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Were SocialFRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2014 VOL. 17, NO. 19 FREE

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by Lauren [email protected]

Decaturs history stretchesback well past its 1822 ound-ing date. From the earliestNative Americans to the firstEuropean settlers to the CivilWar, i an event happened in

United States history, it waselt in the county seat.With at least our centu-

ries o human activity here, itstands there would be at leasta ew hauntings. Boo Newellnoticed them right away. Ihave had the name Boo sinceI was a 3-day-old baby, shesaid. It must have been a

premonition o me being ableto see ghosts as a child and Ihave never lost that ability.

Newell is a proessionalpsychic medium and hasbeen or the last 15 years.From a young age, she said,she saw things no one elsecould see.

I thought everyone sawthe old lady who hung out inmy closet, or the man whofloated outside the window,Newell said. I was petrifiedgrowing up, because I didntunderstand what was goingon.

She remembers a time ata uneral where she saw the

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wo years ago, a ormer county officialdescribed 2012 as the ramp up year orDeKalbs $1.35 billion watershed capitalmprovement project (CIP).

Were going rom zero to, we hope,nearly ull speed, said JoeBasista, theountys watershed director, at the time.Were on schedule in 2012 to spend $20

million to $25 million. By the end o 2012,we will have encumbered [or committed]about $300 million.

According to a March 18 Department o

Watershed Management report, less than

$200 million has been encumbered and $93million spent by the end o February. Andby the end o November 2013, 388 jobs outo 4,000 promised had been created.

Te original plan was a little aggres-sivenot a little bita lot aggressive, saidKennethSaunders, an assistant watersheddirector over the CIP. And it takes time;there [are] steps in the progress. Some othe work had to be planned. [It] had to bedesigned. It just takes time.

We had a airly significant shif rom2010 to 2012, Saunders said. Te originalprogram said wed have a lot o work startedin 2010. We really didnt begin until 2012.

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Decatur Ghost Tour brings historyalive?

Boo Newell, a professional psychic medium, conducts the Decatur ghost tour most weekends. Photos byauren Ramsdell

Decaturs ghost tour takes visitors to the cemetery after dark, using dowsing rods toommunicate with restless spirits.

On the balcony of the High House, a regretful lover supposedly waits for her lost paramour.

Billion-dollar watershed project still ramping up after three years

A contractor installs a new fre hydrant at the Tilly Mill Road booster pumpstation site in January. Photo provided


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Fairington community celebrates new playgroundby Carla [email protected]

Children in the Fairing-on community will have

more activities to do thanun around in a large grassy

area at Fairington Park.Community residents

and Healing Hearts oFamilies USA Ministriesnc. celebrated the grand

opening o the parks newplayground July 25. BonitaLacy, executive director oHealing Hearts o FamiliesUSA Ministries in Decatur,aid seeing the playgrounds a dream come true.

o ride by and see theparents bonding with theirchildrenbecause that washe purpose o the play-

ground, making sure thatparents and children havehe opportunity to bond inheir community in a setting

where they can walk to thepark and enjoy themselves,Lacy said.

he project began inDecember 2012 with Raisehe Park, during which vol-

unteers rom Healing Heartso Families USA Ministries,Home Depot at Wesley Cha-pel, the Fairington Com-munity Association, Friendso the Park, DeKalb Countyparks and recreation depart-ment, and Park Pride plant-ed, weeded and beautiiedhe entrance to Fairington

Park.he ultimate goal was to

have a playground installedon the lower level. ResidentBarbara McIntosh, who as-isted in the beautiication

project, said she was pleasedwith how the park turnedout.

I moved here two yearsago and [the park] was emp-ty, McIntosh said. herewas nothing here, and weused to come up here, andwe used to just run the ield,literally. [My grandchildren]didnt have anything to playon, or I could join in withthem to play with them.

Beore the project be-gan, Fairington Park wasa neglected park with noplayground or any activitiesor children or 15 years, ac-cording to residents in thearea. he large grassy areawas littered with trash andhad a o crime problem.

Lacy wanted to changethe look o the park andprovide a sae, un area orchildren in the Lithoniacommunity. She said that

the mission to change thepark began in 2008 whenshe was working with Presi-dent Barack Obamas cam-paign.

He told us to go backinto the community andind a worthy cause, shesaid. And this park hadbeen neglected or 15 years.Most people in the neigh-borhood didnt know it wasa park.

Lacy took on the mis-sion o revitalizing the parkand the community. Heal-ing Hearts o Families be-gan working to get DeKalbCounty oicials to invest inthe park but was unsuccess-ul.

his park was here be-

Children look at paintings on display during the grand opening of the FairingtonPark playground. Photos by Carla Parker

The playground is the rst of its kind at the once bare park. Children prepare to enter the bounce house during the grand opening celebration.

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ore they built Browns Mill[Park], she said in Decem-ber. And we asked whenthey built Browns Mill, whatabout [Fairington] park?And they ignored it. So,we decided to take it uponourselves to raise unds andstart ixing it up ourselves.

Since then, Lacy said,they have been getting inputand help rom the countysrecreation department. Shesaid they plan to add a com-munity garden soon.

We have all the parts toit but we havent organizedthat part yet, Lacy said.

Weve partnered with otherDeKalb County depart-ments to do other things atthe park, education-wiseand more.

Lacy said the communityhas done a good job so arin keeping the park clean,and she hopes the residentscontinue to do their part inkeeping the park up.

Its your park, its yourhome, its your home values,she said. Keep it up, keepthe value o your homesup. It keeps your neighbor-hood up, it keeps childreninvolved in things and keeps

them out o trouble.McIntosh said she and

other residents do cometo the park and walk thegrounds to make sure thepark is clean and no illegalactivity is going on.

When we see thingsgoing on here that shouldnot be taking place, we askthem to leave or we call thepolice, McIntosh said. Wedont want the ence torndown, we dont want theswings torn up and we dei-nitely dont want the gazeboto get damaged.


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Clean restroom law now in effect

See Briefs on page 14A


Clean public restrooms are nowequired by DeKalb County law.

Passed in March and effective asof June 27, a new county ordinanceprohibits facilities with publicestrooms from allowing those rest-ooms to exist in a state of bad repair

during operating hours.The ordinance, which carries a

ine of $100, allows enforcement ofhe clean bathroom law by police of-icers, code enforcement officers orhe DeKalb County Board of Health.

During the March 25 Board ofCommissioners meeting when theordinance was passed, Commis-ioner StanWatson, who introducedt, said, The ordinance is not tryingo tell people what they can do inheir bathrooms, but by regulating

he public restrooms, the county isundertaking the public health andwelfare of its citizens. I think this willhelp our county.

This ordinance mandates busi-nesses, stores, offices, parks andother places where goods or ser-vices are sold or provided to oper-ate restrooms that are clean, safeand functioning. This amendmentalso includes DeKalb County parks,chools, colleges or universities un-

der the same directive.It is of the utmost importance

hat we set standards for DeKalbCounty that enhance quality of life,

aid Watson in a statement.Dr. Tom Keating, founder andoordinator of Project CLEANCiti-ens, Learners and Educators Against

Neglect, said he has been working for20 years on improving school rest-ooms.

It began in the late 1980souron had no doors on his restroom atchool, Keating said. Our daughter

had no sanitary product dispensersor receptacles and our neighbor held

it in all day.After hearing from those three

students, Keating interviewed hun-dreds of students about clean bath-

rooms and realized no one wasworking on this.The young kids themselves cant

turn the issue around, Keating said.They cant take a nasty restroomand make it nice. It takes caringadults also.

Then, about two years ago I re-alized that the same 70,000 middleand high school kids in DeKalbCountygo to a library, they go to apark, they go to a rec center, they goto the swimming pools and they goto MARTA stations, he said.

If theres no toilet paper, it veryhard for a kid to handle that, saidKeating, who has a blog on the

subject at www.projectclean.us. Al-though the kid may have thrown thetoilet paper all over the toilet, youvegot to have both a change in attitudeand behavior of the youngsters thatdo this and hopefully if you startat school it will carry over to theseother public restrooms.

Ultimately it starts at home butyou cant control a home as easilyas you can affect what goes on atschools and other places, he said.

The ordinance requires rest-rooms to be functional and avail-able, Keating said. The goal is thatrestrooms should be safe, clean and

hygienic.Since the ordinance became effec-tive in June, Keating said he has seenfive restrooms in his travels that werein bad repair.

One was in a business establish-ment, he said. The [owner] is actu-ally getting a new door because thedoor was off the hinges, there was nolock and it was just horrible. It was[in] one of our malls.

When residents discover an un-clean public restroom, they now haverecourse, Keating said.

I think a citizen should go talk toa manager of the establishment, thepark, the school, the university first,

he said.Improving public bathrooms and

implementing the new ordinancetakes awareness, Keating said.

If you want your family to eatbetter and you want them to exer-cise morewe should talk aboutthe third e, because the third e iseliminate properly, Keating said.You cant eliminate properly if thebathrooms are in bad repair.

National Bar Association honorsDeKalbs district attorney

DeKalb County District AttorneyRobert James was honored with theMy Brothers Keepers award by

the National Bar Association on July26. James received the award duringNational Bar Associations 89th an-nual convention, held at the MarriottMarquis Hotel in Atlanta.

When I first decided to run forpublic office, I ran with the idea thatI could not only prosecute cases butthat I could, in some way, make adifference in my community, Jamessaid. We all share the burden of en-suring a brighter future for the nextgeneration. It is my sincere hope andprayer that together we can minimizethe numerous hurdles facing ouryoung people.

The National Bar Associationpartnered with 100 Black Men ofAmerica, National Organization ofBlack Law Enforcement, local fra-ternity chapters and public officialsfor this years community educationinitiative.

James was recently honored by theDeKalb County Board of Commis-sioners for his work in creating theAnti-Recidivism Court (ARC) forfirst-time, nonviolent offenders. TheARC program is just one of manyinitiatives led by James to impactyouth and young adults.

We have to be deliberate in ourapproach to stopping the revolv-

ing door of recidivism and curbingcriminal behavior and activity in ourneighborhoods, James said. I dontmind thinking outside of the box tokeep kids from a life of incarcerationin the box.

According to The National BarAssociation, the My Brothers Keep-er award is given to a person whoconsistently works to improve the

News Briefs

Owners of public bathrooms could face nes forunsanitary facilities. Photo by Andrew Cauthen


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ONE MANS OPINION

No...a deer

I was standing up by then andhe came right up to me and she was

on her back hind legs and the hoofof her front leg went on my cheek,o sheshe was attacking me, said

Avon Lake, Ohio, resident CathyKrajny, ollowing her hospitaliza-ion and an attack on her back porch

by a white tail deer at 7 a.m. on June30, 2014.

I have an extremely vivid mem-ory rom my childhood o one o

many amily vacations to Jekyllsland. Sitting on our small side pa-io, I was witnessing a doe and hermall ospring oraging or ood in

our side yard. Not long beore thatpre-dawn encounter with a real-liedoe and awn, I had witnessed theeel-lie rendition o Walt Disneys

Bambi. he movie and its story alsoeave a lasting impression, and any

child who has seen the ilm willhave a hard time picturing a deerwith a mean streak.

Which brings me to anotherplace keen on legends and airyales. Georgias Golden Isles barrier

slands were largely once the play-ground o Americas wealthy. A ew

islands remain in private hands, andCumberland Island still is home todescendants o the Carnegie ami-ly. And on nearby Jekyll Island (nowa state park), a highlight o any visitis the Jekyll Historic District, longthe winter vacation season home oseveral o Americas wealthiest ami-lies.

hose Jekyll millionaires intro-duced many things to the islandincluding gol, the Federal ReserveBank and a number o non-nativeanimal species or wild game andhunting stock, including Europeanwild boar, European allow deerand the more common white-taileddeer. O the 50 mammal species onthe island identiied in a 2007 study,only the potentially present coyote

or bobcat are natural enemies to thedeer population, and when the Mil-lionaires Club let the island in the1940s, so largely did hunting season.

Deer are wild animals, andthough generally docile around hu-mans, attacks do occur. Ask a hunterabout meeting the business end othe antlers o a wounded buck or adoe protecting her awn, or morerecently, chat with Ms. Cathy Krajnyo Avon Lake, Ohio, while the stitch-es are still healing in her ace. hecity o Avon Lake, Ohio, a Clevelandsuburb, is considering an ordinancethat will allow or the culling owhite-tailed deer in the community.

During mating season, bucks o-

ten wander into populated areas andget into trouble. Former MinnesotaGov. Tim Pawlentyarrived earlyone morning or work at the statecapitol to the sound o shatteringglass and was nearly bowled overin the parking lot by a buck bound-ing away rom two windows it hadbroken. hough deer mating sea-son ends or most o the country inNovember (due to cold), it extendsinto January in south Georgia andFlorida.

Which brings me back to mybeloved Jekyll Island where no pro-gressive or land management deedgoes unpunished, and where due toa growing number o deer sightings,concerns and complaints, the JekyllIsland Authority Board (JIA) voted

on July 21 to reduce the islandsdeer population by 100. White taildeer are ar rom being loggerheadturtles, and are nowhere near anydanger o extinction.

he Citizens or Humane Animalreatment are protesting and urgingGeorgia citizens to contact GeorgiaGov.Nathan Dealto express theiranger and block the thinning o thedeer herd on Jekyll. he group is es-sentially demanding that Gov. Dealurge the JIA board to cancel theplanned massacre o the state parksdeer.

here are essentially two ways toreduce deer population. Hunting ortranquilizing, trapping and transer-

ring elsewhere. he latter optionis quite expensive and not withoutrisk or the humans doing the trans-planting.

Deer requently are hosts to awide variety o ticks and mites. henumber o tick-borne illness anddiseases increasingly inecting hu-mans via tick bites include RockyMountain spotted ever, Lyme dis-ease, and the more recent Southerntick-associated rash illness (SARI)as well as anaplasmosis, babesiosis,erlichiosis, relapsing ever and tula-remia. Google any o these and thensit back or a un read. ularemia isa bit rarer, but also transmitted viathe deer ly, and prolierates a bacte-ria that may also be converted into aweapon o bioterror.

Bambi obviously has a bit morebite these days. he residents o Je-kyll Island, as well as the hopeullyreturning and increasing visitorpopulation to the island, deserveprotection. Bring on the hunt!

Bill Crane also serves as a politicalanalyst and commentator for Channel2s Action News, WSB-AM News/Talk750 and now 95.5 FM, as well as acolumnist forThe Champion, Cham-pion Free Press andGeorgia Trend.Crane is a DeKalb native and businessowner, living in Scottdale. You canreach him or comment on a column [email protected].

Bill crane

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Avondale Estates and Lithonia:A tale of two cities on the WWW

Some cities are web- and socialmedia-challenged.

Lithonia, or example, is practi-cally nonexistent on the Internet. Iguess it did not get ensnared by theWorld Wide Web. I you GoogleLithonia, the first two hits will be

Lithonia Lighting and a Wikipediaentry or the city. In the Wikipediaentrys section on the citys history,Lithonia Lighting has 2.5 lines oext, ollowed by a line and a hal

about New Birth Missionary Baptist

Church.Continuing the Google search,s a pitiul page about Lithonia

on the Georgia.gov site and hitsor Lithonia High School, www.lightahome.com (which includesmore ino about Lithonia Light-ing), Lithonias Mapquest page andthen our more websites mentioning

Lithonia Lighting.Lithonia needs to borrow an idea

light bulb rom Lithonia Lightingand figure out how to get a presenceother than a lame Wikipedia entryon the Internet.

Perhaps the mayor o Lithoniacould meet with the mayor o Avon-dale Estates to talk about web pres-ences.

Te top two hits in a Googlesearch were Avondale Estates ownwebsite. And the Wikipedia pageor the city is much more extensive,with a brie history and sections onbusiness and entertainment, govern-

ment and inrastructure and educa-tion, demographics and geography.Te page has a couple o pictures

and a historic newspaper clipping.In addition to the standard and

ree witter and Facebook accounts,Avondale Estates has a great websitewith lots o pictures, up-to-date an-nouncements, city council meeting

agendas, minutes and audio.New residents are welcomed with

a tab with inormation on city hall,city council meetings, auto tags,business licenses, driver licenses,sanitation, local schools, utilitiesand other resources. And newcom-ers are invited to stop by city hall topick up a new resident packet.

Te citys website has a link toits bimonthly newsletter. Residentscan find various orms or applica-tions and permits. You want to beannexed by the city? Teres a linkor that. You want to have a paradein town? Teres a link or that. You

want to apply or a liquor license?Teres a link or that.Avondale Estates website is truly

a first stopand ofen a final stopor whatever inormation residentsand those wishing to do business inthe city need.

Trough its emailed CityHall eNews and random emails

throughout the week, residents arekept abreast o late-breaking citynews.

On June 26, when Fairfield Plazaresidents ound a small calico kit-ten crying and hungry at their backdoor, they snapped a picture and theinormation was blasted to the citysemail list.

Obituaries, ound keys and cell-phones, missing residents reportsall these make the eNews and keepresidents inormed.

Lithonia would do well to sendan email to [email protected] to get more ino on how to get

connected quickly and cheaply.

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COMMUNITY

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KAREN LYNN

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Georgia Piedmont Technical Collegeunveils multimedia program and labs

WhenMoneymagazinechose a representative fromGeorgia for its 50 Heroes,50 States feature in July, itpicked Karen Lynn.

Lynn is the founder andpresident of WOW In-Sync,a Tucker nonprofit organiza-tion helping marginalizedyoung adults develop life andcareer skills to fully engage inbusiness and community.

Moneymagazines featurearticle recognizes 50 heroes,one from each state, forcreating unique or creativeprograms that help people inregards to personal financemanagement or develop-ment.

I am deeply honored tobe listed among such an ex-traordinary group of people,Lynn said. More than recog-nizing me for the work I do, Iam grateful for this opportu-nity to show that people withdevelopmental disabilitiescan and should have as manyopportunities to be gainfullyemployed and live more in-dependent lives as their non-disabled peers.

Lynn was recognized forher 16 years of work help-ing to prepare marginalizedyoung adults, many with de-

velopmental disabilities andautism, for more indepen-dent living, including provid-ing them with basic livingand career skills.

In 1998, while manag-ing a post-production videocompany, she noticed thatsome recently hired work-ers were having troubleacclimating to their newassignments. The workershad various types of develop-mental disabilities, and Lynnrealized that while they hadbeen placed at the companyas part of a work placementprogram, no one had takenthe time to school them onbasic work skills and work-place etiquette. She devel-oped a training program andin a month, these same em-ployees went from packing35 pieces an hour to packing

350.Inspired by the results of

her program, Lynn startedHands for Hire in 1999,providing developmentallydisabled adults with businesstraining that would enablethem to secure wage-earning

jobs.In 2011, Lynn renamed

the organization WOW In-Sync, and now teaches 175adults with developmentaldisabilities and autismmost referred by state agen-ciescommunity integrationand money skills in additionto job training. Programparticipants get exposure todifferent workplaces to findwhat they are most interestedin pursuing, and those whomove on to jobs have a 95percent retention rate.

People with develop-mental disabilities want tohave a job, earn a wage andbe included and valued in

their work and community,Lynn said. My inspirationcomes from the hundreds ofyoung adults who have comethrough our program overthe past 16 years, provingto their communities, theirfamilies and themselves thatwith the right support andtraining, they can make valu-able contributions to society.


Weve gone through the industrial age,he technology and information age, to thisontent age now, this digital media age. And

we have to have programs like this that areon the cutting edge if we are going to be suc-essful over the long term.

Chris Clark, president and CEO of theGeorgia Chamber of Commerce, addressedlected officials, board members and the

public at the ribbon-cutting ceremonyor Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegesGPTC) design and media production tech-

nology labs and degree tracks.The one-year old program already has

00 students, with the expectation that totalnrollment will reach at least 500 within the

next few years, according to Dr. Jabari Si-mama, president of GPTC. Students in theive-semester program will graduate with

a degree in design and media production,with specialization options including graphicdesign and prepress, computer animation,web interface design, motion graphics, withelevision production offered fall 2014 andecording arts/sound engineering starting in

Spring 2015.In 2013 alone, DeKalb County played

host to 14 movies, 13 television series andight commercials, Simama said. Addition-

ally, DeKalb County is home to over 300businesses related to the music industry and70 in the gaming industry.

Simama said the goal of the program iso grow local talent for careers in those busi-

nesses, so local companies will have a localalent pool to pull from.

This college will become an even stron-ger anchor for the community, he said.Even aside of the fringe benefits, are thekills that the students will acquire to beompetitive in the industry.

To that end, the school now has a fullyquipped television production studio withnews desk, green screen and lighting. Acrosshe hall is a 30-screen Mac lab with high-esolution displays and equipped with theomplete Adobe Creative Suite.

During an open house July 24, JordanKemp was working on a mock letterheadfor a company called PC Ambulanz. He wasworking with Adobe Illustrator, a designsoftware similar to Photoshop, but more in-tended for graphical elements.

I am finishing up my core classes and, inthe spring, Ill be going into recording arts,Kemp said. After that, Il l get my degree. Iwant to start off as an engineer and work myway up to producer.

Student Brandon Hodge was previouslyworking as a property manager, but now is

interested in audio engineering as well.I have been wanting to do that since myearly 20s and I was told by people that werein industry that I would have to move to NewYork, move to California, Nashville, and Ididnt want to do any of that, he said. Butnow, with all of the movie studios cominghere, I was like OK, its time to do this.

Hodgesaid he has been able to meet andnetwork with audio engineers such as TeddyRiley, who has produced artists such as Mi-chael Jackson, Bobby Brown, Doug E. Freshand Usher. Riley was scheduled to be at theribbon cutting but had a last-minute obliga-tion.

County Commissioner Sharon BarnesSuttonwas in attendance as a parent. Her

son, Brian, is a student in the program.I am so excited for all of the opportuni-

ties that are available here, she said.

Commissioners Larry Johnson and Sharon Barnes Sutton along with GPTC president Jabari Simama cut theibbon on the television production studio, new to GPTC. Photos by Lauren Ramsdell

The DeKalb campus of GPTC now has a design andmedia production degree.


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COMMUNITY

AROUNDDEKALBAtlanta

Church to open expanded food pantry

wo years ago, Saint Philip AME Church un-der the guidance o the Nettie Lewis Moore Mis-ionary Society established the ood pantry or

emergency ood assistance. Since then, there hasbeen a steady increase in the number o appli-cants the pantry has served.

With unding rom a capacity building grantrom the Atlanta Community Food Bank, the

Nettie Lewis Moore Missionary Society has ex-panded into a larger acility and acquired su-ficient commercial equipment to increase ooddistribution to the community.

Te public is invited to join Pastor William D.Watleyand the missionary society to celebratehe ood pantry dedication and grand opening on

Saturday, Aug. 9, rom 1 to 2 p.m. Te pantry willbe open to serve eligible amilies afer the dedica-ion and will be hosting a ood drive. Saint Philip

AME Church is located at 240 Candler Road,Atlanta.

For more inormation, contact Anna Suttonat770) 713-4719.

Avondale Estates

Shrimp boil details announced

Avondale Community Club will host an all-day shrimp boil Aug. 16 at 59 Lakeshore. Formore inormation, visit www.avondaleestates.org/calendar.

Church to host mini vacation bible school

Avondale Pattillo United Methodist Churchwill host a mini-Vacation Bible School Aug. 2;rom 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kids Serving Kids is a

mission-directed study or ages 4 through 12 ea-uring stories, games, music and crats.

Children will be given lunch and will takehome age-appropriate school supplies to beused during the upcoming school year. o pre-egister or the event or donate school supplies,

email [email protected] or contactChildrens Ministries coordinator Julia Morganat (404) 284-9652. he church is located at 3260Covington Highway in Avondale Estates.

Brookhaven

Town Brookhaven to host movie screening

he comedy ilm Breakfast at Tiffanyswill becreened July 31 or Movies on the own! at

own Brookhaven. he event is ree and beginsat dusk on the green space. Music and announce-ments begin two hours prior. Attendees can comeearly, grab dinner and eat on the green space.

For more inormation, visit www.acebook.com/ownbrookhaven.

Decatur

Decatur City Schools go back to school Aug. 4

All grade levels in City Schools o Decatur areheaded back to school Aug. 4 or the start o the2014-2015 school year. New student orientationor Decatur High School will start at 6 p.m. July31. Meet and greets at each city school are sched-uled or various times on Aug. 1 and listed below: College Heights Early Childhood Learning

Center 3 p.m. 4/5 Academy at Fifth Avenue 3 p.m. Renfroe Middle School 4 p.m. All K-3 schools (Winnona Park, Westchester,

Oakhurst, Glennwood, Clairemont) 5 p.m.For more inormation and to see the school

year calendar, visit www.csdecatur.net and clickQuick Links and then Calendar.

Book festival keynote tickets available Aug. 5

ickets or the Decatur Book Festival key-note address will be available Aug. 5. he tickets,which are ree, can be collected at the SchwartzCenter or Perorming Arts, by calling the Artsat Emory Box Oice at (404) 727-5050, or by

visiting www.tickets.arts.emory.edu. Phone andonline orders will incur a $4 processing ee. Alimited number o tickets are also available at ACappella Books, Charis Books & More, Eagle EyeBooks, and Little Shop o Stories.

ickets are required to see the keynote ad-dress, delivered at 8 p.m. Aug. 29 at Emory Uni-

versitys Schwartz Center or Perorming Arts.he keynote speaker is Joyce Carol Oates, authoro more than 40 novels and dozens o short sto-ries, novellas, plays and essays. Oates will intro-duce a new short story collection, Lovely, Dark,Deep: Stories,during the keynote.

More inormation can be ound at www.deca-turbookestival.com.

Public invited to Christian fellowship event

he public is invited to a ree Christian ellow-ship event Sunday, Aug. 3, at 5 p.m. at GreshamPark Christian Church, 2819 Flat Shoals Road,Decatur. he speaker is Tony Sullivan, pastor oLester Road Christian Church and the theme isBuilding Blocks or Change: Prayer and GodsWords. For more inormation, call (404) 241-4511.

DoravilleSoccer tournament scheduled

Cross Keys Sustainable Neighborhood Initia-tive will host a ree soccer tournament Aug. 2 atHoneysuckle Park in Doraville. Game times arerom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. he event will also includeree ood and kids entertainment. he park is

located at 3037 Pleasant Valley Drive. For moreinormation, email [email protected].

Lithonia

Superior Court clerk to host CommunityAppreciation Day

DeKalb County Superior Court Clerk DebraDeBerryis hosting the second Annual Com-munity Appreciation Day, Saturday, Aug. 2, rom5 to 9 p.m. at Browns Mill Aquatic Facility, 4929Browns Mill Road, Lithonia.

he special event will include complimentaryentry into the acility, a complimentary oodticket and music. he amily-oriented event isdesigned to thank residents or their ongoingsupport.

For more inormation on Community Ap-

preciation Day at Browns Mill Aquatic Facility,please call DeBerrys oice at (404) 371-2251.

Stone Mountain

Tuckerstone Parkway road improvementsease the Stone Mountain commute

Roadway deterioration along uckerstoneParkway has been completed, making the com-mute saer.

he construction repaired damage to curbsand asphalt rom heavy tractor trailer and MAR-A traic. Similar repairs were made to the inter-section o uckerstone and North Royal. DeKalbCounty managed the road repairs in coordinationwith the Stone Mountain Community Investment

District (CID).Engineer Larry Kaiser o Collaborative Inra-

structure Services stated that approximately 200eet o roadway along one lane o uckerstoneParkway was replaced with stronger sub-suracematerial and new paving. Curbs and gutters werealso replaced.

We want to thank Peggy Allen, associate di-rector o DeKalb County Roads & Drainage, orher eicient management o this vital road im-provement project, said Stone Mountain CIDPresidentEmory Morsberger.

he Stone Mountain CID also completednew landscaping along Mountain IndustrialBoulevard this month. Flowering crepe myrtleswere planted along the median between South

Royal and uckerstone Parkway. Morsberger saidthe planting was unded by the SMCID member-ship, and more landscaping projects are planned.

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Restaurant InspectionsEstablishment Name: American DeliAddress: 2434 Gresham Road, Suite ACurrent Score/Grade: 51/UInspecon Date: 07/23/2014

Observaons and Correcve AconsEmployee observed taking raw sh llet from container,placing in baer to put in fryer, then remove gloves anddonned and placed new gloves on hands. Advised PIC andemployees hand must be washed aer handling raw animalproduct. COS- employee washed hands. Corrected On-Site.New Violaon.Hand sink used for acvity other than hand washing.Employee rinsing o red sanizing cloths in back handsink.Back handsink had a bulk container of peach drink stored init.Front Food Service handsink had sanizing bucket stored onit.Food not protected from contaminaon by separang rawanimal foods during storage, prep, holding, and displayfrom cooked or raw ready-to-eat foods. About 5 crates oftwo dozen eggs stored on shelves in WIC by and aboveready to eat foods (sour cream containers, sliced tomatoes,pickles, vegetables, sauces. Prep Cooler raw chicken wasstored by sliced tomatoes with no separaon. Advised PICto only stored beef philly and raw chicken in front and allother ready to eat and cooked items behind for adequateseparaon. COS- PIC relocated raw shelled eggs and slicedtomatoes. Corrected On-Site. New Violaon.Cold-held potenally hazardous foods not maintained below41F; no me controls/documentaon in place.

Establishment Name:Lucky China RestaurantAddress: 2179 Lawrenceville Highway, Suite DCurrent Score/Grade: 71/CInspecon Date: 07/23/2014

Observaons and Correcve AconsFailure to post food safety cercaon in public view. PICprovided CFSM cercate. Keep posted for public view.Corrected On-Site. New Violaon.Double handwashing procedure not used when employeesre-enter the food prep area. Observed employee re-enterinto kitchen and engage in food prep and not wash hands.Employee not using an eecve means of restraint forhair, beard, or mustache longer than inch. Upon arrival,observed employee handling food with no hair restraint on.Employee put on hat.Cold holding unit not maintaining ambient temperature of41F or below (reading at 86F); holding sauces & condiments.

Establishment Name: Cafe 160Address: 160 Clairmont AvenueCurrent Score/Grade: 65/UInspecon Date: 07/23/2014

Observaons and Correcve AconsEmployees washing their hands in a sink used for food prepor in a mop sink..03(5)(d)Observed employee wash hands at 3 compartment sink.Advised to wash hands at hand sink.Employee washed hands at hand sink.Food not protected from contaminaon by separang rawanimal foods during storage, prep, holding, and display fromcooked or raw ready-to-eat foods.Observed bread laying on top of raw shelled eggs in frontreach in cooler.Observed raw shelled eggs stored in boom compartment incooler with chicken and tuna salad.Observed cooked chicken, canned tuna and bread storedwith raw chicken and raw cheesesteak in whirlpool cooler.Advised on proper food storage pracces.Ready to eat foods were stored above raw meats.Cold-held potenally hazardous foods (grilled chicken-51F,53F, chicken salad-55F, tuna-52F raw shelled eggs-55F,turkey-53F) not maintained below 41F; no me controls/documentaon in place.Advised to maintain potenally hazardous foods at 41F or

below.Food was placed at prep top and reach in at 11 AM thismorning. Advised to discard everything in cooler at 3 PMtoday.

Decatur updating developmentand building regulationsby Carla [email protected]

Decatur has begun a process to cleanup some o its city ordinances through the

proposed Uniied Development OrdinanceUDO).

he UDO is a yearlong project that; ti-dies up the inconsistencies, incorporatescertain goals rom the citys strategic planand consolidates everything into a single,easy and uniied document to address de-velopment regulations.

Were looking to take several dierentordinance chapter codes rom our existingcode related to land development and put itnto one, hopeully, easy-to-understand and

updated document, said Decatur PlanningDirector Amanda Thompson. Weve hadordinances adopted in 1967, 1988, all overhe board, and we want to give those a look,

put them in todays language with updateddeinitions, graphics and illustrations toexplain the narrative and text o the docu-ment.

he city held public drop-in sessionsabout the proposed Uniied DevelopmentOrdinance July 21-24 at various locationsaround the city. he sessions gave home-owners and potential builders an opportu-nity to view the drat o the UDO.

As people come in were going throughhose major changes and just getting peopleamiliar with the code so that they can readt on their own, hompson said.

he project began in September 2013

with meetings to review how the UDOshould be approached and structured, andto determine any areas o potential regula-tion that would require urther discussion.

In the spring, Hack the Code sessions

were held in the community to exploreour identiied areas: community character,stormwater, green building (environmen-tal regulations) and zoning categories toexpand the citys allowable housing types.hompson said residents also providedcomments and direction through www.de-caturnext.com, the projects site.

In May, the citys planning departmentassessed the all the comments, sought areaso agreement or potential compromise andbegan work on the comprehensive drat.he irst drat was viewed during the publicdrop-in sessions.

he initial public comment and reviewperiod will end Aug. 8.

On Aug. 12, a big work session will beheld with all o the citys boards and com-missions, hompson said. Ater we getall that eedback well revise and release asecond drat, which will have a commentperiod o Aug. 18 to Sept. 5.

he inal drat will be submitted to thecity commission or consideration o adop-tion. he public will also have another op-portunity to speak on the inal drat.

In October, [the city commission] willconsider some changes to regulate ordi-nances, hompson said. We want to makesure that whatever changes we make arecompatible to other city codes.

Two Decatur residents talk to Planning Director Amanda Thompson (left) at the Decatur Recreation Centerduring the public drop-in sessions about the proposed Unied Development Ordinance. Photo provided


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Owner of proposed liquor store withdraws application for special land use permit

by Carla [email protected]

Ater receiving backlashrom the community, a li-

quor store owner decided to

withdraw his application ora special land use permit toell alcohol out o a vacant

property on LawrencevilleHighway in Decatur.

At a July 22 DeKalbCommissioners hearing,Matthew Miller, who ownshe property at 2788 Law-enceville Highway, read aetter rom Basil Gordon

which announced his with-drawal o an application ora special land use permit oran alcohol outlet. he com-missioners unanimously ac-

cepted Gordons withdrawal.Residents in the area hadought against the liquortore because they believe it

would attract more crime.here were 112 crimes

within a one and a halmile radius o that location,mostly drug and alcohol re-ated crimes, said resident

Chuck Maxwell.In the letter, Gordon said

he understands the concernso the residents and it wasone o the reasons he with-drew his application.

hey seemed to be tired

o the crime in their neigh-borhoods, Gordon said.I ask the commissioner to

work with residents on stop-ping crime.

Gordon also stated in theetter that he was surprised

by the outrage rom thecommunity.

My proposed plan oopening an alcohol outlet isa legitimate and legal busi-ness model, Gordon stated.I want to open a nice, up-cale store void o window

posters and void o any bars

on the windows.Gordon said his businesswould have added severalobs, brought revenue to the

countys tax base and cre-ated competition to anotheriquor store, S & N Package

Store, which is less than hala mile rom the proposedocation.

On July 8, DeKalb Coun-y Department o Planning

and Sustainability commis-ion members unanimouslyecommended denying apecial land-use permit to

allow the store to sell liquor.

According to the sta re-port, the proposed liquoroutlet did not meet propertycodes among other con-cerns.

During the review pro-cess, sta determined thatthe subject property is locat-ed approximately 125 yardsrom the nearest residentialproperty, the report read.An alcohol outlet must beat least 200 yards rom the

nearest residence in order tosell distilled liquor.

he planning commis-sion also recommended de-nying the permit because othe site conditions.

An alcohol outlet hasthe potential to draw high

levels o customer traic,which could cause conges-tion at the intersection oLawrenceville Highway andMontreal Road, the reportread. In addition, it is dii-cult or vehicles to maneuverwithin the site. he small

size o the site means thatthere is room or only onecurb cut on Montreal Road,and it is located less than200 eet rom the intersec-tion.


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Elementary school wins facelift competitionby Lauren [email protected]

Chapel Hill Elementary School,ocated closer to Henry County thanhe city o Decatur, needed someove. Built in 1967 and ormerly a

K-8 school, it was converted back toan elementary school but retainedvestiges o the middle school relo-

cated to another campus behind theelementary school.Beore it just had Chapel Hill,

DeKalb County, said MichelleShelton, chie development oicerat Georgia United Credit Union.heres a middle school behind it

but nobody knew whether it was amiddle school, or this was the el-ementary school.

Shelton was gesturing toward thenewly installed sign above ChapelHills main entrance. It now readsChapel Hill Elementary School,

DeKalb County in bright blue let-ers.

Georgia United Credit Unionponsored its irst School Crashers

acelit competition event on July 25and 26 at Chapel Hill Elementary. InApril, 352 schools rom across Geor-gia sent applications to the credit

union, which started as a bank orteachers. O them, Chapel Hill waspicked.

According to a Georgia Unitedspokesperson, a mother o a studentat Chapel Hill Elementary wrote in.he letter asked or some happi-ness to be brought to the campus.he student reportedly asked whythere were no lowers and why the

school was dank and dark.We had a landscaper come inand put in lower beds with easy,manageable lowers or the school tokeep up, but really just adding thatbit o color, Shelton said.

he schools colors are blue andyellow, so bright yellow lilies nowbloom in ront o every entrance.In the bus drop-o lane, a memorygarden with butterly bushes wasinstalled in a median. It honors thememory o Autumn Mack, a kin-dergartener who was struck by a carand killed on Halloween in 2013.

Gone is the hospital-green paint-ed brick around the main and side

entrances, gone are the peeled andchipping doorjambs. Vibrant bluepaint, donated by DeKalb CountySchools, transormed these portalsrom sad and tired to exciting and

energizing, according to school o-icials. Blue and yellow paw printslead rom the driveway and parkinglots to the main entrance.

We were originally going to dojust the caeteria, but decided i wecan stretch it a little arther then weshould do that, Shelton said.

Around the building, everythingexcept the physical ootprint o the

building has changed. he teach-ers got a new break room, while theprincipal and assistant principalgot new desks. hough the schoolretains some o the characteristicso mid-1960s architecture, such asclosed-in hallways, narrow door-rames and tiny windows, the over-all eect is less oppressive.

he library, although it was ingood shape, had nearly 50-year oldcarpet. Mohawk Carpet, based inDalton, Ga, worked with a localGeorgia United branch to donate anew loor covering. Other corporatesponsors included Home Depot,which donated pine straw or land-

scaping, and Dunkin Donuts, whichbrought breakast or the morning

volunteer crew.he most transormative work

was done in the caeteria. he

schools mascot, the panther, provedtoo intense or some o the youngerstudents when the school was K-8.

In the caeteria there were twoscary panthers, Shelton said. Wehired a muralist to come in andpaint the new panther. his is whatshe did, he said, showing the newartwork.

he caeteria is now painted like

a Mediterranean streetscape. Soon,new tables with attached seatingwill arrive and students will no lon-ger have to use dingy and batteredchairs that squeak.

Shelton said the credit unionwill likely sponsor another SchoolCrashers next year. For this year,they had to cap volunteers at 150because o overwhelming commu-nity support. hey also announcedive runner-up schools, which willreceive a cash donation o $5,000-$10,000 to put toward their renova-tion projects. hose schools includeCary Reynolds Elementary inDoraville.

We are always looking to appre-ciate teachers, so this was sort o my

view o how do I get the communitysupport, Shelton said.

Paint was donated by the DeKalb County SchoolDistrict to refresh Chapel Hill Elementary School inblue and yellow.

Volunteers dance The Wobble during a lunch break.Photos by Lauren Ramsdell

The cafeteria at Chapel Hill Elementary School has been transformedinto a Mediterranean piazza thanks to Melaneys Murals.

Panther paw prints lead from the parking lot to themain entrance.

Chapel Hill Elementary, formerly a K-8 school, got anew sign thanks to School Crashers.

The school won the rst Georgia United Credit Union School Crasherscompetition. The school needed a refresh of its mascot, formerly afrightening panther.

Volunteers sort books in the schools library.


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tone Mountain Park hosted the DockDogs World Championship Qualier event July 25-27. The three-day event of canine dock diving competitions was held on Memorial Lawn in a 40-oot pool. The best dog and handler teams will be selected to go on to the DockDogs World Championship. The competition featured three DockDogs disciplines. The rst discipline is

Outdoor Big Air where the dog jumps for distance. The second discipline is Extreme Vertical where the dog jumps for height. The nal discipline is Speed Retrieve where the dog jumpsnd swims for the fastest time. Photos by Travis Hudgons

Crystal McClaran and Bo. Bo is ranked the No. 1 Iron Dog and the No. 1 Extreme Vertical Dog in addition to setting a totalof nine world records.


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Clarkston Community Center awarded

national grant for arts incubatorby Lauren [email protected]

he Clarkston CommunityCenter, host to activities romcontra dancing to juggling les-ons, was awarded a $50,000

grant rom the National Endow-ment or the Arts (NEA) Ourown initiative. he grant willhelp create an arts incubatorprogram at the center, whereartisans rom Clarkstons diversenternational population can

keep their traditions alive.Our own started in 2011

and it is our arts-based commu-

nity development program, saidVictoria Hutter, assistant direc-tor o public aairs and mediarelations with the NEA. Andthe way that we describe that isin this kind o work, where thepublic, private and nonproitcommunities shape the com-munity around arts and culturalactivities.

According to McKenzieWren, executive director o theClarkston Community Center, orCCC, that sort o community o-

cus on arts and culture is some-thing she has worked to cultivate.

What we have been do-

South DeKalb YMCA holding tours of its greenspaceby Andrew [email protected]

Located on 18 acres90 percento which is greenspaceis the SouthDeKalb YMCA.

On Aug. 12, the DeKalb CountyBoard o Commissioners is expectedo consider whether it wants to part-

ner with the YMCA o Metro At-anta to upgrade the South DeKalb

YMCA, located at 2565 SnapingerRoad, Decatur.

Under the agreement, the countywould pay $4.9 million to buy theproperty; the YMCA would reinvestall o the proceeds to renovate andexpand the acility.

he expansion will include10,000 square eet o new space orexercise studios, an expanded com-mon area; pool sitting area, amilyockers, and new oice space.

Additionally, 39,000 square eeto existing space will be renovated.

his includes the wellness center,multipurpose rooms and lockerrooms. Outside, there will be a wa-ter play eature and pavilions.

he master plan or the YMCAacility includes the cleanup o theland around its retention pond, saidCurtis Winston, executive directoro the South DeKalb YMCA. Itsgoing to be clean. here will be awalking track thats going to circlethe entire 18 acres.

Once complete, you will have

this space available to the commu-nity. heres not much greenspace inthis area. Were bounded by a wholelot o subdivisions because o thedensity issue in south DeKalb, saidCommissioner Larry Johnson, inwhose district the acility is located.

With limited availability withinthe county or parks, walking trailsand other outdoor amenities thatpromote enjoying the outdoors andliving healthier lives, the space sur-

rounding the South DeKalb YMCAis incredibly valuable, Johnson said.

Some commissioners say the pro-posed agreement needs more nego-tiation and transparency.

Commissioners Kathie Gannonand Jeff Raderreleased a joint letterin June calling or the YMCA boardo directors to withdraw rom theproposed agreement so the countycould renegotiate the plan.

Gannon and Rader also saidthey have reservations about the

proposed agreement that would usecounty greenspace acquisition bondrevenues to purchase the acility andlease it back to the YMCA or $1 peryear or 50 years.

Johnson and Winston want thepublic to visit the acility and see itspotential.

he South DeKalb YMCA isholding walking tours o its greens-pace the schedule or the tours is as

ollows: Saturday, July 26, at 9 a.m. and9:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at 8:30 a.m., 9

a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at 8:30 a.m., 9

a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.

his is a wonderul opportunityor people to see the potential; thetours will allow citizens to visual-ize the many possibilities, Winston

said. Ultimately, availability tothese eatures would greatly enhancethe quality o lie or South DeKalbresidents and all DeKalb Countyresidents who choose to partake.

O the Metro Atlanta YMCA 27traditional YMCAs, Winston said,this is the only YMCA in DeKalbCounty that has this type o acreagein which a lot can be done.

A camper at Clarkston Community Centers Art at the Center summer camp strums a ukulele andsings to fellow campers. The community center was awarded a $50,000 grant from the NationalEndowment for the Arts for an artist incubator program. Photo by Lauren Ramsdell

See Center on page 20A

DeKalb County commissioners are scheduled to vote Aug. 12 on whether to pay $4.9 million for the South DeKalb YMCA. Photos by Andrew Cauthen


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deceaseds spirit standing near her opencasket as one o her earliest experiences.Being small, Newell couldnt see into thecoffin but saw the woman standing upnearby, trying to contact her.

I got, little Boo, shes going to be agreat writer; shes got a good imaginationor, stop doing that, you know youre notsupposed to be telling lies, but I nevercould lose it and I stayed petrified up untilabout 20 years ago, Newell said.

Around then, Newell started doingreadings or riends and amily, or ree.Afer a time, and having people suggestshe do it ull time, she started charging orher services at around $100 per hour. Shecan be retained at boonewell.com

I do not go around sniffing into peo-ples energy and business and things, shesaid. Its not ethical and its bad karma.

She also leads the Decatur Ghost our,

a spine-tingling journey around down-town Decatur and culminating in the oldDecatur cemetery. Newell and a riendwere conducting research in the cemeteryand, in her words, the level o spirit activ-ity was distracting rom the main task.

Tere was this ghost, that ghost, quitea ew ghosts, and it turns out it is one othe oldest public cemeteries in Georgia,Newell said.

She and her riend Teri Ricedecided tostart a tour to introduce Decatur resi-dents to the numerous spirits stalking thestreets. Rice did the historical research,and Newell investigated reported paranor-mal activity. Tey sourced locations romresidents who claimed theyd been affectedby ghostly activity, and Newell did a cold-reading, where a psychic medium goes toa location with no prior knowledge and at-tempts to contact a spirit. With the histori-cal inormation plus Newells interactions,the ghost tour was born.

Sounds like a bunch o hokum? Newellsaid she doesnt mind. While she said sheexperiences the paranormal, she is bluntthat other people wont believe it. On agood ghost tour, you dont have to believein ghosts or the paranormal, Newell said.Youre going to come and enjoy it and itsgoing to be un. Youll get the historicalinormation and the olklore o the area.

Her current assistant, Beth Sullivan,

said she doesnt have the same abilities.But, o course, as a proessional medi-um, Newell does believe and narrates thestories o spirits she and tour members in-teract with. Teres James, a man publicly

hanged or killing his amily whose spiritstill lurks in shame near the old court-house. Vanessa, a woman o ill repute,hangs out in the Square Pub harassingpatrons. Tere are children, Herman andLucy, who reportedly still play with otherkids at the recreation center.

Te ghosts absolutely love the tour; wehandle them respectully, not like a poodle

jumping through the hoops. We dont treatthe ghosts like that.

Tey walk up to people and play intheir hair; they eel the ghost cold wherethe spirit moves in on their energy. Teycome thinking theyre going to be enter-tained guess who the ones being enter-tained are? You are the ones providing theentertainment.

Christine Nelsonand her riend LorriClarktraveled rom the Lawrencevillearea to experience Decaturs ghosts. Tey

brought an electromagnetic field reader toattempt to connect with the ghosts and avoice recorder to see i any vocalizationswere made.

Te spirits use their energy to manip-ulate the lights, Nelson said. I have seenthem light it all the way up in response toquestions.

Newell said most ghosts are trappedspirits who need some kind o help. Teyapproach people who can experience themor assistance, or perhaps just out o con-usion many times, children.

Ever since I was little I have hadexperiences, Nelson said, echoing New-ells story. I have always had a ascinationbecause o it and since then I have donemy own research.

Many spirits dont know they areghosts, or how to act in their spectralorm, according to Newell. She sometimeshelps spirits cross to the other side ithey are amenable to doing so, she said.She works with them to realize the earthlyrealm is no longer their home, find peaceand move on.

Te ones in Decatur have a kind oagreement to hang around or educationalpurposes, or they arent aware they areeven dead, she said, so her help wouldntbe welcome anyway.

Te tour is really about humanizingthem, because they were human at one

time, Newell said. Teyre not inherentlyevil.o participate in the ghost tour, contact

Newell or Sullivan via www. decaturghost-tour.com.

We should encumberthatmeans weve made money com-mitments because were con-racting or serviceswithin a

five-year period between 2012and the end o 2016, he said.Were ramping up rapidly right

now. Tere will be quite a bitgoing on in the second hal ohis year.

In 2010, the DeKalb CountyBoard o Commissionersapproved billion-dollarmprovements to DeKalbs

water and sewer system. Athe time, county officials said

approximately $20 million-$30million would be allocatedo addressing requirements

o a consent decree in whichDeKalb County agreed topay a $453,000 penalty romhe ederal Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA)or excessive sewage spills.

Te county also agreed to

mplement a $600,000 streamleanup project, ocusing ondebris removal rom parts ohe South River, South Fork

Peachtree Creek and SnapfingerCreek.

So ar, the countysompleted projects include:

Sanitary Sewer Evaluation orNorthork Peachtree CreekBasin; Polebridge Creek BasinEasement Clearing; SnapfingerWastewater reatment PlantExpansion Phase 1; andDunwoody Lane Petition SewerProject.

Additionally, we have aot o smaller projects, bothewer and water, that have beenompleted, Saunders said.

He said there are two majorprojects that will be complete

soon. Tose projects, which willhave upcoming ribbon-cuttingceremonies, include two pumpstations at North Shallowordand illy Mill areas.

Te county also has com-pleted booster pump projects atthe Scott Candler Waste Waterreatment Plant and five watertanks have been painted andrepaired around the county.

Te biggest project o theCIP is the second phase o theSnapfinger Wastewater reat-ment Plant expansion. Teboard o commissioners isreviewing the bidders or this$200 million project, whichSaunders said has three strongbids.

We should have board ap-proval real soon, Saunders said.

Saunders said the CIP willincorporate hundreds o indi-

vidual projects.A large amount o the

projects are to be driven by theassessment that we do as part othe rehabilitation o the sewers,Saunders said. Until that isdone, we really dont know whatall the projects are going to be.

We have certainly budgetedmonies or a certain numbero projects, but we dont know[how many yet]. All I can say isthere will be hundreds o proj-ects, he said.

Once the county hires a CIPprogram manager by the endo the year, it will have a betterpicture o what we can expect.

Tats where a lot o thishelp is coming, Saunders said.Tats where youre going tosee a significant increase in thework thats done.

A tour patron shows his spectral image, captured on his phone atthe First Presbyterian Church. Photos by Lauren Ramsdell

Christine Nelson of Lawrence-ville demonstrates her electro-magnetic eld reader, using itto communicate with spirits.

he repainting of this water tank near Avondale Estates is one of several proj-cts completed in the countys billion-dollar watershed capital improvementroject. Photo by Andrew Cauthen


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he Clarkston CityCouncil may soon considerchanges to its ethics com-mittee ordinance ater a re-porter rom The Championwas banned rom bringinga digital camera to a recentethics hearing.

On July 17, Clarkstonsethics committee held apublic hearing concerningan ethics complaint againstMayor Ted Terry. ClarkstonPolice oicers stopped thereporter rom entering theClarkston City Hall with acamera and the reporter wasrestricted rom shooting

still photography during thehearing a.When the reporter ad-

dressed her concern withClarkston Police ChieChristine Hudson, she wastold that the ethics commit-tee members did not wanttheir photos taken becausethey are volunteers.

The Championiled awritten complaint with thecity ater the meeting statingits opinion that the commit-

tees action was a violationo the Georgia Open Meet-ings Act which states visualand sound recording duringopen meetings shall be per-mitted.

In a letter to The Cham-pion, Stephen Quinn,Clarkstons city attorney,states that the ClarkstonEthics Committee is notsubject to the Open Meet-ings Act because it is an ad-

visory body with no powerto take any oicial action.

he ethics committeemerely receives evidenceand makes a recommenda-tion to the city council, theattorney states.

Quinn stated that the

only limitation on publicattendance was that videoand photography were notpermitted.

he decision to pro-hibit video and photographywas made by the volunteermembers o the ethics com-mittee because cameras inthe hearing made them eeluncomortable and theybelieved such equipmentwould distract rom the pur-pose o the hearing, Quinn

stated.Clarkston City Man-

ager KeithBarkertold TheChampionon July 21 that hewill recommend to our citycouncil that we revise ourcity ordinance to allow vid-eotaping.

Currently, the citys or-dinance is silent on that is-sue, said Barker, adding thathe will put an agenda itembeore the council to autho-rize city oicials to developa new and revised ethicsordinance and to incorpo-rate our position on videosin the ordinance.

Barker said the city haspreviously installed camerasto record and stream video

o the city council and otherdecision-making bodies inthe administration.

I come down on moretransparency than less,Barker said. My attitudeis that we cant really doenough to get inormationout to the public. We needto ocus on the issue at handand not get sidetracked onany First Amendment is-sues, he added.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIEDthat on the 4th day of November 2014, an election will be held in

all of the precincts of the City of Brookhaven. At the election there will be submitted to the qualified voters of

the City of Brookhaven for their determination the question of whether a local law enacted by the General

Assembly of the State of Georgia, authorizing the City of Brookhaven to exercise all redevelopment and other

powers under Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the

Redevelopment Powers Law, as such law may be amended from time to time, should be approved or

rejected.

Voters desiring to vote for the approval of such local law shall do so by voting YES and voters

desiring to vote for the rejection of such local law shall do so by voting NO, as to the question propounded,

to-wit:

Shall the Act be approved which authorizes the City of Brookhaven to exercise all redevelopment

powers allowed under the Redevelopment Powers Law, as it may be amended from time to time?

The several places for holding the election shall be in the regular and established precincts of the City

of Brookhaven, and the polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date fixed for the election.

Those qualified to vote at the election shall be determined in all respects in accordance and in conformity with

the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America and of the State of Georgia.

The last day to register to vote in this special election is October 6, 2014, through 5:00 p.m.

CITY OF BROOKHAVEN

By: /s/ Susan D. HiottMunicipal Election Superintendent

opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color.I truly believe education is the foundation for minimiz-

ng the various disparities plaguing our youth, James said. Iam honored and humbled by this tremendous recognition.

Former DeKalb officer sentenced for violation of oath

Former DeKalb County police officer Jeremy Reynoldswas sentenced to 10 years in prison after a jury found him

guilty of violating the oath by a publicofficer.

The jury found Reynolds guilty ontwo counts of violation of oath by apublic officer, but not guilty of a singleaggravated sodomy count. Reynoldsmust serve the first five years of his sen-tence behind bars. The balance of hissentence will be served on probation.

Reynolds took an oath to protectand serve the people of DeKalb County.Instead, he used his badge to attemptto subject women to unthinkable actswhile on duty, said DeKalb County

District Attorney Robert James. Its always disheartening toee sworn officers violate the publics trust.Reynolds, while on duty, approached two different women

on different occasions and asked them for sexual favors. Dur-ng the sentencing hearing, one of the victims pleaded with

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Courtney Johnsontoend Reynolds to jail.

I think I was in a place where God let this happen to meo I could stand up for other women who he may have donehis to, said Yvonne Ruiz, who was propositioned by Reyn-

olds in 2010.Hopefully this sentence will offer the victims and their

amily some level of closure, James said.

Red, White and New celebration to honor new

AmericansRefugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of At-

anta (RRISA) and Refugee Family Services (RFS), bothDeKalb-based organizations, invite the community to attendheir annual Red, White and New celebration on Friday, Aug., at 6:30 p.m. at Mason Murer Fine Art, 199 Armour Drive

NE, Atlanta.This years celebration also will honor Ralph de la Vega,

president and CEO of AT&T Mobility.Red, White and New is a celebration of Americas newest

itizens and benefits RRISA and RFS, enabling the organiza-ions to assist refugees, asylees and victims of human traf-icking to successfully rebuild their lives in the greater Atlan-a area, according to an announcement by the organizations.

In its second year, the annual celebration will offer elegantnternational cuisine, a live and silent auction, and a ceremo-

ny honoring de la Vega with the Friend of Freedom Award,which is presented annually to a leader in Georgia who hasdemonstrated an outstanding contribution to promoting theause of refugees. De la Vega fled Cuba as a young refugeemmigrant in the 1960s and built a career in the U.S., risingo CEO of AT&T Mobility in 2007.

RRISA welcomed 468 refugees in the Atlanta area in 2013.With RRISAs assistance, 80 percent of the refugee familiesRRISA assists are self-sufficient within six months of ar-ival. RFS serves refugees in the metro Atlanta area, focusing

on women and children who are often left behind by otherprograms. The organization serves more than 2,000 womenand children each year through youth services, womens pro-grams and civic engagement.

Having served the refugee population in Georgia for de-ades, RRISA and RFS will officially merge on Oct. 1. The

2014 Red, White and New event will provide the first publicunveiling of the merged organizations new name and logobefore the official brand launch.

Reynolds

Clarkston considering changes after reporterrestricted from photographing ethics meeting


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DeKalb County SchoolDistrict (DCSD) studentshave maintained or gainedproiciency in all but onesubject area o the state end-o-course tests (EOCs),assessments given at the endo high-school level courses.

Proiciency in-creased in the ol-lowing areas: ninthgrade literature (79percent proicient, uprom 77), Americanliterature (88 percentproicient, up rom

86), economics (80percent proicient,up rom 78), physicalscience (68 percentproicient, up rom67) and coordinatealegebra (30 percentproicient, up rom26).

Scores decreasedin biology, rom 63to 62 percent proi-cient, and remainedsteady in U.S. history with70 percent proiciency. Newthis year was a test in ana-lytic geometry, o which 30

percent o students wereproicient.

he EOC indicateda need or more rigorousintervention in improvingperormance in mathematicsand we are responding withactions that will directly ad-dress this need, said DCSDSuperintendent MichaelThurmondin a statement.

However, the State Boardo Education has said thatnext year the EOCs andCriterion-Reerenced Com-petency ests (CRCs) will

be eliminated in avor o theGeorgia Milestones test orgrades three-12 rather than

a series o individual tests.As previously reported,

CRC scores improved in

our out o ive subject ar-eas: reading, English andlanguage arts, science andsocial studies. Scores de-creased in mathematics.

However, one DeKalbschool, Wadsworth Magnet,achieved a 100 percent at

or exceeding standards rateor all CRC tests. KittredgeMagnet School achieved 100percent in all tests but one.

Six other DeKalb schools Austin Elementary, DeKalbSchool o the Arts eighthgrade, Fernbank Elemen-tary, Montgomery Elemen-tary, Oak Grove Elementaryand Vanderlyn Elementaryscored 90 percent or higherin all tests.

More good news or theschool district came in mid-July with a report releasedby AdvancED, the nonproitthat accredits school dis-tricts, including DCSD.

Overall, the school sys-tem is making great stridesin creating steps that ocuson serving the needs o

the children in the DeKalbCounty School District, Ad-

vancED wrote in the report.

DeKalbs status is curren-ty accreditation warned.Citing 14 required actionsrequested by the SouthernAssociation o Colleges andSchools, or SACS, a part oAdvancED, the report statesthe county is making mate-

rial progress to meet thoseactions.

he report states thatboard o education meetings

are no longer contentiousaairs and are conductedwith civility. It also mentionsthe reversal o budget issuesrom a $14 million deicitin 2012 to a now-surplus o$10.8 million.

While the school systemhas made tremendous prog-ress in iscal management,governance, systemic changemanagement, technology,and the implementation othe strategic plan, the domi-nant actor will be sustain-ability as leadership changesoccur in the coming year,the report said.

The school system is making

great strides in creating

steps that focus on serving

the needs of the children.

AdvancED

DeKalb student wins awardfor shoe drive projectby Lauren [email protected]

Ivana Warrenloves togive back in any way she can.

For school projects andupply drives, shell give ev-

erything away, said IlaneWarren, her mother. Imike, OK, you know you needupplies for school, too.

Thats why at a camphrough DeKalb County

parks and recreation lastummer, Ivana was inspiredo start Shoes for Change, ahoe drive collecting gently

used pairs to send to peoplen Africa. A man, originally

rom Africa, talked about hisexperience collecting and do-nating shoes.

Ivana was recently rec-ognized by Kohls Cares, thephilanthropic arm of Kohlsdepartment stores. She re-ceived a $1,000 scholarshipbased on her record of volun-eering.

At Kohls we believe ingiving back to our commu-nities, and we are delightedo honor the more than

2,300 local level winnersnationwide who have given

heir time and talent to doust that, said Bevin Bailis,Kohls senior vice presidentof communications and pub-ic relations, in a statement.Through their service these

youth are truly making apositive impact on their com-munities.

After hearing the manpeak at her summer camp,vana said she wasnt interest-

ed at first in collecting shoes.But then I started to ask

my church, and when I askedhey donated shoes, she said.I was like, OK, maybe I

hould just keep going withhe project.

At Community Fellow-hip, the church the Warrens

attend, there is a strong focus

on service. Ilane said they tryto involve Ivana in the com-munity by doing good works.For example, last Christmas,the family went to a localshelter to give gifts to home-less children.

Ivana is a, rising seventh-grader at PATH Academy,where she likes science andlanguage arts. Ilane said sheis just the chauffer to herdaughters project.

Not only did she ask peo-ple for shoes at church, butwe could be at the grocerystore, or the salon, we couldbe anywhere and she wouldask, Ilane said. Twelve and

1 oclock in the morning,were going to pick up shoesfrom people. Can you imag-ine being in the grocery storeand a total complete strangercomes up to you and asks,Hi, Im collecting shoes forpeople that dont have anyshoes. Do you have any extrashoes you dont wear, andthey need to be comfortable.

So far, Ivana has collectedand sent, via the person whospoke at her summer camp,more than 700 pairs of shoesto Africans in need. Ilane

said she personally touchedevery single pair, from chil-drens to adults pairs, andtied the laces together so theywouldnt get separated inshipping.

Ivana said she may usethe $1,000 to go to GeorgiaSouthern Universityherfamily members are fansei-ther to be a singer or a jour-nalist. But she will always beinterested in service.

We think about us overhere, were blessed, but wedont think about peopleover there or kids in Africa

who need our shoes, Ivanasaid. We can go out and buyshoes, but people in [someparts of ] Africa dont reallyhave the money to.

vana Warren, a rising seventh grader, won a $1,000 scholarship fromohls Cares for her work donating shoes to people in need.

Possession, use, furnishing or dispensing of alcoholic beverages bypersons under 21 years of age is prohibited. Annually, about 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from alcohol-related

injuries nationally. Youth in DeKalb County have more access to alcohol than fruits and vegetables. Some alcoholic retail establishments in DeKalb County have no regard for the marketing ofalcoholic products in their stores making it convenient for those under the age of 21 to obtainalcoholic products. During past shoulder tap operations in DeKalb County conducted by Beyond The Bell andDeKalb County Police Vice Unit, strangers purchased alcohol for youth 90% of the time whenthey were approached by under 21 year old decoys resulting in arrests of

those adult individuals. Shoulder Taps are when adults purchase alcohol for youth outsideconvenience stores for a few dollars contributing to alcohol consumptionof persons under the age of 21

For more information- Call (770) 285-6037 or E-mail: [email protected]

Did you know?

DeKalb schools make progresson tests with work to remain


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The Voice of Business in DeKalb CountyDeKalb Chamber of Commerce

404.378.8000 www.DeKalbChamber.org

Two Decatur Town Center, 125 Clairemont Ave., Suite 235, Decatur, GA 30030

Tucker-based company brings green energy to Georgiaby Kathy Mitchell

Solar and other alternative ormso energy are not likely to replaceraditional sources in the oresee-

able uture, but they deinitely havea place in the overall mix, accordingo Jeff Pratt, president o ucker-

based Green Power EMC.Green Power EMC, established

n 2001, is owned by the same 38electric membership coopera-ives (EMCs) that own Oglethorpe

Power Corp., headquartered in theNorthlake area. Like Oglethorpe,Green Power EMC owns powerources that may be larger than

a single EMC needs but through

economies o scale allows EMCso provide power more economi-cally than individual EMCs could.Oglethorpe is part owner o somepower plants operated by GeorgiaPower Co.

Were technically a separatecompany rom Oglethorpe with aeparate board o directors, Pratt

explained, but we share acilitiesand such administrative unctionsas accounting services. Pratt, inact, holds an executive position atOglethorpe as well as Green Power.

Green Power EMC recently

agreed to purchase the ull outputo a new 20-megawatt solar project

planned or construction in south-east Georgia. he project was select-ed rom among proposals solicitedin 2013 as the company sought toadd more solar energy to its porto-lio.

A 20-megawatt project is a largepower source. It will be one o thelargest solar generating acilitiesin Georgia, said Pratt, who addedthat the solar array will, energycollection equipment, occupy ap-proximately 135 acres and will in-corporate more than 87,000 solarmodules.

Once completed, the solar ar-

ray will generate more than 43,000megawatt hours o clean, renewableelectricity annually, he said o theground-mounted solar project to beconstructed near Hazlehurst. Underan agreement with owner-operatorSilicon Ranch Corporation, GreenPower EMC will receive all the en-ergy produced by the solar projectduring a 25-year period. Construc-tion is scheduled to begin this year,and the acility is to be ready to pro-duce electricity in late 2015.

Green Power EMC already ownstwo smaller solar acilities, one near

Athens and another near WarnerRobins. he new acility nearly

doubles Green Power EMCs energycapacity. Pratt said, he projectmoves us urther down the road tobecoming a much more sustain-able state. I believe theres a utureor solar here in Georgia thats juststarting to be realized.

he 20-megawatt project willproduce enough electricity to serveabout 3,000 households, accordingto Pratt.

In addition to its solar acilities,Green Power EMC owns acilitiesthat generate power rom wastewood rom Georgias pulp and papermanuacturers and rom methane

gas emitted rom landills. heseacilities take what would otherwisebe a negative or the environmentand turn it into usable energy, Prattsaid.

He said Green Power EMC alsoowns a hydroelectric acility that hebelieves is the only low-impact hy-droelectric system in Georgia. Hy-dropower dams, he explained, createpollution-ree energy, but they canhave an adverse impact on ish,wildlie and other resources. Lowimpact hydro acilities are those thatminimize the negative impact on the

environment.Pratt said while Green Power

EMC has no other major acquisi-tions on the horizon we are alwayslooking or clean sources o energythat add value to our portolio.

We not only want to use powerproduced in an environmentallyriendly way now, but we want tostay abreast with the technology sothat we are prepared in the uture tosee that aordable, sustainable ener-gy is available to our customers, hesaid. EMCs that own Green PowerEMC serve more than 4.1 millionGeorgia residents.

EMCs are member-owned elec-tric companies. he concept started

during President Franklin Roos-evelts administration to bring a-ordable electricity to rural America.he irst EMCs were established inGeorgia, where Roosevelt noticedthe problem o getting electric pow-er outside big cities when he wasreceiving polio treatments in WarmSprings. In the mid-1930s, ewerthan one American rural home orarm out o 10 had electrical service.By 1953, 90 percent o the nationsarms had electricity.


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