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The year brought out smiles in all of us, no matter if we were painting, dancing, counting or playing sports — it was good to live in one of

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City manager: Some fi re stations are ‘very old’BY JOE EARLE

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Sandy Springs offi cials are considering the need to re-place some of the city’s aging fi re stations.

Th e city fi re department took over existing Fulton County stations when the city was created in 2005. Some of the facilities were “very old” at that time, City Man-ager John McDonough told members of Sandy Springs City Council during the council’s Dec. 16 meeting. Th e average age of the city’s stations now is 45, he said.

“We are looking at a number of diff erent options,” McDonough said. City staff members plan to deliver to the council in January or February specifi c recommenda-

tions on ways to proceed, he said.City offi cials also say they plan to fi nd a new home for

the fi re department’s headquarters when the city moves its offi ces into a new City Hall at the City Center. Th e fi re department now is housed in rented offi ce space at Morgan Falls along with other city operations. Th e city doesn’t plan to house the department’s headquarters in the City Center complex, McDonough said.

Fire Chief Keith Sanders said the department would need a headquarters that would contain about 8,300 square feet to house administrative offi ces, the Fire Mar-

shal’s offi ce, conference rooms and other facilities. Th e same building would contain about 8,800 square feet to house dorms for fi refi ghters, a kitchen, bathrooms and other facilities, he said. Th e total estimated need for the building would require about 24,600 square feet, he said.

Th e city’s existing stations, he said, are smaller. Two take in 9,000 square feet while the other two enclose 16,900 square feet and 19,000 square feet.

Th e city also will need more land for its new stations, city staff members said in a memorandum to council. “None of the city’s existing fi re stations contain physical property large enough to adequately enable expansion,” their memorandum said.

Far left, Sammy Lesser, 4, shows off his “inner artist,” with mom Nancy’s help,

during Dunwoody’s Lemonade Days Festival at Brook Run Park on April 26.

Left, Blaire Bodell, 8, left, and sister Mara, 2, dance before an audience of “bunnies” at the Ashford Park Easter egg hunt in Brookhaven on April 12.

Below, Simoni Castillo, nanny for Ansley Shane, 1, helps compare

toes with Brutus, a Mastiff, during a program at the Buckhead

Branch Library on July 17.

Below, left, Julia Rutledge, front, with Susanna Robinson, back left,

show “gator glory” during the Sandy Springs Youth Sports baseball

and softball Opening Ceremonies and Parade at the Morgan Falls Athletic Complex on March 8.

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C O M M U N I T Y

BY ANN MARIE [email protected]

With little fanfare, a 200- by 85-foot ice skating rink in a 36,000-square-foot facility opened in Sandy Springs on Dec. 20.

“The soft launch went great with a few hundred customers showing up, not knowing the skating was free,” said Michelle McIntosh, who bought the land for Center Ice Arena on Ro-swell Road alongside I-285 earlier this year.

“We’re expecting to ramp up today,” McIntosh said during the facility’s first Monday of operations following the weekend opening. She expects that some 300 to 400 customers will come in during each public skate session.

McIntosh bought the land for the facility in March with her business partner, Stephane Normandeau, who has previously run hockey rinks in the Atlanta area for the last 15 years.

The land was purchased from Mike Aldredge, president of Squire Inn Inc., who is a partner in the business and last year had secured city approvals for the facility.

The rink was built on vacant land that Squire Inn owned that most recently had been the site of a Days Inn hotel, demolished in 2007. Aldredge had said his company had been looking for the right opportunity to redevelop the land.

McIntosh said that Normandeau had researched places to build an ice rink, and that Sandy Springs was a good fit.

“You can’t get better than right inside the Perimeter,” she said.The arena will be open year round. Skating and youth and

adult hockey clinics will start in early January, with the Atlan-ta Amateur Hockey League playing there starting Jan. 3 and a youth hockey league starting in March, McIntosh said.

For more information, visit www.centericearena.org.

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Above, business partners Mike Aldredge, Michelle McIntosh and

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Left, the ice skating rink, located at 5750 Roswell Road, opened Dec. 20.

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City OKs fi nancing for Gateway project road realignment

Sandy Springs City Council on Dec. 16 approved en-tering into agreements with the Sandy Springs Develop-ment Authority and companies associated with the JLB Gateway mixed-use redevelopment project. Th e agree-ments regard disbursement of bond monies to pay to re-align roads at Windsor Parkway and Roswell Road.

Th e agreements result in an allocation of some $4.7 million for the road project and other infrastructure im-provements in the vicinity. Th e Gateway Project Companies, JLB Chastain LLC, JLB Chastain Phase II LLC and Sandy Springs Gateway Owner LLC will make contract payments to the Sandy Springs Authority, with the authority paying an amount equal to the contract payment to the city.

In July, the council approved an application from JLB Partners to rezone prop-erty on the west side of Roswell Road, about 135 feet north of the intersection of Windsor Parkway and Roswell Road. During the meeting, the council also ad-opted a resolution approving a proposal to realign the Windsor Parkway inter-section.

JLB Partners’ mixed-use redevelopment replaces two older apartment com-plexes with new apartment homes, offi ce space, restaurants and retail.

Nine nonprofi ts receive city grantsTh e Sandy Springs City Council on Dec. 16 approved fi nancial support to

nine nonprofi t organizations. Organizations receiving funding were Act 3 Productions, Inc. ($6,250), Am

Yisrael Chai ($3,250), Art Sandy Springs ($3,750), Friends of North Springs ($5,000), Friends of Benson ($10,000), Heritage Sandy Springs ($2,645), Keep North Fulton Beautiful ($5,775), Mary Hall Freedom House ($2,500) and the Sandy Springs Education Force ($10,736).

Th e council allocated $49,906 of the $50,000 budgeted for the programs. Al-together, 13 applicants fi led requests for almost $100,000 in grants.

M. Alexis Scott is keynote speaker for Sandy Springs MLK Day celebration

A community leader and journalist will be the keynote speaker at Sandy Springs’ MLK Day Celebration.

M. Alexis Scott, a member of the executive team of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta Daily World publisher and Georgia Gang commentator, will speak at the event at 10 a.m. on Jan. 19 at City Hall, 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500.

Th e city’s 2015 Humanitarian Award will be presented during the celebration. Th e event will also include remarks by Pastor Henry Bush of Sharon Community Church, Rabbi Scott Colbert of Temple Emanu El and Reverend Michael Sulli-van with Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church. Students from North Springs Char-ter High School and the Spalding Charter Elementary School Choir will also par-ticipate.

Th e celebration is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

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A group of friends in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody decided to give Publix gift cards to day laborers and families gathered Dec. 23 at the Copeland Village plaza. The donors said they hoped their actions will inspire others to help those less fortunate. They raised $20,000 for the gift cards this year.

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City Center, playable art and MARTA expansion make headlinesWhile plans for the future City Center dominated much of the news coming

out of Sandy Springs this year, the city also welcomed a new fire chief and helped break ground for a new school building.

The city launched a new park designed to be especially kid-friendly and field-

ed complaints from residents who wanted a student dorm shut down. Residents also rallied to tell MARTA officials what they thought about the location of a pro-posed northern expansion of the transit agency’s rail line.

Here’s a look at some of Sandy Springs’ top stories this year.

Performing Arts Center plans take

shape, growAs the city hired master de-

velopers Carter & Selig for the City Center, plans for a per-forming arts center as the an-chor of the City Center com-plex began to take shape. One of the most central questions – just how big should it be – was addressed when the coun-cil in September gave the OK to proceed with plans for a fa-cility with up to 1,000 seats. During a discussion in Octo-ber, following feedback from community groups that pledged to use the center as well as meeting space it would include, the council agreed that the seat limit should be upped to 1,350 seats. Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul has also said he hopes the private sector will contribute money to help build the performing arts center.

Abernathy Greenway opensSandy Springs children took a front seat to hear Mayor Rusty Paul speak to

them and a large crowd of residents and officials when the Abernathy Greenway and Playable Art Park opened on July 17.

“This is an amazing jewel for our community, for these neighborhoods, for these younger constituents down here,” said the mayor, pointing to the children.

The project was a long time in the making, with its opening delayed sever-al times over the years by construction, weather and attempts to appease neigh-bors. The 6.6-acre portion that opened was along the north side of Abernathy Road from Wright Road to Brandon Mill Road.

The portion of the park on the south side of Abernathy is likely to be more low key as it won’t include the playable art stations. Construction is set to begin on that portion in the summer.

‘Go west, MARTA,’ say citizens

Facing a possible 12-mile expansion of MARTA service north along the Ga. 400 corri-dor from the North Springs station, some San-dy Springs and Dunwoody residents are push-ing for the extension to run up the west side of the highway.

It will be a while before that decision is made. “We haven’t decided which side of Ga. 400 we want to be on,” said Mark Eatman, project man-ager at MARTA, at an Aug. 19 presentation at Sandy Springs City Hall.

Eatman said a preliminary engineering and environmental study would be conducted before the agency can determine where the expansion might be located. That study would examine the impact on the rail extending on the west or east side, or even up the center of the highway.

Residents on the east side said that an expan-sion on that side would cut through schools and neighborhoods, and that a west side expansion would be more logical since more businesses and apartment complexes are located there.

Students leave troubled ‘Hub’The Art Institute

of Atlanta decided to move its students from “The Hub,” an extended-stay facili-ty on Barfield Road. The move followed months of complain-ing from nearby res-idents who said the hotel illegally served as dormitory housing, and that the students were a constant source of noise and trouble.

The facility had re-ceived notices of zon-ing violations due to the fact that it was housing students longer than the zon-ing code allowed. Since that time, representatives for the facility have also been fined for violating fire and safety code violations. During the summer an Art In-stitute student was slain. Another student has been charged with his murder.

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Here are the most popular articles from

Sandy Springs posted at ReporterNewspapers.net

in 2014.1. Closed: Fulton County, DeKalb County and At-

lanta Public Schools cancel classes for Tuesday, Jan. 7

2. Glenridge Hall: A little known Sandy Springs historic gem

3. Developer proposing 50-story office tower, 500 apartments in Sandy Springs

4. After 46 years, Sandy Springs cleaner packs up to make way for City Center project

5. Paul: ‘We’re trying to find a good, healthy mix’ on Roswell Road

City Center growing pains

The future City Center could be a game chang-er for Sandy Springs with a performing arts cen-ter, government building, retail and apartments planned for the heart of the city in an effort to achieve true “walkability.” But progress on the de-velopment didn’t happen without frustrating some business owners who continued to see their prop-erties taken by the city.

On Jan. 30, photographer Eric Bern signed a deal that had the city agreeing to pay $1 million for his Mount Vernon Highway studio, a location he had operated from for 23 years. “I have mixed feel-ings about having to relocate” from a location he “treasured,” Bern said. In August, Master Kleen owner Will Smith lamented during the Roswell Road busi-ness’ last week that his long-time employees would lose their jobs. The city had voted in March to take that property through eminent domain. On June 3 the city council voted to approve the use of eminent domain to take more than half of Steven Johnston’s land at 80 Johnson Ferry Road. That land contains a tributary flowing from Marsh Creek. City plans call for the land to become home to a dam and detention pond that will keep City Center developers from having to build their own detention areas.

Then, on Dec. 2, the city took a step toward acquiring the final pieces of property they are trying to as-semble, voting to authorize condemnation, if necessary, of properties at 237 Johnson Ferry Road and 6201, 6215, 6219 Roswell Road, and 260 Mount Vernon Highway. That included a unanimous vote to authorize condemnation of the Johnson Ferry Road property, which now houses a Goodwill Industries of North Geor-gia store. The city has offered $3.9 million for the property, but the owner has declined.

Heards Ferry Elementary groundbreakingSchool and city officials broke

ground in November on the future site of a new Heards Ferry Elemen-tary School building, which relo-cates the school from Heards Fer-ry Road to a 14-acre site on Powers Ferry Road. When the school opens in August, it is intended to serve as a prototype that addresses limited availability of large parcels of land by building multiple stories rath-er than spreading one story out. The Heards Ferry school move will also allow for nearby Riverwood High School to make needed ex-pansions. The school is being con-structed through a one-penny edu-cation sales tax approved by voters in 2011.

“I know that the spring is going to be a bittersweet time because hundreds of thousands of students have gone through the halls at the Heards Ferry Elementary that stands today,” Principal Lisa Nash said at the ceremony. “But it will be an even more exciting time when we open the news doors of our new facility in the fall.”

Proposed Riverside roundabout alarms

neighborsNearby residents expressed dismay when the

Georgia Department of Transportation held a workshop on plans for a traffic roundabout at Riv-erside Drive and I-285, saying the project would only add to congestion in the area, and would cause confusion among drivers.

But the agency informed the city that if it ob-structed plans for a roundabout, Sandy Springs would be on the hook for $1.5 million.

Once the roundabout is constructed, the proj-ect will be funded with federal help at no cost to the city, except for landscaping and decora-tive street lights, state officials say. But if it wasn’t built, the city would have to pay to construct turn-ing lanes on the ramps at a cost of $1.5 million.

“It’s a commitment that you guys already made when you requested the signal [in 2011],” said Scott Zehngraff, with GDOT. “So, when we ap-proved the traffic signal, it was contingent upon the turning lanes being added.”

GDOT has said it hopes to start construction on the roundabout in 2015.

Goodbye Chief McElfish,

hello Chief SandersThe city said goodbye to Fire Chief Jack

McElfish, who created Sandy Springs’ fire department in 2006. McElfish decided to retire after a 51-year career in fire and res-cue service, with 35 of those years serving as fire chief. For his replacement, the city looked to another fire veteran with Chief Keith Sanders, formerly of the Alpharet-ta Fire Department. Sanders is also a sworn police officer.

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State Farm’s arrival, Buckhead Atlanta highlight past year

State Farm breaks ground in DunwoodyConstruction began in May on a new high rise

across from the Dunwoody MARTA station to house a new national operations center for State Farm, one of three the insurance giant was build-ing across the country.

Th e overall project, its Texas developer said, will take years to complete and will include 2.3 million square feet of offi ces, 100,000 square feet of restaurants and shops, and a 200-room hotel. Th e fi rst building will provide 13 fl oors of offi ces perched atop a 7-story parking building.

Th e Atlanta Business Chronicle called the project one of the largest corporate of-fi ce developments in metro Atlanta history. Folks in Dunwoody began to talk of a “ripple eff ect” from the project that would lead to even more development.

For its part, State Farm plans to post thousands of employees to its Dunwoody campus and promised to get deeply involved in its new community. “We are excited. We are so excited about what the future holds,” State Farm Vice President and COO Michael Tipsord told members of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce. “We are excited by the talent. We are excited about the business environment.”

The billion-dollar highway project It’s expected to cost a cool $1 billion before it’s done and has been described as

the most expensive road improvement project ever undertaken by the Georgia De-partment of Transportation. But local businesspeople, the Perimeter Community Im-provement Districts and Gov. Nathan Deal all threw their weight behind a redesign of the Ga. 400/I-285 interchange, so plans for the project have moved quickly.

DOT says the new interchange will stretch from west of Roswell Road to east of

“Live, work, play.” Politicians, busi-ness leaders and residents repeated those three words throughout 2014 as a man-tra devised to explain the lure of north metro Atlanta to businesses.

Both Buckhead and the Perimeter – that loosely defi ned area alongside the top end of I-285 and encompassing por-tions of Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Brookhaven – off er MARTA stations, regional shopping malls, apartments, hotels and relatively easy access to just about everywhere in Atlanta.

Finding live, work and play in one place was enough to attract some pretty big names, including State Farm, which said it was moving to Dunwoody to ap-peal to the younger workers known as “millennials.” Other businesses shot for even higher targets: Buckhead Atlanta, a shopping and living center in itself, talk-ed about luring the rich from around the world to fi ll its new high-end stores.

When it came to business news, there was plenty to talk about in 2014. Here are some highlights.


Ashford-Dunwoody, and from Hammond Drive to the Glenridge Connector. At Hammond, it connects to another project that adds collector and distributor lanes along Ga. 400.

Th e new interchange was promoted as good for business because it addressed traf-fi c troubles in the Perimeter area and would help cross-country carriers who expect more freight once the port in Savannah is deepened. Local residents seemed to like the new interchange, but fretted about construction over the next several years. “If it alleviates traffi c in the area, it’s a good thing,” Mike Buchbinder of Sandy Springs said in August. “But I think it’s going to make traffi c worse, especially when they’re building it.”

Buckhead Atlanta fi nally opens After years as little more than a hole in the heart of Buckhead, the development

known now as Buckhead Atlanta (originally named “Th e Streets of Buckhead”) opened for business with big name, high-end shops such as Hermes, and lines of burger fans waiting for a space to open in the Shake Shack.

Developer OliverMcMillan wants to draw shoppers from around the world, and has promised a luxury shopping experience, including high-tech security; a valet ser-vice allowing customers to drop off a car at one location and pick it up at another; and “park assist,” which directs drivers to empty parking spaces.

“We want shoppers and visitors to say, ‘We used to go to New York to shop, but now we come to Buckhead Atlanta,’” General Manager Michael Diamantides told members of the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods.

Apartments sprout all overWhile Hines rethought its high-rise plans in Sandy Springs, other developers scat-

tered new apartments all over the map.In October, the Buckhead Coalition said 30 diff erent projects totaling 9,422 units

were planned in Buckhead. In Sandy Springs, workers cleared ground for the Gate-way Project, a mixed-use development on Roswell Road, and the city approved an-other large apartment complex nearby. Developers added apartment complexes on Hammond Drive in Sandy Springs and Dresden Drive in Brookhaven.

“Apparently, it’s a direct response to the population growth of 25- to 35-year-olds who presently prefer the fl exibility of renting, rather than owning,” Buckhead Coali-tion President Sam Massell said of the apartment announcements in Atlanta.

New zoning codes for Perimeter areaIn 2014, city offi cials in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody decided to take a fresh look

at zoning regulations for new projects in the Perimeter area. In May, Dunwoody offi -cials began working toward drawing up those regulations. In October, offi cials from Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Brookhaven met to talk over requirements in the area.

Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul said the idea was to get all the cities on the same page. “With an unprecedented surge in development interest,” Paul said, “we want to make sure we have a unifi ed, concise policy that allows for long-term economic via-bility of this market, as well as ensures a high quality of life for existing and future res-idents and visitors.”

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Front, OliverMcMillan’s Dene Oliver, center, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and right, Buckhead Coalition President Sam Massell,

offi cially opened the fi rst shops at Buckhead Atlanta.

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Hines Interests Limited Partnership will scale back its offi ce building from 50 to 42 stories.

Hines, for a moment, prepares to go bigFor a moment, there was talk of the possibility of a 50-story building in Sandy

Springs. It would have been the tallest outside the Perimeter. But Texas developer Hines, which proposed a couple of towers along with a rezoning for a mixed-use development that would have included 500 apartments, retail and hotel space, withdrew its rezoning request after repeated deferrals.

Members of Sandy Springs City Council said they needed more time to ad-dress residents’ concerns over increased traffi c that the development – to be lo-cated at Abernathy, Peachtree Dunwoody and Mount Vernon – would bring to an already congested area. In September, Hines had said they would study a new proposal that decreased the number of apartments, and took the offi ce building down to 42 stories.

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At left, Monk Sonam Cho-ephel extends a welcome to Narzin Khyunglho, 2,

wearing traditional Tibetan attire, during the annual

Atlanta Tibetan Festival on Nov. 2 at the Drepung Losel-ing Monastery. The monas-tery is located on Dresden

Drive.

Below at left, from left, Oliver Jackoniski, Brody Garrard, William O’Neil, Bryce Matlock and Kota

Suttle, members of the “Tin Caps,” the 6-year-old boys team, stand ready during Opening Ceremonies for

the Murphey Candler Little League Baseball season on

March 7.

Right, Alex Ozburn, left, and Chip Cary have a snack before watching the U.S.

men’s soccer team take on Portugal during SoccerFest,

an all-day World Cup viewing party held at Brookhaven

Park on June 22. The game ended in a 2-2 tie.

PHOTOS BY PHIL MOSIER


Far left, Mary Collier Thurman has her party face on while she watches the Carnaval parade during

International Travelers Week at Sarah Smith Elementary School on May 9. The event “took” students to Brazil,

helping them learn about the country’s culture.

Jordyn Vaxter, center, enjoys the storytelling portion of the “Juneteenth: The First Day of Freedom” program at the Atlanta History Center on June 21. The two-day celebration focused on the end of slavery in the U.S.

Abigail Frank, 2, above, awaits her turn at a popsicle stand while attending the annual Little Nancy Creek Park Fall Festival

on Sept. 26. Attendees enjoyed a food truck and live music.

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2014 brought festivals, sporting events and plenty of chances for people to play. Over the past 12 months, we published photographs resi-dents of Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs as they enjoyed numerous community activities. Here are some of our favor-ite cover shots from our various editions during the past year.


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Phil’s pick: Vocal fan at Soccerfest in Brookhaven

Phil Mosier teaches photography at Georgia Perimeter College and takes many of the photos that appear in Reporter Newspapers. We asked him to choose his favorite photo we published in 2014. Here’s his choice and his reason for choosing it.

“Th is picture says it all, with a shout, about our community. I was able to capture a Latin American young man, happily waiving an American fl ag, while watching the U.S. team score during a World Cup Soccer match beamed live to a diverse crowd in Brookhaven Park. Taking that photo made me proud as a citizen and as a photojournalist.”

LEFT AND RIGHT PHOTOS BY PHIL MOSIER

At left, Anisha Singh, 7, front, and Mei Kumaran, 5, attending the Spruill Center for the Arts’ summer camp program, play on “chess pieces” during recess on July 21.

JAMES BARKER PHOTOGRAPHY

At center, Dunwoody High School’s football Wildcats began their 2014 campaign with higher hopes, after a 3-7 season the previous year.

At right, Julie Greer, 2, daughter of Kimberly Greer, assistant to Dunwoody’s city manager, plays before the grand opening of Phase II of Brook Run Park’s multi-use trail on Aug. 23.


Left, “Hammerheads” teammates and twin sisters, May Weis, front, and Leah, center, with goggles, get themselves pumped up before a swim meet against

the Byrnwyck “Blue Dolphins” at the Hammond Hills pool on June 3.

Center, the city kept the Fourth of July holiday going with a community fi reworks show on July 5, at the Concourse Offi ce Park complex. Enjoying the night on the lawn, from left,

Chanse Hendrick, 4, Cameron Bignault, 5, Leila Wesley, 3, and Emily Volkman, 12.

Right, Collins Zgutowicz, 2, dressed as Snow White, creates a colorful chalk walkway at the Sandy Springs Farmers Market on Aug. 2.

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Do you know an organization or individual making a difference

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Making a difference: Blessing bags, ‘scaring away’ autism and moreDuring the past several years, we’ve introduced read-

ers to some of their neighbors whose volunteer work has helped shape our communities into better places to live. Here are a few we met in 2014 who were making a diff erence and whose stories especially impressed us.

Jeff Marcus Sandy Springs doctor Jeff Marcus’s Halloween dis-

play began as a simple family project. His daughter, Melissa, who is autistic, loved Halloween, with its cos-tumes and candy, so Marcus put an array of ghosts and witches in his front yard to delight her and his neigh-bors. He called the annual show “Scare Away Autism” and it now draws crowds of admirers.

A couple of years ago, Marcus and his family be-gan collecting donations from the people who came to admire the display. Th ey gave the money to Autism Speaks, a charity that pays for autism research, advoca-cy and services for families with autistic members.

Th is year, things really took off . Marcus said the family collected nearly $13,000 for Autism Speaks, double the amount raised the year before. Marcus is already thinking about 2015. He said he wants to get others involved to help set up and market the display “to make it more of a community event.”

But in 2014, it remained the Marcus family’s show. Melissa had a great time greeting and thanking people who came to visit. “We had a good year,” Marcus said.

Robert Port Th e fi rst time Dunwoody lawyer Robert Port took

his bike to Israel, he thought it would be a good way to see another land close up. But after that trip in 2006, he was hooked. He returned in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2013 to take fundraising rides across that country.

He fi gures that through his rides he’s raised $20,000 to $25,000 for the Arava Institute of Environmental Studies, an academic program that brings Jordanian, Palestinian, Israeli and western students together at a kibbutz in the Arava Valley, which runs along part of the border between Jordan and Israel.

“Th e goal is to have students of all these diff erent backgrounds come together and try to fi nd some com-

monalities dealing with ... issues,” he said. “Th e goal is to foster some cooperation and understanding on the environmental side and in other areas as well.”

Fran FariasSandy Springs Rotarian Fran Farias’ two disabled

brothers made her aware of the high cost of home med-ical equipment. So when she was looking for a way to utilize some money raised by the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs, she had an idea.

“No one [in the area] was really doing anything to recycle home medical equipment,” said Farias, who serves as Rotary’s community service director, is a past president and has been a member for 18 years. So last fall she started working on an idea for such a project. She approached the city, which referred her to Keep Sandy Springs Beautiful, which operates the city’s recy-cling facility on Morgan Falls Road.

Kathy Reed, executive director of Keep Sandy Springs Beautiful, said she was more than happy for the recycling center to house the Rotary’s trailer, where folks can drop off unneeded medical items such as crutches, wheelchairs and walkers.

Matt AdamsHe’s been called a Pied Piper by a member of the

Chastain Park Conservancy. He’s been called a savior by parents. But Matt Adams says he just loves teach-ing children the game of golf.

“He's devoted his life to teaching kids how to golf and how to respect the game at the same time,” said the Conservancy’s Jay Smith.

Adam teaches golf clinics to children at the park’s North Fulton Golf Course. He’s been teaching for 35 years, 12 years at Chastain. He also helped found the Annual Sutton Middle School Invitational Golf Tournament, which draws 20 to 30 schools each year to the Bobby Jones Golf Course.

“He teaches them etiquette like shaking hands and saying ‘thank you,’” said Th eresa Southerland, whose

two daughters Reagan and Steele take lessons with Ad-ams. “He just has a way with kids. One year he gave ev-ery one of them a new club or shoes.”

Greg Chevalier

In 2014, for the second straight year, members of a Brookhaven congre-gation gathered to stuff “blessing bags” as part of an eff ort to end the commer-cial sexual exploi-tation of children. Brookhaven Chris-tian Church host-ed the blessing bag event in partnership with Street Grace, an organization that aims to end the sexual traffi cking of children.

Greg Chevalier, coordinator of the program for Brookhaven Christian, also serves on the state of Geor-gia’s CSEC Task Force, an acronym which stands for Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. Th rough the task force, Chevalier has helped create a curriculum to help educate organizations such as schools, neigh-borhoods, corporations and governments about the is-sue of commercial sexual exploitation of children.

Th e city of Brookhaven recently joined the initiative, becoming Georgia’s fi rst city to take part in a task force combating child sex traffi cking. At a Nov. 10 press con-ference and ceremony, city offi cials signed a “Not Buy-ing It” pledge.

Angi BemissAngi Bemiss has been described as an “on call” heal-

er who plays the harp for patients at Northside Hospi-tal twice a week through the hospital’s Healing Sounds Program. A certifi ed music practitioner, Bemiss says she plays diff erently depending on the audience. Her listeners range from newborn babies to people conva-lescing to people who are dying, she said.

She usually per-forms on Friday mornings and Sun-day afternoons. “Just a few hours ago, I was there and ran into a cancer patient wait-ing for her ride,” Be-

miss said recently. “Tears came to her eyes when she saw the harp, ‘Oh my, you played for me in May, when I was in the hospital and almost died. I still remember how your soothing music made me feel.’ Th at's what it's all about!”

C O M M E N T A R Y


Th ere are stories everywhere—in the stars, in the trees, in the grasses and glades. We fi nd in those places heroes and monsters and fairies; we fi nd re-membrances of our past and hope for our future.

I grew up surrounded with stories and delighted by them, because my mother is a storyteller.

She earned a degree in library science at Simmons College and a Master’s at Emory, and became a children’s librari-an (in the days before there were “media specialists”). She was the librarian at my elementary school and for years was the children’s librarian at Maude Burris Li-brary in Decatur.

My mother chose themes for her sto-ry hour, selecting her books accordingly, and she embellished her story-time with music, dance, puppets and handmade tokens. She had a special talent for lift-ing the tales right off the page with her

voice until the stories wrapped them-selves around roomfuls of squirming children like a charmed cloak and left them completely entranced.

So it was high time that this year I should give mom the chance to tell her own stories. I booked an hour-long ses-sion with StoryCorps at the Atlanta His-tory Center, where I would interview her in a taped sound booth. Th e time came and her stories unfolded. She talk-ed about her grandparents who emigrat-ed from Italy: her grandfather, a dap-per shoemaker, and her grandmother, a mother of seven who learned English from her children and then continued her English language education by walk-ing to classes until she earned her certif-icate of completion.

Mom told of her mother, who went to work at a candy store after school at age 13, calculating purchases and change on the back of a brown paper bag and presenting her salary to her father each week, in a sealed envelope.

Mom remembered watching an air-plane writing letters in the sky as a young girl in Brooklyn. Because it was the day after her birthday and she recognized the letter “R” from her name — and be-cause she was of the tender age when she

was sure that the world revolved around her—she thought it was spelling out her name as a wonder-ful surprise. But it was December 7, 1941, and the airplane was writing WAR in the sky.

Her father, in the Navy reserves, was deployed within days.

Mom told the story of how she met my father, the love of her life, and about their courtship and early marriage. She talked about his strength and quick wit throughout their marriage, a humor

which endured in spite of the pain of his cancer. And she spoke of how dearly we miss him now.

I have a CD copy of our session. It sits on my counter beside some can-did family snapshots, as a reminder to us to contin-ue telling our stories. And we do.

Every second of our lives is an experience. And I sometimes wonder which of our experiences will take shape into a story — solid enough to be passed around, resilient enough to with-stand the passing? Which

ones will lodge in our memories, and our children’s memories, and be handed down to their children and grandchildren? Which experiences, though they seem mundane to us now, will shed a glimmer of insight into our lives for those who look at us from the vast prospective of future generations?

Th is year was fi lled with new expe-riences for our family — some adven-turous, some silly, some mundane. But they hold the promise of more stories: eight Boy Scout buddies at Philmont Scout Ranch; seven hours of icy grid-lock, six people reunited for Th anks-giving, fi ve hours at the Smithsonian homosapiens exhibit; four extracted wis-dom teeth; three days at Cumberland Is-land; two graduations — two wonderful celebrations; and one massive zucchini.

We all have a lot to talk about. So cozy around the fi replace in this

deep December, with the people you love and a mug of something hot. “Take a cup of kindness, yet, for auld lang syne.”

And as another year ends, tell your stories.

Robin Conte is a writer and mother of four who lives in Dunwoody. She can be contacted at [email protected].

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“Reconstruc-tion of the Ga. 400/I-285 in-terchange will begin fi nal pre-construction phases in ear-ly 2016. Our PCIDs support efforts by Gov. Nathan Deal and the Geor-gia General Assembly to identify $1 billion in funding for enhancing Geor-gia’s transportation infrastructure over the next fi ve years. The new in-terchange will have sustainable eco-nomic impact statewide. Traffi c con-tinues to be a top concern for metro Atlanta residents and commuters, and wishing alone won’t make the conges-tion ease.”

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“One of the most signifi -cant things I foresee com-ing up for my constituents in House Dis-trict 54 in 2015 is addressing our transpor-tation issues. Georgia’s fail-ure to properly maintain and priori-tize upgrades to our transportation in-frastructure threatens our continued economic growth. The Joint Study Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Funding established by the Georgia General Assembly earlier this year will present its fi ndings and recommendations shortly. We must prioritize our transportation needs and identify sources of funding so Georgia can continue to grow and at-tract new businesses while maintain-ing and improving quality of life for our residents.”

Rep. Beth Beskin (R-Atlanta)

“Buckhead’s commercial skyline, which has mushroomed over the past quarter-of-a-century, beckons as a jobs mar-ket. Developers have read the census data and now scram-ble to fi ll the needs with 32 complexes offering over 10,000 compact, multifamily rental units for the millennials. The occupancy profi le will maximize pedestrianization, intro-duce technical startups, and share fresh thinking leadership. We have evolved from a ‘Bedroom Community’ in the ‘40s and ‘50s to a respectful ‘Boardroom Atmosphere,’ ensuring tomorrow’s economic success in our 28-square-mile bound-ary. We are the center of Atlanta’s metropolitan region and the ‘address of choice’ for urbanized quality of life.”

Sam Massell, president, Buckhead Coalition

“I’m upbeat for my North Buck-head neighbor-hood in 2015. • January: Rib-bon cutting for PATH400’s Tow-er Place to Old Ivy Road phase. PATH400 will transform pe-destrian mo-bility and recreation from North Buck-head south to I-85. • March: City Council is to approve the North Buckhead Neighborhood Mas-ter Plan. • June: Mountain Way Common be-comes a real, usable park with the completion of a major pedestrian bridge over Little Nancy Creek. • Later in 2015, PATH400 opens from Old Ivy Road to Wieuca Road.”

Gordon Certainpresident, North Buckhead

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“2015 will be the year that high-rise res-idential real-ly begins to impact Buck-head’s com-mercial core. We will be-come more of a commu-nity, rather than a job and activity center, with a more healthy mix of jobs and hous-ing. The big question will be how this community gets around, so creating more attractive and safe options to get around on foot, on transit (MAR-TA’s 110 – “The Peach” – operates ev-ery 15 minutes on Peachtree, folks!), and on bicycle will be crucially impor-tant. We will also begin to create a safer Peachtree Road from Midtown up to Piedmont.”

Jim Durrettexecutive director,

Buckhead Community Improvement District

“2015 represents an opportunity to create connections which enhance access to the city’s essential amenities. Sev-eral key projects planned for 2015 which underline this con-nectivity include the construction of the new 5-acre Per-noshal Park, the construction of the Tilly Mill Road and North Peachtree Road intersection project, the Chamblee Dun-woody Road bicycle and pedestrian improvement project, and the construction of the connecting phase of the multi-use trail creating pedestrian and bike connectivity from the Georgetown area all the way to Brook Run Park. Our focus continues to emphasize investments in infrastructure, public safety and quality of life amenities.”

Mike Davis, mayor of Dunwoody

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“The most signifi cant thing that I see coming in my commu-nity is my re-introduction of the Independent School Sys-tem legislation. This would lift the constitutional prohibition on cities forming school systems that has been in place since 1945. With the state of DeKalb County Schools, this would allow individual municipalities to form local school systems.The second major thing is the start of construction of the Ga.400/I-285 interchange re-do. This project is the sin-gle largest transportation project in Georgia history and will bring needed traffi c relief in the area that currently sees 420,000 cars daily.”

Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody)

“I am cautiously optimistic that 2015 will be the year we stem the tide of bad news for DeKalb County. It will re-quire hard work and compromise on the part of state legisla-tors, county offi cials and citizens in all areas of the county. DeKalb remains a desirable place to live. The headlines of the past couple years have raised signifi cant hurdles for our community. However, I am confi dent that working together we can overcome those hurdles this year.”

Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-Brookhaven)

“I believe the key issue in 2015 will be the outcome of the current cityhood movement now playing out between three key players: the future city of Tucker, the future city of LaV-ista Hills (formerly Lakeside), and then the ever-present de-sire of the city of Atlanta to expand its boundaries within DeKalb County. The fi ve-member State Legislative Committee recently set-tled the border dispute between Tucker and LaVista Hills by dictating the non-negotiable boundaries. The more signifi cant problem will be how far and how ag-gressive Atlanta will be in their move for expansion. Many is-sues are at stake: the cohesiveness of long-standing commu-nities; DeKalb County schools becoming part of the Atlanta Public Schools system; the expense of the inevitable legal fees to be paid by the DeKalb County School Board; the potential impact on our county’s improved status of Accredited Warning with SACS; the loss of a northern tier tax base for the already fi nancially distressed county government; and the list goes on... There is a 300-pound gorilla in the room. Atlanta sees a weakness and they are going after it, and what Atlanta wants, they usually get. This could be a defi ning year for DeKalb County.”

Joe Gebbia, Brookhaven City Councilman

“The most im-portant is-sue for DeKalb homeowners is that the Leg-islature make the proper-ty tax freeze permanent. It is set to ex-pire and home-owners will be subject to 10 years of assessment in-creases. The DeKalb House delega-tion through Mike Jacobs passed a bill last session and the Senate failed to act. People throughout the coun-ty should be outraged. Until this issue is resolved it will be diffi cult for most DeKalb legislation to move forward.”

Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody)

“2015 will bring a new and potential-ly exciting dy-namic to the Fulton Coun-ty Commission, given the re-drawn district lines that gave additional rep-resentation to the northern part of the county and the election of three new commission-ers to the seven-member body. The increased representation from the northern part of the county that pays so much of the tax burden, hopeful-ly will result in a county government that is more effi cient and effective, and more ‘customer friendly’ to all citizens of the state’s largest county.”

Fulton County Commissioner Lee Morris

“For us, it’s the City Center (getting it out of the ground), and developing strategic plans for the Perimeter and Powers Ferry and Roswell road areas to set a 15-year guide path to work through what we want those three areas of the city to look like in the future. That’s 2015 for me – getting the City Center out of the ground and having an opportunity to plan the next 15 years.”

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Area residents can put discarded Christ-mas trees to good use during Keep San-dy Springs’ recycling program, “Bring One for the Chipper.” Remove dec-orations and lights before dropping off trees. Drop off at Home Depot, 6400 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328, and also at the Sandy Springs Recycling Center, 470 Morgan Falls Rd., Sandy Springs, 30350. Mulch to be used for playgrounds, public beau-tifi cation projects, wildlife habitat and homeowner landscaping projects. Find out more by visiting: www.knfb.org.

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Lily Smernou Friday, Jan. 2, 1-5 p.m. Check

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Winter Stars Monday, Jan. 5, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Are you curious about stars and con-stellations? Have you wanted to know the myths behind our constellations? See nature like you’ve never seen it be-fore inside the Chattahoochee Nature Center’s infl atable planetarium! Take a journey through the night sky viewing stars and locating constellations. Includ-ed with the center’s general admission. 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075. Call 770-992-2055 or visit: www.chattnatu-recenter.org for further information.

Film ClassMonday, Jan. 5, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Join Emmy award winner Michelle Wat-son in this hands-on training that teach-es students the fundamentals of acting, voice over recording, and the creative and technical demands of storytelling with moving pictures. Free. For ages 9-12. Registration required and start-ed Dec. 17. Space is limited. Visit the Sandy Springs Branch Library, call 404-303-6130 or email: [email protected] to sign up or if you have questions.

Tiny TalesTuesday, Jan. 6, 11-11:25 a.m.

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“Th e trip was really eye opening for me and everyone else; it made me real-ize how sheltered I am living here in the United States,” Summer said.

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In preparation for the trip, Summer sought out donors to provide necessi-ties for her host countries. One benefac-tor, Dan Moore, president of the APEX

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Brookhaven Police know Grego-ry Brian Moody well. He has a DeKalb County arrest record going back four years, featuring charges including public drunkenness, carrying an open contain-er of alcohol, soliciting and loitering.

Th e day before Th anksgiving, Moody was arrested for “urban camping” in Brookhaven, accused of violating an or-dinance the city had adopted in March.

Th e city’s urban camping ordinance outlaws the “improper use of public spaces,” including erecting tents or oth-er temporary structures or objects pro-viding shelter; sleeping in a single place for more than one hour at a time; cook-ing or preparing meals; or other simi-lar activities. Similar ordinances exist in Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Buck-head, which is covered by Atlanta’s or-dinance.

City offi cials say the ordinances keep homeless people from setting up per-manent residences on unused property, but critics say they’re intended to make homeless people disappear.

“Th ey are designed to sweep home-less people off the streets and put them

in jail,” said lawyer Gerry Weber. “Th e cost to the taxpayers is signifi cant.”

Weber, then an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, won a class-action legal chal-lenge in 1997 that led to the revision of the “urban camping” law in Atlanta. He said one of the nine people in the 1997 lawsuit was a college student who failed classes because he was arrested for urban camping and another was an employed homeless person who lost a job after be-ing jailed for urban camping in Atlanta.

He said the way the ordinance was written meant anyone lying down in a public park could be arrested, but only homeless people were being targeted. Weber said these ordinances violate their constitutional rights.

Taking homeless people to jail isn’t what some city offi cials said they mean to do fi rst. But that doesn’t always work. “Ultimately, we can’t force [Moody] to seek help from outside resources,” said Carlo Nino, a spokesman for the Brookhaven Police Department.

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Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul said his previous work as the assistant secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development gives him perspective on dealing with the problems asso-ciated with poverty. He said that homelessness is a symptom of a larger problem, so programs should work toward re-solving underlying is-sues of mental illness, addiction or poverty as-sociated with couples who divorce.

“We don’t have the ordinance to put them in jail,” Paul said. “Th e fi rst thing we try to do is get them to social services. If you can keep them from becoming home-less, that’s a better action.”

When Brookhaven police offi cers fi rst encounter homeless people, police urge them to take advantage of resourc-es and shelters in nearby Atlanta, Nino said.

“Urban camping is not a severe prob-lem in Dunwoody,” Dunwoody Police Chief Billy Grogan said. “However, we do have occasions where there are issues, and we deal with each incident based on the specifi c circumstances of each case. For most, we try and refer them to the

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Dunwoody resident Jenny Carter said she’d prefer her tax dollars go to pro-grams that provide a hand rather than to fund incarcerations. As the direc-

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Carter said she wishes government offi cials would learn from agencies such as Family Promise of North Fulton, which she sees as the area’s primary initiative to help the homeless in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs.

“Th eir fi rst stops are usually to food banks and then, once those folks hear their stories, that’s when they know to refer them to other pro-grams,” Carter said. Dunwoody UMC has a food pantry where anyone can come once a month and pick up a box of food, she said.

“When people come in and ask for help, we want to get them from food to transitional housing to employment,” she said, describing how the cycle of poverty often means suff ering from late fees on rent and utilities that create more debt. “We always wonder if there’s a bet-ter way. It’s a tough cycle. Th ey have to miss work to apply for help.”

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The following incidents and arrests are some but not all, of the reports fi led with Sandy Springs police from

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ro SWAT Team negotiates ar-rest of man charged with armed robbery.A Marietta man who told police he had “bills to pay and chil-dren to buy Christmas gifts for” was ar-rested after a standoff with police Dec. 21. Matthew Weber, 21, was accused of stealing cigarettes and cash from a gro-cery store and a pharmacy.

Weber was taken into custody after a standoff with the North Metro SWAT Team in a wooded area off Roswell Road at Northridge Road. Police said We-ber robbed the a grocery store located at 8331 Roswell Road of cash and two cartons of cigarettes and ran away. He was caught a short distance away in the wooded area.

He placed a handgun to his head, po-lice said. Negotiators successfully con-vinced him to give up without incident.

Weber was taken to the Fulton Coun-ty Jail on charges of armed robberies of the grocery and a Walgreens pharma-

cy on Dec. 18. Police said he took two packs of cigarettes and about $274 from the pharmacy.

Weber also was wanted on warrants from Forsyth County for burglary and possession of marijuana.

BURGLARY 4000 block of Jett Road—On Dec. 7,

a resident reported that he had several work tools taken from his garage.

8600 Roberts Drive—On Dec. 8, a resident notifi ed an apartment mainte-nance employee she heard glass breaking around 8 a.m. He went to the apartment location and found a man walking away carrying electronic items. He yelled at the man, who fl ed after dropping the items. Police found a broken bedroom window which was the point of entry.

400 block of Granite Ridge Place—On Dec. 8, a 32-year-old man returned to his apartment after taking his dog for a walk and a 3rd Edition Samsung tablet and $10 cash were stolen.

8400 block of Roswell Road—On Dec. 9, after relocating following a fi re, a res-

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“Our goal is to improve response times,” McDonough said during the Dec. 16 meeting, He said one option city offi cials do not plan to pursue would be to locate a new station at the intersec-tion of Abernathy and Wright roads.

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THEFTS 6600 block of Brandon Mill Road—

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No address re-ported—A Home Depot employee reported that he watched two wom-en take LED lights, stash them in a purse and walk out. He also watched them meet up on an aisle with a man, before they left. Th e man had a cart with items in it, but he abandoned it in another aisle and then met the two women in the park-ing lot. Th ey left in a Chevy Caprice.

Mount Vernon Oaks—On Dec. 9, a resident reported that about 5 p.m. someone swiped a UPS box delivered to his address. Th e box contained clothing valued at $246.

4700 block of Powers Ferry Road—On Dec. 10, a builder reported that someone stole an exterior AC unit from a home he is building on Powers Ferry Road. It was one of three units and val-ued at $2,600.

Mt. Vernon—An employee of the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Founder’s Campus said she left her purse in one of the classrooms and walked to another classroom to meet with students. Shortly af-ter, she got a call from her bank’s fraud unit asking if she made a $40 charge on her credit card. She went back to the classroom and found that someone had gone into her purse.

THEFT FROM VEHICLES 7447 Roswell Road—On Dec. 6, a

wallet and cash were taken.

6881 Roswell Road—On Dec. 7, a .45-caliber Tarsus Gun, work keys and $5 were taken.

280 Hilderbrand Drive—On Dec. 7, a laptop was taken.

5600 Roswell Road—On Dec. 8, an Apple MacBook laptop, Go Pro Camera and bag were taken.

6390 Roswell Road—On Dec. 8, an LL Bean Briefcase, Dell Laptop, leather briefcase and HP laptop were taken.

1155 Mt. Vernon Highway—On Dec. 8, a Ruger .308 hunting rifl e with scope was taken.

6558 Roswell Road—On Dec. 8, a tail-gate to a 2008 Ford pickup was taken.

6317 of Roswell Road—On Dec. 10, a MacBook Pro, Michael Kors suitcase, clothing and makeup were taken.

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Drive in Atlanta. She found out when the collection call was made to her.

A man came into the Costco on Dec. 6 and received a new membership. He then purchased two Sony PS4 game systems with an American Express card. He came back later and bought a 60-inch TV. Th e following day a woman came in with the same membership card and bought two PS4’s and a desktop computer. She picked up the computer but apparent-ly got nervous and left without picking up the PS4s. Th e man then came in with the receipts wanting the two PS4’s. Th e loss prevention employee, who found this

transaction to be suspicious, asked for the American Express card to verify the status (stolen or not.) He also asked for the man’s ID, which was a fraudulent Flori-da ID. Th e man responded by

refusing and then fl eeing to a white Escalade and off they went.

Th ey were pulled over minutes lat-er. Th e card appeared to have been cloned, but the number for toll-free contact to American Ex-press said only that they were open Monday through Friday. Th e man was released, but the

card was kept until verifi cation can be done.

ASSAULT 8331 Roswell Road—On Dec. 9, a

fi ght call was placed just after 4 p.m. in the Kroger parking lot off Northridge Road. A man was lying in the parking lot and appeared to have been beaten. Th e beaten man, who was semi-conscious, said he remembered nothing. A witness said he saw two men in a black 2014 Dodge Charger go to a liquor store in the shopping center and then speak with


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someone in the parking lot. Th e witness believes there was an argument before the two men left in the Charger. He, howev-er, did not witness the assault. Th e beat-en man was taken to Northside Hospital and is expected to recover.

Abernathy under Ga. 400—On Dec. 10, a man reported that he was riding his bike west on Abernathy, under Ga. 400, when a bronze 2015 Toyota Tundra pick-up truck cut in front of him to merge onto Abernathy. In doing so, the truck nearly hit the bicyclist. Th e truck stopped ahead at a red light. Th e bike rider rode up to the truck so that the rider “could explain bicycle rider’s rights” to the driver. Th e bi-cycle rider pulled up to the passenger side and knocked on the window. Th e driver pulled and pointed a gun at the bicycle rider, who was knocking on his window. Th e bike rider retreated and called 9-1-1. Regardless of how just the cause, don’t put your safety in jeopardy. Th at was not a smart move. Th e driver of the truck, al-though in this case he probably knew what was going on, and he was most defi nitely a rude driver, could have assumed he was about to get car jacked. Who knows? Grab

a tag number and report it but don’t con-front someone with so much “road rage” po-tential.

OTHER THINGS A man reported his ex-girlfriend has

been calling and emailing despite the Temporary Restraining Order put out on her.

8763 Roswell Road—A man walked into the BP Station and grabbed a 16-ounce Heineken and walked into the bathroom and started drinking the beer. Th e beer was recov-ered 2/3 full and the man was charged with shoplifting.

6280 Peachtree-Dunwoody Road—On Dec. 10, an employee of the Micro Inn and Suites called po-lice around 8 p.m. and said a guest no-tifi ed him that he had accidentally dis-charged his gun. Th e bullet went into the door’s metal plate around the handle and lodged. Th e guest later met with of-fi cers and said the 9mm gun discharged accidentally while he was cleaning it. Th e

guest had a fi rearm license and was in town for business. No charges were fi led.

ARRESTS 8800 block of Dunwoody Place—

On Dec. 6, offi cers were called to an apartment just after 1 a.m. Th ey

spoke to a man who said anoth-er man, whom he allowed to

stay with him, was drunk and had threatened him. Th ey found the man who was indeed drunk, shirt-less and staggering about the parking lot. Th e man said he had an argument with the other man and

referred to his woman us-ing derogatory language.

He was cuff ed and put in the back seat, where he began to run

his mouth, making specifi c referenc-es to the complainant in the form of the following: “I’m going to make him pay for it.” Th e offi cer reminded the man he was being recorded and to cease mak-ing threats. He said, “Oh I’m going to make threats,” and continued mak-ing threats, cursing and at one point threatened, “Make sure you type that

when I get out, I am going to kill….” Th e arrested man was then charged with Terroristic Th reats and Acts.

Ga. 285 West at the river—On Dec. 8, officers received a call around 3:30 a.m. of a Dodge Charger on I-285 near the river. The car, according to witnesses, was swerving and it ap-peared someone was shooting out of the windows. The officers notified Cobb County Police and later, around 4 a.m., they were contacted by Cobb PD, who had a car matching the de-scription on the East-West Connec-tor. SSPD units met with them and in-terviewed five people in the car. The end result was that a woman in the car fired several 9mm rounds from the car.Cops determined that she acted alone and, although she was not firing at a particular target (such as a car), she was acting in a reckless manner. She was ar-rested.

Trowbridge Road--Loss prevention staff at a grocery store detained a man who took four small bottles of Mosca-to wine and stuffed them down his pants before walking out. He was lat-er arrested.

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