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The long-dormant Brookhaven library project may be coming back to life.

DeKalb County Public Library Director Alison Weissinger visited the Brookhaven City Council’s May 28 work session to talk to the council members about options for the new library.

Brookhaven is among the last of DeKalb’s library branches to be upgraded through funds from a 2005 bond issue. Weissinger said DeKalb has a budget of $3.6 million to replace the Brookhaven branch.

“We actually would like to spend a little bit more,” Weissinger said.

Weissinger said the Brookhaven library branch, on North Druid Hills Road, was built in the 1950s and is about 6,800 square feet.

The new library is proposed to be about 12,000 square feet, she said.

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Jack Finch, 5, cranks up the water with his father, Chris, by his side, during opening day for the Murphey Candler Park swimming pool on May 25. The fun was hosted by the Murphey Candler Marlins swim team, who provided refreshments and encouraged neighborhood swimmers to join their team. More photos on page 3.

DeKalb County police believe the recent rash of burglaries in Drew Valley may have come to a close.

Maj. James Conroy of the DeKalb County Police Department said beginning March 19, there have been nine burglaries reported in the Drew Valley neighborhood.

Police believe most of the break-ins, which occurred between April 24 and May 6, were connected to a group of kids.

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Villines said if the club left the city of Brookhaven, it would be able to continue its current form of operation in unincorporated DeKalb.

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The club is suing the city over an ordinance that would prohibit the club from serving alcohol and offering nude dancing.

“The ordinance you have passed will put Pink Pony out of business,” lawyer Aubrey Villines said.

He told the council that in addition to the revenue the club would bring directly to the city, the Pink Pony also supports other local businesses.

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Council postpones vote to change closing time for bars

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Brookhaven City Council deferred until Aug. 20 a proposal to reduce the hours that bars can stay open after local business owners and bartenders told city officials the move would harm their livelihoods.

Brookhaven city officials have proposed changing the time that bars must close from 3:55 a.m. to 1:55 a.m. in response to complaints from surrounding neighborhoods.

On May 24, the city sent a notice to liquor-license holders that there would be a meeting May 28 to discuss possible changes to last call and closing time.

According to a city spokeswoman, about 100 people attended the morning meeting regarding last call and closing times.

Several more spoke out at the council’s meeting later that day.

Steven Marco, owner of Olde Blind Dog Irish Pub, said though his bar rarely stays open that late, he believes he should have the right to do so because of the DeKalb County permit he holds.

“At this early juncture of the city, it is patently unfair to change the regulations of the businesses of this commu-

nity that have been operating for many, many years under the current laws, and to not grandfather them or tell them that they have to operate differently now that there is a new council,” Marco said.

But other bar owners said they need their late-night business. “You think cutting two hours out of somebody’s business really isn’t a big deal. But it’s really like cutting half our business,” said Justin Pate of Rush Lounge.

Aundre McDonald of Cream Ultra Lounge said many of his customers don’t come in until midnight. “That gives us a very small window of opportunity to provide for them the reason they came out,” McDonald said.

Pate said he believes many of the noise issues or other nuisances can be fixed through better enforcement, not changing the laws.

“A lot of these problems can be solved with your police force,” Pate said. “If a business is acting irresponsibly, by all means go after them. But use your police force to do it. Do not do a broad sweeping amendment that is going to hurt so many people.”

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Brookhaven’s city government is growing.

The young city has expanded from the four employees originally called for in its charter, not counting police, to eight, in an attempt to save costs and add more accountability to municipal services, said City Manager Marie Garrett.

Brookhaven has recently hired managers to oversee the city’s departments, which are staffed by contractors.

Garrett said shortly after she was hired, she reviewed all of the contracts with the city’s vendors, and found that there were some things that the city, still in its start-up mode, didn’t yet need.

She also determined that the city could save money by hiring department heads in-house.

“Just cutting unnecessary services and bringing on department heads instead of vendors being department heads, we saved $1.6 million,” she said.

Sandy Springs was the first in a wave of new cities to be created in metro Atlanta since 2005. All have been structured as public-private partnerships, with private companies bidding to provide municipal services like parks and recreation and public works.

But each has structured its contracts slightly differently.

For example, Sandy Springs started out with a single contractor who provided all of its services. Dunwoody split its services among several contractors.

Garrett, who worked on the startup of Johns Creek, said Brookhaven is the first city to employ what she has described as a hybrid model, with city employees managing the services provided by contractors.

“If not, we would have vendors managing their own contracts,” Garrett said.

“This makes [department heads] more accountable to the city when they’re city employees. It really provides that check

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But Oliver Porter, credited with creating the public-private partnership model when Sandy Springs incorporated, said he wouldn’t encourage the hybrid model Brookhaven is now using.

“One of the main benefits of the model most have adopted is flexibility to not only move people between departments but also in the budgeting process,” Porter said. “I certainly don’t want to criticize anyone who’s making an effort to find a better way. But I think the model works best when everyone below the city manager is in contract mode.”

Oliver said one of his main criticisms of traditional governments is the tendency of department heads to want to build up their departments. “Department heads become sort of defensive of their territory, and the pressure is on them to produce, and they’ll build their department to do that,” Porter said.

Porter said he worries that mentality may still be there for department heads in a hybrid model.

“Even though the people below them are still in contract, they could still say ‘we need to enlarge this contract,’” Porter said. “But I hope it works for them very much. I think it’s only natural that everyone would want to tweak it a little for their situation.”

Garrett said in some cases, the cost savings for hiring a city department head were substantial.

“We probably saved, on average, between maybe 60 and 65 percent on department heads themselves being brought on as employees,” Garrett said.

Garrett said the exact figures from the task orders, which were part of the competitive bidding process, are not available to the public.

She said the reason for the savings is that the managers employed by the vendors often bill hourly, which can be much more costly.

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Brookhaven Heights neighbors are hoping a new developer will be able to come up with a more agreeable plan to build townhomes on North Druid Hills Road.

Several residents in the neighborhood went on the offensive after an application was filed with the city to rezone the property and build a high-density townhome development on 3.9 acres at 1475 North Druid Hills Road, now the site of the North Atlanta Gospel Chapel.

The original developer is no longer working with the property owner. David Smith is now the developer for the project, said attorney Doug Dillard.

Dillard said Smith is working on a new plan.

“We have had some meetings with the neighborhood and heard their concerns about drainage and traffic and some of the environmental issues,” Dillard said.

“We’re addressing all of those concerns, and think we’ll have a plan that will not only address those concerns, but be acceptable to the neighborhood and city council.”

Resident Linda Gartland said she is hopeful that if the application is approved, it will set a positive precedent for development along North Druid Hills Road.

“While we would have preferred single family homes on the property, we hope that, if rezoned, the developer follows through in a conscientious and appealing manner to produce something we can be proud of,” Gartland said in an email. “That being said, we are concerned about the precedent this development might set for other parts of North

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Dunwoody seeks input on new Brook Run dog park

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As the city of Dunwoody prepares to move the dog park in Brook Run Park, officials are asking dog owners for their input to see what features they would like to see included in the design.

But some dog owners say they don’t want to see any changes at all.

“We’re desperate to see it stay where it is,” dog owner Chantal Anderson told members of Dunwoody City Council on May 28. “Just keep our park, please. ...

For us, it’s a social thing. We don’t go to bars so we hang out at the dog park.”

Anderson was one of several dog ownmelissa WeiNmaN ers who attended the council meeting to Brent Walker, left, Dunwoody parks ask that the city leave the dog park alone. and recreation manager, describes On May 16, city officials presentchanges for the Brook Run dog park. ed two possible designs for a new dog park and asked people attending a public meeting at Brook Run to pick their favorite they take their white German shepherd and share any other comments they might Jack to the Brook Run dog park every day, have about the new dog park. expressed concerns that the new park will City officials plan to move the dog park be smaller and offer fewer trees for shade. within Brook Run to make way for a multi“The reason everyone loves this park is use trail and to preserve the land, which has the shade,” Davis said. “In the highest heat suffered from years of use by the dogs. of the summer you can take your dog here.”

Mary Jo Thrasher, who volunteers on Paul also worries that the new location the board of the Brook Run Dog Park Asmay be too crowded. sociation, said she is happy with Dun“We like this one,” he said. “They’re gowoody’s efforts. ing to move it, but what can we do?”

“They’re really bending over backward Dog owners at the council meeting also to try to incorporate what we’re asking for,” worried about the loss of shade. “We love Thrasher said. “I’ve been really impressed.” our existing dog park because of the canopy Thrasher said the Brook Run Dog Park of trees, which keeps it cool, even in sumAssociation sees water stations, shade and mer,” Saul Sloman said. restrooms as priorities for the new dog Parks and Recreation Manager Brent park. And though she was initially unhapWalker said the city will incorporate all the py about the city moving the dog park, she feedback into the final plan for the park. is pleased with the proposed designs for the The city’s plan is to use about 1/4 of an new location. acre to 1/3 of an acre as a small dog play “We were really opposed to it for a long area and to create two areas for large dogs. time,” Thrasher said. “The city really seems The large dog area being used will change to be making a true effort. They’re trying to every three to four months to allow the land be good stewards of the land while helping in one area to rest while the other is in use. the dogs have a good off-leash experience.”

“It will give us an opportunity to come But others attending the public meeting in and do grass restoration … while the at Brook Run were not pleased. other side is active,” Walker said. “That way Brian Paul and Laura Davis, who said the dog park is always open.”

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The owners of the Pink Pony strip club filed a lawsuit against the city of Brookhaven, saying the city’s sexuallyoriented business ordinance is unconstitutional.

Officials shouldn’t rush to judgment on closing Pink Pony To the editor: I am very disappointed that our new city of Brookhaven has not grandfathered in an established business in our community, the Pink Pony.

I believe our city has overstepped its bounds to “protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Brookhaven,” to quote a quote attributed to our new Mayor, J. Max Davis, in your newspaper. [Brookhaven Reporter, May 17-30.]

I do not believe the Pink Pony represents a threat to our citizens any more than all the other bars that exist in our community that are not being forced out of business.

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So, newly-elected officials, please tread lightly on assuming what your constituents “want and need,” and don’t rush to judgment on closing down the Pink Pony.

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Commuters adapt to Perimeter grind

Dan Whisenhunt While there are four MARTA stations, van and car pools, shuttle buses and other pedestrian options for people getting to the Perimeter area from elsewhere, metro Atlanta commuters still prefer getting around via automobile than by mass transit.

By Dan Whisenhunt Steve McKinley enjoys riding the Xpress bus to the Perimeter from his home in Cumming, but he said he sees room for improvement.

McKinley, who works at Macy’s, said the Xpress bus arrives at the North Springs MARTA station right as the train headed to the Perimeter takes off.

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All he can do is wave as the train heads south. The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority runs the Xpress, while MARTA has its own board of directors.

“That’s my only complaint, having to wait 15 minutes for the next train,” McKinley said.

The commute of workers like McKinley is something that Perimeter employers consider when deciding to set up

–Page 10 I-285/Ga. 400

Todd Emerson, with Harry Norman Realtors, discusses the current Perimeter singlefamily housing market, and gives his outlook for the future.

shop along the top end of I-285. Transportation advocates say the range of options for getting to and from offices at the Perimeter make the choice easier for companies.

Whether it’s easier for employees depends on where they begin their morning commute.

Groups like the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts and the Pe-

rimeter Transportation and Stability Coalition work to turn transportation options into assets for economic development.

“Of course the major assets we have here are the four MARTA stations, and most of the employers here are very excited they have access to MARTA here,” Perimeter CIDs President and CEO Continued on page 14

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Funding I-285/Ga. 400 improvements has proven to be a challenge. Now, the PCIDs are stepping up with funds.

Three brothers continue on with the family’s auto repair business, putting their customers’ and employees’ needs first.

PeriMeter Business

Q & A on Perimeter single-family homes: Definitely recovered Q Todd Emerson has been working with residential real estate in the metro Atlanta area since 1998. In 2005, he joined Harry Norman Realtors’ office in Buckhead and then, in 2008, was named Senior Vice President and Managing Broker of the Harry Norman office for the Perimeter Center area. In 2009, he also became managing broker of the company’s Blue Ridge office. This year, he was named president-elect of the Atlanta Board of Realtors.

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How do single-family home sales in the Perimeter area compare with sales in other markets in metro Atlanta? What drives home sales in the Perimeter?

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The Perimeter area continues to outperform what I define as the “six core counties” (Cobb, Cherokee, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton and Gwinnett) that make up a significant part of metro Atlanta.

Year over year, home sales in the Perimeter area are up 19 percent compared to sales for the same time period in 2012. Conversely, home sales in the six core county area ac-

tually are down 9.3 percent compared to the same time period in 2012. However, a significant reason for the year-over-year decline for the six core county area can be directly attributed to a significant reduction in the overall number of distressed properties (REO/bankowned properties and short sales) that are currently available versus what was available for sale in 2012.

Regarding what drives home sales in the Perimeter area, there are a number of factors: access to good schools (both public and private); the Perimeter Mall area and surrounding shopping venues in general that offer a multitude of choices; the high concentration of office and commercial space that attracts hundreds of companies to the area and thousands of jobs; and convenient access to a number of major surface streets and highways allowing quick access to other areas of Atlanta.

In addition, the Perimeter area has historically been a highly desirable destination for not only those living locally in nearby areas, but also for those relocating to Atlanta.

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As in all markets across the greater Atlanta area, the Perimeter area experiTodd Emerson has been involved in enced a decline in the Atlanta real estate since 1998. He was total number of sales with Harry Norman in Buckhead before during the recent rebeing named senior vice president and cession, however these managing broker of the company’s Perimeter declines were not as Center office in 2008. He is also managing significant or severe as broker of the Harry Norman Blue Ridge what a majority of the office. He was named president-elect of greater metro area exthe Atlanta Board of Realtors this year. perienced.

The primary reason the Perimeter area was Has the market for sales of not as severely impacted as Atlansingle-family homes recovta as a whole can be directly tied to ered in the Perimeter area? How a very low percentage of distressed close do you think it is to a full, property sales. Throughout the repre-recession recovery? What do cession years, distressed sales only you expect to see in the near term represented 5 to 7 percent of the toin single-family home sales in the tal sales in the Perimeter area, comPerimeter market? In the long pared to more than 30 percent for term?

Atlanta in general.

Usually, distressed properties are Sales of single-family homes sold at a significant discount (typidefinitely have recovered in cally 20-30 percent less) compared the Perimeter area. We aren’t quite to non-distressed properties. As the back to pre-recession (summer 2007) market was absorbing these dislevels; however, we are making very tressed properties, it had a negative positive strides in that direction. impact on prices and future appraisThe simple economic fundamenals. However, now that we have liqtals of supply and demand indicate uidated a significant amount of this we will continue to see positive imtype of property and demand has provement for home sales in the Peremained high, we are beginning rimeter market area. Demand reto see prices appreciate across most mains high and additional “buyer market areas.

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PeriMeter Business variables,” such as job growth and low interest rates, also remain positive. In addition, inventory continues to remain relatively low, so properties that are properly priced, that are in excellent condition, and aggressively exposed to the market typically sell quickly.

I anticipate this trend will continue for the next two to three years, at which point we will be back to pre-recession levels.

“Regarding what drives home sales in the Perimeter area, there are a number of factors: access to good schools (both public and private); the Perimeter Mall area and surrounding shopping venues in general that offer a multitude of choices; the high concentration of office and commercial space that attracts hundreds of companies to the area and thousands of jobs; and convenient access to a number of major surface streets and highways allowing quick access to other areas of Atlanta.”

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Multi-family development appears to have returned to the Perimeter market in a big way. What’s happening with single-family development?

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The challenge the Perimeter area has in regards to single-family development is there just isn’t a whole lot of available empty land in the area anymore.

Therefore, in order to create additional households, you are seeing more development “vertically” versus “horizontally.” However, we are beginning to hear saws and hammers in and around the Perimeter area as developers are finding little pockets to build small, single-family developments.

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What types of homes do you believe will be in the greatest demand in the Perimeter area in the future?

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ular theme.

However, the area in general has always been known as a bedroom community, and because of all of the positive factors I mentioned earlier, it will always be a draw for a variety of different buyers who desire a single-family residence. For that reason, I would expect future purchases to include folks who intend on either renovating or adding to existing homes, tear-downs and rebuilds, or buyers appreciating the variety of architecture available in the Perimeter area and the charm associated with those property types.

Regardless of the property type, I fully expect the Perimeter area to continue thriving as a “home destination” for a multitude of buyers for a very long time.

Georgia bank official: State’s banks appear ‘stabilized’ after recession

By Joe Earle Georgia banks appear to have “stabilized” after the recent economic downtown, a representative of the Georgia Bankers Association told Perimeter business leaders.

“In 2012, more of our state banks were profitable,” Bankers Association Vice President David Oliver told the PBA members. “It’s very encouraging.”

Oliver said that 74 percent of the state-based banks in Georgia reported profits in 2012, compared with 60 percent the previous year.

Georgia banks were hit hard during the recession and scores of banks closed. But Oliver said that only two banks had closed so far this year, compared with 10 last year. He said the percentage of loans to banks that were reported as past due has declined for 11 consecutive quarters.

Oliver spoke May 10 as a member of a panel addressing the Perimeter

Business Association during a meeting at The Retreat at Perimeter Summit.

Panel members discussed banking, finance and investment in the Perimeter area, which includes portions of Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Brookhaven. Other panelists were Christina Parks, vice president of private banking for Morgan Stanley Private Bank, and John A. Heagy, senior managing director for Hines, a development, investment and property management firm.

“The Central Perimeter submarket has come into its own in the last 12 to 18 months,” Heagy said.

He said 125,000 people now work in the Perimeter area. “That’s just a staggering number,” he said. He said companies such as AirWatch, a technology firm, and State Farm are expanding operations in the area.

“Ten or 12 years ago, this was not the profile of this submarket,” he said. “It had a much lower profile.”

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Business chat Claressa Hicklen, left, a financial advisor with Nestwise, chats with Rebecca Deutsch of the Buckhead Women’s Business Group during the Greater Perimeter Business Expo on May 2. Representatives of more than 70 businesses operated booths at the expo, which was sponsored by the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce and the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce and held at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta at Ravinia in Dunwoody.

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PCIDs promise millions to jump start I-285/Ga. 400 interchange

By Joe Earle and Melissa Weinman Perimeter business owners have agreed to pony up $10.5 million to try to jump start plans to fix the I-285/ Ga. 400 interchange.

“We’re saying I-285 and Ga. 400 is so critical to us that we want to put $10 million on the table,” said Donna Mahaffey, chief of staff for the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts, which will provide the money.

Gov. Nathan Deal made the formal announcement May 22 that the PCIDs had agreed to raise more than $10 million for work on the project, which Deal said was “crucial to one of the metro region’s greatest economic engines.”

But $10.5 million is only a tiny portion of the money required to rebuild the intersection, which state officials say is among the busiest and most clogged interchanges in the state. Mahaffey called the PCIDs appropriation “a statement of collaborative interest and a statement of focus” on the project.

A proposed regional transportation sales tax was slated to raise $450 million for the I-285/Ga. 400 interchange as part of the $8 billion plus that would have been collected for projects in a 10-country area. But that tax was soundly defeated by metro Atlanta voters.

Since the regional sales tax defeat, political and business leaders have been looking for other ways to finance high-priced road projects. Deal praised the partnership between the state and the PCID as a sign of the future.

“Due to limited resources, this model of partnership gives us the tools we need to facilitate major transportation projects,” he said.

The PCIDs are districts of business owners clustered around the Perimeter. The districts lie in portions of Fulton and DeKalb counties. Within the districts, businesses can tax themselves for transportation improvements. In the past, the PCIDs have helped finance the half-diamond interchange at Hammond Drive and Ga. 400, and the “diverging diamond” interchange at Ashford-Dunwoody and I-285.

PCIDs’ president and CEO now calls improvements to I-285 and Ga. 400 “the No. 1 priority for the Perimeter CIDs.” The PCIDs’ board agreed to issue bonds to raise $10 million to be used on the project, and appropriate an additional $500,000 this year for the project, Mahaffey said. In future years, the board may consider additional appropriations if they are

Improvements to the I-285/Ga. 400 interchange have been called “the No. 1 priority for Perimeter CIDs.” A sales tax, which would have raised $450 million for the interchange, was soundly defeated by metro Atlanta voters in 2012. Now Perimeter business owners have agreed to bring $10.5 million to the table to jump start the improvement plans.

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needed, she said.

“It’s really very general at this point,” Mahaffey said, “except to say, we are at the table with these funds.”

Money will be provided to the Georgia Department of Transportation, which is developing plans for

rebuilding the intersection and will be able to use the PCIDs’ cash to fill a variety of needs to keep the project moving, officials said.

“I’m sure GDOT is going through a number of different scenarios as to how they will handle this project,”

Mahaffey said.

The board of the Atlanta Regional Commission also has voted to include $2 million this year in the Metro Atlanta Transportation Improvement Plan to continue engineering project development for the interchange.

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There are also van and car pools, “of shuttles and pedestrian options for course, people getting to the Perimeter from the major elsewhere. assets But there are also studies that show we have Atlanta traffic congestion hasn’t dehere are Dealer Name terred drivers.

Address the four MARTA Two recent studies produced by City, ZIP stations, and most the Texas A&M Transportation InstiWebsite of the employers tute and American Public Transportation Association show a preference here are very excited for cars over trains. they have access Texas A&M concluded that in 2011 to MARTA here.”

Atlanta traffic congestion ranked seventh worst in the nation, costing driv– Yvonne Williams ers an additional 51 hours in traffic Perimeter Cids President and Ceo each year – a full work week, plus overtime. That’s up one hour from 2010. north because of MARTA. The PTSC APTA data shows ridership on is a sister group of Perimeter CIDs, MARTA declined in 2010, 2011 and working with companies to help em2012. MARTA rail reported approxployees find alternatives to driving. imately 77,000 unlinked passenger PTSC sells discounted MARTA passtrips in 2010, according to APTA. In es and organizes car pools.

2012, MARTA reported approximate“Technology companies like our ly 70,500 trips. area, because it gives them access to Public transit can be a good option people who want to live in Buckhead for some employees. or Midtown,” Saffle said. “That’s Tamika Eldridge, who works at when it gets back to real estate costs Autotrader.com, lives by the Hartsand parking. We do have an abunfield-Jackson International Airport dance of parking here. You almost and said her trip to the Perimeter is a have to pay everywhere you go in straight shot north. Her ride to work Midtown and Buckhead.” typically takes 45 minutes to an hour.

David Dabbiere, chief operating “I don’t have to change trains,” officer for AirWatch, said Eldridge said. “I get on his company was quickthe North Springs line and Co v er ly outgrowing its space at we’re good to go through the Lumberyard in MidMedical Center [station].”

St o r y town. The parking lot was People who connect to repainted to put the spaces MARTA using a bus procloser together. vided by another agency said there’s Moving to the Perimeter gave the room for improvement. company and its employees more elKaren Brown, who works at Equibow room, Dabbiere said. On any fax and lives in Gwinnett County, uses given day the company hosts visitors the Xpress bus service. She drives 30 from Fortune 500 companies. Having minutes to catch her bus at Sugarloaf easy access to the airport is essential, Mills Mall in Lawrenceville. he said.

She takes the bus into the city, “We do have a lot of consultants where it stops at the Civic Center that travel,” Dabbiere said. “They use MARTA and Arts Center MARTA staMARTA to get to the airport. So we’re tions. In order to get to work, Brown actually seeing for us increased usgets on a northbound MARTA train, age.” a bit of backtracking that adds time Dabbiere said he’d like to see a to her commute. Brown said it would shuttle to reduce traffic at lunch time, be helpful if she could get on the bus and said he supports a shuttle project closer to where she lives. under development by the Perimeter The length of commute and the efBusiness Alliance. ficiency of mass transit are both conHe said he hopes the influx of comsiderations for employers looking for panies to the Perimeter makes the a place to do business. area more of a place and less of a desSean Saffle, executive director of tination. the Perimeter Transportation and “I think you’d like to see a lot more Sustainability Coalition, said the empeople living here,” Dabbiere said. ployment base of Atlanta is moving

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From left, three brothers, Eric, Rod and Brian McCullough, run the car shop McCullough AutoCare, continuing their father’s legacy.

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they are greeted by name. The brothers chat back and forth, checking on Continuing their father’s legacustomers and taking time to talk cy, the three McCullough brothers with each person, asking about their -- Eric, Rod and Brian -- now run families and their lives.

McCullough AutoCare in Sandy “We take a personal interest,” Eric Springs. said. “We’re not a sales organization Their business focuses broadly on disguised as a repair shop. We know car repair, offering services what’s going on in their ranging from a standard oil lives just like they know change to emissions testing Perimet er what’s going on in ours.” to more complicated auto The brothers show good Pro fil e repairs. humor between each other “We’ve been blessed with lighthearted jokes and with expert technicians, and we teasing. work on pretty much everything,” “Rod is the bad cop,” Eric said.

Eric said. “From headlight to tail“When we all play good cop, bad light, we do it all.” cop, Rod is the bad cop.”

The family business began in 1969 “That’s right,” Rod said. “My fawith “$1,200 and a lot of ambition,” vorite part of my job is abusing the Eric said. At one time, the family employees.” owned five shops in the Atlanta area.

“Even his dogs are scared of him,” “[My father] and I partnered Eric added. when I was 18,” Eric said. “We all Working on cars together has been grew up in the business, working a constant in all three brothers’ lives. weekends and summers. I actually “I get to see my brothers 12 hours a decided not to go away to school to day, and not many people get to do stay in the family business. I went to that,” Brian said.

Georgia State.”

The family at McCullough’s is In 2003, Eric bought out his fabigger than blood would show. “We ther’s company and trimmed the have great employees,” Rod said. family business to a single location.

“They’re really fun to work with, Built in the 1960s, the McCullough and most everyone is like our exrepair shop at 5810 Roswell Road tended family.” looks as if it belongs in the era of verAmong the brothers, Eric assumes satile car repair shops operated out command, giving orders to check up of gas stations. on a certain car or call up a customer.

But the unused gas pumps now His brothers often seem a step ahead. serve only as obstacles to the cars The whole process is designed to shuffling around the crowded parkkeep in contact with customers to ing lot. make sure they’re informed.

The trio of brothers learned evA customer of three years, Keri erything there was to know about Randal, said she took a chance with cars by hanging around their fathe shop when she first moved into ther’s shops on weekends and durSandy Springs and was pleased with ing breaks from school. Eric said his the personable atmosphere. father still serves as a mentor and “You know, it’s kind of iffy picksource of advice in the business. ing a mechanic, especially for a feOn any given work day, the three male,” she said. “But, they’re realMcCulloughs are seated at the helm ly good at explaining whatever the of the garage. As customers walk in, problem is. I do like that.”

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Sandy Springs Museum welcomes Chris Brooks, director of the Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia, as he discusses “Stories in Wood, Stories in Clay: The Legacy of Folk Art in North Georgia.” Brooks has demonstrated and taught at the Atlanta History Center, Hundred Acre Farm and other Georgia historic sites. Free; donations encouraged. Open to the community. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, NE, Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-851-9111 x2 or email: kbrigance@heritagesandysprings.org with questions.

“Juneteenth” Saturday, June 15, 10 a.m. – “Juneteenth: The

First Day of Freedom,” is a two-day celebration focusing on the end of slavery in the U.S. Guests will learn through a variety of genealogy workshops, gallery character performances, kid-friendly activities, and self-guided tours of the traveling exhibition, “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down.” Continues Sunday, June 16, 12 p.m.

Free for Atlanta History Center members; included in the cost of general admission for non-members.

130 West Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30305. Call 404814-4000 or visit: www.atlantahistorycenter.com for more information.

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Fashion Show Tuesday, June 11, 5:30-8:30 p.m. – Present-

ed by the SSPC’s Women’s Business Network, this fashion show and networking fundraiser benefits the Drake Closet and Drake House. So, gather your girlfriends and join others for a night of fashion, food, drinks and fun! $10 minimum donation. Cash wine bar. The Art Institute of Atlanta, 6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., 100 Embassy Row, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: karen@aclassicalaffair.com, call 770330-3557 or go to www.sandyspringsperimeterchamber.com for more details and to register.

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5K gets under way! Race starts and finishes at Dunwoody Village. Winds along Mount Vernon and Womack roads. $25 until May 31; $30 after. Proceeds benefit ChristianRunners.org. Awards, postrace festivities, including food, drinks, music, vendors. 5515 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Contact Stephen Bolding at 770-356-3041 with any questions. Register for the race at http://zuluracing.com/racing-series.

Thursday, June 6, 2-4 p.m. – Find your center and truly relax this summer with a yoga class.

For middle and high school youth. Free and open to the community. Registration required. To sign up or to learn more, call 404-303-6130. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.

Turtle Tours Saturday, June 8, 11 a.m. – Heritage Sandy Springs presents “Turtle Tours,” an educational series appropriate for children ages 2-5, in the Heritage Sandy Springs Museum. Museum mascots “Sandy” the Chipmunk and “Spring” the Turtle introduce preschoolers to history. In this month’s program, Sandy and Spring “Go on Vacation.” Free; donations encouraged. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information visit: www. heritagesandysprings.org or call 404-851-9111.

Shadow Puppets Saturday, June 8, 1-2 p.m. – Check out the

puppet show, presented by Wild Goose Chase Theater. For ages 5-12. This special event is free and open to all. Dunwoody Public Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770512-4640 for more details.

Magic Shows Monday, June 10, 2 p.m. – Magician

Ken Scott dazzles you with his magic tricks.

Free. Everyone from the community is welcome. Appropriate for ages 5-12. Dunwoody Public Library, 5339 Chamblee- Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770-512-4640 to find out more. Ken also performs on Wednesday, June 12, from 2-2:45 p.m., at the Brookhaven Public Library. This free event is open to the first 30 participants. For groups of five or more, contact the branch for an appointment. 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. Call 404-848-7140 to reserve a spot.

Clay Tales Tuesday, June 11, 4-5 p.m. – Listen to Roelna tell a story, then create some art about the story. Free. Appropriate for all ages. Open to the first 25 participants. Call 770-512-4640 or visit the branch to register. Dunwoody Public Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.

Craft Closet Tuesday, June 11, 4-5 p.m. – Dig into the

Brookhaven Library’s Craft Closet, and make something fun out of the bits and pieces left over from previous crafts. Open to the first 10 participants. For groups of five or more, contact the branch for an appointment. Free and open to the community. For ages 5-12. 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. Call 404-848-7140 to sign up.

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Youth Choir Concert Tuesday, June 4, 7 p.m. – Shallowford’s Chapel Choir, consisting of 65 singers from more than eight schools around Atlanta, in grades 7- 12, is taking their concert, “Let Your Life Shine,” on tour throughout the southeastern U.S. this summer.

Check them out at Northwest Presbyterian Church before they go on the road! The concert explores how faith, hope and love can help others. Open to all; a free-will offering to be taken at the event. 4300 Northside Dr., NW, Atlanta, 30327. For more details call 404-321-1844, go to: www.shallowford.org or email: music@shallowford.org.

The Jungle Book Wednesday, June 5, 3 p.m. – The Dunwoody

United Methodist Church puts on specially-adapted short performances of Disney’s “The Jungle Book.”

With colorful characters and a toe-tapping jungle rhythm, the musical includes many favorite Disney tunes: “The Bare Necessities” and “I Wan’na Be Like You.” Additional show at 7 p.m. Open to the community. Donations benefit the Atlanta Animal Alliance. 1548 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody. Call 770-394-0675 with questions.

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Saturday, June 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. – The 2nd

Dunwoody United Methodist Church for the 75th anniversary of this classic American play by Thornton Wilder. Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children experience “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage” and “Death and Eternity” in the small town of Grover’s Corners.

Tickets, $10 at the door. Additional performances, June 15, 7 p.m.; June 16, 3 p.m. In Fellowship Hall.

1548 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770-394-0675, email: kathy.kuntz@dunwoodyumc. org, or go to: www.dunwoodyumc.org to learn more.

annual Peachtree Hills Festival of the Arts brings 200 artists to the area for a two-day event. Festivities held in and around the Peachtree Hills Park & Recreation Center, including food, acoustic music and kids’ activities. Event continues Sunday, June 9, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free admission. Pets allowed on a leash.

Rain or shine. Parking restricted in residential neighborhoods. 308 Peachtree Hills Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-845-0793, email: info@affps.com or go to: www.affps.com with questions.

Ukulele Orchestra Sunday, June 9, 3 p.m. – Arts & Culture at the

Marcus Jewish Community Center –Atlanta welcomes the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Brooklyn, in presenting “Missionary in Manhattan,” a new musical about three polygamist pop stars on the hunt for their husband in HOTlanta. Tickets: $15 for MJCCA members; $20, non-members; $10 for students. Show is for mature audiences only. Morris & Rae Frank Theatre, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For details or to purchase tickets, visit www. atlantajcc.org/boxoffice or call 678-812-4002.

Japanese Art

Thursday, June 6, 6-7:30 p.m. – The Blue

Heron Nature Preserve hosts an opening reception for its newest summer art exhibit: Awareness of Birds Thru Art: “Ugly Pretty,” by Allison Richter. Richter uses an impasto look and feel to add texture and depth to South Florida’s Roseate Spoonbills. Free and open to the public. Show continues through August 31. 4055 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, 30342. To learn more, call 404-345-1008, email: nancyjljones@mindspring.com or visit: www.bhnp.org.

Wednesday, June 12, 7-8 p.m. – Event fea-

tures Elaine Jo, who demonstrates Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Jiki to Hanga: Japanese Porcelain and Prints.” $5 admission; free for Oglethorpe University Museum members and children under 12. Free parking. Third Floor, Weltner Library, 4484 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. For information, visit: http://museum. oglethorpe.edu or call 404-364-8555.

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Concerts are free for members; $5 for non-member adults; $3 for students. 5343 Roberts Dr., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770-394-3322, email: info@ dunwoodynature.org or visit: www.dunwoodynature.org for details.

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BY MARTHA NODAR Sandy Springs art collectors Terry and Julia Taylor discovered Hiroshi Yoshida’s woodblock prints in the late 1960s, during their first visit to Japan.

While there, they met Yoshida’s cousin. They kept in touch with him after returning to the U.S. “He would send us the pieces over time,” Julia Taylor said. “My husband and I are not art experts. We just like these paintings and have been collecting them ever since.

They are very traditional. They look like watercolor.”

This summer, the Taylors are sharing their collection through an exhibition at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. “Jiki to Hanga: Japanese Porcelain and Prints,” showing through Aug. 25, includes prints, mostly from Yoshida, a 20th century Japanese artist, whose works are part of the Taylors’ private collection.

“It was my husband’s idea to lend these compositions to the university’s museum,” Taylor said. “We have so many pieces and we don’t have enough room at home.”

Taylor said Yoshida’s works remind her of paintings by the Impressionists, members of an artistic movement emerging during the second half of the 19th century. Impressionists were influenced by Japanese prints.

Yoshida, who mastered a water-based woodcut printing technique allowing a range of colors, is known for landscapes and showing people in everyday life. His goal was to appeal to the Western audience, while remaining faithful to the Japanese culture.

Sandy Springs resident Jose Soriano said he did some woodcut printing of his own as a hobby in his younger days, and appreciates the work involved in the process.

He also was impressed by the museum’s display, which used muted lighting and flowers resembling those found in Japanese gardens.

The ambiance was further enhanced by a younger generation of art enthusiasts who graced the galleries at the exhibit’s recent opening. Students from first through fifth grade from the Seigakuin Atlanta International School sang for museum patrons both in English and in Japanese.

“These prints are really fantastic and the museum is beautifully decorated—very minimalistic, very Japanese,” Soriano said.

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Above, students from the Seigakuin Atlanta International School sing for Oglethorpe Museum patrons during the opening of the exhibition, “Jiki to Hanga: Japanese Porcelain and Prints.”

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BY COLLIN KELLEY Modern Atlanta will host its sixth annual “Design is Human Week” June 1-9 to celebrate international design excellence.

Founded six years ago by Bernard McCoy and Elayne DeLeo, Modern Atlanta continues to grow in scope.

“Bernard and I are thrilled that MA has grown from its first Modern Home tour to what it has become today – a week-long series of events featuring talks, panel discussions, product launches and more,” DeLeo said.

Last year, the home tour expanded from Atlanta to showcase homes in Athens. This year, the tour, which will be held June 8-9, goes further afield with three homes open for tours in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C. But the bulk of the tour remains in metro Atlanta with 14 private homes, including a couple in Buckhead; lofts, gallery spaces and businesses; and even a place of worship located in Sandy Springs.

Homes on the tour include the Conquest residence in Ormewood Park, Whitespace Gallery in Inman Park, TaC Studios in the Old Fourth Ward, the Pollan-Hernandez loft in Midtown, Seal Pavilion in Decatur, Lightroom Studio in Decatur, Fier Studio in North Druid Hills, the Dyson home in Druid Hills,

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Left, the Sarvis residence in Buckhead, designed by Dencity, was constructed with local stone, cypress, European stucco and commercial glass. The T-shaped plan creates a private area in the back that contains an outdoor patio and pool. The Earthcraft-certified home also has a distinct roof form, which makes it appear to be lifting off the house. Located near Phipps Plaza, the Bongers residence, right, was built on what was once thought to be an unbuildable lot because a winding stream bisected the property. The unique design of the home allows a portion of the front corner of the home to cantilever over the floodplain area and not to encroach into the stream itself.

the Bongers home in Buckhead, the Sarvis home in Buckhead, the Schlumberger residence and Nancy Creek Pool House near Vinings, Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs and the Koblick residence in Roswell.

Home tour tickets, which include the North Carolina residences, are $35 and can be purchased at modern-atlanta.org.

More Highlights Keynote address by architect John Picard and Design Within reach ceo John edelman at High Museum. (June 3) Screening of documentary “Gehry’s Vertigo,” about the building of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain at WhiteSpace Gallery. (June 8) Design exhibition at ADAc in Peachtree Hills. (June 6-8) Design Is Material (DIM), a trade exhibition that celebrates and promotes innovation and creativity of manufacturers, architects and designers at The Sound Table/Space 2. (June 6-8) For a complete schedule of all events taking place at Design is Human Week, visit modern-atlanta.org.

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Chevra kadishas provide “the ultimate kindness”

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It may not be the most popular comteering in 1996. She was inspired to help mittee at the synagogue. others after her brother died from a long But rabbis say volunteering for a battle with melanoma. chevra kadisha is one of the most imWolfson said after watching her portant and selfless things one can do. brother suffer, she remembers feeling A chevra kadisha is a group of peoa sense of peace when he passed away, ple who perform the ritual blessing and knowing that his suffering was over. cleansing of a body before a Jewish fu“There’s a peacefulness, and mayneral. Typically composed of three to be that’s what I’ve found comforting,” five volunteers, there are two chevra Wolfson said. “It’s very sacred, I supkadisha groups at each synagogue bepose, and a feeling of comfort that this cause they are sepaperson is now going rated by gender. Men to rest.” tend to men, while It’s also a quiet women tend to womand humble kind of “I have a lot of respect en. service. for the people who take Literally translatKassorly said voled, “chevra means this on. It’s not always an unteers rarely talk easy job and one where this collegial group. about their service Kadisha means this there’s not a lot of glory or with the chevra kadiholy collegial group sha and often, the - those two words recognition. But it’s a very names of the volunare Aramaic, actually meaningful act of service.” teers are kept private.

- a collegial group of “It’s supposed to – raBBi JosHua Heller holiness,” said Rabbi be so secretive beconGreGation B’nai toraH Hayyim Kassorly of cause it’s done for Congregation Or Ve no credit. You can’t Shalom in Brookhavbe thanked,” Kassoren. ly said. “So the idea is if you don’t know To be part of a chevra kadisha, one the person’s name you can’t thank them.” must have a flexible schedule that can But once a year, volunteers from Atdefer to death. When volunteers are lanta-area chevra kadishas are honored called, they have to be ready to show up for their service at a city-wide dinner. within 24 hours to prepare a body for Fred Glusman, the chaplain at The burial.

Carlton Assisted Living and Memory “I have a lot of respect for the peoCare in Sandy Springs, said he organized ple who take this on. It’s not always an the first chevra kadisha dinner in 1983. easy job and one where there’s not a lot Glusman said it is common in many of glory or recognition. But it’s a very Jewish communities to have an annual meaningful act of service,” said Rabbi dinner to thank chevra kadisha volunJoshua Heller of Congregation B’nai Toteers, but he said Atlanta is the only city rah in Sandy Springs. he knows of that brings together volunAccording to Jewish tradition, a body teers from all the synagogues in the area. must be buried as quickly as possible af“Too many times we are divided in ter death. The chevra kadisha performs a certain areas of worship, and this is one ritual cleansing and blessing of the body area where everybody is on same wavebefore dressing the deceased in the simlength,” Glusman said. “I think it’s imple, white shrouds that Jews are tradiportant for reform, orthodox and contionally buried in. servative (Jews) to meet each other and “They have a great responsibility besee that everybody is doing this same act cause they are literally preparing us for of kindness.” life after life,” Kassorly said.

Steve Schaikewitz, who volunteers Rabbis say Judaism holds chevra for the chevra kadisha at Congregation kadishas in high regard.

Ariel in Dunwoody, said he likes feeling “It’s the ultimate kindness because it’s connected to tradition. a kindness that a person can never re“As a Jew, you know this is the way pay,” Heller said. “I know they are nevit’s been done for thousands of years,” er going to return the favor to me, so it’s Schaikewitz said. “You’re part of a tradidoing a kindness for the sake of doing a tion. You’re one of a long line.” kindness.”

Heller said chevra kadishas are conRabbis and volunteers emphasize fronted with death in a very personal that there is a great sense of respect and way. dignity that goes into the burial prepa“We as a society tend to keep a disrations. And the people who volunteer tance from death,” Heller said. “A lot of for chevra kadisha say they take comfort people are not used to being hands-on knowing they can help the dead find with the experience of death, which is a peace. mixed blessing. For people who particiBarbara Wolfson, co-chair of the pate in chevra kadisha, it creates a differwomen’s chevra kadisha at Congregaent kind of appreciation for the sanctity tion B’nai Torah, said she began volunof life and the meaning of death.”

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If Not Me, Who? If Not Now, When? Ask yourself this; it helps you step up and speak up when you need to. This has guided me through life – just as it did my mom.

You Define You. Never forget where you came from, but remember, you are not solely defined by your circumstances or your history; you can reinvent yourself many times over if needed. Look at my story – nothing about my background would suggest I would have ended up where I did. I created my own narrative. I believed my mom when she said, “You can do anything.”

Not only did I believe her, but I helped others believe it too.

No Borders No Boundaries. When I was 19, I was asked to go open the company’s first restaurant in Australia. I had never been out of the state of Florida, had never been on a plane (or any other type of mass transit for that matter), and of course, I did not have a passport. But none of that stopped me. I said yes, and then figured it out. The only boundaries to your growth and experiences are those you mentally put up, or those you allow others to put upon you.

“It doesn’t matter how smart you are, how much money you have, or what a great school you go to; if you can’t build meaningful relationships and work well with others to influence them, your other attributes can only go so far.”

—Kat cole

Be Curious. Have a Constant Pursuit of Education, and Have a Bias for Action. The most creative and accomplished people I know have this in common.

They are constantly learning at every opportunity; they know they don’t know it all. They ask, “why, how, why not?” And, when they get the answers, they share what they learn and do something about it. Your mind is something others can never take away – feed it.

Volunteer. Give. For the job, for the community, for those in need. We all need a hand up some times, and giving of yourself is one of the best ways to learn, grow, meet people and make a difference. The reason I was asked to open that first international restaurant was because I raised my hand to help with jobs others didn’t want. After about a year, I had worked every job in the building. Who knew that would make me the top candidate for international travel, which ultimately would change my life.

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There are others, but time and space won’t allow them all to be shared here. So keep these final two contrasting points in mind. You have all the time in the world; you are young and have a bright future. But! You have to live and love like there is no tomorrow, because there are no guarantees in life. If you want to change something, say something or do something, do it. Don’t wait for someone else to do it for you, allow someone else to do it instead of you, or miss the opportunity, because it’s gone. The world needs awesome, ambitious, kind, curious, creative people to step up and speak up to continue to make it a better place to live.

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Valedictorians and salutatorians

High schools honor their valedictorians and salutatorians Graduation season 2013 arrived amid a flurry of final tests, the awarding of diplomas and the distribution of honors to high-achieving students. Here are some of the top achievers among high school students in the Reporter Newspapers communities, the valedictorians and salutatorians.

Atlanta Girls’ School

Ferra Pinnock Valedictorian Yale University

Sarah Diamond Salutatorian Florida State University

Atlanta International School

Alexandra Zdonczyk Valedictorian Washington University

Lucien Viala Salutatorian McGill University

Chamblee Charter High

Monica Agrawal Valedictorian Stanford University

Christa Kelly Valedictorian Western Carolina

Dunwoody High

Hardika Dhir Hayley Hopkins Valedictorian Valedictorian Georgia Tech Northwestern

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Will Koval Salutatorian Emory

Andrew Tsao Salutatorian Georgia Tech

Brandon Hall

Tram Thuy Le Baishen Huang Michelle Leonard Salutatorian Valedictorian Salutatorian Georgia Perimeter Georgia Tech U of South Carolina

Cross Keys High

Kevin Reagan Salutatorian University of Miami

Ranulfo Ramos Santos Valedictorian Pomona College

Najdat Zohbi Salutatorian Emory

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal

Holy Spirit Preparatory High

Kendall Jackson Valedictorian Harvard University

Clara Diodati Valedictorian Thomas Aquinas College

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James Best Salutatorian Harvey Mudd College

Anna Resnick Salutatorian Durham University

Valedictorians and salutatorians The Lovett School

Elizabeth Wesley Valedictorian University of Georgia

Melissa Li Salutatorian MIT

North Atlanta High

Ian Katz Valedictorian University of California

Eva May Salutatorian Duke University

Riverwood International Charter

Ariel Pinskey Valedictorian University of Georgia

Hannah Weiss Salutatorian University of Georgia

Marist School

Jack Leahey Valedictorian Princeton University

Jason Morris Salutatorian Yale University

Mount Vernon Presbyterian

Corey Knapp Valedictorian University of Georgia

North Springs High

Emily Grace Kelly Valedictorian U of North Carolina

Aaron Hochman Salutatorian University of Chicago

St. Pius X Catholic High

David Spratte Valedictorian U of North Carolina

Barbara Anne Kozee Salutatorian Georgetown University

Megan McBryde Salutatorian U of South Carolina

Pace Academy

Andrew Schettino Valedictorian U of Pennsylvania

Meredith Bradshaw Salutatorian Vanderbilt University

The Weber School

Gavriella Mendel Valedictorian University of Georgia

Ben Stolovitz Salutatorian Washington University

The Westminster Schools

Meg Panetta Valedictorian Harvard University

Joe Sheehan Valedictorian Princeton University

Lilly Chin Salutatorian MIT

Kunal Kamath Salutatorian Duke University

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Standout Students

Student Profile:

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Jon Adelman Jared Allen Annie Armstrong Jack Assaf Max Barab Megan Blasberg Jenna Blumenthal Sallie Boone Jack Bowen Meredith Bradshaw Robert Brooks Tiger Brown Natalie Camrud Joe Capelouto Healy Chait Paula Cheng Ryan Christianson Brianna Cochran Asante Crews Kate Cunningham Djibril Diakite Amber Easley Adam Ellender Jordan Epstein Maddie Everett

Morgan Frazier Taj Gillani Jeff Handler Sallie Hays Caroline Herman Ben Hirsch Tommy Hoff Jeffrey Jones Joey Kimmel Philip Kim Brian Klarman Morgan Krohngold Morgan Lambert Maryse Lapu Renee Lewis Haley Lowrey Katja Martin Andy McCall John McCrea Megan McCurry Kelly McGonnigle Lauren Melville Abbie Milich Suzanne Monyak Maria Moraitakis

Ben Moreland Harry Moreland Sara Mullally Alex Nash Mitch Nemeth Kahlil Nevett-James David Ninan Emily Pair Alex Paré Annie Kate Pottle Caroline Powers Sajat Rabbani Alexander Reckford William Sadlo Bria Samuels Andrew Schettino Tate Schreiner Taylor Schofield Jordan Schuchmann Lauren Schaffer Sam Schaffer James Seaman Miles Sheft Jon Shingler Jake Silverstein

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Victor Skenderi Caroline Smith Madison Snyder Zach Steinfeld Ariel Stern Billy Stonecipher Mary Madison Tesler Kate Thomson Madison Thorne Momo Trang Georgia Tse Adrianna Urquieta Jake Wawro Ellie Weber David Weiner Lucy Wellborn Jason Wiener Reid Williams Sydney Willis Claire Wiskind Michelle Yancich Evan Young Steven Zeldin Lindsey Zwecker

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 Joe Sheehan  The Westminster Schools, graduate Joe Sheehan likes staying busy. He covers a lot of ground.

During The Westminster Schools’ recent graduation, Joe was named co-valedictorian, meaning he attained the highest grade-point average among the boys graduating this year.

He earned that GPA while engaged in a number of after-school activities, ranging from running a student newspaper to running competitively as part of the track team. He was captain of the cross-country team, a sport he says he was drawn to as a discipline of the mind.

“I like running cross country because of the mental struggle that it presents,” he said As co-editor of the student newspaper, the Westminster Bi-Line, Joe collaborated with other student editors to assign articles to others on the staff, edit and publish them. He started working for the paper during his freshman year.

Another creative aspect of his high school life involves studying and making art. Joe was also an editor for Embryo, a publication put together by group of students who meet and critique

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art works submitted by members of the Westminster student body.

An Advanced Placement class in twodimensional art studies developed Joe’s interest in books and the world they create. He decided to focus on the distinction between reality and fantasy. Using book jackets, Joe created landscapes and images with different layers.

As a Young Democrat and a member of the school’s Model United Nations program, Joe debated political issues.

Throughout the year, he met with classmates to debate the country’s healthcare needs or compare the fiscal plans presented by candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

Now, Joe wants to fly airplanes.

He has been working since his sophomore year to earn his flying license and hopes to receive it this summer. To get a license, he must learn how to fly a plane in both good and bad weather, know air traffic laws, and learn how to navigate a plane without using a GPS. That should help him cover even more ground.

What’s Next: Joe plans on attending Princeton University in the fall.

This article was reported and written

by Sierra Middleton, a student at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School.

A big thanks

Micah Barich Sari Bircoll Sophie Blasberg Emily Brothman Nathaniel Buffington Halle Busby Sophia Bussey Carly Clayman Benjamin Cohen Jacob Cohen Matt Diamond Levi Durham Peyton Edelson

Max Ervin Lyndsi Fisher Rachel Fisher Sophia Frankel Carolyn Friedman Max Friedman Neta Gal Lindsey Gillman David Glass Jordan Goldstein Jodi Gottlieb Jenna Grossman Joshua Gurin

Samantha Hardy Alex Heller Brandon Jaffe Max Kamean Jacob Karsch Tyler Knight Amanda Kraun Avielle Krug Emily Kurzweil Samuel Kuttner Olivia Lesnick Willie Lieberman Joshua Lipton

Jaron Longo Caitlyn Margol Emily Nadel Shelby Nemhauser Caroline Perlis Korin Pinsky Hannah Prass Zachary Rosenberg Peyton Rosenberg Julia Rosenthal Elijah Rosner Alec Rosner Jenna Rubin

In the spirit of community, we are also pleased to celebrate the 2013 graduates of The Amit Gar’inim School, which has been based on the campuses of The Davis Academy since its inception in 2002: Lauren Mary Stone • Max Isaac Sweeting

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Melanie Sandler Sophie Schiff Allison Shindell Emma Sidman Rebecca Simonoff Jack Solomon Bari Steel Alana Stein Scott Storper Jessica Thompson Dawson Vainer Joshua Weintraub Noah Weiser Proud Affiliate of:

Alexander West Ross Williams Maxwell Winter Olivia Wolf Jessica Zeewy Sophie Zelony

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We want to note the accomplishments of two of our own: high school interns Stacy Bubes and Mikayla Farr.

Stacy graduated from Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Stacy Bubes High School and plans to study at the University of Michigan.

Mikayla graduated from Riverwood International Charter School and plans to attend the Mikayla Farr University of Miami. She won a Ronald A. Hammond scholarship and also was selected as a Gates Millenium Scholar.

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Comprehensive

 Megan McCurry  Pace Academy, graduate Megan McCurry has been singing just about since she was able to talk.

Her love of music led to the theater.

Megan has taken part in 15 plays and taken the lead role in five of them. Last fall, she played Maria in Pace Academy’s production of “West Side Story.”

“I hope to continue to be in musicals and continue to sing. I love performing,” Megan said.

Megan has been praised for her theatrical talent with over 15 awards in this area over her high school career. She has the knack to adapt when a role calls for it -- she had to learn to roller skate and perform for her part in Xanadu. “I am very proud of my achievements in the arts and the roles I have played,” Megan said. “I will never forget how much fun I had in Pace Theatre!”

One of her teachers, Beth Barrow-Titus, describes Megan as one of the “most gifted female singers I have encountered over my course of 42 years of teaching.”

But Megan is engaged in plenty of offstage activities, too.

She volunteers with the Homeless Pets Foundation each weekend, she said.

She combined this program with Pace’s Service Learning Program, through which students to help out with animals and earn service hours. “I do this because I have loved animals my entire life,” she said.

In the peer-tutoring program at Pace, Megan helps younger students with Spanish and physics. And as secretary of Pace’s student advisory group, Megan helps students deal with social and health issues by promoting healthy eating, learning how to cope with stress, and fighting self-harm.

She also is involved in Pace’s literary magazine, The Knight Gallery. Megan is the assistant editor of the magazine. Stu-

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In the classroom, Megan especially enjoys science and math courses.

She lists biology, statistics, calculus and chemistry among her favorites, but says she enjoys her chorus class, too.

“Megan is an extremely diligent worker in every arena,” Barrow-Titus said. “The faculty and her peers respect her, and she possesses a passion for the sciences. She is an amazing young woman!”

What’s Next: Next fall, Megan will be attending Rice University to major in biochemistry and cell biology. She hopes to study and make a difference in microbiological research. She also says she would love to keep singing and performing.

This summer Megan will be volunteering at the Boulis Lab at Emory University, gaining some experience before college. This lab focuses on the research of gene therapy and stem cells.

This article was reported and written

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Bright in blue Chamblee Charter High School marked graduation day with commencement exercises at North DeKalb Stadium on May 24. Left, First Sergeant Horton, U.S. Army, front, with the JROTC Color Guard. Below, left, students proceed into the stadium. Below, center, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, the keynote speaker, addresses the audience and the graduates. Right, Monica Agrawal, the class’s magnet valedictorian, is all smiles. photos by phil mosier

Time to celebrate Cross Keys High School sent seniors on their way into the world with a graduation ceremony at Adams Stadium on May 23.

Above, left, Valedictorian Ranulfo Santos entertains his classmates while at the podium. Left, Gincia Portillo, left, and her friend Kyong Haeshin, right, show off their diplomas. Right, Sergeant Gregory St. Val, a recruiter with the U.S. Marine Corps, takes it all in. Above, the graduates toss their caps into the air in anticipation of the next stage of their lives. photos by james barker

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Several other arrests have also been made in connection to the Drew Valley burglaries.

“Since these started, we arrested nine suspects in three separate incidents,” Conroy said.

Conroy said the recent property crimes in Drew Valley are not unique; other neighborhoods in the area have experienced break-ins as well. But what makes Drew Valley’s situation different is the way residents organized to communicate with each other to aid police.

“I don’t think that this particular neighborhood was being targeted.

This neighborhood has a very active community association, so they communicate very effectively with each other,” Conroy said. “This is not the only area in our precinct where we’re having burglaries. They just communicate very effectively, which helps us.”

Sara Hansen is the vice president of the Drew Valley Civic Association and helped reorganize the community’s neighborhood watch program earlier this year.

Because neighbors were already working to get to know each other and keeping an eye out for anything suspicious, they were able to help put a stop to the burglaries, Hansen said.

“Having that system in place was very helpful and just reiterated some of the things we already knew,” Hansen said.

There are more than 800 homes in the Drew Valley neighborhood. Hansen said the group broke the neighborhood down into small blocks overseen by a block captain, who notifies people on the block about anything they might need to know.

“Once we kind of became aware of these break-ins happening, neighbors started paying attention,” Hansen said.

In addition to the old-fashioned way of getting to know your neighbors, Hansen said the group also posted alerts of suspicious activity to a social networking group called Next Door.

“That was really helpful because we basically set it up so you would get an urgent alert email sent to you directly,” Hansen said. “Really, neighbors were just being more aware.”

Conroy said he and other DeKalb officers attended community meetings with Drew Valley residents and did proactive patrols in the neighborhood to try to prevent more burglaries. He said they also sent undercover officers to the neighborhood in unmarked cars.

“But the key is we want residents to call 911 when they see something suspicious,” Conroy said. “I encourage everybody to get to know your neighBK

“This is not the only area in our precinct where we’re having burglaries. They just communicate very effectively, which helps us.”

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Brookhaven City Councilman Jim Eyre said he’s pleased with DeKalb County’s response.

“I think they clearly knew it was an issue and stepped up to provide the manpower they needed to put it to bed,” Eyre said.

Eyre, who represents Drew Valley on the City Council, said he believes the leaders of the future Brookhaven Police Department also have a good understanding of the neighborhoods’ needs.

“I think if nothing else they learned where some of the hotspots are and will devote resources as necessary,” Eyre said.

Conroy said even though it appears the burglaries in Drew Valley have calmed down, people still need to watch out for each other.

“I don’t want anyone to let their guard down. There could be a new group going in or it could be some of the same people,” Conroy said. “The majority of these people that were arrested were juveniles and most were released very soon after their arrest.

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Hansen, who has lived in the neighborhood since 2010, said nothing like this has happened since she moved in.

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 3900 block of Peachtree Road – a non-residential burglary, without using forced entry, was reported on may 10.  2400 block of Drew Valley Road – an attempted residential burglary, without using forced entry, was reported on may 14.  1900 block of Johnson Ferry Road – a residential burglary, using forced entry, was reported on may 20.

sault/simple battery was reported on may 11.  3500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – simple assault/simple battery was reported on may 12.  3500 block of Blair Circle – simple assault/simple battery was reported on may 21.

V E H I C L E B R E A K-I N / LARCENY  3800 block of Clairmont Road –a larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on may 9.

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 1700 block of Georgian Terrace – a residential burglary, using forced entry, was reported on may 21.

 3400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road –a larceny of ar-

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a credit card was reported on may 15.

 300 block of Brookhaven Avenue – Fraud was reported on May 22.

 2000 block of Johnson Ferry Road – shoplifting was reported on may 19.  3600 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – theft by taking was reported on may 21.

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Local police offer home-check services during vacations

BY HILARY BUTSCHEK Local police will check on empty homes this summer to ease vacationers’ worries.

House-check programs are a free service provided to citizens by police in which officers periodically check homes for suspicious activity while residents are away.

While the Atlanta Police Department does not offer the service, other local departments do, including the ones in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody. And Brookhaven Police Chief Gary Yandura said he plans to start a house-check program in that city once his officers hit the streets this summer.

The use of the house-check programs increases over the summer and especially on holidays, said Larry Jacobs, the crime preventions specialist for Sandy Springs Police Department.

Sandy Springs police are usually checking on 40 to 50 houses each week in the summer, a number that can double on holidays, Jacobs said. Dunwoody police check anywhere from 30 to 50 homes at any one time during the holiday season, Tim Fecht, the community outreach officer for the Dunwoody Police Department, said.

Although these checkups cannot

guarantee total safety, Fecht said the programs, like a lot of police work, are beneficial because they are proactive.

“One of the great things about it is that you’re not only bringing the officers and the volunteers to your house, but also in your neighborhood,” Jacobs said.

Dunwoody police doing house checks have caught potential “weak points” in houses in the past, Fecht said.

“It has happened several times where we’ve found a door unlocked and we call the homeowner, and they’ll say ‘Oh, I forgot,’” Fecht said.

Fecht said he cannot remember a house being broken into while on the house watch program. “It adds another layer of security and comfort,” Fecht said, “and it’s someone you can trust, so if something were to happen, be it natural disaster or criminal, we will be there.”

Residents of Sandy Springs can sign up for the out-of-town house-check program on the police department’s website. Residents fill out a form, providing information such as the dates they will be away, what types of cars are expected to be at the home, alarm system information and emergency contacts. Officers check the houses each day as time permits.

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Jacobs said: “911 calls are their first priority, but in between answering 911 calls, we ask that they check out these areas. They look for anything suspicious, like a door kicked in or a smashed window.”

When officers are busy, volunteers who have gone through a police training program check on the houses. Both officers and volunteers contact homeowners if they see anything amiss.

Dunwoody offers a similar service.

Residents can sign up for through its neighborhood alerts system, known as Interactive Defense.

“We do a perimeter check,” Fecht said. “We walk around and make sure all the doors and windows are secure and everything looks good.”

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The 1.18-acre property on North Druid Hills has several limitations, such as a protected streambed that makes 40 percent of the site unusable, Weissinger said.

Weissinger said if Brookhaven Park is selected as the preferred site, DeKalb officials would like to “come up with some kind of arrangement where the city gives us the land or allows us to long-term lease the land.”

Weissinger asked City Council members for help deciding where a new branch would best serve Brookhaven residents.

“The folks in Brookhaven seem to have a lot of differing opinions on where the library should be,” Weissinger said.

Weissinger said one option is to sell the land where the library now sits and use the proceeds of the sale toward the budget for the new library.

She said a past appraisal valued the property at about $1 million.

“it seems to me that libraries over the years have really kind of been repurposed. instead of just going there to check out your books, they’re really community centers. What i see going on in these beautiful new centers in Dekalb are meetings, senior groups, card playing, lessons, classes – really robust activities.”

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“That’s an advantage to moving it,” she said.

DeKalb County originally envisioned the Brookhaven library branch being incorporated into a transit-oriented development at the MARTA station on Peachtree Road, but because of budget issues at MARTA, the project was stalled.

The proposal for the new library includes a larger collection, more seating,

more meeting space and more employees, Weissinger said.

Council members said they would like to see plenty of meeting space included in the final design for the library.

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