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Dunwoody still tweaking website, asking for feedback BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE

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A month after launching the city’s new website, Dunwoody officials realized it still had some kinks to work out. Marketing and Public Relation Director Bob Mullen said the city has recognized some “initial hurdles” with its website. The designer, Jesse James Creative, is working on fixing problems with internal searches, event and calendar functionality, and page rendering on mobile devices and tablets, Mullen said. “We will continue to scan the site daily to determine and pinpoint concerns, and employ advanced web governance software to manage and maintain the website to address attributes such as quality assurance, accessibility, web analytics and search engine optimization,” Mullen said. The city’s new website is generating an increase in traffic to the city’s social media accounts, Mullen said. But one resident criticized the city on Twitter for not using local businesses to build the website. Local website designer Jay Kapp said he knew about the contract and

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Maxime Risch, left, and Antoine Buliard, with Treetop Quest, create the tallest platform needed for the zip line portion of the obstacle course taking shape in Brook Run Park. The company has been asked to design, install and manage the adventure course for the park. Read related story on page 2.

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Zip line and obstacle course to open in Brook Run Park soon BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE

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The world looks different from a 60-foot platform. One company wants to show Dunwoody the view. Treetop Quest is building four courses in Brook Run Park containing 52 obstacles and 12 zip lines. Bob Mullen, who does marketing and public relations work for Dunwoody, said instead of building up large in-house staffs to provide services in the parks, the city prefers working with nonprofit or for-profit groups such as Treetop Quest to offer services and recreation activities to citizens. “We thought the idea was so unique – it’s an opportunity for physical activity and exploration,” Mullen said about Treetop Quest. “It’s great for families, camps and school groups. Dunwoody is always looking for opportunities for people to get physically active and enjoy the parks.” PHIL MOSIER Parks and Recreation Manager Maxime Risch, left, and Antoine Brent Walker said he hopes Brook Buliard, right, with Treetop Quest, Run Park will attract people from prepare a zip line platform at outside Dunwoody. “With the adBrook Run Park on Feb. 2. dition of this amenity we hope to make our park a premier destination to enjoy the outdoors,” Walker said. with a harness.” She added that patrons After four years of business in Buwill be shown how to use the equipment ford, Treetop Quest is building its secand what the safety rules are. ond Georgia park in Dunwoody. The Families with members as young as Buford site is popular, but people who age 4 can take part in activities in the live outside of Gwinnett County want Kiddie Quest area, designed for ages 4 something closer to home, said Julien to 6, Amara said. The kids’ course will Hatton, the company’s development also include a low ropes course. manager. Level one will be easy enough to be The new course is expected to open used by customers ages 7 and up, while in late March, Regional Director of Oplevels two, three and four will increase in erations Cloe Amara said. She said on difficulty, Amara said. Level four heights the company’s website they are lookreach about 60 feet, she said, and the ing to hire about 15 administrative and longest zip line will reach almost 300 managerial personnel. feet, going right over the office building. As light hail fell on the morning of The challenging courses are built for Feb. 2, workers on a pine swayed in the “local, small, not-going-too-fast” needs, wind as they sat atop the highest platAmara said. The highly secure environform planned for the course. Amament uses a continuous lifeline system ra said high winds, thunderstorms and that keeps a participant hooked for the lightning would necessitate closing the duration of the course. course temporarily. “Basically, the same “No matter what you do, you cannot rules as a swimming pool in the sumgo off the course,” Hatton said. “You mer,” she said. have to do all the course to get out.” “Safety is a top priority,” she added. Guides throughout the park will help In December, the company hired a people who need assistance, he said. certified arborist to ensure the trees are The “baby course” will include eight not dead or dangerous, she said. obstacles that are no more than three At Treetop Quest’s park in Gwinnett, feet in height. Amara pointed to a white an ambulance was called only once—for net suspended from several trees, and a woman suffering from dehydration on said that net would be a trampoline for a hot, summer day, Amara said. the baby area. She added that the facility in Brook Picnic tables will be available for Run Park will offer free water from wabring-your-own lunches, and snacks will ter fountains, and coolers will be located be available for purchase onsite. Gas grill throughout the courses. rentals and birthday party packages are “It’s going to look totally different,” also available. Amara said, pointing across a muddy “It’s one-of-a-kind in metro Atlanta, field. “That’s where the office will be, and there’s nothing like it for 20 miles where people will check in and be fitted around the Perimeter,” Amara said. DUN

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City requires land-use plans for personal care homes BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE

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The city of Dunwoody will require a special land-use permit to operate a personal care home within a single-family neighborhood. Dunwoody City Council voted 4-2 on Jan. 26 to amend the permit requirement to homes with fewer than four people. The requirement follows a neighborhood outcry last year over the city’s initial permission to allow a home on Manget Way to provide residential treatment for teenage girls with eating disorders. Residents involved in the legal battle voiced concerns about the new requirement. None said they oppose the idea of disabled people living together in Dunwoody and having their personal needs met. Instead, they said they want to hear from a potential operator what impact the business will have in their community. Resident Alyson Wooten said the issue with the Center for Discovery home was closely related to how day care facilities are regulated in terms of operating hours and parking. “Had we been notified, there may have been a different outcome,” Mark Collins, who lives on Manget Way, said. He added that the burden was placed on the neighbors, and with a special landuse permit, the burden would be on the potential business operator. Dunwoody Homeowners Association president Robert Wittenstein said people with special needs have the right to live together. He opposed the SLUP requirement as a unnecessary burden. He quoted the Bible verse “Thou shalt not put a stumbling block before the blind,” and compared the special

land-use permit process to a stumbling block. Many who spoke asked council members to amend the code to add the special land-use permit so that future operators would have to contact residents and make their business plans known. That way the community could voice its opposition to things like multiple cars coming and going from a location and possible noise. Bruce Lindemann said the individuals who need assistance with daily living skills work as well as participate in community activities. He said he opposes businesses designed for people to move in, get treated and move out. “These folks don’t get better,” he said, referring to members of the community such as his daughter, Carla, who graduated from Dunwoody High School and continues to be part of her Dunwoody community. Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch, who along with Councilman Doug Thompson voted against the requirement, worried the language in the city code puts the city at risk for Fair Housing Act violations. “We’ve got to be careful about overreacting,” Thompson said. But Councilman Terry Nall said a SLUP is the only way council members can find out if a proposed facility will be an issue with a neighborhood. He said the process would only to business endeavors. Thompson pointed out that the Manget Way situation would not be decided by how the council votes on updating its ordinance on Jan. 26. Mayor Mike Davis agreed. “We do have a tendency to knee-jerk our way through these things,” Davis said.

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Top, Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis provides a few samples for a beermaking class he taught at the Dunwoody Nature Center in January. Above left, Brian Sullivan, with Moondog Growlers, pours India Pale Ale. Above right, the mayor said he’s been brewing beer for 18 years.

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Men may not have been born with a “gift of gab,” Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis said, but gather them around a keg and, between sips, they’ll start discussing the history of the world—as it pertains to the influence of beer. Twenty people signed up for a class with Davis and fellow brewer Rob Miller on beer-making at the Dunwoody Nature Center on two successive Thursdays in January. Davis said he’s been brewing his own beer for about 18 years and joked that his tastes grew up as he did. After Davis shared his own “embarrassing stories” about college beer contests, “back before they had Bud Light,” the students shared their stories and the bonding over beer began. Alan Mothner, executive director of the Nature Center, said he wanted to host a beer-making class with the mayor two years ago, but construction around DUN

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Should DeKalb County invest in moving its ofﬁces to Memorial Drive? Editor’s note: DeKalb County Interim CEO Lee May publicly presented his vision for “Downtown DeKalb” built around new county government offices on Memorial Drive during his State of the County address on Jan. 22. Reporter Newspapers asked him to expand on his idea.

Imagine Memorial Drive as the future center of DeKalb Imagine a large tract of land nearly 200 acres in area with dilapidated buildings formerly bustling with business activity. Imagine this tract of land is located next to I-285, and only minutes from Spaghetti Junction to the north and I-20 to the south. Imagine this land being directly adjacent to a MARTA rail station. Some may think I am describing the GM Plant in the city of Doraville. But no .... I am speaking about the Memorial Drive corridor. This area has all the makings of an exciting comprehensive line of development that can and will transform DeKalb County. What am I talking about? I am talking about “Downtown DeKalb”! DeKalb has two issues in need of a solution. First, Memorial Drive, an area that has long been in need of capital investment and revitalization. This area has all the characteristics necessary for success with its access to the interstate, accessibility to public transit, and hundreds of acres of publicly owned land. Second, we have hundreds of county-owned buildings, many of which have deep maintenance and repair issues. Many of DeKalb’s government offices are located in downtown Decatur, but others are scattered across DeKalb County. Some are overfilled and some are vacant. We have 21st century needs and are working in 20th century buildings, and the overhead is money down the drain. I believe there is a single solution to both issues: Build a new government center along Memorial Drive as the catalyst for development along this area. Developers are already making their presence known and with a collaborative effort with the public and private sector, we will make this happen. It is my vision that we can turn Memorial Drive into our “Downtown DeKalb,” through tourism, office, commercial and

Rader: Moving county ofﬁces not a good idea However well intentioned, Interim CEO Lee May’s proposal to move the county seat from Decatur to Memorial Drive fails to meet the test of economic feasibility, market necessity, and policy priority. DeKalb should focus on balancing the budget, rebuilding public confidence and improving operational efficiency before trying a big, risky government relocation. The proposal is not economically feasible. This year, DeKalb is laboring under a $19 million deficit. The administration wants to refinance bond debt and use the savings to close the deficit. How can we afford to build new buildings on Memorial Drive without a tax increase? The market isn’t there. Private leasable space is in oversupply in the area, and many buildings are vacant. Downtown DeKalb would further undermine the market by vacating existing leases occupied by the Tax Commissioner and Voter Registration. County business is increasingly conducted electronically, so

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residential development. I believe, once complete, this vision will create and bring new jobs and thousands of new visitors to DeKalb. Imagine, if you will, a new Memorial Drive full of office buildings beginning to fill the skyline, spotted with restaurants, family friendly destinations, shops and boutiques. Imagine a newly developed area with tourism, hotels, retail, dining, recreLEE ation, entertainment and county serMAY vices conveniently located in close proximity. GUEST COLUMN We need a government center that is more accessible to the total population. A new government center begins a culture of redevelopment, and can be the catalyst for major development the likes of which this county has not seen in decades in unincorporated DeKalb. Think about it. In order for DeKalb County to attract large businesses, we have to have something of value to offer - suitable office space, a healthy mix of housing options, retail, a place to live, work and play. All of the elements are either in place or within reach. We just have to put it together. This vision is about giving attention to a part of the county that has been neglected for decades. Just as we will focus on economic development around Emory University and the CDC, the Memorial Drive Corridor should receive that same focus. To borrow from the baseball movie “A Field of Dreams,” “If we build it, they will come.” Downtown DeKalb is the dream for our future. We should all work together and act now. Lee May is the interim Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County.

little related business demand will be generated. Decatur and Avondale are advancing strongly competitive urban projects in the immediate vicinity, using county tax incentives. There’s simply no market momentum at this location. We have higher priorities. DeKalb faces a whirlwind of difficult challenges. New and annexing municipalities are whittling away at our tax JEFF digest and service lines. We seem inRADER capable of correcting the basic flaws in our governance, and are ruled by GUEST COLUMN a series of appointed interim officials. Businesses are fleeing burdensome regulation and our highest-in-the-region millage rates. We need to focus on fundamentals before we start swinging for the fences. Jeff Rader represents District 2 on the DeKalb County Commission. DUN

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Ash Wednesday mark reminds us ‘we are made of dust’ BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE

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Once a year, some Christians start preparing for Easter by having priests mark their foreheads with ashes. The ashes physically remind them of their mortality. The holy day of Ash Wednesday, which arrives Feb. 18 this year, begins the annual 40-day period called Lent, which leads to and ends with Easter. In some churches, Ash Wednesday services include having ashes placed on worshippers’ foreheads in the sign of the cross. The Rev. Michael Sullivan of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Sandy Springs described Lent is a spiritual journey. “By adding a daily practice of denying myself something, I bring greater intentionality to my life with God,” Sullivan said. “For me, Lent is not so much a time to beat myself up and feel bad about myself as it is a time to go within; to take God more deeply into my spiritual journey.” Sullivan said the ashes used to mark parishioner’s foreheads on Ash Wednesday are prepared from the palm fronds of the previous year’s Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday, which is the Sunday before Easter. “Ashes remind us that we are made of dust, and that one day, our bodies will return to the earth,” Sullivan said. “Yet at the same time, our dust awaits resurrection at Easter, God’s promise of new life in all things.” Rev. Samuel Candler of the Cathedral of St. Philip said making the congregation stop and take note of the reason for Ash Wednesday can be tough. Episcopalians should celebrate the holy day purposefully, not out of habit, he said. “It is a totally voluntary, devotional act, and one should take part only if he or she wants to,” he said. Sullivan said that in today’s world, marked by instantaneous everything, it is more important than ever to take the Lenten journey. “We don’t naturally practice patience and presence in our daily lives so much anymore,” he said. “Attention, real attention, to others and to our own lives is, well, strained at best.” Craig Wilson attends a variety of services at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Sandy Springs. He admits he has fallen into the “rut” of making Lent the “season of ‘shoulds,” but this year he said he looks forward to welcoming God into everything he does. “Held in this light, I am anticipating Ash Wednesday as the ‘beginning of the beginning,’ with Lent being a season of ‘doing with’ instead of ‘doing without’; a season of ‘cans’ instead of a season of ‘shoulds,’” Wilson said. “I can be more intentional and more prayerful in all of my activities, and I can be more aware of

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God’s presence in my daily life.” Sullivan said he believes Lent grants people an opportunity to slow down, look within, and nurture the soul that is so often neglected. “It’s also a time to restore relationships with those we love and have hurt, a time to get intentional about being present and with others,” Sullivan said. “Fat Tuesday,” or Mardi Gras, has its basis in the Catholic calendar, too, according to AmericanCatholic.org. That’s why the enormous parties in New Orleans and other cities end abruptly at midnight, when Ash Wednesday begins. “I think it’s the last hurrah before getting back on track,” said Monsignor Frank McNamee of Christ the King Catholic Church in Buckhead. “My thing is, we’re always called to holiness, and that’s a great call for each and every one of us. If we get off-track, we have the grace of reconciliation (through confession).” Though many people associate Lent as a time to give something up, many also take on something extra, like Bible study or attending daily mass, McNamee said. “It’s entering the experience Christ had in the desert,” McNamee said. Alice Ball of Sandy Springs said Ash Wednesday solemnly reminds her that she lives and dies like all creation. “It’s a day for reflection and reminding me that I’m a part of all that is,” she said. “I have a beginning, middle and end.” Candler said the connection of Mardi Gras to Ash Wednesday comes from the tradition, in the past, of Christian communities wanting to use up all their fat or leavening before Lent—a season of fasting—started. People refrained from using fat in their foods during Lent, he said. On the night before Ash Wednesday, they used up all their remaining leavening and fat to make cakes. Many churches still host pancake suppers on Fat Tuesday, Candler said. “Of course, since Lent was meant to be a penitential season, a somber season, many people also used the Tuesday before to get all the partying out of their system,” Candler said.

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BY ART HUCKABEE The recent thawing of diplomatic relations with Cuba has had my chilled winter mind dreaming about sunning on a pristine white sand beach while drinking a Cuba Libre and smoking a fine cigar. While that dream, like warmer weather, may still be a few months, if not years away, one can sample the cuisine of Cuba in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward at Papi’s Cuban and Caribbean Grill. Founded by a Cuban immigrant, Papi’s, pronounced “poppies” and Spanish for “daddy’s,” is a popular place; a recent weekend late afternoon visit found the fairly spacious restaurant more than half full and by 5:30 p.m., there was a wait. The menu is one of those big laminated catalogs with lots of colorful pictures. Ours had that movie theater floor tackiness that could be easily remedied with a little Windex cleaning. There are all of the usual suspects, Cuban sand-

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wiches, chicken and rice, and black bean soup, to name a few, as well as weekday specials and specialties of the house. There’s also an extensive cocktail menu in case you’d like to get your Mojito on. We ordered a sampling of appetizers including the empanadas platter, the Papa Rellena and a Cuban version of the Puerto Rican favorite, Mofongo. The empanadas were large with a flaky crust and fillings of ground beef, shredded chicken, ham and cheese, and cream cheese with guava. The shredded chicken was particularly flavorful and the cheese with guava had a nice sweet note. The Papa Rellena, a stuffed potato ball or croquette, was good but a little salty, and needed more of the ground beef and onion filling. The Cuban style Mofongo, sometimes called Fufu, was a creamy mash of plantains, garlic, onion and bits of pork, but also on the salty side. Papi’s large entrees will satisfy the hungriest of diners. The Vaca Frita and the Pollo Vaca Frita, were easily the hits of the meal. Vaca Frita in Spanish literally means, “fried cow.” Both dishes, the cow and the chicken version, were tender, shredded meat with garlic, onions and spices of cumin and oregano. The Pollo Vaca Frita also had green and red peppers in the dish giving it a bit more of a Spanish flare. The grilled fish had good flavor needing perhaps a hotter pan to crisp the skin and make the flesh just a little flakier. The New Year’s resolution dieter in our crowd pronounced the grilled chicken a winner as well. The only dish that slightly disappointed was the Masitas de Puerco. This is the dish that first won me over to Cuban food. It’s a simple preparation of fried pork chunks, and when done correctly, it’s crispy tender porcine goodness. Papi’s version came up a bit short with the pork cooked well past its tender moment. The entrees come with an assortment of sides from tasty black beans to flavorful yellow rice to plantains two ways; Tostone’s, unripe fried green plantains and Maduros, fried ripe plantains; the

RESTAURANTS Left, Pollo Vaca Frita with yellow rice and Maduros. Below, grilled fish with yellow rice. PHOTOS BY ART HUCKABEE

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Until you can dust off your twotoned Ricky Riccardo jacket and fly off to Havana, Papi’s is a good local destination for Cuban cuisine. Papi’s Cuban and Caribbean Grill is located at 216 Ponce de Leon Ave., 404-607-1525 or papisgrill.com

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Sunday, Feb. 15, 4:30-6:30 p.m. – The Heritage Winter Classics series concludes

Free. Open to the public. Appropriate for ages 10-17. Class limited to 15 participants. Registration required by visiting the Brookhaven Branch Library or calling 404-848-7140. Registration began Jan. 12. 1242 North Druid Hills Rd., Brookhaven, 30319.

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Turtle Tours Saturday, Feb. 14, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Heritage Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an educational series appropriate for children ages 2-5, begins its new season. This month, children learn that “counting is fun.” Free; donations encouraged. No reservation required. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information, email: kbrigance@ heritagesandysprings.org, call 404-851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org.

Georgia Boy Choir Saturday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. – Enjoy a performance by the Georgia Boy Choir and vis-

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structor Jewelry Market at the Spruill Education Center. Fundraiser showcases beginner to professional-level artists. Browse precious metals, glass, beads, gemstones and more. Free admission. Open to all. 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770394-3447 or go to: www.spruillarts.org for details.

Lauda Musicam Sunday, Feb. 22, 3 p.m. – Lauda Musicam performs Renaissance and Baroque intradas, fanfares, and other celebratory music, part of the Concert with a Cause series at Church of the New Covenant. Free. Open to the community. 3330 Chestnut Dr., Doraville, 30340. Call 404-314-1891 or go to: www.laudamusicam.org for additional information.

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12 p.m. Birdwatching both days. Open to all. Free, reservations recommended. Call 770-394-3322 for details. Visit: www.dunwoodynature.org to sign up. 5343 Roberts Dr., Dunwoody, 30338.

Coyotes! Saturday, Feb. 14, 10-11:30 a.m. – Citizen scientists needed! Biologist Chris Mowry tells you how to help his team research metro Atlanta coyote populations. $10 per person. RSVP to 678315-0836. Blue Heron Nature Preserve, 4055 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, 30342. Find out more by visiting: www.bhnp.org.

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 Ean Huang  Holy Spirit Preparatory School, senior While some of his peers spent the summer vacationing at the beach or tanning seaside, Ean Huang was helping the Szechwan province of China recover from a massive earthquake that claimed almost 200 lives and left 12,000-15,000 injured. The Holy Spirit Preparatory School senior has spent the past two summers in the village of Ya’an, aiding in earthquake relief endeavors in a multitude of ways, from teaching elementary school to making site visits to organizing a benefit concert. After viewing news reports on the April 2013 disaster, Ean was struck by the massive destruction and was immediately driven to act. After being turned down by several earthquake relief agencies, Ean was placed with a non-governmental organization, Ingenious Love, which assigned him to volunteer in Ya’an. Ean’s volunteer duties included teaching English and history to elementary school classes as large as 50 students each as well as making home visits to victims to determine the level of aid they would receive. Now emotionally invested in the fate of the villagers, Ean returned the next summer and found his work was far from finished. Struck by the poverty the earthquake had left in its wake, Ean organized a concert to raise funds for relief efforts; his work included recruiting musicians, finding sponsors, advertising the event, announcing the acts, and playing the introductory piano piece. The hard work paid off: The concert raised around $54,866 American dollars for relief efforts. Ean finds volunteering to be an essential duty for teenagers. “Personally, I think, as teenagers, we definitely have some responsibility for society, and we are gradually learning to take on more as we become young

adults,” he said. “We need to learn how to contribute more, but not just take everything for granted. Additionally, the happiness gained through hard work of volunteering cannot be gained from any other personal achievement. What’s more, volunteering helps us to build up practical skills we can hardly get from school.” Ean’s hard work is not limited to volunteering, as his teachers describe him as an exceptional student possessing both great intellect and strong character. “One of the best ways to describe Ean is as a person that consistently rises to the challenge,” said Holy Spirit Social Studies teacher Christopher Oppermann, who taught Ean Western Civilization his junior year and is currently teaching him AP Macroeconomics. “Both in and out of the classroom, Ean is a clear leader. Not only does he have a generous heart for helping others, but he also has a keen mind that allows him to put his generosity into action. At Holy Sprit Prep, we are very proud of Ean, and are confident that he will continue to be a shining example of true servant leadership as he moves on to college.” While the external effects, such as the money raised, of Ean’s charity work may be easier to see, the internal results are equally as significant. “I have really learned a lot from the experience and it really altered my value toward life,” Ean said. “I give more respect to and cherish more what I have since then and value success more than just personal achievements.”

What’s Next: Ean has applied to a dozen colleges and will make his decision this spring. He plans to major in engineering and continue volunteering in college. Additionally, he is going to Szechwan again this summer to further aid the earthquake victims. This article was written by Catherine Benedict, a student at The Westminster Schools.

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block of Madison Drive—On Jan. 28, burglary was reported.

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