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International festival hopes to spark economic developmentby Robert [email protected]

Imagine a festival thatcelebrates the food, music andculture of countries in Asia,Africa, the Caribbean and beyond.

County commissioner StanWatson has such a vision and hasgarnered support from DeKalbCounty, the county’s Conventionand Visitors Bureau and Chamber of Commerce, and the city of Doraville.

The inaugural DeKalbnternational Food and Music

Festival, scheduled for Nov. 12,

2-8 p.m. at the General Motors plant in Doraville, highlights the

multi-ethnic population of DeKalbCounty. Watson said the eventcan be a boost to the county’seconomic development andtourism.

“We have such a diversecommunity,” Watson said. “Ithought ‘what can we do toshowcase economic developmentand tourism?’ Maybe theinternational market is where weneed to go.”

Ethnic groups from 32countries are represented inDeKalb County. In addition to the

possibility off sparking economicdevelopment, Watson sees the

event as a way to promote thediverse culture within the countyand to showcase the on-the-marketGM site.

“This is a great opportunityfor people to come in and tastedifferent foods, and see thedifferent cultures and diversityrepresented in the county,” Watsonsaid.

Visitors to the festival will be able to sample food fromaround the world, and hear poetryreadings and live entertainmentfrom many different musical

genres. Admission to the eventis free, with fees for food and

beverages.Proceeds from the event will benet the Police Athletic Leagueand the DeKalb Police Alliance.

Watson, along with DeKalbCounty CEO Burrell Ellis,honorary chairwoman LianeLevitan and Doraville Mayor Donna Pittman, among other ofcials, toured the former GMsite on Oct. 7.

“Any positive attention [thesite] gets can’t hurt,” Pittman said.“You never know who’s going tosee it. This is all about working

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Family of missing Lithonia woman keeps hope aliveby Andrew [email protected]

Badicea McLeod knewsomething was wrong whenher 35-year-old daughter

did not call her on Sept. 25.“Normally she would call in,”

McLeod said. “She would check n with me every day, [sometimes]wo or three times a day.”

DeKalb County Policeare looking for ShawndellMcLeod, who was last seen atapproximately 12:15 a.m. onSunday, Sept. 25, by a male friend

at her home on Golod Way inLithonia.

McLeod was scheduled to be atwork at 3 a.m., but never arrived.Police have found her 2011Nissan in the metro Atlanta area,but would not say exactly where.Her family believes that she is indanger.

“Where they found the car,he would never go to that area,”aid McLeod, who last saw her

daughter on Sept. 23.“She comes very often,”

McLeod said. “She visits me veryoften.”

But, on Sept. 25, Shawndell didnot check in with her mother. Shewas supposed to have lunch at her mother’s house that day.

At 2 p.m. when there was noword from her daughter, McLeodcalled her.

“I said, ‘How come Shawndell

didn’t call me?’ So I called her.And when I called her, it wentstraight to her voice mail.”

McLeod assumed her daughter had gone to the gym and wouldstop by later, so she took a

nap. When McLeod awoke, her daughter still had not arrived.

“Then I started to get worried. Isaid, ‘This is not Shawndell. She’ssupposed to call me and she didn’tcall me.’”

McLeod called a niece whothen called and sent a textmessage to Shawndell. When theniece received no answer, shewent to Shawndell’s house andfound the home locked up, withthe car missing and a newspaper in the driveway.

“When my niece calledShawndell’s employer, the familywas told she was ‘no call, noshow.’”

“And that’s not Shawndell,” her mother said.

When the family reportedShawndell missing hours after

they discovered her disappearance,McLeod said, she was told by aninvestigator that it was too soon tole a missing persons report.

“If she didn’t want to be bothered, she would tell me,‘Well, Mommy, I don’t want to be bothered but I’m OK,’” McLeodsaid. “Most time, if she’s got a problem, she would come to myhouse and stay.”

Approximately six yearsago, Shawndell moved out of her mother’s Stone Mountainhome and began working as thehead cook at Life Care Center of Gwinnett, a nursing home inLawrenceville. Recently, shestarted an extra job working part-time at Unihealth Post Acute Carein Brookhaven.

Born in Guyana, SouthAmerica, Shawndell came to theUnited States at age 13 with her

Shawndell McLeod, left, 35, of Lithonia, has been missing since Sept. 25, after be-ing a “no call, no show” at a Gwinnett job. She also missed a planned meal at theStone Mountain home of her mother, Badicea McLeod. Photo by Andrew Cauthen

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A The Champion Free Press, Friday October 21, 2011

School system lawyers remain on Heery Mitchell case

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CITY OF CHAMBLEE – PUBLIC NOTICESpecial Election for Sunday Sales Alcohol Referendum

Notice is hereby given that the City of Chamblee will hold a Special Election onTuesday, November 8, 2011, for the purpose of submitting the question of Sunday package sales by retailers of malt beverages, wine and distilled spirits tothe electors of the City of Chamblee for approval or rejection. The question onthe ballot will read as follows:

( ) Yes Shall the governing authority of Chamblee be authorized to permit and( ) No regulate package sales by retailers of malt beverages, wine, and

distilled spirits on Sundays between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and11:30 p.m.?

The last day to register and be eligible to vote in these elections will be October 11, 2011. The polls will be open on November 8, 2011 from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00p.m.

Absentee Voting and Advance Voting will be at the DeKalb County Board of Registrations and Elections facility at 4380 Memorial Drive, Decatur, GA Monday,October 17th through Friday, November 4

th, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Absentee ballot applications and voter registration forms may be obtained bycontacting the DeKalb elections office at 404-298-4020 or www.co.dekalb.ga.us.

Nancy Williams – Chamblee City Clerk/ Municipal Elections Superintendent

by Daniel [email protected]

DeKalb County Supe-ior Court Judge Clarence

Seeliger denied a motionmade by attorneys for con-struction rmHeery/Mitchello disqualify

DeKalb CountySchool System’sDCSS) legal

counsel, Kingand Spalding, onOct. 12.

“I believe thatt is necessary for

King and Spald-

ng to continuebecause the costof replacinghem would be prohibitive,”

Seeliger said.Heery/Mitchell Attorney

Mark Grantham arguedhat King and SpaldingK&S) has a direct interest inhe outcome of the case dueo what Grantham described

as an unusual contingencyfee.

The construction rmmanaged the school system’sSPLOST account from 2002-

06. In 2006 the school sys-em terminated the companyciting overbilling and ques-

tionable work. Heery thensued the DeKalb County

School System for $400,000it said the system still owedthem. The school systemthen countersued for $100million, alleging fraud and

claiming that thecompany misman-aged projects.

A spokespersonfor Heery deniesthe claims andcontends that thereal reason thecompany was redwas because thenChief OperationsOfcer Pat Pope

wanted to awardthe contracts to people she had

connections with.To date, the school sys-

tem has spent close to $18.7million in its lawsuit againstHeery/Mitchell, with an ad-ditional $19 million accruedin unpaid legal fees.

“The contract of represen-tation is unconscionable inthat it provides the lawyerswith the right to an excessivefee well above 50 percentdepending on certain sce-

narios,” Grantham said.Seeliger agreed withHeery attorneys that the con-

tract seemed unfair and said,“It’s not a fair contract, but

they negotiated it.” Lawyersfor the construction rmalso claimed K&S had prior knowledge of a pendingcriminal case involving for-mer Superintendent Craw-ford Lewis and Pope, whichwould impact the civil case.

Grantham argued that because K&S attorneys had prior knowledge, they werewitnesses in both the crimi-nal and civil trial and their role of advocate as well aswitness would violate theGeorgia Rules of Profes-sional Conduct.

School Board ChairmanTom Bowen said he wasrelieved the school systemdidn’t have to start over andnd new lawyers but that

he had a new respect for thecomplexity of the case.

“I think that there were,and are, legitimate reasonsfor us to have brought thiscase but I don’t think thatanybody on either sidethought that it would reachthis many years,” Bowensaid.

Seeliger said mediationwas an option but both par-ties had to show interest incoming to an agreement. The judge has ordered mediation before but no agreement wasreached. Seeliger said thiswas a case that “would mostlikely have to go to trial.”

Heery attorneys alsoclaimed that during a six-month discovery period,K&S lawyers and schoolsystem ofcials made repeat-

ed efforts to avoid disclosingdocuments directly related

to the civil case, as well asinformation regarding the pending criminal trials of Pope and Lewis.

“The issues involvingdiscovery, I also agree with.There has been a lot of stonewalling in this case,”Seeliger said.

David Rubinger, aspokesman for Heery Inter-national, said that “the judgemade his feelings known to-day and besides that we haveno other comment.”

Seeliger

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by Andrew [email protected]

For years, AngelethaMintah was abused by her ex-husband.

“It was difcult for me totalk about because I didn’thave any bruises …or anyblack eyes,” Mintah said.Her friends could not seeher “black and blue heart.”

“Nor could they see how

this tragedy was torturingmy family,” Mintah said.The torture came from

her “ex-husband’s dailytantrums, ranting and ravingthroughout the house, [and]daily cursing out in front of the children,” she said.

“I would take the chil-dren to the bedroom and

we would pray for him,”Mintah said. “He would beyelling, ‘Shut up... Pray for yourself.”

To their children, Mintahsaid her ex-husband wouldsay, “Don’t listen to thatstupid b. Come over herewith me.”

“And that was a niceday,” said Mintah, who is acertied domestic violencetrainer, and has a master’sdegree in biblical counsel-ing and is a member of theDeKalb County task forceon domestic violence.

Mintah shared her ex-periences as a victim onOct. 14 during a forum ondomestic violence spon-sored by DeKalb County

Solicitor-General SherryBoston as part of DomesticViolence Awareness Month.

Domestic violence“involves men, women,children and the elderly inevery possible demographicand in every possible situa-tion,” Boston said. “It is notenough for us to gather andtalk about the magnitude of the problem. We must alsotalk about how we can work

together to solve the prob-lem.“It takes the entire com-

munity to tackle domesticviolence,” Boston said.“From the police ofcers onthe street, the advocates atthe shelters, to the neighbor who’s reluctant to get in-volved or the minister who

cares for the congregation,we all have a role, and weall have a responsibility.”

Ayonna Johnson, direc-tor of legal services for theWomen’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence,said it can be difcult tospot a victim of domesticviolence.

“What do domestic vio-lence survivors look like?”Johnson asked. “Look toyour right. Look to your left. Look behind you. Theylook like us.

“They are the women

that we work with everyday,” Johnson said. “Theyare the women that we talk to every day. They don’tlook the part because often

times the bruises are in-side.”

DeKalb County PoliceSgt. Marne Mercer, whoworks in the special victimsunits, said the departmentreceives more than 8,000reports each year for domes-tic violence.

Mercer read excerptsfrom seven police reportsabout incidents of domesticviolence that occurred in a24-hour period.

In one report the fe-male victim stated that“during the argument [thesuspect] got in her faceand she threatened to callthe police,’” Mercer read.The suspect then stated,“‘You’re going to die beforethe police take me away.I’m going to choke you and

kill you.’”According to another report the “suspect said,‘Look at what you are mak-ing me do.’ Then hit her

several times in the face,”Mercer said.

In another case, two vic-tims who were in a car saidthe suspect pulled out a gun

and shot the rear passenger window and tire.

“All of this happenedwhile the 2-year-old wassitting in the middle of thefront seat,” Mercer readfrom the report.

A victim in another inci-dent reported that the suspect “threatened to stab her mother, said that her mother was going to die, threatenedto cut off her godchild’slimb and threatened to dam-age her vehicle,” Mercer said.

“This is the face of do-mestic violence in DeKalbCounty,” Mercer said. “Oneday generated those reportsin DeKalb County.”

Mercer said domestic vi-olence is often not reported because it is described as “afamily issue or a domesticdispute.”

“If I walk up to you andI put a gun to your head andI tell you to give me your wallet, we have not had anancial transaction,” Mer-cer said. “That is a robbery.”

Mercer said so-called

domestic disputes should belabeled what they really are:simple assault, battery, falseimprisonment, aggravatedassault, terroristic threats

and stalking.“Most people wouldn’t

question whether or notthey would call the police if they got robbed or they wit-

nessed a robbery,” Mercer said. “Domestic violenceshould be the same way.”

Boston said the goal of her ofce is to prevent do-mestic violence homicides.

“And we’re not alwayssuccessful in doing that,”Boston said. “We’ve had,unfortunately, several casesthis year where we’ve seenvictims in our ofce thatwere under a temporary pro-tective order. Unfortunately,the system was not able to protect them. Their battererswent on to kill either them…or to kill their family inan effort to get to them.

“That is the one thingthat we want to stop,” Bos-ton said.

Boston said law enforce-ment ofcials need the helpof family and friends of do-mestic violence victims.

“Believe a victim whenthey make an outcry,” Bos-ton said. “Don’t turn a blindeye to what you, in fact, areobserving.

“Too many times after adomestic violence fatality,

the people of the victim’slives connect the dots,”Boston said. “They realizeeverything they’ve seen, butnow it’s too late.”

Forum givesface to domestic

violence

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“I would take the children to

the bedroom and we would

pray for him. He would be

yelling, ‘Shut up... Pray for

yourself.’”

- Angeletha Mintah

Angeletha Mintah, a member of the county’s domestic violence taskforce, shares her personal experiences of abuse in the home. Photoby Andrew Cauthen

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The Newslady

All about Harry

A memorial service was heldast week for my first news direc-or, an Armenian of immigranttock by the name of Harry Kev-

orkian, no relation to the fameduicide doctor. Harry launched

my career in broadcast news andaught me most of what I know

about the business.He was not a religious man

by any stretch of the imagination,but he was an ethical, principled,extremely fair person who lovedhis family and his fellow man. Heook a chance and a lot of heatome 40 years ago when he made

me the first African-American fe-male news reporter in South Bend,nd.

When his older daughter, Gin-ni, called me to say her belovedfather was at death’s door, thenews hit like a bolt of lightning.

was touched the family thoughtenough to make me aware. His

daughter said he often spoke of me over the years as one of his prized students. He also told hisfamily about the flack he took for

hiring me and defended his deci-sion by telling his bosses and ev-eryone else that I was a “natural”and the most qualified.

Qualified in Harry’s estimationwas the ability to write, speak,think fast on one’s feet and mostimportantly get the story as I didnot have a journalism degree. Heshielded me from the ugly racialslurs from inside and outside thestation. Harry not only taught methe basics of how to put together a story and interview techniques, but the importance of listening. Hedrilled us with the basic tenets of journalism and admonished us, thesmall staff of all White men andme, to get it first but get it right.Fairness, balance, accuracy andethics were his calling card.

I’ve learned much from manyduring the course of my life.But I’ve had four really stand-out teachers. They were my latefather, Rev. Austin Davis, whotaught me of God and life; Ms.Greer, my fourth grade Englishteacher; Harry Kevorkian and thelate Rev. George McCalep, my pastor and spiritual mentor.

It is said the impact of a

teacher lasts a lifetime. It couldalso be said that the impact of great teachers pays forward for several lifetimes. As I reflected on

Harry after Sunday’s call that hehad transitioned, I was remindedagain about the sanctity of our obligation to pay “it” forward.Harry’s investment in me gaveme an incredibly rewarding career and helped me prepare my ownchildren, grandchildren and otherswhose lives might have been posi-tively impacted by some word or deed along this journey.

Harry Kevorkian taught hun-dreds of students at the Univer-sity of Notre Dame followinghis retirement from WNDU-TV,the NBC affiliate in South Bendwhere my career began. I imaginefor many of those students it was just another really popular classwith a really great teacher. Per-haps it will be many years hencethat they too will come to realizethe impact of his tutelage on their lives.

I was so honored to be one of the speakers at Harry’s simple, but moving, memorial. We raiseda glass of his favorite wine in atoast to his memory. For his be-loved wife, Joyce, of 58 years;daughter Ginni with husbandBruce; daughter Melissa with

husband Jack ; and son Ray, thiswas a man who modeled the goodlife and lived it with love and un-compromising decency, honesty,

balance and inclusion. An easylaugh with a great sense of humor was thrown in to round out the package.

I wondered aloud during myremarks how this non-religiousArmenian was able to surviveand thrive in an environment of devout Irish Catholics at NotreDame. Perhaps it was because thisun-churched man tucked the com-mandments in his heart and simplylived them. He spoke that univer-sal language called love.

What a different world thiswould be if there were more Har-rys who tear down the walls of race, religion and gender and trulylive as if we are one family under God. Harry Kevorkian changed theface of television news in SouthBend, Ind., and made a profounddifference in my life and so manyothers. His big heart gave in. Theyunplugged the set and the screenfaded to black. Harry was 82.

Steen Miles, The Newslady,is a retired journalist and former Georgia state senator. Contact Steen Miles at [email protected].

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Is it 9-9-9 time?

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“How’s that workin’ out for ya?” —GOP presidential contender and entrepreneur Herman Cain

Our current and ever-changingfederal income tax code containsmore than 10 million words. Theax plan being touted by Georgia

GOP presidential candidate Her-man Cain fits neatly on a single 8½- by 11-inch page.

In case you have not heard,his plan is called “9-9-9.” As Cainhimself repeatedly states, his plans simple to understand, transpar-

ent, and largely revenue neutral.Though it may not raise tax rates,and in several cases reduces them,who will pay the bills under 9-9-9does vary greatly.

Simply put, Cain’s plan wouldmove our nation to a very simpleflat tax rate for individuals andcorporations. Exemptions, deduc-ions and itemization all disap-

pear—replaced by a 9 percent per-onal income tax rate, a 9 percent

corporate income tax rate and a 9percent national sales tax on all

consumption.The Social Security payroll

tax—gone. The capital gainstax—gone. Estate or “deathtaxes”—gone. Critics say this tax

burden shift will be regressive, perhaps hitting the lower middleclass the hardest.

Cain, who was raised from veryhumble beginnings, went early onto great business success. He putin time at Coca-Cola, Pillsburyand Burger King before askingfor the opportunity to turn aroundGodfather’s Pizza, a strugglingrestaurant brand heading toward bankruptcy. Cain rallied the sev-eral hundred mom and pop franchi-sees, revamped and simplified theGodfather’s menu and then took the company private. He went on to

become president of the NationalRestaurant Association.During that tenure you can

see an early glimpse of the Her-man Cain of today, when a young,well-spoken, corporate executivechallenges the business mind andmath of then-President Bill Clin-ton during a town hall on healthcare reform, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy542UgSelQ

And Cain knows a thing or twoabout health care, having survivedtwo different stage four cancers.Herman is a survivor with perhapsthe most genuine upbeat attitudeof anyone I’ve ever met.

I first met Herman Cain in

2004, and got to know him as acontributor to his radio talk showon WSB-AM 750 and now 95.5FM. Weekly on Wednesday eve-nings, I joined Herman for Cain

& Crane—Food for Your Brain,to discuss hot topics and politicaltrends of the day. The Herman onthe radio, TV or YouTube is whatyou get. A clear thinking, fast-talking and confident businessmanwho believes in finding commonsense solutions and getting results.

Though the GOP presidentialfield has solidified, their weeklyrankings remain volatile. WhileHerman began as a self-described“dark horse” in the back of the pack, his stocks and rankings have been steadily rising. Herman leadsthe most recent national poll by

NBC and the Wall Street Journal :

Herman Cain – 27 percentMitt Romney – 23 percentRick Perry – 16 percent

Having voted previously inGeorgia presidential preference primaries for both parties, I hadlong ago decided that on thatfirst Tuesday in March of 2012,I would be voting for HermanCain. The only thing that has re-ally changed since then is that Iwill likely now have a lot morecompany.

Former Massachusetts Gov.

Mitt Romney appears the more

logical GOP front-runner, and theGOP establishment appears to beconsolidating behind him, with NewJersey Gov. Chris Christie amonghis most recent endorsements.

But the same night, Herman picked up the nod of former Sur-geon General C. Everett Koop and a few days earlier, conserva-tive commentator and humoristDennis Miller committed to host-ing a Cain fundraiser.

There is still a long way to go between this rocket rise and theWhite House, and Cain knowsthat. As his fund raising picks upsteam, Herman is also putting his book tour on the back burner. Hesenses that just as legions of hisradio talk listeners loved the fair tax, his 9-9-9 plan and its simplic-

ity may be just the ticket to ride,not only to the heart of the GOP base, but perhaps more important-ly to independent and non-partisanvoters looking for an easier way to pay Uncle Sam.

Herman is a comfortablywealthy entrepreneur, with books,a popular talk show and all thecomforts which success can bring,including a loving family andfriends at home in Henry County.Giving up all of that to offer him-self in service to our country wasnot a choice without consequenceor made lightly. But Herman Cainis not in this for himself, or his

family—he is in this for yours.

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Proposed I-20 rail project fails to getadditional funding

Hey No1Safe N DeKalb, I use the East Lake station all thetime, day and night. Never had a problem, never feld unsafe.

– Name One posted this on 10/13/11 at 1:34 p.m

Unfortunately an inability to get funding is a huge problemright now due to the crashed economy.

– John Evan Miller posted this on 10/12/11 at 5:08 p.m.

The First MARTA Park & Ride Lot for DeKalb County openedin late 1979 or 1980. It was abandoned years ago and still sitsempty inbetween Gresham Rd and Flat Shoals Rd in SouthDeKalb.

I drove a MARTA Bus from 1980 till 1990.

Everyday cars were broken into at this MARTA Park and Ride.Many cars were stolen. If DeKalb and MARTA Police couldnot protect the cars at DeKalb Park and Rides then, one mustquestion how well they might perform now ?

Check out any MARTA Station on the East Line after dark andtell me how safe you feel ? Inman Park Reynoldstown = NOT- Eastlake = NOT - Edgewood Candler Park = NOT = See apattern here ?

Unguarded Park and Rides in South DeKalb are just a CandyStore for DeKalb’s Habitual Criminal Population in SouthDeKalb ! From Lithonia to Ellenwood, Three Dristricts AMuckin crime with no solution in sight ? And Elected Ofcials thatcould care less or their would not be so much crime “ In plainsight “. Would there Larry Johnson ?

– No1Safe N DeKalb posted this on 10/12/11 at 3:55 p.m.

The following comments are pulled straight from our website and are not edited for content or grammar.

Newspaper nostalgiaServing the public trust instead of just chasingprots made the journalism business better inthe old days, even without computers.

It’s been a little more than 50years since I first walked into theDes Moines Register newsroom tobegin a career in journalism.

It was a beat-up scruffy placefilled with beat-up scruffy people,almost all men. They worked in abig room lined with gray steel deskspiled high with newspapers, stacks

of books, notebooks and ashtraysoverflowing with cigarette stubs.They wrote on manual, black type-writers. The phones, also black, hadrotary dials.

This scene right out of The Front Page was a case of love at first sight.“This is my kind of place,” I toldmyself. And, as it turned out, I wasright.

But the most important thingabout that room was something youcouldn’t see: an invisible wall thatprotected its inhabitants from inter-ference from the business depart-ment. It meant that, if you had thefacts on your side, you could annoy

he rich and powerful of the city. Thewall would protect you from retali-ation.

The best newspapers in thosedays tended to be owned by long-ime newspaper families. These

owners viewed their papers as profitmachines, certainly, but also as apublic trust. These families support-ed the principle that news was newsand business was business, and thewo should not be confused.

It wasn’t a perfect arrangement. Itwould have been better, for example,o have had more women and people

of color reporting and editing the

news. But it worked pretty well for decades.Things changed in newsrooms as

hey did everywhere else. Computersarrived on the scene, bringing withhem increased efficiency but also

competition for readers and advertis-ng dollars. The ranks of the ruling

families grew too numerous to befed by dividends alone. They cashedout, selling at elevated prices tonewspaper chains, which then resoldhe publications to business brigands

who had neither understanding nor nterest in newspapers as newspa-

pers. Newspapers were just another

kind of dog food to them.In city after city, papers were

closed down, staffs cut to the bone,and home delivery severely cur-tailed. The invisible wall? Cansomething invisible disappear? Itdid.

Nowhere was that scenario played out more starkly than at theChicago Tribune and Los AngelesTimes companies, home to a half dozen of the nation’s finest papers.

A friend of mine, James O’Shea,a top editor at both the Tribune andthe Times, had a ringside seat at thedisaster. He’s written a book givinga blow-by-blow account: The Deal from Hell: How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered Great American Newspapers. It’s not a pretty story.

The Chicago Tribune papers andthe Los Angeles Times group mergedin 2000, a move that made L.A.’s powerful Chandler clan significantlyricher and journalism considerably poorer in California’s largest city.

Increasingly, the bulwark be-tween the business and news depart-ments was ignored. The businesstypes couldn’t understand the needfor it. News should be put at the ser-vice of profits and the quicker the better, they thought.

Soon the answer to every problemwas to water down the product with

brutal staff cuts, domestic and for-eign bureau closures and the pursuitof trivial, celebrity-oriented stories.Give the people what they want wasthe new mantra.

What was no-brainer logic to business people was anathemato old-fashioned journalists likeO’Shea, who held the quaint belief that the job of a newspaper is toinform readers. O’Shea and othersfought for that creed but couldn’tovercome, in his words, “the greed,incompetence, corruption, hypocri-sy…of people who put their interestsahead of the public’s.”

The sad story ends with the saleof the giant corporation to a Chi-cago real estate tycoon, Sam Zell,a bizarre foul-mouthed figure whomakes Donald Trump look couth.

Eventually Zell led the companyinto bankruptcy, leaving his paperslimping along with insupportabledebt and ever-shrinking staffs.

I hate to be one of those oldcrocks who talks about how thingswere better in the old days, But youknow what?

Some things really were better inthe old days, including newspapers.

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

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Champion of the Week

James Atkinson

DeKalb School Board votes oncharters, renames Tucker gym

When James At-kinson moved fromBrookhaven to Doravillein 1971, it was a newneighborhood with fewamenities.

“We didn’t have afield house for football,”Atkinson said. “Wedidn’t have everythingthat we needed at Hon-eysuckle Park.”

In 1974, Atkinsonand several other par-

ents undertook the taskof building the fieldhouse. The group tookout a five-year bankloan for $25,000, withseveral men signingfor part of the loan. Theloan was repaid twoyears early.

That project beganAtkinson’s 40-yearinvolvement with theNorth DeKalb YouthAthletic Association.He served in various

capacities with the as-sociation, including aspresident for severalyears and currently as amember of the board ofdirectors.

Atkinson, whoworked at the DoravilleGeneral Motors plant,said he has spent a lot

of time at the commu-nity park.

“This place is like asecond home to me,”said Atkinson, whoeven helps cut thegrass on the fields. “It’sbeen a part of my life ofsupporting the activi-ties of the children. Itwas something that thechildren needed.”

Atkinson has worked

predominately with thefootball program, buthas also supported bas-ketball, baseball andsoccer.

“It gives me greatpleasure to be aroundthe park,” Atkinsonsaid. He especiallyenjoys seeing youngadults come back to thepark to help.

Doraville City Coun-cil member Pam Flem-ing said Atkinson’s

“passion to serve thechildren of DeKalbCounty is unparalleled.”

“It takes a personwith a heart of gold anddedication to continuewanting to serve thechildren of DeKalb,”Fleming said.

In addition to thesports programs, Atkin-son is a Shriner withthe YAARAB Shrine,which raises money tosupport 22 Shriners’

children’s hospitals.Atkinson, a retiredArmy battery clerk,is married to Linda,his wife of 51 years.The couple has fourchildren, seven grand-children and two great-grandchildren.


The DeKalb County

Board of Education on Oct.0 passed a ve-year charter o allow the Museum Schooln Avondale Estates to con-inue operating.

Earlier in the year, thechool’s charter status wasalled into question after Supreme Court vote de-lared the Georgia Char-er School CommissionGCSC) unconstitutional.

The GCSC was created in008 as a way for the stateo approve and fund chartershat were denied by localchool boards.

On June 13, the boardvoted to allow the MuseumSchool a one-year waiver,which allowed it to continueo operate as it prepared toubmit its ve-year charter pplication.

Museum School Princi-al Katherine Kelbaugh

said that in the 2012-13school year the school’sattendance zone would beexpanded to include the

Knollwood and Dunaire el-ementary attendance zones.Currently, the school servesthe Avondale and Midwayelementary zones.

The board also voted torename the Tucker HighSchool gymnasium after thelate A.Z. Johnson, a for-mer basketball coach whoworked at Chamblee HighSchool for 11 years andTucker High for 21 years.According to school of-cials, Johnson’s record of more than 500 career winsin basketball makes him

one of the most successfulcoaches in Georgia history.

A letter of intent and acharter amendment for theInternational CommunitySchool (ICS) also passedunanimously. The vote willallow the school to negoti-ate a lease agreement with

the school system to use thevacant Medlock ElementarySchool rent-free. ICS wouldonly be responsible for the

maintenance costs of the building. The elementaryschool was closed earlier this year under former In-terim Superintendent Ra-mona Tyson’s redistricting plan. Currently, ICS has twodifferent locations, one at achurch in Avondale Estatesand another at a church inStone Mountain.

New SuperintendentCheryl Atkinson presentedan update of the progressthe system has made inmeeting eight requirementsAdvancED requested earlier

in the year when the systemwas put on advisement.

Atkinson said seven of the requirements had beenmet, the remaining one be-ing the implementation of a new strategic plan thatwould be nalized and come before the board in January.

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Man charged with murderin brother’s death

A Decatur man has been arrested inconnection with the stabbing death of his brother, according to DeKalb County police.

Christopher Evans, 49, has beenarrested and charged with murder in thedeath of his brother, 51-year-old AlvaroEvans, said DeKalb police spokeswomanLt. Pam Kunz. The incident happened Oct.12, at approximately 2:45 a.m. at a homeat 1855 Long Drive in Decatur. The twomen were engaged in a verbal dispute whenChristopher Evans allegedly stabbed andkilled his brother.

Christopher Evans was arrested at thehome. Alvaro Evans was taken to an areahospital where he was pronounced dead.Christopher Evans is in the DeKalb County

Jail.

Final small business forumscheduled for Oct. 27

The fourth and nal Small BusinessForum, hosted by DeKalb CountyCommissioner Stan Watson, is scheduledfor Oct. 27, 6:30-9:30 p.m., at the LouWalker Community Center in Lithonia.

The forum is designed to inform and prepare small businesses and communitymembers of the upcoming opportunities and jobs that will be created as a result of the$1.345 billion DeKalb County WatershedManagement Capital Improvements Projectsthat will take place over the next ve years.

Topics covered during this sessioninclude accounting practices for construction, federal SBA surety bonding programs for small businesses, cash ow and project nancing, legal assistance for small businesses and insurance coverage for small businesses. There will also be opportunitiesfor the attendees to make comments and ask questions. The event is free and registrationcan be e-mailed to [email protected].

DOE employee arrested onchild porn charges

A Clarkston man was arrested Oct. 12 byfederal agents on charges that he collectedchild pornography while working for theGeorgia Department of Education.

Joseph Butler, 66, is accused of downloading child pornography onto hiscomputer at the Georgia DOE. Accordingto U.S. Attorney Sally Yates, Butler wasable to defeat the ltering software on hiswork computer and download the images.Investigators were alerted to Butler’sactivities in July by a network administrator,

according to a U.S. Attorney spokesmanPatrick Crosby.Butler has been suspended without pay

pending the investigation, Crosby said.

Decatur men face sexualexploitation charges

Two Decatur men were arrested Oct. 8

on sexual exploitation charges involving 16-and 17-year-old females, said DeKalb Policespokeswoman Lt. Pam Kunz.

Darryl Bernard Curry, 47, and JohnAnderson, 31, werearrested at a home at 2113Miriam Lane and remainin the DeKalb County Jailon cash bonds. Curry wascharged with two countsof sexual exploitation of achild, two counts of falseimprisonment, rst degreecruelty to children andobstruction. Anderson wascharged with two counts of

second degree cruelty to children, giving a

false name to ofcers and obstruction.Police responded to a 911 call of a

distressed female in the area of McAfeeand Rosewood roads. The17-year-old victim told police she was being heldagainst her will at 2113Miriam Lane and wasforced into prostitution byan adult male.

Curry and Andersonrefused to open the door to police. A SWAT teamsearched the home after issuing a search warrant

and found the 16-year-old victim.

The suspects appeared in MagistrateCourt on Oct. 10. A cash bond was set for Curry of $510,000 and a cash bond was setfor Anderson of $120,000.

Former school employeepleads guilty to theftcharges

A former DeKalb County School Systememployee pleaded guilty Oct. 13 to theftcharges in a DeKalb County Superior Court.Chyrokessia Rucks, a former bookkeeper atStone Mountain High School, was found tohave stolen nearly $23,000 after an internalaudit by the school system revealed nancialmismanagement during the 2009-10 and2010-11 school years.

Rucks, who had worked at the schoolsince 2003, resigned on Jan. 7. She wassentenced by Judge Michael Hancock to 15 years probation and must repay the balance of the money stolen. Rucks alreadyhas repaid more than $10,000, according toDistrict Attorney Robert James.

NEWS BRIEFS

Residents turn out for hazardous

waste collection eventThe second Household Hazardous Waste collection

event brought in 48,000 gallons of paint and 1,362pounds of lead-acid batteries, among other items. Theevent, held Oct. 1 at the DeKalb County Transfer Station,was sponsored by Keep DeKalb Beautiful and the DeKalbCounty Sanitation Division in partnership with CleanHarbors Environmental Services Inc.

The event provided county residents an opportunityo dispose of their household hazardous waste properly

free of charge, and to help keep county landlls and theenvironment safe for everyone. Volunteers also accepted443 cars, 48 propane cylinders, approximately 500 gallonsof oils and solvents, and 12,000 pounds of cleaners.

DeKalb nonprofits awarded grantmoney

Three nonprot organizations with DeKalb Countyes are among 13 agencies to receive a total of $50,000

n grants from Georgia Natural Gas through its TrueBlue Community Awards. The nonprots includerganizations from around the state that share theompany’s community outreach focus on children andducation, seniors, energy assistance, and environmentalustainability.

Winners from DeKalb County are Center for PanAsian Community Services Inc., Families First and

enior Connections. Georgia Natural Gas has beenecognized nationally and locally for its communityutreach efforts. GNG also has donated millions of ollars to nonprot organizations, and its employees haveolunteered countless hours to schools and nonprots.

Anderson

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CALL FOR AND NOTICE OF CITY OF DUNWOODY, GEORGIA

NOVEMBER 8, 2011 BOND ELECTION

TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF DUNWOODY, GEORGIA:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 8th

day of November, 2011, an election will be held in the City of Dunwoody, Georgia (the “City”) at which time there will be submitted to the qualifiedvoters of the City for their determination the question of whether or not City of Dunwoody General Obligation Bonds in one or more series (the “Bonds”), payable from the levy of a tax, resulting from anincrease in the millage rate imposed on all property subject to ad valorem taxation within the territorial limits of the City, shall be issued by City in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $33,000,000for the acquisition and remediation of land to be used for parks and greenspace and the costs associated therewith (“Land Acquisition Project”).

The Bonds relating to the Land Acquisition Project, if approved by the voters, may be issued in whole or in part in one or more series in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed$33,000,000, and would bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed 7.0% per annum, payable semiannually until paid. Such Bonds, if approved by the voters, shall mature or have principal payable inthe years and the principal amounts as follows:

Year PrincipalAmount





2012 -

2013 645,000.00 2019 720,000.00 2025 885,000.00 2031 1,150,000.00 2037 1,540,000.00

2014 655,000.00 2020 740,000.00 2026 925,000.00 2032 1,205,000.00 2038 1,625,000.00

2015 665,000.00 2021 765,000.00 2027 960,000.00 2033 1,265,000.00 2039 1,710,000.00

2016 675,000.00 2022 790,000.00 2028 1,005,000.00 2034 1,325,000.00 2040 1,795,000.00

2017 690,000.00 2023 820,000.00 2029 1,050,000.00 2035 1,395,000.00 2041 1,890,000.00

2018 705,000.00 2024 850,000.00 2030 1,100,000.00 2036 1,465,000.00 2042 1,990,000.00

The Bonds, if approved by the voters, shall contain such other provisions for redemption, registration and other matters as may be specified by the City in a subsequent resolution or ordinance.

If the Bonds are authorized by the requisite number of qualified voters, then the City shall levy, a tax, resulting from an increase in the millage rate imposed on all property subject to ad valoremtaxation within the territorial limits of the City in sufficient amount to pay the principal of and interest on said Bonds and their respective maturities and the proceeds of such Bonds shall be held by the Cityseparate and apart from all other of its funds and shall be used by the City for the purposes and to accomplish the undertakings hereinabove set forth.

The ballots to be used at said election shall have written or printed thereon substantially the following:

YES [ ]

NO [ ]

Shall land be acquired and remediated for parks and greenspace by the City of Dunwoody through the issuance of generalobligation bonds in the amount of $33,000,000?

The regular places for holding said election shall be at the regular and established voting precincts and election districts of DeKalb County, Georgia within the City and the polls shall be openfrom 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date fixed for the election.

Those residents qualified to vote at said election shall be determined in all respects in accordance with the election laws of the State of Georgia.

THE CITY WILL NOT CONDUCT ANY PERFORMANCE AUDIT OR PERFORMANCE REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO THE BONDS AS SUCH TERMS ARE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 36-82-

100, OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 36-82-1(d) of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, any brochures, listings or other advertisements relating to the Bonds issued with theknowledge and consent of the City, as evidenced by a resolution adopted by the City, will be deemed to be a statement of intention of the City concerning the use of the bond funds.

This notice is given pursuant to a resolution of the City adopted on July 25th, 2011.

CITY OF DUNWOODY, GEORGIABy: Ken Wright, Mayor By: Sharon LoweryClerk of the City of Dunwoody,Georgia, as Municipal Election Superintendent

CALL FOR AND NOTICE OF CITY OF DUNWOODY, GEORGIA

NOVEMBER 8, 2011 BOND ELECTION

TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF DUNWOODY, GEORGIA:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 8th

day of November, 2011, an election will be held in the City of Dunwoody, Georgia (the “City”) at which time there will be submitted to the qualifiedvoters of the City for their determination the question of whether or not City of Dunwoody General Obligation Bonds in one or more series (the “Bonds”), payable from the levy of a tax, resulting from anincrease in the millage rate imposed on all property subject to ad valorem taxation within the territorial limits of the City, shall be issued by City in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $33,000,000for the improvement to the park system in the City and the costs associated therewith (“Parks Project”).

The Bonds relating to the Parks Project (the “Park Bonds”), if approved by the voters, may be issued in whole or in part in one or more series in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed$33,000,000, and would bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed 7.0% per annum, payable semiannually until paid. Such Bonds, if approved by the voters, shall mature or have principal payable inthe years and the principal amounts as follows:






2012 -

2013 645,000.00 2019 720,000.00 2025 885,000.00 2031 1,150,000.00 2037 1,540,000.00

2014 655,000.00 2020 740,000.00 2026 925,000.00 2032 1,205,000.00 2038 1,625,000.00

2015 665,000.00 2021 765,000.00 2027 960,000.00 2033 1,265,000.00 2039 1,710,000.00

2016 675,000.00 2022 790,000.00 2028 1,005,000.00 2034 1,325,000.00 2040 1,795,000.00

2017 690,000.00 2023 820,000.00 2029 1,050,000.00 2035 1,395,000.00 2041 1,890,000.00

2018 705,000.00 2024 850,000.00 2030 1,100,000.00 2036 1,465,000.00 2042 1,990,000.00

The Bonds, if approved by the voters, shall contain such other provisions for redemption, registration and other matters as may be specified by the City in a subsequent resolution or ordinance.If the Bonds are authorized by the requisite number of qualified voters, then the City shall levy, a tax, resulting from an increase in the millage rate imposed on all property subject to ad valorem

taxation within the territorial limits of the City in sufficient amount to pay the principal of and interest on said Bonds and their respective maturities and the proceeds of such Bonds shall be held by the Cityseparate and apart from all other of its funds and shall be used by the City for the purposes and to accomplish the undertakings hereinabove set forth.

The ballots to be used at said election shall have written or printed thereon substantially the following:

YES [ ]

NO [ ]

Shall the park system of the City of Dunwoody be improved by the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $33,000,000?

The regular places for holding said election shall be at the regular and established voting precincts and election districts of DeKalb County, Georgia within the City and the polls shall be openfrom 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date fixed for the election.

Those residents qualified to vote at said election shall be determined in all respects in accordance with the election laws of the State of Georgia.

THE CITY WILL NOT CONDUCT ANY PERFORMANCE AUDIT OR PERFORMANCE REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO THE BONDS AS SUCH TERMS ARE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 36-82-

100, OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 36-82-1(d) of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, any brochures, listings or other advertisements relating to the Bonds issued with theknowledge and consent of the City, as evidenced by a resolution adopted by the City, will be deemed to be a statement of intention of the City concerning the use of the bond funds.

This notice is given pursuant to a resolution of the City adopted on July 25th, 2011.

CITY OF DUNWOODY, GEORGIABy: Ken Wright, Mayor By: Sharon LoweryClerk of the City of Dunwoody,Georgia, as Municipal Election Superintendent

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Main Street in Tucker is bustling with activity after a $1.6 million streetscape project. Workers are making nal touches on im-provements which included reducing the streets lanes from four to two. Photos by Andrew Cauthen

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A ribbon-cutting and street partyn Tucker on Oct. 15 showcased a

$1.6 million Main Street streetscapeproject a decade in the making.

“I think it’s denitely worth

he money,” said Honey Van DeKreke, co-general manager of theMain Street Tucker Alliance, a non-prot citizens group.

The improved Main Streetncludes the reduction of the street’sanes from four to two, wider

sidewalks, handicapped-accessiblecurbs, landscaping, decorativeighting and street furniture.

The project was funded withgrants from the Atlanta RegionalCommission (ARC), the GeorgiaDepartment of Transportation andDeKalb County. The Main Street

Tucker Alliance also raised fundsfor the project.

The streetscape has resulted ina “tremendous pedestrian trafcincrease,” Van De Kreke said.

“We took a lot of criticism for reducing the four lanes down totwo,” Van De Kreke said. “But it

has calmed the trafc tremendously.The noise level has been reduced.“It’s very civilized,” she said.

“Trafc is stopping and waiting for people to cross the street.”

The streetscape project hasspurred approximately $1.5 millionin private investments in Tucker with several buildings being purchased and remodeled. Since thestart of the project, a new restaurant,furniture shop, patio shop, tnesscenter and antique stores haveopened in downtown Tucker.

The ARC has also awarded the

Tucker community a $400,000grant to improve the sidewalksand streetscape of side streetsintersecting Main Street.

“It really has transformed MainStreet into a welcoming place,”said DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer, who lobbied for

the project for many years. “I amso proud of the citizens of Tucker and how they advocated for this project.”

Van De Kreke said she hastalked with leaders of several localcommunities who are interestedin similar transformations in their communities.

“You have to have a lot of community pride and roll up your sleeves because it going to takesome time,” Van De Kreke said.


Two employees of the Centersfor Disease Control and Preven-tion (CDC) have been arrested by

DeKalb CountyPolice on chargesof child molesta-tion.

ThomasJoseph Wester-man, 42, and

Kimberly Quin-lan Lindsey,44, were bothcharged with two

counts of child molestation. Lindseyis also charged with one count of

bestiality.According to

DeKalb Police,detectives werenotied by amedical profes-sional in lateAugust of anallegation of themolestation of a6-year-old boy.

Lindsey is the deputy director for the Laboratory Science Policy andPractice Program Office at the CDC,according to her biography on theagency’s website. Prior to that, shewas the senior health scientist in theOffice of Public Health Preparednessand Response, which oversaw theallocation process for $1.5 billion interrorism preparedness.

In her 12 years at the CDC, Lind-sey has received numerous awardsfor outstanding performance on proj-ects and programs, according to her bio on Emory University’s Biologi-cal and Biomedical Sciences web-

site. Lindsey earned her doctorate inimmunology and molecular patho-genesis from the university in 1998.

A LinkedIn page for a Westermanlists him as having been a watch offi-cer at the CDC from November 2009to November 2010, and a resourcemanagement specialist since August2011.

Westerman has been releasedfrom the DeKalb County Jail on$15,000 bond; Lindsey was releasedwith a $20,000 bond. A preliminaryhearing is scheduled in the DeKalbMagistrate Court on Dec. 1 at 2 p.m.

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DeKalb CEO BurrellEllis said an idea to changehe current balance of power n the county government is

“silly.”The

issueis “re-ally sillywhen[we’ve]got is-

sueslike jobscreation,andtranspor-tation

mprovements, and gettingpeople back in their homes,”said Ellis, in his third year asDeKalb’s CEO.

“We have much morepressing issues,” Ellis said.

“Therealissuesthatwe’vegot toresolveare is-sues re-gardinghowwe canget our

citizens back to work, help-ng them protect their homes

and to continue to deliver theservices to them.”

The county’s Board of Commissioners is consider-ng a resolution that would

ask the legislature to create

a charter commission to re-examine the county’s CEO-commission form of govern-ment.

The “delineation of pow-ers between the executiveand legislative branches of DeKalb County governmenthas been an ongoing source

of conict that has impededthe efciency and effective-ness of the county govern-ment,” the resolution states.

Commissioner Lee Maysaid DeKalb’s government isnot a balanced form.

“It’s a heavy, heavy CEOform of govern-ment,”Maysaid.“If theCEO

wantsto dosome-thingthat iscom-

pletely against what the[commissioners] wants to do,he can.

“We’ve seen so many in-stances where the CEO—andnot just this CEO, but previ-ous CEOs—have completelygone against the will and de-sires and legislations of the board and done what theywanted to do.

May said an example isthe recent process for choos-ing projects for a proposedone-cent, regional sales tax.

“A super-majority of commissioners signed a let-ter asking for the CEO totake all of our transit dollars,split it in half and subdividethem between Clifton corri-dor and I-20 [proposed proj-ects],” May said. But Ellisdid not present that idea tothe transportation roundtablethat determined the fundingallocation for the projects.

Among the options for changing the form of govern-ment are continuing to tweak the CEO-commission formof government and setting upa commission-county man-ager government similar tothose in the rest of the coun-ties in Georgia, May said.

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“It’s not about gettingmore power,” May said. “It’sabout having a more bal-anced approach to govern-ment. It’s about removingsome of the politics.”

Commissioner KathieGannon, who said she be-lieves the county has goodchecks and balances, said theform-of-government issue“distracts us from our job.”

“It’s difcult to get our work done,” said Gannon,adding that several of her

fellow commissioners have been posturing for a changein the form of governmentfor the past three years. “Itseems like it is somethingthat needs to be looked at be-cause the commissioners thatwant to be in charge keep bringing [up the issue].

“I think we have entirelyenough power,” she saidabout the commissioners.

Gannon said she isconcerned about putting aRepublican-controlled statelegislature in charge of thetask of studying the county’sform of government.

“This is not the time to doit,” Gannon said. “We’ve gota Republican legislature andthe [county] delegation is inturmoil.”

Ellis said the form-of-government issue is not alegitimate, resident-drivenidea.

“This is not an issuethat the citizens of DeKalbCounty have cared about,”Ellis said.

“You haven’t heard[people say], ‘We don’t like

our form of government.

We don’t like having a CEOthat gets invited to the WhiteHouse and gets invited toshape national policy withthe president and vice presi-dent of the United States.’”

Instead, Ellis said theresolution, which he did notsee until it appeared on the board’s Oct. 11 agenda, is“a waste of time by certaincommissioners.”

“This is an issue that,about every six months or so,certain members of the com-

mission raise just so they canhave access to more power,”

said Ellis, who served for eight years on the Board of Commissioners, includingve as the board’s presidingofcer.

Ellis said DeKalbCounty’s form of govern-ment makes it a progressivecounty.

“Those large, urban coun-ties that are known to be pro-gressive, forward-thinking,successful, efcient, bring-ing jobs and opportunity totheir people….have a county

executive form of govern-ment,” Ellis said.

“NOTICE OF REFERENDUM ELECTION”

Notice is hereby given that a Question will be placed on the November 8, 2011 Election ballot

for the City of Doraville, Georgia, pursuant to Title 3, Alcoholic Beverages, Act 48; Senate Bill

10 as passed by the 2011 Georgia Legislature, for a Referendum vote of a majority to approve

the following:

( ) YES ( ) NO

“Shall the governing authority of the City of Doraville, Georgia, be

authorized to permit and regulate package sales by retailers of malt

beverages, wine, and distilled spirits on Sundays between the hours of

12:30 P.M. and 11:30 P.M.?”

Any questions may be directed to the Doraville City Clerk, 3725 Park Avenue, Doraville,

Georgia 30340.”

Correction A story headed "DeKalb seeks moratorium onnew cities" that appeared on page 13A of the

Oct. 13, 2011 issue of The Champion, statedin two parts of the article that the Board of Commissioners voted to approve certain reso-lutions. None were approved.

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Sunday and say that he lovedme. He did the same withlots of other folks in our church.”

He was also very curiousabout the world and intel-ligent. Massey recalled, asthough it was yesterday,a young Cagle running tohim, with his eyes peeringover the rims of his largeeyeglasses, to ask the pastor if he knew how many bonesare in the human body or some other odd fact. An in-quisitive Cagle always knewthe answer to his questions,Massey said.

Cagle weighed only 2 ½ pounds at birth and had a

thin frame growing up. “Hissmall body could not containall that energy,” his pastor remembered. He walked

around with a large Bible,and many people thought hewould grow up to become a preacher.

“But he always talkedabout becoming a Marine,”Massey said. “He overcameasthma and other physicalchallenges. John Franklinlled out into a man and pur-sued his dream to become aMarine.”

Cagle, a Tucker resident,attended Chamblee Charter High School, where he wasa highly decorated lieutenant

colonel in the school’s Junior Reserve Ofcers’ TrainingCorps program. After gradu-ating in 2010, he joined the

Marine Corps and went off to basic training at Parris Is-land. Following boot camp,the Marine Corps assignedhim to the 2nd Light Ar-mored Reconnaissance Bat-talion, 2nd Marine Division,II Marine ExpeditionaryForce, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

According to a Depart-ment of Defense statement,Lance Cpl. Cagle died onSept. 28 “while support-ing combat operations inHelmand province, Afghani-stan.” The statement did not

give details of his death, stat-ing only that “this incident isunder investigation.”

Cagle, who was single,

lived with his mother and brother, according to hisobituary. Funeral serviceswere held at Mountain WestChurch of God in StoneMountain, which he attendedand was active in the youthgroup. His body was laid torest in Empire, Ala.

Massey emphasized thatCagle “was a very coura-geous and focused youngman” who died, but lived hisdream of becoming a Ma-rine.

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y Terrance Kelly

Dunwoody residents gota chance to hear from citycouncil and mayoral candi-

dates in a

forum Oct.16 at theGeorgiaPerim-eter CollegeDunwoodycampus.The candi-dates elded

questions concerning integ-ity, sincerity, experience andoyalty to a better Dunwoody.

Residents will elect amayor andthree citycouncil

posts in the

Nov. 8 elec-tion.

Mayoralcandidatestook the

podium last, but held the at-ention of the more than 150

attendees. Mayoral candi-dates Mike Davis, GordonJackson and Bob Dallas

addressedquestionsabout the

park refer-endum andtrafc con-gestion in

the perim-eter area.

“Despite what you’veheard, I love parks,” Davisaid. “I’ve coached 19 teams

over the years in our parks,but I’m against the referen-dum for parks. This is nothe time to spend money for

parks.”Dallas said Dunwoody’s

chools are a priority. “Thepark referendum affects our chools and the quality of life

we want here,” he explained.“We have to have the rightkind of development, such asdevelopment for seniors tobuy homes near their healthcare providers and families.”

Dunwoody’s most press-ng issues Jackson said, arerafc and transportation.

“The perimeter area is our economic engine,” he said.“What bothers me is the levelof development and the den-ity. People can’t get to jobs

and grocery stores.”There is a larger popula-

ion that comes to Dunwoodyo work, Jackson added.

Trafc congestion was onepoint of consensus among themayoral candidates.

“Companies are coming tovisit the area, but they can’tget there because of trafcams,” Davis explained.

“We’ve got to free up our interstates,” Jackson said.“Trafc is economic develop-ment.”

Safety and increased pop-ulation were also addressed

during the forum. Whenallocating resources to ghtcrime, Dallas said, “What itcomes down to is, is it worth[the use of tax dollars] tomake our city the safest cityin metro Atlanta?”

Candidates for DunwoodyCity Council, District 1 atlarge, Post 4, are RobertWittenstein, Terry Nall andRick Callihan. The candi-dates were asked what Dun-woody should do to addressthe need for venues to hostorganized sports? Each candi-date has a plan.

“Ask what can Dunwoodyoffer that is not offered twomiles away,” Callihan pro-

posed.Wittenstein said Dun-

woody is underserved with

venues for baseball, soccer and lacrosse.“Many of those sports rate

low on resident interest sur-veys,” said Nall, counteringWittenstein’s response. “Weshould look at shared use of venues with neighboring mu-nicipalities.”

The parks referendumcontinued as a point of con-tention for most of the debateamong council candidates.

“We don’t have much park land in Dunwoody,” Wit-tenstein said. “If we acquire

park land when prices are

low and taxes are low, 20-30years later, we will look back at this as the last time to getlarge amounts of land to de-velop parks for our children.”

The future nancial im-

pact of the park referendumwas not overlooked. “If we’ve learned nothing elsein Dunwoody these past fewmonths, we’ve learned hownot to do bond referendums,”

Nall said. “This bond has amillage rate increase.”

Lynn Deutsch and Kerryde Vallette are the two can-didates for Dunwoody CityCouncil for District 2 at large,Post 5.

A question was posed tothe candidates about traf-c congestion in the area of Georgia Perimeter College

(Dunwoody) and DunwoodyMiddle School.

“Morning and afternoontrafc congestion could berelieved if parents allowedolder kids to ride their bikes,”

de Vallette said. An area be-hind GPC is being consideredfor creating an alternate path,he added.

“It’s important to point outthat more than two-thirds of Dunwoody Middle Schoolstudents live more than twomiles from the school,” saidDeutsch. “They will not beriding bikes to school.”

No one particular issuedominated the forum, butreferendum items for the No-vember ballot are for parksand Sunday alcohol sales.

Dunwoody residents hear candidates

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The Northeast will see scattered showers today, mostly clear to partly cloudy skies

with a few showers Friday and Saturday, with the highest temperature of 71º in New

Bedford, Mass. The Southeast will see mostly clear skies today through Saturday,

with the highest temperature of 79º in Miami, Fla. The Northwest will see mostly clear to partly

cloudy skies with a few showers today through Saturday, with the highest temperature of 72º in

Havre, Mont. The Southwest will see mostly clear skies today through Saturday, with the highest

temperature of 98º in Gila Bend, Ariz.

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Partly Cloudy

High: 68 Low: 49

TUESDAY

Mostly Sunny

High: 71 Low:49

MONDAY

Sunny

High: 67 Low:48

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Sunny

High: 67 Low:45

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Sunny

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6:58 p.m.

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Moonset

2:48 p.m.

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Oct. 20, 1983 - Remnants of

Pacific Hurricane Tico

caused extensive flooding in

central and south central

Oklahoma. Oklahoma City

set daily rainfall records with

1.45 inches on Oct. 19 and

6.28 inches on Oct. 20.

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high, dense clouds that

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StarWatch By Gary Becker - Christmas for Garradd

Today we will see sunny skies with a high

temperature of 59º, humidity of 58%. West wind

20 to 25 mph. The record high temperature for

today is 85º set in 1943. Expect mostly clear

skies tonight with an overnight low of 41º. The

record low for tonight is 34º set in 1972.

Oct. 21, 1934 - A severe

windstorm lashed the northern

Pacific Coast. In Washington

state, the storm claimed the

lives of 22 people and caused

1.7 million dollars in damage,

mostly to timber. Winds,

gusting to 87 mph at North

Head, Wash., produced waves

twenty feet high.

Christmas Day is the new target for C/2009 P1, Garradd’s, closest approach to the sun, but the comet itself will be next to impossible to observe because it will be setting

just about the same time that it will be dark enough to see it. It will be visible at dawn about two fists, held at arm’s length, above the eastern horizon. Binoculars will

always be needed to view Garradd, which at that time will be close to the star Delta Herculis. But wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. Garradd will be visible with binocu-

lars in the west as soon as the bright light from the moon is gone, and that could be as early as Sunday when the moon rises about 9:00 p.m. Beyond that time there will be

nearly a three-week window in which the comet should be viewable right after darkness if weather conditions permit, and humongous trees are not hogging your western sky. The prob-

lem with Garradd is that it is bright as comets go, but just at the threshold of the average person’s ability to spot it. Garradd is also located in a no man’s zone of the sky where the stars

are not very bright. On the positive, Garradd has been extremely well behaved as comets go, brightening almost exactly as predicted. If you manage to catch Garradd as a fuzzy, elon-

gated object, you’ll be looking at two components which make it shine. One is subsurface ice which warms from the absorbed energy of the sun, vaporizes, and cracks the comet’s exte-

rior. This gas jets into space and fluoresces (glows) from the ultraviolet light emitted by the sun. The gases absorb this invisible component of the sun’s spectrum, and then reemit ener-

gy in wavelengths of light that we can see. The second part is the dust mixed with the ice. It is pushed into space by the jetting action of the gases. This dross reflects and scatters sun-

light back in our direction, also making the comet shine. It’s a very “cool” process. An online map locating Garradd changing position is at the URL below. www.astronomy.org

Rise Set

Mercury 8:57 a.m. 7:34 p.m.

Venus 9:10 a .m. 7:48 p.m.

Mars 2:19 a.m. 3:56 p.m.Jupiter 7:23 p.m. 8:37 a.m.

Saturn 7:17 a.m. 6:48 p.m.

Uranus 5:46 p.m. 5:53 a.m.

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6-7: High, 8-10: Very High

11+: Extreme Exposure

Atlanta

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Decatur

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Doraville58/41

Dunwoody

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Snellville

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Lithonia

60/41

Morrow

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Smyrna58/41

Hampton

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Tuesday 65 59 74/54 0.32"

Wednesday 73 59 74/54 0.02"

Thursday 73 60 74/54 0.12"

Friday 75 54 74/53 0.00"

Saturday 77 52 73/53 0.00"

Sunday 83 45 73/53 0.00"

Monday 84 50 73/52 0.00"Rainfall . . . . . . .0.46" Average temp . .64.9

Normal rainfall . .0.64" Average normal 63.4

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The Champion Free Press, Friday October 21, 2011 AHealth

Emory Vaccine Center partnerswith global initiative to boostvaccine research and development

MedShare included in Clinton globalinitiative to strengthen health systemsin Bangladesh

Decatur-based MedSharerecently announced its com-mitment to strengthen healthcare systems in a network of

12 hospitals in Bangladeshin collaboration with the In-ternational Center for Diar-rheal Disease and Research,Bangladesh, the Ministry of Health of Bangladesh andAmericares. Announced atthis year’s Clinton GlobalInitiative, the commitmentwill lead to the distributionof nearly $8 million worth of donated medicines and supplies and will establish best- practice guidelines for patientcare and treatment. Over threeyears, this project will providedirect benefit to more than

five million people, the vastmajority of whom subsist onless than $2 per day, accord-ing to an announcement fromMedShare.

“At MedShare, we caredeeply about not only meet-ing our recipients’ need for supplies and equipment inthe short-term, but also – andmore importantly – aboutstrengthening and sustaininghealth care systems world-wide,” an announcementstates.

Although Bangladesh’s

economy has grown at 5 per-cent or more the past 15 years,it remains one of the poorestcountries in the world. The 12hospitals included in the com-mitment each have 200-plus beds and are located through-out Bangladesh in a mix of rural and urban settings. Med-Share’s contribution to thecommitment will include sev-en ocean containers of medi-cal supplies and equipment.

In celebration of the oc-casion, MedShare partici- pated in a special dinner in New York during the Clinton

Global Initiative, hosted bythe International Center for Diarrheal Disease and Re-search, Bangladesh, which isthe coordinating NGO for the

project. The center translatesknowledge from research into policy using strategic health programs. This allows basic

research to rapidly influence policy applications and ac-tion if the evidence supportsmeaningful public health ben-efit. Research priorities at theInternational Center for Diar-rheal Disease and Research,Bangladesh are cross cutting,such as to child health, infec-tious diseases and vaccinesciences, reproductive health,nutrition, population, HIV/AIDS and safe water.

Representing MedShareat the event were CEO andPresident Meridith Rentz;A.B. Short, senior advisor to

the CEO; Sandy Tytel, chair of MedShare’s New York Re-gional Council; David Pass,chief advancement officer;and Angie Fife Engelberger and Ralph Engelberger.Angie Engelberger is a member of MedShare’s SoutheastRegional Council and her company, Project Develop-ment Services Inc. (PDSI), sponsored MedShare’s firstcontainer of medical suppliesand equipment for the projectin celebration of its 10th an-niversary. PDSI is a privately

held hotel development andrenovation company that spe-cializes in hotel project man-agement.

“By sending MedSharesupplies and equipment to projects where other partnersare in place to provide hu-man capital, clinical expertise, physical infrastructure, and pharmaceutical product, weare contributing to a moresustainable system that hasthe potential to make a long-term, measurable impact thatwe can then report back toyou, our stakeholders, without

whom MedShare’s missionwould not be possible,” Med-Share officials said in a newsrelease.


Notice is hereby given that a Question will be placed on the November 8, 2011

Election ballot for the City of Doraville, Georgia, pursuant to Act 33, House Bill 545, as passed

by the 2011 Georgia Legislature, for a Referendum vote of a majority to approve the

following:

( ) YES ( ) NO“Shall the Act be approved which provides a homestead exemption from

City of Doraville ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $25,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city andrepeals prior exemptions?”

Any questions may be directed to the Doraville City Clerk, 3725 Park Avenue,

Doraville, Georgia 30340.”

A team of 42 universi-ies and research institu-ions in 13 countries will

work to accelerate humanvaccine developmenthrough a new collab-

orative research programnamed Advanced Im-munization TechnologiesADITEC).

The partnership, led byNovartis, was launchedOct. 1 with 30 millioneuros ($41.2 million) infunding over ve yearsfrom the European Unionand 11 million euros$15.1 million) in co-fund-ng from collaborating or-

ganizations. ADITEC willdevelop new technologiesand a platform for innova-ion in the next generation

of human vaccines.As a research partner,

he Emory Vaccine Center will contribute expertisen vaccine research and

development. EmoryVaccine Center Director Ra Ahmed is a world-enowned expert in im-

mune memory and vaccineprotective immunity. BaliPulendran, director of Emory’s recently estab-ished Center for Systems

Vaccinology, will contrib-ute his expertise in innate

mmunity and systemsbiology—identifying allaspects of the immunesystem, including genomicsignatures that contribute

to vaccine effectiveness.“Tremendous progress

has been made in vac-cine development over the past several decades,”said Ahmed, who is also a

Georgia Research AllianceEminent Scholar. “Wehave the opportunity tomove forward rapidly anddramatically with vaccinesthat are effective againstthe world’s most challeng-ing and emerging diseases.This international effortwill bring together themost innovative researchand create critical syner-gies.”

ADITEC comprises ateam of European univer-sities and research insti-tutions and leading U.S.centers in vaccine devel-opment, systems biologyand vaccine adjuvants. The project is reinforced by anumber of key Europeanindustries, both large phar-maceutical and smaller biotechnology companies,focusing on specic in-novative technologies thatallow development andmanufacture of better andsafer vaccines. In addition,the World Health Orga-nization is supporting the project as a senior partner,

ensuring that cross cuttingglobal health aspects of vaccines are duly consid-ered.

The research partner-

ship covers a wide rangeof crucial aspects of vacci-nation, from basic researchand new technologies toclinical trials and publichealth. The high-impact

project is expected to leadto improved potency andsafety of vaccines andtheir components; novelroutes and devices of ad-ministration; optimizedvaccination strategies;optimized formulationsand vaccination methodsfor different age groups; better insight in the effectsof gender, chronic diseasesand genetic variation onvaccination; and wide-spread knowledge aboutthe available new tech-nologies.

ADITEC is coordi-nated by Rino Rappuoli and Donata Medaglini of Sclavo Vaccines Associa-tion (SVA) in Siena, Italy.

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ogether with General Motors, DeKalb

County and the city of Doraville.”Pittman also sees the value in brining

ogether different cultures, something thathas not been done before in the county in

ne festival.“It’s a wonderful idea,” Pittman said.

DeKalb County and Doraville has a lot of diversity and any time you bring culturesogether is a good thing.”

There will be several stages for musicnd dancing by local international groups,n international and domestic food and

drink court, a children’s area, vendor’smarket and a comedy stage.

Photo by Josh Lamkin

Great minds collide on religion, sex andmore in engaging two-character play

by Kathy Mitchell

Sigmund Freud, the father of

psychoanalysis, and writer C.S.Lewis were among the most in-uential gures of the 20th cen-tury. Though both were brilliantmen, they perceived the worldin very different ways. The two-character Theatrical Outt play Freud’s Last Session, now on theBalzer Theater at Herren’s stage,imagines a conversation on arange of heady topics such as re-ligion, sex and suffering betweenFreud and Lewis during the lastdays of Freud’s life.

Freud is an atheist who re-

gards all religion as childishsuperstition. Lewis is a former atheist who has become a devoutChristian. While the conversationreects the personal and intellec-tual respect the two have for oneanother, it sometimes becomesa sharp-edged confrontation.Lewis’ religious views promptFreud to comment, “I want tolearn why a man of your intellect,one who shared my convictions,could suddenly abandon truth andembrace an insidious lie.”

The 1939 meeting is in

Freud’s ofce. Although it’snot intended as an analysis ses-sion, each of the men exploreshow the other’s personal history

might have led to his world view.Freud has suffered through the

deaths of a 27-year-old daughter and a young grandson. Of Jew-ish ethnic heritage, he has beendriven from his native Austria byAdolph Hitler’s invading troopsand is in the nal stages of mouthcancer, which sometimes causeshim horrible pain. He has movedto London, where the Germansare periodically dropping bombs.From his perspective, the notionthat a loving God could permit allof this is nothing less than absurd.

Lewis on the other hand ar-gues that atheism is no more logi-

cal than faith. “Atheism turns outto be too simple,” he says. “If thewhole universe has no meaning,we should never have found outthat it has no meaning. Just as, if there were no light in the universeand therefore no creatures witheyes, we should never know itwas dark. Dark would be withoutmeaning.” He further asserts thatin arguing against God one is ar-guing against the very power thatmakes him able to argue at all.

They point out inconsisten-cies in one another’s philosophiesand personal choices. Why didFreud choose to marry and re-main faithful all his life to onewoman if he does not believe inan almighty deity who requires

it? Why does Lewis dislikehymns and not care much for

church services if he is devoted tothe Christian faith?

If theatergoers are lookingfor one side or the other to “win,”they will be disappointed. Audi-ence members are left at the endof Mark St. Germain’s wellwritten, thought-provoking, richand complex play—which evenincludes moments of humor—todraw their own conclusions. Atapproximately 90 minutes, theone-act play is the perfect lengthto engage an audience in livelydiscourse without becoming te-

dious.Both cast members are excel-lent. David De Vries is complete-ly believable as the wry, churlishFreud struggling with an ill-tting prosthetic mouth roof and suffer-ing occasional bouts of nearly un- bearable pain. Andrew Benator plays the mild-mannered Lewiswith just the right touches of zealand compassion. Entertaining and provocative, this production iseverything that an evening at thetheater should be.

Theatrical Outt’s Freud’s Last Session is at the Balzer The-ater at Herren’s, 84 Luckie St.,Atlanta. For more information,call (678) 528-1500 or visit www.theatricaloutt.org.

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even brothers and one sister. The familyived in Brooklyn, N.Y., for 11 years

before moving to Georgia.McLeod said her daughter is

rustworthy, honest and has manyfriends.

“She is very nice, very kind,”McLeod said. “She likes to cook. She’s avery tidy person.”

“I wouldn’t say [we were] bestfriends, but we were friends,” McLeodaid. “She was everything to me.”

Her brother, Ovid McLeod, said thefamily just wants Shawndell to comehome.

“Please just let my sister come back home,” Ovid McLeod said. “My sister hasn’t done any harm to anybody. Shewouldn’t even kill a cockroach. She’sharmless.”

A week after her disappearance,elatives passed out yers in Shawndell’s

neighborhood, hoping that “somebodyaw something,” Badicea McLeod said.

“I’m keeping hope alive,” BadiceaMcLeod said. Whatever happened, I’mnot trying to think negatively. I’m justrying to think positively.

“I naturally made up my mind thatwhatever is the [outcome], I’m ready toface it. I just need closure. I just can’tive in hope all the time.”

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The Champion Free Press, Friday October 21, 2011 AEducation

Avondale charter school makes bestof its location, circumstancesby Daniel [email protected]

Several weather-beaten trailersit tucked away behind the Avondale

Pattillo United Methodist Church.At rst glance, they look likenothing more than places to holdSunday school or the occasionalmeeting.

However, during the week hose trailers are lled with the

300 students who attend Thenternational Community SchoolICS) in Avondale Estates.

The school opened in 2002with approximately 120 studentsand 25 staff members. Since then,enrollment has grown to nearly400 students—300 K-4 students athe Avondale Pattillo Church and

90 fth and sixth graders in StoneMountain.

Principal Laurent Ditmann aid he was grateful the Avondale

Pattillo Church had been kindenough to let ICS use its facilitiesbut with the school’s growingenrollment it is running out of pace. He said that due to zoningules and regulations the school

cannot expand anymore.“This place was great to open the

chool but it was never seen as theong-term solution,” Ditmann said.

He also said that maintaining twocampuses posed a lot of nancial

and logistical problems. “We’ve been dealing with it for ve yearsand it’s breaking our back.”

However, a recent vote by theDeKalb School Board could offer ICS a long-term solution. Recently,the board passed a letter of intentand a charter amendment, whichwould allow the school to use thevacant Medlock Elementary rent-free. Medlock was closed under Interim Superintendent RamonaTyson’s redistricting plan.

“That’s a good indication that thesenior staff at DCSS and the board

is committed to helping charter schools, generally speaking, andus in particular. They realize thatwe really add value to the system,we do something that nobody elsedoes,” Ditmann said.

Although the deal is not nal— ICS still has to negotiate the leaseagreement—Ditmann said that if everything goes as planned theschool could be in the building asearly as August of 2012.

“What you see here, that area isthe gym and when it rains we haveto use the cafeteria,” Ditmann said, pointing to a large eld behind thechurch that was mostly dirt.

The school also lacks a proper auditorium, gym and cafeteria—thearea where the children eat is toosmall to house all of them at onceso students have staggered lunches.

Ditmann also said that vandalismhas been a constant problem withthe trailers.

Additionally, some classroomsthe school has to share with thechurch, including a room that oodsevery time there is a hard rain.

Ditmann said the school, whichwas one of the rst charter schoolsin Georgia, was created to address aspecic purpose within the DeKalbCounty School System.

“It has an absolutely uniquemission. It’s sometimes hard toquantify but there is no doubt that

the mission in and of itself is totallyunique,” Ditmann said.Ditmann, who has been the

principal since 2008, said the ideafor the school was born out of theneed to address the presence of large numbers of refugees in theschool system.

“The Clarkston area was chosenas a refugee resettlement site about20 odd years ago. So, the schoolsystem had to deal with this massiveinux of refugee kids with no realframework to do that,” Ditmannsaid.

The founders of the schoolwanted to create a learningenvironment consisting of bothrefugee and American childrenin the community. Now, Ditmannsaid the school’s enrollment isapproximately 45 percent refugees.

The curricular framework for the school is the InternationalBaccalaureate Primary YearsProgram, which focuses on thedevelopment of the child as aninquirer, both in and outside theclassroom.

“The great thing about IB is,it not only focuses on academics,it also focuses on moral, ethicaland intellectual traits that have todo with tolerance, balance, open-mindedness and intellectual risk taking,” Ditmann said.

Ditmann said that even though

Medlock is a little farther than their current location, he didn’t think ICSwould lose enrollment due to thedistance.

“I think we’ll be losing peoplefrom Avondale Estates but we’ll begaining people from the Medlock area,” Ditmann said. “In termsof the refugee and immigrant population…we do offer busing andwe will continue to bus our refugee population to the school.”

Ditmann said he was excitedabout nally being able to give thestudents the facilities they deserve.

“There is no doubt that it’s goingto change some of the prole of theschool but the central philosophy,that’s not going to change,” he said.

Principal Laurent Ditmann (bottom left) and students of the International Community School in Avondale Estates look forward to moving into a new facility, possibly as earlyas August 2012.

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The Champion Free Press, Friday October 21, 2011 A


Notice is hereby given that a Question will be placed on the November 8, 2011 Election

ballot for the City of Doraville, Georgia, pursuant to Act 133, House Bill 330, as passed by the

2011 Georgia Legislature, for a Referendum vote of a majority to approve the following:

( ) YES ( ) NO

“Shall the Act be approved which authorizes the City of Doraville to exercise

redevelopment powers under the 'Redevelopment Powers Law,' as it may be

amended from time to time?”Any questions may be directed to the Doraville City Clerk, 3725 Park Avenue, Doraville,

Georgia 30340.”

CITY OF STONE MOUNTAIN

PUBLIC NOTICE

The proposed 2012 fiscal budget will be presented to the City of Stone Mountain governing

authority at the City Council Work Session to be held on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 6:00

p.m. at City Hall. The budget will be available at City Hall for review between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday beginning Wednesday, October 19, 2011. The

Public Hearing to discuss and hear public input on the proposed 2012 fiscal budget will be heldon Tuesday, November 15, at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall, 922 Main Street, Stone Mountain,

Georgia.

DeKalb County resident to participatein National Leadership Institute

Dr. Kirk A. Nooks, a DeKalb County resident andcampus dean for Georgia Highlands College in Marietta,has recently been selected to the 2011 Thomas LakinInstitute for Mentored Leadership.

The institute will be hosted in Detroit Oct. 16 - 21. Nooks will be one of 12 leaders who will attend theexecutive development program sponsored by thePresidents’ Roundtable of the National Council on Black American Affairs.

The institute prepares senior-level executives for positions as community college chief executive ofcers.The program has graduated the highest number of AfricanAmericans who have gone on to CEO positions of anyleadership institute in the United States.

Nooks will take a variety of courses designed to preparehim for such a leadership role, including nance, internal

and external partnership-building, the presidential searchand interview process, fundraising, institutional leadershipand effectiveness, board relations and fundraising skills.

Agnes Scott joins launch of $1billion green challenge

Agnes Scott College has joined 32 other leadinginstitutions to launch the Billion Dollar Green Challenge.The national goal is to invest a total of $1 billion inself-managed green revolving funds that nance energyefciency upgrades on campus.

Agnes Scott is the rst women’s college in the countryto take the lead in making this commitment and, alongwith Georgia Tech is one of two founding institutions in

Georgia.Green revolving funds involve an initial investmentthat is used to fund sustainability-related projects. As these projects save the college in costs associated with energyconsumption, water and other operations, the funds savedare then put back into the fund to be used to pay for futuresustainability projects.

The colleges have joined The Challenge’s FoundingCircle by committing to invest a cumulative total of morethan $65 million in green revolving funds.

EDUCATION BRIEFS

Over the past two weeks, kindergartenstudents at Dunwoody Elementary havebeen learning about various communityhelpers.

In class the students discussed thosein the eld of public safety that assist,protect and keep the community safe. Theyalso learned about what these community

helpers do on a daily basis and how theyhelp to keep the community safe.

Throughout the two weeks, studentswere visited by reghters and EMT personnel from DeKalb County FireDepartment, and members of the MARTAand Dunwoody police departments.

Dunwoody Elementary visited by community helpers

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Students at Dunwoody Elementary were visited by firefighters and EMT personnel from DeKalb Coun-y Fire Rescue, Marta Police Department and the Dunwoody Police Department over the past several

weeks as they learned about "community helpers."

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The Champion Free Press, Friday October 21, 2011 ABusiness

CITY OF DUNWOODYPUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that on November 8, 2011, in conjunction with the General

Municipal Election, there shall be conducted in the City of Dunwoody, Georgia an

election for the purpose of submitting the question of Sunday package sales by retailersof malt beverage, wine, and distilled spirits in the City of Dunwoody to the electors of

the City of Dunwoody for approval or rejection. The ballot shall have written or printed thereon the words:

( ) Yes Shall the governing authority of the City of Dunwoody, Georgia be

authorized to permit and regulate package sales by retailers of malt

( ) No beverages, wine and distilled spirits on Sundays between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.?

This notice is given pursuant to a resolution of the City adopted on June 20th, 2011.

CITY OF DUNWOODY,GEORGIA

By: Sharon Lowery

Municipal Elections Superintendent


Notice is hereby given that a Question will be placed on the November 8, 2011

Election ballot for the City of Doraville, Georgia, pursuant to Act 143, House Bill 544, as

passed by the 2011 Georgia Legislature, for a Referendum vote of a majority to approve the

following:

BINDING REFERENDUM

( ) Yes ( ) No

Shall the Act be approved which changes the government of the City of

Doraville to a city manager form of government with a part-time mayor and a full-

time city manager?Any questions may be directed to the Doraville City Clerk, 3725 Park Avenue,

Doraville, Georgia 30340.”

BUSINESS BRIEFSHomebuyer seminar offered

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service is hosting aseminar—How to Buy A Home in Today’sMarket—on Saturday, Oct 22 , at 10 a.m.

Topics include buying a home in today’smarket, how to qualify for a home loan andhow to work with an agent to nd the righthome for you. Jackson Hewitt is located at7535 Covington Highway in Lithonia. Call(770) 484-3131 or e-mail [email protected] to reserve a spot for this seminar.

Hotel Equities announcespromotions, award

DeKalb-based Hotel Equities recently an-nounced the promotion of Elizabeth Derby to vice president of sales and marketing, and

the promotion of Johanna Walker to direc-tor of sales for the Faireld Inn & Suiteshotel at Perimeter Center in north metro At-lanta.

Derby reports directly to Hotel EquitiesPresident and CEO Fred Cerrone and sits asa member of the Hotel Equities Strategic Al-liance Leadership Team, the executive com-mittee responsible for casting the companyvision and orchestrating its growth.

Walker has responsibility for initiatingsales and implementing the marketing strat-

egy for all market sales, including the corporate, university and leisure segments. Shegenerates new business, including meetings,groups and local accounts, and builds rela-tionships with clients by capitalizing on thehotel’s amenities and services.

Hotel Equities also announced that itsSpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel in VeroBeach, Fla., recently won the 2011 Mid-SizeCompany of the Year award for Indian River County in a competition held by the IndianRiver County Chamber of Commerce.

Harland Clarke presidentand COO to serve on GPCFoundation board

Dan Singleton, president and chief op-erating officer of Decatur-based HarlandClarke Corp., has been named to the Geor-

gia Perimeter College Foundation Board of Trustees.Singleton has responsibility for all aspects

of Harland Clarke, a leading provider to fi-nancial institutions for more than 100 years.He leads an executive team with responsibility for guiding nearly 4,500 employeesin providing a range of integrated solutionsthat include transactional payment solutions,manufacturing and contact center services,marketing services, and security solutions for individual and business consumers.

The Nalley Tree Cam-paign enters its second sea-son and anticipates planting3,000 trees this year. Sincets November 2010 debut,he campaign has resultedn more than 3,600 trees

being planted within theCity of Decatur and DeKalbCounty.

“We were looking todo something community-based,” said Elaine Bishoff ,customer relations manager at Nalley Inniti Decatur.

“It’s been a really positiveexperience for the commu-nity and our employees.”

Anyone can come by,sign the guest book andeave with a tree, accordingo Bishoff. “We give themnstructions on planting and

caring for the tree. We don’twant the tree to die after theperson takes it home,” shesaid.

Bishoff personally takescare of the young trees,watering them and makingsure that get proper sunlight.Describing herself as “kindof a farm girl,” she addedhat the project has been an

especially good t for her.The city of Decatur,

DeKalb County, Trees At-anta, Park Pride and Keep

DeKalb Beautiful have part-nered with the Nalley TreeCampaign again, with thegoal of planting 10,000 treeswithin the City of Decatur and DeKalb County in threeyears.

“We expect to exceedour goal this year with thehelp of our partners and

ocal organizations who to-gether made last season sospectacular,” said MelissaCorey, public relationsand communications man-

ager for Asbury AutomotiveGroup, the parent company of Nalley AutomotiveGroup. “Building on thegreat results and excitementfrom last year will no doubt produce even more oppor-tunities to participate in thiscampaign.”

Tree-planting season inGeorgia runs from October to April. The colder weather allows root systems of young seedlings to establish before Georgia’s typically

hot summers. Hot weather can be stressful for youngtrees that must establishtheir root systems, whilecollecting water and nutri-ents for growth.

Through April 30, 2012,residents can visit the show-rooms of Nalley BMW, Nal-ley Inniti or Nalley Nissanon the 1600 block of ChurchStreet in Decatur during business hours to pick upcomplimentary trees, in-cluding dogwoods, oaks andRedbuds. One-gallon pot-ted trees will be distributedin the outlying months of October and April, to en-sure the trees thrive in thewarmer weather. Bare-roottree seedlings will be dis-tributed the remainder of thetime. Planting instructionsfor each tree will also be provided.

“I have been activelyinvolved in the Nalley TreeCampaign since its incep-tion,” said Gregory Levine,chief program ofcer of Trees Atlanta. “I’ve beenamazed at how Decatur

and DeKalb citizens havecome together to make this program so successful. Thesupport from the communityis really overwhelming.”

Nalley TreeCampaign takes rootfor second season

Elaine Bishoff personally takes care of the young trees, wateringhem and making sure they get proper sunlight. Photo by Kathy

Mitchell

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ATLANTA

Session designed to help boys’academic performance

“Prodigy Mom” and parental involvement coach Mi-chelle Brown-Stafford is partnering with the East LakeFamily YMCA to host a free “lunch and learn” gatheringor families committed to helping their sons thrive in edu-ation. The event is Saturday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.,t East Lake Family YMCA, 275 Eastlake Blvd., Atlanta.

Brown-Stafford, enrolled her son Stephen Stafford intoMorehouse College at age 11. Among the topics slated for

iscussion are:Your son and the classroom—why a mix-match?Why boys hate to read and what to do about itPreparing your son for his future occupation—outside of the classroomHow video games and electronic gadgets can improveacademic performanceZeroing in on what gets your son inspired and channelingit into academicsConnecting your son to college and his future.

Families interested should contact Diane Brown of Gifted-Spirit.com at (678) 278-8424 or Quandra Collins of he East Lake Family YMCA at (404) 373-6561 for details.Parents can also visit www.gifted-spirit.com and click “Pa-ental Involvement Campaign” for Parents-As-Partners. Thevent is free for families and space is limited.

DECATUR

How to Build a Better DeKalb’ forumannounced

The League of Women Voters of DeKalb is hosting aransparency in government forum with DeKalb Countyommissioners on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 6-7:45 p.m. at theowntown Decatur Library auditorium, 215 Sycamore St.,

Decatur.Confirmed to attend are commissioners Jeff Rader,

Larry Johnson, Lee May and Kathie GannonThis will be an opportunity to engage commissioners in

conversation about “How to Build a Better DeKalb.” It willlso be an opportunity to ask commissioners about critical

ssues facing DeKalb County and to obtain their feedback

bout these issues.For additional information contact the League of

Women Voters DeKalb at [email protected] or (404) 321-913.

Harvest festival announced

The Global Growers Network will celebrate its secondnnual Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 22, noon to 3.m., at the Burundi Women’s Farm at 121 Sam’s Street,

Decatur. Refugee women from Burundi who lead the farmwill celebrate a successful growing season with a Winter Stew and Chili Cook-Off, international music and dancing,hildren’s games and prizes, locally grown fresh producend fun for the whole family. The entrance fee is $15 for dults, $5 for children older than 5, and free for childrenounger than 5. Tickets can be purchased in advance at

www.globalgrowers.net. Susan Pavlin, director of theGlobal Growers Network, said, “This is a unique opportunityo celebrate the tremendous contributions that internationalewcomers can make to our local food system, and tohare in the success of these incredible women as produc-rs for our local markets.”

Wine festival in its 10th year

The 10th annual Decatur Wine Festival is scheduledfor Saturday, Nov. 5, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the historic OldCourthouse Square in Downtown Decatur. This year’sfestival will showcase more than 350 wines, domestic andinternational, as well as organic and sustainably producedwines. Festivalgoers can also sample fare from Decatur eateries and listen to live music from the Gwen HughesBand and The Shadowboxers.

All proceeds from the festival benefit the Decatur Arts Alliance, which offers the Decatur Arts Festival and other art events free to the community each year.

Tickets are $35 and may be purchased in advance

only at www.ticketalternative.com. A limited number areavailable in advance at Decatur Package Store. Admissionis limited to 2,200 people and attendees must be 21 or old-er. For more information, call (404) 371-9583 or visit www.decaturartsalliance.org or www.decaturwinefestival.com.

DORAVILLE

City wins award for LCI study

The 2010 Downtown Doraville Master Plan LCI Studywon an award Sept. 30 for Outstanding Planning Docu-ment—Large Community at the Georgia Planning Associa-tion’s fall conference.

The 2010 Downtown Doraville Master Plan is a

seven-month, long-term community planning process thatfocuses on a 689-acre study area, which includes the NewPeachtree/Shallowford Road corridor, the section of BufordHighway between I-285 and Shallowford Road, the GMproperty and areas north and west of the former assemblyplant. The study focuses primarily on the GM plant redevel-opment and transportation connectivity to and from the site.Transportation projects identified in LCI studies are eligiblefor federal transportation funding.

Halloween party planned at library

Halloween Spooktacular, the library’s annual Hallow-een party, is scheduled for Oct. 26, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Theevent is free and aimed at children ages 3-5. There will begames, spooky stories, songs and a costume contest. Noregistration is required. The library is at 3748 Central Ave.

in Doraville. For more information, call (770) 936-4852.

Unity Garden sponsors Picnic With

Scarecrows

The Doraville Unity Garden will hold Picnic with Scare-crows on Oct. 22, 2-4 p.m., at the Wheeler and Chestnutsite. The event, done in conjunction with the DeKalb CountyBoard of Health and its partners, is part of the nationalFood Day open house initiative. The goal of the picnic is tofoster community awareness and participation in nationalefforts to expand access to healthy, affordable and locallygrown food. For information, contact: Susan Fraysse (770-263-0262), [email protected], Heather Isaacson (770-458-0764), [email protected] or Yajaira Weiner (678-571-6442), [email protected].

DUNWOODY

City completes E-911 transition

The city of Dunwoody officially transferred its E-911services from DeKalb County to the Chattahoochee River 9-1-1 Authority (ChatComm) earlier this month after sixmonths of preparation. ChatComm is a governmentalauthority established by the cities of Johns Creek andSandy Springs to handle their 911 calls. Dunwoody pays afixed fee for call taking and police dispatch services.

STONE MOUNTAIN

Charles ‘Chuck’ Burris memorial

bridge to be dedicated

A dedication ceremony to name the bridge at theinterchange of East Ponce de Leon Avenue and MemorialDrive the Charles “Chuck” Burris Memorial Bridgewill take place Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. The Georgia General Assembly approved the new name for the bridge earlier this year when it passed House Resolution 719, which wassponsored by Rep. Billy Mitchell (D-Stone Mountain), whois hosting the ceremony.

Burris became the first Black mayor of Stone Mountain

in 1997. After completing his term in 2001, he became theexecutive director of the Southern Regional Council andlater took a position as a senior IT manager at LockheedMartin. Burris, who graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, worked as a public employee for the city of Atlantaand served on the Stone Mountain City Council beforebeing elected mayor. Burris died Feb. 12, 2009, at the ageof 57.

Alexis Perry, second from right, was joined at thepresentation of the Diamond of Hope Award by, from left,Randy Redner, American Cancer Society; Lori Hall, WellStar

Health System; and Atlanta Braves pitcher Tim Hudson.

Teenager receives Diamond of Hope

award

The Atlanta Braves presented 15-year-old AlexisPerry of Stone Mountain with its Breast Cancer AwarenessDay Diamond of Hope award. The award recognizescaregivers who have made an impact on the lives of cancer survivors. Perry was nominated by her mother Shea

Wiggins, who was diagnosed with breast cancer when her daughter was 4.

Perry, who her mother calls “a born caregiver,”immediately learned how to help her mother by making her own lunches, washing her own clothes and cleaning out therefrigerator.

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The Champion Free Press, Friday October 21, 2011 ASports

by Robert [email protected]

Jarontay Jones and JafarMann were a year away from en-ering high school, but they hadhe same ambition—win a state

high school football championshipat Stephenson.

“They all had goals of win-ning a state championship, evenn middle school,” Jaguars coach

Ron Gartrell said. “And the other kids pick up on that.”

Nearly ve years later, the twosenior defensive linemen are partof the blueprint of consistent suc-cess that Gartrell has built at Ste-phenson in its 15th season playingvarsity football. The 7-0 Jaguars,still looking for their rst champi-onship, have made the state play-offs 11 straight seasons.

“There’s not much pressure be-

ing seniors, we just do what we’vegotta do,” said Jones, a 6-foot-2,

240-pounder. “We’ve been doingit since we were freshmen. We’ve been all-county, all-region, nowwe’re ready to win a state champi-onship.”

The duo is part of a defensivefront that has helped Stephenson become one of the most disruptivedefenses in the state. The Jaguarslead the county with 36.5 sacksand 70 tackles for losses. Jonesis second on the team with 14.5sacks. The Jaguars boast the coun-ty’s best defense against the run,allowing the opposition 70 yards per game.

“We’re going to be the predict-ing factor,” said Mann, 6-4 and275 pounds. “Everybody plays better when we set the tone.”

Mann has committed to Flor-ida while Jones has committed to

Virginia Tech. A third member of the starting defensive line, senior

Carlos Hood, has committed to ascholarship offer by South Caro-lina.

Two years ago, then-senior Michael Thornton was one of themost heavily recruited defensivelinemen in the state. Thorntonchose Georgia, where he is a red-shirt freshman nose tackle.

Having three blue-chip line-men gives Gartrell plenty of op-tions on defense.

“We’re fortunate to have guysthat size that can move like thoseguys can,” Gartrell said. “They en-able us to do different things likestop the run, force turnovers and put pressure on the passer.”

As has been the case for yearsat Stephenson, team chemistryadded to the enormous talent basehas been a formula for success. In

addition to having players comethrough Wade Walker Park and

Stephenson Middle School, theJaguars have had their share of transfers over the years.

“To have some of those guyscome up through the middleschool is a great feeling,” Gar-trell said. “They’re the ones thatlook forward to coming up and being a part of the tradition here.They all enjoy playing with eachother. Even the players who comein later t in like they’re right athome.”

Such has been the case withHood, who leads the team withthree recovered fumbles.

“We’re not the only talent onour team,” Hood said. “Everybodycontributes and the team chemis-try is really good. We’re all prettyclose and we hang out together off the eld.”

Defending traditionStephenson linemen working to fulll common goal

Seniors Carlos Hood, from left, Jafar Mann and Jarontay Jones anchor the defensive line for undefeated Stephenson. Photo by Travis Hudgons

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DeKalb High School Sports HighlightsFOOTBALL

Tucker 37, Miller Grove 6: Dallas Rivers

rushed for 116 yards and two touchdownson 11 carries for the Tigers (7-0 overall andn Region 6-AAAA). Yusuf Minor gained

78 yards and ran for two touchdowns as theTigers totaled 279 yards rushing. It was thefourth straight game and fth this season thathe Tigers have held an opponent to eight

points or less. Joshua Dawson led the Tigerswith 12 tackles, including two sacks. Also,Jerry Shippy had seven tackles and twosacks. Tucker, ranked No. 1 in Class AAAA,plays Redan on Oct. 21.

Marist 38, Redan 6: William Curran ranfor two touchdowns as 12 players carriedhe ball for the War Eagles (6-1 overall andn Region 6-AAAA). Gray King led the

way with 75 yards rushing and a touchdown.Jason Morris also scored a touchdown.Also, Austin Hardin kicked a 50-yardeld goal, his longest of the season. Jack Burke led the defense with six tackles whilePreston Furry had four tackles, caused twofumbles and recovered one. The War Eaglesface Lithonia on Oct. 21.

Stephenson 46, Langston Hughes 0:Mike Davis rushed for 175 yards and twoouchdowns as the Jaguars (7-0, 4-0 in

Region 2-AAAAA) gained more than 350yards on the ground. Brandon Washington added 80 yards rushing with two touchdownsand T.J. Moon rushed for 90 yards. Also,

Demarcus Sweat returned a punt 55 yardsfor a touchdown. The Jaguars defense hasheld its past two opponents to a total of sixpoints. Stephenson plays East Coweta onOct. 21.

Woodward Academy 27, Cedar Grove 24: The War Eagles rallied in the nal minutefor the win to create a three-way tie for rst place in Region 5-AAA, Division B.Woodward, Cedar Grove and Columbia eachhave one loss. The Saints (5-3, 4-1) are off his week.

M.L. King 26, Newton 10: JonquelDawson passed for 349 yards and threeouchdowns for the Lions (7-0, 4-0 in Region

2-AAAAA). Joshua Stanford caught sevenpasses for 181 yards and two touchdowns,while Blake Tibbs caught seven passes for 141 yards. Also, Dontavious Hood scoredon a 9-yard pass and Jaynor Jones returneda fumble 7 yards for a touchdown. Thedefense held the Rams without an offensiveouchdown, scored a safety and forced veurnovers. Kendarius Whitehead had 13ackles and two sacks. Also, Chris Burgess

and Wesley Greene each had an interception.The Lions face Newnan, which is tied for rst place in the region with the Lions andStephenson, on Oct. 21.

Lithonia 22, Douglass 12: Quarterback

Elijah Thomas rushed for 166 yardsand three touchdowns on 18 carries for he Bulldogs (4-3 overall and in Region

6-AAAA). On defense, David Johnson ledhe way with 15 tackles, including two for

losses. The Bulldogs face Marist on Oct. 21.

St. Pius 35, Druid Hills 0: Logan

Rosborough rushed for 86 yards and twotouchdowns for the Golden Lions (7-0, 4-0in Region 5-AAA, Division A). Also, TreyWhite completed 8 of 10 passes for 110yards. The defense held the Red Devils (4-4,3-2) to 137 total yards. Nick Rufn blockeda punt, which Grayson Klingler recoveredfor a touchdown, and Nick Glass had twointerceptions. Also, Braswell recovereda fumble at the Golden Lions’ 1-yard lineand Geno Smith made a touchdown-savingtackle to preserve the shutout. St. Pius facesGrady on Oct. 21 with a win securing a berthin the state tournament.

Columbia 56, Towers 6: Kenno Loyal, whocommitted to Mississippi last week, rushedfor 161 yards and three touchdowns for theEagles (4-3, 3-1 in Region 5-AAA, DivisionB). Jabari Menefee completed 4 of 5 passesfor 122 yards and four touchdowns. KeithonRedding caught two passes for 82 yards andtwo touchdowns. Gerald Everett and MialsWoodberry also each caught a touchdown pass. Also, Jhaustin Thomas returned afumble 50 yards for a touchdown. The Eaglesface Arabia Mountain on Oct. 22.

CROSS COUNTRY

DeKalb County Championships, Oct. 12Lakeside swept the county championships

for the 11th time since 1995 and the boyswon their 17th title in a row. The Vikings beat Stone Mountain 47-60 in the boys’ racefor the closest margin since 2005. Lakesidehas won a total of 28 county titles.BoysTeam scores (top three): Lakeside 47, StoneMountain 60, Dunwoody 63.Top ve individuals: 1. Nahome Abera,Stone Mountain, 17:35.53; 2. Kyle Sexton,Dunwoody, 17:43.82; 3. Ray Lumb, DruidHills, 17:53.95; 4. Brian Song, Lakeside,17:59.27; 5. Andrew Whetten, Druid Hills,18:08.34.GirlsTeam scores (top three): Lakeside 26,Dunwoody 47, Druid Hills 101.Top ve individuals: 1. Alex Cameron,Dunwoody, 20:25.45, 2. MeghanWetterhall, Lakeside, 21:00.38; 3. GrecianaCooper, Southwest DeKalb, 21:06.65; 4.Hayley Keadey, Lakeside, 21:50.07; 5. JennCora, Lakeside, 21:56.37.

SOFTBALL

All ve teams from DeKalb County thatqualied for the state tournament lost in therst round in best-of-three series’ in games played Oct. 12-14. In Class AAA, St. Piuslost to Central Carroll 7-2, 4-2. In ClassAAAA, Dunwoody lost to Pope 7-0, 15-

4; Lakeside lost to Chapel Hill 5-0, 10-2;Chamblee lost to Paulding County 10-2, 11-0; and Marist lost to Kell 5-3 in the decidingthird game. The War Eagles lost the opener 7-4, then won Game 2 6-5.

Dunwoody sophomore Alex Cameron won her second straightDeKalb County girls' cross country title. Photo provided

Nahome Abera of Stone Mountain won the boys' DeKalbCounty cross country title and paced the Pirates to asecond-place team nish. Photo provided

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by Robert [email protected]

Lakeside advanced to the sec-ond round of the Class AAAA statevolleyball playoffs for the thirdstraight season with a 3-2 win over

No. 7 Sprayberry in the rst roundon Oct. 12.

Only St. Pius, ranked No. 2n Class AAA, advanced past the

rst round among other schools inDeKalb County. The Golden Lionsshut out Troup in the rst roundof the AAA state tournament and

faced Darlington on Oct. 18. Lake-side played at Lithia Springs in theAAAA tournament on Oct. 18.

Arabia Mountain, the only other DeKalb team to advance to the state playoffs, lost in the AAA rst roundto Locust Grove 25-5, 25-6, 25-5.

Lakeside has enjoyed a balancedattack—solid hitting up front, com- bined with accurate serving, gooddefense and setting. Gloria Mc-Goldrick led the county through theregular season averaging 18.4 as-sists per match while Amy Vansant was tops in digs with 15.1 per

match. Also, Emma Wakeman ledthe county with 49 blocks.

The offense has been just as productive. Lakeside had three players with more than 100 killseach through the end of the regular season— Jenny Miller, Kierra-Lee

Dunson and Sierra-Lee Dunson.That balance has carried Lake-

side through the playoffs as threeof its past four matches have goneto a deciding game. Against Spray- berry, the Vikings lost the rst game before winning the next two in the best-of-ve match. After losing the

fourth game 25-16 for a 2-2 tie, theVikings won Game 5 15-11.

St. Pius’ wins have been moredecisive in the postseason. TheGolden Lions (41-5) have droppeda game in only one of the past four matches. The Golden Lions beat

Troup 25-7, 25-14 and 25-5 in therst round of the state tournament.

St. Pius is attempting to get back to the state Final Four for the fourthtime in the past ve seasons. TheGolden Lions advanced to the stateseminals three years in a row from2007-09.

Volleyball: Lakeside in second round for third straight year

THE NEXT LEVEL

The Champion chooses a male andfemale high school Athlete of the Week each week throughout the school year.The choices are based on performanceand nominations by coaches. Pleasee-mail nominations to [email protected] by Monday at noon.

MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Jonquel Dawson, M.L. King (football):The quarterback completed 17 of 29 passes for 349 yards and threetouchdowns as the Lions beat Newton 26-10 in a Region 2-AAAAA game on Oct.14. Dawson has passed for 798 yards and

seven touchdowns in the past two games.

FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Alex Cameron, Dunwoody (crosscountry): The sophomore won theDeKalb County Championships on Oct.12 at Arabia Mountain for the secondstraight year. Her time of 20:25.45 wasthe best time on that course all season.

Three players selected

to all-American gameThree football players from schools in DeKalb

County have been selected to play in next year’s U.S.Army All-American Bowl.

Stone Mountain linebacker Markuss Eligwe, Ste-phenson linebacker Raphael Kirby and St. Pius de-

fensive back Geno Smith all recently were ofciallynvited to play in the national high school all-star game scheduled for Jan.12, 2012 in San Antonio.

Smith, who has committed to Alabama, has 38ackles and an interception for the Golden Lions.

Kirby leads DeKalb County through six games with4.5 quarterback sacks and has 61 total tackles. He

has committed to Miami. Eligwe, who has committedo Florida State, also has 61 total tackles.

Eligwe Kirby Smith

Each week The Champion spotlights former high school players from the county who are succeeding in athletics on the college level.

Chris Philpott, Louisville (football): The senior from St. Piuskicked three eld goals, includinga career-long 51-yarder in a 25-16loss to Cincinnati on Oct. 15. Hisother eld goals were from 42 and18 yards, giving him 10 points onthe day.

Jasmine King, Howard(volleyball): The junior setter from Chamblee played a big partin the Bison’s current three-gamewinning streak with 50 assists and10 digs in wins over Morgan Stateand Coppin State. She also had 21assists in a win over Norfolk State.

Jamel Dobbs, Navy (football):The sophomore defensive end fromCedar Grove has played in all sixgames for the Midshipmen thisseason. He has a total of 17 tackles,including two in a 21-20 loss toRutgers on Oct. 15.

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The Trail to the Title begins withrst round action on Oct. 22

by Mark Brock

The eight teams vying for the eighth annual Trail tothe Title championship are set and rst round play is setfor Oct. 22 at Hallford Stadium beginning at 9 a.m.

Columbia (4-2) hosts Tucker (5-1) in the rst gameof playoffs at 9 a.m. at Hallford Stadium. Columbiaknocked off previously undefeated Peachtree 12-7 inthe nal week of the regular season to claim its thirdconsecutive region title. Tucker got past Chapel Hill 36-22 to earn its rst trip to the playoffs.

The second game at Hallford pits Region 4 cham-pion Druid Hills (5-1) against Region 2 runner-up Ce-dar Grove (5-1) at 10:30 a.m. Druid Hills won its rstregion title with a 20-0 victory over 2010 Trail to theTitle champ Miller Grove. Cedar Grove dropped a 16-6decision to Stephenson to nish second in Region 2.

The third rst round game of the day has Region1 champion Bethune (6-0) host Region 2 runner-upPeachtree (5-1) in a noon start at Hallford. Bethunewrapped up its third consecutive region title with a 30-0victory over Tucker in Week 7 and enters the game fol-

lowing a bye week. Peachtree dropped a hard-fought12-7 decision to Columbia on the nal week of the sea-son for its only blemish while earning the team’s rstplayoff berth.

The nal game of day kicks off at 1:30 p.m. asStephenson (6-0) hosts 2010 defending championMiller Grove (3-3) at Hallford. Stephenson took a16-6 victory over Cedar Grove to claim the Region2 title and nished undefeated in the regular season.Miller Grove dropped a 20-0 decision to Druid Hillsin the Region 4 title deciding game last week.

Middle School Football Playoffs: First Round

Saturday, Oct. 22 at Hallford StadiumGame 1: Columbia (4-2) vs. Tucker (5-1), 9 a.m.Game 2: Druid Hills (5-1) vs. Cedar Grove (5-1), 10:30 a.m.Game 3: Bethune (6-0) vs. Peachtree (5-1), 12 p.m.Game 4: Stephenson (6-0) vs. Miller Grove (3-3), 1:30 p.m.

Note: First team listed will be home team

Photo by Travis Hudgons

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