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Inside Leaf drop Don’t blow autumn’s colors into the street COMMUNITY 5 Seismic shift County should review charter, ethics board COAAMENTARY 6 Batter up Cricket popular among local Indian residents AROUND TOWN 7 Walk this way Suburban sprawl a thing of the past? COMMUNITY 8 Healing heart Vietnam War victim learns to forgive FAITH 14 Scan here to get Reporter Newspapers in your inbox or sign up @ ReporterNewspapers.net Dun woody Reporter www. Reporter Newspapers, net NOV. 1 - NOV. 14,2013 • VOL. 4 - NO. 22 Nuts about dough PHIL MOSIER Alex Cardenas, a first grader at Kingsley Charter Elementary, plays the “Dangling Donuts” game at the school’s Fall Festival on Oct. 26. Alex was challenged to eat as many doughnuts as possible within two minutes. He came in second place. City approves contract Frustration growing over for Village Parkway work ChatComm delays BY JOE EARLE joeearle@reporternewspapers. net About five years after the first grant was approved for the project and after months of yard signs and letters to the editor opposing the plan, Dunwoody City Council has approved the construction contract for the remaking of Dunwoody Village Parkway. “In the end,” City Councilman John Heneghan said, “it is about the sidewalks, the bike lanes and about redeveloping our community.” Heneghan joined four other council members Oct. 28 to approve contracting Johnson Landscapes Inc. for construction of the contro versial parkway project. Johnsons contract will cover about $1.62 mil- SEE CONTROVERSIAL, PAGE 4 BY JOE EARLE joeearle@reporternewspapers.net Two years after Dunwoody signed on with the Chattahoochee River 911 Authority, or ChatComm, the service has not complet ed the computerized dispatch system Dunwoody city officials want for fire and EMS calls. That upsets some Dunwoody City Council members. “I’m very frustrated by the whole situation being pushed down the road over and over again,” said City Councilman John Heneghan. Former City Councilman Danny Ross told the current coun- SEE FRUSTRATION, PAGE 3 A REVOLUTIONARY HEARING AID THAI GAN HEAR UKE YOUR EARS DO. LUTIC CAN. FREE demonstration and hearing screening! See our ad on nage 15 to learn about our 14 day test drive! AUDIOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS of ATLANTA “Since 1983” You Could Be Hearing From Us. Kadyn Williams, Au.D.
