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Newspaper Page TextInside Old-fashioned Pine Hills neighborhood likes it quiet COMMUNITY 2 Summer stall Food donations are essential year-round COAAMENTARY 8 Honestly, Abe Lovett headmaster a big fan of our 16th president AROUND TOWN 9 Family matters Congregations offer shelter to homeless AAAKING A DIFFERENCE 10 Grand garden Atlanta History Center’s new park honors veterans OUT a ABOUT 14 Scan here to get Reporter Newspapers in your inbox or sign up @ ReporterNewspapers.net Brookhaven Reporter www. Reporter Newspapers, net MAY 17 - MAY 30,2013 • VOL. 5 - NO. 10 Lions, tigers and War Eagles, oh my! PHIL MOSIER “The Wiz” came alive once again on May 11, courtesy of Marist School’s Junior High School performers, from left, Tess Denniss, as “Dorothy,” John Maclane, as the “Tinman,” and Liam Kirchner, portraying the “Scarecrow.” The Saturday night musical was the school’s last performance of the modern retelling of “The Wizard of Oz.” More photos on page 26. City Council to revise sign ordinance BY MELISSA WEINMAN melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net Brookhaven City Council is preparing to update the city’s sign ordinance. Council members Jim Eyre and Rebecca Chase Williams have been assigned by the mayor to a sign commission to explore ways the city can improve the sign ordinance that was inherited from DeKalb County. At the council’s May 14 meeting, Williams said nearby cities like Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Johns Creek have rules governing LED and LCD signs. SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 4 Annexation options draw legislators, crowds Bf MELISSA WEINMAN melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net As people filed into a town hall meeting at Clairmont Hills Bap tist Church, they were offered a piece of paper listing the half dozen local governance bills filed during the last session of the state Leg islature that proposed pulling their neighborhoods into cities with names like Lakeside, Lavista Hills and Briarcliff. The bills, sponsored by different DeKalb legislators, aimed to re serve a spot for their constituents in what is sure to be a convolut ed and painful conversation about municipal options for that part of the county. SEE LEGISLATORS, PAGE 6 A REVOLUTIONARY HEARING AID THAT GAN HEAR LIKE YOUR EARS DO. FREE demonstration and hearing screening! See our ad on page 10 to leam about our 14 day test drivel AUDIOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS of ATLANTA “Since 1983” You Could Be Hearing From Us. Lyric can. Helena Kadyn Solodar, Au.D. Williams, Au.D.