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What’s new in school cafeterias this year? No fried food and more fresh fruit.

In Fulton County, change is coming to midNew leaders ready for dle and high school lunchschool year, pages 16-17. rooms.

Patrick Burke, deputy superintendent of operations for Fulton County schools, says all the fryers in middle and high schools were replaced over the summer with “retherm ovens”

Fly loft or no fly loft? Medium or large stage? Concert or theater seating?

These are some of the options Sandy Springs city leaders must weigh if they move forward with plans to include a performing arts facility as part of the future city center.

Sandy Springs city center master developers and planners presented options for a facility at a special called Sandy Springs City Council meeting on July 23.

George Bushey, with Rosser International, the city center architect, presented three performing arts center theater options with differing

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“When you talk about a performing arts center, it can mean a lot of things to a lot of people,” he said. “It can be an entertainment venue that has music shows, comedy, rock ‘n’ roll acts. It can be a playhouse that houses regional and local theater. It can be a full Broadway and concert venue. The difference is the stage and fly loft, how you hold the event . . . the seating capacity . . . and how you configure the seats.”

The presentation included buildings with small, medium and large stages, each seating 600, 800 or 1,000.

The planners were presenting the options based on a feasibility study by Johnson Consulting that recommended a 750-seat to 1,000-seat facility that also included meeting space.

John Jokerst, with Carter/Selig, the city center master developer, gave a rundown of building costs associated with different stage sizes and options, which range from $24 million to $42.6 million.

Performing arts centers are expensive because of structural features, heating and air conditioning necessities, acoustics, lighting and decorative finishes, he said.

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of meeting space, offices, parking and road improvements, is estimated to be $169.3 million to $196.6 million.

City Manager John McDonough discussed ways the city might pay for the project. He said the city could use a combination of options, including fundraising, using money set aside, land sales to developers, using money already earmarked for the city center, using money the city currently uses to lease City Hall, and bonds.

At an open house the next evening, longtime Sandy Springs residents Carol and Andy Heyward, who served on the Committee for Sandy Springs, a group instrumental in incorporating the city, said they supported building a performing arts center in the city.

Carol Heyward said they have season tickets to the Lyric Theatre in Marietta, where they usually dine before shows. “I’d much rather go to a show and eat at a restaurant here,” she said, adding she’s about a mile from the future city center site.

Fran Farias, a Rotary Club of Sandy Springs officer, said she is “pro” performing arts center. “I think having an eventtype facility in the city of Sandy Springs is critical,” she said.

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1. No fly loft 2. No orchestra pit 3. Seating Small stage - 2,450 SF (35’x70’) Proscenium (stage arch) - 20’x36’ Small back of house

1. Small fly loft - 55’ 2. Orchestra pit 3. Cinema/concert seating Medium stage - 3,000 SF (40’x75’) Proscenium (stage arch) - 22’x38’ Medium back of house

1. Large fly loft - 70’ 2. Orchestra pit 3. Theater seating Large stage - 4,370 SF (47’x93’) Proscenium (stage arch) - 28’x48’ Large back of house

1,000 seats - 39,326 SF 800 seats - 35,261 SF 600 seats - 31,195 SF

1,000 seats - 48,618 SF 800 seats - 44,552 SF 600 seats - 40,486 SF

1,000 seats - 61,465 SF 800 seats - 55,965 SF 600 seats - 50,465 SF

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The illustratons above show (from left to right) Prototypes A, B and C for a performing arts center, as presented to Sandy Springs City Council by city center planners on July 23. The building cost could range anywhere from $24 million to $42.6 million. Planners also presented a “B+” option, which incorporates theater-style seating with side boxes instead of cinema seating, allowing it to become more flexible with the type of shows it can accommodate.

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To the editor: When we began to seriously plan for our City Hall in downtown Sandy Springs, we heard quite a bit of lobbying from the arts community that we should also include a performing arts center. So we came up with the idea that an empty City Council chamber 13 out of every 14 nights makes no sense, and that there had to be some way to combine theater space with city council seating space.

We figured if we can get two venues under one roof and over one foundation, we might be more likely to afford the inclusion of the performing arts center.

Two years later, and past the first set of consultants, we have a recommendation for a performing arts center to include meeting facilities that would cost approximately $38 to $42 million.

This is for a facility that seats from 750 to 1,000 patrons, and would accommodate the sets that must be raised above the stage and vastly complicate the construction process. The architects advised me that the space for the sets and the open space for the theater seating without obstructing columns could not support office floors above these features. So, yes, we can build a council chamber and theater space that is all one space, but we cannot put the offices of the city on top of that.

This probably means that the taxpayers would still save some dollars by combining functions, but not nearly as much as had originally been hoped for.

The magnitude of the projected cost calls into question some of the recommendations by the consultants. They recommend, for example, that the facility seat 750 to 1,000 patrons. I compare that to the Roswell venue, which seats 600.

Perhaps the most astounding aspect of the recommended performing arts center is that it should include a 15,000-squarefoot ballroom or banquet space to accom-

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Apparently in the discussions for the performing arts center, some stakeholders injected this idea and justified the need for it on the basis of all the corporate interests in Sandy Springs. In my opinion, such meeting space is up to the private sector. For example, a 50-story office tower on the current zoning agenda should be asked to address this need of the corporate sector.

The inclusion of the meeting space comes too close for comfort, in my estimate, to a convention center. Many a financially strapped local government has regretted the day it ventured into the convention center business.

The city of Sandy Springs has already met the need for more modest meeting space with our beautiful Heritage Hall.

The facility has a full-service kitchen, which is also on the list of the performing arts center report.

The most important question that the taxpayers of Sandy Springs need to address, via their elected officials, is whether the current tax millage can cover the city center development, city hall and the performing arts center.

The city manager has estimated the total cost of the municipal complex with its green, all the public works improvements that must be done, and the cost of the buildings and parking, at somewhere between $169 and $197 million. Can we afford that? Only with detailed financial projections should the decision be made regarding the performing arts center.

Eva Galambos Eva Galambos was the first mayor of the city of Sandy Springs.

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Common Core: Right or wrong for our schools?

Editors note: The set of national education standards known as Common Core are in place in Georgia schools. But they have faced steady attack from some education critics and in the state Legislature. Reporter Newspapers asked two education activists from our communities – one a supporter of the standards and the other an opponent – to share their thoughts on the Common Core.

Centralization is a bad idea Forget the rhetoric. Forget the posturing. Common Core is a bad idea.

It will not improve academic achievement for Georgia’s students.

It will increase costs.

NANCY It creates another bureaucracy, a standards bureau of sorts, to comJESTER pliment the already unwieldy state and federal education apparatus GUEST COLUMN that has failed to improve the educational lives of Georgia’s children, and failed to be good stewards for Georgia’s taxpayers. The title of General Sullivan’s book, “Hope is not a Method,” pretty much sums it up.

Common Core is only a “set of standards.” Standards, goals, hopes, whatever you want to call them, are not methods that generate improvement in academic achievement.

The daily work of a teacher, the techniques they use, are the method. Our state has spent millions of dollars to implement something that will not improve education. What if our military spent all of its resources developing great battlefield strategy but didn’t properly equip the soldiers? No matter how good the strategy (and I’m not saying Common Core is good, quite the opposite), the results would be abysmal.

No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the major education legislation passed under President Bush, had standards. In 2014, NCLB said that 100 percent of our nation’s third graders would be proficient readers. That didn’t happen.

Why? Because a standard, a goal, is not a method. Your tax dollars have been wasted on a distraction that delivers no value.

The Georgia Department of Education likes to tout that Georgia was one of six states used as a model for Common Core. That should give us all pause.

Given how poorly Georgia compares in achievement measurements, it is no comfort to learn that the same team that has brought Georgia to such a poor standing is guiding a new national effort to redefine standards.

We also know that centralization, especially in governmental entities, doesn’t produce particularly good results. Common Core is a centralization strategy. It’s effective for increasing bureaucratic jobs. It’s ineffective for improving outcomes.

It is the antithesis of various reform strategies which recognize and tailor education to the individual. Our world is evermore customizable and filled with choices – iPods, Spotify, Amazon, blogs. So, why do educational bureaucrats insist on going in the other direction? If centralization worked, the Soviet Union would still be around. If centralization worked, why did we break up Ma Bell?

The bottom line is that Common Core is yet another bureaucratic creation that won’t do anything to help students and teachers. Yes, it also creates one stop shopping for anyone peddling an agenda in education. Georgians should reject Common Core less out of fear and more out of common sense.

Nancy Jester, a former member of the DeKalb School Board and former candidate for State Superintendent of Education, writes about education issues at blog.nancyjester.com.

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Higher standards challenge our children The Common Core State Standards are now into their third imSTEVE plementation year as doors open on DOLLINGER school houses across the state. Thousands of Georgians clearly see the GUEST COLUMN value they provide. After years of struggling in public education, they believe Georgia is on the right track. They have no desire to turn back now in search of another silver bullet.

The Better Standards for a Better Georgia Coalition of 25plus organizations supports the higher standards. And, yes, they are higher standards built on the previous Georgia standards that had received national praise. They do raise expectations. They challenge our students, who are in fact, responding.

Who are these citizen groups in this coalition? They are not the special, big money, government funded, corporate interests that some would lead you to believe.

They are your neighbors. They are parents who want the best education possible for their children. They are teachers who love their students and want to see each one succeed. They are businessmen and women who have a vested interest in a quality, future workforce. They are our military families answering their nation’s call wherever that takes them.

Let’s consider the experts who must implement these higher standards, and translate them into an effective curriculum written by Georgians for Georgians, our teachers.

A poll of more than 3,000 educators was conducted last year by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE).

Almost 75 percent said they supported the Common Core.

These are the people we trust with our most precious treasures, our children. Listen to them!

Here are some key points to consider as you do your Common Core homework: • Increases classroom expectations • Increases critical thinking skills • Decreases emphasis on rote memorization • Better prepares our students for post secondary education and careers • Decreases the need for remediation as our graduates enter higher education • Allows our educators to maintain control of teaching Georgia’s children.

The Georgia Partnership’s latest Economics of Education report includes this statement that sums up the argument for Common Core: “College- and career-ready standards are a must-do for our state, its economy, and the future of our students. Georgia should not go back to the days when 90 percent of our students were told they were proficient, yet when compared to their peers in other states, only one-quarter of them were on track to be ready for college or embark on a career when they graduated from high school.”

We must stay the course. The Common Core is right for Georgia.

Dr. Steve Dolinger is the president of the non-partisan Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, www.gpee.org. Before joining the partnership in 2002, he served as Fulton County Superintendent of schools for seven years.

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Childhood wish grows to ‘phenomenal’ proportions I’ve always thought of zucchini as a When my son eventually went out friendly vegetable. to water my garden, he discovered an I suppose that’s because I associate it enormous zucchini protruding from bewith my Italian grandmother, who grew neath the elephant-ear-like leaves of the her own zucchini and made vine. He picked it and enmarvelous things with it. thusiastically texted me a She baked, breaded, fried, photo of it, which did not ROBIN JEAN grated, relished and parmecome close to doing justice san-ed it; she turned it into MARIE CONTE to the thing. chocolate cake and breakfast I returned home to find loaves. that single zucchini taking ROBIN’S NEST Since I was old enough up the entire bottom shelf to dream of what shape my of my refrigerator. It was adulthood would take, I dreamed of like a mortar shell, like a green submahaving a garden and planting zucchini. rine, like an Austin Mini Cooper. You My childhood wish was finally granted, could string it and use it as a cello; you in the form of a cleared-out piece of soil could put propellers on it and fly it behind my mailbox, which is about the across the Interstate; you could hollow only spot in my yard that gets enough it out and paddle it down the Chattasun to support produce. hoochee.

I planted tomatoes, basil, parsley, It was truly a remarkable thing, most thyme, and oregano, and of course, a worthy of documentation. I considered friendly little sprout of zucchini, and I mounting the stem on a wooden plaque attempted to beautify the area by frontand hanging it on my wall … because, ing it with an attractive curbside camfor some reason, I took pride in its size, as if I had more to do with its uncommon monstrosity than pure inattentiveness.

I behaved like a fisherman who had finally caught “the big one.”

I took pictures with my zucchini. I got photos of me measuring it against my arm and against my thigh, photos of me bench pressing it and curling it.

Then I dressed up and put on mascara and got some more photos.

I have more photos with the zucchini than with my son at his graduation—probably because the zucchini wasn’t complaining.

But I wanted the enormity of it fully authenticated before I went in for the slaughter. So I took one SPECIAL final photo of it with a measuring tape (it measured 16” long with a Robin shows off her 16” x 4” 4”diameter, FYI) and commenced home grown zucchini. with the cooking. ouflage of flowering annuals and perenI put it in a colander in my sink and nials. started washing it with the vegetable The tomatoes got pretty tall and unscrub brush, and I felt like I was bathruly. But the zucchini … well the zucing a small child. chini took me by surprise. What startI cut it in half, and then in half again, ed as an innocent, green sprig about the and again and again, until it was of edsize of my pinky finger soon turned my ible portions. I only had room in my mailbox garden into The Little Shop skillet for half of it—which turned out of Horrors. The thick squash vines and to be roughly equal to eight normalmassive green leaves stretched across the ly formed zucchini. I sautéed it with an vincas in front, effectively strangling the also massive Vidalia onion, tomatoes, flowers and threatening to do the same basil, parsley, oregano, and salt and pepto my mailman. per, and served it up with a mess of pasOther people have attack dogs; I have ta, and it made a fine dinner. I gave the an attack plant. other half to my mother.

So I learned that zucchini can be So this year will forever be known in quite intimidating. And I learned that, my house as the summer of my zucchiunlike most living things, zucchini ni. thrives when neglected.

And I think that next year, I’ll plant My husband and I went out of town cucumbers. for a week and left the squash in the care of my son, who promptly neglected it, Robin Conte is a writer and mother of and it grew unattended to phenomenal four who lives in Dunwoody. She can be proportions. contacted at robinjm@earthlink.net.

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burning of books. It was very intimidating for a young child.”

He couldn’t play with other kids in the streets, he recalls. “Every kid was wearing a Nazi uniform, so if you were not wearing a uniform, you felt very alone,” he said. “We were not allowed to go into parks, swimming pools.”

Birnbrey’s father owned a dry goods store and managed a commissary for a local union. Birnbrey says his father died on Kristallnacht, the “night of broken glass” in 1938, when Jewish businesses, homes, hospitals and temples were destroyed by the Nazis and their supporters. “He was in a local prison,” Birnbrey

said.

“He died from a beating.”

He never found out what happened to his mother.

Birnbrey came to America as AROUND part of a huTOWN manitarian rescue mission JOE EARLE organized to remove Jewish children from Nazi Germany and resettle them in safer countries.

In England, the effort was known as Kindertransport, or “children’s transport,” and resulted in more than 10,000 children finding new homes. In the United States, the program was much smaller. About 1,100 children were brought to America in an effort now often called “One Thousand Children.”

“I was one of the lucky people picked,” Birnbrey said. He was sponsored by a Jewish women’s group in Birmingham. He and two other children were put on a ship and taken to New York. He eventually was placed in a foster home in Atlanta.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 until 1945, he said. He was shipped back to Europe to fight against the Nazis. He “had a million jobs in the Army,” at one point helping interrogate German prisoners.

After the war, he returned to Atlanta and started an accounting firm. “I didn’t have a job, so I started my own,” he said.

Has he retired? “Yes and no,” he said during a recent chat in his Brookhaven home. At age 90, he still goes into the office for a few hours a day, he said.

He also gives talks several times a month at the Breman Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Museum in Atlanta. His talks make the Holocaust seem real to the students who come to the museum. “It is amazing,” said museum executive director Aaron Berger. “These kids are learning about World War II and the Holocaust in the classroom, and then they meet someone who lived through it. They really are in awe of him.”

After the war, Birnbrey didn’t want to return to Germany. “I was committed not to go back. I didn’t want anything to do with the bastards,” he said.

But years later, someone told him where his parents were buried. He has returned to pay his respects. On one trip, about five years ago, he was accompanied by three of his four children.

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When a friend of Tom Purcell’s was diraisers,” said Purcell. agnosed with breast cancer in 2006, she Erin Long, a member of the Turningquickly turned to TurningPoint, a breast Point staff involved in the tournament, cancer rehabilitation clinic that provides said the proceeds “benefit [TurningPoint’s] therapy for women battling the disease. financial assistance program for uninsured “My wife and I spent hundreds of hours and underinsured women, as well as the driving our friend to various complimentary education and doctor’s appointments, but exercise programs.”

TurningPoint stood out,” The programs offer relief Purcell said. “The emotionand support to women at all al and physical support prostages of breast cancer. Turnvided was great, and the imingPoint also affects healthcare pact it had was remarkable.” providers and the community.

TurningPoint Breast “The large outreach and educaCancer Rehabilitation was tion program aims to increase founded in 2003. The nonawareness about breast canprofit’s mission is to “imcer survivorship issues, and the prove quality of life for role of physical and emotional women with breast cancer Tom Purcell rehabilitation during and after by providing, promoting treatment,” Binkley said. and advocating specialized and evidenceIn this sense, Tourney for TurningPoint based rehabilitation,” said Jill Binkley, the is just as much an education event as it is executive director. a fundraising one. It brings TurningPoint’s The Sandy Springs clinic offers servicmission to a different crowd. es such as physical therapy, exercise, mas“Most men are not impacted until their sage therapy, counseling, nutritional counwife, mother or daughter is diagnosed,” seling and education programs. It aims to Purcell said. “The tournament opens up meet the unrecognized and often unfulthe message to people who might not be filled needs of women with breast cancer. affected otherwise.”

But this wide array of services was not This year brings the fourth annuall that appealed to Purcell. “The staff’s al tournament. The event begins at the passion blew me away,” he said.

Dunwoody Country Club Aug. 24 with a When his friend passed away after a “Swing Fling” dinner and auction, which four-year struggle, PurLong said about 200 cell’s involvement with people usually attend.

Do you know an organization or TurningPoint didn’t The dinner is followed individual making a difference end. He has supportby the golf outing on in our community? Email ed the center financialAug. 25 for about 120 editor@reporternewspapers.net ly and volunteered exgolfers, Long said. tensively. And about Purcell and his three years ago, there came an opportunity company, Ashford Advisors, have been that especially spoke to him. heavily involved every year as the present“There was a wish to expand the mesing sponsor of Tourney for TurningPoint. sage of TurningPoint,” Purcell said. “Along “He is a dedicated volunteer, and leverages with my company [Ashford Advisors], we his commitment by engaging others in the set up ‘Tourney for TurningPoint.’” work that we do,” Binkley said.

Tourney for TurningPoint is a golf tourPurcell remains grateful for Turningnament benefitting the 300-plus women Point. “TurningPoint was everything for TurningPoint serves each year. “The tourmy friend,” he said. “I couldn’t be more nament is one of two major annual fundproud to be involved.”

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Monday, Aug. 11, 10:15-10:45 a.m. Babies, toddlers and preschoolers can come to a fun, summer time session filled with stories, songs, fingerplays and puppets. Free. All are welcome. Babies ages 3-11 months at 10:15 a.m.; toddlers ages 1-2 years, 11 a.m.; preschoolers ages 3-5 at 11:45 a.m.

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Butterfly Festival Saturday, Aug. 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Butterfly Festival returns to Dunwoody Park! Check out two tents filled with hundreds of butterflies. Activities include a butterfly release, birds of prey show, live animal encounters, games, educational booths, crafts, music, food and drinks. Early member preview, 9 a.m.; general admission, 10 a.m. Rain or shine event. Tickets, $10 for adults, $5 for kids ages 4-12, free for children 3 and under.

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Movies by Moonlight Friday, Aug, 22, 6-10 p.m. Sandy Springs “Movies by Moonlight,” now in its 10th year, shows “Frozen,” about a princess who sets off on a journey alongside an iceman, his pet reindeer, and a hapless snowman to find her estranged sister, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.

Free. Outdoors. The community is welcome to attend. Food for sale. Kids’ activities. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, 86 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. For further details, visit: www.leadershipsandysprings.org. Call 404256-9091 in case of inclement weather.

“Meet the Past” Festival Saturday, Aug. 23, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Atlanta History Center invites you to experience the best of “Meet the Past” offerings through characters that bring to life the stories of people from Atlanta and Georgia. Explore the museum, the Smith Family Farm, and Swan Coach House, and enjoy activities and discussions with historical interpreters. Free for AHC members; included in general admission for non-members. 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-814-4000 or go to: www.atlantahistorycenter.com for more.

Alicia Etchison Thursday, Aug. 14, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Back by popular demand, Alicia Etchison performs, which includes original music compositions for children of all ages. Her acoustic fingerstyle guitar songs have been described as “storysongs as peaceful and invigorating as sunset on the beach.” Free. Open to the public. Suggested audiences: Elementary, preschool, toddler and infant. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Avenue, NE, Atlanta, 30305.

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Volunteers Needed Saturday, Aug. 16, 9-11 a.m. Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital invites those interested in volunteering in patient/family-focused areas of the hospital to attend a Volunteer Open House. Participants will learn about the role of the hospital’s volunteers, and also tour the ICU and surgical areas. Space is limited to the first 25 registrants. Register by calling 678-843-7292. 5665 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, 30342.

Chai Drive Sunday, Aug. 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Plan for your family’s healthy future, or be a bone marrow match for someone. JScreen and Gift of Life partner to offer two tests. Screen for 19 Jewish diseases or save a life. No blood draws for either test. $99 for JScreen; do not eat or drink 30 minutes beforehand. No need to RSVP or pre-register for bone marrow test.

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Swing Fling Sunday, Aug. 24, 6 p.m. Make plans to attend TurningPoint’s fourth annual event at the Dunwoody County Club. The two-day affair includes dinner and an auction, and a golf outing at the club on Aug. 25. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit, which provides rehabilitation for women with breast cancer, including physical therapy, massage therapy, counseling and nutritional counseling. Dinner at 6 p.m. Aug. 24; shotgun golf tournament begins at 8:30 a.m., Aug. 25. Tickets, $50 for dinner; golf, $300. For a golf foursome, $1,000. Questions?

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Monday, Aug. 11, 6:30-7:45 p.m. How can you reach your financial goals and dreams? Learn about the three different savings accounts you need; ways to reduce debt; retirement savings strategies; how life insurance really works; and the high cost of waiting to save... and more. Free. Suitable for college, adult and elder audiences. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.

Email: comments@fultoncountyga.gov or call 404303-6130 for details.

Tuesday, Aug. 19, 6-8 p.m. Many of us think meditation is about sitting in the lotus position, drifting into the cosmos! Come learn realistic, practical, meditation techniques that help with stress and pain. You will leave with a beginning practice that works for you. No experience necessary. Free. RSVP to 404-843-1880. For members of the Cancer Support Community. 5775 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Building C, Suite 225, Atlanta, 30342. Visit: www. cscatlanta.org for additional details.

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Wednesday, Aug. 13, 5:30 p.m. Clark Howard presents, "What Cyber Criminals Want from You and How You Can Stop Them." Sponsored by The Jewish Educational Loan Fund. Reception begins at 5:30; program at 6:15 p.m. $54 per person; $36/person age 35 and under. Maggiano's Buckhead, 3368 Peachtree Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30326. Purchase tickets at: www.jelf.org/clarkhoward. For additional information, call 770-396-3080.

Cancer Workshop Wednesday, Aug. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Join others for this free workshop for cancer patients and their caregivers. Topics include: information on cancer treatments, how to prevent and manage common side effects, how to develop an action plan, and tips to improve the partnership with your health care team. For members of the Cancer Support Community. Free. Dinner provided. RSVP to 404-8431880. 5775 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Building C, Suite 225, Atlanta, 30342. To learn more, go to: www.cscatlanta.org.

Civil War Thursday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m. Georgia’s Civil War history is replete with historic firsts, secret spies and hidden histories. Learn about lesser known aspects of the war with Historian John Inscoe, as he presents, “Georgia's Unknown Civil War History." Free and open to the community. Suitable for all ages. Heritage Sandy Springs, Heritage Hall, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Go to: www.heritagesandysprings.org or call 404-851-9111 for further information.

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Math Skills Thursday, Aug. 21, 4-5 p.m. To prepare for the new school year, rising 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders can take a free math skills assessment to test strengths and weaknesses. Each assessment lasts approximately 25 minutes. Seats limited to the first eight students.

Additional session Thursday, Aug. 28, 4-5 p.m.

Registration required and started July 7. Parents receive an assessment analysis. Call Katori Education Co., Monday-Thursday at 678-880-7094 to sign up or with questions. Northside Branch Library, 3295 Northside Parkway, NW, Atlanta, 30327.

Cesarean Birth Prep Saturday, Aug. 23, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Have you been told to anticipate a cesarean birth? Discuss what to expect before, during and after surgery, as well as what happens if you go into labor prior to your C/section date. Learn tips for recovering at home while caring for yourself, your new baby and family. $56 per couple. Northside Hospital Atlanta, Interchange Building, Suite 400, Classroom 430B, 5780 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30342. Go to: http://northside.com or call 404845-5555 to register or to learn more.

Retirement Planning Saturday, Aug. 23, 4-5 p.m. Retirement Income planning helps you understand much income you will need during your retirement to support the lifestyle you want, and how to position assets to provide that income. Learn steps you can take to maximize the possibility of a financially secure retirement. Complimentary workbook included. Free. For adults.

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I am not Italian nor was I raised in an ItalART HUCKABEE ian household. GrowFried calamari was the perfect starter for a ing up, my exposure meal at Alfredo’s on Cheshire Bridge Road. to Italian cuisine was a thin meat sauce made from a packet of McCormick’s spaghetti do’s does take reservations and easily acsauce mix served over spaghetti. My facommodated our party of nine, out for ther despised the dish, and now I know a special birthday party. why.

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The breast of chicken Cacciatore was pure comfort food. It was what my Italian grandmother would make if I had an Italian grandmother. The chicken was surprisingly juicy to be just breast meat, and the Sunday gravy was rich with plum tomatoes, mushrooms, red peppers, onions and herbs.

The half portion of eggplant Parmigiana hung off the plate. The delicately fried vegetable was not swimming in sauce and cheese, but rather had the right balance of ingredients as to highlight the delicate, yet hearty, dish.

The breast of chicken al pesto was excellent, sautéed in pounded basil, pine nuts and butter, and served in a creamy garlic sauce.

The Snapper Casalinga was a large portion of fresh fish. It was broiled and served with a tart lemon butter and white wine sauce that slightly overpowered the fish. The accompanying sautéed spinach was garlicky with a hint of smokiness.

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An assortment of Italian desserts was served in honor of the “birthday boy,” and the waiters and several adjoining tables serenaded with “Happy Birthday.” The desserts were all authentic, with the cannoli being the star.

Alfredo’s serves good Italian food, but it excels at providing exceptional service, a welcoming atmosphere, and those feelings of warmth and comfort that are at the heart of what Italian really means.

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Team entry for the third annual Brookhaven Chili Cook Off is now open at www.BroohavenChiliCookOff.com. The event will be held Oct. 11. The neighborhood festival will feature over 60 local restaurant and amateur teams competing for bragging rights, plaques, medals, cash and prizes.

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New year brings new leaders to local schools he opening of a new school year means not only the arrival of new students and teachers, but new leadership at some schools. They may be called principals or headmasters or heads of school, but the job is more or less the same: take charge and make the school operate smoothly and efficiently. Here are new leaders taking over schools in Reporter Newspapers communities this year.

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North Atlanta High Principal Curtis Douglass was the assistant principal at North Atlanta High School. He worked in the Gwinnett County Public School System for seven years.

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Morris Brandon Elementary Principal Kara Stimpson has been involved in education for more than 15 years. She joins the Brandon community after serving as assistant principal at Sylvan Hills Middle School.

Previously, she was a middle and high school teacher at both public and private schools in North Carolina and in the Atlanta area. She has also worked in multiple administrative positions, including being a member of Atlanta Public Schools’ Middle School Transformation team.

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Dunwoody High Principal Tom McFerrin has long been a member of the Dunwoody High School community. He previously served as assistant principal, worked as a teacher, and was a student at the school before being appointed principal this year. He has also served as a teacher and coach at Peachtree Middle School. McFerrin is a graduate of the University of Georgia and Mercer University.

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Atlanta Girls’ School Head of School Ayanna Hill-Gill has over 20 years in educational experience. She joins the Atlanta Girls’ School from New Jersey, where she served as Head of School of Purnell School. Prior to her years at Purnell, she worked in developing curriculum for children’s education

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Head of Middle School Kevin Onabiyi is a U.K. citizen who joined AIS as a science teacher in the fall of 2013. He spent 11 years working at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School in England, and served as one of the U.K. National Leaders for Teaching and Learning.

Head of Secondary School Sandy MacKenzie is a U.K. citizen from Scotland. He comes to AIS as the Head of the Secondary School from Shanghai, where he was the Head of the Senior School at Dulwich College.

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School Headmaster Paul Barton comes to Holy Innocents’ with 14 years of experience as Head of School, most recently with the Avery Coonley School near Chicago. He has additionally served as a teacher, coach, residential dean, admissions associate and senior administrator at a range of independent and public schools from the Pre-K to 12th grade levels.

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“I gained very much respect for manga writers during the process,” Elena said. “It helped me appreciate all the hard work that goes into it.”

For her senior project at The Lovett School, Elena decided to design, write and illustrate her own manga, a Japanese style of graphic novel. “I always loved Japanese video games as a kid,” she said, “especially Pokémon.” When asked how she first became interested in manga, Elena recalled her freshman year of high school. “I never really like reading,” she said. “But when a friend introduced me to anime and manga, I fell in love. There were so many different kinds of it that I was never bored with reading it.”

Her project centers around two talented twins living in an alternate society that categorizes people based on their abilities. “The story is about the twins coming to terms with the life that they have,” Elena said. She says she found inspiration for the story in her day-to-day life, and used traits picked up from her friends to create the characters in Renewal. In addition, she was influenced by various anime and manga creators, especially Hayao Miyazaki, a famous Japanese director.

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This summer, Elena is visiting England, France and the Netherlands. She also planned to work as an intern at United Sciences, a company that funds research for and offers support to budding inventors.

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that “gives you that crispy texture without the guilt that you get.”

Fryers were removed from elementary schools in 2008, he said.

Burke spoke as part of a back-toschool briefing that also included Superintendent Robert Avossa, Chief Information Officer Serena Sacks and Chief Talent Officer Ron Wade.

Other cafeteria changes include a switchover to include more whole grains, fruit with breakfast, a food-court concept in which students can choose from all items on all lines, and a 5-cent increase in the price of lunch.

Cafeteria food wasn’t the only thing the panel talked about.

“This past year the board adopted a budget that includes a 3 percent, onetime bonus, that will be going to our employees in December,” Avossa said. “[This year] Fulton County Schools has no furlough days. We have no layoffs.

We made some tough decisions early, and we find ourselves seeing a little sunshine over the horizon.”

He added that the school system also restored an additional day to this school year.

Wade said that for this school year the system has hired 17 new principals and 28 assistant principals, many coming from promotions, which he said

GDOT to hold open houses on I-285/Ga. 400 improvements The Georgia Department of Transportation plans three open houses on its I-285/Ga. 400 improvement project.

The open houses will take place at Dunwoody Baptist Church, 1445 Mount Vernon Road, on Aug. 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Aug. 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.

The $710 million project would involve reconstruction of the interchange as well as the addition of collector-distribu-

“speaks highly” of the system’s “ability to build a pipeline.”

Sacks said improvements in technology are being made at the schools, including the replacement of all hardware for networking, doubling the bandwidth at every school in the Fulton system.

Burke said that SPLOST, the 1-cent sales tax approved by voters that goes toward school improvements, has meant a busy summer for school renovations and construction.

Building projects at Sandy Springs schools include a replacement for Heards Ferry Elementary, which is on schedule to be ready in 2015. Spalding Drive Elementary is undergoing renovations to the main entrance to enhance security, kitchen remodeling, and major HVAC and systems improvements.

North Springs Charter High School receives renovations to the main entrance to improve security, roofing, flooring, HVAC and lighting enhancements, and softball field improvements.

Playground enhancements and a new cafeteria are on tap at Woodland Elementary, which will also undergo roofing, HVAC and lighting improvements.

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City halts apartment permits Two weeks after halting apartment permits, Sandy Springs City Council on Aug. 5 explored options for ensuring apartments in the Roswell Road and future city center area meet mixeduse standards.

Options council members discussed included reworking the city ordinance that allows apartments on land zoned for commercial use or setting a limit on the percentage of apartments in a development.

On July 23, the Sandy Springs City Council approved a 60-day moratorium on apartment permits for land zoned as C-1 or C-2 commercial.

City Attorney Wendell Willard said the moratorium came about as city officials are concerned about an overabundance of multifamily uses on the

Roswell Road corridor, particularly the city center area.

The current ordinance allows for apartments to be built on top of and behind retail and office uses in commercial zoning districts if they can qualify as mixed-use developments.

Mayor Rusty Paul said that oftentimes apartment developers will include just a few retail storefronts as a “fig leaf ” to cover up that the building is mostly apartments in order to fall into the mixed-use category. “An apartment with just a couple of small stores doesn’t constitute mixed use,” he said.

Councilman Gabriel Sterling said that working on the ordinance during the moratorium will help the area becomes a true mixed-use, walkable center.

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Hub cited for code violations Troubles continue for The Hub, an extended-stay hotel used as student housing for the Art Institute of Atlanta, which says it wants to relocate its students. Six days after a July 24 fatal shooting at the complex at 6096 Barfield Road, Sandy Springs Fire and Code Enforcement officials accused The Hub of multiple code violations.

The city had allowed The Hub’s owners until July 25 to make required corrections, but a scheduled follow-up was delayed due to the shooting death of student Takeenen Williams, a resident of The Hub. Fellow Art Institute student Patricko Mondrez Davis has been charged with murder in Williams’ death. Davis was not listed as a resident.

City officials said numerous viola-

tions were found. The complex’s representatives are to appear in Sandy Springs Municipal Court on Aug. 15.

Devra Pransky, senior director of communications at The Art Institute, said the school is looking for new housing. “The safety and security of our students is of the utmost importance to us,” she said. “Out of an abundance of caution, we have increased security at our student housing facilities and on campus. We are currently working on a plan to vacate The Hub and relocate our students.”

City officials say The Hub violates zoning ordinances by operating as a dorm. The city’s Board of Zoning Appeals upheld the city’s position. The Hub is appealing the decision.

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SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF ZONING MODIFICATION Petition Number:

201402339

Petitioner:

Chituru Adele

Property Location:

540 Trimble Lake Court

Present Zoning:

CUP (Community Unit Plan District) conditional under Z99-0063

Request:

To modify condition 3.d. of Z99-0063 to allow temporary construction access from South Trimble Road to allow for a pool.

Board of Appeals, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Public Hearings:

Mayor and City Council, September 16, 2014

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

Petition Number:

201402373

Petitioner:

Mountaire Park, Inc.

Location:

75 Bonnie Lane

Request:

Primary variance from Section 19.3.15.B.2.b of the Zoning Ordinance to allow a pool, pool deck, and pool equipment closer than one hundred (100) feet to a property line.

Public Hearings: Location:

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF ZONING MODIFICATION Petition Number:

201402352

Petitioner:

Robert & Linda Corr

Property Location:

9620 Huntcliff Trace

Present Zoning:

CUP (Community Unit Plan District) conditional under Z70-0090

Request:

To modify conditions of Z70-0090 to allow a proposed deck to encroach in the required side yard setback.

Board of Appeals, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Public Hearings:

Mayor and City Council, September 16, 2014

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

Petition Number:

201402383

Petitioner:

Jennifer & Graham Dorion

Location:

400 Ferry Landing

Request:

Primary variance from Section 6.3.3.B of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the required sixty (60) foot front yard setback to thirty (30) feet to allow construction of a front porch.

Public Hearings: Location:

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION Petition Number:

201402325

Petitioner:

John W. Andrews

Location:

4608 Dalmer Road

Request:

Primary variance from Section 109-225 (a) (1) & (2) of the Stream Buffer Protection Ordinance for relief from the seventy-five (75) foot impervious surface setback and fifty (50) foot undisturbed buffer for construction of an addition to a single family dwelling unit.

Public Hearings:

Board of Appeals, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350

SANDY SPRINGS Petitioner:

City of Sandy Springs

Request:

Resolution to Authorize the Transmittal of the Annual Capital Improvements Element (CIE) Update to the Regional Development Center and State for Review and Comment

Public Hearings:

Mayor and City Council August 19, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500 Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF REZONING Petition Number:

201401628

Petitioner:

Waterford Homes

Property Location:

85 Johnson Ferry Road

Present Zoning:

R-3 (Single Family Dwelling District)

Request:

To rezone the subject property to R-5 (Single Family Dwelling District), with concurrent variances.

Public Hearings:

Planning Commission, August 21, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Mayor and City Council, September 16, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

Location:

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF REZONING Petition Number:

201402051

Petitioner:

Providence Group

Property Location:

4735 Roswell Road

Present Zoning:

A-1 (Apartment Dwelling District)

Request:

To rezone the subject property to A-L (Apartment Limited Dwelling District), with concurrent variances.

Public Hearings:

Planning Commission, August 21, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Mayor and City Council, September 16, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

Location:

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PUBLIC SAFETY

Police Blotter

CAPTAIN STEVE ROSE, SSPD

The following information was provided by the Sandy Springs Police Department from its records through Aug. 1 and is presumed to be accurate.

srose@sandyspringsga.gov

ROBBERY  6900 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On July 22, officers were called to a carjacking at an apartment complex just before midnight. A woman had been shot in the abdomen. She was being attended by EMS personnel and was later transported to North Fulton Hospital. She will recover. Her husband, also at the scene, said she picked him up from his work on Roswell Road, and when they arrived home in the parking lot, two men approached them and got into the driver’s seat.

The woman hit him with her purse to keep him from closing the door. The suspect then fired two shots—one hitting her. The two suspects fled in the victim’s car. Detectives are working leads on this but no arrests yet.

BURGLA RY  100 block of Greyfield Lane 30350 – On July 19, someone burglarized the leasing office, taking two computers. Entry was made by breaking the glass on a side window; on July 21 the resident said the leasing office

was burglarized during closed hours.  6200 block of Barfield Road 30328 – On July 19, an office was burglarized and $132 cash was taken from a desk.

AR R ES TS  1st block of Concourse Parkway 30328 – On July 20, an officer was checking the parking lot of the Concourse just after midnight when he came upon five persons in a car.

The officer smelled marijuana and conducted a field interview to see what was going on. During the interview, he found a loaded weapon that was stolen in 1996. The officer also found a backpack with several bottles of Schedule 3 and 4 narcotics. The man who owned these items was later arrested.  4600 block of Roswell Road – About 7:40 a.m. an officer spotted a man and woman walking on Roswell Road. The man was yelling at passing cars and “flipping them off” as

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION Petition Number:

201402406

Petitioner:

535 Franklin, LLC

Location:

535 Franklin Road

Request:

Primary variance from Section 109-225 (a) (1) & (2) of the Stream Buffer Protection Ordinance for relief from the seventy-five (75) foot impervious surface setback and fifty (50) foot undisturbed buffer for construction of a single family dwelling unit.

Public Hearings:

Board of Appeals, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350

was spending time with his girlfriend and not they walked. He did the same to bus passengers at the bus stop. The officer noted the at their residence. The two were in a previous fight, and it was noted that everyone was woman was yelling at the man, but the man was flipping off everything in sight. The ofdrinking too much. The officers finally determined who the aggressor was, and it turned out ficer spoke to him, noting that the man was in a “combative” stance. The officer asked if to be the complainant, so he was arrested. he had any weapons. He said he had a knife.

The officer instruct On July 28, ofed him to sit on the ficers met a woman at ground and hand over North Fulton Hospital Read more of the the knife. The man who reported that she Police Blotter online at said “he didn’t sit for www.reporternewspapers.net was assaulted by her anyone.” The officer former boyfriend at arranged for the man his home on Woodcliff to sit, this time with Drive. She explained that they had a very tuhandcuffs. He was later arrested for disorderly conduct. The woman said they had multuous relationship here and previously in been up all night drinking. She had known New Jersey. The ex has left several voice mails him for only a month and it sounded like she of a threatening nature, and has done damage wasn’t going to stay up to get him out of jail.  3600 block of Spring Creek Lane – An officer responded to a suspicious-person call just before 8 a.m. He located a man matching the description, reported to be trying door handles on a car in the parking lot. He found the man and noted he was acting strangely.

He noticed the man had fresh punctures in his arms. The man said he had just shot up drugs in one of the apartments. The man had a stolen credit card in his pocket and admitted charging $60 on it. He was later arrested.

AS S AULT  A woman reported that she went to her boyfriend’s, to go to the lake. He was angry over an argument the night before when they were both out having some beverages. As she arrived, he met her at her car, and hit her on the head with a beer can, and then walked back into his residence. Officers received a later call and found that the woman returned to the scene to find her cat, which had absconded during the first argument, and the woman was again struck by the offender—this time with a fist. She had an injury to her eye and was treated by EMS. The offender fled the location when officers arrived. That case is pending investigation.  5600 block of Kingsport Drive 30342 – On July 27, cops were called to meet a man who had been assaulted (broken nose) after an argument with his roommate whom he referred to as a drug dealer. The victim (intoxicated) said the suspect was mad because he (victim)

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OTHER THINGS  900 block of Johnson Ferry Road – Cops were called after a man and parking attendant disputed over the fee owed. The driver of the car thought the doctor’s office covered the parking, but in fact it discounted $4 of $6 dollars, leaving a $2 balance, which didn’t sit well with the guy in the car. The supervisor came over and apparently things didn’t go any better, with some reported hand-slapping and other nonsense. The cops couldn’t determine an aggressor so they told everyone to go their separate ways.  8700 block of Dunwoody Place – A 56-year-old man said that on July 31 about 1 p.m., he walked under a tree and heard a crack, which caused him to look up in time to see a tree limb falling. He said the limb struck his right arm. He said there was a big, green truck parked on the road next to the sidewalk and the tree. He said when the truck left, it struck the tree, causing the limb to fall, thus hitting him in the arm.

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