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CrossRoadsNews
October 3, 2009
“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.
Federal funds to help with disaster recovery FLOODS,
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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/
DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis (center) and other county officials tour the county to see the damage caused by flooding.
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services/disasterassistance. Flood victims can also send an email to disastercustomerservice@ sba.gov. As of Thursday, 38 DeKalb residents had visited the center. DeKalb government will also get federal funds to help pay for emergency measures and to repair, restore or replace public facilities damaged or destroyed by storms and flooding.
On Wednesday, DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis, District 7 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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