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Time to runTwo council seats up for election

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By Melissa WeinMan [email protected]

As Brookhaven Police Lt. Brandon Gurley came to a stop at a red light on Peachtree Road, the driver of an SUV pulled up next to him, honked the horn, and enthusiastically gave him two thumbs up.

Gurley smiled. He’d been getting similar responses all day.“They’re happy to see us and we’re definitely glad to be here,”

Gurley said. On July 31, Brookhaven officially launched its police depart-

ment. And it was easy for the public to see – the muscular Ford interceptors with Brookhaven’s logo were all over the main roads within the city’s 12 square miles.


The Century Center office complex is caught in a familiar tug of war between two nearby cities.

The owners of the complex applied in late June to be annexed into the city of Brookhaven. But the property is also part of a Chamblee annexation referendum scheduled to be on the ballot this November.

Relations between the leaders of the two cities are strained. Both claim the right to annex the commercial property, which would provide an infusion of tax revenue to either city. Brookhaven of-

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‘We’re running strong’Police Lt. Brandon gurley checks a driver’s license during the city’s first day of patrolling the streets with their own force. Gurley responded to a domestic dispute on Buford Highway, and handled a red-light runner during his first day as a Brookhaven law enforcement officer on July 31. Read the cover story, and see more photos on pages 19-21.

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Qualifying for Brookhaven City council begins aug. 26

By Melissa [email protected]

Brookhaven City Council isn’t even a year old, but already two council seats are up for election. Qualifying begins Aug. 26 for the seats representing Dis-trict 2 and 4.

District 2, represented by Council-man Jim Eyre, and District 4, represent-ed by Councilman Joe Gebbia, were set up when the city incorporated last year to begin with one-year terms in order to stagger council terms.

Candidates qualifying for the seats this year will be running for a typical four-year term.

When asked if he planned to run for re-election, Gebbia replied, “unequivo-cally yes.”

“We’ve done a lot, and really set re-cords with what we’ve done, and been a harmonious team,” Gebbia said. “We’re on pace to do some really phenomenal things here in the next year.”

Eyre said he isn’t yet ready to an-nounce his election plans.

“I’m still evaluating my options,” Eyre said. “I believe I will, but I haven’t made a final commitment.”

Eyre said he’s enjoyed his time on council, and is looking ahead to the things the city is set to accomplish over the next few months.

“It’s been wonderful. It’s been exciting to be a part of this and grow it and try to get some of the things done,” Eyre said.

Gebbia said it’s hard to believe how much has happened since he took office eight months ago. He recalled saying during the campaign that as a political novice, he would be getting on-the-job

training in running a city.“As I look back now, I look at all that

has happened to provide that on-the-job training, and I feel blessed for all that I’ve learned,” Gebbia said.

Qualifying for Council Districts 2 and 4 will be from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. Aug. 26 through Aug. 28. Interested candidates must file with the City Clerk at Brookhaven City Hall, 200 Ashford Center North, Suite 150, in Dunwoody.

A $360 fee is required to qualify. Candidates must file during the three-day qualifying period to appear on the ballot Nov. 5.

Advance voting will be held Oct. 14-Nov. 1 at the DeKalb County elections of-fice at 4380 Memorial Dr., Suite 300, in Decatur. Brookhaven residents must regis-ter to vote by Oct. 7 to be eligible to vote in the municipal election. Applications to register to vote are available at http://web.co.dekalb.ga.us/Voter/pdf/applic.pdf.

Brookhaven government calendarBrookhaven City Council usually meets on the second and fourth Tues-days of each month at 7 p.m. at locations to be determined.

For complete and up-to-date schedule of Brookhaven city meetings, go to http://brookhavenga.gov .

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Jim Eyre, left, is “evaluating his options” to run for his council

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Brookhaven City Councilman Bates Mattison said he would like to encour-age discussion about golf carts as alter-native transportation within the city.

Mattison said that during his cam-paign for the council, a lot of Brookhav-en residents told him they’d like to see the city become a more walkable and sustainable community.

“I think that anything that connects our community is going to be a ben-eficial thing for the city of Brookhav-en. If we can get people out of their cars walking around, it creates much more of a community feeling. I also think it’s good for businesses,” Matti-son said.

“I think at the end of the day, the idea of the first in-town Atlanta golf cart community, it has a lot of appeal.”

Mattison said he’d like golf carts in-

cluded in the city’s comprehensive plan-ning process, set to begin this fall.

“Part of the discussion should be framed around not just golf carts, but how do we have effective bike lanes, sidewalks, and all that,” Mattison said.

He said golf carts may be a more re-alistic way for people to get around the city without cars.

“Even when you talk about walkabil-ity, you have to take into account you have parts of Brookhaven that are a little too far to walk,” Mattison said.

As an example, he pointed to the dis-tance between the Town Brookhaven development on Peachtree Road to the shops and restaurants along Dresden Drive.

“We’ve got to look at ways we con-nect those commercial corridors,” Mat-tison said.

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an elephant and bicycles and scooters, oh my!

By Joe [email protected]

With scooters and wagons and at least one bike-turned-elephant, dozens of children spent a Saturday morning parading up and down the new multi-use trail through Dunwoody’s Brook Run Park to formally open the contro-versial concrete path to the public.

“The trail is fantastic,” said Kelly Grant, who walked the path with her husband, Gordon, and two sons, bike-riding Max, 4, and 14-month-old Joe, who, by the end, was sound asleep in a decorated wagon. “It really is beauti-ful. I’m kind of shocked at how nice it is. I think it will be great for the com-munity.”

Grant said she regularly dropped by Brook Run to walk Max in his stroll-er when he was younger, and thought the trail offered a great improvement to older paths through the park. She said she was eager to show the trail to her neighbors.

The parade celebrated the open-ing of the first phase of the trail, a .7-mile stretch that cost the city about $425,000. Work on the second phase of the trail, a 1.2-mile stretch priced at about $440,000, is expected to begin this fall. The completed trail is sched-uled to open next spring.

“It’s a nice trail. A lot hillier than I was expecting,” said Lea Trujillo, who said she walked with, and occasional-ly pushed, her two bike-riding children, Aniyah and Bo, during the parade.

Forty-three entrants registered to compete in the parade for prizes.

Will Starling, son of Dunwoody’s economic development director, Mi-chael Starling, won the “most creative” award for his bicycle, which he decorat-ed with cutout ears and plastic tubing to turn it into an elephant.

Lauren Fitzgerald won the “best theme” award for her “back to school” bike, which she decorated with a large basket filled with school supplies.

And the Grant family took the prize for “best use of color.” Joe Grant slept through the announcement of the award.

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The city of Chamblee won a tem-porary restraining order preventing Brookhaven City Council from taking any action to annex the property until a court hearing Aug. 14.

The current discord between the two cities has been incubating since before Brookhaven incorporated in 2012.

Century Center, located just off of I-85 at Clairmont Road in unincorpo-rated DeKalb County, was drawn into early maps of Brookhaven when resi-dents were seeking approval for the new city in the state Legislature.

Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis was involved in the early cityhood efforts. He said Century Center, along with the Plaza Fiesta shopping center and a par-cel of land in the Peachtree DeKalb Air-port, were drawn out of Brookhaven’s boundaries by legislators responding to requests from Chamblee officials and residents of nearby neighborhoods.

“They let it be known that was some-thing they wanted to preserve for fu-ture annexation efforts,” Davis said. “That wasn’t necessarily in the city of Brookhaven’s best interest. It was in the city of Chamblee’s best interest.”

Chamblee Mayor Eric Clarkson said Chamblee’s annexation effort was driven “100 percent” by residents of the Dres-den East Civic Association.

The approximately 11,000 residents in the unincorporated DeKalb neighbor-hoods sought to be included into the city of Chamblee, and claimed that tax rev-enue from Century Center would pro-vide Chamblee with the funds needed to serve the new population. An annexation referendum was approved by the Legisla-ture and went up for a vote in November

2012, but failed by a slim margin.Clarkson said due to the referendum

failing by “a slim enough margin and enough voter irregularities,” legislators agreed to give voters another chance to vote on annexation in the 2013 election.

Clarkson said it was after the referen-dum was already approved by the Leg-islature and signed by the governor that he heard Century Center was interested in joining Brookhaven.

“I, nor anyone in Chamblee, had any idea they were considering annex-ing Century Center into Brookhaven,” Clarkson said.

But Davis said Brookhaven was con-tacted by Highwoods Properties, one of the owners of Century Center, about the possibility of annexation before Cham-blee’s referendum was approved. He said it would have been unreasonable to expect Brookhaven to inform Chamblee about an annexation before it was a reality.

“As an attorney, and a person in business, if something isn’t official and there’s not ink to paper, you don’t make announcements or take action until someone actually commits,” Davis said, adding, “no one from Chamblee con-tacted Brookhaven when they worked to

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Clarkson said despite frequent com-munication between the neighboring cities over the past several months, Cen-tury Center never came up.

“I would say there was plenty of communication between Highwoods and Chamblee and Brookhaven, just not about Century Center going into Brookhaven,” Clarkson said.

Jim Bacchetta, vice president of Highwoods Properties Atlanta Division, said his company is interested in being annexed into Brookhaven for several reasons. First is that Century Center is adjacent to the city’s borders.

“We’re actually physically closer to Brookhaven right now than we are to Chamblee,” Bacchetta said.

He also believes Century Center is

better aligned with Brookhaven.“Their vision is really the same vision

for what we want to do at Century Cen-ter. The mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly plan we have is exactly what Brookhav-en is interested in,” Bacchetta said.

Bacchetta said the disadvantage of being a commercial property owner is not having a vote on things like Cham-blee’s annexation referendum.

“The only way we can affect our fu-ture is by asking for this [Brookhaven] annexation,” Bacchetta said. “There’s no way to predict the results of the upcom-ing referendum vote.”

But Bacchetta said the main thing Highwoods is looking for is a smaller, more responsive governing body.

“I think we’d be happy to be a part of Chamblee. But we’d be happier to be a part of Brookhaven,” he said.

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Brookhaven, don’t waste my money!To the editor:

I am not a fan of the Pink Pony. I am far more not a fan of wasting mil-lions of dollars of city money on a lost cause.

Brookhaven purposefully includ-ed the Pink Pony within our borders during our formation. Existing laws prevent more of these businesses from coming in. So what’s the problem? As important, what is our case? As far as I can see, there is none.

This sounds like someone’s personal agenda, and not at all a sensible pursuit or wise use of city money. City Council members, please live up to your pledge to use our money wisely.

Focus on what’s important. Tilting at windmills is not it.

Andrea Seidl

Pink Pony fight is appalling

To the editor:

I am appalled at the city of Brookhav-en’s vendetta against the Pink Pony, a business that provides approximate-ly $450,000 in funding to the city in property and sales tax, licenses and per-mits, and the city’s apparent willingness to spend $200,000 of taxpayer funds to defend a lawsuit brought by the Pink Pony (a lawsuit that I, for one, feel is to-tally justified).

The Pink Pony provides jobs for 300

people and, according to an article in a local daily newspaper, has never been cited for violation of any laws or ordi-nances in its 22 years of existence.

Mayor [J. Max] Davis has been quot-ed as having the desire “...to protect the health, safety and welfare of Brookhav-en’s residents and businesses through the city’s actions against the Pink Pony.”

I have lived in DeKalb County for more than 50 years and in the same home in Brookhaven for more than 40 years. I strongly resent seeing my tax money spent frivolously in this un-needed and unwanted vendetta against the Pink Pony in order to “protect” me from something that poses no danger to or impact on me, my friends or family.

Adding another layer of government to my life and the lives of the other res-idents of Brookhaven holds little prem-ise of “better living” if the Pink Pony fiasco is any indication of what the fu-ture holds.

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Editor’s note: It’s time for kids to head back to school, a time that can be as stressful for parents as it is for students. We asked high school guidance counselor Sara Eden for some advice to share with parents as the school year begins.

As a parent, you may be contemplating the upcoming school year with mixed emotions.

Maybe you are ready for some healthy time apart from your child. Perhaps you are mourning the loss of free time as a family. You may feel anxious when you think about getting back into carpools and the flurry of afternoon activities that come with the school year.

So, my first bit of advice is to empathize with your child. Our kids are feeling the same range of emotions, more in-tensely, and have less experience managing them.

It’s natural to struggle with transitions, so tolerate some ambivalence from your child about the new school year. If your child doesn’t “hit the ground running,” there is no need to jump to conclusions based on behaviors you see in the first couple weeks of school. Give him or her (and yourselves!) a lit-tle time to adjust.

That being said, as parents, you can help ease your child back into a routine. For many children, though they resist at first, the structure of the school year is comfortable for them.

So whether it’s family dinners or earlier bedtimes, start try-ing to integrate some of the school year routine back into your children’s lives. Depending on your child, you may be able to exert some influence over his or her bedtime to help with the adjustment. However, with a lot of teens, you may have to watch them walk zombie-like out of the house during those first couple of weeks until they self-impose an earlier bedtime.

Parents can help children realize that they need the healthy meals at home, and more consistent exercise and sleeping hab-its that come with the school year to perform their best and to combat any stress they may face.

As a parent, you may feel the need to have a conversation

with your child about his or her goals for the upcoming year. In the workplace, a goal-setting conversa-tion may serve to motivate and fo-cus an employee, but the majority of teenagers will shut down as soon as they hear “So, what are your goals for this year?” Instead, ini-tiate informal conversations with your children about what they are looking forward to in all areas of school life: academic, social and ex-tracurricular.

Reconnecting with friends is a huge motivator for teens as they contemplate going back to school. Help your children focus on the positive aspects of the new year: new opportunities to get involved, new privileges, new friends. Reassure them that you are there to help if help is needed. Above all else, leave your agenda for your child’s school year out of the conversation, and focus on his or her thoughts and concerns.

Getting kids excited or motivated to go back to school is a tough job for a parent. I would argue that it is almost impos-sible, as motivation really can’t be given. Instead, help your children embrace the responsibility of being a student. Be tol-erant of their mixed emotions and behaviors as the new year begins, establish healthy routines, and emphasize the positive aspects of school life.

Ultimately, you are in this together, working your way through one of life’s many transitions, and your modeling and guidance will help your child face future life changes down the road. Good luck, and welcome back to school!

Sara Eden is a licensed clinical social worker and the upper school guidance counselor at Pace Academy.

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When he was young, Jack Feagin had no use for bridge. It was the card game his parents played. Back then, in the 1960s, he thought the game “ridic-ulous.”

But after he went off to college, things changed. One night, when he thinks he probably should have been studying for exams, somebody got up a bridge game in his dorm and convinced Feagin to play a few hands. He suddenly realized he needed to know how to play this game.

“It became an obsession,” the Sandy Springs lawyer said. “You can get addict-ed to bridge. Each hand is diff erent. It’s so challenging. Th en there’s the compe-tition of it. You meet lots of interesting people...”

He wasn’t the only one who got hooked on bridge. When Patty Tucker was growing up a few years later, she had quite a diff erent feeling about the card game she watched her parents play with their friends. She thought it looked cool.

“I’d hear them talking about hands at breakfast the next morning... how they should have played diff erently, how the opening lead changed the hand,” she said. “It just seemed so complex, with so many parts to it, so many intricacies.”

She took to the game early, when she was just 11. “I’ve played bridge ever since. I love it,” said Tucker, who now lives in Dunwoody. “Everyone should play bridge.”

During the fi rst 11 days of this month, there were parts of metro At-lanta where it may have seemed every-one does play bridge, or at least wants to. Th ousands of players from around the world planned to gather at a down-town hotel during the period from Aug. 1 through 11 for the North American Bridge Championship, one of the top competitions in the bridge world.

Feagin and Tucker, now rated as life masters of the complicated card game, were in the thick of things during plan-ning for the international gathering.

Feagin chaired the local host commit-tee for the event, the fourth time he has headed the committee for the nation-al competition, which comes to Atlanta

about once a decade. Tuck-er ran a por-tion of the tournament for play-ers aged 19 and young-er, the Youth North Amer-ican Bridge Champi-onship. She also taught a course in how to learn bridge in a day.

Both, of course, planned to play in the tournament. “I like the game too much [not to play],” Feagin said recent-ly during a chat over coff ee at a Sandy Springs restaurant.

Tucker, too. Now she teaches others the card game she learned to love as a child. She wants to see bridge survive

the sea chang-es in how peo-ple spend their leisure time.

“Th ink about how our cul-ture has changed in the last 30 years,” she said. “It used to be, when bridge was in its hey-day, you didn’t have hundreds of stations on TV. Th ere was, I think, a lot more social interaction by having people

over to your house.”After all, when visitors came, hosts

had to fi nd some way to entertain them. Bridge off ered a natural answer. “Th ere’s only so much time you can spend talk-ing,” Tucker said. “It’s good to have a buff er, like a bridge game.”

Decades after Feagin and Tuck-er watched their parents socialize over bridge tables, the game stilll plays a big part in their lives. Th ey play often. Both married people they met playing bridge.

“Seeing people playing bridge tells you a lot about them. It’s the same as tennis. [It shows] the way they handle themselves ...,” Tucker said. “Bridge is going to make you look stupid. If you’re a smart person, you don’t want to be laughed at. Th e way you handle that says a lot about you.”

In fact, she says she and her husband worried that getting married might break up a perfectly good bridge part-nership. “I think that’s why we waited so long to get married,” she said one recent morning at a Dunwoody coff ee shop. “We had a good bridge partnership.”

Still do. Like Jack Feagin and his wife, they’re still partners playing bridge.

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Children’s hospital volunteer known for sweet treats

By MaRTHa nodaRLindy Farley has been volunteering

at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite in Sandy Springs for 15 years.

“I always felt fortunate, blessed, to have had healthy children,” the Dunwoody res-ident said. “After my children went away to college, volunteering at a children’s hospi-tal seemed like a good venue for me to help others.”

Once a week, Far-ley mans the information desk in the front lobby, directing parents where to go and answering any questions they may have. She said that in some cases, when she senses the parents may need a little more guidance, she escorts them to their destination in an eff ort to make their visit a little less stressful.

“Th e goal is to make their time at the hospital as pleasant as possible,” she em-phasized.

Farley said that as soon as she arrives at her desk, she checks the list of patients to see if there is anyone she knows. In such cases, she makes a point to visit them and may even stop at the gift shop on her way to their room.

She also is well-known among par-ents, fellow volunteers and hospital staff members for her skills in making des-serts.

Farley’s fellow volunteers appreciate her dedication.

“Lindy is a very generous person with a big heart,” said Terry Ingwersen, a 10-year volunteer, who works at the oncol-ogy and hematology outpatient clinic. “And her sweet treats are fabulous.”

“Lindy is such a warm, welcoming

person,” said Betty Shults.Shults, a resident of Sandy Springs,

has been volunteering at Scottish Rite for 12 years. Many of those years she has been at the neonatal intensive care unit, where Farley used to volunteer sev-

eral years ago. Both Shults and

Farley are also part of a special group of vol-unteers who are in-volved in hosting a reception for those attending the annu-

al Candle Lighting Memorial Service at Scottish Rite.

Th is event is held at the hospital’s chapel on Sunday afternoons every De-cember for the family members of the children who have passed away at the hospital.

“Each family that attends the ser-vice is given a candle to light after their child’s name is called by the chaplain do-ing the service,” Shults said.

Brenda Green, the coordinator for chaplaincy and clinical pastoral educa-tion at Scottish Rite, said the idea of hav-ing an annual memorial service emerged approximately 20 years ago from be-reavement groups that met at the hospi-tal each month. When the groups met, some hospital staff members joined the families to mourn children who had passed away.

Shults said the annual event has be-come a tradition among a group of par-ents who come year after year, expect-ing to see Farley there, and eager to try the special sweet treats she prepares for them.

“Lindy brings a lot of joy to those around her,” Ingwersen said.

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Lindy Farley greets people at the front desk of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite.

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Interfaith families fi nd support, education at MJCCA

By MeliSSa [email protected]

When Leslie Mintz’s chil-dren started coming home singing the Hebrew songs they learned at day care, she decided she wanted to learn them, too.

Mintz grew up Episcopa-lian, but she married a Jew-ish man, and they decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith.

“It kind of hit me that I didn’t know a lot about it,” Mintz said. “When I was 25, I agreed to one day raise these children Jewish, and here I am. I want to be an involved mom, and this isn’t my religion.”

She began attending a program at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta for non-Jewish mothers raising Jewish children. Th e group was called the Mother’s Circle.

“It was education, but it was also a nice support group because other wom-en would share challenges they were having,” Mintz said.

Th e Mother’s Circle is one of the out-reach programs the Jewish Community Center off ers for interfaith families, said Rabbi Brian Glusman, director of mem-bership outreach and engagement. “So many of our cou-ples and families are interfaith on some level,” Glus-man said.

Glusman said for both Jews and non-Jews, it has become more com-mon and accepted to marry someone from a diff erent religious back-ground.

“Th ere’s just a greater open-ness now,” Glus-man said. “In the old days, if a child married someone of a diff erent faith, a parent might have gone into mourning over that. Th at doesn’t happen anymore.”

Glusman said couples from diff erent religious backgrounds often begin to se-riously discuss the role of faith in their lives once they have children.

“After the thank-you notes are writ-ten following the wedding … there are a host of challenges for people who are in interfaith relationships, especially with children. Children seem to be the cat-alyst for addressing these issues,” Glus-man said.

While attending the Mother’s Circle, Mintz learned about other programs, and started attending more events at the center. She went on a community trip to Israel, and eventually decided to convert

to Judaism.“It jump-started my interest and

learning about the cultural and religious side of Judaism,” Mintz said.

Glusman said conversion isn’t the goal of the programming at the MJC-CA, however.

“My job is to make sure people in in-terfaith relationships can fi nd a place in the Jewish community,” Glusman said. “We don’t demand anything of them.”

Glusman said he’s trying to make all programming at the MJCCA more ac-cessible and welcoming for everyone. He believes isolating interfaith families into

separate programs can be counterpro-ductive.

“I think that it is distancing and off -putting for some people,” Glusman said. “Th ey don’t want to be singled out. Th ey want to be included. All our programs are open to all, no matter their faith or orien-tation. I guess you could call them ‘all faith.’”

Shelly Buxbaum is the director of the Lisa F. Brill Institute of Jewish Learning at the MJCCA. She and other instruc-tors teach a variety of courses for adults about Judaism, including an Introduc-tion to Judaism course, which she said is popular with interfaith families.

“Parents of young children want to seriously look at these issues and core values, and understand what their chil-dren are learning, and to bring the con-versation home,” Buxbaum said.

She said the courses are discussion-based, and off er a pluralistic view of Ju-daism.

“It makes it meaningful for people who are on a journey, who would like to learn about Judaism, who would like to hear a spectrum of opinions,” Buxbaum said.

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“There’s much less distraction here than in the ocean,” she said. “[It’s] smoother, quieter.”

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High Country started selling paddle-boards three years ago, general manag-er John Sloan said. It now offers regu-lar Thursday night demonstrations at Morgan Falls Overlook Park in San-dy Springs to introduce newcomers to stand up paddleboarding.

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A paddleboarder stands on a long board and powers it with a long oar. Most paddleboards stand 10 feet to12 feet tall and are wider than surfboards. Th e extra width helps stability; however, since a longer board glides faster, stand up race boards are 12 feet 6 inches to 14 feet.

Sloan, a certifi ed stand up paddle-board teacher, said he still recalls his fi rst time on a paddleboard six years ago. “Standing on water is a new sensation,” he said. “[It off ered] a total sensory over-load.”

One recent Th ursday, he showed members of a class how to mount and dismount a paddleboard, and how to stand after paddling a short distance. Kneeling is the position recommend-ed if you get tired or hit rough water, he said. Although most of the people attending the demonstration appeared a bit shaky at fi rst, everyone eventually was able to stand up on a board.

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First-timer Katie Devitt, a runner who also enjoys yoga and rock climbing, was the fi rst to mount a board. By the end of the evening, she was hooked on the sport.

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“The Croods” Friday, Aug. 23, 6 p.m. – Enjoy a family-friend-ly movie, on a large, outdoor screen. Movie starts at dusk. “Th e Croods” is about a caveman family that must trek through an unfamiliar world with the help of an inventive boy. Rated PG. Free and open to every-one. Pets and alcoholic beverages not permitted. San-dy Springs United Methodist Church, Hitson Center Lawn, 86 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Visit: www.facebook.com/SandySpringsMov-iesByMoonlight with questions.

Walk, Wag, N’ RunSaturday, Aug. 24, 7:30 a.m. – Join others for the Walk, Wag, N’ Run to help the human and an-imal victims of domestic violence. Proceeds benefi t the Ahimsa House. $25 early bird through Aug. 17; $30 after; $35 day of race. I-mile Fun Run, $15, and begins at 8:45 a.m. Participants receive t-shirt, good-ie bag. Flat to rolling hills course that ends in Lenox Park. Event is a 2014 Peachtree Road Race qualifi er. Race starts at 1025 Lenox Park Blvd.; vehicle park-ing at 2180 Lake Blvd., Brookhaven, 30319. Regis-ter and learn more at www.active.com.

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Stop Hunger NowSaturday, Aug. 17, 8 a.m. – Dunwoody Unit-ed Methodist Church kicks off the fall with “Food-stock 2013,” by putting together at least 300,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now. Th e goal is to involve the entire community, so they can work together for a great cause. Free and open to everyone. 1548 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770-394-0675 or go to: www.dunwoodyumc.org/2013 for more details and to reserve a time slot.

Family Field DaySaturday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m. – Join others on the St. James United Methodist Church’s Sanctu-ary Lawn for a Family Field Day! Wear tennis shoes and gym clothes – this isn’t your school’s fall carnival! Participate in games, and compete for prizes. Free events; snacks and drinks will be for sale. All ages are welcome, and the public is invited to attend. 4400 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, 30342. Ques-tions? Visit: www.stjamesatlanta.org or contact Emi-ly Gantert at 404-261-3121.

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Summer SingSaturday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – All are invited to the Choral Guild of Atlanta’s “Summer Sing,” an open house for interested singers to get ac-quainted with the conductor and chorus. Meet up with old friends, and preview music planned for the fi rst concert, the works of Benjamin Britten. Free. No age or talent requirement needed for this event. Coff ee and conversation start at 9:15 a.m. St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, 1978 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Questions? Call 404-223-6362 and leave message or email: [email protected].

Musical ShowcaseSaturday, Aug. 17, 7 p.m. – Th e 5th annual summer concert to benefi t the Tim Redovian Me-morial Fund gets under way, with past recipients of TRMF scholarships showcasing their musical tal-ents in “Look at Us Now!” All are welcome. Free admission; donations accepted. Reception follows the show. TRMF provides funding and scholarship awards to high school students pursuing education in the performing arts. Dunwoody Baptist Church, 1445 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, visit www.timredovian.org.

Springs ConcertsSunday, Aug. 18, 7 p.m. – Concerts by the Springs welcomes back Gwen Hughes & Th e Retro Jazz Kats, after their earlier performance was rained out. Th e band features elegant jazz and classic swing music. Free. No pets, no smoking. Picnic baskets, coolers and blankets are welcome; no outside tables. Food and bev-erages available for purchase. Heritage Green, on the Sandy Springs Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-851-9111, ext. 4, visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org or email: [email protected] to learn more.

Tia Rix & FriendsFriday, Aug. 23, 7:30-9:30 p.m. – Check out favorite jazz standards and more at the Church of the Atonement’s free summer concert series. Doors open at 7 p.m. Dessert and coff ee provided; BYOB. Th e public is welcome. Babysitting servic-es provided. Bring a can or non-perishable item for theCommunity Action Center Food Bank. 4945 High Point Rd., NE, Sandy Springs, 30342. Call 404-252-3324 or go to: https://atonement.episco-palatlanta.org to fi nd out more.

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Find Your BalanceWednesday, Aug. 14, 6-8 p.m. – Balance is a concern for many, and balance seems to diminish as we age. Why wait until it is too late? Learn some sim-ple tricks to help fi nd your balance from the inside out. Learn about alignment and body mechanics so you can improve your balance, and learn how to use your body more eff ectively. Free. Open to members of the Cancer Support Community. Workshop is appropriate for everyone, including those who can-not get on the fl oor. RSVP to 404-843-1880. Can-cer Support Community, 5775 Peachtree Dun-woody Rd., Building C, Suite 225, Atlanta, 30342. Go to: www.cscatlanta.org for details.

Tinnitus SupportSaturday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Th e Atlanta Tinnitus Support Group invites all to join them at their next meeting, where Melissa Wikoff , Au.D., Doctor of Audiology at Atlanta Hearing As-sociates, will speak. Socializing from 10-10:30 a.m.; lecture beings at 10:30 a.m. Dunwoody Public Li-brary, in the Meeting Room, 5339 Chamblee-Dun-woody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more details, email: Erica at [email protected].

Wedding Savings Saturday, Aug. 17, 3-4:30 p.m. – Feeling overwhelmed by wed-ding costs? Th is work-shop tells how to plan a “dream wedding” at a reasonable price by us-ing a little creativity and research. Come learn the simple, cost-saving strategies that are often overlooked. Have twice the wedding for half the price! Free and open to the public. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, San-dy Springs, 30328. For additional information, visit www.sashajevents.eventbrite.com.

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Back to school ‘survival tips’ for parents, students

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schools will already be back in session for 2013-14. Atlanta Public Schools re-sumed classes Aug. 7, and Fulton and DeKalb county schools on Aug. 12.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has offered up some survival tips for kids and parents as the school year routine begins anew. These tips are some ba-sics for eating properly and maintaining study habits, as well as selecting a back-pack that is safe and comfortable.

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• Eat breakfast. The old saying “break-fast is the most important meal of the day” is never more true than when you’re going to school. Students are more alert and perform better in class if they eat a good breakfast.

• Get enough sleep. Studies show that teens need at least 8½ hours of sleep each night to feel rested. Sleep de-privation can lead students to fall asleep in class (embarrassing if you’re caught!) and can also make it hard to concentrate. It can be more produc-tive to get the sleep you need than it is to stay up late cramming: A re-cent study found that students who got adequate sleep before a math test were nearly three times more likely to figure out the problem than those who stayed up all night.

• Do more at school and you’ll have less to do at home. Take advantage of those times during the school day when you’re not in class: Review notes, go to the library or computer lab, get a head start on your home-work, or research a term paper. You’ll be thankful later while you’re at the mall or a concert and your classmates are stuck at home cramming.

• Be a joiner. One of the best ways to make friends and learn your way around is by joining school clubs, sports teams and activities. Even if you can’t kick a 30-yard field goal or sing a solo, getting involved in other ways – going to a school play, help-ing with a bake sale, or cheering on

friends at a swim meet – can help you feel like a part of things.

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• Consider the construction. Be-fore you grab a new bag off the rack, make sure it’s got two pad-ded straps that go over your shoul-ders. The wider the straps, the bet-ter. A backpack with a metal frame like the ones hikers use may give you more support (although many lock-ers aren’t big enough to hold this kind of pack). Make use of another hiking tip: Look for a backpack with a waist belt, which helps to distrib-ute the weight more evenly across the body. Backpacks with multiple com-partments can also help distribute the weight more evenly.

• Balance the load. Before you load your backpack, adjust the straps so the pack sits close to your back. If the pack bumps against your low-er back or your butt when you walk, the straps are probably too long. Al-ways pack your backpack with the heaviest items closest to your back. Don’t drop all your stuff in the main compartment (using the side pock-ets will distribute the weight more evenly). Wear both straps over your shoulders.

• Try a pack with wheels. Lots of kids use these as an alternative to back-packs, but there are guidelines and considerations to keep in mind with this kind of pack, too. Many schools don’t allow rolling packs because peo-ple can trip over them in the halls.

• Don’t overdo it. Doctors and physi-cal therapists recommend that people carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their body weight in their packs. This means that if you weigh 120 pounds, your backpack should weigh no more than 12 to 18 pounds. Use your bathroom scale to weigh your backpack and get an idea of what the proper weight for you feels like.

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Ben Karlin has a record of start-ing new endeavors.

During his freshman year, he was the starting pitcher for the Weber School baseball team’s fi rst-ever state playoff game. Th at same year, when he did not see a quality, baseball summer camp he wanted his younger brother to participate in, he started a new one with his friend Joseph Brickman.

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“When I fi rst came to Weber, he was a young, eager sophomore still learn-ing things, but he has developed into a mature, young man,” Wright said. “He has done a great job leading in both the classroom and the weight room.”

In addition to being a pitcher at We-ber in the spring, Ben has participated on traveling teams during the fall and summer since he was 13, most recently playing for the last three years with the 643 DP Jaguars.

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Th rough his summer camp and by teaching private lessons on pitching, hit-ting and fi elding, he has worked to pass his passion on to others.

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Gurley’s patrol car, straight from the factory, held the pleasant, leathery fra-grance of a brand new car, and a man-ufacturer’s tag still hung from the glove compartment. It came equipped with a laptop, radio and GPS unit for officers to monitor 911 calls and communicate with each other.

Gurley said the cars and equipment arrived just in time. Brookhaven’s 54 po-lice officers spent the 2 1/2 weeks prior to the launch date training and familiar-izing themselves with the city.

Driving along Buford Highway, Gur-ley heard a call over the radio from an apartment complex nearby. He decided to see if the officers needed backup. Still learning the Brookhaven streets, Gurley passed the building at first, and made a U-turn to circle back. When another pa-

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There were already several police cars in the parking lot. Several more soon pulled up. In all, eight cars responded to the call. Gurley said a man called police after a woman pepper sprayed him dur-ing an argument. He coughed slightly from the lingering odor of pepper spray as he walked back to his police car.

Residents of the apartment building looked perplexed by the swarm of cops. “We’re running strong because it’s our first day today,” Gurley said.

Gurley said it won’t be normal for that many officers to respond at once. But he said residents will be seeing a bigger law enforcement presence than they’re used to. He said response times will improve as well.

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“It’s going to be a noticeable differ-ence to the residents,” Gurley said. “It’s not a knock against DeKalb. They were just spread thin.”

Among those who exited the police cars was Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Da-vis, who was riding along with an officer. The mayor chatted with resident Scott Davis about the launch of the city’s po-lice department. Scott Davis, who’s not related to the mayor, said he’d been keeping up with the development of the new city, and seemed pleased with the idea of a new police force.

“I like it,” he said. “I just hope they don’t pull me over next time I let my tag expire two days after my birthday.”

As day watch commander for the Brookhaven Police Department, Gur-ley supervises all the officers patrolling the city during the day. He said his du-ties keep him partly in the office, doing administrative work, and partly in the field, backing up officers on calls.

Gurley worked for the Sandy Springs Police Department for a year and a half before coming to Brookhaven. He spent the majority of his career, 14 years, with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office. Gurley said he knows from his back-ground as a sheriff’s deputy that county law enforcement agencies can have great-

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In addition to his day watch com-mand duties, Gurley serves as the Brookhaven Police Department’s Pub-lic Information Officer. It’s a job he’s used to. He was the full-time PIO in Paulding County for four years. He said he had a lot of success promoting the agency through social networking platforms like Twitter.

“Social networking is a way for us to get our message out immediately to the public,” Gurley said. “It’s a way for us to push information out without having to have the media push it out for us.”

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Road, a white Chevro-let ran through a yellow light as it turned red. Gur-ley stopped, mid-sen-tence, and put on his lights and sirens. He sped up to catch the car, and the driv-er pulled over into a drug-store parking lot.

Gurley gave the driver a verbal warning and got back into his patrol car. The officer explained that he feels he can often cor-rect bad behavior without writing tickets.

“It’s not a revenue gen-erator like everybody likes to claim. It’s to make the road safer,” Gurley said. “I feel like I can do that with a warning.”

Gurley pulled a laminated card from the visor to check the call signals be-fore radioing in to dispatch. He said ev-ery department is different, and he’s still getting used to the DeKalb County call signals. Dispatchers have agreed to say the signal, and then follow it with plain speech to help the new Brookhaven offi-cers get acquainted.

Gurley said the new police officers have been working at a whirlwind pace to get the department up and running this summer. He said starting a depart-ment from the ground up has been an interesting challenge.

“I walked in with a laptop and a cell-phone. The cars had been ordered. That’s it,” Gurley said.

He’s worked 12-15 hours a day, sometimes six days a week, to prepare for the July 31 launch.

He said his former colleagues in San-dy Springs prepared him for the chal-lenge of starting a new department. “They all told me you will be so thankful you had this opportunity, but you won’t want to do it again,” Gurley said.

“This, to me, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To look back and say ‘I did that,’ is something I will be able to take pride in.”


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Notice is hereby given that a General Election for the City of Brookhaven will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 for the purpose of electing two (2) members of the City Council. The City Council districts to be voted on are districts 2 (two) and 4 (four).

Qualifying for said election will be held Monday, August 26, 2013, Tuesday, August 27th, and Wednesday, August 28, 2013 between the hours of 8:30am and 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Georgia Election Code 21-2-132(d) (3)). Each candidate shall file a notice of candidacy in the office of the City Clerk of Brookhaven, 200 Ashford Center North, Suite 150, Dunwoody, Georgia. Each candidate must meet the qualifications of the Charter and Code of the City of Brookhaven, as well as applicable State laws. The qualifying fee for each council seat is $360.00 which is 3% of the total gross salary of the preceding year (Georgia Election Code 21-2-131 (a) (a) (A)).

The last day a person may register and be eligible to vote in the Municipal General Election and Run-off is Monday, October 7, 2013 (Georgia Election Code 21-2-224(a)). Advance voting will be held at the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections, 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300, Decatur, Georgia 30032, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., October 14, 2013 through November 1, 2013. The polls will be open on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The date of the General Election Run-off, if necessary, is Tuesday, December 3, 2013.

Questions should be directed to Susan Hiott, City Clerk, at (404) 637-0464 or [email protected].

Police Lt. gurley, who is day watch commander and also the department’s public

information officer, was with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office for 14 years.

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Police Blotterfrom police reports dated through

july 30.

The following information was pulled from DeKalb County Police Department’s Crimetrac system (www.crimemapping.com/map/ga/dekalbcounty) for the zip

code 30319 and the lower Buford Highway corridor. The information on the website is

presumed accurate.

RoBBeRy � 3900 block of Peachtree Road – a strong

arm robbery in the street was reported on july 19.

� 3900 block of Peachtree Road – a robbery in the street using a gun was reported on july 29.

BuRgLaRy � 1100 block of Brookhaven Commons

Drive – a residential burglary, using forced entry, was reported on july 22.

auTo ThefT � 700 block of Brookhaven Avenue – Theft

of an auto was reported on july 24.

assauLT � 3200 block of Osborne Road – Terroristic

threats were reported on july 19.

� 3500 block of Clairmont Road – Simple as-sault/simple battery was reported on july 21.

� 3900 block of Peachtree Road – Simple assault was reported on july 23.

� 2600 block of Winding Lane – Simple assault/simple battery was reported on july 23.

� 1400 block of Briarwood Road – Sim-ple assault/simple battery was reported on july 24.

� 3800 block of Peachtree Road – Simple assault/simple battery was reported on july 27.

� 4000 block of Peachtree Road – Simple assault/simple battery was reported on july 27.

ThefT/LaRceNy � 1900 block of Mannville Drive – a theft

was reported on july 27.

vehicLe BReak-iN/ LaRceNy

� 700 block of Brookhaven Avenue – a larce-ny from a building was reported on july 19.

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� 3500 block of Clairmont Road – a larce-ny of articles from a vehicle was reported on july 20, july 21 and july, 27.

� 3900 block of Peachtree Road – a larce-ny of parts from a vehicle was reported on july 22.

� 3400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – a larceny of articles from a vehicle was re-ported twice on july 22, and once on july 30.

� 2900 block of Osborne Road – a larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on july 26.

� 3600 block of Clairmont Road – a larce-ny of articles from a vehicle was reported on july 27.

� 300 block of Brookhaven Avenue – a lar-ceny of articles from a vehicle was report-ed on july 30.

oTheR � 4000 block of Peachtree Road – public in-

toxication was reported on july 20.

� 3900 block of Peachtree Road – Disorderly conduct was reported on july 23.

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silver rushatlanta Police sort through items recovered during the course of investigating reports of silver stolen from Buckhead homes. maj. van hobbs, commander of the Zone 2 atlanta Police Precinct, says reisdents should call 911 if they see something that “doesn’t look right.”

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For saleAvon Products – Get your Avon products – Thomas Pope 678-237-7959. “Every Day can be a Spa Day with Avon.” Please visit www.youravon.com/formen.

Mt. Vernon Towers – 1br/1ba, remodeled kitchen, fresh paint, new carpet. Only $35,000. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Burt Cloud, 404-626-3114/404-252-4908.

Kirby 2012Upright Vacuum – New $2000 Sale $950. 404-231-7410

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

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

Rosie’s Cleaning Service – Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly or One Time Service. Move-in or Move-out. Free estimate call 678-914-8878.

Private Care Giver for your loved ones – References Available. Call 404-397-9429.

I love to clean houses Spic and Span! – Call for the best prices in town!! 678-333-3898

Matthew’s Handy Services – Small jobs and chores is my specialty, flexible scheduling, carpentry, drywall, painting, plumbing and cleaning. Call 404-547-2079Care Giver / Household Technician – Let me take care of your loved one. Call Robin 770-572-6441. Full-time, Part-time or Overnight. References available.

Furniture Care – Onsite Commercial or Residential cleaning, polishing, repairs or touchups. Linton Furniture Shop. Phone/Text: 770-882-5132 or email: [email protected]

servIces avaIlableemploymentEsthetician needed – Will also do manicures, pedicures, eye lashes and facials. The best location in Atlanta. Call 404-709-1816.

Antiviral Resistance Microbiologist – Work with genetics and sequence analysis. Conduct laboratory analysis of viral gene sequences. Worksite: Atlanta, GA. Send resume to Corp. Hdq. at: Battelle Memorial Institute, Attn: Angela Fox, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201

JAVA Software Engineer – (Ravello Solutions, LLC; Atlanta, GA). Req Master’s or foreign equiv in CS or rltd tech field & coursework in JAVA applications & software tools. Resp for all tech design, utiliz of proper tech, project planning & insurance workflows implemented. Send resume to: T. Rosencrants, Ravello Solutions, LLC, 7000 Central Parkway, Suite 1150, Atlanta, GA 30328. Ref: JSE2.

Computer IT – Oracle Fusion Developer, Atlanta, GA. Apply: www.Verizontelematics.com.

FUrnItUre For saleDining Room Set – American Drew, Grand Inheritance. Beautiful, Dark Cherry Oval w/ inlays, 2 lvs 6 chs 2 arm - 54” China w/ details. $2800. 404-255-2886.

Linton Furniture Shop – Lots of unique, used, reconditioned, furniture. Dressers, Chest, Bookcases, etc. We Buy, Sell or Trade. Free pickup and delivery. Phone/Text: 770-882-5132 or email: [email protected]

Reporter Classifieds will work for you.

Licensed Insurance Representative – Join a State Farm Agency winning team - P/C & L/H license PLUS 2+ Yrs. Agcy exp. (State Farm/a plus). Organized? Love people? Help build & develop customer relationships within the community, promote products: auto, home, life & Bank. Email resume [email protected]

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Belco Electric• Family Owned since 1972 •Fast, Dependable Service by

Professional, Uniformed Electricians

770-455-4556Check out our new website

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[email protected]

W.S.B. Custom Contracting, Inc.Renovations & Additions

Serving Atlanta for 30 years

Residential Landscape Design and Installation.Professional Lawn

and Landscape Maintenance.Bermuda / Zoysia Specialist

Since 1974

404-622-2211Bob Haddad, owner

HADDAD LANDSCAPING

678-691-9852www.TheContractorCrew.com

• New Construction• Additions• Basements• Kitchens/Baths• Siding• Driveways• Brick & Stone Work

• Painting• Roofing• Tile• Carpentry• Handy Man Service• Electrical• Plumbing

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Window Cleaning• Gutter Cleaning • Pressure Washing• Family Owned • 3rd Generation • Licensed and Insured• FREE EstImatEs

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Mobile and Shop Service.Wrought iron repair

and fabrication

536 Edgewood Ave., Atlanta, [email protected]• Family Owned Since 1938! •

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

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Outlets/Switches • Wiring/Rewiring Circuit Breaker Boxes

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

Bring it by or call us for an estimate today!

A Complete Plumbing Service Center

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Automatic Standby Generators

Most Air-Cooled models are in stock and ready to install

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

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

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

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

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Re-roofingRoof repairs

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home services directory To place a Classified or Service Directory ad call deborah at 404-917-2200 x 110.

“We restore the WOW! back into your Marble, Granite, Travertine and other natural stone and tile!”

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Meet the Most DedicatedReal Estate Team in Atlanta

REALTORS OF CHOICE FOR BROOKHAVEN AND NORTH ATLANTA

Caroline & Kent Gipson

We grew up in and live in Brookhaven. We know the most popular

neighborhoods and the qualities that make each special.

• 22 years of full-time experience selling real estate, specializing in Brookhaven and North Atlanta.

• The most strategic, regimented team to assist you in selling, buying and negotiating seamless transactions.

• Charter Member in the #1 Residential Real Estate Office.

• A former Marine plus a Georgia Tech Engineer: there‘s no more committed team to meet your home selling or buying needs.

• Hardworking and native to Brookhaven, with a proven success rate.

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Whether you are looking, listing or both - call us. We look forward to serving your real estate needs.

CAROLINE GIPSON • 678.468.7778KENT GIPSON • 678.468.7788

[email protected] • www.gipsonteam.com©2013 All rights reserved. This information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. If your property is currently listed with another real estate broker, please disregard.

It is not our intention to solicit the offerings of other real estate brokers.

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