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Volume 17, Number 28

SPLOST gets 5 more years; Lithonia elects a new mayor

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

In the last hours of voting Tuesday, District 5 School Board member Jay Cunningham, holding a SPLOST sign encourages a motorist on Wesley Chapel Road to vote SPLOST IV referendum.

Atlanta Schools, $19.5 million for its schools that are in DeKalb County.

Adville Montgomery of Lithonia was among those who said yes to the new SPLOST Tuesday, but not without reservations. Montgomery, who voted at the Miller Grove High School precinct, said he was still concerned about corruption and indictments that affected some of the earlier SPLOST programs.

Four top-level administrators, including former Superintendent Crawford Lewis and Patricia Reid, the school system’s former chief operating officer, were indicted on racketeering charges over their handling of

DeKalb County will keep its penny sales tax for schools for five more years, its cities will be selling alcohol on Sundays, and the city of Lithonia will get a new mayor.

These are the results of the Nov. 8 election that lured only 53,643, or 13.9 percent, of the county’s 384,655 active voters to the polls.

Those voters overwhelmingly approved the extension of the Special Local Option Sales Tax to 2017. The penny tax is expected to raise $645 million to build, renovate and upgrade schools; improve sports facilities; and add technology.

DeKalb County Schools will get $475 million; Decatur City Schools, $18 million; and Please see ELECTION, Page 2

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DeKalb’s CIP to Yield 4,000 Jobs U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, CEO Burrell Ellis and Marc Morial of the National Urban League cut the ribbon on DeKalb’s new “jobs bus.” The mobile career center will help recruit workers for the $1.3 billion CIP.

Water and sewer projects to get under way soon

By Carla Parker

DeKalb’s $1.35 billion Watershed Management Capital Improvement Program is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs by 2015, and CEO Burrell Ellis is calling it “our own local stimulus” program.

At a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Urban League on Thursday, Ellis said that the 83-project CIP, which will be paid for with bond funding, will yield 4,000 jobs over eight and a half years. The first set of projects is expected to get under way in 2012.

Under the agreement, the Urban League will track and monitor the jobs creation and the procurement process for the county.

Ellis said Thursday that a county-ordered study by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia determined that up to 3,670 direct jobs and 709 indirect jobs will be created from the CIP, which will repair the county’s aging water and sewer system.

“The bottom line is we know America needs to get back to work, and we need to start right here at home,” Ellis said.

The bond funding for the CIP is expected to be completed in December. County spokesman Burke Brennan said late Thursday that the first projects could be put to bid in the first quarter of 2012.

He said 20 projects are targeted for 2012, and one of the first will be the $250 million Snapfinger Creek Wastewater Treatment plant construction.

“That should go out for bid in January or February,” he said.

Ellis has organized the CIP job creations under One DeKalb Works, a partnership of the departments of Watershed Management,

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Purchasing and Contracting, and Workforce Development.

Local partners include Goodwill Industries and Georgia Piedmont Technical College.

Marc Morial, Urban League president and CEO, said One DeKalb Works will create thousands of desperately needed jobs.

“As first responders to the economic crisis, and with a century of leadership in economic empowerment, the National Urban League – along with the cooperation of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta – is in an excellent position to track and monitor the hiring process to ensure that the economic benefits to the region are maximized,” Morial said before signing the Memorandum of Understanding.

Under the agreement, the Urban League will promote the objectives of the county’s LSBE Ordinance, its First Source Jobs Ordinance, Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968, Title VI of the 2964 Civil Rights Act, and the

DBE program by coordinating all county departments and partnering agencies.

Among other things, the league will promote procurement and employment opportunities by making local, small and minority and women-owned businesses aware of contracting and employment opportunities, technical assistance and programs of business development and economic growth.

It also will promote full and equal business and employment opportunity for people participating in the procurement process and report on goals, objective and progress of contracts.

It was unclear at press time how much the league would be paid for its services.

Brennan said the jobs to be created by the CIP will span the gamut, including engineering, architecture, construction and maintenance.

The Environmental Protection Agency mandated the $1.3 billion CIP to improve DeKalb’s water and sewer system after it had

more than 800 raw sewage spills in the past five years.

During Thursday’s announcement, county officials also cut the ribbon a “jobs bus” that Workforce Development will use in its recruitment efforts.

The mobile job center, which was bought with federal grant funds from the Workforce Investment Act, features 13 computer stations; a private interview area; high-speed satellite Internet connection; printer, scanner and copy services; and a fully accessible ADA workstation with movable table and auxiliary.

Businesses also will be able to use the mobile unit for recruiting, pre-employment screenings, interviewing and training. Job seekers will be served through various job search/career development activities such as online job searches, resume and cover letter development, online tutorials and individual assessments, and exploration of training eligibility and available resources.

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“We need to make sure our children have the highest quality education and our teachers receive a decent pay.”

Unincorporated DeKalb to get shot at Sunday alcohol sales

By Mary Swint

Even before the results of the overwhelming approval of Sunday alcohol sales in DeKalb’s nine cities were known Tuesday night, the DeKalb Board of Commissioners had voted to put the issue on the ballot for the March 6, 2012, presidential primary election for its unincorporated areas.

The board passed a resolution 5-1 Tuesday morning authorizing the referendum.

Citing the high concentration of liquor and convenience stores in his district, Commis-

sioner Larry Johnson cast the lone dissenting vote against the referendum. District 4 Commissioner Elaine Boyer was absent.

The issue was not on the Nov. 8 ballot for unincorporated areas because commissioners said it would have been too expensive to do a single-item ballot. They say that putting it on the March ballot will save $330,000.

On Tuesday, voters in unincorporated DeKalb County only had an extension of the penny tax for schools, Special Local Option Sales Tax, on their ballot.

If the Sunday alcohol referendum passes

in March, retailers in unincorporated DeKalb will be able to sell malt beverages, wine and distilled spirits on Sunday between 12:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., beginning May 1, 2012.

In the Nov. 8 election, voters in all DeKalb cities and Atlanta-in-DeKalb overwhelmingly approved alcohol package sales on Sundays.

In unofficial election results Thursday, the Sunday sales referendum passed in Avondale by 85 percent, Chamblee by 84 percent, Clarkston by 77 percent, Decatur by 91 percent, Doraville by 68 percent, Dunwoody by 80 percent, Lithonia by 60 percent, Stone

Mountain by 71 percent, Pine Lake by 93 percent, and Atlanta by 91 percent.

Sunday sales will become effective on different dates. It will start in Stone Mountain on Dec. 11, Dunwoody on Dec. 4, and Atlanta on Jan. 1. The Decatur City Council is expected to vote Monday on a Nov. 27 effective date. Clarkston will vote on Dec. 6 on a Dec. 11 effective date, while Chamblee will decide on its date on Dec. 21.

At press time, officials in Avondale Estates, Doraville, Pine Lake and Lithonia were not sure when Sunday sales will begin.

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the school district’s construction programs.

Montgomery said more transparency is needed.

“The county should have more independent oversight in terms of adhering to budget projections,” he said. “And contractors should definitely bear more responsibility as far as sticking to budget.”

Montgomery said he also would like to see the Magnet Program expanded.

“Now, it’s like we’re paying for only a few schools to be top-quality when all DeKalb County schools should have comparable accelerated programs.”

But Viola Davis of Stone Mountain said she could not support a fourth SPLOST without transparency, ethics and accountability.

“As taxpayers and voters, we must hold the ‘powers that be’ accountable for the manner in which our tax money is spent,” said Davis, founder of the watchdog Unhappy Taxpayer & Voter group. “The children and teachers have yet to receive their due with our SPLOST money. When will we hold our elected officials accountable for our SPLOST money? We need to make sure our children have the highest quality education and our teachers receive a decent pay.”

District 5 School Board member Jay Cunningham, who was happy that the referendum passed with high margins, said that the board has heard the concerns of the voters and has put checks and balances in place.

“We know that the voters are going to hold us accountable,” he said. “They want to see that the dollars are properly used and followed up. The awareness and accountability standards have increased.”

Mayor-elect Deborah Jackson (left) gets a hug from supporter Gene Stephenson at her election party in downtown Lithonia.

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Lithonia City Council Deborah Jackson, who left her seat on the City Council to seek Lithonia’s top job, won with 45.2 percent of the vote in the fourway mayoral race.

She got 93 votes to defeat Pat Miller incumbent Mayor Tonya Shameka Reynolds Drucilla Woods Peterson-Anderson, who garnered 54 votes. place we know it can be,” she said.

Jackson told supporters on election night Former Councilman Al T. Franklin got that the easy part was over.

35 votes, and Doreen Carter, whose term “Now the hard work begins,” she said. on the City Council ends in December, got She said that includes bringing the com- 29 votes. munity together.

For the City Council, Lithonia voters “We have to identify economic develop- elected funeral director Shameka Reynolds, ment priorities that can bring more services registered nurse Pat Miller, office adminand infrastructure to make Lithonia the great istrator Tracey-Ann Williams, and lifelong

Lithonia resident Drucilla Woods, who was a write-in candidate.

Reynolds got 168 votes, or 50.1 percent, to claim one of two four-year terms on the council.

Woods, who edged former Mayor Darold Honoré by three votes, claimed the second four-year seat on the council. She got 92, or 25.3 percent, of the votes to Honore’s 89 votes, or 24.5 percent.

Woods and Reynolds will replace Carter, whose term ends on Dec. 31, and Kathleen DeCoq, who did not seek re-election.

Swearing in Monday Miller and Williams will complete the unexpired terms of Jackson and Franklin, who both resigned from the City Council in the middle of their terms to run for mayor.

Both will be sworn into office on Nov. 14 at a special called meeting of the City Council at 7 p.m. and take office immediately.

Miller got 132 votes, or 43.4 percent, and Williams, 101 votes, or 33.2 percent.

Among the other results, Avondale Estates retained its mayor, Edward Reiker, in a close race. Reiker got Tracey-Ann Williams 625 votes, or 50.9 percent, to beat back a challenge from former City Council member David Milliron, who got 595, or 48.5 percent, of the votes.

Nine DeKalb cities, including Lithonia, Stone Mountain, Avondale Estates, Decatur, Clarkston and Dunwoody, approved Sunday alcohol sales with landslide votes.

Benjamin Burton contributed to this report.

Community Nov. 15 is last day to pay taxes without penalty The last chance to pay 2011 taxes without a penalty is Nov. 15.

DeKalb Tax Commissioner Claudia G. Lawson said that payments that are not received or postmarked by the Nov. 15 deadline will incur a 5 percent late payment penalty, which is mandated by law and is not Claudia Lawson discretionary.

“It is important to note that if your payment is mailed, the postmark or cancellation stamp from the United States Postal Service is the only accepted evidence of timely mailing,” she said.

Countywide, DeKalb has 230,215 taxable properties. There are 218,137 residences and 12,078 commercial and industrial properties.

As of Nov. 1, there were 1.7 percent, or 3,751, delinquent residential properties owing the county $4.4 million. Among commercial and industrial properties, 327, or 2.7 percent, were delinquent and owe the county $1.2 million.

Last-minute payments can be deposited in drop boxes located on the front and side of the Tax Commissioners Central Office at 4380 Memorial Drive in Decatur.

Electronic checks or credit card payments also can be made at www.yourdekalb.com/ taxcommissioner or by telephone at 404-2984000 by midnight. A 2.5 percent service fee is charged on Internet payments.

Walk-in customers to the Central, North or South satellite offices may pay by cash, check, and debit and credit cards. There is a $1.50 service fee on debit card payments and a 2.5 percent service fee on credit card payments.

For more information, e-mail proptax@ dekalbcountyga.gov or call 404-298-4000.

HOST projects funding slashed Funding for DeKalb HOST projects has been slashed by $4 million as the county grapples with declining funds from its Homestead Option Sales Tax. The DeKalb Board of Commissioners voted on Nov. 1 to reduce HOST funding for eight of 16 infrastructure projects this year.

It originally allocated $12.2 million for the projects.

The reduction comes in the wake of a July Georgia Supreme Court ruling that DeKalb County must share its HOST money with its cities.

Five projects will get less HOST funding than approved in May. These include school sidewalk projects in the Salem, Henderson and Flat Shoals corridors; Lithonia Industrial Boulevard Extension Phase 3; LaVista at Oak Grove; the Church Street Trail Project; and the Stone Mountain to Lithonia Bike Lanes.

Three projects will lose all 2011 HOST funding – the $400,000 Chamblee Dunwoody Streetscapes, the $400,000 Northlake LCI Sidewalks, and the $600,000 South River Trail at Bouldercrest.

Commissioners said the projects will be put at the top of the HOST project list submitted for approval next year.

The untouched projects are the $3.5 million countywide resurfacing; $250,000 for a comprehensive transportation plan update; $500,000 for signal installations and upgrades; $850,000 for a Glenwood Avenue project; $325,000 for Phase 4 of the South Fork/Peachtree Creek trail; $650,000 for Candler Road Phase 2 Landscaping; and $50,000 for the Moreland Avenue project.

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To control rising pension costs, commissioners are encouraging the CEO to change the pension plan for new county employees in 2012.

BOC’s budget priorities oppose tax hike

By Mary Swint

Faced with declining revenues, the DeKalb commissioners are bracing for a tough budget year.

At their Nov. 8 meeting, commissioners adopted a 2012 budget priorities resolution that opposes a tax increase and calls for CEO Burrell Ellis to present a lean budget.

Last week, commissioners found out that the county’s 2012 revenues could be $24 million, or 3.63 percent, less than this year. Based on the projections presented at their Nov. 1 Finance Committee meeting, 2012 revenues will be $516 million, down from $540 million.

In the resolution approved Tuesday, the commissioners asked Ellis to identify three departments to be studied for possible outsourcing. They also are seeking more details on how taxes would be spent and billed next year.

Ellis will present his budget recommendations to the Board of Commission-

ers on Dec. 15.

In the resolution, the commissioners also asked him to present the estimated millage rates needed to fund the constitutional officers and library system. They did not, however, call for creation of special tax levies for them.

The six-page resolution also asked for a complete list of all full-time positions so they can be reauthorized in the 2012 budget and on an annual basis. In the past, the budget would include only a list of positions being added or deleted. Commissioners also want to consider for elimination all positions vacant since Sept. 15.

The commissioners want the budget proposal to show the estimated county tax bill for a typical home whose value remained constant for each jurisdiction and the unincorporated area. They also want residents to be able to estimate online their taxes based on expected changes in property values in 2012.

To control rising pension costs, the commissioners are encouraging the CEO

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to change the pension plan for new county employees starting in 2012 and to examine the county’s health insurance policy for employees and retirees. They want new county workers to be switched to a defined contribution retirement plan, similar to a 401(k) for private-sector workers, instead of a pension that guarantees a set retirement payment.

Commissioners dropped their earlier proposal to change the county budget from a calendar year to a fiscal year beginning on July 1.

Finance Committee Chair Lee May said the administration does not have the resources to make this change next year, which would have required a budget to be adopted January through June 2012 and a second one for July 2012 through June 2013.

Early indications are that the property tax digest will decline 5 percent, and Finance Director Joel Gottlieb said tax revenues will go down by 3.84 percent, and fines and forfeitures will decrease 4.44 percent. He said fees for county services like EMS ambulance and recreation will be down 7.34 percent.

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“We cannot fence out the homeless from living under bridges and be called the city that’s too busy not to love. We have to walk our talk.”

Editor’s note: Elisabeth Omilami made these comments at the annual Great Turkey Drop on Nov. 10 at the DeKalb Sheriff ‘s Office in Decatur.

During the event, frozen turkeys donated by Publix, Kroger and Sodexo are delivered to the jail, where volunteers will cook and prepare the meals that will be served on Thanksgiving Day to thousands of disadvantaged families and individuals. This year, for the first time in 13 years, the meal will be served at the Georgia World Congress Center and not at Turner Field.

Hunger affects children, teens, working poor Children who struggle with hunger are sick more often, recover more slowly and are more likely to be hospitalized. Children who struggle with hunger are more likely to suffer from stomachaches, colds, ear infections and fatigue.

Children who suffer from hunger have their ability to perform academically impeded.

Under-nourished children under the age of 3 cannot learn as much, as fast or as well when they are malnourished.

Children who don’t get enough nutritious foods are more susceptible to the negative effects of skipping breakfast on their ability to learn.

Hunger predisposes our children to emotional and behavioral difficulties.

Children who don’t get enough nutritious food have behavioral, emotional and academic problems and tend to be more aggressive.

Teenagers who don’t get enough to eat are more likely to be suspended from school and have difficulties getting along with other kids.

More than 50 million Americans struggle to put food on the table.

More than 17 million of them are children, so we are not only here for single homeless men. We are not just here for families who instead of living in public housing live in hotels, ghetto hotels like the ones I visited last week with my husband.

We are not just here because there is an increased and pandemic number of children in foster care.

We are here because there are families who work every day – some of them one or two jobs ­– who go home to empty refrigerators, who

Elisabeth Omilami (center) is joined by James Winkler of Sodexo (from left); DeKalb Sheriff Thomas Brown; Glynn Jenkins of Kroger; and her husband, Afemo Omilami, at the DeKalb County Jail.

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will not have a Thanksgiving feast, working poor families who cannot pay the 17 percent increase in meat, the 15 percent increase in wheat and whole grains. Working families who show up every day in our day center, looking for food.

We can figure out how to spend billions of dollars to get to Mars, to get to the moon, to build streetcars and beltlines.

Yet we cannot feed Atlanta’s poor.

Our priorities have not yet been put in place, but thank God for Hosea Feed the Hungry.

I am not Hosea Feed the Hungry. I am just the mouth of Hosea Feed the Hungry.

Hosea Feed the Hungry is our board of directors. Hosea Feed the Hungry is the 9,000 volunteers that help us do the work that we do every day.

Hosea Feed the Hungry is our

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21 staff members that work tirelessly every day to provide financial assistance, rent assistance, mortgage assistance.

We have the largest food bank in this region that feeds families directly.

Hosea Feed the Hungry is the 2,000 volunteers it takes to put on each holiday event.

My husband when he goes out under bridges and the byways, we found out last week that the Whitehall Street Bridge has been fenced in by the city of Atlanta so that the homeless cannot sleep and rest under the bridge – fine, expensive wrought-iron fencing.

We cannot fence out the homeless from living under bridges and be called the city that’s too busy not to love. We have to walk our talk.

So we are calling on the city of Atlanta to assist us because we are at the Georgia World Congress

Unincorporated DeKalb to get Macy’s workshop seeks shot at Sunday alcohol sales 2 applicants Even before the results of the overwhelming approval of Sunday alcohol sales in DeKalb’s nine cities were known Tuesday night, the DeKalb Board of Commissioners had voted to put the issue on the ballot.

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DeKalb Tax Commissioner Claudia G. Lawson said that 2011 tax payments that are not received or postmarked by the Nov. 15 deadline will incur a 5 percent late payment penalty.

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Center that has created a $75,000 deficit for the organization.

Turner Field was free of charge for 13 years, but the Georgia World Congress Center is $20,000 per event.

Thanks to Arthur Blank, Thanksgiving is taken care of, but we don’t know where the funds for Christmas and Martin Luther King Day will come from.

So we are asking the city to sponsor our dinners at the Georgia World Congress Center, and we are thanking Atlanta for standing with us for 41 years.

It’s sad that the numbers are so high, but our glass is half full because of Publix, Sodexo, Kroger and Sheriff Thomas Brown.

We will make sure that no one is hungry on Thanksgiving Day. Elisabeth Omilami is executive director of Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless.

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The Workshop at Macy’s is now taking applications from minority and womenowned enterprises for its May 2012 retail crash course.

Twelve-year-old Justice Pate was vacationing in Bridgeton, Mo., over the summer when he rescued a young child from drowning.

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An international summit convening in Atlanta on Nov. 15 will address the more than $1.6 trillion lost globally to health care fraud since 1998.

Improved Belvedere plans on display 7 Belvedere Park residents, representatives of faith-based and civic organizations, and local business owners can attend a free forum on Nov. 15 to discuss policy, systems and environmental changes under way in the area.

Teens, sexuality and social media will be the topics of discussion on Nov. 17 when parents, teachers, administrators, church and community leaders, and concerned citizens gather at the Lou Walker Senior Center in Lithonia.

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Atlanta-based Citizens Trust Bank will provide funding for mortgages as low as $25,000 for the programs.

DeKalb Police Officer Bernadette Hooker (at mike) purchased her home in Stone Mountain with the help of the Good Neighbor Next Door initiative. She is flanked

by DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis (front row, from left), HUD Regional Administrator Ed Jennings Jr., DeKalb School Board members Donna Edler and Tom Bowen, and DeKalb District 4 Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton.

Two housing initiatives launched It’s now a lot easier and more ensure the acquisition of as many affordable for teachers, police ofFHA foreclosed homes as posficers and firefighters to buy DeKalb sible in some of DeKalb’s most County homes in the wake of the attractive neighborhoods. launch of two initiatives ­– One Atlanta-based Citizens Trust DeKalb Lives and the Good NeighBank will provide funding for bor Next Door. mortgages as low as $25,000.

At the Nov. 1 unveiling of both James Young, CTB’s presiprograms, DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis dent, said they want to see people James Young said that starting immediately, the take advantage of “this wonderprograms will ensure that as many FHA fore- ful opportunity.” closures as possible are acquired by teachers, “This partnership with DeKalb County police officers, firefighters, and emergency and the One DeKalb Lives initiative medical technicians. exemplifies another way Citizens Trust “We are elated that HUD has approved an Bank continues to deliver on its promise expanded geographical area of eligibility for of enabling our community to realize DeKalb, where eligible first responders and dreams of economic empowerment and teachers can receive a 50 percent discount on homeownership,” he said. foreclosed FHA homes,” he said.

Ed Jennings Jr., HUD Southeast reOne DeKalb Lives, a comprehensive af- gional administrator, called the programs fordable housing initiative, encourages first- “a model for others to follow” and praised time homeownership and works to reduce Ellis’ leadership in working to make a difthe high volume of foreclosures in Decatur, ference in the lives of those served by the Lithonia, Stone Mountain and Ellenwood. county and HUD. The Good Neighbor Next Door initiaBorrowers also will be able to tap into tive offers a 50 percent mortgage discount the county’s NSP-1 and NSP-3, First Time to teachers and first responders like police Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance officers, firefighters, and emergency medical Program and Get Home Now! Program technicians to promote homeownership and to fund down payments.

Jewel and Jem Cultural Kids Decor is expanding into a lifestyle line from infant to California king.

Macy’s workshop seeks applicants tain growth in the competitive retail The Workshop at Macy’s is now environment,” Kelley said, adding taking applications from minority that the course helped them examand women-owned enterprises for ine and evaluate every component its May 2012 retail crash course. of their business.

The four-and-a-half-day trainShe said they have implemented ing, which will be holding its secall of the feedback from pricing ond course next year, helps promstructure to product offering. ising enterprises that are poised to “The workshop has set us up for succeed on a larger scale but need success to do business with Macy’s real-world business practice infor- Lake Kelley mation and perspective on large-scale vendor and other retailers,” Kelley said.

Before launching the company three relationships to move to the next level and years ago when she was laid off from The sustain growth.

At least 20 businesses will be invited to at- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kelley worked tend the course, which begins in early May. for eight years as an interior designer in adCourse work includes classes on mer- dition to corporate jobs.

With the feedback from the Macy’s trainchandising and assortment planning, marketing, EDI, financial management, and ing program, their business, Jewel and Jem, which initially catered to the needs of babies, access to capital.

Participants benefit from the course toddlers, teens and tweens, is expanding into developed by a consortium of experts from a lifestyle line – from infant to California Macy’s Learning & Development and Macy’s king.

“We have bold and neutral colors to give Multicultural Merchandising and Vendor Development; Babson College, the nation’s every room in the home a royal look,” Kelleading business school for entrepreneurship; ley said.

The line can be found at Georgia Baby in and with select Macy’s merchants/vendors.

Macy’s said the program reinforces Norcross and Precious Cargo in Vinings.

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Three months after the program’s launch, DeKalb Medical says patient satisfaction increased from 50 percent to 63 percent.

Kidney day focuses on health

Summit targets health care fraud

Free health screenings and a walkathon are part of Kidney Action Day on Nov. 12 at Turner Field in downtown Atlanta.

The kidney disease awareness event takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Steps That Count walkathon begins at 10 and follows a course around the Turner Field complex.

It will raise funds for programs and services to help patients impacted by kidney disease.

The free health screenings will check for indicators of kidney and heart health and diabetes, among others. Participants will receive instant test results for finger stick glucose, blood pressure, BMI, cholesterol, weight and height.

There will be healthy food samples, cooking and exercise demonstrations, and other family-friendly activities to increase awareness.

The American Kidney Fund says chronic kidney disease is the nation’s ninth leading cause of death.

Nationally, as many as 31 million people are living with the disease. In Georgia, rates of kidney disease are higher than the national average.

Anyone can develop kidney problems, but you are more at risk if you: n Are over 60 years old. n Have diabetes. n Have high blood pressure. n Have heart disease. n Have a family member with kidney dis-

An international summit convening in Atlanta on Nov. 15 will address the more than $1.6 trillion lost globally to health care fraud since 1998.

The Financial Cost of Healthcare Fraud will be unveiled at the Inaugural Global Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta hotel.

The study was produced by the London office of PKF Accountants & Business Advisers and Scholars at the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

The 8 a.m.-to-2:45 p.m. conference is being held in conjunction with the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association’s Annual Training Conference.

It will be attended by commercial health insurers, law enforcement, and other government agencies responsible for anti-fraud efforts from around the world.

Keynote speakers include Jim Gee,

ease. n Are African-American, Hispanic, Native American or Asian.

LaVarne A. Burton, president and CEO of the American Kidney Fund, said they are expecting hundreds of metro Atlantans to bring their friends and family and join in the fight against kidney disease.

LaVarne Burton “Pairing up with communities across the nation to raise awareness of kidney disease and its leading causes – diabetes and high blood pressure – is a critical part of the mission of the American Kidney Fund,” she said.

Chronic kidney disease can develop slowly or quickly, and most who are affected have no symptoms. If tested and detected early, chronic kidney disease can be slowed or even stopped.

Schwanda Owens, an AKF advocate and kidney disease patient from Union City, said getting tested is the first step.

“I learned about my condition 13 years ago and have been on dialysis ever since. I wish I had taken steps to protect my general health and kidneys before I was diagnosed. I want others to be aware of the simple steps they can take to prevent kidney disease.”

For more information, visit www.kidney fund.org.

Partnership boosts satisfaction A partnership between DeKalb nior vice president and chief nurse Medical and Walgreens is helping executive, said the program adpatients get their medication and dresses many patient care issues. better understand their prescrip“A patient who is informed and tions and follow-up care. secure in their treatment program Walgreens operates a fullfollowing a hospital stay is more service outpatient pharmacy adlikely to stay adherent to their jacent to DeKalb Medical’s Health medications and to achieve a better and Wellness Store on its main health outcome,” Wheatley said in Cathleen Wheatley campus on North Decatur Road, a Nov. 3 statement. and in July, Walgreens pharmacy staff began Studies show that for every 100 new prea comprehensive patient-centered discharge scriptions, only 15 percent to 20 percent are medication program. filled as prescribed.

Before they are discharged, patients who The National Association of Chain Druguse the service are provided with instruction stores says that overall cost of poor medicafocused on their new medication therapy tion adherence is about $290 billion per year along with the convenience of prescription in the United States. delivery at their bedside in the hospital.

Kermit Crawford, Walgreens president By eliminating the need to travel to a of pharmacy, health and wellness services pharmacy after a hospital stay, the service and solutions, said the program shows how helps the patient comply with medication a coordinated effort can help the patient and therapy. Pharmacists also conduct follow-up the hospital. phone calls to patients within 72 hours of “Services like bedside delivery, pharmadischarge to answer questions on medica- cist follow-up with patients after discharge tions, potential side effects and treatment and ongoing access to Walgreens community programs. pharmacists who provide education and Three months after the program’s launch, counseling help ensure a smooth and healthy the hospital says patient satisfaction in- transition from the hospital to the home.” creased from 50 percent to 63 percent.

For more information, visit www.dekalb Cathleen Wheatley, DeKalb Medical’s se- medical.org.

Fundraiser under way for free clinic The South DeKalb Center for Healthy Living is raising funds to keep its doors open.

Renee Ranson, executive director of the nonprofit center that treats people without health insurance, says they are Renee Ranson trying to raise $6,000.

“We started on Oct. 22nd and as of today we are at just under one-third of our goal,” she said this week.

Ranson said the center’s “Christmas in November” fund-raising campaign will take cash and in-kind donations.

“Although it has been a struggle keeping up with the requests for health care, the SDCHL family of volunteers has committed to another year of service,” she said.

On Nov. 10, Amerigroup gave it a $1,500 grant.

The community-based, volunteer-driven clinic opened in 2007. It offers free health care services to low-income, uninsured residents. Donations can be dropped off, mailed or made at www.healthylivingclinic.org.

Fund-raiser raffle tickets for $10 offer the chance to win prizes, including a mini digital video camera.

The center’s Christmas wish list includes exam table paper and exam drapes; thermometer sheaves; cleaning supplies; and multipurpose paper and other office supplies as well as gift cards to Staples, Walmart, Kroger and Home Depot.

Make checks payable to SDCHL, 2699 Klondike Road, Lithonia, GA 30058.

For more information, e-mail admin .sdhl@gmail.com or call 770-484-2777.

PKF LLP and chair at the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies; Dr. Peter P. Budetti, deputy administrator and director, Center for Program Integrity, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; and Hank Walther, deputy chief, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, U.S. Department of Justice.

The Global Health Care Anti-Fraud Network was jointly founded by the Canadian Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, the European Healthcare Fraud & Corruption Network, the Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group based in the United Kingdom, and the U.S.-based National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association to promote partnerships among international organizations in order to reduce and eliminate health care fraud around the world.

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“In DeKalb County, there are children who are awaiting their forever home and a family they can call their own.”

Miller Grove’s standout signs early for UGA Talk on teens, sex

By Carla Parker

and social media

Miller Grove High senior Brandon Morris has already helped the Wolverines basketball team win three consecutive state championships.

As he prepares to bring the school its fourth championship in the season now under way, he also is hoping for similar success when he begins his college career at the Brandon Morris University of Georgia.

With his mom, Stephanie Pollock, by his side on Nov. 9, Brandon signed his letter of intent for a full basketball scholarship to play for the Bulldogs in front of family, friends, teammates, coaches, classmates and school faculty.

Brandon is one of four DeKalb Schools basketball players who signed their letters of intent early this week.

On Nov. 10, Columbia High School’s Jarmal Reid signed with Oregon State University, and Chris Horton signed with Austin Peay State University in Tennessee.

Jordan Price from Southwest DeKalb High School was set to sign his letter of intent to Auburn University on Nov. 11.

Brandon, a 6-foot-7 small forward, chose Georgia over Auburn University and the University of Arkansas. He said he is ready to take on the collegiate league.

“This is a real big step in my life, a real big jump,” he said. “I’m just ready, man.

I’m ready.”

Brandon, who averages 9.2 points and

Teens, sexuality and social media will be the topics of discussion on Nov. 17 when parents, teachers, administrators, church and community leaders, and concerned citizens gather at the Lou Walker Senior Center in Lithonia.

The Wake Up Call: An Adult Discussion, which is presented by District 5 Commissioner Lee May, begins at 6:30 p.m.

May said that teenagers talking about and hav- Lee May ing sex is not new, but that today’s technology is taking it to a whole new level.

“Cyber-bullying, posting, sharing, Tweeting, sexting and the consequences of these from a physical, mental, social, legal and spiritual perspective will be addressed,” he said.

Invited panelists include Eddie Velez, youth minister/advocate and CEO of Fellowship of Holy Hip Hop; Dr. Julianne Adams Birt, a board-certified ob/gyn and president of Radiant Women’s Health; Hope E. Ashby, a psychologist/sex therapist and an assistant professor of ob/gyn and psychiatry at the Morehouse School of Medicine; practicing attorney Reginald Winfrey of Winfrey & Winfrey Law Firm; Robin May, a relationship therapist/life coach and CEO of Virtue Speaks; and Trenny Stovall, director of the DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center.

The Lou Walker Senior Center is at 2538 Panola Road. For more information, call 404-371-4745.

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Miller Grove High small forward Brandon Morris signs a letter of intent on Nov. 9 to play ball at the University of Georgia under the watchful eyes of his mother, Stephanie Pollock.

7.7 rebounds per game, said his versatility will be a contribution to the Bulldogs basketball team. “[I’ll bring] my willingness to play the three position and the four position,” he said. “I can play all the perimeters as well as the block.

“So, I really think my versatility is going to be a contribution to UGA.” Miller Grove head coach Sharman White said this is a great moment for Brandon and his family.

“He’s been nothing but a high character guy,” White said.

“Everybody talks about the number of championships that we win, but I tell people all the time that you can’t win championships if you don’t have championship people. And he defines that to the utmost.”

Brandon plans to major in architecture.

“I’m looking forward to a nice facility and I’m really looking for a family that I can go to outside my home,” he said. “I believe UGA has all that for me.”

Stone Mountain student a hero DeKalb to hold Adoption Day CPR. The child was transported Twelve-year-old Justice Pate to a hospital where he made a was vacationing in Bridgeton, Mo., full recovery. over the summer when he rescued a The City Council of Bridgeton young child from drowning. passed a resolution commending Justice, who lives in Stone Justice for his lifesaving actions.

Mountain, was in Missouri for a On his return home, DeKalb family reunion. On Aug. 6, he was CEO Burrell Ellis called the swimming in the pool of the hotel seventh-grader “a hero.” where his family was staying when Justice Pate “He is a prime example that he kicked something on the bottom of the pool. He looked down and saw a child one person can make an extraordinary difference,” Ellis said. lying motionless on his back.

“Because of his quick actions, a young He alerted his father before diving into the pool. He raised the boy to the surface and man now has a bright future,” Ellis said. handed him to his father and the father of the “We applaud Justice for his bravery and victim. The victim was unconscious and not his parents for rearing such a stellar young breathing. The adults called 911 and began man.”

November is National Adoption Month, and DeKalb Clerk of Superior Court Debra DeBerry will host the county’s first Adoption Day on Nov. 18, which is being observed as National Adoption Day. On Nov. 19, the DeKalb Department of Family and Children Services will celebrate DeKalb children who have been adopted over the past year.

DeBerry’s Adoption Day event takes place at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 5D in the county’s Judicial Tower.

DeKalb Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams will hear adoption cases. Light refreshments will be served immediately following the ceremony.

“I am excited to celebrate National Adoption Month by hosting an event for adoptive families to finalize their adoptions in a very special way,” DeBerry said.

Since 2000, more than 35,000 children have had their adoptions finalized on National Adoption Day.

For more information, call Fayron Woodley at 404-687-3873.

Special celebration The Department of Family and Children Services celebration of adopted children takes place 10 a.m. to noon on Nov. 19.

There will be speakers and a children’s orchestra.

Pamela Jack, a social services case manager, said there are more than 107,000 children in the United States in foster care who need permanent, loving families.

“In DeKalb County, there are children who are awaiting their forever home and a family they can call their own,” she said.

“Many of these children have been waiting years to be adopted.”

The celebration will be held at the county’s Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive in Decatur.

For more information, call Pamela Jack at 770-593-7426.

Seniors can seek Gates scholarships High school seniors who plan to enter college in fall 2012 have until Jan. 11 to apply for the Gates Millennium Scholars program.

The program selects 1,000 talented students each year to receive a good-throughgraduation scholarship to the college or university of their choice.

Eligible students must be: n African-American, American Indian/ Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American. n A citizen, national or legal permanent resident of the United States. n Have attained a cumulative high school GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or have earned a GED. n Enrolling for the first time in the fall of 2012 as a full-time, degree-seeking, firstyear student at a U.S.-located, accredited college or university (with the exception of students concurrently pursuing a high school

diploma). First-time college enrollees can also be GED recipients. n Have demonstrated leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular, or other activities. n Meet Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria. n Have completed and submitted all three required forms: the student’s application (Nominee Personal Information Form), an evaluation of the student’s academic record (Nominator Form), and an evaluation of the student’s community service and leadership activities (Recommender Form) by the deadline.

The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential. Applications must be submitted online by 11:59 on Jan. 11. For more information, visit www.gmsp.org.

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“These projects and their success show us that metro Atlantans want to create a better region that is sustainable both economically and environmentally.”

Wells Fargo’s Days of Giving benefits 25 DeKalb nonprofits Twenty-five DeKalb nonprofits have received $1,000 grants from Wells Fargo’s Days of Giving program.

The $25,000 in donations is part of 234 that the company awarded during its third annual Days of Giving in Atlanta and part of $1.5 million that the corporation and its employees have pledged or given this year.

The DeKalb groups are Atlanta Junior Bridge, Beverly Cunningham Outreach Program, Camp Sunshine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Clarkston Community Center, Community Achievement Center, Community Health Charities of Georgia, Cure Childhood Cancer, DeKalb County Police Alliance, DeKalb Library Foundation Inc., East Lake Foundation, Frazer Center, Friends of Refugees, Healing Hearts of Families USA Ministries, Jerusalem House, Jewish Family and Career Services, Leadership DeKalb, Mack’s Miracles, Mainstreet Community Scholarship Fund, National Multiple Scle-

Derrick Tyler with Wells Fargo (from left) stands with Douglas Shaw with Project Uplift, Bonita Lacy of Healing Hearts of Families USA Ministries, Roderick Cunningham of the Beverly Cunningham Outreach Program and Jason Philpot of Mack’s Miracles.

rosis Society – Atlanta, Project Uplift, Saint Vincent dePaul Society, Senior Connections, Unconditional Love for Children and YMCA – Decatur.

The donations are being distributed at five community breakfasts across Atlanta.

Several were honored at a Nov. 9 breakfast

at Clayton State University.

Quincy Sampson, Wells Fargo’s market president for DeKalb, said just the names of many groups say so much.

“We are proud to reach so many groups and people through this,” he said.

Wells Fargo Atlanta team members also

pledged or gave $937,000 through its annual United Way and Community Support campaign, an increase of 10 percent over last year.

In a Nov. 10 statement, the company said that it is also making a $600,000 corporate contribution to the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta.

In the Days of Giving celebration, Wells Fargo team members from almost 200 bank stores in Atlanta, along with those in other business lines, selected and recognized groups that were delivering important services in their communities.

Alan Dishman, the bank’s business banking manager, said that Wells Fargo has a long, proud history of community involvement and local decision-making.

“Days of Giving is the ideal representation of that and we look forward to celebrating our communities in this way for years to come,” he said.

Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area earns first ‘Great Place’ award It’s now official. The Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area is a “Great Place.”

The 64-square-mile area, which includes more than 20 miles of interconnected, multiuse trails, was recognized by the Atlanta Regional Commission and Livable Communities Coalition.

It was among six sites that received the 2011 Developments of Excellence Awards announced at ARC’s annual State of the Region breakfast on Nov. 4.

The awards recognize developments in the 10-county Atlanta region that exemplify cutting-edge, livable designs that are helping to create a positive framework for future development.

The Great Place award, which makes its debut this year, is given to a place in metro Atlanta that represents livability and sustainability but is not necessarily a single, private development.

ARC Chairman Tad Leithead said that the developers, local governments and nonprofit organizations that received recognition are changing the way people and businesses in the Atlanta region interact.

The PATH Trail in the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, which incorporates parts of DeKalb, Rockdale and Henry counties, is a popular destination for cyclists, joggers and other nature lovers.

“These projects and their success show us that metro Atlantans want to create a better region that is sustainable both economically and environmentally for future generations,” Leithead said.

The Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, which incorporates parts of DeKalb, Rockdale and Henry counties, is home to

Georgia Brass Band to perform Music for Missions will present the Georgia Brass Band in concert on Nov. 13 at Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church.

The Georgia Brass Band will headline the Nov. 13 Music for Missions concert series at Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker.

The free concert, which is directed and produced by Jack Sartain, begins at 7 p.m.

The Georgia Brass Band repertoire ranges from the Renaissance and Baroque eras

through the 21st century.

Music for Missions is a 12-year project of United Methodist Men. Although the concert is free, donations will be collected for charities and missions.

The church is located at 3142 Lawrenceville Highway in Tucker. For more information, call 770-939-3717.

International cuisine at potluck The turkey and a smorgasbord of international cuisine will be the highlight of the Clarkston Health Collaborative’s Fall Celebration on Nov. 17.

The annual potluck celebration begins at 6:30 p.m.

Jan Gardner, one of the event organizers, says a longtime collaborative member, Dr. Christopher Holliday, always brings the turkey, and everyone else brings a covered

dish or dessert from their culture to share with four to six people.

Gardner said many of the collaborative’s 300 members are community business owners, private citizens and health care providers.

The potluck takes place at Clarkston Community Center, 3701 Clarkston Ave. For more information, visit www.clarkston communitycenter.org or call 404-508-7845.

the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, a DeKalb County park comprising 2,000 acres of granite outcrop, wetlands, pine and oak forests, streams, and a lake; Panola Mountain State Park; the Monastery of the Holy Spirit; and Vaughters’ Farm.

The South River flows through the national heritage area.

Also recognized as 2011 Developments of Excellence were PerkinsWill Atlanta Office in Midtown Atlanta, Development of Excellence; Fairburn Educational Campus on U.S. 29 in Fulton County, Livable Centers Initiative Achievement Award; Trees Atlanta Kendeda Center on Chester Avenue in Atlanta, Leadership in Sustainability; Duluth Downtown Phase I, Exceptional Merit for Context-Sensitive Infill; and the Brickworks on Marietta Street in Atlanta, Exceptional Merit for Adaptive Reuse.

The Atlanta Regional Commission says the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area is a model for public-private partnership and inter-governmental cooperation.

It contains all types of development from single-family homes to office properties, Stonecrest Mall and schools like the LEEDcertified Arabia Mountain High School.

The area is overseen by the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance with help from local governments, corporations and individuals.

For more information on the awards, visit http://atlantaregional.com.

Library screens ‘Green Lantern’ The action-packed sci-fi film “Green Lantern” will be on-screen Nov. 18 and 19 at the Stonecrest Library in Lithonia.

The one-hour, 54-minute film, which was released in June, stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Peter Sarsgaard. It is based on characters in the DC Comics series of the same name.

The screenings are part of the DeKalb Library’s New Movie Series featuring new blockbuster films.

Both begin at 2 p.m.

“Green Lantern” tells the story of Hal Jordan, who acquires superhuman powers when he is chosen by “the Ring,” the willpower-fed source of power, of the Green Lantern Intergalactic Corps.

He takes on the challenges these superheroes face.

The library is at 3123 Klondike Road. For more information, call 770-482-3828.

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legal notice City of Clarkston 3921 Church Street Clarkston, GA, 30021 INVITATION TO SUBMIT QUOTATION NO. RFQ-11-001 REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS FOR FRIENDSHIP FOREST TREE PROJECT To All Potential Bidders:

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Competitive quotations will be received at the City of Clarkston City Clerk's Office 3921 Church Street, Clarkston, GA 30021, no later than 4 p.m., November 14, 2011. Quotations are being received for the Friendship Forrest Tree Project, 4380 East Ponce de Leon Avenue.

The Friendship Forest Tree Project involves the installation of sixty-five (65) deciduous overstory and select understory trees for installation at Friendship Forest no later than November 22, 2011. Installation plans have been developed by the consultant, Gretchen Musser, RLA of Elements of Land Design, LLC and are included with this bid. These plans are considered the Scope of this Project and are incorporated into the RFP documents. This bid involves installation and maintenance of plant material for one growing season only. Bidders may submit an alternate bid that does not include maintenance of plant material.

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Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute fosters an academically excellent and culturally relevant education that produces students who are equipped to succeed globally and are committed to social justice.

We are now enrolling grades K-8 Call Aminata Umoja, director, 404-992-8021 5197 Salem Road • Lithonia, GA 30038 www.kilomboschool.com Kilombo is an entity of FACDC. We exist as a result of First African Church’s commitment to institution building!

RFQ 11-001 Friendship Forest Tree Project will be sent via email, posted on the City's website at (www.cityofclarkston.com) or may be picked up on or after Tuesday, November 8, 2011 daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the City of Clarkston City Hall, 3921 Church Street, Clarkston, GA 30023.

There will be a non-mandatory pre-bid site visit on Thursday, November 10th at 2:00 p.m. The property is located at 4380 East Ponce de Leon Avenue.

Contractors will meet Gretchen Musser, Landscape Consultant on site. Selection and notification of the contractor will take place on Tuesday, November 15, 2011.

All installation work must be completed prior to November 22, 2011, weather and conditions permitting.

As described in the Project Scope and information attached all quotation submissions for City of Clarkston Friendship Forest Tree Project (RFQ 11-001) must comply with all general and special instructions. The City of Clarkston reserves the right to accept or reject any or all quotations and award in the best interest of the City.

Quotations must be delivered to the address listed above no later than the time and date indicated. Quotations may also be emailed to kbarker@cityofclarkston.com with hard copies to follow prior to the deadline. This is not a sealed bid.

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Mercy Housing Management will be accepting applications for 1 bedroom apartment units at Allegre Pointe Senior Residences, located at 3391 Flat Shoals Road, Decatur, GA 30034 beginning Monday, November 14, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.

Applications will be distributed beginning Monday, November 14, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Distribution and acceptance of completed application forms will remain open.

Future closing of the waiting list will be publicly advertised.

This community is designated as a Housing for elderly persons. All members of the household must be 62 years of age and older.

Rent Ranges: This is an income restricted community. All residents will pay rent based upon 30% of their adjusted gross household income.

Income Ranges: Annual Income is required at or below $23,950 for 1 person household or $27,350 for a 2 person household All applications will be ranked by date and time of the submitted application and will be ranked on the waiting list accordingly.

Request for Reasonable Accommodations by contacting 404.241.7224 or TTY at 1.800.855.2880

QUESTIONS: All questions or requests for additional information must reference RFQ 11-001 and must be submitted by 12 noon, Friday, November 11th to Keith Barker, City Manager, City of Clarkston, and 3921 Church Street, Clarkston, GA 30021. Email questions or inquires shall be submitted to kbarker@cityofclarkston.com. All questions and answers will be sent to all bidders. After the RFQ is issued, no contact will be permitted between bidders and any other City staff members or elected officials, except through the City Manager. The City Manager's office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The phone number is 404-296-6489.

Keith A. Barker City Manager Downloadable Details for the Friendship Forest Tree Project are located at cityofclarkston.com

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www.eastmetromarket.com legal notice NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER Georgia, DeKalb County Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement given by Daydreams Early Learning Center, Inc. to Children of the Future Day Care, Inc, dated January 31, 2006, recorded February 10, 2006 in Deed Book 18408, Page 763, DeKalb County Records, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($923,000.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold by the under signed at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of DeKalb County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in December 2011, the following described property: All the tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 61 of the 15th District of DeKalb County, Georgia, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin found on the southeasterly right-of-way line of Flakes Mill Road (100í R/W), said iron pin being located a distance of 200.0 feet southwesterly, as measured along the southeasterly right-of-way line of Flakes Mill Road, from the intersection of the southeasterly right-of-way line of Flakes Mill Road and the right-of-way line of Flat Shoals Road; thence leaving the southeasterly right-of-way line of Flakes Mill Road and running South 74 degrees 24 minutes and 45 seconds East a distance of 300.0 feet to an iron pin found; running thence South 19 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 124.0 feet to an iron pin found; running thence North 74 degrees 24 minutes 45 seconds West a distance of 300.0 feet to an iron pin found on the southeasterly right-of-way line of Flakes Mill Road; thence running in a northeasterly direction a distance of 124.0 feet, as measured along the southeasterly right-of-way line of Flakes Mill Road, to an iron pin found on the southeasterly right-of-way line of Flakes Mill Road and the Point of Beginning.

The above described property is described according to a survey prepared for Children of the Future Day Care, Inc., and Decatur Federal Savings and Loan Association, said survey being prepared by Eston Pendley & Associates, Inc., Eston Pendley, R.L.S. No. 945, said survey being dated March 11, 1988.

The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses in this sale, as provided in the Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement and by law, including attorneyís fees (notice of intent to collect attorneyís fees having been given).

Said property will be sold subject to an outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement first set out above.

To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is Daydreams Early Learning Center, Inc. or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 3616 Flakes Mill Road, Decatur, GA 30034.

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CrossRoadsNews

November 12, 2011

Educating and Empowering Our Community

Community Expos

at the Mall at Stonecrest Health, Wellness & Beauty Expo January 28, 2012

Dance & Summer Camp Expo March 31, 2012

Healthcare providers, insurance companies, fitness instructors, spas, haircare & natural product providers, and others bring messages of good health and help empower residents to live more active lives. Exhibitors also offer health screenings, fitness & product demos.

Best of East Metro/Small Business Expo April 28, 2012

Dance & karate schools, cheerleaders, churches, tutors, YMCAs, and other summer activity providers offer options for parents seeking innovative and interesting programs for their children.

Organizations offering services and resources to families are also invited.

Family & Back to School Expo August 4, 2012

Businesses and entrepreneurs – from landscapers to lawyers, Realtors, florists, insurance and travel agents – showcase their goods and services at this expo, which also celebrates the winners of CrossRoadsNews’ “Best of East Metro” Readers Choice Awards.

Businesses and organizations serving families will showcase goods and services to help students have a successful school year. The expo highlights services from afterschool to private schools and options for adults looking to retool and sharpen their skills for new careers.

Limited Signature Sponsorship Opportunities.

Only 50 exhibitor spaces available. Book yours today. Call 404-284-1888 for more information.

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Registration Deadline Dec. 28, 2011 Entry Fee $35

• Enter with your team of up to 25 members and show off the routine you use to motivate your clients to fitness.

• Competition starts at 1 p.m. on the mall’s lower level. A panel of celebrity judges will pick the winner.

• To enter, create a 3.5-minute fitness routine, choreographed to music.

• Use steps, balls, weights or just movements (bring your own weights, props, music, etc).

To register, email fitnessfaceoff@crossroadsnews.com, call Jami at 404-284-1888, or fax this form to 404-284-5007.

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Phone__________________________________ Email___________________________________________________________ (Advance registration only! Limit one team per instructor. Print this form and mail with check or money order payable to CrossRoadsNews, 2346 Candler Road, Decatur, GA 30032, or call 404-284-1888 with credit card information. Space reservation is not guaranteed until confirmed by CrossRoadsNews. Limited to first 20 trainers or instructors who pay in full. Late deposits will be returned.)