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August 21, 2025 | AppenMedia.com | An Appen Media Group Publication | Ser ving the community since 1976
Mr. College Football: Game ‘better than ever’ By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
PHOTOS BY: HAYDEN SUMLIN/APPEN MEDIA
Dunwoody resident Joshua Fan, 3, smiles and eats cheerios while hearing about Fire Engine 8 from DeKalb County firefighters Herndon and Weaver at the Aug. 14 National Night Out event. Both DeKalb County firefighters spent most of the three-hour event showing off equipment and discussing their duties with Dunwoody families.
Police, firefighters forge neighborhood camaraderie DUNWOODY, Ga.— Some of the city’s youngest residents stopped by Pernoshal Park Aug. 14 for the Dunwoody Police Department’s annual National Night Out event. The nationwide community-building campaign looks to foster police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. Public safety professionals from the DeKalb County Fire Department
and the North Metro SWAT team also stopped by the celebration to show off their vehciles and equipment to curious minds. The Dunwoody Police Foundation, local elected officials, community members and law enforcement enjoyed a few evening hours of food and fun at the park. — Hayden Sumlin
Dunwoody residents Ailee and Avah Villegas hangout in the back of one of the North Metro Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team’s armored vehicles during the Aug. 14 National Night Out event at Pernoshal Park.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — If someone watches Southeastern Conference schools compete in the fall, they call 30-year Dunwoody resident Tony Barnhart “Mr. College Football.” The legendary sportswriter stopped by his hometown Aug. 11 to chat with the Village Mill ROMEOs, a group of “retired old men eating out” once a month on Monday mornings at J. Christophers. Dunwoody resident David Gordon, a South African immigrant, said it’s mindboggling to follow a sport where players cycle through every couple of years, but he’s working on it. For most of the audience, listening to Barnhart talk college football is a sign the heat and humidity are waning. After half a century covering college football, Mr. College Football said his 50th season covering the sport for newspapers, radio, television and the internet will be his last. Barnhart has worked for the flagships of sports media: CBS Sports, ESPN’s SEC Network and College Gameday, as well as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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