An 84-year-old Doraville man and a 63 year-old Central DeKalb woman are DeKalb’s first 2012 human victims of West Nile Virus.

The DeKalb Board of Health said Sept. 10 that both are recovering at home.

The board also said that a routine screening found West Nile virus in the blood of a 25-year-old man who also lives in central DeKalb County. He has not had symptoms.

“He was identified through a routine screening of blood he had donated,” the Board of Health said in a statement. “His donation did not get into the blood supply.”

Only 20 percent of people who become infected with West Nile virus have any symptoms at all.

DeKalb District Health Director Dr. S. Elizabeth Ford said it is very unfortunate that any of our DeKalb residents have developed a West Nile virus infection.

“I hope this reminds everyone to continue using precau-tions to avoid mosquito bites, since mosquitoes can carry the

to strategize. We need to educate each other. We need to find out the process to move on this. … Twenty years from now, none of us may be here, but at least we can do this for our children.”

John Evans, DeKalb NAACP president, said the community should work toward getting people who represent South DeKalb’s interests on MARTA’s board of directors.

“We want you to go back and say these folks want a rail system,” Evans told MARTA officials at the meeting. “Say it, and put a period behind it.”

DeKalb District 3 County Commissioner Larry Johnson kicked the meeting off by ask-ing the audience to “please get engaged.”

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Residents who fought to close the Live Oak Landfill in 2004 won’t have to pull out their protest signs again. Fears that the landfill may re-open are unfounded. 2

Gas line replacementCOMMUNITY

Friends and associates share fond memories of Callanwolde’s Dr. Samuel “Sam” Gold-man, who died unexpectedly on Sept. 10. 7

The story of legendary R&B artist Wilson Pickett will be staged at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center in Decatur. 9

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Residents balk at projections that extend to 2030

The Federal Transit Administration’s Locally Preferred Alternative includes extending the existing MARTA rail line from the Indian Creek Station to the Mall at Stonecrest, and Bus Rapid Transit service along I-20 between downtown Atlanta and Wesley Chapel Road.

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By Donna Williams Lewis

A community meeting arranged to gather comments on environmental impacts of MARTA’S I-20 East Corridor plan took a different turn Tuesday night.

Frustrated members of the audience wanted to know why rail hasn’t already been extended to the Mall at Stonecrest and balked at projections that look out to 2030.

“We’ve already spent 40 years here trying to get transit and you’re talking 2030?” said Cherry Willis, a second vice president of teh DeKalb NAACP branch. “I hate to tell you how old I am, but 30 years from now I will not be riding rail.”

Transit improvements in the I-20 East Corridor have been in progressive study phases at MARTA for 10 years, according to I-20 Project Manager Janide Sidifall.

The year 2030 was not a construction date, but additional mandatory studies will

take at least another 10 years.“It’s unfortunately a long process but

one that we have to go through to get to that ultimate realization,” Sidifall said.

Two weeks ago, the Federal Transit Ad-ministration issued a notice of intent on the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) that came out of studies already conducted. The notice of intent allows the project to move into the environmental studies phase of the project development process.

Under the LPA , the existing MARTA rail line would extend from the Indian Creek Station to the Mall at Stonecrest, and Bus Rapid Transit service would be developed along I-20 between downtown Atlanta and Wesley Chapel Road.

The service is expected to carry almost 4.7 million riders annually. The new heavy rail is expected to reduce the annual auto-mobile miles driven in the corridor by more than 21 million miles.

The projected cost of the improvements is nearly $2 billion and the annual cost of operations and maintenance is expected to be $18 million.

MARTA officials were at the Porter San-ford III Performing Arts and Community Center on Sept. 11 for the second of three “public scoping meetings” on the plan held this week in Atlanta, Decatur and Lithonia.

Scoping is the first step of the environ-mental studies phase, when agencies, orga-nizations and the public shape the course of impact studies on a wide variety of factors including water and air quality, noise and vibration, land use and aesthetics.

But environmental impact took a back seat at the Porter Sanford meeting as resi-dents called each other to action.

“We need to accept the fact that we’ve already been screwed,” said Robert Douglas, one of about 75 people who attended the meeting. “This could be a fresh start. We need

Two DeKalb victims of West Nile virus recovering

18-year wait for rail deemed unacceptable

virus,” Ford said Monday. Mild symptoms of an infection are fever, headache,

body aches, nausea, vomiting and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a rash on the chest, stomach and back. These can last from a few days to several weeks.

The DeKalb cases come in the wake of three fatalities

from the virus and 21 confirmed cases statewide.Mosquitoes from 54 West Nile virus monitoring sites in

metro Atlanta and 20 in coastal and South Georgia have tested positive for the virus that can lead to brain or spinal cord swelling and death. The Georgia Department of Public Health has deemed these areas at high risk for West Nile virus transmission. Confirmed cases have also been reported in Cobb, Forsyth and Fulton counties.

Dr. J. Patrick O’Neal, director of health protection for the Department of Public Health, said West Nile virus is a growing concern.

“The problem of mosquitoes and West Nile Virus appears to be escalating in Georgia and across the country,” O’Neal said in an Aug. 24 statement. “More West Nile virus cases have been confirmed by the third week in August than at any time in the last 10 years.”

Symptoms of West Nile include headache, fever, neck discomfort, muscle and joint aches, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash that usually develop three to 15 days after being

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Lithonia tae kwon do instructor Adrian Spellen will be in court Sept. 17 for a pretrial hearing.

Spellen is charged with raping a 9-year-old female student in 2011 at his Powerkicks Martial Arts studio in Lithonia.

A DeKalb grand jury indicted Spellen on three counts of rape and aggravated child molestation on July 26, 2011. The indictment accuses him of having “carnal knowledge of” a 9-year-old girl between May 23 and June 3.

Spellen has denied the charges.He has been in jail since April 9. DeKalb

Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger revoked his bond after the alleged victim’s uncle spotted Spellen at the studio where children were present. At the time, he was out of jail on a $100,000 bond and ordered not to have contact with children under the age of 16.

Community “The more we’re educated, the more we can go forward. We can’t just focus on emotion. We’ve got to have our facts.”

Severe infection can lead to death

Court date for accused rapist

State CrematoriaCommittee seeks public input

State approves pipeline work at Live Oak landfill

DeKalb Schools answers SACS ahead of deadline

Commissioner encourage attendance at meetings

DeKalb Schools System says it has had challenges but is com-mitted to its accrediating agency’s standards.

In a Sept. 12 letter responding to AdvancED’s charges of stew-ardship failure on the part of the School Board and board interfer-ence in the district’s day-to-day operations, president School Su-perintendent Dr. Cheryl Atkinson listed 16 “systemic changes” she has made, with the school board’s approval, since joining the district a year ago.

“We welcome and embrace the assistance of AdvancED in ensur-

ing we are meeting the standards,” Atkinson wrote.

The district’s response comes two weeks after CEO Dr. Mark El-gart outlined the allegations against the board in an Aug. 28 letter. The district has 30 days to respond.

AdvancED is the parent com-pany of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools(SACS) which accredits the district.

Atkinson said the district has implemented financial and other plans to improve upon all standards and will monitor 2013 budget care-fully for compliance.

“We are continuing to make

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The Senate Crematoria Study Com-mittee, which is preparing legislative rec-ommendations to protect Georgia citizens from undersirable environmental and potential economic growth from crema-tories, will hold its first meeting on Sept. 20 at the Georgia State Capitol.

The 2 p.m.-4 p.m. meeting in Room 125 is chaired by Sen. Steve Henson (D-Tucker). It is the first in a series of regular meetings the committee will hold over the next three months to review the potential hazards of emissions released from crematories located near residential subdivisions.

Establishing crematories in residential communities has been controversial.

In July, dozens of South DeKalb resi-dents showed up at a community meeting to tell Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Homes that they did not want a crematory at its Flat Shoals Parkway location in De-catur. Faced with strident opposition, the funeral home abandoned its plans.

Henson, who represents House Dis-trict 41 which includes portions of DeKalb and Gwinnett counties, is the leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus.

For more information, email steve.henson@senate.ga.gov or call 404-656-0085.

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Live Oak Landfill, which has been the scene of much activity recently, is not re-opening.

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division said that the activity seen on the closed 195-acre landfill is merely work to replace an existing gas pipeline within a buffer easement.

The 24-inch Atlanta Gas Light pipeline requires replacement under the Georgia Public Service Commission’s Pipeline Re-placement Program.

In the July 20 application for the variance to work on the pipeline, Joshua Lawson, Jacobs Engineering’s solid waste technical manager, said the portion of the pipeline that crosses through the Live Oak Landfill buffer is part of a 28-mile Eastside Pipeline Replacement Project in Clayton, DeKalb and Fulton counties.

“Work within the easement will require some clearing in order to stage and operate directional drilling equipment,” Lawson wrote.

He promised to replant native vegetation in the disturbed area.

Lawson told EPD that in anticipation of the pipeline replacement activities, Waste Management met onsite with Atlanta Gas Light representatives and Jacobs Engineering to discuss project logistics.

In the Aug. 16 letter granting the variance, EPD said the work was to begin in August

2012 and conclude in August 2013.EPD director Judson H. Turner, who

wrote the letter granting the variance, said that areas disturbed during the replacement, “must be repaired and re-vegetated at the conclusion of the replacement activities.”

Brenda Jackson, secretary of the South DeKalb Neighborhoods Coalition, heaved a sigh of relief at the news that Waste Manage-ment was not trying to reopen the landfill.

“That’s good because we don’t have to start dealing with that again,” she said.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the SDNC fought to close the landfill, which be-gan operating at I-285 and Moreland Avenue

in November 1986. The SDNC, which was represented by the Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest in its lawsuit, succeeded in getting the landfill closed on Dec. 1, 2004.

Waste Management fought the residents all the way to the Georgia Supreme Court but lost on appeal.

When Live Oak buried its last truckload, it had garbage buried on 126 acres. It is still Georgia’s largest landfill.

Melanie Henry, director of the EPD’s Solid Waste Management Unit, which moni-tors landfills, said there is no chance that Live Oak would ever reopen as a landfill.

“It is very unlikely,” she said.

“We sent the message that we want to have rail in our community,” Johnson said. “This process moves us along to make that happen.”

Johnson was referring to the failed trans-portation special purpose local option sales tax referendum (T-SPLOST) on the July 31 ballot. He was among a lengthy list of elected officials and civic and community leaders who lobbied against T-SPLOST. Opponents said I-20 rail was past due in south DeKalb County, and a county that, particularly when Fulton and DeKalb are the only two counties that support MARTA.

The penny sales tax paid in the counties over the past 40 years has contributed more than $7.5 billion to MARTA through 2011.

On Tuesday, Johnson was looking for-ward, though.

“We want to have our ducks in a row in January,” he said, referring to transportation initiatives that could come up in the Legis-lature. Johnson encouraged the audience to attend MARTA board, the state Legislature’s MARTOC, and Atlanta Regional Commis-sion meetings. He said people should become familiar with MARTA’s many acronyms and

technical terminologies.“The more we’re educated, the more we

can go forward,” Johnson said. “We can’t just focus on emotion. We’ve got to have our facts.”

12 mile extension of heavy rail from Indian Creek

5 new heavy rail stations n Covington Highway n Wesley Chapel Road n Panola Road n Lithonia Industrial Boulevard n Mall at Stonecrest

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12.8 mile Bus Rapid Transit service5 Bus Rapid Transit centers n Five Points n Glenwood Park n Glenwood Avenue n Gresham Road n Wesley Chapel Road

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I-20 East Corridor detailsIn an interview after the meeting, Sidi-

fall said the environmental phase of the I-20 East Corridor effort will take about three to four years to complete.

That phase will be followed by engi-neering and design phases that could each take several years to complete, she said.

Cheryl King, MARTA’s assistant general manager for planning, said that reaching the construction phase – assuming re-quired local funding has been committed – could take at least 10 to 12 years.

She said that acquiring private money to support the project might help hasten that pace, “since we wouldn’t have to jump through all of the federal hoops.”

“It may be 10 to 15 years before we can use [the new system] but there will be … benefits as we go along this continuum,” King said.

Down the road, there will be jobs for surveyors, designers and construc-tion workers, and others, she said, and as people see the project take shape there will be interest in investing in adjacent land.

MARTA will accept written comments submitted by Oct. 15 to Janide Sidifall, Of-fice of Transit System Planning, MARTA, 2424 Piedmont Road N.E., Atlanta, GA 30324.

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necessary changes to address specific concerns that have been expressed by SACS, Board Members and commu-nity members,” she wrote.

Atkinson listed among the changes a forensic audit of the district’s finan-cial records which she initiates, the implementation of a modified zero-based budgeting process, restructuring of the central office – which eliminated 303 personnel, and delivering a new curriculum.

In March, SACS allowed the school system to keep its accreditation on advisement after a review team said that it found some improvement.

South DeKalb residents lobbied for the closure of Live Oak landfill in 2004.

bitten by an infected mosquito. The elderly, those with compromised

immune systems, or those with other un-derlying conditions are at greater risk for complications from the disease.

Of those who become infected, most will fight off the virus without any symptoms or will develop less severe West Nile fever. But about one in 150 people bitten by infected mosquitoes will develop encephalitis – in-flammation of the brain – or meningitis, which is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.

About 10 percent of people with a severe form of infection die from their illness, and others suffer from long-term nervous system problems.

For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm and www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/Repel-lentUpdates.htm. The Department of Public Health’s surveillance data on the West Nile virus is available on O.A.S.I.S. at http://oasis.state.ga.us.

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Unregistered and registered voters can learn the ins and outs of voting at a Sept. 17 voter education and voter registration training workshop at the DeKalb Voter and Elections Office in Decatur.

Maxine Daniels, the county’s election di-rector, will lead the 6-to-8 p.m. workshop that will include a summary of changes in voting laws, a discussion of voter ID requirements, absentee voting and early voting, and upcom-

Community This will be the second cleanup in the past month in which residents have been digging away the buildup of debris along curb gutters.

Food drive seeks donationsTraining offers ins and outs of casting ballots

Residents need volunteers to help clean up curbs on Sept. 22Clerk of Superior Court Debra DeBerry (left) joined Rainbow Community last month on a cleanup on a half-mile portion of Rainbow Drive between Kelley Chapel and Cocklebur roads.

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Bowlers and other DeKalb residents can donate nonperishable food items during the inaugural “Strike Out Hunger” food through Sept. 30 at Suburban Lanes bowling ally in Decatur.

The monthlong food drive supports the Atlanta Community Food Bank, which serves struggling families throughout North Georgia and metro Atlanta. More than 900,000 people in metro Atlanta live on incomes that put them at risk for hunger every day. Thirty percent of those in need of assistance are children.

Donations can be dropped off at 2619 North Decatur Road. For more information, visit www.MoveForHunger.org.

ing election deadlines.There will also be a voting booth set up to

familiarize voters with how to use it. Participants also will learn how to assist

individuals registering to vote. Training ma-terials will be provided.

The free workshop will be held at 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300.

For more information or to register, visit www.onedekalb.com.

South DeKalb residents will clear litter and debris from por-tions of Wesley Chapel Road on Sept. 22.

The cleanup of trash and illegal temporary signs is sponsored by the Wesley Chapel Curb Appeal Task Force and Keep DeKalb Beautiful.

Between 10 a.m. and noon, volunteers, including participants from Georgia State University’s Student Support Services and Snapfinger Manor Condominium Association, will also unclog trash from catch basins and remove debris from curb gutters. The cleanup is the task force’s kick-off event that will precede the installation of the plants at major intersections along the cor-ridor.

The group will meet in the Kroger parking lot in Wesley Cha-pel Square Shopping Center at 2385 Wesley Chapel Road.

This will be the second cleanup in the past month in which residents have been digging away the buildup of debris along curb gutters.

On Aug. 11, residents of Rainbow Community Cleanup, joined by Clerk of Superior Court Debra DeBerry cleaned the curb along a half-mile portion of Rainbow Drive between the intersections of Kelley Chapel and Cocklebur roads.

In January, members of the Snapfinger Manor Condominium Association planted crape myrtles, boxwood, euonymus, azaleas and liriope near the 1-20 exit and entrance ramps to beautify the area.

To volunteer or for more information, e-mail wesleychapel-curbappeal@gmail.com.

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Black male athletes need more attention to academics

The VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 included the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program or VRAP.

“These are wonderful examples of the skillful balancing of academics and athletics! As a

community, we could see even more success stories if we also balanced our academic and athletic expectations of black male students.”

Jerome E. Morris, Ph.D.

By Bishonna

Lately I’ve noticed a surge of programs for veterans being advertised. It’s a breath of fresh air because I see way too many that gave their life serving our nation, living in absolute despair.

And while I’m smiling on the inside, I can’t help but wonder if all of this has anything to do with 2012 being an election year. Hopeful I am, naive I’m not.

However, it appears more help for veterans is read-ily available for those willing to acquire new skills, and that’s a positive in every direction. It’s evident that what catapulted these new options was the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, which included the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program or VRAP.

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By Jerome E. Morris, Ph.D.

The recent suspensions of UGA’s star running back Isaiah Crowell and LSU’s Heisman Trophy finalist Tyran Mathieu (nicknamed the Honey Badger), and count-less stories of black male athletes’ academic ineligibility and arrests should serve as a wake-up call to all of us – educators, parents, coaches, fans, media, politicians, or the busi-ness community – about the need to prepare black males for success beyond athletics.

To increase young black males’ overall life chances as adults, we have to ensure and celebrate their academic success, and not just their sports dreams.

The disproportionate number of black males in professional sports such as basketball and football says volumes about what society really values in black males.

For example, despite being only 6 percent of the total U.S. popu-lation, black males represent 67 percent of the professional football players and 78 percent of the pro-fessional basketball players.

But in non sports-related pro-fessions, black males represent 3 percent of physicians and surgeons and 2 percent of attorneys.

Given that the vast majority of black male high school athletes will never play a professional sport, cul-tivating their educational success needs to be our focus and as a com-munity, we must be in the forefront of sending this message.

Here are four key strategies that would send a powerful mes-sage about our commitment to developing black male students academically.

These strategies are based on

more than 15 years of research as a professor in the College of Educa-tion and as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Research at the University of Georgia, as well as my having played high school and college football.

National Scholars DayWe need a National Scholars

Day for recipients of academic scholarships, similar to college football’s National Signing Day, which recognizes student-athletes who received athletic scholarships.

A National Scholars Day would recognize all students who received academic scholarships, but for black male students who are over-represented among negative social and educational statistics, such a day could be especially meaning-ful.

Therefore, I was excited to learn that Dr. Brian Bolden, the former principal of Stephenson High School, implemented this idea I shared with him from an article that I had written. Dr. Bolden spe-cifically implemented an Academic Signing Day this past spring at Stephenson.

Academic booster clubsWe need academic booster

clubs that could raise resources for academic support and activities, in a similar way that athletic booster clubs support sports. Academic

booster clubs would inform stu-dents and their parents about the role of college in achieving their professional aspirations.

They would support students’ preparation for admissions tests, encourage them to take college pre-paratory courses, monitor grades, provide tutoring, and encourage college recruiters to witness stu-dents in action, not on the football field or the basketball court, but in classrooms.

Academic campsSummer Academic Enrichment

Camps, staffed by educators, could provide academic enrichment dur-ing the summer months – a time in which some children experience up to three months of academic loss. Just as athletes develop their skills year-round, so must students.

Smaller coach-player ratiosSports programs thrive when

they have a small player-to-coach ratio. For example, many metro Atlanta schools enroll some of the most college-ready athletes in the nation, thanks greatly to a coach-to-player ratio of about one-to-six! Similarly, small class sizes can be beneficial to students – despite the political messages to the contrary, as well as the recent trend in school districts.

Research has demonstrated the benefits of small class sizes for

students, particularly low-income and minority students. If school district leaders are serious about promoting student achievement, they will focus on reducing class sizes, which often exceed 25 stu-dents per teacher.

In comparison, no matter how talented a head coach is, he or she would never be expected to develop a winning program without assis-tant coaches. Likewise, classroom teachers also need assistants.

We must become as vigilant in preparing black males for academic success as we have been in prepar-ing them for athletic success. They are multi-talented, and can suc-ceed in the classroom just as they achieve on the football field or the basketball court.

Noted examples include Myran Rolle, the Rhodes Scholar and for-mer star football player at Florida State University, as well as academic and athletic standouts from high schools such as Tucker, Stephenson, and Columbia who have gone on to attend and play sports at elite predominantly black and white institutions such as Stanford, Har-vard, Morehouse, Howard, and Vanderbilt.

These young people and their parents are wonderful examples of the skillful balancing of academics and athletics! As a community, we could see even more success stories if we also balanced our academic and athletic expectations of black male students.

Dr. Jerome E. Morris is a DeKalb County resident and professor of social foundation of education at UGA. He and his graduate student, Adeoye Adeyemo, are the founders of the Scholastic Model for Academic Success.

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By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Dr. Samuel “Sam” Goldman, who led Callanwolde Fine Arts Center for 33 years, has died.

Goldman, 63, died unexpect-edly at his home on Sept. 10 af-ter experiencing respiratory dis-tress.

A public me-morial service was held at Cal-lanwolde at 10 a.m. on Sept. 13.

G o l d m a n began working at the nonprofit arts center in 1979, doing various administrative jobs. He became executive director in 1998.

In a statement Monday, Callanwolde said that during his tenure at the center, Goldman showed “the utmost dedication” to providing arts to the community and to the mission of Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.

“Sam will be greatly missed and we ex-press our condolences to his long-term com-panion Tom, and to his family,” the statement said. “The arts center will continue to move forward with the values and commitment to the arts that Sam inspired in us.”

Executive board members Jerry Poole and Tommie Nichols will serve as Callanwolde’s interim co-directors until a new executive director is named.

Goldman’s longtime friend Jan Selman was overwhelmed with sadness at the news of his passing.

“The world lost a gentle soul, an angel on earth,” said Selman, co-chair of the DeKalb Creative Industries Task Force on which Goldman served.

DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said Goldman was a wonderful person whose contribution to our community was significant.

“In particular, his 33 years of service at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center is not only his living legacy, but a testament to his commitment to DeKalb County, the city of Atlanta, and his love for people and the arts,” Ellis said.

In lieu of flowers, the family requested that donations be sent to the nonprofit Cal-lanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Road in Atlanta.

Community “We just want our money situation handled and to be treated fairly.Stop treating us like dogs. We’re just as important.”

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DeKalb School bus drivers held signs outside the DeKalb School Board meeting in Stone Mountain on Sept. 10. The drivers are seeking better pay and benefits.

Bus drivers push for better treatment from school district By Carla Parker

Nearly 100 bus drivers, cafeteria workers and custodians packed the Sept. 10 DeKalb School Board meeting to express frustration about pay cuts, unfair treatment, safety and other issues to the school board.

Two weeks after the employees met to talk about a litany of grievances with the DeKalb School District, they lined up outside district headquarters in Stone Mountain to underscore their issues.

They are fighting for fair wages, benefits, retirement, safety, social security, step in-creases and fair treatment.

As part of its austerity measures to bal-ance its $760 million 2012-2013 budget, the district added more furlough days and elimi-nated health and dental insurance subsidies for all employees.

Bus driver Cathy Douglas told School Board members that they have been shouting for years and will continue to do so.

“We will not be quiet,” she said. “We will shout until we receive better pay, benefits,

step increases, and Social Security. We will not go away.”

Douglas reminded the school board that bus drivers, cafeteria workers, secretaries, para-professionals, mechanic and custodi-ans are also about the collaborative effort to educate children.

“It is the bus drivers that get up at 4 a.m. to be at bus stops on time,” she said. “It is the bus drivers who deliver children to schools prepared by custodians.”

Lavina Howard, who has been a bus as-sistant for six years, said that they are always the ones to suffer reductions.

“You cut our pay, you raise our insur-ance,” she told the board. “Nobody matches our fidelity bond and nobody cares.”

Outside the meeting, bus drivers held up signs seeking honks of support.

Lillian Jackson, an 18-year bus driver, said it’s time for the employees to stand up for something. “We just want our money situation handled and to be treated fairly,” she said. “Stop treating us like dogs. We’re just as important.”

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6 FinanCe Proponents say creating jobs and supporting American entrepreneurs should be the No. 1 priority in Congress and locally.

Job fair offers resume help and job interviews New SBA videos showcase thriving business owners

Business owners to talk American Jobs law with Hank

NAACP hosts credit workshops

Good idea to get your financial affairs in order

DeKalb Workforce Development’s Mobile Career Unit during the “Making One DeKalb Work” job fair.

Hank Johnson

Dear Shannon,I’m really sorry to hear about this. I know

cancer is scary, but please remember to pray and be there for her all you can. God willing, things can still turn out OK.

When people ask if a person has their af-fairs in order, they’re usually asking a couple of different questions. Are you right with God? Do you have life insurance and a will? Another important thing is to have all the paperwork of your life organized and in a safe place, so someone you trust can handle the details if things don’t turn out well.

Everyone should have a good term life in-surance policy in place. My advice is to have a policy worth 10 times your annual income. When it comes to a will, make sure it’s state specific. Probate and estate regulations are state laws, so any will should fit guidelines for the state in which you live.

Make sure, too, that she has made ar-rangements for any minor children. It might be a good idea to sit down and talk with two or three trusted family members or close friends and decide who will take them if the worst should happen. Whoever this is should be incredibly responsible and caring, and willing to love and raise these kids as if they were their very own.

Good luck, Shannon. And God bless you and your family.

– Dave

Going into emergency mode Dear Dave,

My wife just received news that her com-pany will experience significant layoffs in the next two months. On top of all this, she’s one of the newest workers there. We’ve been

trying to follow your plan, but what should we do with the possibility of unemployment on the horizon?

– Tyler

Dear Tyler,It’s a pretty safe bet that your wife will

lose her job, especially if she’s new to the company. If what she makes right now is a significant portion of your overall income, my advice would be to press pause on your Total Money Makeover and build up your savings as much as possible.

I love that you guys are trying to take control of your money, but right now there are storm clouds brewing in your financial lives. Sit down together and come up with a seriously belt-tightening budget.You may have to look at the possibility of cutting some non-essentials, even television.

At this point it’s probably best to batten down the hatches and prepare for the worst while hoping for the best. The best way to do that right now is save, save, save!

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York Times best-selling books on money man-agement. His “Dave Ramsey Show” is heard by more than 5 million listeners each week on more than 500 radio stations. Follow him on Twitter at @DaveRamsey or visit daveramsey.com.

Business owners and others can discuss the Help Entrepreneurs Create American Jobs Act with U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson on Sept. 27 at DeKalb Medical in Decatur.

The 10-to-11:30 a.m. event takes place in the Women’s Center on North Decatur Road.

Johnson will meet with constit-uents, business owners, Communi-ty Improvement District representatives, and members of local chambers of commerce to get feedback on the bill and other issues fac-

ing the business sector.The Help Entrepreneurs Cre-

ate American Jobs Act (H.R. 4032) would double the tax cut for startup businesses from $5,000 to $10,000 and increase the ceiling at which deductions begin to phase out from $50,000 to $60,000.

Johnson, who represents the 4th Congressional District that includes

portions of DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale and Newton counties, also will discuss his signa-ture small-business bill – Fairness & Trans-

A new SBA video library showcasing the stories of entrepreneurs with thriving businesses is now available at www.sba.gov/stories.

The U.S. Small Business Administra-tion’s “Small Business Owners Speak” fea-tures entrepreneurs from across the coun-try who have started or grown a business with the help of the SBA.

SBA Administra-tor Karen Mills said everyone has a story to tell and the new plat-form provides an outlet for entrepreneurs and could inspire others.

“I have the great privilege of meet-ing small-business owners from across the country as I travel every week,” Mills said. “But now, thanks to ‘Small Business Owners Speak,’ you can hear their stories, too.”

The web page features videos submit-ted during SBA’s 2012 National Small Busi-ness Week video contest. It also features a map of the United States that allows users to click on videos by state or by using the drop-down menu and searching for videos by topic, such as capital, counseling, fed-eral contracting or disaster loans.

The SBA continues to accept videos that showcase clients who have benefited from its services that include counseling, training, guaranteed loans, government contracts, and disaster recovery.

For more information and guidelines, visit www.sba.gov/stories.

Karen Mills

Residents who need strategies to help repair their credit can attend a free eco-nomic education workshop on Sept. 22 at the Goodwill Career Center in Decatur.

Rebuilding Your Credit, presented by the DeKalb NAACP, will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Materials will be pro-vided by the Bank of America.

The Goodwill Career Center is at 1295 Columbia Drive. Space is limited: R.S.V.P. by e-mail to naacpdek@comcast.net or call the branch at 404-241-8006.

A host of government and private sector employers with job openings will participate in the Sept. 21 “Making One DeKalb Work” job fair in Decatur.

During the 10 a.m.-2 p.m. event in the DeKalb County government’s Maloof Audi-torium, job seekers will get to talk with hiring managers with openings paying $16,000 to $85,000 per year.

Recruiting companies including Com-cast, Sears, TJ Maxx, All (n)1 Security, Wal-mart, Life House Partners Inc., Manpower, and DeKalb County Public Safety reported new hires as communication technicians, forklift operators, police officers, 911 dis-patchers, security guards, sales associates, cashiers, marketing coordinators, and facility directors.

Industry professionals will also critique resumes, provide interviewing and network-ing tips, and explain why personal brand-ing and marketing is beneficial to the job search.

Job seekers also can visit the county’s Mobile Career Unit to create resumes, apply for positions, and meet with a work force professional.

The DeKalb Workforce Development Day, which is in its seventh year, is held in recognition of September as Workforce De-velopment Month.

Job seekers can visit the Mobile Career

Unit to apply for positions, construct a resume, and meet with a work force profes-sional.

Online registration is available at http://conta.cc/NEPg1q.

In April, a DeKalb Workforce Develop-ment job fair drew more than 1,300 visitors, and 20 percent of those seeking employ-

ment were hired. More than 65 percent have undergone some aspect of the interview process.

The Maloof Auditorium is at 1300 Com-merce Drive. For more information, contact Brent Sharperson, business relations special-ist, at bwsharperson@dekalbcountyga.gov or 404-687-2771.

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The act, which encourages small-business growth, would make it easier for Americans to start small businesses, supporters say.

The session is co-sponsored by DeKalb Medical and DeKalb Chamber. Space is lim-ited and registration is mandatory at www.dekalbchamber.org/calendar.html.

DeKalb Medical is at 2701 North Decatur Road.

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7WellnessSickle cell is an inherited red blood cell disorder and trait that affects people of many

racial and ethnic groups around the world, particularly African-Americans.

Walk of HEROes benefits CSB programs, services

Workshop offers info, resources on sickle cell disease

DeKalb Medical to promote breast-feeding

The CDC’s annual Breastfeeding Report Card shows that breast-feeding rates are on the rise.

Individuals and teams can register for the sixth annual community awareness event and fund-raiser at www.walkofheroes5k.com.

Individuals and families can get information about sickle cell at a free, one-day workshop on Sept. 22 at the Adamsville Recreation Center in Atlanta.

The “For Adults Only With Sickle Cell Disease Workshop” is one of the events being held in recognition of September as National Sickle Cell Awareness Month.

It is sponsored by the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia Inc. in partnership with the Georgia Department of Public Health, Georgia Health Policy Center, and Southeastern Primary Care Consortium Inc. Atlanta Area Health Education Center (SPCC AHEC)

Deb McGhee-McCrary, CEO of the Sickle Cell Foundation, said the 9 a.m.-to-3 p.m. workshop will help empower people with sickle cell disease to become advocates for their health, to seek appropri-ate medical care, and to establish a regular medical home rather than relying on emergency rooms.

Participants will hear from hematology special-ists with Emory University’s School of Medicine, sickle cell disease support group leaders, and patients living with the disease. The community resources segment will identify services available for uninsured sickle cell patients.

Sickle cell is an inherited red blood cell dis-order and trait that affects people of many racial and ethnic groups around the world, particularly African-Americans.

The disorder causes blood cells to become hard and sticky and look like the C-shaped farm tool sickle. More than 2 million people carry the sickle cell gene that can be passed to their children.

Georgia has one of the highest occurrence rates in the United States, and DeKalb is among the 10 counties in Georgia with the highest incidence of the disease. People with the disease are born with two sickle cell genes – one from each parent. If a person only has one sickle cell gene, it’s called sickle cell trait. About one in 12 African-Americans has sickle cell trait.

A blood test can show if a person has the trait or anemia. Most states test newborn babies as part of their newborn screening programs.

The Adamsville Recreation Center and Natato-rium is at 3201 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive S.W.

To register for the workshop, visit http://sickle-celladultworkshop.eventbrite.com, or call 404-815-4996 or 404-755-1641.

Activists of all ages can walk, run or trot at a Sept. 22 Walk of HEROes charity event in Kirkwood.

The community awareness event and fund-raiser, which is in its sixth year, features a 5K walk/run, tot trot, refreshments, warm-up, prize drawings for event tickets and gift cards, com-munity vendor booths, awards for overall and age group winners, massages, and music. It begins at 8:30 a.m.

Individuals and teams can register at www.walkofheroes5k.com. Pre-registration is $20 for the general public and $15 for DeKalb CSB clients. Day of registration is $5 more. Kids can participate in the tot trot for a $7 fee.

Vending booths are also available for rent for $50 each.The 5K is hosted by Brighter Tomorrows Foundation, which

benefits public nonprofit mental health, substance abuse and developmental disabilities services provided by the DeKalb Community Service Board.

Patty Clarke, who has two adult sons in the agency’s develop-mental disability program, said she and her family always enjoy coming out to participate.

“It is exciting to see our ‘special population’ walking, partici-pating and interacting with the public,” Clarke said. “What a joy

to see them come to the finish line.”For more information, visit www.walkofheroes5k.com or

contact Michelle Potter at info@dekcsb.org or 404-508-7875.

Breast-feeding rates are increasing across the country, and DeKalb Medical has joined a national project to improve hospital maternity practices to better support a mother’s choice to breast-feed.

Best Fed Beginnings is led by the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality through a collaborative funding agreement with the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC’s annual Breastfeeding Report Card shows that breast-feeding rates are on the rise with increases of about 2 percentage points in breast-feeding initiation and breast-feeding at 6 and 12 months.

Breast-feeding initiation increased from 74.6 percent in 2008 to 76.9 percent in 2009 births. This improvement in initiation represents the largest annual increase over the previous decade. Breast-feeding is widely recognized as the healthiest choice for both baby and mother.

DeKalb Medical announced in August, which was observed as National Breastfeeding Month, that it intends to become designated as “Baby-Friendly.” The designation means that a hospital has implemented the American Academy of Pediatrics-endorsed 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, as established in the WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.

Margie Hunter, executive director of Women & Infants Services at DeKalb Medical, said the project is a good fit.

“One of the reasons moms choose to deliver their babies at DeKalb Medical is because of the internationally recognized breast-feeding and lactation support programs that we offer before, during and after childbirth,” Hunter said in an Aug. 15 statement. “We are excited to participate in the Best Fed Beginnings partnership.”

For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/reportcard.htm#Indicators and contact Jamie Ray, manager of Obstetric Community Education, at 404-501-3050.

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8On Sept. 17-26, parents and students

can offer input on the 2013-14 school year calendars to a team of DeKalb School System teachers, principals and adminis-trators planning the calendar.

Among the options being explored is a “balanced calendar” which adds an ad-ditional week of vacation each semester and extends the school year an additional week.

Similar calendars have been utilized by other school districts to reduce the amount of time that students spend away from the classroom during the summer to prevent “summer brain drain.”

The calendar committee will recom-mend multiple calendars, which will be posted on www.dekalb.k12.ga.us during the Sept. 17-26 period.

Comments can be left on the website or be emailed to calendar-feedback@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us.

The committee will review all public comments before making its recommen-dation to School Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson for presentation to the school board on Oct. 1. The board will vote on the calendar at its Oct. 8 meeting.

The Georgia Education Articulation Committee’s Probe College Fair will include more than 100 Georgia and out-of-state colleges and universities.

Input sought on 2013 school year calendars

Web games, videos mark Constitution Day celebration

Probe College Fair to be at Stonecrest on Sept. 20

McNair High principal to share vision for school

Youth The calendar committee will recommend multiple calendars, which will be posted on www.dekalb.k12.ga.us during the comment period.

McNair High principal Glynis Jordan will share her vision for the school at a “Back to School Showcase” on Sept. 20.

The theme of the 5:30-to-7:30 p.m. event is “We can, and we will, because we must.” The Back to School Showcase will offer information for students, parents and the community.

Guest speakers include District 7 Com-missioner Stan Watson. The program also includes breakout sessions on everything from the new Common Core State Stan-dards to DeKalb Online Learning Academy (DOLA).

McNair High School is at 1804 Boul-dercrest Road S.E., in Atlanta.

For more information, contact LaKeisha Griffith at 678-874-5003 or at lakeisha_n_griffith@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us.

The 2012 observation of Constitution Day on Sept. 17 will include engaging edu-cational games, videos, and activities for all ages, and classroom lesson plans for teachers across the country.

The nonprofit Bill of Rights Institute, which educates the public on the Constitu-tion, sponsors the annual observances.

This year, its interactive, www.bil-lofrightsinstitute.org/constitution-day-resources/ – has a new series of seven-minute

constitutional principle videos that explore the constitutional principles of separation of powers, limited government, representative government, and the rule of law.

The videos offer visuals from current events, an engaging historical narrative, brief scholar interviews, familiar music, and memorable quotes.

Individual, or team – classroom, family, or workplace can also test their knowledge in the Constitution Duel, a 15-question

High school students can get information about college at a Probe College Fair on Sept. 20 at the Mall at Stonecrest in Lithonia.

The 6-to-9 p.m. event, hosted by the Georgia Education Articula-tion Committee, will include more than 100 Georgia and out-of-state

colleges and universities. High school students and their parents can meet one-on-one with college representatives.

The mall is at I-20 at Turner Hill Road in Lithonia. For more information, visit www.gaprobe.org.

quiz that challenges players to defend their constitutional honor.

The multiple-choice questions explor four categories; the Constitution, primary source documents, landmark Supreme Court cases, and historic people.

Additional activities include Life Without the Bill of Rights? which explores how life would change without our constitutionally protected rights, and Madison’s Notes are Missing, which allows you to “travel through time” to converse with the Founders and re-port on the Constitutional Convention.

Through Sept. 23, students and teachers can tune in to the new Constitution Day epi-sode of the National Constitution Center’s free webcast and live chat.

Just in time for the 2012 election, the engaging, interactive lesson traces the history of the American presidency and features a special introduction by ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos who was former adviser and communications director for President Bill Clinton.

Constitutional experts and the institute’s education staff will discuss the importance of a young nation to have an executive branch, and why some people worry about giving it too much power.

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Poet Dr. Keith Baird will read some of his poems and sign copies of his new book of poems, “Signs and Wonder,” on Sept. 22 at Au-burn Avenue Research Library in Atlanta.

The 4 p.m. community conver-sation with Baird will focus on his artistic and scholarly legacy that spans more than 40 years.

The free event will be facilitated by Baird’s daughter, Dr. Diana Baird N’Diaye, who is the folklife curator and cultural heri-tage specialist at the Smithsonian Museum.

Baird, who was born in Bar-bados, is a retired professor and administrator of African World Studies and the Humanities, most recently at Clark Atlanta University. In addition to scholarly writing, he has published book reviews, essays and poetry and his co-author of “Sea Island Roots” with his wife Dr. Mary Twining.

He is currently a freelance editor. The Auburn Avenue Library is at 101

Auburn Ave. N.E. For more information, call 404-730-4001.

From left, dancers in the musical honoring the late Wilson Pickett, (center). Television actress Cassi Davis (top), stars in the musical.

Bill Oberst, Jr. plays the late columnist and humorist Lewis Grizzard.

Keith Baird

Scene The community conversation with Baird will focus on his artistic and scholarly legacy that spans more than 40 years.

Lewis Grizzard words at ART Station

Poet to appear at Auburn library

Event creator to share how she did it

Author to talk up new novel at library

Jukebox musical to honor Wicked Wilson Pickett’s life, legacy

Author and play-wright Ayad Akhtar will be featured on Sept. 18 at the September Festival of Writers at the Decatur Library.

Akhtar’s new nov-el, “American Dervish,” shows readers the pow-erful forces at work on

young men and women growing up Muslim in America.

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libraries and other community venues. The 2-to-4 p.m. program will culminate

with an open mic where artists can read from their works.

Stonecrest Library is at 3123 Klondike Road in Lithonia. For more information, call 770-482-3828.

Actor and Daytime Emmy Award winner Bill Oberst Jr. will channel once again the late AJC columnist, humorist and author Lewis Grizzard, on Sept. 28-30 at ART Stattion in Stone Mountain.

Oberst will perform “Lewis Grizzard: In His Own Words” from selections from his books and columns.

Grizzard, who grew up in Moreland, Ga., was “this generation’s Mark Twain.” He died in 1994 at age 47 after undergoing his fourth open heart surgery.

Show times are Sept. 28 at 8 p.m., Sept. 29 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sept. 30 at 3 p.m.

The ART Station Theatre located at 5384 Manor Drive in Historic Stone Mountain Village.

Tickets can be purchased at www.artsta-tion.org or by calling 770-469-1105.

Poet and essayist Gwen Russell Green will share her 20-year journey organizing poets and artists to share their craft on Sept. 22 at the Stonecrest Library.

Green’s signature poetry events have involved more than 100 artists of various genres and has been presented at arts centers,

It’s an intimate, revealing debut novel written by a young author who grew up in the Midwest.

The New York Times calls the book “an immensely entertaining coming-of-age story” about a young man falling in love for the first time and finding it leads him into an act of devastating consequences.

The talk begins at 7:15 p.m. The library is at 215 Sycamore St. in

downtown Decatur. For more information, call 404-370-3070.

Cassi Davis, who stars in Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne,” will be featured in “In the Midnight Hour: The Music of Wilson Pickett,” on stage Sept. 21-23 at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center.

The NAACP Image Award winner and a star-studded cast will help bring to life the story of the legendary R&B artist who helped shape the genres of soul music and rhythm and influenced a generation of musicians.

Pickett, one of the great soul masters of the 1960s was called “Wicked Wilson Pickett” because of what Rolling Stone magazine called his “ bone-chilling, barnyard growl” of a voice.

He was born in Prattville, Ala., in 1942, the fourth of 11 children. Pickett grew up singing in Baptist church choirs and moved to Detroit in 1955 where entertainers like Little Richard influenced him.

Pickett made his mark as a solo artist with “It’s Too Late,” which entered the R&B charts in 1963.

“In the Midnight Hour,” which he re-corded in 1965 at Stax Records topped the

R&B charts, was no. 21 on the US pop charts and reached no. 12 on the United Kingdom pop charts. It sold over a million copies and got a gold disc. Mustang Sally Mustang Sally” followed in 1966 and “Funky Broad-way” in 1967.

Over his 40-year career, rhythm and blues vocalist known as “the Wicked Pickett” recorded more than 50 songs that made the U.S. R&B charts and frequently crossed over to the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and influenced a generation of performers.

The Grammy award winner died from a heart attack on Jan. 19, 2006 at the age of 64.

The musical’s show times are Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Conceived by Kenneth Green, the Broad-way-style theatrical production is filled with songs, dance and drama. It takes fans on the exciting jouirney through the life of musi con, who died in January 2006.

As a prelude to the musical production, the exhibit, “Wilson Pickett: 25 at the Top,”

is open at the performing arts through Sept. 25.

It features video footage of the legendary singer, some of his gold records, clothing, photos, posters, musical scores, original programs, recordings and awards. It is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sat-

urdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free.

Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center is at 3181 Rainbow Drive in Decatur.

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