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Growth spurtNew pastor has big plans for

Primitive Baptist church

FAITH 15

Close encounterWhat do you do when

face-to-face with a snake?

COMMUNITY 10

Tree huggerArtist shows off his color

palette at nature preserve

OUT & ABOUT 14

JULY 11 — JULY 24, 2012 • VOL. 8 — NO. 14

WATER WOES page 3

Developer proposing 50-story offi ce building

BY ANN MARIE [email protected]

A Texas-based real estate developer seeks zoning that would al-low it to build 500 new apartment units in Sandy Springs and a 50-story offi ce building critics say would become the tallest building out-side Atlanta’s Perimeter highway.

John Heagy, senior managing direc-tor of Hines, the development compa-ny, says “the fact is, this is not just one building. It’s a village of buildings that we’re seeking fi nal approval on.”

SEE DEVELOPER, PAGE 5SEE CITIES, PAGE 22


A recent report by a group called Smart Growth America says At-lanta is the eighth deadliest city in the country for pedestrians. Th at’s why police and planners in Reporter Newspapers communities say they’re working to cut down on jaywalking as they try to make their streets more “walkable.”

Th eir tactics recently have included pedestrian and driver education and enforcement, sidewalk and crosswalk improvements, and even an undercover sting.

“It’s challenging in a suburban environment because infrastructure

Cities look to improve pedestrian safety, access

PHIL MOSIER

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 in Sandy Springs. Enjoying the night on the lawn, from left, Chanse Hendrick, 4, Cameron Bignault, 5, Leila Wesley, 3, and Emily Volkman, 12. More photos on page 4.

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Perdue as the party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate. Republican voters also will choose be-tween Bob Barr and Barry Loudermilk as the party’s nominee for the 11th Congressional District. Voters in both the Republican and Democratic runoff s will choose nominees for State School Superintendent.

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Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves said in an email recently that three Sandy Springs voting sites will be relocated for the July 22 runoff election.

Th ey are: Spalding Drive Elementary School precinct, which will be relocated to North Springs United Methodist, 7770 Roswell Road NE; Woodland Elementary School and North Springs High School precincts, which both will be relocated to the Fulton Coun-ty North Annex, 7741 Roswell Road; and North Springs High School, which will be re-located to the Fulton County North Annex, 7741 Roswell Road.

First millage hearing on July 15Th e city of Sandy Springs will hold its fi rst public hearing on

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New linear park to openSandy Spring’s newest park, the Abernathy Greenway Liner Park, will open to the pub-

lic on July 17, according to city offi cials. Th e new park, located on Abernathy Road be-tween Wright and Brandon Mill Roads, includes a plaza, patio, gardens, lighted trails, playgrounds and a Playable Art Park.

Th e 6.6-acre linear park runs alongside Abernathy Road, one of the city’s major traffi c arteries, used by tens of thousands of cars each day, the city said.

City explores performing arts centerAs Sandy Springs offi cials explore whether a performing arts center should be part of

the planned City Center, residents will have opportunities to weigh in at public meetings, city offi cials said.

City Council was scheduled to hear a presentation July 9 from Johnson Consulting about a market feasibility study examining options for a performing arts center.

Also on July 9, council members were scheduled to tour North Springs High School theater, the Gwinnett Cultural Center and the Roswell Cultural Center “to get an idea of what some of the amenities are, and what diff erent size theaters look like,” city spokes-woman Sharon Kraun said.

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With construction tentatively set to begin early next year on Sandy Springs’ Marsh Creek Watershed Improvement Project, city offi cials hope residents will see the project as a facility that treats stormwater, reduces storm fl ooding and adds green space.

“One of the largest reasons we’re pur-suing this project is to improve fl ood control, said project manager Sharon Izzo at a recent open house on the proj-ect.

“For the large storms we get once ev-ery blue moon, we’re looking at a 50 percent reduction in storm fl ow by the implementation of this stormwater fa-cility. For the everyday kind of summer storms we get that are rather signifi cant, we’re looking for almost a 90 percent de-crease in stormwater fl ow, which is go-ing to be a very big improvement.”

But resident Patti Berkovitz, who serves on the Watershed Alliance of San-dy Springs, has concerns about the proj-ect. She says water should be retained on the site it is generated from, and that this project is serving as a detention pond to benefi t the developers of the planned City Center.

“What that means is that us taxpayers here are buying that hole in the ground

so that the developers who are develop-ing in the new City Center site don’t have to spend the money on stormwa-ter management,” she said at the open house. “We are going to pay for it, and we get to pay for ongoing maintenance.”

Stephen Johnston, whose property on Johnson Ferry Road the city plans to take in part for the site, says he didn’t see any new information at the open house, but he did see his property on a plan-ning map. He said he doesn’t want the city to condemn most of the land his business sits on.

“Th e bottom line is I don’t want the thing here at all,” Johnston said. But Sandy Springs City Council on June 3 voted to approve the use of eminent do-main to take the land, if negotiations fail.

Izzo argues that over the long term, the project will benefi t the community.

“In addition to providing a storm-water management facility, we’re actu-ally going to be including some park space and some natural setting here in the heart of Sandy Springs to allow visi-tors to enjoy a park,” she said.

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Hines goes before Sandy Springs City Council on July 15 for a zoning change for its Northpark 100 development. The company wants to rezone the area at Peachtree Dunwoody and Abernathy roads from office to mixed use. That ac-tion would clear the way for the apart-ment, office tower, and hotel and retail space.

While city staff has given its blessing for the project with some conditions, some neighbors worry the project will bring too much density and generate too many car trips in the area.

“This exception to traditional zoning would be 16 stories taller than the King and Queen buildings, and would be-come the tallest suburban skyscraper in America at an intersection that already struggles mightily with traffic,” resident Brian Eufinger said in a letter to the Re-porter Newspapers editor.

“If approved, these buildings would bring 15,000 more cars down Mount Vernon, Peachtree Dunwoody, Barfield and other roads every day. Plus, the ad-dition of 500 more apartments could se-verely impact local school capacity.”

The zoning would also establish a precedent for taller buildings at a time when other properties in the Perimeter area also may seek rezoning, he said.

But Heagy says residents shouldn’t fo-cus only on traffic, and that the site will eventually become a major hub for the area. “Don’t just focus on traffic counts,” Heagy said. “Think how it will be used five years from now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now.”

Heagy said while no major tenants have been nailed down, he’s optimistic. “I do think as the market continues to tighten up, alternatives for bigger com-panies become fewer and fewer and few-er,” he said.

As Hines seeks to add apartments to Northpark 100, other apartment proj-

ects are rising across the city.One new complex is being built on

Allen Road off of Roswell Road and just north of I-285. Demolition of an early 1970s complex is under way at 180 Al-len Road to make room for The Clift-wood, a 248-unit project with two, five-story buildings on either side of a parking deck.

The joint venture between ECI Group and Arris Realty Partners will be available for occupancy next spring. Sidewalks will connect the complex to neighborhoods, parks, restaurants and entertainment, the developers say.

“This corridor is a vital gateway to downtown Sandy Springs,” said Steven Cadranel, president of Arris Realty Part-ners. “My partner, Jim Woodcox and I, are natives and residents of this commu-nity, and for years I have driven by the former office park and imagined how much more it could be.”

What developers Kaplan Residential and George Morgan describe as a “203-unit luxury mid-rise, mixed use” com-munity is coming to the empty lot at the corner of Roswell Road and Hammond Drive, with ground to be broken this summer. In addition to the apartments, the “One City Walk” development will include 8,000 square feet of retail space, and planners say it will complement Sandy Springs’ future city center.

Further south on Roswell Road at Windsor, demolition of old apartments is complete for JLB’s gateway project, which will bring a mixed-use develop-ment consisting of 630 upscale apart-ments, along with office and retail space.

Meanwhile, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that plans are un-der way to redevelop an old apartment complex on Roswell Road just south of I-285. The Providence Group and The Worthing Cos. filed plans with the state for the project, which will include 173 townhomes and 368 apartments.

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Developer proposing 50-story office building

CliftwoodApartments

JLB gatewayproject

Providenceand

Worthingproject

Northpark 100

One City Walk

Proposed projects include:

• Northpark 100- 500 apartments, a hotel, office tower and retail space at Mt. Vernon & Abernathy Rd.

• One City Walk- 203 units at Hammond Dr. and Roswell Rd.

• Cliftwood Apartments- 248 units with a parking deck on Allen Rd.

• Providence & Worthing project- 173 townhomes and 368 apartments, on Roswell Rd.

• JLB gateway- 630 apartments, office and retail space on Roswell Rd. near Windsor Pkwy.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

E-mail letters to [email protected]

To the editor:

Th e developer Hines is moving forward with plans for a huge mixed-use development at Mount Vernon, Peachtree Dunwoody and Abernathy roads.

Hines is proposing building:• 500 apartment units;• 1.5 million square feet of offi ce space;• 250-room hotel and 150,000 square feet of retail space.Under Hines’ zoning request, the offi ce tower could be as

tall as 50 fl oors. Th e apartments could be up to 25 fl oors. Th ere will be 4,900 parking spaces and little connectivi-

ty planned to the Sandy Springs MARTA station, which is a 700-foot walk from the nearest edge of the development.

Th e development will generate 15,000 daily car trips, and the parking deck, built with zero setback from Ga. 400, will tower above the cars coming from Ga. 400 north on Aberna-thy.

At a meeting with residents hosted by the city, improved pedestrian access to cross Peachtree Dunwoody Road was re-

quested, along with impact fees paid by the developer to im-prove roads. Keeping impact fees in the area they were intend-ed for is key to preventing gridlock.

Hines withdrew their application in June 2013 due to Georgia Department of Transportation objections to the plan. Th e developer now states if GDOT moves forward with col-lector distributor lanes on Ga. 400, Hines will shift their plan to accommodate the lanes.

Smart growth for transit should include easy access to the MARTA station, required setbacks for appearance, a height commensurate with sur-rounding buildings, and a traf-fi c plan that dovetails with fu-ture road improvements. At this time, the “trust me” conceptual plan for a development of this size could overwhelm this area of our new city.

Tochie Blad

To the editor:

I wanted to send you a letter to the editor regarding the very concerning Hines Development that’s up for vote on July 15 at the Sandy Springs City Council meeting.

A developer named Hines is seeking to construct 50- and 25-story towers on the tiny plot of land across from Costco and Dunwoody Self-Storage at the intersection of Peachtree

Dunwoody Road, Abernathy Road and Mount Vernon High-way.

Th is exception to traditional zoning would be 16 stories taller than the King and Queen buildings, and would become the tallest suburban skyscraper in America at an intersection that already struggles mightily with traffi c.

If approved, these buildings would bring 15,000 more cars down Mount Vernon, Peachtree Dunwoody, Barfi eld and oth-

er roads every day. Plus, the addition of 500 more apartments could severely impact local school capac-ity.

Th e project also would set a dangerous 50-story height precedent for the 74-acre Glenridge Hall site that’ll be hitting the market soon at Glenridge and Abernathy.

City Council will likely vote to approve the build-ings at the meeting on Tuesday, July 15, unless they hear enough opposition from residents. Residents should make their opinions heard by contacting the mayor and/or City Council members at www.san-dyspringsga.gov/City-Government.

Th e Sandy Springs website has a 43-page PDF with the full information on the project.

Th irteen letters of opposition already had been fi led even before the initial meeting. Please don’t let this project hurt our smart-growth community and the reasons we moved to Sandy Springs in the fi rst place.

Brian Eufi nger

Development could overwhelm Mount Vernon,Peachtree Dunwoody, Abernathy intersection

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shootings in the city’s Ashford Park neighborhood

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I have a bit of a summertime rou-tine. Each morning, as the humidity ripens and before it becomes oppres-sive, I go outside to my deck, drink a cup of coffee, wait for the Internet to connect, drink a cup of coffee, wait for my email to update, drink a cup of coffee, try to think of something to write, drink another cup of coffee, and thus ease into my day, all the while ser-enaded by a cacophony of tweets and trills from the backyard birds in my backyard aviary and distracted by their flights of color.

They charm me.I had outwitted the squirrels and

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This morning I’m on my deck drinking coffee, admiring my birdfeeder that is once again covered with finches and towhees and cardinals.

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BY JENNA GOFFA sculpture of a door hangs in Miriam

Saul’s Sandy Springs home. Painted vivid-ly in blues and reds, the door was a gift from Temple Sinai to Saul for their trip to Cuba that she organized. Now, the door stands out among Saul’s extensive collec-tion of Cuban art.

“I love it because it reminds me of the doors that Cuba has opened for me,” she said.

Saul is a Cuban-American who left Cuba during that country’s revolution, when she was 11. Af-ter an eight month separation from her parents, her family moved into a small apartment in Atlanta. “I vividly remember my father saying, ‘We’re not looking back-ward, we’re going forward,’” she said.

That is exactly what Saul did. For al-most 40 years, she severed all relations she had with Cuba. “I had no memories of my life there,” she said. “I didn’t identify.”

It wasn’t until she turned 50 that she started thinking about her home coun-try. So in 2000, she organized a trip to go back.

“I started having little flashes of mem-ory there,” she said. “And when I left, I started crying at the airport and didn’t stop. It was the start of a breakdown or a healing.”

It was also the beginning of countless trips to Cuba. But what started out as a personal journey quickly grew larger. “I discovered a very needy Jewish communi-ty in Cuba,” said Saul.

In 2002, she began a community proj-ect with the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA). The Inter-national Community Builders – Project Cuba gathered a large amount of dona-tions such as clothing, toys and medicine to bring to Cuba.

“You can’t get a lot of basic supplies there and you can’t ship things in,” said Saul. “For six years, we carried supplies in.

We really saw a change.” She founded Friends of Jewish Cuba

in 2006 with the same goal of helping the Cuban Jewish community. But she soon yearned to introduce others to the beauty of her home. “You can only travel for hu-manitarian, religious or people-to-people

reasons. You have to qualify under OFAC [Office of Foreign As-sets Control] rules,” she said. “Others had the licensing, I had the following.”

So along with her friend Marla Whitesman, Saul founded Other Cuban Journeys. The two were able to get a People-to-People License from OFAC that allows more varied groups to travel to Cuba.

“Our trips focus on interactions with the plain Cuban,” Saul said. “Cubans are such remarkable people, and we want to get an insight into their lives.”

The interactions with Cubans on her trips range from talking to workers at a cigar factory to prominent artists. They touch on politics, economics, art, music, religion and more. “Every stop we make has an element of learning,” said Saul. “We learn from them, and they learn from us. Travelers say it’s the most complete trip they’ve ever taken.”

Susanne Katz, a local curator, photog-rapher and writer, has taken a number of trips with Saul. She agrees that the journey is quite something.

“They are worthwhile trips,” she said. “We bring all this aid, and just seeing where that goes and who it serves is phe-nomenal. But the blend of history and cul-ture that you get is what keeps me com-ing back. It’s not at all what you’d expect.”

But even after affecting lives like Katz’s and the Cuban community, Saul still con-siders her trips to be personal.

“I’ve done things for people, but they have done things for me,” she said. “I am healed now.”

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Randell Frostig’s dogs noticed the in-truder first.

“They were staring at something,” Frostig remembers. “They were just trying to figure it out.”

When Frostig checked around the fence behind his Buckhead home to see what had drawn his dogs’ attention, he was surprised to discover that a snake, a venomous copperhead, had slithered into his yard. “We were kind of startled,” he said. “We didn’t know what to do.”

Frostig grabbed his iPhone and shot a photo while he debated what to do next. He didn’t want to kill the snake, he said, but he didn’t want it around. “I hate snakes,” he said as he recalled his copper-head confrontation a few weeks later.

Luckily, the snake quickly moved on, heading back under the fence toward a neighbor’s yard. Frostig warned his neigh-bor about the snake, which got away.

Spotting a venomous snake in the backyard may come as a surprise, but finding them in metro Atlanta suburbs shouldn’t. Snake sightings are common in the Reporter Newspapers communities of Buckhead, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs and Brookhaven, just as they are across Geor-gia.

The warm days of spring and summer set snakes on the move, which means the scaly and sometimes scary reptiles are slith-ering through backyards, public parks and just about anywhere else you might want to be as the daily temperature rises.

The Dunwoody Nature Center gets a couple of calls a week from homeown-ers who encounter unwanted snakes, ex-ecutive director Alan Mothner said. City

officials say they have gotten calls about snakes in city parks and residents’ back-yards.

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Steve Wallace was unsure just what to do when, one Saturday in late May, he found a two-foot-long copperhead in his backyard in Dunwoody. He pinned the animal with a hoe, but because the snake was on soft ground, Wallace couldn’t man-age to kill it at first. His wife called 911. “I thought they’d come out and shoot it,” he said.

But police usually don’t make snake calls. Wallace was referred to DNR, but the agency’s offices were closed for the weekend. He contacted wildlife removal expert Field, who headed to Dunwoody to deal with the snake. But by the time Field arrived at Wallace’s home, Wallace had managed to kill the copperhead with the hoe.

Wallace emailed Dunwoody city offi-cials suggesting they publicize what home-owners should do upon confronting a snake. “After our copperhead experience this weekend, talking with friends, neigh-bors, folks at Publix, etc., we’re finding out how common these dangerous snakes are here,” he said. “With a lot of people relo-cating here from the north, a little Dun-woody, Georgia, wildlife education for

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Randell Frostig and his dog, Allie, recently spotted a copperhead in the backyard of Frostig’s Buckhead home.

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In response, city officials in June posted a statement on the city website titled sim-ply “Snakes in Dunwoody.” It tells home-owners to watch out for snakes around piles of brush or firewood and near crawl spaces beneath homes, and to call a private wildlife removal expert to deal with ven-omous snakes.

DNR officials advise homeowners to ignore most snakes. “My recommendation is to leave it alone,” Jensen said.

The first thing to do is to try to identi-fy the snake, Jensen said. Suburban back-yards and forests contain many types of snakes, including rat snakes, water snakes, garter snakes and others. They kill rodents and keep to themselves, he said. “There’s no reason to fear a non-venomous snake any more than a songbird,” he said.

Is it OK to kill one? “All non-venomous snakes are protected by state law. There’s

no reason to kill them anyway. They’re completely harmless...” Jensen said. Ven-omous snakes are a different story. “If it’s a venomous snake, you have the legal right [to kill it]. But the safest thing is to leave it alone.”

A person trying to kill a copperhead is as likely to hurt himself or herself as the snake. And backing a snake into a cor-ner could convince it to strike to defend itself, Jensen said. “Snakes won’t come af-ter you,” he said. “They don’t want to use their venom in defense. The safest thing is to just walk around them and leave them alone.”

Some homeowners who encounter venomous snakes find it difficult to walk away - even after the snake is long gone. They see their backyards in a different way.

“Now when I go out into my backyard, I can’t help but think it’s coming back, or there’s another one,” Frostig said. “You see it once and that’s all it takes.”

Identifying SnakesIdentifying SnakesThe Georgia Department of Natural Resources suggests homeowners first

try and identify a snake before trying to kill it. It is legal to kill venomous snakes, but illegal to kill most non-venomous ones, the DNR says. Here is a website DNR officials say should help identify snakes.

http://georgiawildlife.com/node/497

DNR’s advice to homeowners on what to do when you see a snake in your yard:

•Never attempt to handle any kind of snake. If you are unsure of the snake’s identification, keep your distance.

•A venomous snake will most often have a triangular-shaped head as well as elliptical pupils similar to cats’ eyes, rather than round ones.

•Snakes are important predators that feed on rodents, insects and even

other snakes. There is no need to fear a snake in your yard. Simply give them the space they need.

•Despite the relatively low level of danger posed by venomous snakes, many people consider their fear justification for killing snakes. In Georgia it is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and a year in jail to possess or kill many nongame wildlife species, including non-venomous snakes (O.C.G.A. §27-1-28).

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Water WorksMonday, July 21, 3-3:45 p.m. The Ful-ton County Department of Water Re-sources presents an environmental craft relating to the Chattahoochee River and the fish that live in it. Also, learn about the ancient Japanese art form Gyotaku (fish printing). Free. Open to everyone. For ages 6-8. Reservations required by calling 404-814-3508. Northside Branch Library, 3295 Northside Parkway, NW, Atlanta, 30327. Email: [email protected] with questions.

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ReptilesWednesday, July 23, 2-3 p.m. Participants will touch a live snake, learn what makes a reptile a reptile, and discover those you might encounter in your neighborhood. Free. All are welcome. For ages 4-12. Res-ervations required by calling 404-814-3508. Northside Branch Library, 3295 Northside Parkway, NW, Atlanta, 30327. Email: [email protected] for details.

Fizz, Boom, CupcakeWednesday, July 23, 2:30-4 p.m. Check out cupcake decorating presented by pro-fessional cake decorator and sugar artist Sari McIntyre. Free. For ages 10-12; all are wel-come. Open to the first 12 participants; reg-istration began July 7. Call 404-848-7140 or visit the Brookhaven Branch Library to sign up. 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

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BY JENNA GOFFKerry Butler started painting when he

was a boy. “I was always drawing in class, starting

at the age of 5,” said the Peachtree Hills artist. “So my parents gave me a paint-by-numbers kit and then a paint set, and it only progressed from there.”

While pursuing other jobs and moving around the East Coast, Butler consistently painted. “Whatever I was into, I was still doing art,” he said.

Now, Butler’s passion has produced over 300 paintings. Many are being show-cased at the Blue Heron Nature Preserve Art Gallery until Aug. 29.

His work is fitting for such a gallery.

“I’ve always believed that I was reincarnat-ed from a tree, because I love trees,” But-ler said. “So naturally my work features a lot of trees, landscapes and nature scenes.”

Butler’s depiction of animals attract-ed people at the gallery to his artwork. “Many of the paintings we’re exhibiting have animals in them that you can find here at the preserve,” said Nancy Jones, Blue Heron director.

While Butler is mainly moved by na-ture, he also finds inspiration from his ex-tensive collection of used books. He will often find a photograph that he likes and create a painting off of it.

“I take bits and pieces from photo-

graphs and then add what I see is missing,” Butler said. “The paintings then just kind of come together.”

In one such piece, he painted a sun-streaked evening sky from one photo-graph, and then added details such as a church from other photographs. The end result was entirely Butler’s own. “I want to be in most of my good paintings,” he said.

Over the years, Butler has experiment-ed with a range of different mediums. “I first fell in love with oils,” he said. “But I’ve also been into acrylic and watercolors.”

No matter the medium, Butler’s

paintings show his attention to detail. “I love the way he blends colors,” Jones said. “All of his work is colorful and re-alistic.”

Butler said that most of this technique comes intuitively. “I knew things about painting without being taught,” he said.

He explained his motivation to paint in a similar way. Even with the many that come from work, family and other hob-bies, Butler said has always found himself drawn to painting.

“I can’t explain it so much in words,” he said. “It’s just something I’m driven to do.”

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Kerry Butler’s work features trees, landscapes and nature scenes.

BY JENNA GOFFDunwoody’s Stage Door Players have

announced their 2014-2015 season, but first they conclude their 40th anniversary season this month with Neil Simon’s com-edy “The Odd Couple.”

“This show was chosen as our yearly gift to our audiences,” said Robert Egizio, the artistic director of Stage Door Players. “A classic comedy is a perfect way to end the season.”

“The Odd Couple” presents two dras-tically different men who decide to room together with disastrous, but comic, re-sults. “It’s a great show with history and fa-miliarity,” said Egizio.

The 2014-2015 season promises a vari-ety of types of shows.

“We have two regional premieres of new comedies that I think the audience will really respond to,” Egizio said.

The comedy “I Do, I Do, I Do” runs from September through Octo-ber of this year. It follows the misadven-tures of a bride who finds herself en-gaged to three ideal men, and she can only marry one.

The “Rabbit Hole” follows in Novem-ber. The show is a tragic look at the life of a couple after a life-shattering accident.

“Private Lives,” a comedy about two ex-lovers honeymooning in the same loca-tion, brings in the new year, followed by “Rounding Third,” the story of two dis-similar Little League coaches, in March and April of 2015.

The romantic comedy “Sylvia,” about the impact of a stray dog on a couple, opens in May 2015.

“The Mystery of Edwin Drood” closes out the season next July.

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BY JENNA GOFFOver the course of a few days, mem-

bership at Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church jumped from one to 27. And the new pastor, Gus Harter, believes they’re only getting started.

After over 30 years as pastor of Bethany Primitive Baptist Church in Suwanee and eight years serving in the Philippines, Harter found himself called to the church in Sandy Springs.

“I came here to make this historic church work,” he said. “I don’t want to see it die.”

Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church has fallen on hard times. First estab-lished in 1829, it sits on the corner of Roberts and Spalding Drives. But whereas it had over 1,000 people at-tend service in 1928, its membership dropped to an all-time low this spring.

“When I came, Edward Cagle [the previous pastor] was the only active member of the church,” Harter said. “But 27 people joined with me so we’ve got a basic start.”

Patsy Froy is one of the members who moved with Harter from Betha-ny Primitive Baptist Church to Ebene-zer. “I’ve known him my whole life, basically,” she said. “He’s been there for funerals, babies being born, wed-dings. He’s a very influential person in my life.”

Harter plans on renovating the church as his first order of business. The current brick building stands across the street from the original church, which Harter said was tak-en apart by Union soldiers during the Civil War. The building as it is now is the church’s fourth reconstruction.

“I want to dress it up, but I don’t want to lose the antiquity of it,” said Harter. “It’s a beautiful church.”

He thinks that this beauty alone, coupled with the improvements, will help attract new members. But Har-ter also believes that the church offers something different.

“We are not contemporary, but we are unique,” he said. “Every service has 30 minutes of a capella singing, and about 45 minutes to an hour of expos-itory preaching. And we have a pot-luck lunch after church.”

Primitive Baptists are known for the simplicity of their worship. No musical instruments are allowed in church, so members engage in Sacred Harp singing, a tradition where sing-ers use their voices as instruments in four-part harmony. There are also no divisions by age or gender. This means that children attend services and are encouraged to participate in all activ-ities.

Although this is different than many, more modern, churches, Froy is certain that membership will increase. “We have really great services,” she said. “And Brother Harter is such an inspiration.”

Harter’s track record backs Froy’s confidence. He previously assisted in helping Bethany Primitive Bap-tist Church build their new building, which he claims is the largest Primitive Baptist church in the nation. And dur-ing his years in the Philippines from 2000 to 2008, he built 100 churches, he says, and started a clinic and an or-phanage along with his wife, Betty Jo.

“I’m anxious to get in there and re-build this church,” Harter said.

For now, he plans to keep holding services on Sunday mornings starting at 10:30 a.m. But if membership con-tinues to grow, he has other ideas.

“If we get membership in Dun-woody, I’ll add an afternoon service,” he said. “And we have over 5 acres. If I need to, I’ll build another, larg-er, church.”

But no matter what the future holds for Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church, Harter will remain positive. “I want to see this church blossom,” he said. “And I believe that it will.”

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Several of the dishes we tried were underdone and underseasoned, not befitting of a kitchen whose dinner menu “Plats Principaux” range from $21-$33 an entrée. The service, while also suited for a casual environ, stum-bled with the finer points. Orders were served in “roll call” style fashion: “Al-right, who had the chicken and who had the fish?” and additional glasses of wine, refills on water and additional utensils took repeated queries.

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ROBBERY 6400 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On

June 28, a man went into the Walgreen’s store around 8:30 a.m. and pulled a gun on the clerk. He took her back to the offi ce where a second employee was. He ordered that the safe be opened. He left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash. He fl ed the scene on a black bicycle.

5500 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On June 30, a 30-year-old man reported that he was standing on the stairwell near his apartment, talking on the phone, just be-fore 1 a.m. He was approached by two men who pulled a gun and took his cellphone.

BURGLARY 6300 block of Peachtree Dunwoody

Road 30328 – On June 28, sometime be-tween 5 p.m. on the previous day and 1 p.m. on the reporting day, someone forced a door to the residence and took a gold pocket watch, other jewelry, an iPad, Dell laptop, and another iPad. A sec-ond burglary was also reported in the same complex. Nothing was taken from that location.

6400 block of Chariot Street 30328 – On June 28, the victim reported that some-time between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., some-one forced a front door to the home. An engagement ring, computer and .38 caliber gun were among the items stolen.

6300 block of Powers Ferry Road 30342 – On June 29, offi cers responded to the busi-ness after the employee found that some-one forced entry into the store. The cash register was taken. Store video showed a man breaking glass to enter, then jumping the counter, and eventually leaving through the entrance area.

8300 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On June 29, the victim said he left his resi-dence around 7 p.m. and returned on the following morning to fi nd that someone stole $2,600 from a night stand next to the bed. He said no one knew of the money oth-er than him.

1100 block of Hightower Trail 30350 – On June 30, an offi ce, infrequently used by a lessee, was burglarized. The lessee was notifi ed by a business neighbor that an in-side light was on. Offi cers found evidence that someone has been sleeping in the of-fi ce. Nothing was reported missing. The vic-tim said the last time he was in the offi ce was two weeks prior.

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342 – On June 30, the complainant said someone en-tered an apartment through a window and took several items including a PlayStation 4, two pairs of Air Jordan shoes, clothing and hats.

100 block of Greyfield Lane 30350 – On

July 1, the leasing offi ce of an apartment complex was burglarized sometime be-tween 5:30 on the previous day and 8:15 on the report date. Missing is a desktop com-puter.

8400 block of Roswell Road 30350 – On July 1, a 36-year-old woman reported that someone cut the lock on her storage unit and took a 50-inch TV, pellet gun, leather coat and Dell laptop.

6100 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On July 2, responding to an alarm at a cell-phone store, offi cers found the front door forced (broken glass) by a rock. The bur-glar tried to take several display phones. He managed to get two of them.

5300 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road -- An apartment resident said he works at night. He was asleep when he heard a noise from the front door. He looked through the peephole and saw a man who was bent over and appeared to be working on getting the door open. The resident knocked on the door and the man fled. Pry marks were located on the door.

THEFT 300 block of Hilderbrand Drive 30328

– On June 28, a 78-year-old man report-ed that his caregiver stole a gold ring from him. He accused the caregiver because he was only person, other than the victim’s son, who knew where the ring was.

200 block of Hanover Park Road 30350 – On June 29, a woman reported her 2012 Honda Civic, black, was stolen from the parking lot of the Mary Hall Freedom House.

7500 block of Chaparral Drive 30350 – On June 30, someone stole the plaque at-tached to the entrance sign to the Chap-arral Estates subdivision. The plaque is valued at $400.

6200 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On June 30, a man reported that sometime during a pool party, between 10 and 10:30 p.m., someone stole his iPhone.

1100 block of Spalding Drive 30350 – On July 1, a construction manager reported that a radiator cover, cables, power cords and other items were taken overnight from a construction site at Woodland Elementa-ry School.

7200 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On July 1, Georgia Power employees reported that someone cut the cable wiring from a building and stole it.

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Cherry Tree Lane -- A man reported that while he was in the hospital, he left his cats in the care of his brother. When he re-turned home, the cats were gone and his brother refuses to talk to him. He suspects that his brother took them.

Blackwater Trail -- A resident report-ed that on June 27, between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., her house cleaning crew was at the residence cleaning. Later, the victim found several pieces of jewelry, consisting of broaches and earrings, missing.

Dunwoody Place/Hope Road 30350 – On July 1, two women, walking east on Dunwoody Place around 3:15 p.m., were approached by a man. He was walking be-hind them. He initially asked for directions to Colquitt Road, and then snatched one of the women’s purses and ran to a waiting car that drove off in the direction of Hope Road.

8700 block of Roswell Road -- A man re-ported that he obtained a money order at a grocery store. He placed it on the counter while he paid but forgot about it. He left, but returned a short time later. The mon-ey order was gone. Store video showed a woman finding, and then taking, the mon-ey order with her after paying for her gro-ceries. The victim canceled the money or-der but does not know if it had already

been cashed. The amount was $480 and the payee line was still blank.

6300 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On July 1, store employees said that just after 6 p.m., three young men entered the store and gathered a number of items from the shelves and then ran out.

400 block of Morgan Falls Road 30350 – On July 1, a woman reported she met a man at the Taboo 2 Club on Roswell Road. She brought him home, where they spent the night. The next day she noticed that four $100 bills and a check made out to her were gone after he left. She knows nothing about him other than his name is “Joe,” and he drove a new-er Chrysler 300M.

Summerlake Drive -- A 62-year-old man said he allowed a woman friend to stay in his apartment from January to June while she looked for work. He finally re-alized she wasn’t looking for work (this is called freeloading) and ordered her out. She left—along with two guns and $50 taken from him. He called her and she admitted it, and said she would return them. He said he’s worried.

THEFT FROM VEHICLES 5900 block of Roswell Road 30328, June

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7200 block of Roswell Road 30328, June 30

7900 block of Innsbruck Drive 30350, June 30

5600 block of Roswell Road 30342, July 2

6600 block of Roswell Road 30328, July 2

800 block of Treelodge Parkway 30350, July 2

FRAUD A 34-year-old wom-

an reported that someone used her debit card num-ber to make three pur-chases at a department store at NorthPoint Mall.

Summerbrook Drive -- A man said he ran his credit

history in preparation of buy-ing a new house. He found out

that two accounts were on his history without his knowledge. One is a Capitol One Card acquired in 2003 and the other is a Verizon account from 2012.

The owner and the club promoter of Ta-boo 2 club reported that they were ripped off of a $1,500 fee that was paid to an agent representing a music group called Jagged Edge. According to the complain-ants, the group was supposed to play in

January but could not due to the winter storm that shut down everything in San-dy Springs. The agent for the group sent a check for the amount but the club lat-er found out the agent put a stop payment on the check. They contacted the group themselves and were informed they fired the agent and assumed the money was paid back to the club.

A man reported that someone withdrew just over $1,000 from his bank account using his I.D. The report didn’t say if the withdrawal was in person or over the In-ternet.

A 46-year-old man reported that when he checked his credit history, he found sev-eral fraudulent accounts in his name. One was for ECMC College Loans in 2012 and another with HSBC Bank in 2013.

A check-cashing employee said a man cashed a $615 check that was later con-firmed by the bank as fraudulent. The man tried a second time, but fled when ques-tioned. The suspect used his legit name and personal information on the checks.

A woman reported that her wallet was stolen from a church gym in Atlanta, and someone used her credit cards at Southlake Mall.

ASSAULT 6500 block of Roswell Road 30328 – On

June 29, cops were called in regards to a fi ght. They learned that two employees be-

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SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF REZONINGPetition Number: 201401601

Petitioner: Rockhaven Homes

Property Location: 5950 Mitchell Road

Present Zoning: R-1 (Single Family Dwelling District)

Request: To rezone the subject property to R-4 (Single Family Dwelling District), with concurrent variances.

Public Hearings: Planning Commission July 17, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Mayor and City Council August 19, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

Location: Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

SANDY SPRINGSNOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION

Petition Number: 201402043

Petitioner: Saralynn Lundy

Property Location: 0 High Point Road (17 00410001039)

Request: Primary Variance from Section 109-225 (a) (1) & (2) of the Stream Buffer Protection Ordinance for relief from the seventy-five (75) foot impervious surface setback and fifty (50) foot undisturbed buffer for construction of a new single family dwelling unit.

Public Hearings: Board of Appeals August 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

SANDY SPRINGSNOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION

Petition Number: 201402049

Petitioner: Joseph & Stephanie Wilkins

Property Location: 1915 Monticello Court

Request: Three variances: 1) Section 5.1.3.C from the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the required side yard setback from 25 feet to 5 feet for the construction of an accessory structures; 2) Section 19.3.15.B.1 from the Zoning Ordinance to allow a pool closer than 10 feet to a property line; and 3) Section 109-225 (a) (1) & (2) of the Stream Buffer Protection Ordinance for relief from the 75 foot impervious surface setback and 50 foot undisturbed buffer for the construction of a pool, pool deck, and driveway.

Public Hearings: Board of Appeals August 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600


Petitioner: South Tech Homes, LLC

Property Location: 6079 Boylston Road

Present Zoning: R-4 (Single Family Dwelling District)

Request: To rezone the subject property to A (Medium Density Apartment District), with concurrent variances.





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Property Location: 5801 Roswell Road

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gan to argue over the music that was being played. One of the men, later determined to be the aggressor by witnesses, was ar-rested.

ARRESTS 8300 block of Roswell Road -- A

48-year-old man was arrested June 24 following an auto theft call. The victim reported a 2006 Ford F-150 stolen around 7 p.m. While on the way to the call, an officer saw a truck that matched the description. He pulled the truck over and deter-mined that it was the stolen truck. It had been taken from the North-ridge shopping center. The driv-er left the car unlocked with the keys inside. The suspect ad-mitted taking the truck. He was arrested.

8700 block of Roswell Road -- A 16-year-old juvenile was ar-rested just before 7 p.m. on June 27 following a robbery call. The vic-tim said he was cutting through a park-ing lot on the way to his apartment when he was approached and robbed of his iPhone by a young man. An officer spot-ted the juvenile nearby a short time lat-er. After being initially stopped for the purpose of interviewing him, the juve-nile ran from the officer. He was quick-ly located and later taken to Fulton County Juvenile.

6400 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road 30328 – On June 28, offi cers arrest-ed three men following a suspicious person call that came in around 3:30 a.m. Offi cers determined the three men were stealing wooden pallets from behind the Home De-pot. They were arrested.

A known and frequent panhandler was

arrested at a grocery store on Northridge after ignoring warnings not to solicit mon-ey from customers.

A patrol officer came upon a disabled car on the side of Ga. 400. The car was mi-nus the tire, and sitting on the brake drum (without the benefit of a jack.) A second car was parked behind the disabled car. The officer spoke to the driver of the car

and while doing so, smelled marijua-na coming from the car. The driver

was cited for the marijuana.

1100 block of Ham-mond Drive -- A patrol offi-cer came upon an occupied car parked near a trailer. The man

in the car told the officer he was an electrician working over-

night at a grocery store. The offi-cer also determined that man was smoking marijuana and found seven partially smoked joints. The man was cited.

OTHER THINGS 5700 block of Ro-

swell Road 30342 – On June 28, a 75-year-old woman died follow-

ing an accident at Roswell Road and I-285 just after 9 a.m. The car, driven by her hus-band, made a left turn into the path of an oncoming car. The victim was conscious and speaking with EMS personnel after the crash but went into cardiac arrest while be-ing transported to Northside Hospital.

5800 block of Roswell Road -- Employ-ees at a car service business said a former employee, smelling of alcohol, came into the business and approached the manag-er with his fist clinched as if he were going to assault him. He said: “Do you want to fight?” He threw a quarter at the manager, which hit him in the head. The suspect, af-ter doing all this, asked for his job back. The same man was arrested several months ago after damaging the business after being fired.

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is more car-oriented, but we’re trying to be proactive to make it better for pedestri-ans,” said Dunwoody Public Works Direc-tor Michael Smith.

Local offi cials are trying a variety of ways to address pedestrian problems.

“It’s a constant battle,” said Sandy Springs Police Offi cer Brandon Smith. He says his department tries to educate pedes-trians breaking the rules by stopping and talking to them when violations occur.

Smith said the problem occurs more in areas with apartment complexes locat-ed across the street from convenience and grocery stores. He said the fact that the city is installing more visible crosswalks and medians is encouraging. Th e medians “give pedestrians a safe haven once they get halfway,” he said.

Dunwoody Police Offi cer Tim Fecht says he recently acted as “pedestrian bait” to nab drivers who failed to yield when he attempted to walk across Mount Vernon Road.

“We’ve had several people complain about Mount Vernon traffi c failing to yield to pedestrians,” he said, explaining that it’s state law for drivers to stop if they see a pedestrian approaching or crossing at a crosswalk.

During the undercover “sting,” nine vi-olators were caught, Fecht said, with six ci-tations handed out in an hour and a half. “It was more than we expected,” he said. Drivers also were given educational safe-ty pamphlets.

Fecht said Dunwoody hasn’t seen any major pedestrian accidents.

“Fortunately, our pedestrians are pretty defensive,” he said, “and we’ve only had a

couple of minor bumps.”In Brookhaven, jaywalkers haven’t been

so lucky. Th e report by Smart Growth America, a Washington, D.C.,-based group that advocates ways to defeat sprawl, said Buford Highway topped the metro Atlanta list of the worst roads to cross with 22 fatalities recorded in nine years.

Th at’s why Brookhaven police want to teach some residents how to properly and safely cross a busy street.

Offi cer Carlos Nino, who conducts community outreach for the Brookhaven department, said his division is reaching out to pedestrians on Buford Highway by holding safety classes at apartment com-munities.

Nino said pedestrians often opt to jay-walk because of the way Buford Highway is laid out. Pedestrians don’t want to walk hundreds of feet to a crosswalk just to cross the street, and then have to walk all the way back, he said.

“Th ere’s just so much distance between one traffi c light and another, sometimes there can be a mile, or half a mile,” Nino said.

So offi cials have added pedestrian “is-lands” in some places to give walkers a place to pause halfway across. Crossing a street at an inappropriate location, walk-ing just outside a crosswalk, and not wait-ing for the correct signal can lead to jay-walkers receiving citations.

He thinks the situation has improved since Brookhaven became a city. “I’m proud to say that since we started, we re-ally haven’t had the quantity of incidents that DeKalb County had,” he said, at-tributing the improvement to more man-power and police presence. “If you drive

up and down Bu-ford Highway, you will see construc-tion now in some pedestrian cross-walks.”

Better street and sidewalk plan-ning also is part of the process for other cities.

In Sandy Springs, the city is in the midst of plan-ning its City Center, a mixed-use devel-opment where citizens should be able to safely walk between home, shopping and offi ces. Sandy Springs city offi cials bud-geted $13.5 million to spend on the City Center in the 2014-15 budget, $8.7 mil-lion for transportation improvements and $500,000 for its sidewalk program.

City offi cials also are setting up special pedestrian crossings on busy streets in oth-er parts of town.

“Th e city recently installed a pedestri-an safety traffi c signal on Roswell Road be-tween Long Island Drive and West Belle Isle Road,” Dan Coff er, Sandy Springs spokesman, said in an email.

He said the signal is located just south of the Fountain Oaks shopping center and is adjacent to apartments and offi ce build-ings. Also, a new traffi c signal with cross-walks was activated on July 3 at Johnson Ferry and Wright roads.

In Dunwoody, Michael Smith says that fi ve miles of new sidewalk have been add-ed since that community became a city fi ve years ago. “Th e goal of the city is to eventually have sidewalks on both sides of the street on major roads,” he said, includ-

ing roads with schools or walking routes to schools.

He said that in the city’s second year it won an award from PEDS, a pedestrian advocacy group in the Atlanta metro area.

In Buckhead, groups like the Com-munity Improvement District and Liv-able Buckhead have partnered on projects to create a network of sidewalks and trails. Projects in the area include Path400, a gre-enway stretching down Ga. 400, sidewalk improvements on Peachtree Road, and a pedestrian bridge at the MARTA station spanning Ga. 400.

“Buckhead is defi nitely making a lot of strides,” said Ian Sansom, PEDS’ pedes-trian safety program manager. “It’s add-ed a lot of density, which creates demand. Th ere are wider sidewalks along Peachtree that make it far more comfortable for pe-destrians. But it could be a lot better. Th ere needs to be easier ways to cross streets. If you don’t have a street grid, it’s defi nitely more challenging.”

Sansom said he also likes the progress he’s seeing in the suburbs.

“It’s fantastic seeing so many suburbs become more walkable,” Sansom said. “If you have the resources to do it you can turn any area into a walkable area.”

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Sandy Springs offi cials have installed special pedestrian crosswalks on busy streets, such as this one on Roswell

Road between Long Island and West Belle Isle.

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