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Residents’ concerns, GDOT construction delay park

COMMUNITY 2

Chopping blockProposed county cuts could be ‘devastating’

COMMUNITY 4

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FAITH 16

Mission manSen. Jim Tysinger: ‘A

true collaborator’

COMMENTARY 6

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Girls and guys get their groove on

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Robert Eaves, back left, and daughter Sarah, front left, show off their smooth moves alongside Matthew Tillman, back right, and his daughter Zoe, front right, during the fourth annual Father-

Daughter Dance at Woodland Elementary School on Feb. 9. More photos on page 3.

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In the summer of 2011 three superintendents took over three of the largest school districts in the state – Atlanta Public Schools, DeKalb County Schools and Fulton County Schools.

It hasn’t been an easy 18 months for any of them, but one superin-tendent has fared better than the others.

DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson is out the


City leaders say state legislators should scrap a bill that would erode the city’s ability to regulate cellphone towers and other an-tennas.

During its Feb. 19 meeting, City Council unanimously ap-proved a resolution opposing House Bill 176.

� e bill applies to all governments in Georgia.CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

Achievement varies among superintendents

City Council blasts cell tower deregulation

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This is the site of the Abernathy Linear Greenway Park in Sandy Springs which will feature a “playable art” park when completed. The project is several months behind schedule. For a larger version, go to www.reporternewspapers.net.


Sandy Springs’ Abernathy Greenway Linear Park project is months behind schedule because of construction delays and attempts to satisfy angry neighbors.

Council members and park propo-nents say the wait will be worth it. � e current plan calls for creating more than 20 acres of green space at the intersec-tion of Abernathy, Brandon Mill and Johnson Ferry Roads.

� e city estimates the cost will be $13.6 million, and Finance Director Karen Ellis said the city has budgeted $7.5 million for it. City spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said the city will receive $800,000 in federal money for the cur-rent phase of the project.

� e park’s showcase feature is “play-able art” donated to the city by North-side Hospital and coordinated by the Sandy Springs Conservancy. In July, one artist began installing a dragon� y sculp-ture, the � rst of several pieces that were selected for the park as part of a contest.

Sandy Springs Conservancy Exec-utive Director Linda Bain said the city has received the other art pieces and has stored them inside the former Target property on Johnson Ferry Road. � e city purchased the Target building in 2008 as part of its plans to revitalize the city’s downtown.

“Ideally we would’ve been able to in-stall these structures in a site that was already prepared and ready to receive them,” Bain said. “� is has had some setbacks that were unanticipated, but we were adaptable.”

City o� cials broke ground on the park in 2010. � e Playable Art project was anticipated to open in fall 2012, but was pushed back to spring 2013 because of construction on Brandon Mill Road.

Councilman Chip Collins, whose district includes the greenway, said the park now could be ready by early 2014.

� e city recently rebid Phase IV of the project, originally scheduled to begin in summer 2012.

Residents’ concerns about the park and the road widening have caused some of the setbacks.

� e Georgia Department of Trans-portation revised its schedule for wid-ening Abernathy Road after residents’ complaints convinced GDOT to lower the grade of Brandon Mill Road. � at began in July and was supposed to be completed in September. GDOT re-ported in its November update that its contractor � nished the job. GDOT moved its completion date for the road widening from Jan. 31 to Feb. 28, ac-cording to its website.

Residents have also complained about aspects of the park’s design.

In February 2012, the city agreed to revise its plans for adding parking and a pavilion to the greenway after neigh-bors told the council the project would increase tra� c and decrease their prop-erty values. � e council decided to move bathrooms to the center of the park and to evaluate usage before building addi-tional parking on Wright Road.

City Council said it would still build a 36-space parking lot on the north side of the property along Abernathy Road.

Collins said GDOT’s construction delays for the Abernathy Road widening project altered the city’s schedule.

“We’ll eventually have a park and, hopefully, after it’s done, it’ll all be for-gotten whether it opened in 2013 or 2014,” he said.

Bain said the conservancy and the artists understand the situation. “It’s the nature of public roadwork,” Bain said. “I don’t think you can point a � nger of blame. It’s just that these things happen and we have had some signi� cant de-lays.”

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District 2 At-Large Fulton County Commissioner Robb Pitts says a propos-al to increase the county’s homestead tax exemption would be “devastating.”

Pitts attended the Buckhead Coun-cil of Neighborhoods meeting on Feb. 7 and addressed several pieces of legisla-tion being introduced in the state Gen-eral Assembly this year.

� e proposals target di� erent aspects of county government. One moves the county to an employment system that would make it easier to � re workers. An-other changes the makeup of the coun-ty’s library board.

Pitts said he was most worried about the homestead tax exemption bill, which would increase the exemption from $30,000 to $60,000. Estimates vary on the impact, but Pitts said it would cut $50 million out of the county’s budget.

“What would I cut out, if the county had $50 million less?” Pitts asked. “� e lawyers will complain now about the court system, not enough employees, not enough this. Do you cut the district attorney’s o� ce? Do you cut the jail, which is heavy [with] personnel? What do you cut?

“You close libraries? You shorten the hours? You take another $5 million or so from Grady Hospital? � at’s going to be devastating for Grady. What happens if Grady can’t accommodate all of the peo-ple that they now accommodate? Where will those people go? I can tell you where they’re going. � ey’re going to Piedmont and Northside (hospitals), because they can’t turn them away.”

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“back burner,” but the north Fulton state legislative delegation has intro-duced bills that would re-establish Mil-ton, which was absorbed into Fulton during the Depression.

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As a constitutional amendment, the resolution needs a two-thirds majority vote in the state House and Senate be-fore it could be placed on the ballot for a statewide vote, the press release says.

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� e bill, sponsored by Rep. Don Par-sons, R-Marietta, undermines sever-al aspects of regulations City Council approved in December. � e city’s reg-ulations were tailored to comply with the Federal Telecommunications Act, which allows local governments to reg-ulate the towers as long as it doesn’t pro-hibit them.

“We cannot do anything that would prohibit someone from having access to wireless communications,” City Attor-ney Cecil McLendon said. “What this [bill] does is move it a couple of steps further.”

McLendon said passage of the law would mean the city couldn’t require telecommunications companies to cam-ou� age their antennas or prove that no alternative sites exist. He said it would also restrict the city’s ability to regulate the size of towers.

McLendon said the law would also prohibit the city from asking applicants to show a need for a new tower.

Council members scolded the Legis-lature and alluded to Parsons’ profession and campaign contributors.

According to the nonpartisan website Votesmart.org, Parsons works as a tele-communications consultant. � e com-munications industry is one of his larg-est contributors, having donated more than $12,000 to his political campaigns, according to the website. Parsons also chairs the House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee.

As of Feb. 20, Parsons had not replied to an email message seeking comment.

“It’s a shame that this is coming up,” Councilwoman Dianne Fries said.

“I think it’s a huge overreach and be-ing done for unknown reasons,” Coun-cilman Gabriel Sterling said.

In other business, the council ap-proved condemning two pieces of prop-erty on Roswell Road to expand right of way for the city’s streetscape project, in-cluding one owned by a local strip club.

� e parcels are the last two of 26 the city needs for the streetscape project. � e city has successfully negotiated for the other 24 parcels, McLendon said.

� e parcel, located at 6420 Roswell Road, is owned by Charles Gary Evans and is the address for Flashers, a strip club the city sued in 2011 for alleged vi-olations of city code. � e other proper-

ty is a gas station at 6360 Roswell Road, and is owned by a company in Macon.

� e condemnation will give the city additional right of way as it begins con-struction of sidewalks from Johnson Ferry to Abernathy Road.

� e city has o� ered to pay at least $30,200 for the parcel located at 6420 Roswell Road and $71,850 for the par-cel at 6360 Roswell. According to the city’s website, the streetscape will in-clude, “installation of sidewalks on both sides of the road and where this section is non-existent. In addition, pedestrian-scale lighting, crosswalks, street trees, bus shelters and associated landscaping will be installed.”

McLendon said the city will proba-bly have to go through the courts to ob-tain a clear title to the strip club’s right of way.

Mayor Eva Galambos said the city is doing the strip club owners a favor.

“Here we are. We’re going to be spending a lot of money. We’re spend-ing money to improve the private prop-erty owner’s outlook on Roswell Road, and they’re making us pay through the nose and go through eminent domain,” Galambos said.

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“I think it’s a huge overreach and being done

for unknown reasons.”

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Protect us from gun ‘crazies’

Editor’s note: In the Jan. 11-24 issue of Reporter Newspapers, Associate Editor Dan Whisenhunt o� ered his opinion on the debate over guns. In subsequent issues, readers have reacted to his thoughts and to the ideas expressed by other readers.

To the editor:I have read with interest the numer-

ous pro and con gun control letters to the editor. � e real question is not whether we reject our Second Amend-ment, con� scate this or that gun, or chip away more of our freedoms. � e question is how do we keep our schools,

public places and homes safe from the crazies (these murderers are not law-abiding, citizen gun owners) who would shoot up such places with weap-ons they will obtain no matter what the guns laws are?

� e answer is we put something or someone in place to deter such individ-uals. It could be guards, metal detec-tors, permanent lock down, armed par-ticipants or one of the many ideas we

Americans will create to reach that goal. � e answer is to deter the crazed in-

dividuals before they can even enter the area or reach the victims. � e answer is unless the protectors are on an equal footing to the shooter, i.e., they possess a weapon or the strength to deter, the shooter will prevail.

Just look at the protections for pub-lic o� cials, celebrities and any high-pro� le individuals. � ey employ armed guards 24-7. Rarely do we hear of any of those people shot, killed or injured.

Doesn’t that tell us something? Equal methods of protection are the way to deter any mass murderer or even a home invader.

Carol Adams

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I do not know the words to fully describe the life of Sen. Jim Tysinger, who died Feb. 12. To the one, all who knew Jim called him a gentleman who without fail worked to better our state and com-munity.

But those words do little justice, for he was more than that. Elected to the council for the city of North DeKalb, Jim saw his city dissolved by the e� orts of his state senator. Unhappy, Jim ran against him and in 1968 was elected senator, a position he held through 2004.

At the time, Jim was one of just a handful of Republicans in the Georgia Legislature. � is gives you an idea of Jim’s character -- undaunted by long odds.

In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Georgia Republicans were in short supply. But Jim believed his conservative principles were shared by many and Watergate did not de� ne his ethics. So he started the weekly North DeKalb Saturday Morning Breakfast Forum (now named after him) and the year-ly Lincoln Day Dinner.

Jim led these meetings to encourage conversation, not con� ict, to resolve the political issues of the day.

As a Georgia Tech engineer, Jim knew collaboration would produce better results. � ese meetings were open to all, Democrats, Republicans, and nonpartisans alike. So long as the o� ce holders or seekers were honest and worked for the greater good, they were welcome.

And it was Jim who led the e� ort for DeKalb Republicans to reach out to African-Americans and Latinos throughout all of DeKalb Coun-ty.

Jim’s willingness to work with all while maintaining his principles was his trademark.

� is is best re� ected in Jim chairing the Georgia State Senate Sci-ence and Technology Committee as a Republican when the senate was dominated by Democrats. Without Jim’s leadership and willingness to work with a Democratic governor, there would be no Brook Run Park in Dunwoody. Engineers like Jim know there is more than one way to span a river.

And while his list of legislative accomplishments is too long to set forth here, one recent event sums it up.

� e Ashford-Dunwoody interchange over I-285 is named after Jim Tysinger. Last fall, when the Diverging Double Diamond Interchange (DDI) was christened, local and statewide o� cials, including the Lieu-tenant Governor who served with Jim as a senator, spent more time thanking Jim than talking about the � rst of its kind interchange.

By way of background, it was Jim who sponsored the legislation that led to the creation of the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts, without which the Perimeter area would not be the Southeast’s top retail and o� ce market, and the DDI would not have been built.

What started as a celebration of a bridge became a celebration of an engineer who was more than just a builder of bridges.So, it is the engineer which we mourn in passing and celebrate in life. Senator Jim Tysinger is that gentleman who showed us

it is what we build to serve others that matters most.Dunwoody lawyer Bob Dallas serves as moderator of the Sen. Jim Tysinger Saturday Morning Breakfast Forum.

Long-time Sen. Tysinger ‘knew collaboration would produce better results’

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Local entrepreneurs looked in the mirror for new bossesBy Dan Whisenhunt

Dunwoody mom Emily Myers got in a financial jam back in 2008, so she started selling jams of her own to get out of it.

Myers is one of the local entrepreneurs who found happiness as well as hardship running a small business in a foundering economy. One Sandy Springs couple, Gail Smith and Randy

Dempsey, turned brewing craft beer into a second source of income. Jaime Foster, who lives in San-dy Springs, left her job as a medical sales rep and used her grandfather’s almond butter recipe to launch a new career.

Small business experts say they’re seeing more people tapping their hobbies and passions in search of profit, but success can be elusive.

Cliff Oxford, a Buckhead resident who founded

the Oxford Center University to educate entrepre-neurs, said the bottom line about building a suc-cessful company usually isn’t buying office furni-ture or developing a plan.

“In reality, the first thing you should do is get a customer,” Oxford said. “Will somebody write you a check for what you’re doing? That’s what we teach.”

Q&A: Alan Dabbiere –Page 8Dabbiere, chair-

man of AirWatch, a mobile device man-agement company in Sandy Springs, hopes his company grows to 5,000 employees in the next five to 10 years.

Openings –Pages 10-11Many new busi-

nesses, offering ev-erything from wine to pie to medical ser-vices, are springing up in the Reporter Newspapers commu-nities.

Profile: Chip Stockton –Page 9Chip Stockton

went into the suit-selling business with his father, and now owns four H. Stock-ton locations in the metro Atlanta area, including one in Dunwoody.

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Emily Myers ventured into the jam-making business in 2008 after her husband lost his job in the finance industry. Myers, a Dunwoody resident with two children, has expanded her product line to include sauces and relishes. Her company, Emily G’s, has shelf space in 180 stores nationwide.

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� e mobile device management company AirWatch was founded in 2003. � e Sandy Springs-based compa-ny now claims more than 3,000 customers in retail, � -nancial services, healthcare, government, distribution, education, hospitality, manufacturing, telecommunica-tions and transportation.

AirWatch Chairman Alan Dabbiere joined the com-pany in 2006. Before that, Dabbiere founded Manhat-tan Associates, a supply-chain executive software com-pany that went public in 1998. Ernst & Young named him the Southeast Industry Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999.

On Jan. 25, AirWatch announced that over the next six months, it planned to add about 800 jobs, most of them at its Sandy Springs headquarters.

Reporter Newspapers posed some questions to Dab-biere about AirWatch and its growth and high-tech businesses in the Perimeter area.

Q What convinced you to locate AirWatch in Sandy Springs and the Perimeter area?

A AirWatch is a fast-growing business in mobile se-curity and management. Our customers can be

every business that uses a phone, from � ve to 100,000 mobile devices. Given this rapid growth and opportu-nity, Sandy Springs is an area where we can attract tech-nology talent from the greater Atlanta area.

Q AirWatch has grown from 150 employees to 1,000 employees in about two years, with

about 650 of your employees located in Sandy

Springs. How many employees do you think Air-Watch will have working in Sandy Springs and worldwide in � ve years, or 10 years?

A With our rapid growth, we expect we could dou-ble our employment in the next year to over

1,000 employees. In � ve to 10 years, we could grow to 3,000 to 5,000 employees in the area.

Q What does the Perimeter area have to o� er to high-tech businesses? What does the area need

in order to attract more high-tech businesses?

A � e area o� ers a friendly business climate and an ideal location to draw from the high-tech talent

that resides everywhere from the northern suburbs to the downtown city area. � e MARTA station makes it easy for commuters, and, to some extent, proofs us against future congestion.

Q What’s the biggest hurdle your company faces at present?

A Expanding our employee base at more than 100 percent year-over-year growth creates good chal-

lenges. We have to be � exible in terms of management of growth, facilities, training and hiring the workforce.

Q During the recent press conference at your headquarters, you called Georgia “the kind of

place you want to build a company” and said you might not have been able to build your business as e� ectively elsewhere. Why is that?

A Georgia has such a high quality of work force. � eir loyalty to companies, combined with a cos-

mopolitan city environment where you can recruit from anywhere in the world, creates the perfect situa-tion. � e Atlanta airport allows employees and custom-ers to travel anywhere in the world, which can’t be beat. We � nd the Georgia business climate, with the contin-ual support from the governor, the city and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, a huge competitive advantage for our growth strategy.

Alan Dabbiere, chairman of AirWatch “We fi nd the Georgia business climate, with the continual support from the governor, the city and the Metro atlanta Chamber of Commerce, a huge competitive advantage for our growth strategy.”


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By Dan Whisenhunt

Chip Stockton relaxes by moving.“I’m more of a doer than a talker,”

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lanta, a men’s clothing store with four locations in the metro area, said he’s been able to stay in business by out-working the competition.

One recent afternoon, the 59-year-old wore a soft-colored tweed coat and twill trousers as he zipped around Stockton’s Perimeter store in Dunwoody. Belt buckles and buttons glowed under the soft lights and the room smelled of polished leather.

Upstairs, his business partners, Patrick Dye and Joel Patton, waited for him with a selection of patterns they were considering for the fall 2013 inventory. Soon, Stockton joined them, taking the seat at the head of the ta-ble. As they studied pieces of fabric arranged on the table, Stockton often would stand from his chair, reaching over to point out a pattern he liked.

Stockton said over the years he’s learned that sitting still puts him at a disadvantage in a business where his competitors – national retail chains – are down the street.

“What’s changed for me is that I’ve realized I’ve got to work harder than the next guy to be successful,” Stock-ton said.

Stockton went into business as a youngster with his father, Ham Stock-ton, and they ran a store on Forsyth Street in Atlanta. He began work-ing in the suit-selling business when he was 12. He moved to the Perime-ter area in 1980. For 17 years, he part-nered with his brother, Court, who passed away in 2010.

The Perimeter store staff takes turns choosing that day’s music se-lection, piping pop music in through

the speakers. Once Stockton tried his hand at working in the music busi-ness, but said he “starved” trying to make a career out of it.

“I still like that,” Stockton said. “But I do want to eat.”

Distinguishing oneself in the dis-tinguished gentleman’s clothing busi-ness became a game of contrasts. The chain stores trotted out flashy duds with foreign labels; he looked for un-derstated garments made in America. Stockton estimates around 70 percent of his inventory is made in the United States and he makes regular trips to New York to “beat the bushes.”

“We canvass the market to see ev-erything that’s out there,” Stockton said.

He said figuring out what he doesn’t like for his store is as important as de-termining what he does.

As he’s evolved in the business his company has relied on sportswear – trousers, shirts and sweaters – as another angle to explore his toned-down aesthetic. Stockton wants to provide clothes that won’t stick out in a closet, but will still look sharp.

“Our challenge has been to make sportswear understated but interest-ing,” he said.

Stockton prides himself on be-ing local and said his business has thrived on building relationships with the community, even members who aren’t customers. He has a wife, Anne, and two grown children: his son, William Stockton, and a daugh-ter, Hannah Orth.

The people who sell his suits have been with him for 15 to 20 years, he said, and the sales staff does all the tailoring upstairs.

“The person who fits you is the person who measures your garment,” Stockton said. “If you do want a rela-tionship, we’re here for you.”

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Myers said she succeeded be-cause she didn’t have a choice.

Her husband, Matt, lost his fi-nancial industry job in 2008, and she had two toddlers at home. What began on an afternoon spent picking strawberries turned into an income for Myers during the worst of the recession. Her family still depends on it, she said.

“I tell people literally, when they buy jam I can pay for my kid to go to soccer,” Myers said. “There’s a direct correlation between my abil-ity to do things for my family and how successfully this company is.”

Her company, Emily G’s, has ex-panded to include sauces and rel-ishes. Emily G’s products can be found at 180 stores nationwide.

Myers had worked as a sous-chef in Ohio, so making jam wasn’t a challenge. The hard part was missing her kids’ soccer games, working late and learning how to make money off her ideas. In some ways, the job was harder than be-ing a mom, she said.

“If I screw up, my kids will for-give me,” Myers said. “The bank will not.”

Dempsey has brewed beer at home since the 1980s. In 2009, he wanted to step up from bottling small batches at home to putting six-packs on store shelves. His first test batch debuted at the 5 Seasons Brewing Compa-ny in Sandy Springs and went over well. Milestones flowed: in April 2010, O’Dempsey’s shipped its Big Red Ale to Savannah Distributing, followed by Inukshuk IPA in Sep-tember 2010. Today O’Dempsey’s is sold in five states.

“One of the unexpected plea-sures is, you go into a bar, you sit down and I order my own beer and I pay for it,” Dempsey said. “I’m buying my beer and paying retail price for it happily. For some reason, I get a kick out of it.”

Both Smith and Dempsey still hold day jobs. Dempsey designs trade shows and Smith runs an-other small business, CFO Advi-sory Associates. Smith handles

O’Dempsey’s finances and nav-igates the maze of state alcohol regulations standing between the product and retailers. Every state is different, she said.

“One of the key things is do-ing enough research to make sure that you choose good distributors, because once you’re tied to a dis-tributor you’re kind of stuck with

them for good or bad,” Smith said.

Both O’Dempsey’s and Emily G’s manufacture their products elsewhere. O’Dempsey’s production

facility is in South Carolina, and Emily G’s is in south Georgia to keep production costs under con-trol.

Foster operates her commercial kitchen in Chamblee because shar-ing a kitchen could potentially ex-pose her homemade NaturAlmond almond butter to gluten and pea-nuts, she said. She produces the

brand as a prod-uct of her com-pany, Hinsdale & Foster Provi-sions.

The com-pany official-ly opened in April 2012. Fos-ter said she left the lucrative and exhausting world of med-ical sales be-

cause she wanted to focus on what was most important.

“I traveled a lot,” Foster said. “I was gone all the time and had two small children. My mother’s sick

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wrong.” Myers knows what Rassel

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and any mistake could be devastat-ing.

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Library Lock-inFriday, March 1, 5:45-9 p.m. – Hang out, eat pizza and play games with the children’s librari-ans, Ms. Du� y and Ms. Germon when the library is closed! � is is like a sleep-over without the sleeping part. Sign up required and started Feb. 1. Space is very limited. Free and open to the community. NOTE: for ages 8 and 9 only. Come by, call 404-303-6130 or email: shannon.du� [email protected] to sign up or to ask questions. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.

Dr. SeussSaturday, March 2, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. – Cel-ebrate “Read Across America Day” and Dr. Suess’ birthday! View the special Seuss bulletin board dis-play, check out books from the display, and get Se-uss coloring pages and activity sheets. Make a Dr. Seuss bookmark during the month of March, just ask the librarian! Free and appropriate for ages 3-12. Continues through March 30. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3500 to � nd out more.

Zombie Apocalypse!Saturday, March 2, 12-4 p.m. – Teens, get ready for the worst with these helpful tips on emergency pre-paredness provided by Sandy Springs Fire & Rescue. � en become a zombie with the help of a make-up and FX artist! For middle and high school youth. Brain cravings optional, but registration is required. Free and open to the public. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: [email protected] to sign up or call 404-303-6130.

Pasta Salad SavvyWednesday, March 6, 4:30 p.m. – Get ready to cook up a storm by making healthy snacks. Sign up required and started Feb. 1. Space is limited. Free and open to the community. For ages 7-11. Come by, call 404-303-6130 or email: [email protected] to reserve your space. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon High-way, Sandy Springs, 30328.

Ballet AuditionsFriday, March 8, 4:30 p.m. – � e Sandy Springs Ballet Company auditions dancers, ages 11-18. Group 1 auditions, March 8, 4:30 p.m., for dancers entering grades 5-6, for the Appren-tice program; Group 2 auditions, Sunday, March 10, 1 p.m., for grades 7-9 for the Apprentice pro-gram; Group 3, March 10, 3 p.m., for grades 10-12 for the Pre-professional program. Previous ballet ex-perience required. $20 audition fee. Female attire: black leotard, pink tights, pink shoes. Male: black tights/shorts, white t-shirt, white shoes. No jewelry, nail polish, or heavy makeup. Call 404-256-5542 for an application package. � e Bush Centre for Bal-let, 6215 Black Water Trail, Sandy Springs, 30328. Call Rosalyn Bush at 404-256-5542 for more de-tails. www.bushballetcentre.com.

Turtle ToursSaturday, March 9, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Her-itage Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an education-al series appropriate for children ages 2- 5, contin-ues. In this program, museum mascots “Sandy” the Chipmunk and “Spring” the Turtle learn about nature. Free; donations encouraged. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more in-formation, email: [email protected], call 404-851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesan-dysprings.org.

Luck O’ the Irish Saturday, March 9, 12-4 p.m. – To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, children ages 4-12 can drop in be-tween 12- 4 p.m. and make an Irish craft as a par-ent and child activity. Free and open to the public. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3500 for details.

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“Moving to Georgia”� ursday, Feb. 28, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Join others for Attorney Miles Hurley’s “Moving to Geor-gia,” a legal guide for new se-nior residents. After getting settled in their new homes, many families wonder about

their legal documents. Common questions new res-idents have will be discussed. Free and open to the community. Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres served. RSVP to Hallmark Buckhead, 404-442-2700. 650 Phipps Blvd., Atlanta, 30326. Visit: www.hurleye-claw.com for more information or email: klewis@-hurleyeclaw.¬com.

Happy Families� ursday, Feb. 28, 7:30-9 p.m. – “A Page from the Book Festival” of the Marcus Jewish Com-munity Center-Atlanta welcomes New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler, columnist on con-temporary families. He discusses his latest book “� e Secret of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More.” Members, $8; non-members, $13. Open to the public. 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. To learn more, go to: www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or call the box of-� ce at 678-812-4005.

Prepare for DepartureSaturday, March 2, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – You may have a retirement plan, a will and Power of At-torney in place, but it may not be enough. Attend this one-day seminar to hear eight experts speak on: med-ical ethics; legal issues; organ/tissue donation; hospice/palliative care; the funeral rite. Seminar begins with co� ee and light breakfast at 9 a.m.; workshop begins at 9:30 a.m. Lunch provided. $10 per person. Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Moylan Hall, 1350 Hearst Dr., Brookhaven, 30319. For details and to register, call Kathy Fries at 770-458-0381 or via email: [email protected] or Kathy Gansereit at 404-308-7704 or [email protected].

Foundation FundraisingSaturday, March 2, 4-6 p.m. – Are you a repre-sentative of a nonpro� t organization? Are you new to fundraising? Do you want to learn how the funding re-search process works, and what tools and resources are available? Learn how to become a better grant seeker! Free and open the public. For adult audiences. Registra-tion required. To register online visit: www.grantspace.org/Classroom. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-303-6130 for additional information.

Jewish HistorySunday, March 3, 2 p.m. – � e Atlanta History Center welcomes Janice Rothschild Blumberg, a native Atlantan and graduate from the University of Georgia, who has studied American Jewish history while experi-encing it, as the widow of two Jewish leaders, civil rights activist Rabbi Jacob Rothschild and David Blumberg. She lectures on American Rabbi “Alphabet” Browne. Admission: $5 for members; $10 for non-members. Reservations required. Call 404-814-4150 or reserve online at: www.atlantahistorycenter.com. 130 W. Pac-es Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30305.

Blue Birds Saturday, March 9, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Blue birds are a beautiful and common member of Geor-gia’s bird community, but attracting them to your backyard can be tricky. Give them a safe and attrac-tive place to nest. Each participant receives a nearly-completed nest box that they will � nish assembling, followed by advice on placement and instructions for mounting their nest box at home. $10. Appro-priate for all ages. Class size limited to 12. Led by Oglethorpe University’s Professor of Biology, Dr. Charlie Baube. Blue Heron Nature Preserve, 4055 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, 30342. Call 404-345-1008 or go to: www.bhnp.org to learn more.

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Catholics hope for an energetic, perhaps non-European popeBY JOE EARLE AND DAN WHISENHUNT

Several local Catholic parishioners said recently they hoped their church’s next worldwide leader would be energet-ic and ready to address new challenges.

“I don’t want to say ‘a younger man,’ but hopefully someone who has stronger physical capabilities, and also someone who can think globally, and not in a divi-sive fashion,” said Mary Mattson of Sandy Springs. “� e church has many di� erent facets to it globally and [the pope should be] someone who’s aware of that.”

Pope Benedict XVI stunned Cath-olics around the world with his an-nouncement Feb. 11 that he would re-sign on Feb. 28. � e 85-year-old ponti� said he would resign because of failing strength. He is the � rst pope to resign in about 600 years.

James Zwald, a member at the Ca-thedral of Christ the King in Buckhead,

said he was a little surprised by the news at � rst, but could understand the deci-sion.

“I thought the rationale he used was reasonable,” Zwald said, who said the next pope should be someone who is “motivated and energetic.”

Mattson said she, too, was surprised at � rst. “I had to take a few minutes and pause and think about it,” she said af-ter a mid-day mass at All Saints Catholic Church in Dunwoody. “I really think it took great courage to stand up and say, ‘I no longer feel like I can honor this po-sition and perform it in the way it needs to be performed.’”

Several parishioners interviewed as they left Ash Wednesday services on Feb. 13 said they would welcome a de-cision by church leaders to select a pope from outside Europe.

I would like to see a pope who rep-resents that part of the world where our faith is strongest, which means South America,” Karen Ehmer of Dunwoody said.

Charles Lynch of Dunwoody said the College of Cardinals, which will choose the next pope, has more choices now than in the past.

“Historically, it’s always been within Europe, but history [now] has given us

a lot more opportunities and a lot more choices. � e cardinals, from everything I’ve seen, are very well quali� ed to make this decision.”

What sort of man should the cardi-nals choose?

“I would have to use the term ‘Re-naissance [Man],’ Lynch said. “� is per-son needs to be able to look at the past and present, and meld the needs of all the Catholics out there.”

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Features an eclectic menu of seaside dishes.

Chin Chin Chinese Restaurant3887 Peachtree Rd, Buckhead/Brookhaven & other locations

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Fine Asian Cuisine - Its atmosphere, service and quality of food are above reproach. You can sit in the dining area and watch the preparation of food through a large plate glass. The menu is extensive, offering items in every category including chicken, seafood, pork, beef and

duck. There are also vegetarian dishes for those who prefer.

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Flavor Restaurant & Bar236 Johnson Ferry Rd. NE, Sandy Springs GA 30328

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Tue: to Fri 10.30am to 10.00pm Lunch and DinnerSat and sun 8.00am to 10.00pm Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Flavor with a twist. Taking traditional dishes and giving them a new twist. Babaganoush * Tabuli * Hummus * Lambchop Kabob * Jumbo Shrimp

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Tantra Restaurant2285 Peachtree Rd. N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30309

404-228-7963 | tantrabuckhead.comTantra restaurant in South Buckhead features a contemporary American menu

highlighted with the exotic fl avors of Persian & Indian cuisine. The menu is crafted by Executive Chef Terry Dwyer and his staff. Popular items include: mussels in roasted pepper broth with chipotle and star anise, large plump scallops

caramelized in a basil rub with a dried lime beurre blanc to compliment, grilled Australian lamb served with crisp eggplant frites and horseradish-ghost chile aioli.

Pig-N-Chik4920 Roswell Rd, Sandy Springs/Buckhead, 404-255-6368

5071 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Chamblee/Brookhaven, 770-451-11121815 Briarcliff Rd, Emory area 404-474-9444

Mon-Thurs. 10:30–10; Fri/Sat, 10:30–11; Sun, 11–10 | pignchik.netTreat your friends and family to the best food in town at Pig-N-Chik. From barbecue

ribs and pork to turkey and chicken wings, our irresistible dishes will have your taste buds begging for more. And don’t forget our delicious desserts!

Los Bravos Mexican Restaurant2042 Johnson Ferry Rd NE, Atlanta 30319770-452-9896 | www.losbravosatlanta.com

Mon - Fri 11 - 10:30, Sat 12 – 10:30, Sun 12 – 10Mouth-watering agave margaritas, carne asade, taco salads, fajitas, poblanos, quesadillas, taco salads, Mexican soup, guacamole…. It’s

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MoSaiC Restaurant3097 Maple Drive, Buckhead

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Sun Brunch, 10:30–3, Dinner 3–9MoSaiC is a popular neighborhood, Buckhead eatery, located between Peachtree & Paces Ferry. Visit this hidden gem for a charming escape from city living. Our

eclectic wine list and seasonal menu is sure to please the palate.

McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood & Steaks600 Ashwood Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30338

770.399.9900 | www.mccormickandschmicks.comM-Th: 11-9, Fri: 11-10, Sat: 4-10, Sun: 4-9

From fresh seafood and shell fi sh to aged steaks and garden fresh salads, our goal is to exceed your dining expectations. Our menus refl ect seafood from the

Pacifi c Rim, Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. We also source products from local ranches, farms and wineries to showcase regionally inspired dishes.

Teela TaqueriaCity Walk at Sandy Springs

227 Sandy Springs Place NE404-459-0477 | www.teelataqueria.com

Sun – Thurs: 11am – 10 pmFri – Sat: 11 am – 11:30 pm

Full service boutique Mexican restaurant.

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1140 Hammond Dr NE, Sandy Springs | 678-736-8260Sun-Thurs, 11–10; Fri & Sat, 11–11 |

Uncle Julio’s created a unique restaurant concept around original recipes that demand only the freshest ingredients tailored after Uncle Julio’s family tastes.

Beyond tacos, enchiladas and tamales, Uncle Julio’s specializes in marinated and mesquite grilled beef and chicken fajitas, ribs, quail, frog legs, and jumbo shrimp.

Olde Blind Dog Irish Pub705 Town Boulevard, Suite Q380, Atlanta, GA, 30319

404-816-5739 www.OldeBlindDog.comHours: Sun-Wed 11-midnight,

Thurs-Sat 11 am -2 amCome have a drink at Brookhaven’s Olde Blind Dog Irish Pub. This authentic Irish pub is a celebration of the seven Celtic nations. Whether it’s Guinness poured at the perfect temperature or the life-sized William Wallace Braveheart statue, Olde Blind Dog is the best Irish pub on this side of the pond. We have won numerous awards for excellence in food and drink. Our friendly, experienced waitstaff will cater to your every need. See us today, and don’t forget our legendary St. Patrick’s Day celebration is always right around the corner.

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Church collects canned goods to fi ght human traffi cking

BY MELISSA [email protected]

At � rst glance, collecting canned food may seem like an odd way for a church to help stop human tra� cking.

But Greg Chevalier, the chairman of outreach ministry for Brookhaven Christian Church, explained that there are many things that can make children more susceptible to becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation, includ-ing hunger.

“When a child is hungry, they’re more vulnerable to receive a gift from a stranger and that builds trust,” Cheva-lier said.

On March 16, Brookhaven Chris-tian Church will host an event on behalf of the statewide Street Grace ministry to assemble “blessing bags” - backpacks � lled with non-perishable food items to give to children in the Tri-Cities High School cluster over spring break.

According to Street Grace, 58 per-cent of kids in Georgia public schools receive free or reduced lunches.

Chevalier said the Tri-Cities school cluster, in south Fulton County, has a high number of students receiving free or reduced lunches, many of whom may not have access to regular meals outside of school. “� at cluster has the highest degree of potential vulnerability,” Che-valier said.

With spring break coming up, Che-valier said, those children will have a week without lunches at school.

“Our objective is to pack lunches, non-perishable food items, into back-packs and provide them to students at Tri-Cities schools that are going on spring break,” Chevalier said.

Several churches in the Reporter Newspapers communities of Buckhead, Brookhaven, Sandy Springs and Dun-woody participate in the Street Grace ministry.

“We are an alliance of Christian churches, and our main focus is to orga-nize churches to get mobilized, and ed-ucate them about commercial sexual ex-ploitation of children,” said Street Grace Programs Director Amy Walters.

Walters said the organization was formed four years ago by church leaders who were concerned about the number of children and teenagers becoming vic-tims of the commercial sex trade in met-ro Atlanta.

� e organization aims to generate awareness about the commercial sexual exploitation of children and provide re-sources for nonpro� t organizations that help victims.

“� e church is full of people who care. � ey just didn’t know what to do and where to go,” Walters said. “As we help educate people to what they can do, we point them in directions where they can have a positive impact.”

Walters said in addition to � ghting hunger, the organization has several oth-

er initiatives for 2013.Street Grace is working with the De-

partment of Education to train speakers who will reach out to parent-teacher orga-nizations to educate them about ways kids can be lured into the commercial sex trade.

“It really can be as simple as my child goes to a shopping mall and someone approaches them with a business card and says, ‘Your makeup looks great. I want to hire you,’” Walters said. “We al-ways think it’s the white van that’s going to drive up and drag our child o� . It’s not going to happen like that.”

Chevalier said it’s important for peo-ple to learn what a big problem human tra� cking is in Atlanta.

He said there’s a misconception that the problem is con� ned to Harts� eld-Jack-son International Airport. In fact, Cheva-lier said, a large percentage of transactions happen outside the Perimeter.

“It’s not the degenerate individual down by the airport living in the streets. It’s not the international businessman with no ethics or morals traveling in. � at’s a nominal part of the issue,” Che-valier said.

Chevalier said it’s a large and com-plex issue to tackle.

“It’s supply and it’s demand,” Cheva-lier said. “In order to ful� ll the demand of individuals that purchase children for sex, there has to be supply. And in order for there to be supply, one must entice a child into the program.”

Chevalier said Street Grace hopes that by providing food for kids over spring break, it may help to make them less vulnerable to predators.

On March 16, volunteers are invit-ed to Brookhaven Christian Church to help assemble the blessing bags from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are asked to register online at http://streetgrace.org/events/quarterly-serve-learn-volun-teer-day/ to bring an item to donate.

“Anybody can volunteer with us,” Walters said. “Just because we are a group of churches doesn’t mean you have to be a� liated with a church to vol-unteer.”

“It’s supply and it’s demand. In order to fulfi ll the demand of individuals that purchase children for

sex, there has to be supply. And in order for there to

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Standout StudentStudent Profi le: Jacque Jordan,

Senior Mount Vernon

Presbyterian School

Jacque Jordan taught herself to play the gui-tar when she was in the eighth grade. Since then, her passion for music has continued to grow.

It did not take long before Jacque started writing her own songs to express her feelings.

“Emotion has to be there,” she said. “People ask me, ‘What comes � rst [in writing a song]?’ It depends on how you feel.”

Her songwriting and performing skills have paid o� . Jacque has appeared three times at Eddie’s Attic, a celebrated performance spot in Decatur, and per-formed a 30-minute set of six songs at the Sandy Springs Festival last year.

Her favorite singing memory comes from her second performance at Eddie’s Attic, when she participated in a contest and came in second place. “Even though I didn’t win, the experience of being up there was enough,” she said.

A Dave Matthews Band fan who de-scribes her singing style as “folk-indie-rock style,” Jacque said her songwriting carries through in her assignments for English class. “My teachers don’t know what I am saying because I only write in metaphors,” she said.

Her favorite class at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School is “Praise Band,” which she calls “one hour and 10 min-utes of just a meaningful [perfor-mance].”

Her Praise Band teacher, Chris Moore, said Jacque’s singing reminds him of “a cross between Diana Krall and

Janis Joplin.”“Jacque is a very gifted singer and

talented songwriter who expresses her thoughts and feelings so beautifully through her music,” Moore said. “We are very fortunate to have her talents at Mount Vernon.”

Apart from singing, Jacque has been an active member of the varsity basket-ball team at Mount Vernon during all four years she has been in high school. She has been playing since she was 6 years old, but she describes basketball as “more of a hobby.” “I love the family feel of the game,” she said.

She played club basketball, she said, but stopped in order to focus more on music.

What’s Next: Jacque will attend Belmont Universi-

ty in Nashville in the fall and plans to be a religion and arts major. “Belmont al-lows you to make your own religion ma-jor,” she said, “which allows me to add music to my religion.”

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Gibbs Gardens’ Daffodil Festival bursts on the scene as more than 50 acres of blooming daffodils create

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Millions of daffodils — an estimated 16 to 20 million blossoms in 60 varieties — flower across sprawling hills and fields to paint a “gold and silver” panorama Southern Living calls “the most spectacular display of blooms this side of Holland.”

Experience nature’s own spring bouquet: daffodils, forsythia, quince and spirea canopied by hundreds of blossoming white dogwood and flowering cherry trees.

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Success varies with local school superintendents

door. Atlanta Public Schools Superinten-dent Erroll Davis survived an attempted ouster. Fulton County Schools Superinten-dent Robert Avossa, who avoided political intrigue, makes speeches about the future.

In 2011, Reporter Newspapers wrote that the superintendents might face a hard road. According to the American Association of School Administrators,

the average tenure of superintendents in large, inner-city school districts is 3 1/2 years. � e brevity of their terms, the asso-ciation says, harms school performance. Association Executive Director Dan Domenech called superintendents “bet-ter-paid migrant workers.”

Here’s an abbreviated history of what’s happened since the three new superinten-dents arrived:


DeKalb County SchoolsSuperintendent Cheryl AtkinsonPrevious job: Lorain, Ohio, school district.What Atkinson said when she got the job: “� e di� culties that superintendents face today are the same challenges we face in the communities.” What happened: Atkinson faced an uphill battle from Day 1. She

was appointed in a 6-3 vote of the Board of Education. Her months as a school admin-istrator were spent managing crisis after crisis. School o� cials discovered funding short-falls, raised taxes, reassigned school leaders, and tinkered with its school calendar. In December, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed DeKalb on accred-itation probation.

Where things stand today: On Feb. 8, DeKalb County Board of Education ap-proved a separation agreement with Atkinson and hired former Labor Commissioner Michael � urmond as interim superintendent.

Atlanta Public SchoolsSuperintendent Erroll DavisPrevious job: Chancellor of the University System of Georgia.What Davis said when he got the job: “What I hope to achieve in the time I’m here is certainly put out all the � res, identify the major issues, solve as many as I can and hand over a smoothly run-ning operation to the next superintendent. I’m hopeful I can get

all that done.”What happened: Davis was hired as an interim to replace Superintendent Beverly

Hall who left after the APS cheating scandal unfolded. He was initially hailed as the right man for a precarious situation, but he made controversial decisions that angered some community members. He closed schools, redistricted others, suspended teach-ers suspected of giving students answers on state tests, and turned North Atlanta High upside down by removing its leadership.

Where things stand today: Superintendent Erroll Davis received a contract exten-sion through 2014 after the renewal was delayed. � e extension allows the board to � re Davis with 90 days’ notice if certain conditions are met.

Fulton County SchoolsSuperintendent Robert AvossaPrevious job: Chief strategy and accountability o� cer for Char-lotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina.What Avossa said when he got the job: “Education is a business where you are all in it together to help kids succeed. Our goal is to make each and every child’s life the best it can be by providing ed-

ucational opportunities that unlock [his or her] potential.”What happened: Within months of Avossa taking the job, Eddie Echols resigned

as principal of Riverwood International Charter School after school o� cials raised questions about Echols’ use of a credit card, questions that later led to criminal charg-es. � e Board of Education refused to renew the charter of Fulton Science Acade-my Middle School after an audit raised questions about the school’s � nances. Fulton County Schools in 2012 found a surplus in its budget and gave school system em-ployees a bonus.

Where things stand today: Avossa signed a three-year contract in 2011. He’s cur-rently visiting communities within Fulton County, discussing plans to improve the system’s graduation rate and build new schools.

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The following information was provided by the Sandy Springs Police Department from its records and is presumed to be accurate.

ROBBERY 100 block of Northwood Drive 30342 – On

Jan. 28, a man reported that at 7:20 a.m., he was approached by a man who pulled a gun and demanded the victim’s money. The victim showed the suspect his empty wal-let. The suspect ordered the victim to turn around and then fl ed.

1700 block of Windridge Drive 30350 – On Jan. 28, a woman said she met a man who “friended” her on Facebook. She fi nally met the man in person for the purpose of purchas-ing songs that he had written. She invited him to her apartment. He excused himself to use the restroom and while there, she went through his jacket that he left on a chair. She found his ID to confi rm who he was. She also took his iPhone 4. When the man came out of the restroom, he told her that he wanted her money that was in a vase in the dining room. Also, he took more money from a table. Af-ter he left he contacted her because she still had his ID and phone. She told him that she called the police.

300 block of Hammond Drive 30328 – On

Jan. 31, a man reported that while he was taking groceries from his car at about 10:15 p.m., two men came up on him. One man had a gun. They demanded the victim’s phones. He gave them two iPhones and they fl ed. He thinks he was set up because he posted an ad on Craigslist to sell two phones.

5800 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Feb. 2, the clerk at a gas station said around 7 a.m. a man came in and pulled a small sil-ver gun and told the clerk to take everything out of the register. He took an undisclosed amount of money and left on foot.

6300 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Feb. 7, a clerk said that around 11 p.m. a man, who had been in the store before, came in to get energy pills. When the clerk produced them, the man pulled a gun and robbed him of money from the register.

BURGLARY First block of Cedar Run 30350 – On Jan.

25, a man reported that he is in the process of moving. He returned to the old address and found that someone had forced the door open and vandalized the apartment.

1400 block of Sandalwood Drive 30350 – On Jan. 25, someone came in through an un-locked living room window and took a Taurus .45 caliber pistol, a Ruger .40 caliber pistol, ammo, a desktop computer and Xbox game system.

300 block of Carpenter Drive 30328 – On Jan. 27, a man reported that between mid-night and 1 a.m. someone came into his apartment and took an iPad.

500 block of Northridge Road 30342 – On Jan. 28, someone broke into the victim’s home and took a computer.

2700 block of Spring Creek Drive 30350 – On Jan. 28, the victim said that he has not been in the apartment since December. He found that several things were missing.

8300 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Jan. 29, someone forced entry into the apart-ment sometime between 5-11:30 p.m. Sever-al items were gone.

7300 block of Hunters Branch Drive 30328 – On Jan. 30, someone entered the victim’s garage through an unlocked window and went into the victim’s car. Nothing ap-pears missing.

900 block of Abernathy Road 30328 – On Jan. 31, the victim said someone forced a door from the rear balcony to the apartment. Nothing was taken from the apartment but it was obvious that someone rooted around in-

side for a while.

200 block of Granville Court 30328 – On Jan. 31, a woman said she woke at about 7:30 p.m. and heard a noise in the living room. She found a man was standing in the room. She picked up an object and yelled at the man. He left through the door and fl ed. It ap-pears he came into the apartment through a window he had forced open.

700 block of Dalrymple Road 30328 – On Feb. 3, the complainant said her deceased boyfriend’s brother came by her condo and said the bank took it over and they needed some of the property in the condo. She said the family blames her for his death. She lat-er went to a storage area where her proper-ty was kept and found that someone removed the lock and she thinks property was illegal-ly taken.

6400 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30328 – On Feb. 4, someone threw a rock, breaking a window at the Home Depot. It isn’t clear if anything was taken, but who-ever broke the window entered at least for a few seconds. In the past, other Home Depot stores were hit for power tools.

400 block of Otter Creek 30350 – On Feb. 4, someone entered the victim’s garage and broke into her car.

Vernon Glen Court 30328 – On Feb. 4, someone entered the victim’s garage and broke into her car.

8600 block of Roberts Drive 30350 – On Feb. 4, someone forced open a front door to the victim’s apartment and took an Xbox 360, Sony laptop, and some other items including jewelry.

3100 block of River Exchange Drive 30350 – On Feb. 6, the victim reported that someone broke into his apartment. He re-ported several items missing.

THEFT 6200 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road

30328 – On Jan. 25, a truck, a 2007 Ford F-350, was reported stolen.

1100 block of Mount Vernon Highway 30328 – On Jan. 25, Stein Mart employees re-ported a theft by three suspects who came in and took several packs of Ralph Lauren men’s undershirts, boxers and briefs, and then left the store without paying.

4400 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Jan. 25, a woman reported that she was shopping at the Fresh Market and accidental-ly left her wallet on the counter. She called the store and was told the wallet was safe and she could pick it up. When she did, her credit cards and personal ID were missing. Two of her cards had been used.

5500 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Jan. 27, an employee of the Lifetime Fitness Gym said her iPhone 4 was stolen from her desk. A second phone was stolen nearby from a man who didn’t want to fi le a report.

100 block of Harbor Pointe Parkway 30350 – On Jan. 27, a pizza man reported that he delivered $35 worth of pizza to an apartment. The resident opened the door and said the pizza had already been paid for. The employee went to his car and double checked but found the pizza unpaid for. He went back but no one answered the door. The offi cer who responded could not get anyone to the door either.

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Petition Number: 201300029Petitioner: David Diprima Location: 4966 Long Island Drive Request: Primary variance from Section 6.2.3.C of the Zoning

Ordinance to reduce the required fifteen (15) foot side yard setback to six (6) feet to allow for the installation of a generator.

Public Hearings: Board of Appeals, March 14, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.Location: Sandy Springs City Hall

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SANDY SPRINGS - NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITIONPetition Number: 201300002

Petitioner: Kevin Cotter

Location: 4555 Northside Drive

Request: Three primary variances: 1) from Section 6.1.3.B of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the required sixty (60) foot front yard setback to fifty-four (54) feet to allow for the construction of a single family residence; 2) from Section 6.1.3.C of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the required twenty-five (25) and forty (40) foot side yard setbacks to twelve and three-tenths (12.3) and thirty-five and nine-tenths (35.9) feet, respectively, to allow for the construction of a single family residence; 3) from Section 6.1.3.D of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the required fifty (50) foot front yard setback to twenty-nine and nine-tenths (29.9) feet to allow for the construction of a single family residence.

Public Hearings: Board of Appeals, March 14, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

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

SANDY SPRINGS - NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITIONPetition Number: 201203415Petitioner: Steve McMillan Location: 400 Ferry Landing Request: Two primary variances: 1) from Section 6.3.3.B of the Zoning

Ordinance to reduce the required sixty (60) foot front yard setback to forty (40) feet to allow for the construction of a garage expansion; and 2) from Section 6.3.3.C of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the required fifteen (15) foot side yard setback to eight (8) feet to allow for the construction of a detached garage.



SANDY SPRINGSNOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION

Petition Number: 201300047Petitioner: Gail Glozier Location: 402 Carolwood Lane Request: Primary variance from Section 6.6.3.C of the Zoning

Ordinance to reduce the required seven (7) foot side yard setback to three and eight tenths (3.8) feet to allow for the construction of second story.



4900 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Jan. 28, a woman said she was shopping and felt someone brush up against her. She turned and saw a man. He asked her something about chili and ice cream. (She noted he was in her personal space.) He left and she found that her purse had been opened and her wal-let was gone. She found the man and accused him of taking it. He said he saw another man take it and she followed him outside where he pointed off in the distance and then left. She said he left in a dark four-door car.

700 block of Hammond Drive 30328 – On Jan. 28, mail was stolen from a company mailbox.

A man came to the police department and reported that his Rolex watch had been sto-len sometime around Dec. 14.

7100 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30328 – On Jan. 30, two residents of an apartment left from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. When they re-turned, two laptops were tak-en from the apartment. One of the roomies left a boyfriend at the apartment.

Treelodge Parkway -- A woman reported that someone stole a package from Dell that was left on her doorstep.

8300 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Jan. 31, two drunk guys went into a gas sta-tion and stole a pack of chips and a pack of cookies and then fl ed.

5700 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Feb. 1, an employee of a gas station said a man came in at about 4 a.m. and grabbed a 24-ounce Bud Light and was then told by the clerk that he couldn’t sell the beer. The man walked toward the door. The clerk told him to put the beer back. The man said: “What beer? This is my gun” and fl ed on foot.

1100 block of Mount Vernon Highway 30328 – On Feb. 2, a woman said that her wallet was taken from the Royal Oak Pub. She said the credit card, in the wallet, was later used at a gas station on Chamblee Dunwoody and another store.

200 block of Sandy Springs Place 30328 – On Feb. 4, a woman reported that between

10 a.m. and 10:20 a.m., someone took her wallet from her purse that was in her shop-ping cart while she was at a grocery store.

500 block of Embassy Row 30328 – On Feb. 4, a woman reported her iPhone was stolen from the career services offi ce of her school.

2300 block of Sandalwood Drive 30350 – On Feb. 4, a resident said someone took a Blackberry phone from her den in her apart-ment.

500 block of Northridge Road 30350 – On Feb. 4, a man reported that someone stolen his 1996 Honda Prelude.

6600 block of Roswell Road -- A man was playing basketball at a � tness club on Feb. 4. He left his iPhone in a gray case on the bench next to the court. When he � nished, the phone was gone.

7600 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Feb. 5, a woman said she left her iPhone

in the fi tness room of an apartment comples. When she returned an hour later, it was gone.

4500 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Feb. 5, a woman reported that while she waited for the bus, she placed her purse on the trash can or on the ground next to the bus stop. A man came by and took the purse, then ran behind the adjacent drug store.

5700 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30342 – On Feb. 6, a woman left her phone in the bathroom and it went missing. She put a trace on it and it showed to be in the Cum-

berland Mall area.

5300 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Feb. 7, a guy broke up with his girlfriend. She stole his car keys.

THEFT FROM VEHICLES Articles were stolen from vehicles on the

following dates:

1600 block of Riveredge Parkway 30328, Jan. 25

500 block of Mount Vernon Highway

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30328, Jan. 25

6600 block of Lisa Lane 30328, Jan. 26

5800 block of Riverside Drive 30328, Jan. 26

200 block of Marsh Trail 30350, Jan. 26

1100 block of Mount Vernon Highway 30328, Jan. 26

6400 block of Bar� eld Road 30328, Jan. 27

4400 block Glenridge\Stratford Drive 30342, Jan. 27

800 block of Mount Vernon Highway 30328, Jan. 29

7300 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30328, Jan. 30

Pine Lake Drive 30328, Jan. 30

500 block of Summer Drive 30350, Jan. 31

8300 block of Roswell Road 30350, Jan. 31

1000 block of Brentwood Way 30350, Feb. 2

1st block of Concourse Parkway 30328, Feb. 2

6300 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30328, Feb. 2

4800 block of Northside Drive 30342, Feb. 4

3100 block of River Exchange Drive 30328, Feb. 4

500 block of Summer Terrace Lane 30328, Feb. 4

1100 block of Hammond Drive 30328, Feb. 4

8500 block of Roswell Road 30350, Feb. 4

5500 block of Glenridge Connector 30328, Feb. 5

1100 block of Hammond Drive 30328, Feb. 6

6100 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30328, Feb. 6

1400 block of Je� erson Drive 30350, Feb. 6

FRAUD A man on Glenridge Drive

said there were unauthorized charges on his debit card. One was recorded at a grocery store for $98, another for a drug store for $105, and a third at a dis-count store for $105.

A woman reported that someone obtained her information and attempted to open a Chase Bank account with it.

A woman on Northside Drive report-ed that someone obtained her Chase credit card number and purchased items at a de-partment store for over $1000, and a cloth-ing store for $206 and an unknown location for over $750.

A man reported that someone used his So-cial Security number to obtain a tax refund.

5900 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Feb. 2, a staff member at an offi ce supply store reported someone passed two counter-feit $100 bills.

500 block of River Valley Road 30328 – On Feb. 4, a woman was contacted by the Lake Mary, Fla., police and told that someone was cashing checks in her name.

ASSAULT Abernathy and Bar� eld Roads 30328 – On

Jan. 25 a man reported that he was driving on Abernathy and Glenridge. At the light, anoth-er car pulled up and a man pulled a gun up in view. The victim drove off and the suspect followed fl ashing his hi-beams. At the next light, the man got out and pointed the gun at the man and said, “Hey MF, I thought you backed off.” The victim told the man that he had called the police and the suspect re-en-tered his car and left.

4700 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Jan. 25, a man report-

ed that another man came into his apartment just before 11 p.m. The victim said his girl-friend had taken their dog out and he heard a noise at the door. He thought that his girl-friend had returned but when he looked, he saw a man going through her purse in the living room. The two got into a fi ght

before the suspect fl ed. The vic-tim pulled the suspect’s sweater

off him during the fi ght and accord-ing to the report, bit the suspect on

the hand (severely.)

1400 block of Huntcli� Village Court 30350 – On Jan. 26, around 1:20 p.m., SSPD responded to gunshots fi red at an apartment complex. Witnesses said they didn’t see a shooting but saw a SUV with bullet holes in it fl eeing the complex. Later, a RMS ambu-lance was fl agged down on Glenridge and Peachtree Dunwoody Road by two men who said a third man, who was in the back of the car, had been shot. The man in the back had two gunshot wounds to the leg. One oth-er man had been grazed by a gunshot in the back. The ambulance crew brought in anoth-er, and the man shot in the leg was taken to Grady Hospital, where he had surgery. The other man, grazed by the bullet, was treat-ed and released.

8900 block of River Run 30350 – On Jan. 28 a man reported he was lying in bed with his girlfriend when she became enraged over

a discussion on infi delity. She hit him in the face, cutting his lip. He said he had just re-cently gotten back with her.

7000 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On Jan. 29, cops were called to a domestic fi ght where a woman was hit in the head with a cable box.

7900 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On Feb. 2, offi cers met with a man who said he and the alleged offender were at a bar for a while and then went home. While ly-ing in bed, they began to argue over the of-fender’s girlfriend smashing into the offend-er’s car. The argument turned physical and punches were thrown. The alleged offender said that she got into an argument over her girlfriend smashing into the car and then the victim pushed her off the bed.

ARRESTS Ga. 400 and Roberts Drive 30350 – On

Jan. 26 a patrol car saw a car with New Jer-sey tags on it. The tag was stolen. The car was stopped and the woman driving the car said she couldn’t afford to purchase a tag so she stole one. She was arrested and the car was impounded.

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On Jan. 28, a man went into a discount store and replaced his shoes with a pair of nice boat shoes valued at $35. He wore them out and was promptly caught, detained, and then taken to jail.

8600 block of Fifth Green in Huntcli� – It was reported that someone in a red SUV stole fi rewood and was putting it in a car. The homeowner called the cops and then went outside to confront the man. The man got into his car so the homeowner got behind it to stop it. The car backed up and made con-tact with the man standing behind it. The car then fl ed. Cops arrived a minute or two lat-er and found the SUV near the area but the tag had been removed as had the fi rewood. The driver of the car smelled like booze. He was later arrested for theft, simple battery and DUI.

Sandy Springs Police Blotter

1400 block of Je� erson Drive

for $98, another for a drug store for $105, and a third at a dis-

A woman reported that someone

4700 block of Roswell Road 30342

ed that another man came into his apartment just before 11 p.m. The victim said his girl-

room. The two got into a fi ght before the suspect fl ed. The vic-

tim pulled the suspect’s sweater off him during the fi ght and accord-

ing to the report, bit the suspect on

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