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A documen-tary about rec-onciliation efforts among blacks and whites more than nine decades after a race riot will be screened June 26. 9

Former Clarkston shooting guard Shanisha Mitch-ell hassigned a full athletic scholarship to play at Faulkner University in Alabama. 5

On to the next levelSPORTS

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Sweet enough for diabeticsWELLNESS

Volume 17, Number 8

ProPerty Values in Free FallSome see home assessments drop 50% or more

Justin Lewis saw the appraised value of his home on Panola Road go from $120,000 in 2010 to $52,000 in 2011.

Stone Mountain pulls plug on July 4th parade after 28 yearsFamilies who looked forward to the annual Fourth of July Parade in Stone Mountain for the past 28 years, will have to find another one to watch this year.

Carla Parker / CrossRoadsNews

By Donna Williams Lewis

The July Fourth parade in the village of Stone Mountain has been a red-white-and-blue icon in DeKalb County for a genera-tion.

But its floats and bands and extra-large portion of politicians won’t be marching down Main Street this year.

The parade, at least for the time being, has ended.

“It all has to do with the economy,” said City Councilwoman Nan Nash, who an-nounced the parade’s demise in her monthly e-mailed newsletter.

Nash said the city could not afford to help fund the parade as much as it had in the past and “sponsors fell by the wayside

several years ago.” The parade, held continuously since

1983, also took a major hit in 2007 when WSB ended its legendary Salute 2 America parade through downtown Atlanta.

For many years, the two parades shared resources, with several bands and groups performing in both.

Stone Mountain fed and housed them at the city’s old Rock Gym. After perform-ing in Stone Mountain, their buses would get a police escort to Atlanta for the WSB parade. Organizers say that after WSB’s pa-rade ended, signing up bands to go to Stone Mountain became difficult.

Parade chairman Paul Hollis said the

Please see PARADE, page 4

Please see VALUES, page 2

By Donna Williams Lewis

Justin Lewis bought a home off Panola Way in May 2010 for $120,000.

A few months later, DeKalb County ap-praised the home at $110,700.

At the beginning of June, when his 2011 tax statement came, the county again lowered the appraised value of his home, to $52,000.

“It was kind of hard for me to believe,” he said.

Across DeKalb, homeowners were stunned by their 2011 appraised property values, which plummeted overall by 13 per-cent from last year.

The county mailed 227,371 notices this month, and many of them showed lowered property values.

New state legislation requiring distressed property sales to be factored into appraisals has helped to drive property values down in DeKalb, which has seen unprecedented foreclosures as the real estate tsunami and economic depression engulfed homeowners over the last three to four years.

Calvin C. Hicks Jr., the county’s chief appraiser, said they made some fairly sub-stantial changes in the appraised values of homes.

“I have received an awful lot of calls from people who said, ‘I think it was a little low, I’d

like it to be a little higher,’ ” he said.Lewis lives in Lithonia, where home val-

ues dropped by 30 percent.In Stone Mountain, property values are

down even lower, by 34 percent. Wendall Ervin, president of the Hidden

Hills Civic Association in Stone Mountain, says it’s been painful for many homeown-ers.

“It’s almost like a punch in the gut when you hear how low homes are going for in our area,” he said Wednesday. “I think our entire area is undervalued.”

Lower appraised values mean that prop-erty owners will pay less taxes, but even with that prospect, many are preparing to appeal their values.

Lewis is one of those thousands of DeKalb residents who are expected to ap-peal their 2011 value. He says he is looking

to raise it, even though it would mean paying more taxes.

In most cases, the deadline to file an ap-peal is July 11. By Tuesday this week, hom-eowners had filed 4,000 appeals.

Last year, about 10,000, or 20 percent, of homeowners appealed their 2010 ap-praisals.

With his wife, Kia, now unemployed, Lewis said Wednesday that he may have to sell his home. He doesn’t want that $52,000 number figuring into an already painful scenario.

A county Animal Services worker, Lewis understands that the lower property values mean the county will have less revenue, which could impact employees jobs.

“They’re doing furloughs, dropping jobs,” he said. “People are losing health benefits. I’m concerned about the cutbacks I have to take

as an employee.”

Millage increase to up taxesA $3.3 billion-decline in the county tax

digest is anticipated this year, and CEO Bur-rell Ellis has proposed a millage increase of 4.35 mills to help cover an anticipated $55.6 million gap in the budget.

A DeKalb home valued at $100,000 in both 2010 and 2011 would be charged $121 more in taxes under the CEO’s millage pro-posal.

The same home would pay $71 more even if its value has dropped to $90,000; at $80,000, it would pay $21 more. If its value has dropped under $76,000, the homeowner would pay nothing more.

Public hearings on the tax rate will be

“It’s almost like a punch in the gut when you hear how low homes

are going for in our area. I think our entire area is undervalued.”

Wendall Ervin, President Hidden Hills Civic Association

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Community “If we get the money we will have a cushion because we don’t have money to pay for anything.”

Student’s video, essay could win school $20,000

More than 4,000 appeals have been filed with county so farJohn Scorza of Stone Mountain thought the county had made a mistake when he saw his home value drop by $100,000 this year.

Rodshai Johnson’s video is one of 30 in the running for a $20,000 grand prize in Big Lots’ Lots2Give campaign.

Carla Parker / CrossRoadsNews

Suspect held, another sought in shooting of DeKalb officer

A 21-year-old man who police say robbed and shot an off-duty DeKalb Police officer is in custody.

Officer Landers Burton, who has been with the department for three years, was attacked and shot in the buttocks shortly before midnight on June 13 at the Land-mark at Mountain View complex on Green Bark Circle West in Stone Moun-tain.

Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said the suspect is awaiting a police lineup and would not be identified until after that was done.

She said the suspect was arrested June 14 and charged with aggravated assault and armed robbery.

Parish called the incident “an armed robbery that elevated to a shooting” when Burton tried to defend himself.

Police are looking for another man who fled in a vehicle after stealing the of-ficer’s wallet.

The second suspect has not been identified, and the investigation is con-tinuing.

Burton, 32, was taken to Atlanta Medi-cal Center, where he underwent surgery on June 14.

He was in critical but stable condi-tion.

Landers Burton

DA donates emergency cell phonesDeKalb County District At-

torney Robert James has donated 216 cell phones from his office to the 911 Cell Phone Bank to become emergency cellular phones for senior citizens and victims of abuse.

The gift includes older model cell phones, previously used by the Dis-trict Attorney’s Office, and personal cell phones donated by employees. James said the phones will provide victims of abuse and elderly citizens with a lifeline to first responders in case of emergency.

“We are putting these phones to good use

when seconds can truly make the difference between life and death,” he said.

The 911 Cell Phone Bank, an initiative of the nonprofit Charitable Recycling Founda-tion, has also partnered with the National Sheriffs’ Association, the National Association of Tri-ads and the National Organiza-

tion for Victim Assistance (NOVA). All donated phones are cleared,

cleaned, and programmed only for emer-gency 911 calls.

Meeting to discuss biomass plant vote

Robert James

Murphey Candler Elementary fifth-grader Rodshai Johnson is asking the public to help her school win $20,000 from Big Lots’ Lots2Give campaign.

The retailer is offering 30 schools the op-portunity to showcase their creativity with a short video and brief essay explaining why their school needs financial support. The videos are posted online through July 4 for public voting.

Winning schools will share $100,000 in cash prizes, which include a $20,000 grand prize, four $5,000 first-place prizes, and 30 second-place prizes of $2,000.

Rodshai created a 90-second video ex-plaining why Murphey Candler needs funds for after-school clubs with the assistance of library media center specialist Sue Levine.

The student council president, who is a member of the technology club, wrote the song and selected the music for the “Money for Mustangs!” video. In it, she named all of the clubs and their needs, which include new uniforms for the safety patrols; guest

speakers for the Young Ladies of Distinc-tion meetings; netbooks for the Techno Scholars; the science club, which needs tools for experiments; and the Beta Club, which needs money to attend the Junior Beta Club Convention in Macon.

When Rodshai found out that the school was nominated for a chance at the grand prize, she was beside herself with excite-ment.

Levine said the fifth-grader got involved with the project after noticing that teachers were paying out of their pockets for supplies for after-school clubs.

“If we get the money we will have a cush-ion because we don’t have money to pay for anything,” she said.

Voting is allowed three times per day through July 4. To vote for Murphey Candler, visit http://bitly.com/murphcan.

Citizens for a Safe and Healthy Environ-ment, an ad hoc community group, will meet June 28 to discuss legal options in the wake of the DeKalb Board of Commission-ers’ approval of a biomass gasification plant in Lithonia.

The June 28 meeting starts at 7 p.m. at St. Paul AME Church, 2687 Klondike Road in Lithonia.

For more information email [email protected] or call Jewel Crawford at 404-849-1578.

held at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on July 5, and at 10 a.m. on July 12. The hearings will be at the Maloof government building in Decatur.

Barbara Lee, a retired school principal who lives in Lithonia, said the county is going to need the tax increase.

“With the depth of the cuts they’ve made, they’re going to get a tax increase,” she said.

Twenty-four years ago, her 5,000-square-foot house in the Hunters Pace subdivi-sion was valued at $203,500. It climbed to $304,000 in 2009.

This year, the county appraised her house at $202,000.

“I lost $102,000 and we have done that much in upgrades,” Lee said. “They don’t list the right number of bedrooms and bath-rooms. They say we have no fireplaces. The information is wrong, period.”

Lee said she and at least three of her neighbors “who have experienced the same horror” will appeal. They want the county to increase their appraisals upward, even if they will pay more in property taxes.

“I plan to jump in with both feet,” she said. “[Right now] I may see another $1,000 a month reduction in my taxes, but look at how much valuation is lost per month. $100 per month – you spend that much on hot dogs and hamburgers.”

Hicks, the county’s chief appraiser, said people who can do so should avoid selling their homes right now and wait for market conditions to improve and for distressed homes “to get flushed out.”

To those who must sell, he says “very few people use our data exclusively.”

To help decide whether your appraisal makes sense, Hicks said homeowners should check out sales on their street and in their community and factor in vandalism and poor home maintenance. He said those con-ditions also property values down.

Larry Hannans, president of Decatur-

based Right Source Realty Corp., specializes in distressed properties.

“A lot of people are abandoning their property because they feel like it’s a toxic asset,” Hannans said.

“If your property is declining, your taxes should also be declining,” he said. “You don’t want to continue to pay those tax costs from the previous year.”

But that bottom-line figure from the county can be hard to swallow.

Nadine Rivers-John-son, an on-site man-ager and a resident of the Mainstreet community in Stone Mountain, says her five-bedroom Spanish-style stucco home has lost $64,000 in value in the last four years.

She bought the house in 2003 for $160,000. Its value peaked at $194,000 in 2007, before the mortgage crisis. Today’s county-appraised value of her home is $130,000.

“If I could pick this property up and

put it in Avondale or the East Andrews part of Buckhead, it would be double its value,” Rivers-Johnson said.

John Scorza, also of Stone Mountain, thought the county had made a mistake when he saw his home value drop by $100,000 this year.

Scorza bought his six-bedroom, three-bath home off North Hairston Road for $115,000 in 1989. By 2009, its value had increased to $175,000.

“Understandably, we dropped down to $154,000 last year,” he said. “This year we dropped down to $54,000.… In reality, you couldn’t buy the materials and rebuild the home for that.”

Scorza has decided not to appeal because he expects the county millage rate to be increased.

“They’re going to get it out of you,” he said. “They’re not willing to make cuts.”

Instead, he focuses on lessons learned from the stock market.

“You’ve never really lost money until you sell the house,” Scorza said. “It’s just a book value, a paper value.”

n Deadline: 45 days from the notice date on the county assessment letter. For most people, that is July 11.

n Use an optional form or write a letter stating that you’re appealing and, if possible, why you disagree with the county’s valuation.

n Include your parcel identification number; address; daytime phone number; any supporting documentation; and your intention to appeal to either the Board of Equalization, a hearing officer, or to arbitration.

n For more information about those three avenues of appeal and for a link to the optional appeal form, visit http://web.co.dekalb.ga.us/PropertyAppraisal/appeal.html.

n Property Appraisal Department: 404-371-0841.

Home values in DeKalb County plummeted 13 percent this year. Of DeKalb’s 10 cities and unincorporated area, only Chamblee had an increase.

Below are the changes in home values from 2010 to 2011:Unincorporated .........................- 17.6 %Avondale ..................................- 19.0 %Atlanta ....................................... - 15.2%Chamblee .................................+ 57.4 % Clarkston ................................... - 18.5 %Decatur ...................................... - 0.8 %Doraville ...................................... - 7.6%Dunwoody .................................. - 6.6%Lithonia ..................................... - 29.9%Pine Lake ..................................- 16.8%Stone Mountain ..........................- 34.1%Source: DeKalb County

How to appeal

Home values plummet

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CrossRoadsNews June 25, 20112

3After two years of fighting, residents

of Snapfinger Lake subdivision in Decatur have succeeded in permanently stopping an illegal road through their neighborhood.

Margaret Williams, the homeowners as-sociation president, called Georgia DOT’s decision to remove the access road it was building for Wil-son Welding’s truck through their subdivision a victory.

“I am just elated about it,” she said Wednesday. “I just always felt we would be successful in this because what was being done was just so wrong. Stopping it was a just thing for them to do.”

DOT spokesman David Spear said Thursday that they will remove the road as qucikly as possible.

“We shouldn’t have built it, and we are going to move it as quickly as we can,” he said Thursday.

Residents found out in 2009 that the DOT planned to connect Wilson Weld-ing to Snapfinger Road through their

State Sen. Steve Henson of Tucker is the new Senate Minority Leader in the Georgia Legisla-ture.

The Senate Democratic Caucus elected unanimously on June 20.

Henson, who is in his 17th year in the Geoergia Senate, said he is honored to serve and will work hard to push for fair and forward-thinking solutions to Georgia’s issues.

“I look forward to working with my fellow Senate Democrats and with the entire Georgia state government toward a better Georgia,” said Henson, whose Senate District 41 includes portions of DeKalb and Gwinnett counties.

He replaces Sen. Robert Brown of Macon, who stepped down from his Senate seat earlier this month to run for mayor.

Henson previously served as Democratic whip and was replaced in that position by Sen. Vincent Fort of Atlanta.

Democratic Caucus chairman Sen. Doug Stoner of Smyrna called the transition seamless.

“Both Steve and Vincent bring valuable leader-ship skills to our caucus team,” said Stoner, who represents Senate District 6.

The Senate Democratic leader works as the head of the Democratic Caucus and as a liaison for the caucus as it works with other government officials. The Democratic whip is charged with gathering and counting Democrat’s votes.

For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 404-656-0085.

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Community “I just always felt we would be successful in this because what was being done was just so wrong. Stopping it was a just thing for them to do.”

Steve Henson takes control of Senate Democrats Caucus

Snapfinger Lake homeowners stop access road

Margaret Williams

Steve Henson

There is a proposed class action Settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) involving racial discrimination against African American farmers between 1981 and 1996. This Settlement is only for certain people who tried to file a late claim in the original Pigford case, or their heirs (kin) and legal representatives. The current Settlement (sometimes called Pigford II) provides benefits to some of those late filers.

Am I included? You may be included if you:•Between1981and1996,werediscouragedor

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received a payment in the original Pigford case.

What does the Settlement provide?You may be eligible for a substantial cash payment and USDA loan forgiveness from the Settlement. You will need to file a claim to be eligible for these benefits. The claims deadline may be as early as February 28, 2012. The Court has appointed lawyers to help you file a claim under the Settlement. You do not have to pay them or anyone else to help you with the claims process. These attorneys will ask the Court for fees and expenses of between 4.1% and7.4%oftheSettlementFund,andtheCourtwill decide how much they are paid. You may hireyourownlawyer,ifyouwish,atyourownexpense. If you have questions or need moreinformation,call1-877-810-8110.

What else should I know? The Court will hold a hearing on September 1, 2011 to consider whether to approve the Settlementandarequestforattorneys’feesandexpenses. If you want to object to or comment ontheSettlementorappearatthehearing,youneed to file a letter with the Court by August 12, 2011. IftheCourtapprovestheSettlement,you will not be able to sue the USDA about your farm loan discrimination claims in the future.

subdivision as part of a $10.1 million widening project,. Residents argued that the connector road was illegal because county ordinances prohibit truck traffic through residential properties, but they were ignored by county and state govern-ment officials.

Spear said DOT will provide a curb cut on Snapfinger Road for the Wilson Welding in front of his business and will return the property where the access road was being built to its natural state.

“We will re-vegetate the property,” he said.

Larry Anderson, a lawyer who lives in the subdivision, said two years ago everyone told us it was a done deal and couldn’t be changed.

“This shows that if you are strong and have elected officials who represent you, you can effect change.” But Anderson said citizens have to do the research and make people in government aware that they know what’s going on.

“Our elected officials listened to us and they made it possible for county and state employees to hear us,” he said.

Anderson said Super District 7 Com-missioner Stan Watson and District 43 state Sen. Ronald Ramsey brought county and state employees to the table to hear them.

GDOT engineer Gerald Ross visited the site Monday and committed to remov-ing the road and returning the property to its natural state.

Spear said Thursday that DOT is now negotiating with the contractor to do the work needed to make the opening in the median for Wilson Welding and closing off the road from the neighborhood to the business.

“Construction on this will probably begin in the fall, but the additional land-scaping will be later after growing condi-tions are better,” he said. “ DeKalb County will be handling the landscape.”

Williams said residents succeeded because they were untied.

“We pulled together as a neighbors and pursued our fight and we were successful,” she said.

Larry Anderson

After just nine months on the job, John Shaffer has quit as executive director of DeKalb Habitat for Humanity.

The housing nonprofit an-nounced Shaffer’s departure effective on July 14.

In its June 17 statement, it did not say why he was leaving so suddenly.

Shaffer’s arrival last September was heralded with great fanfare. He was a social activist from Colorado who raised more than $2 million in fed-eral, state and local grants at his last job with the Rocky Mountain Human Services Coalition. The board had great hopes that he would pump new life into the nonprofit.

At the time, Kimberly Cam-eron, president of the nonprofit’s board of directors, said Shaffer would add a new dynamic to the affiliate of Habitat International, “providing strong leadership in resource development and com-munity development which are both sorely needed in DeKalb County.”

On Thursday, she said he did not meet those goals.

“It was just not working out,” she said. “It was mutual parting of the ways.”

Now Cameron said the board is going back to drawing board to assess the nonprofit’s structure and determine where it needs to go from here and the type of director and staffing it needs.

In its 22-year history, DeKalb Habitat has built 60 homes – 15 of them in the last two years.

In its statement, the board wished Shaffer well in his future endeavours said the nonprofit’s work will continue uninterrupted during the transi-tion.

“We are very thankful for a strong team of volunteers paired with our operations manager, Jan Winfield, and Vista volunteer Hal Corlew, who work together to keep the affiliate running strong,” it said in the statement.

Habitat, director part company

John Shaffer

Kimberly Cameron

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‘I will miss the little children who would watch the parade’

Fourth of July celebrations abound in metro area

Georgia’s Virtual Vault / Georgia Secretary of State’s OfficeThe first parade included a bicycle brigade and a convertible carrying the winner of the town’s “Miss Firecracker” contest.

Fireworks will light up the sky at numerous Independence Day festivities in DeKalb and Atlanta.

city last year contributed about 50 percent of the money for the parade, annually budgeted at about $8,000 to $10,000. The money paid for transportation, public address needs, insurance, postage and other expenses, Hollis said.

The parade was not included in the city’s 2011 budget, Hollis said.

“I was basically told in so many words that there would be no pa-rade,” he said.

Stone Mountain Mayor Pat Wheeler said money was available in a line item for events but the committee didn’t ask for it.

“They just never really came to say they wanted to have a parade,” she said.

Interest in the parade has been declining across the city, she said.

“Just about everyone said it had become very political,” Wheeler said.

“Nobody wants to see a parade full of politicians,” Nash said, “es-pecially when they go through once and get back in line again.”

Hollis, who has been involved with the parade since the ’90s, said he’s not bitter about its end. He’s

just “a little disappointed,” he said, particularly for the parade commit-tee’s 15 members.

“I will miss the little children who would watch the parade, smil-ing and waving their flags,” Hollis said. “It was good, clean fun.”

That’s what Kathryn Wright had in mind when, as president of the Stone Mountain Woman’s Club, she launched the city’s first July Fourth parade.

The first parade was a short one,

with a bicycle brigade, a little band comprised of Georgia Tech boys, and a convertible carrying the win-ner of the town’s “Miss Firecracker” contest.

The parade’s grand marshal was Woman’s Club member Lu-cille McCurdy, the first woman to receive the “Mr. DeKalb” citizen-ship award.

After its first year, Dr. George Coletti took the parade’s reins, holding them for nearly 20 years.

At its peak, the parade had 140 units, Coletti said.

Hollis rattles off the names of some of the many participants. Among them were high-profile World War II veterans, Civil War re-enactors from both sides of the battle, the vice mayor of Oklahama City (after the bombing), and the high school bands.

“The most consistent of all was [Atlanta’s] Frederick Douglass High School band,” Coletti said.

Coletti, now the city historian, left his parade chairman post years ago to concentrate on writing his 706-page book, “Stone Mountain: The Granite Sentinel,” published in 2010.

Wright believes the parade could return someday.

“Stone Mountain had a couple of bad years, but it’s really growing, with a lot of new people,” she said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if another organization takes it under its wing and starts it again.”

She’s sad there’ll be no parade this year.

“But I’m also relieved,” she said. “I can spend July Fourth with my family. They all run the Peachtree Road Race.”

pArADE, from pAgE 1

By Carla Parker

Fire up the grill. Fly the flag and dress in red, white and blue.

It’s the nation’s 234th birthday on July Fourth and time to cel-ebrate with parades, cookouts and fireworks.

The festivities begin July 2 with Stone Mountain Park’s 44th annual Fantastic Fourth Celebra-tion on the Memorial Lawn. The three-day event, July 2-4, begins at 10 a.m. daily.

Fireworks will shoot nightly at the end of the new 42-minute “Lasershow Spectacular” featuring surround-sound music, colorful lasers, flame cannon and special effects precisely choreographed to music. The new show is enhanced with digital projection that adds 3D-like effects without the glasses.

Stone Mountain Park is at U.S. 78 in Stone Mountain. For more information, call 770-498-5690.

Pied Piper ParadeDowntown Decatur is celebrat-

ing the nation’s birth with its an-nual Pied Piper Parade, fireworks and musical concert.

The parade begins at 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Decatur, 308 Clairemont Ave., and ends at the Community Bandstand on the Decatur Square, 101 E. Court Square.

Decatur commissioners will lead the parade in a mini-fire truck. Neighborhood and community organizations can join the parade by either making a float, riding a bike, skating or walking.

At 7 p.m. the Callanwolde Con-cert Band will perform, followed

by a fireworks show at 9 p.m. from the top of the DeKalb County parking deck. For information call 404-371-8386 or email [email protected].

Fabulous FourthThe eighth annual Fabulous

4th Festival at the Georgia Interna-tional Horse Park begins at 5 p.m. July Fourth with children’s activi-ties, military displays, arts, crafts, vendors and car shows.

The free event also will include a special performance by the Georgia State Defense Force Band along with guests from the Greater At-lanta Patriot Band. At dark, a large fireworks display will fill the sky.

The Horse Park is at 1996 Cen-tennial Olympic Park in Conyers. For more information, call Rebecca Hill at 770-860-4188.

Fireworks at New BirthFireworks will light up the sky

at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church during its Family and Friends Homecoming Celebration on July 2.

From 4-9 p.m., the free event will feature a grill and bake-off, a hot dog eating contest, an outdoor concert, games and more activi-ties.

The church is at 6400 Woodrow Road in Lithonia. For more infor-mation, call 770-696-9603.

Peachtree Road RaceFor the 41st year, 60,000 runners

and walkers will participate in the 2011 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race on the Fourth of July.

Spectators can cheer on the run-ners as they run the 6.2-mile course down Peachtree Street from Lenox Mall to 10th street near Piedmont Park in Atlanta.

The event includes a wheelchair race, which begins at 6:45 a.m.

The footrace begins at 7:30 a.m. For more information, visit www.peachtreeroadrace.org.

Largest fireworks displayThe annual Fourth of July Cel-

ebration at Lenox Square kicks off at 6 p.m. on July Fourth with live music from bands including The Regulars Band, Sons of Sailors, and Party on The Moon! A kid zone will be filled to the brim with activities for children. Lenox Square boasts the largest fireworks show in the southeast. The display takes place at 9:40 p.m. with thousands of fireworks bursting in the air for approximately 20 minutes, ac-companied by a patriotic musical soundtrack. Lenox Square mall is at 3393 Peachtree Road N.E. in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-233-6767.

Centennial Olympic ParkA full day of July Fourth activi-

ties begins at 2 p.m. at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta with face painting, inflatables, stilt walkers and more.

Visitors can relax on the Great Lawn and cool off in the world-famous Fountain of Rings.

The free musical entertainment begins at 4 p.m. with performances by local band von Grey, The Regu-lars Band, rock band the Key and last year’s American Idol runner up Crystal Bowersox.

The evening culminates with the AirTran Airways Fireworks Spectacular.

Centennial Olympic Park is at 265 Park Ave. West N.W. in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-223-4412.


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ByCarla Parker

Porsha Phillips made history on June 4 when she became the first DeKalb Schools

graduate to play in the Women’s National Bas-ketball Association.

Phillips, a 2006 Re-dan High School gradu-ate, was selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars with the 30th pick in the WNBA draft on April 11. She made her WNBA

debut with the Silver Stars against the Tulsa Shock, and had two points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals in the 93-73 win.

Phillips led Redan to the 2005 Class AAAAA championship game where the Lady Raiders lost to Collins Hill High School. The Lady Raiders went 104-27 during Phillips’ four seasons, including appearances in the 2006 Class AAAAA Final Four and the 2003 and 2004 Class AAAAA quarterfinals.

Phillips’ four-year high school career to-

Redan’s Class AAAAA Final Four team in 2010, and batted .350 with one homerun, seven doubles, 20 RBI and 26 runs scored as the Raiders reached the Class AAAA state playoffs in 2011.

Payne, Georgia South-ern University’s center-fielder, the third Redan grad to get the call, was drafted by the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants in the 35th round; he was the 1,077th pick overall.

Payne finished the 2011 season at Georgia Southern batting .314

with 39 RBI and six homers. He hit .494 in four years at Redan and was also selected the South MVP of the 2007 DeKalb County Senior All-Star Classic after going 4-for-5 with five RBI in the doubleheader. He hit for the collective cycle in the two games with a single, double, triple and home run.

It was the third consecutive year that Payne was selected in the draft.

Former Dunwoody outfielder/pitcher Chris Epps of Clemson University was draft-ed by the Houston Astros with the 1,360th pick in the 45th round. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 28th round of the 2007 draft.

Epps finished the season strong for Clemson as the co-captain batting .292 with 42 RBI and 10 home runs, and was 11 of 14 in stolen base attempts after a slow start to the 2011 season. Epps played a key role as pitcher and outfielder in Dunwoody’s 2007 Class AAA state championship.

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SportS “She has a lot of upside; she can shoot it, and she has a lot of work ethic. Her leadership and skill set will add to the team.”

Clarkston grad signs with Faulkner

Redan’s Phillips playing in WNBA

NFL players to be at football camp

DeKalb has four in MLB draft Shanisha Mitchell said she is excited to be taking her basketball talents to Faulkner University in Alabama.

Patrick Watkins Daniel WilcoxCord Parks

A number of NFL players will be in Clarkston on June 25 for a free “Playbooks & Pledges” football camp at Hallford Stadium.

Players like San Diego Charger Patrick Watkins, Minnesota Viking Cord Parks, and Decatur native and former Baltimore Raven Daniel Wilcox have confirmed attendance for the camp, sponsored by the Jerry Clark Foundation and DeKalb County Police Athletic League Plus (PALS).

During the 9 a.m.-3 p.m. event, kids ages 6 to 14 years old will get instruction, drills and game experience from the pros and get to take Marquel’s Pledge.

A flag football game between the DeKalb

Police Department and the Sheriff ’s Office will take place at 4 p.m. after the camp.

Only 150 slots are available and pre-registration is required.

Hallford Stadium is at 3789 Memorial College Ave. in Clarkston. To register, visit www.jerryclarkfoundation.org.

the Running Saints for five years. Besides her shooting ability, Shanisha believes her leader-ship can help the Lady Eagles win games.

“I was captain for two years [at Clark-ston],” she said. “I believe I can carry the team.”

Shanisha credited her mom, Wynn Baskin, for getting her this far in her basket-ball career.

“She was the one who took me to my games,” she said. “If it wasn’t for her I wouldn’t be here.”

Baskin said she she knew Shanisha would be successful.

“I’m proud that she was able to be posi-tive and do good in school and in basketball,” she said.

Shanisha will major in sports manage-ment at Faulkner. After her college career, Shanisha said she plans to travel overseas to play basketball in Spain.

“I will come back to the U.S. to start my career in sports management but I will go back overseas to play basketball,” she said.

By Carla Parker

Clarkston High School graduate Shanisha Mitchell will take her basketball talents to Faulkner University in Mont-gomery, Ala., in the fall.

With her family and friends in at-tendance, the 18-year-old shooting guard signed a full athletic scholarship to play for the Lady Eagles on June 10 at Berean Christian Church. The former Clarkston leading scorer, who averaged 11.9 points per game last season, said she is looking forward to starting her college career.

“I’m really excited about going to the next level,” she said.

Faulkner head coach Reed Sutton said Shanisha is a good fit for the team.

“She has a lot of upside; she can shoot it, and she has a lot of work ethic,” Sutton said. “Her leadership and skill set will add to the team.”

Shanisha, who played at Clarkston for four years, also played AAU basketball with

Porsha Phillips

By Carla Parker

Four former DeKalb baseball players got calls from the majors during the 2011 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.

MLB teams draft-ed former Redan High School players RaShawn Payne, Patrick Smith and Deion Williams during the draft on June 6-8. Former Dunwoody High School player Chris Epps also heard his name called in the draft.

Smith was the first to be drafted.

The outfielder was taken by the Detroit Tigers in the 14th round as the 437th pick. He was an integral part of Redan’s 2010 Class AAAAA playoff run to the Final Four.

Smith, who was drafted by the Boston Red Sox as the 1,313th pick a year ago as a graduating senior from Redan, moved his draft status up almost 900 spots after batting .303 with 48 RBI, 13 doubles and 10 stolen bases in 12 attempts as a freshman at Middle Georgia College in 2011.

The second of the former Redan play-ers taken in the draft was graduating senior shortstop Deion Williams, who got the call in the 16th round by the Washington Nationals as the 487th pick of the draft. Williams, the preseason No. 5-ranked player in Georgia, is a signee with Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Fla., and will make the decision between going pro or continuing his education at Santa Fe.

Williams was the starting shortstop on

Patrick Smith

Deion Williams Chris Epps

RaShawn Payne

tals include 1,646 points, 923 rebounds and 444 blocked shots. She averaged 18.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.5 blocks and 2.8 steals during the 2005 run to the championship game.

She was named Third Team All-America as a senior by Parade Magazine, USA Today and Street and Smith Magazine. She was also named to the McDonald’s All-America and WBCA All-American games.

The three-time DeKalb County Player of the Year (2004-06) signed with LSU in 2006 and finished with 143 points as the Lady Tigers went to the NCAA Women’s Final Four in 2007 before transferring home to the University of Georgia.

At Georgia, she averaged 10.8 points and led the SEC in rebounds (10.7) and free throw percentage (.807). Her play earned her consensus All-SEC First Team honors by the SEC Coaches and Associated Press. Phillips finished her collegiate career with 1,128 points, 985 at Georgia.

Phillips follows in the footsteps of broth-ers Brandon and P.J. Phillips, who are both playing professional baseball.


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Dr. Cheryl Davenport Dozier is the new interim president of Savannah State University.

Dozier, who lives in Stone Mountain, replaces Dr. Earl G. Yarbrough Sr., who had been president since July 2007.

University System of Georgia chief academic officer Susan Herbst said SSU will be in good hands under Doz-ier’s leadership.

“Most of our university leaders across this state know her from superb leadership on the system-wide diversity initiative, so like me, they are familiar with her tremendous intellect, her charisma, and most of all, her

DeKalb Technical College presi-dent Dr. Robin W. Hoffman is retir-ing July 31.

Hoffman, who has been at the college since 2004, is leaving to be-come vice president of the South-ern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the accrediting agency for colleges in 11 Southern states.

In the June 8 statement announcing her departure, Hoffman spoke of DeKalb Tech’s proud reputation and thanked the faculty and staff for their devotion to its students.

“I am so grateful for the privilege of working with such a remarkable group of

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DeKalb resident takes helm at SSU

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Prior to joining DeKalb Tech as the program director and instruc-tor for the Medical Laboratory Technology Program, she was a practicing medical technologist specializing in clinical chemistry and hematology.

Before becoming acting president in February 2004, she served in several vice president postitions at the Clarkston and Covington campuses, and dean of instruc-tion.

She begins her new job on Aug. 15.

Unscrupulous businesses are selling inactive Social Security numbers to people who use the numbers to establish fake credit. Many of those numbers belong to children and the Better Business Bureau is warning parents to be on the lookout for signs that their child’s identity has been compro-mised.

The group says that most of the numbers are assigned to children under the age of 18 who have not started using them yet and the scheme may lead to significant debts for children and ruined credit rating.

Debix, an identity-theft monitoring company, examined the records of 40,000 children and found an alarming 4,000 cases of tainted identities. Last year, 8.1 million Americans became victims of ID theft, re-sulting in losses of $37 billion, a 2011 report from Javelin Strategy and Research found.

It is more difficult to find out how many children are actually affected by identity theft and Fred T. Elsberry Jr., the Atlanta Better Business Bureau, said that it’s “terrifying” to think that a child’s identity could be com-prised because they have a clean record.

“It is extremely important that parents take the necessary precautions to ensure the safety of their child’s precious and helpless

identity,” Elsberry said.The BBB urges parents to fol-

low a the following steps to secure their child’s identity:n Be aware of how to obtain your child’s credit report. Getting access to your child’s records is a differ-ent process from obtaining your own. The credit report of children younger than 13 cannot be ob-

tained using the congressionally mandated free credit report web site. The easiest way to obtain your child’s records is through Trans Union. n Recognize the signs of trouble. Watch out for red flags that indicate there might be a problem, such as your son or daughter receiving pre-approved credit card offers or calls from collection agencies. n Know what to do if you suspect that your child has fallen victim. The Federal Trade Commission recommends that every par-ent check their child’s credit report on their 16th birthday.

If suspicious activity is found, parents must contact all three credit bureaus and request a report immediately. From there, depending on your state’s credit freeze rule, placing a freeze should be considered.

For more information, visit www.bbb.org/us/bbb-news.

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profound openness and humanity,” Herbst said.

Dozier, a tenured professor in the School of Social Work, was assistant vice president of academic affairs at the Gwinnett Univer-sity Center from 2002-2006. She served as director of the interdisciplinary Ghana Study Abroad Program from 2003-2010.

She also served as the lead co-principal investigator for the Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, a $4.9 million National Science Foundation pro-gram seeking to broaden participation of minority students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics since 2007.

Dozier was recently elected president of the Georgia Association for Women in Higher Education.

Georgia’s jobless rate remained un-changed at 9.8 percent in May as job growth continued.

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said June 16 that the state’s seasonally ad-justed unemployment rate equalled April’s rate which was revised from the preliminary 9.9 percent. A year ago in May, the state’s jobless rate was 10 percent.

Butler applauded the slight declines in the state’s jobless rate over the past six months. “More businesses are slowly beginning to ex-pand their work force, illustrating a gradual increase of confidence in the economy,” he said.

In May, the number of payroll jobs in-creased 3,400 to 3,834,500, up one-tenth of a percentage point, from April’s 3,831,100. Most of the new jobs were in leisure and hospitality with smaller increases in retail trade, health care, manufacturing, and con-struction.

Most of the jobs lost over the year were in government, construction and financial

services. For the third consecutive month,

the number of long-term unemployed workers declined. There were 251,800 long-term unemployed Georgians in May, down 3,000, or 1.2 percent, from 254,800 in April. However, the number of long-term unemployed remains 11.6 percent higher than the 225,700 in May of last year. The long-term unemployed account for 54.7 percent of Georgia’s 460,172 job-less workers.

In DeKalb County, 3,631 laid-off work-ers filed initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits in May, up 116, or 3.3 percent from April. That was a decrease of 432 initial claims, or 10.6 percent, in claims filed in May 2010.

May marked the 46th consecutive month that Georgia has exceeded the national unemployment rate, which is currently 9.1 percent.

For more information, visit www.dol.state.ga.us.

Small business owners, contractors and job seekers can get information about up-coming opportunities and jobs that will be created by the $1.3 billion DeKalb Watershed Management Capital Improvements Projects (CIP) at a June 27 Small Business Forum.

DeKalb Super District 7 Commissioner Stan Watson is hosting the 7-to-9 p.m. forum at the Lou Walker Senior Center in Lithonia.

Speakers include DeKalb County di-rector of purchasing Kelvin Walton, public works director Ted Rhinehart and direc-tor of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development, Melvin Everson.

The forum is free and there will be op-portunities for comments and questions.

The Lou Walker Senior Center is at 2538 Panola Road. For more information, call 404-371-3681.

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The MARTA board of directors ap-proved the increases on June 22 as part of its FY 2012 budgets. It adopted an operating budget of $413.76 million, a capital budget totaling $185.5 million, and $143.7 million in debt service.

A weekly pass will increase from $17 to $23.75, and a monthly pass will rise from

$68 to $95. MARTA board Chairman Jim Durrett said the board had to make some hard choices.

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For more information, visit www.its-marta.com or call 404-848-5000.


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Some of the fruits praised by nutritionists include (above, clockwise from left) berries, pears, oranges, kiwis, and peaches (below).

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Free rapid HIV testing will be available on June 27 at STAND Inc.’s Covington Highway location in Decatur.

The nonprofit STAND says the free test-ing is part of its observance of National HIV Testing Day.

Refreshments and music will be available during the 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. event and test results will be available in an hour.

African-Americans make up 29 percent of Georgia’s total population, but account

for 76 percent of all new AIDS cases in the state.

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Grady Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic at Piedmont Hall will not close on June 30.

Advocates for Responsible Care (ARxC) sent out a warning earlier this month that the clinic was closing, but Grady Health System spokeswoman Denise Simpson said Wednes-day that the clinic, which provides care to chronic and severely mentally ill children and adolescents in DeKalb and Fulton counties, was never targeted for closing.

“There were never plans to close the clinic,” Simpson said. “We don’t know where that rumor started.”

The clinic, which serves 600 to 1,200 patients per year, specializes in treating psy-chological trauma and autism. It is also a training center for more than two-thirds of the child psychiatrists in Georgia.

In a June statement to the media, ARxC said the Grady Hospital System was quietly taking steps to close the clinic and urged a transparent transfer-of-care plan for each patient. In an update on its website, ARxC said Grady recently decided against the clos-ing and provided no reasons.

For more information, visit www.advo-catesforresponsiblecare.org.

Summer is here and is about to reward us with its bounty of sun-ripened, luscious, lip-smacking fruit.

The good news is that even diabetics can partake.

The American Diabetes Association says that fruits are loaded with vitamins, minerals and fiber, and that diabetics can enjoy sum-mer’s bounty as long as they keep track of them as they do all carbohydrates.

The key is to keep an eye on portion sizes, and pick fresh fruits over fruits canned in syrups or other types of added sugar.

If you are using the glycemic index (GI) to manage your diabetes, it says most fruits are a good choice if you watch portion sizes. For example, eat a slice of watermelon, not the whole fruit.

Here are eight of the best fruits for dia-betics. They top the chart because they offer low carbs and a low GI if you manage your portion sizes.

BerriesWhether you love blueberries, strawber-

ries or other type of berries, you can indulge. The ADA says that berries are a diabetes superfood because they’re packed with an-tioxidants, vitamins and fiber, and they are low-carb. Three-quarters of a cup of fresh blueberries has 62 calories and 16 grams of carbohydrates. A parfait with alternating lay-ers of berries and plain nonfat yogurt makes a great dessert or breakfast.

CherriesThis low-carb, low-GI choice can safely

be included in your diabetic diet. A dozen sweet cherries has 59 calories and 14 grams of carbohydrates. Cherries, especially tart ones, are packed with antioxidants, which

may fight heart disease, cancer and other diseases. Cherries can be purchased fresh, frozen, canned or dried. Many canned and dried fruits contain added sugar, so be sure to check the labels.

PeachesFragrant, juicy peaches

are a warm-weather treat. They contain vitamins A and C, potassium, and fiber. Peaches are delicious on their own or tossed into iced tea for a fruity twist. For a snack, whip up a quick smoothie by pureeing peach slices with low-fat buttermilk, crushed ice, and a touch

of cinnamon or ginger.

ApricotsThis summer fruit staple is a

good source of fiber. One apricot has just 17 calories and 4 grams

of carbohydrates. Four fresh apri-cots equal one serving and provide more than 70 percent of your daily

vitamin A requirement. Try mixing diced apricots into hot or cold cereal or

toss some in a salad.

ApplesToss one in your purse or tote bag if

you’re on the go – a small apple has just 54 calories and 14 carb grams. Apples also are

loaded with fiber and they’re a good source of vitamin C and potassium. The skins are full of antioxidants.

OrangesOne orange has all the vitamin C you

need in a day. This low-GI choice con-tains only 15 grams of carbohydrates and 62 calories. Oranges also contain folate and potassium, which can help normal-ize blood pressure. Other citrus fruits like grapefruit are also great choices.

Pears Unlike most fruit, pears actually improve

in texture and flavor after they’re picked. They are a good source of potassium and fiber. Store them at room temperature until they’re ripe and perfect for eating (then they can be stored in the refrigerator). Sweeten up your next spinach salad with pear slices.

KiwisThis bright green fruit with the fuzzy

brown skin is a good source of potassium, fiber and vitamin C. One large kiwi has about 56 calories and 13 grams of carbohydrates. They are available year-round and will last in the refrigerator for up to three weeks.


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University and its founding di-rector, Dr. James Turner, will get the Nsaa Excel-lence Education-al Culture award, and an Excellence in Educational Advocacy award

will go to the National Council of Black Studies.

Nsaa means “excellence” in the Akan language of Ghana. It is an adinkra symbol that is the logo for First Afrikan’s Center for Afrikan Biblical Studies. Each year, the Nsaa Awards recognize educators, students and community practitioners and leaders who consistently demonstrate excellence in their leadership, cultural or academic education and in their service to our community.

First Afrikan Church is at 5197 Salem Road. For more information, call 770-981-2601.

NSAA Awards for six scholars

“Forgive or Forget” deals with the reconcilia-tion efforts following race riots in Elaine, Ark., in 1919.

The “All Creatures Great and Small” exhibit is in the airport’s T Concourse.

Bernard Stringer

Charles JonesJames P. GarrettLisa Flagg

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scene “We thank all the participants for creating these inspiring works of art to offer our customers and the community an enhanced transit experience.”

Animal works by self-taught artistsFilm on race riot to be screened

Local art for MARTA commutersMARTA riders can peruse

some local art in a “Light Up Atlanta” exhibit on display in six stations throughout June.

C.H. Briggs, a leading lo-cal distributor of specialty building products, commis-sioned the placement of seven sculptural pieces – some il-luminated – in the Decatur station and five other MARTA stations.

Each piece was created by members of the Atlanta archi-tecture and design community to reflect how the city inspires them.

The futuristic designs are made almost entirely of Du-Pont Corian, a durable and flexible solid surface mate-rial that has broad appeal and myriad applications among architects and designers. The seven designers – includ-ing Jim Ferguson, whose design, “Whirling Dervish,” is on display at the Decatur station – were chosen because of their accomplishments in the field of design as well as their personal histories in Atlanta.

MARTA CEO Beverly A. Scott said MARTA is excited to work with C.H. Briggs to transform the stations into public art

“Whirling Dervish” is on display at the Decatur station.

exhibits.“We thank all the participants for creat-

ing these inspiring works of art to offer our customers and the community an enhanced transit experience.”

For more information, visit www .itsmarta.com.

Art and animal lovers can view the “All Creatures Great and Small” exhibit at Hartsfield-Jackson At-lanta International Airport’s T gates through April 2012.

The paintings, sculptures and mixed-media creations are the work of American self-taught artists such as Howard Finster, Mose Tolliver, Jim Lewis and Ted Gordon. Also on display are the works Georgia natives Michael Crocker, Finster, Willie Jinks, R.A. Miller and O.L. Samuels.

They are part of the Georgia Museum of Art’s permanent collection, and the col-lection of Carl and Marian Mullis.

The exhibit is displayed along the north corridor of the T gates, opposite Gates T12–T14.

For more information, visit www.geor-giamuseum.org.

The documentary “Forgive or Forget,” which explores the recon-ciliation efforts among black and white residents more than nine decades after the 1919 Elaine, Ark., Race Riot, will be screened June 26 in Atlanta-Fulton Central Library’s auditorium.

The 3 p.m. screening is hosted by Sankofa Spirit’s “Movies With a Mission.” The film explores the social, political, racial, and eco-nomic challenges preventing dialogue and reconciliation among black and white residents in the racially divided Delta town of Elaine, Ark.

The auditorium is at 1 Margaret Mitchell Square N.W., Atlanta. For more informa-tion, visit www.sankofaspirit.com or call 770-234-5890.

Six scholars who have con-tributed to the development of black studies and black studies centers across the country will be recognized June 26 at the seventh annual Nsaa Cultural and Educational Excellence Awards at First Afrikan Church in Lithonia.

The awards ceremony, which also recognizes the 2011 gradu-ating class and students who are being promoted to higher grades, takes place at the church’s 10 a.m. worship service.

This year’s honorees are Dr. James P. Garrett, principal orga-nizer of the first Black Student Union at San Francisco State, and Bernard Stringer, the first degree recipient in African American Studies.

Josiah Pamoja, a Unity Council mem-ber with the African Community Centers for Unity and Self-Determination and co-chair of the Clark Atlanta University Africana Studies Organization’s commu-nity service committee, and Lisa Shannon Flagg, a graduate teaching assistant in Georgia State University’s departments of African American Studies and History will pick up Excellence in Educational Pursuits awards.

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