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Inside Alarm bells Mixed-used project near Chastain Park delayed COMMUNITY 5 Hop to it Neigborhood dads take turns as Easter Bunny AROUND TOWN 9 Minty fresh Farmers markets ready for tasty season COMMUNITY 10-11 Dear donations Thrift store items help those in need AAAKING A DIFFERENCE 14 Keep truckin’ ArtSSpring rolling out new events OUT a ABOUT 15 Summer Camps A special advertising section PAGES 19-23 Scan here to get Reporter Newspapers in your inbox or sign up @ ReporterNewspapers.net Reporter www. Reporter Newspapers, net APRIL 5 - APRIL 18,2013 • VOL. 7 - NO. 7 Page 25 It's in his pocket * % Wk I 4 PHIL MOSIER Apollo Gakuba, 9, hones his ball handling skills during an Atlanta Youth Lacrosse spring league practice at Hammond Park in Sandy Springs on April 1. More photos on page 30. Council wants more data about Heards Ferry BY DAN WHISENHUNT danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net Sandy Springs City Council says it hasn’t heard anything l Fulton County Schools about a controversial I a re* H rrl e proposal to replace Heards Ferry Elementary. On April 2, council members went on record saying they want ed that to change. City Coun cil unanimously passed a resolution asking for a direct line of communica tion with the Fulton County Board of Education. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 Fulton County school official writes to address parent concerns about secrecy. Commentary, page 8. Public safety services reorganized Bi DAN WHISENHUNT danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net The city has restructured its public safety departments, creating a position that will oversee both police and fire ser vices. City Council on April 2 watched as City Manager John McDonough officially swore in Terry Suit as the city’s new Director of Public Safety, and swore in Kenneth DeSimone as the city’s new Chief of Police. Suit’s annual salary will be $157,635 and DeSimone’s sal ary will be $ 140,000. According to the city, the Director of Public Safety will, “coordinate budget and resource allocation requests between CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
