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Dogs, owners compete for fun at Stone Mountain Park

by Andrew Cauthen andrew@dekalbchamp.com Linda Reel of Cumming said Angus, her Cairn Terrier, would rather swim and jump than anything in the world. Thats one of the reasons the small lap dog participated in the DockDogs canine aquatics competition at Stone Mountain Park, July 26-28. Angussimilar to Toto in the Wizard of Oz, Reel saidwasnt doing so well in the Big Air competition. Our personal best last season was 16 feet, said the retired FBI employee. He slipped twice off the dock when he went to launch, which threw him sideways. Hes only done 12 feet, 3 inches which is very, very bad for him. He usually jumps between 15 and 16 feet. Big Air, one of three events in the competition, is the most popular Its essentially the long jump for dogs, said Brian King, social media strategist for DockDogs (wwwdockdogs.com). The dogs jump off a 40-foot dock into a 40foot pool. The world record for that is 31 feet. Another event is Extreme Vertical, the high jump for dogs. In this event, dogs jump to remove a
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Stone Mountain Park was the venue for Summer at the Rock, a canine aquatics competition sponsored by DockDogs. Dogs participated in long jump, high jump and drag race events in a pool. Photos by Travis Hudgons
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special grand jury or extend it. James also filed a lawsuit against Judge Scott on behalf of the members of the special purpose grand jury, which is being heard in another jurisdiction after Judge Daniel Coursey recused himself from the case. Lawyers for Ellis also accused James of abusing the criminal grand jury by calling only one witness, one of
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Attorneys for embattled CEO ask to dismiss case

by Daniel Beauregard daniel@dekalbchamp.com Attorneys for suspended CEO Burrell Ellis filed a motion to dismiss the case against him on grounds that the indictment against Ellis was obtained in violation of his rights. A motion filed July 29 in DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Courtney L. Johnsons courtroom, accuses District Attorney Robert James of abusing his authority. Ellis attorneys accuse James of using a special purpose grand jury to obtain evidence or information to use against Ellis in an indictment. The motion accuses James of using the special purpose grand jury to investigate and compel evidence and testimony outside the scope of the [special purpose grand jury]. The motion also states that the DAs office issued subpoenas for Ellis to testify before the grand jury and made false representations that Ellis was not a target of the investigation. Additionally, Ellis attorneys accuse James of ordering Ellis to appear before the grand jury to lure Mr. Ellis away from his home and office so that agents of the District Attorneys Office could execute search warrants for his home and office, without the knowledge of the judge supervising the [special purpose grand jury]. Ellis home was searched by investigators Jan. 7, two days after he was sworn in to his second term in office. Several other county offices, as well as the office of Ellis campaign manager Kevin Ross were searched at the time. The special purpose grand jury was impaneled by Judge Mark Anthony Scott in 2011. Throughout this time, the motion alleges, James used the grand jury to subpoena or request witness testimony that was outside the [special purpose grand jury]s inquiry. Shortly after Ellis testified before the special purpose grand jury, Judge Scott ordered its findings to remain under seal. Scott then granted a motion to allow Ellis and his attorneys to review the findings of the special grand jury before they were made public. However, James filed an emergency injunction and appealed Scotts decision to the Supreme Court. At the time, James stated that the court had no legal precedent to keep the special grand jurys findings from being made public or to allow them to be rehis investigators, to testify. Ellis and his attorneys have requested that an evidentiary hearing be held to discuss their motion. Erik Burton, a spokesman for James, said that the matters within the motion should be heard in court during the trial. We stand ready for trial and we stand by our indictment, Burton said.
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The number of snake and mosquito bites has risen due to the recent rainy weather.
Rainy weather causing increase in snake and mosquito bites

by Carla Parker carla@dekalbchamp.com The recent rainy weather in the metro Atlanta area has done more than cause trees to fall and sinkholes to form. According to the Georgia Poison Center, the rain has caused snakes to come out in the open more often. Georgia Poison Center Medical Director Dr. Robert Gellery said there have been 261 snake bites reported in Georgia since January, including 13 in DeKalb County. There were 252 snake bites reported in the same time period in 2012. However, DeKalb had the same number of snake bites reported in 2012 from January to July. Gellery said snakes go out and hunt for food after the rain stops. Theyre hunting to feed themselves in a short period of time, he said. So they tend to overlap more with people. Gellery said snakes are everywhere in Georgia, even in high population cities and urban areas. They were here first and we intruded on their space, he said. As we expand our living spaces were intruding on their space. So its very common to have [snake bites] happen. Atlanta has a variety of snakes living in the city. The venomous snakes in the area include copperheads, rattle snakes and cottonmouths. The most common nonvenomous snakes are black racers and king snakes. Gellery said there could be other types of snakes in the area but they are not fully identified because people do not get a chance to look at them. When a snake strikes it disappears quickly and you dont get a good look at it, he said. If a person is bitten by a snake, Gellery said, it is important for that person to observe the snake and try to remember as much as possible about how the snake looks. Once you do that then call the Georgia Poison Center for assistance because we manage venomous snakes somewhat differently than snakes that are nonvenomous, he said. And we will make sure to assist them in getting to the right hospital that is close to them that would treat a snake bite. Gallery said it is best for a snake bite victim to call the Georgia Poison Center before calling 911. Sometimes you dont need 911 if the snake isnt poisonous, he said. Were available 24/7, 365 days a year with no direct charge to the caller because were paid by state and federal dollars. The Georgia Poison Center emergency and information number is (404) 616900. The toll free number is 1 (800) 222-1222. Mosquitoes have also become a problem in the area due to the heavy rain over the past two months. The DeKalb County Board of Health announced on July 25 that a routine collection of mosquitoes has tested positive for the virus. This is the first report of positive mosquitoes in metro Atlanta this year. The Georgia Department of Public Health confirmed on July 8 the states first case of West Nile Virus in 2013. The adult patient from Brantley County was infected in May and recovered without hospitalization or complications, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Georgia Department of Public Health entomologist Dr. Rosmarie Kelly said in a press release that standing water is a breeding ground for mosquitoes that may be infected with West Nile Virus. In the heat of summer, it can take less than 10 days to go from egg to adult mosquito, she said. Residents can reduce the number of mosquitoes around their homes by emptying standing water from containers, including flowerpots, gutters, buckets, pool covers, pet water dishes, discarded tires, and birdbathsanything that holds water and gives mosquitoes a place to flourish. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus usually bite at dusk and dawn, so the agency advises avoiding or limiting outdoor activity at these times. It also recommends wearing loose-fitting, long sleeved shirts and pants to reduce exposure. The health agency said those going outside should cover exposed skin with an insect repellent containing the DEET, which is the most effective repellent against mosquito bites. Also, it is helpful to make sure doors and windows are in good repair and fit tightly, and fix torn or damaged screens to keep mosquitoes out of the house. For more information, visit www.health.state.ga.us.
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OPINION
One Mans Opinion
What we did not hear about

aimed at the Samaritans car, his wife and 2-year son. Mother and child have recovered. Thanks to Kroger surveillance cameras capturing images of the suspect, he was later identified and has since turned himself in. In downtown Decatur on July 3, three DeKalb County government workers used teamwork and guts to stop a carjacking in progress, pursuing the car jacker while involving law enforcement, and ultimately leading to the suspects arrest. More than 16 home burglaries, most in the Winnona Park neighborhood in Decatur, in broad daylight, occurred between May 30 and the second week of July.According to a task force composed of the city of Decatur, DeKalb County and Atlanta Police Departments, the suspects are a group of four to five teenage boys using stolen vehicles to back into these driveways, and making forced entry through a window or door not visible to the street. In Brunswick, Ga., several months ago two armed teenage assailants shot another 13-month old boy, Antonio West, in the face, killing the child almost instantly while attempting to rob the childs mother. Where are the satellite trucks? Where are Nancy Grace and Anderson Cooper? Where is the outrage? Every life is precious.Even death row inmates and their families cling to the hope of another day, another Christmas, another birthday.We dont and wont know all the particulars and circumstances that rainy night in Sanford, Fla., between Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, but do any of you really question whether the mother of Antonio West or Ms. Martin grieve with greater pain of the victims any differently? I do understand the distinction and severity of murder by degreesmanslaughter, crimes of passion, self-defense and or premeditated first degree murderbut I will admit to being challenged when we start sub-categorizing the motivation of the criminal or assailant. In my own homestead, after suffering several successful and attempted burglaries, and upgrading our residence into something more akin to a fortress with cameras, steel reinforced doors and an expanded arsenal, we have found the very best defense to be getting to know our neighbors.We watch out for one anothernot with a patrol or neighborhood watchbut for things and people who are out of the ordinary, doing things on our property, attempting to enter the homes without knocking or being invited in. This is a See something, Say Something and Do Something, good neighbors approach. Perhaps if George Zimmerman had either driven up alongside of Trayvon Martin or simply called out, Can I help you? Do you need directions or help getting somewhere? this all might have played out quite differently. We cant fix this from the top; it will likely need to start house to house, block by block and street by street.Walk next door some weekend afternoon, perhaps carry along a pie or small house warming gift.Introduce yourself to the neighbors and let them know the members of your household and family.Though there will of course be exceptions, more often than not, I can almost assure you that you will be glad you did. And whether you think Trayvon Martin was wronged, or that George Zimmerman acted purely in self-defense, try focusing a bit on what we all agree on regarding all of these victims and their familiesthey deserve our sympathies, our prayers and our support.The next time, it could be any one of us.Pray also if that happens, that there are other folks nearby, like the Good Samaritan at that Chase Bank, who understand, respect and try and live by that Golden Rule. Bill Crane also serves as a political analyst and commentator for Channel 2s Action News, WSBAM News/Talk 750 and now 95.5 FM, as well as a columnist for The Champion, Champion Free Press and Georgia Trend. Crane is a DeKalb native and business owner, living in Scottdale. You can reach him or comment on a column at billcrane@earthlink.net.
We dont tell the people what to think, but we do tell them what to think about.venerable NBC and later ABC News correspondent Sander Vanocur. In the wake of the continuing simmering resulting from the acquittal of George Zimmerman, I thought it would be helpful to share a few thoughts and slightly different perspective. Trayvon Martins death is a tragedy.The early loss of a childs life is even more difficult to bear for the survivors.The Martin family and their friends, as well as the Zimmerans and the challenges they will continue to face are all in my prayers.Due to the news media hyper-focus on this case, here are a few of the things, locally and nationally, which you possibly missedbut with a relevant and like amount of tragedy. On June 26 near Stone Mountain, a Good Samaritan interrupted a robbery in progress in front of a Chase Bank. He then proceeded to his car and family in a car nearby.The young robber followed and moments later opened fire, discharging 12-rounds
The only sure result of Detroits bankruptcy is that armies of lawyers will make bales of money
itself. Some of its wounds are self-inflicted, largely by the long string of incompetent and corrupt politicians its voters kept electing. No one elected the man who filed for the bankruptcy, however. He is Kevyn Orr, the wellregarded bankruptcy attorney Gov. Rick Snyder made emergency manager of the city. The state legislature bestowed czar-like powers on him, which hes clearly using. Detroit now owes nearly $20 billion to 100,000 creditors, mostly banks and pension funds, yet is unable to even keep up with current expenses. It has long since cut services to the bone, with many city offices manned by a skeleton staff. It hasnt been enough. The average response time to a 911 call (in a city with one of the highest murder rates in the nation) is so long that many residents have given up using it altogether. Confronted with an emergency (like a heart attack for example), they simply deal with it on their own. Its what happens when virtually all of the people with any resources whatsoever decide to abandon a city en masse. Thats whats happened in Detroit. They used to call it White flight, but since Black people with the option to leave bolted too, its more like middleclass flight. Detroit had many problems, but the chief one was that it was a one-industry town. It made cars. When that industry, unable to keep up with foreign competition, began to leak jobs and the leaks eventually became a flood, Detroits vitality ebbed away. Then there was the problem of race. The city was always a racial tinderbox (its been the scene of three major race riots in the past 150 years), but the riot of 1967 was particularly ill-timed and destructive. It turbo-charged the ongoing middle-class flight. Before you knew it, a city built to accommodate nearly two million people had only 700,000 inhabitants rattling around, many of them destitute or close to it. Moreover, as much as twothirds of the tax revenue being brought in by its reasonably prosperous downtown area was being sucked up by pension payments to retired government workers. Thats the way you get to be Detroit. Czar Orr wants to solve the citys problems by making its creditors take a haircut that amounts to a scalping, settling debts for as little as 10 cents on the dollar. Some of the creditors want the city to first sell its assets, which include the multi-billion dollar contents of its world-class art museum and Belle Island, the crown jewel of the citys once iconic park system. Who knows where it will end? The only sure result is that armies of lawyers will make bales of money. The federal government says it will not bail out the city. The state wont either. Understandable, perhaps, but tragic. A hundred billion dollars for Iraq, but not one red cent for Detroit. Thats our motto. The city, it seems, will be left dependent on the kindness of strangers. That didnt work out well for Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire. I dont expect it will help Detroit either. OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. OtherWords.org.
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The other shoe finally dropped in Detroit. The once-proud city variously known as Motown, the Arsenal of Democracy, and the City of Champions filed for bankruptcy. Theres a local effort to head off the filing, but most people dont think it will get anywhere. Detroits the largest American city ever to do this, and its been coming for a long time. Detroits been a mess for decades, but that shouldnt blind us to how astonishing the event is. How does a city that was once the nations fourth largest go bankrupt? How does a city that was the first to make working class a synonym for middle class become the equivalent of homeless? In other words, how does a city go bankrupt? Its a city, for crying out loud. It cant go sleep under a bridge. Yet thats where it finds
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Judge sustains suspensions of two DeKalb school board members

by Andrew Cauthen andrew@dekalbchamp.com Two of the six DeKalb County school board members suspended by the governor earlier may have lost their elected positions permanently. Gov. Nathan Deal announced July 24 that chief administrative law Judge Maxwell Woods has sustained the suspensions of Sarah Copelin-Woods and Pamela Speaks, two of four school board members who petitioned for their reinstatement earlier this year. The judges decision is a recommendation; the governor has the final word. The six school board members were suspended earlier this year by Deal after the DeKalb school district was placed on accreditation probation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the agency that accredits the school district through its parent company, AdvancED. Acting on the recommendation of the Georgia Board of Education, Deal suspended six of the nine members of the DeKalb school board in February and later replaced them. The judge ruled that both failed to show that their presence on the DeKalb school board would improve the ability of the local school system to retain or re-attain its accreditation, as required by state law, according to the statement from the governors office. The rulings in the cases of Dr. Eugene Walker, Jesse Jay Cunningham and Donna Edler will be determined at a later date. Suspended board member Nancy Jester did not seek reinstatement.
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Amir Levin and Harris Haley
Levin and Haley mounted a fundraising campaign they call Welcome Home Joan! and have committed to seeing that Llewellyn, who has to shower at the Shepard Center, has a usable bathroom at home and a private bedroom. The situation also is a hardship for Llewellyns sister, who in addition to working fulltime must look after her sister in a space poorly suited to her care. Creating the opportunity for people to have [what they need]means everything to me, Haley said. Being able to stand behind love and equality for human beings is so much bigger then myself, and that is what really moves me. Levin and Haley both say they have volunteered with organizations many times before but this is their first experience spearheading a project such as this. Both admit there have been frustrating moments. Haley said hes determined to keep his word and meet the commitment Ive given to the people involved. Levin said he wishes the contributions would come in faster so they can change Llewellyns situation as quickly as possible. But he added, We are truly blessed with the number of people and organizations who have stepped up to help with the project. Our goal now is to get enough media coverage to spread the word so we can raise all of the funds to complete the project. Those who would like to help can visit www.WelcomeHomeJoan.com and contribute whatever they canno amount is too small, Levin said.
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Amir Levin and Harris Haley both say being able to make a difference in peoples lives is what inspires them to volunteer. Together they found a rare opportunity when they met Joan Llewellyn, who was left a quadriplegic after being shot by her estranged husband, who also shot and killed four other family members in the same rampage. Volunteers in the Fitness Buddy Program with the Shepherd Center, Levin and Haley were deeply touched when they heard the womans story, particularly when they learned that many places in her home, including the bathroom and bedrooms could not accommodate her wheelchair. She was sleeping in a makeshift area of the living room. They wanted to do more than assist with her therapy. When I arrived at her house, I saw that the scope of construction work that needed to be done was not too complex. I turned to her and assured her that we are going to raise the money and retrofit her house. The smile and expression of joy on her face was priceless, Levin recalled.
If you would like to nominate someone to be considered as a future Champion of the week, please contact Kathy Mitchell at kathy@dekalbchamp.com or at (404) 373-7779, ext. 104.
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tional distributes medical supplies to countries all over the world. The TCS project involves sorting packaged supplies to be sent overseas. Free and open to the community, the project is primarily for sixth to 12th graders. Families are welcome and encouraged to participate, children must be at least 10 years old to participate. Teens will earn three community service hours for participating. Pre-registration is required. The MedShare office is located at 3240 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur. For more information, contact Amy Helman-Darley at amy.helman-darley@atlantajcc.org or (678) 812-3978.
Police chief installed as board member of statewide association Police Chief Billy Grogan was sworn in July 23 as the new fourth vice president of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police (GACP). The GACP is the organization that represents Georgia police chiefs and, as one of its duties, is responsible for the training and professional development of all police chiefs. I look forward to serving on the board of the GACP as well as being an advocate for the needs of police chiefs throughout the state, Grogan said. As law enforcement leaders, it is imperative that we all work together to combat crime and disorder in our communities. I appreciate the opportunity to serve the members of this association. City speeds up permitting process In an effort to improve service delivery and accelerate permitting for building renovation and new construction, the city of Dunwoody will now concurrently review life safety and building codes as part of the citys plan review process. On July 23, the city began offering life safety and accessibility plan reviews and inspections required for building renovation and new construction, services that are currently offered by the DeKalb County Fire Marshalls office. The city will offer the plan reviews and corresponding inspections at the same cost DeKalb County currently charges. The city anticipates completing more than 95 percent of development plan reviews within two weeks and fully intends to maintain the high levels of quality reviews, inspections and customer service currently provided by city staff, according to a press release. The new option provides an accelerated permitting process. In addition, the city has made arrangements to offer these services at no cost to city budgets. The city will continue to honor and accept permits and inspections performed by the DeKalb County Fire Marshalls office. Our goal is to provide businesses and property owners with an option for a more streamlined and enhanced permitting process for building renovation and new construction, said Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis. Dunwoody is taking proactive steps to better serve the development community, residents and businesses which enables the city to be more business and job friendly. Prior to this resolution and since the citys incorporation, fire marshal services, such as fire safety inspections and plan reviews, have been provided by DeKalb County through an intergovernmental agreement for fire services. Annual safety inspections and
City to begin apartment complexes inspecting The city of Brookhaven will begin inspecting apartment complexes Aug. 5 in an effort to improve living conditions for residents. Exterior inspections will take place at the citys 66 apartment complexes to ensure compliance with minimum life safety standards. The inspections are expected to be complete in 18 months. The inspections are in response to an ordinance approved in April that requires all multi-family rental properties to be city code compliant. The ordinance is part of the Buford Highway Improvement Program. An independent third party will inspect the exterior of the buildings and mechanical systems, as well as common areas, such as pools, playgrounds, parking lots, elevators and other publicly shared areas. The city has hired building company SAFEbuilt, which has offices in Norcross, to conduct the inspections. Spanish interpreters will be on site during the inspections to answer any questions from landlords and tenants. Inspection findings will be presented to property owners in a formal report upon completion of each full inspection. Owners will have a specified timeframe to make improvements to the premises as specified in the findings report. Failure to take action will result in code violations. This program will ensure that rental property owners are providing safe and healthy living conditions to our residents. It is our duty as a city to ensure that multi-family property complexes comply with life safety, maintenance and fire codes, Mayor J. Max Davis said.

arson investigations will continue to be provided by DeKalb County Fire Marshalls office.

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City to hold back-to-school celebration The city of Lithonias Mayor Deborah A. Jackson, city council members, Lithonia Police Department, city staff and several community partners are sponsoring a backto-school celebration to kick-off the new school year with family fun and entertainment. The event will be Saturday, Aug. 3, 10 a.m. 3 p.m., at the Lithonia Stewart Amphitheater. Community partners include Project LEAD, Alstock Lodge #502, Top Notch All-Stars Mothers Rebuilding America, B&R Painting Contractors, Yellow Brick House, Terraces@Parkview and Fishers of Men Church. The event will feature a live broadcast by Future Movement Radio 1420/1430 AM from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., food, games, school supplies, youth fashion and talent production. The city will also celebrate National Night Out and provide safety information for families. For more details or to donate supplies contact the Lithonia City Hall at (770) 482-8136 or Stephanie Kelly, Lithonia Youth Initiative, at (770) 484-2455.
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Annual Dog Dayz of Summer festival to be held at local church The Church of the New Covenant and the Doraville Kiwanis Club are hosting the fourth annual Dog Dayz of Summer Festival at the church, located at 3330 Chestnut Dr. in Doraville. The event will be held Aug. 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. According to a news release, the event is for dogs, dog owners and people who love dogs and the companionship they provide. It is a familyfriendly event that will feature balloons, a bouncy house for children, dog contests, local artists art market, a bake sale, complimentary hot dog picnic and a blessing of the dogs. Additionally, Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption will be represented at the event with a few dogs available for adoption. For a complete schedule of events visit www.cncdoraville.org.

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Rain barrel workshop scheduled DeKalb Countys Department of Watershed Management will host a Rain Barrel Workshop Saturday, Aug. 10, 2 p.m. -3 p.m. at Stone Mountains Education Annex located at 6826 James B. Rivers Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain. Attendees will participate in a make your own rain barrel training session and be trained on how to collect rain water. The workshop is part of the countys ongoing efforts to educate residents about water conservation, how it can assist in lowering water costs, and how rain water can be useful during the drought season. The registration fee for participation is $40, but preregistration is required by Aug. 2, and limited to 30 participants. For more information or to register, contact Michael OShield, DeKalb Countys Environmental Education Specialist at (770) 724-1456 or moshield@dekalbcountyga.gov. The rain barrel program is coordinated by the DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
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Georgia Tech professor to speak at Jewish center
As part of its Edgewise Speaker Series, Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) will host Seymour E. Goodman on Thursday, Aug. 8, Christopher Bundy, the founding 10:30 a.m.-noon. Goodman, a professor editor of the journal New South, will be joined on stage at the Decatur Library by of international affairs and computing at Georgia Tech, will discuss cyber Jamie Iredell to discuss his new novel security and provide an overview of Baby, Youre a Rich Man, featuring illustrations by Max Currie. The event, why internet users are at risk and how much is beyond their control. Edgewise part of the librarys August Festival of Writers, will be Monday, Aug. 5, at 7:15 is a weekly speaker series that touches on topics from politics and religion to p.m. The Decatur Library is located at 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur. For more Hollywood to history. Adults of all ages are invited to join the discussion. The information, call (404) 370-3070. event is free to members and $5 for others. MJCCA at Zaban Park is located at Teens to help sort medical supplies 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. For more information, contact Lilly MaMarcus Jewish Community Center hana at lilly.mahana@atlantajcc.org or of Atlantas Teen Community Service (678) 812-4064. (TCS) will sponsor a volunteer project at MedShare International on Sunday, Aug. 4, 1-4 p.m. MedShare InternaNew South editor to discuss his new novel
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Marketing Director Tyeshia Jeffery says the building that once was a movie theater is suitable for a variety of community activities.
A banner invites visitors to the Lithonia facility to contribute to Watering Oasis projects.
Member of the Watering Oasis board are, standing from left, Prince Zebekiah L. Spooner, Russell Craig, Willard Fey and Omar Casserley. Seated from left are Angela Williams and Tyeshia Jeffery.
Watering Oasis nonprofit nurtures communities at home and abroad

ing Oasis has projects elsewhere in the United States and in Liberia, Ethiopia and other African nations. According to its website, Watering Oasis is committed to helping improve the lives of traditionally disadvantaged demographics. We are imparting life skills and training that seeks to meet more than immediate needs. We strive to address the structural barriers to overcoming poverty by extending solar technology and sustainable farming opportunities to people who have often been excluded from modern advancements in those areas. Watering Oasis has great potential for impact in developing countries. The organizations tagline is Facing the Crises of Humanity. Willard Fey, one of the organizations founders, explained in an online video that the world is facing a mess like never before, adding, the economy is a mess, society is a mess, international relations are a mess. Im not sure which of us first suggested the name Watering Oasis, said Tyeshia Jeffery, the organizations marketing director, but as soon as someone said it we agreedthats it. That says what were about. Water is necessary for life; it spreads out and gives life. An oasis is a place that flourishes even though its surrounded by desert. Its the perfect name for us. Although Watering Oasis has been in existence less than a year, board members say they are pleased with its achievements to date. Russell Craig, Watering Oasis president, said the enthusiasm and hard work of everyone involved from volunteers to staff has gotten the organization off to a rousing start. Their energy has been phenomenal, he observed. Once we added the international component, we really took off. He added that the Lithonia location is working out well. When the Mall at Stonecrest was built [in 2003], everyone started going there, the theater here went into rapid decline, Jeffery said. When the theater, which has changed hands several times in the past 10 years, was again on the market last year, the owner chose to sell it to Watering Oasis in part because he was impressed with its mission, she said. The idea is not just to raise money, but to bring family activities to the area and boost it not just economically, but culturally as well, according to Craig, who along with Fey and others built the organization from the ground up. Craig and Fey, who met through their church, have invested their own money in the nonprofit, whose directors personally take on whatever tasks must be completed to keep the place going. When we rent the facility, we choose not just based on what will bring in money but on what will support the community. We want family eventsevents that bridge generations, Craig said.
by Kathy Mitchell kathy@dekalbchamp.com The sign outside still says Legacy Theater and sometimes films are still shown there, but the old movie house, which hasnt functioned as a regular commercial theater in several years, is the site of an organization with loftier goals that cross international boundaries. Once an eight-screen movie theater, the building at Panola Road and Covington Highway in Lithonia now houses a range of activities from church services to weddings to fashion shows and open mic nights. Some of the former screening rooms are largely as they were when the building was a movie house. Others have had seats removed to create a more intimate setting. In one room, theater seats are being taken out completely and the floor is being leveled to make the room suitable for banquets, birthday and anniversary celebrations and other such events. Another is used for storage. Its new owner, a nonprofit called Watering Oasis, is using the facility to raise funds for its charitable projects while pumping vitality into a shopping strip that in recent years has experienced an economic slump. Based in Georgia, Water-
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Name: Delilah Female Adult Spayed
Delilah is a beautiful female American Pit Bull Terrier mix; she is approximately 3 years old. She is chocolate brown and white with the most beautiful blue eyes of any dog I've ever seen. Her eyes are absolutely mesmerizing. At a recent off site event; everyone who passed by Delilah had to comment on what a gorgeous dog she is. As nice as it is that Delilah is beautiful; it is even more important to mention that she has a calm, sweet disposition. Delilah has a kiss for or will lick the hand of anyone who is in range; young and old alike. I really appreciate her calmness. When it's time to take her for a walk she stands patiently to be leashed. She happily walks along sniffing and investigating everything in her path. She is so loving and sweet. She looks up at you with those amazing blue eyes and all she wants is a kind hand to rub her head or maybe a small treat. I hope you will come to see Delilah. I don't have the words to describe her beauty or gentleness. Delilah is hoping you'll come to visit her so she will have a chance to show you what a charmer she is and maybe give her a chance for a forever home.
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DeKalb middle-schoolers improve in overall CRCT results

by Andrew Cauthen andrew@dekalbchamp.com The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) saw pockets of success all over the district, said Trenton Arnold, a regional superintendent for DCSD, about results for sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders on the 2012 Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT). And that could be an entire school; that could be a single grade level, Arnold said. That could be just a specific content test. What were focusing on doing is finding those and then seeing what is it thats making those schools successful, what is it thats causing them to do so well and then attempt to replicate it throughout the district, Arnold said. We want to see these high results. Overall, test scores improved in grades 6-8 in all CRCT subjects except sixthand seventh-grade English/ language arts, both of which dropped less than one-half a percentage point between 2010 and 2012. Even with the slight drop, the percent of students meeting or exceeding the standards remain at 86.2 percent for sixth-graders and 84.6 percent for seventhgraders. The biggest gains were made in social studies. In the seventh grade, test results increased from 49.2 percent meeting or exceeding the standards to 68.7 percent; while sixth-graders improved from 44.1 percent to 63.1 percent. Arnold said the CRCT results are not used to determine which schools are better. We dont get into saying this school is better than this school, he said. You cant judge a school by a single number. Its a whole lot more to evaluating and determining how successful schools may be. Sixth grade For sixth-grade reading, all middle schools met or exceeded the tests standards. Four schools were at 100 percent: Kittredge Magnet, Wadsworth Magnet, Leadership Preparatory and DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts. DeKalb Alternative School was the only school in
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Arts, 92.6; Chamblee, 89.5; The Champion School, 86.8; Peachtree Middle, 84.7. Eighth grade Reading was the best subject for eighth-graders on the CRCT. Three schools had 100 percent of their students meet or exceed the standards: DeKalb School of the Arts, DeKalb Path Academy, and DeKalb Academy. Peachtree Middle and The Champion schools came in at 99 percent and 99.1 percent respectively. Less than 3 percent of the eighth-graders at International Community School met or exceeded the standards. In English/language arts, all of the eighth grade test takers at DeKalb School of the Arts and DeKalb Academy met or exceeded the standards, followed by DeKalb Path Academy, 97.4; Chamblee, 97.1; and Peachtree, 95.9. DeKalb Alternative School had 45.6 percent of its students meet or exceed the standards and International Community School was at 3.5 percent. The top schools for math were DeKalb Path Academy, 98.7 percent; DeKalb School of the Arts, 96.9; Chamblee, 86.1; Henderson, 82.2; and Stone Mountain, 81.7. Three schools had less than 50 percent of their students meeting or exceeding the math standards: DeKalb Alternative School, 19.7; McNair, 36.9; and International Community School, 0.9. Science was the subject in which eighth-graders performed lowest, with eight schools below the 50 percent success rate for meeting and exceeding the standards for science. The five lowest performing schools were Freedom Middle, 43.9; Cedar Grove, 34; McNair, 24.2; DeKalb Alternative School, 2.9; and International Community School, 0. The highest performing schools for science were DeKalb School of the Arts, 93.8 percent; DeKalb Path Academy, 92.1; The Champion Middle, 84.6; Chamblee, 82.8; and Peachtree, 74.3. The top schools for social studies were DeKalb School of the Arts, 100 percent; DeKalb Path Academy, 93.4; DeKalb Academy, 91.4; Chamblee, 87.1; and The Champion, 85.5.
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DCSD that, at 46.9 percent, had less than 50 percent of its sixth-graders meeting or exceeding the standards for English/language arts. Again, Kittredge Magnet, Wadsworth Magnet and DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts were at 100 percent, followed by DeKalb Path Academy at 99 percent and The Champion School at 94.9 percent. Kittredge and Wadsworth, both at 100 percent, topped the chart for students meeting or exceeding the math standards. Other top schools were DeKalb Path Academy, 93.8 percent, and DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts, 89.2 percent. The lowest performing schools in sixth-grade math were DeKalb Alternative School, 16.1 percent; McNair, 45.2; Cedar Grove, 52.8 percent; and Bethune, 54.6. Science was the subject with the poorest results for sixth-graders on the CRCT. Eleven schools had less than 50 percent of their students meeting or exceeding the science standards. The five lowest performing schools were Cedar Grove, 42.4 percent; McNair, 40.3, Salem Middle, 38.8; and Bethune, 35.1. None of the 31 sixth-graders taking the CRCT at DeKalb Alternative School met the science standards. The top performers for science were Kittredge, 100 percent; Wadsworth, 98.8; DeKalb Path Academy, 84.8; DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts, 80.7; and DeKalb Academy, 78.4. Kittredge and Wadsworth had 100 percent of their students meeting or exceeding the social studies standards, followed by DeKalb Path
Academy, 96; Chamblee, 84.4; and The Champion School, 83.7. Seven schools struggled with the social studies CRCT, including DeKalb Alternative School, with 6.7 percent meeting or exceeding the standards; McNair, 34.4; Salem, 35.1; Cedar Grove, 41.8; and Stephenson, 35.1. All of the students at Kittredge Magnet met or exceeded the standards for all five CRCT subjects, while 100 percent of Wadsworth Magnets students met or exceeded the standards for four subjects. Seventh grade Two DCSD schools performed poorly on all five seventh-grade CRCT tests: DeKalb Alternative School and International Community School. In reading, English/ language arts and math, all schools had more than 50 percent of their students meeting or exceeding the standards, except DeKalb Alternative School and International Community School. Eighty percent or more students in 22 of 26 schools met or exceeded the standards for reading, with the highest performing schools being Chamblee, 98.2; DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts, 98.1 percent; Leadership Preparatory, 97.6; The Champion School, 97.2; and DeKalb Path Academy, 95.4. The percentages were 45.5 for DeKalb Alternative School and 2.7 for International Community School. DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts was the only school with 100 percent of its students meeting or ex-
ceeding the standards for any test in the seventh grade. That test was English/language arts. Other top performers were Chamblee, 98.8; The Champion School, 97.2; DeKalb Path Academy, 96.6; and DeKalb Academy, 93.5. DeKalb Alternative School had 43.6 percent of its students meet or exceed the standards and International Community School was at 2.3 percent. The top DCSD schools for math were DeKalb Path Academy, 98.8 percent; DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts, 98.1; Chamblee Middle, 95.3; The Champion School, 91; and Henderson, 90.9. Just 16.3 percent of DeKalb Alternative Schools students met or exceeded the standards while none of International Community Schools 126 seventh-grade test-takers met the standards for math. At 1.8 percent meeting or exceeding the standards, International Community School was at the bottom of the list for science, joined by DeKalb Alternative School at 27 percent and McNair Middle at 41.5 percent. The top performing schools were DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts, 96.3 percent; Chamblee, 91.6; The Champion School, 89.9; Henderson, 85.8; and Peachtree Middle, 84.3. Five schools had less than 50 percent meeting or exceeding the standards for social studies: Cedar Grove, 47; McNair, 45.8; Salem, 42.2; DeKalb Alternative School; 20.5; and International Community School, 2.4. Leading seventh-graders in social studies were DeKalb Path Academy, 96.6; DeKalb Elementary School of the
Man, woman arrested for Decatur murder
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Fugitive squads from the DeKalb Sheriffs Office and Atlanta Police Department arrested Dontavious Fulks, 24, and Virkerrie Steward, 20, for the murder of Carl Moreland Fulks July 23, according to a police statement. The two were picked up at 455 Fulton St., Atlanta, for Steward allegedly shooting Moreland during an altercation at the Exxon station at 4101 Memorial Drive July 21, according to the statement. According to reports and a surveillance video, Fulks and Moreland were engaged in a dispute when Fulks reached in a backpack carried by Steward, pulled a handgun and shot Moreland in the chest. The two were arrested without incident and are being housed in the DeKalb County Jail on murder charges, according to police.
Rep. Hank Johnson announces $4.5M to help local homeless veterans

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced July 23 that four Atlanta-based groups will receive more than $4.5 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to fight veterans homelessness. Decatur Cooperative Ministry Inc. received $550,000 and West End Ministries received $159,485 to provide financial and emotional support, as well as housing stability, for veterans in the 4th District and throughout metro Atlanta. Often veterans have put their lives on the line for usfor our freedoms, said Johnson, who sent letters of support to the VA for the grants. We must do all we can to help veterans get
back on their feet. The grants are part of more than a $300 million nationwide effort in homeless prevention that is going to more than 390 nonprofit community agencies in 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. The initiative is targeting 120,000 homeless and atrisk veterans and their families. The program, Supportive Services for Veterans Families, is part of President Barack Obamas pledge to be relentless in his pursuit of ending veterans homelessness within the decade. With these grants, we are strengthening our partnership with community nonprofits across the country to provide veterans and their families with hope, a home, and a future, said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. The work of Supportive Services for Veteran Families program grantees has already helped us prevent and end homelessness among tens of thousands of homeless veterans and their families, but as long as a single veteran lives on our streets, we have work to do. The other local community agencies receiving federal funds to fight veteran homelessness are Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta and the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta.
in our city that may want to receive a domestic partnership certificate. Residents will be able to request a domestic partnership certificate at city hall during normal business hours. The couple will then be issued a certificate of domestic partnership signed by the mayor. This certificate may make it easier for couples to show evidence to receive health care benefits, gain hospital visitation rights and access to other rights afforded to married couples.
Dollar store robber arrested

Atlanta Police officers arrested a man suspected of 24 robberies of Atlanta-area small box stores and the June 21 armed robbery of the PNC Bank in Tucker. Artavius Marcellus Brown, 23, was arrested July 19 in the Thomasville Heights area of Atlanta by officers of the Atlanta Police Department. He was transferred to federal custody July 20. On Friday, June 21, at approximately 4:45 p.m., law enforcement officials believe Brown entered the
PNC Bank located at 2355 Main Street, Tucker, and initially told the teller that he wanted to cash a check, according to a statement from the Atlanta division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After placing a book bag on the teller counter, Brown allegedly pulled out a handgun and demanded money. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of money, the robber then departed the bank without further incident, according to the statement. A federal criminal complaint and arrest warrant was obtained for Brown, of Atlanta, charging him with armed bank robbery. Below is the list of store robberies believed to be carried out by Brown in DeKalb: Feb. 18: Family Dollar located at 3855 Lawrenceville Hwy., Tucker, 11:16 a.m. Feb. 21: Family Dollar located at 319 N. Stone Mountain Lithonia Road, Stone Mountain, 9:20 p.m. Feb. 25: Dollar General located at 6633 Covington Hwy., Lithonia, 8 p.m. Feb. 25: Family Dollar located at 4787 Covington Hwy., 8:21 p.m.
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May 1: Family Dollar located at 3590 Panola Road, Lithonia, 11:26 a.m. May 1: Dollar General located at 2552 Wesley Chapel Road, Decatur, 11:41 a.m. May 9: Family Dollar located at 7184 Rockbridge Road, Stone Mountain, 12:45 p.m. May 9: Dollar General located at 4312 Chamblee Tucker Road, Atlanta, 1:33 p.m. May 14: Dollar General located at 4351 Hugh Howell Road, Tucker, 4:02 p.m. May 23: Dollar General located at 3900 Glenwood Road, Decatur, 4:47 p.m. May 28: Family Dollar located at 1400 Moreland Ave., Atlanta, 4:27 p.m. May 29: Family Dollar located at 5403 Covington Hwy., Decatur, 12:05 p.m. May 31: Dollar General located at 2846 LaVista Road, Decatur, 1:16 p.m. June 6: Family Dollar located at 6928 Main Street, Lithonia, 1 p.m. He is a suspect in other robberies in Atlanta, Lilburn, Gwinnett and Henry counties.
Avondale Estates adopts domestic partnership registry and certification

The city of Avondale Estates Board of Mayor and Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution July 22 to provide for the official recognition and registry of same-sex, as well as, opposite sex partnerships, residing within the city. Avondale Estates is one of the first cities in DeKalb County to honor and respect these partnerships and one of a handful of cities within the state of Georgia to take such action. The city of Avondale Estates is a diverse city, stated Mayor Ed Rieker. Adding this new service for our residents is a means of showing respect and recognition to the many couples we have living
NoticeisherebygiventhataGeneralElectionfortheCityofChambleewillbeheldonTuesday, November5,2013forthepurposeofelectingtheCityMayorandtwo(2)CityCouncil Members.PursuantofO.C.G.A212132(d)(3),thequalifyingforsaidelectionwillbeheld Tuesday,August27,2013throughThursday,August29,2013from8:30a.m.to4:30p.m.(Out 1:30p.m.to2:30p.m.dailyforlunch). QualifyingfeesweresetbytheCityofChambleeMayorandCouncilinaccordancetoO.C.G.A. 212131(a)(1)(A),duringtheregularlyscheduledCouncilMeetingheldonJanuary15,2013as follows:fortheofficeofMayor$324.00(threehundredtwentyfourdollars);fortheofficeof CouncilmemberDistrictOneandCouncilmemberAtLarge$216.00(twohundredsixteen dollars). ThelastdayapersonmayregisterandbeeligibletovoteintheMunicipalGeneralElectionand RunoffisMonday,October7,2013(O.C.G.A.212224(a)).Advancevotingwillbeheldatthe DeKalbCountyBoardofRegistrationandElections,4380MemorialDrive,Suite300,Decatur, Georgia30032,MondaythroughFriday,8:30a.m.to4:00p.m.,October14,2013through November1,2013.ThepollswillbeopenonElectionDay,Tuesday,November5,2013,from 7:00a.m.until7:00p.m.ThedateoftheGeneralElectionRunoff,ifnecessary,isTuesday, December3,2013. QuestionsshouldbedirectedtoEmmieNiethammer,MunicipalElectionsSuperintendent,at 7709865018.
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Lithonia seeks placement on National Register of Historic Places

by Carla Parker carla@dekalbchamp.com In an effort to bring recognition to its history, the city of Lithonia is working to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places is the nations official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation, according to its website. Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect historic and archeological resources. Lithonia Mayor Deborah Jackson said getting the city listed on National Register of Historic Places is something that has been in the making for a number of years. At this point weve had the opportunity to get some additional assistance from interns through the Arabia Mountain Heritage Alliance and were working with the Atlanta Regional Commission to complete the application, she said. It is part of the whole effort to do some branding of the community and recognizing its rich history because its a whole new trend now towards heritage tourism. As it relates to DeKalb County, the city is uniquely situated to be able to benefit from that, she said. Lithonia has a few historic sites, including the old Antioch Lithonia Baptist Church, the first African American Baptist church in DeKalb; Bruce Street School, the first public school for African American children in DeKalb; and the Lithonia Womens Club, which served as the first public lending library in DeKalb. Jackson said adding the city to the National Register of Historic Places will help the city economically and socially. The commercial properties will have the potential to be eligible for certain types of federal tax credits, she said. And it will add a sense of pride for the city itself. Jackson said city officials are working toward enhancing the sense of community pride in the city. We have many new people that have moved into the area and they dont have a sense of what the history has been, she said. Last year, the city worked with the Georgia Conservancy to create the Lithonia Blueprints, which focus on providing recommendations for the redesign of Lithonia Plaza. The plaza was once a vibrant part of the community that was developed into a strip mall, but retail prospects have diminished in the past decade, according to Jackson. Jackson said the blueprints have been completed and the city is now identifying resources to help implement some of the recommendations that were given that could help redevelop the plaza and area. We are working with the county in terms of being able to identify a way to demolish the city-owned portion of the plaza, she said. And were having discussions with the owner of the other half of the plaza in terms of ways he can help to redevelop his side.
Bruce Street School, which is now the DeKalb County Police East Precinct, was the first public school for African American children in DeKalb County.
The Lithonia Womens Club served as the first public lending library in DeKalb. Photos by Carla Parker
NOTICEOFPUBLICHEARING TheMayorandCityCounciloftheCityofChamblee,Georgiawillholdapublichearingon Thursday,August15,2013,attheChambleeCivicCenter,3540BroadStreet,Chamblee,GA 30341at6:00p.m.toreceivepubliccommentsregardingthefollowingmatters: 1) AppendixA,ZoningOrdinance,Section207,Plannedunitdevelopmentprocedure. ThesubjectpropertyisPerimeterPark,consistingofpropertyatthefollowingstreet addresses:4251NorthPeachtreeRoad,4250PerimeterParkSouth,and2215 PerimeterParkDrive.TheseaddressesareintheCityofChamblee,GAandcomprise 20.1acres. ThepropertyiscurrentlyzonedCorridorCommercial.Theownerrequestsapproval fromtheCityofChambleeforaPlannedUnitDevelopmentforthispropertypursuant toCityofChambleeZoningOrdinanceSection207. ThisitemwillalsobeheardonAugust6,2013bytheArchitecturalDesignReview Boardat7:00pmintheCityHallConferenceRoomlocatedat5468PeachtreeRoad, Chamblee,GA30341. 2) AppendixA,ZoningOrdinance,Section207,Plannedunitdevelopmentprocedure andAppendixBSubdivisionOrdinanceSection2.8Resubdivisionprocedures.The subjectpropertyisCityFarmersMarket(akaBufordHighwayFleaMarket),locatedat 5000BufordHighway,Chamblee,GA.Theapplicantisrequestingauthorizationto enlargetheareapreviouslyapprovedfordevelopmentofaplannedunitdevelopment onthesubjectpropertybyincludingasecondparcelconsistingof0.076acres,and approvalofarevisedplatandboundarysurveyoftheproperty.
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Back-to-school expo
Hundreds of parents and children participated in the third annual Lets Move! DeKalb back-toschool fitness expo July 27 at Exchange Park Intergenerational Center. This annual event is part of DeKalb Countys ongoing efforts to build healthier communities by getting residents moving. A variety of health and fitness vendors were on hand demonstrating fitness activities, teaching healthy food options and providing healthy lifestyle information. After participating children had visited all the vendor stations they received school supplies. The Lets Move! DeKalb expo is a C.H.O.I.C.E.S. Childrens Nutrition Education and Physical Activity Expo event with ongoing partnerships with DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson, the DeKalb County Department of Health, Fulton DeKalb Hospital Authority and others. Photos by Travis Hudgons
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Decatur gears up for another BBQ, Blues and Bluegrass Festival

by Daniel Beauregard daniel@dekalbchamp.com The BBQ, Blues and Bluegrass Festival event manager Reagan Koski said this years festival is going to be the best one yet. Koski said the festival, held each year in Oakhursts Harmony Park, brings more than 7,000 people from all over the state. All proceeds from ticket sales go directly back into the community. The festival is hosted by The Community Center of South Decatur, the Oakhurst Neighborhood Association and the Decaturs Active Living Department, who each get 20 percent of the festival proceeds. The remaining 40 percent of the proceeds go to fund grants for other Decatur community organizations and nonprofits. This year the festival will be held Aug. 17, 4-10 p.m., and will feature barbecue from local vendors such as Fox Brothers, Black Tie, Williamson Brothers and Miss Ps Kitchen. There will also be a variety of craft beer available from New Belgium Brewery. Beverly Guitar Watkins will open the festival with her signature style of blues music. Watkins, a Georgia Music Award Legend winner, is an Atlanta mainstay who also tours around the world. She was recently honored as a Living Legend by the DeKalb County History Center. Other acts include the soul music of band Larkin Poe, The Electromatics and headliner 7 Handle Circus. Koski said 7 Handle Circus has often been described as bad-ass bluegrass with the energy and drive of a rock and roll band. Additionally, the festival will also have a host of family-friendly activities, including a childrens area with entertainment, face painting and arts and crafts. For more information visit www.decaturbbqfestival.com.
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Seven Day Forecast
Scat'd T-storms High: 85 Low: 70 Mostly Cloudy High: 87 Low: 68 Mostly Sunny High: 89 Low: 70 Scat'd T-storms High: 87 Low: 70 Scat'd T-storms High: 85 Low: 68 Mostly Sunny High: 88 Low: 69
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Todays Regional Map
Dunwoody 83/69 Smyrna 84/70 Doraville 84/70 Atlanta 85/70 College Park 86/70 Union City 86/70
Detailed Local Forecast

Today we will see mostly cloudy skies with a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, high of 85, humidity of 66%. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. The record high for today is 99 set in 1980. Expect partly cloudy skies tonight with a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Date Hi Lo Normals Precip Tuesday 83 71 90/71 0.00" Wednesday 85 70 90/71 0.00" Thursday 90 69 90/71 0.00" Friday 86 69 90/71 0.02" Saturday 81 70 89/71 0.00" Sunday 88 68 89/71 0.00" Monday 86 67 89/71 0.00" Rainfall. . . . . . . . 0.02" Average temp . . 77.4 Normal rainfall. . 1.13" Average normal 80.3 Departure . . . . . .-1.11" Departure . . . . . -2.9 Day Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Sunrise 6:49 a.m. 6:50 a.m. 6:51 a.m. 6:52 a.m. 6:52 a.m. 6:53 a.m. 6:54 a.m.
Weather History
Aug. 1, 1989 - Hurricane Chantal made landfall along the upper Texas coast about sunrise. Chantal deluged parts of Galveston Island and southeastern Texas with eight to 12 inches of rain. Unofficial totals ranged up to 20 inches. Aug. 2, 1989 - Low pressure representing the remains of Hurricane Chantal deluged north central Texas with heavy rain. Up to 6.50 inches drenched Stephens County, and Wichita Falls reported 2.22 inches of rain in just one hour.
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Lilburn 84/70
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Decatur Snellville 85/70 85/70 Lithonia 86/70 Morrow 86/70
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Local Sun/Moon Chart This Week

Sunset 8:37 p.m. 8:36 p.m. 8:35 p.m. 8:34 p.m. 8:33 p.m. 8:32 p.m. 8:31 p.m. Moonrise 2:26 a.m. 3:12 a.m. 4:01 a.m. 4:53 a.m. 5:46 a.m. 6:41 a.m. 7:36 a.m.
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New 8/6 First 8/14
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Partly Cloudy High: 89 Low: 71
Moonset 4:44 p.m. 5:32 p.m. 6:17 p.m. 6:58 p.m. 7:36 p.m. 8:12 p.m. 8:46 p.m.
Tonights Planets
Full 8/20 Last 8/28 Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Rise Set 5:21 a.m. 7:24 p.m. 9:27 a.m. 10:16 p.m. 4:41 a.m. 7:02 p.m. 4:23 a.m. 6:39 p.m. 1:38 p.m. 12:45 a.m. 11:26 p.m. 11:57 a.m.
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National Weather Summary This Week

The Northeast will see widespread thunderstorms today, mostly clear to partly cloudy skies Friday and Saturday, with the highest temperature of 88 in Patuxent River, Md. The Southeast will experience mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms today through Saturday, with the highest temperature of 97 in Greenville, Miss. In the Northwest, there will be mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with a few showers and thunderstorms today through Saturday, with the highest temperature of 97 in Hanford, Wash. The Southwest will see mostly clear skies today through Saturday, with the highest temperature of 109 in Gila Bend, Ariz.
Weather Trivia
How many cloud droplets does it take to make a raindrop?
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StarWatch By Gary Becker - Such Is a Day on Mars

I have been having a lot of fun during the past few days working at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) near Hanksville, Utah. Although the temperatures are very unMars like, 106 degrees F. yesterday, the scenery around the Habitat looks very Martian. Lets see, what went wrong in the first few hours after our arrival? Hanksville had no electricity. The main generator which supplies electricity to the Habitat was broken, and the backup generator was cranky. The toilet in the shower area had not been cleaned, and the water in the main reservoir was going south and needed treatment. And get this, the backup generator just shutdown right as I was writing this, and now Ive got about 30 minutes of battery life left in my computer before it too dies. As the commander of the MDRS Musk Observatory Refit Crew, Peter K. Detterline said, Such is a day on Mars. We are at MDRS for 12 nights, and so far we have been able to handle all of the distractions; but maybe the lack of electricity will be our nemesis and force us to retreat to the air conditioned comforts of a Hanksville motel. What a wimp I have become! Here I am complaining after just three days of Habitat living. The first crew that goes to Mars will spend some nine months just getting there, perhaps 18 months in exploration, and then another six months squeezed into a very small ship returning to Earth. Going outside to check on anything will require spacesuits, and a whole list of preparatory activities that Earthlings never consider in normal activity. How about a 20 minute wait in your spacesuit just for the airlock to depressurize? Oh, I forgot my screwdriver becomes 40 minutes of wasted mission time, pressurizing, retrieving the tool, and depressurizing again. Yes, all in a day on Mars. PS We did find a fix for the generator and day three ended happily and productively. www.astronomy.org
Answer: It takes about one million droplets to provide enough water for one raindrop.
UV Index 0-2: Low, 3-5: Moderate, 6-7: High, 8-10: Very High, 11+: Extreme Exposure
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Shade Brigade help seniors weather the heat

by Andrew Cauthen andrew@dekalbchamp.com Joyce and John Owens, of Stone Mountain, have four adult children, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. My daughters come and they go to the grocery store every other week and the pharmacy and anything else I need. The boys cut the grass. The other son got on the roof yesterday and cleaned it off, said Joyce, 75, who lives with her 76-year-old husband in the house on Rockbridge Road that they moved into following their honeymoon 54 years ago. Even with that attention from their family members, Joyce said she looks forward to the regular visits from staff members at Emeritus atDecatur, part of a large national assisted living and memory care provider. I think its very nice for somebody to care, Joyce said. On July 22, the Owens were visited by Emeritus atDecaturs Shade Brigade, a program in which Emeritus staff visits seniors in their homes to bring coolers filled with water, frozen treats, fruit and juice.The team also checks on the seniors wellbeing, provides heat-related safety tips and invites the seniors to Emeritus atDecaturfor a free meal and time to cool off in the air conditioning. During the visit, Joyce said, Were not moving though. Nicole Rutherford, community relations liaison director, said, Thats fine. She tells me that every time and thats fine. I respect the fact that you want to stay at home, Rutherford told Joyce. But also, because weve been talking to each other for so long, I want to make sure that you guys are OK. Its not about the move-in. Its making sure that you guys are OK. The heat of summer can be more than unpleasant; it could be deadly, said Emeritus at Decatur Executive Director Jenny Dobbs. We want to do what we can to help as the temperatures rise. The Shade Brigade reflects Emeritus Safely Somewhere philosophy, in which we do our best to ensure that seniors are living in safe, purposeful environments whether they reside with us or elsewhere, Dobbs said. Rutherford, who promised to bring more liquid refreshments in a week, said the seniors they visit do not have to be paying clients. If somebody calls and lets us know that [they] have seniors living alone or if somebody is taking care of seniors, we visit them in their homes to see where we can help out and what are their needs, especially if they have dementia, Rutherford said. The visits are designed to see what theyre struggling with, how we can help and [to] take toolsfor them, she said. Its just to make it easy for them at home, Rutherford said. It doesnt mean because they dont live with us that we cant make it easy for them at home. The Shade Brigade visits seniors in Decatur, Stone Mountain, Lithonia, Atlanta and other areas within a 20mile radius of the Emeritus facility at 475 Irvin Court, Decatur. Every week we do something, Rutherford said. We visit them every week or once a monthit all depends on what the need is. Sometimes there is a need for a visit three times a week. The reason why we do that is because our home program that we use is a familycentered approach, she said. We realize that caregivers like 50 percent of caregivers that take care of persons with dementiaeither end up dead or sick. Because dementia is a new thing to every family, even though the disease is around and its there, for every person experiencing it, its a new process for them, its a new journey. Some people dont know how to cry for help. Some people say, OK, I can do this on my own. I can handle this. I dont need help. The Emeritus program is a resource center for families, Rutherford said. If they cant come to us, we go to them, she said. If for some reason they say that
PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN QUALIFYING PERIOD Notice is hereby given that a General Election for the City of Brookhaven will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 for the purpose of electing two (2) members of the City Council. The City Council districts to be voted on are districts 2 (two) and 4 (four). Qualifying for said election will be held Monday, August 26, 2013, Tuesday, August 27th, and Wednesday, August 28, 2013 between the hours of 8:30am and 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Georgia Election Code 21-2-132(d) (3)). Each candidate shall file a notice of candidacy in the office of the City Clerk of Brookhaven, 200 Ashford Center North, Suite 150, Dunwoody, Georgia. Each candidate must meet the qualifications of the Charter and Code of the City of Brookhaven, as well as applicable State laws. The qualifying fee for each council seat is $360.00 which is 3% of the total gross salary of the preceding year (Georgia Election Code 212-131 (a) (a) (A)). The last day a person may register and be eligible to vote in the Municipal General Election and Run-off is Monday, October 7, 2013 (Georgia Election Code 21-2-224(a)). Advance voting will be held at the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections, 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300, Decatur, Georgia 30032, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., October 14, 2013 through November 1, 2013. The polls will be open on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The date of the General Election Run-off, if necessary, is Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Questions should be directed to Susan Hiott, City Clerk, at (404) 637-0464 or susan.hiott@brookhavenga.gov.
From left, Scarlette Smith and Nicole Rutherford, workers at Emeritus at Decatur, an assisted living provider, visit Joyce and John Owens in their Stone Mountain home. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
they dont want us visiting them, before we leave we find out what is it that your greatest challenge is and we leave information, support, resources, outreach centers and stuff like that for them. Sometimes they dont move in with us, Rutherford said. Sometimes they move somewhere else, but the main aim of the thing is to make sure that theyre safe somewhere, even if its in their home, here or in another community. To suggest a senior for a visit by the Shade Brigade, contact Emeritus atDecaturat (404) 299-6600 or by email at Decatur-ED@emeritus.com.
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Some dogs had reservations about the water. Photo by Andrew Cauthen DockDogs is touted as the worlds premier canine aquatics competition where you can have the most fun with your dogs. This is the second year the competition has been at Stone Mountain Park. Photos by Travis Hudgons
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bumper that is suspended by a boom arm 8 feet out from the edge of the dock. The world record in this event is 8 feet, four inches, King said. Speed Retrieve, the third event, is essentially like a one-lane doggy drag race, King said. The dog jumps from the dock, swims to the end of the pool, removes a bumper thats suspended there and the time stops. DockDogs started in 2000 as part of the ESPN Great Outdoor Games in Lake Placid, N.Y. Weve grown from four dogs to over 22,000 handlers whove tried DockDogs in the past 13 years, King said. The competitions are open to the general public. Thats the best part about DockDogs, King said. Its for any dog of any size, any breed, any ability. The only requirement is that dogs must be at least 6 months old and the handler must be at least 7 years old. Reel, whose dog is in his second season, said the competition is a great way to provide exercise for the canine. It keeps him very active, keeps him healthy and it creates a bond between you and your dog like you cannot imagine, she said. If you can imagine a team sport, like if you play doubles in tennisthat bond is created because you have to play together to win. The DockDogs competitions have created a bond that I never had with any of my other dogs, Reel said. Rider, a 3-year-old black Labrador, has been competing since he was a baby, said Chelsey Conklin of Port St. Lucie, Fla. Conklin has been competing for ve years with multiple dogs. Its just something really fun that you can do with your dogs on the weekend. We can jump and have fun with friends and its a family event.
This statement is published in accordance with Section 19 (b) of the DeKalb County Organizational Act of 1981, p. 4304. DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION BY FUND AS of JUNE 30, 2013 (In thousands of dollars / unaudited) Drug Abuse Law Enforcement Confiscated Monies Fund 210 Fire Fund 270 (12,734) 2,012 (10,722) (6,340) 1,986 (4,354) (3,495) 3,990 495 8,746 73 8,819 48 48 1,494 1,494 5,929 5,929 420 420 591 591 1,190 1,190 Street Lights Fund 211 Hump Maintenance Fund 212 Telephone System Fund 215 GrantIn-Aid Fund 250 Grants 2005 JAG #10 Fund 257 Grants 2009 ARRA Fund 260 Designated Services Fund 271 District Unincorporated Fund 272 Speed Emergency Special Tax Special Tax Development Fund 201 1,806 1,806 2,029 2,029 984 984 363 363 (172) (172) 242 242 175 175 PEG Support Fund 203 County Jail Fund 204 Recreation Fund 207 Foreclosure Registry Fund 205 Victim Assistance Fund 206 Juvenile Services Fund 208 Treatment & Education Fund 209
General Fund 100
Assets: Cash and investments Receivable Inventories and prepaid items Total Assets
75,744 10,504 112 86,360
14 1,542 1,556 250 1,806 Police Services Fund 274 (3,672) (3,672) 1,071 1,071 1,082 1,082 62 62 221 221 127 127 28,971 28,971 45,052 45,052 (5,236) (5,236) 14,258 14,258 1,284 1,284 758 758 421 421 5,558 5,558 4,055 4,055 Rental Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Fund 280 1987 G O Bonds - Parks Fund 311 1998 Bonds - Jail Fund 312 1993 Bonds - Health Fund 313 2001 G O Bonds - Parks Fund 314 2006 G O Bonds - P,T,L Fund 315 Host Capital Projects Fund 330 COPS Projects Fund 351 HUD Section 108 Loan Fund 357 Capital Improvement Projects Fund 350 Building Authority Juvenile Court Fund 355 Urban Redevelopement Agemcu Fund 356 984 363 (172) 242 175 8,819 48 1,494 420 591 1,190 2,028 980 363 (171) 242 167 7,068 48 1,436 5,849 (72) 5 931 (10,767) 1 4 (1) 8 1,382 1,751 58 80 492 586 259 45 253 (4,607) (4,354) Debt Service Fund 410 3,492 3,492 6,946 6,946
Liabilities: Accounts payable Deferred revenue Payroll liabilities Advance payments and deposits Notes payable Due to others Total Liabilities 1 4 (1) 8 115 254 58 80 492 3 583 (1) 260 45 253 -
943 10,511 510 104,218 1,020 117,202
56 643 (204) 495 -
Fund Balance
(30,842)
Total Liabilities And Fund Balance
86,360 -
Hospital Fund 273
2,029 Hotel / Motel Tax Fund 275
5,929 Public Safety Judicial Facilities Fund 354
(10,722) ARRA Capital Projects Fund 360
495 GO Bonds STD Debt Service Fund 411 (1,743) (1,743)
(10,481) 903 (9,578)
Liabilities: Accounts payable Deferred revenue Payroll liabilities Advance payments and deposits Notes payable Due to others Total Liabilities (3,738) 1,071 Urban Redevelopment Debt Service Fund 414 Sanitation Operating Fund 541 (6,757) (6,757) (6,038) (6,038) 7,402 7,402 6,487 6,487 10,619 10,619 8,099 8,099 Sanitation Construction Fund 542 Airport Operating Fund 551 Airport Construction Fund 552 Stormwater Utility Fund 581 Stormwater Construction Fund 582 2,469 2,469 87 87 22,817 10,482 33,299 425,123 425,123 141,522 141,522 28,552 28,552 Water & Sewer Bonds Construction Fund 512 62 28,971 45,052 14,258 1,284 758 421 1,071 1,082 62 221 127 28,915 44,972 (5,237) 12,924 1,284 751 421 66 56 80 1 1,334 7 64 5,494 5,558 Vehicle Maintenance Fund 611 (1,468) 2,061 593 66 56 80 1 1,334 7 64 -
2 6,000 6,002 (1,947) 4,055 Vehicle Replacement Fund 621 26,817 26,817
106 106 3,386 3,492 Risk Management Fund 631 13,115 1,158 14,273
6,946 6,946 Workers Compensation Fund 632 4,815 4,815
(1,743) (1,743) Total All Funds 870,648 11,480 13,813 895,941
Fund Balance (3,672) Public Safety Judicial Facilities Debt Service Fund 413 (906) (906) 1,082 Water & Sewer Operating Fund 511 221 Water & Sewer R&E Fund 513 127 Water & Sewer Sinking Fund 514 (5,236) Sanitation ARRA Capital Projects Fund 544
(9,578)
(9,578) Building Authority Bonds Debt Service Fund 412
1,281 1,281
Liabilities: Accounts payable Deferred revenue Payroll liabilities Advance payments and deposits Notes payable Due to others Total Liabilities (906) (906) Grant-In-Aid Fund 250 2013 Budget 2013 Actual 55 12,593 895 2,574 (1,148) 14,969 335 16,250 (1,674) (1,203) (1,148) 12,560 87 33,299 425,123 141,522 28,552 (6,757) (6,038) 7,402 6,487 87 28,165 425,094 140,740 28,552 (12,269) (6,038) 7,402 6,436 10,406 10,619 5,134 29 5,512 51 213 5,001 133 29 (294) 1,076 782 647 4,865 15 36 213 -
39 39 8,060 8,099 -
2,469 2,469 -
1,289 1,289 (696) 593 -
912 912 25,905 26,817 -
743 743 13,530 14,273 -
3 3 4,812 4,815 -
12,029 22,219 3,551 2,402 40,201 751,522 791,723 104,218
Fund Balance
1,281
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1,281 -
2001 G O Bonds - Parks Fund 314 2013 Budget 1,902 (277) (183) (33) (38) (1,526) 31,710 31,555
2013 Actual 17 31,710 31,727
Revenues: Investment income Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Debt Service Transfers out Total Expenditures
Urban Redevelopment Agency Bond Debt Service Fund 414 2013 2013 Budget Actual 766 100 210 210 976 310 976 976 223 223
General Fund 100 2013 Budget 153,876 63,934 5,770 120 3,373 38,632 10,670 7,407 5,764 5,598 295,144 2013 Actual 19,251 37,982 2,615 40 1,614 20,342 5,698 29 5,963 908 5,598 100,040 7,640 2,775
Revenues: Investment income Intergovernmental Contributions from private sources Transfers From Other Funds Proceeds from sale of bonds Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital Projects Fund Expenditures Unappropriated Total Expenditures
24,320 7,235 31,555
2,812 2,812
1,869 3,146 3,140 4 1,765 16,461 2,927 3,122 18,609 5,613 4,427 6,879 1,897
(176) 1,332 1,387 553 8,043 1,286 1,186 7,684 2,559 2,122 3,176 485
Revenues: Investment income Charges for Services Miscellaneous Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Finance Water and Sewer Fund Expenditures Interfund transfers Unappropriated Total Expenditures
Water & Sewer Operating Fund 511 2013 Budget 30 236,916 28,165 265,111 6,145 125,962 132,996 8 265,111
2013 Actual 93 113,286 1,461 28,165 143,005 2,944 48,728 10 63,158 114,840
2006 G O Bonds - Parks, Transportation, Libraries Fund 315 2013 2013 Revenues: Budget Actual Investment income (6,826) 26 Intergovernmental Revenue 17 Transfers From Other Funds (3,285) Contributions from private sources (3,810) Proceeds from sale of bonds (3,285) Fund Balance Carried Forward 49,613 49,613 Total Revenues 32,424 49,639 Expenditures: Parks 33,111 1,062 Library 10,834 2,934 Transportation 4,388 653 Fund Expenditures 17 Unappropriated (15,909) 1 32,424 4,667
77,496 9,445 8,427 6,197 13,230 5,952 11,273 1,820 1,578 2,272 7,283 2,706
34,398 4,535 3,709 3,008 6,203 2,722 5,633 881 775 1,165 3,430 1,302
Revenues: Contributions from private sources Intergovernmental Miscellaneous Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: General Government: Finance Workforce Development Civil and Criminal Court System: Sheriff Juvenile Court Superior Court State Court Solicitor District Attorney Public Defender Magistrate Court Police Services Fire & Rescue Public Works Community Development Parks Extension Service Family & Children Services Sanitation Community Relations Fleet Maint. Animal Control Bd of Health Sr Citizen Services Human Services Keep Dekalb Beautiful Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Registrar/Elections Water & Sewer Non-Departmental Fund Expenditures Miscellaneous Unappropriated Total Expenditures 787 242 1,138 142 920 171 96 571 1,549 84 22,553 686 677 13 1 2,941 1,062 16 248 36 (2) (29,011) 12,560 Grants/2005 JAG #10 Fund 257 2013 Budget 537 32 442 76 73 334 46 117 547 19 6,074 26 1,039 1,482 774 (81) 729 15,041
2013 Actual (3) (5,117) (5,120) 117 117 2013 Actual
Revenues: Investment Income Proceeds from sale of bonds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital Projects Unappropriated
Water & Sewer Bonds Construction Fund 512 2013 Budget (17,477) 435,598 418,121 409,808 8,313 418,121
2013 Actual 267 435,598 435,865 10,771 10,771
3,561 1,379 9,121 974 267 1,187 12,477 186 420 6,010
1,587 2,164 4,411 443
Host Capital Projects Fund 330 2013 Revenues: Budget Investment Income 335 Intergovernmental (9,441) Deferred Revenue Transfers From Other Funds 313 Fund Balance Carried Forward (5,117) Total Revenues (13,910) Expenditures: Capital Projects 16,338 Unappropriated (30,248) (13,910)
672 97 78 847 1,112 (265) 847 2009 ARRA Stimulus Fund 260 2013 Budget
88 78 166 165 (4) 161
Revenues: Investment income Miscellaneous Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital Projects Unappropriated
Water & Sewer R & E Fund 513 2013 Budget 15,858 (46) (15,339) 130,811 131,284 150,314 (19,030) 131,284
2013 Actual 32,595 130,811 163,406 22,667 (1) 22,666
207 3,956 1,576 1,241 2,012 31,204 8,444 295,144
100 2,023 788 621 968 -
Revenues: Investment income Intergovernmental Revenue Transfers From Other Funds Deferred Revenue Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Police Unappropriated Total Expenditures
2013 Actual
2013 Actual 5,374 37 (3) 8,355 130,882 Revenues: PropertyTaxes Sales Taxes Investment income Intergovernmental Revenue Transfer from Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Workforce Development Non-Departmental Total Expenditures (8,617) 299 261 (8,057) 1,410 (9,467) (8,057) 1,121 261 1,382 493 (42) 451
Revenues: Property Taxes Sales Taxes Other Taxes Licenses and permits Intergovernmental Charges for Services Fines and Forfeitures Investment income Miscellaneous Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: General Government: Chief Executive Officer Board of Commissioners Law Department Ethics Geographic Information Risk Management Facilities Management Purchasing Human Resources & Merit System Information Systems Finance Property Appraisal Tax Commissioner Registrar and Elections Civil and Criminal Court System: Sheriff Juvenile Court Superior Court Clerk Superior Court State Court Solicitor State Court District Attorney Child Advocate Probate Court Medical Examiner Public Defender Magistrate Court Public Safety: Public Safety Admin & Communications Animal Control Police Fire & Rescue Planning & Development Public Works: Directors Office Economic Development Public Services - Library Health and Human Services: Extension Services Public Board of Health Community Service Board Family and Children Services Human and Community Development Citizen Help Center Capital Improvement CIP GO Bonds - Parks Non-Departmental Grants Fund Expenditures Unappropriated Transfers To Other Funds Total Expenditures
Revenues: Investment income Miscellaneous Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Debt Service CIP Unappropriated Total Expenditures
Water & Sewer Sinking Fund 514 2013 Budget 624 44,789 20,838 66,251 66,249 2 66,251
1 292 30,563 20,838 51,694 23,142 23,142
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Development Fund 201 2013 Budget 2013 Actual 2,180 1 (3) 10 (54) 2,134 697 241 14 71 6,144 11,514 18,681 4 12,500 24 8,132 20,660 5,757 2 (20) 27 (54) 5,712 2013 Budget 36,052 11,491 1,000 723 3,639 52,905 2013 Actual 4,597 4,520 (2) 289 21 3,639 13,064 2013 Actual 2013 Actual
Fire Fund 270
Revenues: Licenses and Permits Investment income Miscellaneous Charges for Services Transfers To Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues
Capital Improvement Project Fund 350 2013 Budget 30,312 435 1,186 (2,771) (219) 5,369 11,514 45,826
Sanitation Operating Fund 541 2013 Budget 42 65,860 147 155 8,132 74,336
Expenditures: Planning & Development Public Works- Director's Office Interfund Transfers Unappropriated 4,720 692 300 5,712 1,884 2013 Actual (2,904) (2,904) 3,134 3,134 PEG Support Fund 203 2013 Budget 2013 Actual 1 41 2,101 2,143 115 115 8,264 15,409 23,673 10 145 2,101 2,256 2,256 2,256 County Jail Fund 204 2013 Budget 2013 Actual 58 650 200 908 908 908 344 1,284 1,628 3 1,625 1,628 1,284 1,284 2013 Actual COPS Projects Fund 351 2013 Budget 2013 Actual 210 2,022 200 2,432 2,432 2,432 Foreclosure Registry Fund 205 2013 Budget 2013 Actual 130 1,007 1,137 2013 Actual 818 818 157 157 Revenues: Investment Income Deferred Revenue Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital projects Unappropriated 675 (1,601) (926) 67 67 Public Safety - Judicial Facilities Fund 354 2013 Budget (1,744) 818 (926) 240 1,007 1,247 1,247 1,247 Sanitation ARRA Capital Projects Fund 544 2013 Budget 345 (12,339) 7,114 (4,880) 3,056 (7,936) (4,880) 2013 Actual 693 433 (2) 363 137 6,778 473 8,875 2013 Actual 345 7,114 7,459 57 57 Revenues: Intergovernmental Interfund Transfers Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital Projects Unappropriated Total Expenditures Airport Operating Fund 551 2013 Budget 20 4,900 6,432 11,352 10,052 1,300 11,352 Revenues: Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital Projects Interfund Transfers Unappropriated Total Expenditures Sanitation Construction Fund 542 2013 Budget 26,577 (2,904) 23,673 1,604 280 -
Revenues: Property Taxes Sales Taxes Investment income Charges for Services Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Public Safety-Police Public Safety-Fire Non-Departmental Interfund Transfers Unappropriated Total Expenditures 44,761 8,144 52,905 21,447 2,384 23,831 Revenues: Investment income Charges for Services Transfers From Other Funds Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Finance Sanitation Interfund Transfers Fund Expenditures Unappropriated Total Expenditures 222 73,813 300 1 74,336 111 32,818 32,929
Revenues: Investment income Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: PEG Support Unappropriated
Special Tax - Designated Services Fund 271 2013 Budget 6,021 1,101 757 260 20,013 473 28,625
Revenues: Intergovernmental Fines and forfeitures Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Transfers To Other Funds Unappropriated Revenues: Investment Income Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital Projects Unappropriated Revenues: Investment income Miscellaneous Interfund Transfers Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Interfund Transfers Unappropriated Total Expenditures
Revenues: Property Taxes Sales Taxes Licenses and Permits Investment income Intergovernmental Charges for Services Miscellaneous Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Public Safety - Police Public Works - Transportation Public Works - Roads and Drainage Parks and Recreation Arts, culture & entertainment Non-Departmental Transfers to Other Funds Unappropriated Total Expenditures 2,032 8,530 8,739 9,323 1 28,625 24 861 4,466 4,523 3,608 13,482 2013 Actual 9 2,602 6,432 9,043 1,207 1,400 2,607
Revenues: Intergovernmental Investment Income Contributions from private sources Miscellaneous Charges for Services Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Board Commissioners GIS Facilities Management Fleet Maintenance Information System Finance Clerk Superior Court Recorders Court Police Library Transportation Public Works Host Capital Outlay Road & Drainage Parks Planning & Development Community Development Economic Development Extension Service Non-Departmental Fire DFACS Fund Expenditures Total Expenditures
832 1,601 140 4,563 1,100 1,706 13 22,553 42,336 9,597 277 1,333 35 107 7 (40,591) 217 45,826
151 7 13 1,354 1,275 718 2,037 202 5,757
Revenues: Charges for Services Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Planning & Development Unappropriated 2,615 16,346 (2) 11,596 (77) (25,865) 1,371 5,984
Victim Assistance Fund 206 2013 Budget 2013 Actual 206 246 273 725 2013 Actual 345 1,000 273 1,618 1,329 275 1,802 1,293 1,283 2 5,984 421 421 Building Authority - Juvenile Court Fund 355 2013 Revenues: Budget Investment income (56) Proceeds of long-term Liabilities 1,261 Fund Balance Carried Forward 421 Total Revenues 1,626 Expenditures: Capital projects 474 Unappropriated 1,152 1,626
Special Tax District - Unincorporated Fund 272 2013 Revenues: Budget Charges for Services Sales Taxes Other Taxes 27,516 Licenses and Permits 22,854 Investment income Fines and Forfeitures 24,040 Miscellaneous (44) Transfers From Other Funds (64,185) Fund Balance Forward 1,371 Total Revenues 11,552 Expenditures: General Government: Chief Executive Officer 380 Finance 721 Police Services-Code Enforcement Recorders Court 4,266 Planning & Development 3,072 Non-Departmental 3,113 Transfers From Other Funds Unappropriated Total Expenditures 11,552 Revenues: Investment income Intergovernmental Deferred revenue Interfund Transfers Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital Projects Unappropriated
Airport Construction Fund 552 2013 Budget (9,321) 2,193 10,959 3,831 18,331 (14,500) 3,831 Stormwater Utility Fund 581 2013 Budget
2013 Actual 1,400 10,959 12,359 1,953 1,953
Revenues: Intergovernmental Fines and Forfeitures Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Victim Assistance Transfers To Other Funds Unappropriated Total Expenditures 76 1,542 1,618 362 362
Recreation Fund 207 2013 Budget 2013 Actual (6) 886 (349) 531 531 531 370 370 9,474 9,474 549 (1) (349) 199
2013 Actual 7 952 2013 Actual 9 6,501 6,510 1,016 1,016 2013 Actual 2 1 3 1,950 1,950 12,804 13,763 27,630 27,630 5,703 5,703 Revenues: Investment income Charges for Services Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Stormwater Utilities Interfund Transfers Unappropriated Total Expenditures 10 14,816 12,804 27,630
Revenues: Investment income Charges for Services Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Parks and Recreation Unappropriated
Hospital Fund 273 2013 Revenues: Budget Property Taxes 11,129 Sales Taxes 3,879 Intergovernmental Investment Income Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward (3,126) Total Revenues 11,882 Expenditures: Health and Welfare-Hospital 11,882 Unappropriated 11,882 2013 Actual 1,501 1,525 (4) (3,126) (104)
Juvenile Services Fund 208 2013 Budget 2013 Actual 25 268 293 293 293 41 41 15 268 283
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Revenues: Investment income Charges for Services Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Juvenile Court Unappropriated
Police Services Fund 274 2012 Budget 36,707 10,286 850 215 2,598 46,697 18,312 115,665 2012 Actual 4,698 4,039 506 191 4 81 20,336 18,312 48,167
Urban Redevelopment Agency Fund 356 2013 Revenues: Budget Investment income Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward 6,501 Total Revenues 6,501 Expenditures: Capital projects 6,466 Unappropriated 35 6,501 HUD Section 108 Loan Fund 357 2013 Revenues: Budget Investment income Miscellaneous 7,000 Fund Balance Carried Forward 1 Total Revenues 7,001 Expenditures: Capital projects 7,750 Unappropriated (749) 7,001 ARRA Capital Projects Fund 360
Stormwater Utility Construction Fund 582 2013 Budget 187 1,881 200 2,334 4,602 Revenues: Contributions from private sources Intergovernmental Miscellaneous Interfund Transfers Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital Projects Unappropriated 9,459 (4,857) 4,602 2013 Budget 2013 Actual
2013 Actual 460 2,334 2,794 325 325
2013 Actual 56 121 177 10 10 2013 Actual 1,967 1,074 3,041
Revenues: Property Taxes Sales Taxes Licenses and Permits Charges for Services Investment income Miscellaneous Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Transfers To Other Funds Police Services Unappropriated 1 94,236 21,428 115,665 1 44,570 7,334 51,905
Drug Abuse Treatment & Education Fund 209 2013 Revenues: Budget Investment income Fines and Forfeitures 60 Fund Balance Carried Forward 121 Total Revenues 181 Expenditures: Health and Welfare 135 Unappropriated 46 181
Revenues: Investment income Intergovernmental Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital projects Unappropriated
1,440 3,561 5,001 622 4,379 5,001
165 3,561 3,726 340 340
2013 Actual 95 15,797 52 15,944 16,640 16,640
2013 Actual 4 1,406 43 6,184 7,637
Hotel / Motel Tax Fund 275 2013 Revenues: Budget Other Taxes 4,000 Fund Balance Carried Forward 1,074 Total Revenues 5,074 Expenditures: Convention Bureau 2,030 Transfers To Other Funds 3,045 Unappropriated (1) 5,074 720 1,250 1,970
Vehicle Maintenance Fund 611 2013 Budget Revenues: Intergovernmental 200 Charges for Services 34,250 Miscellaneous 200 Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues 34,650 Expenditures: Fleet Maintenance 34,650 Interfund Transfers 34,650
Law Enforcement Confiscated Monies Fund 210 2013 Budget 2,144 6,184 8,328
GO Bonds Debt Service Fund 410 2013 Budget 1,433 14,088 15,521 Revenues: Property Taxes Investment income Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Debt Service Unappropriated 2013 Actual 322 1 833 1,156 74 74 15,521 15,521
2013 Actual 1,239 2 14,088 15,329 8,383 8,383
Revenues: Investment Income Intergovernmental Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Police Sheriff District Attorney Transfers To Other Funds Fund Expenditures Unappropriated Total Expenditures 6,214 1,109 165 840 8,328 234 264 58 13 569
Rental Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Fund 280 2013 Revenues: Budget Other Taxes 552 Investment income Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward 833 Total Revenues 1,385 Expenditures: Development Authority 1,385 Unappropriated 1,385
Street Lights Fund 211 2013 Budget 2013 Actual 1 219 2,122 2,342 2,294 4,500 2,122 6,622 6,622
Revenues: Sales Taxes Investment income Charges for Services Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Public Works-Transportation
Revenues: Investment income Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Capital Projects Unappropriated Total Expenditures
1987 G O Bonds - Parks Fund 311 2013 Budget 3 62 65 130 (65) 65
2013 Actual 62 62 -
GO Bonds STD Debt Service Fund 411 2013 Revenues: Budget Taxes 26,471 Investment income Transfers From Other Funds Fund Balance Carried Forward 1,120 Total Revenues 27,591 Expenditures: Debt Service 27,591 Transfers out Total Expenditures 27,591
2013 Actual 2,211 1 1,120 3,332 5,075 5,075
Revenues: Investment income Charges for Services Miscellaneous Interfund Transfers Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Vehicles Interfund transfers Unappropriated
Vehicle Replacement Fund 621 2013 Budget 25 12,476 500 21,858 34,859 32,859 2,000 34,859 Risk Management Fund 631 2013 Budget 9,328 91,941 10,495 111,764 Revenues: Charges for Services Miscellaneous Payroll deductions and matches Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Risk Management Interfund Transfers Unappropriated Total Expenditures 2013 Actual 221 221 Building Authority Revenue Bonds Debt Service Fund 412 2013 2013 Budget Actual 3,712 1,864 140 140 3,852 2,004 Revenues: Investment income Miscellaneous Interfund Transfers Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Debt Service Unappropriated 3,852 3,852 723 723 111,764 111,764
2013 Actual 12 7,991 21,858 29,861 3,956 3,956
2013 Actual 4,556 3 45,435 10,495 60,489 46,959 46,959
2013 Actual 10 1 1,897 1,908 472 472
Speed Humps Maintenance Fund 212 2013 Revenues: Budget Charges for Services 312 Investment income 3 Fund Balance Carried Forward 1,897 Total Revenues 2,212 Expenditures: Public Works-Roads & Drainage 2,212 Unappropriated 2,212
1998 G O Bonds - Jail Fund 312 2013 Revenues: Budget Investment income 55 Fund Balance Carried Forward 221 Total Revenues 276 Expenditures: Capital Projects 127 Unappropriated 149 Total Expenditures 276
Revenues: Charges for Services Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Non-Departmental Unappropriated 2013 Actual 2 4 4,482 6,812 11,300 5,451 5,451 2013 Actual 127 127 Public Safety Judicial Facilites Authority Debt Service Fund 413 2013 2013 Budget Actual 3,075 9 33 33 3,108 42 1993 G O Bonds - Health Fund 313 2013 Revenues: Budget Investment income 3 Fund Balance Carried Forward 127 Total Revenues 130 Expenditures: Capital Projects 121 Unappropriated 9 Total Expenditures 130 Revenues: Investment income Miscellaneous Fund Balance Carried Forward Total Revenues Expenditures: Debt Service Transfers out Total Expenditures 3,107 1 3,108 948 948
Workers Compensation Fund 632 2013 Budget 1,277 5,006 6,283 6,283 6,283 ALL TAX FUNDS Revenues: Taxes, Service Charges, Income & Transfers Fund Balance Carried Forward Fund Balance Carried Forward (for encumbrances) Total Revenues Expenditures: Approved Budget Encumbrances rolled forward from 2011 Total Appropriations
2013 Actual 2,177 620 5,006 7,803 2,991 2,991
Emergency Telephone System Fund 215 2013 Revenues: Budget Charges for Services Investment income 9 Miscellaneous 9,750 Fund Balance Carried Forward 6,812 Total Revenues 16,571 Expenditures: Emergency Telephone System 16,571 Unappropriated Total Expenditures 16,571
2013 Budget 517,962 42,308 560,270 517,962 42,308 560,270
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Youth homicide rate hits lowest mark in 30 years

by Mike Stobbe ATLANTA (AP) The homicide rate for older children and young adults has hit its lowest point in at least three decades, but the decline has been slowing, according to a new government report. In 2010, the homicide rate for victims ages 10 to 24 was less than half the rate seen in 1993, when there was an explosion in crime tied to crack cocaine. The report, released July 11, echoes earlier findings about a national decline in killings and other crimes, but offers a more focused look at what is one of the most affected groups. Ages 10 to 24 account for about a third of slaying victims. The highest homicide rates are consistently seen in people in their late teens and 20s. Thats what drives the national numbers. Thats the ballgame, said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Universitys Injury Control Research Center. He was not involved in the new study. There are various theories for the drop in youth killings and other crimes since the early 1990s, ranging from the economy to police work or public health campaigns. None completely explain the trend, said Hemenway, a member of a National Academy of Sciences group examining crime trends. For the report, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) searched a death statistics database that goes back to 1981. Approximately 4,800 youths ages 10 to 24 were killed in 2010, the most recent year in the analysis. That translates to a homicide rate of 7.5 per 100,000 peoplethe lowest since 1981. It also appears to be lower than rates in the 1970s, a CDC spokeswoman said. But it hasnt been a steady trend down. The rate dropped a bit in the early 1980s and then rose sharply, peaking at about 16 per 100,000 in 1993. It plummeted for several years before the decline slowed. The rate inched down approximately 1 percent a year, on average, from 2000 to 2010, the CDC found. The study showed youth homicide rates fell across the boardin males, females, Whites, Blacks and Hispanics. However, males and Blacks continued to be killed at far higher rates than females or people in other racial and ethnic groups. The 2010 rate for Blacks was nearly four times higher than the average for all youths that age. The rate of gun-related slayings was approximately four times higher than of the rate of homicides using other weapons. Based on overall rates for 2010, homicide last year fell off the nations top 15 causes of death for the first time in almost half a century. It continues to rank among the top three leading causes of death for people ages 10 to 24, however.
DeKalb County Board of Health announces early back-to-school services

The DeKalb County Board of Health is providing early back-to-school services that include immunizations and vision, hearing and dental screenings, as well as special extended hours for working parents. Georgia law requires that children enrolling in a childcare facility or public or private school receive specific vaccinations and screenings. Children entering childcare or school or transferring into DeKalb County must submit an up-to-date Georgia immunization form 3231 and a Georgia screening form 3300. Students entering a college or university should check the institutions requirements. Extended hours will be held on the following dates only for back-to school services: Tuesday, Aug. 6; Wednesday, Aug. 7; Thursday, Aug. 8; Monday, Aug. 12; Tuesday, Aug. 13 and Wednesday, Aug. 14. The health centers are open Monday through Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. No appointment is necessary. Services are available on a first come, first served basis. To expedite the process for back-to-school services, parents should: B ring each child and his or her immunization record. B e prepared to pay by cash, debit/credit card or a check from a Georgia bank. Medicaid, Peachcare for Kids, State Health Benefits Plan (Cigna and United
Healthcare) and other insurances are accepted; the card must be presented. Early back-to-school services are available at: Central DeKalb (T. O. Vinson) Health Center, 440 Winn Way, Decatur, (404) 294-3762 East DeKalb Health Center, 2277 S. Stone MountainLithonia Road, Lithonia, (770) 484-2600 North DeKalb Health Center, 3807 Clairmont Road, Chamblee, (770) 454-1144 Clifton Springs Health Center, 3110 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur, (404) 244-2200 Birth certificates of per-
sons born in Georgia are available for $25 from the Board of Healths Office of Vital Records, room 191, Richardson Health Center, 445 Winn Way, Decatur. A Georgia drivers license or other state identification card is required. Only a legal parent, grandparent or guardian can obtain a birth certificate for a child younger than 18 years old. Payment for certificates can be made in cash or by debit or credit card. Checks are not accepted. Regular hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The Office of Vital Records can be reached at (404) 294-3783. For more information, visit www.dekalbhealth.net or call (404) 294-3700.
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From top left, Deja Youngblood and Ayana Blackwell, teens volunteering at DeKalb Medical, both want to go into medical fields. Jacob Chesler answers phones and organizes patients charts. Bottom left, Tony Gong makes patient beds. Photos by Andrew Cauthen
Teens explore medical jobs while volunteering

by Andrew Cauthen andrew@dekalbchamp.com For Jacob Chesler, 15, who attends Yeshiva Atlanta of Doraville, volunteering and working at DeKalb Medical is a family affair. His brother and sister volunteer there and his father, Eric, is a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). My family has a bunch of people who are nurses and the medical field has always interested me, said Jacob, who answer the phones, delivers ice to patients rooms and fills in and organizes patient charts. I personally have more of a math mindset, he said. Im interested in biomedical engineering, which has to do with prosthetics and stuff, so I thought it would be a valuable experience for me to volunteer here. Jacob is one of 50 teens in the DeKalb Medical Volunteen program in which students assist hospital staff in various departments in the facility. The students also participate in several Lunch and Learn events with medical professionals to learn about various medical jobs. In the program, teens agree to volunteer for at least one shift a week for four consecutive weeks. Last year, teen volunteers provided 2,335 hours of service. Whatever they need done, we usually do it, said Aomeng Cui, 15, of Chamblee High School. Aomeng, who has also volunteered at Grady Hospital, said the experience gives her a feel for the atmosphere of a hospital. Its kind of unique. You cant have anything like it anywhere else. Its so interesting being here, said Aomeng, who wants to be a surgeon when she grows up. Theres always something new happening. Joy Killum, a former high school principal who is a NICU volunteer, said she is delighted to have an opportunity to work with the young people who are volunteers. Its absolutely wonderful. It truly makes my day, supporting them and their interests in ultimately pursuing health care careers and just seeing and learning about their enthusiasm for their futures, she said. The chances that they get here to meet physicians and technicians and other health care professionals is an exceptional opportunity, Killum said. They realize it and take full advantage of it. Tony Gong, 15, Northview High School in north Fulton County, called the Volunteen program a great opportunity. You get to learn about a lot of the jobs at a hospital and what a lot of the doctors do, said Tony, who volunteered in the emergency room where he prepares beds, leads patients to their rooms and works at the help desk. I thought it would be a great opportunity to learn about the hospital setting because I might want to become a doctor when I grow up. Deja Youngblood, 17, of South Gwinnett High School, wants to be a radiologist. I like that you get to participate and experience new things, Deja said. If you want to go into a health care careeryou [can] see if you really want to do it before you go to school. In the diagnostic imaging center, Zachary Merlin, who attends Mount Vernon Presbyterian School, said he tries to help out as much as he can. What I do is I help prepare the folders that they put all the information for the patients in, Zachary said. I also escort the patients to their designated imaging area, be that CAT scan, PET scan, MRI, [or] X-RAY. One day, a guy came in who had had a stroke and he couldnt fill out the paperwork, so I had to help him do that, said Zachary, who learned about the program from his father, Mark, a radiology oncologist at DeKalb Medical. I want to be a doctor so we discussed and decided that this would be a great idea to get some sort of hands-on interaction in a hospital setting, Zachary said. Ayana Blackwell, 17, said, I have definitely learned how to be a great leader and learned how to work with the nurses. The Norcross High School student is considering a career in the neonatal unit. You get hands-on skills for the hospital and medical fields, she said about the program. Its a great opportunity for any teen to do even if you dont want to go into the health care field.
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The DeKalb County School District, Department of Special Education, announces its intention to destroy records that were developed to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in DeKalb County Schools. This notice is in compliance with the federal, state and local policy. Records will be destroyed on October 1, 2013 based on the following criteria: Students who graduated with a high school diploma in 2012. Students who became twenty-two (22) years old between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2012. Special Ed. Students born during 1988 who graduated with a Transition Diploma, Certificate of Performance or reached maximum age of 22. Students who became deceased between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012. These records will be destroyed as they are no longer needed for educational planning purposes. The parent, legal guardian or the student (18 years old or older) may request records prior to destruction by contacting the Special Education Records Office at 678-676-1802. You will be required to produce identification or provide verification data to acquire these records.
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Sales tax holiday offers potential back-to-school savings

Consumers are spending, but they are doing so with cost and practicality in mind. Having splurged on their growing childrens Even though some schools in the area are back in session as early needs last year, parents will ask their kids to reuse what they can for as Aug. 1, parents planning to do the upcoming school season. said back-to-school shopping may want NRF President and CEO Matthew to think about postponing the bulk Shay. As they continue to grapple of their buying until Aug. 9 and with the impact of increased payroll 10, when clothing, school supplies, even computers, in many instances, taxes, Americans will look to cut corners where they can, but will buy can be purchased tax-free in Georwhat their kids need. Its important gia. to note, however, that spending levFriday, Aug. 9, and Saturday, els are still well above where they Aug. 10, will be tax holidays in were a few years ago. Georgia when large numbers of Not every purchase during the items can be purchased without paytax holiday period will be eligible ing sales tax. Sales tax in DeKalb County is 7 percent, which can have for exclusion from taxes. Shoppers a significant impact, especially with will still pay taxes on cameras, televisions, batteries (except those used such big ticket items as computers. in computers), games, cell phones The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that nationally fami- and a number of other items. According to NRF, the biggest lies with school-age children will portion of back-to-school shoppers spend an average $634.78 on apbudgets will go toward new apparel parel, shoes, supplies and electronand accessories: 95.3 percent of ics. Even though this is a decrease from last year when back-to-school those with school-age children will spending averaged $688.62 for such spend an average of $230.85 on fall households, taxes on $635 worth of sweaters, denim and other pieces of attire. Most of these, as long as the items could amount to more than price of individual items does not $74. by Kathy Mitchell kathy@dekalbchamp.com exceed $100, are on the tax exempt list, which includes underwear, baby clothes, bathing suits, diapers and neckties. Shoes, which the NRF says families will spend an average of $114.39 on in back-to-school shopping, are tax exempt as long as no single pair costs more than $100. However, handbags, jewelry, crib blankets and cosmetics are among the items still taxed. NRF notes that fewer families with children in grades K-12 are expected this year to purchase electronics (55.7 percent). Most items in that category, however, including tower computers, laptops, tables, electronic book readers and items that support them, are on Georgias tax-exempt list. Many young people headed to college will also be visiting the retail stores first, according to NRF. The largest portion of college shoppers budgets will go toward electronics ($203.28), the organization states. Other traditional college expenditures will include clothing and accessories ($122.70), shoes ($65.60), school supplies ($62.92) and collegiate gear ($42.94)all of which in most cases can be purchased tax-free during the tax holiday period. However, some other items popular among college students such as bedding, small refrigerators and microwave ovens arent on the tax holiday list. Two in five (42 percent) families will spend an average $104.76 on new bedding, small refrigerators and microwaves, up from $100.27 last year. Despite the savings, some backto-school shoppers are electing to avoid the crowds on tax-holiday weekend and take advantage instead of deals being offered by retailers. Stone Mountain mom Chalis Cammon said she has found that the frustration and the crowds are not worth saving the pennies per dollar, adding, Unless I have a plan for a large purchase such as a laptop or computer, I dont intentionally take advantage of it. My peace of mind is much more important. Brandy J. Carmichael, a Lithonia mother, agreed. I prefer shopping in smaller crowds, she said, I dont like the hustle and bustle on that day in particular. If I dont go early in the morning, I probably wont be participating.
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Metro Atlanta football teams play in Prime Time Youth Football Tournament
by Carla Parker carla@dekalbchamp.com The Atlanta Cowboys youth football 10 and under team was one of 18 teams from across the southeast that had the opportunity to participate in the third annual PRIME TIME Youth Football Tournament in Buford July 26-28. Hosted by NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, the tournament was a part of the 2013 PRIME TIME Youth Sports Weekend events that included a celebrity and youth symposium that brought together some of todays top athletes and entertainers with youth participants for an open discussion on topics from life, success, faith, education and self-esteem. The weekend also included the Black & Red Gala, which serves as a fundraiser for PRIME TIME Association and TRUTH Sports in Dallas, Atlanta, Memphis, and Little Rock. PRIME TIME Association, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, was founded by Sanders with the purpose to serve communities by reaching and teaching youth through sports and education. The tournament featured teams from Virginia, Arkansas; and Texas. The Atlanta Vikings also participated in the tournament. PRIME TIME Association President Reginald Calhoun said the tournament is more than bringing children together to play football. The football piece of it is secondary, he said. We want to change the culture in youth sports. We want to have a place where its organized, where there is a certification process, where the games start on time, the whole nine yards. We want to be able to not just tell people how things are done but to show them how its done, Calhoun said. The Atlanta Cowboys, based in Kirkwood, played against TRUTHs 10 and under team from Dallas. Although the Cowboys lost the game, head coach Stephen Colton believes being a part of the tournament was a great experience for his players. It feels great to be a part of this event, he said. Just to be invited is good for this program. The tournament, which was held at Wade Walker Park in Stone Mountain in 2012, will come back to the metro Atlanta area next year. Representative of teams who want to play in next years tournament may call (281) 620-7517 for addition information.
NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, center, watches his Truth youth football team run a play against the Atlanta Cowboys.
The Atlanta Vikings get set to play in the third annual PRIME TIME Youth Football Tournament.
The Atlanta Cowboys out of Kirkwood listen to last minute instructions before their match-up against the Dallas Truth.
The Atlanta Vikings face off against a youth football team from Virginia. Photos by Carla Parker
DeKalb youth soccer registration now open

Registration for the DeKalb County youth fall soccer program is open until Aug. 19 at all DeKalb County recreation centers. Participants ages 4-13 may sign up for one of five divisions. Registration fees range from $45 to $85 for each division and includes uniforms. The season begins in September and include eight regular games. Payments should be made payable to DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs by cashiers check or money order. For more information, call Mike Cavanaugh, athletics program coordinator, at (770) 414-2113.
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Players from Druid Hills, Freedom and Tucker middle schools and the Central DeKalb Jaguars football program participated in football drills at the inaugural Druid Hills Middle 7 on 7 Charity Passing Tournament. Photos by Carla Parker
Middle school players work on football techniques while giving back

by Carla Parker carla@dekalbchamp.com Some DeKalb middle school football players got an opportunity to improve their football skills while giving back to the less fortunate at the inaugural Druid Hills Middle 7 on 7 Charity Passing Tournament on July 27. Players from Druid Hills, Freedom and Tucker middle schools and the Central DeKalb Jaguars football program participated in 7-on-7 drills, passing drills, offensive linemen drills and more. The event, which was held at Druid Hills High School, also included canned food, school supplies and clothing drives. The items collected for the can food and clothing drives were given to organizations such as Atlanta Missions, Atlanta CARES and the Homeless Shelter of Atlanta. Druid Hills Middle head football coach Jamal Greene said the event is all about giving back. We wanted to give back while heading into the new school year, he said. We also wanted to bring the [students] together right before school starts to get to know [each other] and get to know the other coaches. Each drill was conducted by coaches from the teams in attendance. Along with technique, Greene said the players were learning sportsmanship and how to play the game the right way. After this, I hope the players can look back at this and say I had fun and I learned something heading into the school year, he said.
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Judge celebrates second year of mentoring program for high school girls
by Daniel Beauregard daniel@dekalbchamp.com DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Stacey Hydrick said the idea for her mentorship program SMILE began when a mother she met asked her if she had any type of program to help young women interested in the justice system. Hydrick said the idea came to her after she spoke at the Voices of Faith Church in Stone Mountain. A group of young girls wanted her to speak about bullying. Afterward, many of the girls parents came to her and asked if she had any type of mentoring program in place. No, but that doesnt mean I cant, Hydrick told them. Soon after she started SMILE, an eight-week summer program held each Friday fashioned loosely after Leadership DeKalb. Recent graduates of the program celebrated with Hydrick and family members during a July 26 luncheon. This year, 13 girls ages 14-18 completed the program. I like to keep it a small group, Hydrick said. Keeping the groups somewhat small allows the girls to experience more and form closer bonds with their peers in the program, she added. Next year, well be doing exactly the same things. It keeps getting better each year, Hydrick said. Throughout the course, the girls get a behind-thescenes look at how each department within the DeKalb County legal system works. Hydrick said the girls met with District Attorney Robert James, Solicitor General Sherry Boston, Superior Court Clerk Deborah DeBerry, officials from the GBI and medical examiners office and county social workers. The girls also went on fieldtrips to the DeKalb County Jail as well as DeKalb County Juvenile and Magistrate courts. Additionally, Hydrick said members of the Georgia DUI Task Force visited the group and spoke about
DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Stacey Hydrick chats with the mothers of two girls enrolled in her SMILE program. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
the dangers of driving under the influence. The task force also showed the girls how to perform field sobriety tests and brought along a pair of beer goggles. The beer goggles simulate what its like when youre under the influence, Hydrick said. The girls got a real kick out of it. This year, those interest-
ed in the program had to apply to be accepted. Hydrick said she received around 24 applications but chose only 13 girls, each with at least a 3.0 grade-point average. For the past two years, Hydrick has also required the girls to read Cupcake Browns memoir A Piece of Cake, which details Browns struggle with her
mothers early death. Brown was forced to live in foster homes, where she suffered physical and mental abuse. The book also describes Browns later life as a prostitute living on the streets and how she overcame drug addiction, graduated from law school and became a top prosecutor at one of Californias largest law firms.
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Depending on the kindness of strangers

STATEMENT FROM THE PUBLISHER

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Judge sustains suspensions of two DeKalb school board members

Champions of the Week

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Georgia Tech professor to speak at Jewish center

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Watering Oasis nonprofit nurtures communities at home and abroad

Pet of the Week

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DeKalb middle-schoolers improve in overall CRCT results

Language % Failed % Met or Exceeded Arts % Failed Math

Science Social Studies

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Man, woman arrested for Decatur murder

Rep. Hank Johnson announces $4.5M to help local homeless veterans

Dollar store robber arrested

Avondale Estates adopts domestic partnership registry and certification

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Lithonia seeks placement on National Register of Historic Places

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Lets Move! DeKalb

4:00pm Until 10:00pm

for musical Line-up &more information:

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Decatur gears up for another BBQ, Blues and Bluegrass Festival

Searching for Our Sons and Daughters:

Finding DeKalb Countys Missing

The Champion Weather

Detailed Local Forecast

Last Week's Local Almanac

Decatur Snellville 85/70 85/70 Lithonia 86/70 Morrow 86/70

Local Sun/Moon Chart This Week

New 8/6 First 8/14

National Weather Summary This Week

REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE

StarWatch By Gary Becker - Such Is a Day on Mars

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Shade Brigade help seniors weather the heat

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DockDogs Continued From Page 1A

General Fund 100

75,744 10,504 112 86,360

943 10,511 510 104,218 1,020 117,202

56 643 (204) 495 -

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Total Liabilities And Fund Balance

Hospital Fund 273

2,029 Hotel / Motel Tax Fund 275

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