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Council debates money budgeted for paving BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE
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Left to right, Isabelle Doherty, Allison Turner and Sherry Moore cheer on the Dunwoody High School football team during a game against Stephenson High School on Oct. 10. While the Dunwoody Wildcats scored on their first possession, they ultimately were beaten by the Stephenson Jaguars, 54-7. More photos on page 26.
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As Dunwoody City Council works through the city’s 2015 budget, debate is turning to arguments over police and paving. “We need to take a good, hard look at this budget,” City Councilman Denis Shortal said during the council’s meeting Oct. 13. Mayor Mike Davis submitted a $22.7 million budget to fund city departments. He says the 2015 budget emphasizes a central investment in infrastructure, public safety and quality-of-life amenities. The budget does not call for an increase in Dunwoody’s tax rate, set at 2.74 mills. In an email, Davis said the “heart” of the budget consists of creating connections and access, while strengthening service delivery and safety for residents. “We are prioritizing improvements, such as new sidewalks, trails, parks and intersections, and we are investing $2.99 million to pave city roads, construct and improve sidewalks, and complete construction projects,” Davis said. Also, under the new budget, the police department plans to add two majors and a SEE COUNCIL, PAGE 7
Some residents upset with DeKalb trash pilot BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE
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DeKalb County says three-fourths of the residents taking part in a pilot study of once-weekly garbage pickups support the program. But Dunwoody resident Bill Nefsky isn’t one of those who’ve been converted. “I think for those who want once-a-week pickup, great, but I think it’s a real step backward for the county and will create health and safety issues,” he said. “It’s not a clean sit-
uation.” Nefsky said he was accidentally added to the pilot program and had to fight for months to get back to twiceweekly trash pickup. He said his trash wasn’t picked up at all for about 2 ½ weeks, and he and his neighbors are upset with the service provided by trash handlers. SEE RESIDENTS, PAGE 6
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The city of Dunwoody has installed severe weather warning sirens at Dunwoody Park and Brook Run Park, which tested its alert system during the week of Oct. 13. The sirens are designed as an outside warning device to assist in alerting people in the immediate area of imminent severe and dangerous weather, Dunwoody Parks Director Brent Walker said. The sirens will activate when conditions create a threat of a tornado, a thunderstorm with winds at 70 mph or higher, and golf-ball sized hail or larger. Residents within a 1-mile radius can hear the sirens, including from indoors in many instances, Walker said, so residents near the parks also will be able to hear the warnings. “The parks are a good place to put these devices,” Walker said.
According to the National Weather Service, tornadoes claimed 55 lives in 2013, down from 70 in 2012. The lightning detection system will let people know when they need to take cover, Walker said, but the system also will warn when lightning is possible. Gerri Penn, chair of the Dunwoody Zoning Board of Appeals and president of the Dunwoody North Civic Association, said she feels the city needs more sirens to give its citizens and visitors the best chance of staying safe if there is a tornado or high velocity winds. Last summer, Penn said, her neighbor and her neighbor’s three children were saved from injury because of the sirens in Cobb County. “Her husband heard the sirens in Cobb County and called to tell her to go to the basement—right before the tree hit the room they were in and did serious damage,” Penn said.
For the Dunwoody Park baseball fields, the warning system will include a signal for coaches to get players off the field and to wait for an “all-clear” before returning to play, he said. City Councilman Denis Shortal said the tornado siren systems are a life-saving device that should be added throughout the city before a calamity strikes. “You have to anticipate it,” he said. Shortal described sitting at Brook Run Park when a tornado hit about two years ago. He said he was warned of hazardous weather approaching by a police officer, and he checked his phone app for weather advice. Shortal said that one of the benefits to the sirens is that they are a passive device, where residents don’t have to actively think to check a phone application or have a weather radio nearby. “I drove home at 10 miles per hour, watching trees fall,” he said. “If there’d been sirens, I’d have known without looking at my phone.”
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Many kids will get their first taste of s’mores when the Haunted Farm Tour returns this month, says Barry Deutsch, scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 477 in Dunwoody. The tour returns to help the community make use of the Donaldson-Bannister Farm and enjoy the spirit of Halloween, Deutsch said. The scoutmaster said many more people than were expected showed up last year. Hosting four different events on a single day makes for the most fun, he said. The haunted tour is most appropriate for elementary school aged and younger children. “We don’t go in the house, but around back and through the gardens,” Deutsch said. “Part is telling the history of the property, and this year we will have what we’re calling ‘ghost detectives.’” The event will be more spooky than scary, Deutsch said, adding kids will actively learn about history when they use tools to look for spirits of the past. Additionally, a big pasture out front will have five or six crafts and 20 or so games, Deutsch said. In a third area, people can make s’mores with $1 kits. “Last year we made about five or six extra runs for supplies,” Deutsch said. Not only s’mores, but fresh-grilled hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken will be available alongside snack and dessert
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City officials are debating whether to spend $10,000 to match funds from the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce to BR I EF S connect the businesses interested in helping the city. Councilman Terry Nall said he wants to make sure the city has a way to connect the businesses interested in helping the city, but he said he wasn’t sure at this point if the chamber was the right partner. City Finance Manager Chris Pike said the chamber would either hire or contract a professional community outreach person, and the Chamber would be responsible for raising $10,000 before city officials agree to match it. “We’re looking for someone who’s committed to this project who’s willing to put their money where their mouth is and raise the funds first before we commit tax dollars,” Pike said. Pike said the council members could agree to leave the money for the program in the budget and discuss in the future who should be its partner. “I’m not sure it’s necessary to spend money on this,” Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch said.
Council adopts state definition on care homes City Council remains divided on concerns with plat subdivisions in its code for zoning and land development, but the language concerning the city’s proposal for personal care homes has reverted to reflect the state’s description. Language used by city staff in the personal care homes code states medical care and treatment should not be included in a dwelling intended “to provide or arrange for housing, food service and one or more personal services for two or more adults not related to the owner unless the state would grant a license for such services.” An additional description of a child-caring institution includes “any institution, society, agency, or facility, whether incorporated or not, which either primarily or incidentally provides full-time care for children through 18 years of age outside of their own homes, and that is licensed by the State Department of Human Resources as a Child Caring Institution.”
Chick-fil-A requests public improvements waiver Council on Oct. 13 approved a waiver request for public improvements, with a provision that Chick-fil-A build a sidewalk as part of its site plan for a restaurant at 4400 Ashford-Dunwoody Road. Dunwoody Public Works Director Michael Smith said Chick-fil-A has a unique condition with its application for a land disturbance permit because it cannot control an easement grant. The fast food chain wishes to demolish the existing auto service center at Perimeter Mall and build a new Chick-fil-A restaurant, but to do so, it must meet streetscape standards from the Perimeter Center Improvement District.
‘Sounding Board’ appointments to be voted on Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis submitted seven names for what he calls a “sounding board” for zoning projects in the Perimeter area. Resumes for Alex Chambers, Stacey Harris, Bob Dallas, Jennifer Harper, Cheryl Spitalnick, Tony Torbert and Robert Miller have been sent to council members to review. A vote will take place at the next city council meeting, scheduled for Oct. 27.
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lieutenant. The police department also will fund a $500,000 vehicle replacement program. But Shortal argued that not enough was being spent on paving and too much was being spent on high-ranking officers in the city’s police department. Shortal said the police department needs more “boots on the ground” and he suggested hiring “more Indians, not chiefs.” “I don’t know what a lieutenant can do that a sergeant isn’t doing now,” Shortal said. Shortal said “small and efficient governments are successful,” and “we have to watch for government creep” because though the city has money in the bank now, it won’t necessarily be there moving forward. He asked Police Chief Billy Grogan, who is serving as acting city manager, to confirm the type of crimes seen in Dunwoody. Grogan said the city has seen a 22 percent increase in Type 1 crime, which includes homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny/ theft, motor vehicle theft and arson. Davis said his budget calls for spending $2.99 million on paving, sidewalks, trails, parks and intersections improvements. “We are also funding work on the
new 5-acre Pernoshal Park [a 19-acre site at the corner of North Shallowford Road and Pernoshal Court] and the connecting phase of the Multi-Use Trail. These are two amenities which I believe residents will be excited to see take shape and enjoy for many years to come.” While Davis said improvements are a priority, Shortal argued that the Number 1 need for Dunwoody is street paving, and the amount budgeted for paving didn’t increase. Shortal said he expected to see at least $3 million in the budget solely for paving. Davis said the city has added to the paving budget about every six months and he doesn’t see any reason to change the budget. Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch said more money was added to the paving budget in the past year, but Shortal said he wants the council to “see where we can carve out more money for paving— at least $500,000 to $1 million.” Other proposed budget increases include a 41 percent increase, to $240,778, for the city clerk’s office. Davis said the increase will pay for the 2015 elections. The amount budgeted for E911 services dropped by 70 percent, to $73,300. Davis said collections of fees for the service “are at a steady and reliably higher figure than budgeted in 2013 and 2014.”
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Two major office developments are asking to be annexed into Brookhaven, but residents of nearby neighborhoods who want to start their own town are asking city officials to wait. Brookhaven City Council voted Oct. 14 to formally notify DeKalb County of the annexation requests from Children’s Healthcare of Georgia and Executive Park. City Manager Marie Garrett said that the city is required by law to notify the county manager within five days once they’ve received the completed applications and the staff has verified they comply with state and county laws. But in a statement released Oct. 9, representatives of LakesideYES and the City of Briarcliff Initiative asked for a halt to the annexation. “We certainly would like to see this area in the proposed city of Lakeside,” Mary Kay Woodworth, co-chair of LakesideYES!, said in the statement. “The CHOA properties have been in our map since 2013, and the Executive Park properties were added in 2014. We urge those businesses that are eager to become part of an incorporated city to DUN
wait just a little longer, as Lakeside will soon be up for a referendum.” Meanwhile, Woodworth publicly has announced that backers of the proposed cities of Briarcliff and Lakeside have merged efforts and agreed to proposed boundaries to a single new city. They planned to meet with representatives of a proposed city of Tucker to try to work out an agreement on boundaries in time for the 2015 session of the Georgia Legislature. Brookhaven City Attorney Tom Kurrie said the annexation applications were complete and would be transmitted to the county on Oct. 16. The petitions will likely go before the Brookhaven Planning Commission on Nov. 12, followed by the City Council at its final November meeting. A statement from Children’s Healthcare said it would prefer to be part of an established city. “We felt the most prudent path for us to pursue was annexation into an already established city with a solid infrastructure,” David Tatum, vice president of government and community relations, said in the statement read at Brookhaven’s council meeting.
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Ga. 400 commute now better Like many residents of Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs, I use Ga. 400 several times a week. Thanks to Gov. Nathan Deal, this commute keeps improving. Ga. 400 commuters now enjoy a cheaper trip. The toll plaza between the Lenox and Glenridge exits is gone. In 2010, when he first ran for governor, Nathan Deal pledged to end the toll. Some observers dismissed this promise as unlikely to be fulfilled. After all, that same year the state of Georgia announced it would extend the collection of 50 cents per trip and renege on its original promise to end the toll when the original bonds to construct Ga. 400 were paid off. One stated purpose for the 2010 toll extension was to add connections to the junction of I-85 and Ga. 400, enabling southbound Ga. 400 commuters to go north on I-85 and southbound I-85 commuters to head north on Ga. 400. That project was completed earlier this year. Gov. Deal kept his promise to end the toll. To do so, his administration carefully managed resources to achieve a 2013 payoff of the 2010 bonds that funded the I-85/Ga. 400 interchange project, four years earlier than 2017 maturity date of these bonds.
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This does not mean that projects to relieve congestion along the Ga. 400 corridor will come to a screeching halt. To the contrary, less than one month ago Gov. Deal announced that a major interchange revamp will occur at the junction of I-285 and Ga. 400. All funding for this project has been identified. It will become reality over the next few years. The toll is gone. The interchange at I-85 and Ga. 400 has been upgraded. The interchange at I-285 and Ga. 400 is certain to be upgraded. Gov. Deal is working hard to make our commute on Ga. 400 faster, cheaper and better. His careful management of transportation priorities has made all the difference for our north metro communities. Rep. Mike Jacobs
Georgia Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-Brookhaven) represents District 80, which includes portions of Brookhaven and Sandy Springs.
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When is it time to retreat from trick or treat? I used to cringe at the sight of groups of large and lanky teenagers trolling the neighborhood with pillowcases on Halloween night. “Greedy, candy-grubbing kids,” I used to think, picking out the smallest, cheapest bits of sweet tarts from my bowl and handing over one piece each to 6-foot-tall boys wearing “I heart Bacon” T-shirts and giggly girls in Catwoman ears. But things have changed. Now my kids are among the trollers. My sons are taking college level courses in high school, but they still haven’t outgrown the lure of free candy… lots and lots of free candy. Determined not to be one of “those moms” who lets her teenagers run rampant through a holiday invented for preschoolers, I tried to curb it last year. It seemed to me that if you’re old enough to drive a car, you’re too old to trick or treat. But I caved to peer pressure, and it came from all sides -- from my boys’ friends and from their friends’ mothers (a.k.a. my friends). My line was outvoted. I understood the other side of the argument: “It’s just wholesome fun. It’s just one night a year. They’ll be too old soon.” And there was indeed a persistent, albeit tiny, little voice in my head that was agreeing, OK, already, let them have their one night of fun. This will be the last time. Besides, it’s not like they want to run off and get a tongue piercing. So I relented and let them go on All Hallows Eve, with a list of provisos: *Don’t keep at it after 9 p.m., and don’t knock on the door if the lights are out. *Don’t carry a pillowcase, and don’t grab a handful from the candy bucket. * Try not to look so tall -- slump, if you have to.
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Melissa Marcus knows what she likes. $10,000 for the nonprofit that financShe likes Halloween. es research into autism, services for fam“I love Halloween!” Melissa said. ilies with autistic children and advocacy “Halloween is my favorite holiday. I like for issues related to autism. In addition to go trick-or-treating, and I can go in a to the display itself, they take contricostume. I can be a tiger. ... I like wearbutions online and sell T-shirts. To doing a costume.” nate, go to the Marcus’ website at www. Melissa, who’s 20, is autistic. When scareawayautism.com or to the Autism she was little, her enthusiasm for cosSpeaks website at www.autismspeaks. tumes and candy and all things Halorg/events/scare-away-autism. loween gave her dad an idea. To enterThe Marcus’ display is a one-of-atain her and his other kind fundraiser for children, Jeff Marcus Autism Speaks, said erected a Halloween Morris, se“I think it’s a way of giving Kaitlyn display in his yard. nior event coordinaback. I have been very Over the years, his tor for the organizahomemade display tion in Georgia and fortunate. It’s very easy kept growing. just to donate money, but Tennessee. And the Marcus’ scenes fact it was inspired this engages people. The by Melissa is part of of ghosts and witches drew a crowd. Ten what makes the diseffort’s for a cause and years ago, the famthe cause is a good one.” play special, she said. ily moved to San“I think it’s really dy Springs and they cool that they’ve tak– JEFF MARCUS kept putting up Halen that special piece loween displays. of her autism and Over time, the disincorporated it into play “took on a life of its own,” he said. something bigger,” she said. “I think it’s A few years ago, he put out a cola neat, special way to have that bonding lection box to raise money for Autism time with kids, both with autism and Speaks, a charity that funds research into without.” autism. Last year, Marcus said, about Marcus says the holiday has a built-in 1,000 people came to see his “Scare appeal for some autistic children. “HalAway Autism” display and, together, loween and dress up is really good for they contributed thousands of dollars to autistic kids. They like it. They like prethe charity. “This all started with Melistending,” he said. sa,” Marcus said. Last year, Marcus said, donations Altogether, the Marcus family’s “Scare through Scare Away Autism came from Away Autism” project has raised about all over. The hundreds of people who
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State Farm is bringing thousands of employees to Dunwoody. The Doraville GM plant is being sold to developers, and work is scheduled to begin soon on improving the interchange at I-285 and Ga. 400. Those are some of the positive things local government officials and business leaders see coming to north DeKalb County. But they also see problems, including ethics violations in DeKalb County, a shortage of appropriately educated workers, and traffic gridlock. Transparency is one of the keys to attracting businesses to DeKalb, county CEO Lee May said at an Oct. 8 panel the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce put together to discuss economic development in north DeKalb. “We have an 800-pound gorilla in the room, and it’s about ethics,” said Brookhaven City Councilman Joe Gebbia, who helped moderate the discussion and asked May how the county could attract businesses while faced with ethics challenges. “We’re not in a very competitive place in terms of our reputation,” May answered. May said the answer to that was to be as “transparent as we know how.” And if we don’t know, he said, find someone that can help. The North DeKalb Economic Development Forum, held at the Holiday Inn Atlanta Perimeter in Brookhaven, included representatives from north DeKalb’s cities, chambers of commerce and local commissions as well as state and county officials. Gov. Nathan Deal said the state needs to improve the education of its workers. “We lack the workforce to fill some of the jobs,” he said. The state now offers HOPE scholarships to pay 100 percent of tuition for students going to technical colleges to pursue specific programs, including welding and commercial drivers’ licenses. He wants to expand that program to
include film set design, computer programming and precision manufacturing. “We don’t want to see companies import people into Georgia” to fill those jobs, Deal said. “You are in the portion of metro Atlanta where companies want their headquarters to be,” he said. Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis said that he is trying to reach out to every business in his city. “I want to find out what we’re doing right, what we’re doing wrong, what we can improve on.” Davis said that while companies in Dunwoody are able to attract good employees “from all four directions,” the “bad news is that traffic is not good . . . we have to fix that.” Brookhaven City Councilwoman Rebecca Chase Williams said that while cities should support large businesses, they should also focus on entrepreneurs and small businesses. “We have an awful lot of people working out of their houses,” she said. Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle said communities need “to invest in order to grow.” He used the history of Atlanta and Birmingham as an example. In the 1970s the two cities had about the same sized population, he said, but then “Atlanta took on the biggest investment of its day.” That $5.5 million investment, he said, was what is now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. “Today we celebrate the fact that it is the busiest airport in the world,” he said. “You have to make strategic investments.” Cagle said that the state, counties and cities also need to provide a qualified workforce to attract companies, and that can be done by improving education and getting away from the “one size fits all” model. Cagle said that local communities need to be able to build personalized curriculums, and that is why he introduced the charter system, which gives school systems operating flexibility.
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With 30 months remaining before baseball’s Opening Day 2017, Braves officials are planning where to put the cars the team’s fans will drive to the team’s new stadium in Cobb County. “We’re working parking every day,” Braves executive vice president of business operations Mike Plant told members of the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber during a luncheon meeting Oct. 14. “I’m not worried about parking. We’re working on a parking plan. It’s going to be much better than Turner Field.” Plant also said Braves officials don’t expect game-day traffic to add significantly to the number of cars and trucks that use the roads around the new stadium. The new stadium is being built in Cobb County near the intersection of I-75 and I-285. “We’ve got a huge team of traffic engineers,” he said in response to a question about what changes would be made to accommodate added game traffic in the area. “We’re working on building traffic and parking plans based on data.” He said they expect a game will attract about 10,000 cars, and all of those will not arrive or depart at the same time. And the stadium is used for baseball games only about 55 weeknights over a five-month period, he said. “We believe the impact is minimal,” he said. Besides, he said, “a lot of our fans will be coming from the north.” That’s one reason the Braves are moving. The new stadium, Plant said, will stand closer to the center of the area where the teams’ ticket buyers live than does Turner Field, the baseball park in south Atlanta the Braves have called home for nearly 20 years. “It’s is going
to be much better for our fans,” he said. Another reason for the move: the new stadium will be part of a multi-purpose, mixed-use development that will provide many more income opportunities. “A key part of our business going forward would be to not just have a ballpark,” he said. “The mixed-use development has always been one of the drivers, as important as making sure we have a world-class ballpark.” Plant called the stadium project “a transformational event for this part of Atlanta.” Development around the stadium will include housing, restaurants and a convention center/concert facility, he said. The idea, he said, is to operate yearround and to give customers reasons to stay around longer on game days. “I think you’ll have a much better experience, start to finish, when you leave your home,” he said. The new stadium itself will be smaller than Turner Field, providing 41,000 seats to Turner Field’s 50,000, he said, but the Cobb stadium will offer many more premium seats. A new Chop House restaurant will be four floors and offer more seating. “The Chop House is one of the iconic parts of Turner Field,” he said. “We’ve never had enough space there. [The new Chop House will be] about 2½ times the size.” The new stadium will differ in other ways from many major league venues, he said. It’ll face a different direction. “It’ll be a different position than Turner Field, with the outfield facing southwest,” he said. “A left fielder might have a little bit of a challenge late in the day, but that’s what we pay them for.”
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Following the closing of Georgia Shakespeare after 29 years, the school that hosted the Brookhaven-based theater company says it is exploring new options for the building that housed the theater group. “Georgia Shakespeare and Oglethorpe University have enjoyed a great partnership for a very long time and it’s been a sad week for all of us,” Oglethorpe President Lawrence Schall said in a prepared statement. “Both Oglethorpe and our city will dearly miss their talent, their spirit, and certainly their amazing productions.” The school’s Conant Performing Arts Center housed the company as its theater in residence for nearly three decades. Georgia Shakespeare announced on Oct. 8 that it was ceasing operations due to “substantial financial deficiencies.” Schall explained in a memo to students, faculty and staff that the school and Georgia Shakespeare had no financial or legal ties. “Their decision to close belonged
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to them alone and reflected their inability to meet their obligations,” he wrote. “Oglethorpe was in no way involved with any of that. Our relationship with Georgia Shakespeare was a partnership, a healthy and good one, but not a financial one. In fact, while they shared our space, there was no financial arrangement at all.” Schall said the company mostly occupied the theater building during the summer, and that the Conant Performing Arts Center is used by the school during the academic year. He said it was too early to tell if another theater company will replace Georgia Shakespeare at the school, but he expects opportunities to arise. “In fact, just last week, Atlanta Symphony musicians and chorus members performed in the Conant Performing Arts Center,” Schall said. “We expect a number of new opportunities to arise and we will carefully explore those.” Georgia Shakespeare’s announcement of its closing came just weeks after the company publicly declared it was in financial trouble and cancelled its production of “Henry V,” which had been scheduled to open Oct. 1. The company had earlier this year initiated a fundraising campaign to raise $750,000 in operating capital from strategic funders to eliminate debt and create a working capital reserve. Managing Director Jennifer Bauer-Lyons said that the company currently had $343,000 in debt, and that the theater had been using operating money to pay that debt. If successful, the fundraising campaign would have eliminated the debt and given the company a cash reserve. In 2011, the company had conducted a “Save Georgia Shakespeare” campaign, raising more than $550,000 from more than 2,000 donors. That enabled the theater to continue operating, but it did not eliminate its debt. “While we were heartened by the strong wave of moral support, the reality is that we were unable to secure the funds required to create a sustainable path forward,” said Georgia Shakespeare Board Chairman Daniel Norris in a press release. The company was founded in 1986, and became one of Atlanta’s most prominent arts companies, focusing on contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare. “We believe this is a huge loss for Atlanta, given the critical role Georgia Shakespeare has played in the city’s cultural ecosystem,” Norris continued. “We would encourage all Atlantans to fight vigilantly to support their favorite local professional theater and arts organizations.”
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and how to access eBooks with your library card. Free. All are welcome. For adults. Open to the first four participants. Call 404-848-7140 or visit the branch to register. 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.
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Saturday, Oct. 25, 2-4 p.m. – Kids will enjoy trick or treating, crafts, balloons and face painting at Town Brookhaven. Free. All are welcome. On Peachtree Road, next to Oglethorpe University. 4330 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. Find out more by going to: www.townbrookhaven.net.
Thursday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. – Riverwood International Charter School puts on their fall play, “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” a coming-of-age comedy set in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets, $12 adult; $8 students. Additional shows, Oct. 24 and Oct. 25, 7 p.m., Oct. 26, 3 p.m. In the RICS auditorium. 5900 Raider Dr., Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404847-1980 or go to: www.riverwoodics.org for tickets and to learn more.
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Reptile Guys Monday, Oct. 27, 4:30-5:30 p.m. – Meet
12 reptiles in this one-hour interactive show. For ages 4 and up. Free and open to the public. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: leah.germon@ fultoncountyga.gov or call 404-303-6130 to find out more.
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Tuesday, Oct. 28, 4:30-6:30 p.m. – Get ready for Halloween with a scary movie! Wear a costume to really get in the mood. Light snacks provided. Movie will be announced one week prior to showing. Free, and the community is invited to attend. For those ages 13-17. Open to the first 30 participants. Call the Brookhaven Branch Library at 404-848-7140 to register or with questions. 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.
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Friday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m. – Check out “Arsenic & Old Lace,” and meet two “charming” and “innocent” spinsters who murder lonely, religiously-acceptable old men by poisoning them with homemade elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine and just a pinch of cyanide. Tickets, $15 adults; $10 all others. Additional shows, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. Dunwoody United Methodist Church, 1548 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. To purchase tickets and learn more, call 770394-0675 or visit: www.dunwoodyumc.org.
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit Saturday, Oct. 25, 8-10 p.m. – Nassim So-
leimanpour dissects the experience of being forbidden to travel in an original play from Iran. The play requires no director or set, and has a different actor every performance. Presented by Out of Hand Theater. Tickets, $20. Marcus Jewish Community Center- Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Open to the community. Go to: www.outofhandtheater.com for tickets and details.
Zydeco Dance Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m. – It’s a Zydeco
dance with T-Broussard& the Zydeco Steppers. From a family of Creole accordion players and fiddlers, T-Broussard was born to play Zydeco. Dance from 8-11 p.m.; free dance lesson 7-8 p.m. Tickets, $18; $5 students. Authentic Cajun food and cash bar available. Knights of Columbus Post 660, 2620 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, 30324. For information, call 877-338-2420 or visit: www.aczadance.org.
Coro Vocati Saturday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m. – The Concert Series at Dunwoody United Methodist Church presents Coro Vocati, professional singers who bring the sun, moon and stars to life with choral classics by Brahms and Byrd, as well as jazz pieces by Billingsley, Peterson and Grimes. Suggested donation, $10. 1548 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. To learn more, call 770-3940675 or go to: www.dunwoodyumc.org.
Piano & Violin Sunday, Nov. 2, 4-5 p.m. – Oglethorpe Uni-
versity Museum of Art’s Skylight Gallery Concert Series presents Dr. Laura Gordy, piano, and George Vass, violin, performing Handel, Prokofiev and more.General admission, $10; free for OUMA members or with a Petrel Pass. 4484 Peachtree Rd., Brookhaven, 30319. Visit: http:// museum.oglethorpe.edu or call 404-364-8555 for further details.
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Apple Cider Days
Fall Bargainata Wednesday, Oct. 22, 7-10 p.m. – The At-
lanta National Council of Jewish Women holds a preview night for their Fall Bargainata. $25 entrance fee for preview night before Oct. 21; $35 after. Other days, no entrance fee. Sale continues Oct. 23, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Oct. 26, 11 a.m-7 p.m. Browse new or gently worn men’s and women’s designer clothing, shoes, purses, accessories and housewares. Proceeds benefit the AJCL literacy program in metro Atlanta schools and other service projects. Cash, debit and credit cards accepted; no checks. Hilderbrand Court Shopping Center, 6125 Roswell Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-843-9600 or email: ncjw@ncjwatlanta. org for details.
Beans and Bowls Friday, Oct. 24, 5-9 p.m. – The Spruill’s ce-
ramics department holds its 13th annual “Free Beans with Every Bowl” sale. Free admission, and all are welcome to browse and buy. Sale continues Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Oct. 26, 12-5 p.m. Pieces range from $10-$100. Cash or checks only. Stay for a bowl of chili! Spruill Education Center, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For additional information, contact Ken Horvath at 770-394-3447, ext. 233 or email: khorvath@spruillarts.org.
Hustle for Hope 5K Saturday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. – The Elaine Clark
Center hosts the sixth annual Hustle for Hope 5K and 1.5-mile Fun Run at Keswick Park in Chamblee. Registration, $25; children 2-6 years, $15. Wear a Halloween costume! Runners, walkers, strollers, wheelchairs are welcome. Post-race activities and costume parade. Proceeds benefit the Frank Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund. 3496 Keswick Dr., Chamblee, 30341. Go to: www.elaineclarkcenter.org to register and for details.
Saturday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. – Dads and their kids get the chance to try a variety of different obstacles that challenge them to work together using their mental and physical abilities. Tasks geared for every skill level, such as “escaping jail like a secret agent” or “building a house of cards that doesn’t crumble to the ground.” $25 per person. Rain or shine. A portion of each event’s proceeds goes to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Register and find out more: www.dadsbucketlist.com.
Last Soiree fundraiser for Art Sandy Springs, hosted by J.P. and Bernadine Richard. $100 per person. French wines, craft beers, heavy hors’ devours, live auction. Vintage creative attire requested. 1295 Heards Ferry Dr., Sandy Springs, 30328 (Griffith House). RSVP by Oct. 22 by purchasing tickets at: www.artsandysprings.org. Questions? Call 706-280-4906 or email: artsandysprings@gmail.com.
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Harvest Festival out Apple Cider Days, featuring carnival rides, games, food vendors, inflatables and more. Purchase individual $1 ride tickets onsite. Open to the community. Continues Oct. 23, 4-10 p.m., Oct. 24, 4-11 p.m., Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. and Oct. 26, 12-6 p.m. Event is a fundraiser for the Dunwoody Preservation Trust. In the Perimeter Mall parking lot, 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., NE, Dunwoody, 30346. Learn more by visiting: www.appleciderdays.org or calling 770668-0401.
Saturday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. – The At-
lanta Foundation for Public Spaces holds the sixth annual Chastain Park Arts Festival. Two-day event features up to 185 local and regional artists along Park Drive. Continues Nov. 2, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Open to the public. Rain or shine. Pets allowed on a leash. Enjoy live music, hands-on activities, and local food and beverage concessions. 4469 Stella Dr., Atlanta, 30327. Find out more by visiting: www.chastainparkartsfestival.com or emailing: info@afffps.com.
Day of the Dead Sunday, Nov. 2, 12-5 p.m. – The Atlanta History Center presents its annual Day of the Dead festival, an exploration of an ancient Mexican ritual in which families remember their deceased loved ones while celebrating their children and the continuity of life. Enjoy storytelling, elaborately-decorated altars, and authentic Mexican food and music. Free admission to the center. Food and drinks available for purchase. 130 W. Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30305. For information, call 404-814-4000 or visit: www.atlantahistorycenter.com.
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Road Trip See the peak colors of autumn in Georgia’s mountains Editor’s note: Now that autumn has arrived, we offer new Road Trip ideas for readers who want to get out of the house and see Georgia’s countryside. In the latest of our periodic Road Trip articles, we feature some of the state’s beloved tourist attractions during this time of year – its autumn leaves and apple groves. Our Road Trip articles focus on places within about a two-hour drive from Sandy Springs, Buckhead, Brookhaven and Dunwoody.
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Fall brings many diversions. High school football. The World Series. College football. Every couple of years, an election. Please join us for an Open House: Autumn is the time to hit the road, Saturday, November 15 Kindergarten, 1:00 pm head into the mountains, and enjoy the Sunday, November 16 Grades 1–5, 1:00 pm bright colors of changing leaves and a Grades 6–8, 3:30 pm sweet bite of a fresh apple. Thursday, January 22 Grades 9–12, 6:30 pm According to the Georgia Department The Lovett School practices a nondiscriminatory admission policy. Financial aid is available. of Natural Resources, late October and early November are peak times to admire the colorful leaves on Georgia mountainsides. October also is prime time to visit an April 1– June 2014 according to the chamber apple13, orchard, Silhouette Window Shadings of commerce for Gilmer County, which Sept 16–Dec 16 calls itself the Georgia’s Apple Capital. Georgia’s state parks offer some of the best leaf-peeping around. And the state helps guide tourists to the places where they can * on any given day with find the best fall color Silhouette® Window Shadings diffuse the sun’s rays, creating soft a website called Leaf Watch. For regular uplight that naturally illuminates your home. Save now with valuable ON SELECT HUNTER DOUGLAS OR MORE WITH REBATES dates on where the leaves are at or near their rebates. Ask for details. WINDOW FASHIONS
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This quiet park offers two stocked fishing lakes, a boardwalk and rental pedal boats, the DNR says. 2800 Sloppy Floyd Lake Road, Summerville Directions: Take I-75 N to Ga. 140 W, take Ga.1/U.S. 27 N to Sloppy Floyd Lake Road.
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In addition to fall color, this park offers views of the 720-foot-tall Amicalola Falls, which state officials call the Southeast’s largest cascading waterfall. It also has a 56room lodge, restaurant and a 20-room inn accessible only to hikers. 418 Amicalola Falls Lodge Road, Dawsonville Take Ga. 400/U.S. 19 N to Ga. 369, follow Ga. 369 W to Ga. 9 N, turn right onto Ga. 342, then left onto Ga. 52, and follow to Amicalola Falls State Park Road.
5. Red Top Mountain State Park
The park, less than an hour’s drive from metro Atlanta, contains an easy 4-mile trail open to bikers and walkers, and provides lake views, the DNR’s website says. 50 Lodge Road SE, Cartersville Directions: Take I-75 N to exit 285, turn right onto Red Top Mountain Road.
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Another stop on your north Georgia fall foliage tour can include Gibbs Gardens in Ball Ground. Through November 15, the gardens feature more than 2,000 Japanese maples in 100 varieties blending with Burning Bush, Sweetshrub and Sourwood, Sassafras and Dogwood trees. There’s also a Japanese arts and culture festival during the weekends of Oct. 25-26 and Nov. 1 and 2. For information, gibbsgardens.com.
Road Trip 1. Cloudland Canyon State Park
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1. R & A Orchards
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3. James H. (Sloppy) Floyd State Park
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5. Red Top Mountain State Park & Lodge
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A drive down ‘Apple Alley’ Gilmer County calls itself the apple capital of Georgia. The county chamber of commerce lists a number of orchards or apple stands in the area, including a half dozen on Ga. 52, nicknamed “Apple Alley” as it runs east from Ellijay. 1. R&A Orchards, 5505 Ga. 52. www.randaorchards.com 2. Aaron Family Orchards, 8350 Ga. 52 E. www.aaronfamilyorchards.com 3. Mack Aaron’s Apple House, 8955 Ga. 52 E. www.pickyourown.org/gaamackaaarons.php 4. B.J. Reece’s Orchards, 9131 Ga. 52. www.reeceorchards.com 5. Hillcrest Orchards, 9696 Ga. 52. www.hillcrestorchards.com 6. Hudson’s Apple House, 8036 Ga. 52 E. Other orchards: Panorama Orchards, Ga. 515 S.; Penland’s Apple House, Ga. 515 S. and 7678 Ga. 282; Red Apple Barn, 3379 Ga. 282; Seller’s Apple House, 255 Parks Drive
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Evan Maynard lives and breathes cars. According to his grandmother, his first words weren’t “mama” or “dada,” but “Lamborghini” and “Ferrari.” From the time he was an infant, he had a collection of Hot Wheels cars that grew exponentially, evolving to remote control cars and 1:18th scale diecast model cars. He eventually graduated to gas powered vehicles and four wheelers. Two years ago, Evan risked his savings account on a project racecar. As a student of The Lovett School, Evan was accomplished in all areas of study, but was admittedly drawn to math and science. Much like his interest in how automobiles operated and performed, Evan says he was intrigued by the discoveries math and science uncovered. He was also active in technical theater, and that experience complimented his creative nature. Last spring, all of Evan’s passions and energy were harnessed in the planning and execution of his senior project. The assignment was to encourage and empower students to identify an area of interest, and pursue an educational opportunity outside of the walls of the school. Evan followed his dream of learning more about the design and mechanics of cars, and he chose to build a solar-powered golf cart. “Making an impact on the environment in general was my main goal with this project; however I chose this specific project because it completely encompassed all of my interests,” Evan said. To get started with his project, Evan had to find a suitable golf cart. He chose to retrofit an existing cart at Lovett and identified his main objective as “gaining the attention of the masses,” much like what Tesla did in the ground-breaking creation of their cars. He says he knew he wanted to make something “innovative and eye-catching” in order to grab people’s attention and draw them in. Once people flocked to the design, they would realize the importance
of the power source and be left with the “lasting impression of solar power.” Ultimately, he hoped to convey a positive view of renewable energy that would make people think about alternative energy sources when shopping for cars. Evan says there were many bumps in the road to creating his solar-powered golf cart. From extensive reconditioning of the aging cart to multiple areas of bodywork, Evan chose to return the cart to “like-new” condition and then begin his retrofit. He says the long hours and exhaustive work wore him down at times, and he often reminded himself of the first thought he had of the golf cart’s potential - “complex graphics, great bodywork, and a 100 percent solar-powered battery bank.” Ultimately, Evan successfully created his vision. His golf cart was exactly what he set out to build – a vehicle powered 100 percent by renewable energy. He said he worked slowly and meticulously to make every part of the golf cart as good as it could be. To learn more about the project, visit Evan’s website: http://wordpress.lovett. org/evanmaynard/.
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Following the Georgia Supreme Court’s ruling on Oct. 6 that the city of Brookhaven can regulate sexuallyoriented businesses, the city filed for a court order to force the Pink Pony strip club to follow its rules. City Attorney Thompson Kurrie on Oct. 8 filed a request for a DeKalb Superior Court order that would require the Pink Pony to obey a city ordinance that says sexually-oriented businesses cannot serve alcohol, and said he expected the court to set a hearing date soon. The injunction would mean the club needs to obtain a valid sexually-oriented business license from the city, close at midnight, order its dancers to refrain from removing all their clothes when dancing, and not serve alcoholic beverages if the dancers are semi-nude. “I am pleased that the Georgia SuSPECIAL preme Court, in a unanimous deThe Georgia Supreme Court ruled cision, has ruled that the city of on Oct. 6 that the city can regulate Brookhaven’s ordinance governing sexually-oriented businesses. sexually-oriented businesses is in fact constitutional and that the city is not bound by a previous deal that the Pink of law, Brookhaven’s sexually-oriented Pony had with DeKalb County,” Counbusiness ordinance does not unconstitucilwoman Rebecca Chase Williams said tionally infringe upon Pink Pony’s free in a statement. speech rights,” according to a press reA Pink Pony attorney, Aubrey Villease from the high court. lines, said the club will contest the high According to the release, the strip court’s ruling. “We will file a motion club has served food, alcohol and prefor reconsideration with the Supreme sented nude dancers since licensed to Court,” he said, and “will continue to be do so by DeKalb County in November open to discussions with the city.” 1990. Villines said a neighborhood survey Trop, Inc. operates the club on Corshows 74 percent of residents wanted porate Boulevard. From 1991 to 2001, the city to leave the club alone. “I would the Pink Pony and other adult enterhope that the City Council would do tainment businesses filed several lawsuits what the constituents want them to,” he against DeKalb County for enacting orsaid. dinances that prohibit nudity and liquor Williams says the city isn’t trying to in adult businesses. shut the Pink Pony down. Instead, she Eventually, some of the establishsaid, the city wants the club to operate ments entered into an agreement with in compliance with the city’s ordinance. DeKalb in which the businesses agreed “Contrary to what you may think, to dismiss pending damages actions in the Pink Pony will not be forced to close exchange for the right to continue opunder our ordinance,” she said. “Ratherations. er, the business can continue to operate That agreement was extended in with erotic dancing consistent with city 2007 for a minimum of 15 years. The esordinances.” tablishments also agreed to pay DeKalb She explained that under the ordia graduated license fee, which totaled nance the club must refrain from selling $100,000 a year for the Pink Pony in realcohol if the dancers are outfitted with cent years. pasties and G-strings, or the club can sell In January 2013 Brookhaven enactalcohol if the dancers wear bikinis. ed its sexually-oriented business code, The Oct. 6 Supreme Court ruling upwhich prohibits alcohol in sexually-oriheld a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit ented businesses and bans full nudity. brought against the city by the Pink PoThe following May, the Pink Pony sued ny’s owners to challenge a city law banthe city. ning nude dancing and serving alcohol The high court said the city was not in sexually oriented businesses. bound by the club’s former agreement Justice Harold Melton wrote that with DeKalb County. “As found by the given “the established record regarding trial court, this prior agreement cannot the deleterious effects of alcohol coube used to bind the successively incorpopled with nude dancing, the trial court rated city of Brookhaven,” the court said did not err by finding that, as a matter in its opinion. DUN
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APS sees increases in SAT scores, Fulton steady, DeKalb drops BY ANN MARIE QUILL
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While Atlanta Public Schools saw an increase in SAT scores from 2013, the Fulton district held steady and DeKalb scores dropped. District-wide APS combined scores from the writing, math and reading tests increased to 1343 from 1335. Fulton scores held steady at 1567. “Our district’s overall score stayed constant this year, but most of our high schools saw increases,” Fulton Superintendent Robert Avossa said in a press release. That did not include Sandy Springs schools, as North Springs dropped to 1519 from 1546, and Riverwood dropped to 1540 from 1557. DeKalb scores overall dropped to 1228 in 2014 from 1341 in 2013, while the three public high schools serving Brookhaven and Dunwoody children also saw drops.
The DeKalb school system attributed that drop to an initiative to include all juniors in the test, which resulted in a 45 percent increase in those taking the SAT. “The extraordinary increase in students taking the SAT test was a direct result of the SAT School Day Program, an initiative approved on Dec. 10, 2102, by the previous Board of Education,” read a statement from the system. State Superintendent John Barge also attributed a slight statewide drop in scores to more students taking the test. “Do we want to see scores go up every year? Absolutely,” he said in a press release. “However, we know that as more Georgia students take the SAT, we will sometimes see slight decreases. The measures are in place to better prepare students for college and 21st-century careers, and by extension, the SAT. The gains in scores will come.”
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Teens: The police want you to keep your mind on the road BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE
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For Sandy Springs police Sgt. Dan Nable, drivers need to keep more than just their eyes on the road. They need to keep their minds on the road, too. Nable believes teens and their parents need to learn the laws and what research says about distracted driving, so as the community coordinator for the Sandy Springs Police Department, he developed his own version of a parent-teen driving class. He said he felt an urge to teach and pass on information. “The majority of my career has been in DUI enforcement, and you get really tired of knocking on people’s doors telling them their kids are dead,” Nable said, noting the No. 1 killer of teenagers in the United States is motor vehicle crashes. “What could be worse than losing a child to a preventable accident?” The Sandy Springs driving classes are similar to ones offered through P.R.I.D.E., the state’s Parents Reducing Injuries and Driver Error class, but they’re not identical, he said. In the Sandy Springs classes, parents and teens discuss crash dynamics, occupant protection and the law.
Then, teens and parents divide up to speak with officers. “The goal here is for parents to learn better coaching practices, and for teens to be able to talk in a safe environment about the stuff they don’t want to say in front of their parents,” Nable said. Atlanta, Brookhaven and Chamblee offer periodic P.R.I.D.E. classes. Dunwoody has an award-winning crash avoidance training class, which is on hold pending a location to host it, Dunwoody police spokesman Timothy Fecht said. In Georgia in 1978, all a 16-year-old had to do to get a driver’s license was show up at the Fulton County annex and drive around some cones. With a licensed driver over 21 in the passenger seat, a learner’s permit allowed a 15-yearold to drive restriction free. While some parents smile thinking back on simpler times, more cringe at the thought of letting their child behind the wheel. Dan Reilly, a driving instructor at Nathan’s Driving School in Chamblee, agreed that when he taught his kids to drive, in the ‘80s, it didn’t take much to get a driver’s license.
Sandy Springs police host a parent-teen driving class about eight times a year, on the fourth Wednesday of each month, modified for summer and holiday schedules. The next class is scheduled for Oct. 22 from 6 to 8:15 p.m. Email sandyspringsteens@gmail.com to R.S.V.P. A Brookhaven P.R.I.D.E. class is scheduled for Nov. 12. Email william.gilham@ brookhavenga.gov. For information on Chamblee’s class at the Chamblee Civic Center on Nov. 5 from 6 to 8 p.m., email ttaylor@chambleega.com. For information on Nathan’s Driving School, email info@nathansdrivingschool.net.
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“As long as they backed between the cones and didn’t run through any stop signs and traffic lights, they passed, but they didn’t really have a lot of understanding of what the laws really required,” Reilly said. Now, Georgia has a graduated driver’s license program for drivers ages 15 to 18. You can still get a learner’s permit at 15, but an over-21 person in the passenger seat has to be “capable of exercising control over the vehicle,” Nable said. “They can’t be drunk, and they have to have a valid license. If they’re ill, it doesn’t count.” Other requirements in the licensing process include 40 hours of practice time, six hours of which must be at night, an alcohol and drug awareness training course, and completion of a driver education course approved by the Department of Driver Services. Courses like those offered by Nathan’s Driving School help teen drivers understand the risks associated with driving, but parents aren’t involved. “It’s a good program because the parent and the teen attend the program together,” Reilly said. “A lot of parents never went through driver’s education so there are a lot of things they don’t know.” When parents interact with their teens in the driver education process, they learn more about how to act as a parent and as a role model for driving. “Let’s face it, not everybody stops before the stop sign,” Reilly said, adding that, in classes, teens will “rat their parents out” for texting while driving. Teresa Taylor, assistant to the Chamblee city manager, agrees that the P.R.I.D.E. class offered in Chamblee
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Some north DeKalb parents and officials believe the DeKalb County Board of Education’s recent vote to deny a “charter clus- The leader of the Atlanta Police Foundation told neighborter” application for Druid Hills sent a message that the embattledhood groups in Buckhead if they purchase security cameras, Atschool board isn’t open to new ideas. lanta police will monitor them from the department’s integrated Proponents of independent school systems in north DeKalb sayvideo center. the school board’s decision will bolster efforts to start new school Dave Wilkinson, president and CEO of the Atlanta Police systems. Scan here to get Foundation, told representatives of Buckhead neighborhoods at“The school board has a one-size-fi [philosophy],” saidtending the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods meeting on Nov. Reporterts-all Newspapers Dunwoody City Councilman TerryinNall, has advocated for14 that the Atlanta Police Foundation is hoping to get neighboryourwho inbox a separate Dunwoody school system.or“Th ey’re sign up not @ willing to rec-hoods involved in the effort to reduce property crimes. ReporterNewspapers.net SEE dEKALB, PAgE 26 SEE POLICE, PAGE 26
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From left, Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) and Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) discuss issues such as ethics reform, an independent school system for Dunwoody, and the state’s budget woes at a legislative forum at Dunwoody United Methodist Church on Jan. 6. More photos on page 31.
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For the last 5 1/2 years, Jim King has been the face of Buckhead’s neighborhoods. On Nov. 14, King announced he is stepping aside from his role as Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods chairman. Tom Tidwell, a BY MELISSA WEINMAN melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net member of the West Paces/Northside Neighborhood Association, will take over that role. King says he will remain as vice chairman, As state legislators head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they “temporarily.” King said he’d been considering giving up the post for have somea lot to think about. One local issue the state’s lawmakers may be asked to confront time, but some recent developments in his personal life pushed is the controversy surrounding DeKalb County’s school board. SEE JIM KING, PAGE 6 The system was recently placed on accreditation probation by AdvancED, the accrediting agency. Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), who chairs the Senate Education Committee, said at a recent forum that DeKalb County schools are his No. 1 priority. “I’m guardedly optimistic we can turn this thing around,” MilScan here to get lar said. Reporter Newspapers A Jan. 17 hearing of the Georgia Board of Education is schedin your inbox “Since 1983” uled to consider suspending the DeKalb school board members. If or sign up @
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Paige durand, 10, gets a jump on the holiday baking season by decorating some cookies at the Brookhaven Branch Library on Nov. 25. More photos on page 5.
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Tessa Rider, 11, carefully handles an ornament at the third annual Elegant Elf Marketplace at Lake Forest Elementary School on Nov. 16. The two-day holiday event, presented by The Sandy Springs Society, raises funds for local community services. Rider, part of a multigenerational family selling hand-painted ornaments at the market, personalized the decorations with a buyer’s name while he or she shopped, having it ready when the customer was finished. Additional photos on page 3.
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City Council awarded a $717,689 contract to C.W. Matthews Contracting to fix a portion of Lake Forrest Drive that’s been closed since June. The city’s current timetable estimates the portion of Lake Forrest between Lake Summit and Chevaux Court will be reopened by A court order halting construction a controversial multi-useFeb. 28, 2014. Scanofhere to get trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Fri- The city closed the road after multiple rock slides. Reporter Newspapers day afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior in your inbox Court attended The initial quote from C.W. Matthews was $1.5 million. City by city officials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan. or sign up @ officials revised their plans for the fix, deciding to use a net to catch Judge Tangela M. Barrie said her temporary restraining order ReporterNewspapers.net SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 27 against the trail will remain in effect until she holds a full hearing on the matter. Barrie said homeowners who oppose the city’s plan for the trail must convince her that its construction through the forest in Brook Run Park should be permanently stopped. Critics are upset the planned 12-foot-wide concrete trail will require removal of more than 300 trees. City officials say an equal number of trees will be replanted. The judge’s decision to extend her temporary order capped a two-hour hearing before a packed courtroom. Chairs were add-
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Before she exits Sandy Springs City Council in January, District 6 City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny is working to secure her legacy as the city’s lead tree preservationist. McEnerny, a firm believer in term limits, didn’t seek a third term in this year’s municipal election. She’s also a firm believer in tree protection, and has spent the last few months trying to get the council to correct what she believes are glaring flaws in the city’s tree ordinance. City Council on Nov. 19 discussed McEnerny’s suggested fixes
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