 23. For more information: 770-9865016.

Dunwoody

The Dunwoody Nature Center starts its 2013 evening concert series with a spring concert on May 18. The series continues with shows on June 15, June 29, Sept. 21 and Oct. 5. The concerts, held in the center meadow, are free for members, with a small charge for admission for non-members. The center is located at 5343 Roberts Drive. For more information: www.dunwoodynature.org

Sandy Springs

Heritage Sandy Springs’ annual Concerts by the Springs series hits its 17th birthday this year. The free concerts draw hundreds of fans to the entertainment lawn at Heritage Green, 6110 Bluestone Road. The shows are scheduled on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. This year’s schedule features:

- The Tams, May 12 - Gwen Hughes and the Retro Jazz Kats, June 2 - The A-Town A-List, July 14 - The Mustangs, Aug. 4 - The Kinchafoonee Cowboys, Sept. 8. For more information: www.heritagesandysprings.org Heritage Sandy Springs also plans a second series of concerts this year. The new series, called Rhythm and Blues, replaces the former Wine Down Wednesdays series, and promises to present regional roots music. Shows are scheduled for one Thursday each month from May through August. Performances are scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the entertainment lawn at Heritage Green, 6110 Bluestone Road. Tickets cost $5 for those 21 and older, and $2 for those aged 13-20. Admission is free for those aged 12 and younger. The schedule features: - Seven Handle Circus, May 29 - von Grey, June 27 - The Corduroy Road, July 25 - Old You, Aug. 29 For more information: email: events@heritagesandysprings.org

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What started out as an idea to recycle School to help tutor students. formal dresses has morphed into a popular “We want to really teach them they can self-empowerment organization for girls at earn something for themselves and have an Cross Keys High School in Brookhaven. experience that’s fun for them and connect Bee Nguyen founded Athena’s Warethe two things together,” Nguyen said. house in 2009, when she realized the Diane Gluck, faculty liason for Athebridesmaids dresses building up in her na’s Warehouse at Cross Keys, said the closet could find new life as prom dresscommunity service day is so popular, even es for girls who may not be able to afford some guys wanted to participate this year. them. “I have girls who don’t need a prom dress “I was at the age that I had bridesmaids but asked if they could just participate in dresses I was never going to wear again,” community service,” she said. said Nguyen, who is now 31. Gluck said the students at Cross Keys Looking for high schools to get inare very enthusiastic and giving. volved with, Athena’s Warehouse start“They don’t understand that they are ed its Prom Project at Cross Keys High the recipients, often, of community serSchool. But after getting to know some of vice. They want to be the givers. That’s the students at Cross Keys, Nguyen wanthow cool our students are,” Gluck said. ed to do more. After the community service, the shopNguyen said she feels a connection to ping begins. Gluck said it’s fun to watch the girls at the school. Many come from the girls light up when they find a dress immigrant families like her own. Cross they like. “It’s like magic when they find Keys is the most culturally diverse high the perfect dress,” Gluck said. school in the state, with students from This year, about 30 girls will be attend65 different countries, according to the ing Cross Keys’ April 27 prom in dressschool’s website. es they earned from Athena’s Warehouse, “My parents were refugees and came Nguyen said. over in 1979 after leaving Vietnam,” Gluck said she thinks the Prom ProjNguyen said. “I understand very well the ect also teaches girls to budget. “For a lot immigrant struggle, and that makes a lot of our girls, it’s not that they can’t afford of the girls very relatable.” [a dress], they know this is a smart place Nguyen wanted to expose the girls to to save money, and they’re very practical,” positive female role Gluck said. “They can models and started a spend money on their series of after-school Do you know an organization or college applications or workshops and events other areas.” individual making a difference called “Be Awesome, Gluck said the in our community? Email Be Aware.” The workAthena’s Warehouse editor@reporternewspapers.net shops focus on issues seminars have also for young women, been beneficial for the like body image, pregnancy prevention, senior girls who participate. healthy eating and domestic violence. “It really allows students to have anoth“I believe a person can change the er connection to an adult to ask questions path and direction of a young person if and have some guidance,” Gluck said. “It’s you come into their life at the right time,” so beneficial for girls to see young, profesNguyen said. sional and dynamic women.” For the Prom Project, Athena’s WareNguyen said each year the program has house collects lightly-used, current formal grown and students are excited about pardresses. Girls earn their prom dresses by ticipating. signing up to volunteer for a community “They come in and they’re excited and service project. they’re open-minded,” Nguyen said. “We This year, Nguyen said Athena’s Waretend to get a core group of girls who show house went to East Point Elementary up for everything and they love it.”

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The vibe around Skyland Trail feels more like a college campus than a center for treating mental illnesses, and a rise in young adult patients is shaping the mental health center’s future. At Skyland’s campus on North Druid Hills Road in Brookhaven, patients sit in classrooms where they learn about life-coping skills. They call group therapy “class” and call counselors “teachers.” There are dorm-like residences located offsite and a cafeteria at the main campus. There’s even a community garden that provides the feeling of a quad, a shared green space where residents and their counselors can mingle. There’s a fitness center and a primarycare doctor on site. Patients plant gardens. They paint. They make music. On May 3, the center will host Arts in the Garden, celebrating the creativity of people who have a mental illness. “We have seen just a huge increase in referrals from college campuses across the country of young adults who are troubled, who are being sent home to get their mental health issues treated,” said Elizabeth Finnerty, president and CEO of Skyland Trail. Skyland treats 300 to 400 patients each year, spokeswoman Shannon Easley said, and offers both residential and day-treatment programs. Its current operating budget is $10.5 million, and there is around $1 million in financial aid available for patients who qualify. Skyland is the business name of the George West Mental Health Foundation, a nonprofit. Finnerty has the benefit of historical perspective, having been in charge of Skyland from its beginning in 1989. Back then, the center saw mostly older adults with disorders like schizophrenia, a condition where patients experience powerful delusions. Today, half of Skyland’s clients are young adults, age 18 to 25, and Finnerty said most are struggling with a mood disorder. According to data provided by Sky-

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Reporter Newspapers staff writer Melissa Weinman on April 16 received an Award of Excellence from the Atlanta Press Club. Weinman received the Press Club’s first “Rising Star Award,” a distinction given to journalists younger than 30. “It’s such an honor to receive this award from the Atlanta Press Club,” Weinman said. “It’s great to be recognized by your peers for your work, and it has been rewarding to cover the new cities of Brookhaven and Dunwoody.” Reporter Newspapers Publisher Steve Levene said the award is also a recognition of the company’s growing presence in the Atlanta media market. “We are delighted that Atlanta’s media community has recognized Melissa’s efforts and the coverage provided by Reporter Newspapers,” Levene said. “The local reporting of our editorial staff is getting noticed by readers and professional journalists alike.” Atlanta Press Club Executive Director Lauri Strauss said members of the National Press Club judged the entries. It is the first year the Atlanta Press Club has given the award as part of its Awards of Excellence. “We created this award because we definitely wanted to recognize not only journalists that have been doing this for a long time, but also our up-and-coming stars, the future of Atlanta journalism, the people that everyone should be looking out for,” Strauss said.

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The cards speak. They’re often the only voices in the chapel. Little index cards, penciled with prayers and left in the Cathedral of Christ the King’s Blessed Sacrament Chapel, speak of thankfulness, helplessness and hope. “Dear God,” one card said. “Please give me hope that I will find the right job.” The Cathedral of Christ the King practices adoration, an extended moment of quiet prayer before a golden vessel holding the Eucharist. Catholics believe the Eucharist, a thin circle of unleavened bread blessed by a priest, is the physical presence of the body of Jesus Christ. Volunteers called guardians pledge one hour or more of their time each week so someone always sits with the Blessed Sacrament. “Fundamentally the thing that makes us unique as Catholics is that we don’t believe that it’s the appearance of bread only, but it is actually Jesus himself,” said Bernadette Flowers, stewardship director of time and talent for the Cathedral. “When you come to the adoration chapel you get to place yourself in the presence of Jesus and

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Cathedral of Christ the King is one of six metro churches offering perpetual adoration.

When it began it was the only perpetual adoration program in metro Atlanta, attracting Catholics from other churches. Some of these churches began their own adoration programs, and the Cathedral had to recruit new guardians to replace the ones who stayed closer to home. “Please help me discern a way to serve you better with my life,” another card left at the Cathedral’s chapel said. “In Jesus’ name, Amen.” One of the people who left Christ the King’s adoration chapel was Therese Birkbeck, chair of Eucharistic Adoration for All Saints Catholic Church in Dunwoody. While All Saints held adoration on Wednesdays for many years, Birkbeck has been able to expand it to five days a week. “I was going to Christ the King for daily adoration and I thought this is cra-

zy that we can’t have it in our own church,” Birkbeck said. All Saints holds adoration Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., but Birkbeck is looking for ways to add more hours. She fills in for guardians who can’t make it. Birkbeck said spending time in adoration is a way of showing Jesus that it’s not all about her. “I always feel like we offer kind of a sacrifice to Jesus,” she said. “Instead of just saying, ‘I want.’” Volunteers and staff at Christ the King said people share good news with Jesus, too. “My petition for a successful operation was granted,” another index card said. “Thank you, Jesus.” There have been several marriage proposals in the chapel. Flowers said on one occasion she blocked the chapel door so a man could propose to his girlfriend. Otherwise, speaking in the

chapel is rare. Visitors can bring other books with them, but the Bible is the only one that can be left in the presence of the Eucharist. The guardians and visitors are encouraged to pray and read, keeping interaction with others to a minimum. Guardians discourage people from sleeping, but it still happens when people get too relaxed, they said. For many, the relaxation makes the chapel appealing. The chapel is a distraction from a world full of distractions. Greg Weston, a Buckhead resident, bowed his head in prayer during one recent visit, the wail of sirens on the nearby Buckhead streets sounded distant and soon faded. In the silence, Weston and other worshippers listen to their savior. Weston said he visits periodically when he needs to be closer to Christ. “It’s a peaceful place,” he said.

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When Luke Whelan was in fifth grade, he decided to join the soccer team, simply because all of his friends at school played it and loved it. “Honestly, I wasn’t any good at field positions, so they stuck me in goalie,” said Luke. “I ended up being pretty good at it, so the coaches encouraged me to sign up to play at NASA [North Atlanta Soccer Association].” Now a junior, Luke was recently honored with US Youth Soccer’s Save of the Year Award for 2012 by the largest governing body of elite soccer teams in the nation, US Youth Soccer. He didn’t get to this point without a lot of hard work. After being placed on the “C team” at NASA in sixth grade, Luke throughout middle school worked his way up and eventually was able to make it to the elite “A team.” As part of that team, he went to the State Cup. Meanwhile, Luke continued to play for his school team at Holy Spirit Prep, starting for the varsity soccer team in eighth grade. Currently, Luke is at the United Football Association (UFA), where his team is undefeated. “I’ve gotten 33 clean sheets [when the opponent doesn’t score] out of 35 total games,” said Luke. “It’s been incredible.” While Luke could easily focus all of his time on his goalkeeping skills, he recognizes the importance of being a team player. “I try to be with my team as much as I can to build that chemistry,” Luke said. Accordingly, Luke’s life is extremely busy. Soccer is on the schedule every day except for Friday, with practices in Suwanee three days a week, and games and tournaments each weekend. Whenever he isn’t with his team, Luke is training one-on-one with his goalkeeping coach Dan Pietro, the coach he first started working with at NASA several years ago. “He has not only natural

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public meetings on the roundabout. He went door-to-door to alert people about the plan. He started attending city government meetings himself. “Bottom line, I got involved,” he said. He soon realized others were getting involved, too. Some regularly attended public meetings or spoke out during public comment periods at Dunwoody City Council meetings. Others wrote letters of complaint to local newspapers. Different groups of people focused on different local issues. One group protested the removal of trees at Brook Run Park to build a multi-use trail. Another argued against a plan to reconfigure Dunwoody Village Parkway to reduce the number of lanes and add sidewalks and bike lanes. Others, like Green, objected to the roundabout. Soon, they were talking to each other. In October, 25 to 30 people met at a local restaurant and decided to organize themselves into a group called Save Dunwoody. Save Dunwoody set up a website – SaveDunwoody.com – and started distributing yard signs calling for the city government to stop the trail, the parkway and the roundabout. Since those early meetings, Save Dunwoody has grown, members say. The group posted a poll on its website that drew 1,300 responses. The poll

was set up so no computer could be used more than once to answer questions. At last count, responses were running 78 percent against the projects, said Jim Dickson, a long-time Dunwoody resident who says he hadn’t really been active in local politics since the 1970s until the Dunwoody Village Parkway plans joe earle came along. Robert Green, left, and Norb Leahy, a Norb Leahy of Save Dunwoody. Dunwoody Tea Party activist who helped As a group of seven [council members, Save Dunwoody organize, says the we listen] to the community, to all the group counts more than 700 members groups, … and we come up with what on its mailing list. four of the seven think is best for the city Although the original members were for the next 25 years.” interested in different issues, they agreed City officials have said publicly they that they felt shut out by the city govbelieve the city’s policy debates are the ernment. “The common denominator product of Dunwoody’s natural evoluwas we had a City Council that wasn’t tion as a young municipality. City leadwilling to listen,” Dickson said. ers organized city-wide planning sesCity officials dispute that. “We do sions during the first several years of the as a council very much listen to everycity’s existence, and drew up plans based one,” City Councilman Terry Nall said. on what residents said they wanted. “I wouldn’t say any group of citizens has Now, they say, the city is moving into influence any more than another. … an implementation phase with proj-

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ects such as the Brook Run trail and the public-private Project Renaissance redevelopment in the Georgetown area of the city. Suddenly, residents are seeing change. “Moving to implementation makes the projects more real,” Nall said. Save Dunwoody members question the city’s plans, saying advocacy groups controlled the planning meetings. “They went through a planning process that was illegitimate,” Leahy said. Some outsiders say they can’t tell what Save Dunwoody’s members really want for the city. “I’ve looked at their website and I don’t quite understand, other than they’re opposing those three things, what their mission is,” said Dunwoody Homeowners Association president Stacey Harris. Others bluntly oppose the new group. One Dunwoody blogger posted an item titled “Save Dunwoody from Save Dunwoody.” Dickson argues that opposition to the city’s present direction runs deep. “If you get out into the neighborhoods and talk to the people who actually vote, you hear it,” he said. Dickson looks to the fall elections to bring change. “My guess is there’s going to be people running for office that have positions that are contrary to the agenda of the past year,” he said.

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The events will be similar to food truck and music events in Smyrna and the Virginia-Highland area, promoter Bettie Cagle of Red Bird Events told the DHA board during its April 14 meeting. The proposal now goes to Dunwoody City Council for consideration. Cagle said she plans to ask the city to allow the food-and-music events and to provide garbage pickup and traffic control officers as needed. If approved, the events could start in May or June, Cagle said at the DHA meeting. “My intention for this event is to create a trial run for a consistent, community-building event where families and friends can join together [to] listen to live music and meet new people in a positive local environment,” Cagle said in a letter to the DHA. The events would feature several food trucks and an appearance by local solo musicians or small groups, DHA secre-

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R o bbery 4400 block of E. Kings Point Circle – A strong-arm robbery in the street was reported on April 3. 4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A robbery of a business using a gun was reported on April 4. 4500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A strong-arm robbery in the street was reported on April 5.

B ur g lary 5500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – A burglary to a non-residence, using forced entry, was reported on March 29. 4800 block of Glenbonnie Court – A burglary to a residence, without using forced entry, was reported on March 30.

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5500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – A larceny from a building was reported on March 30. 100 block of Perimeter Center Place – A larceny from a building was reported on March 30. 100 block of Perimeter Center Place – A larceny of parts from a vehicle was reported on March 30.

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4500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on April 2.

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1st block of Perimeter Center East – A larceny from the mail was reported on April 2.

100 block of Perimeter Center West – Theft of an auto was reported on March 29.

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P u b l i c S af e t y 1100 block of Hammond Drive – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on April 5. 4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny from a building was reported on April 5. 4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on April 6. 5000 block of Winters Chapel Road – A larceny was reported on April 7. 4900 block of Vermack Road – A larceny was reported on April 8. 100 block of Perimeter Center Place – Shoplifting was reported on April 10. 4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on April 10. 2900 block of Wintercrest Drive – A larceny from the mail was reported on April 10. 2500 block of Laurelwood Road – A larceny from a building was reported on April 11.

1. 5200 block of Charleston Place – Simple assault/battery was reported on April 2. 1st block of Perimeter Center East – Family battery/simple battery was reported on April 2. 1st block of Perimeter Center East – Simple assault/battery was reported on April 3. 4400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Simple assault/ battery was reported on April 4. 4900 block of Winters Chapel Road – Simple assault/battery was reported on April 5. 5500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Assault through intimidation was reported on April 5. 100 block of Perimeter Center West/ Crown Pointe Parkway – Simple assault/battery was reported on April 10.

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4500 block of Barclay Drive – Simple assault/battery was reported on April 11.

2100 block of Peachford Road – Assault through intimidation was reported on March 29.

4400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Simple assault/battery was reported on April 11.

4900 block of Winters Chapel Road – Assault through intimidation was reported on March 29.

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2300 block of Peachford Road – Family battery/simple battery was reported on April

4700 block of Summerford Drive – Fraud through impersonation was reported on March 29.

1200 block of Hammond Drive – Forgery was reported on March 30.

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1400 block of Lincoln Parkway – Credit card fraud was reported on April 2.

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2400 block of Brookhurst Drive – Fraud through impersonation was reported on April 4. 1700 block of Kellogg Springs Drive – Credit card fraud was reported on April 5.

1900 block of Rotherham Way – Fraud through imper-

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2100 block of Simsbury

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1st block of Perimeter

Center East – Credit card fraud was reported on April 7.

100 block of Perimeter Center West – Criminal trespass was reported on March 29. 4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – An animal complaint was reported on March 30. 5500 block of Abercorn Avenue – Criminal trespass was reported on April 1. 4800 block of Coldstream Drive – Criminal trespass was reported on April 1. 4500 block of Kings Down Way – Harassing communications were reported on April 3. 4400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Criminal trespass was reported on April 6. 5400 block of Oxford Chase Way – An animal complaint was reported on April 6.

4800 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Fraud through impersonation was reported on April 8.

4900 block of N. Peachtree Road – Criminal trespass was reported on April 7.

4400 block of Tilly Mill Road – Check forgery was reported on April 9.

3800 block of Lake Ridge Lane – Commercial sex-keeping/a place of ill repute was reported on April 8.

1st block of Perimeter Center Place – Credit card fraud was reported on April 10. 4300 block of Dunwoody Gables Drive – Fraud through impersonation was reported on April 10.

2700 block of Peeler Road/Happy Hollow Road – A curfew violation was reported on April 9. 1st block of Perimeter Center East – Disorderly conduct was reported on April 10.

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Never forget The Marcus Jewish Community Center in Dunwoody held a Yom HaShoah commemoration (day of remembrance) in its Besser Holocaust Memorial Garden on April 7. Above, the program’s keynote speaker, Dr. Jerome Legge, a Holocaust scholar and associate provost for academic planning at the University of Georgia, addresses the crowd. Top left, Lior Goldstein visits the garden at the conclusion of the ceremony. Far left, Abe Besser, left, Marlene Besser, center, and their nephew Harry Scheinfield, right, light the memorial torches. Left, Traci Weisberg sings the national anthem.

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Marketing/Sales Positions Available – 20 year young – Dunwoody ad agency seeks the following positions: Marketing Assistant, Inside Sales Admin. Send resume and Facebook link to: damerow@incentivesolutions.com. Computer IT – Product Manager, Atlanta, GA. Apply: www.air-watch.com Vernon Woods Animal Hospital – Looking for a Kennel Assistant. Some weekends included – must live within 20 minutes of Sandy Springs. Call 404-252-1641 or fax resume to 404-252-7401. New exclusive Fitness and Wellness center for women in Buckhead – ROC House Fitness Spa is now Accepting Applications for Membership Sales, Fitness, Café, Hair and Nail Care, Massage Therapists, and Estheticians!! Professionalism, high energy, & enthusiasm are a must! Call 404-500-1621.

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A 30 day celebration of the Arts, April 18 to May 17 A project of Art Sandy Springs

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Dine Out and Support ArtSS! April 20th - May 19th 30 days - 13 Restaurants - 28 Artists have joined forces to sell art to support ArtSS. A portion of the proceeds goes to Art Sandy Springs.

A two day outdoor festival bringing art to the streets of Sandy Springs! Saturday, April 20th from 10-6 Sunday, April 21st from 11-6 Lake Forrest Dr. between Mt. Vernon Hwy & Hammond Dr.

Participating Restaurants & Artists: Brooklyn Cafe -Suzanne Engel, Emily Hirn, Cathyrn Miles, Ellen Stein, Susan Westmoreland B's Bistro - Michael Mirabella, Sonja Davis Austell, Debra Booth Breadwinner - Phyllis Adilman, Marta L. Suarez Blue Grotto - Fran Scher Food 101 - Diann Shaftman Hammockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trading Co. - Julie Mann La Petite Maison - Lynn Tolleson, Theresa Forman Cafe Posh - Sam Alexander, Doug Fromm Nancy G's - Belle Malone, Shirley Sequin The Flying Biscuit - Jackie Brown Sushi Mio - Jean Paddock A Royal Affair Cafe - Mary Wyman, Mimi Roberts, Sylvia Perkins, Diann Hooker, Judy Clark The Brickery - Gonzalo Ramirez, Heidi White

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Gourmet food trucks from the Atlanta Street Food Coalition and entertainment by Steve's Live Music will gather at Kudzu & Company (open for events) 6450 Roswell Road every Friday during ArtSSpring: April 26, May 3, May 10 & May 17 from 5-8 PM

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