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Walmart to open ‘market’ in Lithonia Neighbors divided over retail giant’s grocery store plan

A Walmart Neighborhood Market like this store in Snellville is planned for Covington Square in Lithonia.It will go into space being vacated by Big Lots.

The 130-year-old home of Mary Morris, who lived there from age 21 until she died last November at 105, will be renovated for use as administrative offices.

Historic Clarkston home to become City Hall Annex

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Walmart has signed a lease to open a “Neighborhood Market” grocery store in the Covington Square shopping center at the intersection of Panola Road and Covington Highway in Lithonia.

The store will replace the Big Lots store whose lease is expiring in January. Big Lots is housed in a former Ingle’s grocery store, so a grocery store returns the site to its for-mer use.

When it opens, it will be one of seven Neighborhood Markets in metro Atlanta. Walmart opened its first Neighborhood Market in 1998 in Bentonville, Ark. Today, there are about 200 of these stores through-out the nation.

Three Georgia stores opened this year in Alpharetta, Snellville and Lawrenceville.

Greg Sullivan, Wal-mart’s senior vice presi-dent for company op-erations in the Southeast, said four additional mar-kets are expected to open in 2013 in Tucker, Dun-woody and Marietta.

“Neighborhood Mar-kets offer a quick and convenient shopping experience for custom-ers who need groceries, pharmacy items and general merchandise,” he said.

District 5 County Commissioner Lee May said current zoning allows the market. Walmart only needs to meet design, signage and other requirements of the I-20 zon-ing overlay district, which was approved in January 2008.

The county approved Walmart’s appli-cation to demolish the 34,022-square-foot concrete and stucco building on Oct. 10.

The company’s application to rebuild in

the space has been reviewed by the county but has not yet been permitted.

Bill Wertz, Walmart’s divisional director of Public Affairs & Government Relations, said they have been working with RAW Associates LLC, which owns the shopping center.

“At the conclusion of the rental period, we are going to, hopefully, build a Neighbor-hood Market on that site,” he said Tuesday.

The new store will be 42,362 square feet, a figure that puts it in the range of an average size Walmart Neighborhood Market.

Plans submitted to the DeKalb County Planning Department show that the store will have 205 parking spaces and 31 trees, more than the 26 trees required by county ordinances.

Wertz said it was too early to predict a ground-breaking date, but he said physical construction of the store would take just under a year.

Michigan-based Richmar Properties manages the 138,000-square-foot shopping center that includes the 28,425-square-foot, eight-screen Legacy Theaters.

Mark Walton, Richmar’s president, said demolition will “most likely” begin in Feb-ruary.

“We’re excited for [Walmart] and for all of the tenants in the shopping center,” Walton said. “I think it will bring more shoppers into the center, and that will help all of the tenants.”

David Holt, owner of Davido’s $3.75 Piz-za, which has been located in the Covington

Square for more than 18 years, said the coming of a major retailer like Wal-mart will be a win-win for the smaller tenants.

“It’s going to have a positive impact,” he said Thursday. “Everyone will benefit from having a major anchor in the shopping center. It is going to rejuvenate the shopping center. The landlord will have to upkeep it.”

As for his restaurant, which sells low-cost pizzas and wings, Holt said he is hoping that more people will discover his business.

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By Donna Williams Lewis

With a growing population and corre-spondingly growing needs, Clarkston City Hall has been bursting at the seams.

Mayor Emanuel Ransom moved out of his office a year ago to make space for Clarkston’s first city manager, Keith Barker, who has since been joined by the city’s first planning and development director.

But Barker says the main problem is downstairs, in the city’s Police Department.

“The police chief shares an office with the police captain, and the detectives are all sharing a broom closet,” he said Wednesday. “There is no separate place to interview people.”

But relief is on the way.Clarkston city officials break ground Oct.

13 on the rehabilitation of a 130-year-old home just behind City Hall as the new City Hall Annex.

The home was purchased from the family of Mary Morris, who lived there from the age of 21 until she died last November at 105.

Scheduled for completion next April, the two-story, 3,000-square-foot structure – which will cost $647,000 for acquisition and renovation – will become home to ad-ministrative offices and meeting space for city staff.

The existing 5,500-square-foot City Hall

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“I don’t like Big Lots. I don’t like Family Dollar. I don’t like Dollar General. We have something here that can really serve the

needs of the community in terms of a viable grocery store option within the community.”

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fought for the liberation of France and Europe.”

Boon for area or bane for small business? Mixed reviews for market

France honors two World War II veterans from DeKalbFrench Consul General Denis Barbet awards the Legion of Honor to Charles G. Shepherd Jr. of Chamblee (far left) and Julian P. Rau of Decatur at a Sept. 27 ceremony.

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“It’s going to bring a lot more people into the center and there will be a lot of opportunity for them to see our business and come and try us,” he said.

May said he supports Walmart’s plan, which is getting mixed reviews from area residents.

“Big Lots is a glorified dollar store,” May said. “I don’t like Big Lots. I don’t like Family Dollar. I don’t like Dollar General. We have something here that can really serve the needs of the community in terms of a viable grocery store option within the community.”

The seven Atlanta area Neighborhood Markets will em-ploy more than 650 people.

Sullivan said they have been working hard to make access to the Walmart brand more convenient to customers.

“In communities like Atlanta, we are incorporating a more flexible approach that includes both large and small store formats,” he said.

Angela Clay, who was shopping at the Snellville Neigh-borhood Market on Wednesday, said the store, which opened on Main Street in August, is convenient to her daughter Jada’s day care center down the street.

“When I pick her up, I can run in and pick up what I need,” she said. “It’s a little quieter than the Walmart on Highway 124. It’s easier to get in and out of. Maybe because it is new a lot of people don’t know about it yet.”

Clay said the selection of vegetables, meats and other groceries is very good.

“You walk in and the vegetables are right there,” she said.

“I have always found everything I need.” Wertz said additional Walmart Neighborhood Markets

are likely and will be announced at a later date.The Covington Square Neighborhood Market will be

more than three miles from the nearest grocery stores – a Kroger and an Aldi at Covington Highway and DeKalb Medical Parkway to the east, and Publix at the intersection of Covington Highway and South Hairston Road to the west.

Wendall Ervin, president of the Hidden Hills Civic As-sociation located about a mile from Covington Square, said half of the neighbors he’s talked to are opposed to the market, mainly because of the name that will be on its sign.

Community groups across the country struggle with whether to welcome or shun the corporate giant.

“I think people overall feel that Walmart runs small busi-ness out of business,” Ervin said. “I personally don’t know that I support that argument just from what I’ve seen. I know that Walmart draws traffic and drives customers in volume, and that’s what small businesses need. … I personally believe it would be a benefit and an economic boon for the area.”

Erica Weaver, an Emory University administrative as-

sistant who lives near Covington Square, said she feels the area is becoming “saturated” with grocery stores.

“I’m not against grocery stores,” Weaver said, “but Wal-mart, I feel, is starting to become like Waffle House and car places and beauty shops and barbershops. There’s a Super Walmart three miles away. There’s a Kroger on Covington Highway. There’s a Publix across the street from the Super Walmart.”

May said he believes there aren’t enough grocery stores in the area.

“We get people who are always asking when they will have a grocery store in closer proximity to their homes,” he said. “You have a Kroger east on Covington, but I would dare to say that’s one of the worst Krogers in the region.”

A few miles further east, Stonecrest residents have been pushing for a grocery store since that area developed 11 years ago.

At an April 16 meeting hosted by the Parks at Stonecrest Homeowners Association, more than 50 residents packed the Fairfield Garden Inn to urge county officials to help them get a grocery store for the area anchored by the 1.3 million square-foot Mall at Stonecrest.

They told Commissioners May and Stan Watson and the county’s Economic Development Director Charles Whatley that they have thousands of rooftops and available land for a grocery store.

While income is high in the area, Whatley said the area still lacks the type of density that grocery store developers believe can sustain that type of business.

Jennifer Ffrench Parker contributed to this story.

By Mary Swint

Julian P. Rau of Decatur and Charles G. Shepherd Jr. of Chamblee were among a dozen American World War 11 veterans from the Southeast to receive the Legion of Honor from the French Consulate in Atlanta in ceremonies last month.

Denis Barbet, the consul general in At-lanta, awarded them his country’s highest honor during a Sept. 27 ceremony.

The honor, founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, recognizes eminent ser-vices to the French Republic. Recipients are designated by the president of France.

“We are privileged to be surrounded by so many heroes who fought for the liberation of France and Europe, and we cannot praise these men enough for all they have done,” Barbet told the crowd.

1944-1945 received medals.They were nominated by family or

friends and chosen by French President François Hollande.

Similar ceremonies were held around the United States.

As a mortar man in the Infantry, Rau, a

technician fifth grade, 30th Infantry Regi-ment, 3rd Division, served in Italy where he received the Bronze Star before landing in the South of France in August 1944.

He participated in campaigns in the Rhine, the Ardennes and Central Europe.

For their heroism in the northeast of France, Rau’s 3rd Infantry Division was decorated with the French Croix de Guerre with Palm.

Shepherd, who was first lieutenant, 121th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, led a rifle platoon.

About a month after landing in Norman-dy in July 1944, he was injured by shrapnel.

He returned to combat in January 1945 and fought in the campaigns of Ardennes, Rhénanie, and Central Europe.

He received the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star and Silver Star.

“As we celebrate their heroism today, let us not forget that, we too, have a duty to fulfill: to keep the memory of their utmost courage alive for generations to come,” he added.

About 100 people watched as 12 veterans from the Southeast who served in France in

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Community“We are turning ‘Trash to Gas’ and ‘Gas to Cash,’ saving

$3 million by using it in DeKalb County vehicles.”

Early voting begins Oct. 15

DeKalb’s CNG stations double in one week

DeKalb CEO fills up at the county’s new natual gas filling station at the Seminole landfill.It was one of two stations that opened this week in the county.

DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis reminds you of the Best Practices for Proper Disposal of

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F.O.G. enters plumbing through garbage disposals, sinks and toilets. It coats the inside of plumbing pipesand also empties into DeKalb County’s sewer system. Here are three simple guidelines to help keep F.O.G.out of our pipes and sewers:

POUR fats, oils or grease into a sealable container, allow it to cool andthrow it in the trash. Do not pour down the drain or toilet.

SCRAPE plates and cookware before washing. Do not throw scraps of anykind down the drain. Instead, place them in waste containers or garbagebags.

WIPE excess grease from all plates, pots, pans, utensils, and surfaces witha paper towel before washing. Throw the greasy paper towels away.

Plumbing and sanitary sewer systems are simply not designed to handle the F.O.G. that accumulates inpipes. When it gets into the pipes and hardens, blockages occur and cause sewage to backup and overflowout of manholes or into homes. This is expensive for you, and for the County.The damages caused by fats, oils and grease in the sewer system are costly to repair. Over time, theyincrease the costs of our water and sewer services.

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Starting Oct. 15, voters can beat the general and presidential Election Day rush by voting early at three sites countywide.

Advance voting locations open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Community Achievement Center on Flat Shoals Parkway, the DeKalb Voter Registration & Elections Office, and the Tucker Recreation Center at 4898 LaVista Road in Tucker.

On Oct. 29, three more advance voting precincts will open through Nov. 2 at the Clark Harrison Building, 330 W. Ponce de Leon, Room A, in downtown Decatur; at Berean Christian Church Community Center, 2440 Young Road in Stone Moun-tain; and at the Chamblee Civic Center, 3540 Broad St. in Chamblee.

The polls will only be open on two Saturdays – Oct. 20 and 27. It will not open on Nov. 3.

On Election Day, polls will open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and voters must cast ballots at their assigned polling precinct.

For more information about early vot-ing and the ADA Accessible Polling Place, visit www.dekalbvotes.com.

Voters also can locate their precincts, a sample ballot and other information at the My Voter Page at http://mvp.sos.state.ga.us/ and select DeKalb before inputting name and address.

To vote early and on Election Day, voters must have one of six acceptable forms of identification – a Georgia driver’s license, which can be expired; state or federal photo ID; a valid U.S. passport; governmental employee ID; U.S. military photo ID; or tribal photo ID.

For more information, call 404-298-4020,

Owners of compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles now have twice as many stations to fill up in DeKalb with the opening of two new alternative fueling stations this week.

County officials unveiled fueling stations Oct. 10 and Oct. 11 at the Seminole Road Landfill, 4203 Clevemont Road in Ellenwood, and at the American Fueling Systems station at 4420 Buford Highway.

Gas South partnered with American Fueling Systems and the county to open the state’s largest CNG station, with eight fuel-ing stations at the Buford Highway site. Gas South provides gas for six of the state’s seven CNG fueling stations.

The Clevemont Road CNG station, which is owned by DeKalb County, is the first in the

nation to simultaneously create CNG from landfill gas, dispense it to consumers on site, and pipe any excess back into the natural gas pipeline.

The DeKalb County Board of Commis-sioners last month approved a gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE) price of $2.10 for private users, which is below the current market rate of $2.25 per GGE for CNG, and well below the current cost of diesel fuel.

DeKalb County sanitation trucks are switching from diesel fuel to CNG. The 40 vehicles that have already been converted will use the two new stations. The Buford Highway station is located near the county sanitation’s North Transfer Facility.

Under current market conditions, DeKa-

lb County is forecasting fuel savings of $3 million over the next eight years.

“We are turning ‘Trash to Gas’ and ‘Gas to Cash,’ saving $3 million by using it in DeKalb County vehicles,” DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said. “We have the capacity to process more landfill gas than any other county in Georgia, we are providing a fuel that is cleaner and less expensive than die-sel or gasoline, and we are now leading the charge in providing access to green and clean energy in metropolitan Atlanta,” Ellis said. The county’s goal is to eventually replace or adapt its entire fleet of 306 sanitation vehicles with natural gas vehicles.

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We have ability to counteract effect of voter suppression

Mitt Romney’s racial stereotyping is an insult “There were no black people in the

room where he was speaking and he assumed everyone there knew who he

was referring to and all participants were on the same page.”

Walter Smith

“Millions of eligible voters are being wiped off of voting rolls here in the United States. It has been reported as many as 5 million voters are no longer eligible to vote due to

voter ID laws and restrictive voting.” Renee J. Turner

By Renee J. Turner

The clock is ticking as the Nov. 6 Election Day approaches.

Early voting begins Oct. 15, but there is a wave of silence about voter suppression throughout America that is dangerous.

It’s as though we’ve stepped back in time to an era where people were crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

We understand that times have changed, yet, we ask ourselves: How did this happen? Forced on many, this imposed silence could have an impact on the 2012 election.

We are witnessing the purging of voters in several states with num-bers that are staggering. Millions of eligible voters are being wiped off of voting rolls here in the United States. It has been reported as many as 5 million voters are no longer

eligible to vote due to voter ID laws and restrictive voting.

There are some things that as voters we may have little con-trol over. We don’t have control over GOP candidates signing the Americans for Tax Reform pledge that could possibly cripple this na-tion. This pledge has been signed by most of the Republicans in the House and Senate pledging/prom-ising to never raise taxes.

What is hard to fathom is, there are repercussions if these

candidates are elected members of Congress. This is a party with a willingness to go against their own party members if they change their minds.

Understanding the ramifica-tions, it is at the root of the division in Congress and disguised as a con-cern for reducing the deficit. Forget the fact that there is a deliberate attempt to protect the wealthy at the expense of the rest of us.

We know that those purged from voting rolls are dispropor-

tionately poor, elderly and minority voters.

We have the ability to counter-act the number of voters affected by voter suppression. The re-election of President Obama will mean that he will be up against continued strong opposition from the Re-publican party with tactics that will be unwavering. It is disheartening that there are 8 million African-Americans who are not registered to vote.

We do remember the feeling we had just four years ago standing in long lines to vote to elect our president.

Check the Web site www.Ga PhotoID.com for voter ID require-ments.

We must not allow voter sup-pression to prevent us from exercis-ing our right to vote.

Renee J. Turner lives in Atlanta.

By Walter Smith

It’s not difficult to understand why Mitt Romney made the com-ments he made at his fund-raiser in Florida.

He most likely got his buzz-words confused. His reference was to those who had been character-ized as lazy, shiftless, and always looking for a handout. You don’t have to be a literary genius to figure that one out.

Unfortunately, since the incep-tion of the Southern Manifesto of 1956, which stated in principle that its purpose was to overturn the 1954 Brown v. Board of Educa-tion ruling and to effectively fight any legislation proposed to benefit blacks, most election rhetoric has supported that premise.

The manifesto was signed by 99 politicians (97 Democrats) from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor-gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes-see, Texas and Virginia. Since that time, each and every national elec-tion has had its racial overtones.

Buzzwords for manifestoStreet crime and welfare reform

buzzwords were designed to inform white voters that the candidate was in lock step with the principles.

In 2008 there were “hard-working Americans.” The reference to people sitting on their butts and waiting for a check was ascribed to black voters. The prevailing belief was that most government-spon-sored social programs (“entitle-ments”) were designed to benefit blacks and blacks alone.

Some conservative critics of federal programs, including leading presidential candidates, are sound-ing an alarm that the United States is becoming an “entitlement soci-ety” in which social programs are undermining the work ethic and creating a large class of Americans who prefer to depend on govern-ment benefits rather than work.

A new Center on Budget and Pol-icy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3677) analysis of budget and census data, however, shows that more than 90 percent of the benefit dollars that entitlement and other manda-tory programs spend go to assist people who are elderly, seriously disabled, or members of working households, not to able-bodied, working-age African-Americans who choose not to work.

More importantly, the prevail-ing assumption is that Barack Obama, as president, will further extend the government’s resources to black Americans to the detri-ment of our fiscal health.

Race-based resolutionsThe greatest misconception

about blacks in America is that 12.6 percent of the population is responsible for the financial bur-dens of the country.

Not too long ago, in my short 78 years, I’ve witnessed enforcement of Jim Crow laws that denied me access to any and all public facili-ties. This includes access to educa-tion, housing, jobs and recreation. I felt the problem was partially solved when school desegregation laws were passed in 1954.

However, on March 12, 1956, as the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education approached, Sen. Walter F. George rose to the speaker’s podium in the Senate to announce the creation of the latest weapon in the segregationist arse-nal, the Southern Manifesto.

It was a bold, brazen docu-ment, signed by 101 of the South’s

128 congressional members. The manifesto, formally titled a Decla-ration of Constitutional Principles, denounced the court decision, call-ing it an “unwarranted exercise of power.” The Southern Manifesto’s signers pledged to “use all lawful means” to “bring about a reversal” of Brown v. Board of Education.

This move was the precursor to the prevailing Republican Party’s resolve to defeat Barack Obama at all costs. The people of the United States paid and will continue to pay dearly for these race-based resolutions.

Romney, Gingrich wrongNow comes Romney, rich and

ignorant to the values of human dignity. In his narrow mind, he assumed that the entitlement pro-grams were exactly as Newt Ging-rich had described them – handouts to lazy African-Americans.

Here’s where Romney and Gin-grich were wrong:

Few recipients fit the stereotype of a working-age, able-bodied adult happy to live on welfare. Indeed, only a third of entitlement spend-ing goes to those in the bottom quintile of incomes. That’s because, by far, the biggest entitlements are Social Security and Medicare.

Facts on the $1.8 trillion spent in 2011 on mandatory federal en-titlement programs:n 53 percent went to Americans age 65 or older.n 20 percent to non-elderly, per-manently disabled Americans.n 18 percent to families with at least one wage-earner who qualify for programs such as Medicaid, school lunch and/or earned in-

come and child care tax credits.n 9 percent to all others, including Social Security recipients under age 65, recipients of Social Security survivor benefits, those receiving unemployment, and those receiv-ing Temporary Aid to Families With Dependent Children.

Romney was aware of the facts but chose to play to stereotyping. There were no black people in the room where he was speaking and he assumed everyone there knew who he was referring to and all partici-pants were on the same page.

Romney’s comments were an extension of blatant insults directed to people of color in suggesting they are satisfied to live in squalor with the assistance of handouts.

I am personally insulted by his comments. I have worked all my life and have made millions. I’ve paid my fair share of taxes and have had to watch my communi-ties and neighborhoods go without adequate public services, simply because the residents were black.

I had to watch my brothers and sisters bleed and die for the right to vote. I am not a ward of the govern-ment and I do receive Social Secu-rity. I do receive Medicare. I did go to school under the GI Bill, and I do drive on interstate highways.

These are entitlements I worked for, paid for, and was denied access to entitlements my father worked and paid for on my behalf.

So Romney and other misguid-ed politicians who think that tired old racist rhetoric still resonates with the voting public have lots of homework. Those who still think it does deserve a president like Rom-ney and negative consequences.

If you live in a state that has voter ID laws, call your Board of Elections and find out the require-ments. Call every family member and inform them of the same. Make sure all members are registered and they all vote on Nov. 6.

Walter Smith is publisher of the New York Beacon in Manhattan.

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5History buffs and fans of politics can join

Frank Moore and author Ira Shapiro for a dis-cussion of Shapiro’s new book, “The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis,” on Oct. 15 at the Carter Center.

The discussion starts at 7 p.m.Moore was President Jimmy Carter’s con-

gressional aide.Shapiro spent 12 years working in the Sen-

ate. He worked on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Senate Code of Ethics. During the Clinton administration, he earned the rank of ambassador.

The Carter Center is at 441 Freedom Parkway. For more infor-mation, e-mail Tony.Clark@nara.gov or call 404-865-7109.

Terrance Watley of Atlanta, accused in the armed robbery of a Georgia Tech student, was arrested in Decatur on Oct. 10.

The DeKalb Sheriff ’s Office Fugitive Squad arrested Watley, 21, in front of the Crestview Apartments at 4946 Snapfinger Woods Drive.

Sgt. Adrion Bell, a DeKalb Sheriff ’s Office spokesman, said Watley and co-defendant Steven Terry allegedly followed students into secured apartments at Tech in the early morn-ing hours of July 1. They are accused of pointing a gun at a student who was awakened by them taking his laptop and cell phone. Tech Police arrested Terry on Sept. 6. Watley awaits extradition.

CommunityExisting road closure signs will remain in place to advise motorists

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Mayor to speak on his city

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Maddox Road to close longer

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“You know how some people call their daughters or sons for something? She [Mary Morris, right] called the

city. I think she considered Clarkston part of her family.”

Nancy Kaye

Clarkston City Hall Annex ground breakingn Date: Saturday, Oct. 13n Time: 10:30 to 11 a.m.n Location: Morris Housen Address: 10055 Rowland St.,

Clarkston, GA 30021n Information: 404-296-6489

building is home to the Police Department, court clerk, city clerk, code enforcement offi-cer, Public Works, administrative offices, and a meeting room that doubles as a courtroom and council meeting chambers.

“We cram all of that into one building,” Barker said.

The expansion into an annex will free up most of the space on the second level of City Hall. Barker said he plans to seek funding to re-configure that space.

In the meantime, the annex will give po-lice room to expand, and Ransom will be able to leave his donated space at attorney Shirley Reed’s office and return to City Hall.

Ransom said the annex is a “wonderful addition to the city.”

He said that Morris – who “did a Charlie Chaplin that you wouldn’t believe” – would be happy to know how her home will be used for the city she loved.

Morris’ niece, Nancy Kaye, said her aunt loved ballroom dancing, pretty clothes, en-tertaining, and the city of Clarkston.

“Aunt Mary called City Hall for every-thing,” Kaye said. “You know how some people call their daughters or sons for something? She called the city. I think she considered Clarkston part of her family.”

After she died, Morris’ family mentioned that she was interested in the city acquiring her house. The city sprang into action.

The City Council authorized Barker to sign a purchase contract.

“Within a couple of days, we put in an offer,” he said. “Within a week, we had signed the contract.”

The price: $150,000.Atlanta-based Macallan Group was

awarded a $497,000 contract to rehabilitate the home with new pipes and wiring, a first-ever heating and air conditioning system, reinforced floors, and to make it accessible to the disabled. About $100,000 of that contract will be spent to make improvements outside the building, Barker said.

Financing was secured through the Geor-gia Municipal Association, which offers this type of financing to local governments. The city borrowed $700,000 and will repay the debt at the rate of $50,000 a year.

Barker said the Morris family worked closely with staff and consultants to ensure that the integrity of the home would remain intact. Officials plan to seek historical regis-try status.

“From the very first day of meeting with the Morris family, the city came to realize that the critical office space needs for staff and the community would be well-served by the space available in the Morris residence,” Barker said. “The added bonus was that we would tastefully preserve the property and home for the entire community to enjoy for many years to come.”

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Maddox Road between Rock Chapel and Rogers Lake roads in Lithonia will be closed through Dec. 2 to complete sewer main line installation. DeKalb County announced the extension on Oct. 9.

Existing road closure signs will remain in place to advise mo-torists of construction work and local traffic restrictions around the area. For more information, contact Robert Dean, project superintendent at Gary’s Grading and Pipeline Co., at 770-780-2013.

Clarkston Mayor Emanuel Ransom will de-liver his State of the City address on Oct. 16.

A 6:30-to-7:15 p.m. reception with light refreshment kicks off the event, which will be held in the Angora Hall at the Clarkston Com-munity Center, 3701 College Ave.

The City Council will be in attendance.For more information, visit www.cityof

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DeKalb residents can support Make-A-Wish Georgia by visit-ing a Walmart on Oct. 13 to take part in a brief demonstration of a Straight Talk Wireless Android smart phone.

For every shopper who participates, Straight Talk Wireless will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish with the ultimate goal of raising $1,000,000.

The “One Minute. One Million.” campaign is sponsored by Make-A-Wish Georgia and no-contract cell phone provider Straight Talk Wireless.

John Brennan, CEO of Make-A-Wish Georgia, said they are trying to reach more kids with life-threatening medical conditions and grant their one true wish.

“A wish is more than just a nice thing, and its impacts extend further than just a moment in time,” Brennan said. “A wish come true can help kids feel stronger, more energetic, and better emo-tionally and even physically.”

F.J. Pollak, president and CEO of TracFone Wireless Inc., the parent company of Straight Talk Wireless, said the company is looking forward to making a difference locally.

For participating stores, visit OneMinuteOneMillion.com.

FinanCe“A wish is more than just a nice thing, and its impacts

extend further than just a moment in time.”

Macy’s Workshop seeks applicants

Smart phone demos help goal of Make-A-Wish

Vendors needed for domestic violence event

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Vendors can register now for the Wailing Daughters domestic violence fund-raiser on Oct. 20 in Lithonia.

The 9 a.m.-to-3 p.m. fund-raiser takes place at 3040 Miller Road. Proceeds benefit the Transitional Homes for Victims of Domestic Violence.

A blanket and coat drive starts on Nov. 3. Wailing Daughters is a component of Alpha-Omega Outreach,

which provides battered women and children with comprehensive wraparound services to help them break the cycle of a physical, verbal, sexual and mental abuse.

For donations and more information, e-mail tanisha @alpha-omegainc.org or call 678-395-5376.

Walmart has launched its Rapid Reload service that allows customers to add money to their prepaid card in-store for $3.74.

The company says that once the card is swiped at the register, funds will be available immediately and there are no additional stops to make in the store, no forms to fill out, no scratch-off PINs, and no need to make a phone call or visit a Web site to complete the reload.

The new service, which became available on Oct. 2 in more than 3,800 Walmart stores nationwide, including those in DeKalb County, will accept reloadable cards af-filiated with the Green Dot Network, InComm’s Vanilla

Reload Network, and First Data’s Money Network.A recent study by Mercator Advisory Group found

that 56 million Americans have a prepaid or payroll card. Many pay $5 to add cash. African-Americans make up 33 percent of consumers using prepaid cards.

Daniel Eckert, Walmart U.S. vice president of financial services, said many customers are looking for alterna-tives to improve the convenience and cost of everyday financial services. “This is another way we’re providing millions of Americans with affordable ways to manage their money,” he said.

For more information, visit www.walmart.com.

Minority and women owners of fashion businesses can apply for the 2013 Workshop at Macy’s class start-ing next May in New York City.

Applications are being accepted at macysinc.com/workshop for the retailer’s innovative business of fash-ion program that mentors and fosters growth of up-and-coming minority- and women-owned businesses and helps them achieve and sustain positive and successful vendor relationships.

The initiative, which began in spring 2011, has al-ready resulted in six current vendor relationships with previous graduates, who have seen their products hit the market at select Macy’s stores across the nation.

Shawn Outler, Macy’s group vice president of Leased Businesses, Vendor Collaboration and Multicultural Business Development, said the program helps diversify the marketplace.

“This program was created to develop minority and women-owned businesses that make great product but need real-world knowledge and experience in the arena of a large-scale nationwide retailer,” Outler said.

The four-and-a-half-day intensive training course will be holding its third course next year. It helps promis-

ing minority and women-owned retail businesses that are poised to succeed on a larger scale but need real-world business practice information and perspective on large-scale vendor relationships to move to the next level and sustain growth.

The workshop is developed by a consortium of experts from Macy’s Learning & Development; Macy’s Multicultural Merchandising and Vendor Development; Babson College, the nation’s leading business school for entrepreneurship; and with select Macy’s merchants and vendors. Its goal is to help create a pipeline of viable enterprises that could become successful partners within Macy’s own vendor community.

Participants can collaborate with fellow aspiring vendors, gain access to industry experts and solicit one-on-one business coaching. Course work includes classes on merchandising and assortment planning, marketing, financial management, and access to capital.

More than 1,000 applicants applied for the 22 slots in the first class. Participants included Atlanta sisters Lake Kelley and Mariah HuQ of Fairburn, co-owners of Jewel and Jem Cultural Kids Décor, a children’s home linens and accessories company. The 2012 Workshop at Macy’s featured 17 new businesses.

The deadline to apply is Feb. 3, 2013. For more infor-mation, visit www.macysinc.com/workshop.

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“Monsters Inc.” will be screened at Peace Lutheran Church in Decatur on Oct. 20 at Screen on the Green, presented by the Healthy Belvedere Initiative.

The annual candlelight vigil of the Women’s Resource Center will be held on Oct. 18 on the Square in Decatur. The vigil also celebrates activists who are domestic violence survivors.

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About 200 survivors, supporters and activists will converge on the Square in downtown Decatur on Oct. 18 for the 21st annual candlelight vigil for victims of do-mestic violence.

This year, the vigil, which begins at 7 p.m. at the gazebo behind the historic Courthouse building, will remember the more than 70 women and men who died in domestic vio-lence incidents.

It is hosted by the Decatur-based Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence. Participants are asked to gather at 6:45 p.m.

The program will feature speakers and musical performances and will end with a candle-lighting ceremony to remember every Georgian whose life was taken from them by domestic violence in the past 12 months.

The names of new victims will be read aloud during the vigil, which also celebrates those who have survived and are working to inspire the community for positive change.

Jean Douglas, the center’s executive direc-tor, said that their goal for this year’s candle-light vigil is that the community comes to-gether to honor those we’ve lost to domestic violence and to reaffirm our dedication to ending violence against women.

“We can only do this work in collabora-

tion with all of our community partners,” she said,

Each year, more than 13,000 women and families turn to the Women’s Resource Center for help. Since 1986, it has provided supportive services for survivors while working to change attitudes that violence is acceptable.

It operates a 32-bed safe house and

provides a 24-hour hotline (404-688-9436), legal advocacy, consultations with volunteer lawyers, emergency financial assistance, programs for children, support groups, supervised visitation and exchange, dating violence prevention, and community edu-cation.

For more information, call 404-370-7670 or visit www.wrcdv.org.

Monsters, food and fellowship will be on tap at Screen on the Green on Oct. 20 for residents of the Belvedere community.

The free family-oriented screening of the “Monsters Inc.” movie about the hilarious high jinks of animated goblins begins at 6:30 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Decatur.

There will be grilled turkey dogs and corn on the cob.

Hot apple cider, flavored popcorn and toasted marshmallow s’mores are also on the menu.

Showtime begins promptly at 7 p.m.The movie will be screened outdoors, so

participants should bring blankets and fold-ing chairs and dress for the weather.

Screen on the Green is a presentation of the Healthy Belvedere Initiative (www .HealthyBelvedere.org).

In case of rain, it will move indoors to the church.

Healthy Belvedere is a partnership be-tween Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, and Belvedere community stakeholders.

The initiative is a neighborhood effort to reduce health disparities associated with chronic illnesses through environmental and policy changes.

Decatur Active Living will kick off its Food Day 2012 with a free grocery store tour on Oct. 13.

The “hands on” tour will teach people how to read food labels and plan healthy meals.

Participants will visit the fresh, frozen and canned food aisles to learn about fiber, sodium and the many nutrients in food.

The second annual Food Day, which will be observed nationwide on Oct. 24, focuses on healthy, sustainable and affordable food.

The one-hour grocery store tour will be offered on Oct. 13 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Publix at 2155 North Decatur Road.

It is free, but participants must register in advance by contacting cheryl.burnette@decaturga.com or 678-553-6541.

DeKalb residents can dispose of house-hold hazardous waste free of charge at the DeKalb Central Transfer Station in Decatur on Oct. 20.

The fourth hazardous waste collection takes place from 8 a.m. to noon at the sta-tion at 3720 Leroy Scott Drive.

It is sponsored by Keep DeKalb Beau-tiful, the DeKalb Sanitation Division and Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc.

Household hazardous waste includes aerosols, mercury, batteries, adhesives, flammables, lawn care products, automo-tive products, fluorescent bulbs, photo chemicals, hobby and artist supplies, paint and paint-related products, and cleaners and swimming pool chemicals.

The county is encouraging residents to take advantage of this opportunity to clear their homes of these items, which should not be mixed with regular trash and can be potentially harmful to the environment if not disposed of properly.

Excluded items include biohazardous/biomedical waste, agricultural waste, am-munition, explosives, pharmaceuticals, radioactive materials, and nonhazardous waste.

IDs are required and early arrival is recommended. Residents are limited to 10 gallons of paint per vehicle. No com-mercial vehicles will be allowed.

For more information or to volunteer, contact Keep DeKalb Beautiful at kdb@dekalbcountyga.gov or 404-371-2654.

Walkers can sign up now for the in-augural Exchange Community Breast Cancer Walk/Fall Festival taking place on Oct. 27 at the Exchange Intergenerational Recreation Center in Decatur.

Registration for the 5K walk takes place from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

The first 50 individuals to sign up will receive a free T-shirt. The walk begins at 9 a.m. and the Fall Festival follows from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration is $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. Teams of five members pay $50.

The Fall Festival will include free hot dogs for the first 100 kids, music, games, and a car and bike show.

For more information, including ven-dor opportunities, call Nicholas Clark at 404-687-3430.

Walk to Cure DiabetesWalkers and donations are needed for

DeKalb’s fund-raising efforts in support of the Atlanta 2012 Walk to Cure Diabetes on Oct. 20 in Centennial Olympic Park.

The three-mile walk, which is hosted by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Founda-tion, begins at 9:30 a.m.

Registration starts at 8.Funds support research into Type 1

diabetes, an autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insu-lin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food.

The disease can strike in childhood, adolescence or adulthood and lasts a lifetime.

Thousands of Georgians are living with Type 1 diabetes.

The Centennial Olympic Park is at 265 Park Ave. West N.W. in Atlanta. To join DeKalb County’s team or make donations, visit www.jdrf.org and click on the About JDRF tab or contact Code Enforcement Officer Sandra Hines at 404-371-2484.

Its service area is bounded to the north by Memorial Drive, Columbia Drive to the east, Glenwood Road to the south, and Candler Road to the west.

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By Brenda Camp Yarbrough

Southwest DeKalb High alum Kadeem F. Hinton of Lithonia, a junior majoring in

food science at Alabama A&M University, has been selected as a USDA/1890 National Scholar.

The $60,000 scholar-ship covers the cost of the four semesters he has left to complete his degree.

Hinton, who is mi-noring in chemistry, is

provided with full tuition, fees, books, a computer, printer and applicable software as well as periodic employment during school breaks and summers.

As a USDA/1890 National Scholar, he has agreed to provide one year of service to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for each year

Kadeem Hinton

Round-table talks on school issues

Arabia team takes 2nd in science bowl

Southwest DeKalb High alum wins $60,000 USDA Scholarship

School Board approves ‘balanced’ calendar for 2013 yearYouth

In 2013, the new balanced calendar will shorten the summer by two weeks and spread breaks throughout the year.

Scholarships for Students Without Mothers Qualified high school seniors can ap-

ply for a $4,000 scholarship from Students Without Mothers through Dec. 31.

The nonprofit, founded by Mary Tor-rence in 2004, provides scholarships for college-bound seniors who lost their mothers to death, prison and other circumstances. Torrence lost her mother when she was 14.

Since its launch, the group has awarded 48 scholarships.

Eligible seniors must be a current Geor-gia resident enrolled in a metro high school and planning to attend a two- or four-year institution of higher learning. For more information, visit http://studentswithout mothers.org.

Ayanna Habeel

Lithonia girl nabs two golf honorsAyanna Habeel of Lithonia

received two awards at the Atlan-ta Junior Golf banquet on Sept. 23 at Druid Hills Golf Club.

The 11-year-old, who is a sixth-grader at EastMinster School in Conyers, was named the 2012 Player of the Year 9 Hole Open Girls 7-18 and All At-lanta Junior Golf Team winner.

She has been playing golf for five years.

Ayanna, who is the daughter of Anthony and Devyonne Habeel, placed first at the Atlanta Junior Golf 9 Hole Classic

at Chateau Elan, finishing the season with a 6-0 record.

She says watching Tiger Woods spurred her interest in the sport.

“My dad always says that golf is like life … there are gonna be some good and bad, but always keep moving for-ward and believe in your abil-ity,” she said Tuesday. “Earning the Player of the Year award is humbling and I give thanks to

God, my parents and my coach [Matt Ad-ams] for believing in me.”

Starting with the 2013 school year next fall, DeKalb Schools will have a “balanced” calendar that shortens the three-month sum-mer break and spreads breaks throughout the school year.

School also will start earlier on Aug. 5 and end later on May 29, 2014.

The School Board voted 6-2 on Oct. 8 to change from the traditional calendar despite opposition from parents who completed a community survey on the district’s Web site.

Of the more than 12,000 people who took an online survey, teachers were overwhelm-ingly in support of the balanced calendar. Parents, not so much.

Fifty-nine percent of the 4,300 parents who took the survey favored keeping the

traditional calendar. Only 41 percent selected the balanced calendar.

In contrast, 68 percent of the almost 5,800 teachers who took the survey wanted the balanced calendar.

District 8 School Board member Donna Edler was among board members favoring the change. She said she was willing to make the concession because teachers shouldered the brunt of budget cuts this year. Districts 1 and 2 board members Nancy Jester and Don McChesney voted against the balanced calendar because of the number of parents opposing it.

Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson, who said she believes students forget too much during the traditional three-month summer break, said the new calendar will help address

the “summer brain drain.” “We must continue to challenge our

students to achieve victory in every class-room,” she said. “This calendar will reduce the amount of time our children are away from our schools.”

The approved calendar includes 180 days of instruction for students and 190 teacher-contract days. The semesters are divided equally with 90 days of instruction for each. One of the 10 teacher-contract days is com-posed of four two-hour conference nights scheduled by each school during the year.

With the balanced calendar, the first semester, including all final exams and end of course tests, will conclude prior to the winter break.

In 2013, the new balanced calendar will

shorten the summer by two weeks and spread breaks throughout the year, including a three-day fall break from Oct. 7 to Oct. 9 and a four-day winter break added to President’s Day, from Feb. 18 to Feb. 21.

Based on feedback, the spring break was moved to be in line with other metro dis-tricts. Spring break will be April 7-11, 2014.

While the approved calendar has an earlier start date, it includes two additional weeks of vacation during the school year.

The School Board cites balanced calendar successes in other metro districts like Rock-dale County Public Schools, the City Schools of Decatur and Henry County Schools.

The board’s vote does not include early release days, which will be an administrative decision.

of financial support received.Hinton, son of Darryl and Susan Hinton,

graduated from Southwest DeKalb in 2010.He said the science courses were the easi-

est for him when he attended DeKalb County schools. “It was my niche,” he said.

“Science is a multidisciplinary subject area where I had to use knowledge I’d obtained from every course I took. Food science, I think, is a field that has a critical impact on society. However, many people have never heard of it.”

Hinton, 20, said that it was not until he attended orientation and registration at Alabama A&M that he even knew that food science existed. He said he likes to think that Alabama A&M chose him.

“I was drawn to AAMU historically, aca-demically and financially,” he said.

He was awarded the Dean’s Scholarship and a Freshman Food Science Scholarship.

“Alabama A&M is also the only histori-cally black college and university with a food science program accredited by the Institute of Food Technologists,” he said. “The College of Agriculture is the first and oldest at the university, and [“Roots” author] Alex Haley’s father, Simon, was a professor of agriculture at AAMU.”

Hinton said that his mother, who now works for Emory Healthcare, is a former DeKalb substitute teacher who has “a deep and enduring passion for educating young children and has been a tremendous source of motivation and encouragement.”

His father works in the trucking industry. “He is the reason I was not afraid to venture away from home and pursue what it is that I want in life,” Hinton said.

He has two younger brothers – Jabari, a freshman at Arabia Mountain High School, and Malcolm, a fourth-grader at Marbut

Theme School.“I wanted to set the bar very high for

them to show that if you stay focused and work hard, there is no such thing as a glass ceiling or box,” Hinton said.

“Look at the current president of the United States.”

He said that being a USDA scholar is not just a personal achievement because his DeKalb teachers and instructors, from kin-dergarten through high school, contributed to his success.

“To me, it all begins with the teacher.”Hinton said he wants to excel so that he

can provide life-changing opportunities for others.

“As a child, I was always taught to give back,” he said. “One of the purposes for acquiring an education is to take what you have learned, apply it and pass it on so that someone can continue wherever you stop.”

The Arabia Mountain High Science Team placed second in the National Science Bowl competition last month.

The contest took place during the 39th Annual Conference of the National Organi-zation for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers in Washington on Sept. 27-28. The questions covered all areas of science; technology; engi-neering; mathematics; and African-American inventors, scientists and engineers.

Each student received a trophy and a $125 gift card.

Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy from Michigan edged Arabia Mountain for first place in a tiebreaker round.

Dr. Fred Okoh, who chairs Arabia Mountain’s science department, secured a $2,500 travel grant and helped prepare the team for competition. He expressed pride in his students and said they are looking forward to competing again next year.

“This was an awesome performance,” he said. “Their performance is another validation of the excellent curriculum at Arabia Mountain High School.”

Parents of McNair High students can talk with School Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson at a round-table meeting on Oct. 15 as part of a series of meetings this month.

An Oct. 6 story reported incorrect dates for the McNair and Tucker sessions.

Parents can learn more about the status of current issues in the district as well as hear about initiatives launching in the school year. Parents also will be able to ask questions.

The meetings take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on:n Oct. 15 at McNair High School, 1804

Bouldercrest Road S.E. in Atlanta;n Oct. 16 at Tucker High School, 5036 LaV-ista Road in Tucker;n Oct. 23 at Redan High School, 5247 Redan Road in Stone Mountain;n Oct. 25 at Lithonia High School, 2440 Phillips Road in Lithonia;n Oct. 29 at Dunwoody High School, 5035 Vermack Road in Dunwoody.

The parent forums replaces the previous parent advisory committees. Parents can submit their questions to Lillian_m_govus@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us.

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After more than 30 years on the comedy cir-cuit, George Wallace’s name is synonymous with hilarity.

On Oct. 27, he will bring his funny self to the Buckhead Theatre for a good cause.

Wallace will head-line the “Twilight on Childhood Obesity” fund-raiser to benefit the nonprofit Center Helping Obesity in Children End Success-fully Inc., which is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.

The stand-up comic, who is a longtime

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Conyers’ historic Olde Town will be teeming with artists, crafters, merchants, residents and visitors for its Oct. 20 fall festival.

The 32nd edition of the Olde Town Fall Festival, the city’s longest-running fest, takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

More than 90 vendors will be selling arts and crafts and food. There will be two entertainment stages on Railroad Street at the Conyers Depot and in the Olde Town Pavilion.

The festival takes place on Center, Commercial and Railroad streets, and those streets will be closed to traffic from 6 a.m. until about 6 p.m.

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Nationally renowned guest choirs will help Beulah Missionary Baptist honor Ear-nest “Chip” Norman, its beloved minister of music, at a Musical Appreciation Concert

on Oct. 13 at the Decatur church on Clifton Springs Road.

The program begins at 6 p.m.

It features the Rev. Charles Jenkins and the Fellowship Choir of Chi-cago singing “Awesome,” the No. 1 song on the

gospel chart. In addition to the Beulah Mass Choir, special guests include James Bignon and the Deliverance Mass Choir and Kevin Lemons and Higher Calling.

The Rev. Jerry D. Black brought Norman to Beulah shortly after he became pastor in 1991. Norman had been Black’s minister of music at the Greater Paradise Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark.

Norman plays the piano/organ, drums

and alto/tenor/baritone saxophone. He serves as chief musician for seven choirs and oversees choirs for Women’s Day and Men’s Day events and other special events including funerals, weddings and banquets. He coordi-nates the Praise Team for praise and worship and the deacons for devotional service.

Black said Norman leads by example.“He admonishes the members of the

choir to walk upright and to be bold disciples of Christ,” Black said. “We are thankful for his years of dedicated and faithful service.”

The Musical Appreciation Concert is free and open to the public.

It will be followed by Annual Choir Day on Oct. 14 with the Rev. Christopher A. Wimberly, pastor of Hunter Hill Baptist, preaching at the 7:30 a.m. service. The Rev. Reginald Wayne Sharpe of Greater Travelers Rest Baptist will preach at the 10:45 a.m. wor-ship service. The Mass Choir of Beulah will minister through song at both services.

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The multicultural cuisine and entertain-ment of DeKalb’s diverse populace will be celebrated at the county’s second annual In-ternational Food and Music Festival kicking off on Oct. 13 at Northlake Mall.

The noon-to-6 p.m. festival will fea-ture the food and music from 32 different countries. There also will be vendors and educational activities for people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy.

The festival is co-hosted by District 7 Commissioner Stan Watson; CEO Burrell Ellis; former CEO Liane Levetan; the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce; Convention & Visitors Bureau; and representatives from the Asian, West Indian, Middle Eastern, Hispanic and African communities.

Watson said he is excited to bring back

the festival that was a big hit on its first out-ing last year.

“I am confident this year’s festival will unite the dynamic blend of cultures and tra-ditions that continue to exist in our county,” Watson said.

Admission and parking are free. Food vendors will price their own prod-

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DeKalb’s vibrant population, traditions and cultures.

“We look forward to showcasing the tal-ents of the international communities that call DeKalb home,” he said.

Northlake Mall is at I-285 and LaVista Road. For more information, e-mail klajoie@dekalbcountyga.gov or call 404-371-3681.

entertainment staple in Las Vegas, said he is partial to Atlanta, his hometown.

“As a youngster, I sold papers on the corner there,” he said. “I came here [to Las Vegas] for 30 days, 60 days, 90 days and now I’m in my ninth year.”

The gig includes a VIP reception, after-party and silent auction.

Wallace, who is dubbed “Mr. Las Vegas” by The Las Vegas Review-Journal, has head-lined a nightly stand-up comedy show for the past nine years at the famous Flamingo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. He also has guest-starred in “The House of Payne,” “Seinfeld” and “The Parkers.”

Vanetta Keyes, the nonprofit’s founder

and executive director, said they are fortu-nate to have the noted comedian join the celebration.

C.H.O.I.C.E.S. was formed in 2002 to fight the childhood obesity epidemic. There are an estimated 10 million obese and over-weight American kids, and Georgia is ranked third in the nation for childhood obesity.

Tickets range from $75 to $150 at www.choicesforkids.org. Proceeds benefit after-school programs and will help open a pro-gramming facility in the city of Atlanta.

The Buckhead Theatre is at 3110 Roswell Road N.W. For more information, e-mail twilight@choicesforkids.org or call 678-819-3663.

The renowned University of Liberia Alumni Chorus will perform on Oct. 20 at Clark Atlanta University.

The 50-member Brockton, Mass.-based chorus will sing in Atlanta for the first time. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the concert at 7.

Members who used to sing together in a pre-eminent choral group at the university convene annually from across the United States and abroad to perform.

Part of its mission is to restore the Uni-versity of Liberia, since battered by years of bloody civil war, to an accredited institution of higher education. The chorus raises funds to provide assistance to the University of Liberia for scholarships and teaching awards and to establish a Fine Arts Center.

The Atlanta concert is co-hosted by Clark Atlanta and the Liberian Consulate of Geor-gia. It takes place in the Bishop Cornelius L. Henderson Student Center Multipurpose

book page. “Light will again shine through the darkness.”

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