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NOW OFFERING GLUTEN FREE AS WELL AS HEALTHY SOUPS, SALADS AND CASSEROLES 25% OF ALL PROFITS BENEFIT ATLANTA ANIMAL CHARITIES 54 PHARR ROAD • BUCKHEAD Hours: M-F 10 am - 7 pm, Sat 10 am - 4 pm 404.812.0477 ■ sophiesuptown.com 12 | JAN. 11—JAN. 24, 2013 | www.ReporterNewspapers.net FOR KIDS MLK Day Stories Girls’ Basketball Teen Knitting Saturday, Jan. 19, 4-6 p.m. — Absolute be ginners or knitting pros are invited, to hang out, enjoy snacks and crafty company. The Atlan ta Knitting Guild will teach and offer advice on knitting and crochet. Supplies provided for those wanting to learn. Registration required. Free and open to the public. For middle and high school students. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mt. Vernon Highway, San dy Springs, 30328. Email: marlan.brinkley@ful- toncountyga.gov or call 404-303-6130 with ques tions and to sign up. Chinese New Year Saturday, Jan. 19, 3 p.m. — Celebrate Chinese New Year with Ms. Leah as she tells seasonal stories and has fun activities for the entire family! Free and open to the public. Space is limited; sign up is under way. Appropriate for ages 3-7. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mt. Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Come by, call 404-303-6130 or email: leah. germon@fultoncountyga.gov for more information or to register. Sunday, Jan. 20, 4 p.m. — Girls’ AAU Spring basketball tryouts with the Ga. Pistols continues. Tryouts for 5th and 6th graders at 4 p.m.; 7th and 8th graders at 6 p.m. at Pace Academy, 966 W. Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30327. On Sunday Jan. 27, girls in grades 3rd through 5th (2nd graders are permitted to try out) at 1 p.m.; 6th through 8th grade, 2:15- 4 p.m. Held at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, 805 Mt. Vernon Highway, Atlanta, 30327. No try out fees. The Ga. Pistols are a nonprofit, volunteer sports organization. Questions? Contact Jack Feagin at 404-966-8469 or via email: jfeagin2@gmail.com. Visit www.gapistols.com for more details and to see other tryout dates. Teen Driving Wednesday, Jan. 23, 6-8 p.m. — This free two-hour class, designed by Sandy Springs Police, helps parents and their new (or soon to be) teen drivers ages 14 to 16. The class covers: Joshua’s Law; graduated driver licensing; parent coaching; teen responsibility; occupant protection; and crash dynamics. A parent must accompany each teen. Registration prior to the class is necessary. For more information or for a registration form, e-mail: san- dyspringsteens@gmail.com or contact Officer Tim Sheffield at 770-551-6939. Sandy Springs Police Department, 7840 Roswell Rd., Suite 301, Sandy Springs, 30350. For more details, go to: www.san- dyspringspolice.org. Children’s Safety Thursday, Jan. 24, 6-8 p.m. — Sandy Springs Police puts on an anti-abduction and anti-bullying class for children ages 8-12. Parent/guardian must be present and a waiver signed prior to attending class. Only open to Sandy Springs residents. Contact Of ficer Larry Jacobs to find out more and to learn the location of the class. For more details visit: www.san- dyspringspolice.org or call 770-551-6900. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. — Preschoolers ages 3-5 will hear stories about Dr. Martin Lu ther King, Jr. and what Martin Luther King Day means. Part of the story time series. Free and open to all. Buck- head Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us or call 404-814- 3500 for more information. COMMUNITY Document Destruction Civil Rights Lecture Monday, Jan. 21, 9 a.m.-l p.m. — Volunteers from Hands-On Adanta assist with recycling/destroy- ing documents. Free and open to all. Sandy Springs Recycling Center, 470 Morgan Falls Rd., Sandy Springs, 30350. Call 770-551-7766 to find out more. Dog Training Monday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m. — The St. Francis pet minis try at Saint Martin in the Fields Episco pal Church offers dog training classes, led by Lennox Gavin, for the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen test. Classes meet for five weeks. $125. Also “Family Dog 101,” a basic training class, offered at 8 p.m. 3110 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Brookhaven, 30319. Call St. Martins at 404-228-0753, visit: www.stmartins. org/pet_ministry or email: petministry@stmartins. org to learn more. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m. — Taylor Branch pres ents his newest book, The King Years: Historic Mo ments in the Civil Rights Movement, in which he looks back on his own work and rediscovers what lessons endure today. $5 for Atlanta History Center members; $10 for non-members. Reservations re quired. Call 404-814-4150 or reserve tickets online at www.atlantahistorycenter.com. 130 W. Paces Fer ry Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. “Great Decisions” Thursday, Jan. 24, 7:30-9 p.m. — “Great De cisions” is based on a briefing book from the non partisan Foreign Policy Association.Topics include: Future of the Euro; Egypt; NATO; Myanmar and Southeast Asia; humanitarian intervention; Iran; China in Africa; and threat assessment. $30, in cludes briefing book. Program continues through March 14. For more details and to register, visit: http://gciv.org/programs/gd/dunwoody or call 404- 832-5560 x 17. Dunwoody Methodist Church, 1548 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.