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www.crossroadsnews.com October 3, 2009 Copyright © 2009 CrossRoadsNews, Inc. Taking on domestic violence MINISTRY Jessica Nu- nan of Caminar Latino is among speakers at a training workshop for faith-based organizations interested in com- batting domestic violence. 9 Students at Princeton El- ementary School in Lithonia found a lasting way to honor a schoolmate who was killed in the crosswalk in front of the school. 3 Remembering Kameron YOUTH Stephenson High tackle Michael Thorn- ton played well enough to be named the At- lanta Touchdown Club’s Defensive Player of the Week. 10 Stellar defender SPORTS Fugitive murder suspect Yancey back in DeKalb jail VOLUME 15, NUMBER 22 Disaster center to assist flood victims Derrick Yancey arrived back in the United States from Belize in cuffs. U.S. Marshals handed him over to the DeKalb Sheriff Fugitive Squad outside the Flood waters (at left) swamp a home in Rockdale County. At right, DeKalb County officials view damage to a bridge on Redan Road at North Redan Circle in Lithonia. By Jennifer Ffrench Parker Accused double-murder sus- pect Derrick Yancey could be facing more charges for his five-and-a-half month flight from custody. Yancey, who was returned to DeKalb County Jail on Sept. 26, was captured while sitting at a bar in the fishing town of Punta Gorda, in the central American country of Belize on Sept. 12. District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming said Thursday that she was evaluating case law to see if additional charges can be brought against the former DeKalb sheriff’s deputy following his escape. Yancey is already facing mali- cious murder and weapons charges in the June 8, 2008, shooting deaths of his wife, Linda Yancey, and Mexi- can day laborer Marcial Cax Puluc at his Southland subdivision home in Stone Mountain. Yancey had not seen a judge since his return to the county. District attorney spokesman Orzy Theus said no court date has been set for his trial. He said Yancey’s murder case will be tried by DeKalb Superior Court Judge Linda Warren Hunter. “We expect the case to be on Hunter’s next trial calendar,” Theus said Thursday. “Judge Hunter has not given us the dates of the cal- endar yet.” Yancey initially told police that he killed Puluc who shot his wife during a robbery. Investigators say that forensic evidence indicates that he killed both people. Yancey was on house arrest at his mother’s Jonesboro home when he tampered with his ankle monitoring bracelet and fled the state on a Greyhound bus on April 6. The monitoring company did not report his escape until 11 hours after they lost the signal. Yancey, who had altered his appearance with a beard, is again clean-shaven and was wearing his hair braided in cornrows when he landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. He was escorted back into the country by U.S. marshals who nabbed him on information from a tipster. By McKenzie Jackson DeKalb’s flood victims can now apply for low-interest loans at a Disaster Recovery Center at Browns Mill Recreation Center in Lithonia. The state of Georgia and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) opened the center on Wednesday, 12 days after the Sept. 18 floods that displaced ho- meowners, damaged homes and businesses, and washed out bridges and roads across metro Atlanta. The center at 5101 Browns Mill Road joins a center for residents of Rockdale and Newton counties that opened Tuesday in Meeting Room 1 in the Rockdale Government Annex Building, 1400 Parker Road in Conyers. Both centers are open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays. As of Tuesday, 1,740 people – 1,638 in DeKalb and 102 in Rockdale – had registered for individual assistance from FEMA. Kurt Pickering, a FEMA spokesman, said East Metro residents are among more than 10,500 individuals who have applied for aid in the 17 counties declared disaster areas. “$17.8 million has been approved so far,” he said Thursday. Flood victims are asked to register online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 800-462-7585 before visiting the center. The toll-free numbers are staffed 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week until further notice. Help in all languages is available. Mark Neveau, a FEMA coordination of- ficer, said this week that the Disaster Recovery Centers exist to provide information to flood victims. At the recovery center, FEMA officials can check an individual’s case and answer questions about their application, or review McKenzie JacKson / crossroadsnews curtis ParKer / crossroadsnews Please see FLOODS, page 3 Jay Fields, a contractor with Carpet Fresh in Peachtree City, dumps flood-damaged items removed from DeKalb Commissioner Lee May’s Lithonia home in the Lakes at Kilkenny.

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COVER PAGETaking on domestic violenceMINISTRY

Jessica Nu-nan of Caminar Latino is among speakers at a training workshop for faith-based organizations interested in com-batting domestic violence. 9

Students at Princeton El-ementary School in Lithonia found a lasting way to honor a schoolmate who was killed in the crosswalk in front of the school. 3

Remembering KameronYOUTH

Stephenson High tackle Michael Thorn-ton played well enough to be named the At-lanta Touchdown Club’s Defensive Player of the Week. 10

Stellar defenderSPORTS

Fugitive murder suspect Yancey back in DeKalb jailVolume 15, Number 22

Disaster center to assist flood victimsDerrick Yancey arrived back in the United States from Belize in cuffs. U.S. Marshals handed him over to the DeKalb Sheriff Fugitive Squad outside the

Flood waters (at left) swamp a home in Rockdale County.At right, DeKalb County officials view damage to a bridge on Redan Road at North Redan Circle in Lithonia.

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Accused double-murder sus-pect Derrick Yancey could be facing more charges for his five-and-a-half month flight from custody.

Yancey, who was returned to DeKalb County Jail on Sept. 26, was captured while sitting at a bar in the fishing town of Punta Gorda, in the central American country of Belize on Sept. 12.

District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming said Thursday that she was evaluating case law to see if additional charges can be brought against the former DeKalb sheriff ’s deputy following his escape.

Yancey is already facing mali-cious murder and weapons charges

in the June 8, 2008, shooting deaths of his wife, Linda Yancey, and Mexi-can day laborer Marcial Cax Puluc at his Southland subdivision home in Stone Mountain.

Yancey had not seen a judge since his return to the county.

District attorney spokesman Orzy Theus said no court date has been set for his trial. He said Yancey’s murder case will be tried by DeKalb Superior Court Judge Linda Warren Hunter.

“We expect the case to be on Hunter’s next trial calendar,” Theus said Thursday. “Judge Hunter has not given us the dates of the cal-endar yet.”

Yancey initially told police that he killed Puluc who shot his wife

during a robbery. Investigators say that forensic evidence indicates that he killed both people.

Yancey was on house arrest at his mother’s Jonesboro home when he tampered with his ankle monitoring bracelet and fled the state on a Greyhound bus on April 6. The monitoring company did not report his escape until 11 hours after they lost the signal.

Yancey, who had altered his appearance with a beard, is again clean-shaven and was wearing his hair braided in cornrows when he landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. He was escorted back into the country by U.S. marshals who nabbed him on information from a tipster.

By McKenzie Jackson

DeKalb’s flood victims can now apply for low-interest loans at a Disaster Recovery Center at Browns Mill Recreation Center in Lithonia.

The state of Georgia and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) opened the center on Wednesday, 12 days after the Sept. 18 floods that displaced ho-meowners, damaged homes and businesses, and washed out bridges and roads across metro Atlanta.

The center at 5101 Browns Mill Road joins a center for residents of Rockdale and Newton counties that opened Tuesday in Meeting Room 1 in the Rockdale Government Annex Building, 1400 Parker Road in Conyers. Both centers are open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays.

As of Tuesday, 1,740 people – 1,638 in DeKalb and 102 in Rockdale – had registered for individual assistance from FEMA.

Kurt Pickering, a FEMA spokesman, said East Metro residents are among more than 10,500 individuals who have applied for aid in the 17 counties declared disaster areas.

“$17.8 million has been approved so far,” he said Thursday.

Flood victims are asked to register online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 800-462-7585 before visiting the center.

The toll-free numbers are staffed 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week until further notice. Help in all languages is available.

Mark Neveau, a FEMA coordination of-ficer, said this week that the Disaster Recovery Centers exist to provide information to flood victims.

At the recovery center, FEMA officials can check an individual’s case and answer questions about their application, or review

McKenzie JacKson / crossroadsnews

curtis ParKer / crossroadsnews

Please see FLOODS, page 3

Jay Fields, a contractor with Carpet Fresh in Peachtree City, dumps flood-damaged items removed from DeKalb Commissioner Lee May’s Lithonia home in the Lakes at Kilkenny.

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Six DeKalb cities – Avondale, Clarkston, Chamblee, Pine Lake, Decatur and Lithonia – and the city of Atlanta, which has neigh-borhoods in DeKalb County, are electing council members, commis-sioners and mayors. There is also a

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Recovery specialists also can supply contacts for other programs that may be able to help.

“There will be a number of agencies there, not just FEMA,” he said. “If you’ve lost paperwork, if you need assistance with your flood insurance you can come down to that facility and we can help you.”

Employees of the U.S. Small Business Administration will an-swer questions about the SBA’s low-interest disaster loan program for homeowners, renters, businesses and private non-profit organiza-tions to repair or replace real estate or personal property damaged by the storms and flooding.

Victims who are unable to go to the center should call the SBA Customer Service Center weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 1-800-659-2955 for information and assistance, or visit www.sba.gov/

services/disasterassistance. Flood victims can also send an

email to [email protected].

As of Thursday, 38 DeKalb resi-dents had visited the center.

DeKalb government will also get federal funds to help pay for emergency measures and to repair, restore or replace public facilities damaged or destroyed by storms and flooding.

On Wednesday, DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis, District 7 Commis-sioner Connie Stokes and Public Safety Director William Miller toured a dozen South DeKalb lo-cations damaged by the floods, in-cluding Harmony Hills subdivision, Stone Mill Manor, New Beginning Church on Pleasant Hill Road, the Yellow River Bridge, North Deshon Road at Waters Edge, Redan Road and Shadow Rock Drive.

FLOODS, FrOm page 1 DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis (center) and other county officials tour the county to see the damage caused by flooding.

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State Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Ben-field will be serving another term on the DeKalb School System’s Environmental Council. Benfield, who represents House District 85, was reappointed on Sept. 24. She said she is proud to be part of the school system’s continued effort to “Go Green” and implement a system-wide recycling program.

The Environmental Council works to maintain an environmentally conscious school system through curriculum and educational programs. It also seeks to implement and ensure sustainability in the Green Cleaning Building Plan, water conservation, green buildings and facili-ties, lighting improvements and system-wide recycling.

DeKalb Health director Dr. Sandra Elizabeth Ford will be the keynote speaker at Pride Rings In Stone Mountain’s Oct. 8 meeting at St. Timothy United Methodist Church in Stone Mountain.

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the 7 p.m. meeting. She will discuss the H1N1

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St. Timothy United Method-ist Church is at 5365 Memorial Drive. For more information, call state Rep. Michele Henson at 404-296-1442.

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Fourteen schools were recognized for outstanding student performances on state standardized tests.

Participant shines in summer jobs program 8

Chaz McCrary was wrapping up a two-month summer job at Staples when he heard about the DeKalb Workforce Development Summer Employment Program.

Accident victim remembered in school library 8

“Kameron’s Corner,” was unveiled Sept. 18 in memory of second-grader Kameron Michael Dunmore, who was killed in an auto accident on his way to school in February.

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Ret. U.S. Col. Ann Wright will deliver the keynote address at 10 anti-war rallies and con-ferences around metro Atlanta on Oct. 5-7.

Wright, a peace advo-cate and author of “Dis-sent: Voices of Conscience – Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq,” is appearing in Atlanta to mark the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001.

Her visit is sponsored by the Georgia Peace and Justice Coali-tion. In DeKalb County, Wright will visit Agnes Scott College in downtown Decatur and Emory University in Atlanta.

The 35-year military veteran was one of three U.S. State Department officials who resigned in 2003 to protest the Iraq invasion. Since then she was become a lead-ing spokesperson for the national anti-war move-ment. Wright says the

number U.S. military and CIA at-tacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan are on the increase and sometimes kill innocent people.

“The U.S. is getting deeper and deeper in a historical quagmire that western powers will never resolve,” she said.

On Oct. 5, Wright will lead a 9:30 p.m. discussion titled “U.S. Policy in Afghanistan” at Oxford

College of Emory University, 100 Hamil St., Oxford.

On Oct. 6, she will attend the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda’s “U.S. Policy in Iraq and Afghanistan” luncheon. The noon luncheon, convened by Dr. Joseph Lowery, will be at the Atlanta Life Building, 100 Auburn Ave., Suite 102, in Atlanta. At 4 p.m. that day, she will lead a discussion titled “How Can Women in America Help Stop Wars on Women in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza?” at Agnes Scott College’s Alston Campus Center, 141 East College Ave., De-catur. At 6 p.m., she will speak at the “War in Afghanistan: Another Vietnam?” at First Iconium Bap-tist Church, 542 Moreland Ave., Atlanta. Wright will sign copies of

her book and the church choir will perform.

On Oct. 7, Wright and other members of Veterans for Peace will hold a 10 a.m. press conference at the Atlanta Veterans Administra-tion Medical Center, 1670 Clair-mont Road in Decatur. At noon, she will take part in a discussion titled “U.S. Foreign Policy in Iraq and Afghanistan: Women’s and Ethical Issues” at the Emory Uni-versity Center for Ethics. Then at 3 p.m., she will appear at an anti-war seminar at Georgia State Univer-sity’s Troy Moore Library, General Classroom Building, 38 Peachtree Center Ave., in Atlanta.

For more information, call visit www.GeorgiaPeace.org or call 404-522-4500.

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Volunteers can roll up their sleeves with DeKalb District 3 Commissioner Larry Johnson and pick up litter along Wesley Cha-pel Road and Covington Highway on Oct. 10.

The Neighborhood Cleanup kicks off at 8:30 a.m. Volunteers will pick up trash along Wesley Chapel Road between Hairston Road and Covington Highway and on Cov-ington between Memorial Drive and Wesley Chapel.

Johnson said litter af-fects everyone who lives in DeKalb County. He said a dirty county causes potential businesses to locate elsewhere.

“As residents and business owners in the area, we have to do all we can to keep our com-

munity beautiful and inviting,” said Johnson, founder of the DeKalb County Litter Patrol.

He said that often when the patrol cleans an area, trash is there

again within a few hours.“Community cleanups like this

are good, but community engage-ment on a daily basis are critical components of winning this battle against litter,” Johnson said.

Volunteers will meet in the parking lot of the Everett Institute at 2460 Wesley Chapel Road.

They must bring their own gloves. Garbage bags and pick-up sticks will be provided, while sup-plies last.

For more information, call 404-371-2988.

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Bargains galore will be available at the city of Stone Mountain’s community wide yard sale on Oct. 10. The annual event offers churches, schools, clubs, youth and commu-nity groups and individuals to sell everything from clothes to furniture.

It takes place at First Baptist Church, 5306 Mimosa Drive, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Set up starts at 7:30 p.m. Vending space under the pavilion is $20. On the lawn it is $10. Vendors must provide their own tables. No food vending is allowed.

For more information or to register, call Stone Mountain City Hall at 770-498-8984 or Susan Coletti at 404-444-5607.

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Consumers can shop tax free for energy efficient appliances through Oct. 4.

The annual Energy Star and WaterSense tax-free holiday, which kicked off Thursday, ex-empts shoppers from local or state taxes for eligible items valued up to $1,500.

Gov. Sonny Perdue said the weekend helps created a culture of conservation in Geor-gia.

“The Energy Star and WaterSense Sales Tax Holiday is a perfect opportunity for Georgians to save money at the cash regis-ter and on their water and energy bills,” he said.

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Small business owners can improve their chances of getting federal contracts by taking the new “Recovery Act Opportunities: How to Win Federal Contracts” online training course being offered by the U.S. Small Business Adminis-tration.

The training at www.sba.gov/fedcontractingtraining is part of a federal government initiative to enhance the contracting chances for small businesses, including those owned by military veterans, women, minorities and disadvantaged in-dividuals.

SBA administrator Karen G. Mills said government contracts can play a key role in helping small businesses turn the corner in terms of expansion and job creation.

“But make no mistake,” she said. “The benefits the government receives are equally as impressive – working with small busi-nesses allows the federal government to work

with some of the most innovative companies in America, often with direct contact with the CEO.”

Mills said the online course will help businesses access the federal purchasing system and position themselves to compete for the com-mercial opportunities offered by government contracting.

The course, which is free and available round the clock, offers practical and fundamental steps to engage business owners in the federal contracting arena. It is indexed by subject matter to allow ease of use, and it includes multiple direct links to additional contracting resources.

The course uses both audio and script to provide information about the federal marketplace, contract rules and how to sell to the government and where to find contract and Recovery Act opportunities.

For more information, visit www.sba.gov.

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Energy Star products meet strict energy efficiency criteria set by the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency and the U.S. De-partment of Energy and can save consumers up to $600 a year off their energy bills.

Eligible appliances and products include dishwashers, clothes washers, air condition-ers, ceiling fans, fluorescent light bulbs, dehumidifiers, programmable thermostats, refrigerators, doors, windows and skylights.

The EPA started the WaterSense program to recognize major water consuming prod-ucts like bathroom sink faucets or aerators and high-efficiency toilets that are 20 percent more water-efficient and perform as well as or better than conventional models.

For more information, visit www.ener-gystar.gov, www.epa.gov/watersense or www.dor.ga.gov.

The clean-up after the Sept. 21 floods is in full swing across the county, which means scam artists are also on the loose.

Secretary of State Karen Han-del and the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association are warning home and business owners to be careful about who they pick to do their repairs.

Karen Handel said contractors are required to hold a state-issued license to do major structural repair, electrical, plumbing and HVAC and that it is illegal for a homeowner to obtain a building permit and use an unlicensed contractor to manage construction services.

“The person or business who obtains the permit could also as-sume the majority of liability for

Contractor Jay Fields with Peachtree City-based Carpet Fresh checks moisture levels in a DeKalb home that was damaged by flood waters.

the project, leaving the consumer with little to no legal recourse,” she said. Chris Burke, the Greater At-lanta Home Builders Association’s vice president of government af-fairs, said consumers should check to see whether a contractor has a Georgia license before they hire.

In the wake of the floods, Burke said they were inundated with calls from contractors from South Caro-lina, North Carolina and Alabama inquiring about how to get a tem-porary license in Georgia.

He said there are 8,000 contrac-tors in Georgia and they are listed at http://sos.georgia.gov/plb.

“You can search for them on the website,” he said. Consumers can also file complaints at the same website.

Handel offers these red flags that you may be dealing with a dishonest individual:n A person going door-to-door selling their services. n A person who offers services for a short time only, which makes consumers feel rushed and unable to research the contractor. n Pressure to pay for more than half of the cost up front. n Refusal or reluctance to set out complete and specific contract terms in writing. n Lack of permanent and verifiable name, address and phone number of the business.

For additional consumer tips, visit the Secretary of State’s Profes-sional Licensing Boards website at http://sos.georgia.gov.

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“Three months is just a delayed death sentence. It is just pulling the plug a few months later instead

of before.” Dorothy Leone-Glasser

By McKenzie Jackson

Grady Memorial Hospital will close its out-patient dialysis clinic on Saturday but it will pay for up to 51 patients to continue to get treatment elsewhere for three months.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural D. Glanville cleared the way for the closure of the clinic on Sept. 25, nine days after he issued a Sept. 16 injunction to stop the center from closing.

Glanville’s order said advocates and patients who petitioned the court for the temporary re-straining order did not have any evidence that suggested the closing of the clinic would cause them irreparable harm.

The cash-strapped hospital system said it had contracted with Fresenius Medical Care at 100 Galleria Parkway in southeast Atlanta to con-tinue dialysis treatment for up 51 of the clinic’s patients.

Dorothy Leone-Glasser, a registered nurse and member of the Grady Advocates for Responsible Care, said patients are now receiving letters from Grady directing them to Fresenius’ kidney dialysis center. She said the 35 patients they are working with are still scared and upset.

“Three months is just a delayed death sen-tence,” Leone-Glasser said. “It is just pulling the plug a few months later instead of before.”

Dialysis patient supporters have been protest-ing the clinic’s closing because they said Grady was pressuring patients to seek treatment elsewhere without giving them a written contract to explain why the dialysis clinic was closing its doors.

Advocates also say that many of the clinic’s 96 patients are Hispanic and have nowhere else to go to seek treatment.

Grady, the region’s safety-net hospital which is supported by tax dollars from Fulton and DeKalb counties, has been struggling financially for years. Denise Williams, Grady’s senior vice president of operations, said last month that it costs $3 million a year to keep the clinic open and that most of the

Wellness “This information is used to manipulate, isolate, violate, emotionally and physically abuse us.”

Grady will close dialysis clinic Saturday Workshop offers information on diabetes care, management

Class teaches how to spot abuser

clinic’s patients lack health insurance or means of paying for the treatments.

In his order, Glanville noted that Grady will provide patients with free outpatient for three months; provide information and assistance to the patients in order to ensure continued outpatient dialysis through other service providers outside of Grady Health System; and assist the patients in efforts to relocate to their country of origin or to other states of their choice where they can get dialysis services.

The hospital system has also said it will provide patients seeking to return to Mexico or certain other Latin American countries with assistance through MexCare, a network of over 30 hospi-tals, dialysis treatment centers and physicians in Latin America. MexCare will provide 90 days of dialysis treatment along with assistance in plac-ing individuals on health care plans within their country of origin.

Grady will also establish a hotline to provide continuing guidance to the patients for a period of 120 days.

On Thursday, Grady spokeswoman Denise Simpson said the hospital will help patients find other dialysis centers to get treatment and help with relocation.

Leone-Glasser said advocates are approaching all the major dialysis companies in an attempt to bring them together to see if each can take a few patients. She also said they are exploring options to take Grady to court again.

“We feel its worth it on behalf of these pa-tients,” she said.

Adults can learn how to identify an abuser at an Oct. 10 domestic violence awareness class at DeKalb Technical College in Clarkston.

The 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. session is be-ing organized by Angels In Distress, a nonprofit that provides training in anger management, coping skills, housing, restructuring and self-esteem for offenders or victims of domestic violence.

Janie Deawyler, Angels In Distress founder and executive director, said victims of domestic violence often share what is in their hearts with people they should not.

Diabetics can get information on managing their illness at a two-part diabetes education workshop this month at the House of Grace Health Care Clinic in Decatur.

Workshop sessions will take place Oct. 5 and 19. Registered nurse Kristin Echelbarger is leading the workshop, which takes place both days from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The classes will discuss diabetes self-management based on the Ameri-can Association of Diabetes Educators Curriculum.

DeKalb has 37,000 diabetics, one of the highest numbers in the state. The chronic disease, which is marked by high levels of sugar in blood, leads to fatigue, blurred vision, hypertension, stroke, peripheral vascular and heart

“This information is used to ma-nipulate, isolate, violate, emotionally and physically abuse us,” she said.

The Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence says there were 111 fatalities attributed to domestic violence in Georgia last year.

The free class is open to anyone who wants to know the signs and symptoms of domestic violence.

DeKalb Technical College is at 495 North Indian Creek Drive in Clark-ston.

For more information or to regis-ter, visit www.angelsindistress.event-brite.com or call 770-873-5401.

diseases, and erectile dysfunction in men.

Participants will learn seven es-sential self-care behaviors including healthy eating, taking medications, being active, problem solving, moni-toring, reducing risks, and healthy coping.

The House of Grace is a free health care ministry of Bethesda Baptist Church. It also provides free individual counseling with a diabetes education specialist by appointment.

Assistance with medication grants will also be available.

The House of Grace Health Care Clinic is at 3567 Covington Highway in Decatur. For more information, email [email protected], or call Rev. Terrance J. Gattis at 404-298-6078.

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“It broke the cycle of poverty for me,” she told them, adding that volunteering can lead to full-time jobs.

Jeremy Clark, vice president of Island Def Jam Records, who was the ceremony’s guest speaker, said that a lot of kids he speaks with want to grow up to be rappers or ball players.

“The chance that you will be the next Lil Wayne, LeBron or Beyonce is slim to nothing,” he said, “but in the music industry, there are lots of stuff you can do behind the scene as producers, writers and attorneys.”

Clark, who graduated from

“Kameron’s Corner,” is now official at Princeton Elementary School in Lithonia.

The reading area in the li-brary of the Lithonia school was unveiled Sept. 18 in memory of second-grader Kameron Michael Dunmore, who was killed in an auto accident on his way to school in February.

The corner includes a portrait of Kameron and a mounted plaque that remembers him as great classmate, avid reader and school leader.

Kameron, 7, was hit by an SUV on Feb. 2 while walking across the

The DeKalb School System is getting $52 million in federal stimulus funds to create and maintain hundreds of jobs in

the district.Fourth District Con-

gressman Hank Johnson said the funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will save or create 530 jobs in the DeKalb school district.

The funds for De-Kalb are part of $96.3 million in stimulus funds coming to the 4th Congressional District that includes portions of DeKalb, Gwinnett and Rockdale counties.

Gwinnett County School System will receive $40 million in stimulus cash; Rock-dale schools, $4.3 million; and Decatur city schools, $927,000.

Johnson said jobs and the economy must be the country’s number one priority now and that he was thinking about teach-

Youth “By saving or creating these critical teaching jobs we not only help working families but also preserve quality education for our children.”

Workforce Development participant shines in summer jobs program

Young accident victim remembered in elementary school library

Schools lauded for improvements Stimulus funds help maintain jobs

school crosswalk on his way to school.

The driver, Shirley Ogilvie of

The reading corner in the library at Princeton Elementary School renamed in honor of Kameron Dunmore.

Snellville, is facing charges of ho-micide by vehicle, and failure to yield right of way to a pedestrian

and pedestrian-control signals. No court date has been set.

Classmates and teachers re-member Kameron’s passion for reading and renamed their book club the Kameron Dunmore Book Club. The school also started the Kameron Dunmore Reading Award to honor students who earn accel-erated reading points.

Adrienne Burnett, who taught Kameron last year, said he came to class every day excited to learn.

“I can’t remember a time he was upset or not in a good mood,” she said. “When I pick up a book and read to my kids, I think of

By Jennifer Parker

Chaz McCrary was wrapping up a two-month summer job at Staples in Lithonia when he heard about the DeKalb Workforce De-velopment Summer Employment Program.

Little did he know that he would turn out to be the program’s star participant.

At the 2009 End of Work Ex-perience Appreciation Ceremony on Sept. 30, McCrary was called onstage to get the state’s Gold Certificate and the Georgia Work Ready Certificate which shows that an individual is skilled and ready to succeed at jobs throughout the state.

The awards were presented by Mia Presley of the Governor’s Of-fice of Workforce Development.

“Chaz, you have stood out,” Presley told him.

He was one of 500 young people ages 18 to 24 who participated in the six-week youth job training program, which terminated Sept. 30 with the ceremony at the Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center in Decatur. It was the second phase of the county’s summer program, which trained 1,000 teens and young adults.

Participants were paid $10 an hour for the 25-hours-a-week of job experience and enrichment training. As part of the program they worked in county offices and with DeKalb Parks and Recreation

as well as with private companies.Chaz aced the state’s Work Ready

assessment during the program and became one 5,321 DeKalb residents who have earned certificates since January 2007. He joins only 607 DeKalb residents who have received the program’s Gold Certificate.

Presley said yesterday that he was the state’s only Workforce participant to get the Gold certi-fication.

Statewide, DeKalb County ac-counted for nearly 10 percent of the 11,000 youths trained statewide this summer with $11 million in fund-ing from the American Recovery or Stimulus Plan.

Linda Johnson, Georgia De-partment of Labor assistant com-

missioner, said that after 11 years of no funding, President Barack Obama provided the funds that helped the state to train and put young people to work.

During the ceremony, Johnson and other speakers encouraged the “graduates” to stay focused on the goals they set for themselves during the program, consider post-second-ary education and volunteering if jobs don’t come right away.

“Use this program as a stepping stone,” Johnson told them.

Betty Davis who was site su-pervisor for the participants who interned with the DeKalb CEO’s Office told them that she is a gradu-ate of DeKalb Workforce Develop-ment.

Hank Johnson

Chaz McCrary (right) received the tate’s Gold Certificate and the Georgia Work Ready Certificate at DeKalb Workforce Development’s End of Work Experience Appreciation Ceremony.

Fourteen south and central DeKalb schools were among 25 county schools recognized for outstanding student perfor-mances on state standardized tests during the second annual Superintendent’s Distin-guished Achievement Awards on Sept. 29.

The awards, based on student perfor-mance on the Criterion-Referenced Com-petency Tests (CRCT), the Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT), the End-of-Course Tests (EOCT) and the state Writing Tests, were given for Improvement and Achievement.

The CRCT Improvement winners are Rock Chapel, Hambrick, Peachcrest and Stoneview elementary schools; Stone Moun-tain and Tucker middle schools; and the Academy of Lithonia.

In the CRCT Achievement group, Austin, Oak Grove, Wadsworth Magnet and Evans-dale elementary schools were winners.

On the End-of-Course Test, Destiny Academy of Excellence Charter School in Ellenwood was recognized for improvements

in American Literature and Composition, in Ninth Grade Literature and Composition and on the Georgia High School Graduation Test, it was recognized for improvements in Mathematics, English-Language Arts and Social Studies.

On the EOCT test, Stone Mountain was recognized for improvements in U.S. His-tory. Clarkston High School was recognized for improvements on the Georgia Writing Tests.

The DeKalb schools were among el-ementary, middle and high schools and educational centers across Georgia honored by State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox for high achievement and the greatest improvement on state curriculum tests.

Cox said the awards are a small token of appreciation for the hard work put in by teachers, students and school communities.

“Congratulations on these outstanding results and thank you for helping Georgia lead the nation in improving student achieve-ment,” she said in letters to the schools.

ing jobs and programs that are critical for maintaining schools and putting citizens back to work and on the road to financial stability when he voted for the Recovery Act.

“By saving or creating these critical teaching jobs we not only help working families but also preserve quality education for our children,” he said.

The school system’s Title I programs will get $32 million for the creation of 51 teaching positions, while $23 million will offset state austerity cuts and save 388 positions.

DeKalb special education programs will get $21 million that will create 91 jobs.

School Superintendent Dr. Crawford Lewis welcomed the stimulus funds and noted that the state government has cut more than $100 million from the district since 2004. “The Recovery funds are crucial for us to maintain or even expand educa-tional opportunities to the kids who need it most,” he said.

Lakeside High School exhorted the young people to pick their com-pany carefully.

“Surround yourself with the right people who have your best interest at heart,” he said. “Sitting around smoking weed and playing Playstation ain’t going to get it. Let’s reprogram ourselves.”

Charlette Wynn, ceo of The Small Business Center in Stone Mountain, which trained 75 of the youths as a Workforce Develop-ment contractor, asked the group to let go of the past.

“Focus on your future, not your past,” she said.

Chaz, who did his intern-ship with DeKalb County Fleet Maintenance Department, was so impressive on job, Workforce De-velopment gave him a two-month extension.

He begins work again on Monday and will work through end of Novem-ber. Chas, who is 2005 graduate of Clarkston High School, is complet-ing his college degree on-line at the University of West Georgia and hopes to become a television or radio broadcaster.

On top of that, he said Thursday that he found out that there are lots of companies interested in people with Work Ready program.

“They are really looking for people with the certification,” he said. “I am exploring the list.”

Kameron.” During the ribbon-cutting cer-

emony for Kameron’s Corner, class-mates gave his mother and father, Karen and Michael, handmade “We will miss you” inspiration cards.

Princeton Elementary Princi-pal Juanita Letcher asked people attending the ceremony to think about how many children will go into the school’s media center and see Kameron’s name.

“If there’s just an ounce of in-fluence on that child’s life to enjoy reading, to pick up a book, this day and its volume will live on forever,” she said.

Jeremy Clark

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A ceremonial walk in the Oakland Cemetery will kick-off the 162nd anniversary celebra-tion of Big Bethel AME Church on Oct. 4.

Members of the oldest Afri-can American church in metro Atlanta will stroll through the historic burial ground at 3 p.m. to lay wreaths at the gravesites of Big Bethel founders Rev. Joseph Woods and Bishop Wes-ley John Gaines. The church’s Heaven Bound Choir will also perform.

The church’s “Sharing Our Legacy, Celebrating Our Victories, Fulfilling Our Mission” anniver-sary celebration runs through Oct. 18.

Big Bethel AME Church, which was founded in 1847, precedes the incorporation of the city of Atlanta, which was then known as Marthasville.

After the Civil War, the church associated with the African Meth-odist Church. In 1866 the Rev. Joseph Woods was the first pastor of Big Bethel A.M.E. Church.

In 1879, Atlanta’s first public school for African Americans, the Gate City Colored School, was founded in the basement of Big Bethel.

Two years later in 1881, Mor-ris Brown College, which is still the only college in Georgia started solely by blacks, held classes in the church’s lower level.

Over the decades, the church hosted many national and inter-national leaders. In 1911, U.S. President William H. Taft spoke from the Big Bethel’s pulpit at in 1990, South African civil rights icon Nelson Mandela spoke at the church.

The two-week celebration will also include a concert featuring Philip Skerrett, a book signing and two special worship services.

Skerrett, a Clark Atlanta Uni-versity music department staff ac-companist, will play the organ.

After the concert, Pennye G. Hicks will sign copies of “The Si-lent Warrior,” the autobiography of African American businesswoman Evelyn J. Frazier, who died last year. Hicks wrote the book for Frazier.

The Rev. Donna Calix, the senior pastor at St. James AME Church in Monticello, Ga., will deliver the sermon at the 7:45 a.m. service on Oct. 18. The service is a coming home for Calix, who served on the staff of Big Bethel AME for nearly a decade.

The Rev. Dr. Robert Franklin, Morehouse College president, will preach at the 11 a.m. service. Admission to all of the anniversary events is free.

Big Bethel is at 220 Auburn Ave. in downtown Atlanta. For more information, contact Char-leise Young at [email protected] and 404-344-4457, or Donna Williams at [email protected] or call 404-349-5615.

Domestic violence workshop targets faith-based groups

Celebration to mark Big Bethel’s 162nd year

MinistrY “We are asking all of DeKalb’s faith-based organizations to come out to be empowered and educated about domestic violence.”

New Life taking ministry to the streets on Candler Road

Churches, mosques and other faith-based organizations have until Oct. 9 to register for an Oct. 17 domestic violence training workshop being hosted by DeKalb Solicitor-General Robert James at the Manuel Maloof Auditorium in downtown Decatur.

James is sponsoring the event to help focus attention on domes-tic violence during October, which observed nationally as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

James, who has been in office since 2007, says his office annually prosecutes more than 2,500 misde-meanor domestic violence cases.

“We are asking all of DeKalb’s faith-based organizations to come out to be empowered and educated about domestic violence,” he said.

“Our goal is to work directly with the every aspect of the com-munity and engage them in the process of combating domestic violence.”

Robert James Betsy RamseyLeRoya Jennings Steen Miles

The Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence in De-catur says that in 2008, 111 adults and children were killed in domes-tic violence incidents in Georgia.

Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 this year, the DeKalb District Attorney’s Office prosecuted 592 domestic violence cases.

The four-hour workshop will include eight sessions on domestic violence issues.

Dr. Tommy Snow, a state-certified instructor of FVIP for New Birth Ministries and Genesis 8 will lead a discussion on “Domes-tic Violence in the Church,” and

Caminar Latino executive director Jessica Nunan will discuss the “Dy-namics of Domestic Violence.”

Betsy Ramsey, the solicitor-general’s victim/witness coordi-nator, will discuss “Stalking in the Church.” DeKalb Police Domestic Violence Unit Sgt. Jay Eisner will discuss “Policing and Protecting the Victim,” Deputy Chief Assistant Solicitor of the Domestic Violence Unit LeRoya Chester Jennings will the Solicitor-General’s domestic violence squad; and Anna Blau, the executive director for the Interna-tional Women’s House in Decatur, will speak on “Victim Safety.”

The “Collaborating with Com-munity Based Agencies” segment will be led by Victoria Ferguson, the safe house advocate with the Women’s Resource Center, and former state Sen. Steen Miles will give “Words of Power.”

The free event will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a 30-minute breakfast and registration session.

James said the county’s leaders in the faith-based community are important in helping stem the tide of domestic violence in DeKalb.

“My office is excited to join with various faith-based organi-zations and area nonprofit groups to bring awareness of domestic violence and offer solutions and guidance on a critical community issue,” he said.

The Manual Maloof Audito-rium is at 1300 Commerce Drive in Decatur. For more information or to register, call LeRoya Chester Jennings at 404-371-2234.

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By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Two Friday nights in August, Pastor Marlin D. Harris and a dozen members of New Life Com-munity Baptist Church went out on Candler Road at midnight to find out what really happens on the streets around their commu-nity center.

Harris, senior pastor of the Lithonia Church that operates the New Life Community Center campus on Flat Shoals Road, said they spoke with about 50 people over both nights and found home-lessness, prostitution, drug use and trade, and domestic violence.

Harris and the church members walked the corridor from I-285 to the south to McAfee Road on the north and videotaped their conver-sations with the people they met.

“They shared their pain,” Harris said Thursday. “I just feel that the church is called to some-thing.”

Those stories and New Life’s belief that the church must go out-side its walls, are now the founda-tion of a “Meet Me at the Corner” Community Wide Day of Prayer initiative that the church is doing within a one-and-a-half mile radius of the church on Oct. 10 and 17.

Harris said the Bible says that if we pray, the Lord will heal the land, and that it also speaks about the need to help people.

“It’s not just praying,” he said. “If people are hungry we need to feed them. If they are naked we need to clothe them. It’s about practical ministry.”

More than 900 of New Life’s

3,500 members have signed up to canvass the neighborhoods between I-285 and McAfee Road. When they are done, Harris said they hope to touch 9,000 people.

But even though the initiative originates from his church, Harris said that it’s not a New Life-only effort.

“This is not just for members of our church,” he said. “Any church, any mosque, any faith group that wants to participate can join us. All you have to do is believe in the power of prayer.”

Volunteers will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 10 at the New Life Community Center and branch out

in teams of two to go door-to-door to canvass people’s prayer and practical needs, and invite them to designated corners to pray.

On Oct. 17, they will return to the community to pray along with social service help. They will distribute Bibles, food boxes, and Kroger cards. Harris said they willl seek people who need help with drug abuse rehabilitation and counseling, transitional housing and resume preparation and Inter-net job search.

Harris said they want people who are down and out and suffer-ing to know that someone cares and that they are loved.

“We can’t just sing the song and preach the sermon,” he said. “It’s more than just coming by on Sunday to service. It’s about how can we change lives.”

New Life Community Center is at 3592 Flat Shoals Road in Decatur. For more information,call 770-322-6262.

“It’s not just praying. If people are hungry we need to feed them. If they are naked we need to clothe them.

It’s about practical ministry.”” Pastor Marlin D. Harris

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Former Jaguar plays first game for MemphisBy McKenzie Jackson

Former Stephenson High football star Marcus Ball registered five tackles and a pass deflection during his first game with the University of Memphis on Sept. 26.

T h e 6 - f o o t - 1 , 210-pound Ball, 22, who transferred to Memphis from Pearl River (Miss.) Com-munity College, played at safety during the Tigers’ 27-16 loss to the Marshall University Thundering Herd at Liberty Bowl Memo-rial Stadium in Memphis, Tenn.

Ball had to sit out the Tigers’ first three games due to academic issues stemming from his playing career at Florida State University, from 2006 to 2008.

After the loss, Ball, a 2006 Stephenson graduate, told Memphis media outlets that it felt real good to be on the football field again.

“I got some pre-game jitters, but you are going to have those at whatever level you play. But it felt good to get back out there,” he said. “I felt like myself again.”

Last season with the Pearl River Wild-cats, Ball was an All-American safety and had 53 tackles and two interceptions in nine games. In his two seasons with Florida State, Ball played in a total of 13 games and recorded 34 tackles, one sack, three pass deflectons, one interception and a fumble recovery.

He played in only four games his first season because of an injury to his left knee. His Florida State career ended when he drew a three-game suspension for his part in an online cheating scandal.

Memphis (1-3) will play the University of Central Florida Knights on Oct. 3.

Marcus Ball

By McKenzie Jackson

Stephenson defensive tackle Michael Thornton’s stellar play in the Jaguars’ 34-14 win over Ware County has earned him the Touchdown Club of Atlanta’s Defensive Line-man of the Week Award.

Thornton, a 6-foot-2, 280-pound senior, had two sacks and two tackles for loss, broke up two passes and forced a fumble during the Sept. 18 contest.

Thornton received the award on Sept. 28 during the Touchdown Club’s meeting at the

Fox Sports Grill in Atlanta. The other award winners were Lassiter

High School’s Hutson Mason, who was the Back of the Week, and McEachern High School’s Kyle Hockman, who was the Coach of the Week. Dutchtown High School was the Team of the Week.

Thornton, who has not yet committed to a college program, is one of the most sought-after high school prospects in the country.

Football programs such as South Caro-lina, Georgia, Miami, Auburn, Penn State, Duke, Clemson, Mississippi State, North

Scouts say Michael Thornton, one of the most sought-after high school prospects in the country, is a physical defender against the rush.

Carolina State, Vanderbilt and Alabama have all recruited Thornton.

Scouts Inc., a national recruiting service, describes Thornton as a physical defender against the opponents rushing the ball.

“He displays good explosiveness out of his stance and consistently comes off the ball with good pad level,” a Scouts Inc. evaluation says. “Flashes the ability to combine that leverage with the use of his hands. When he brings his hands he can create some separa-tion and hold his ground.” In 2008, Thornton had 95 tackles and 2.5 sacks.

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