9-1-17 Dunwoody Reporter

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SEPTEMBER 1 - 14, 2017 • VOL. 8— NO. 18

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► Few local dams have emergency plans ready PAGE 4 ► Commentary: Tackling hate in schools, for kids’ sake PAGE 10

PIZZERIA DONATES 1,000 PIES | P20

Sunshine power comes to Dunwoody BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

Tina Wilkinson loves the Earth so much so that she recently became an official “Earthkeeper” through the United Methodist Church. The Earthkeepers Program was started last year and is an international effort to commission parishioners from across the globe to complete projects in their communities that promote conservation and preservation of the environ-

DYANA BAGBY

Tina and Scott Wilkinson had solar panels installed this year on their Ralston Court home. Tina Wilkinson spearheaded the Solarize Dunwoody campaign that officially began this month.

EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR Pursuing ‘pizzazz’ in every lesson

See SUNSHINE on page 14

Civil War monuments should be about marking transitions and remembering what happens when we can’t find peaceful solutions. People who attempt to violently remove them are exactly why we need them.

OUT & ABOUT ‘Beachy soul’ comes to the Springs

BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net The ballot for City Council includes six names of people running for three seats, giving voters in each city district a choice when they head to the polls on Nov. 7. Incumbent City Councilmember Pam Tallmadge of Post/District 1 is facing opposition from longtime city activist Joe

— A 35-year-old Brookhaven man

What should metro Atlanta officials do with Confederate monuments that stand on public land? See COMMENTARY, Page 11

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Competitive races for council give voters choices

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See COMPETITIVE on page 12

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