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Brookhaven City Council is preparing to update the city’s sign ordinance.

Council members Jim Eyre and Rebecca Chase Williams have been assigned by the mayor to a sign commission to explore ways the city can improve the sign ordinance that was inherited from DeKalb County.

At the council’s May 14 meeting, Williams said nearby cities like Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Johns Creek have rules governing LED and LCD signs.

As people filed into a town hall meeting at Clairmont Hills Baptist Church, they were offered a piece of paper listing the half dozen local governance bills filed during the last session of the state Legislature that proposed pulling their neighborhoods into cities with names like Lakeside, Lavista Hills and Briarcliff.

The bills, sponsored by different DeKalb legislators, aimed to reserve a spot for their constituents in what is sure to be a convoluted and painful conversation about municipal options for that part of the county.

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When Albert Martin bought his Pine Hills home in the late 1960s, he didn’t realize that he already had a connection to the neighborhood.

While combing through old maps and records and deeds, Martin learned that the land where Pine Hills was built was owned by his great-great-uncle. He also found that some of his relatives are buried in a small family cemetery in the woods nearby.

“We knew the cemetery was there but didn’t realize it was kinfolk there,” Martin said. “My family has a long association with the whole neighborhood. It just sort of solidified the area we lived in and made it more interesting for me to get into the history of Pine Hills.”

Martin is the historian of the Pine Hills neighborhood and has spent many years researching the history of his family, the Goodwins, who have lived since the 1800s in the area that now is Brookhaven.

The Pine Hills subdivision sits on the line separating Fulton and DeKalb counties, with some of the homes in the Buckhead community of the city of Atlanta and some in Brookhaven.

“That’s one of the things that makes Pine Hills unique,” Martin said. “Our community has to be active in four jurisdictions, with the creation of Brookhaven.”

His wife, Virve Martin, said that activism has kept their neighborhood the quiet, shaded community that it is.

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Neighbors have worked hard to fend off developers who have eyed their property, with its easy highway access and proximity to Lenox Mall.

“There have been so many zoning meetings our community has attended over the past 30 years. That’s why we’re still residential,” Virve Martin said.

The vibrancy of the neighborhood can be seen in the mix of old and new homes, said Melissa Chevalier, who moved to Pine Hills after she got married seven years ago.

“It’s a transitional community,” Chevalier said. “There’s some ranch [houses] and McMansions. There’s a little bit of everything.”

But it’s the mix of people in different stages of their lives that makes Pine Hills such a nice community, she said.

Chevalier is president of the neighborhood’s garden club, which has held monthly meetings for the past 50 years.

“It represents the people of Pine Hills – that means young and old. The older women are the most fascinating people,” she said.

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“We jokingly say we’re the garden club that doesn’t garden,” Chevalier said.

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Brookhaven police are hiring Brookhaven Police Chief Gary Yandura said his department is “multiplying by the hour.”

Yandura is working to assemble the new city’s first police department and updated Brookhaven City Council on his progress May 14.

Yandura is hiring command staff before hiring officers. Three lieutenants have been selected and he is vetting one more, he said. Yandura said he has hired nine sergeants and is looking for three more.

“We’ve got about 1,000 resumes and applications,” Yandura said.

The city is looking to hire around 50 officers all together.

Supplies for the department are also on the way. Yandura said guns and ammunition have been ordered, and uniform patches and identification cards are being designed.

Council changes sexually-oriented business ordinance In an emergency amendment to its May 14 agenda, Brookhaven City Council members voted to add provisions to its ordinance regulating sexually-oriented businesses.

Interim City Attorney Bill Riley asked the council to amend the ordinance by changing the definition of a sexual device shop and by adding spacing requirements for sexually-oriented businesses.

Mayor J. Max Davis said the emergency amendment was made to the agenda because GIS data from DeKalb County was not available when the city adopted its sexually-oriented business ordinance in January.

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County reports two rabid raccoons found in north DeKalb County officials have placed two north DeKalb neighborhoods on alert after rabid raccoons were found in the areas.

Officials said the two animals were captured near Ragley Hall Road in Brookhaven and Harts Mills Court in Chamblee. The Harts Mill animal was captured April 28. The Chamblee raccoon was captured April 30. Both tested positive for rabies.

County officials said that anyone who has been bitten or scratched by a wild animal should seek medical attention immediately.

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The flashy electronic signs are bright and colorful and sometimes have quickly changing text. “It’s kind of Times Square looking,” Williams said. “It can look exciting.”

But she said she would like to consider regulating where those types of signs could go. “I would personally like to clean up some of the visual pollution,” Williams said.

Sandy Springs has outlawed those types of signs on Roswell Road, Abernathy Road and Hammond Drive, citing studies that they create traffic hazards, Williams said.

Councilman Bates Mattison also expressed concern. “My preference is to stay away from LED/LCD signs, especially bright ones. But I believe technol-

ogy has made LED/LCD a good way to convey information, so I don’t want to ban them,” Mattison said.

Williams said the council also should consider rules for temporary signs.

“We allow these big, giant balloons, banners, gas-filled characters,” she said.

“You’ll notice all of our sister cities have banned them for a certain non-classiness.”

She said she would like to put time limits on how long balloons and banners may stay up outside of a business.

Eyre said he and Williams would like to have a draft of a new ordinance to present to the council in about a month.

“I think we just need to streamline the process a little,” Eyre said. “I don’t think you’ll see any major changes, with the exception of scaling back some of the flashy stuff.”

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The owners of the Pink Pony strip club are suing the city of Brookhaven for $48 million dollars, claiming the city’s sexually-oriented business ordinance is unconstitutional and would destroy the strip club’s business.

The Pink Pony filed the lawsuit in DeKalb County Superior Court on May 13.

Brookhaven’s Interim City Attorney Bill Riley said he would not comment on pending litigation.

But Mayor J. Max Davis said, “We have a duty to make sure our ordinances protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Brookhaven.”

The 43-page lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the city’s regulations for adult businesses, which prohibit nude dancing with the sale of alcohol.

“The real issue is you’ve got a city just starting with no complaints to get rid of the Pony. You’ve got a business since 1991 that’s had no problems. We have money ready to put in the coffers. They need police officers on the street to prevent what happened in Drew Valley this weekend,” said Aubrey Villines, an attorney for the Pink Pony, referring to a recent rash of burglaries in the neighborhood. “We’re not the enemy.”

The lawsuit, which names Brookhaven’s mayor, city clerk and City Council members as defendants, claims the city’s regulations would force the Pink Pony to close.

“From December 17, 2012, until the present date, Defendants have intended and continue to intend to destroy Plaintiffs financially, as well as its owners, employees and entertainers,” the lawsuit says.

This isn’t the first time the strip club

has been in litigation with local governments. The Pink Pony and other adult entertainment businesses entered into a settlement agreement with DeKalb County in 2001 that allowed them to continue to serve alcohol in exchange for an increased licensing fee. In 2007, the agreement was extended for 15 years with an option to renew for an additional 10 years, according to the lawsuit.

The owners of the Pink Pony have paid DeKalb County $500,000 over the past 5 ½ years as part of the agreement, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims that the Pink Pony’s settlement agreement with DeKalb County is a contract that allows the club to operate in its current format until 2022.

Attorneys say Brookhaven’s ordinance is unconstitutional because it is in conflict with that contract.

The suit also questions the validity of some city decisions, claiming the council has failed to comply with the charter, city ordinances and Roberts Rules of Order since Brookhaven’s incorporation on Dec. 17.

Attorney Alan Begner, who also represents the Pink Pony, said the owners of the club would like for the city to grandfather the club’s existing arrangement with DeKalb County.

“It’s one thing to pass a law that gives new applicants notice that they can’t have a nude dancing and alcohol club based upon a law that was passed before they go to the trouble to rent a building and renovate it and so on,” Begner said.

“It’s another thing to put somebody out of business that predates the government by many years.”

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“This process should not be driven by a single legislator or former legislator or group,” said Rep. Scott Holcomb, D-Atlanta. “What each area does has impacts on everybody else. We have to talk about this as a community and as a county.”

Hosted by Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur, the May 6 meeting was the first attempt to bring legislators, community organizations and members of the public together to discuss the various cities and annexations that have been proposed in the swath of unincorporated DeKalb County between Brookhaven and Decatur.

Since Sandy Springs incorporated in 2005, six cities have formed in Ful-

ton, DeKalb and Gwinnett counties. In the case of most of those cities, such as Brookhaven, the incorporation debates produced two camps: those for the city and those against it.

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Rep. Michele Henson, D-Stone Mountain, is one of the sponsors of a bill to create a city of Tucker. She said the bill was in response to an effort to create a city called Lakeside that initially included a portion of the Tucker community.

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“Sen. [Fran] Millar dropped the Lakeside bill and all of a sudden the maps started surfacing. And people in Tucker were very, very unhappy,” Henson said. “We dropped a bill so the people of Tucker, if they want to be part of that discussion, can be part of that discussion.”

Sen. Jason Carter, D-Decatur, said though he introduced a bill to create a city called Lavista Hills, he’s not convinced new cities are the way to fix the discontent people feel with DeKalb County.

He pointed to the slim majority of votes that allowed for the creation of Brookhaven as evidence. About 55 percent of the voters casting ballots in the Brookhaven election were in favor of the city.

“The divisiveness of that vote, which was almost 50/50, is troubling,” Carter said. “I’m not sold on a new city. In fact, I’m very hesitant.”

But Millar, a vocal critic of DeKalb County who has been involved in the creation of many of metro Atlanta’s newest cities, said forming a new city doesn’t equate to leaving the county.

“Dunwoody has been very successful.

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ering to express opinions about what creating a city could mean for their area.

Michelle Penkava of Tucker said residents are cautious. “One of the reasons we are taking this so slowly is we understand it will be divisive, regardless,” she said.

Bruce McGregor, past president of the Druid Hills Civic Association said land use is the main concern for his organization.

“We have an extremely flawed process of creating new cities. It’s extremely unfair,” McGregor said.

But he added it may make sense to explore the option.

“If everyone to the north of us becomes a city, that orphans us and we lose the ability to command our own destiny,” McGregor said.

Elmer Veith of the Dresden East Civic Association said his neighbors have been fighting new city efforts, like Lakeside and Brookhaven, which have tried to include their homes and commercial areas. They now are working to be annexed into the city of Chamblee, he said.

“We don’t want to be a new city. We want to join one that already exists,” Veith said.

Nearly all the speakers agreed that there should be inclusive community discussions to figure out the best option.

“The process is just as important as the outcome. You won’t have a vibrant, successful city if the process is not inclusive and fact-based,” Carter said.

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Hunger doesn’t take a summer break We are approaching the summer months and the need for food assistance will become even more important.

Many children receive subsidized food for breakfast and lunch at their schools, but with the upcoming summer recess, these meals will not be available. Coupled with the everpresent need to help food-insecure families due to the economy, the lack of summer school meals puts more pressure on food pantries like the Suthers Center for Christian Outreach at 3550 Broad Street in Chamblee.

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The Suthers Center was created by four churches in the Brookhaven area: St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church, Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church, Brookhaven United Methodist Church and Brookhaven Christian Church. Its outreach programs include an ever-expanding food pantry, an emergency assistance program, and a clothes closet for families in the 30319 and 30341 ZIP codes.

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Lovett headmaster examines Abraham Lincoln’s faith and the Gettysburg Address, two of Lincoln’s best-known statements of public policy, reach their 150th anniversaries this year, helping Around renew interTown est in writings and speechJOE EARLE es by the self-taught frontier lawyer who became a focus of national debate over slavery.

“He was such an unusual character,” Peebles said. “He taught himself Euclidean geometry! He taught himself how to survey.”

And as Peebles sees it, Lincoln thought hard and deep about religion. Faith was important to him. “I think it helped to shape his character,” Peebles said. “I think it helped to shape some pretty significant policies.”

Growing up on the edge of the country, Lincoln “was steeped in the hard-shell, predestination, Baptist tradition,” Peebles said. “But he really rebelled against that. By the Joe Earle standards of his day, he was pretty eclectic.”

Billy Peebles, headmaster of The The war seems to have chalLovett School, studies history, and is lenged Lincoln’s faith, Peebles fascinated by Abraham Lincoln. said. At times, Lincoln appears to have been a skeptic, Peebles American history. He led the northern said, but, just weeks before the president’s states to victory in the Civil War, a conassassination, he delivers his second inauflict that – partly through his words – regural address, which contains more than a made the country and the way we think half-dozen direct references to God. about it.

In times of both war and peace, many The war also changed Lincoln. The politicians come to believe that God is ways he changed are part of what interon their side. Lincoln “never fell victim ests Peebles. to that kind of self-righteousness,” PeePeebles studies history. In his first bles said. years as a teacher, he said, he started Instead, he articulated a belief that reading Lincoln’s writings. The young the Civil War “was so horrific because historian grew fascinated with the dead God was holding the whole country acpresident’s thoughts about God and recountable for slavery,” Peebles said. Even ligion. “He had a very nuanced faith,” the winners would lose.

Peebles said.

As he discussed Lincoln’s thoughts, On May 28, Peebles will present a Peebles turned to the bookshelves linpublic talk on Lincoln’s faith. His lecing a wall in his office at Lovett. They ture, titled “Abraham Lincoln: How His were filled with volumes on Lincoln and Faith Shaped Policy,” is scheduled to on the Civil War. He pulled down one begin at 7 p.m. at the Atlanta History book he had found particularly useful.

Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, and The title: “Abraham Lincoln, from Skepis sponsored by the center and the Bucktic to Prophet.” “That’s a great descriphead Heritage Society. Admission is free tion, right there,” Peebles said. for members of either group, but tickets In Lincoln’s writings, Peebles found a cost $15 for others. man “wrestling with himself” over religion This year has been sort of a “Year of and moral thinking as he tried to make Lincoln” in popular culture. Daniel Daysense of the horrors he saw all around him Lewis won an Oscar portraying Linas the nation fought its Civil War. coln in a blockbuster movie. (“I thought “There’s a lot of self-reflection,” Peeit was great,” Peebles said of the movbles said. “That’s unusual for anybody, ie.) The Emancipation Proclamation much less a president.”

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“It’s just a great American story,” Peebles said one recent afternoon as he sat in his office at The Lovett School, where he has been headmaster for a decade. “[Lincoln] becomes a respected lawyer. He’s sought out all over the Midwest. But his great love is not the law.

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Volunteers Hart Cobb, left, of Dunwoody United Methodist Church, and Bruce Richards of Temple Sinai, unload beds to be used by homeless families housed by Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb.

Local congregations provide housing for homeless families

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Penina Richards brought flowers. It Through the Family Promise projust happened to be Mother’s Day, and gram, member congregations provide she thought a few vases filled with litplaces where up to four homeless famtle roses, colored pink or peach or red, ilies can live for a week. The host conwould brighten these gregation supplies makeshift bedrooms volunteers who sleep Do you know an organization or and make them feel a over, provide meals bit more welcoming. and otherwise supindividual making a difference “These women port the families durin our community? Email coming in are mothing that week. The editor@reporternewspapers.net ers,” she said. “I’m families move from delighted to be here facility to facility, for them on Mother’s Day.” spending one week at one congregaRichards and her daughter, 17-yeartion, then moving on to another. old Marley, planned to stay the night “The tenets of our faith tell us to along with the four other families that care for those who are marginalized in were scheduled to arrive that aftersociety,” said Rabbi Bradley Levenberg noon. As they awaited their guests, the of Temple Sinai, who chairs the local Richards – Penina, her husband, Bruce, Family Promise board. “This is a great and Marley – spent the warm Sunopportunity for us to live our faith.” day afternoon turnThe original Faming a group of reliily Promise program gious classrooms at started about 25 Temple Sinai in Sanyears ago in New Jer“Why do this? There’s a dy Springs into bedsey, Levenberg said. need for it. There are rooms.

The interfaith orgaFor the next week, nization now claims families out there.” four of those bedabout 181 affiliatrooms would provide ed networks in 41 temporary homes for states, with 150,000 – bill hardison four homeless famvolunteers working executive director, Family ilies. “This room is in more than 5,000 promise their room for the congregations, acweek,” Penina said as cording to the Famshe moved in boxes ily Promise website. holding one family’s Networks have belongings. been established in communities large The Richards had volunteered to and small. About a dozen now operhelp set up the rooms and meet the ate in Georgia, said Bill Hardison, exfamilies as members of Family Promecutive director of Family Promise of ise of North Fulton/DeKalb, a new North Fulton/DeKalb. program organized by a dozen churchA representative of the nationes and synagogues spread across Sanal group came to the north metro area dy Springs, Dunwoody, Buckhead, Roabout 18 months ago, Levenberg said, swell and Alpharetta. and started meeting with representa-

Making a Difference From left, Penina and Marley Richards turn a classroom at Temple Sinai in Sandy Springs into a temporary home for a homeless family. Right, Family Promise Executive Director Bill Hardison.

These religious congregations are members of Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb:

tives of religious groups to convince them a local network was needed. The local congregations agreed. The group hired Hardison in January and hosted its first family in February.

“Why do this? There’s a need for it,” Hardison said. “There are families out there.”

“The basic premise is to solve homelessness one community at a time,” said Jenny Carter, director of finance at Dunwoody United Methodist Church, who volunteers with Family Promise.

Hardison works out of an office in the basement of St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Dunwoody, where the program keeps a day room for the families. The room contains toys for young children, a waiting area, and a computer room adults can use to look for jobs.

The church also provides showers and a washer and dryer the families can use.

One thing that separates Family Promise from other homeless programs is that the program provides temporary housing for families, including fathers, mothers and children, representatives said.

“It’s an amazing thing to keep families together,” Penina Richards said as she rolled beds into classrooms that soon would become bedrooms.

The program also sets no age limit on the hosts, Levenberg said. That meant his daughter, Ilana, could stay over with him when he helped chaperone the first Family Promise family to stay at Temple Sinai.

“It was wonderful to be able to bring my daughter to do this with me,” he said. “The conversations afterward have power to be truly impactful. When we were going to sleep that night, she said, ‘They don’t look like poor people.’ We got into a tremendous conversation about what poor people look like. It helped her to understand her preconceived notions of who homeless people are.”

When the families were at Dun-

woody United Methodist, Carter felt sort of like they were guests in her own home. In fact, she found herself helping one of the children prepare a book report that was due at school the following morning.

“She got 100 on it,” Carter said. “She made sure to tell me the next night.”

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Church summer mission trips: See the world while helping out

By Melissa Weinman and Hilary Butschek A trip can change a life, but a mission trip sometimes can change a community.

Many local churches take mission trips in the summer. During the trips, church members volunteer their time helping people in another part of the country or world.

Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church in Sandy Springs schedules an annual mission trip to Zambia. Eight to 12 members of the church, both high school students and adults, visit Zambia each year.

“My first time going was in the summer of 2011, with my wife,” Rev. Joe B. Martin IV said. “Our lives were changed by that trip more than anything since becoming parents, from seeing the poverty and seeing the community in Zambia where everyone seems to put everyone else first.”

Schools, Martin said, are a cherished part of life for Zambian children, one that not everyone has the privilege to take part in.

One of the most surprising sights Martin recalls was “seeing children that sit beneath the windows of the school to hear what the teacher is saying.”

This year, the group will make the trip in mid-July for 2 1/2 weeks. They travel to Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, to volunteer to work in the schools.

“We visit the schools and play with kids,” said Barbara Hughes, a member of the church who has visited Zambia 15 times. “We usually spend two to three days with arts and crafts. When that’s all over, they know that someone cares about them.”

Every visit is different. Taking a trip to see far away “neighbors,” as Martin called the Zambians, benefits both the visitors and the visited. The importance of going on mission trips for the congregation, Martin said, is to build mutually-beneficial relationships.

A group from Dunwoody United Methodist Church has traveled to Brazil for a mission trip each summer since 2001 to build a summer camp for children.

“Our congregation motto is ‘We are blessed to be a blessing,’” Martin said. “We receive from these people, from their stories, a new spirit. We easily gain more from

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A couple of years ago, the church brought computers to the children in Zambia. “Now our students are Skyping with the students over there,” Hughes said. The group watched the first class of graduating Faith Works high school students, 43 in all, dance onto the stage to receive their diplomas.

Other churches also head to faraway places. Dunwoody United Methodist Church, for instance, has taken a trip to Brazil each summer since 2001.

Dick Murphy, head of international missions, said church members have been working to build a summer camp for impoverished children in a village outside Rio de Janeiro. Murphy said the day camp is a way to “get them out of the hot city and into the mountains, where it’s cooler, to enjoy nature and get them away from the drugs and violence of the favelas,” Murphy said, using the Portugese term for slums.

Dunwoody United Methodist Church has worked with a small Methodist congregation in the village of Sacra Familia during their trips. “It’s a pretty rich history we have. We have gotten very close to a lot of the community people of Sacra Familia,” Murphy said.

Murphy said the church is lucky to have been able to establish such a longstanding partnership in Brazil. “I think it takes a special situation to create that kind of longevity and connection,” he said.

This year, 17 people will be travel to Brazil from July 4 to July 15.

Murphy said the purpose of mission trips is both faith- and volunteer-based.

“The purpose there is to go out and to engage in other cultures and to share,

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obviously, your love of Christ with them,” Murphy said. “We don’t go as evangelism, we go as a construction group to offer help to those who don’t have it or need it.”

But he said the advantage of traveling to a different country is that volunteers are able to learn about differ-

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ent cultures.

“It also allows Americans to experience life in another country,” Murphy said. “It’s different than being a tourist, where you stay in nice places and see the highlights and move on. This is an enormous cultural exchange experience and it changes your life completely.”

Another church in Sandy Springs lic Church in Brookhaven will take 25 aims to make the lives of others better middle-school students on a five-day over the summer, but it doesn’t have to excursion to various charities in the Atgo as far to do it. North Springs United lanta area.

Methodist Church will travel to Nash“We feel like at about that age group ville, Tenn., in July to take part in the they are thinking a lot about themCenter for Student Missions program. selves,” Joy Baljet, a parent volunteer “We will learn about the city — who leads the group, said. “We just the unique issues and problems peowanted to show them that God has beple face, and what God is doing in the stowed all of these gifts for them, and city,” Leah Gaughan, director of youth they should share those.” ministry at the church, said in an email.

Throughout the week, the stuThe students then dents will visit Setake part in activities nior Connections specific to that city. in Chamblee to pre“Helping others and pare food for Meals “Our congregation giving back is what on Wheels and The motto is ‘We are blessed Elaine Clark Cenour calling from Jesus is all about,” ter for Exceptional to be a blessing.’”

Gaughan said. “So Children, where they we are committed to will participate in acloving our neighbor tivities with disabled – Rev. Joe B. Martin IV in any way we can.”

Mount Vernon children.

Presbyterian Church This year the The group will group will include also go to the Shrine seven young people of the Immacuand four adults who late Conception will collaborate with in downtown Atlocal ministries to serve the city. lanta to prepare and hand out about “These ministry sites will be work500 lunches to the homeless, and visit ing at a local, client choice food pantry, Buckhead Christian Ministry to work gardening on an urban farm and volunin its food pantry. teering at a homeless shelter and soup In any place, the mission is the same kitchen,” Gaughan said.

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History Center adds to its gardens with a new ‘front door’

By Tom Oder The Atlanta History Center is getting a new front door.

This door, however, won’t replace the one at McElreath Hall, the center’s main building, which houses a treasure trove of Atlanta’s historical records. This new entrance will be at the corner of Slaton Drive and West Paces Ferry Road.

The center is building a new pedestrian and garden entrance to its 33-acre forested campus at one of Buckhead’s busiest intersections. The new garden will be called Veterans Park to honor America’s servicemen and servicewomen.

Veterans Park will open to the public during a Memorial Day weekend program called Military Timeline. Set for Saturday, May 25, from 11 a.m. 4 p.m., the program will feature patriotic and family-oriented activities. Admission is free for visitors with a military ID and to History Center members. Nonmembers can attend as part of the cost of general admission to the History Center.

The History Center will formally dedicate Veterans Park in a public ceremony on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, at 5 p.m.

The new park will replace the green space that had been at the Slaton Drive and West Paces Ferry Road intersection

since 2000. That space, called Veterans Plaza, honored veterans of the Vietnam War. Veterans Park will honor men and women who served in World Wars I and II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and recent conflicts such as those in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Larger than the original park, Veterans Park will include a walled contemplative garden, a water feature, a seating area, and stations where visitors can use QR codes on mobile phones to hear oral histories of veterans.

“With the redesign of Veterans Park, we are trying to become more accessible and relevant to nearby residents and visitors,” said Jackson McQuigg, vice president of properties for the History Center. In addition to being a new entrance, McQuigg said History Center officials are encouraging people who live and work nearby to bring their lunch to the park on a regular basis and enjoy the new space.

“Access to Veterans Park will be free and it will have free wi-fi,” McQuigg emphasized. “People can even park in the History Center parking deck and walk to Veterans Park. The History Center parking,” he added with a chuckle, “is also free.”

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Veterans Park will honor those who served in both World Wars, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will include a walled, contemplative garden, a water feature, seating area and other ammenities.

“The new garden is in keeping with the History Center’s vision that gardens featuring native plants are as much a part of the state’s history as the manuscripts, maps and photographs in its research center,” said center spokesperson Leigh Massey.

The center offers 22 acres with five featured gardens, woodlands and nature trails that showcase the state’s horticultural history.

The most popular of the gardens, the

Smith Family Gardens, should be in glorious bloom Memorial Day weekend, said Sarah Roberts, the History Center’s historic gardens curator. This garden features an 1860s farm setting with flower and vegetable gardens, a slave’s garden, a fruit orchard and field crop area. Some farm animals are back after being away for several years. There are four sheep, including two lambs, a rooster and chickens that will help bring the farm experience alive.

out & about A stroller and wheelchair accessible trail leads to the other gardens: the quarry garden that features the state champion Franklin Tree (the largest Franklinia altamaha in cultivation in Georgia), long extinct in the wild; the lavish gardens of boxwoods and roses at the 1920s Swan House; the rhododendron garden featuring shade-loving plants that thrive in Atlanta; and the Asian-American garden of Japanese maples that is remarkable in any season but bursts with color in the fall.

Even with all the beautiful, rare and endangered plants to see in the gardens, one of the delights in strolling through the towering urban forest and listening to birds sing in the canopy is what visitors don’t see and hear. It doesn’t take long to forget that Buckhead’s office towers, glitzy shopping, dining spots and traffic on Peachtree and Roswell roads are located only several blocks away.

The Atlanta History Center

130 West Paces Ferry Road 404-814-4000 www.atlantahistorycenter.com Hours of Operation: Museum Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Sunday: Noon - 5:30 p.m. Gardens and grounds close at 5:15 p.m.

Swan House and Smith Family House tours Guided tours are scheduled by onsite admissions staff at time of arrival. Space is limited. For groups of 10 or more, call 404-814-4062. All tour times subject to change without notice.

Swan House Monday - Saturday: 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Sunday: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Smith Family Farm Monday - Saturday: 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Sunday: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Kenan Research Center Wednesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday Tuesday: Closed Holidays: The History Center and Kenan Research Center are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The History Center is open from 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. on Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and Columbus Day.

Gardens and trails showcasing the Atlanta region’s horticultural history are among the main attractions at the Atlanta History Center. The trails are designed for stroller and wheelchair use, though access may be limited in places.

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Lenbrook resident John Snellings is one jazzy guy: he proficiently plays the tenor saxophone with a popular local trio. What’s more, he regularly takes lessons! “I want to keep improving,” says John.

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This 3-acre garden shelters one of Georgia’s most comprehensive collections of native plants (almost 600 species). A pond and bog garden in the center of the quarry provides a habitat for unusual species, such as carnivorous plants and wild orchids, and a variety of birds and woodland creatures. If you’re lucky, perhaps the lady slipper orchids will be in bloom during your visit.

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A fenced vegetable garden, a plot devoted to corn and cotton, old-fashioned flowers, a farm house, slave quarters and a swept-dirt yard will take visitors back in time to see what life was like in 1860s Georgia. The children won’t want to miss the sheep.

Cherry Sims Asian-American Garden

Asian plants and their American counterparts co-mingle under towering trees in this informal woodland setting. Many plants will be familiar to visitors because they often are the backbone of Atlanta-area gardens. The most familiar plants will be Japanese maples and hydrangeas.

The 18th century-inspired landscape of this elegant and historic house features a pair of cloverleaf pools, cascading fountains, a terraced lawn and roses tumbling over a stone retaining wall. Bring your camera; the Swan House Garden is one of the most photographed sites in Atlanta.

Frank A. Smith Rhododendron Garden

Gardeners who have shaded landscapes will find inspiration in this garden. They will see how an abundance of shade-loving rhododendrons, small flowering trees, eclectic ground covers and giant elephant ears can flourish in shady spots. An intimate pond and a dry stream offer added reasons to linger in this garden, especially on a warm day.

Swan Woods Trail

Vestiges of terraced cotton fields abandoned a century ago are still visible along this trail through 10 acres of robust urban forest. Wildlife sightings will reward the watchful. Fern lovers will want to put Fern Circle on their don’t-miss list. It includes a collection of fern species and wildflowers native to the Georgia Piedmont. Also situated on the Swan Woods Trail is the Garden for Peace, part of an international gardens network dedicated to promoting peace.

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This trail links the gardens, grounds and historic houses. It was designed for families, and introduces children to weather, trees, plants, landscape and animals that are common to the Georgia region. Seven interactive discovery stations add to the learning experience. Be sure to spend some time at the overlook.

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didn’t use fancy fishing gear on the Mississippi, nor will you on the Chattahoochee River! The park provides “river cane” fishing poles with a cork bobber and a hook waiting to be baited. So swing that hook out into the water, relax and wait for the bites! Youngsters may catch catfish, bream or bass. Dress for the weather; wear comfortable clothes, shoes and favorite fishing hat. Don’t forget a snack, insect repellent, sunscreen, and a camera to record the moment. Drinking water and restrooms available. $3 daily pass; or $25 annual pass. Reservations required by calling 678538-1200 or visiting: http://www.nps.gov. 1978 Island Ford Parkway, Sandy Springs, 30350.

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the international ambience with music and dance representing the Commonwealth countries, including Africa, India, The Caribbean, England, Scotland, Wales, and much more. Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Enjoy the Downton Abbey tea room; the Atholl Highlanders Pipes & Drums; lots of classic British cars; games and races; and a kids’ area, with magic, croquet, temporary tattoos, free balloons and more. $8. Kids under 14 years, free, for a limited time. To learn more, email: rgilbert@empire-events.net or visit: http://empire-events.net. Oglethorpe University, 4484 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

TAFEX Festival Sunday, May 26, 2-7 p.m. – TAFEX is the

annual African Experience Festival, a cultural display of live musical performances, fashion, African food, arts and crafts, games, kids’ area, and fun for the entire family. Free admission. Everyone is welcome. Come out and learn about African traditions and heritage at this one-day event! Brook Run Park, 4770 N. Peachtree Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Register for your tickets at: www. tafexonline.com, and check on event updates and details. Call 877-436-3980 or email: tafex@apinke.com with questions.

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Vietnam Veterans Business Association announces the 2013 dedication of its Vietnam Memorial, this year honoring the memory of Major John L. Carroll, U.S. Air Force, a native of Dunwoody and a 1958 graduate of Marist School. Major Carroll made the ultimate sacrifice for his country in November 1972, and the public is invited to attend the ceremony.

Free. A reception follows. Marist School’s Hughes Spaulding Stadium, 3790 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Brookhaven, 30319. For more information, contact Alan Gravel at 404-535-4342 or via email: agravel@ wilocon.com. www.avvba.org.

Let’s Recycle Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m.3 p.m. – Keep Atlanta Beautiful

sponsors the Buckhead Community Recycling Center for those interested in recycling items. The Center is open the first Saturday of each month, and accepts electronics, Styrofoam and latex paint, and also offers paper shredding services. There is a $10 charge for televisions. Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, 2715 Peachtree Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30305.

For more information about the acceptable items, go to: www.keepatlantabeautiful.org.

all the hard work of Franklin Pond Chamber Music’s “Fall Into Spring” coaches and students! Free and open to the public. Heritage Sandy Springs, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-2523479, email: franklinpondcm@mindspring.com or go to: http://franklinpond.org for more details.

Jazz by the Springs Sunday, June 2, 7 p.m.

– Gwen Hughes & The Ret-

ro Jazz Kats heat up the stage at the upcoming Concerts by the Springs event. Free and open to the community. No pets. Picnic baskets, coolers and blankets are welcome; no outside tables. Additional food and beverages available for purchase. No smoking. Heritage Green, on the Sandy Springs Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Questions? Visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org, call: 404-851-9111, ext. 4 or email: information@heritagesandysprings. org. To learn more about the band, go to: www.retrojazzkats.com.

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Jumping Dogs

Military Timeline

Monday, May 20, 7 p.m. – Dog trainer Len-

Saturday, May 25, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. – Spend a day in the company of veterans, and hear their stories of wartime through personal accounts and memorabilia. Living history interpreters represent soldiers of previous wars by showing authentic dress, equipment and vehicles. Appropriate for all ages. Program is free for Atlanta History Center members; included general admission for non-members. 130 W. Paces Ferry Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-8144000 or go to: www.atlantahistorycenter.com for additional information.

nox Gavin instructs you on how to keep “Rover” from jumping on your guests and friends. Learn how to control this unwelcome behavior. $25. Contact St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church’s Pet Ministry at 404-228-0753 or by email: petministry@stmartins.org to find out more. 3110 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Brookhaven, 30319.

Teen Drivers Wednesday, May 22, 6 p.m. – This free, two-

hour class helps parents and their new (or soon to be) teen drivers ages 14-16, learn what they need to do during the 40 hours of supervised practice driving time required by Georgia law. This program addresses driver attitude, knowledge and behavior of both the parent and the new teen driver. Topics include: motor vehicle crashes; understanding the licensing process and driving laws; coaching a new teen driver. A parent must accompany each teen.

Advance registration necessary. 7840 Roswell Rd., Sandy Springs, 30350. For more information or a registration form, email: sandyspringsteeens@gmail. com or call 770-551-3291.

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Martial Arts Tuesday, May 28, 5 p.m. – Martial arts in-

structor Michael Issa discusses the history and benefits of martial arts. He also will give a demonstration and short lesson. Free and open to all. For adults, 18 and older. A screening of the martial arts film “Hero,” staring Jet Li, follows, from 6-7:45 p.m.

Dunwoody Public Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more details, call 770-512-4640.

Floral Design

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Thursday, May 23, 2-3 p.m. – Learn basic flo-

Wednesday, May 29, 1-2 p.m. – Nia blends the fun and funk of dance, the precision and power of yoga and martial arts, the focus of T’ai Chi, and the peace and calm of meditation to achieve overall fitness and self-healing - for body, mind and soul.

Invite your “inner dancer” to come out to play, and let every cell of your body feel the joy in Nia and in life. Free and open to Cancer Support Community members. RSVP required to 404-843-1880. 5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Bldg C, Suite 225, Atlanta, 30342. To become a member or to find out more, visit: www.cscatlanta.org.

ral design and arrangements for the home and special occasions. Bring your own materials, i.e., flowers, containers, moss, floral foam, etc. The instructor will only have limited supplies. Free and open to the public. Appropriate for seniors, 55 and older. Dunwoody Public Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, call 770-512-4640.

Carving a Niche Thursday, May 23, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Wood-

carver Jerry Johnson has been honing his craft for more than 11 years. He demonstrates his skill and discusses the art of wood carving in support of the exhibit “Wit in Wood: The Folk Art of Moses Robinson” now at the Heritage Sandy Springs Museum. Open to all. Free; donations encouraged. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, NE, Sandy Springs, 30328.

For additional information, call 404-851-9111 x 2, email: kbrigance@heritagesandysprings.org or go to: www.heritagesandysprings.org.

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Genetic Testing Sunday, June 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. – What’s in your genes? The Marcus Jewish Community Center - Zaban Park offers genetic counseling and screenings for Jewish genetic diseases (JGDs). Free and open to the community. For more information contact Sandra Bass at 678-812-3798 or via email: sandra.bass@atlantajcc.org. 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.

F u n d r a i s er s

Charity Fund 5K Saturday, May 25, 8-10 a.m. – The Chari-

ty Benevolent Fund Health, Wellness, & Memorial 5K Run/Walk gets under way at Chastain Park. The event promotes health and wellness in our communities, and salutes veterans for their service. $15; $20 on race day. Check-in at 7 a.m.; 5K Run/Walk starts at 8 a.m. Register at http://fundab.org. 4469 Stella Dr., NW, Atlanta, 30327. Email: cbf@fundab.org or call 478-986-4908 to find out more.

Relay for Life

Friday, May 31-June 1, 6 p.m.-6 a.m. – Join

the American Cancer Society in creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays by participating in the Relay For® Life of Vinings-Smyrna. Overnight community fundraising walk, where teams of people walk, camp out around a track. Food, games and activities. Live entertainment starts at 6 p.m. and runs until closing ceremony at 5:50 a.m., June 1. The Lovett School football field, 4075 Paces Ferry Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30327. To register or learn more, visit: www.relayforlife.org.

Possum Trot 10K Saturday, June 1, 7 a.m. – The 35th annual Possum Trot 10K Race and 1 Mile Fun Run gets under way, benefiting the Chattahoochee Nature Center. The fast and flat course goes along the Chattahoochee River in Roswell, on a smooth, certified path allowing runners to get in condition for the 2013 Peachtree Road Race as well as qualify.

Register online at www.active.com, in person at Big Peach Running Company stores or mail to CNC: 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075. $28 by May 30; onsite registration, $35 for 10K and $15 for Fun Run. Fun Run begins at 7 a.m. the 10K at 7:30 a.m. Registration limited to 1,500. Call 770-9922055 x 226 for additional information.

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EDUCATION

Soccer is all about teamwork

What sport inspires you the most?

By Emma McCabe The reason I play soccer is – and always has been – the team aspect.

When you’re on a team with so many other girls who share the same passion as you, it’s easy to form inseparable bonds. Those bonds last even after you stop playing together.

Playing soccer has taught me lifelong skills that I can put to use on and off the field. You have to learn to work with others, to push yourself, and to always give it everything you’ve got. Soccer also helps to focus in the classroom, which has really paid off for me.

When you and your team succeed, you are reminded why you work so hard and spend so much time playing. This year, my Riverwood International Charter High School team was 10-0 in the region, and region champions for the second time in school history. We faced adversity head-on and really learned to work together, especially when it became essential at game time.

Another reason I am passionate about the sport is because it reminds me to focus on where I want

Spring is at hand. Summer is close behind. And as the days grow longer and warmer, it’s time to head outside and engage in some healthy play.

In short, it’s a good time to pick a sport and to take a run at it.

But how can we decide which sport to tackle this summer? We decided a good way to survey the field of play would be to check in with some of the athletes among our high school interns. They attend various high schools in Reporter Newspaper communities.

They eagerly pursue sports activities, both in and out of school, and dedicate hours of hard work to their chosen sports.

The games they pursue vary widely, from the traditional sport of soccer to the very untraditional game of Quidditch, which it appears has moved from bookbound fantasy to scuff-kneed reality. We asked our young writers to explain why they gravitated to a particular sport.

Here’s what they had to say.

to take my life. I always know that no matter what’s currently going on in my life, once I step on the field and feel the support of my teammates, I can forget everything and focus solely on the game.

Sometimes during the season, when I feel it’s too hard to balance everything, I need to be reminded why I work so hard for the game.

When I step on the field and play with passion and dedication, I feel so alive and confident in what I’m doing.

Probably of the best life lessons soccer has taught me is to do everything with confidence because you’ll be more likely to succeed.

This season, we’ve been inspired by a quote from soccer star Mia Hamm: “Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back…Play for her.

And the girl next to her.”

Emma McCabe is a student at Riverwood International Charter High School.

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I started swimming the summer after sixth grade for the Chastain Tidal Waves, but stopped soon after. I swam a little in school for my Physical Education class and then on the beach in the summers, but I didn’t join a swim team again until this year for the Atlanta International School Eagles.

I decided to join the swim team for a new challenge. I wanted to try somespecial thing new and do Felipa Schmidt swims the 100-meter freestyle my best to succeed. for the first time, during the Madeline Jude This spark of inBrown Invitational at Emory University. terest came from watching professional swimmers race for the gold medready to swim and kept telling myself to al in the London Summer Olympics in at least try it and have fun with it.

2012. I realized that I wanted to swim My time at the end was not someagain, not just for fun but also with a thing amazing. I ended up second to last team. I wanted that family feeling that I in my heat, but I was happy with the saw on the TV screen. So, I joined the fact that I pulled through and finished swim team at my school in 11th grade. the race.

I was nervous before every practice By the end of the season, I improved and I always wondered if joining the my time by roughly 4 seconds in the swim team was the right thing to do. I 100-meter freestyle and 5 seconds in got my answer once I went to my first 50-meter freestyle. I was proud of myself swim meet. that I stayed with something until the I felt the rush of swimming a 50-meend and that I succeed at a new activity. ter freestyle race and then a 4x100 freeThe atmosphere of swim events was style relay. Afterward, I felt great, like I an adrenaline and to be a part of saferush • gentle • thorough had undertaken a challenge. I went to that rush was even better. I won the the meets and swam 50-meter freestyle school award for “Most Improved and 100-meter freestyle as my events, Swimmer” after the season ended and improving my time little by little. also grew closer to my teammates.

During a meet at the Cumming AthI will definitely return to swimming letic Center, I swam the 100-meter next year for another season and maybe breast stroke, an event that I had neveven improve my times. er participated in before. I was extremely nervous and was not very comfortable Felipa Schmidt is a student at Atlanta with the stroke. But I still found myself International School.

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Cheerleading does more than just raise spirits

By Stacy Bubes Cheerleading has been a been the previous year. But I dream of mine for as long as I grew to enjoy it more and more can remember. My older sister every year. My hard work paid was a cheerleader. Upon accepoff, and I was a member of the tance at Holy Innocents’ Episcobasketball squad throughout all pal School, I knew that I wantof high school. ed to be one too. I did not realize Cheerleaders have many jobs. how big of First, we are a role cheertreated the leading would same as all play in my other sports high school “The friends and memories teams.

We experience. have practice that I made as a result I tried every day of of this sport will always out during the week, two be a part of who I am.” the spring of of which we eighth grade. work out with Many were the school – stacy bubes experienced trainer. We in the sport, holy innocents’ cheerleader travel to The while others University of were just as Georgia for new as I was. a three-day Tryout week was stressful and insummer camp. timidating. We learned a dance, Our main goal is to cheer for cheer, and chant, all of which we the players, and raise the spirpracticed throughout the week. it level among the school comThen, on Friday, we were sent munity. Throughout the season, into the gym in groups of three we make signs to hang around to perform what we had learned the school, give out stickers, and for judges. cheer at carpool on game day Each year, tryouts proved to mornings. be just as stressful as they had While we cheer at all games,

home and away, Winterfest is the biggest event of the season. The week consists of a hallway-decorating contest between grades, as well as various dressup days. There is a theme, which changes every year.

The captains and seniors of the squad create the Winterfest routine, which we perform during an all-school pep rally as well as during halftime of the Varsity Boys Basketball game.

The cheerleaders work on this routine for about two months. This performance defines our squad for the year.

Not only does it reveal how physically challenging our stunts are, or how high we can jump, but it also shows our ability to work together and improve throughout the years.

I was voted captain of our Varsity Basketball Cheerleading Squad this year. Being selected by my peers made me realize how much this sport meant to me. The friends and memories that I made as a result of this sport will always be a part of who I am.

Stacy Bubes is a student at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School.

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From left, Jordan McBride, Lindsey Klopfenstein, Cory Philipson, Alexandra Juneau and Stacy Bubes, five Varsity Basketball Cheerleaders at Holy Innocents’.

Quidditch: A real sport for the real world

By Blake Flournoy If you’ve paid much attention to the a group at Middlebury College in Vermedia world at any point between 1997 mont adapted the first draft of rules and 2011, chances are good that you from the book. The game’s rules are, know at least something about the Harand have always been, pretty simple. For ry Potter series of novels by J.K. Rowstarters, each player must always have a ling, or the eight movie adaptations of broom between his or her legs. the novels.

The “Golden And if you know Snitch” – a flying about Harry Potter, ball in the movies – you probably know is played by a per“If you were to ask at least something son. Seekers have to me why I love playing about Quidditch, “snatch” the Snitch the premier sport of Quidditch, I’d have to say by playing what is esthe wizarding world sentially the world’s that I love the insanity that the series takes most manic game of of the whole affair.” place in, with all of tag. its magic and flying The game was – blake flournoy brooms and golden a hit, and within riverwood international snitch snatching. weeks the rules were charter school student It may sound silly, spreading across colbut the sport is not lege campuses. Ever confined to the pagsince, the sport has es of fantasy books. Quidditch is a real blossomed into an international sensasport that you can play and it is played tion, to the point that there is an Interworldwide. Magic doesn’t have as great a national Quidditch Association (IQA) hand in the game’s procedures as much that handles the distribution of rules, as imagination and a drive to have fun organizes various national leagues (yes, do, but the game exists, and I, like quite there are international Quidditch World a few others, play it.

Cups), and admits new teams.

Believe it or not, the sport is more seTeams can be formed at the high rious than you would think. school and college levels, though there Real-world play began in 2005, when have been a few unofficial middle-school

teams.

If you were to ask me why I love playing Quidditch, I’d have to say that I love the insanity of the whole affair. The game isn’t made to be serious. It’s made to be fun for all involved and to promote friendship between teams.

At my first organized game, my team and I took a break between games to teach the elementary school kids in the audience how to play. And that special was shortly after Blake Flournoy shows off her Quidditch skills. befriending our opponents from the last round!

Which is exactly why I love QuidIt’s a sight to see, Quidditch. Being ditch – it only makes sense while you’re on the field with friends, seeing your on the field playing it.

Seeker zigzag through a nearby forest to try and catch a weaselly Snitch, gives me Blake Flournoy is a student at Rivera feeling of satisfaction I can’t easily dewood International Charter High School. scribe. www.ReporterNewspapers.net | May 17 – May 30, 2013 | 21

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Weber takes national championship for fourth time

By Melissa Weinman

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The Weber School’s Moot Beit Din team has once again proved its scholarly prowess, using its knowledge of ancient Jewish law to win a national rabbinic mock trial competition.

Weber beat 22 other teams from the United States and Canada to win this year’s national Moot Beit Din, held in Philadelphia April 18-21.

But the Weber School is no stranger to victory. The school’s team has been the national champion four times over the past five years.

The five-member team from Weber acts as a Moot Beit Din, or rabbinic court, and uses Jewish law, known as the Talmud, to come up with a solution to a dilemma.

Though the answers come from ancient texts, the dilemmas deal with issues of modern relevance, such as bioethics, terrorism and Jewish-Christian relations, said Marc Levinthal, a teacher at Weber and the advisor for the Moot Beit Din. “We’re always concerned about bringing present-day relevance to the Talmud, which is 2,000 years old,” Levinthal said. “This is the epitome.”

This year’s case involved the question

of whether a Jew could participate in a Catholic wedding. The team was given three months to develop a written opinion.

Based upon their research, the students argued that the traditional law would allow for the individual to attend the wedding as an onlooker, but not as a bridesmaid.

“You’re given no sources, just the case. We had to find our own sources,” said Daniel Gordon, a member of the team. “We wrote a 10-page argument, which took hours and hours.”

The students put in a lot of work, researching, citing their sources, and ultimately writing their opinion.

“We had a lot of after school meetings during first semester, Sunday meetings, lunch meetings,” said team member Daniela Friedman. “We went to our teacher’s house over winter break.”

The research can be challenging, but the students said it encourages them to think critically to put together a strong argument.

“A lot of times you find commentaries that oppose one another, so you have to decide how to value each one,” said Adina Karpugh. “I think a lot of us were

really surprised with our conclusion. I didn’t think we’d end up where we did.”

Levinthal said the thing that makes the Moot Beit Din competitions so challenging is the material that the students have to sift through, which often is in a medieval Hebrew that can be difficult special to translate. And From left, Daniel Gordon, Adina Karpuj, Hillel Levinthal said the Brenner, Daniela Friedman and Ilan Palte, Talmud is not as members of the Weber School’s Moot Beit Din well-organized as team, which captured a national championship secular codes of for the fourth time in five years. law.

“It often is not out there in black and “The difference white. They often have to see contradicbeing that lawyers practice in one juristions between rabbis. They have to analdiction, the codes of law are organized ogize,” Levinthal said. and indexed very well over a short peThough it’s a lot of extra work, the riod of time,” he said. “When you’re restudents on the team enjoy the chalsearching Jewish law, you’re researching lenge. voluminous texts over 2,000 years, of“It’s a serious commitment if you ten without any indexing, codification.” want to be part of it. But you end up And the students have to make deciloving it,” Gordon said. sions for themselves, he said.

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Abigail Van Horn Senior, The Lovett School If Abigail Van Horn asks if she shall “compare thee to a summer’s day,” it is not because of a yearning for the end of the school year. Instead, it is because she means business.

At the end of April, Abigail placed as a semi-finalist in the 30th season of the English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition after performing Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” and a monologue from “Much Ado About Nothing.” She performed on the Vivian Beaumont stage at Lincoln Center.

“Who gets to say that they performed on a Broadway stage when they were 18?” Abigail said of her experience.

Abigail earned her chance to compete at the national level after becoming the first-ever Lovett student to win the Atlanta branch competition, which was judged by professional actors and actresses. She beat 28 other competitors, including the second place finisher, fellow Lovett student Bryony Berry.

During her all-expenses-paid trip to New York City, Abigail got to see a modern rendition of “Julius Caesar,” sit in on a course at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and meet the nearly 60 other competitors from across the country and Mexico.

Why does she study Shakespeare? “I like how complicated his characters are,” Abigail said. “We learned in school and in theater that a character really isn’t believable unless they are incredibly complex and insane, and I think he does a really good job of making characters like that.”

Abigail also felt that the pieces she competed with were well-fitted to her

personality.

“She has wonderful stage presence and confidence which translate beautifully in the characters she creates on the stage,” said her coach for the competition, Eric Brannen.

Leading up to the nationals, Abigail practiced daily with Brannen, who joined her in New York.

“Everybody was brilliant at what they did, and it was just really nice to be surrounded by that talent,” said Abigail of the competition.

While the scope of her recent performance was new, she is no stranger to the stage, and has participated in many of Lovett’s school productions, from “The Sound of Music” to “My Fair Lady,” and has acted in a few commercials.

The only drawback to Abigail’s trip was that she had to miss her regional golf tournament. Abigail is the Lovett girls’ golf team captain and has been on the varsity team throughout her four years of high school.

In addition to golf and acting, Abigail is a cheerleader and enjoys singing.

While her favorite subjects are Advanced Placement music theory, and astronomy and astrophysics, her passion still lies in acting.

“I think that anytime you have a chance to perform, you should take it, because it really helps you grow as a person,” said Abigail.

What’s Next: Abigail plans to attend Pepperdine University in the fall. She hopes to continue acting and is interested in studying psychology or fashion design.

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Eukyung Yang Senior, Riverwood International Charter High School When Eukyung Yang, who also goes by Jennifer, was 10 years old, she moved from Korea to Florida. She didn’t know a single word of English.

She turned to math.

“When you don’t know English, numbers are the only things that make sense. It really is a universal language,” Eukyung said.

Eukyung grew very comfortable with math throughout her schooling. When she moved from Florida to metro Atlanta and enrolled in Riverwood International Charter High, she expected to find a math club she could join upon arrival.

To her surprise, Riverwood had no math club.

So Eukyung took it upon herself to start one. It’s still going strong. And the club recently chose new officers, so it can continue after Eukyung graduates and moves on to college.

Eukyung speculates that the International Baccalaureate Program focus at Riverwood explained the lack of a math club.

Yet that same liberal-arts focus also contributed to her increased appreciation for the study of foreign languages in high school. As she mastered English, she also started to study French.

“Although I started learning the language because it’s a requirement, it’s become a passion,” Eukyung said. “French has opened a lot of doors for me. I love that when you can communicate with a native, you immediately establish a sense of friendship and belonging.”

Eukyung has also been active in community service work during her time in high school.

For the past two years, she has been volunteering regularly at the Chastain Horse Park. Volunteers facilitate the therapeutic program, known as Equine Assisted Therapy, in which children with disabilities, the elderly, and people recovering from injuries ride horses with the help of volunteers like Eukyung.

“I had never been in close contact with horses before, so it was a challenging, new experience,” said Eukyung.

She has grown to love working with people there.

“My biggest motivation is the children,” Eukyung said. “It’s just so much fun to be around them and it gives a great feeling that you’ve helped someone that day. It gives another aspect to life.”

Academics are a priority for Eukyung. Riverwood has been academically challenging for her, she said, but she is graduating as one of the Top Ten students in the Class of 2013.

“At first, when they announced the Top Ten and my name was called, I didn’t believe it,” she said. “But as time went on, it began to sink in and I just became happier and happier.”

It made all of the hard work worth it in the end.

“High school is very demanding, and it requires a lot from me,” Eukyung said.

“But since all of my friends go through it together, it’s really helped form close friendships.”

What’s Next: Eukyung still is deciding where she will attend college next year. She hopes to continue to study French and thinks a semester abroad is a must. She also hopes to continue to help at the Horse Park and venture into other community service opportunities while she’s in college.

Elizabeth Wilkes, a student at North Springs Charter High, reported and wrote this article.

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State issues new school report cards for public schools

BY DAN WHISENHUNT

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The Georgia Department of Education has released new report cards about local schools.

Schools will no longer be scored on the system established by the federal No Child Left Behind Act that measured

Here is a list of public schools in Brookhaven and their CCRPI scores. All information is obtained from the state Department of Education website.

Elementary schools

Ashford Park CCRPI score: Achievement Points Progress Points Achievement Gap Points Challenge Points ED/EL/SWD Performance Points Exceeding the Bar Points Kittredge Magnet CCRPI score: Achievement Points Progress Points Achievement Gap Points Challenge Points ED/EL/SWD Performance Points Exceeding the Bar Points Montgomery CCRPI score: Achievement Points Progress Points Achievement Gap Points Challenge Points ED/EL/SWD Performance Points Exceeding the Bar Points Woodward CCRPI score: Achievement Points Progress Points Achievement Gap Points Challenge Points ED/EL/SWD Performance Points Exceeding the Bar Points

Middle schools

Chamblee CCRPI score: Achievement Points Progress Points Achievement Gap Points Challenge Points ED/EL/SWD Performance Points Exceeding the Bar Points DeKalb PATH Academy CCRPI score: Achievement Points Progress Points Achievement Gap Points Challenge Points ED/EL/SWD Performance Points Exceeding the Bar Points Sequoyah CCRPI score: Achievement Points Progress Points Achievement Gap Points Challenge Points ED/EL/SWD Performance Points Exceeding the Bar Points

High schools

Chamblee Charter CCRPI score: Achievement Points Progress Points Achievement Gap Points Challenge Points ED/EL/SWD Performance Points Exceeding the Bar Points Cross Keys CCRPI score: Achievement Points Progress Points Achievement Gap Points Challenge Points ED/EL/SWD Performance Points Exceeding the Bar Points BK

84.9 57.7 9.8 12 4.9 .5 99.5 69.9 12.3 15 1.3 1

student achievement based on Adequate Yearly Progress. Georgia has obtained a waiver from NCLB. The new system is known as the College and Career Ready Performance Index, or CCRPI. The AYP system measured student achievement within different subgroups of students, like English as second language students or special education students. AYP also focused on English and math scores.

CCRPI measures all students collectively across all subject areas.

The CCRPI score is calculated by adding the scores below it. Achievement is the base score, worth up to 70 points.

Schools can receive up to 15 points for Progress and 15 points for reducing the Achievement Gap between student scores and the state average. Challenge points are like bonus points for schools with a large number of students who are impoverished. Challenge points are determined by adding the Performance Points with the Exceeding the Bar Point. Schools can earn up to 10 challenge points.

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marist claims High-Q championship Marist School’s Academic Team recently won WSB-TV’s High Q championship, according to a press release from the private school.

The team, lead by captain Brendan Phillips, overcame a deficit and won with a score of 490 to 175, the press release said.

The press release said Phillips and his team will divide their prize of $5,000 in scholarships. Phillips’ teammates are John Stathis, Amandha Darius and Sebastian Kahf.

Oglethorpe University honors two alumni Oglethorpe University was scheduled to bestow honorary degrees on two alumni, the university announced.

The degrees were awarded to two “accomplished alumni” during the May 18 commencement celebration, according to a university press release.

The honorees are: John Frederick Agel, Sr., class of 1952, a World War II veteran; and Donald J. Rubin, class of 1956, a philanthropist and founder of MultiPlan Inc.

Weber’s head of school announces departure The long-time head of school at The Weber School will step down at the end of the 201314 school year, the school announced.

Simcha Pearl joined the school in 1997, serving as its first high school principal. The school was then known as The New Atlanta Jewish Community High School.

He became head of school in 2000, the

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“Dr. Pearl has focused on growing Weber’s enrollment, strengthening its academic and Judaics programs, overseeing its move to a new and permanent campus, and stabilizing Weber’s financial position,” the school said in its announcement. “Under Dr. Pearl’s leadership, Weber has evolved from a small Jewish day school of 19 students to a respected, values-based, college preparatory school of approximately 240 students with 550 alumni.”

In the school’s press release, Weber said the decision to leave was difficult.

“The pure joy of seeing this school grow, of knowing so many wonderful young people and seeing them stay connected to their Jewish values and become Jewish leaders, has been remarkable,” he said in the release. “But it’s time. … [Weber] is ready to move to the next stage in its life. And so am I.” Board chairman Lori Kagan Schwarz and school co-founder Steve Berman will chair a search committee that will work with a national search firm to find Pearl’s successor, the school said.

Chamblee Charter High ranks on Newsweek’s list Chamblee Charter High School ranked among the top 2,000 public schools in the country in the annual survey of high-achieving public high schools published by the Newsweek and The Daily Beast website. Chamblee ranked number 971 of the schools on the list, 22nd highest of the 50 Georgia high schools on the list.

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Work to fix the ”top end” of I-285 may still be years away, but Sandy Springs City Council wants the project’s planners to know they’re not on board with some of the proposed solutions.

During its May 7 council meeting, the council rejected its own resolution that would have given state officials the OK to buy portions of Allen Park when the project starts moving.

Council members objected to passing a resolution that did not explicitly state its objection to one option of the multioption plan. That option, number 6-A, allows the state Department of Transportation to create an exit onto Sandy Springs Circle.

That would put an interstate exit in the middle of what will one day be the city’s redeveloped downtown. City Council said that plan is unacceptable.

“I don’t want this council to be on record stating anything that will be a positive thing for alternative 6-A,” Councilman Gabriel Sterling said before the vote to reject the resolution.

Plans to improve I-285 have been put under one roof as Revive285, a joint project of the state Department of Transportation and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority. Revive285 has hired ARCADIS as the planning consultant, and employees of the firm recently updated City Council on the project.

The planning process has been ongoing since 2006. The “top end” of I-285 is the portion between the intersections of I-75 and I-85, much of it in Sandy Springs’ front yard. The city’s approval of the resolution is one step in the process of completing the environmental impact statement required for the project.

“i don’t want this council to be on record stating anything that will be a positive thing for alternative 6-a.”

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Sandy Springs’ downtown revitalization effort is ahead of Revive285. Sandy Springs this year has begun spending millions on what will be a decade’s worth of road and infrastructure improvements. Option 6-A would cost $2.84 billion and planners haven’t identified a funding source.

ARCADIS Senior Transportation Planner Timothy Preece said the best case scenario would mean the I-285 improvements could begin in the next five years. Preece said a more realistic timeline is 10 to 15 years.

Sandy Springs City Manager John McDonough told the council before the vote that the city should pass something to provide input on the project. “I think even if we deny this, we owe them some type of feedback,” McDonough said.

“I think by denying this, we are going on record we are opposed to this,” Councilman Tibby DeJulio said.

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The food trucks are coming to Dunwoody. And they’ll have musical accompaniment.

Dunwoody City Council agreed at its May 13 meeting to support a plan for “Food Truck Thursdays,” a series of eatand-listen events the Dunwoody Homeowners Association has proposed at Brook Run Park. The council agreed to provide up to $4,700, if needed, to pay for police officers at the events.

“We’re in the food truck business,” Mayor Mike Davis said after the council voted unanimously to support the events.

The series is tentatively scheduled to begin May 23, said promoter Bettie Cagle of Red Bird Events, and to contin-

ue on Thursday nights for 12 weeks.

The events will be open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The trucks will park in a lot between the skate park and playground at Brook Run and local musicians will perform in a nearby field, City Manager Warren Hutmacher wrote in a memorandum to the council.

Cagle said five to six trucks will appear during early events “and we’ll build from there.” Up to 10 trucks could take part in the weekly events, Hutmacher’s memo said.

Cagle said the Food Truck Thursdays in Dunwoody will be similar to food truck-based gatherings in other nearby communities.

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Matthew’s Handy Services – Small jobs and chores is my specialty, flexible scheduling, carpentry, drywall, painting, plumbing and cleaning. Call 404-547-2079

404-955-0444 • margiephillips@ymail.com

Dusting • Vacuuming • Mopping Kitchen Countertops • Bathrooms

To place a Classified or Service Directory ad call deborah at 404-917-2200 x 110.

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Wanted to purchase houses or property.

Sandy Springs area. Houses listed are ok.

Giving bottom dollar price!

North Georgia Lawn Care – Honest, affordable and dependable. Free Estimates. Tony 404-402-5435.

404-419-6204

Georgia Lawn Care –. Landscape Design, Full Maintenance, Spring Cleanup, Pruning, Pine straw, Putting Green and Artificial Turf Installation. We also handle walls, stone and concrete work. Call 770-435-8928.

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Place your order for Summer organic vegetable plants now! – We will germinate the seeds (Herbs, Peppers, Tomatoes, etc.) and bring them to you. Free delivery and gardening assistance is available. Contact Tom 678-755-3804 or email tockbul@aol.com.

Offering all types of windows, All types of siding – Factory-trained installation. Family-owned, familypriced. Angie’s List (A rated), BBB (A+ rating). 33 Years in Business. Quinn Windows & Siding. 770-939-5634.

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To place a Classified or Service Directory ad call deborah at 404-917-2200 x 110.

Fred Martin Welding Co., Inc. Mobile and Shop Service.

Wrought iron repair and fabrication

404-525-3106 536 Edgewood Ave., Atlanta, GA fredmartinwelding@gmail.com fredmartinwelding.webs.com • Family Owned Since 1938! •

Belco Electric

• Family Owned since 1972 • Fast, Dependable Service by Professional, Uniformed Electricians

770-455-4556

Check out our new website www.BelcoInc.com and follow us on

• Auto/Home/Office lockouts • Ignition Repair • Intercoms & Security Gates • Plus more

678-666-2000

www.georgia-locksmith.com

404-461-9724

$25 Off with this ad!

Trash, Junk Hauled For Less

$35 - $150 per load

We will pick up appliances, furniture, tree limbs, construction debris, basement and foreclosure clean outs.

Call James

Cell (404) 784 5142 Home (770) 455-6237

Home Repair Expert Interior trim/ decks/ painting Light plumbing & electrical Fast door installation/ repair

Rotted wood repair

Paul Scheuermann 678-467-0469

Antique Repair Specialist • Speciality Care Hand Wash Cleaning (front and back with plenty of water) • No Chemicals Used Air Dried, Scotch Guard • Mothproof, Padding, Storage Appraisal & Insurance Statements • Pickup and Delivery Available

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• Customized services • Complete landscape installation • Regular weekly maintenance • Fish pond maintenance • Organic gardening • Seed germination • Concrete & Stone work

678-755-3804 tockbul@aol.com Residential Landscape Design and Installation.

Professional Lawn and Landscape Maintenance.

Bermuda / Zoysia Specialist

Since 1974

404-622-2211 Bob Haddad, owner

Automatic Standby Generators Most Air-Cooled models are in stock and ready to install CAll todAy for A free quote

www. generatorstore.com

Creedon

Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners, LLC Carpet • Upholstery • Rugs • Tile • Stone Commercial • Residential Our business was built on referrals for over 50 years Family Owned & Operated since 1960

www.creedoncarpetcleaners.com 404-256-4355 office | 404-784-1514 mobile

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“We restore the WOW! back into your Marble, Granite, Travertine and other natural stone and tile!”

www.WindowCleanatl.com

www.AtlantaStoneAndTileCare.com • 678-662-0110

404.355.1901

W.S.B. Custom Contracting, Inc.

Services Include

Roofing Re-roofing Roof repairs

Renovations & Additions Serving Atlanta for 30 years

404.626.8976

wsbcontracting@comcast.net

Gutter covers Gutter installation and siding

Free estimates • 770-251-0707 The Handyman Can • Plumbing • Electrical • Sheetrock • Floors • Tile • Framing • Kitchens • Painting • Roofwork • Concrete • Stained Glass • Antique Door Restoration • Gutters

With two professional in-house polishers, we can make your silver flatware, tea sets, bowls and trays more beautiful than ever before.

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