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More to teen’s kidnapping than first meets the eye By Ken Watts
The abduction of 14-year-old Ayvani Hope Perez from her Ellenwood home in the early morning on Sept. 17 may not have been as random as police first believed. Police records show that Ayvani’s mother, Marie Corral, was arrested with one of the suspects in a 2012 drug raid just Ayvani Perez south of Atlanta. Vincent Picard, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, confirmed Juan Alberto Contreras-Rodriguez’s identity Thursday. “He is the same person in our cus-
tody that was arrested on drug-trafficking charges,” Picard said. Contreras-Rodriguez, a 40-year-old Mexican national, and Wildrego Jackson, 29, of Atlanta were arrested Sept. 18 after the teen was found unharmed in Conyers, Contreras-Rodriguez about 25 miles from her home. Authorities suspect two other men – portrayed in widely circulated police sketches after the abduction – are still on the run. Ayvani was taken from her Brookgate Drive home just south of the DeKalb County line. The girl’s relatives say two men, wearing black clothing and armed with handguns,
pried open the family’s back door about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday. Corral and her two children – Ayvani and her 15-year-old brother – hid inside the home, but the intruders found them, shot the family’s dog and Wildrego Jackson took Ayvani in a gray Dodge van. They also said the men demanded a $10,000 – then $100,000 – ransom for the teen’s release. Clayton County Police, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the FBI were involved in the search for Ayvani. During a Sept. 18 news conference, Clayton County Police Chief Gregory Porter
said the teen was reunited with her family that day. “She’s safe,” he said. “She’s being evaluated as we speak. This is a good day for the Perez family, but more important for Ayvani.” FBI Special Agent Rick Maxwell said the captured suspects were not the two men portrayed in police sketches. “We believe those two suspects in the drawings are still at large,” Maxwell said. Police said the family moved into the two-story house about a month ago. Contreras-Rodriguez is being held on immigration-related charges. Jackson, the second man arrested in the kidnapping, was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to kidnap. Arrest records paint him as a career criminal, arrested multiple times on charges of assault, child cruelty, sale
Homeless sisters want jobs to get back on feet Cylinthia and Camille Fitchett lost their apartment and car after layoffs. The two have been sleeping at a vacant county building in Decatur while they search for jobs.
Women fell on hard times when economy tanked By Ken Watts
For 20 years, Cylinthia Fitchett was a dedicated social worker back home in New Jersey, helping clients escape the grip of poverty and homelessness. Today at age 51, she and her younger sister, Camille Fitchett, are among DeKalb County’s homeless. The two have been sleeping on the steps of the old Candler-McAfee Library building in Deca- Cylinthia Fitchett tur since about early September. Fitchett said they are at wits’ end. “We have nowhere else to go,” she said. On Sept. 16, the sisters’ few belongings were neatly stacked outside the building’s covered entrance. It’s certainly not the way Fitchett envisioned her life unfolding when she graduated from William Paterson University in 1998 with a degree in psychology and dreams of making a difference. She and her sister are among 6,664 homeless people in the city of Atlanta and in Fulton and DeKalb counties. From her hometown of Hillside, N.J., near Newark, Fitchett was drawn to the Atlanta area’s more prosperous image in the wake of the 1996 Olympics. After several visits to test the waters in the early 2000s, Fitchett landed a job as a receptionist at School Specialty Inc., a wholesale school supply company in Norcross, in 2005. “That lasted for about six months until they eliminated my position,” she said. Fitchett returned home briefly to take
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care of some family business before moving to DeKalb for good in 2006 – at about the same time the local economy began to head south. “My sister and I sold our parents’ house in New Jersey and moved here that fall,” she said. “We were able to live on the house proceeds and my savings until I could get a job in social work.” But it didn’t work out that way. Unable to find employment in her field, Fitchett filled time doing volunteer work at the DeKalb Rape Crisis Center and served as a peer counselor at CareNet Pregnancy Center of Atlanta. She continued to look a job – any job. “I go to the library every day and use their computers,” she said. “I’ve sent in resume
after resume and logged more interviews than I can remember. They tell me I’m overqualified.” The younger Fitchett, who does not have a college degree, said they are looking for anything that will bring income. She found a job at an Atlanta customer service agency but was laid off during the economic recession. From 2006 to 2009, the sisters lived in a rented condo in Stone Mountain, but when their funds dried up, they were evicted. They put their furniture and other household property in storage, but they were later auctioned off for lack of payment. Cylinthia Fitchett said they lived in her car for about nine months until it broke down. “I had no money to get it fixed,” she said.
“Friends and acquaintances let us stay with them here in DeKalb and out in Conyers from 2010 until this year, 2013. We’ve been on the streets off and on since the winter months and here outside the old library for about two weeks.”
Homeless census As the Fitchett sisters wage their personal survival struggle, homeless advocates are trying to figure out ways to help thousands of homeless people like them. The Metro Atlanta Tri-Jurisdictional Collaborative on Homelessness, or Tri-J, is studying results of its biennial homeless census done on Jan. 29. Please see HOMELESS, page 4
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“We don’t need it. There are already five gas stations in a short distance on Wesley Chapel.” Kroger is getting mixed reaction to its proposed gas station on the site of the Scores Sports Bar on Wesley Chapel Road.
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Kroger seeks gas station on Wesley Chapel By Ken Watts
Kroger wants to build a gas station at its Wesley Chapel Road store, and the proposal is getting mixed reviews from residents. The supermarket chain plans the gas station to replace the Scores Sports Bar and Restaurant building at 2425 Wesley Chapel Road. If it gets county approval, the gas station would be the sixth within a quarter-mile on Wesley Chapel. It comes on the heels of the county’s May 28 approval of a controversial $2.5 million nine-pump gas station at the corner of Wesley Chapel and Snapfinger Woods Drive. At a Sept. 6 community meeting at the Kroger store, the 15 residents in attendance seemed split over the possible impact of
another gas station on that corridor. Some think it would be convenient to have it on the north side of the corridor, and others think there are already too many gas stations. The proposal is expected to come before the DeKalb Commission District 3 Community Council in October. Kroger is working with the civil engineering firm Paulson Mitchell in Roswell to develop the plans for its proposed station that would open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. It was unclear at press time how many gas pumps are being proposed. Kevin Chapman, president of the Wesley Chapel Curb Appeal Task Force, is opposed to another gas station on the corridor. “We don’t need it,” he said Thursday. “There are already five gas stations in a short distance on Wesley Chapel.”
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The grass-roots group of individuals, homeowners, condominium associations and businesses has been waging a campaign to beautify Wesley Chapel, and Chapman said residents want a new image for Wesley Chapel with improved landscaping and upscale businesses. “Instead of the gas station, we would like to see Kroger upgrade the store,” he said. “It’s outdated and too small.” Kroger spokesman Glynn Jenkins wasn’t available for comment at press time, but an assistant said he is gathering the latest internal information on the project and will have an update soon. This is the second project proposed for the Kroger shopping center this year. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts was interested in the location, but its attempt to acquire the Scores restaurant site fell through.
Aaron Alexis, the man accused of killing 12 people on Sept. 16 at the Washington Navy Yard, was arrested in DeKalb in 2008. An incident report acquired by CrossRoadsNews from DeKalb Police shows that Alexis, 34, spent the night of Aug. 10, 2008, in the DeKalb County Jail after getting into trouble at a nightclub Aaron Alexis on Chamblee-Tucker Road. Alexis was thrown out of the club after causing damage inside, police said. He then continued to curse and act belligerently outside the building. No guns were involved in the incident, according to the report. Alexis was charged with disorderly conduct. DeKalb Police spokesman Capt. Steven Fore said he was released on a bond for “about $300” the next day. Alexis was killed Monday by police after authorities say he opened fire on people inside the Washington naval facility. Officials report that the former Navy reservist had been treated for mental problems weeks before the massacre. Authorities have said Alexis also had run-ins with the law in 2004 and 2010 in Texas and in Seattle. Those incidents involved shootings, they said.
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There’s very little room for single women unless you’re in a domestic violence situation.”
County taps department vet for top finance job accepted this critical asVeteran financial anasignment,” he said. lyst Gwen Brown-PatterBrown-Patterson, who son has been appointed has served for 29 years in the county’s interim chief the Budget and Grants financial officer while Division of the DeKalb a national search for a Finance Department, is permanent replacement the first woman to hold is being conducted. the position. The appointment is G. Brown-Patterson She has held several effective immediately. Interim CEO Lee May says management positions, including Brown-Patterson knows the coun- budget and management analyst, senior budget and management ty’s finances “inside and out.” “Gwen Brown-Patterson has analyst, principal budget and man-
agement analyst, financial management analyst, budget manager, and deputy director of Finance-Budget and Grants. She assumes management of DeKalb’s overall budget totaling $1.75 billion and the supervision of a 10-member staff. She will advise the CEO, the chief operating officer, county department heads, and elected and appointed officials about budget operations, fiscal policies and related issues. The Finance Department, un-
der the direction of the finance director, is responsible for the overall administration of the fiscal affairs of DeKalb and directs the activities of the Budget and Grants Division, Treasury and Accounting Services Division, Division of Internal Audit and Licensing, and the Division of Risk Management and Employee Services. Brown-Patterson earned her bachelor’s degree from Spelman College and her Master of Public Administration from Georgia State
Panola Mountain seeks volunteers for Park Day events Volunteers can help clean up the South River and do grassland restoration work on Sept. 28 at Panola Mountain State Park near Stockbridge as part of National Public Lands Day. The event is also part of Georgia State Parks’ “Your State Parks Day” service projects. A Rivers Alive South River cleanup takes place from 8 a.m. to noon along the Panola Mountain
South River Corridor. Volunteers should bring work gloves, eye protection, and good walking shoes. Water will be provided. Parking is waived, and participants can plan to spend the day at the park afterward at no cost. Call the nature center to register in advance. From 9 a.m. to noon, Phil Delestrez of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources will lead a
native wildflower planting in the 150-plus acre grassland restoration area at Panola Mountain. All the wildflowers are Georgia stock from seed collected within 100 miles of the park. Volunteers are needed to help with this unique project, and children are welcome. Tools will be provided as well as a water source for the plantings. Bring gloves, snacks, sunscreen, bug
spray, and a visored hat. All volunteers will receive a free T-shirt while supplies last and their names will be entered into a drawing for door prizes. Bottled water and sandwiches will be provided by Friends of Panola Mountain State Park. Parking will be in the Alexander Lake Parking Area off Alexander Lake Road. R.S.V.P. at 770-389-7801.
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That night, more than 400 volunteers counted 6,664 homeless people. The majority of them, 5,571 or 84 percent, were located in Atlanta. DeKalb had 705, or 11 percent. Fulton accounted for 388, 6 percent of the total. Dr. Josie Parker, project director, said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will use the totals from the count to determine the official number of homeless people in Atlanta, Fulton and DeKalb and future funding allocations. Advocates for the homeless say street homelessness is a direct reflection of the lack of shelter
beds. In the Metro Atlanta TriJurisdictional Collaborative, 82 percent of shelter and transitional housing beds are located in Atlanta, 11 percent in DeKalb, and 7 percent in Fulton. The Fitchett sisters say there are plenty of shelters in DeKalb but that most are reserved for families. “There’s very little room for single women unless you’re in a domestic violence situation,” Cylinthia Fitchett said. The women say sleeping on the streets is a challenge and dangerous. “I never sleep for more than an hour or two through the night,” the older Fitchett said. “I have insomnia, but aside from that you never
know who’s out here with you. “ She said the people in the neighborhood along McAfee are aware of them. “I think they’re watching out for us, but again, you never know,” she said. The sisters have been surviving on the goodness of strangers. Camille Fitchett said that sometimes people give them money. “We also receive food stamps and we buy food or have meals at the McDonald’s on the corner of McAfee and Candler,” she said. Late Thursday, Cylinthia Fitchett said man who identified himself as an official with DeKalb County Community Development visit them at their campsite.
“I don’t know how he found out about us, but he said his department might be able to provide us temporary lodging,” she said. “He couldn’t promise anything immediately, but he was going to do some checking and get back with us.” The sisters say most of all they want employment so that they can provide for themselves. “My biggest thing now is getting a job,” Cylinthia Fitchett said. “Finding a place to live becomes possible if you have work and generate income to keep it.”
Want to help? Cylinthia Fitchett can be reached by e-mail at ctfitchett@gmail.com.
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The abduction of 14-year-old Ayvani Hope Perez from her Ellenwood home in the early morning on Sept. 17 may not have been as random as police first believed.
South DeKalb seniors 65 years and older now have a beautiful medical center close to home. JenCare Neighborhood Medical Centers opened a facility on Candler Road.
Injury prevention efforts will be the featured topic at a Sept. 27 community meeting and open house at the Georgia Piedmont Technical College conference center.
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Kroger wants to build a gas station at its Wesley Chapel Road store, and the proposal is getting mixed reviews from residents.
Veteran journalist Samuel Freedman, whose “Breaking the Line” captures the 1967 black college championship game between Grambling College and Florida A&M, will discuss his book at the Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater.
DeKalb has accelerated the license process for county residents trying to start a home-based business.
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Veteran financial analyst Gwen BrownPatterson has been appointed the county’s interim chief financial officer while a national search for a permanent replacement is being conducted.
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“Our centers are designed for seniors. People are welcomed here like family.”
JenCare Medical one-stop center caters wholly to seniors By Jennifer Ffrench Parker
South DeKalb seniors 65 years and older now have a beautiful medical center close to home. JenCare Neighborhood Medical Centers, which caters to low to moderate-income adults on Medicare, opened a facility on Sept. 5 at 2124 Candler Road in Decatur. It is the first JenCare Medical Center to open in DeKalb County, but Dr. Susan Schayes, regional medical director, says it won’t be the last. Schayes said they are passionate about seniors and plan other centers in the county to make them accessible. “Our centers are designed for seniors,” she said. “People are welcomed here like family.” Schayes, a family physician who spent 15 years at Emory University before joining JenCare Med, said the one-stopshop medical center is going to make a great difference in the community. “This is an underserved area,” she said. “We are helping revitalize the economic and medical health of the community.” JenCare Med, located in the shopping center anchored by DeKalb Supervalu, is operated by Miami Gardens, Fla.-based ChenMed, the nation’s fastest-growing integrated senior primary care medical practice. The company remodeled a 12,000-square-foot underused space in the Candler Plaza into a neighborhood medical center and its Georgia regional headquarters. When it is up to full capacity, about 450 patients, the center will have up to eight doctors. The Decatur center is the fourth JenCare Med to open in Georgia this summer. There are also centers in West End, East Point and North Druid Hill. A fifth metro Atlanta center is scheduled to open in Morrow this fall. By 2014, there will be 10 JenCare Med centers in metro Atlanta. There are also centers in Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia and Illinois. Regionally, Atlantans are aging rapidly, and the Atlanta Regional Commission says adults ages 45 to 64 make up the fastest-growing segment. It estimates that the region’s senior population will double between 2000 and 2015. By 2030, it says that one in five Atlantans will be over the age of 60. In DeKalb, the number of adults ages 45 to 64 jumped 37,703 to 169,035 in the decade between 2000 and 2010. Seniors with chronic diseases account for a growing portion of U.S. health care spending. Emory University researchers say that patients with five or more chronic conditions are responsible for more than 76 percent of Medicare spending, up from 50 percent in the mid-1980s. In the June 2013 issue of Health Affairs, ChenMed announced that its senior health care centers had lowered by 38 percent the number of days seniors spend in the hospital. Nationally, the company says a CDC/NCHS National Hospital Discharge Survey found that seniors 65 years and older stay in the hospital an average of 5.5 days and account
Dr. Susan Schayes, JenCare Medical’s regional medical director, says they are helping revitalize the economic and medical health of the community.
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“We are bridging the gap between great medicine and great senior health care,” she said. The center, which is open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is offering tours to seniors who call to schedule one. Schayes said they want seniors to be familiar with their offerings and feel comfortable when they come for care. She said their doctors are experts in diabetes, hypertension, and other illnesses that impact seniors. During the two-day grand-opening festivities on Sept. 26 and 27, seniors will get to meet the center’s doctors and tour the center. There will be live entertainment, refreshments, and prizes and giveaways each day between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Seniors who sign up with JenCare Med get electronic photo identification cards that easily access all their medical information with the scan of a bar code. Because the center is focused on preventive care, Taylor says that seniors will visit the center monthly for care that Two-day grand opening includes a review of their medicines and blood pressure and The South DeKalb medical center, decorated in attractive blood sugar, all designed to decrease visits to the emergency warm colors, has electronic patient cards, room and hospital admissions. 20 exam rooms, on-site lab, pharmacy On arrival at the center, members are guaranteed to be and dentist, and rooms for acupuncture seen within 15 minutes, Taylor said. and tai chi. JenCare Med provides transportation for its members It accepts Medicare Advantage plans, who live within a six-mile radius of its centers. Medicare plans and private pay. Christopher Chen, ChenMed CEO, said their senior care Monica Taylor, the center’s patient model has created legions of patient fans. community relations specialist, says the “Happy and healthy seniors are telling their friends and spacious center is designed to give prerelatives about the different and wonderful way we practice Monica Taylor ventive care. medicine,” he said. for 13.6 million hospital stays annually. The American Hospital Association says the average per patient cost exceeds $1,850 a day, for a total of $138.3 billion annually. ChenMed says its health care model for seniors could save $52.5 billion annually with national saturation of its model. Craig Tanio, ChenMed chief medical officer, says JenCare Med serves the high-risk, high-cost senior population with convenient access to board-certified doctors and unrivaled patient and physician time together. “We give our patients longer and more frequent patient visits,” Tanio said. “This means our primary care doctors and specialists can collaboratively work to better educate patients, better coach behavior change, and better provide the compassionate, personalized care that’s so welcomed by America’s greatest generation.”
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In 1967, two rival football teams, two legendary coaches, and two talented quarterbacks broke the color line and transformed the NFL. Members of Vientos del Pueblo are (clockwise from from top left) Mauricio Amaya, Cristian Zamora, Heather Hart and Siobhan Brennan.
Book tells story of teams that broke the color line
Veteran journalist Samuel Freedman, whose “Breaking the Line” captures the 1967 black college championship game between Grambling College and Florida A&M, will discuss his book on Sept. 26 at the Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater. The reading and book signing, which is free to attend, takes place at 7 p.m. In 1967, two rival football teams; two legendary coaches, Eddie Robinson and Jake Gaither; and two talented quarterbacks broke the color Samuel Freedman line, revolutionized college sports, and transformed the NFL during a transitional point in the civil rights movement. Freedman brings to life the historic saga of the Orange Blossom Classic in “Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights,” CB 244523 which reaches its climax in a tense, excruciatingly GA the two teams, recounted with game between ent City: closeAtlanta, suspense and drama. Newspaper Ad Freedman is an award-winning author, a colDate(s): umnist for The New York Times, and a tenured professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Among his seven acclaimed books are “Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students and Their High School”;
Author Samuel Freedman will read and sign “Breaking the Line” at the Carter Center on Sept. 26.
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Vientos del Pueblo in concert The one-hour concert, which begins at 7 p.m., is part of the Diversity in DeKalb Series and Hispanic Heritage Month. The library is at 215 Sycamore St. in downtown Decatur. For more information, visit www. dekalblibrary.org or call 404-3703070.
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Patrons of the newly refurbished ART Station can enjoy Lowcountry cuisine and barbecue and live music at the Sept. 28 grand reopening celebration in Stone Mountain Village. The Big Re veal, which begins at 7 p.m., will showcase the art center’s recent renovations funded by a local foundation. With the funds, the David Thomas (left), president and artistic director, and nonprofit theater added facility manager Emma Brooks sit in the new theater. new seating, stage, lighting, electrical B Que. improvements, and sound system to the Three musical groups will play in 1913 trolley car station that has been the Theatre, the Cabaret and the Up its home for 28 years. A new cabaret Stairs Assembly Hall. theater performance space, a redesigned Tickets are $20 per person and bar/café area, a new entrance hall, and include entrance, food and one bar assembly space in the upstairs gallery token and are available at ART Station also were added. box office, 5384 Manor Drive in Stone The “Blue Jeans & Bow Ties” themed Mountain Village, or by calling 770event includes foods from Gullah 469-1105. Gourmet in Charleston, S.C.; Atlanta For more information, visit www. International Foods; and Snead’s Bar artstation.org.
Taste of Chamblee raising funds The Taste of Chamblee returns on Sept. 28 with food, arts, live entertainment and kids activities. The free entry outdoor festival takes place from noon to 6 p.m. in downtown Chamblee at Peachtree and Broad streets in front of City Hall, 5468 Peachtree Road, also known as Antique Row. It benefits the Chamblee-based nonprofit Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation, the only statewide provider of vision and hearing services for underinsured Georgians. The sixth annual event is in partnership with the Chamblee Business Association in conjunction with the city of Chamblee. Jim Ellis Auto Group Atlanta and the DeKalb Convention & Visitors Bureau are among sponsors of the festival, which will feature local favor-
ites the Mad Italian, High Road Craft Ice Cream, and Maison Robert Fine Chocolates along with more than 20 other of Chamblee’s diverse culinary offerings. Tickets for food and beverage are $1 each. Participating restaurants and vendors will serve sample-sized portions ranging from one to four tickets per serving. There will be live performances from dance crews, rock bands, and cultural acts, and a kid zone with interactive games and inflatables; an Art Walk featuring local and regional artists offering paintings, photography, pottery, graphics, sculptures and jewelry; and a car show displaying classic, antique, and modified cars. For more information, visit www. tasteofchamblee.com.
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‘I Am Troy Davis’ author to speak and sign book at Decatur Library Troy Davis supporters will mark the second anniversary of his execution on Sept. 21 with an author talk by Jen Marlowe at the Decatur Library. The “I Am Troy Davis” event takes place from 4 to 6 p.m. as part of the Georgia Center for the Book’s Jen Marlowe Festival of Writers. Davis, 42, died by lethal injection for the 1989 murder of off-duty Police Officer Mark MacPhail. MacPhail, 27, was rushing to the aid of a homeless man who was being beaten when he Troy Davis was shot to death in the parking lot of a Greyhound bus station/ Burger King. Davis’ execution was stayed three times as his lawyers filed appeals. Several witnesses recanted their testimonies, and his supporters insisted that there was too much doubt in the case for Davis to be executed. Supporters who believed he was innocent protested across the globe, and his story captured the world’s attention. “I Am Troy Davis” – co-written by Marlowe and Davis’ older sister, Martina DavisCorreia, with Troy Davis and a foreword by Sister Helen Prejean – tells the intimate story of an ordinary man caught up in an inexorable tragedy. From his childhood in racially charged Savannah to the confused events that led to the 1989 murder of the police officer and Da-
vis’ sudden arrest, conviction, and two-decade fight to prove his innocence, the book takes the reader inside a broken legal system where life and death hang in the balance. Time magazine named Troy Davis one of 2011’s M. Davis-Correia most influential people. Marlowe, a human rights activist, writer, and filmmaker, is the author of “The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian’s Journey From Prisoner to Peacemaker” and “Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival.” Her award-winning documentary films include “One Family in Gaza,” “Rebuilding Hope: Sudan’s Lost Boys Return Home” and “Darfur Diaries.” For 22 years, Davis-Correia, who suffered from breast cancer, led a crusade to stop her brother’s execution that gained thousands of supporters worldwide, including Pope Benedict XVI, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former President Jimmy Carter and former FBI Director William Sessions. Despite failing health, she continued to fight against the death penalty after her brother’s execution. She died on Dec. 1, 2011, at age 44. Davis-Correia was also Amnesty USA’s Death Penalty Abolition co-coordinator for Georgia. She served on the boards of Georgia’s NAACP branch, the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, and Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. Decatur Library is at 215 Sycamore St. in downtown Decatur. For more information, visit www.dekalblibrary.org or call 404-370-3070.
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“It doesn’t focus on your dress size or what the scales say. It focuses on feeling better and the enjoyable aspects of healthy living.”
New approach to treating obesity in black women
Vulnerable groups – children 6 months and older, adults 65 years of age and older, and pregnant women – at high risk of being hospitalized or dying from flu complications are urged to get flu shots.
Flu vaccines for at-risk groups The DeKalb Board of Health is offering flu shots early to residents who want to get protection for the upcoming influenza season. Vulnerable groups – children 6 months and older, adults 65 years of age and older, and pregnant women – at high risk of being hospitalized or dying from flu complications are urged to get flu shots. Individuals with asthma, neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions, chronic lung disease, blood disorders, endocrine disorders, metabolic disorders, kidney and liver disorders, morbidly obese people, and those with weakened immune systems are also at higher risk. Flu vaccinations are available on a walk-in basis weekdays between 8:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the following DeKalb Board of Health locations: n Clifton Springs Health Center, 3110 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur; 404-244-
2200. n East DeKalb Health Center, 2277 S. Stone
Mountain-Lithonia Road, Lithonia; 770484-2600. n North DeKalb Health Center, 3807 Clairmont Road N.E., Chamblee; 770-454-1144. n T.O. Vinson Health Center, 440 Winn Way, Decatur; 404-294-3762. n Refugee Health Services, Richardson Health Center, 445 Winn Way, Decatur; 404-294-3818. Flu vaccinations are $25. FluMist is $25, and Fluzone High dose is $40. The Board of Health accepts checks (on Georgia banks only), cash, credit cards, Medicaid, Medicare (Part B) or Medicare Advantage and PeachCare for Kids. On-site flu clinics are available for businesses, churches and faith-based groups, and civic groups of 10 registered people or more. Call the nearest health center to make arrangements. For more information, call
Meeting to highlight safety everywhere Injury prevention efforts will be the featured topic at a Sept. 27 community meeting and open house at the Georgia Piedmont Technical College conference center in Clarkston. “Safety Is No Accident,” sponsored by the DeKalb Board of Health’s Injury Prevention Program and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will highlight upcoming injury prevention initiatives in schools and communities, followed by an open house
offering networking, educational materials and a complimentary lunch. Organizers say injuries often have major consequences. For example, the 2010 Status of Health in DeKalb report says that motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death among DeKalb residents ages 1 to 34 between 2002 and 2006. The college is at 495 N. Indian Creek Drive. To register, contact Jessica Anderson at jlanderson@dhr.state.ga.us or 404-5087884.
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“Maintain, Don’t Gain” may work best for obese African-American women, new research suggests. A recent study released in the Aug. 26 issue of the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that a weight-maintenance approach was more effective than a weight-loss program. The finding stems Gary Bennett from work with nearly 200 mildly obese young and middle-aged black residents of North Carolina, half of whom participated in a new yearlong food counseling and exercise program designed to maintain each patient’s current body shape, rather than to shed pounds. The bottom line: Although most of the women given standard weight-loss counseling continued to gain weight over the ensuing 18 months, those given maintenance counseling were much more likely to stabilize their weight. Study author Gary Bennett said that black American women have some of the highest rates of obesity in the world. “Frankly, 80 percent are overweight, which means that overweight has become the norm,” said Bennett, who is director of the Duke University Obesity Prevention Program in Durham, N.C. He said that federal guidelines recommend that primary-care physicians encourage all overweight patients to lose weight. “But black women may not necessarily want to lose weight, perhaps because they are less likely to value thinness as a cultural norm and have fewer social pressures to do so. What is clear is that we consistently see that black women do not do well when we try to deliver weight-loss treatment.” Bennett said the researchers’ focus was on weight stability. “And we did not push the connection between health and weight. The goal was to help these women – who are already slightly obese – avoid further weight gains that, year after year, will give rise to all sorts of health complications down the road.” Study participants ages 25 to 44 were recruited from six different North Carolina community health centers starting in 2009. They were deemed “class 1” (mildly) obese, and the majority were on the lower rungs of the socioeconomic ladder. Over the course of 12 months, roughly half were assigned randomly to receive the usual weight-loss counseling.
Cancer survivors sound for honor Nominations are now open for male and female cancer survivors who will be honored at the DeKalb 100 Black Women’s eighth annual Pink and Black Affair in November. Sept. 28 is the deadline for nominations. Family, friends and co-workers can nominate an individual who is a cancer survivor and is active in promoting cancer awareness in his or her community. For nomination forms, e-mail Shasmine
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The other half were enrolled in Shape, a highly individualized and flexible weightstability counseling program, and given a YMCA membership. They also were encouraged to make slight food-consumption adjustments (no sugary drinks, more fruits and vegetables) that would result in a 200-calorie dip in daily consumption. All the while, Shape patients were not told that the point of the program was to lose weight, but it was rather to feel better overall while keeping their current physique. The result: By the one-year mark, more than 62 percent of the Shape women had either maintained their initial weight (and body mass index, a measure of body fat based on height and weight) or even shed some pounds, compared with about 45 percent of those receiving weight-loss counseling. Weight stability among the Shape participants was found to have continued through to the 18-month mark, six months after the program ended. Bennett that the preventive approach is very important. “And certainly it may have benefits beyond black women alone,” he said. “There are many people who are uninterested in weight loss or have been unsuccessful trying. For them, we now have a message that may work: Just don’t gain any more.” In an editorial published with the Duke study, former U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin lent her support to the Shape program. “As surgeon general, my whole focus was on prevention,” Benjamin Regina Benjamin said. “This innovative approach fits right into that because it shows that, even if you don’t call it ‘healthy,’ a doctor can give me a healthy lifestyle prescription that I can actually live with and incorporate into my family, my daily life, my church life.” Benjamin said that it’s also a positive new way of thinking about health that isn’t about telling people what they can’t do. “It doesn’t focus on your dress size or what the scales say. It focuses on feeling better and the enjoyable aspects of healthy living by telling people that [they’re] going to have a better outcome overall,” she said. “You and your family are going to feel better and be happier. That’s the reward.” For more information, visit womenshealth.gov.
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This enhancement will save proprietors hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars, while reducing the time from application submission to business opening.
Unemployment rate declines in August with drop in layoffs Georgia’s unemployment rate dipped to 8.7 percent in August after three consecutive months of rate increases. In DeKalb County, initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits also declined in August. Mark Butler The Georgia Department of Labor said Thursday that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point in August from 8.8 percent in July. The rate was three-tenths of a percentage point
lower than 9 percent in August a year ago. State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler credits the rate decrease to a significant reduction in layoffs, the fewest since September 2007. “Also, we had a small increase in the number of jobs,” he said. There were 35,503 new layoffs, represented by initial claims for unemployment insurance. In July, there were 54,106. Much of the decline came in manufacturing, as workers who were temporarily laid off in July returned to work in August. Fewer claims also came in construction, trade, and administrative and support services.
Also, the number of initial claims was down by 10,222, or 22.4 percent, from 45,725 in August 2012. Reductions were mostly in manufacturing, construction, trade, and administrative and support services. In DeKalb, there were 2,589 new claims for UI benefits, a decrease of 605 or 18.9 percent, from 3,194 in July. In August 2012, there were 3,747 initial claims. Metro Atlanta posted job gains of 57,100 for 2,415,900 jobs in August, an increase of 2.4 percent from 2,358,800 in August 2012. Statewide, there were 4,045,100 jobs in August, up by 3,000 from 4,042,100 in July. Government added 10,700 jobs as education
workers returned to the public schools after the summer vacation. However, the gain was offset somewhat by the loss of 7,700 private-sector jobs, mostly in professional and business services. Butler said the job gains that the state normally would have in August, especially in the private sector, occurred in June and July, two months in which it normally loses thousands of jobs. “As far as the overall number of jobs, we are much better off this August than last,” he said. For more information, visit www. dol.state.ga.us.
DeKalb Chamber Career Expo favors DeKalb makes it easier to do business in county hosts day if service military veterans The DeKalb Chamber, which is observing its 75th anniversary this year, has partnered with the Boys and Girls Club for a Day of Service on Sept. 27. The 9 a.m.-to-2 p.m. service project takes place at the Peachcrest Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club at 3500 Sherrydale Lane in Decatur. The Day of Service, presented by Silverman Construction Program Management, is an opportunity for faith-based groups, local nonprofits, businesses and government agencies to join together in the spirit of unity. Volunteers will work with the Boys and Girls Club to clean, paint and organize the facility. Space is limited. For more information or sponsorship opportunities, contact Noelle Lloyd at nlloyd@dekalbchamber.org or 404-378-8000, Ext. 224, or visit https://dcocdayofservice.
Job hunters can connect with employers at a Sept. 27 career expo hosted by Mount Welcome Missionary Baptist Church in Decatur. Military veterans will have priority admittance to the 10 a.m.-to-5 p.m. event. The expo which is free and open to the public is being held in association with the Georgia Department of Labor, the DeKalb Career Center Veterans Unit, and Goodwill of North Georgia Decatur Career Center. Participants should bring copies of their resume and dress in business attire. The church is located at 581 Parker Ave. For more information or for employers’ reservations, contact Kenneth Dinkins at 404-298-5248, Cynthia Robinson at 404-298-4821 or the Goodwill Decatur Career Center at 404-728-8600.
DeKalb has accelerated the license process for county residents trying to start a home-based business. Residents can now submit their business license application and required documents to the county, receive an over-thecounter review, and leave with a business license the same day. The new process eliminates repeat trips to the county and weeks of waiting to get a license. For businesses moving into an existing office or retail space of less than 3,000 square feet where there are no changes to the space, DeKalb is now offering a Move-in As Is Affidavit, in lieu of the business owner submitting professionally prepared plans. This enhancement will save proprietors hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars, while reducing the time from application submission to business opening from four to six weeks to seven to 10 days. For more information, visit www.onedekalb.com.
Legal Notices 9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia
Civil Action # ++13CV9458-9++ Angelica Polanco Plaintiff Vs. Rodolfo Tizol Gomez Defendant TO: Rodolfo Tizol Gomez By Order of the Court service for service by publication dated September 16, 2013, you are hereby notified that on September 10, 2013, the abovenamed Plaintiff filed suit against you for: Declaratory Judgement Regarding Child Custody. You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is Nancy Rhinehart, 246 Sycamore St, Ste 120, Decatur, GA 30030. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of, Sept 16, 2013. Witness the Honorable Mark Anthony Scott Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 16th day of September, 2013.
Debra DeBerry Clerk of Superior Court
9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12
Notice of Petition to Change Name of Adult in the Superior Court of DeKalb County
State of Georgia
Civil Action Case Number: ++ 13CV9750-7++ Jimmie Luke Brown filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on September 17, 2013 to change the name from: Jimmie Luke Brown to Jimmie Luke Curry. Any interested party has the right to appear in this case and file objections within 30 days after the petition was filed. Dated: September 9, 2013 Jimmie Luke Curry Petitioner, Pro se P.O. Box 80313 Chamblee, GA 30366-0313 (470)216-31897
Debra DeBerry Clerk of Superior Court
8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia
Civil Action # ++13CV7542-10++ Roddie Horton Wilson Plaintiff Vs. Timothy Bernard Wilson Defendant TO: Timothy Wilson Georgia World Congress Center Downtown By Order of the Court service for service by publication dated August 26, 2013, you are hereby notified that on August 19, 2013, the above-named Plaintiff filed
suit against you for: Divorce You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is Roddie Horton Ingram, 3520 Kingbrook Way, Decatur, GA 30034. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of, August 26, 2013. Witness the Honorable Tangela M. Barrie Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 28th day of August, 2013. 8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia
Civil Action # ++13CV8241-4++ Krystal Harris Plaintiff Vs. D’Angelo Harris Defendant TO: D’Angelo Harris 7140 Fielder Road Morrow, GA By Order of the Court service for service by publication dated August 26, 2013, you are hereby notified that on July 30, 2013, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for: Divorce with minor children. You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is Krystal Harris (pro se) 18101 Waldrop Cove, Decatur, GA 30034. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days
of, August 26, 2013. Witness the Honorable Gail C. Flake Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 27th day of August, 2013. 8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21
Notice of Petition to Change Name of Adult in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia
Civil Action Case Number: ++ 13CV8757-7++ Hang Marquez filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on August 16, 2013 to change the name from: Hang Ngoc Bich Marquez to Haley Hang Marquez. Any interested party has the right to appear in this case and file objections within 30 days after the petition was filed. Dated: August 16, 2013 Hang Marquez Petitioner, Pro se 4045 Cimarron Drive Clarkston, GA 30021 678-576-8987
Debra DeBerry Clerk of Superior Court
8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21
Notice of Petition to Change Name(s) of Minor Child(ren) in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia
Civil Action Case Number:
++ 13CV8704-7++ Melanie P. Roberts filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on August 12, 2013 to change the name(s) of the following minor child(ren) from: William Everett Detoma to William Everett Roberts. Any interested party has the right to appear in this case and file objections within 30 days after the petition was filed. Dated: August 12, 2013 Melanie P. Roberts Petitioner, Pro se c/o Mary Claire Tilltson, Esq. 160 Clairemont Ave, Suite 450 Decatur, GA 30030
Debra DeBerry Clerk of Superior Court
8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia
Civil Action # ++13CV8884-7++ Darrius Roseboro Plaintiff Vs. Tranea Roseboro Defendant TO: Tranea Roseboro 3420 Peachcrest Decatur, GA 30035 By Order of the Court service for service by publication dated August 22, 2013, you are hereby notified that on August 16, 2013, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for: Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is Darrius Roseboro, 5113 Galleon Crossing, Decatur, GA 30035. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of, August 22, 2013. Witness the Honorable Daniel M. Coursey Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 22nd day of August, 2013. 8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21
Notice of Petition to
Change Name(s) of Minor Child(ren) in the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia
Civil Action Case Number: ++ 13CV77026-2++ Myranda Morgan filed a petition in the DeKalb County Superior Court on May 31, 2013 to change the name(s) of the following minor child(ren) from: Ma’khi O’Shea Gamble to Ma’khi O’Sea Gamble Morgan. Any interested party has the right to appear in this case and file objections within 30 days after the petition was filed. Dated: May 31, 2013 Myranda Morgan Petitioner, Pro se 2561 Glenrock Drive Decatur, GA 30032 404-576-0689
Debra DeBerry Clerk of Superior Court
8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the Superior Court of DeKalb County State of Georgia
Civil Action # ++13cv8689-7++ Eddie Stark Robinson Plaintiff Vs. Hilda Lee Smith Defendant TO: Hilda Lee Smith By Order of the Court service for service by publication dated August 19, 2013, you are hereby notified that on August 14, 2013, the above-named Plaintiff filed suit against you for: Divorce. You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney whose name and address is 5028 Burling Mill Drive, Lithonia, GA 30038. Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of, August 19, 2013. Witness the Honorable Daniel M. Coursey Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. This the 19th day of August, 2013.
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Prospective debutantes must have a cumulative academic average of at least 2.5; be single; not have children; and provide two letters of recommendation.
County’s H20 art contests seek entries Elementary school artists in kindergarten through fifth grade can enter the DeKalb Department of Watershed Management’s 2014 Art Calendar Contest. This year’s theme is “What do you know about H2O?” Entries are due by Oct. 21. Artwork ideas could include the water cycle, water/wastewater treatment, using water in our daily life, reducing pollution, and conserving water. Entries must be horizontal (landscape) on 8.5-inch-by11-inch white paper with the artwork’s title, student’s name, school name, address, grade level, age, teacher’s name, teacher’s contact number, and teacher’s e-mail address on the back of each entry. For a complete set of rules or for more information, visit http://dekalbwatershed.com/education.html or contact Michael O’Shield at msoshield@dekalbcountyga.gov or 770-724-1456.
Hazing and bulling secrets unveiled
Robert Champion died from alleged hazing. A foundation named for him is fighting to end bullying.
Parents, educators, community leaders and students can attend “Opening the Doors to the Hidden Secrets of Hazing and Bullying” on Sept. 28 at Greenforest Community Baptist Church in Decatur. The Robert D. Champion Drum Major for Change Foundation is hosting the event, which begins at 1 p.m., as part of Hazing Awareness Month. Champion, 26, a Southwest DeKalb graduate and drum major for Florida A&M University’s Marching 100, died on Nov. 19, 2011, in an alleged hazing involving FAMU band members and alumni. Twelve people face manslaughter charges in his death. “Opening the Doors to the Hidden Secrets of Hazing and Bullying” is designed to educate the community about the real world of hazing and bullying and encourage activists to promote change. The church is at 3250 Rainbow Drive. For more information, visit www.drummajorforchange.com or call 678-800-1382.
Free basketball Forever Pink Cotillion orientation FAMU offering High school junior and senior girls can from a school counselor or adviser and the lessons for youth attend scholarships Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Forever Pink other from a clergy member or an adult Tweens and teens can register now for free basketball fundamentals and Saturday games from Sept. 26 through Oct. 26 offered by the Saint Philip Athletic Ministry. The free Youth Fall Basketball Program focuses on how to play the game, teamwork, and good sportsmanship. Registration is open through Sept. 24. Saint Philip AME Church is at 240 Candler Road S.E. in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-371-0749.
Foundation’s 2013-2014 Debutante Cotillion orientation on Sept. 22 to learn about its community service program and all the requirements for participation. Orientation takes place from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Prospective debutantes must have a cumulative academic average of at least 2.5; be single; not have children; and provide two letters of recommendation – one must be
who has knowledge of their character and achievements. A prospective sub-debutante must be a junior in high school at the beginning of the fall school term, have a cumulative academic average of at least 2.5, be single and not have children. Beulah Missionary Baptist Church is at 2340 Clifton Springs Road in Decatur. For more information, call Willieyour Arnold at 678-772-2334.
Juniors and seniors interested in Florida A&M University can attend a Sept. 27 Scholarship and Recruitment Program at the downtown Hyatt Regency Atlanta. Scholarships will be awarded on-site to eligible students at the event, which starts at 10 a.m. R.S.V.P. at 850-599-3183. The Hyatt Regency Atlanta is at 265 Peachtree St. N.E. For more information, visit www.famu. edu or call 850-599-3512.
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“It was time we stood up and told him, and the people of this state, how much we appreciate him and how much we depend on him to keep on keeping on.”
Supporters rally around State Rep. Tyrone Brooks Coastal Georgia activists and other supporters of embattled state Rep. Tyrone Brooks Sr. of Atlanta turned out in a show of appreciation at Historic Bolton Street Baptist Church in Savannah in August. The Rev. Jesse Blackshear, a former state representative and chair of the rally, praised Brooks for his service to the SavannahChatham County community. “I just thought it was time we stood up and told him, and the people of this state, how much we appreciate him and how much we depend on him to keep on keeping on,” he said, Roy L. Jackson, president of the Georgia Association of Black State Universities, helped organize the event along with former state Sen. Diana Harvey Johnson. Brooks, a civil rights stalwart and 33-year lawmaker who represents Georgia House District 55, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 30 counts, including mail, wire and tax fraud charges, on May 16. In the wake of the federal charges, supporters have been defending his character. Jackson said supporters believe in Brooks’ work. “Whatever he has done over the years has been to the benefit of the state and not for
Coastal Georgia supporters from left Rev. Thurman N. Tillman; Rev. Thomas Hart; Chester A. Dunham, president of A. Philip Randolph Institute; former state Sen. Diana Harvey Johnson, former state Rep. Rev. Jesse L. Blackshear, state Rep. Tyrone Brooks; Rev. Matthew Southall Brown Sr.; Roy L. Jackson; Richard Shinhoster; state Rep. Al Williams; Dr. Phillip W. Cooper Jr. and Rev. James E. Shipman.
him,” he said. Brooks, a native Georgian, was elected to the General Assembly in 1980. He led the charge to change the Georgia Confederate flag through his House Bill 16 and has been
focusing attention on the unsolved Moore’s Ford Bridge lynchings in Monroe, Ga., in which two couples were murdered. No one has been charged. Brooks, president of the Georgia Associa-
tion of Black Elected Officials and an active member of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, says he was targeted by the federal investigators because he is getting close to the lynching perpetrators.
Dedication service for Scottdale church that relocates to Decatur Members of Worshippers Interceding for Excellence Church are celebrating the relocation of their church to Decatur at a Sept. 29 dedication ceremony. Chief Apostle Mary Winfrey of Faith Deliverance Church International in Decatur will officiate the service, which begins at 4 p.m. Worshippers Interceding for Excellence Church,
now located at 266 Robin St., began in Scottdale in March 2004 with a mission to educate men and women about the things of God, change lives, heal hurts and restore hope. The Rev. Kathern A. Thomas, the church’s senior pastor and founder, said they are excited about relocating to the downtown Decatur area and reaching out
to the surrounding community. “Our goal is to connect with the children, youth, families and singles to offer a place where they can come and be healed, restored and strengthened by the power of God.” For more information, contact Elder Alicia Cardwell Alston at 404-455-6678. Kathern Thomas
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