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George Coletti will ask trivia questions during his presentation on the Civil War at a DeKalb History Center Lunch and Learn session in Decatur. 8

Commencement exercises for DeKalb’s 2013 graduating class get under way this weekend with many high-profile speakers. 9

District 7 Commissioner Stan Watson joined a DeKalb Sanitation crew from the South Yard on Candler Road for an inside look. 10

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No fast track for I-20 rail service to Stonecrest

By Ken Watts ken@crossroadsnews.com

MARTA General Manager Keith Parker says a preliminary environmental study on I-20 rail has been completed but there is no funding for expansion.

programs, including $141.1 million for debt service.

It is seeking to preserve existing transit service and avoid a 25-cent fare increase as part of a five-year strategy to stabilize the agency’s finances.

Parker said the proposed spending plan also will help improve the overall customer experience, restore some routes, reopen transit station restrooms that had been closed for years, and build employee morale with pay raises.

Longtime rider John Michael, who was in the crowd of about 200 people at the meeting, questioned Parker on MARTA’s stance on the I-20 rail line.

South DeKalb residents hoping for MARTA rail service along I-20 to the Mall at Stonecrest in the near future aren’t getting much encouragement from new General Manager Keith Parker.

Speaking at the May 4 DeKalb Community Cabinet Meeting hosted by Commissioner Stan Watson, Parker, who joined the transit system on Dec. 10, 2012, said MARTA is just beginning to overcome the effects of the 2008 recession and has no funding for expansion.

The agency’s proposed fiscal year 2014 budget allocates $426.9 million for operations and $430.5 million for capital Please see MARTA, page 3

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Sweet New Digs at Sugar Creek

The $1.3 million upgrades at Sugar Creek Golf & Tennis include a new clubhouse that opened on April 1, new locker rooms, a conference room, and a drive-up for bag drop-offs.

Golfers, guests praise clubhouse, other upgrades

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker jennifer@crossroadsnews.com

What a difference a year makes.

Last May, golfers and tennis players at Sugar Creek Golf & Tennis and their visitors had a dingy clubhouse with aging locker rooms and a roof that invited the rain in.

This May, a new clubhouse with ceilingto-floor windows showers golfers and guests with sunlight as they sit in the tastefully decorated lounge and dining area.

Those perched at the bar can watch a bigscreen television as they sip and dine.

Don Milligan of Stone Mountain was very impressed Tuesday when he stopped by to pick up a bucket of balls in the pro shop.

“My goodness, this is gorgeous,” he said.

“I hadn’t been here since the renovations and I wasn’t expecting all this.”

The $1.3 million upgrades, which included tearing down the old clubhouse and building a new one at the DeKalb Countyowned property, were completed in March and opened on April 1.

Players and guests have been effusive in their praise for the upgrades that include a stylish building that is fully ADA-compatible, new locker rooms, a conference room, offices, and drive-up for bag drop-offs.

Marie Dunovant, president of Sydmar Golf & Sports Management, which operates the facility for the county, is revelling in the positive feedback.

When she first arrived at the course in 2008, Dunovant mostly heard complaints from players frustrated with the decadesold clubhouse, the aging locker rooms, and rough greens on the course.

Now, players of all races and hues are coming back.

On May 14, brothers Everett and Elliott

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Marie Dunovant, president of Sydmar Golf & Sports Management, which operates Sugar Creek Golf & Tennis, says golfers are returning to the course.

Williams of Oakwood, Ga., and their friend Mitch Brown of Atlanta were having refreshments in the clubhouse before hitting the links.

They were taking advantage of the

They liked what they found two months ago and have been coming back weekly since.

Dunovant said when all the issues are fixed at Sugar Creek, it will be one of metro Atlanta’s great jewels.

“This is where you can come play golf, play tennis, and have breakfast and lunch,” she said. “This is the best facility on the southeast side of Atlanta.”

Still, Dunovant admits that the course is not yet up to par.

Regular players complain that the greens are slow, the fairways are patchy, the bunkers lack adequate sand, and that there isn’t a good way to irrigate the course since the Army Corps of Engineers stopped the county from damming the South River to water it.

Dunovant said she and her staff of 20, course’s Tuesday and Thursday $10 golf special to walk the course or $20 to drive which includes her husband and the facility’s general manager, Jeff Dunovant, are racing a cart.

“It’s a good deal,” Everett Williams said.

Please see SUGAR CREEK, page 2 “We couldn’t pass it up.”

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“It begins and ends with water. We understand clearly. If you don’t grow the grass, you don’t have the course golfers expect to play on.”

Brian Harris (with wife Wanda and Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley) will lead a division of the Alabama Army National Guard.

School budget hearing rescheduled The DeKalb Schools’ third and final public hearing into its proposed $759 million FY 2014 budget has been postponed to noon on June 3.

The meeting was originally scheduled for May 15 but was canceled because of a conflict. On June 3, the hearing will accompany the DeKalb School Board’s committee of the whole meeting, which takes place at the district’s Stone Mountain headquarters.

The board will meet at 6 p.m. on June 10 for a called meeting at which the tentative budget may be adopted.

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tentative millage rate hearing will take place at 6 p.m. on June 26.

Under state law, the School Board must adopt the new budget by June 30.

All hearings take place in the J. David Williamson Board Room. The district’s Robert R. Freeman Administrative & Instructional Complex is at 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd.

The meetings will be televised on PDSTV24 and streamed live at www.dekalb .k12.ga.us. For a copy of the proposed budget, visit www.dekalb.k12.ga.us /budget/index/planning.

Watson marks birthday with bash Constituents, friends and supporters will help DeKalb Commissioner Stan Watson celebrate his 59th birthday on May 18.

The adults-only festivities take place from 7:30 p.m. to midnight at Panola Slopes at 5200 Covington Highway in

music and comedy and help him celebrate this milestone.

Sasha the Diva of Kiss 104.7 is the evening’s host, and Sylvia the Comedian, Madoca & Company, saxophonist Antonio Bennett, and vocalist Christon Ingram will perform.

A $25 donation is requested.

“Bring lawn chairs and picnic baskets,” Stan Watson he said. In case of inclement weather, the Decatur. event will move indoors.

Watson says he wants his friends and R.S.V.P. to politicalstan@yahoo.com or constituents to share a fun-filled evening of call 404-371-7031 or 404-371-3681.

Police major, now brigadier general DeKalb County Police Maj. Brian Harris is set to lead a division of the Alabama Army National Guard after a promotion to the rank of brigadier general.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley made the official announcement during a May 3 pinning ceremony.

In this new role, Harris, a 20-year veteran of the DeKalb force, will be the deputy commanding general of a Logistics Division with headquarters at Fort McClellan, Ala. DeKalb Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said Harris will not be quitting his county

job. He will remain in his current position as commander of the Special Operations Division.

Harris’ military service includes deputy commander of the 167th Theater Support Command, one of only two Army-wide units composed of active-duty U.S. Army and National Guard soldiers.

Harris has been deployed three times, supporting Homeland Security’s Operation Noble Eagle in 2002, Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) in 2005-06, and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007-08.

Jennifer Ffrench Parker / CrossRoadsNews

At left, Bobby Williams and Les Farr play golf at Sugar Creek Golf & Tennis on Tuesday. Above, facility operator Marie Dunovant chats with (from left) brothers Everett and Elliott Williams and friend Mitch Brown. The new clubhouse, built at a cost of $1.3 million, opened on April 1.

County working on water challenges as golfers bemoan condition of bunkers SUGAR CREEK,

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the clock to make improvements in time for the South DeKalb Rotary Club’s June 10 Golf Tournament and Commissioner Stan Watson’s annual Father’s Day Tournament on June 14.

In April, they began aerating the course, and regular golfers say they are already noticing the difference.

John Hudd, a retiree from Stone Mountain, plays at the course daily with his Elite Club of 16 mostly 60- and 70-year-olds. He said the new clubhouse is wonderful.

“I like everything,” he said. “But the main thing is that they are working on the golf course. Yesterday they cut the greens and fairways. If they get the watering problem sorted out, it will be a beautiful golf course.”

Bobby Williams, who was playing 18 holes on Tuesday with his buddy Les Farr, bemoans the condition of the bunkers.

“It’s at least a couple of years that they haven’t had enough sand,” he said. “Maybe they should have a special game where we pay to play so that they can buy some sand.”

DeKalb County, which also owns Mystery Valley Golf Course in Stone Mountain, assembled the management of both courses under the umbrella Georgia Golf Partners

LLC last year. The partnership comprises Sydmar Golf Management at Sugar Creek and CGL of Savannah at Mystery Valley. Its new five-year contract began in February 2012 and runs through January 2017.

Now that the thorny clubhouse issue is fixed, Dunovant said golfers want to see improvements on the golf course.

Since last year, she has been beefing up the staff to 20 and says she has a dedicated group of 50 volunteers who work an eighthour shift a week manning cart pickup and return and as course advisers in exchange for playing all the golf they want.

“They are the heartbeat of the course,” Dunovant said Tuesday.

With the new contract, Sydmar also assumed responsibilities for the agronomy at the course. Dunovant said her crew of six employees is working hard to improve the greens.

Williams, who has been golfing at Sugar Creek for 20 years, said greens are already responding to the attention they are being given.

“I can tell the difference,” he said.

Hudd, who had golfed at Sugar Creek for 25 years, said Dunovant is doing a wonderful job.

“When the other company [that managed the course] left, they took all the tools,” he

said. “She has been trying to build it back up.”

Marvin Billups, DeKalb Parks & Recreation Department deputy director, said that sorting out the course’s water issue is a top priority for the county.

“Before, what we heard from golfers was that the building was not up to par,” he said.

“We put a lot of money into it to bring it up to par. Now the irrigation system is a priority.

That would be one of the hurdles we would have to get behind us.”

The course used to be able to draw water from nearby South River but was told by the Army Corps of Engineers to cease the practice of damming the river.

Billups said his department and the county’s Public Works and Facility Management departments are working with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to come up with a solution but that they haven’t yet settled on one.

“We may have to put in a new system like we did at Mystery Valley, but we don’t know yet,” Billups said on May 15. “How they manage the storage of water to irrigate the golf course is one of the things to bring up to par.”

Billups said that water is critical to building and keeping up the golf course’s turfs and fairways.

“It begins and ends with water,” he said.

“We understand clearly. When I go out to play, I want to feel good in the environment.

Whether you played good or bad, those are the little things that take the edge off the your enjoyment. If you don’t grow the grass, you don’t have the course golfers expect to play on. Even though we have had a wet spring, we can’t depend on Mother Nature to do it all.”

Billups said the water challenges won’t stop the county from having a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new clubhouse.

He said it should take place before the end of the summer but did not have a date at press time Thursday.

“We have a beautiful building there now and we need to celebrate that,” he said.

The clubhouse is available for rent for weddings, showers, parties and other special events.

In the six weeks since it opened, Dunovant says they have hosted a graduation reception, a fraternity party and golf tournament.

The facility also is hosting its annual golf and tennis summer camps.

Sugar Creek Golf & Tennis is at 2706 Bouldercrest Road in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.sugarcreekga.gov or call 404-241-7671.

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“My experience with the federal government is that in order to get funding for these major projects, the local level has to have a big chunk of that.”

Lawyer demands that Evans ends Piggly Wiggly protests

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

The Candler Road Piggly Wiggly is trying to shut down John Evans’ protests of conditions at the store.

In a May 14 letter to Evans, Andrew M. Beal of the Beal Law Group said that Evans’ continued protests outside the store alleging that the store is engaging in unsafe food handling “constitute both libel and slander.”

“We hereby make demand upon you to immediately cease your protests against the store as such are unwarranted, baseless and designed to damage the Piggly Wiggly store owners,” Beal wrote.

Evans is the founder of the grass-roots Operation Lead, which champions com- John Evans munity issues in the county and across metro Atlanta.

He is also the president of the DeKalb NAACP, which sought unsuccessfully to meet with Piggly Wiggly operator Ken Hong in the wake of WSB-Channel 2’s news report about spoiled meat, moldy produce, and a reddish liquid dripping down the walls behind the store’s lunch meat cooler.

Beal said that his Atlanta-based firm has been retained

“We hereby make demand upon you to immediately cease your protests against the store as such are unwarranted, baseless and designed to damage the Piggly Wiggly store owners.”

Andrew M. Beal, Beal Law Group

to represent the owner and operator of the grocery store, located at 2112 Candler Road in Decatur, and that the firm demanded a retraction of the Channel 2 story and got it.

“According to the inspection report issued by the Georgia Department of Agriculture Food Safety Division, this meat was cured and it was not required to be refrigerated,” Beal wrote, adding that the television station retracted its story, issued an apology, and removed all references to the store from its Web site.

“You are hereby put on notice that any such protests constitute a continuing intentional attempt to defame and damage my client,” Beal wrote.

“Further, because you are protesting on behalf of the

NAACP, your actions could create liability on the part of the NAACP.” In a May 16 response, Evans’ lawyer, Mawuli Davis, said that the NAACP is not involved in the protest and that Evans was not representing the civil rights organization when he was involved in protests outside the store.

“At that time he was acting in his capacity as a citizen exercising his constitutional rights in conjunction with his organization Operation Lead,” wrote Davis, a partner in the Decatur-based Davis Bozeman Law Firm.

Davis said that on April 30, the NAACP made an effort to meet with the store’s management.

“However after this attempt failed, the NAACP has not been involved in any further efforts regarding Piggly Wiggly,” Davis wrote.

“Again, we would like to reiterate that Mr. John Evans has not and will not be acting as a member of the NAACP if he has any further involvement in protests outside of the Piggly Wiggly grocery store.”

The daily protests that began April 27 are sponsored by Operation Lead and the Decatur chapter of the SCLC. On Thursday, Evans was not among the dozen protesters picketing the store.

Transit agency to fight bad behavior with ‘No Knuckleheads’ campaign MARTA,

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“It would relieve so much traffic congestion and we’ve been paying into MARTA for 40 years,” Michael said.

Parker said that MARTA is continuing to move forward with the environmental studies for the I-20 line so that if the funding becomes available, “we can take advantage of it.”

“My No. 1 priority is keeping MARTA fiscally solvent and getting us out of the economic morass that we’ve been in for several years and giving employees some hope that there’s going to be a future for them at the system, giving our customers a sense that there’s going to be stability moving forward.”

Viola Davis, co-founder of the Unhappy Taxpayer Voter Organization, wanted to know when the study for the I-20 line is going to be completed and asked Parker to specify how it will be paid for.

Parker said the preliminary environmental study is done.

“What we don’t have is a plan to pay for construction and ongoing operation.”

Parker explained that MARTA is studying ways to create new revenue by forming advertising partnerships with private-sector companies.

“I would again push to the citizens that if the I-20 corridor is a major project that they want to see move to fruition that they let their elected officials know about those things,” he said. “My experience with the federal government is that in order to get funding for these major projects, the local level has to have a big chunk of that. So typi-

cally at least half the money has to come from the local level.”

After the meeting, Parker said that it is possible that the I-20 rail line could be built in phases, allowing the construction cost to be spread out over time. But even that option is problematic, he said.

“Building in phases makes it a whole lot more palatable because we may see an increase in sales tax revenue as those things happen and growth in some of the other revenue sources that I’ve talked about,” he said.

“But it’s still a very expensive project. For example, if it’s $2 billion, in phases that works out to $500 million for each increment. We don’t have $500 million to put toward a project like that right now, not just this project but any major expansion project.”

Parker said overall he is delivering to the community a positive message about MARTA. “There’s hope,” he said. “I don’t know if folks realize just how bad things have been in the last few years.”

He said the transit system went from a fiscal situation that was unsustainable where MARTA will be in violation of the MARTA Act, raising fares continually, and continuing to not invest in its employees.

“Now we’re restoring some of our services, investing in our employees, and I think we’re going to be winning back some of the customer confidence,” he said. “So that’s the message we’ve been able to circulate in just a few months.”

Parker said MARTA will launch a “No Knuckleheads” campaign to crack down on uncivil behavior on its buses and trains and help make the system safer for its riders.

“Everybody understands when they see knucklehead behavior and nobody likes it,” he said. “That’s our goal, to clamp down on those things. We don’t to want to go out and arrest a whole bunch of people. We just want people who are riding the service to behave themselves.”

MARTA will now ban habitual offenders from the system.

“And our police will enforce that policy,” Parker said. “And that’s going to be one of the real changes, that people who’ve gotten away with it for years, we’re going to hold them accountable.”

After the meeting, Parker told CrossRoadsNews that the agency continues to lay the groundwork for an eventual heavy rail line to South DeKalb.

“As a newcomer to the region, I have to deal with the fiscal realities that are in front of me and I have enormous amounts of empathy for the folks in DeKalb who have paid into the system for many, many years,” he said. “But today as MARTA’s fiscal realities stand, we don’t have the funding to build out the system” to Stonecrest.

Last year, South DeKalb voters resoundingly rejected a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum because it did not include rail to Stonecrest.

Parker will look into whether commuter rail could be a less expensive alternative.

A Dec. 29, 2012, CrossRoadsNews story pointed out that there is existing CSX rail line from downtown Atlanta to Rutledge that could serve as a right of way for an east metro commuter service.

CSX Railroad, which owns the line and uses it for freight traffic, said it is open to leasing the line for several hours a day for passenger service if the commuter operator supplies liability insurance.

Parker said he will certainly take a look at it.

“I have not seen that alternative presented here,” he said. “Certainly commuter rail is something that some communities have invested in around the country. So I have some familiarity with it.”

In a May 13 e-mail, MARTA spokesman Lyle Harris said he also passed the article on to MARTA COO Rick Krisak and the agency’s planning team, but Harris cautioned that even though commuter rail might seem a less expensive alternative, MARTA would have to follow complex steps.

“A commuter rail project, even one that has the blessings of CSX, is more than just a notion,” he said. “There are a series of studies, environmental reviews and public hearings that would be required in addition to identifying funding for construction, vehicle acquisition, and ongoing maintenance and operation.”

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“This is all about the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching movement that we’ve been conducting since 1999.”

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State Rep. Tyrone Brooks Sr. (D-Atlanta) has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 30 counts including mail, wire and tax fraud charges.

Brooks, a civil rights stalwart and 33year lawmaker who represents House District 55, is accused of misappropriating almost $1 Tyrone Brooks Sr. million in charitable donations from the likes of the Coca-Cola Co., Georgia-Pacific Corp., and Northside Hospital made to a charity he founded in 1990 and to the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials.

The May 16 indictment says Brooks, 67, solicited contributions from individuals and corporate donors to fight illiteracy but then used the money to pay personal expenses – dry cleaning and utility and credit card bills – and to purchase jewelry and electronics for himself and his family.

The mail and wire fraud charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. The tax charges carry a maximum sentence of three years and a fine of up to $100,000. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Brooks’ arraignment will be scheduled at a later date.

U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates, who announced the indictment at a May 16 news conference in Atlanta, said it was a disappointing day.

“Representative Brooks has done much good in his life, both as a state legislator and civil rights leader,” she said, “but the indict-

ment charges that over many years, Representative Brooks misappropriated nearly $1 million in charitable donations intended to provide literacy training in underserved communities and from GABEO – the organization for which he has served as president since 1993.”

Yates said that by diverting these funds to his own use, Brooks deprived those most in need of critical assistance.

Charges called retaliation Brooks denied the charges Thursday and called the indictment retaliation for his years of efforts to get authorities to make arrests in the 1946 lynching of a black couple on the Moore’s Ford Bridge in Monroe, Ga. CrossRoadsNews caught up with Brooks on Thursday in Decatur as he walked a picket line protesting substandard food sold at the Piggly Wiggly supermarket on Candler Road.

“This is all about the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching movement that we’ve been conducting since 1999,” said Brooks. “We always asked the question: ‘Why hasn’t anyone ever been arrested?’ And the reason is because so many local and federal officials were part of the lynching itself.”

The indictment alleges two fraud schemes, the first involving Brooks’ tax-exempt charity, Universal Humanities Inc. It says that between 1995 and 2012, Brooks solicited contributions from corporate and individual donors to combat illiteracy in disadvantaged communities in Georgia and across the Southeast, eventually raising more than $780,000.

Donations included $400,000 from the Coca-Cola Co.; $140,000 from Georgia-Pacific; $240,000

from Northside Hospital; and from others who gave smaller amounts.

The document says Brooks made specific false representations in his written solicitations about the work that Universal Humanities was doing to combat illiteracy and how the donated funds would be used, claiming that Universal Humanities had established literacy programs and was conducting workshops and tutoring and mentoring students.

Investigators say that he also falsely claimed that Universal Humanities utilized a staff and operated under the direction of a board of directors and that unbeknownst to the GABEO, Brooks represented in a 2011 solicitation that it was a “sister organization” that was committed to the “growth and advancement of Universal Humanities.”

False claims to IRS alleged The indictment accuses Brooks of falsely claiming that GABEO members spoke in public forums to implement and promote Universal Humanities’ programs; taught at Universal Humanities meetings and classes “alongside” its community organizers; and served on the nonprofit’s board of directors, steering, fundraising, and program management committees, even though the committees were nonexistent.

The indictment accuses Brooks of making false claims to the IRS. Brooks submitted a form to the IRS under oath claiming that Universal Humanities incurred expenses of $62,652 for printing, postage and publications in 2007; $67,601 for “commemorative events” in 2008; and $53,184 for charitable contributions, fundraising, and conferences in 2009. Just one year before, Brooks had submitted the same form under oath claiming

that for the same years, Universal Humanities incurred expenses of only $8,900 for each of those years and had generated income of over $50,000.

Veronica Hyman-Pillot, IRS Criminal Investigation special agent in charge, said Brooks defrauded not only the donors but also the American taxpayer by evading his tax obligation.

“Tax compliance should and must be equally shared among all Americans,” Hyman-Pillot said.

Brooks said he had no comment on the specific allegations of the case, referring those questions to his lawyer, former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes. He said his relationship with federal authorities suffered as he and other civil rights activists made progress in their Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching investigation.

“Now we’re getting very close to showing a link from the murders on the bridge to [Georgia] Senator Richard Russell, Senator Strom Thurmond [South Carolina], Governor Eugene Talmadge and employees who worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office from the Middle District and the Northern District of Georgia,” he said.

Brooks said the information is based on recent revelations by living relatives of those allegedly involved in the lynching.

“We interviewed one for two hours on April 6 in a church in Walton County and he talked about his family’s involvement in the killings,” he said. “Some of these people are still alive and we wonder why nobody’s been arrested.”

Brooks said he’ll hold a news conference in the next few days on Moore’s Ford Bridge to respond in detail about the charges against him.

Wall of new trees to buffer Flat Shoals Park from residences Flat Shoals Park is now home to 129 new holly trees.

The trees were installed on May 11 to offer a buffer between the adjoining Creekwood Hills subdivision and the Decatur park.

Friends of Flat Shoals Park, made up of homeowners from surrounding subdivisions, asked DeKalb’s Natural Resources Management office for help in arranging the plantings to offer the nearby residents some privacy from the park, which shares a boundary with the subdivision.

Dave Butler, Greenspace Environment manager at the Natural Resources Management office, said that when developers cut down trees in DeKalb to build homes or office buildings, they make a commitment to the county to plant an equal number of trees in the future, kind of a tree bank.

“The system helps the county maintain its tree canopy,” Butler said. “We contacted a developer who participates in the program

Joggers run by a new wall of 129 new holly trees, planted in Flat Shoals Park because of complaints from residents of Creekwood Hills subdivision.

and he bought the holly trees from a local nursery, then hired a landscaping company to plant them at the park.”

Rochelle Callender, a friend of the park, said the residents began complaining three years ago when

the county removed trees to build the park’s walking trails.

“They were concerned about people who were now walking through their yards as a shortcut from the park,” she said.

Callender is very pleased with

the tree plantings.

“The trees are at least 6 feet tall,” she said.

“They are going to provide a really attractive Rochelle Callender barrier.”

It took the friends group two years to get the plantings done.

“This activity would not have occurred if we had not formulated the Friends of Flat Shoals Park organization,” Callender said.

Butler said that as hollies grow, they fill in, offering a privacy fence for nearby residents.

“The trees will also be a good noise buffer,” he said.

Flat Shoals Park is a popular site for community events, recently hosting “National Kids Recreation and Park Day” and “Tennis in the Park.” The Friends of the Park group helps to promote beautification, safety and events at the site.

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Finance

The number of long-term unemployed workers in Georgia declined for the 12th consecutive month.

Georgia’s jobless rate dips to 8.2% in April Georgia’s unemployment rate dipped to 8.2 percent in April, its lowest rate since December 2008.

The national jobless rate is 7.5 percent.

The state’s seasonally adjusted rate was down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.4 percent in March and nine-tenths of a percentage point from 9.1 percent in April a year ago.

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler credits job creation as a factor.

“While a two-tenths of a percent drop in one month is good to see, the most important part of that is that we saw GeorMark Butler gia employers create over 31,000 jobs,” he said.

However, the number of first-time unemployment claims rose in the state as well as in DeKalb County last month.

Statewide, the addition of 31,200 new jobs in April pushed the overall number of jobs to 4,026,900, up by eight-tenths of a percentage point from 3,995,700 in March.

Most of the job gains came in leisure and hospitality, 10,700; professional and business services, 9,400; trade and transportation, 7,500; education and health services, 2,600;

and construction, 1,800.

“We’re seeing a lot of positives in construction,” Butler added.

“When we look at over-the-year growth in construction jobs, we’re seeing our best numbers since 2007, which predates the recession.”

Butler said Georgia added 900 construction jobs between April 2012 and April 2013.

Georgia’s over-the-year growth added 69,400 jobs, or 1.8 percent, since 3,957,500 were recorded in April 2012.

Other sectors showing strong growth were professional and business services, 31,000; leisure and hospitality, 16,100; education and health services, 14,000; and trade and transportation, 12,700.

Government jobs were down by 10,500.

Metro Atlanta gained 48,200 jobs over the year for a 2.1 percent increase to 2,394,100.

Jobs stood at 2,345,900 in April 2012.

In DeKalb, the initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits rose in April by 253 to 2,882, or 9.6 percent, from 2,629 in March. The April 2012 first-time claims were 3,010 for an over-the-year decrease of 128, or 4.3 percent.

Statewide, the number of layoffs, represented by new claims for UI benefits, rose by 5,661, or 15.3 percent, to 42,644 in April

from 36,983 in March. The increases came mostly in manufacturing, trade and transportation, along with administrative and support services.

However, the number of initial claims was down over-the-year by 4,848, or 10.2 percent, from 47,492 in April 2012. Most of the over-the-year declines came in construction, manufacturing, retail trade, and education and health services.

“In seven of the last 10 years, the number of new claims has increased from March to April, due primarily to seasonal factors,” Butler said. “But if you compare the number of new layoffs this year to April of last year, it’s obvious that Georgia’s job market is more stable.”

The number of long-term unemployed workers declined for the 12th consecutive month. It fell 4,000 to 177,100 in April, its lowest level since December 2009. The longterm unemployed – those out of work for more than 26 weeks – make up 44.8 percent of those unemployed in Georgia.

And the state’s labor force, those working or actively seeking employment, declined to 4,813,410, down by 8,058 from 4,821,468 in March. It was 4,797,401 in April 2012.

For more information, visit www.dol .state.ga.us.

Social for ‘Young Professionals’ Lawyers offering Young entrepreneurs and business professionals can network May 30 at a DeKalb Chamber Business After-Hours event at Tin Lizzy’s Cantina in Druid Hills.

“Meet the Chamber’s Young Professionals,” presented by Gas South, takes place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The cost is $10 for nonmembers.

The chamber’s new initiative is designed to identify business and professional development opportunities for leaders ages 21-40.

The initiative focuses on building a professional network, community service and leadership, interacting with the DeKalb business community, mentoring, and career development. It also provides a forum for local executives and city leaders to educate and promote the growth of DeKalb County.

The program includes a community service project. This year’s project benefits Habitat for Humanity and is scheduled for June 8.

Tin Lizzy’s Cantina (Emory Point) is at 1540 Avenue Place in Atlanta.

For more information, visit http://dekalbchamber.org or contact Noelle Lloyd at nlloyd@dekalbchamber.org or 404-378-8000, Ext. 224.

Jobs Bus stops at libraries The DeKalb County Jobs Bus will make stops at library branches next week to provide job seekers with a range of career and job-hunting resources.

The Mobile Career Center includes 13 computer stations and high-speed satellite Internet connection. It provides residents with essential services, including job search assistance, resume writing, and interviewing tips.

Upcoming stops: n May 20, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Redan Trotti Library, 1569 Wellborn Road in Lithonia. n May 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Tucker-Reid H. Cofer, 5234 LaVista Road in Tucker. n May 23, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Covington Library, 3500 Covington Highway in Decatur. n May 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Stonecrest Library, 3123 Klondike Road, Lithonia. n May 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at SalemPanola Library, 5137 Salem Road in Lithonia.

For more information, visit dekalb library.org.

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A May 21 Consumer Debt Clinic with DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation will offer information and resources to residents struggling with debt.

The free session at Decatur Library takes place from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Local attorneys will take questions from residents who have been sued for a debt and will discuss information regarding debt cases and facilitate one-on-one consultations.

Participants should bring all documents related to their cases.

The Decatur Library is at 215 Sycamore St. in downtown Decatur.

For more information, call 404-3703070.

Individuals interested in starting their own business as well as current entrepreneurs seeking ways to enhance their companies can attend the Entrepreneur Endeavor series under way at Stonecrest Library through the summer.

The May 25 session will tackle “Marketing and Growing Your Company.” It takes place 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and is part of the DeKalb Public Library/Leadership Academy series on starting and running a successful and profitable LLC or corporation.

The topic for June is “Increase Revenue, Decrease Expense = Profit,” and the July session will discuss “Staffing and Leadership.”

Stonecrest Library is at 3123 Klondike Road in Lithonia. For more information or to register, visit the branch or call 770-482-3828.

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“Every community in Georgia can ‘unleash the power of age’ by recognizing mature adults as leadership volunteers and observing age-neutral hiring practices.”

Older Americans Month celebrates seniors with special programs The achievements of Georgia’s “mature adults” as workers, volunteers, family anchors and life mentors are being celebrated all month long as the nation observes Older Americans Month.

Dr. James Bulot, director of the Division of Aging Services for the Georgia Department of Human Services, said the state’s older residents deserve special recognition for their contributions.

“Every community James Bulot in Georgia can ‘unleash the power of age’ by recognizing mature adults as leadership volunteers and observing age-neutral hiring practices,” Bulot said. “Creating the right environment for lifelong civic engagement is essential. Plentiful low-cost transportation options, safely designed streets, and basic home access help Georgians of all ages live to their full potential.”

The Division of Aging Services, Area Agencies on Aging and providers offer services to help older residents maintain health and independence.

Options include job training and placement programs for eligible workers age 55 and older, volunteer opportunities for mature adults, transportation information, and

access to thousands of resources that help people thrive at any age.

Communities can honor Georgians 100 years of age or older any time of the year by requesting a centenarian certificate and pin from the Division of Aging Services. For more information, visit www.aging.ga.gov and click “Get Involved.”

DeKalb residents can take part in the celebration by sharing Older Americans Month resolutions with the U.S. Administration on Aging, a unit of the Administration for Community Living. You can post what you will do this May to unleash the power of age on the AoA Facebook page and follow up by sharing a picture or story about the experience.

To find ways to unleash the power of age in your community, call 1-866-552-4464 to be routed to the Area Agency on Aging that serves your region. For more information about resources for families and communities, visit www.aging.ga.gov.

Special library programs Seniors can find a host of special programs throughout May at their local branch as DeKalb Public Library promotes mental and physical fitness, nutrition, food and drug safety, and health care literacy.

Upcoming events include: n “Forks Over Knives” screening on May 18

at Scott Candler Library at 2 p.m.

The feature film, sponsored by Partners in Action for Healthy Living, examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases can be controlled, or even reversed, by adopting a plant-based diet.

Refreshments will be provided.

The library is at 1917 Candler Road in Decatur. To register, call 404-286-6986. n Tai Chi for Savvy Seniors at Flat Shoals Library on May 18 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Exercise, dance, ritual, philosophy of life, method of achieving mental peace and relaxation – all have been used to describe tai chi. Join Master Phoenix for the class on this ancient art. Wear loose, comfortable clothing. Class is limited to 15.

Funds are provided by the Friends of Flat Shoals Library, which is at 4022 Flat Shoals Parkway in Decatur. Call the branch at 404244-4370 to register. n The A, B, C and D’s of Medicare at TuckerReid H. Cofer Library in Tucker on May 20 from 1 to 2 p.m.

Beverly Noe, Georgia Cares volunteer, will discuss Medicare and answer questions.

Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library is at 5234 LaVista Road. For more information, call 770-270-8234. n Senior Living Series at Scott Candler Library. Jessica Hill of the DeKalb County

Extension Office is the presenter.

On May 20, Preventing Food and Drug Interactions takes place from 2 to 4 p.m. It will explain how different foods and drugs interact and how to reduce the risk of illness from bad combinations.

On May 29, Physical Activity for Older Adults from 2 to 4 p.m. will explain the benefits of being active and offer tips for making exercise a regular part of your life.

Scott Candler Library is at 1917 Candler Road in Decatur. For more information, call 404-286-6986. n Health Literacy and Information for Seniors at Stonecrest Library. The Community Unification Initiative is conducting this series that offers information and resources to help seniors manage their health and personal life.

Probate, Wills and Directives: What You Need to Know takes place from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on May 23.

On May 25, Resources, Resources, Resources: Getting the Help You Need will be offered from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The library is at 3123 Klondike Road in Lithonia. For more information or to register, visit the branch or call 770-482-3828.

For a complete schedule of Older Americans Month activities at the DeKalb Public Library, visit dekalblibrary.org.

Real-life comic book characters to compete in Physique Games Six contestants will compete as comic book action heroes in the May 18 Physique Games at the Exchange Park Intergenerational Center in Decatur.

The men and women, all fitness instructors, are Kevin “KD” Wilson as Acute Nitro, Nate Dever as Mr. A1C, Jimmese Clark as Fit’tress, Sam Spence as Knowledge, Demetrius Cooper as Steel Thorn, and Leah Graham as William Leecan Gym Boss. They will don the costumes of original characters for the games, presented by Atlanta-based World-Class Classic Physiques.

The action starts at 7 p.m.

Renowned bodybuilder William Leecan, who runs the company, says Physique Games combine a comic book story with a real fitness competition. Competitors become their alterego heroes and compete against each other in a health & fitness trivia quiz and athletic challenges.

The winner will have his or her hero/heroine

incorporated into a comic strip that completes the Physique Games story.

Spectators are encouraged to dress up as original action heroes, too. A prize for the best original costume will be awarded to one adult and one youth up to 18 years old. Prizes are sponsored by Results Central Fitness Center of Decatur and World-Class Classic Physiques.

Competitors are raising money for the American Cancer Society’s breast and prostate cancer initiatives. Every $100 raised earns one point, which is added to total earned points the day of the competition. A Georgia Prostate Cancer Coalition representative will discuss its goal to save lives by promoting awareness.

Charles Askew, creator of the newly released comic book “The Lightners Strike” will meet and greet spectators.

Tickets are $10 for students 18 and under with valid ID and $20 for general seating. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for free tennis tips for youth.

For more information, call 404-969-6037, visit www.worldclassclassicphysiques.com, Instructors (top row, from left) Kevin “KD” Wilson as Acute Nitro, Nate Dever as Mr. A1C, or e-mail info@worldclassclassicphysiques and Jimmese Clark as Fit’tress; (bottom row) Sam Spence as Knowledge, Demetrius .com.

Cooper as Steel Thorn, and Leah Graham as Gym Boss.

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“It lines up with what we have been working on – raising awareness of childhood obesity and developing strategies.”

Last year’s Champions for Change Luncheon drew a big crowd. The 2013 luncheon is June 5 at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

Photo by Caroline Joe

Women’s Resource Center honors Ga. Power Georgia Power Co. is the Women’s Resource Center’s 2013 Champion for Change for its work toward ending domestic violence.

The electric utility company will receive the recognition at the Decatur-based center’s 10th annual Champions for Change Luncheon on June 5 at the Georgia Aquarium.

State Sen. Jason Carter will chair the event, which begins at noon in the Oceans Ballroom.

The nonprofit center, which annually supports more than 6,000 survivors of domestic violence with a confidential safehouse, a 24-hour hotline, legal advocacy, children’s programs, emergency financial assistance, financial education and fiscal trauma recovery, support groups, supervised visitation, and community education, says Georgia

Power has been a corporate ally for almost a decade, It says employees of the utility and its parent company Southern Co. have provided leadership through board service, fundraising, and volunteerism.

In 2010, David Ratcliffe, then-Southern Co. chair, and his wife, Cecelia, co-chaired the Champions for Change Luncheon with Georgia Power board member Robert L. Brown Jr. and his wife, Barbara.

Since 2004, the Georgia Power Foundation and Southern Co. have contributed more than $100,000 to support the center’s work, and Georgia Power has contributed in-kind services, such as filming promotional videos.

During the event, WRC also will present the Clarence Seeliger Local Justice Award to

the Atlanta Legal Aid Society of DeKalb County for the pro bono legal services it provides to survivors of domestic violence.

The award is named for DeKalb Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger, a longtime WRC supporter.

Individual tickets for the luncheon are $125. Donations also can be made directly to the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence.

A silent auction of vacation packages, jewelry, event tickets, autographed sports memorabilia and gift certificates begins at 11 a.m. Starting May 29, bids also will be taken at www.501auctions.com/wrcdv.

The Georgia Aquarium is at 225 Baker St. N.W. near Centennial Olympic Park.

For tickets and more information, visit www.wrcdv.org or call 404-370-7670.

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Volunteers ages 50 and older can help kids CATCH Healthy Habits at the Exchange Park Intergenerational Center in Decatur starting June 6.

The eight-week program offers older adults the opportunity to make a difference in the life of a child and improve their health, too. Volunteers teach healthy habits to children in kindergarten through grade five every Thursday from June 6 to Aug. 1.

Interested adults can take the volunteer training May 22-23 at the Villages at Carver YMCA in southwest Atlanta. Volunteers work together in teams, and training and class materials are provided free of charge.

Kids and adults have fun as they learn together how to stay healthy and fit.

An outreach event will be take place at Exchange Park on June 13 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

District 3 Commissioner Larry Johnson says the program is a wonderful way to celebrate healthy living.

“I am very pleased to have this initiative at the Intergenerational Center Larry Johnson here in DeKalb,” Johnson said. “It lines up with what we have been working on – raising the awareness of childhood obesity and developing strategies to help combat the high incidence of childhood obesity.”

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For its centennial, the Cancer Society is encouraging people to help those facing cancer celebrate more birthdays of their own.

Longtime Stone Mountain resident and city historian George Coletti headlines the Lunch and Learn Lecture Series on May 21 at the Historic DeKalb Courthouse.

Historian to discuss Civil War Stone Mountain city historian George Coletti will headline the DeKalb History Center’s Lunch and Learn Lecture Series on May 21 with a presentation on the Civil War. The free lecture begins at noon at the Historic DeKalb Courthouse in downtown Decatur.

It will include trivia questions such as “How many men depicted on the Stone Mountain carving attended West Point?”

People who answer correctly will receive copies of Coletti’s new book, “Stone Mountain: The Granite Sentinel.” The historical novel, published in April, paints a picture of the Old South in a fictional tale of life before and during the Civil War. A dentist by day, Coletti is a longtime Stone Mountain resident whose knowledge of the city has led to his recognition as city historian. He is also the author of a range of scholarly articles about the war-era Stone Mountain. In 2011, he led a committee that commissioned “Sherman’s Neckties,” a monument that marks the approximate starting place of Gen. William T. Sherman’s “March to the Sea.” The Historic Courthouse is at 101 E. Court Square in Decatur. For more information, call Melissa Forgey at 404-373-1088, Ext. 22.

Quincy Jones to aid Cancer Society wanted to raise pubLegendary music prolic awareness about ducer Quincy Jones and a the then-taboo disfew of his friends will apease whose diagnosis pear in concert at the Fox amounted to near Theatre on May 23 in honor certain death. of the American Cancer SoNow a g lobal ciety’s 100th birthday. grass-roots force of “An Evening With Quinmore than 3 million cy Jones and Friends” begins Quincy Jones Patti Austin Siedah Garrett volunteers and the at 8 p.m. nation’s largest priJones, one of the most vate nonprofit invesinfluential jazz musicians tor in cancer research, of the 20th century, will be the society – based in joined by James Ingram, downtown Atlanta Patti Austin, Siedah Garrett, – is organized into Nikki Yanofsky and Alfredo 12 geographical diviRodriguez. sions of medical and Jones’ six-decades-long lay volunteers operatcareer includes 79 Grammy Alfredo Rodriguez Nikki Yanofsky ing in more than 900 nominations and 27 wins, James Ingram offices nationwide. more than any other living musician.

Since 1991, the society has contributed to a 20 He has produced, composed, conducted, arranged or performed on more than 400 albums, includ- percent decline in cancer death rates in the United ing the best-selling single “We Are the World” and States and a 50 percent drop in smoking rates, saving Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” the best-selling album the lives of nearly 14 million Americans.

For its centennial, it is encouraging people to of all time.

The concert comes a day after the Cancer Society’s help those facing cancer celebrate more birthdays of their own. centennial on May 22.

The Fox is at 660 Peachtree St. in Atlanta.

Since 1913, it has been in pursuit of a cure for Proceeds from the Quincy Jones concert will cancer and it has supported people facing cancer with benefit the American Cancer Society. Tickets can be education and other resources.

The American Cancer Society started in New York purchased at foxatltix.com.

For more information, visit www.cancer.org.

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Poet pays homage to ‘bluesologist’

Mother-daughter team takes 1st

South DeKalb’s awardwinning poet and essayist Gwen Russell Green will pay homage to “bluesologist” Gil Scott-Heron on May 20 at Stonecrest Library.

Starting at 6 p.m., fans can share reflections of Gwen R. Green the poet and recording artist whose syncopated spoken style and harsh critiques of politics, racism and mass media made him a notable voice of black protest culture in the 1970s and an important early influence on hip-hop.

Danita Mullins and her daughter Idalis Forte nabbed first place and the top prize in the 2013 Mother-Child Look-alike competition at the Gallery at South DeKalb on May 11.

The bubbly duo, dressed in matching pink outfits, won a vacation for four to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Idalis is a 10th-grader at Southwest DeKalb High School.

They were among 21 look-alike mothers and daughters and sons who vied for bragging rights and prizes in the annual contest that celebrates Mother’s Day. Second-place winners Shayla and Se-

Green, a media specialist at Stephenson Middle School, is a freelance writer who has self-published two volumes of poetry: “From the Edges” and “Another Beside Adam.”

Her poem “September” was a semifinalist in Gil Scott-Heron a competition by Poetry. com and was published in an anthology of their writers.

Stonecrest Library is at 3123 Klondike Road in Lithonia. For more information, call 770-482-3828.

Idalis Forte (left) and Danita Mullins

renity Askin won a vacation to Hilton Head Island, S.C., and third-place finishers Keisha and Keyona Mills won a prize pack featuring gifts from mall merchants.

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A spokesman for Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said the time window in the reinstatement process is closing.

High-profile speakers to address 2013 class Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and AdvancED CEO Mark Elgart are among several high-profile leaders who will speak to DeKalb’s 2013 graduating class of more tan 5,000 at ceremonies getting under way this weekend.

Deal will speak to McNair High graduates on May 21 and to Chamblee High graduates on May 24.

Elgart, who oversees the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the school accrediting agency, will speak at Druid Hills High on May 24.

He was chosen in response to the school’s journalism class coverage of SACS placing the DeKalb School District on accreditation probation last Nathan Deal December.

Other commencement speakers include: n Former Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker, who will speak to the Tucker High class of 2013 on May 21. n George Andrews, president of Capitol City Bank, who will speak to Stone Mountain High graduates on May 21. n Dr. Carlton Brown, president of Clark Atlanta University, who will speak to the Lithonia High graduating class on May 25. n State Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick, who will speak to Towers High graduates George Andrews on May 24.

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Arabia Mountain HS Rodney Swanson May 25 11 a.m.

Cedar Grove HS Pamela Benford May 24 2 p.m.

Chamblee HS Rochelle Lowery May 24 5:30 p.m.

Clarkston HS Michelle Jones May 23 5:30 p.m.

Columbia HS Stephanie Amey May 24 7 p.m.

Cross Keys HS Tasharah Wilson May 23 7:30 p.m.

DECA Sharon Ordu May 17 6 p.m.

DeKalb Alternative* Margie Smith May 22 7 p.m.

DeKalb School of the Arts Susan McCauley May 24 6:30 p.m.

Destiny Academy Charles Maxwell May 19 3 p.m.

Druid Hills HS Mindee Adamson May 24 10 a.m.

Dunwoody HS Noel Maloof May 23 5:30 p.m.

Eagle Woods Academy Angela Smith May 22 12:30 p.m.

Elizabeth Andrews HS* Merlon Jones May 22 7 p.m.

Lakeside HS Joe Reed May 22 8 p.m.

Lithonia HS Angela Moton May 25 9 a.m.

Martin L. King Jr. HS Vivian Terry May 25 2 p.m.

McNair HS Glynis Jordan May 21 7 p.m.

Miller Grove HS Matthew Priester May 22 7 p.m.

Redan HS Greg Goodwin May 24 10 a.m.

Southwest DeKalb HS Carolyn Williams May 26 4 p.m.

Stephenson HS Michael Jones May 22 5 p.m.

Stone Mountain HS James Jones May 21 7 p.m.

Towers HS Donevin Hoskins May 24 2:30 p.m.

Tucker HS James Jackson May 21 7 p.m. * DeKalb Alternative and Elizabeth Andrews high schools will graduate together

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English, math teaching contest Resourceful math and English teachers can enter the Innovation in Teaching Competition for the chance to win a $5,000 grant for their school and a $2,000 stipend.

The deadline to apply for the competition, announced by Gov. Nathan Deal on May 10, is July 2.

Awards will recognize educators who use unique and effective strategies in teaching math and language arts. They are being bankrolled through Georgia’s Innovation Fund, a competitive grant program created through Georgia’s Race to the Top plan.

Starting this fall, Georgia Public Broadcasting will film the winning teachers at work

in the classroom and make videos of their instruction available to other educators.

To be eligible, teachers must incorporate applied learning strategies into their math and English language arts instruction and have received an “exemplary” rating through Georgia’s teacher evaluation program, the Teacher Keys Effectiveness System.

Teachers in schools that do not yet use TKES can apply with the endorsement of their school principal.

For more information, visit gosa.georgia .gov/innovation-teaching-competition or contact Lauren Wright at lwright@georgia .gov or 404-463-1172.

Input needed on student handbook Parents with children in the DeKalb Schools System can add their two cents to the district’s 2013-2014 Code of Student Conduct through June 1.

The Student Rights and Responsibilities and Character Development Handbook outlines the rules and regulations that govern discipline for k-12 students. It addresses everything from behavior, dress code, cell

phone and electronic usage, violence against students, school personnel, and other student responsibilities.

The current book is available at www .dekalb.k12.ga.us/student-relations.

Comments and recommendations should be sent to the Department of Safe Schools and Student Relations at 5823 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083.

School Board reinstatement hearings set Gov. Nathan Deal has named administrative law Judge Max Wood to preside over the hearings for the five former DeKalb School Board members seeking reinstatement.

A notice of a preliminary hearing on May 30 and an evidentiary hearing on June 13 was sent to the former board memMax Wood bers at the end of April.

At the preliminary hearing, the ex-board members will have an opportunity to present witness lists and tell the judge whether they want to be heard individually or together, said Victoria Hightower, Wood’s case management assistant.

Wood, chief judge with the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings, will hold the hearings at his office at 230 Peachtree St. N.W. in Atlanta. Afterward, he will issue his recommendation to the governor.

Deal spokesman Brian Robinson says Deal will make a decision a short time later.

Deal replaced the six members on Feb. 25 after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed the DeKalb School District on accreditation probation in December 2012 for governance and other issues.

He appointed six board members to replace them.

Five of six suspended members – Sarah Copelin-Wood, District 3; Jesse Cunningham, District 5; Donna Edler, District 7; Pam Speaks, District 8; and Dr. Eugene Walker, District 9 board member and former board chair – are seeking reinstatement.

Nancy Jester, the District 1 board member, resigned after her suspension.

Walker said Wednesday that he’s received notice of the hearing before Wood.

Robinson said the time window in the reinstatement process is closing.

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Drenner’s “Paint by Numbers” story illustrates how being your authentic self is the key to political service.

Board of Health honors chief volunteer State lawmaker Every year, hundreds of people volunteer with the DeKalb Board of Health to help make their communities healthier places to live.

For her work coordinating the volunteers, Live Healthy DeKalb coalition coordinator Alicia Cardwell Alston was recognized as the 2013 Staff Award winner for Exemplary Work With Volunteers.

She was among dozens of volunteers recognized with plaques and certificates at the board’s 31st annual Volunteer Recognition Program at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center on May 7.

The ceremony’s theme was “Volunteers: Making a Difference in the Lives of Others.”

Alston, who began volunteering in the health assessment and promotions department in 2006, is now the community liaison. Alston heads up the Go Green, Tobacco Prevention, Health Equity and Physical Activity and Nutrition action groups that make up Live Healthy DeKalb

Pictured are Arlene Goldson, chair of DeKalb Board of Health (from left); state Rep. Pam Stephenson; Alicia Cardwell Alston; and Dr. S. Elizabeth Ford.

and also works with student volunteers and interns.

State Reps. Pam Stephenson and Stacey Abrams joined Board of Health Chair Arlene Goldson; Dr. S. Elizabeth Ford, district director; and other officials in thanking Alston and other volunteers for their hundreds of hours of service.

“The contributions and support from our volunteers benefit our clients and the entire DeKalb community,” Goldson said.

“On behalf of the entire board, I want to thank current volunteers, former volunteers, representatives of partner organizations, and other supporters and friends.

We appreciate each of you.”

Watson suits up for duty on garbage truck District 7 Commissioner Stan Watson now has an insider view of what DeKalb Sanitation workers encounter daily.

Last month, Watson suited up and joined a DeKalb Sanitation crew from the South Yard on Candler Road on its run.

Watson said they made pickups throughout South DeKalb, including along River Road, Toney Valley Drive, and even in his own Sherwood Park subdivision.

“It’s backbreaking work,” he said.

“These guys work hard. I was sore afterward.”

Watson found out that everybody wants their trash can turned upside down when their trash is picked up and that a lot of people are not recycling.

“They have a lot to pick up – old furniture, old cabinets, old computers. These guys pick up more than trash.”

Watson said some of the things put at the curb are also heavy.

“Sometimes the package was small,

Commissioner Stan Watson worked with a DeKalb Sanitation crew in South DeKalb to get an understanding of the county’s core operations.

but they felt like there were bricks in it,” he said. “A lift on some of the trucks would help with that and probably reduce workers comp claims.”

He stayed with the crew from 8 a.m. until workers took lunch at 1 p.m.

Watson, who serves on the Board of Commissioners’ Public Works and Public Safety committees, said he is trying to get

an understanding of the county’s core operations and the way things are done.

“Employees want more money and citizens want more services,” he said. “You have got to see what’s going on.”

He also has done a “ride-along” with DeKalb Police South Precinct and plans similar rides with the East and Tucker precincts.

This the 2nd day of May, 2013.

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Civil Action # ++ 13CV4799-7++ Shantika Flanagan Plaintiff Vs. Anthony T. Flanagan Defendant TO: Anthony T. Flanagan, Sr. 1106 Harmon Ave Hamilton, OH 45011

By Order of the Court service for service by publication dated May 1, 2013, you are hereby notified that on April 19, 2013, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for: Divorce.

You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Shantika Flanagan, 611 Windrush Ct, Stone Mountain, GA 30087. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of, May 1, 2013.

Witness the Honorable Daniel M. Coursey, Jr., Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court.

This the 1st day of May, 2013.

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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action # ++12CV12094 ++ Bobbie Ethridge Plaintiff Vs. Darnell Ethridge Defendant TO: Darnell Ethridge 2745 Autumn Lake Lane Decatur, GA 30034

By Order of the Court service for service by publication dated May 1, 2013, you are hereby notified that on April 29, 2013, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for: Divorce.

You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Bobbie Ethridge, 245 Livingston Lane, Covington, GA 30016.

Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of May 1, 2013.

Witness the Honorable Clarence Seeliger, Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court.

This 2nd day of May, 2013.

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Notice of Publication in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action# ++ 13CV4942-37 ++ Laquitta Smith Plaintiff Vs. Terrance Perkins Defendant To: Terrance Perkins

By Order of the Court service for service by publication dated May 1, 2013, You are hereby notified that on April 24, 2013, The above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for: Divorce.

You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Laquitta Smith, 2452 Bruce Street, Lithonia, GA 30058.

Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of May 1, 2013.

Witness the Honorable Clarence Seeliger, Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court.

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Civil Action# ++ 13CV4341-7 ++ Kenrick E. Yearwood, Jr. Plaintiff Vs. Shukarla L. Boxely Defendant To:Shukarla L. Boxely

By Order of the Court service for service by publication dated May 6, 2013, You are hereby notified that on April 8, 2013, The above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for: Mod of Custody.

You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Kenrick E. Yearwood, Jr., 5202 Scarbrough Lane, Stone Mountain, GA 30088. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of May 6, 2013.

Witness the Honorable Daniel M. Coursey, Jr., Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 6th day of May, 2013.

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Notice of Petition to Change Name of Adult in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 13CV5130-3 ++ Sebrelia Tiscah Butler filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court

wins TED contest State Rep. Karla Drenner can add speaking contest winner to her bio.

Drenner (D-Avondale Estates) is one of five winners in the Next Generation of Government Training Speaker Contest, and she will deliver her “Paint by Numbers” speech at the July 25-26 NextGen Training Summit in Washington.

Drenner, who was elected to the House in 2000, will share the Karla Drenner stage with Obama appointees, current mayors and CEOs to deliver a five-minute TED-style talk in front of 500 other leaders in government from across the country. The nonprofit TED began as a simple attempt to share what happens with Technology, Entertainment and Design. It spotlights innovative ideas worldwide.

Drenner’s “Paint by Numbers” story illustrates how being your authentic self is the key to political service.

She explains how her love for paint-by-numbers pictures as a child prepared her for challenges as Georgia’s and the South’s first openly gay state representative.

“As the odd shape within the political mosaic, I found that painting my picture the colors I wanted has contributed to creating a new landscape within Georgia,” she said.

She says she is honored to be selected.

“I’m looking forward to sharing my story and hearing stories from other leaders,” said Drenner, who represents House District 86.

More than 110 entries were received in the competition. They ranged from innovation in government to enhancing government careers.

The Next Generation of Government Training Summit began in 2010 and has enhanced the working and personal lives of more than 1,000 generation X and Y government employees. Sessions and workshops presented during the two-day summit focus on educating, inspiring and training emerging government leaders to further enhance their day-to-day career and the betterment of government overall.

The other winners are Dr. Jeleen Briscoe, a U.S. Department of Agriculture veterinary medical officer; Maria Morukian, a State Department Leadership Development specialist; Bernetta Reese, a USDA Web and project manager; and Katie Rush, assistant to the National Institutes of Health director.

on April 18, 2013 to change the name from: Sebrelia Tiscah Butler to SahLeem Israel Butler.

Any interested party has the right to appear in this case and file objections within 30 days after the petition was filed.

Dated: April 18, 2013 Sebrelia Tiscah Butler Petitioner, Pro se

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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action # ++ 13CV4982-7++ Nikita Lynette Wynn Plaintiff Vs. Christopher Anthony Wynn Defendant TO: Christopher Anthony Wynn 6134 Japonica Rd W Jacksonville, FL 32209

By Order of the Court service for service by publication dated May 1, 2013, you are hereby notified that on April 24, 2013, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for: Divorce.

You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Nikita Lynette Wynn, 4326 Ward Bluff Court, Ellenwood, GA 30294.

Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of May1, 2013.

Witness the Honorable Daniel M. Coursey, Jr., Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court.

This the 1st day of May, 2013.

Debra DeBerry Clerk of Superior Court 556 N. McDonough St. G-130 Annex Decatur, GA 30030-3356

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Notice of Petition to Change Name of Adult in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 13CV1561-8 ++ Vaughan Hogan filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on January 16, 2013 to change the name from: Vaughan Hogan to Johnothan Moody.

Any interested party has the right to appear in this case and file objections within 30 days after the this publication.

Dated: January 16, 2013 Vaughan Hogan Petitioner, Pro se 1075 N Hairston Rd, #26G Stone Motunatin, GA 30083

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Notice of Petition to Change Name of Adult in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 13CV4932-3 ++ Cecil Smith filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on March 18, 2013 to change the name from: Cecil Smith to Cecil Hambrick.

Any interested party has the right to appear in this case and file objections within 30 days after the petition was filed.

Dated: April 18, 2013 Cecil Hambrick Petitioner, Pro se 4871 Autumn Circle Stone Mountain, GA 30088

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