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    WWW.CHAMPIONNEWSPAPER.COM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 VOL. 14, NO. 25 FREE

    FREEPRESS A PUBLICATION OF ACE III C OMMUNICATIONS

    with Community

    Champions Awards

    Volunteers and organizations presented

    Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Tucker and Stone Mountain.

    See Awards on Page 14A

    Two verydifferent womenshare same stageat book festival

    Thousands turned up for the DecaturBook Festival over Labor day weekend.Photo by Daniel Beauregard

    by Daniel Beauregard

    [email protected]

    Out of the nearly 500 authors at thisyears Decatur Book Festival, MischaMerz was probably the only woman whomight consider getting punched in theface a friendly gesture.

    Merz, an Australian female boxer,was at the City Hall Stage this yeartalking about her newest bookTheSweetest Thing, a creative nonfiction

    book that details life as a female boxer.She said that her the book addressesmany of the answers she was seekingin her first book, like how to deal with

    being punched in the face for the firsttime.

    This latest book has a different kindof flavor because those dramatic things

    that I spoke about in my previous bookhave all been resolved. I have a jokenow, because I almost regard getting hitin the face as a friendly gesture; its avery different perspective of the sport,Merz said.

    Merz, who trains at the DecaturBoxing Club, said that a huge chunk ofher new book is set in Decatur, where shehas trained with champion female boxerKerri Moss.

    She is one of the key charactersthat make the book. Shes a tinywoman, probably 102 pounds, with an

    See Books on Page 14A

    by Gale Horton Gay

    Eight of DeKalb Countysmost dedicated volunteersand community service

    organizations were recognizedlast week at a patriotic-themedluncheon held at the Crowne PlazaRavinia Hotel in Dunwoody.

    The awardees were Gregory

    B. Levett Sr., a philanthropistin the county for more than 30years, who received the individualCommunity Champion Award.Bonnie Kallenberg, a consignmentstore owner who supports refugeeresettlement outreach efforts, andCalvin Sims Jr., a communitywarrior who has served on various

    community organizations during

    the past 26 years, were runners-up.DeKalb Rape Crisis Center wasselected as the 2011 OrganizationCommunity Champion with theCenter for Pan Asian CommunityServices and Senior Connectionsreceiving runner-up honors.Essence Snowden, 13, of StoneMountain, who teaches youth about

    healthful eating, was selected for

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    Page 3A The Champion Free Press, Friday September 16, 2011Local News

    CourtroomContinued From Page 2A

    Mother speaks about being escorted

    from library, then arrested

    by Daniel [email protected]

    Donnetta Foster broke downn tears as she retold her experi-

    ence of being kicked out of theDecatur Library then later arrestedby Decatur Police for disorderlyconduct.

    Foster claims she was in theDecatur Library last October

    using the computer when herchild1 year old at the timeaughed while playing with flash

    cards.No one around me flinched at

    he noise or seemed like they evenheard the noise, Foster said. Itwas just the library officials whocame over to me and said it wasan issue.

    Shortly after her baby madehe noise library officials told herhat she needed to leave and thenurned off her computer.

    I asked her if I could get backon [the computer] and she said she

    didnt want to answer any more ofmy questions; she got really shortwith me and walked away. When

    asked the security officer if Icould get back on he didnt say

    anything and got on the phone andcalled the police, Foster said oflibrary staff.

    According to the police re-port, Foster was escorted out ofthe library and issued a criminaltrespass warning and advised notto return. Foster became irate,yelling in a loud and boisterousmanner, and was asked to leaveagain, which she did, the incident

    report states.Within minutes, Foster came

    back onto the property yellingand cursing, and was told toleave again but instead walkedtoward the Decatur RecreationCenter and started yelling in aloud and boisterous manner, ac-cording to the incident report Shewas then arrested in front of thecenter.

    Foster claims that she wascourteous both inside and outsidethe library, and didnt become up-set and loud until after she left theproperty.

    She has chosen to contest thedisorderly conduct charges andfaces up to 12 months in prisonif she is convicted. Her attorney,Mawuli Mel Davis,said that

    he filed a motion to dismiss thecharges but the judge decided to

    move forward with a trial.Shes continuing a decisionwhich is basically what we be-lieveto exert her rights and takethis case to trial. I think thats partof what was missing throughoutthe processshe hadnt beenheard, Davis said.

    Foster claimed that the inci-dent did not happen in the mannerthat it appears on the police re-port. She said the majority of theincident took place in front of therecreation center, not the libraryas the report says.

    According to Fosters lawyer,because she was not on library

    premises she had just as much aright to be in front of the recre-ation center as anybody else.

    This is a single mom whosthere pushing this child and forsome reason, I just dont imaginea traditional stay-at-home mombeing treated the same way, Da-vis said.

    Foster said when she realizedlibrary staff had called police, shecalled police as well because shethought she was being treated un-fairly. She was told that the sameofficer being sent in response tothe librarys complaint would also

    be available to hear her side of thestory.When she was arrested in front

    of the recreation center, Fosterclaims she was waiting for a su-pervisor from the Decatur PoliceDepartment that she had requestedto respond to the scene. She saidshe requested the supervisor be-cause she thought she was receiv-ing unfair treatment from the of-ficers on the scene.

    Foster, a freshman at GeorgiaPerimeter College, said that if thetrial does not end in her favor sheis worried it could drastically alterher and her sons life.

    There has been a lot weigh-ing on me. I keep on trying not tocry but its a lot, a lot going on atonce, Foster said.

    Fosters lawyer said that itwas a gamble for her to take thecase to trial rather than plead nocontest and likely face a lesserpunishment. However, Davis feelsconfident that once a jury hearsboth sides of the story she will beacquitted.

    I just felt like so many timesyoung mothers are misunderstoodand already have a label put onthem, Foster said.

    Ultimately, I decided thatI would rather stand for what Iknow is right than not stand andbe thrown to the side.

    The courts backlog wasslashed from 100,000 cases in2010 to a current backlog of40,000. As a result, the court col-lected an extra $6 million last

    year, during a police ticket-writingslowdown, Ellis said.

    This temporary courtroom isreally tangible evidence of changesthat have been taking place in thiscourt, Withers said. The court-room is a small symbol of what wecan achieve through cooperation.

    The courtroom is the fourthone in the building and will betemporary until permanent renova-tions are completed by the end ofnext year. With the permanent ren-ovations there will be ve court-rooms. The county is planning torenovate the recorders and mag-istrates courts and has $3 millionset aside for the work, Ellis said.

    Withers said the plans for therenovations are complete and con-struction should begin by January.

    Although the current renova-tions to the courtroom are tempo-rary, they are useful and were notexpensive, Withers said.

    What weve invested in itisnt so great, Withers said. Wedid a lot of it ourselves. We wentto The Home Depot.

    Donetta Foster, 20, has decided to contest disorderly conduct charges after shewas arrested in 2010 after being kicked out of the Decatur Library. Photo by Dan-el Beauregard

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    The Newslady

    Pass the jobs act: a purely partisan rant

    President Barack Obama presentsan extremely compelling argument forassing his Jobs Act, and Congress

    Republicans and Democratsoughto put politics aside and pass it. Theresident went before a joint session

    and the American public with hisproposal that would in part cut taxesor businesses that hire the long-term

    unemployed; cut taxes for companieshat keep jobs here at home and for

    ompanies who hire veterans; give payaises for teachers; and make the superich pay their fair share in taxes.

    His comment hit home that he wantso see more of three words, Made in

    America. Who could not be in favorof this measure to put Americans backo work and put this country on a tracko restore its former greatness?

    I always listen closely to thepresidents words in these addressesefore Congress. But I also watchlosely the reaction from the gallery.

    The applause is usually along partylines. Some members of the GOP aredownright rude. Nothing the presidentsays would resonate with them.

    One thing we can learn from theRepublicans is that once they takea position they hold onto it like a

    junkyard dog. Wrong or right, theywill not be swayed. Well Democratsand Independents ought to adopt moreof that pluck, tenacity and doggeddetermination to make certain that theman with a plan is supported and re-elected.

    By the way, no African Americanshould ask what President Obama hasdone for African Americans. BarackObama is the president of the UnitedStates of America. When he creates

    jobs, all Americans benefit, includingAfrican Americans. Who makes upthe majority in unemployment lines?

    Congress should pass that jobs billand pass it now. And lets re-elect aman with a plan to put America backto work and restore its standing on theworld scene. That man happens to beBlack. Black people ought to vote forObama again because he is a Blackman with a plan and because someothers withouta plan are refusing tocooperate with him merely because heis Black.

    There are those who would like totake this country backyes to an era

    of servitude, illiteracy, dependency,permission and designated places.There ought to be enough fight in thedog to say never again will I be chained

    to a stake in the yards of a privilegedfew. That resolve was shown in the2008 elections. It needs to be revved upagain. Lives and livelihoods depend onit, because the Tea Partiers are singingthe tune, the way we were, and itdoesnt take a rocket scientist to figurethat one out.

    The Tea Partiers areoverwhelmingly Republican, Whitemales, warmed over John Birchers witha few reconstituted Klansmen. They arewell funded and believe they are abovereproach as they hurl insults and rallywith their lynch-mob mentality.

    There are many of us who werentaround during the Civil RightsMovement and some of us who were

    around but didnt take an active part.We have an opportunity now to takepart in a movement to re-elect a manwho should be judged by the contentof his character and not by the color ofhis skin. If President Obama is judgedmerely by his accomplishments inoffice under the direst circumstances,then he should be elected by alandslide.

    Young people whove led a lifeof relative privilege ought to getmotivated out of a resolve to do

    something about working for thatcollege degree and not being able tofind work. Teachers ought to be angryabout less pay, having class sizes

    doubled and paperwork tripled andbeing blamed for failing schools.Veterans fight for this country and

    then have to fight for a job?Civil rights werent won in this

    country because Dr. King and otherssat around bemoaning the dreadfulconditions they faced. They were

    beaten, bitten, trampled, hosed, jailedand even killed. Yet they drove, walkedor crawled to victorybloody butunbowed.

    Our work today is so much easierthough no less important. Right nowmake a phone call, send a fax, e-mailor tweet your representative and tellthem to support the presidents JobsAct to put America back to work. Then

    send a check for $25 or whatever youcan afford to the presidents re-electioneffort. Pass President Barack HusseinObamas Jobs Act now and then workto re-elect him in 2012!

    Steen Miles, The Newslady, isa retired journalist and formerGeorgia state senator. ContactSteen Miles at [email protected].

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    A presidents hardestask is not to do what is right,

    but to know what is right.LyndonBaines Johnson, 36thPresident of the United States1963-1969).

    President Lyndon BainesJohnson strongly believedhat education was thetrongest weapon in the war on

    poverty, though the majority

    of government programs andnitiatives that he createdall more under the category

    of entitlements and transferpayments, with the possiblexception of the Head Start

    Program, which he launchedn 1965.

    LBJsubstantially expandedublic housing assistance, annitiative begun by President

    Franklin Delano Rooseveltduring and after the GreatDepression. AtlantasTechwood Homes was the firstof those housing projects. Fordecades and a generation after,public housing tracts, high

    ises and communities largelygrew into neighborhoods

    warehousing theindigent, lower incomeand lesser educated.High crimes rates,

    heavy drug abuseand gang violencefollowed the expansionof public housing(with crime rates oftenup to 10 times thenational average).

    During the 90s, thefederal government attemptedto deal with the crime andviolence in public housing

    by disbursing the residentsto better neighborhoods andhousing, and by handingout vouchers to subsidizerentals. This shift in publichousing was authorized underSection 8 of the Housing and

    Community Development Actof 1974.Section 8s budget has

    soared from $7 billion in 1994to $19 billion in 2011. Alongwith the soaring budget havefollowed soaring crime ratesin neighborhoods with highconcentrations of Section 8tenants.

    Critics charge that theserelocations changed onlyZIP codes, and not the livesor behaviors of many publichousing residents. A recentstudy of relocated Section 8tenants from Chicago publichousing to Dubque, Iowa,

    found that though the Section8 residents account for only 5

    percent of the local populationthese same residents accountfor more than 20 percent oflocal arrests.

    And though there arewaiting lists thousands longfor Section 8 vouchers, the

    primary qualifications forreceiving these housingsubsidies are having lowincome and no other housingoptions.

    Contrast this with theexcellent work of Habitat forHumanity, a private sectorand faith-based response toexpanding housing optionsfor lower-income families.Instead of simply providing ahand-out, Habitat offers a firmhand up, which also includessignificant requirements to

    becoming the inhabitant andlater owner of a Habitat home.

    Among those are:

    - You or your family mustbe first-time homebuyers.

    - You must be a legalresident and citizen orregistered legal alien.

    - At least two, but no morethan eight, residents plannedfor your home.

    - Proof of steady incomefor at least two years.

    - No bankruptcies for thepast four years, and a goodcredit history.

    - A checking or savingsaccount with a minimum

    balance of $200.And perhaps most

    importantly, once you meetthese qualifications, there are

    a few final but significantrequirements. You or yourfamily must invest 250 hoursof sweat equity into your homeor other work of Habitat forHumanity, and you must firstlease your home for a full year,making regular and timely

    payments, while also attending12 Home Smart educationclasses.

    To move from renterto owner, Habitat providesa roadmap, mentors, otherhomeowners and a wealth ofnon-taxpayer funded helpinghands. Following the tsunamiin southeast Asia, Habitat re-

    built 10,000 homes. A like andgrowing number of Habitatdwellings have restoredneighborhoods and community

    pride in post-Katrina NewOrleans and the MississippiGulf Coast.

    Why do the free vouchersof Section 8 draw crime anddrugs, and the long strings andhard work of Habitat drawworking families and moresuccessful warriors in the

    battle against poverty?As my father always told

    me, it is amazing what a littlehard work, elbow grease andsweat will teach someone

    to do. When we earn, we

    yearn to achieve, improve andbetter ourselvesand oftenassist those in need around us.When we invest and have skin

    in the game, the success of aneighborhood or a communityis also our success. As theselife lessons are so simple and

    basic, why instead does ourfederal government continueto invest billions in a programthat has so evidently lost itsway?

    Habitat is faith-based,and perhaps its 12 lessons ofsuccessful homeownership

    borrow at least slightly fromthe 12-step programs ofself-responsibility created

    by Alcoholics Anonymousand other self-help and self-empowerment organizations.

    With that in mind, Id liketo slightly tweak LBJswise words at the top of thiscolumn:

    The hardest job for apresident is not to do what isright, but to know how best todo the right thing.

    Bill Crane is a DeKalbCounty native and businessowner, living in Scottdale,Georgia. He also serves aschief political analyst andcommentator for 11Alive Newsand WSB Radio, News/Talk750. Contact Bill Crane [email protected].

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    The Champion Free Press, Friday September 16, 2011 Page 6AOpinion

    The following comments are pulled straight from our website and arenot edited for content or grammar.

    In a country with a functionalpolitical system, Rick Perrys presi-dential candidacy would be laughedout of the room.

    I mean, really. This is the 21st

    century, right? Its the informationage.

    Is it reasonable to take seriouslya candidate who doesnt believe inevolution, is contemptuous of eventhe possibility of climate change, andcalls the chairman of the Federal Re-serve a traitor for attempting to helpthe economy?

    Itisnot.Gov. Perrys dismissal of global

    warming is especially ironic. Hisstate, Texas, is in the midst of thehottest weather and longest droughtin its history. Fittingly, when Perryled a mass prayer meeting to ask God

    for relief, God answered by givinghim the biggest wildre in the stateshistory.

    You might imagine that thelamestream media the aggres-sive left-leaning press that existslargely in the fevered imaginations ofthe hard right would characterizehim as a fool and buffoon.

    Itdoesnot.It considers him a legitimate can-

    didate, a worthy opponent for Presi-dent BarackObama. Actually, hesdumber than MicheleBachmann.

    Perry doesnt get an entirely freepass, of course. Following a recentdebate among leading GOP presiden-

    tial hopefuls, the media got on him(naturally) for his least crazy state-ment his calling Social Securitya Ponzi scheme. You would havethought hed insulted NancyReagan

    In reality, Social Security is aPonzi scheme, of a kind. It was soldas an insurance program, but it neverwas. It depends on people puttingmoney into the system faster thanother people take it out. Thats clas-sic Ponzi.

    But Social Security isnt the theftkind of Ponzi. Its one that simplyrecognizes that younger genera-tions have a societal responsibility to

    help support older generations. Thatresponsibility is becoming heavy,however.

    When Social Security began inthe 1930s, there were far more work-

    ers than retirees, and the retireesdidnt, as a rule, live all that long.Providing them with a minimal life-time income was a cinch. Thats nolonger the case. We can now see atime when each worker will be sup-porting a single retiree, who in turnexpects to keep driving around in hisor her RV. Not going to happen.

    My solution would be to raise oreven eliminate the cap on payroll taxcontributions. That way, a guy who

    makes $30 million-a-year would paythe same percentage of his incomeinto Social Security as the guy whocleans his ofce. (I guess Im justa at-taxer at heart.) In any case,something has to be done, and werenot doing it.

    Overall, that Republican debatewas kind of depressing, inspiring anIs this all there is? feeling.

    MittRomney continued hisimitation of the job-seeking teacherwho, when asked if he believed theearth was round, said: I can teach itround and I can teach it at.

    Bachmann didnt do much. The

    rest of them werethe rest of them.Folks, were trying to pick some-one who might become the next U.S.president. Theres no sign so far thatRepublicans actually care whichcandidate would make the best presi-dent. They just want the thrill of acontest. I thought thats what So YouThink You Can Dance? was for.

    The day after that Republicandebate, Obama addressed a joint ses-sion of Congress on the economywhere he laid out a program thatwould create jobs, cut taxes, andmight do some good.

    The Republicans of course weredismissive, even though he promised

    to travel the country hitting themover the head with their reluctance toprovide jobs for workers instead oftax cuts for people who dont needthem.

    All of which is ne. But his solu-tion, while welcome, is still too tim-id. Its better than nothing but wherewas this speech and this program lastyear?

    Weve ofcially got 14 millionAmericans unemployed, and thetotal number of people who are outof work, have given up looking forwork or are scraping by with part-time jobs when they want to work

    full-time is an estimated 25 million.Yet these guys keep playing games.None of this would be happening

    if the news media were still alive.

    So you think you can bepresident?Likening Social Security to a Ponzi scheme was

    the least crazy thing Perry said during the recentdebate among Republican presidential candidates.

    County readies 9/11 memorial

    thank you Dekalb County. we will always remember.

    becky porter posted this on 9/9/11 at 8:44 p.m.

    Commissioners gearing up for codeenforcement vote

    Really - different cultures bring their cutural habits to theUnited States, habits which are contrary to the Americanlifestyle, such as not maintaining property. I nd this to bewrong on some many levels,as many of the homes that I seein poor condition and that are not inhabited by born Ameri-cans. Needless to say you may also consider the fact thatsome of the people living in homes are not the owners andthey could care less. The absentee owners need to ensurethat the people to whom they are renting their properties areobeying the rules of the county and not tearing down thecommunity/county.As it pertains to Mr Lee May, I believe he has lost his way andhas forgotten how he got into ofce. First the environmentalmess he pushed on Lithonia and now acting as if the countyis sweaky clean, come on now Mr May be realistic. The same

    can also be said of Mr Larry Johnson. The roadway alongRainbow Drive needs help (between Wesley Chapel and Co-lumbia Drive) and to think Mr Johnson lives off Rainbow Drive.

    Miss J posted this on 9/11/11 at 1:18 a.m

    Hopefully they will also address the issue of the school boardclaiming to be exempt from all zoning regulations so that thepeople will not even have a chance to speak out during apublic forum against cell phone towers planned for 9 schools!You can help by signing the petition at www.thepetitionsite.com/1/GTCO-ATL.

    Ridiculous posted this on 9/9/11 at 4:54 p.m.

    Violators should be accessed at least $1,500.00, and thatneeds to strictly enforced. I have lived in my neighborhood for15 years. Many times I have taken pictures of violations anduploaded them to code enforcement, who in turn have donea trememdeous job in rectifying the situation. I have foundthat people from different cultures bring their cutural habits tothe United States, habits which are contrary to the Americanlifestyle, such as not maintaining property, leaving trash canson the street 24/7, etc. A ding in the pocketbook might be ef-fective.

    Moses Randolph posted this on 9/8/11 at 12:12 p.m.

    Hosea Feed the Hungry loses tax-exemptstatus on East Lake property

    Thank you Calvin ! This is one Dekalb public ofcial who isdoing his job honestly and competently. Go get em !

    Trey posted this on 9/7/11 at 2:14 p.m.

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    The Champion Free Press, Friday September 16,, 2011 Page 7ALocal News

    Chamblee gets ready tovote on comprehensive plan

    If you would like to nominate someone to

    be considered as a future Champion of theWeek, please contactKathy [email protected] or at

    404-373-7779, ext. 104.

    Champion ofthe WeekBrenda Malik

    Brenda Malik hasone simple rule thatserves her well asa volunteer with theChildrens RestorationNetwork (CRN), a non-profit agency that helpshomeless children andtheir mothers in metroAtlanta.

    I like to have funand I think kids need tohave fun and learn atthe same time, Maliksaid.

    Malik has been put-ting smiles on childrensfaces for three yearsthrough the social out-ings and special eventsshe has helped plan as avolunteer with the CRN.

    The agency workswith 134 shelters andgroup homes in 20 coun-ties in Georgia, including39 in DeKalb County.Malik works with childrenfrom approximately adozen shelters in DeKalband other areas.

    Shes a great peo-

    ple person and shesalways so engaging withthe kids, said Ben Mi-nor, Project 101 directorat CRN.

    Malik found retiredpilots willing to donatetheir time and orga-nizes monthly airplanerides through a nationalprogram called YoungEagles. The childrentake 30-minute rides ina single-engine plane to

    Stone Mountain Park orto Lake Lanier.

    Most of these kidshave never left their ownneighborhoods, muchless ever gotten on anairplane, said Malik,a former resident ofDeKalb County who nowlives in Duluth. This is away to expose childrento aviation.

    She also has takenthe children horseback

    riding at Green AcresHorse Farm in Wood-stock, owned by JoanAronson, and to theAtlanta Zoo, amongother trips. The outingsaverage 35-50 children,but Malik has taken asmany as nearly 100 chil-dren on an outing, Minorsaid.

    She takes extra timeout of her weekend todo these things, Minorsaid. She plans theevents, coordinates ev-erything with [our] staff

    and they always have agreat time.

    Malik also makessure the mothers are notleft out. With the help ofher friend Jody Dean,who owns MoSaiC res-taurant in Atlanta, Malikorganizes a mothersbrunch at the restau-rant the Sunday afterMothers Day. Malik alsohas speakers at thebrunch and gets compa-nies such as Macys andBloomingdales (where

    Malik works at PerimeterMall) to donate items forgift bags.

    I feel like you cantelevate the kids and notdo anything about themoms, she said. If wecant help them have agood day, then who will?They need to be cele-brated. We tell them justbecause its where youare now, it doesnt meanthat its forever.

    by Daniel [email protected]

    After several public input sessions and

    meetings with business owners, Chamblee ispreparing to vote on a comprehensive plan thatCity ManagerNiles Ford said will help thegrowing city expand.

    Ford said the response to the sessions wasoverwhelming. He also said several councilmembers sat in on the sessions to gain ideasand insight into the things residents from theircommunity would benet from.

    They were very spiritedsome ofhembut thats what they were there for. Ihink the meetings were extraordinarily suc-

    cessful, Ford said.Part of the aim of the comprehensive plan,

    he said, is to develop the city into a workhere, eat here, live here, citya place whereresidents dont feel the need to go outside of

    he community for too much.Ford said several items were presentedduring the meetings that have been included inhe comprehensive plan.

    The desire for future character of an-nexed neighborhoods is one, Ford said. Heexplained that the city was going to make surenew neighborhoods were zoned properly to

    allow them to ourish.There are often characteristics that are

    developed by zoning areas and industry, andthose things will be [addressed] in the plan,

    Ford said.Ideas from residents, including additionalsenior services and pedestrian services suchas crosswalks and bike crossings, also are in-cluded.

    One of the points in the plan addresses theongoing investments needed to keep the citycompetitive with surrounding areas, and keep

    businesses and industries from leaving Cham-blee in favor of other metro areas.

    We always have to evaluate that to makesure we nurture the businesses we have and toattract new ones. It is a balance that the cityofcials have to weighthe needs of the resi-dents and the lifestyle their constituents wouldlike to have and enjoy with their businesses,Ford said.

    The city is scheduled to revisit the plan ev-ery ve years but Ford said because it is grow-ing quickly and has such diversity, the city willlikely revisit the plan every two or three years.

    Ford said the nal items in the plan willbe decided by the city council and a vote isscheduled for Oct. 18.

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    The Champion Free Press, Friday September 16,, 2011 Page 8ALocal News

    HUD funds targeted for Hidden HillsThe Hidden Hills community has been targeted as a pri-

    ority area for $5.2 million in funds allocated by the Housingand Urban Development Neighborhood Stabilization Pro-gram (NSP3).

    The Georgia Black Chamber of Commerce is workingwith the DeKalb County Community Development Depart-ment to help businesses in the community get informationabout the program in anticipation of contract opportunities.The two agencies are holding a meeting for businesses Sept.16 at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center. Themeeting will be held 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the center at 3181Rainbow Drive in Decatur.

    DeKalb County is making a difference in [our commu-nity]. We are very excited to be part of an initiative where busi-ness owners in the community will come together with positiveenergy, participate in contract opportunities and enhance theenvironment in which they live. This is very signicant, saidGBCC president AnnaHenderson.

    Many organizations throughout the county, such as theGeorgia Hispanic Chamber, the DeKalb County Chamberof Commerce, the South DeKalb Business Association, the

    American Business Womens Association and DeKalb Work-force Development, are reaching out to businesses to makethem aware of the allocation and the opportunities created byit, according to the GBCC.

    New MARTA fares go into effect Oct. 2Beginning Oct. 2 a one-way trip on MARTA will cost riders $2.50 and a round

    trip fare is $5. Free transfers are included on both fares.Riders also will have several options for all-day or multi-day passes. An all-day

    visitor pass with unlimited rides is $9. Fares for multi-day passes are as follows: twodays, $14; three days, $16; four days, $19; and seven days, $23.75.

    All fares do not include a one-time $1 fee for a Breeze card. The passes begin onthe rst day of use.

    MARTAs trains, buses and paratransit service carry more than 450,000passengers within the city of Atlanta, and DeKalb and Fulton counties everyweekday. Trains begin service at 5 a.m. on weekdays and 6 a.m. on weekends,and run until 1 a.m. daily. Buses begin service at 5 a.m. daily until 12:30 a.m. onweekends and holidays, and until 1:30 a.m. on weeknights.

    Mega Career Fair announcedIn celebration of September as Workforce Development Month, DeKalb

    Workforce Development in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Laboris holding a Mega Career Fair on Friday, Sept. 16, 10 a.m. 3 p.m. in thecountys Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce St., Decatur. The event will includemore than 50 businesses, schools and community partners. To avoid long lines,interested candidates are encouraged to pre-register at www.dekalbworkforce.org. Call (404) 687-3410 for registration information.

    Former DFCS workers sentencedTwo former caseworkers with the DeKalb County

    Department of Family and Childrens Services weresentenced Sept. 8 to serve time in federal prison afterpleading guilty to fraud charges in July.

    Kristy Nicole Williams of Decatur, 27, and Gene Tell,34, of East Point, were charged with conspiracy to commitwire fraud and wire fraud relating to a scheme to defraud theU.S. Department of Agriculture of nearly $600,000.

    According to United States Attorney SallyYates, bothTell and Williams used their DFCS positions to fraudulentlycause EBT accounts to be reactivated, or created new EBTcards to be issued that were for the fraudulent accounts. As a

    result, Tell and Williams received multiple payments.Tellwas sentenced to two years and nine months in

    prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Hewas ordered to pay restitution of $576,570. Williams wassentenced to one year and nine months in prison followedby three years of supervised release. She also ordered to payrestitution of $73,008.

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    County to attack obesity with $2.6 million planby Andrew [email protected]

    More than half of allDeKalb County adults and65 percent of public schooltudent do not get enough

    exercise, according to thecountys Board of Health.Those numbers are one ofhe causes of DeKalbs obe-ity rate of 25 percent.

    Its dreadful, saidElizabeth Ford, directorof the countysBoard ofHealth. Its such a hugeproblem in DeKalb.

    And county leaders wanto change those statistics.

    We do have a seri-ous issue in the county,aid Andrew Baker, the

    countys interim director for

    planning and sustainability,during a Board of Commis-ioners committee meeting

    on Sept. 7.Using a $2.66 million

    grant awarded to the countyast year, ofcials will look

    at ways to implement poli-cies, systems and environ-mental changes to reduceobesity, improve nutritionand increase physical activ-ty, according to Latricia

    Hughes, a media specialist

    with the countys Board ofHealth.

    The goal of the Com-munities Putting Preventionto Works obesity initiativeis to create a master activeliving plan.

    What we want to do is,working with [the planningdepartment] and workingwith the board of health,come up with ideas of howwe can encourage people towalk, Baker said.

    We think that it is im-portant and foremost to thehealth of this county that weactually improve the healthcondition of the communi-ty, Baker said. The wholeidea is, How do we make iteasier for people to walk?

    Ford said the grant gives

    the health department anopportunity to look at com-munity planning to enableresidents to lead healthierlifestyles.

    The health departmentwill address actually build-ing and creating things thatallow people to be healthyrather than just having anexercise class or cookingclass, Ford said. We needto change the environmentthat people live in.

    Of the 41 sites nation-wide to receive the grants,which were awardedthrough the Centers forDisease Control and Preven-tion, DeKalb County is theonly one in Georgia.

    The county has untilSeptember 2012 to use thegrant, awarded in 2010.

    Weve got a lot of workto do in a very short amountof time, Ford said.

    County ofcials said themaster active living planwill address making thecounty more pedestrian-friendly by creating ad-ditional linkages and trailsbetween communities,parks, libraries, gardens andbusiness centers.

    The grant will be used

    to hire two project manag-ers who will coordinate thework of consultants in de-veloping active living plansfor eight areas of the coun-

    ty: the Belvedere commu-nity at Memorial Drive andColumbia Drive; MemorialDrive and Indian Creek;Indian Creek MARTA sta-tion; Covington Highwaycorridor; Flat Shoals Park-

    way and the Flakes Mill/Wesley Chapel area; BufordHighway; and Ashford Dun-woody Road and JohnsonFerry Road.

    Up to three of the siteswill be used as demonstra-tion projects. Designs willbe made to make these proj-ects ready for construction.

    CommissionerLarryJohnson said he did want tosee a list of sidewalks thatare needed in various com-munities.

    The active living plan

    should address how peoplecan walk to get to a qualityjob, Johnson said. Thatsnumber one for us rightnow. We want to be healthy.

    We want to be strong. Whatwe are looking for is anactive living plan that isan economic developmentplan.

    Some commissionerswere concerned that the ac-

    tive living plan would bejust one of the many plansin the county without fund-ing for construction.

    Weve got some greatplans with no way to imple-ment the plans, Commis-sionerKathie Gannon said.

    Ford said that becausethere is no funding forany actual construction orimplementation of the activeliving plan some of thosechanges you wont see foryears and years and years.

    I just dont want these

    folks hopes up high andthen we cant implement,Johnson said. I cant sellno more change; its time todeliver.

    Bus driver stabbed and robbedA MARTA bus driver, 52-year-old JanetRoyston, was

    stabbed during a robbery aboard her bus at the intersectionof Green Forest and Gay Drive in DeKalb County.

    According to MARTA ofcials, the incident happenedon Sept. 6 at approximately 11:45 p.m. when a passengeron the bus stood up and stabbed Royston, then robbed her.

    MARTA Police are investigating the stabbing andobbery of the bus operator. She was treated at the Atlanta

    Medical Center and released earlier [Sept. 6], MARTAspokeswoman Kara Hodgson said.

    Royston has been with MARTA for approximately sixyears, according to Hodgson.

    College Fair coming to StonecrestThe Georgia Education Articulation Committees

    GEAC) Fall 2011 PROBE College Fair will be inLithonia on Sept. 22 at The Mall at Stonecrest from 6-9p.m. The fair is free and open to high school studentsand their families.

    GEACs mission is to stimulate interest in post-secondary education for Georgia residents by bringingogether students, parents, counselors, administrators andepresentatives of post-secondary educational institutionsncluding, but not limited to, colleges and vocational-echnical schools.

    The tour stops provide local high school students achance to speak one-on-one with representatives fromcolleges and universities in one central location.

    For more information and to view the entire fall

    schedule please visit http://www.gaprobe.org.

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    Georgia Military College in StoneMountain gets off to good startby Daniel [email protected]

    English teacherDiane

    Langston said that teach-ing at Georgia MilitaryColleges (GMC) StoneMountain annex makes herfeel, in some ways, likeshe is Socrates in ancientGreece, tutoring only sev-eral students at a time.

    Langston, who hasbeen teaching college for17 years, said the studentsseemed to be enjoying thesmaller, more intimateEnglish classes she hasbeen teaching.

    I can talk to each and

    every one of them everyday and we can have apersonal conversationabout what theyre havingtrouble with and go over itin detail. Its a lot differ-ent than the colleges Ivetaught at before, Langs-ton said.

    Langston said that in away she is getting just asmuch out of the classroomexperience as her studentsare.

    Its enjoyable to meto be able to really gureout what their problems

    are and what they want todo to solve it themselves,Langston said.

    Student Briana Ishan,18, said that she wouldrecommend the college inStone Mountain to any-body who prospered in amore hands-on learningenvironment.

    I like the small sur-roundings. How the teach-ers interact with us. Itskind of like a high schoolsetting but you have thefreedom that we didnt

    have in high school, Is-han said.DirectorJanice An-

    derson said that so far, 29students have enrolled andmore are expected for thefall quarter, which beginsOct. 17.

    Most of our studentsare from all over but most-ly the Stone Mountain andDeKalb areas also Rock-dale County, Ellenwood,Clayton and Gwinnett,Anderson said.

    Currently, the collegeoffers classes on Mondays,

    Wednesdays, Fridays andSaturdays. However, withthe student populationlikely to grow, Anderson

    said that next quartermore classes will be of-fered during the week.

    I denitely want to

    accommodate our stu-dent body, Andersonsaid.

    Anderson said thatthe college has receiveda warm welcome fromthe community, in somecases Stone MountainCity Council members

    have even stopped byto chat with studentsand bring them some-thing to eat.

    They broughtsnacks, drinks, trays offruit, Anderson said ofcouncil members. Itsbeen very supportive;the community hasbeen very supportiveand thats a great feel-ing. The Georgia Military College opened the doors of its new annex in down-

    town Stone Mountain on August 8. Photo by Daniel Beauregard

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    Send your comments and/or concerns regarding Comcasts current performance underthe current franchise agreement and/or the future cable-related needs and interests ofyour community to [email protected].

    DeKalb County Wants to Hear From YouRegarding the Proposed Franchise Agreement Renewalwith Comcast Cable Communications

    Judge deniesmotion tosuppresssuspectsinterviewby Andrew [email protected]

    The four-hour interviewof Dunwoody daycare killingsuspect Hemy Neuman will be

    allowed in his trial, according toa judges ruling on Sept. 7.

    In denying the defenseeams motion to suppress Neu-

    mans statements, SuperiorCourt Judge Gregory Adamsruled that Neuman voluntarilyaccompanied officers to theDunwoody Police Departmentand gave a video-recorded state-ment.

    During the defendantsstatement there was no coercivepolice or government activity,Adams stated. There were nomproper threats or promises.

    Adams also stated thatNeuman did not exercise hisConstitutional right to remainsilent.

    Neuman is accused of theNovember 2010 death ofRus-sell Sneiderman, a 36-year-oldentrepreneur who was shot sev-eral times outside DunwoodyPrep daycare, where he had justdropped off his son.

    Neuman was arrested onJan. 4 after Dunwoody Policedetectives interviewed him andearned that he was the supervi-

    sor ofAndrea Sneiderman, thevictims wife. The two workedat GE Electric Energy in Mari-etta.

    The trial is scheduled tobegin on Oct. 17 and could lasta month.

    by Andrew [email protected]

    Smokers are still free to smoke inbars, adult entertainment establishments,parks and playgrounds after a tougherordinance failed to pass the Board ofCommissioners on Sept. 13.

    Im very disappointed, said Eliza-beth Ford, director of the Board ofHealth.

    The Clean Air Ordinance wouldhave banned smoking at outdoor venues,parks, playgrounds, entrances and exitso buildings and outdoor service lines

    such as a waiting line at an ATM.The ordinance, designed to reduce

    he effects of second-hand smoke,would have also reduced the number ofrooms a hotel could designate for smok-ng form 25 percent to 10 percent.

    Its a very small component of thatamendment that folks seemed to haveheartburn on, Ford said. No one spoke

    out about the parks. No one spoke outabout the playgrounds and the servicelines.

    Yet, the entire ordinance just gotthrown out, Ford said. A lot of work,a lot of energy and a lot of safety issuesare being completely ignored just to rep-resent a single entity.

    Owners and patrons of bars andadult entertainment facilities were themain opponents of the smoking ban.

    Dennis Williams, representing thePink Pony strip club and the adult enter-tainment industry, said federal grants re-ceived by the countys Board of Healthis meant to encourage people not tosmoke, not restrict them from smoking.

    This money was not granted tomandate or force people not to smoke,Williams said. Its to bring the aware-ness that their choice could be bad.

    Its being applied by the power ofthe gun to stop people from smoking orkeeping them from having the choice to

    smoke, Williams said.Where does it stop? Obesity, over-

    weight, diabetes, high blood pressureare we going to start regulating placeslike Burger King, Dominos, WafeHouse? he asked. Granted theyre all

    bad choices to eat unhealthy food. Againthe key word Im trying to stress here is

    choice.Frank Redding, who represented30 clubs, said club owners were willingto install lters to clean the air.

    Love us enough to leave us alone,he told commissioners.

    Smoking ordinance supporterJor-dan Graves, who worked on the rstsmoking ordinance, said he understandsthat smokers do not want their choiceslimited further.

    They want the choice to be ableto smoke, but they smoke around other

    people, Graves said. I would like thechoice of not paying the medical bills ofsmokers.

    In addition to voting down the or-dinance amendment, the board also re-

    jected a proposal by CommissionerJeffRader to delay the implementation ofthe smoking ban in bars and adult enter-tainment facilities for two years.

    Rader said his proposal was de-signed to give businesses plenty of time

    to adapt to the ordinance.This is not as burdensome andtraumatic as some people think, Radersaid.

    Ford said the Board of Health willregroup and determine what its nextgame plan will be.

    Citizens need to speak up and letthe legislators know of their displeasureand the workers need to speak up. Wewent out there to try to protect them.

    Its not over, Ford said. We willcontinue to try to push this until some-

    body understands what were trying tosay.

    Commissioners stamp out tougher smoking ban

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    Books Continued From Page 1Anormous personalityyou know that saying,The smallest dogs always have the biggest

    personalities. Merz said of her mentor.Although Merzs book can be considered a

    memoir, she said that the term is a convenientway to describe it, but it really is much morehan that.

    Thats convenient shorthandits written

    n [first person] and about my experiencesighting in the U.S.but my goal was to gonto the world of womens boxing and make it aollective memoir, Merz said.

    Merz began boxing in the early 1990s whenhe world was seeing a new surge of interestn female boxing. Originally, she said she justoined a boxing fitness class to lose weight and

    get into shape, finding that the late nights of a20-something year old journalist in Melbournewere catching up with her.

    I never ever contemplated fighting oranything, Merz said. I met someone in thelass who is actually now my husband and hetarted teaching me proper boxing. Merz said.

    As time went on, Merz said, she graduallybecame more and more interested in the sport.

    Now, Merz is 47 years old and considereda master, fighting all around the U.S. and in

    Australia. She is also a seasoned writerhavingpent most of her life working for newspapers or

    writing freelance.Many of Merzs influences are writers who

    have been championed for their gritty, toughtyle of writingwriters such as Norman Mailer,

    Ernest Hemingway, Joyce Carol Oates orhe posthumous Pulitzer-winning satirist John

    Kennedy Toole.Merz said that one of her favorite places to

    visit in Decatur is the DeKalb Farmers Market.She also loves the music in the city.

    Ive always been a fan of the music inAtlanta. When I train, Xavier Biggs, one of thetrainers at the Decatur Boxing Club, plays a kindof soundtrack of this blues music that to me is

    part of the rhythm of the sport, Merz said.In sharp contrast to Merzs influences,

    40-year-old Marian L. Thomas said that shewas most likely the only one represented in her

    genre, one that she claims does not even reallyexist.Thomas, who currently lives in Lithonia and

    has been in DeKalb since 1988, considers herselfa pioneer of the clean fiction genre. She saidthat everything she sets out to write contains nofoul language or sexual innuendo.

    There are a lot of books out there withoutfoul language and sex, but those are mostlyhow to books. Even some books consideredChristian fiction can have cuss words and sexualinnuendos in them, Thomas said.

    Thomas was at the emerging authors tentat the AJC Decatur Book Festival this year to

    promote her latest novel My Fathers Colors.The book is a sequel to her first novel, C olor Me

    Jazzmyne, and tells the story of four characterswho lead very different lives.

    The main focus of Thomas second book is

    the character Naya Mon, who struggles to findherself while discovering her fathers past andsearching for a daughter she never knew she had.

    When asked whether it was difficult to writeabout Mons experience looking for her childwithout using any sexual innuendo, Thomas said,Not really.

    My books deal with stuff that women gothrough and my first book deals with rape. Ithink that you can deal with things like thatyou can talk about those subjects and connect toa female reader and it doesnt have to involve

    Marian L. Thomas speaks about her new bookMy Fa-ther's Colors. Photo by Daniel Beauregard

    language and sex, Thomas said.Each year on Labor Day weekend, thousands

    turn out to visit the AJC Decatur Book Festival. Thefestival, launched in 2006, is the largest independent

    book festival in the country and features readings,talks, and panel discussions from authors around theworld.

    special recognition.

    Chris Morris, director of DeKalb County CommunityDevelopment, and Eston Hood, chief operating officer ofthe YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta Inc., received PublishersLifetime Achievement Awards.

    The awards program and the luncheon were organizedby The Champion Newspaperas part of its 20th anniversarycelebration to recognize those who work tirelessly to makeDeKalb a better community.

    Awardees were presented with a trophy with a flamemotif. The individual and organization winners also receiveda financial contribution to the charity of their choice.

    The event was attended by a whos who of DeKalbCounty leadership and community service organizations,including DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis, DecaturMayorBill Floyd and Melissa Forgey, director of the

    DeKalb History Center, as well as about 250 others.Thank you for the gift of public service, saidEllis. Public service is a high and noble calling. It maysometimes feel like what you do is small, but to many itmakes a huge difference.

    He also commended Champion publishers Dr. Earl andCarolyn Jernigan Glenn for serving as beacons of light.

    The events patriotic theme was in honor of thenewspapers launch on the Fourth of July 20 years ago.Lt. Col. Kellie King Lovejoy, daughter of the programsexecutive producerSteen Miles, provided two vocalperformances.The DeKalb School of the Arts musicalgroup HighLeit also performed. Carol Sbarge, anchor andreporter at WSB-TV, was the mistress of ceremonies.

    The program was sponsored by the DeKalb Conventionand Visitors Bureau, DeKalb County government,Organization of DeKalb Educators, Sauers Group, DecaturDevelopment Authority, Cornerstone Bank, GeorgiaPerimeter College, Gregory B. Levett and Sons, and R. L.Brown & Associates.

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    Were proud to announce our provider network now includes:

    Anumber of localadults 50 and olderare volunteering

    heir time and knowledgeo teach youngsters to eat

    more fruits, vegetables andower-fat foods, and fewer

    french fries and doughnuts,hrough CATCH Healthy

    Habits, a unique intergen-erational health programhat pairs adults 50 and

    older with children to en-courage healthier eatingand physical activity.

    The volunteers workwith children in kindergar-en through the fth graden weekly one-hour ses-

    sions to play active games,make healthy snacks andearn about food choicesike WHOA, SLOW and

    GO foods.WHOA foods are those

    hat contain a lot of salt,unhealthy fats or addedsugarssometimes allhree. Examples include

    whole milk, ice cream,butter, french fries, candybars, fried meats and po-ato chips.

    GO foods contain veryittle salt, unhealthy fats or

    added sugarssometimesnone at all. Examples in-clude fruits and vegetables,fat-free or 1 percent plainmilk, foods made withwhole grains, broiled sh,baked chicken and leanmeats.

    SLOW foods are inbetween GO foods andWHOA foods and maynclude 2 percent plain

    milk, fat-free or 1 percentavored milk, white breadand rice, pancakes, bakedchicken nuggets and fruitscanned in light syrup.

    Every parents goalshould be to help theirchildren eat fewer WHOAfoods and more SLOWand GO foods, said MaryNewton, OASIS coor-dinator for the CATCHHealthy Habits Program,Atlanta Regional Com-mission (ARC). ARCpartners with the OASISInstitute, which introducedCATCH Healthy Habitso area children this sum-

    mer through a grant fromhe Blue Cross and Blue

    Shield of Georgia (BCB-SGa) Foundation.

    CATCH Healthy Hab-

    its is an evidence-based,nationally recognized physical activity/nutritioncurriculum that has beenproven to increase healthybehaviors in children. Ithas been kid-tested and ap-proved, because it showschildren that healthy eatingchoices can be both deli-cious and fun, Newtonsaid.

    She noted that CATCHHealthy Habits uses simplebut innovative recipes withcatchy names to convincechildren to try healthierfoods. A celery sticktopped with low-fat creamcheese and raisins becomesants on a log. Cubes ofcheese and cut-up fruit arespeared on toothpicks tobecome dynamite sticks.Graham crackers, low-fatcottage cheese, raisins anda touch of cinnamon arecombined to create crack-er delight.

    Most kids are reluc-tant to try a new food,especially if its presentedas something healthy,

    said Newton. The key isto make it fun by combin-ing different tastes andgiving snacks fun and un-usual names. What childwouldnt be intrigued totry ants on a log?

    According to the Cen-ters for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC),nearly one-in-three chil-dren in the United Statesis overweight or obese,increasing their risk of be-coming overweight adultswith chronic conditionssuch as diabetes, heart dis-ease and asthma. Addition-ally, obesity rates for olderadults have doubled in thepast 30 years, increasingrates of chronic diseaseand reducing quality of lifefor millions of Americans.Approximately 60 percentof adults age 50 and olderdo not meet the CDCs rec-ommended physical activ-ity standards.

    We know that seden-tary lifestyles and poor eat-ing habits are the main rea-sons Americans are becom-

    ing obese and experiencingmajor health problems,said MorganKendrick,president of BCBSGa.Through programs like

    Whoa, Go, SlowVolunteers teach youngsters healthier eating habits

    CATCH Healthy Habits,we hope to teach childrenand their parents that theycan improve their foodchoices and still enjoywhat they are eating.

    A truly unique aspectof the program is that italso benets the adultswho volunteer, as stud-ies have shown that those

    who participate in volun-teer activities live longer,healthier lives than thosewho do not, continued

    Kendrick.Over the next two

    years, OASIS will workwith its primary part-ner, Boys & Girls Clubsof America, along withYMCAs, schools and oth-er community partners toreach an estimated 5,000children and volunteersnationwide through the

    CATCH Healthy HabitsProgram. The after-schoolprogram at the city of De-caturs 4th /5th Academy

    and the Ebster RecreationCenter, 402 West TrinityPlace, Decatur, are accept-ing volunteer applicationsfor the fall. Additionalmetro Atlanta locationsmay be added, so thoseinterested in volunteeringin the CATCH HealthyHabits program shouldcontact Newton by calling

    (404) 463-0437, [email protected], or visiting www.oasisnet.org.

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    DeKalb County Schools involve parentsand stakeholders in strategic planning

    The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is inviting parents, educa-ors, community members and other interested stakeholders to participaten a community engagement session to develop a strategic plan.

    The engagement session will include break-out groups and surveys tobegin the process of updating the districts current strategic plan.

    The new community-driven strategic plan will be directed by inputfrom participating stakeholders and is meant to outline the future directionof the school district. An online survey will be available on the districtswebsite immediately following the meeting for those who are unable to at-end.

    The session will be held on Sept. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the DCSD

    Administrative and Instructional Complex located at 1701 Mountain Indus-rial Blvd. in Stone Mountain.

    Attendees are asked to RSVP at (678) 676-0023 or send an e-mail [email protected].

    Open enrollment begins for freetutoring services in DeKalb Schools

    Open enrollment for the Elementary and Secondary EducationAct of 1965 Supplemental Educational Services (SES) began Sept.12, and will continue through Oct. 3, for DeKalb County Schools.

    SES offers academic assistance such as tutoring and othereducational interventions outside of the regular school day toincrease the academic achievement of students in low-performingschools.

    Those interested in enrolling their students should visit theDeKalb County School District AIC Auditorium, Computer Lab105from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The auditoriumis located at 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd., in Stone Mountain.

    For additional information about SES, contact Dr. LindaCrowley at (678) 676-0309.

    by Daniel [email protected]

    At rst glance, it lookedike residents of the High-ands of East Atlanta Apart-

    ments were having nothingmore than a simple summer

    block partythe smell ofbarbecue lled the air and aband played soul music froma makeshift stage.

    Upon closer inspection,some in the crowd stood out;many attendees were wear-ng bright red shirts that read

    Ronald E. McNair DiscoveryLearning Academy (DLA).Others had DeKalb CountySchool System badges onhis was more than just a

    block party.The intent is to raise stu-

    dent achievement by linking

    with parents and the commu-nity, McNair DLA PrincipalMarchell Boston said.

    Boston said that theschool had decided to visithe apartment complex where

    most of their students live togo straight to the source toreach parents.

    This is an opportunityfor us to form and cultivaterelationships and promote ac-ive engagement as we raise

    student achievement, Bostonsaid.

    The theme of the eventwas Achieving Excel-ence Together, and school

    staff was present along withmembers of the faith basedorganization Helping HandsInternational.

    As members of HelpingHands cooked food for at-endees and children played

    with balls, Boston addressedhe attendees.

    Parents please note thatyour children mimic and learnfrom you, he said. If theresany drama or issues in thecommunity that involves you

    or another parent that has achild at our school, sometimesthat creates problems for us.Im asking that you be mind-ful of that type of thing.

    Assistant Principal Kes-hier Smikle then spoke toparents of the kindergarten

    through fth graders aboutthe importance of reinforc-ing math at home. She saidthat by doing some simplethings such as having childrenfollow along with recipesand practicing addition andsubtraction, it could greatlyincrease a students chance ofsuccess in the classroom.

    You can help your childby asking them to read aclock. Simple things that youcan do at home such as thatwill benet them greatly atschool, Smikle said.

    The other assistant princi-palthere are two at McNairDLALaShandra Hawkins,spoke briey about the impor-tance of parents reading withtheir children every night. Shealso said that parents couldbenet from reading the samebooks that their children werereading.

    As she wrapped up herspeech, Hawkins said some-thing that brought out cheersand applause from many ofthose present.

    I just want to leave youwith this thought: it would

    be wonderful if all of ourstudents became professionalathletes, famous rappers andsingers and dancers, but whatgood is it if they cant readtheir own contracts or managetheir own money? Hawkinssaid.

    Having parents rein-force what students learnedat school during the day issomething that Boston saidwas an integral part of studentsuccess.

    So often you hear about

    good schools and bad schoolsand the schools that are oftencategorized as good have thatparental and community en-gagement. What we want todo this evening is extend our-selves. This is just our com-mitment to linking with thecommunity, Boston said.

    Viola Benyard is a moth-er with an 8-year-old son atMcNair DLA and a daughterin kindergarten, who will beattending the school next year.

    Benyard said that shethought it was extremely im-portant to be involved withthe school and have a person-al relationship with the teach-

    ers at her childs schools.He was so excited this

    morning, he said Mom dontbe at work, please dont missthis. When they have thingslike this I make sure to behere because it motivates [mykids], Benyard said.

    Benyard explained thather son had been attendingMcNair DLA since kinder-garten and has been on theprincipals list ever since. Sheattributed some of her sonssuccess to her involvementwith the school and her goodrelationship with his teachers.

    The teachers all knowwho I am and they can call

    me at the drop of a dime andIm always there. I try to doeverything with my babies,Benyard said.

    After the speeches wereover, Boston stepped backonto the stage and said that itwas time to eat.

    However, in order for theattendees to eat, the studentshad to bring their parents toa table where their teachersat and introduce them. Theteacher would then give thema ticket for the meal.

    Just one more way, Bos-ton said, for parents and com-munity members to connectwith school staff.

    DeKalb School reaches out to parents to improve student success

    Teachers and school staff from the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy gathered withparents and community members at the Highlands of East Atlanta apartments in an effort to raisestudent achievement. Photos by Daniel Beauregard

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    Cozy little tea room opens in Emory Villageby Kathy [email protected]

    The ancient allure of aworld-favorite drink is re-ected in the namesDrag-

    on Pearl Jasmine Supreme,Eves Garden, Gold Thread,Snow Peony, Russian Cara-van. These are a few of themore than 50 varieties of teaoffered at recently openedHouqua Tea Room.

    The space beneath Sabaestaurant in Emory Village

    has been a hair salon, a T-hirt factory and even a resi-

    dence. Now Andrew Frenihas spent more than a yearransforming it into his per-onal dreama tea shop.

    It took more efforthan I rst thoughta lot ofenovating and county pa-

    perwork. This space didnteven have an address be-fore; I had to get an addressassigned, he said. To ndHouqua Tea Room, custom-ers walk down the stairs onhe right-hand side of theestaurant and enter a door

    on the left.Inside are two cozy

    paces for patrons to sip tea

    as they socialize, read orstudy. One is a caf settingwith small tables and theother is a lounge with plushchairs and a sofa. Much ofthe dcor is Asian, homage

    to Houqua, the 19th centuryChinese tea merchant forwhom the shop is named.

    Freni anticipates that thelocation will work out well.The newly renovated, pe-destrian friendly roundaboutnear the main entrance tothe Emory campus makesgetting to the Oxford Roadlocation easier than it hadbeen weeks ago when leftturns off North DecaturRoad were tricky.

    Approximately 30,000people live, work or go toschool in this area. Some ofthem must be tea drinkers,he said, adding that manyEmory students and facultymembers as well as manystaff at Emory Hospital haveroots in Asia, where tea isthe most popular beverage.

    The business openedSept. 6 and Freni said therehas been a fairly steadytrickle of people comingin. As the weather cools

    down, I believe there willmore people wanting to takea break with cup of hot tea,he predicted.

    Freni said he believestea consumption the United

    States is increasing andgures from the Tea As-sociation of the U.S.A.back him up. According tothat organization, tea in theAmerican market has grownfrom a $1.84 billion industryin 1990 to a $7.77 billionindustry in 2010.

    I think more people areconcerned with their healthand want a healthful alter-native to sugary soft drinksand corporate coffee, Frenisaid.

    During his years as adrummer in a rock and rollband, Freni lived in Englandand developed an apprecia-tion of tea there. I starteddrinking tea every day and Ifound that it suited me bet-ter than coffee, he recalled.After he returned to theUnited States he was disap-pointed that many of hisfavorite teas are not readilyavailable here.

    Now living in DeKalb

    Countys East Lake area,Freni has sought to bringsome of the worlds premierteas to DeKalb.

    Currenty the shop opensat 10 a.m. and closes at 7

    p.m., but Freni said he willmonitor his customers pref-erences and make changes ifhe nds many are interestedin earlier or later hours.

    A Georgia native, whogrew up in east Cobb Coun-ty, Freni knows that not allSoutherners prefer their teaserved hot in a cup. Iced teaalso is available and sugar

    syrup can be added to indi-vidual orders to sweeten toa customers taste. Pastriesalso are available.

    Andrew Freni, who says he learned to love tea when he lived in England, has opened a shop in Emory Village where patrons can sip their choices among some 50 varietiesof tea. Photos by Kathy Mitchell

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    AROUND DEKALB

    CHAMBLEE

    Grant writing class announced

    The Chamblee Library presents Grant Writing 101 onWednesday, Sept. 21, 6 - 7:30 p.m. Those attending will beaught the basics of nonprofit grant writing with Grant Source

    Consultings ChataunDenis as she guides the class throughhe components of a strong grant proposal. The session willover how to find grant opportunities and understand theuidelines to know whether a proposal qualifies for a particularrant. Light refreshments will be served. Chamblee Library is

    ocated at 4115 Clairmont Road, Chamblee; the phone numbers (770) 936-1380.

    CLARKSTON

    College reps to assist withfinancial forms

    Representatives from Georgia Perimeter College will con-uct a College Financial Aid Workshop Friday, Sept. 23, 1-3.m. During the session they will help those attending completeederal and state financial aid forms for college. The Clarkstonibrary is located at 951 N. Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston. Thehone number is (404) 508-7175.

    DECATURLibrary to show movie

    As part of its Friday movie series, theToco Hill-Avis G. Wil-ams Library will present The Bucket List, starring Jack Nich-lson and Morgan Freeman Sept. 23, 1:303:30p.m.Whenvailable, movies in this series are presented with closedaptioning to assist the hearing impaired. The Toco Hill-Avis G.

    Williams Library is located at 1282 McConnell Drive, Decatur.The phone number is (404) 679-4404.

    History center to offer interiordesign program

    The DeKalb History Centers Lunch and Learn programor Tuesday, Sept. 20, will feature DavidRamsey and BethShorthouse as they explore the world of interior design for

    lder and not-so-old house styles. This session will begin withbrief explanation of house types and house styles of the 20th

    entury. The core of the presentation will focus on the history ofnteriors from the arts and crafts movement through the modernanch house explosion. The speakers will offer observations,nfluences, resources and suggestions for what can be doneo complement historic interiors in a variety of house types andtyles. There will be a Q & A period, so those attending mayring photos and questions about what to do to make a houseeel like home. Ramsey is an interior designer at Lord, Aeck &

    Sargent and a graduate of The Georgia Institute of Technology.Shorthouse joined Lord, Aeck & Sargent in 2003 as the coor-

    inator of business development for the Historic PreservationStudio.

    The event is free, and those attending should bring theirwn lunches. The DeKalb History center is located at 101 East

    Court Square, Decatur.

    Authors to present their new novels

    Atlanta authors Jamie Iredell and ManMartin, who haveew novels out, will give presentations at the Decatur Library

    Monday, Sept. 19, 7:159 p.m. Iredell is the author ofTheBook of Freaks, a faux encyclopedia that examinesin waysserious and humorousa catalog of humanity, confirming thatevery one of us, in our own way, tends to be just a mite weird,according to the library. Martins new novel is Paradise Dogs, atale about a Florida real estate agent who wants what he canthave and pretends to be what he isnt. Critics have called it arich satire that may remind some readers ofCarl Hiaasen. Mar-tins first novel was Days of the Endless Corvette. The DecaturLibrary is located at 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. The phonenumber is (404) 370-3070.

    Church to host festival/flea market

    Kelly Lake Church of God in Christ will host its annual Har-vest Festival/Flea Market on Saturday, Sept. 24, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.The church is located at 2411 Whites Mill Road, Decatur, nearthe Gallery at South DeKalb Mall. The event will feature originalarts and crafts, household items, clothes, health awarenessinformation, food, games and fellowship. Proceeds will benefitthe churchs Youth Scholarship Fund. For more information,contact J. Cleveland at (404) 475-8028 orJanice Parmerat(678) 983-1773.

    DORAVILLE

    Credit education program offered

    Duane White, president of Need to Know Information

    Inc., will provide information on the Credit Card Act of 2009 ata Credit Education Awareness program at the Doraville Libraryon Saturday, Sept. 17, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The session willinclude financial strategies to improve a credit score. No regis-tration required. The Doraville Library is located at 3748 CentralAve., Doraville. The phone number is (770) 936-3852.

    Doraville hosts 5K road race,1-mile fun run, and tot trot

    On Saturday, Oct. 15, the city of Doraville will hold its an-nual 5K road race, 1-mile fun run, and tot trot. The course isflat, mildly rolling with a downhill finish and is being certified forPeachtree seeding. Race day registration begins at 7 a.m. atthe Doraville City Hall at 3725 Park Ave. The 5K road race be-gins at 8 a.m., fun run at 8:45 a.m. and tot trot at 9 a.m.

    Entry fees for the 5K and fun run are $20 in advance and$25 on the day of the race. The tot trot is $5. Proceeds fromthe race will benefit Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta.

    Registration is available online at www.active.com. A flierand registration form is also available at the city of Doravilleswebsite (www.doravillega.us) under the news and events sec-tion. Registration will also be available on the day of the event.For more information contact Doravilles recreation departmentat (770) 936-3850.

    DUNWOODY

    Car show to benefit Special Olympics

    The Motorcars of Georgia and Dunwoody Police Explorers

    announce the second annual Special Olympics Car Show, Sept.24, at First Baptist Church Atlanta. The event, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,raises money for more than 23,000 Special Olympic athletes inGeorgia. A raffle and silent auction, which includes a chance towin a test drive in a Lamborghini, will be featured. Food will be

    available from Village Burger. Many awards will be givencarshow registrants are eligible to win the Peoples Choice award,where the winner is voted by the attendees; the Chiefs Pickis chosen by Dunwoody Police ChiefBilly Grogan; and theOlympians Award is chosen by the Special Olympic athletes.The church is located at 4400 North Peachtree Road, Atlanta,off I-285.

    For more information or to register a vehicle, visit www.dunwoodycarshow.com or contact Sgt. W. Furman at (678)382-6909 or [email protected].

    LITHONIA

    DeKalb commissioner releasesnew book at Lithonia mall

    Civil Rights activist Rev. JosephLowery will be the spe-cial guest at a community book release ofMy God, My Politicsby DeKalb County CommissionerLeeMay at noon on Sept. 17at Stonecrest Mall in Lithonia, near the Sears store.

    Using Mays new book, Lowery and May will discuss faithand politics. The book encourages government leaders to re-flect the core beliefs of their constituents.

    TUCKER

    Police Department sponsorsBeat the Badge 5K race in Tucker

    On Sept. 17 it will be OK to outrun the police during theinaugural Beat the Badge road race in Tucker.

    The DeKalb County Police Department is sponsoringthe 5K run to raise money for the DeKalb Police Alliance. Thefamily-friendly race is open to competitive and non-competitiverunners of all ages and will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17, at9 a.m. at 1960 West Exchange Place in Tucker. Runners willrace along LaVista Road and will end with a festival at DeKalbPolice Headquarters.

    Runners can sign up by visiting www.active.com and typ-ing in DeKalb Police in the search box. The cost to participateis $30 and the deadline to register online is Thursday, Sept.15. Late registration is available on site, on the day of the race,beginning at 7:30 a.m.

    Crime prevention town hall meeting set

    A town hall meeting on crime and crime prevention will beheld Sept. 22, 7:30-8:45 p.m. at Henderson Elementary Schoolin Tucker. The event is hosted by Rep. ScottHolcomb, theNorthlake Community Alliance Inc., and the DeKalb CountyPolice Department.

    The meeting will provide attendees with informationon what kinds of crimes are being committed in the greaterNorthlake, Tucker, Lakeside and Embry Hills areas. Police ex-perts will discuss the best ways to deter criminals from commit-ting break-ins/theft in homes and automobiles, and deterrenceof other crimes. Also, police staff will discuss the effectivenessof community policing and the VIP program. Time will be pro-vided for questions and answers. The school is located at 2408Henderson Mill Road.

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    DeKalb High School Sports HighlightsFOOTBALL

    Miller Grove 32, Lithonia 10: The Wolverines(3-0 overall and in Region 6-AAAA) scored

    32 unanswered points after trailing 10-0 athalftime. Ken Allen passed for two touchdownsand ran for a 56-yard score for the Wolverines,who are 3-0 for the rst time in schoolhistory. Chris Starks had 100 yards receivingwith two touchdowns, and blocked a punt.Demarion Tankersley ran for 105 yards andwo touchdowns. Defensively, the Wolverines

    held the Bulldogs (2-1) to two rst downs inhe second half. Denzel Veale was held to lesshan 100 yards rushing for the rst time this

    season. Defensive standouts for the Wolverineswere Jonquavious McBride, Jarrod Inman,Deandre Harrison, Jacob Mitchell and RayTillman. The Wolverines face Mays (3-0) onSept. 17, 7 p.m., at Grady Stadium.

    Columbia 9, Langston Hughes 0: Kenno Loyalrushed for a touchdown as the Eagles (1-2)earned their rst victory of the season.

    Stephenson 35, Tift County 21: The Jaguars(3-0) rushed for 350 yards, led by Mike Daviswith 254 yards and four touchdowns. Defenseand special teams also played well. DemarioSweat returned a punt 70 yards for a touchdownand Kyle Fleetwood intercepted his third pass ofhe season. Coach Ron Gartrell praised the play

    of his defensive line, including Jafar Mann,Jarontay Jones and Carlos Hood.

    Dunwoody 38, Redan 7: Justin King deliveredn his rst start at quarterback for the Wildcats

    (1-2 overall and in Region 6-AAAA). Kingrushed for 196 yards and two touchdowns,and threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to DazelClayton. The Wildcats rushed for 379 yards on50 carries. Defensively, Jake Hudgins had 11ackles and two sacks, and Charlie Beausoleil

    had nine tackles.

    Marist 28, Chamblee 3: Myles Willis, JasonMorris, Gray King and William Curraneach rushed for a touchdown for the WarEagles (3-0 overall and in Region 6-AAAA).Brandon Young led the War Eagles defensewith ve tackles and an interception. Marist heldChamblee (2-1) to 98 yards tot


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