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Pretty Yellow Daisy Festival 200,000 expected at Stone Mountain arts & crafts show

By Donna Williams Lewis

The Yellow Daisy Festival is back for its 43rd year at Stone Mountain Park.

More than 200,000 people are expected to descend on the park Sept. 8-11 for the South’s largest outdoor arts and crafts show.

Wendy Thomas, the park’s special events manager, says that one of the best things about the Yellow Daisy Festival is seeing the same shoppers year after year.

“Generations of women come in groups to spend the day shopping and socializing,” she said this week.

The same artists and crafters also tend to show up year after year. About 72 percent of this year’s vendors participated in the 2010 show.

Logan Turnpike Mill will be back this year with its grits, meal and mixes.

Garden Originals’ Rick Heard returns from Murfreesboro, Tenn., with his blownglass and metal yard art. Jimmy Hopkins of Woodstock’s Creative Creations will return with his recycled metal yard art pieces.

Shoppers can once again choose from 35 flavors of fudge at Ginny’s Fudge and Nuts, and Vikki Mancil will be back with her brightly colored whimsical paintings.

The Yellow Daisy Festival is consistently voted one of the nation’s top arts and crafts shows by Sunshine Artist Magazine’s annual “200 Best” survey.

This year’s event features 425 crafters and artists from across the country selected from a pool of applicants to display their handmade pottery, fabric, painting, jewelry, sculpture, dolls, photography and much more.

A father and daughter check out blown-glass and metal yard art by Garden Originals’ Rick Heard of Murfreesboro, Tenn., at the Yellow Daisy Festival in Stone Mountain Park.

Shoppers typically run across everything from handmade soaps, gourmet dry soup mixes, and polished stone to fine art, outdoor fountains, carved wood pieces and porch swings.

While still daunting, the number of artists and crafters at the 2011 festival is down from the 500 of previous years.

Thomas said the numbers “reflect our persistence to maintain quality over quantity year after year.”

“We will not compromise our standards so that we can ensure a fabulous Yellow Daisy Festival experience for not only our artists but also our dedicated shoppers,” she said.

Among the returning artists are: n Charity Hofert (“ChARiT y Elise”), 37, the festival’s 2011 Featured Artist. Hofert, of north DeKalb County, created this year’s Please see FESTIVAL, page 2

Festival basics Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except Saturday, closing at 7:30 p.m.

Location: Special Events Meadow at Stone Mountain Park, Exit 8 on U.S. 78.

Cost: Free. Parking at Stone Mountain Park is $10 for a one-day permit.

More information: Call 770-498-5690 or visit www.stonemountainpark.com.

New superintendent puts emphasis on working together

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

to the media.

Under the contract approved Monday, Atkinson will join The DeKalb School System has a permanent superin- the district on Sept. 15 for an initial term of three years. tendent again.

Her compensation package of $315,200 includes an anSchool Board members voted 6-3 on Aug. 29 to hire Dr. nual base salary of $275,000; $2,600 a month for expenses Cheryl Atkinson, the lone finalist they picked two weeks ago for which she does not have to submit reimbursement refor the job. She will start on the quests; and a $750-a-month travel Excerpts from Dr. Atkinson’s speech job on Sept. 15. allowance, in lieu of an automobile at meet-and-greet, page 8 As expected, districts 1 and 2 provided and maintained by the board members Don McChesney district. and Nancy Jester voted against the appointment. District 8 Atkinson, who is currently the superintendent of the board member Pam Speaks also joined them in opposing Lorain City Schools in Ohio, also will get her relocation exAtkinson’s appointment. penses paid by the district and up to $12,000 for six months It was the board’s second attempt to fill the job this of temporary housing. year.

The 30-year educator was introduced to parents and In April, three finalists removed their names from consideration after details about their negotiations were leaked Please see ATKINSON, page 2

Dr. Cheryl Atkinson, who spoke to parents and stakeholders on Aug. 27, will join the district on Sept. 15.

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“The only way you are going to build up DeKalb County is you going have to get everybody involved. You need to have that community involvement.”

Plethora of arts, crafts and artists delight at popular festival FESTIVAL,

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promotional Yellow Daisy artwork, a kaleidoscope design using vibrantly colored acrylics.

The mixed-media artist’s booth will sell decorative magnets with funny quotes, magnetic bud vases, papier-mache clocks, pottery, and mirror frames decorated with cut-up credit cards. This is her 10th year of running a Yellow Daisy Festival booth that friends say she should call a “one-girl gift shop.” n Mariella Owens, 67, of Mableton creates artistic but functional pieces of pottery, such as bowls with fluted edges.

“My platters can be used for food or hung on the wall,” she said. Owens said working with clay helped her get through a bad divorce.

“Instead of crying over a hamburger, I started going to an art studio on my lunch break,” she said. “Making pottery is such a stress reliever.” n Alnicee Bickerton, 39, of Leander, Texas, said she has 29 years of experience creating wire jewelry, using stones and beads.

Bickerton, who practically lives on the road traveling to shows across the country, said wire jewelry is often loose and clumsy. but hers is “tight and clean” and more durable than common wire jewelry because she uses thick wire.

Show schedule n Thursday, Sept. 8 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Scott Thompson and Friends. Pop/country.

1-2:30 p.m. Julie Dribble Band.

Alternative country.

2:45-4 p.m. Honky Tonk Rangers.

Country/blues/fun.

4:30-6 p.m. Katherine Kimbro. Country. n Friday, Sept. 9 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Daniel Lee Band.

Country rock.

1-2:30 p.m. Gwen Hughes Band.

Variety.

2:45-4 p.m. Whole Lotta Dixie. Classic rock Dixieland-style.

4:30-6 p.m. Jordan Rager. Country.

Potter Mariella Owens of Mableton says working with clay helped her get through a bad divorce.

of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, select festival crafters have donated pieces of their artwork to be sold in a “We Remember” display. All proceeds from those sales go to HeroBox, a nonprofit organization that supports deployed American service members.

A steady stream of entertainers will perform on the festival’s main stage each day of the event. And shoppers can refuel at a ‘We Remember’ display In remembrance of the 10th anniversary concessions area offering cheese steaks, jerk

chicken and the homemade desserts of the Stone Mountain Woman’s Club.

Kids can create crafts of their own and get “Fair Hair” styles at the festival’s Children’s Corner.

Attention ladies: Men who prefer not to shop or give up along the way may be dropped off at the festival’s “Men’s Den,” where they can sink into recliners and watch football on big-screen TVs.

n Saturday, Sept. 10 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Von Grey. Pop/ country.

1-2:15 p.m. Heaven Davis. R&B. 2:45-4 p.m. Timeless Highway. Country.

4:15-5:15 p.m. Rockingbirds. Classic rock.

5:45-7 p.m. Glow Band. Rock/pop. n Sunday, Sept. 11 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Bryan Edwards.

Country.

1-2:30 p.m. Foxes & Fossils. Pop/rock.

2:45-4 p.m. Swing SouthTexas. Swing.

4:30-6 p.m. JaneDear Girls. Country.

Parents like message of involvement, focus on students ATKINSON,

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stakeholders at an Aug. 27 meet-and-greet at the district’s central offices in Tucker ahead of Monday’s vote. She is the mother of three sons – two in college and one a high school senior who will finish his education in DeKalb County Schools.

Her contract, which was ratified by the School Board on Aug. 29, provides for her unilateral termination with a 90 days written notice at any time with a three-fourths vote of board members and severance pay that aggregates the salary she would have earned under the contract or a sum equivalent to 12 months of her annual base salary, whichever is less.

First 90 days Atkinson did not mingle with the people in the audience, but during a speech from the stage punctuated with frequent applause, she said she believes that all children can be educated to high levels but it will take time and everyone working together.

“The best superintendent on the globe cannot do it alone,” she said to applause.

“The best central office in the world cannot do it alone. But if we all engage and we all work together, I believe we can drastically improve student achievement, student success and build a school system that can be the envy of the state, nation and world.”

Atkinson promised that her first 90 days would be spent immersing herself in the district; meeting teachers, principals and parents; and auditing budgets and programs.

At the end of that period, she said she will present the School Board with the findings, proposals and plans for moving forward.

“This will enable the board and the administration to revise and/or adjust the direction of the district and modify the individual and district goals,” she said. “This long-term, five-year strategic plan will be our road map as we begin our journey for success.”

During a question-and-answer session, Atkinson was asked why she didn’t disclose her family’s 1998 bankruptcy on her application for the job.

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Christine Bryant and her daughter Taylor, a Chamblee High 10th-grader, listen to Dr. Cheryl Atkinson at the Aug. 27 meet-and-greet at the district’s central office.

She said the bankruptcy was related to her husband’s small business 13 years ago and that it didn’t affect her ability to do her job.

“You can rely on me to be a strong administrator for DeKalb County Schools and that includes the district’s finances,” she said.

“My recent position was turning around a school district with a very, very, very complex financial situation, and I can assure you parents, community leaders and School Board members that I have the capabilities and experience to manage a district with this size budget and complexity and take our students to the next level.”

Members of the Organization of DeKalb Educators handed out “Welcome Dr. Atkinson” buttons. ODE president David Schutten said they bought 200 buttons.

“We wanted her to feel welcomed,” he said.

Some of the parents who crowded the auditorium Saturday said they wanted to give

the new superintendent a chance.

Christine Bryant, whose daughter Taylor is in the 10th grade at Chamblee High and son Justin is a senior at Lakeside High, said she is hoping that Atkinson is not going to maintain the status quo.

“I’m really concerned about our situation,” said Bryant, who lives in Decatur. “I hope she will stir things up and get rid of the people who are not working for the betterment of our children.”

Hilton Kemp, who lives in Ellenwood and has twin boys, Devonte and Demonte, in the ninth grade at Arabia Mountain, said he was excited about what he heard from Atkinson.

Hilton Kemp “I heard her say she wants to include parents,” he said. “I want to be included. I think she is going to work

out.”

Gail Bowens, a teacher at Flat Shoals Elementary School whose son, Kwame, is in the 11th grade at Arabia Mountain and daughter Aliyah is in the ninth grade at Chamblee High, said she wanted to hear something great from Atkinson.

“I heard a little,” she said. “I am looking forward to the actions more so than the words. The comments that she made about the parent groups, I want to see some followthrough on that. I want to see the 51 percent parent groups and the student council that she spoke of. I want to see that implemented.

I just don’t want them talked about. ” Oliver Hunter, an attorney who lives in Stone Mountain, said that even though his kids are grown, he wanted to hear what Atkinson had to say.

“I am very concerned about the school system,” he said. “So goes the school system, so goes the community.”

After listening to Atkinson, Hunter said he was very excited about what he heard.

“I don’t think there is any excuse to have kids in third and fourth grade who can’t read,” he said.

Shirley Weldon, a school district paraprofessional, said she has been waiting on Atkinson.

“She wants the backing of the community,” she said. “I love that. She wants the community, the parents, she wants Shirley Weldon everybody to get involved. The only way you are going to build up DeKalb County is you are going to have to get everybody involved. You need to have that community involvement.”

Gregory Davis, a bus mechanic with the district for 11 years, said he liked what he heard.

“I like the rhetoric,” he said. “Now show me the plan.”

Atkinson succeeds Dr. Crawford Lewis, who was fired in February 2010 after he was charged with racketeering in connection with the district’s multimillion-dollar construction program.

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“There isn’t anything we do that is more important than supporting local law enforcement ... to keep our communities safe.”

Race for mayor in Lithonia leaves city council wanting

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

The race for mayor of Lithonia will be crowded for the Nov. 8 election.

Three candidates, including incumbent Mayor Tonya Peterson, are seeking the parttime job, which pays $640.

At press time Thursday, City Council members Doreen Carter and Deborah Jackson also had qualified for the seat.

But while there will be three vacant seats on the City Council, only one candidate had filed so far. Qualifying was set to end at noon on Friday.

Carter, who is an accountant, has been on the City Council since 2007. She is pursuing an executive MBA at Kennesaw State University’s Coles School of Business and says that with her business background and leadership skills, she is the best person for this time.

“Lithonia needs a leader to advocate for it,” Carter said Thursday. “Since I have been

“Lithonia is a great community with great potential that has not been tapped because it does not have the leadership with the skills to move it forward,” Jackson said Thursday. “I have been working with the community even before I went on the council. I know how to work with, engage and listen to Doreen Carter Deborah Jackson Tonya Peterson the community’s concerns.” on the council we have built a solid founShe said she will create an advisory dation. With my experience, I am the best council to provide opportunities for comperson to take it to the other level. We need munity input; provide good management jobs for our residents and economic develop- and stewardship of the financial and human ment. We need relationships from the local resources of the city; work with business and to federal levels. I have those.” property owners to increase business and Carter’s term on the council ends Dec. job opportunities; develop partnerships for 31, so she doesn’t have to vacate her council social programs for youth and seniors; and seat during the mayoral race. promote responsible development projects.

Jackson, who is a attorney, has been on Because Jackson has two years left on the City Council for two years. She said she her term, she had to vacate her office. The wants to help the city realize its potential. city will have to hold a special election for

someone to complete her term.

Peterson, who was elected mayor in November 2008, filed for re-election. She had served on the council for almost three years before she was tapped by voters to replace Joyce McKibben, who was recalled. Peterson said she is running again to finish what she started.

“I said I would restore Lithonia’s good name and put us back on solid footing,” she said. “There is still work to be done.

With two City Council members seeking to be mayor and Councilwoman Kathleen DeCoq’s seat up for re-election, three seats are up for grabs on the five-member council.

As of Thursday, only one candidate had filed, Shameka Reynolds, who is the funeral director/embalmer of Tri-Cities Funeral Home, her family’s business that has been a fixture in the city since the 1960s.

Lithonia has just over 1,114 voters.

DeKalb gets federal COPS grant to help fight child sexual predators Johnson said the funds DeKalb County now has $496,793 to fight help protect our chilsexual predators and reduce and prevent dren from the worst of child endangerment. the worst – child sexual The grant from the Department of Juspredators. tice’s COPS Office’s Child Sexual Predator “There isn’t anything Program was part of $9.3 million awarded we do that is more importhis year to 20 law enforcement agencies tant than supporting local nationwide. law enforcement and givU.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, DeKalb CEO ing them the tools needed Burrell Ellis and U.S. Attorney Sally Yates’ Hank Johnson to keep our communities safe,” he said. office announced the grant on Aug. 30.

In July, Johnson, who is a member of the Fulton County also received a $331,241 House Judiciary Committee, voted against grant.

House leadership efforts to cut Community Oriented Policing Services.

Ellis said the COPS funding will go a long way in boosting the county’s Crimes Against Children Unit.

“It is our responsibility to keep children out of harm’s way and ensure those who perpetrate crimes against them are prosecuted to the full extent of the law,” he said. “These funds are crucial to that effort.”

Child Sexual Predator Program grants provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to establish and/or enhance

strategies to locate, arrest and prosecute child sexual predators and exploiters and to enforce state sex offender registration laws.

Since 1995, the COPS program has invested more than $177 million in Georgia law enforcement agencies. The funds were used to hire more than 2,400 officers and provide more than $24 million in technology upgrades.

In 2009, DeKalb was awarded more than $3 million in COPS funding for 15 officer positions, and in 2010 Chief John King of Doraville received a COPS grant of $385,000 to hire two additional officers.

DeKalb residents and county employees can donate blood during a memorial blood drive on Sept. 6.

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Blood drive to honor fallen heroes Blood donors can help save lives and honor fallen heroes at a Sept. 6 blood drive at the DeKalb County Fire Headquarters’ Peer Auditorium in Tucker.

The Fallen Heroes Memorial Blood Drive will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 1960 W. Exchange Drive.

DeKalb Police Chief William O’Brien said donating blood will honor the officers who died in William O’Brien the line of duty and save more lives.

“This partnership with the American Red Cross is an excellent opportunity for us and the community to honor our fallen DeKalb County officers that made the ultimate sacrifice,” O’Brien said. “How better to keep their memories alive than to roll up our sleeves and potentially save the lives of others.”

Blood donors also will get a commemorative T-shirt and will be entered into a drawing to win a pair of round-trip domestic Delta Air Lines tickets and a $500 gift card.

Most healthy individuals who are at least

17 years of age (16 with parental consent) and weigh a minimum of 110 pounds are eligible to donate blood. Individuals 18 years of age or younger also must meet specific height and weight requirements.

The Red Cross Southern Blood Services Region provides blood to more than 120 hospitals throughout the state, including Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, DeKalb Medical Center, Emory Healthcare, Grady Health System, Northside Hospital, Piedmont Hospital and WellStar Health System.

About 1,200 people must give blood and platelets each weekday to meet the needs of hospital patients.

Hurricane Irene has affected the blood supply, and the Red Cross has already canceled more than 60 blood drives along the East Coast, resulting in the shortfall of more than 1,500 units of blood. It is urging immediate blood and platelet donations in areas unaffected by the storm.

To schedule an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code “dekalbpolice” or call 1-800-RED CROSS (733-2767).

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When we as voters begin to elect people regardless of party, then we will have a true representative government.

New maps discriminate, purge and isolate Editor’s Note: In the wake of Gov. Nathan Deal’s approval of new state and congressional maps on Aug. 24, Sen. Ron Ramsey, whose Senate District 43 lost much of southwest DeKalb and Rockdale counties and now extends to western Newton County, sends the following letter to constituents: During my tenure in office, I have welcomed all Georgia citizens who have come to me for help.

Mere geographical boundaries will not change my commitment to humankind. However, the many friends whom I have come to know and love in southwest DeKalb County will now be a part of the 10th Senatorial District and certain citizens in southwest Rockdale County will now be a part of the 17th Senatorial District. Although you will have a new face in your community and a new name on your ballot, our relationship and my commitment to you will not change.

I also hasten to welcome new friends and citizens in western Newton County. I look forward to forging the same strong bonds an relationships with you that I have formed with the citizens in DeKalb and Rockdale.

Democratic Party’s position The Republican proposals for House, Senate and congressional maps discriminate against the ability of Georgians to build multiracial coalitions.

“The proposed House, Senate and congressional maps PURGE Georgia of white Democrats in a cynical ploy to eliminate voter choices through the construction of hyper-partisan maps.”

Sen. Ron Ramsey, District 43

n The sole white Democrat in our to zero. congressional delegation has been n White Democrats have success-

drawn out of his district.

fully represented majority-minority

white Democrats into competition against black Democrats in a thinly veiled ploy to eliminate choices for Democratic voters. n The sole Hispanic Democratic state legislator faces loss of his multiracial district. n The dean of the Georgia Senate, a white Democrat, has been targeted through retrogression - eliminating a growing African-American population from a working coalition of voters. n The maps unlawfully pack districts and reduce voting strength.

The proposed House, Senate and congressional maps purge Georgia of white Democrats in a cynical ploy to eliminate voter choices through the construction of hyper-partisan maps. n Based on adopted maps, through pairings and gerrymanders, the number of white House Democrats may be reduced from 20 to 10; the number of white Senate Democrats may be reduced from seven to five; and, the number of white congressional Democrats may be reduced

pit several of them against AfricanAmericans representing majorityminority districts. n Forty-eight percent of Georgians supported candidate Obama in the last election cycle and 47 percent supported Barnes. Yet, new maps reduce Democratic representation to 32 percent – with as few as 10 white Democrats in a state that is still predominantly white in population. n The Republican maps are using the Voting Rights Act to resegregate Georgia. n The Voting Rights Act prohibits racial discrimination of any kind.

The proposed maps appear to be systematic in their targeting of white Democrats and harmful in their outcome. n The Voting Rights Act is not an incumbent protection plan, but it must protect the rights of minority voters - through majorityminority districts and multiracial coalitions. n The artificial creation of new majority-minority districts at the

n GOP map-makers have drawn districts; however, these proposals

expense of integrated districts violates the intent of the Voting Rights Act. n Retrogression and minority voter dilution further isolate AfricanAmericans and all other voters by limiting their ability to build coalitions.

Democrats support maps that are fair and do not polarize communities that have been successfully integrated through the Voting Rights Act. n Packing districts with AfricanAmerican voters not only flies in the face of the Voting Rights Act, it suppresses by inclusion. n Georgia has successfully created multiracial coalitions over the last 46 years, an achievement that will be eroded if the proposed maps are adopted. n Discrimination based on past political expression has been frowned upon by members of the U.S. Supreme Court. n The adopted maps effectively create a majority black political party and a majority white political party, ignoring the needs of a range of voters and targeting race in our state politics. n The Republican proposals isolate minorities in Georgia – silencing the votes of millions of Georgians. n Republicans are isolating Latino voters by moving the only Democratic Latino state representative into a predominantly GOP district.

Sen. Ron Ramsey lives in Lithonia.

Fitting tribute for King

Party in power draws map

Of all people in the attended Spelman College world, I’m speechless. told me to go down to Lost for words. that church and hear that Between Thomas Jefferpreacher from Atlanta, her son and Abraham Lincoln, hometown. a statue of my 30-year perLast week, “My counsonal friend father, whom try ’tis of thee, sweet land the world and myself know of liberty” unveiled the as Dr. Martin Luther King Embry Malone King Monument, payJr. ing tribute to an “Eternal For nearly 26 years, I looked into Reoccurrence,” of which German the eyes of his mom and I knew four philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche U.S. presidents would probably come once wrote. one day for her homegoing service.

Once in a while in humankind But a monument for eternity for that eternal spirit uses a man or her son on the National Mall. woman. During the 20th century, Happenstance I have met many the occurrence was King. great spirits – Dr. Mays, MuhamLet the trumpet sound. mad Ali, to name a few. But I now Embry Malone lives in Ellenunderstand why my mom who once wood.

Politically speaking, turnaround is fair play. Regardless of which political party is in the political position to redraw political district lines, the party not in power will get the political shaft.

There has and never will be political districts drawn that will not be to the advantage of the party in power. Georgia Democrats when in power have never drawn political lines which favor Republicans, so why are now the Democrats concerned about unfair political lines.

As Georgians we should be asking, Have our life been to the better under Democrat or Re- Jerry Wyatt publican leadership, or has the political power of one party or the other gained more?

When we as Georgia voters begin to elect people regardless of political party, then we will have a true representative government.

So if you don’t like what you have, you will have 10 years to make sure the party you want drawing the political lines will be in power … otherwise shut the ---- up those of you who are complaining.

Jerry Wyatt lives in Lithonia.

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Alphas dedicate monument honoring one of their own 9

The race for mayor of Lithonia will be crowded for the Nov. 8 election. Three candidates, including incumbent Mayor Tonya Peterson, are seeking the part-time job.

As Hurricane Irene prompted King Memorial organizers to cancel the public dedication, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was paying tribute to the civil rights legend.

Atlanta weighs Sunday sales 6 The Atlanta City Council is considering a measure that will allow voters within the city of Atlanta to decide on Sunday alcohol sales on the Nov. 8 ballot.

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Sons, husbands, fathers and grandfathers can get a number of medical screenings for a nominal fee at the inaugural Men’s Health Fair & Screening.

Auditions set for Ballethnic’s ‘Nutcracker’ 9 Kids and adult dancers from 6 to 60 can audition Sept. 10 for Ballethnic’s “Urban Nutcracker.”

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Up to 150 Wells Fargo home retention team members – including bilingual specialists – will work with customers.

Atlanta weighs Mortage help for Wells Fargo customers Sunday sales The Atlanta City Council is considering a measure that will allow voters within the city of Atlanta to decide on Sunday alcohol sales on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Ordinance #11-O-1169 will allow voters to decide whether to authorize the City Council to permit and regulate the retail sale of liquor, beer and wine on Sundays within the city. It is sponsored by City Council members Alex Wan, Kwanza Hall, Cleta Winslow, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Michael Julian Bond, H. Lamar Willis and Yolanda Adrean and comes in the wake of the new state law enacted during the 2011 session of the Georgia General Assembly, Senate Bill 10.

Portions of DeKalb County that fall in the city of Atlanta would be subject to the vote. The public is invited to comment on the issue during the City Council’s 1 p.m. meeting on Sept. 6 at Atlanta City Hall, Council Chamber (second floor), 55 Trinity Ave. S.W. If the ordinance is adopted and approved, Atlanta will place the Sunday sales referendum question on a Nov. 8 special election ballot.

Decatur Town Center Chamber’s new home The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce has relocated to new digs.

The chamber moved into new offices in the Decatur Town Center this week. The new address is Two Decatur Town Center, 125 Clairemont Ave., Suite 235, Decatur, GA 30030. For more information, call 404-378-8000.

Wells Fargo customers struggling to make their mortgage payments can attend a Home Preservation Workshop on Sept. 8-9 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

The bank said that 9,500 homeowners who are customers of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Wells Fargo Financial, Wachovia Mortgage and Wells Fargo Home Equity have been invited to the free workshop, where workouts and loan modifications will be available.

The workshops will take place both days from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Exhibit Hall A2. The Georgia World Congress Center is at 285 Andrew Young International Blvd.

The Atlanta workshop is one of 32 that the bank is holding this year to help thousands of families avert foreclosure.

Hugh Rowden, Wells Fargo’s Atlanta regional servicing director, said the company wants its customers to succeed financially.

“Helping struggling homeowners stay in their homes is a top priority,” Hugh Rowden he said.

“This workshop will offer homeowners facing payment challenges the opportunity to explore options available for them.”

Walk-ins are welcome at the workshop, but registration is strongly recommended to guarantee one-on-one meetings with a bank representative.

The deadline to sign up for appointments at www.wfhmevents.com/leadingtheway home is Sept. 6.

Nationally, Wells Fargo originates one in every four home loans in the country and services one of every six.

The company says that in the first quarter

Struggling homeowners may find options to avert foreclosure at Wells Fargo’s Home Preservation Workshop on Sept. 8-9 at the Georgia World Congress Center.

of 2011, about 93 percent of its mortgage customers remained current on their loan payments.

In the first quarter of this year, Inside Mortgage Finance said that just 7.22 percent of Wells Fargo’s first mortgage and home equity loans were past due or in foreclosure, down from a peak of 8.96 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009.

The industry average for the same period was 10.27 percent.

Between January 2009 and June 2011, Wells Fargo completed 696,805 active trial and modifications of which the bulk – 85 percent – were done through its own modification programs.

Only 15 percent were done through the federal government’s Home Affordable Modification Program.

During the Sept. 8 and 9 workshop, up to

150 Wells Fargo home retention team members – including bilingual specialists – will work with customers.

Where possible, borrowers will receive a decision on a workout, loan modification or other options on the spot or shortly following the workshop.

Options include Wells Fargo’s own loan modification program and the federal HAMP. Wells Fargo has met with more than 24,000 customers at its 38 Home Preservation Workshops since the first one in September 2009.

At its last Atlanta workshop in October 2009, its home retention specialists met one-on-one with 2,663 homeowners facing mortgage payment challenges.

For more information call 1-800-4058067.

Local groups honoring moms Civic, church and school groups and sororities and individuals are being encouraged to host Feeding Dreams Get-Togethers to recognize AfricanAmerican mothers as heroes for their efforts uplifting their families and communities.

The General Mills initiative, which kicked off in metro Atlanta on Aug. 30 at a breakfast meeting at Pascal’s, hopes to have 1,200 gatherings between September and December in 14 cities across the East and Southeast.

Lafayette Jones, president of SMSi Urban Call, which is spearheading the program, said that Atlanta is one of 14 cities in Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida Daphne Ennion was overcome with emotion as she Lafayette Jones and Louisiana and accepted her Feeding Dreams award. in Philadelphia targeted by the initiative.

Ennion, who has two sons, broke out in He said the host groups of up to 25 tears while accepting the award. people will provide intimate forums across She said the award was unexpected and the country to discuss efforts that positively that she tries every day to do the best she can impact health and education in African- for her sons.

American communities.

Jones said that groups wanting to host “We are celebrating the heroes in our Feeding Dreams gatherings can download African-American moms,” Jones said. “The a tool kit from feedingdreams.com. At the gatherings are designed to celebrate moth- gatherings, participants will get “Ask the ers who are feeding dreams and inspiring Expert: 10 Things Every Family Should Know their families and communities to have a About Health and Education” and free prodhealthier lifestyle and strive for educational uct samples and coupons from General Mills excellence.”

Feeding Dreams brands. They also will get At Tuesday’s event in Atlanta, Jones to enter to win a variety of prizes, including said that 100 moms will be recognized in 500 Box Tops for Education for their child’s Atlanta. school, spa visits and charity donations.

The first mother, Daphne Ennion, who The initiative is sponsored by Honey Nut teaches at Jean Childs Young Middle School Cheerios, Nature Valley Granola Bars, Cinin Atlanta, was recognized for her efforts namon Toast Crunch, Yoplait Light, Grands using General Mills box tops to buy band Biscuits, Grands Sandwich, Betty Crocker uniforms for students.

Brownies, and Hamburger Helper.

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Wellness

“We want to encourage everyone to come out and participate to help raise the awareness of childhood obesity and the long-term effect childhood obesity has.”

These honorees at the 2010 Pink & Black Affair got gift baskets and lots of love from 100 Black Women. s

Publix offers free 30-day supply of generic lisinopril Patients with a prescription for lisinopril can receive a 30-day supply free at Publix.

Lisinopril, which is part of a class of medications called ACE inhibitors, is used to prevent, treat or improve symptoms of many conditions, including high blood pressure, some heart conditions, diabetes, and some chronic kidney conditions.

Publix Super Markets, which is based in Lakeland, Fla., announced the free offer on Aug. 23.

Maria Brous, the company’s media and community relations director, said that since lisinopril is Maria Brous widely used, offering the free generic medication may help many patients.

“While this is not a formal part of the Publix Diabetes Management System, offering lisinopril for free augments the diabetes program perfectly,” she said. “We are hopeful that offering lisinopril for free will help our customers stay compliant with this important medication.”

All strengths of generic lisinopril are free, but lisinopril-hydrochlorothiazide, or HCTZ, combination products are excluded from the offer.

For more information, visit www.publix .com.

Men’s health focus of inaugural fair at Decatur center Sons, husbands, fathers and grandfathers can get a number of medical screenings for a nominal fee at the inaugural Men’s Health Fair & Screening on Sept. 10 at Decatur’s Community Achievement Center.

Blood pressure checks for heart disease and stroke risk, blood sugar testing for diabetes screening, cholesterol testing for arterial disease, a PSA test for prostate cancer, and weight and body mass index for stroke risk will be offered during the 8 a.m.-to-1 p.m. event for $30.

Scheduled appointment slots are available for 100 participants. Walk-ins will be seen as schedules permit. To schedule an appointment, call 404-214-7400.

The Community Achievement Center is at 4522 Flat Shoals Parkway. For more information, visit www.menshealthandwellness .org or http://cacdekalb.org or call Clarence Wells, CAC executive director, at 404-2147400 or Joe Blumberg, Men’s Health & Wellness Center executive director, at 678638-6388.

Seminars, health fair for families A Sept. 10 Family Health Day at Miller Grove High School will address the health and well-being of DeKalb residents of all ages.

The 10 a.m.-to-4 p.m. event includes seminars, diagnostic screenings, massages, giveaways, healthy cooking demonstrations and fun activities.

Dr. Leslie Richmond, DeKalb Community Health & Prevention Services division director, will be the keynote speaker.

Miller Grove High School is at 2645 DeKalb Medical Parkway in Lithonia. For more information, visit www.tntga.org, email ttassociationofga2003@yahoo.com or call 678-318-1460.

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Breast cancer survivors sought Friends, families and co-workers can nominate breast cancer survivors for recognition at the seventh annual Pink & Black Affair in Stone Mountain.

The black-tie event, which is hosted by the DeKalb 100 Black Women, will celebrate the strength and triumphs of 10 cancer survivors on Nov. 5 at the Evergreen Conference Center at Stone Mountain Park.

Nominations, which are due Sept. 10, can be made at www.ncbwdekalb.org.

Other activities at the Pink & Black Af-

fair include a silent auction, dinner, networking and dancing. Tickets are $60 each or $575 for a table. A portion of the proceeds benefits the fight against breast cancer.

The 100 Black Women chapter is seeking sponsors for the gala, which pairs the color pink, the national symbol for breast cancer awareness, with the color black, which symbolizes women of color standing together in the fight against breast cancer.

For more information, e-mail info@ ncbwdekalb.org, visit www.ncbwdekalb.org or call 404-584-1107.

DeKalb Walks targets obesity DeKalb residents and workers can join the DeKalb Walks event on Sept. 10 at Arabia Mountain Park in Lithonia.

The walk kicks off at 9 a.m. at Murphey Candler Elementary School, 4775 S. Goddard Road.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.

This is the sixth year that District 3 Commissioner Larry Johnson Larry Johnson has hosted the walk.

“This year we are taking part in first lady Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ Initiative, and we want to encourage everyone to come out and participate to help raise the awareness of childhood obesity and the long-term effect childhood obesity has on those who are obese and the ancillary effect obesity has on health care costs, lost productivity in the workplace, and the lessening of the projected life expectancy of people who are obese,” he said.

There will be giveaways and cash prizes ranging from $25 to $250.

For more information or to pre-register, call 404-371-2425.

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“It will take all of us, but we must get together, be together, and stay together. It’s hard, yet rewarding when students are successful.”

‘The best superintendent on the globe can’t do it alone’ Dr. Cheryl Atkinson, DeKalb’s new school superintendent, says she will audit departments, reassign personnel and put children first.

Below are excerpts from her comments to the audience: One of the single most important tasks of a superintendent, if they are really, really to make a difference, is to get everyone pushing, pulling and running in the same direction with urgency. Optimal word, together.

My 90-day entry plans with timeline and focused activities will focus around listening to board members, principals, teachers, parents and an immersion tour with visits to every school. One-on-one meeting with principals? Yes, one-on-one. Going to take awhile; I have some time. I plan to have that conversation.

Frank discussions, and I mean frank discussions with teachers and teacher associations; meeting with executive and seniors staff; spent much time with parents and parent teachers associations because I truly believe that parents are our partners.

[Applause] If we are going to do this work and be successful, we will have to be together with open and honest conversation, and it starts with me.

I will reach out to business leaders and seek their support for our schools and our students; reach out to our community leaders; listening and sharing with stakeholders.

It will take all of us, but we must get together, be together, and then we must stay together. This is tough work. It takes time.

It’s hard, yet rewarding when students are successful.

When student achievement is not improving, particularly as it relates to the very foundation of what we do – reading and reading skills – you can pretty much guarantee that your foundation has crumbled and it’s certainly broken. In this business, contrary to popular belief, achievement is the last thing to go.

Personnel changes There are critical top-level personnel decisions that must be made within the first 90 days, and some more immediately. [Applause and amens from audience] It is my intent to put together an effective team focused on improving student success with a strong foundation. We have to ensure that we have the right people in the right positions and that they are singularly focused on our core mission of raising student success across all grade levels, across all socio-economic levels.

I as superintendent can only be as effective as the people around me. So it is important for me to build a team that shares my passion and my focus on ensuring that every child reaches his potential, and nothing less will do; and I have no problem with saying to someone you have to go. [Prolonged applause and all right nows] Assembling this team is even more important because our children, our children cannot wait. They need quality instruction, updated materials, and a variety of opportunities and they need them now. [Applause] I don’t believe in teaching to the test [applause and all rights] but I do believe in being prepared for it [more cheers] and there is a

they have a foundation and post-secondary educational opportunities. Advance Placement Courses in all disciplines and technical training are a must if our students are going to compete.

We must provide ACT and SAT prep as part of the curriculum. You see, we can’t leave that to chance. [Applause] We must make the test a part of the high school experience during the day. Simply signing them up to take the test is not enough. It’s just a step. …

I have never been one to take the first no I get. You should know that about me. You can expect that I am going to start working on that here.

People say everybody’s not going to college, but everybody ought to have that choice.

We must have courses on alternative energy sources such as fuel cell and wind energy. Those are the new career techs. Hear people say that vocation ed is over. Well, it’s not over; it’s just changed. We’d better get to pedaling. We are behind.

We must offer things like fencing, lacrosse, other nontraditional sports because only 10 or 15 children can be on the basketball team.

“We have to ensure that we have the right people in the right positions and that they are singularly focused on our core mission of raising student success across all grade levels, across all socio-economic levels.”

Dr. Cheryl Atkinson, DeKalb Schools superintendent

difference. [Chorus of yeses from audience] My experience has taught me that education takes place in the classroom, not in the central office. [Applause] My vision is to shift from a traditional hierarchy that is top down to an inverted pyramid, a structure that is built from the classroom up.

Teachers must be empowered to have a strong voice in the instructional process.

[Prolonged applause and all right nows] Oh we have some teachers out there somewhere.

Yes, there must be just-in-time data for them.

Can’t give an assessment and wait nine weeks for the results.

We have to have performance standards and, yes, accountability. Never met anybody who said they didn’t want to be accountable.

Usually, the conversation is, I don’t know what I am accountable for.

We must give teachers and principals the resources to innovate and we must share best practices districtwide. And those who are not performing – I say it again – they will have to go.

meetings and team-building initiatives, a report will be presented to the board outlining the findings, proposals and plans for moving forward.

This will enable the board and the administration to revise and/or adjust the direction of the district and modify the individual and district goals. This long-term, five-year strategic plan will be our road map as we begin our journey for success.

Our goals will be clear with measurable outcomes, well-communicated and monitored because I have learned that 90 percent of success is in the execution and only 10 percent in the plan.

I have seen a lot of great plans sit on the shelf. I have seen strategic plan books never opened by those in our classroom.

Our objectives must be research based, bold, but attainable. Our strategic plan can’t be a stale document in a binder, but a fluid work plan that is easily understood by all.

And I want that all to be all.

I want any parents to understand where we are going on this journey and what their piece of it is.

Clear goals If our students are going to compete Following completion of the immersion in a global economy, it is imperative that

21st century solution Why do we still expect students to carry pounds of books in the 21st century technology age? We must provide every student with a laptop or an iPad with their textbook loaded on them. I hear all the time, well what if they get on the wrong site. Well, let me tell you about students and children, they’ve been getting the wrong books too, and we dealt with that.

We can’t operate out of fear and have our children held back.

Our teachers need state-of-the-art technology, smart boards, not in some classrooms but every classroom. [Applause] We will keep our eyes on the prize, and the prize is ensuring that we create the best educational opportunities for every student in the DeKalb County School System. We must ensure that not only are our time, talent and energies focused on student success, but our resources as well.

I will ensure that we are optimizing our financial resources and ... the dollars. I will ask for audits across all departmental budgets and programs for local, state and federal dollars. [Audience applause and shouts of yeah] If the expenditure of these dollars shows no improvements, no value added to education and achievement, then they must and will be eliminated.

I believe we can provide opportunities for every child to realize his or her potential, if we band together.

I believe we can prepare our children to compete in a global economy.

The best superintendent on the globe cannot do it alone. I am going to say that again – the best superintendent on the globe cannot do it alone. [Applause] The best central office in the world cannot do it alone.

But if we all engage and we all work together, I believe we can drastically improve student achievement, student success and build a school system that can be the envy of the state, nation and world.

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Scene Luncheon marks anniversary of 9/11 attacks Former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young will be the keynote speaker at a 9/11 World Trade Center Atlanta Remembrance on Sept. 12.

The 11:30 a.m.to-2 p.m. luncheon is a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that killed Andrew Young nearly 2,819 people.

The World Trade Center Atlanta is one of 320 World Trade Centers in 96 countries.

Young will speak on “World Peace Through Trade and Investment.” The event also will include the creation of a 9/11 Memorial Canvas by attendees under the guidance of local artist Krystal Phoenixx.

On completion, the 9/11 Memorial Canvas will be on display at the WTCA as an example of what beauty can be created when people work together.

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“I believe that Martin Luther King belongs to all of America, not just Alpha. Everyone needs to go see the monument.”

Peace Garden planting for Tupac Family, friends and supporters of the hip hop icon, singer and actor Tupac Shakur will celebrate his life by planting shrubs and flowers on Sept. 10 in the Peace Gardens at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in Stone Mountain.

Shakur was born in New York on June 16, 1971.

The sixth annual Memorial Planting in the Peace Garden is taking place 15 years after Shakur was shot in Las Vegas on Sept.

13, 1996.

The planting, which is sponsored by the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, starts at 10 a.m. It is open to the public.

Carlos Coleman, a spokesman for the center, said participants can honor their own friends and family members with their participation in the event, or just come out to help.

The planting will also pay tribute to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the 10th year anniversary of the death of singer Aaliyah.

Master gardeners will be on site to assist

The sixth annual Memorial Planting in the Peace Garden celebrates the life of hip hop icon, singer and actor Tupac Shakur, who was shot to death in Las Vegas in 1996.

with planting and Coleman says no previous gardening experience is necessary.

Participants should bring a perennial plant ­– such as evergreens, purple coneflowers, bath’s pink dianthus, georgia blue veronicas – that does well in Georgia’s sunny climate.

The center’s Pac’s Kids performing troupe will also perform and there will be live jazz and other entertainment.

McDonald’s is providing light snacks and refreshments.

For more information, visit www.tasf.org or call 404-298-4222.

Auditions set for Ballethnic’s ‘Nutcracker’ Kids and adult dancers from 6 to 60 can audition Sept. 10 for Ballethnic’s “Urban Nutcracker.”

The full-length ballet production, which has been an Atlanta holiday tradition for more than 20 years, is seeking a cast of more than 70 people.

During the 3-to-6 p.m. audition, Ballethnic also will pick the cast for its spring production of “Jazzy Sleeping Beauty.”

“The Urban Nutcracker” is celebrating its 21st season. It provides an ethnic twist on the classical ballet.

Choreographed by co-founder Waverly T. Lucas II and set on Auburn Avenue in the 1940s, “The Urban Nutcracker” includes a multicultural cast of minority youth.

Ballethnic’s “Jazzy Sleeping Beauty” is a colorful twist on a fairy tale classic. It also is choreographed by Lucas and features a Tchaikovsky music score and a new jazzy score by Mark Lomax of Cincinnati.

The audition fee is $15. Professionals must submit a resume and head shot. All dancers must take a ballet class.

Auditions will take place at Ballethnic’s studio, 2587 Cheney St. in East Point.

For more information, call 404-7621416.

Alphas dedicate monument that honors one of their own As Hurricane Irene bore down on the East Coast last weekend and prompted King Memorial organizers to cancel the Aug. 28 public dedication ceremony, thousands of members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and others already in Washington were paying tribute to the civil rights legend.

On Friday morning, members of Alpha Phi Alpha – which conceived the monument and is raising $120 million to cover the cost of building it – linked arms at the monument and sang the fraternity’s hymn.

They were commemorating the historic day after a 15-year journey to build the monument that honors one of their own, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. And though the much-anticipated public memorial dedication that was set for Aug. 28 – the 48th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington – was postponed, members went ahead with their plans.

Among the thousands of gold-clad Alphas at the monument for the Aug. 26 ceremony was a delegation of 15 from Decatur’s Nu Mu Lambda Chapter.

The group also included fraternity brothers who had journeyed from as far away as Seoul, South Korea, to the nation’s capital to pay homage to a man who has become an ubiquitous symbol for justice and freedom worldwide.

Their private dedication ceremony was the culmination of their efforts.

Andre Prospere, the Decatur chapter’s outgoing president, said King deserves this honor.

“I believe that Martin Luther King belongs to all of America, not just Alpha,” he said. “Everyone needs to go see the monument.”

So far, the Alphas have raised $114 million of the $120 million. Georgia chapters and individuals contributed $3.8 million of that amount and more than $30,000 came from the Decatur chapter.

The King Memorial, which is called “The Stone of Hope,” pays tribute to the civil rights leader’s “I Have a Dream” speech made from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963.

The Alphas conceived the idea of the King Memorial in 1984. Twelve years later in 1996, Congress authorized the nearly 105-year-old fraternity to build it.

The Rev. Joseph Lowery, former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young and members of King’s family (above) attend the Aug. 26 ceremony along with Alphas Everett Patrick, Andre Prospere and Stanley Taylor Jr. (from left).

Private ceremony The fraternity’s ceremony took place at the foot of the 30-foot-memorial, which stands at 1964 Independence Ave., in honor of the 1964 Voting Rights Act that King worked tirelessly to pass.

James Bennett, who helped found the Decatur chapter on June 15, 1980, beamed with pride when he saw the monument for the first time.

“King’s movement was the foundation for getting Barack Obama in the White House,” said Bennett, who was also present at the August 2006 ground-breaking ceremony for the monument.

Alpha dignitaries on the stage included Harry Johnson Sr., a past general president of Alpha Phi Alpha and CEO and president of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, and civil rights icons Joseph Lowery, former U.S. Ambassador

Andrew Young, and the Rev. C.T. Vivian.

National Urban League President Marc Morial; King’s children Martin Luther King III and Bernice King; the Rev. Al Sharpton; the Rev. Jesse Jackson; and Medgar Evers’ widow, Myrlie Evers, also were there.

Alpha Phi Alpha current General President Herman “Skip” Mason, who lives in Ellenwood, presided over the morning’s dedication service.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. in 1952 while attending Boston University.

Herman Hemingway, the only living member from King’s class who pledged through Boston’s Sigma Chapter, was present on Friday.

During his lifetime, King was an active member of the fraternity. As he transformed the socio-political landscape of America throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he held

steadfast to its motto: “First of all, servants of all, we shall transcend all.”

1963 march remembered Alpha members who lived through the civil rights era couldn’t help reflecting on the 1963 March on Washington, to which many hitchhiked.

Freddie West, a former educator and member of the Decatur chapter, said one of the issues then was jobs.

“It was very difficult for blacks to find work in the South during that time,” said West. “Many like myself had to go to New York for work.”

West, 67, said being in Washington last week brought back many memories.

“It’s hard for me to believe that I was here for the ’63 march and here again today,” he said. He said King paved the way for the country’s first African-American president.

“Today King would suggest that Obama represents and embodies everything he had worked for and would be ecstatic to realize that blacks and whites collectively elected him,” he said.

Greg Gray, the Decatur chapter’s newest member, said it was inspiring to link arms with Alpha members at the monument and sing the fraternity’s hymn.

“It just sent chills down my spine,” said Gray, who is the principal of MLK Jr. High School in Lithonia. “In our motto it reads, ‘We shall transcend all.’ I take that to mean we transcend all doubts, we transcend all naysayers to get this project done, we transcend all things.”

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CrossRoadsNews I-20, Exit Wesley Chapel To Snapfinger Woods Drive

Malcolm Cunningham Ford

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770-987-9000

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Brand New 2012 Ford

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MPG HWY

EPA EStIMAtES

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5,000

$

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SIGN & DRIVE!

MSRP $35,850 • VIN#3LNHL2GC7BR767316

399

$

lease For

With Per Month

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0

Due at Signing

lease for 36 months, with $0 due at signing, including $0 security dePosit, 10,500 miles Per year, 20¢ Per mile thereafter with aPProved credit. includes tax, tag, and title.

NEw 2011 LINCoLN MKX

SIGN & DRIVE!

MSRP $41,550 • VIN#2LMDJ6JK7BBJ27413

499

$

lease For

With Per Month

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0

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lease for 36 months, with $0 due at signing, including $0 security dePosit, 10,500 miles Per year, 20¢ Per mile thereafter with aPProved credit. includes tax, tag, and title.

NEw 2011 LINCoLN MKs

SIGN & DRIVE!

MSRP $42,325 • VIN#1LNHL9DR5BG611641

499

$

lease For

With Per Month

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0

Due at Signing

lease for 36 months, with $0 due at signing, including $0 security dePosit, 10,500 miles Per year, 20¢ Per mile thereafter with aPProved credit. includes tax, tag, and title.

Prices Plus, Tax, Tag And Title.

5675 Peachtree IndustrIal Blvd

(770) 621-0200

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