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

Jessica Nunan of Caminar Latino is among speakers at a training workshop for faith-based organizations interested in combatting domestic violence. 9

Stephenson High tackle Michael Thornton played well enough to be named the Atlanta Touchdown Club’s Defensive Player of the Week. 10

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Fugitive murder suspect Yancey back in DeKalb jail By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Accused double-murder suspect Derrick Yancey could be facing more charges for his five-and-a-half month flight from custody. Yancey, who was returned to DeKalb County Jail on Sept. 26, was captured while sitting at a bar in the fishing town of Punta Gorda, in the central American country of Belize on Sept. 12. District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming said Thursday that she was evaluating case law to see if additional charges can be brought against the former DeKalb sheriff ’s deputy following his escape. Yancey is already facing malicious murder and weapons charges

in the June 8, 2008, shooting deaths of his wife, Linda Yancey, and Mexican day laborer Marcial Cax Puluc at his Southland subdivision home in Stone Mountain. Yancey had not seen a judge since his return to the county. District attorney spokesman Orzy Theus said no court date has been set for his trial. He said Yancey’s murder case will be tried by DeKalb Superior Court Judge Linda Warren Hunter. “We expect the case to be on Hunter’s next trial calendar,” Theus said Thursday. “Judge Hunter has not given us the dates of the calendar yet.” Yancey initially told police that he killed Puluc who shot his wife

during a robbery. Investigators say that forensic evidence indicates that he killed both people. Yancey was on house arrest at his mother’s Jonesboro home when he tampered with his ankle monitoring bracelet and fled the state on a Greyhound bus on April 6. The monitoring company did not report his escape until 11 hours after they lost the signal. Yancey, who had altered his appearance with a beard, is again clean-shaven and was wearing his hair braided in cornrows when he landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. He was escorted back into the country by U.S. marshals who Curtis Parker / CrossRoadsNews nabbed him on information from Derrick Yancey arrived back in the United States from Belize in cuffs. U.S. Marshals handed him over to the DeKalb Sheriff Fugitive Squad outside the a tipster.

Disaster center to assist flood victims

By McKenzie Jackson

DeKalb’s flood victims can now apply for low-interest loans at a Disaster Recovery Center at Browns Mill Recreation Center in Lithonia. The state of Georgia and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) opened the center on Wednesday, 12 days after the Sept. 18 floods that displaced homeowners, damaged homes and businesses, and washed out bridges and roads across metro Atlanta. The center at 5101 Browns Mill Road joins a center for residents of Rockdale and Newton counties that opened Tuesday in Meeting Room 1 in the Rockdale Government Annex Building, 1400 Parker Road in Conyers. Both centers are open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays. As of Tuesday, 1,740 people – 1,638 in DeKalb and 102 in Rockdale – had registered for individual assistance from FEMA. Kurt Pickering, a FEMA spokesman, said East Metro residents are among more than 10,500 individuals who have applied for aid in the 17 counties declared disaster areas. “$17.8 million has been approved so far,” he said Thursday. Flood victims are asked to register online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 800-462-7585 before visiting the center. The toll-free numbers are staffed 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week until further notice. Help in all languages is available. Mark Neveau, a FEMA coordination officer, said this week that the Disaster Recovery Centers exist to provide information to flood victims. At the recovery center, FEMA officials can check an individual’s case and answer questions about their application, or review Please see FLOODS, page 3

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

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

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“If you’ve lost paperwork, if you need assistance with your flood insurance you can come down to that facility and we can help you.”

Oct. 5 is deadline to vote in November DeKalb residents who want to vote in the Nov. 3 city and special elections must register to vote by Oct. 5. Six DeKalb cities – Avondale, Clarkston, Chamblee, Pine Lake, Decatur and Lithonia – and the city of Atlanta, which has neighborhoods in DeKalb County, are electing council members, commissioners and mayors. There is also a

special election to fill the Georgia 58 House seat vacated by Robbin Shipp and a number of seats on the Decatur City School Board. To vote in Georgia, a resident must be a U.S. citizen and a legal resident of the county in which they are planning to vote, not serving a sentence for conviction of a felony, and have not been found mentally incompetent by a judge.

They also must be at least 17-years-old. Registration is available online at https://dklbweb.dekalbga.org/ voter/information or at the DeKalb Voter Registration and Election Office, 4380 Memorial Drive in Decatur, and at DeKalb County Library branches. For more information, call 404298-4020.

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information needed to process their claim. Recovery specialists also can supply contacts for other programs that may be able to help. “There will be a number of agencies there, not just FEMA,” he said. “If you’ve lost paperwork, if you need assistance with your flood insurance you can come down to that facility and we can help you.” Employees of the U.S. Small Business Administration will answer questions about the SBA’s lowinterest disaster loan program for homeowners, renters, businesses and private non-profit organizations to repair or replace real estate or personal property damaged by the storms and flooding. Victims who are unable to go to the center should call the SBA Customer Service Center weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 1-800659-2955 for information and assistance, or visit www.sba.gov/

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

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Johnson said litter afVolunteers can roll up fects everyone who lives their sleeves with DeKalb in DeKalb County. He District 3 Commissioner said a dirty county causes Larry Johnson and pick up potential businesses to litter along Wesley Chalocate elsewhere. pel Road and Covington “As residents and Highway on Oct. 10. business owners in the The Neighborhood area, we have to do all Cleanup kicks off at 8:30 Larry Johnson we can to keep our coma.m. Volunteers will pick up trash along Wesley Chapel munity beautiful and inviting,” said Road between Hairston Road and Johnson, founder of the DeKalb Covington Highway and on Cov- County Litter Patrol. He said that often when the ington between Memorial Drive patrol cleans an area, trash is there and Wesley Chapel.

again within a few hours. “Community cleanups like this are good, but community engagement on a daily basis are critical components of winning this battle against litter,” Johnson said. Volunteers will meet in the parking lot of the Everett Institute at 2460 Wesley Chapel Road. They must bring their own gloves. Garbage bags and pick-up sticks will be provided, while supplies last. For more information, call 404371-2988.

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State Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield will be serving another term on the DeKalb School System’s Environmental Council. Benfield, who represents House District 85, was reappointed on Sept. 24. She said she is proud to be part of the school system’s continued effort to “Go Green” and implement a system-wide Stephanie Benfield recycling program. The Environmental Council works to maintain an environmentally conscious school system through curriculum and educational programs. It also seeks to implement and ensure sustainability in the Green Cleaning Building Plan, water conservation, green buildings and facilities, lighting improvements and system-wide recycling.

Bargains galore will be available at the city of Stone Mountain’s community wide yard sale on Oct. 10. The annual event offers churches, schools, clubs, youth and community groups and individuals to sell everything from clothes to furniture. It takes place at First Baptist Church, 5306 Mimosa Drive, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Set up starts at 7:30 p.m. Vending space under the pavilion is $20. On the lawn it is $10. Vendors must provide their own tables. No food vending is allowed. For more information or to register, call Stone Mountain City Hall at 770-498-8984 or Susan Coletti at 404-444-5607.

Health director to speak at PRISM meeting DeKalb Health director Dr. Sandra Elizabeth Ford will be the keynote speaker at Pride Rings In Stone Mountain’s Oct. 8 meeting at St. Timothy United Methodist Church in Stone Mountain. Ford, who leads the DeKalb Board of Health, will give an overview of the Board’s services, responS. Elizabeth Ford sibilities and functions at the 7 p.m. meeting. She will discuss the H1N1 virus, also know as swine flu, and the precautions residents can take to avoid catching the virus. Ford will also take about health care reform and what individuals can do to become healthier and have healthier communities. is St. Timothy United Methodist Church is at 5365 Memorial Drive. For more information, call state Rep. Michele Henson at 404-296-1442.

Anti-war advocate to speak at 10 rallies in 3-day span The 35-year military Ret. U.S. Col. Ann veteran was one of three Wright will deliver the U.S. State Department keynote address at 10 officials who resigned anti-war rallies and conin 2003 to protest the ferences around metro Iraq invasion. Since then Atlanta on Oct. 5-7. she was become a leadWright, a peace advoing spokesperson for the cate and author of “Disnational anti-war movesent: Voices of Conscience Ann Wright ment. Wright says the – Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq,” number U.S. military and CIA atis appearing in Atlanta to mark tacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan the eighth anniversary of the U.S. are on the increase and sometimes invasion of Afghanistan on Oct. kill innocent people. “The U.S. is getting deeper and 7, 2001. Her visit is sponsored by the deeper in a historical quagmire that Georgia Peace and Justice Coali- western powers will never resolve,” tion. In DeKalb County, Wright she said. On Oct. 5, Wright will lead a will visit Agnes Scott College in downtown Decatur and Emory 9:30 p.m. discussion titled “U.S. Policy in Afghanistan” at Oxford University in Atlanta.

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

her book and the church choir will perform. On Oct. 7, Wright and other members of Veterans for Peace will hold a 10 a.m. press conference at the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road in Decatur. At noon, she will take part in a discussion titled “U.S. Foreign Policy in Iraq and Afghanistan: Women’s and Ethical Issues” at the Emory University Center for Ethics. Then at 3 p.m., she will appear at an anti-war seminar at Georgia State University’s Troy Moore Library, General Classroom Building, 38 Peachtree Center Ave., in Atlanta. For more information, call visit www.GeorgiaPeace.org or call 404522-4500.

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

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

Participant shines in summer New Life taking ministry to the 5 jobs program 8 streets on Candler Road 9

Consumers can shop tax free for energy efficient appliances through Oct. 4. The annual holiday exempts shoppers from taxes for eligible items valued up to $1,500.

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

Two Friday nights in August, Pastor Marlin D. Harris and members of New Life Community Baptist Church went out on Candler Road to find out what really happens on the streets around their community center.

Grady will close dialysis clinic Accident victim remembered Saturday 6 in school library 8 Thornton is Touchdown Club’s Lineman of the Week 10 Grady Memorial Hospital will close its “Kameron’s Corner,” was unveiled Sept. Circulation Audited By

outpatient dialysis clinic on Saturday but it will pay for up to 51 patients to continue to get treatment elsewhere for three months.

18 in memory of second-grader Kameron Michael Dunmore, who was killed in an auto accident on his way to school in February.

Stephenson defensive tackle Michael Thornton’s stellar play has earned him Defensive Lineman of the Week honors.

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Caution urged in hiring contractors The clean-up after the Sept. 21 floods is in full swing across the county, which means scam artists are also on the loose. Secretary of State Karen Handel and the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association are warning home and business owners to be careful about who they pick to do their repairs. Karen Handel said contractors are required to hold a state-issued license to do major structural repair, electrical, plumbing and HVAC and that it is illegal for a homeowner to obtain a building permit and use an unlicensed contractor to manage construction services. “The person or business who obtains the permit could also assume the majority of liability for

the project, leaving the consumer with little to no legal recourse,” she said. Chris Burke, the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association’s vice president of government affairs, said consumers should check to see whether a contractor has a Georgia license before they hire. In the wake of the floods, Burke said they were inundated with calls from contractors from South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama inquiring about how to get a temporary license in Georgia. He said there are 8,000 contractors in Georgia and they are listed at http://sos.georgia.gov/plb. “You can search for them on the website,” he said. Consumers can also file complaints at the same website.

Handel offers these red flags that you may be dealing with a dishonest individual: n A person going door-to-door selling their services. n A person who offers services for a short time only, which makes consumers feel rushed and unable to research the contractor. n Pressure to pay for more than half of the cost up front. n Refusal or reluctance to set out complete and specific contract terms in writing. n Lack of permanent and verifiable name, address and phone number of the business. For additional consumer tips, visit the Secretary of State’s Professional Licensing Boards website at http://sos.georgia.gov.

Tax days promote energy efficiency Consumers can shop tax free for energy efficient appliances through Oct. 4. The annual Energy Star and WaterSense tax-free holiday, which kicked off Thursday, exempts shoppers from local or state taxes for eligible items valued up to $1,500. Gov. Sonny Perdue Sonny Perdue said the weekend helps created a culture of conservation in Georgia. “The Energy Star and WaterSense Sales Tax Holiday is a perfect opportunity for Georgians to save money at the cash register and on their water and energy bills,” he said.

Energy Star products meet strict energy efficiency criteria set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy and can save consumers up to $600 a year off their energy bills. Eligible appliances and products include dishwashers, clothes washers, air conditioners, ceiling fans, fluorescent light bulbs, dehumidifiers, programmable thermostats, refrigerators, doors, windows and skylights. The EPA started the WaterSense program to recognize major water consuming products like bathroom sink faucets or aerators and high-efficiency toilets that are 20 percent more water-efficient and perform as well as or better than conventional models. For more information, visit www.energystar.gov, www.epa.gov/watersense or www. dor.ga.gov.

Online course on federal contracting with some of the most innovative Small business owners can companies in America, often with improve their chances of getting direct contact with the CEO.” federal contracts by taking the new Mills said the online course will “Recovery Act Opportunities: How help businesses access the federal to Win Federal Contracts” online purchasing system and position training course being offered by themselves to compete for the comthe U.S. Small Business Adminismercial opportunities offered by tration. government contracting. The training at www.sba.gov/ Karen G. Mills The course, which is free and fedcontractingtraining is part of a federal government initiative to enhance available round the clock, offers practical and the contracting chances for small businesses, fundamental steps to engage business owners including those owned by military veterans, in the federal contracting arena. It is indexed women, minorities and disadvantaged in- by subject matter to allow ease of use, and it includes multiple direct links to additional dividuals. SBA administrator Karen G. Mills said contracting resources. The course uses both audio and script government contracts can play a key role in helping small businesses turn the corner in to provide information about the federal marketplace, contract rules and how to sell terms of expansion and job creation. “But make no mistake,” she said. “The to the government and where to find contract benefits the government receives are equally and Recovery Act opportunities. For more information, visit www.sba. as impressive – working with small businesses allows the federal government to work gov.

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Grady will close dialysis clinic Saturday By McKenzie Jackson

Grady Memorial Hospital will close its outpatient dialysis clinic on Saturday but it will pay for up to 51 patients to continue to get treatment elsewhere for three months. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural D. Glanville cleared the way for the closure of the clinic on Sept. 25, nine days after he issued a Sept. 16 injunction to stop the center from closing. Glanville’s order said advocates and patients who petitioned the court for the temporary restraining order did not have any evidence that suggested the closing of the clinic would cause them irreparable harm. The cash-strapped hospital system said it had contracted with Fresenius Medical Care at 100 Galleria Parkway in southeast Atlanta to continue dialysis treatment for up 51 of the clinic’s patients. Dorothy Leone-Glasser, a registered nurse and member of the Grady Advocates for Responsible Care, said patients are now receiving letters from Grady directing them to Fresenius’ kidney dialysis center. She said the 35 patients they are working with are still scared and upset. “Three months is just a delayed death sentence,” Leone-Glasser said. “It is just pulling the plug a few months later instead of before.” Dialysis patient supporters have been protesting the clinic’s closing because they said Grady was pressuring patients to seek treatment elsewhere without giving them a written contract to explain why the dialysis clinic was closing its doors. Advocates also say that many of the clinic’s 96 patients are Hispanic and have nowhere else to go to seek treatment. Grady, the region’s safety-net hospital which is supported by tax dollars from Fulton and DeKalb counties, has been struggling financially for years. Denise Williams, Grady’s senior vice president of operations, said last month that it costs $3 million a year to keep the clinic open and that most of the

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“Three months is just a delayed death sentence. It is just pulling the plug a few months later instead of before.” Dorothy Leone-Glasser

clinic’s patients lack health insurance or means of paying for the treatments. In his order, Glanville noted that Grady will provide patients with free outpatient for three months; provide information and assistance to the patients in order to ensure continued outpatient dialysis through other service providers outside of Grady Health System; and assist the patients in efforts to relocate to their country of origin or to other states of their choice where they can get dialysis services. The hospital system has also said it will provide patients seeking to return to Mexico or certain other Latin American countries with assistance through MexCare, a network of over 30 hospitals, dialysis treatment centers and physicians in Latin America. MexCare will provide 90 days of dialysis treatment along with assistance in placing individuals on health care plans within their country of origin. Grady will also establish a hotline to provide continuing guidance to the patients for a period of 120 days. On Thursday, Grady spokeswoman Denise Simpson said the hospital will help patients find other dialysis centers to get treatment and help with relocation. Leone-Glasser said advocates are approaching all the major dialysis companies in an attempt to bring them together to see if each can take a few patients. She also said they are exploring options to take Grady to court again. “We feel its worth it on behalf of these patients,” she said.

Workshop offers information on diabetes care, management Diabetics can get information on managing their illness at a two-part diabetes education workshop this month at the House of Grace Health Care Clinic in Decatur. Workshop sessions will take place Oct. 5 and 19. Registered nurse Kristin Echelbarger is leading the workshop, which takes place both days from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The classes will discuss diabetes self-management based on the American Association of Diabetes Educators Curriculum. DeKalb has 37,000 diabetics, one of the highest numbers in the state. The chronic disease, which is marked by high levels of sugar in blood, leads to fatigue, blurred vision, hypertension, stroke, peripheral vascular and heart

diseases, and erectile dysfunction in men. Participants will learn seven essential self-care behaviors including healthy eating, taking medications, being active, problem solving, monitoring, reducing risks, and healthy coping. The House of Grace is a free health care ministry of Bethesda Baptist Church. It also provides free individual counseling with a diabetes education specialist by appointment. Assistance with medication grants will also be available. The House of Grace Health Care Clinic is at 3567 Covington Highway in Decatur. For more information, email diabetes.hghc@yahoo.com, or call Rev. Terrance J. Gattis at 404-298-6078.

Class teaches how to spot abuser Adults can learn how to identify an abuser at an Oct. 10 domestic violence awareness class at DeKalb Technical College in Clarkston. The 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. session is being organized by Angels In Distress, a nonprofit that provides training in anger management, coping skills, housing, restructuring and self-esteem for offenders or victims of domestic violence. Janie Deawyler, Angels In Distress founder and executive director, said victims of domestic violence often share what is in their hearts with people they should not.

“This information is used to manipulate, isolate, violate, emotionally and physically abuse us,” she said. The Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence says there were 111 fatalities attributed to domestic violence in Georgia last year. The free class is open to anyone who wants to know the signs and symptoms of domestic violence. DeKalb Technical College is at 495 North Indian Creek Drive in Clarkston. For more information or to register, visit www.angelsindistress.eventbrite.com or call 770-873-5401.

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

Schools lauded for improvements Fourteen south and central DeKalb schools were among 25 county schools recognized for outstanding student performances on state standardized tests during the second annual Superintendent’s Distinguished Achievement Awards on Sept. 29. The awards, based on student performance on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT), the Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT), the End-of-Course Tests (EOCT) and the state Writing Tests, were given for Improvement and Achievement. The CRCT Improvement winners are Rock Chapel, Hambrick, Peachcrest and Stoneview elementary schools; Stone Mountain and Tucker middle schools; and the Academy of Lithonia. In the CRCT Achievement group, Austin, Oak Grove, Wadsworth Magnet and Evansdale elementary schools were winners. On the End-of-Course Test, Destiny Academy of Excellence Charter School in Ellenwood was recognized for improvements

in American Literature and Composition, in Ninth Grade Literature and Composition and on the Georgia High School Graduation Test, it was recognized for improvements in Mathematics, English-Language Arts and Social Studies. On the EOCT test, Stone Mountain was recognized for improvements in U.S. History. Clarkston High School was recognized for improvements on the Georgia Writing Tests. The DeKalb schools were among elementary, middle and high schools and educational centers across Georgia honored by State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox for high achievement and the greatest improvement on state curriculum tests. Cox said the awards are a small token of appreciation for the hard work put in by teachers, students and school communities. “Congratulations on these outstanding results and thank you for helping Georgia lead the nation in improving student achievement,” she said in letters to the schools.

Stimulus funds help maintain jobs The DeKalb School System is getting $52 million in federal stimulus funds to create and maintain hundreds of jobs in the district. Fourth District Congressman Hank Johnson said the funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will save or create 530 jobs in the DeKalb school district. Hank Johnson The funds for De Kalb are part of $96.3 million in stimulus funds coming to the 4th Congressional District that includes portions of DeKalb, Gwinnett and Rockdale counties. Gwinnett County School System will receive $40 million in stimulus cash; Rockdale schools, $4.3 million; and Decatur city schools, $927,000. Johnson said jobs and the economy must be the country’s number one priority now and that he was thinking about teach-

ing jobs and programs that are critical for maintaining schools and putting citizens back to work and on the road to financial stability when he voted for the Recovery Act. “By saving or creating these critical teaching jobs we not only help working families but also preserve quality education for our children,” he said. The school system’s Title I programs will get $32 million for the creation of 51 teaching positions, while $23 million will offset state austerity cuts and save 388 positions. DeKalb special education programs will get $21 million that will create 91 jobs. School Superintendent Dr. Crawford Lewis welcomed the stimulus funds and noted that the state government has cut more than $100 million from the district since 2004. “The Recovery funds are crucial for us to maintain or even expand educational opportunities to the kids who need it most,” he said.

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

By Jennifer Parker

Chaz McCrary was wrapping up a two-month summer job at Staples in Lithonia when he heard about the DeKalb Workforce Development Summer Employment Program. Little did he know that he would turn out to be the program’s star participant. At the 2009 End of Work Experience Appreciation Ceremony on Sept. 30, McCrary was called onstage to get the state’s Gold Certificate and the Georgia Work Ready Certificate which shows that an individual is skilled and ready to succeed at jobs throughout the state. The awards were presented by Mia Presley of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development. “Chaz, you have stood out,” Presley told him. He was one of 500 young people ages 18 to 24 who participated in the six-week youth job training program, which terminated Sept. 30 with the ceremony at the Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center in Decatur. It was the second phase of the county’s summer program, which trained 1,000 teens and young adults. Participants were paid $10 an hour for the 25-hours-a-week of job experience and enrichment training. As part of the program they worked in county offices and with DeKalb Parks and Recreation

as well as with private companies. Chaz aced the state’s Work Ready assessment during the program and became one 5,321 DeKalb residents who have earned certificates since January 2007. He joins only 607 DeKalb residents who have received the program’s Gold Certificate. Presley said yesterday that he was the state’s only Workforce participant to get the Gold certification. Statewide, DeKalb County accounted for nearly 10 percent of the 11,000 youths trained statewide this summer with $11 million in funding from the American Recovery or Stimulus Plan. Linda Johnson, Georgia Department of Labor assistant com-

missioner, said that after 11 years of no funding, President Barack Obama provided the funds that helped the state to train and put young people to work. During the ceremony, Johnson and other speakers encouraged the “graduates” to stay focused on the goals they set for themselves during the program, consider post-secondary education and volunteering if jobs don’t come right away. “Use this program as a stepping stone,” Johnson told them. Betty Davis who was site supervisor for the participants who interned with the DeKalb CEO’s Office told them that she is a graduate of DeKalb Workforce Development.

Lakeside High School exhorted the young people to pick their company carefully. “Surround yourself with the right people who have your best interest at heart,” he said. “Sitting around smoking weed and playing Playstation ain’t going to get it. Let’s reprogram ourselves.” Charlette Wynn, ceo of The Small Business Center in Stone Mountain, which trained 75 of the youths as a Workforce Development contractor, asked the group to let go of the past. “Focus on your future, not your past,” she said. Chaz, who did his internship with DeKalb County Fleet Maintenance Department, was so impressive on job, Workforce De“It broke the cycle of poverty velopment gave him a two-month for me,” she told them, adding that extension. He begins work again on volunteering can lead to full-time Monday and will work jobs. through end of NovemJeremy Clark, vice ber. Chas, who is 2005 president of Island Def graduate of Clarkston Jam Records, who was the High School, is completceremony’s guest speaker, ing his college degree onsaid that a lot of kids he line at the University of speaks with want to grow West Georgia and hopes up to be rappers or ball to become a television or players. Jeremy Clark radio broadcaster. “The chance that you On top of that, he said Thursday will be the next Lil Wayne, LeBron or Beyonce is slim to nothing,” he that he found out that there are lots said, “but in the music industry, of companies interested in people there are lots of stuff you can do with Work Ready program. “They are really looking for behind the scene as producers, people with the certification,” he writers and attorneys.” Clark, who graduated from said. “I am exploring the list.”

Young accident victim remembered in elementary school library The reading “Kameron’s Corner,” is now corner in official at Princeton Elementary the library School in Lithonia. at Princeton The reading area in the liElementary brary of the Lithonia school was School renamed unveiled Sept. 18 in memory of in honor of second-grader Kameron Michael Kameron Dunmore, who was killed in an Dunmore. auto accident on his way to school in February. The corner includes a portrait of Kameron and a mounted plaque that remembers him as great classmate, avid reader and school leader. school crosswalk on his way to Snellville, is facing charges of hoKameron, 7, was hit by an SUV school. micide by vehicle, and failure to on Feb. 2 while walking across the The driver, Shirley Ogilvie of yield right of way to a pedestrian

and pedestrian-control signals. No court date has been set. Classmates and teachers remember Kameron’s passion for reading and renamed their book club the Kameron Dunmore Book Club. The school also started the Kameron Dunmore Reading Award to honor students who earn accelerated reading points. Adrienne Burnett, who taught Kameron last year, said he came to class every day excited to learn. “I can’t remember a time he was upset or not in a good mood,” she said. “When I pick up a book and read to my kids, I think of

Kameron.” During the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Kameron’s Corner, classmates gave his mother and father, Karen and Michael, handmade “We will miss you” inspiration cards. Princeton Elementary Principal Juanita Letcher asked people attending the ceremony to think about how many children will go into the school’s media center and see Kameron’s name. “If there’s just an ounce of influence on that child’s life to enjoy reading, to pick up a book, this day and its volume will live on forever,” she said.

Ministry Celebration to mark Big Bethel’s 162nd year A ceremonial walk in the Oakland Cemetery will kick-off the 162nd anniversary celebration of Big Bethel AME Church on Oct. 4. Members of the oldest African American church in metro Atlanta will stroll through the historic burial ground at 3 p.m. to lay wreaths at the gravesites of Big Bethel founders Rev. Joseph Woods and Bishop Wesley John Gaines. The church’s Heaven Bound Robert Franklin Choir will also perform. The church’s “Sharing Our Legacy, Celebrating Our Victories, Fulfilling Our Mission” anniversary celebration runs through Oct. 18. Big Bethel AME Church, which was founded in 1847, precedes the incorporation of the city of Atlanta, which was then known as Marthasville. After the Civil War, the church associated with the African Methodist Church. In 1866 the Rev. Joseph Woods was the first pastor of Big Bethel A.M.E. Church. In 1879, Atlanta’s first public school for African Americans, the Gate City Colored School, was founded in the basement of Big Bethel. Two years later in 1881, Morris Brown College, which is still the only college in Georgia started solely by blacks, held classes in the church’s lower level. Over the decades, the church hosted many national and international leaders. In 1911, U.S. President William H. Taft spoke from the Big Bethel’s pulpit at in 1990, South African civil rights icon Nelson Mandela spoke at the church. The two-week celebration will also include a concert featuring Philip Skerrett, a book signing and two special worship services. Skerrett, a Clark Atlanta University music department staff accompanist, will play the organ. After the concert, Pennye G. Hicks will sign copies of “The Silent Warrior,” the autobiography of African American businesswoman Evelyn J. Frazier, who died last year. Hicks wrote the book for Frazier. The Rev. Donna Calix, the senior pastor at St. James AME Church in Monticello, Ga., will deliver the sermon at the 7:45 a.m. service on Oct. 18. The service is a coming home for Calix, who served on the staff of Big Bethel AME for nearly a decade. The Rev. Dr. Robert Franklin, Morehouse College president, will preach at the 11 a.m. service. Admission to all of the anniversary events is free. Big Bethel is at 220 Auburn Ave. in downtown Atlanta. For more information, contact Charleise Young at cyoung9@bellsouth. net and 404-344-4457, or Donna Williams at dmw944@bellsouth. net or call 404-349-5615.

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

New Life taking ministry to the streets on Candler Road By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Two Friday nights in August, Pastor Marlin D. Harris and a dozen members of New Life Community Baptist Church went out on Candler Road at midnight to find out what really happens on the streets around their community center. Harris, senior pastor of the Lithonia Church that operates the New Life Community Center campus on Flat Shoals Road, said they spoke with about 50 people over both nights and found homelessness, prostitution, drug use and trade, and domestic violence. Harris and the church members walked the corridor from I-285 to the south to McAfee Road on the north and videotaped their conversations with the people they met. “They shared their pain,” Harris said Thursday. “I just feel that the church is called to something.”

“It’s not just praying. If people are hungry we need to feed them. If they are naked we need to clothe them. It’s about practical ministry.”” Pastor Marlin D. Harris New Life Community Baptist Church

Those stories and New Life’s belief that the church must go outside its walls, are now the foundation of a “Meet Me at the Corner” Community Wide Day of Prayer initiative that the church is doing within a one-and-a-half mile radius of the church on Oct. 10 and 17. Harris said the Bible says that if we pray, the Lord will heal the land, and that it also speaks about the need to help people. “It’s not just praying,” he said. “If people are hungry we need to feed them. If they are naked we need to clothe them. It’s about practical ministry.” More than 900 of New Life’s

3,500 members have signed up to canvass the neighborhoods between I-285 and McAfee Road. When they are done, Harris said they hope to touch 9,000 people. But even though the initiative originates from his church, Harris said that it’s not a New Life-only effort. “This is not just for members of our church,” he said. “Any church, any mosque, any faith group that wants to participate can join us. All you have to do is believe in the power of prayer.” Volunteers will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 10 at the New Life Community Center and branch out

in teams of two to go door-to-door to canvass people’s prayer and practical needs, and invite them to designated corners to pray. On Oct. 17, they will return to the community to pray along with social service help. They will distribute Bibles, food boxes, and Kroger cards. Harris said they willl seek people who need help with drug abuse rehabilitation and counseling, transitional housing and resume preparation and Internet job search. Harris said they want people who are down and out and suffering to know that someone cares and that they are loved. “We can’t just sing the song and preach the sermon,” he said. “It’s more than just coming by on Sunday to service. It’s about how can we change lives.” New Life Community Center is at 3592 Flat Shoals Road in Decatur. For more information,call 770-322-6262.

Domestic violence workshop targets faith-based groups Churches, mosques and other faith-based organizations have until Oct. 9 to register for an Oct. 17 domestic violence training workshop being hosted by DeKalb Solicitor-General Robert James at the Manuel Maloof Auditorium in downtown Decatur. James is sponsoring the event to help focus attention on domestic violence during October, which observed nationally as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. James, who has been in office since 2007, says his office annually prosecutes more than 2,500 misdemeanor domestic violence cases. “We are asking all of DeKalb’s faith-based organizations to come out to be empowered and educated about domestic violence,” he said. “Our goal is to work directly with the every aspect of the community and engage them in the process of combating domestic violence.”

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The Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence in Decatur says that in 2008, 111 adults and children were killed in domestic violence incidents in Georgia. Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 this year, the DeKalb District Attorney’s Office prosecuted 592 domestic violence cases. The four-hour workshop will include eight sessions on domestic violence issues. Dr. Tommy Snow, a statecertified instructor of FVIP for New Birth Ministries and Genesis 8 will lead a discussion on “Domestic Violence in the Church,” and

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Caminar Latino executive director Jessica Nunan will discuss the “Dynamics of Domestic Violence.” Betsy Ramsey, the solicitorgeneral’s victim/witness coordinator, will discuss “Stalking in the Church.” DeKalb Police Domestic Violence Unit Sgt. Jay Eisner will discuss “Policing and Protecting the Victim,” Deputy Chief Assistant Solicitor of the Domestic Violence Unit LeRoya Chester Jennings will the Solicitor-General’s domestic violence squad; and Anna Blau, the executive director for the International Women’s House in Decatur, will speak on “Victim Safety.”

The “Collaborating with Community Based Agencies” segment will be led by Victoria Ferguson, the safe house advocate with the Women’s Resource Center, and former state Sen. Steen Miles will give “Words of Power.” The free event will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a 30-minute breakfast and registration session. James said the county’s leaders in the faith-based community are important in helping stem the tide of domestic violence in DeKalb. “My office is excited to join with various faith-based organizations and area nonprofit groups to bring awareness of domestic violence and offer solutions and guidance on a critical community issue,” he said. The Manual Maloof Auditorium is at 1300 Commerce Drive in Decatur. For more information or to register, call LeRoya Chester Jennings at 404-371-2234.

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“He displays good explosiveness out of his stance and consistently comes off the ball with good pad level.”

Former Jaguar plays first game for Memphis By McKenzie Jackson

Former Stephenson High football star Marcus Ball registered five tackles and a pass deflection during his first game with the University of Memphis on Sept. 26. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Ball, 22, who transferred to Memphis from Pearl River (Miss.) Community College, played at safety during the Tigers’ 27-16 loss to the Marshall University Marcus Ball Thundering Herd at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tenn. Ball had to sit out the Tigers’ first three games due to academic issues stemming from his playing career at Florida State University, from 2006 to 2008. After the loss, Ball, a 2006 Stephenson graduate, told Memphis media outlets that it felt real good to be on the football field again. “I got some pre-game jitters, but you are going to have those at whatever level you play. But it felt good to get back out there,” he said. “I felt like myself again.” Last season with the Pearl River Wildcats, Ball was an All-American safety and had 53 tackles and two interceptions in nine games. In his two seasons with Florida State, Ball played in a total of 13 games and recorded 34 tackles, one sack, three pass deflectons, one interception and a fumble recovery. He played in only four games his first season because of an injury to his left knee. His Florida State career ended when he drew a three-game suspension for his part in an online cheating scandal. Memphis (1-3) will play the University of Central Florida Knights on Oct. 3.

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

Thornton is Touchdown Club’s Lineman of the Week By McKenzie Jackson

Stephenson defensive tackle Michael Thornton’s stellar play in the Jaguars’ 34-14 win over Ware County has earned him the Touchdown Club of Atlanta’s Defensive Lineman of the Week Award. Thornton, a 6-foot-2, 280-pound senior, had two sacks and two tackles for loss, broke up two passes and forced a fumble during the Sept. 18 contest. Thornton received the award on Sept. 28 during the Touchdown Club’s meeting at the

Fox Sports Grill in Atlanta. The other award winners were Lassiter High School’s Hutson Mason, who was the Back of the Week, and McEachern High School’s Kyle Hockman, who was the Coach of the Week. Dutchtown High School was the Team of the Week. Thornton, who has not yet committed to a college program, is one of the most soughtafter high school prospects in the country. Football programs such as South Carolina, Georgia, Miami, Auburn, Penn State, Duke, Clemson, Mississippi State, North

Carolina State, Vanderbilt and Alabama have all recruited Thornton. Scouts Inc., a national recruiting service, describes Thornton as a physical defender against the opponents rushing the ball. “He displays good explosiveness out of his stance and consistently comes off the ball with good pad level,” a Scouts Inc. evaluation says. “Flashes the ability to combine that leverage with the use of his hands. When he brings his hands he can create some separation and hold his ground.” In 2008, Thornton had 95 tackles and 2.5 sacks.

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