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Proposed changes to landmark

golf course swing emotions

BY JOE [email protected]

Scores of golfers and neighbors of the Bob-by Jones Golf Course packed its clubhouse on April 27 to discuss changes proposed for the course.

Opinions expressed during the gather-ing varied widely on what city offi cials should do with the 82-year-old Buckhead landmark named for the Atlanta golfi ng legend.

“When you look at the history of this course, it’s a storied history,” said Herb McK-oy of the Friends of Bobby Jones Golf Course Inc., which supports the course. “To destroy this course...”

Th at’s what some golfers say they fear could happen to the city-owned course. Th e Atlan-ta Memorial Park Conservancy has proposed a park improvement plan that calls for improve-ments to the golf course, the Bitsy Grant Ten-nis Center and other parts of the park.

Th e conservancy’s draft master plan calls for rebuilding the golf course either as a shorter 18-hole course or a nine-hole, reversible course with a driving range.

North Atlanta High School to host IB teacher training

BY MATTHEW W. QUINNNorth Atlanta High School will host training for Interna-

tional Baccalaureate teachers as more Atlanta schools off er the IB curriculum.

Th e Atlanta school system plans to join with the Center for Advancement and Study of International Education (CASIE)to provide the training at North Atlanta. Th e partnership, start-ing this summer, is expected to save Atlanta Public Schools more than $70,000 this year alone.

Over the last 15 years, APS has sent thousands of teachers to IB training with CASIE. Now that APS plans to expand its IB program beyond the North Atlanta cluster to include the Jack-son and Mays clusters, the number of schools off ering the IB

program could go from 13 to as many as 30 in the next three to fi ve years, school offi cials said.

“Th e International Baccalaureate is an education system that provides end of high school exams with global standards, which are the same in every IB school around the world,” said CASIE Board Chairwoman Dr. Monique Seefried at an April 27 press conference announcing the new partnership.

North Atlanta has off ered the IB curriculum since 1982, and its IB diploma program is the oldest in the Southeast, ac-cording to the school’s website.

IB functions as a whole integrated curriculum. Students

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Sisters Elena Vega, left, and Olivia, interact with artwork made of felt, plastic straws and string during “The Art of Nature” outdoor exhibition at the Blue Heron Nature Preserve

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Park construction under wayOn Earth Day, April 22, supporters

signaled the start of construction of a new park in Buckhead.

Mountain Way Common covers 8 to 10 acres of woodland and is being devel-oped on Georgia Department of Transpor-tation right of way along a creek beneath Ga. 400. Eventually, the neighborhood park will off er access to PATH400.

Neighbors raised more than $100,000 for the park and Park Pride Inc. provided a grant. Th e money will

be used to build a bridge and boardwalk. Construction is expected to be complet-ed in July.

“When I joined the [North Buck-head Civic Association] board in the late ‘90s, we didn’t have any parks in North Buckhead,” association president Gor-don Certain said at the April 22 ground-breaking. “Now, we don’t have enough. But we have some.”

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Windsor Parkway will be relocated at its intersection with Roswell Road now that the city of Sandy Springs has acquired the necessary real estate.

Th e move is a direct result of the Gateway Project, a nearby mixed-use development of hundreds of new apartment units as well as offi ce and retail space scheduled to be fi nished by the end of the year.

Th e intersection, when completed, will create a “T” where Windsor Parkway and Roswell Road meet.

When the project got started last year, Buckhead residents expressed concern about traffi c that the development will bring to the Atlanta community just south of the Sandy Springs city line.

While improvements are coming to the Roswell and Windsor intersection, upgrades to the nearby intersections of Roswell and Wieuca and West Wieuca would have to come from the city of Atlanta.

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the intersection on April 21. Th e city purchased 580.37 square

feet of property on Windsor Parkway for $17,697; the city paid $5,200 for 392.37 square feet of property at 4555 Windsor Park Place; the city paid $10,100 for 59.31 square feet of right of way and 386.82 square feet of easement.

Additionally, the council voted to approve a donation of 449 square feet of right of way from the Windsor at Peachtree Homeowners Association. Th e HOA donated the right of way to allow construction of a pedestrian bridge over Windsor Parkway across Nancy Creek.

City staff wrote in a memo that the bridge will signifi cantly improve the community. Council also accepted 594 square feet in right of way deeds for property at 4914 Powers Ferry Road and 849 square feet in right of way deeds at 1040 Balmoral Road.

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Will metro schools get off takeover list before referendum?BY COLLIN KELLEY

Gov. Nathan Deal signed the “op-portunity school district” bill on April 21 that will see a referendum on the November 2016 ballot that would al-low the state to take over failing schools.

Th e constitution-al amendment calls for the state to take over schools that score below 60 on the Georgia Depart-ment of Education’s College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) for three consecutive years.

Th e program, which would mean the creation of a new statewide school board and superintendent position, would only take over 20 schools per year with a cap of 100 schools. Th ere are currently 139 schools that have re-ceived failing grades on the CCRIP for the past three years.

Dist. 59 Rep. Margaret Kaiser (D), who recently announced her inten-tions to run for mayor of Atlanta in 2017, told the Buckhead Council of

Neighborhoods at its April 16 meeting that she voted against the opportunity school district bill.

“It’s another layer of government,” Kaiser said. “We’re not even sure how

much it’s going to cost.”

Dist. 54 Rep. Beth Beskin (R) said she voted in favor of the bill. “What we’ve been doing hasn’t worked, so let’s fi nd another model,” she said.

Both Beskin and Kaiser brought up the fact that 27 of Atlanta Public Schools are current-ly on the failing list.

Th ey agreed that Superintendent Meria Carstarphen, on the job for less than a year, is working hard to turn those schools around.

“Dr. Carstarphen is dynamic,” Be-skin said. “Th ere is still two years to get those failing schools off the list.”

DeKalb County Schools are also fac-ing a possible takeover with 26 of its schools on the failing list.

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Society plans cleanup, repairs at Mt. Olive Cemetery

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On a hill near the entrance to Frankie Allen Park in Buckhead sits a small cemetery containing 45 known burial plots. The Mt. Olive Cemetery holds on as the last remnant of the Macedonia Park community.

In March, members of the Buckhead Heritage Society observed that some of the few remaining gravesites had been vandalized, their heavy tombstones pushed down and broken.

“There were three of only seven that remained standing in the cemetery,” said Erica Danylchak, executive director of the Buckhead Heritage Society.

The society is raising funds to restore, stabilize and clean the gravestones. It also is organizing a volunteer work day for general cleanup of the property. Anyone interested in volunteering can email [email protected] for more details and upcoming volunteer events.

“We have had an outpouring of offers of volunteer support,” she said. “In the face of such disheartening vandalism, it is gratifying to have such support from the community for the preservation of this

significant historic site.”The cemetery was associated with the

Mt. Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was formed by newly freed slaves and existed as early as 1870, Danylchak said.

The society has advocated for preservation of the Mt. Olive Cemetery since 2009. In 2010, Danylchak said, the Fulton County Superior Court barred a developer from removing graves from the site as the result of a lawsuit on behalf of a man whose ancestors are buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.

Frankie Allen Park has gone through a variety of changes throughout the years. Initially named Bagley Park after William Bagley, who lived in Macedonia Park, the property has become a popular spot for youth baseball.

Many park-goers may not even realize that the cemetery is there. From a distance, the few headstones are barely visible in the shade of surrounding trees.

Danylchak said the volunteers’ work “will send an important message about the value of this site to our community and its history.”

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Erica Danylchak, exuctive director of the Buckhead Heritage Society, kneels next to one of the still-intact headstones.

Below, a headstone that has been toppled by vandals.

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BY TIM DARNELLPeople living near DeKalb-

Peachtree Airport (PDK) who are con-cerned about noise “have nothing to worry about,” says its newly appoint-ed interim director, even as the airport strives to bring in more business.

“Th e Gulfstream 650 is the largest corporate jet we can accommodate, and they are nowhere near as loud as some of the Cessna Citations and Fal-con Jets that were built in the ’90s,” said Mario Evans, who was named in-terim director on April 17. “Aircraft engine technology has improved so much over time, and it’s only going to continue improving.”

Evans took over the job from Mike Van Wie, who recently retired. Ev-ans had been PDK’s assistant direc-tor since 2010, and previously was the airport’s noise and environmental spe-cialist.

“We’ve been averaging about 144,000 fl ights annually, for the last three years,” Evans said. “When I fi rst came here 14 years ago, we were op-erating more than 200,000 fl ights, so we’re almost half of what we used to do.

“Th e aviation industry mirrors the

nation’s economy, and we’re only now seeing little bits and pieces of improve-ments,” Evans said.

PDK is Georgia’s second-busiest airport. According to DeKalb Coun-ty, it employs 1,800 people, and has an annual payroll of more than $65 mil-lion. It’s home to more than 25 air-port-based businesses, and companies like Waffl e House, Southern Co. and Rollins base their corporate fl ight op-erations there. About 590 aircraft are housed at PDK.

Evans wants to bring more business to the airport.

“We want to bring economic dol-lars to our surrounding communi-ties,” which include unincorporat-ed DeKalb County and the cities of Brookhaven, Chamblee and Doraville, Evans said. “Th ese areas are all trying to attract Fortune 500 companies, and that means things like jobs to our area.

“One of the fi rst questions those companies ask is, how is their CEO going to get here. He’s not coming in on Greyhound or taking I-285; they need an airport, so we’re improving and updating our infrastructure, and looking at building more corporate

hangars for these companies.” PDK’s major project this year is a

new emergency landing runway capa-bility that Evans likens to “a runaway truck stop on a highway.” Th e system will be the fi rst installed at a Georgia airport.

With all of these plans in the works, Evans isn’t sure if PDK will actually increase its operations. “It may be we level off where we have been for the last several years,” he says.

“Our surrounding communities are touting PDK as an asset when they’re out recruiting more business. Th at new General Motors development is right around the corner, and I want to help bring companies there as well.”

Evans says DeKalb’s political prob-lems haven’t really impacted the air-port’s operations. CEO Burrell Ellis is awaiting a retrial on corruption charg-es, and several high-ranking county offi cials have resigned in wake of an investigation by former Georgia At-torney General Mike Bowers.

“Th e only impact has been, it’s tak-ing longer to get things approved by the Board of Commissioners,” Ev-ans said. “Especially since there is no commissioner representing District 5 (Lee May represents District 5, but he

is currently serving as interim CEO), it’s hard to get a majority vote on the commission. So that is slowing down the process a bit.”

Evans is hopeful he’ll be named PDK’s permanent director in the next year. “I’m looking forward to the coun-ty advertising the job nationwide, and seeing how I stack up to some of the top candidates,” he said. “I’m looking for this job to become permanent. I know the ins and outs of PDK, and I have a vision of what PDK once was, what it is today, and where it should go into the future.”

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Creeks are ‘magical places,’ water tester says

BY JON GARGISMemories of his childhood and a radio

ad that aired more than 20 years ago are two reasons why David Fountain heads to Long Island Creek every month.

The Sandy Springs resident is a volunteer with Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, and his efforts have him monitoring the creek near his house in Powers Ferry Estates, which he and his wife moved into in 1993. It was in November of the next year when he responded to an ad from Fulton County that sought volunteer stream monitors.

“The idea interested me, and I went to a training course. That started the whole process, and it’s just kept going ever since,” Fountain said.

More than 20 years later, he continues to measure the qualities of the nearby creek, whose headwaters are up near Roswell Road and Interstate 285. It flows south and west, eventually dumping into the Chattahoochee River.

“I have always really felt like creeks were just magical places, and some of my fondest memories from my childhood were playing in the creek near my grandparents’ house, and so when it came time to buy my own house, I really viewed the proximity to the creek as a wonderful thing. I wanted my future child, at least at the time we bought our house, to be able to play in a safe and healthy creek,” Fountain said. “It was really that desire.

“My daughter was born a few years later, and she has very much enjoyed playing in the creek and going back there with me,” he added.

His daughter, now 15, sometimes joins him in his efforts. “Occasionally, she’ll go back with me, whether she helps with the monitoring or not—there’s always turtles to look for, crayfish and all the other things that are back at the creek,” he said.

An electrical engineer specializing in radar systems, Fountain said the Adopt-A-Stream program features volunteers from “an amazingly eclectic mix of professions. There’re lots of Scout troops, and then just individuals like myself from just every imaginable profession,” he said.

“Georgia is blessed with just thousands and thousands of miles of creeks and streams. That’s very good on the one hand,” Fountain added. “On the other hand, there are only a handful of people at the government level who are tasked with monitoring the health of all of those streams, so Adopt-A-Stream is a network of volunteers who are organized by the state government who become the state’s ‘eyes on the stream,’ as you will.”

The data these volunteers collect is invaluable.

“It’s used by local governments to assess local conditions. It is used by

scientists and environmental modelers to better understand watershed conditions. Volunteer data is also used for screening purposes to identify areas in need of further monitoring,” said Harold Harbert, watershed outreach manager for the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. “Because David has been monitoring for over 20 years, his data is very instructive in understanding general and specific trends in water quality in Sandy Springs and urban areas.”

Harbert said some of the questions Fountain answers with his reports include “Is the water clear or turbid?” “Is there a film on the surface?” “Does the stream have an odor, and if so, describe it?” And “Is the water flow adequate or low?”

“In one data entry, David identified and described a sewage leak, noting that there was, ‘Scum on top of the water, black sludge on streambed. Lots of flies on the surface of the water. Unusual gray algae on the stream bed,’” Harbert added. “This observation was instrumental

in identifying and stopping a sewage spill.” That was in 2011. Fountain remembers

the incident. “My daughter and I, on one of our routine trips back, we found a sewage spill that had occurred upstream of us. Adopt-A-Stream is very good about giving us all the contact numbers that we need to use, so we reported that immediately, and we were able to get that capped before too much had spilled,” he said.

When it comes to volunteer longevity, Harbert said Fountain is at the top of his class. “There are a dozen or so who have monitored for 10 plus years, but none can match David’s record,” he said.

Just months after Fountain hit the 20-year mark, officials with Georgia Adopt-A-Stream this past March recognized Fountain by giving him the Excellence in Data Collection award at Confluence, the organization’s annual conference, held at the Environmental and Heritage Center in Buford. Officials also cited the significant creek conditions his monitoring highlighted, from that 2011 sewage spill to the effects of road salt washing into the creek after asnowstorm. His data also captured the effects of droughts in 2000 and 2008.

Fountain said his trophy came in the form of a rock painted with the Adopt-A-Stream logo and his name. The trophy format is thanks to the Chattahoochee River’s name, which roughly translates to “River of the painted rocks.”

After 20-plus years of monitoring the creek nearby, Fountain said he plans to continue his work as long as he and his family reside in their home. “To me, a healthy creek is really a magical place for animals and people,” he said.

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Bond over moviesTo the editor:I really appreciated Collin Kelley’s

Garden Hills Requiem Commentary, which I just read in the April 17-30 Sandy Springs Reporter. I really identifi ed with your recognition of George Lefont’s fi lm footprint on Atlanta, and like you, that has been very important to me throughout much of my life along with theaters he has been associated with at one time or another.

I attended a lot of movies at Th e Silver Screen (including “Rocky Horror,” which I think had a long run at Garden Hills when George Ellis ran it); Th e Screening Room (Wow, about the darkest theater ever; I think I saw “Diva” there and defi nitely “La Femme Nikita.”

I went so often I enjoyed getting to know a staff that would share peculiar peccadilloes of notorious patrons. Ansley Cinema (my fi rst exposure to “La Cage Aux Folles” - my girlfriend and I laughed our heads off ) and some more fi lms at Th e Plaza. Garden Hills movies that come to mind immediately are “Das Boot,” “Au Revoir Les Enfants,” “Amelie” and “A Hard Days Night.”

Th e Chinese movie about the life and subsequent funeral procession of a schoolteacher infl uenced me to become one. Garden Hills also had the manager with the beret.

Tara is my favorite because I’ve been going there since perhaps ‘78 and still depend on it for better fare. I will

be devastated if it ever closes. Most memorable for me have been “Th e Wall,” after which my friends and I could not speak during the entire 20 minute ride home, “Platoon,” which also dazed me, and “About Schmidt,” my fi rst date in January 2003 with my now wife.

I was upset when Madstone closed and correspondingly grateful to LeFont for resurrecting LeFont Sandy Springs, although oddly it remains unremarkable for me aside from a place that I can walk to and count on a mature audience. I guess I neglect it, but with kids ages 7 and 10, I don’t see many movies out now.

George did not always own the theaters when I saw the movies cited above, but it seems his thread of ownership created and held intact a decent fi lm scene in Atlanta that I’m not sure is available now.

For that I shook his hand and thanked him when he greeted patrons soon after he opened Sandy Springs.

If you have read this far, then I guess we have some kind of bond over shared locations and experiences, so thanks for letting me express my sentiments.

Ben Hendry

A lovely requiemTo the editor:I share your love of the Garden Hills, and

all the wonderful, divine old cinemas that you mentioned. I shall consider your essay a lovely requiem for that palace of delights.

Manning Harris

We miss the indie theatersTo the editor:I really appreciated this article, because I also loved Garden Hills

Cinema. My husband and I looked for what was playing there before even thinking of looking at the main theaters. Th e popcorn was fresh too! Indie theaters for showing the indie productions are missed in Atlanta.

Pam

Gas tax praiseTo the editor:During the 40 days that the

Georgia General Assembly is in session, we ask our citizen legislators to make a lot of diffi cult decisions. Th is year one of the most passionately debated topics was how to address our state’s $1 billion transportation shortfall.

Reps. Beth Beskin and Joe Wilkinson and Sen. Vincent Fort

deserve our praise for having the political courage to address this important issue head on.

Years of inadequate funding and deferred maintenance means one in six bridges are structurally defi cient or functionally obsolete, and that 25 percent of our roads are rated “poor” or “bad” by the Department of Transportation.

By supporting a modernization of our gas tax, Reps. Beskin and Wilkinson and Sen. Fort voted to make our transportation

infrastructure more effi cient, safer and less congested. Th ese benefi ts alone save the average Georgian more than $2,000 per year.

But investments in infrastructure also pay solid economic dividends, returning up to $7.80 for every dollar spent. Ultimately, modernizing our gas tax ensures Georgia continues to be the best state in the nation to do business for years to come.

Seth Millican, directorGeorgia Transportation Alliance

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Summer jobs prepare teens for work

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BY LESLIE WILLIAMS JOHNSONKatie Buckis, 18, knows that real work doesn’t always involve

a paycheck.As a junior counselor over the past few summers at the Dun-

woody Nature Center, the Marist senior has assisted the camp’s teachers in the classroom by passing out crayons, helping kids with indoor and outdoor activities, and cleaning up after the camp day ends – including bathrooms.

Her experience has helped her narrow down her career choic-es: She is considering becoming a high school teacher.

“I just want to work with kids,” said Buckis, who hopes to do an internship at the nature center this summer, and has Univer-sity of Georgia at the top of her list of possible colleges. “It’s a good way to keep yourself young. Kids are so interesting.”

As the end of the school year and the beginning of summer inch closer, teens throughout metro Atlanta are nailing down their job options.

Whether it’s paid work, volunteerism or unpaid internships, young workers get a glimpse of the many facets of an eight-hour work day, including cooperating with others and problem solv-ing.

“It’s a great experience for the teen to get used to being re-sponsible, for getting ready for camp, for being accountable,” said Dunwoody Nature Center Executive Director Alan Moth-ner.

Paid teen summer jobs often boil down to camp counseling positions as well as minimum wage jobs in the retail, restaurant and recreation industries. Teens also take advantage of company internships relating to their career interests.

Th e latest national information on employment and unem-ployment among youth from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is from last year, and shows that from April to July 2014, the number of employed youth 16 to 24 years old was 20.1 mil-lion, up by 2.1 million.

Last July, 51.9 percent of young people in the 16-24 year old age group were employed, an increase from 50.7 percent from the year before.

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“Th ere are a lot of music and audio challenges our clients don’t know how to solve, but we help them fi gure it out,” explained Ben Holst, Tuneweld-ers producer and creative director.

Housed at the iconic Atlanta Southern Tracks studio on Clairmont Road, where artists from Bruce Springsteen to Pearl Jam have recorded, Tunewelders continues to produce sonic

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Th e number of unemployed youth reached 3.4 mil-lion in July 2014, down from 3.8 million a year earli-er. July is considered the summertime peak for youth employment, according to the BLS.

Th e city of Sandy Springs hires teenagers as youth counselors, typically ranging from age 16-18 years old for its summer camps.

Th e city will hire, at $8 an hour, about six youth counselors. Th ree are returning from last summer. Th e camps especially need teens with skill sets in theater, art and gymnastics.

Th e summer positions help teens “really get the big picture about things and how it’s going to be in the

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My Salon Suite held at ribbon cutting on March 30, at its location at 227 Sandy Springs Place, #422, in the CityWalk Shopping Center. Attending, Rick Booher, Jessica Mitchell, Joy Barnes, Angie Jones, owners Vic Tenuto and Lori Tenuto, Pamela Smith, Jennifer Morris and Colleen Burns. The salon rents fully furnished suites for stylists, barbers,

estheticians, manicurists, massage therapists or anyone in the beauty-related industry.

Engel & Völkers, the European-based premium real estate

brand, recently celebrated its grand opening in the Buckhead Atlanta shopping destination.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, right center, presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which was also attended by, from left,

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Veronique Southerland and Deborsha Clark. The shop is located at 5610 Glenridge Drive, Suite 103, in Sandy Springs.

Risk & Insurance Consultants, offering business/commercial, personal and health/life insurance, held a ribbon cutting on April 9. Located at 5416 Glenridge Drive, in Atlanta, many attended the festivities, including: Rob Murphy, Chelsea Porter, Jill Kitchen, owner/principal, Shadi Kamyab, Whitney Jaynes, Tom Martinelli, Steve Molina, owner/senior partner, Sherri Severa, Nick Heintzman, Tabitha Molina, Chris Smith, Amy Kilheffer, Becky Compton, Stuart Jerkins, Stephen English, Cheryl Collins, Mike Reid, Melanie Blievernicht, Cynthia Williams and Erika Ponce.

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P E R I M E T E R B U S I N E S SAtlanta Spine & Wellness celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting on March 12. Attending, from left, co-owners Dr. Christopher Heitman and wife, Kristen, Lisa Berthelsen and Suzanne Brown, with the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce. The company, located at 7100 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Suite 110, in Sandy Springs, offers chiropractic and other services.

Planet Beach cut the ribbon on its Dunwoody location on March 19, joined by, far left, Stephanie Snodgrass, president and CEO of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce, Dunwoody City Councilman Denny Shortal, center left, and owner, Delicia Smalls, center right, staff, friends and members of the chamber. Located at 5529 Chamblee

Dunwoody Road, Suite 260B, Planet Beach offers sunless tanning and UV therapy, facial ejuvenation, touchless massage and skin care products. Jeweler D. Geller

& Son, located at 5975 Roswell Road, Suite B225, in Sandy Springs, held a ribbon cutting on March 28. On hand to celebrate: Candy Johnson, Taylor Richards, Mario Robles, Meredith Naggar, Erica Rocker-Wills, Chris Frazier, Sara Smathers, Mike Geller, Heather Klisures, Suzanne Brown, Patty Conway, Sandy

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Experimac, which buys, sells, trades and repairs Apple Macintosh computers, iPhones and iPads, held a ribbon cutting on April

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Price Right Outlets, which sells high-end overstocks from big box retailers at discount prices, noted its opening with a ribbon cutting on March 25. Attending, front row, from left, Ana Pena, Gerardo Pena and Alexia Pena. Back row, from left, Sandy Springs Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Tom Mahaffey, Susan Roman, Sandy Springs City Councilman Andy Bauman, Dan Donelson, Megan Gladden and Tapp Palmer. The store is located at 7728 Spalding Drive, in Norcross.

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QUESTION: How does the whole body cryotherapy process work? Our clients stand on an adjustable platform inside the octagonal-shaped chamber during treatment which ensures their head remains outside the unit. I fill the chamber with nitrogen vapor, which drops the temperature to a range of minus 110°C to -145°C and temporarily lowers the temperature of the skin’s top layer.During the typical three minute treatment, the skin sends a signal to the brain, which stimulates physical reactions and activates naturally occurring healing resources. Once out of the chamber, the body immediately reheats.

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The city also brings on volunteers for its special needs camp, Strycula said.

Josh Teal, a graduating senior at North Springs High School, worked his first job as a counselor for the Sandy

Springs camps last summer, and will re-sume his role in a few weeks.

Teal’s earnings helped him buy a 2000 Pathfinder. He also learned a lot about working with children, something that could come in handy in his future career. Teal plans to major in technical theater at Columbus State University.

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“It’s a lot of fun to work hands-on with the kids, to get to talk with them and joke around with them,” Buck-is said. “I’m really an outdoorsy person, and you’re always outside, unless there’s a thunderstorm.”

At metro Atlanta YMCAs, such as the ones in Dunwoody and Buckhead, 50 to 150 staff members are hired for summer work, said Nicky Rosenbluth, executive director of talent and lead-ership development at Metro Atlanta YMCA.

Several YMCAs are still adding to their aquatics staff . In fact, the biggest Y opportunities for 16 year olds are in the aquatics program, Rosenbluth said. Th e Y off ers a unique opportunity for people meeting the aquatics staff qualifi cations to earn certifi cation as a lifeguard or swim instructor. Applicants for aquatics positions should email: [email protected].

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“Ice cream doesn’t make a distinct noise,” Holst joked, but Baskin Robbins’ agency 22 Squared wanted audio to evoke a “Spidy sense” of amplified hearing as the viewer seemingly flew over large images of scooped ice cream. Holst recorded the sound of dropping ice cubes into a hot cup of coffee to simulate freezing motion. Ja-son Shannon then layered this sound into

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‘Afterwar’ IssuesSaturday, May 23, 2 p.m. – Th is lecture is based on “Afterwar,” a book detailing the experience of soldiers returning home and the struggles they face. Written by philosopher Nancy Sherman, the lecture discusses the moral dimensions of psycho-logical injuries that remain after wartime experienc-es. Free. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Fer-ry Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. For more information go online to: www.atlantahistorycenter.com or call 404-814-4000.

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Georgia PhilharmonicSaturday, May 9, 8 p.m. – Th e Georgia Phil-harmonic’s fi nal concert of the year takes place at Oglethorpe University’s Conant Performing Arts Center. Performance includes pieces by Stravinsky, Rossini, Saint-Saens Danse Macabre, and Prokofi ev. Tickets: $10. 4484 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhav-en, 30319. To learn more and to purchase tickets go online to:www.georgiaphilarmonic.org or call 404-261-1441.

Concerts by the Springs

Sunday, May 10, 7-8:30 p.m. – Th e Doug-las Cameron Orchestra kicks off the Concerts by the Springs series with a big band and swing music performance. Free. Sandy Springs So-ciety Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. For more informa-tion go to: www.heritagesandysprings.org or call 404-851-9111.

Concerts in the ParkSaturday, May 16, 7 p.m. – Music by garage band Th e Bad Neighbors. Th is biweekly live music event takes place through July 11 and features craft beer selected by Moondog Growlers. Tickets are free for Dunwoody Nature Center members and chil-dren under 3 years old. General admission tickets: $5 and $3 for students. Dunwoody Nature Center, 5343 Roberts Dr., Dunwoody, 30338. For more in-formation go online to: www.dunwoodynature.org or call 770-394-3322.

Choral Guild Performance

Sunday, May 17, 4 p.m. – Th e Choral Guild of Atlanta performs “An American Celebration,” featuring a jazz orchestra and natural sound ef-fects in a jazz gospel vocal style. General admission tickets: $15; seniors, $12; students, $5. Northside Drive Baptist Church, 3100 Northside Dr., Atlanta, 30305. For additional information, visit: www.cgatl.org or call 404-223-6362.

An Evening with Sally Mann

Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m. – Th is lecture covers the photography of Sally Mann and discuss-es her book “Hold Still.” Th e book follows her life and career through imagery and narrative storytell-ing. Tickets: free - $10. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. For more information go online to: www.atlantahistorycenter.com or call 404-814-4000.

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Brookhaven Food Truck NightsWednesday, May 6, 5-9 p.m. – Th e fi rst Food Truck Night of the year will kick off with food trucks, live entertainment, bounce house, and beer and wine for sale. Free and open to the public. For more infor-mation, go to: www.facebook.com/brookhavenftn or call 404-719-3257.

Dunwoody Art FestivalSaturday, May 9, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, May 10, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Dunwoody Village Parkway transforms into an artist market and street festival. Event includes live music, art sales, kids area and food court. Free and open to the public. Rain or shine event. Dunwoody Village Parkway, Dun-woody, 30338. For further details, go to: www.dunwoodyartfestival.splashfestivals.com or call 404-237-3761.

Chastain Park Art FestivalSaturday, May 9, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 10, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Th e sixth annual Chastain Park Art Festival showcases art by approximately 185 artists and artisans. Th e festival fea-tures food trucks, a kid’s area, live acoustic music, and fi ne art for sale. Free and open to the public. Chas-tain Park, 4469 Stella Dr., NW, Atlanta, 30327. Find out more by going to: www.chastainparkartsfestival.com or call 404-873-1222.

Good Mews Flea MarketWeekends, May 9-10 and May 15-17, Friday and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays 12-5 p.m. – Th e Good Mews Animal Foundation, a no-kill cat shelter, presents their annual Spring Flea Market in Sandy Springs. Th e organization will be accepting donations on Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at their storefront, and proceeds from the sale will benefi t the shelter. Free. 6317 Roswell Rd. #6331, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information go online to: www.goodmews.org or call 770-499-2287.

Dunwoody Food Truck ThursdayTh ursday, May 14, 5 p.m. – Every Th ursday through October 29 the city of Dunwoody hosts a fam-ily-friendly food truck event with live music and craft beer. Free. Brook Run Park, 4770 N. Peachtree Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information visit: www.dunwoodyga.org or call 404-754-3211.

Brookhaven Bolt 5kSaturday, May 16, 8 a.m. – Th e annual race/walk takes participants through the Ashford Park neigh-borhood. Proceeds benefi t Ashford Park Elementary School. Pre-registration is $30 through May 15, day of registration is $35. Caldwell Road directly behind Village Place Brookhaven, Brookhaven, 30319. For more information and to register, go to: www.brookhavenbolt.com.

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To get to the front door of Lee and Mike Dunn’s home, you take their lengthy driveway through a wood-land area, go past a waterfall that empties into a koi pond and then walk under a trellis to a “Welcome Gar-den” of blooming rosebushes, delphiniums and calla lil-ies.

Th at living palette of color is only the fi rst in a series of artistic, themed gardens that cover the Dunns' three acres in Sandy Springs.

Th eir tranquil setting is being readied for a huge wave of visitors as one of 12 exquisite private gardens on the 31st annual Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour, Sat-urday and Sunday, May 9-10.

A benefi t for the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the self-guided tour is a popular Mother’s Day weekend event that this time features gardens in Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Midtown and Decatur.

Organizers hope to draw 3,000 people, and not just the green-thumbed set.

“Some people just want to go to look, and others are looking for inspiration and ideas,” said Tour Chair-man Paula White, an active volunteer at the Botani-cal Garden.

Garden tourists can look forward to “an exception-ally good garden diversity this year,” White said. “Th ere truly is something for everybody in these gardens.”

Th is year’s tour includes everything from a formal, walled English garden brimming with boxwoods, hy-drangea and magnolia in Buckhead to the lush peren-nial borders, espaliered fruit trees and vegetable garden at the home of a busy family also in Buckhead.

For the fi rst time in the tour’s his-tory, a commercial property is on the map.

Operating out of a renovat-ed 1920s house in Chamblee, Alex Smith Garden Design Ltd. main-tains a meadow, greenhouse and gar-den. Landscape designer Alex Smith said his clients can come to the stu-dio to see living examples of the pe-onies, antique roses, hydrangeas and irises the company uses in its gardens and fl oral designs.

Also on the tour is Carole and Jim McWilliams’ garden, a wildlife hab-itat certifi ed by the Audubon Soci-ety and Th e National Wildlife Fed-eration.

Th eir fi ve acres in Sandy Springs have changed considerably since they moved there 22 years ago.

“It was honestly a house in the woods,” Carole McWilliams said. “Th ere was not a shrub on the prop-erty.”

Now, with the assistance of garden designer Tim Stoddard, the property has become a woodland sanc-tuary that features an antique rose garden, collections of rhododendrons and native azaleas, weeping Katsu-ra over a tiered pond, a greenhouse and a barn with a fi re pit.

“We started with a courtyard garden in front of the house,” Carole McWilliams said. “I became so obsessed with fl owers that I went to classes to become a master gardener.”

An extensive collection of birdhouses on the proper-ty draws many bluebirds, wrens, cardinals, fi nches and owls.

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“Th e fi rst thing we had to do was create a canvas and take big swipes at the proper-ty,” Mike Dunn said. “It went from a lot of work to an act of love.”

“Now,” Lee Dunn said, “it’s kind of ev-erything we ever imag-ined it could be.”

Railroad-tie re-taining walls were replaced by tons of stone. Th e deer prob-lem was conquered with a custom fence that keeps the for-agers out of the rear two-thirds of the property.

Around their place, Lee is the gar-dener. Mike is the hardscape guy. To-gether, they make ever-evolving mag-ic.

A Harry Lauder’s walking stick fl anks an outdoor fi replace with stone seat-ing. An espaliered apple tree adorns the entrance to the Kitchen Garden, just around the corner from an antique Bel-

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Angela Bortone hand lettered yellow tape to read "Caution Nature in Construction." Th e Atlanta artist then strung the sign in the trees around a small clearing at the Blue Heron Nature Preserve in Buckhead.

Nature, she said, is always under construction, ever growing and evolving.

Her installation is part of “Th e Art of

Nature,” a juried art show at the nature preserve, a small bit of wilderness along Roswell Road. On April 26, the preserve offi cially opened its fi rst outdoor art show.

Th e nonprofi t Blue Heron Nature Preserve off ers a community garden, trails, art classes and summer camps at the center's educational lab. Th e property is also home to the Atlanta Audubon Society and the Little Da Vinci International School.

Presented in honor of Earth Day by the Georgia Chapter of the Women Caucus of Art and led by Brookhaven artist Sally Eppstein, the “Art of Nature” exhibit showcases works by a group of artists. Th e works are spread throughout the grounds of the preserve.

Eppstein, vice president of her local women caucus chapter, came to be affi liated with the preserve after donating a totem pole last year. She now is the art director in charge of the gallery on site.

Th e road into the wooded nature preserve crosses a small bridge, the underside of which is host to two ‘wheatpastes,’ images that are printed and then affi xed to walls with a gel made of starch and water. Th e pieces, by Joe Dreher of Atlanta, combine his association with local performance organization Glo Atl and his love for photography. Dreher intends to allow nature to reclaim the walls, as over time the paper will fade and wash away on its own.

Claire Evans constructed a dynamic sculpture of twisted bamboo that she suspended from a tall branch in the center of the clearing. She chose to use bamboo

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Along the main path and sprinkled throughout the grounds are little blue birds suspended from trees by artist Maggie Bethel. The birds are painted on recycled plastic and spin in the breeze, glinting in dappled sunlight.

Further along the trail is a small hill, atop which sits the first of Leisa Rich's two fabric installations. The piece eventually will rot and disintegrate, and Rich hopes that it will provide a fertile environment for animal and plant life alike.

"There's a worm in it!" she happily exclaimed when the tour arrived at her location.

The mound is adjacent to the remnants of a wall displaying the artwork of Callahan McDonough, local painter. Half of the wall has been painted grey and acts as an interactive chalkboard. Children doodled on the wall as McDonough spoke about her piece, a commentary on

the relationships of mankind with nature. Continuing into the park, bird masks

by artist Hellenne Vermillion peek out from a tree, their empty eyes forming tiny windows into the expanse of the valley beyond them.

Crocheted spiderwebs hang from low branches near the trails, constructed by Maxine and George Hess.

The path runs alongside a wide and shallow creek and leads to another piece by Rich, an outcropping of felt and plastic straws. Her sculpture resembles coral or some deep sea creature and is soft to the touch. The kids in attendance loved sitting on and interacting with the installation.

Just over a bridge, the trail continues down to the last exhibit, a large painting by artist Diana Toma. Several of the guests in attendance are students in Toma’s art classes, and the crowd gathered around her as she discussed her colorful and vibrant painting.

Olesya Vega is a student of hers and said it was her affection for Toma that led her to visit the preserve with her daughters Olivia and Elena. "I love her work and I just had to come and see it," Vega said. "I had never been to the Blue Heron preserve before, and I have fallen in love with this wonderful place."

The art show, more of an art walk, brought together many members of the local community who had little knowledge of the preserve’s existence.

"I didn't know that all this was here," said Richard Smith, whose wife, Kathy, is a student in Toma’s watercolor class. "This is a place we will come to, it's a gift."

The preserve feels like a treasure in the midst of a sprawling neighborhood. It features a stream, sitting areas, lookout points, and plenty of native trees and plants.

"God knows the developers will get to it if they can," Richard Smith laughed, shaking his head.

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BlueHair Technology Group Executive Director Jane Ratliff, center, teaches students how to use their iPads for learning, connecting and fun.

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“I realized my parents’ genera-tion grew up with the admonishment, ‘Don’t touch!’ Th ey were taught not to handle expensive items for fear of breaking them,” Ratliff said. “I had to fi gure out a way to overcome my moth-er’s fear and con-vince her that tech-nology was her friend.”

Ratliff began teaching her mother how to use the iPad, breaking the les-sons down into simple steps. Th e les-sons covered basic operations, email use, social media and more. Soon, Ratliff ’s mother was sending and re-ceiving email, posting and comment-ing on Facebook and playing a word

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BlueHair Technology Group’s workshops are specifi cally designed to address the unique challenges that older adults experience with technolo-gy. Th e classes, which are constructed to be fun, comfortable and convenient for seniors, are taught by knowledge-able instructors, who are assisted by a staff of volunteers.

“We provide hands-on, ‘high-touch’ instruction in a fun, low-key environ-ment that encourages our students to overcome their fear of technology and become receptive to using it,” Ratliff said. “Once they lose that fear, they are eager to engage with their devices and explore their personal interests.”

BlueHair off ers various workshops that teach participants about basic computer skills, smartphone or tablet use, programs like Windows 8 and so-cial media such as Facebook.

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photos and videos and share them with others, surf the Internet, down-load apps, listen to music and more.

As the schedule of workshops evolves, Ratliff and her staff sometimes fi nd there is a need to extend the con-tent of certain classes. For example, a workshop covering iPhone Basics at Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Buckhead was so popular that it has expanded into a two-part series.

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BlueHair Technology continues to increase its course off erings, and there-fore is in need of additional instruc-tors, volunteers and donors.

“We are constantly adding new ven-ues, such as independent and assisted living communities, neighborhood or-ganizations and community centers. So, we’re always looking for people with a knack for technology and a pas-sion for teaching others who can serve as instructors,” Ratliff said.

“Additionally, we’re interested in partnering with other organizations and individuals — and in securing grants, donors and corporate sponsors — who support our mission of being able to off er these classes at little or no cost to seniors. We hope to reach this goal by the end of 2016.”

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“If you drive through my neighbor-hood, you saw that the signs were in bad shape. It was evident that something needed to happen, so I said I would do it,” he said.

Starting in September of 2013, Ben-jamin began the paperwork to start his project. With the help of his mom, he baked bunny-shaped cookie cakes around Easter to raise money to pay for cleaning materials. After raising $600, he and other volunteers got to work scrubbing the years of wear and tear off the signs.

Atlanta city councilman Howard Shook honored Benjamin for the proj-ect’s success by declaring Jan. 25 “Eagle Scout Benjamin Richard Yarmowich” Day in Atlanta.

“I was thrilled to present Benjamin with the thanks of the city,” Shook said. “His work cleaning dozens of neglected signs provided a measurable improve-ment to the safety and welfare of the Pine Hills neighborhood.”

Benjamin first began Boy Scouts 11 years ago and became a member of Troop 370, which is run out of St. James United Methodist Church, through

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which he says he has built many strong friendships. Over the years Benjamin

has participated in monthly campouts and meetings, where he has gained a strong passion for service, leadership and sense of community, he said.

Benjamin said he was surprised and humbled with the city recognition. “It obviously feels really great to have com-pleted something that is so noticeable to the city, and it’s just such a great feeling to drive by those new signs and to feel that sense of accomplishment.”

In addition to Boy Scouts, Benjamin is also a member of the speech and de-bate team, and the academic team. He is also the captain of the robotics team and co-president of the Live Action Role Play club. This spring, you can catch him on Lovett’s stage in the spring play.

What’s Next: Benjamin says he is not finished with

his college search, but is looking into Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia and MIT. He hopes to major in com-puter technology.

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His interest was first sparked in eighth grade when he took part in a Synergy class at The Westminster Schools. He and his group were challenged to identify an issue in the community and work to solve it.

William struggled to pinpoint prob-lems in the community that he could fea-sibly fix, but he discovered that he was able to support the other groups in his class by acting as the communications and graph-ic design expert.

In the years following William’s initial exposure to marketing, he decided to ex-plore every aspect of the profession. Dur-ing the summer before his sophomore year, William worked with Whittaker Marketing, a small marketing firm in Do-than, Alabama. Because of the size of the company and the city itself, the job offered William experience in every aspect of mar-keting. “With bigger firms you don’t get as much personal connection with the cli-ent,” William said.

The summer before his junior year, William took on a new challenge by work-ing on the Michelle Nunn campaign. Through his work as one of the campaign’s summer communications fellows, Wil-liam gained insight into the more “liberal, fast-paced, modern, guerilla marketing” side of the profession.

Specifically, William worked as a graph-ic designer and content creator for the campaign’s social media sites. He learned invaluable skills working on the campaign because he was tasked with building a campaign that created a connection with a wide range of voters in Atlanta, along with every other region of Georgia.

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William is currently working on build-ing his portfolio.

Along with his early career in graph-ic design, William is an active participant on Westminster’s mock trial team and an avid thespian. As a first-year plaintiff law-yer, William earned an “Outstanding At-torney” award from the district mock tri-al competition earlier this year. William’s years of participating in theater have had a lasting impact on him, he said. William says that theater has given him “memoriza-tion skills, positivity and community.” He said that the theater is an “amazing com-munity that a lot of people mature into,” and he expects to perform once he goes to college.

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The IB program also provides teacher training to prepare educators to offer IB programs at elementary, middle and high-school levels. John Denine, who oversees APS’s IB, Advanced Placement and dual-enrollment programs, said CASIE is the only IB training group in Atlanta.

Over the last 15 years, APS has sent many teachers to IB training with CASIE, and that was when only a single cluster of schools offered the program.

North Atlanta will host IB training for teaching, with rental fees waived and IT support provided. In exchange, APS will receive a 25 percent discount on all APS employees undergoing IB training. This summer, 276 APS employees will receive this training.

“This is a wonderful idea,” said Cynthia Briscoe Brown, a member of the Atlanta Board of Education. “It supports what we have been doing in the North Atlan-ta Cluster for many years and allows us to build on that foundation city-wide.”

Brown’s two children graduated from NAHS’s IB diploma program. As a par-ent, Brown was involved in gathering

community support for an IB curriculum and bringing that support to the atten-tion of the IB organization. She is glad the new program will help the North Atlan-ta Cluster share its knowledge and experi-ence with the IB program to help the oth-er Atlanta schools.

“A big component of a high-quali-ty IB program is teacher training,” she said. “The training offered through this program today will allow us to put high-quality IB teachers in many more of our schools and in many more of our stu-dents’ lives.”

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City offi cials said they called the April 27 meeting to start a public discussion over what to do with the park. Th ey say the park conservancy presented them with its proposal, and that a number of meet-ings will be held to discuss the propos-al and to plan future park improvements. Th e next meeting will be held about June 1, they said.

Some regulars at the Bobby Jones course said they opposed both the 18-hole and nine-hole designs for the course.

Walt Lambeth, along with McKoy and several other golfers, signed a letter to city Parks Commissioner Amy Phuong call-ing for better maintenance of the existing course. “Under either of the conservan-cy ‘alternative’ proposals, the salient result is to strip away roughly 20 to 25 percent of the golf course’s existing acreage and to eliminate the historic clubhouse...,” the letter said. “Under either proposal, the re-sulting new course would be squeezed into the fl ood plain, giving up the more desir-able higher ground it now occupies along Northside Drive...”

Th e course, Lambeth and others said in the letter, is “a diamond in the rough.”

But some golfers found the proposed changes appealing. Oscar Person, who de-scribed himself as an average golfer and said he lives nearby, said he welcomed ef-forts to improve the course. “I think it’s good for all the change being proposed,” he said. “I’m excited.”

And Rob Scheiman, who plays golf regularly, said the Bobby Jones course needs major improvements to attract seri-ous golfers. “When it rains, it’s sewage,” he said. “I’ve lost pants, socks. I’ve lost a golf bag. I lost a rain jacket. I had to throw it away. I couldn’t get the stench out.”

Th e location of the course makes it at-tractive, he said. “With this location, they should be able to charge $100 a round

and have 1,000 people waiting to play,” he said.

Some neighbors said they’d like to see other amenities in the park. “A lot of my neighbors want a pool,” Leslie Joseph said.

City parks offi cials told the overfl ow crowd on April 27 that they decided not to give a formal presentation to the group during the meeting, but instead to ask residents to write their comments on Post-It Notes and stick them to comment boards.

Th e decision not to debate any proposals as a group angered some at the meeting, who had expected to hear the pros and cons of various changes suggested for the park. “Th is is a terrible meeting,” said resident Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel, who was worried the park improvement plans could allow new development in the area. “Th ey did not give us anything. I think they should have at least explained the things they want.”

City offi cials said using Post-It Notes would allow more people to comment. Th e comment boards quickly fi lled with brightly colored notes expressing a wide range of thoughts.

Th e notes said everything from “Keep as is” to “pool. connectivity. fi x fl ooding.” to “In 1962, a man jumped naked into a cactus plant. Th at was stupid. Th is is more stupid.”

George Tasioudis, who held up a trophy showing he was a former course champion, and Chris Kene said that last note was theirs. “If it’s not broken, don’t fi x it,” she said.

Across the room, Peggy Rogers looked over the conservancy’s plans and tried to fi gure out what she thought of them. She often jogs through the park, she said. “I’m trying to fi gure out what problem they’re trying to solve,” she said. “We have a very nice course now...

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From police reports dated April 5 through April 18

The following information was provided to the Buckhead Reporter by the Zone 2

precinct of the Atlanta Police Department from its records and is presumed to be

accurate.

ROBBERY 2600 block of Church Street—On

April 10, police responded to a call about a robbery and found an open front door and a ransacked house. Two men entered through the garage and forced a man into his home. While one of the men pointed a semi-automatic pistol at his head, the other grabbed the resident by the throat. Th e suspects removed the man’s wedding ring from his fi nger and took a black wallet, a necklace and an iPhone 4 from him. Th ey also grabbed a black work bag with $1,000 in cash. Th e suspects forced the resident to go room to room while they ransacked them looking for valuables. Once inside the living room, they forced the man to lie on his stomach and they duct taped his legs and arms. Th e suspects left through the front door, after turning off all the lights. Th e resident was able to free his legs and he ran to a neighbor’s home for help.

3000 block of Piedmont Road—On April 9, a man covered his face with a shirt and entered the passenger side of a 2006 Nissan Altima, while a woman was at a gas station. When he demanded she get out of her car, she pulled, racked and pointed a Glock handgun at him. A round was ejected inside the car and a struggle ensued. Th e man bit the driver’s arm, causing her to release her gun and get out of her car. Th e suspect took the car and handgun, driving south on Piedmont Road. A black car with two men inside followed. Police don’t

know if the man received injuries when the gun went off . Th e offi cer noted three bite marks on the woman’s arm.

1100 block of East Club Lane—On April 7, a man jumped out of a blue Chevy Silverado and demanded “give me whatever you got” from a man walking his dog down the street. He gave the robber his wallet and the man got back in his car and left. Dispatch advised a Sandy Springs robbery victim’s credit card was being used at a liquor store on Roswell Road, and when a patrol offi cer arrived the suspect and car were spotted. Atlanta and Sandy Springs police were able to take the suspect into custody after he bailed from the car at 302 Beachland Drive. A handgun was recovered from the woods and the victim’s property was recovered inside the vehicle. It was later determined the vehicle used

in the robbery was taken the same day in a carjacking the suspect committed in Brookhaven; he was charged accordingly.

4200 block of East Brookhaven Drive—On April 7, a resident went to the garage, saw someone inside his vehicle and assumed it was a worker. When he opened the vehicle door, a man pulled a silver handgun and pointed it at his face. Th e resident was able to push the man away, run back to the house and lock the door. Th e man in the garage then opened the garage door and fl ed, taking a blue Waterford bike. A nearby witness reported seeing the suspect on the bike coming up a neighboring driveway. When the witness attempted to stop the suspect, he pointed the handgun at him. Th e witness continued following the suspect until he lost sight of him. It was later determined the suspect was the same suspect from the robbery on East Club Lane; he was charged accordingly.

1100 block of Chattahoochee Avenue—A man armed with a black gun rushed inside a gas station store and ordered another man to the ground, demanding he give up his money. Th e man surrendered $73. While on the ground, the man heard a second armed suspect ordering employees to the ground and demanding money. Th e suspects took two cash register drawers with $450 and a petty cash box that contained approximately $1,000.

2300 block of Marietta Boulevard—A store employee attempted to warn other employees when she saw a man walk up the sidewalk and pull the hood over his

face. Th e man pulled a silver handgun from his waistband, stopped the em-ployee from running to the back and de-manded the money from the cash regis-ter. Th e employee complied and gave the suspect $98.

First block of Lakeland Drive—A man walking his dog encountered anoth-er man and they spoke. Th en, the man walked behind the victim, pulled a black handgun, ordered him face down on the ground and demanded his wallet. He complied and handed over a wallet that contained a debit card, union card and a license. As the victim rolled over, the suspect sprayed him in the face with an object that looked like a black pistol.

500 block of Wimbledon Road—A man and woman approached anoth-er couple and asked to use a cellphone. Th e man hit the male victim in the face, pushing him to the ground. Th e wom-an who was with him ran toward a gas station screaming for help. When the female suspect began chasing her, she threw her grey wallet on the ground and continued running. Th e suspect picked up her wallet and the two suspects ran west on Wimbledon Road. Th e male victim was treated for lacerations on his right arm and a swollen left cheek; he re-fused transport to the hospital.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 1900 block of Ford Street—While

a woman was attempting to take a shower, a man entered the bathroom and groped her breast. He later pushed the victim on the bed, grabbing

at her as she tried to break free, yelling at him to stop. Th e man

threatened to cut her face, and he used a ball point pen to jab her in the mouth, behind the ear and across the face and lip. Th en, he threatened to throw her over the balcony, but could not get

the door opened. Th e resident continued struggling and was able

to break free. She fl ed to the bathroom and called 911. An arrest has been made.

2500 block of Piedmont Road—Someone entered a home improvement store, concealed a compact Jig Saw and attempted to leave the store. When approached by loss prevention, the suspect had a BIC shaving razor in his hand and threatened to cut them. Th e patrol offi cer said he smelled of alcohol. An arrest was made.

2500 block of Morosgo Place—A woman came outside of an apartment and started yelling at another woman. She then retreated inside and retrieved

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500 block of Main Street—An employee of a club escorted a man out of the club for alleged underage drinking. When he returned, he called the employee the “n-word” and head-butted him in the face. Th e employee attempted to defend himself by striking the man in the face twice with a closed fi st. Th e employee sustained a broken

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RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY 900 block of Collier Road—Two separate

apartment units reported burglaries. Each had its front door deadbolt lock pried open and desk drawers rummaged through. No items were taken from the fi rst apartment, but two shot guns in the second apartment, which were kept under the bed, were placed on top of the bed. A

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1000 block of Garden View Drive NE—An apartment’s front door lock was damaged, where a hole might have been drilled in the top of the lock. A .22-caliber revolver, an Apple MacBook Pro laptop, a Sony PS4 with fi ve games, 20 DVD movies, 2 lenses, two Canon cameras, two Panasonic cameras and a black Glock 9MM handgun were taken.

700 block of Sidney Marcus Boulevard—An apartment’s front door lock was damaged by a hole possibly drilled in the top of the lock. A white MacBook laptop was taken.

600 block of Garson Drive—Th e rear balcony door of an apartment was kicked in and lights were left on. A 55-inch TV, a 65-inch TV, a MacBook laptop, $7,000 in cash, a Beats speaker, ten purses, rings, necklaces and earrings were taken.

700 block of Lindbergh Drive—A patio door kicked in and two Apple iPads, a MacBook Pro laptop, two Apple iPhones, fi ve silver and white wrist watches, a black passport, a black Cannon Powershot camera, a black Panasonic camera and gold ring and a necklace charm were taken. A second apartment reported two black iPads, a gold necklace, a bracelet and a pair of earrings taken.

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I WOULDN’T BE HERE WITHOUT GRADY.I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME.

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05-01-15 Buckhead Reporter