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AUGUST 2020 PUBLISHER

Jim Newman | jnewman@lifestylepubs.com EDITOR

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Darce Richardson | darce.richardson@lifestylepubs.com

Hello friends, WE DID IT!

MANAGING EDITOR

Molly Collins | molly.collins@lifestylepubs.com SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER

Karyn Slovin | karyn.slovin@lifestylepubs.com ACCOUNT MANAGER

We made it to August.

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Pat yourself on the back. And hug those in your shelter circle.

Miranda Williams LAYOUT DESIGNER

Even as we send the magazine to the printer, schools are changing plans, protocols,

Emily Lisenbee

and start-dates. We usually bring you a school round-up in this issue, but admin-

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

istrators were swamped, just coming up for air after a roller-coaster finish to one

Valerie Shepherd

school year, pivoting and waiting for guidelines for the next.

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Sunny Bailey, Nicolette Martin

All hail the principals, administrators, teachers, and parents who remained nimble and smart and are planning for another school year with hope, creativity, and dedication to students and learning.

I only have one child still in school (studying film at GSU) so I missed the fun of

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school shopping, supply lists, and bus stops. I salute all you readers who have kids

ART DIRECTOR Sara Minor

in school, preparing for the unknown and maybe even more online learning. Hold

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Janeane Thompson

on tight and share your first day of school photos with us on Facebook and tag us

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on Instagram with #LifestylePubsKids. We will choose one lucky reader and treat

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FEATURES 20 Saluting Sleep An adorable bedroom for a boy salutes America.

24 Dunwoody Community Rallies Food Pantry at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church fills urgent, growing needs.

26 Four Legged Neighbors Local pets showing their best side

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and why they've captured our community's hearts.

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Lifestyle Letter

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Local Limelight

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20 Renovate & Refine 24 Healthy Lifestyle 26 Inspired By 30 DIY

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AROUND TOWN

RESTORING YOUR CALM

teleschool spirit week and read-along sessions

Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, is a Japanese

with a book author. Woodland Elementary STEM

form of nature therapy that is designed to con-

students won the People’s Choice Award at the

nect you with nature. The word, “bathing” refers

Bright Spark Design Competition. High Point

to the idea of absorbing your natural surroundings

Elementary third-grader Nathan Cocking’s art

using all of the senses, rather than anything to

was selected to be in the High Museum of Art’s

do with water. Forest bathing aims to bring heal-

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ing through connection to nature and trees. The practice is said to enhance well-being, reduce stress and restore calm. In response to the popularity of their Forest Bathing programming, The Dunwoody Nature Center has added an additional session on Saturday, August 8th from 8:00AM 11:00PM. Visit DunwoodyNature.org to schedule your outdoor adventure!

IT'S DOGWOOD SEASON Atlanta is crazy about Dogwoods. So much so that we have an entire festival devoted to their beauty and fanfare. This year, the High is thrilled to participate as a Cultural Alliance Partner at the Festival and host a booth where visitors can learn all about the museum’s exhibitions, programs, and events. On Sunday, August 9, meet the High’s Young Professionals at the Festival!

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FALL DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE The Atlanta Botanical Gardens wants you to fall down the rabbit hole with them. Join the Red Queen, the Mad Hatter and of course Alice in their

A NOTE FROM SCHOOL YOU'LL ACTUALLY WANT TO READ

newest Wonderland themed exhibit. In addition to the towering White Rabbit, sprawling chess board

Fulton County Schools Sandy Springs students

and heart “trees,” and Cheshire Cat perched nearby,

made it through their first ever remote learning

look for a 16-foot Red Queen and an all-new 14-foot

semester, thanks to collaborative efforts of staff,

Alice rotating in the Howell Fountain pool as she

administration, Board and parents. North Springs

plummets down the “rabbit hole.” AtlantaBG.org

Charter Riverwood International Charter High Schools held their first virtual graduations. North Springs Valedictorian was Avi Pearlman and Salutatorian

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Valedictorian was Hayes Miller and Salutatorian was Chandler McCleskey. North Springs’ dance teachers

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Riverwood’s culinary arts teacher Elissa Oliver was selected to receive the Georgia ProStart Educator of Excellence Award. Three students from Sandy Springs Charter and Ridgevew Charter Middle Schools won for art pieces and music performance videos with Sandy Springs Arts Foundation’s #ArtinPlace Project. School communities made the most of their time at home with events like

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT

WITH A SPRINKLE OF FAMILY MAGIC AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT, A PIE BUSINESS WAS ROLLED OUT.

G R A N D M A’S ROLLING PIN ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY VALERIE SHEPHERD

MAYBE IT WAS THE SPRINKLE OF MAGIC ONLY HER

personally, but they’d definitely recognize her famous

GRANDMOTHER’S ROLLING PIN COULD CONJURE.

tasting pie!”

Or maybe it was the timing of when she started her

So when Courtney, her husband, and her two kids

homemade pie business – the week before COVID shook

Reghan and Collin moved to Dunwoody she decided

our nation and the globe. Creating and delivering pies and

to share the magic of the rolling pin she inherited from

baked goods was in high demand, instantly transporting

her Grandmother and opened the super-successful

us to better days with one bite. No matter the secret, after

business, Grandma’s Rolling Pin. Her goal was sim-

meeting with Courtney Cutcher it’s clear, rolling out home-

ple – to create pies and cookies as close to those she

made comfort and love isn’t just in the pies she bakes, it’s

remembered from growing up - homemade, everything

within her as well.

from scratch, like Grandma would make. The oppor-

Memories of her childhood swirl in and out of our con-

tunity arose to partner with the owner of Piedmont

versation at the same speed Courtney is stirring up her

BBQ, Brad Coolidge. He was the perfect person to join

homemade whip cream.

forces since he was already catering and delivering

Her childhood Sundays were reserved for large family meals, time at Grandma’s house, playing with cousins,

delicious North-Carolina style BBQ to the Dunwoody and Metro-Atlanta area.

baking with aunts, with everyone in awe of the magic of

Courtney is a stickler for baking from scratch, and

Grandma Frances’s cooking. It was if every Sunday was

warns, “people come to me for the taste, definitely not the

Thanksgiving. People in the surrounding Ohio communi-

decorating. I joke I’m not the best at that. But if they want

ties all knew of Courtney’s Grandma, and she says with

taste, I’ve got something for them!” And after personally

a chuckle “My Grandmother was famous in our area for

tasting her key lime pie (and by “tasting” I mean eating half

her peach pies… they might or might not recognize her

a pie…) I can attest to her success. It seriously reminded CONTINUED >

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“MY GRANDMOTHER WAS FAMOUS IN OUR AREA FOR HER PEACH PIES… THEY MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE HER PERSONALLY, BUT THEY’D DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE HER FAMOUS TASTING PIE!”

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me of summer, my Grandma’s picnics, and of my trip to Key West, and of dancing. And again I was transported instantly from the swirling of emotions and feelings - everything that only good food brings.

From peach pies, to Buckeyes (a nod to her home state Ohio), key lime pies, cinnamon rolls, German chocolate pies, chocolate chip cookies and more, Courtney knows her Grandmother Frances is smiling down at her from heaven as she carries on the baking legacy.

Due to the global pandemic, Courtney and her family decided that moving back home to Ohio was the right decision for now, and will miss the Dunwoody community dearly. And once she gets settled in Ohio, don’t be surprised if I’m the first on her list for mail-orders.

Humbled knowing that at a time we all just needed to feel a little more love and comfort, Courtney was able to bake and deliver it boxed up with her from-scratch made-with-love Grandmother inspired creations. And I’m certain, her baking magic will make memories for future generations to come.

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GIVING BACK

VETted History in Dunwoody Dr. Morgan and Cocoa, with Karyn Slovin

DUNWOODY HAS A RICH HISTORY, AND SO DOES DR. MORGAN, THE LONG-STANDING OWNER OF DUNWOODY ANIMAL HOSPITAL.

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DUNWOODY HAS A RICH HISTORY. We

with personalized attention, warmth, and

can see it in the preserved farmhouses and

a genuine love for anything with a beating

towering ancient trees that line the streets

heart. When Dr. Morgan first built Dunwoody

in our community. And sometimes you can

Animal History, he recalls, “all the city really

just feel the rich history, the small-town

had was farmland, a hog farm, a post office,

appeal, layered in a growing and constantly

a 7-Eleven and a gas station. I was one of

improving community.

the first to build in what is now downtown

You can also hear about it from people

Dunwoody.” He recalls the time he would

like veterinarian Dr. Douglas Morgan, who

pay the Post Master to cut the grass across

opened Dunwoody Animal Hospital 49 years

the street from Mr. Spruill’s farm with cows,

ago and shares stories about our city’s past,

chickens, and mules. Dunwoody felt like

as well as tales from his impressive personal

home for Dr. Morgan reminding him of

and professional history.

the farm he grew up on in Kentucky sur-

Dr. Morgan shares stories of Dunwoody

rounded by animals. Growing up on a dairy

and of his life the way he cares for animals;

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GIVING BACK (CONTINUED) farm in Kentucky with cows, mules, and chickens, at just 8 years old he proclaimed to his father that he was going to grow up to be a veterinarian. He recalls, “even at that young age I knew I wanted to help take care of animals.” Despite his small-town foundation, shortly after vet school, Dr. Morgan was quickly introduced to a big city feel and stories to match when he worked for two years in Las Vegas. He humbly recalls, as if just listing off items on a to-do list, “several of those Vegas star’s pets were in my care.

Wayne Newton’s horse, Frank Sinatra’s wife’s dog, Mia Farrow’s pets, oh, and Betty Grable’s dog as well. She surprised me a bit because I had seen her pin-up photos before, but not her in person. I got a call from a Mrs. James (married to bandleader Harry James) wanting a house call for her dog. I about fell over when the door opened and I realized Betty Grable was standing in front of me in the flesh!”

Other “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” stories also emerged that bring a chuckle out of Dr. Morgan even to this day.

He recalls one specific emergency vet call at 2 am from a woman begging him to come right away. So he walked over to the clinic with his roommate and when he turned on the lights, he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him. He asked his roommate to go into the examining room and report what color the dog was. The roommate went in, came out, and said “that dog is GREEN!” Turns out it was St. Patrick’s Day and the woman had dyed her dog green to celebrate.

Unfortunately, the dog was allergic to RIT dye and the three of them spent the night giving the dog bath after bath as well as medication to help with the severe allergic reaction.

Even after 56 years of practicing, Dr. Morgan thinks there’s no better place than Dunwoody to have a business, and can’t think of a more rewarding profession.

“It’s the really nice people in this community and their pets that make it so special.”

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RENOVATE & REFINE

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE SINCE THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC IN EARLY MARCH, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF DUNWOODY HAS RALLIED TO SUPPORT MALACHI’S STOREHOUSE, AN

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Every Tuesday afternoon, Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch together with Erika Harris, a long-time Dunwoody resident, join Malachi’s team to help receive donations of non-perishable food items, toiletries, and diapers. In addition, a number of individual families from Boy Scout Troop 477 out of Kingswood United Methodist Church come every

FOOD PANTRY AT ST. PATRICK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH FILLS URGENT, GROWING NEEDS

ARTICLE LOUISE PLONOWSKI PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF MALACHI'S STOREHOUSE

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ST.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING

Lavena Bishop & Dugna Brown

“IT IS SO APPRECIATED AND SO NECESSARY: DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, WE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 60,000 POUNDS OF FOOD!” week to help set up tents and cones for the weekly drive-through

Storehouse. “It is so appreciated and so necessary: during the month

distribution. They have also helped assemble six new rolling racks

of May, we distributed more than 60,000 pounds of food!”

that St. Patrick’s was able to purchase thanks to a grant from the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Recently,

Malachi’s

Storehouse

was

awarded

Vanderlyn

Elementary’s 5th Grade class gift. Three students from the student

A number of volunteers from the community, led by Tom Fullilove,

government presented the non-profit with a $1,000 check to be

tend Malachi’s ‘Garden of Eaten’, growing fresh vegetables donated

used for groceries or other needs. “You can imagine how delighted

by the Dunwoody Community Garden and Orchard that are then

and honored we were to be selected for this significant gift, and are

shared, while Martha Myers has made hundreds of masks for

truly thankful for many other generous contributions that we have

Malachi’s volunteers and clients.

received, including funds from the Rotary Club of Dunwoody and

“This outstanding community support is vital to Malachi’s mission, especially during this time,” says Judi Carlson, Director of Malachi’s

over 200 individual donors,” smiles Carlson.

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INSPIRED BY

FOUR LEGGED NEIGHBORS LOCAL PETS SHOWING THEIR BEST SIDE AND WHY THEY'VE CAPTURED OUR COMMUNITY'S HEARTS.

Jack Schoeman

ARTICLE VALERIE SHEPHERD PHOTOGRAPHY SUNNY BAILEY Buster Price

THIS MONTH, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH, OUR COMMUNITY’S

Wilson Nelms

Daisy Lee

HEARTS GROW BIGGER WITH EVERY WAG, SIT, STAY, AND ROLL-OVER WE WITNESS FROM OUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS. With many pet-friendly places in and around Dunwoody and Sandy Springs, it’s common to find families and their pet side by side enjoying the fresh air on the tree-lined sidewalks or going for a stroll at the Dunwoody Nature Center or one of the many parks or green spaces.

With the twists and turns of the new normal in 2020, pets have enjoyed having us at home more than usual. In return, they gave families in our community a daily reminder of how unconditional love from a pet can do the heart some good, even during uncertain times. So, if you see one of these cute, adorable, lovable, spunky, goofy, and energetic four-legged community family members out and about… be sure to wave hi and thank them for being a source of joy to ALL of us!

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Dexter Jones

Koda Rosen

Franklin (left) & Eleanor (right) Meyer

River Harbin

Erin Jackson with Hondo Bailey (left) and Cooper Jackson

Lu Lu Kapeskas

Rocky Mirkin

Murphy Lordo

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Ryan Burt with Alvin

Grace Walsh and Frankie

Jack Jack Shepherd

Anna Vatzakas and Bandit

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M AT E R I A L S

PIÑLLAMA

+ Cardboard + White crepe paper + Construction paper + Glue + Scissors + Beads, yarn, pom poms, etc.

DIRECTIONS 1. Take your cardboard and cut two pieces into the shape of a llama (we found a stencil online). Then, cut strips of cardboard the depth you want your llama to be. You’ll connect these to either side of the llama cutouts to enclose your piñata.

2. Glue your strip of cardboard all along the edge of one side of your llama, then glue to the other side.

(Be sure to leave a hole you can close up later so you can fill it with your favorite candy!)

3. Starting at the neck, cover the front, back and sides of your llama with white crepe paper, cutting a slit every half inch or so to create the traditional piñata look.

4. Cover all remaining sides the neck and head with white construction paper, cut to fit your design.

5. Using construction paper, beads, pom poms, tassels, buttons, etc., add some flair to the rest of your llama!

Bonus points for incorporating different shapes and textures into your final product.

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DIY (CONTINUED)

M AT E R I A L S + Pink or coral construction paper + White construction paper + Black construction paper + Pink feathers + Glue + Scissors

DIRECTIONS 1. Using a stencil, cut out the pieces you’ll need for your flamingo from construction paper: Pink: 4-6 circles for the body (depending on how “fluffy” you want it), neck and legs White: Outline of the beak Black: Beak 2. Fold the circles in half and glue them all together back-to-back to create a sphere that looks like an accordion.

3. Glue the beak and white stripe to the neck, then glue the neck to a flat side of your inner-most circle.

4. Add the legs, a black dot for an eye and pink feathers for the ultimate flamin-goal.

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FLAMING OA L S

COSMIC PENCIL CUP

M AT E R I A L S + Cardboard + Construction Paper + Glue + Scissors + Markers

DIRECTIONS 1. Cut out the shapes for your rocket ship. You’ll need: (2) rocket bodies for the front and back of your ship, (2) fins, (1) nozzle, (1) nose cone, (3) rectangles for your pencil cup, and any additional cutouts for decorations, like windows.

2. Glue the your rectangular pieces to one side of your rocket ship, then glue the back on. You should have an open spot at the top where your pencils will go.

3. Glue the rest of your pieces to the front of your rocket and add embellishments as desired.

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