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Jason Carter might have won the special election for Senate District 42 without his famous grandparents hitting the campaign trail on his behalf, but it surely didn’t hurt. 3

Michael Keller of Lithonia was one of about 300 job-seekers who attended a career expo in Norcross, hosted by 4th District Congressman Hank Johnson. 5

An Atlantain-DeKalb community is growing food for itself and others with help from Scotts Miracle-Gro and DeKalb County partners . 7

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More than 200 supporters converged on the Five Points station on May 11 to urge more funding for the cash-strapped transit system. Many wore surgical masks to raise the specter of increased air pollution. MARTA CEO Beverly Scott attended the rally organized by transit union locals.

Transit advocates seek more funding for buses, trains By Carla Parker

Commuters, workers and other supporters of MARTA and mass transit donned surgical masks Tuesday to dramatize the pollution problems that Atlanta would face without MARTA. More than 200 adults and children rallied outside the transit system’s Five Points station in Atlanta to press their case for more funding for the cash-strapped system that has experienced a reduction in federal and sales tax revenues this year. Leading the effort was the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH’s founder and president. Jackson called for an end to the legal cap on MARTA’s use of its reserves for capital improvements only. “We need to be more flexible – use money for riders and workers,” he said. Jackson was in town to help press Gov. Sonny Perdue into signing House Bills 227, 1393 and 1446 that will give MARTA and other transportation systems the freedom to use their capital reserve funds to keep buses and trains rolling. HB 277 grants the transit authority use of its capital reserve funds for three years, but MARTA supporters want the cap to be lifted permanently. The transit system is facing a 30 percent cut in operations this year and says it needs $120 million for operations and to prevent the loss of 1,000 jobs. The rally was organized by local transit workers, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 732 members, and attended by MARTA

The Rev. Jesse Jackson of Rainbow PUSH called for an end to the legal cap on MARTA’s use of its reserves for capital improvements only.

officials, including the transit system’s CEO Beverly Scott. Jackson said that MARTA, which carries 500,000 passengers a day, is helping to keep 185,000 cars off the roads and keeping pollution down. “If you put more cars on the road, that means more [dependence] on gas and oil,” Jackson said. Benita West, Local 732’s president, said that although a “transit bill is in the works, there won’t be enough to cover job cuts.” MARTA faces significant funding gaps, and without additional support, the 200 buses and trains that were marked with large red X’s during an April 20 protest, soon will be eliminated. Transit workers marked X’s on 200 buses, about a third of MARTA’s fleet, to show the number of buses that would go out of service without access to more money. If the buses are cut, officials say traffic congestion and compromise metro Atlanta’s already would increae and air quality would decrease.

The American Lung Association ranks Atlanta among the nation’s 25 most polluted cities. Many protesters at Tuesday’s rally wore surgical masks to show what the city’s residents soon would be reduced to if public transportation is compromised. A Texas Transportation Institute’s Mobility Report says that if MARTA ceases operation, annual traffic delays in Atlanta, already second to Los Angeles, would increase by 1.25 million hours, would cost an additional $245 million in gas consumption, late deliveries and loss of employee productivity. Harry Lombardo, the Transport Workers Union of America executive vice president, said metro residents should be scared of increased pollution. “If you lose buses and trains, that means more traffic, more pollution, more congestion and more kids getting asthma.” he said. “Let MARTA decide how to spend transit money. We’re asking Congress to take the strings off our money.”

School taxes won’t go up this year, but parents, students and teachers will be feeling the pinch because of a $104.4 million package of cuts approved by the DeKalb School Board on May 10. Board members opted to use the scalpel rather than increase the school tax by a half mill or 1 mill to raise $9 million or $18 million to help balance its 2011 budget. District 9 board member Jay Cunningham said he didn’t care which one members supported as long as the parents and students get some help to keep the magnet transportation. But the nine-member board voted 5-4 to slash half of the magnet transportation stops; to ax 150 central positions for administrators, secretaries and police officers; and to lay off 100 paraprofessionals, 30 media clerks and nine certified technology specialists. With the budget reductions, class size increases; teachers get seven furlough days, a 3.9 percent pay cut; and administrators gets 10 furlough days,a 6.25 percent pay cut. Parents with children in magnet Eugene Walker schools gets to drive longer distances to nine satellite stops instead of the current 18. “I don’t support this,” she said. Assistant Superintendent Robert Moseley said after the meeting that he will begin examining the satellite locations to determine which nine will remain. “We will look at where the magnet students live and where the elementary schools they attend are to determine where the stops will remain,” he said. This is the second cut in a year for magnet transportation. Last year, the district stopped picking up children in their neighborhoods. Board members also voted to cut $26 million in contributions to the employees retirement plan. The general fund budget of $746.6 million was approved without a single vote from the four south DeKalb representatives. The oher no votes came from Sarah Copelin-Wood, Zepora Roberts and Dr. Eugene Walker. Dr. Pamela Speaks from Stone Mountain was the lone AfricanAmerican board member voting for the budget. Walker said a widespread “anti-millage increase sentiment” on the board was the issue – not race. “I think it has more to do with Republicans and Democrats,” he said. “I want you Please see BUDGET, page 5

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“We want to have a fair and open process. This is not a witch hunt.”

Roberts lashes out at eduKalb, head of educators group By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

DeKalb School Board member Zepora Roberts is on the warpath against eduKalb, the newly formed political action committee that says it advocates for quality School Board leadership. In the past three weeks, Roberts, the District 7 representative who is up for reelection for a third term this fall, has lanced into three people on the 21-member eduKalb Board that was unveiled at a May 4 news conference in downtown Decatur. At the May 10 School Board meeting, Roberts voted against an AT&T cellular phone contract and had strong words for AT&T community liaison Delores Crowell, who is serving on eduKalb’s board in a personal capacity, and for the Organization of DeKalb Educators President David Schutten, who is also on that board. Crowell was not present at the School Board meeting and did not return telephone calls before press time. Two weeks ago at the last DeKalb delegation at the Capitol, the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce, which organized eduKalb, was also on the receiving end of Roberts’ ire. Leonardo McClarty, the chamber’s president who attended the April 26 delegation meeting, said Roberts “had very, very strong opinions” about eduKalb. “I will leave it at that,” he said Thursday. During the May 10 School Board vote on its annual cellular phone contract with AT&T, Roberts was the only board member who spoke about the contract, but she is not the only member to question eduKalb’s motives. She joins Dr. Eugene Walker and Jay Cunningham, who said last week that they believe the group is politically motivated. In her comments, Roberts said she wanted the board’s minutes to reflect her

“AT&T has allowed politics to overrule their community duties in making a difference in our community with AT&T liaison being a part of the effort to erase the board.” Zepora Roberts, DeKalb County School Board

“We are offering a different lens. It’s no different from a League of Women Voters or a PTA might do. It is not about trying to get rid of a certain group of people.” Leonardo McClarty, DeKalb Chamber of Commerce

opposition and her rationale for it. “I will not vote in favor of this contract between AT&T and the School System because the AT&T community liaison is part of the newly formed eduKalb movement that has targeted five board members that are up for re-election this year,” she said. Roberts did not call Crowell by name, but she is listed on the eduKalb’s board as a community advocate with no company affiliation. Roberts said Crowell’s service on the eduKalb Board was a conflict of interest

“Zepora is going after everybody on the eduKalb Board. But people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” David Schutten, Organization of DeKalb Educators

“I will not vote in favor of this item, not only AT&T – but for any other businesses that’s doing business with AT&T and is part of this eduKalb [effort] to erase the board.” The cellular contract was approved 6 to 3. Roberts was joined by Jim Redovian, who is also up for re-election this year, and Cunningham in opposing the contract. The board’s six other members voted in favor of the contract. During the board comment period, Roberts saved her choicest words for Schutten. “Now I as a board member receive all these phone calls from teachers and employees saying they get no help from ODE, and I say that they should be helping them, and I ask, if you can’t get any help, why pay your dues,” she said. “Keep your money and help your own budget crisis. Here we are in the middle of a major budget crisis trying to save jobs and eliminate furloughs, and our teachers and employees are paying $600 to $700 a year to an organization where the president is sometimes untruthful, untrustworthy, very negative, in representing ODE.” Roberts said that Schutten encouraged former Superintendent Crawford Lewis to take the board’s $15,000 salary increase earlier this year. “I did not,” chimed in Schutten, who was sitting in the third row from the front. Roberts continued: “When the outcry came out, he started backpedaling.” “Now the only thing that he does is fly all over the country, spending your hard-earned dues trying to be a high roller, hobnobbing with important people,” she said. “In fact, when your ODE president comes to our meetings, he is disrespectful, plain nasty all of the time, very negative and getting more

with AT&T doing business with the DeKalb School System. “AT&T has allowed politics to overrule their community duties in making a difference in our community with AT&T liaison being a part of the effort to erase the board,” she said. “If their endorsed candidate wins, over either one of us, that candidate will be beholden to them as needed to support an agenda contrary to our community needs.” Roberts went on to say that her opposition also would extend to companies that do Please see ROBERTS, page 5 business with AT&T.

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Community

“We worked very hard. We knocked on thousands of doors and made thousands of phone calls.”

Landslide win for Carter in state Senate special election By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Jason Carter won the Senate District 42 special election by a landslide Tuesday. Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, walked away with 5,559, or 65.6 percent, of the votes in the four-candidate race. He said Wednesday that he is really excited and honored to win his first elected seat. “I am looking forward to serving the people of the 42nd District,” he said. Carter made a clean sweep of the election, which attracted only 8,473, or 10.3 percent, of the district’s 82,637 voters. “We worked very hard,” he said. “We knocked on thousands of doors and made thousands of phone calls.” He also got his famous grandfather and former first lady and grandmother Rosalynn Carter to campaign for him in East Lake. The Carters, under the watchful eyes of their Secret Service escorts, knocked on doors and handed out their grandson’s campaign brochures to surprised homeowners who opened their doors. They also shook hands with shoppers outside the Kroger grocery store in the Belvedere Shopping Center on Memorial Drive. Jason Carter garnered 91 percent of the votes cast at the East Lake precinct. “I was proud to tell them that I got the most votes in East Lake where they campaigned for me,” he said. Thomas Stubbs, his Democratic Party opponent who got 1,948, or 22 percent, of the vote, said Wednesday that he contacted the secretary of state and asked for his name

Jason Carter gets help from his famous grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter (center), and other volunteers in East Lake Park on May 8.

to be removed from the July 20 Democratic primary, for which he and Carter also had qualified. “I got stomped and that hurts,” Stubbs said. “There is no point for me to go ahead when he dominated the way he did,” he said. “There is not a whole lot of education in the second kick of a mule. After the first kick, you get the gist of what it feels like.”

Stubbs, who lost Winnona Park – his own precinct – to Carter, said he will find some other way to serve his community. “I am going to help in some other way.” Carter said that as soon as the election result is certified by the DeKalb Elections Office and the secretary of state, he will arrange his swearing-in to take the seat vacated by David Adelman, who is now the U.S. ambassador to Singapore.

“I think it will probably be within a week,” he said. Libertarian candidate David Montane got 635, or 7.5 percent, of the vote, and Steve Patrick, who ran as an Independent, got 327, or 3.9 percent, of the vote. The results of the special election are unofficial until they are certified by the secretary of state.

DeKalb State Court Judge Carriere resigns; ball now in Perdue’s court By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

DeKalb State Court Chief Judge Edward Carriere Jr. has tendered his resignation to Gov. Sonny Perdue. Because his departure date from the county is not until Aug. 31, Perdue spokesman Bert Brantley said Monday that the governor cannot make an appointment until the vacancy actually exists. Edward Carriere “No decision has been made yet, but if the governor decides to make an appointment, he could start the process before Aug. 31,” he said.

“I will definitely put my name in for consideration.” Dan Weber, a Dunwoody Republican who did not qualify for re-election to his seat last month.

State Sen. Dan Weber said Monday that if the governor is making the appointment, he wants to be considered. “I will definitely put my name in for consideration,” said Weber, a Dunwoody Republican who did not qualify for re-election to his seat last month.

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If there is no appointment to the seat, Weber said he does not intend to qualify for the fall election during the June 28-July 3 qualifying period. Carriere was originally set to retire at the end of his term on Dec. 31, and five DeKalb attorneys – Akintunde “Tunde” Akinyele, Sherry Boston, Nichole Marchand, Anton Rowe and Phyllis Williams – have been campaigning, some for more than a year, for his seat. But when the county offered an early retirement program in April to help balance its 2010 budget, Carriere was one of 836 employees and 13 department heads who took the offer. Carriere was elected to the State Court

bench in1998. Before that, he was a DeKalb assistant district attorney and a Recorders Court associate judge. In his May 5 resignation letter to Perdue, he asked to be appointed to senior status effective on his retirement. The lawyers who have been campaigning for his seat said last week that they intend to qualify in June for the Nov. 2 election. Perdue could leave the seat vacant until the November election, but if he decides to appoint someone and pre-empts the election, the candidates say they will put their names in for consideration. A Perdue appointee would serve a minimum of two years and would not be up for election until 2012.

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It is only fitting that Arizona – the last state in the United States to recognize Dr. King’s birthday as a national holiday – would also draft and pass the most racist, bigoted, and unrighteous piece of immigration legislation in the name of state immigration reform. Do we have an immigration concern in this country? Yes. Is profiling people the answer? Absolutely not! And that’s what this legislation is: state-sanctioned racial profiling, plain and simple. When you hear white Americans, and even some ill-informed African-Americans, say: “Why don’t those Mexicans go back to where they came from?” Or, “Why don’t they just stay on the other side of border?” Why do we call them illegal “aliens” too? Are they from out of space? And what makes them illegal? Was it “legal” that AfricanAmericans had to sit on the back of the bus? Wasn’t segregation legal? Who writes the laws and who enforces the laws? In Arizona, the vast majority are Caucasians afraid of losing control. Long before English-speaking Europeans stepped foot on this continent, it was the home of Native Americans and Hispanics. When they arrived in the 1600s, they killed Native Americans, and then brought slaves from Africa to

America is called the “breadbasket of the world” because of the mass food production and distribution. However, without migrant Mexican farm workers who pick the crops, there would not be any bread. Kevin Oliveira

work the land. Then they drafted new borders and called these new areas states. All in the name of “manifest destiny.” White males actually thought it was their God-given right to slaughter people. America is a nation of immigrants. Europeans, “the founding fathers,” were immigrants who stole the land right from underneath the natives. European colonialism has really hoodwinked people into believing things that are simply not true. Hispanics founded and named cities and towns in America. For example, Los Angeles means “City of Angels” in Spanish. San Antonio is Saint Anthony in Spanish. These are not Native American names, so where did they come from? Europeans, white males specifically, have this arrogant sense of entitlement that promotes revisionist history. Simply put, they write the history books to perpetuate white supremacy. However, there are

righteous white people in America, and a fair-minded white person will acknowledge that there is an agenda to keep white on top of everyone else. So what about illegal immigration? Colonialism was illegal. Murder, mayhem, rape, robbery and genocide were illegal! “We the people,” in the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, was not intended for all human beings in the country. It was meant for white male landowners who owned slaves and fathered children with African women, which they never claimed. The Constitution was formulated to create a white male system of domination. America is called the “breadbasket of the world” because of the mass food production and distribution. However, without migrant Mexican farm workers who pick the crops, there would not be any bread. The United States government and Mexico’s government need to design economic policies

that will employ citizens on both sides of the border. Immigration reform is about economic reform. Immigration reform is about human rights reform. There is a demographic shift going on in this country and on this continent, in this hemisphere. And with this shift there is an unpredictability of a nation that has been used to white male dominance. Now everyone wants a seat at the table of opportunity. America must sincerely diversify. Back-room deals and discrimination will not be tolerated in this next generation. America’s sustainability and vitality rest in America’s acceptance that things are changing. It’s time to let go of the past and embrace the future. Yes, we do have an immigration issue to address in this country. But let us address it in a fair and equitable way. Writing and passing laws that simply allow people to be profiled is only going to deepen the wounds of a racist history and fuel the fire of hostility among law-abiding citizens of all national origins. Arizona may have a real immigration problem. But two wrongs never make anything right. The Arizona immigration law is wrong as two left feet on a mule. Kevin Oliveira lives in McDonough.

Banks should be forced to keep up foreclosed properties There are homes in neighborhoods that are foreclosed and you can’t find out which banks own them. Yet you see Realtors showing the property. The DeKalb tax commissioner’s site lists the last owner, and that information remains until the property is sold. In the meantime, the foreclosed property is owned by the bank and is not maintained. It is imperative that banks maintain properties going through foreclosure, even before the banks take ownership, and then bill the lender if the properties remain

Actually, the victims of foreclosure include those who had nothing to do with it. They are homeowners who see property values to go down anywhere from $7,500 to $10,000 per foreclosed home. A. Jean Richardson

unkempt. Troubled borrowers need some help. How about a 90-day foreclosure notice and a mandatory settlement conference extended to all troubled borrowers? Why have we not publicized that there are free services available through

the state? Actually, the victims of foreclosure include those who had nothing to do with it. They are homeowners who see property values to go down anywhere from $7,500 to $10,000 per foreclosed home, and needless to say crime goes up in areas where

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Roberts lashes out at eduKalb, 300 flock to job expo in head of educators group 2 Norcross School Board member Zepora Roberts is on the warpath against eduKalb, the new political action committee that says it advocates for quality School Board leadership.

Michael Keller has been looking for a full-time job for more than a year with no success.

foreclosures are up. DeKalb County needs to address this situation by developing a comprehensive strategy to seek to protect neighborhoods from the negative impact of foreclosed homes. I would begin with maintaining an up-to-date list of foreclosed homes and include a current list of vacancies available in police squad cars and at roll call as part of the strategy for community-oriented policing projects. A. Jean Richardson lives in Decatur.

Residents plant seeds of love in community garden 7 Members of the Parkview Civic Club are getting their hands dirty and helping to feed the hungry with a Community Edible Garden project.

Agent certified for heritage Carter posts lopsided win in travel 5 Movie delves into modern state Senate special election 3 slavery Lillian Miller, owner of LTTravel Connection Jason Carter won the Senate District 42 special election by a landslide Tuesday.

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Finance

“Unemployment ratings have gone down and unemployment insurance has gone down a second month in a row.”

Agent certified for heritage travel

Michael Keller of Lithonia, who has been hunting for a full-time job for more than a year, fills out paperwork at the 2010 Career Expo hosted by U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson in Norcross on April 30.

300 flock to job expo in Norcross By Carla Parker

Michael Keller has been looking for a full-time job for more than a year with no success. “I have a part-time job at the moment, but before that I was unemployed,” he said. On April 30, he was among nearly 300 job hunters hoping to find full-time jobs at the 2010 Career Expo hosted by 4th District U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Norcross. Keller, 23, of Lithonia said he was also there for some career advice. “I’m looking for more information on how to find a career that is the best fit for me,” he said. A dozen representatives from federal and local agencies and private businesses took applications and offered application tips. Among them were the DeKalb County Sheriff ’s Office, Georgia Army National Guard, DeKalb Workforce Development,

Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service, Comcast Cable, and the U.S. Department of Labor. Johnson, who addressed the applicants before they broke into groups for workshops on resume development and writing, interviewing skills, and job searching, said he has been focused on job creation and was reassured by economic indicators in April. “Unemployment ratings have gone down and unemployment insurance has gone down a second month in a row,” he said. In March, DeKalb’s unemployment rate was 10.4 percent, which is down from 10.7 percent in February. The state’s unemployment rate is 10.6 percent. Charles Smith, 48, of Athens has a parttime job and said he was looking to network in the hopes of landing a full-time job. “The worst thing you can do is exclude yourself from being marketable,” he said. “I hope I can pick up some business or get back in the corporate world.”

Magnet transportation hit hard BUDGET,

Cunningham said he was looking for one more board member to help. to know that we pledged to run for this board “All I am asking for is a compromise,” as nonpartisans, and I was a Democrat, but he said. “I am asking for five of us to agree I pledged to be nonpartisan, If what I hear that we want to give these parents and these is true, these people have been signing these kids a chance to continue with half of these old Republican pledges that that they are not satellites. It’s just not fair to just cut it out. I going to raise millage rates, and it offends hope we will have five board members when me greatly.” we call the question.” The board’s total consolidated 2011 budLater Walker expressed “great displeaget is $1.3 billion. The millage rate remains at sure” with the budget that was passed. 22.98 mill, metro Atlanta’s third highest. “We needed to have everybody to suffer The South DeKalb four argued for the the pain of educating our children,” he said. tax increase to help minimize the impact on “From the beginning I said that I didn’t think the classroom and to keep transportation for it was in the best interest of education to balSouth DeKalb students traveling to magnet ance the budget 100 percent on the backs of schools in North DeKalb. our programs and employees. We’ve not been Roberts, the District 7 representative, said talking about bricks and mortar. We‘ve been the short end of the stick always falls on the talking about our children and those people south end of the county. that teach our children and the ones that “Children get up right now at 5 a.m. in support them. And as such, it was incumbent order to get on a bus to get to a quality educa- on us to try to create the best teaching and tion, where ever it is in the north,” she said. learning experience these people could have, “This should not be. We as board members and I do not feel that we have done that.” need to be courageous, get out of To share in the cuts, board our political affiliations and inmembers voted themselves a volcrease the millage rate another $18 untary 10 percent pay cut, about million or $9 million to do what we $190 a month reduction in their need to do for all of our children.” $19,050-a-year salary. Their pay cut Copelin-Wood said that the takes effect next month and ends magnet students deserve the same June 30, 2011. Roberts was the lone treatment as children attending board member who voted against Fernbank get because both are S. Copelin-Wood the board’s pay cut. She said she special programs. would not participate because the “We want to penalize the children who salary was for a part-time job that takes full are bringing the lion’s share of the money to time to do. She opted instead, to forgoe her the county,” she said. $4,000 travel allowance. from page

Lillian Miller, owner of LTTravel Connection Inc. in Decatur, is now a certified heritage tour travel operator. Miller, who is a member of the national Travel Professionals of Color, said the group, which counts 200 travel agents among its membership, has been building its portfolio of destinations for history buffs who want to reconnect with their heritage in the Caribbean, South America and Africa. Last month, it certified Nassau, Bahamas, as its newest heritage destination while holding its eighth annual convention and trade show on the island. The convention included workshops on how minority travel agents can utilize heritage tours to grow their business. Miller said she was “totally impressed” with the historical offerings on the island. She said they saw areas that are connected to U.S. history. Among them are Adelaide Village, Gambier Village, Fox Hill, Bain Town, Grants Town, and Clifton Heritage National Park, where slave ships deposited their human cargo. She said they toured a plantation operated by a Savannah-based slave owner that is still standing. “They took us on tours so that we

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may well endorse some of the same board members who are up for re-election. “Zepora is really, really threatened,” he said. “I don’t know why.” McClarty said he did not take personal affront to Roberts’ comment but that he could see how others might come to the conclusion that she attacked him. “We are not trying to erase the School Board. First and foremost, we are stating a business interest as it relates to the school system.” McClarty said that the Chamber is interested in the school system because of education’s overall impact on the work force and on businesses’ decision to stay, expand or relocate. “We are offering a different lens,” he said. “It’s no different from a League of Women Voters or a PTA might do. It is not about trying to get rid of a certain group of people.” McClarty said that there is obviously some misunderstanding about eduKalb’s role and that the group will have to address those concerns. “I would say watch the group and get involved in the process. We want to have a fair and open process. This is not a witch hunt.”

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“I don’t do marathons anymore at my age, but I still enjoy an occasional 10K race.”

Grant Park Senior Olympics move to track & field at Panthersville hosting race for all ages Runners and walkers of all ages will take to the streets of one of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhoods on May 22 for the annual geneRACEtion 10K Run and 2K Fun Run in Grant Park. Participants will include Bernie Goldstein, 73, who will run the 10K. “I don’t do marathons anymore at my age, but I still enjoy an occasional 10K race,” Goldstein said. The fund-raiser benefits the nonprofit groups Kate’s Club and Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta Inc. Kate’s empowers children and teens coping with the death of a parent or sibling. By creating friendships with kids and young adults who share the experience, it guides children through their grief journey in a comfortable, safe, and uplifting setting. For more information, visit www.katesclub.org. Senior Citizen Services has been providing services since 1965 to enable seniors to enjoy a high quality of life, maintaining their independence and dignity. Its programs include Meals on Wheels Atlanta, Home Repair Services, Vivian T. Minor Adult Day Care for Alzheimer’s/Dementia, eight Neighborhood Senior Centers, and CareShare. For more information, visit www.scsatl.org. To register for the 10K or 2K Fun Run, visit www.geneRACEtion.org. The registration fee is $25. Online registration will be accepted until May 19.

Seasoned athletes are heading to Panthersville Stadium on May 15 for track and field events in DeKalb County’s annual Senior Olympic Games, a competition for athletes 50 and older from DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale counties. The games, which got under way on May 10, continue through May 20. Each year, hundreds compete in Senior Olympic events held across DeKalb. Finalists from this year’s Senior Olympics will qualify for the Georgia Golden Olympics State Games, which will be held in Warner Robins. State finalists will qualify for the National Senior Olympics to be held in Houston, Texas, in June.

Entrants participate in up to 42 “Olympic-style” athletic as well as noncompetitive events. Competition is in five-year age groups starting at 50-54 and continuing to 100-plus unless otherwise noted in specific sports. Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the top three finishers in each age group. DeKalb County Senior Olympics’ purpose is to provide adults 50 and older an opportunity to participate in a program that encourages more physical activities, promotes healthier lifestyles and health and wellness, and provides a unique opportunity for socialization through competitive activities. Track and field events begin at 10 a.m.

today at Panthersville Stadium, 2817 Clifton Springs Road in Decatur, and are open to the public. Upcoming events include: n Billiards on May 17 at 11:30 a.m. at Twains Billiards & Tap, 211 E. Trinity Place in downtown Decatur. n Checkers/dominoes/horseshoes on May 18 at 10 a.m. at the Bruce Street Senior Center, 2484 Bruce St. in Lithonia. The closing banquet will be May 20 at 11:30 a.m. at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center, 3181 Rainbow Drive in Decatur. For more information – including events, venues and times – call 404-371-2990 or visit www.yourdekalb.com/parks (Special Events).

Recycling event at Farmers Market The ABCs of composting and earthfriendly gardening will be available on May 15 at “Recycling for a Greener Tomorrow” at the Decatur Farmers Market. The 9 a.m. to noon event will include compost lessons from DeKalb Master Gardeners. There will also be compost bin giveaways, $5 tree seedlings for sale, and a chance to make your own terrarium with compost. The Decatur Farmers Market’s new yearround Saturday market is located on the corner of Trinity and North McDonough streets in downtown Decatur. The grand opening of the new market includes vendors with locally grown produce, demonstration tables, and information on how to grow your vegetables using compost in your soil; the difference between mulch and compost; soil sampling; how to obtain, manage, and use an outdoor compost bin; and vermicomposting. Free parking is available and the market is a short walk from the MARTA station and the Decatur Square. The event is co-hosted

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Students from the Martin Luther King Jr. High School Eco Force were recognized for their demonstrated leadership in environmental awareness.

New community garden grows urban gardeners and food

Members of the Parkview Civic Club are getting their hands dirty and helping to feed the hungry with a Community Edible Garden project. The garden, created in partnership with Keep DeKalb Beautiful Inc. and Scotts Miracle-Gro., is located in DeKalb Memorial Park on Wilkinson Drive in Atlanta. A portion of the produce will be donated to the Atlanta Community Food Bank through Plant a Row for the Hungry. On May 4, DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis; Commissioners Kathie Gannon and Larry Johnson; and Parkview Civic Club President Mary Reed joined officials from Scotts Miracle-Gro, Keep America Beautiful, Plant a Row, the Garden Writers Association, and Franklin Park Conservatory to dedicate the new garden. During the dedication, Scotts MiracleGro also presented Keep DeKalb Beautiful Director Amber Weaver with a check for $10,000 to fund the project. Ellis said the garden offers families the unique opportunity to work alongside friends and neighbors to improve the quality of life for all in the neighborhood. “The support we received from Scotts Miracle-Gro and its partners demonstrates their commitment to eradicating many of the roadblocks to healthy living our citizens face

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to improve their school environment, public space, or community. The DeKalb Memorial Community Garden joined “Give Back to Gro,” a national gardening program, with the reclamation of a parking lot and the planting of garden

plots. The garden will help area residents focus on giving back to the community by donating a portion of the garden harvest to address local hunger issues. For more information, e-mail kdb@ co.dekalb.ga.us or call 404-371-2654.

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May 15, 2010

In “The Return ff Spade,” the syndicate regroups and launches an international offensive to continue its nefarious activities.

Seniors to groove on ‘prom’ night Movie delves into modern slavery Senior citizens will be sharpening up their dance moves for the Senior Connections’ second annual “Senior Prom” on May 22 at the Letitia Pate Evans Building at Agnes Scott College. The “black-tie optional” affair includes a reception, silent auction and dinner program. The Usual Suspects, a 17-piece big band orchestra, will top off the evening with dance music. Silent auction items include airline tickets and a Tuscan villa stay in Italy. Proceeds raised from the 2010 “Senior Prom” will benefit Senior Connections’ home delivered meals, in-home care and home

repair programs, and operational expenses of the 37-year old organization that serves metro Atlanta’s elderly population. The dinner, which begins at 7 p.m., will honor Elizabeth Wilson, Decatur’s first African-American mayor. She will receive Senior Connections’ “Community Connections” award for her years of outstanding civil rights work, government service and support of community endeavors, both privately and in the public sector. Agnes Scott College is at 141 E. College Ave in Decatur. For information, visit www.srconn.org or call 770-455-7602.

‘BEAT’ concert to kick off summer Atlanta’s hometown favorites, artists B.o.B and Travis Porter, along with international superstar Jay Sean will perform at the fourth annual “Meet the BEAT” concert on May 22 at the Mall at Stonecrest. The free concert kicks off the mall’s summer season. Fans of 95.5 The BEAT can get up close and personal with some of their favorite DJs, including Murph Dawg and CJ in the Morning, K-Dub, Maverick, Mami

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May 15, 2010

Ministry

“We wanted to do something on the outside so that people could see how loving and giving our spirit is.”

Family dynamics, challenges in focus in ‘Conversations’ Wekesa and Afiya Madzimoyo will discuss family challenges at the May 19 edition of “Conversations on Afrikan Spirit” at First Afrikan Presbyterian Church. The couple, who own and operate the Afiya Madzimoyo Decatur-based AYA Educational Institute, will help participants to learn how to handle, navigate and terminate some of the issues that they have been struggling with for years. The presentation is part of the monthlong series focusing on family traditions, family conflict management, and family celebrations at the Lithonia church. It kicked off May 5 with a discussion of the Afrikan Family with Dr. James Young of Clark Atlanta University and Taliba Mbonisi of We Parent Inc. Drumming, libation and ancestral veneration through call-and-response kick off the Wednesday On May 12, the group explored fam- series on the family at First Afrikan Presbyterian in Lithonia.

ily traditions with New Afrikan scholars Dr. Akinyela and Aminata Umoja. The final chapter of the series takes place on May 26 with a discussion of family celebraWekesa Madzimoyo tions that renew and rejuvenate. Presenters Mehib Holmes and Okanona Ka Kalungu will explore the topic “The Afrikan Family Is Inspiring.” There also will be a celebration for pregnant families and families with infants through 3-year-olds. The Wednesday series, which is hosted by the Center for Afrikan Biblical Studies, kicks off at 7 p.m. with drumming and libation and an ancestral veneration through call-and-response. First Afrikan is at 5197 Salem Road in Lithonia. For more information, visit first afrikanchurch.org or call 770-981-2601.

Fellowship moves beyond Rainbow Park’s walls to embrace community By Brenda Camp Yarbrough

“He wanted to create an event that would welcome all ages and all backgrounds and provide a fun Rainbow Park Baptist will be and exciting time of fellowship taking fellowship outside its walls and worship with the community,” with Community Worship Day on she said. May 30. Dial, the first African-American Free food – including a cookpastor at Rainbow Park, is completout – and music will be provided at ing his third year as senior pastor. the special event, which begins at Steven Dial He said that sometimes the 11 a.m. on the church’s Columbia Drive front lawn. The Evangelism Ministry is church has to go outside its walls. “We wanted to do something on the sponsoring the event, and Machelle Cadwell, a member of the ministry, says everyone is outside so that people could see how loving and giving our spirit is,” Dial said. “Havinvited. “There is so much love inside that we ing the service, the music and the food and didn’t want to keep it to ourselves,” Cadwell games outside – it’s a non-intimidating way said Thursday. “We want to share it with the to share a meal.” Cadwell said the Evangelism Team’s miscommunity.” The alfresco fellowship is the brainchild sion is to get into the community, to find of the Rev. Steven N. Dial Sr., the church’s those who are unchurched. “We are especially trying to reach youth senior pastor. Sandy Ferguson, the pastor’s assistant, and younger adults in the community,” she said. “That age group – 14 to 25 – is at a said Dial has a heart for the community.

vulnerable time with the economy and social issues.” Rainbow Park plans for the Community Worship Day to become an annual event, and it also is planning a block party for July. Other outreach programs include the “Evangelism Blitz.” Cadwell said members of the Evangelism Team go out the first Saturday of every month and distribute Bible tracts and CDs on various sermons, reaching more than 300 households. The team is paying particular attention to homes in ZIP code 30034 that surrounds the church. “We want to let them know about Jesus Christ,” she said. “We want them to know they have a choice where they will spend eternity.” Dial said members of the team get a warm reception in the commuity. “We approach them in a non-threatening way – not condemning,” he said. “We are en-

couraging. We want to reach people, restore people.” Rainbow Park also has a literacy program as well as a GED program. “We are here and we’re willing to help,” Cadwell said, adding that the church has a food pantry and clothing closet for the needy. Cadwell, who works in early childhood education, said she became a Rainbow Park member about a year and a half ago after seeing an ad for the Decatur church in CrossRoadsNews. “I was looking for a church home,” she said. “I went in and there was such a welcome. I have been here every since.” The Evangelism Team’s mission is to find lost souls, she said. “We are growing beyond our walls.” Rainbow Park Baptist Church is at 2941 Columbia Drive in Decatur. For more information, call 404-288-1910 or visit www .rainbowparkbaptist.org.

Decatur church’s workshops to offer hope and help in times of crisis “Finding Hope Beyond Crisis,” a series of free workshops, will kick off May 16 at the Atlanta Belvedere Seventh-day Adventist Church in Decatur. The series aims to help local residents find answers to their most pressing needs. The first program, at 11 a.m. on May 16, will include diabetic screening and counseling; dental, vision and blood pressure screening; BMI; and prescription and over-the-counter medication review performed by licensed nurses and pharmacists. The community outreach series takes place May 22-June 12. It seeks to encourage and empower the community with resources, including support groups for parents with a child in jail, cancer patients and broken relationships. Help also is available for people with

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CrossRoadsNews

May 15, 2010

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CrossRoadsNews

May 15, 2010

At Malcolm Cunningham Auto Gallery

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COBALT LT

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2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER S

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2007 FORD F-150 FX2 SPORT

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2008 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT

2005 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR 4X4

2007 BMW 530i 2007 BMW 530i

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Please Contact

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1-800-640-9458

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770-621-0200

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