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The city of Brookhaven will begin its first sidewalk and paving projects before the end of the year.

City Council has allocated $400,000 from the 2013 budget to begin connecting sidewalks in parts of the city where there are gaps for pedestrians.

The mayor and City Council members each selected locations in their districts, for a total of eight sidewalk projects throughout the city.

“This is really in my mind one of the main reasons for cityhood,” said Mayor J. Max Davis. “Now you’re actually seeing the results of your city and your tax dollars at work. It really does hit home for me about what this city is all about.”

City Manager Marie Garrett said she thinks the sidewalk improvements are a nice way to mark the city’s first anniversary on Dec. 17.

After a group of county residents decisively voted to bring their area into the city of Chamblee, Brookhaven City Council has decided to end its fight to annex the Century Center office complex.

At a Nov. 12 meeting, Brookhaven City Council approved a resolution to discontinue funding for an appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court. Also in its resolution, the City Council asked Chamblee to drop its lawsuit against Brookhaven over the Century Center property.

“After thoughtful deliberation on this important issue, we decided that Highwoods Properties can continue its own course as they see fit. However, we won’t be funding the current appeal,” Mayor J. Max Davis said. “We would like to congratulate the new citizens of Chamblee. We hope to see the entire northeast corridor of DeKalb municipalized because we believe it’s best for the region.”

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City starts drawing up 2014 budget

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Brookhaven City Council is working on its proposed 2014 budget, which includes funds for new employees, new city office space and planning for the city’s future.

On Nov. 12, the council held its first public hearing on the budget. A second hearing is scheduled for Nov. 26, and the council is expected to vote on the final budget Dec. 10.

Finance Director Bonnie Kline said this year’s $26.6 million budget includes revenue sources that weren’t available to the city in its first year, like franchise fees from Georgia Power Co. and insurance premium taxes. The city expects about $2.5 million from insurance premium taxes and $3.5 million from franchise fees.

The city will take in about $5 million from DeKalb County’s Homestead Option Sales Tax next year, which is set aside for capital projects. The city has budgeted $1 million for new sidewalks, $1.1 million for paving, and about $2 million for parks improvements.

Though the city is finishing its first year, Kline said the startup period will really be closer to five years.

“It’s going to be a long time before we can look at one budget and compare it to another,” Kline said. “It takes a while for a new city to get in a groove.”

The city is still searching for a location for its city offices and police headquarters.

In 2013, the city took a one-year lease on an office building in Dunwoody for City Hall and a space in Corporate Square for its municipal court.

The proposed budget includes $500,000 for rental of city facilities, and $131,000 to build out city office space and for new financial software.

Brookhaven Communications Director Megan Matteucci said the city has not yet selected a new city office site, so the exact costs are still unknown.

“We’re still negotiating with several property owners to find the best location and best price for the city,” Matteucci said. “It could be one location for the police and city or it could be two separate locations.”

The proposed budget also allocates money for an assistant city manager position.

“The city manager’s workload is overwhelming, and in order to meet all the demands for ongoing operations, she needs help,” Matteucci said.

“This includes everything from negotiating a new City Hall, taking over parks from DeKalb County, preparing a budget, and overseeing staff and daily operations.”

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Former DeKalb school board member Nancy Jester announced on Nov. 11 she is running for Georgia school superintendent.

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Former DeKalb school board member Nancy Jester announced that she will run for Georgia school superintendent.

Jester, who represented Dunwoody and Brookhaven in District 1 for the DeKalb County Board of Education, said she is running to reform education in Georgia. She made her campaign announcement Nov. 11 at Brook Run Park in Dunwoody.

“More classroom, less bureaucracy.

That’s what Georgians deserve, and that’s what they’ll get from me,” Jester said.

Jester said she would like for Georgia to spend less money on administration.

She said Georgia spends more per pupil than many neighboring states, such as Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas, yet has a lower high school graduation rate.

“That has to stop,” Jester said. “Bureaucrats do not teach children.”

Jester left the DeKalb school board in March after she and four other school board members were suspended by Gov.

Nathan Deal. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed the DeKalb County School System on accreditation probation and claimed the school board was interfering with day-today school operations.

Jester says it was her own investigation of the system’s budgeting practices that led to the accreditation agency’s involvement.

“I’m really proud of my record,” Jester said. “I uncovered financial malfeasance in DeKalb.”

She said she was willing to sacrifice her seat on the school board because, “it wasn’t about me.”

“It demonstrates my commitment to telling the truth to taxpayers,” Jester said.

Three other GOP candidates have announced their intentions to run for the position so far: Richard Woods, Fitz Johnson and Matt Shultz. Cobb County Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan is the first Democrat to enter the race.

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The city will install about two dozen signs along major roadways beginning in late November. The signs feature the

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“Generous contributions to the Foundation have been a real force in helping us enhance the history and beauty of Historic Brookhaven,” said Foundation President Jed Beardsley.

The new monuments feature conduit and enclosures to accommodate a future CCTV security system, Beardsley said.

When installed, the security feature will record all traffic coming and going from the neighborhood entrance. This information would be available to Brookhaven or Atlanta Police on a real time or archive basis for crime prevention and neighborhood protection security.

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wrangling over who has the right to annex Century Center, a large commercial property near the intersection of Clairmont Road and I-85.

After Highwoods Properties, the owners of Century Center, applied for annexation into Brookhaven, Brookhaven City Council voted Oct. 8 to bring the property into the city. But Century Center was already drawn into the General Assembly’s local act establishing the Chamblee annexation referendum.

The two cities went to court, and DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Tangela Barrie ruled that Brookhaven could only annex the property if the Nov. 5 Chamblee referendum failed.

After the referendum was approved, state legislators put pressure on the Brookhaven City Council to give up the Century Center fight.

Reps. Mary Margaret Oliver and Scott Holcomb sent a letter to the City Council members. And Rep. Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven, said he called the mayor and council asking them to respect the outcome of the Chamblee referendum.

“We had a referendum on [Nov. 5] and the voters rendered a decisive verdict in favor of being annexed into Chamblee. As Brookhaven citizens who sought our own incorporation approximately a year and a half ago, I would hope that we would respect the decision of the citizens who have voted to annex into Chamblee,” Jacobs said. “Furthermore, it is critically important for the future of north DeKalb that these two cities — Chamblee and Brookhaven — be able to work together. Each day that passes with Brookhaven’s participation in this lawsuit, from here forward, only jeopardizes that very important working relationship.”

Jim Bacchetta, vice president of Highwoods Properties Atlanta Division, said Highwoods would have preferred to join the city of Brookhaven.

“Folks who voted certainly deserve the right to vote and determine their fu-

“i think it’s great for the community. i think i can speak for the entire council and say we’re excited to have the new area become part of the city of Chamblee.”

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ture and whether or not they want to be in Chamblee. As you know, we’re a corporate citizen, so we had no vote [Nov. 5]. But we cast our vote when we applied for annexation into Brookhaven and that’s what we wanted, obviously,” Bacchetta said.

In 2012, the Chamblee annexation referendum failed by a razor-thin margin. Acknowledging ballot issues, legislators gave residents a second chance and put the annexation measure back before voters in 2013, where it was approved by more than 60 percent.

Elmer Veith of Citizens for Chamblee, the group that advocated for the Chamblee annexation, said he thinks voters overwhelmingly approved the measure this time around because they recognized the impending changes in their region.

The portion of DeKalb County below the annexation area, just south of I-85, is in a state of political upheaval.

Several groups are vying to create cities in the area.

“They realize another city is going to form on the other side of I-85,” Veith said. “They realized it was time to make a choice and have some control over how the area is going to move forward.”

Though the annexation referendum was driven by residents in the Dresden East area, Chamblee officials have championed the effort.

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Brookhaven officials need to listen – or find a new job To the editor:

of our elected officials has now become back-room politics at its worst.

Over the past six months, Brookhaven residents have been It takes arrogance to ignore the results of the Pink Pony speaking out, organizing roundtable discussions, and taking telephone survey where 75 percent of the polled Brookhaven action against the sexually-oriented business (SOB) ordinance residents indicated they wanted the city to settle the lawsuit. passed by City Council.

It takes arrogance to ignore the results of the community-orThe ordinance bans nude dancing and the sale of alcohol in ganized roundtable discussion with Mayor Davis, where not a the same venue. City officials elected not to uphold the consingle resident supported the actions of city officials. It takes sent agreement that has been in place between the Pink Pony arrogance to ignore the voices of those that put you in office and DeKalb County, which grandfathered in the Pink Pony and to engage in a lawsuit that promises to cost taxpayers a and allowed them to continue to operate. City officials knew great deal of money for years to come. this decision would result in a lawsuit.

This is money which could be used for parks, sidewalks, Less than one month into the job, our elected officials allowed improved roads or a new library. Our elected officials have personal agendas to inform their early shut out the voice of reason and shut legislative decisions. out the voice of their constituents. All LE TTE RS TO At best, it appears that our elected this is hard to forgive – and to forget. tHE E DitoR officials were misguided by the former The sad truth is, those that voted for city attorney, Bill Reilly. Mr. Reilly has a the city of Brookhaven did so because E-mail letters to track record of helping launch new citthey felt they would have a voice in imeditor@reporternewspapers.net ies. As soon as the city incorporates, he portant decisions that affect their evbrings in his cohort from Tenn., Scott eryday lives, and would be empowered Bergthold, to instill fear into the newbie officials. Mr. Bergthto be a part of the solution. old does this by presenting his well-rehearsed PowerPoint preAs a community, we need to consider our options, includsentation about the negative secondary effects of SOBs. ing the recall of elected officials. This issue is not about the Never mind the fact that neither Mr. Bergthold nor Mr. Pink Pony. It’s about the egregious abuse of political power.

Reilly ever took the time to find out if any of those negative secIt’s about five people using their position to rule the land – ondary effects were affecting Brookhaven – which they are not. land that is owned by someone else.

It is amazing that city officials did not study 25 years of facts This city is just starting out, less than a year old, and our electand statistics in their own community – as a normal exercise ed officials act and behave as if they are experts in municipal govin due diligence – before following the advice of Scott Bergthernment management, yet none of them had any experience priold. For the record, Bergthold is a law school graduate of Reor to this moment. And now, their ability to lead and manage is gent University, a Christian school founded by Pat Robertson. seriously hampered by their current course of behavior.

We should all be willing to forgive our elected officials for There is still time for our city officials to admit that their their misguided decision in regard to the Pink Pony. After all, decisions and thought processes were misguided, and to settle they are new to city government and we all make mistakes. the lawsuit immediately, before wasting more of our tax dolUnfortunately, our city officials have neither acknowledged lars. As a community, we can then put this debacle behind us, their mistake nor have they taken steps to correct their deciand city officials can begin the hard work of rebuilding the sion. That is hard to forgive. trust they have lost.

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City Council: Honor campaign promises To the editor: With Brookhaven City Council members fast approaching their one-year anniversary as politicians next month, it seems that leadership and accountability have already become quaint and - apparently - empty campaign pledges.

For those of you that followed the details related to becoming a city, there was, and there still is, a mandate. More control and accountability over government are the reasons for and were the initial motivation for - the very existence of the city of Brookhaven.

In the early debates and to rebut the point of view of “Brookhaven Yes” supporters, (now Councilman) Jim Eyre wrote a rather passionate and cautionary letter to the editor of the Brookhaven Reporter on June 15, 2012, offering his opinion that the idealized goal of local control over a City Council was a fallacy, and that Brookhaven cityhood supporters were simply being “naïve and unrealistic.”

He warned that, if Brookhaven succeeded in becoming a city, we could expect to see “[council] members with a polit-

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ical agenda, [council] members with a relationship with an applicant or their attorney, [council] members with a preconceived notion of what is right for the community, and [council] members making decisions for any number of reasons…”

Naïvely or not, Brookhaven did vote to become a city in July 2012, primarily to exert more local control and accountability over government.

To underscore that sentiment, several neighborhood civic associations in Brookhaven recently commissioned a telephone poll that revealed overwhelming citizen frustration regarding attorney Scott Bergthold’s quixotic nudity and alcohol ordinance. Armed with the poll results, neighborhood leaders hosted a subsequent roundtable meeting with Mayor J. Max Davis and Councilman Joe Gebbia.

Brookhaven residents rightly expressed their alarm at the prospect of the city of Brookhaven - still in its infancy - wasting tax dollars by engaging in an expensive, multi-year legal fracas similar to the one that has plagued Sandy Springs versus CONTINUED ON PAGE 30 BK

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Aprons will provide family ties this Thanksgiving I’m a sucker for an apron.

I can slip on an apron that has a fetching Provincial pattern and imagine myself domestically stylish.

I used to never wear aprons—I thought them too retro and frumpy.

Fortunately, now retro is in and aprons are chic. When I had finally ruined favorite shirt number 34 with a wayward splash of olive oil, I decided that it was time to tie one on.

And tie one on I do - every day - usually around 3 o’clock, as I a grab a cup of tea and drive off to the carpool line.

I keep it on for the red wine I sip while chopping onions, and I wear it straight through dinner and into cleanup.

It’s typically 10 o’clock before I disrobe.

So, when I ran into my favorite kitchen shop last week to purchase my annual indulgence of harvest-scented hand soap and saw the Thanksgiving apron on display, I didn’t stand a chance.

It was a lovely shade of autumn gold with a curly-stemmed pumpkin tastefully embroidered on the front. It had a handy row of deep pockets and an adjustable strap. Plus, it was 20 percent off.

I tried it on, thinking of what an extra boost of classy confidence this little frock would lend to my turkey and side dish preparations. I thought it would make a fine, if practical, mini-splurge for my upcoming November birthday.

Then, something tugged on the apron strings…

Maybe I could get one for my mom, too.

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Whenever my mother comes to my home, she ROBIN JEAN goes immediately to the MARIE kitchen and stands at my GUEST COLUMN side to help.

Yes, I would get a Thanksgiving apron for my mom, too. Then I felt another tug….

Maybe I could get one for my daughter, as well.

Maybe this apron could be more than a pretty piece of protective fabric. Maybe, when worn by the trio of us, it could signify something else.

Maybe it can be the beginning of a new tradition: three generations of women gathered as a Thanksgiving team. We will embrace each other and work together, and we will celebrate in honor of my dad, in gratitude for his life and his legacy.

This November, my family and my mother will come to the Thanksgiving table for the first time ever without our beloved father, and grandfather, and husband. We will share sorrow and remembrance, and comfort food.

We will begin a new tradition. And, we will be united by an apron.

Robin Jean Marie is a writer and mother of four who lives in Dunwoody.

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The food truck fad appears to have opportunity for a community event. I found a comfortable home in the Atlanthink that’s why it’s been so big. It’s been ta suburbs. so much fun.”

Communities around metro AtlanWhen Cagle first pitched the idea ta have reported that thousands of peoof the Smyrna event, some of the food ple have taken part in food truck events truck operators were skeptical, she said. during the summer and fall in order to But the crowds have been great since the check out the trucks’ unique fare and sofirst night. cialize with neighbors.

“Now that we’ve seen that it works, This year, Dunwoody held a popular there is no hesitation at all,” Cagle said. weekly event in Brook Run Park known “This formula of great food and music as “Food Truck Thursdays.” Brookhaven and community is working all over metliked the idea and followed suit with its ro Atlanta.”

“Food Truck Roundup” on Wednesdays In addition to the crowds, food trucks in Blackburn Park. find it’s often easier to obtain permits to Sandy Springs has offered food trucks operate in smaller cities, Cagle said. during its ArtSSpring festival, and Buck“In the city of Atlanta, you may have head is home to the Atlanta Food Truck to get three permits for one location. In Park on Howell Mill Road, where peothe suburbs, you need a valid health perple can go to find food trucks any day mit and a business license in the city,” of the week.

Cagle said. “In Dunwoody, that process For those who’ve somehow missed only took 20-30 minutes maximum. It’s them, food trucks are large vans outfitted as mobile restaurants. They’re known for offering inexpensive, international and upscale food – things like lamb burgers, Asian-style tacos or gourmet popsicles.

Bettie Cagle of Red Bird Events created Smyrna’s food truck event last year and was one of the organizers of Dunwoody’s Food Truck Thursdays. Cagle said the food trucks bring something unique to the suburban communities.

“In town, there are events Sandy Springs also offered a food truck going on every day. The event, ‘Foodie Fridays,’ as part of the trucks are very available in the ArtSSprings celebration. Patrons gathered city,” Cagle said. “We’re givweekly at Kudzu & Company on Roswell ing people a destination and Road to enjoy gourmet treats.

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very simple.”

Brookhaven’s Communications Director Megan Matteucci said the city initially started the food truck programs this fall as a way to celebrate Brookhaven’s parks.

“When we first started them, we knew they were popular in other communities. But weren’t sure what kind of turnout we would have in Brookhaven,” Matteucci said. “We’ve been overwhelmed by the turnout. Each night, the trucks served between 2,000 and 3,000 meals. We’re pretty happy with that.”

Matteucci said in addition to the food, Brookhaven offered music and kids’ activities as a way to bring residents out to the park. Brookhaven held its last Food Truck Roundup of the season Oct. 30. Matteucci said the city is planning to continue the programs next year, beginning in the spring.

Bill Grossman, secretary of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association, said his organization is known for sponsoring popular seasonal community events like the city’s Fourth of July Parade and Light Up Dunwoody. Food truck nights offered something different each week from May through October.

“We started it off the last day of school with, I think, six trucks. We immediately had a huge crowd the first night. The only complaint we got was ‘the lines are too long, add more trucks,’” Grossman said.

Grossman said the events also attracted lots of young families and people he’d never seen at other Dunwoody gatherings. The combination of the park, music and food seemed to work well, he said.

“When the weather’s nice and the musical act’s good, it’s almost magical,” Grossman said.

But city-sponsored food truck nights aren’t universally beloved. At Brookhaven town hall meetings, some residents complained that the programs made traffic worse on Ashford-Dunwoody Road. And some local businesses don’t like that the city is promoting the mobile restaurants that drive in from elsewhere.

Bill Brown, owner of There Brookhaven, said he thinks the city should support local businesses, too.

“I’m not anti food truck,” Brown said. “I don’t look at it as competition at all. I’m old school, and I believe business gets business. However, if the city chooses something to support and promote, there’s a lot of independent busi-

ness owners in the city that aren’t getting that kind of tweets and support.”

Cagle said she tries to find ways to incorporate local businesses into the events. For example, in Duluth, she said, one of the Mexican restaurants has a table at the event to sell margaritas.

“We’re working to really promote local businesses as well as our events,” Cagle said. “I don’t want to come in and take someone else’s business. We’re finding additional ways to promote the businesses as well as allowing them to be part of our event.”

Cagle said she believes the best part of the food truck events is that they foster a sense of community and encourage residents to get to know one another by spending the evening in the park.

“That’s what people are doing – they’re not grabbing food and leaving.

They’re making it a whole night event,” Cagle said.

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Jan Collins says the Sandy Springs Society began as a way to help historic preservation efforts, but quickly turned into one of the community’s leading charitable organizations.

Over the last 25 years, the society has raised and contributed $2.5 million to local causes. One of their more high -profile fundraising initiatives was placing turtle statues throughout the city.

The society has contributed to local arts, parks and schools.

The official 25th anniversary of the society is in January.

“We hold fundraisers throughout the year and then we donate,” society Public Relations Chairwoman Julie Johnson said. “We have people apply for grants and we have a group that vets those.”

The $2.5 million figure might seem paltry compared with the donations of some other charities, but the society is an all-volunteer group of women. “Everything that we make is given back to the community,” Collins said.

Collins, who is the mother of Sandy Springs Councilman Chip Collins, was one of the group’s founding members.

The group organized in 1988 and settled on a 100-member limit, all women. The group took in members by invitation only. It still is all women and invitation only, though the membership ranks have grown to more than 300 members to meet the community’s needs.

“We were looking for community leaders, people who had a proven track record of interest in the community and leadership,” Collins said. “We had 109

people that wanted to join. That took care of it.”

Society President Kate Dalba said the group still gives 35 percent of its proceeds to Heritage Sandy Springs.

“We branched out and felt like we really wanted to provide for those in need in Sandy Springs,” Dalba said.

Dalba said in some respects the growth was unavoidable. Many of the group’s members were married to local doctors, she said.

“Northside Hospital’s foundation was the first big supporter of our foundation. We had so many physicians’ wives, and that gave us a real foot in the door,” Dalba said. “That’s been a great relationship.”

City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny, who is returning to private life at the end of this year, joined the society in 2009.

McEnerny said the society’s impact has been more than philanthropic. Having so many influential women working together helped shape the community, even before Sandy Springs was officially a city, she said.

“We created a sense of place, a sense of community,” McEnerny said.

Dalba said one of the society’s goals for its 25th year is to remind people about the nonprofit’s presence in the community.

“My biggest push this year is to get the area to know about our organization,” Dalba said. “With 306 members at the moment, we do quite a bit to help Sandy Springs.”

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Local food banks said that the loss of center is located at 3550 Broad Street, food stamp benefits provided by governSuite F, Chamblee, 30341. For more ment stimulus money will make it hardinformation, visit www.sutherscenter. er to keep their pantries full. com.

On Nov. 1, a temporary increase in Buckhead Christian Minisspending on the federal Supplementry accepts donations from 10 a.m. to tal Nutrition As5 p.m., Monday sistance Program through Friday, at Do you know an organization or – more common2847 Piedmont ly known as food Road, Atlanta, individual making a difference stamps – expired, 30305. in our community? Email according to the You can also editor@reporternewspapers.net nonpartisan Cenmake a financial ter on Budget and donation through Policy Priorities. the website. A $25 The federal government had increased donation feeds a family of four for one spending in 2009 as part of a stimulus week, Cunningham said. To learn more, program intended to improve the econvisit http://buckheadchristianministry. omy. org.

CBPP estimates the end of the inThe Community Assistance crease will mean the state of Georgia Center accepts food pantry donations at will receive $210 million less from the the following times: SNAP program, affecting about 2 milMonday – Thursday, 9 a.m. - 11 lion Georgia residents. That means more a.m., and 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. families will be turning to food banks Fridays, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. for help, food bank operators say.

First and second Saturdays of the In fact, demand for services from month, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. food banks in Sandy Springs, DunCAC is located at 1130 Hightower woody, Buckhead and Brookhaven Trail, Sandy Springs, 30350. For more started rising in anticipation of the cuts information, visit www.ourcac.org. taking effect.

Tamara Carrera, executive director of the Community Assistance Center that serves Sandy Springs and Dunwoody, said some of the center’s clients will lose funding for a week’s worth of food.

“When just the threats of the cuts were happening in August, we went from 550 families per month to 830 families per month,” Carrera said. “It jumped almost 300 families.”

Carrera said she expects November’s numbers will be higher than 830 families.

Helen Cunningham, executive director of the Buckhead Christian Ministry, said the group has seen a 10 percent jump in demand. Cunningham said since 2009 the ministry’s food bank has distributed 1,500 to 1,700 bags of food each month.

“We’re doing 1,800 to 2,000 bags a month, and I anticipate that to grow further as the food stamps expire,” she said.

Stanley Rose with the Suthers Center for Christian Outreach in Chamblee said the center is seeing a 50 percent increase in clients each week.

“We’re giving out 50 to 55 pounds of food,” Rose said. “We’re going through a hell of a lot of food.”

Food banks said they are asking the public to help them keep up with the increase in demand for their services.

“People are not back where they need to be, so it’s causing problems,” Rose said.

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BY J.D. MOOR Dave Vogel discovered the Atlanta in 2010. “I was working 50 to 60 hours Outdoor Club about a year ago. He was a week as part of the management team hooked after his first outing with the of a startup company, which was very club, which included stargazing through stressful,” the 41-year-old said. “I wanttelescopes, and now finds the club’s trips ed to achieve a better balance between contribute to his exercise program. work and life, especially because I was “I was walkusually too tired ing some, but not by the evening/ enough to be conweekend to realsidered a good ly do much. AOC’s workout,” said been instrumental the 61-year-old fiin helping me keep nancial advisor, my perspective on who lives in Sanwhat’s truly impordy Springs. “I tant in life.” now go on at least Kendall has three good strenuchanged jobs since, ous hikes a week. I has become an am in much better AOC trip leadphysical condition er, and is planning than before.” a horseback riding The AOC isn’t event and an eightjust about hik- Isabella Kujawa, a yoga instructor, day safari in Tanzaing. Members say nia. became a part of AOC after they enjoy a healthCloser to home, she moved to Atlanta. She ful addiction to a she’s discovered new wanted to explore the area range of outdoor places for outdoor and meet others who shared events such as kayaactivities through her interest in the outdoors. king, camping, cavthe club. ing and canoeing.

And through the club, which is open to people 21 and older, they find places to hike, bike, camp or canoe from the banks of the Chattahoochee to faraway sites in places in Africa or New Zealand.

Since 2001, the all-volunteer AOC has organized more than 6,000 events around the world – it sponsored 18 on a single day in 2012, according to its website – and has enrolled some 15,000 members, always free of charge.

Allston Kendall of Buckhead joined

“I had no idea what a wealth of natural resources and parks were available within a short distance of Atlanta. I have a far greater appreciation and interest in Georgia’s rivers, parks and mountains,” she said.

The AOC club ranks its activities by difficulty on a D-1 to D-5 scale, with 5 being the hardest. Kendall continues to set new goals for herself. “I want to eventually get in shape enough to sign up for and do a D-5 hike/trip and not worry about slowing down the group,”

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Isabella Kujawa moved to Atlanta in In addition, Maldonado is current2011. The Sandy Springs yoga instrucly the club’s director-at-large and a trip tor wanted to explore the area, especially leader who searches for unique destithe outdoors, and find other people who nations to explore. Her outdoor club shared her interests. adventures have resulted in passport “I became part of an organization stamps from Mexico, Peru and Spain.

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“I have chalLike Kendall, she lenged my body derives extra enjoyand mind by parment from being a ticipating in events trip leader. “Learnthat I considered to ing that everyone’s be too far outside perception of how my ability. I have active or capable felt the full impact they are is quite difof how the club has ferent from realichanged my life,” ty. It’s rewarding to she said. expose others to the They have all enbeauty of the outjoyed positive life doors and witness changes, but Vopeople accomplishgel, Kendall, Kujaing something they wa and Maldonado Allston Kendall of Buckhead didn’t think they agree on one overcould, such as hik- joined the Atlanta Outdoor Club arching AOC qualin 2010. She had been working ing 12 miles,” she ity.

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Baby Sign Language Tuesday, Nov. 19, 6-8 p.m. – Sign-

ing to your baby can reduce frustration for both you and your baby. It gives babies the ability to express themselves, and accelerates your baby’s development of speech. Learn the benefits and the most common signs to teach your baby, and how to incorporate them into your daily routine. $32. Bring your own snack and water. Northside Hospital, Interchange Building, Suite 400, Classroom 419, 5780 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., NE, Atlanta , 30342.

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Cancer Care Thursday, Nov. 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – The Cancer Support Community of Atlanta invites cancer patients and their loved ones to a free workshop that provides a practical guide to navigating the numerous and complex challenges of managing the cost of cancer care. Dinner provided. RSVP to 404-843-1880. 5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Building C, Suite 225, Atlanta, 30342. Visit: www. cscatlanta.org for more information.

Living Without Tinnitus Saturday, Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

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Georges Braque Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m. – Renee

Maurer, assistant curator of The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., discusses “Georges Braque: Paintings and Prints.” $5; free for Oglethorpe University Museum members or with a Petrel Pass. 4484 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. For more information go to: museum.oglethorpe.edu or call 404-3648555.

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 10:15 a.m. – Toddlers and preschoolers will enjoy special stories about Thanksgiving Day and being thankful. Lesson for toddlers age 1 at 10:15 a.m.; toddlers age 2 at 11 a.m.; and preschoolers ages 3-5 at 11:45 a.m. Free and open to the community. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305.

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Saturday, Nov. 23, 3-4 p.m. – Saturday story time, with some help from Ms. Leah, offers up a fun, seasonal tale, and related activities for the whole family. Sign up required and started Aug. 31. Space is limited. Free and open to the public. For preschool and elementary school youth. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Story Time Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. To ask questions or to register, email: leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov or call 404-303-6130.

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Sandy Springs held a ceremony at Concourse Corporate Center.

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COMMUNITY St. Joseph’s flower shop named for long-time volunteer Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital is honoring one of its long-time volunteers by naming the hospital’s in-house flower shop after her.

Marguerite Oberg, now 91 years old, recently retired from the hospital flower shop after 40 years of volunteer service. She began volunteering at Saint Joseph’s in 1973, when the hospital was located in downtown Atlanta, and established its first flower shop.

She has served as its volunteer director ever since.

“Because of her years of dedication and service to the hospital, naming the flower shop after Marguerite is a special way we can honor her work and her commitment to the hospital, its patients, and staff,” Marcia Schwefler, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital Auxiliary president, said in a press release.

For decades, Oberg drove to a wholesale flower shop in downtown Atlanta once a week to select the roses, lilies, carnations and other flowers to be arranged by the volunteers in the hospital’s gift shop. She was the subject of a “Making a Difference” article in Reporter Newspapers in 2011.

“I loved my work at the hospital flower shop for the 40 years I was there, and am touched the shop has been named after me,” Oberg said. “It takes a team of dedicated ladies to produce the amount of flower arrangements we did for all those years, and we made a great team.”

Dunwoody honors teenagers as heroes Dunwoody city officials recently cited three teenage lifeguards as heroes for saving a 2-year-old who was not breathing after being pulled from a swimming pool.

David Fleming, Jessica McClure and Caroline Phillips, lifeguards at the Mill Glen Swim and Tennis Club, provided CPR to the child until emergency responders arrived, Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis said as he proclaimed Oct. 28 a day in their honor.

Stacey Harris, president of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association, who was at the pool for the Labor Day rescue, said the teens revived the child. “Those of us in Mill Glen are grateful,” she said.

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FAITH

Labyrinths provide peace, focus, release

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The name itself makes them seem old. Ancient, realmaze is trying to escape. A labyrinth offers only a single ly. Like something pre-Christian, something that might path. A person in a labyrinth follows that path to the be unearthed among long-lost ruins. center, then back out again.

But labyrinths – wandering pathways like the one “In a maze, you’re looking for a way out,” said The Greek myths say Daedalus devised to imprison the Rev. Beth Knowlton, canon for liturgy and prayer at monstrous Minotaur – are in the the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atmidst of a modern renewal. lanta. “[A labyrinth] is about a loss For the last couple of decades, of control. If I’m having a crazy labyrinths based on a medieval day, it’s a good way to calm down.” model have cropped up at church- “It is a form of meditation.

The journey, labyrinth fans say, es, retreats, private homes, even is what matters.

Whether you’re reading health-care institutions across the “It is a form of meditation,” Craa poem or just thinking, country and across Georgia and vens said. “Whether you’re reading I think it’s a form north metro Atlanta. They’re catcha poem or just thinking, I think it’s ing on with the faithful as a way a form of meditation.” of meditation.” to momentarily escape the distracRecent renewal of interest in labtions of modern life. yrinths grew from the rediscovery – MARY CAROLINE CRAVENS Mary Caroline Cravens of of one set into the floor at Chartres PRESIDENT OF ST. MONICA’S GUILD, THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. Buckhead, president of St. MonCathedral in France, Knowlton and PHILIP ica’s Guild at the Cathedral of St. others said, and many modern labPhilip, said she’s found an “amazyrinths are based on the Chartres ing release” walking labyrinths. design. There is some thought laby“You feel refreshed. Rejuvenated. rinths might have been used in the Lighter. Calmer,” she said. “I think Middle Ages to symbolically mimit’s because you’re leaving whatever burden it was [you ic pilgrimages to Jerusalem or other holy sites at a time brought in with you] in God’s hands.” when such religious trips were considered important Labyrinths are made to be walked. They are patterns signs of faithfulness. laid out on the floor or the ground. One of the first Recent interest in walking labyrinths has a different things labyrinth fans say is that the winding pathways intent. It’s about focus. are not mazes. Mazes are puzzles meant to be solved.

“I think it gives people a way to quiet themselves,” They sometimes offer several solutions. A person in a Knowlton said. “I think we live in an increasingly busy

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FAITH One, painted on canvas, can be spread out inside a church hall. The other, made with stone pavers, was installed this year in a garden just across a parking lot from the main building on Peachtree Road. The outdoor setting allows the stone labyrinth to be used at any time of day.

Knowlton said some walk the cathedral’s labyrinths regularly. “It becomes an important part of some people’s spiritual experience,” she said.

She regularly walks the labyrinth herself. “I feel less distracted after I do it,” Knowlton said. “It makes me slow down.”

Schultz says something about walking a labyrinth, something in the repetition of the walkway and in the walking itself, calms a user. She thinks that’s why labyrinths have cropped up in various cultures over thousands of years. “Something about our participation in that does something with the neurons in our brains,” she said.

“I don’t know the physiology of it, but I know the impact of it.”

Schultz said she’s seen people react in PHOTOS BY JOE EARLE various ways while walking labyrinths.

At left, pavers outline the outdoor labyrinth’s walkways at the Cathedral of St. Some match their breathing to their steps.

Philip in Buckhead. Right, The Rev. Alison Schultz proudly shows off the grass-andSome walk slowly, others more quickly. brick labyrinth outside Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Sandy Springs.

Some repeat psalms or prayers.

“I do it with no intentions, to see what ly good for centering people.” rinths, the winding paths are catching on. The interfeelings come,” she said. “You’ll find a lot of people cryThe Rev. Alison Schultz, associate rector at Holy Innational Labyrinth Society’s webpage [labyrinthsociety. ing about halfway through. You can feel very vulneranocents’ Episcopal Church in Sandy Springs, agrees a org] counts 75 in Georgia, including eight in Atlanble, because you’ve made yourself open to it.” labyrinth serves as a tool for meditation. Her church ta, and 25 others in metro communities scattered from Yielding control of her walk to the labyrinth can alrecently installed a grass-and-brick labyrinth in a meChamblee to Morrow. The website lists Georgia labylow her to focus her thoughts. “I can’t get lost in a labymorial garden outside the main church building. “If we rinths at Episcopal, Lutheran and Presbyterian churchrinth,” she said. “I don’t have to think about where I’m can relax, we might all feel better,” she said. es. going. I can just be there.”

Whatever the reason people find for using labySt. Philip’s Cathedral actually has two labyrinths.

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Warner Ray’s passion for running started in sixth grade.

That passion has paid off. In high school, Warner’s run for both the crosscountry and track teams.

He earned all-state honors in crosscountry for four consecutive years. In the state cross-country competition Nov. 9, he finished sixth overall, with a time of 17 minutes and 22 seconds, and the Holy Innocents’ boys team finished fourth in Class A, its highest place ever.

The school’s girls’ team finished sixth, the school said.

Warner has finished first among Holy Innocents’ runners in every race in which he’s competed during his fouryear career, school officials said. “He and [teammate Ross Waters] have re-written our record books,” Holy Innocents’ cross-country coach Dunn Neugebauer said.

Which kind of competition is his favorite? “Cross country, because of the trails,” Warner said. “You are not confined to run around a track.”

That reflects what he likes to do when he’s not competing. When he’s not running, Warner likes to be outside.

He lists his favorite activities as mountain biking, riding motorcycles and fishing. He says his favorite memory is the time he and his dad rode horses to Yellowstone National Park and then spent day fishing.

He also enjoys hanging out with friends and doing “normal teenage stuff” such as listening to music by country performers such as the Zac Brown Band and Keith Urban. Warner plays guitar himself.

“Warner is the full package – somebody who has the talent but also has one of the best work ethics on the team,” Neugebauer said. “I’ve coached him for

four years now and I know him to be a rare breed that doesn’t come along often.

A true joy.”

Coach Stephen Jayaraj, who has coached Warner for both cross country and track, says that in the time he’s known Warner, he’s been “an amazing student-athlete and even better leader,” who has helped take the team “from an also-ran to a state championship contender.”

“Warner has helped to revolutionize our whole cross-country program,” Jayaraj said. “We have grown numbers, depth and overall speed of the team under his leadership. ... Last year was the best year in our school’s history, and this year we are even better. Warner has been a huge reason why.”

What’s Next: Warner hopes to continue running cross-country in college. He is looking at several schools, incluidng the University of Mississippi, Belmont College and College of Charleston.

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When medical emergencies happen, sometimes it’s a police officer who responds first. So, many police cars are now equipped with Automatic External Defibrillators, which officers can use to resuscitate a person who’s gone into cardiac arrest.

“They’re already out patrolling the neighborhoods. A lot of the times, they’re in the area closer, and able to be on the scene faster than an ambulance and EMS,” said Brookhaven Police Lt. Brandon Gurley.

Brookhaven is hoping to put AEDs into each of its police cars. A group called the Friends of Brookhaven is working to raise $65,000 to buy the units in time for the city’s first birthday on Dec. 17.

“This was one of the first things we discussed in our equipment needs, eventually being able to purchase AEDs for all patrol cars,” Gurley said of the department, which officially came online July 31. “Having Friends of Brookhaven step in to minimize costs for the city has been outstanding,” Gurley said.

Brookhaven’s neighboring cities, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs, already have their police cars equipped with the units.

Bob Lundsten, chief of staff for DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer, has helped organize the efforts to bring AEDs to the police departments in Dunwoody and Brookhaven.

“Eleven years ago, my wife suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and there were no AEDs available. It took the paramedics and emergency personnel 47 minutes to restore a normal heart beat,” Lundsten said. “The lives of my daughters were changed forever. Had there been an AED on site, her quality of life would be dramatically different today.”

Gurley said when someone suffers a heart attack, every second counts.

“Statistics show the first five minutes being a crucial time to begin applying an AED to an individual’s chest to apply shocks, and put the heart back in rhythm,” Gurley said.

For every minute that someone’s heart does not beat on its own, the chance of recovery declines by 10 percent, Lundsten said.

In July, a Dunwoody police officer used an AED to revive a man who had gone into cardiac arrest.

“I think we have three saves by the use of AEDs, and we’ve deployed them multiple other times,” said Dunwoody Officer Tim Fecht. “The fact that we’ve had three saves, that justifies the budget any day in my opinion.”

Lundsten said he wants Brookhaven officers to be prepared, too.

“First responder programs have saved lives in the city of Chamblee and the city of Dunwoody where their police departments have AEDs in all police vehicles.

AEDs will save lives in Brookhaven as well,” Lundsten said.

Sandy Springs Police Capt. Steve Rose said along with first aid kits, AEDs allow police cars to be effective first responder vehicles.

“They’re a good tool. I don’t even know what the expense is, but it’s money well spent. All you have to do is intercept one victim that’s going into cardiac arrest and bring them back and it’s paid for itself twofold,” Rose said.

Gurley said AEDs are simple to use.

“AEDs are designed to be used by individuals with no training to use them,” Gurley said. “It analyzes the patient’s heart. If it’s beating the way it should be, it will not send a shock.”

Rose said officers encounter all sorts of situations where they need to step in, like drug overdoses, choking victims and injuries from traffic accidents. “You just drive up on stuff all the time,” Rose said.

He said when the Sandy Springs police department was created, officers decided they wanted to purchase AEDs for the cars.

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“AEDs were right along with that first line of what we wanted in the cars. It was a priority.”

Friends of Brookhaven are still looking for donations to meet their goal by Dec. 17. To donate, go to www.friendsofbrookhaven.com.

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At a Nov. 12 meeting, City Council members explained why they chose areas for sidewalk improvements this year.

The goal is to fill gaps between existing sidewalks.

Davis said he’s wanted to see a sidewalk on Humility Lane near a “dangerous” section of Ashford-Dunwoody Road since before the city incorporated. He hopes the added sidewalk connectivity will make it safer for kids who walk to the private schools in the area.

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Councilwoman Rebecca Chase Williams said she chose to add sidewalks along Windsor Parkway between Osborne and Mabry roads.

“We’ve probably had more requests for the sidewalks along this stretch than anywhere else,” Williams said. “I’m very excited about that.”

Councilman Joe Gebbia used his portion of the funds to build sidewalks on Curtis Drive near Woodward Elementary School, where a large portion of the students walk to school. He called the project a “much needed improvement that’s long overdue.”

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Brook Run dog park fans pack Dunwoody City Council meeting

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More than 100 supporters of the dog ed area of Brook Run. Dunwoody city park in Brook Run packed Dunwoody officials plan to relocate it to about 2 City Council’s meeting Nov. 12 to pro½ acres that includes both wooded artest plans to move the dog park. eas and open field, city Parks and RecDozens in the standing-room-only reation Manager Brent Walker said. The crowd wore red clothing to show opponew dog park will be located nearer the sition toward the city’s intention to reloentrance and close to the skate park. cate the park to a difThe supporters of ferent part of Brook the existing park arRun. Many in the gued the new park crowd carried signs will take away shade supporting the park and expose them “You don’t find many or criticizing the city. and their dogs to the Some brought dogs, summer sun. One other dog parks around which remained in told council memthe nation that are the parking lot outbers that the new shaded like this. it’s side City Hall during park “won’t be used the meeting. for a good portion of a great place.”

Dunwoody resithe year because of dent Robert Moss carthe sun.”

– SHARON ABSALOFF ried a sign that said, “You don’t find “The dog park isn’t many other dog parks broken. Don’t spend around the nation money to change it.” that are shaded like Moss said he lives this,” Sharon Absaloff about a half mile from the park and goes told the council. “It’s a great place.” there regularly with his golden retriever, City officials say they want to move Mattie. the dog park, in part, because its long“I have so much enjoyment and pleaterm use as a dog park damages trees in sure in the park,” he said. “I take my book the area. and I read my book, and I can look out The new park will have two acres set at the vista through the dog park and it’s aside for large dogs and a smaller area for beautiful. And my dog walks around. small dogs, Walker said. The portion used “I don’t call it a ‘dog park.’ It’s a people by the large dogs will open an acre at a park, and people go and take their dogs.” time, changing periodically to protect the The park now is in a heavily woodpark, he said.

Walker said he intended to rotate park usage so shady areas of the park would be used in the summer and open areas used during the winter.

Walker said the city had budgeted $195,000 for the new park. The city now is seeking bids for the work, he said.

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adult businesses for almost seven years now. The community’s message was clear… end the lawsuit.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Brookhaven City Council is behaving exactly as Councilman Eyre predicted that they would. They believe they are free to make policy decisions without an electoral mandate. In light of the aforementioned feedback from the community, it is very puzzling that Councilman Eyre is a strong supporter of the Bergthold ordinance.

Eyre is the lone Brookhaven elected official who was previously a “No City” advocate. He authored his terse pre-election assessment of how unlikely it would be to have real accountability among the Brookhaven City Council members.

Now that he is a Brookhaven elected official himself, one would expect that Councilman Eyre, of all of the city officials, would be more than willing to decouple the litigation train set in motion

by Bergthold and erstwhile City Attorney Bill Reilly.

One more critical observation: Among all of the Brookhaven elected officials, it

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However, less than one year into office, Rebecca may not be so willing to accept the wishes of her constituents.

In a recent Brookhaven Reporter article [Nov. 5, 2013] Rebecca rejected the suggestion of both the mayor and a significant majority of Brookhaven residents to seek additional legal opinions regarding the Pink Pony lawsuit, with the statement “Are we going to keep looking for opinions until we find one they [Brookhaven residents] agree with?”

It’s time for our elected officials to start honoring their campaign promises and accept the will of their constituents, 75 percent of whom want the city to settle the lawsuit with the Pink Pony.

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