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Civil rights leaders oppose King memorial at Stone Mountain By Ken Watts

SCLC’s Daryl Gray (from left), DeKalb NAACP President John Evans, Atlanta NAACP Vice President Gerald Griggs and President Richard Rose, and SCLC President Charles Steele met with Gov. Nathan Deal on Oct. 14.

memorial to King atop Stone Mountain, which is home to the infamous granite carvCivil rights leaders don’t want the legacy ing of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mixed with Stonewall Jackson and Confederate President Confederate symbols, and Jefferson Davis on horseback. they told Gov. Nathan SCLC President Charles Steele, DeKalb Deal just that this week. NAACP President John Evans and Atlanta Leaders of two grassNAACP President Richard Rose said they roots organizations – the told Deal they do not want King’s image or Southern Christian Leadwords used on a Confederate memorial but ership Conference, cowould have no problem with a King memofounded by King in 1959, rial at Stone Mountain if the Confederate and the NAACP, which images were removed. has been fighting for civil Martin L. King Jr. Rose said none of the Confederate leaders rights since 1909 – told Deal on Oct. 14 they are “vehemently” opposed to a proposed Please see MEMORIAL, page 2

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May considered resigning after Bowers quarrel More than 200 mostly supportive people attended DeKalb interim CEO Lee May’s town hall meeting on Oct. 13 at the Lou Walker Senior Center in Lithonia in his old commission district.

Interim CEO awaits meeting with governor By Ken Watts

In the wake of the public quarrel with former Georgia Attorney General Mike Bowers over his DeKalb corruption report, interim CEO Lee May said he considered resigning. “The thing that bothers me the most is that I’ve become the kind of distraction that I was trying to get rid of,” he told more than 200 South DeKalb residents at an Oct. 13 Lee May town hall meeting in his old commission district. But May, who was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal in July 2013, said he decided instead to wait until he met with Deal who has asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to vet the report for criminal wrongdoing. May said no meeting had been scheduled with the governor. Deal tapped May to fill in for suspended CEO Burrell Ellis, who is serving an 18-month prison sentence and appealing his conviction on attempted extortion and perjury. Before the mostly supportive crowd at the Lou Walker Senior Center in Lithonia, May said he’s interested in continuing the progress he’s seen in the county on his watch. Many residents asked him to stay in office and two carried signs that read “We Believe in Lee” and “Stay Strong May.” Others criticized him for spending more than $850,000 for the investigation when there were established arms of government – the GBI, IRS, U.S. attorney – that could have done the probe. He said the county is in good fiscal shape, and police and fire employees got a cost-ofliving wage adjustment in 2015 for the first

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time in years and they are hiring more officers and firefighters. “I believe I have something positive to offer the county,” May said. “I believe we’ve been doing some tremendous work over the past two years and, yes, I would like to complete it, but that’s in the governor’s hands and I’ll proceed based on the will of our governor.” Lloyd Aleman of Lithonia, who said he worked with May on community projects for years and found him to be a man of his word, said he had confidence in May’s leadership. Lloyd Aleman “To me, this whole ordeal is nothing more than a witch hunt,” Aleman said of the 40-page report by Bowers and investigator Richard Hyde that was released Sept. 30. Retired Atlanta Police detective and Li-

thonia resident Faye Coffield, who has called for May’s resignation, took him to task for not finding out whether the high cost of the probe could have been avoided. “Where did the money come from?” she asked him. “Why weren’t the GBI, Internal Revenue Service or FBI used when they volunteered to do it?” May said the GBI and IRS aren’t set up for what he wanted to do. “If given another chance, would I have done it differently? Probably so, but then again we could have gotten the same outcome,” he said. Former state Sen. Steen Miles wanted to know whether May had Steen Miles second thoughts about hiring outside investigators. “Do you feel you were bamboozled?” she asked.

Miles said that money could have been better spent on street sweepers for the county. “Hindsight is 20/20,” May said. “It was my decision. I have to own it.” May hired Bowers and Hyde, fresh from their investigation of the Atlanta Schools cheating scandal, on March 18 to “root out corruption.” May had set no timeline for the completion of the probe nor a ceiling for its total cost. At rates of $150, $320 and $400 an hour through the end of September, the county had paid $673,000 to Bowers’ law firm, Balch & Bingham, and $211,790 is still outstanding. Bowers, who released the report to the media, accused May of obstructing the investigation that he commissioned. He called for May’s resignation because of “appalling corruption and a stunning absence of leadership in the DeKalb County government Please see PROBE, page 3

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“We will fight against it peacefully and nonviolently, and we conveyed that to the governor.”

Leaders to fight attempts to recognize King near Confederate emblems MEMORIAL,

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depicted in the carving was from Georgia. “Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky and lived in Mississippi,” he said. “Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee were Virginians. Martin Luther King was a Georgian. So we absolutely reject putting an internationally renowned figure for nonviolence and peace with rogues, traitors and warmongers, which is what Jefferson, Lee and Jackson were.” The 90-foot-by-190-foot Confederate memorial was carved into the granite mountain after the state of Georgia acquired it for just over $1.2 million in 1958 at the urging of Gov. Marvin Griffin. In 1963, sculptor Walker Hancock was hired to complete the carving that sculptor Gutzon Borglum abandoned in 1925 because of a dispute. Borglum took his sketches and models and went on in 1927 to carve the famous Mount Rushmore sculpture in South Dakota, which was completed in 1939. Billed as the “largest high relief sculpture in the world,” the Stone Mountain carving, which spans three-quarters of the mountain’s face, was completed in 1972. It towers 400 feet above the ground and is recessed 42 feet into the mountain. The deepest point of the carving is 12 feet to the mountain surface.

The Confederate Memorial at Stone Mountain Park was carved after the state of Georgia acquired the mountain in 1958 for $1.2 million. The carving was completed in 1972.

which oversees the park, proposed placing a liberty bell atop the mountain with the inscription “Let freedom ring,” a reference to King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, in which he said, “Let freedom ring from the Carving, flags at center of debate In the wake of calls to remove the Con- top of Stone Mountain,” the birthplace of federate carving from the mountain, the the modern Ku Klux Klan. At a news conference after Wednesday’s Stone Mountain Memorial Association,

State Capitol meeting with Deal, Steele said there is no room for negotiation. “We will fight against it peacefully and nonviolently, and we conveyed that to the governor,” he said. “We think he received it and he will use his influence to convey it to others.” Rose, the Atlanta NAACP president, said

Deal was very receptive and hospitable. “We appreciate that,” he said. “Our goal is to finally end the Confederacy. The Confederate States of America should be dead within the Georgia Code of Statutes.” Evans said the Stone Mountain Memorial Association thinks they “are just playing” and that after four or five days their opposition “will die out.” “We’re going to let them know that’s a big lie,” he said. For years, the Stone Mountain monument, located less than 20 miles northeast of the King Historic Site in Atlanta, has been at the center of debate between those who want to honor Confederate history and others who believe the carving and its Confederate flags glorify the state’s racist past and should be removed from state-owned land, just like the Confederate battle emblem was removed from the state flag in 2001. The KKK was reborn near the mountain in 1915 and was the site of Klan rallies and cross burnings for decades. The Venable family, which owned the property until 1916, included KKK sympathizers and at least one leader of the Klan, James Venable. The civil rights leaders say they want to meet with the Stone Mountain Memorial Association as soon as a meeting can be arranged. They say they received no promises from Deal. His office had not commented on the meeting at press time Thursday.

Show Your PRIDE, South DeKalb! R Don’t Litter R Mow, Trim & Paint R Clean to the Curb

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“She and two of her friends stole over $150,000 in funds intended to maintain defense facilities and spent the money on themselves.”

Candidate forums in Lithonia, Conyers

Early voting available until Oct. 30

Lithonia voters will pick a mayor and two at-large City Council members in the Nov. 3 election. On Oct. 20, they can hear the platforms of the five candidates seeking the three open seats and question them at a candi- Al Franklin date forum co-hosted by CrossRoadsNews and On Common Ground News. Incumbent Lithonia Mayor Deborah Jackson is seeking a second term. She is opposed by former Councilman Al Franklin. Incumbent council Darold Honore members Darold Honore and Shameka Reynolds and political newcomer Fred Reynolds are seeking two at-large seats on the council. Fred Reynolds is the cousin of Shameka Reynolds. The two highest votegetters will take the seat. Shameka Reynolds CrossRoadsNews Editor/Publisher Jennifer Parker and On Common Ground Editor Valerie Morgan will moderate. The forum takes place 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lithonia-Davidson Library, 6821 Church St. in downtown Lithonia. For more infor-

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

mation, email editor@ crossroadsnews.com or call 404-284-1888.

Senate District 43 The nine candidates seeking the Georgia Senate District 43 seat that covers portions of DeKaDeborah Jackson lb, Rockdale and Newton counties are expected at an Oct. 22 forum at Antioch AME in Conyers. Diana Adoma, Angela Moore and former state Rep. Tonya Anderson are from DeKalb County. Rodney Upton, Janice Van Ness, William “Bill” Fred Reynolds Kennedy, Stan Williams, Marcus Jordan, and Sharon Sawyer are from Conyers and Covington, George Chidi, a Pine Lake councilman and editorial writer for the Peach Pundit, will moderate. The forum is hosted by the RockdaleNewton Section of the National Council of Negro Women Inc.; the Rockdale, DeKalb and Newton NAACP chapters; RockdaleNewton and DeKalb chapters of the League of Women Voters; and the Rockdale-Newton Chapter of National Action Network. The church is at 1790 Ebenezer Road. For more information, call Rhonda Taylor at 678-824-2946 or email events@rockdalenewtonncnw.org.

Decatur woman jailed in kickback case Lakeysha Ellis of Decatur has been sentenced to nine months in prison for her role in a corruption scheme involving a former Georgia National Guard employee. Ellis, 37, also was sentenced to three years of supervised release and three months of home confinement and ordered to pay $74,902 in restitution to the Guard and $81,487.88 to Baumueller-Nuermont Corp. Raytosha Elliott, a former contracting official with the Guard, and Ellis and Angela Thicklin, owners of two vendor companies, took part in a scheme in which Elliott awarded contracts to the vendors in exchange for illegal kickbacks. Elliott, 35, of Atlanta was sentenced to two years, 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $115,902 in restitution to the Guard and $26,500 to Baumueller-Nuermont by U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg. Elliott worked with the Guard from May 2007 to April 2012. Court documents showed that under the rules governing the contracting process overseen by Elliott, projects costing less than $5,000 did not need to go through a competitive bidding process, allowing her to award the contracts. Between January 2009 and May 2011, Elliott awarded numerous contracts under $5,000 to vendor companies created by her friends and associates. She certified that the work had been completed and facilitated

payment to the vendors who allegedly completed such projects in return for kickbacks equal to 50 percent of the value of the contracts. Elliott was ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution to WebBank based on a fraudulent loan application she submitted to the bank in September 2013. In that application, Elliott falsely inflated Tech Group Investments’ sales and gross receipts and provided a fraudulent federal tax return in support of those figures to obtain the loan. She also was ordered to perform 60 hours of community service. Ellis and Elliott previously pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy. Thicklin, 45, of Atlanta was sentenced to one year, nine months in prison and three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $78,640 in restitution to the Guard. She previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy. U.S. Attorney John Horn said Elliott took advantage of her position with the Guard and awarded no-bid contracts to her friends in exchange for illegal kickbacks. “She and two of her friends stole over $150,000 in funds that were intended to maintain defense facilities and instead spent the money on themselves,” Horn said in a Sept. 15 statement. State Inspector General Deb Wallace said the sentences may serve as a deterrent to others who “desire to pilfer the state and federal governments’ coffers.”

Early voting is under way for the Nov. 3 municipal and special elections. Voters can cast early ballots through Oct. 30 at the DeKalb Elections Office in Decatur for candidates for mayor and City Council in 10 cities; in special elections for Senate District 43 and House District 92; and for referendums on proposed changes to the DeKalb County Ordinance to revamp the Ethics Board, on cityhood for both LaVista Hills and Tucker, and on annexation into the city of Clarkston. Citizens who live within the boundaries of the proposed cities of LaVista Hills and Tucker can visit www.dekalbvotes.com (click on “Voter Information” and “Find My Representative”) to see an overlay map

of the proposed municipalities. The DeKalb Board of Registration & Elections says there have been several precinct changes since the 2014 elections and voters should check their polling locations before Election Day. To verify your registration and locate your polling place, visit My Voter Page at www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do or the “GA Votes” app on your smartphone. Click the “Current Election Information” link for polling place changes. Early voting takes place weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The DeKalb Elections Office is at 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300. On Nov. 3, the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.dekalbvotes.com or call 404-293-4020.

Judge Seeliger to seek re-election By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

DeKalb Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger will seek re-election in 2016. Seeliger, who has been on the DeKalb bench for 35 years, has been in Superior Court since 1985. He was first elected to the State Court bench in 1981. Seeliger says he is in good health, enjoys the work, and wants to continue serving the citizens of DeKalb County. “I’m honored to have served for so long on the DeKalb County Superior Court bench thanks to the generosity of the voters of our county,” he said. “There is much to be done to continue reforming our courts, guaranteeing human rights for

all citizens, and to protect women against domestic violence.” Outside of the courts, Seeliger has chaired the DeKalb Task Force Against Domestic Violence and the State Commission Against Family Violence. Clarence Seeliger The nonprofit Women’s Resource Center, which works with domestic violence victims, named its advocacy award the Clarence Seeliger Justice Award in his honor. In 2013, the DeKalb Bar Association gave him its Pioneer Award for his decades of leadership and service on the bench, bar and public.

May hosting three more town halls PROBE,

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[that] are a disgrace to its citizens and an embarrassment to our state.” The report pointed to “a pattern of corrosive and widespread misconduct” that has “destroyed public confidence in the integrity of the governing authority.” It also accused May of accepting an illegal loan from Morris Williams, the DeKalb Board of Commissioners’ former chief of staff and May’s longtime friend, and said May used county money during a trip to Hawaii to purchase spa treatment and an adult movie. May told constituents he never used public funds for the Hawaii trip. He acknowledged buying several movies in his hotel room but said none was inap-

propriate and he paid for all of them with his own money. Bowers and Hyde said May terminated them on Aug. 6, 2015, and their report “is only an overview” of some of their findings to date. May, who scheduled six town hall meetings and canceled the first one at Maloof Auditorium on Oct. 8, has three more coming up. All sessions start at 6:30 p.m.: n Oct 20, Derwin Brown Memorial South Precinct, 2842 H.F. Shepherd Drive in Decatur. n Oct. 22, Welcome Friend Baptist Church, 3198 Bouldercrest Road in Ellenwood. n Oct 26, Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive in Decatur. For more information, visit onedekalb. com.

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“I am disappointed that two of our commissioners are being disparaged in this way.”

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DeKalb District Attorney Robert James says that his office will not open an investigation into allegations against Commissioners Jeff Rader and Kathie Gannon in an anonymous email sent on Oct. 12 to his office, the Board Robert James of Commissioners and the news media. The “Request to Investigate the Illegal Activities of Commissioner Jeff Rader in collusion with his wife Carolyn H. Rader,” from “unhappytaxpayingcitizen@gmail.com,” was attached to retired Leadership DeKalb Director Sara Fountain’s name, but misspelled her first name as “Sarah.” It alleges that Rader, the District 2 commissioner, and Gannon, the Super District 6 commissioner, used their commission offices’ budgets to support nonprofits as documented in the Bowers/Hyde Report for personal and political gains. “I have uncovered additional information that you should be aware of regarding how Commissioner Rader’s payments of county funds to one particular nonprofit, Park Pride Inc., has benefited him personally and it includes collusion with his wife, Carolyn H. Rader,” the writer of the discredited email wrote. Fountain said that she did not write the email and did not send it to the district attorney. “I was Sara Fountain stunned when I learned of it,” she said. “I don’t agree with that email and I am disappointed that it was sent. It brings the level of discourse so low. We don’t need this kind behavior in the county.” James said that when he received the email on Monday, he reached out to Fountain. “She said that someone was impersonating her and had used her name,” he said. “She said that the email address was not hers.” Fountain always signs her emails “Carpe Diem!” and James said

he also noticed that the signature was not on the email. He said it’s a policy of his office not to investigate anonymous tips. Jeff Rader “We sent the author of the email an email asking that they get in touch with us,” he said. “At this point we have not heard from them. We don’t open investigations based on anonymous sources who pretend to be other people, unless it was something that we were already working on. It’s not a good use of our resources.” In an Oct. 12 “Response to Slanderous Email,” sent to James and copied to original recipients of the fictitious email, Fountain said she is “willing to testify under oath that I did not write it nor do I know who did.” “I earnestly request that you research the author of this email who deliberately used my name or tell me what I should do to uncover this injustice,” Fountain said.

Corruption report cited The hoax email quoted the 40-page Bowers/Hyde Corruption Report that identified thousands of dollars of commissioners’ budgets that have been donated to nonprofits as illegal. “However, why did Mr. Rader contribute $20,000 to one organization: Park Pride? Why did Commissioner Kathie Gannon give $6,000 to the same organization at the same time?” the email writer asked. The writer went on to say that Rader’s wife, a former executive director of Park Pride, “is still significantly and personally connected to Park Pride (most probably she is an employee-contractor with that organization)” and that through her job at the Atlanta Regional Commission supports the development of LCIs in her husband’s district that are funded by Park Pride’s matching grant program “(Rader provides the initial Grant to be matched from his County Commission Office slush fund).” The writer alleges that the Park Pride “donations” then go to Friend’s Groups in Commissioner Rader’s district that he has had a hand in forming. “Then Rader (and/or his wife)

provides feebased Planning Services through his Company, Commons Planning Inc. (a shell nonprofit that is just a vehicle for pass-through Kathie Gannon funds in the form of Planning Contracts to Commissioner Rader and his friends). This is collusion and kickback of government funds – both of which are felonies (at State and Federal levels). “Mrs. Rader gives her husband the heads up on many of the Planning contracts available through her department at ARC and because one hand washes the other, Commissioners Rader and Gannon’s Park Pride Investment becomes goodwill that is multiplied throughout the 15 County region with continual financial benefits to the Raders. “This scheme is very lucrative to the Raders while also being a felony and a potential violation of the State Constitution (according to the Bowers Report),” the anonymous writer said. “DeKalb’s ethics laws (Rader should never vote on a matter that involves his wife’s former employer or LCIs under the direction of his wife’s group with her current employer – the Atlanta Regional Commission – at least not without disclosure, and should never vote on monies that go to organizations that he has a financial hand in – so-called ‘Friends’ Groups), as well as State and Federal Law (kickbacks of public funds).” The email alleges that Gannon participates because “in her own words at a recent DeKalb County Commission meeting, ‘Jeff is my “partner in crime.”’ “Rader supports Gannon in her own initiatives to control real estate investment resources and development in North DeKalb County (while, at the same time, they both work hard to prevent development investments in the Southern parts of the County),” the writer said. Before thanking James for “holding these politicians accountable and protecting the people of DeKalb,” the writer urged him to “follow up on this matter quickly which is of much public concern and the source of regional angst against our great County.”

“I fear that their shredders are at work even now destroying evidence as you read this,” said the email signed by “Unhappy Taxpaying Citizen of DeKalb County, GA.”

Fountain ‘simply outraged’ In her “Response to Slanderous Email,” Fountain said she is “simply outraged” that the level of discourse in the county has sunk to this low level. “I have been working hard to stop the cityhood movement in my neighborhood,” she said, “but when the level of discourse drops to this kind of personal attack, it is difficult to carry the banner that we do indeed have a good county and that we don’t need another level of government. My neighbors will surely respond … ‘I told you so!’” She said she has no knowledge about the subject matter contained in the email. “I am disappointed that two of our commissioners are being disparaged in this way,” Fountain wrote. “With these kinds of vile aspersions being cast about, I can’t see how anyone would want to run for public office in DeKalb County.” She said that this type of political malice has alienated so many people and serves as an example of why people want to either move or change the government. “I do hope the author of this malicious assault on two commissioners has second thoughts and realizes that ‘what goes around comes around,’” she wrote. “It’s a rule of quantum physics that this type of negative energy will return to the originator.” The “unhappytaxpayingcitizen@gmail.com” email address is close to the name of Stone Mountain-based Unhappy Voter and Taxpayer Organization, but Viola Davis, a co-founder of that group with her mother Ruby Davis, said they did not send the email. “It’s not us,” she said Tuesday. “We don’t know who did this. We don’t have a clue who this is. We are trying to find out too.” Davis said that when her Unhappy Voter and Taxpayer group sends emails, she always puts its name and telephone number. Because the “unhappytaxpayingcitizen” name is so close to her group’s name, Davis said she has referred it to her attorney. “We have a trademark and we have to protect it,” she said.

Large turnout for South DeKalb Senior Center dedication By Ken Watts

It was a packed house for the Oct. 12 grand opening of the South DeKalb Senior Center in Decatur. The dedication of the $5 million facility lured nearly 300 residents and county officials, including interim CEO Lee May, District Attorney Robert James, and Commissioners Larry Johnson and Stan Watson. The 5,000-square-foot center Circulation Audited By

Nearly 300 residents and county officials attended the grand opening of the South DeKalb Senior Center on Oct. 12 that included a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

at 1931 Candler Road, which was supposed to take 18 months to build, took three years because of construction issues. DeKalb NAACP President John Evans, who was in the audience, said the opening of the center is a testament to the community’s determination to fulfill a need. “Be mindful of what you have and take care of it,” Evans told the crowd. “And whatever else you need, ask for it.”

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“Eating nutritious foods, being active, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are critical steps we can all take.”

Fulton prosecutor shot by husband to speak at symposium Fulton Assistant District Attorney April Ross, a domestic violence survivor, is the featured speaker at DeKalb Solicitor General Sherry Boston’s fifth annual symposium on Oct. 21 at the Maloof Auditorium in Decatur. Ross, who is now a April Ross paraplegic, was shot three times by her husband in April 2014 and spent two and a half months in the hospital. The Community Resource Fair and Symposium: Building Bridges, Making Con-

Seminar, bling bra to highlight ‘ABCs of Breast Cancer’ “The ABCs of Breast Cancer” on Oct. 27 at DeKalb Medical at Hillandale in Lithonia offers women a chance to discuss breast health in innovative ways during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. At “Bling Your Bra … for Breast Cancer,” starting at 6 p.m. in the theater at the Radiation Oncology Building across from the hospital, women can bring a pretty bra or use one of DeKalb Medical’s to express themselves by decorating them. The bras will be displayed in the Breast Center after the health talk presented by nurse navigators. The talk starts at 6:30 p.m., and participants can learn what to do to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. Nurse navigators will focus on how to be a good steward of your health by making diet and lifestyle changes. Registration is required at dekalbmedical.org or 404-501-WELL. The hospital is at 2745 DeKalb Medical Parkway.

‘Picture Yourself Healthy’ contest DeKalb residents can snap photos for a chance to win prizes as part of the Board of Health’s new “Picture Yourself Healthy in DeKalb” campaign. The public can engage in the campaign, which promotes access to healthy foods and physical activity venues in DeKalb, through a new contest, “Picture Yourself at the DeKalb Mobile Farmers Market.” Participants must follow the mobile market on social media, then take a picture of themselves at one of its stops and post it to #DeKalbMobileMarket on Twitter @dekalbmobile or Instagram @ dekalbmobilemarket. Each Friday, four winners will be randomly selected to win prize packs, which include a $10 gift card to use at the market. The contest runs until Oct. 23. District Health Director S. Elizabeth Ford said she is excited about the campaign. “Eating nutritious foods, being active, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are critical steps we can all take to reduce Elizabeth Ford the burden of chronic diseases that we see in our county,” she said in a Sept. 30 statement. The campaign’s initial launch is focused on promoting the market operated by DeKalb Extension. It will expand to promote local producer-only farmers markets and physical activity. Commercials can be seen on BET, TVOne and OWN. It also is being promoted on Hot 107.9, Praise 102.5, Majic 97.5 and Boom 102.9 and on MARTA buses and at bus shelters in DeKalb. Visit www.DeKalbCountyGA.gov/mobilemarket for market stops.

nections, Coordinating a Community Response to Domestic Violence starts at 8 a.m. Boston said Ross was invited to speak so the community can understand that domestic violence can happen to Sherry Boston anyone. “We want to do everything we can to prevent these crimes,” Boston said. “My Special Victims Unit is here to work with citizens and help them get the assistance they need – whether it’s a protective order, criminal

charges or a safety plan.” A woman is assaulted or beaten every nine seconds in the United States, and one in three women will experience physical domestic violence in her lifetime, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence says. Ross was shot multiple times on April 25, 2014, by her estranged husband, Tranard McConnell, who was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in southwest Atlanta. Ross had filed for divorce earlier that week. “The scary thing is that in cases like mine, the signs are far more insidious and because so many of us think we know better than to

allow an abusive relationship, our denial and avoidance of the signs become the conduit for the abuse to escalate,” Ross said. Boston is collecting used cellphones to donate to HopeLine, a Verizon Wireless program that turns no-longer-used phones into support for victims of domestic violence. A collection box is located at her office on the fifth floor of the DeKalb Courthouse. The auditorium is at 1300 Commerce Drive. For more information, visit www. dekalbsolicitorgeneral.org or call 404-3712201. The Georgia Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-33-HAVEN (4-2836).

Health care enrollment opens again on Nov. 1 About 10.5 million uninsured individuals are eligible for Marketplace coverage as open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace begins its third year on Nov. 1. About one-third of the uninsured who qualify for plans are people of color: about 19 percent are Hispanic, 14 percent are African-American, and 2 percent are Asian-American. 2016 plans and prices will be available by late October – visit www.healthcare. gov. In a preview, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell said the upcoming open enrollment will be “tougher” than last year.

“But while those remaining uninsured may be harder to reach, we’re working smarter to reach them,” Burwell said. A new analysis shows 17.6 million have gained coverage as Affordable Care Act provisions have Sylvia M. Burwell taken effect. In a speech at the Howard University College of Medicine, Burwell reflected on the progress of the first five years of the ACA and said the law is working to deliver access, affordability, and quality coverage. She said the number of uninsured people has decreased for three chief reasons: allow-

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“She pulled me in. What an amazing woman. She used her own tragedies to tell jokes and made people laugh.”

Ebenezer pastor Poet to channel Moms Mabley’s spirit, humor pletely in love with Mabley, who starred in be performing through me.” to keynote 59th By Jennifer Ffrench Parker Even though Mabley was a chic, glamorfilms, was a headliner at the Apollo Theater, Jackie “Moms” Mabley was famous for made hit comedy albums in the 1960s, and ous woman, her stage persona was that of an NAACP dinner her ability to poke fun at herself and others, was a top draw for TV variety shows. older, housedress-clad figure. Taylor already The Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist, keynotes the DeKalb NAACP’s 59th annual Freedom Fund Awards Dinner on Oct. 24 at Saint Philip AME in Atlanta. The banquet starts at 7 p.m. The theme is “NAACP: Pursuing Liberty in the Face of Injustice – Advancing Freedom Forward.” Warnock has served as senior pastor of Historic Ebenezer, spiritual Raphael Warnock home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., since 2005. Under his leadership, more than 3,000 new members have joined. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Morehouse College and two masters and a doctorate from Union Theological Seminary and is a Lifetime Member of the NAACP. Warnock delivered the closing prayer at the 2013 Inaugural Prayer Service at the National Cathedral at the request of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. His first book. “The Divided Mind of the Black Church; Theology, Piety & Public Witness,” was published by NYU Press in 2014. Freedom Fund honorees are: Van K. Jakes, Benjamin L. Hooks Award; Diamond Evon-Ebron Champagne, Patricia C. Jones Community Service Award; Clerk of Superior Court Debra DeBerry, Thurgood Marshall Award; Alethia Wimberly, David C. Albert Award; Greenforest Community Baptist Church, Faith Based Award; the Rev. Jared Sawyer Jr., Earl T. Shinhoster Youth Services Award; Georgia Piedmont Technical College President Jabari Simama, Narvie J. Harris Award; and U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, Medgar Wiley Evers Freedom Legacy Award. Sarah Copelin Wood, Isabelle Holston, and Lewis Refour will receive John H. Evans Lifetime Achievement Awards. The church is at 240 Candler Road S.E. Email ageetah@ymail.com or naacpdek@ comcast.net or call 404-241-8006.

and that’s what Sandra Taylor of Decatur loves about the stand-up comedienne who made a living in the 1960s telling jokes long before females in comedy were fashionable. On Oct. 21, Taylor will channel the comedienne, known for routines that were riotous affairs, at Sandra Taylor the Lou Walker Senior Center’s October Fest Variety Show that starts at 2:30 p.m. Taylor, a poet who celebrated her 66th birthday on Oct. 17, said she didn’t know a lot about Mabley when LWSC’s drama coach Charleen Knox asked her to portray her. But after a little research, she was com-

“The more I read about her, she pulled me in,” Taylor said. “What an amazing woman. She used her own tragedies to tell jokes and made people laugh.” A self-professed lover of laughter, Taylor, who is the Lou Walker Senior Center Poet Laureate, said laughter relieves stress. “Laughter is joy to the soul,” she said. “I love to laugh. I love people to laugh. It doesn’t matter to me if they are laughing with me or at me. It’s a comfort.” Taylor expects to be onstage for 25 to 30 minutes, telling Mabley jokes that mocked racial bigotry and professed lusty zest for younger men. “I know a lot of her jokes,” she said, “and I have rehearsed and rehearsed. Moms will

has her outfit ready. Taylor is not coming to the role uninitiated. Since joining the LWSC in 2010, she has appeared onstage in “Frank’s 75th Christmas” and “All Is Well … In Show Business.” Plus, she has published three books of poems – “Poetry From the Heart” in 2011, “Reflections of the Soul” in 2014, and “Royal Spirit” in 2015. “I wrote my first poem at age 10,” she said. “But I never thought I would publish a book until I got to Lou Walker Senior Center.” On Oct. 21, she will add comedienne to her growing resume. The Lou Walker Senior Center is at 2538 Panola Road in Lithonia. For more information, call 770-3222900.

Actor Taye Diggs to promote book at Mall at Stonecrest Award-winning stage, screen and TV actor Taye Diggs introduces his new children’s book, “Mixed Me!” on Oct. 24 at the Mall at Stonecrest in Lithonia. Diggs and illustrator Shane W. Evans will sign copies of “Mixed Me!” and “Chocolate Me!” beginning at 2 p.m. Copies are available at Tools for the Times Bookstore at Berean Christian Church and at the mall’s Management Office. Each guest in line is required to purchase a new book and

provide proof of purchase to access the meet-andgreet. “Mixed Me!” is about a day in the life of a mixedrace child, Mike. Diggs’ biracial son, Walker, served as the inspiration for the story. Taye Diggs Diggs starred in the films “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”

Books for cheap at Wesley Chapel Library Thousands of bargain priced books will be available at the Friends of the Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library book sale on Oct. 23-24 in Decatur. Paperbacks are 50 cents and hardbacks are $1 at the sale, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 23 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 24. On the last day of the sale, patrons get all the books they can stuff in a bag for $5. Categories include fiction, textbooks,

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and “The Best Man,” on Broadway in “Rent” and “Wicked,” and in the TV shows “Private Practice” and “Murder in the First.” Evans has earned honors from first lady Laura Bush at the 2002 National Book Festival, The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction for Children for children’s book illustrations. The mall is at I-20 and Turner Hill Road. Visit www.mallatstonecrest.com.

‘Open Mic’ at Decatur Library Musicians and spoken word artists can showcase their talents on Oct. 24 at “Open Mic @ The Library” at the Decatur Library. The event gets under way at 1:30 p.m. The library is at 215 Sycamore St. in downtown Decatur. For more information, call 404-3703070.

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“These defendants are charged with circumventing the government contracting process by bribing a corrupt public official.”

3 indicted in DeKalb, GWCC bribery case 850 part-time warehouse Anthony Lepore, John Rife and Brian Domalik, all former employees of a janitorial services company, have been indicted on charges that they conspired to bribe Patrick Jackson, a public official employed by DeKalb County and the Georgia World Congress Center, in exchange for favorable treatment on contracts between their company and the two government entities. Lepore, 63, of Birmingham; Rife, 65, of Cumming; and Domalik, 47, of Kennesaw were named in a 10-count indictment charging them with conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud on Oct. 13. U.S. Attorney John Horn said the indictment “reaches to the very top suites of the company, charging complicity in the bribery at the highest levels.” “These defendants are charged with circumventing the government contracting process by bribing a corrupt public official who was willing to put his own interests above those of the taxpayers he served,” he said. According to Horn, the charges and other information presented in court: Lepore was president and CEO of Rite Way Services Inc., an Alabama-based company that sought to do business with DeKalb government and the GWCC. Rife was the regional vice president, and Domalik, who came to work for the company in 2010, was the division

manager, both working out of the Norcross facility. The indictment alleges the defendants through Rite Way conspired to bribe Jackson by facilitating payments to provide Jackson with a furnished luxury apartment in Atlanta. Jackson, 55, of Loganville was simultaneously employed by DeKalb and the GWCC as manager of janitorial services from 2006-2012. He did not disclose to either employer that Rite Way, which obtained contracts with both entities during his employment, was paying for an apartment where he resided. In exchange for the apartment, he used his position to help the company secure contracts with DeKalb and GWCC and to benefit its interests throughout the course of the contracts. Jackson and another former employee of Rite Way, Cecil K. Clark, 55, of Jonesboro, who participated in the scheme have pleaded guilty. Jackson was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2015, by U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey Jr. to four years, three months in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution to DeKalb and GWCC. Clark was sentenced on Sept. 30 to one year, five months in federal prison, ordered to pay restitution to DeKalb and GWCC, and fined $20,000. Visit http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.

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“Students who prove themselves capable and eager deserve every opportunity to become all they set out to be in life.”

Redan alumnus Peachcrest Elementary dedication on Oct. 22 Students and educators will celebrate the receives Jackson official opening of the sprawling new $20 million Peachcrest Elementary School in scholarship Decatur with a ribbon cutting on Oct. 22. Redan High alumnus Mekhi Seraile is among 10 students awarded $25,000 Jesse L. Jackson Sr. Fellows Scholarships in STEM and business academics. Seraile is a sophomore at Xavier University of Louisiana, where he is a mechanical engineering student with aspirations of studying aerospace mechanical Mekhi Seraile engineering. He graduated from Redan High in Stone Mountain in May 2014 and is an alumnus of the P.I.L.O.T. program – Preparing Innovative Leaders of Tomorrow. Toyota is partnering with Rainbow PUSH Excel to provide $75,000 scholarships to 10 engineering and business students through the Jackson Fellows Scholarships. The recipients were selected from hundreds of applicants. The scholarship is renewable each year for a maximum of three years. Toyota management also will help guide the students. and they will work at one of Toyota’s North American facilities to gain real-world experience. Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, said PUSH Excel is “passionate about lifting any burden or obstacle that may prevent these distinguished students from reaching their highest potential.” “Students who prove themselves capable and eager deserve every opportunity within reach to become all they set out to be in life,” he said. Scholarships were awarded at the Rainbow PUSH Back-to-School Rally in Chicago in August. For more information, visit www.pushexcel.org/pages/scholarships.

The ceremony starts at 9 a.m. on the campus at 1530 Joy Lane. Peachcrest welcomed 900 students to the 128,000-square-foot complex on the first day of school Aug. 10. It is the first of the DeKalb School District’s newly built schools to open for the 2015-2016 school year. Peachcrest, which is absorbing students from the old Knollwood and Midway elementary schools, will be followed on Nov. 30 by the new $20 million Fernbank Elementary, which is under construction at 157 Heaton Park Drive in Atlanta. The new schools are among seven funded under the Special Local Option Sales Tax IV program. The remaining five schools – Gresham/ Clifton, Pleasantdale, Rockbridge, Smoke Rise and Austin – will be completed in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 school years. Districtwide, there are more than 60 active construction projects totaling nearly

The new $20 million Peachcrest Elementary in Decatur, which welcomed 900 students on Aug. 10, will be officially dedicated on Oct. 22.

$187 million under way. They all are funded by the $475 million SPLOST IV, approved by voters in 2012. Peachcrest and Fernbank have attractive brick exteriors featuring big windows that let in a lot of sunlight. All of the new buildings will accommodate about 900 students. The schools also have 3,250-square-foot media centers; art and music classrooms;

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State seeks input on proposed computer science courses The State Board of Education has posted standards for three new computer science courses for public review and comment. The questionnaire is available for the 60day comment period at http://secc.sedl.org/ ga_pathways. The courses, proposed on Sept. 25, are all part of the Information Technology Career Cluster Pathway. If approved, students in any of the proposed courses – Embedded Computing, Web Development, and Game Design: Animation and Simulation – would be eligible to receive a core math, science, or foreign language credit. In August 2014, Gov. Nathan Deal recommended that the State Board of Education

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Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV9169-7++ Brenda Terrell Plaintiff Vs. Bruce Terrell, Sr. Defendant To: Bruce Terrell, Sr. 702 Summitt St. Gainesville, GA 30501 By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Sept. 08, 2015 you are hereby notified that on Sept. 04, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Brenda Terrell, 3193 Sandusky Drive, Decatur, GA 30032. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Sept. 18, 2015. Witness the Honorable Daniel M. Coursey, Jr., Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 8th day of Sept., 2015 09/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17

Notice OF PUBLICATION in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV8479-2++ Pamela Howard Plaintiff Vs. James Howard, Jr. Defendant To: By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Aug. 27, 2015 you are hereby notified that on Aug. 13, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: 7444 Redbud Loop, Lithonia, GA 30038. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Aug. 27, 2015. Witness the Honorable Asha F. Jackson, Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 1st day of Sept., 2015 09/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17

Notice OF PUBLICATION in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV7408-4++ Joyolyn Becker Cartagena Plaintiff Vs. Juan Carlos Cartagena Solis Defendant To: 2454 Johnson Rd., NE, Apt. B Atlanta, GA 30345 By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Aug. 20, 2015 you are hereby notified that on Jul. 13, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: 2438 Johnson Rd., NE Apt.H, Atlanta, GA 30345. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Aug. 20, 2015. Witness the Honorable Gail C. Flake, Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 21st day of Aug., 2015 09/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17

Notice OF PUBLICATION in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

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Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV7867-10++ Donnanique M. Murray Plaintiff Vs. James P. Moore Defendant To: 8623 Jennings Station Rd. Jennings, MO 63136 By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Jul. 30, 2015 you are hereby notified that on Jul. 30, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: 528 Prince

of Wales, Stone Mountain, GA 30083. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Jul. 31, 2015. Witness the Honorable Tangela M. Barrie, Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 30th day of Jul., 2015 09/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17

Notice OF PUBLICATION in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV8816-10++ Kayshel Weaver Plaintiff Vs. Marcus Weaver Defendant To: By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Aug. 31, 2015 you are hereby notified that on Aug. 26, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Kaysel Weaver, 3592 Clubhouse Circle, E., Apt. D, Decatur, GA 30032. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Aug. 31, 2015. Witness the Honorable Tangela M. Barrie, Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 31st day of Aug., 2015 09/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17

Notice OF PUBLICATION in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV8729-3++ Patricia Ann Reed-Parker Plaintiff Vs. Terrance Jerome Parker Defendant To: Terrance Jerome Parker Fulton County Jail 901 Rice Street Atlanta, GA 30318 By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Aug. 26, 2015 you are hereby notified that on Aug. 15, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Patricia Ann Reed-Parker, 1415 Lincoln Court Ave., NE, Atlanta, GA 30329. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Aug. 31, 2015. Witness the Honorable Clarence F. Seeliger, Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 27th day of Aug., 2015 09/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17

Notice OF PUBLICATION in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV5375-4++ DeShane Hammond Plaintiff Vs. Jonas Hammond Defendant To: Jonas Hammond By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Sept. 10, 2015 you are hereby notified that on May 13, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: DeShane Hammond, 144 Mayson Ave., Apt. #2007, Atlanta, GA 30307. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Sept. 10, 2015. Witness the Honorable Gail C. Flake, Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 15th day of Sept., 2015 09/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17

Notice OF PUBLICATION in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV9426-7++ Casharell McGlown Plaintiff

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Vs. Antwon Wells Defendant To: By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Sept. 15, 2015 you are hereby notified that on Sept. 11, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Casharell McGlown, 1535 Stephenson Rd., Lithonia, GA 30058. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Sept. 15, 2015. Witness the Honorable Daniel M. Coursey, Jr., Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 15th day of Sept., 2015

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 15CV8797-8++ Amarleono Jalen Moore-Gay filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on Aug. 14, 2015 to change name from: Amarleon Jalen Moore-Gay to Jalen Jabari Moore. Any interested party has the right to appear In this case and file objections within 30 days after the Petition was filed. Dated: Aug. 14, 2015 Name: Jalen Moore 1008 Carriage Trace Circle Stone Mountain, GA 30087 770-899-6277

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Change Name of ADULT in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

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

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 15CV8994-6++ Ashley Shanae McCall filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on Sept. 25, 2015 to change name from: Ashley Shanae McCall to Omari Terrell McCall. Any interested party has the right to appear In this case and file objections within 30 days after the Petition was filed. Dated: Aug. 28, 2015 Name: Ashley McCall 3705 N. Hill Pkwy 504-276-4822 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

Notice of Petition to Change Name of ADULT

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 15CV7238-4++ Shaleka Danielle Campbell filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on Jul. 10, 2015 to change name from: Shaleka Danielle Campbell to Danielle Shaleka Campbell. Any interested party has the right to appear In this case and file objections within 30 days after the Petition was filed. Dated: Sept. 16, 2015 Name: Shaleka Danielle Campbell 2263 Silver Maple Circle Ellenwood, GA 30294 678-358-5949

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 15CV7866-8++ Tanecia Alexus Nelson filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court to change name from: Tanecia Alexus Nelson to Tanecia Alexus Nelson-King. Any interested party has the right to appear In this case and file objections within 30 days after the Petition was filed. Dated: Jul. 15, 2015 Name: Tanecia Nelson 3729 Greentree Dr. Decatur, GA 30032

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 15CV9887-2++ Hirut Gebeyehu Mulat filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court to change name from: Hirut Gebeyehu Mulat to Melat Mulat Gebeyehul. Any interested party has the right to appear In this case and file objections within 30 days after the Petition was filed. Dated: Sept. 09, 2015 Name: Hirut Gebeyehu Mulat 2543 Dresden Dr. Atlanta, GA 30341 (678) 557-1934

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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: ++ 15CV9500-4++ Edna Howell filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on Aug. 28, 2015 to change name from: Edna Howell to Evelyn Moon. Any interested party has the right to appear In this case and file objections within 30 days after the Petition was filed. Dated: Aug. 28, 2015 Name: Edna Howell aka Evelyn Moon 1909 Delano Drive Atlanta, GA 30317 404-377-5900 09/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17

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

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 15CV9220-1++ Female McKine filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on Sept. 08, 2015 to change name from: Female McKine to Ulia Slika McKine. Any interested party has the right to appear In this case and file objections within 30 days after the Petition was filed. Dated: Sept. 03, 2015 Name: Female McKine 100 Leslie Oak Dr. Lithonia, GA 30058 (352) 321-0200 09/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17

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

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 15CV9214-2++ Jeffrey Donnell Johnson filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on Sept. 01, 2015 to change name from: Jeffrey Donnell Johnson to Jeffrey Donnell Martin. Any interested party has the right to appear In this case and file objections within 30 days after the Petition was filed. Dated: Sept. 01, 2015 Name: Jeffrey Donnell Johnson 104 Wynan St., SE Atlanta, GA 30317 404-985-4051 09/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17

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Notice OF PUBLICATION in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV9459-1++ Audrey Brossamba Plaintiff Vs. Seydraly Junior Saidirale Defendant To: By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Sept. 16, 2015 you are hereby notified that on Aug. 25, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: 3113 Flowers Rd., Apt. #E, Atlanta, GA 30361. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Sept. 16, 2015. Witness the Honorable Courtney L. Johnson, Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 22nd day of Sept., 2015 10/03, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

Notice OF PUBLICATION in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV9550-9++ Ecoyes Young Plaintiff Vs. Kaysha Burks Defendant To: By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Sept. 21, 2015 you are hereby notified that on Sept. 16, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Ecoyes Young, 651 Glendale Rd., Scottdale, GA 30079. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Sept. 21, 2015. Witness the Honorable Mark Anthony Scott, Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 21st day of Sept., 2015 10/03, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

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

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 15CV9749-10++ Leila Mae Bostwick filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court

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

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++ 15CV9902-1++ Antonio Franklin filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on Sept. 23, 2015 to change name from: Antonio Franklin to Joshua Moses Clairmont. Any interested party has the right to appear In this case and file objections within 30 days after the Petition was filed. Dated: Sept. 23, 2015 Name: Antonio Franklin 308 Clairmont Rd. Decatur, GA 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

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

Civil Action Case Number: ++ 15CV10058-2++ Sade’ Denise McElroy filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court to change name from: Sade’ Denise McElroy to Journii Sade’ Walker. Any interested party has the right to appear In this case and file objections within 30 days after the Petition was filed. Dated: Sept. 25, 2015 Name: Sade’ Denise McElroy 4122 Rolling Bank Lane Ellenwood, GA 30294 (323) 481-2915 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

Notice OF PUBLICATION in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia

Civil Action Case Number: ++15CV9798-7++ Tracy Elaine Demeneghi Jauregu Plaintiff Vs. Saul Demeneghi Jauregu Defendant By Order of the Court for service by publication dated Sept. 25, 2015 you are hereby notified that on Sept. 24, 2015, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is: Tracy Elaine Demeneghi Jauregu, 2454 Johnson Rd., Apt. A, Atlanta, GA 30345. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of Sept. 25, 2015. Witness the Honorable Daniel M. Coursey, Jr., Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 25st day of Sept., 2015

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