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School Board still seeking superintendent after finalists quit

By Carla Parker

Back to the drawing board. That’s where the DeKalb School Board went in its search for a new superintendent after all three finalists withdrew their names from consideration.

Arthur R. Culver of the Champaign Community Unit School District bowed out on April 26, three days after the departure of Hickory, N.C., Superintendent Lillie Cox and 11 days after Decatur (Ill.) Public Schools Superintendent Gloria Davis withdrew.

On Wednesday, DeKalb School Board Chairman Tom Bowen said the board is still trying to figure it all out.

“The board has been meeting to put together a new plan to find a new superintendent,” he said.

Cox, who was the board’s pick for super-

intendent, withdrew her name on April 23 after details of her negotiations were leaked to the press.

Bowen said the negotiations should have been confidential.

“The negotiation process is normally done behind closed doors and that information is never public,” he said. “Obviously someone from the Tom Bowen board leaked the information and we don’t know who did it.”

Sources close to the search said the board voted 6-3 to pursue a contract with Cox and that negotiations were stuck on Cox’s request for 15 months severance and a due-process hearing before she could be terminated.

Sources also said she asked for a $275,000

salary and a three-year contract. She also wanted 25 days of vacation, $28,000 for moving expenses, and $2,000 a month for six months for living expenses during her relocation. She also asked permission to be an adjunct professor.

Bowen would not confirm or deny any of those details.

“I can’t confirm what was presented during the negotiation process because the discussion of the terms of the contract is not public information,” he said.

At the same time that Culver announced his withdrawal from consideration in DeKalb, he also resigned as school chief in Champaign, effective June 30.

In a Champaign district press release, Culver said he wants “to pursue other opportunities and wants the district to be able to begin searching for a new leader imme-

diately.”

Bowen could not confirm if Culver dropped out of the DeKalb race because of the openness of the hiring process.

“Culver had some circumstances totally unrelated to DeKalb,” Bowen said. “He has a lot going on in Illinois right now.”

Davis was the first to withdraw her name from consideration on April 15, reportedly enticed by her school board to stay.

This week rumors were rampant that interim Superintendent Ramona Tyson could be named a candidate for the job, but Bowen said there is no basis to those rumors.

“The board has not asked Ms. Tyson to reconsider being superintendent and she has not ask the board for the position. Right now the board is looking at external candidates.”

Bowen said the board is still shooting to have a new school chief in place by July 1.

Students Support Shoe Box Project Arabia Mountain school gives gifts for moms without

By Carla Parker

Fifteen-year-old Nakayla Williams is sleeping a little easier this week.

The Arabia Mountain High School ninthgrader said she will rest comfortably knowing that she helped someone who was in need.

For two days this week, Nakayla and 20 fellow students at the Lithonia theme school volunteered to stay a couple of hours after school to sort and pack shoe boxes and Ziploc bags with toiletries and other personal items for homeless women in Atlanta.

The toothpaste, shampoo, soap, combs, brushes, body wash, ointment, and other items were donated by the school’s more than 1,000 students as part of a schoolwide community service project for United Way Shoe Box Project.

Each year, between Feb. 14 and May 8, the nonprofit collects shoe boxes laden with toiletries from individuals and businesses and community groups. All the boxes are donated to homeless women and children for Mother’s Day, which is being observed this year on May 8.

Over the three-month-long project, the students enrolled at the energy and environmental theme school donated the items.

The student volunteers spent April 26 and 28 packing 259 shoe boxes after school.

When they were done, the school had surpassed its goal of donating 150 boxes.

The outpouring of donations pleased Selece Beasley, a parent and project coordinator.

“It was something nice the kids could get involved in,” she said.

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Ibitayo Oroyo, 14, was among student volunteers at Arabia Mountain High School who packed shoe boxes with personal items for homeless women in Atlanta. The school surpassed its goal of donating 150 boxes to the United Way community project. Students packed 259 shoe boxes.

Beasley said the shoe box project was the first schoolwide community project and that the school community embraced it.

“The students responded very well,” she said. “We received a lot of donations.”

With such a successful start, Beasley is now planning annual community service

projects at the school.

“Next year we’ll make the project a competition among the grades,” she said.

Nakayla said she was happy to help out.

“A little goes a long way,” she said. “I know I’m helping someone by donating these items.”

Fourteen-year-old Ibitayo Oroyo, who also volunteered to help pack the boxes and bags, said participating in the project opened her eyes to the less fortunate.

“I feel bad for people who don’t have these things because they can’t afford it. I will definitely start giving back more.”

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East Lake Terrace residents have coped with gunshots in the street, a violent assault, and a house fire caused by drug activity.

Fare hikes in MARTA’s proposed $413.76 million budget An increase for base, weekly, and monthly fares is on the table Proposed fare increases for FY 2012 for MARTA’s proposed $413.76 Fare Current Proposed FY2012 million budget.

Base $2 $2.50 Train and bus riders and Reduced $0.90 $0.95* transit supporters will hear budMobility base $3.60 $3.80* get details at a series of public hearings in DeKalb and Fulton Weekly pass $17 $23.75 counties on May 16 and 17.

Monthly pass $68 $95 The DeKalb County meeting Mobility pass $115 $122 * will take place May 17 at 7 p.m.

TMA discounts 0%-10% No Change at the county’s Maloof Audito1 Children Free with Adult No Change rium in downtown Decatur.

1 Height requirement 46 inches, maximum 2 The transit system said in an April 28 statement that the proposed budget, which includes a the future,” the statement said.

The MARTA board will vote on the final capital budget totaling $185.5 million and $143.7 million in debt service, is focused on budget on June 6.

If approved, bus service enhancements maintaining MARTA’s long-term financial sustainability, preserving transit service will be implemented Sept. 24, and the fare and state-of-good-repair, enhancing some increases will take effect Oct. 2.

During the public hearings, board membus routes, and implementing new security bers will provide feedback, listen and take initiatives.

It said that fare increases are part of the questions on the proposed FY 2012 budget recommendations to stabilize MARTA’s hearings. The proposed budget will be financial condition and maintain current available for inspection an hour before each service levels for customers in the face of hearing, and MARTA staff will be present to the negative impact of the economic down- provide information and answer questions.

During the hearings, MARTA staff will turn.

The proposal calls for a base fare increase provide an overview of the proposed fare and from $2 to $2.50 with weekly and monthly pass price increases; service improvements to bus routes 3, 25, 50, 51, 99, and 181; and pass price increases.

In addition, the continuation of staggered enhancements to security initiatives.

Copies of the proposed budget, fare increases for Mobility base fare, reduced fare and Mobility passes also is recommended. changes, and service modifications are availFor the fourth consecutive year, it also is able for review at www.itsmarta.com and at recommending no annual merit or wage in- MARTA’s Office of External Affairs, 2424 creases for non-represented and represented Piedmont Road N.E. in Atlanta, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from employees.

“With no new funding sources on the 9 a.m. to noon.

A summary of the proposed budget, fare horizon this fiscal year, MARTA is proposing these changes now to avoid any additional changes and bus service modifications can be service cuts and to ensure metro Atlanta’s requested by leaving a message on MARTA’s prospects for expanded regional transit in comment line, 404-848-5299.

East Lake Terrace fighting crime East Lake Terrace neighbors are on a mission – to clean up the streets and take them back from criminal elements.

On April 30 from 4 to 8 p.m., more than 200 volunteers and residents are expected to take part in a neighborhood cleanup and gathering that will include DeKalb County representatives and high-ranking police officials.

Music will be provided by resident musicians and V-103. In addition to litter pickup, there will be Neighborhood Watch sign-up information, speakers, socializing and games.

Residents who have been affected by crime will address the audience.

East Lake Terrace contains more than 1,000 homes, and the neighborhood association, formed in 2002, says the community has been hard hit by the tough economic times.

Twenty percent of the homes are vacant, and prostitution and drugs are apparent all across

Lynn Iris Drive where many homes have been foreclosed upon or abandoned.

In the past month, residents have coped with gunshots in the street, a violent assault, and a house fire caused by drug activity. The community garden, once located on Lynn Iris, was abandoned as residents no longer felt safe and retreated to other areas within the neighborhood.

A new community garden is now being established on Hillside Avenue, and the Barker Bryant Park along Lake Buena Vista frequently supports joggers, fishing enthusiasts and others enjoying pastimes.

But some homeowners along Lynn Iris continue to worry about home invasion, vandalism and theft. Residents are now taking a stand against crime on Lynn Iris to reclaim it for families.

For more information, visit www.east laketerrace.org or contact Dina Barrere at 404-545-4124.

Flat Shoals median getting mulch beautification efforts while Mayo Landscaping is in the lesson will lead the effort to improve plan for a group of Martin Luther the appearance and enhance the King Jr. High School students when landscape with compost used as they tackle Flat Shoals Parkway as decoration around the trees on the part of Keep DeKalb Beautiful’s medians.

Great American Cleanup on April Compost will be supplied and 30. delivered by DeKalb County with State Rep. Rahn Mayo, whose the help of Super District 7 ComHouse District 91 covers parts of missioner Stan Watson.

DeKalb and Henry counties, has Rahn Mayo Mayo said the beautification initiative assembled a group of students to spread compost around the trees located on Flat is designed to help stabilize the value and Shoals Parkway between Snapfinger Road quality of the community and teach students the importance of recycling and community and I-285. pride and service.

They will work from 8:30 to 11 a.m.

For more information, call 404-656-6372 Volunteers from other neighborhoods in the area will collect litter and assist with or e-mail rahn.mayo@house.ga.gov.

Meetings set for 1-20 traffic study The travel options along the I-20 East corridor will be the subject of a series of meetings taking place May 3 to 5.

MARTA, in close coordination with DeKalb County, the city of Atlanta, and the Federal Transit Administration, is undertaking the I-20 East Transit Initiative to identify future transit investments that would enhance east-west mobility and improve accessibility to residential and employment centers with the corridor between Atlanta and the Mall at Stonecrest.

Public meetings will be held at three locations throughout the corridor to present the initial transit alignment alternatives identified by stakeholders and

solicit public input and feedback on these alternatives.

The meetings will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. The first hour will follow an open house format. At 7 p.m. there will be a formal presentation and question-and-answer sessions.

The meeting dates and locations are: n May 3 – Trees Atlanta, 225 Chester Ave., Atlanta. n May 4 – Lou Walker Senior Center, 2538 Panola Road, Lithonia. n May 5 – Greenforest Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall, 3250 Rainbow Drive, Decatur.

For more information, visit www.its marta.com/I20-east-corr.aspx.

Easter at the Tupac Shakur Center

The April 23 Easter Egg Hunt in the Tupac Center Peace Garden in Stone Mountain attracted hordes of cute egg hunters and even cuter bunnies. There was also tea and cookies for hatwearing ladies and gents in jackets, and a book signing.

Glen Haven residents after answers Fearing that empty school buildings will add to crime in the area, Glen Haven residents have invited county government officials to their May 12 community association meeting to address the issue.

DeKalb Police Chief William O’Brien is among officials expected to attend the meeting, which begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Straight of Life Church at 4228 Glen Haven Drive in Decatur.

The Glen Haven Community Association said it commended the Police Department and the district attorney for staging a recent drug bust off Wesley Chapel Road that netted 19 arrests. But it also is concerned about a drug bust in the subdivision and the security and maintenance of soon-to-be-empty public schools in the

area owned by the DeKalb School System.

Some windows already have been knocked out at Atherton Elementary, one of three schools in Decatur that are closing.

Glen Haven Elementary on Austin Drive and Peachcrest Elementary on Joy Lane also are scheduled to be shuttered.

Also expected to attend the meeting are DeKalb Commissioners Larry Johnson and Stan Watson; District 7 School Board member Donna Edler; Jeannette James, a DeKalb Schools Public Safety official; and Robert Moseley, deputy chief superintendent of school operations. Interim School Superintendent Ramona Tyson also was invited.

For more information, contact Jean Richardson at Jean1515@aol.com or 404286-9346.

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When we plant trees, we have healthier forests to visit, greener cities in which to live, and a sense of pride in our neighborhoods.

Forests provide pleasure, environmental benefits You probably have a favorite tree-lined street in your community. Or a tree-filled neighborhood you’ve always admired. Or a favorite forest where you like to bask in the beauty of the trees.

It’s important to remember that those beautiful spaces aren’t here by accident. The forests we enjoy today – which give us both pleasure and environmental benefits – are here because of the vision, courage and hard work of generations past.

When I find myself enjoying the solitude of a forest, I often remember the visionaries who helped preserve our forest lands.

Theodore Roosevelt was a wellknown champion of trees who risked political capital and fought short-sighted special interests to set aside large swaths of America’s forested lands for the enjoyment of future generations.

As president, Roosevelt used the 1891 Forest Reserves Act to protect 160 million acres of forests.

He also set aside 16 national monuments, 51 wildlife refuges and five new national parks. Because of his actions and the dedicated foresters

“Investing in trees pays off in so many ways, such as citizen health and well-being, energy conservation, improved watersheds, increased property values, and enhanced business results.”

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who have served America since, today our National Forests are a treasured legacy.

There are plenty of modern-day heroes, too, who manage our urban forests. Thanks to the tree advocates of recent decades, thousands of America’s cities and towns have been transformed into lush green spaces, and many of them are now Tree City USAs. These healthy urban forests include thriving parks, shaded homes and schools, and tree-lined parkways.

Some of our city foresters and volunteers who care for these trees must do so on limited budgets, often using creative ways to scratch resources to keep their trees vibrant. Fortunately, in many communities elected officials and

citizen leaders have come to recognize trees as valuable economic and environmental assets that grow in value over time … as essential components of the urban infrastructure.

Trees ought to be integral parts of natural-resource sustainability efforts in our communities. Investing in trees pays off in so many ways, such as citizen health and well-being, energy conservation, improved watersheds, increased property values, and enhanced business results.

We are standing on the broad shoulders of many tree planters who have come before us. Every day, we benefit from their foresight through cleaner air, safe and abundant drinking water, and shady

homes and neighborhoods.

Arbor Day is a holiday that celebrates planting trees, but it’s more than that. Let us remember those who planted trees before us, who helped establish and care for our nation’s forests and the beautiful, beneficial canopies of trees within our towns and cities.

Now it’s our turn to plant trees and to ensure that our forests grow healthy and strong.

As we celebrate National Arbor Day today, let’s make a commitment to plant trees, support replanting projects in our nation’s forests, and encourage our community leaders to invest in trees. When we plant trees, we have healthier forests to visit, greener cities in which to live, and a sense of pride in our neighborhoods.

Today, on Arbor Day, I propose that we act on behalf of future generations.

Let us each create our own legacy this year by planting trees.

John Rosenow is the founder and chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to

DeKalb already has excellent choice for superintendent Now that the DeKalb School Board has no remaining finalists Ms. Tyson put in place a for superintendent, it’s time to take redistricting plan that has a serious look at Interim Superin- eluded superintendents for 10 tendent Ramona Tyson. years, and she has eliminated Her handling of the CRCT a budget deficit without “cheating scandal,” which has rocked other metro districts, actufurloughing teachers. ally received praise from Kathleen Mathers, executive director of Mark Elgart, the president of the Governor’s Office of Student AdvancEd, also had high praise Achievement.

for Ms. Tyson in his letter outlining eight required actions for the school system.

Ms. Tyson put in place a redistricting plan that has eluded superintendents for 10 years; appointed an independent auditor; demoted educators involved in ethical violations and strengthened ethics requirements. And she has eliminated a budget deficit without furloughing teachers.

Leaks of negotiations and the withdrawal of the three finalists could make it even more difficult for the DeKalb Board of Education to find a talented and capable superintendent.

It’s time for the Board of Education to make an offer to the excellent superintendent it already has.

Jerrie Williams has three children in the DeKalb School System. She lives in Stone Mountain.

Clergy, NAACP should be united in opposition to lottery I never thought that I would see the day that two legendary and respected institutions within the black community would stand on opposing sides, especially on the issue of gambling.

The NAACP and the clergy have worked hand in hand throughout history to help guide the black community in times of turmoil and mayhem. The NAACP and the clergy often endorsed one another to ensure a successful future for generation yet to be born.

However, the issue of the lottery has been successful in dividing the NAACP and clergy. I watched in total disbelief as Dr. William Flippin, pastor at the Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, stated “The whole lottery thing puts the church and clergy in a quagmire.”

The one thing that should never divide the NAACP and the clergy is the issue of the lottery, or should I say gambling.

The Georgia Lottery, according to the State Auditor’s Special Report, has collected over $40 billion between November 1992 and June

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“The government has taken the issue of gambling – once classified as criminal activity when regular people ran the numbers in local communities – and dressed it in a moral covering in the name of educating children.”

Viola Davis

2010. The NAACP and the clergy have a bigger issue to conquer instead of boycotting the lottery.

Question: Why does it take the vice of gambling to motivate our community to invest in our children’s education?

I often described myself as not being one of God’s good Christians; however, I know buying lottery ticket is nothing more than gambling. I remember a giant figure in my own family running the numbers back home in Texas. Playing the numbers has a long history in our community.

The government has taken the issue of gambling – that was once classified as criminal activity when regular people ran the numbers in local communities – and dressed

the issue of gambling in a moral covering in the name of educating children. However, we should never forget that at the end of the day, the issue of the lottery is nothing worth dividing our community.

I challenge the NAACP and the clergy to boycott the lottery on Sunday. Our rallying cry should be “Don’t play on the Lord’s Day.” Our community of leadership must form a coalition to create Invest in Children and Education Trust Funds to collect money not spent on the lottery to help students pay for school that would no longer qualify for HOPE. The time has come for us to prove that our community has the ability to mobilize and collect money without using vices to fi-

nance our children’s education. If we strive to collect 10 percent of the money spent on vices such as the lottery without going through the government, we would not have to protest or beg for help from anyone. Think about collecting 10 percent of $40 billion outside of the lottery system. How many students would 4 billion dollars finance?

We must stop depending on government to help fund our children’s education. If the poor, working class, and minority people can place over $40 billion in a government fund for the education of our children using vices such as gambling, surely we can develop a system outside of government to fund the children that are denied access to HOPE. We need to set up educational trust funds to ensure that our children and education succeed in the future regardless of the barriers and/or changes in the laws.

Viola Davis is CEO and Founder of the Stone Mountain-based Unhappy Taxpayer & Voter.

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“She bought the electronic items with money that was meant for Stephenson High School.”

DeKalb Habitat hands out Golden Hammers

Bookkeeper indicted for

stealing from school

From left, Carol Gregory, John Mullins, Chris Morris and Mark Taylor were awarded Golden Hammers on April 16 for their contributions toward affordable housing. A fifth hammer was awarded to Pat Heenan, posthumously.

March honors millions killed in Holocaust Metro Atlantans will observe the March of Remembrance on May 1 with a two-mile walk at Stone Mountain Park organized by Congregation Beth Adonai.

The Tucker messianic congregation is holding the prayer walk, which begins at 10 a.m., in observance of Yom HaShoah, April 29-May 1, the Day of Holocaust Remembrance that commemorates the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany.

The event is open to the public, and participants should assemble in the Studdard Picnic Area at 8:30 a.m. for registration. There is no fee, but participants must complete a registration form that includes a pledge of nonviolence at www.bethadonai .com.

Guest speakers include state Sens. John Albers and Steve Henson, state Reps. Billy Mitchell and Michele Henson, DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson, and World War II veteran Daniel Sullivan.

This year marks the sixth annual March of Remembrance that began in Germany in 2006. By 2007, the prayer marches had spread to Ukraine and to Washington, D.C., and other cities throughout the United States.

For more information on the observance, visit MarchofLife.org and MarchofRemem brance.org.

Stone Mountain Park is at Exit 8, U.S. 78 East. For more information, contact Rabbi Scott Sekulow at info@bethadonai.com or 770-939-1012.

ARC survey tracks travel DeKalb residents will be getting telephone calls from the Atlanta Regional Commission to participate in a travel survey.

ARC will call 10,000 households until May and ask residents to record their travels for one day. Some will be asked to wear a personal GPS device or to attach one to each vehicle in their household. ARC is determining how, why and where people travel so that its transportation professionals can better determine which projects are most important to regional mobility.

Researchers will call and ask the head of the household to set up one weekday during which all members of the household will record their daily travels. If the home is chosen, they will send a travel log for each member and a GPS device to those 16 years and older. For more information, call Jim Jaquish at 404-463-3194.

Former Stephenson High School bookkeeper Shirlene Benton has been indicted on charges of stealing thousands of dollars from the school and purchasing electronic items for herself with the money.

A DeKalb County grand jury indicted Benton on April 26 on seven counts of theft, forgery and financial transaction card fraud for allegedly stealing $12,446.76 from the school. Records show that she purchased a 50-inch plasma TV, a TV stand, an iLive Apple iPod Dock, and a Blu-ray DVD player with the funds.

Chief Assistant District Attorney Nicole D. Marchand said the theft was discovered through an internal audit by the DeKalb School System. Benton used a school purchase card to buy the personal items in January 2010.

“She bought the electronic items with money that was meant for Stephenson High School,” Marchand said.

Marchand said a warrant for Benton’s arrest has not yet been issued and that a court date has not been set.

“Once she is arrested, she will be arraigned and will receive a copy of her charges and decide to plead guilty or not guilty,” Marchand said.

School officials said Benton began working at Stephenson in 2009 and the theft began after that. She was fired Feb. 22, 2010.

School needs speakers Career Day will be May 13 at Toney Elementary School in Decatur, and business owners and professionals are needed to speak to the children about their occupations.

Volunteers will make presentations from 9 a.m. to noon. Refreshments will be served from 8 to 8:30 a.m.

Volunteers will talk about their careers and answer questions from students.

For more information, contact Leah Quesada or Lisa Lewis at 678-874-2102.

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For dessert, the choices include the famous New Orleans bread pudding with bourbon sauce.

Decatur couple opens dream restaurant in Conyers

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

When Raymond and Terry Harrison put the finishing touches on their elegant restaurant in Conyers and held their ribbon-cutting on April 7, it was the culmination of years in the hospitality industry.

For 42 years, Raymond Harrison had honed his skills at serving great food and attending to the details of a great Raymond Harrison dining experience as a dish washer, waiter, and banquet captain and operations manager at hotels and restaurants from New Orleans to Buckhead.

Harrison’s resume includes the Commanders Palace in New Orleans, the Hilton downtown and the Swissotel in Atlanta.

In 1991, when the Decatur couple launched Creolaise as a part-time catering business, his wife, who is a CPA, managed the business and sales.

Together, they created a solid contract and inhouse catering business – first from a shared kitchen at the South DeKalb Business Incubator, then exclusively from the Atlanta Black Cardiologists Association’s headquarters building in Atlanta.

Then last year, the Harrisons said it was time to have their own place.

“This is a dream of ours that has been 25 years in the making,” Harrison said.

They named it Creolaise Ballroom and Bistro and opened it in a 2,800-square-foot former Applebee’s Restaurant space on Old

Terry Harrison (center), shown with Jamesha and Jeffery Beckham at the grand opening of Creolaise, said they want diners to relax and celebrate with them. The menu includes seafood.

Salem Road.

Now they are seeking to parlay their success with clients like dermatologist Windell Boutte, Spelman College, St. Jude Medical Center, South Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Med-Com Soft Pharmaceuticals, and Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta sororities into a sit-down restaurant with banquet space for weddings, showers, retirement and other corporate events, and birthday parties.

The elegantly decorated restaurant is open for dinner Wednesdays to Fridays

from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturdays are reserved for catered special events, and on Sundays, they serve brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The extensive menu includes everything from shrimp and petite crab cakes remoulade to Gumbo Ya Ya, hickory burgers, grilled salmon, rack of lamb, brabrant potatoes and honey-buttered blanched asparagus.

Health-conscious diners will find the Broiled Chicken Pontalba and Pan-Seared Fish Josephine, named for Terry Harrison’s maternal grandmother, to their caloriecounting pleasure.

For dessert, the choices include the famous New Orleans bread pudding with bourbon sauce to warm apple walnut cobbler with vanilla ice cream. The bar stocks a range of white, red and sparkling wines as well as nine different beers.

Terry Harrison said they want patrons to have a great dining experience.

“We want people to relax, dine and celebrate with us,” she said.

Her husband said they are not offering fast food.

“Everything is prepared to order,” he said.

“You can’t rush good food.”

Creolaise Ballroom and Bistro is at 1161 Old Salem Road in Conyers. For event bookings and dinner reservations, call 770-4830140 or visit www.creolaiseballroom.com.

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Program gains accreditation DeKalb Tech’s industrial technologies program is now accredited.

The college said this week that its air conditioning technology, commercial refrigeration and building automation systems training programs earned national accreditation through the Partnership for Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration Accreditation, certifying that its programs have exceeded industry standards in its instruction, curriculum, student, faculty-qualification and facility standards.

Jeryll McWhorter, an Industrial Technologies instructor, said that with PAHRA accreditation, the college has “gold seal approval” that assures students they are receiving the highest-quality education available

within their area of study.

“It speaks well of our programs at DeKalb Tech, and it also gives us national visibility,” said McWhorter, who initiated the accreditation process six years ago and helped monitor and guide it.

The PAHRA is an independent, thirdparty organization that partners a number of industry trade associations to DeKalb Tech, which has more than 5,000 students enrolled in diploma or degree programs and more than 9,000 in adult education classes on nine campuses in DeKalb, Newton, Rockdale and Morgan counties.

It offers academic and technical education for more than 120 fields. For more information, visit www.dekalbtech.edu.

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“I will be learning just to learn and not learning just to take a [state standardized] test.”

SWD sophomore bound for Bard College Scholar-athlete

By Carla Parker

and discuss more of how I think about things.”

Bard College at Simon’s Rock Southwest DeKalb High’s is the nation’s only college of libKahlia Russell-Self will finish her eral arts and sciences specifically sophomore year at the Decatur designed to provide bright, highly school in May and head to Bard motivated students with the opCollege in August. portunity to begin college in a The 15-year-old was accepted residential setting after the 10th or to Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Mass., and Kahlia Russell-Self 11th grade.

“I have an accelerated learning pace so awarded $12,500 from the Acceleration to Excellence merit scholarship for her aca- this will be a great opportunity to challenge demic and extracurricular achievements. my mind,” Kahlia said.

Kahlia has been in the gifted/magnet Kahlia, a magnet student with a 4.042 GPA, also was offered $23,000 from the program since she was a third-grader at W.E.B. DuBois Scholarship, bringing her Wynbrooke Elementary Theme School in Stone Mountain. to a total of $35,500 in scholarships.

Joyce Russell said her daughter has always When Bard College sent her a brochure last year, she knew it was an opportunity been an overachiever. “If there was a subject to finally be in an environment where she she was struggling with, she would do whatever she could to make sure she understands will be challenged academically.

“I will be learning just to learn and not it and gets it right.”

Russell said she wasn’t as enthusiastic learning just to take a [state standardized] test. I will get to discuss different topics as her daughter was when she first showed

interest in attending college so early.

“I was very anxious and nervous about her leaving and being far away from home.

But after we visited the school last weekend I learned more about the school, the town and how the students felt about being there, and it’s a great school and seems safe.”

Kahlia, who loves to write and play the viola in her spare time, said she is very excited about skipping two grades to attend college.

“I know I’ll be missing out on big things at high school, but I know I’ll be getting the best experience,” she said.

“I never really wanted to go to prom or do other activities. It’s not a big thing for me.”

Kahlia will miss all her friends though.

“They are sad that I’m leaving but they understand why I’m doing this.”

Kahlia plans to study math and creative writing. Her love of math encouraged her to choose actuary for a career.

“I love calculating things and I thought this was the best job for me.”

MLK’s Lady Lions capture six gold medals in region Martin Luther King Jr. High School Lady Lions brought home six gold medals from the Region 2-AAAAA Track Championships at Langston Hughes High School on April 25 and finished second in the team standings.

Led by sprinter Jada Martin, who won both the 100-meter dash (11.99) and the 200-meter dash (24.26), MLK collected a total of 134 points. It finished behind Westlake, which had 153.50 points.

Stephenson High School Lady Jaguars took fourth overall with 64 points.

The Lady Lions also picked up gold medals from Felicia Brown in the 400-meter dash (54.19); Rodreka Chambliss in the 1600-meter run (5:42.93); and Jalisa Terrell in the high jump (5-07.00) and the 4x100-meter relay (36.34).

MLK qualified six individuals in seven events and relay teams in the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays for the state meet on May 12-15 in Albany.

Stephenson’s Ashandria Henry qualified for state in the shot put (34-05.00) and the discus (104-06.00) on the back of her

silver medal winning performances.

Three DeKalb entries qualified for the boys’ state meet on May 5-7 in Jefferson during the Region 2-AAAAA competition at Langston Hughes.

MLK’s BJ Burney was the only gold medal winner from DeKalb in boys’ track as he won the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 14.62.

Stephenson, which finished fifth overall in the boys’ standings, had a pair of competitors earn trips to state with silver medal performances.

Donald Zackery finished second in the high jump with a leap of 5-10.00 and Amos Harper took second in the shot put with a toss of 43-10.00.

Avondale’s Jaquan Johnson grabbed the gold in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.07 to help Avondale to a 10th place finish in the team standings.

Clarkston’s Antonio Kohn made his mark in the shot put with a toss of 49-07.00 to win the event and help Clarkston to an 11th place finish.

Kohn and Johnson also advance to the Felicia Brown (left) and Jada Martin competed in the Region 2-AAAAA Track Championships. state meet on May 5-7 at Jefferson.

at Towers wins Gates honor

Shannon Williams is more than just a talented athlete.

The three-sport student from Towers High School was recently named a Gates Millennium Scholar in recognition of her excellence in the classroom.

Shannon, who has a 3.7 GPA, is one of 1,000 talShannon Williams ented students to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice.

The Gates Millennium Scholarship Program was established in 1999 and initially funded by a $1 billion grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It provides support for the cost of education by covering unmet need and self-help aid for AfricanAmerican, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American, and Hispanic American students with high academic and leadership promise who have significant financial need. Scholars are provided with personal and professional development through GMS’ leadership programs along with academic support during college.

Shannon excelled in basketball and softball in 2011, being named a DeKalb County Senior All-Star in both sports. She averaged 12.7 points per game (11th in DeKalb), 11.9 rebounds (third), and 2.2 blocks (tie for fourth) on the basketball court this past season. On the softball field, she hit .519 on the season while scoring 20 runs to earn her All-Star status.

Shannon claimed a gold medal in the discus at the 2011 DeKalb Track Championships with a toss of 124-04 and third in the shot put. She will be going for a berth in the state track meet during region competition.

She has served as her class president for three consecutive years.

The scholarship is a renewable reward as long as the scholar maintains satisfactory academic progress. It provides funding for graduate school in the areas of computer science, education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health and science.

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April 30, 2011

Best of East Metro /

Congratulations to Best of East M

John Evans (Best Local Activist)

Chick-fil-A Turner Hill Road (Best Local Entrepreneur, Best American Restaurant, Best Takeout)

Excell Preparatory Academy (Best Day Care)

Best Dance Ministry

Berean Christian Church

2011 Winners Public Affairs Citizen of the Year

Robert James, DeKalb County District Attorney Best School Board Member

Dr. Eugene P. “Gene” Walker Best County Commissioner

Lee May

Best Local Entrepreneur

Tony Royal,Chick-fil-A Favorite Local Activist

John Evans

Most Beloved Elected Official

John Lewis

East Metro Landmark

The Mall at Stonecrest

Best Outreach Ministry

Berean Christian Church Best Christian School

Greenforest-McCalep Christian Academic Center

Dining - Specialty

Best American Restaurant

Chick-fil-A Turner Hill Road Best Asian Restaurant

Exotic Thai, Stonecrest Best BBQ Restaurant

Smokey Bones

Best Caribbean Restaurant

Kool Runnings

Best Soul Food*

Hodges

Best Chicken Wings

Most Beloved Public Official

American Deli - The Gallery at South DeKalb

Most Active State Legislator

Gladys & Ron’s Chicken & Waffles

Gwen Keyes Fleming

Ernest “Coach” Williams Best Civic_Organization

Best Family Dining Restaurant Best Italian Restaurant

Olive Garden

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Stone Mountain/Lithonia Chapter

Best Mexican Restaurant

Community of Faith

Best Pizza

Pesos Mexican Cantina

Best Large Church

Davido’s $3.75 Pizza on Covington

Best Small Church

Chick-fil-A Turner Hill Road

Berean Christian Church Rainbow Park Baptist Church Best Church Choir

St. Philip Choir

Best Takeout

Best Chicken Wings

American Deli, Gallery at South DeKalb

Exotic Thai (Best Asian Restaurant)

Join Us for the Best of East

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Noon Expo Kick-off

1 p.m. Small Business Panel: Resources to Give Small Businesses the Edge Featuring Sharon Walker, Deputy Dir. Sharon Walker Charles Blackmon Jack DeKalb County Contract Compliance Division; Charles Blackmon, Director, DEBCO; J Ginn, VP Membership, DeKalb Chamber of Commerce 1:30 Presentation of Best of East Metro Winners

Categories: Best Local Entrepreneur

Buy & Sell

Professional Services

2 p.m. Performance, Berean Dance Ministry 2:15 p.m. Presentation of Best of East Metro Winners

Category: Community of Faith

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Lower Level, The Mall at Stonecrest • Main Stage in Front of Sears •

these repeat winners in the CrossRoadsNews Metro Readers Choice Awards for 2011

Davido’s $3.75 Pizza (Best Pizza)

Tadda’s Fitness Center (Best Health Club)

Metro /Small Business Expo

The Main Stage in front of Sears Mall at Stonecrest

3 p.m. Conservatory of Dance

Best Bakery

Sweet ‘n’ Sinful Best Breakfast

Dining - Romantic

Dr. Craig Williams, DDS

Most Romantic Restaurant

Arizona’s

Best Restaurant When Someone Else Buys

Red Lobster

Best Late Night Eats

Waffle House

Conservatory of Dance

p.m. Presentation of Best of East Metro Winners Categories: Dining – Specialty

p.m. Presentation of Best of East Metro Winners Categories: Dining – Romantic

Best Place to Meet New People

Java Delight Cafe

Best Sunday Brunch

. Expo Ends

Best Restaurant Service

Chick-fil-A Turner Hill Road

Buy & Sell

Best Supermarket

Publix, Flat Shoals Parkway Best Mall

The Mall at Stonecrest Best Auto Dealer - Used

Best Car Wash

Ultimate Barber Shop

Best Financial Institution

Best Barber Shop

Spa Dental

Best Event Planner

Brenda Jackson

Best Health Clinic

South DeKalb Center for Healthy Living Best Health Club

Tadda’s Fitness Center Beulah Boys

Tobias Jackson, Century 21 Intown

Professional Services

Best Dentist

p.m. Door Prize Drawing

Best Real Estate Agency

Malcolm Cunningham Auto Gallery

The Good Hair Shop

p.m. Presentation of Best of East Metro Winners Category: Public Affairs

Best Orthodontist

Sweet Melissa’s

Best Hair Salon*

Beulah Boys

Best Law Firm

Boykin Edwards, Jr., PC

Arizona’s

Jackie

Best Insurance Agent

DeVon Hudson, State Farm

IHOP

Best Restaurant for First Date

kie Ginn

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Gwen Keyes Fleming (Most Beloved Public Official)

Best HVAC Service

Bowman’s HVAC

Cartopia

Citizen Trust Bank

Best Private School*

Woodward Academy Best Day Care*

Excell Preparatory School

Fun for All

Best Running or Jogging Track

Stone Mountain Park Best Movie Theater

AMC Theatres - Stonecrest Best Free Wi-Fi*

Panera Bread

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April 30, 2011

Ray McGovern, who spent 27 years with the CIA, became an antiwar activist after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003.

IMAX Experience debuts at AMC Stonecrest with ‘Fast Five’ Dominic (Vin Diesel, center) and his crew once again are on the wrong side of the law as they try to switch lanes between a ruthless drug lord and a relentless federal agent.

Fans of IMAX can now see large-as-life pictures on a screen close to home with the opening of the IMAX Experience at AMC Stonecrest this weekend.

The new IMAX Theater at Stonecrest is part of a joint-venture agreement by AMC and IMAX to install more than 115 IMAX digital projection systems at AMC locations in major U.S. markets and Canada.

It joins 518 IMAX theaters operating in 46 countries.

Company and local officials were set to host a ticket-tearing ceremony on April 29.

Lithonia Mayor Tonya Peterson, Greater Lithonia Chamber of Commerce President Angela Garrett, and DeKalb Chamber of Commerce’s Kim Davis-Mitchell were expected at the ceremony that honored film producer Will Packer of Rainforest Films with the 2011 AMC/IMAX Brightest Stars Award, in recognition of his contribution to the Atlanta film community. Packer’s films include “Takers,” “Stomp the Yard” and “Obsessed.”

The theater’s first screenings will be the remastered “Fast Five.” It also will feature Hollywood’s biggest movies that have been digitally remastered into IMAX’s format, including “Thor” on May 6, “Pirates of the Caribbean” on May 20, “Cars 2” on June 24, “Transformers” on July 1, and “Harry Potter Part 2” on July 5.

‘AIR’ showcases artwork of students, educators The artwork of students from a number of DeKalb and Atlanta schools will be on display at the Neighborhood Gallery Arts Center in Decatur through May 6 in honor of Youth Art Month.

The annual exhibition, “AIR: Art Inspires Relationships,” showcases the creative works of students in kindergarten through grade 12 and that of art educators.

The exhibition’s opening reception takes place April 30 from 5 to 8 p.m. It also will feature performing arts students in dance, music and spoken word from selected schools.

The arts center is at 2960 Alston Drive, just off Candler Road beside Saint Philip AME Church. For more information, call 404-394-9626.

Antiwar activist to discuss overseas conflicts presidents and presented Former CIA analyst Ray intelligence briefings to PresiMcGovern will speak on “How dents Reagan and George to Stop Endless War? – Iraq, H.W. Bush. He has become Afghanistan, Libya and Beyond” an outspoken critic of the on May 2 in Decatur.

Bush/Obama-era wars and McGovern, who spent 27 occupations, including the years with the CIA, became an recent NATO intervention antiwar activist after the Ameriin Libya. can invasion of Iraq in 2003. Ray McGovern In 2003, McGovern coHe will speak at 7 p.m. at the founded Veteran Intelligence ProfesAtlanta Friends Meeting House.

McGovern served under seven U.S. sionals for Sanity, which argued that

U.S. and British leaders fabricated intelligence to support aggression against Iraq.

He recently co-wrote a letter of support for WikiLeaks that called Julian Assange a “hero” and told a CNN reporter that the mainstream media should follow his example.

Atlanta Friends Meeting House is at 701 W. Howard Ave. For more information, visit www .georgiapeace.org.

“Shrek Forever After” will be screened May 7 at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers. Admission and parking are free.

Free movie series kicks for the summer “Shrek Forever After” will be shown May 7 on a 45-foot screen at the Georgia International Horse Park as part of the city of Conyers’ “B at the Movies” outdoor film series.

Starting at 6:30 p.m., families armed with lawn chairs and blankets can gather at the park’s Grand Prix Plaza for the

movie, which begins at 8:45 p.m.

Jennifer Bexley, the park’s director, said the screening is the first of two it will host this year.

“We think next weekend’s showing of ‘Shrek Forever After’ will be wellattended and we look forward to the showing of ‘Racing Stripes’ later in the

summer on July 23,” she said.

Admission and parking will be free, but concessions during the event will be available for a small fee. No pets are allowed.

For more information visit www .conyersga.com or www.georgia horsepark.com or call 770-602-2606.

The Center for Black Women’s Wellness (CBWW) & Green Pastures Christian Ministries Present

Celebration of Mothers: A Mother’s Day Benefit Concert featuring Award-winning Gospel Artist Lisa McClendon and hosted

by PRAISE 102.5’s Rhodell Lewis

Friday, May 6, 2011 • 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Lisa McClendon

(doors open @ 6:30 p.m.)

Green Pastures Christian Ministries 5455 Flat Shoals Parkway Decatur, GA 30034-5499

FREE ADMISSION! Donations to The Center for Black Women's Wellness are welcomed!

Reserve tickets online at www.celebrationofmothers.eventbrite.com or call 404-688-9202

THIS SIZE AD FOR ONLY $

50

Call 404-284-1888 to find out how.

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“We will play gospel music 24 hours a day. We will support local church choirs, pastors and gospel singers from metro Atlanta.”

Tonya Camille at left, plays Elaine, and Ty Hutchins protrays Aunt Minnie in “Lord Lay Your Hands on This Man” which will be on stage for one night only on May 6 at Covenant Ministries Cathedral.

Concert benefits wellness center Award-winning gospel recording artist Lisa McClendon will bring her soulful music and cutting-edge, heart-penetrating lyrics to Green Pastures Christian Ministries in Decatur on May 6.

The artist, who is often called the Lauryn Hill of gospel music, will headline the “Celebration of Mother Benefit Concert,” which begins at 7 p.m.

McClendon, the “Mother of Inspirational Neo-Soul,” is a Stellar and Dove award nominee whose passion for community empowerment has led to her involvement with many health campaigns such as BET’s Rap Gospel recording artist Lisa McClendon is lending her support to the Center for Black Women’s Wellness.

It Up. For this concert, she is supporting the nonprofit Center for Black can’t afford full health insurance or are selfWomen’s Wellness, which is presenting the employed, they have resources for women event as a fund-raiser. who are pregnant and to help take care of Even though the concert is free, the center your family,” said McClendon, who has 10 will take donations to benefit its free and children of her own. low-cost health and community-building The concert will include special perservices. formances by the Green Pastures Christian McClendon says she is committed to Ministries Choir and gospel recording artists sharing the message of wellness with the Latrese Bush and L’Nay Streeter. nation and is using her platform as a nationPraise 102.5’s Rhodell Lewis will be misally known vocalist and songwriter to bring tress of ceremonies. awareness to the Center for Black Women’s Green Pastures Christian Ministries is at Wellness.

5455 Flat Shoals Parkway.

“The No. 1 thing for people to know For more information or to register, visit is that the center is here, and even if you www.cbww.org/html/benefit_concert.html.

Gospel DJ acquires own station It took him 15 years, but gospel DJ Reggie Gay finally did it – acquired his own radio station.

On April 15, he signed on Reggie AM 1310 WPBC, a gospel music station that is driven by local news and traffic.

The station will play Reggie Gay gospel around the clock, said Gay, who has held numerous jobs in Atlanta radio over his long career. “We will play gospel music 24 hours a day. We will support local church choirs, pastors and gospel singers from metro Atlanta.”

Gay said the station will be in the streets on Saturday with remote broadcasts at local businesses.

“On Sunday we will broadcast ‘live’ local church services,” he said. “We will feature local church choirs and gospel singing

groups.”

Gay, a longtime Ellenwood resident, acquired the AM station on April 1 from Hanni Broadcasting.

It had been off the air since January after four months as progressive talk radio.

Before that, the station was Korean Radio and before that Mexicana Radio, but gospel is not foreign to the signal. In the 1980s and ’90s, Gay said it was a black gospel station.

Throughout his 28-year radio career, Gay has been a program manager, DJ and executive producer of “The Reggie Gay Gospel Show” on Comcast.

He is also an associate minister at the Second Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Gay said he owning a station has been a longtime dream.

“I have been pursuing ownership for 15 years,” he said. “I kept pursuing it. I was relentless.”

Play delves into family values Just in time for Mother’s Day weekend, the inspirational play “Lord Lay Your Hands on This Man” will be onstage at Covenant Ministries Cathedral in Decatur on May 6.

Writer, director and producer Brian Maine and his talented cast will take theater lovers on a compelling journey that underscores the importance of family values.

The dramatic production portrays the struggles of a wife who finds Christ and a husband who rebels. It also il-

luminates the importance of fathers regaining their place as head of household.

The production, which is presented by the Samuel Group Inc. and Covenant Ministries Cathedral, will take place for one showing only.

Tickets for the 8 p.m. performance are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

To purchase tickets, visit www.ticket alternative.com.

Covenant Ministries Cathedral is at 1700 Corey Blvd. For more information, call 404518-5117.

Deadline looms for Step Off registration Step teams from schools and churches have until May 4 to register for the Saint Philip Step Off 2011.

The 3:30 p.m. step show will be held May 7 at Saint Philip AME Church, 240 Candler Road S.E. in Atlanta.

The show, which will take place in the in the church’s Marcia Moss Fellowship

Hall in the Family Life Center, also will feature a performance by alumni Greek organizations. Awards will be given to the best team in each category. Team registration is $35.

Admission is $6 in advance, $8 at the door.

For more information, call Keethe Moore at 404-371-0749.

Worship Services: ..................Sundays – 7:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Church School: .......................Sundays – 9:30 a.m.

Victory Chapel: ........................Sundays – 11:00 a.m. (Ages 5-16) Prayer Service: .........................Wednesdays – 6:30 p.m. Chapel Bible Study:...............................Wednesdays – 7:00 p.m.

Mid-Wk Communion.............Wednesdays B4 First Sunday - 11:30 a.m.

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Wellness Special Victims Unit created by solicitor general DeKalb residents now have a Special Victims Unit to turn to for help.

S h e r r y B o s to n , DeKalb solicitor general, announced the creation of the unit on April 22 to help protect the county’s most vulnerable residents, including women, children and the elderly.

Boston told mem- Sherry Boston bers of the DeKalb County Domestic Violence Task Force that the unit is a first for the county.

“Our Special Victims Unit will work to restore the dignity, safety and well-being of DeKalb County citizens who have been victimized by crime,” she said.

She said that the unit, which is made up of criminal justice professionals and community advocacy organizations, will assist victims and survivors of crime and handle high-risk domestic violence; stalking; sex offenses; child-victim, elder and disabled abuse cases; vehicular homicide; and animal cruelty cases.

“Together, we will aggressively prosecute and prevent crimes to ensure that our community is safe while ensuring the criminal justice system is fair for all,” Boston said.

The unit is led by Boston’s Deputy Chief Jessica Rock, two additional prosecutors, three investigators, the coordinator of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program, five victim advocates, and an administrative assistant.

Rock has spent most of her career prosecuting crimes involving special victims.

She joined the Solicitor’s Office from the DeKalb District Attorney’s Office, where she was a senior assistant district attorney assigned to the Special Victims Team handling homicide, high-risk domestic violence, and elder abuse cases.

The solicitor will train Special Victims advocates who will provide leadership, guidance and information to crime victims and their families through court-related services as well as offer resources and referrals to social services and counseling services designed to meet their needs.

At the Solicitor General’s Office, prosecutors and victim advocates will present the needs, concerns and perspectives of crime victims to the community, elected officials and public policy-makers.

For more information, visit facebook .com/sherrybostondekalbcountysolicitor general or call 404-371-2201.

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“Our Special Victims Unit will work to restore the dignity, safety and well-being of DeKalb citizens who have been victimized by crime.”

Step-by-step guide to grow juicy tomatoes

FAMILY FEATURES

Tomatoes are far and away the most popular vegetable grown by home gardeners.

Who can resist the vast array of sizes, shapes, colors and flavors of hybrid and heirloom tomato varieties? Plus, there’s nothing like walking through your garden and munching on your own home-grown fruits in the middle of summer.

Here’s a step-by-step guide for growing tomatoes.

Select the variety There are hundreds of hybrid and heirloom tomato varieties to choose from.

In general, hybrid varieties are more uniform, vigorous and disease-resistant. They grow well almost anywhere in the country.

Heirloom varieties offer more variety of fruit shapes, color and flavor but sometimes are only regionally adapted.

It’s best to grow some of each, trying new varieties each year to see which grow best in your climate. For containers, choose dwarf varieties or determinate varieties.

Indeterminate varieties will grow until the weather, insects, diseases or you stop them. They require the most support but will produce the most fruit.

For kids, grow cherry tomatoes for a sweet and plentiful treat.

Start seeds early indoors Unless you’re buying transplants at the local garden center, you’ll need to start your tomato seeds indoors six to eight weeks before the last frost date in your area.

Raise and warm the soil On all but sandy soils, create 8- to 10-inch-tall raised beds to grow your tomatoes.

Two weeks before transplanting outdoors, cover the beds with red plastic mulch.

The color red increases tomato yields by up to 20 percent. Plus it warms the soil, conserves soil moisture, and prevents weeds from growing.

In extreme southern areas, use straw mulch or white plastic instead of red plastic to keep the soil from overheating.

If using drop irrigation or soaker hoses to

Walk-a-thon benefits local, E. Africa causes Youth and adults can participate in AID Africa’s 4K walka-thon on May 7 at Redan Recreation Center in Lithonia and help fight childhood obesity and health disparities locally as well as fund clean well water programs in East Africa.

Registration for the 9 a.m.-to-3 p.m. event is now under way. Students pay $5 and adults $10.

A Community/Health Outreach segment promoting first lady Michelle Obama’s campaign to combat childhood obesity begins at 10:30 a.m. and is free to attend.

There will be health screenings and testing, including for HIV/AIDS, and information about the prevention of pregnancy and tobacco use.

Performers will include the Redan High School Blue Thunder Drumline, KapriSon Kids Dance Crew, Fanta Toure’ African Dancers, soloist Ronica Paul, and Ruddy Penn Steele Pan Music.

The Redan Recreation Center is at 1839 Phillips Road. To register and for more information, e-mail aidafricacharity @gmail.com or call Connie Anam at 678-464-7109 or 678357-2549.

There are hundreds of hybrid and heirloom tomato varieties to choose from.

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water your plants, lay these hoses under the ful of an organic 5-5-5 fertilizer sprinkled plastic mulch before laying it down. around the base of the plants to keep the plants productive.

Plant Cut holes in the plastic mulch and plant Control pests tomatoes 2 to 3 feet apart in the raised Watch out for a variety of pests on your beds. tomato plants. Diseases such as wilt, virus If your seedlings are tall and leggy, bury and blight also can cause problems. the stem to the first set of true leaves. TomaSelect disease-resistant varieties. Resistoes have the ability to root along the stem; tant varieties have the letters of the disease deeply set plants will be more productive. they are resistant to after their name, such In containers, mix 3 parts potting soil with as V and F for resistance to verticillium and 1 part compost and plant one tomato per fusarium wilt.

5-gallon-sized container.

Harvest Keep ’em up The more you pick, the more fruits will Indeterminate tomatoes can grow to be be produced. Allow the fruits to ripen on huge plants. Plants trellised off the ground the vine to their mature color for the best are more productive and have less disease flavor. Collect mature fruits to can or freeze, and insect problems on the fruits than plants preserving the flavor of the harvest into the winter. left to lie on the ground.

If you still have many green fruits on your Use homemade or commercial tomato cages, ladders or stakes to train them off the plant at the end of summer, prune off the top ground. Dwarf varieties don’t need support, the plant and remove newly forming flowers but determinate varieties do benefit from and small fruits. This will send more of the plant’s energy into maturing the remaining being trellised. fruits. Harvest before a frost.

Fertilize, water and weed For more tips and garden information, Keep plants well-watered, especially when visit www.garden.org. fruit is forming. If the soil moisture fluctuCharlie Nardozzi, a nationally recognized ates too much, your fruits may develop blos- garden writer, book author, speaker and radio som end rot (the rotting of the stem end of and TV personality, has appeared on HGTV, the fruit). If you haven’t used plastic mulch, PBS and Discovery Channel. He teaches and consider mulching with straw to keep the inspires home gardeners to grow the best soil evenly moist. Mulch also prevents weeds vegetables, fruits, flowers, trees and shrubs in from growing. Fertilize monthly with a hand- their yards.

Symposium offers tools for self-improvement Men and women can learn techniques to overcome self-limiting behavior and habits at a Sisters in Spirit daylong holistic symposium on May 1 in Decatur.

During the Transcend Self-Limitations SympoDee Adio-Moses Mark Armstrong Martha Burgess Life the Griot sium, which begins at Tenda Sax noon at the Solarium, participants who procrastinate, suf- founder, said the nonprofit wanted to share a holistic apfer from self-esteem problems or second-guess themselves proach to personal improvement. will discover tools to help empower them to overcome “We felt the need to convene professional practitioners those behaviors and become successful with their health, who can share this type of spiritual and healing information wealth, spirituality and overall well-being. to help people move away from self-defeating attitudes,” NazPresenters include holistic healer Dr. Mark Armstrong, aire said. “We often hear people express a desire to transcend spiritual teacher and performance trainer Martha Burgess, self-limiting behaviors. They feel they continuously exhibit and life coach and spiritual teacher Dr. Dee Adio-Moses. nonproductive behavior that impedes progress in different The program includes the inspired spoken words areas of their lives.” of Life the Griot and the jazz sounds of alto sax player The Solarium is at 321 W. Hill St. For registration costs Tenda Sax. and other information, visit www.sisters-in-spirit.net or call Darlene Raiysa Nazaire, Sisters in Spirit president and 678-629-0069.

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Head and neck cancers represent the sixth most common form of cancer in the United States, the American Cancer Society says.

Vaccinations important to keep kids safe Emory Clinic offers Vaccination is one of the easiest and most important ways to keep children protected from harmful infectious diseases, but Georgia’s low immunization rate continues to undermine the gains that can be made.

Dr. Kathryn Cheek, president of the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, says parents and caregivers can change health outcomes for children by improving upon the state’s 73 percent rate.

“Vaccines are the most successful and cost-effective public health tools available for preventing disease Kathryn Cheek and death,” Cheek said as annual National Infant Immunization Week draws to a close on April 30.

She said that a simple vaccination can help protect children from vaccine-preventable diseases.

“As parents we know infants are especially vulnerable to these diseases, and vaccinations help keep them safe Immunizations can save children’s lives by preventing diseases that once from potential outbreaks of infectious diseases.” injured or killed thousands of youngsters, the CDC says.

Across Georgia, 11 percent of families live below the poverty level, but Cheek says that there are several programs sionals. Vaccines will involve some discomfort and may cause that help these families obtain immunizations. Among them, pain, redness or tenderness at the site of injection, all minimal the federally funded Vaccines for Children, a program that offers compared to the pain, discomfort and trauma of the diseases vaccines at little to no cost. Because of low immunization rates, these vaccines prevent.

The flip side is that a child with a vaccine-preventable disease U.S. children are still getting vaccine-preventable diseases and there has been a resurgence of measles and whooping cough, can be denied attendance at schools or day care facilities. Some vaccine-preventable diseases can result in prolonged disabilities or pertussis, over the past few years.

Last year, there were more than 21,000 cases of whooping and can take a financial toll because of lost time at work, medical cough reported across the United States and 26 deaths, mostly bills or long-term disability care.

National Infant Immunization Week, observed April 23-30 children younger than 6 months.

The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this year, is an annual observance that highlights the imporsays that immunizations can save children’s lives by preventing tance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases diseases that once injured or killed thousands of youngsters. For and celebrates the achievements of immunization programs example, vaccines have eliminated polio in the United States, and their partners in promoting healthy communities. Since once America’s most-feared disease, causing death and paralysis 1994, the observance has served as a call to action for parents, across the country. But today, because of vaccination, there are caregivers and health care providers to ensure that infants are fully immunized against 14 vaccine-preventable diseases. no reports of polio in the United States.

For more information, visit www.aap.org or contact the The CDC also says that vaccination is very safe and effecDeKalb County Board of Health at www.dekalbhealth.net or tive because they are only given to children after a long and careful review by scientists, doctors, and health care profes- 404-294-3700.

free oral, head, neck cancer screenings Free oral, head and neck cancer screenings will be available at the Emory Clinic on May 4 in Atlanta.

The free 8 a.m.-to-noon screenings will take place in the ENT Department as part of the hospital’s observance of National Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, which is coming up May 8 to 14.

April was observed across the United States as National Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month. Emory also held free cancer screenings on April 29.

Oral, head and neck cancer refers to a variety of cancers that develop in the head and neck region such as the mouth, throat, sinuses, voice box, and the skin of the face and neck, and the lymph nodes in the neck.

The American Cancer Society says that head and neck cancers represent the sixth most common form of cancer in the United States, with more than 50,000 cases diagnosed annually and more than 12,000 deaths.

When these cancers are diagnosed early, the chances of survival are greater.

Tobacco and alcohol use are the most important risk factors for oral, head and neck cancers; however, research has attributed the increase of oral cancer incidence in young adults – a group traditionally at low risk – to the rise of the human-papillomavirus, or HPV, a cancer-causing virus that can be transmitted through oral sex.

Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week is a national initiative aimed at raising the understanding of these cancers and getting as many patients, especially high-risk patients, screened as possible.

The ENT Department is at 1365-A Clifton Road.

The screenings take place on the 2nd Floor and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, visit www.emoryhealthcare.org.

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