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‘Comfort women’ memorial unveiled; may move soon BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net A memorial to honor “comfort women” who were sexually trafficked by the Japanese military during World War II was unveiled at a June 30 ceremony in Brookhaven after weeks of controversy. But, a person involved in the memorial’s planning said at the ceremony, the city may soon move the statue elsewhere in Brookhaven after debate about its location in a public park. The memorial, donated to the city by the Atlanta Comfort Women Memorial Task Force, is named the “Young Girl’s Statue for Peace,” and is a life-sized goldcolored statue of a young girl seated next to an empty chair. It is identical to similar statues created by two South Korean artists and installed at various parks and embassies around the world.
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Kang Il-chul, a “comfort women” survivor known as “Grandma Kang,” traveled from South Korea to Brookhaven for the June 30 unveiling of the Young Girl’s Statue for Peace.
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My daughter breaks the mold. She cooks and cleans without being asked. Plus, she’s kind to animals and small children. But all this goodness comes at a price: She doesn’t like to shop.
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Artist turns political signs into ‘snowflakes’ BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
A Chamblee artist who backed Democrat Jon Ossoff in the heated 6th Congressional District race is trying to cool off the political climate off with some snowflakes and humor. The artist, who asked that his real name not be published but uses the pseudonym Hamilton Burger, said after the June 20 runoff between Republican Karen Handel and Ossoff, he collected several hundred of their political signs that dotted yards and rightsof-way for months in the hotly contested race that garnered national attention. See ARTIST on page 3