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Newspaper Page Text2 | Community 4 Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News Sandy Springs Place Offers Compassionate Care That Seniors Deserve. Whether you are looking for assisted living or memory care services, we can help find solutions for you or your loved one. We provide individualized care plans and a licensed nurse available around-the-clock. SERVICES Assisted living Memory care Short-term stays Respite care Urgent placement CARE Medication management Individualized care plans Bathing and dressing Mobility and transferring Coordination of care AMENITIES ^ mtl. T • Three meals served daily • Housekeeping and laundry • Transportation • Enrichment programs • Pet friendly Call us today at 770-464-5253 to schedule a personalized tour and complimentary lunch. Sandy Springs Place Senior Living 1260 Hightower Trail Atlanta, GA 30350 770-464-5253 ► Community Briefs CITY’S NAMESAKE SPRING REDESIGN IS DELAYED A YEAR An elaborate redesign of Sandy Springs’ namesake spring, originally planned to be finished in early 2018, has been delayed a year by permitting issues. The historic spring on Heritage Green, a park between Blue Stone Road and San dy Springs Circle, is currently hidden under a metal grate and wooden pavilion. The new design, commissioned by Heritage Sandy Springs, would make the spring vis ible as water constantly flowing over stone, enclosed in a stainless steel mesh be neath an abstract, mirror-roofed canopy, designer Lane Duncan said. “Bottom line, we won’t be building it this winter,” said Heritage Executive Direc tor Carol Thompson, and they can’t build it next spring and summer, either, due to popular wedding rentals. Heritage has raised about half of the project’s $350,000 budget, all privately funded, Thompson said. CITY BACKS FIREWORKS NOISE LAW Fireworks would be subjected to city noise ordinances under a bill that Sandy Springs is formally supporting. The state controversially legalized the sale and use of fireworks in 2015 with few limits on their use, regardless of the noise and fire safety differences between ru ral, urban and suburban areas. Sponsored by state Rep. Deborah Silcox (R-Sandy Springs), House Bill 419 aims to cut back on the noise issues by subjecting fireworks to local ordinances, except on Jan. 1 and July 4. The bill also would allow the gover nor to restrict fireworks use further during drought conditions. The bill passed the House earlier this year and is now awaiting a Senate review. On Dec. 5, the Sandy Springs City Council passed a resolution urging the Senate to pass the bill. FOR ADULT BUSINESS LAWSUITS, IT’S SUPREME COURT OR BUST It’s the U.S. Supreme Court or bust for three Sandy Springs adult businesses doing le gal battle with the city after a federal court denied a review of one of their lawsuits Nov. 27. The businesses now will try to take the city to the nation’s highest court in two separate cases, according to their attorney, Cary Wiggins. For over a decade, the bookstore Inserection and the strip clubs Flashers and Mardi Gras have been fighting city laws that would force them to close or move by banning alcohol sales and tightening zoning restrictions. The city has won in lower courts, and now the last appeal option is the Supreme Court, which chooses which cases it hears and accepts only a tiny percentage of those submit ted. The businesses have several months to decide on the appeal, according to the city. ORIENTAL & AREA RUG HAND WASHING Atlanta's Only Unique Submersion Wash & Compressed Air Cleaning Serving Atlanta for Over 30 years Restoration & Repair • Pet Urine Removal Pickup & Delivery Available Stoney Green & Steve Arroll, Owners 1710 Chattahoochee Ave., Atl, GA 303 18 Learn more at enlivant.com 404.355.2126 | TheRugCleaners.com

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Sandy Springs reporter. (Sandy Springs, GA) 2007-current, December 15, 2017, Image 2