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House election means changes

at City HallBY JOE EARLE

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Let the political dance begin.Th e appointment of former Rep. Mike Ja-

cobs (R-Brookhaven) to a DeKalb County judgeship created an opening for a new state lawmaker to represent District 80, which cov-ers most of Brookhaven and parts of Sandy Springs and Chamblee. A special election is scheduled for July 14.

Th e race to succeed Jacobs could result in changes at City Hall.

Candidates offi cially fi le with the Secretary of State’s offi ce from June 1 through 3 to run in the special election for the District 80 seat. After the announcement of Jacobs’ appoint-ment, three candidates quickly announced they planned to run for the seat – lawyer Tay-lor Bennett; lawyer Catherine Bernard, who ran against Jacobs in 2014; and lawyer and Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis.

Davis’ candidacy will start a game of poli-ical musical chairs at City Hall.

Once Davis fi les to run for the House seat, he must resign as mayor, Brookhaven City At-torney Tom Kurrie said.

Davis announced during the Brookhaven

BY TIM DARNELLMore than 100 people turned out in Lynwood Park on

May 19 to give their opinions on Brookhaven’s plans to de-velop bike and pedestrian trails throughout the city.

“Where in Brookhaven do you want to go?” Richard Fangmann, an engineer with Pond and Company, asked the group. “Th at’s what this meeting is all about, getting your fi rst comments and input into this process.

“Th is is a starting point for us.”Brookhaven has a $96,000 contract with Pond and Com-

pany to develop a comprehensive bicycle, pedestrian and trail plan for the city. Th e project’s focus will be developing a map for future development as well as a prioritized list of feasible and cost-eff ective projects.

Th e meeting was the fi rst in a series of community in-put sessions.

“Th is huge turnout is evidence that transit and pedestri-an issues are important to us,” said District 3 City Council-man Bates Mattison, whose district includes Lynwood Park. “Th e results of this eff ort will give us a clear path as to what

future steps we need to take.”Residents fi rst had the chance to prioritize projects, such

as bike paths, sidewalks and multi-use trails, on a series of maps. Attendees then participated in a series of workshops with Pond and Company personnel to further what the community wants in terms of bike and pedestrian paths and trails.

“Our goals are to gain a variety of perspective on bike paths for both kids and adults, and running and walking trails,” Fangmann said. “I was at the recent Brookhaven Bolt, and I was amazed at how many people were in atten-dance. It shows how much this community is engaged in walking and running activities.

“And we want to develop ways of integrating biking, walking and running into our overall transit plan.”

Mattison said Brookhaven has many thoroughfares — such as North Druid Hills, Clairmont, Peachtree and Ash-ford-Dunwoody roads — that are clogged by commuters

Residents give input on bike, trail pathways

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Jessica Encarnacion, left, with Monserrat Reyes-Rubio, are all smiles as they prepare for the Cross Keys High School commencement ceremony in Adams Stadium on May 22. See

additional graduation photos from area public and private schools on pages 18-19.

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Julie Minor gives her son Pierce, 3, some cheering help while he encourages his dad

Richard, running in the eighth annual Brookhaven Bolt on May 16. All proceeds from the 5K race go to

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BY TITUS FALODUNDuring a luncheon sponsored by the

Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce, DeKalb-Peachtree Airport’s (PDK) In-terim General Manager Mario Evans ad-dressed the past, present and future of the airport and its relationship with the surrounding community.

Earlier this month, four people died after a small aircraft took off from PDK and collided with a highway barrier dur-ing a forced landing attempt on I-285, according to the preliminary report re-leased by the Na-tional Transportation Safety Board.

“Th e only rea-son why it was pub-licized is because you don’t hear about air-line crashes that of-ten,” Evans told the luncheon crowd on May 26.

Reaction from lo-cal residents has been one of concern and worry that Evans described as “the sky is falling” panic. “Th ere’s nothing falling,” he said. “Aviation is one of the safest in-dustries, transportation wise. Th e last fa-tality that I know of is back in ‘78 that happened here at PDK.”

Th e NTSB has said the investigation of the fatal crash may take up to a year to conclude, and Evans is confi dent PDK will be absolved of any blame.

“Th e only thing that directly links PDK to the crash is that he [the pilot] had bought 20 gal-lons of fuel here,” Ev-ans said. “And that wasn’t enough to in-fect his tank.”

Evans spent a majority of the lun-cheon highlighting PDK’s growing eco-nomic transformation. PDK ranks, he said, in the top 10 in terms of busiest general aviation (everything but mili-tary and commercial planes) airports in

both the state (second) and the coun-try (ninth). “I’m nothing but a big land-lord,” Evans said. “Th e airport is an en-terprise fund for the county; we generate money.”

According to PDK’s fi nancial re-cords, the airport’s budget was more than $12.9 million last year, which in-cluded a $5 million operating cost.

General tax funds do not support the airport, so Evans relies on convincing local business and political leaders that

PDK is an invest-ment in the commu-nity.

Having a high-ly popular and func-tioning general avia-tion airport helps the metro Atlanta area attract what he called “surge events,” such as professional sports All-Star games and the NCAA’s Final Four he said.

But the taking off of PDK fi nancially does not mean everyone is along for the ride. Nearby residents have expressed concerns about the noise level, and dis-approval of the usage of surrounding property that some Brookhaven resi-dents want to become a public park.

“Th e culprit behind the noise is the older technology aircrafts that will be phased out at the end of 2015,” Evans assured, citing a government mandate.

As for the proper-ty contention, Evans sees that as a misrep-resentation of PDK’s land. Th e Feder-al Aviation Adminis-tration granted PDK

permission to sell the area, but only if it sold at fair market value.

“Th at area that the citizens call ‘green space’ is a runway protection zone for the airport,” Evans said. “We have eight of them around the airport.”

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“We know there is enough of a tax base in this community to provide an eco-nomic revival through cityhood,” said Al-len Venet, chairman of LaVista Hills Yes. “From our perspective, we absolutely ex-pected the study to prove what we’ve been advocating.”

On May 15, the Carl Vinson Insti-tute of the University of Georgia released a feasibility study showing a city of LaV-ista Hills could operate with a $1.7 mil-lion surplus while providing police, parks, planning, zoning, business development and road maintenance.

The study found that a city of LaVista Hills would include:

• 67,444 people (64.5 percent white, 16.9 percent black, and 15.8 percent His-panic)

• A median income of $59,200• A poverty level of 14 percent• 439 miles of roads• 50 acres of parks• $34,488,546 in annual expenses• $36,903,971 in annual revenue

The city’s largest budget expenses would be for police services, at $9.9 mil-lion, and public works at $3.3 million.

Voters in the proposed city’s boundar-ies will vote on Nov. 3 whether to incorpo-rate. If passed, LaVista Hills would hold its first municipal elections on the same day as Georgia’s 2016 presidential primary.

The city’s first official day of operations would be July 1, 2016.

LaVista Hills Yes is also soliciting dona-tions to help get their pro-cityhood mes-sage out.

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who are just passing through, and don’t live in the city.

“All of these roads are gridlocked during peak traffi c hours,” he said. “I’m hopeful these eff orts will give us the op-portunity to connect our local schools, businesses and parks with multi-use paths and trails, and provide a transpor-tation alternative to automobiles.”

As a model, Mattison points to plans for the North Fork Peachtree Creek Gre-enway, a project to create trails along the North Fork Peachtree Creek, located be-tween I-85 and Buford Highway.

“Th is is a tremendous opportunity for our city to connect to the Beltline,”

he said. Brookhaven has a $153,000 contract with Heath and Lineback En-gineers to develop the plan, he added.

Brookhaven’s bike and trail eff orts won’t be realized overnight, Fangmann said.

“Our overall recommendations are anticipated to identify improvements that can be implemented over several years and will be short-, mid- and long-term eff orts,” he said. “Our next steps are some more community input ses-sions, and then bring back to the pub-lic some streamlined recommendations by the end of the summer, and then a more fi nalized set of recommendations by November.”

Graham Malone, center, with Pond and Company, talks with a Brookhaven

resident about plans to develop a series of bike, pedestrian and multi-use trails at a

Lynwood Park community meeting on May 19.

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Brookhaven residents give input on pedestrian pathways

City Council meeting May 26 that he was presiding over what would likely be his last council meeting. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being your mayor,” he said. “To me, this has been the best experience of my life, as far as public service.”

After the mayor’s resignation, Kurrie said, Mayor Pro Tem Rebecca Chase Wil-liams will chair a meeting to choose Davis’ successor as mayor. Because Davis has less than a year remaining in his term of offi ce, his successor will be elected by the remain-ing council members.

Th e council can elect anyone in the city, including sitting members of council,

Kurrie said.If they do choose one of their own, the

next step can get complicated.If the council chooses one of the two

sitting council members with more than a year remaining in their terms – Coun-cilmen Joe Gebbia or John Park – then a special election will be called to fi ll that councilor’s seat, Kurrie said.

But if they choose one of the council members with less than a year remaining in offi ce – Williams or Councilman Bates Mattison – then the new mayor will ap-point his or her own replacement, Kurrie said.

Stay tuned.

Election brings City Hall changesCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

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The Perimeter Community Improve-ment Districts propose widening Peachtree-Dunwoody Road as it goes under I-285 in order to add new bicy-cle and car lanes.

“Getting the ex-tra space under that bridge does a lot of great things,” said Jennifer Harper, pro-gram director for the PCIDs.

I-285 now crosses four lanes of Peachtree-Dunwoody. The PCIDs’ plan would remove dirt to expand the area be-neath the I-285 bridge and create two new car lanes and a bicycle path. Under the plan, Peachtree-Dunwoody would have two southbound lanes, two north-bound lanes and two turning lanes lead-

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City approves offices, apartments in Ashford Green

Despite residents’ concerns about traffic and the possibility of added children crowding their neighborhood school, members of Brookhaven City Council on May 26 unanimously approved development of 777,000 square feet of offices and 300 apartments at Ashford Green in the Perimeter area.

Several council members said the project, which the city has been considering for two years, was the sort of development that fit in the Perimeter area.

“Growth is coming and I think we can better manage growth with situations like this,” Councilman Joe Gebbia said.

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Th ere’s been a lot of interest in the current status and long- range outlook for DeKalb-Peachtree Airport’s Runway 9/27 Runway Protection Zone, which is 32 acres located opposite the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant west of Clairmont Road.

Most recently, the airport responded to a deliberately pub-licized eff ort by private citizens to facilitate unauthorized ac-cess to the property by posting the property against trespass-ing. Here’s some history, current facts and possibilities for the land’s future use.

First and foremost, the runway protection zone, known as “the RPZ,” is and has always been part of the airport since it was a Naval Air Station in WWII. Th e undeveloped land was reserved to provide a crash zone for aircraft using RW 9/27, the “crosswind runway” which was perpendicular to the air-port’s main runways.

After the war, the Feds transferred the airport property, known as PDK, to DeKalb County to serve civil aviation. In 2013, the Federal Aviation Administration approved the closure of RW 9/27, recognizing its obsolescence. Since that time, the old runway has been converted to hangar space, al-lowing more aircraft to “base” at PDK, and pay local proper-ty taxes.

Th e runway closure makes the RPZ likewise obsolete, but it remains part of the airfi eld. Because the FAA requires that airport assets continue to serve aviation purposes or be sold at market value for airport benefi t, the property’s future must in-clude compensation to PDK for its market value.

As most neighbors know, the property was not actively managed while it functioned as a crash zone. Zoned “industri-al,” the Clairmont frontage was intermittently leased to haul-ing companies, until noise complaints induced termination of such uses. More recently, the city of Brookhaven suggest-ed the property for their paving operation, and the county ac-commodated.

At no time has recreation been a permitted use of the prop-erty, though neighbors may have taken the liberty to walk the site. Most recently, an unsanctioned group of people invited the media to accompany them onto the RPZ to document ef-forts to make recreational improvement there. Th is overt tres-pass compelled the county to post the property so that there could be no misunderstanding of the property’s legal function and restrictions.

What’s in store for the RPZ? Clearly, it is ending its avia-tion use. Th e county must obtain a market price in any sale; the property is not subject to state laws allowing for transfer to the city as a park. But beyond those parameters, there’s re-ally a lot of fl exibility.

Th e northwest corner of the property near Ninth Street is a rugged, forested valley suitable for passive green space, un-der city management.

Th e Clairmont frontage is fi lled and disturbed, and could serve North DeKalb residents as a coun-ty Service Center, including a new tag offi ce, freeing up the current Dresden Drive location for more of the urban development that has been so successful there. Th e Clair-mont frontage could additionally accommodate a recreational facili-ty to serve the many children that live nearby.

Th ere’s also likely room for pri-vate development. Th e county has some fl exibility to facilitate public uses, including “owner fi nancing” of a sale to a public or nonprofi t partner. Any non-govern-mental use would be subject to Brookhaven zoning controls.

One important caveat is that the ultimate decisions on the future use of the land must be made by your elected representatives in the open with public notice and stake-holder input.

DeKalb County holds title, and there are rules and restric-tions, but still a lot of opportunity. Government ownership of the site gives us options to do diff erently than a private owner would, but it doesn’t make an optimal solution any less com-plex.

DeKalb County Commissioner Jeff Rader represents District 2, which includes a portion of Brookhaven.

DeKalb holds title on PDK’s undeveloped land

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Local fi rm ‘bursting at seams’ meeting

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BY JON GARGISA new, larger facility could soon drive new sales at a

Sandy Springs car customization business.Cartunes of Atlanta moved into its new building at

8601 Roswell Road on May 4, a facility that nearly dou-bled its retail space to 14,000 square feet. Previously the home of a NTB Tire & Service Center, Cartunes’ new site replaces its previous location about fi ve miles south, at 5834 Roswell Road, not far from I-285.

“We were bursting at the seams. We had already got-ten to the point where we could not handle any ad-ditional business—we were turning people away,” Emran Al-borno, marketing and operations manager, said of the move into a larger store, which features a re-modeled showroom, larger work bay area, and a full waiting area for customers.

Cartunes specializes in high-end car audio, but also off ers custom interiors, custom paint work and other services.

“We’re kind of a one-stop shop for people who want to leave their car here and do a bunch of things to it,” says Dak Kinard, who owns the store along with busi-ness partner Richard Grimm.

Kinard has owned the business since 2000, though Cartunes has been locally owned since 1978. He said the main change he has seen in the industry is the ad-

BY TIM DARNELL Th e Perimeter area’s entrance into

spring and summer has brought a lit-tle bit of new life to the community’s landscaping businesses.

“We’re seeing jobs now that are larger in scope than [jobs were] four or fi ve years ago,” said Molly Welch of Sandy Springs-based W Design Land-scape. “People have more confi dence to invest more money in their prop-erty.

“During the recession, people weren’t splurging on their projects. Th e average cost of a job we did four or fi ve years ago was $5,000. Now, it’s $15,000.”

“If you’re a landscaper and your schedule isn’t crazy this time of year, you need to be in another business,” said Andy Batcheller, owner of Handy Andy Outdoors, based in Chamblee. “People are spending money again, and landscaping and lawn mainte-nance is a service that more people are hiring out.”

Th e community is only now begin-ning to emerge from the most recent recession, said Mark Erbesfi eld, pres-ident of Greenmark Landscaping in north Atlanta.

“We did go through a recession, but Atlanta was a little late to that par-

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According to a national survey conducted by Lawn & Landscape mag-azine, landscaping industry revenues are expected to grow nationwide by 8.5 percent. Th e industry trade publication’s survey said 92 percent of landscaping businesses expect to turn a profi t in 2015.

“All of the areas we service are seeing plenty of growth,” Erbesfi eld said. “But the Buckhead, Sandy Springs and Chastain Park communities were the fi rst to come back online. We’ve stayed the busiest in those areas, and

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P E R I M E T E R B U S I N E S S


Sonesta ES Suites held a ribbon cutting on May

14, at its 760 Mount Vernon Highway location in Sandy Springs. Those

attending included, from left, Sandy Springs/

Perimeter Chamber of Commerce President/

CEO Tom Mahaffey, Will Carlson, Jennifer Cruce,

Suzanne Brown, City Councilman Gabriel Sterling, Marc Greenberg, Keri Kendrick-Moore, Maebelyn Ampoan, Robin Hammond and Susan Lesesne.

Insignia of Sandy Springs, located at 690 Mount Vernon Highway held a ribbon

cutting on April 30. On hand were Beth Berger, Tony Grieco, Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, City Councilman

Gabriel Sterling, Phyllis Dowell, Owner Aileen Rosso, Walter Esquivel, Owner

Milton Cruz, Liz Graves, Suzanne Brown and Erica Rocker-Willis.Insignia is a senior living and

memory care facility.

Freedom Orthopedic + Rehab owner Thomas Joseph,

center, in white, was joined by Dunwoody Mayor Mike

Davis, at his left, Dunwoody Chamber President Stephanie

Snodgrass, friends and family in a ribbon cutting

announcing the opening of the new practice. Located

at 6840 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., the practice offers orthopedic surgery and physical therapy.

1160 Hammond Apartments recently celebrated its grand

opening with a ribbon cutting. Attending, from left, Alvin Hicks,

Kyle Fraim, Alexis Hollis, Erin Ross, Laura Hill, Chad Buckles, Marvin Cox and Sandy Springs/

Perimeter Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Tom Mahaffey.The complex has 345 studio,

one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with high-end fi nishes.

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Fragile Gifts, offering fi ne china, crystal

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at 6235-B Roswell Road, Sandy Springs. On hand to help with the ribbon cutting on May 22: Beth Berger, Bob Brourman, Suzan

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On May 4, Salons by JC, located in Sandy Springs Crossing, 6690 Roswell Road, Suite

404, in Sandy Springs, held a ribbon cutting. Owners Gerthy and Trevor Agard, center left

and right, had friends and family on site to celebrate,

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Supercuts, a full-service salon offering

haircuts and other products for the

entire family, cut the ribbon on its new

location May 11. The Dunwoody Chamber

of Commerce, as well as friends and

family, were on hand to help owners Mary and Michael Simon, center, celebrate at 5578 Chamblee Dunwoody Road.

AAA Auto Club Group, the Chastain Park Branch, held a ribbon cutting on April 29, at 4410 Roswell Road.

Joining employees for the celebration were, Jacinto Padron, Beth Berger, Erica Rocker-Wills, Keith Harvey,

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The recent slate of new cities has also meant some changes for landscap-ing businesses. “It impacts us in terms of the process of getting our permits ap-proved,” Erbesfield said. “Sandy Springs, Brookhaven and Dunwoody are all good to work with. The city of Atlanta is a bit more challenging, mainly due to their additional regulations.”

“The biggest challenge is finding peo-ple who want to work,” Batcheller said. “We all pull from the same pool of la-borers.”

Also, customers are more environ-

mentally conscious today, Batcheller said. “We’ve seen trends leading to more drought-friendly grasses and smarter ir-rigation,” he said. “Even though we’ve had a lot of rain this season, water will continue being a big issue. We’re also seeing more customers ask for chemical applications that lessen the environmen-tal impact.”

But not every client is into eco-friendly landscaping these days. Welch was approached recently by a Brookhav-en family who wanted to clear-cut their entire front lawn and plant grass.

“I told them to embrace the shade,” she said. “I don’t believe in clear cutting just for the sake of it.”


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The Perimeter Community Improve-ment Districts announced May 14 that it is starting the new service, called Pe-rimeter Connects, and will take over for-mer clients of the Perimeter Transporta-tion Sustainability Coalition.

“We want you to think of Perimeter Connects as your one-stop transportation consulting firm,” new director Emily Haar told members of the Perimeter Business Association at their May 15 meeting.

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Though some new vehicles come pre-installed with these new technologies, Cartunes technicians can install the fea-tures on vehicles old or new, as well as replace factory-installed equipment with devices of the customer’s choice.

“Most of the vehicles out there don’t come with all the features that you see in the commercials,” Alborno said. “The larger market nowadays is the truck market, the F150s of the world, Dodge Rams [and similar vehicles], where about 80 percent of the vehicles that are actually released from the factory don’t have a lot of the features that you see on the ads, whether it be back-up cameras or an 8-inch touch screen.

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Cars and trucks are not the only ve-hicles serviced at Cartunes. Technicians have added features to motorcycles, ATVs, boats and even an airplane.

Cartunes technicians, Kinard said, undergo schooling each year to learn about new vehicles and trends in the in-dustry. That training is needed as the technology in the vehicles keeps grow-ing. The future of the industry, Kinard said, will likely have cars speaking to their owners’ increasingly wired homes.

“The only thing we really see com-ing down the pipe is more automa-tion in cars, a lot of home integration with cars, so when you pull up to your house, it turns on the air,” Kinard said. “A lot of smart things are going along with the computer car, like the Tesla. It’s an ultra-high-tech world, and usu-ally the cars are the forefront of tech-nology.”

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Soap Box Derby

Saturday, June 6, 9 a.m. – Th e Dunwoody NE GA Soap Box Derby Association presents the eighth annual Dunwoody Soap Box Der-by. Th is race is a fully sanctioned head-to-head competition of homemade Stock and Super Stock cars. Th is year the event now includes a Super Kids’ Race for children with disabilities. Winners of each category go on to race in Ak-ron, OH in July for the 78th Annual All-Amer-ican Soap Box Derby World Championship. Race registration is $100 and attendance is free. Rain date is June 13. First Baptist Church Atlanta, 4400 N. Peachtree Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, go online to dunwoodysoapboxderby.com, email [email protected] or call 770-540-1317.

Flying Colors Butterfl y Festival

Saturday, June 6, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and Sunday, June 7, 12-5 p.m. – Th e Chat-tahoochee Nature Center presents a weekend of live entertainment, food trucks, crafts, face painting, butterfl y education, garden tours and a butterfl y costume parade. Live butterfl y re-leases held on Saturday at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Gen-eral admission tickets are $12, members and children 2 years old and under are free. Chatta-hoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Rd., Ro-swell, 30075. For more information, go on-line to chattnaturecenter.org, email [email protected] or call 770-992-2055.

Ice Cream SocialSaturday, June 7, 12:15-2 p.m. – Th e eighth annual Slow Food Ice Cream Social will take place immediately after the close of the farmer’s market in the garden of the Cathedral of St. Philip. A variety of homemade ice creams and sorbets by amateurs and local chefs will be available to taste for ticket holders. Partici-pants will cast votes for their favorite “cream of the crop” fl avor as well as the tastiest vegetable-fl avored ice cream. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children from 5-10 years old, and free for children under 5. Guests are encouraged to bring their own spoon. Participating restau-rants include 4th & Swift, Bantam + Biddy, Chick-a-Biddy, Cakes & Ale, Empire State South, King & Duke and many more. Cathe-dral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Rd., NW, Buckhead, 30305. For more information, go online to slowfoodatlanta.org or email [email protected].

Pioneer HouseMonday, June 8 to Friday, June 12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. – Th is week-long camp will ex-plore the histories of local settlers as well as their relationship to the neighboring Creek and Cher-okee Indians. Th e camp will teach basic pioneer skills like cooking over a fi re, distilling water and constructing a shelter. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Rd., NW, Buckhead, 30305. For more information and to register ahead, go online to atlantahistorycenter.com or call 404- 814-4000.

Southeastern ReptilesTuesday, June 9, 4-4:45 p.m. – Friends of the Dunwoody Library present this educational session focusing on local reptiles for kids aged 5 to 12 years old. Free with library card. Dunwoody Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dun-woody, 30338. For more information, go online to dekalblibrary.org or call 770-512-4640.

Summer Sing-Along Thursday, June 18, 10:15-10:45 a.m. and 11-11:30 a.m. – Th ese interactive ses-sions of music stimulate growth and develop-ment while building pre-literacy skills. Host-ed by Ms. Jennifer from Music Together Metro Atlanta, this event is free with library card and recommended for families with children aged newborn to 4 years old. Buckhead Branch Li-brary, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. For more information, email [email protected], go online to fcpl.org, or call 404-814-3500.

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Possum Trot 10KSunday, June 14, 7 a.m. – Th is fl at, scenic 10K run has been an Atlanta tradition for 37 years. Th ere is an individual 10K starting at 7 a.m. and a kids’ one-mile Fun Run starting at 7:10 a.m. Registra-tion includes a white, cotton blend t-shirt, bag, post race awards party at the Ben Brady Lakeside Pavil-ion, and free admission to the Nature Center on the day of the race. Individual 10K registration is $30 in advance and $40 on race day. Kids’ Fun Run tick-ets are $15 each. Teams and families receive a $3 dis-count per participant with minimum of 6 running members. Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Wil-leo Rd., Roswell, 30075. For more information and to register, go online to chattnaturecenter.org or call 770-992-2055.

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Spruill Arts Exhibition� ursday, June 4, 6-9 p.m. – Spruill Gallery presents the third annual Student & Faculty Juried Exhibition. Th e works are juried by Saskia Benja-min, executive director of ART PAPERS, and fea-ture works produced at the Spruill Center for the Arts. Th e opening reception will include an awards presentation, and the exhibition will have a closing reception on Saturday, August 8. Spruill Gallery, 4681 Ashford-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, go online to spruillarts.org or call 770-394-4019.

Concerts in the ParkSaturday, June 13, 7 p.m. – Th e Dunwoody Nature Center presents live music by band Georgia Flood, craft beers, and picnic style seating in the meadow and back porch of the center. Concerts in the Park are free for members, $5 for non-member adults, $3 for students, and free for kids 3 and un-der. For more information, go online to dunwood-ynaturecenter.org or call 770-394-3322.

Sax at the MJCCASunday, June 14, 7 p.m. – Th e Marcus Jew-ish Community Center of Atlanta presents a live performance by Grammy award-winning saxo-phonist, composer and educator Mace Hibbard. Tickets are $10 for adult members and $15 for general admission adults. MJCCA, Morris & Rae Frank Th eatre, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dun-woody, 30338. For more information and to pur-chase tickets, go online to atlantajcc.org or call 678-812-4002.

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SSPC Fashion ShowTuesday, June 9, 5:30-9:30 p.m. – Th e San-dy Springs Perimeter Chamber presents “Fashion Goes Global,” the third annual fundraiser benefi t-ing the Drake House, a nonprofi t dedicated to pro-viding housing, education and empowerment to homeless women and their families facing crisis. Th e fashion show will feature Sandy Springs’ rescue he-roes, community volunteers and corporate leaders. Food and beverages provided by 5 Seasons Brewery, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Nancy G’s, Teela Taqueria and more. Reservations are required and ticket pric-es start at $20 for chamber members; $35 for non-members. UPS World Headquarters, 55 Glenlake Parkway, NE, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more in-formation and to purchase tickets, go online to SSP-Chamber.org.

Garden TourSaturday, June 13, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. – Th e American Hydrangea Society presents a tour of fi ve gardens in the Sandy Springs area that feature ge-nus Hydrangea in diff erent settings both large and small. Individual tickets are $30, and tickets for two are $40 and will be for sale at Garden 1, 640 Tan-glewood Trail NW, Sandy Springs, 30327. Driving directions to the locations are included with ticket purchase. Th is is event is rain or shine and is not handicap accessible due to the nature of the gar-dens. One year membership to the Atlanta Hydran-gea Society is included with the cost of tickets to this event. For more information and to purchase tickets, go online to americanhydrangeasociety.org, email [email protected], or call 770-956-7734.

Brookhaven Beer Fest Saturday, June 13, 3-8 p.m. – Th e fi fth annual

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BY DONNA WILLIAMS LEWISBouncing around at the bottom of

a hilly driveway, about 200 Atlanta Speech School students were limbered up and antsy to get to the race starting gate.

Th eir coach saw an opportunity — time enough for one more warm-up before the 36th annual Fun Run.

So they could see her, Maggie Dean-er scrambled atop a narrow brick wall, relatively short on one side but with a 10-foot-or-more drop overlooking the runners on the other.

With less than 2 feet of room to ma-neuver atop the wall, the 66-year-old broke into jumping jacks. She hula hooped. She did knee bends.

As some of the parents cringed above, the kids below just looked up and fol-lowed her movements. Th ey’re used to

the amazing antics of “Ms. Maggie,” as were students before them.

Deaner retired in May after 41 years at the Atlanta Speech School, a Buck-head-based center for language and lit-eracy that serves chil-dren and adults with speech, hearing, lan-guage or learning dis-

abilities.Th inking about leaving made her

“get a little dust in my eyes, you know what I mean?” Deaner said. But she said it’s time for her and her husband, Dick, to travel, do more volunteering, and fo-cus on being “Old Dad” and “Grand-mag” for their six grandchildren.

Her profound impact on children is illuminated each year in the 1-mile Fun Run, a parent-driven event that raises funds for the center’s Wardlaw School, a

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Physical education teacher Maggie Deaner, center, leads runners to the start of the 36th annual Atlanta Speech School

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Beginning with six weeks of incre-mental training and meticulously chart-ed progress, the Fun Run is not a one-time event but an experience with year-round impact, said Comer Yates, the Atlanta Speech School’s executive director.

“It’s not just about showing up and giving it your best that morning. It’s about getting better every day,” Yates said. “It’s a victory lap for these children who have worked so hard in all they’ve done here.”

Parent Deborah Blase, who chaired the event with parent Tina Reese Blitch, said Deaner teaches kids to aim for short-range and long-range goals. “With that planning, preparation and practice, they can do anything,” Blase said.

Katie Robinson, 9, provides living proof. “At the beginning of the training, I couldn’t run around a lot,” Katie said, “but at the end of Fun Run training, I ran a mile!”

“She inspires me,” said Avery Grace Messner, 11. “She encourages me to do stuff and makes me feel good when I do it. She cheers me on.”

Th e students got to cheer on their teacher at the recent annual Fun Run T-shirt reveal.

Assisted behind the scenes, Dean-er once again managed to put on the T-shirt from every previous Fun Run, in-cluding the 2015 shirt.

Th e students chanted her name as the shirts were pulled off , one by one, down to this year’s tie-dyed shirt and an extra one slipped on by her sneaky T-shirt as-sistants — a “We (heart) Ms. Maggie!” shirt.

Deaner took her bow by springing into not one, but two cartwheels.

Yates said Deaner is “a force of na-ture” who is devoted to the school com-munity.

“She has more goodwill and more will than maybe anybody I’ve ever met in my life,” he said.

Th e petite human dynamo is at the YMCA every weekday morning by 5:30 a.m. for swimming or boot camp exer-cise. Deaner said she’s always been an ‘outside’ person, adding, “I always got an A in recess.”

She was a graduate student at the University of Tennessee when she learned about the job at the Atlanta Speech School, a place at which both her mother and aunt had volunteered.

When she started work there, most of the school’s children were hearing impaired and she couldn’t understand them. But by the end of two months, teachers were coming to her to ask her what their students were saying, Dean-er said.

Children say they love her, and par-ents have a tough time talking about her leaving. Many of the alumni who joined in the Fun Run were parents of children who are now in Deaner’s classes.

Mary Reed, 40, one among that number, calls Deaner “the spirit of the school.”

“She hasn’t changed since the fi rst day,” Reed said.

An active volunteer at Peachtree Pres-byterian Church, Deaner is known for being the fi rst to give birthday cards to her coworkers at school. She insists that her students learn names rather than re-fer to each other as “that boy” or “that girl.”

Her reason: “I just think you need to make a new friend every day.”

Teacher Maggie Deaner does one last warmup atop a high brick wall before the 1-mile

Fun Run. Deaner, 66, is retiring to travel, volunteer and focus

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V A L E D I C T O R I A N S A N D S A L U T A T O R I A N S

Th e school year has ended and high schools have awarded hard-earned diplomas and other honors to hundreds of young men and women. During most graduation ceremonies, a select few students are recognized as the top academic performers in their schools by being named the valedictorians and salutatorians for their classes. Here are the 2015 honorees from public and private high schools in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs.

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ValedictorianKatherine Ward

SalutatorianHannah Zenas

The Lovett School

ValedictorianMary Winslow Anderson

SalutatorianMelissa Houghton

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SalutatorianCarlin Zaprowski

Cross Keys High

ValedictorianRaul Perez

SalutatorianBao Truong

Chamblee Charter High

ValedictorianArcher Gordon

ValedictorianKavi Pandian

SalutatorianSwapnil Agrawal

SalutatorianJose Hernandez

Schools honor top academic achievers

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SalutatorianShengjie “Jack” Bian

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SalutatorianPriya Arya

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ValedictorianDavid Robinson

SalutatorianMatias Ferandel

ValedictorianAudrey Benson

SalutatorianCatriona Geddes

Holy Spirit Preparatory High

Valedictorian Meredith Jones

SalutatorianAlexis Wilkinson

Dunwoody High Holy Innocents’ Episcopal

ValedictorianClaire Kelsey

SalutatorianBrandon Jackson


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ValedictorianMary Boyd Crosier

ValedictorianElizabeth Ferguson

ValedictorianJohn Shen

SalutatorianHannah Gay

SalutatorianBenjamin Greenberg

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After gunmen repeatedly have killed people in public places across the country, local police departments regularly train of-fi cers for “active shooter” situations.

Sandy Springs police plan to con-vert a warehouse into a training facility where offi cers can learn ways to respond to an armed assailant. City offi cials recent-ly agreed to set up the facility for the de-partment’s training and to allow other lo-

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Local offi cers train to deal with ‘active shooters’Perimeter Mall 20 years ago,” DeSimone said this type of situation is something so-ciety can’t get away from.

Until recently, Sandy Springs police used a makeshift two-story building for training offi cers to deal with an armed as-sailant in an urban setting. Training Of-fi cer Sgt. Chip Bohannon teaches offi cers to use their brains when real-world events unfold.

“An active assailant is someone who is trying to harm people – you mainly see it in schools,” Bohannon said. “If their in-tent is to cause mass casualty, it doesn’t matter what kind of weapon they have.”

Th e place where Bohannon conduct-ed the training recently closed. DeSim-one said police need a new facility because the type of training for situations is diff er-ent from standardized training for weap-ons qualifi cation.

Police in Brookhaven and Dunwoody also conduct training for active shooter situations. “We are actually trying to use Cross Keys High to do our active shooter training in the summer,” said Offi cer Car-los Nino, spokesman for the Brookhav-en department. “Agencies are known to use large buildings such as schools for that type of live training besides from simula-tors.”

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“It’s like paintball on steroids,” DeSim-one told members of Sandy Springs City Council recently.

“We also use a projector and a large white screen with live actors to simulate

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Bohannon compared the training to a vaccination because the live scenarios are set up to prepare offi cers for the worse sit-uations they could possibly encounter.

“What we’re doing is we try to stress-inoculate people, so basically we’re trying to put you in a scenario where you’re over-ly stressed,” Bohannon said.

Nino said once a team of at least four offi cers (one to watch front, rear, left and right) is assembled in a diamond forma-tion, they enter a building in an attempt to stop the threat and fi nd survivors.

“We obviously use protective gear around our heads and faces,” Nino said. “If areas of the body are exposed, like the hands and arms, get hit with those rounds, it could leave a nice, strawberry-red bruise.”

Bohannon and Nino agree that “active shooter” training isn’t standard and not all cities have access to funding or space to prepare. “Th e guns and rounds are expen-sive, and we’re fortunate enough to have this equipment to practice as close to real-world as possible,” Bohannon said.

Th e environment gives commanders a good idea as to how offi cers will react under real pressure and stress, Bohannon said. By putting them through training that involves loud sounds, dark places and role players yelling and screaming, offi -cers learn to cope with strong feelings and emotions, he added.

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ROBBERY 1800 block of Curtis Drive—On May

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3200 block of Buford Highway—On May 12, a robbery in the street with a gun was reported.

3500 block of Buford Highway—On May 16, robbery in the street with a gun was reported.

3600 block of Buford Highway—On May 17, a robbery in the street with a gun was reported.

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100 block of Lincoln Court Avenue—On May 12, burglary or a residence was reported.

1700 block of Bragg Street—On May 12, burglary was reported.

3400 block of Waddeston Way—On May 14, burglary was reported at a residence.

2000 block of Wrights Mill Circle—On May 18, burglary was reported at a resi-dence.

2900 block of Clairmont Road—On May 18, a burglary was reported at a residence.

1100 block of Town Boulevard—On May 18, burglary was reported at a residence.

AUTO THEFT 4000 block of Peachtree Road—On May

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1800 block of North Druid Hills Road—On May 14, theft of other vehicles was re-ported.

400 block of Lincoln Court Avenue—On May 15, theft by taking auto was reported.

300 block of Brookhaven Avenue—On May 16, theft by taking auto was reported.

3700 block of Buford Highway—On May 16, theft by taking auto was reported.

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900 block of Lincoln Court Avenue—On May 11, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

1600 block of Berkford Court—On May 11, theft was reported.

4400 block of Peachtree Road—On May

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2900 block of Clairmont Road—On May 12, theft of articles from a vehicle was re-ported.

3500 block of Buford Highway—On May 14, theft was reported.

3200 block of Buford highway—On May 14, an arrest was made for shoplifting.

2400 block of Briarcliff Road—On May 15, theft was reported.

2000 block of North Druid Hills Road—On May 15, shoplifting was reported.

2800 block of Buford Highway—On May 15, theft was reported.

1500 block of Lake Hearn Drive—On May 16, theft of parts from a vehicle was re-ported.

2000 block of Burton Plaza Lane—On May 16, theft was reported.

2100 block of Wrights Mill Circle—On May 17, theft was reported.

3500 block of Buford Highway—On May 18, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported and an arrest was made for posses-sion of tools for the commission of a crime.

3000 block of Buford Highway—On May 18, shoplifting was reported.

100 block of Town Boulevard—On May 18, theft of articles from a vehicle was re-ported.

1900 block of North Druid Hills Road—On May 19, theft was reported and two ar-

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ASSAULT 4100 block of Tripple Creek Court—On

May 9, battery was reported; On May 13, an arrest was made for battery.

3500 block of Buford Highway—On May 10, battery was reported and an arrest was made.

Brookhaven Police Blotter Rape suspect arrested in Alabama

A suspect is in custody pending rape charges connected with

an attack that took place along Buford Highway in Brookhaven

on April 24, police say.

The Opelika Police Department, in Lee County, Alabama,

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May 21. Brookhaven detectives have been working with Opelika police since the rape occurred.

Distribution of Gaona-Pina’s photograph led to his arrest,

Brookhaven spokesman Carlos Nino said in a press release.Gaona-Pina is being held at

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