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“We agree there is urgent need to fix broken pipes, rehabilitate manholes, upgrade

Snapfinger Wastewater Treatment Plant, and replace or repair lift stations. However, we do not agree that these and the other items

should all be performed on the backs of ratepayers alone.”

Joan Walker

parts of the water distribution system; $82 million to begin water reuse and to return treated wastewater to the Chattahoochee River; $65 million to upgrade sections of Pole bridge Wastewater Treatment Plant; $38 million to upgrade the Scott Candler Water Treatment Plant; and $36 million for vehicles and equipment.

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COVER PAGERing in the seasonHOLIDAY

Handbell choirs from four churches will make holiday music together at “A Christ-mas Handbell Extrava ganza” at Greater Trav-elers Rest. 9

Friends, family and oth-ers will hold a vigil to remem-ber Marquel Peters, the 4-year-old killed by a stray bullet last New Year’s Eve. 8

Candles for MarquelHOLIDAY

The DeKalb County Exten-sion Service is encouraging residents to consider the environment while planning their holiday festivities. 7

Green for the holidaysWELLNESS

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Santa HelperS to tHe reScue

Tressa Curry reads “ ’Twas the Night Before Christmas” to children at the Gratitude With Attitude Dec. 4 Christmas Extravaganza at the Maloof Auditorium.

Commissioners set to vote on $1.4 billion water plan

Photos by Carla Parker / CrossroadsNews

Coca-Cola’s Karyn Hume presents a check to U.S. Marine Sgt. Edward Barrett for Atlanta Toys for Tots on Dec. 8 at the Stone Mountain Wal-Mart.

DeKalb County Watershed director Dr. Francis Kung’u outlines the county’s $1.4 billion capital improvement plan at a Decatur meeting.

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Despite pleas from citizens to defer their vote on the $1.4 billion expansion of the DeKalb water and sewer system, DeKalb County Commissioners are set to vote on the controversial plan on Dec. 14.

At its Dec. 7 session, the Board of Com-missioners, which is meeting on consecutive weeks this month because of the upcoming holidays, deferred its vote for only a week.

Residents say they are not opposed to improvements to the aging water system but that the plan, coming in the midst of one of the worst economic downturns, is ill-timed and did not have enough public input.

This week, the county presented the plan and took questions at community meetings in Decatur and Dunwoody. On Dec. 13, Commissioner Lee May will hold a meet-ing at the Lou Walker Senior Center, 2538

Panola Road in Lithonia. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m.

Under the plan, the county is propos-ing to increase water rates at least 13 per-

cent a year over four years to pay for the improvements and expansion. It has ear-marked $600 million to repair, replace and

update the wastewater collection system; $378 million to rebuild, upgrade and expand the Snapfinger Wastewater Treatment Plant; $179 million to repair, replace and update

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By Carla Parker

The holiday spirit was in full swing this week with Santa helpers handing out cash, Christmas trees and toys to help brighten the spirits of those in need.

On Wednesday, 103 DeKalb residents got fresh Christmas trees from retired NFL run-ning back Jamal Lewis in the parking lot of the Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur.

Lewis, an Atlanta native, founded truck-ing company All American Xpress after leaving the NFL this year after nine years. He said he just wanted to spread a little holiday cheer.

“Times are hard and I wanted to help out anyway I can,” said Lewis, who played for the University of Tennessee, the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns. “I wanted to do something different, so I decided to give out free Christmas trees.”

All together Lewis gave away 350 Christ-mas trees this month across metro Atlanta.

His 200-truck company is based in Calhoun, Ga. It has a second terminal in Lakeland, Fla. Atlanta-based TLP Transport helped with the tree project.

On Dec. 4, the Gratitude With Attitude organization and Right From the Start Med-icaid Outreach Project played Santa to 30 families with its first Christmas Extravaganza at the Maloof Auditorium in Decatur.

The Decatur nonprofit, which serves the homeless and underserved, bought toys for 60 kids and treated them to storytelling and hot dogs and hamburgers.

All the attention made the season for Jah-veh Hawkes. The Stone Mountain mother of five children has been unemployed for about a year and wasn’t sure how she was going to give her children a good Christmas.

“I was depressed because I didn’t know what I was going to do,” she said. “This year was a bad year for us.”

Now she doesn’t have to worry about

what will go under the Christmas tree.Her five children – who include two sets

of twins – got toys at the event.

Hawkes and her family were one of 30 families who received bags of toys. Gratitude With Attitude founder Connie Wallace said

the need is great.“This was a great way to help those par-

ents who could not afford to buy toys for their children,” she said.

Stella Thomas, the executive director of Fountain of Life Community Center, which supported the event, said it’s great to be able to help families during these bad economic times.

“It’s no fun when you can’t help your own family, so it’s our job as a community to help those in need and to make a difference for our children,” she said.

Toys for Tots driveOn Dec. 8, Toys for Tots got a $20,000

donation from the Coca-Cola Co.The soft drink company’s 64-foot-long

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Gifts of Christmas trees, cash and toys bring needed holiday cheer Retired NFL running back Jamal Lewis (in cap) helps load a Christmas tree in a truck on Dec. 8 at the Gallery at South DeKalb. Lewis gave away 103 trees in Decatur and 350 around metro Atlanta.

Holiday Caravan lit by 25,000 red and white sparkling lights rolled in to the Wal-Mart in Stone Mountain to help provide underprivileged kids with Christmas gifts.

Diane D. Waugh, a Coca-Cola spokeswoman, said the company is focusing on building a relationship with communities and the caravan is on a 15-day tour of metro Atlanta offering kids photos with Santa and the Coca-Cola Polar Bear. They also get to try out the new PlaySta-tion 3 and a PlayStation Move motion controller.

“We want to make sure that every child is happy on Christmas,” she said. “That’s our motto, ‘Open Happiness.’ ”

This week’s donation brings to $100,000 the amount that the Coca-Cola Co. has donated to Toys for Tots over the past four years.

DeKalb Chamber of Commerce President Leonardo McClarty, who attended the event, praised the company’s efforts.

“It’s important to support those who are less fortunate and are in need,” he said.

People also can give to Toys for Tots by dropping off an unwrapped toy at Wal-Mart. The toys will be given to underprivileged kids in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties.

They also can go to MyCokeRewards.com and donate My Coke Rewards points to Toys for Tots as part of a nationwide online gift drive. As the donations accumulate, Toys for Tots will redeem the points for a variety of gifts.

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Community The city’s invitation in September set off a firestorm of opposition to the plant. Residents said there were too many unknowns.

Lithonia rejects plans for gasification plantCathy Mabry spoke against Green Energy Partners’ plans for a $60 million gasification plant at a Nov. 17 community meeting. At left is James Fluellen.

Gala to fund scholarship

NAACP, supporters to share food, cheer

The DeKalb NAACP, its friends and supporters will be sharing holiday cheer at the Dec. 18 Holiday Fellowship in Clarkston.

Bring yourself, a holiday dish and a secret Santa gift.

The festivities start at 10 a.m. at the DeKalb Technical College Conference Center, 495 North Indian Creek Drive.

R.S.V.P. by Dec. 17 to Teresa Hardy-Agee at [email protected] or call 404-271-8006.

Members of the South DeKalb Busi-ness Association and their supporters will be partying on Dec. 18 at their 36th annual Holiday Gala Celebration and Fund-raiser at the DeKalb Technical College Confer-ence Center in Clarkston.

The event includes food, music, danc-ing, awards and a silent auction. The incoming board of directors also will be sworn in during the event, from 6 to 10 p.m.

Tickets are $35 and proceeds benefit the association’s first Student Scholarship Fund that will award $1,000 book scholar-ships to a student at DeKalb Tech.

Attendees are asked to bring a wrapped gift for a boy or girl to be donated to DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson’s annual Tree of Love campaign that collects gifts for children in foster care.

For more information or to R.S.V.P., visit www.sdba-inc.org or call 678-476-3727.


The city of Lithonia has rejected plans of a developer seeking to build a $60 million biomass gasification plant to burn wood chips to make electricity.

On Dec. 6, the Lithonia City Council voted 3-2 to withdraw its invitation to Green Energy Partners to consider placing the plant on a 26-acre property on Bruce Street.

The plant would have incinerated 100,000 tons of yard waste – wood chips from trees and leaves – to generate 10 megawatts of power, enough to power 7,000 homes.

Green Energy Partners had planned to sell the electricity to Georgia Power Co. It said the plant would have generated $200,000 in revenue for DeKalb County government, created 100 jobs during construction and 25 permanent positions, and added $50 million to the city’s tax digest.

Nevil le Anderson, Green Energy Partners CEO and managing di-rector, said Wednesday that he had just learned of the vote and had no comment.

“We have to re-evalu-ate our options,” he said. “We just found out about the vote yester-day.”

The city’s invitation in September set off a firestorm of opposition to the plant. At a Nov. 17 community meeting, residents op-posed to the plant said there were too many unknowns and health risks and they did not want it in the city.

Councilwoman Deborah Jackson, who made the motion to un-invite Green Energy Partners, said she was acting at the behest of the citizens.

“The community did not want it,” she said. “They requested that we turn it down.”

Jackson said the city’s invitation to the developer had been premature.

“We did not have a specific proposal,” she said. “We were told that jobs were to be created and scholarships awarded, which no-one was opposed to, but we were never told what was involved, or how large the plant would be. What was involved wasn’t forthcoming.”

Jackson said the issue is now dead for the city of Lithonia.

The company has a 20-year contract from DeKalb County to collect and convert yard waste into electricity using a non-emission technology.

Jackson said she didn’t know what will happen in respect of the county.

“We will have concerns if there are any plans to put it in DeKalb County in popu-lated areas,” she said.

Council members Kathleen deCocq and Ric Dodd supported the motion. Mayor Pro Tem Doreen Carter and Councilman Al Franklin, who supported the plant for its promise of jobs, voted against the motion.

Carter said Thursday the motion did not al-low the citizens’ concerns about health issues and impact on their property values to be addressed.

“Because the study was not done, they really don’t know,” she said.

Carter said the City Council will continue to look for other ways to economically de-velop the city.

“We will continue to look for something that everyone can agree on,” she said.

Neville Anderson

Deborah Jackson

Doreen Carter

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Community groups call for more study and smaller rate increases

The South DeKalb Neighborhoods Coalition said that a household currently paying $165 a month for water and sewer will pay $238 by 2014 for the same amount of water.

Gil Turman, the coalition’s president, said the county needs to revisit the magnitude of the rate increase, the scope of the plan and the statistics on which it is based.

“We are citizens who will not be able to pay what will be outrageous prices and still do the other things that we need to do to

maintain their quality of life,” he said.

Turman said that the county needs to fix what is broken but that it should take another look at its growth pattern.

“Right now we are the slowest-growing county,” he said. “Our growth has

stagnated and we are planning based on numbers that are outdated.”

Joan Walker, who chairs the coalition’s environmental committee, said more time is

needed for residents to study and understand the plan and that the county should not take on such a huge debt by implementing the entire plan in such a short time frame.

“We agree there is urgent need to fix broken pipes, rehabilitate manholes, upgrade Snapfinger Wastewater Treatment Plant, and replace or repair lift stations,” she said. “However, we do not agree that these and the other items in the Capital Improvement Project should all be performed on the backs of ratepayers alone.”

Joe Arrington of Stone Mountain asked the commissioners to go very slowly in ap-

proving the rate increase because the plan is based on 10-year-old growth projections.

“Wait at least until for the 2010 census figures for DeKalb County,” he said. “They will be available very soon.”

Arrington also asked the board not ap-prove the water and sewer increase until it approves the 2011 budget, which will push them for a millage increase.

“I would like to see both of those on your table at the same time,” he said.

The board will meet at 9 a.m. at the Maloof Center, 1300 Commerce Drive in downtown Decatur.

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Good only at Chick-fil-A at Turner Hill Road in front of the Mall at Stonecrest. Expires December 31, 2010.

Community “I was awake the whole time. They didn’t even see if I was alive. It makes me feel like they just didn’t care about my life.”

Registration open for King parade

Library to break ground at new site

Bikers seek leads in hit-run

Justin Hayes Sr., who was struck by a hit-and-run driver on Oct. 23, now uses a wheelchair. A Dec. 12 “Call to Action” is seeking leads.


Justin Hayes Sr. was two traffic lights away from his Ellenwood home on Oct. 23 when a truck turned left and ran him over on his 2003 orange Suzuki GSXR 1000 bike at the inter-section of East At-lanta and Fairview Road.

“I saw some big headlights coming at me and I went over the hood,” he said Thursday.

Hayes’ pelvis and hip were broken in three different places, his right knee bruised to the bone, and his elbow dislocated. He also broke three left ribs.

The unidentified female driver left the scene.

“I was awake the whole time,” he said. “They didn’t even see if I was alive. It makes me feel like they just didn’t care about my life.”

On Dec. 12, the Lithonia nonprofit 2 Wheels Safety Network is sponsoring a “Call to Action” against the crime of hit and run. The group, founded by biker Roger Pierre, will meet at the intersection – 295 Fairview Road in Ellenwood – from 1 to 3 p.m. to support Hayes and try to solicit information that may lead to the arrest of the driver who hit him.

Hayes, who spent 14 days in Grady Hos-pital and now uses a wheelchair, will be at the event.

He said Thursday that he would like the

driver, who witnesses said was a woman, to turn herself in.

“For one thing they could help me with my medical bills, which are outrageous,” he said.

Pierre said vest-wearing bikers will hold signs and pass out informational fliers in the hopes that they will find someone who can help identify the driver who left the scene.

He said Hayes was hit by a black Toyota Highlander model year 2008-2010.

“The driver stopped momentarily but left the scene,” he said. “Henry County Police are asking any witnesses to come forward or contact them at 770-288-8200.”

Pierre said bikers are hurt by hit-and-run drivers too often.

He doesn’t have statistics on the fre-quency but said bikers have been left in wheelchairs.

“One time is too many,” Pierre said. “Who gets into an accident with somebody and just leaves. That’s kinda cold.”

The DeKalb County Library will break ground on its new Scott Candler branch on Dec. 17 at 10 a.m.

The site of the branch’s new location is at 1917 Candler Road, near the intersection of Candler Road and Northview Avenue in Decatur. The 12,000-square-foot facility,

which was designed by the Sizemore Group architectural firm, will include a new senior center and senior housing. Its projected completion is the spring of 2011.

For more information, visit the library’s Web site, dekalblibrary.org, or call 404-370-8450, Ext. 2224.

Civic and community groups, clubs, marching bands and others can sign up now to participate in the ninth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade and Rally on Jan. 17 in downtown Stone Mountain.

Churches and other places of wor-ship, Scouts, political leaders, schools, and PTAs/PTSAs also are invited to take part.

The parade, hosted by the DeKalb NAACP and the city of Stone Mountain, winds through streets of the city immor-

talized in King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Sarah Copelin-Wood, who chairs the

parade committee, said groups can sign up now through parade day at 11 a.m. The 12:30 p.m. start is earlier than in the past so more children can take part. More than 200 groups participated in the 2010 parade. Copelin-Wood called the turnout “a blessing and a tribute” to King.

Contact Copelin-Wood at schoolsand [email protected] or 404-371-1490.

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Green has over 20 years of experience in funeral service and is driven by a passion for helping people. It is this passion that guides him through every aspect of his profession.

Green is eager to bring a sense of community leadership to his position, as he and his staff plan to reach out and develop partnerships with local businesses and organizations to improve the lives of area families.

The Dignity Memorial® network welcomes Dwayne Green to our service family. We believe he will be as much of an asset to our business as he has been to our community.

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Lithonia rejects plans for gasification plant 2

Lithonia has rejected plans to build a $60 million biomass gasification plant to burn wood chips to make electricity.

Gala to fund scholarship 2The South DeKalb Business Association

will be partying on Dec. 18 at its 36th annual Holiday Gala Celebration and Fund-raiser at the DeKalb Technical College Conference Center in Clarkston.

Library to break ground at new site 3

The DeKalb County Library will break ground on its new Scott Candler branch on Dec. 17 at 10 a.m.

Coping with ‘holiday blues’ 6Q: Every year around the holidays I start

to feel sad. Why is that?

Housing costs raise stress 6Fewer metro Atlantans report having high

levels of stress this year, but their concern about housing costs has jumped by 12 per-cent, a new survey shows.

Keep it green for holidays and every day 7

When the holiday turns to red and green, embrace the green.

Rising levels of flu reported across state 7

Flu season is in full swing, and officials say it is not too late to get vaccinated.

80 needy children to shop with a cop 8

About 80 children from needy families will go shopping for Christmas gifts with Conyers police officers at the Wal-Mart on Highway 138 on Dec. 18.

Anointed Pace Sisters will be featured at cantata 8

The Anointed Pace Sisters will be the special guest artists at Love Life Christian Fellowship Church’s cantata on Dec. 18.

Bells ring out yule cheer at extravaganza 9

More than 60 bell ringers from four con-gregations will be making music at Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church.

Live Nativity returns to Solid Rock for 11th year 9

The timeless story of the baby Jesus will come alive at the annual live Nativity scene at Solid Rock AME Zion Church.

Comic to sign new book 9King of Comedy Steve Harvey will sign

copies of his new book at Borders at Stonecrest in Lithonia on Dec. 14.

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Reduction in water usage made revenue fall

Readers speak out on water rate, crime

Dropout rate is a community issue“The higher graduation rate of

blacks as a whole exists because our young ladies are taking better

care of business. This is further reflected in their percentages of

attendance at HBCUs.” Ron Gilliam

“The county told the people to use less water, and when we did, we are the ones getting penalized for it. The county should be

penalized for it.” Thomas Jones

Anyone proposing a 67 percent increase on the wa-ter bill of DeKalb citizens during the worse economic downturn since the Great Depression should be given a drug test. DeKalb County = A County in Crisis.

– Jerry Myers Jackson, Decatur

Hold elected officials accountable It is the power of the VOTE. We cannot allow our

elected officials of the DeKalb Commission, or anyone else, to continue to fleece our pockets with the redun-dant need to keep beating a dead horse. It is imperative that we hold them accountable for our interests and not merely to continue to take money from citizens’ pockets. Many of us are without employment and will find it difficult to meet these added burdens.

– Valdor Ross

View the real picture When are these idiots going to understand – people

unemployed, seniors with no raise in Social Security for two years straight, groceries and gasoline and

utilities keep going up. How are people supposed to pay these things and still survive. They have families to take care of and, yes, even some seniors are raising their grandchildren on those Social Security checks. Stop this nonsense. View the real picture.

– FedUp

Illegal gambling flourishes The DeKalb Police Department is in a state of tur-

moil. There is no clear plan to counteract the violent crime that plagues this county.

Tell us, Chief O’Brien, how are we going to combat crime in DeKalb while illegal gambling flourishes in South DeKalb? Tell us, Mr. District Attorney, how are we going to combat the crime while illegal gambling flourishes in South DeKalb?

There is no plan to make DeKalb County safer with so much illegal gambling in plain sight.

Somebody [is] getting paid somewhere to allow all of this illegal activity while the citizens suffer.

– Iva Ben Hadd

There is a missing piece to the conversation about the proposed water rate increases to fund $1.4 billion in improvements and expansion to our water system [CrossRoadsNews, Dec. 4, 2010].

No one has stated that two to two and a half years ago, DeKalb County told everyone to reduce the amount of water because of the drought. Now they are saying because we reduced the amount of water we used, their revenue is down.

They either knew or should have known that by reducing water usage, there was going to be less money coming in. They created this mess themselves by telling us that we needed to cut our water consumption and they did not tell us that down the road if we cut our water consumption that revenue would fall, which of course is common sense. They did not say they would come back and make us pay for it.

The county told the people to use less water, and when we did, we are the ones getting penal-ized for it. The county should be penalized for it.

Thomas Jones lives in Stone Mountain.

With all due respect to Dr. Morcease Beasley, who stated in the Nov. 27, 2010, CrossRoadsNews that my information regarding high school dropouts in the Nov. 6 issue conflicted with data supplied by Georgia Department of Education, please note the following quote from DeKalb School Board mem-ber Jay Cunningham:

“Research shows that only 37 percent of black males in South DeKalb are graduating and that’s a problem,” he said. “We have to look at how to get the black males to finish school and work with them. This is also a community issue, so we have to start at home and get the parents, students, and community involved to tackle this issue.”

If Cunningham’s information is correct, can we therefore assume that 63 percent of black males in South DeKalb are not graduating? According to Beasley’s numbers, an average of only 3.9 percent

drop out. Does that mean that the remaining 59.1 percent complete four years of school but just don’t graduate? Furthermore, according to Beasley’s figures, South DeKalb schools are graduating 80 percent of their students. Comparing his numbers with Cunningham’s, less than half are black males.

There is obviously a problem with data collection (or interpreta-tion?). The higher graduation rate of blacks as a whole exists because our young ladies are taking better care of business. This is further reflected in their percentages of

attendance at HBCUs.My intent was not to condemn

the School Board, but to merely encourage it to seek solutions to existing problems in more creative ways rather than to perpetuate the status quo, which is only working against our interests. If it means they need to step out of the box, we need to encourage them to do so. As with most problems, there are solutions, but without commit-ment from all who have a stake in our community, we’ll be rehashing this issue 10 years from now.

Ron Gilliam lives in Decatur.


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Wellness

Wellness “Atlantans can manage their stress levels better by adopting healthy lifestyle changes.”

Coping with ‘holiday blues’ Housing costs raising stressThe stress levels may be affecting their

health – survey numbers show that more people reported that they were told by their health care provider that they were depressed (20 percent vs. 10 percent in 2009) or had anxiety (10 percent vs. 7 percent in 2009). And the percentage of Atlantans who report their health as excellent or very good dropped from 42 percent in 2009 to 34 percent.

Lack of willpower remains the No. 1 bar-rier to change for Atlantans – three out of 10 adults (31 percent) continue to cite this as the reason they have not made the lifestyle ad-justments recommended by their health care providers. Money appears to play a larger role in making behavior change this year, with almost a quarter (21 percent) reporting that it is too expensive for them to make the lifestyle and behavior changes, compared to 13 percent in 2009.

In terms of job satisfaction, metro resi-dents report feeling as satisfied with their job as last year (67 percent vs. 66 percent). How-ever, more reported job stability as a stressor (51 percent vs. 45 percent). At their jobs, only a third (33 percent) say they are satisfied with how their employer helps employees handle work-life balance compared to nearly half (48 percent) in 2009.

At a national level, the annual Stress in America survey shows that Americans appear to be caught in a vicious cycle where they manage stress in unhealthy ways, and lack of willpower and time constraints impede their ability to make lifestyle or behavioral changes. In general, Americans recognize that their stress levels remain high.

The survey of 1,134 adults who reside in the United States was conducted between Aug. 3 and 27. An oversample of 213 adults in metro Atlanta was collected. To read the full report, visit www.stressinamerica.org.

Fewer metro Atlantans report having high levels of stress this year, but their con-cern about housing costs has jumped by 12 percent, a new survey shows.

Money, work and the economy remain significant causes of stress, according to the American Psychological Association survey conducted online by Harris Interactive.

The lower stress levels were accompanied by an increase in the number of residents concerned about housing costs, with 48 percent reporting housing costs a stressor in 2010 compared to 36 percent in 2009.

“It’s great news that people in the Atlanta area are reporting lower stress levels than in previous years, especially since we know there is a strong connection between chronic stress and serious health problems,” said Dr. Angela Londoño-McConnell, public educa-tion coordinator for the Georgia Psychologi-cal Association.

“But it is important to remember that even if stress is lower, it is still being reported as higher than what Atlanta residents con-sider healthy. Atlantans can manage their stress levels better by adopting healthy life-style changes.”

The survey showed more residents say that money is a significant cause of stress (80 percent vs. 70 percent in 2009). Despite the increase in stress regarding money, fewer Atlanta residents say they are doing enough to manage their stress this year than they did previously (55 percent vs. 62 percent). While 70 percent feel that managing stress is impor-tant, less than half (40 percent) admit they do an excellent or very good job of it.

Although Atlantans report lower levels of high stress (27 percent vs. 37 percent), their stress is still higher than what they consider healthy (5.8 on a 10-point scale compared to 3.8 reported as a healthy level).

Q: Every year around the holidays I start to feel sad. Why is that?

A: The holidays are supposed to be an enjoy-able time filled with hope and cheer. Yet, it is not unusual for many to feel stressed, sad or lonely. This condition has come to be called “holiday blues” or “holiday depression.”

While the symptoms may seem intense and unsettling, they are usually short-lived and subside after the holiday season is over and normal daily routines are resumed. Ac-cording to the National Mental Health As-sociation, reasons for feeling blue around the holidays are numerous. They can range from fatigue to unrealistic expectations to financial limitations. Other factors that can contribute to sadness are memories of deceased loved ones and/or strained family dynamics.

Let me offer these tips:Spend time with people who care about

you. Express your feelings and need for sup-port.

Let go of the past. Don’t be disappointed if your holidays aren’t like they used to be. Life brings changes.

Delegate. Don’t try to do it all by yourself. People often want to help – let them.

Set realistic goals for spending, time com-mitments and additional involvements.

Spend some time alone. If you get anx-ious or stressed, take a breather.

Don’t eat or drink too much. Excessive eating or drinking will likely make you feel worse.

Look at things realistically. Don’t think in absolute terms. You probably aren’t the worst cook (mother, husband, etc.) in the world, nor the best.

If you find yourself feeling down for a sustained period of time, please get help.

Know the symptomsHere is a list of depressive symptoms. If

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“We are seeing increasing levels of influenza-like illness being reported across Georgia,” said Mangla, who is also the director of the Department of Community Health’s Infectious Diseases and Immunizations program.

“Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect you, your loved ones and your community from the flu.”

This year’s seasonal flu vaccination protects against three viruses, including the 2009 H1N1 strain that scared the nation last year. The vaccine is available at local county health departments, pharmacies and clinics.

The flu season runs October to May and Georgia typically doesn’t experience a spike in flu activity until January or February, but this year flu levels began rising in the week ending Nov. 20.

Adults and children can decrease their chances of get-ting the flu by practicing basic safety tips such as washing your hands often with soap and water or using hand sani-tizer, staying at home when sick, coughing into the bend of your elbow, and receiving a seasonal flu vaccination.

The groups at high risk of flu complications include:n Children 6 months through 18 years of age. n People 50 years and older. n People with chronic diseases such as diabetes or asthma. n People in nursing homes or long-term care homes. n Women who are pregnant. n Health care providers.

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When the holiday turns to red and green, embrace the green.

That’s the word from DeKalb County, which is urging residents to make their holiday gatherings more earth-friendly.

To take the guesswork out of green-ing the holidays, the DeKalb Extension Office recommends:

Party prepAs you spruce up for family and

guests, consider cleaning green by using safe, nontoxic methods and products.

Serving food? Use regular dishes and flatware instead of paper or plastic. Consider basing your menu around lo-cal and seasonally available food. Reuse last year’s decorations if possible.

During the party: Save energy by using environmentally friendly holiday lighting. LEDs – light emitting diodes – are available for indoor and outdoor decorative lighting.

Cleanup: Much of your food waste can be composted in a bin. Combine veggie scraps, produce peels, coffee grounds and tea bags with autumn leaves. Finally, use your dishwasher. It is more environmentally friendly than washing each dish by hand.

Travel tipsFor holiday trips, the county offers

these tips to help save money and travel more efficiently:

Driving: Drive carefully and remain calm, even in traffic jams. Aggressive driving can lower highway miles per gallon by 33 percent and city mpg by 5 percent. Perform vehicle maintenance prior to driving, like changing your

oil and properly inflating your tires, to improve efficiency and use less fuel.

Air travel: Pack lightly or carry one bag. Extra weight causes a plane to lose efficiency and use more fuel. The fewer bags you have, the more money you will save.

Avoid peak periods: Use vacation time wisely by traveling off-peak, which saves money at the airport and prevents you from sitting in traffic jams. In addi-tion, you will have a little more time to relax before you go back to work.

Appoint a designated driver: Share a cab with a friend or hire a party bus to take a group to and from festivities.

Acting responsibly and encouraging fellow travelers not to drink and drive can prevent accidents and lower your carbon impact by reducing the number of vehicles on the road.

Give plantsFor earth-friendly gifts that last the

whole year, consider plants.House plants with air-purifying

qualities like pathos, philodendron and spider plants make great gifts. A gift certificate from a catalog or shop is an option. Give plants native to Georgia that are disease- and drought-tolerant.

RecycleRecycle last year’s cards into gift tags.

Cut the front of the card into appealing shapes. Make sure this year’s cards are made from recycled paper. Ditch the wrapping paper and use newspaper or brown kraft paper that you can decorate yourself. The Sunday comics also make a colorful, recyclable wrap for kids.

If you opt for the traditional tree, recycle it when the holiday is over. For more information, call 404-298-4080.

Using regular dishes and flatware instead of paper or plastic for holiday dining will be easier on the environment and on your pocket book.

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8 Marquel Peters’ mother, Nathalee Peters (center), is flanked by family and friends at a vigil last year at the Church of God of Prophecy in Decatur.

Almost a year has gone by since 4-year-old Marquel Peters of Lithonia was killed in church by a stray bullet on New Year’s Eve.

On Dec. 17, Marquel’s family, church and the county will remember the rambunctious kid who was sitting beside his mother at a Watch Night service at the Church of God of Prophecy when a bullet pierced the church’s roof and hit him in the head.

Police believe the shot was fired by a New Year’s Eve reveler. The shooter hasn’t been found.

The vigil, which begins at 7 p.m., will include gospel choirs and a moment of silence.

After Marquel’s death, DeKalb County launched a pledge drive to stop celebratory

About 80 children from needy families will go shop-ping for Christmas gifts with Conyers police officers at the Wal-Mart on Highway 138 on Dec. 18.

During the Shop With a Cop event, officers accompany children from families experiencing financial hardships to Wal-Mart to buy gifts. Last year, 56 children shopped with officers through the program, now in its third year.

Police Chief Gene Wilson praised the effort with the Conyers Wal-Mart. “The partnership between the Conyers Police Department and Wal-Mart makes sure that the children are afforded a more positive holiday experience,” he said.

Children ages 3 to 13 are recommended by Police Department members, city of Conyers employees, school system employees, social agencies and family shelters.

This year’s shopping trip begins at 8 a.m. For more information, to volunteer or to donate, e-mail shop [email protected] or call 770-483-5780.

Sports fans will celebrate the life of a legendary American boxer on Dec. 18 at the “Tom Molin-eaux Recognition and Commemorative Din-ner” at Holiday Inn Atlanta Capital.

The event marks the bicentennial of the 1810 World Heavy-weight bout in which Molineaux, a former slave, defeated English defending cham-pion Tom Cribb and became “America’s Champion.”

Molineaux literally fought his way to freedom by winning bouts against other slaves in fights organized by slave owners. He was set free by his master to pursue his talents.

When he set sail to England in pursuit of a world heavyweight title, he became the only American at the time to leave the United States to compete on the world stage for any title.

Other historical and current Afri-can-American pioneers in American sports also will be honored. Guest speakers are George Taliaferro, the first African-American drafted by the

National Football League; University of Tulsa basketball coach and gener-al manager Nolan Richardson; and Sean Gibson, who will speak about his great-grandfather, Hall of Fame legend

Josh Gibson. The dinner starts at 5 p.m. Tickets

are $40 in advance and $45 at the door. For tickets, call Sharon Terrell at 770-358-1706.

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Dinner honors pioneer African-American athletes

Santa breakfast at Mt. Patmos

Anointed Pace Sisters will be featured at cantataThe Anointed Pace Sisters will be the special guest artists

at the Love Life Christian Fellowship Church’s cantata on Dec. 18 in Ellenwood.

This year’s cantata, “And He Shall Be Called,” begins at 5 p.m. and is free to the public.

The Anointed Pace Sisters, who began singing together in childhood, also evangelize, teach, act and write their own songs. They made big-screen appearances in “The Fighting Temptations” with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyonce Knowles in 2003 and Tyler Perry’s “Madea’s Family Reunion” in 2006.

Love Life Christian Fellowship Church is at 3980 Pan-thersville Road. For more information, call 404-241-1499.

Kids ages 2 to 7 can eat breakfast with Santa and pose for photos with him on Dec. 18 at Mount Patmos Baptist Church in Decatur.

The event, which is in its 18th year, is co-hosted by Mount Patmos and DeKalb State Court Judge Barbara J. Mobley. It starts at 9 a.m. and will include games, songs and gifts. Photos with Santa take place from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m.

The church is at 2207 Candler Road. For more in-formation, call 404-371-2300.

The Santa Cop program enables police officers to take local kids shopping for holiday gifts.

gunfire. The pledges will be presented to the members of the Georgia General Assembly in January to encourage them to enact stiffer penalties for those who fire weapons

to celebrate.The campaign also is asking ammunition dealers

to refrain from selling bullets in the days leading up to holidays in an effort to prevent more tragedies

due to celebratory gunfire.The vigil will be held at the Church

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The book signing begins at 6 p.m. To attend the VIP meet-and-greet,

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“Straight Talk” is the second book for Harvey, who has parlayed a 20-year career of making people laugh from the stage, big screen, television and the radio into a book deal with HarperCollins.

His debut tome, “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, In-timacy, and Commitment,” was published in 2009.

The new book lays out a three-tier, CIA-style of ques-tioning that forces men to cut to the chase and deliver the truth. He also provides dating tips decade by decade.

Harvey is the new host of the syndicated game show “Family Feud.” He also hosts the nationally syndicated “Steve Harvey Morning Show,” which airs in Atlanta and more than 60 markets and has about 7 million listeners from 6 to 10 a.m. He and his co-hosts also appear on “The Steve Harvey Project” on Centric TV network at 9 p.m.

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Bells ring out yule cheer at extravaganza

Church members bring the story of Jesus’ birth to life Dec. 17 and 18 at Solid Rock AME Zion in Lithonia.

The Friendship Handbell Choir is one of four handbell choirs that will perform at the Dec. 19 “A Christmas Handbell Extravaganza” in Decatur.

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Gospel artist Liz Yancey will showcase her well-honed vocals at a benefit Christmas concert on Dec. 18 in Scottdale.

The concert, hosted by Wor-shippers Interceding for Excellence church, begins at 6 p.m.

Admission is $10 and proceeds benefit the church’s youth, home-less and women’s ministries.

Yancey, who was raised in Shelby, N.C.,

has been singing since age 5 in church and community choirs, in jazz groups and as a solo artist. The metro Atlanta resident, who also plays the piano and flute, released her first full-length CD, “Change,” last fall.

The church is at 3096 North De-catur Road. For more information, visit www.worshippersinterceding

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Performers – including spoken word artists, singers and dancers – can sign on now to participate in the APEX Museum’s annual Kwanzaa festival on New Year’s Day.

Slots are also available for vendors for $25 each.This year’s full day of family fun will take place on Jan.

1 from noon to 8 p.m. to celebrate Imani (faith). There will be a children’s choir, children’s corner, Kwanzaa market, African drum, dance, and spoken word.

The Kwanzaa program includes a candle-lighting cer-emony, Affirmation of Nguzo Saba (the seven principles), call-and-response, Pouring of the Ancestral Libation, and special guest performances. The program is free and open to the public.

The deadline for performers to sign up is Dec. 22.The APEX Museum is at 135 Auburn Ave. in Atlanta.

For more information, call 404-523-2739 or visit www .apexmuseum.org.

More than 60 bell ringers from four con-gregations will be making music at the Dec. 19 “A Christmas Handbell Extravaganza” at Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church.

Handbell choirs from Antioch AME Church, Friendship Baptist Church and Ebenezer Baptist Church will join the host church to play Christmas favorites like “Silver Bells,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christ-mas,” and “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”

The event, which is in its eighth year, starts at 5 p.m. It was created by former school music teachers Rosalyn Lewis, a mem-ber of Friendship; Sharon Phillips of Greater Travelers Rest; Cynthia Terry of Ebenezer; and Sarah West of Antioch.

The four had played together in a march-ing handbell choir.

“We enjoyed playing with the marching handbell choir, so we came up with the idea to do a mass handbell choir,” Phillips said.

They formed handbell choirs at their respective churches first, then created the Christmas Handbell Extravaganza.

For the Dec. 19 event, which is free, the mass handbell choir will be joined by members of the Redan High School

Band, the Greater Travelers Rest Church Dancers, and soloists Bernice Davis and Greg Kirkland. Each church handbell choir will perform separately as well.

The Greater Travelers Rest Church Cathedral is at 4650 Flat Shoals Parkway in Decatur.

For more information, call 404-243-9336.

The timeless story of the birth of the baby Jesus will come alive for families on Dec. 17 and 18 at the annual live Nativity scene at Solid Rock AME Zion Church in Lithonia.

Church members will put on period garb and re-enact the most famous scenes from the story of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.

Mary, Joseph and the Three Wise Men will all be there, and so will the animals in the manger.

Valencia Adams, the church’s ministry leader, said this is the 11th year of the live Nativity.

Over its two-day run, Adams says the event at-tracts 200 to 250 vehicles with 750 to 1,000 people.

“They come in cars, vans and buses,” she said.Since its launch in 1999, the live Nativity has

grown from four scenes to eight.Adams said that cold weather won’t stop it, but

rain will. During the drive through the church’s campus,

which takes about 20 minutes, families will hear the church’s mass choir singing carols and other holiday music. They also will listen to the recorded story of the birth of Jesus, narrated by former actor-turned-pastor Clifton Davis.

The “Come as you are, stay in your car” event starts at 7 p.m. both days.

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Furnished Studio Apartment home. I-20 Wesley Chapel. $700/month. 1/2 off December Rent. Privacy & cozy comfort for mature adult. 770-558-1227.

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January 15, 2011 • 10am - 2pmHoliday Inn Select • 3833 Princeton Lakes Court

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Metro Self Storage Notice is hereby given that the undersigned self storage units will be sold at a public sale by competitive bidding, in their entirety to the highest bidder, on or after December 21, 2010 to satisfy the lien of the Lessor, with Metro LLC as managing agent for Lessor, for rental and other charges due from the undersigned. The said property has been stored and is located at the respective address below. The sale will be held at the first of the following addresses, listed in order, and will begin at 9:30 am or after on said date and will continue hour by hour until all units are sold at each location.

Metro Self Storage: 5951 Covington Hwy, Decatur GA. 30035I942 Crump, Faye J003 Jones, III, Willie ThomasJ155 Beadle, Lauriston J190 Mosezar, Katrina L.P101 Lawn Max, LMM, LLCK1103 Belyeu, Timothy D. K1104 Dreamers FoundationK1104 Mills, ViolletteK1110 Mcmath, Paula K1138 Lomax, StephenK1144 Scruggs, AntwanL1212 Carroll, JimmieL1219 Blanson, Claudette L1222 Watts, ShanterriaL1226 Barnes, Laquisha

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