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Residents living along Lake Forrest Drive may not like this.

It will be late September before the city can fix the section of the road between Lake Summit and Chevaux Court.

Both lanes of the road were closed on Aug. 5, and it has been a one-lane road for several weeks while crews assessed its condition following multiple rock slides.

Prognosis? Not good.

Sandy Springs City Council at its Aug. 6 meeting gave city staff the OK to fix the road without going through the usual public bid process, saying the road’s condition is an emergency that threatens public safety.

Public Works Director Garrin Coleman said consultants

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Samantha Black listens to stand up paddleboarding instructions at morgan falls overlook park on July 18 in Sandy Springs. Local companies offer lessons on the Chattahoochee River. Story and more photos on pages 10-11.

The Sandy Springs and DeKalb County fire departments have entered into an automatic aid agreement to provide faster responses to emergency calls from people living on the border of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody.

Beginning Aug. 1, units from DeKalb County’s fire station in Dunwoody will be the first to respond to fire and EMS calls to Sandy Springs residences and businesses in portions of the Sandy Springs “panhandle,” the area between the Chattahoochee River and the DeKalb County line.

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Sandy Springs has split the Sandy Springs Circle Streetscape project into two phases. phase 1 will involve the section of the road between mt. Vernon highway and Johnson ferry Road. phase 2, from mt. Vernon to hammond, is not yet fully funded. City spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said splitting the project allows the city to complete it more quickly.

City splits streetscape project into two phases

BY DAN WHISENHUNT

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The city has decided to split a major streetscape project for its downtown into two separate projects in order to speed up the process.

City officials announced that Sandy Springs Circle Streetscape will now consist of two phases. The first phase will be focused on the section of the road from Mount Vernon Highway to Johnson Ferry Road, which abuts Sandy Springs’ future city center. The second phase, which isn’t fully funded, will complete the stretch from Mount Vernon south to Hammond Drive.

City spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said there is some funding for the second phase, which abuts the CityWalk shopping center.

“It will utilize the federal funds we have,” Kraun said. “The city has applied for additional funding for (the second phase), but we have not received any approvals as yet.”

Kraun said splitting into two projects will allow the city to complete the first phase more quickly. The first phase will be locally funded, she said.

“The local piece, we are able to pursue aggressively in completing,” Kraun said. “The piece utilizing the federal funding will take longer to complete, as we follow the needed guidelines to receive the funds.”

The city has been acquiring property for its future downtown in the last few months. Since 2008, the city has owned the former Target property on Johnson Ferry Road. In recent meetings, the city has approved additional purchases. The city’s future downtown will be north of the intersection of Roswell Road and I-285.

The first phase of the city center project will take a decade to complete, and will cost upward of $100 million, according to city estimates.

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Mayor Eva Galambos, a towering figure in Sandy Springs politics, now has an enduring reminder of her leadership.

During a special ceremony on July 31, the civic-minded Sandy Springs Society dedicated a white oak to the mayor, who is wrapping up her second and final term leading the city.

The tree grows on a traffic island at the intersection of Mount Vernon Highway and Hammond Drive. There’s also a plaque noting the mayor’s service to the city. Before the city incorporated in 2005, Galambos and other civic leaders spent decades fighting for the right to be a city.

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“White oak trees radiate an aura of quiet calm, and they also symbolize dignity, durability and diligence, and those characteristics as you know definitely represent our mayor,” Love said.

Galambos thanked the society for the honor and its efforts to spruce up the traffic island. In characteristically blunt fashion she said, “This island has been an eyesore as long as everybody can remember.”

“I cannot thank you enough for this,” she said to Love.

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boring into the soil along the road drilled down as much as 40 feet in some places before hitting solid rock. The quality of the soil beneath the road will mean costly fixes before road crews can stabilize it.

“We have a lot less rock than we thought we had,” Coleman said.

“We have little to no substantial [useable] rock in the rock face itself.”

The road work could cost as much as $1.5 million, according to information Coleman gave the council.

The road closure isn’t blocking any driveways, but it is disrupting Bing Maps a north-to-south route that many Lake Forrest Drive is closed between residents take to avoid the congesChevaux Court and Lake Summit tion of Roswell Road.

Drive. For a larger version visit, Prior to the city closing both ReporterNewspapers.net. sections, residents living near the closed section of the road noted cumstances the work could be finished that some drivers were attempting to get within two months. He said the small size around the detour by heading north in the of the site will make the repairs challengsouthbound lane of Lake Forrest, a move ing for any contractor. they believed could’ve resulted in a serious Paulson said the project could have imaccident. Police officers issued tickets to plications for other roads in the city, too. drivers attempting to get around the road“This isn’t the only near vertical rock block. face in the city,” Paulson said. “We’ve City Councilman John Paulson, a pronow got a process in place to start lookfessional engineer, said under optimal ciring at the rest of these.”

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Two more properties purchased for city center City Council approved the purchase of the Waffle House on Mount Vernon Highway and the old Mellow Mushroom building on Roswell Road.

The purchases put the city closer to its goal of redeveloping its city center, located north of the intersection of Roswell Road and I-285.

The city has entered into an agreement to buy the Waffle House for $1.15 million and the old Mellow Mushroom for $400,000.

As part of the agreement, the city will pay to relocate the Waffle House to another site on Roswell Road after Jan. 1, City Attorney Wendell Willard said.

“We’re very happy they’re going to stay in the community,” Willard said.

Willard said the owners of the Mellow Mushroom building have asked to be able to use the property through the end of the year. Willard said it is the original Mellow Mushroom location, and the company wanted to use it in its 40th anniversary celebrations.

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Editor’s note: It’s time for kids to head back to school, a time that can be as stressful for parents as it is for students. We asked high school guidance counselor Sara Eden for some advice to share with parents as the school year begins.

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As a parent, you may be contemplating the upcoming school year with mixed emotions.

Maybe you are ready for some healthy time apart from your child. Perhaps you are mourning the loss of free time as a family. You may feel anxious when you think about getting back into carpools and the flurry of afternoon activities that come with the school year.

So, my first bit of advice is to empathize with your child.

Our kids are feeling the same range of emotions, more intensely, and have less experience managing them.

It’s natural to struggle with transitions, so tolerate some ambivalence from your child about the new school year. If your child doesn’t “hit the ground running,” there is no need to jump to conclusions based on behaviors you see in the first couple weeks of school. Give him or her (and yourselves!) a little time to adjust.

That being said, as parents, you can help ease your child back into a routine. For many children, though they resist at first, the structure of the school year is comfortable for them.

So whether it’s family dinners or earlier bedtimes, start trying to integrate some of the school year routine back into your children’s lives. Depending on your child, you may be able to exert some influence over his or her bedtime to help with the adjustment. However, with a lot of teens, you may have to watch them walk zombie-like out of the house during those first couple of weeks until they self-impose an earlier bedtime.

Parents can help children realize that they need the healthy meals at home, and more consistent exercise and sleeping habits that come with the school year to perform their best and to combat any stress they may face.

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with your child about his or her goals for the upcoming year. In the workplace, a goal-setting conversation may serve to motivate and focus an employee, but the majority of teenagers will shut down as soon as they hear “So, what are your goals for this year?” Instead, initiate informal conversations with your children about what they are looking forward to in all areas of SARA school life: academic, social and exEDEN tracurricular.

Reconnecting with friends is a GUEST COLUMN huge motivator for teens as they contemplate going back to school.

Help your children focus on the positive aspects of the new year: new opportunities to get involved, new privileges, new friends. Reassure them that you are there to help if help is needed. Above all else, leave your agenda for your child’s school year out of the conversation, and focus on his or her thoughts and concerns.

Getting kids excited or motivated to go back to school is a tough job for a parent. I would argue that it is almost impossible, as motivation really can’t be given. Instead, help your children embrace the responsibility of being a student. Be tolerant of their mixed emotions and behaviors as the new year begins, establish healthy routines, and emphasize the positive aspects of school life.

Ultimately, you are in this together, working your way through one of life’s many transitions, and your modeling and guidance will help your child face future life changes down the road. Good luck, and welcome back to school!

Sara Eden is a licensed clinical social worker and the upper school guidance counselor at Pace Academy.

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‘Bridging the gap’ with a card game favorite When he was young, Jack Feagin had no use for bridge. It was the card game his parents played. Back then, in the 1960s, he thought the game “ridiculous.”

But after he went off to college, things changed. One night, when he thinks he probably should have been studying for exams, somebody got up a bridge game in his dorm and convinced Feagin to play a few hands. He suddenly realized he needed to know how to play this game.

“It became an obsession,” the Sandy Springs lawyer said. “You can get addicted to bridge. Each hand is different. It’s so challenging. Then there’s the competition of it. You meet lots of interesting people...”

He wasn’t the only one who got hooked on bridge. When Patty Tucker was growing up a few years later, she had quite a different feeling about the card game she watched her parents play with their friends. She thought it looked cool.

about once a decade. Tucker ran a portion of the tournament for players aged 19 and younger, the Youth North American Bridge AROuND ChampiTOWN onship. She also taught Joe eaRle a course in how to learn bridge in a day.

Both, of course, planned to play in the tournament. “I like the game too much [not to play],” Feagin said recently during a chat over coffee at a Sandy Springs restaurant.

Tucker, too. Now she teaches others the card game she learned to love as a child. She wants to see bridge survive the sea changes in how people spend their leisure time.

“Think about how our culture has changed in the last 30 years,” she said.

“It used to be, when bridge was in its heyday, you didn’t Joe eArle have hundreds Left, Jack Feagin chairs the host committee for the North of stations on TV. There was, I American Bridge Championship in Atlanta this month.

Bridge teacher Patty Tucker, right, also will participate. think, a lot more social interaction by having people “I’d hear them talking about hands at over to your house.” breakfast the next morning... how they After all, when visitors came, hosts should have played differently, how the had to find some way to entertain them. opening lead changed the hand,” she Bridge offered a natural answer. “There’s said. “It just seemed so complex, with so only so much time you can spend talkmany parts to it, so many intricacies.” ing,” Tucker said. “It’s good to have a She took to the game early, when buffer, like a bridge game.” she was just 11. “I’ve played bridge ever Decades after Feagin and Tucksince. I love it,” said Tucker, who now er watched their parents socialize over lives in Dunwoody. “Everyone should bridge tables, the game stilll plays a big play bridge.” part in their lives. They play often. Both During the first 11 days of this married people they met playing bridge. month, there were parts of metro At“Seeing people playing bridge tells lanta where it may have seemed everyyou a lot about them. It’s the same as one does play bridge, or at least wants tennis. [It shows] the way they handle to. Thousands of players from around themselves ...,” Tucker said. “Bridge is the world planned to gather at a downgoing to make you look stupid. If you’re town hotel during the period from Aug. a smart person, you don’t want to be 1 through 11 for the North American laughed at. The way you handle that says Bridge Championship, one of the top a lot about you.” competitions in the bridge world.

In fact, she says she and her husband Feagin and Tucker, now rated as life worried that getting married might masters of the complicated card game, break up a perfectly good bridge partwere in the thick of things during plannership. “I think that’s why we waited so ning for the international gathering. long to get married,” she said one recent Feagin chaired the local host commitmorning at a Dunwoody coffee shop. tee for the event, the fourth time he has “We had a good bridge partnership.” headed the committee for the nationStill do. Like Jack Feagin and his al competition, which comes to Atlanta wife, they’re still partners playing bridge.

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Lindy Farley has been volunteering person,” said Betty Shults. at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Shults, a resident of Sandy Springs, at Scottish Rite in Sandy Springs for 15 has been volunteering at Scottish Rite years. for 12 years. Many of those years she “I always felt fortunate, blessed, to have has been at the neonatal intensive care had healthy children,” the Dunwoody resunit, where Farley used to volunteer sevident said. “After my eral years ago. children went away to Both Shults and Do you know an organization or college, volunteering Farley are also part of individual making a difference at a children’s hospia special group of volin our community? Email tal seemed like a good unteers who are ineditor@reporternewspapers.net venue for me to help volved in hosting a others.” reception for those Once a week, Farattending the annuley mans the information desk in the al Candle Lighting Memorial Service at front lobby, directing parents where to Scottish Rite. go and answering any questions they This event is held at the hospital’s may have. She said that in some cases, chapel on Sunday afternoons every Dewhen she senses the parents may need cember for the family members of the a little more guidance, she escorts them children who have passed away at the to their destination in an effort to make hospital. their visit a little less stressful.

“Each family that attends the ser“The goal is to make their time at the vice is given a candle to light after their hospital as pleasant as possible,” she emchild’s name is called by the chaplain dophasized. ing the service,” Shults said.

Farley said that as soon as she arrives Brenda Green, the coordinator for at her desk, she checks the list of patients chaplaincy and clinical pastoral educato see if there is anyone she knows. In tion at Scottish Rite, said the idea of havsuch cases, she makes a point to visit ing an annual memorial service emerged them and may even stop at the gift shop approximately 20 years ago from beon her way to their room. reavement groups that met at the hospiShe also is well-known among partal each month. When the groups met, ents, fellow volunteers and hospital staff some hospital staff members joined the members for her skills in making desfamilies to mourn children who had serts. passed away.

Farley’s fellow volunteers appreciate Shults said the annual event has beher dedication. come a tradition among a group of par“Lindy is a very generous person with ents who come year after year, expecta big heart,” said Terry Ingwersen, a 10ing to see Farley there, and eager to try year volunteer, who works at the oncolthe special sweet treats she prepares for ogy and hematology outpatient clinic. them.

“And her sweet treats are fabulous.”

“Lindy brings a lot of joy to those “Lindy is such a warm, welcoming around her,” Ingwersen said.

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When Leslie Mintz’s children started coming home singing the Hebrew songs they learned at day care, she decided she wanted to learn them, too.

Mintz grew up Episcopalian, but she married a Jewish man, and they decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith.

“It kind of hit me that I didn’t know a lot about it,” sPeCiAl Mintz said. “When I was 25, From left, Jason, 7, Leslie, Ryan, I agreed to one day raise these 10, and Andrew Mintz. children Jewish, and here I am. I want to be an involved mom, and this isn’t my religion.” to Judaism.

She began attending a program at the “It jump-started my interest and Marcus Jewish Community Center of learning about the cultural and religious Atlanta for non-Jewish mothers raising side of Judaism,” Mintz said.

Jewish children. The group was called Glusman said conversion isn’t the the Mother’s Circle. goal of the programming at the MJC“It was education, but it was also a CA, however. nice support group because other wom“My job is to make sure people in inen would share challenges they were terfaith relationships can find a place in having,” Mintz said. the Jewish community,” Glusman said.

The Mother’s Circle is one of the out“We don’t demand anything of them.” reach programs the Jewish Community Glusman said he’s trying to make all Center offers for interfaith families, said programming at the MJCCA more acRabbi Brian Glusman, director of memcessible and welcoming for everyone. He bership outreach and engagement. “So believes isolating interfaith families into many of our couseparate programs ples and families can be counterproare interfaith on ductive. some level,” Glus“I think that “in the old days, if a child man said. it is distancing married someone of a Glusman said and off-putting different faith, a parent for both Jews and for some people,” non-Jews, it has Glusman said. might have gone into become more com“Th ey don’t want mourning over that. that mon and accepted to be singled out. doesn’t happen anymore.” to marry someone They want to be from a different included. All our religious backprograms are open – RABBI BRIAN gLuSMAN MJCCA DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP ground. to all, no matter OuTREACH AND ENgAgEMENT “There’s just their faith or oriena greater opentation. I guess you ness now,” Gluscould call them ‘all man said. “In the faith.’” old days, if a child married someone of a Shelly Buxbaum is the director of the different faith, a parent might have gone Lisa F. Brill Institute of Jewish Learning into mourning over that. That doesn’t at the MJCCA. She and other instruchappen anymore.” tors teach a variety of courses for adults Glusman said couples from different about Judaism, including an Introducreligious backgrounds often begin to setion to Judaism course, which she said is riously discuss the role of faith in their popular with interfaith families. lives once they have children.

“Parents of young children want to “After the thank-you notes are writseriously look at these issues and core ten following the wedding … there are a values, and understand what their chilhost of challenges for people who are in dren are learning, and to bring the coninterfaith relationships, especially with versation home,” Buxbaum said. children. Children seem to be the catShe said the courses are discussionalyst for addressing these issues,” Glusbased, and offer a pluralistic view of Juman said. daism.

While attending the Mother’s Circle, “It makes it meaningful for people Mintz learned about other programs, who are on a journey, who would like to and started attending more events at the learn about Judaism, who would like to center. She went on a community trip to hear a spectrum of opinions,” Buxbaum Israel, and eventually decided to convert said.

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And paddlers, like other river sports fans, should avoid excessive use of alcohol, he said. “Alcohol use on the river is the biggest danger with any water sport,” he said. “But I don’t think it would be easy to drink while standing up and paddling with both hands.”

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a ranger! Bring your own canoe or kayak and join a park ranger for a leisurely float through the Palisades, a section of the Chattahoochee River. As twilight fades, you will load your boat and depart the park just as darkness arrives. Reservations required by calling 678538-1200. Space is limited. $3 daily park pass or annual pass. Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, 5450 Interstate North Parkway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Go to: www.nps.gov/chat to find out more.

Pool Party Sunday, Aug. 18, 4-6 p.m. – Join lots of other

young people for BBYO Connect’s Kickoff Pool Party! Appropriate for 6-8th graders. Open to the community. $10 by Aug. 12; $15 after. Marcus Jewish Community Center - Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, email: stacie.graff@atlantajcc.org or call 678-812-3972.

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Butterfly Festival Saturday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. – The Dunwoody Nature Center holds its annual Butterfly Festival. This year’s event has twice as many butterflies with two tents, and also features games, crafts, animal encounters and discovery stations. Participate in a nature scavenger hunt and find hidden treasures within Dunwoody Park. Get your face painted like a butterfly, enjoy live music, a Birds of Prey show, and other entertainment. On-site concessions available (cash only). $10 for adults; $5 for children. Rain or shine. 5343 Roberts Dr., Dunwoody, 30338. To find out more, call 770-394-3322 or visit: www.dunwoodynature.org/Butterfly-Festival.

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Walk, Wag, N’ Run Saturday, Aug. 24, 7:30 a.m. – Join others for the Walk, Wag, N’ Run to help the human and animal victims of domestic violence. Proceeds benefit the Ahimsa House. $25 early bird through Aug. 17; $30 after; $35 day of race. I-mile Fun Run, $15, and begins at 8:45 a.m. Participants receive t-shirt, goodie bag. Flat to rolling hills course that ends in Lenox Park. Event is a 2014 Peachtree Road Race qualifier.

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Tinnitus Support Saturday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – The

Atlanta Tinnitus Support Group invites all to join them at their next meeting, where Melissa Wikoff, Au.D., Doctor of Audiology at Atlanta Hearing Associates, will speak. Socializing from 10-10:30 a.m.; lecture beings at 10:30 a.m. Dunwoody Public Library, in the Meeting Room, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more details, email: Erica at elcatl@aol.com.

Wedding Savings Saturday, Aug. 17, 3-4:30 p.m. – Feeling

overwhelmed by wedding costs? This workshop tells how to plan a “dream wedding” at a reasonable price by using a little creativity and research. Come learn the simple, cost-saving strategies that are often overlooked. Have twice the wedding for half the price! Free and open to the public. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. For additional information, visit www.sashajevents.eventbrite.com.

STARLAB Sunday, Aug. 18, 1-2 p.m. – Stay cool at the

Chattahoochee Nature Center, while learning the stars and constellations in the August night sky as you journey into STARLAB, a portable planetarium. Two, 25- minute sessions. Appropriate for ages 5 to adult. General admission: $10 for adults; $7 for seniors; $7 for students 13-18; $6 for children; free for CNC members, and kids 2 and under. 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075. Call 770992-2055 or go to: www.chattnaturecenter.org for information.

Basic Gardening Saturday, Aug. 24, 10 a.m. – North Fulton Master Gardeners, along with the University Of Georgia Cooperative Extension, present “Basic Garden Maintenance.” Learn tips for year-round success in your garden. Topics include: when to fertilize, prune, seed lawns, plant annuals, cut and divide perennials, plant bulbs and veggies, and more. Free and open to the public. Registration necessary by visiting: http://gardeningbythespringsaug.eventbrite. com. Heritage Sandy Springs, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328, in the Community Room.

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Summer Sing Saturday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – All are invited to the Choral Guild of Atlanta’s “Summer Sing,” an open house for interested singers to get acquainted with the conductor and chorus. Meet up with old friends, and preview music planned for the first concert, the works of Benjamin Britten. Free.

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Springs Concerts Sunday, Aug. 18, 7 p.m. – Concerts by the

Springs welcomes back Gwen Hughes & The Retro Jazz Kats, after their earlier performance was rained out.

The band features elegant jazz and classic swing music.

Free. No pets, no smoking. Picnic baskets, coolers and blankets are welcome; no outside tables. Food and beverages available for purchase. Heritage Green, on the Sandy Springs Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-851-9111, ext. 4, visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org or email: information@heritagesandysprings.org to learn more.

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Tia Rix & Friends Friday, Aug. 23, 7:30-9:30 p.m. – Check

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Doors open at 7 p.m. Dessert and coffee provided; BYOB. The public is welcome. Babysitting services provided. Bring a can or non-perishable item for theCommunity Action Center Food Bank. 4945 High Point Rd., NE, Sandy Springs, 30342. Call 404-252-3324 or go to: https://atonement.episcopalatlanta.org to find out more.

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End-of-course tests results show percentage not making the grade The Georgia Department of Education recently released results for the end-of-course tests given to high school students. This table shows the percentage of students in public high schools in Reporter Newspapers communities that did not meet standards in the 10 subject areas tested.

In some cases, due to curriculum changes, not all schools took the same tests or there weren’t enough students taking them to provide a general assessment. The scores here are provided by the Department of Education and presumed to be accurate.

North Atlanta high

Cross Keys high

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North springs high

Physical science

47.7%

32.6%

48.9%

28.6%

21.2%

26.6%

U.s. history

29.9

25.0

10.1

18.2

19.5

10.8

9th Grade literature American literature

14.1

32.8

9.0

13.4

8.9

9.8

6.5

31.5

4.3

9.2

7.5

4.1

Math i

73.2

53.4

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N/A

N/A

N/A

Math ii

42.6

16.4

15.9

33.6

N/A

N/A

Geometry

42.6

16.4

15.9

33.6

N/A

N/A

biology

27.4

9.6

19.7

15.9

21.9

7.2

economics

16.2

11.9

14.7

18.4

11.6

8.6

Coordinate Algebra

65.9

72.9

56.4

55.0

65.5

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By Collin Kelley By the time you read this, some schools will already be back in session for 2013-14. Atlanta Public Schools resumed classes Aug. 7, and Fulton and DeKalb county schools on Aug. 12.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has offered up some survival tips for kids and parents as the school year routine begins anew. These tips are some basics for eating properly and maintaining study habits, as well as selecting a backpack that is safe and comfortable.

Survival Tips • Eat breakfast. The old saying “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” is never more true than when you’re going to school. Students are more alert and perform better in class if they eat a good breakfast.

• Get enough sleep. Studies show that teens need at least 8½ hours of sleep each night to feel rested. Sleep deprivation can lead students to fall asleep in class (embarrassing if you’re caught!) and can also make it hard to concentrate. It can be more productive to get the sleep you need than it is to stay up late cramming: A recent study found that students who got adequate sleep before a math test were nearly three times more likely to figure out the problem than those who stayed up all night.

• Do more at school and you’ll have less to do at home. Take advantage of those times during the school day when you’re not in class: Review notes, go to the library or computer lab, get a head start on your homework, or research a term paper. You’ll be thankful later while you’re at the mall or a concert and your classmates are stuck at home cramming.

• Be a joiner. One of the best ways to make friends and learn your way around is by joining school clubs, sports teams and activities. Even if you can’t kick a 30-yard field goal or sing a solo, getting involved in other ways – going to a school play, helping with a bake sale, or cheering on

friends at a swim meet – can help you feel like a part of things.

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Tips for Choosing and Using Backpacks • Consider the construction. Before you grab a new bag off the rack, make sure it’s got two padded straps that go over your shoulders. The wider the straps, the better. A backpack with a metal frame like the ones hikers use may give you more support (although many lockers aren’t big enough to hold this kind of pack). Make use of another hiking tip: Look for a backpack with a waist belt, which helps to distribute the weight more evenly across the body. Backpacks with multiple compartments can also help distribute the weight more evenly.

• Balance the load. Before you load your backpack, adjust the straps so the pack sits close to your back. If the pack bumps against your lower back or your butt when you walk, the straps are probably too long. Always pack your backpack with the heaviest items closest to your back.

Don’t drop all your stuff in the main compartment (using the side pockets will distribute the weight more evenly). Wear both straps over your shoulders.

• Try a pack with wheels. Lots of kids use these as an alternative to backpacks, but there are guidelines and considerations to keep in mind with this kind of pack, too. Many schools don’t allow rolling packs because people can trip over them in the halls.

• Don’t overdo it. Doctors and physical therapists recommend that people carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their body weight in their packs.

This means that if you weigh 120 pounds, your backpack should weigh no more than 12 to 18 pounds. Use your bathroom scale to weigh your backpack and get an idea of what the proper weight for you feels like.

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Ben Karlin has a record of starting new endeavors.

During his freshman year, he was the starting pitcher for the Weber School baseball team’s firstever state playoff game. That same year, when he did not see a quality, baseball summer camp he wanted his younger brother to participate in, he started a new one with his friend Joseph Brickman.

Not only does Ben start anew, he finishes what he starts. He just completed his third year running the baseball camp, and has now made it to three state playoff games with his Georgia Independent School Association region 1-AAA team at Weber.

Weber head baseball coach Patrick Wright describes Ben as a team leader “both on and off the field.� “When I first came to Weber, he was a young, eager sophomore still learning things, but he has developed into a mature, young man,� Wright said. “He has done a great job leading in both the classroom and the weight room.�

In addition to being a pitcher at Weber in the spring, Ben has participated on traveling teams during the fall and summer since he was 13, most recently playing for the last three years with the 643 DP Jaguars.

Ben, who was the captain of the Weber Rams for the 2013 season, started playing catch with his dad when he was 2 or 3 years old, and has loved sports ever since. “When I was younger, I played baseball, basketball and soccer, but I decided that baseball was my favorite and the one I wanted to pursue,� said Ben. Through his summer camp and by teaching private lessons on pitching, hitting and fielding, he has worked to pass his passion on to others.

The camp has grown from 10 participants to 21 in only three years, and he hopes to keep it up through college and expand it from one week into two separate, week-long sessions. “It has been a great learning experience,� Ben said. “Each year it has become easier knowing what to do, how to plan it, how to send emails to parents, and how to work with the kids.�

When he is not exercising his school spirit on the field, Ben works as a “student ambassador� to encourage younger kids to consider attending Weber. He visits middle schools, escorts visiting students to classes, and works to get to know students looking at the school. “Weber is a great place, and I really love it and want to get as many people to go to the school as possible,� said Ben.

What’s Next: Ben plans to play baseball in college, and is looking for a school with strong academics where he can possibly study psychology or economics. Inspired in part by an entrepreneurship class at Wesafeto•ultimately gentle •find thorough ber, he hopes a job that combines his passions for business and baseball.

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R o BBeRY 8700 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On July 23 a man reported that he was in the parking lot of the Bank of America just before 10 p.m. He exited his car and was approached by a man who had a gun. The man took the victim’s wallet and contents.

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1st block of Cedar Run 30350 – On July 20 a man reported that between 9:25 and 10:30 p.m., someone came into his apartment and took a laptop, Xbox 360, PS3 and several other items.

CAPTAIN STEVE ROSE, SSPD srose@sandyspringsga.gov 5000 block of Riley Terrace Road 30328 – On July 27 a contractor said that he had secured the house he was working in, but the next day he found that someone had been inside and had trashed the place, leaving liquor bottles, beer cans, wine bottles, and other junk in the home. a neighbor said they saw teenagers at the home earlier.

300 block of Sandy Springs Circle 30328 – On July 29 someone broke into the “Just Quality Cleaners” and took $100 cash and an ipad.

1700 block of Sandalwood Drive 30350 – On July 20 the victims were gone overnight, and when they returned home, they found someone had broken into the apartment and had taken several things. They had a juvenile suspect as being on the short list.

6900 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On July 30 police were called to an apartment where a man said a burglary was in progress.

The victim knew the men who were listed as suspects. The call turned out to be unfounded, however a woman, listed as a witness, was found to Read more of the 6300 block of be wanted in Newpolice Blotter online at Powers Ferry Road ton County on a www.reporternewspapers.net probation violation 30342 – On July 20 originating from an cops were called to earlier methamphetthe Wyndham Hoamine arrest. tel and met with a 21-year-old man who said someone accessed his room and took cash, 4800 block of Lake Forrest Drive 30328 – two iphones and other items. The victim said On July 30 a man reported that he was gone he fell asleep just before 6 a.m. and when from 10:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. When he rehe woke at 7:40 a.m., the items were gone. turned home, he discovered that someone had broken into the house by kicking in the 200 block of Summer Drive 30350 – On carport door. Several items were taken inJuly 21 the apartment resident said that when cluding a 50” TV, laptop, weapons and cash. she and her male friend arrived home at 9:30 p.m., they could not get into the apartment 700 block of Marsh Trail Circle 30350 – because the deadbolt was locked. They went On July 31 a woman reported that while she around to the back of the apartment and saw was out running errands, someone came into a man exiting from a window. He ran, and the her apartment between 10 a.m. and 2:30 male friend ran after him, but lost sight. at p.m. The front door had been forced open by the time of the report, nothing was missing. a prying tool. nothing was reported missing at the time of the report.

100 block of Parc Du Chateau 30328 – On July 24 someone entered the victim’s garage 200 block of Franklin Road 30342 – On and apparently unsuccessfully tried to steal July 31, sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 6 a motorcycle. p.m., someone entered the victim’s apartment and took a laptop and jewelry.

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On July 24, sometime between 7:30 and 10 a.m., someone came into the victim’s apartment a S S a u Lt and took two televisions and a laptop.

A man called police to complain that he 5300 block of Long Island Drive 30342 – was illegally “chest bumped” during a conOn July 24, sometime between 9 a.m. and frontation over a man wanting more alcohol 1:30 p.m., someone forced a French door and while they were out that evening. entered the residence. The burglar took cash and possibly jewelry.

Cops responded to Spring Creek Lane on 300 block of Summerset Lane 30328 – On July 24, sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 8 p.m., someone forced entry into the victim’s apartment and took some jewelry items.

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On July 25 officers met with a woman who came home and found her door and window open.

The occupant was gone from about 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. it appears that someone came in through the living room window by force. several items were taken.

a domestic call on July 29 around 3:47 a.m.

They met with a woman who said her livein boyfriend hit her in the mouth. The man’s finger was bleeding from where he said she bit him. He looked, smelled and later confirmed that he had been drinking. The woman who called the police immediately lost credibility when she gave the cops a false birth date. She said he was mad when he got home because dinner wasn’t ready. The argument started, escalated, and moved to the parking lot, where he slugged her. She had

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She said she did so because she is currently undergoing immigration hearings. She said she is a citizen of Kenya. All went to jail.

1300 block of Old Hammond Chase 30328 – On July 29, while officers were speaking to two parties over a dispute, a man who was related to one of the parties walked up and began causing a disruption while the officer was trying to settle it down. He was arrested.

400 block of Morgan Falls Road 30350 – On July 29, while an officer responded to a disturbance call, a man pulled up in front of the patrol car and attempted to provoke the man to whom the officer was talking to.

The officer told him to back off, which he ignored, and the man continued to try and fight the other man. The officer had to physically restrain the man. He was later arrested.

Arr ests Riverview Road 30342 – On July 22 cops were called on a domestic complaint. The caller said that she and her husband were in bed sleeping when suddenly, without provocation, her husband rolled over and took the blankets with him. Exposed, she pulled them back over her, and this caused her husband to become angry and curse at her. He pushed her out of bed, causing her to injure her leg.

The husband was somewhat vague over the details and said there may have been some pushing, and she may have hit her head on something. He was arrested on domestic violence charges.

1100 block of Mount Vernon Highway 30328 – On July 23 officers responded to the

passenger, he found that the passenger was wanted in Cobb County on a failure to yield on a previous marijuana charge. He was arrested. The driver was given a warning and continued on.

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On July 23 Target store security observed and videotaped two persons who walked around the store, stealing items and placing them in a cart, and trying to leave without paying.

The pair was arrested for stealing over $400 in store items.

Northridge Road 30350 – On July 25 the victim said that he was walking along Northridge Road and Colquitt just after 3 a.m. when a car drove past him, turned around, and stopped. He walked past the car and a man got out and pulled a gun on him. The man said “Give me everything you have!” The man gave up his cell phone, and the suspect re-entered the car and left. Just before that robbery, on Northridge Road, it appears the same suspect robbed a man at 2 a.m. He was in a Chevy Impala, silver in color. An officer had the Chevy Impala pulled over on a traffic offense when the lookout was broadcast.

The officer secured the two men in handcuffs and found the stolen phones in the car. The two are in jail awaiting a hearing on robbery charges.

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threatening text that said “play’in b*!$% ill kill ya son too hoe.” grammar was so bad that we cannot tell if the suspect is talking about role playing, her son or some farming tools.

Tilted Kilt on a person who had been kicked out of two taxi cabs because he was too intoxicated and too belligerent. They found the intoxicated man standing outside of the restaurant. He was one of those drunks that everyone hates - he had just enough motor skills going to insult everyone around him, saying the employee who called police was a “snake.” The officers found that he was from California, and was staying here somewhere at a hotel. They tried to get the man to give them the name and phone number of his wife so she could come get him. However, he responded to the questions with “What do you think?” Eventually he gravitated to “F--- you,” which means “Officers, please take me to jail.”

A man reported that he and his sister got

An officer stopped a car on I-285, and during the conversation with the driver and

has been text messaging her and threatening her by saying “I’m about to deal with you real speak.”

into a verbal argument over the fact that he had given their dog away to someone else.

An officer was in the Chattahoochee Na-

tional Park on Roberts Drive on an unrelated call. During that time he passed a wooden picnic table where a man was sitting, pants at his knees, and who appeared to be masturbating. The man said he wasn’t masturbating, but had fallen into the mud earlier and thought he would clean himself up while no one was looking. He was cited for public indecency.

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Present Zoning:

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Request:

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Planning Commission August 15, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Mayor and City Council September 17, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

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A woman reported that her ex-boyfriend

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Present Zoning:

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Mayor and City Council September 17, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

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Cities begin registration of home, business alarms

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The cities of Atlanta, Sandy Springs and Dunwoody are rolling out registration programs as part of recently adopted false alarm ordinances.

If you live in Sandy Springs or Dunwoody, you have until Oct. 1 to register your burglar alarm or face a $100 fine.

Registration of home alarms is free. In Dunwoody, registration of commercial alarms costs $25.

In Atlanta, the new ordinance takes effect Sept. 15, but the deadline to register is Feb. 1, 2014. The city imposes a $150 fee for residents who fail to register.

Under the new ordinances, excessive false alarm calls can result in fines ranging from $50 to $500, depending on the number of false alarms generated by a particular residence or business.

In Atlanta, fines start with the second false alarm. In Dunwoody, fines kick in after the third false alarm. The costs escalate with successive false alarms.

The new registration and fines are part of a system being implemented by the cities in an attempt to reduce the number of false alarm calls.

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new. “I do believe they will make a significant impact on our false alarm calls, and I believe we will see a reduction in these types of calls,” Grogan said. “The issue of false alarms has not suddenly become a concern. It has been a concern for some time. However, it takes time to enact an ordinance such as this.”

City officials say false alarms are a drain on police resources.

“It is estimated that at least 95 percent of all alarm calls are false alarms,” a joint press release from Dunwoody and Sandy Springs said. “In 2012, 8,739 of 9,096 Sandy Springs police calls were false alarms. In 2012, Dunwoody police responded to more than 4,000 alarm calls and the majority of those were false alarms.

property owners.

“It’ll go from Class 10 to Class 3.

It’ll save literally hundreds of thousands of dollars for people in that area,” McElfish said. “It’ll help both the county and the city.”

Sandy Springs Battalion Chief Daryl Smith said the two departments worked out the agreements after metrics for measuring fire risk changed.

The new metric put properties farther than five miles from a fire station into a higher risk classification.

“It was a 10 because the new ISO rating came into effect and that area’s response time from our Station 1 at Spalding and Roberts was greater than five miles,” Smith said.

Smith said Sandy Springs will still be responding to emergency calls in the panhandle.

“Our units are also responding as well, but [DeKalb] will be there before us because they’re less than five miles,” Smith said. “The benefit is that we’re going to have better coverage in that panhandle area as far as structure fires and get people on the scene quicker.”

Sandy Springs City Councilman John Paulson, who represents the

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“I believe it benefits both communities to have this more formalized,” Paulson said.

Bob Mullen, a spokesman for the city of Dunwoody, said the city is grateful for the agreement between the two fire departments. “We’re grateful for not only assistance from [DeKalb County Fire] Chief [Edward] O’Brien but also Sandy Springs Fire Department to make sure residents are going to have the best service possible,” Mullen said.

Smith said Sandy Springs already has an automatic aid agreement with the city of Atlanta. Sandy Springs’ Station 4, located near the intersection of Roswell and Wieuca roads, will respond to calls in Buckhead while Atlanta’s Station 27 on Northside Drive will respond to calls in Sandy Springs.

Smith said the departments have plans to expand the automatic aid agreement to all areas with contiguous borders.

“We’re eventually going to branch out and do the entire Sandy Springs/ DeKalb County border,” Smith said.

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