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COVER PAGECare for little or nothingWELLNESS

As more and more people join the ranks of the uninsured and underin-sured, several clinics in DeKalb offer low-cost or free health services. 6

A quilt exhibit hon-ors African-American actors who have won the movie industry’s highest award. 5

Tribute to excellenceSCENE

DeKalb Police have launched a campaign to draw attention to the law requir-ing motorists to move over when approach-ing emergency vehicles. 2

Focus on roadside safetyCOMMUNITY

Vote expected Tuesday on fee plan for Camp Circle lots near courts, jail

Commissioners to end free parking for traffic court, jail

Volume 15, Number 10

Craigslist car seller gyps buyers out of thousands of dollars

By Mary Swint

Starting this fall, traffic violators and other visitors to the DeKalb Re-corders and Magistrate Courts and the DeKalb County Jail in Decatur could be paying to park at four DeKalb County parking lots.

The county’s Board of Commis-sioners is considering eliminating free parking and charging $3 to park at Camp Circle. Commis-sioners are expected to vote July 14 to award the parking contract to Atlanta-based AAA Parking.

The proposed paid parking will cover four lots with a total of 460 parking spaces “at and around 3631 Camp Circle.”

By McKenzie Jackson

A Craigslist scam artist is on the loose in South DeKalb and DeKalb Police want used-car buyers look-ing for deals on the Web to be on the alert.

Since late February, police say an African-American man has used the popular online classifieds site to steal more than $3,000 from four victims in Decatur and Atlanta.

Detectives say the unidentified scam artist lures victims with an ad

selling a Chrysler PT Cruiser and a GMC Yukon.

Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said he sets up a meeting and test drive with potential buyers.

“During the course of the test drive, those victims would show interest in the car. He would ask for a deposit and during the test drive he was able to coerce the victims out of the car,” she said.

Once the perpetrator gets a cash deposit, Parish said he gets the vic-tims to leave the car by asking them

run inside and get his cell phone or make copies of paperwork.

“He did have paperwork with him to make it appear as if it was a legitimate transaction,” she said. “They would have already given him the deposit, then he would leave with the deposit money and the car.”

On Feb. 24, the man stole $400 from a victim on Wesley Chapel Road in Decatur. On March 4, he

David Fisher, the county’s fa-cilities management department director, told the BOC Budget Committee at its July 7 meeting that a survey found that about 1,500 vehicles a day, and 24,000 vehicles a month park in the Camp Circle area.

At $3 per car per day, the paid parking could yield $72,000 a month in parking fees.

The contract which commis-sioners will vote on Tuesday guar-antees the county $10,000 each month plus 80 percent of gross revenues that exceed $26,000 per month. The estimated annual rev-enue for the county would be about $561,600.

Under the proposal, the county will mount a four-month pilot program beginning in September. Fisher said the county could aban-don the idea after that time if it isn’t working.

This is the second time this year that the commissioners have increased fees on parking. In the spring, they tripled the cost of park-ing in the county deck across from the Manuel Maloof Auditorium.

Residents attending BOC and other county meetings or visiting their county commissioners now have to pay $6 to park, up from $2.

News of the impending parking fee didn’t sit well with people visit-

ing Recorders Court on Thursday. Courtney Watson of Clarkston

who was on her way to pay a $25 ticket for seat belt violation, said commissioners are just searching for ways to get more money out of taxpayers.

“I think we already pay for parking through our taxes,” she said. “If they start charging, I would find someplace else to park.”

Douglas McCollum called the commissioners insensitive for wanting to charge for parking now.

“You are going to start charging people who are out of work because the economy is bad,” he said. “That make no sense to me. ”

Darius Hammonds of Buford, said its a bad idea, but he under-stand why the commissioners are doing it.

“With what is going on with the economy, they need to use every avenue they can to raise revenues,” he said.

The budget committee recom-mended approval of the bid from AAA Parking.

It was one of four companies that bidded on the contract to man-age the parking.

The contract would be for one year and could be renewed for two more years.

McKenzie Jackson contributed to this report

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A scam artist claiming to sell a PT Cruiser and a GMC Yukon has stolen more than $3,000 from four victims in DeKalb.

County commissioners plan to vote Tuesday to award a contract to AAA Parking to manage paid parking around Recorders Court.

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By McKenzie Jackson

Even though the start date for the 2010 Census is eight months away, of-ficials in DeKalb County and at local census bu-reaus have already be-gun stressing the impor-tance of every head being counted.

DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson said the upcoming census is very important because of the need to fill the gaps in the county’s budget.

“As we see in the stimulus pack-age, every dollar that we get helps us in not trying to cut anything,” he said. “The census helps because if every person is counted we get our additional dollars that we would have lost, to help us with roads,

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson will be the featured speaker at the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce’s July 13 First Monday

Lunch.Isakson, who is

completing his first term in the Senate, will deliver the Mid-Year Legislative Review to the business group.

Active in Georgia politics for more than 30 years, Isakson was president of Northside

Realty for 20 years, presiding over its growth into the largest independent resi-dential real estate brokerage company in the Southeast.

In politics, he served 17 years in the Georgia Legislature and three years as Chairman of the Georgia Board of Edu-cation. He was elected three times to the U.S. House before winning his U.S. Senate seat in 2004. He launch his 2010 Senate re-election campaign in February,

The 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. luncheon will be at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia, 4355 Ashford Dunwoody Road in Atlanta.

For more reservations and other in-formation, e-mail [email protected].

census is how America knows what America needs.

“A lot of the federal funding is based on population specifics,” he said. “So, the money that comes in for schools, public safety, infra-structure, social programs – all of that is based on population.”

The census is done every 10 years. The 2010 Census Day is April 1. That is the day that the Census Bureau expects every household to count the number of people living there, their age, gender, race.

In the 2000 census, DeKalb had a population of 665,865. In 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the population had grown to 739,956, an increase 74,091 people.

The Census Bureau completed its door-to-door verification of every address in May. Census forms

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bridges, other forms of small business grants and small business loans.”

Johnson, who repre-sents Commission Dis-trict 3, said the census plays a very crucial role and the county has to make sure everybody is counted.

“When everybody is counted that means additional dollars that we can use as a government to help the citizens of DeKalb County,” he said.

The census, which is done ev-ery 10 years, attempts to counts everyone in the United States to show state population counts and determine representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Eddie Davis, a U.S. Census Bu-reau Atlanta spokesman, said the

n Fall 2009: Recruitment begins for census takers needed for peak workload in 2010.

n February – March 2010: Census questionnaires are mailed or delivered to households.

n April 1, 2010: Census Dayn April – July 2010: Census

takers visit households that did not return a questionnaire by mail.

n December 2010: By law, Census Bureau delivers population counts to President for apportionment.

n March 2011: By law, Census Bureau completes delivery of redistricting data to states.

2010 Census timelinewill be mailed to every address in March and must be returned.

To get an accurate county, Cen-sus numerators will visit the homes of people who do not return their forms.

Johnson said DeKalb had around a 72 percent return rate in the 2000 census and is looking to increase that rate for 2010.

“Just imagine if we had that other 28 percent,” he said. “If we could reach that level we could have gotten an additional congressional seat. That would have meant extra resources for DeKalb.”

Davis said some people mistrust the census process though.

“We have to make people understand that it is safe, con-fidential,” he said. “None of the information is used for any type of law enforcement.”

Leadership DeKalb graduated its largest class ever on June 20.

The 55 community leaders in-cluded a mix of professionals from education, law, health, business, faith-based and community organi-zations, county government, public safety and law enforcement.

Sara A. Fountain, Leadership DeKalb’s executive director, said the 2009 class brings to nearly 900 the

number of men and women who have graduated from 23-year-old nonprofit.

“We are proud that the par-ticipants in Leadership DeKalb reflect the community’s diversity and multiculturalism,” she said. “Through this time together, they have become colleagues, as well as friends, as they work to help shape the future of our region.”

The class incuded March Bos-ton, principal at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy; Me-lissa Forgey, DeKalb History Center executive director; Clay Fowler, DeKalb Medical at Hillandale ad-ministrator; Robert James, DeKalb solicitor-general; DeKalb NAACP past president Vivian Moore; and Joe Stoner, Habitat for Humanity executive director.

The 55 members of Leadership DeKalb’s Class of 2009 included educators, business and government professionals.

By McKenzie Jackson

DeKalb Police want motorists to “Move Over DeKalb” and help keep its officers ac-cident free.

The campaign, launched June 25 by the department’s Strategic Traffic Accident Reduction (S.T.A.R.) team, is seeking to reduce the frequency and severity of crashes involving public safety vehicles when per-sonnel are performing road-side duties. It also wants to educate drivers about the 2003 Georgia law that requires motorists to slow down and prepare to stop or move over a lane when they see emergency vehicles with flashing lights pulled over on the shoulder of the highway.

Drivers who disobey the law face fines of up to a $500 and three points on their driving record.

During the month-long “Move Over Campaign,” which ends July 23, the S.T.A.R. team and other public safety organizations will be enforcing the law.

Whenever a police officer pulls someone over for speeding, another officer in a sepa-rate vehicle will be watching to ensure drivers move over or slow down.

DeKalb police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said that nationwide, traffic crashes claim the lives of more police officers than any other cause of death in the line of duty including shootings.

“One fourth of officers killed yearly in traffic crashes were struck and killed by passing vehicles, while they worked outside of their patrol cars,” she said.

In 2007, two DeKalb police officers were injured during routine traffic stops.

Officer R. Catalano was struck in March 2007 by a drunk driver on I-85 North. In September 2007, officer D. Green was struck by a reckless motorist while sitting in his squad car on I-285.

Parish said that when drivers fail to move

over one lane or at least slow down, they en-danger the officers’ lives and can cause them financial, emotional and physical harm.

“In the 2007 crash, one officer sustained some head injuries and to this day he can’t remember anything that happened two hours prior to that incident,” she said. “He had to go through an enormous amount of rehabilitation.”

She said the second officer has had six surgeries for leg injuries and is still not back to full duty.

Nationwide, more officers die in traffic crashes during roadside investigations than from any other cause of death in the line of duty, including shootings.

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Former 4th District Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney returned to the United States on July 7 af-ter being held in an Israeli prison for nine days.

McKinney and 20 ac-tivists from the “Free Gaza Movement” were arrested on June 30 when their boat attempted to sail from Cyprus to Gaza through a naval blockade of the Gaza strip.

They were attempting to deliver three tons of aid and crayons to Palestinians in an attempt to bring attention to the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt on the territory

after terror group Hamas seized power there two years ago.

McKinney lost the congressional seat, which includes portions of DeKalb, Rockdale and Gwinnett counties, to Hank Johnson in 2006. She was the Green Party’s

candidate for president in 2008.McKinney arrived at Ronald

Reagan National Airport in Ar-lington, Va., on Tuesday on a flight from Israel’s Ben Guriou Interna-tional Airport.

In a July 7 letter to friends and supporters, McKinney said she

is now known as Israeli Prisoner #88794.

“I am in cell number 5, Ramle Prison,” she said. “How could I be in prison for collecting crayons for kids and trying to get the crayons to them?”

McKinney said Israeli authori-ties tried to get them to confess that they had committed a crime.

“I am facing deportation from the state that brought me here at gunpoint after commandeering our boat,” she said. “I was brought to Israel against my will. I am be-ing held in this prison because I had a dream that Gaza’s children could color and paint, that Gaza’s

wounded could be healed, and that Gaza’s bombed-out houses could be rebuilt.”

McKinney said she and the activists were attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to people in Gaza when Israeli Navy ships surrounded their ship and illegally threatened them.

She said they dismantled their navigation equipment and boarded and confiscated the ship.

“All of us on board were then taken off the ship and into custody, and brought into Israel and impris-oned,” she said.

“State Department and White House officials have not effected

our release or taken a strong public stance to condemn the illegal ac-tions of the Israeli Navy of enforc-ing a blockade of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians of Gaza, a blockade that has been con-demned by President Obama.”

In a phone call with WBAIX from prison, McKinney said it is incumbent upon Obama to stand by his reported policy of easing the Gazan blockade and of allowing building supplies, medical supplies and school supplies to go through.

“We call upon President Obama to use the highest level of his au-thority to transmit this message to the Israelis,” she said.

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ing infrastructures, rampant fore-closures and declining housing stock.

Hidden Hills residents are one step closer to get-ting their overlay district after a June 27 meeting with the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC).

The meeting at the Lou Walker Senior Cen-ter in Lithonia, follows a 267-page overlay district plan that residents presented to the ARC in April.

More than 30 residents attended the meeting to support their case for the district, which will give them control over the kinds of businesses that settle in their com-munity and the look of their com-mercial areas.

ARC planners Stephen Causby and Ashley Rivera are helping resi-dents write the overlay code for the area through the year-long Com-munity Choices program.

Jan Costello, a Hidden Hills resident and Overlay Commit-tee coordinator, said they want to transform the four-square-mile area into a live, work and play com-munity with investment potential.

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The area is bounded by Redan Road, Panola Road, Covington Highway and South Hairston Road. It has more than 5,000 homes and includes the abandoned Hidden Hills golf course and a proliferation of fast food restaurants and grocery stores.

In an overlay district, the com-munity can set design requirements for new buildings, control the types of businesses that come to the area, and minimize duplications.

Before the meeting, neighbor-hood respresentatives took the ARC planners on a tour of the area. Cos-tello said the planners needed to see the area they are working in.

“We wanted them to see the re-ally tragic use of land in our area,” she said.

During the meeting, Kellie Bronlow, ARC’s local government services development chief, de-scribed the scope of the ARC’s in-volvement and residents discussed

the types of businesses, signage, streetscapes, building heights, ar-chitectural design, and pathways they would like to see.

Costello said residents are ex-cited to see the district begin to take shape. She also said the plan should be written by next spring and be ready for adoption by the DeKalb Board of Commissioners.

For more information, contact Jan Costello at [email protected] or 770-815-0105.

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2010 Census important to get needed resources 2

Even though the start date for the 2010 Census is eight months away, officials in DeKalb County have already begun stressing the importance of counting every head.

Isakson to be Chamber speaker 2

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson will be the featured speaker at the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce’s July 13 First Monday Lunch.

‘Move Over’ campaign could save the lives of officers 2

DeKalb Police want motorists to “Move Over DeKalb” and help keep its officers ac-cident free.

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Leadership DeKalb graduated its largest class ever on June 20. The 55 community leaders included professionals from educa-tion, law, health, business, faith-based and community organizations, county govern-ment, public safety and law enforcement.

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Former 4th District Congresswoman Cyn-thia McKinney returned to the United States on July 7 after being held in an Israeli prison for nine days.

Quilt exhibit pays tribute to award-winning careers 5

Aisha Lumumba’s “Award Winning” quilt exhibition is coming to the Porter Sanford Art Center in Decatur on July 23.

New book was long time in the making 5

Marian L. Thomas’ first book was 20 years in the making. Thomas, a Lithonia resi-dent, began formulating ideas for her book, “Color Me Jazzmyne,” while a sophomore in high school.

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Financial aid applications made easier 8

College bound students now have an easier time applying for college financial aid following the improvements to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) former.

Church leaders get inside look at county’s justice system 9

Pastors, ministers, deacons and ministry leaders from 29 churches and temples got a close look at three county law enforcement offices during the second annual Faith Lead-ers Criminal Justice Day.

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I live in Stone Mountain, and I have a concern about the traffic court system in DeKalb County.

Yesterday I went to court for a traffic violation that I pleaded not guilty for. The ticket stated to be in court at 2 p.m. I arrived at the courthouse only to find a line down the street almost at Memorial. I have never seen such a hot mess. The temperature outside was over 90 degrees.

My point is DeKalb County is harassing African Americans. I estimate 95 percent of the ticket holders were African Americans and I know there are whites out there with no insurance, speeding,

running red lights, etc. However, I feel the officers are stereotyping DeKalb County residents.

Your county was in the news with 20 million dollars unac-counted for. Where are the ethics in this office? The court personnel are rude to the residents who pay their salaries.

I think it should be against the law for officers to just pull up be-hind someone and run their tags just to give a ticket for no insur-ance.

This is a hard time for a lot of residents with no jobs. What are your officers doing, trying to hurt the African Americans?

Without a job they have to choose between paying car insur-ance and buying gas and food for their families. Come on, where is the love in DeKalb County?

If the courts always have this volume of tickets there has to be a better system.

I would like to suggest the sher-iff ’s deputies be outside asking if you are entering a plea of not guilty you need to step in this line. All the time spent in line would not have been wasted by your residents just to be told they will mail us another schedule court date.

Your residents who are mostly lower middle class have to take

off work, most often without pay, and then turn around and take off another day for the scheduled court date for another unpaid day of work.

Another suggestion is put on the tickets that if you plead not guilty call 404-299-0000 and give all citation numbers and the court can mail another court date. If the person being ticketed needs to sign something when the officer issues the ticket, there’s a signature line on the ticket.

There has to be a better sys-tem.

Brenda Epperson lines in Stone Mountain.

« Mrs. Kiy wrote on Monday, July 06 »You think recorder court is bad now. Just

wait a few more months. Several police vehicle and most State Patrol

Cars have devices that can scan hundreds of tags a minute and take a photo of your vehicle. Once they receive feed back that there is a discrepancy with your registration i.e. stolen car, expired license, tag, criminal suspect,child support,fugitive, you name it, that officer will receive a single to pull that particular vehicle over.

You can run but you can’t hide. With all that said Brenda if you are riding dirty you will be pulled over. They already know the story.

« Mr E wrote on Monday, July 06 »Since you’re here, Judge Walker, would you

care to explain why you decided to not issue warrants for people who do not show up for court?? Word on the street is you didn’t want to be “hard” on people who didn’t show up for court because it might hurt your campaign for Superior Court Judge!

YOUR court is the only one I know of who does absolutely NOTHING when people fail to show up for court. It wasn’t like that before you showed up!

Maybe someone should tell the people in line that nothing will happen to them if they don’t show up for court!

« Mr E wrote on Monday, July 06 »There is always someone who has play the

race card!I have seen the lines outside of record-ers court. You are greatly exaggerating. Since the majority of people in DeKalb County are black, guess what group of people, statistically, is more likely to be seen anywhere in the county?

I went into a Kroger the other day in Litho-nia. Apparently, Kroger is specifically targeting black people for their business!

« Wise Old Man wrote on Wednesday, Jul 08 »

I have found the best way to avoid Re-corder’s Court is to not break the law in the first place.

stole $1,200 from a victim on South Eiffel Court in Decatur.

On March 23, he stole $1,200 from a person on Briarcliff Road, in Atlanta. Then on May 5, he stole an undetermined amount from a victim on Flakes Mill Road, Decatur.

Parish said the scam artist told victims, who couldn’t qualify to buy a car through traditional means, that they didn’t have to pay the total price of the car immediately.

“He made it enticing to them by saying they could make monthly payments for the car to him,” she said.

Investigators believe there are more vic-tims out there and want to hear from them to help build a stronger case . “The only people who would know this information are those who have been victimized,” she said.

She said other victims should call the South Precinct at 404-286-7976.

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Aisha Lumumba’s quilt series honors African Americans like Jamie Fox (above), Lou Gossett, Halle Berry, and Sidney Poitier who have won Academy Awards.

SCene “Her life is compared to a box of crayons. The book tells the color of Jazzmyne.”

Quilt exhibit pays tribute to award-winning careers

New book was long time in the makingBy McKenzie Jackson

Marian L. Thomas’ first book was 20 years in the making.

Thomas, a Lithonia resident, began formulating ideas for her book, “Color Me Jazzmyne,” while a sophomore in high school.

Now at age 37, Thomas’ story of a woman meeting her adult son for the first time is on bookshelves at Borders Bookstore and available for purchase on Barnes & Noble’s website.

She has a book signing on July 18 at the Borders Books in Doug-lasville and her book is being well-received by critics.

Thomas said it is exciting to ful-fill her dream of being an author.

“When you write something, it’s like putting yourself out there,” she said. “There is a joy in knowing you accomplished something. Writing has always been my passion.”

“Color Me Jazzmyne” is the fic-tional story of a jazz singer named Naya Mona, who was raped by her father. In the tale Mona recounts her life to her son whom she is meeting for the first time.

Thomas said the 292-page book is the tale of the struggles of all women.

“Her life is compared to a box of crayons,” she said. “The book tells the color of Jazzmyne.”

Thomas began writing the book last year after a conversation with her boss at work about an early draft of the novel.

“He read a manuscript and he

Aisha Lumumba’s “Award Winning” quilt exhibition is coming to the Porter Sanford Art Center in Decatur on July 23.

The exhibit, which is pre-sented by the National Black Arts Festival in partnership with Ebony Stitchers Quilt Guild, cel-ebrates African-American Acad-emy Award winners like Jamie Fox, Lou Gossett, Halle Berry, and Sidney Poitier in the areas of motion picture and music. It will continue through Aug. 1 and will also be on display at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta.

The collection will also feature traditional and contemporary art

loved it,” she said. “Then he was on me every day about writing it. That pushed me to get the book done.”

In the About the Author section of her book, Thomas tells readers that throughout her life she would write a page or two of “Color Me Jazzmyne” and then walk away.

“Get started in some other color in my life and then I would remem-ber this story,” she said.

During the time she was spo-radically writing the book, she married her husband of 10 years, Bernard, graduated with a degree in journalism from DeKalb Col-lege, and received her business degree from Jones International University.

The book, which is published

by L.B. Publishing in Snellville, hit shelves in February.

Jeneke Lesak of RebeccaReads.com said “Color Me Jazzmyne” is unconventional, yet fascinating.

“Thomas definitely cuts to the core of serious subject matter: rape and incest and the cutthroat world of the music business,” she said. “The shocking reality of it all, mixed with Jazzmyne’s relaxed and melodious voice, makes ‘Color Me Jazzmyne’ a true reading plea-sure.”

Carol Hoyer of readerrviews.com said that Thomas’ book is one that every woman should read once.

“Ms. Thomas’ first-time book, ‘Color Me Jazzmyne,’ is easy to read and follow, while at the same time gives one the opportunity to re-check their colors.”

Thomas said it feels strange to have fans now.

“I was in the hair salon getting my hair done and a lady came in and told me she liked the book and read it all in one day,” she said. “You want critics to like your work, but you want readers to enjoy the book.”

In order to appease her fans and continue the story that has been sitting in her head for decades, Thomas is working on a sequel to “Color Me Jazzmyne,” “Jonathan’s Colors.”

“It’s about the life of [Naya Mona’s] son,” said Thomas adding that it should be done be January 2010.

Marian L. Thomas got the idea for her book while she was still in high school.

quilts and dolls from artists and quilt makers, and includes quilting classes, workshops and lectures for adults and children throughout the weekend.

The opening night reception at the Porter Sanford Art Center will be 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on July 23. The gallery will be open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on July 24 and 25, and noon to 5 p.m. July 26.

At the Woodruff Art Center, the gallery will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 31 and Aug. 1. On Aug. 2, it’s open noon to 5 p.m.

For more information, visit www.ebonystitchersquiltguild.org.


WellnessClinics offer health services to help fill gaps for people lacking adequate insurance

Wellness 1.6 million Georgians don’t have health insurance, and for parts of 2009 and 2008, as many as 2.9 million were without health insurance.

Kaiser offering fitness, yoga classesSeniors and people looking to drop the

pounds and get fit can enroll in classes at two Kaiser Permanente offices in Lithonia this month.

Step into Movement, Step into Low Im-pact/Seniors, and Yoga are some of the free health management classes being offered at the Panola Office, 5440 Hillandale Drive and the Stonecrest Office at 8011 Mall Parkway.

The six-week Step into Movement class takes place Mondays, July 13 to Aug. 17 at 6 p.m. at the Panola office.

During each 45-minute class, partici-pants will learn to get moving without joint pain. The low-impact class includes cardio, resistance training, and flexibility.

Yoga, a class that will help participants discover the connection between mind and

body to build balance, strength and flexibility will also be offered at the Panola office. This connection helps develop focus, balance, strength and flexibility.

The six-week, one-hour classes take place Mondays, July 13 to Aug. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Bring a yoga mat and towel.

The Step into Low Impact/Seniors class is designed for adults new to exercising. Participants will improve their strength, flex-ibility, balance and endurance. The pace will be moderate and energetic. The class will be at the Stonecrest office.

Dress in comfortable clothes and athletic shoes and bring water.

All of the classes are free but registration is required. For more information or to reg-ister, call 404-365-0966 or 1-800-611-1811.

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Laid-off workers and other adults who lack health insurance coverage can get free and reduced-cost health care at 13 health centers in South DeKalb.

Locally and across the country, the number of people without basic health care has skyrocketed from 56 million to 60 million in the last two years as the economic downturn has gripped the country.

While county numbers are not known, state-wide, 1.6 million Georgians don’t have health insurance, and for parts of 2007 and 2008, as many as 2.9 million were without health insur-ance. Across the state, 42.2 percent of African-Americans and 66.2 percent of Latinos were uninsured during the same period.

The National Association of Community Health Centers in its report, “Primary Care Ac-cess: An Essential Building Block of Health Re-form” released in April attributes the growth of the “medically disenfranchised” population to a host of factors including the economic impact, a worsening shortage of primary care doctors in needy communities and a growing scarcity of providers who are willing to treat the uninsured or publicly insured.

In the same two-year period, nonprofit com-munity health centers nationwide added 2 mil-lion people to their patient rolls.

So far this year, community health centers in Georgia have received $6.9 million in federal help from the American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act to deal with increased demand from the uninsured.

Locally, care is available at the Grady Health Center in Decatur and Atlanta, Oakhurst Health Centers in Decatur and Stone Mountain, the South DeKalb Center for Healthy Living in Li-thonia, and the House of Grace Free Health Care Services in Decatur.

Grady Health CentersAt the Grady South DeKalb and DeKalb

Health Centers, everything from routine check-ups to family planning, diabetes screenings, cholesterol checks, stress management, nutrition counseling, vaccinations, cholesterol checks, glaucoma screenings, back-to-school physicals to blood pressure readings are available for adults and children.

Prescriptions can also be filled at most centers, and interpreter services are usually available. n The South DeKalb Center is just off Candler Road in the Rainbow Way Kroger Shopping Cen-ter, 2626 Rainbow Way S.E., Decatur. For more information, call 404-616-1776. n The DeKalb Grady Center is at 30 Warren St., SE in Atlanta-in-DeKalb. For more information, call 404-616-9304

Oakhurst Health CentersThe Oakhurst Health Centers serve low-in-

come and uinsured adults and children weekdays from two locations on Candler Road in Decatur and the Village Square Drive in Stone Mountain. The clinics offer pediatrics, ob-gyn and internal medicine as well as special services like smoking cessation, mental health, nutrition assessment, social services and WIC and medical eligibility certification.

Services for children include immunizations, sports physicals, and health checks. For adults, it includes hypertension, diabetes management, adult immunizations, flu vaccinations and em-ployment physicals.

Services for women include prenatal care and newborn deliveries, gynecological treatment, family planning, ultrasound and prenatal case


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1.6 million Georgians don’t have health insurance, and for parts of 2009 and 2008, as many as 2.9 million were without health insurance.

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Oakhurst Health CentersThe Oakhurst Health Centers serve low-in-

come and uinsured adults and children weekdays from two locations on Candler Road in Decatur and the Village Square Drive in Stone Mountain. The clinics offer pediatrics, ob-gyn and internal medicine as well as special services like smoking cessation, mental health, nutrition assessment, social services and WIC and medical eligibility certification.

Services for children include immunizations, sports physicals, and health checks. For adults, it includes hypertension, diabetes management, adult immunizations, flu vaccinations and em-ployment physicals.

Services for women include prenatal care and newborn deliveries, gynecological treatment, family planning, ultrasound and prenatal case

management. The Oakhurst Centers are open weekdays, 8

a.m. to 5 p.m. n The Decatur Center is at 1760 Candler Road. For more information, call 404-298-8998.n The Stone Mountain Center, at 770 Village Square Drive, is also open Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call 404-298-8998.

Care for HIV/AIDS patientsHealth care for HIV/AIDS patients and those

seeking HIV testing is available on a sliding fee scale at the DeKalb County Board of Health’s Ryan White Early Care Clinic in Decatur.

The center is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and Tuesdays from 8:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. The center is at 445 Winn Way, Room 161 in Decatur. It is on Bus Route 36 from the Avondale MARTA train station.

South DeKalb Center for Healthy LivingThe South DeKalb Center for Healthy Liv-

ing, opened by volunteers in April 2007, offers care to uninsured and underinsured patients with hypertension, diabetes and other chronic illnesses.

The center is open nine days a month at 2699 Klondike Road in downtown Lithonia. It sees 25 to 40 patients weekly. For more information, visit www.healthylivingclinic.org or call 770-484-2777.

House of Grace Health CenterThe nonprofit House of Grace Free Health

Care Services serves adults 18 years and older who are uninsured and with income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

It is open twice a month on first and third Mondays and serves 15 patients per evening with non-emergency primary care including physical exams, screenings for blood pressure, diabetes,

prostate cancer, cholesterol and HIV/AIDS and some lab and prescription services. Diabetics can get help managing their illness and there is also nutrition and weight management, smoking ces-sation and stress management services.

The clinic is at 3567 Covington Highway from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information visit http://www.mybethesda.org/House_Of_Grace or call 404-298-6078.

County Board of Health CentersFree and reduced-cost health care for infants,

children, women, men, seniors and adolescents are available at six neighborhood health cen-ters operated by the DeKalb County Board of Health.n The Clifton Springs Health Center is open weekdays, 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is at 3110 Clifton Springs Road in Decatur. 404-244-2200. n The East DeKalb Health Center is open 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. It is at 2277 South Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road in Lithonia. 770-484-2600.n The Kirkwood Health Center is open 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is at 30 Warren St. in Atlanta. 404-370-7360.n The Richardson Health Center offers services for HIV/AIDS, and care for refugees. It also hous-es the Center for Torture & Trauma Survivors. It is open weekdays 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is at 445 Winn Way in Decatur. 404-294-3762.n The T.O Vinson Health Center is open 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is at 440 Winn Way in Decatur. 404-294-3762.n The Adolescent Health & Youth Development Center serves youth from age 10 to 19 with ser-vices such as abstinence education, community involvement, health education, clinical services and life skills to help them succeed into adult-hood. Open 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. It is at 1116 East Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite A in Decatur. 404-371-0255.

Kids can learn how to cook with herbs at the DeKalb County Extension Service’s “Herbilicious! Cooking with Herbs for Kids” workshop on July 18.

The 10 a.m. to noon workshop will be at the service’s Environmental Education Center, 2390 Wildcat Road in Decatur. For information, call 404-244-4881.

Kids can win prizes ranging from car and hur-ricane survival kits to a deluxe first aid kit by writing an essay on “Civic Responsibility for Avoiding Risks and Injury Prevention.”

The contest is sponsored by the Howey Hudson Lowe Foundation.

Essays must be 500 words typed on letter-size paper. Applicants must be 12 to 18 years old and residents of DeKalb County. The deadline is Aug. 1. Winners will be notified week of August 10-13 and prizes will be awarded on August 22.

Essays can be emailed to Email Essay to: [email protected] or mailed to:Essay, P.O. Box 361674, Decatur, GA 30036-1674.

For more information call email [email protected] or call Brenda Jackson & Associates at 770-808-0114.

Families can buy locally grown, fresh organic vegetables, produce, flowers, and other breads, jams, and sauces made from organically growth foods at Decatur Organic Farmers Market weekly.

The market at 163 Clairemont Ave. in Decatur supports local farmers by offering them an intown location to sell their produce. It is Wednesdays, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the summer, and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the winter.

Free or reduced-cost services are available at clinics like the South DeKalb Center of Healthy Living in Lithonia.


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Youth “I have hopes of continuing my education at Harvard Law School, eventually achieving my ultimate goal of becoming attorney general of the United States.”

Goizueta scholar to attend Spelman College this fall

Financial aid applications made easier

Former Redan player makes All-Star team

College bound students now have an easier time applying for college financial aid following the improvements to the Free Ap-plication for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) former.

The Obama administration said in a June 24 statement, that the form has been made shorter, simpler and more user friendly. It said this just one of the changes that will be phased in over the next few months.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Obama has challenged the nation to once again have the highest percentage of col-lege graduates in the world and that simplifying the financial aid process is an important step toward reach-ing that goal.

“To do that, we need to make the college-going process easier and more convenient, and to send

a clear message to young people as well as adults that college is within their reach,” he said.

The White House streamlined the FAFSA by providing instant estimates of Pell Grant and student loan eligibility, rather than forcing applicants to wait weeks.

Starting in January 2010, stu-dents applying for financial aid for the spring semester will be able to seamlessly retrieve their relevant tax information from the IRS for easy completion of the online FAFSA.

The Department of Educa-tion and the IRS will be working together to examine the possibility of expanding this option to all stu-dents in the future.

The administration will also introduce legislation seeking statu-tory authority from Congress to eliminate financial information

from the aid calculation formula that is not available from the Inter-nal Revenue Service.

The changes will remove 26 financial questions from the FAFSA form that have little impact on aid awards and can be difficult to complete.

Along with simplifying the FAF-SA, the Obama Administration’s Agenda for College Affordability includes expanding Pell Grants and college tax credits, modernizing and expanding the Perkins Loan Program and creating new college access and completion fund.

Duncan said simplifying the FAFSA is another significant ac-tion in Obama’s quest to keep a college degree within the reach of every person, who aspires to higher education.

For more information, visit www.studentaid.ed.gov.

Former Greenfor-est Christian Acad-emy student Ameer-ah Mosley is off to college this fall with a $25,000 Goizueta scholarship.

Ameerah is one of five 2009-2010 schol-ars to win the scholar-ship honoring the late Roberto C. Goizueta, who was chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Co. for many years.

The scholarship is given annu-ally to children of employees and alumni of Coca-Cola. Ameerah’s mother Gloria Goolsby works for the Coca-Cola Co.

Over the past nine years, more than $2.7 million have been awarded to 66 students.

Ameerah, who will attend Spelman College in Atlanta, com-pleted her first two years of high school at Greenforest Academy before she transferred to Eagles Landing Christian Academy where she is was in the class of 2009.

Scholarship winners are picked for their academic record, com-munity service, school honors,

work experience, fi-nancial need and ca-reer goal.

The scholarships are renewable for three additional years or until the student earns a bachelor’s de-gree.

In high school, Ameerah boasted a 4.0 GPA and was member of the Na-tional Honor Society,

Society of High School Scholars and the Beta Club.

She was also secretary of the Student Government Associa-tion, team captain of the Eagle’s Landing Mock Trial Team, and 10th grade Homecoming Queen at Greenforest.

She aspires to be an attorney.“I have hopes of continuing

my education at Harvard Law School, eventually achieving my ultimate goal of becoming attor-ney general of the United States,” she said.

The other Goizueta scholars are from College Park, Ga.; Sun-bury, Ohio; Portage. Mich.; and Paw Paw, Michigan.

Ameerah Goolsby

batting .299 with nine home runs, 38 RBIs and 14 stolen bases before he was hit by a pitch on June 8 that broke his right hand.

Brown, a 2006 Redan graduate, was named the Philadelphia Phil-lies’ top prospect coming into this season by Baseball America.

The Phillies drafted Brown in

the MLB draft a few weeks after he graduated from high school and he has climbed a minor league level each season.

Last season with the Lakewood (N.J.) BlueClaws, a low Class-A club, Brown batted .291 with nine homers, 54 RBIs and 22 stolen bases.

Former Redan High School baseball star Dominic Brown, 21, was named to the Florida State League All-Star team, but had to sit out the June 20 all-star game in Fort Myers, Fla., because of an injury.

Brown, a 6-foot-6, 204-pound outfielder for the minor-league Class A Clearwater Threshers, was

Students enrolled in the “eligible” schoolslisted which are identified as “Needs Improvement” are given the option to transfer to another public school in the district.

The following schools are eligible to exercise NCLB Public School Choiceduring the summer enrollment period:

• Avondale Middle School• Lithonia Middle School• Salem Middle School• Columbia High School• Cross Keys High School

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Pastor Cedric Miller, senior pastor of the Living World Chris-tian Fellowship Church in Nep-

tune, N.J., will be preaching up a storm at the June 12 Inter-national Praise Day at Bethesda Cathedral in Decatur.

Miller will preach at the

8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. services.A parade of nations, exotic

foods, foreign language expres-sions and translations will round out the festivities. A taste of the World dinner will follow the 11:30 a.m. service.

Bethesda Cathedral is at at 1989 Austin Drive in Decatur. For more information, call 404-289-3751 or visit www. bethesdacathedral.org.

A white collar crook who defrauded a De-Kalb County church and other investors is going to prison for 10 years for his crimes.

Darryl Hicks, 45, was also sentenced on July 2 to 10 years on probation after serving his prison sentence.

Hicks, whose last known ad-dress was in Chicago, Ill., was convicted of one count under the Racketeer Influenced and Cor-rupt Organizations Act and nine counts of violating the Geor-gia Securities Act by a DeKalb County jury.

In 2000 and 2001, Hicks mar-keted a “high yield” or “prime bank” investment scheme in DeKalb County and other parts of the United States.

During the two-year period, several organizations, includ-

MinistrY “They can use their influence to teach people about the consequences of crime, and when a crime occurs, help comfort those who are crime victims.”

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More than 40 pastors, ministers, deacons and ministry leaders from 29 churches and temples across DeKalb County got a close look at three coun-ty law enforcement offices during the second annual Faith Leaders Criminal Justice Day.

The June 25 event, hosted by DeKalb District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming, DeKalb Solicitor General Robert James and DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown ex-poses the faith leaders to criminal justice system and county programs to prevent domestic and dating violence, and elderly and disabled adult abuse.

Among the participants were Voices of Faith, Baha’i Center, Hillside Presbyterian, Greater Piney Grove Baptist, Body of Christ Ministries International, Messiah’s House, Clairmont Baptist, Joy of Faith Christian Center, Holy Gethsemane Temple United, New Word Harvest Church, and Rock of Ages Lutheran. They learned about

subjects such as crimes against children, gangs, animal cruelty, abandon-ment and child support, educational neglect and truancy, victim witness, drug prosecution, asset forfeiture and the drug court. They also toured the DeKalb County Jail,

the Juvenile Courts and the Medi-cal Examiner’s office, where they witnessed an autopsy.

Keyes Fleming said she and her colleagues co-host the annual event because often victims, and some-times perpetrators, of crimes turn to members of the clergy for help.

“It is important that we reach out to leaders of this community

Thomas Brown G Keyes Fleming Robert James

Darryl Hicks

Cedric Miller

because they can use their influence to teach people about the conse-quences of crime, and when a crime occurs, help comfort those who are crime victims,” she said.

Brown said that the jail impacts all of DeKalb County.

“We appreciate this gathering of ministers and community leaders, which is a good opportunity to get the word out about the positive things we are doing to change lives and to protect the general public,” he said.

James said faith-based leaders are vital to the success of the com-munity.

“When we educate faith-based leaders, through them we also edu-cate the community.”

Women will learn to change a tire and check the oil at a July 11 “Powder Puff Mechanic” work-shop and car wash at First Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Church spokeswoman Nikki Tucker said the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. event is designed to get women more familiar with what goes on under the hood of a car.

“We want to teach them some preventative services to use on their own car to assist them in making sure their car is running smoothly,” she said.

Tucker said the workshop and car wash, which is being hosted by the church’s Board of Chris-tian Education, is a first-time event for the church.

“Nowadays it is really easy for people to go to service centers to get their car fixed, but there comes a time, especially late at night, when a service center might be closed,” she said. “

The day’s instructor will be church deacon Cecil Catchings, a retired railroad mechanic and an expert with diesel engines.

Catchings said participants will learn about things like the automobile transmission, the in-ner workings of the engine, and car batteries.

“Plus, they’ll learn how to check oil, check water, check flu-ids, lubricants and all of the good stuff,” he said.

Car washes are $5 and van washes are $8.

First Baptist Church is at 2394 Gresham Road in southeast At-lanta. For more information, call 404-243-9288.

Families can prepare for Bible study by chowing down with Ray of Hope’s chef Errol Harmon from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. on July 14.

The church’s hospitality staff is hosting the weekly “Café Ray” at which Harmon and church volunteers prepare and serve dinner to members, their families and guests before Bible study classes begin at 7 p.m.

The meal will feature meat-loaf, oven roasted potatoes, steamed vegetable medley, gar-den salad, dinner rolls, cake and punch. Admission is $5; children under 12 eat free.

Ray of Hope Christian Church is at 2778 Snapfinger Road in De-catur. For more information, call 770-696-5100.

Meal to set stage for Bible study

NJ pastor for Praise Day ing Free for All Baptist

Church in Decatur, made substantial investments with or through Hicks totaling $450, 000.

Hicks was found in the Dominican Republic after he disappeared in late 2001. The DeKalb District Attorney’s Office

indicted him in April 2005 after inheriting the case from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commis-sion in 2004.

After Hicks failed to show up for a 2005 arraignment, a bench warrant was issued for him. He was arrested in Chicago in Aug. 2007 and re-indicted by DeKalb District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming.

Assistant District Attorneys Matt McCoyd and Jeanne Canavan from the D.A.’s White Collar Crime Unit prosecuted the case.

None of the money Hicks stole has been recovered.


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