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Book by Decatur speech expert a gift to Atlantas children

by Kathy Mitchell kathy@dekalbchamp.com
hat started as a work project for Decatur resident T.J. Ragan, a staff member at the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy, has resulted in her becoming a published author. The Rollins Center is the professional development arm of the Atlanta Speech School. A speech language pathologist, Ragan coaches those who teach youngsters 5 years old and younger in language and literacy. A few months ago she started work on a childrens book that she conceived as a tool for teachers to support them in using repeated interactive read-alouds with students. As she worked on Amaris Adventure, Ragan would read it to her 6-year-old daughter, Flannery, to see what resonated with her. My colleagues and I are devoted to closing the achievement gap, she said, referring to the schools goal to help every Georgia youngster develop his or her full potential through language and literacy. Once the story was sketched out, my colleagues at Rollins, as well as our executive director, Comer Yates, read it and had a vision to use it for a family reading project this summer. My colleagues were instrumental in shaping the book into something that is so much more than I had initially envisioned, Ragan said. Research has shown that by reading with childrennot to themadults greatly increase childrens language and literacy, developing the foundation they need to enter kindergarten as strong, confident learners on a path to grade level reading and so much more, Yates said. By developing Amaris Adventure with the accompanying learning guide and videos, we hope to extend the work of our school to help parents learn what they can do to make books come alive for their chil-
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Author T.J. Ragan, left, says Maurice Jackson Jr., right, was chosen as the illustrator of Amaris Adventure because his artwork best captured Amaris personality.
ers we support, Ragan explained. tor that we thought best captured We worked together to turn this Amaris personality, Ragan said. book into a teaching tool for famiAmaris Adventure was selectlies to give as a gift to the city of ed for the Mayors Summer ReadAtlanta. It was very much a group ing Club led by the Georgia Early process to get the book out into Education Alliance for Ready Stuthe world, and I am so thankful for dents (GEEARS). Approximately my Rollins Center teammates who 10,000 books will be distributed helped to make it happen. through GEEARS partner events Ragan grew up in Henry Coun- throughout the summer. ty and recalls that when she was The book contains QR codes Amaris Adventure a child, It was always a special that adults can scan to view videos treat when my mom would take that help demonstrate the multime and my sister to the Atlanta step reading strategy and how it Zoo. Now that I have my own can be used when reading Amaris dren and increase their learning. daughter and a niece, it has been Adventure to children. Parents can In honor of its 75th anniverso magical to see the zoo through use this strategy with all books sary, the Atlanta Speech School their eyes. The book is loosely they read to their children, Ragan has published the book as a gift to based on my experiences taking said. Atlantas children to help them find them to the Atlanta Zoo, and how Although the book was created gets her news updates online from the The Champi their voice and the power of that special that experience can be forBecause asshe a tool for the Atlanta Speech voice, according to the school. a young child. School, Ragan said its for all chilBecause she gets her news updates online from the The Champion. This is my first published The book includes illustrations dren. I think it captures the curiBecause she gets her news updates online from the The Champion. book, but my colleagues and I by Maurice Jackson Jr. We osity and spirit of young children at the Rollins Center regularly had several illustrators bid on the who are just beginning to explore www.facebook.com/championnewspaper write books to use for training and work, and our team at the Atlanta their strength and independence, coaching purposes with the teach- Speech School chose the illustrashe www.twitter.com/championnews said.
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A display on polio tells the story of a public health crisis that the nation faced in the first half of the 20th century.
The iron lung was created to help polio victims The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was created breathe. in 1946 to combat disease in the United States and globally.
CDC museum chronicles agencys role in solving global medical mysteries

Part II: A powerful lifesaving heritage the creation of the CDC. The Public Health Service established the Communicable Disease Center, as it by Bob Kelley was first known, in 1946 to address malaria, typhus and The roots of the current Centers for Disease Control other infectious diseases. It and Prevention (CDC) stem was located in Atlanta because the southern United from the Marine Hospital States historically at that Service (MHS) established time had the most recorded in 1798 to provide healthmalaria transmission cases care to merchant seamen. and there was a need to proIt was renamed the tect soldiers from mosquiPublic Health and Marine toes that could infect them Hospital Service in 1902 during basic training in the and then the Public Health Southeast. Service in 1912 to reflect Through the years, the its broadened scope and CDCs work has grown increased responsibilities. The foundations of the CDC to include all infectious diseases as well as occupaand numerous other federal tional health, toxic chemiagencies in the Department cals, injury, health statistics of Health and Human Services lie in the historic work and birth defects. Working of the Public Health Service. in collaboration with public health partners such as the Surprisingly, it was a World Health Organizawar mounted against the mosquito that brought about tion, growing focus for the CDC today is on new and emerging diseases around the globe and emphasis on preventable and chronic diseases. surveillance of outbreaks through its Epidemic Intelligence Service, distribution of the vaccines and coordination of vaccination campaigns. While polio is virtually non-existent in America today, cases are still known to exist worldwide. The smallpox exhibit at the museum features a number of artifacts from this era including the ped-o-jet pneumatic inoculator that was invented and refined by the U.S. Army for CDC field use. Using intense pneumatic pressure, the vaccine was shot into the patients skin in a fraction of a second. It was capable of doing 1,000 inoculations per hour, allowSee CDC on Page 12A
Infamous diseases mysteries

Since its creation in 1946, the CDC has played a pivotal role in fighting diseases that were not only prevalent in the United States but ones that became, or had the potential to become, pandemic. Some Baby Boomers may recall the panic of polio in America in the 1940s and 50s. Before the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines, polio crippled thousands of children and adults and, to rid the nation of polio, state and local entities mobilized to vaccinate millions of people. The CDC provided support in
Nancy, 82, died at Arbor Hospice on March 19, 2013. She was born in 1930 in Johnstown, PA, the rst of Frederick Alton and Effa Marie (Tucker) Williams two children. The family moved frequently so her father could nd work as a carpenter during the Great Depression, and she attended multiple elementary schools in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio. Despite this, she skipped the 8th grade, entered high school in Maryland at the age of 12, and nished high school at 15 in Akron, Ohio where the family nally settled. Her mother decided she should go to secretarial school but, after mastering the steno machine, she was bored and cut classes to go to a friends home. She entered the University of Akron as a 16 year-old and transferred to the University of Michigan after two years. There she completed her undergraduate and Masters degrees, began her doctoral program, and met and married a fellow microbiologist, (her now ex-husband) Kenneth Walls, Ph.D. in 1956.They moved to Atlanta where she taught at Emory for a year while writing her Ph.D. dissertation on the effects of gamma radiation on botulism. Nancy spent her academic career at the Georgia Institute of Technology, joining their Engineering Experiment Station in 1959 and helping develop their Biology Department in 1962. 1966 proved a banner year for her as she spent February through April in Antarctica on a Navy ship with a NSF grant retrieving and studying microorganisms from the ocean oor. That summer, she presented papers at scientic meetings in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy and a botulism seminar in Moscow, Russia, arriving home to nd that NSF wanted her to go back to Antarctica from September to November, which she did. From 1969-1970 she became the rst woman to head a Georgia Tech department. In 1973 she established ABI, Inc. an environmental consulting rm. Among its major projects was the study and protection of sea turtles around nuclear power plants. When she retired in 1997, she did not forget the many glass ceilings she had encountered and remained a committed advocate for and supporter of careers for women in science. Happily, she lived to witness much progress at her own alma mater. Nancys travels took her to every continent and friends teased her about her seeming need to keep moving up: learning to y her own airplane; climbing Longs Peak in Estes Park; hiking to the Eagles Nest in Bhutan; hot air ballooning in the Outback. She had a deep interest in the Indians of the Southwest, their pottery and weavings. She loved animals, sometimes better than people, especially those she felt were trashing the earth and its creatures. Her respect for animals did not prevent her from being stalked by a mountain lion at the Grand Canyon, almost backing into a reclining moose while taking pictures in Yellowstone, shocking freshwater seals when she swam in Lake Baikal, and catching lice from a camel she rode to the Pyramids (though she later learned the camel had been a carrier for human lice.) A second retinal vein occlusion in 2001 left Nancy blind. She bore this afiction with stoicism and equanimity. Known for her photographic memory and vivid imagination, she took some comfort in being able to conjure up visual images from her many past adventures. Nancy is survived by her brother and sister-in-law Frederick and Jean Williams and their two sons: Frederick III (Trey) and his three sons; and, Drs. Kenneth and Katherine Williams and their sons Alec and Luke. Donations in her memory may be made to the University of Michigan for the Nancy Williams Walls Endowment Fund which supports undergraduate science majors, or to a charity of your choice. The respectful care and sensitivity of the staff at Arbor Hospice afforded dignity to her nal days.
WALLS, Nancy Jane Williams, Ph.D. Obituary
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Convicted murderer appeals case to state Supreme Court

A DeKalb County man is appealing his life sentence for strangling his wife and then driving to Virginia with her body in the bed of his truck. Dennis Ronald Allaben, was convicted in August 2011 for the January 2010 murder of his wife, Maureen Allaben, who was a set decorator for The MoNique Show. Allabens attorney argued his case before the Georgia Supreme Court on June 3. According to testimony during the criminal trial, Allaben strangled his wife, rolled her up in blankets bound with duct tape and loaded her body into the back of his pickup truck. He then placed his two young children in the front seat, told them he had just killed their mother and drove to his brothers house in Chesterfield, Va. According to a summary prepared by the public information office of the state Supreme Court, Allaben ing his wifes frozen body in the back of his truck, according to the summary. In August 2011, Allaben was convicted of malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault. The trial court denied his motion for a new trial. Allabens attorney argued that the DeKalb County Superior Court made several errors, including its acceptance of the jurys mutually exclusive verdicts in finding that Allaben had both intended to cause harm and acted with recklessness in killing his wife, according to the summary. This case turned directly on the question of intent, the attorney argued in briefs. If the jury found that Mr. Allaben intended to kill his wife, then he was guilty as charged. If the jury found instead that he did not intend to kill his wife, then he was not guilty of malice murder, felony murder, or aggravated assault. The jury did not even resolve the critical issue of intent in this case, argued Allabens attorney. It convicted Mr. Allaben for the same act of offenses requiring a specific intent to harm/ kill, and also of an offense requiring recklessness. One can act recklessly, or one can act intentionally, but not both at the same time, the attorney wrote. The state argued the verdicts were not mutually exclusive and Allaben was properly sentenced to life in prison for his malice murder conviction, according to the summary. The state also said the jury found Allaben guilty of malice murder and felony murder, and not guilty of the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter. Meanwhile, the jury found him guilty of aggravated assault, but also guilty of the lesser included offenses of battery, simple battery and reckless conduct, according to the summary.
Dennis Allaban is appealing his conviction for murdering his wife. File photo
told his sister-in-law his wife had videotaped him performing sex acts and had given the video to a party of 30 or so gay men. The sister-in-law testified he told her that while they watched the video, his wife collected the semen and then used it to poison his food and milk. Allaben told his sisterin-law that he had put a cloth with ether over his wifes mouth, hoping she would go to sleep so he could tie her up, then force
her to tell him the truth about what she was doing. But he said the cloth went too far down her throat and she choked to death, according to the summary. Allaben left his children in Virginia, returned the next morning to Georgia. He went to the home of a friend in Clayton County and told him his wifes body was in the back of his truck. That man called his neighbor, who was a police officer, and authorities subsequently arrested Allaben after find-
TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR DEKALB COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION JULY 1, 2013 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2014
General (K-12) Anticipated Funds Available Local Taxes Other Local Sources State Funding Federal Funding Other Total Revenue Anticipated Transfers from Other Funds Beginning Fund Balance 7/1/2013 Total Funds Available Budgeted Expenditures Instruction Pupil Services Instructional Staff Services General Administration School Administration Transportation Maintenance & Operations School Nutrition Capital Outlay Support Services Other Support Services Debt Service Agency Transfers to Other Funds Total Expenditures Ending Fund Balance 6/30/2014 Total Funds Allocated $0 $759,073,000 $382,395,261 1,100,000 375,577,739 Special Revenue $8,113,332 13,121,068 82,852,178 $104,086,578 $6,199,220 ($6,258,741) $104,027,057 $0 $1,332,000 $64,068 $1,396,068 $227,546,409 $318,851,230 $91,304,821 Debt Service $0 Capital Outlay $91,304,821 Sch. Nutrition & Athletics $13,684,307 39,200,000 $52,884,307 $900,000 $5,955,605 $59,739,912 $1,547,583 $17,612,583 Trust & Agency $30,000 Total $481,843,414 14,784,307 388,698,807 122,052,178 16,035,000 $1,023,413,706 $8,431,220 $228,854,924 $1,260,699,850
16,035,000 $16,065,000
$759,073,000 *
$498,579,766 32,824,148 11,389,885 14,028,388 52,376,621 44,474,866 74,853,875 3,639,777 18,424,729 404,750 1,801,975 75,000 6,199,220 $759,073,000** $0 $759,073,000
$66,082,340 3,218,245 22,152,472 3,106,478 46,054 1,273,142 66,000 4,765,301 547,174 1,181,195 $76,101,466 $1,332,000 1,332,000 $102,438,401 $1,588,656 $104,027,057 $1,332,000 $64,068 $1,396,068 $77,433,466 $241,417,764 $318,851,230
$29,000
$4,000 50,475,414 1,072,243 1,483,606
5,000 16,030,000 $16,064,000 $1,548,583 $17,612,583
900,000 $53,935,263 $5,804,649 $59,739,912
$564,691,106 36,042,393 33,542,357 17,134,866 52,422,675 45,748,008 74,923,875 50,475,414 85,578,787 20,460,509 1,585,945 3,133,975 16,105,000 8,431,220 $1,010,276,130 $250,423,720 $1,260,699,850
* NOTE: This revenue contains the projected beginning fund balance of $9,197,000; projected indirect costs, and after-school reserves. ** NOTE: The indicated amount is estimated to include the FY2014 ending fund balance of $12,698,594 which includes $5.8 million in after school reserves.
Adoption of the Approved Budget for Fiscal Year 2013-14 is scheduled for the official meeting of the DeKalb Board of Education at 6:00 P.M. on June 26, 2013, in the Board Room at 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd., Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083.
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Slum designation for economic development?

move into the area by giving them a tax break, but is it really necessary to officially declare the county a slum? Are we serious, right now? Is this self-fulfilling prophesy? You know that psychological term that means rising or sinking to the level of expectation? When we tell our children they are dumb and worthless, guess what? Tell them that often enough and they start acting out that descriptor. County officials say we should not let the slum designation offend us, but rather we should embrace the intent and focus on the possibility of new businesses coming into the community. Oy ve! If high-end businesses wont come to the county now, what makes our brilliant officials think that the slum designation will bring them? From a historical perspective, most of the city of Atlanta before the mid-1850s was located in DeKalb County. Maybe the idea here is to expand the citys borders and regain this close-in lucrative area. After all, areas with the largest tax generators have been cherry picked and incorporated into cities, i.e., Dunwoody and Brookhaven. Urban renewal has always meant tear down and rebuild or re-gentrification. Investorsmany of them foreignhave already gobbled up properties in DeKalb before this newly designated slum area and they will be paid premium dollars for the land in due time. Property owners who want to hold on to their homes in these slum areas, will find those houses condemned if necessary or the new taxes will be so high they wont be able to hold on to them. This slum designation is the first step in a grand scheme to take over this close-in suburb called DeKalb County. Oh by the way, what happened to the hard-won LCI (Livable Cities Initiative) granted to members of the Wesley Chapel Corridor a few years back? The answer to that question is perhaps moot. Its a slum now. This slum designation takes in much of DeKalb south of I-85. The more things change the more they remain the same. Note that DeKalb is the most diverse county in Georgia and is the second-mostaffluent county with an AfricanAmerican majority in the United States after Prince George County in Maryland, located just outside D.C. Those familiar with that area know that like DeKalb, the once stellar school system is suffering and the neighborhoods are becoming seedy. Investors are gobbling up properties in that close-in neighborhood left and right and the new Harbor Development makes moving back into the area next to impossible. Many of the affluent African Americans are moving further out to Prince Charles County and Upper Marlboro, sitting in traffic for hours on end making the commute into D.C. And, the beat goes on. DeKalb County is a slum, eligible for economic development, indeed. Just another pig in the poke. Steen Miles, The Newslady, is a retired journalist and former Georgia state senator. Contact Steen Miles at Steen@dekalbchamp.com.
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OPINION
Four years ago in 2009, the Atlanta Regional Commission dubbed DeKalb County a Green Community. The designation was earned for the countys efforts in conserving energy, water and fuel; investing in renewable energy; reducing waste; and protecting and restoring natural resources. We were green and pristine. Now, four years later we are declaring ourselves a slum. The DeKalb Board of Commissioners officially declared much of the county a slum recently and voted unanimously to create an urban development commission. The purpose of the urban development commission is to lure businesses to the county by offering tax breaks to them. It does makes sense to incentivize companies to
Antidote for the Me Generation?

Georgia, tells the compelling World War II era story of her mother and father. Her mother, Lisolette, was a curious and doting German daughter, who helped her own father smuggle many Jewish friends and neighbors to safety, while choking under Hitlers harsh and increasingly hostile yoke. Her Prejudice is the reason of father, Bud, was an American fools.Voltaire (1694-1778), enlisted man, working to liberate the better known nom de plume of Germany, and fighting alongside Franois-Marie Arouet, a French many of the countrys unsung writer, historian and philosopher, heroes of the era. famous for his wit, satire and Cantrells mother and father are attacks on the established power both of Tom Brokaws, Greatest structure of that day, including the Generation, and throughout this Catholic Church, and the French novel of historical fiction, based monarchy. on the true lives and experiences Reading Voltaires, Candide, of her parents, their family and in late high school helped form friends, again and again play out the my personal understanding and themes of selflessness and sacrifice, relationship with God, described of courage over fear, fighting for best as Deism.Google it. freedom over fascism and even There were many books, during battling racism and prejudice on my high school and college years, two fronts simultaneously. that have left the equivalent of A baby boomer myself, I had sticky notes in my brainand been fortunate to learn many fortunately, though that physical of these lessons from my own plant is starting to slip a bita good parents, grandparents and greatread still finds a way to take root. grandparents. But as families now Such is the case with The Reason start later, or are more frequently of Fools, the first in a trilogy by dissembled by divorce or our Warner Robins, Ga., writer Dodie increasingly transient society, these Cantrell, and available from patterns and examples to follow are Regeneration Writers Press. often not quite as clear or evident Ms. Cantrell, a longtime for young people today. broadcaster and newly hired faculty Working regularly with college member at the Grady College of students, at UGA in Athens and on Journalism at the University of college campuses across the country through my national fraternity, I am often concerned about the apparent focus on self and the prism through which they view the world, often seemingly as small as the screen of their smart phones, almost perpetually cradled in their palm or snapping a selfie. Yes, the global village, Facebook and Twitter in some ways compress our world into a smaller place, but in truth there are billions of stories being told and lives being lived each day, and while we can only be responsible for our own choices, and impact the world of those around us, better choices can also be made most every day and in most every way. The protagonists in The Reason of Fools make those tough, yet better choices, at most every juncture and opportunity. Yes, Im sure, to some degree Ms. Cantrell is lionizing the memories of her late mother and father, but the stories which she tells also actually did occur. There were brave insiders, within Nazi Germany, like those of Oskar Schindler, the Polish underground and Colonel Hans Oster, as well as heroic Allied infantry men, aviators, marines and sailors of most every nationality and background, thousands of whom volunteered to help save their world, as well as the lives of millions abroad in other nations. My older daughter Barclay wont be graduating college for another year or so, but she will find The Reason of Fools on her holiday nightstand, or perhaps downloaded to her iPhone.A few more copies will be going out this summer as graduation gifts.Beginning with my youngest sister, history somehow became a luxury in our classrooms. Fortunately for me, it was my chosen split minor at UGA (along with political science). The best way to understand where we may be heading is to look closely at how we got here and the paths and footprints still in place from our past. Hopefully this book will help me remind my own offspring and family friends of those and other life lessons, without the feeling of parental nagging or a classroom setting. And if nothing else, viewing the successful completion of such a labor of love from a mentor and colleague will also hopefully compel me to complete and publish my own first book. Congratulations, Dodie. Bill Crane also serves as a political analyst and commentator for Channel 2s Action News, WSB-AM News/Talk 750 and now 95.5 FM, as well as a columnist for The Champion, Champion Free Press and Georgia Trend. Crane is a DeKalb native and business owner, living in Scottdale. You can reach him or comment on a column at billcrane@earthlink.net.
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MARTA approves 2014 budget

The MARTA Board of Directors approved June 10 the Fiscal Year 2014 operations and capital budgets, which will take effect on July 1. The proposed budget allocates $426.9 million for operations and $430.5 million for capital programs, including $141.1 million for debt service. The budget also preserves existing transit service and avoids a previously projected 25-cent fare increase as part of a five-year strategy to stabilize MARTAs finances, improve the overall customer experience and build employee morale. The board is very optimistic about the budget and our future sustainability, said Frederick L. Daniels Jr., chairman of the MARTA board of directors. The budget puts us on a forward path, and our management team will continue to assess and make recommendations on how to best address the challenges before us in ways that will ultimately strengthen MARTA as a whole. The budget includes re-opening rail station restrooms that had been previously closed to customers, implementing a zero-tolerance policy against knucklehead behavior, restoring some transit service, and developing a secret shopper program to monitor and improve customer service. The current budget proposal also anticipates some significant cost savings, healthcare reforms and outsourcing opportunities previously recommended by the consulting firm KPMG aimed at making the transit system more effective and efficient. To view the proposed budget presentation, visit www. itsmarta.com/FY14-Operations-Capital-Budget-draft-1. ppt.
Champion of the Week Marcia Glenn Hunter

tive in her church, First Saint Paul AME, and high school, Bruce Street High School. During that time she realized that she wanted to be a public servant, which came to fruition when she was elected to the Lithonia City Council in the early 1970s. She held that position for nearly two decades before becoming the first Black woman elected mayor of Lithonia in 1995. As mayor, she got involved with various state and national organizations to bring in resources that the city needed. The average income of the average citizen in Lithonia was so low and we were not getting the resources that we needed based on the income that was coming into the city, she said. I knew I had to go outside the city to get those resources that we needed. During her tenure as mayor she served as vice president of the National Conference of Black Mayors, a member of the Georgia Conference of Black Mayors and was an advisory board member of the Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games. She also served as a board member of the Georgia Municipal Association, DeKalb County Board of Health and the Atlanta Regional Council. After her term as mayor ended in 2003, Hunter continued to serve the community. She is currently the president of the board of DeKalb for Seniors Inc., a nonprofit organization. She said she is passionate about helping seniors because they paved the way for the current generation. Its the seniors who have allowed younger people the opportunity to reach the highest heights that theyll be able to reach because they were the foot soldiers out there in the fields that made it possible for us to go to college and come out and do things in the community, she said. I have that respect for them because they paved the way and they deserve to be afforded every emanative thats available to them.
Brookhaven temporarily halts ordinance enforcement against Pink Pony

The City of Brookhaven says it will not enforce certain sexually oriented business regulations against the Pink Pony until a ruling from DeKalb County Superior Court. A city spokesperson said Brookhaven officials notified the adult entertainment club that it would temporarily refrain from enforcing the following regulations: prohibition on nudity on the premises of a sexually oriented business; restriction on the hours of operation of a sexually oriented business and prohibition on nudity or semi-nudity in conjunction with the service or consumption of alcoholic beverages. The city believes that this offer will facilitate an orderly judicial resolution of plaintiffs claims and thereby conserve the resources of all parties, City Attorney William F. Riley Jr. wrote in a letter delivered to Pink Pony attorneys. In May, the Pink Pony filed suit against the city, mayor, city council and city clerk in response to the citys sexually oriented business and alcohol ordinances, which are modeled after others that have been upheld in Georgia. The city is currently drafting a response to the suit, and anticipates asking
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Marcia Glenn Hunters passion for community service started at an early age. The Lithonia native said her passion for helping others was instilled in her by her mother, Maggie Woods. My mother was a renaissance woman, Hunter said. Even though she had to leave [my siblings and me] early in the morning to go do domestic work, she was still very involved in the community, school and the churches. She would tell us youre either part of the problem or part of the solution. I just want you to be a part of the solution, not the problem, Hunter added. So thats how I got involved so early. Hunter, 68, was ac-
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Growlers stores. Admission to the event is $15 and free for children 12 and younger. The Beer Growler will be pouring Red Hares beer and soda all day. Homebrew samples will be available for free from the competitors for anyone 21 years of age and older. There will be food vendors, live music, and games. The Beer Growler is located at 38a N. Avondale Road. For tickets, visit www. theebeergrowler.net/homebrewbattle.
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Latin band to be featured at Callanwolde Concert As part of its summer outdoor concert series Jazz on the Lawn, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center presents Serenata Band Latin Jazz, Samba & Salsa Friday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m. Atlantas highly acclaimed Latin band Serenata creates an unforgettable, international sound experience. Luis Cordero leads a seven-piece band that plays an energized evening of Latin jazz, samba, salsa and other creative styles with sax, flute, congas, bongos and timbales that will have you dancing on the lawn, states an announcement from Callanwolde. Jazz on the Lawn features a lineup of Atlanta jazz musicians performing a mix of classic and contemporary jazz, swing, fusion, Latin and blues. Guests are invited to bring a blanket and a picnic for these concerts under the stars. Tickets are $15 when purchased in advance online at ticketleap.com.; $20 at the door. In case of rain, the concert will be moved to Callanwoldes indoor courtyard. Parking is free and on site. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center is located at 980 Briarcliff Road, NE, Atlanta. For more information, call (404) 8725338 or visit callanwolde.org. Health fair to be held at library A health fair will be held at Gresham Library Thursday, June 27, noon-3 p.m. The fair will offer information about health concerns that affect the community as well as offer health screenings for diabetes and high blood pressure. Gresham Library is located at 2418 Gresham Road, Atlanta. For more information, call (404) 244-4374.
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City named city of ethics
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Home brewers to battle in Beer Growler contest The Beer Growler will host its first Homebrew Battle June 22 at noon. The event, sponsored by Red Hare Brewing, allows individuals and teams to battle to win the admiration and taste buds of the voting crowd with their homebrews. Once the crowd picks their top 10 brews, the individuals and teams will go on to the final round of judging. Red Hares head brewer and the head Brewers from other Georgia breweries will choose a final winner. The Final Winner will get to brew their beer at Red Hares brewery. The beer will be sold at all of The Beer
The Georgia Municipal Association recognizes Brookhaven as an ethical city. The Georgia Municipal Associations Ethics Certification Committee determined that Brookhaven meets the qualifications to be certified as a Georgia Certified City of Ethics. The city will be awarded a plaque and recognized June 24 at GMAs annual convention at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center. Approving a code of ethics was one of the first actions the city council took after being installed in December. In February, the council adopted a resolution requesting certification by GMAs ethics committee. It is an honor and testament to our city to be recognized for our steps to be ethical and transparent, especially in such a short time frame since our incorporation as a city, Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis said. To address concerns of public confidence in elected officials, GMA appointed an ethics task force in 1998. The task force drafted the Model Code of Ethics for Georgia City Officials in 1999 and launched the ethics certification program. The ethics certification program is not approval of an individuals conduct, but promotes awareness about ethics issues at the local level and provides a local forum for the airing and resolution of legitimate concerns. GMA is a voluntary, nonprofit organization that provides legislative advocacy and educational services to its members, which include 512 municipal governments in Georgia.
The Ruperts Orchestra will perform June 28 at the Fourth Friday Concert Series in downtown Chamblee. The concert series is presented by Jim Ellis Automotive Group. The Tams opened up the series on May 24 and the last concert of the season will be held Aug. 23 with Kinchafoonee Cowboys performing. The three-concert series will offer a relaxing event for the whole family. According to the announcement attendees can bring blankets and lawn chairs, or reserve one of the VIP tables. VIP tables are $150 for eight people. Food and beverages will be available for purchase onsite. The concert begins at 7 p.m. The concert will be held at 5468 Peachtree Road in Atlanta. For more information, contact Loren Roberts at lroberts@chambleega.com or (770) 986-5016.
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Jewish center to host criminal justice speaker As part of its weekly Edgewise Speaker Series, the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) on June 27 will present Dr. Robert Friedman, professor emeritus of criminal justice and director of Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange at Georgia State University. The talk, 10:30 a.m.-noon, will focus on community policing, terrorism and crime analysis. The event is free to MJCCA members and $5 for others. Edgewise is a weekly speaker series that touches on a relevant topics from politics and religion to Hollywood to history. Adults of all ages are invited to join the discussion. MJCCA at Zaban Park is located at 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. For more information, contact Lilly Mahana at lilly.mahana@atlantajcc.org or (678) 812-4064.
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Womens conference announced Inward Adorning Ministry (IAM) presents Taking Off the Mask, a Women of Virtue Conference Saturday, June 22, 10 a.m. -1 p.m. at Gresham Park Christian Church, 2819 Flat Shoals Road, Decatur. The keynote speaker will be Lynette Jackson. The conference also will feature psalmist Rose Glass Pue, Dr. Marie Lightbourne, Evette Holyeld and IAM founder and conference host Buffy McCoy. Registration is free; there is a $10 cost for the after-conference luncheonadvance payments only. To register, email inwardadorning@ yahoo.com.
History center storyteller series continues with Georgia folktales Storyteller and author Cathy Kaemmerlen will be featured Wednesday, June 26, in the DeKalb History Centers summer storyteller series. Her presentation, Georgia Tales and Tails from Possums to Gourds, will include fun folktales from Georgia about possums and their tails and gourds and their tales with other tales of tails thrown in the mix, according to an announcement from the center. The sessions are Wednesdays through July 31, excluding July 3, 10-11 a.m. at the Biffle Cabin, 720 W. Trinity Place, Decatur. Sessions are for ages 6 to 12 and are $4 per child for DHC members and $6 per child for nonmembers. For registration or more information, email Goldemund@ dekalbhistory.org or call (404) 3731088, extension 20.
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CASA golf tournament to raise funds for victims DeKalb Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will hold a fundraising golf tournament Friday, June 21, at 7:30 a.m. at Stone Mountain Golf Club, 1145 Stonewall Jackson Drive, Stone Mountain. DeKalb CASA recruits, trains and supervises court appointed volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children who are under the protection of the DeKalb Juvenile Court. Registration for the tournament is $150 per golfer and $600 per foursome. For more information and to pre-register, call (770) 4696913 or visit ww.dekalbcasa. org.
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Presentation to focus on beneficial bugs in gardens Not all bugs are bad. In fact, some benefit your garden, according to Sarah Brodd of the DeKalb County Extension Office. In her presentation Gardening With Bugs, Brodd will teach participants how to sort the helpful insects out from the unhelpful ones. No registration is required. The presentation will be Thursday, June 27, 2-3 p.m. at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library, 5234 LaVista Road, Tucker. For more information, call (770) 270-8234.
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Since 1992, GILEE has built a network of more than 900 law enforcement executivesmore than half of them working in Geortended GILEEs special briefings on topics such as cyber-terrorism. These delegates have spent two intense weeks
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Chamblee Police captain trained by Israeli counterterrorism experts

Michael J. Beller, a captain in the Chamblee Police Department, has returned from Israel after two weeks of public safety training led by Israeli police experienced in counterterrorism measures. Beller joined a delegation of 16 public safety officials from Georgia sent by the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) to receive peer-topeer training in counterterrorism, emergency management and other public safety and homeland security strategies and tactics. The delegation also viewed a large-scale multi-agency emergency preparedness drill. Israel is in a unique position, Beller said. Theyre basically the experts in security and counter-terrorism. Yet they do it while maintaining a free society and democracy, he said. The police are very professional and law enforcement agencies work together with the military. Beller said the delegates visited a mall where everyone went through a metal detector. And the metal detector operator was tested daily. Americans cant imagine going through a metal detector when going to a mall, Beller said. Beller called the trip very informative. The issues they face we face here on a smaller scale, Beller said. Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program in North Georgia. GILEE is a research unit of Georgia State Universitys Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. It was founded as a joint program between GSU and Georgias law enforcement community prior to Atlantas Centennial Olympic Games by Robert Friedmann, professor Michael J. Beller emeritus of criminal justice. Our delegates have learned how with each other, forming an to focus public safety efforts immediate and important on counter terrorism and bond that they will rely on fighting traditional crime when they come back to while balancing the two. Georgia and resume their Theyve had a firsthand duties, said Jack Killorin, encounter with how to be who directs the federal High resilient, Friedmann said.
Israel is in a unique position, Beller said. Theyre basically the experts in security and counter-terrorism.
Law enforcement professionals who train in Israel as part of GILEE represent the firm proactive leadership training under way within our law enforcement community, said FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Mark Giuliano. They gain experience and an expanded perspective on many varied issues, security and terrorism-related, from security experts and their agencies that have been dealing with those issues for many years. We are the better for this training and for having these well-trained leaders.
gialinked by their mutual experiences in more than 250 such training exchanges. Additionally, more than 18,000 public and private leaders in law enforcement and public safety have at-
Notice of Public Hearing for Clarkston Millage Rate Notice is hereby given that prior to setting the tax millage rate for 2013, the Clarkston Mayor and Council will hold a Public Hearing at City Hall, 3921 Church Street, Clarkston Georgia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 6:30pm on the proposed millage rate. The City Council is proposing to adopt a millage rate for 2013 that does not exceed the rollback rate. All concerned citizens are invited to attend.
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The Brookhaven City Council does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the Brookhaven Municipal Court, 2 Corporate Blvd., Ste. 125 on July 8, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
CURRENT 2013 TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY

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Two arrested in connection with body found at GPC

by Daniel Beauregard daniel@dekalbchamp.com Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) officials have arrested two people in connection with a body found on the campus of Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) in Clarkston June 10. Christopher Shepard and Constance Mason were arrested June 13 on charges related to the death of Stone Mountain resident Alpha Oumar Diallo, 23, whom authorities said died of strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head. Diallo was last seen June 9 at 4 p.m. at his home in Stone Mountain. Shepard, 28, is charged with one count of murder and Mason, 44, is Shepard charged with one count of false statements and writings. The two reside at 751 North Indian Creek Drive in Clarkston. Shepard and Mason will be held in the DeKalb County jail pending a bond hearing, officials said. Officials at the GBI said a passerby found Diallos body at approximately 7 a.m. June 10 while walking on North Indian Creek Road at the Mason GPC campus in Clarkston. According to GBI spokeswoman Sherry Lang, the passerby noticed a male body lying in a grassy area approximately 30 feet from the sidewalk. Lang said the person who found the body called 911 and GPC campus police were notified. EMTs responded to the scene where they determined the person to be deceased, Lang said. Officials said Diallo was not enrolled at GPC. He is a citizen of French Guinea in West Africa and has been a resident in the United States since 2008. Anyone with information regarding this investigation should call the GBI Tipline at 1 (800) 547-8477.
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DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander describes why residents need to be on the lookout for a robbery suspect whom police think may be connected to more than 20 robberies in metro Atlanta. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Police ask for help in identifying serial robbery suspect

by Daniel Beauregard daniel@dekalbchamp.com DeKalb County police are asking residents help to identify a person they said may be responsible for more than 20 robberies throughout metro Atlanta, 13 in DeKalb County. Police Chief Cedric Alexander said, in each case, the armed suspect entered the stores while patrons were inside and demanded money from the cash register. Were looking for this individualhes extremely dangerous Alexander said. We just learned moments ago that he hit another Family Dollar store in the community of Henry County. Alexander spoke at a June 12 news conference accompanied by officials from the Atlanta, Gwinnett, Lilburn, Lithonia and Henry County police departments, as well as representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Although police do not know the suspects name, Alexander said, DeKalb County detectives were able to capture a picture of the individual, who is a Black male with brown eyes, weighing approximately 150 pounds. No one has been hurt at this point but with the frequency that weve been seeing with this we have to make sure that everyone remains safe and weve got to get this guy off the street as soon as we can, Alexander said. The robberies, which began in February, are sporadic and Alexander said they happen at different times of the day. Police suspect that the individual is robbing the store and the fleeing the scene in a gray or silver Cadillac SUV parked nearby. Somebody knows this person, somebody knows who this is. What I am asking this community to doif you have seen this individual, if you know who he is, please give us a call, Alexander said.
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SealedBids,fromBidders,willbereceivedbytheDeKalbCountyBoardofEducation(theOwner) attheSamA.MossServiceCenter,1780MontrealRoad,Tucker,Georgia30084,until12:00Noon localtimeonThursday,August1,2013foralllabor,materialsandservicesnecessaryforboth projects. BiddingDocumentsmaybeobtainedbyBiddersat: http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/solicitations/ AllquestionsaboutthisAdvertisementforBidsmustbedirectedinwritingtoStephenWilkins, ChiefOperationsOfficernotlaterthanTuesday,July23th,2013at12:00Noon.ContactMr. StephenM.Wilkins,ChiefOperationsOfficer,SamMossCenter,1780MontrealRoad,Tucker, Georgia30084.;email:dcsdopsbidquestions@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us;Fax678.676.1350. Exceptasexpresslyprovidedin,orpermittedby,theBiddingDocuments,fromthedateof issuanceoftheAdvertisementforBidsuntilfinalOwneractionofapprovalofcontractaward,the BiddershallnotinitiateanycommunicationordiscussionconcerningtheProjectortheBidders Bidoranypartthereofwithanyemployee,agent,orrepresentativeoftheOwner.Anyviolation ofthisrestrictionmayresultintherejectionoftheBiddersBid. TheOwnerreservestherighttorejectanyorallBids,andtowaivetechnicalitiesandinformalities. SitevisitsHooperAlexanderSchoolarescheduledforJuly11th,2013andJuly18th,2013at9:00 am.SitevisitsforFreemanAdministrativeBuildingsA&BarescheduledforJuly10th,2013andJuly 17th,2013at9:00am
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Couple perform swing together after cancer bouts

by Daniel Beauregard daniel@dekalbchamp.com blood work that something wasnt right so I had to go in and get all these tests In the early 90s, Joe and done. I had no symptoms so Charissa Gransden were Im lucky I went to the docstudying music at Georgia tor. State University (GSU) Joe ended up having when they met in the wind surgery and undergoing six ensemble. Now, nearly two months of chemotherapy decades later, the couple treatment and eventually, will take the stage together after five years, his cancer for the first time. went into remission. Charissa, who will be acThe goal with cancer is companying Joes big band that after you get five years at Eddies Attic June 22, then youre kind of in the teaches music at the Lovett safe zone, Joe said. School in Atlanta. She said Two months after their she only recently began son was born, Charissa singing after a coworker was diagnosed with breast asked her to sing a few cancer. Although, Joe said tunes with the Lovett Big it was a blow, it was a blessBand. ing that he had just been I was delighted that he through everything Charissa asked. My official debut would have to go through. was this springjust about Joe said Charissa was a month ago, Charissa said. miserably frightened Joe, who works as a about surgery and undergoprofessional trumpet player ing chemotherapy treatment throughout the country and but he was able coach her leads a big band, also started through the more uncomsinging later in life. He was fortable parts of the treatworking a weekly gig a few ment. years ago and the manager When Joe underwent told him hed have to hire a chemotherapy, he said he singer but wouldnt pay Joe occasionally experienced any more money. the sensation of swallowI said, I sing, because ing glass while drinking he was going to fire us, Joe water or it would feel like said. he was having a heart attack Aside from music, Joe because of the effects of the and Charissa also share chemotherapy. another bondone that But when she would their doctors told them was have those symptoms I a one-in-a-million chance: could say, Dont worry theyre both cancer surabout it, itll pass in 20 minvivors. In 2006, Joe was utes, Joe said. All the diagnosed after a routine doctors were saying, Its so doctors appointment. rare for a husband and wife, I had a big tumor, Joe especially as young as you said. They could tell by my are, to get cancer in so close a timeframe. Joe said their experience battling cancer has brought them closer together and having the opportunity to perform onstage together is like coming full circle. I know Ill say to her that night: You remember where we were five years ago? Joe said. Joe was a wonderful supporter for me when I was battling cancer, Charissa said. He constantly reminded me during my chemotherapy that soon I would look back, and those six months would seem like just a blip in time. Charissa also said that Joe knew, without having to ask, when and why she was fatigued or sore. She also said their careers in music have fostered a mutual respect and understanding between them and they appreciate the intensity that that the other brings to the job. I am anxious and nervous about Eddies Attic. As a novice, I hope I can satisfy the seasoned listeners that will be there while I enjoy the support of friends. I will be with my hubby, so I know that we will have a great time, Charissa said.
Charissa, left photo, and Joe Gransden, right photo, will perform together for the first time ever at Eddies Attic June 22. Photos provided
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donations. The union also hosted a fundraiser and will host a golf event Aug. 5 in Hiram, where Leota lives. Picha, who has worked with Leota for three years, said this is an opportunity for firefighters to give back to a fellow firefighter who has done a lot for them. He was an awesome firefighter. One of the best, Picha said. He looked out for everybody safety-wise. A few months ago, Leota was instrumental in bringing in new air packs and safety gear for firefighters. He realized the old ones were a hazard to his fellow
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DeKalb reghters raising money for one of their own
The DeKalb County fire department is seeking donations to help with the medical bills of fellow firefighter Nate Leota. Leota, who has been a DeKalb firefighter for nine years and president of the DeKalb Professional Firefighters #1492 Union, developed the rare neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) after a quadruple heart DeKalb County firefighters are taking donations to help pay for firefighter Nate Leotas, above, medical expenses. Leota develbypass surgery in April. oped the rare neuroleptic malignant syndrome after a quadruple DeKalb firefighter Jesse heart bypass surgery. Picha said Leota suffered complication after the sur$20,000 and the organizapublic. According to the gery, including an allergic tion has received $2,165 in website, the goal is to raise reaction to medication. [The doctors] noticed he wasnt getting better mentally so they ran a lot of tests and they determined Finding DeKalb Countys Missing that he developed NMS, Stories of our missing residents offer profound Picha said. The only cure insights and hope for a positive reunion. for that is time and rehab. Now showing on DCTV! He said the NMS caused For a programming guide, visit www.yourdekalb.com/dctv Leota to develop strokeDCTV Your Emmy Award-winning news source of DeKalb County news. Available on Comcast Cable Channel 23. like symptoms. The disease affected his memory and The Champion Weather June 20, 2013 speech. Seven Day Forecast Detailed Local Forecast Todays Regional Map Weather History He had a really short June 20, 1921 Circle, Mont. memory, Picha said. He THURSDAY Today we will see partly cloudy skies with a received 11.5 inches of rain in slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, high couldnt recognize the peoPartly Cloudy Dunwoody 24 hours, a record for the state. temperature of 85, humidity of 54%. East wind 5 ple that were a part of his High: 85 Low: 68 83/67 The town of Circle received a mph. The record high temperature for today is 98 Lilburn family. total of 16.79 inches of rain that set in 1933. Expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with Smyrna Doraville 84/68 FRIDAY After spending three month to establish a rainfall a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 84/68 84/68 Partly Cloudy Snellville record for any town in Montana weeks in the hospital, Leota Decatur High: 84 Low: 67 Last Week's Local Almanac 85/68 for any month of the year. 85/68 was transferred to the ShepAtlanta Date Hi Lo Normals Precip 85/68 herd Center in Atlanta in SATURDAY Tuesday 90 72 86/66 0.00" Lithonia College Park mid-May to begin rehab. PiJune 21, 1987 - A tornado Partly Cloudy Wednesday 92 72 86/67 0.00" 86/68 86/68 destroyed 57 mobile homes at High: 86 Low: 67 Thursday 93 68 86/67 0.81" cha said Leota was released Morrow the Chateam Estates trailer park Friday 85 66 86/67 0.00" 86/68 from the Shepherd Center Union City northwest of Detroit, killing Saturday 85 64 87/67 0.00" SUNDAY in early June and said his 86/68 one person and injuring six 86 63 87/67 0.24" Isolated T-storms Sunday recovery is going well. others. Damage was estimated 83 68 87/68 0.87" High: 86 Low: 68 Monday Hampton at 1.7 million dollars. Hes talking now, he Rainfall. . . . . . . . 1.92" Average temp . . 77.6 87/69 can recognize people but his Normal rainfall. . 0.79" Average normal 76.7 MONDAY Isolated T-storms Departure . . . . . +1.13" Departure . . . . . +0.9 short term memory is still High: 87 Low: 68 bad, Picha said. Local Sun/Moon Chart This Week Tonights Planets Leota is expected to Day Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset TUESDAY Rise Set make a full recovery but Thursday 6:26 a.m. 8:51 p.m. 5:56 p.m. 3:46 a.m. Full New Mostly Cloudy Mercury 8:12 a.m. 10:17 p.m. he is facing a lot of mediFriday 6:27 a.m. 8:51 p.m. 7:03 p.m. 4:37 a.m. 6/23 7/8 High: 85 Low: 67 Venus 8:05 a.m. 10:25 p.m. Saturday 6:27 a.m. 8:51 p.m. 8:07 p.m. 5:36 a.m. cal expenses. Leota had a Mars 5:25 a.m. 7:41 p.m. Sunday 6:27 a.m. 8:51 p.m. 9:07 p.m. 6:41 a.m. Jupiter 6:27 a.m. 8:44 p.m. part-time job in Roswell WEDNESDAY Monday 6:27 a.m. 8:51 p.m. 9:59 p.m. 7:50 a.m. Last First Saturn 4:21 p.m. 3:31 a.m. Partly Cloudy but since he was a part-time Tuesday 6:28 a.m. 8:51 p.m. 10:46 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 6/29 7/15 Uranus 2:15 a.m. 2:41 p.m. High: 88 Low: 66 employee he didnt qualify Wednesday 6:28 a.m. 8:51 p.m. 11:27 p.m. 10:09 a.m. for medical benefits. He also Local UV Index National Weather Summary This Week Weather Trivia has family from Utah who The Northeast will see mostly clear to partly cloudy skies today and Friday, isolated are traveling back and forth thunderstorms Saturday, with the highest temperature of 88 in East St. Louis, Ill. The Do tornadoes occur on to care for him. 0 - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11+ Southeast will experience mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with a few thunderstorms every continent? With his income from today through Saturday, with the highest temperature of 95 in Smyrna, Tenn. In the Northwest, there UV Index will be isolated showers and thunderstorms today through Saturday, with the highest temperature of 0-2: Low, 3-5: Moderate, his part-time job gone and 91 in Torrington, Wyo. The Southwest will see mostly clear skies today through Saturday, with the 6-7: High, 8-10: Very High, all of the family expenses 11+: Extreme Exposure highest temperature of 109 in Gila Bend, Ariz. and deductibles from mediStarWatch By Gary Becker - Follow the Waxing Moon cal bills, were trying to do There are lots of fun things happening in the sky this week. Look for the first quarter moon on Sunday, June 16. The dark terminator, which divides day from night, will as much as we can for him, look like a straight line. Since the moon is waxing or growing, the terminator at present represents the sunrise location on the lunar surface. If you scan the moons surface Picha said. with binoculars or a telescope, it is along the terminator where you will observe the greatest amount of detail, since it is here that shadows are at their longest. Then notice The DeKalb Professional bright Spica, ahead and to the left of the moon. The moon is headed towards the principal star of Virgo the Virgin and will be located just to the left of this blue-white supergiant by the 18th. The moon and Spica will make a fine pair in binoculars, but you will notice that the moons terminator has changed to a bulbous appearance. The Firefighters #1492 teamed waxing moon is moving through its gibbous phase and has become considerably brighter, easily casting shadows on the ground. The following evening the moon is below and to the left up with Atlanta Professional of another star, just slightly brighter than Spica. A small telescope or even higher powered binoculars held with steady hands will reveal that this is no ordinary star. It has rings. Youve Firefighters #134 to raise just discovered the planet Saturn, which will be steadily moving across the western sky for the next several months before disappearing in bright twilight at the very beginning of autumn. By Friday, June 21, the moon stands above and to the left of the red supergiant Antares in Scorpius the Scorpion, just about as low as it can get in the sky. June 21 at 1:04 p.m., EDT also money to help offset his exmarks the summer solstice or sun standstill. In the United Kingdom this event is also termed the midsummer sun. The sun can go no higher in the sky for most of the Northern Hemisphere. penses. The union set up a It is the start of summer and the longest day of the year. For the sun, its all downhill for the next six months until the winter solstice. www.astronomy.org fundraiser on www.fundrazr. com for donations from the
firefighters, Picha said. He gave 100 percent into trying to get us new ones and he didnt stop until we got them. Picha said Leota is a person who gives his all in everything he does, big or small. Hes one of those people where if anyone asks him for help he will help them in a heartbeat, he said. He would give 100 percent in helping whichever way he can. To donate, visit www. fundrazr.com and type Leotas name in the search tab.
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decade since the disaster, the agency has funded the World Trade Center Registry, a list of approximately 50,000 people that had some kind of exposure to the resulting toxic chemicals that coated lower Manhattan after the towers fell. Camp information is available on the museums web site: www.cdc.gov/museum.
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the court for a hearing on the validity of its ordinances in the near future. Courts in Georgia and throughout the nation have upheld similar ordinances and we believe that the citys ordinances are constitutional as well, Riley said. The citys ordinances mirror those in DeKalb County, Fulton County, Doraville, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek and other nearby jurisdictions. Prior to the citys incorporation, DeKalb County had agreed to waive enforcement of its ordinances against several adult establishments in exchange for a fee. Brookhaven has refused to take money from this industry in exchange for letting the industry ignore these regulations. Brookhaven adopted this ordinance using the same litmus test we use for every action we take to protect the health, safety and welfare of Brookhavens residents and businesses, and to make the city a great community in which to live, Mayor J. Max Davis said. Since the citys inception, another sexually oriented business has opened in Brookhaven and has recently been cited for violating the citys ordinances. Stardust adult store on Buford Highway has been cited on multiple violations and is scheduled to be in Brookhaven Municipal Court on July 12.
ing large numbers of people to be vaccinated in a relatively short time. Smallpox, once a worldwide scourge, was declared eradicated in 1980 with the last case reported in Somalia. In 1976 as the country celebrated its bicentennial, some American Legion members attending a convention in Philadelphia were suddenly overcome by a deadly unknown strain of pneumonia. Thirty-four people died before CDC scientists solved the mystery. The cause? An airborne bacteria carried by amoeba thriving in stagnant water in the hotels central air conditioning systems. The incident became so infamous that the newly discovered strain was named Legionella pneumophila. Featured at the CDC museum is a bottle containing oncecontaminated water from the Philadelphia incident. But, as a nearby sign notes, the bacteria in the bottle has been destroyed. A more contemporary exhibit at the museum examines the efforts of CDC staff to monitor the health of first responders in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001. On display is a CDC employees air sampler, hardhat, cell phone and credentials used to gain access to the World Trade Center site. The CDC staff was called in to not only help with the emergency response but in the
The museum exhibits are just a sampling of what the David J. Sencer CDC Museum offers nearly 100,000 Sharing scientific visitors who visit annually. knowledge more health crises Beyond the scientific re- Many are featured such as AIDS, search that goes on daily at severe acute respiratory the CDC, outreach programs syndrome (SARS), Guinea offered each summer help worm eradication efforts, spread CDC knowledge to smoking, food borne illnessstudents from around the es, emergency responsethe world. seems endless. The CDC Disease Detec- listA trip to the museum is tive Camp is a week-long not only an eye-opening day workshop for rising educational experience, but high school juniors and makes one appreciate the seniors that introduces stuCDCs scientists ability to dents to epidemiology, the consistently combine old field of public health and the fashioned detective work diverse career opportunities with high-tech research to available. Two sessions of mankind as safe as the camp are held each sum- keep possible. mer. Selection to the camps The CDC is continually is highly competitive with looking to the future as its applicants from around the researchers forge new fronworld and over 20 states. A tiers in worldwide health similar camp for rising sev- maintenance. Since Sept. 11 enth and eighth graders, the and subsequent health crises CDC Junior Disease Detec- involving deadly bacteria tive Camp is also planned.
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and toxins, the threat of bioterrorism has become a reality. Today, throughout the global public response community, public health takes an all hazards approach to natural or manmade emergencies, said museum curator Louise Shaw Although we are unable to be fully prepared for the unknown, the CDC and its partners remain diligent in trying to prevent or quickly respond to each new public health emergency. This is Part II of a two-part series. See the June 13 issue of The Champion Newspaper for Part I of CDC museum chronicles agencys role in solving global medical mysteries.
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be an asset to the DeKalb school board because she can provide information that nobody has. Any time that we are faced with an issue I can bring the information and share it with the other board members, she said. But AdvancED President Mark Elgart disagreed. When asked by Copelin-Woods attorney Jerred Wilson about her behavior during board meetings, Elgart said Copelin-Wood was neither prepared for meetings nor focused on the work on the district. She was focused on the matters that were pertinent to her as an individual, he said. She was unprepared and did not read the material and would say in the meetings that she had not read the material and did not have time to read the material. During the hearing, CopelinWood was questioned by Georgia Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Colangelo about the three SACS reports that were done in a two-year period. In the October 2012 report, SACS said board members were inappropriately communicating directly with
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Former DeKalb school board member says she would like to be reinstated
by Carla Parker carla@dekalbchamp.com Former DeKalb County school board member Sarah CopelinWood told a judge June 18 that she should be reinstated to the DeKalb County Board of Education because she was elected by the public. I didnt just jump in there, she said. That was up to the public and they said we want you to serve us and thats how we were elected. Copelin-Wood, who has served on the school board since 1999, was one of six board members who were removed from the DeKalb County Board of Education by Gov. Nathan Deal in February. The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) was placed on accreditation probation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the agency that accredits the school district through its parent company, AdvancED. That move triggered a state law granting the governor the authority to remove school board members. school level staffs. SACS recommend that the board enforce a policy that board members honor a chain of command when communicating with stakeholders. Copelin-Wood said the board could not correct problems because they did not have the names of persons causing problems. No names were given to us, she said. If someone was doing somethingas we said to the [former] superintendent [Cheryl Atkinson]you need to talk to that person. If you dont give a name how can you correct that problem? The hearing at the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings was mandated under the law Deal used to suspend the board members. Each board member had the right to ask him to reconsider and all but Jester did not. She is formally removed from the board. Walkers hearing is scheduled for June 26 and Edler and Cunningham will appear in July. The governor will then make a decision on whether to reinstate the suspended board members.
Former DeKalb County School Board member Sarah Copelin-Wood answers questions during her reinstatement hearing. Photo by Carla Parker
Acting on the recommendation of the Georgia Board of Education, Deal suspended six of the nine members of the DeKalb school board and later replaced them. In addition to Copelin-Wood, the governor suspended Eugene Walker, Jesse Jay Cunningham, Donna Elder, Nancy Jester and Pamela A. Speaks. Copelin-Wood said at her reinstatement hearing that she would
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Emory Healthcare named one of Atlantas best places to work
Emory Healthcare has been named one of Atlantas best and brightest companies to work for by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). The award recognizes organizations that excel in several key measures, including: benefits; employee engagement and retention; employee education and development; communication and shared vision; diversity and inclusion; and work-life balance. Being named to this list highlights the fact that Emory Healthcare employees are working together to create a culture and work environment that is supportive to its staff, according to a statement from Emory Healthcare Our dedicated professionals and team members are the reasons why our organization is a top place to work, said John Fox, president and CEO of Emory Healthcare. Every day, they make a powerful difference in the lives of our patients, their families and each other. This is a great achievement for us all. Participating companies go through a rigorous twopart survey process. One step involves the employer com-
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In a partnership between the Stone Mountain Community Improvement District (CID) and DeKalb County, drivers will soon find new signs to help navigate the Mountain Industrial Boulevard corridor. Workers will replace 90 existing signs and add signs at 30 new sites throughout the CID. Work was expected to begin during the week of June 3 with the installation of stop signs, speed limit signs and others focused on vehicular and pedestrian safety. The CID is partnering with the DeKalb County Public Works Department, which will fabricate and provide the signs, posts and all required hardware to the CIDs contractor. The contractor will replace rusted and damage signs and posts. In locations where signs are no longer needed, they will be removed. This effort represents an excellent collaboration between the county and the Stone Mountain Community Improvement District, said Zachary Williams, DeKalb Countys chief operating officer. The Stone Mountain CID continues to work with the county to take positive steps in promoting DeKalb County as an excellent place to live, work and play. CID President Emory Morsberger said the business community is funding the installation effort to offset county budget constraints, which prevent DeKalb crews from completing the work. This partnership represents a landmark moment of cooperation in DeKalb County history, and our CID is proud to participate, Morsberger said. Efforts such as these are what public-private partnerships and CIDs are all about. We are pleased to be able to provide this service for the benefit of our stakeholders and those who work and conduct business in the Stone Mountain CID. The replacement signs also complement the CIDs ongoing efforts to keep area roadways free of debris and overgrown vegetation, Morsberger said.
Clarkston nonprofit group changes its name

Clarkston Development Foundation introduced its new
name and brand June 1. The organization is retaining the initials CDF from Clarkston Development Foundation as a stand-alone title, and rebranding as CDF: A Collective Action Initiative. The organizations commitment to support and encourage collective community-led action inspired this transformation, which includes a new organization name, logo, and website, according to a media release from the group. CDFs new brand communicates the strengths of the multicultural community of Clarkston and the process of the asset-based and other community engagement models CDF utilizes, the organization stated. The new logo, with its not-quite-completed circle, captures the energetic and ever-evolving community. Its various strands represent an amazingly diverse community, with each retaining its own identity while joining together to create a larger whole. The colors and design scheme used in the new brand are based on research of art styles present in a selection of the cultures represented in Clarkstons international population and the southern United States. CDF works to connect community members of Clarkston and the surrounding areas with the resources they need to create and sustain their vision for the community. Through small and large group meetings, trainings, and consultations, CDF provides support for projects created and led by community members in Clarkston. Jeremy Lewis, CDFs executive director, said, We saw a new name and brand as a great opportunity to more accurately reflect the work happening in Clarkston. People know us as CDF, so it seemed a logical shift. We hope our new brand is a reflection of the diverse people of Clarkston. We plan to continue our work alongside the community members of Clarkston as they take collective action. Our goal in the rebranding project was to truly reflect the work we are doing in Clarkston, said John Whitehead, CDF board chairman. The more we have worked with the community, we understand that change is more sustainable if it comes from the residents. Our new name and our brand reflect that in a way our previous name did not.
pleting a questionnaire and the second step entails employees of the company completing an employee engagement survey. By elevating the bar of excellence each year, the NABR program not only makes companies perform better, but also makes the region a better place to live and work. Emory Healthcare will be recognized for its excellence in employee relations at an awards ceremony June 20 at the Atlanta Marriott Century Center.
Rep. Johnson No. 1 in helping save homes

In a May 16 letter to Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Mike Beatty reported that more people have been helped under President Obamas Hardest Hit Fund in the Fourth Congressional District than any other congressional district in the state. Since 2011 more than 685 homeowners in the Fourth District have been approved for the fund, known as HomeSafe in Georgia, resulting in nearly $14 million in relief. This is government at its best a true partnership between federal and state offices to stem the wave of foreclosures that has had such a detrimental impact on our
community, Johnson said. If we can help prevent even one foreclosure then it is worth our efforts. But our goal is to prevent thousands more homes from foreclosure in Georgia by 2016. In 2011, Georgia received $340 million from the U.S. Treasury program to help unemployed or underemployed homeowners remain in their homes while they searched for new employment. Believing that not enough was being done to get the word out to struggling homeowners, Johnson created a partnership with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and HUD-approved counseling agency D&E to help reach out to homeowners through community events. Johnson held two HomeSafe events in 2012 and plans at least three HomeSafe events held throughout the district in 2013. Congressman Johnson and his district staff have been extremely helpful to us, Beatty said. We will continue to work with Rep. Johnson and his staff in partnership to serve the people of the Fourth District. For information and eligibility requirements for the HomeSafe Georgia program, visit the Georgia Department of Community Affairs HomeSafe website at homesafegeorgia.com.
Notice of Property Tax Increase

The City of Stone Mountain has tentatively adopted a millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes by 28.47 percent. All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing on this tax increase to be held at City Hall, 875 Main Street, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 on Monday, June 24, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase are at City Hall, 875 Main Street, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. The tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 28.03 mils, an increase of 6.211 mils. Without this tentative tax increase the millage rate will be no more than 21.819 mils. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $50,000 is approximately $124.22 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $75,000 is approximately $186.33.
Deal appoints minority Man pleads guilty to sexual battery at mall leaders to Brooks panel
Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed legislators who represent DeKalb County in the General Assembly to a panel to determine the political fate of state Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta). State House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta) and state Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson (D-Tucker) will join Attorney General Sam Olens on a panel that will determine whether or not to suspend state Brooks from office. A federal grand jury indicted Brooks, 67, in May on 30 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false tax returns. The indictment alleges Brooks misappropriated more than $1 million in charitable funds from Universal Humanities, a charity he founded in 1990, and the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials. The indictment alleges Brooks repeatedly solicited contributions from individuals and corporate donors to combat illiteracy and other causes, but then used the money for personal expenses. Brooks, represented by former governor Roy Barnes, has pleaded not guilty. The charges filed against Brooks by the U.S. Attorneys Office triggered a provision in the state constitution that requires a panel of the state attorney general and a gubernatorial appointment of one House and one Senate member to rule on an indicted legislators fitness to serve in office. If the panel determines that Brooks should stay in office, hell continue in his official duties for the remainder of his term in office. Brooks was first elected to the General Assembly in 1981. If the panel decides to suspend him, Brooks will continue to receive his legislative pay and benefits but will be unable to act in an official capacity. A suspension would not call for a special election, and the seat would remain vacant until the next regularly scheduled election. Brooks would resume office if the case against him is adjudicated in his favor. The governors executive order calls for the panel to issue a written report with its determination within 14 days. The panels ruling is final. In an interview with The Associated Press, Henson said he had not decided whether Brooks should be suspended. Its the kind of thing where you remove the politics and the personal of it, you review the facts and you make a decision, Henson said.
Kennedy Perez Miranda, 40, has pleaded guilty to sexual battery, simple battery, disorderly conduct, giving a false name and date of birth to police in two incidents that occurred at Perimeter Mall at 4400 Ashford-Dunwoody Road in Dunwoody. Solicitor-General Sherry Boston was able to build a stronger case against Miranda after locating two of the victims by releasing surveillance video to the media, according to the solicitor-generals office. Judge Janis Gordon sentenced Miranda to 18 months with credit for 12 months already served in jail, 48 months of intensive probation, to register with the Sex Offender Registry, to complete a psycho-sexual evaluation and treatment as needed, to have no contact at all with the victims, to stay away from Perimeter Mall and to continue mental health treatment and medication. The surveillance video showed a confrontation outside the womens restroom where Miranda thrust his hips against a woman several times as she and her friend had stopped to change a babys diaper about 4:55 p.m. on June 19, 2012. At 4 p.m. that same day, Miranda tried to force a 16-year-old girl into the dressing room at American Eagle Outfitters at Perimeter Mall. He grabbed her arm tightly and told her to show me how its done before the girl asked him to leave, according to a statement from the solicitorgenerals office. Boston said, We are so pleased that these women came forward because that made it possible for us to prosecute Mr. Miranda to the full extent of the law. We applaud all three victims for reporting these incidents and stopping the man who was already wanted for similar cases in Gwinnett County. There is absolutely no excuse for Mr. Mirandas behavior, and we will not tolerate anyone assaulting or attempting to assault women in our community. Miranda still faces charges in Gwinnett County for incidents on the same day and two days earlier.
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Hunt for serial robber leads to drug bust

A search for a suspected serial robber in DeKalb County ended in a drug bust. On June 14, DeKalb Sheriffs Office fugitive squad and Atlanta Police K-9 units swarmed an Atlanta home in search of a man accused of robbing 21 Dollar Stores since February. According to a media release from the sheriffs office, fugitive squad members received a tip from Crime Stoppers that led them to the home at 776 Norwood Road. During a search of the home, squad members found 59 grams of cocaine, four grams of marijuana and two handguns. One of the handguns was stolen and the other had its serial number altered,
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according to the media release. Derrick Shaw Jr., 33, was arrested during the search. As deputies were leaving the scene they were called back with a tip on where two other individuals could be hiding. The anonymous informant gave investigators a sketch of a second crawl space built into the house. An Atlanta Police K-9 unit accompanied fugitive squad members back into the homes second crawl space where two more individuals were hiding. Squad members arrested 33-year-old Deangelo Rozier and 25-year-old Travis Smith, also known as Travis Moore. The officers found an additional 50 grams of cocaine that the two men attempted to bury
before being arrested. The robbery suspect was never found, according to the release. However, one of the men did state that he knew the getaway driver in the store robberies. Raphael Rainey, of Atlanta, the accused driver, was arrested June 14 by fugitive squad members at the intersection of Boulevard Drive and East Ponce de Leon Avenue. Rainey has been charged with four counts of armed robbery with other charges pending. Sheriffs deputies are still searching for the dollar store robbery suspect. Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers or call the DeKalb Sheriffs Office at (404) 2988200.
TheCityofChambleeCityCouncildoesherebyannouncethatthemillageratewillbesetatameetingtobeheldatChambleeCityHall locatedat5468PeachtreeRoad,Chamblee,GeorgiaonJuly2,2013at6:30PMandpursuanttotherequirementsofGa.Code48532 doesherbypublishthefollowingpresentationofthecurrentyear'staxdigestandlevy,alongwiththehistoryofthetaxdigestandlevyfor thepastfiveyears. CURRENT 2013 TAX DIGEST AND FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY 2008 563,992,269 15,601,332 10,783,636 590,377,237 43,657,482 546,719,755 5.00 2,733,599 (23,962) 0.87% 2009 575,089,705 16,118,770 10,769,822 601,978,297 44,074,131 557,904,166 6.31 3,520,375 786,777 28.78% 2010 533,197,959 14,546,770 9,563,181 557,307,910 44,896,783 512,411,127 7.95 4,073,668 553,293 15.72% 2011 797,623,949 14,135,654 11,087,937 822,847,540 88,432,680 734,414,860 7.4 5,434,670 1,361,002 33.41% 2012 737,007,810 22,076,110 9,128,386 768,212,306 83,130,749 685,081,557 7.4 5,069,604 (365,066) 6.72% 2013 726,762,167 27,471,830 9,726,659 763,960,656 85,949,126 678,011,530 7.379 5,003,047 (66,556) 1.31%
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Law rm internship, China trip in store for DSA grad

by Andrew Cauthen andrew@dekalbchamp.com
Richard Peay, DeKalb School of the Arts 2013 valedictorian, directs fellow students during the schools spring concert. Below, Peay, a STAR student, chats with interim school Superintendent Mike Thurmond during a county scholarship awards program. Photos by Andrew Cauthen
plinary social science/politics In addition to his internkind of school, so Im exship, Peay will travel to Chicited about that, Peay said. na on a scholarship to learn The 2013 DeKalb School I want to be an attorney, the language. of the Arts valedictorian is so Im going to go to law Peay, who received spending part of his last sum- school. I can really major in scholarship offers to several mer before college working anything I want but I think universities, attributes his in a law firm. the Woodrow Wilson School academic success to lots of Richard Peay, 17, is inis a good choice for me. things. terning at the recently opened In addition to Mock Trial, This is not just me, Melinda C. Pillow law firm. Peay was a STAR student, Peay said. This is everyone Pillow was his Mock Trial member of the Student Gov- around melike my mother, Club coach when he was in ernment Association, the my friendscompetition high school. motivates people. Peay, who was presmy grandmother ident of the schools [who] lives in Korea. Mock Trial Club, said They all motivate me. Someday, maybe, it was one of my most They dont tell me favorite organizations. to do things but I sort hopefully I can do I actually made of want to make them the team at my school proud. I want to sort of something great. two years ago and its be the best. I strive for been very close to my that. Someday, maybe, Richard Peay heart, said Peay, who hopefully I can do led the team to win the something great, Peay regional mock trial competi- student body vice president, said. tion in February, defeating vice president of National Peays advice to high Decatur High School in the Honor Society, and a memschool students is to do as final round. I wrote a lot of ber of the DeKalb Youth much as you can without college essays on it. Commission in which he stressing yourself out. Peay, who has lived in served as the chairman of the Obviously, get the good DeKalb County since fourth Going Green committee. grades, he said. Do extragrade, is planning to put his At DSA, his major focus curricular activities. Do what Mock Trial experience and was theater with a minor in youre passionate about. Like law firm internship to work. instrumental music. Peay Mock Trial, law and politics He will be attending served as a student conductor thats what Im passionate Princeton University in the at the schools spring conabout, so I like to do extrafall on a full scholarship with cert. curriculars in that area. a work-study component. That was sort of like my Strive to be the best that I want to major in the senior project for my minor, you can be. Its a clich, but Woodrow Wilson School, said Peay, who plays cello, you know, he said. which is sort of an interdisci- guitar and ukulele.
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Walmart stores open in Tucker and Stone Mountain

displayed in the store and pick them up here. He recalled assisting a customer with a siteto-store order of a swing set at the Walmart Neighborhood Market where he previously worked. Mitchell said while there are other chain grocery stores in the area he is confident that the new Walmart will be competitive based on price and service. In addition to restoring a building thats been vacant for approximately three years, the new retail store offers employment opportunities in the neighborhood, Mitchell said. Well be Charles Mitchell prepares to welcome the community to the new Walmart Neighborhood Market employing 80 to 90 in Tucker. associates, some of in a slump in recent years, whom can walk to work, he according to store manager said. Shoppers are likely to Charles Mitchell, who said, be assisted here by people they We are proud of our new store know from their community. and look forward to welcoming People enjoy shopping with members of the community to their neighbors. come visit us. Another new Walmartthis Putting a major retailer one a Walmart Superstore in a formerly depressed area opened on Memorial Drive helps other area merchants by June 12. The new store will attracting traffic, he said. be open 6 a.m. to midnight, The store, scheduled to seven days a week, said open June 26, is one of several store manager Dan Fagan, Walmart stores that recently who added that in addition opened or are scheduled to to general merchandise and open in DeKalb communities. groceries, the store will offer The Tucker store is organic and natural selections. an example of Walmarts I am very excited about the smaller-footprint option, Walmart opening on Memorial the Neighborhood Market, Drive, said DeKalb County designed in 1998. Unlike the District 4 Commissioner national retailers super stores, Sharon Barnes Sutton. the neighborhood markets This will be a spark for the offerings are close to what one Memorial Drive corridor. would find in a large grocery Its going to provide job store and dont have such opportunities for the residents, big-box items as electronics help our community and and home furnishings. In provide a needed shopping addition to groceries, including experience for shoppers in this fresh produce, meat and area. dairy products, Walmart Fagan, who began his Neighborhood Markets Walmart career in 1992 as offer bakery and deli items, a cart pusher, said the store household supplies, health and employs approximately 300 beauty aids and a pharmacy. full- and part-time associates. We do have what we call He called the opening of the site-to-store service, Mitchell store a celebration for our explained. Customers associates and a celebration for can order online items not our community. The opening of a new Walmart Neighborhood Market in Tucker represents a major step toward revitalizing a commercial area that has been
From left are Earl Walker, chairman of the chambers small-business committee; Chamber President Leonardo McClarty; presenter Roshonda Coleman; award winner Bella Lane of Bella Lane Designs; Ted Cummings, CEO of Onyx Media Group; and Monica Maldonado, vice chairwoman of the chambers small-business committee.
Chamber of Commerce presents Apex Awards
Frank Payne, chairman/CEO of PQC International, had a simple piece of advice for audience members at The DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce Apex Awards luncheon: Do one thing. At the June 12 event, honoring small businesses in the county, Payne advised business owners to focus on whats really important to the business. Theres an old Russian proverb, he said, if you chase two rabbits you wont catch either of them. Payne said many small business owners make the mistake of spreading themselves across several tasks while not giving any of them the attention they need. He offered a personal example. My doctor told me my cholesterol was too high. I thought he was going to tell me to change my diet, exercise, take medication. He told me to do one thingreduce my waist size. I focused on that and it worked. Do one thing. A self-described project management evangelist, Payne is a project management and business speaker, facilitator, executive coach and author. This years Apex Awards went to: Bella Lane Designs - Less than $1 Million Annual Revenues Hampton Inn, Northlake - $1 Million-$5 Million Revenues
Self-described project management evangelist Frank Payne advises small-business owners to do one thing.
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Marist and St. Pius X wins GADA Directors Cup

Marist and St. Pius X athletic programs were awarded the Georgia Athletic Directors Association Directors Cup in their respective regions. This is the 14th consecutive year that Marist has won the Directors Cup and this is St. Pius Xs fourth Directors Cup in the last five years. The Directors Cup competition, which has been held every school year since 1999-2000, awards points to each school based on its performances in the playoffs and state meets for the GHSAs 24 sports. Each schools eight highestscoring sports for each gender are counted in the standings. This award is presented to the top male program, top female program, and top overall program in each classification. St. Pius X took all three awards in Class AAA and Marist also won the three awards for Class AAAA. St. Pius X garnered state championship wins in boys and girls cross country, girls basketball, boys track and field, and both boys and girls soccer. The school took state runners-up titles in football, volleyball, and boys tennis. For Marist, the award marks the second time in the schools history (the first was 20092010) in which every varsity team made the state playoffs. Marist won state championships in boys and girls cross country, boys golf, girls tennis, and girls soccer. The boys and girls track and field also earned their respective championships just a few weeks ago, the first time in school history for each.
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The City Schools of Decatur does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the Auditorium of the Central Office at Westchester, 758 Scott Boulevard, Decatur, Georgia on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 6:30 PM and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. 48-5-32, does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
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Fiscal Year Assessment Ratio REAL PROPERTY PERSONAL PROPERTY PUBLIC UTILITIES MOTOR VEHICLE GROSS DIGEST LESS M&O EXEMPTIONS NET M&O DIGEST GROSS M&O MILLAGE LESS ROLLBACKS NET M&O MILLAGE NET TAXES LEVIED NET TAXES $ INCREASE NET TAXES % INCREASE 2008 50% 1,124,007,000 18,342,500 16,893,389 49,014,800 1,208,257,689 64,210,729 1,144,046,960 19.90 0.00 19.90 $22,766,535 $1,871,988 8.96% 2009 50% 1,162,026,500 20,387,500 16,473,600 50,081,000 1,248,968,600 66,710,729 1,182,257,871 19.90 0.00 19.90 $23,526,932 $760,397 3.34% 2010 50% 1,157,883,900 20,069,600 11,673,700 46,119,000 1,235,746,200 63,620,529 1,172,125,671 19.90 0.00 19.90 $23,325,301 ($201,631) -0.86% 2011 50% 1,149,844,600 21,146,700 18,933,750 46,119,000 1,236,044,050 65,428,635 1,170,615,415 20.90 0.00 20.90 $24,465,862 $1,140,561 4.89% 2012 50% 1,168,366,733 22,174,136 14,297,200 49,311,000 1,254,149,069 65,244,138 1,188,904,931 20.90 0.00 20.90 $24,848,113 $382,251 1.56%
PROPOSED 2013 50% 1,167,426,540 23,054,191 14,639,953 52,979,900 1,258,100,584 66,558,918 1,191,541,666 20.90 0.00 20.90 $24,903,221 $55,108 0.22%
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GDOT to widen Panola Road

by Carla Parker carla@dekalbchamp.com To better accommodate traffic on Panola Road in Lithonia, the Georgia Department of Transportation plans to widen the road from Snapfinger Road to Covington Highway. GDOT held an open house on June 13 at the Lou Walker Senior Center for the public to view plans for the 5.3 miles stretch. Project manager Matt McDow said construction would be done in five segments beginning in 2019. The first segment is from Snapfinger Road to Browns Mill Road; the next is from Browns Mill to Thompson Mill Road; the third is from Thompson Mill to the [I-20] interchange; the fourth is the interchange, which goes to Snapfinger Woods, and the last segment is from Snapfinger Woods to Covington Highway, McDow said. Covington Highway to Thompson Mill Road will go from four lanes to six and Browns Mill to Snapfinger will widen to three lanes with a center turn lane. McDow said the construction will last for two years and they plan to start with segments two, three and four. The proposed project also includes 4-foot bike lanes and 5-foot sidewalks along the entire project corridor. All crossroad intersections would be improved, including improvements to approach lane configurations and turn lane lengths. Willie Peavy, who has lived in the Salem Woods community since 1998, said widening Panola Road is needed. I think its good for the community, he said. I try to avoid the traffic [on that road] but I do realize that its very congested and over some time it has gotten more and more congested since I moved to that neighborhood.
Police search for man accused of public indecency

The DeKalb County Police Department is searching for a man accused of public indecency. According to detectives, a female victim was sitting at a bus stop June 6 at 11:45 p.m. at the intersection of Covington Highway and Mercer Drive when a man attempted to engage her in a conversation. When the female turned to address him, she observed him committing a sexual act, according to the media release. The victim fled the location and alerted police. Officers canvassed the area with the K-9 unit but did not find the suspect. Detectives are looking into whether this suspect had a role in two previous attempted sexual assaults that occurred at the nearby Marquis Ridge Apartment Complex. The first attempted sexusexual act in front of them. The victims, ages 28 and 30, screamed when they awoke and the suspect fled. A second incident occurred at approximately 4:40 p.m. June 30 inside another unit at Marquis Ridge Apartments. In this case, a 10-year-old girl was asleep in her bedroom. When she awoke, she saw a man standing in front of her performing a sexual act. The victim screamed and ran to alert her parents in another area of the apartment. The suspect gained access to this apartment through an open window. The Special Victims Unit has developed a composite sketch of a man involved in the June 6 incident. Anyone with information in this case is asked to call the Special Victims Unit at (770) 724-7710.
Police Sketch
al assault occurred May 31 at 4 a.m. inside a unit at the Marquis Ridge Apartments located on the 4000 block of Belvedere Square. The suspect entered through an open window, found two female victims asleep on the couch and then performed a
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