VFW Post 10822 member Hal Raper, left, and post Commander Loren Cook, center, talk with state Rep. Joe Wilkinson (R-Atlanta) durng the Sandy Springs Festival.

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VFW Post 10822 member Hal Raper, left, and post Commander Loren Cook, center, talk with state Rep. Joe Wilkinson (R-Atlanta) during the Sandy Springs Festival. The festival was held Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 at Heritage Sandy Springs.

Fans of music and arts and crafts turned out over the weekend for the annual Sandy Springs Festival, a community event…

Posted by Reporter Newspapers on Monday, September 21, 2015

Joe Earle is a former Editor-at-Large for Rough Draft. He has more than 30-years of experience at newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and was Managing Editor of Reporter Newspapers.