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Pillow talk Her sewing creations soften patients’ visits MAKING A DIFFERENCE 21 PHIL MOSIER

Mariah Andrews, left, a freshman at North Springs Charter High School, makes perfect contact with Sandy Springs librarian Marlan Brinkley on Aug. 17 at the library. Brinkley promised his teen readers that for every book they read over the summer, they could hit him with a pie. More photos on page 27.

City takes closer look at its ‘vertical’ roads

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Lake Forrest Drive isn’t the only road in Sandy Springs that’s created by cutting a vertical slope, but it’s the most notorious one.

It might also be a learning opportunity, according to Sandy Springs City Councilman John Paulson.

“This isn’t the only vertical/near-vertical rock face in the city,” Paulson said during the Aug. 6 City Council meeting. “We’ve now got a process in place to start looking at the rest of these.”

City Council on Aug. 6 gave the OK to awarding an emergency contract in order to speed up repairs on a closed portion of Lake

City leaders know what kind of apartments they’d like developers to build. Mixed-used developments such as the JLB Partners development at Roswell Road and Windsor Parkway have received support from most members of Sandy Springs City Council.

That project will produce high-end apartments aimed at attracting young professionals to the area.

But City Council members are not quite as certain about how they should get rid of the kind of apartments they don’t like.

With multi-family zoning applications pouring in across met-

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City Council on Aug. 20 approved using eminent domain to obtain property at 245 Johnson Ferry Road, a Sherwin-Williams store.

The council pushed back against a suggestion by the company’s attorney, J. Scott Jacobson, that owners didn’t have enough time to negotiate with the city.

Jacobson asked for a 60-day extension.

The store has been in business since 1982 and survived the worst years of the recession, the attorney said.

The city gave the store owners a proposal in 2010, but the city center plan wasn’t moving quickly at that point and the sides couldn’t agree on a price. Planning picked up in earnest in 2012, and in January the city made another offer to the company. The resolution authorizing eminent domain makes an offer of $1.25 million.

Jacobson said the owners only recently recognized that the city would follow through with plans to authorize use of eminent domain.

“It was not until late July 2013 -only a few weeks ago -- that the city notified Sherwin-Williams it intended to use the power of eminent domain,” Jacobson said prior to the council voting to approve condemnation. “It was at that point that Sherwin-Williams knew or understood with some degree of certainty that this is the city’s will to definitely take this property for the city center project.”

Council voted 5-1 to approve the resolution. Councilman Gabriel Sterling was the only no vote, but even he said the company’s arguments for requesting an extension didn’t hold up.

Sterling said city has been clear about its intentions for the Sherwin-Williams property, which is listed in a downtown redevelopment plan the council adopted.

“It ain’t a secret,” Sterling said. “We passed this plan in [December].”

Other council members agreed.

“Where have you been,” Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny said.

“We have been going after this property and the entire town center since 2010.

You knew this was coming.”

The city has authorized eminent domain to obtain one other property, a parcel at 6224 Roswell Road. The city has reached agreements with several other owners around the city center site, an area north of the intersection of Roswell Road and I-285.

The city and Sherwin-Williams would still have 30 days to reach an agreement before filing a condemnation action, City Attorney Wendell Willard said.

Councilman Chip Collins said he’s willing to consider giving the owners more time if they continue working with the city.

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Fans ‘save’ Waffle House The Sandy Springs Waffle House, established in 1983, will relocate, but it won’t be moving too far away.

Its customers made sure of that.

In 2012, the city of Sandy Springs began seriously considering plans for its future downtown, and the Waffle House was on a list of properties the city wanted for its revitalization effort.

Loyal patrons began pushing back.

They covered and smothered City Hall with post cards, printed by Waffle House, which read “Save our Waffle House.”

Don’t worry, city officials say.

It’s safe. At the city’s Aug. 6 meeting, City Council approved an offer to buy the Waffle House for $1.15 million. The company is working with the city to find another location, one that will be near the restaurant’s present spot at 226 Mount Vernon Highway. Under the agreement, the Waffle House can stay open at its current location through Jan. 1, 2014.

After the vote, the mayor and city council members sounded pleased by the arrangement, and amused by the fierce loyalty of Waffle House regulars.

“I hope they send me some nice post cards soon,” Mayor Eva Galambos said.

Pat Warner, vice president of culture for Waffle House, Inc. said the customers came up with the idea for the post cards, and started the campaign on their own. Waffle House assisted by printing the cards, he said.

Warner said the company hasn’t determined its new location, but added, “We’re really confident everything is going to work out.”

“The city gets to move on with their project and we have a spot to move to,” Warner said. “We’re glad to be moving forward.”

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Council members said they were sympathetic to the owners’ plight, up to a point.

“It stuns me that Sherwin-Williams didn’t think this city was serious about developing the city center,” Councilman John Paulson said. “I’m sorry. This has not been a secret.”

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With an Aug. 30 deadline rapidly approaching, the list of candidates for Sandy Springs City Council has some new names.

The most surprising development, however, was one incumbent’s decision not to run.

City Councilman Chip Collins announced on Aug. 18 he wouldn’t seek a second term, citing the pressures of raising a young family and tending to his busy law practice. Collins earlier had indicated he would run.

“Although I have long assumed that I would run again, I have recently determined, after much consideration, that my focus for the next few years needs to be on my four, school-age kids and my busy law practice at Burr & Forman.”

That makes Collins the second incumbent on the City Council to decide against running again. City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny has decided not to run for her District 6 City Council seat.

Mayor Eva Galambos is stepping down as well.

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Graham McDonald announced on Aug. 19 that he will run for the District 3 seat, one day after incumbent Chip Collins announced he would not seek a second term. McDonald is a local attorney and president of the North Harbor Neighborhood Association.

He is the vice chairman of the city of Sandy Springs Economic Development Advisory Committee, a standing committee that Graham was appointed to by the current Sandy Springs Mayor, Eva Galambos. Graham currently serves as treasurer for the Sandy Springs Bar Association and is on the board of directors for Leadership Sandy Springs.

He is also serving his second term as a board of director of the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division. He is a graduate of Leadership Sandy Springs and of the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division’s Leadership Academy.

Blad running for City Council District 4 Tochie Blad has announced she will challenge incumbent Councilman Gabriel Sterling. Blad has served on a variety of volunteer boards in the city for the last 16 years.

According to a release from her campaign, Blad has been a resident of Sandy Springs since 1995. She got involved in local environmental issues in 1997 when she was appointed to the Fulton County Citizens Commission on the environment. Recently she served as a member of the board of the Sandy Springs Conservancy, and helped the city with site selection for a park at Morgan Falls.

Fries seeks a third term on council District 2 City Councilwoman Dianne Fries on Aug. 21 announced her candidacy for a third term on City Council.

“It has been an honor to represent District 2, and I have enjoyed the challenge,” Fries said in a statement.

Fries is a Realtor, and owns an appraisal firm with her husband, Dillon.

Fries said Sandy Springs has progressed rapidly since becoming a city. Fries was among the first people elected to City Council. She cited road paving, construction of parks and sidewalks, and crime reduction as examples of continued improvement. She said she’s seeking re-election so she can continue to, “Work hard to move our great city in the right direction.”

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City leaders’ ideas for downtown make no sense To the editor: I am baffled by Sandy Springs’ leadership and the mayor’s vision for building the Sandy Springs downtown center out of suburban sprawl. Each week, the pages of the Sandy Springs Reporter bring fresh news of how our tax dollars are being spent: on outside consultants, failed traffic control ideas, and beautification projects that are not adding value, community or efficiency to this newly-formed city.

I read about the vision for a new downtown City Center, which displaces or destroys existing businesses. I read about grand ideas for European-style traffic roundabouts, which won’t improve traffic flow. I read about out-of-state consultants being paid for beautification and landscaping schemes to welcome visitors to see what? And I wonder who is filling our leaderships’ heads with ideas that clearly don’t work or won’t add community value? Can we not hire a local city planner, traffic engineer and landscaping architect who know the area and can come up with viable solutions that make sense for residents?

The mayor wants park-like landscaping to welcome visitors on the Roswell Road exit from I-285. The additional lane recently added to the bridge has not

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helped solve Roswell Road traffic one iota, as it was promised to do. I hope our guests, once lured off the highway, will enjoy the attractive shuttered bars and pubs between Allen and Cliftwood as they sit in the unbearable traffic on Roswell Road, waiting to get to the rundown visitor’s center.

While I applaud the idea of a thriving downtown area, I question the action to get there. The mayor threatens eminent domain on small businesses in the proposed “city center” area, while offering the business owners no options for how to survive and thrive in new locations.

• Why not supplement the displaced businesses’ leases and build-out expenses by offering tax incentives or cash incentives for them to stay in the “city center”?

• How about offering a deal to the landlords of strip shopping centers along Roswell Road? Fix up your shopping center and we’ll help you fill your unleased space with the aforementioned businesses.

• How about helping poor CityWalk attract some businesses that can sustain life in that center? This center should be the crown jewel of the ‘downtown area’, but is instead mostly shuttered.

• Want a great idea of where to put an ice skating rink? Instead of the inaccessible Roswell Road/I-285 intersection, how about CityWalk? How about the Prado? How about one of the many run-down shopping centers with traffic lights, parking and better egress?

• While we’re at it, how about incentivizing renovation of the Bank of America building and neighboring

Northside Tower to attract the live/ work crowd to downtown?

While I believe our city leadership’s intentions are good, their execution is far from good. What I hear and see makes no sense, is not a long-term plan, and is using valuable resources ineffectively.

If the city of Sandy Springs wants a heart, it is going to take a lot more than the current fluff, squabbling and squandering to form a true thriving downtown. It takes vision, commitment, community action and leadership.

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A second approach is to rely on the marketplace to fight this new “plague” on our backyards. I would urge citizens to boycott any product, business or service advertised on these signs. I would urge any businesses to shun dealing with the advertising firms promoting the use of these billboards.

When they cannot pay the electrical bills, maybe they will “go dark.”

To the editor: I know the city of Sandy Springs has tried to block the new electronic billboards via legal action. The new signs (esp. at I-285/Northside Drive, at 60 feet high) will expose neighborhoods to visual pollution, once the leaves fall, to a degree unprecedented in a residential neighborhood.

Does the city have a way to regulate the lumen output of these signs at night,

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While so many of us make the shift demic potenthis month from summer vacation to tial of over the rush and routine of school, it is my 200 at-risk hope that amidst the flurry of activity, students. each of us in Sandy Springs takes a moIn addiment to recognize the incredible comtion to after mitment and hard work of our teachers school proand school leaders. grams, the As the executive director of the SanSSEF has dy Springs Education Force, I have the produced privilege of working with each of our 11 three annual IReNe schools. Since 2009, SSEF has directSTEM (SciSCHWeIgeR ly supported the men and women who ence, Techmake an impact in our classrooms. We nology, EnGUEST COLUMN make this commitment because SSEF gineering & sees the incredible difference it makes in Math) events our community. with program partners including NASA, In just four years, by partnering Morehouse School of Medicine, Georwith our teachers, school leaders and gia First Robotics, and the Georgia Tech organizations like Junior Achievement, Research Institute, and involves more the Community Assistance Center, than 2,000 plus students each year. and Georgia State University, we are Working with our two city high assisting economically disadvantaged schools, we have guided 200 low-instudents by offering come students to apthem the tools to ply and go to college improve their acaor vocational prodemic performance, “Strong public schools pro- grams, and throughand, in the process, mote a strong community, out the school year strengthening each and our public schools need we directly assist our of the public schools teachers. By offsetbacking from the entire in our city. ting personal expensMore specifical- community to help support es for school supplies ly, we support efa 21st century workforce for as many as 1,000 forts like the Afdisadand economic development economically ter School All Stars vantaged children, for our wonderful city.”

(ASAS) program at we operate a “teachSandy Springs Charers closet” with the ter Middle School.

Community AssisIn ASAS, 96 percent tance Center. of the participants are low-income stuWe do all of this and much more bedents. Studies show that given the right cause we believe teachers and school support, a comprehensive after-school leaders deserve our support, and by asprogram makes a significant impact -sisting their efforts, the entire Sandy and the ASAS program has shown provSprings community benefits. en success.

At a time when so many families are Remarkable results were found when rushing around getting ready to begin comparing achievement scores of lowthe new school year, it is my hope that income students who did not attend many of you will join the Sandy Springs the program with those who did. Scores Education Force. from ASAS students were 10 percent Strong public schools promote a higher in English Language Arts, 3.8 strong community, and our public percent higher in Math, 5 percent in schools need backing from the entire Reading and 19.6 percent in Science. community to help support a 21st cenResults from those who attendtury workforce and economic developed the program for two years showed ment for our wonderful city. even greater improvement. In English You can volunteer your time with Language Arts, ASAS participants imSSEF or make a financial donation to proved 15.4 percent better than nonparsupport our schools by going to: www. ticipants, 12.7 percent higher in Math, sandyspringseducationforce.org.

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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.

–Mollie Simon Chamblee Charter HS

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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Incentives are the new normal for cities Phil Mosier Employees of GT Software, a global information technology company with its headquarters in Sandy Springs, meet in the conference room. Left to right, Heather Frogge, director of accounting, Tim Sacklyn, financial analyst, Deborah Reed, accounting clerk, and Ellie Soleymani, marketing manager.

GT Software received $6,284 in economic incentives to locate in the city of Sandy Springs.

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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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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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.

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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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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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Newell Rubbermaid is bringing about 60 employees who market Sharpie pens and other writing instruments to its Sandy Springs headquarters. The move will establish Sandy Springs as the company’s marketing hub, bringing together the majority of the company’s consumer marketing teams, the company said in a press release. Employees are relocating from a company office in Oakbrook, Ill.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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“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

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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.

Anyone who’s interested in helping can Then, on July 4, in the down time becontact her at Barbara.Pryor@harrynortween the Dunwoody Fourth of July paman.com. rade and a family dinner, she cranked How long will she make pillows for out another batch. She provided the Northside’s cancer patients? “I have no hospital with 40 pillows. reason to stop doing them,” she said. “I “Northside is grateful for the supthink if we get a little group of people, port of individuals in the community it can just expand. I don’t foresee stoplike Barbara,” said Susan Casella, coorping. Certainly, the need is going to be dinator of breast health education and out there.”

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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-

failingly polite and courteous. She has overcome significant health issues to be a model campus citizen, a leader both inside and outside of the classroom setting.”

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.

This article was prepared by Sierra Middleton, a junior at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School.

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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-

tography. I specialize in portraits, and b’nai mitzvah photography. My goal is to produce a ‘wow’ worthy of your business.”

The business comes from humble origins, Jonah said.

“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.”

This article was prepared by Blake Flournoy, a student at Riverwood International Charter School.

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Forrest, between Lake Summit and Chevaux Court. Repairs won’t begin until September, at the earliest, and will likely take several months.

Paulson said Lake Forrest repairs could be useful in helping the city tackle repairs on other vertical roads.

“The question of preventive maintenance we have not really talked about for other areas because of the emergency nature of this,” Paulson said. “There may be things we can do. The point is being aware of them. The staff is already aware of the other locations and we’ll just keep an eye on them.”

City Spokesman Dan Coffer said other roads with vertical slopes include Glenlake Parkway, Glenridge Drive, New Northside Drive and Powers Fer-

ry Road. He said none of the city’s other vertical roads are in the same condition as Lake Forrest Drive.

Coffer said the bulk of the service calls, eight of 13 this year, were to clear up rock slides on Lake Forrest.

Lake Forrest is cut vertically into the rock face and the soil underneath it isn’t stable enough for a routine repair job.

Engineers will have to explore ways to reinforce the vertical wall, like a soil-nail or gravity wall.

Paulson, who works as an engineer, said vertical cut slopes can weaken the quality of the soil.

“Over time, the rock that was cut into starts weathering and turning into soil, so it changes its composition and its strength,” Paulson said. “That’s what’s

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happening at Lake Forrest. That rock used to be very competent rock. It’s not as stable when it turns into soil.”

The road closure has created headaches for north bound-south bound drivers looking for an alternative to Roswell Road, and for students attending Heards Ferry Elementary. Fulton

Sandy Springs judge elected president of judges’ council A Sandy Springs judge has been elected to serve as president of the Georgia Council of Municipal Court Judges, the city announced on Aug. 9.

Judge Jim Anderson will serve a oneyear term. The organization provides support and training for city judges throughout the state of Georgia.

“In his capacity as president, Judge Anderson serves as a voting member of the Judicial Council of Georgia, comprised of representatives of each class of courts in Georgia, including the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Superior, State, Probate and Magistrate Courts,” a press release from the city says. “The Judicial Council is the general oversight body created by the Georgia Supreme Court. Judge Anderson also serves on the Judicial Council Policy and Legislative Committee, and on the State Bar of Georgia’s Bench and Bar Committee.”

Anderson was the first judge in Sandy Springs, first appointed in 2005. He also serves as a Fulton County Magistrate.

State Bar of Georgia honors Rep. Wendell Willard In June, the State Bar of Georgia presented state Rep. Wendell Willard, RSandy Springs, with its Distinguished Service Award.

Willard serves as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and recently oversaw an overhaul of the state’s juvenile justice code.

“Chairman Willard is one of the most influential leaders in the Georgia General Assembly,” State Bar of Georgia President Robin Frazer Clark said in a press release. “He has earned the respect of his colleagues on both sides of the political aisle for the legal expertise, intelligence and passion he brings to his leadership position for the benefit of the people of Georgia.”

Willard, who serves as attorney for the city of Sandy Springs, apparently

County School officials have moved a bus stop used by children whose families live around the closed section of Lake Forrest. The condition of the road could also pose a threat to nearby homes.

When consultants assessed the road’s condition this summer, they had to bore down as far as 40 feet to find stable rock.

BR I EF S didn’t mention the award to the city – or anyone else. When the city sent over a press release on Aug. 16, a reporter asked if Reporter Newspapers had somehow missed the announcement. No, city spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said.

“Wendell, being his humble self, didn’t tell us about the award,” Kraun said. “We just found out ourselves.”

Brookhaven strip club battle reveals Sandy Springs costs The attorney representing the Pink Pony strip club says Sandy Springs offers a cautionary tale for Brookhaven.

The city of Brookhaven will face rising legal costs if it continues fighting adult businesses, attorney Aubrey Villines told members of the Brookhaven City Council on Aug. 13. Villines said that since 2009 Sandy Springs has spent $164,808 on matters related to litigation with local strip clubs.

Sandy Springs in 2006 adopted an ordinance similar to the one Brookhaven adopted banning alcohol sales in businesses that allow nude dancing. Sandy Springs, like Brookhaven, was sued by local strip clubs. The litigation is ongoing, and in 2011, the city of Sandy Springs sued the strip clubs for alleged violations of city code.

“The Sandy Springs clubs are still in existence,” Villines told the Brookhaven City Council.

Sandy Springs officials confirmed the dollar amount offered up by Villines, which he obtained through the state Open Records Law. City spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said the amount includes fees paid to investigators who looked into activity at places like Flashers.

But the $164,808 figure is likely much higher than that, Villines said, because the litigation goes all the way back to 2006. Villines said he doesn’t know why he doesn’t have figures before 2009.

“This is what we have as a minimum that’s been paid during that time,” Villines said.

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Let it fly Sandy Springs librarian Marlan Brinkley, right, made a deal with local students that they could throw a pie at him for every book read over the summer. He held true to his word, and on Aug. 17, kids lined up to “give it to him.”

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ro Atlanta, Sandy Springs City Council is considering what to do with its oldest and most problematic apartment buildings.

“Fifty four percent of our crime is associated with 4 percent of our landmass, which is our apartments,” City Councilman Gabriel Sterling said.

Apartments identified as “Class C” are 25 years old or older, and have higher rates of crime than Class A and B apartments, according to economic development reports produced by the city. The older apartments also lack amenities, such as washer and dryer connections.

According to the city’s economic development plan, there are 7,717 Class C apartment units within 34 apartment complexes in Sandy Springs.

At an Aug. 6 City Council meeting, the Economic Development Advisory Committee presented the council with several suggestions to encourage redevelopment.

In its report, the committee suggested the council could minimize the impact of new apartments on local schools by allowing “an increase in overall unit density, but decrease overall bedroom counts.”

“This lowers the value gap involved in redeveloping the property, but minimizes the school impact,” the report said.

Options presented at the meeting include granting impact fee waivers and building infrastructure near older sites the city would like to see redeveloped.

One idea has generated more discussion than the rest: Whether the city should buy the properties outright in order to have them redeveloped. The committee suggested the city could buy one or more parcels and work in conjunction with a developer of mixed-use properties.

“We’re still investigating to find out what is economically viable, and the appropriate funds available to us,” Sterling said.

But some members of the council aren’t sure the city should take that path.

Councilman John Paulson was wary of the city accumulating apartment properties.

“I’m not a fan of the city buying property and being in the development business,” Paulson said. “I would hope that we could find private equity and private interests that would do that, and we could, as a city, provide encouragement for that.”

In its presentation to the city, the committee indicated that buying up rundown apartment properties might be a difficult project when the city is in the midst of redeveloping its downtown area north of I-285.

“The committee recognizes there are financial risks and tradeoffs to any strategy that the city will need to weigh against other city priorities,” the committee’s report says.

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area at the time of the burglary.  100 block of River North Circle 30328 – On Aug. 6, sometime during the day, someone forced entry through a French door leading into the back of the residence. A laptop and Canon 35mm camera were taken. Also missing is jewelry. The victim said the alarm was set but apparently did not activate.

The following incidents and arrests are some but not all of the reports filed with SSPD over the listed period, dated through Aug. 16.

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 1000 block of Brentwood Way 30350 – On Aug. 15, around 5 p.m., 911 operators received a call of a robbery. The call said several juveniles were involved. The responding officer located a suspect who then ran from the officer on foot. He got away. The victim was unloading items from a truck when the suspects came up to him and said “Hey bro, give me your money.” The man said another suspect “sucker punched” him. During this time, the victim reached in his car and pepper sprayed one of the suspects, who then fled.

BURGLA RY  600 block of Natchez Trace 30350 – On Aug. 5, sometime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., someone pried a deadbolt and entered the victim’s apartment. Several items were taken.  1500 block of Huntcliff Village Drive 30350 – On Aug. 5, someone broke into the workout room at the Huntcliff Village Apartments and took a flat-screen television.

 200 block of Winding River Drive 30350 – On Aug. 5, the victim reported that between Aug. 1 and Aug. 5 she was gone from her residence, and during that time, someone forced entry into it. She is missing a 50” TV, Xbox 360 and several other items.  1900 block of Marsh Trail 30350 – On Aug. 5, the victim said he left his apartment. He returned home to find that someone had taken his laptop and his roommate’s laptop.

He said he is not sure if he locked up before leaving. A second burglary was reported, same time and date, in the same apartment building.  4000 block of E. Conway Drive 30342 – On Aug. 6 the resident reported that sometime between 10:30 a.m. and noon, someone accessed a bedroom window by forced entry. Missing are several items including jewelry and credit cards—one of which was used for just over $50. Neighbors said that a black Ford Mustang was seen driving around the

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 5300 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30342 – On Aug. 6, between 7:45 a.m. and 10 p.m., someone entered the apartment without force and took several items including an iPad 4, two laptops, three purses and sunglasses.  4900 block of Spruce Bluff Drive 30328 – Sometime between Aug. 6 and 8, someone entered the home through a basement door they forced open. It appears they focused on stealing jewelry, using a pillowcase to store it in.  1300 block of Old Woodbine Way 30342 –On Aug. 8,

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 8700 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 5, a man reported that he was at a fastfood restaurant and left his cellphone on the counter. He left, got in his car, and remembered it. When he returned, it was gone.  Employees in the 5600 block of New Northside Drive reported on Aug. 5 that someone had taken three laptops sometime between Aug. 1 and 5.  1000 block of Johnson Ferry Road 30342 – On Aug. 6, a man reported that his laptop was stolen while he was making a delivery to the hospital. He said he had it with the merchandise and then probably left it there after he left. When he went back, it was gone.

 8200 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 8, an employee of a gas station said he placed three $100 bills on the counter while he dealt with a complaining customer over the price of a purchase. During that time, someone took the three bills and left.

He thinks he was set more of the up.

sometime between Police Blotter online at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. www.reporternewspapers.net  5700 block 7 and just before of Roswell Road 8 p.m. on Aug. 8, 30342 – On Aug. someone came into 8, a motel employee said someone took her the home of the resident through a window wallet from her purse. Stolen was $100 cash, at the rear of the home. The house is under an expired immigration card and a work perrenovation and nothing was inside. mit.

 Another burglary was recorded, also in the 1300 block of Old Woodbine.

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 500 block of Cimarron Parkway 30350 – On Aug. 6, sometime between 4 and 8 p.m., someone went into the home of the resident and took an Xbox.

er. He later found the keys in the door of his car. Nothing was taken from the car. The victim did hide his wallet in the car and it was not taken.

 6800 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30328 – On Aug. 10 he victim said he was gone from 3 to 5 p.m., and during that time someone forced entry into the apartment and took a laptop and other items.  6200 block of Riverside Drive 30328 – On Aug. 13, someone gained access to the victim’s home by smashing a front window. They stole jewelry and silver items. The victim was gone from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.  5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Aug. 14, the victim left the apartment from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some time in between, someone came in through a kitchen window (forced) and ransacked the home. A bike, jewelry and other items were taken.  5800 block of Riverwood Drive 30328 – On Aug. 14, someone broke a window to the kitchen of a home to gain entry. At the time of the report, it wasn’t known if anything was taken.

T H EFT  6600 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Aug. 3, a man reported that while he was at a local gym, someone went into his locker and took his car keys, then opened his car, where the thief took his wife’s purse. The report says the man did not place a lock on the locker because thieves cut his lock in the past.  6600 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Aug. 4, officers met with two shift managers who reported that someone took $1,000 from the store’s safe. The money was contained in three envelopes. No forced entry was found.  Another theft was reported at a local gym on Aug. 4 at about 6:30 p.m. This victim left his keys in his clothes in the unlocked lock-

 7300 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 10, a woman reported that just after 1 a.m., she pulled into a gas station and parked at the gas pumps. She went inside, leaving her keys in the car. When she returned it was gone.  On Aug. 11, a man in the 6300 block of Powers Ferry Road reported that someone took his 2006 Dodge Charger that he left parked overnight in the shopping center parking lot.  6400 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Aug. 13, the employee of a package store said a man and woman came in and walked around. The man took two bottles off the shelf and placed them in his pants and concealed them with his shirt. Two more bottles went into the woman’s purse. They left in a silver or gold Buick.  6100 block of Powers Ferry Road 30328 – On Aug. 14, a wallet was stolen from the victim’s office. Charges were placed on her credit card a short time later. Other office workers said they saw a man near her desk earlier in the day.  9400 block of Roberts Drive 30350 – On Aug. 14, two kayaks were stolen from the apartment pool shed at the Lodge on the Chattahoochee Apartments property.

A S S A U LT  5800 block of Greyfield Lane 30350 – On Aug. 5, one man was arrested following a domestic violence call.  8300 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 10, a woman called the police at 5 a.m. and said a friend named Ryan came over around midnight. He had been drinking. At one point he said “Women are not strong enough to handle some things,” which ofSS

PUBLIC SAFETY fended the caller, so she asked him to leave.

He stayed until around 5 a.m. and at one point told the victim, “I should punch you in the face.” He then left.  A 24-year-old woman reported on Aug.

11 that she and her friend met two men at a bar on Northwood Drive. Later, the victim and one of the men went to the man’s apartment for a short time while the other woman waited in the car. Once in the apartment, the man asked for sex but she refused.

He then beat her with her high-heel shoe, causing her jaw to break. She fled, got into her car and the two women flagged down an ambulance that later took her to the hospital in Cobb County. She does not know the name of the man, but told officers she could locate the apartment once she gets out of the hospital.

ARRES TS  A man was arrested just after 5 p.m. on

Aug. 4 after he tried to test the four-wheel drive of his Toyota pickup truck on the property known as Station Six of the Sandy Springs Fire Department. Several firefighters came out to see what was going on and found the truck up against a wall of the station with the man, on the tailgate and jumping up and down, trying to un-stick his car in what was later termed the “failed” attempt to successfully test his four-wheel drive. He got into an altercation with a fireman, another losing effort, and was arrested.

 The driver of a car on I-285 was

cited for having a small amount of marijuana on him after an officer made a traffic stop for a cracked windshield. The passenger had a backpack containing the marijuana as well as a blunt splitter and blunt rollers.

 Cops were called to an apartment on

Colquitt Road concerning two men going door-to-door asking residents if they wanted to buy weed. The callers said the men have been doing it for weeks, offering to sell weed, laptops and other items most likely stolen. The officers located two men who said they were there to visit a friend but didn’t know where he lived. One man had a backpack. The officer asked and received permission to look in it. He found screwdrivers and tools commonly associated with forcing car doors open or apartment doors.

These are known to fit the category of “tools to commit a crime.” Inside the bag was a GPS. The man said he had no knowledge of how it got there. The apartment staff confirmed they had given the men criminal trespass warnings in the past. The pair was arrested.

 Cops responded to an alarm in the 400

block of Heards Drive. The housekeeper said she didn’t know how the alarm tripped but the owner was on the way home. The officer checked the housekeeper on GCIC and found that she was wanted on an arrest warrant for hit-and-run in Smyrna. She was arrested.

 5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Aug. 7, one man was arrested after a discount store’s security officers watched as he stole hair gel, an iPhone 5 case, Vitamin C pills, and heartburn medication. The items SS

totaled $71. Also on Aug. 7, the security staff detained a woman who stole $103 in women’s undergarments. She was arrested.  8700 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 8, a woman was arrested for stealing several bottles of fingernail polish. She would place the bottles on the floor next to her baggy purse. After several minutes, she would reach down and put the bottles in her purse. She was charged with shoplifting.  6000 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Aug. 10, cops were called to the Bank of America by employees who spotted a suspicious woman trying to cash a check for $8,200. The teller said the check did not feel normal, so the staff phoned the person on the check who told employees that they had not written a check to that person. The woman was still in line when the police arrived, and she told them she was with a man named Ryan who was in the parking lot in a silver car. Another patrol car spotted the car leaving and stopped it. He told officers he knew nothing of the check and was leaving to pick up his son. His driver’s license showed a suspension so he was jailed on that charge. The woman was charged with first degree forgery and she too was arrested.

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION Petition Number:

201302083

Petitioner:

William & Jodie Royal

Property Location:

6375 River Chase Circle

Request:

One Primary Variance from Section 6.3.3.B of Zoning Ordinance to reduce the required front yard setback from sixty (60) feet to forty (40) feet to allow for construction of a single family residence.

Public Hearings:

Board of Appeals September 12, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

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

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION Petition Number:

201302310

Petitioner:

Waffle House, Inc.

Property Location:

6445 Roswell Road

Request:

ultiple Primary Variance from Article 12B of the Zoning M Ordinance for relief from the provided design standards to allow for construction of a new building.

Public Hearings:

oard of Appeals B September 12, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

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

 400 block of Morgan Falls Road -- Offi-

cers arrested a man on Aug. 10 after he assaulted his wife by punching her in the face several times. A witness in the home said the man was intoxicated and his wife did not want him in the house. When she did let him in, he punched her and told her he was going to kill her as he knocked her down and stood over her with a knife. The first officer on the scene disarmed the suspect and secured him in handcuffs. He was later taken to jail, charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and acts, and battery.

 600 block of Summit Springs Drive 30350 – On Aug. 11, around 1:30 a.m., police received a domestic violence call from a woman telling 911, “He beat me.” Officers met a woman at the door who had a swollen and bloody lip. The man on the scene told officers that his wife got mad at him for posting nude photos of himself on Craigslist. He said his wife threw a cellphone at him. The wife agreed that they were arguing over the photos and he punched her in the face. The man was arrested.  8700 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Aug. 12, a woman was arrested for concealing cold cuts, sandwich rolls, pudding and yogurt in her purse, and attempting to leave the store without paying.  1000 block of Brentwood Way 30350 – On Aug. 13, a man (witness) called the police and said a woman threw a cup of beer on the victim’s clothing and then hit her. When the cops arrived, the woman was in the parking lot yelling profanities to no one in particular. The victim said she was walking her dog when the woman came up to her, cursed at her and threw beer on her. She kicked the dog and hit the victim, but stopped when the victim fought back. The victim said the woman has stolen chairs from her patio before.

The woman was arrested.  1000 block of Johnson Ferry Road 30342 – On Aug. 13, an off-duty officer, working an extra job at Northside Hospital, was notified by hospital security that they were pursuing a man suspected of stealing something from CONTINUED ON PAGE 30

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION Petition Number:

201302156

Petitioner:

Nercy Nikfarjam

Property Location:

300 Breakwater Ridge

Request:

One Primary Variance from Section 6.2.3.C of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the required side corner setback from thirty (30) feet to twenty (20) feet to allow for construction of a single family residence.

Public Hearings:

Board of Appeals September 12, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

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

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Tearful widow sentenced to prison for perjury

Police Blotter CONTINUED FROM PAGE 29 the cafeteria. The lookout was placed, and an SSPD sergeant spotted the man and took him into custody at Peachtree-Dunwoody Road and I-285. He had stolen three pieces of pizza and a coffee. He was arrested.

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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.

Andrea Sneiderman 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.

“Why has the criminal justice system been so hell-bent on destroying this woman’s life?” Clegg said.

“She has been vilified to an extent in the press such as I have never seen.”

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