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Grocery bagger continues struggle to deal with illness, health expenses

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Dunwoody City Council members, along with Mayor Lynn Deutsch, celebrated the opening of Waterford Park, the city’s latest addition to the park’s system, which now totals about 200 acres.

Dunwoody’s newest park comes with own amenities

By CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — About 50 members of the Dunwoody community gathered to celebrate the city’s newest park, a former swim-tennis club in the Waterford subdivision in the northeast part of the city.

Parks officials say the conversion of the land from a private swim-tennis club to a public park is the first time the city has attempted such a venture.

Several Dunwoody City Council members, including Mayor Lynn Deutsch, along with city staff, attended a ribbon cutting June 2 to celebrate the completion of the first phase of improve-

ments at Waterford Park, a 7-acre tract located at 4565 Dellrose Drive. The city purchased the land in December 2019 for $125,000 from DeKalb County District 1 bond money, and invested about $200,000 in improvements, which included refurbishing two existing tennis courts and demolishing the pool and surrounding deck area.

The second phase, which park officials hope to begin next year, will include constructing bathrooms, a playground, bridges and a pavilion. There are several existing natural trails in the tract that will be further developed.

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DUNWOODY, Ga. – A beloved bagger at Publix who has suffered for decades from sickle cell anemia has launched a Go Fund Me page to offset medical costs associated with his treatment.

William Blackshear, who has worked at the Dunwoody Hall Publix as a bagger for four years, is revered by his customers and co-workers for his caring attitude and ability to connect spiritually during what is usually a brief encounter in the checkout line.

He hands out encouraging cards, and often prays with people who share their burdens with him. His last words to the customers who are in his line are always, “I love you.”

Blackshear’s medical issues and mounting medical bills have put him in crushing debt. Because of his disease, he can only work part time at Publix.

“Growing up with this disease limits my activities,” he wrote on his Go Fund Me page. “It causes unpredictable painful attacks several times throughout the year, which usually results in hospitalization. I have been in and out of the hospital my entire life, resulting in blood transfusions and medication to help control the pain throughout my body.”

Blackshear had qualified for disability, but after he married his wife in 2006, the benefits were denied because of the union.

The only alternative to reinstating the payments was to divorce, which he refused to do.

“Despite this loss of income, my wife

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William Blackshear sits in the Toyota Solera donated to him by friends and members of Misty Creek Community Church.

and I have chosen to remain married,” he said. “Unfortunately, we have accumulated significant debt related to insufficient income and ongoing medical expenses.”

Several people have stepped up to help William, including the donation of a Toyota Solera from an anonymous donor who attends church at Misty Creek Community Church in Sandy Springs. However, his medical debt continues to mount.

So far, the page (gofundme.com/f/helpwilliam-pay-off-debt-for-financial-freedom) has raised $10,500 of the $55,000 goal.

Donors on the page praise Blackshear for his courage in trying to erase the debt and make a better life for his family.

“William is an incredible man!” one donor wrote on his page. “He lifts up everyone around him. Let’s lift him up.”

Blackshear said he is grateful for the support.

“I am so appreciative and blessed for all the people I meet daily, and have met through the years,” Blackshear said. “I praise God daily for my life, my family, friends and Publix.”

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The victim’s cousin told police a passenger in the minivan got out yelling at the victim and trying to fight him just before the driver opened fire. He claimed the gunman fired two rounds, according to police.

No arrests were made.

Man wounded in shooting claims he was interceding Man allegedly bites nurse at Peachford Hospital DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police were called to a May 30 shooting along Peachtree Parkway that left a 29-year-old Atlanta man wounded.

The victim told officers he was visiting his cousin’s apartment when they encountered a man sitting in a minivan in the parking lot. The driver said, “We are waiting on you,” then fired a single gunshot, the victim told police. The victim said the shot was intended for his cousin, but he pushed the relative out the way and was hit in the leg.

Paramedics rushed the man to Grady

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police were dispatched to the Peachford Hospital for reports that a patient bit a nurse and caused $2,000 in damages May 28.

Darrell Wilkins, 29, of Marietta, was arrested and charged with battery and criminal damage to property.

According to police, Wilkins was about to be discharged from the behavioral health center along Peachford Road when he allegedly bit the nurse.

The victim was taken to Northside Hospital to be treated. Police questioned

DRUG & DUIS arrests Donovan Michael Hansens, 24, of Bubbling Creak Road NW, Brookhaven, was arrested May 25 on Ashford Dunwoody Road for DUI and duty to stop at accident.

Jashua Barak Smith, 25, of Rogers Preserve Road, Lithonia, was arrested May 31 on Ashford Dunwoody Road for DUI, reckless driving and duty to stop at accident. the nurse May 29. She said Wilkins used a metal pole to damage a camera in his room. He tried to damage another camera in the nursing station.

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Local cities outline times yard work is permitted

BY ADAM DARBY adam@appenmedia.com NORTH METRO ATLANTA, Ga. — The COVID-19 pandemic has kept people mostly at home over the last 16 months, and for many, the time at home has spurred an added focus on maintaining their lawns. However, there are some regulations in place on when this work can be done.

Most Metro Atlanta cities have designated specific times in which yardwork and the use of loud machinery is permitted to ensure safety and promote quality of life.

Below is a breakdown of each local jurisdiction’s laws and ordinances related to residential lawn mowing and yard work.

Alpharetta Unlike some of its neighbors, Alpharetta does not currently have any

residential time restrictions or noise ordinances in place for general yard work. According to the city’s Property Maintenance Code, lawns must remain under 12 inches in length. This regulation is kept to ensure a modest appearance for all residential property.

Milton While Milton enforces time and noise restrictions, the hours of operation are flexible. For residents, lawn maintenance machinery is permitted from 7:30 a.m. to sunset Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to sunset on weekends and federal holidays.

Although there is no mandate on the length lawns must be kept, residents are asked to maintain their property and keep it in a clean, safe, and sanitary conditions.

Roswell Roswell’s extended hours for land-

scaping work allow lawn maintenance and machinery to operate daily between the hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

A clean appearance is recommended for all residents with yard waste to be placed at their curb by 8 a.m. on waste collection days. Branches and tree limbs must not exceed four feet in length or weight more than 50 pounds.

Johns Creek Johns Creek does not consider noise from landscaping and yard maintenance equipment to be a sound nuisance unless operating during the hours of 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays, before 8 a.m. on Saturdays and before 10 a.m. on Sundays for all residential properties. Like Roswell, landscaping is permitted from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. during the average work

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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum reaches out to Georgians Naomi Liebman was born in 1946 at Neu Freimann, a Displaced Persons Camp in Munich, Germany, following World War II. Her parents, Rubin Bosniak and Marsha Yudelewska VALERIE Bosniak were both BIGGERSTAFF survivors of Auschwitz.

In late 2019, the Sandy Springs resident traveled with Hemshech, an Atlanta group of Holocaust survivors and their families, to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. She later decided to explore the documents the museum had on her parents.

“I saw all the information that others had acquired on their family, and I finally decided to go ahead,” she said.

During the pandemic, Naomi communicated with the museum’s Shapell Center by phone. They found records showing the date of her dad’s entry into Auschwitz — Jan. 31, 1943.

They also found his ID card from the Displaced Persons Camp and the passenger list for the ship that brought Naomi and her family to the U.S. Naomi was amazed at how quickly she received the information.

Rubin Bosniak married his first wife before the war, working as a watchmaker in the town of Shershev, Poland. He and his wife were taken to Auschwitz, along with his parents and siblings. His wife and all his family were killed at Auschwitz.

After the war, he returned to Shershev to look for valuables he had hidden. He was able to recover his first

wife’s wedding ring.

Marsha Yudelewska was also from Shershev. She was taken to Auschwitz, along with her mother, brother and his wife and children. Marsha was the only one who survived. She did not return to Shershev after liberation. She wanted to join her two older sisters who had migrated to Palestine but was prohibited from going there due to a British mandate.

Rubin Bosniak found Marsha Yudelewska on his search for people from his hometown. They both ended up at the Displaced Persons Camp, Neu Freimann.The couple married and were able to leave Germany in 1949 along with Naomi aboard the SS Marine Shark. Marsha’s aunt helped them settle in Brooklyn. Later in life, the couple moved to Florida and then to Atlanta to be closer to Naomi and her family.

Naomi grew up in New York and had a career as a nurse. She married Dr. Paul Liebman. Following his service at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, the couple relocated to Georgia, first in Riverdale and later in Atlanta in an area that became part of Sandy Springs.

Rubin Bosniak died in June of 2005. He requested these words be placed on his marker at Arlington Memorial Park, “The only one of his family who survived the Holocaust.”

Marsha died six months later.

Atlanta Hemshech and the Bremen Museum in Atlanta worked along with the USHMM to explain in a recent video presentation how they acquire artifacts and help survivors and their families with research. Two YouTube videos, “Preserving Holocaust History:

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Naomi Liebman, center, views artifacts at the Shapell Center for Research in 2019.

Collecting Oral Histories and Researching Fates” and “Preserving Holocaust History: Collecting Artifacts and Eyewitness Testimony,” include Atlantans Naomi Liebman and Alli Allen.

The USHMM is reaching out to Georgians who may have Holocaust artifacts to donate, want to research their family’s history, or record oral history. Virtual appointments are available. Contact Kyra Schuster, Curator USHMM, at kschuster@ushmm. org or 202-488-2649 to find out more.

Naomi Liebman is pleased with the results of her trip to the Holocaust Museum.

“Now my children have documents they can share with my grandchildren,” she said. “The Museum is so essential to ensuring we never forget the lessons of the Holocaust. We are so grateful for its existence.”

You can email Valerie at pasttensega@ gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.

Brooke Farm Dunwoody Close Women’s Club President Judy Faletti, at right, and Secretary Candy Cox, left, present Andrea Brantley, executive director of Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb, with a carload of supplies and $913 in donations provided by members of the club at their April meeting.

Women’s club donates to homeless nonprofit DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Brooke Farm Dunwoody Close Women’s Club chose to support the local Family Promise branch at its April meeting. Members were to bring an item or items from the website wishlist or cash donations to the meeting to be delivered to Family Promise.

Family Promise is a national initiative to alleviate the homelessness of dedicated parents with children who suddenly find themselves homeless. Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb includes 15 Christian, Jewish and Muslim host congregations, nine support congregations and more than 800 volunteers who provide temporary assistance, hospitality and case management for families with children experiencing homelessness.

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Continued from Page 2 week. Weekend hours vary from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays. A maintained and clean appearance is recommended.

Dunwoody Dunwoody is more specific on yard regulations. Grass and weeds cannot exceed 10-inches in height. The removal of all weeds and trash from the property is always a requirement.

Lawn maintenance requiring motorized equipment for contractors and residents can operate between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Landscaping work is not permitted on Sundays or federal holidays.

Cumming The City of Cumming does not currently have any property maintenance ordinances in place. This means that property appearance is left to the better judgment of the owner, unless otherwise instructed. There are time restrictions set on the use of landscape maintenance and motorized devices such as leaf blowers, lawn mowers, or chain saws. Machinery is to be used between the hours of 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and is otherwise considered a noise violation.

For more information about city laws, regulations, and ordinances, visit their official websites.

On June 2, 2021, the Community Development Director approved a combination plat to combine lots for the Perimeter Marketplace development at 600 Ashwood Parkway, Dunwoody, GA 30338, pursuant to the procedures in Chapter 16, Land Development. The tax parcel numbers are 18 350 02 001, 18 349 01 046, 18 349 01 048, 18 349 01 037, and 18 350 02 003. Any person aggrieved by the decision may appeal within 30 days of the decision.

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June 21 Justice Carla Wong McMillian of the Georgia Supreme Court June 28 Attorney General Chris Carr and associates July 5 Judge Robert McBurney of the Fulton County Superior Court July 12 Professor Robert Howard of Georgia State University July 19 Bill Rankin of the Atlanta Journal – Constitution July 26 Norman Zoller – Former Circuit Executive of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals WEDNESDAYS 10:00 – 11:00 am Love to Travel with Ron Landry, who will take us on visits to Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the Caribbean, Norway, the Mediterranean and Tahiti.

From 11:15 am – 12:15 pm Stories from American History Brandt Ross will regale us with stories and song about people and events from American History including Andrew Jackson, Kit Carson, the Alamo and the Dust Bowl.

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Carl Appen appointed Director of Content, Development ALPHARETTA, Ga. Appen Media Group announced May 20 the appointment of Carl Appen as Director of Content and Development.

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“When we could not save our pool, we wanted to have a safe place for families to continue to get together,” said Danica Henry, Waterford Neighborhood Association board member. “Neighbors have always taken walks on the property, so we were also interested in walking paths and a way to connect neighborhoods. We are excited to see our vision come to life and thank the City of Dunwoody for making this possible.”

Dunwoody Parks and Recreation Director Brett Walker said the city, in its 2012 Master Plan, identified the northeast corner of the city as in need of greenspace.

“We are glad to have this park for the residents of Waterford and surrounding neighborhoods,” Walker said. “It’s a great place for families to gather, walk the trails and enjoy the outdoors without having to get in the car and go somewhere.”

Walker said there were preliminary thoughts about repairing the pool and operating it as a city facility, but it was determined that the extra expense, as well as a lack of demand, made it unfeasible.

The tennis courts will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis with no reservation system, Walker said.

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In Phase 1 of renovations at Waterford Park, the Dunwoody Parks Department refurbished a gazebo that was on the property and filled in the pool to make an open grassy area. In Phase 2, a restroom and playground equipment will be installed.

Deutsch complimented Council Member Tom Lambert for spearheading efforts to purchase the club and convert it to a park.

“Without his vision, we wouldn’t be here today,” she said. “It’s not only a great enhancement for the neighborhood, but for the community.”

The addition of Waterford Park brings the city’s total park land to about 200 acres, Walker said. That’s still below the national average of 10 acres of park land per 1,000 residents but moving toward the city’s goal of having 5 acres per 1,000 residents. The city’s total park land does not include the recently purchased 9-acre tract of land on Vermack Road, which is still in the due diligence phase.

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Rep. Mike Wilensky stands with Ardy Bastien, president of Dunwoody Rotary Club.

Wilensky was the featured speaker for the club’s May 28 meeting.

Rotary members updated on recent charity efforts

The Dodson family of Dunwoody took the Crier all the way to Manuel Antonio Beach on the Pacific Ocean in Costa Rica this May. Perched high on a seaside cliff are Patrick, Caroline, Jennifer and Caitlin.

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DUNWOODY, Ga. — State Rep. Mike Wilensky (D-Dunwoody) was the featured speaker May 28 at the Dunwoody Rotary Club.

Chapter leaders provided an update on their recent initiatives.

Dunwoody Rotarians not only volunteer to work on meaningful local projects, but their funds are sent most often via the Rotary Foundation worldwide to assist others in need.

Rotarians responded quickly recently to the need for oxygen in India when their dire lack of equipment and supplies, needed to fight the new COVID airborne variant, became known. For-

mer Rotary Youth Exchange students put out an appeal for quick response to the crisis, and $2,000 was raised for the Oxygen for India project. This set the record for prompt distribution of funds.

In addition, Dunwoody Rotary’s grant application to the Rotary Foundation for funds to train and mobilize the community of Isal Culebra, Puerto Rico, was approved. Those trained will spray insecticide, monitor results, and surveil mosquito populations that spread diseases such as dengue and Zika. The total amount granted is $199,500, with Dunwoody’s share $7,500.

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If you hang it, they will come “There’s one!”

We’re sitting in the den watching two different reality shows at the same time.

One is on the TV screen. It’s yet another here’s-whathappens-but-don’tSTEVE HUDSON try-this-at-home Get Outside Georgia, kind of show. It aa4bw@comcast.net includes an inordinate number of explosions. After explosion number five or six, it starts to get a little boring.

So my attention wanders, and my gaze drifts over to reality show number two. This one is right outside the big picture window to the right of the fireplace, where just last week I hung up another hummingbird feeder. There are three of them there now, plus a whole bunch of flowering plants that have been lovingly selected for their hummingbird appeal.

Should you happen to be a hummingbird, and should you happen to fly by our back deck, the sight of all that is will surely be irresistible. So, I hope you will hum your way over to the feeders or the flowers, hover in midair, and have a little snack before zooming

off to do whatever it is that hummingbirds do in their spare time.

Yes, it’s true. Folks had warned us that hummer watching can be seriously addictive, and they are right. Watching hummingbirds turns out to be a lot more fun than watching just about any TV show, with the possible exception of the legendary “pickles” episode of Andy of Mayberry.

And so we watch the window, more and more, and every now and then…

“There’s one!”

My wife spotted this one, alerting me in hushed tones that something was happening at the feeder. I looked.

Sure enough, there it was — a tiny, winged jewel holding motionless in the air not a foot beyond the window glass, pausing to drink the nectar that I’d made up just that morning. It sipped a few sips, then moved to the next feeder and did the same thing. Then for dessert, it zipped over to the nearby planter, where I’ve been tending some bright yellow lantana plants (another hummingbird favorite, I’d learned).

After a few more moments, temporarily sated, our tiny, feathered visitor darted away.

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once or twice now there have been two at once.

I should be able to tell you what kind they are. But (like my newfound interest in wildflowers…and thank you, Livia, for the great suggestion on the wildflower identification guide!) I’m still learning.

There’s a lot to learn too, not the least of which is how to set up and maintain our hummingbird feeders.

Here’s what I’ve learned so far.

First, if you hang a feeder, the hummers will come – eventually.

It’s very different than when we put up that seed feeder over there by the deck rail. With that one, it seemed like our feathered friends started arriving almost before I’d finished adding the birdseed.

But hummingbirds seem to take longer. For several days the hummingbird feeder just hung there. It’s possible that some came and went so quickly that we missed ‘em, but we have learned that there’s definitely an element of the waiting game here.

Second, you’ve got to feed them right. The experts are pretty much unanimous that what I should provide for these birds is homemade nectar made by mixing one part ordinary cane sugar and four parts water. Regular

sugar is what you want, and (as I’ve been told by just about everybody) do not add any food coloring to it. Just sugar and water is all it takes. The colors of the feeder do the rest.

Third, some maintenance is required. You’ll need to clean the feeder and replace the nectar every day or so, especially as it gets hotter. I do this now pretty much every day. It only takes a moment, and that way I can be sure that any hummingbirds who do come by will have something fresh to dine on.

Next on the list is to hang up multiple feeders. More feeders means more opportunities!

And that brings us to number five: “give ‘em room.” These little creatures are fiercely territorial, and if you space out the feeders a little bit you’ll created more “territories” for them to occupy.

And if you add a few perches (I suppose that’s number six) then you’ll be providing resting places too for more hummers once the word gets around.

Attracting hummingbirds is fun.

We are having a blast with it – a blast that’s a lot more rewarding than yet another explosion on that TV screen.

Besides…

“There’s one!”

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Plea to business owners: For my sanity, let employees continue to work remotely Each year, analytics firm INRIX delves into the number of hours commuters in urban areas spend in traffic congestion, and unsurprisingly, the Atlanta metro area is near the top of the list. In 2019, JOE PARKER INRIX’s study found Editor that those commutjoe@appenmedia.com ing into and around Atlanta spend an abysmal 99 hours stuck in jams, putting Atlanta as the 10th most trafficriddled city in the U.S. But in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, INRIX data points out that drivers around Atlanta saved a stunning 62 hours of time stuck in traffic — which is almost the same amount of time CBS dedicates to commercials during one Saturday afternoon SEC football game — compared to 2019’s figures.

Now it’s important to note that freight was also somewhat limited during this time, and that study area didn’t include Ga. 400, but what goes for traf-

fic in Atlanta goes for jams in the north metro area.

That study is a major reason why I am going to politely plea for business owners in the metro area to continue letting employees work remotely.

Recently, the news staff here at Appen Media returned to office, so for the first time in 15 months I was exposed to commuter-time traffic now that much of that volume has returned to “normal.”

And thus, my hatred for congestion was reinstated. There is some innate portion of my brain that simply cannot contend with being on a road with a speed limit that can whisk me to and from work in 30 minutes, only for volume to double that time.

Time spent in traffic twiddling my thumbs, or more accurately, cursing at a rate that would make a sailor blush, is time I would much rather spend doing just about anything else. That includes working.

So, Mr. and Mrs. business owner, there is a good chance your employees are actually more productive when working from home. If they don’t have their time wasted in traffic congestion,

they are more likely to put in some extra work if they can simply log off and already be at home.

Another benefit is when employees aren’t stuck in traffic for hours each day, they get to spend more time with their families and have added opportunities to enjoy life outside of the daily grind. And a happier employee is always going to be a better employee.

If you still need workers in the office on certain days, consider the strategy my wife’s company is using — a hybrid work week of some days in office and some remotely. That will still keep everybody from being on the roads every day.

And that also helps to keep me sane.

But it goes beyond just my own personal interests.

Keeping more commuters off the road is also better for the environment through lessened emissions. It can save taxpayers on road project improvements that would not be warranted if traffic volumes are lighter. Remote work can also improve your bottom-line, helping on overhead and other costs, and aid in recruitment when you don’t have to ensure the best candidates live near your

headquarters.

Also, those working remotely are, in many cases, using their own resources, like electricity and internet. Meanwhile, workers get the benefit of saving on gas and added car maintenance that comes along with a 20-mile or so commute.

And finally, I don’t really believe in “work culture” or “office culture” that seems to dictate everyone has to share the same roof while working. For all its impact on the world, COVID-19 has shown us over the last 15 months that work culture is what you make of it.

And the world has been shown most companies can reasonably accommodate remote work without much, if any, sacrifice.

Now, some employees will still want to work at an office, and all the power to them, and many jobs will always have to be in-person. Restaurants needs cooks in the kitchen, retailers must have cashiers manning the tills and you can’t exactly do remote landscaping on a customer’s property.

In my case, journalists will still need to be at community events, government meetings and the like. But for the sake of one of the times I have to drive, writing car reviews (shameless plug: northfulton.com/left_lane/), help me keep my sanity, and keep more cars off the roads.

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That hippie book summons past existence So, an old friend of mine just gave me a book. It looks good and is about one of my favored subjects — all the old rockers from way back in the ’60s and their stories. It’s a hardback and I am sure it is out of print. What a cool surprise for-no-reason gift. Actually, it was for a reason, but it had to do with a toilet, so I won’t get RAY APPEN into it.

Publisher Emeritus Anyway, a couple days after I got ray@appenmedia.com the book, I started stewing about it — like walking around with a penny in my shoe. Why would my friend give away such a cool book? He is just as much a fan of “the old days” as I. “Or is he?” I started to wonder. The more I thought about it the more worried I became; some might say the more “paranoid.”

A long time ago we lived on Key Biscayne — another island but this one off the coast of Miami. Christina and I had a friend who was married to a “Key-rat” named Tony. The deal with Tony was that whenever he met a new person, inevitably within the first 10 minutes, he would pull out his wallet and take out what looked to be an old piece of colored paper and hold it out. The other person usually would get a blank look on his face and Tony would then announce: “It’s a ticket — a ticket to Woodstock — my ticket,” and then wait with great expectations for the other person to respond appropriately.

After I watched Tony do this a couple times, I real-

ized that he was somewhat of a drunk, living in the past, and that as long as he was like that, his life was probably not going to go well. Ultimately his wife — our friend — did divorce him, and I imagine that he is still on the Key, still living in the past, still walking around with that ticket in his wallet — and not doing well.

I thought about Tony’s ticket after my friend gave me his book on the ’60s. Was my continued interest in “way back then” my “ticket”? Was that pebble in my shoe my fear that I too am living in the past like Tony?

Hmmm.

I know that in many ways my friend who gifted me the book has changed since we were in college. Back then, he could play every Dylan song ever written and sing them too. So, he knew the lyrics. He was a free spirit and we were in sync, he and I. Today he lives close by, is a husband, father, as well as a successful businessperson too — just like I am, I guess. But maybe he has moved on in ways that I have not?

So that’s my fear with that book my friend gave me.

Maybe I am just stuck back in time and haven’t had the maturity to grow or the sense to move on. That’s the penny in my shoe. There is this voice deep inside me that keeps asking questions about me, questions about my assumptions, my values, my frame of reference, my status.

I think that questioning comes with age and ageing.

You question stuff, especially about yourself. “How am I doing?” And sometimes you are torn. Often you are torn.

Dylan sang that “those not busy being born are busy dying.” I think he was saying we need to be open

to new ideas and not be locked into the past. But Faulkner said that “the past isn’t dead, that it isn’t even past,” which to me, among other things, means that the past is always important, that it will always be relevant. Somewhere in-between those two bookends I guess is a truth to be found.

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Reflections on D-Day My husband is passionate about WW II history and holds veterans from that war in the highest esteem. As a VFW member, he was fortunate to meet and become friends with several WW II veterKATHY ans, but they’ve all MANOS PENN passed away now.

And with his connections, I was fortunate to get to know them and write about their stories. What an amazing group of men, each one of them humble about his experience and service.

For us, the opportunity to bicycle Normandy in June 2014 was an aweinspiring experience — the countryside with its still visible bunkers from the war, plus visits to Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, and myriad other sites connected to WWII. The trip was fodder for several columns that year, the 60th anniversary of D-Day. The excerpt below is about one of the amazing stories we learned on our visit to the Utah Beach Museum.

“One story that caught our attention was that of Maj. David Dewhurst, an Army Air Force squad commander who flew the ‘final bombing run on the German stronghold WN5, moments before the Allied landing at Utah Beach,’ only to die in an auto wreck not long after returning home to Texas. I discovered later that his sons had only discovered their father’s story upon visiting Utah Beach in 2007 and seeing his name and photo.”

Imagine our surprise in March of this year when we met a WWII veteran who knew Maj. Dewhurst — who in fact, flew with him on that mission. As my Solution husband always does, he approached P A C E

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the gentleman and thanked him for his service. They chatted briefly as we were leaving a restaurant. My husband was so intrigued by the man’s role in the war, that he dropped me back by our hotel and returned to speak with him further.

That’s when he learned this veteran had been Maj. Dewhurst’s bombardier on that and many other missions.

The following words from David Dewhurst, Jr., captured in an article in the Daily Texan, describe his reactions to his discovery: “‘The memorial was to my dad and it had his picture. As you’d imagine, it was pretty emotional,” Dewhurst said. ‘”I probably stood there for an hour. I couldn’t move, I just couldn’t move.’

Dewhurst said the events of that day prompted him to do two things: revitalize the museum, which he and his family have contributed millions of dollars to since that day, and to seek out the remaining members of his father’s outfit.

Dewhurst said he found four of them and, aside from asking about their experience of the war, he asked them to describe his father.

“Of course, not knowing him, I kept asking these four people that had flown with him, that had known him: how he acted, how he reacted, what kind of guy was he?” Dewhurst said. “Did he get mad? How did he handle himself?

I knew that he occasionally smoked cigars: did he try to do that on bombing runs? Answer: no, but yes.” … Dewhurst said many people share similar stories. … visiting the battle sites and the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial will “make you proud to be an American. It will remind you that freedom is not free.”

In these troubled times when the news trumpets what so many think is wrong with our country, stories like this remind me what is right with it.

Award-winning author Kathy Manos Penn is a Sandy Springs resident. Find her cozy mysteries locally at The Enchanted Forest and on Amazon. Contact her at inkpenn119@gmail.com, and follow her on Facebook, www.facebook.com/ KathyManosPennAuthor/.

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OBITUARY Marietta D’Aquanni Pompilio 1931-2021 The Pompilio family mourns the passing of their dear mother Marietta D’Aquanni Pompilio on May 31, 2021 and celebrates her 90 years of POMPILIO joyful life. She was born Jan. 22, 1931 in Mount Vernon, New York into the first-generation Italian-American family of Cesare and Antionette D’Aquanni and was the last surviving of nine siblings Marietta was preceded in death by her loving husband of 55 years Daniel Victor Pompilio. She is survived by her five children, Daniel Pompilio and wife Lark, Mark Pompilio and wife Linda, Chris Pompilio and wife Heather, MaryAnn Jerrum, and Philip Pompilio and wife Peg. Marietta received an associates degree in business school in Mount Vernon and married Dan Sept. 1, 1952. She was a homemaker during the early years of Dan’s career, raising her growing family in moves from Mount Vernon to Ramsey, New Jersey, then nine years in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio during Dan’s time with A. Schulman. The family moved to Dunwoody, Georgia in 1968 when Dan opened Schulman’s Atlanta office and Marietta worked as a sales associate with Rich’s Department Store.

Marietta lived her Catholic faith. She dedicated her life to her family and to

serving the church, supporting Catholic education, and advocating for protection of the unborn though the Right to Life movement.

She served the Archdiocese of Atlanta as an original director of the Right to Life office. She worked with college-bound students in the Guidance Counseling office of St. Pius X High School and educated children in the faith as adult education coordinator for Holy Spirit Catholic Church.

She lost Dan June 27, 2007. She devoted her later years to her 10 grandchildren: Christopher Pompilio, Anna Pompilio, Amelia “Amy” Pompilio, Lee Jerrum, Jr., Christian Jerrum, Marietta “Rhett” Jerrum, Lauren Pompilio, Ryan Pompilio, Larkie Post and Dylan DeMott; and three great grandchildren Emory Post, Lark Sullins Post and Conley Post.

She was a benefactor of Holy Spirit Catholic School and other charities.

She is honored and remembered by generations of D’Aquannis as matriarch of a proud Italian-American family, an unwavering servant of God, and a keeper of the faith. May the Lord welcome her into his loving, everlasting embrace.

Visitation is Friday, June 4 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at H.M. Patterson & Son Arlington Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, June 5 at 10 a.m. at Holy Spirit Catholic Church.

The service will be livestreamed at www. hsccatl.com/livechurch. In lieu of flowers please donate to the Emory Winship Cancer Institute.

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Dunwoody Door Lift Co. The ONLY garage door company in Dunwoody!

We sell, install and repair garage doors and openers.

Authorized Genie Dealer serving Dunwoody since 1973.

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If you can’t lift your door, let Dunwoody Door Lift it!

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Pressure Washing

Home Improvement

Quality Without Compromise

ROBERT CROAWELL REMODELING Full Service Contractor

Additions • Kitchens • Basements • Bathrooms Interior/Exterior Paint • Minor Repairs • Licensed Insured

Office: 770-814-0064 Cell: 678-642-8314 Landscaping

Tree Services

Matthew the Handyman Exterior Work 4045472079.

Neumann’s Landscape & Tree Service: Joe Neumann 770-4521173 or 404-644-7179.

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AND REPAIRS Roof Leaks Stopped Wood Rot Repairs Deck Repairs & Refinishing Interior & Exterior Painting Doors, Flooring & More 770-262-6272

and Crier newspapers Bush Hogging, Clearing, Grading, Hauling, Etc.

reach 93,000 homes and

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more online!

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Pressure Washing

PRESSURE WASHING

Roofing

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Commercial: Offices, Restaurants, Tennis Courts, Pools, Apt. Complexes, more. All Pro Pressurewash call 770-766-5566 for Mark.

Call us for roof repair or roof replacement. FREE quotes. $200 OFF Leak Repairs or 10% off New Roof. Affordable, quality roofing. Based in Roswell.

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Christian Brothers Roofing

Tree Services

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a MALTA Award Winning Firm Ken Ogletree

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Roofing

Ketner

20 years of Keeping Dunwoody Green

Ogletree Enterprises

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NEUMANN’S LANDSCAPE & TREE SERVICE: Joe Neumann 770-452-1173 or 404-644-7179

Est. Neil Ketner 770-318-7762.

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