Read about the winners in our Best of East Metro Readers Choice Awards, plus a preview of the Small Business/Best of East Metro Expo at the Mall at Stonecrest.
A seventh-grader’s look at DeKalb’s North-South di-vide was good enough to earn two awards in the 2011 State Social Studies Fair. A11
Award-winning thesisYOUTH
Free health screenings and a blood drive are among the offerings at Ara-bia Mountain High School’s annual Commu-niy Health Fair Day. A13
High school healthWELLNESS
Volume 16, Number 52
Monique Green
Homeless Kids Get maKeovers
50 bright students get pampering, one-on-one mentoring at Suite 20 Day Spa
Joshua Hughley gets a haircut from Dwan Spires (far left). Freedom Middle School sixth-grader Jasmine Lawrence, 12, and Victoria Avery, 13, a Henderson Middle School eighth-grader, get new hairdos for Easter.
Carter files suit to regain office as clerk of Superior Court
Linda Carter Debra DeBerry
By Carla Parker
Chocolate eggs, floppy hats, pastel dresses and new hairstyles.
It’s Easter after all.
This year for the first time, 15-year-old Monique Green and 49 fellow home-less and foster chil-dren will have at least one item on the list – professionally coiffed ’dos.
The DeKalb Schools students got their makeovers on April 21, three days before Easter, at Suite 20 Day Spa on Flat Shoals Parkway in Decatur.
The trip by a DeKalb school bus was a special treat, compliments of Spa owners Kristy and Cesar Gaiter, DeKalb District 7 Commissioner Stan Watson, DeKalb County
Schools, and the Cosmetology Outreach Mentoring Bridge.
The group of 25 female and 25 male stu-dents, all with grade point averages of 3.0 and above, spent three-and-a-half hours getting their hair trimmed, washed and styled by 10 stylists who volunteered their time.
They got grooming and hygiene tips and mentoring from a motivational speaker and the owners of a modeling agency.
Watson said they just wanted to make the kids feel good for the Easter holiday.
“We just want to celebrate these kids and the good work that they are doing in school despite their circumstances,” he said.
When she got up from the stylist’s chair, Monique, who had never had her hair profes-sionally styled before, felt like a new kid.
“It was just fabulous,” she said, lightly stroking her hair.
Monique says she will show off her hair-style over the weekend when she takes her little sister, Jaonee, to an Easter egg hunt.
Even though she has been to 10 different schools in the past 10 years, Monique has a 4.0 GPA.
“It seems like we moved every year,” the Chamblee Charter High School 10th-grader said, adding they kept moving as her mom, Andrea Simpson, either searched for new job opportunities or just wanted to “start over.”
Kristy Gaiter said she was happy to par-ticipate in the kids’ special day.
“Commissioner Watson is always giving back to the community and he wanted to do something to get kids on the right track, and we just wanted to get involved,” she said.
Nineteen year-old Joshua Hughley had not had a haircut in two months when he sat down in Dwan Spires’ barber chair.
“It feels good to finally get another hair-cut,” said Joshua, a junior at Cedar Grove High School. He’s been in foster care for three years. “I’ve never been pampered be-fore,” he said. “This feels nice.”
Thirteen-year-old Victoria Avery also
enjoyed being pampered. “It makes me feel special,” said the Hen-
derson Middle School eighth-grader.The kids also got some one-on-one
mentoring time. Motivational speaker Ken Woods talked to the boys about having goals, being an upstanding citizen, and staying out of trouble. Girls got tips on etiquette and how to be a lady from Cynthia Young-Brinkley and Steffanie Haggins, owners of Studio Steffanie, a modeling agency.
The kids also got to munch on pizza and hot wings, donated by Bert Miller, owner of Decatur Army Youth Athletics. Miller also gave the kids $10 gift cards to Chili’s Grill and Bar Restaurant and Subway.
“I wanted to do something to help,” Miller said. He also offered the kids, 12 years and younger, the opportunity to join the Decatur Army Youth Athletics football or cheerleading teams.
“It’s all about giving back to the kids be-cause they are our future,” Miller said.
By Jennifer Ffrench Parker
A longtime friendship and working relationship will be heading for the courts after for-mer DeKalb Clerk of Superior Court Linda Carter filed suit in DeKalb Superior Court seeking to regain her office.
Carter resigned March 24 after 10 years in the office, but in a lawsuit filed April 14, she said she was duped into resigning and naming Debra DeBerry as her replacement.
The Office of Clerk of Superior Court manages all of the county’s court and land
and that it will be up to the other judges to make their own decision.
DeBerry, who was Carter’s chief deputy, was sworn into office on March 25 and is now finishing Carter’s third term of office that ends on Dec. 31, 2012.
In her petition to the court, Carter says she wants her job back and damages against DeBerry for “her misconduct” in wrongfully removing her from the office.
DeBerry said this week that she was shocked by the lawsuit and still considers Carter “a friend.”
“The whole scenario is a sad one,” she said. “I can’t believe this is happening or that it has gone this far.”
DeBerry said that she is focusing her energies on running the office.
“It’s a big job that the clerk’s office does,” DeBerry said.
“I’m making sure we are still providing the high level of service we have become known for.”
DeBerry said she is working with De-Kalb’s county attorney to resolve the issue and could not comment further.
In her lawsuit, Carter, who was elected in 2000 and took office in January 2001, ac-cused DeBerry of orchestrating her removal from office.
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Frank Swindle, a former DeKalb Superior Court senior case manager, has announced his candidacy for DeKalb Clerk
of Superior Court in 2012.This will be his second run for the of-
fice. In 2004, he was one of five candidates who unsuccessfully sought to replace Linda Carter at the end of her first term.
Swindle, who took early retirement from the county last year, is CEO of Legal Process Courier. He filed his declaration of intentions to run with the Secretary of State’s Office on April 15.
During his 21-year tenure with the county, Swindle worked as a supervisor in the Superior Court clerk’s office and was a case manager for Superior Court Judges Michael E. Hancock, Cynthia J. Becker and Gregory A. Adams. He
Community Topics include the budget, changes to the HOPE scholarship and pre-k program, the immigration bill, and DeKalb School System.
Town hall will recap legislative session
Swindle to make second run for clerk of court
Ellis urging governor to veto bill to reduce School Board size
DeKalb residents can discuss the results of the recently concluded General Assembly session at a town hall meet-ing on April 25 in Atlanta.
Sen. Steve Henson (D-Tucker) and Rep. Scott Hol-comb (D-Atlanta) are hosts for the 7-to-8:15 p.m. meeting at Lakeside High School, 3801 Briarcliff Road. Topics include the budget, changes to the HOPE scholarship and pre-k program, taxes, the immigra-tion bill, the DeKalb County School System, Sun-day alcohol sales, and changes to billboard laws. Residents are encouraged to submit questions in advance by e-mailing them to [email protected].
For more information, call Ann Abramowitz at 404-656-6372.
launched Legal Process Courier, which serves court docu-ments for lawyers, shortly after his retirement last year.
The office of Clerk of Superior Court manages all court and land records for DeKalb County. Debra DeBerry, a nine-year court employee, was sworn in March 25, a day after Carter, her former boss, resigned after serving 10 years.
DeBerry is serving the rest of Carter’s term, which ends Dec. 31, 2012.
Swindle is a longtime DeKalb resident who is active in a number of civic, professional and business organizations. He said he has the experience and leadership skills to run the office.
“As DeKalb County faces increasing challenges to pro-vide critical services to taxpayers and residents with fewer resources, it is imperative that competent, ethical and proven leaders manage its constitutional offices.”
Frank Swindle
DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis is urging Gov. Nathan Deal to veto the Senate bill that seeks to reduce the size of the DeKalb Board of Education from nine members to seven.
In an April 19 letter to Deal, Ellis asked for a meeting with Deal to discuss SB 79 and said that if enacted, it would specifically target DeKalb County by mandating a reduction in the size of its Board of Education with-out a public referendum and approval of DeKalb’s House and Senate delegations.
SB 79 would grant the governor the power to reduce the size of DeKalb’s School Board, one of the largest in the state, and the authority to remove all members of the
beleaguered Atlanta School Board. Ellis said the bill raises issues under Sec-
tion 5 of the Voting Rights Act.“The removal of two elected School
Board members could dilute minority rep-resentation on the board, which might have a discriminatory impact against minority voters,” Ellis wrote.
He cited the county’s racial makeup, based on the 2010 census – 54 percent African-American, 5 percent Asian and 10 percent Hispanic, which he says totals more than 69 percent of the population.
“Furthermore, SB 79 grants the governor authority to remove duly elected members from local school boards based on actions taken by accrediting agencies that are not accountable to the taxpayers and voters who pay for the school systems and elect members of the local board,” Ellis wrote. “This, too,
could dilute minority representation and raise federal issues under the Voting Rights Act as well as state constitutional concerns, which might ultimately result in costly litiga-tion and election expenses.”
Ellis said DeKalb citizens have been willing to change the makeup of the School Board when necessary and cited the election of two new members in 2010.
“SB 79 ignores the basic right of voters to elect their representatives and recall them if they do not perform,” Ellis wrote.
The CEO said DeKalb residents should be allowed the opportunity to determine the number of representatives on their school board and when to remove a member, except where criminal activity might be involved.
District 9 School Board member Dr. Eugene “Gene” Walker said legislators don’t have a good reason for wanting to change the
size of the board.“Look at our budget
and our operations,” he said. “We are the best-run school system, yet they want to reduce our numbers. What they are doing is trying to micro-manage us.”
While the Legislature is seeking to reduce the board, Walker said DeKalb, a recipient of the Race to the Top federal funding, has not received a seat on the Governor’s Education Advisory Committee for k-12 schools.
“Why don’t we have a member on that committee? Not one person from DeKalb was named to that committee, not one. What are our state legislators doing for DeKalb County?”
Burrell Ellis
Eugene Walker
CrossRoadsNewsApril 23, 2011 A3
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people living in fear. Fear of losing a job. Fear
of losing your home! Fear of this. Fear of that!”
Kevin Oliveira
In the March 5th is-sue of CrossRoadsNews, DeKalb resident Vera Penn said she felt we are going backwards when it came to recycling in DeKalb.
On April 2nd, Billie Brown echoed her con-cerns and added that she felt she had no voice because she lives in an apartment and DeKalb County offers no options for apart-ment dwellers, even though the
While the focus is on child bul-lying, we may turn a blind eye to the actions of a “workplace bully.”
Workplace bullies are no differ-ent from children bullying in school. It is just of the big secrets that are “squashed” and swept un-der the rug” as my father Nat Knox used to say when people don’t want to “air their dirty laundry.”
A secret that is kept by the “powers that be” to protect their own turf from public viewing. How can an administra-tion admonish student or address bullying when they are subject to the same crime.
Bullies often operate in a cow-ardly and discrete fashion and may only be known to the person be-ing bullied. If known, employees may be afraid to report the bully’s
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Focus on school bully takes heat off workplace variety
County could reap benefits by recycling used cooking oil
The ‘New Jim Crow’ based on economics, not race
Warren Crawley
Miriam Robinson
aggressive behavior for fear of job loss. Oftentimes if reported, management may not address the problem that they know already exist and may terminate their em-ployment.
Workplace bullying can include verbal abuse, hollering and shout-ing in an aggressive manner to another employee, physical abuse, harassment and psychological abuse. There are numerous abusive ways the bully can inflict harm on another employee. On the play-ground, schoolyard bullies take the lunch monies of their victims. In the workplace, we now have cyber bullying.
It is not uncommon to find workplace bullies in our schools. They are often men who prey on se-nior women employees and women in general. Reports to the principal or administration may not yield good results but a dismissal from employment while the bully keeps his job.
The bully school employee could possibly be hired without a thorough background check. Re-ports show that in the majority of cases when bullies are reported to management, nothing is done. As of 2009, research shows that 16 U. S. states have proposed legislation for workplace bullies, So far, none have passed. Georgis is not one of those 16 states.
In 2004, research by Keashly & Harvey found that workplace bul-lying takes
Workplace bullying is a social problem that deserves more at-tention. Statistics show that nearly half of all American workers have been affected by bullying in the workplace – 12 percent witness workplace bullying and 13 percent of U. S. employees are currently bullied. Currently, 57 percent of those being bullied are women. The research also shows that men are often the ones doing the bulling with 60 percent of men are more
likely to participate in bullying behavior.
According to the Workplace Bullying Institute in 2007, 52 per-cent of those bullied were Hispanics and 46 percent were Black.
From experience, workplace bullies are real and alive in the educational field. Teachers and other workers are no exception. They are real, repetitive and their aggressive behavior ongoing. As I was reading Gary Tavares’s book on Deceptive Vows, about men who abuse women, it occurred to me that the abuse and aggression of workplace bullies could be an extension of their treatment of the women in their life at home. What-ever it is, the administration needs to take a stand at the seriousness of the workplace bully.
Dismissal of the reporting employee is not the solution to the problem of the workplace bully.
Miriam Knox Robinson lives in Decatur.
county admits that more should be done.
It costs taxpayers $97,000 annually for one truck to collect yard waste and household recyclables, yet only a few citizens par-ticipate in this program.
In addition to the inef-fective recycling program
in place, the county paid millions of dollars in fines in January 2011 handed down by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it
admitted that used cooking grease poured into the sewer system has caused massive sanitary overflows.
My company Green Grease, which offers a curbside recycling program for used cooking oil, of-fered to partner with the county to collect the spent grease from single- and multi-family homes – a potential solution for this ever growing problem. There was no official response from the county.
We are creating hundreds of green jobs by offering citizens an
efficient method for household recycling. A partnership with the county could help fuel more job opportunities while also increas-ing tax revenues from an effective recycling program.
I believe the county’s current “recycling program” is ineffective and takes away funding that could go to our teachers, firemen and po-licemen who have are suffer from constant budget cuts.
Warren Crawley is the founder of Green Grease.
“Justice for the slave is not the same as justice for a freeman. Treat-
ment of a thoroughbred is not the same for a workhorse.” – A. Philip Randolph
The greatness of America lies in the hearts and minds of Ameri-cans, all Americans having a vested interest in America success and survival.
American human dignity and worth in measured in human in-novation of the mind and human labor of the body. America is at a crossroads and the economic imbalance in this country must be addressed and soon!
The exploitation of the poor and working poor must be stopped in order for America to have any sense of moral fiber on the world stage. If America does not take care of the poor at home, how does America tell the world about taking care of the poor.
When America was at its great-est heights of popularity and some moral reputation, American leaders
understood that when you address the needs and concerns of the poor, working poor, working class in all demographic pockets of America they would created a social climate where all Americans felt vested in the success of America.
Every time American leader-ship detoured to GREED, the love of profits, and the exploitation of human labor, it created a climate of social instability. Such is the case today.
A. Phillip Randolph was father of the African-American labor movement. He is known for his great leadership in bringing about labor changes for the African-American porters on America’s railroads.
His leadership on American la-bor issues, not just African Ameri-can labor issues, helped transform and shape the nation’s mass transit laws in this country. He advised several U.S. presidents and busi-
ness leaders; cautioning them about exploiting human labor, especially African-American labor, urban la-bor, women’s labor, and poor work-ing white labor. He understood that the fiber of American growth was in the hands of the people who do the heavy lifting. To exploit them has always proven self-destructive.
Rather than giving equal ac-cess to quality employment for qualified African Americans and other “minorities,” it’s business as usual insider trading, good ole boy promotions to homogenous upper-crust white males, and grandfather-ing family and friends into high paying positions in corporations in the decision-making positions that don’t make sense.
The New Jim Crow - For Real!Profit and greed is the order of
the day. Slavery is still around… it’s just all dressed up now. A wise man once said “greed fortifies prejudice.” The new Jim Crow has people living in fear. Fear of losing a job. Fear of losing your home! Fear of this. Fear of that!
Politicians and businessmen have to understand their social responsibilities and obligations to undergird the poor and needy, and set aside corrupting ways that are leading the nation astray.
Preachers need to stop preach-ing prosperity theology and start preaching good news to the poor. Then after they preach they need to fight the good fight of faith and frankly HELP the poor.
The New Jim Crow is definitely upon us. Remember even the rich are one step away from another Bernie Madoff ponzie scheme. Then they might even find them-selves part of the new Jim Crow - for real!
Kevin Oliveria lives in Decatur.
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By Carla Parker
Gloria Davis, one of the three finalists for DeKalb Schools superintendent, has with-drawn from consideration for the position.
Davis informed search firm Ray and Associates on April 15.
DeKalb School Board Chairman Tom Bowen said Friday that she did not offer a reason for removing herself from consideration but that he suspects that her school district succeeded in keeping her from leav-ing.
Davis is the superintendent of Decatur Public Schools in Illinois.
Bowen said he heard that her current
Community “We owe our service members, their families and all our veterans an immeasurable debt,” Johnson said.
Superintendent finalist withdraws
Expo to offer help for veterans
Gloria Davis
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Veterans, military personnel and their families can receive help with health care, housing, claims, employment and access to benefits at an April 29 expo with U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson as host.
Johnson is holding his 2011 Veterans and Armed Forces Expo at DeKalb Technical College in Clarkston from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to ensure that veterans and their families receive their full benefits.
“We owe our service members, their families and all our veter-ans an immeasurable debt,” said Johnson, a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
The event is being held in conjunction with DeKalb County government, but all vet-erans, military personnel and their families in the 4th District can attend.
DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said more than 45,000 veterans call DeKalb County home,
“and we are pleased to partner with Con-gressman Johnson to ensure our veterans have access to the services they need.”
Attendees will receive free information about available services and on-site assis-tance with benefits, including employment opportunities, housing, health care, educa-tion and filing Veterans Affairs claims.
For on-site help, bring a government-issued photo ID and a copy of your DD214. To speak with a representative about claims for VA compensation benefits, bring copies of recent VA correspondence or decisions and any evidence that support the claim. Copying facilities are not available on-site, so don’t bring originals for submission.
For assistance with a home loan, bring mortgage documents and recent correspon-dence.
The expo will be held in the main Confer-ence Center at DeKalb Tech, 495 N. Indian Creek Drive. Pre-registration is urged; to register, visit http://hankjohnson.house.gov /veteran-index.shtml.
Hank Johnson
School Board was pressuring her to stay.“Once she was named a top three finalist
I think her home School Board convinced her to stay,” he said.
Bowen said the DeKalb School Board will continue to talk with the two remaining finalists – Arthur R. Culver of Champaign Community Unit School District No. 4 in Illinois and Lillie M. Cox of Hickory Public Schools in North Carolina.
He said the board is continuing to garner more in-depth information about the two so that it can find a perfect match for the district.
Bowen said there is no timetable for hav-ing a new superintendent but that the board is shooting to have the new person in place by July 1. “It’s more important to us to take our time to get the right selection than to have a timetable for this process,” he said.
Input sought on rec center renovations
Library events celebrate older residents
Suspect identified in teen’s slaying
Antione Willis Jr.
Police have identified another suspect in the Jan. 29 slaying of a DeKalb County teenager.
Antione Willis Jr., 20, is being sought by the DeKalb Sheriff ’s Of-fice Fugitive Squad in the slaying of Marcus Holloway, 18.
Holloway, a senior at Southwest DeKalb High School, was shot near his home at 2505 Columbia Drive in the Columbia Forest Apartments.
The Fugitive Squad and Crime Stoppers Atlanta are asking the public for help and of-fering up to a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment.
Willis, a member of the gang Hoe Haters, has the letter H tattooed near his left and
right temples and a cross in the middle of his forehead.
Two other suspects, Jaqwanta Grimes, 19, and Brandon Mat-thew Reed, 26, are already in custody, facing felony murder charges, police records show.
Investigators said the shooting was in retaliation for a slashed tire on a stolen vehicle that gang
members had been driving. They said Holloway did not slash the
tire.Contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta at
www.crimestoppersatlanta.org, 404-577-TIPS (8477), or by texting CSA and the tip to CRIMES (274637).
South DeKalb residents can offer com-ments about proposed renovations for the Gresham Recreation Center at a public in-formation meeting on April 25.
District 3 Commissioner Larry Johnson is hosting the meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m. The session will offer residents the op-
portunity to gain firsthand information on the proposed renovations and improve-ments and provide feedback.
The recreation center is at 3113 Gresh-am Road in Atlanta. For more informa-tion, contact Wannetter Terrell, recreation center director, at 404-244-4890.
Senior citizens can participate in fun activities during Older Americans Month in May at DeKalb Public Library branches.
The observance shows appreciation and support for seniors as they continue to enrich and strengthen communities. Events include a party, Knitting for Seniors, a Senior Vol-unteer Fair, Wii Bowling for Savvy Seniors, Scrapbooking for Seniors, Gift Bingo for
Seniors and movie screenings. They can sign up to participate in the “Novel Desti-nations: Adult Summer Reading Program” in which they travel to many programs and resources available at the library, May 31 to Sept. 6.
Visit www.dekalblibrary.org/events/oam or call 404-370-8450 for more in-formation.
Two suspects have been arrested on ani-mal cruelty charges in DeKalb County.
Howard Alexander Oneal, 39, was ar-rested April 19 by the Sheriff ’s Office Fugitive Squad and charged with dog fighting, four counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
DeKalb Sheriff Sgt. Adrion Bell said
O neal was arrested at 3760 Flat Shoals Park-way in Decatur for allegedly killing four pit bulldogs by shooting them in the head.
The Fugitive Squad recently arrested 39-year-old Derrick Daniels, who was charged with 24 counts of cruelty to animals, dog fighting, 26 counts of no current vacci-nation, and one count of aggravated cruelty to animals.
Two arrested on animal cruelty charges
CrossRoadsNewsApril 23, 2011 A5
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ing their financial health can attend a Fi-nancial Boot Camp on April 30 at DeKalb Medical at Hillandale.
The 9 a.m.-to-noon event is free and is hosted by DeKalb 100 Black Women.
It will focus on youth financial respon-sibility, retirement options for adults of all ages, money management, real estate and
Social Security.Kimberly Cameron,
chapter president, said financial wellness in-volves the community as a whole.
“As a community, we must take a good look at our options for financial stability, and
the Decatur/DeKalb Chapter has been dedicated to providing our community with an annual forum where they can get the necessary information that we all need to remain financially secure in this economy,” she said.
Presenters include Lem Howard of State Farm; Doreen Reese Francis of Do-reen Francis & Associates; Paulette Smith of Clinton, Barnes, Smith LLC; attorney Sheryl Barnes, an estate planning special-ist; Realtor Delois Grizzle; Ashton Carter of RBC Bank; and Sabrina Thomas of the Social Security Administration.
Topics include “Teaching Our Children About Money,” “Basic Money Manage-ment: Your Household Budget,” “How to Improve Your Credit Score,” “Retirement Strategies (sessions for ages 25 and up)” and “Real Estate: Is It Still a Good Deal?”
Refreshments will be available.The seminar will be in the hospital’s
Community Room. DeKalb Medical is at 2801 DeKalb Medical Parkway.
Seating is limited. Register at http://2011financialbootcamp.eventbrite .com or by calling 770-981-8775.
FinanCe “As a community, we must take a good look at our options for financial stability.”
State’s jobless rate dips to 10 percent in MarchBoot campto help shapeup finances
Seminar explains UI process, taxes
Labor internships available for college, tech students
Day care marks 15 years at site
Spa founder to speak at luncheon
“It appears that employers are growing
more confident that our economy is
improving.” Mark Butler,
State Labor commissioner
Kimberly Cameron
Sydell Harris
Spa Sydell co-founder Sydell Harris will be the keynote speaker at the DeKalb Chamber of Com-merce First Monday luncheon on May 2.
The 11:30 a.m.-to-1:30 p.m. event takes place at Crowne Plaza Ravinia.
Harris, a philanthropist and community activist, co-founded
the original Atlanta-based day spa company in 1982 with one location in Buckhead and served as aesthetician. There are now several metro locations.
R.S.V.P. by April 26. The hotel is at 4355 Ashford Dunwoody Road in Atlanta. For more infor-mation, call the DeKalb Cham-ber at 404-378-8000.
Carter’s Daycare & Academy on Rainbow Drive is celebrating its 15th anniversary at its current Decatur location and will be honor-ing its owner, Vanessa Caldwell, at a spring gala on April 30.
The 4-to-6:30 p.m. event takes place at Flat Shoals Elementary in Decatur.
Center director Rasheedah Carter said Caldwell opened the day care center at 2958 Rainbow Drive in June 1996. It was her first commercial location. Before that, she oper-
ated a family home day care since 1978. Carter said the economic recession has
been tough on the center.“A lot of parents lost their jobs and had
to take their kids out of the center,” she said. “We had to close our second center this year, which had been opened since April 2005.”
Flat Shoals Elementary School is at 3226 Flat Shoals Road. For more informa-tion, call 404-241-6200.
Business owners, human resources man-agers, supervisors and entrepreneurs can learn more about unemployment insurance at a May 6 seminar in Decatur.
The 9 a.m.-to-1 p.m. seminar, which is sponsored by the Georgia Department of La-bor’s DeKalb Career Center and the De Kalb-Rockdale Employer Committee, will take place at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts and Community Center in Decatur.
Experts from the Department of Labor will explain and answer questions about
the UI process, employer taxes, and em-ployment-related services at the local career center. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and includes a continental breakfast, lunch and a UI reference kit. Registration by April 25 is $69. After that and before May 6, it is $79. Event-day registration is $89.
The center is at 3181 Rainbow Drive. For more information or to register, contact Tamika Wise at [email protected] or 404-298-3994 or Melba Williams at melba [email protected] or 404-298-3970.
open to eligible college students who have not previously interned with the department. School credits may be earned, but interns will be responsible for making arrangements with their respective institutions.
Interns will be selected on the following criteria: student interests and whether such interests align with possible job duties at the Department of Labor and student access to the department’s career centers, voca-tional rehabilitation offices, and other offices throughout the state. Whenever possible,
selected interns will be allowed to choose the office where they will work.
Applications are being accepted for the summer and fall semesters of 2011 and the winter and springs semesters of 2012.
They are available at www.dol.state .ga.us; in college and technical college career centers; and by contacting Janice Reaves Jack-son, director of marketing and community relations, at Suite 600, 148 Andrew Young International Blvd. N.E, Atlanta, GA 30303-1751, or [email protected].
Juniors and seniors in universities and technical colleges in their final semester may apply for the Georgia Department of Labor’s 2011-2012 Internship Program.
The year-round internship program of-fers college students practical work experi-ence, the opportunity to earn school credit, and a chance to make up to $2,400 during the course of a semester.
Interns will be assigned to Labor offices based on student interest and office needs.
Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said successful interns will be poised to join the state’s work force.
“Students who complete internships while in college gain real-life work experience that will open doors with potential employ-ers following graduation,” Butler said.
“Interns gain job skills and learn the importance of teamwork, establishing good work ethics, and setting and meeting goals. These are lessons that will prepare them to succeed in the well-educated and highly skilled work force Georgia must develop to rebuild a strong economy.”
Interns may work 25 hours per week for a semester based on their respective institu-tions’ academic calendars. The program is
Job increases pushed down the state’s unemployment rate to 10 percent in March, a two-tenths drop from February and March 2010.
State Labor Commissioner Mark But-ler called the news promising and said he is more pleased that Georgia has had two consecutive months of job growth coupled with fewer layoffs.
“It appears that employers are growing more confident that our economy is improv-ing,” he said.
In March, there were 3,812,700 payroll jobs, up 15,600 from February. Sixty per-cent of the new jobs were added in leisure and hospitality, including 7,000 at eating and drinking establishments. Jobs also were added in manufacturing, the wholesale of
electronic equipment, the design of comput-er systems, transportation and warehousing, educational services, and administrative and support services. Also, there was an increase of 11,500, or three-tenths of a percentage point, from 3,801,200 in February 2010.
Across the state, laid-off workers filed 50,331 initial claims for UI benefits in March,
a decrease of 5,245, or 9.4 percent, from 55,576 in February.
Most of the first-time claims were filed in manufacturing, trade, administrative and support services, and construction. There was an over-the-year decrease of 18,934 initial claims, or 27.3 percent, from 69,265 filed in March 2010.
In March, there were 261,500 long-term unemployed Georgians, those who have been out of work for 27 weeks or longer. This rep-resents an increase of 56,800, or 27.7 percent, from 204,700 in March 2010.
March was the 42nd consecutive month that Georgia has exceeded the national un-employment rate, currently 8.8 percent.
For more information, visit www.dol .state.ga.us.
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“Carter trusted her employees to act in good faith and in her interests,” the lawsuit said. “She had no reason to suspect that her employees would deceive her or conduct themselves in a fraudulent manner.”
The lawsuit, filed by Atlanta attorney Lee Parks, said that Carter signed the document presented to her “not knowing or under-standing the document’s contents at that moment in time.”
It accused DeBerry of taking advantage of Carter’s medical condition, “which DeBerry knew was temporarily impeding Carter’s ability to understand the consequences of her actions.”
The lawsuit said that March 24, Deputy Clerk Lisa Oakley, acting on DeBerry’s instructions, presented Carter with a letter providing for her resignation and appointing DeBerry to the office of clerk.
“The letter was presented to Carter as a routine business document requiring Carter’s signature; its contents were obscured from Carter’s view,” the lawsuit said. “Oakley, acting on DeBerry’s instructions, did not inform Carter that she was being asked to
sign a letter of resignation.“Oakley, acting on DeBerry’s instruc-
tions, knew that Carter was suffering from a temporary episode of dementia due to a medical condition suffered by Carter” and did not know or understand the document’s contents.
Later when Carter’s husband, John, inquired about the resignation, the lawsuit said the deputy clerk Rick Setser told him that he and DeBerry jointly created the letter and agreed to have Carter sign “in order to avoid media inquiries into Carter’s medical condition.”
The lawsuit said that Carter notified DeBerry and Gov. Nathan Deal on March 30 that the resignation letter was invalid, but that both have refused to recognize her as “the legitimate holder of the Office of Clerk in the absence of a court order.”
It said Carter has suffered and will con-tinue to suffer damages, including but not limited to lost wages, lost health benefits, lost pension benefits, damage to reputation and emotional suffering.
DeBerry has 30 days to respond to the lawsuit and at press time Thursday had not filed a response.
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“Butterfly,” a children’s musical about a butterfly whose wings are broken by Mean Old Mr. Green, will be onstage at the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta on May 1.
In the musical written by Lithonia-based KIDDS Dance Project founder Pat Martin, a butterfly realizes that she cannot fly unless she forgives the one who broke her wings.
“Raise the Red Lantern,” starring Li Gong, will be screened April 29 at the Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library in Decatur.
The two-hour movie, released in 1991, is part of the DeKalb Library’s Movie Series featuring new releases and old favorite block-busters. The screening begins at 1:30 p.m.
Set in 1920, “Raise the Red Lantern” tells the story 19-year-old Songlian, who is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian – the lord of a powerful family – after her father’s death. Fifty-year-old Chen already has three wives, each of them living in separate houses within
the great castle. The competition between the wives is
tough as their master’s attention carries power, status and privilege. Each night Chen must decide with which wife to spend the night and a red lantern is lit in front of the house of his choice.
And each wife schemes and plots to make sure it’s hers. However, things get out of hand.
Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library is at 1282 McConnell Drive. For more informa-tion, call 404-679-4404.
Actress Terri J. Vaughn’s doc-umentary, “Angels Can’t Help But Laugh,” will be screened April 25 at Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center.
The free 7 p.m. screening is part of the Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival “Colour of Cinema.”
In the documentary, Vaughn sits down with 25 of Hollywood’s African-American actresses, including Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jasmine Guy, Tichina Arnold and Vanessa Williams, to discuss how they deal with being in today’s
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entertainment industry. The documentary gives viewers a candid, unscripted exposure into the minds and hearts of these actresses. The actresses open up to talk about their fears, disap-pointments, successes, families and careers.
The event also will include a red-carpet walk and a Q&A ses-sion with Vaughn.
The center is at 3181 Rain-bow Drive in Decatur.
For more information, visit www.urban filmreview.eventbrite.com.
Songlian, 19, is forced to marry a 50-year-old lord, who already has three wives, in ”Raise the Red Lantern,” being screened April 29 at the Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library in Decatur.
The children’s musical “Butterfly” was written by Pat Martin, founder of Lithonia-based KIDDS Dance Project. It will be performed at the Rialto Center on May 1.
“The show is filled with music from an original soundtrack, and your kids will love to sing along with the characters onstage,” Martin said.
There will be one show at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call the Rialto Theater box office, 80 Forsyth St. N.W. in Atlanta, at 404-413-9849.
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become a male of integrity” and “how to deal with bullying.”
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‘Manhood Uplift’ focuses on young males
Middle school and high school males and parents can hear from male commu-nity leaders on topics affecting young men at the “Manhood Uplift Program/Project” on April 23 at Southwest DeKalb High School in Decatur.
The 9 a.m.-to-2 p.m. program will show young men life choices and options to increase their chances of becoming valuable contributors to their family, school and society. Students and parents will participate in separate workshops.
On the agenda are sessions on “how to deal with police,” “how to become a male of integrity,” “the importance of education,” “how to deal with bullying,” “parenting through the middle ages” and “embracing parenting.” There will be a panel discussion and an open mic discus-sion with all groups.
Co-hosts are the Omega Psi Phi Frater-nity’s Kappa Alpha Alpha Decatur Chap-ter, DeKalb PTA Council Men’s Initiative and Project Uplift.
Southwest DeKalb is at 2863 Kelley Chapel Road. For more information, call Tommy Hill at 404-259-9232.
Kids can improve their fitness at the Morehouse College 43rd annual National Youth Sports Program, but they have to register by April 28.
Registration for ages 9 to 16 is 5 to 7 p.m. in Forbes Arena, Room 266.
The program runs June 6 to July 1 and includes basketball, tennis, swimming and enrichment. New participants must bring a birth certificate and current immuniza-tion records. Returning participants must provide current immunization.
Participants will be provided breakfast and lunch daily. For more information, visit www.morehouse.edu and click on the National Youth Sports Program link.
By Carla Parker
DeKalb’s cadre of Eagle Scouts just grew by three with the induction of Jared Alexan-der, Devin Hunter and William Tabor to Boy Scouts of America’s highest rank.
The 17-year-old high school seniors are members of Greenforest Boy Scout Troop 106.
Jared and William were honored on March 19 at an awards ceremony at Green-forest Community Baptist Church. Devin will have his Court of Honor on April 23 at the church. The three have been Scouting since the first and second grades.
Eagle Scouts must earn at least 21 merit badges and demonstrate Scout spirit, service and leadership. They also have to plan, orga-nize, lead and manage a community service project. The new inductees will join more than 2 million men who have achieved the rank since its inception in 1911.
Tab Brown, the troop’s assistant Scout-master, said he is extremely proud of the boys.
“I’ve watched them for over eight years and saw them grow and mature into the young men they have become,” Brown said. “You see a lot of boys get on the wrong path and get in trouble, but they stayed away from that.”
Jared, a Southwest DeKalb High senior, achieved the rank of Eagle Scout last Octo-ber after completing his Eagle Scout project leading a team of Scouts and volunteers in constructing and painting barricades to di-rect the flow of traffic into and around the parking lots and buildings of Greenforest Baptist Church on Rainbow Drive.
Jared has actively participated in school, community and church activities. His school activities include membership in PTSA and FBLA, Mock Trial, Debate Team, newspaper staff, and football and golf teams.
His primary community activity has been to volunteer with the DeKalb County Teen Court Program, where last year he received the award for “Most Dedicated” and was selected to give remarks at the swearing-in ceremony for new volunteers.
Jared is also active in his church, serving as a Sunday school teacher, usher and assis-tant to the pastor.
Devin, a senior at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, completed his Eagle Scout project on Feb. 12. Devin managed a team of about 20 individuals who assisted him in building bookshelves for six classrooms and three offices at Solid Foundation, a small private school in Stone Mountain.
At school, Devin is a member of the golf team, chess team, cross country team, FBLA and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is also a junior deacon at Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta.
William, a senior at the Paideia School in Atlanta, completed his Eagle Scout project last September. He designed and built a ca-noe rack large enough to hold four canoes. William collected more than $500 for the project and bought materials.
Since 2004, he has been active in Paideia’s orchestra and in basketball, baseball and soccer. He was voted co-captain of this year’s varsity boys soccer team.
William volunteered regularly with Hands on Atlanta, the Atlanta Food Bank and at the Frasier Center. He also assisted in the Angel Food Ministry at First Congregational Church, where he is a member.
Devin Hunter, a senior at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, will have his Court of Honor on April 23 at Greenforest.
New Eagle Scouts William Tabor (left) and Jared Alexander flank U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson at an awards ceremony on March 19 at Greenforest Community Baptist Church.
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Teens can learn about the legal system and its operations at an April 30 “Watchdogs for Justice” seminar at the Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library in Decatur.
The free seminar is from 1 to 3 p.m.Attorneys Clara King, Lawanda Jean
O’Bannon, Dana Harrell and Suzanne Miller and private investigator Janine Brooks-Collier will discuss a variety of topics from armed robbery, automobile theft, possession of crack cocaine, possession of marijuana and underage drinking and the prison sen-tences associated with the crimes.
King said they will discuss the impor-tance of staying crime-free. “Kids need to understand that although they may not be doing the crime themselves, they can still get caught up in situations like that by being around people who are doing [it].”
Participants also will learn about the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth amendments.
The nonprofit Watchdogs for Justice works to educate youth and decrease the number of young people entering the crimi-nal justice system.
The library is at 2861 Wesley Chapel Road. For more information, call 678-412-2299.
Georgia’s college students and high school seniors who plan to attend a college in Georgia have until May 1 to apply for $250 to $1,000 scholarships from the Dr. W.B. Mitchell Sr. Education Project.
Six students – three attending college or planning to attend college and three planning to or attending a trade school
Parents have until May 5 to apply for need-based scholarships at Greenforest-McCalep Christian Academic Center.
Two types of scholarships are available for new students at the Decatur private school and applicants will be directed to the pro-gram for which they are best qualified.
Scholarships are available for students in grades 1 to 12. Parents will be required to submit proof of income and copies of 2010 federal income tax returns. Eligible applicants
must have a minimum 2.5 GPA. Character will be among criteria considered.
Students must write an essay on “hard-ships they face in pursuit of personal and academic excellence and how will the schol-arship help overcome adversity.” Parents also must write an essay on “what it would mean for their child to attend a private school.”
For more information, contact Cheryle Ward at 404-486-5775 or cheryle.ward @gfafoundation.org.
By Carla Parker
DeKalb’s enduring north/south disparity battle has won seventh-grader Christina Burgess not one but two awards in the 2011 State Social Studies Fair.
Christina, who attends DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts, nabbed the “Best in Discipline: Class II Politi-cal Science” and the “Political Science Award” for her project “North vs. South: Is There a Civil War Going on in DeKalb County?” at the March 19 fair in Hampton, Ga.
Christina said winning the regional and state fair was “like icing and cherry on top of a cake.”
She was prompted to tackle the issue because of the performance gap between schools in the north and south portions of the county.
“The better academic schools are in North DeKalb and the not-so-good academic schools are in the south,” said Christina, who lives in Decatur.
She also did not like the fact that the DeKalb School System is closing seven schools in South DeKalb and thinks that decision is not fair to the students in the south.
“That will cause a lot more mayhem than there already is,” she said. “The kids will have to move to other schools. They should have at least closed some schools in the north.”
The “North vs. South: Is There a Civil War Going on in DeKalb County?” project took her four months to complete. It consisted of a research paper and a display board with data about the economic, academic and po-litical differences between north and south DeKalb.
Her father, David, said the recognition
awarded the project was unexpected.“I was surprised that many people at the
regional and state fairs were so in tune with DeKalb and what was going on,” said Bur-gess, who is a former Georgia Public Service commissioner.
Burgess said his daughter got a feel for what is going on in the county after he drove her through North DeKalb and saw the dif-ferences.
“She really saw the disparities between north and south DeKalb and said it was like the Civil War,” he said. “Some of her friends were leaving their home schools to go to schools in Chamblee and Dunwoody and she wanted to know why.”
– will get scholarships based on financial need.
Dr. Willie B. Mitchell Sr. is the late found-ing pastor of the Greater Christ Temple Holiness Church in Atlanta. The scholarships honor his memory.
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Seventh-grader Christina Burgess tackled economic, academic and political disparities in DeKalb County.
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As National Infant Immuni-zation Week kicks off April 23, organizers are urging parents and caregivers to ensure that their newborns and babies have been ad-equately protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.
The observance is an annual celebration of the importance of immunizations to keep children and communities healthy and disease-free.
About 1 million children in the United States are not adequately immunized, and nearly 12,000 children are born every day who will need protection before age 2 against 14 vaccine-preventable diseases.
Dr. Anil T. Mangla of the Georgia Depart-ment of Community Health said parents need to be informed about the importance
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During the drill, participants will practice “Drop, Cover and Hold On” – drop to the ground, take cover under a sturdy desk or table, and hold on until the shaking stops.
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Please join Chimain Douglas Ministries on April 30, 2011 for “It’s Time” Prayer Service at the Colonnade Banquet Room, 8010 Rockbridge Rd., Lithonia, GA.
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Georgians will be among residents of 10 states participating in the April 28 Great Cen-tral U.S. ShakeOut – the largest earthquake drill ever organized in the region.
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security is spearheading the statewide event and is encouraging area residents to join the 118,000-plus Georgians already registered to participate.
Across the region, more than 1 million people in households, businesses and schools
of vaccinations.“Infants are particularly vulner-
able to infectious diseases, and it is critical that we as caregivers and parents make sure they receive their immunizations,” said Mangla, who is program director of Infectious Disease and Immunization.
The most common vaccine-preventable diseases are pertussis
(whooping cough), influenza and chicken pox.
Parents can review the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recom-mendations at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs /schedules/default.htm#child and discuss a schedule with their pediatrician.
For more information, visit http://health .state.ga.us/programs/immunization.
Free rapid HIV testing will be available on April 23 at the Clarkston International Bible Church.
The testing will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Christian Life Gym.
It is sponsored by the Clarkston Business
Association, the DeKalb County branch of the NAACP, and the DeKalb Board of Health. Lunch will be served.
The church is at 3895 Church St. For more information, call 404-626-8505 or 404-294-3829.
Lithonia Mayor Tonya Peter-son Anderson was set to sign a “Going the Green Mile” Pledge and Challenge for Earth Day at an April 22 ribbon-cutting ceremony at City Hall.
Anderson said she likes the simplicity of campaign.
“Going the Green Mile engages and encourages individuals, com-panies, governments and faith organizations to ‘go green,’ become sustainable and do what’s required to be better environmental stewards,” she said.
The grass-roots community engagement campaign is designed to educate and em-power youth and society through practical and simple green education that will reduce the carbon footprint of schools, homes, busi-
nesses and communities. The platform asks participants
to reduce consumption around six eco-strategies/principles: energy reduction, water conservation, waste reduction/recycling, trans-portation/clean fuel, indoor air quality/green cleaning, and social imperative/green job creation.
Anderson plans to deploy the Sustainable Vendor Certification Program as part of the Green Economy Diversity Initiative’s Green Supply Diversity Plat-form. This will ensure that a green supply chain program is inclusive of environmen-tally friendly small, women-owned and disadvantaged businesses.
For more information, visit www .gothegreenmile.com.
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in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee will partici-pate in the earthquake drill organized by the Central United States Earthquake Consor-tium, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey.
At www.shakeout.org/centralus, residents will find information encouraging them to prepare for disaster.
Earthquakes are just one of the natural
disasters that could impact Georgia, and Ready Georgia’s research finds that more than 80 percent of residents are not ready.
The state says it only takes a few basic steps to be ready. To survive on your own for at least three days, Ready Georgia recom-mends preparing a kit of emergency supplies, creating an emergency communications plan, and staying informed about potential threats and their appropriate responses.
During the April 28 ShakeOut drill, par-
ticipants will practice “Drop, Cover and Hold On” – drop to the ground, take cover under a sturdy desk or table, and hold on until the shaking stops.
Registration at www.ready.ga.gov is free and includes information on how to plan the drill and communicate with others about earthquake preparedness.
For more tips on how to prepare for natu-ral or man-made disasters, visit www.ready .ga.gov/Stay-Informed/Earthquakes.
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Three one-hour sessions will be offered at the beginner’s tennis clinic on April 23 at the new Flat Shoals Park.
A walking regimen of 30 minutes a day, five days a week, is a step toward better health, Kaiser Permanente’s Every Body Walk campaign says. Walking can help manage diabetes, asthma, heart disease and depression, says Dr. Juanita Cone, who often prescribes walking to her patients.
Arabia Mountain High School’s Community Health Fair Day on April 30 includes blood pressure checks, a teen summit, and a men and women’s health forum.
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Teens and adults can get free health screenings and participate in a blood drive at Arabia Mountain High School’s Community Health Fair Day on April 30 in Lithonia.
The Lithonia school’s free annual fair – “Healthy People, Healthy Families, Healthy Communities,” takes place 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It also includes a teen summit and a men and women’s health forum. Healthcare Science students will be checking high blood pressure
and weight. Students from Morehouse also will participate.
Entertainment includes the school’s step team and band, and fair participants can register to win door prizes.
Vendor space is available for $25.Arabia Mountain High is at 6610 Browns
Mill Road. For more information, contact Denise Strickland at denise5460@comcast .net.
Kids can get free les-sons at a beginner’s ten-nis clinic at the new Flat Shoals Park on April 23. The clinic was rescheduled from April 16 because of rainy weather.
The 20-acre park, which includes the ren-ovated Dottie Bridges Tennis Center, opened April 7.
The tennis clinic is for children ages 5 and up. Three one-hour sessions will be offered at 9, 10, and 11 a.m.
To register, call 404-217-4050.
Flat Shoals Park is located behind the Com-munity Achievement Center, 4522 Flat Shoals Parkway.
A sturdy pair of shoes and a sidewalk, track, trail or path are all that is needed to get involved in Every Body Walk, a new pub-lic awareness campaign launched by Kaiser Permanente on April 13.
The health care provider, which has thou-sands of DeKalb County members, says that starting a walking regimen of 30 minutes a day, five days a week, is a step toward better health.
More than 70 percent of all adult Ameri-cans lead sedentary lifestyles, which Kaiser Permanente says is impacting the nation’s physical and financial health.
It is hoping to spark a national conversa-tion about the health benefits of walking with the campaign.
Nationally, an estimated 80 percent of the $2.5 trillion spent annually on medical care is for the treatment of chronic diseases that can be prevented or treated by regular
physical activity such as walking.
Dr. Juanita Cone, Kai-ser’s chief of population care in Georgia, extols the virtues of walking and says she often prescribes walking to her patients.
“Even those with con-ditions such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease and depression can walk, and a regular walking regimen has the added benefit of helping to manage these diseases,” she said.
At www.everybody walk.org, adults and chil-dren can pledge to walk more and get news and
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groups. They also can share stories about individual experiences.
New videos will be added each week, and the project will culminate with a 30-minute documentary on the health benefits of walk-ing, which will be accessible online.
George Halvorson, Kaiser Perma-nente chairman and CEO, said every-one can benefit from the program. “The Every Body Walk campaign is relevant to everyone and every entity – individuals, employers, municipalities, etc.,” Halvorson
said.Campaign partners include the American
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George Halvorson
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