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A horsedrawn carriage was part of the homegoing service for former SW DeKalb and FAMU drum major Robert Champion. 5

Jamille Lowe (second from left) was saving money to replace the engine in her car when she won a new Ford Flex in a fundraising raffle. 8

Sales of holiday cards designed by young patients at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta will help raise money for various hospital programs. 13

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Suspect may have attacked others A Decatur man who was arrested Wednesday and charged with rape, armed robbery, burglary and false imprisonment may have attacked four other women, DeKalb Police said Garry W. Mincey, 35, followed a woman from the Publix on Flakes Mill Road in Decatur on Nov. 29, then slipped into her home near Columbia Drive while she was unpacking her groceries.

They say he sexually assaulted her and robbed her of personal belongings, including a cell phone and laptop.

Police have linked Mincey to four other sexual assaults that occurred in October and November. They believe that there may be more attacks Garry W. Mincey and are asking other victims to come forward.

Detectives were following up on leads Nov. 30 when they saw a car fitting the description of the suspect’s car near Flakes Mill Road. Mincey was arrested after a brief chase.

He is currently being held in the DeKalb County Jail.

For more information, call Mekka Parish at 770-724-7477.

Raising toys, food Carlos Coleman of the Tupac Amur Shakur Foundation is getting ready for a Dec. 3 Holiday Mixer that will collect toys and canned food for disadvantaged families. The Tupac Foundation is co-hosting the networking event with the CrossRoadsNews Foundation. Story, page 8 Jennifer Ffrench Parker / CrossRoadsNews

Record shopping for Black Friday weekend Early hours, deep discounts fuel spending surge

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

At about 4 p.m. on Black Friday, the Mall at Stonecrest was bursting at the seams with people.

The parking lots were choked with cars.

There were families shopping, mothers pushing strollers, young people with bags.

It was everything mall marketing manager Donald Bieler had dreamed of for more than a decade.

“We had a capacity crowd,” he said. “It was our 11th Black Friday and the best one ever. It was just exciting to see.”

At the Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur, general manager Tene Gallemore said they are off to a good start.

“Mall traffic was definitely up this year over last year’s,” she said Wednesday. “On Friday, it was a lot higher. Most tenants reported strong sales. They made their goals and some did better.”

The shopping frenzy was driven by early opening hours and deep discounts. It began at midnight on Thanksgiving Day with Macy’s and Kohl’s opening at midnight for the first time. In the Stonecrest area, Target, Best Buy and Toys “R” Us also opened at midnight, and area Walmart stores offered special deals that began at 10 p.m. Thursday.

When the weekend ended on Sunday, the National Retail Federation said a record 226 million shoppers visited stores or shopped online and that retailers nationwide had raked in a record $52.4 billion in sales.

Nearly 25 percent of shoppers were either at the stores before or at midnight and over the weekend. They spent an average of $398 each. By contrast, last year’s midnight shoppers totaled 9.5 percent; in 2009, it was 3.3 percent.

The robust shopping between Nov. 24 and 27 came despite a dour economy and

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Shoppers loaded with merchandise make their way through a congested parking lot outside Macy’s at the Mall at Stonecrest on Friday morning.

surprised many analysts, who had expected sales to be tempered by the nation’s 9 percent unemployment rate, the roller-coaster economy, and concerns about fiscal uncertainty in Europe.

In a separate survey released Saturday, ShopperTrak said retail sales on Black Friday alone climbed 6.6 percent this year to an estimated $11.4 billion.

China Ross, manager of the Macy’s at the Gallery at South DeKalb, said that the midnight turnout at her store on Friday was so good, she thinks midnight shopping is going to become the norm.

“When we opened the doors, there were

all these people,” she said. “We opened and they came. They showed that they wanted it.”

Phil Rist, executive vice president for Bigresearch, which conducted the Black Friday weekend survey for the National Retail Federation, said shoppers took to the midnight opening because it was convenient.

“The appetite for these early openings is only getting stronger among holiday shoppers, and retailers did a great job providing Americans just what they wanted this weekend – the ability to shop on Black Friday without having to get out of bed before dawn,” he said.

Altogether, the National Retail Federation said Sunday that 2011 Thanksgiving weekend sales were up 16.4 percent from $45 billion last year. This year, 14 million more people shopped over the weekend than did last year.

Traditionally, Black Friday, which yields 10 percent of holiday sales for retailers, is the day that they go into “black.” It kicks off the 25-day holiday shopping season when retailers typically make more than 30 percent of their annual sales.

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“This is an opportunity for us to show that we are serious about the growth of this area.”

Stakeholders seeking LCI funds to improve Stonecrest district

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

An attractive, vibrant Stonecrest area is on the minds of property and business owners, and they are pursuing Atlanta Regional Commission funding to help craft a growth strategy for a live-work-play community anchored by the Mall at Stonecrest.

The Stonecrest Growth Initiative Task Force and the Stonecrest Business Alliance said this week that they are applying for a $150,000 Livable Centers Initiative grant from the ARC to help plan out the area’s future.

Organizers are seeking support letters and pledges from the area’s stakeholders for the $30,000 matching grant needed to help secure the funding.

The deadline for ARC’s next round of LCI grants is Dec. 16.

Sarah Kendall, development director for Cadillac Fairview, which helped develop the 1.3 million-square-foot mall Sarah Kendall and is one of the area’s largest property owners, said they need 20 businesses to pledge between $1,500 and $5,000 to help raise the matching grant.

DeKalb County’s Planning Department is writing the grant application for Stonecrest.

The ARC will announce grant recipients by the end of January and the pledges will be collected shortly after.

DeKalb Commissioner Lee May, who got residents and businesses together to start the process, said they are building an organization that will be an advocate for the Stonecrest/Lithonia area long after they are out of office.

“There are tangible things that we want

This ugly median on Turner Hill Road near the Mall at Stonecrest could be transformed in the plans to create a gateway at at the I-20/Turner Hill Exit”

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to do to ensure that the future of this area is strong,” May said. “That it is strong in terms of public safety, that it’s strong in terms of transportation, planning, infrastructure and economic development.

We want this to be an area Lee May that is attractive for new businesses coming to this area, to create new jobs for this area. We want to build an area that will retain the businesses and the companies that are here as well, and to retain the jobs and build a better quality of life.”

Kendall said that being able to say in their application package that they have the $30,000 matching amount would enhance their chances of securing the grant. She said the pledges they are seeking would be less than buying a month of billboard space.

“What we are asking for is really not that much money,” she said. “Once we have this

study in place, it will allow us to go after construction dollars.”

Doreen Carter, a task force coordinator, said it would be powerful to show ARC in the application package that they already have 20 committed business owners who have pledged funds to the project.

“This is an opportunity for us as a community of business owners and residents to show that we are serious about the growth of this area,” she said. Carter said Cadillac Fairview and Duke Hospitality, which operates the Hyatt Place hotel at Stonecrest, are at the $5,000 level and that no amount would be refused, The LCI application will be Stonecrest’s third. Kendall said applications were made in 2003 and 2009.

“We are hoping that three is the lucky charm,” she said.

Dan Reuter, an ARC land development manager, said LCI grants are competitive but that the Stonecrest area should compete

well.

“There is no reason for it not to happen,” he said.

At a Nov. 30 meeting at the Stonecrest Library on Klondike Road, coordinators said plans for Stonecrest include improving some treacherous rural roads, replacing a rotted wooden bridge, linking and connecting roads and sidewalks, connecting to a future Park & Ride that MARTA plans at Hayden Quarry Road and Mall Parkway, creatDan Reuter ing a gateway to the area at the I-20/Turner Hill Exit with attractive landscaping to give it what Kendall called “a sense of arrival.”

If successful, the Stonecrest LCI grant will be used to hire a land-use consultant who Kendall said will work with area businesses and property owners to develop a growth models for Stonecrest.

“We all need to make a concerted commitment to the fund-raising to reach this $30,000 match,” Kendall said, She said Perimeter is looks better because owners pooled their resources.

“Just like we are doing right now, they came together as businesses and said ‘Hey, how can we promote growth,’” she said.

Kendall said they started a Community Improvement District, and tax themselves to provide services.

“As business owners we have to have sanitation. As business owners we have to have police,” she said. So there are great things we can do in numbers.

“When we make it attractive, it says to people that this place is taken care of and I feel safe,” she said.

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“I wish I had more time to shop, but I have got to get home now. I have to sleep to go to work tomorrow.”

Retailers optimistic that shopping surge will continue SHOPPING,

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lured to midnight shopping by advertised deals. Some said it was worth the trips. Others thought it was mostly hype.

Sand and John Hayes from Stone Mountain lined up outside Macy’s at Stonecrest on Thursday, just before midnight, waiting for the store to open.

Their line was one of two from separate entrances on the store’s ground level that converged and spilled into the parking lot.

On her way out of the store 45 minutes later, Sand Hayes said the sale prices were OK but that she had seen better prices at Macy’s.

“The WOW coupon helped,” she said. “But I could have waited for tomorrow.”

Inside her bag were two coats and some jeans for her kids.

Her husband, John, said they plan to spend less this year than last because of the ups and downs with the economy.

“We are couponing as much as we can,” he said.

Over at the Gallery at South DeKalb, Cathy Mosby of Ellenwood was happy with the three-piece luggage set she got from Macy’s for $49.99.

“It was truly worth it,” she said as she loaded it into the trunk of her car. “I wish I had more time to shop, but I have got to get home now. I have to sleep to go to work tomorrow.”

Momentum may not last Despite the stellar start to the season, analysts warn that there are no guarantees that shoppers will return for the rest of the season and that retailers might not be able to keep the momentum. For the entire season, the National Retail Federation is still only forecasting a 2.8 percent increase in sales to $465.6 billion.

Sherif Mityas, a partner in the retail practice of A.T. Kearney, a New York-based consulting firm,

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told CNN that retailers’ ability to keep up the momentum is the key.

“Retailers have to get people back in the stores and back online after this weekend,” he said.

Bieler said the crowds were so large at Stonecrest that he is hopeful they will come back through the season.

“It was very encouraging. I am going to remain optimistic.”

Midnight lines were also long outside the Best Buy store at Stonecrest. At 12:30 a.m., customers were still lined up outside and parking had overflowed across the street into the Sam’s Club lot.

Twenty-five minutes after midnight, there were more than 150 cars parked around the Macy’s at the Gallery at South DeKalb, and inside the store, shoppers were browsing racks and standing at cash registers with their purchases, just like it was midday on a Saturday.

Zikiya Thomas of Decatur, who took her small baby shopping with her at midnight, found about 50 people in line when she got there.

She said she should have stayed home.

“I have seen better sales. It was the same prices as always. I really thought the sales would be better.”

Thomas said she ended up just

getting “a little sweat suit for my baby.”

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An attractive, vibrant Stonecrest area is on the minds of property and business owners, and they are pursuing Atlanta Regional Commission funding to help craft a growth strategy for the community.

Drum major remembered at homegoing service

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Electronics went quickly At area Walmart stores, customers began lining up early for door-buster sales at 10 p.m. and at midnight.

At the Fairington Walmart in Lithonia, store co-manager Michael Burton said the electronics went quickly.

“The 40-inch flat-screen TV for $248 and the 15-inch laptops went first,” he said. “We had some bath towels for $1.50 and they sold out in five minutes.”

At 9 a.m. Friday, latecomers were trying to see if there were any bargains left.

“Once they sell out at that price, that’s it,” Burton said. “They won’t replenish.”

Burton, an 18-year Walmart manager who has been at the Fairington store since February, said he and the morning crew were trying to get the store back together.

“We are picking up stuff and cleaning up the residue from last night,” he said. “There were a lot of people here and with a crowd that big, things can get a little messy.”

Pedro Almonte of Stone Mountain got to the store at 9:30 a.m.

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Robert Champion, whose sudden death has beens linked to hazing, was brought home for his homegoing service Wednesday.

’Tis the season to give, and South DeKalb residents can donate toys and food for disadvantaged families at a Dec. 3 holiday mixer hosted by CrossRoadsNews Foundation and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation.

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Gwinnett Federal Credit Union will cut the ribbon on its first DeKalb County branch on Dec. 7.

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with his sales circular in hand.

“Where can I find this?” he asked, pointing to a 205-piece mechanic’s tool set on sale for $55.

Almonte was happy when he saw about eight of them still on the pallet.

“This is good,” he said, grabbing one. “Thank you.”

Doris Ross of Lithonia said she came for two things. The trampoline was sold out but she found the inkjet printer.

“I will just be giving my grandkids cash to do their own shopping,” she said. “It’s easier.”

Lillie Perriman and her husband, Paul, went to Walmart to get one thing.

“I just came in to buy a telephone,” she said. But under her cart was an electric roasting pan.

“Don’t you already have one?” her husband asked.

She nodded no.

“It’s on sale, but I am not going to get caught up in the shopping.

I could probably sell them some stuff. You should see my garage.”

Kenethia Zachary of Decatur said she got to the store about 9:30 a.m. Friday.

“I know I came late,” she said, with 4-week-old Mason sleeping in his car seat in her cart. “I am just trying to get what’s left over.”

Tamara Jackson of Atlanta didn’t get to the Gresham Road Walmart until about noon, but she said she still found some good deals on toys for her three children.

“I only spent $200 in Walmart,” she said. “Black Friday so far has been good. I didn’t run into any crazy shoppers.”

Shoppers at a Walmart in California were not as lucky.

A woman trying to improve her chances at getting an Xbox video game pepper-sprayed fellow shoppers to get them out of her way at 10:20 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Twenty people suffered minor injuries.

Carla Parker contributed to this story.

World AIDS Day spotlights DeKalb’s high rate of HIV 11 Nearly 30 adults got free HIV tests on Dec. 1 as part of the DeKalb Board of Health’s World AIDS Day observance.

Aflac duck sales aid cancer centers 12 Shoppers can buy a nice gift and fight childhood cancer at the same time by purchasing a 2011 Aflac Holiday Duck from Macy’s stores.

Hands-on Kwanzaa event at Auburn Avenue Library 13 Children, parents and educators can learn more about the seven-day Kwanzaa celebration on Dec. 10 at the Auburn Avenue Research Library in Atlanta in collaboration with the National Black Arts Festival.

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“He motivated people to do their best and be their best. He always had a smile on his face.”

Former drum major remembered at homegoing service

By Carla Parker

Robert Champion, the 2004 Southwest DeKalb High graduate and Florida A&M University junior whose sudden death on Nov. 19 is linked to hazing, was brought home to Decatur for his homegoing service on Wednesday.

In a colorful and somber ceremony at Beulah Missionary Baptist Church attended

by FAMU President James Ammons; a busload of band members from FAMU’s “Marching 100”; SWD Principal Angela Bethea and band director John Seda; and hundreds of family, friends and SWD band alumni, Champion, 26, was remembered as a leader and a true champion who dreamed of becoming a FAMU drum major from the age of 5, when he first saw the band perform.

Family members said he was singleminded in the pursuit of that dream, even though he had to take semesters off to work and save money to return to college.

“The vines of his life were deeply rooted in his love of music,” the family said in his obituary in the homegoing program.

He was laid to rest in his green-and-orange FAMU drum major uniform. Thirteen drum majors from both bands offered a final salute in the church and escorted a horsedrawn carriage bearing the casket through the church parking lot onto Clifton Springs Road and back to the church. He was buried at Washington Park Cemetery in Decatur.

Speaker after speaker remembered Champion as a loving, kind, humble, passionate and dependable young man who loved music and the band. The underlying theme was that the alleged hazing that caused his death must end at the institution, which has recruited hundreds of DeKalb students, especially from SWD’s Marching Panthers.

Drum majors from Southwest DeKalb High School and Florida A&M University step in honor of Robert Champion (below left), who was laid to rest on Wednesday.

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Seda, who was Champion’s band director at Southwest DeKalb, said he was an active alumnus who always came back to check on the band he once led.

“His only concern – even if he had an exam, even if he had to go away for drum major training – his concern was to come back and say ‘How was your show, Mr. Seda?’”

Seda said. “He would always tell the students,

when it comes to performance, to always do your best and outdo yourself.”

Benjamin Stanford, who was a freshman when Champion led the Marching Panthers, remembered him as a real humble leader.

“He motivated people to do their best and be their best,” Stanford said. “He always had a smile on his face.”

Even as speakers focused on the good things about Champion, it was hard to forget the ugly incident that took his life.

Champion was found unconscious Nov. 19 on a bus parked at an Orlando, Fla., hotel after FAMU’s football team lost the Florida Classic to archrival Bethune-Cookman University. Police said Champion had been vomiting and complained that he couldn’t breathe shortly before collapsing. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

The cause has not yet been released, but police and FAMU officials have said Champion was hazed. No arrests have been made, but the university announced Thursday that it expelled four students for their role in Champion’s death. Ammons acknowledged the dismissals in a memo he sent earlier this week to members of the FAMU board of trustees. Ammons did not specify what the four students did but said that their dismiss-

als were connected to Champion’s death.

On Nov. 23, longtime band director Julian White was fired on charges that he didn’t do enough to stop hazing. He has said his firing was unfair and he is fighting to get his job back.

White, who spoke at the funeral service, described Champion as his son. “This is a difficult time for me. You may see me smile, and you probably won’t see me cry because I’m happy that I knew Robert.”

John Tatum, pastor of Decatur’s Riverside Community Baptist Church where Champion was a member, said what happened to him was foolish and should never happen again.

“There are some things we have got to put a stop to,” he said. “We can no longer afford this kind of thing to happen again no more.

We need to end this.”

FAMU has launched a full investigation.

Two days before the funeral, his parents, Robert and Pam Champion, along with their attorney, Christopher Chestnut, held a news conference to “call attention to a culture that cost a life” and announced that they intend to sue the university.

Ammons pledged to “stamp out hazing at FAMU.” He added, “I vow that Robert’s death will not be in vain.”

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“Because twice as many seniors and disabled needed help this year compared to last year, the funds have been exhausted.”

Ribbon-cutting for credit union Heating assistance funds run out With the merger, Gwinnett DeKalb government officials Federal acquired more than and business leaders will be among 3,000 DeKalb members. those helping Gwinnett Federal Patton said that the new Credit Union cut the ribbon on Decatur branch is located in an its first DeKalb County branch on old credit union building that Dec. 7.

Gwinnett Federal bought and The 50-year-old credit union, renovated. which merged with the South The branch is part of a shared DeKalb Church Federal Credit Kristen Patton credit union network, which Union in May, is hosting its official grand opening ceremony at the branch, enables members of credit unions in the located at 5381 Panola Industrial Blvd. in network to bank there as well. It has seven employees.

Decatur, at 11 a.m.

The DeKalb branch is Gwinnett FedKristen Patton, Gwinnett Federal Credit Union’s vice president of marketing and eral’s 12th location and its only branch in business development, said former board DeKalb County.

Patton said the Lawrenceville-based members of the South DeKalb Church Federal Credit Union also have been invited to credit union also has branches in Barrow, Clark, Jackson, Oconee and Walton the ceremony.

The South DeKalb Church Federal Credit counties.

The Decatur branch is open weekdays Union was formed in 1996 by six of South DeKalb’s largest churches – New Birth and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 9 a.m. to Miller Grove Missionary Baptist churches, noon on Saturdays.

Gwinnett Federal Credit Union, which Ray of Hope, Abundant Life Church, Greenforest Community Baptist Church, and was chartered in 1961, has more than 33,000 members and assets of more than Green Pastures Christian Ministries.

Its office at the Gallery at South DeKalb $182 million.

For more information, call 678-889closed on Sept. 30, and the new Gwinnett 4328.

Federal branch opened on Oct. 3.

Lithonia to project into the future Lithonia residents will get a glimpse of what their city could look like in the future at a “Project the Future” presentation on Dec. 4 in the Lithonia Plaza on Main Street.

Georgia Tech students are hosting the event as part of the city’s Blueprints Project to revitalize the town center.

During the 6 p.m. event, they will demonstrate some of concepts they have developed to help revitalize Lithonia’s downtown. The presentation is part of the proposal to develop some short-term activities.

“Blueprints for Successful Communities” is a Georgia Conservancy growth manage-

ment program. The Conservancy is partnering with the DeKalb County town to re-examine and refine visions of the past and boil them down into an implementable strategy.

Information about the recommendations is available at https://sites.google .com/site/blueprintslithonia/home.

The final Blueprints Report with cost estimates and potential funding sources will be presented in February 2012.

For more information, contact Deborah Jackson, chair of the Lithonia Redevelopment Committee, at 404-534-6545.

Needy individuals and families in DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Newton and Walton counties won’t be getting help with their heating bills this month from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program administered by the Partnership for Community Action Inc. They are among poor families across metro Atlanta impacted by the cessation of the program that ran out of funds at the end of November.

Clarkston-based PCA said Wednesday that its federal funding to help the poor pay heating bills was depleted in November and it had to shut down LIHEAP services on Dec. 1 and suspend energy application intake.

In a Nov. 30 statement, PCA said it “regrets to announce that delays in the distribution of funding at the federal level has severely impacted delivery of service to thousands of low-income qualifying clients.”

“PCA remains eager to resume administering LIHEAP services to eligible clients once additional funds are received by the agency.”

It said that in November, it expended $2.8 million of initial LIHEAP funding, serving 7,484 elderly, disabled and/or homebound clients in its service areas.

Last year, it served 38,000 low-income clients. Eligible families get a one-time heating assistance payment of $310 to $350 to help with the high cost of winter heating bills.

The federal funds are allocated to the

Steelmart relocates to Tucker facility Paul Carling and Brian Satisky, co-owners of Steelmart, said the steel manufacturing company is on track to have its most profitable year.

The company is relocating to a 60,000-squarefoot facility on Lawrenceville Highway.

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state through the Georgia Department of Human Services to provide assistance with heating bills through the LIHEAP. Andy Phelan, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson’s office, said Thursday night that the office has been swamped with calls and that the congressman is aware of the issue. He said that this year, Georgia received $18 million for its assistance program, which is managed by groups like PCA. “Because twice as many seniors and disabled needed help this year compared to last year, the funds have been exhausted,” Phelan said. “Rest assured, Congressman Johnson supports the home heating program and is urging his congressional colleagues to support it as well.”

Phelan said they have faith that this issue will be resolved soon.

“We’re doing our best to get the appropriations bill passed and the funds released.

Congressman Johnson has supported and continues to support this program and is urging his Republican colleagues to do the same.”

The Fulton-Atlanta Community Action Authority, which administers LIHEAP funds in Fulton County, also is affected. It said that about 4,700 senior citizens sought assistance this year and the $1.8 million in federal funds has been exhausted.

The Campaign for Home Energy Assistance said that in 2010, GA LIHEAP assisted more than 250,000 households.

Steel manufacturing company Steelmart is relocating to a 60,000-square-foot facility in Tucker, more than quadrupling its current space.

The company, which has 50 employees, plans to hire at least five new workers immediately at the new location at 3476 Lawrenceville Highway.

Steelmart produces steel products for the building industry. It warehouses and sells angles, channels, tubes, pipes, plates, sheets, flats, expanded metals, beams, ornamental iron and decking as well as many other products.

Services include shearing, forming, saw cutting, punching, drilling, and plate burning.

In a market that has been hurt by the recession, the company is on track to have its most profitable year.

Co-owner Brian Satisky attributes the great year to hard work and good values.

“Our formula is simple – do what you say you are going to do; take care of the customers, vendors and the employees; and always remain humble,” he said in a Nov. 29 statement.

Founder Paul Carling said he and Satisky made sacrifices to build up the company.

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invest 90 cents out of every dollar we made back into the company,” he said. “Our takehome would be literally 5 cents on the dollar.

But we believed in what we were doing and thankfully it has paid off.”

Carling and Satisky, who met as fraternity brothers at the University of Georgia, launched Steelmart in 1996 with nothing more than a truck, a trailer and a plan. In 1997 they hired their first employee and the company has been profitable every year since then.

They have been named to the INC Magazine Fastest Growing list three times in the past five years.

Steelmart relocated from Doraville.

The new facility will allow the company to bring many operations into one spot. The Gainesville location will remain a full-service facility.

“Moving to DeKalb will change our company for the better,” Satisky said.

“We are so grateful for this exciting opportunity – we want to pass on our good fortune to our new neighborhood. We look forward to being good corporate citizens and to give back in many ways, starting with bringing much-needed jobs to the area.”

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Admission will be a new unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots or canned food for Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless.

Jamille Lowe (second from left), surrounded by family, won a new 2011 Ford Flex from Malcolm Cunningham Ford. Malcolm Cunningham is third from left.

Woman wins new car in raffle Jamille Lowe was saving money to buy a new motor for her 2006 Dodge Magnum when Christmas came early for her, literally.

Lowe, who lives in Atlanta-in-DeKalb, got the news on Nov. 4 that she was the winner of a new 2011 Ford Flex from Malcolm Cunningham Ford for the cost of three $1 raffle tickets.

Lowe, 31, won the car in the Martin Luther King Jr. High School Touchdown Club raffle fund-raiser. Her name was drawn from a drum containing thousands of tickets during halftime at the Stephenson High vs. M.L. King football game on Nov. 4.

“It was amazing because it was totally unexpected,” she said. “I forgot I had bought the ticket.”

Lowe picked up her new car the next day at Malcolm Cunningham Ford Lincoln dealership in Atlanta.

She is so happy that Perlina Thomas, one

of her managers at Georgia-Pacific in Atlanta, asked her to purchase a raffle ticket. Thomas’ son plays football for the MLK Lions.

The car giveaway was raising funds for the school’s football program.

Lowe said she was down to her last three dollars that day but didn’t hesitate to buy the tickets.

“I always contribute to raffles because I’m the type of person who would help someone out,” she said. “Whenever I buy a raffle ticket, I normally put it up somewhere because you don’t think you will actually win. But I kept this one and I’m glad I did.”

She said that winning a new car has allowed her to put some money toward bills and other things. “It was truly a blessing.”

Lowe, who is currently renting a home, said she is trying to purchase a home for her and her 12-year-old daughter, Cimeyah.

“With this situation I’m hoping to be able to get a new home in six months,” she said.

Atlanta vocalists Chaundra Nichole and Keith Stalworth will perform at the Dec. 3 holiday mixer at the Tupac Shakur Center.

Mixer to benefit families in need ’Tis the season to give, and South DeKalb residents can donate toys and food for disadvantaged families at a Dec. 3 holiday mixer hosted by CrossRoadsNews Foundation and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation.

Admission to the 6-to-9 p.m. event will be a new unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots or canned or other nonperishable foods for Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless.

During the mixer, the Tupac Shakur

Kids dance troupes will perform and DJ Uncle Verge will provide music. There will be special appearances by Atlanta vocalists Chaundra Nichole and Keith Stalworth.

The collection for the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots program will continue through Dec. 14 at the center.

Toys collected in DeKalb will go to disadvantaged kids in the county.

The Tupac Shakur Performing Arts Center is at 5616 Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain.

Scholarships available for young entrepreneurs Kids make care packages Graduating high school seniors have until Dec. 15 to apply for up to $10,000 in Young Entrepreneur Foundation scholarships.

The scholarship fund, established in 2003 under the National Federation of Independent Business, awards scholarships of $1,000 to $10,000 to graduating high school seniors who operate their own businesses.

To qualify, a student must operate his or her own business. Applicants also are required to write an essay describing their entrepreneurial endeavors and goals.

Standardized test scores, grade-point averages and class rank will also be considered.

NFIB members around the country nominate applicants

for the Young Entrepreneur Awards. An independent, outside committee selects a group of qualified semi-finalists.

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards program was established to raise awareness among the nation’s youth about the critical role that private enterprise and entrepreneurship play in the building of America.

Scholarship recipients will attend the university, college, community college, or vocational/technical institute of their choice with $1,000-$10,000 in tuition assistance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation.

For more information, contact NFIB/Georgia Member Support Manager Ashleigh Amburn at ashleigh.amburn@ NFIB.org or 404-876-8516.

Participants in Delta Sigma Theta’s EMBODI initiative will prepare holiday care packages for U.S. troops on Dec. 3.

The 30 young men, who are part of the Decatur Alumnae Chapter’s Empowering Males to Build Opportunities for Developing Independence program, will sort, bag and box food, snack and toiletry items as their first community service project.

The packages will be sent to soldiers in Afghanistan.

The packing party starts at 2 p.m. at the Community Achievement Center, 4522 Flat Shoals Parkway in Decatur.

For more information, visit www.dstdac.org.

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“I want victims to know that they don’t have to remain victims.

No more shame or guilt because it was not their fault.”

Flu week a good time to get vaccine Family, friends, students and co-workers are urged to get their flu shots as National Influenza Vaccination Week kicks off Dec. 4.

The Georgia Department of Public Health says every flu season is different and the best defense against influenza is to get immunized.

The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone 6 months and older receive a flu vaccination.

Flu season has been in full swing since August, but it’s never too late to guard against infection.

Steven Mitchell, Department of Public Health immunization director, said that failure to get vaccinated accounts for countless needless infections each year.

“People of every race, class and environment are equally susceptible to flu infection,” Mitchell said in a Nov. 17 statement.

A recent survey by the CDC concluded

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that one in five adults believes vaccines are optional for healthy adults.

Operating under this impression, a significant portion of the population will fail to arm itself against the flu this coming season, putting everyone at higher risk for continued infection and transmission of the disease.

The CDC survey results show only 40.5 percent of Georgians were vaccinated in 2010-2011. In this category, Georgia ranks 41 out of the 50 states.

An influenza vaccination is the best way to prevent flu and potentially serious complications. National Influenza Vaccination Week emphasizes the importance of flu vaccinations and presents an ideal time to improve Georgia’s rankings.

Flu season can extend as late as May. For more information, visit http://health. state.ga.us/programs/immunization.

Pediatrician joins health board Pediatrics, as a clinical professor Pediatrician Daniel Salinas and his hospital affiliation is with is the DeKalb County Board of Children’s Healthcare at Egleston, Health’s newest board member.

Hughes Spalding and Scottish Salinas, senior vice president Rite. and chief medical officer of ChilHe also worked for Blue dren’s Healthcare of Atlanta, was Cross/Blue Shield and Kaiser Persworn in Nov. 17 by DeKalb Promanente/Southeast Permanente bate Court Judge Jeryl Rosh.

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Board Chair Arlene Parker Dr. Daniel Salinas The board of directors of the Goldson applauded Salinas addiDeKalb Board of Health is charged with tion to the board.

“He brings a strong commitment to establishing broad agency directions and public health and to promoting best prac- priorities; adopting a budget, policies, tices in building a stronger, healthier DeKalb rules and regulations; and reviewing the agency’s performance.

County,” she said.

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Elderly alcohol abuse on rise Alcoholism among the elderly is on the rise, bringing with it a special set of health concerns, including the growing incidence of hip fractures from falls due to intoxication.

The National Institute on Alcohol Addiction and Alcoholism says that the likelihood of the onset of alcoholism among those over 65 has been increasing in more recent years even as the spotlight focuses on adolescent and college-aged binge drinkers.

Bobby Wiggins, a spokesman for Narconon Rehab Centers, said too many families make a false assumption that there is nothing they can do for their addicted elder family member.

“At this special time, it is a terrible tragedy when the dignity of those in their elder years is marred by cravings they have no control of,” Wiggins said in a Nov. 28 statement.

The alcohol addiction institute has issued an alcohol alert based on research into the area of elder alcohol abuse. The findings suggest that it is important not to look the other way when a senior family member has an alcohol dependency problem.

In many cases, the elder relative does not drive and often is no longer employed, making the detection of drinking problems far less likely through usual channels. They often drink at home when alone and only alert family members become aware that the problem exists.

The NIAAA study found that the problem is so hidden that alcohol abuse is sometimes mistaken for Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease by medical personnel.

People age 65 and older constitute the

fastest-growing segment of the American population. The study predicts that diagnosis and treatment of alcohol problems are likely to become increasingly important as the elderly population grows.

Dr. Enoch Gordis, NIAAA’s former director, said it is a mistaken belief that older people have little to gain from alcoholism treatment.

The NIAAA aler t points out that: n The incidence of hip Enoch Gordis fractures in the elderly increases with alcohol consumption. This increase can be explained by falls while intoxicated combined with a more pronounced decrease in bone density in elderly people with alcoholism compared with elderly nonalcoholics. n An elderly driver with alcoholism is more impaired than an elderly driver without alcoholism after consuming an equivalent dose of alcohol and has a greater risk of a crash. n Alcohol-medication interactions are especially common among the elderly, increasing the risk of negative health effects and potentially influencing the effectiveness of the medications. n Among people older than 65, moderate and heavy drinkers are 16 times more likely than nondrinkers to die of suicide.

Wiggins said it’s too bad when families don’t reach out to help an elder loved one who has an addiction.

For more information, visit www.nar conon.org.

Program to focus on child sex abuse not their fault – it’s time to walk in A rally at Hardy Ivy Park in freedom,” she said in a Nov. 10 statedowntown Atlanta on Dec. 3 will ment. help raise awareness about child National statistics indicate that sexual abuse. one in four girls and one in six boys The Broken But Not Bound are molested by the time they are Movement has partnered with 18, and 90 percent of children are Saving Our Children and Famimolested by someone close to them, lies for the 9 a.m.-to-noon event. the statement said. Many adults who There also will be a toy drive for April Mason were molested as children may never children who are abuse victims.

Women’s advocate April Mason founded have a successful relationship.

Mason, a business coach who once was a Broken But Not Bound in 2007 to raise awareness about molestation and encour- welfare recipient, said her mission is to help age victims to speak out about their experi- victims free themselves from the bondage of sexual abuse and equip others to achieve ences.

“I want victims to know that they don’t their entrepreneurial goals.

The Atlanta-based nonprofit Saving Our have to remain victims,” said Mason, who was molested from age 5 to 17 by her stepfather, Children and Families provides inner-city and underserved communities with resourcfather, cousins and two female neighbors.

By the time she was 23, she had given es to help victims of child sexual abuse. It also birth to three children and was living in a offers college scholarship opportunities and encourages healthy lifestyle choices. shelter, suffering from low self-esteem.

Hardy Ivy Park is at 310 Peachtree St. N.E. Mason said she wants victims to understand that it’s OK to speak out about what For more information, contact April Mason at info@aprilmason.com, www.brokenbut has happened to them.

“No more shame or guilt because it was notbound.com or 1-866-946-9449.

Grant to promote traffic and pedestrian safety in DeKalb The DeKalb Board of Health has received a $67,800 Safe Communities grant for traffic and pedestrian safety programs from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

The grant will support initiatives that address child passenger and pedestrian safety, teen safe driving, and impaired driving prevention.

The Board of Health is in its 13th year of partnership with the GOHS. The DeKalb Safe Communities program seeks to increase public awareness of the July 2011 change to Georgia’s child passenger safety law.

The law requires that children under age 8 be properly restrained in an approved car seat or booster seat secured in the vehicle’s back seat.

From 2005 through 2009, DeKalb County

saw 11 crash-related deaths of children under age 13. Many of these deaths can be attributed to three out of four children being in a seat that was not used correctly, the Board of Health said in a Nov. 28 statement.

Safe Communities also will focus on free educational opportunities for teens and parents through the Parents Reducing Injuries and Driver Error program.

PRIDE addresses driver attitudes, knowledge and behaviors rather than hands-on skills.

From 2005 through 2009, there were 42 motor vehicle deaths of DeKalb residents ages 13 through 19.

For more information, contact Denika Lomax, DeKalb Safe Communities coordinator, at drlomax@dhr.state .ga.us or 404-508-7884.

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The highest rate of new HIV cases in 2009 was in DeKalb County.

World AIDS Day spotlights DeKalb’s high incidence of HIV

By Carla Parker

Nearly 30 adults got free HIV tests on Dec. 1 as part of the DeKalb Board of Health’s World AIDS Day observance.

The theme for the 24th annual World AIDS Day was “Getting to zero: Zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.”

Among Georgia’s 159 counties in 2009, the last year for which statistics are available, DeKalb County with 7,240 HIV/AIDS cases has the second-highest number of reported HIV and AIDS cases. Only Fulton County, which has 11,554 HIV/AIDS cases, has more.

In 2009, there were 2,250 newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases in Georgia. Sixty-one percent were HIV cases and 39 percent were AIDS cases. Seventy-four percent of HIV cases diagnosed in 2009 were among AfricanAmericans, who make up only 30 percent of Georgia’s population Dr. S. Elizabeth Ford, DeKalb’s district health director, said the highest rate of new HIV cases in 2009 was in DeKalb County.

“That’s nothing to brag about,” she said.

In the U.S., every nine and a half minutes someone is infected with HIV. In 2009, there were about 48,100 new HIV infections.

There are currently 1.2 million Americans living with HIV/AIDS and about a fifth of these individuals are unaware they are HIVpositive.

Margaret Renfroe, an HIV counselor at the DeKalb Board of Health, said it’s very important for people to get tested and know Margaret Renfroe administers an HIV test on Natasha Tyson during the DeKalb Board of Health’s World AIDS Day program on Dec. 1. their status because the quicker they are diagnosed, the better the medication can help testing is available with results given in two Renfroe said she tests at least 25 people positive results. stabilize their condition. weeks. A “rapid test” referral can be provided “That’s very good,” she said. per month for HIV and 1 percent of those “If you find out early, you can prolong cases come back with positive results.

The DeKalb County Board of Health when needed. For more information, visit your life,” she said.

By Thursday afternoon, there were no provides confidential HIV testing. Standard www.dekalbhealth.net.

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After her family lost their farm, Morris went to work and through frugal living, she and her sister, Eleanor, were able to purchase their own home.

Clarkston resident dies at age 105

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Clarkston lost its oldest resident on Nov. 26.

Mary Virginia Morris, who was 105 years old, died quietly at home.

She spent Thanksgiving with her family and on Black Friday bought a new outfit for her family’s upcoming Christmas

party.

She was buried Dec. 1 at Melwood Cemetery in Stone Mountain.

Morris was born in DeKalb County in 1906 to John H. and Hattie Stanford Morris.

She attended Decatur High School and later went to business college.

After her family lost their farm, Morris went to work and through frugal living, she and her sister, Eleanor, were able to purchase their own home. They took in their parents and helped other family members through tough economic times.

An insurance underwriter, Morris was employed by Spratlin and Harrington, where she contributed to the firm’s success.

While she worked long hours, she also had time for play. She enjoyed tennis, golf,

swimming and horseback riding and loved to paint on both china and canvas.

As a young woman, she traveled extensively and filled her home with the flavor of far-off places.

After retirement, Morris indulged her passion for travel and dance. She joined a clogging group, toured Europe and performed in many places. She contributed to her community with Meals on Wheels and entertained at senior centers.

Morris cared for her mother until she died at 102.

On her 100th birthday in 2006, the DeKalb Board of Commissioners declared Feb. 2 “Mary Virginia Morris Day.” Morris is survived by her niece, Nancy Kaye, and her partner, Gary Ecklund; great-nephew Ed Griffin, and his wife, Mary: great-niece Gail Wade, and her husband, David; great-nephew Terry Mitchell and his wife, Dot; great-niece Donna Thaxton and her husband, Steve; great-nephew Allen Mitchell and his wife, Sherry; and great-niece Sandra Mitchell.

Also surviving are several great-greatnieces and nephews, two great-great-greatnieces and a great-great-great-nephew.

Aflac duck sales aid cancer centers Shoppers can buy a nice gift and fight childhood cancer at the same time by purchasing a 2011 Aflac Holiday Duck from Macy’s stores.

The 6-inch version is $10 and the 10-inch is $15.

They are sold at more than 670 stores, up from 211 in 2010, and at www.aflacholidayduck.com.

Proceeds benefit childhood cancer centers, including the Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

More than $3 million has been raised.

Authors explore different eras Book lovers can step back in time at the DeKalb Public Library’s December Festival of Writers.

On Dec. 5, Caroline Preston, author of four novels, including “Jackie

by Josie,” a New York Times Notable Book, will discuss her new novel, “The Scrapbook of Frankie Platt.”

Caroline Preston Preston has collected antique scrapbooks since high school, and her new book is the first-ever “scrapbook novel,” transporting readers back to the vibrant bohemian culture of the 1920s and introducing them to Frankie, an unforgettable, high-spirited and ambitious heroine.

Readers can follow Frankie’s journey to success and love with a kaleidoscopic array of vintage postcards, magazine ads, ticket stubs, candy wrappers, menus and more.

The 7:15 p.m. event will be held at the Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St.

Biography of former S.C. governor On Dec. 6, biographer Phil Grose will discuss “Looking for Utopia,” which traces the life of one of South Carolina’s best modernera governors, John C. West.

Elected chief executive in 1970, West governed at a time of intense racial strife.

His progressive vision addressed issues of poverty and hunger and eliminated discrimination in state government.

He was appointed U.S. ambassador to

Saudi Arabia by President Jimmy Carter and served from 1977 to 1981. Grose’s book draws on personal papers and letters. Grose is research associate at the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina.

Phil Grose For this program he will be joined by the late governor’s son, Jack. The program begins at 7 p.m. at the Jimmy Carter Library, 441 Freedom Parkway in Atlanta.

The Americas after Columbus On Dec. 7, Charles C. Mann will talk about his acclaimed sequel, “1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created.”

It follows “1491,” a study of pre-Columbian Americas, which received many awards.

In the sequel, Mann writes of how the discoveries of Christopher Columbus accidentally set off an ecological convulsion as European vessels carried thousands of new species to new homes across the oceans.

Mann, a correspondent for The Atlantic and Science magazine, has written for major newspapers, HBO and NBC’s “Law & Order.”

He is the recipient of writing awards from the American Bar Association and the American Institute of Physics.

The 7 p.m. event is at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, 571 S. Kilgo Circle in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us.

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Santa Fred will host a free breakfast for the first 150 children who show up at Piccadilly at the Gallery at South DeKalb Santa Fred on Dec. 10.

The 8-to-10 a.m. breakfast is for children 10 years and younger.

The mall is at I-20 and Candler Road in Decatur.

but reservations are required.

Along with the fun-filled breakfast, participants will be entertained by the church’s “Puppets for Praise,” who will perform a seasonal play with puppet characters.

The Rev. Kathy McFarland, pastor at Lawrenceville Road UMC, wants all area residents to bring their children, grandchildren and neighbor children.

“Each year that we have brought ‘Breakfast With Santa’ to our community, it has been loaded with fun, games and opportunities to meet our neighbors in a season meant to celebrate peace, joy, love and brotherhood,” she said.

Live entertainment at Callanwolde The church is at 3142 Lawrenceville Santa will be at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Highway in Tucker. For breakfast reservaCenter on Dec. 10 and 17. tions, e-mail LRUMC@bellsouth.net or call The 9 a.m. breakfast also will include live 770-939-3717. entertainment, sing-alongs, a visit with Santa, and a tour of the decorated mansion.

Breakfast will be provided by Chick-fil-A. Tickets are $20 per person for children and adults and must be purchased in advance.

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‘Puppets for Praise’ will perform The Woman’s Club is at 3913 Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church St. For more information, call Church in Tucker will host “Breakfast With 404-296-6480.

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Personal and corporate purchases have raised more than $2 million to care for sick and injured children.

Patients’ art graces holiday greeting cards benefitting Children’s Themes of Christmas, Hanukkah and winter are depicted on holiday greeting cards created by nine patients of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the cards are now on sale as part of the hospital’s 2011 Holiday Card Program.

The young artists range in age from 3 to 16 yeas. They are Gabe Hoffenberg, 3; Kelly Chitwood, 7; Jordan Harmon, 9; Grace Maningi, 12; 13-year-old Mikaela Beck and Perescar Germain; and 16-year-old Jordan Jones, Dilan Lara and Sarah Lee. The cards, which help raise funds for the nonprofit health care system, sell in packs of 20 for $12. Matching address labels are available for an additional $5 donation. Customizable e-cards featuring Holiday Card Program artwork are also available for a minimum donation of $5.

Proceeds from the 2011 Holiday Card program will benefit multiple areas of the hospital, including the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service, emergency departments, Marcus Autism Center, pediatric intensive care units, respiratory, surgery, Sibley Heart Center and Transplant Services.

Since the greeting cards debuted more than 20 years ago, personal and corporate purchases have raised more than $2 million to care for the hundreds of thousands of Georgia’s sick and injured children. The 2011 cards are available through Dec. 31 and can be found at a number of retail locations across Atlanta.

To read about the artists, request a catalog or to place an order, visit www.choa.org/cards or call 404-785-7380.

Nine Children’s Healthcare patients ages 3 to 16 created artwork for the greeting cards, which sell in packs of 20 for $12.

Kwanzaa Korner participants will receive a copy of “Seven Candles for Kwanzaa and a special coloring kit.

Festival at library raises Kwanzaa awareness The 29th annual Kwanzaa Awareness Festival kicks off Dec. 3 at the Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library.

The theme of the weeklong festival is “A Great Gathering.” The lineup includes a book club conference and craft and music workshops.

Kwanzaa, a cultural African-American holiday, is celebrated Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. It was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga.

The festival, sponsored by the Friends of the Wesley Chapel Library, teaches adults and children how to celebrate.

Here is a list of events: n Jubilee of Reading 11th Annual Book Club Conference for Adults, Dec. 3, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Book clubs and book lovers get to socialize with best-selling authors and get tips about how to sustain and expand their book club. Registration is required at www.dekalblibrary.org or at The festival includes a book club conference and craft and music your nearest library location. workshops. It is sponsored by the Friends of the Wesley Chapel Library.

For more information, call 404-3708450, Ext. 2257 Ttitilayo Drummers and Dancers bring in the sounds of n Kwanzaa Craft Time, Dec. 6, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Ages Kwanzaa for the whole family.

5-11. n Jewelry Making for Teens, Dec. 8, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Ages n Kwanzaa Music Time, Dec. 7, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 12-17. Create your own bracelet or necklace with beads Ages 2-4. Make your own musical instruments with in the colors of Kwanzaa. recyclables.

The library is at 2861 Wesley Chapel Road. For more n African Rhythm Night: A Family Night Event (cul- information, call 404-286-6980 or visit www.dekalb tural experience for the whole family), Dec. 7, 6:30 p.m. library.org/events/kwanzaa.html.

Hands-on Kwanzaa event Children, parents and educators can learn more about the seven-day Kwanzaa celebration on Dec. 10 at the Auburn Avenue Research Library in Atlanta in collaboration with the National Black Arts Festival.

Kwanzaa Korner, a free community event, takes place from noon to 2 p.m. It is an interactive learning experience that teaches the principles of Kwanzaa through hands-on activities. It includes a workshop for parents interested in learning how to apply artsbased character building, hands-on-activities for young children, and arts-based curriculum for educational professionals, specifically developed to teach Kwanzaa principles throughout the year at work, at home and at play.

Pre-registration is required, and participants will receive a copy of “Seven Candles for Kwanzaa” and a Kwanzaa coloring kit.

The library is at 101 Auburn Ave. N.E. For more information, contact Dr. Collette M. Hopkins at chopkins@nbaf.org or 404224-3464.

Rock of Ages’ Holiday Jazz Vespers Jazz pianist Gary Motley and vocalist Veronica Motley will be back at Rock of Ages Lutheran Church for a community Holiday Jazz Vespers service Dec. 11.

The couple were just at the Stone Mountain church in September and are back by popular demand.

Gary Motley is recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Great American Jazz Piano Competition and the American Composers Forum.

Gary Motley He has been featured in Veronica Motley Downbeat Magazine and on “Piano Jazz” leys will perform along with drummer with Marian McPartland.

Justin Chesarek, bass player Moffett Morris, Veronica Motley has been featured with saxophonist Randy Hunter, and trumpeter the Alan Knieter Orchestra and was formerly Gordon Vernick. a vocalist for the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame’s The service is free, but a offering will be Heritage Jazz Combo. taken.

Vespers are a church’s evening prayer. The A reception will follow the service.

Jazz Vespers Service is a synthesis of several The Motleys’ new CD will be available for religious traditions, including Jewish and purchase after the service.

Christian worship, with a diverse musical Rock of Ages Lutheran Church is at 5135 heritage.

Memorial Drive. For more information, call During the 5:30 p.m. service, the Mot- the church at 404-292-7888.

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Dr. King’s life’s work has continued to touch the hearts and minds of millions for over 48 years.

Today, the Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial adds to that great legacy as the first tribute to a man of peace and to a person of color on the National Mall. Come celebrate what will forever s ta nd a s a tes ta ment to Dr. K ing’s timeles s idea l s of pea ce, unders ta nding a nd huma n digni t y.

Awaken his spirit in all of us Chevrolet is honored to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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