02-07-2014 Brookhaven Reporter

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Back, Chuck Bray, fi re apparatus operator, and fi re medic Patrick Hogan clean a fi re engine’s supply line hose from

chemicals and salt laid down during the recent snow storm. The engine, which helped pull cars off the roads, is housed

at DeKalb County Fire Department Station No.15, 2017 Flightway Drive, adjacent to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.

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As the city of Brookhaven begins the planning process for the future of its parks and recreation system, volunteer groups are becoming more organized and enthusiastic.

“We all believe the potential is there for something real-ly groundbreaking,” said Chad Boles, president of the Briar-wood Park Conservancy.

Brookhaven has a robust network of park volunteers. Along with active “friends of the park” groups and conser-vancies for each of the city’s parks, there is also a recently formed umbrella group known as the Parks and Recreation


Representatives for the Pink Pony strip club say they have of-fered to pay the city of Brookhaven $200,000 a year in licens-ing fees to settle their ongoing lawsuit, but city offi cials haven’t accepted it.

Th at amount, off ered for an undisclosed long-term period, doubles the amount the club has paid DeKalb County in fees each year, said Dennis Williams, chief fi nancial offi cer of Trop Inc., the corporation that owns the club.

“We never really got a yes or no,” Williams said. “Th ey said they’d take it under consideration.”

Brookhaven City Manager Marie Garrett declined to dis-cuss the off er.

“We cannot comment on that. It’s pending litigation,” Gar-

Pink Pony offers $200,000 a year to settle lawsuit

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A legislative proposal to allow “new cities” to create school systems was ap-proved by an education subcommittee Feb. 4 and is now headed for a hearing before the full House Education Com-mittee Feb. 5.

HR 486 is a resolution that would amend the Georgia Constitution to al-low for the creation of school districts in new cities incorporated since 2005 and the cities adjacent to them. Th e mea-sure would potentially aff ect 16 cities in the metro Atlanta area, including Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Brookhaven.

Erika Harris, representing Georgians for Local Area School Systems, told the committee that most of the state’s high-est performing school systems have few-

er than 10,000 students, compared with large school systems like DeKalb Coun-ty, which has nearly 100,000 students. She said there needs to be fl exibility for school systems to reorganize as the met-ro Atlanta area continues to grow.

Brookhaven City Councilwoman Re-becca Chase Williams told the commit-tee her city would support the measure.

“Our high school is Cross Keys, which had a 42 percent graduation rate. We think we can do better than that,” Williams said.

In order to amend the constitution, the resolution must be approved by two-thirds of the House and Senate and then voted on by a majority of voters in a ref-erendum.

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Canon promoted to assistant city manager

Brookhaven’s Community Develop-ment Director Susan Canon has been promoted to assistant city manager.

Canon will continue to oversee the Community Development Depart-ment but will also assist the city man-ager in other city operations.

Ben Song has been promoted to community development deputy di-rector. He will assist Canon and man-age code enforcement, building servic-es and land development for the city. Song was hired in 2013 as planning and zoning manager.

“Ms. Canon and Mr. Song have been dedicated to Brookhaven’s success since

they joined the city. Th eir many years of previous experience combined with their in-sights from time working in Brookhav-en will prove to be invaluable as they step into their new leadership positions,” Brookhaven City Manager Marie Garrett said in a press release.

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Interim DeKalb County CEO Lee May recognizes that his county has seen better days, but he’s confi dent that things are turning around.

In his “State of the County” speech Jan. 23, May touted his plans to target public safety, economic development, beautifi cation and ethics to improve DeKalb County.

“Th is administration is prepared to take our struggles of today to defi ne our progress for tomorrow,” May said.

May was appointed interim CEO in June by Gov. Nathan Deal after former CEO Burrell Ellis was indicted on sever-al charges, including extortion and per-jury.

May said public safety is a priority in his proposed 2014 budget. To com-bat high levels of attrition, May said he would like for the county to hire 160 new police offi cers and 100 new fi re-fi ghters every year for the next three years. In December, public safety offi -cers received a 3 percent pay raise, which for some offi cers was the fi rst increase in six years, May said.

“Th at is something we are doing to keep our streets safe,” May said.

May also would like to see DeKalb

do a better job with economic develop-ment, an area in which he said the coun-ty has “faltered.”

“While government itself does not create jobs,” May said, “it is our re-sponsibility to create an environment in which businesses can grow and thrive.”

He would like for county offi ces to make it quicker and easier for business-es to get permits and licenses in DeKalb. “Th is has been a nightmare for business to come in and either open or expand their business,” May said.

He said the county is also looking to hire a fi rm to create an economic devel-opment strategy.

Another way to help recruit busi-nesses and improve quality of life is to work on cleaning up and beautifying the county, May said. A program called “Operation Fresh Start” would focus on improving gateways and major corri-dors of the county by increasing eff orts to mow grass, pick up litter and remove illegal signs.

May said he also plans to step up code enforcement on private proper-ties. May said he would like to hire sev-en more code enforcement offi cers next

year to help combat nuisances like aban-doned properties.

“We are changing the way we do business, y’all,” May said.

As for ethics, May called for contin-ued investment in the DeKalb County Board of Ethics, restructuring auditing positions, and creating a commission to study the county’s ethics ordinance and make recommendations.

May also used his speech to comment

on three proposals to form new cities in the central area of the county.

“Cityhood is not necessarily a bad thing. But the cherry-picking of com-mercial properties and quickly drawn enclaves isn’t good for anyone,” May said. “I’d like to renew my call to the General Assembly to refrain from cre-ating any new cities this year until we can draw up an equitable solution to the current law.”

DeKalb CEO: ‘We’re changing the way we do business’

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

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– LEE MAY INTERIM DEKALB COUNTY CEO

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Once the ice melted and the traffi c gridlock eased, local offi cials began con-sidering how to improve future reactions to storms like the one that froze metro At-lanta in January.

“We will do a post-mortem to assess things we did well and what could have been done better,” Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul said.

Dunwoody Police Chief Billy Grogan, who worked more than 30 hours straight during the storm Jan. 28 and 29, said his staff , too, would review their actions to look for ways to improve.

Th e storm that blew in Jan. 28 closed schools and created traffi c tie-ups so bad that people abandoned vehicles to walk, or spent dozens of hours sitting in cars wait-ing for traffi c to clear.

Shelters opened at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School and Congregation Or Hadash, Paul said, and people spent the night at several businesses. Some children were stuck overnight at schools. Sandy Springs City Manager John McDonough said 334 mortorists stayed in shelters.

Dunwoody police Sgt. Fidel Espinoza delivered gas and blankets to stranded mo-torists using an ATV. He said most offi -cers ended up staying the night, sleeping at

City Hall. “We ran out of cots, and people ended up sleeping on the fl oor,” he said.

Despite sharp criticism leveled at state government offi cials for their actions dur-ing and prior to the storm, several lo-cal civic leaders seemed pleased overall with their community’s response. “Across the board, we had a great response,” Mc-Donough said.

Paul said Sandy Springs offi cials got a jump on the storm. “We pre-treated the roads around the hospitals before the snow started as a precaution and also tar-geted schools to help bus traffi c,” he wrote. “Th e city issued updates at least every two hours throughout the emergency period, using social media and email chains to get crucial information to our citizens. ... Th e council members did a magnifi cent job of distributing this emergency information to people in their districts, which helped many people avoid impassable areas in their struggle to get home.”

Volunteers jumped in to help, provid-ing stranded motorists with water, food and shelter. In Dunwoody, Tony Delme-chi said people stopped in at his home for cocoa and bathroom breaks, and a group spent the night in his basement. In Brookhaven, Joel Callahan fed and walked

dogs for a neighbor he didn’t know after posting an off er to help on a community bulletin board.

Part of the reason for the gridlock, Gro-gan pointed out, was that many people were at work when the storm hit and were headed home to neighboring communi-ties, so they all were trying to drive on the same roads. “Everybody wanted to leave at the same time,” Grogan said.

Grogan said Dunwoody police received 222 service calls in 18 hours. Th e depart-ment usually receives about 75 calls in 24 hours, he said. Mc-Donough said Chatcomm, the city’s 911 center, received 4,062 calls for service between noon Jan. 28 and 6 p.m. Jan. 29.

“I can’t say enough about our staff ...,” Grogan said on the de-partment’s Facebook page. “Not once did I hear an offi cer com-plain about the harsh working conditions, the workload or the long hours.”

Paul said public response to city offi cials has been favor-able, too. “I received more than 300 emails and Facebook posts thanking us for keeping them in-formed about the situation and activities that occurred, while commending our fi rst respond-

ers and public works personnel,” he said.Grogan wrote on Facebook that his de-

partment will soon begin looking for ways to improve reaction to future storms.

“In hindsight, the two things that would have helped the most would have been if the schools had closed Tuesday [Jan. 28], and if many of the businesses had closed as well and their employees had stayed home,” Grogan wrote. “Fortunate-ly, we can all learn from events such as this and improve upon our future responses.”

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The ‘storm’ in 140 CharactersTwitter lit up on Jan. 28 and Jan. 29 as

the snow storm rolled into the metro area. Here’s a sampling of how things unfolded:

Sandy Springs, GA @SandySpringsGA Jan 28National Weather Service issued winter storm warning. Dusting to sev inches of snow expected. Forecast models not conclusive.

Sandy Springs, GA @SandySpringsGA Jan 28Traffi c on most main surface streets in Sandy Springs has slowed to a crawl. Neighborhood streets are icy. Avoid travel where possible.

Brookhaven Police @BrookhavenGA_PD Jan 28All roads throughout Brookhaven are heavily congested at this time with conditions becoming more severe.

DeKalb Co. Schools @DeKalbSchools Jan 28All DeKalb County schools will be dismissed early today. Teachers & staff will remain at schools until all children are on buses/picked up.

Atlanta Police Dept @Atlanta_Police Jan 28APD is aware of the traffi c situations around the city and we are working with various departments to resolve the issues.

FultonCountySchools @FultonCoSchools Jan 28Today’s weather pattern has come in faster than initially forecasted. The school day will be ending at 1:45 p.m.

Georgia DOT @GADeptofTrans Jan 28Hazardous conditions are spreading throughout Northeast GA. Crews are active in the affected areas.

GrowBrookhaven @GrowBrookhaven Jan 28Attn: #Brookhaven ~ Dresden Drive is a sheet of ice & shouldn’t be attempted. Go home.

Dunwoody Police @DunwoodyPolice Jan 28The volume of traffi c everywhere is extremely high & all roads are gridlocked. We have an extended police response time.

City of Dunwoody, GA @DunwoodyGA Jan 28For stranded motorists: First Baptist Church Atlanta is providing room to stranded motorists at 4400 N. Peachtree Rd., Atlanta, Georgia.

City of Brookhaven @BrookhavenGaGov Jan 28Big thanks you to @BrookhavenGA_PD for working around the clock to help motorists in #Brookhaven stay safe on icy roads.

Governor Nathan Deal @GovernorDeal Jan 28Gov. Deal declares state of emergency related to the winter storm, delays opening of state government until noon tomorrow.

FultonCountyGeorgia @FultonInfo Jan 28Home Depot has announced that many of its stores are also available overnight for motorists who are stranded.

ATL Public Schools @apsupdate Jan 28Emergency Update: #APS will ‘shelter in place’ for the remainder of evening 1/28/14

Kasim Reed @KasimReed Jan 29Throughout the night, our crews have been working to salt and sand roads and bridges. We will continue all day until everyone is home safe.

–Compiled by Collin Kelley

The ‘storm’ in 140 CharactersTwitter lit up on Jan. 28 and Jan. 29 as

the snow storm rolled into the metro area. Here’s a sampling of how things unfolded:

Sandy Springs, GA @SandySpringsGA Jan 28National Weather Service issued winter storm warning. Dusting to sev inches of snow expected. Forecast models not conclusive.

Sandy Springs, GA @SandySpringsGA Jan 28Traffi c on most main surface streets in Sandy Springs has slowed to a crawl. Neighborhood streets are icy. Avoid travel where possible.

Brookhaven Police @BrookhavenGA_PD Jan 28All roads throughout Brookhaven are heavily congested at this time with conditions becoming more severe.

DeKalb Co. Schools @DeKalbSchools Jan 28All DeKalb County schools will be dismissed early today. Teachers & staff will remain at schools until all children are on buses/picked up.

Atlanta Police Dept @Atlanta_Police Jan 28APD is aware of the traffi c situations around the city and we are working with various departments to resolve the issues.

FultonCountySchools @FultonCoSchools Jan 28Today’s weather pattern has come in faster than initially forecasted. The school day will be ending at 1:45 p.m.

Georgia DOT @GADeptofTrans Jan 28Hazardous conditions are spreading throughout Northeast GA. Crews are active in the affected areas.

GrowBrookhaven @GrowBrookhaven Jan 28Attn: #Brookhaven ~ Dresden Drive is a sheet of ice & shouldn’t be attempted. Go home.

Dunwoody Police @DunwoodyPolice Jan 28The volume of traffi c everywhere is extremely high & all roads are gridlocked. We have an extended police response time.

City of Dunwoody, GA @DunwoodyGA Jan 28For stranded motorists: First Baptist Church Atlanta is providing room to stranded motorists at 4400 N. Peachtree Rd., Atlanta, Georgia.

City of Brookhaven @BrookhavenGaGov Jan 28Big thanks you to @BrookhavenGA_PD for working around the clock to help motorists in #Brookhaven stay safe on icy roads.

Governor Nathan Deal @GovernorDeal Jan 28Gov. Deal declares state of emergency related to the winter storm, delays opening of state government until noon tomorrow.

FultonCountyGeorgia @FultonInfo Jan 28Home Depot has announced that many of its stores are also available overnight for motorists who are stranded.

ATL Public Schools @apsupdate Jan 28Emergency Update: #APS will ‘shelter in place’ for the remainder of evening 1/28/14

Kasim Reed @KasimReed Jan 29Throughout the night, our crews have been working to salt and sand roads and bridges. We will continue all day until everyone is home safe.

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� A recent 20/20 Insight poll indicated that 75% of Brookhaven residents want the city to reach a settlement agreement with the Pink Pony.� The Pink Pony would provide the city with $460,000 in annual revenues.� If we continue the battle, we not only lose out on the revenue, we continue to incur costly litigation expenses, potentially for years to come.� We expect our elected offi cials to treat businesses fairly. Deliberately including the Pink Pony within city limits, then immediately acting to shut them down, is not fair treatment.

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Snow shoes?Joey Carbonara, left, and Chandler Parks, sophomores at St. Pius X Catholic High School, were spotted hauling their basketball gear along Spalding Drive, near Temple Emanu-El in Sandy Springs, on Jan. 29. Carbonara and Parks were walking in order to meet Carbonara’s father so he would not have to drive down an icy hill to pick them up.

The two said they were supposed to get a ride from a friend’s mom on Jan. 28 since school let out early. However, icy conditions on Spalding made the drive treacherous, so instead of getting a ride home, their friend’s mom took them to her house, where they stayed the night. The next day was spent “playing video games indoors,” said Carbonara, and running on the icy roads outdoors, said Parks. “It was fun,” Parks added.

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Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church opened a shel-ter for stranded motorists. Rector Michael Sullivan found himself turning to social media to help people � nd their way in the storm.

“In the midst of this storm, no committee was neces-sary. No meeting was held. No agenda prepared. No, social media and its immediate power to connect and mobilize people for action is the lesson.

“Within the fi rst hours, a citizen in Atlanta set up a Twitter and Facebook profi le for people stranded in cars. Th e group, SnowedOutAtlanta, established by Michelle Sollicito, had thousands of followers with-in minutes. It immediately became the chief means of communication for those with smartphones who were stranded in cars. Water and food were coordinated via this amazing resource.

“Our parish opened as a shelter. It was just the right thing to do. But just like SnowedOutAtlanta, the min-istry started taking on a new dimension via social media. We connected with our metro Atlanta city, Sandy Springs, via Facebook and Twitter. We became an offi cial city shelter because I talked to Mayor Rusty Paul via Facebook messaging. We repeat-edly posted we were open, and news spread as a contagion.

“By 2 in the morning, I was using Facebook to instruct walking motorists how to get to the church. I was also assuring parents that the shelter was safe, and sons and daughters were OK. I became an online pastor. Soon, I was using Twitter and oth-er outlets to ask for food, water, blankets and pillows from neighbors who might raid their pantries and closets.

“And it all worked. People responded with such generosity that we will make a run to the food pantry as this city returns to normal. Within an hour of my initial posts, we had hot-cooked oatmeal, stockpots of soups, baby food and formula, toilet-ries, needed medication, and the list goes on. Social media became the way to con-nect faith and action, people to people, relationship to relationship.

“Some of my colleagues laugh about the church on Facebook and Twitter; I’ve even heard some say the church must resist such relationless forms of communication. Per-sonally, I’ve known for a few years now that a good 90 percent of pastoral informa-tion comes via Facebook.

“Now I know that faith goes into action via these same avenues when a disaster strikes. Th ese forms of communication saved lives in Atlanta, and made a diff erence for a community of faith’s response to disaster. ... So, while other people are pointing fi ngers, I am busy training mine to text better.”

Rector Michael Sullivan

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Leash your dog while in the park

To the editor:

One of Brookhaven’s most appeal-ing assets is its beautiful parks system, especially Murphey Candler Park and Blackburn Park. Like many other resi-dents, I enjoy taking my two dogs for daily walks.

While I’m pleased to see that most pet owners obey leash laws, I increas-ingly come across people with dogs off leash, often running ahead of them. In-evitably, the owner yells out something like “Don’t worry, he’s OK,” or “She’s good.” I then reply “Well, he’s not,” which results in a look of panic on the

dog owner’s face. Th is is followed by shouts of “Buddy! Here Buddy,” the scrambling to grab a collar or attach a leash, and then mumblings of “Sorry” as we pass.

Did you ever stop to think that it’s not always about you and your dog? My dogs are usually friendly, but not al-ways, especially if an excitable animal comes bounding toward them.

While dogs are members of our fam-ilies, they are not human, and have no

idea whether another dog is “good” or is going to attack. If a fi ght were to en-sue, or even if my dog were to react as the aggressor, the fault squarely lies with the owner of the dog off the leash. And that could be made even worse if a per-son gets in the middle to try and break things up and gets bit.

Th ere is a very simple solution: Leash your dog.

A disciplined walk is a good thing. Save off -leash play time for sanctioned dog parks, doggie day care centers, your backyard, and your house. Not to men-tion: It’s the law.

Oh, and while you’re at it, please pick up your dog’s poop and dispose of the bag in the proper bins… but that’s a rant for another day.

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Allowing ‘new city’ school systems would increase � exibility

Flexibility appears to be the new buzzword in education. It is possible that we have fi nally hit on an idea that we hope will take off like wildfi re and, more importantly, be here for the long run.

Th ere is no arguing that teachers need fl exibility in a class-room, through curriculum and instructional implementation, to meet the needs of individual classes and students. School-houses benefi t from fl exibility too, in order to build school- wide programs that match their student body’s needs.

In various ways, school districts also benefi t from fl exibili-ty. Currently the state has embraced fl exibility by encouraging school systems to adopt programs that allow them to waive certain requirements in order to build programs that will sup-port their district’s needs and goals.

Flexibility not only exists within program development, but is also an important tool in system organization and structure.

Th e Georgia Constitution provides one-sided system fl ex-ibility through allowing for school system consolidation. In certain cases, very small school districts may see an opportu-nity to improve upon academic and extracurricular programs, and strengthen fi nancial management through consolidating with another school district.

However, on the other end of the spectrum, when school systems are too large, there is no fl exibility to deconsolidate.

Th is moves school-system fl exibility into uncharted terri-tory, as deconsolidation has never been broached. Th at is be-cause only now, nearly 69 years after the Georgia Constitution capped the number of school systems in Georgia, are we real-izing that just as there are school systems that can be too small to succeed, there are also school systems that are too large to succeed.

With the average school system nationwide being 3,500 students, it isn’t shocking that this conversation is not being heard more often. Super-sized systems are truly in the minor-ity. However, when you consider that in a school system the size of DeKalb County you could fi t 28 average-sized school systems, it seems deserved that this conversation be moved to the forefront.

To determine when a school system has grown too large to successfully off er an education that maximizes each student’s potential, you would look to the following: When a school system loses the ability to fi nd the pulse of the individual stu-

dent or accurately determine a schoolhouse’s needs (and more im-portantly meet those needs); when fi nancial management becomes mismanagement because of an in-ability to eff ectively and effi ciently match those dollars in a way that will result in successful outcomes; when the administration fl ow chart looks more like a fi fth-generation family tree; or when media cov-erage seems lost in a labyrinth of continual hope for improvement with results that show a downward trend, the need for the fl exibility of deconsolidation becomes critical.

Th ere have been many studies pointing out the benefi ts of systems of manageable sizes. Among the measurable and ob-servable positive outcomes are: higher graduation rates, maxi-mizing of fi nancial resources, increases in teacher satisfaction, increases in parental engagement, increased cross-level com-munication, and an increased sense of community.

Providing for the deconsolidation of super-sized systems can allow more students, parents, teachers and districts to re-alize these benefi ts.

House Resolution 486, put forth by Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody), is the constitutional amendment that seeks to re-introduce the fl exibility of school system deconsolidation into the constitution. It provides the opportunity for cities formed after 2005, and any other cities that share a contiguous border, to form municipal school systems.

By allowing for the opportunity to create municipal school systems of a manageable size, these new school dis-tricts can capitalize on the full benefi ts of fl exibility on all levels in education: instructional diff erentiation in the classroom, program innovation in the schoolhouse and dis-trict structural fl exibility. Th at provides a winning combi-nation for everyone.

Erika Harris, a Dunwoody resident, is co-chair of Georgians for Local Area School Systems, or GLASS, a group organized by parents to lobby for passage of House Resolution 486.

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Even at the tender age of 10, my son recognized the simple wonder of requited love: that returned a� ection is a phenom-enon not to be taken lightly. It doesn’t happen every day, it doesn’t even happen every lifetime, and if and when it does happen, it is a small miracle.

So what is this thing called love, and how does it stay alive? Four children and a couple of decades after my own wed-ding day, I feel like I should have some answers. But I don’t. I do, however, have some thoughts.

I heard in a high school English class that “love is friendship caught � re” and I have yet to come across a tidier de� ni-tion. It has taken a whole heap of friend-ship and just enough sparks to keep this marriage going.

It has also been said that love isn’t an emotion, it’s a commitment, and a re-cent viewing of “Fiddler on the Roof” at a neighborhood playhouse brought that statement to my mind.

It was the song, “Do You Love Me?” that did it.

In the song, the protagonist Tevye asks Golde, his wife of 25 years by an arranged marriage, “Do you love me?” � ere is such poignancy in that question, in the fact that after 25 years of marriage he must ask, and that she avoids answer-ing.

She responds with a list of domes-tic chores that she has done dutifully throughout their life together. He con-tinues prodding, and Golde replies, “For

25 years I’ve lived with him, fought him, starved with him. For 25 years, my bed is his. If that’s not love, what is?” Fi-nally, they both admit that yes, they do love each other after all, and that (this is the part that really chokes me up) “after 25 years… it’s nice to know.”

I cried, as I do every time I hear it. And I realize that commitment is exact-ly what Golde was singing about. Com-mitment was the glue that held those two initial strangers together, and from that commitment, love grew.

Something else about the lyrics struck me: � at period of time that seems so noteworthy when set to music and sung onstage is the milestone that my hus-band and I have just hit. I think now of our own ups and downs, the years raising children together, the years of supporting each other in our trials and achievements, of working out our di� erences…the years spent learning who we married. And I am astounded that a quarter of a century has passed like a wisp.

� is past June, my husband and I cel-ebrated our 25th anniversary. It’s been a bit like a marathon…and a lot like a mir-acle.

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Ken Storr knew he would love living in Hillsdale from the � rst moment he saw his house.

“We pulled up and I told the real es-tate agent you don’t even have to take me inside. I’m going to buy it,” Storr said. “We’ve lived there since 1990.”

� e Hillsdale neighborhood is locat-ed o� of North Druid Hills Road near Cross Keys High School in the south-ern portion of the city of Brookhav-en. Neighbors say they love the loca-tion, which is con-venient to interstate highways, shopping in Buckhead and the Brookhaven commu-nity, which has devel-oped a lot in the past few years.

Established in the 1950s, the neighbor-hood is comprised mostly of ranch- style houses with large lawns.

Storr said he’s always been drawn to that design, which he describes as vi-brant and modern. He collects mid-cen-tury furniture too, he said. “It’s just a very interesting era,” Storr said.

Storr said there’s something nostalgic about the neighborhood, too.

“You feel like you live in a di� erent time, where everybody used to walk the streets with the kids and dogs,” he said. “To me it’s like an old-fashioned ‘50s neighborhood.”

One of the things that brings neigh-bors together is the annual block par-

ty during the � rst weekend of Octo-ber, said David Schurer, president of the neighborhood association. “We do a really awesome Oktoberfest neighbor-hood event,” Schurer said.

He said the event always includes great food and live enter-tainment, which for the past several years has been provided by his own three-piece band.

Schurer said Hills-dale has many senior residents.

“� e neighbor-hood is de� nitely a little bit older. But some of those peo-ple are leaving, tru-

ly leaving this world, or they’re moving to assisted living or senior citizens plac-es, so we’re seeing things change,” Sch-urer said.

Storr, who is 60, said he has really en-joyed getting to know the older residents of the neighborhood, some of whom are the original owners of the homes. One

“You feel like you live in a different time, where everybody used to walk the streets with the kids

and dogs. To me it’s like an old-fashioned ‘50s neighborhood.”

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The Hillsdale neighborhood is located off North Druid Hills Road, near Cross Keys High School, in the southern portion of Brookhaven. The area is close to interstates and shopping in both Buckhead and Brookhaven.

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of the neighbors he was closest to passed away this year at age 96.“Some of our best friends ended up being some of the older people

that lived in the neighborhood,” Storr said. � roughout the city of Brookhaven, there’s been a building boom as

people purchase older homes in neighborhoods like Ashford Park and either tear them down or renovate. � at transformation hasn’t reached Hillsdale.

“It hasn’t had the newer-style homes that have gone in, say, Brookhav-en Heights, where you see a lot more teardowns and rebuilds,” Schur-er said.

Storr said a few new homes have been built on Hillsdale lots. But he hopes the look of the neighborhood he loves so much won’t change too drastically.

“I’d have to admit I’d like to see our neighborhood stay intact,” Storr said. “But that’s the Atlanta way – we tear down and build new.”

Storr said one thing is for sure: He plans to stay in his beloved Hills-dale home for years to come.

“� is is it. It’s home,” Storr said.

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Real estate snapshot: Single family home salesSandy Springs: 30327, 30328, 30350

# BRs Sq. Ft. List Price Sales Price Days on MarketHigh 7 11,000 $2,495,000 $2,170,750 262Low 3 1,340 234,000 200,300 3Median 5 4,057 595,000 554,000 47

Buckhead: 30305, 30327# BRs Sq. Ft. List Price Sales Price Days on Market

High 6 7,853 $2,500,000 $2,400,000 217Low 3 1,664 309,900 322,000 2Median 4 2,998 749,000 755,000 67

Brookhaven: 30319# BRs Sq. Ft. List Price Sales Price Days on Market

High 5 3,720 $850,000 $705,000 127Low 2 984 244,900 225,000 0Median 3 2,081 375,000 354,000 20

Dunwoody: 30338# BRs Sq. Ft. List Price Sales Price Days on Market

High 6 3,848 $425,000 $411,000 188Low 3 1,265 150,000 120,000 2Median 4 2,812 336,450 332,500 53

� is information is compiled from First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) from Jan. 1 - Feb. 4, 2014. It is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed, and is not a complete list of activity. Data provided by Judy Soden, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Sandy Springs o� ce.

The map above, prepared by the Atlanta Regional Commission using demographic data from ESRI, shows areas with these median home values:

● $557,028 to $1 million in red● $307,471 to $557, 028 in orange● $185,560 to $307,471 in yellow● $109,564 to $185,560 in green● lower than $109,564 in blue

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Mitch Kamin-er, associate bro-ker with RE/MAX Paramount Prop-erties and owner of Kaminer Property Management, has been honored with the 2013 Realtor of the Year Award by the Atlanta Board of Realtors. Todd Emerson, senior vice president and managing broker of Har-ry Norman, Realtors Atlanta Perime-ter and Blue Ridge O� ces, was named 2014 President of the Atlanta Board of Realtors.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Jan. 30 for a new $72 million lux-ury high-rise in Buckhead. SkyHouse Buckhead is being developed by Novare Group and Bastson-Cook De-velopment Company. Located on Stratford Road behind Maggiano’s, the 26-story, 362-unit high-rise apart-ment community will be connected to the Buckhead MARTA station and the west side of Ga. 400 by a new, under-construction pedestrian bridge span-ning the highway. � e building will fea-ture residential units of one, two and three bedrooms, with high-end � nish-es and � oor-to-ceiling glass. � e “Sky-House” will be on the 26th � oor with a clubroom, � tness area, and outdoor pla-zas that include an in� nity swimming pool, � replaces, covered outdoor loung-es and 360-degree views. � e building is expected to be complete in early 2015. Novare has already developed similar SkyHouse projects in Midtown Atlanta and in Dallas.

Traton Homes has announced the development of � e Enclave at Dun-woody, which features six, single-fam-ily “executive luxury homes” priced in the $700,000s. � e community is locat-ed not far from I-285 on Happy Hol-low Road. www.TratonHomes.com for more.

Online real estate brokerage � rm Red� n recently released its Top Ten Hottest Neighborhoods of 2014 list and the Morningside-Lenox Park neigh-borhood is number one in the Atlan-ta market and third nationwide. � e Spring� eld and Dunwoody Club For-est neighborhoods are also in the local Top 5. Red� n bases its list on homebuy-er searches on Red� n.com leading into the new year. Page views, “favorited” homes and insights by Red� n agents all play into the selection process. Nation-ally, Morningside-Lenox Park ranked with up-and-coming neighborhoods in

San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, Austin, Seattle, Port-land, Denver and Chicago.

iStar Res-idential has announced a new sales team for The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, At-lanta. Karen Rodriguez of Dorsey Alston Real-tors will lead the revamped sales e� orts. � e Residences currently are being built out with contemporary, high-end � nishes and built-in � replac-es with marble surrounds. Each unit will also feature a 36-inch Viking gas grill as well as a � replace on its bal-cony. � e team is also revamping the common areas with modern color pal-ettes and marble � oors. iStar has part-nered with local architectural � rm Harrison Design Associates to craft unique layouts that showcase the spec-tacular views. Additionally, plans are un-der way to build out all the remaining un� nished shells. Harrison Design also designed a three-bedroom model home

that was staged on the 45th � oor to demonstrate � e Residences’ new con-temporary appearance. For more, visit www.moresidencesatlanta.com.

Harry Norman, Realtors has relo-cated its Buckhead Northwest o� ce to 4401 Northside Parkway, Suite 250, At-lanta, 30327, within the new One Riv-erside live, work and play community.

A proposed o� ce tower in Buckhead would feature a shimmering glass exte-rior that would be the � rst of its kind in Atlanta, accord-ing to a report in Curbed Atlanta. � e 30-story tower would be the third and � nal building in the Alli-ance Center complex near the intersec-tion of Lenox Road and Ga. 400. Ac-

cording to commercial real estate � rm Tishman Speyer, the exterior design is a “faceted glass curtain wall system.” � e building would o� er 500,000 square feet of leasable space.

Rockhaven Homes has announced that framing is under way at Brookhav-en’s newest luxury townhome commu-nity, � e Haven on Briarwood. Lo-cated on a quiet street and surrounded by mature hardwoods, the development features three-story townhomes with shake, brick and stone exteriors; two-car garages, 10-foot ceilings, gourmet kitch-ens and more. For more information, visit rockhavenga.com.

Harry Norman, Realtors Buck-head North Office has announced the formation of a new team, The Wa-ters Group. A native Atlantan, Te-resa Waters is a consistent top-pro-ducing agent and a life member of the Multi-Million Dollar Sales Club. Clayton Howard has joined The Wa-ters Group as a new Realtor in Harry Norman’s Buckhead North Office.As a member of the Millennial Agent program with the Buckhead North Office, Howard will serve the young-er market of homebuyers and sellers. For more information, visit www.Te-resaWaters.HarryNorman.com.


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Oglethorpe freshman Jordan Michels looks at Manet’s 19th century oil on canvas, “Le Dejeuner

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BY MARTHA NODARClassic and modern landscape paint-

ings in a new exhibit now on display at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art caught the eye of Oglethorpe fresh-man Jordan Michels, who credits her art history professor for “reviving her inter-est in art.”

� e “Sky Light: Landscapes, Tra-ditional and Contemporary” exhibit, which runs through March 9, consists in part of paintings and lithographs from Impressionists and Post-Impressionists Eugène Boudin, Armand Guillaumin, Édouard Manet, Maxime Maufra, Ca-mille Pissarro and others capturing the French countryside.

In� uenced by Japanese prints, Ma-net’s 19th century oil on canvas, “Le Dejeuner sur J’Herbe,” (Luncheon on the Grass) is one of the paintings in the show and one of Manet’s most contro-versial pieces.

“� e greenery surrounding this com-position serves as a natural frame, and makes me think it is perhaps a warm day in late spring,” Michels said. “I want to know more about the female � gure in white garments depicted in the center background.”

Manet’s piece holds a contrast to Maufra’s 19th century, “La Glace Etans

de Ville d’Avray” (� e Frozen Pond in the Villa of Avray), portraying a win-tery scene. Maufra’s expertise in marine painting does not go wasted in this com-position where the water literally takes center stage.

“In this piece, the action is in the foreground with the implied movement of the water,” Michels said.

“� ere is also a contrast of warmth and cold between the snow depicted in the left foreground and the dark green leaves of the trees bordering the edge of the water toward the right background.”

Michels, who is majoring in interna-tional studies and minoring in Japanese culture, praises her art history professor Je� rey Collins for what he brings to the classroom.

“Dr. Collins is not a traditional teach-er,” she said. “He likes to engage his stu-dents in conversation, and we have the freedom to express ourselves.”

In addition to teaching art history and anthropology to Oglethorpe stu-dents, Collins also oversees the univer-sity’s study abroad program, which al-lows Oglethorpe students to travel to other universities around the world and study there for a semester. Michels said she hopes to travel to Japan during her

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Senior Pastor Wiley Stephens outside the Dunwoody United Methodist Church sanctuary.

BY J.D. MOORDunwoody Baptist Church and

Dunwoody United Methodist Church stand together in the center of their north DeKalb city.

Neighbors on opposite sides of Mount Vernon Road, they are hard-ly mirror images of one another. Instead, they’re more like mis-matched bookends with one core value kept upright between them: nurturing the community through spirited cooperation.

“We’re here to minister to the com-munity, whether you’re a member of the church or not,” Dunwoody Baptist Senior Pastor Mack Hannah said.

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such as concerts or public meetings. Plus, the two pastors meet over break-

fast periodically to compare notes. “We believe in the same basic faith. The core beliefs are the same,” Stephens said.

A sampling of the two churches’ in-dividual highlights includes Dunwoody Methodist’s long-term plans to build a new addition to its youth ministry, a new covered parking area, and to assem-ble a new organ, using vintage pipe ma-terials. Later this year, the church hopes to launch a community initiative with six other churches that will help local se-nior citizens live independently in their own homes by providing transportation services and other programs.

“Asking us what is special about DUMC would be like asking a goldfish what is special about water,” member Sid Linton said.

Dunwoody Baptist’s extended family includes the 2,000 people who belong to its state-of-the-art fitness center, plus those who participate on athletic teams through its sports center and the many who take music, dance and voice lessons at its Dunwoody School for the Arts.

They are open to the general public, as is a robust ESOL program. Church members, such as Jack Hamilton, also have access to a Men’s Fraternity, which he proudly said has changed his life.

“We are learning how to be bet-ter men at home and better men in our workplace,” Hamilton said. “It has opened my eyes and been very benefi-cial with my relationship to my wife, my daughters, my sons.”

The pastors agree that their biggest challenge is pacing themselves.

“We want to continue to be relevant in this community while things are ever changing,” Hannah said. “The gospel doesn’t change, so it’s a wonderful chal-lenge.”

Hannah is into his 10th year as senior pastor. “I plan to be here as long as God wants me to,” he said.

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tory retirement, according to Method-ist rules. “It will leave a big hole in our community when he goes. He’s such a great man,” Hannah said.

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In high school, she devoted herself to performing at Galloway, where she re-cently played one of her favorite roles, Prospero, the lead in Shakespeare’s Tem-pest.

“It was the most challenging role I had ever done, being my fi rst Shake-speare show, and playing a guy...it was a long process, but I felt like all of my hard work really paid off ,” Julianne said.

Another of Julianne’s favorite parts came in a comedy about two robots who fall in love. “I love comedy. It’s just fun - there’s something really wonderful about making people laugh,” said Juli-anne, who was also involved in a impro-visational comedy troupe for four years.

But theater is not the only activi-ty in Julianne’s life. At one point, Juli-anne thought she wanted to be a law-yer, prompting her to join the mock trial team. “I originally got involved to be a witness, because it’s a way of performing and working on public speaking skills,” said Julianne.

Eventually, she became an attor-ney and won an Outstanding Attorney Award at the regional mock trial compe-tition the next two years.

Julianne, who “absolutely loves mu-sical theater,” enjoys singing. A mem-ber of Galloway’s chorus since freshman year, she’s taken voice lessons for fi ve years and made all-state chorus for the past three years.

Her interest in community service is demonstrated in her organization of two Breast Cancer Awareness walks with her best friend, collectively raising $6,000 for the cause.

To top it off , Julianne serves as Gallo-way’s Student Body President, after be-ing a member of Student Government (SGA) since freshmen year.

Her ability to succeed in so many ar-eas is unsurprising to her SGA advisor and history teacher, Felicia McCrary.

“Julianne is not afraid of failure, and, because of that, she is bolder and sees things from such a unique per-spective,” McCrary said. “Th ere is joy in everything she does. I have been en-tertained by her abilities on the stage, in-spired by her commitment to service, in-trigued by her perspective as a student, impressed with her academic and artistic

gifts, amused by her sense of humor, en-gaged by her storytelling gifts, and over-whelmed that a student so wonderful has been in my life for four years.”

Julianne claims that while it might seem counterintuitive, “the fact that I have such a busy schedule helps me be more productive,” and her devotion to Galloway shines through - enough that wearing the school’s stinky mascot cos-tume hasn’t bothered her for the past four years.

While Julianne’s life is fi lled to the brim, her passion for theater still emerg-es. “If I could, I would live eight million lives to do everything,” she said. Th e solution to her endless interests is the-ater, where “you get the chance to live so many lives, dabble in everything, by playing characters.”

Julianne used her summers to ex-plore performance, fi rst participating in a program at the renowned North Car-olina School of the Arts, and the follow-ing summer, at the Cherubs program at Northwestern, a fi ve-week theater inten-sive.

“We would wake up at 6 a.m. and stay up to 10:30 p.m. doing everything,” said Julianne. “While I’ve always been pretty sure that theater is what I want to get into, the hard work that went into everything we did really solidifi ed in my mind that this is exactly what I want to be doing.”

What she loves most about theater is the family atmosphere it fosters. “It’s the community that happens in every show - whether you’re Hamlet or the guy helping with quick changes, you’re all working together...it’s about creating a story together,” said Julianne.

What’s Next: Julianne plans on pursuing theater at

Northwestern University.Elizabeth Wilkes, a senior at North

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School, senior

In middle school, Austin Sprague decided to try running. His parents are runners and, like his brother, he must have inherited the running gene.

In Austin’s freshman year, he beat his brother’s school record. Since then, Austin has focused on running cross-country and track. This past summer, he ran more than 700 miles.

The work paid off. Austin was named the 2013-2014 Gatorade Georgia Boys’ Cross Country Run-ner of the Year, which honors the state’s top athlete in the sport, St. Pius X Catholic High announced in January.

Winning the Georgia title puts his name in a hat for the national title. “That is a lot harder to achieve, because I am going against the top 50 in the na-tion,” he said.

Last year, Austin raced to his second consecutive AAA individual state cham-pionship, pacing the St. Pius X boys’ team to its fourth consecutive AAA state crown, the school said in a press release. Austin also was named co-Runner of the Year by the Atlanta Track Club after a season which saw him finish fourth in the Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Re-gional. He placed 32nd at the NXN Fi-nal national race and has finished in the top 30 at both the 2011 and 2012 Foot Locker South Regional Championships.

“Austin is a very dedicated athlete, and despite making some sacrifices ear-ly, we were able to still help him accom-plish his goals, so the season definitely ended on a high note,” said St. Pius X’s head boys’ cross-country coach, Ryan McClay. “He has four individual state titles, and five team state titles in cross-country and track and field. He’s look-ing to get three more this spring. He also has the rare accomplishment of placing in the top 10 at state all four years of high school.”

McClay called Austin “the fiercest competitor that I’ve ever coached.”

“He’s a very talented athlete, obvious-ly, but his work ethic is second to none,” McClay said. “He does everything right, and takes care of himself in every way. I’m so proud to have coached him and will miss him as an athlete.”

After cross-country season is over, Austin usually takes 1 or 2 weeks off and then moves into training for track season. “I do both indoor and outdoor track and field,” he said, “but while the weather is cold, it is nicer to race in-doors.”

His first race is in Kentucky on Feb. 22, where he hopes to qualify for the in-door track nationals in New York City.

When Austin is not running cross-country or track, he spends his time working at a program for kids with oc-cupational therapy needs. “During the summer I work with kids and do differ-ent activities, like bowling and laser tag.”

He discovered the program through a former gym teacher. “He invited me out to one of the hikes, then invited me to one of the summer camps,” Austin said. “Ever since then, I have fallen in love with it.”

What’s Next: Austin plans to attend Furman Uni-

versity and run cross-country there.

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Ray Holloway, Brookhaven’s Parks and Recreation Director, began work with the city in January, and the city will soon get started on a Parks and Recre-ation Master Plan.

“I feel really enthusiastic and excited about the possibility for parks in the city. We’re just eager to get going and eager for the parks department to get going,” said Karen Whitehead, a board member of the Murphey Candler Park Conser-vancy. “We want this master planning to get going so we can get to work on our parks.”

Th e pent-up energy comes from more than a year of patience on the part of parks advocates, who have waited for the city’s parks department to get up and running.

Boles said active volunteer groups in Brookhaven parks pre-date the forma-tion of the city. But he thinks the con-tinued energy surrounding Brookhav-en parks is “just a natural momentum” from the cityhood movement.

“I think that cart came before the horse. People wanted a robust police force and a renovated park system. Th at’s why the city was created,” Boles said.

Whitehead credits a desire for bet-ter parks and recreation with bringing many voters to the polls to vote for the incorporation of Brookhaven in 2012. “Consideration of parks is partly what brought the city to be,” Whitehead said.

Brookhaven City Manager Marie

Garrett said she thinks there is oppor-tunity for partnership between the city and the volunteer groups. “Th ere is a lot of pride in their parks and they want to see them fully utilized. I’m enthusiastic about it,” Garrett said.

Whitehead said she thinks having a full-time parks and recreation director in Brookhaven will mean a lot more per-sonal attention for the parks.

“Th e DeKalb County parks director, I think, was an outstanding person. He was really quite accessible. But he had a huge responsibility compared to Ray Holloway, who has 11 parks,” White-head said.

She said parks advocates are encour-aged that the new city government seems to consider parks and recreation to be a priority. “From the beginning we feel like city has really supported us too,” Whitehead said. “Th ey have not relegat-ed parks to the background.”

Boles said for many, volunteering to pull weeds or spread mulch in the parks is an easy way to get involved with the new city.

“It’s immediate satisfaction. You see it. Th ere’s so many easy things to do at each one of the parks,” Boles said.

He said parks volunteers hope that their eff orts, coupled with resources from the city, will make Brookhaven’s parks stand out.

“Our vision came from an exist-ing parks system,” Boles said. “It’s kind of like we looked in our back yard and found we all had these hidden treasures and no one was really utilizing them.”

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‘Pent-up’ energy sparking volunteers to renovate parks

Bills aim to end annextion fi ghtBY MELISSA WEINMAN

[email protected] County lawmakers are sup-

porting legislation to end a lawsuit hold-ing up Chamblee’s recent annexation of Century Center.

In November about 11,000 residents of unincorporated DeKalb voted to an-nex their area, which includes Century Center, into Chamblee. But Chamblee and Brookhaven had been fi ghting over the Century Center property, which would boost the tax base of either city.

Rep. Scott Holcomb, D-Atlanta, who represents the area, said he intro-duced the bills to “legislatively recognize the result of the November referendum.”

Highwoods Properties, the owners of Century Center, applied for annex-ation into Brookhaven, and Brookhav-en City Council voted Oct. 8 to bring the property into the city. But Century Center was already drawn into the Gen-eral Assembly’s local act establishing the Chamblee annexation referendum.

Th e two cities went to court, and DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Tangela Barrie ruled that Brookhav-

en could only annex the property if the Nov. 5 Chamblee referendum failed. After the referendum was approved, Brookhaven discontinued funding an appeal of the judge’s decision, but High-woods carried on with the appeal eff ort.

“Th e purpose is to end the litiga-tion so that way both Chamblee and Brookhaven can move on with planning their futures,” Holcomb said.

On Feb. 3, the DeKalb County del-egation approved the local legislation, which will now go before the full Gener-al Assembly for approval. Th e legislation consists of two bills: one that will recog-nize the new borders of Chamblee, and another which “out of an abundance of caution” will offi cially de-annex Centu-ry Center from the city of Brookhaven, Holcomb said.

“Th eir appeal is alive because Brookhaven hasn’t rescinded its annex-ation vote,” Holcomb said.

Holcomb said it’s the job of the Gen-eral Assembly, not the court system, to settle annexations.

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Q. What do you see that you would like to improve about

the city’s parks and recreation pro-grams?

A. Th ere is no question that Brookhaven Parks and Facili-

ties need some attention, and I’m very excited to see what the fi nal Brookhaven Parks and Recreation Master Plan re-veals. I’d like to ensure that all updates to our parks and facilities meet user needs, and we make parks safer and more user friendly. Th is includes making sure all grounds and facilities are ADA compliant and consistently well-main-tained. It is important that we work to enhance existing assets while also seek-ing out opportunities for future growth — and that’s exactly what the master plan will guide us to do.

As time permits, and with the right qualifi ed professional staff in place, I would defi nitely like for Brookhaven’s Parks and Recreation Department to in-troduce recreation opportunities that ev-eryone can have a vested interest in. In the future, the Brookhaven Parks and Rec-reation Department hopes to introduce a variety of traditional and non-tradition-al activities, including special events like tournaments and competitions, therapeu-tics for seniors and mentally- and physical-ly-disabled children and adults, and recre-ational activities including seasonal camps, clinics and workshops.

Q. What about Brookhaven’s current parks and recreation

system would you like to preserve?

A. Each park in Brookhaven has a distinct character that sur-

rounding neighborhoods are very proud of. I would like to make sure each park’s character remains intact as we work to make improvements.

Q. How do you de� ne your role in helping move Brookhav-

en’s parks and recreation forward?

A. Brookhaven, being a young new city, has the unique op-

portunity to create its own identity. I see myself helping to shape Brookhaven’s identity as a city with premier parks. As Director of Parks and Recreation, I will be actively involved in all evaluation and planning activities, and tasked with exe-cuting the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. In the future, my staff and I will also be responsible for launching pro-grams and scheduling special events, tournaments and league play.

Q. What interested you in tak-ing the job of Parks and Rec-

reation Director in Brookhaven, a new city that has never had a parks and rec director before?

A. Th e excitement of starting something from the ground

up, combined with the city’s passion and solid leadership, are all reasons that drew me to Brookhaven. It is rewarding to help people enjoy physical activity by providing a variety of opportunities for residents and visitors to enjoy our parks and facilities. It is my hope that Brookhaven families will be able to take pride in fulfi lling their recreational in-terests at the city’s parks and recreation-al facilities for years to come.

I feel very fortunate to have another opportunity to work in this profession that I am deeply passionate about. For me, this position is a welcomed chal-lenge, and I look forward to understand-ing the needs of Brookhaven park users and utilizing my knowledge and experi-ence to develop a parks and recreation system that matches the city’s fi rst-class standard.

New Parks and Recreation Director shares vision

Brookhaven Parks and Recreation Director Ray Hol-loway began work with the city of Brookhaven in Janu-ary. He formerly served as the parks and recreation direc-tor for Clinton, Miss., and brings more than 20 years of parks management experience to the position. Report-er Newspapers asked Holloway a few questions about his new job and what he envisions for the future of Brookhav-en’s parks system.

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sued the city after Brookhaven City Coun-cil approved a sexually-oriented business ordinance that would ban nude dancing with the sale of alcohol. In December, a DeKalb County judge dismissed the law-suit, and the club appealed the decision shortly after. The case is now awaiting a hearing in Georgia Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, Brookhaven officials de-nied the Pony’s application for a 2014 li-quor license, a decision that was upheld re-cently by the city’s Alcohol Board.

At the board’s first meeting Jan. 27, the four members present took a split vote, with two siding with the city and two with the club. A majority of the five-member board would have been needed to over-turn the city’s administrative denial. En-forcement is now at the city’s discretion.

“We still have a valid state license and we will still operate legally until the Su-preme Court or someone else affirms or reverses the DeKalb judge’s decision,” said Aubrey Villines, an attorney for the Pink Pony, referencing the lawsuit between the club and the city.

The issue with the Pony’s license re-volves in part around the 2012 death of its late owner, Jack Galardi.

Scott Bergthold, the lawyer who was brought in to draft the city’s sexually-ori-ented business ordinance, said the state requires that the license holder be active-ly engaged in the business. Also, in order for the state license to be valid, the busi-ness must also hold a valid county or mu-nicipal license.

He said because Jack Galardi is no lon-ger involved with the business,“they had a duty to notify the state of that.” He said the club also lacks a Brookhaven license, as their 2013 license was issued by DeKalb County before Brookhaven became a city.

“Pink Pony does not have a corre-sponding, valid city of Brookhaven al-coholic beverage license. They’ve never had one,” Bergthold said. “They have to have a local license for the state license to be valid.”

Alcohol board members questioned the logic of the “chicken and egg” scenario in which businesses must hold one license in order to obtain the other. “It seems to me there’s got to be a lot of businesses in the city of Brookhaven that have to be in very similar circumstances. To me, it’s a dog chasing its tail,” board member Cas-key said.

At the state level, the club is licensed us-ing its corporate name, Trop Inc. Villines said that shouldn’t be an issue at all. Many

businesses register under a corporate name to obtain a state liquor license, he said. “Therein lies the rub. You’ve got a city that licenses the person and a state that licenses the corporation,” Villines said.

Williams said the state Department of Revenue has verbally been informed of Galardi’s death. However, the ownership of Trop Inc. is also being decided in court, so formal documents will not be submitted to the department until it is resolved, he said.

Villines said along with the club’s appli-cation for a Brookhaven license, he sent a letter to the city explaining Galardi’s death.

“We explained and basically asked for direction. There was no deception here,” Villines said. “The only thing inconsistent is we’re not getting a license.”

During an interview in his office at Galardi South Enterprises, Williams said the employees of the Pink Pony are con-cerned about what will happen to the club.

“I get asked all the time, how are we doing? Are we going to lose our liquor li-cense?” Williams said. “We lose sleep at night. We’d like to get this behind us.”

But Mike Kap, chief operating offi-cer for Galardi South Enterprises, said he doesn’t believe the city will negotiate.

“I don’t think there’s anything we could offer them that they would accept,” Kap said.


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Police BlotterFrom police reports dated through

Jan. 30.

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

curate.

BURGLARY 400 block of Lincoln Court Avenue – A

burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on Jan. 18; a burglary to a res-idence, without using forced entry, was re-ported on Jan. 18.

3500 block of Clairmont Road – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was re-ported on Jan. 21.

1300 block of N. Cli� Valley Way – A bur-glary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on Jan. 21.

1400 block of N. Cli� Valley Way – A bur-glary to a residence, without using forced en-try, was reported on Jan. 21.

3400 block of Buford Highway – A bur-glary to a non-residence, without using forced entry, was reported on Jan. 27.

2000 block of Coosawattee Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on Jan. 28.

3600 block of Buford Highway – A burglary to a residence, without us-ing forced entry, was reported on Jan. 30.

ROBBERY 3400 block of Clairmont Road –

A robbery of a business using a gun was reported on Jan. 19.

2900 block of Buford Highway – A robbery of a business using a weap-on was reported on Jan. 19.

3100 block of Buford Highway – A rob-bery in the street using a gun was reported on Jan. 26.

AUTO THEFT 3300 block of Buford Highway – Theft of

an auto was reported on Jan. 27.

3500 block of Buford Highway – Theft of an auto was reported on Jan. 27.

THEFT/LARCENY 1100 block of Standard Drive – Theft from

the mail was reported on Jan. 16.

2400 block of Brookhaven View – Theft was reported on Jan. 16.

3200 block of Buford Highway – Shoplift-ing was reported on Jan. 16; a larceny of ar-ticles from a vehicle was reported on Jan. 25.

3300 block of Buford Highway – Theft from a building was reported on Jan. 17; shoplifting was reported on Jan. 22; theft was reported on Jan. 26; theft from a build-ing was reported on Jan. 27.

3000 block of Buford Highway – Theft

was reported on Jan. 18.

4000 block of Lake Hearn Drive – A lar-ceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on Jan. 18.

2700 block of Buford Highway – A larce-ny of articles from a vehicle was reported on Jan. 19; theft was reported on Jan. 26.

2800 block of Skyland Way – A larceny of ar-ticles from a vehicle was reported on Jan. 19.

3100 block of Brixworth Place – Theft was reported on Jan. 19.

2600 block of Winding Lane – A larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on Jan. 19.

1300 block of Windsor Parkway – Theft was reported on Jan. 20.

3100 block of N. Druid Hills Road – Theft was reported on Jan. 21.

3800 block of Buford Highway – Theft was reported on

Jan. 23.

1500 block of Northeast Express-way – Theft was reported on Jan. 23.

2000 block of N. Dru-id Hills Road – A larceny of arti-cles from a vehicle was reported on Jan. 24.

1800 block of Corpo-rate Boulevard – Theft was report-

ed on Jan. 24.

700 block of Town Boulevard – Theft was reported on Jan. 24.

3600 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny of articles from a vehicle was re-ported on Jan. 25.

2200 block of Gables Drive – Entering an auto was reported on Jan. 25.

2600 block of Osborne Road – Two larce-nies of articles from vehicles were reported on Jan. 26.

1900 block of Dresden Drive – Theft was reported on Jan. 27.

2800 block of Buford Highway – Theft was reported on Jan. 28.

1800 block of Dyouville Lane – Theft was reported on Jan. 28.

1600 block of Northeast Expressway – Two larcenies of articles from vehicles were re-ported on Jan. 30.

ASSAULT 2000 block of Johnson Ferry Road – Bat-

tery was reported on Jan. 16.

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3500 block of Buford Highway – Simple battery was reported on Jan. 16; battery was reported on Jan. 24.

3400 block of Buford Highway – Aggravat-ed assault with a gun was reported on Jan. 20.

300 block of Windmont Drive – Battery was reported on Jan. 20.

1300 block of N. Cli� Valley Way – Battery was reported on Jan. 20.

1600 block of Briarwood Road – Battery was reported on Jan. 21.

3100 block of Buford Highway – Simple battery was reported on Jan. 24; simple as-sault was reported on Jan. 24.

3600 block of Buford Highway – Aggravat-ed assault was reported on Jan. 28.

FRAUD 3100 block of Hillview Avenue – Credit

card fraud was reported on Jan. 20.

3000 block of Buford Highway – Check forgery was reported on Jan. 21.

1000 block of Mendell Circle – Financial identity fraud was reported on Jan. 22.

1400 block of Sylvan Circle – Credit card fraud was reported on Jan. 22.

3900 block of Peachtree Road – Forgery was reported on Jan. 26.

3200 block of Buford Highway – Swindle was reported on Jan. 27.

OTHER 1800 block of Corporate Boulevard – A

public peace offense was reported on Jan. 17; a suicide attempt was reported on Jan. 20; a death investigation was reported on Jan. 23; carrying a concealed weapon was re-ported on Jan. 26.

1300 block of Briarwood Road – A death investigation was reported on Jan. 18.

3500 block of Buford Highway – City or-dinance violation was reported on Jan. 20.

100 block of N. Cli� Valley Way – City or-dinance violation was reported on Jan. 21.

2100 block of Hillview Drive – A suicide attempt was reported on Jan. 21.

100 block of Lincoln Court Avenue – A verbal dispute was reported on Jan. 21.

1300 block of N. Cli� Valley Way – Harass-ing communications were reported on Jan. 21.

2600 block of Dresden Drive – An animal complaint was reported on Jan. 22.


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A Complete Plumbing Service Center

404-461-9724$25 Off with this ad!

With two professional in-house polishers, we can make your silver fl atware, tea sets, bowls and trays more beautiful than ever before.

Bring it by or call us for an estimate today!

Residential Landscape Design and Installation.Professional Lawn

and Landscape Maintenance.Bermuda / Zoysia Specialist

Since 1974

404-622-2211Bob Haddad, owner

HADDAD LANDSCAPING

justTRASHit ™!

Licensed & Insured • Free Estimates • Locally Owned Since 1997

Commercial & ResidentialJunk Removal

Recycling770-399-6605

www.justtrashit.com

Oriental Rug ShopAntique and Decorative Rugs since 1976

Best Rug Cleaning & Repair5548 Peachtree Blvd.

Atlanta, GA 30341404-995-8400

1.5 miles inside 285 in Chamblee Plazawww.PersianRugParadise.net

20%OFF

Cleaning & Repair of All Rugs

With coupon. One per family.

PLUMBINGFull Service Company

Plumbing • Drain CleaningGas Piping • Water Filtration

Water Heaters – all typesOwner operator • Licensed & insured

404-252-0343

• Plumbing • Electrical • Sheetrock • Floors • Tile • Framing • Kitchens • Painting • Roofwork • Concrete • Stained Glass • Antique Door Restoration • Gutters

The Handyman Can

[email protected] Salvesen • 404-453-3438

Includes Unlimited Vents and One Return on One System

additional returns from $16.95 each

Air Duct Cleaning!$69 95 Special

678-360-4499

and You ‘DESERVE’ it! BUY 2 HOURS, GET 1 FREE

BECKY * Personal Organizer *

404-982-7128www.beckywhetzell.com

ORGANIZED IS A “CHOICE” WE MAKE

Antique Repair Specialist • Speciality Care Hand Wash Cleaning(front and back with plenty of water) • No Chemicals Used

Air Dried, Scotch Guard • Mothproof, Padding, Storage Appraisal & Insurance Statements • Pickup and Delivery Available

In the heart of Buckhead

404-467-8242 • 3255-5 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta GA 30305

Oriental Rug Cleaning

15% OFFWith This Ad

Call James Cell (404) 784 5142 Home (770) 455-6237

Trash, Junk Hauled For Less$35 - $150 per load

We will pick up appliances, furniture, tree limbs, construction debris, basement and foreclosure clean outs.

Reporter Classifi eds To place a Classifi ed or Service Directory ad call Deborah at 404-917-2200 x 110.

INSTALLATION Offering vinyl, wood and composite windows – All types of siding. Factory-trained installation. Family-owned, Family-priced. Angie’s List ‘A’ Rated. BBB ‘A+’. 33 Years In Business. Quinn Windows & Siding. 770-939-5634.

PERSONALSSt. Jude – Thank you for answering my prayers! MR, CC, PC

LANDSCAPENorth Georgia Lawn Care – Honest, affordable and dependable. Free estimates. Tony 404-402-5435.

CARE GIVERCare Giver / Household Technician – Let me take care of your loved one. Call Robin 770-572-6441. Full-time, Part-time or Overnight. References Available.

CLEANING SERVICESAround the Clock Cleaning Services – Residential, Commercial & Free estimates. Shanta at 404-247-2816 – Early bird weekly specials available.

Driveways & Walkways – Replaced or repaired. Masonry, grading, foundations repaired, waterproofi ng and retaining walls. Call Joe Sullivan 770-616-0576.

Furniture Care – Onsite repairs & touchups. Cell/Text 770-882-5132. Linton’s Furniture Shop

Matthew’s Handy Services – small jobs and chores are my specialty. Flexible scheduling, shelving/organizers and towel bars, carpentry, drywall, painting, plumbing and cleaning. Call 404-547-2079 or email [email protected]

SERVICES AVAILABLEHELP WANTEDAdvertising Sales/Reporter Newspapers & Atlanta Intown – We’re hiring another great salesperson—join our team! You should have a record of success selling products or services to small and mid-sized businesses, know the local market and enjoy working in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented, entrepreneurial company. Unlimited earning potential with base salary + commission + company-paid health insurance. Contact publisher Steve Levene at 404-917-2200, ext. 111 or email [email protected]

Part Time Cashier / Greeter Needed – Looking for a local Dunwoody resident to greet customers and cashier at Sunshine Car Wash of Dunwoody. $8.50 / hour. Call (770) 350-0252 for details.

Euro-distribution (Dunwoody) – Is looking for a QuickBooks expert for one day per week. Please send resume to [email protected]

Home Services Directory

Reporter Class i f ieds wi l l work for you.

I can help you with localmoving and delivery

Experienced Dependable Fast

Call Cornell, 678-927-9336 or cell 803-608-0792

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