11-9-18 Sandy Springs Reporter

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NOVEMBER 9 - 22, 2018 • VOL. 12— NO. 23

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► Flight attendant recalls Vietnam R&R service PAGE 6

Road rescuers Special police program fixes flats, clears accidents BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net

On a rainy, hazy morning, Officer Steve Hammer sped down the shoulder on I-285, sirens on his bright yellow truck blaring, making his way to an accident scene. On arrival, he jumped out of the truck EVELYN ANDREWS

See SPECIAL on page 22

Officer Hammer replaces a flat tire for a driver on I-285.

EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR Middle School Teacher of the Year Page 18

It shows that we are a cosmopolitan city where players and [the] NFL want to be. It makes us look good.

OUT & ABOUT Locomotive exhibit opens in Buckhead Page 17

54-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

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City pitches new center for local groups, Holocaust memorial BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net

Sandy Springs is considering building a new “cultural center” that would house local groups, and possibly the new Holocaust memorial required by the state, at an undetermined location near City Springs. Groups interested in moving in include Visit Sandy Springs, the Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce, the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and its local See CITY on page 12


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