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Aug. 23 — Sept. 5, 2013 • VOL. 7 — NO. 17

Open all nightCity helping Waffl e

House relocate

COMMUNITY 3

One peopleRep. John Lewis recalls

1963 March on Washington

COMMENTARY 8

Pillow talkHer sewing creations soften patients’ visits

MAKING A DIFFERENCE 21

A pie in his eye

PHIL MOSIER

Mariah Andrews, left, a freshman at North Springs Charter High School, makes perfect contact with Sandy Springs librarian Marlan Brinkley on Aug. 17 at the library. Brinkley promised his teen readers that for

every book they read over the summer, they could hit him with a pie. More photos on page 27.

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Lake Forrest Drive isn’t the only road in Sandy Springs that’s created by cutting a vertical slope, but it’s the most notorious one.

It might also be a learning opportunity, according to Sandy Springs City Councilman John Paulson.

“Th is isn’t the only vertical/near-vertical rock face in the city,” Paulson said during the Aug. 6 City Council meeting. “We’ve now got a process in place to start looking at the rest of these.”

City Council on Aug. 6 gave the OK to awarding an emergen-cy contract in order to speed up repairs on a closed portion of Lake


City leaders know what kind of apartments they’d like developers to build. Mixed-used developments such as the JLB Partners devel-opment at Roswell Road and Windsor Parkway have received sup-port from most members of Sandy Springs City Council.

Th at project will produce high-end apartments aimed at attract-ing young professionals to the area.

But City Council members are not quite as certain about how they should get rid of the kind of apartments they don’t like.

With multi-family zoning applications pouring in across met-SEE LAKE FORREST, PAGE 26 SEE CITY CONSIDERS, PAGE 27

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City Council authorizes another condemnation


City Council on Aug. 20 approved using eminent domain to obtain prop-erty at 245 Johnson Ferry Road, a Sher-win-Williams store.

Th e council pushed back against a suggestion by the company’s attorney, J. Scott Jacobson, that owners didn’t have enough time to negotiate with the city. Jacobson asked for a 60-day extension.

Th e store has been in business since 1982 and survived the worst years of the recession, the attorney said.

Th e city gave the store owners a pro-posal in 2010, but the city center plan wasn’t moving quickly at that point and the sides couldn’t agree on a price. Plan-ning picked up in earnest in 2012, and in January the city made another off er to the company. Th e resolution autho-rizing eminent domain makes an off er of $1.25 million.

Jacobson said the owners only recent-ly recognized that the city would follow through with plans to authorize use of eminent domain.

“It was not until late July 2013 -- only a few weeks ago -- that the city no-tifi ed Sherwin-Williams it intended to use the power of eminent domain,” Ja-cobson said prior to the council voting to approve condemnation. “It was at that point that Sherwin-Williams knew or understood with some degree of cer-tainty that this is the city’s will to defi -nitely take this property for the city cen-ter project.”

Council voted 5-1 to approve the res-olution. Councilman Gabriel Sterling was the only no vote, but even he said the company’s arguments for requesting an extension didn’t hold up.

Sterling said city has been clear about its intentions for the Sherwin-Williams property, which is listed in a downtown redevelopment plan the council adopt-ed.

“It ain’t a secret,” Sterling said. “We passed this plan in [December].”

Other council members agreed.“Where have you been,” Council-

woman Karen Meinzen McEnerny said. “We have been going after this property and the entire town center since 2010. You knew this was coming.”

Th e city has authorized eminent do-main to obtain one other property, a parcel at 6224 Roswell Road. Th e city has reached agreements with several oth-er owners around the city center site, an area north of the intersection of Roswell Road and I-285.

Th e city and Sherwin-Williams would still have 30 days to reach an agreement before fi ling a condemnation action, City Attorney Wendell Willard said.

Councilman Chip Collins said he’s willing to consider giving the own-ers more time if they continue working with the city.

“I would add, I don’t expect to have a

fi nal deal within 30 days, but so long as we felt like we were progressing and had a good faith off er, I’d be inclined to wait even further,” Collins said.

Council members said they were sympathetic to the owners’ plight, up to a point.

“It stuns me that Sherwin-Williams didn’t think this city was serious about developing the city center,” Councilman John Paulson said. “I’m sorry. Th is has not been a secret.”

City staff said they have been working with property owners to relocate. “We want to keep you in Sandy Springs,” Mayor Eva Galambos said. “We’ve got some empty places.”

Fans ‘save’ Waffl e House Th e Sandy Springs Waffl e House,

established in 1983, will relocate, but it won’t be moving too far away.

Its customers made sure of that. In 2012, the city of Sandy Springs

began seriously considering plans for its future downtown, and the Waffl e House was on a list of properties the city wanted for its revitalization eff ort.

Loyal patrons began pushing back. Th ey covered and smothered City Hall with post cards, printed by Waf-fl e House, which read “Save our Waf-fl e House.”

Don’t worry, city offi cials say. It’s safe. At the city’s Aug. 6 meet-

ing, City Council approved an off er to buy the Waffl e House for $1.15 mil-lion. Th e company is working with the city to fi nd another location, one that will be near the restaurant’s pres-ent spot at 226 Mount Vernon High-way. Under the agreement, the Waffl e House can stay open at its current loca-tion through Jan. 1, 2014.

After the vote, the mayor and city council members sounded pleased by the arrangement, and amused by the fi erce loyalty of Waffl e House regulars.

“I hope they send me some nice post cards soon,” Mayor Eva Galambos said.

Pat Warner, vice president of culture for Waffl e House, Inc. said the cus-tomers came up with the idea for the post cards, and started the campaign on their own. Waffl e House assisted by printing the cards, he said.

Warner said the company hasn’t de-termined its new location, but added, “We’re really confi dent everything is going to work out.”

“Th e city gets to move on with their project and we have a spot to move to,” Warner said. “We’re glad to be moving forward.”

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With an Aug. 30 deadline rapidly approaching, the list of can-didates for Sandy Springs City Council has some new names.

Th e most surprising development, however, was one incum-bent’s decision not to run.

City Councilman Chip Collins announced on Aug. 18 he wouldn’t seek a second term, citing the pressures of raising a young family and tending to his busy law practice. Collins earli-er had indicated he would run.

“Although I have long assumed that I would run again, I have recently determined, after much consideration, that my focus for the next few years needs to be on my four, school-age kids and my busy law practice at Burr & Forman.”

Th at makes Collins the second incumbent on the City Council to decide against running again. City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny has decided not to run for her District 6 City Council seat.

Mayor Eva Galambos is stepping down as well.

McDonald running for City Council District 3

Graham McDonald announced on Aug. 19 that he will run for the District 3 seat, one day after incumbent Chip Collins an-nounced he would not seek a second term. McDonald is a local attorney and president of the North Harbor Neighborhood As-sociation.

He is the vice chairman of the city of Sandy Springs Econom-ic Development Advisory Committee, a standing committee that Graham was appointed to by the current Sandy Springs Mayor, Eva Galambos. Gra-ham currently serves as treasurer for the Sandy Springs Bar Association and is on the board of directors for Leadership Sandy Springs.

He is also serving his second term as a board of director of the State Bar of Geor-gia’s Young Lawyers Division. He is a graduate of Leadership Sandy Springs and of the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division’s Leadership Academy.

Blad running for City Council District 4

Tochie Blad has announced she will challenge incumbent Councilman Gabriel Sterling. Blad has served on a variety of vol-unteer boards in the city for the last 16 years.

According to a release from her campaign, Blad has been a res-ident of Sandy Springs since 1995. She got involved in local en-vironmental issues in 1997 when she was appointed to the Ful-ton County Citizens Commission on the environment. Recently she served as a member of the board of the Sandy Springs Conservancy, and helped the city with site selection for a park at Morgan Falls.

Fries seeks a third term on council

District 2 City Councilwoman Dianne Fries on Aug. 21 an-nounced her candidacy for a third term on City Council.

“It has been an honor to represent District 2, and I have en-joyed the challenge,” Fries said in a statement.

Fries is a Realtor, and owns an appraisal fi rm with her hus-band, Dillon.

Fries said Sandy Springs has progressed rapidly since becom-ing a city. Fries was among the fi rst people elected to City Council. She cited road paving, construction of parks and sidewalks, and crime reduction as examples of con-tinued improvement. She said she’s seeking re-election so she can continue to, “Work hard to move our great city in the right direction.”

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City leaders’ ideas for downtown make no senseTo the editor:

I am baffl ed by Sandy Springs’ lead-ership and the mayor’s vision for build-ing the Sandy Springs downtown cen-ter out of suburban sprawl. Each week, the pages of the Sandy Springs Reporter bring fresh news of how our tax dollars are being spent: on outside consultants, failed traffi c control ideas, and beautifi -cation projects that are not adding val-ue, community or effi ciency to this new-ly-formed city.

I read about the vision for a new down-town City Center, which displaces or de-stroys existing businesses. I read about grand ideas for European-style traffi c roundabouts, which won’t improve traf-fi c fl ow. I read about out-of-state consul-tants being paid for beautifi cation and landscaping schemes to welcome visitors to see what? And I wonder who is fi ll-ing our leaderships’ heads with ideas that clearly don’t work or won’t add communi-ty value? Can we not hire a local city plan-ner, traffi c engineer and landscaping archi-tect who know the area and can come up with viable solutions that make sense for residents?

Th e mayor wants park-like landscap-ing to welcome visitors on the Roswell Road exit from I-285. Th e additional lane recently added to the bridge has not

helped solve Roswell Road traffi c one iota, as it was promised to do. I hope our guests, once lured off the highway, will enjoy the attractive shuttered bars and pubs between Allen and Cliftwood as they sit in the unbearable traffi c on Roswell Road, waiting to get to the run-down visitor’s center.

While I applaud the idea of a thriving downtown area, I question the action to get there. Th e mayor threatens eminent domain on small businesses in the pro-posed “city center” area, while off ering the business owners no options for how to survive and thrive in new locations. • Why not supplement the displaced

businesses’ leases and build-out ex-penses by off ering tax incentives or cash incentives for them to stay in the “city center”?

• How about off ering a deal to the landlords of strip shopping centers along Roswell Road? Fix up your shopping center and we’ll help you fi ll your unleased space with the aforementioned businesses.

• How about helping poor CityWalk attract some businesses that can sus-tain life in that center? Th is cen-ter should be the crown jewel of the ‘downtown area’, but is instead most-ly shuttered.

• Want a great idea of where to put an ice skating rink? Instead of the in-accessible Roswell Road/I-285 inter-section, how about CityWalk? How about the Prado? How about one of the many run-down shopping cen-ters with traffi c lights, parking and better egress?

• While we’re at it, how about incen-tivizing renovation of the Bank of America building and neighboring

Northside Tower to attract the live/work crowd to downtown?While I believe our city leadership’s

intentions are good, their execution is far from good. What I hear and see makes no sense, is not a long-term plan, and is using valuable resources ineff ec-tively.

If the city of Sandy Springs wants a heart, it is going to take a lot more than the current fl uff , squabbling and squan-dering to form a true thriving down-town. It takes vision, commitment, community action and leadership.

Patrick Farrell

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Boycott billboardsTo the editor:

I know the city of Sandy Springs has tried to block the new electronic bill-boards via legal action. Th e new signs (esp. at I-285/Northside Drive, at 60 feet high) will expose neighborhoods to visual pollution, once the leaves fall, to a degree unprecedented in a residential neighborhood.

Does the city have a way to regulate the lumen output of these signs at night,

when measured in the nearby residenc-es?

A second approach is to rely on the marketplace to fi ght this new “plague” on our backyards. I would urge citizens to boycott any product, business or ser-vice advertised on these signs. I would urge any businesses to shun dealing with the advertising fi rms promoting the use of these billboards.

When they cannot pay the electrical bills, maybe they will “go dark.”

D.J. DeLong

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Supporting teachers means benefi ting the community

While so many of us make the shift this month from summer vacation to the rush and routine of school, it is my hope that amidst the fl urry of activity, each of us in Sandy Springs takes a mo-ment to recognize the incredible com-mitment and hard work of our teachers and school leaders.

As the executive director of the San-dy Springs Education Force, I have the privilege of working with each of our 11 schools. Since 2009, SSEF has direct-ly supported the men and women who make an impact in our classrooms. We make this commitment because SSEF sees the incredible diff erence it makes in our community.

In just four years, by partnering with our teachers, school leaders and organizations like Junior Achievement, the Community Assistance Center, and Georgia State University, we are assisting economically disadvantaged students by off ering them the tools to improve their aca-demic performance, and, in the process, strengthening each of the public schools in our city.

More specifi cal-ly, we support ef-forts like the Af-ter School All Stars (ASAS) program at Sandy Springs Char-ter Middle School. In ASAS, 96 percent of the participants are low-income stu-dents. Studies show that given the right support, a comprehensive after-school program makes a signifi cant impact -- and the ASAS program has shown prov-en success.

Remarkable results were found when comparing achievement scores of low-income students who did not attend the program with those who did. Scores from ASAS students were 10 percent higher in English Language Arts, 3.8 percent higher in Math, 5 percent in Reading and 19.6 percent in Science.

Results from those who attend-ed the program for two years showed even greater improvement. In English Language Arts, ASAS participants im-proved 15.4 percent better than nonpar-ticipants, 12.7 percent higher in Math, 21.5 percent in Reading, and 19.6 per-cent in Science. Th ese results clearly show that ASAS has impacted the aca-

demic poten-tial of over 200 at-risk students.

In addi-tion to after school pro-grams, the SSEF has produced three annual STEM (Sci-ence, Tech-nology, En-gineering & Math) events with program partners including NASA, Morehouse School of Medicine, Geor-gia First Robotics, and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, and involves more than 2,000 plus students each year.

Working with our two city high schools, we have guided 200 low-in-

come students to ap-ply and go to college or vocational pro-grams, and through-out the school year we directly assist our teachers. By off set-ting personal expens-es for school supplies for as many as 1,000 economically disad-vantaged children, we operate a “teach-ers closet” with the Community Assis-tance Center.

We do all of this and much more be-cause we believe teachers and school leaders deserve our support, and by as-sisting their eff orts, the entire Sandy Springs community benefi ts.

At a time when so many families are rushing around getting ready to begin the new school year, it is my hope that many of you will join the Sandy Springs Education Force.

Strong public schools promote a strong community, and our public schools need backing from the entire community to help support a 21st cen-tury workforce and economic develop-ment for our wonderful city.

You can volunteer your time with SSEF or make a fi nancial donation to support our schools by going to: www.sandyspringseducationforce.org.

Irene Schweiger is the executive direc-tor of the Sandy Springs Education Force.

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On Aug., 28, 1963, thousands of people gathered on the Mall in Washington, D.C. to demand the na-tion take action on civil rights. Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech to the as-sembly. Reporter Newspapers asked Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta, the last surviving speaker from that day, to describe the event and what it means to people in 2013. We also asked three of our local high school interns to describe how they view the March on Washington a half-century later.

Th e March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, on Aug. 28, 1963, was one of this nation’s fi n-est hours. Th e American people pushed and pulled, they struggled, suff ered, and some even died, to demonstrate their desire to see a more fair, more just society.

Leading up to the March on Washington, there had been an unbelievable amount of action on the part of the Movement. People were sitting-in at lunch counters, standing-in at theaters. Th ey were beaten, arrested and jailed by the hundreds and thousands by state and local government offi -cials. Th ey were standing in unmovable lines all across the South trying to register and vote. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and other leaders had been arrested and jailed.

Th ose of us in the movement made a decision that we had to do what we could, give our very lives if necessary, to demonstrate that equal justice was imperative to democracy. Th e morning of the march we met with Democratic and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill on the House and Senate side. We planned to leave the Senate and lead the people to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. But when we stepped out into the streets, we saw hundreds and thou-sands of people pouring out of the train station.

Th ey were black and white, Latino, Asian and Native American. Th ere were members of every faith, speakers of many diff er-ent languages. We were supposed to be leading them, but the people were leading us, and they literally pushed us down Consti-tution Avenue, up to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Dr. King inspired all of us that day with words that embodied what we all believed. He was the last speaker, but I was num-ber six. I was the young upstart who said, “We march today for jobs and freedom, but we have nothing to be proud of for hun-dreds and thousands of our brothers are not here, for they are receiving starvation wages or no wages at all….I said, “We must seek more than civil rights; we must work for the community of love, peace and true brotherhood. Our minds, souls and hearts cannot rest until freedom and justice exist for all people.”

We have come a great distance since that day, but we are not fi nished yet. Many of the issues that gave rise to that march are still pressing needs in our society—violence, poverty, hunger, long-term unemployment, homelessness, voting rights, and the need to protect human dignity.

What the March on Washington is saying to us today is that we are at our best as a nation when we understand that our dif-ferences do not divide us. We will be at our best when we fi nally accept that we are one people, one family, the American fami-ly. We all live in the same house, the American house, the world house.

Th e March on Washington is saying to us today that we can unite for the common good to accomplish great things for all Americans and not just for some.

U.S. Rep. John Lewis represents Georgia’s Fifth District, which includes parts of Buckhead and Brookhaven. Lewis was one of the speakers during the March on Washington. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech to the marchers that day.

March on Washington: Unite for common good

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Reporter Newspapers interns discuss 1963 march

Fifty years ago, hundreds of thousands of people marched on Washington for civil rights. Mar-tin Luther King Jr. gave his most famous speech during that march.

But, while we’ve come a long way thanks to the work of those be-fore us, and Aug. 28 is an anniver-sary to celebrate, we can’t rest: 50 years later, we fi nd a diff erent set of rights under attack, while un-der our noses key civil rights legis-lation is being struck down. Dark times may be coming, but I believe we can stop them. We just need to keep fi ghting.

–Blake FlournoyRiverwood Intl. Charter HS

In 1963, when a sea of people gath-ered for the March on Washington, they did so in a great public expression of their First Amendment rights. While my generation faces new issues of social jus-tice, what still resonates today and stands to be learned from that event in histo-ry is that every American, regardless of race, gender, and even age, can generate change through activism and the use of constitutionally-protected rights.

Th e Civil Rights Movement showed that the Constitution is not merely a set of words to be memorized in a class-room—it is an adaptable tool for creat-ing a better America.

–Mollie SimonChamblee Charter HS

One of the most memora-ble moments from elemen-tary school was learning about Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech. His words have in-fl uenced mil-lions, and with each successive generation, his dream becomes ever more of a reality. While we have come so far in 50 years, there is still work to do. Discrimination based upon religion, sex and sexual orientation is still rampant in the United States and beyond.

MLK was just a single fi gure who repre-sented countless people who chose to fi ght discrimination in their everyday lives. We can continue to shape society with each pass-ing day, if we continue to allow ourselves to be inspired by the dream of equality.

–Elizabeth WilkesNorthsprings Charter HS

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Books is thriving despite the digital revolution. Co-owners Bob Roarty and Jan Bolgla are passionate about books and their book-loving customers.

Pizza party –Page 15The iconic Sandy

Springs Mellow Mushroom location is closed, but that’s not stopping the company from celebrating 40 years in business.

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Tomlinson, executive director of the State Road and Toll Autority, says there are other local toll road projects in the works.

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Employees of GT Software, a global information technology company with its headquarters in Sandy Springs, meet in the conference room. Left to right, Heather Frogge, director of accounting, Tim Sacklyn, financial analyst, Deborah Reed, accounting clerk, and Ellie Soleymani, marketing manager. GT Software received $6,284 in economic incentives to locate in the city of Sandy Springs.

By Dan Whisenhunt

GT Software in Sandy Springs buzzes with the chatter of people the city wants to attract.

The employees are young, well-paid professionals working at high-tech jobs in an office with rows of cu-bicles. The office building is close to a MARTA station.

Getting the company to locate in Sandy Springs re-quired more than a nice lunch and a memorable ele-vator speech. The city gave the company a tax break, called “economic incentives.” GT Software received $6,284 in incentives, a minor amount compared with the hundreds of thousands other companies received from Sandy Springs.

A company official with GT Software said Sandy Springs was the right fit overall.

“Our Sandy Springs headquarters allows us to take advantage of the best IT talent found in the Atlanta area,” GT Software President Eric Nelson said in a statement emailed to Reporter Newspapers. “We of-fer innovative solutions for complex IT challenges to businesses all over the world, and our Sandy Springs headquarters provides the perfect environment for our employees.”

Incentives are becoming a permanent reality for cit-ies looking to land jobs to boost their local economies. The New York Times in December 2012 investigated incentives programs nationwide, and found that gov-ernments in the U.S. give $80 billion annually to pri-vate companies.

According to records provided by the cities of Dun-woody and Sandy Springs, Dunwoody has award-

ed $8.4 million in incentives and Sandy Springs has awarded $1.8 million.

The city of Brookhaven, which incorporated last year, is still in the process of determining how or if it would grant incentives, spokeswoman Dana John-son said.

At its Aug. 6 meeting, Sandy Springs City Coun-cil members revived the debate over the city’s incen-tives program. Mayor Eva Galambos has been an out-spoken critic.

Sandy Springs City Council imposed a 30-day mor-atorium on new incentives while the city reworks its current policies. The moratorium came shortly af-ter City Council awarded $120,000 in incentives to CH2M Hill. CH2M Hill is a contractor that used to

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Atlanta Vintage Books thrives despite digital revolutionBy Collin Kelley

Despite the convenience of shop-ping online or downloading an eB-ook to your Kindle or Nook, noth-ing can replace the experience of browsing in a brick and mortar bookstore. Atlanta Vintage Books (AVB) in Chamblee has been bank-ing on bibliophiles’ need for the tan-gible for the past 25 years, and busi-ness is thriving.

Atlanta’s chain and independent bookstores have taken a hit over the last decade as eBooks and big-box stores have sapped away readers looking for lower prices and the ease of shopping from a computer or smart-phone. Last year’s closing of Borders Books locations and the loss of landmark gay and lesbian bookstore Outwrite shook up the literary com-munity, leaving Barnes & Noble and a handful of independent stores to carry on.

AVB owners Bob Roarty and Jan Bolgla know they are lucky. The

husband-and-wife team bought the store on Clairmont Road in Brookhaven nearly seven years ago from the original owners after see-ing a “for sale” ad in a newspaper. The couple was burned out from their careers – Roarty in commer-cial printing and Bolgla in graphic design – and they both loved books. “It seemed like a no-brainer,” Roar-ty said.

The shop covers 7,000 square feet and has roughly 75,000 books for sale. While upstairs is saved for more vintage and rare books, the huge downstairs has contem-

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Roarty said sci-fi, fantasy and horror novels are also in demand, mainly because fans of those genres tend to hold onto their books. He said books some people consid-er out of date are a prized find for some collectors.

“We have engineers looking for old engineering books to find the tables and graphs and English-as-a-second language teachers in search of old grammar books,” he said.

The couple regularly goes to es-tate sales and gets calls from people who are downsizing and need to get rid of their book collections. Bolgla said AVB’s clientele regularly calls in or stops by the shop to see what has come in.

“We have incredibly loyal cus-tomers,” Bolgla commented. “Some come in every day to grab a cup of coffee, browse and talk books.” Roarty agreed, likening AVB to the fictional bar in the sitcom Cheers: “People really do want to go where everybody knows their name, and we are on a first name basis with many of our customers.”

AVB’s move to differentiate it-self from other new and used book-stores and embracing Amazon has also helped the store navigate dif-ficult times. “We sell our rare and used books at Amazon and on our own website,” Roarty said. “Many people believe that Amazon is evil, but physical bookstores and Ama-zon can co-exist.”

Bolgla said AVB has also used on-line deal sites like Living Social and Scoutmob to bring a “new genera-tion” of booklovers to the shop. AVB has also made fans of parents with

young children by often giving a kid a free book.

AVB is also hosting a regular open mic night, which Bolgla lik-ens to the old Paris literary salons once held by Gertrude Stein. The open mic is held the third Satur-day of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. and brings in writers of all ages who want to try out their latest work in front of an attentive audience. “It’s a casual evening and an audience that is willing to listen to your work with no pressure or expectations,” Bolgla said.

Roarty said one dream he’s hop-ing to make reality in the near fu-ture is having AVB open late on the weekends. “I‘d like to be open until midnight or 1 a.m. on Fri-days and Saturdays,” he said, har-kening back to the days of the much-missed Oxford Bookstores in Buckhead and Peachtree Battle that regularly kept late hours for literary night owls.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a book-store with a cat – or five. Callie, Frie-da, Mickey, Boo and Little Boo can often be found lounging on the dis-play cases or prowling around the shelves. Roarty and Bolgla also work with other businesses in the neighborhood to feed stray cats and always keep a bowl of food or wa-ter outside.

With more books coming in reg-ularly and collectors looking for those elusive treasures, Bolgla said her and Roarty’s passion for the shop grows every day.

“We are passionate about books and we love to talk to people about books,” she said. “When you wake up every morning excited to come to work, then you know you’ve found your calling.”

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We look at ourselves as a facilitator for the overall [transportation] pro-grams, because we, unlike the De-partment of Transportation, also have the ability to sell toll revenue bonds as a potential financing op-tion.

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were slated in the future … have two key factors that make a differ-ence. One: They’re all additional ca-pacity. We’re not looking at any con-version projects. Two: Where we can use dynamically priced, conges-tion-based tolling to help ensure those lanes continue to flow, that’s key. We’re not just doing it for the sake of generating revenue.

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Beth Summers has been named the new executive di-rector of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce.

“I am honored to have this opportunity to support the business community in my hometown,” Summers said in a chamber press release.

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Incentives programs are typical-ly justified by the amount of jobs created, the wages companies pay, and the money owners invest in capital improvements.

Though the City Council ap-proved the CH2M Hill incentives, it prompted the council to rethink its practices. Before the moratorium was in effect, companies used the amounts invested in rented space when providing city officials with estimates of capital expenses.

Galambos said that was a mis-take.

“I made a big point of saying I don’t want this to become some kind of contest between brokers in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs over who can get the best terms in filling out a building,” Galambos said.

According to recommen-dations provided to City Council during its Aug. 6 work session, the city’s Eco-nomic Development Advi-sory Committee will “work with the City Attorney to clarify its policy to define capital in-vestments as permanent, lien-free in-vestments built into tenant’s prem-ises, which cannot be removed from the space to remain after tenant’s ex-piration.”

Sandy Springs Director of Eco-nomic Development Andrea Hall de-clined comment, saying it would be premature to discuss policy changes before the council has an opportunity to review them.

Sandy Springs’ policy already im-poses a certain threshold companies have to meet before becoming eligible for these tax breaks. The city requires companies to create a minimum of 15 jobs.

The economic incentives policy of Sandy Springs differs greatly from Dunwoody’s. Sandy Springs has a policy. Dunwoody doesn’t.

Dunwoody Economic Develop-ment Director Michael Starling said he likes it that way.

“We decided early on after I was hired that we would prefer not to have an ordinance, that we would look at each project, each company, on a case-by-case basis,” Starling said. “We felt like that gave us more flexi-bility and opportunity really to look at a bunch of different issues when a

company came to us.” Dunwoody’s largest incentives

award went to the devel-opers of Perimeter Center East, a tax break valued at $8.2 million over 10 years. In exchange, the develop-ment provided $60 mil-lion in new capital invest-

ment and 580,000 square feet of office space.

Sandy Springs largest incentive award was $1.4 million in tax breaks for Cox Enterprises. In exchange, Cox promised to create 1,500 jobs and make a $100 million capital invest-ment.

Starling said the tax breaks are an essential part of landing the next big company.

“We are probably less aggressive than other communities, but at the same time we need to understand we’re all competing over the same types of companies,” Starling said.

He said he disagreed with Galam-bos’ view that physical improve-ments, as opposed to improving rent-al space, should be given more weight when deciding whether a company should receive incentives.

“Obviously, Eva is an economist. She’s got a deep understanding of this,” Starling said.

“I think the impact to Dunwoody whether a company is leasing or buy-ing would probably be the same.”

Starling said the city has benefit-ed from the tax breaks city leaders of-fered companies.

“Oh, absolutely,” he said. “I don’t doubt that one bit.”

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Incentives to investCity governments often try to convince companies to invest in their cities by offering tax breaks.

Incentives approved by Sandy Springs:

• Cox Enterprises – $1.4 million• Graphic Packaging – $187,000• Matrix Resources – $151,201• Americold – $8,000• GT Software – $6,284

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• RBC 64 and 66 Perimeter Center East – $8.2 million

• CHEP – $130,000• AFC Enterprises – $77,000

Sources: cities of Dunwoody and Sandy Springs

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Many people assume that the shuttered Mellow Mushroom site at 6218 Roswell Road in San-dy Springs was the first store the company opened.

Actually it’s the second, but it opened in 1974, the same year the company opened its first store on Spring Street in Atlanta. There are now more than 100 Mel-low Mushroom franchise stores around the country. The Sandy Springs location will be the scene of the company’s 40th anniversa-ry celebrations.

“Definitely a lot of people view that as the original,” said Anni-ca Kreider, Mellow Mushroom’s vice president of brand devel-opment. “It’s a neat little place. There’s history there. It is still decorated as a Mellow Mushroom.”

The company is well-known for its counter-culture motif, one that cele-brates and pokes fun at the psyche-delic aesthetic of the 60s and 70s.

The city of Sandy Springs recent-ly bought the property for $400,000 to redevelop as part of its downtown re-vitalization project, an effort that will reshape the area of the city just north of I-285. As part of the agreement, the company will get to use the loca-tion through January 2014 for sever-al events commemorating the compa-ny’s anniversary.

“They have ties to it,” City Attor-ney Wendell Willard said.

The company remained attached to the location even after a dispute with the building owner forced the restaurant to move further down Ro-swell Road. Kreider said the compa-ny purchased the property back from the owner.

“We had the feeling it was a little slice of our history that we would po-tentially not be able to get back,” Kre-ider said. “We felt [that] to the brand, it had a lot of historical value.”

Kreider said the official anniversa-ry month is September. The company has several events planned to com-memorate its 40th. She said two of the company’s founders – Mark “Banks” Weinstein and Nick Nicholson – are still affiliated with the company and will be on hand for the celebrations.

“We feel like to be 40 years in the restaurant industry is quite an accom-plishment,” she said.

Kreider said the company is sort of bummed to see the building leveled and the site absorbed into the city’s

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“PALS”Monday, Sept. 9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. – Join those 50+ at the lunch and learn programs of PALS. Top-ics include: exercise; the decline of the middle class; travel class; international organizations; mahjongg; comparative religions; more nuggets; � e secret life of J. Edgar Hoover; bridge; Shakespeare (the two King Lears); the not-so-secret life of Gary Garri-son; healthy aging in the 21st century; and chess. Classes continue through Oct. 28. Catered lunches available with reservation. Held at Dunwoody Bap-tist Church, 1445 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For a brochure call PALS at 770-698-0801. Go to: www.palsonline.org to review course costs


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“Old You”� ursday, Aug. 29, 6:30-8 p.m. – Check out “Old You,” who blends a mix of jazz, blues and acid rock to the soul-bearing vocals of Young-Mi Feld-sott. Part of Heritage Sandy Springs’ Rhythm & Blues concert series. Admission, $5 for ages 21 and up; $2 for ages 13-20; free for ages 12 and under. Doors open at 6 p.m. � e Sandy Springs Society Entertainment Lawn at Heritage Green, 6110 Blue-stone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. For more details call 404-851-9111, ext. 4 or visit: www.heritagesan-dysprings.org. To learn more about the band, go to: www.oldyoumusic.com.

Night MusicFriday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m. – � e Chattahoochee Nature Center’s “Home by Dark” concert series con-tinues as host James Casto welcomes and performs with Tony Arata, Mike Willis with B3/Keys, and ac-cordionist Jim Hettinger. In a Nashville-style, song-writers-in-the-round format. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Food and beverages welcome. Tables, $45 to $160; general lawn seating admission, $15. 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075. To purchase tickets or a table, go to: www.homebydark.com. Or call 678-665-0040 to learn more. www.chattnaturecenter.org/calendar-events.

Kinchafoonee CowboysSunday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m. – Concerts by the Springs hosts the Kinchafoonee Cowboys. Free; outdoor concert is open to the public. No pets, no smoking. Picnic baskets, coolers and blankets are welcome; no outside tables. Additional food and beverages available for purchase. Heritage Green, on the Sandy Springs Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Blue-stone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-851-9111, ext. 4, visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org or email: [email protected] for more information.

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“Oz, the Great and Powerful”

Friday, Aug. 23, 6 p.m. – Enjoy a family-friendly movie, on a large, outdoor screen. Activi-ties and refreshments begin at 6 p.m.; movie starts at dusk. “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” is about a small-time magician who is swept away to an enchanted land and forced into a power struggle between three witches. Rated PG. Starring James Franco, Mila Ku-nis and Rachel Weisz. Free and open to everyone. Pets and alcoholic beverages not permitted. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, Hitson Center Lawn, 86 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Visit: www.facebook.com/SandySpringsMoviesByMoonlight with questions.

Bake a DifferenceTuesday, Aug. 27, 7-8:30 p.m. – Gather with other teens to “Bake a Di� erence” in the communi-ty for those in need. You’ll serve the community, and prepare recipes, while exploring the issues of hunger and tzedakah. You can earn 1.5 community service hours. Marcus Jewish Community Center – Zaban Park members, $10; non-members, $15. Pre-regis-tration is required by emailing: [email protected] or calling 678-812-3978. 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.

Yoga for Kids!� ursday, Sept. 5, 4:30-5:30 p.m. – A fun class to help kids relax, learn techniques for reliev-ing stress, meditation, stretching through yoga poses, sharing and � nding balance, concentration and body awareness. Free and open to the community. Appro-priate for elementary school audiences, ages 7-10. Sign up required and started Aug. 15th. Space is lim-ited. Class continues � ursdays through Sept. 26. Come by, call 404-303-6130 or email: [email protected] to register or with questions. San-dy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.

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Color Jam 5KSaturday, Aug. 31, 9 a.m. – � e Color Jam Fit Course 5K and Fun Run is an event that brings run-ners of all shapes, sizes and � tness levels together for fun. � is event is more about learning to live a hap-pier and healthier lifestyle rather than about trophies and medals. $50. Proceeds bene� t children with spe-cial needs. Race begins at Pharr Rd. and Grandview Ave. in Buckhead, and ends at Frankie Allen Park, 30305. Visit: www.active.com to register, or go to: www.colorjam5k.com/ for additional details.

Big Peach Sizzler 10KMonday, Sept. 2, 7:30 a.m. – A Labor Day tradition! Celebrate the end of summer by running a 6.2-mile course, and attending a post-race party with food, drink, vendors and music. Walker- and stroll-er-friendly. $32 by Aug. 31; $40 race day. Fee for timed runners: $37 through Aug. 31; $45 race day. Funds go toward Cystic Fibrosis research. Race is a 2014 AJC Peachtree Road Race quali� er. Free shut-tle buses to and from race start. Course goes from Chamblee MARTA station, 5200 New Peachtree Rd., 30341, to Buckhead Station Shopping Plaza, 1 Buckhead Loop, 30326. Register at any Big Peach Running Co. location, www.bigpeachrunningco.com or at www.active.com.

Multi-Family Yard Sale

Saturday, Sept. 7, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. – Brookhav-en Fields holds its 19th annual multi-family yard sale! Browse through antiques or gently used house-hold goods, furniture, toys, crafts, clothes or collect-ibles – you never know what treasures you might � nd! Free and open to the public. Look for “hot pink signage” to guide to the 40= homes. Neighbor-hood maps available. Located behind the Brookhav-en MARTA station, between North Druid Hills and Dresden Dr., 30319. Questions? Email: [email protected] or call 404-550-6502.

Casino RoyaleFriday, Sept. 7, 6-10 p.m. – � e San-dy Springs Police Benev-olent Fund holds a black tie “Casino Royale” night. Enjoy food, cocktails, mu-sic, ra� es, live auction and casino games. $100 per person. Funds raised ben-e� t the SSPDBF, creat-ed in 2010 to assist public safety personnel and their families in times of crisis. Cox Enterprises, 6205 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. To � nd out more or to order tickets, contact Cathy Riehn at [email protected], call 770-551-6910 or go to: www.ssbpf.org.

RPM911 RaceSunday, Sept. 8, 2 p.m. – Mark the 12th anni-versary of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Cen-ter, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, by joining others at the Ryan P. Means’ American Legion Hall. Run or walk a 5K around Chastain Park, with funds bene� tting the American Legion Post 140. $25; $40 race day; $15 for children 17 years and under. 3905 Powers Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30342. Go to: www.ac-tive.com to register or to www.RPM911Race.com for additional information.

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High School Football Preview Fall 2013

BY MELISSA [email protected]

Barbara Moore just might be the No. 1 fan of the Chamblee Charter High School football Bulldogs.

A long-time volunteer at the high school, the 75-year-old Moore, known as “grandma,” is a � xture around the Chamblee football program.

“I go to every game,” Moore said, ad-mitting, “I’m kind of loud in the stands.”

But her devotion to the team goes deeper than just regular game atten-

dance - she buys treats for the players who do well, sometimes rides the bus with the team to away games, and gives pep talks.

“I have been known to go into the locker room after-ward,” Moore said. “� ey know to block, because if they haven’t been blocking, I’ll fuss at ‘em.”

Go to any high school foot-ball stadium during a game and you’ll likely feel the un-mistakable energy of teenag-ers crammed into the stands with their friends, clapping and cheering for their classmates on the � eld. But for many adults, the joy of Friday night football is just as sweet.

“It’s a great pleasure to sit in the stands with family and friends,” said Steven Scales, a Dunwoody High School Wildcats fan. “Friday night is a great opportunity for fellowship, to end the work week on a great note, to be with friends, and watch your children play after they’ve put in so much time to

be able to play on Friday night.”Around metro Atlanta, there are

fans just as devoted to their high school teams as any NFL fan is to his or her pro players. High school football may not have all the fanfare of the game at the college or professional level, but many

say that’s why they like it.“It’s more than just football. It’s more

than the enjoyment of the game. It’s knowing the kids, and knowing how proud they are of themselves and how proud their parents are,” said Bart Mill-

High school football has fans of all ages

Football’s back!

SEE RIVALRIES BRING, PAGE 20

PHIL MOSIER

Cross Keys High School’s varsity

football team hit the fi eld for practice

on Aug. 14 in Brookhaven. Players taking a water break,

front, left to right, Dominique Wilson and Patrick Huff. Back, Alexander

Ramonov, Oluwatomi Adedayo and Daniel

Raygoza. The team is lead by

head coach David Radford. The Indians

look to improve on last year’s 0-9-0 record.

PHIL MOSIER

Long-time volunteer and ardent Chamblee football Bulldogs fan Barbara Moore, right, gives Perry Moss some bone-shaped

“Scooby-Doo cookies” to deliver to the football players.

Senior football players tell Reporter Newspapers what they

want to take away from their fi nal season on the fi eld.

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Chamblee Charter BulldogsCoach: Allen Johnson | 2012 record: 8-2-0

Aug. 30 @ Dunwoody 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 vs. Druid Hills 8:00 p.m.Sept. 13 @ Greater Atlanta Christian 7:30 p.m.Sept. 20 vs. South Atlanta 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 @ Redan 7:30 p.m.Oct. 11 vs. Columbia 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 @ Stone Mountain 7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 (Sat) @ Lithonia 7:30 p.m.Nov. 1 @ Marist 7:30 p.m.

Cross Keys IndiansCoach: David Radford | 2012 record: 0-9-0

Aug. 30 vs. B.E.S.T. Academy 5:15 p.m.Sept. 6 vs. Pinecrest Academy 5:15 p.m.Sept. 13 @ Hebron Christian Academy 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 vs. Mount Vernon Preparatory 1:00 p.m.Sept. 27 vs. North Cobb Christian 5:15 p.m.Oct. 4 vs. St. Francis Academy 5:15 p.m.Oct. 11 @ Lakeview Academy 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 @ Mt. Zion Carroll 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 @ Clarkston 7:30 p.m.Nov. 1 @ Hapeville 7:30 p.m.

Dunwoody WildcatsCoach: Jim Showfety | 2012 record: 1-9-0

Aug. 30 vs. Chamblee 7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 @ Lakeside 5:15 p.m.Sept. 13 vs. Stephenson 7:30 p.m.Sept. 20 @ Tucker 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 vs. Miller Grove 7:30 p.m.Oct. 11 @ M.L. King 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 vs. Mays 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 @North Atlanta 5:30 p.m.Nov. 2 vs. Arabia Mountain 7:30 p.m.Nov. 8 @Southwest DeKalb 8:00 p.m.

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Golden BearsCoach: Ryan Livezey | 2012 record: 6-4-0

Aug. 23 vs. Lakeside 7:30 p.m.Aug. 30 @ Wesleyan 7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 vs. Riverwood 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 @ George Walton Academy 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 @ Eagles Landing Christian Academy 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 vs. Mt. Vernon Presbyterian 7:30 p.m.Oct. 11 @ Our Lady of Mercy 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 vs. Strong Rock Christian School 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 @ Pace Academy 7:30 p.m.Nov. 1 vs. Landmark Christian 7:30 p.m.

Holy Spirit Preparatory Cougars Coach: Andre Taylor | 2012 record: 4-4-0

Aug. 30 @ Monsignor Donovan 7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 @ Anderson 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 @ East Atlanta 7:30 p.m.Sept. 20 vs. Freedom Academy 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 @ North Georgia 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 vs. Grace Baptist 7:30 p.m.Oct. 11 @ Crown Athletics 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 vs. Johnson Ferry 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 vs. Georgia Force 7:30 p.m.

Lovett LionsCoach: Mike Muschamp | 2012: 8-5-0

Aug. 23 vs. Woodward Academy 7:30 p.m.Aug. 30 @ Blessed Trinity 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 @ Marist 7:30 p.m.Sept. 20 vs. St. Pius X 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 @ Fort Payne, Al. 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 vs. Washington County 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 @ Hapeville Charter 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 vs. Wesleyan School 7:30 p.m.Nov. 1 vs. Westminster 7:30 p.m.Nov. 8 @ Greater Atlanta Christian 7:30 p.m.

Marist War EaglesCoach: Alan Chadwick

2012: 12-2-0Aug. 30 vs. Clarke Central 7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 @ � omas County Central 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 vs. Lovett 7:30 p.m.Sept. 20 @ � errell 5:30 p.m.Oct. 4 vs. Columbia 7:30 p.m.Oct. 11 @ Lithonia 5:15 p.m.Oct. 18 vs. Redan 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 @ Stone Mountain 7:30 p.m.Nov. 1 vs. Chamblee 7:30 p.m.

Mount Vernon Presbyterian MustangsCoach: Ryan Zimmerman | 2012: 2-8-0

Aug. 24 vs. Mt. Pisgah Christian 1:00 p.m.Aug. 30 @ St. Francis 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 @ Pinecrest Academy 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 vs. Cross Keys 1:00 p.m.Sept. 28 vs. Landmark Christian 1:00 p.m.Oct. 4 @ Holy Innocents’ 7:30 p.m.Oct. 11 vs. Eagles Landing Christian Academy 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 @ Our Lady of Mercy 7:30 p.m.Nov. 2 vs. Strong Rock Christian 1:00 p.m.Nov. 8 @ Pace Academy 7:30 p.m.

North Atlanta WarriorsCoach: Doug Britten | 2012:

Aug. 30 vs. Stone Mountain 7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 @ Tucker 8:00 p.m.Sept. 13 vs. Miller Grove 8:00 p.m.Sept. 21 @ M.L. King 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 vs. Mays 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 @ Southwest DeKalb 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 @ Arabia Mountain 7:00 p.m.Oct. 25 vs. Dunwoody 5:30 p.m.Nov. 1 @ Lakeside 7:30 p.m.Nov. 7 vs. Stephenson 7:00 p.m.

North Springs SpartansCoach: Steve Horton | 2012: 0-10-0

Aug. 23 vs. Cross Keys 7:30 p.m.Aug. 30 @ McIntosh 7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 vs. Hapeville Charter 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 @ Riverwood 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 vs. Kell 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 @ Forsyth Central 7:30 p.m.Oct. 11 vs. Sequoyah 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 @ Northview 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 vs. Cambridge 7:30 p.m.Nov. 1 @ Creekview 7:30 p.m.

Pace Academy KnightsCoach: Christopher Slade | 2012: 3-7-0

Aug. 30 @. White� eld Academy 7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 vs. Athens Academy 7:30 p.m.Sept. 12 vs. Kings Ridge Christian 7:00 p.m.Sept. 20 @. First Presbyterian Day School, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 @ Our Lady of Mercy High School, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 vs. Strong Rock Christian School 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 @. Landmark Christian, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 vs. Holy Innocents’, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 1 @. Eagles Landing Christian Academy, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 8 vs. Mount Vernon Presbyterian School 7:30 p.m.

Riverwood International Charter School RaidersCoach: Robert Ingram | 2012: 6-4-0

Aug. 30 vs. Cambridge 7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 vs. Holy Innocents’ 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 vs. North Springs 7:30 p.m.Sept. 20 vs. Sequoyah 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 @ Northview 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 @ Kell 7:30 p.m.Oct. 11 vs. Sprayberry 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 @ Osborne 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 @ Pope 7:30 p.m.

St. Pius X Golden LionsCoach: Paul Standard | 2012: 12-3-0

Aug. 30 vs. Westminster 7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 @ North Oconee 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 vs. � omson 7:30 p.m.Sept. 20 @ Lovett 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 @ Towers 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 vs. McNair 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 @ Cedar Grove 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 vs. Woodward Academy 7:30 p.m.Nov. 1 @ Blessed Trinity 7:30 p.m.Nov. 8 vs. Decatur 7:30 p.m.

Westminster WildcatsCoach: Gerry Romberg | 2012: 5-7-0

Aug. 23 vs. Blessed Trinity 7:30 p.m.Aug. 30 @ St. Pius X 7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 vs. Laney 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 @ � omasville 7:30 p.m.Sept. 20 @ Woodward 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 vs. � omson 7:30 p.m.Oct. 11 vs. Greater Atlanta Christian 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 vs. Wesleyan School 7:30 p.m.Nov. 1 @ Lovett School 7:30 p.m.Nov. 8 @ Hapeville Charter 7:30 p.m.

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High school football a ‘bellwether’ in the Souther, a fan of the Holy Innocents’ Episco-pal School Golden Bears.

“Grandma” Moore loves it when her Chamblee Bulldogs win, but she loves it even more when she knows the play-ers are doing well in school. “As a team, we want to have the highest scores of anybody in the county, state and on,” Moore said.

She encourag-es the players who are doing well in school to help tutor those on the team who are struggling. And she’s proud of Chamblee alum-ni who have gone on to play football for top academ-ic schools, such as Georgia Tech.

“� ey know if the team average starts going down, I’ll parade myself down on the � eld and start giving them a talk.”

She buys boxes and boxes of bone-shaped graham crackers to award the players for good performance on the � eld and in the classroom. “We have ‘Scooby Snacks’ because we’re bulldogs,” Moore said.

She said she’s proud to be associated with such a � ne group of student ath-letes. “� e kids all know they are respect-

able and intelligent,” she said. Scales is a father of two boys who have played foot-ball for Dunwoody High School. � e president of the school’s booster club for the past six years, he decided to step down this year and spend more time en-joying the games and rooting for his son, Tylor, a rising junior.

“I decided I just wanted to be more of a dad in the stands and just focus on

him,” Scales said. His oldest son,

Treavor, was a star player for Dun-woody who went on to play at the college level. “He had a very good ca-reer at Dunwoody and an exceptional career at Harvard,” Scales said.

He said he loves Dunwoody High School because sup-porting the school and supporting the football team seems to be a community e� ort.

“It’s the fami-lies that are will-ing to roll up their sleeves. � e parents

who work all day but volunteer to feed the boys before the games, who volun-teer to come out in the summers for a car wash,” Scales said. “It can be an ex-tremely close family environment.”

Scales said he’s excited about see-ing the Wildcats play this year. “Watch-

ing the kids that are going to be soph-omores, juniors and seniors who had a very tough season last year, watching their maturity and development and their commitment to getting better is by far the best I’ve seen in years,” Scales said. “� ey learned by baptism last year. � is year the expectation is things will be better.”

Miller has a mental countdown clock running until Holy Innocents’ � rst foot-ball game of the season.

“I love high school football. Particu-larly Holy Innocents’ Golden Bear high school football,” Miller said.

In fact, Miller is credited with bring-ing the sport to Holy Innocents’.

“My youngest son went there, and it was before the time we had football. He had to leave Holy Innocents’, unfortu-nately, to play high school football.”

Miller said his son, who went on to be an o� ensive lineman at the Univer-

sity of Georgia, had a hard time leaving his friends at Holy Innocents’, where he had gone to school since kindergarten.

Miller served for several years on the school’s board of trustees and worked to make football an option for boys at Holy Innocents’. “I didn’t want other kids to have to do what my son had to do,” Miller said.

Miller said he thinks the addition of a football program has been a “positive force” for Holy Innocents’.

“It has lifted school spirit,” Mill-er said. “It’s lifted the spirit of all the sports.”

Miller said he goes to almost every Holy Innocents’ game. He often sees other parents whose children have grad-uated, but still enjoy the spirit of those high school football games.

“Football’s kind of a bellwether here in the South,” Miller said. “It’s a place where the community gathers.”

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“I want to take the lessons I have learned out on the football fi eld and apply them to life. Even though I will not be playing football in college, I know my football experiences will help me in college and my career.”

John Simoneaux Marist School War Eagles

“I think the biggest thing I want to take away from this season is learning how to become a better leader. As of right now, I am the only senior on the team, and I am taking a lot of responsibility into my own hands. While it may be extremely diffi cult, I think it will help develop my leadership skills tremendously.”

Luke WhelanHoly Spirit Preparatory School Cougars

“I want to be the best quarterback for my team — to go out and do the best I can for the guys around me, and give the guys the best season they could imagine. High school football days are some of the best days of our lives, and I want to make them as memorable as possible for all my friends and teammates.”

Luke Wright Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School

Golden Bears

“I hope to take away the many

friendships I have made on the team

over the years. Also, I hope to help the

team reach its many goals, including playing for the state and

region championship again. Personally, I would like to use this season to help further my football career in college.”

Michael Caragher St. Pius X Catholic High School

“This is my second year as starting quarterback. I have played on the football team for all four years. This year, we’ve changed the competition, and that’s given us more of a goal of winning games.”

Oluwatomi AdedayoCross Keys High Indians

“The main thing that I would like to take away from senior season is to be a leader on and off of the fi eld. I hope that when the season is over that I can say that I did everything that I could do for the team’s success.”

Austin ChapmanThe Westminster Schools Wildcats

“I hope that I can have fun and win games.”

Denzel FranklinPace Academy

Knights

SPECIAL

From left, Tylor Scales,

member of the

Dunwoody Wildcats,

mom Theresa, brother Treavor, a former Wildcat,

and father Steven.

BRYAN MCDERMOTT

Bart Miller was key in bringing a football program to Holy

Innocents’ Episcopal School.

We asked seniors at local schools what they hoped to take from their � nal high school football seasons. Here’s what they had to say.

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Pryor hopes pillow project can soften someone’s day

BY JOE [email protected]

� e idea for Barbara Pryor’s pillow project started at a meeting of the Dun-woody Woman’s Club.

Back last winter, Pryor said, a speak-er at one of the club’s regular monthly meetings talked about how volunteers made small square pillows for women who received breast cancer treatments at Northside Hospital.

Pryor thought that sounded like a nice thing to do. “It touched my heart,” the Dunwoody real estate saleswoman said.

She likes to sew. She started working with needle and thread when she was a young girl growing up in Sandy Springs. Back then, she made dresses for her dolls. She’d held on to some of her doll clothes; she keeps them in a box in her Dunwoody home.

After the wom-an’s club speech, Pry-or contacted the hos-pital to volunteer to make the pillows, she said, but a hospital o� cial told her that Northside had plenty of the little square pillows for its women patients. What it needed, the o� cial said, were larger, neck-bracing pillows to give to men pa-tients who were sitting for long periods undergoing cancer treatments.

� at suited Pryor. Making pillows, she said, would o� er a way “to spread our love a little farther... [and to say], ‘Even if we don’t know you, we still care.’”

Pryor set to work. She copied the de-sign of a neck pillow provided by the hospital and turned out 20 new pillows. � en, on July 4, in the down time be-tween the Dunwoody Fourth of July pa-rade and a family dinner, she cranked out another batch. She provided the hospital with 40 pillows.

“Northside is grateful for the sup-port of individuals in the community like Barbara,” said Susan Casella, coor-dinator of breast health education and

support services at Northside. “Her thoughtfulness is remarkable, and our patients are very appreciative.”

Pryor said she was simply trying to make someone’s day a little bright-er. “� is is something you can do to let people know you’re thinking about them,” she said. “All that positive ener-gy can’t hurt.”

She’s used to tackling projects for oth-ers. In 2004, she started sending person-al packages to soldiers in Iraq. She start-ed after her daughter got an email from a soldier who was being deployed over-seas and needed someone to watch her two cats. By the time the Pryors volun-teered, the cats were taken care of. But the soldier asked them to stay in touch by email.

� ey did. After a while, Pryor sent the soldier a package of goodies from home. Soon, she was send-ing packages to oth-er soldiers in combat zones. After a while,

she was mailing packages to 20 or so soldiers four times a year, and recruit-ing help from her coworkers to assemble the boxes of toiletries, snacks, co� ee and homemade cookies.

“I’m still sending ‘CARE packages,’” she said. “We still send them and I want to send them until we get [the soldiers] all home.”

Now she’s planning another round of pillow-making for Northside. She hopes to recruit some helpers so she can make more pillows and make them faster. Anyone who’s interested in helping can contact her at [email protected].

How long will she make pillows for Northside’s cancer patients? “I have no reason to stop doing them,” she said. “I think if we get a little group of people, it can just expand. I don’t foresee stop-ping. Certainly, the need is going to be out there.”

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When Cece Bouska was born, her mother knew something was not right.

At birth, Cece was diagnosed with a rare heart ailment called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). A part of her heart was too small to function properly.

During the � rst two years of her life, Cece underwent three surgeries. She was given a pacemaker when she was 12 in order to speed up her heart rate and give her more energy. Her most recent sur-gery occurred last year.

“I think I am more down-to-earth, empathetic, and accepting because of all the surgeries,” Cece said.

But Cece doesn’t always accept things just the way they are, she and school of-� cials say. She always has been willing to � ght back to try to make things better.

After her mother passed away from breast cancer in 2003, her willingness to give back was strengthened.

Two years ago, Cece and one of her friends, Julianne Lang, put togeth-er a fundraising walk at � e Galloway School to raise money for cancer char-ities. � e � rst year, about 500 people took part, she said. Last year, 300 joined the march.

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“As a junior, Cece impressed her teachers, and she worked hard to raise her grade-point average to above 4.0,” Galloway Upper Learning Principal Gordon Mathis said.

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Cece says she doesn’t remember who originally came up the idea for the walk, but she knows she and Julianne “could not have done it without one another.”

� e two met with the principal and headmaster of Galloway and were shocked when they loved the idea and told them to go for it. Parents and sta� members all helped get the word out.

CeCe also has a strong interest in Spanish. She has been studying the lan-guage since elementary school. � is summer, she went to Costa Rica for a month for further study.

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Now a rising senior at Riverwood In-ternational Charter School, Jonah shows no signs of slowing down.

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“I’m very close with my grandfather and share many of the same hobbies,” Jonah said. “Photography also gives me a way to spend time with my father do-ing something we both are passionate about.”

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notes that as far as he’s concerned, tra-ditional art and photography “balance themselves out” in his life.

“When I want to approach some-thing realistically, I would rather use photography. When I want more of an emotional and personal piece, I tend to lean toward painting,” he said.

Jonah’s dedication extends to his school life as well. He was selected as one of four Riverwood students to take part in the Governor’s Honors Program this summer. Jonah is also vice president of Riverwood’s 2013-2014 senior class.

What’s Next:

Jonah has not yet picked a college he wants attend, but he intends to contin-ue studies in both biology and the visual arts with hopes of eventually attending medical school.

Asked about the future of his photog-raphy business, Jonah said, “If I stay in Georgia then I intend to keep the busi-ness going. If not, my father (who is a better photographer than I am concern-ing technique - I’m more artistic) will probably take over.”

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Sandy Springs judge elected

president of judges’ council

A Sandy Springs judge has been elect-ed to serve as president of the Georgia Council of Municipal Court Judges, the city announced on Aug. 9.

Judge Jim Anderson will serve a one-year term. � e organization provides support and training for city judges throughout the state of Georgia.

“In his capacity as president, Judge Anderson serves as a voting member of the Judicial Council of Georgia, com-prised of representatives of each class of courts in Georgia, including the Su-preme Court, Court of Appeals, Su-perior, State, Probate and Magistrate Courts,” a press release from the city says. “� e Judicial Council is the gen-eral oversight body created by the Geor-gia Supreme Court. Judge Anderson also serves on the Judicial Council Pol-icy and Legislative Committee, and on the State Bar of Georgia’s Bench and Bar Committee.”

Anderson was the � rst judge in Sandy Springs, � rst appointed in 2005. He also serves as a Fulton County Magistrate.

State Bar of Georgia honors

Rep. Wendell Willard

In June, the State Bar of Georgia pre-sented state Rep. Wendell Willard, R-Sandy Springs, with its Distinguished Service Award.

Willard serves as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and re-cently oversaw an overhaul of the state’s juvenile justice code.

“Chairman Willard is one of the most in� uential leaders in the Georgia General Assembly,” State Bar of Geor-gia President Robin Frazer Clark said in a press release. “He has earned the re-spect of his colleagues on both sides of the political aisle for the legal expertise, intelligence and passion he brings to his leadership position for the bene� t of the people of Georgia.”

Willard, who serves as attorney for the city of Sandy Springs, apparently

didn’t mention the award to the city – or anyone else. When the city sent over a press release on Aug. 16, a reporter asked if Reporter Newspapers had some-how missed the announcement. No, city spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said.

“Wendell, being his humble self, didn’t tell us about the award,” Kraun said. “We just found out ourselves.”

Brookhaven strip club battle reveals

Sandy Springs costs

� e attorney representing the Pink Pony strip club says Sandy Springs o� ers a cautionary tale for Brookhaven.

� e city of Brookhaven will face ris-ing legal costs if it continues � ghting adult businesses, attorney Aubrey Vil-lines told members of the Brookhaven City Council on Aug. 13. Villines said that since 2009 Sandy Springs has spent $164,808 on matters related to litiga-tion with local strip clubs.

Sandy Springs in 2006 adopted an ordinance similar to the one Brookhav-en adopted banning alcohol sales in businesses that allow nude dancing. San-dy Springs, like Brookhaven, was sued by local strip clubs. � e litigation is on-going, and in 2011, the city of Sandy Springs sued the strip clubs for alleged violations of city code.

“� e Sandy Springs clubs are still in existence,” Villines told the Brookhaven City Council.

Sandy Springs o� cials con� rmed the dollar amount o� ered up by Vil-lines, which he obtained through the state Open Records Law. City spokes-woman Sharon Kraun said the amount includes fees paid to investigators who looked into activity at places like Flashers.

But the $164,808 � gure is likely much higher than that, Villines said, be-cause the litigation goes all the way back to 2006. Villines said he doesn’t know why he doesn’t have � gures before 2009.

“� is is what we have as a minimum that’s been paid during that time,” Vil-lines said.

Forrest, between Lake Summit and Che-vaux Court. Repairs won’t begin until September, at the earliest, and will likely take several months.

Paulson said Lake Forrest repairs could be useful in helping the city tackle repairs on other vertical roads.

“� e question of preventive mainte-nance we have not really talked about for other areas because of the emergency nature of this,” Paulson said. “� ere may be things we can do. � e point is being aware of them. � e sta� is already aware of the other locations and we’ll just keep an eye on them.”

City Spokesman Dan Co� er said other roads with vertical slopes include Glenlake Parkway, Glenridge Drive, New Northside Drive and Powers Fer-

ry Road. He said none of the city’s other vertical roads are in the same condition as Lake Forrest Drive.

Co� er said the bulk of the service calls, eight of 13 this year, were to clear up rock slides on Lake Forrest.

Lake Forrest is cut vertically into the rock face and the soil underneath it isn’t stable enough for a routine repair job. Engineers will have to explore ways to reinforce the vertical wall, like a soil-nail or gravity wall.

Paulson, who works as an engineer, said vertical cut slopes can weaken the quality of the soil.

“Over time, the rock that was cut into starts weathering and turning into soil, so it changes its composition and its strength,” Paulson said. “� at’s what’s

happening at Lake Forrest. � at rock used to be very competent rock. It’s not as stable when it turns into soil.”

� e road closure has created head-aches for north bound-south bound drivers looking for an alternative to Ro-swell Road, and for students attend-ing Heards Ferry Elementary. Fulton

County School o� cials have moved a bus stop used by children whose families live around the closed section of Lake Forrest. � e condition of the road could also pose a threat to nearby homes.

When consultants assessed the road’s condition this summer, they had to bore down as far as 40 feet to � nd stable rock.


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ro Atlanta, Sandy Springs City Council is considering what to do with its oldest and most problematic apartment build-ings.

“Fifty four percent of our crime is as-sociated with 4 percent of our landmass, which is our apartments,” City Council-man Gabriel Sterling said.

Apartments identi� ed as “Class C” are 25 years old or older, and have higher rates of crime than Class A and B apart-ments, according to economic develop-ment reports produced by the city. � e older apartments also lack amenities, such as washer and dryer connections.

According to the city’s economic de-velopment plan, there are 7,717 Class C apartment units within 34 apartment complexes in Sandy Springs.

At an Aug. 6 City Council meeting, the Economic Development Advisory Committee presented the council with several suggestions to encourage redevel-opment.

In its report, the committee suggested the council could minimize the impact of new apartments on local schools by al-lowing “an increase in overall unit densi-ty, but decrease overall bedroom counts.”

“� is lowers the value gap involved in redeveloping the property, but minimizes the school impact,” the report said.

Options presented at the meeting in-clude granting impact fee waivers and building infrastructure near older sites the city would like to see redeveloped.

One idea has generated more dis-cussion than the rest: Whether the city should buy the properties outright in or-der to have them redeveloped. � e com-mittee suggested the city could buy one or more parcels and work in conjunction with a developer of mixed-use properties.

“We’re still investigating to � nd out what is economically viable, and the appro-priate funds available to us,” Sterling said.

But some members of the council aren’t sure the city should take that path. Councilman John Paulson was wary of the city accumulating apartment prop-erties.

“I’m not a fan of the city buying prop-erty and being in the development busi-ness,” Paulson said. “I would hope that we could � nd private equity and pri-vate interests that would do that, and we could, as a city, provide encouragement for that.”

In its presentation to the city, the committee indicated that buying up run-down apartment properties might be a di� cult project when the city is in the midst of redeveloping its downtown area north of I-285.

“� e committee recognizes there are � nancial risks and tradeo� s to any strate-gy that the city will need to weigh against other city priorities,” the committee’s re-port says.


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Let it fl ySandy Springs librarian Marlan Brinkley, right, made a deal with local students that they could throw a pie at him for every book read over the summer. He held true to his word, and on Aug. 17, kids lined up to “give it to him.”

Above, Kaia Harvey hurls a pie toward the librarian. Below left, Marlan Brinkley, center, and covered in “cream,” is surrounded by his pie-throwing readers. Left to right, Helen Berns, Grace Motahari and sister Nicole, Mariah Andrews, Abigial Gilbert, Sakhi Shah and sister Janki, Elizabeth Wong, Emily Hasler and Eve Daley.

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100 block of River North Circle 30328 – On Aug. 6, sometime during the day, someone forced entry through a French door leading into the back of the residence. A laptop and Canon 35mm camera were taken. Also miss-ing is jewelry. The victim said the alarm was set but apparently did not activate.

500 block of Cimarron Parkway 30350 – On Aug. 6, sometime between 4 and 8 p.m., someone went into the home of the resident and took an Xbox.

5300 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30342 – On Aug. 6, between 7:45 a.m. and 10 p.m., someone entered the apartment with-out force and took several items including an iPad 4, two laptops, three purses and sun-glasses.

4900 block of Spruce Blu� Drive 30328 – Sometime between Aug. 6 and 8, someone entered the home through a basement door they forced open. It appears they focused on stealing jewelry, using a pillowcase to store it in.

1300 block of Old Woodbine Way 30342 –On Aug. 8, sometime between 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 7 and just before 8 p.m. on Aug. 8, someone came into the home of the resident through a window at the rear of the home. The house is under renovation and nothing was inside.

Another burglary was recorded, also in the 1300 block of Old Woodbine.

6800 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30328 – On Aug. 10 he victim said he was gone from 3 to 5 p.m., and during that time someone forced entry into the apartment and took a laptop and other items.

6200 block of Riverside Drive 30328 – On Aug. 13, someone gained access to the vic-tim’s home by smashing a front window. They stole jewelry and silver items. The victim was gone from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Aug. 14, the victim left the apartment from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some time in between, someone came in through a kitchen window (forced) and ransacked the home. A bike, jewelry and other items were taken.

5800 block of Riverwood Drive 30328 – On Aug. 14, someone broke a window to the kitchen of a home to gain entry. At the time of the report, it wasn’t known if anything was taken.

THEFT 6600 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On

Aug. 3, a man reported that while he was at a local gym, someone went into his locker and took his car keys, then opened his car, where the thief took his wife’s purse. The report says the man did not place a lock on the lock-er because thieves cut his lock in the past.

6600 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Aug. 4, offi cers met with two shift managers who reported that someone took $1,000 from the store’s safe. The money was contained in three envelopes. No forced entry was found.

Another theft was reported at a local gym on Aug. 4 at about 6:30 p.m. � is victim left his keys in his clothes in the unlocked lock-

er. He later found the keys in the door of his car. Nothing was taken from the car. � e vic-tim did hide his wallet in the car and it was not taken.

8700 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 5, a man reported that he was at a fast-food restaurant and left his cellphone on the counter. He left, got in his car, and remem-bered it. When he returned, it was gone.

Employees in the 5600 block of New Northside Drive reported on Aug. 5 that someone had taken three laptops sometime between Aug. 1 and 5.

1000 block of Johnson Ferry Road 30342 – On Aug. 6, a man reported that his laptop was stolen while he was making a delivery to the hospital. He said he had it with the mer-chandise and then probably left it there af-ter he left. When he went back, it was gone.

8200 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 8, an employee of a gas station said he placed three $100 bills on the counter while he dealt with a complaining customer over the price of a purchase. During that time,

someone took the three bills and left. He thinks he was set up.

5700 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Aug.

8, a motel employee said someone took her wallet from her purse. Stolen was $100 cash, an expired immigration card and a work per-mit.

7300 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 10, a woman reported that just after 1 a.m., she pulled into a gas station and parked at the gas pumps. She went inside, leaving her keys in the car. When she returned it was gone.

On Aug. 11, a man in the 6300 block of Powers Ferry Road reported that someone took his 2006 Dodge Charger that he left parked overnight in the shopping center parking lot.

6400 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Aug. 13, the employee of a package store said a man and woman came in and walked around. The man took two bottles off the shelf and placed them in his pants and con-cealed them with his shirt. Two more bottles went into the woman’s purse. They left in a silver or gold Buick.

6100 block of Powers Ferry Road 30328 – On Aug. 14, a wallet was stolen from the victim’s offi ce. Charges were placed on her credit card a short time later. Other offi ce workers said they saw a man near her desk earlier in the day.

9400 block of Roberts Drive 30350 – On Aug. 14, two kayaks were stolen from the apartment pool shed at the Lodge on the Chattahoochee Apartments property.

ASSAULT 5800 block of Grey� eld Lane 30350 – On

Aug. 5, one man was arrested following a do-mestic violence call.

8300 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 10, a woman called the police at 5 a.m. and said a friend named Ryan came over around midnight. He had been drinking. At one point he said “Women are not strong enough to handle some things,” which of-

CAPTAIN STEVE ROSE, [email protected]

Police BlotterThe following incidents and arrests are some but not all of the reports fi led with SSPD over the listed pe-

riod, dated through Aug. 16.

The following information was provided by the Sandy Springs Police Department from its records and is presumed to be accurate.

ROBBERY 1000 block of Brentwood Way 30350 – On

Aug. 15, around 5 p.m., 911 operators re-ceived a call of a robbery. The call said sev-eral juveniles were involved. The responding offi cer located a suspect who then ran from the offi cer on foot. He got away. The victim was unloading items from a truck when the suspects came up to him and said “Hey bro, give me your money.” The man said anoth-er suspect “sucker punched” him. During this time, the victim reached in his car and pep-per sprayed one of the suspects, who then fl ed.

BURGLARY 600 block of Natchez Trace 30350 – On

Aug. 5, sometime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., someone pried a deadbolt and entered the victim’s apartment. Several items were taken.

1500 block of Huntcli� Village Drive 30350 – On Aug. 5, someone broke into the workout room at the Huntcliff Village Apart-ments and took a fl at-screen television.

200 block of Winding River Drive 30350 – On Aug. 5, the victim reported that between Aug. 1 and Aug. 5 she was gone from her resi-dence, and during that time, someone forced entry into it. She is missing a 50” TV, Xbox 360 and several other items.

1900 block of Marsh Trail 30350 – On Aug. 5, the victim said he left his apartment. He returned home to fi nd that someone had tak-en his laptop and his roommate’s laptop. He said he is not sure if he locked up be-fore leaving. A second burglary was report-ed, same time and date, in the same apart-ment building.

4000 block of E. Conway Drive 30342 – On Aug. 6 the resident reported that some-time between 10:30 a.m. and noon, someone accessed a bedroom window by forced en-try. Missing are several items including jew-elry and credit cards—one of which was used for just over $50. Neighbors said that a black Ford Mustang was seen driving around the

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SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION

Petition Number: 201302083 Petitioner: William & Jodie Royal Property Location: 6375 River Chase Circle Request: One Primary Variance from Section 6.3.3.B of Zoning

Ordinance to reduce the required front yard setback from sixty (60) feet to forty (40) feet to allow for construction of a single family residence.

Public Hearings: Board of Appeals September 12, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Sandy Springs City Hall Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road Building 500 Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

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Petition Number: 201302156 Petitioner: Nercy Nikfarjam Property Location: 300 Breakwater Ridge Request: One Primary Variance from Section 6.2.3.C of the Zoning

Ordinance to reduce the required side corner setback from thirty (30) feet to twenty (20) feet to allow for construction of a single family residence.

Public Hearings: Board of Appeals September 12, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Sandy Springs City Hall Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road Building 500 Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600


Petition Number: 201302310 Petitioner: WaffleHouse,Inc.PropertyLocation: 6445RoswellRoadRequest: MultiplePrimaryVariancefromArticle12BoftheZoning

Ordinanceforrelieffromtheprovideddesignstandardsto allowforconstructionofanewbuilding.

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fended the caller, so she asked him to leave. He stayed until around 5 a.m. and at one point told the victim, “I should punch you in the face.” He then left.

A 24-year-old woman reported on Aug. 11 that she and her friend met two men at a bar on Northwood Drive. Later, the vic-tim and one of the men went to the man’s apartment for a short time while the other woman waited in the car. Once in the apart-ment, the man asked for sex but she refused. He then beat her with her high-heel shoe, causing her jaw to break. She � ed, got into her car and the two women � agged down an ambulance that later took her to the hospi-tal in Cobb County. She does not know the name of the man, but told o� cers she could locate the apartment once she gets out of the hospital.

ARRESTS A man was arrested just after 5 p.m. on

Aug. 4 after he tried to test the four-wheel drive of his Toyota pickup truck on the property known as Station Six of the San-dy Springs Fire Department. Several � re-� ghters came out to see what was going on and found the truck up against a wall of the station with the man, on the tail-gate and jumping up and down, try-ing to un-stick his car in what was later termed the “failed” attempt to successfully test his four-wheel drive. He got into an altercation with a � reman, another losing ef-fort, and was arrested.

� e driver of a car on I-285 was cited for having a small amount of marijuana on him after an o� -cer made a tra� c stop for a cracked windshield. � e passenger had a back-pack containing the marijuana as well as a blunt splitter and blunt rollers.

Cops were called to an apartment on Colquitt Road concerning two men go-ing door-to-door asking residents if they wanted to buy weed. � e callers said the men have been doing it for weeks, o� ering to sell weed, laptops and other items most likely stolen. � e o� cers located two men who said they were there to visit a friend but didn’t know where he lived. One man had a backpack. � e o� cer asked and received permission to look in it. He found screw-drivers and tools commonly associated with forcing car doors open or apartment doors. � ese are known to � t the category of “tools to commit a crime.” Inside the bag was a GPS. � e man said he had no knowledge of how it got there. � e apartment sta� con-� rmed they had given the men criminal tres-pass warnings in the past. � e pair was ar-rested.

Cops responded to an alarm in the 400 block of Heards Drive. � e housekeeper said she didn’t know how the alarm tripped but the owner was on the way home. � e of-� cer checked the housekeeper on GCIC and found that she was wanted on an arrest war-rant for hit-and-run in Smyrna. She was ar-rested.

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Aug. 7, one man was arrested after a dis-count store’s security offi cers watched as he stole hair gel, an iPhone 5 case, Vitamin C pills, and heartburn medication. The items

totaled $71. Also on Aug. 7, the security staff detained a woman who stole $103 in wom-en’s undergarments. She was arrested.

8700 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 8, a woman was arrested for steal-ing several bottles of fi ngernail polish. She would place the bottles on the fl oor next to her baggy purse. After several minutes, she would reach down and put the bottles in her purse. She was charged with shoplifting.

6000 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Aug. 10, cops were called to the Bank of America by employees who spotted a sus-picious woman trying to cash a check for $8,200. The teller said the check did not feel normal, so the staff phoned the person on the check who told employees that they had not written a check to that person. The wom-an was still in line when the police arrived, and she told them she was with a man named Ryan who was in the parking lot in a silver car. Another patrol car spotted the car leav-ing and stopped it. He told offi cers he knew nothing of the check and was leaving to pick up his son. His driver’s license showed a sus-pension so he was jailed on that charge. The woman was charged with fi rst degree forgery and she too was arrested.

400 block of Morgan Falls Road -- O� -cers arrested a man on Aug. 10 after he

assaulted his wife by punching her in the face several times. A witness in

the home said the man was intox-icated and his wife did not want him in the house. When she did let him in, he punched her and told her he was going to kill her as he knocked her down and stood over her with a knife. � e

� rst o� cer on the scene disarmed the suspect and secured him in

handcu� s. He was later taken to jail, charged with aggravated assault, terror-

istic threats and acts, and battery.

600 block of Summit Springs Drive 30350 – On Aug. 11, around 1:30 a.m., police re-ceived a domestic violence call from a wom-an telling 911, “He beat me.” Offi cers met a woman at the door who had a swollen and bloody lip. The man on the scene told offi -cers that his wife got mad at him for posting nude photos of himself on Craigslist. He said his wife threw a cellphone at him. The wife agreed that they were arguing over the pho-tos and he punched her in the face. The man was arrested.

8700 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 12, a woman was arrested for conceal-ing cold cuts, sandwich rolls, pudding and yo-gurt in her purse, and attempting to leave the store without paying.

1000 block of Brentwood Way 30350 – On Aug. 13, a man (witness) called the police and said a woman threw a cup of beer on the victim’s clothing and then hit her. When the cops arrived, the woman was in the parking lot yelling profanities to no one in particu-lar. The victim said she was walking her dog when the woman came up to her, cursed at her and threw beer on her. She kicked the dog and hit the victim, but stopped when the victim fought back. The victim said the wom-an has stolen chairs from her patio before. The woman was arrested.

1000 block of Johnson Ferry Road 30342 – On Aug. 13, an off-duty offi cer, working an extra job at Northside Hospital, was notifi ed by hospital security that they were pursuing a man suspected of stealing something from

the station with the man, on the tail-gate and jumping up and down, try-ing to un-stick his car in what was later termed the “failed” attempt

� e driver of a car on I-285 was cited for having a small amount of marijuana on him after an o� -cer made a tra� c stop for a cracked

cers arrested a man on Aug. 10 after he assaulted his wife by punching her in

the face several times. A witness in the home said the man was intox-

� rst o� cer on the scene disarmed the suspect and secured him in

handcu� s. He was later taken to jail, charged with aggravated assault, terror-

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On Aug. 14, cops were called to Franklin Road after a man put an-other man in a headlock. � e man said he did it because the victim called him “boring.” Both men had evidence of being in a � ght. Both were arrested.

OTHER STUFF A man reported that another man, who had been stalking his

daughter, left an apology letter at the doorstep and then ran o� . � e man said his daughter no longer lives at that address.

A woman on Monterrey Parkway reported her neighbor’s dog poops in her yard and is allowed to walk without a leash. When the woman told the dog’s owner about the pooping, she replied “What the f--- are you looking at?”

A woman reported that she is receiving threatening text messag-es from her ex-boyfriend Dewayne, who said he was waiting on her and her baby at the bus stop. She called the cops for an escort from the bus stop to her car. She received another text with a photo of De-wayne holding a gun and saying, “Look what I have just for you.”

600 block of Northridge Road -- A man was cited for a noise com-plaint after a second visit from the cops on loud-music complaints.

Spring Creek Lane -- A woman reported on Aug. 11 that she be-gan receiving text messages from unknown men asking for sexual encounters. She discovered that nude photos of her were posted on the website “Blackcrush.com.” � e photos were taken during a time when she dated a man who is now the suspect. � e victim broke up with the man a couple of weeks ago and later she received a text read-ing: “I’ll � x you.” Shortly after, the photos appeared on the website.

A woman reported that her ex-boyfriend has been calling and tex-ting her, as well as sending unwanted emails. She said that he sabo-taged a job opportunity for her by emailing the employer ahead of her. He left messages saying “Payback is a bitch.” She said he doesn’t know how to operate a computer and a friend is most likely helping him send these messages.


Tearful widow sentenced to prison for perjury

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Speaking quietly from the witness stand, Andrea Sneiderman tearfully asked the judge for leniency on behalf of her children.

“So� a and Ian have been punished enough. Please let me go home to my children,” Sneiderman said.

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Sneiderman, who appeared for her sentencing in an orange DeKalb jail jumpsuit, will get credit for the roughly one year she al-ready served in custody and on house arrest leading up to her trial.

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Several of Andrea Sneiderman’s friends and family members also spoke to the judge on her behalf, many crying as they spoke.

Defense attorney Tom Clegg said Andrea Sneiderman is a good person who should not be held respon-sible for the actions of her husband’s murderer.

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Members of Fulton County’s state legislative delegation said

they are going into this year’s session with a big-picture agenda.

Ethics, schools and transportation are among the broad range

of topics they intend to tackle this year. Th e legislature convenes

on Jan. 14. Rep. Ed Lindsey, R-Atlanta, is promoting his “parent trigger”

bill that will make it easier for moms and dads to form charter

schools, publically-funded schools that are more independent from

the school district than traditional schools.

While that’s the bill that’s generating the most discussion in

light of controversies at the Atlanta and DeKalb public school dis-

tricts, Lindsey said he also wants to focus on water management

and transportation issues.

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It’s not particularly glamorous work signing agreements, sub-

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Buckhead Executive Director Denise Starling said.

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detail may also be gaining them some support from neighbors liv-

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Tennis center contract

being challenged

COMMUNITY 33

Party on

Synagogue celebrates

125th anniversary

FAITH 6

Warning shot

Gun control discussion

needed now

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Unplain Jane

Literary society reveres

novelist Austen

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BY MELISSA WEINMAN

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As state lawmakers head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they

have a lot to think about.

Each year, the state budget looms as a daunting task, and this

year is no di� ere

nt. Georgia is a balanced budget state, m

eaning

that tough cuts must be made when revenues are down.

“It’s going to be a di� cult � nancial year for the state. � e bud-

get picture in particular looks bleak,” said Rep. Scott Holcomb, D-

DeKalb.

� e hospital bed tax, which collects funds for indigent care, ex-

pires this year, Holcomb said.

“� at is going to be a pretty intense debate about whether that

tax gets extended or not extended. � ere’s s

ome pretty extensive re-

BY MELISSA WEINMAN

[email protected]

Brookhaven City Council voted Jan. 8 to delay a controversial

decision on adopting a new ordinance to regulate adult businesses.

On Dec. 17, its � rst d

ay of opeartions, the city adopted all of

DeKalb County’s ordinances, including one reg

ulating adult en-

tertainment businesses. But council is lo

oking to replace the coun-

ty’s ordinance with one that has been adopted by other cities in the

metro area, including Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, and

most recently, D

oraville.

Attorney Scott Bergthold said the new ordinance is similar to

the one already in place in DeKalb County. It would ban the sale

of alcohol and prohibit contact between dancers and customers.

But Bergthold said “there are a number of constitutional de-

SEE LEGISLATORS, PAGE 36

SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 38

Hands held high

PHIL MOSIER

Jenny Morgan, member of the Skyland United Methodist Church and altar prayer team, soaks up the “Friday Night

Fire Worship service,” on Jan. 4 in Brookhaven. The contemporary service, held the fi rst Friday of each month, is

an open gathering without an agenda or order, attracting people from all communities. Another photo on page 30.

Legislators gearing up

for return to Gold Dome

Council delays vote on

strip club regulations


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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.

BY MELISSA WEINMAN

[email protected]

As state legislators head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they

have a lot to think about.

One local issue the state’s lawmakers may be asked to confront

is the controversy surrounding DeKalb County’s school board.

� e system was recently placed on accreditation probation by Ad-

vancED, the accrediting agency.

Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), who chairs the Senate Ed-

ucation 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,” Mil-

lar said. A Jan. 17 hearing of the Georgia Board of Education is sched-

uled to consider suspending the DeKalb school board members. If

BY TOM ODER

A court order halting construction of a controversial multi-use

trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Fri-

day afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior Court attended

by city o� cials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan.

Judge Tangela M. Barrie said her temporary restraining order

against the trail will remain in e� ect 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 re-

quire removal of more than 300 trees. City o� cials say an equal

number of trees will be replanted.

� e judge’s decision to extend her temporary order capped a

two-hour hearing before a packed courtroom. Chairs were add-

SEE LEGISLATORS, PAGE 34

SEE BROOK RUN, PAGE 35

Legislators gearing up

for return to Gold Dome Court extends order

halting Brook Run trail

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Petition circulating to

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novelist AustenCOMMUNITY 32

Party onSynagogue celebrates

125th anniversaryFAITH 6

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needed nowCOMMENTARY 11

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Inside

Roll call

Riverwood capping students

from other districts

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Education

GuideWinter 2013

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Poker face

Council members vo

cal, coy

about 2013 election plans

COMMUNITY 4

Street feet

Group brings warmth,

love to homeless


Unplain Jane

Literary society re

veres

novelist Austen

COMMUNITY 32

Party on

Synagogue celebrates

125th anniversary

FAITH 6

Tough talk

Gun control discussion

needed now

COMMENTARY 11

You’re excused

DUI offenders get

second chance

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Put some pep in your step

PHIL MOSIER

Riverwood International Charter School coach Scot Waldrop, center, g

ets his ju

nior varsity girls’

basketball team fi re

d up as the Lady Raiders p

repare to take on the Creekview High School Lady Grizzlies

Jan. 4. The Lady Raiders eventually fell to

their opponent 43-15. More photos on page 31.

BY DAN WHISENHUNT

[email protected]

Operation Tennis In

c. in Decem

ber � led a law

suit to overtu

rn the

city of Sandy Springs’ decision to award a co

ntract to a co

mpetitor.

But disputing the contracts to run tennis ce

nters may be as

popu-

lar as the game itse

lf, public records and newspaper re

ports show. In

the past, disputes h

ave arisen

over contract

s to run tennis centers

in

Sandy Springs and at Blackburn Park, a D

eKalb County facility locat-

ed in what is now the cit

y of Brookhaven.

Operation Tennis’ la

wsuit alleges th

e winning bidder, Groslim

ond

Tennis Services, gave t

he city “bogus” th

ird-party evaluations of pre-

vious work. Some of the evaluations were w

ritten by people w

ho ap-

pear to work for Groslim

ond.

President Gery Groslim

ond denied those allegations. City At-

BY DAN WHISENHUNT

[email protected]

Members of Fulton County’s state legislative delegation said

they are going into this year’s session with a big-picture agenda.

Ethics, schools and transportation are among the broad range

of topics they intend to tackle this year. � e legislature convenes

on Jan. 14.

Rep. Ed Lindsey, R-Atlanta, is p

romoting his “parent tri

gger”

bill that will m

ake it easier for moms and dads to form charter

schools, publically-funded schools th

at are more independent

from the school district than traditional schools.

While that’s the bill th

at’s generating the most discussion in

light of controversies at the Atlanta and DeKalb public school

districts, L

indsey said he wants to focus on water management

SEE BIDDERS, PAGE 34

SEE FULTON, PAGE 2Bidders h

ave history of

raising a racket

Fulton County legislators

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