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Paul Lawson craned his head up, trying to take in the scale of the new campus of his son’s high school.

“How can I put it,” he said. “Massive?” That’s one way. Students called it “very big” and “huge.” The new North Atlanta High, located at the former IBM cam-

pus on Northside Parkway, officially opened its doors Aug. 7. As they waited for the doors to open, some students chattered away. Others listened to music through headphones.

Some students getting out of their cars looked wide-eyed at their


Atlanta Police on Aug. 2 arrested a woman on charges of receiv-ing stolen property, saying she held $100,000 worth of silver, some stolen from Buckhead homes.

While the silver thefts may have been the most high-profile of the recent crimes, other burglaries are also creating concern among north Fulton residents.

On Aug. 1, residents of the city of Sandy Springs and the Buck-head community met at Northwest Presbyterian Church, crowding into a meeting room with law enforcement officials.

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In order to save an historic Buckhead home, movers are going split it apart and put it back together again.

Buckhead Heritage Society reported Aug. 1 that preparations were under way for moving the historic Randolph-Lucas House from 2500 Peachtree Road to its new site in Ansley Park. At that time, no date had been set for the move.

“Last week, Complete Demolition Services began interior preparations for the relocation, including remov-ing doors and baseboards on the second floor,” Buckhead Heritage said in a press release. “These features have been sys-tematically numbered to facilitate rein-stallation.”

The contractor planned to remove the brick exterior of the house and then reassemble the bricks on the new site.

The 1924 home is currently locat-ed at the intersection of Peachtree Road and Lindbergh Drive, just north of the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center.

“Although moving a historic build-ing intact is always preferred, partial dis-assembly is a tried-and-true preservation approach,” Wright Mitchell, president of Buckhead Heritage, said in a press release.

“Our community benefits from two well-known examples of historic build-ings, the Tullie Smith Farm and The Es-

tate, formerly known as Anthony’s Res-taurant, that were dismantled, moved to Buckhead, and reassembled. We look forward to seeing the Randolph-Lucas House return to its former appearance within the compatible streetscape of An-sley Park.”

Noted Atlanta architect P. Thorn-ton Marye designed the Georgian-Re-vival style home for Hollins Randolph, a great-great-grandson of Thomas Jef-ferson, based on Randolph’s ancestral home near Charlottesville, Va. Margaret Lucas owned the house until her death in 1987.

The house was moved in 1998 – al-though only a few dozen feet – to make way for the 2500 Peachtree Road condo-minium project.

The condo association agreed to maintain the home and use it for func-tions, but the maintenance required quickly became cost-prohibitive and the house fell into disrepair.

Last fall, the 2500 Peachtree Road Condo Association was issued a demoli-tion permit by the city of Atlanta. They offered to give the home away for free if someone would move it to a new loca-tion by the end of this summer.

Collin Kelley contributed to this report.

Randolph-lucas house being prepared for move

Preparations are under way to move the Randolph-lucas house to a location in ansley Park. a contractor will remove certain portions of the interior as well as remove the exterior brick, and reassemble the structure on its new site.

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Teachers, students and parent volun-teers exchanged hugs.

As one student prepared to pass through the school’s metal detectors, getting her purse ready for inspection, she made a confession to a friend.

“I’m nervous,” she said. “I feel like a freshman again.”

North Atlanta begins a new chapter, but there’s no telling whether old con-troversies will continue to arise within the school. The school is the most di-verse in Atlanta, but that diversity has at times created division among parents of black students who feel the school gives an unfair advantage to the white stu-dents from Buckhead.

Atlanta Public Schools removed the school’s leadership in October of last year, saying the changes were due to low

test scores. There’s also been controversy about

the school’s cost. Its nearly $150 mil-lion price tag makes it the most expen-sive public high school ever built in Georgia.

The new campus includes a lake, a rifle range for the ROTC, and athlet-ic fields, among other amenities. The building stands 11 stories tall, sits on 56 acres, and has a capacity to hold 2,400 students, a sign of the growth of the North Atlanta public school cluster.

Some parents were hesitant to en-dorse the cost as they looked at the breathtaking size of the campus. “I guess time will show whether it was worth it or not,” Lawson said.

Parents beamed at the new school as they watched their children walk through the front door. Anne Mc-Clatchey has two children in school, and she remembers when it was still an IBM

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“I think it’s going to make the stu-dents stand up a little taller and work a little harder,” McClatchey said.

Freshman Bailey Nunnally got his first lesson in office dress codes on the way to class. As he walked toward the front door, the man who had dropped him off rolled down the window of his SUV.

“Bailey,” the man said. “Hat.”Nunnally pointed to the ball cap on

his head and nodded. He said he’s im-pressed by the new campus.

“It’s actually really nice,” Nunnal-ly said. “There’s enough access to every floor for every student.”

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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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And paddlers, like other river sports fans, should avoid excessive use of al-cohol, he said. “Alcohol use on the riv-er is the biggest danger with any wa-ter sport,” he said. “But I don’t think it would be easy to drink while standing up and paddling with both hands.”

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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Urban Currents offers an introduction to stand up paddleboarding at 9 a.m., noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on saturday and sundays during non-holiday weekends at the Power Island Unit of the Chattahoochee river National recreation Area, 5820 interstate North Parkway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Sessions cost $92.

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Pool PartySunday, Aug. 18, 4-6 p.m. – Join lots of other young people for BBYO Connect’s Kickoff Pool Par-ty! Appropriate for 6-8th graders. Open to the com-munity. $10 by Aug. 12; $15 after. Marcus Jewish Community Center - Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For more information, email: sta-cie.graff @atlantajcc.org or call 678-812-3972.

“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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STARLABSunday, Aug. 18, 1-2 p.m. – Stay cool at the Chattahoochee Nature Center, while learning the stars and constellations in the August night sky as you journey into STARLAB, a portable planetar-ium. Two, 25- minute sessions. Appropriate for ages 5 to adult. General admission: $10 for adults; $7 for seniors; $7 for students 13-18; $6 for chil-dren; free for CNC members, and kids 2 and un-der. 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075. Call 770-992-2055 or go to: www.chattnaturecenter.org for information.

Basic GardeningSaturday, Aug. 24, 10 a.m. – North Fulton Master Gardeners, along with the University Of Georgia Cooperative Extension, present “Basic Gar-den Maintenance.” Learn tips for year-round suc-cess in your garden. Topics include: when to fertilize, prune, seed lawns, plant annuals, cut and divide pe-rennials, plant bulbs and veggies, and more. Free and open to the public. Registration necessary by visit-ing: http://gardeningbythespringsaug.eventbrite.com. Heritage Sandy Springs, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328, in the Community Room. Call 404-851-9111 with questions.

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The Georgia Department of Education recently released results for the end-of-course tests given to high school students. This table shows the percentage of students in public high schools in Reporter Newspapers communities that did not meet standards in the 10 subject areas tested.

In some cases, due to curriculum changes, not all schools took the same tests or there weren’t enough students taking them to provide a general assessment. The scores here are provided by the Department of Education and presumed to be accurate.

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Back to school ‘survival tips’ for parents, students

By Collin KelleyBy the time you read this, some

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.

Survival Tips

• 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.

Tips for Choosing and Using Backpacks

• 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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Some ‘school survival’ tips include making sure your child eats a good breakast, and selecting the right backpack.

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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.

Not only does Ben start anew, he fi nishes what he starts. He just completed his third year running the baseball camp, and has now made it to three state playoff games with his Geor-gia Independent School Association re-gion 1-AAA team at Weber.

Weber head baseball coach Patrick Wright describes Ben as a team leader “both on and off the fi eld.”

“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.

Ben, who was the captain of the We-ber Rams for the 2013 season, started playing catch with his dad when he was 2 or 3 years old, and has loved sports ever since.

“When I was younger, I played base-ball, basketball and soccer, but I decid-ed that baseball was my favorite and the one I wanted to pursue,” said Ben.

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.

Th e camp has grown from 10 partic-ipants to 21 in only three years, and he hopes to keep it up through college and expand it from one week into two sepa-rate, week-long sessions.

“It has been a great learning experi-ence,” Ben said. “Each year it has be-come easier knowing what to do, how to plan it, how to send emails to parents, and how to work with the kids.”

When he is not exercising his school spirit on the fi eld, Ben works as a “stu-dent ambassador” to encourage young-er kids to consider attending Weber. He visits middle schools, escorts visiting students to classes, and works to get to know students looking at the school.

“Weber is a great place, and I really love it and want to get as many people to go to the school as possible,” said Ben.

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and is looking for a school with strong academics where he can possibly study psychology or economics. Inspired in part by an entrepreneurship class at We-ber, he hopes to ultimately fi nd a job that combines his passions for business and baseball.

� is article was reported and written by Mollie Simon, a rising senior at Cham-blee High School.

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The cities of Atlanta, Sandy Springs and Dunwoody are rolling out registra-tion programs as part of recently adopt-ed false alarm ordinances.

If you live in Sandy Springs or Dun-woody, you have until Oct. 1 to register your burglar alarm or face a $100 fine. Registration of home alarms is free. In Dunwoody, registration of commercial alarms costs $25.

In Atlanta, the new ordinance takes effect Sept. 15, but the deadline to reg-ister is Feb. 1, 2014. The city impos-es a $150 fee for residents who fail to register.

Under the new ordinances, excessive false alarm calls can result in fines rang-ing from $50 to $500, depending on the number of false alarms generated by a particular residence or business.

In Atlanta, the fines start with the sec-ond false alarm. In Dunwoody, fines kick in after the third false alarm. The costs es-calate with successive false alarms.

The new registration and fines are part of a system being implemented by the cities in an attempt to reduce the number of false alarm calls.

Dunwoody Police Chief Billy Gro-gan said the concern about false alarms isn’t new. “I do believe they will make a significant impact on our false alarm calls, and I believe we will see a reduc-tion in these types of calls,” Grogan said. “The issue of false alarms has not suddenly become a concern. It has been a concern for some time. However, it takes time to enact an ordinance such as this.”

City officials say false alarms are a drain on police resources.

“It is estimated that at least 95 per-cent of all alarm calls are false alarms,” a joint press release from Dunwoody and Sandy Springs said. “In 2012, 8,739 of 9,096 Sandy Springs police calls were false alarms. In 2012, Dunwoody police responded to more than 4,000 alarm

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Police BlotterReports dated through July 27.

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

assault � 2400 block of Piedmont Road, NE – an ag-

gravated assault was reported on July 13. a man and woman in a vehicle passed a 2013 silver GmC with a male driver, in the round-about in front of apartments in the 2400 block of Camellia lane. the SuV followed the victims to the intersection of piedmont Road and lindbergh way, and both vehicles stopped at the red light. the victims were attempting to make a u-turn, but when the light turned green, the woman emerged from the sun roof of the SuV and threw eggs at the victim’s vehicle, then, fled south on Pied-mont. the egg shells on the victim’s vehicle had numbers written on them in black mark-er. a person in the victim’s vehicle remem-bered seeing the SuV enter the entrance to the apartment complex, which is only acces-sible by a clicking device issued to residents.

� 1300 block of Northside Drive, NW – an aggravated assault was reported on July 21. a woman said she was cut with a razor blade by her fiancé during a verbal dispute. The sus-pect was later taken into custody.

� 3200 block of Roswell Road, NE – an ag-gravated assault was reported on July 21. a man went to a club with his girlfriend, and while there, someone tried talking to his girl-friend. He got mad and confronted the man, and then pushed him. after pushing the man, the victim said he was hit and knocked out by another person, then was kicked repeatedly in the face, causing factures.

� 200 block of Triumph Drive, NW – an ag-gravated assault was reported on July 24. a man said his “baby momma” grabbed him when he answered the front door, and left bruises to his neck. the suspect’s male friend then produced a gun and pointed it at the victim. the victim has also received threat-ening texts from both suspects.

RoBBeRy � 2300 block of Cheshire Bridge Road, NE

– a robbery at a grocery store was reported on July 15. An unidentified suspect was seen concealing items underneath clothing. the store manager confronted the suspect. the suspect pointed a knife-like object at the

store manager and left the scene.

� 2000 block of Bolton Road, NW – a rob-bery at a library was reported on July 19. two men entered the location and said “Get on the ground, “&%4$$$@#;” you know what time it is.” one suspect was armed with a black handgun. the suspect stole the victims’ cell phones, jewelry and money, along with other items before leaving.

� 2000 block of Peachtree Road, NE – a pe-destrian robbery was reported on July 21. a man was removing his belongings from his 2001 Chevy trailblazer when two other men offered to help, and helped him move items to the sidewalk. the victim told them he wished he could pay them but didn’t have a way to pay. one suspect said there was a way for him to pay, and produced a black pistol with a barrel, and told the victim to back away from the vehicle. the keys were in the ignition when both suspects jumped in and left. the victim waited two days and re-ported the incident when he got to work in deKalb County, saying he did not have min-utes on his cell phone and did not want to ask a friend.

� 1100 block of Huff Road, NW – a pedes-trian robbery was reported on July 25. three suspects jumped out of a SuV, approached three victims in a yellow dodge Charger, pis-tol whipped the men, and stole wallets, jew-elry, cell phones and the dodge Charger.

� 1000 block of Chattahoochee Avenue, NE – a robbery was reported on July 27. a woman was at a bank when she was approached by two, unknown men armed with a knife. She was robbed of $260 while sitting inside her vehicle after she offered them a ride.

BuRglaRy � 600 block of Lambert Drive, NE – a com-

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� 4400 block of Garmon Road, NW – a res-idential burglary was reported on July 17. an unknown suspect pried the door to the victim’s home and stole silver dollars, 40 silver goblets and other silver items from the residence.

� 1300 block of Chattahoochee Avenue, NW – a commercial burglary was reported on July 20. a large hole was found in the wall be-hind several boxes piled high against the wall in the warehouse where a suspect entered the building. an employee said that upon finding items taken, she initially thought the theft was due to a pull-down door being left opened. upon an initial check of the loca-tion, it appeared that the hole was the en-try, made by the suspect. Employees said the pull-down door was locked by employees and double-checked before leaving at the close of business. upon further investigation, the woman said that the hole had been used twice previously to enter the company, and was boarded up each time. items taken were a laptop valued at $350, which was left in a cubicle in the office, and a suitcase con-taining computer equipment for a trade show valued at $700, left in a separate office.

� 1100 block of Peachtree Battle Avenue, NW – a residential burglary was reported on July 21. a woman returned home and real-ized it had been broken into by forced entry to the rear door. a Sony tV was missing, along with a laptop and a gold diamond ring. Her vehicle that was in the garage was unlocked, and had been entered as well.

� 2300 block of Parkland Drive, NE – a res-idential burglary was reported on July 26. The front door was found unlocked. Two flat screen tVs, a laptop, two Gucci belts and

a brown louis Vuitton purse were taken. a woman said the last day she was at her apart-ment, she picked up a man named “Juan” to help her move in a tV, and was unsure if he unlocked the door as he closed it or if she left it unlocked.

laRceNy � 2900 block of Peachtree Road, NE – a lar-

ceny was reported on July 18. the suspect concealed two electric toothbrushes in a black bag and left the store without paying. the suspect ran from an employee outside, came out of his shoes, and dropped the bag, which contained the toothbrushes, his id and a cell phone.

� 1st block of Delmont Drive, NW – a larce-ny from a residence was reported on July 21. a woman took a taxi home. the taxi driver tried to assist her inside, where the two had microwaveable soup. the suspect took her purse from the den and left the apartment.

� 3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – a larce-ny from a specialty store was reported on July 23. an unknown suspect stole 75 pairs of un-derwear valued at $937. larcenies from stores were also reported on July 14, 15, 17, 20.

� 1800 block of Howell Mill Road, NW – a larceny from a discount store was report-ed on July 23. the arrestee was seen select-ing steaks, shrimp and lobster tails valued at $124, and attempting to leave without pay-ing. larcenies from stores were also report-ed on July 25, 26.

� 2500 block of Piedmont Road, NE – larce-nies from stores were reported on July 17, 19.

� 2900 block of Peachtree Road, NE – larce-nies from restaurants were reported on July 24, 27.

laRceNy fRom auto � 3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – a

larceny from an auto was reported on July 16. a man said he parked his vehicle on the 2nd level of the parking deck at lenox mall, locked his vehicle, and went to work, not returning until 12 a.m. He said he left his backpack with his laptop on the passenger seat. as he was driving away he noticed that his “door ajar light” was blinking, and re-alized that his passenger door was not ful-ly latched. He said that he remembers lock-ing the vehicle because the horn beeped. after closing his passenger door, he then drove home, arriving around 12:30 a.m. He then went inside and went to bed. at ap-proximately 6:45 a.m. the following morn-ing, while getting ready for work, he noticed that his backpack was not in his vehicle where he had left it.

� 3000 block of Peachtree Road, NW – a lar-ceny from an auto was reported on July 25. an unknown suspect jimmied the door on the victim’s vehicle and stole watches, laptops and $200 in cash along with $6,000 in Jamai-can currency.

� 1400 block of Northside Drive, NW – lar-ceny from an auto was reported on July 15, 17.

� 1700 block of Northside Drive, NW – lar-ceny from an auto was reported on July 15, 17.

� 3000 block of Peachtree Road, NW – larce-ny from an auto was reported on July 16, 19.

� 1900 block of Howell Mill Road, NW – lar-ceny from an auto was reported on July 18, 19.

� 1000-1200 blocks of Collier Road, NW – larceny from an auto was reported on July 23, 25, 27.



auto theft � 1400 block of Northside Drive, NW – an

auto theft was reported on July 15. three un-identified suspects were seen walking around the lower level of a business building. one of the suspects entered the building, going to the victim’s desk, and taking her purse and laptop. the woman ran outside to the park-ing deck area and saw one of the suspects in their vehicle. one suspect left the scene in the victim’s car.

� 100 block of Biscayne Drive, NW – an auto theft was reported on July 21. a man said he partied all night with a woman that he has known 10 years, but doesn’t know her real name. He only knows her as “nikki Eng-lish.” it is possible she took his vehicle while he was passed out. the vehicle was placed on the system with GCiC.

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Maj. Van Hobbs, commander of the Zone 2 Atlanta Police Precinct, during the meeting hinted that the burglary case was close to being solved.

“We believe we know who he is,” Hobbs said. “We’re trying to put a case together. He’s one of the top 10 cat bur-glars in the country.”

A few days later, on Aug. 5, Atlan-ta Police announced the arrest of Farha-na Sultan, charged with receiving sto-len property. Police say they’re in the process of matching up recovered silver with people who have reported burglar-ies in Atlanta and in other parts of the metro area.

The silver thefts were only one topic of conversation during the Aug. 1 meeting.

Jennifer Moyers, who organized the meeting, said the recent reports are “dis-turbing to all of us.”

“Now we’re hearing about a rash of home invasions and burglaries,” Moyers said. “Homes are being ransacked.”

Police reported at least nine burglar-ies in Buckhead in July. Of those, three were commercial burglaries and the rest were residences.

One burglary on Peachtree Battle Av-enue was reported July 9. “Pillow cas-es were removed from the master bed-room, and a 12-piece silverware set, a woman’s Rolex watch, miscellaneous jewelry, rare coins, a Macbook Pro lap-

top, an Apple desktop computer and a Sony 55-inch flat screen TV were tak-en,” the report reads. “No signs of forced entry.”

Hobbs said Zone 2 placed additional resources in the neighborhood to catch burglars and prevent further break-ins.

Police officials stressed that residents can take precautions to make sure they don’t become a victim of crimes like these. Hobbs said residents should call 911 if they see something that doesn’t look right, even if it’s not an “emergen-cy.” That has been a point of confusion for many Buckhead residents. Police say dialing 911 helps them determine better ways to allocate police resources.

“It’s imperative that if you see some-thing, say something,” Hobbs said. “We’re nosy. We’re police, that’s what we get paid to do.”

Some other advice from police:• Set alarms and lock doors when

leaving your home.• Buy a timer that turns your lights in

your home on and off at random times. Burglars will think twice if they suspect someone is at home, police said.

• Let police know if you’re leaving town. Police can make directed patrols in your area, Hobbs said.

• If you buy a nice TV or another ex-pensive item, don’t leave the empty box in plain sight. Doing that tells burglars what’s inside your home.

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