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Ray Mock wasn’t expecting to find 60 graves and counting when he hired a mapping service to check out a 100-yearold gravesite at the Chastain Park golf course. “I didn’t have any expectations,” he said. But knowing that old maps indicated graves along the eastern side of the course near the intersection of Lake Forrest Drive and Lake Forrest Lane, the Chastain Park Conservancy’s operations manager decided to investigate. The conservancy hired Len Strozier of Omega Mapping Services to locate and map the graves. Strozier uses groundpenetrating radar to look for linear air pockets some two to four feet down in the ground. The pockets are produced by the graves once all traces of the body have disappeared.
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Bennett Kane, left, learns about using a flint lock rifle from Cal Daneil, representing a Red Coat soldier during the Revolutionary War, at the Atlanta History Center’s “Military Timeline” event on May 24.
Bill Bozarth says running for the state Legislature as an independent makes perfect sense for him. He’s always thought of himself as a centrist politically. He feels no distinct loyalty to any party. “I’ve always voted for both Republicans and Democrats,” he said. Besides, it’s practical. In the 54th District in the state House of Representatives, Bozarth admits he probably couldn’t get nominated as a Republican and couldn’t win as a Democrat. While Beth Beskin and John J. McCloskey prepare for a SEE INDEPENDENT, PAGE 3
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Republicans Beth BeRepublican Primary skin and John J. McCloFran Millar (I) .............................. 77% skey headed for a July Richard D. “Dick” Anderson........ 23% 22 runoff election to determine the nominee in State House of Representatives Buckhead’s 54th District. District 54 Although Beskin received 49.9 perRepublican Primary 3137 E. Shadowlawn Ave, NE Atlanta, GA 30305 • institchesatlanta.com cent of the vote in the four-way race, she Beth Beskin .................................. 49% did not have the required “50 percent John J. McCloskey ....................... 30% plus one vote” needed to win. McCloskey Loretta A. Lepore ......................... 15% placed secS. Angelic Moore ............................ 5% ond in the Turn to pg. 6 for a May 20 priDemocratic Primary mary with Q&A with Lee Morris Robert W. Gibeling .................... 100% 30.2 percent of the State House of Representatives votes cast, according to returns reported District 80 on the Georgia Secretary of State’s webRepublican Primary site. The runoff winner will face DemoMichael J. “Mike” Jacobs (I) ......... 75% Robert W. Gibeling in the fall. Catherine S. Bernard .................... 25% A crat New Standard in Test Prep On May 28, McCloskey posted on Facebook that he would suspend his Fulton County Commission runoff campaign and support Beskin. District 2 “Avoiding a long and expensive runoff Republican Primary election in our cistrict is in the best inBob Ellis....................................... 66% A New Standard in terest of the Republican Party,” his FaceEric Broadwell .............................. 34% book posting said. Test Prep In other races, former Atlanta City Fulton County Commission Councilman Lee Morris posted a comDistrict 3 fortable lead in the four-way RepubliRepublican Primary can Primary race to represent District Lee Morris .................................... 57% 3 on the Fulton County Commission. Bernand “Bernie” Tokarz .............. 17% SAT ACT Classes No Democrat filed in the district, which Cory Ruth .................................... 16% alexanderacademy.net covers portions of Buckhead and Sandy Alexander Palacios ........................ 10% 404.805.5133 Springs. Here are results of contested local Fulton County Commission races May 20, as reported by the GeorDistrict 7 gia Secretary of State and Fulton CounDemocratic Primary ty websites. John Eaves (I) ............................... 50% Robb Pitts .................................... 49% SAT ACT Classes State Senate, District 38 alexanderacademy.net Democratic Primary Republican Primary Horacena Tate (I) ......................... 76% Earl Cooper ................................ 100% Reginald Crossley ......................... 24% Fulton County Board of Education State Senate, District 40 Julia Bernath (I) ........................... 53% 404.805.5133 Democratic Primary Kate Wittschen............................. 47% Tamara Y. Johnson ....................... 69% Benedict I. Truman II ................... 31% (I) marks incumbent
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July 22 runoff for the Republican nomination to face Democrat Bob Giberling in the fall, Bozath is busily gathering signatures on petitions to get his name on the November ballot as an independent. Beskin collected 49.9 percent of the vote during the May 20 primary, hundredths of a percentage point short of the majority of votes she needed to avoid a runoff. McCloskey received 30 percent of the votes cast in the four-candidate field. Few candidates run as independents in Georgia, in part because it’s difficult to do so. Bozarth says he needs 1,776 signatures from registered voters who live in the 54th district to win a place on the ballot. He’s convinced he can do it. He’s already collected more than 1,800 signatures, he said, but he plans to keep going until late June to make sure he has more than enough that will pass muster with election officials. Bozath and his supporters started circulating petitions months ago and have been collecting signatures door to door and at public Buckhead events such as food truck gatherings, he said. “It’s not quite as quixotic as it sounds,” 1-2I pdo Ad4.pdf 5/27/14 he said,Atlanta “because have 251years of ac-
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The Jewish holiday of Shavuot is a practical observance. While it recognizes the anniversary of God giving the Torah to the people of Israel at Mount Sinai, the holiday is marked by counting the 50 days from Passover to Shavuot. Rabbi Brian Glusman, director of community outreach and engagement for the Marcus Jewish Community Center in Dunwoody, says that the practice of saying a blessing that counts each day links Shavuot to Passover. “It’s as if to say our freedom at Passover is dependent upon our acceptance of law. Freedom without order or responsibility is chaos; we need a higher authority,” he said. Glusman said that one of the ways to celebrate the receiving of the Torah is to stay up all night studying it. “We’re always
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“That’s an air pocket,” Strozier said one recent afternoon, pointing to the screen on his machine, which displayed groups of lines. Passers-by are caught by surprise, as there are no markers on the graves. “I’ve had walkers and joggers stop by all morning long, and when I tell them what I’m doing, first of all they’re mystified and then they’re grateful,” Strozier said. “Millions of golfers have come by oblivious that there’s a cemetery. I’m proud of the conservancy for wanting to put it back on the map and honor the ground.” Mock said the graves likely belong to residents of former almshouses at Chastain Park, buildings now used for The Galloway School and the Chastain Arts Center. The residents were indigent citizens of Fulton County who, instead of receiving welfare, were put up in the buildings, constructed in the early 1900s and in operation until the 1960s. Like the houses – the Galloway site housed white people and the arts center site housed black people – the graveyards made during that time were likely segregated, Strozier said. Pointing to a gap between two sets of graves, Strozier said the space was once a road that may have separated the gravesites based on race. He said that
based on practices at the time, whites were probably put in the eastern-most grouping of graves so they would be closer to the front of the line when Jesus returned in the eastern sky. “This is an assumption, but I’ve found it to be true in a lot of the cemeteries I’ve done. It was just part of the culture,” Strozier said. Still, that may not be what happened. With help from the Buckhead Heritage Society, four death certificates for almshouse residents were found – three for black residents and one for a white resident. Mock said that the death certificate for the white person indicated burial at the “almshouse cemetery,” but the bodies of the three black people were donated to science. “That furthers the mystery. Were all the black people ‘donated to science’ and white people buried here?” Mock said he hopes to mark the site. He suggested perhaps a plaque or sign, or even a field of wildflowers. Mock says the project falls in line with the nonprofit group’s mission of maintaining and preserving the park, and that it still needs to raise money to complete the project. “We want to put a report together for posterity,” he said. “We want to recognize our history.”
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New county commissioner: Can Fulton County and its cities work together? Editor’s note: In the May 20 Republican Primary, Lee Morris received 57 percent of the votes cast in the race for the District 3 seat on the Fulton County Commission. The district, redrawn as part of a redistricting of the commission, covers Buckhead and a portion of Sandy Springs. By winning the primary over three other candidates, Morris, a former Atlanta City Councilman, in effect wins the seat as he has no Democratic opponent in the fall. The Buckhead Reporter asked Morris why he decided to run and what he foresees for his new district. Here are his answers.
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After holding a seat on the Atlanta City Council, why did you decide to run for Fulton County Commission? Remember that I stepped down from the Atlanta City Council many years ago. I chose not to seek reelection in 2001 after eight years of service, honoring a campaign pledge to that effect. I made that pledge because I believed in citizen-legislators, and I never had any intention of making politics a career. Indeed, I ran for City Council in 1993 in the first place only after being unable to find anyone else to challenge the long-time incumbent who I thought needed to be replaced! After the Legislature re-drew the Fulton Commission district lines and created this Buckhead/southern Sandy Springs district, many people started asking me to think about resuming my public service to seek this seat. My wife Gilda and I thought about it for many months and decided last winter that my background could be useful to help fix Fulton County’s government.
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What do you see as the biggest issue facing Fulton County now?
The county must control and reduce its spending. Studies have shown that Fulton spends more per capita than other large counties in the state. The 2014 budget is not balanced, instead using about $40 million of reserves to meet a planned revenue shortfall. To make it worse, the budget assumes a 15 percent property tax increase, in the face of a state law prohibiting any increase in 2014. If the inevitable legal challenge reverses the increase, the shortfall in the budget will approach $85 million to $90 million.
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A decade or so ago, Fulton County government provided most of the local services in the northern end of the county. Now, with the creation of new cities in the area, including Sandy Springs, the county’s role is greatly diminished. What do you see as the county government’s role in north Fulton and Buckhead now, and as its role in the future?
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be providing. Now the county’s role in the northern part of the county is the same as its role in Atlanta – providing for courts, jail services, tax appraisal and collection, elections, libraries, and health and social services. Now the cities’ role is to provide police, fire, zoning, code enforcement and similar municipal services. The interesting question for the future is whether the county and the cities can provide some services Lee Morris more effectively and efficiently by working together in a collaborative way.
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District 3 covers Buckhead and a substantial portion of Sandy Springs. What do you see as common issues among Buckhead and Sandy Springs? How do you think you can address those issues from a seat on the County Commission?
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In addition to the universal desire for safe neighborhoods and good schools that is not limited just to Buckhead and Sandy Springs, residents in Buckhead and Sandy Springs also share a desire for effective and efficient government. While the commission has no direct role in the schools, its funding of courts and jail functions can have an impact on safety in our communities. And certainly the commission can and should work toward more effective and efficient local government.
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Atlanta and Sandy Springs at times have differing interests. What do you see as the major divisions between the two? Can the county government help bridge those differences.
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While it is true that Atlanta and Sandy Springs can have major differing interests, the differences between Sandy Springs and the portion of Atlanta that is Buckhead, are not so significant. The county should and can work with, not against, Sandy Springs, as well as the other cities in the county. And clearly the county government needs to work on its relationship with Atlanta’s government, especially with respect to public safety issues and the chronic county jail overcrowding.
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What’s the first thing you hope to accomplish on the commission?
I want the commission to pass a balanced budget that does not rely on reserves or tax increases. I’ll be working on that goal in the coming months, even prior to taking office in January.
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Five Davis Academy seventh graders offered a one-word description of their day on the job at Perimeter Mall Macy’s: “exhausting.” But, these students said it was worth it for the experience of real-world work. During their day on the job, these students did everything from watching for shoplifters to working the cash register to dressing the mannequins. “My favorite parts were greeting the customers and selling,” said Hannah York, one of five students in David Rifkin’s language arts class chosen for the project. A real-world workday wasn’t the only experience the students gained. They had to earn the job. Abbi Goldberg, Joelle Zelony, Sophia Gurin, Isabelle McCullough and Hannah York were chosen after each wrote a persuasive essay and were interviewed by a former Rich’s executive. Rifkin, in his second year of teaching at Davis, said this was the 15th year he’d had students work a day at the department store. He previously conducted the program at a school in Alpharetta. The idea, he said, was to teach his students skills they would need to get a job and keep it. “All these kids will have to do this in real-life situations,” he said. He coordinated with a friend, Michael Pomerance, a longtime executive at Rich’s before it became Macy’s. Pomerance interviewed students who made the cut after writing an es-
say titled “Why Macy’s Should Hire Me.” The interviews were conducted in front of the class, and students were critiqued by their classmates. Pomerance then chose five who would go on to work at Macy’s for a day. “Kids don’t really have any basis of the real world of interviewing and the skills, fears and nerves involved,” Pomerance said. “I interview them as reasonably close to the real world as I
At a recent luncheon, members of the chambers of commerce of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody met at an office building in Brookhaven to hear a presentation from MARTA’s general manager. That mix of local and regional forces illustrates the current state of business groups in the Perimeter area, who are loyal to their individual cities but also stress the importance of working together to promote their bustling corner of metro Atlanta. Three cities with a stake in the Perimeter – Brookhaven, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs – each have their own chamber of commerce. Nearby Chamblee is in the process of forming its own chamber of commerce, too. On top of that, there’s also a group called the Perimeter Business Alliance. “You have four different business groups representing one fairly small geographic area,” said Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul. “I don’t think that helps the business community having that diverse, confusing, mishmash of business organizations in that area.” Paul, the former chairman of the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce, said he would like to see the different groups come together to form one chamber of commerce for the Perimeter area. Within that larger organization, he envisions each city maintaining its own business association, he said. “On a lot of issues, businesses of those three communities should be speaking with one voice, and they’re missing an opportunity when they don’t,” Paul said. Todd Lantier, chairman and founding director of the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce, said he too would like for the chambers in the Perimeter area to collaborate. He said he has had conversations with the leaders of other Perimeter chambers about forming an alliance. “There’s so much going on here that my vision is that we come together not losing our own individuality, maintaining our Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce for local reasons, but coming together to promote the region as a more viable option than, say Downtown or Buck-
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KeyWorth Bank opened a branch at 1449 Dunwoody Village Parkway, and on hand to celebrate, from left, Patrick Burkhalter, Beth Summers, Heyward Wescott, Neil Stevens, Rob Binion, MJ Thomas, Jim Pope, Russell Reece, Ray Bachman, Bob Dallas, Brent Morris, Mayor Mike Davis, Charles Buffington and Butch Floyd. SPECIAL
The Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce welcomed Dress Up Boutique, selling women’s fashions, to the Perimeter Place Shopping Center, 4520 Olde Perimeter Way, Suite 100. On hand, from left, Madison Thomas, Morgan Dale, Cory Stokes, MJ Thomas, City Councilman Denny Shortal, Danielle Case, Derrick Case, Beth Summers, Hillary Harper, Kaitlin Fox, Carrie Mauldin, Wendy Griffin, Thom Coughlin, Clare Callahan and Sara Massey. SPECIAL
Dunwoody Animal Medical Center celebrated its new location on April 26 with a ribbon cutting. From left, Sammie Rahn, Ries Reinstein, Katie Wheeler, Eileen Brewster, City Councilman Terry Nall, City Councilman Jim Riticher, Dr. Cecil Johnson, Dr. Iris Pinsky, Kim Johnson, City Councilman Denny Shortal, Asya Yavuncu, Lindsey Waters, Millie Travis, Angela Luber and Holly Hains. The center is located at 2458 Jett Ferry Road.
June 9-12 • 9 am–12 noon • Skyland Park Camp is free! For kids ages 5-11. Kids will learn general skills, compete in scrimmage games, hear Bible lessons, and take home a prize on the final day of camp! No pre-registration is neccessary. If you have any questions, please contact Clairmont Baptist Church. Phone: 404.636.1406 Email: ClairmontBaptist@att.net
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Karen Cannon Realtors recently opened its doors at 1317 Dunwoody Village Parkway, Suite 103. Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis joined company principals Karen Cannon and Anderson Cannon for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, May 7. Also attending the ceremony were Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Beth Summers and board members Paula Owens, Brent Morris, MJ Thomas and Larry Feldman. SPECIAL
The Sandy Springs/ Perimeter Chamber of Commerce welcomed The Joint…the chiropractic place to 6623 Roswell Road. Celebrating at the ribbon cutting on May 7, from left, Chris Adams, Tom Mahaffey, Clare Stefan, Mayor Rusty Paul, Garrett Henry, Jasper Haimes, Skyler Haimes, Britni Laboy, Dr. Erika Henry, Angie Haimes, Tom Haimes, Jeff McGinty, Cindy McGinty and Mark Renier. SPECIAL
Central Bark Doggy Day Care recently celebrated its grand opening at 1940 Briarwood Court in Brookhaven. Attending the ribbon cutting, from left, Chris Gaba, co-founder of Central Bark, City Councilman Joe Gebbia, Lindsay Le and Todd Lantier, president, Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce.
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It is an exciting time to live and work in Sandy Springs! With the City Center development and a number of new residential projects underway, complimented by a healthy business climate and a strong Perimeter office market, we believe there is a real need for a local bank that is financially strong and managed by community leaders who are keenly focused on meeting the financial needs of our residents and business owners. For this reason, we formed Bank of Sandy Springs as a division of Midtown Bank to leverage the stability and financial strength of Midtown’s charter while focusing specifically on serving the Sandy Springs market.
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Sandy Springs has been our family’s home for many years and we love this community. Our town has an innovative governmental structure supported by strong political and business leaders, and a genuine sense of civic pride. The name “Bank of Sandy Springs” speaks directly to our primary business mission, which is to be the bank for the Sandy Springs community.
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head,” Lantier said. Lantier said the chambers need to work together to promote the Perimeter area as a whole, rather than each city’s piece of it. “We want them to succeed just as much as anyone else does, because if they’re successful, we’ll be successful,” Lantier said of the other cities. The Sandy Springs and Dunwoody chambers are trying joint promotions of events, such as holding joint luncheons. “It was kind of like, ‘Let’s date before we get married,’” Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber President Tom Mahaffey said. “It’s worked out pretty well.” But one recent attempt to combine efforts fizzled. The third annual joint Perimeter Business Expo, originally sched-
uled for June 5, was cancelled due to lack of participation, Mahaffey said. Mahaffey said exhibitors had complained about turnout for past expos. This year, he said, only 24 exhibitors signed up in advance, when Mahaffey thought he needed 45 to 50. “I didn’t feel good about it,” he said. Mahaffey said he thought the lack of participation reflected the type of businesses operating in the Perimeter area, especially in Sandy Springs. Many are large corporations, not the small businesses whose owners are interested in an event like the expo. In the future, he said, he was thinking of organizing a show dealing with a segment of the corporate market, such as health care. “The small business expo – I just don’t think this is the communi-
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can, with keeping in mind that these are still young kids.” He says he wants to see students communicate clearly and effectively. “They have incredible difficulty talking about themselves,” Pomerance said. “I want to see some passion.” Joelle said she thinks she was chosen in part because she was confident in the interview. “I really worked hard and I made sure my essay was perfect before I turned it in,” she said. Abbi prepared for the interview by having friends and family conduct mock interviews with her. “I knew I really didn’t have great interview skills, but I worked hard to get them better,” she said. Sophia’s favorite part of the day was visiting the loading dock. “I got to look through all the new clothes,
see where they put the security pieces on the clothing and try to do that myself,” she said. Hannah says she now has a better appreciation for salespeople. “When a Macy’s employee comes up to you, it can be kind of bothersome, but once I was in the shoes of the Macy’s employee, [I learned] they value customer service so much,” she said. “I used to think they came up to you just to make you buy things, but they actually do come up to you to see how you’re doing.” Sophia said helping customers was particularly satisfying. “Every once in a while, I’d get a customer who would say, ‘Yes, you can help me,’ and I’d get to help them find a specific style or a different size of something,” she said. “That was really fun because I felt like I was really working at Macy’s.”
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ty,” he said. Bob Dallas, a board member of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce, said he doesn’t think it’s redundant for each city to have its own chamber. Dallas said larger chamber organizations, like the Georgia Chamber of Commerce or Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, can do things like reach out to large corporations overseas, where as city chambers can focus their efforts on local business communities. “They represent different skill sets,” Dallas said. Dallas said he thinks the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce is important to keep the city balanced by providing representation to the business community, which helps keeps taxes low for residents. The chamber can speak out on behalf of businesses when the city council considers things like changes to the sign ordinance or permitting procedures that could affect businesses in the city. He said as the different chamber groups in the Perimeter area mature, it makes sense for them to collaborate. He would like to see them work more with the DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce as well. “A lot of it has to do with where you are in your life cycle as an organization,” Dallas said. “These natural relationships
will come to fruition, especially on our DeKalb County side.” Van Pappas, president and chairman of the board of the Chamblee Chamber of Commerce, said after years of operating as a business association, his organization felt it was time to develop into a chamber of commerce to provide more services and resources for Chamblee businesses. Pappas said he would be very interested in working with other chamber organizations around north DeKalb. But the Chamblee Chamber will likely spend its first year focusing on local business relations and developing a strong relationship with Chamblee’s city government. “We’re a brand new organization,” Pappas said. “The first year is crucial.” Paul said while many in the various chamber organizations are interested in joining forces, there has never been a consensus. “I think community pride plays a part in it. Nobody wants to lose their identity,” Paul said. “The only thing missing is the will to do it, and I’m hoping that will shows up sooner rather than later. I think all three communities would benefit. This is something I care deeply about and I think is vital to the longterm health of all three communities.”
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Friday, June 13, 7 p.m. – Dunwoody United Methodist Church presents “Little Women,” the musical. Louisa May Alcott’s American classic is brought to life on the musical stage, offering a night of laughter, tears and a lifting of the spirit. Additional shows, June 14, 7 p.m. and June 15, 3 p.m. Tickets, $15 at the door. 1548 Mt. Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770-394-0675 with questions.
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ebrate Flag Day by participating in a summer sing with the Choral Guild of Atlanta, singing American music from all genres. Free to all interested singers. Come early for coffee, conversation and breakfast pastries starting at 9:15 a.m. Social event to follow the “sing.” St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, 1978 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For details, email: info@cgatl.org or call 404-223-6362.
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Creepy Critters Wednesday, June 4, 2-2:30 p.m. – Get an up-close look at the world of bugs! Join the Big Thinkers in classifying different types of insects, exploring insect habitats, and building your very own bug model! Free and open to the community. For 3-5 years old. Make a reservation and ask questions by calling 404-814-3508. Northside Branch Library, 3295 Northside Parkway, NW, Atlanta, 30327.
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itage Sandy Springs’ Little Diggers program continues with making a pizza garden. Meet farmers who grow the food we eat, then make your own pizza garden to take home to water, care for and enjoy! Free; open to youngsters ages 6-10. Must be accompanied by adult. NOTE: different location and starting time. Heritage Sandy Springs Farmers Market, Parkside Shopping Center, 5920 Roswell Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. To learn more, call 404-8519111, visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org or email: events@heritagesandysprings.org.
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Congratulations to our 10th Graduating Class! We’ll miss you next year when you attend school at: E. Rivers Elementary • Laurel Ridge Elementary Mary Lin Elementary • Morningside Elementary Morris Brandon Elementary • Pace Academy Sagamore Hills Elementary • Sope Creek Elementary Springdale Park Elementary • The Alfred & Adele Davis Academy • The Children’s School The Galloway School • The Paideia School Trinity School • Warren T. Jackson Elementary
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An aggravated assault was reported on May 14. A woman said her roommate shot her with a pellet gun and kicked her in the chest after they argued.
From police reports dated May 4 through May 17. The following information was provided to the Buckhead Reporter by the Zone 2 precinct of the Atlanta Police Department from its records and is presumed to be accurate.
AS S A U LT 2000 block of Bolton Road, NW – An aggravated assault was reported on May 3. Two men exited a white van and entered the store. One man went to the video poker machine and the other man stood at the counter, showed an employee a black handgun and said, “I will kill you,” and walked away. The suspect did not ask for money or merchandise, and ran out of the store. The other man got in the van, went across the street, and said he had no knowledge of what happened at the gas station because he was only there playing games.
2000 block of Peachtree Road, NE – An aggravated assault was reported on May 5. A woman stabbed her boyfriend in the leg with a kitchen knife. She was arrested and transported to jail. 500 block of Northside Circle, NW – An aggravated assault was reported on May 8. A woman said her roommate and former lover struck her with shoes, glasses, ashtrays and her hands. The victim had a large laceration to the right side of her face, near her eye, and complained of injuries to her left hand, the right side of her face, and the back of her head. The suspect was not on the scene and not located. 2700 block of Defoors Ferry Road, NW –
3000 block of Piedmont Road, NE – An aggravated assault was reported on May 15. A man was behind a gas station when he was punched and kicked by multiple unknown men who were armed with a pistol. While the victim was being attacked, one of the suspects said, “He doesn’t have anything, let’s go,” and the suspects fled the scene. The victim had lacerations on his forehead, minor cuts on his head and left arm, and was transported to Grady Hospital. 2300 block of Cheshire Bridge Road, NE – An aggravated assault was reported on
May 16. A woman was approached by a man who said he was a pimp and wanted her to work for him. When she refused, the subject began to continually harass her. He approached her, spit in her face and threatened to “blow her head off,” while pointing a pistol at her.
R O B B E RY 1100 block of Chattahoochee Avenue, NW – A commercial robbery was reported on May 7. Two men entered a gas station. One of the men went toward the drink machine. The second man made his way toward the cash register. Two more men entered the store. They carried black garbage bags. They went behind the counter. The men removed cigarettes from the wall and cash from the drawer of the store. They asked the clerk for his wallet, but he said he didn’t have one. They then stole his cellphone from the counter. A fifth man entered the store, but retreated when he saw the other men leaving. Approximately $550 in cash and about 40 boxes of cigarettes were stolen. 900 block of Collier Road, NW – A pedestrian robbery was reported on May 7. A man said he met a woman at a restaurant. He said he took her to a strip club and later to Collier Road. He said after entering the gate, he left his vehicle to give the woman a hug. While giving the hug, three men wearing masks jumped him. They attempted to
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1700 block of Howell Mill Road, NW – A pedestrian robbery was reported on May 17. Two women got out of a vehicle. One was approached by a man who shoved a gun into her abdomen and said, “Give me all you got.” She gave a phone and keys to the suspect, who left with another man. The second woman followed the suspects and was shot at by one of them, who missed.
3200 block of Andrews Drive, NE – A robbery at a residence was reported on May 10. Two suspects went into the home, tied up the victim, and stole $100,000 in property. They hit the victim with a gun above the left eye.
2900 block of Pharr Court, NW – A pedestrian robbery was reported on May 17. A man 2000 block of Bolton Road, NW – A pewas walking down Pharr Court when he was destrian robbery was reported on May 12. A tackled next to a flag pole by two men. One man said his ex-girlfriend chased him in her suspect showed a silver gun, turned the vicvehicle and struck tim over on his stomhim with it. He said ach, pointed the gun she was upset beat his head, and told Read more of the cause he left her him not to move for Police Blotter online at and moved out. He at least two minwww.reporternewspapers.net said she got out of utes. The second the vehicle, hit and suspect went into scratched him, and the victim’s pocktook his cellphone. He complained of a sore ets and removed house keys, a cellphone and arm. a wallet. Both suspects ran on foot toward Peachtree Road. 2500 block of Morosgo Place, NE – A pedestrian robbery was reported on May 14. A 3700 block of Roswell Road, NE – A comwoman said she was looking for a place to mercial robbery was reported on May 17. A park her vehicle when two men approached man entered the business, produced a handher and told her to get in the back seat. She gun, and demanded the manager go to the saw one had a gun so she threw her keys, and back room. He told the manager to open the the two suspects stole the vehicle. safe. The suspect took $2,500. He was wearing a mask over his face and gloves on his hands. 2000 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A pedestrian robbery was reported on May 15. A womBUR G LARY an said she was robbed, and she was transported to Grady Hospital. Two witnesses said the 2100 block of Forrest Place, NW – A resvictim was putting her groceries in her vehiidential burglary was reported on May 4. A cle when a maroon 2007 Lincoln with one persuspect removed a screen, entered the resison inside approached. The suspect shoved her dence, and stole a bottle of champagne from onto the floor and took her vehicle. the house.
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Dear Neighbor: I write on behalf of the Pink Pony, an adult entertainment club located near the southernmost boundary of Brookhaven in a commercial area. Our business has been embroiled in a legal fight with the City of Brookhaven that is wasting your money. Pink Pony has been in existence since 1992 without any legal problems. The Pink Pony paid approximately $500,000 annually to Dekalb County in taxes and licensing fees that could go to the City of Brookhaven. Brookhaven has, thus far, refused to accept these fees, opting instead to attempt to regulate the business out of existence.
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The Pink Pony exists in part as the result of an agreement with Dekalb County which effectively and legally prevents other adult clubs from coming into existence in Dekalb County. Brookhaven could adopt this agreement or negotiate their own agreement, thereby preventing new clubs from coming into the area. Chamblee has accepted the Dekalb settlement and allows adult entertainment to exist under a similar agreement. It’s a fact that Grandfathering has successfully allowed established clubs to remain in existence while preventing new clubs from opening.
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