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Alice Waits Bailey, 73, and eight other residents of Flat Rock received honorary diplomas during the community’s black history program. 5

When Chamblee High senior Quanesha Biggs (left) heard that her mentor was planning a medical mission to assist earthquake victims, she made sure she was included. 7

William Howard Taft was in the White House when Mary Brown, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, was born. 8

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Wayfield closes 20-year-old Candler Road store A delivery driver checks the locked doors of the Wayfield Foods supermarket on Candler Road, which closed on Feb. 27.

By Deborah Alberto

After 20 years anchoring the CandlerMcAfee Shopping Center on Candler Road, Wayfield Foods closed its store on Feb. 27, leaving its loyal customers in dismay. Ron Edenfield, Wayfield’s founder, president and CEO, blamed rising lease rates for the store’s sudden closure. On March 1, the iconic blue Wayfield name had been removed and the windows were blocked with brown paper. Customers were met with signs thanking them for their years of patronage and directing them to visit the Wayfield Foods location three miles away at 1757 Columbia Drive. Lucious Jackson Jr. pulled into the parking lot Monday, planning to pick up some loose roasted peanuts, only to find the store closed. “I’m shocked,” he said. “I don’t shop here all the time, but they have been

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around as long as I can remember.” Neighboring businesses also were surprised at the store’s departure. “I heard rumors from employees that they might close, but it’s still a surprise to see them gone so fast,” said Trinh Nguyen, who works at nearby Candler Nails.

have been out then. It was an older store and we were not able to update the equipment and pay extra rent. Economics just did not make it viable to stay.” He said the store’s 25 to 30 employees were sent to other locations in the area. Edenfield said the store’s departure was not as sudden as it seemed. “We have known about this for years, but it’s just not something you post in advance,” he said. Infinity Leasing Co. manages the Candler-McAfee Shopping Center, which just got a new McDonald’s that opened for business Feb. 15. Shawl Pryor, Infinity’s senior vice president, said the community was asking for renovations at the Wayfield store. “I’m not sure they put any money into the store in the 20 years that they were there,” he said.

Edenfield said their current lease was expiring and he was unable to enter into successful lease negotiations for the next five-year period. “The lease was excessive for the location,” he said Tuesday. “It was a considerable amount five years ago, and we should Please see WAYFIELD, page 6

Riders blast MARTA over proposed cuts By Deborah Alberto

More than 200 angry MARTA users showed up Monday to tell MARTA why it’s a bad idea to ax nearly half of its bus routes in DeKalb County. The elderly and the disabled, including some in wheelchairs, and other commuters who depend on public transportation to get to work, school and doctors appointments packed the county’s Maloof Auditorium in downtown Decatur for the lone public meeting in DeKalb County hosted by the transit authority. MARTA is facing a $120 million revenue shortfall for its 2011 financial year that begins July 1. It has proposed contracting its service by 25 percent to 30 percent and laying off up to 1,500 employees, or 29 percent of its work force of 5,200 employees. In South DeKalb, where MARTA currently carries 45,141 passengers on weekdays, MARTA has proposed cutting 10 of the 23 routes that serve Decatur, Stone Mountain, Lithonia and Ellenwood. Anita Jackson, who lives in the Indian Creek area of Decatur, said MARTA knew this was coming. “Why did they wait so long to look for solutions?” said Jackson, who uses the bus system regularly. “Martin Luther King fought all over the South so we have the right to get on a bus, and now you are going to take our bus service away?” Speaker after speaker expressed frustration over the proposed cuts. They said the cuts and service consolidation would make commute times much longer and result in long walks in high traffic areas for residents who are not physically capable. Many called for state funding and the exploration of other options to keep the routes as they are.

Anita Jackson of Decatur was one of many residents who expressed anger at MARTA’s plan to cut 10 of the 23 bus routes that serve Decatur, Stone Mountain, Lithonia and Ellenwood.

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More than 130 people signed up to speak directly to MARTA officials. MARTA gets the bulk of its revenues from a 1 cent sales tax from DeKalb and Fulton counties, and with the economic recession, consumers have cut back spending, causing a reduction in its revenues. Cheryl Jackson, a MARTA planning official, said the transit system must cut its service 25 percent to 30 percent and increase fares to stay afloat. MARTA’s board must approve a balanced budget by June 30. Don McKay, a resident of Decatur Christian Towers at North Decatur Road and Church Street, said MARTA is the only transit system that does not get any money in operating funds from the state. “It’s time for the mayor to go up to Per-

due and the state Legislature and tell them we need your help and we need it now,” said McKay, who was one of 30 residents from the senior living facility attending the meeting. Renee Kirklin, a Decatur Christian Towers administrator, said the facility has 300 residents who are 62 years and older. She said the bus is a lifeline to the residents, who use it to get to work, medical appointments and the store. Presently the bus stops directly in front of the building, but Kirklin said she believes the new route will require residents to walk several blocks in a high traffic area. There was plenty of blame to go around, but public officials at the meeting looked to the possibility of gaining finan-

cial assistance from other counties besides Fulton and DeKalb. State Rep. Howard Mosby said the state has looked at the transportation dollars for roads, not public transportation. “MARTA was set up to be a five-county system and only two counties support it,” he said. “Georgia is the only state in the union that does not support a public transportation system of this size. In the Legislature, Fulton and DeKalb are the two bluest counties in the state of Georgia, and guess what, we’re under attack.” Mosby called for a strong showing of people to voice their concerns to public officials. “It’s time to stop playing politics,” he said. “It’s about the people and the people’s voices need to be heard.”

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“Let’s teach our young people not only give back but to keep what we have.”

No bond set for rape suspect Trever Deion Blue, who is accused of raping 11 women in the Hambrick Road area of Stone Mountain, is behind bars at the DeKalb County Jail. Blue, 19, was captured Feb. 26, after he allegedly assaulted a 21 year-old woman shortly after she pulled into her apartment. Police said the woman managed to get away and Blue then took off in her car. Jason Gagnon, a DeKalb Police spokesman, said that an alert was put on the missing car. Trever D. Blue “There was a brief chase and he was taken into custody,” Gagnon said. The neighborhood had been terrorized for months, prompting elected officials to host meetings sharing tips with women about how to protect themselves. Blue faces more than 30 charges involving rape, aggravated sodomy, kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and armed robbery. DeKalb acting Police Chief William O’Brien said the woman was exiting her vehicle at midnight when she was accosted at gunpoint. The suspect forced her into her vehicle and sexually assaulted her. “I would like to thank the victims for having the strength to come forward in these cases,” O’Brien said. “In a couple of them, the females have actually fought with this perpetrator.” Gagnon said Blue was connected with the other crimes based on statements but that he did not confess. Blue is being held without bond on most of the charges. In order to receive bond, he must formally request a hearing in Superior Court. Orzy Theus, a spokesman for the DeKalb District Attorney’s Office, said he had not requested a hearing as of Thursday afternoon. Gagnon seemed assured that Blue would remain behind bars. “With those kinds of charges, he’s not coming out,” he said. “I can guarantee that.”

Symposium has info for vets Veterans can find out about claims and benefits at the 2010 Veterans Symposium at 9 a.m. on March 13 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4706 in Decatur. The VFW Post is at 5362 Covington Highway. For more information, visit www.dekalbganaacp.org, e-mail naacpdek@bellsouth.net or call Bambie Hayes at 404-4372681.

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“Give a Day, Get a Disney Ticket” campaign lures more than 320 volunteers to picked up trash and old tires, and spread mulc at Shoal Creek Park on chilly Saturday.

Chilly weather doesn’t hamper cleanup More than 320 volunteers braved chilly weather Feb. 27 to help clean up Shoal Creek Park in Decatur. The adults and teens picked up trash including old tires, spread mulch, and helped landscape the park as part of the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Ticket – Park Cleanup” organized by the nonprofit Strength Through Faith Community Center Inc. and DeKalb Parks and Recreation. Disney’s “Give a Day, Get a Disney Ticket” program offers free Disney passes to its theme parks to encourage community service and volunteerism. Arlene Williams, Strength Through Faith’s executive director, said volunteers also worked at Wade Walker Park in Lithonia and that they chose DeKalb County parks to bring the community together. “Besides getting a Disney ticket, volunteers get a chance to clean up the environment and our communities,” she said. Some volunteers made the event a family affair. Omar Zachery brought family and church mem-

bers from Lawrenceville. He said it was a good opportunity to set an example for the youth. “I would like to encourage parents, churches and community leaders to get involved,” Zachery said. “Let’s teach our young people not only give back but to keep what we have.” District 3 Commissioner Larry Johnson, who joined the cleanup, said he was pleased to have part of the program in his district. “Activity like this is what community is all about,” he said. “There are so many people here from across DeKalb and around the region coming together to pitch in in tough times like these.” The Disney tickets awarded to volunteers are valid through December 2010. Because of the success of Saturday’s cleanup, Williams said volunteers are already asking for another “Give a Day, Get a Ticket” event. She said they are planning one in March. For more information, visit www.strengththrough faithcenter.org or call 678-524-9693.

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“In these tough economic time, we owe Georgians more than property tax relief.” This foreclosed house in the hard-hit Belevedere community in Decatur went on the auction block.

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We owe Georgians the right to keep their property Saving your home in Georgia is harder than any where else in the nation. But losing the house you’ve owned for 30 years can happen in the blink of an eye. Currently, Georgia only requires banks to notify individuals 30 days before foreclosure. Worse, current law does not require that the homeowner actually receive the notice, simply that the bank sends it. And to add insult to injury, the bank can start the process of taking your house if you are only one day late on your mortgage payment. If you make your payment after the bank has started the process, the bank alone decides whether to stop the process or proceed with the foreclosure. Imagine this common situation: You are one month behind on your mortgage payment. The bank gives you 30 days notice before they foreclose on your house. You are out of town and do not receive the notice until 20

“Georgia ranks dead last for foreclosure modifications. In other words, if you cure your debt, it is still up to the bank to decide whether to stop the foreclosure process.” State Rep. Billy Mitchell

days later. Now you are left with 10 days to come up with the extra mortgage payment. You are unable to come up with the money in that short period of time, so the bank forecloses your house. You owe $200,000 on your mortgage at the time of foreclosure. The bank sells your home for $180,000. The current law allows the bank to come after you for the $20,000 difference. If the bank sells your home for $220,000, they pocket the extra $20,000. That’s not right. Now imagine you are a soldier

serving over seas. How are you supposed to find out about the foreclosure and take care of the matter in 30 days from tens of thousands of miles away from home? From Columbus-Muscogee to Liberty County, we have thousands of Georgians who are called into service and have no choice about the length of their deployment. Georgia ranks dead last for foreclosure modifications. In other words, if you cure your debt, it is still up to the bank to decide whether to stop the foreclosure process.

Georgians deserve better. We need consumer protection and stronger foreclosure laws. We’ve needed this for the last two years in the worst economic decline in recent memory. That’s why I introduced House Bill 972. HB 972 requires banks give individuals facing foreclosure 90 days notice. Individuals will have those 90 days to cure their debt and save their homes. The bill won’t cost banks anything. It simply gives homeowners more time to cure their debt and keep the houses they’ve invested a lifetime to build. In these tough economic times, we owe Georgians more than property tax relief. We owe them the right to keep their property. We owe them HB 972. State Rep. Billy Mitchell represents House District 88 in Stone Mountain. He is a sponsor of HB972.

Quick Read No bond set for rape suspect

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Trever Deion Blue, who is accused of raping 11 women in the Hambrick Road area of Stone Mountain, is behind bars at the DeKalb County Jail.

Chilly weather doesn’t hamper cleanup

President Barack Obama Tuesday in SaWhen Chamblee High School senior vannah to highlight the positive impact of Quanesha Biggs makes up her mind about the American Recovery and Reinvestment something, she usually makes it happen. Act (ARRA).

State’s jobless rate hits 3 record 10.4 percent

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Joblessness reached an all-time high More than 320 volunteers braved chilly statewide in January, hitting 10.4 percent. weather Feb. 27 to help clean up Shoal In December, Georgia’s unemployment rate Creek Park in Decatur. was 10.3 percent.

On Feb. 18, 1910, when Mary Bell Brown was born in Covington, airplanes were still called flying machines, the civil rights movement was decades away, and William Howard Taft was president.

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“I was determined that I was going to live to see this day.”

9 get high school diplomas 60 years after leaving school By Lee Williams

In the 1940s DeKalb County where Martha Wise Williams grew up, elementary schools were segregated and there were no high schools for black children. So in 1946, when she was in the 10th grade, Williams, who grew up in Flat Rock in Lithonia, dropped out of school. Fast forward 63 years. On Feb. 20, Williams, now a greatgrandmother, was one of nine men and women ages 73 to 93 from the historic Flat Rock community who finally got their high school diplomas during a graduation ceremony at the Flat Rock Archives Black History Program at Arabia Mountain High School. DeKalb School Board members Dr. Eugene Walker and Jay Cunningham handed out the diplomas to Williams and to Zella Bryant Guthrie, 93, of Decatur; Dorothy Sanders Lindsey, 82, of Lithonia; Thelma Wilson Roberts, 81, of Ellenwood; Bertha Sanders Clark, 76, of Lithonia; Eugene Nolden, 74, of Decatur; Alice Waits Bailey, 73, of Conyers; Lillian Walton Waites, 73, of Lithonia; and the late Johnny Waits Sr. The graduation ceremony culminated a day of events attended by 500 people. The events included tours of the Flat Rock Archives, a nonprofit museum that documents the history of the oldest African-American community in the county; the county’s oldest slave cemetery; and Lyon’s plantation, which once housed slaves. Other activities included the unveiling

Friends, family to celebrate life, legacy of first black mayor The late Chuck Burris, who became Stone Mountain’s first black mayor in 1997, will be celebrated at a community tribute at the Freedom Bell on Main Street. Burris died Feb. 12, 2009, in Maryland of complications from amyloidosis, a kidney disease. The tribute is one Chuck Burris of two being held. The first, on March 5 at the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Auditorium in Atlanta, took place on what would have been his 59th birthday. Marcia Baird Burris, his widow, said friends, colleagues, supporters and family are celebrating his life and work. She also is planning a foundation in his name, possibly surrounding issues that affect small towns. “He had a lot of concern about issues around Georgia and internationally and we want to honor his memory,” she said. Burris was elected to the City Council in 1991 and served six years before being elected mayor. He received local, national and international recognition and President Bill Clinton invited him to the White House. While in Stone Mountain, Burris bought and lived in the house of James Venable, the former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. The community tribute will be at noon on March 6. The Freedom Bell is near Stone Mountain City Hall, at 922 Main St. For more information, e-mail phoenix_v@bellsouth.net or burrisfound ation@gmail.com.

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At left, Daphne Wood outfits her mother, Martha Wise Williams, 79, with her cap and gown for the Flat Rock community’s special graduation ceremony on Feb. 20. Above, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (center) poses with the graduates.

of the documentary “Flat Rock – Where Home Is” by filmmaker Eddy Anderson and results of the community’s Slave Cemetery Mapping Project conducted by Georgia State University associate professor Jeffrey Glover of the archaeology department and his students. Williams, who walked proudly across the stage to pick up her diploma, said she was thrilled to be part of such an event. “It was the best feeling of my life,” said Williams, who dropped out of school to help her mother, Virgil Wise, who was raising six children on her own. She said her father, Joddie Wise, died when she was 5 years old, and she said things were tough for her family. Johnny Waits Jr., co-founder and president of the Flat Rock Archives, said that African-Americans had to leave DeKalb County to attend high school in the 1940s.

“There were only two high schools for blacks,” he said. “You had to go to Washington High School in Atlanta or Lucy Laney High School in Augusta.” While the diplomas handed out Feb. 20 were honorary, Waits said the nine men and women can actually be said to have been between the seventh grade and 11th grade, depending on the period. “They completed the required courses,” he said. “They did as required by the county and the county gave them nothing, not a hello or bye.” Williams said the graduation ceremony for the students of the Flat Rock community had been in the works for a year and she could barely wait for that day to come. “I was determined that I was going to live to see this day,” Williams said. Lillian Walton Waites, widow of Johnny Waits Sr., who was awarded his diploma posthumously, said they had no choice but

to drop out of school in the 1940s. “I had to pick cotton and corn,” she said, “and I found out that the Guthries and the Clarks had to do the same thing.” Her husband died in 1976 at age 41 from stomach cancer. Their grandson, Jonathon Sullivan, accepted the award on his behalf. Bailey, who left school in the 11th grade, said she was happy to finally get her diploma. “I wanted to go back to school, but I never could,” she said, while her grandcousin Antionette Waits helped her with her cap and gown. “It feels strange and real, real late, but it’s OK.” Guthrie, the oldest student honored, was ecstatic as she waited to walk down the aisle. “I like it,” said Guthrie. “Since they want to go through all the trouble and do that for us, I think it’s wonderful.”

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Finance

March 6, 2010

The Summer Internship Program provides college students with work experience and a chance to earn up to $1,400.

Summer jobs Obama and Johnson tout jobs available for college students

State’s jobless rate hits record 10.4 percent

College students can apply for the Georgia Department of Labor’s 2010 Summer Internship Program through the end of March. Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond announced the program on March 1. It provides college students with practical work experience, the opportunity to earn school credit, and a chance to make up to $1,400. There are about 80 positions available Michael Thurmond statewide and there is no family income requirement. “In a time when countless companies have cut jobs, including paid internships, the Summer Internship Program provides valuable opportunities for students to develop and expand skills and to earn money,” Thurmond said. Interns work 25 hours per week for nine weeks between June 1 and Aug. 13 and are paid semimonthly. The program is open primarily to college sophomores, juniors and seniors in Georgia and to Georgia residents enrolled in or accepted to similar institutions in other states. School credits may be earned, but interns are responsible for making arrangements with their institutions to obtain the credit. Selection will be based on the following: n Student interests and whether such interests align with possible job duties at the Labor Department. n Maturity level. n Student access to GDOL Career Centers and Vocational Rehabilitation offices around the state. Whenever possible, selected interns will be allowed to choose the office where they will work. Students must submit an application along with a one-page essay on “The key to my employment success in the next five to 10 years.” They also may be required to complete a job interview with a member of the department’s staff. Applications are available at GDOL offices; at www.dol.state.ga.us; and by writing to Janice Reaves Jackson, Director of Marketing & Community Relations, Georgia Department of Labor, Suite 600, 148 Andrew Young International Blvd. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30303-1751. Applications will be accepted through March 31. They should be mailed to Reaves Jackson at the above address or faxed to 404-656-2683. Selections will be made by April 21.

Joblessness reached an all-time high statewide in January, hitting 10.4 percent. In December, Georgia’s unemployment rate was 10.3 percent. DeKalb County already reached that high in October, when its unemployment rate hit 10.4 percent. A year earlier in October 2008, DeKalb County’s unemployment rate was 7.1. State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said the prospects aren’t looking good. “Georgia’s unemployment crisis is deepening,” he said. Nearly a half-million Georgians are unemployed and looking for work. People who took part-time jobs and those who have stopped looking are not included in that number. Earlier this week, a crisis was averted when Congress approved the extension of $10 billion in unemployment benefits for jobless Americans. The benefits ran out Sunday and without the extension, millions of laid-off workers would have been stranded without their weekly unemployment checks. About 8,000 laid-off Georgia workers are receiving state-extended benefits, and 198,000 are receiving federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) had held up the bill to force Congress to find a way to pay for the package. He relented on Tuesday and the Senate passed the bill. President Barack Obama quickly signed the bill Tuesday night. It extends federal funding for unemployment benefits and COBRA health care premium subsidies for one month. As a result, laid-off workers will have one additional month to qualify for certain federal unemployment benefits, which were due to expire at the end of February. Under the new law, people who exhaust their regular state benefits – which last up to 26 weeks – can begin receiving the first of four federal extensions.

President Barack Obama, followed by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), waves as they step out of Air Force One at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah on Tuesday. Obama was visiting the Georgia coastal city to highlight sucesses of his Recovery program.

Congressman Hank Johnson joined President Barack Obama Tuesday in Savannah to highlight the positive impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Johnson, who represents the 4th District that includes DeKalb and portions of Rockdale and Gwinnett counties, flew with the President on Air Force One and rode in the Presidential motorcade to Savannah Technical College, where Obama discussed the Act’s impact in Georgia and across the country. Johnson, who was the first member of Congress from Georgia to endorse Obama during his presidential run, said he was proud to be Obama’s partner in the this historic effort to revitalize the economy.

“History will judge us not by the ups and downs of the partisan fray, but by the long-term effects of our policies,” Johnson said. “The Recovery Act has stabilized a crisis and laid the foundations for growth.” In recent months, the Recovery Act has created and saved jobs in the 4th District. Some examples include DeKalb Technical College, which recently got a $2 million “Health Care and High Growth Job Training” grant to teach more than 220 as first responders for Grady Hospital and Rockdale Fire Rescue, and Goodwill Industries in Decatur, which got a “Pathways Out of Poverty” grant to train more than 200 workers for green jobs.

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Pryor said the lease was pre-negotiated and they did not get any written notice that Wayfield was leaving. He said that they have entered into negotiations with other grocers but was not at liberty to divulge any details at this time. DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson, in whose District 3 the store was located,

said Wayfield Foods’ departure can be seen as a setback but that there is still a lot of positive things going on in the corridor. “I still see the best days ahead for District 3,” he said. “The streetscape improvements will soon be completed. Our best days are ahead of us.” Johnson says he is in constant conversation with the leasing agent and will help

connect him with a new business that can move into the space. The Candler store’s closure leaves three Wayfield stores in south DeKalb County. The others are at 5410 Covington Highway in Decatur and 2636 Max Cleland Blvd. in Lithonia. Altogether, Atlanta-based Wayfield Foods, which opened its first store in 1982, now has nine locations in metro Atlanta.

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“As members of the faith-based community, we must recommit ourselves to the prevention of HIV/AIDS.”

Chamblee High senior makes a difference on Haiti medical mission By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

When Chamblee High School senior Quanesha Biggs makes up her mind about something, she usually makes it happen. In January when she found out that her mentor, Dr. Joan Liverpool, was headed to Haiti for a Jan. 29-to-Feb. 6 medical mission, she knew she wanted to go. The mission came in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean island. “I just love to help people,” she said. “It just makes me feel more valuable as a person to know that I have and can help someone.” Liverpool, an adjunct professor at Morehouse School of Medicine, has been mentoring Quanesha for more than a year. She said Quanesha would not let them leave without her. “Every question we raised, she had an answer for it,” Liverpool recalled on Wednesday. “Every objection I came up with, she had already thought about it and had an answer.” Quanesha, who lives in Stone Mountain, aspires to be an ob-gyn and a geneticist. She had figured out how to complete all her schoolwork; secured approval from her teachers at Georgia Perimeter College, where she is in a joint-enrollment program; and even depleted her college dorm application fund to get the $400 she needed to make the trip. To Liverpool’s surprise, Quanesha

Chamblee High School student Quanesha Biggs attends to a patient in Haiti during a medical mission.

didn’t even mind that she would celebrate her 18th birthday on Feb. 2 in Haiti. “I had no choice but to take her along,” she said. The Haiti trip wasn’t Quanesha’s first overseas medical mission. In summer 2009, she went with Liverpool’s nonprofit Deskan Institute in Training on a nine-day medical mission to Guyana. The Atlanta group, which included Liverpool’s husband, Charles, and two registered nurses, drove to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where they got a ride to Port-auPrince on a plane delivering supplies.

Liverpool said Quanesha was a big help on the trip, where they worked 12-hour days in near primitive conditions and slept in tents. “She was the runner,” Liverpool said. “She ran between the doctors, got supplies from the pharmacy, helped with dressings, ice packs, and with hanging IVs. She helped comfort patients and helped the little children. She hugged a lot of them.” Quanesha was so helpful, Liverpool said the volunteer doctors they met from other states all wanted her on their team. “She followed directions well and she

asked a lot of questions,” she said. From the first time she met Quanesha, Liverpool said she was impressed with her maturity and inquisitiveness. “She had just turned 17, but the kind of questions she was asking me, college graduates weren’t,” Liverpool said. “She was a quick learner, mature beyond her age, and just wanted to make a difference and to help people do better in their lives.” Liverpool said Quanesha also takes criticism as teaching moments. “If she is asking a patient questions that might be inappropriate, and I said, ‘You should not ask that question,’ she wants to know if there was another way that she could ask it to get the information she is seeking. She takes every opportunity to learn.” Over the five-day mission, Liverpool said their team served more than 5,000 people. When the mission ended, Liverpool said Quanesha was concerned about leaving all the people who needed help. On the 15-hour wait at the airport for a lift back home, Liverpool said she complained about all the people they could be helping instead of just sitting there. Quanesha said she learned a lot about herself on the trip. “I found out that blood doesn’t bother me,” she said. “I found out that pus doesn’t bother me. I found out that fecal matter doesn’t bother me. I found out that I am strong.”

Faith community promotes HIV/AIDS awareness Free HIV tests By Deborah Alberto First Afrikan’s HIV Initiative is hosting at health fair a communitywide HIV/AIDS 101 training Dr. Mary Anne Bellinger knows how it feels to keep a secret. And she knows what it feels like to be in denial for fear of being shunned by her community. It was 1989 when a doctor casually told her she was HIV positive, but it wasn’t until about four years later that she decided to seek medical treatment. She then proceeded to live nearly 20 years quietly, not wanting people to know about her status for fear of false assumptions. “You know people tend to think that any type of infection means a person is promiscuous. That’s just not true,” she said. “Sometimes people just don’t know.” Bellinger, a 70-year-old great-grandmother, recently decided that she cannot be quiet anymore. “I asked myself why, then decided why not,” she said Tuesday. Bellinger, a teacher, minister and writer, has now made it her mission to get involved in educating others. She attends First Afrikan Presbyterian Church in Lithonia and is the education coordinator of its HIV/ AIDS Initiative. “Too many people are careless and don’t want to know their status,” said Bellinger, who also sings in the choir and is an ordained deacon of her church. First Afrikan Presbyterian is one of dozens of churches, mosques, synagogues and temples nationwide participating in the March 7-13 National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS, sponsored by Richmond, Va.-based Balm in Gilead Inc. The annual event, which is in its 21st year, engages congregations to support, encourage and empower African-Americans and all people of faith to unite with purpose, compassion and hope behind the disease, which afflicts more than 56,000 people annually in the United States. Among Georgia’s 159 counties, DeKalb has the second-highest number of reported AIDS cases. Only Fulton County has more. Participants are hosting events to create awareness about HIV prevention, encouraging and supporting HIV testing,

on March 13 to teach people about the disease and is encouraging its congregation to think about how they are working to address, educate and help eradicate HIV/AIDS. The 9 a.m.-to-1 p.m. training will take place in Suite C100 at the Family Center of South DeKalb, 5000 Snapfinger Woods Drive in Decatur. Space is limited and registration is mandatory. To register, contact Tiffany Pennick at 678-749-4788 or tpennic@gmail.com or Denise Davison at 404-610-7391 or drdiva63@hotmail.com. To volunteer with First Afrikan’s AIDS awareness efforts, contact Mary Anne Bellinger at ma.bellinger@yahoo.com or 770-322-3409.

Free rapid HIV testing and screenings for high blood pressure, prostate cancer and diabetes will be available at a March 13 health fair at New Bethel AME Church in Lithonia. The 11 a.m.-to-3 p.m. event is hosted by the church’s Health Ministry. The screenings are available to anyone 18 and older. Dental screenings also will be available for children and adults. Throughout the day, there will be a presentation on mental health information for adolescents. The church is at 8350 Rockbridge Road. For more information, visit www .newbethelame.org or call 770-4843350.

Dr. Mary Anne Bellinger, HIV positive for more than 20 years, went public to help others.

and advocating for the availability of compassionate care and treatment for all those living with the disease in every community in America. This year, local participating congregations include New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, the Ray of Hope Church and Flat Shoals United Methodist in Decatur, Victory Church in Stone Mountain, Believe and Receive Mishpochah in Tucker, and Voices of the Age Ministry in Conyers. In a statement posted at www.nationalweekofprayerfortheheal ingofaids.org, New Birth’s senior pastor, Bishop Eddie L. Long, said the enormity of the pandemic has not diminished. “But as a man of God, I have faith that knowledge erases ignorance and saves lives,” he said. “As members of the Eddie L. Long faith-based community, we must recommit ourselves to the prevention of HIV/AIDS and step up the efforts to assist those who have acquired the disease and need our assistance.”

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“No one was ever denied a spot at our table. She always stressed helping those who are less fortunate.”

100 Black Women hosting membership open house Professional African-Amerorganizations and the [Cenican women who care about ters for Disease Control and health awareness, political action Prevention] on the ‘Act Against and economic development can AIDS Leadership Initiative’ find out how to become part of that will focus on the preventhe DeKalb 100 Black Women at tion of HIV/AIDS. The more a March 16 open house in downpeople we have, the more we town Decatur. can do.” The local chapter of the NaThe National Coalition, Kim Cameron tional Coalition is hosting the founded in 1981, has 7,500 Membership Open House in the commu- members in 62 chapters in 25 states and nity room at the Cornerstone Community the District of Columbia. Bank starting at 6:30 p.m. The DeKalb chapter produced a TV Kim Cameron, the group’s president, ad campaign last year, “Do You Know?” says the chapter, which formed in 1989, The campaign, funded by a grant has 33 members. They include attorneys, from the Tony Cox Foundation, encourbusiness owners, elected officials, and pro- aged teens and adults to find out their fessional and corporate managers. HIV/AIDS status and their partners’ “We want to expand the capacity of the status. It aired on Comcast in October chapter to offer new services to the com- and November and is now housed on munity,” she said. the video page at www.crossroadsnews. “We need members to serve as men- com. tors to the high school girls. This year Interested women should R.S.V.P. by we are partnering with 14 other black calling Pam Dickerson at 678-207-6043.

Comic book character on display “Drawing From the Soul: He has been writing The Brotherman Art Experiand illustrating the comic ence” opens March 6 at the Aubook series since the burn Avenue Research Library. 1990s. His professional The exhibit, which will be on credits include designing display through June 30, feacharacters for Nickelodeon tures the work of author and television shows “The Wild artist Dawud Anyabwile, a Thornberrys” and “Rugrats,” former Lithonia resident. and MTV’s “Daria.” Anyabwile, who now His company Big lives in the city of Atlanta, City Entertainment, is creator of “Brotherman: launched in 2008, proDictator of Discipline,” a duces the Brotherman comic book character secomic book series. ries about Antonio “Drawing From the Soul: Valor, a public The Brotherman Art Experience” attorney who is on the first floor of the Cary McPheeters fights crime gallery. in an unforAll programs at the library are free of charge. giving and The library is at 101 Auburn Ave. in downtown unjust Big Atlanta. For more information, call 404-730-4002, City. ext. 100.

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Matriarch still in control at 100 By Deborah Alberto

On Feb. 18, 1910, when Mary Bell Brown was born in Covington, airplanes were still called flying machines, the civil rights movement was decades away, and William Howard Taft was president of the United States. But what Brown remembers most about her childhood was the pesky boll weevils that ruined cotton crops across the state. “That thing, it affected everybody,” she said Wednesday, 13 days after celebrating her 100th birthday with more than 250 well-wishers. Brown is right to remember the boll weevil, a type of beetle that the U.S. Department of Agriculture says wreaked havoc on the nation’s cotton industry. Many experts consider it second only to the civil rights movement as an agent of change in the South. Brown, whose children include Elizabeth Wilson, Decatur’s first AfricanAmerican mayor, said she was happy to see her birthday. “When my feet hit the floor that day I was so happy I didn’t know whether to shout or pray,” she said. “But I did take the time out to say ‘Lord, thank you.’ ” For the occasion, Wilson surrounded her mother with mementos of her life. There were the tea-cakes she used to make, and the quilts she sewed, and the well bucket, milk bottles and cartons, and kerosene lamps that were in use during the earlier years of her life. Like most African-Americans of the time, Brown’s life was not easy. But she always seemed to look to the positive. Her mother and father were sharecroppers and Brown recalled this week the competitions that determined who could pick the most cotton. Her family moved to Greene County when she was 5 years old.

Brown said she survived this long “by being careful.” Her daughter also credits her faith in God, a lifetime of eating right, and hard work. Brown recycled before it became the green thing to do. “She would separate feed sacks to make clothes and quilts for us kids,” said Wilson, who learned to sew by watching her mother. Brown also completed some elaborate embroidery and quilt projects, and she canned, cooked and preserved food that she grew. “It’s amazing how much she has done with so little in material things,” Wilson said. “She never let anything go to waste and no one was ever denied a spot at our table. She always stressed helping those who are less fortunate.” Despite Brown’s lack of formal education, she raised nine children and stepped in countless times for her many nieces and nephews. “My big thing with the kids is, ‘Get an education, please,’ ’’ she said. Brown lost her husband, Ollie, 25 years ago. He died at age 75. Three of her children preceded her in death, but she is visited daily by one of her six children. She also has 38 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren, 28 great-greatgrandchildren, and two siblings. Jan Benn, her caregiver at Briarcliff Haven nursing home, where she has resided since suffering a minor stroke in June, said other than a few aches and pains, Brown’s health is amazingly good for someone of her age. She still appreciates and enjoys her role as mother and even the staff at Briarcliff Haven realized early on that it’s no use arguing with Brown. “She’s real sharp and very sweet, but I just let her be in control,” Benn said. “She likes to treat people like children, so I don’t argue – I just let her be in control.”

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Student wins black history contest St. Peter Claver wins league title Month. It was based on Chamblee Middle the American Legacy School eighth-gradKnow Your History er Kristin Robinson Knowledge Game. walked away with the Thirteen-year-old $200 Macy’s gift card Kristin said she was grand prize in the Black very surprised, thrilled History Month Trivia and happy she won. Contest at Macy’s at “My mother has pushed Stonecrest on Feb. 27. me to do this and to Kristin, who is on learn more about my her school’s black hishistory.” tory team, topped a The contest was refield of 15 contestants. scheduled from Feb. 13 For her efforts, she because of the winter also got a “Know Your storm that blanketed History” game board metro Atlanta under and a Macy’s draw3.7 inches of snow. string bag. Kristin Robinson beat out 14 other Larry O. Neal, MaThe trivia con- contestants to win the Black History cy’s at Stonecrest gentest was sponsored by Month Trivia Contest at Macy’s. eral manager, said all 50 DeKalb 100 Black Men Leadership Academy and Macy’s as part chairs laid out for the event were filled. “It was a very nice event,” he said. of the store’s celebration of Black History

St. Peter Claver Regional Catholic School is the Catholic Metro League of Atlanta champions. The school on Tilson Road in Decatur beat St. Brigid Catholic School in Alpharetta 55-28 to take the championship on Feb. 18. Head Coach Al Lockett said the students – Fred Dorsey, Dallas Jackson, David James, Michael Lockhart, Kadeem Perry, Akil Tindal, Will Turner, Justin Williams and Ramel Williams – worked St. Peter Claver beat St. Brigid Catholic School 55-28 to hard and played hard and win the championship and cap an undefeated season. deserved to win. “This team has been undefeated this a lot of attention. Lockett said members of year, having a 14-0 record for the entire the team and coaching staff know people who are battling breast cancer and that the season,” he said. Team members wore pink bracelets bracelets helped to bring about a greater throughout the season, which attracted awareness of the need for finding a cure.

Sugar Creek youth golfers compete in Bahamas invitational tourney

Marie Jackson-Dunovant (second from left) with student golfers Aaron Macham, Miles Bizzle and Hollye Weekes.

Three student golfers got to test the greens in the Bahamas over the recent Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Sugar Creek junior golfers Aaron Macham, a Columbia High School sophomore; Miles Bizzle, a Chapel Hill Middle School eighth-grader from South DeKalb; and Hollye Weekes, who now lives in Seoul, South Korea, made the trip to play in the Junior Invitational Bahamas Golf Tournament on the island of Nassau. The students play at Sugar Creek Golf Course in Atlanta, which is operated by SydMar Golf Management Inc. Marie Jackson-Dunovant, SydMar’s president, said the students might not have been the academy’s best golfers but that they had good attitudes and demonstrated dedication to the game. “We took those who we saw practicing when we weren’t watching,” she said.

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Dr. Alduan Tartt, a practicing psychologist and accomplished author, community servant and humanitarian, is the keynote speaker. He will speak on the topic “Effective Parenting in Today’s Society”. Dr. Tartt will also present two workshops on parenting. In addition, a variety of workshops focusing on test-taking strategies will be offered to assist parents in the facilitation of student achievement. The workshops include: Mathematics and Reading for all grade levels, Special Education, Early Childhood Workshops, and Transition from Elementary to Middle and Middle to High. Middle and High School students will have an opportunity to participate in a panel discussion with various community members. Poet Hank Stewart will be guest moderator for the panel. Language translators will be available for some workshops and child care for school age children will be provided. We will also have exhibits featuring the DeKalb County School System, various community agencies, and educational companies. Door prizes will be awarded at the conclusion of the conference!

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Hollye has participated in the Sugar Creek Junior Golf Academy for the past three years. Aaron has been playing golf since age 11, and Miles, another three-year Junior Golf Academy member, plays on Southwest DeKalb High School’s golf team. The Atlanta-based Sydni A. Jackson Golf Foundation picked up the tab for the three players. The Sugar Creek Junior Golf Academy is open to students ages 7 to 18. It is geared to providing opportunities in golf for those who might not otherwise be able to afford it. Sugar Creek’s 2010 Junior Golf Kickoff will be April 17. Golfers ages 7 to 18 will get skill training and learn the history of the game. For enrollment and other information, e-mail mbuckstallworth@sydmargolf.com or call Leonard Jones at 404-241-7671.

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