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Sammy Lesser, 4, gets some encouragement from his mom Nancy, as he channels his “inner artist” on the Community Canvas, part of the Lemonade Days Festival at Brook Run Park on April 26. The four-day fundraising event, hosted by the Dunwoody Preservation Trust, offered rides, games, food, music and other family activities. More photos on page 23.

Special Land Use Permit for day care approved

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Dunwoody City Council on April 28 approved the first landuse permit for a home-based business under the city’s new zoning code.

The Special Land Use Permit was for a day care facility in the Dunwoody Highlands subdivision. Candace Johnston was seeking permission to operate her business on Coldstream Drive in a single-family zoning district.

In a site plan submitted in January, Johnston stated that she would use about 35 percent of her home to run the business.

City officials plan to redesign the junction of Chamblee-Dunwoody and Spalding roads, which they say is one of the city’s most dangerous intersections.

The Dunwoody City Council on April 28 gave the go-ahead to Southeastern Engineering, Inc., based in Marietta, to come up with a final design for the project.

At the council’s April 21 meeting, Public Works Director Michael Smith said 42 accidents had occurred at the intersection over the past five years. He said the accidents that occur there tend to be head-on or “T-bone” accidents, which are more likely to pro-

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Vida Monajem thought a new city park beneath the Dunwoody MARTA tracks could provide a pleasant place to take her walks.

“We walk right next to this all the time,” the Dunwoody woman said. “We are walkers. It would be wonderful to have this project. I am all for beautifying our city.”

Others among the two dozen or so who attended a public meeting at Dunwoody City Hall on April 22 seemed to share her sentiments. So did representatives of the Perimeter Central Improvement Districts, who are proposing the park on land beneath the elevated MARTA tracks just north of the Dunwoody

MARTA station. A second meeting to discuss plans for the park is scheduled for May 29.

“The one missing ingredient in the Perimeter is there’s not a lot of green space,” PCIDs President and Chief Executive Officer Yvonne Williams told the group. “Under the MARTA rails, believe it or not, there’s 5 acres of opportunity there for green space and, more importantly, a place to gather.”

Squeezed between Perimeter Center Parkway and Perimeter Mall, the area “looks and feels like nothing when you’re out there,” said consultant Ben Skidmore of Kimley-Horn and Associates.

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COMMUNITY park will developed as money becomes available, she said, but “there will be a park there.” Once established, the park would be maintained by the city of Dunwoody, officials at the meeting said.

“Everywhere you go, you hear about green space, and Dunwoody and the PCIDs need to be the model,” Williams said.

“The park becomes the backbone for pathways or trails. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to never use your car?”

Residents had plenty of ideas JOE EARLE for ways the park could be develConsultant Ray Strychalski, left, points out features of a 5-acre park planned for oped. Several suggested the park, under the Dunwoody MARTA station rails now called Dunwoody Park @ Perimeter MARTA station, to Jan Slater, back left, and Charlene should include trails for walking Thurman, during a public meeting and offer places to sit. One resApril 22 at Dunwoody City Hall. ident proposed including subtle But, Skidmore said, the proposed background music. Someone else park roughly equals the size of other ursaid to outlaw skateboards. Several said ban parks, and would be slightly larger the park should feel safe. than Woodruff Park in downtown AtDunwoody resident Charlene Thurlanta. man endorsed a proposal that the MAR“It’s a great idea,” Dunwoody City TA tracks and their supports be lighted Councilman Jim Riticher said. “It’s been at night for dramatic effect. “I like the that empty land, that’s been nothing, lighted columns,” she said. behind a chain-link fence since MARTA Her friend Jan Slater said she liked was built.” the idea of transforming the little-used Williams said the park’s promoters area into a park where residents could have “no cost in acquiring the property,” stroll or sit and read a book. which is owned either by Perimeter Mall “Right now it’s kind of an eyesore,” or is city of Dunwoody right of way. The she said.

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The Perimeter hotel business is improving dramatically this year, hoteliers told business leaders recently.

“We’re thrilled with what we’ve seen,” Peter Dunn, general manager, Le Meridien Atlanta Perimeter, told about 50 people attending a Perimeter Business Alliance luncheon on April 25. “This year has been great. We’ve been able to raise our rates, which for the last couple of years we have been unable to do.”

To make it even better, they said, Perimeter communities should join together to promote the area to turn it into a bigger weekend draw with family-oriented events.

Three hotel managers – Dunn, Shelly Faraj, general manager of the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center, and Tracy Kaltman-Ahmed of The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North – who took part in the panel discussion, said their hotels recently have completed or nearly have completed extensive, multi-million-dollar renovations of their facilities in order to attract more travelers.

Faraj said the Perimeter hotel market is the second fastest-growing market in the Atlanta region, behind Buckhead.

“It is a great time to be in the Perimeter market,” she said. “There’s no place I would rather be. It’s going to be an exciting couple of years.”

She predicted “this year will probably be a record year for our property.”

Business for Perimeter hotels is rooted in business travel, the hotel managers said. As office development continues, that market continues to improve, the hotel managers said. “We’ve seen the development going on in this area,” Dunn said. “I think we’ve done a great job of nipping at the business that goes to Buckhead.”

But Kaltman-Ahmed joked that local businesses could make more use of the hotels for meetings and other gatherings. “Bring back the food!” she said.

“Stop those webinars!”

For Perimeter hotels to attract new customers, the hotel managers said, the area needs to lure more weekend visitors. “It’s a tough thing,” KaltmanAhmed said. “We don’t have an [Atlanta] Aquarium in the Perimeter.”

The hotel managers suggested that Perimeter communities join together to promote or develop events, such as sporting events or tax-free shopping

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David Martin, president of Legacy Property Group, LLC, right, addresses attendees of the Perimeter Business Alliance luncheon on April 25. Panel participants Shelly Faraj, general manager of Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center, Peter Dunn, general manager of Le Meridien Atlanta Perimeter, and Tracy KaltmanAhmed, with The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North, look on.

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Several candidates for the District 40 state Senate seat said a recent state law expanding gun owners’ rights may have gone too far, but they agreed on few other topics.

Incumbent Sen. Fran Millar, the Republican representing the district that covers Dunwoody and portions of Sandy Springs, Brookhaven and north DeKalb County, said he was one of two members of his party to vote against the bill, which had been nicknamed the “guns everywhere bill.”

“The bill went too far letting you carry in a bar,” Millar said. “Guns and liquor do not mix.”

Gov. Nathan Deal signed the bill, titled the Safe Carry Protection Act of 2014, on April 23. The law adds to the list of places gun owners may legally carry weapons, and allows certain property owners, such as churches and bars, to decide whether patrons may carry guns on their property, according to news accounts.

During an April 26 candidates’ forum sponsored by the Dunwoody Homeowners Association, Millar, the two Democrats seeking nomination to run against him, and state Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) all criticized the bill.

Republican Dick Anderson, who is challenging Millar in the May 20 primary, said the government did not have the power to take away rights guaranteed under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “I know many rights I have lost in my lifetime,” he said. “I would love for my grandchildren to live in a world that is free, like I did when I was young.”

Both Tamara Johnson and Ben Truman, who are seeking the Democratic nomination for the Senate District 40 seat on May 20, said the new gun law went too far.

“I think we went way too far,” Johnson said.

Truman said he, too, had disagreements with the new law. “I don’t think firearms belong in places of worship,” he said.

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Taylor’s primary opponent, Brad Goodchild, did not take part in the forum.

The four candidates for Senate described themselves in different ways.

Millar emphasized his community involvement and experience in the Legislature, where he’s held a seat in the House or Senate since 1999. “I’ve been doing this a long time,” he said. “People know me. I’m able to get things done. I get bills passed.”

Anderson countered that he did not intend to become a “career politician” and that he would “follow the Constitution.” “I will represent the people of the 40th District, what they really want, not what special interests keep asking for.”

Truman said he wanted to bring new ideas to state government. “I’m here to spread ideas,” he said.

Johnson described herself as an advocate willing to fight for her beliefs. “I’m a better listener than I am a talker,” she said. “I am a woman of action.”

Asked to name their top issues, candidates emphasized different areas.

Truman said he wanted to increase participation in the workforce by “millennials,” people born between 1980 and 2000. “Where current leaders tout Georgia as a good place to do business, workers are getting lost in the mix ... they need relief.”

Johnson wanted to boost education.

“Everything here in Georgia is education ...,” she said. “Our children are our first priority.”

Anderson wanted to reduce government regulation of business. “We’re not going to create jobs by government action,” he said. “We’re going to create jobs by government inaction. ... Government feeds on itself.”

Millar cited education and health care. He said educational reform was needed because “kids are bored.” “Education is the name of the game,” he said. “It’s 56 percent of our [state] budget. Number Two is health care. We now have 16 percent of our budget and growing in Medicaid. We’ve got to get a handle on it.”

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Changes to city charter a ‘power grab’ This serves to correct the considerable erroneous information about House Bill #1109 to change the Dunwoody city charter.

Despite the overwhelming opposition of ordinary citizens in attendance at the charter meetings last year, the Dunwoody Charter Commission appointed by incumbent politicians voted 3 - 2 to amend the city charter, and eliminate the necessity for a citywide vote to fund the takeover of fire and ambulance services from DeKalb County. This proposed amendment by the Charter Commission circumvented the overall 3.04 millage rate cap by creating a special fire service tax district.

This charter change is nothing more than a means to get around the 3.04 millage rate cap - an overall tax limit that previously required voter approval to exceed under Section 1.03 (37) of the prior city charter.

All that has changed now with House Bill #1109, which recently passed the Georgia Legislature after sponsorship by State Reps. Tom Taylor and Mike Jacobs, along with State Sen. Fran Millar. This legislation JIM to change the Dunwoody city charter was much broader and went far beyond the original amendment proDICKSON posed by the Dunwoody Charter Commission.

As a result of this legislation, any opportunity for ordinary Dunwoody citizens to vote about important GUEST COLUMN decisions for their city, including bond issues, has been essentially eliminated. In the future, all these decisions will be made by only four members of the Dunwoody City Council who now have the authority to establish many different special tax districts for a wide variety of services. These can now be funded by newly-created authorities that can issue unlimited bond debt through indirect contractual obligations and not be required to operate under the aforementioned overall 3.04 millage rate cap.

Not surprisingly, Millar and Taylor claim they are not doing these things and continue to make statements that are not credible.

Moreover, Millar and Taylor attempt to hide behind the irrelevant legal opinion of an attorney retained by the state Legislature - a legal opinion that states the city of Dunwoody can take over additional government services.

This legal opinion is completely irrelevant since it never addressed, and has absolutely nothing to do with, the necessity to operate these services under the overall 3.04 millage rate cap required under the previous city charter before Millar and Taylor changed it. If this legal opinion cited by Millar and Taylor had any relevant validity, it would obviously not have been necessary to change the Dunwoody city charter in the first place.

The truth is this change to the Dunwoody city charter was nothing but an old-fashioned power grab by insider politicians. This is not surprising - especially given the personal relationship between Tom Taylor and Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis. Mike Davis was a former campaign manager for Tom Taylor, and Tom Taylor was instrumental in persuading Mike Davis to run for mayor - another example of how these things work in Dunwoody.

There is also another very serious concern. As previously explained, this House Bill #1109 gives sweeping and almost unlimited taxing and debt authority to just four members of the Dunwoody City Council. It is exactly this type of excessive power structure that enabled the bankruptcy of over 600 U.S. cities in recent years - something that should be of concern to any rational Dunwoody citizen.

Jim Dickson has lived in Dunwoody for more than 37 years.

Apparently, we have different parenting styles People love to complain about their kids, but if you raise them right, they can be great assets. They’ll babysit each other. They’ll take out the trash. They’ll open a bottle of wine for you and pour you a hefty glassful while you’re reheating dinner.

It all comes down to your parenting style and your parental goals. Me? I raised my kids to sleep late and appreciate good comedy.

I started them young. If they awakened before dawn, I’d pull them back into bed with me and whisper into their tiny, infantile ears, “sleep is good…sleep is good.” They didn’t know that 7 a.m. existed until they started kindergarten.

I nursed my babies while watching Dave Letterman, Conan O’Brian, and reruns of Seinfeld, so they learned to laugh while latching-on. As they aged into coherence, I tutored them with the classics. I’d gather them around the laptop to show them YouTube videos of Eddie Murphy’s Hot Tub and Dan Aykroyd’s Bassomatic, saying, “Look, kids! This is what we watched before there were reality shows!”

Let’s face it, we all have different parenting styles. “Experts” try to classify them into a few distinct types -- authoritative, permissive, laissez-faire, for example. But I think we’re all really parenting combination-plates. For instance, I’ve identified my own parenting style as laissez-authoritarian-it’s-not-faire.

It’s a style that’s been working for me. By the time my kids were in middle school, I could use my cellphone to call them from my bed and ask them to empty the dishwasher…and then come upstairs to kiss me goodbye before they left for the bus stop.

Problems arise, however, when houseguests have a different parenting style.

My most scarring experience came when my children were very young and an old friend of mine stayed with us for a week.

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She and I used to dance on tables together, back in our single days. She used to drink cosmopolitans and she looked great in a mini-skirt. She was all about fun.

So imagine my surprise when, years later, she came to visit with her own children and a strict authoritarian attitude. Eager to set boundaries for her offspring, she asked me for my House Rules. I didn’t have a list at the ready, so I thought I’d make ROBIN JEAN something up.

MARIE CONTE “Well,” I started jokingly, “I don’t let them run naked through the livROBIN’S NEST ing room.”

Right on cue -- I kid you not -my little boy ran naked through the living room.

I don’t think I have to tell you that I felt like a fool and a failure, and the visit went downhill from there.

After that (rather humiliating) experience, I questioned my own child-rearing techniques. Was I too permissive or too controlling? Was my son running around naked because I was too lenient? Or was he rebelling against too-strict expectations? Or was romping about alfresco just a fun thing to do?

I’ve since accepted the fact that our parenting styles, like our families, are as individual as snowflakes or tastes in music.

I might have felt like an incompetent parent when I was raising toddlers, but I’m not concerned any more…because my kids let me sleep late, they like Steve Martin and right now they’re mowing the lawn.

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He’s been called a Pied Piper by a make their way to Adams’ golf clinic member of the Chastain Park Consereach week. He’s had children come from vancy. He’s been called a savior by paras far away as Russia to train with him, ents. But Matt Adams says he just loves and Adams’ students have moved on to teaching children the game of golf. play golf for schools such as the Univer“He's devoted his life to teaching kids sity of Georgia, Auburn, Vanderbilt and how to golf and how Mississippi. to respect the game at Parents of AdDo you know an organization or the same time,” said ams’ students poured individual making a difference Jay Smith, vice chairon the praise as they in our community? Email man of the conserwere dropping their editor@reporternewspapers.net vancy. children off at the Adam teaches golf course one recent golf clinics to chilafternoon. dren at the North Fulton Golf Course “He teaches them etiquette like shakin Chastain Park. He’s been teaching for ing hands and saying ‘thank you,’” said 35 years, 12 years at Chastain. He also Theresa Southerland, whose two daughhelped found the annual Sutton Midters, Reagan and Steele, take lessons with dle School Invitational Golf TournaAdams. “He just has a way with kids. ment, which draws teams from 20 to One year he gave every one of them a 30 schools each year to the Bobby Jones new club or shoes.”

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“I think he’s awesome,” Reagan said.

Formerly a real estate broker for golf “He tells good stories.” properties in California, Adams was reSoutherland also praised Adams’ covering from a back injury from an teaching technique, saying that when earthquake in the 1990s when a golf Reagan was having an issue with her professional he knew requested he teach swing, he was able to correct it in “about a golf clinic in Atlanta. Following the two seconds.” two-day clinic, Adams says he received “He has a great eye for it,” she said. a lot of positive feedback from the par“What a blessing to have him right ents, who wanted him to stay, as well as here.” from the friend who had asked him to Some of the rules and advice Adteach the clinic. “She felt I had a certain ams was working on at the golf course way with the kids,” he said. could easily be life lessons. They include: He eventually moved permanently to “You’re not in a tournament for yourself Atlanta, and started teaching at Bobby if you’re playing team golf,” and “Think Jones before moving to the North Fulabout the next shot, not the last. The ton course. “It just mushroomed into most important shot in golf is the next what I’m doing today,” Adams said. one.”

Adams had played professionally Lisa Perlin says Adams has taught her in mini-tours and tournaments on the two young sons, Evan and Jack, “good West Coast until he suffered his injury. sportsmanship and kindness and pa“The time with the kids was a healing tience with golf. He just goes out of his process for me. I was close to the game, way.” and I didn’t have to sit around feeling But Adams is slow to take a lot of sorry for myself. I was still at the golf credit for the children’s behavior. “A lot course every day, getting kids involved of it has to do with the parenting,” he with golf, and passing around a love of said. the game.”

He also credits the game itself.

He said parents whose kids were not “Golf has built in a sense of self-disgood at sports started to come to him cipline, as opposed to other sports,” he to get them involved with golf. “It made said. “In this sport, if you bend the rules, me feel worthy again,” he said. it’s a slap in the face. There’s a sense of These days some 40 to 50 children integrity.”

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Angie Ponsell, an agent with Keller Williams in the Sandy Springs area, says that inventory is low and median prices for townhomes and condos are up about 18.6 percent from last year.

“I think that shows we are in a seller’s market,” she said. “Buyers are competing.”

Steve Haas with Dunwoody Brokers Realty says he sees units selling immediately.

“Historically [condos and townhomes] didn’t have the same appreciation as houses,” he said, but as the market crashed and houses began to not appreciate, buyers became more interested in lower-maintenance properties, he added.

“There’s a large group of buyers who are willing to have less -- they don’t need a half acre, they don’t want to worry about cutting grass. They want better efficiency, and they don’t want to be a slave to the yard,” Haas said.

There are some 89 townhomes and condos on the market in the Dunwoody/Sandy Springs area, with 63 under contract, Haas said, with an average list price of $197,000. He said of 78 sold since January, the average sales price was $161,000, with sellers netting about 98 percent of the list price.

Caroline Gipson, a real estate agent with Keller Williams, said that the condo and townhome market in Brookhaven is “so hot right now.”

She said that the number of days condos and townhomes spend on the market before sale is smaller than it has been

in recent years, and that some folks are realizing they can buy a new condo in the same price range as an older detached home.

She said that young professionals, for instance, are traveling a lot and “don’t want to deal with a house,” and are finding that the cost of a mortgage is comparable to the rents now being demanded by landlords.

“They are realizing that they could miss out on a big opportunity as interest rates rise, too,” she said.

Ponsell said that when potential renters realize what they will pay over the course of a year, they “see it in black and white and realize they may be better off buying, as long as they can qualify for a mortgage, and interest rates are low.”

D.J. Mitchell, 25, recently purchased a condo in River Run in Sandy Springs, with Haas’ help.

“I just wanted a place for myself. For just one person, I thought it would be perfect. It’s something that’s still convenient to Atlanta, but not too close. I always thought of the Dunwoody and Sandy Springs area as one of the most appealing suburbs.”

Mitchell says he’s looking at the purchase as an investment. He paid cash for his condo, as he didn’t want a mortgage for something bigger. “I figured I start out small,” he said.

Mitchell said that after renting in Johns Creek, he wanted to move closer to the city.

“Renting doesn’t benefit you in the long run, if you can afford not to,” he said.

He describes his neighborhood as quiet and small. “It’s an older unit,” Mitchell said, “great for the price, and it’s all mine.”

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Real estate snapshot: Single family home sales Sandy Springs: 30327, 30328, 30350 High Low Median

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Sq. Ft. 10,489 1,220 4,000

List Price $2,950,000 240,000 640,000

Sales Price $2,400,000 235,000 616,000

Days on Market 2,069 0 36

Sales Price $3,250,000 318,000 747,500

Days on Market 2,371 0 28

Sales Price $1,443,500 169,150 420,700

Days on Market 376 0 22

Sales Price $958,804 210,000 430,500

Days on Market 212 2 11

Buckhead: 30305, 30327 High Low Median

# BRs 7 2 4

Sq. Ft. 8,992 928 3,595

List Price $3,799,000 335,000 762,500

Brookhaven: 30319 High Low Median

# BRs 6 2 4

Sq. Ft. 4,685 900 2,173

List Price $1,450,000 175,000 427,000

Dunwoody: 30338 High Low Median

# BRs 6 3 4

Sq. Ft. 4,639 1,733 3,024

List Price $891,700 245,000 439,900

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Top sales associates with Harry Norman, Realtors recently gathered at the Intercontinental Hotel in Buckhead to be recognized and honored for their outstanding achievements in real estate and exceptional service to the community in 2013. The following agents from Harry Norman’s Buckhead office placed in the top 50 outstanding agents honored at the event: Bonneau Ansley III, Studie Young, Cathy Boston, Carol Young, Becky Morris, Mary Stuart Iverson, Dawn Mullins, CiCi Harris, Sandy Abrams and Charles Guthrie.

SRS Real Estate Partners is now representing Core Property Capital at the new Sandy Springs Gateway, a 21-acre, mixed-use development at the intersection of Roswell Road and Windsor Parkway. A few of the new tenants will include Tupelo Honey Cafe, which originated in Asheville, N.C.; a restaurant concept from Hil Rogers of Verde Taqueria; Urban Cookhouse from Birmingham, Ala.; a CVS/pharmacy; and a specialty grocer as the anchor. Core Property Capital has begun demolition on the site, and construction is expected to be completed in the spring of 2015.

Ashton Woods Homes has completed a new townhome community, The Gramercy, off Ridgeview Road in Dunwoody. The sales center is now open seven days a week. Priced from the high $300,000s, The Gramercy features master suites with private decks, gourmet kitchens, a community pool with cabana, and more. Visit www.ashtonwoods.com/atlanta for more information.

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Media Access Workshop Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. – The Asian American Journalists Association-Atlanta hosts a free, media access workshop for nonprofits and community organizations. Learn how to access the media; write a compelling press release; the art of the television interview; how to write an op-ed for your local newspaper and more. Lunch included. Space is limited. RSVP at: http://aajaatlanta.eventbrite. com by May 15. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 223 Perimeter Center Parkway, Atlanta, 30346. Email: jacqueline.s.howard@gmail.com with questions.

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Event features 2-mile recreational race and 6-mile expert race. $45 in advance; $55 race day. Bring your own board, or rent one (fee). Fruit and water provided. Leashed dogs welcome. Proceeds go to Sandy Springs to help keep the Chattahoochee River clean and accessible. Register and learn more at: www. highcountryoutfitters.com or https://paddleguru. com. 200 Morgan Falls Rd., Sandy Springs, 30350.

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Arts & Crafts Festival Saturday, May 10, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. – The

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Free and open to the public. Pets welcome. Continues Sunday, May 11, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Chastain Park, 4469 Stella Dr., Atlanta, 30327. For additional details, visit: www.buckheadartsfestival.com or email: randall@affps.com.

Music of Shakespeare Saturday, May 10, 8-10 p.m. – The Georgia Philharmonic presents the music of Shakespeare, featuring Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, Dvorak’s Othello, Smetana’s Richard III Overture and Walton’s Henry V Suite. A member of Georgia Shakespeare will bring some of these plays to “life.” Tickets, $10-$25. Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University, 4484 Peachtree Rd., NW, Brookhaven, 30319. To learn more, go to: www.georgiaphilharmonic.org or call 770-664-7255.

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Pack a picnic and enjoy music by crowd favorite Banks & Shane. Free and open to the community. Picnic baskets, coolers and blankets, welcome. No outside tables. Pets and smoking are not permitted. Gates open at 5 p.m.

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afternoon performance of select piano works composed by G.I. Gurdjieff and his pupil, Thomas de Hartmann, at the Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Compositions explore inner search and intention. Music will be followed by open mike poetry over tea. Free. The public is welcome.

1025 Mount Vernon Highway, NW, Sandy Springs, 30327. RSVP and find out more by visiting: www. gurdjieff-foundation-georgia.org.

Gilbert & Sullivan Sunday, May 18, 4 p.m. – The Choral Guild

of Atlanta and soloists from Georgia State’s School of Music present a concert of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular operettas, “H.M.S. Pinafore: Or, the Lass That Loved a Sailor.” Hear Ralph, Josephine, Dick Deadeye, Sir Joseph, Buttercup and Captain Corcoran sing favorites from this work. $15; $12 seniors; $5 students; $10 advance tickets from any Choral Guild member. Northside Drive Baptist Church, 3100 Northside Dr., Atlanta 30305. Go to: www.cgatl.org for details.

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Turtle Tours Saturday, May 10, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Her-

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Springs’ youth can reclaim America’s parks through play during the 4th annual National Park’s Trust’s “National Kids to Parks Day.” Event encourages residents to use local recreation and parks sites to develop more active, healthy lifestyles. Free. Enjoy games, field-day contests and races, gymnastics demonstrations, obstacle course, inflatables, water slides, face painting, balloon artist, DJ music, raffles and more. Hammond Park, 705 Hammond Dr., Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: dstrycula@sandyspringsga.gov with questions or visit: www.parktrust.org.

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Spring Bargainata Thursday, May 8, 7-10 p.m. – The National Council of Jewish Women-Atlanta’s Spring Bargainata gets under way with a Preview Night. Browse new or gently-worn designer clothing, shoes, purses, accessories and housewares. Admission fee only on Preview Night, $25 in advance, $35 at the door. Proceeds benefit Atlanta’s women, children and families.

Sale continues May 9, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and May 10, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Cash or credit cards, no checks. Call 404-843-9600 or email: kimu@ncjwatlanta.org for details. Hilderbrand Court Shopping Center, 6125 Roswell Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328.

Chamblee 5K Saturday, May 10, 8 a.m. – Chamblee hosts its

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Mommy & Me Tea Sunday, May, 11, 2-4 p.m. – The Buckhead Theatre hosts the 2nd annual Mommy and Me Princess Tea fundraiser for Girl Talk, Inc. Afternoon tea and treats served in porcelain teapots and tea cups, while 15 princesses perform and visit each table.

Family event for all ages. Tickets, $50. Proceeds benefit Girl Talk, Inc., a student-to-student mentoring program. 3110 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, 30305. To learn more, go to: www.tea4girltalk.com.

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BY COLLIN KELLEY Modern Atlanta will host the eighth annual Design is Human Week and Architecture Tour from May 31 to June 8 to celebrate international design excellence from the U.S. and around the world.

The MA Architecture Tour offers looks into more than a dozen homes and spaces, as well as a satellite tour in Savannah.

The Atlanta tour is scheduled for June 7 and 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Savannah event is scheduled for May 31 and June 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tickets are $35 for both city tours and can be purchased at modern-atlanta.org.

Design is Human week will feature guest talks, panel discussions, workshops, films and other design-related events.

More than 50 international brands will have new, innovative products at the MA Design Expo.

MA co-founder Bernard McCoy said the organization is committed to growing design-commerce and connecting savvy consumers and professionals. “Design is Human fosters a continuous dialogue about the importance of design in our daily lives,” he said.

For a complete schedule of events, visit MA-designishuman.com.

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Above, the lobby of the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center and below, the Weststrate House in Brookhaven, are on the Modern Atlanta Architecture Tour. More than a dozen metro area homes and spaces will be open for public viewing, and a satellite tour of Savannah is also offered.

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The small yet varied wine list offers just about every wine by the glass…and if you haven’t had a Back Forty Naked Pig pale ale or a Three Heads Rochestafarian wee heavy ale in awhile, they have both.

The one page menu is divided into oysters, savouries, small plates, pastas and plates; you’ll find yourself torn at where to start. While you’re deciding, a small plate of pickled veggies and crème fraiche, compliments of the chef, will get your stomach thinking.

The hand-cut cottage fries are doing Mr. Potato Head proud. These full circumference cuts are par-cooked, sliced and fried to a light crisp with a creamy center. A Duke’s mayo and pepper concoction is served for dipping. Order the house ketchup as well. The lump crab fritter was a baseball-sized serving of crab with a tasty cucumber and caper dressing.

If it’s sausage and cheese you’re craving, there are a variety of charcuterie and artisan cheeses. The mortadella mousse on Sicilian macarons is the best little “bologna sandwich” that your mouth has tasted since childhood. The pimento cheese served with aigre doux, French for “sweet and sour,” grapes, candied nuts and grilled baguette, is some of the best this Southern boy has had anywhere in the city. It’s creamy good and served not too cold as to dull the flavor.

Small plate standouts were the halfdozen quail eggs, the beet salad and the Southern fried quail. The sunny-side up quail eggs with greens, radish and peppercorn dressing was a warm Caesar salad but even better. The beet salad was a surprising amalgam of red and yellow beets, strawberries, pickled fennel, avocado, hazelnut and goat cheese. The quail was a “Pankoed” crispy little fellow with a touch of sorghum for sweetness.

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One might think that a restaurant that takes its name from a 19th century essay on architecture, and whose kitchen is run by a chef with a pedigree that includes working with the likes of Gunter Seeger and Joel Antunes would be a high-end, serious, white tablecloth kind of place. Not so with Seven Lamps and Chef Drew Van Leuven. This little-over-year-old dining spot takes high-minded ideals and serious cooking chops, and turns them into a casual environ where savouries and small plates are king.

Located in the Around Lenox shopping center, Seven Lamps may elude you the first time you try to find it. The rusticmodern, trapezoidal-shaped space is comprised of lots of communal tables – there are only a few 4-tops – a small bar and an open kitchen. At peak hours, the brick walls reverberate the noise of the crowd.

Don’t worry about intruding into the conversations of your tableside neighbors though, as you’ll be lucky to hear yourself.

Then again, you’re probably not here for an intimate meal.

Our friendly server greeted us quickly and explained the night’s specials. Seven Lamps is a seasonal, farm-to-table restaurant, and as such, the menu changes daily. If you’re like me and like to peruse a restaurant’s menu online before you visit, be forewarned that like many others, Seven Lamp’s will be outdated.

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All of the pastas are made in-house. The house-made agnolotti stuffed with fontina and ricotta cheeses was served with a spicy tomato ragu that contained bits of crispy pork. The dish evoked pleasant childhood memories of those familiar “Boyardee” products, but was similarly too salty.

The plates offerings of the evening were a trout, duck breast, hanger steak and a curiously out-of-place hot dog.

The wood roasted Bramlett Farms trout was perfectly cooked, served over a potato puree with poached cucumbers and those aigre doux grapes. The truffle vinaigrette added an interesting musky acidity to the dish.

There’s one more thing you should know about Seven Lamps. It’s becoming a destination restaurant for its burger, a burger that isn’t even found on the menu.

Rumor has it that this 50/50, brisket/ top-round beauty is a worthy contender in the on-going ATL burger wars. We plan to order it on our next visit.

Seven Lamps is located in the Shops Around Lenox, 3400 Around Lenox Rd., and can be found online at sevenlampsatl. com.

Art Huckabee is one of Yelp’s Elite Reviewers, as well as a pilot, gourmet cook and food lover. Send feedback to atlantafoodwriter@gmail.com.

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A local food truck has branched out by opening a brick-and-mortar store. Yum Yum Dessert Co. (www. yumyumcupcake.com) is open at 3792 Roswell Road in Buckhead. Owner Nadia DeMessa is whipping up more than just cupcakes for her new location. The menu will also include homemade macarons, sundaes, pastries, ice cream sandwiches and espresso drinks.

There is also outdoor seating and complimentary Wi-Fi.

Fox Restaurant Concepts will open its first southeastern outpost of True Food Kitchen in Atlanta this June at Lenox Square Mall. With a menu dedicated to seasonal fare and based on an anti-inflammatory diet, True Food Kitchen will offer a wide selection of vegan, vegetarian, organic and gluten-free options, along with dishes for those following a paleo or Mediterranean diet.

PURE Taqueria will open a new location in Brookhaven in the new Brookleigh Market development on Johnson Ferry Road later this year. According to a report at Tomorrow’s News Today, the 3,500-squarefoot restaurant will be built to resemble a 1950s era gas station and will feature a rooftop patio. Originally, PURE had hoped to open at the corner of Johnson Ferry and Peachtree roads in the former Buddy’s service station, but those plans failed to materialize.

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On April 21, the Georgia Department of Education released College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) scores.

Statewide, elementary and middle schools saw increases overall, while high school scores dipped. Atlanta Public Schools and Fulton County Schools increased scores at all three levels, while DeKalb fell in all three.

Most schools in Buckhead saw increases. However, Sarah Smith Elementary fell about three points, while Warren T. Jackson dipped by nearly a point.

Some elementary schools in Sandy Springs saw decreases. Dunwoody Springs, High Point and Lake Forest elementary schools all fell from their 2012 scores, while Sandy Springs’ middle and high schools all saw gains.

And while DeKalb schools overall saw decreases, the majority of the county’s schools in Brookhaven and Dunwoody netted gains.

The statewide accountability system was implemented in 2012 to replace the No Child Left Behind Adequate Yearly Progress measurement.

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Sarah Dockter The Marist School, senior Not many people can say they’ve won an award also claimed by Andy Warhol or Stephen King, but Marist School senior Sarah Docker can.

Sarah recently won the Silver Regional Award for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for her piece “Extended Flower.”

The award places her work among the top 1 percent of the more than 250,000 submissions to the national competition, Marist said in a press release.

“I printed out the picture of the flower and did a graphite extension of it with a pencil,” Sarah said.

This June, Sarah will travel to New York to accept her award at Carnegie Hall.

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“I’ve always been creative, but I finally learned how to channel it at Marist,” Sarah said.

Sarah says she always likes to spend her time painting, whether it’s in the mini-studio she created in her sunroom or in her AP art class.

“We’re working on our own concentrations, and I’m focusing on mental illnesses and how it affects daily life,” she says about the class.

Sarah was also a manager for the Region Champions and 4A State Semi-Finalists Marist War Eagle football team. When she isn’t busy, Sarah said she just likes to hang out with her friends. In school, besides art, one of her favorite classes is math.

What’s Next: Sarah says she hopes to study art in college.

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Elizabeth Wilkes Senior, North Springs Charter High School Honduras, the Netherlands, Vermont and North Carolina are just a sampling of the places Elizabeth Wilkes’ passions have taken her in high school.

The North Springs Charter High School senior, who is in the math and science magnet program, has been active in everything from cross country running to student government. Now she wants to change the world and make it more environmentally friendly.

“Whatever I end up doing in the future, I want it to be something that contributes to making the planet a more sustainable place,” said Elizabeth.

The summer after her junior year, Elizabeth traveled to Marlboro College in Vermont with 12 other teens from around the country. While there, she had the chance to learn more about agriculture and food security.

“I have realized my passion for sustainability and the environment coming through,” said Elizabeth.

In addition to the program at Marlboro, this past summer Elizabeth did an internship caring for chickens at her uncle’s farm in North Carolina, and then continued her focus on the environment as a member of the Georgia Girls State program.

Participants in Girls State create their own mock government and work on mock legislation. During the program, Elizabeth wrote the Local Food Act of 2013, which passed the student version of the House of Representatives and Senate.

Not only has she gotten to explore sustainability and nature on U.S. soil, but she has also traveled abroad. In 2012, she went to the Netherlands with her family for the Floriade horticultural convention. The convention, which Elizabeth compares to a theme park, only takes place every 10 years, but she intends to go back for it in 2022.

At home, Elizabeth loves the outdoors, and especially enjoys hiking, camping, biking and running.

Elizabeth started playing soccer when she was about 4 years old and played club soccer through middle school. In high school, she started running to train for soccer, but ended up finding a new passion for running cross country.

“I love the sense of camaraderie through cross country,” said Elizabeth.

“It is the one thing where you can have a sense of team solidarity and team support, and it doesn’t really matter if you are the slowest or the fastest runner on the team; you can share that support.”

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Through these activities, she has helped organize a fun run at her school and works on the annual Clubs in the Community Day, which allows students from all grade levels to do community service projects both on and off campus.

“Her strength of character, willingness to learn, and hope for helping others has been evident since I met her as a ninth grader,” said Elizabeth’s former SGA advisor and English teacher Jackie Protos. “Elizabeth simply exudes passion in all that she does. It honestly boggles my mind how she is able to juggle so many amazing talents. But, she does so with ease, grace and passion.

“No matter what she does, she is going to make a gigantic impact on her community,” Protos said. “If I was a betting person, I’d say she ends up running an organic farm, which also operates a nonprofit sustainability program and helps teach philosophy to local school children all at the same time.”

In addition to her love of service and sustainability, Elizabeth enjoys writing, is an intern with Reporter Newspapers, and is the editor of her student newspaper, the North Springs Oracle. She helped create her high school paper’s first website.

“The paper has been a challenge, but it has taught me a lot about working with others, and that you don’t have to stick with the old ways. You can always try new things and mix it up,” said Elizabeth.

What’s Next: Elizabeth will be attending the University of Georgia as a Foundation Fellow, and hopes to major in ecology and geography.

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by Mollie Simon, a student at Chamblee Charter High.

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Police Blotter From police reports dated through April 24.

The following information was pulled from Dunwoody’s Police-to-Citizen Portal Event Search website and is presumed to be accurate.

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shoplifting was reported on Read more of the glary to a residence, April 20; shopliftPolice Blotter online at using forced entry, ing was reported on www.reporternewspapers.net resulted in the theft April 21; shoplifting of jewelry and a walof computer equiplet, and was reportment and a bicycle ed on April 22. was reported on April 21.  1800 block of Independence Square – Two  200 block of Asbury Commons – A larceburglaries to a non-residence, using forced entry, were reported on April 22.

 900 block of Dunbar Drive – A burglary to a residence, without using forced entry, resulted in the theft of cash, and was reported on April 23.  4700 block of Dunwoody Club Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, resulted in the theft of $40,000 in jewelry, and was reported on April 23.  5000 block of Tilly Mill Road – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, resulted in the theft of jewelry, a laptop and a silver pen, and was reported on April 24.

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of earbuds, meat and Oxyclean was reported on April 12; shoplifting of miscellaneous merchandise was reported on April 12; shoplifting of cosmetics was reported on April 13; shoplifting of food and paper products was reported on April 14; a larceny was reported on April 15; shoplifting of office supplies was reported on April 16; shoplifting of pet supplies was reported on April 16; shoplifting of pharmacy items was reported on April 16; shoplifting of headphones was reported on April 16; shoplifting of miscellaneous merchandise was reported on April 16; shoplifting of a pistol was reported on April 16; shoplifting of a power washer was reported on April 17; shoplifting of DVDs was reported on April 19; shoplifting was reported on April 19;

R O BBERY  4400 block of Tilly Mill Road – A robbery in the street using a gun was reported on April 13.

AUTO T H EFT  4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Theft of an auto was reported on April 11; theft of an auto was reported on April 22.  9200 block of Madison Drive – Theft of a vehicle was reported on April 12.  4500 block of N. Shallowford Road – Theft of an auto was reported on April 18.  2400 block of Brookhurst Drive – Theft of a vehicle was reported on April 23.

TH EFT/LAR CEN Y  4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting of electronics was reported on April 11; a larceny of a laptop and iPod from a vehicle was reported on April 11; shoplifting

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ny of articles from a vehicle was reported on April 11.  2300 block of Dunwoody Crossing – A larceny of $370 in cash from a vehicle was reported on April 12; a larceny of gym clothing, a gym bag and a heart monitor from a vehicle was reported on April 19.

 300 block of Perimeter Center North – A larceny was reported on April 12; a larceny from the mail was reported on April 14.  1100 block of Hammond Drive –A larceny from a building was reported on April 12; shoplifting was reported on April 19.  100 block of Perimeter Center West – A larceny of two GPS and an iPod from a vehicle was reported on April 12; a larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on April 12; shoplifting of clothing was reported on April 14; six incidents of larcenies of articles from vehicles were reported on April 15; a larceny of two laptops from a vehicle was reported on April 23.  4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting of two purses was reported on April 12; shoplifting of sunglasses was reported on April 21; shoplifting of sunglasses was reported on April 22.  5000 block of Vermack Road – A larceny of a cellphone and a wallet from a vehicle was reported on April 13; pick pocketing was reported on April 15.  4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting of clothing was reported on April 13; a larceny of shoes, luggage and jewelry from a vehicle was reported on April 14; shoplifting of jeans was reported on April 14; a larceny was reported on April 16; shoplifting of clothing was reported on April 17; DUN

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 5400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – A larceny of a laptop from a vehicle was reported on April 14; a larceny of household goods from a vehicle was reported on April 17.  1000 block of Crown Pointe Parkway – A larceny from a vehicle was reported on April 15; a larceny of a keyboard and audio equipment from a vehicle was reported on April 16; a larceny of a laptop from a vehicle was reported on April 16.  100 block of Perimeter Center Place– Shoplifting of earphones was reported on April 15; a larceny of a bicycle was reported on April 16.  1600 block of Manhasset Drive – A larceny was reported on April 17.  2500 block of Mount Vernon Road – A larceny was reported on April 17.  1200 block of Ashwood Parkway – A larceny of hand tools from a vehicle was reported on April 18.  4400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on April 18.  4500 block of Olde Perimeter Way – A larceny of clothing and a briefcase from a vehicle was reported on April 21.  4000 block of Dunwoody Park – A larceny of clothing and sunglasses from a vehicle was reported on April 21.  1st block of Perimeter Center Place – A larceny of a computer from a vehicle was reported on April 22.  4500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on April 23.  4800 block of Glaze Drive – Shoplifting of food items was reported on April 23.  4500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny of a pistol and a checkbook from a vehicle was reported on April 23.  200 block of Perimeter Center Parkway – Two larcenies of articles from vehicles were reported on April 24.

 2100 block of Peachford Road – A runaway juvenile was reported on April 14.  100 block of Perimeter Center Place – Disorderly under the influence was reported on April 14.  5200 block of Arrie Way – An animal complaint was reported on April 14.  4500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – A civil dispute was reported on April 14.  1600 block of N. Springs Drive – Harassing communications were reported on April 15.  1500 block of Mount Vernon Road – Child cruelty was reported on April 15.  300 block of Perimeter Center North – An animal complaint was reported on April 17; a runaway juvenile was reported on April 24. 

4600 block of Peachtree Place Parkway – An animal complaint was reported on April 18.

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to someone over age 65 was reported on April 18.

 5300 block of Roberts Drive – Harassing communica-

tions were reported on April 18.  1st block of Peachford Circle – Child cruelty was reported

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 6600 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard – Child cruelty was reported on April 19.  2500 block of Lost Mine Trail – A natural death was reported on April 21.  4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Harassing communications were reported on April 24.

AS S AULT  4500 block of Olde Perimeter Way – Family battery /simple battery was reported on April 12.

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 4000 block of Dunwoody Park – Family battery /simple battery was reported on April 13.  4600 block of Peachtree Place Parkway – Family battery /simple battery was reported on April 13.  4500 block of Barclay Drive – Simple assault/battery was reported on April 17.  2100 block of Peachford Road – Simple assault/battery was reported on April 19; sodomy was reported on April 19; simple assault/battery was reported on April 20.

OTHER  285 WB Expressway/Ashford Dunwoody Road – Disorderly conduct was reported on April 12.

 6700 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard – Family battery /simple battery was re-

 4000 block of Dunwoody Park – Child neglect was reported on April 12; aggravated stalking was reported on April 16.

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shoplifting of a purse was reported on April 17; shoplifting of sandals was reported on April 17; shoplifting of video games was reported on April 18; sudden snatching was reported on April 18; a larceny was reported on April 18; shoplifting of clothing was reported on April 18; shoplifting of two purses was reported on April 19; a larceny of parts from a vehicle was reported on April 19; shoplifting of clothing and a wallet was reported on April 19; shoplifting of clothing was reported on April 20; a larceny was reported on April 23; a larceny from a building was reported on April 24.

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“I provided lots of letters of support from my neighbors,” Johnston told the council. “I was a teacher for Dunwoody Baptist for 12 years, and a nanny in the afternoons, and I observed a need for full-time child care. It’s a bonus for families in Dunwoody to be able to trust and know who they have caring for their children as well as being in their community.”

Though he doesn’t live in the neighborhood, resident Robert Wohlford was the lone person at the council meeting who said he opposed the project.

“This SLUP application will negatively impact the Dunwoody community, and not just the homes proximal to it, because it opens the door to future applicants which over time could in-

undate our neighborhoods with homes that operate businesses with customer contact,” he said.

Both city staff and the planning commission had recommended approval of the request, which was approved with the following conditions: 1. The business can only operate between 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

2. The maximum number of children enrolled at the facility at one time should be four.

3. No vehicle may be parked on the public right of way in a manner that impedes traffic flow, blocks fire hydrants or impedes neighbors’ access to their property and driveway.

4. The home’s exterior must be maintained, and no signs other than those permitted in the zoning district should be allowed.

5. The permit is for the homeowner only for a 10-year period.

Johnston said she would comply with all the conditions.

After becoming a city, Dunwoody spent 18 months rewriting the zoning code it had adopted from DeKalb County. Under the original code, any-

one applying for a SLUP would have to go before the community council in addition to the planning commission and the city council.

According to City Councilman Terry Nall, eliminating the community council step simplifies the process, which he says remains transparent since the applicant still has to post a sign in their yard that he or she is applying for the permit, neighbors are notified, and public hearings are held.

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duce injuries. The intersection had the highest accident injury rate in the city, he said.

“This is really a safety project,” Smith told members of the council.

Smith said five “correctable” accidents are recorded each year at the intersection. Those accidents, he said, could be eliminated by improvements to the intersection.

Some residents at the meeting spoke in favor of doing something to make the intersection safer.

“I know it’s an expensive project, but I really hope you all will consider making improvements to that intersection,” said Community Council member Rick Callihan, who said he has driven through the intersection thousands of times. “I still think it’s the most dangerous intersection in Dunwoody.”

City consultants offered three possible fixes for the intersection.

--The first option was contained within the city of Dunwoody and would cost about $1.08 million.

--The second option would require participation by the city of Sandy Springs because a portion of the roadway was in that city. It was projected to cost about $1.33 million.

--The third option would turn Chamblee-Dunwoody, Spalding and Dunwoody roads into a triangle of one-

way streets surrounding the Oakpointe neighborhood. Option C was priced at $900,000.

On April 21, city staff recommended the council to proceed with a design for the first option.

Chad Epple, an engineer with Southeastern Engineering, called the third option “essentially a roundabout with a community in the center,” and admitted residents of the Oakpointe neighborhood would have to make three left turns instead of a single right turn when leaving their neighborhood and heading toward the center of Dunwoody.

That option appeared to draw the greatest opposition. About a dozen residents of neighborhoods in the area attended the meeting to show their opposition.

“Option C is just a non-starter for me,” Councilman Terry Nall said.

Even the consultants who devised the proposal sounded ready to jettison it. “As a design team we were challenged to come up with something ‘out of the box,’” Epple said. “Maybe we should put it back in the box from what I’m hearing.”

Some council members said choosing which of the two remaining options to employ could depend on whether city officials from Sandy Springs were willing to join in the project. “If Sandy Springs is in, it changes the whole ball game,” Councilman Denny Shortal said.

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Andrea Sneiderman could be released from prison on parole in June, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles has decided.

The board on April 22 set a tentative parole release month for Sneiderman, a spokesman for the board said. Her case will be considered again before her parole can be granted, the spokesman said.

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