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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody Chris tian School has welcomed Kevin Jenkins as the next head of school.Jenkins will replace Jeff LeMay, who is set to retire in December after almost 18 months with the school. Jen kins is expected to start as head of school during the summer of 2023. The search was led by the Dunwoody Christian School Head of School Search Com mittee.Since 2019, Jenkins has served as the middle school principal at Cornerstone Christian Academy in Peachtree Corners. His prior service includes nearly 15 years at Mercer University’s Tift College of Edu cation as a faculty member of the Depart ment of Educational Leadership.
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DUNWOODY, Ga. – Dunwoody resi dents in neighboring subdivisions along Tilly Mill Road have voiced strong op position to the possibility of a proposed sidewalk being placed on the east side of the street, instead of the originally intended west side.
Tree canopies line both west and east sides of Tilly Mill Road near Lakesprings Way.
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Police arrested the 21-year-old woman Aug. 29 for theft by deception for allegedly stealing more than $5,000 from a Truist Bank in Dunwoody on Nov. 30, Dunwoody2021.Police reports said the arrest is also related to a Sandy Springs counterfeit check case and the investiga tion will continue.
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Police responded to the hotel on Aug. 12 and were told that between 4 p.m. on Aug. 11 and 7:30 a.m. the next day, a truck on the first level of the hotel’s park ing garage had a window smashed and many expensive electronics stolen from within.Thieves stole a remote-control inspec tion drone, camera and other equipment worth $66,700, as well as several check books and credit cards.
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Police responded to a home off Ab ercorn Avenue in Dunwoody at 6 a.m. on Aug. 13 after receiving calls that a woman had been choked by her daugh ter’s father and was hiding in the closet.
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that caused a wreck on I-285 in early September.Policeresponded to I-285’s intersection with N. Peachtree Road on Sept. 6, after a vehicle was struck from behind while traveling westbound on the interstate.
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Scammers pre tending to be United States Marshals scammed a Dunwoody woman out of $1,500 in late August, Dunwoody Police reports said.
The woman was directed to order three Green Dot MoneyPak cards from a local grocery store, and to share the card numbers with the called to “ensure they are real.”
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — A large quantity of narcotics were seized after Dunwoody Police Officers conducted a school-zone traffic stop on Aug. 23.
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — A man and woman were arrested and charged with battery by Dunwoody Police Officers after a do mestic incident in early August.
Both individuals were placed under arrest for family violence simple bat tery.
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At the scene, Police found two people who were both visibly injured, with conflicting stories about who the primary aggressor in the incident was.
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Smith said Dunwoody officials “continue to engage with neighbor hoods along the corridor as they work to refine the plans to minimize impacts.”
Each month, teaching artist Amanda Williams will guide partici pants through an examination of a
An estimated 6.5 million Ameri cans age 65 and older have some form of dementia. According to the World Health Organization, more than 3,000 studies show that the arts play a sig nificant role in promoting health and wellness. The Alzheimer’s Association endorses the arts to enrich the lives of people with Alzheimer’s disease by allowing for self-expression and
create a work of art inspired by that month’s featured artist. In this pilot program, the artists include Henry Ossawa Tanner, Henri Mattise, Hanna Hoch and Claes Oldenburg.
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engagement, which elevates mood, self-esteem and social interaction.
Dunwoody City Councilman Tom Lambert said “no decisions have been made, and the city is still evaluating options to create a safe and beautiful project that residents can enjoy.”
Williams will oversee an explora tion of art history and artistic me dia in this four-part course offered monthly. Williams has spent more than 15 years working with individu als who have memory loss and their care partners, most recently helping to establish a program at the High Museum of Art in partnership with the Georgia Chapter of the Alzheim er’sRegistrationAssociation.is available at spruil larts.org/classes.
“Being located on the east side of Tilly Mill will adversely affect the loss of many trees, terrible erosion, exces
“I look forward to getting to know, to serving and to being part of the commu nity,” Jenkins said.
He said nothing is set in stone.
sive flooding, resulting in dangerous intersections at each neighborhood entrance the path will cross,” Simon said. “Whereas keeping the path on the west side of Tilly Mill will result in no problems for anyone that doesn’t already exist and will provide more safety and security for homes.”
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gia and University of South Carolina. Before that, he spent about a decade as a Spanish teacher and assistant princi pal in Hall County and Gwinnett County
DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Spruill Center for the Arts will begin Arts for Alzheimer’s, a pilot art educa tion program aimed at increasing the well-being of those living with memory loss and their care partners through engagement in the arts, on Sept. 14.
“City officials continue to meet with individuals and groups to make a full evaluation before a decision is made,” Lambert said.
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schools.Jenkins said he is honored and blessed by the trust the Dunwoody Christian School Board of Directors has placed on him.
of the street for $3.5 million with an estimated 13 right-of-way properties. Alternative 2, estimated at $4.2 million, would have the path on the east side with up to 20 properties.
Simon and other residents, this is a safety issue where cars are entering and exiting seven subdivi sions having to avoid cyclists, people walking their dogs, babies in strollers and joggers. As far as bicyclists using the path, he said he is skeptical of bi cycle usage having spoken to a cyclist who finds paths somewhat cumber some having to avoid pedestrians.
Simon suggests more studies be done, including a 24-to-48-hour traffic counter device for both north bound and southbound traffic on Tilly Mill and on Mt. Vernon Place; other scientific environmental and tree impact studies; and a survey for sub division residents that will be heav ily impacted. He recommends other concept alternatives be provided.
The program is being offered this fall at no charge and is now open for registration via Spruill’s website. Arts for Alzheimer’s will be held every sec ond Wednesday through Dec. 14.
Tom Simon, a 44-year Dunwoody resident representing the Stephens Walk community and other subdivi sions, is opposed to the path being on the east side. He questions whether a path is really needed on Tilly Mill Road at all and what made the city decide to change from the west to the east side with an added $700,000 cost.For
prominent artist and their works. In dividuals and their care partners will explore a variety of mediums designed to engage and connect them to the monthly class theme, and they will
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By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat
August rose exponentially to $62.3 mil lion compared to just $2.1 million during the same month a year ago. Corporate tax payments for the month rose 68.8 percent, while refunds issued dropped 87.4Taxpercent.receipts from gasoline and other motor fuels were off 99.6 percent in Au gust, as the state continued to suspend collecting the tax on order from Gov. BrianGeorgiaKemp.tax revenues have been on the rise for more than a year, as the state built a record budget surplus coming out of the coronavirus pandemic.
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ATLANTA –– Georgia’s new fiscal year is off to a healthy start after the first two months.Thestate Department of Revenue collected almost $2.31 billion in taxes in August, an increase of $180.4 million –or 8.5 percent – over the same month a yearStateago. tax receipts during the first two months of fiscal 2023 were up 5.5 per cent over July and August of last year.
Individual income tax revenues rose by 19.5 percent last month compared to August 2021, resulting from the combi nation of a large increase in tax pay ments and a decline in refunds issued by the revenue agency. Net sales taxes were up 11.1 Corporatepercent.income tax collections for
State tax revenues post strong August
Kemp said last month he would use part of the surplus to fund a proposed $2 billion income and property tax rebate to Georgia taxpayers next year if he wins reelection in November. That would be in addition to the $1.6 billion election-year rebate taxpayers received this year.
The market is made up of two wide walking aisles with tents on either side. The longer aisle is for produce, prepared foods, and drinks, while the shorter aisle is dedicated to artisan vendors.
At the “Not Quite Quotes” tent, Eliza beth Auten sells her handmade goods
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“All the other vendors are super friendly,” Auten said. “When I started, they were showing me the ropes. It was the best experience you could hope to have as a first-time vendor.”
including necklaces, earrings, brace lets, bottle openers, and tumblers. She started as a vendor earlier this year and said that the market is usually pretty busy.
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more.The promise of fresh bread and produce is what brought one visitor from Vinings to the market. He said he nor mally attends the Marietta Square Farm ers Market but decided to venture out to Sandy Springs for the first time. He said he was impressed with the vendors, ac cessibility and inclusion of live music.
“I Iike the vibe,” he said. “I’ll probably come more often.”
There are around 10 artisan vendors selling cutting boards, bandannas, bath products, soaps, stuffed animals and a variety of jewelry.
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It is common for vendors to network and help each other at the market. Several of Auten’s customers are recom mended by other vendors, and Auten tries to help out other vendors, too.
Shortly after opening Sept. 3, around 50 people were already scouting the aisles.“It’s usually busier in the morning than today,” said produce vendor Jim Pearson. “It’s fairly consistent. If there’s an event nearby it draws more people.”
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. –– People of all ages were on hand Sept. 3 perusing selections of fresh produce, prepared foods, specialty goods and live enter tainment at the Sandy Springs Farmers Market.Themarket runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon in front of City Hall, at 1 Galambos Way. This year’s market opened in April and runs through Nov. 12.
Meadow Greens even sells their pro duce to fellow vendors Go Juicy, which makes fresh juices, and Strive, a local vegan restaurant.
“It definitely has grown, and we see about at least 500 people a week,” said Market Manager Erin Cianciolo.
First opened in 2010, the market has gained popularity over the past decade and has expanded its long list of prod ucts and vendors.
There are around 30 food vendors, with a few focusing on fresh produce. One is Pearson, who works for Meadow Greens, which sells produce grown at Cornucopia farms near Avera, Georgia. Meadow Greens offers peppers, kale, arugula, cherry tomatoes and a variety of lettuces, including romaine, red leaf and greenOtherleaf.food vendors offer bagels, cook ies, artisan breads, granola, fresh teas, local honey, lemonade, cornbread and
Vendor Jim Pearson assists a customer looking for arugula and red leaf lettuce.
People wait in line for artisan breads at Olde World Artisan Bread Company.
In an AJC story in 2009, the newspa per announced a steep drop in its daily and Sunday circulation because of a de cision to reduce its distribution area from 74 counties to 20 counties. At the time, the Sunday circulation was 405,549,
The timeframe to implement the dis continuation of the daily print edition has not yet been decided, but it likely would happen sometime in 2023, most likely within a year from now.
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. –– The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will discontinue its daily print edition and go to a week end print edition, but it will continue its digital news operation seven days a week, according to interviews with a half dozen people close to the newspaper.
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In 2010, the AJC moved from Down town Atlanta to Dunwoody as a cost-sav ings move. Cox has made major changes in its media portfolio in recent years. In 2018, it considered merging the AJC and WSB TV and radio operations. But in 2019, it made a big change in course by selling WSB and several other national broadcasting outlets, while keeping the AJC and several Ohio newspapers.
The decline in daily print subscription and sales has been in play for the last couple of decades.
that allows us to continue to produce our meaningful work for a long time to come.”
All newsroom employees also have been sent an email inviting them to an “in-person” staff meeting on Sept. 8 at 11 a.m.The
Reports say AJC to end daily print editions, except Sunday
Senior editors were told of the deci sion during a zoom meeting Sept. 1. The meeting was led by Kevin Riley, editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Shawn McIntosh, the newspaper’s man
Friday morning, Riley was asked to clarify whether his quote referred to the decision to go all-digital except for a weekend paper or whether it referred to timing of when it would be implemented. As of the time of publication of this story, Riley had not responded to the text. This story will be updated if and when he does respond.However, in the telephone interview, Riley essentially confirmed the likelihood the print product was on its way out, with the possible exception of a weekend paper.“Ican tell you that everyone knows that the future of our business is digital,” RileyInsaid.ahost of background conversations with people close to the AJC, the deci sion to discontinue the daily delivery and printing of the newspaper did not come as aNewsroomsurprise. employees have been wit nessing the shift to a “digital-first policy.” The AJC sold its printing press and con tracted with another newspaper company to print its paper, but that meant daily deadlines were pushed to 4 to 6 p.m., which meant the morning newspaper did not include any breaking news from the night before, including sports scores. Readers began to rely on the digital news product to get the latest news.
according to the Audit Bureau of Circula tions. And daily circulation had dropped to 214,303. Those numbers meant that the AJC “fell out of the top 25 newspa pers for daily circulation.”
In a brief telephone interview on Sept. 1, Riley did not confirm the decision. When asked if the AJC had decided to discontinue the print edition six days a week and only have a Sunday print edi tion within the next year, Riley answered: “No such decision has been made.”
The circulation of the print newspaper has continued to decline. A June 2022 story in the PressGazette showed that the AJC was not among the top 25 news papers in the country. The 25th largest paper was the Milwaukee Journal Senti nel, with an average print circulation of 47,832. That would mean the AJC’s print circulation had dropped to even below thatStill,number.theAJC has continued to be the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the TheSoutheast.AJC’sadvertising website claims the paper has 1.2 million print readers, without explaining how that number — which is many times higher than the amount of papers printed — is calculated or audited. The same website reports the AJC has 9.2 million digital readers. An AJC spokesperson did not respond to questions about the current circulation numbers.TheAJC is owned by Cox Enterprises, a privately-owned company based in Dunwoody. The AJC was bought by the Cox family more than 70 years ago, origi nally as two separate publications before a 2001 merger.
meeting, the editors were told there were no immediate plans to lay off newsroom employees, according to people familiar with the meeting.
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On Aug. 8, Cox Enterprises an nounced that it had an agreement to buy Axios, the national news website, for $525 million. According to people close to the AJC, Cox’s decision to acquire Axios was not related to the decision to discon tinue the daily print product of the AJC.
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Chamblee High School can credit an explosive first half from quarterback Fabian Walker and wide receiver Tristian Sizemore from letting that knock them off course.Walker tossed a trio of first first-half scores, including two to Sizemore, to help the Bulldogs to a 37-21 victory over Dunwoody High Sept. 2 at North DeKalb Stadium. The win gives the Bulldogs their third straight 2-0 start to the sea son after failing to win more than two games all year from 2014-2019.
unforced error that seemed to shift the momentum in Chamblee’s favor.
“We had way too many operational errors,” Swank said. “The fumbles, the penalties. We put ourselves in too many bad situations. We really didn’t play very wellAndtonight.”yet,it was a play with another
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A holding penalty and a snap over Walker’s head set the Bulldogs up with a 2nd and 38 from their own 14-yard line.
On 4th and 27 from their own 25yard line, the Bulldogs suffered yet an other high snap, this one landing in the end zone. This time, though, they were able to get the punt away, and a rough ing the kicker penalty on the Wildcats gave Chamblee a reprieve.
Walker finished the first half 12-of-
Walker and the Bulldogs didn’t miss the Onopportunity.thesixth play of the new drive, Walker hit Sizemore for a 10-yard touch down pass on a quick slant, giving their team a 7-0 lead they’d never relinquish.
Call it early-season jitters, excessive humidity, or just a case of the yips, but Chamblee struggled in its first offensive possession. It fumbled on the opening play of the game, a pass from Walker that hit the ground behind the line of scrimmage and was very nearly recov ered by the defense. Three plays later, a 58-yard touchdown pass from Walker to Sizemore was called back due to offset ting pass interference penalties.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Typically, letting the ball hit the ground three times and bat tling through too many muscle cramps to count isn’t the best recipe for a suc cessful Friday night.
Errors riddle Chamblee in 37-21 win over Dunwoody
Less than three minutes later, wide receiver Levi Bradham caught Walker’s second touchdown pass of the night, this a 38-yarder, and Walker connected with Sizemore one more time late in the second quarter for a 15-yard touchdown to go into the break, up 30-6
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“It’s always good to get out with a win,” Chamblee coach Bob Swank said, more relieved than happy. “We’ve still got a lot of work to do.”
Chamblee cornerback Tristian Sizemore plays defense in the team’s 37-21 win over Dunwoody.
Cornerback Jordan Thornton helped the defense with an intercep tion earlier in the half to set up the Bulldogs’ second scoring drive of the game.Walker added 35 yards and a nifty 17-yard rushing touchdown to his im pressive night, as well. Late in the third quarter, he ran right on a 2nd and 8 from the 17-yard line but ventured straight into the teeth of four Dun woody defenders. Reversing course, he outran the defense to the near corner of the end zone for a score that put his team ahead 37-12 heading into the fourth.Running back Larry Harris notched 128 yards on 11 carries, including 82 on one long run, to help pace the of fense.LeDoyen passed for 215 yards, a touchdown and an interception, and added two rushing touchdowns in the losingDespiteeffort.the win, Swank’s attention was more on the unforced mistakes.
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18 for 196 yards and three touchdown passes. He was 14-of-23 for 216 and three scores passing for the game.
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“I don’t know,” he said. “Maybe it’s early-season jitters. We’ve got to figure that stuff out.”
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Trailing 30-6 with the final minutes ticking off the clock in the first half, the Wildcats had a chance to cut into the Bulldogs’ lead. Quarterback Porter LeDoyen led his team down to the 1-yard line inside of a minute left and had four tries to get across the goal line. Instead, the Chamblee defense tightened and stopped Dunwoody for no gain on four straight plays to end the half.
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“He stayed calm back there,” Swank said of Walker. “And, you know, (Sizemore) didn’t even play on offense last year. So, they’re still getting used to each other. They had a good con nectionCredittonight.”theChamblee defense, too, for ending any type of Dunwoody comeback before it started.
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It was predicted the Perimeter would have a major economic impact on At lanta, “because of the expected location of new industries and businesses near the many intersections with other streets and highways.” Perimeter Mall is just one ex ample of those new businesses. (Atlanta Constitution, April 14, 1964, “Moving slowly with no firm target dates”)
A toll was collected to pass through this section of Ga. 400 until November 2013. On that day, the signs came down and the toll officially ended at midnight. (Atlanta Constitution, Nov. 22, 2013, “Georgia 400 toll ends today”)
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In 1973, as a teenager with a new driver’s license, I got on I-285 at LaVista Road and drove to Perimeter Mall. My mother was horri fied. I-285 was two lanes going both directions at the time, so nothing like it is today.
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63-mile Perimeter opened in 1969 at a cost of $96.9 million. (Atlanta Constitu tion, August 10, 1969, “The Perimeter: A $100 million necklace”)
In 1968, 7.4 miles of I-285 on the east side of Atlanta opened. The entire
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In the last Past Tense, I shared that the kit home of Roy and Anna Head along Chamblee Dunwoody Road was demolished due to the construction of I-285. There must have been many homes in the path of I-285, but another one mentioned in the Atlanta Constitu tion was an 1842 log home owned by J.H. Whitley in Cobb County.
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According to Perkins, other names given the road were North Fulton Ex pressway, and it was considered part of the Appalachian Development Highway.
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In early 1974, the Georgia State Sen ate and House of Representatives pre sented a resolution to designate the sec tion north of I-285 as Turner McDonald Parkway. It wasn’t until Aug. 1, 1993, that the extension of 400 between I-285 and Buckhead was complete. (August 1, 1993, Atlanta Constitution, “Georgia 400: Gateway to north Atlanta”)
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Parkway. Jim Perkins explained the name in a 1995 Dunwoody Crier article, “Travel ing along Turner McDonald Parkway.” Mc Donald was an employee of Fulton County for 37 years, beginning in 1948. He was director of the Public Works Department when construction of 400 began.
The planning and location of Ga. 400 were recommended in 1954 and received approval in 1957. Funds in a bond is sue protected the right of way and the design between Lindbergh Drive and the Forsyth County line. The 15.4-mile-long stretch of Ga. 400 between Johnson Ferry Road and Forsyth County was completed in 1971. (Atlanta Constitu tion, July 31, 1974, “Old McDonald had a highway”)FromI-285 to Forsyth County, Ga. 400 is also known as Turner McDonald
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The plan to build I-285 began in 1958 and was estimated to be complete in 1965. That date kept mov ing back. In 1962, the estimate was moved to 1968, and in 1964 it moved up to 1972. However, the actual year of completion was 1969.
The Dunwoody Woman’s Club has scheduled the 49th annual Dunwoody Home Tour for Wednesday, October 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On tour day, guests with a ticket will be able to tour three lovely private homes each with a unique appeal. Home directions and map are included in the ticket booklet.
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woody and two in nearby Sandy Springs. Once again the club is partnering with Southern Comforts Consignments in Dun woody. Included on the tour is “Designing for My Best Life”– a home tour decorat ing event with Marc Jones our in-house Consignor’s Designer. Seating is limited so pre-registration is encouraged. Home Tour tickets are available now and can be purchased as follows: online at: woodyport.thetourPecanTheDesign,LauderhillsDunwoody,Woman’sansclub.com/ht-tickets/https://www.dunwoodywomFromanymemberoftheDunwoodyClubAtthefollowinglocations:BloomsofCamelotJewelers,FaceHaven,FineJewelry,LookingoodHairSouthernComfortsConsignments,EnchantedForest,andUndertheTree.Ticketsare$30inadvanceand$35onday.WelookforwardtoseeingyouathometourandappreciateyoursupBuyyourticketstoday!FormoreinformationabouttheDunWoman’sClubgotowww.dunwoodywomansclub.com
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It’s said that “money does not buy happiness,” but it takes money to buy a stationary bike or other investments in self-improvement and healthy living that may add years beyond your scheduled expiration date. The famous contempo rary philosopher Bo Derek once observed, “Whoever said money can’t buy happi ness didn’t know where to shop.”
Why the differences? Highest life expectancy was found largely in the West ern and Northeastern states and included Minnesota and Florida. Perhaps locales conducive to outdoor activities encour age healthier living. In states with lower life expectancies, concentrated poverty in areas that spur unhealthy living contrib utes to shorter life spans.
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pared to 2019. There’s increased concern about patterns of marijuana use, facts of interest to parents who want to see their teenagers grow up, prosper, and live long.
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A 2018 study indicated that longerterm use of cannabis, extending from age 18 into the late 20s or beyond, was asso ciated with “increased risk of self-report ed health problems at age 50.” Problems included psychiatric and psychological disorders, use of more lethal drugs, alcoholism and physical illnesses. With harmful drug use of any kind, in addition to the cost to purchase the substances, overall earning power and financial wellbeing suffers. Financial poverty and “poverty of spirit” contributes to short ened life spans. If you have just turned 18 and are off to college, a work career, or the military, don’t let your dreams of success and financial independence go up in smoke or vapor!
In 2020, heart disease, cancer and COVID-19 were the three top causes of death. Unintentional injuries such as drug overdoses, homicide and diabetes also contributed to lower life expectancies com
What we are talking about is “longrange financial life planning.” Looking out over the next 10 years, and 10 years beyond that, what challenges, positive or negative, do you foresee? Your answer to that question starts the conversation.
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If you are approaching retirement and want to take an around-the-world cruise or a dawn balloon ride over the Seren geti, have a three-to-five-year reserve in insured money market accounts, taxfree municipal bond portfolios, or other low volatility reserves, so you can spend “Freedom Money” with peace of mind even when your stock portfolio is down in value.
By the way, Bo Derek is now 65 years old. That’s how fast time flies. Plan ahead!
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In the original Star Trek series, actor Leonard Nimoy, playing the char acter Spock, popu larized the Vulcan salute, “Live long and prosper!” The point was to wish someone good health and good fortune. How ever, given a recent Wall Street Journal report on life expectancy in America (8/23/2022), the greeting is best reversed as an adieu for real-world earthlings, “Prosper and live long.”
Many advisers promote achieving financial independence by your anticipated retirement date. Since “retirement” means different things to different people, why not pursue financial independence at the earli est date possible? Mitch Anthony, in his book, “The New Retirementality: Planning Your Life and Living Your Dreams...at Any Age You Want,” 5th Edition (Wiley, 2020), diagramed a financial rendition of Abra ham Maslow’s famous Hierarchy of Needs.
At the base of the pyramid is “Survival Money.” Once you earn and accumulate enough money after tax to meet basic needs, the next level is “Safety Money,” reserves to “meet life’s unexpected turns.” Next comes “Freedom Money,” spend ing on things that bring “enjoyment and fulfillment to life.” Like trying to achieve Diamond level in Delta Airline’s “hierarchy of frequent flyer perks” aimed at traveling
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Next comes a focus on the best alter native to answering each challenge, fol lowed by deducing the resources needed to power the best alternative for meeting challenges.Lastly,what are your expectations? What do you want to experience when it’s all said and done?
Before you reach the Freedom Money level, you have to cover the basics and have a sufficient “safety money” reserve before you can begin to wisely and prudently pay for things in the “freedom and fun catego ries” without running up debt. Use credit cards to accumulate frequent flyer points, hotel nights, or cash back, but paying usu rious interest rates on credit card debt isn’t freedom, it’s servitude.
There is a distinct link between finan cial stability and healthy wellbeing and longevity. Average life expectancy at birth in 2020 was pegged at 77 years, down 1.8 years compared to 2019 due to COVID-19 and other factors. Where you live may make a difference. Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at 80.7 years; Mississippi the lowest reading at 71.9 years. The Southern states don’t fare all that well. Georgia’s life expectancy at birth in 2020 is 74.10 years, below average.
There’s an old saw about the “three phases of retirement”...go-go, slow-go, and no-go. Have a plan to cover slow-go and nogo eventualities. Elder care is expensive!
Lewis Walker, CFP®, is a life centered finan cial planning strategist with Capital Insight Group; 770-441-3553; lewis@lewwalker. com. Securities & advisory services offered through The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. (SFA). Lewis is a registered representa tive and investment adviser representative of SFA, otherwise unaffiliated with Capital Insight Group.
“Stunned” is the only word I have, even though I have known for years it would probably happen. Gut-punched. If this is true, we all “Everyonelose.knows that the future of our business is digital,” AJC Editor Kevin Riley is quoted as saying, and he is also quoted as saying that the AJC will continue reporting “the news” seven days a week online. Really Kevin? To me, that is akin to saying that “someday cancer will be cured.” Yes, it is probably a given that the future of “news” will be digital. However, there may be a small fly in the ointment. That statement makes an as sumption that there is a future for “news,” that the business model of using news to make money will remain a viable business model at scale. Maybe it will. Or not.
Let’s see, a printed newspaper with a brand still trusted and respected by a large portion of the public, versus digi tal newsletters and a website. Not sure I would want to make that bet.
to consider that there could be room for a not-digital future. You know however, we now can make every form of music electronically on a keyboard, and yet, now after centuries we still have real violins, real pianos, real drums played by people performed in front of audiences of real people in person. The same is true with other forms of art. Books are still printed. People still write. People still actually read.
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Yes, there is the New York Times with 9.17 million paid subscribers, of which only 761,000 are print subscriptions and the rest are digital. And they continue to grow. Their digital paid subscriptions increased 180,000 in the second quarter of 2022. On face, that would support Mr. Riley’s confidence in digital. But, again, we are talking about the New York Times, a brand that was already at scale nationally and which has consistently made the right decisions at the right time. I am not sure how duplicable their business model is.
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According to reports from news website SaportaReport, the AJC plans to cease daily publication sometime in 2023. My bet is that will happen sometime in the first half of the year. According to the reports, there will still be a “weekend” editionpresumedly once a week. Of note, although numerous sources indicate there is a move to cease daily publication in the near future, there has been no official definitive confirmation as of today – Sept. 8, 2022.
People need interaction with other people, and digital so far has not proven to be an adequate substitute. In fact, it is often insanely toxic. “Meta” may be the biggest financial blunder in the history of the world. Or, it could rival Amazon as the best. What will sustain humanity I fear is not something digital; it is something moreButpersonal.digitalis a mighty strong current to swim against.
According to SaportaReport, this exit from daily publication would not be from a position of strength. According to report ers Maria Saporta and John Ruch, the current iteration of the AJC is no longer
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prises, is betting $525,000,000 on that business model remaining viable – actu ally a lot more when the staffing of their news operation is factored in. I remember when I worked for The Miami Herald, they went “all in” over 40 years ago with an early version of the internet called Viewtron which failed miserably. Cox Enterprises paid all those millions for a company that produces digital newsletters – Axios. Hmm.
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How do I describe two books that are well-written but, in some ways, unsatisfy ing? At least to me? Both expertly wove together red herrings and clues. Both had victims that were less than likable. For me, too many of the char acters in each were also unlikable. Some were downright despicable, and they weren’t even the victims or the killers. Still, there’s no denying that both books were well-plotted.
The book opens on the wedding night, and the first chapter is narrated in the third person. From there, chapters move back and forth between the day before and the wedding night and also switch between several characters who speak in
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From there, his writing career goes down hill, and he supports himself as a creative writing instructor and coach — until the unthinkable happens. A student shares his idea for a can’t-fail plot. It helps that the student is a cocky unlikable jerk when later the professor writes a book using the student’s brainchild, only after discovering the student is dead and never published a book.
first person and back again to the thirdperson narrator. It’s the multiple perspec tives that skillfully reveal the details of the complex relationships among those in the wedding party, some dating back to their school days. This technique kept me on the edge of my seat, and up too late too many nights in a row.
The novel is even more successful than his debut, and he’s living the dream, able to afford a new apartment, traveling the country promoting his book, appear ing on Oprah — everything he could hope for. Except . . . he worries that someone will find him out, and his fears come true when he begins getting threaten
ing emails calling him a thief. The emails eventually escalate into tweets and more. It was only very near the end that I began to suspect who the culprit was, so once again, I was up late wanting to know if I wasIfright.youlike murky, complex plots, these books are for you. Me? I plan to turn to a few other titles on my list, books where I know the characters and am longing to see what they’ve been up to lately.
Who were the despicable characters? Let’s just say the likable ones were in the minority, and therein lies the problem for me. Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, but I kept wanting someone to root for, and I didn’t find anyone to fit the bill. I would temporarily find myself liking someone only for that person to behave badly. Read it for the tangled web and the conclusion. It’s an Amazon Editor’s Pick and the editor had this to say: “Reads like the secret love child of Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ and Liane Moriarty’s ‘Big Little Lies.’”
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This book is also an Amazon Editor’s Pick, and the review describes it as a “riv eting novel. a story within a story that is a Rubik’s Cube of twists.” It is all that — a psychological thriller about a writer who has a hugely successful debut novel, only to stumble with his sophomore attempt.
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The back cover blurb sets the stage: “An exclusive wedding on a remote Irish island. The bride, the plus one, the best man, the wedding planner, the brides maid — all have a secret. All have a mo tive. But only one is a murderer.”
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