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Heard’s haltCemetery descendants

suffer setback

COMMUNITY 5

Batter upCricket popular among

Indian residents

AROUND TOWN 7

Walk this waySuburban sprawl a thing of the past?

COMMUNITY 8

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COMMUNITY 10

Healing heartVietnam war victim

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FAITH 14

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Heards Ferry Elementary PTO Co-President Stacy Heer-in said in a perfect world, her child’s school would stay right where it is.

She said the school’s age and geographic location make moving the school unavoidable, however.

“Given where we live in Sandy Springs, there’s not a lot of space for new development and new construction,” Heer-in said.

O� cials with Fulton County Schools con� rmed they have settled on a site for the new location of Heards Fer-ry Elementary School. Patrick Burke, deputy superinten-

SEE PTO PRESIDENT, PAGE 4

BY DAN WHISENHUNT AND JOE EARLESandy Springs city o� cials say their community will o� er a

better � t for the headquarters of Fulton County’s school system than its current location in south Fulton County.

City Council members Karen Meinzen McEnerny and Chip Collins say the move will bene� t Sandy Springs and the system as a whole. � ey dismissed criticism that the system is abandon-ing south Fulton students by moving from its current location on Cleveland Avenue in southwest Atlanta.

“� ey have been headquartered there for 50 years and things change,” McEnerny said. “� e enrollment growth changes. Be-ing adjacent to I-285, they’re still readily accessible to the south-ern part of Fulton County.”

Collins said the new headquarters will bring jobs to the city SEE CITY OFFICIALS, PAGE 19

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Emma Clinch, standing, Ginnie House, center, in a 1932 Ford Model A, and her father Rich, driving, show their exuberance during North Springs Charter High School’s 50th anniversary

parade on Oct. 26. The parade welcomed all alumni and friends to celebrate Homecoming and Spirit Week.

City of� cials: New location � ts Fulton schools

PTO president: Heards Ferry Elementary move unavoidable

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Lake Forrest Drive expected to reopen in early 2014

City o� cials say the portion of Lake Forrest Drive between Lake Summit and Chevaux Court should reopen early next year.

On Aug. 5, the city blocked o� the portion of Lake Forrest Drive due to safety concerns. Contractors hired by the city determined the road is danger-ously unstable after multiple rock slides occurred. On Aug. 6, Sandy Springs City Council declared the road an emer-gency, and endorsed suspending the public bid process to speed up the re-pairs.

� e road is a popular north-south al-ternative for people avoiding Roswell Road. Children attending Heards Ferry

Elementary School live along the road, according to county maps.

City Council recently received an up-date about the project. � e council di-rected city sta� members to � nish struc-tural plans to stabilize the slope of the road. � e design would use portions of the road that are within the city’s right of way, city spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said.

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Sandy Springs holds Veterans Day event at Concourse

Sandy Springs will hold its fourth an-nual Veterans Day Tribute on Nov. 11. � e celebration of men and women who serve and have served is scheduled to be-gin at 11:45 a.m. at the Concourse Cor-porate Center, next to Building Five, the city said in a press release.

Brig. Gen. John King, U.S. Army National Guard, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker. � e event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in Concourse Parking Deck Six.

For more information: www.san-dyspringsga.gov or 770-730-5600.

Leadership Sandy Springs announces

its 2014 class � e members of the 2014 class are:

Stephen Bedsole of Dra� n & Tucker, LLP; Carrie Bellware of Senior Servic-es North Fulton, Inc; Dana Bible and Nancy DeLoach of Northside Hospital; Ken Dishman of Sandy Springs Youth Sports; Tony Giardino of Arrow Exter-minators; Allan Hamer of U.S. Trust; CPA Marsha Holcomb; James Holmes of BB&T Branch Banking and Trust Co.; Chip (Philip) Houston of Mount Vernon Presbyterian School.

Also, lawyer Jennifer Jakob-Barnes; Gene Jordan of � e Rotary Club of Sandy Springs; Heather Kaufman of Troy University-Atlanta Campus; Sher-win Lewis-Nelson of GV Financial; Ja-son Lina of Resource Planning Group; Dario Lizcano of Yellobee Studio; Emily Massey of Sandy Springs Middle School; Christy Merritt of Drake House.

Also, Cassandra Mills of Project Management Paradigm; lawyer Michael Moebes; Ernestine Morgan of Spring-mont School; John Mullin of Sandy Springs Fire and Rescue; Anna Cay Rob-ertson, community volunteer; Cheston

Roney of the city of Sandy Springs; Brenda Rothschild of B’nai Torah; Di-anne Shain of Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Also, Michael Smith of RTD Fi-nancial Advisors, Inc.; Debbie Sonen-shine of Coldwell Banker; Steve Soteres of Choate Construction Co.; Darlene Trigg of the Fulton Education Founda-tion; Adriana West of Keller Williams Realty First Atlanta; and Vicki Willard, a community volunteer.

‘Major’ national employer facing millions in fi nes

Attorney Charles Kuck spoke to the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 21.

Kuck, who specializes in immigra-tion law, said a “major national em-ployer” will be facing millions of dollars worth of � nes levied by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforce-ment for improperly documenting employee eligibility.

Kuck did not release the name of the company but said the news would be re-vealed in the coming weeks.

In Fiscal Year 2012, ICE levied $12.4 million in � nes. Kuck said the pace of � nes has increased as ICE has turned the work of auditing companies over to ac-countants.

“� at’s why they can do so many more audits than they’ve ever done,” Kuck said.

Kuck said if immigration reform isn’t passed by Congress this year, it will like-ly be shelved until after 2014.

He added that historically, immigra-tion bills have passed in lame-duck ses-sions of Congress, when representatives are leaving o� ce or are far enough away from the next election.

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Sandy Springs Government Calendar

The Sandy Springs City Council usually meets the fi rst and the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at City Hall, which is located at 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500

For the most up to date meeting schedule, visit http://www.sandyspringsga.org/Calendars/City-Calendar

Sandy Springs voters head to the polls Nov. 5 to choose a new mayor and members of City Council.

Former Councilman Rusty Paul faces local business owner Bob Brown in the race for mayor. Five of the six seats on the council are contested; only Councilman John Paulson, the incumbent in District 1, does not face opposition.

� e other council candidates are: Ken Dishman and incumbent Di-anne Fries in District 2; Barbara Malone and Graham McDonald in District 3; Tochie Blad and incumbent Gabriel Sterling in District 4; Clayton E. Cole and incumbent Tibby DeJulio in District 5; and Andy Bauman, Patty Berkovitz, Jennifer A. Steele, John Stoj and Sonja Tonpea in District 6.

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PTO president: Heards Ferry Elementary move unavoidable

Judge Heard: Fighter, farmer, father


The man whose family cemetery is the focus of a lawsuit lived a long, prolif-ic life, according to a Georgia researcher.

Barry Colbaugh wrote an arti-cle about Judge John Heard in October 2012 for The Georgia Confederate, the offi-cial newsletter of the Georgia Division of the Sons of Confed-erate Veterans. Heard was a Confederate Vet-eran and a prominent community figure.

Heard served as a lo-cal judge in the 1900s, and his bloodline also connects him to oth-er political figures in Georgia history. He is believed to be a descen-dant of Stephen Heard, who was governor of Georgia in 1778, ac-cording to Colbaugh. One of John Heard’s descendants, Paul Heard, made an un-successful run for gov-ernor in 1994, accord-ing to Paul Heard’s obituary.

According to Col-baugh’s article, as well as information posted on genealogi-cal websites, Heard wasn’t just another rank and file soldier in the Confederate Army. He also witnessed history.

Heard was in his early 30s when he surrendered with Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House in Vir-ginia in 1865, according to the article. He walked barefoot from Virginia to his

family farm in Georgia, his hands ruined from injuries sustained during the war.

The location of the Heard Cemetery is all that remains of the farm.

According to Col-baugh, when Heard returned, he discov-ered the farm was de-stroyed and the live-stock had been stolen. Heard rebuilt and grew a successful crop that year. He also took over the ferry that bears his name from John Isom, who had been Heard’s commander in Com-pany B of the 9th Bat-talion, Georgia Artil-lery.

In addition to be-ing a judge, Heard held large family re-unions at the farm each year to celebrate his birthday. Accord-ing to court records, in 1900, he deeded the 1 acre that would be-come the family cem-etery, the property that is the subject of a re-cent lawsuit. He was said to have told his family members that

he would like to “sleep by the banks of a beautiful river one day,” according to Colbaugh’s article.

Heard married twice. He married Abigail Isom, who died in 1882, and then married Athelena Dickerson, who died in 1947. Heard fathered a total of 23 children, 13 of which survived. He died in 1931 at the age of 95.

The family gathers for Judge John Heard’s birthday.

dent of operations, said the school sys-tem has made an offer on property at 6151 Powers Ferry Road, just south of I-285. The building is owned by KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT.

The new school would relocate Heards Ferry from its current location adjacent to River-wood International Charter School.

Burke said Fulton Coun-ty Schools offi-cials have worked closely with San-dy Springs to find a viable site, and to make the site as ac-cessible as possible to students.

“We’ve really worked hard to find the most viable option out there,” Burke said.

Under the current plan, the school’s contractor would demolish the six-story building at the site and replace it with a new, three-story building.

The new school is scheduled to open sometime in 2015, Burke said.

Fulton County BOE member Gail

Dean told constituents that she appre-ciated their input as the school system considered sites for the new school. There were some contentious public meetings about the move held in San-dy Springs.

“I appreciate the patience and support extended during the many months it has taken to select this school site,” Dean said. “I know you share my excitement that we remain on schedule to open this new school for students by August 2015. As we begin construc-

tion, which should be in early 2014, I will be in touch to share more infor-mation, and hope you may be a part of our groundbreaking celebration.”

Heerin said there will be benefits to the new location, even though it won’t be as accessible to pedestrians as the current Heards Ferry location.

“I think they’ll put together a nice building,” she said. “Traffic flow will better.”

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Judge rules against Heard descendants in cemetery case


Descendants of Judge John Heard have suffered a setback in their attempt to regain control of their family’s histor-ic cemetery.

According to a copy of the decision forwarded to Reporter Newspapers, Ful-ton County Superior Judge Kimber-ly Adams on Oct. 8 ruled that there are “genuine issues of material fact” that must be resolved before the descendants can regain control of the property.

On Oct. 21, Adams granted a mo-tion for a Certificate of Immediate Re-view that will allow the Georgia Court of Appeals to review her ruling.

Wright Mitchell, attorney for the descendants, said he will petition the Court of Appeals.

The order stems from a May court hearing on the case involving plaintiff Christopher Mills, who is the current owner of the property. Mills sued Sandy Springs in 2012 after city officials denied his application to build a house on the property. Officials denied the application because of city rules preventing develop-ment on land containing graves. Mills has said in various court filings that he wants to build his home on an undevel-oped portion of the property that doesn’t contain any burials.

Mills and his attorney had no com-ment when Reporter Newspapers re-quested one.

One of Heard’s descendants, Mary Ann Elsner, sold her rights to the prop-erty in 2007 to Mills’ in-laws, Henry and Wanda Cline. The Clines bought the property with the intention of pre-serving it, but those plans never materi-alized. They eventually sold the property to Mills for $1.

After Mills filed the lawsuit, Heard’s de-scendants intervened and asked the judge to give the property back to them. Judge Heard is one of the community’s original founders and a Confederate Veteran.

Preston Heard, a descendant, emailed other family members with news about the judge’s order.

“The order is based on what we be-lieve to be an incorrect legal premise – that the heirs could somehow abandon

just a portion of the property,” Heard wrote. “In reality, the current legal au-thority is simply not clear on this issue, which is why it warrants review by the Court of Appeals. If the appeals court agrees to take up the issue, we will ob-tain the legal clarity needed to move for-ward. If it turns out that, as we argue, the heirs could not, and have not aban-doned a portion of the cemetery prop-erty, then Judge Adams’ order cannot stand.”

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The grave of Judge John Heard. According to court records, in 1900, Heard deeded one acre of property to become the family’s cemetery, which is now the subject of a lawsuit.

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Rep. Wilkinson doesn’t get it“� ey’re all just crooks.” For probably as long as there has

been representative government, there have been cynics who throw that wild punch.

But in the other corner of this boxing match is House Eth-ics Committee Chairman, Joe Wilkinson. He counterpunch-es with, “I � nd it interesting there are 10 million people in the state of Georgia, and not one of them has come forward with a single shred of evidence of wrongdoing against any legisla-tor.” [ReporterNewspapers.net, Jan. 25].

Wilkinson’s statement is simultaneously wrong and con-temptibly misleading. He ignores our state’s history with cor-rupt politicians and the fact that an investigation is under way that involves a prominent member of the state Senate. He also pretends not to understand the corrupting e� ects of money in our politics.

Indicted on 18 counts involving false travel reimburse-ments, Sen. Don Balfour has already been stripped of his po-sition as Senate Rules Committee chairman.

Investigative journalist Jim Walls of Atlanta Un� ltered ex-posed Balfour’s possible expense account falsi� cations. Walls’ reporting rang the bell that started a legal investigation. Bal-four may have scammed taxpayers out of $2,700, but his wrongdoings, as bad as they may have been, pale in compari-son to the damage done by normalized corruption.

In the 2012 election cycle, Georgia’s House and Senate can-didates raised $14.7 million in campaign donations. House

Speaker David Ralston was the reigning titlist, raising more than twice as much as any other candidate. Also, some of the biggest givers of campaign cash are also Georgia’s most in� u-ential policymakers.

Last year, a report by � e Center for Public Integrity re-leased “� e State Integrity Investigation” report, which mea-sured each state’s risk of corruption using 330 metrics. Geor-gia ranked last in the nation, receiving letter grades of D’s and F’s in 12 out of 14 categories.

In response, Wilkinson claimed that he had recreated that report and came to the conclusion that Georgia actual-ly ranked third. Wilkinson refuses to release any information about his version of this study. He just expects us to believe that he recreated a study that employed dozens of reporters, cost $1.5 million, and just happened to conclude that our state’s laws are pretty much OK as is.

Not all politicians are crooks, but with examples like Joe Wilkinson, it’s clear that we need more challengers and more champions for honest government. Mr. Wilkinson will be running for re-election next year.

Don McAdam

LETTER TO THE EDITORE-mail letters to [email protected]

BY ERIC BERNHow many of you as Sandy Springs residents know the lo-

cation of Eric Bern Studio on Mount Vernon Highway?I am Eric Bern. My 23-year-old photography studio on

Mount Vernon Highway was voted to be demolished by the Sandy Springs City Council so they could run a road exten-sion through my business and other businesses around me for a proposed development called Sandy Springs City Center.

I know your � rst thought is, “Well, aren’t they going to pay you for it?”

Before you ask that, consider this:Imagine you were running a successful photography busi-

ness in the perfect building and the ideal location. You poured all of your time, resources and e� orts into design-ing and building it. � e studio functioned perfectly for your business and lifestyle. You groomed an outdoor shooting area that was ideal for natural light portraits at any time of day.

� en, after 23 years, you were told by the city that they are going to take it for something they voted on.

� e options you presented to them that could save your studio and business while also saving tax dollars seemed to be ig-nored. Worst of all, they gave you an o� er that does not begin to cover the cost of a comparable property, the cost of being dis-placed, the cost of having to start all over, the emotional and � nancial cost of rebuilding, along with the added cost of moving.

It seems that none of these costs were considered when the city sent their o� er to “pay me” for my property.Not one of the three small businesses a� ected by this road were contacted by the city prior to the approval of this plan. In-

stead, in response to my letter of concern sent in December of 2012, the mayor wrote to me and stated that nothing was going to happen until a developer comes in to assemble land in the area.

Now, it is the city that is trying to acquire the properties themselves with your tax dollars.Oh, did I forget to mention the threat of eminent domain? At the October City Council debate, several council members gave vague answers about their stance on eminent domain, and

yet they had already voted to use it on two separate properties in the City Center development. How many more businesses are they going to try to force out with this tactic? When alternatives exist, shouldn’t the city be loyal to the small businesses that have supported them and contributed great-

ly to the community?I plan to remain “an institution in Sandy Springs,” as the mayor referred to me, for many more years. If the city insists on

displacing my business and other businesses in the area, they have an obligation to make sure the owners and tenants are made whole in the process.

Photographer Eric Bern owns the Eric Bern Studio in Sandy Springs.

Will Sandy Springs take my studio?

Eric Bern at his studio at 161 Mount Vernon Highway

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a recent Saturday morning: On a cou-ple of � elds, parents cheer their kids as they play soccer. On one baseball � eld, a group of guys play touch football. On the adjacent baseball � eld, a smaller group of guys, most wearing bright yel-low shirts, practice catching a red ball lofted by a wide, � at-faced bat.

� e guys in yellow shirts call them-selves the Dunwoody Hitters, but they are playing the game of a di� erent place. � ey’re playing cricket.

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eign land,” Jai Varadarajan said. Most of the Hitters come from India.

� ey’re from all over that country, from the south and north. � ey live in Dun-woody now, mostly in two apartment complexes with a lot of other Indian res-idents. � ey work with computers and came to the United States for jobs. � ey love playing cricket, a game not a lot of Americans follow or understand. � e

yellow jerseys they wear to practice bear the team colors of their favorite profes-sional team, the Chennai Super Kings.

“In India, we love cricket,” said Il-aiyaraja Rajamohan, who’s been in the U.S. only � ve months. He used to play on his school’s cricket team, he said. “Everyone plays cricket.”

“It’s in the genes,” said Pravinkumar Nallamaruthamuthu, who’s 40, and says he started playing cricket at age 5. He’s one of the founders of the Hitters. “At my age, however much I can, I will play.”

� ere’s another cricket team based in Dunwoody that’s composed of Indian players, Nallamaruthamuthu said. � e Dunwoody Devils, he said, have been around a little longer. Nallamarutha-muthu and Varadarajan started the Hit-ters about a year ago. � e two have each lived in the U.S. 11 years. � ey met at their gym. � ey started talking about their favorite sport and decided to pull together their own team. Nallamarutha-muthu said the Hitters started “with my apartment friends. Now we’re kind of

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has a total of 15 members. � ey grab un-used base-ball � elds for practices on weekends. On some Sun-days, they play match-es with oth-er teams that have orga-nized around metro Atlanta, in towns such as Marietta.

� ey usually don’t draw a crowd. But passersby sometimes stop to gawk and try to � gure out what they’re doing. “We have some spectators come and take pic-tures,” Varadarajan said.

All but one of the members of the team is Indian. � e exception is Derek Kuipers, who’s 47, and works in corpo-

rate � nance. He only half jokes that when other teams see him show up with the Hitters, they assume he must be Australian or English or South African or an immi-grant from some oth-er former British Em-pire country where cricket is played.

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� e report, authored by Chris Lein-berger of the George Washington Uni-versity School of Business, says that walkable places, which he called “Walk-UPs,” will drive tomorrow’s national real estate industry and the economy, turn-ing what was once a niche market into the predominant market.

� e report demonstrates that Walk-UPs signi� cantly impact economic growth and development in the Atlanta region and across the nation.

“During the second half of the 20th Century, the dominant development model was the familiar, drivable subur-ban approach, and few places have done it better than metro Atlanta,” said Lein-berger.

“However, the pendulum is swing-ing back toward building walkable ur-banism, the dominant pattern prior to the Great Depression. According to this latest study, metro Atlanta is on the leading edge of this new urban develop-

ment trend.”� e Central Perimeter area was

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Yvonne Williams, president and CEO of the Perimeter Community Im-provement Districts, said increasing pe-destrian access has been a major goal of the self-taxing business district.

“� e Perimeter Community Im-provement Districts have led the trans-formation of Perimeter from a subur-ban, car-dependent area to a livable, walkable community, which is paying o� with signi� cant economic returns,” Williams said.

“As a result of the past 13 years of work by the Perimeter CIDs, Perimeter is at the forefront of a game-changing structural shift that is underway in met-ro Atlanta real estate.”

� e PCIDs � rst project was adding miles of sidewalks and pedestrian cross-walks, according to the organization.

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“Drivable Suburban Commercial Re-development WalkUPs are similar in real estate mix and form to Suburban Town Centers, albeit with somewhat more of-� ce space,” the study says.

“And whereas Suburban Town Cen-ters are often oriented around a central node, Drivable Suburban Commercial Redevelopment WalkUPs are more lin-ear. Developed around a major auto cor-ridor, they also integrate walkable infra-structure into the rights of way.”

Buckhead Coaliton President and former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell said the study is a reminder that “real estate is a constantly changing phenomena.” He predicted the former urban sprawl me-ga-centers will adjust to keep up with the newest trends happening in Atlanta.

“I think the one word, ‘convenience,’ remains the driving force as to how real estate develops in the future, short range or long range,” Massell said. “We see that with automobile congestion, fuel cost, parking problems and so forth, as they increase, the conveniences of what they’re calling ‘walkup’ arrangements will take their place.”

Sandy Springs Mayor Eva Galambos said nothing in the report was news to her.

“� e George Washington University study reiterates that of past studies re-garding New Urbanism, which say that millennials want walkable communities: areas where they can live, work and hang out, getting from place to place via foot, bike or public transit,” Galambos said. “� e study is nothing di� erent from what planners have been telling us for the past 10 years.”

� e report says metro Atlanta’s walk-able urban places are attracting an in-creasing share of new development, and have seen a rise in rent premiums over drivable suburban areas.

� e report notes that from 1992-

2000, roughly 13 percent of real es-tate investment in the region went into current and emerging WalkUPs. From 2001-2008, that number dou-bled to 26 percent. Since 2009, met-ro Atlanta’s share of development in WalkUPs more than doubled again, reaching 60 percent in 2013.

“We are pleased to see thriv-ing, walkable urban places emerg-ing throughout metro Atlanta,” said Tad Leithead, chairman of the At-lanta Regional Commission. “It’s ev-ident that the market favors the kind of development that o� ers real mo-bility choices and opportunity for new community vitality. Greater walkability, housing and retail op-tions are keys to our future econom-ic growth.”

Brookhaven was identi� ed in the report as an emerging WalkUP.

“Making Brookhaven more pe-destrian-friendly is one of the city’s goals,” said City Manager Marie Garrett. “Walking and bicycle op-tions will be included in the city’s transportation study.

“We also have committed to making Brookhaven more walkable by including funds in this year’s budget to expand and improve sidewalks in the city. We hope these improvements will continue to make Brookhaven a more pedestrian-friendly city.”

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Drive around met-ro Atlanta in the morning or late afternoon and you will likely encounter tra� c troubles around schools, as big yellow buses, parents in minivans, and kids with backpacks all try to move in and out of school drive-ways.

Sven Hagen, co-presi-dent of the PTA for Ash-ford Park Elementary School in Brookhaven, said the problems at his school mostly come from parents double parking and block-ing the � ow of tra� c.

“It’s partly a function of the design of the school, which is from a di� erent era when a lot of the kids walked to school,” Hagen said. “It doesn’t allow for a lot of tra� c at the front of the school. � e problem comes when we have parents pulling in and pulling out.”

Hagen said at the start of the school year, he and other parents volunteered to pay for an o� -duty police o� cer to help direct tra� c around the school. “It was the � rst two weeks of school and it was just bedlam,” Hagen said.

Local police departments usually do not direct tra� c at schools as part of their regular assignments. But many schools hire o� -duty o� cers to help move cars more smoothly at the start of school and at dismissal.

Dunwoody Police O� cer Tim Fecht said tra� c can be particularly bad at schools located on major thoroughfares. He said Dunwoody police have a regu-lar presence near Chestnut Charter El-

ementary School, Peachtree Charter Middle School and Dunwoody Elemen-tary School, which are located on busy North Peachtree and Womack roads.

“� ose are both very high tra� c areas … due to the [Georgia Perimeter] Col-lege and the closeness to the Interstate as well,” Fecht said.

Hagen said Brookhaven police do not have the resources to send an o� cer to the school every day, and he doesn’t want to drain the PTA’s resources paying an o� -duty o� cer. He hopes the tra� c problem will solve itself, if more people follow the rules.

“It is our parents that are choosing not to follow the program for whatever reason,” Hagen said.

Brookhaven Police Lt. Brandon Gur-ley said while the police department doesn’t station o� cers at schools, it does provide regular patrols around the 12 schools within Brookhaven’s borders.

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In Sandy Springs, police spokesman Capt. Steve Rose said o� -duty police o� cers have been hired to direct traf-� c at schools located on busy streets, such as � e Weber School at the inter-section of Roswell and Abernathy roads, and North Springs Charter High School near Dalrymple Road.

“Tra� c coming out of schools is no di� erent than tra� c in the rest of San-dy Springs, which can be a nightmare at times, but it’s not consistent,” Rose said.

He said Sandy Springs police are available to the school resource o� cers from Fulton County schools. “We’re al-ways working with school resource o� -cers if they need something,” Rose said.

� e DeKalb County School System has its own police force that serves the schools. School resource o� cers are typ-ically posted at middle and high schools. � e county also provides crossing guards to help students safely cross the road.

Fecht said there typically are not school resource o� cers in elementary schools. In March, the Dunwoody Po-lice Department created a program for elementary schools called SAFE: Safety and Friendship in Education.

“We started that early this year in light of events that happened in New-town, Conn.,” Fecht said.

Fecht said under the program, o� -cers who are patrolling near elementary schools will take a few minutes out of

their shift to go into the school and in-teract with students and sta� .

“Our goal is to increase patrols, and if anyone were thinking about any kind of criminal actions, it would be a deter-rent,” Fecht said.

Fecht said the other goal of the pro-gram is to give students a positive intro-duction to police o� cers.

“We want them to see us as a friend-ly face and know o� cers by name … so they’re not intimidated and don’t have that negative connotation,” Fecht said. “It’s a friendly face that they can trust.”

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Autumn CraftSaturday, Nov. 16, 12-4 p.m. – Children ages 4-12 can drop in any time between 12-4 p.m. with parents or caregivers to make an autumn craft. Free, and the public is welcome. Suggested audiences: pre-school and elementary school. Buckhead Branch Li-brary, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3500 for further information.

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Friday, Nov. 8, 6 p.m. – Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery hosts “Strength for the Journey: Art by Art � erapists,” an exhibit and symposium in which Georgia art therapists re� ect on the pow-er of art-making in their own lives. Free and open to the public. Bring a toy or food for the Atlanta Food Bank. Exhibition continues through Dec. 31. � erapists’ symposium on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2:30-4:30 p.m. 199 Armour Dr., NE, Atlanta, 30324. To learn more, contact Gayle Torres at 404-917-4254 or email: [email protected].

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“Seeds”� ursday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. – � e Upper School at Mount Vernon Presbyterian presents “Seeds,” part courtroom drama and part social satire, which docu-ments the 2004 Canadian Supreme Court showdown between a Saskatchewan farmer and a multinational biotech � rm. Additional shows, Nov. 8 and 9, 7 p.m.; matinee at 1 p.m., Nov. 9. In the MVPS Black Box � eatre, on the Glenn campus, 510 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Tickets, $5. Regis-ter online: www.mountvernonschool.org or call 404-252-3448, ext. 2801 for information.

Pro-Mozart SocietySunday, Nov. 10, 3-5 p.m. – � e Pro-Mozart Society of Atlanta pres-ents organist Brink Bush and pianist Frank Mitchell Bush in a joint concert, at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church. Free; $15 per per-son donation is encouraged to help raise funds for the organization’s scholar-ship program. 805 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30327. For information about the concert or the society, visit: www.mozartatlanta.com, call 404-667-4700 or email: [email protected].

Harpsichord ConcertSunday, Nov. 10, 4 p.m. – Enjoy “Round and ‘Round La Ronde: Chaconnes, Passacailles and oth-er Rondeaux from the Court of the Sun King,” fea-turing David Buice on the Harpsichord. General admission, $10; free for Oglethorpe University Mu-seum members and those with a Petrel Pass. 4484 Peachtree Rd., Brookhaven, 30319. For more infor-mation email: [email protected] or call 404-364-8555. www.oglethorpe.edu.

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AcupunctureTuesday, Nov. 5, 7-7:30 p.m. – Acupuncturist Taian Wang discusses the basic theory behind Chi-nese medicine and demonstrates several treatments. Free and open to the community. Registration not required. For adult audiences. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: [email protected] or call 404-303-6130 with questions.

“Illuminations”Wednesday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m. – Dr. Jay Lutz, French professor at Oglethorpe University, discuss-es Léger’s modernist take on Rimbaud’s “Illumi-nations.” General admission, $5; free for OUMA members or those with a Petrel Pass. 4484 Peachtree Rd., Brookhaven, 30319. For more information vis-it: museum.oglethorpe.edu or call 404-364-8555.

Marvelous Mushrooms Saturday, Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Mush-rooms can be found during just about any walk in the woods. Join mushroom expert Mary Woehrel for a glance into the mysterious lives of mushrooms. Par-ticipants will look for native mushrooms, then head inside to learn how to identify edible and poisonous mushrooms, and more. $12 per person. Space is lim-ited. RSVP by calling 412-398-1101. Blue Heron Nature Preserve, 4055 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, 30342. Go to www.bhnp.org for additional details.

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“It sounds easy, but it wasn’t,” Phúc told students gathered in the school’s Fine Arts Building. “It was the hardest work of my life, but I did it. If I can do it, I believe all of you here can do it too, right?”

Phúc becoming a Christian was the � rst step in her lifelong journey toward healing her heart.

She recalled her reaction to reading Luke 6:27-28, which says, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”

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Phúc, aware that the “No way, Jose” expression would sound dated to her young audience, smiled and said, “You use that, right?”

She recalled the events leading up to the moment Associated Press photogra-pher Nick Ut snapped the photo. On June 8, the villagers were told to hide in the local temple. Phúc thought the temple, a sacred place, was safe. She was wrong.

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Ut carried the 9-year-old girl to the local hospital. She was transferred to the children’s hospital. Sta� there thought there was no hope of saving her, so they moved her to the morgue where she re-mained for three days. Her parents even-tually found her and she spent the next 14 months in a burn clinic.

Phúc underwent 17 operations, but scars remain. She wears long sleeves most of the time. After spending so much time surrounded by doctors, Phúc decided she’d become a doctor, too. She was accepted into medical school in Vietnam, but the government had dif-

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She described the experience as a low point in her life. She cursed the pi-lots. She cursed the propagandists. Phúc wanted them to su� er.

She began her transformation in 1982, when she found a Bible in a lo-cal library.

“From that moment I knew that God had a purpose for my life,” she said. “In 1986, the government gave me permis-sion to go to Cuba to study.”

Phúc learned English while study-ing at the university in Havana. � e Vietnamese government allowed her to study medicine in the communist na-tion, but remained overly interested in how she spent her time.

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Faith was enough. Since mov-ing to the West, Phúc has trans-formed herself into a new symbol for the power of forgiveness. She’s become a public speaker and cre-ated the Kim Phúc Foundation, a charity that helps children a� ect-ed by war.

Like her physical recovery, her spiritual recovery took time. It was a necessary rehabilitation, she said.

“I didn’t just wake up one day and say, ‘Yes, I forgive,’ but I knew that in or-der to be free I had to learn to forgive,” she said.

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“I give no credence to that,” Collins said. “You look at the geography of Fulton County and it’s 60 miles from tip to tip, so Sandy Springs is the geographic center of Fulton County and the Fulton County school board district.”

The new location, on Powers Ferry Road, will provide equal access to schools in both the northern and southern ends of the county, Collins said.

“I would say this new headquarters is equidistant from the schools furthest to the south and the schools furthest to the north,” he said. “If they were moving up to Milton, you might have an argument, but that’s not the case.”

School officials say the move will save the district money.

The Fulton County Board of Educa-tion on Oct. 15 approved the purchase and renovation of two office buildings to house a majority of the system’s instruc-tional and support personnel. Those em-ployees now are distributed throughout the county.

The Fulton school system will close six of its oldest buildings and relocate the em-ployees into three buildings, the system said in a press release.

District spokeswoman Susan Hale said the cost of moving the office is projected at about $34 million, where the cost of ren-ovating existing buildings was projected to be about $56 million.

The new system Administrative Center will be located at 6201 Powers Ferry Road in Sandy Springs, the system said in a press release. Other administrative support staff will be housed at 450 Northridge Parkway in Sandy Springs and at 4025 Flat Shoals Road in Union City, the school system said.

“Since I joined the Fulton County School System, I’ve been examining how our central office operates, how it could provide more support to schools, and how it could be more efficient,” Superintendent Robert Avossa said in the press release.

“Consolidating our support centers will provide greater service to students, and the

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School officials plan to move the offices by September 2014, the system said.

School Board President Linda Schultz said a factor in deciding to move the cen-tral office was the district’s shift in student population.

“We’ve known for years that these buildings were close to the end of their life cycle, but our focus has been on provid-ing quality schools for students and teach-ers,” she said. “But like older schools, ad-ministrative buildings become harder to maintain and costlier to operate as they age. When the time came to consider im-proved facilities, we knew it was also the time to look at the current location of our administrative centers and whether they were in the right place.”

In the late 1950s, when the current Ad-ministrative Center opened in southwest Atlanta in a renovated office building, Ful-ton’s student population base was mostly located in south Fulton, the system said, and the location was considered the geo-graphic center of the district’s student pop-ulation. The 2010 Census shows that due to population growth in northern Fulton County, Sandy Springs is now the district’s student population center, the system said.

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

ROBBERY 5700 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On

Oct. 17, a store owner said he walked around to the outside entrance to the store’s rest-room when he was hit on the head by a young man, who demanded money. He took a gold bracelet off the store owner’s wrist and fl ed down Northwood Drive. The victim was treat-ed at the scene for scrapes.

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Oct. 24, a 33-year-old man reported that just before 4 p.m. he was in his apartment when he heard the door open. He found two men, one of whom pointed a gun at him. They took a phone and checked the other rooms in the apartment before leaving. He was unhurt.

BURGLARY 5700 block of Treelodge Parkway

30350 – On Oct. 12, someone forced entry to the victim’s apartment and took a number of electronic items including video game systems and a 50” television.

200 block of Marsh Trail 30350 – On Oct. 12, the resident left for 90 minutes about 8 p.m., and upon return-ing, found that someone had taken his lap-top. There was no forced entry. The door was left unlocked.

8300 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Oct. 12, responding to an alarm, offi cers found that someone had forced a side door open. It looks like Lotto tickets, cigarettes and maybe cash were taken. NOTE: If you want to steal lotto tickets, you’re wasting your time. Most thieves sell them to those who believe the tickets won’t be earmarked.

6400 block of Cherry Tree Lane 30328 – On Oct. 15, a woman said she was gone for a while and upon return found a carport door kicked in. Items were taken from the home, including jewelry.

1800 block of � e Valley 30328 – On Oct. 15, someone entered the apartment through

a glass window and took several items includ-ing a laptop, jewelry and an Apple MacBook.

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Oct. 16, someone broke into the apartment through a forced open window. Several items were taken.

400 block of West Spalding Drive 30328 – On Oct. 17, offi cers received an alarm just before 1 p.m. and were informed by the resi-dent that an open kitchen window was found. It appears that the alarm scared off the bur-glar-to-be.

ASSAULT A woman on North River said on Oct. 14 that her live-in boyfriend had

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5600 block of Roswell Road -- On Oct. 14, at a grocery store, a woman called police and said she was in the checkout line using cou-pons when the woman behind her became angry that it was taking so long. � e wom-an began to complain loudly in the line. � e two left the store and the argument contin-ued outside in the lot. � e woman said she would run over the victim. � e other wom-an backed out and (for some reason) the vic-tim was behind her car. � e other woman got out of the car and the argument contin-ued until an employee showed up. � e oth-er woman left.

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ARRESTS 800 block of Hammond Drive 30328 –

On Oct. 14, an offi cer observed a man run into traffi c, causing cars to swerve to avoid him. The offi cer pulled up and told the man to come to his car. The man smiled and ran. The offi cer lost sight of him, but had him on car video. An employee of the building the man ran to said he knew the man and identi-fi ed him. The offi cer went to the front offi ce of the building and found the man hiding in the bathroom. He was arrested.

1100 block of Mount Vernon Highway 30328 – On Oct. 14, two persons were ar-rested after a shoplifting call to sports equip-ment store about 8:30 p.m. The two took men’s and women’s athletic apparel, con-cealed it and left the store. They got into an orange Chevy Ca-maro and left. The car was spotted and stopped a short dis-tance away. The pair was arrested.

8700 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Oct. 15, employees of a grocery store ob-served a woman putting two Aveeno creams in her cart and walk into the bathroom. She later checked out without paying for the items. She had removed the package and concealed the cream. She was arrested on the items, totaling $22.

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6300 block of Powers Ferry Road 30342 – On Oct. 15, a woman was observed stealing a mini-bottle of Sutter Home Pinot Grigio and putting it in her purse. She was detained and later arrested.

8100 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Oct. 16, cops were called to speak to a com-

plainant who said a female frequently loi-ters in the parking lot and when spoken to, becomes volatile, curses loudly and makes threatening gestures. The woman was arrest-ed.

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Oct. 16, security offi cers at a discount store watched as two people pulled price tags off baby clothes and DVDs, and then leave the store without paying. They were detained. The female of the pair was released on copy since the couple had a small child in the shopping cart while they were stealing. The man was taken to jail. The woman has a court date to show.

5900 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Oct. 21, an offi cer, patrolling in the parking lot of Whole Foods, spotted two persons he recognized from a lookout posted in Forsyth County. The two were also “persons of inter-est” in several burglaries in Sandy Springs. When the two saw the offi cer, they got into a Chevy Impala, but the offi cer blocked them in and they were taken into custody. They were later turned over to Forsyth County de-tectives. A number of burglaries are cleared

with this arrest.

OTHER STUFF

A woman re-ported that she has received a series

of calls from a man who breathes heavily and says he is coming to get her. � e calls were repetitive over a 15-minute time span around 6 p.m.

5800 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Oct. 19, two men tangled over a parking spot accident that struck the side mirror of one man’s Corvette.

500 block of Montrose Lane 30328 – On Oct. 19, a man reported 1,000 holes were dug in his back yard by a burrowing rodent. The holes knocked over a wood pile.

Grey� eld Lane 30350 -- A woman report-ed that on she was behind a car that was driving in the parking lot slowly and rolled over a speed hump but didn’t clear it. � e car rolled back so the victim hit the horn. � e driver got out, beat on the driver’s win-dow, and threatened to shoot her. She said she thinks the man was drunk.

8300 block of Roswell Road -- � e man-ager of a restaurant said a man tried to pass a counterfeit $50 that he recognized as fake. � e man � ed when the police were called.

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Th e Rotary Club of Sandy Springs gave out its 2013 Public Safety awards on Oct. 21. Th e recipients included three members of the police department and four from the fi re department.

Sandy Springs police offi cer and fi refi ghters honored

Sgt. Ron Momon, Police Offi cer Supervisor of

the Year

Police Department Civilian Employee

of the Year, Erica Adams

Paramedic of the Year,

Jeremy Green

Firefi ghter of the Year, Reginald

McClendon

Fire Offi cer of the Year, Battalion

Commander Daryl Smith

Fire Department Distinguished Service of the

Year Recipient, Melinda Carter

Detective Jeff Inman, Police

Offi cer of the Year

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InsideUphold, honorLeases violate U.S. Constitution, says residentcommUNity 2Left outResidents want more input

on development projectscommUNity 3

SharpshootersLocal ‘Annie Oakleys’ enjoy blasting targetsaRoUNd towN 11

No more chadsOfficial promises a smooth Nov. 5 electioncommeNtaRy 10

sept. 20 — oct. 3, 2013 • vol. 7 — NO. 19Dog days of summer

phiL mOSieR

Frances mosley, 12, and “amos,” enjoy the water at the Garden Hills Pool during the 28th annual

Peachtree Hills animal Hospital dog Swim on Sept. 15. members and non-members had a chance to splash

with their four-legged friends during the final swim of the 2013 season. More photos on page 8.

By Dan [email protected]

Parents of North Atlanta High students

are angry, confused and – above all – sus-

picious of the latest drama surrounding the

leadership at the school.Principal Howard Taylor was leaving,

but was enticed to stay when Atlanta Pub-

lic Schools officials offered him a promotion

to oversee the entire North Atlanta Clus-

ter. But the Board of Education on Sept.

17 wouldn’t vote to approve that promotion.

That last development came just before

a hastily arranged community meeting on

Sept. 17 at Garden Hills Elementary. As-

sociate Superintendent Steve Smith, Board

of Education Chairman Reuben McDaniel,

District 4 Board of Education member Nan-

cy Meister and Seat 7 Board of Education

member Courtney English were there to an-

swer questions, or at least try.One parent summed up the general senti-

ment of the NAHS community.

“What in the hell has happened here?”

she asked. “That’s the million-dollar question,”

Smith said. Taylor was not at the Garden Hills meet-

ing. Neither was Superintendent Erroll Da-

vis. Smith’s explanation, in a nutshell: Taylor

butted heads with central office staff at APS.

He couldn’t hire the teachers he wanted and

found the bureaucracy too burdensome.

“What Dr. Taylor has in a general sense

outlined to us was the inability to sometimes

choose his own personnel, meaning what

teachers would actually work in his facility,”

Smith said. “The other thing he would out-

line … is even when he did have the oppor-

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Survey says...

Many unhappy with

city’s Pink Pony fight

commuNity 3

map quest

Proposed new cities

take first steps

commuNity 5

Sharpshooters

Local ‘Annie Oakleys’

enjoy blasting targets

aRouNd towN 11

Hit parade

Time to eliminate

DeKalb CEO position

commeNtaRy 10

House hunters

Tour of homes features

local residences

commuNity 31

sept. 20 — oct. 3, 2013 • vol. 5 — NO. 19

By Melissa WeinMan

[email protected]

The Silver Lake Civic Association is

not your typical neighborhood group.

Its activities include dredging and dam maintenance for a 28-

acre lake, and upkeep of the 80 acres of old growth forests

sur-

rounding it, said Kris M

iller, the association’s president.

“The lake today is an unbelievable natural resource,” Miller s

aid.

See clock, page 2

See SuRvey, page 8

May I ha ve this dance?

PhiL MOsiEr

kara d’angelo, 3, boogies with her mother melissa to the sounds of Rockin’ Rick and Sweet

“tea” pisaniello during the Food truck Roundup at Blackburn park on Sept. 11. the event also

included a 9/11 remembrance ceremony. additional photos on pages 34 and 35.

time running out

to find new city offices

Residents consider

Silver lake a ‘jewel’

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By Melissa WeinMan

[email protected]

With leases on Brookhaven’s city office space and municipal

court set to expire D

ec. 31, officials are still on the hunt for a more

permanent facility for the city to call home.

When the city began operations in December 2012, officials

moved into two temporary offices, each with a one-year lease. C

ity

Hall is located in Ashford Center N

orth, a Dunwoody office build-

Its activities include dredging and dam maintenance for a 28-

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you

live

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Drop itBonser ethics complaints

deemed ‘frivolous’commuNity 3

Home aloneMayor Davis says ‘all types

of residences important’commuNity 8

SharpshootersLocal ‘Annie Oakleys’

enjoy blasting targetsaRouND towN 11

Hit paradeTime to eliminate DeKalb CEO positioncommeNtaRy 10

House huntersTour of Homes features

local residencescommuNity 31

Ice, ice babyValyn Lekan, 2, left, gets an

icy cool down from addison

eckard, 8, while enjoying Food

truck thursdays at Brook Run

Park on Sept. 12. the two,

along with other members of

their families, sampled tasty

treats from local food truck

vendors and listened to live

music. the weekly event

continues through oct. 24. to

read more about Food truck

thursdays, turn to page 2.

View additonal photos

on page 38.PHiL MOsiEr

By Joe [email protected]

The city redevelopment project known as Project Renaissance is

picking up momentum, city officials say.

On Sept. 9, the city sold six lots to the private developer work-

ing on the project, John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, so

the developer could begin work on the first residences it will build

in the 35-acre project, City Manager Warren Hutmacher told

members of Dunwoody City Council.

Also, the city is considering an early purchase of 19 of the acres

it has under contract in order save money on financing costs.

“The first two homes will start coming out of the ground in

By Joe [email protected]

Dunwoody residents soon may be able legally to keep more than

three pets and to practice certain kinds of home occupations.

Removing the limit on pets and adding rules allowing some

home businesses were among Dunwoody City Council’s most recent

tweaks to the city’s rewrite of its zoning and development regula-

tions. The rewrite, intended to make Dunwoody’s regulations reflect

the desires of city residents, has been under way since early last year.

After debate Sept. 17 that touched on residents’ reactions to jobs

such as teaching piano or giving swimming lessons, council members

seemed to endorse an idea to divide home occupations into three

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Troubled water

Northridge Road bridge

replacement coming soon

commuNiTy 2

Swell hotel

Luxury complex stil

l

in the works

commuNiTy 3

Sharpshooters

Local ‘Annie Oakleys’

enjoy blasting targets

aRouNd TowN 11

No more chads

Official promises smooth

Nov. 5 election

commeNTaRy 10

moving on

Fire marshal, public

safety director leaving

commuNiTy 32

It really, really happened!

By Dan Whisenhunt

[email protected]

During its Sept. 17 meetin

g, City Council took the next ste

p in

revitalizing its d

owntown.

According to city spokeswoman Sharon Kraun, City Council

officially authorized

the release

of a request f

or qualifications in

By Dan Whisenhunt

[email protected]

City staff is reviewing policie

s aimed at protecting the city’

s

tree canopy at t

he request o

f outgoing City Councilwoman Kar-

en Meinzen McEnerny.

McEnerny said the tre

e protection ordinance th

e city passed

in

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for downtown plans

city reviewing tree

ordinance

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in sister caroline, rig

ht, share a litt

le news with mom Stephanie

at the Kinchafoonee cowboys concert a

t Heritage green on Sept. 8

. The performance was the

last in the concerts

by the Springs music series fo

r 2013. more photos on page 38.

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