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As long-awaited work on one of the city’s worst intersections starts, contractor Anthony Baggett (above and far left) installs street lights above Ashford Dunwoody and Johnson Ferry as part of a GDOT and city project to widen the road.

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Santa’s got reindeer watching his sleigh, but shoppers at the mall had best lock their cars and keep gifts out of plain sight, police say.

With the arrival of Black Friday, the heralded start of the holiday shopping season, police in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs are shifting officers’ assignments and adding patrols to make their presence felt in high-volume shopping areas. Police say they want to be visible throughout the holiday season.

Ralph Woolfolk, a spokesman for the Atlanta police, said the department offers officers overtime opportunities in a program called “Holiday Detail 2014.” That enables the department to keep more officers on the street. In Dunwoody and Brookhaven, police shift officer assignments as the need arises during the holidays.

Police officers will also be out in uniform even when off duty, he said. “Chief [George] Turner requires all APD ofSEE POLICING, PAGE 24

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The Brookhaven City Council on Nov. 24 again delayed a vote on annexing Children’s Healthcare and Executive Park. But the mayor and city council appear ready to welcome the developments into the city.

Mayor J. Max Davis said he thinks the agreement will be “a good thing” for the city, but that an agreement on services still needs to be formalized.

“We want to continue the process of making sure the annexation request is thoroughly vetted before making a final decision,” he said.

The annexation request has drawn sharp criticism from residents looking to form a new city in DeKalb that would include the area.

Representatives for the proposed new city, now being called LaVista Hills, asked the office developments to reconsider their annexation requests, saying the future city would be a better fit for them. Their annexation into Brookhaven would “have a tremendous impact on our proposed city,” Mary Kay Woodworth, chair of the LaVista Hills group, told the council on Nov. 18.

But representatives for the properties have continued to say they want to be part of Brookhaven. “This was a real simple . . . process for us,” Ron Frieson, chief public policy officer for Children’s Healthcare, said at the Nov. 18 council meeting. He said he knew that with SEE BROOKHAVEN, PAGE 22

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Some residents near the Cambridge Square shopping center at the intersection of Ashford Dunwoody and Johnson Ferry roads are opposing Kroger’s plans to build a gas station in its parking lot.

The grocery store has applied for a special land use permit to install a 14-pump station. The application is scheduled to go before the city Planning Commission on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

“There’s no indication that [nearby] Valero and Texaco [stations] don’t meet the needs of the neighborhood,” said Linley Jones, community affairs chair of the Cambridge Park subdivision.

Jones says the area is zoned for “neighborhood shopping,” meaning that businesses are supposed to address the needs of residents living in close proximity.

“This mega station would dwarf the existing gas stations, and is designed to attract business from outside the immediate neighborhood area,” she said.

When asked how the company is responding to neighborhood concerns, Glynn Jenkins, public relations director for Kroger’s Atlanta division, wrote in an email, “Kroger actively seeks opportunities to provide shoppers with convenient loca-

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“Kroger fuel centers are a great way to deliver additional value to our customers, and we would like to provide this added value to the residents in this trade area.”

In recent days, signs have popped up along Johnson Ferry Road protesting the project. Jones said she gathered more than 100 signatures on a letter against the gas station in about 48 hours.

“Cambridge Park Civic Association and Hampton Hall Civic Association strongly believe that the proposed property use as a 14-pump mega station is contrary to our neighborhood’s character as a pedestrian, family-friendly, walkable community and, more specifically, contrary to the designation of our neighborhood as “neighborhood shopping,” the group’s website, nokrogergasstation.com says.

Jones said a 14-pump station would be more appropriate along a multilane highway such as nearby Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, and that building the station would make it difficult for her neighbors to walk to Blackburn Park.

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We are opposed to Kroger’s plan to add a large fuel center to the shopping center.

I’m sure you’ve heard complaints of decreased property value estimates, etc., but that is not our primary point of opposition.

We would really like to have more restaurant choices nearby that would help develop the neighborhood in a more pedestrian-friendly way. This business district has a different feel than the corner of Chamblee-Dunwoody and Peachtree Industrial. We don’t believe that’s the direction we would like to go.

Kroger has stated that they need the fuel station to make the Kroger a profitable business unit. We certainly do not protest any commercial enterprise for the purpose of making a profit. We do appreciate having a choice of grocers in the area.

However, if Kroger cannot make a go of it without the fuel center, perhaps we would be better served by a more specialized retailer such as Whole Foods, Fresh Market, or perhaps some other retailer.

We are not convinced that lack of a fuel center is the problem at Kroger. We see a future where Kroger fails even with a fuel center and we are left with a fuel center we don’t need and no options for other retail that we would prefer.

If Brookhaven can do anything to move this decision in favor of local residents, it would be appreciated, and we think provide further confirmation of our decision to incorporate as a city of our own.

Jim, Joanne and Maggie Jane Clendenin

Mega gas station bad for community To the editor: I am writing this letter to tell you about why the Kroger mega gas station is bad for our community.

First of all, traffic in our community will increase to the maximum. Now

I don’t mean to complain, but traffic on Johnson’s Ferry is very bad. I have personally witnessed two accidents unfold right in front of me. One of my friend’s sisters was even hit by a car when trying to cross Johnson Ferry.

I know that with another gas station, this will only get worse. Cars may be backed up all the way to Northside Hospital! Our neighborhood would be greatly affected if this gas station was built. And we don’t even need more gas stations. I hope you can consider these points.

Andrew Pietkiewicz, age 11

Plan hampers walkability To the editor: The vision statement for Brookhaven as adopted by Brookhaven’s City Council as part of the Comprehensive Plan 2034 states: “Brookhaven will be a national model for a walkable urban community that preserves its unique character and history of neighborhoods, parks and natural assets, while welcoming higher density activity nodes that support transit use, biking, community homes, sense of place, and diversity of residents and businesses.”

I do not think that granting Kroger a special land use permit in order to add a mega pump gas station in Cambridge Shopping Center fulfills this vision in any way. The property is zoned for a neighborhood business (NS) and that is what we need there. Kroger wishes to draw customers from well outside our neighborhoods.

They have done a very poor job of running the store for many years. Why would anyone think that they could run the gas station well?

Please attend the meeting on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. at Brookhaven City Hall and let your wishes be known.

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We need water from the mighty Tennessee On Nov. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the state of Florida’s motion to allow the equitable apportionment water sharing lawsuit against Georgia to move forward. Florida alleges that Georgia uses too much water in the Chattahoochee and Flint River basins without returning enough water for downstream use by Florida in the Apalachicola Bay. We do have strong arguments for why the U.S. Supreme Court should not move forward with the litigation, particularly since almost 70 percent of the water used by metro Atlanta is returned to the river for downstream use. Also persuasive is Georgia’s argument that the court should wait to decide this case because of the ongoing update to the master control manual for the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint River basins by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

In fact, the U.S. Solicitor General agreed, advising the Supreme Court that that Florida v. Georgia was a properly framed equitable apportionment case, but that the Court should consider accepting it but defer any further action until the Corps finishes its manual update.

Because of this lawsuit and because Georgia continues to face a long-time water supply crisis, however, we need to move forward with efforts to secure additional water resources no matter the eventual outcome. The Supreme Court case combined with the Corps update will mean that water supply for metro Atlanta will likely be capped with existing resources.

There are demand-side and supply-side solutions. On the demand side, Georgia has made great strides.

With the passage of the Georgia Comprehensive Statewide Water Management Plan of 2008 during the last great drought and the more recent Georgia Water Stewardship Act of 2010, Georgia now has some of the most stringent water conservation efforts in the Southeast. In fact, our per capita water has been significantly reduced, and when the most stringent measures were in place, our usage was almost half per capita of what Alabama’s and Tennessee’s usage was.

However, demand-side solutions alone will not be enough for us to continue to attract economic development and jobs to our region. We must have additional supply. Interbasin transfers of water are the way that most major cities in the U.S. have enough water supply (13 of the 16 largest metro areas and six of the seven cities larger than Atlanta use significant interbasin water transfers of water for supply.)

The only interbasin transfer that makes sense for Atlanta is one from the enormous Tennessee River (seventh largest river in the U.S., with 15 times the flow volume of the Chattahoochee) and it would significantly help Florida (and Alabama) as well. The state of Florida has publicly called for Georgia to augment the Chattahoochee River and the very best way to do so is from the Tennessee.

Environmentally, the actual effect on the river would be minimal. The Tennessee Valley Authority’s own website states

that “the Tennessee River is the nearest water body with enough volume” to meet the future needs of north Georgia, and it is Georgia water (1.6 billion gallons per day flow north from Georgia which is more than 7 percent of the flow).

In fact, TVA’s 2004 Environmental Impact Statement found that interbasin transfers of more than 1 billion gallons a day would BRAD not significantly affect reservoir CARVER levels. Just half of that daily excess would completely meet all of GUEST COLUMN metro Atlanta’s water needs (and our downstream neighbors) for the next 100 years.

Georgia has been disputing its border with Tennessee since 1818, when a flawed survey improperly sited the line one mile south of the mutually agreed upon border at the 35th parallel. Georgia never accepted the survey, but Tennessee did. Tennessee has since rebuffed or ignored 10 different attempts by Georgia to solve the issue. Rep. Harry Geisinger (R-Roswell) has introduced House Bill 4 which will allow interbasin transfers of water from the Tennessee River into metro Atlanta.

In 2013, the Georgia General Assembly nearly unanimously passed House Resolution 4, a good faith effort designed to avoid litigation. This proposal would grant Georgia riparian rights to the Tennessee River by moving the border only at the Nickajack reservoir and recognizing the remainder of the flawed survey as the official boundary.

Contrary to armchair legal scholars who dismiss our case, there is a litany of legal justification for Georgia’s claim, should it come to litigation. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on five state border disputes in the past 15 years and hundreds since the founding of our country.

Whether we negotiate a deal or litigate, asserting our historic riparian rights to the mighty Tennessee would help prevent chronic flooding in the Tennessee River valley and provide extra water to Georgia, Alabama and Florida downstream of Atlanta. This is truly a regional solution to the Southeast’s water troubles.

Let’s solve this problem together and leave the battles for the football field.

Brad Carver, 42, is a partner and senior managing director of Government Affairs with the law firm of Hall Booth Smith, P.C. and is a major in the United States Army Reserves. He, his wife, Michelle, and their two boys live in North Buckhead where Michelle is on the Board of the North Buckhead Civic Association.

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To the editor: Our soon-to-be adopted Comprehensive Plan states the vision for Brookhaven is: “… a national model for a walkable, urban community that preserves its unique character and history of neighborhoods, parks, and natural assets while welcoming higher density activity nodes that support transit use, biking, community hubs, sense of place, and diversity of residents and businesses.”

This vision alone is why we should oppose the proposed Kroger © 2014 With all rights reserved Mega-Fuel Center in our neighborhood. A 14-pump fuel center Publisher reserves the right to refuse editorial or in the location proposed is diametrically opposed to these very valadvertising for any reason. Publisher assumes no responsibility for information contained in ues that we as citizens helped to formulate. advertising. Any opinions expressed in print or online do not necessarily represent the views of As active participants in the development of the comprehenReporter Newspapers or Springs Publishing, LLC. sive plan, these are the words of the citizens of Brookhaven and 6 | NOV. 28 – DEC. 11, 2014 | www.ReporterNewspapers.net

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not of a corporate survey that is disconnected from the needs and desires of the community.

The character of this designation “is defined as small-scale retail development that serves the needs of the surrounding residential neighborhood. Typical uses include restaurants, pharmacies, convenience stores, dry cleaners, and salons. Target areas are a special policy overlay placed upon residential character areas to identify locations where neighborhood commercial is desirable.”

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Sandy Springs touts fly fishing on the chilly Chattahoochee River, walking trails that feel like they’re in the mountains, various parks and a museum dedicated to Anne Frank. Dunwoody promises the Dunwoody Nature Center and the Spruill Center for the Arts.

But tourism experts from the two cities say those attractions aren’t the main reasons travelers visit Perimeter area communities.

They come primarily for business travel. Or they visit Perimeter Mall, which draws about 18 million visitors a year to Dunwoody, or “Pill Hill,” the world-class medical center that includes Northside Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Children’s Healthcare.

“Sandy Springs is not necessarily a tourist destination,” said Mayor Rusty Paul. “Our hospitality market is largely business driven.”

Paul and tourism officials from the Perimeter area say they are trying to move beyond business travelers. Sandy Springs offers 18 hotels and Dunwoody has five more, and the message the communities now promote is to try to convince business travelers to “stay an extra day and enjoy the area.”

“Our primary focus is on driving weekend demand,” said Katie Bishop, executive director of the Dunwoody Convention and Visitors’ Bureau. “Our hotels do very well during the week with corporate business and business travel. We see our mission as trying to fill the hotels on the weekend.”

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When Ray Sonshein took a job at his dad’s trophy business 26 years ago, the company sold mostly plaques and the little plastic trophies that line the shelves of young ballplayers.

Sonshein still stocks those youth league baseball and basketball trophies topped with players kicking soccer balls or swinging baseball bats, but he says they now make up only a tiny fraction of his business. These days, Metro Trophy Co. sells primarily the sorts of trophies that go to men and women, rather than boys and girls.

JOE EARLE “We still do [sports] troRay Sonshein’s trophy business phies,” Sonshein said, “but handles more corporate awards that’s not our focus. ...

We’ve moved away from Litthan sports awards these days. tle Leagues and schools and moved to corporate awards – employee products we sell now usually are much recognition and sales awards.” more impressive than they used to be.”

Sonshein’s business has gone corpoThey cost more, too. Sonshein says rate. Metro Awards nowadays sells the prices can run from $25 up to hundreds kind of plaques, trophies and desktop of dollars, depending on the trophy. knicknacks that corporate managers and “From time to time, you can have a spebusiness owners hand out to recognize cial award that can run $1,000 a unit, but good work by their employees. that’s the exception,” he said.

In the showroom in the front of his As his customers change, Sonhsein’s Sandy Springs-based business, walls and business is changing in other ways, too. shelves are crowded with awards made of When he started working with his dad at crystal, wood or polished metthe company’s shop, then on al and engraved with corporate Cheshire Bridge Road, he relogos. Plastic sports trophies P er imet er calls that it was just the two take up only a single, small of them and they barely had P r o f ile shelf at the rear of the store. enough room to move around.

“It’s a lot different than it Sonshein said space was so was 20 to 30 years ago. The tight he had to stand up at his business community is using these types desk every time his dad, Irv Sonshein, of things -- and recognition -- as a motineeded to walk past. vational tool, which is important. Over Now the company employs three fullthe last 20 years, the designs have become timers and a part-timer, he said, and the much nicer, much more distinctive. I back shop has room for computers, comthink it’s a combination of the fact that puter-operated lasers and a sandblaster recognition is a more widely used tool [in with its own room. corporate settings], along with the ability And where the trophy business once to provide something that’s personalized was a drop-by-the-shop kind of enterand unique [as a keepsake].” prise, where customers knew their trophy Corporations, he said, have discovered providers personally, the business now is that employees respond to being noticed moving to the Internet. and honored for their work, he said. “The In December, Sonshein plans to roll value of an award is it stays out there,” out a new Metro Awards website he says he said. “No salesman wants to be the will act more like an online store than just top producer because we put that on a a place to see his wares. “The website will plaque, but because he wants that recogfunction more like a selling tool,” he said. nition. In business today, [recognition] is “We used the website more like a catalog, a tool. It really has value.” instead of a free-standing store.”

At the same time, the awards themStill, the basics count. Even as techselves have changed. He still offers lovnology and a changing customer base ing cups and wall plaques, but there are retools the kinds of awards his compacolorful crystal or polished metal awards ny sells and how it sells them, all values that look more like desktop sculptures count, too. than prizes. “The industry has become a “You what the most important thing lot more sophisticated, with computers about any award is?” he asked. “Spelland lasers,” he said. “There’s a lot more ing the person’s name right. It’s the first creativity in making the products. ... The thing they look for.”

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Souper Jenny to ‘pop up’ in Brookhaven

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The popular Atlanta-area café Souper Jenny will soon give Brookhaven a trial run.

Jenny Levison plans on opening a “pop up” Souper Jenny’s location on Dec. 1 inside Nuts ‘n Berries, 4274 Peachtree Road, in the former Brookhaven Bistro location. Levison said she will give the spot a try for eight weeks, possibly extending that time, if it’s successful.

“I love Brookhaven,” she said. “I always look for spots in the neighborhoods I like to hang out in.”

Levison says she will decide soon whether to extend the time in Brookhaven and will know by Jan. 1 “if the location will work for us.”

The “pop up” menu will include the café’s trademark healthy soups, salads, sandwiches and baked goods along with fresh juices from Juicy Jenny, Levison’s East Andrews Drive juice bar located near Souper Jenny in Buckhead.

JOEL SILVERMAN The original Souper Jenny A “pop up” Souper Jenny location will opened in Buckhead in 1998, followed by Cafe Jonah on Pacappear in Brookhaven on Dec. 1. es Ferry Place in 2010. Levison opened Juicy Jenny in 2012, and in 2013 on the “Today Show” and “Dr. Oz.” ventured outside Buckhead to open the Levison says her ventures have been second Souper Jenny in Decatur. Levisuccessful for two reasons. son also recently announced plans for “I have an incredible team,” she said. another permanent Souper Jenny in At“I am very picky in my hiring and we lanta’s West Side on Huff Road. are a close knit team. Even at almost 50 She’s published two cookbooks, employees, I know everyone, and work “Souper Jenny Cooks!” and “Souper hard to keep everyone happy. I also love, Jenny Does Salad.” Levison has appeared love, love what I do.”

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The Sandy Springs Chamber of Commerce assisted with a ribbon cutting on Nov. 20 for the SKIRT Upscale Resale store.

Attending the event: Patty Conway, Jennifer Stowell, Susan Lesesne, Mary Celine Crawford, Grace Pfeifer, Janet Pfeiffer, Beth Burger, Charlesetta Gipson Lisa Ford, Chris Adams and Suzanne Brown. The store is located at 4920 Roswell Road, Suite 5, in Sandy Springs.

Gravity Studio, a gym offering classes and personal training, celebrated its arrival in Sandy Springs with a ribbon cutting on Nov. 12. Attending the event were employees, the Sandy Springs Chamber of Commerce, city officials and friends. From left, Suzanne Brown, Chris Adam, Emiko Yang, Brandon Flowers, Dane Robinson, Gravity Studio fitness director, Paige Castor, Gravity Studio, Andrea Hall, Beth Burger and Neil Wiesenfeld.

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million in total revenue from the tax in FY2015, while Dunwoody expects $2.3 million. Both have seen increases in the past couple of years.

Bishop says her office uses a threepronged approach in marketing the city to weekend tourists.

One strategy is a group sales effort that targets associations, faith-based organizations or social events that need weekend space. Another is a marketing strategy focused on positioning Dunwoody as a weekend getaway destination, highlighting dining, shopping, girls’ getaway weekends and shopping packages.

“Atlanta is the draw,” Bishop said, when talking about the third strategy.

“We always promote and tie ourselves to Atlanta. Visitors don’t see city lines.” She said Dunwoody is perfect for those who may want to experience what downtown Atlanta has to offer, while staying in a location that can be more affordable, is safe and has free parking.

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Tourism office recently named a new director, Jennifer Cruce, whom Paul calls a “real jewel for the city.” Cruce formerly was a marketing manager for Turner Broadcasting Co. “I’m very excited to be here,” she said when she was only about five days on the job. “There are new and exciting things happening here, particularly the City Center and Performing Arts Center,” which she added would bring more meeting space to the city that can be leveraged when trying to draw groups into town.

Duwoody’s CVB and Sandy Springs’ Hospitality & Tourism offices exist thanks to each city’s hotel/motel sales tax. By law, a portion of revenue from the tax must support tourism and promotion of the city, while some goes into the cities’ general funds. In Dunwoody, 40 percent goes to the CVB, while 60 percent goes to the general fund. In Sandy Springs, 32 percent goes to the hospitality board, 28.5 percent goes into the city’s general fund, and 39 percent goes CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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to the Georgia World Congress Center. Sandy Springs’ hotel sales tax rate is 7 percent, while Dunwoody’s is 5 percent, the minimum allowed by law.

And both cities say that what works for one is good for the other. It doesn’t hurt Dunwoody that Sandy Springs has Pill Hill, and it doesn’t hurt Sandy Springs that Dunwoody has Perimeter Mall.

Paul said that as the cities are trying to come together to look at how to market the Perimeter area from a business and development point of view, it’s likely they will together look at how to market hospitality and tourism in the area at some point.

“It’s a friendly competition,” Bishop said of Dunwoody and its neighboring cities. “We recognize that none of us can stand on our own. Atlanta’s the draw, but each community around Atlanta has something unique to offer, so we want to work together and promote each other, because what we don’t have Roswell has, what Roswell or Marietta doesn’t have, Dunwoody or Sandy Springs does.”

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*Perimeter Center/Roswell is how the area is categorized by Smith Travel Research as a metro Atlanta submarket.

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2011 $3.29

2012 $3.20

2013 $3.51

2014 $3.58

2015 budget $3.60

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Sources: cities of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody budgets Hotel occupancy for the Perimeter Center, which includes Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Brookhaven, has increased since 2010.

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Book Sale Wednesday, Dec. 10, 12-6 p.m. – Friends of the Northside Library hold a book sale. Dec. 10 for Friends members only. Free. Sale open to the public: Dec. 11, 2-6 p.m.; Dec. 13, 1-5 p.m. and Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Northside Branch Library, 3295 Northside Pkwy., NW, Atlanta, 30327. Call 404814-3508 or email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us for further details.

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In the Garden Room, Heritage Sandy Springs Museum, 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328.

For more information visit: www.heritagesandysprings. org or call 404-851-9111.

Mental Health Forum Saturday, Dec. 13, 2-4:30 p.m. – Join others for an open discussion led by moderator Vikki Hankins with speakers who share their personal stories about mental illness. The forum aims to help end the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness, and open the door to solutions. Free. All

are welcome. Suggested audiences: elders, adults, college. Buckhead Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305.

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Turtle Tours Saturday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Heritage

Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an educational series appropriate for children ages 2-5, continues. In this program, join museum mascots Spring and Sandy, as they “celebrate the season.” Free; donations encouraged. No reservations required. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information, email: kbrigance@heritagesandysprings.org, call 404-851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org.

Winter Holiday Craft Saturday, Dec. 13, 1-4 p.m. – Children ages

5-12 can drop in any time with parents and caregivers to make a winter holiday craft. Free and open to all. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us or call 404-814-3500 to find out more.

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Family Musical Thursday, Dec. 4, 10:30 a.m. –The Mar-

cus Jewish Community Center Atlanta presents “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” Laugh and sing along with Alexander’s misadventures in this one-act musical. Recommended for ages 4-10. Tickets, $10-$20. Additional shows: Dec. 7, 2 and 4 p.m.; Dec. 11, 10:30 a.m.; Dec. 14, 2 and 4 p.m. Morris & Rae Frank Theatre, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For information and tickets, visit: www.atlantajcc.org/boxoffice or call 678-812-4002.

High School Musical, Jr. Sunday, Dec. 14, 11 a.m. – The Epstein

School presents Disney’s “High School Musical, Jr.,” about the students of East High dealing with first love, friends and family, while balancing classes and extracurricular activities. Tickets: $10-$20.

Additional shows: Dec. 14, 4 p.m.; Dec. 15, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 16, 4:30 p.m. The Epstein School Playhouse, 335 Colewood Way, Sandy Springs, 30328.

Call 404-250-5600 or go to: www.epsteinatlanta.org to order tickets.

The Spud Brothers Sunday, Dec. 14, 4:30 p.m. – The Heri-

tage Winter Classics concert series continues with a holiday show performed by The Spud Brothers. Led by Celtic musician John Maschinot, the band celebrates traditions from the best of Old Ireland to the hollows of Appalachia. The trio plays Irish and Appalachian tunes, in addition to Christmas and holiday favorites. $5 per person.

Heritage Hall, the lower level of Heritage Sandy Springs, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. For details, call 404-851-9111 or email: events@heritagesandysprings.org.

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS

Tied Up With Strings Friday, Dec. 5, 8 p.m. – Join the Atlanta Gay

Men’s Chorus as they launch the holiday season at The Cathedral of St. Philip. The 34th annual event features traditional carols to up-tempo holiday favorites, so there’s something for everyone.

Additional shows, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2 and 8 p.m.

Ice cream social follows 2 p.m. show. General admission: $35; VIP admission: $45. Go to: www. voicesofnote.org/agmc to purchase tickets. 2744 Peachtree Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. Contact Hillary Jones at 404-365-1067 or hjones@stphilipscathedral.org for additional information.

Christmas Trees Saturday, Dec. 6, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. – Pick up your Christmas tree ordered from The Buckhead Optimist Club. New for 2014, trees, wreaths and garland must be pre-ordered online by Dec. 4 from: www.nbca.org/OptimistTreeSale.htm. Also available for pick up on Dec. 7, 1-4 p.m. No walk up sales.

Trees, $35-$200; wreaths, $15 and up. Portion of profits benefit the Brookhaven Boys and Girls Club.

Sara Smith Elementary School, 370 Old Ivy Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30342. Contact Susan Frierson at 404-261-0375 or via email: susanfspecfoods@bellsouth.net with questions.

German Christmas Market Saturday, Dec. 6, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. – Atlanta Inter-

national School holds its annual holiday experience! Market features refreshments, traditional beeswax candle dipping, craft activities for kids, photo opportunity with St. Nicholas, gift items from many vendors, live entertainment. Free admission and open to all. 2890 North Fulton Dr., Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-841-3840 or go to: www.aischool.org to learn more.

Family Day Saturday, Dec. 6, 12-2 p.m. – It’s Family Day at the Spruill Art Gallery! Check out the market’s locally-crafted gifts and décor while the kids get creative. Free and open to the community. Market hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 12-5 p.m. Late night shopping until 8 p.m.

Thursdays in December. Jewelry trunk show Dec. 13, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Market continues through Dec. 23. 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30346. Call 770-394-4019 or visit: spruillgallery. blogspot.com for details.

A Christmas Story Saturday, Dec. 6, 6-8 p.m. – Walk into the

story of Bethlehem, enjoy the live nativity surrounded by music, angels on high, magi following the star, and shepherds with their sheep, goats and a donkey. Warm up and refresh with complimentary hot cider, hot cocoa and freshly baked cookies.

Free, and all are welcome. Also open Sunday, Dec. 7, 6-8 p.m. St. John United Methodist Church, 550 Mt. Paran Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. Call 404255-1384, email: serita@stjohnatlanta.org or visit: http://stjohnatlanta.org with questions.

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Global Gift Market Sunday, Dec. 7, 12-4 p.m. – Covenant Pres-

byterian Church hosts its annual Global Gift Market in the Fellowship Hall. Browse hand-crafted gifts, and fair trade food products and baskets. Free admission. The public is invited. Enjoy free, hot apple cider and cookies. The Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus performs from 2-3 p.m. in the church sanctuary, $30 tickets available at the door. Market also open on Sunday, Dec. 14, 12-5:30 p.m., followed by Lessons and Carols at 6 p.m. 2461 Peachtree Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Go to: www.covenantpresbyterian.us or call 404237-0363 for information.

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Childcare available. Free complimentary tickets by calling 404-240-8212. 3180 Peachtree Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. Find out more: www. prumc.org.

Tree Lighting Thursday, Dec. 11, 6-8 p.m. – The Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce wants you to celebrate the season at “Light Up Brookhaven Holiday Tree Lighting.” Enjoy photos with Santa, music, refreshments. Free and open to the public. Briarwood Park, 2235 Briarwood Way, Brookhaven, 30319. Email: mike.vescio@brookhavenga.gov for further information.

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Holiday lights make communities sparkle Editor’s note: Hoping to be blinded by the holiday lights this year? During the past several Decembers, we have introduced our readers to the residents behind some of the biggest and brightest holiday yard displays in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs. This year, we revisit some of our favorites from past years. (File photos.)

452 Grenock Circle, NE, Sandy Springs Greg Talbott says his annual holiday show features 22,000 lights, inflatables and plastic yard decorations. “Tell everybody to look for the glow in the sky,” he said.

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“I just enjoy it,” he said. “The kids enjoy it. ... I guess you could call it a labor of love.”

4142 Randall Court, NW, Buckhead Dr. John H. Giesler says he may not set up quite as many inflatables in his yard this year as he has in years past, but his light show on Randall Court will continue. “It’s Christmas,” he said.

5431 Trowbridge Drive and the Redfield subvision, Dunwoody In past years, Alison Norris’ annual lakeside light show on Trowbridge Drive has attracted so many gawkers that at times she couldn’t even get down her driveway. Norris says she may dim her holiday display a bit this year, but says she still plans to decorate her yard and house.

901 Winall Down Road, Brookhaven Will Dr. Gary Gropper return his annual display of inflatables this year? “Is it the holidays?” he says.

Gropper fills his yard at the corner of Winall Down and Peachtree-Dunwoody roads with 150 inflatables that in the past have included anything from snowmen to Santa Claus to the leg lamp from the movie “A Christmas Story.” This year he plans to add a new acquisition – a huge Mr. Potato Head with a bushy mustache that looks very much like its owner’s.

Meanwhile, if you’re looking for some true Hall of Fame holiday light displays, check out the Redfields subdivision in Dunwoody. The neighborhood holds a competition each year for the best-decorated homes. Neighbors vote on the displays on the Sunday before Christmas and give out awards in categories such as “best door” or “kids’ choice.” If someone takes the top prize three times, they are enshrined in the Redfield lights Hall of Fame.

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Six women sat around a folding table. They filled dough with eggplant to make a special holiday treat.

And they talked.

They were making burekas, a Turkish pastry they sell at Congregation Or VeShalom bake sales. As they worked, they talked of the old days and the old ways.

“We’re all related in the synagogue,” Rachiel Berger said, joking that her family would advise against saying anything bad about anybody they knew because “you’re probably related.’”

The six were among about 40 people gathered to prepare for Or VeShalom’s 39th annual Hanukkah Bazaar. The Brookhaven congregation is celebrating its 100th year this year. These women have known one another for years.

Or VeShalom is a Sephardic synagogue, meaning members are descended from Jewish families that fled Spain in the 15th century. They departed after the government there tried to force Jews to convert to Christianity. “Many chose to leave,” Renee Feldman said.

“They couldn’t go to Italy because it was Catholic, and they couldn’t go to France because it was also Catholic.”

Those who didn’t go to England or Holland spread around the Mediterranean and settled in the Island of Rhodes area of Greece, and in Smyrna, Turkey, Feldman said.

“We try to maintain Sephardic traditions,” Grace Benator said. “Instead of Yiddish, we speak Ladino,” which, she explains, is a Spanish-based language, whereas Yiddish is a German-based language.

Food also differentiates Sephardic Jews from other Jewish groups, the women said. Women from Or VeShalom gather every Tuesday to bake burekas for the

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Benator said being a Sephardic Jew, to her, means enjoying Mediterranean food like the burekas she has been making with friends throughout her life.

“The tradition of baking together came from when the women would gather to bake for the Sabbath,” Feldman said. “They would share and bake together, so that’s what we do. We didn’t have freezers and caterers in those days so you had to get together the week before and do all of the preparations.”

In 1914, after a group from Turkey had formed a Sephardic synagogue and another group from Greece formed a separate Sephardic synagogue in the area, the two joined to create the current congregation, Benator said.

“They just used to meet in homes for services,” she said, adding that the building where Congregation Or VeShalom exists currently on North Druid Hills Road is the third building the congregation has used as a synagogue. The original was on Central Avenue, she said.

Betty Handmacher, who lives in Dunwoody, said her grandfather, Moreno Benbenisty, was one of the founders of Congregation Or VeShalom.

“So was my father, Louis Cohen,” Sarah Diamond added, as she folded another bureka into its flag shape.

Born in Atlanta in 1937, Rachiel Berger says all the women at the table that day were born within three years and three months of one another.

Benator said her mother is the first cousin of Handmacher’s mother. Handmacher sat at the end of the table, manipulating a bureka so the eggplant filling wouldn’t spill out during baking.

Berger explained that her grandfather on her mother’s side, who lived in Turkey, sent her father to America to avoid conscription into World War II. “It was time to go into the draft, and the regime was very anti-Semitic, so his father sent him to this country,” she said.

While her father did return to Turkey before finally emigrating to the United States, Berger added that he was married nine years before he could afford to bring her mother to America.

“It was about nine years before he could make enough money to bring back my mother and her younger brother,” Berger said. “They were in Turkey,

Grace Benator, left, and Renee Feldman make burekas.

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so my grandparents had, like, a second family. Can you imagine being married nine years before you could get your family together?”

The women preparing for the Or VeShalom baking have known one another for years. Benator said that her mother-in-law and fellow baker Feldman’s father are sister and brother.

Benator, Feldman and Stella Firestone’s families shared a duplex when the girls were growing up, with one family upstairs and the other downstairs. “When they wanted to talk on the phone, they’d knock on the wall with a broom and we’d pick up the phone,” Benator said.

“We thought life was easy,” Feldman said. Firestone joked, “We didn’t realize we had it so bad.”

“We used to hate going to Hebrew school,” Berger laughed as the other ladies chimed in about walking to Central Avenue four times a week. “We were petrified of the rabbi,” Berger said. “He was tough, but he was good.”

The tradition continues, Berger said, with her granddaughter who helps make burekas. “She calls and says ‘Mimi, my bureka box is empty,’” Berger said. “She’s carrying on the tradition.”

“There’s no such thing as a bad bureka,” Benator says from the other end of the table. She admits that some of them don’t look perfect, but said she believes the burekas and Mediterranean cuisine are what keeps people coming back.

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Brookhaven held first and second readings on Nov. 18 and 20, respectively, as well as public hearings. The annexations were first deferred on Nov. 20 as city officials expected to have the agreement in place by Nov. 24.

Owners of the two office parks, located south of I-85, asked in October to become part of the city and have agreed to pay for additional police and a code enforcement officer for the area. Representatives of the properties have said they will pay for the services until the area is redeveloped and can bring in taxes to cover the costs.

The annexation would require Brookhaven to hire five more police officers and another code enforcement officer, according to the report. The cost for the additional police would be $583,000, while the cost for the extra code enforcement officer is $100,000. DeKalb County would continue to provide water, sewer and fire services for the annexed area as it also does for Brookhaven. The report said no increase in cost was expected for general administration services.

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ficers to wear full uniform, with few exceptions, during the holiday season, which enhances visibility throughout the city,” Woolfolk said.

Sandy Springs police spokesman Ron Momon said more police from specialized units are reassigned to shopping areas. “We also typically have some of our community officers and citizen volunteers pass out holiday safety flyers in those areas as well,” Momon added.

Police also are warning holiday shoppers to be careful to protect themselves from thieves.

While increased police presence may deter some criminals and prevent crimes of opportunity, Dunwoody Traffic Enforcement Officer Christopher Irwin said people need to stay aware of their surroundings and take precautions like putting valuables inside the trunk of the car before going shopping (or to a place like a gym, where people commonly lock purses and laptops in trunks).

“People go shopping and they’ll come out and put stuff in their trunk, but what people don’t realize is that the criminals are actually out in the parking lots watching,” Irwin said.

Officer Carlos Nino of Brookhaven said shoppers should let police know if they see anything suspicious. “The public is our extra set of eyes and if you see something, say something,” he said.

Police said shoppers also need to protect themselves. Busy shopping areas,

such as malls, grocery stores and shopping centers, typically increase off-duty officers to provide extra coverage during the holidays, but they can’t be everywhere, officers said.

“The mall does have security; however, you can’t be everyJOE EARLE where at once.

Dunwoody Traffic Enforcement Officer Christopher ‘Lock, take and Irwin says people need to stay aware of their hide’ is our motsurroundings and take precautions. to,” Irwin said.

While all police watch for suspicious During a repeople around malls and shopping arcent morning patrol through the parkeas, they say people leaving town for the ing lot at Perimeter Mall, Irwin said five holidays should plan to have their home to 10 cars at a mall typically display in watched and the mail brought inside. Irplain view items thieves want to steal. win said residents can go online and ask Some car doors are left unlocked. Crimpolice to keep an eye on their property. inals will walk through rows of parked “This time of year is no different than cars at the mall, looking inside vehicles any other, aside from the fact you have for items like laptops, cellphones and more cyber criminals out there trying to electronic gifts, Irwin said. get their fill,” he said.

“That gentleman sitting in his car,” Joe Gray, a security researcher and Irwin said, motioning across Perimeconsultant, said his best advice for onter Mall’s parking lot. “He’s typing on line shoppers is to make sure their anhis phone. Now, it’s around lunch time tivirus program is up-to-date and that so he could be at lunch or he could be they’re shopping on secure websites, looking out for a security guard or a cop and “definitely don’t shop online in pubto warn people on foot, hypothetically lic places like the library.” speaking.”

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From police reports dated Nov. 9 through Nov. 20.

The following information was pulled from Brookhaven’s Police-2-Citizen Portal Event Search website and is presumed to be accurate.

ROBBERY  2800

block of Clairmont Road—On Nov. 9, robbery was reported.

 3300

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 1400

block of North Cliff valley Way—On Nov. 15, robbery was reported; On Nov. 16, robbery in the street with a gun was reported. block of Northeast Expressway—On Nov. 16, a strongarm robbery in the street was reported.

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BURGLARY  2100 block of Fairway Circle—On Nov. 9, burglary was reported.

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 1100

block of Clearview Drive—On CONTINUED ON PAGE 26

Tips for staying safe during holiday shopping Police in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs offer these 10 suggestions for ways to stay safe this holiday season. Whether you’re going out of town or staying home to shop or to celebrate, remember to stay aware of your surroundings.

• Have your keys in hand when approaching your vehicle. Check the back seat and around the car before getting in.

• Do not leave packages visible in your car windows. Lock them in the trunk or, if possible, take them directly home.

• Set your home lights on a timer system when you go out, or leave a light or television on.

• After the holidays are over, don’t leave boxes on the curb. Cut them up and fit them into trash or recycle them so criminals can’t take inventory of your new electronics and other gifts.

• Consider alternate options such as one-time or multi-use disposable credit cards or money orders to pay for your merchandise at online stores and auction sites.

• If you are shopping with children, make a plan in case you are separated. Never let them go to the restroom alone.

• Shop with companies you know and trust. Check for background information if you plan to buy from a new or unfamiliar company.

• Avoid wearing expensive jewelry and avoid carrying a purse or wallet. They are the prime targets of criminals in crowded shopping areas, transportation terminals, bus stops, on buses and other rapid transit.

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block of Sylvan Circle—On Nov. 15, theft by taking auto was reported.

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block of Mill Creek Road—On Nov. 18, theft by taking auto was reported.

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15, financial transaction fraud was reported.

 1000

block of Glen Way—On Nov. 18, fraudulent activity was reported.

 3700

block of Ashford-Dunwoody Road—On Nov. 19, fraudulent activity was reported.

 3800 block of Peachtree Road—On Nov.

20, check forgery was reported.

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 2100 block of Crestridge Trail—On Nov.

 3700

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THINKING OF SELLING? “My husband and I were looking for a newer and bigger home in the Brookhaven area. After doing some research on the area, we chose Kelly to represent us in finding a new home and selling our old one which was also in Brookhaven. Kelly exceeded our expectations in the care she took to understand our needs and our wants when it came to selling our house and buying a new one.

She is an expert on the Brookhaven area and knew how to market our house so that it was under contract in nine days. She also helped us find our new house and get under contract on it in less than a week. We couldn’t be happier!”

- The Glasscos

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- Krissy King

Call today to find out how we got our sellers $11,200 more for their homes.* * in 2013 compared to all other agents in North DeKalb County

Kelly Marsh & Associates 678-576-7075 KellyM@KW.com

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