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COVER PAGEHands up for healthWELLNESS

Residents like Caprice Bolden of Decatur are eat-ing better and los-ing weight through diet and exercise in Wonderland Gardens’ “Weight Off Wisely” pro-gram. 11

DeKalb Com-missioner Sharon Barnes Sutton and CEO Burrell Ellis visited with Geor-gia Congressman John Lewis during a trip to lobby for local government funding. 6

Conferring with CongressFINANCE

Sixth-grader Chandler Davis and other kids got a close-up view of what police officers do at a two-day camp sponsored by the Police Athletic League. 13

Cops and campYOUTH

Big crowd for CEO’s hike and bike tour

Marta gains access to money for three years

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Hank gets President’s endorsement

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DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis kicked off his Hike & Bike Greenspace Tour at Arabia Mountain on April 17. The event attracted several hundred walkers, and a small contingent of bikers. The tour was one of the “Healthy Communities” events celebrating National County Government Month in DeKalb. Ellis was joined on the ride by his son, Burrell lll (on yellow bike), and his daughter, Victoria, behind him. Keep DeKalb Beautiful is closing out the month with an April 24 “Great American Clean Up.” See 0 for more photos from the tour.

By Carla Parker

MARTA got a brief respite from its finan-cial woes in the transportation bill passed by state lawmakers Wednesday.

HB 277, which Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to sign into law, grants the transit authority use of its capital reserve funds for three years.

MARTA spokesman Lyle Harris said Thursday that they won’t know how much it will help until they have crunched some numbers.

“It will help, but we don’t know how much at this time,” he said, adding that the board will determine how much of the funds it will use.

MARTA has been lobbying lawmakers for years to change the law that prevents it from using its reserves for operations. It was facing a 30 percent cut in operations in the face of declining revenues.

On Wednesday, MARTA workers marked big red X’s on 200 buses, or a third of its fleet, to dramatize how many buses would go out of service without access to the money.

Prior to the vote, at an April 20 “MARTA Matters” rally at the Five Points transit sta-tion, drivers, commuters and public transit supporters pleaded for financial assistance to

keep the country’s ninth largest transporta-tion service running.

MARTA needs a $120 million for op-erations, and the union said it is trying to prevent 1,000 jobs from being cut.

Bus riders, who use the service to go to

work and school, want to protect their only means of transportation.

Benita West, president of ATU Local 732, said they just want one bailout.

Congressman Hank Johnson landed a big endorsement Thursday when President Barack Obama said he is proud to support his re-election for a third term represent-ing the 4th District.

“Congressman Johnson has done an outstanding job,” the president said. “Together, we are fighting to renew our economy. Together, we passed historic health care reform. I am proud to stand with Hank and support his re-election.”

Johnson, who was the first Georgia representative to endorse candidate Obama during the 2008 Democratic Primary, was a big supporter of Obama’s health care reform and the president’s other legislative priorities, including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and financial regulatory reform.

He said Thursday that he is proud to have the president’s endorsement.

“I am determined to continue our work to move America forward,” he said.

Johnson is seeking a third term and has two Democratic challengers, former DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones and DeKalb County Commissioner Connie Stokes.

Johnson serves as Southeast Regional Whip in the House of Representatives and sits on the House Armed Services and Judiciary Committees. He also chairs the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.

“Congressman Johnson has done an outstanding job. Together, we are fighting to renew our

economy. Together, we passed historic health care reform. I am proud to stand with Hank and

support his re-election.” President Barack Obama

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The Hidden Hills Community which has been working to transform itself, reached a major milestone this week.

After more than two years’ effort, the final draft of the ordinance creating the Greater Hidden Hills Overlay District was unveiled Tuesday at the Lou Walker Senior Center.

Jan Costello, the dis-trict’s coordinator, said the plan makes their hope for the area concrete.

“We spent hundreds and hundreds of hours shaping our vision for what this neighborhood could be,” she said. “Once this

becomes law, it’ll just be that much easier to get the beautiful and prosperous neighbor-hood we want and deserve.”

The overlay district, a blueprint for new development that promotes investment and lays more stringent standards for new devel-opment over existing zoning, now heads to the county’s law department for review.

County senior planner David R. Bishop IV said the proposal is on a timeline to get to the county Board of Commissioners in July. It first goes before the county’s Com-munity Council and Planning Commission for approval.

The proposed district covers an area bounded by Redan Road, Covington Highway, Panola Road and South Hairston Road.

Overlay districts are already in place elsewhere in DeKalb, in Brookhaven, Dun-woody, Emory Village, Northlake, Scottdale, Stonecrest, Tucker and along Candler Road and the I-20 corridor.

About 50 people attended the April 20 meeting. They hope the district’s develop-ment incentives – higher density allowances and mixed-use opportunities in exchange for meeting higher standards – will attract fine wine stores and coffee shops, desirable com-mercial areas, pleasing streetscapes and com-munity facilities such as a cultural center.

Kenneth Saunders III, the Hidden Hills neighborhood’s vice president of external affairs, said he believes the overlay district will be a catalyst for change in the area as the nation’s economy begins to recover.

He was impressed with the process of creating the district.

“I think it’s amazing,” Saunders said. “It shows how individuals can have a direct im-pact on their community. That’s absolutely huge.”

The Greater Hidden Hills Overlay Dis-trict establishes standards for urban design and architectural design and requires large parcel developers to set aside 20 percent of

their projects as publicly accessible open space.

It also seeks to resolve a longstanding neighborhood frustration – Hidden Hills’ dormant 18-hole golf course, which closed in 2005 – that triggered the movement for an overlay district.

The ordinance offers the property’s own-er higher density development than currently permitted in the area of the closed clubhouse in exchange for conserving about 100 acres of green space for public use. Portions of that area are in a floodplain.

Bishop said he continues to try to contact the land’s current owner, James L. Davis of Miami, who has not publicly stated any plans for the property.

The overlay district would prohibit a vari-ety of uses including boarding and breeding kennels, storage yards, adult entertainment establishments, extended-stay motels, used-car lots and check-cashing businesses.

Work on the overlay district began in 2007. Over the past year, county planners and the Atlanta Regional Commission used study findings to create several drafts of an over-lay code to reflect the unified vision of area residents. For a copy of the draft ordinance e-mail to [email protected].

An executive summary of the study can be viewed at http://www.co.dekalb.ga.us/planning/pdf/overlay/GHHCSumry.

“We don’t want anything fancy,” she said. “All we want is a basic bus to get us to work and school.”

MARTA carries 500,000 passengers daily on its buses and trains. Fifty-four percent of its customers are headed to work, 10 percent each are going to school and to the doctor.

Michael Kimble of Decatur said he would be unable to get to his job at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport without MARTA.

“I moved from Clayton County to DeKalb because they cut the C-Tran bus services in Clayton,” he said. “If they cut MARTA services it will be a big blow to a lot of working people.”

MARTA’s full board will meet May 10. Harris said it will determine how much of the bus service, that was slated for cuts before the passage of the transportation bill, will be preserved.

South DeKalb was facing losing 10 of its 23 routes.

The board will adopt MARTA’s 2011 budget at the end of June.

The transportation bill will divide the state into 12 regions with a “roundtable” of local elected officials in each, working with an appointee of the governor, to draw up a list of projects for the region.

Voters in each region would vote their approval and a 1 percent sales tax to fund them in a referendum. DeKalb and Fulton counties already support MARTA with sales tax funds.

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Former State Rep. Stan Watson is going to run for the District 7 seat being vacated by DeKalb Commissioner Connie Stokes.

Watson said he will announce his candidacy on April 29 at 6:30 p.m. at Arizona’s Restaurant at Stonecrest Mall. Watson, who ran for DeKalb CEO in 2008, said late Thursday that his extensive public service record in

DeKalb positions him as the best choice to help move the county forward. He joins three other candidates who have filed declarations to run: Dr. Kathryn Rice, Willie Mosley Jr., and Bryce Farbstein. Police officer Gregory Adams, who filed papers on April 15, said Thursday that he has changed his mind and won’t qualify.

Qualifying for the July primary takes place April 26-30.

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Watson to run for Commission District 7 seat 3

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Site of public hearings raises lots of concerns 5

Although the four South DeKalb elemen-tary schools picked for closure are in De-catur and Atlanta, the DeKalb School Board has scheduled both public hearings on the consolidation plan in Lithonia.

Officials lobby Congress for more resources 6

DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis and Commis-sioners Sharon Barnes Sutton and Lee May went to Washington last week to present their federal funding priorities.

South DeKalb clinic offers free screenings 10

Free health screenings will be available at a community open house during the third anniversary celebration of the South DeKalb Center for Healthy Living on April 24.

Free health fair at CVS in Stone Mountain 10

The CVS Pharmacy on Indian Creek Road in Stone Mountain will host free community health fairs on May 1 and May 2.

Weight-loss class offers good food, exercise, motivation 11

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CEO’s Community Heroes honored for good works 12

Wonderland Gardens founder and execu-tive director Sheldon Fleming was among seven individuals and one group honored with Community Heroes Awards by DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis.

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Studies show consolidation may not save a lot of money

Children can continue to learn even when school is out

The socio-economic impact of schools on communities is significant,

and school closures reduce the fiscal capacity of local communities

to provide education support. Calvin E. Sims Sr.

You may be surprised that sometimes children just want to talk with their

parents. When they can’t talk to their parents, they will often talk to any

adult who will listen. Miriam Knox Robinson

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There was a time when parents were parents and children were children.

Parents were the ones in charge and raised children to be obedient and be respectful to themselves and others.

There was no talking back in competition with our children, kicking parents, etc., such as the behavior that can be seen on the “nanny show.” This can also be witnessed in some households to-day where children tell the parents what to do and threaten to call the authorities if they are spanked.

Well, that would not have worked when I was growing up. My dad was “the man” of that house and if you needed a spanking, you got it and that was the end of it.

Spankings don’t kill people. If spankings killed, all eleven of us children would not be living today. Spanking is a wake-up call to get your attention that you did something wrong when talking did not work.

The Bible says children obey

your parents in the Lord for this is right.

Soon it will be time for school to be out and hundreds of children will be hitting the streets. It is im-portant that parents set some rules for their children. Some parents will send their children to camp for supervision and some parents will let their children mostly teens just hang and do wherever they want to without any supervision.

However, it is important for children to have a safe and enjoy-able summer while out of school and it is equally important for them to continue in the learning process.

Learning never stops. Children

must continue to read, do math and be educationally challenged. Try turning the radio off while in the car. It is important to talk and have a conversation with your child.

You may be surprised that sometimes children just want to talk with their parents. When they can’t talk to their parents, they will often talk to any adult who will listen.

Start a reading game. Reading and math is all around us and that will never change. While riding in the car, challenge small children by making a game of how many words they can spell or recognize from signs along the street.

Keep a deck of cards in the car.

Children can increase math skills by counting, subtracting or adding the numbers together. Give a bonus for whomever gets more numbers right. They can bring a book and read to the other person or read to their parents. When in the grocery store, depending on the level of the child, have them read the labels and not just recognize the brand.

After a while the children will look forward to such activities and maybe suggest more. These are some learning techniques where children are not aware that they are learning. They do not always need to take a video game with them in the car; parents don’t always need to have a cell phone stuck in their ear and the radio blasting.

Sometimes, find other ways to challenge your children in an educational manner and help them learn from things all around them. Soon it will be a natural experience for your child that will be with them forever.

Miriam Knox Robinson lives in Decatur.

In reference to school closings in the DeKalb County Community, I have found that administrative cost savings as a result of school consolidation may be off set by transposition cost, and other cost. I also found that there are other economic factors to be considered also.

Although the DeKalb School System believes that $2.5 million will be saved by closing four schools, a study published in the Journal of Research in Rural Education found that consolidated districts actually have increased costs overall.

The study analyzed expenditure patterns in 19 school districts be-fore and after consolidation for six expenditure categories – adminis-tration, instruction, transportation, operation and maintenance, total cost, and capital costs.

Of these, only savings in “ad-ministrative costs” was related

to consolidation at a statistically significant level. Consolidated dis-tricts increased administrative costs 10 percent while the average cost increase was 31 percent.

Although this relationship was statistically significant, the relation-ship was not uniform. In three of the 19 consolidation cases, the district administrative costs actually in-creased more than the state average. But what might have been saved in administrative costs was often more than offset by increases in other costs. As a result, total costs

per pupil actually increased more in the 19 consolidating districts than statewide average increases (32 per-cent compared to 29 percent).

The socio-economic impact of schools on communities is signifi-cant, and school closures reduce the fiscal capacity of local communities to provide education support.

A 2002 study found that 60 per-cent of communities with schools saw population growth from 1990 to 2000; only 46 percent of those without schools grew.

Average housing values in the

communities with schools grew 25 percent higher than those without schools. Communities with schools enjoy higher per capita incomes, less poverty and less child poverty.

Communities with schools have more professional, managerial, and executive workers, and more households with self-employment income.

In conclusion, school and school district consolidation pro-duces fewer fiscal benefits and more fiscal cost than is popularly believed. Administrative cost sav-ings is most likely, but is offset by transportation costs. Consolidating schools can also adversely affect the local economy, reducing the fis-cal capacity of the school district. These costs are disproportionately imposed on poor and minority communities.

Calvin E. Sims Sr. lives in Stone Mountain.


5By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Although the four South DeKalb elementary schools picked for closure – Knollwood, Glen Haven, Kelley Lake and Sky Haven – are in Decatur and Atlanta, the DeKalb School Board has scheduled both public hearings on the consolidation plan in Lithonia.

The board is hosting public hearings on May 11 and May 13 to solicit input from parents, students and teachers at Miller Grove High School and at Lithonia High School, both in Lithonia.

Three of the schools to be closed – Kelley Lake, Sky Haven and Knollwood – are in board member Sarah Copelin-Wood’s District 3. On Thursday, she said she had already heard from parents about their locations.

“They are concerned that the meet-ings are being held outside of the dis-trict,” Copelin-Wood said.

Miller Grove High School is at 2645 DeKalb Medical Parkway, and Lithonia High School is at 2440 Phillips Road. Both meetings start at 6 p.m.

Copelin-Wood said that McNair High School has a large auditorium that seats 500.

Robert Moseley, the district’s deputy chief superinten-dent, said the Lithonia locations have ample parking.

“Proximity is important but we needed to have capac-ity to handle the crowd,” he said. “McNair and Towers have a lot less parking. They have the seats but not the parking.”

The consolidation plan also lists two alternate schools – Gresham Park in lieu of Sky Haven, and Peachcrest in-stead of Glen Haven.

During the 28-day comment period that ends May 14, residents also can e-mail comments to redistricting @fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us.

The consolidation of schools is part of the board’s attempt to balance its $735 million budget for 2011. The board must approve its budget on May 10.

“I believe the board needs a sitting superintendent who will be on-site every day. My attention is devoted to the other action going on with the district attorney’s office and of course, we are cooperating.”

Dr. Crawford Lewis

Dr. Crawford Lewis and board go separate ways By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Dr. Crawford Lewis and the DeKalb Board of Education parted company for good on April 16.

Lewis, who had been school super-intendent for five and a half years, and the school board “mutually agreed” to terminate his employment contract in the wake of an ongoing criminal investigation into the school system’s construction program by the DeKalb District Attorney’s Office.

Lewis had been on paid leave since Feb. 25, when he asked to be temporar-ily relieved of his duties after a raid of his office and home by DA investigators. After signing his separation agreement, he said it was time for the board to move on.

“I believe the board needs a sitting superintendent who will be on-site every day,” he said. “My attention is devoted to the other action going on with the district attorney’s office and of course, we are cooperating.”

The separation comes in the midst of some tough times for the school dis-trict. The board must slash $115 million to balance its $735 million budget for 2011. It has voted to close four elemen-tary schools, lay off 430 employees, and furlough others. Board members are considering a 10 percent cut in their $18,000-a-year pay to help out.

Lewis, a 35-year employee of the school system, leaves with $90,000 in cash as well as all his benefits for four months. The cash represents $85,000 for four months salary and $5,000 pay-ment into his retirement fund.

The board extended Lewis’ contract

in January through 2013 and gave him a $15,000 increase that raised the ire of school employees who are facing pay cuts and furloughs. It also capped his payout at four months.

In 2003, the board paid predecessor Johnny Brown $410,000 to leave.

The system will continue Lewis’ medical, dental and disability insurance coverage for the next four months.

Lewis, who rose from physical edu-cation teacher to the school system’s top job, called his time with the district “the greatest 35 years of my life.”

“Who would have thought an ele-mentary P.E. teacher could have become superintendent of schools,” he said.

He must return his Ford 500 auto-mobile and gas credit card and all other property of the school system by April 23. It was his gas credit card that set the investigation into motion that eventu-ally derailed his superintendent career.

While answering investigators’ questions in November 2008 about multiple gas purchases on the same day on his school district credit card and his purchase of a school district vehicle, Lewis reportedly pointed fingers at the district’s then chief operating officer, Patricia “Pat” Pope, and her handling of the district’s SPLOST-funded construc-tion program to benefit the architec-

tural firm of her husband, Tony Pope, and their friends. Pope has denied any wrongdoing.

Those questions led to an ongoing investigation into Pope and her removal from the position, and then to Lewis. Pope still works for the school district but no longer supervises the construc-tion program.

District Attorney Gwen Keyes Flem-ing said Thursday she expects to wrap up the investigation by late May.

The terms of Lewis’ departure call for him to cooperate in any investiga-tion of the district and for the district to defend him in all civil actions aris-ing from the lawful performance of his duties while serving as superintendent, capped at $100,000 per occurrence.

“With respect to criminal or quasi-criminal actions, the board shall have no responsibility,” the agreement said.

Lewis said he did the best he could during his tenure. “Sometimes it was good enough and sometimes, perhaps, it wasn’t, but I hope nobody questions how much I love the school district.”

Interim Superintendent Ramona Tyson, who was appointed Feb. 25, has said that she has no interest in the job.

Chairman Thomas Bowen said the School Board will launch a nationwide search for a new superintendent.

Community Three of the elementary schools to be closed are in board member Sarah Copelin-Wood’s District 3.

Site of public hearings raises lots of concerns

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DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis and Commissioners Sharon Barnes Sutton and Lee May went to Washington last week to lobby members of Congress and the Obama Administration to fully support their federal funding priorities and other important issues affecting metropolitan communities.

The DeKalb delegation joined more than a dozen officials from 14 of the nation’s larg-est counties and their National Association of Counties’ (NACo) Large Urban County Caucus at the capitol April 13-15.

Ellis said counties are charged with de-livering the bulk of essential services to the nation’s citizens.

“We must ensure counties have a seat at the table when decisions are being made at the federal level,” he said.

A priority issue was securing additional Congressional support for H.R. 4812 – the Local Jobs for America Act. The bill is spon-sored by Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Ellis and the DeKalb commissioners participated in rally in the front of the U.S. Capitol to raise awareness of the pending legislation, which would “provide fed-eral funds to states, local governments, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities.”

The NACo Large Urban County Caucus

represent about 130 million people. NACo president-elect Glen Whitley from Tarrant County, Texas, said HR 4812 is a critical piece of legislation that will help put people to work by allocating funds directly to local communities to stimulate job creation in the public and private sector.

“This comes at a very critical time, as the financial collapse has forced our states and counties to cut jobs for key people in our communities such schoolteachers, police,

firefighters, childcare workers, and others,” Whitley said.

Ellis said that in this down economy that has local governments struggling with shrinking revenues and increasing demands for services, it is more important than ever to ensure that Congress and Administration officials hear directly from the leaders of the nation’s largest counties.

The counties’ priorities include repeal-ing the 3 precent withholding tax on county

purchases, sustaining funding for the De-partment of Housing and Urban Develop-ments’ Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, HOME Invest-ment Partnerships Program (HOME), and Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP); restoring federal entitlement to health ben-efits and providing adequate and equitable funding for transportation infrastructure and emergency preparedness, prevention, response and recovery efforts.

Dear Dave,My mom filed bankruptcy about five

years ago, and I thought that taught her a lesson. She’s on disability now and makes only $600 a month. On top of all this, she’s piled up about $30,000 in credit card debt again. She’s even paid her utility bills and bought groceries with credit cards. I don’t know what to do.

– Barbara

Dear Barbara,She can’t file bankruptcy again because

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Thousands of businesses including con-tractors, painters, and neighborhood handy-men are now affected by the new rules on lead-based paint safety that went into effect on April 22.

The new Renovation, Repair and Paint-ing Rule limit the risks of lead poisoning that might result from renovations made to older buildings.

In an April 13 statement, the Better Busi-ness Bureau warns contractors, renovation companies and do-it-yourself landlords that failure to meet new certification and training standards would result in significant fines.

Fred T. Elsberry, Jr., the BBB’s presi-dent and CEO said cost will go beyond money.

“Not only could you face fines up to $37,500 per violation if you’re caught ignor-ing the law, you’ll lose customers and, worst of all, potentially endanger the health of the children who occupy the building,” he said.

Firms affected by the rule will be required to apply to EPA to be approved as a Certified Renovation Firm and receive the necessary training and certification from an EPA-accredited training provider for Lead Safe Work Practices; assign a Certified Renovator to be present at each project and ensure that lead safe work practices are used through-out the project; and provide consumers or tenants with the EPA pamphlet “Renovate Right” prior to the start of each project and maintain records documenting that the required information has been provided at each project subject to the rule.

In addition to the requirement that a firm become certified, at least one person at each applicable worksite must be an “Individual Certified Renovator.” A list of EPA accredited Certified Renovator trainers can be found at www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/trainingproviders.htm. For more information, visit www.epa.gov/lead or call 1-800-424-LEAD.


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FinanCe “Our state has experienced modest job growth for two consecutive months, suggesting that a fledgling recovery may be gaining traction.”

Johnson goes to bat for minority firms March unemployment sets a record

Taxpayers take advantage of savings

IRS has summer jobs for students

Reports that minority-owned firms are being left out of infrastructure contracts for highway projects receiving Re-covery Act funds have spurred U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson to pen a letter this week to Transpor-tation Secretary Ray LaHood seeking answers.

“This is one of the things we feared when we provided our states with large pools of federal infrastructure funds through the ARRA: that our state governments, which control how highway and road construction projects are funded, could easily turn their backs on fairness and equity when award-ing infrastructure contracts,” Johnson said in the letter.

He also sent letters to House commit-tee chairs Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns of Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. James Oberstar of Transportation and In-frastructure, and Rep. Nydia Velázquez of Small Business.

Johnson was responding to reports that minority-owned firms had only received 2 to 6 percent of American Recovery and Re-investment Act funds designated to highway projects nationwide via state departments

of transportation.The congressman, who represents parts

of DeKalb, Rockdale and Gwinnett counties, has been focused on putting 4th District residents back to work – especially the chronically unemployed.

“To say these figures are disappointing is an understatement,” Johnson said. “It’s unacceptable. As Congress continues to focus upon creating jobs in this country, we are determined to ensure that minority and disadvantaged businesses share in the recovery.”

He has asked LaHood for greater ac-countability and oversight.

Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.); Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman; John Conyers (D-Mich.); and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) also co-signed the letter.

This tax season, huge numbers of American families took advantage of im-portant tax savings made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the White House said.

Because of the Recovery Act, the aver-age tax refund is up nearly 10 percent this year.

In an April 12 statement, the White

Students, 16 years and older, can apply for the IRS summer program, Student Tempo-rary Experience Program (STEP).

Qualified students must be currently enrolled in high school, college, university, technical or vocational school, have a mini-mum of 2.0 GPA, and must be able type at least 40 words per minute.

They can start working as early as May 17. The program has flexible work hours to accommodate those who are taking summer classes.

STEP provides students with exposure to government service, enhances educational

experience, and offers students an opportu-nity to earn and continue their education at the same time.

Students will work with staff in assisting with special projects; maintaining files; fax-ing and reproducing material; receiving and distributing telephone messages and mail; maintaining office supplies; typing labels, envelopes and simple forms; extracting or counting data from documents or reports and preparing listings.

For more information on qualifications, visit www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/ indexes/num-ndx.asp.

Georgia’s jobless rate reached a record 10.6 percent in March, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 10.5 percent reported in February,.

The Georgia Department of Labor said that was a 1.6 percentage points jump from 9 percent in March 209.

DeKalb County’s initial claims for unem-ployment insurance benefits in March rose to 4,541; up from 4,268 in February. In March 2009, they stood at 4,999.

State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said the promising sign behind the numbers is that the pace of new layoffs is slowing.

“More importantly, our state has experi-enced modest job growth for two consecutive months, suggesting that a fledgling recovery may be gaining traction,” he said.

For 30 consecutive months, Georgia’s un-employment rate has exceeded the national rate, which is now 9.7 percent. Statewide, the number of jobless workers increased to 497,500 from 494,321 in February.

Also in March, 69,265 laid-off workers filed initial claims for unemployment, a de-cline of 27,041, or 28.1 percent, from 96,306 claims filed in March 2009. There was a small month-over-month increase of 3,196, or 4.8 percent, from 66,069 in February. Most of the first-time claims were filed in manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, construction, and administrative and support services.

The state’s job market continues to show modest improvement as the number of payroll jobs in March increased 10,500, or three-tenths of a percentage point, from 3,784,900 in February to 3,795,400. The over-the-month job gains came mostly in seasonal leisure and hospitality industries, along with trade, transportation, and public utilities.

The total number of payroll jobs de-creased 112,300, or 2.9 percent, from 3,907,700 in March of 2009. The over-the-year losses came in manufacturing, construc-tion, trade, transportation and utilities, along with financial activities and professional and business services.

House said that a third of the act included tax cuts that have provided more than $160 billion in relief for families and businesses, and nearly $100 billion of that directly into the pockets of working Americans.

An interactive Tax Savings Tool at www.WhiteHouse.gov/Recovery shows how tax-payers benefit from Recovery Act tax credits, the administration said.


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The CVS Pharmacy on Indian Creek Road in Stone Mountain will host free community health fairs on May 1 and May 2.

The noon-to-4 p.m. event will include screenings for blood pressure, diabetes, bone density (osteoporosis) and cholesterol as well as dental, chiropractic and vision acuity screenings.

CVS pharmacist supervisor Andre Mackey, who has worked with CVS for 20 years, is helping CVS get the word out about the products and services that the drugstores offer. He attended some of the metro health fairs last week. The native Georgian became a pharmacist so that he can help people improve the quality of their health care.

The CVS Pharmacy is at 1144 S. Indian Creek Road in Stone Mountain. For more information, visit www .toyourhealthusa.com or call 1-888-604-0333 or the store at 404-296-2936.

Wellness “Many of the participants are cancer survivors, which serves as a reminder that South DeKalb is not immune to this disease.”

Families, individuals turn out for hike and bike tour of Arabia trails

South DeKalb clinic offers free screenings

Free health fair at CVS in Stone Mountain

Cancer research fund-raiser adds ’70s twist to relay

Disparities plague minorities

Walkers, at left, and bikers, above, including DeKalb Commissioner Lee May and Tunde Akinyele, who is a candidate for DeKalb State Court, joined DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis on his April 17 Hike and Bike Tour of the Arabia Mountain Trails in Lithonia. The celebration of National County Government Month, included a health fair, youth empowerment session, public safety show and an employee car free day. After the tour, participants attended the Arabia Mountain High Community health fair.

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Free health screenings will be available at a community open house during the third anniversary celebration of the South DeKalb Center for Healthy Living on April 24.

The free nonprofit clinic will offer screenings for vision, glucose and blood pressure from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. HIV testing and breast exams and information on skin health, mental health and nutrition also will be available.

There also will be food, music and raffles.The clinic is at 2699 Klondike Road in Lithonia. For

more information, visit www.healthylivingclinic.org or call 770-484-2777.

Walkers will step back into the ’70s for the Relay for Life of South DeKalb on May 7 at Panthersville Stadium.

The 1970s-themed fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society gets under way at 7 p.m.

The overnight relay pits individuals and teams made up of friends, families, busi-nesses, hospitals, schools and faith-based groups against each other as they compete to raise funds for cancer research.

The campsites will feature 1970s decor and participants will dress in their favorite ’70s attire. There will be family entertain-ment, giveaways, food, and a drawing for a $20,000 voucher toward the purchase of a new car courtesy of Hayes Automotive.

After sundown, a Luminaria Ceremony will honor cancer survivors and remember those lost to the disease.

Participants will circle the track sur-rounded with glowing luminaria bearing the names of people who have battled cancer.

The relay ends at 7 a.m. on May 8 and admission to this event is free.

Michelle Mirzaiee, the South DeKalb event chair, said the relay is a unique oppor-tunity for the community to come together to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember those we’ve lost, and fight back against the disease.

“Many of the participants are cancer survivors, which serves as a reminder that South DeKalb is not immune to this disease and that by participating in Relay, we are joining with the American Cancer Society’s efforts to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays,” she said.

Team registration is open at www .relayforlife.org/southdekalbga. Space is still available for more teams and for program participants, and event sponsors also are needed. Cancer survivors can attend the survivors reception and there is still time to register. Inquiries may be sent to RFLSouth [email protected].

The American Cancer Society is the na-tion’s largest nongovernmental investor in cancer research, contributing about $3.4 billion. For more information, call 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.

Panthersville Stadium is at 2817 Clifton Springs Road in Decatur. For more informa-tion, call Jessica Brown at 770-354-3572.

The Georgia Department of Community Health is spotlighting health and health care-related issues that disproportionately affect minorities during National Minority Health Month, observed in April.

Dr. M. Rony Francois, the department’s public health director, says that access to health care, seeking out preventive services or going to a medical professional when ill all lead to better health outcomes.

“It is our goal at DCH to promote health equity across the entire population of Georgia by enhancing access to quality health [care],” Francois said.

More than 1.7 million people do not have health insurance in Georgia. Some of the causes of health disparities include limited access to quality preventive health care due to poverty, work force shortages, and cultural and linguistic barriers.

The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that existing health disparities include:n Higher death rate for African-American babies in the first year of life. They are two times as likely to die as white babies in Georgia.n Higher rate of heart disease – Hispanics in Georgia are twice as likely to die from heart disease than whites.n Higher rates of diabetes – diabetes rates are about 60 percent higher in African-Americans; 110 percent to 120 percent higher in Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans; and Native Americans have the highest rates of diabetes in the world.n The death rate from stroke and cardiovascular disease is 40.2 times higher for African-Americans than whites. For Native Americans, the death rate is 14.7 times higher than for the total U.S. population.

To reduce morbidity and mortality rates and improve the health status of the state, Georgians are encouraged to:n Maintain a good weight.n Know your family’s health history.n Eat a sensible diet filled with vegetables, fruits, whole grains, lean protein and unsaturated fats.n Exercise.n Get immunizations when needed.n Have a primary care professional you see regularly for checkups.n Visit a doctor when ill.

For more information, visit www.georgiahealthinfo.gov.


11Wellness “It’s simple stuff, using fresh spinach and not cooking your vegetables to death, but leaving in the nutrients and enzymes that are good for you.”

Weight-loss class turns to garden for good food, exercise and motivation

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Wonderland Gardens WOW Factor class do chair exercises during their weekly gathering on April 21. Caprice Bolden, at left, wants to lose 100 pounds.Participants are learning to eat fresh fruits and vegetables and move more.

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Bolden, now 16 pounds lighter, can now get up to exercise. In February, she could barely move.

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What a difference 16 pounds make. Just ask Caprice Bolden of Decatur.

On Feb. 24, Bolden tipped the scales at 320 pounds, had trouble walking, and need-ed two people to lift her legs so that Deborah Summerville, coordinator of the Wonderland Gardens’ Weight Off Wisely Factor program, could measure them.

Fast-forward eight weeks to April 21 and Bolden, now 16 pounds lighter, is jogging and doing three laps at Georgia Perimeter College’s Decatur campus without finding a tree to lean on or a bench to collapse on.

“I have more energy,” she said Wednesday. “I feel better. I am cooking better at home. People at work have noticed.”

Bolden is among more than 30 people who have signed up to lose 100 pounds each in Wonderland Gardens’ free weight-loss program that is helping people change their lives by being more active and eating better.

Summerville says that so far, the partici-pants collectively have dropped more than 125 pounds.

And there is no gimmick. Participants are simply learning to exer-

cise and eat healthy. Exercise motivator Rae Rae Clark puts them through chair exercises and teaches them to stretch and move their bodies. Dr. Joy Scott, a nutritionist with the Global Health Movement, introduces them to fresh fruits and vegetables, some of them grown in the community garden on Rainbow Drive in Decatur. And their buddies encour-age them to stay in the program.

Participants must join with a buddy and both must stay in the program. If one drops out, the other has to as well.

Bolden said the program is so simple, she could relate.

“We are eating clean food,” she said. “We are eating good food. We are replacing the junk. It’s simple stuff, using fresh spinach and not cooking your vegetables to death, but leaving in some of the nutrients and enzymes that are good for you.”

At 5 feet 3 inches tall, Bolden’s ideal weight should be 150 pounds. It took her five years to exceed 200 pounds after her daughter Kesi was born in 1995 and a series of health issues.

“After that, it was like the weight rained

down on me,” she said. “It was like an ava-lanche.”

Bolden went from a size 12 in 1998 to now wearing size 28. She suffers from sleep apnea and would wake up tired every day. She had to sleep with a CPAP – continuous positive airway pressure – machine to supply her with oxygen to help her breathe.

Bolden said she tried over and over to lose weight and got discouraged every time.

“People would say cut back, but cutting back for me was skipping breakfast and lunch

and making up for it at dinner,” she said. “Instead of a double cheeseburger, it was a single patty cheeseburger. Instead of a big bag of chips, it was a small bag.”

Last fall, she was a candidate for gastric bypass surgery but her insurance refused to pay for it. She was desperate for help when she heard about the Wonderland Gardens program.

Now Bolden is discovering fruits and vegetables and going to the DeKalb Farmers Market and trying new fruits. She also uses almond milk instead of cow’s milk and is getting acquainted with vegetables that are easy to cook.

At her last weigh-in three weeks ago, Bolden lost 8 inches on her legs, 3 inches around her chest and 4 inches around her waist.

Her co-workers, family and friends have noticed the difference.

“They tell me they see it in my face. I can’t see it but I feel it. I feel better every day.”

At her job in Norcross, where she is a receiving clerk, her co-workers have noticed that she now moves around a lot and that she is eating fruits and vegetables.

Her heart palpitation also is gone. She doesn’t feel as anxious as she used to and she now looks forward to going grocery shopping.

“I used to dread it,” she said. “I had to find a cart to lean on, and walking around

was painful.”Bolden has committed herself to losing

100 pounds in a year and is doing it with the help of her mother-in-law, Martha Bolden, who is her partner in the buddy program.

Summerville said WOW is part of the garden’s community health initiative that is working to help people change their lifestyle and their health.

The program is open to teens and adults who are more than 50 pounds overweight.

WOW Factor meets weekly on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. It starts each week with a blood pressure check with a registered nurse, Yvonne Young. The diabetic members of the group also get their blood sugar checked be-fore they join Clark for a 45-minute workout that includes exercise and walking.

Summerville said Wonderland Gardens believes the combination of using more fresh locally, organically grown fruits and vegetables with better cooking methods and regular exercise can improve the overall health of the community.

Bolden can testify to it.“Now I can stand and hold my leg up

to be measured,” she said Wednesday after class. “I am running now. I believe in this program.”

Wonderland Gardens is at 3145 Rainbow Drive in Decatur.

For more information, visit www.won-derlandgardens.org or call 404-680-1900.

Homeless families with babies and young children will benefit from HomeAid Atlanta’s 2010 Es-sentials for Young Lives Drive kick-ing off on April 26.

Through May 3, the nonprofit will collect diapers, baby wipes, bottles, baby food, formula and other items for homeless shelters in Decatur, Conyers, Atlanta, College Park, Fairburn and Roswell.

The drive, in its ninth year, is held annually around Mother’s Day. Last year, HomeAid Atlanta, which builds housing for tempo-rarily homeless families, collected

more than 32,000 items.Donations can be made through

HomeAid Atlanta’s baby registries at Babies “R” Us, Target and Wal-Mart. Items purchased online can be shipped directly to HomeAid Atlanta. All donations are tax-deductible.

Donations can be dropped off at the Housing Center in Tucker week-days from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and at any public drop-off sites around metro Atlanta. For a complete list of sites, visit www.homeaidatlanta .org/dropoff. For more informa-tion, call 678-775-1401.


12 scene “It may seem like what you do is small, but to many, it makes a big difference.”

CEO’s Community Heroes honored for many good works

Dinner and raffle for mother’s day

Derby gala to benefit at-risk youth

Civil rights cold cases for discussion

Top from left: Steen Miles, Sheldon Fleming, CEO Burrell Ellis; bottom from left: Mary Raterman, Jyotsna Blackwell, Beverly O. Cochran Jr.

Jalisia Taylor-Singleton received the Youth Volunteer Award from DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis.

The Youth Volunteer Organization Award went to Tucker High’s Habitat for Humanity chapter.

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Supporters of the Community Council of Metropolitan Atlanta will be headed to a Kentucky Derby Gala on May 1 at Space Atlanta to benefit at-risk youth.

The 4-to-7:30 p.m. “Racing to Save a Generation” gala will include fun, fashion, games, entertainment, and a horse-racing event.

Tickets are $25 and include hors d’oeuvres

and viewing of the world’s premier horse-racing event. Proceeds will benefit the coun-cil’s Priority Male Initiative for young black males and its empowerment programs for at-risk youth.

Space Atlanta is at 1310 White St. in southwest Atlanta. For more information, visit www.communitycouncilma.org or call Edna Jackson at 404-935-5859.

Thirty families who lost loved ones to civil rights-era murders will gather together for the first time on April 24 at Ebenezer Bap-tist Church in Atlanta to talk about the family members and their search for justice.

The discussion is sponsored by “Never Too Late for Justice,” a project of Syracuse University College of Law’s Cold Case Justice Initiative. Syracuse law professors Paula C. Johnson and Janis L. McDonald, co-directors of the initiative, also will participate on the panel that will explore the legal, historical, and societal impact of the unsolved killings in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Grammy Award nominee Mavis Staples will give a free concert after the discussion.

Doors open at 2:15 p.m.; the program begins at 3.

The Cold Case Justice Initiative was founded in response to the 1964 murder of shoe shop owner Frank Morris in Ferriday, La. That crime also is unsolved. Syracuse law students researched thousands of documents and worked with local investigative reporters, which led to witnesses providing new infor-mation; the appointment of a special agent by the FBI; and a pledge by the U.S. attorney for a full review of the case. The students’ efforts have ignited law enforcement inves-tigation of additional deaths long suspected to be racially motivated and committed by the Ku Klux Klan.

The discussion is free and open to the public. Ebenezer Baptist Church is at 407 Auburn Ave. N.E. For more information, visit http://coldcaselaw.syr.edu/.

Motivational speaker and trainer Mike Howard will be the keynote speaker at the May 1 mother/daughter empowerment din-ner at the Higher Place of Praise Fellowship Hall in Atlanta.

The event, hosted by Diamond Produc-tion, starts at 4:30 p.m. It will feature Minis-ter Eli Smith of 1480 WYZE, recording artist Sandrel, and saxophonist Richard Shaw.

Higher Place of Praise Fellowship Hall is at 1481 Woodbine Ave. S.E. in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-241-2731.

On May 5, mothers can enter to win a pair of 14-carat white gold, 1-carat total weight stud earrings at the second an-nual Mother’s Day Diamond Earrings Raffle hosted by the nonprofit Exceptional Care Health Services Foundation.

Raffle tickets are $10 per book and con-testants have five chances to win the studs, valued at $3,800.

Proceeds benefit the homebound needy. For more information, call Carlyn or Wen-dell Forrest at 404-534-1974.

Wonderland Gardens founder and exec-utive director Sheldon Fleming was among seven individuals and one group honored with Community Heroes Awards by DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis at an April 18 reception and awards ceremony at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta.

Fleming, who won the Environmental Change Award, was a strong green advo-cate long before it became fashionable. He founded the community garden on Rainbow Drive in 1995, in memory of his only sister, Kelly, whose murder in 1987 is still unsolved. Fleming promotes organic gardening and healthy eating.

The Community for Better Health Award went to Jyotsna Blackwell, program manager for the DeKalb Board of Health’s Office of Chronic Disease Prevention. She was honored for her work empowering in-dividuals, communities and organizations to improve their health.

Charlotte Booth and Wanda Moore of the Henderson Estates Neighborhood As-sociation won the Neighborhood Empower-ment Award for their work in the Volunteers in Patrol program.

Clarkston High School senior Jalisia Tay-lor-Singleton got the Youth Volunteer Award for her volunteer work with Youth Leadership DeKalb, her school, the DeKalb School Su-perintendent’s Advisory Committee, and the Clarkston Community Refugee Center.

Beverly O. Cochran Jr. of the United Meth-odist Children’s Home in Decatur and Mary Raterman, a newborn foster mother with An Open Door Adoption Agency, shared the

Community Service Award. The Youth Volunteer Organiza-tion Award went to Tucker High School’s

Habitat for Humanity campus chapter.The awards, which were given during

National County Government Month, were established by Ellis to recognize individu-als and organizations making a significant impact in the community.

Ellis, who plans to make the awards an annual event, said community service is one of the most effective ways citizens can contribute to the well-being of their neigh-

borhoods, but that the work so often goes unnoticed.

“It may seem like what you do is small, but to many, it makes a big difference,” he said before handing out the awards. “To those individuals whose lives you touch with your gift of service, you are truly heroes. For those organizations, including DeKalb County, whose service you supplement with your acts of kindness, you are truly heroes. To us, who honor you here today, you are truly heroes.”

The recipients were among those nomi-nated in March by the public. The winners were picked by a selection committee.


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Youth “We want to get them in the right frame of mind because prevention is No. 1. If we prevent crime, we don’t have to fight crime.”

New program helps DeKalb police make pals with youth

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Lt. Jeff Rutland, DeKalb Police SWAT commander, helps sixth-grader Chandler Davis with a bulletproof jacket during the two-day “Filling Playgrounds and Classrooms, Not Prisons” camp hosted by the Police Athletic League Plus.

A blindfolded participant listens to other middle school students as he makes his way through an obstacle course. The exercise was designed to build trust.

By Carla Parker

Chandler Davis had no idea how much a bulletproof jacket weighed until he tried one on last week.

“Wow. This is heavy,” he kept repeating when DeKalb Police SWAT commander Lt. Jeff Rutland hoisted the jacket around his shoulders on April 9 during a two-day spring break camp hosted by the Police Athletic League Plus.

Chandler, a sixth-grader at Memorial Middle School in Conyers, was one of 25 middle school students who got up close with some DeKalb officers at the “Filling Playgrounds and Classrooms, Not Prisons” camp at N.H. Scott Park in Decatur.

On April 8 and 9, they chatted with of-ficers; learned about the officers’ jobs; par-ticipated in football, basketball, dodge ball and other games; and were exposed to proper table manners. They even learned how to tie a sharp bow tie during the camp.

Sgt. E.C. Adkison, the PAL Plus program coordinator, said that while it was the first camp of its kind in the county, it won’t be the last.

“We are here to protect kids,” he said. “We want to get them in the right frame of mind because prevention is No. 1. If we prevent crime, we don’t have to fight crime.”

To help keep kids busy and off the streets during school breaks, Adkison said the Police Athletic League also plans a cheerleading camp in the summer and football and boxing camps in the fall.

He said the league also is working with DeKalb Parks and Recreation to offer a swim-ming camp for youth, and flag football for adults is on tap for the fall.

The DeKalb Police force’s new interest in young people is fueled by a PAL Plus program launched nationwide by the Police Athletic League.

More than 600 police departments across the country have embraced the program, which is sanctioned by the DeKalb Police and county government.

Adkison is one of three officers who have been deployed full time to man the new pro-gram, which also has an 11-member board of directors made up of acting Police Chief Wil-liam O’Brien and Assistant Police Chief Dale Holmes and members of the community.

The board is chaired by Ford dealer Mal-colm Cunningham.

The spring camp cost $30 to attend and included snacks, lunch and a T-shirt.

Adkison, an 11-year member of the DeKalb Police force, said he is happy with his new assignment working with kids.

“Our mission is to get kids off the streets and to make our parks a better and safer place for them,” he said.

Adkison reckons that if he and other police officers are working with the kids and

developing good relationships with them now, he won’t have to be sending them to jail later.

“We want them to have something fun and constructive to do,” Adkison said. “Plus, we want to show the kids that officers can

have fun too.”Eleven-year-old Deondre Leonard, a

Redan sixth-grader, said the camp was both educational and fun.

“I learned the different communica-tion style and proper etiquette skills,” said

Deondre.Lt. Sonya Porter, a volunteer at the camp,

said a lot of children are afraid of police be-cause they usually only see officers arresting someone they know.

“We want them to understand that we are here to protect them,” she said. “We want them to come to us, not run from us.”

Porter’s 12-year-old daughter, Tamia, also attended the camp. The Union Grove Middle seventh-grader said she has learned a lot about her mother’s job.

“We also learned how to respect people,” she said.

Adkison said PAL Plus camps will extend beyond middle school students in the future, but to start, they wanted to concentrate on 11- to 14-year-olds because that is the age range when kids can lose focus on what’s important.

Programs also will be held at a number of other DeKalb parks including Shoal Creek in Decatur, Belvedere in Atlanta, and Wade Walker and Redan in Stone Mountain.

“We are taking donations and people can sign up to be volunteers as well,” he said.

For more information or to volunteer, contact Sgt. E.C. Adkison at 770-724-7447 or [email protected].

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