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Heather Mruk plays with Aaron Burell, 3, at a retirement party on Aug. 29 for her husband Chris, a fi refi ghter with DeKalb County Fire Station No. 2, located at 1316 Dresden Drive. Mruk served as a DeKalb County police offi cer from 1986 to 1996

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Williams faces challengers in race for mayor

BY JOE [email protected]

New state charter in hand, members of the board of the Brookhaven Innovation Academy are looking for a new home, a new leader and fi nancial contributions.

“Now the work starts, the opera-tional work,” Bates Mattison, chairman of the school’s board and a member of Brookhaven City Council, said after the State Charter Schools Commission voted unanimously Aug. 26 to approve a charter for the Brookhaven-based school that will emphasize science, technology and math classes.

“We really do have a tremendous amount of work to do.”

Th e board hopes to settle on a location for the school by October, Mattison said.

City offi cials recently proposed buy-ing the former Skyland school building from the state, which now uses it for offi c-es. School board members are negotiating to use that building to house the school, Mattison said, but if that location doesn’t work out, board members are considering several other possible sites.

“Th ere’s been a lot more deliberation about Skyland than anywhere else,” Mat-tison said, adding that he removed him-self from the negotiations because he sits on both the City Council and the school board. Negotiators include former state Rep. Ed Lindsey of Buckhead, a new board member, Mattison said.

Th e new school board also must quick-ly hire a head of school, the board chair-man said. Th at new school leader then will begin assembling the faculty, he said.

Backers had sought state approval of the school for two years. Th eir original proposal was voted down last year, so they returned this year with a plan they be-

BY JOHN [email protected]

A three-way mayoral race and a battle for the District 1 City Council seat are underway as some of Brookhaven’s founding leaders seek re-election.

As of midday on Sept. 2, the last day for candidates to qualify, incumbent Mayor Rebecca Chase Williams had two challengers: Dale Boone, known as a profession-al competitive eater, and John Ernst Jr., the former chair of the DeKalb County Board of Ethics.

In District 1, incumbent City Councilwoman Linley Jones and challenger Eve Erdogan qualifi ed, while City Councilman Bates Mattison was unopposed in District 3.

Williams, one of the city’s founding council members, was appointed mayor in June when former Mayor J. Max Davis resigned to make an unsuccessful run for a seat in the state House of Representatives. Now she will ask vot-

ers to let her retain the offi ce for the next four years.Ernst is running in part as a reformer, pointing to re-

cent controversy over the city’s handling of allegations against Davis that included an incident involving an em-ployee that some city offi cials described as sexual harass-ment. Boone promises lower tax rates, crime rates and traffi c congestion.

Williams was not yet campaigning this week in the wake of her mother’s death on Aug. 26. In an email, she wrote, “…I will not be campaigning or focusing on poli-tics until my dear mother is laid to rest.”

Ernst, on his campaign website, pledges to cut prop-erty taxes and boost park space, including a “Brookhaven Beltline.” He also promises to “restore trust” in city gov-

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Improvement plan for ten city parks is underway


An in-depth study of 10 Brookhaven parks is underway. Th e study’s proponents foresee a fast-moving process that will pro-duce additions to the city’s master parks plan by December.

Th e city’s consultant fi rm, Greenberg-Farrow, is facilitating meetings about each park this month to gather input. And the city has appointed stakeholder commit-tees, one from each park, that will hold their own meetings.

“We’ve asked the community to dream big,” said Liz Cole, a GreenbergFarrow project manager. “What’s important at this stage is to get on paper what people want to see.”

Brookhaven already has an overall Parks and Recreation Master Plan, but it does not include specifi c details for each park. Earlier this year, the Parks and Rec-reation Coalition of Brookhaven began a visioning process for a few parks.

Th e current “Site Specifi c Park Plans” is an outgrowth of that public demand. It covers the following parks: Ashford, Black-burn, Briarwood, Brookhaven, Clack’s Corner, Fernwood, Georgian Hills, Lyn-wood, Murphey Candler and Skyland. Th e process only covers existing parks, not proposals for new parks.

Cole said that GreenbergFarrow will gather public input about the parks’ histo-ries, uses and improvement wish-lists. Th e consultants also will come with a few over-arching plans, such as coordinated signage

and maintenance guidelines. But the em-phasis is on what makes each park special.

“What’s really dynamic about this proj-ect is the variety of these parks and the neighborhoods they sit in,” Cole said.

By early November, the consultants will hold another round of public meet-ings to display a draft plan for each park.

By December, a fi nal master plan will be delivered to the city. Th at doesn’t mean every suggestion will be carried out imme-diately. But the plan will include suggest-ed phases of work and potential budgets.

Th at fi nal plan will be a “balancing act” between GreenbergFarrow’s main park de-sign principles, Cole said. “Parks are for people” is one principle, meaning that parks should be designed for the commu-nity’s desired uses. “Design with the land” is the other principle, meaning that those uses should fi t into and protect the park’s natural landscape.

Th is major park planning eff ort is start-ing just as the city has lost its Parks and Recreation director, Jerry Kinsey, who is retiring and has yet to be replaced. Cole said the consultants are continuing to work with parks department staff and the city manager. “We’ve had no prob-lems community with the city at all…We haven’t seen a gap,” she said.

Th e consultant-facilitated meetings are all taking place at either the Briarwood or Lynwood community center. A full list is available at brookhavenga.gov.

Brookhaven searching for parks directorTh e city of Brookhaven’s Parks and

Recreation director, Jerry Kinsey, is retir-ing after only a year on the job, and the city is now searching for a replacement.

Th is is the second time in less than two years that the position has come open. Kinsey replaced Ray Holloway, the city’s fi rst parks director, who had served only about six months before resigning.

“Jerry has been a tremendous asset to

the city of Brookhaven,” City Manager Marie Garrett said in a press release. “He identifi ed critical needs for improvements in our parks, from tennis court resurfac-ing and a recreation program guide to con-stantly searching for ways to expand our parks programs with running clubs, youth soccer, kickball and more. Jerry has set the right course for our Parks and Recreation Department.”

The city of Brookhaven currently is home to 14 public parks.

1. Ashford Park

2. Blackburn Park

3. Blackburn II Park

4. Briarwood Park

5. Brookhaven Park

6. Clack’s Corner

7. Fernwood Park

8. Georgian Hills Park

9. Lynwood Park

10. Murphey Candler Park

11. Osborne Park

12. Parkside Park

13. Perimeter Trail at Murphey Candler

14. Skyland Park

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Park planning meetingsTh e following is a list of the upcoming site-specifi c park planning meet-

ings facilitated by city-hired consultants. Th ey will be held at the Lynwood Community Center, 3360 Osborne Road.

Blackburn Park, Sat., Sept. 12, 9-11 a.m. Brookhaven Park, Sat., Sept. 12, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.Murphey Candler Park, Sat., Sept. 12, 1-3 p.m. Lynwood Park, Mon., Sept. 14, 5:30-6:30 p.m.Fernwood Park, Mon., Sept. 14, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Georgian Hills Park, Wed., Sept. 16, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Skyland Park, Wed., Sept. 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Ashford Park, Sat., Sept. 19, 9-10 a.m. General Park Comments, Sat., Sept. 19, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Brookhaven City Council tight-ened the city’s tree ordinance on Aug. 25 amid cautious praise from some ad-vocates and resistance from developers.

A key change requires developers to maintain 120 inches in diameter of trees per acre—up from 100 inches—or 45 percent of the site’s tree canopy coverage. The number of large, healthy trees a homeowner can cut down per year is lowered from five to three.

City Councilman John Park said the tougher tree protections will “con-tinue to make Brookhaven an oasis in the middle of a concrete Atlanta.”

The updated ordinance was large-ly welcomed by advocates from Brookhaven Protects Trees, though some called for an even tougher ver-sion—with a 50 percent canopy pres-ervation—that the council rejected. Some advocates also worried about a possible loophole in the ordinance’s language allowing removal of “dis-eased” trees.

Meanwhile, representatives of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders As-sociation and the Council for Quali-

ty Growth—two major developer or-ganizations—complained that tighter tree protections could slow Brookhav-en’s construction boom.

However, city officials described the tree rules as a work in progress that in-cludes current best practices.

“This ordinance combines the best of what is working well in other cities around us,” Kay Evanovich, the city’s arborist, told the council.

In a provision to protect trees on property boundaries, the ordinance provides for an escrow account to re-place a tree killed by construction. The ordinance also sets a $200 per diam-eter-inch fee, with certain maximum costs, for removing various “specimen” trees if replanting is infeasible.

Councilwoman Linley Jones said she would prefer more restrictive rules, but liked this “pragmatic” update as a way to stem the tide of tree loss.

“We’re losing trees all the time. Some-thing is better than nothing,” she said.

“I think we’ve taken a giant step forward for trees,” said Councilman Joe Gebbia.

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A popular chef will open a new restaurant in the “Little White House,” the original home of Brookhaven’s city government, at 2536 Caldwell Road.

Dubbed Dixie Moon, the restau-rant is the brainchild of Brookhav-en chef Scott Serpas, who runs the successful Serpas True Food in At-lanta’s Old Fourth Ward. The res-taurant will reuse a small white house that Brookhaven’s then-new city government first used as a kind of City Hall in 2012. The restau-rant plan also involves constructing a two-story brick addition.

Brookhaven City Council on Aug. 25 approved a rezoning to al-low the restaurant use, despite strong concerns about parking. The restau-rant will have only 15 parking spaces, which meets a current zoning code re-quirement that is based on square-foot-age, not use.

Serpas committed to using valet parking that he claims will squeeze up to 28 cars onto the lot, but that cannot be enforced or made part of

the zoning decision. Serpas staged a pop-up restaurant event at the site several months ago. He said that drew about 120 people, most of whom did not drive.

In a work session prior to the Aug. 25 meeting, the City Council discussed the ongoing parking crunch in the area and speculated on the possibility of the city or a private developer creating a parking deck or similar solution.

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ernment following the Davis scandal, including through regular town hall meetings.

“As a former chairman of the DeKalb County Board of Ethics, I un-derstand what it takes to clean up gov-ernment,” Ernst said on his website. “Secret meetings do not create a re-lationship of trust between residents and our city.

“I’m very excited about this opportuni-ty to serve,” Ernst said in a written state-ment provided by his campaign. “I’m running to make Brookhaven better by putting the city to work for its citizens.”

Boone has received attention, in-cluding on “Th e Tonight Show,” for his unusual career as a competitive eat-er who holds records for wolfi ng down hot dogs and other foods. Locally, he was a member of the Brookhaven Yes committee and is president of the Oakwood Neighborhood Association.

“As a competitive eater, I am no stranger to competition,” said Boone in written statement. “As mayor, I will fi ght for all of Brookhaven’s citizens, taxpayers and small businesses to en-sure they have a strong voice in every decision made.

“During my campaign for mayor, I will champion a greater quality of life by working to lower taxes, reduce traf-fi c congestion and protect our com-munity by addressing the crime that is affl icting Brookhaven,” Boone said in the statement.

In the District 1 council race, Jones is attempting to retain the seat she was appointed to in June when Williams left the position to become mayor. Erdogan, meanwhile, said she is running out of concern about that appointment.

“I’m looking forward to continuing the work I’ve done the last few months for the people of the city of Brookhaven,” said Jones, who works as an attorney. “I’m looking forward to the race, and for the opportunity for voters to get to know me and the opportunity to hear from voters.”

Erdogan is an attorney and an ex-ecutive at Chamblee-based ACT In-vestments, which invests in multifami-ly real estate projects—none of them in Brookhaven.

Erdogan said she is running “really to bring checks and balances” to city gov-ernment, expressing concern that Jones was “appointed by the current mayor.” Williams nominated Jones to her former council seat after becoming mayor, and the council voted to appoint Jones.

“You kind of want to have a separa-tion of power,” said Erdogan. Referring to Williams, she said, “I do like her and I do think she has a pretty good chance of winning.”

Mattison, one of the city’s founding council members, was the only candidate for his District 3 seat as of midday Sept. 2. He was not available for comment.

Th e city election will be held Nov. 3.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Rebecca Chase Williams

Incumbent mayor

Dale Boone

Mayoral candidate

John Ernst Jr.

Mayoral candidate

Eve Erdogan

City Council District 1 candidate

Bates Mattison

District 3 City Council incumbent

Linley Jones

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Street musician brings jazz to Georgetown


In a suburban city where sidewalks are rare and car horns provide the ongo-ing song of the road, a street musician is an unusual sight—and, judging by the smiles on passersby, a welcome sound.

Sonny Calo, the street musician of Dunwoody, breaks out his saxophone on early evenings at the Georgetown Shopping Center and plays rich, mel-low jazz.

Entranced kids toss a coin or two into his sax case. Adults break into grins and stop to listen or even shoot cellphone video of the slim, middle-aged musician with his thin moustache and jazz hat.

“Music is uplifting. Music is a spiri-tually uplifting thing,” Calo said during a pause in his playing.

Now a Dunwoody resident, Calo is a New York native who headed south after attending the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. He plays in some bands, including Atlanta Boo-gie, and performs for residents of assist-ed living facilities.

About a year ago, he began playing outdoors at shopping centers in Dun-woody and Sandy Springs, including the miniature park next to the Kroger at Georgetown.

“Rather than sitting in a room [while practicing], why not share the music?” he said.

Calo plays jazz, saying he likes its freedom. He enjoys the many fl avors of jazz, and many other types of music, such as punk rock. “It’s all just music,” he said.

He performs on a Selmer Mark VI sax, a beautiful instrument with an etched surface, mother-of-pearl keys and a patina from frequent handling that lends it a sense of character. It’s a French instrument that he estimates is about 50 years old.

On the Georgetown sidewalk, Calo

lets his sax do most of the talking in the universal language of music. But he of-fers a quick translation of his musical message in words: “Don’t worry. Be hap-py.”

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Sonny Calo on his saxophone one evening at the Georgetown Shopping Center.

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Farmhouse steadies to welcome public

BY ELLEN [email protected]

The Donaldson-Bannister Farm-house will be open to the public soon -- after stabilization of the historic house and demolition of the non-historic barn is complete, members of the Dunwoody Preservation Trust say.

City Council on Aug. 24 approved a $167,500 bid from Midwest Mainte-nance for installation of new support-ing floor joists, support beams and rear wall replacement, based on a structur-al engineer’s report on the city-owned home.

Dolores Lauderdale, co-president of the presentation trust, which has part-nered with the city to restore the proper-ty, said the renovation project was sched-uled to begin this month and should be completed in October.

Jim Williams, vice president of prop-erties with the trust, said the process to schedule various kinds of work at the same time has been tricky. The project includes strengthening the house and demolishing the barn.

“I do know the permit for the de-molition for the rear part of the barn has been awarded and that part will be done,” Williams said. “I would say 90 percent chance it will be done in 30 days.”

One of the two directors of the prop-erty, Clare Weaver, said this project has been years in the making and she’s ex-cited to see the work begin. Along with Jane Henley, Weaver said she has worked on the project to restore the house since the preservation trust got involved four years ago.

“It’s exciting to see this finally start to happen,” Weaver said. “After stabiliz-ing the house we can open it to the citi-zens of Dunwoody. It’s been a long time coming and I’m looking forward to it.”

A step-by-step evaluation of the property helped members of the Dun-woody Preservation Trust understand

what should be saved and what should be demolished, said Lauderdale, who has been involved with the organization for a decade.

Lauderdale said the front part of the house, the part facing Chamblee-Dun-woody Road, is what is considered his-toric, and what was listed on the Na-tional History Register in 2008.

“I was excited to see it will get saved, but it will take $4 million to $5 million [to do everything needed],” Lauderdale said.

The goal is to get the house open to the public, Williams said.

“I think the key thing is to know this house is a public park, and it will be a public park for citizens of Dunwoody and the community at large,” Williams said.

The trust plans to host a variety of ed-ucation programs at the house. Williams said neighbors want to see the proper-ty and house put to use, and the plan to stabilize the floor will allow people to use the building.

Williams said through the renova-tion, the city and trust are adding bath-rooms, space for an educational facility for kindergarten through eighth-grade students and an event facility that could potentially be used for weddings. The fa-cility also will include a multi-function room and an area to gather groups of people, he said.

When the current phase of the reno-vation is completed, the nonprofit plans to continue working on additional grant applications from both the city and oth-er organizations to continue work on the property.

“We certainly have a tremendous outpouring of volunteers and we’re al-ways looking for more,” Williams said. “A lot of the work will be broken down into mini-projects that volunteers can help with and take pride in the work.”

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Left, Jim Williams, vice president of properties with the Dunwoody Preservation Trust, and Clare Weaver, a director of the Donaldson-Bannister Farmhouse, are anxiously awaiting completion of a stabilization project on the historic home.

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Brookhaven police offer tips to business owners

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Brookhaven police invited local business owners to City Hall on Aug. 27 to share tips for keeping their busi-nesses crime-free and avoiding becom-ing targets.

Take pride in your place of business and be proactive in cleaning up graf-fiti, Sgt. Justin Young said. Criminals and gang members have no respect for anybody’s property, he added.

Management and maintenance is crucial, he said. Picking up trash, re-pairing broken lights and windows sends a message to the community that the property is “well cared for and would be inhospitable to criminals,” Young said.

In addition to keeping up the ap-pearance of a business, Young said to make sure people can see what is go-ing on inside, especially at restaurants and convenience stores.

“A lot of businesses will litter their front windows with advertisements and signs, and that’s actually going to hinder the business’s safety,” Young said.

Knowing your employees may seem like common sense, especially for small business owners, but those who share space in an office complex should keep an eye out for each other and watch for people who don’t seem to know their way around, Officer Carlos Nino said.

Nino said new employees will need an adjustment period, but all people can help deter crime by staying alert.

“If you feel the hair on the back of your neck standing up, follow your gut,” Nino said. “You know when

something’s not right.”Maj. Brandon Gurley discussed

how business owners and managers should react in cases of active shooter situations. He said the Federal Bureau of Investigation has an entire two-hour training program dedicated to this, but the key is the three-step, “avoid, deny and defend” process. Those who cannot avoid or leave a dangerous sit-uation should try to deny access and if that fails, the person should defend himself or herself, Gurley said.

Nino alluded to the recent shoot-ings of reporters in Virginia by a frus-trated coworker and said “[we’ve] all dealt with difficult people at work,” but when workers take the time to pay attention to their co-workers they can more quickly act when someone shows signs of “frustration,” Nino said.

“Body language tells a lot about your level of frustration,” Nino says.

One way to look at frustration is par for the course when it comes to business, he said, but knowing it ex-ists and taking time to talk to cowork-ers is important.

The first line of defense for busi-ness owners is preparedness, and busi-ness owners and managers might want to address whether or not employees who have gun carry permits can bring weapons to work, the officers said.

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will help with accountability.Nino said employees and

managers can also become targets when they follow the same routine every day. He recommended switching up the route to work and not parking in the same space all the time.

“The way we work in polic-ing is we don’t go to Dunkin’ Donuts every morning, we may get Krispy Kreme,” Nino joked. “We don’t go to the ex-act same place every time so that we don’t become targets.”

A final tip the officers of-fered was that people with emergencies who call 911 should use a land line when possible because the dispatch-er who answers will see the address on a screen. On a call from a cellphone, the dis-patcher may not know where the caller is located, and may have to transfer the call de-pending on the type of ser-vice, such as fire and emer-gency medical service.

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Weatherwise, it’s been a summer of sharp contrasts in met-ro Atlanta. Weeks of hot, dry weather have been punctuated by torrential rain storms that have kept the plants in my yard sporadically happy and local lakes and rivers mostly full.

While a portion of northern Georgia was considered “ab-normally dry” in July, according to the U.S. Drought Moni-tor, our water supplies are in pretty good shape this year for most of the state.

But, in California, it’s a diff erent story. It is in its fourth year of an “exceptional drought” with no end in sight. Resi-dents in communities throughout the state have been ordered to conserve water or face consequences, and “drought sham-ing” of those with well-watered lawns or other signs of exces-sive water consumption has become commonplace.

Six years ago, we were experiencing our own exceptional drought here in Atlanta. Given recent trends, it’s just a mat-ter of time before another drought comes our way. Th e ques-

tion is whether or not we’ll be more prepared for the next one than we were for the last.

A recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey concludes that water use decreased signifi cantly in Georgia during the decade from 2000 to 2010 when we experienced two major droughts.

While this decrease was largely due to the move from coal-fi red power plants – which use large volumes of water – to gas-fi red plants, it is also appar-ent that people are begin-ning to get in the habit of conserving water, wheth-

er we’re in a drought or not. And that’s good news.

I love my garden as much as any other Southerner, and one of the best places I’ve found to reduce my personal water use is through rainwater harvesting to sustain my plants during Atlanta’s hot sum-mers. Every time we have another downpour, my rain barrel captures and stores 60 gallons of water that falls on my roof, before it can enter a storm drain and disappear.

Rainwater harvesting is an easy and eff ective technique to cope with drought, reduce storm runoff and increase our available water resources. Reducing Atlan-ta’s water demand also means that less water needs to be with-drawn from local rivers, keeping them as healthy as possible.

Georgia Tech, Emory and other colleges have installed rain-water harvesting systems on their campuses that are delivering signifi cant amounts of water for non-potable uses. Business-es are also investing in rain harvesting systems to maintain the appearance of their landscaping and reduce their water bills.

Th e city of Atlanta is hosting a rain barrel workshop on Sept. 23 from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Water Works Lodge, 655 Green Street, NW. Th e fee of $40 includes a rain bar-rel and installation kit. To register, contact Danita Ogand-aga at [email protected] or 404-546-3217.

Chattahoochee Riverkeeper also provides rain barrel work-shops for groups of 15 or more. For more information, see chattahoochee.org/our-work/education-training/rain-barrel-workshops/or call 404-352-9828.

Sally Bethea is the retired executive director of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (chattahoochee.org), a nonpro� t environmental ad-vocacy organization whose mission is to protect and restore the drinking water supply for nearly four million people.

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CorrectionA map showing multifamily residential projects approved or under construction along Roswell Road in Sandy Springs incor-

rectly stated the number of units planned at the JLB/Gateway site, 4586 Roswell Road. While the developer currently has build-ing permits for 316 units, that is the fi rst phase of the entire project, which was approved for a total of 630 new units. Th e proj-ect replaces 436 existing units.

Don’t move libraryA small and wealthy group of peo-

ple in Brookhaven are pushing to have the new Brookhaven library built at Brookhaven Park, which would dis-place a vital training facility for the mentally challenged.

Th ese worthies utterly disdain MARTA and the homeless. Th ey want the new library in Brookhaven Park to keep it from MARTA and home-

less elements. I use the current Brookhaven li-

brary every day it is open and am not bothered by the homeless or peo-ple who use MARTA. It would be an

outrage to force people to walk from MARTA all the way to Brookhaven Park, but that is the point of this ef-fort to put the new Brookhaven li-brary at Brookhaven Park.

Th e new Brookhaven library should be a part of the Brookhaven MARTA station redevelopment. MARTA ac-cess should be a key feature of the new Brookhaven library and the homeless should be welcome in the new library.

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Good riddance, Chip and Dale! Please leave my garden alone!Th e sign at the en-

trance of our neighbor-hood warns, in large letters, “COYOTES in the neigh-borhood! Guard your pets!”

When my husband read that he said, “Maybe they’ll eat the chipmunks.”

If only. I, too, have grown to be

a chipmunk hater. For years, I thought

they were cute and love-able. When I was a child, I enjoyed watching them in their animated forms be-ing zany with all the oth-er talking cartoon creatures of Satur-day morning. I loved them and their striped-fur appeal throughout my ado-lescence and into the stages of my ear-ly adulthood.

I was charmed by them, still, when we met them, person-to-chipmunk, at Disneyworld. We had taken our two young, impressionable tots to the Min-nie-Ha-Ha-Menehune – Make-Me-Say-Th ings-I-Can’t-Believe-I’m–Saying Character Breakfast at the Polynesian Villages Restaurant.

Chip and Dale were headliners then, along with Minnie Mouse in a grass skirt, and we were keen to meet the pair of chipmunks–terrifyingly large and plastic-eyed, though they were. We hugged their gigantic, faux-fur bodies, got their autographs, and even joined the conga line with them. Th ey con-gaed like nobody’s business. We learned that we could tell the two of them apart because Chip has the “chocolate chip nose.”

Well, it’s all over, rodent. I’m a homeowner and a gardener now, and that piece of cocoa on your face is not going to save you.

Th ese tiny, scampering little fur-balls may appear adorable and harm-less, but in reality, they are treacherous. Th ey tunnel under brick and concrete, creating structural havoc. Th ey chew through wires and tulip bulbs, and they raid gardens and eat vegetables that are meant for humans, not disease-carrying varmints. Th ey can ingest $37 worth of pansies, overnight.

Someone told me that cayenne pep-per is a good natural repellant for chip-munks. I did try it, emptying three bot-tles in the holes under my front porch. But really, that’s like trying to hold a wolf at bay with a cigarette lighter.

For years I watched these destructive, disdainful critters scurry in and out of my fl owerbeds, impervious to neighbor-hood dogs, hawks, snakes and spice jars. I fi nally decided that it was time to call in the big guns, and I enlisted the help of the professionals.

I Googled “kill the rodents” until I found a professional near me. A man from the Chipmunk Patrol drove up to my house the next day and determined that I did have an infestation.

An infestation! I had just been call-

ing it a nuisance! But now my problem was being de-fi ned by a term that was making my skin crawl. Th is was serious.

Th e Chipmunk Patrol-ler said that he could trap the rodents and remove them, and that sounded like a good plan to me at fi rst. Th e (excuse me) “catch” was that the company used live traps, which meant that once trapped, the disgusting creatures could theoretical-ly languish there, alive and wriggling, until the Chip-

munk Patroller came to remove them.Ugh! I can’t even stand the sight of

an upside down cockroach.Th en the professional rodent de-

stroyer told me that if the burrows were deep enough, he could drop smoke bombs in there—lethal to the chipmunks, but harmless to children, birds and pets.

Perfect. Die, Chip and Dale, Die!So Mr. Chipmunk dropped the

smoke bombs, and for exactly two weeks I could watch our garage door open without seeing a gang of chipmunks scatter like thugs being raided at a craps game.

Th en they all found their way into my tomatoes and under my deck again.

I’m going to put up a sign of my own, in my front yard. It will read, in large

letters, “Coyotes welcome!”Robin Conte is a writer and mother of

four who lives in Dunwoody. She can be contacted at [email protected].

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Russian import: This gym promotes very heavy lifting

From the outside, the little building in Sandy Springs doesn’t seem all that diff erent from its neighbors. It’s just an-other former suburban home off Ro-swell Road that has been converted to an offi ce or shop.

But inside, things look a bit diff er-ent. Although most of the rooms in this Cliftwood Drive business are sparely furnished, a single, large room that runs along one end of the building is fi lled with rows of equipment. It’s a very spe-cialized gym.

Th e clients training in this gym work out with weights. Th ey don’t lift weights in the familiar way, with arm curls or clean-and-jerks, but instead follow a training program developed by a Rus-sian physiologist named Anotoly Samo-dumov. Th ey’re not here to build mus-cles, but to improve their health.

“Th ere’s one place in the world, other than Moscow, where this is done, and it’s Sandy Springs,” said Dr. David Burke, who chairs the department of rehabilita-tion medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine and has been study-ing the program.

Under the watch-ful eye of trainer Vladimir Chubin-sky, a Ukrainian-born physical ther-apist and wrestler who brought the “gravitational well-ness” program to the U.S in 1997, the people working out in the Cliftwood Drive gym lift weights loaded with metal disks weighing hun-dreds of pounds.

Hundreds and hundreds of pounds, in fact. More than 1,000 pounds, at times. Even participants admit the

numbers can be eye-pop-ping. “Sat-urday I was there, and I lifted 1,500 pounds,” Burke said.

Chubin-sky charges $100 a ses-sion. Each workout takes about 30 minutes and the pro-gram includes workouts once a week for 10 to 12 weeks or so. Clients say the program makes them feel better and im-proves their health, Burke said.

“I’m a big advocate...,” Sandy Springs developer Jim Jacoby said. “I’m going to be 72 and I’ve still got a lot of energy and it gives me more. ... My wife did it, too, and my daughter.”

Chubinsky says he doesn’t know why the program improves his clients’ health, just that they tell him it does. “It’s not about [how much] weight [one lifts],” he said. “It’s about how you feel.”

Participants are able to lift large amounts of weight because the lifts are done with their cen-tral bodies. For the

fl oor lift, Chubinsky places a wide belt across the lifter’s lower back, spreading the weight across their bodies. Altogeth-er, there are four weight stations that stress diff erent areas of the body. Over time, “this program gives you addition-

“This program gives you additional strength,

which you cannot get by any other workout.”

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Left, Vladimir Chubinsky keeps a watchful eye on client Beth Nowak as she lifts weights during a “gravitational wellness” program.

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other workout,” Chubinsky said.“Whatever you’re doing, you will be

better,” he said. “It’s like a catalyst for anything you do.”

Chubinsky said he moved to Sandy Springs in the 1990s because he wanted to operate his business in metro Atlanta. “People say if you can succeed in Atlan-ta, you can succeed anywhere,” he said.

His gym has attracted celebrities, ath-letes and local business leaders. Some clients fly in from New York, Canada or Europe just for the workout, Chubinsky said. “It’s got a cult following,” Burke said.

Word of the program spreads primar-ily through word of mouth. Some local and national sports publications have written about Chubinsky, but most of his clients are referred by other clients.

Chubinsky believes the program won’t stay small forever. He’s convinced that “gravitation wellness” will spread and become something many people do as part of their regular fitness pro-grams. He imagines it being used in high schools. When? “I don’t know,” he said. “But it will happen.”

Burke, who also lives in Sandy Springs, started studying the “gravita-tional wellness” program several years ago after he overheard someone at a conference talking about lifting extraor-

dinary amounts of weight at Chubin-sky’s gym. Burke has produced scientif-ic papers on the program, including one he presented in July at an internation-al medical conference in Berlin. His col-leagues’ reactions? “This is such stunning stuff, they don’t know what to make of it,” he said.

But Burke seems convinced that something extraordinary takes place on Cliftwood Drive. He considers it alter-native medicine. “It seems to me this is something unique,” he said. “People feel better ... and it doesn’t require a lot of effort.”

Burke holds a third-degree black belt in the martial art of Tae Kwon Do. He thinks Chubinsky’s clients may feel stronger and healthier because they stim-ulate primarily the core of their bodies.

That area is associated in martial arts with “chi,” or life force, he said, and the people he interviewed for his study said the program made them feel better. “Ev-erybody said, ‘I’ve got so much more en-ergy. I think more clearly.’ It was just a sense of well-being,” he said.

“Here’s the bullet item that intrigued me: You [work out] a maximum of 30 minutes a week for two months, and you’re able to double your strength and increase you sense of health, well-being and vitality, with no injuries. That is just shy of taking a pill.”

“There’s one place in the world, other than Moscow, where this is

done, and it’s Sandy Springs.”

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Medals match their uniformsThe Marcus Jewish Community Center’s Team Atlanta participated

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Show spiritHigh Point Elementary School second-grader Ella Daniel, left,

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Lenny MarcusSaturday, Sept. 12, 8:30- 0:30 p.m. – The Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta pres-ents a standup performance by comedian Lenny Marcus. With recent appearances on Comedy Cen-tral and The Late Show, this standup performance is sure to please comedy enthusiasts. This event is strictly 18+. Tickets are $18 for members and $25 for nonmembers. MJCCA, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, go to at-lantajcc.org or call 678-812-4000.

Ruthless! Friday, Sept. 18 through Saturday, Oct. 3 – Act3 Productions presents “Ruth-less!,” at Act3 Playhouse in Sandy Springs. The show incorporates elements of Broadway, and plays on the themes of ambition, parenting and child acting. Tickets begin at $15 and can be purchased through the website: act3produc-tions.org. Sandy Springs Plaza, 6285 Roswell Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328.

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Entertainment Schedule Location: Festival Main Stage

Saturday, September 19, 20159:30 – 10:30 am Kiwanis Pet Parade Registration10:30 – 11:30 am 27th Annual Kiwanis Pet Parade and Awards Ceremony11:30 – 12:15 pm J Dance Company and Collective Dance ProjectMarcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta12:15 – 1:00 pm Ridgeview Singers, Ridgeview Jazz Band, Riverwood SingersRidgeview Charter Middle School & Riverwood High School1:00 – 1:15 pm Los Ninos Primeros Chorus1:15 – 1:45 pm Sandy Springs Recreation and Parks Department Gymnastics Demonstration1:45 – 2:15 pm Bush Centre for Ballet2:15 – 3:15 pm Is That So?3:15 – 4:15 pm Mr. Blue Sky4:15 – 5:30 pm UndercurrentFestival closes at 6:00 pm

Sunday, September 20, 201510:00 – 10:45 am Muse for Life: Craig and Havalyn’s Original Music Experience10:45 – 11:00 am Moohans Martial Arts Karate Demonstration11:00 – 11:30 am Jump Start Gym Demonstration11:30 – 12:00 am Dance Theatre of Sandy Springs 12:00 – 12:30 pm Sky Gym / Ariel Dance12:30 – 12:45 pm Georgia Boy Choir12:45 – 1:30 pm Great Safari Adventure Show, A Kids Exercise Extravaganza1:30 – 2:30 pm Darnell Boys2:30 – 3:15 pm North Springs Charter High School Marching Band3:15 – 4:30 pm Black Lion ReggaeFestival closes at 5:00 pm

Thank you to the following individuals for their financial support of the 2015 Sandy Springs Festival:Friends of the FestivalAnne and Jeff BachmanHoney and Alan Barnes

Josh and Karina BelinfanteMarsha and Tony Cintorino

Jean and Ken ClaryEmmett and Teri Cloud

Cathy and Jeff CrumrineWinston and LaFon Dees

Laura and D.J. DeLongDavid Epstein and Stacey Hader Epstein

Lori Evers

Dr. John GamwellRodger and Jill Johnson

Margie KesslerKevin King

Carole and Sidney KirschnerMeryl and Richard Levitt

Patricia D. LevyNancy and Scott McCord

Bunny MitchellDorothy S. Myers

Dr. John and Gail NeeldAlice T. Nelson

Peter and Sally ParsonsonDon and Joan PlunkettJan and Lever Stewart

Cynthiaand Jerre SwannCarla and John Sweetwood

Bob and Georgia WattsMarsha Webb

Dick and Dale WernerDan and Beka Whigham

Representative Joe WilkinsonWard and Mary Jo Winer

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Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

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What To Know Before You Go FESTIVAL HOURS: Saturday, September 19, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm. • Sunday, September 20, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. This event is rain or shine. ABOUT: The Sandy Springs Festival is a two-day outdoor arts and community festival presented by Heritage Sandy Springs, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting history, stewarding a community park, and enhancing the cultural identity of Sandy Springs. The Festival is celebrating its 30th year in 2015.

ADMISSiON:Adults $5 2-Day Pass: Adults $7Youth (Ages 6-17) $2 2-Day Pass: Youth (Ages 6-17) $3Children (5 and under) FREE HSS Members FREE

PARKING/TRANSPORTATION: FREE PARKING, with shuttle service provided by Cooper GlobalChauffeured Transportation, is available at the following locations:

The closest MARTA stop is the Dunwoody Station, 1.6 miles away. A passenger can take the #5 Sandy Springs or the #87 Roswell Road bus. Both drop passengers at Hilderbrand Drive and Roswell Road, one block east of the Festival entrance on Hilderbrand Drive and Bluestone Road Please DO NOT park at City Walk or area shopping centers. These private lots are for retail patrons only.

FESTIVAL AMENITIES: Amenities include ATMs, Lost and Found, designated recycling and trash containers, a baby changing station, as well as multiple restroom locations. Food and beverage vendors will be located through-out the Festival and in the Food Court. The Moondog Growlers Beer Garden will feature a selection of local craft brews on draft for attendees age 21+. The Sandy Springs Festival prides itself in being a pet-friendly event! Please keep your pet on leash at all times and be mindful of others. Heritage Green is a smoke-free park. No tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco will be permitted.

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Urban Farm Day

Saturday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Blue Heron Nature Preserve partners with Farm Chastain to present Urban Farm Day, part of their Second Saturday Safari Series. The event features a tour of the property and a chance to harvest your own veggies for a healthy salad. Master gardeners will provide fall gardening tips, soil test kits and seed packets. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids. Farm Chastain, 4001 Powers Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30342. For more in-formation, go to bhnp.org.

Pirate CraftsThursday, Sept. 17, 4-4:30 p.m. – In hon-or of Talk Like a Pirate Day, the Brookhaven Li-brary hosts a craft workshop to make pirate hats and eyepatches. Funding provided by the Friends of the Brookhaven Library. Free. Suitable for kids aged 5 to 12. Open to the first 20 partici-pants. 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhav-en, 30319. For more information, go to dekalbli-brary.org or call 404-848-7140.

Book SaleFriday, Sept. 18, 12-6 p.m. and Satur-day, Sept. 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. – Friends of the Northside Library presents their monthly book sale and fundraiser in the meeting room. Free event is open to the public. Suitable for all ages. Northside Branch Library, 3295 North-side Pkwy., NW, Atlanta, 30327. For more in-formation, email [email protected] or go to afpls.org/northside-branch.

KidStuff ConsignmentThursday, Sept. 17, 5-9 p.m., Friday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. – Just in time for back to school, this consignment sale features children’s fall and winter clothing, toys, books, baby equipment and much more! All proceeds support the missions of Kingswood UMC. No children under 10 per-mitted on Thursday, and on Saturday, many items will be discounted or half price. Kingswood United Methodist Church, Community Life Center, 5015 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more infor-mation, go to kingswoodumc.org/kidstuff.

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Friday, Sept. 25, 6 p.m. – Come out for a screening of Cinderella at Movies by Moonlight, a free drive-in movie and block party suitable for the whole family. Presented by Leadership Sandy Springs. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, 86 Mount Vernon Hwy., NW, Sandy Springs, 30328. Need additional details? Go to leadership-sandysprings.org or call 404-256-9091.

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Fall in love with fall festivalsBY ISADORA PENNINGTON

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As days grow shorter and the air be-comes distinctly more crisp, fall enthusi-asts everywhere rejoice with the onset of autumn, dreaming of pumpkin spice ev-erything and cozy scarves on chilly days.

For those living in our communi-ties, fall also means some great festi-

vals and events nearby, made all the sweeter by cooler temperatures and beautiful autumn colors.

Along with the Sandy Springs Fes-tival set for Sept. 19 and 20, here are some other festivals planned in the metro area this fall.

Yellow Daisy FestivalTh ursday, Sept. 10 through Sunday, Sept. 13. Returning for its 43rd year to

Stone Mountain Park, this outdoor festival off ers shopping, live entertainment, fes-tival foods and works for sale by more than 400 artists and crafters. With vendors from 38 states and internationally as well, this bustling event has grown tremendous-ly since it began as a small arts and crafts show many years ago. Families and visitors of all ages are invited to partake in Children’s Corner activities, crafter demonstrations and beautiful wooded trails for walking. Admission to the Yellow Daisy Festival is free with parking, which is $15 per vehicle for a one-day permit. Stone Mountain Park, Highway 78E, Stone Mountain, 30086. To fi nd out more details about the event, go to stonemountainpark.com or call 770-498-5690.

Pumpkin FestivalFridays through Sundays, Sept. 25 to Oct. 25. Th is annual happening brings

visitors to Stone Mountain Park for attractions, games, shows and beautiful views of changing fall colors. Life-sized storytelling, a parade, meet and greet with characters, a scavenger hunt and even a pie-eating contest make this recurring weekend outing a family favorite. Visitors can also trek through the treetops in the ropes course and take a ride to the summit of the mountain during their trip. Tickets can be purchased on-line, and more information can be found at stonemountainpark.com. Stone Moun-tain Park, Old 78 Hwy., Stone Mountain, 30083.

Atlanta Greek FestivalTh ursday, Sept. 24 through Sunday, Sept. 27. Experience the tastes and tra-

ditions of Greece at the Atlanta Greek Festival. Alpha-Omega Sound headlines the event and plays authentic music from diff erent regions in Greece, and dancers from the Greek Orthodox Cathedral perform traditional as well as contemporary danc-es from Greece, Cyprus and Asia Minor. Live cooking demonstrations by local chefs and plenty of festival favorites like gyros and Greek pizza are available for sale using the Festival Bucks system. Large crowds are expected, so plan accordingly. Free park-ing and shuttle buses available at the Century Center Offi ce Park adjacent to I-85, at 2200 Century Pkwy., NE, Atlanta, 30345. For more information, go online toatlgoc.org/greek-festival or call 404-633-7358. Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 2500 Clairmont Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30329.

Fall Folklife FestivalSaturday, Sept. 26. Celebrate the traditions of the South at the Atlanta History Cen-

ter’s Fall Folklife Festival. Th e family-friendly activities include live bluegrass and folk mu-sic by local musicians and taste treats from Atlanta-based food trucks. Th is year the festival is highlighting the contributions of African-American chefs and home cooks, including demonstrations by Michael Twitty and a panel discussion with Southern chefs moderat-ed by Erika Council, author of the Southern Souffl e blog. Th e event is free for members and included in the cost of general admission for nonmembers. Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. To learn more, go to atlantahistorycen-ter.com or call 404-814-4000.

Brookhaven Chili CookoffSaturday, Oct. 10. If chili is your thing, then you may not wanr to miss this festival in

the heart of Brookhaven. Featuring a chili and brunswick stew tasting with 75+ competi-tion teams, this event is perfect for the foodie in your life. In addition to the chili off erings, food trucks will be on hand selling their goods. Adults can enjoy adult beverages and foot-ball on the big screen while kids play cornhole, do arts and crafts and hit the kid’s zone. Live music will entertain the entire family while raising money for Releash Atlanta. Am-ateur teams can sign up for a chance to win prizes, medals and bragging rights. Leashed pets are allowed, but no coolers, outside food or beverages permitted in the venue. Tick-ets and more information can be found on their website at brookhavenchilicookoff .com. Brookhaven Park, 4158 Peachtree Rd., Brookhaven, 30319.

Brookhaven Arts Festival Saturday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 18. Th is juried fi ne art event returns for its 11th

year to Brookhaven. Produced with the input of local artists by the Brookhaven Commu-nity Foundation, this popular event has returned after their 2014 hiatus. Boasting more than 150 artists, the event also off ers plenty of food, live music and a classic car show. Th e Little House of ART will provide an interactive kid’s booth. Free and open to the public. Apple Valley Road behind the MARTA station, 2573 Apple Valley Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. To learn more, call (770) 988-4548 or go to brookhavenartsfestival.org.

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val returns to Chastain Park along Park Drive, and features goods and art by approxi-mately 185 artists and artisans. A children’s area, food and beverages, including gour-met food trucks, and local acoustic musicians make this free event a fun time for the entire family. Th e event is organized by the Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces and volunteer artists. Chastain Park, 4001 Powers Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30342. More infor-mation on the festival can be found online at chastainparkartsfestival.org or by call-ing 404-237-2177.

Book Festival of the MJCCATh ursday, Nov. 5 through Sunday, Nov. 22. Th e Marcus Jewish Community

Center of Atlanta hosts the 24th annual Book Festival, a literary event featuring a lineup of authors, celebrities and thinkers. Panels, book signings, author meet-and-greets, panel discussions and a community reading are features that draw thousands of book lovers to Dunwoody. Featured authors include David Gregory, Judy Blume, Ted Koppel and many more. MJCCA, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, call 678-812-4000 or go online to atlantajcc.org where you can also purchase tickets.

Fall Festival on Ponce Saturday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 18. Th e Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces

presents the 5th annual Fall Festival on Ponce in Olmsted Linear Park. Visitors can browse over 125 fi ne art, folk and craft displays. Kids can enjoy a children’s area while adults sam-ple local gourmet food, beverages and listen to acoustic musical performances. Th is out-door event is free and open to the public. Olmstead Linear Park, 1451 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30307. For more information, go to festivalonponce.com.

Dunwoody Apple Cider DaysThursday, Oct. 21 through Sunday, Oct. 25. Hosted by the Dunwoody Pres-

ervation Trust, this annual fall fundraising event is a family favorite. Festivities include carnival rides, amusement games, food and vendors. With an expected crowd of more than 30,000 people, the event is a tradition in Dunwoody and held at Perimeter Mall. Admission to Apple Cider Days is free; individual ride tickets are $1 each. Perimeter Mall, 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., NE, Dun-woody, 30346. For more information, go to appleciderdays.org or call the Dun-woody Preservation Trust at 770-668-0401.


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One of those other places is actually just down the block, but Chama Gaúcha is 10 bucks cheaper at about 40 bucks for din-ner and 25 bucks for lunch. Th e food and beverage quality was excellent. Our serv-er suggested a caipirinha, Brazil’s national cocktail, similar to a margarita. Th ey don’t use a mix for the lime juice – several times I had to unclog my straw because of pulp, which adds brightness to the drink so your taste buds won’t burn out.

It’s misleading to say that we then went to the salad bar. Chama Gaúcha is home to a 360º ice bar: a square covered on all sides by elegantly hard-packed crushed ice, atop which are embedded a wide variety of cold items. You can treat it like tapas, make a salad, or just peck around for interesting things. Hearts of palm, seasoned mozza-rella, smoked salmon, sun-dried tomatoes, jumbo asparagus, fi ve olive oils, marinated mushroom caps, a parmesan wheel as big as your head, et cetera. My wife went nuts over a heaping pile of sweet shrimp cock-tail, and I dabbled around with a basil lime sauce that went great on everything. Every item was of the utmost freshness. Vegans can easily get their money’s worth without ever touching meat or bread.

Th e bread! Small, gorgeously doughy popovers with a faint hit of parmesan. Th ey’re hollow, so don’t worry about get-ting full before the parade of meats.

Th ere’s a card on your table, and when

you fl ip it from red to green, the servers ap-pear with a dozen usual cuts and daily spe-cials. Meanwhile, your table accrues a pile of accompaniments. Sauces: horsey, mint jelly, chimichurri, salsa. Sides: mashed po-tatoes, fried polenta cakes, fried bananas. When you realize you’re too full for des-sert, you’ll be glad for that fried banana.

We could talk about the specifi c meats, but why? You go to a Brazilian steakhouse so you can try everything and get a lit-tle meat-drunk. Every bite was cooked to perfection and the char on the outside was just right. My wife dug the bacon-wrapped sirloin and I couldn’t get enough of the beef ribs. To each their own, again and again until you give up and turn your card to the red side.

Th e beauty of the service at Chama Gaúcha is that at fi rst they won’t take red for an answer. Th is is Brazilian hos-pitality! Your server is there to direct the fl ow of food and to ask you seven times if you’re sure you can’t eat one more bite. We’d thrown in the towel before the kitch-en got cracking on some sausage, so our server totally charmed us into fl ipping that card back to green. Nobody was pushy; ev-erybody was super nice and attentive. You can bring your fi nicky grandmother here – or your no-nonsense boss, your gluten-free friend, your table of 25 people where sev-en of them are always late. Indeed, we’re going back very soon.

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Open Hand will host its 12th annual culinary-focused fundraising event – Party in the Kitchen. The event will be held at American Spirit Works, 199 Armour Drive, on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. Organized by Chef Kevin Rathbun, Chef Gerry Klaskala, Kim Klumok, Stewart Little and Mary Williams, guests will enjoy an evening of music, cocktails and cuisine prepared by some of the city’s most talented chefs and mixolo-gists. There will be an opportunity to bid on silent and live auction items that include travel and entertainment packages. Tickets to the main event are $250 each. To pur-chase tickets: partyinthekitchen.org.

Bert’s Big Adventure Restaurant Week will be held Sept. 14-20. The event will

benefit the nonprofit that offers trips to children with chronic and terminal illness-es and their families. Participating restaurants include: Avellino’s Pizza in Brookhav-en and Decatur, Buttermilk Kitchen, YEAH! Burger in West Midtown and Virginia-Highland, Suwannee Park Tavern in Suwanee, 1Kept in Buckhead and all locations of Taco Mac, Tin Lizzy’s Cantina, and Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers.

Marlow’s Tavern plans to open its next location in Brookhaven, according to a re-port from Tomorrow’s News Today. The 3,400-square-foot restaurant would occupy suite 301 of Brookleigh Market on Johnson Ferry Road in Brookhaven.

Atlanta’s Best Cellars Dinner will be held Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at the InterConti-nental Buckhead. Attendees will drink rare wines, listen to live music by the Class Act Band, and eat a four-course meal prepared by Guest Chef de Cuisine Jérôme Gril-hot and Executive Chef Didier Lailheugue. For more information, visit tjmartell.org.

Restaurateur Justin Anthony (10 Degrees South, Yebo) plans to open Cape Dutch, a contemporary steak and seafood kitchen, in the Morningside neighborhood this month. The restaurant will be located at 1782 Cheshire Bridge Road.

The annual Great Atlanta Beer Fest at Turner Field is on Sept. 26 from 3 to 8 p.m. The event features 200-plus beers, ciders and 30-plus wines. There will be live music from the Geeks Band, college football on big TVs, and fun and games on Scout’s Al-ley and around the event. Advance tickets are $40, $45 after Sept. 17 and $55 the day of the event. Tickets can be purchased at greatatlantabeerfest.com.

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Andrew Agrippina started the pro-life club at Holy Spirit Preparatory School, but that wasn’t enough for the young activist.

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Andrew said he was shocked when he learned what abortion is and that it happens. “My Catholic faith tells me that I cannot stand idle while grave in-justices run rampant in our society,” he said.

Earlier this year, Andrew worked with Knights of Columbus at Holy Spirit Catholic Church to raise a bill-board on I-75 in Atlanta. The photo of a newborn baby with the words “All Life Matters” represents to Andrew a dedication to life and serving others.

He said he took his school’s mot-to, “Ministrare non Ministrari,” which means “to serve, not to be served,” se-riously.

“I have been raised with these val-ues, and they have become a part of who I am,” Andrew said.

He calls Tommy Curtin his mentor, and “an educator in the purest sense.” Curtin served as football coach, prin-cipal, teacher, director, piano accom-panist and vocal coach during An-drew’s time at Holy Spirit.

“He played a pivotal role in my for-mation as a student, helping me dis-cover my passion for music and love of knowledge,” Andrew said. “He’s an in-credible teacher, and it is very evident that he loves what he does.”

Curtin said Andrew followed through with his billboard plan like a good business person.

“As part of his work with [the pro-life club], he met with city officials in Atlanta to propose billboards to pro-mote life, and I believe one was ap-proved,” Curtin said. “He saw the project through start to finish, and that to me is a very entrepreneurial ac-tivity.”

Andrew said the effort to raise the billboard taught him how important perseverance and drive are, but he said he also learned he cannot do every-thing alone. He said he is thankful for the help he got from Knights of Co-lumbus.

On his resume, Andrew lists the Ray Kroc Youth Achievement Award, which was established by the Great-

er Atlanta McDonald’s Operators As-sociation in 1985 in memory of Mc-Donald’s founder, Ray A. Kroc. Each participating school selects one grad-uating senior per year to receive the award.

“Andrew is a natural leader, and he combines great leadership skills with an incredibly optimistic attitude,” Curtin said.

His belief that good things come from hard work fuels his projects. “He’s also very talented, which allows him to be successful in many areas from arts to academic to service orga-nizations at our school,” Curtin said.

In addition to starting the pro-life club at school, Andrew participat-ed and won first place in the Atlanta Chapter of Georgia Right to Life Ora-tory Contest in the spring of 2014. He went on to win the statewide contest, earning $250 and a summer intern-ship with Georgia Right to Life. His winning speech was titled “Proliferate the Pro-Life Rate.” In the speech, he said people should love and not pass judgment on women who become un-expectedly pregnant.

But Andrew’s commitment to life extends beyond pregnancy.

“To me, the pro-life cause tran-scends the issue of abortion,” he said. “Being pro-life means treating every-one I meet with the love and dignity that every human life deserves.”

When the pro-life club took a trip to the District of Columbia for the March for Life, Andrew and other club members brought along blankets and granola bars to donate.

“We handed these out to the home-less people we encountered while marching,” Andrew said. “That is what the pro-life movement is about.”

What’s Next: Andrew plans to attend Washing-

ton and Lee University, with a dou-ble major in business administration and politics, and minor in music. He said he made the choice based on the school’s inspiring honor code and inti-mate academic environment.

This article was prepared by Lela Johnson and written by Ellen Eldridge.

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City Council members Linley Jones and Bates Mattison requested budget study of boosting electric-car use by res-idents and the city itself at the council’s Aug. 25 meeting.

Mattison suggested purchasing after-lease Nissan Leaf electric cars to replace the city’s fl eet. “I think that would be a very good message for us to be sending…and might save us some money,” he said.

Meanwhile, Jones wants the electric-car charging station at City Hall to be available at all times instead of the restricted schedule used now.

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Department, Atlanta Hawks Cheerleaders and even the Atlanta Hawk.

Brookhaven Government CalendarBrookhaven City Council usually meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m. at Brookhaven City Hall, 4362 Peachtree Rd.For complete and up-to-date schedule of Brookhaven city meetings, go to http://brookhavenga.gov.

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Mattison told the commission mem-bers that during the presentation last year, he felt like a condemned man facing his executioners. “This year, I feel like a kid on Christmas morning,” he said.

“I am pleased you came back for the second year,” commission mem-ber Tony Lowden said. “The only way Georgia is going to get better is if we give folks choices and better schools ... Thank you for coming back for a second bite of the apple. We didn’t ex-ecute you, we just delayed you.”

Mattison said that dealing with the commission’s com-plaints forced the board to make the school plan stronger. “The State Charter Schools Commis-sion put us through paces,” he said. “We’re pretty well detailed about how we’re going to run this school. ... Now it’s a question of operational execu-tion.”

One change the state required was to expand the number of members on

the school board and reduce the num-ber of Brookhaven City Council mem-bers on the board. At full size, the self-perpetuating board will be composed of 14 members, including two named by Brookhaven City Council.

The school is scheduled to open in August of 2016. The board plans to open with about 420 students, chosen by lottery from a statewide pool of ap-plicants, in kindergarten through sixth grade, according to its webpage. By

fall 2018, the school will grow to 540 stu-dents in kindergar-ten through eighth grade.

Mattison said he thought that be-cause the school would offer trans-portation only to and from MAR-TA, applicants like-ly would come from nearby communi-ties. “If they want to bus their kids or fly

them up from Savannah, that’s fine. We’ll take ’em,” he said. But he said he thought most applicants would come “from around where we’re located.”

Potential students can sign up for the lottery now on the school’s web-site, Brookhaven.education.

New academy searches for a home, leader and students

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Brookhaven Innovation Academy board members are looking at this builidng on Skyland Drive as a possible home for the new charter school.

“The only way Georgia is going to get better is if we give folks choices

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March dates chosen for second Cherry Blossom Fest

City officials plan to hold Brookhaven’s second annual Cherry Blossom Festival next year on March 26 and March 27.

“This will be an event that fam-ilies can embrace,” Mayor Rebecca Chase Williams said.

The inaugural festival earlier this year drew an estimated 10,000 vis-itors to Blackburn Park over three days, helping to add as much as $185,000 into the local economy, city officials said in a press release.

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Firefighters celebrate one of their ownDeKalb County Fire Station No. 2 celebrated the service of one of its own on Aug. 29, holding a retirement reception for firefighter Chris Mruk.

Left, firefighters from many DeKalb stations came by to show support.

Left center, Mruk’s fellow firefighters at station No. 2 created a U.S. flag out of a firehose.

Right center, Murk served as a DeKalb County police officer from 1986 to 1996 before joining the fire department. He served at station No. 2 from 1987-2015.

Below, left, as part of his retirement party, Mruk drove around in a 2015 Chevrolet Corvette, compliments of a local car dealership.

Below, right, DeKalb firefighter Brock Roddey, left, speaks with retired DeKalb firefighter Clarence “CP” Smith.

PHOTOS BY PHIL MOSIER

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Police BlotterAug. 14-27

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

curate.

ROBBERY � 2600 block of Buford Highway—On

Aug. 25, an arrest was made for robbery.

BURGLARY � 1400 block of Stratfi eld Circle—On

Aug. 15, burglary was reported.

� 3400 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 15, burglary was reported.

� 1300 block of Roxboro Drive—On Aug. 16, burglary was reported.

� 1100 block of Goodwin Road—On Aug. 16, burglary was reported.

AUTO THEFT � 3700 block of Buford Highway—On

Aug. 14, theft by taking auto was report-ed.

� 5200 block of Reserve Drive—On Aug. 18, theft by taking auto was reported.

� 2400 block of East Club Drive—On Aug. 19, theft by taking auto was report-ed.

ASSAULT � 1200 block of North Druid Hills

Road—On Aug. 16, simple battery was reported.

� 3500 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 16, battery was reported.

� 1600 block of North Cliff Valley Way—On Aug. 17, aggravated assault by cutting was reported.

� 4400 block of Memorial Drive—On Aug. 17, an arrest was made for terroris-tic threats and acts.

� 1200 block of Lincoln Court Avenue—On Aug. 17, simple battery was reported and an arrest was made.

� 2800 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 18, simple assault was reported; On Aug. 20, simple battery was reported.

� 3100 block of Windsor Lake Drive—On Aug. 23, an arrest was made for bat-tery of a family member.

FRAUD � 2400 block of Briarcliff Road—On

Aug. 17, an arrest was made for forgery in the fi rst degree.

� 2600 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 17, fraudulent activity was reported.

� 3200 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 17, fraud by swindle was reported.

� 2400 block of North Druid Hills Road—On Aug. 18, an arrest was made for forgery in the third degree.

� 1300 block of Dresden Drive—On Aug. 18, fraudulent activity was reported.

� 1300 block of North Cliff Valley Way—On Aug. 18, fraud by swindle was reported.

THEFT/LARCENY � 2500 block of Briarcliff Road—On

Aug. 14, theft or articles from a vehicle was reported.

� 3900 block of Peachtree Road—On Aug. 14, shoplifting was reported.

� 3500 block of Durden Drive—On Aug. 14, theft was reported.

� 4000 block of Ashford-Dunwoody Road—On Aug. 14, theft of a bicycle was reported.

� 2000 block of North Druid Hills Road—On Aug. 14, shoplifting was re-ported.

� 200 block of Town Boulevard—On Aug. 14, entering auto was reported.

� 3300 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 16, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

� 3600 block of Ashford-Dunwoody Road—On Aug. 18, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

� First block of Executive Parkway Drive—On Aug. 18, an arrest was made for theft by taking.

ARRESTS � 2600 block of Buford Highway—On

Aug. 20, an arrest was made for public in-toxication and public consumption; On Aug. 23, a wanted person was arrested;

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On Aug. 24 and 27, arrests were made for failure to appear in court.

� 2900 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 19, an arrest was made for posses-sion of marijuana; On Aug. 26, an arrest was made was for no driver’s license.

� 3000 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 22, an arrest was made for driving without a license; On Aug. 23, a wanted person was arrested.

� 3100 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 21, an arrest was made for crimi-

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� 3300 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 24, an arrest was made for DUI.

� 3400 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 14, an arrest was made for public drunkenness; On Aug. 15, a wanted per-

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� 3500 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 17, an arrest was made for overtaking and passing a school bus; On Aug. 19, an arrest was made for marijuana possession.

� 3700 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 22, arrests were made for possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a felon; On Aug. 23, an arrest was made for public in-

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� 3900 block of Buford Highway—On Aug. 26, an arrest was made for no driv-er’s license.

� 1900 block of North Druid Hills Road—On Aug. 16, an arrest was made for theft by receiving stolen property.

� 2100 block of North Druid Hills Road—On Aug. 16, an arrest was made for DUI and a wanted person was located and arrested; On Aug. 23, an arrest was made for DUI; On Aug. 25, an arrest was made for driving without a license.

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