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Left, tatum o’Grady, 5, with best friend emme Cook, 4, look on during the dunwoody High School Wildcats’ football game against the Chamblee Charter High School Bulldogs on aug. 30. the game, played at North dekalb Stadium, was won by the Bulldogs 28-0. more photos on page 22.
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A divided Dunwoody City Council approved spending an extra $65,000 to cover unanticipated costs in the Georgetown Park project, but dramatically reduced a proposed contingency fund to cover future cost overruns. “We have prided ourselves on budgeting costs high and revenues low. In this case we didn’t,” Councilman Denis Shortal said before the vote on Aug. 26. We’ve learned a hard lesson here. We’ve got
When Carl and Lucy Stewart settled in Dunwoody a little over four decades Where ago, they felt like they had moved to the You country. Live The Stewarts had been living in Avondale Estates, an older suburb in central DeKalb County. They relocated in 1971, joining the movement
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The three Dunwoody City Council seats on the Nov. 5 ballot all will be decided after contested campaigns. Eight candidates – two incumbents and six newcomers – qualified to run in the city election, and each of the three seats on the ballot attracted more than one candidate. In District 2, incumbent Councilwoman Adrian Bonser decided not to seek re-election to her Post 2 seat. In a statement emailed Aug. 28, Bonser said she decided to leave the council due to health issues and so she could devote time to her family. “We need time to re-group as a family, and I need time to recover and attend to a series of serious health issues many know I’ve experienced over the past five years,” she wrote. Three candidates qualified for the seat Bonser now holds. William A.J. Mercier, Jim Riticher and Heyward Wescott are seeking the position. In District 1, Councilman Denis Shortal is running for re-election to the Post 1 seat he now holds. He is being challenged by David Davis and Henley Shelton. In District 3, Councilman Doug
Thompson filed for re-election to the Post 3 seat. His challenger is Sam Eads. Shelton, Riticher and Eads have announced they are running as a slate of candidates. They have called themselves the “Clean Sweep” candidates. Bonser, in her announcement, thanked her constituents for her five years on the council, saying “it had been an honor and a privilege” to serve. “I recognize I am leaving the council at a very crucial time in our young city’s history,” Bonser wrote. “I feel I am letting a lot of folks down in leaving at this time. To them, I offer my very humble apologies and, I thank you for your unwavering support over these many years.” She also expressed gratitude for support she received during treatment for her health issues. “Thank you for the hundreds of cards, flowers, emails, and prepared meals you delivered so graciously as we worked through our ordeal,” she wrote. “I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your words of encouragement kept my spirits up and, helped me fight the good fight. My fight is not yet over but, I have every reason to hope.”
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Owners of two Dunwoody apartment complexes have filed suit accusing the city of violating federal housing laws, and trying to drive low-income and minority residents from the city. The owners of the Dunwoody Glen and LaCota apartments claim city officials used enforcement of housing codes to harass the apartment owners, and tried to force them to sell or close the properties, which provide housing for African Americans and Latinos. The lawsuit claims the city’s actions were “irrational and ... based upon unwarranted fear and prejudice.” The lawsuit, submitted by lawyers Kathryn M. Zickert and J. Harrison Anthony, asks that the court order the city to stop prohibiting affordable housing and instead encourage it, and to stop the city’s harassment of the apartment owners.
The apartment owners said the city in 2011 wanted to use proceeds from a bond referendum to buy the apartments in order to tear them down and replace them with a sports complex. Voters did not approve the bonds, so the deal fell through. The apartment owners claim the city’s efforts to buy and raze the apartments were motivated by a desire to eliminate apartments in Dunwoody, to remove the 560 children in the apartments from Dunwoody schools, and to move minorities out of the city. The lawsuit names the city and Community Development Director Steve Dush as defendants. Spokesman Bob Mullen said the city and Dush had no comment on the pending litigation. –Joe Earle
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Hospital agrees to city trail extension City Council voted 6-1 to approve an easement agreement with Peachford Hospital to allow construction of part of the city’s planned multi-use trail. The first two phases of the 12-foot-wide concrete trail lie in Brook Run Park. The first phase has been completed, and work begins on the second this fall, city officials have said. Later phases of the construction are intended to connect the Brook Run Trail with a similar trail at Project Renaissance, the city’s redevelopment project in the Georgetown community. Peachford Hospital agreed to allow the city to build a connecting trail through its property. The city agreed to pay $26,000: $15,000 to cover the hospital’s legal costs and $11,000 for a fence along the trail. Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch cast the sole vote against the agreement. She said she did so because she thought the trail should be smaller. “I still struggle with that 12 feet,” she said. “I really appreciate Peachford’s gift, but 8 feet [of trail width] would be fine with me.”
Council action raises questions about city’s plans for Mount Vernon Members of City Council on Aug. 26 unanimously approved spending $11,000 more to design sidewalks and turn lanes at the intersection of Mount Vernon and Vermack roads. But while discussing the project, council members raised questions about city officials’ commitment to the city’s transportation plan, which calls for widening Mount Vernon to three lanes throughout Dunwoody. Several council members indicated they objected to one possible design for the intersection that called for a long central lane on Mount Vernon that would allow left turns. Other plans call for shorter turn lanes at the intersection. “Council seems to be leaning toward not putting in a center lane, but putting in sidewalks and bike lanes...” Mayor Mike Davis said. “Are we going against our transportation plan?” But Councilwoman Adrian Bonser said the city had ignored the transDUN
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But things quickly changed. New homes crowded all around them and filled with families. Perimeter Mall opened and the Perimeter Center area soon sprouted office buildings and attracted restaurants. Cars packed the roads. Still, the Stewarts think of Dunwoody Club Forest as a quiet, peaceful place. “This is great out here. It’s just like living in the country,” said Carl Stewart. “It’s quiet as can be, and we can drive up here and see the buildings of downtown Atlanta. It’s nice to be near a city.” “It’s peaceful, quiet,” Lucy Stewart
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It’s not particularly glamorous work signing agreements, As substate legislators head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they mitting plans and conducting studies for a planned trail, Livable have a lot to think about. Buckhead Executive Director Denise Starling said. One local issue the state’s lawmakers may be asked to confront But Starling and other backers of a planned 5-mile trail is thealong controversy surrounding DeKalb County’s school board. Ga. 400 knew it would take time. That patience and attention to was recently placed on accreditation probation by AdThe system detail may also be gaining them some support from neighbors liv-the accrediting agency. vancED, ing alongside the project. The path will connect pedestrians, Sen.cyFran Millar (R-Dunwoody), who chairs the Senate Edclists, skaters, Buckhead’s businesses, parks and schools ucation to the AtCommittee, said at a recent forum that DeKalb County lanta BeltLine. schools are his No. 1 priority. Starling said planners presented pub“I’m guardedly optimistic we can turn this thing around,” MilScan here30topercent get drawings to the lic in October and November, that give an idea what lar of said. Reporterrenderings Newspapers the finished product will look like. A Jan. 17 hearing of the Georgia Board of Education is schedin your inbox The public’s response? Soorfar, so up good, uled to consider suspending the DeKalb school board members. If sign @ she said. ReporterNewspapers.net SEE LEGISLATORS, PAGE 34 See LiVeaBLe, page 35
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A court order halting construction of a controversial multi-use danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Friday afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior Court attendedOperation Tennis Inc. in December filed a lawsuit to overturn the by city officials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan. city of Sandy Springs’ decision to award a contract to a competitor. Judge Tangela M. Barrie said her temporary restraining orderBut disputing the contracts to run tennis centers may be as popuagainst the trail will remain in effect until she holds a full hearing lar as the game itself, public records and newspaper reports show. In on the matter. Barrie said homeowners who oppose the city’s plan the past, disputes have arisen over contracts to run tennis centers in for the trail must convince her that its construction throughSandy the Springs and at Blackburn Park, a DeKalb County facility locatforest in Brook Run Park should be permanently stopped. ed in what is now the city of Brookhaven. Critics are upset the planned 12-foot-wide concrete trail will re-Operation Tennis’ lawsuit alleges the winning bidder, Groslimond Scan here to get quire removal of more than 300 trees. City officials say an equal Tennis Services, gave the city “bogus” third-party evaluations of preReporter Newspapers number of trees will be replanted. vious work. Some of the evaluations were written by people who apin her yourtemporary inbox The judge’s decision to extend order capped peara to work for Groslimond. or sign up @ Chairs were add-President Gery Groslimond denied those allegations. City Attwo-hour hearing before a packed courtroom. ReporterNewspapers.net SEE BIDDERS, PAGE 34 SEE BROOK RUN, PAGE 35
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said. “[We have] wonderful neighbors. wife lived in Dunwoody as a child, he Now there are lots of little kids around. said, and they wanted to raise their chilI just adore it.” dren near the place where she grew up. In fact, “quiet” seems to be a word Now their home backs up to a patch of Dunwoody Club Forest residents most forest, and Minton watches from his often employ to describe their 495-home open kitchen as deer appear to nibble subdivision built on the rolling hills beplants in his yard and garden. “There tween Mount Vernon Road and Dunwas a big old deer here just a minute woody Club Drive. ago,” he said one reStreets are lined cent afternoon. “It’s with large, twonice to look at, but is there something special about story brick homes he eats all my tomayour neighborhood? Let us know at and well-kept gartoes.” editor@reporternewspapers.net dens. It’s the kind At his home of neighborhood in another part where many of the of the neighbormailboxes that line the streets are enhood, Kerry de Vallette sees deer, too. cased in decorative brick structures. And he’s watched fox and coyotes wanLike many of their neighbors, the der through his yard. His dog, Baer, Stewarts joined the nearby country club checks the deck carefully for strange visthat gave their subdivision its name. itors before going out into the back garThe Dunwoody Country Club startden, he said. “When he comes out in the ed building a golf course in the area in morning, he stops and sniffs because he the mid-1960s, and relocated officially knows other things have been around,” in 1969. Subdivisions followed. Unlike de Vallette said. “We have some wildlife the builders of other subdivisions in the around here.” area, Dunwoody Club Forest’s developThe de Vallettes settled in the neighborers didn’t bother to build a swim or tenhood 20 years ago, when his job brought nis club because the community was so him back to Atlanta from Florida. His close to the country club. family lived in Dunwoody before, and These days, the Dunwoody Country knew they wanted to move back to the Club and Dunwoody Club Forest call area, but “the real estate market in Dundifferent cities home. The club, north woody was crazy. Houses were on the marof Dunwoody Club Drive, lies in Sandy ket like three days,” he said. Springs. The subdivision, to the south of They chose a house in Dunwoody the road, sits in Dunwoody. Club Forest because at the time it was an Dunwoody Club Forest differs from established neighborhood with houses some of its neighboring large subdivion large lots. They, too, joined the nearsions in subtle ways. Dunwoody Club by country club and settled in. Through Forest Neighbors Inc., a group that prothe years, they’ve found that through the vides social activities such as a Hallowhomeowners group, their quiet neigheen party, and publishes a directory and borhood offers plenty of things to do. website for the neighborhood, started “As subdivisions go, it’s pretty active,” not as an outgrowth of a swim-and-tenhe said. nis club, as many other such groups did, The Stewarts agree. They say resibut as a community garden club, said dents of their cul-de-sac throw birthday Tim Minton, the group’s vice president parties for their neighbors, and now, as of communications. The club claims its residents age and move on and younger own official flower, the daisy, and tree, families replace them, there are plenty of the magnolia. kids around. The Mintons settled in the neigh“I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” borhood about nine years ago. Minton’s Lucy Stewart said.
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To the editor: Recently, a letter titled, “City has declared a war on cars with planned bike lanes” [Dunwoody Reporter Aug. 25-Sept. 5] misinformed us all. I would like thank the writer for pointing out that Georgia law requires cars to provide three feet of distance when passing a cyclist; however, the writer misinformed us, implying you cannot cross the yellow line to pass. In fact, it is legal to cross the yellow line of a road to pass slow-moving vehicles (e.g. a cyclist, farm vehicle, or mail truck making rounds) and when passing stopped vehicles (including emergency vehicles, mail trucks, and construction vehicles), provided there’s no oncoming traffic. Frequently, if traffic is backing up behind a cyclist, it is because drivers are unaware that the law permits them to cross the yellow line to pass the cyclist. In addition, the writer said that “on-street bike lanes cost $50,000 per lane mile to construct, if curbs and storm sewer lines need to be moved.” It costs about 100 times this to build a mile of two-lane road, and that excludes the cost of the land! Furthermore, the writer misinformed us because most bike lanes can be added for cost of a can of paint, since all that is needed is striping the lanes. The writer implied that bike lanes tie up traffic. I have yet to see that in my 30 years of driving and biking. Furthermore, Dunwoody is not planning on adding bike lanes where the streets cannot support the bike lane and auto traffic. Living off of Mount Vernon (between Ashford Dunwoody and Abernathy), 100 percent of the traffic is caused by too many cars. It is so bad on Mount Vernon during rush hour that traffic usually crawls and it is impossible to make a left turn out of my development onto Mount Vernon. We are a two-car family, and my wife and I try to avoid Mount Vernon during these times. In my view, Dunwoody is becoming a more livable city that supports cars, bikes and walking. My family uses all three forms of travel to get to work, go to school, visit friends, run errands, and get some exercise. We do not want to feel
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trapped in a city where the only option is to drive. One more thought: The writer should do what my wife and I do. Don’t drive around Dunwoody during rush hour, as that is when all the cars tie up the streets, making it difficult on everyone, or maybe get some exercise and leave the car at home. Thankfully, through the city’s continued investment in multi-modal forms of transportation, we all have the choice to drive, walk or bike. David Bolocan
He’s grateful city is becoming more bike friendly To the editor: With regard to the article “City has declared a war on cars with planned bike lanes” by Norb Leahy [Dunwoody Reporter, Aug. 23-Sept.5]. He makes the statement that “bikes are for recreation, not transportation.” Might I inquire, who is the arbiter of this? Is this the view of Norb Leahy, the individual, or Norb Leahy, representing the Dunwoody Community Council? He then goes on to say that “sidewalks are useful for children to walk or ride their bikes to school.” So he has now reversed course, and declared that for children, bikes are for transportation! I am a 57-year-old man who occasionally uses his bike for transportation (and wished I did it more) and often uses his bike for recreation (also wishing I did it more). I gather Mr. Leahy doesn’t want me on the road around Dunwoody. However, I am certainly grateful that Dunwoody is making strides to become more bike friendly and would like to see this trend continue. Harry van Beuningen DUN
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Media too quick to publicize school shootings The media need to rethink coverage of school shootings. Extensive, sensational coverage glorifies the act itself. It could also be placing our students at greater risk. If you don’t think that media coverage is playing a role in these shootings, you need to consider the facts about what happened at McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur. I should preface all this by stating the obvious: McNair is outside of our coverage area. We weren’t faced with the difficult choice of how to inform our readers about the events there. I hope we never are. On Aug. 20, a young man by the name of Michael Brandon Hill entered McNair, carrying an AK-47. What was one of the first things Hill did? He asked the clerk to call a local television station. He wanted cameras there to film his rampage. He also told the clerk that he wanted to die. If you work in the media and Hill’s request doesn’t make you think twice about the way we’re covering these things, you are in denial. Fortunately, that very same clerk managed to talk some sense into him before Hill followed through with his plans. We were lucky, this time. But it shouldn’t require another Sandy Hook to make us realize something has to change. The school shooters are committing a grandiose form of suicide. Media, traditionally, doesn’t cover suicides, and is very careful when it does. It’s a long-standing custom, borne out of numerous studies from groups like the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the National Institute of Mental Health. “More than 50 research studies worldwide have found that certain types of news coverage can increase the likelihood of suicide in vulnerable individuals,” the NIMH concluded. “The magnitude of the increase is related to the amount, duration and prominence of coverage.” Everybody wants their lives to have meaning. A school shooting is a desperate act committed by a deeply troubled individual who wants to die and feel validated in the process. Press coverage unintentionally provides that validation. As reporters we are obligated to act in a way that informs the public but also does not jeopardize public safety. We do this all the time. Police ask us to omit certain details that might thwart an active investi-
gation, for example. The scale of a shooting or attempted shooting is much different, of course. There are evacuations to consider. There are parents who DAN need to be informed about WHISENHUNT what’s happening. Social media reports will follow, and that’s not something the traditional media can control. What the media can control, however, is giving the gunman the attention he craves. We don’t have to send out camera crews and live trucks. The media can control the narrative. There’s no need to find heroes and assign blame, or conduct indepth psychological profiles. The endless probing of the ultimate unanswerable question “Why?” is a task best left to mental health professionals. No pop psychologist, columnist, pundit or evening anchor will bring any clarity to the issue. We are much more likely to misinform readers and viewers with endless speculation. I’m on record saying that we need to take another look at how these perpetrators are able to carry out acts of mass murder. Easy access to military-style weapons is, in my view, something we need to revisit. Unfortunately, that requires action on the federal level, and D.C. barely functions as it is. The question of “Why” might be something we as reporters can address ourselves. Why do they do it? Because they know we’ll tell the world about it. It’s time to turn off the microphone and stop recording. The next time a school shooting happens, the national networks need to stay right where they are instead of descending on communities. Local journalists should respond with restraint. Let the mental health professionals and police deal with it. If there are casualties, report them in a straightforward manner. Discuss the victims, if you must discuss anyone. Quit looking for heroes and quit fishing for the motives of villains. Just stop. We are not helping.
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James Wendell George worked for the Georgia Power Co. for 26 years, rising to the post of vice president for customer service. He also was active in community and civic affairs through such organizations as the 100 Black Men of Atlanta and the Atlanta Children’s Shelter.
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About all Lee Weinstein can rememmonies or paber now is that he was jumping up and rades honordown with excitement. ing veterans, He was only 5 years old at the time. and supportNow, nearly seven decades later, he says ed programs that moment of overwhelming elation is for veterhis only personal memory of World War ans. WeinII. He recalls how his whole family celestein thinks brated in 1945 when news came on the members of big console radio in their Atlanta home the group that the war was ending. Even at 5, he can do more. AROUND felt the thrill. “We’ll get TOWN Weinstein now isn’t even sure whethveterans and er that broadcast reported V-E Day or send them JOE EARLE V-J Day, whether it marked the end of out to the combat in Europe or against Japan. But schools,” he he does recall that everyone in his famsaid. “We’re going to get the word out ily welcomed the report. The war had to youngsters.” touched them all. “My grandparents When he was a youngster himself, had two sons and one son-in-law servWeinstein took an interest in a differing,” he said. ent American conflict. His family lived Soon their soldiers could return. in the Morningside area of Atlanta, and But Weinstein worries that the solhis neighborhood provided proof of the diers who served in World War II and city’s role in the Civil War. His teachtheir first-hand memories of the war are disappearing. Put bluntly, the soldiers who fought in Europe and Japan are growing older and dying. Weinstein, who this month oversees his first meeting as the new commander of the Atlanta World War II Roundtable, jokes he was chosen for the job at age 73 because the group wanted younger leadership. He says an important part of his new JOE EARLE job is making sure veterans in Lee Weinstein, commander of their 80s or 90s have a chance Atlanta World War II Roundtable. to pass their stories on to another generation. “The World War II veterans are here, ers in elementary school were the grandand they are a precious asset,” he said daughters or great-granddaughters of one recent afternoon during a chat at his Confederate veterans, he said. “History Sandy Springs home. was a big, big thing,” he said. “That’s what got me going. I’m very He found other, more tangible, conproud to be an American and enjoy the nections literally in his own back yard. freedoms we have. These guys didn’t give He unearthed minie balls, the conius new freedoms, but they preserved cal bullets used during the 1860s. He our existing freedoms by beating Hitler still keeps a set he dug up preserved in and the Japanese. Hitler wanted to take a small frame. over the world. It was extremely imporHis boyhood interest in the Civil tant that Hitler be defeated ... and they War turned into adult participation in might be speaking Japanese in Hawaii Atlanta’s Civil War Roundtable, where except for what [World War II soldiers] he is a past president. There, he met othdid. They need to be honored for what er history fans who introduced him to they did.” the World War II group. The Roundtable organized in 1986 as As commander of the Roundtable, a way to collect and share experiences of he hopes to expand the organization’s World War II vets. speakers program by dispatching vetThe group now claims 250 memerans to public events and into midbers from across north Georgia, Weindle school and high school classrooms stein said. About 100 of them are World where they can tell their stories. “I think War II veterans. The Roundtable also it’s better to hear it from someone who includes veterans of American conflicts went through it,” he said. in Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan, as well They’ll have the chance to “meet with as history buffs such as Weinstein who classes and tell them why World War II never served in the military. was important, and why it was imporIn the past, Weinstein said, Roundtatant that we won.” ble members primarily gathered for lunAnd perhaps those another genercheon meetings where they heard from ation will discover something worth veterans or historians, took part in cerejumping up and down about.
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Sisters build businesses in Buckhead, Sandy Springs BY COLLIN KELLEY The Davis sisters have built their a bead store. businesses bead-by-bead and strand-by“There was a big trend 10 years ago strand. of people making their own jewelry, and A close twosome, Andrea Goldklang you saw celebrities with all this great is the owner of Belle de Jour Salon in beaded jewelry,” Sabrina said. “And peoSandy Springs, and Sabrina Davis is the ple still love to make their own jewelry.” owner of both Brina Beads and Range In 2007 Sabrina added clothing to Boutique in Buckhead. the shop, calling the new retail portion The Miami natives come from a famRange, offering pieces inspired by her ily of entrepreneurs and business owners, time in California, or “West Coast cool” so running their own small businesses is as she describes it. Sabrina said adding almost second nature. the clothing section “We like the idea of to her shop helped not having to answer store survive the “Instead of paying $40 or the to anyone else and berecession. ing our own bosses,” $50 for jewelry, they could “Instead of paySabrina laughed. ing $40 or $50 for come here and make it Brina Beads is celjewelry, they could for $8. The clothing line ebrating 10 years in come here and make actually helped increase business, having sucit for $8. The clothcessfully weathered the jewelry sales.” ing line actually the economic downhelped increase the turn, while Belle de jewelry sales.” – SABRINA DAVIS Jour has been a hit Both sisters love since it opened two having businessyears ago. es near each oth“I actually starter, and are regularly ed working part-time with Sabrina at amazed at the crossover of their estabthe bead shop,” Andrea recalled. “Then I lishments. Andrea and Sabrina reguwas working in a salon, but I knew I allarly refer their customers to each othways wanted to open my own.” er’s businesses. Trust formed at an early age when The sisters are also huge supporters then 12-year-old Andrea cut 6-year-old of giving back, especially after Andrea’s Sabrina’s hair into a Dorothy Hamill 8-year-old son, Nolan, battled leukemia. bob. From that moment on, and severFrom local schools to CURE Childhood al years of formal training later in New Cancer, to Children’s Health Care of AtYork and Paris, Sabrina was always asklanta, The Shepherd Center to Bert’s Big ing Andrea to make her look like the top Adventure are some of the organizations supermodel of the moment. the duo has supported over the years. Sabrina said she decided to open BriAnd even all these years later, Sabrina Beads after stints working sales in na still loves getting styled by her older Los Angeles, and finding herself coming sis. And Andrea can be found now and back and forth to Atlanta to visit her sisagain teaching a beading class or two at ter. It was actually Andrea’s idea to open Brina Beads.
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Brookhaven invites everyone to “Art on the Town,” an outdoor artists market, assisted by the Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces. The market features 30 local artists and artisans on the green space entry to Town Brookhaven, and also includes acoustic music by local performers. Free and open to all. Festival continues Sunday, Sept. 15, 12-5 p.m., and Sept. 21-22, same times. Town Brookhaven, 4330 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. Contact Lisa Windle at 404-873-1222 with questions.
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Saturday, Sept. 15, 2 p.m. – A “Music for the King” performance, featuring organ, trumpet and percussion music, including works by Torelli, Hovhaness and Handel. Free and open to the public. In the sanctuary of Northside United Methodist Church, 2799 Northside Dr., NW, Atlanta, 30305. To learn more, call 678-298-5047, email: melissag@ northsideumc.org or visit: http://northsideumc.org.
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“A Few Good Men” Thursday, Sept. 19, 8 p.m. – Check out this
drama about the murder trial of two Marines in Guantanamo Bay, which raises questions about the Marine code of conduct and the military establishment. Sept. 19 is “Preview Night,” with tickets $10. Show runs through Sept. 28. Tickets: $10-$23. Discounts available for groups, seniors, students and military with ID. Act3 Playhouse, 6285 Roswell Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 770-241-1905 or go to: www.act3productions.org for additional details.
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Consignment Sale Thursday, Sept. 19, 5-9 p.m. – Kingswood United Methodist Church holds its fall “KidStuff” consignment sale. Browse through children’s fall and winter clothing, toys, books, baby equipment, and much more. All proceeds support the missions of Kingswood UMC. Open to the public on Sept. 19; no children under 10 admitted. Sale continues Friday, Sept. 20, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 21, 8 a.m.–1 p.m., with many items 1/2 price. Free admission and all are welcome. In the Community Life Center, 5015 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Use the North Peachtree entrance. For more information, visit: www.kingswoodumc.org/missions/kidstuff.htm
Prostate Cancer Walk Saturday, Sept. 21, 7 a.m. – Join others for
the Atlanta Prostate Cancer Walk, which helps educate, empower and encourage men who are currently experiencing life-changing events due to prostate cancer. Event features a 5K fitness walk, guest speakers, kids’ play zone, food trucks, vendors, live music, health/community education and more. $25. Perimeter Mall, 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, 30346. Call 678-499-1266, email: info@fight4atl.com or visit: www.atlantaprostatecancerwalk. com for information and to register.
Walk for Breast Cancer Saturday, Sept. 21, 8 a.m. – Paint Georgia Pink announces the 3rd annual Randi Passoff Memorial Walk for breast cancer. Hit the sidewalks of Dunwoody, finishing at LifeSouth. Walk is a six-mile loop. $25. Proceeds go to local hospital foundations providing financial assistance to those battling breast cancer. LifeSouth Community Blood Center, 4893 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Contact Susan Oates at 678-684-7232 or visit: www.PaintGeorgia Pink.org to find out more and to register.
Dog Show-off Sunday, Sept. 22, 3-5 p.m. – High Point/ Meadowbrook Friends’ holds its first-ever Charity Dog Show, benefiting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Come show-off your dog, and win prizes and awards! Enjoy a doggy obstacle course, grooming station, pet tricks/demonstrations and more. $20 per dog; $10 each additional dog; $5 more after Sept. 15. No fee to attend. Refreshments for sale. Dogs must be leashed (no retractables). Puppies must be at least 6 months old and fully vaccinated. Gallery 63/Wieuca Animal Clinic, 4577 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, 30342. Contact Mary Stratton at 404734-3018 or marymstratton@gmail.com for details and a registration form.
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Tuesday, Sept. 10, 4:30-5 p.m. – Use your
imagination to create crazy, wacky creatures out of pipe cleaners! Maybe you’ll make a lean, mean robotic machine, a flower fairy or a gruesome spider! Art supplies provided. Free; the public is welcome. For ages 5-12. Open to the first 15 participants. Call 404-848-7140 to sign up. Brookhaven Branch Library, 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.
Honeybee Day Saturday, Sept. 14, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. – Hey,
kids and adults! End the summer by learning, working and eating in the garden! Join Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Metro Atlanta Beekeepers, and others for the Whole Foods Market’s Kid’s Day of Service. You’ll tour bee hives, and learn how to help bees in your neighborhood. Lunch provided. Space is limited. Free and open to the community. RSVP to: http://wfmbuckheadkidsdayofservice.eventbrite.com/. Questions? Call 404-345-1008. Blue Heron Nature Preserve, 4055 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, 30342. www.bhnp.org.
Beginner Birding Saturday, Sept. 14, 9:30-11:30 a.m. –
Join an Atlanta Audubon Society naturalist for a morning of birding and exploration. Participants will learn how to use binoculars, identify 10 common birds by sight and sound, and use a field guide. Class fee includes a pocket field guide, nature journal and handouts. For ages 6-11. $15 per child. Morgan Falls Overlook Park, 200 Morgan Falls Rd., Sandy Springs, 30350. Call 770-7305600 with questions. Sign up by visiting: www.sandyspringsga.gov/registration.
Turtle Tours Saturday, Sept. 14, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. –
Heritage Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an educational series appropriate for children ages 25, continues. In this program, museum mascots “Sandy” the Chipmunk and “Spring” the Turtle notice the changing trees and autumn leaves. Free; donations encouraged. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information, email: kbrigance@heritagesandysprings. org, call 404-851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org.
Friday, Sept. 13, 6:30-9 p.m. – Welcome
Nadia-Bolz Weber, “The Sarcastic Lutheran,” and founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, in Denver, Colo., to Sandy Springs Christian Church. The two-day event includes lectures, dessert reception Friday, and continental breakfast Saturday. $40. Program continues 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday. The public is welcome to attend. Purchase tickets at: https://ticketbud.com. 301 Johnson Ferry Rd., NW, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information, go to: www.sandyspringscc.org or www.nadiabolzweber.com.
Star Gazing Friday, Sept. 13, 7:3010 p.m. – Marvel over the
stars at Overlook Park! Bring binoculars or your own telescope, and join the Atlanta Astronomy Club in looking at the moon, visible planets and other objects. Try a variety of telescopes, or talk to amateur astronomers about the night sky. Appropriate for all ages. Free, pre-registration requested by going to: www.sandyspringsga.gov/registration. Morgan Falls Overlook Park, 200 Morgan Falls Rd., Sandy Springs, 30350. Call 770-730-5600 with questions.
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Bike Riding Saturday, Sept. 14, 8-10 a.m. – Is your child
struggling to learn how to ride a bike? Kid-friendly instructors will help with a lesson! Appropriate for children 4-11 years old. $45/$65. Bring a helmet and water to drink. Additional class at 11 a.m. Register by visiting: www.rei.com. Brook Run Park, 4770 N. Peachtree Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.
Attracting Wildlife Saturday, Sept. 14, 10-11:30 a.m. – How can you attract wildlife to your yard? How can you get birds, bees and butterflies to stop by and visit your garden? Learn about the four basic components necessary for a good wildlife habitat: food, cover, water and places to raise young. Plus, find out how to get your yard named a certified wildlife habitat. Free and open to the community. Register at: http://gardeningbythespringssep.eventbrite. Heritage Sandy Springs, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Contact Chris Adams at chris.adams@metrobrokers.com or 404-851-9111 ext. 2 with questions.
Reward Your Heart Friday, Sept. 20, 7-10 p.m. – Saint Joseph’s
Journey to Literacy Saturday, Sept. 14, 3-4 p.m. – It’s story time with the Junior League of Atlanta! JLA volunteers give an interactive reading of a favorite children’s book, along with related craft activities. Each family gets a copy of the book to keep. Appropriate for ages 3 to 6. Free and open to all. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Story Time Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov or call 404-303-6130 for details.
Practice SAT Test Sunday, Sept. 22, 2-6 p.m. – Test your knowledge with KAPLAN’s four-hour practice SAT test. Test results will be mailed to participants within a week. A great way to see which areas you need to improve! For high school youth. Registration required. Event needs at least 15 participants. Free and open to all. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: marlan. brinkley@fultoncountyga.gov or call 404-3036130 for details.
Hospital hosts an evening of health indulgences, featuring tastings of cheeses, wines, specialty olive oils and dark chocolates, as part of its “Reward Your Heart” event. The evening includes informal consultations with physicians, nutritionists and exercise specialists from Emory Healthcare and Saint Joseph’s Hospital. Also learn about the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. $20 per person; $30 per couple. Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter, 4355 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, 30346. Register at: www. regonline.com/rewardyourheart. For more information call 678-843-5105 or visit: www.stjosephsatlanta.org/womensheart.
Babysitter Training Sunday, Sept. 22, 2-6 p.m. – Class offers teens
(11-15 years old) the opportunity to learn skills that every parent looks for in a babysitter. Consisting of two 4-hour classes, babysitters learn the essentials of keeping themselves and children safe. Program includes child care techniques, basic first aid, rescue techniques, babysitting as a business, and online and cellphone safety. Continues Sunday, Sept. 29, 2-6 p.m. Marcus Jewish Community Center members, $125; non-members, $145. 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Contact Stacie Graff at 678-812-3972 or stacie.graff@atlantajcc.org to learn more.
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Abernathy Arts Center ‘exposes’ local artists in photo show BY MARTHA NODAR Local artists team-up to kick off the Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival at the Abernathy Arts Center in Sandy Springs this fall. ACP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting photography as an art medium. Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the ACP Festival, which is known for emerging in different venues around Atlanta every October, opens at the Abernathy center a little early this year. “Abstractions: Celebrating Altered Photography” runs from Sept. 20 through Oct. 25, and features work from members of the Buckhead-based Atlanta Artists Center. AAC is a nonprofit association devoted to those interested in learning about art. An altered photograph is an image which has been modified, such as through cropping, sharpening the contrasting, adjusting the color, etc., to create something slightly different than the original, either by using Photoshop or another similar program. Dunwoody resident John Howe and married couple Grace Hawthorne and Jim Freeman of Buckhead are among the AAC members showing their photos in the Abernathy exhibit. Hawthorne, a freelance writer who
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Atlanta Artists Center member Grace Hawthorne submitted a digital pastel piece titled “Singing in the Rain,” inspired by a photograph taken at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
just published her first novel, which is titled “Shorter’s Way,” admits she was not interested in photography until she started dating her husband of almost 20 years. “I wanted to learn about Jim’s interests,” she said. But she is quick to emphasize that while Freeman is a photographer with vast knowledge on how to use a camera, she views herself “simply as a picture-taker,” with an eye for composition and less technically-inclined. Freeman, a Vietnam veteran, said he developed an interest in photography during his adolescence. But it was not
until he was stationed in Saigon in 1968 that he began to take his craft more seriously, and took action pictures in combat. He describes photography as “the language of the eye.” This resonates with Howe, who majored in film production and views the lens as an expressive tool. Howe’s “Empire” is a photo taken with black and white film, which he then scanned the negative, generated a digital file, and manipulated it with the computer program Photoshop. Howe said he photographed the image reflected in a mirror of what appears to be a building next to the Empire State
Abstractions: Celebrating Altered Photography Where: Abernathy Arts Center Gallery, 254 Johnson Ferry Rd. N.W., Sandy Springs Contact: 404-613-6172 When: Sept. 20 through Oct. 25 Reception: Sept. 20, 6:308:30 p.m., public is invited Regular Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Admission: Free
Building. “There was this mirror on the side of the buildings, which I thought had an incredible energy,” Howe said. The defined black and white lines in Howe’s “Empire” are a sharp contrast to Hawthorne’s digital, soft pastel color piece titled “Singing in the Rain.” Hawthorne said she took a photo of a display at the Atlanta Botanical Garden depicting an umbrella floating in mid-air, and then cropped it. “Grace’s piece is beautiful and lyrical,” Howe said. “It is a lovely tribute to the 1952 classic film of the same title with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds.” For more information about the festival, visit: www.acpinfo.org.
Fall festivals ready for visitors Labor Day has passed, so it’s time to get out of the house and check out the community Fall festivals popping up around metro Atlanta. Here are some festivals arriving in September.
Sandy Springs Festival
Now in its 29th year, the Sandy Spring Festival, the primary fundraiser for Heritage Sandy Springs, offers a juried artists’ market, kids’ zone with inflatables, a petting zoo and face painting, arts and crafts, silent auction, and a pet parade. Enjoy two days of live music, entertainment, gourmet food options, rides and more. On Saturday, Sept. 21, the 2nd annual ArtSS Chalk Walk art competition gets under way, with $3,000 going to the winners. The festival kicks off with the Doug Kessler Sandy Springs Lightning 10K. When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 9 a.m. 7 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 22, 11 a.m.5 p.m. Where: Heritage Green, 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. How much to get in: Tickets, $5 for adults (age 18+) and $2 for youth (ages 6-17). Children ages 5 and under and Heritage Sandy Springs members are free. Two-day passes also available for
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adults ($7) and youth ($3). Additional information: Festival will be held rain or shine. The event is pet friendly. No smoking. Beer and wine available for purchase onsite. Free parking/shuttle at Century Springs East and West lots at the corner of Lake Forrest Drive and Hammond Drive. To learn more, visit sandyspringsfestival.com.
Fall Folklife Festival
The Atlanta History Center in Buckhead hosts its annual Fall Folklife Festival, featuring traditional crafts, southern foods, and environmental sustainability. Youngsters will enjoy a petting zoo and a “southern storyteller,” with activities such as blacksmithing, candle dipping, woodworking and natural dyeing capturing everyone’s imagination. Other highlights include short films, live music and smokehouse demonstrations. When: Saturday, Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Where: Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, 30305. How much to get in: Free for center members; $16.50 (regular admission) for non-members. Additional information: Treats from food trucks, and locally-brewed beers available for purchase. To learn more, visit atlantahistorycenter.com.
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Young Leaders “volunteer backbone” of the YMCA BY MELISSA WEINMAN
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Alvarez Stampley believes volunStampley said the Leaders Club teers make the Cowart Family YMCA in meets once a week, in addition to othBrookhaven successful – teenage voluner activities. He said the time committeers, in particular. ment, taking leadership roles, and asStampley leads the Leaders Club, a suming responsibility is a positive thing group of about 50 for the Leaders. high school students “We’re empowerwho do everything ing teens,” he said. at the Y, from referWhile the memeeing soccer games bers of the Leaders to babysitting kids. Club support the “Volunteering is “They serve YMCA, they also as the ‘volunteer support each other. actually pretty cool.” backbone’ of our At a recent Leadbranch,” Stampley ers Club meeting, said. the members sat – ERIC LLAURADOR CHAMBLEE JUNIOR Founded in around the room 1995, the Leadin a big circle. They ers Club is the only shared what they call group of its kind in “pats on the back” – Atlanta. Part service, things like winning MELISSA WEINMAN part social and part soccer games or getFrom left, Micah Hurt, Alayna Orr and Lindsey Starr help athletic, the club is open to eighth gradting good grades on a quiz. their friends do sit ups during a Leaders Club meeting. ers through 12th grade students. StampAt the end of the meeting, they did ley said the annual open enrollment pe“spirit fingers,” asking their friends for riod just ended, and new members of good vibes. One member shared that he one, large family unit.” very quickly as one big family.” the leaders club are beginning to attend was waiting to hear about a scholarship The word “family” comes up a lot at Agadzhanova has been a part of their first meetings. application, and everyone waved their Leaders Club. Llaurador said he’s very the Leaders Club for years.“It’s been a “They have a three-month trial perifingers in his direction. close to his friends in Leaders Club. big part of my life. It’s helped me make od,” Stampley said. “At the end of that “It really serves as a big mentoring “I like to think of it as my second friends,” she said. “It helps me give back trial period, they must be voted in by tree,” Stampley said. “It really becomes family,” he said. “We definitely mesh and it gives back to me.” current club members.” Stampley said the selection process is based on sweat equity. Those who show up at meetings and put in their volunteer hours are invited to stay as permanent members, he said. This year, there are 55 leaders from nine area middle and high schools. Leaders are required to perform 15 hours of community service each month, a big commitment for busy students juggling school, sports and other social activities. But they say it’s a lot of fun, too. After Before Before After “It’s definitely worth it. It doesn’t feel like hard work,” said Emily AgadzhanoGo to www.atlantaroofcleaners.com to see dramatic before & after photos of homes that once looked like yours! va, a junior at Chamblee Charter High School. Eric Llaurador, also a junior at ChamWe Will ma 1 - WE CLEAN ALGAE STAINED & STREAKED ROOFS ke blee, said “Volunteering is actually prety SAFE LOW PRESSURE CLEANING OF: o ur Home lo ty cool. I love reffing soccer and basketok • CONCRETE TILE ROOFS • ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOFS ball.” “Clean as n eW” Stampley said because of the Leaders • CEDAR SHAKE ROOFS • CLAY (BARREL/FLAT) TILE ROOFS Club volunteers, the YMCA is able put • SLATE TILE ROOFS more money into activities that would 2 - “SOFT WASH” CLEANING OF YOUR HOME’S EXTERIOR SURFACES otherwise have to go toward paying staff. “They do it strictly on a volunteer ba• CLEANS DISCOLORED STUCCO/HARDI PLANK/DRYVIT/VINYL SIDING sis, so they don’t get paid anything for • CLEANS DIRTY PAINTED TRIM (GUTTERS/SOFFITS/FASCIA/WINDOWS/COLUMNS/PORCHES) it,” Stampley said. • A SOFT SPRAY GENTLY COVERS YOUR HOME’S SURFACE, DISSOLVING DIRT & GRIME WHILE Leaders Club members serve as KILLING MOLD, MILDEW & ALGAE! coaches and referees for youth sports and provide “parents night out” pro3 - HIGH PRESSURE WASHING (HOT/COLD WATER) grams to babysit children, among oth• CLEANS ALGAE/MILDEW COVERED CONCRETE, BRICK, NATURAL STONE STEPS, er efforts.
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Hello, there Kingsley Charter Elementary School in Dunwoody welcomed a new principal. From left, Principal Brent McBride, “Captain Kingsley,” and Assistant Principal Antoinette Seabrook look forward to the possibilities of another school year.
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Swim for it A Dunwoody master’s swim group competed in the 1.2-kilometer Statue of Liberty swim, a counterclockwise race around Liberty Island in New York City on Aug. 16. Members include Sarah Crymes, Joy Dike, Jeff Frame, Steve Hartley, Tommy McNeese, Fran Romanchuck, John Stanforth and Wade Whittle, all part of the swim group at Dunwoody Baptist Church.
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We’ve got you! Kevin Feldman, left, is led to “safety” by teammates Drew Vincent, Emily Smith, Palmer Jones and Charlotte Spaeth during a ropes course challenge during the opening retreat for Youth Leadership Sandy Springs. Thirty-five students from eight local high schools began their year of leadership training and community exploration.
Running 17 exercise classes each week, plus private sessions with people recovering from injury or surgery, would surely exhaust an average person. Of course, Mattie’s far from average. She’s a bundle of energy who loves to dance, works a variety of music into her classes, and joins Canterbury’s walking club whenever she can, especially when they’re training for the annual Peachtree Road 10k. She says residents and staff are so much like family that she’s always encouraging people to move here.
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what I consider ‘cost creep.’” The council voted 5-2, with members Adrian Bonser and Lynn Deutsch voting no, to provide the money to pay for the work at Georgetown Park, part of the city’s portion of the $35 million redevelopment effort known as Project Renaissance. But the council would only approve an additional $10,000 in contingency funds available to pay future cost overruns. City staff members had asked that the council budget $120,000, so the contingency could be much higher. Council members said they wanted the lower contingency fund so they would be informed about any future additions to the contract. “I’d rather you came back to us and say, ‘We can see another $20,000 problem,’” Councilman Terry Nall said. The original budget for the park construction was set at $1.67 million, plus a $50,000 contingency. Most of the $65,000 in additional costs covers unforeseen construction expenses, such as the need to replace poor soil at the construction site, or makes up for mistakes in preliminary construction plans, city staff members said. “The changes recommended are costs we would have had [to pay] if they had been discovered earlier,” City Manag-
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The city’s planned Project Renaissance redevelopment features new housing and four new parks.
er Warren Hutmacher said. “The cost of the project really hasn’t gone up. We’re just finding out about the costs.” Hutmacher said “the main crux of the error” was that the city originally budgeted too small a contingency fund for the project. The park was the city’s first large construction project, other than paving, which he said has more controllable costs. “If we had properly set the contingency, I would not be standing before you today,” he said. Hutmacher apologized to the council for not catching the problems earlier. When completed, Project Renais-
sance will include housing, parks and a multi-use trail on 35 acres off of North Shallowford Road. The project includes a 16-acre parcel the city purchased in 2011, and a 19-acre property the city is purchasing in a multi-year transaction, Parks and Recreation Manager Brent Walker wrote in a memo to the council. ”A significant portion of the unanticipated additional costs ($42,500) are related to site conditions. Of the site condition issues, $35,000 is to replace unsuitable soils under foundations and drive areas to ensure the long-term in-
tegrity of the structures,” Walker said in his memo. “Although staff reviewed soil borings to assess soil conditions, staff did not catch all the areas that ultimately had unsuitable soil.” But some council members remained unconvinced. Deutsch said that if the mistakes had been caught earlier in the construction process, the city could have balanced the budget by cutting or delaying some items to be included in the park, such as the bocce court. “If all of this has been discovered earlier, we might not have spent so much on everything else,” Deutsch said.
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ny from the mail was reported on Aug. 17. 4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road
– Shoplifting of clothing was reported on Aug. 17.
4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road
dunwoody police reports dated through Aug. 29. The following information was pulled from Dunwoody’s Police-toCitizen Portal Event Search website and is presumed to be accurate.
RoBBeRY 4500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road
– A robbery of a financial institution using a gun was reported on Aug. 21.
Bu RGLa RY 4400 block of N. Shallowford Road – A
4700 block of Dunover Circle – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, reported cash stolen on Aug. 28. 5500 block of Glenrich Court – A burglary
to a residence, using forced entry, reported computer equipment stolen on Aug. 28.
auto t H eft
1200 block of Hammond Drive – Shop-
ceny from a church, including a ring, cash and glasses, was reported on Aug. 22.
lifting of computer equipment was reported on Aug. 19; shoplifting of clothing and jewelry was reported on Aug. 25; theft of a gas card from a vehicle was reported on Aug. 25. 100 block of Perimeter Center
Place – Shoplifting of cosmetics
2400 block of Stonington Road – theft of an auto was reported on Aug. 21.
4400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road
5100 block of Hidden Branches Drive –
4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody
4800 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road –
A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, reported a laptop stolen on Aug. 26.
1000 block of Manning Farms Court – An
attempted burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on Aug. 27.
4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road –
theft of an auto was reported on Aug. 24.
1600 block of Potomac Road – theft of an
auto was reported on Aug. 27.
tHe ft/LaR CeN Y 4000 block of Dunwoody Park – A larce-
– A larceny from a hotel was reported on Aug. 20.
200 block of Perimeter Center Parkway –
was reported on Aug. 19; theft by taking was reported on Aug. 21; theft of nail polish was reported on Aug.22.
theft of an auto was reported on Aug. 23.
4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road
– Shoplifting of earphones was reported on Aug. 18; theft of memory cards was reported on Aug. 22; shoplifting of lotion was reported on Aug.22; shoplifting of clothing was reported on Aug. 26.
burglary to a non-residence, without using forced entry, resulted in the theft of copper wire, and was reported on Aug. 20.
– A burglary to a non-residence, without using forced entry, resulted in the theft of cash, and was reported on Aug. 21.
– Shoplifting of clothing was reported on Aug. 20.
Road – Shoplifting of clothing was reported on Aug. 19; shoplifting of jewelry was reported on Aug. 24; shoplifting of purses was reported on Aug. 25; shoplifting was reported on Aug. 27.
1600 block of Malfre Lane – A larceny
was reported on Aug. 20.
4500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road
A larceny of a $500 radar detector from a vehicle was reported on Aug. 20; larceny of a laptop bag was reported on Aug. 27.
1400 block of Mount Vernon Road – A lar-
100 block of Perimeter Center Place – Entering an
auto was reported on Aug. 24; cash, a GPS and a wallet were taken from a vehicle on Aug. 24; a passport and backpack were taken from an auto on Aug. 24; a cellphone was reported stolen from a vehicle on Aug. 24.
4500 block of Old Perimeter Way
– A larceny of a laptop from a vehicle was reported on Aug. 24.
100 block of Perimeter Center West –
Shoplifting of clothing was reported on Aug. 25; a larceny of a GPS and a projector from a vehicle was reported on Aug. 25; a larceny of jewelry, laptops, sunglasses and phone chargers from a vehicle was reported on Aug. 28.
5200 block of Arrie Way – theft of a dog
was reported on Aug. 25.
2800 block of Winterhaven Court – En-
tering and damaging an auto was reported on Aug. 26.
4800 block of Dunwoody Club Drive –
theft of $560 of roof shingles was reported on Aug. 26.
1400 block of Carnaby Court – A larceny
of a $300 pressure washer from a vehicle was reported on Aug. 27.
1st block of Ravinia Drive – A larceny of a handgun from a vehicle was reported on Aug. 27. 1200 block of Ashford Crossing – A larce-
ny of a laptop from a vehicle was reported on Aug. 28.
1300 block of Nerine Circle – A larceny
of a GPS from a vehicle was reported on Aug. 28.
1400 block of Nerine Circle – A larceny of
a GPS and a purse from a vehicle was reported on Aug. 28.
1100 block of Hammond Drive – Shop-
lifting of clothing was reported on Aug. 29.
a S S a u Lt 1500 block of Custis Court – Simple as-
sault/battery was reported on Aug. 18.
4000 block of Dunwoody Park – An ag-
gravated assault with a gun was reported on Aug. 19. one person was shot at an apartment complex and transported to Gwinnett Medical center.
5200 block of Arrie Way – Simple assault/
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– Simple assault/battery was reported on Aug. 18.
6600 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-
Aug. 23. 100 block of Perimeter Center West –
fraud was reported on Aug. 24.
5300 block of Fairfield West – Swindle
vard – Simple assault/battery was reported on Aug. 19.
was reported on Aug. 26.
6600 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-
4400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road
object was reported on Aug. 20. The officer met with the victim at northside Hospital.
4800 block of Cambridge Drive – fraud
vard – An aggravated assault with a blunt
4800 block of Twin Lakes Trail – Simple
– credit card fraud was reported on Aug. 26.
through impersonation was reported on Aug. 27.
assault/battery was reported on Aug. 22; family battery/simple battery was reported on Aug. 27.
4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road –
5000 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road
5400 block of Charleston Place – credit
– Simple assault/battery was reported on Aug. 22.
fraud was reported on Aug. 28.
card fraud was reported on Aug. 29.
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was reported on Aug. 29.
was reported on Aug. 25.
1100 block of Whitehall Pointe – forgery
block of Barclay Drive/North Peachtree Road – Simple assault/battery
was reported on Aug. 29.
6800 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-
vard – Simple assault/battery was reported on Aug. 25. block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard – As-
o t H eR 2100 block of Womack Road – A man was
6800
sault through intimidation was reported on Aug. 25.
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1100 block of Manning Farms Court –
Simple assault/battery was reported on Aug. 27.
4500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road
– An aggravated assault using a vehicle as a weapon was reported on Aug. 27.
1200 block of Hammond Drive – Assault
through intimidation was reported on Aug. 27.
200 block of Ashford Center North – Sim-
ple assault/battery was reported on Aug. 28.
4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road
– Simple assault/battery was reported on Aug. 28.
2100 block of Peachford Road –
criminal trespass was reported on Aug. 18.
4600 block of Peachtree Place Parkway –
Vandalism to a business was reported on Aug. 18.
5200 block of Marston Road – Harassing communications were reported on Aug. 19. 2300 block of Dunwoody Crossing – dis-
orderly under the influence was reported on Aug. 20.
6800 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-
vard – child neglect was reported on Aug. 20.
I-285 East Expressway/North Shallow-
ford Road – A civil dispute was reported on Aug. 22.
2600 block of Laurelwood Road – An animal com-
10100 block of Madison Drive –Loitering and prowling was
3300 block of Charleston Place –
credit card fraud was reported on Aug. 17.
4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody
Road – credit card fraud was reported on Aug. 17; fraud through impersonation was reported on Aug. 28. of
4500 block of Barclay Drive – Ha-
rassing communications were reported on Aug. 26.
4800 block of Luray Drive – cruelty to a person over
65 years of age was reported on Aug. 26.
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reported on Aug. 20.
4600 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road
– fraud through impersonation was reported on Aug. 20.
9100 block of Peachford Circle – fraud
through impersonation was reported on
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2300 block of Peachford Road – Harass-
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Cheering them on dunwoody High School’s football team squared off against the Chamblee Charter High School Bulldogs on aug. 30, at North deKalb Stadium. the Bulldogs came out on top, 28-0, in the season opener for both teams. Right, dunwoody High School marching Band member Carter anderson plays the trumpet on the field at halftime. far right, dunwoody fan Hope turner “got the memo” and dressed appropriately, since it was “White out” night. Below, right, Wildcats cheerleader macon Cook shows her enthusiasm for the team. Below, far right, dunwoody students and fans display their school spirit by dressing in white clothing.
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