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Judge blocks city’s annexation of Century Center

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A DeKalb County judge has blocked the city of Brookhaven from taking any action to annex the Century Center office complex until after an Oct. 24 trial.

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Tangela Barrie issued the interlocutory injunction Aug. 16. The court order followed an Aug. 14 hearing, in which lawyers from Chamblee and Brookhaven argued over which city has the right to annex the lucrative commercial property near the intersection of I-85 and Clairmont Road.

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Feral cat fight stirring things up in Drew Valley

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Front, Jerry Alvarado, who plays center on the Cross Keys High School varsity football team, is ready in his stance during practice on Aug. 14 in Brookhaven. The team is looking to improve from its 0-9-0 record in 2012. More photos on page 26.

Michael Schwartz has been a lightning rod on several issues during his 21 years as a Brookhaven resident. Most recently, the outspoken entrepreneur sparked debate about wild cats in his Drew Valley neighborhood, near Burch Circle.

Schwartz unintentionally stirred things up in July when he wrote on an online community forum that he’d never seen so many wild or feral cats darting around his property.

“I said, ‘I might just trap them and call the county.’ That’s what got the ire of some neighbors who protested that was like an automatic death sentence for the cats, who would be euthanized,” he said.

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Brookhaven City Councilman Bates Mattison said people might have misunderstood his idea about using golf carts as a mode of transportation for Georgia’s newest city.

Mattison said he intended for his comments to be part of a broader discussion about alternate modes of transportation for Brookhaven. The media was more interested in the golf carts idea. The City Council discussed it during its Aug. 13 work session, but agreed the idea needs further study.

“One of the pieces that is a part of our transportation alternatives is a golf cart,” Mattison said. “I wanted to clarify that point.”

After the meeting was over, Mattison said he’d also like to clarify rules for people already using golf carts on city streets. During the regular meeting, City Attorney Bill Riley gave the council a copy of a draft ordinance the city of Dunwoody briefly considered. Dunwoody’s plan to provide better guidelines for golf carts didn’t go anywhere, Riley noted.

Under the draft Dunwoody considered, golf carts could go no faster than 20 mph and could only operate on city streets with a posted speed limit of 35 mph, or less.

Mattison said he thinks the conversation should continue. ”Citizens need to understand what the rules are,” Mattison said.

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Brookhaven to hire parks and recreation director The city of Brookhaven has begun the search for a director to lead the city’s fledgling parks and recreation program. The city will take control of 11 Brookhaven parks from DeKalb County on Sept. 3, officials said. Brookhaven City Council hopes to have a parks and recreation director on the job shortly after taking over the parks, according to a press release.

“We are looking for someone who can build a parks and recreation department from the ground up,” said City Manager Marie Garrett. “It’s important that candidates be able to develop quality programs and services to meet the recreation needs of the community.”

The director will be expected to implement a comprehensive parks master plan, which will outline future growth and policies for the parks.

The city’s human resources department is screening applications and conducting initial interviews. Resumes are still being accepted. For more information, go to www.brookhavenga.gov/ jobs.html.

Parks and recreation was one of the main driving forces behind creating the city of Brookhaven. City proponents pushed for a bigger parks budget to allow for better maintenance and more programming in Brookhaven’s many parks.

City postpones action on bar closing, serving times Brookhaven City Council will wait to hear a report from the city’s police department in January before making any changes to closing and serving times for Brookhaven’s bars.

Following complaints from residents, City Council considered making closing times earlier. But representatives from local bars came to a June meeting to tell Council members that reducing their late-night hours would have a detrimental effect on business.

Based on their concern, Council deferred a vote to give city staff time to gather more information, officials said in a news release.

“It’s important that our new police department has ample time to collect data before any decision is made.

We want to draft a policy that balances and benefits the interests of all Brookhaven stakeholders,” Mayor J. Max Davis said.

The current alcohol ordinance, as adopted from DeKalb County, stipulates the following: • Monday through Friday hours are from 9 a.m. until 3:55 a.m. of the following day.

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• Sunday hours are from 12:30 p.m. until 2:55 a.m. on Monday.

Better lighting headed for Buford Highway The Georgia Department of Transportation will add more than 200 pedestrian streetlights along Buford Highway.

GDOT signed an agreement with Brookhaven to install 2.5 miles of pedestrian lighting on both sides of Buford Highway between the Atlanta city limits and Afton Drive.

The city of Brookhaven will assume costs related to power and maintenance when the project is complete, officials said. Installation will begin in early 2014, and the project is expected to be complete by April 2015, according to a news release.

DOT building sidewalks on Clairmont The Georgia Department of Transportation is installing sidewalks, crosswalks and pedestrian signals on Clairmont Road.

Upon completion, Clairmont Road will have 1.83 miles of 5-foot-wide sidewalks along both sides of the roadway in an area from I-85 to Buford Highway, the city of Brookhaven said in a press release. The project is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2014.

Westminster School chooses new president Directors of The Westminster Schools have appointed a new president for the Buckhead institution. Keith A. Evans, president and head of school of The Collegiate School in Richmond, will take the position July 1, 2014.

Evans is to become the school’s fifth president when he succeeds Dr. William Clarkson IV, who announced in January he planned to retire at the end of the 2013-14 school year, Westminster said.

Clarkson took over the school’s presidency in 1991. The Westminster board unanimously affirmed Evans’ selection on Aug. 14, the school said.

“We are unreservedly convinced that Keith’s inspirational leadership and strategic focus will elevate Westminster’s standing as an institution that reaches the highest standards of excellence for years to come,” board chair Mike Egan said in a press release from the school.

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Readers urge support from community for Cross Keys High Editor’s note: The state Department of Education recently released results for the end-of-course tests given to high school students.

The Brookhaven Reporter published a chart showing the results for local high schools in our Aug. 9-22 issue.

Two Brookhaven readers – Mpaza Kapembwa and Kim Gokce – noted the respecial sults posted by students at Students at Cross Keys High School performed Cross Keys High School and well on state end-of-course tests. wrote to us to point out the students’ success. not meet standards in 10 subject areas testHere are their letters and ed, compared to Chamblee and Dunwoody a portion of the chart showing the results of high schools. students at high schools in Reporter NewsIn some cases, due to curriculum changpapers communities in DeKalb County. es, not all schools took the same tests or The chart at right shows the percentthere weren’t enough students taking them age of students tested at Cross Keys, Chamto provide a general assessment. blee and Dunwoody high schools that did

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Recognize accomplishments of Cross Keys’ students, teachers To the editor: When I was a student at Cross Keys, it was blatant that our facility was being ignored and we were a low priority.

After the modest renovations in 2010, there was an air of morale amongst the students because we were now in an environment that was conducive to learning. Seeing that someone cared made an unimaginable difference for us.

Today, the narrative has to move beyond calling for completing the renovations as I and other supporters of the school have continued to advocate.

There are hints of a more profound dialogue in the test results of area high schools published in the Brookhaven Reporter dated Aug. 9-22. One that many will miss because even facts do not always subvert pre-conceived notions.

What is happening at CKHS is achievement in the face of multifari-

ous challenges in the community, in the school system, and too often, an indifferent attitude from Brookhaven. Recognizing what our students and teachers are accomplishing would mean just as much, if not more, than what the renovations meant in 2010.

It would mean students will come into the school with renewed confidence. It would mean our teachers will know that the community they are serving is behind them.

Furthermore, this is not just about the school. It is also about the city.

Most residents seem to be pleased with how well our city is doing, how well-received our police force is, and we need to add our school to this list. Perhaps this is a great starting point for a new dialogue about public education in Brookhaven.

Mpaza Kapembwa

Time to change the narrative about Cross Keys To the editor: In May 2009, I stepped onto the grounds of Cross Keys High School for the first time. I had heard negative impressions of the school for years. The physical conditions I found were so egregious I couldn’t accept them as appropriate for any school judged “good” or “bad.”

I discovered the reality at CKHS was different from what I had been led to believe. Cross Keys was far from a “bad” school. Yet the narrative about it had become so engrained in the community it had become an axiom … 2 + 2 = 4 and Cross Keys is horrible. This is still the misconception of too many in Brookhaven.

Meanwhile, the students continue to quietly achieve and overcome obstacles in school and in life. I was pleased, then, to note the recent sharing by the

Brookhaven Reporter of the latest Department of Education data on area high schools.

I have seen data that can portray Cross Keys in almost any light one would choose. The same is true for all its peers who otherwise enjoy community support and even acclaim.

Like its peers, Cross Keys has areas where great improvement is needed.

Nonetheless, there was something very interesting in the data reported. Cross Keys bested Dunwoody, Riverwood, North Atlanta, and was on par with Chamblee Charter and North Springs Charter in Geometry, Biology, Economics and Math II. This is but one measure but begs the question: Isn’t it time to change the narrative about Cross Keys High School in our community?”

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Stop wasting our taxpayer money To the editor: Brookhaven’s City Council has a vendetta going with the Pink Pony. The club has been operating in an isolated area for more than 20 years with no vice violations to date; it employs 300 or so people, and contributes about $455,000 to our tax revenues. Yet our City Council is dead set on spending whatever it takes to shut it down.

What is the motive? In informal polls I have found not one person who favors the new city spending $200,000 (and probably more) on battling this.

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I was reading the letters to the editor in the Brookhaven Reporter [Aug.9– Aug. 22] and have to agree with the opinions expressed by both Andrea Seidl and Glenn W. Summerlin.

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Save hundreds of jobs. Avoid costly legal fees. Avoid wasting time best spent on other issues. Respect the lack of any associated legal violations. We don’t need another Brook Run Trail on our hands!

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Lawsuits and lost causes To the editor: I wholeheartedly agree with what my fellow neighbors voiced in the latest edition of the Brookhaven Reporter [Aug.9– Aug. 22]. I wasn’t aware when I voted “yes” to the city that they would spend our hard-earned taxpayer money on lawsuits and lost causes! If that were the case, I would have changed my vote! Why run off a revenue source that bothers no one?

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March on Washington: Unite for common good On Aug., 28, 1963, thousands of people gathered on the Mall in Washington, D.C. to demand the nation take action on civil rights. Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech to the assembly. Reporter Newspapers asked Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta, the last surviving speaker from that day, to describe the event and what it means to people in 2013. We also asked three of our local high school interns to describe how they view the March on Washington a half-century later.

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, on Aug. 28, 1963, was one of this nation’s finest hours. The American people pushed and pulled, they struggled, suffered, and some even died, to demonstrate their desire to see a more fair, more just society.

Leading up to the March on Washington, there had been an unbelievable amount of action on the part of the Movement. People were sitting-in at lunch counters, standing-in at theaters. They were beaten, arrested and jailed by the hundreds and thousands by state and local government offiU.S. Rep. cials. They were standing in unmovable lines all across the South trying to register and vote. Martin John Lewis Luther King Jr., Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and other leaders had been arrested and jailed.

Guest Column Those of us in the movement made a decision that we had to do what we could, give our very lives if necessary, to demonstrate that equal justice was imperative to democracy. The morning of the march we met with Democratic and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill on the House and Senate side. We planned to leave the Senate and lead the people to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. But when we stepped out into the streets, we saw hundreds and thousands of people pouring out of the train station.

They were black and white, Latino, Asian and Native American. There were members of every faith, speakers of many different languages. We were supposed to be leading them, but the people were leading us, and they literally pushed us down Constitution Avenue, up to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Dr. King inspired all of us that day with words that embodied what we all believed. He was the last speaker, but I was number six. I was the young upstart who said, “We march today for jobs and freedom, but we have nothing to be proud of for hundreds and thousands of our brothers are not here, for they are receiving starvation wages or no wages at all….I said, “We must seek more than civil rights; we must work for the community of love, peace and true brotherhood. Our minds, souls and hearts cannot rest until freedom and justice exist for all people.”

We have come a great distance since that day, but we are not finished yet. Many of the issues that gave rise to that march are still pressing needs in our society—violence, poverty, hunger, long-term unemployment, homelessness, voting rights, and the need to protect human dignity.

What the March on Washington is saying to us today is that we are at our best as a nation when we understand that our differences do not divide us. We will be at our best when we finally accept that we are one people, one family, the American family. We all live in the same house, the American house, the world house.

The March on Washington is saying to us today that we can unite for the common good to accomplish great things for all Americans and not just for some.

U.S. Rep. John Lewis represents Georgia’s Fifth District, which includes parts of Buckhead and Brookhaven. Lewis was one of the speakers during the March on Washington. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech to the marchers that day.

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Fifty years ago, hundreds of thousands of people marched on Phil Mosier, Martha Nodar, Sandie Webb, Washington for civil rights. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his most famous speech during that march.

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In 1963, when a sea of people gathered for the March on Washington, they did so in a great public expression of their First Amendment rights. While my generation faces new issues of social justice, what still resonates today and stands to be learned from that event in history is that every American, regardless of race, gender, and even age, can generate change through activism and the use of constitutionally-protected rights.

The Civil Rights Movement showed that the Constitution is not merely a set of words to be memorized in a classroom—it is an adaptable tool for creating a better America.

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One of the most memorable moments from elementary school was learning about Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.

His words have influenced millions, and with each successive generation, his dream becomes ever more of a reality. While we have come so far in 50 years, there is still work to do. Discrimination based upon religion, sex and sexual orientation is still rampant in the United States and beyond.

MLK was just a single figure who represented countless people who chose to fight discrimination in their everyday lives. We can continue to shape society with each passing day, if we continue to allow ourselves to be inspired by the dream of equality.

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By Dan Whisenhunt GT Software in Sandy Springs buzzes with the chatter of people the city wants to attract.

The employees are young, well-paid professionals working at high-tech jobs in an office with rows of cubicles. The office building is close to a MARTA station.

Getting the company to locate in Sandy Springs required more than a nice lunch and a memorable elevator speech. The city gave the company a tax break, called “economic incentives.” GT Software received $6,284 in incentives, a minor amount compared with the hundreds of thousands other companies received from Sandy Springs.

A company official with GT Software said Sandy Springs was the right fit overall.

“Our Sandy Springs headquarters allows us to take advantage of the best IT talent found in the Atlanta area,” GT Software President Eric Nelson said in a statement emailed to Reporter Newspapers. “We offer innovative solutions for complex IT challenges to businesses all over the world, and our Sandy Springs headquarters provides the perfect environment for our employees.”

Incentives are becoming a permanent reality for cities looking to land jobs to boost their local economies.

The New York Times in December 2012 investigated incentives programs nationwide, and found that governments in the U.S. give $80 billion annually to private companies.

According to records provided by the cities of Dunwoody and Sandy Springs, Dunwoody has award-

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Atlanta Vintage Books is thriving despite the digital revolution.

Coowners Bob Roarty and Jan Bolgla are passionate about books and their bookloving customers.

Christopher Tomlinson, executive director of the State Road and Toll Autority, says there are other local toll road projects in the works.

ed $8.4 million in incentives and Sandy Springs has awarded $1.8 million.

The city of Brookhaven, which incorporated last year, is still in the process of determining how or if it would grant incentives, spokeswoman Dana Johnson said.

At its Aug. 6 meeting, Sandy Springs City Council members revived the debate over the city’s incentives program. Mayor Eva Galambos has been an outspoken critic.

Sandy Springs City Council imposed a 30-day moratorium on new incentives while the city reworks its current policies. The moratorium came shortly after City Council awarded $120,000 in incentives to CH2M Hill. CH2M Hill is a contractor that used to Continued on page 14

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Atlanta Vintage Books thrives despite digital revolution husband-and-wife team bought the store on Clairmont Road in Brookhaven nearly seven years ago Despite the convenience of shopfrom the original owners after seeping online or downloading an eBing a “for sale” ad in a newspaper. ook to your Kindle or Nook, nothThe couple was burned out from ing can replace the experience of their careers – Roarty in commerbrowsing in a brick and mortar cial printing and Bolgla in graphic bookstore. Atlanta Vintage Books design – and they both loved books.

(AVB) in Chamblee has been bank“It seemed like a no-brainer,” Roaring on bibliophiles’ need for the tanty said. gible for the past 25 years, and busiThe shop covers 7,000 square ness is thriving. feet and has roughly 75,000 books Atlanta’s chain and independent for sale. While upstairs is saved bookstores have taken a hit over the for more vintage and rare books, last decade as eBooks and big-box the huge downstairs has contemstores have sapped away readers porary hardbacks and palooking for lower prices perbacks selling for $2 to and the ease of shopping from a computer or smart- Perimet er $4. The display cases are treasure troves of classic phone. Last year’s closing Pro fil e books, including first ediof Borders Books locations and the loss of landmark tions of Catcher in the Rye, Ray Bradbury’s science ficgay and lesbian bookstore tion novels and a copy of Gone With Outwrite shook up the literary comthe Wind autographed by Margaret munity, leaving Barnes & Noble and Mitchell. a handful of independent stores to “People come in the shop and carry on. find books they’ve been searching AVB owners Bob Roarty and Jan for their whole lives,” Bolgla said.

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Roarty said AVB is filling a niche that the chains and big-box stores are not: supplying readers with older titles that aren’t readily available

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or have gone out of print. “Nonfiction is very popular in the shop right now,” he said. “History, military, art, photography, religion, esoteric and metaphysical have been big sellers. We’re always on the hunt for more.”

Roarty said sci-fi, fantasy and horror novels are also in demand, mainly because fans of those genres tend to hold onto their books. He said books some people consider out of date are a prized find for some collectors.

“We have engineers looking for old engineering books to find the tables and graphs and English-as-asecond language teachers in search of old grammar books,” he said.

The couple regularly goes to estate sales and gets calls from people who are downsizing and need to get rid of their book collections. Bolgla said AVB’s clientele regularly calls in or stops by the shop to see what has come in.

“We have incredibly loyal customers,” Bolgla commented. “Some come in every day to grab a cup of coffee, browse and talk books.”

Roarty agreed, likening AVB to the fictional bar in the sitcom Cheers: “People really do want to go where everybody knows their name, and we are on a first name basis with many of our customers.”

AVB’s move to differentiate itself from other new and used bookstores and embracing Amazon has also helped the store navigate difficult times. “We sell our rare and used books at Amazon and on our own website,” Roarty said. “Many people believe that Amazon is evil, but physical bookstores and Amazon can co-exist.”

Bolgla said AVB has also used online deal sites like Living Social and Scoutmob to bring a “new generation” of booklovers to the shop. AVB has also made fans of parents with

young children by often giving a kid a free book.

AVB is also hosting a regular open mic night, which Bolgla likens to the old Paris literary salons once held by Gertrude Stein. The open mic is held the third Saturday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. and brings in writers of all ages who want to try out their latest work in front of an attentive audience. “It’s a casual evening and an audience that is willing to listen to your work with no pressure or expectations,” Bolgla said.

Roarty said one dream he’s hoping to make reality in the near future is having AVB open late on the weekends. “I‘d like to be open until midnight or 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays,” he said, harkening back to the days of the much-missed Oxford Bookstores in Buckhead and Peachtree Battle that regularly kept late hours for literary night owls.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a bookstore with a cat – or five. Callie, Frieda, Mickey, Boo and Little Boo can often be found lounging on the display cases or prowling around the shelves. Roarty and Bolgla also work with other businesses in the neighborhood to feed stray cats and always keep a bowl of food or water outside.

With more books coming in regularly and collectors looking for those elusive treasures, Bolgla said her and Roarty’s passion for the shop grows every day.

“We are passionate about books and we love to talk to people about books,” she said. “When you wake up every morning excited to come to work, then you know you’ve found your calling.”

Atlanta Vintage Books is located at 3660 Clairmont Road. For more information visit atlantavintagebooks.com or call (770) 457-2919.

Left, Atlanta Vintage Books has five cats, including Boo, that can be found lounging on the display cases or prowling around on the shelves.

Above, AVB covers 7,000 square feet and has approximately 75,000 books for sale. The store sells rare and vintage copies, contemporary hardbacks and paperbacks, and is a treasure trove for the classics.

Right, co-owner Bob Roarty holds a 1632 copy of the History of Britain - the oldest book in the store.

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Are there other tolls you’ll oversee as well, in addition to Ga. 400?

We’re responsible for the I-85 express lanes, and we’re working with the Georgia Department of Transportation on two upcoming projects. Both have been recently awarded. One will be the Northwest Corridor, a 22-mile reversible express lane running from Cobb County all the way up to Cherokee County. On I-75 south, in Henry County, they’re doing a 12-mile reversible toll facility there, and that’s going to open in 2016. The Northwest Corridor is scheduled for 2018.

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How does the closing of the toll road on Ga. 400 affect your office?

Currently we have 150 positions. When the toll goes away later this year, about 50 of those positions will be eliminated, essentially 47 to 50 people who are dedicated to working at the Ga. 400 toll plaza.

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What’s the process for creating a toll road?

A lot of people don’t realize that the reason you have a Toll Authority and the DOT, and that they’re separate, is it’s actually a check and balance. Only the state Transportation Board, the head of DOT, can designate a road as a toll road. Once they do that, only the Toll Authority can operate it. That way no one entity has the power to unilaterally decide they want to set up a toll. It takes two separate boards to be in concurrence before you can have a toll project.

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How did the defeat of Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) in metro Atlanta impact your agency?

I think that not passing it continues to bring to the forefront of the discussion, “How are we going to fund our transportation needs?” … The defeat of TSPLOST eliminated that potential revenue.

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We look at ourselves as a facilitator for the overall [transportation] programs, because we, unlike the Department of Transportation, also have the ability to sell toll revenue bonds as a potential financing option.

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Do you think we’re going to see more toll roads around Georgia?

I think it’s a possibility for two reasons. All the projects that were slated in the future … have two key factors that make a difference. One: They’re all additional capacity. We’re not looking at any conversion projects. Two: Where we can use dynamically priced, congestion-based tolling to help ensure those lanes continue to flow, that’s key. We’re not just doing it for the sake of generating revenue.

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What do you think the closing of the Ga. 400 toll will do to traffic patterns in Atlanta?

That remains to be seen. We have seen some studies that have predicted an increase in traffic.

There are others that say without having that stop and go caused by the toll, it will get better. I think, overall, there will probably be an increase. … The only reason it’s so hard to get a prediction is you have to remember, we’re taking down these tolls in November, and between December and January, the new I-85-Ga. 400 connecter ramps are going to come open. There are a lot of changes happening out there at the same time.

peRIMeteR BuSINeSS Steve Davis, general manager of the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia Hotel, has been elected to the board of the Central (DeKalb) Perimeter Community Improvement Districts.

“We are pleased to have this dedicated business professional, with demonstrated success in general management within the hospitality industry, join our board,” said Central (DeKalb) Perimeter CID Board Chair John Heagy.

The PCIDs, composed of both the Central (DeKalb) and Fulton Perimeter CIDs, are special areas established by the Legislature where commercial property owners voluntarily pay additional property taxes to help make transportation and other infrastructure improvements.

Beth Summers has been named the new executive director of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce.

“I am honored to have this opportunity to support the business community in my hometown,” Summers said in a chamber press release.

Prior to going to work for the chamber on Aug. 19, Summers worked as director of parish life and stewardship at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, she said. She held that position for eight years.

Former executive director Debbie Fuse will continue to work with the organization, the chamber said.

“I am really proud of the significant growth and accomplishments the chamber has made over the last five years, and am confident that the organization will continue to thrive and expand in serving our members and the Dunwoody business community,” Fuse said in the release.

“It has been an honor to take a brand new organization from our 36 original founding members to 400 business members. Our substantial growth and expansion of business connections makes it a very exciting, thriving business environment.”

Perimeter Mall has completed its new food court after months of renovation. The renovations include new décor, energy-efficient LED lights, banquet-style seating with built-in work stations, and new vendors, including Cloud 9 Cakes, Fusion of India and Chipotle’s first Atlanta location inside a mall.

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PulteGroup, which is moving its corporate offices from Michigan to Buckhead next summer, has announced it will need to fill more than 200 positions at its new location. PulteGroup, a homebuilding company, will move into 101,000 square feet of office space in the Capital City Plaza building on Peachtree Road. Those interested in employment should visit pultegroupatlanta.com.

Southern Airways Express has announced plans to begin regularly scheduled flights to six regional cities from DeKalbPeachtree Airport.

Flights will begin Sept. 9 offering nonstop service to Destin, Panama City Beach, Memphis, Birmingham and Oxford, Miss., the airline said in a press release. There will also be a one-stop service, via Birmingham, to New Orleans, the airline said.

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handle most of the city’s basic serCity governments often try to vices. In 2011, the city split that conconvince companies to invest in tract apart in order to save money. their cities by offering tax breaks.

Incentives programs are typicalIncentives approved ly justified by the amount of jobs created, the wages companies pay,

by Sandy Springs: • Cox Enterprises – $1.4 million and the money owners invest in • Graphic Packaging – $187,000 capital improvements.

• Matrix Resources – $151,201 Though the City Council ap• Americold – $8,000 proved the CH2M Hill incentives, • GT Software – $6,284 it prompted the council to rethink its practices. Before the moratorium was in effect, companies used the Incentives approved amounts invested in rented space

by Dunwoody: when providing city officials with • RBC 64 and 66 Perimeter estimates of capital expenses.

Center East – $8.2 million Galambos said that was a mis• CHEP – $130,000 take.

• AFC Enterprises – $77,000 “I made a big point of saying I don’t want this to become some Sources: cities of Dunwoody kind of contest between brokers and Sandy Springs in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs over who can get the best terms in company came to us.” filling out a building,” Galambos Dunwoody’s largest incentives said. award went to the develAccording to recommenopers of Perimeter Center dations provided to City East, a tax break valued at Council during its Aug. 6 Co v er $8.2 million over 10 years. work session, the city’s EcoSt o r y In exchange, the developnomic Development Adviment provided $60 milsory Committee will “work lion in new capital investwith the City Attorney to ment and 580,000 square feet of office clarify its policy to define capital inspace. vestments as permanent, lien-free inSandy Springs largest incentive vestments built into tenant’s premaward was $1.4 million in tax breaks ises, which cannot be removed from for Cox Enterprises. In exchange, Cox the space to remain after tenant’s expromised to create 1,500 jobs and piration.” make a $100 million capital investSandy Springs Director of Ecoment. nomic Development Andrea Hall deStarling said the tax breaks are an clined comment, saying it would be essential part of landing the next big premature to discuss policy changes company. before the council has an opportunity “We are probably less aggressive to review them. than other communities, but at the Sandy Springs’ policy already imsame time we need to understand poses a certain threshold companies we’re all competing over the same have to meet before becoming eligible types of companies,” Starling said. for these tax breaks. The city requires He said he disagreed with Galamcompanies to create a minimum of 15 bos’ view that physical improvejobs. ments, as opposed to improving rentThe economic incentives policy of al space, should be given more weight Sandy Springs differs greatly from when deciding whether a company Dunwoody’s. Sandy Springs has a should receive incentives. policy. Dunwoody doesn’t.

“Obviously, Eva is an economist.

Dunwoody Economic DevelopShe’s got a deep understanding of ment Director Michael Starling said this,” Starling said. he likes it that way.

“I think the impact to Dunwoody “We decided early on after I was whether a company is leasing or buyhired that we would prefer not to ing would probably be the same.” have an ordinance, that we would Starling said the city has benefitlook at each project, each company, ed from the tax breaks city leaders ofon a case-by-case basis,” Starling said. fered companies.

“We felt like that gave us more flexi“Oh, absolutely,” he said. “I don’t bility and opportunity really to look doubt that one bit.” at a bunch of different issues when a

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Saturday, Aug. 31, 9 a.m. – The Color Jam Fit Course 5K and Fun Run is an event that brings runners of all shapes, sizes and fitness levels together for fun. This event is more about learning to live a happier and healthier lifestyle rather than about trophies and medals. $50. Proceeds benefit children with special needs. Race begins at Pharr Rd. and Grandview Ave. in Buckhead, and ends at Frankie Allen Park, 30305. Visit: www.active.com to register, or go to: www.colorjam5k.com/ for additional details.

Big Peach Sizzler 10K Monday, Sept. 2, 7:30 a.m. – A Labor Day tradition! Celebrate the end of summer by running a 6.2-mile course, and attending a post-race party with food, drink, vendors and music. Walker- and stroller-friendly. $32 by Aug. 31; $40 race day. Fee for timed runners: $37 through Aug. 31; $45 race day.

Funds go toward Cystic Fibrosis research. Race is a 2014 AJC Peachtree Road Race qualifier. Free shuttle buses to and from race start. Course goes from Chamblee MARTA station, 5200 New Peachtree Rd., 30341, to Buckhead Station Shopping Plaza, 1 Buckhead Loop, 30326. Register at any Big Peach Running Co. location, www.bigpeachrunningco. com or at www.active.com.

Multi-Family Yard Sale Saturday, Sept. 7, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. – Brookhav-

en Fields holds its 19th annual multi-family yard sale! Browse through antiques or gently used household goods, furniture, toys, crafts, clothes or collectibles – you never know what treasures you might find! Free and open to the public. Look for “hot pink signage” to guide to the 40= homes. Neighborhood maps available. Located behind the Brookhaven MARTA station, between North Druid Hills and Dresden Dr., 30319. Questions? Email: pattygreen999@bellsouth.net or call 404-550-6502.

Casino Royale Friday, Sept. 7, 6-10 p.m. – The San-

dy Springs Police Benevolent Fund holds a black tie “Casino Royale” night.

Enjoy food, cocktails, music, raffles, live auction and casino games. $100 per person. Funds raised benefit the SSPDBF, created in 2010 to assist public safety personnel and their families in times of crisis. Cox Enterprises, 6205 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328.

To find out more or to order tickets, contact Cathy Riehn at criehn@sandyspringsga.gov, call 770-5516910 or go to: www.ssbpf.org.

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versary of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, by joining others at the Ryan P. Means’ American Legion Hall.

Run or walk a 5K around Chastain Park, with funds benefitting the American Legion Post 140. $25; $40 race day; $15 for children 17 years and under. 3905 Powers Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30342. Go to: www.active.com to register or to www.RPM911Race.com for additional information.

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friendly movie, on a large, outdoor screen. Activities and refreshments begin at 6 p.m.; movie starts at dusk. “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” is about a smalltime magician who is swept away to an enchanted land and forced into a power struggle between three witches. Rated PG. Starring James Franco, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz. Free and open to everyone.

Pets and alcoholic beverages not permitted. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, Hitson Center Lawn, 86 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Visit: www.facebook.com/SandySprings MoviesByMoonlight with questions.

Bake a Difference Tuesday, Aug. 27, 7-8:30 p.m. – Gather with

other teens to “Bake a Difference” in the community for those in need. You’ll serve the community, and prepare recipes, while exploring the issues of hunger and tzedakah. You can earn 1.5 community service hours. Marcus Jewish Community Center – Zaban Park members, $10; non-members, $15. Pre-registration is required by emailing: amy.helman-darley@ atlantajcc.org or calling 678-812-3978. 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.

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Sign up required and started Aug. 15th. Space is limited. Class continues Thursdays through Sept. 26.

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Doors open at 6 p.m. The Sandy Springs Society Entertainment Lawn at Heritage Green, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. For more details call 404-851-9111, ext. 4 or visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org. To learn more about the band, go to: www.oldyoumusic.com.

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Night Music Friday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m. – The Chattahoochee Nature Center’s “Home by Dark” concert series continues as host James Casto welcomes and performs with Tony Arata, Mike Willis with B3/Keys, and accordionist Jim Hettinger. In a Nashville-style, songwriters-in-the-round format. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Food and beverages welcome. Tables, $45 to $160; general lawn seating admission, $15. 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075. To purchase tickets or a table, go to: www.homebydark.com. Or call 678665-0040 to learn more. www.chattnaturecenter. org/calendar-events.

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High School Football Preview Fall 2013 PHIL MOSIER

Football’s back!

Cross Keys High School’s varsity football team hit the field for practice on Aug. 14 in Brookhaven. Players taking a water break, front, left to right, Dominique Wilson and Patrick Huff.

Back, Alexander Ramonov, Oluwatomi Adedayo and Daniel Raygoza. The team is lead by head coach David Radford. The Indians look to improve on last year’s 0-9-0 record.

High school football has fans of all ages

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Barbara Moore just might be the No. 1 fan of the Chamblee Charter High School football Bulldogs.

A long-time volunteer at the high school, the 75-year-old Moore, known as “grandma,” is a fixture around the Chamblee football program.

“I go to every game,” Moore said, admitting, “I’m kind of loud in the stands.”

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dance - she buys treats for the players who do well, sometimes rides the bus with the team to away games, and gives pep talks.

“I have been known to go into the locker room afterward,” Moore said. “They know to block, because if they haven’t been blocking, I’ll fuss at ‘em.”

Go to any high school football stadium during a game and you’ll likely feel the unmistakable energy of teenagers crammed into the stands with their friends, clapping and cheering for their classmates on the field. But for many adults, the joy of Friday night football is just as sweet.

“It’s a great pleasure to sit in the stands with family and friends,” said Steven Scales, a Dunwoody High School Wildcats fan. “Friday night is a great opportunity for fellowship, to end the work week on a great note, to be with friends, and watch your children play after they’ve put in so much time to | www.ReporterNewspapers.net

Long-time volunteer and ardent Chamblee football Bulldogs fan Barbara Moore, right, gives Perry Moss some bone-shaped “Scooby-Doo cookies” to deliver to the football players.

be able to play on Friday night.”

Around metro Atlanta, there are fans just as devoted to their high school teams as any NFL fan is to his or her pro players. High school football may not have all the fanfare of the game at the college or professional level, but many

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say that’s why they like it.

“It’s more than just football. It’s more than the enjoyment of the game. It’s knowing the kids, and knowing how proud they are of themselves and how proud their parents are,” said Bart MillSEE RIVALRIES BRING, PAGE 20

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Coach: Allen Johnson | 2012 record: 8-2-0 Aug. 30 @ Dunwoody Sept. 16 vs. Druid Hills Sept. 13 @ Greater Atlanta Christian Sept. 20 vs. South Atlanta Oct. 4 @ Redan Oct. 11 vs. Columbia Oct. 18 @ Stone Mountain Oct. 26 (Sat) @ Lithonia Nov. 1 @ Marist

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High school football a ‘bellwether’ in the South CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 able and intelligent,” she said. Scales is a er, a fan of the Holy Innocents’ Episcofather of two boys who have played footpal School Golden Bears. ball for Dunwoody High School. The “Grandma” Moore loves it when her president of the school’s booster club Chamblee Bulldogs win, but she loves for the past six years, he decided to step it even more when she knows the playdown this year and spend more time eners are doing well in school. “As a team, joying the games and rooting for his son, we want to have the highest scores of Tylor, a rising junior. anybody in the county, state and on,” “I decided I just wanted to be more Moore said. of a dad in the stands and just focus on She encouraghim,” Scales said. es the players who His oldest son, are doing well in Treavor, was a star school to help tutor player for Dunthose on the team woody who went who are struggling. on to play at the And she’s proud of college level. “He Chamblee alumhad a very good cani who have gone reer at Dunwoody on to play football and an exceptional for top academcareer at Harvard,” ic schools, such as Scales said.

Georgia Tech.

He said he loves “They know if Dunwoody High the team average School because supstarts going down, porting the school I’ll parade myself and supporting the down on the field football team seems and start giving to be a community BRYAN MCDERMOTT them a talk.” effort.

Bart Miller was key in bringing She buys boxes “It’s the famia football program to Holy and boxes of bonelies that are willInnocents’ Episcopal School. shaped graham ing to roll up their crackers to award sleeves. The parents the players for good performance on the who work all day but volunteer to feed field and in the classroom. “We have the boys before the games, who volun‘Scooby Snacks’ because we’re bulldogs,” teer to come out in the summers for a Moore said. car wash,” Scales said. “It can be an exShe said she’s proud to be associated tremely close family environment.” with such a fine group of student athScales said he’s excited about seeletes. “The kids all know they are respecting the Wildcats play this year. “Watch-

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From left, Tylor Scales, member of the Dunwoody Wildcats, mom Theresa, brother Treavor, a former Wildcat, and father Steven.

ing the kids that are going to be sophomores, juniors and seniors who had a very tough season last year, watching their maturity and development and their commitment to getting better is by far the best I’ve seen in years,” Scales said. “They learned by baptism last year.

This year the expectation is things will be better.”

Miller has a mental countdown clock running until Holy Innocents’ first football game of the season.

“I love high school football. Particularly Holy Innocents’ Golden Bear high school football,” Miller said.

In fact, Miller is credited with bringing the sport to Holy Innocents’.

“My youngest son went there, and it was before the time we had football. He had to leave Holy Innocents’, unfortunately, to play high school football.”

Miller said his son, who went on to be an offensive lineman at the Univer-

sity of Georgia, had a hard time leaving his friends at Holy Innocents’, where he had gone to school since kindergarten.

Miller served for several years on the school’s board of trustees and worked to make football an option for boys at Holy Innocents’. “I didn’t want other kids to have to do what my son had to do,” Miller said.

Miller said he thinks the addition of a football program has been a “positive force” for Holy Innocents’.

“It has lifted school spirit,” Miller said. “It’s lifted the spirit of all the sports.”

Miller said he goes to almost every Holy Innocents’ game. He often sees other parents whose children have graduated, but still enjoy the spirit of those high school football games.

“Football’s kind of a bellwether here in the South,” Miller said. “It’s a place where the community gathers.”

We asked seniors at local schools what they hoped to take from their final high school football seasons. Here’s what they had to say.

“This is my second year as starting quarterback. I have played on the football team for all four years. This year, we’ve changed the competition, and that’s given us more of a goal of winning games.”

“The main thing that I would like to take away from senior season is to be a leader on and off of the field. I hope that when the season is over that I can say that I did everything that I could do for the team’s success.”

Oluwatomi Adedayo Cross Keys High Indians

Austin Chapman The Westminster Schools Wildcats

“I want to take the lessons I have learned out on the football field and apply them to life. Even though I will not be playing football in college, I know my football experiences will help me in college and my career.”

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“I want to be the best quarterback for my team — to go out and do the best I can for the guys around me, and give the guys the best season they could imagine. High school football days are some of the best days of our lives, and I want to make them as memorable as possible for all my friends and teammates.”

Luke Wright Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School Golden Bears

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“I hope that I can have fun and win games.”

Denzel Franklin Pace Academy Knights

“I think the biggest thing I want to take away from this season is learning how to become a better leader. As of right now, I am the only senior on the team, and I am taking a lot of responsibility into my own hands. While it may be extremely difficult, I think it will help develop my leadership skills tremendously.”

“I hope to take away the many friendships I have made on the team over the years.

Also, I hope to help the team reach its many goals, including playing for the state and region championship again. Personally, I would like to use this season to help further my football career in college.”

Luke Whelan Holy Spirit Preparatory School Cougars

Michael Caragher St. Pius X Catholic High School

MAKINg A DIFFeReNCe JOE EARLE

Barbara Pryor contacted Northside Hospital to volunteer her sewing services.

She now makes neck-bracing pillows for male patients who are undergoing cancer treatments.

Pryor hopes pillow project can soften someone’s day

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The idea for Barbara Pryor’s pillow support services at Northside. “Her project started at a meeting of the Dunthoughtfulness is remarkable, and our woody Woman’s Club. patients are very appreciative.”

Back last winter, Pryor said, a speakPryor said she was simply trying to er at one of the club’s regular monthly make someone’s day a little brightmeetings talked about how volunteers er. “This is something you can do to made small square pillows for women let people know you’re thinking about who received breast cancer treatments at them,” she said. “All that positive enerNorthside Hospital. gy can’t hurt.”

Pryor thought that sounded like a She’s used to tackling projects for othnice thing to do. “It touched my heart,” ers. In 2004, she started sending personthe Dunwoody real estate saleswoman al packages to soldiers in Iraq. She startsaid. ed after her daughter got an email from She likes to sew. She started working a soldier who was being deployed overwith needle and thread when she was a seas and needed someone to watch her young girl growing up in Sandy Springs. two cats. By the time the Pryors volunBack then, she made dresses for her teered, the cats were taken care of. But dolls. She’d held on to some of her doll the soldier asked them to stay in touch clothes; she keeps them in a box in her by email.

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They did. After a After the womwhile, Pryor sent the Do you know an organization or an’s club speech, Prysoldier a package of individual making a difference or contacted the hosgoodies from home. pital to volunteer to Soon, she was sendin our community? Email make the pillows, she ing packages to otheditor@reporternewspapers.net said, but a hospital er soldiers in combat official told her that zones. After a while, Northside had plenty of the little square she was mailing packages to 20 or so pillows for its women patients. What soldiers four times a year, and recruitit needed, the official said, were larger, ing help from her coworkers to assemble neck-bracing pillows to give to men pathe boxes of toiletries, snacks, coffee and tients who were sitting for long periods homemade cookies. undergoing cancer treatments.

“I’m still sending ‘CARE packages,’” That suited Pryor. Making pillows, she said. “We still send them and I want she said, would offer a way “to spread to send them until we get [the soldiers] our love a little farther... [and to say], all home.”

‘Even if we don’t know you, we still Now she’s planning another round of care.’” pillow-making for Northside. She hopes Pryor set to work. She copied the deto recruit some helpers so she can make sign of a neck pillow provided by the more pillows and make them faster. hospital and turned out 20 new pillows.

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 Cece Bouska  The Galloway School, rising senior When Cece Bouska was born, her mother knew something was not right.

At birth, Cece was diagnosed with a rare heart ailment called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). A part of her heart was too small to function properly.

During the first two years of her life, Cece underwent three surgeries. She was given a pacemaker when she was 12 in order to speed up her heart rate and give her more energy. Her most recent surgery occurred last year.

“I think I am more down-to-earth, empathetic, and accepting because of all the surgeries,” Cece said.

But Cece doesn’t always accept things just the way they are, she and school officials say. She always has been willing to fight back to try to make things better.

After her mother passed away from breast cancer in 2003, her willingness to give back was strengthened.

Two years ago, Cece and one of her friends, Julianne Lang, put together a fundraising walk at The Galloway School to raise money for cancer charities. The first year, about 500 people took part, she said. Last year, 300 joined the march.

Cece’s success doesn’t surprise people at Galloway.

“As a junior, Cece impressed her teachers, and she worked hard to raise her grade-point average to above 4.0,” Galloway Upper Learning Principal Gordon Mathis said.

“She was an active participant in all class activities, and she applied classroom learning to real-life situations.

Cece is always hard-working, and un-

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Cece says she doesn’t remember who originally came up the idea for the walk, but she knows she and Julianne “could not have done it without one another.”

The two met with the principal and headmaster of Galloway and were shocked when they loved the idea and told them to go for it. Parents and staff members all helped get the word out.

CeCe also has a strong interest in Spanish. She has been studying the language since elementary school. This summer, she went to Costa Rica for a month for further study.

“I think learning another language is incredibly important, especially today with global markets and affairs,” she said. “But more so, I hope to be able to use Spanish in whatever career I chose.”

What’s Next: Cece hasn’t settled on a college she wants to attend. She is considering Tulane for its service orientation, Vanderbilt for its atmosphere, or Claremont McKenna for its opportunities.

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notes that as far as he’s concerned, traditional art and photography “balance themselves out” in his life.

“When I want to approach something realistically, I would rather use photography. When I want more of an emotional and personal piece, I tend to lean toward painting,” he said.

Jonah’s dedication extends to his school life as well. He was selected as one of four Riverwood students to take part in the Governor’s Honors Program this summer. Jonah is also vice president of Riverwood’s 2013-2014 senior class.

Jonah Blumenthal, rising senior Riverwood International Charter School When he was in the sixth grade, Jonah Blumenthal asked his father to teach him about photography. In the years since, Jonah’s art has flourished, both in photography and other visual arts.

Now a rising senior at Riverwood International Charter School, Jonah shows no signs of slowing down.

Jonah’s dedication to his work is greatly influenced by the ties his family has to photography, Jonah said. Jonah’s father and grandfather are both photographers, he said.

“I’m very close with my grandfather and share many of the same hobbies,” Jonah said. “Photography also gives me a way to spend time with my father doing something we both are passionate about.”

In 2011, Jonah launched a photography business with his father, Jeffrey Blumenthal. “I am a photographer who loves to capture the essence of my subjects,” Jonah says on the company’s website. “As a high school student and rising professional, my work illustrates both a traditional and artistic approach to pho-

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“My dad told me that I should do something with [his work], and that there was a market I could tap into,” he said. “I got excited and made a website.

He supported me fully, and it started from there.”

Jonah also produces art in other media, such as painting, and has had his work on display both at the High Museum of Art and the Mason Murer Fine Arts Gallery.

Describing himself as an expressionist and impressionist painter, Jonah

Jonah has not yet picked a college he wants attend, but he intends to continue studies in both biology and the visual arts with hopes of eventually attending medical school.

Asked about the future of his photography business, Jonah said, “If I stay in Georgia then I intend to keep the business going. If not, my father (who is a better photographer than I am concerning technique - I’m more artistic) will probably take over.”

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and a few others were quite passionate.

But, in fact, DeKalb County Animal Services partners with the Lifeline Animal Project and rescue groups in a program that traps, spays and neuters feral cats, and then releases them to their original stomping ground. Residents need only pay a $20 refundable deposit when requesting the service.

Schwartz’ online posts spurred Stayce Bushart to jump into the feline fracas and spearhead a round up of a separate, larger cat colony on Skyland Trail. She’s lived in Drew Valley since 1978. Like Schwartz, she doesn’t own cats, just dogs and a frog.

“If we feed these ferals, we have to get them spayed and neutered. If not, we will be overrun, and our property values will suffer,” she said.

Before realizing that the county could help humanely, Bushart rallied neighbor support and raised $220 online to pay for food, traps and the out-of-pocket costs of spaying and neutering.

“In July, we had around 18 cats in our colony. So far, we’ve trapped five kittens and two adults. Four of the kittens have been fixed and are being fostered.

Two adults and one kitten have been released,” she said.

Feral felines, abandoned domesticated cats, wild cats and outdoor cats that still belong to people often “camp out” wherever they find food and shelter.

Some well-meaning people put food out for their own cats, which attracts the ferals as well.

Although the online community dialogue bred some argument over the best methods for dealing with the cats, posters agreed that the ferals can spread like kudzu. The National Pet Alliance estimates that over a 12-year period, one female with all her female offspring can be expected to produce over 3,200 kittens, if there is no human intervention.

The local debate over whether it’s best to release feral cats, even after they’re fixed, is a microcosm for what’s happening on the national scene as well. The animal rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, supports eradicating feral cats in certain circumstances.

“Our position has never been that all feral cats should be euthanized. We believe these programs are acceptable when the cats are isolated from roads, people, and other animals who could harm them; regularly attended to by people who not only feed them but care

for their medical needs; and situated in an area where they do not have access to wildlife; and where the weather is temperate,” the PETA site reports.

However, a study commissioned by the Cat Fanciers’ Association argues that euthanasia should never be an option.

“If eradication programs really worked, we wouldn’t be faced with so many stray cats and their offspring at shelters. Cats are territorial. They don’t allow other cats to steal their food. Altered cats will stand their ground, guard their food source, will not have kittens, and will die in a few years. Remove the cats from the habitat without changing the habitat, and another cat will move in.”

Bushart has spotted a brand new litter of five feral kittens on Skyland Trail.

She said that makes a total of 12 cats or kittens to be trapped and neutered. So she has raised another $200, with neighbors pledging more to come.

But for Bushart, it’s not enough to herd cats and stem their overpopulation.

Her latest campaign is also to find people willing to foster and/or adopt the feral kittens. “It’s almost impossible to domesticate a feral adult, but we have three kittens ready to be adopted. Most rescue groups are already maxed out, so it’s up to us to handle this,” she said.

Bushart, a part-time pre-school teacher, sees the feral cat project in Brookhaven as an example of good community collaboration. “It’s all about education, about how and whether to feed any outdoor cats, and the alternatives to euthanasia,” she said.

Shes does believe the feral cats serve a purpose. “They keep the population of mice, snakes, rats and moles in check,” she said.

But she wants the kittens adopted as in-house pets to minimize outdoor threats - to the cats and their prey. The National Audubon Society cites a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study finding cats -- not just feral cats -- kill an estimated 2.4 billion birds each year. Audubon has a program that encourages pet owners to keep their cats indoors for the safety of both their pets and birds.

Michael Schwartz rescued his dog on Buford Highway after he fell off the back of a truck eight years ago, but he has no plans to adopt a cat.

“I’m not a cat person, and I won’t be fostering or adopting any,” he said. He did learn from the inadvertent uproar he caused. “I learned how to spot a feral cat that has been fixed by noticing if its left ear has been clipped,” he said.

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Left, Stayce Bushart chooses a spot to place a large trap to catch feral cats on Skyland Trail in the Drew Valley neighborhood.

Right, a previously feral kitten now named “Lady Koala” is fostered in a Brookhaven home, and awaits adoption.

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Judge blocks Century Center’s annexation into Brookhaven Brookhaven to vote to annex Century Center may violate Local Act 205, and may infringe upon the public’s right to such referendum vote by potentially confusing the referendum question in the lead up to the referendum vote.”

On Aug. 14, lawyer Bob Wilson, representing Chamblee, argued state lawmakers put Century Center in the tract for the Chamblee annexation vote, and legally should have the final say.

“There is nothing to be accomplished by taking the [Brookhaven City Council] vote except to create confusion,” Wilson said. “They want to confuse the process ... so voters [in the Chamblee annexation] won’t know exactly what they’re voting on.”

But Cecil McLendon, representing Brookhaven, argued that city’s officials had done nothing wrong. The owners

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Both Brookhaven and Chamblee want to annex the lucrative Century Center commercial property near the intersection of I-85 and Clairmont Road into their cities. continued from page 1

ry Center are scheduled to vote Nov. 5 on whether to be annexed into Chamblee. But the owners of the office complex requested annexation into the city of Brookhaven July 1. Shortly after, Chamblee officials won a temporary court order keeping Brookhaven City Council from moving forward with the annexation request.

In her order, Barrie said the court worries that if Brookhaven annexes Century Center, it may cause confusion for voters in the November annexation referendum. “If the city of Brookhaven is allowed to vote to accept annexation of Century Center prior to the referendum, voters would be unclear as to whether the Chamblee annexation would include Century Center or not.

of the property had sought annexation into Brookhaven, he said, and city officials had simply responded to the request. “This is a right being asserted by a property owner,” he said.

Brookhaven City Council, he said, hadn’t had a chance to vote on the annexation request because of Chamblee’s legal action. “Brookhaven has received an application. What Brookhaven is doing is what the law requires ...,” he said.

“This vote needs to go forward.”

Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis declined to comment. Chamblee City Councilman Tom Hogan said he is “cautiously optimistic” about the injunction.“I am steadfast in support of the local affected neighborhoods who only hope to enjoy the same benefits of cityhood that have been afforded Brookhaven.”

This Court finds it is not in the best interest of both cities to allow any such confusion to impact the referendum vote established by the General Assembly in Local Act 205,” Barrie wrote.

Barrie also ruled that delaying the potential annexation of Century Center would not hurt the city of Brookhaven because the city would not be able to collect taxes on it until after the end of the year. Barrie wrote that the court is “inclined to conclude” that the city cannot interfere with the state Legislature’s power to annex property.

“Georgia municipalities possess only limited powers to annex while the General Assembly has unlimited power to change municipal boundaries,” Barrie said in the order. “To allow the city of

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There are several apartment projects being developed in Buckhead, but some residents are concerned that the new housing units will put thousands of additional cars on roads each day.

North Buckhead Civic Association President Gordon Certain, who has an engineering background, released a list of estimates of what he believes the 2,500 units under development will do to his neighborhood. Certain concluded that if all eight of the proposed apartment developments are actually built, it will increase Buckhead’s housing units by 50 percent. He also estimated that the apartment units would generate an additional 15,600 car trips along north Buckhead roads, a problem that could be compounded by the removal of the Ga. 400 tolls in November and the opening of new Ga. 400 ramps at I-85 North.

But District 7 Atlanta City Councilman Howard Shook, who represents Buckhead, said Certain’s estimates and concerns ignore what the city and state already are doing to address traffic.

“There are improvements that have been made in the last couple of years and are being made now,” Shook said.

“In fact, right now Buckhead is probably being infused with transportation dollars at a rate it’s never seen before.”

In addition to the new Ga. 400 ramps, Shook also pointed to the work on the Ga. 400/MARTA pedestrian bridge and the completion of the second phase of improvements to Peachtree Road. That project added turn lanes and pedestrianfriendly features, like new sidewalks. He said Buckhead’s traffic woes are a part of life there and have been for decades.

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Speaking quietly from the witness stand, Andrea Sneiderman tearfully asked the judge for leniency on behalf of her children.

“Sofia and Ian have been punished enough. Please let me go home to my children,” Sneiderman said.

But Sneiderman was unable to avoid time in prison in connection with her husband’s 2010 death. On Aug. 20, DeKalb Superior Court Judge Gregory A. Adams sentenced Sneiderman to serve five years in prison for nine counts, including perjury and false statements.

Sneiderman, who appeared for her sentencing in an orange DeKalb jail jumpsuit, will get credit for the roughly one year she already served in custody and on house arrest leading up to her trial.

On Nov. 18, 2010, her husband, Rusty Sneiderman, was fatally shot in front of a Dunwoody day care center after dropping off one of their children.

Hemy Neuman was found guilty of the murder last year and sentenced to life in prison.

Sneiderman also spoke about Neuman, her former boss, and maintained that they never had a physical affair.

However, she admitted that she would have acted differently in hindsight.

“One of my greatest regrets will always be allowing this predator into my life,” Sneiderman said.

During Neuman’s trial, both Neuman’s defense team and prosecuting attorneys painted Andrea Sneiderman as a co-conspirator who manipulated Neuman to kill her husband.

Sneiderman said she felt betrayed by the district attorney, whom she said she intended to help by testifying as a witness in Neuman’s trial. “I was shocked when the prosecution began to attack me,” she said.

Steven Sneiderman, Rusty’s brother, spoke on behalf of the Sneiderman family.

He urged the judge to remember his brother’s murder when considering the sentence.

“She lied. Just like we always knew it.

To everyone. She lied to her family, she lied to friends, she lied to Rusty. Then Rusty was brutally taken from us, and she lied some more,” Steven Sneiderman said.

“These were not little lies. These were covering her role in the death of Rusty Sneiderman, her husband, the father of her children. Her pathetic narcissism would be almost comical if it were not tied to the death of such a special person.”

Several of Andrea Sneiderman’s friends and family members also spoke to the judge on her behalf, many crying as they spoke.

Defense attorney Tom Clegg said Andrea Sneiderman is a good person who should not be held responsible for the actions of her husband’s murderer.

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Everyone was welcome to a soggy Family Field Day on the sanctuary lawn of St. James United Methodist Church in Buckhead on Aug. 17. Right, Brett Sims,12, back, and brother Mason, 10, play with an inflatable baseball. Below, Phillip Jarrell, left, and son Trey, 2, with daughters Ellie, 6, center, and Katie, 8, right, enjoy the family outing.

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After nearly three decades on Ashford-Dunwoody Road, the DeKalb County Police Department is shutting the doors of its North Precinct.

Public Information Officer Mekka Parish confirmed the North Precinct will officially close Oct. 1.

“We are beginning the process of transition out of the North Precinct,” Parish said.

An Aug. 17 post on the North Precinct’s Facebook page reads, “The North Precinct officially ceased operations last night at midnight. All police calls continue to be dispatched through 911, but the response will be from Center Precinct. Thank you for all your support over the last 27 years.”

The precinct is located at 4453 Ashford-Dunwoody Road in Dunwoody.

The precinct closure had long been expected. Now that the cities of Brookhaven and Dunwoody have their own police departments to patrol the north DeKalb area, there is no longer a need for the North Precinct.

Parish said officers and resources from the North Precinct will be redirected to the county’s other four precincts.

“As a benefit of moving additional officers into some areas, we see that as a definite benefit of addressing some of the crimes that may occur,” Parish said. “We see this as an opportunity to strengthen our force and provide even better services to our constituents in the county.”

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