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THREE SMILING FACESpage 19

All aboard?MARTA plans eastern expansion up Ga. 400

COMMUNITY 2

Speak upResidents can have say in Georgetown park plans

COMMUNITY 3

Family tiesApron strings bring loved ones together

COMMENTARY 9

Keep truckin’Food ‘on wheels’

extremely popular

COMMUNITY 10

Empty shelvesFood banks feel pinch of

economic slowdown

MAKING A DIFFERENCE 13

Center circleLabyrinths making comeback

at local churches

FAITH 22

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Clare Smale watches as her son Marcus, 3, learns about archaeology during an interactive “We Love Our Library Day” program at the Dunwoody branch on Nov. 2. The annual event

helps encourage children to read. More photos on page 25.

BY JOE [email protected]

Dunwoody’s cranky 2013 election season ended by returning two incumbents to Dun-woody City Council, where they’ll be joined by a critic of the council.

Councilman Doug Th ompson, who won re-election to the District 3, Post 3 seat with 51 percent of the vote, said on election night that the Nov. 5 election results showed vot-ers were sharply divided on a number of is-sues. Fellow incumbent Councilman Denis Shortal collected 58 percent of the vote in his race.

“It was so close that I don’t think either side can think their platform was the con-sensus opinion of the majority of Dun-


More than 100 supporters of the dog park in Brook Run packed Dunwoody City Coun-cil’s meeting Nov. 12 to protest plans to move the dog park.

Dozens in the standing-room-only crowd wore red articles of clothing to show opposi-tion toward the city’s intention to relocate the park to a diff erent part of Brook Run. Many in the crowd carried signs supporting the park or criticizing the city. Some brought dogs, which remained in the parking lot outside City Hall during the meeting.

Dunwoody resident Robert Moss carried a sign that said, “Th e dog park isn’t broken. Do not spend money to change it.”

Moss said he lives about a half mile from the park and goes there regularly with his gold-en retriever, Mattie.

“I have so much enjoyment and pleasure

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MARTA’s future plans may impact areas east of Ga. 400


Sandy Springs and Dunwoody offi -cials are starting to pay close attention as MARTA takes a new look at mass transit north of the Chattahoochee River.

Don Boyken, chairman of the Dun-woody Chamber of Commerce, told members of the Dunwoody Homeown-ers Association on Nov. 3 “it’s not too early” to start lobbying the transit agen-cy over its plans to extend the rail line north from the North Springs station.

Boyken said a new MARTA study shows the rail line to the east of Ga. 400, which means neigh-borhoods in Sandy Springs and Dun-woody would be in the path of construc-tion. Two decades or so ago, local offi cials convinced MARTA to build on the west side of Ga. 400, he said, but those plans have been set aside and are to be replaced by new ones.

“We as Dun-woody and San-dy Springs need to talk to MARTA to get them to go back to the [old] plan,” Boyken said.

MARTA offi cials two years ago began again examining ways to provide future mass transit to Fulton County residents who live north of the river. Janide Sidi-fall, project manager for MARTA, said the agency said “had to start back at zero in 2011.”

MARTA is examining three options: bus rapid transit, light rail, and extend-ing the current heavy rail line north from Sandy Springs. Th e agency is con-sidering adding stations at Northridge Road, Holcomb Bridge Road, Mansell Road, North Point Mall, Old Milton Parkway and Windward Parkway.

Preliminary estimates show the bus option is expected to cost about $460 million, compared to $1.8 billion for light rail and $1.6 billion for heavy rail, Sidifall said. Th e heavy rail option is cheaper than light rail, she said, because it extends the current line.

Boyken said residents of Alpharetta, Roswell and other Fulton County cit-ies north of the river support the plan. “Folks north of the river are very much in favor of this line,” Boyken told DHA board members. “Th ey’ve been sitting in traffi c for years.”

During the DHA meeting, state Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) said he and other members of the community’s leg-islative delegation would weigh in to try

to convince MARTA offi cials to move the line back to the west side of Ga. 400.

Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-Brookhaven), who chairs the Legislature’s MARTA budget oversight committee, said the agency should stick to its prior agree-ments.

“If an understanding was reached with the community, MARTA should honor it, regardless of the passage of time,” Jacobs said in an email.

Th e reason MAR-TA is looking at a rail line east of Ga. 400 is simple: cost. Sidi-fall said each crossing of Ga. 400 is project-ed to add “a few hun-dred thousand dollars” to the cost. If the train crosses to the west side of Ga. 400, it will at some point have to re-turn to the east side, she said.

“It is still possi-ble to go on the west side,” she said. “It is more expensive. And when you’re looking on the national scale, competing with Port-land and Dallas and New York and oth-er cities, cost is a big thing.”

MARTA offi cials presented the plans

to Sandy Springs City Council on Oct. 1, and council members agreed a pro-posed Northridge station should be cut from the plan, according to city records.

“Th e plan shows a station being lo-cated at Northridge on the east side of Ga. 400,” city spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said in an email. “Councilman [John] Paulson spoke against having a station on the east side, where there is a school, offi ce and residential. He sug-gested extending along the west side.”

Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny said she did not agree that the station should be removed from the plan, but agreed that is should be west of Ga. 400.

“I agree with the council that it can-not be on the east side adjacent to sev-eral ‘protected neighborhoods,’” she said in an email. “But to pass on an oppor-tunity to have it on the west side is ludi-crous in the long run ... . Th e west side has commercial areas and infrastructure (sidewalks) connecting it to the many nearby apartments and Roswell Road.”

Th e Sandy Springs council did not take a formal vote on the proposal. Sid-ifall said additional public meetings could be scheduled soon. “Hopeful-ly, we’ll get some folks out from Dun-woody this time,” she said.

“We as Dunwoody and Sandy Springs need to talk to MARTA to get them to go

back to the [old] plan.”

– DON BOYKENCHAIRMAN OF THE DUNWOODY

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CalendarThe Dunwoody City Council usually meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Dunwoody City Hall located at 41 Perimeter Center East Suite No. 103.

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Plans for the 5-acre park in the Georgetown area include two playgrounds, an amphitheater, picnicking spots and a large, open fi eld.


Plans for a new 5-acre city park in-clude two playgrounds, an amphithe-ater, an area for picnicking and a large, open fi eld.

Brent Walker, city parks and recre-ation manager, said the planned park at Shallowford Road and Pernoshal Court was designed to off er a number of things residents said they wanted during public meetings to discuss the city’s parks and recreation programs.

“We’ve tried to squeeze all those de-sires into one concept design,” Walk-er told members of Dunwoody City Council during their Nov. 12 meeting. “We think we’ve hit all the buttons.”

Residents will have a chance to look over the plans and comment on them Nov. 19 during a city open house at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 4755 North Peachtree Road. Th e meeting begins at 7 p.m. A brief presentation on the develop-ment plans for the park is scheduled for 7:15 p.m, the city said in a press release.

Th e city said residents unable to at-tend the meeting may email comments on the park concept to [email protected].

Th e 5-acre park is part of the city’s Project Renaissance development, a project intended to provide public parks, housing and shops in the George-town area of the city.

Several council members welcomed the proposal, but some suggested tweaks. Councilman Denny Shortal asked how close the playing fi elds were to homes planed in the area. Told they were about 50 feet, Shortal said that might be too close. “Something has to be done to put in some type of sound barrier, a buff er,” he said.

Councilman John Heneghan sug-gested adding a basketball court. Th e park plan now includes a multi-use court which can be used for basketball and other sports.

And Councilman Doug Th ompson said the park should be a place for ac-tive recreation.

“I’m looking at this park as a place people go to play or to go sweat – sports, that sort of thing,” he said. “My fear is we will let this thing evolve more into a passive park. My vision is, ‘Let’s get out there and sweat.’”

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Metro Atlanta’s water problems could be addressed by striking a deal, allowing Chattanooga to claim a second Atlanta airport in return for water from the Ten-nessee River, Georgia Attorney Gener-al Sam Olens told Dunwoody business leaders.

“Sooner or later, we need to look at a second airport. Chattanooga wants to be that second airport. I’m interested in helping them be that second airport in return for one hell of a pipe into Geor-gia,” Olens said, answering a question on how Georgia could get a share of wa-ter from the Tennessee River to supple-ment the Chattahoochee River as metro Atlanta’s chief water supply.

Olens told the more than 75 cham-ber members attending the organiza-tion’s 2013 Fall Gala at LeeBrant Jew-elers on Nov. 7 that negotiations over water from the Tennessee River should be political, not legal, actions.

“Th is is a really good issue for a sec-ond-term governor, and it’s a really good issue for other state’s second-term gover-nor,” said Olens, who chaired the Cobb County Commission and the Atlanta Regional Commission before becoming attorney general.

Besides, he said, Georgia already was embroiled in lawsuits with South Caro-lina and Florida, so it might not be wise to engage in legal action against Tennes-see. “I need free passage to at least one state,” he joked.

Olens said enforcement of tougher state laws against “pill mills” is making a diff erence in Georgia.

Olens said that after Florida tight-ened its laws dealing with prescription drugs, problems spilled into Georgia. “We went from 10 to 140 pill mills in the course of two years in our state,” he said. “Th is was going right up the inter-state. It was drug dealing.”

Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens talks to members of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce at the chamber’s 2013 Fall Gala at LeeBrant Jewelers on Nov. 7.

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BY MELISSA [email protected]

Former DeKalb school board mem-ber Nancy Jester announced that she will run for Georgia school superinten-dent.

Jester, who represented Dunwoody and Brookhaven in District 1 for the DeKalb County Board of Education, said she is running to reform education in Georgia. She made her announce-ment Nov. 11 at Brook Run Park.

“More classroom, less bureaucracy. Th at’s what Georgians deserve and that’s what they’ll get from me,” Jester said.

Jester said she would like for Georgia to spend less money on administration. She said Georgia spends more per pu-pil than many neighboring states, such as Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas, yet has a lower high school graduation rate.

“Th at has to stop,” Jester said. “Bu-reaucrats do not teach children.”

Jester left the DeKalb school board in

March after she and four other school board members were suspended by Gov. Nathan Deal. Th e Southern Associa-tion of Colleges and Schools placed the DeKalb County School System on ac-creditation probation.

Jester says it was her own investiga-tion of the system’s budgeting practices that led to the accreditation agency’s in-volvement. “I’m really proud of my re-cord,” Jester said. “I uncovered fi nancial malfeasance in DeKalb.”

She said she was willing to sacrifi ce her seat on the school board because, “it wasn’t about me.”

“It demonstrates my commitment to telling the truth to taxpayers,” Jester said.

Republicans Richard Woods, Fitz Johnson and Matt Shultz are also running for the seat. State Rep. Alisha Th omas Morgan is the only Democrat in the race.

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Frances mosley, 12, and “amos,” enjoy the water at the Garden Hills Pool during the 28th annual

Peachtree Hills animal Hospital dog Swim on Sept. 15. members and non-members had a chance to splash

with their four-legged friends during the final swim of the 2013 season. More photos on page 8.

By Dan [email protected]

Parents of North Atlanta High students

are angry, confused and – above all – sus-

picious of the latest drama surrounding the

leadership at the school.Principal Howard Taylor was leaving,

but was enticed to stay when Atlanta Pub-

lic Schools officials offered him a promotion

to oversee the entire North Atlanta Clus-

ter. But the Board of Education on Sept.

17 wouldn’t vote to approve that promotion.

That last development came just before

a hastily arranged community meeting on

Sept. 17 at Garden Hills Elementary. As-

sociate Superintendent Steve Smith, Board

of Education Chairman Reuben McDaniel,

District 4 Board of Education member Nan-

cy Meister and Seat 7 Board of Education

member Courtney English were there to an-

swer questions, or at least try.One parent summed up the general senti-

ment of the NAHS community.

“What in the hell has happened here?”

she asked. “That’s the million-dollar question,”

Smith said. Taylor was not at the Garden Hills meet-

ing. Neither was Superintendent Erroll Da-

vis. Smith’s explanation, in a nutshell: Taylor

butted heads with central office staff at APS.

He couldn’t hire the teachers he wanted and

found the bureaucracy too burdensome.

“What Dr. Taylor has in a general sense

outlined to us was the inability to sometimes

choose his own personnel, meaning what

teachers would actually work in his facility,”

Smith said. “The other thing he would out-

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By Melissa WeinMan

[email protected]

The Silver Lake Civic Association is

not your typical neighborhood group.

Its activities include dredging and dam maintenance for a 28-

acre lake, and upkeep of the 80 acres of old growth forests

sur-

rounding it, said Kris M

iller, the association’s president.

“The lake today is an unbelievable natural resource,” Miller s

aid.

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“tea” pisaniello during the Food truck Roundup at Blackburn park on Sept. 11. the event also

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With leases on Brookhaven’s city office space and municipal

court set to expire D

ec. 31, officials are still on the hunt for a more

permanent facility for the city to call home.

When the city began operations in December 2012, officials

moved into two temporary offices, each with a one-year lease. C

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Drop itBonser ethics complaints

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Home aloneMayor Davis says ‘all types

of residences important’commuNity 8

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Ice, ice babyValyn Lekan, 2, left, gets an

icy cool down from addison

eckard, 8, while enjoying Food

truck thursdays at Brook Run

Park on Sept. 12. the two,

along with other members of

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By Joe [email protected]

The city redevelopment project known as Project Renaissance is

picking up momentum, city officials say.

On Sept. 9, the city sold six lots to the private developer work-

ing on the project, John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, so

the developer could begin work on the first residences it will build

in the 35-acre project, City Manager Warren Hutmacher told

members of Dunwoody City Council.

Also, the city is considering an early purchase of 19 of the acres

it has under contract in order save money on financing costs.

“The first two homes will start coming out of the ground in

By Joe [email protected]

Dunwoody residents soon may be able legally to keep more than

three pets and to practice certain kinds of home occupations.

Removing the limit on pets and adding rules allowing some

home businesses were among Dunwoody City Council’s most recent

tweaks to the city’s rewrite of its zoning and development regula-

tions. The rewrite, intended to make Dunwoody’s regulations reflect

the desires of city residents, has been under way since early last year.

After debate Sept. 17 that touched on residents’ reactions to jobs

such as teaching piano or giving swimming lessons, council members

seemed to endorse an idea to divide home occupations into three

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Council elections reveal divided city

Votes Percentage Turnout: # of votes cast % of registered voters

District 1, Post 1David Davis 49 3%Henly Shelton 609 39Denis Shortal (I) 906 58Total 1,568* 18%

District 2, Post 2William Mercier 154 7%Jim Riticher 1,137 52Heyward Wescott 887 41Total 2,179* 24%

District 3, Post 3Sam Eads 776 49%Doug Thompson 811 51Total 1,595* 20%

Total votes cast 5,342Total registered voters 25,863Overall turnout: 21%

*includes write-ins Source: DeKalb County Voter Registrations and Elections

Dunwoody votesHere are the results of the Nov. 5

Dunwoody City Council elections:

woody,” Thompson said. “I think the election showed the issues we’re dealing with are very close in citizens’ minds.”

Only about one in five of Dunwoody’s registered voters showed up at the polls to de-cide the three council seats up for election. But the election drew eight candidates for the three seats, including three newcomers who announced they would run together as a slate to oust sitting council members in a “clean sweep” of Dunwoody government.

The sharp divisions shown during the election campaign spilled over in Dunwoody City Council’s meeting Nov. 12. Shortal said “the negativ-ity in the last election was a little bit hard.”

“I think it’s time for all of us to get together,” Shortal said.

But Councilwoman Adri-an Bonser, who did not seek re-election to her District 2, Post 2 seat, said the election showed a large number of voters rejected “the elitists in the city.”

“It does not appear the ‘clean sweep’ candidates had much of an impact, but they did,” Bonser said. “Fifty-one percent of the voters voted against the status quo.”

On Nov. 5, “clean sweep” candidate Jim Riticher took 52 percent of the votes in the District 2, Post 2 race to claim that council seat over two oth-er candidates, Hey-ward Wescott and William A.J. Mer-cier.

Riticher and fel-low “clean sweep” candidates Hen-ly Shelton and Sam Eads said they wanted to change the direction of Dunwoody’s city government, which had produced loud complaints from residents who op-posed several city projects.

Residents op-posed to the city projects, including a proposal to re-build Dunwoody Village Parkway and a design for a multi-use trail in Brook Run Park, organized a group called Save Dunwoody, who attended city meetings and posted yard signs critical of the projects.

Riticher said he thought he could make a difference as the sole newcom-er on the council. “I can keep them on their toes,” Riticher said during a celebration party on Election Night. “We’ll try to shine lots of light.”

After the election, Save Dunwoody

member Jim Dickson said the vote to-tals “verify the continued disconnect between the Dunwoody City Council and Dunwoody residents.”

On Nov. 5 each council district was treated as a separate election, with voters within a district voting only on the seat representing that district. But Dickson, like Bonser, argued that add-ing all the votes cast together showed half the city’s residents cast their bal-lots for candidates who did not sup-port the city’s current direction.

“These election results are signifi-cant since the three coalition candi-dates were against the experienced politicians and others who make up the Dunwoody political establish-ment, the private club of insiders,” Dickson said.

But Thompson said he thought the election results meant city officials would continue in their current direc-tion. “I think Dun-woody will contin-

ue the course it’s on,” he said.But he said city officials will have

to pay closer attention to their constit-uents.

“Nobody is going to sit here and say we’ve got a real majority going for-ward,” Thompson said.

In the race for the District 1, Post 1 seat, Shortal collected the largest per-centage of votes cast of any of the can-didates. With 58 percent of the vote, he handily outpolled Shelton, who collected 39 percent, and the third

candidate in the race, David Davis, who received 3 percent.

After the votes were reported, Shortal said he planned to try to bring

the city together again. “My idea is to move forward ...,” Shortal said. “This is our city. We all need to stand to-gether.”

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PHOTOS BY JOE EARLE

At left, Councilman Denny Shortal and wife Meredy celebrate Shortal’s re-election to the District 1, Post 1 seat on City Council. At right, Lindsay Ballow, left, congratulates Councilman Doug Thompson on his re-election in District 3, Post 3.

“These election results are significant since the three coalition candidates were against the experienced

politicians and others who make up the Dunwoody

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Election NightOn Election Night, the three

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Top right, Councilman-elect Jim Riticher, one of the

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� e city of Dunwoody just � nished another city election, and residents selected representatives to occupy the three City Council seats up for election this year.

I congratulate all of the candidates who ran for o� ce. Win or lose, running a campaign is hard work. I personally know the election and campaign process is one which takes tremendous e� ort, drive and energy to undertake. I’d like to thank each of the candidates for their contributions and for work-ing to create a better Dunwoody.

I believe that by re-electing two incumbents and adding a new member to council this election has shown we are headed in the right direction, but we have more work to do.

Over the past 10 months and throughout the election cycle, many residents have made their voic-es heard on a number of projects and issues. Some of the issues and planned projects have brought varied levels of both support and resistance, which we as a City Council must listen to and address.

As city leaders, we must take the opportunity to continue our e� orts at engagement, and broaden our set of outreach and communications tools. What we want to encourage is interest in, and atten-dance at, our various public meetings and open assemblies to foster a better understanding of the kinds of projects and decisions being put forward.

A perfect example of engaging ideas and discussion with the public around a project was realized in creating the new Georgetown Park. � e city held public meetings, which not only amassed the various ideas and needs of what residents wanted from the new park, but those discussions guided the design and amenities which the park would contain when complete.

I realize a zoning code meeting (as compared to a brainstorming meeting around a new city park) may not appeal to every resident, as was evident by the dozen or so committed attendees who took part in the zoning code rewrite process. But it’s these types of opportunities the city will continue to host and promote which bring citizens to the table and help collectively struc-ture a vision for a better Dunwoody.

I don’t believe any city always reaches a complete consensus on direction of future projects or developments. Each citizen has their own opinion, and hopefully through ongoing participation in public meetings and town halls, residents can better under-stand what’s being created or implemented. � e opinions of the public were expressed in the voting booths and should contin-ue to be expressed to the elected representatives who are charged with the responsibility of bringing community needs and de-sires to reality.

Participatory engagement is part of the reason the city has continued to put forth e� orts for increased public involvement. � ese e� orts are found in initiatives such as the 2013 Citizen Pulse survey, multiple project open house events, email news alerts reaching more than 10,000 subscribers, site tours, information booths at community events, and more.

To further the opportunity for listening and engagement, we’ve established plans to conduct quarterly Town Hall events so we may expand and promote ongoing dialogue with residents.

What’s clear moving forward is that citizens have re-elected two incumbents and brought in a new council representative where a seat was being vacated. What’s also clear is now that the voters have spoken, it’s time to continue our focus as an elected body and set our e� orts to the work at hand.

We’ve got a better Dunwoody to create, and with the input and guidance from its citizens, it will be a great place for everyone.

Mike Davis is the mayor of Dunwoody.

Don’t trust expertsTo the editor:

Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis re-cently wrote an email response to a sup-porter of the dog park at Brook Run. � e dog park fan asked the mayor how he responds to con� icting reports by certi� ed arborists about the condition of the trees in the o� -leash dog park.

In his email, Mayor Davis stated, “One thing I’ve learned as mayor is to not trust the experts.” By making such a bold statement in regard to expert tes-timony, the mayor has made his deci-sion a personal one, and not one based on what is really good for the commu-nity. By stating that he doesn’t trust any of the expert testimony, he negates even the testimony of his own experts.

In the legal arena, experts are hired to challenge the opposing side’s position so that a balanced and fair decision can be made. � e city hired a tree expert to support the position of the City Coun-

cil. Two supporters of the dog park sim-ply hired experts to challenge Dun-woody’s experts. � e purpose was to provide expert opinion for both sides so that it would not be a one-sided debate.

Shouldn’t the city be given the op-portunity to see both sides of the ar-gument before making a decision that a� ects the city’s budget, the taxpayers’ dollars and the dogs and their owners, whose interests are involved? Both sides are presenting arguments so that the cit-izens can be informed.

� e mayor’s decision was based on his own admittedly non-expert obser-vations, including soil compaction, ero-sion and tree damage.

Soil compaction occurs when ground is trod upon. Is this why the city in-

stalled cement trails, so that the people walking them won’t compact the soil?

As to the tree damage, the only be-ings who are destroying trees are those hired by the city to chop down trees in order to make a concrete sidewalk. And more trees will be destroyed in order to create the new dog park. You must chop down trees so that the dogs won’t de-stroy them? Really? How does this make sense?

� e dog park association is the most proactive group of people I have ever known. � ey do not rely on city fund-ing for the upkeep of the park. � ey pay for and do the work of the park’s upkeep themselves. � ere are people out there tirelessly working on a vol-untary basis picking up waste, spread-ing ground cover (purchased with do-nations by dog park patrons), clearing walking paths throughout the park, and making sure the water stations are clean and in working order. Donations have paid for all the seating in the park (hand-made by devoted volunteers).

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The food truck fad appears to have found a comfortable home in the Atlan-ta suburbs.

Communities around metro Atlan-ta have reported that thousands of peo-ple have taken part in food truck events during the summer and fall in order to check out the trucks’ unique fare and so-cialize with neighbors.

This year, Dunwoody held a popular weekly event in Brook Run Park known as “Food Truck Thursdays.” Brookhaven liked the idea and followed suit with its “Food Truck Roundup” on Wednesdays in Blackburn Park.

Sandy Springs has offered food trucks during its ArtSSpring festival, and Buck-head is home to the Atlanta Food Truck Park on Howell Mill Road, where peo-ple can go to find food trucks any day of the week.

For those who’ve somehow missed them, food trucks are large vans outfitted as mobile res-taurants. They’re known for offering inexpensive, inter-national and upscale food – things like lamb burgers, Asian-style tacos or gourmet popsicles.

Bettie Cagle of Red Bird Events created Smyrna’s food truck event last year and was one of the organizers of Dun-woody’s Food Truck Thurs-days. Cagle said the food trucks bring something unique to the suburban com-munities.

“In town, there are events going on every day. The trucks are very available in the city,” Cagle said. “We’re giv-ing people a destination and

opportunity for a community event. I think that’s why it’s been so big. It’s been so much fun.”

When Cagle first pitched the idea of the Smyrna event, some of the food truck operators were skeptical, she said. But the crowds have been great since the first night.

“Now that we’ve seen that it works, there is no hesitation at all,” Cagle said. “This formula of great food and music and community is working all over met-ro Atlanta.”

In addition to the crowds, food trucks find it’s often easier to obtain permits to operate in smaller cities, Cagle said.

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very simple.”Brookhaven’s Communications Di-

rector Megan Matteucci said the city initially started the food truck programs this fall as a way to celebrate Brookhav-en’s parks.

“When we fi rst started them, we knew they were popular in other com-munities. But weren’t sure what kind of turnout we would have in Brookhav-en,” Matteucci said. “We’ve been over-whelmed by the turnout. Each night, the trucks served between 2,000 and 3,000 meals. We’re pretty happy with that.”

Matteucci said in addition to the food, Brookhaven off ered music and kids’ activities as a way to bring residents out to the park. Brookhaven held its last Food Truck Roundup of the season Oct. 30. Matteucci said the city is planning to continue the programs next year, be-ginning in the spring.

Bill Grossman, secretary of the Dun-woody Homeowners Association, said his organization is known for sponsor-ing popular seasonal community events like the city’s Fourth of July Parade and Light Up Dunwoody. Food truck nights off ered something diff erent each week from May through October.

“We started it off the last day of school with, I think, six trucks. We immediate-ly had a huge crowd the fi rst night. Th e only complaint we got was ‘the lines are too long, add more trucks,’” Grossman said.

Grossman said the events also attract-ed lots of young families and people he’d never seen at other Dunwoody gather-ings. Th e combination of the park, mu-sic and food seemed to work well, he said.

“When the weather’s nice and the musical act’s good, it’s almost magical,” Grossman said.

But city-sponsored food truck nights aren’t universally beloved. At Brookhav-en town hall meetings, some residents complained that the programs made traffi c worse on Ashford-Dunwoody Road. And some local businesses don’t like that the city is promoting the mo-bile restaurants that drive in from else-where.

Bill Brown, owner of Th ere Brookhav-en, said he thinks the city should sup-port local businesses, too.

“I’m not anti food truck,” Brown said. “I don’t look at it as competition at all. I’m old school, and I believe busi-ness gets business. However, if the city chooses something to support and pro-mote, there’s a lot of independent busi-

ness owners in the city that aren’t getting that kind of tweets and support.”

Cagle said she tries to fi nd ways to incorporate local businesses into the events. For example, in Duluth, she said, one of the Mexican restaurants has a table at the event to sell margaritas.

“We’re working to really promote lo-cal businesses as well as our events,” Ca-gle said. “I don’t want to come in and take someone else’s business. We’re fi nd-ing additional ways to promote the busi-nesses as well as allowing them to be part of our event.”

Cagle said she believes the best part of the food truck events is that they fos-ter a sense of community and encourage residents to get to know one another by spending the evening in the park.

“Th at’s what people are doing – they’re not grabbing food and leaving. Th ey’re making it a whole night event,” Cagle said.

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Jan Collins says the Sandy Springs Society began as a way to help historic preservation eff orts, but quickly turned into one of the community’s leading charitable organizations.

Over the last 25 years, the society has raised and contributed $2.5 million to local causes. One of their more high -profi le fundraising initiatives was plac-ing turtle statues throughout the city. Th e society has contributed to local arts, parks and schools.

Th e offi cial 25th anniversary of the society is in January.

“We hold fundraisers throughout the year and then we donate,” society Pub-lic Relations Chairwoman Julie Johnson said. “We have people apply for grants and we have a group that vets those.”

Th e $2.5 million fi gure might seem paltry compared with the donations of some other charities, but the society is an all-volunteer group of women. “Ev-erything that we make is given back to the community,” Collins said.

Collins, who is the mother of Sandy Springs Councilman Chip Collins, was one of the group’s founding members. Th e group organized in 1988 and settled on a 100-member limit, all women. Th e group took in members by invitation only. It still is all women and invita-tion only, though the membership ranks have grown to more than 300 members to meet the community’s needs.

“We were looking for community leaders, people who had a proven track record of interest in the community and leadership,” Collins said. “We had 109

people that wanted to join. Th at took care of it.”

Society President Kate Dalba said the group still gives 35 percent of its pro-ceeds to Heritage Sandy Springs.

“We branched out and felt like we re-ally wanted to provide for those in need in Sandy Springs,” Dalba said.

Dalba said in some respects the growth was unavoidable. Many of the group’s members were married to local doctors, she said.

“Northside Hospital’s foundation was the fi rst big supporter of our foun-dation. We had so many physicians’ wives, and that gave us a real foot in the door,” Dalba said. “Th at’s been a great relationship.”

City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny, who is returning to private life at the end of this year, joined the so-ciety in 2009.

McEnerny said the society’s im-pact has been more than philanthrop-ic. Having so many infl uential women working together helped shape the com-munity, even before Sandy Springs was offi cially a city, she said.

“We created a sense of place, a sense of community,” McEnerny said.

Dalba said one of the society’s goals for its 25th year is to remind people about the nonprofi t’s presence in the community.

“My biggest push this year is to get the area to know about our organiza-tion,” Dalba said. “With 306 members at the moment, we do quite a bit to help Sandy Springs.”

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Local food banks said that the loss of food stamp benefi ts provided by govern-ment stimulus money will make it hard-er to keep their pantries full.

On Nov. 1, a temporary increase in spending on the federal Supplemen-tal Nutrition As-sistance Program – more common-ly known as food stamps – expired, according to the nonpartisan Cen-ter on Budget and Policy Priorities. Th e federal government had increased spending in 2009 as part of a stimulus program intended to improve the econ-omy.

CBPP estimates the end of the in-crease will mean the state of Georgia will receive $210 million less from the SNAP program, aff ecting about 2 mil-lion Georgia residents. Th at means more families will be turning to food banks for help, food bank operators say.

In fact, demand for services from food banks in Sandy Springs, Dun-woody, Buckhead and Brookhaven started rising in anticipation of the cuts taking eff ect.

Tamara Carrera, executive director of the Community Assistance Center that serves Sandy Springs and Dunwoody, said some of the center’s clients will lose funding for a week’s worth of food.

“When just the threats of the cuts were happening in August, we went from 550 families per month to 830 families per month,” Carrera said. “It jumped almost 300 families.”

Carrera said she expects November’s numbers will be higher than 830 fam-ilies.

Helen Cunningham, executive di-rector of the Buckhead Christian Min-istry, said the group has seen a 10 per-cent jump in demand. Cunningham said since 2009 the ministry’s food bank has distributed 1,500 to 1,700 bags of food each month.

“We’re doing 1,800 to 2,000 bags a month, and I anticipate that to grow further as the food stamps expire,” she said.

Stanley Rose with the Suthers Cen-ter for Christian Outreach in Chamblee said the center is seeing a 50 percent in-crease in clients each week.

“We’re giving out 50 to 55 pounds of food,” Rose said. “We’re going through a hell of a lot of food.”

Food banks said they are asking the public to help them keep up with the in-crease in demand for their services.

“People are not back where they need to be, so it’s causing problems,” Rose said.

Here’s how you can help:- Th e Suthers Center accepts do-

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center is located at 3550 Broad Street, Suite F, Chamblee, 30341. For more information, visit www.sutherscenter.com.

- Buckhead Christian Minis-try accepts donations from 10 a.m. to

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 2847 Piedmont Road, Atlanta, 30305.

You can also make a fi nancial donation through the website. A $25

donation feeds a family of four for one week, Cunningham said. To learn more, visit http://buckheadchristianministry.org.

- Th e Community Assistance Center accepts food pantry donations at the following times:

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Fridays, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.First and second Saturdays of the

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Outdoor Club about a year ago. He was hooked after his fi rst outing with the club, which included stargazing through telescopes, and now fi nds the club’s trips contribute to his exercise program.

“I was walk-ing some, but not enough to be con-sidered a good workout,” said the 61-year-old fi -nancial advisor, who lives in San-dy Springs. “I now go on at least three good strenu-ous hikes a week. I am in much better physical condition than before.”

Th e AOC isn’t just about hik-ing. Members say they enjoy a health-ful addiction to a range of outdoor events such as kaya-king, camping, cav-ing and canoeing. And through the club, which is open to people 21 and older, they fi nd plac-es to hike, bike, camp or canoe from the banks of the Chattahoochee to faraway sites in places in Africa or New Zealand.

Since 2001, the all-volunteer AOC has organized more than 6,000 events around the world – it sponsored 18 on a single day in 2012, according to its website – and has enrolled some 15,000 members, always free of charge.

Allston Kendall of Buckhead joined

in 2010. “I was working 50 to 60 hours a week as part of the management team of a startup company, which was very stressful,” the 41-year-old said. “I want-ed to achieve a better balance between work and life, especially because I was

usually too tired by the evening/weekend to real-ly do much. AOC’s been instrumental in helping me keep my perspective on what’s truly impor-tant in life.”

Kendall has changed jobs since, has become an AOC trip lead-er, and is planning a horseback riding event and an eight-day safari in Tanza-nia.

Closer to home, she’s discovered new places for outdoor activities through the club.

“I had no idea what a wealth of natural resources and parks were available within a short dis-tance of Atlanta. I have a far greater ap-preciation and interest in Georgia’s riv-ers, parks and mountains,” she said.

Th e AOC club ranks its activities by diffi culty on a D-1 to D-5 scale, with 5 being the hardest. Kendall continues to set new goals for herself. “I want to eventually get in shape enough to sign up for and do a D-5 hike/trip and not worry about slowing down the group,”

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Lisa Marie Maldonado, a member of the Atlanta Outdoor Club since 2008, has logged 210 events in that time. She credits the organization with developing her self-esteem and getting her out of her “small bubble.”

Isabella Kujawa, a yoga instructor, became a part of AOC after she moved to Atlanta. She wanted to explore the area and meet others who shared her interest in the outdoors.

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2011. Th e Sandy Springs yoga instruc-tor wanted to explore the area, especially the outdoors, and fi nd other people who shared her interests.

“I became part of an organization (AOC) that I believed in, and it made it easier to socialize in the outdoor setting in which I felt more comfortable,” Kuja-wa said.

Like Kendall, she derives extra enjoy-ment from being a trip leader. “Learn-ing that everyone’s perception of how active or capable they are is quite dif-ferent from reali-ty. It’s rewarding to expose others to the beauty of the out-doors and witness people accomplish-ing something they didn’t think they could, such as hik-ing 12 miles,” she added.

Lisa Marie Mal-donado may be the consummate mem-ber, having logged 210 AOC events since 2008.

Th e 47-year-old Buckhead resident credits the AOC experience for develop-ing self-esteem that landed her a fl ight attendant job at AirTran Airways.

“My personality was shy and re-served. I began with small hikes. I have now climbed many major mountains in this country and the world. I have to-tally come out of my small bubble and even took over as president of the club

for a few years,” she said.In addition, Maldonado is current-

ly the club’s director-at-large and a trip leader who searches for unique desti-nations to explore. Her outdoor club adventures have resulted in passport stamps from Mexico, Peru and Spain. She has been caught in bad weather out-breaks and had all kinds of equipment mishaps.

“I have chal-lenged my body and mind by par-ticipating in events that I considered to be too far outside my ability. I have felt the full impact of how the club has changed my life,” she said.

Th ey have all en-joyed positive life changes, but Vo-gel, Kendall, Kuja-wa and Maldonado agree on one over-arching AOC qual-ity.

As Kendall puts it: “Despite an in-credibly diverse set of backgrounds, we all come together with the similar in-terest of enjoying the outdoors and each other’s compa-

ny.” Dave Vogel relies on that camara-

derie to spur him further. “It’s a won-derful club with great people and great leadership,” he said. “Th ere is some magic about the club that makes it special.”

For more information, visit www.at-lantaoutdoorclub.com.

Dave Vogel says the AOC has some magic about it that makes it special. Vogel was hooked on the club after his fi rst outing, and now fi nds their trips contribute to his exercise program.Members enjoy hiking, camping, caving, canoeing and other outdoor activities, as well as outdoor events close to home and around the globe. The all-volunteer group has organized more than 6,000 world-wide events since 2001.

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Artists’ MarketFriday, Nov. 22, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. – Th e Work of Our Hands Artists’ Market celebrates its 11th anniversary at the Cathedral of St. Philip. Mar-ket features over 80 local and regional artists of-fering fi ne art, folk art and crafts, including paint-ings, glass, fabric and wood art, pottery, jewelry, sculptures, etc. in a variety of price ranges. Free admission. Event continues Saturday, Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 24, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 2744 Peachtree Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-365-1000 or visit: http://workofhands.com for more details.

Christmas TreesSaturday, Nov. 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. – Th e Buckhead Optimist Club off ers Christmas trees for sale! A Buckhead/Brookhaven tradition for over 20 years, all proceeds go to children’s charities such as the Brookhaven Boys and Girls Club, Si-mon Youth Foundation, foster care support and the truancy intervention pro-gram. Trees, $30-$150, and wreaths, $25 and up, are Frazier fi rs, fresh from western N.C. Sale hours: weeknights, 5-9 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Lot remains open un-til all trees are gone. Next to the fi re station, 721 Phipps Blvd., Atlanta, 30326, back entrance to Phipps Plaza. Contact Susan Frierson at 404-261-0375 or via email: [email protected] with questions.

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Baby Sign LanguageTuesday, Nov. 19, 6-8 p.m. – Sign-ing to your baby can reduce frustra-tion for both you and your baby. It gives babies the abil-ity to express them-

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Cancer Care� ursday, Nov. 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Th e Cancer Support Community of Atlanta invites cancer patients and their loved ones to a free work-shop that provides a practical guide to navigating the numerous and complex challenges of manag-ing the cost of cancer care. Dinner provided. RSVP to 404-843-1880. 5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Building C, Suite 225, Atlanta, 30342. Visit: www.cscatlanta.org for more information.

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Saturday, Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Th e Atlanta Tinni-tus Support Group wel-comes Stephen Nagler, M.D., F.A.C.S. as he dis-cusses living without tin-nitus, outlines practical steps for overcoming tinnitus, and provides gen-eral views on the direction of current and future tinnitus research. Free and all are welcome. Dun-woody Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. To learn more, contact Erica at [email protected].

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Thanksgiving Stories Tuesday, Nov. 19, 10:15 a.m. – Toddlers and preschoolers will enjoy special stories about Th anksgiving Day and being thankful. Lesson for toddlers age 1 at 10:15 a.m.; toddlers age 2 at 11 a.m.; and preschoolers ages 3-5 at 11:45 a.m. Free and open to the community. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. To fi nd out more, email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3500.

Be ThankfulSaturday, Nov. 23, 3-4 p.m. – Saturday story time, with some help from Ms. Leah, of-fers up a fun, seasonal tale, and related activities for the whole family. Sign up required and start-ed Aug. 31. Space is limited. Free and open to the public. For preschool and elementary school youth. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Story Time Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, San-dy Springs, 30328. To ask questions or to register, email: [email protected] or call 404-303-6130.

Nature Fun Monday, Nov. 25, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. –Join others at the Dunwoody Nature Center for two days of fun and adventure, learning to appreci-ate all that nature has to off er. Enjoy nature-themed crafts, activities, games and outdoor play as you ex-plore the habitats of Dunwoody Park. Camp contin-ues on Tuesday, Nov, 26, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Limit-ed to 30 campers. Full-day camp for K-5th graders; half-day camp for pre-schoolers. Full-day camp: members, $90; non-members, $100. Half-day camp: members, $55: non-members, $65. Register at www.dunwoodynature.org/Th anksgiving-Break-Camp. 5343 Roberts Dr., Dunwoody, 30338. To learn more, call 770-394-3322.

Craft DaysMonday, Nov. 25, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. –Get crafty at the Chattahoochee Nature Center during Th anksgiving break! Reuse and recycle items to make fun, take-home projects. Diff erent crafts each day. Continues Tuesday, Nov. 26, and Wednesday, Nov. 27, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. For ages 4 and up. Included with the cost of general admis-sion, $10 adults; $7 seniors and students (ages 13 -18); $6 children ages 3-12; children 2 and un-der are free. 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075. Call 770-992-2055 for more information or go to: www.chattanaturecenter.org.

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Trombone Concert Tuesday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. – Ed Nicholson performs on trombone at the Georgia Perime-ter College -Dunwoody campus. Free and open to the community. No tickets or reservations required. In the auditorium, NC 1100, 2101 Womack Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more in-formation, call 678-891-3572 or go to: www.gpc.edu.

Georges BraqueWednesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m. – Renee Maurer, assistant curator of Th e Phillips Col-lection in Washington D.C., discusses “Georg-es Braque: Paintings and Prints.” $5; free for Oglethorpe University Museum members or with a Petrel Pass. 4484 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. For more information go to: museum.oglethorpe.edu or call 404-364-8555.

Swingin’ SantasSunday, Dec. 1, 4-5 p.m. – Jazz sing-er Francine Reed and Th e Brent Runnels Trio present a program of swinging Christmas tunes in conjunction with the Oglethorpe Universi-ty Museum of Art exhibition of Haddon Sun-dblom’s Santa paintings. $10 admission; free for OUMA members and with a Petrel Pass. In the OU Museum of Art Skylight Gallery, 4484 Peachtree Rd., Brookhaven, 30319. For addi-tional information go to: museum.oglethorpe.edu or call 404-364-8555.

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Marguerite Oberg, now 91 years old, recently retired from the hospital fl ower shop after 40 years of volunteer ser-vice. She began volunteer-ing at Saint Joseph’s in 1973, when the hospital was located in downtown Atlanta, and es-tablished its fi rst fl ower shop. She has served as its volunteer director ever since.

“Because of her years of dedication and service to the hospital, naming the fl ow-er shop after Marguerite is a special way we can honor her work and her commitment to the hospital, its patients, and staff ,” Marcia Schwefl er, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital Auxiliary president, said in a press release.

For decades, Oberg drove to a wholesale fl ower shop in downtown Atlanta once a week to select the roses, lilies, carnations and other fl owers to be arranged by the vol-unteers in the hospital’s gift shop. She was the subject of a “Making a Diff erence” ar-ticle in Reporter Newspapers in 2011.

“I loved my work at the hospital fl ower shop for the 40 years I was there, and am touched the shop has been named after me,” Oberg said. “It takes a team of dedicated ladies to produce the amount of fl ower arrangements we did for all those years, and we made a great team.”

Dunwoody honors teenagers as heroesDunwoody city offi cials recently cited three teenage lifeguards as heroes for saving

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Labyrinths provide peace, focus, releaseBY JOE EARLE

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Th e name itself makes them seem old. Ancient, real-ly. Like something pre-Christian, something that might be unearthed among long-lost ruins.

But labyrinths – wandering pathways like the one Greek myths say Daedalus devised to imprison the monstrous Minotaur – are in the midst of a modern renewal.

For the last couple of decades, labyrinths based on a medieval model have cropped up at church-es, retreats, private homes, even health-care institutions across the country and across Georgia and north metro Atlanta. Th ey’re catch-ing on with the faithful as a way to momentarily escape the distrac-tions of modern life.

Mary Caroline Cravens of Buckhead, president of St. Mon-ica’s Guild at the Cathedral of St. Philip, said she’s found an “amaz-ing release” walking labyrinths. “You feel refreshed. Rejuvenated. Lighter. Calmer,” she said. “I think it’s because you’re leaving whatever burden it was [you brought in with you] in God’s hands.”

Labyrinths are made to be walked. Th ey are patterns laid out on the fl oor or the ground. One of the fi rst things labyrinth fans say is that the winding pathways are not mazes. Mazes are puzzles meant to be solved. Th ey sometimes off er several solutions. A person in a

maze is trying to escape. A labyrinth off ers only a single path. A person in a labyrinth follows that path to the center, then back out again.

“In a maze, you’re looking for a way out,” said Th e Rev. Beth Knowlton, canon for liturgy and prayer at

the Cathedral of St. Philip in At-lanta. “[A labyrinth] is about a loss of control. If I’m having a crazy day, it’s a good way to calm down.”

Th e journey, labyrinth fans say, is what matters.

“It is a form of meditation,” Cra-vens said. “Whether you’re reading a poem or just thinking, I think it’s a form of meditation.”

Recent renewal of interest in lab-yrinths grew from the rediscovery of one set into the fl oor at Chartres Cathedral in France, Knowlton and others said, and many modern lab-yrinths are based on the Chartres design. Th ere is some thought laby-rinths might have been used in the Middle Ages to symbolically mim-

ic pilgrimages to Jerusalem or other holy sites at a time when such religious trips were considered important signs of faithfulness.

Recent interest in walking labyrinths has a diff erent intent. It’s about focus.

“I think it gives people a way to quiet themselves,” Knowlton said. “I think we live in an increasingly busy

age, when people are frenetic. People are longing for si-lence. Th e labyrinth .... You just walk it.”

Knowlton sees the labyrinth as a meditation aid. “It’s about fi nding your own peace,” she said. “It’s real-

The Rev. Beth Knowlton pauses at the center of the labyrinth inside a building the Cathedral of St. Philip.

“It is a form of meditation. Whether you’re reading a poem or just thinking,

I think it’s a form of meditation.”

– MARY CAROLINE CRAVENS PRESIDENT OF ST. MONICA’S

GUILD, THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. PHILIP

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ly good for centering people.”Th e Rev. Alison Schultz, associate rector at Holy In-

nocents’ Episcopal Church in Sandy Springs, agrees a labyrinth serves as a tool for meditation. Her church recently installed a grass-and-brick labyrinth in a me-morial garden outside the main church building. “If we can relax, we might all feel better,” she said.

Whatever the reason people fi nd for using laby-

rinths, the winding paths are catching on. Th e inter-national Labyrinth Society’s webpage [labyrinthsociety.org] counts 75 in Georgia, including eight in Atlan-ta, and 25 others in metro communities scattered from Chamblee to Morrow. Th e website lists Georgia laby-rinths at Episcopal, Lutheran and Presbyterian church-es.

St. Philip’s Cathedral actually has two labyrinths.

One, painted on canvas, can be spread out inside a church hall. Th e other, made with stone pavers, was installed this year in a garden just across a parking lot from the main building on Peachtree Road. Th e outdoor setting allows the stone labyrinth to be used at any time of day.

Knowlton said some walk the cathe-dral’s labyrinths regularly. “It becomes an important part of some people’s spiritual experience,” she said.

She regularly walks the labyrinth her-self. “I feel less distracted after I do it,” Knowlton said. “It makes me slow down.”

Schultz says something about walking a labyrinth, something in the repetition of the walkway and in the walking itself, calms a user. She thinks that’s why laby-rinths have cropped up in various cultures over thousands of years. “Something about our participation in that does something with the neurons in our brains,” she said. “I don’t know the physiology of it, but I know the impact of it.”

Schultz said she’s seen people react in various ways while walking labyrinths. Some match their breathing to their steps. Some walk slowly, others more quickly. Some repeat psalms or prayers.

“I do it with no intentions, to see what feelings come,” she said. “You’ll fi nd a lot of people cry-ing about halfway through. You can feel very vulnera-ble, because you’ve made yourself open to it.”

Yielding control of her walk to the labyrinth can al-low her to focus her thoughts. “I can’t get lost in a laby-rinth,” she said. “I don’t have to think about where I’m going. I can just be there.”

PHOTOS BY JOE EARLE

At left, pavers outline the outdoor labyrinth’s walkways at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Buckhead. Right, The Rev. Alison Schultz proudly shows off the grass-and-

brick labyrinth outside Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Sandy Springs.

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Dog park advocates pack council meeting Who’s an expert?

Th e dog park regulars have proven time and time again that they are self-suffi cient and re-sponsible. And, part of their argument against relocation is the desire to save taxpayers’ mon-ey!

Volunteers in the dog park recognize that the city has to spend the budget money now in order to get more money in the future. Th at fact about government spending is not lost on this group. All that the dog park regulars are asking is that the city of Dunwoody consid-er its opposition with logic. If the money has been allocated for parks and recreation spend-ing, then use it for parks and recreation. Th e dog park regulars are not refusing city money. Th ey simply believe that the money can be bet-ter allocated.

Keep the dog park where it is, away from a high-traffi cked area of Brook Run where there are more automobiles and foot traffi c to distract and alarm the dogs, cause escape, or worse. Keep the dog park where it is, where trees provide shelter as well as pleasure. Keep the dog park where it is, where no trees have died due to the ground being compacted or de-stroyed by digging or erosion.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8in the park,” he said. “I take my book and I read my book, and I can look out at the vista through the dog park and it’s beautiful. And my dog walks around.

“I don’t call it a ‘dog park.’ It’s a people park, and people go and take their dogs.”

Th e park now is in a heavily wood-ed area of Brook Run. Dunwoody city offi cials plan to relocate it to about 2 ½ acres that includes both wooded ar-eas and open fi eld, city Parks and Rec-reation Manager Brent Walker said. Th e new dog park will be located nearer the entrance to Brook Run and close to the skate park.

Th e supporters of the existing park argued the new park will take away shade and expose them and their dogs to the summer sun. One told council members that the new park “won’t be used for a good portion of the year be-cause of the sun.”

“You don’t fi nd many other dog parks around the nation that are shaded like this,” Sha-ron Absaloff told the council. “It’s a great place.”

City offi cials say they want to move the dog park, in part, because its long-term use as a dog park damages trees in the area.

Th e new park will have two acres set aside for large dogs and a smaller area for small dogs, Walker said. Th e

portion used by the large dogs will open an acre at a time, changing periodically to protect the park, he said.

Walker said he intended to rotate park usage so shady areas of the park would be used in the summer and open areas used during the winter.

Walker said the city had budgeted $195,000 for the new park. Th e city now is seeking bids for the work, he said.

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Brookhaven drops Century Center annexation fightBY MELISSA WEINMAN

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After a group of county residents decisively voted to bring their area into the city of Chamblee, Brookhav-en City Council has decided to end its fight to annex the Century Center of-fice complex.

At a Nov. 12 meeting, Brookhaven City Council approved a resolution to discontinue funding for an appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court. Also in its resolution, the City Council asked Chamblee to drop its lawsuit against Brookhaven over the Century Center property.

“After thoughtful deliberation on this important issue, we decided that Highwoods Properties can continue its own course as they see fit. How-ever, we won’t be funding the cur-rent appeal,” Davis said. “We would like to congratulate the new citizens of Chamblee. We hope to see the entire northeast corridor of DeKalb munici-palized because we believe it’s best for the region.”

For months, the cities of Brookhav-en and Chamblee have been wrangling over who has the right to annex Cen-tury Center, a large commercial prop-erty near the intersection of Clairmont

Road and I-85.After Highwoods Properties,

the owners of Century Center, ap-plied for annexation into Brookhav-en, Brookhaven City Council voted Oct. 8 to bring the property into the city. But Century Center was already drawn into the General Assembly’s lo-cal act establishing the Chamblee an-nexation referendum.

The two cities went to court, and DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Tangela Barrie ruled that Brookhaven could only annex the property if the Nov. 5 Chamblee referendum failed.

After the referendum was approved, state legislators put pressure on the Brookhaven City Council to give up the Century Center fight.

Reps. Mary Margaret Oliver and Scott Holcomb sent a letter to the City Council members. And Rep. Mike Ja-cobs, R-Brookhaven, said he called the mayor and council asking them to re-spect the outcome of the Chamblee referendum.

“We had a referendum on [Nov. 5] and the voters rendered a deci-sive verdict in favor of being annexed into Chamblee. As Brookhaven citi-

zens who sought our own incorpora-tion approximately a year and a half ago, I would hope that we would re-spect the decision of the citizens who have voted to annex into Chamblee,” Jacobs said. “Furthermore, it is crit-ically important for the future of north DeKalb that these two cities — Chamblee and Brookhaven — be able to work together. Each day that pass-es with Brookhaven’s participation in this lawsuit, from here forward, only jeopardizes that very important work-ing relationship.”

Jim Bacchetta, vice president of Highwoods Properties Atlanta Divi-sion, said Highwoods would have pre-ferred to join the city of Brookhaven.

“Folks who voted certainly de-serve the right to vote and determine their future and whether or not they want to be in Chamblee. As you know, we’re a corporate citizen, so we had no vote [Nov. 5]. But we cast our vote when we applied for annexation into Brookhaven and that’s what we want-ed, obviously,” Bacchetta said.

In 2012, the Chamblee annexation referendum failed by a razor-thin mar-gin. Acknowledging ballot issues, leg-islators gave residents a second chance and put the annexation measure back before voters in 2013, where it was ap-

proved by more than 60 percent.Elmer Veith of Citizens for Cham-

blee, the group that advocated for the Chamblee annexation, said he thinks voters overwhelmingly approved the measure this time around because they recognized the impending changes in their region.

The portion of DeKalb County be-low the annexation area, just south of I-85, is in a state of political upheaval. Several groups are vying to create cit-ies in the area.

“They realize another city is go-ing to form on the other side of I-85,” Veith said. “They realized it was time to make a choice and have some con-trol over how the area is going to move forward.”

Though the annexation referendum was driven by residents in the Dres-den East area, Chamblee officials have championed the effort.

Chamblee Mayor Eric Clark-son said he thinks the approximately 11,000 new residents will strengthen the city of Chamblee.

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

curate.

BURGLARY 400 block of Perimeter Center Terrace –

A burglary to a non-residence, without using forced entry, resulted in the theft of two lap-tops, and was reported on Oct. 25.

2200 block of Dunwoody Crossing – A burglary to a residence, without using forced entry, resulted in the theft of two TVs, a cell-phone and a laptop, and was reported on Oct. 27.

1900 block of Huntington Hall Court – A burglary to a residence, without using forced entry, was reported on Oct. 29.

5500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – An attempted burglary to a non-residence, using forced entry, was reported on Oct. 29.

4600 block of N. Shallow-ford Road– A bur-glary to a non-residence, using forced entry, was reported on Oct. 30.

AUTO THEFT 4600 block of Peachtree Place Parkway –

Theft of an auto was reported on Oct. 27.

6300 block of Madison Drive – Theft of an auto was reported on Oct. 29.

THEFT/LARCENY 4600 block of Olde Perimeter Way – Enter-

ing an auto was reported on Oct. 25.

2100 block of North Forest Trail – A larce-ny of a catalytic converter from a vehicle was reported on Oct. 25.

4600 block of N. Peachtree Road – A larceny of a cellphone was reported on Oct. 25.

100 block of Perimeter Cen-ter Place – Shoplifting of a vac-uum cleaner, bath mat and oth-er household goods was reported on Oct. 25.

200 block of Perimeter Center Parkway – A larceny of a GPS from a ve-hicle was reported on Oct. 25; a larceny of a cellphone and radar detector from a vehicle was reported on Oct. 25; a larceny of a GPS, checkbook, jewelry and cameras from a ve-hicle was reported on Oct. 25; a larceny of cookware and a GPS from a vehicle was re-ported on Oct. 25.

4600 block of Kings Down Road – A lar-ceny of parts from a vehicle was reported on Oct. 25.

4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on Oct. 26; a larce-ny of a laptop and cellphone from a vehicle was reported on Oct. 28; shoplifting was re-ported on Oct. 28.

4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road –Shoplifting of clothing was reported on Oct. 27.

1000 block of Crown Pointe Parkway – A larceny of sunglasses, a briefcase and a cell-phone from a vehicle was reported on Oct. 27; two larcenies of laptops from vehicles were reported on Oct. 28; a larceny of two handguns from a vehicle was reported on Oct. 28; a larceny of a backpack from a vehi-cle was reported on Oct. 28.

300 block of Perimeter Center North – Two larcenies of parts from vehicles were report-ed on Oct. 29.

1st block of Perimeter Cen-ter East – A larce-ny from a building was reported on Oct. 28.

7100 block of Madison Drive – A larceny from a

building was reported on Oct. 29.

1200 block of Hammond Drive – A larce-ny from a building was reported on Oct. 29.

100 block of Perimeter Center West –Shop-lifting of a cellphone was reported on Oct. 29.

4500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road –Shoplifting of clothing was reported on Oct. 29.

ASSAULT 6700 block of Peachtree Industrial

Boulevard – Simple assault/battery was reported on Oct. 26.

5200 block of Wynter-creek Way – Simple assault/bat-tery was reported on Oct. 26.

4800 block of Cam-bridge Drive – Family battery/

simple battery was reported on Oct. 29.

5500 block of Trowbridge Drive – Family battery/simple battery was reported on Oct. 29.

FRAUD 5400 block of Azalea Garden Drive –Fraud

was reported on Oct. 25.

5300 block of Tilly Mill Road – Fraud through impersonation was reported on Oct. 25.

1st block of Perimeter Center East –Fraud was reported on Oct. 25; swindle was report-ed on Oct. 29.

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4600 block of N. Peachtree – A larceny of a cellphone

er household goods was reported

200 block of Perimeter Center – A larceny of a GPS from a ve-

6700 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard was reported on Oct. 26.

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Oct. 29.

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1600 block of Withmere Way –Fraud was reported on Oct. 28.

1660 block of Mount Vernon Road – Check forgery was reported on Oct. 28.

1200 block of Hammond Drive – Forgery was reported on Oct. 28.

5300 block of Brooke Ridge Drive –Fraud was reported on Oct. 29.

OTHER 5000 block of Vernon Springs Drive

– A civil dispute was reported on Oct. 25.

1st block of Perimeter Center East – A civil dispute was reported on Oct. 25.

1300 block of Dunwoody Gables Drive – A civil dispute was reported on Oct. 25.

4400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Harassing communications were reported on Oct. 27.

100 block of Perimeter Center West – Disorderly conduct was reported on Oct. 27.

5500 block of Trowbridge Drive – Harassing communications were report-ed on Oct. 27.

100 block of Perimeter Center East – Disorderly under the infl uence was re-ported on Oct. 29.

AEDs enable police offi cers to save livesBY MELISSA WEINMAN

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When medical emergencies happen, sometimes it’s a police offi cer who re-sponds fi rst. So, many police cars are now equipped with Automatic External Defi brillators, which offi cers can use to resuscitate a person who’s gone into car-diac arrest.

“Th ey’re already out patrolling the neighborhoods. A lot of the times, they’re in the area closer, and able to be on the scene faster than an ambulance and EMS,” said Brookhaven Police Lt. Brandon Gurley.

Brookhaven is hoping to put AEDs into each of its police cars. A group called the Friends of Brookhaven is working to raise $65,000 to buy the units in time for the city’s fi rst birthday Dec. 17.

“Th is was one of the fi rst things we discussed in our equipment needs, even-tually being able to purchase AEDs for all patrol cars,” Gurley said of the de-partment, which offi cially came online July 31. “Having Friends of Brookhaven step in to minimize costs for the city has been outstanding,” Gurley said.

Brookhaven’s neighboring cities, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs, already have their police cars equipped with the units.

Bob Lundsten, chief of staff for

DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer, has helped organize the eff orts to bring AEDs to the police departments in Dunwoody and Brookhaven.

“Eleven years ago, my wife suff ered a sudden cardiac arrest and there were no AEDs avail-able. It took the paramedics and emergency personnel 47 minutes to restore a normal heart beat,” Lundsten said. “Th e lives of my daughters were changed forever. Had there been an AED on site, her quali-ty of life would be dramatically diff er-ent today.”

Gurley said when someone suff ers a heart attack, every second counts. “Sta-tistics show the fi rst fi ve minutes being a crucial time to begin applying an AED to an individual’s chest to apply shocks and put the heart back in rhythm,” Gurley said.

For every minute that someone’s heart does not beat on its own, the chance of recovery declines by 10 percent, Lundsten said.

“I think we have three saves by the use of AEDs and we’ve deployed them multiple other times,” said Dunwoody Offi cer Tim Fecht. “Th e fact that we’ve had three saves, that justifi es the budget any day in my opinion.”

Lundsten said he wants Brookhaven offi cers to be prepared, too.

“First responder programs have saved lives in the city of Chamblee and the city of Dunwoody where their police depart-ments have AEDs in all police vehicles. AEDs will save lives in Brookhaven as well,” Lundsten said.

Sandy Springs police Capt. Steve Rose said along with fi rst aid kits, AEDs allow police cars to be eff ective fi rst re-

sponder vehicles. ‘Th ey’re a good tool. I don’t even

know what the expense is, but it’s mon-ey well spent. All you have to do is inter-cept one victim that’s going into cardiac arrest and bring them back and it’s paid for itself twofold,” Rose said.

Gurley said AEDs are simple to use. “AEDs are designed to be used by individ-uals with no training to use them,” Gur-ley said. “It analyzes the patient’s heart. If it’s beating the way it should be, it will not send a shock.”

Rose said offi cers encounter all sorts of situations where they need to step in, like drug overdoses,

choking victims and injuries from traffi c accidents. “You just drive up on stuff all the time,” Rose said.

He said when the Sandy Springs de-partment was created, offi cers decided they wanted to purchase AEDs for the cars.

“We were putting together a depart-ment, and part of that process was ‘what do we want in a patrol car?’” Rose said. “AEDs were right along with that fi rst line of what we wanted in the cars. It was a priority.”

Friends of Brookhaven are still look-ing for donations to meet their goal by Dec. 17. To donate, go to www.friend-sofbrookhaven.com.

DIXIE MEDICAL

Automatic External Defi brillators, like this one, have been used by Dunwoody Police offi cers to save lives. A group of Brookhaven residents is raising money to buy AEDs for the city’s police cars.

“Statistics show the fi rst fi ve minutes being a crucial time to begin applying an

AED to an individual’s chest to apply shocks and put the

heart back in rhythm.”

– POLICE LT. BRANDON GURLEY BROOKHAVEN

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On Nov. 1, the Atlanta Regional Commission released results of the “Metro Atlanta Speaks” sur-vey, described as “one of the most extensive” in the region’s history.

It revealed some interesting things about the 10-county Atlanta region. Th e A.L. Burruss Insti-tute of Public Service and Research at Kennesaw State University surveyed over 2,100 voting age adults.

Here are some of the survey’s conclusions:

1) Metro residents want better roads and public transit. Th e survey reports that 56.8 percent of residents say traffi c has gotten worse. Th e survey asked several questions about the state of the metro region’s roads and public transportation.

Even though voters in this same 10-county re-gion in 2012 overwhelmingly rejected a penny sales tax to improve roads and transit, the survey found 21.4 percent of residents think traffi c is the region’s No. 2 problem, ranking slightly lower than the economy.

An overwhelming 71.3 percent responded that public transportation is “very important” for the region’s future. Th ey also think building better roads and public transit is the best long term so-lution, with 40.9 percent supporting better pub-lic transit and 30 percent supporting better roads.

Only 2.7 percent of people who responded sug-gested doing nothing. In 2012, 63 percent of vot-ers in the 10-county region rejected the Transpor-tation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax to pay for road and public transit improvements.

2) Metro residents are OK with their schools, even though public education in the metro area has taken some serious hits over the last couple of years.

Even though the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal and the persistent dysfunction of DeKalb County Schools have dominated local news head-lines, most people who responded to the survey were satisfi ed with public education as a whole.

Th e survey says 35.4 percent of people who re-sponded think the quality of education in the met-ro area is “fair” and 29.7 percent think it’s “good.” Th e survey found 3.8 percent think the quality of schools is “excellent.”

At the local level, residents were even more sat-isfi ed with their public schools. Th e survey says that 19.5 percent of respondents think their local schools are “excellent,” and 35 percent think their local schools are “good.”

Th e survey respondents ranked education as the fourth biggest problem facing the region, behind crime, traffi c and the economy.

3) Th e Internet and television are the region’s top news sources.

Th e decline of newspapers has been going on for several years, and the survey gives that trend some additional perspective in metro Atlanta.

According to the survey, 38.7 percent of people get their news from television and 34 percent get their news from the Internet. Th e survey found 8.7 percent of respondents get their information from newspapers, which is slightly ahead of the 5.3 per-cent of people who get their news through word of mouth.

Survey fi nds metro Atlantans want better roads and transit

City considering declaring annoying pets to be ‘nuisance’

Dunwoody City Council is scheduled to vote at its De-cember meeting on whether to adopt an animal nuisance or-dinance. Th e ordinance would outlaw pets that create a public nuisance through noise or smell.

Th e ordinance is being considered because council members decided to drop provisions limiting pets from the city’s zoning regulations.

Th e proposal would allow the city to declare a “compan-ion animal” a nuisance if “by its bodi-ly waste odor, unsanitary condition or habitual howling, yelping, barking or other noise disturbs the comfort, peace or quiet of nearby property or which would cause annoyance or discomfort to a reasonable person of normal sensi-tivity in the area.”

Th e city would only get involved after complaints were brought by neighbors.

Study says Dunwoody houses priced highest in state

A recent study found Dunwoody houses were the most ex-pensive in Georgia and the 513th most expensive in the U.S.

After comparing the listing price of more than 72,000 four-bedroom, two-bath homes across the country, Coldwell Bank-er Real Estate determined the home would cost $360,819 in Dunwoody, compared with $120,195 in Stone Mountain, which the study called the “most aff ordable” place in Georgia.

Nationally, the average listing price of that four-bedroom, two-bath home was $301,414, Coldwell Banker said in a press release on its 2013 Home Listing Report. Th e most aff ordable community was in Cleveland, Ohio, where the four-bedroom, two-bath house was $63,729.

Dunwoody homes were more expensive than comparable ones in Austin, Texas; Philadelphia, Pa.; and Phoenix, Ariz.

Decatur, Alpharetta, Roswell and Marietta rounded out the top most expensive residential real estate areas in Georgia.

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