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Don Rifenberg, front, left, and fi ancée Mary Masi, right, intently scrutinize the “Looking at Buckhead: Our Story” exhibit, part of the community’s 175th anniversary celebration held on March 1 at the Buckhead Theatre. More photos on pages 4 and 5. SEE NORTH BUCKHEAD, PAGE 6

SEE BUCKHEAD, PAGE 4

BY DAN WHISENHUNTdanwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net

� e Buckhead Re-porter o� ers this look at the North Buckhead neighborhood as part of a series of articles on where res-idents live.

More than 100,000 drivers on Ga. 400 pass through one of At-lanta’s biggest neighborhoods ev-ery day.

Th e North Buckhead Civic As-sociation formed in 1972 to keep the Georgia Department of Trans-portation from building the toll road. Buckhead Neighborhood Association President Gordon

BY DAN WHISEHUNTdanwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net

Drink up, Buckhead: it’s your birthday.

Buckhead offi cially celebrated its 175th birthday on March 1 at a fundraiser sponsored by the Buck-head Heritage Society.

Th e venue was the Buckhead Th eatre, in keeping with the tradi-tion that everything in Buckhead should have “Buckhead” some-where in its name. Attendees came to the event dressed to the nines, dining on sushi, steak and choco-late-covered strawberries, stopping to pose for pictures in front of a mockup of Irby’s general store, the original Buckhead tavern.

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New Lenox Road park in the worksResidents living in the Pine Hills

neighborhood will have access to more green space after the city of Atlanta devel-ops a 2.54-acre tract along Lenox Road.

Th e city of Atlanta announced on Feb. 20 it will purchase the land from Th e Conservation Fund, a national non-profi t dedicated to preserving areas for recreational use.

Th e city’s cost will be $1.2 million, in-cluding environmental studies and closing costs. A city press release describes the prop-erty as “treed, with mature stands of bam-boo, and has a creek running through it.”

It is within walking distance of Pine Hills and the Lenox Road Corridor, the city said.

Additional green space is a top priori-ty for District 7 City Councilman How-ard Shook. Th e park will be in Shook’s district. A 2008 study found District 7 had the fewest parks per capita of any district in the city.

“Th is is a huge step forward in our ef-fort to have everyone in Buckhead live or work within a 10-minute walk to a park,” Shook said in the press release.

Th e property is located at 3162 Lenox Road. Money to purchase it will come from the city’s park impact fees. Th ere is a home on the property that the city will have to demolish. Th e park’s development will go through a planning process with residents before it offi cially opens, the city said.

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a search fi rm to look for a new school superintendent, Board of Education Member Nancy Meister said.

Meister and fellow board members Yolanda Johnson and Brenda Muham-mad spoke to parents at the Feb. 27 North Atlanta Parents for Public Schools meeting at Bolton Academy.

Th e board members spoke to parents about topics ranging from school safe-ty to the procedure for approving char-ter schools.

Meister, who’s district includes North Atlanta High School, told the audience that the search fi rm, PRO-ACT, had been chosen to oversee the city’s search for a new school superin-tendent, along with a search committee made up of business, community and student leaders.

“It is tricky because there is an elec-tion coming up, so there will be a new board next year,” Meister told the group of parents. “So, superintendents who ap-ply will naturally want to know who they will report to. Th ere’s kind of a lot of un-knowns out there.”

Coalition backs stadium project

Th e Buckhead Coalition is putting its support behind a proposal to use hotel-motel tax money to help pay for a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons.

Th e coalition announced that its ex-ecutive committee on Feb. 27 approved a resolution in favor of the project.

Registration open for Eco CollectionBuckhead groups plan to off er res-

idents a way to perform some “eco-friendly” spring cleaning, according to Livable Buckhead’s website.

Registration is under way for the event, which provides a way to safely dispose of electronics, oil, paint, batter-ies and other hazardous materials. Mate-rial will be collected from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on March 23 at 515 Garson Drive. A $20 donation is suggested.

Th e event is sponsored by Livable Buckhead, Live Th rive, and Atlanta City Council members Howard Shook and Yolanda Adrean. It is open only to residents of ZIP codes 30305, 30309, 30318, 30319, 30324, 30326, 30327, 30342. To register, go to livablebuck-head.com.

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Fire department plans to upgrade facilities

BY DAN WHISENHUNTdanwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net

Buckhead is due for several upgrades to its fi re and rescue facilities according to a list of projects the city of Atlanta adopted in October.

Th e Atlanta Fire Rescue Depart-ment’s capital improvement plan in-cludes $17.8 million worth of fi re sta-tion upgrades for Fire Battalion 6, the area that covers Buckhead. All of the upgrades are planned for City Coun-cil District 8, represented by Council-woman Yolanda Adrean.

Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran recently updated residents about sever-al projects in the works, including one to replace a facility that the community raised money to fi x.

Cochran on Feb. 7 told the Buck-head Council of Neighborhoods about the fi re department’s plans to replace older buildings. Fire Station 27, lo-cated on Northside Drive North-west in Buckhead, was constructed in the 1950s. In 2008, neighbors raised $250,000 to improve the fi refi ghters’ living quarters.

Cochran said the department will propose a replacement in 2017. He said the department is considering delaying the replacement because of the renova-tions, but that could be harmful to the community in the long run.

“We’ve got a few years to really

wrestle with that, but I don’t think we should wait until we get it funded to have the conversation,” Cochran said.

Adrean attended the Feb. 7 meeting and said when the neighborhood began raising the money the improvements were about 10 years off .

“We didn’t want fi refi ghters to wait that many years to live in clearly sub-standard conditions,” Adrean said. “It bought some time and we are all very attached.”

Th e estimated cost of replacing Fire Station 27 is $4.95 million, according to the city’s projects list.

Cochran also discussed plans to build a new fi re station near Peachtree Battle Avenue in Fiscal Year 2016. Th e anticipated cost of that project is $4.95 million.

“We need a fi re station in that loca-tion desperately,” Cochran said.

Other projects on the list are:- Replacing Fire Station 26 at 2970

Howell Mill Road, NW. Cost: $4.14 million. Project description describes the facility’s current condition as “poor.”

- Replacing Fire Station 23 at 1545 Howell Mill Road, NE. Cost: $3.78 million. “Th is facility is too old and small to function as a fi re station,” the project description says.

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Prosecutors looking for signs of gangs in Buckhead

BY CHUCK STANLEYTh e Fulton County District Attorney’s

Offi ce is showing concern about possi-ble gang activity in Buckhead following complaints from residents about increased graffi ti throughout the community.

Zone 2 Community Prosecutor Tif-fany Harlow told the March 5 meeting of Buckhead’s NPU-B that prosecutors are working on a fl edgling gang initia-tive to establish whether criminal gangs may be operating in the community.

“Some [of the graffi ti] may be affi l-iated with gangs, some may not,” Har-low told NPU-B board members. “But we are going to be looking at that.”

Harlow said prosecutors have reached out to Atlanta’s high school students for feedback on the prevalence of gang ac-tivity amongst area teens.

Th e DA’s offi ce hopes to put together a council to facilitate continuous com-munication about gang activities in At-lanta’s schools, she said. Th e group will be named for a Chicago honor student who was killed in a gang shooting in January.

“We are trying to start a council,” she said, “to get kids who are doing well in school and aren’t targets for gangs to go and speak with their fellow classmates, to keep them protected from gang vio-lence.”

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ry Irby built a general store and tavern at the intersection of Peachtree, Roswell and West Paces Ferry roads. Th e area that developed around it evolved into modern-day Buckhead.

Today it’s Atlanta’s wealthiest com-munity, home to high-rises, mansions and retail. It also has some of Atlanta’s worst traffi c congestion, something that the Buckhead Community Improve-ment District has tried to address with improvements to Peachtree Road.

Buckhead Heritage’s event raised money to help the nonprofi t put togeth-er a master history plan.

“We at Buckhead Heritage are re-sponsible for telling Buckhead’s sto-ry, through signage, digital apps, tours, things of that nature,” Buckhead Heri-tage President Wright Mitchell said. “So your money tonight will go to further that program.”

Mitchell recently completed a study of how the community got its name in

anticipation of the event, revealing new details about the commonly accepted story. Irby didn’t actually kill the deer and his business was more of a store than a tavern.

Th at may sound like trivial stuff to the outside observer, but the chroniclers of the community’s story said the details matter.

Buckhead Heritage Executive Di-rector Erica Danylchak said the event helped to raise awareness about the community’s humble beginnings.

“It’s a wonderful way to make people realize what a rich history this commu-nity has,” Danylchak said.

It’s an area that’s awash in historic places, many from the Civil War.

While the birthday party cherished that history, it was the scene of present-day Buckhead power brokers mingling.

Council members and Coca-Co-la Co. execs shared space with neigh-borhood representatives and nonprof-it leaders.

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Frank Maier, center, and wife Blanchette, right, enjoy the anniversary festivities at the Buckhead Theatre on March 1.

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Buckhead Coalition President Sam Massell, who is also a former Atlanta mayor, received a service award for his work within the community. Massell co-chaired the event, along with Aaron’s Inc. founder Charlie Loudermilk, who was unable to attend.

Harriet Kirkpatrick received an award for her volunteer work cleaning up Mt. Olive Cemetery near Frankie Allen Park. Blue Heron Nature Pre-serve Executive Director Nancy Jones received the Heritage Society’s preserva-tion award.

Buckhead Community Improvement District Executive Director Jim Durrett looked over a display of historic photo-graphs and refl ected on the signifi cance of the milestone.

“It’s a great opportunity to step back and take stock of where you are and where you’ve been,” Durrett said. “Be-cause without understanding that, it’s kind of hard to understand where you need to go.”

Roberty Lacey, who grew up in the area, said Buckhead has always been an essential part of the city.

“Th e great thing about Atlanta is, it’s always open to reinventing itself and Buckhead is always at the heart of it,” Lacey said.

Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods Chairman Jim King said, “it’s a privilege to play a role in the community.”

“When I think of Buckhead, I think

of a community of faith,” King said. “I think of a neighborhood that works to-gether. It’s a very collaborative com-munity and everybody strives to be the best.”

Sam Massell, center, former Atlanta mayor and current Buckhead Coalition president, received a service award during the event.

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Certain has learned to cope with the de-feat of losing the battle over the high-way that looms over the community like a conqueror’s statue.

When Ga. 400 opened in 1993, he wasn’t sure what would happen.

“I was really afraid of the noise,” Cer-tain said.

Th at didn’t deter the neighborhood’s growth, however. “Th ey built houses that went for $2 million that back right up to the thing.”

Today, more than 8,000 people call North Buckhead home. Roswell Road Northeast and Peachtree Dunwoody Road Northeast form the neighbor-hood’s western and eastern borders. Its southernmost boundary is the intersec-tion of Peachtree Road Northeast and Piedmont Road Northeast, and the neighborhood extends north just shy of Windsor Parkway Northeast. Ga. 400 runs north to south through it.

Certain’s near-encyclopedic knowl-edge of the community makes him North Buckhead’s best tour guide.

His neighborhood group adopted a strategy of reclaiming whatever parts of the place they could and making it their own.

Case in point: Certain stood beneath Ga. 400 where it crosses Mountain Way Northeast, his car parked next to its tall, rectangular beams. Using a three-di-mensional diagram he had hand-craft-ed and infused with a meticulous level of detail, he traced the outline of a park proposed for the space.

Th e seats of an amphitheater could go on the angled concrete wall buttressing the rumbling road above, he said. On the oth-

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er side of Mountain Way, Certain could see people enjoying Little Nancy Creek. Nancy Creek and Little Nancy Creek both run through North Buckhead.

Acreage underneath a highway might not sound like the ideal place for a park, but Certain has adapted to Atlanta’s ur-ban sprawl by transforming obstacles into opportunities.

“It’s all whatever we want to make of it,” Certain said.

Another example: Blue Heron Nature Preserve on Roswell Road, along Nan-cy Creek, was founded in 2000, another North Buckhead Neighborhood Associ-ation initiative. Blue Heron began with 7 acres along Nancy Creek and over the years the park has expanded to 25 acres, including a community garden.

Blue Heron Nature Preserve Execu-tive Director Nancy Jones said the pre-serve is an important sanctuary for the community. Jones previously lived in North Buckhead before moving closer to Buckhead Village.

“You don’t have the walkability in North Buckhead, but you do have the beautiful landscape,” Jones said. “We’re hoping to have more walkability in Buckhead with upcoming trails and other connectors… You get a little bit of the environment, but you also are really close in town to so many things.”

A proposed trail that would run along Ga. 400 could also join the neigh-borhood’s short list of park spaces.

Th e neighborhood’s residences are a mixture of high rises, rebuilds, low-cost condos and townhomes. Certain showed off a little-known site near Wieuca Overlook that’s become a small green space containing the remnants of a mill. Th e gear works protrude from the wall. Th e people zooming by on Wieuca Road likely don’t notice it, Certain said.

Traffi c continues to be the neighbor-hood’s largest problem, he said.

“Th e whole traffi c grid of this area was unplanned,” Gordon said, noting that many of the same routes from 1927 are still the main routes today.

Waldtraut “Walda” Lavroff , who serves on the Civic Association Board, said the lack of planning has hurt the neighborhood. “Th e traffi c lights are not coordinated, and every time we try to do something about that, there’s no money available to do that,” Lavroff said. “Th e streets are in awful condition, and we have potholes to beat the band every-where, and that is challenging.”

Like Certain, Lavroff lived in the neighborhood when residents fought Ga. 400. “We lost that fi ght and we’re still suff ering some of the consequenc-es,” she said.

Th e neighborhood is zoned for Sarah Smith Elementary School. Th e school is among the things residents recognize as neighborhood assets.

Lavroff said she likes being close to

businesses while also being able to enjoy patches of green space.

Certain said the neighborhood bene-fi ts from convenience, friendly residents

and a low crime rate. “We probably have a more varied

neighborhood than any neighborhood in the city,” Certain said.

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Roswell Road NE and Peachtree Dunwoody Road NE form the North Buckhead neighborhood’s western and eastern borders. Its

southernmost boundary is the intersection of Peachtree Road Northeast and Piedmont Road Northeast, and the neighborhood extends north just shy of Windsor Parkway Northeast. Ga. 400 runs north to south through it. For a larger version of the map, go to www.reporternewspapers.net.

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“Yes, I am. We’re past [the cheating scandal]. I’m fi ne.”

Luther Dunnell

“Yes, I am. We like our schools.”

Elizabeth Harkey

“No. I’m a product of Atlanta Public Schools. There’s a lack of accountability. There are bloated budgets, misplaced priorities. I’m disappointed

because of the testing scandal.”

Kirk Oppenlander

“No, because there’s always room for improvement and there’s too wide a disparity

between the quality of different schools. ”

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“Oh, yes, we’re happy. [The cheating scandal] is not totally gone, but we’ve moved past it. Our school rated pretty well. I’m happy with our

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“We love it. You’ve just got to move past all that stuff. It’s a great school

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All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey

We went looking signs of an early spring. We found snow.

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At fi rst, everyone made jokes. We were here in search of warmer weather, after all. Maybe these fl akes falling all around us were really white fl ower blos-soms fl oating on the fi rst spring breezes, someone suggested.

Th ey weren’t. Winter had played a trick on us.

During the fi rst weekend of March, at the end of a mild winter, grey clouds fi lled the sky. Chilly breezes blew. Every-one wore layers. Snowfl akes dusted our jackets and caps. Somewhere, no doubt, groundhogs were laughing at our all-too-human inability to predict a change in the seasons.

“I feel like we should run to the gro-cery store and buy milk and bread,” one hiker joked.

But we weren’t daunted by a few fro-zen fl akes. Th e 20 of us marched on, de-termined to fi nd proof that spring was near, if not really here.

We were on a “Harbingers of Spring Discovery Hike,” a spring-themed walk along the Chattahoochee River held March 2. We bundled-up hikers in-tended to track down the fi rst bloom of spring in the Chattahoochee River Na-tional Recreation Area.

Veteran National Park Service Rang-er Jerry Hightower served as our guide. Hightower knows his way around the river. He grew up nearby and has shown visitors the string of parks headquar-tered in Sandy Springs for 35 of the 37 years he’s worked for the park service. He hadn’t counted on snow, either.

“We had a winter walk on Jan. 12

and we were watching snakes and everybody was in their shirtsleeves. Th en, we do the fi rst walk of spring…,” Hightower said, his voice drifting into the chilly air. “You never know. Luck-ily, I know how to treat hypothermia.”

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Jackie Miller knew what lured her out that chilly morning. “Spring,” she said before the hike started.

“Wishful thinking,” Mar-ilyn Haggerty of Sharpsburg re-plied.

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Winter had played one last trick. Th e bright fl owers of spring were taking a grey day off .

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Th e nonprofi t has worked with more than 400,000 trauma victims around the world -- people who, left untreated, could resort to harming themselves or others, Anderson said.

Led by trained clinicians, members gather in “safe places” to support each other and to heal while collaborating in creative arts.

Anderson, who lives in Buckhead, followed a circuitous path before creating ArtReach in 1999 and becoming its CEO.

Rewind to the late 1970s: Anderson coped with divorce by enrolling in the Atlanta College of Art. A course in art therapy showed her how making and using an image can release feelings sup-pressed by emotional and physical trau-ma.

“Th at’s when I knew I had intuitive-ly sought a form of self-help,” she said.

Anderson became an agent for strug-gling and starving artists, learning even more about their pain and appreciating how it fed their creativity.

ArtReach was born when Anderson felt compelled to help victims of the war in Bosnia. Soon, it expanded to Jordan, Lebanon and then, after Hurricane Ka-trina, to the United States.

“But I always kept a comfortable dis-tance from my own childhood trauma until a retired major general told me the VA [Veterans Administration] would have its hands full with war veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan,” she said.

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McCoy is training to facilitate future ArtReach sessions. For her, it’s a way of giving back and paying forward. “Ar-tReach is like family. I just feel better there,” she said.

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With re-enactors portraying soldiers, and actors portraying civilians, the At-lanta History Center plans on March 16 to present a family-friendly look at life both on the front lines and on the home front during the Civil War.

“Citizens and Soldiers: Th e Civil War,” part of the center’s observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, includes watching antique rifl es being fi red, learning to march or trying to en-list in the army, and an opportunity to take part in a bread riot, offi cials at the center say.

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Take that bread riot. “Bread riots were taking place all over the Southeast,” Moody said. “Th ese were led by women. Th roughout the Southeast, women were looting stores because they were unable to buy the items they needed to survive.”

So, during the program, participants will have a chance to join in a march to a local store to demand pre-war prices on necessary goods, such as shoes, Moody said. Actors will lead the debate.

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Participants will also have the chance to take part in a program to learn about infl ation fi rst hand, she said. Participants will be given envelopes fi lled with cash that will buy less and less – and could turn out to be worthless counterfeit -- as the program continues, she said.

Th e program, being off ered for the fi rst time this year, is intended to be-come an annual presentation at the cen-ter. Th e initial program includes a wide variety of activities.

Re-enactors from the Atlanta-based Amory Guard are to set up an encamp-ment during the event and will represent both Confederate and Union soldiers, Moody said. During the day, author Brad Quinlin will talk about genealogy, author Steve Davis will discuss the bom-bardment of Atlanta, and military histo-rian Gordon Jones will lead tours of the center’s Civil War exhibition.

Part of the idea behind “Citizens and Soldiers” is “to present history in a new way,” history center spokeswoman Leigh Massey said. Presentations are designed

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Th e event is open to the public for free and coincides with a free admission weekend at the center, so there will be no cost to attend, the center says.

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Reeves. (For a modest additional charge, hear Tara Guérard, Peter Hatch, orBen Page in a smaller, more intimate setting.) Plus beautiful flowers, gardeningdemos, children's activities, and − for the first time ever − fine antiques.

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Irish StoriesTuesday, March 12, 10:15 a.m. – Children celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Irish stories, mu-sic, dance and drumming in three story time ses-sions. Free and open to the community. Toddlers age 1, welcome at 10:15 a.m.; toddlers age 2, at 11 a.m.; preschoolers ages 3-5, at 11:45 a.m. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us or call 404-814-3500 to learn more.

St. Patrick’s FunSaturday, March 16, 2:30 p.m. – Ms. Leah hosts a fun, seasonal story time and related activi-ties for the whole family to help celebrate St. Pat-rick’s Day. Free and open to all. Appropriate for ages 3-7. Sign-up required and started March 1st. Space is limited. Come by, call 404-303-6130 or email: leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov to reg-ister or to ask questions. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.

Seuss for BabiesWednesday, March 20, 10:30-11 a.m. – Babies ages 3-11 months will sit in caregivers’ laps for an introduction to Dr. Seuss through rhymes, stories, songs, finger-plays and puppets. Free and open to all. Buck-head Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, At-lanta, 30305. E-mail: comments@co.fulton.ga.us or call 404-814-3500 for details.

Flight SchoolWednesday, March 20, 4:30 p.m. – Check out the “Big Thinkers Take You to Flight School” program at the library! Become a high-flying ace by learning about the four forces of flight. Then make cool paper airplanes and other things that fly, and take home an awesome glider jet! Sign-up required and started March 1st. Free and open to all. Space is limited. For ages 7-11. Come by, call 404-303-6130 or email: shannon.duffy@fultoncountyga.gov to register or to learn more. Sandy Springs Branch Li-brary, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.

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“The Secret Agent” Friday, March 15, 8 p.m. – Ogletho-rpe University hosts the world premiere of Cur-tis Bryant’s “The Se-cret Agent,” a newly-completed opera based on the 1907 novel of the same name by Jo-seph Conrad. The clas-sic Conrad story shifts into a modern music drama that hits home in an era fraught with fears of terrorism and po-litical dissent. $30 general admission; $25 se-niors and non-Oglethorpe students; free with Pe-trel Pass. Additional shows: Saturday, March 16, 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 17, 3 p.m. Presented by The Capitol City Opera Company. Conant Per-forming Arts Center, 4484 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. For tickets, call 678-301-8013 or go to: www.ccityopera.org.

“The Little Mermaid Jr.”

Sunday, March 17, 1 p.m. – The Da-vis Academy’s annual musical performance is “The Little Mermaid Jr.” Mermaid Ariel longs to be part of the world on land. But to follow her dreams, she’ll have to defy the king, and en-trust her fate to an evil witch, all while trying to find love with a human prince. $15. Addi-tional shows, March 17, 7 p.m.; March 18, 6 p.m. Performances held at the Middle School, 7901 Roberts Dr., Sandy Springs, 30350.To buy tickets, visit: www.seatyourself.biz/davisacade-my. For more information, contact Drew Frank via email: dfrank@davisacademy.org or call 770-671-0085 or 678-671-0085.

Talent CompetitionSaturday, March 23, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. – Act3 Productions invites young performers in grades K-12 to audition for ShowStoppers 2013, the annual, city-wide talent competition that is part of ArtSSprings. Open to singers, actors, danc-ers, musicians, solo and group acts. Entrants will audition with a 2 1/2 minute act. $15 audition fee. Cash prizes awarded. Auditions, at Act3 Play-house, are by appointment only. Sandy Springs Plaza, behind Trader Joe’s, 6285 Roswell Rd., San-dy Springs, 30328. Email: michelle.act3@gmail.com for details or to schedule an appointment. Call 770-241-1905 or go to: www.act3productions.org to find out more.

Ballet Performance Saturday, March 23, 2:30 p.m. – The Atlan-ta Ballet Centre Ensemble of tweens and teens pres-ents classical and contemporary dances for the pub-lic’s enjoyment. Performances geared for ages 4 and up. Free and open to the community. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, San-dy Springs, 30328. For additional details, call 404-303-6130.

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Obesity EpidemicMonday, March 11, 3-5 p.m. – Barbara Stahnke, a registered dietician and nutrition expert with the Greater Atlanta Dietetic Association pres-ents, “Th e Obesity Epidemic: What Caused It? How Do We Fix It?” Free and open to the public. Sug-gested audiences: adult, college, high school and middle school. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us or call 404-303-6130 for additional information.

Writer’s ForumWednesday, March 13, 2-3:30 p.m. – Share your creative writings! Readings followed by audi-ence feedback and discussion, led by writing coach Wayne Smith. Writers of all skill levels encouraged to attend. Limit works to 500 words or fi ve min-utes of reading time. Readings must be appropriate for family audiences. Free. Open to fi rst 20 partici-pants. No registration required. Brookhaven Branch Library, 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. Call 404-848-7140 to fi nd out more.

Telescope TimeFriday, March 15, 7 p.m. – Th e Atlan-ta Astronomy Club presents an education-al program on astron-omy and astrophysics. Program beings with a topic for newcom-ers and beginners, fol-lowed by a guest speak-er. Bring your telescope and learn how to use

it! Free and appropriate for all ages. Beginner pro-gram, 7 p.m.; guest speaker at 8 p.m. Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, Hitson Memorial Ac-tivities Center, 85 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information, visit: www.sandyspringsga.gov or call 770-730-5600.

“Hispanorama” Saturday, March 16, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. –Share your Spanish language skills with others, and learn about Spanish if you are a non-speaker. Pre-sented by Madelu Perez de Lara. Free and open to the community. For all skill levels. Appropriate for adults, 18 years and older. Dunwoody Branch Li-brary, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770-512-4640 to fi nd out more.

Heal and GrowWednesday, March 20, 12-2 p.m. – Come listen to storyteller Diane Rooks speak about the power that stories have in bringing healing to our lives. Take a look at your own stories and fi nd new insights and possibilities as we share with each oth-er. Discover how empowering it is to listen and be heard. Free. Lunch provided. Cancer Support Com-munity members RSVP to 404-843-1880. Can-cer Support Community–Atlanta, 5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Bldg C, Suite 225, Atlanta, 30342. Go to: www.cscatlanta.org for more information or how to join the community.

Proposal Writing Wednesday, March 20, 6-8 p.m. – Partici-pants learn how proposals fi t into the overall grant-seeking process; what to include in a standard pro-posal; tips for making each section of your proposal. Free and open to the public. For adult audiences. Registration required. Sandy Springs Branch Li-brary, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-303-6130 or email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us for details. To register online, visit: www.grantspace.org.

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ZumbathonSaturday, March 16, 10-11 a.m. – Are you ready to get a workout and help fi ght cancer at the same time? Join others for the 2nd annual “Shake It for a Cure Zumbathon” event. $10 per person, pay-able at the door. Donations welcome. All proceeds benefi t the Northside Hospital Cancer Institute. Refreshments provided. St. Pius X Catholic High School, in the gymnasium, 2674 Johnson Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30345. For more information, visit: http://sarahkerr.zumba.com.

KidStuff Consignment Sale

Th ursday, March, 21, 5-9 p.m. – Th e King-swood United Methodist Church’s KidStuff Con-signment sale features children’s spring and summer clothing, toys, books, baby equipment, and much more! All proceeds support the church’s missions. Free admission, and open to the public. No chil-dren under age 10 on March 21. Additional shop-ping: Friday, March 22, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Saturday, March 23, 8 a.m.- 1 p.m., when many items are ½ price. 5015 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Use the North Peachtree entrance. Call 770-457-1317 or visit: www.kingswoodumc.org/missions/kidstuff .htm for details.

Consignment SaleFriday, March 22, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. – Saint James United Methodist Church holds its spring kids’ consignment sale. Shop for high quality chil-dren’s clothing, furniture, toys, books, and accesso-ries, as well as maternity items. Located in the gym in the church’s Activities Building. Sale continues Saturday, March 23, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., which is ½-price day. Free admission. Proceeds support children’s ministries at St. James. 4400 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30342. For more information or to ask questions, e-mail: consignmentsale@StJame-sAtlanta.org, call 404-261-3121 or go to: www.stjamesatlanta.org.

Spring Stampede 5KSaturday, March 23, 7:30 a.m. – Registra-tion is open for the 3rd annual Spring Stampede in Brookhaven! 5K begins at 7:30 a.m.; 1 mile starts at 8:30 a.m.; Tot Trot follows the 1 mile. Awards at 9 a.m. Race starts and fi nishes at Oglethorpe Uni-versity, and takes runners through the Silver Lake community. Proceeds benefi t Our Lady of the As-sumption’s community outreach programs. $25 be-fore March 18; $30 after. Post-race entertainment, health fair vendors and food sales. T-shirts given to all participants. Register at: www.olaspringstam-pede.org or www.active.com. Call 404-293-6768 or email: kchall1123@yahoo.com for more details. 4484 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

VanderDash 5KSaturday, March 23, 7:30 a.m. – Vanderlyn Elementary’s PTA holds the 5th annual VanderDash 5K. Come out, show your support, and encourage fi tness! Participants can choose to run or walk the 5K or 1-mile Fun Run. $20. Races start and fi nish at the school, 1877 Vanderlyn Dr., Dunwoody, 30338. 7:30 a.m., 5K; 8:30 a.m., 1-mile Fun Run/walk; 9 a.m., awards. No pets. Enjoy the fi nish line celebra-tion with food, music, mini massages, giveaways and more! To register, visit: http://vanderlynpta.com. Email: vande-rdash@¬yahoo.¬com with questions.

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Firehouse Subs.5610 Glenridge Dr. Atlanta, Ga. 30342 678-705-8878

Meaty, cheesy, steaming hot & cold subs and sandwiches for lunch and dinner. Founded by fi remen. Catering available.

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

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

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Qdoba Mexican Grill5610 Glenridge Dr. Atlanta, Ga. 30342 Open 7 days per week from 7:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. 404-303-8800.

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Dunwoody PD chief carries Special Olympics torch

Billy Grogan didn’t see one of his home-state com-petitors until almost the end of his Special Olympics trip. His job was to help carry the torch.

Earlier this year, Grogan, who usually works as Dun-woody’s police chief, spent about 10 days as part of a team carrying the torch across parts of South Korea for the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games.

“It was very interesting,” said Grogan, at center back in the pho-to at left behind a group of Korean children. “It was very nice country. People were very friendly.”

He and other law enforce-ment offi cers carried the torch from city to city in anticipation of the games.”We’d run into a town and have a cer-emony there. Local politicians would speak, we’d ex-change gifts, and usually there was a Korean dance with drums,” he said.

When they arrived at the stadium in PyeongChang, where the competitions were to be held, Grogan and his teammates waited in a tunnel for their cue to go inside. Suddenly, the door opened and skier Marnie Hornsby came out.

“It was very hot inside the building,” he said, “and I saw this athlete come out, her face really red. I recog-nized the athlete. She was one of our Georgians.”

CAC board members namedTh ree new members are joining the board of direc-

tors of the Community Assistance Center, an organiza-tion that provides food, shelter and clothing to needy families in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody. CAC an-nounced the appointments Feb. 6.

Charles Crosby, president of Core Project Management, will represent Holy Innocents’ Epis-copal Church. Kevin Horgan will serve as a business representative from UPS, where he works as a real estate contract administrator. Lawyer Sally Wyeth, former pres-

ident of the Sandy Springs Rotary Club, will be an at-large board member.

Flying like EaglesTeens working to earn their Eagle awards in Boy

Scouts have been busy lately. Zac Fischel organized a group to repair deteriorat-

ing stairs from Mount Vernon Highway to the Hitson Activity Center at Sandy Springs United Methodist Church. Zac, a member of Troop 463, led a group that covered the rotting railroad-tie stairs with new decking.

In Dunwoody, Troop 764 scouts Christopher Guer-rant and Clarke McAlarney – who met as Cub Scouts -- constructed Eagle projects at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church and the DeKalb School for the Arts.

Chris put together an outdoor classroom at St. Luke’s. Clarke built a “piano garage,” a wooden struc-ture to house and protect a baby grand piano.

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Standout StudentsStudent Profi le:

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Perhaps Lilly Chin was destined to love science from the time she was a tod-dler in her parents’ lab at Emory Uni-versity.

“One day I went up to my dad and asked, ‘Hey, what are you doing at that microscope?’” Lilly said. “He scraped some of my cheek cells and put them on a slide under the microscope and I re-member he was pointing out, ‘Oh here’s the nucleus, here’s the mitochondria’ … Th at really stands out in my mind as the moment I knew I really wanted to do science in the future.”

Since preschool, Lilly has developed a passion for math and science – fi rst pro-gramming, then robotics, then starting on her fi rst mathematics research project during her freshman year at Westmin-ster. Over the past two years, Lilly has immersed herself in research projects in biology and bioengineering.

After her biological research at Emo-ry, in which she studied cancer cells, Lil-ly created a computer model to deter-mine what would heal wounds fastest.

“One thing I noticed in my intern-ship experience is that there’s actually a pretty big gap between biology and en-gineering,” Lilly said. “I’d like to work toward connecting the two disciplines.”

Chris Harrow, who taught Lilly Hon-ors Calculus when she was a freshman, describes her as one of his most talented and enthusiastic students in the course. Class problems “simply dissolved in the face of the brute force of Lilly’s fast, ex-perienced, creative, determined mind,” Harrow wrote in a letter recommend-ing Lilly. “Lilly Chin is without equal as the most eager, independent learner I’ve

known in my 23-year career,” he wrote.Lilly returned his admiration as

Westminster’s STAR student for 2013, an honor usually awarded to the senior with the highest SAT score in the class. She named Harrow STAR teacher.

Lilly’s work has won her acclaim be-yond Westminster. Th is year, she was among 40 fi nalists in the national Intel Science Talent Search. She won a $7,500 prize and will compete for prizes of up to $100,000. She was scheduled to be in Washington, D.C., March 7 through 13 for the fi nal round of competition.

Although competition is enjoyable for Lilly, her passion surpasses any desire for victory. “It’s fun just to see where you stand,” Lilly said. “It’s never really cutthroat – I have a lot of friends I’ve met through competition.”

While she devotes most of her time to research, she also commits to a host of other extracurricular activities, such as tutoring through Mu Alpha Th eta, a math honors society; serving as lead cod-er and captain for the robotics team; and attending various math competitions.

What’s Next: Lilly has already been accepted to

MIT, Caltech, Georgia Tech and Emo-ry, but is waiting to hear back from oth-er schools before a fi nal decision.

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Student Profi le: Emily DeMaio Senior, The Marist School

Emily DeMaio leads many parts of the Marist School community.

She captains the varsity girls’ basket-ball team and has been the defensive captain since her sophomore year. Em-ily received the Lady War Eagle Award this year, which is given to one member of each team each year.

“I really like the team aspect,” Emily said. “We all have to come together and support each other in order to win.”

On the track, the 18-year-old holds the girls’ shot put record of 33 feet and 6 inches. Emily also participates in the discus event. Her goal is to make it to the state competitions this year.

Emily also serves as co-president of Th e Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Marist.

“Since I’m such a sports-oriented per-son, mixing in the faith aspect is really cool,” Emily said.

Emily helps to organize the bi-monthly breakfast meetings, as well as to select the speakers. In the program, she enjoys meeting new people and learning about their individual experiences.

During Emily’s junior year, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her knee, so she had to have surgery. Her goal was to return to the court by her se-nior year. She did.

“Th erapy was very challenging,” she said. “It really taught me to work hard and never take anything for granted. I always tell my team to play like it’s their last game.”

Derrick Engram has been Emily’s AAU basketball coach for fi ve years. He describes her as a positive leader with de-termination, dedication to her game and style of play, and a team player.

Emily has found another way to in-spire her peers. When she was young-er, her grandfather would say a quote he had heard, and Emily would always write it down. Now, Emily shares a mo-tivating quote with her teammates be-fore every game. She also posts them on their lockers on game days.

In school, Emily is a grade-level co-ordinator of the Peer Leader Program. She coordinates small gatherings be-tween new students and their buddies. Emily helps younger peer leaders by giv-ing them advice based on her past expe-riences in the program.

Emily also is secretary for the Habi-tat for Humanity chapter at Marist. Th e group raises money through a variety of fundraisers in order to aid the building of homes through the Habitat program.

“Her leadership skills are way beyond her age,” Engram said. “She can walk into a room or walk onto a team and au-tomatically take the lead … eff ortlessly.”

What’s Next: Emily is looking into a variety of col-

leges, and is currently undecided. She plans to major in either nursing or bio-chemistry. Emily has many nurses in her family, and after tearing her ACL, she aspires to be one also.

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Craft show features local interior designersBY MELISSA WEINMAN

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Interior designers from Buckhead and Brookhaven have been selected by the American Craft Council to create rooms inspired by its fi ne craft pieces.

Th e American Craft Council Show, coming to the Cobb Galleria Centre March 15-17, will feature jewelry, cloth-ing, furniture, home décor and other crafts from 240 of the country’s top craft makers.

Th is year, the council has selected 10 Atlanta interior designers to compose rooms using craft pieces from the show’s artists.

Th e display, called “Make Room: Modern Design meets Craft,” features room designs that refl ect the character of each piece. Th e designers start with a blank 10x10 white space and a craft piece. Each room will showcase the craft and refl ect the designer’s personal style and vision.

Four of the 10 selected designers are from Buckhead and one lives in Brookhaven.

Janice Palmer, of Buckhead, said she will be designing around two pieces -- one made from Moreno glass and the other a piece of pottery.

“I wanted to do a sexy, sophisticat-

ed living room and I wanted to use an-other element to wood. A lot of people are using wood, so I found myself us-ing glass. I love Moreno glass,” Palm-er said.

Palmer describes her style as “classic contemporary with a twist.”

“I like timeless stuff , but I’m more on the contemporary side,” Palmer said.

Buckhead designer William Peace said he is creating a “thought-provok-ing” sitting room or studio area with tex-tured walls that evoke a European ruin.

“We’re kind of creating an industri-al background,” Peace said. “It will be a relatively neutral palette which will en-

hance the artwork we’ll be using.”Th e art Peace selected is made from

structural wire and pottery. Th ere are wall-mounted and table-top pieces.

“It will have a loungy, mid-century furnishing quality about it,” Peace said.

Peace, a long-time fan of the Amer-ican Craft Council Show, said the dis-play will give people an opportunity to see how crafts could be used in their own homes.

“You see so many of these crafts to-

gether, it can be hard for people to vi-sualize, how will this work in my own home or my own offi ce?” Peace said. “Especially if they see them out of con-text, it’s hard to visualize how would one of these, or a series of these, look in my space?”

Peace said he’s glad the show will in-corporate designers this year.

“It really is kind of fun for us to get creative and do something diff erent than a client might hire us to do,” Peace said.

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Offi cials in Brookhaven, Chamblee and DeKalb County are interested in a proposal to create a new community im-provement district stretching from the border of Buckhead to Gwinnett Coun-ty, a developer says.

Developer Emory Morsberger pre-sented the idea for the new CID to Brookhaven City Council during a re-cent meeting. He said the district could improve intersections and attract new businesses to the area.

Th e CID would include a swath of DeKalb County from the Fulton Coun-ty line to the Gwinnett County border.

It would be called the “University Triangle CID” because it would include Emory University, Mercer University and Oglethorpe University. Th e district would also include the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention.

A CID is a self-taxing business dis-trict that can be created when 50 per-cent of the property owners representing 75 percent of the property value in an area approve it, Morsberger said.

CIDs are public-private partnerships that allow businesses to work with gov-ernments to improve their area. Business property owners pay an additional tax, typically 5 mills, to upgrade landscap-ing, complete transportation projects and improve economic development.

Mercer and the city of Chamblee hired Morsberger, who started the Stone Mountain CID and the Gwinnett Vil-lage CID, to study the feasibility of cre-ating a new district.

“I discovered there was a huge amount of potential in the area,” Morsberger said. “Th ere’s an incredible amount of assets there – interstates, MARTA, ed-ucated work force, close-in location, an airport, plus the CDC and several uni-versities. Th ey’re just not coordinated. A CID does that.”

Th e northern tip of Brookhaven is part of the Perimeter Community Im-provement Districts, which also include

portions of Sandy Springs and Dun-woody.

Th e PCIDs recently started con-struction on a nearly $5 million project to upgrade Lake Hearn Drive, Perime-ter Summit Parkway and Parkside Place in Brookhaven between Ashford Dun-woody Road and the Perimeter Center Parkway Bridge across I-285.

Morsberger said a University Triangle CID would have a lot in common with Gwinnett Village. He said that district helped cut crime and complete dozens of road projects.

“It has been tremendously success-ful, getting rid of the blight that exist-ed in that area of Gwinnett and boosting the perception of that area,” Morsberg-er said. “Th is CID in the I-85 corri-dor would do the exact same thing in DeKalb County.”

Morsberger said the new CID needs approval from the city of Doraville. With the support of Doraville, the dis-trict could get started this summer.

Brookhaven City Councilwoman Re-becca Chase Williams said the city un-derstands that the work of the PCIDs only aff ects a portion of the city. “We’re used to partnering with them, but we also know their boundaries stop at our gateway,” Williams said.

Morsberger said the new CID would not compete with the PCIDs.

Yvonne Williams, the PCIDs presi-dent and CEO, said the organization is working regionally to accomplish trans-portation initiatives.

“We are working with Brookhav-en and Sandy Springs and Dunwoody on a coalition of Doraville, Chamblee, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Fulton and DeKalb on the top-end I-285 project of regional signifi cance,” she said.

“Particularly the I-285/Ga. 400 in-terchange, which is a major regional pri-ority at this time. Th at is the PCID fo-cus with Brookhaven and our regional partners.”

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Police BlotterFrom police reports dated through

Feb 23.

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

cinct of the Atlanta Police Department from its records and is presumed to be accurate.

ASSAULT 3200 block of Lenox Road, NE – An assault

was reported on Feb. 13. A woman said a man entered her unlocked apartment. She said he told her he had a gun, and told her to get on her hands and knees, afterwards placing his penis on her. She said penetration took place.

1900 block of Piedmont Road, NE – An aggravated assault was reported on Feb. 13. A man was assaulted at a night club by the security guard, in which he was hit sever-al times in the face, causing his jaw to be broken in two different places. The man was asked to leave by the security guard, and he told the guard he was waiting for a friend. The security guard became aggressive and upset, and began hitting the vic-tim four or fi ve times in the face. The security guard was arrested and transported to Fulton Coun-ty Jail.

2500 block of Chantilly Drive, NE – An aggravated as-sault was reported on Feb. 15. A man said he met the arrestee on the Internet and invited him to stay with him in a hotel room. When the man found out that the arrestee had drugs, he called 911. The victim picked up a pair of shears and told the other man to get out of the room. Both men were under the infl uence of nar-cotics. The victim was charged with aggravated assault and the other man had an active war-rant from South Carolina. Both men were transported to Fulton County Jail.

100 block of Amherst Place, NW – An aggravated assault was reported on Feb. 19. A man said his child’s mother came to his residence in a dispute over money. While at the residence, he said, she point-ed a gun at him. When he retreated inside his residence, the woman continued kicking and banging on the door. She left after posting a note on his door warning of more trouble.

RAPE 2300 block of Parkland Drive, NE – A rape

was reported on Feb. 13. A woman was as-saulted and raped by a man whom she met while at her workplace a month ago. The two had been drinking and watching television when he tried to take her clothes off. She got away from him and ran to the restroom, where she attempted to call 911. He hit her in the back of the head, causing her to black out. When she came to, the man was on top of her raping her. Once he stopped, she was able to get away and fl ee the scene.

ROBBERY 3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A pe-

destrian robbery was reported on Feb. 14. A woman’s ex-boyfriend slapped her phone out of her hand, sending it to the ground while she was at the movie theater. He picked up the cellphone and got into his vehicle and left the scene. No arrest was made.

2500 block of Bolton Drive, NW – A com-mercial robbery was reported on Feb. 15. A man entered the store, walked to the rear, then returned to the cash register and pur-chased some gum. When the cashier opened the register, he pulled a silver handgun and said “Give me the money.” He left with about $400 dollars in cash.

2700 block of Defoors Ferry Road, NW – A pedestrian robbery was reported on Feb. 16. Two unidentifi ed suspects, in their ear-ly twenties, wearing ski masks, one with a handgun, pointed it at the victim’s face, de-manding all of his possessions. The man was struck in the face, and his wallet and iPhone were taken. The suspects left the scene in an older model SUV.

1500 block of Monroe Drive, NE – A pe-destrian robbery was reported on Feb.

16. A woman said she was robbed in a parking lot. She said she was

walking across the lot to the Wells Fargo when two men pointed a semi-automatic gun and took $1,273 in a bag. No witnesses.

3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A pedestrian robbery

was reported on Feb. 19. A man pointed a gun at a man and ordered

him to give up his cellphone and ring. The man ran into the mall. The sus-

pect told him to come back and start his vehicle. The keys were

stolen and the vehicle was left in the parking lot.

2000 block of Silas Way, NW – A pedestrian robbery was reported on Feb. 23. A wom-

an was approached by three men while she was sitting in her

car parked in her driveway. She was talking on her cellphone. Two suspects had

guns, and one pointed a gun to the left side of her head and demanded money. She told the suspect that she didn’t have any money, and the man snatched her cellphone from her and got her out of the car. She ran away to her friend’s house, and the three men were last seen running away. She returned to her car and discovered that her purse was miss-ing. Credit cards and $40 in cash were inside the purse.

2000 block of Bolton Drive, NW – A pe-destrian robbery was reported on Feb. 23. Two victims were robbed at gun point by two men, each with dark-colored handguns. The woman victim was approached while she was unloading her vehicle and was held at gun point. She gave the suspect her purse and began yelling for help. Her boyfriend ran to her to help, and the second suspect point-ed a gun at him and fi red one shot in the air, commanding the victims lie on the ground. The suspects then entered a white SUV and fl ed the scene.

BURGLARY 2100 block of Parkview Run, NW – A res-

idential burglary was reported on Feb. 14. A man was at his place of residence and his alarm was going off. An offi cer was dis-patched and noticed the back door was kicked in. There was a burglar bar that was

and upset, and began hitting the vic-

A man said he met the arrestee on the Internet and invited him to stay with him in a hotel room. When the man found out that the arrestee had drugs, he called 911. The victim picked up a pair of shears and told the other man

16. A woman said she was robbed

was reported on Feb. 19. A man pointed a gun at a man and ordered

him to give up his cellphone and ring. The man ran into the mall. The sus-

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damaged. A fl at screen TV was lying on the fl oor as if the suspects were trying to detach the cables from the back. The door from the den to the rest of the house was locked, so the suspects did not get into the rest of the house. The man said nothing appeared to be taken.

700 block of Amsterdam Avenue, NE – A residential burglary was reported on Feb. 16. Unidentifi ed suspect(s) threw a rock, break-ing the rear window of the residence to make entry. The suspects took an ap-proximate total amount of $9,500, consisting of electronics, jewel-ry and cash. They also caused ap-proximately $300 of property damage.

2100 block of Hollywood Road, NW – A commercial bur-glary was reported on Feb. 16. The owner said the glass door was broken, and two ice makers and one silver pizza maker was stolen.

2300 block of Defoors Ferry Road, NW – A residential burglary was reported on Feb. 19. An unknown suspect stole a man’s construction tools from his home; no report was fi led. The man was called by Cobb Coun-ty police to inform him that his property was pawned at the Cash America Pawn, and he would need a police report in order to re-cover them.

LARCENY 2800 block of Northside Drive, NW – A

larceny at a school was reported on Feb. 7. The victim’s school -issued laptop was taken while he was attending a principal’s meet-

ing. The laptop was in the school’s theater inside his bag, along with his coat and hat, while they were moving through the school to different locations. He returned 40 min-utes later and retrieved his belongings. He discovered later that evening that the com-puter was missing. The location has video cameras and a suspect is seen in the area of the theft.

3500 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A lar-ceny from a specialty store was report-

ed on Feb. 11. A man concealed two jackets under his sweatshirt and

then left the store. Total of items: $3,990.

2100 block of Bohler Road, NW – A larceny at a resi-dence was reported on Feb. 13. Several silverware items includ-ing fl atware, a pair of English irons, and a tea urn were missing

from the victim’s house. There were no signs of forced entry.

1st block of W. Paces Ferry Road, NW – A larceny was reported on Feb. 14. A man came into the store and asked to use the restroom. He was told that they didn’t have a public restroom. The store manager went to help another customer, and the sus-pect left. When the victim went to look for her purse, it was not where she had last seen it.

2500 block of Piedmont Road, NW – A larceny from a discount store was reported on Feb. 14. A woman was seen removing a $2,300 camera from the security cable and attempting to leave. She was able to run into the parking lot to an awaiting vehicle. At

that time she threw the camera into the get-away vehicle; however, she was caught, and the getaway vehicle left the scene.

700 block of Cosmopolitan Drive, NE – A larceny from a residence was reported on Feb. 14. A woman said she had a 2-karat dia-mond ring worth $5.000 and a diamond neck-lace worth $5,000 in a jewelry box inside her home. She said the only person who has been in her home is her cleaning lady who is preg-nant, who brought along her mother and a friend.

3000 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A larce-ny from a restaurant was reported on Feb. 15. A man failed to pay the $86 bill after his credit card was de-clined. He refused to make arrangements to pay his bill and re-fused to leave. He became belligerent and resisted removal by police. The man was charged accordingly and transported to Fulton County Jail.

3300 block of Piedmont Road, NE – A lar-ceny from a supermarket was reported on Feb. 18. An unknown suspect stole the vic-tim’s purse from the back of her chair, after she left it when she went to the restroom.

2500 block of Bolton Road, NE – A larce-ny from a pharmacy was reported on Feb. 19. The reporting party said the suspect jumped over the counter and stole six cartons of cig-arettes totaling $267.

3500 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A lar-ceny from a specialty store was reported on

Feb. 19. Store employees said a man came in and attempted to leave with a watch he did not purchase. When the employee attempted to stop him from leaving, a brief struggle en-sued. The man fl ed with the watch in hand, but left behind a backpack. Inside the bag was identifying information. A check of the license database revealed the identity of the suspect. A warrant was fi led after the victim confi rmed that it was the subject who com-mitted the shoplifting.

3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A lar-ceny was reported on Feb. 20.The report-ing party said he may have video of a sus-pect taking $3,000 from a victim’s purse. The

victim did not report the crime to police.

2500 block of Piedmont Road, NE – A larceny from a discount store was reported on Feb. 21.

The accused crossed all points of sale with a 47-inch fl at screen television on a dolly. Vid-eo surveillance captured the entire event. The television was valued at $540.

3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A lar-ceny from a specialty store was reported on Feb. 23. An unidentifi ed couple entered the store and cut the security cable to a yellow Prada Milan purse valued at $8,300, and left without paying.

LARCENY FROM AUTO 1500 block of Piedmont Road, NE – A lar-

ceny from an auto in a parking lot was report-ed on Feb. 10. A woman said she left her ve-

ing the rear window of the residence to make entry. The suspects took an ap-proximate total amount of $9,500, consisting of electronics, jewel-ry and cash. They also caused ap-proximately $300 of property

glary was reported on Feb. 16. The owner said the glass door was broken, and two ice makers and one silver pizza maker was stolen.

2300 block of Defoors Ferry Road,

ceny from a specialty store was report-ed on Feb. 11. A man concealed two

jackets under his sweatshirt and then left the store. Total of items: $3,990.

from the victim’s house. There were no signs of forced entry.

1st block of W. Paces Ferry Road,

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hicle, and when she returned she discovered a Vera Wang leather coat and a Batman doll were missing. No signs of forced entry.

500 block of Wimbledon Road, NE – A larceny from an auto was reported on Feb. 13. A man was seen pulling on car door han-dles and looking into vehicles in a parking deck. He was later found at a BP gas sta-tion. He smelled of marijuana. He was de-tained, and found to have property on him that belonged to a local resident. He was arrested for possession of marijuana and entering an auto.

3200 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A lar-ceny from an auto was reported on Feb. 18. A woman said she parked her vehicle in the parking lot and, when she returned, she no-ticed the convertible top was cut and items stolen.

AUTO THEFT 400 block of Hillside Drive, NW – An

auto theft was reported on Feb. 18. An un-known suspect stole the victim’s white Ford van after he left the door unlocked and the keys in the cup holder.

1900 block of Howell Mill Road, NW – An auto theft from a gas station was report-ed on Feb. 23. An unknown suspect stole the victim’s vehicle after he left the keys in the ignition while he went into the store.

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Discover Atlanta’s Jewish Museum

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The Chosen Food Exhibition is on loan from the Jewish Museum of Maryland. Major Supporters are: The National Endowment for the Humanities and The Herbert Bearman Foundation, Inc.

Sunday, March 24at Neiman Marcus

Limited Space AvailableRSVP* *For reservations (RSVP),

membership & information aboutthe Breman, contact Rachel Katzat: rkatz@thebreman.org, or call678-222-3758.

© 2013 The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, Atlanta, Georgia 30309 1440 Spring Street, Atlanta, GA 30309 678-222-3700

$50 Breman Members, $75 non-members. Limited space available, RSVP*

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